Pearce Wade

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Notes for PEARCE WADE:
Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, Page 152
Pearce Wade and Joshua Fowler promised to pay 55 pounds to Drury Tucker on 28 March 1763. William Cabell, Jr., Robert Yancey and Richard Powell witnessed the note.

Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book A, Page 253
In August 1764, Pearce Wade and wife, Mary, conveyed 105 acres on the west side of Harris Creek in Amherst County to John Godwin.

Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book B, Page 26
On July 1, 1765, Pearce (Pierce) Wade of Amherst County sold the land on which he lived in Amherst County to Alexander McCaul. The tract, containing 308 acres, adjoined the lands of John Goodwin, John Wales, William Stanton, James Crews and Edward Eidson. The deed was witnessed by Neill Campbell, Richard Harris and John Rippen.

"Tidewater Virginia Families" by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis.
On page 597 there is a young widow, Elizabeth Pettyjohn was left with three young children, then she married Robert Warren, Jr. and after November 1764 they left Sussex County, Delaware and travelled to Amherst County, Virginia. Robert and Elizabeth settled in the area of Harris Creek, where Pearce Wade had bought land in 1760. Robert Warren died before September 1769; his estate was presented to court and Pearce Wade was appointed the administrator. In December 1769, "Elizabeth Wade, the late widow of Robert Warren" presented his inventory to the court. It was returned and recorded on March 5, 1770. It is not known whether Pearce Wade had lived in Delaware earlier, however, it is thought not, and that he was simply a close neighbor. Pearce bought 413 acres of land on Harris Creek, on May 8, 1760, from George Carrington, for L124.15.10. Earlier, he had lived on Thrasher's Creek, in Albemarle County, having bought land there in 1752. He and his wife, Mary sold the land in October 1760, and in 1764, he and his wife, Mary sold on Harris Creek.

While no record has been found of the date that Elizabeth Pettyjohn Warren married Pearce Wade, they married before December 1769, Elizabeth Wade, "the late widow of Robert Warren" presented his inventory to the court. No mention has been found of any children of Elizabeth and Robert Warren, however, Elizabeth brought to her marriage to Pearce Wade, her three Pettyjohn children. Pearce has a number of children by his previous marriage to include: Ballinger, Jeremiah, David, James, Pearce, Susanna, Lucretia, Abigail and Elizabeth Wade. It seems that all of his children were under age when he and Elizabeth married, as all but three were still under age in 1784. 12 children, at least, graced their household, and it is probable that all of them were living at home.

Pearce Wade did not live long after his marriage to Elizabeth Warren. He made his will on December 13, 1769 and died before March 5, 1770, when his will was recorded in Amherst County.

Thomas Watts, John Dawson and Boyce Eadson witnessed Pearce Wade's will. Ambrose Rucker, Richard Peter, Richard Shelton and James Crews were named the executors of his estate. He left Elizabeth her dower land, the plantation on which he lived, but he made provisions for a house to be built for her. His son, Ballinger was later to administer his father's estate. Their neighbors were the Woodruffs, Powells, Goodwins, Ownsbys, Dawsons and Crews.

Ballinger Wade must have lived on his father's plantation. Pearce Wade owned a mill and in May 1777, Richard Shelton, Joseph Crews and David Woodruff were ordered to view a way for a road from the mill into Shelton's road near Harris Creek.

Albemarle County Deed Book 1, pp. 310, 478
Amherst County Will Book 1, p. 146
Albemarle County Deed Book 2, p. 234
Amherst County Deed Book A, p. 253
Amherst County Will Book 1, p. 154
Amherst County Order Book 184, p. 217
Amherst County Will Book 1, p.161-162, 166, 487
Amherst County Court Orders, Book 3, p. 5
Amherst County Court Orders, 1777, pp. 175-176

Will Book 1, Page 161
Pearce Wade will; wife Elizabeth; daughter Susanna Wade, under age; and Abigail Hardwick Wade.

Amherst County, Virginia, Will Book 3, Page 67
In March 1785 an action in Amherst County Chancery Count occurred, involving Lucretia Wade and Abigail Hardwick (Harding) Wade. infants and children of Pearce Wade, deceased, by their guardian Richard Ballenger; Clary Wade, infand and child of Pearce Wade, deceased, by her guardian David Woodruff; Jeremiah Wade, by his next friend John Dawson; David Wade; Pearce Wade; I. White and his wife Mary; John Dawson and his wife Charity; and Jane Wade; infants and children and sons and daughters of Pearce Wade, deceased and Ballenger Wade, heir-at-law of Pearce Wade, deceased, defendants. The admistrators were ordered to make an accounting of the decedent's estate.

More About PEARCE WADE and MARY BALLINGER:
Marriage: 1747

More About PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH HARDWICK:
Marriage: Aft. 1764

Notes for ELIZABETH PETTYJOHN:
Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book D, Page 440
On 22 February 1777, elizabeth Wade conveyed all of her "living and Possessions" to her eldest son Jacob Pettyjohn, including 7 head of cattle, 3 hogs and household goods. The deed was witnessed by John Henry Goodwin, Richard Harrison, Jr., George Bond and William Pettyjohn.

More About PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH PETTYJOHN:
Marriage: Bef. December 1769

Children of PEARCE WADE and MARY BALLINGER are:
i. CHARITY6 WADE, m. JOHN DAWSON, Bef. March 1783.
More About JOHN DAWSON and CHARITY WADE:
Marriage: Bef. March 1783


ii. MARY WADE, m. I WHITE, Bef. March 1783.
More About I WHITE and MARY WADE:
Marriage: Bef. March 1783


iii. JANE WADE.
57. iv. DAVID WADE, b. Aft. 1748; d. Bef. February 28, 1831.
58. v. BALLINGER WADE, b. March 24, 1747/48, Amelia County, VA; d. December 24, 1824, Cumberland County, KY.
59. vi. PEARCE WADE, JR., b. Abt. 1755; d. Bef. October 12, 1818, Lincoln County, KY.
vii. SUSANNA WADE, b. Bef. 1760; m. ROBERT MAYS, March 11, 1780, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for SUSANNA WADE:
Amherst County Marriages:
Susanna Wade, spinster, and Robert Mays, bachelor, 11 Mar 1780; Richard Ballenger, surety; consent by Susanna


More About ROBERT MAYS and SUSANNA WADE:
Marriage: March 11, 1780, Amherst County, VA


viii. CLARA WADE, b. Bet. 1760 - 1764.
ix. JEREMIAH WADE, b. Bef. 1764.
Notes for JEREMIAH WADE:
Will Book 1, Page 492
Ballenger Wade and Richard Ballenger, guardians of Jeremiah Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased.

Will Book 3, Page 13
Ballenger Wade summonded to court as guardian fo Jeremiah Wade



Children of PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH HARDWICK are:
x. LUCRETIA6 WADE, b. Aft. 1764; m. JAMES MAYS, January 24, 1786, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for LUCRETIA WADE:
Lucretia Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased; Richard Ballenger and Frances Satterwhite, guardians, 05 July 1779; acknowledged and recorded.

Amherst County Marriages:
Lucresia Wade, spinster and James Mays, bachelor, 24 Jan 1786; Ballenger Wade, surety; consent by Richard Ballenger, guardian.


More About JAMES MAYS and LUCRETIA WADE:
Marriage: January 24, 1786, Amherst County, VA


xi. ABIGAIL HARDWICK WADE, b. January 16, 1767; m. JOHN REYNOLDS, August 24, 1788, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for ABIGAIL HARDWICK WADE:
Will Book 1, Page 485
Abigail Hardwick Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade; John Hardwick, administrator of Pearce Wade; and Clary Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased.

Will Book 3, Page 13
Richard Ballenger summoned as guardian of Abigail Hardwick Wade.

Amherst County Marriages:
Abigail Hardwick Wade, spinster and John Reynolds, bachelor, 24 Aug 1788; Jeremiah Wade, surety; consent by Abigail; Robert McCulloch testified that she was 21 and Elizabeth Fowler testified that she was 21 about 16 Jan 1788.


More About JOHN REYNOLDS and ABIGAIL WADE:
Marriage: August 24, 1788, Amherst County, VA


xii. MORNING WADE, b. June 8, 1770; m. JOHN BAILEY, December 28, 1791, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for MORNING WADE:
The Wade Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 4 and Volume 3, Issue 1
Morning Wade, spinster and John Bailey, bachelor, were married on 28 December 1791 in Amherst County, with Jacob Pettyjohn as bondsman. Morning stated that she was of age and gave her own consent. Jacob Pettyjohn swore that she was his half-sister and that she was born on 08 June 1770. William Hughes verified that she was of age.


More About JOHN BAILEY and MORNING WADE:
Marriage: December 28, 1791, Amherst County, VA


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Notes for PEARCE WADE:
Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book 1, Page 152
Pearce Wade and Joshua Fowler promised to pay 55 pounds to Drury Tucker on 28 March 1763. William Cabell, Jr., Robert Yancey and Richard Powell witnessed the note.

Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book A, Page 253
In August 1764, Pearce Wade and wife, Mary, conveyed 105 acres on the west side of Harris Creek in Amherst County to John Godwin.

Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book B, Page 26
On July 1, 1765, Pearce (Pierce) Wade of Amherst County sold the land on which he lived in Amherst County to Alexander McCaul. The tract, containing 308 acres, adjoined the lands of John Goodwin, Joh n Wales, William Stanton, James Crews and Edward Eidson. The deed was witnessed by Neill Campbell, Richard Harris and John Rippen.

"Tidewater Virginia Families" by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis.
On page 597 there is a young widow, Elizabeth Pettyjohn was left with three young children, then she married Robert Warren, Jr. and after November 1764 they left Sussex County, Delaware and travelle d to Amherst County, Virginia. Robert and Elizabeth settled in the area of Harris Creek, where Pearce Wade had bought land in 1760. Robert Warren died before September 1769; his estate was presented t o court and Pearce Wade was appointed the administrator. In December 1769, "Elizabeth Wade, the late widow of Robert Warren" presented his inventory to the court. It was returned and recorded on Marc h 5, 1770. It is not known whether Pearce Wade had lived in Delaware earlier, however, it is thought not, and that he was simply a close neighbor. Pearce bought 413 acres of land on Harris Creek, on M ay 8, 1760, from George Carrington, for L124.15.10. Earlier, he had lived on Thrasher's Creek, in Albemarle County, having bought land there in 1752. He and his wife, Mary sold the land in October 176 0, and in 1764, he and his wife, Mary sold on Harris Creek.

While no record has been found of the date that Elizabeth Pettyjohn Warren married Pearce Wade, they married before December 1769, Elizabeth Wade, "the late widow of Robert Warren" presented his inven tory to the court. No mention has been found of any children of Elizabeth and Robert Warren, however, Elizabeth brought to her marriage to Pearce Wade, her three Pettyjohn children. Pearce has a numbe r of children by his previous marriage to include: Ballinger, Jeremiah, David, James, Pearce, Susanna, Lucretia, Abigail and Elizabeth Wade. It seems that all of his children were under age when he an d Elizabeth married, as all but three were still under age in 1784. 12 children, at least, graced their household, and it is probable that all of them were living at home.

Pearce Wade did not live long after his marriage to Elizabeth Warren. He made his will on December 13, 1769 and died before March 5, 1770, when his will was recorded in Amherst County.

Thomas Watts, John Dawson and Boyce Eadson witnessed Pearce Wade's will. Ambrose Rucker, Richard Peter, Richard Shelton and James Crews were named the executors of his estate. He left Elizabeth her do wer land, the plantation on which he lived, but he made provisions for a house to be built for her. His son, Ballinger was later to administer his father's estate. Their neighbors were the Woodruffs , Powells, Goodwins, Ownsbys, Dawsons and Crews.

Ballinger Wade must have lived on his father's plantation. Pearce Wade owned a mill and in May 1777, Richard Shelton, Joseph Crews and David Woodruff were ordered to view a way for a road from the mil l into Shelton's road near Harris Creek.

Albemarle County Deed Book 1, pp. 310, 478
Amherst County Will Book 1, p. 146
Albemarle County Deed Book 2, p. 234
Amherst County Deed Book A, p. 253
Amherst County Will Book 1, p. 154
Amherst County Order Book 184, p. 217
Amherst County Will Book 1, p.161-162, 166, 487
Amherst County Court Orders, Book 3, p. 5
Amherst County Court Orders, 1777, pp. 175-176

Will Book 1, Page 161
Pearce Wade will; wife Elizabeth; daughter Susanna Wade, under age; and Abigail Hardwick Wade.

Amherst County, Virginia, Will Book 3, Page 67
In March 1785 an action in Amherst County Chancery Count occurred, involving Lucretia Wade and Abigail Hardwick (Harding) Wade. infants and children of Pearce Wade, deceased, by their guardian Richar d Ballenger; Clary Wade, infand and child of Pearce Wade, deceased, by her guardian David Woodruff; Jeremiah Wade, by his next friend John Dawson; David Wade; Pearce Wade; I. White and his wife Mary ; John Dawson and his wife Charity; and Jane Wade; infants and children and sons and daughters of Pearce Wade, deceased and Ballenger Wade, heir-at-law of Pearce Wade, deceased, defendants. The admist rators were ordered to make an accounting of the decedent's estate.

More About PEARCE WADE and MARY BALLINGER:
Marriage: 1747

More About PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH HARDWICK:
Marriage: Aft. 1764

Notes for ELIZABETH PETTYJOHN:
Amherst County, Virginia, Deed Book D, Page 440
On 22 February 1777, elizabeth Wade conveyed all of her "living and Possessions" to her eldest son Jacob Pettyjohn, including 7 head of cattle, 3 hogs and household goods. The deed was witnessed by Jo hn Henry Goodwin, Richard Harrison, Jr., George Bond and William Pettyjohn.

More About PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH PETTYJOHN:
Marriage: Bef. December 1769

Children of PEARCE WADE and MARY BALLINGER are:
i. CHARITY6 WADE, m. JOHN DAWSON, Bef. March 1783.
More About JOHN DAWSON and CHARITY WADE:
Marriage: Bef. March 1783


ii. MARY WADE, m. I WHITE, Bef. March 1783.
More About I WHITE and MARY WADE:
Marriage: Bef. March 1783


iii. JANE WADE.
57. iv. DAVID WADE, b. Aft. 1748; d. Bef. February 28, 1831.
58. v. BALLINGER WADE, b. March 24, 1747/48, Amelia County, VA; d. December 24, 1824, Cumberland County, KY.
59. vi. PEARCE WADE, JR., b. Abt. 1755; d. Bef. October 12, 1818, Lincoln County, KY.
vii. SUSANNA WADE, b. Bef. 1760; m. ROBERT MAYS, March 11, 1780, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for SUSANNA WADE:
Amherst County Marriages:
Susanna Wade, spinster, and Robert Mays, bachelor, 11 Mar 1780; Richard Ballenger, surety; consent by Susanna


More About ROBERT MAYS and SUSANNA WADE:
Marriage: March 11, 1780, Amherst County, VA


viii. CLARA WADE, b. Bet. 1760 - 1764.
ix. JEREMIAH WADE, b. Bef. 1764.
Notes for JEREMIAH WADE:
Will Book 1, Page 492
Ballenger Wade and Richard Ballenger, guardians of Jeremiah Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased.

Will Book 3, Page 13
Ballenger Wade summonded to court as guardian fo Jeremiah Wade



Children of PEARCE WADE and ELIZABETH HARDWICK are:
x. LUCRETIA6 WADE, b. Aft. 1764; m. JAMES MAYS, January 24, 1786, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for LUCRETIA WADE:
Lucretia Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased; Richard Ballenger and Frances Satterwhite, guardians, 05 July 1779; acknowledged and recorded.

Amherst County Marriages:
Lucresia Wade, spinster and James Mays, bachelor, 24 Jan 1786; Ballenger Wade, surety; consent by Richard Ballenger, guardian.


More About JAMES MAYS and LUCRETIA WADE:
Marriage: January 24, 1786, Amherst County, VA


xi. ABIGAIL HARDWICK WADE, b. January 16, 1767; m. JOHN REYNOLDS, August 24, 1788, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for ABIGAIL HARDWICK WADE:
Will Book 1, Page 485
Abigail Hardwick Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade; John Hardwick, administrator of Pearce Wade; and Clary Wade, orphan of Pearce Wade, deceased.

Will Book 3, Page 13
Richard Ballenger summoned as guardian of Abigail Hardwick Wade.

Amherst County Marriages:
Abigail Hardwick Wade, spinster and John Reynolds, bachelor, 24 Aug 1788; Jeremiah Wade, surety; consent by Abigail; Robert McCulloch testified that she was 21 and Elizabeth Fowler testified that sh e was 21 about 16 Jan 1788.


More About JOHN REYNOLDS and ABIGAIL WADE:
Marriage: August 24, 1788, Amherst County, VA


xii. MORNING WADE, b. June 8, 1770; m. JOHN BAILEY, December 28, 1791, Amherst County, VA.
Notes for MORNING WADE:
The Wade Quarterly, Volume 1, Issue 4 and Volume 3, Issue 1
Morning Wade, spinster and John Bailey, bachelor, were married on 28 December 1791 in Amherst County, with Jacob Pettyjohn as bondsman. Morning stated that she was of age and gave her own consent. Jac ob Pettyjohn swore that she was his half-sister and that she was born on 08 June 1770. William Hughes verified that she was of age.


More About JOHN BAILEY and MORNING WADE:
Marriage: December 28, 1791, Amherst County, VA

Pearce married Elizabeth in Dec 1769 in , Amherst, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]