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Lynch Dillard

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lynch Dillard was born in 1814 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA (son of Lynch Dillard and Mildred Ward).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lynch Dillard was born in 1784 in , , Virginia, USA (son of Benjamin Dillard and Anne(twin to Agatha) Ward); died on 17 Sep 1849 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

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    • Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1850, , Campbell, Virginia, USA

    Lynch married Mildred Ward on 27 Jan 1810 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mildred (daughter of Capt William Ward and Mildred Adams) was born on 20 Aug 1789 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1824 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mildred Ward was born on 20 Aug 1789 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA (daughter of Capt William Ward and Mildred Adams); died on 3 Jan 1824 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Sarah Jane C Dillard was born on 16 Jul 1810 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 20 Apr 1868.
    2. Mildred Ward Dillard was born in 1812 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1895 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    3. 1. Lynch Dillard was born in 1814 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    4. Martha Ann Dillard was born in 1816 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    5. John William Dillard was born on 19 Jul 1818; died on 30 Aug 1839.
    6. Edward Joel Dillard was born on 20 Dec 1820 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jun 1894.
    7. Thomas Dillard was born on 31 Aug 1822; died on 28 Dec 1885.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Dillard was born on 29 Sep 1761 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Dillard, Jr and Martha Webb); died in 1850 in , Greene, Tennessee, USA.

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    • Residence: 1830, , Greene, Tennessee, USA
    • Residence: 4 Mar 1831, , Greene, Tennessee, USA

    Benjamin married Anne(twin to Agatha) Ward on 5 Dec 1782 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. Anne(twin (daughter of John Ward and Anne Chiles) was born on 9 Feb 1750 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1816 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anne(twin to Agatha) Ward was born on 9 Feb 1750 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Ward and Anne Chiles); died on 8 Aug 1816 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. Lynch Dillard was born in 1784 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 17 Sep 1849 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    2. John Dillard was born in 1795 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1895 in , Floyd, Virginia, USA.
    3. Lucinda Dillard was born in 1795 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.

  3. 6.  Capt William Ward was born in 1745 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of John Ward and Anne Chiles); died on 11 Oct 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Captain William Ward was a man of large property and was active in the life of the county, serving as a justice of the peace, member of Committee of Safety in 1775, captain of the militia, and sheriff of the county in 1792. His home was in the northern part of Pittsylvania County on the Staunton River.

    Captain William Ward owned "a larged property [in the northern part of Pittsylvania Co. on Staunton River] and was active in the life of the county, serving as justice of the peace, member of the Committee of Safety in 1775, captain of the militia, and sheriff of the county in 1792."

    Capt married Mildred Adams in 1770 in , , Virginia, USA. Mildred (daughter of Robert Adams and Penelope Flournoy Lynch) was born in 1758 in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Aug 1794 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mildred Adams was born in 1758 in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of Robert Adams and Penelope Flournoy Lynch); died on 23 Aug 1794 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Robert Adams Ward was born in 1770 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1858 in , Fayette, West Virginia, USA.
    2. Sarah "Sally" Ward was born in 1771 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1838 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    3. Major John W Ward was born on 5 Nov 1775 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Aug 1838 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    4. 3. Mildred Ward was born on 20 Aug 1789 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jan 1824 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Dillard, Jr was born in 1730 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Sep 1784 in , Washington, Tennessee, USA.

    Thomas married Martha Webb in 1758 in , Henry, Virginia, USA. Martha was born in 1739 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1796 in , Washington, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha Webb was born in 1739 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1796 in , Washington, Tennessee, USA.
    Children:
    1. 4. Benjamin Dillard was born on 29 Sep 1761 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died in 1850 in , Greene, Tennessee, USA.
    2. Mary Anne Dillard was born on 29 Sep 1767 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Feb 1842 in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, USA.
    3. Thomas III Dillard was born in 1769 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Apr 1827 in , Haywood, Tennessee, USA.

  3. 12.  John Ward was born in 1708 in , Amherst, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Nov 1816 in The Mansion, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1748, , , Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1810, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
    • Probate: 11 Nov 1816, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    John Ward - Will probated in Campbell County November 11, 1816
    John Ward attended a county court meeting in Halifax county in August of 1759 and was recommended to the governor as a person suitable for the commission of peace. Also in 1759, he attended court when he produced a commission appointing him captain of the county militia and took the usual oaths. These were the years of French and Indian War. The county militia was called out for active service against the Indians on the war path.

    It is possibe that John Ward served or provided provisions for the French and Indian War. In the online archives for the Library of Virginia, John Ward is listed as serving under Capt. William Leftwich during Lord Dunmore’s war in 1774.

    On or about 1760, he and Benjamin Clement were ordered to lay off a road from the mill place of John Ward to the Pocket Ford. The surveying and building of roads were important to the frontiersman for outlets to the courts, markets and neighbor’s homes. This roadway led from John Ward’s mill place near the mouth of Chiles Creek, and followed the meanderings of the stream to the top of the high bluffs of the Roanoke leading by the Chiles settlement on the mouth of Reedy Creek, near the present town of Altavista. Later he surveyed the road leading to Lynchburg which still bears his name and still remains although with modern improvements.
    Prior to the outbreak of the Revolution on May 23, 1775, Major Ward was chosen as a Committee of Safety Member for the County of Bedford along with Charles Lynch, John Calloway, James Calloway and William Calloway. John’s daughter Anne was married to John Calloway, Charles Lynch was his neighbor and his wife’s son.
    As early as 1769 Major Ward built mills at Sinkler’s Creek and Chiles Creek and raised large yields of hemp on his land.
    Major Ward was active in the development of the county and he owned large acreage in numerous counties. In his tax list of 1777 for Pittsylvania County, he employed three overseers for his property in that county. They were Thomas Hardy, Christopher Sutton and Fielding Robertson.
    Major John Ward received his title of Major of the Bedford County Militia in March 22, 1779. He resigned his position on September 24, 1781 due to his age. In September 1832, he was also listed as a citizen that furnished supplies and arms to the Continental Army. In the Virginia Publick Claims Book For Campbell County, John Ward, Gent. for 51 ½ barrels corn, 32 diets for ditto. In Bedford County, John Ward was the Commissioner of the Provision Law. In the court of Campbell County, held in September 1783, John Ward Gent.- 57 days pasturage for 40 head pulick beaves for Christopher Irvin Com. Provision Law. In the Virginia Magazine of History, page 193, John Ward is cited as provided provisions to the Bedford Militia to guard the lead mines.
    In the Calendar of Virginia State Papers a John Ward and Joseph Childreis were put in charge of canoes ordered by the Quarter Master General. It says the following: He has sent the canoes already purchased to Westham, in charge of Joseph Childreis and John Ward, who are men that have long run this River & such as I would recommend to you, as Honest & Trusty.
    There is nothing to prove that this is our John Ward, but it is the James River they are discussing and Albemarle County.
    In 1778 Major Ward established a ferry across the Staunton having previously kept there a boat free to passengers and in 1810 he obtained permission to erect a toll bridge near his ferry. The General Assembly ordered a ferry from the land of John Ward, in the county of Bedford over Staunton river to the land of the said Ward on the opposite shore, the price for a man sixpence and for a horse the same.
    An Act was passed on November, 1781, for the formation of Campbell County which went into effect on February 7, 1782. A meeting was held in the house of Micajah Terrell on Thursday, February 7, 1782, appointing the commission of the peace to be Samuel Hairston, Richard Stith, Charles Lynch, John Ward, John Calloway, John Fitzpatrick, Francis Thorp, John Ward, John Callaway, John Fitzpatrick, Francis Thorp, John Hunter, Robert Adams Jr., James Callaway, John Talbot, George Stovall, Jr. and William Henderson. John Ward and John Henderson administered the oath of the justice of the peace to Samuel Hairston and then Samuel Hairston administered the oath to all the gentleman above.

    Henings Statutues Volume 10 page 447
    An act for dividing the county of Bedford
    1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly that from and after the first day of February next the count y of Bedford shall be divided into two district counties, by a line to begin at the mouth of Judy’s Creek on James river, thence to Thompson’s mill on buffalo creek, thence to the mouth of Back creek on Goose creek, thence the same course continued to Staunton river, and that part of the said county lying east of the said line, shall be called and known by the name of Campbell; and all the residue of the said county shall retain the name of Bedford. That a court for the said county of Campbell shall be held by the justices thereof on the first Thursday in every month after the said division shall take place, in such manner as is proved by law for other counties and shall be by their commissions directed.
    2. And be it further enacted, That the justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Campbell shall meet at the house of Micajah Terrill.

    Private Life
    In 1753 John and Jeremiah Ward, of Albemarle, patented 3200 acres of land on the north side of Dan river in Pittsylvania county which was located “in the mountains”. In 1753, Pittsylvania was not yet formed. It was Halifax county until 1767.
    Major John Ward married Anne Chiles Ward on or about 1744. I have yet to find proof of this marriage other than the fact of many articles and the children born of the marriage. In Virginia Marriages by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, she cites John’s marriage to Anne but does not give a date or a place. I found no marriage license and no tombstone record. Prior to the 1760’s John Ward and his wife made their home close to Anne’s brother Paul Chiles in Halifax County. Her father Henry Chiles died in Amelia County on or around1746 after which her mother lived with her brother Paul.
    Sometime during the year of 1759 he took the oath as vestryman of the Church of England in Antrim Parish located in Halifax County.
    In the 1760’s he began building his new home, The Mansion, east of the mouth of Otter river near its entrance into the Staunton and only a few miles from where Altavista, Virginia, now stands. This house was built on land bequeathed to Anne by her father. Anne’s father’s will was probated in Amelia County, Virginia. John Ward later bought 400 more acres to add to the “Mansion” estate. He completed this house before 1766.

    During his marriage to Anne Chiles, they had the seven children:
    1. John jr. John jr. never married Will was in 1826
    2. William b. 1745 d. 1808 married Mildred daughter of Robert and Penelope Lynch Adams
    3. Agatha married Colonel John Callaway. She died on 1812.
    4. Ann married lst Christopher Lynch son of Charles Lynch and Sarah Clark Lynch on October 15, 1765 by consent of her father John Ward. (Note: John Ward would marry Christopher’s mother in 1766.) 2ndshe married Benjamin Dillard.
    5. Henry born April 5, 1751 died April 12, 1823 married Martha Barbour .
    6. Jeremiah Ward moved to Texas
    7. Thomas Ward married Mildred (Milly), daughter of Richard Walden and moved to Ohio.

    After the death of his wife, Anne, John Ward married Sarah Clark Lynch on December 27,1766. Sarah Lynch was the daughter of Christopher Clark, a fearless frontiersman. Obviously, John had come to know Sarah from the relationship that already been established by the marriage of his daughter Anne to Sarah’s son Christopher in 1765. In the Bedford County marriage books, Sarah Lynch gave consent for the marriage by herself. Sarah Lynch was a Quaker and she was disowned from the church for marrying out of the religion. John Ward was a member of the Church of England. They lived at the “Mansion” until their deaths and there they are buried. Sarah Ward died January 20, 1792 and John Ward died November, 1816. Many of the structures still stand at the location of the Mansion, but the Mansion burned down over one hundred years ago and was not rebuilt.
    John Ward was a father, plantation owner, patriot and community leader. For more information on John Ward see the following dates of this blog. Also for more information I have included my references.
    I started this blog with John Ward. I attached an explanation of tithables on March 8; March the 9th I attached John Ward’s will: March 16, a more detailed description of the Mansion and August 23 more information on Calendar of Virginia State Papers
    I have one last reference which I found many months ago and printed out on my computer ; but alas, I didn’t write down or save the website. It is an excerpt of Samuel Houston’s journal of the expedition under Colonel McDowell against Cornwallis, the British General in North Carolina. I begin on Thursday, March 1, 1781
    Thursday: March 1st - Marched from Lunie’s Creek to a mile beyond Howard’s; total seventeen miles. Drew liquor in the morning. I paid fifteen dollars for beer to Mrs. Brackinridge.
    Friday,2d.- Marched from near Howard’s past Rag Hall, governed by President Slovenly; three or four of our men got drunk in the evening. Our march continued fifteen miles; encamped at Little Otter, Bedford.
    Saturday, 3d – Marched from Little Otter to within two miles of New London; nineteen miles.
    Sabbath, 4th – Marched two miles beyond New London to Mr. Ward’s; in which march we pressed a hog, which was served without scraping. On this day I kept guard No 16. The day’s march was twenty miles.
    Monday, 5th – Marched from Major Ward’s; crossed Staunton river into Pittsylvania. I was on the fatigue to drive steers, but happly they had broken out of the pasture. Our march was eight miles, and encamped.
    Tuesday 6th – Marched from Ward’s about fourteen miles. We were searched, and Mr. Ward’s goods found with James Berry and John Harris, who were whipped. The same were condemned to ten lashes for disobeying the officer of the day on Monday.
    Wednesday, 7th – Marched from near Shelton’s to Col. Williams mill, about twelve miles; crossed Bannister, into which James McElroy fell; John Harris deserted, and James Berry was taken and sent to prison.
    Thursday, 8th – March from Col. Williams’ to near three miles from Dan River. Some of the boys set the woods on fire, which the Major put out. Our day’s journey nineteen miles.
    Friday, 9th – Marched from beyond Dan to the borders of N. C., six miles; we crossed Dan, where Gilmore’s wagon had nearly sunk by the chain of the flat breaking. At this river some mean cowards threatened to return. This morning, Lyle, Hays and Lusk went to Gen. Green and returned. The same day deserted at Dan, Geo. Culwell.

    This is just an excerpt of his journal. Noticed that on March 4 Sunday they marched two miles from New London and arrived at Mr. Wards and then marched 20 more miles to Major Wards. So they stopped at Major Ward’s house “Mansion”, but which Ward was two miles away from New London. John Ward, jr. was situated near Sulphur Springs which is now Gretna, Virginia so it couldn’t be him. William Ward was in Pittsylvania County in a mansion called Edgehill. It is probably Henry Ward.

    References:

    Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches by Ruth Hairston Early pages 6, 525, 526, 527, 528
    Henings Statutes at Large Volume 10 page 447
    Henings Statutes at Large Volume 9 page 585
    Henings Statutes at large Volume 13 page 151
    Calendar of Virginia State Papers Volume 5 page 1 and page 38
    Calendar of Virginia State Papers Volume IV page 18
    Calendar of Virginia Stat Papers Volume I page 451
    Frontiers Along the Upper Roanoke River by Maude Carter Clement pages 64 through 72
    Halifax Court Minutes Book 2 page 504 (Antrim Parish oath)
    Halifax Court Minutes Book 2 page 467
    Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783 by John H. Gwathmey page 805
    William and Mary Quarterly Volume VIII series 2 page 119, 120, 122, 123.
    William and Mary Quarterly Volume XVI page 285-286
    The Compendium of American Genealogy Volume VII 1942 page 54
    John Ward Will Campbell County Will Book 3 page 462
    Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia 1755-1800 Compiled by Erle S. Dennis
    Virginia Publick Claims Book page 116, 175, 182
    Virginia Magazine of History and Biography The Virginia Historical Society Volume XV page 193
    Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume XXIII page 378
    Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy page 230 and page 1010
    History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia by Maude Carter Clements page 108
    Marriage of Virginia Residents 1607-1800 Dorothy Ford Wulfeck page 168
    Adams Biographical Genealogies by Thomas Tunstall Adams page 32
    Our Quaker Friends of Ye Olden time James Pinkney Pleasant Bell page 47
    Virginia Militia in the Revolution Joseph Thompson McAllister page 189

    Part of http://astoundingpast.blogspot.com/


    Maj John Ward-Revolutionary
    Event: Military Major, Bedford Militia, American Revolution
    Fact 24 SEP 1781 Resigned from the Bedford Militia.
    Fact Lived to be one hundred five years of age.
    Fact Resided at the Mansion on Staunton River, Campbell Co., VA
    Fact 1758 Executor of his brother-in-law Henry Chiles' will filed at Bedford Co., VA.
    Fact 1 JUL 1760 Gideon Crenshaw of NC, deed to John Ward of Lunenburg Co., on S side Meherrin R., per patent of 10 Aug 1759. 10
    Fact AUG 1760 Lunenburg Co. - Bill of sale to John Ward from Gideon Crenshaw; recorded August Court. 11
    Fact 1761 Named in his brother-in-law Paul Chiles will, recorded at Halifax Co., VA.
    Fact 1761 Pittsylvania Co., VA; 17 tithes. 12
    Fact 9 OCT 1761 John Ward served as executor for will of Paul Chiles, his brother-in-law, at Halifax Co., VA. 13
    Fact ABT 1763 Moved from Albermarle Co. to Pittsylvania Co.,VA. 14
    Fact 1763 Removed to Pittsylvania Co. VA from Albemarle Co., VA.
    1 JAN 1765 His wife, Anne Chiles, died.
    25 APR 1776 John Ward of Bedford Co., VA deeded 500 acres on both sides of Wolf Island in Guilford Co., NC to Hugh Challes (Chiles) of Pittsylvania Co., VA. 15
    Fact 20 SEP 1777 Ensign, VA Militia, Am. Revolution 16
    Fact 22 MAR 1779 Took the Oath of Allegiance, Bedford Co, VA
    Fact 9 AUG 1781 John Ward, testator to will of Thomas Harding of Lunenburg Co., VA. 17
    Fact 20 JAN 1792 His wife, Sarah Clark, died.
    Fact 1816 Will proved, Pittsylvania County, VA.

    "JOHN WARD came to Pittsylvania County from Albemarle County about 1763. He built his home on the north side of Staunton River, now Campbell County, which he called "the Mansion" for its elegance in those pioneer days. It is standing today, a quaint old homestead, with its corner fireplaces and cabinets either side the mante. There are 3 stories and the third story was the ballroom, covering the entire house, and here the daughters of the house were married."
    "JOHN WARD, SR. was appointed Major of the Bedford Militia during the Revolutionary War. He carried the title 'Major John Ward' following that war.

    "Major John Ward lived in Albemarle, Halifax, Bedford, and Campbell Counties in Virginia. He and his brother, JEREMIAH WARD, purchased and sold tracts of land in large volume in many counties in Virginia and North Carolina. In 1753 the two brothers, then living in Albemarle County, patented 3200 acres on the north side of the Dan River in Pittsylvania County, just one of the many tracts."

    "Will of JOHN WARD, SR. (Major John Ward) dated 23 January 1809 and probated 11 November 1816.
    Son WILLIAM WARD all my lands above the mouth of Old Womans Creek adjoining Stanton River and to his three children, ROBERT A. WARD, JOHN WARD, and MILL WARD. Son JOHN WARD the two tracts I purchased of Col. THOMAS DILLARD being 800 acres, my tracts of land in Amherst County near Lynch's Ferry, being 1000 acres, my stone house, and lot in Lynchburg, the tract he purchased of his brother WILLIAM WARD, the tract of 529 acres nown as Talbots Place, the tract known as Johnsons Place which I purchased of EDWARD TERRELL, the 645 acres I ppurchased of FRANK SMITH on Sycamore Creek in Pittsylvania County and the 76 acres adjoining it, and the tract purchased of DAVIS in Campbell County known as Indian Camp. Son HENRY WARD all the lands adjoining the fery on the south side of Stanton River on the Otter River and Cheese Creek and the land purchased of HENRY CHLES known as Jacks Place. Daughter AGATHA CALLAWAY and her 3 children viz DAVID CALLAWAY, HENRY G. CALLAWAY, and MARGARET CALLAWAY. Daughter ANNE DILLARD and her children, my grandchildren, LYNCH DILLARD, LUCINDA DILLARD, and JOHN DILLARD my tract of land on Sycamore Creek above Earlys Mill containing 840 acres. JOHN CALLAWAY and HENRY WARD my back land on the waters of Smithy River in Patrick County and Montgomery County except the lands on Burkes Fork. Executors: JOHN WARD and HENRY WARD. Witnesses; HARTWELL ALLEN, WILLIAM HARRIS, JAMES WILLIAMS, and JAMES LESTER.

    "The Inventory of the Estate of JOHN WARD, deceased, was presented 14 September 1818; the Account of Estate of MAJOR JOHN WARD, deceased, was made 13 September 1819.

    "Some published data states that JOHN WARD, SR. was 100 years old at the time of his death. However, the studies of Wayne Jackson indicate he was 96 years, 2 months, 30 days old at his death. The discrepancy may be due to the fact that there were two children named John in this family. The first son JOHN was born and died in 1716. Mistakenly using the birtdate of the first son John and the death date of the second son JOHN would provide the basis for this published data.

    Halifax Co., VA. Will Book O 1752-1773, "--- 1767 Page 7. Deceased PAUL CHILES, CAPTAIN JOHN WARD, Executor. By Wm. Madlock (Whitlock??) his part of crop, Paul Chiles his attendance on the back surveys 68 das, John Thompson exr. (John Farler Thompson?), John Woodson, Mr. Munfords fees; Thomas Duncan, Mr. Howard, Robt. Dolton (Dalton??) for boarding and schooling two children, MRS. ANN CHILS, her bond, expenses going to Williamsburg, Joseph Whitehead, "sail" of negro Tom, Kendrick for services, Alexr. Gilbert, Henry Chiles, James Lyles for Bumpass, John Bryand. Dated 21 May 1767; signed Thomas Dillard Jr., Benjamin...

    Halifax Co. Orphans/bound children 1760-62 (part 2)March Ct. 1761: TOM a Negro boy belonging to John WARD, Gent.is adjudged May Ct. 1761

    Father: James WARD II b: ABT 1700 in Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
    Mother: Sarah Clark LYNCH b: in Ireland

    Marriage 1 Anne CHILES b: ABT 1732 in Amelia Co., VA
    Married: ABT 1743 in Henry Chiles' Home, Pittsylvania Co., VA 18

    Children
    William W. WARD b: 1745 in Albermarle County, VA
    John WARD , Jr. b: ABT 1747 in Virginia
    Agatha WARD b: 9 FEB 1750/51 in (Albermarle or Pittsylvania, VA)
    Henry WARD b: 5 APR 1753 in Lunenburg Co., VA
    Jeremiah WARD b: ABT 1755 in (Albermarle or Pittsylvania, VA)
    Thomas WARD , Colonel b: ABT 1757 in (Albermarle or Pittsylvania, VA)

    Marriage 2 Sarah CLARK b: ABT 1715 in (of Albermarle Co., VA)
    Married: 27 DEC 1766 in Bedford County, VA
    Married: 27 DEC 1766 in Bedford, VA 19

    Children
    Robert A. WARD b: in Virginia
    Mill WARD b: in Virginia


    Sources:
    Title: Reynolds, Georgia H.Publication: 2201 56th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50310
    Repository:
    Note: Jonesborough Library, Jonesborough, TNMedia: Other
    Title: Ward FamilyAuthor: Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery
    Repository:
    Note: Jonesborough Library, Jonesborough, TNMedia: Manuscript
    Title: Our Ward FamilyAuthor: Norris Wayne Jackson
    Publication: 1995
    Repository:
    Note: Family History Library, SLC, Utah
    Media: BookPage: 5
    Title: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial EditionRepository:
    Note: NSDAR Headquarters, Washington, DC
    Media: BookPage: 3094
    Title: DAR Patriot Index - Centennial EditionRepository:
    Note: NSDAR Headquarters, Washington, DC
    Media: BookPage: 3094
    Title: Bedford Co. VA Will BookRepository:
    Note: Virginia State Archives, Richmond, VA
    Media: Microfilm
    Page: Will proved 11 Nov 1816 (Campbell County, VA) Will of John WardNote: Will
    Title: Bedford County, Virginia Will BookRepository:
    Note: Virginia State Archives, Richmond, VAMedia: Microfilm
    Title: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial EditionRepository:
    Note: NSDAR Headquarters, Washington, DCMedia: Book
    Title: Genealogies of Virginia FamiliesPublication: Family Tree Maker, CD 186 Family History, VA Genealogies #2
    Repository: Media: Family Archive CD
    Title: Edward P. Valentine PapersRepository:
    Note: South Caroliniana Library, Univ. of SC, Columbia, SC 29208
    Media: OtherPage: Vol. 1, Crenshaw Family (Deed Book 6:195)
    Title: Edward P. Valentine PapersRepository:
    Note: South Caroliniana Library, Univ. of SC, Columbia, SC 29208
    Media: OtherPage: Vol. I, Crenshaw Family (Order Book 1759-61, p 204, Lunenburg County)
    Title: Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 24, # 2Repository:
    Note: Virginia State Library
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    Title: Genealogies of Virginia FamiliesPublication: Family Tree Maker, CD 186 Family History, VA Genealogies #2
    Repository:
    Media: Family Archive CD
    Page: 740Text: Will of Paul Chiles, dated Sept. 1`761, recorded Halifax Co., VA; names executors: wife, Anne Chiles; brother John Chiles; John Ward, brother-in-law; named his children: Henry, Paul, Rowland, Elizab eth & Frances.
    Title: Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 24, # 2Repository:
    Note: Virginia State Library
    Media: Magazine
    Page: 180Text: Book of Surveys, Pittsylvania County, VA Records
    Title: Migrations Actual & Implied. Volumes 1-4Author: Caroline Cunningham
    Publication: 1968;
    Repository:
    Note: Sutro Library, San Francisco
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    Note: Barbara ReedMedia: Book
    Title: Edward P. Valentine PapersRepository:
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    Title: Golden, Gracie StoverRepository:
    Note: 221 S. Lorraine Wichita, KS 67211Media: Letter
    Title: Bedford Co, VA Marriage BookRepository:
    Note: Virginia State Archives, Richmond, VA
    Media: MicrofilmPage: p72

    Major John Ward, previously of Prince George County (or perhaps Henrico or Goochland), settled in Brunswick County, VA (Pittsylvania County today) about the year 1739. He soon married the beautiful Anne, daughter of Henry and Anne Harrelson Chiles, a descendant of Walter Chiles of Jamestown. John and Jeremiah Ward patented over 3200 acres of land on the north side of the Dan River.

    John initially settled on Reed Creek, south of modern Altavista, but built a second home, "The Mansion," just east of the mouth of the Otto River, near its entrance into Staunton River and only a few miles east of where Altavista now stands. He and Anne raised at least five children, possibly seven, including:

    William Ward m. Mildred Adams
    .....d/o Robert Adams & Penelope Lynch
    Ann Ward m. Christopher Lynch
    .....s/o Charles Lynch Sr & Sarah Clark
    John Chiles Ward never married
    .....(aka John Ward of Sulpher Springs)
    Agatha Ward m. John Calloway
    .....s/o William Calloway & Elizabeth Tilley
    Henry Ward m. Martha "Patsey" Barber
    .....d/o unknown Barber/Barbour
    possibly Jeremiah Ward
    .....who moved to Kanawha County
    possibly Thomas Ward m. Mildred Walden
    .....d/o Richard Walden & Candace Hubbard

    In 1766 shortly after the death of his wife Anne, Major Ward married secondly Mrs. Sarah Clark Lynch, daughter of Christopher Clark and widow of Charles Lynch, Sr. Sarah was the mother-in-law of John's daughter Anne Ward who married Christopher Lynch in 1765.

    As early as 1769 he built mills at Sinkler's and Chile's Creeks and raised large yields of hemp on his lands. He surveyed the road leading to Lynchburg, which still bears his name over 250 years later. He also served as Justice of the Peace in Campbell County, and was designated a major of the Bedford county militia, and office he resigned in 1781 on account of his great age.

    In 1778 Major Ward established a ferry across the Staunton, having previously kept there a boat free to passengers, and in 1810 he obtained permission to erect a toll bridge near his ferry. Just over the river, many years ealier, he built Ward's Tavern, where Locust Hill now stands.

    John Ward's will, written in 1809, was probated November 11, 1816. Included in his estate was a tract called Indian Camps, which received the name from its use by Indians. His home was passed down to his son Col. Henry Ward Adams and wife Annie Pauline Floyd.

    John Ward died in 1816 at the age of 106 and was buried in the family graveyard near the Mansion. John's headstone reads 1708 and 1816, but despite being quite old, the stone does not appear to be the original marker. Unmarked graves around him could be his wives, though it is possible that Anne is buried at the Chiles Riverview plantation, and Sarah is buried at the Quaker Meeting House. Some of John Ward's descendants are also buried at Avoca, the home of Col. Charles Lynch in Altavista.

    Spouses:
    Anne Chiles Ward (____ - 1765)
    Sarah Clark Lynch (1716 - 1792)

    Children:
    Ann Ward Dillard (1751 - 1816)*
    Henry Ward (1751 - 1823)*

    Burial:
    Adams Ward Family Cemetery
    Altavista
    Campbell County
    Virginia, USA

    Joseph Ward patented 731 acres on the north fork of Little Roanoke in
    Brunswick county in 1739. The next year John Ward patented 40O acres on the south side of Rose's creek; in 1742 Richard Ward patented 17OO acres on Staunton river; in 175O John Ward patented 425 acres on Hunter's branch on the north side of Hunter's creek and a year later patented 55O acres at the head of Jenita creek. Two or more families bearing the Ward name were recorded in Campbell, and the names John and Richard are found among Major John Ward's descendants, but nothing has been found concerning these early patentees.

    In 1753 the two brothers, John and Jeremiah Ward, of Albemarle, patented 32OO acres of land on the north side of Dan river in Pittsylvania county, which were located (as designated) "in the mountains." John then settled at Reed creek; and some years later Jerry moved to Cabell county on the Guyandotte river. John Ward married the beautiful Anne, daughter of Henry and Anne Harrelson-Chiles of Pittsylvania. He built a second home, The Mansion, east of the mouth of Otter river near its entrance into the Staunton and only a few miles from where Alta Vista now stands; here he lived, and, dying (over 10O years old), in 1816, was buried in the family grave-yard nearby. Major Ward married, secondly, 1766, Mrs. Sarah Clark - Lynch, daughter of Christ. Clark and widow of Charles Lynch, Sr., for which she was disowned by the Quakers, Ward not being of the sect. He received his title in 1778 as Major of Bedford county militia, an office he resigned in 1781 on account of his great age.

    In 1778 Major Ward established a ferry across the Staunton, having previously kept there a boat free to passengers, and in 1810 he obtained permission to erect a toll bridge near his ferry. As early as 1769 he built mills at Sinkler's and Chile's creeks; raised large yield of hemp upon his land. Included in his estate was a tract called Indian Camps, which received the name from its use by Indians. He surveyed the road leading to Lynchburg which still bears his name and which, though recently improved by shortening of curves, filling of depressions and sand-clay resurfacing, is not materially changed from its early lines; in providing cross-country passage for his neighbors, Ward builded better than he reckoned, for his road now forms part of a highway which runs through the state, and connects with routes leading north and south.

    Children of John and Anne H. Ward:
    I.—John, Jr., never married, was ensign of Bedford militia in 1781, and
    lieutenant in 1782; he owned a large estate in land, of which he willed (1826) the larger part to his nephew, John, the son of his brother, William. Indian Camps, was part of his inheritance.

    II.—William, born 1745, married Mildred, eldest daughter of Robert and
    Penelope Lynch - Adams, owned land above Leesvtlle; was a justice in
    Pittsylvania in 1777, member of the Committee of Safety in 1775, captain of militia, in 178O was allowed £53.14 for provisions furnished Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of a soldier. Children: Robert Adams m. Betsy, dau. of Charles L. and Sally Lynch-Terrell in 18O7; their son, Robert H., was appointed by Underwood in 187O judge of Campbell county court; a son, Charles, m. Martha K., dau. of Nathaniel and Virginia Woodson-Henry.

    John (3rd of the name),m., in 18O5, Tabitha Hubbard, dau. of Chas. and
    Elizh. M. Wall-Walden, gr.-dau. of Col. Chas. F. Wall, and gr.-dau. of Rd. and Candace Hub-bard-Walden. John Ward was killed in 1838 by a tree falling on him, when he was having ground cleared; his home was Edge Hill, Pittsylvania, near Leesville. He had 12 children of whom
    —Mildred, the eldest, m. (1st wife), Augustine Leftwich and died young;

    — Henry Chiles m. Sally Winston, dau. of Dr. John J. Cabell; their son, Capt. John C. Ward of the C. S, army, was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, where he contracted consumption, and died two years later: m: Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Roy Scott;

    —William Walden m., 1836, Elizabeth M. Adams; owned 13O2 acres on Staunton river and Cheese creek, along Lynchburg and Pittsylvania turnpike: will recorded 1845;

    -Charles m. Martha A. Dillard, 1835; soldier in Mexican War, remained and died in Texas;

    —Three next sons died unmarried;

    —Dr. David C. went with the gold hunters in 1849; returned to Virginia; died, unmarried, 19O6;

    —Addison Whitfield, m., 1st, Wilmouth W. Adams; m., 2nd, Mary C. Anthony; m., 3rd, Fanny S. Terry;

    —Sally Wilmouth m. Samuel Clark Tardy, Jr., son of Saml. C. and Jane Haden-Tardy, and moved first to Richmond, then to Lynchburg, where he conducted a wholesale grocery. Their daughter, Eva, youngest of a large family of sons and daughters, married Wm. McAdoo, secretary of the Navy under Cleveland;

    —Lucy E. m. James M. Spindle of Wytheville;

    -Alex Tazewell m. Ann, dau. of Wm. Lee. Major Ward devised his lands, above the mouth of Old Woman's creek, adjoining Staunton river, to his son, William.

    III.—Agatha m. (2nd wife) Col. John Callaway, and lived near Evington, died in 1812. To her Major Ward gave his lands on Smith river in Patrick, Franklin and Montgomery counties, jointly with his son Henry.

    IV.-Ann m., 1st, Christopher, son of Charles Lynch; m., 2nd, Benjamin Dillard, to whose 3 children their grand-father bequeathed 85O acres on Sycamore creek above Early's mill.

    V.—Major Henry, a commissary during the Revolution, was active in providing for the American troops and was also issuing commissary to the Catawba Indians from February 21st till April 2O, 178O. It is probable that these were the Indians who occupied the Camps and whose friendship Henry Ward gained by acts of kindness to them. After his death they came back to make him a call and were distressed to learn that their friend had passed away. In remembrance of his service to them they performed certain religious ceremonies to obtain by favorable sign the assurance that Ward had passed to the happy hunting grounds; this was effected by knocking heads together till the blood flowed from their nostrils and was caught in straws which they then held to the sun to discover if light showed through, thus indicating that he had reached the desired goal,—the
    perception of a favorable sign gave them much satisfaction.

    Henry Ward received from his father, the land adjoining the ferry on the south side of Staunton river, land and the home place on the north side of Staunton and Otter rivers and Cheese creek, the mill and tract on Old Woman's creek, the tract on the south side of the Staunton purchased of Henry Chiles and known as Jack’s Place. Children of Henry Ward: Matilda Callaway, born 18OO, m. Thomas Tunstall Adams of Pittsylvania; — Lucinda Dillard, born 18O1, m. 1823 Dr. John Biddle Rutledge of Maryland, their daughter, Martha Henry m. James Carter, whose daughter, Maud, married Nathaniel K. Clement, a member of the House of Delegates from Pittsylvania, who has served two terms, also as state senator. Dr. Rutledge built Monteflora and resided there; after his death Major Henry Adams bought the place and lived there until it was burned, when he moved to the old Mansion home which was also burned down seven or eight years ago. Monteflora was rebuilt by H. W. Adams, a son of Major Henry W. Adams, but the Mansion has not been rebuilt.—Juliana, born 18O8, m. John Wheeler Rutledge and moved to Maryland;—Henrietta, born 181O, m. 1828, Dr. William J. McIlheiny of Baltimore: moved to St. Louis;—William, born 1814, moved to Missouri:—Robert A. born 1817;—^-Edwin Jeremiah, born 1821 moved to Arkansas.

    VI.—Jeremiah Ward, Jr., moved to Texas.

    VII.-Thomas Ward m. Milly, daughter of Richard Walden, and moved to Ohio.

    Three families of Wards located in Campbell county at different periods. The second to come was Seth Ward, 5th or 6th in family line bearing that full name.

    Seth Ward of Henrico county, in 1632 was granted 60 acres of land in Varina; he died in 1677. His son, Richard Ward, had four sons, the eldest of whom was Seth, who lived at Sheffield and who died in 1732. The third of these brothers was Joseph (who died in 1743) and he had six sons, the second of whom was named Seth.

    In 1823 David J. Thompson sold Seth Ward the "Buffalo Mills," and distillery on Buffalo creek (reserving the carding machine) near the town of New London on the east side of Turner's branch. Seth, son of Seth and Mary Goode-Ward, born between 172O and 173O in Powhatan county, married Martha, the sister of Captain William Norvell of Lynchburg and settled in New-London. Episcopalian in faith, he built Chax creek church near Trinity, and was instrumental in building St. Stephen's church, a brick church still standing and not far from Forest depot. His son, Seth Ward, married Ann Hard wick in 1818. The family of Seth and Martha Norvell-Ward moved to Tennessee. Rev. William Norvell Ward, an Episcopal clergyman, was a son of this Seth Ward; the daughters were Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Kerr and Miss Ward.

    Giles Ward, who made his home in Lynchburg, was the third of the name to
    settle in Campbell, coming to Virginia from Connecticut. He possessed
    considerable dramatic talent and started in Lynchburg the Thespian Society, of which he was made the president. Giles Ward married Adeline, the daughter of Major James Risque, and his wife, Elizabeth Kennerly, and their son, James Beverley Ward married Harriet Emmaline, daughter of John Buford and Angeline Brown-Otey; they resided on a farm near Forest but moved to Lynchburg. Of this family only two daughters, Mrs. Emory McVeigh and Mrs. Will Johns, remained in the locality; other sisters and brothers moving south; daughters—Ella, Addie (m. McVeigh), Annie, Julia (married
    Johns); sons: John, Otey, Charles (m. Helen Cartmell of Lynchburg). Ferdinand Ward went West. Harriet, eldest daughter of Major Risque and sister of Mrs. Giles Ward, married Major George Hutter, of Sandusky.

    In 1753 the two brothers, John and Jeremiah Ward, of Albemarle, patented 3200 acres of land on the north side of Dan river in Pittsylvania county, which were located (as designated) "in the mountains." John then settled at Reed creek; and some years later Jerry moved ty on the Guyandotte river. John Ward married the beautiful Anne, daughter of Henry and Anne Harrelson-Chiles of Pittsylvania. He built a second home, The Mansion, east of the mouth of Otter river near its entrance into the Staunton and only a few miles from where Alta Vista now stands; here he lived, and, dying (over 100 years old), in 1816, was buried in the family grave-yard nearby. Major Ward married, secondly, 1766, Mrs. Sarah Clark - Lynch, daughter of Christ. Clark and widow of Charles Lynch, Sr., for which she was disowned by the Quakers, Ward not being of the sect. He received his title in 1778 as Major of Bedford county militia, an office he resigned in 1781 on account of his great age. DAR A 120573, Major, Patriotic Service, Civil Service; Sheriff, VA

    In 1778 Major Ward established a ferry across the Staunton, having previously kept there a boat free to passengers, and in 1810 he obtained permission to erect a toll bridge near his ferry. As early as 1769 he built mills at Sinkler's and Chile's creeks; raised large yield of hemp upon his land. Included in his estate was a tract called Indian Camps, which received the name from its use by Indians. He surveyed the road leading to Lynchburg which still bears his name and which, though recently improved by shortening of curves, filling of depressions and sand-clay resurfacing, is not materially changed from its early lines; in providing cross-country passage for his neighbors, Ward built better than he reckoned, for his road now forms part of a highway which runs through the state, and connects with routes leading north and south.

    Sources
    Campbell chronicles and family sketches : embracing the history of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926.
    U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Name: John Ward; Gender: Male; Spouse Name: Sarah Clark; Spouse Birth Year: 1716; Number Pages: 1.
    Will and Testament of John Ward, 23 Jan 1807.
    U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Name: John Ward; Gender: Male; Spouse Name: Ann Chiles; Number Pages: 1.
    Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly; John Ward, 300a, Albemarle Co, on S. side James R. on both sides of Hollyday R., bounded by Henry Chiles's c. (p.6) 1 Dec 1748.
    Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800; Name: John Ward.

    John married Anne Chiles in 1739 in Henry Chiles Home, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of Col Henry Chiles, Jr and Anna Harrelson) was born in 1726 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1765 in The Mansion, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Anne Chiles was born in 1726 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA (daughter of Col Henry Chiles, Jr and Anna Harrelson); died on 1 Jan 1765 in The Mansion, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Anne Chiles Ward - Sometimes known as Anna, Daughter of Henry Chiles from Amelia County. Sister to John, Henry, Paul, Elizabeth and Susanne Chiles.

    The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume XX and Genealogies of Virginia Families Volume I.
    Page 106 - Henry Chiles of Bedford County Will recorded November 27, 1758. Devisee was his sister Ann Ward and one of the executors was John Ward.
    Page 740 - Paul Chiles Will recorded in Halifax County in 1761, Executors, his brother-in-law John Ward.

    Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume 1 Some notes regarding the Chiles Family.
    Page 741 - Ann Chiles, sister of Henry, John and Paul Chiles, married Major John Ward, of the “The Mansion,” Campbell County, Va.
    Page 743 - Henry Chiles of Amelia County Will recorded in 1746 devised to his daughter Anna 250 acres north side of Staunton river.

    History of Pittsylvania County Virginia, by Maud Carter Clement Publisher J. P. Bell Co. 1929 Lynchburg , Va. USA.
    Page 139 - William Ward was the son of Major John Ward and his wife Anne Chiles Ward, whose home, “The Mansion,” lay across Staunton River in Campbell County.

    The Compendium of American Genealogy The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of the First Families of America Volume VII 1942 Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company 1968.
    Page 54 - Maj. John (d.1808) with his bro., Jeremiah resided in Albemarle Col, as early as 1753, built “Ward Mansion” Campbell Co. and Ward’s Road, running south from Lynchburg: m lst, ca. 1744, Anne Chiles.

    Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches by Ruth Hairston Early J.P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, Virginia.
    Page 525 - John Ward married the beautiful Anne, daughter of Henry and Anne Harrelson-Chiles of Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800 by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck
    Page 168 - John Ward m (1) Anne Chiles Daughter of Henry Chiles (2) Sarah Clark Lynch on December 17, 1766.

    Frontiers Along the Upper Roanoke River Chapter VII by Maud Carter Clement Frontiers along the upper Roanoke River, 1740-1776 : a story of first settlement 1964 J.P. Bell Company.
    Page 64 - John Ward, who had married Anne, the daughter of Colonel Henry Chiles of King William County.
    Page 65 - John and Ann Ward made their home south of the Roanoke River in Halifax County, near the mouth of Otter River, on land adjoining a brother, Paul Chiles, and their mother, Mrs. Anne Harrelson Chiles.
    Page 66 - Mrs. Anne Chiles Ward was reared in eastern Virginia, where life was more gracious than on the frontier, and where the stores of the tobacco merchants were easily accessible, carrying newest London goods and fashions. She was a woman of great beauty, which is a cherished tradition among her descendants today. Her family of five sons and twin daughters, Anne and Agatha, was complete before she came into the Roanoke Valley, her youngest son, Henry, being a small child at the time. But like other members of her family, Anne’s life was tragically short, and she did not live to enjoy the handsome home which her husband built for her with so much care and thought. She was buried in the garden graveyard at River View, the home plantation of her brother Paul Chiles, who had died in 1761 and where her mother was also laid to rest. Anne Chiles descends from Walter Chiles, Sr., an early Virginia settler who arrived with his own ship and held several governmental positions in the colony. This branch of the Chiles family is listed among the First Families of Virginia.

    Children:
    1. John Chiles Ward, Jr was born in 1743 in Sulphur Springs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Oct 1826 in Sulphur Springs, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    2. 6. Capt William Ward was born in 1745 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Oct 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    3. Agatha(twin to Ann) Ward was born on 9 Feb 1750 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jan 1812 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    4. 5. Anne(twin to Agatha) Ward was born on 9 Feb 1750 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1816 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    5. Henry Ward was born on 5 Apr 1751 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Apr 1823 in The Mansion, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    6. Jeremiah Ward was born in 1755 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1824 in Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, USA.
    7. Thomas Ward was born in 1764 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1832 in , , Ohio, USA.

  5. 14.  Robert Adams was born on 20 Dec 1725 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA (son of Robert Adams and Mourning Fountelroy "Mary" Lewis); died on 17 Jun 1785 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

    Robert married Penelope Flournoy Lynch on 15 Oct 1748 in St Anns, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. Penelope (daughter of Charles Lynch and Sarah Clark) was born in 1734 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1785 in Pen Park, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Penelope Flournoy Lynch was born in 1734 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (daughter of Charles Lynch and Sarah Clark); died on 17 Jun 1785 in Pen Park, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Penelope Lynch

    Children:
    1. Penelope Adams was born in 1745 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1783 in , , Virginia, USA.
    2. James Adams was born in 1746 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died in 1779.
    3. Sarah C Adams was born in 1746 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1777 in , , Virginia, USA.
    4. Margaret Adams was born in 1752 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    5. Charles Lynch Adams was born in 1752 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Apr 1804 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    6. James Adams was born on 18 Oct 1753 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Sep 1835 in Centerville, Elbert, Georgia, USA.
    7. Christopher Columbus Adams was born in 1754; died in 1793 in , Sussex, Virginia, USA.
    8. Robert Adams was born in 1754 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1790 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    9. Mourning Adams was born in 1756 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in 1777 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    10. 7. Mildred Adams was born in 1758 in Toshes, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Aug 1794 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    11. Thomas Adams was born in 1758 in , Fluvanna, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Feb 1836 in , Elbert, Georgia, USA.
    12. Elizabeth Lynch Adams was born on 2 Mar 1758 in , Orange, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Mar 1834 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    13. Cyrus Saunders Adams was born in 1760 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1783 in , , Virginia, USA.
    14. Sarah Adams was born in 1762 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died in 1840 in , , Virginia, USA.
    15. Nannie Adams was born on 28 Dec 1763 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 09 Feb 1846 in , Fluvanna, Virginia, USA.
    16. Judith Adams was born in 1766 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died in 1849 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    17. William Lewis Adams was born in 1777 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1827 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
    18. John Lynch Adams was born on 13 Dec 1779 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Oct 1849 in , , Virginia, USA.


Generation: 5

  1. 26.  Col Henry Chiles, Jr was born on 13 Nov 1698 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (son of John Henry Chiles and Margaret Littlepage); died on 27 Jun 1746 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.

    Col married Anna Harrelson in 1718 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA. Anna (daughter of Paul Peter Harrelson and Rebecca Burgess) was born in 1699 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 27.  Anna Harrelson was born in 1699 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (daughter of Paul Peter Harrelson and Rebecca Burgess); died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Paul Chiles was born in 1718 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Mar 1767 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; was buried in Clays Mill, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    2. Henry Chiles was born in 1725 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Nov 1758 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    3. 13. Anne Chiles was born in 1726 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1765 in The Mansion, Campbell, Virginia, USA; was buried in Altavista, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    4. John Chiles was born on 27 Jan 1730 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jan 1813 in , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

  3. 28.  Robert Adams was born in 1695 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1740 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

    Robert married Mourning Fountelroy "Mary" Lewis in 1714 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. Mourning was born in 1694 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1765 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 29.  Mourning Fountelroy "Mary" Lewis was born in 1694 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1765 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 14. Robert Adams was born on 20 Dec 1725 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1785 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

  5. 30.  Charles Lynch was born in 1705 in , County Galway, Ireland (son of Thomas Lynch and Sabina VanDerHorst); died on 10 May 1753 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Major Charles W Lynch
    • Arrival: 1733, , , Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    The first Charles Lynch ran away from his home in Ireland in 1720 at about the age of fifteen. It is said that as the ship on which he sailed left the coast of Ireland, the boy jumped overboard in an attempt to swim back to his home but was quickly fished out of the water and the voyage was resumed.

    On reaching Virginia, Lynch was indentured to a wealthy planter, Christopher Clarke, to pay for his passage across the ocean. Clarke subsequently took a great interest in Charles Lynch and helped to educate him. Lynch studied law and became a good business man. He married Sarah, the daughter of Christorher Clarke, and was the first settler to occupy Lynchburg and its environs.

    Lynch can very properly be considered a pioneer when it is remembered that only the Tidewater area of Virginia was relatively well populated. No well-defined line was drawn delineating the frontier, but it is generally conceded that the benefits of civilization extended only about one hundred miles from the coast at the time Lynch moved his family to the frontier region. His first land grant of about 1,000 acres was received in 1731, in Goochland County. By 1750 he had received some twenty grants of land which totaled 10,231 acres.

    Lynch was relatively prominent in his county, his name frequently being associated with that of Nicholas Meriwether and Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson. He operated a ferry from his plantation in Goochland County across the Northana River. He acted as a trustee with Joshua Fry, William Randolph, and Peter Jefferson for money granted by the General Assembly to clear the Fluvanna River of rocks and make it more navigable. He was comissioned a Captain in the Militia in July, 1745. He served a term in the House of Burgesses from 1748 to 1749 and was appointed to the Committee for Courts and Justice. He was appointed sheriff for Albemarle County in 17499 and was appointed one of the justices of the peace for Albemrle in April, 1752. This list of achievements, from an indentured servant to membership in the House of Burgesses in the space of thirty years, speaks well for his initiative and intelligence and would indicate that Lynch was a conscientious, hardworking individual.

    Charles Lynch married Sarah Clarke in 1733, and moved to about one mile south of the present site of Lynchburg. Sarah had become a Quaker in Louisa County so maintained contact with her old church for a number of years, holding silent worship at home with her children when no meeting was near enough to attend. However, her husband was not religiously disposed and seems to have taken no part in the church or family worship. Sarah Lynch raised six children, three of whom became famous: Charles as the author of Lynch Law, John as the founder of Lynchburg, and Sarah Lynch-Terrell as the outspoken opponent of slavery in South River Meeting.

    As more settlers moved to the Lynchburg area, Sarah Lynch invited her neighbors to attend silent worship in her home. Enough interest was shown for this group to petition the Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, their immediate superiors in the Quaker Church organization, for a public meeting place of their own to be called South River Meeting, because of its location on the south side of the James River. Permission was granted in 1754, but these Friends continued to meet in homes until 175?, when Sarah Lynch gave some land to provide a place for building a meeting house. Thus, from a simple family worship grew a substantial church which lasted well over a hundred years and formed the foundations of the city of Lynchburg, for the history of the South River Meeting from 1754 to 1800 is the history of Lynchburg.

    Sarah Lynch's influence on her son, Charles, must have been tremendous in his early years as he was very active in Quaker affairs. As proof of the righteousness of this woman, it should be noted that she was appointed an elder for the South River Meeting in June, 1759, a very rare privilege among the orthodox Quakers who only bestowed such honor in exceptional cases, as they preferred to have no hierarchy rather than appoint unworthy individuals to leadership.

    At age 15, Charles Lynch ran away from his home in Galway, Ireland and stowed away on a ship bound for America. After reaching Virginia the ship’s captain sold the stowaway Charles as an indentured servant to pay for his passage. The day that his contract was purchased by Christopher Clark was the luckiest day in Charles Lynch’s life. Clark was a prominent and prosperous Quaker in Albermarle County. He took a liking to young Charles and paid for his education. In 1733 Charles and the Clarks’ daughter Sarah were married.

    With some financial assistance from his father in law, Charles Lynch became a prominent and prosperous planter as well, eventually owning thousands of acres in what is now Campbell County. Charles and Sarah Lynch had six children. Their son John became the founder of Lynchburg, and their son Charles, Jr. was a prominent patriot--a Colonel in the Virginia militia whose summary trials of Tories in what is now Altavista originated the term “Lynch’s Law.”

    Having grown up Catholic, Charles Lynch never became a Quaker. Charles, Jr. was expelled because of his military service and because he took an oath of office. But John, the founder of Lynchburg, followed in the ardent footsteps of his Quaker mother.

    Charles married Sarah Clark in 1733 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Christopher Clark and Penelope Johnston) was born in 1716 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jan 1792 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 31.  Sarah Clark was born in 1716 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA (daughter of Christopher Clark and Penelope Johnston); died on 20 Jan 1792 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    At a time when churches not only didn’t ordain women, they usually didn’t allow them to speak, Sarah Clark Lynch was the founder and elder of Lynchburg’s South River Quaker Meeting House. She was an energetic anti-slavery advocate long before abolitionism existed outside the Quaker community and her influence led most of Virginia’s Quakers to free their slaves and many to emigrate to states without slavery.

    At age 15, Charles Lynch ran away from his home in Galway, Ireland and stowed away on a ship bound for America. After reaching Virginia the ship’s captain sold the stowaway Charles as an indentured servant to pay for his passage. The day that his contract was purchased by Christopher Clark was the luckiest day in Charles Lynch’s life. Clark was a prominent and prosperous Quaker in Albermarle County. He took a liking to young Charles and paid for his education. In 1733 Charles and the Clarks’ daughter Sarah were married.

    With some financial assistance from his father in law, Charles Lynch became a prominent and prosperous planter as well, eventually owning thousands of acres in what is now Campbell County. Charles and Sarah Lynch had six children. Their son John became the founder of Lynchburg, and their son Charles, Jr. was a prominent patriot--a Colonel in the Virginia militia whose summary trials of Tories in what is now Altavista originated the term “Lynch’s Law.”

    Having grown up Catholic, Charles Lynch never became a Quaker. Charles, Jr. was expelled because of his military service and because he took an oath of office. But John, the founder of Lynchburg, followed in the ardent footsteps of his Quaker mother.

    After her husband’s death Sarah married John Ward (for whom Ward’s Road is named). Despite having been the founder and leader of the Quaker meeting in Lynchburg, she was expelled for marrying a non-Quaker.

    Sarah was one of the most influential women in the history of central Virginia, despite living in a time when women had few opportunities to fill leadership roles.

    Sarah Clark Lynch Ward died on January 20, 1792, two hundred twenty-eight years ago today. She is buried in the cemetery of the old Quaker Meeting House in Lynchburg, shown in the photo (cemetery in the foreground, old meeting house in the background). The cemetery and old meeting house are now owned and maintained by the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church.

    Children:
    1. William Lynch was born in 1733 in , Henry, Virginia, USA; died in 1788 in , Henry, Virginia, USA.
    2. 15. Penelope Flournoy Lynch was born in 1734 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1785 in Pen Park, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
    3. Charles Lynch, Jr was born in 1736 in Chestnut Hill, Loudoun, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1796 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    4. Christopher Lynch was born on 1 Dec 1736 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1796 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    5. Sarah Lynch was born in 1738 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 10 May 1773 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    6. John Lynch was born on 20 Jun 1740 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Oct 1820 in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    7. Edward Lynch was born in 1744 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died in 1765.
    8. James Lynch was born in 1745 in , Grayson, Virginia, USA.
    9. George Lynch was born on 1 Jan 1747 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1821 in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 6

  1. 52.  John Henry Chiles was born on 4 Apr 1671 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA (son of Walter Chiles and Susannah Wadding); died on 27 Feb 1719 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Henry Chiles
    • Residence: 1704, Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Captain Henry CHILES was born about 1669 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia.
    He was elected as Vestryman in 1702 in Saint Peter's Parish Church, New Kent County, Virginia.
    He served as as Justice of the Peace in Jul 1702 in New Kent County, Virginia.
    He served as as Church Warden in Oct 1704 in Saint Paul's Parish Church, Hanover County, Virginia.
    He served as as Justice of the Peace in 1714 in New Kent County, Virginia. He signed a will in 1718. He died in 1719/20 in Saint Paul Parish, Hanover County, Virginia.

    Parents: Walter CHILES III and Susanna BROOKS.

    Spouse: Margaret LITTLEPAGE. Captain Henry CHILES and Margaret LITTLEPAGE were married about 1688 in (probably) Virginia.

    Children were: Valentine CHILES, Margaret CHILES, Susannah CHILES, Henry CHILES, Walter CHILES, James CHILES, William CHILES, Hezekiah CHILES, Micajah CHILES, Richard CHILES, Manoah CHILES, Daniel CHILES, Malachi CHILES.

    Spouse: Mary Ann WINSTON. Captain Henry CHILES and Mary Ann WINSTON were married about 1720.

    Children were: Malachi CHILES.

    From The Chiles Family in Virginia (Continued) W. B. Cridlin The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr., 1911), pp. 211-215 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243134 Page 215

    HENRY CHILES,' SON OF WALTER."

    Lived in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent county, x699. In the Parish Register are entries of the baptism of Walter and James, children of Henry Chiles, Gent., (699-1706.)

    He was elected a vestryman of St. Peter's Parish in 1702. In the records he is called Capt. Chiles. (St. Peter's Par. Reg., p. 73.)

    An old deed, found by the writer in the Clerk's office of King Wil- liam county, transfers from Richard Littlepage, Gent., and Frances, his wife, November 2, 1702, 400 acres in King William, formerly King and Queen, on the north side of Paniunkey River, to Henry Chiles, Gent., of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent. He was a justice in New Kent in 1714. (Va. Hist. Mag., II, 9.)

    He married Margarett Littlepage.
    Issue:
    Margarett,(?)m. Samuel Dagniell,of Middlesex countv, January24, 171 I(ChristChurchRecords);
    Henry,
    James,
    Walter,
    Hezekiah,
    Richard,
    Daniel,(?)and
    Valentine, who married Giles Thompkins, May 24, 1738.

    Henry Chiles died in 1720 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia. He married first Margaret Littlepage and second Mary.
    --Among the Public Officers in Virginia in 1702 was Henry Chiles, Sr. He was a Justic of the Peace from New Kent County on 18 Jul 1702.
    --A King William Courhouse deed dated 20 Nov 1702 records Henry Chiles, Gent, of New Kent purchasing 492 acres on the Pamunkey River from Richard Littlepage, Gent, of New Kent, and Frances his wife. It is a three page deed and very full in describing the transaction.
    --On the Quit Rent Rolls (Tax Rolls) Henry was listed as owning 700 acres of land in King William County in 1704 and also 700 acres in New Kent County in the Parish of St. Peters and St. Pauls. (pg. 17)
    --Henry married first Margaret Littlepage, and 2nd Mary (last name unknown. who 2ndly married a Mr. Howe).
    --In 1671 there is a record of Henry Sr. in the Countil Journal MSS when his father Walter, appears on behalf of his sons John and Henry regarding land in Westmoreland County on 4 April 1671. (pg. 16)
    --There is a deed in from Mary Howe, Orange Co., Virginia dated 17 Jun 1765 that mentions certain slaves left to her by will to the said Mary Howle (then Mary Chiles) will bearing the date 29 April 1718 by Henry Chiles.
    --The last record of Henry Chiles on the St. Pauls Parish Vestry Book of Hanover Co. was : At a Vestry held at ye lower Church ye 29 Oct. 1720. Mr. David Meriwether was admitted a Vestryman for this Parish in the room of Mr. Henry Chiles, lately deceased. pg. 18)

    Copy of document in book of the Indenture 20 November 1673 between James Wadding, Susanna his wife, late the wife and executrix of Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid gentleman deceased, and John Page.....It mentions in the indenture (1649 Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid Gentleman, (father of the aforesaid Walter Chiles)....towards the end---And in or about the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred fifty and three, the said Walter Chiles, the father dyed (leaving the said Walter Chiles late husband to the said Susanna Wadding party to these parts) his eldest son and heir at law.....the fifteenth day of November Annos Domi one thousand six hundred seventy one he the said Walter Chiles the son, made his last will and testament in writing, and Susanna his then wife (now Susanna Wadding party to these presents) sole executrix thereof....Shortly after the making of the will the said Walter Chiles the son dyed. (pages 10-12)

    The 2 known children of Henry and Mary are:
    IV. Manoah Chiles
    Micajah Chiles b. 1678 d. 1734
    References
    http://sneakers.pair.com/roots//b48.htm#P5043
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mfludvigsen&id=I2200

    Henry died in 1720 in St. Paul's Parish, Virginia. He married first Margaret Littlepage and second Mary.
    --Among the “Public Officers in Virginia in 1702” was Henry Chiles, Sr. He was a Justic of the Peace from New Kent County on 18 Jul 1702.
    --A King William Courhouse deed dated 20 Nov 1702 records Henry Chiles, Gent, of New Kent purchasing 492 acres on the Pamunkey River from Richard Littlepage, Gent, of New Kent, and Frances his wife. It is a three page deed and very full in describing the transaction.
    --On the Quit Rent Rolls (Tax Rolls) Henry was listed as owning 700 acres of land in King William County in 1704 and also 700 acres in New Kent County in the Parish of St. Peters and St. Pauls. (pg. 17)
    --Henry married first Margaret Littlepage, and 2nd Mary (last name unknown. who 2ndly married a Mr. Howe).
    --In 1671 there is a record of Henry Sr. in the Countil Journal MSS when his father Walter, appears on behalf of his sons John and Henry regarding land in Westmoreland County on 4 April 1671. (pg. 16)
    --There is a deed in from Mary Howe, Orange Co., Virginia dated 17 Jun 1765 that mentions certain slaves left to her by will to the said Mary Howle (then Mary Chiles) will bearing the date 29 April 1718 by Henry Chiles.
    --The last record of Henry Chiles on the St. Paul’s Parish Vestry Book of Hanover Co. was : “At a Vestry held at ye lower Church ye 29 Oct. 1720. Mr. David Meriwether was admitted a Vestryman for this Parish in the room of Mr. Henry Chiles, lately deceased.” pg. 18)

    Copy of document in book of the Indenture 20 November 1673 between James Wadding, Susanna his wife, late the wife and executrix of Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid gentleman deceased, and John Page.....It mentions in the indenture (1649 Walter Chiles of James City aforesaid Gentleman, (father of the aforesaid Walter Chiles)....towards the end---”And in or about the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred fifty and three, the said Walter Chiles, the father dyed (leaving the said Walter Chiles late husband to the said Susanna Wadding party to these parts) his eldest son and heir at law.....the fifteenth day of November Annos Domi one thousand six hundred seventy one he the said Walter Chiles the son, made his last will and testament in writing, and Susanna his then wife (now Susanna Wadding party to these presents) sole executrix thereof....Shortly after the making of the will the said Walter Chiles the son dyed. (pages 10-12)

    The 2 known children of Henry and Mary are as follows:

    IV. Manoah Chiles
    Micajah Chiles b. 1678 d. 1734

    John married Margaret Littlepage in 1688 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. Margaret was born in 1673 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 53.  Margaret Littlepage was born in 1673 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 26. Col Henry Chiles, Jr was born on 13 Nov 1698 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jun 1746 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.

  3. 54.  Paul Peter Harrelson was born in 1664 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA (son of Peter Harrelson and Rebekka Mary Harrelson); died on 5 Apr 1734 in St Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 1689, , New Kent, Virginia, USA

    Paul + Rebecca Burgess. Rebecca (daughter of Joseph Burgess and Patience Freeman) was born on 17 Jan 1667 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Apr 1734 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 55.  Rebecca Burgess was born on 17 Jan 1667 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Joseph Burgess and Patience Freeman); died on 1 Apr 1734 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Rebekkah Harrelson

    Children:
    1. Peter Harrelson was born in 1680 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jan 1733 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    2. Rebecca Harrelson was born in 1690 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Apr 1784 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    3. Dorothy Glover Harrelson was born on 1 Jan 1690 in King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died in 1767 in , Culpeper, Virginia, USA.
    4. Judith Harrelson (Haralson) was born in 1694 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Sep 1742 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    5. 27. Anna Harrelson was born in 1699 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    6. Mary Harrelson was born in 1712; died in 1773 in , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
    7. William Harrelson was born in 1720 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in , , South Carolina, USA.

  5. 60.  Thomas Lynch was born in 1675 in , , , Ireland; died in Jul 1752 in Christ Church Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Father Imigrated Developed Rice.

    Thomas married Sabina VanDerHorst in 1720. Sabina was born on 26 Oct 1691 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; died on 18 Jul 1773 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 61.  Sabina VanDerHorst was born on 26 Oct 1691 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; died on 18 Jul 1773 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Lynch was born in 1688; died in 1695.
    2. Jonack Lynch was born in 1688; died on 20 Feb 1726.
    3. Mary Lynch was born in 1700 in French Santee, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; died in 1766 in , , South Carolina, USA.
    4. Margaret Lynch was born in 1701 in , , South Carolina, USA; died in Apr 1733.
    5. 30. Charles Lynch was born in 1705 in , County Galway, Ireland; died on 10 May 1753 in Charlottesville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    6. Sabina Lynch was born in 1715 in , , South Carolina, USA; died in 1765 in , Craven, North Carolina, USA.
    7. Thomas Lynch, II was born in 1727 in St James Santee Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina, USA; died in Dec 1776 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA.

  7. 62.  Christopher Clark was born in 1681 in Somerton, Suffolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (son of Edward Clarke and Ann Allison); died on 28 May 1754 in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: , Bedford, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Captain Christopher Clark was born 1681 in Virginia and died on 28 May 1754 in Louisa, Virginia.

    Married:

    Elizabeth
    Penelope (surname unknown) Clark (1684 - 1760)
    Capt Christopher did have a first wife named Elizabeth. They never had any surviving children. She must have died around 1708 since all mention of her disappears and Christopher Marries Penelope around 1708 or 1709. They then have their first son EDWARD, in 1710 ( off the top of my head ) followed by all sorts of children who lived.

    Disputed Origins
    Seen as son of Micajah Clark (1659 - 1706) and Sallie Ann Moorman Clark (1662 - 1710). However, an argument presenting Edward Clark is seen here: https://www.geni.com/discussions/196579?msg=1297453

    Brief Biography
    He was a Captain in the militia, a lawyer, and a merchant. He is mentioned in the will of his law partner, Nicholas Meriwether, who calls him "Captain". He was justice of the peace in Louisa County in 1742. He is stated to have joined the Quakers in "1742 or 1749". In 1749, he was appointed an "overseer" of a meeting of Quakers near Sugarloaf Mountain in Albemarle County. His will was written 14 Aug 1741, in which he gave to his son Bolling, "my trooping arms and my great Bible, and all my law books".

    Christopher Clark was mentioned in the St Peters Parish New Kent county Vestry records in 1697 and again on 14 Jan 1698. ( the Church of England being the official govt authorized church ) The Vestry book talks about clearing land and building roads. Christopher, and Edward Clark were ordered to be involved along with others.

    Edward Clark was mentioned in the church records for 1692 and 1693with him assigned to the duties of Sexton. {charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard.}

    On Feb 28, 1700 Christopher Clark and his then Wife ELIZABETH, signed as witnesses to the marriage of their friends Thomas Lankford and Martha West. Edward Clark also signed as a single person. Nine other people signed as well.

    Later he marries Penelope around 1708 or 1709

    By wife Penelope (unknown surname) he had seven children born between 1710-1722. He was a Captain in the militia, a lawyer, and a merchant. He is mentioned in the will of his law partner, Nicholas Meriwether, who calls him "Captain". He was justice of the peace in Louisa County in 1742. He is stated to have joined the Quakers in "1742 or 1749". In 1749, he was appointed an "overseer" of a meeting of Quakers near Sugarloaf Mountain in Albemarle County. His will was written 14 Aug 1741, in which he gave to his son Bolling, "my trooping arms and my great Bible, and all my law books".

    WILL
    In the name of God, I Christopher Clark, being in sound mind and memory, thanks be to Almighty God for it, but calling to mind the uncertainties ye life, make my last Will and Testament as follows, etc. 1st I give to my son Edward, one gun and all my wearing clothes and all things else that he possessed of that was ever mine.

    2nd I give to my loving daughter Agnes Johnson, one negro wench, her increase and whatever else she has or ever had in possession that was mine.

    3rd I give my loving daughter Rachel Moorman, four hundred acres of land in Hanover County near Capt. Thoms. Darcy and one negro woman named Moll with her increase and all things else that she had in her possession whatever was mine.

    4th I give to my loving daughter Sarah Lynch, one negro boy and all things else that she is or ever was possessed of that was mine.

    5th I give my loving son Micajah Clark, five hundred acres of Land in Hanover County the same whereon I now live with all rights and attachments thereunto belonging and one negro boy named - - - working tools and whatever else he is or was possessed of that was mine.

    6th I give my loving son Bolling Clark four hundred acres of Land in Hanover County lying on the northwest side joining on the land of Mr. Thomas Carr and on ye County - - - -, two young negroes named Nance and Robin and one horse named Spret, one gun, one feather bed, and furniture, two cows amd calves, my trooping arms, and my great Bible, and all my law books.

    7th I give my loving daughter Elizabeth Anthony, four hundred acres of land in Goochland on Hooker Creek near South forks of James River, two young negroes Mat and Jenny, cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture.

    All the rest of my estate be what nature or quality soever to my loving wife during her natural life, who I appoint my Executrix and further my will and desire is that my loving grand-daughter Penelope Lynch at the death of her grandmother, Penelope Clark, my wife, that then she the said Penelope Lynch be paid out of my estate if there be so much remaining forty pounds good and lawful money of Virginia and then, if any left to be equally divided among my said children but not to be appraised.

    In witness to above premises I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this fourteenth day of August, 1741.

    Test. Christopher Clark (seal) Thomas Martin her Ann Martin mark his James Waring mark

    At a Court held for Louisa County the 28th day of May 1754, this Will was proved this day in open Court by the oath of Thomas Martin and affirmation of Ann Martin and admitted to record and is recorded. Test. James Littlepage Cl. Ct.

    [From - Some Families of Revolutionary War Patriots from VA, MD, PA, SC, and KY - Will Mac (Duncan) Coulter 1993] pg. 337-338: "Beginning with Virginia documentation fro Christopher and Penelope Clark, everyone is on safe and solid genealogical ground. The following is taken from page 126 of Helen Fairfax McNaught Geary's book JAMES CLARK, MANSFIELD AND CHRISTOPHER CLARK AND ALLIED FAMILIES: '.......Christopher Clark was Justice on the first Bench of Magistrates of Louisa Co. established Dec. 13 1742, formed of Col. Robert Lewis, Capt. Christopher Clark, Thomas Meriwether, and others (Records of Louisa Co., Va. Order Book I, page 1.) He was law partner of Nicholas Meriwether (ancestor of Meriwether Lewis). He (Christopher) was a wealthy man for that time. Land records show purchase of lands in Hanover Co. on Cedar Creek in 1705-6. in addition he bought large tracts in 1702-5 with Nicholas Meriwether. Hanover County records show patents of thousands of acres to him from 1722 to 1739, prior to the formation of Louisa County from Hanover in 1742. In 1730 he, with Nicholas Meriwether patented 17, 952 acres (Record in Land office at Richmond, Va. State Library, Archives division). The Executive Journals of Council of Va., Vol. III, p 243, shows patents of 3400 acres in New Kent Co. in Nov 1716; p502, same book shows patents of 15,000 acres in Hanover Co., Va., May 1719.

    Christopher married Penelope Johnston on 8 Jun 1709 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA. Penelope (daughter of Sir Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Sarah Walker) was born on 4 Aug 1684 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Aug 1760 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 63.  Penelope Johnston was born on 4 Aug 1684 in Saint Peter and Paul Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA (daughter of Sir Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Sarah Walker); died on 14 Aug 1760 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Christopher Clark, Jr was born in 1708 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Mar 1803 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
    2. John Edward Clark was born on 9 Oct 1710 in , Louisa, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1783 in , Louisa, Virginia, USA.
    3. Agnes Clark was born in 1712 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Aug 1769 in Ivy Creek, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    4. Rachel Clark was born on 14 Jun 1714 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Jun 1792 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; was buried in Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
    5. 31. Sarah Clark was born in 1716 in , New Kent, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jan 1792 in , Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    6. Corporal Micajah M Clark was born on 16 Sep 1718 in Green Springs, Louisa, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jul 1808 in Walnut Hill, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA.
    7. Elizabeth “Betty” Isabella Clark was born on 15 Feb 1720 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Nov 1790 in , Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
    8. Bolling Clark, Sr was born on 15 Feb 1722 in Green Springs, Louisa, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jun 1813 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.
    9. John Clark was born on 9 Oct 1725 in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jul 1799 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.
    10. Penelope M Clark was born in 1728 in , Louisa, Virginia, USA; died in 1729 in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, USA.
    11. Susannah Clark was born in 1730 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Feb 1818 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA.