Denis Sutton McCarty

Notes:

McCarty History in Virginia:
One of the nearest and most intimate friends of the McCartys was George Mason of Gunston Hall in Fairfax County. Mason is an historic figure in the political movements of his day and is described as "one of the greatest men of a great period." He was the author of the "Declaration of Rights" and the Constitution of Virginia, and is familiarly known as "The Father of States' Rights." Colonel Daniel McCarty and George Mason were keen sportsmen, and Dogue's Neck, part of the Mason estate, was long famous for its native deer and wild fowl, and the neighboring gentry often were guests at the hospitable mansion of the Masons and in hunting parties and other social events of the time. In 1778, Daniel, son of Daniel and Sinah (Ball) McCarty, married Sarah, daughter of George Mason, and William T. Mason, son of George, married Sarah McCarty. Daniel, Jr., was also known as "Colonel," and after their marriage the young couple settled at Cedar Grove. Kate Mason Rowland, in her Life of George Mason, thus refers to Cedar Grove: "The McCarty place has gone out of the family of its original owners. It is beautifully situated on Pohick Creek. Its lovely water views from its commanding position on high ground almost entirely surrounded by the Creek, are its chief attraction now, but in former days, with its lawns, its orchards and its shrubberies, it must have made a delightful residence. The family burial ground at Cedar Grove is perhaps a half mile from the house in a dense grove of oaks and poplars. Bending back the thick branches in this Druid-like solitude and stooping over fallen trees, one finds three graves with their gray mosscovered stones, marking the spots where rest Dennis McCarty and his grandson, Daniel McCarty, with the wife of the latter, who was the daughter of George Mason. Colonel Daniel McCarty, the elder, the friend and contemporary of George Mason, was buried at Mount Airy, another family seat of the McCartys.

That portion of his estate in Stafford County which Daniel, the Speaker, bequeathed to his son, Dennis, having been subject to entail, the latter's descendants regarded it as a hardship that they were precluded by the terms of the will from disposing of it as they chose. This matter was the subject of discussion between Daniel McCarty and George Washington, and among the Washington papers at the Library of Congress there is a letter from Daniel McCarty dated December 6, 1769, addressed to "George Washington Esq. at Williamsburg," which reads as follows:

"I send you by Mr. Peirce Bayly the Deeds made by me and my wife to Mr. Chichester and Likewise them from him and his wife to me, as also my Grandfather's will, Wherein you will find in the 3rd. Page how he gave the Land. Fairfax County was then Stafford, and by looking over the Will you may see some hardships which my father was laid under more than either of my Brothers. My wife's father's will I have not, neither is it in my Power to get it at this time, it being on the Records of Lancaster, but you may see by the Deeds made to Mr. Chichester in what manner it was Given which I hope will be sufficient. We have at last had a Vestry to lay the Parish Levy which is Sixty three per Pole 34900 being Levy'd Towards Paying for the Church and by those very Gentlemen who was so much against it formerly. Mrs. Posey & old Mrs. Johnston are both dead within two or three Days of each other. You will remember that I informed you that I have near Six thousand acres of Land more which is all intailed, being in the County of Loudoun, and I must beg your care of the Papers now sent. My Wife joins me in our Compliments to your Self, Mrs. Washington and Miss Patey, hopeing to see you all Return in Good Health, And I remain with great esteem

Dr Sr yr most obet Hble Servt
Daniel McCarty."

It is evident that upon Washington's return from Williamsburg the question was again discussed, and that it was decided that McCarty should seek relief from the legislature by securing the passage of an act canceling the entail, which process was known as "docking the entail." The Journals of the House of Burgesses under date of December 12, 1769, contain this entry:

"A Petition of Daniel McCarty was presented to the House, and read, setting forth that the Petitioner is seized in Fee Tail under the Will of Daniel McCarty his Grandfather, of 2000 Acres of Land in the Parish of Truro, and County of Fairfax, and is seized in Fee Simple of 1000 Acres of Land in the County of Fauquier, purchased of Richard Chichester and Sarah his Wife, and that it will be to the advantage of the Petr and those claiming in Remainder if the Intail of the said 2000 Acres of Land in Fairfax was docked and the said 1000 Acres of Land in Fauquier, with nine valuable Slaves, settled in Lieu thereof, and therefore praying that an Act may pass for that Purpose."

Thereupon, it was "Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition," and it is with considerable interest that we note that the two persons who were "ordered" by the House "to prepare and bring in the same" were George Washington and Richard Henry Lee. 21 On the following day there is an entry in the Journals, reading: "George Washington, member of the House from Fairfax County, presented a Bill to dock the Intail of certain Lands whereof Daniel McCarty is seized and for settling other Lands and Slaves to the same Uses," and the bill was passed by the House on December 19, 1769.

Daniel married Elizabeth Pope on 19 Oct 1699 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Humphrey Pope, , Colonel and Elizabeth Hawkins) was born on 25 Jun 1667 in Old Rappahannock, Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Mar 1716 in Yeocomico, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Sep 1677, St Andrew Hubbard, London, England

Dennis married Elizabeth Billington in 1668 in Old Rappahannock, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1654 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Apr 1717 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Humphrey Pope Sr. was born circa 1648-50 and died between Sep 1683 and Jun 1684. He married Elizabeth Hawkins daughter of Richard Hawkins and Katherine of Northumberland County Virginia and had 5 children: Elizabeth, Humphrey Jr., Lawrence, John and Mary. (They did NOT have a daughter named Jemima.)

It is now proven that Humphrey Pope Sr. was NOT the son of either Lt. Col. Nathaniel Pope and wife Lucy, OR of Col. Nathaniel's son Thomas who married Joanna. No record connects Humphrey Sr. with this other Pope family. If some degree of kinship existed, it has not yet been discovered.



Humphrey Pope and his Descendants from The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Apr., 1905) pp. 280-284.

HUMPHREY POPE AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Humphrey Pope appears as surety on a bond of John Quisenberry in Rappahannock (now Richmond) county, dated May 12, 1656. He obtained deed from Thomas Pope for 150 acres near the Clifts in Westmoreland county, February 2, 1659.

He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir-at-law of Richard Hawkins, as shown by the Westmoreland records. He died about 1695, leaving a will which, however, is not to be found. His children were 1 Lawrence, 2 Humphrey, 3 John, 4 a daughter who married (a) William Payne, of Yeocomico, and (b) Daniel McCarty; 5 Je-
mima, who married Nicholas Minor, and had four sons and a daughter, viz., William Stewart, John, Stewart, Nicholas and Elizabeth Wherret.

Lawrence, eldest son of Humphrey and Elizabeth Pope, married Jemima , relict of John Spence, and daughter of Thomas Waddy, of Northumberland. He lived in Washington Parish, in Westmoreland, and died there. His will was recorded March 2, 1723. His wife was made his executrix, and his estate was large. His children were, 1 Humphrey, 2 Thomas, 3 John, 4 Jemima, 5 Anne, 6 Mary, 7 Penelope, 8 Catherine.

Humphrey, second son of Humphrey and Elizabeth Pope,
names his mother in a deed to Spencer for land in 1719; makes deed to his brother John in 1704 jointly with his wife "Amey." His will is dated January 10, 1733; probated October 29, 1734. This will names wife "Mary," apparently implying a second marriage. He married, first, Amey, "eldest daughter of Morris Veale." His children were 1 Anne, who married Conditt; 2 Sophia, married Muse; 3 Humphrey, 4 John, 5 Sarah, 6 Mary, married William Muse.

John Pope, third son of Humphrey and Elizabeth (Hawkins), died in 1722 without a will. His widow Elizabeth married, secondly, Christopher Mothershead. An inventory of his estate was rendered in 1722.

Humphrey Pope, son of Lawrence and Jemima, married Anne, who signed deed with him to Samuel Damonville, June 29, 1736. His estate was divided 1744. His children were, 1 Sarah (chose William Muse as guardian), 2 Humphrey (chose Thomas Clayter as guardian), 3 Mary (chose Nicholas Minor as guardian), 4 John (chose William Muse as guardian).

Thomas Pope, son of Lawrence and Jemima, died in Westmoreland in 1741. (Will dated February 23, 1741; probated March 8, 1741.) He married Mary, one of the four daughters of Samuel Heath, of Northumberland, and had issue one daughter, Elizabeth. His relict, Mary (Heath) Pope, married, second, William Tebbs, of Prince William county.

John Pope, son of Lawrence and Jemima, gave deed October 27, 1738, to Thomas Shaw for land devised to him by his "father Lawrence Pope." He married cousin Sarah, daughter of Christopher Mothershead, who names her in his will of June 11, 1745. His children were, 1 John, 2 Lawrence, 3 Anne ("Nancy"), who married Tiffey, and had sons Pope, John and William.

Humphrey Pope, son of Humphrey and Anne (Veale) Pope, lived in Washington Parish. His will was dated August 9, 1759; probated May 27, 1760. He appointed his "loving wife Sarah whole and sole executrix." She was daughter-in-law to Daniel Higdon, and it seems probable, daughter of Nathaniel Pope, whose relict, Margaret, married the said Higdon. This Nathaniel Pope, of whom records are sadly lacking, was most likely a son of Nathaniel and Jane (Brown) Pope, whose name
has not hitherto appeared in the list of their children. ("An inventory of the sundry goods and chattels paid to Margaret Higdon, the relict of Nathaniel Pope, deceased, by the executors of Daniel Higdon, deceased, pursuant to an order of court, bearing date 28th November, 1739, in lieu of £32, 16, 4, due from the said Higdon's estate to the child of the said Nathaniel Pope, deceased." — Extract from Westmoreland Records.) His children were, 1 John (granted administration on his father's estate in 1760, his mother having declined to act as executrix), 2 Humphrey, 3 Benjamin, 4 Mary, 5 Nathaniel.

John Pope, son of John and Sarah Mothershead, lived in Washington Parish; will probated November 19, 1785; William Wroe guardian of his three sons, William, John and Thomas. His wife was a daughter of Humphrey Quisenberry, who names
in his will (January 30, 1733) "my son-in-law John Pope." His children were, 1 Elliot, 2 William, 3 Eansdall, 4 John, 5 Thomas.

Lawrence, son of John and Sarah Mothershead Pope, was born 1740; died July 31, 1810; will probated in Westmoreland August 27, 1810. He married, first, Jane, daughter of Humphrey Quisenberry. Query : Was she at the time of this marriage a young widow Payne?) By this union he had 1 Austin, 2 Fanny, who married December 3, 1790, Eev. William Edwards. Lawrence Pope married, secondly, Frances Carter, and had 3 Jane Carter (born September 25, 1791.) His third wife was Mrs. Penelope Vigar, relict of Jacob Vigar, and daughter of Nicholas Quisenberry, by whom he had 4 Sukey, 5 Caty, 6 Lawrence Berry, 7 Elliot, 8 John ; went to New York in 1834, and was never heard from afterwards; 9 Sarah.

Austin Pope, son of Lawrence and Jane, married (August 7, 1803) Fanny Yeatman, and had Henry Lewis Yeatman, who died, August, 1862, at Booneville, Mo.

Sukey, daughter of Lawrence and Penelope (Quisenberry) Pope, married Richard Bayne, of Westmoreland county, and had 1 Lawrence, married Delia S. Rust; 2 William, married (a) Delia Kerfoot, (b) Amanda Kerfoot; 3 George, married Eliza
Speiden, and had Marion, of Hollins Institute, Va. (Mrs. Elha Bayne married, secondly, Childs) ; 4 Charles married Mary Ellen Ashby, and had Nannie T. (married D. B. Clark) ; Howard R., attorney-at-law, New York City, married Lizzie S. Moore; Estelle married Fletcher P. Jones; Frances (died unmarried) ; Hunter Ashby (died unmarried). 5 Washington lived at the old seat of the family in Westmoreland ; died there about 1870; married Emily Hill and had Telula, married Ro. B. Spillman; Calvin; Ruth married William C. Marmaduke; Julia, Robert, Sue.

Jane Carter Pope married Geo. Quisenberry, of King George county, and had Nicholas, who married, first, Mary L. Grimes (children, George and Mary) ; married, second, Rosa Green, of Georgetown Heights, and had Lucy, Nicholas, Alice and Rousby. George and Jane (Pope) Quisenberry had also Austin, who removed to Missouri; lived at La Grange, Mo., and had three children, Martha, Catherine and Augustine; William Augustine (never married), Catherine, married William B. Marmaduke, and had William C. and Joseph; Pope, who never married.

Lawrence Berry Pope, son of Lawrence, married Rosy Goinham, and had 1 Caty, born December 2, 1821; 2 Austin, born March 7, 1823; 3 Edwin Patterson, born October 23, 1824; 4 Gabrielle, born December 3, 1826 ; 5 John B., born October 20, 1829 ; 6 Lawrence B., born December 26, 1831 ; 7 William Bayne, born February 1, 1834.

Elliot, son of Lawrence, died in 1858 in Westmoreland county. He was married twice. His first wife was Myra Neale, the second Elizabeth M. Nealy. His children were Jane Henrietta, Ann Augusta (Mrs. Henry M. Snyder), Nathan M., who occupies the ancient seat in Westmoreland; and James S., whose home is in Baltimore.

Sarah Pope, daughter of Lawrence, who married James Jones, of Middlesex county, had one son, named Pope, who was a Confederate soldier. The harrowing account of his brutal murder by a Federal sentinel whilst a prisoner of war is related in the work entitled United States Bonds.

Source: Humphrey Pope and His Descendants
The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 13, No.4 (Apr., 1905) pp.280-284 (5 pages)
Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

Humphrey Pope was born some time between 1648 and 1650 according to his own statement. On November 19th 1673, he was "age 24 or thereabouts". Reference : Westmoreland Deeds, Patents, 1665-1677.

Humphrey Pope was transported to America by Major John Washington and Thomas Pope, along with 23 other persons some time after September 4th 1661. Reference : Cavaliers and pioneers; Patent Book No. 5; Page 449.

Humphrey Pope and Elizabeth Hawkins had five children, Humphrey Jr., Lawrence, John, Elizabeth and Mary.

Elizabeth Hawkins remarried twice after Humphrey's death. First to Richard Youell and then to Patrick Muckleroy.

Humphrey Pope received 150 acres in W'moreland Co by deed from Thomas Pope on February 2nd 1669. Reference : W'moreland Deeds & Wills #1, 1653-71.

Humphrey Pope was security for John Quisenberry on May 12th 1683 in old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Reference : Deeds & Wills of Old Rappahannock County Virginia

Humphrey Pope died between September of 1683, when he was security for John Butler, and June 30th of 1684, when his widow, Elizabeth, proved his will in W'moreland Court. Reference : W'moreland Order Book 1675-1688/9.

Richard Hawkins' wife was Katherine, not "Elizabeth", proven by a deed dated 18 Nov 1658 signed by Richard & Katherine Hawkins.

Humphrey married Elizabeth Hawkins about 1674 in , , Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard "John" Hawkins of Pryvitt and Katherine Elizabeth Drake) was born on 18 Oct 1635 in Slapton, South Hams District, Devon, England; died on 18 Apr 1717 in Pope's Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Katherine Elizabeth Drake on 14 Oct 1633 in Slapton, Devon, England. Katherine was born on 15 Jun 1615 in Dartmouth, Devon, England; died on 27 Jan 1666 in St. Botolph, Aldgersgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]