Robert Beverley^{[1, 2]}

1740 - 1800  (59 years)

• Name	Robert Beverley  [3]
  Birth	21 Aug 1740	Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1779	, Essex, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	Abt 1793	Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Probate	9 Mar 1793	, Essex, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Death	12 Apr 1800	Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I47308	Master
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family	Maria Carter,   b. 22 Nov 1744, Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 21 Aug 1817, Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1763	, Richmond, Virginia, USA   [1, 4, 5]
  Children	1. William Beverley   2. Maria Carter Beverley,   b. 15 Dec 1764, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 2 Oct 1824, Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)   3. Robert Beverley,   b. 30 Jul 1766, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 14 Jan 1767, , Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)   4. Robert Beverley,   b. 12 Mar 1769, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. May 1843, Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)   5. Lucy Carter Beverley,   b. 24 Feb 1771, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 1854, Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA (Age 82 years)   6. Burton Beverley,   b. 24 Nov 1772, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 16 Jul 1781, Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 8 years)   7. Carter Beverley,   b. 17 Apr 1774, Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA d. 10 Feb 1844 (Age 69 years)   8. Byrd Beverley,   b. 17 Aug 1775, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 1836, Sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia (Age 60 years)   9. James Mills Beverley,   b. 22 Dec 1776, Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA d. 8 Apr 1779, Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 2 years)   10. Anna Munford Carter Beverley,   b. 6 Jan 1778, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 17 Jan 1830, , Caroline, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)   11. Munford Carter Beverley,   b. 8 March 1779, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1820 (Age 40 years)   12. Peter Randolph,   b. 17 Oct 1780, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA   13. Evelyn Byrd Carter Beverley,   b. 6 Jun 1782, Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA d. 10 Sep 1836, , Loudoun, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)   14. Mackenzie Beverley,   b. 3 Jun 1783, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA   15. Jane Bradshaw Carter Beverley,   b. 27 Aug 1784, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 23 Feb 1814 (Age 29 years)   16. Harriet Beverley,   b. 12 Apr 1786, Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA d. May 1829, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F10710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 Aug 1740 - Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 Feb 1763 - , Richmond, Virginia, USA Residence - 1779 - , Essex, Virginia, USA Residence - Abt 1793 - Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA Probate - 9 Mar 1793 - , Essex, Virginia, USA Death - 12 Apr 1800 - Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Major Robert Beverley Added by randyandjulia on 17 Jan 2009 Major Robert Beverley was born in 1641 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, was christened on 5 Jan 1643 in St. Mary Lowgate, Hull, Yorkshire, England died on 15 Mar 1687 in "Blandfield", Middlesex County, Virginia, and was buried on 19 Mar 1687 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia. "Burke's Landed Gentry says the Beverleys sold their land in Yorkshire to the Pennymen family about the time Robert Beverley came to Virginia. "The Immigrant sent at least three of his sons back to England to school and as above stated, according to the Parish Register of St. Mary's in Hull, his son Thomas died there and was buried on the 14th of September, 1680. "From the position the Immigrant soon took in the Colony, and the offices he held, it is evident he was well educated for those days and a man of culture and attainments but so far as we know, the above fairly well sums up the evidence of his origin." WILL OF ROBERT BEVERLEY, of Middlesex County in Virginia, Gentl. 16th August 1686. Item I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Peter Beverley...all my land in Gloucester County Lying upon Peanketank River betwixt the creeks called Cheesecake Creek and Hoccadies alias Bayles Creek and adjoining to and including in a patent with 500 acres which (were) formerly by me sold and passed away to Mr. Mann of Gloster County by deed under my hand & seal but in case my said son Peter should happen to die without heirs of his body, my will is that the ...lands above (should go) to my second son Robert Beverley...Item I give to my second son Robert Beverley...my plantation & Devident of Land on Poropotank Creek Glouster County...920 Acres...To Harry Beverley 1600 acres in Rappahannock...To John 3000 acres in Rappahannock & New Kent...on the run commonly known...by the name of Beverley Park..to William Beverley 1 land in Middlesex on Rappahannock River...called Griffin's Neck adj. Mr. Robert Smith and Col. Christo; Wormeley & purchased of Mr. Thos. Elliot...To wife Catherine during her natural life...my plantation in Middlesex County...on Peankatanke River whereon I live...now called Old plantation 165 acres according to patent. Also all one half parte of 100 acres of Land & plantation in Gloster County or the whole if I happen to purchase same before my death commonly called and known by the name of North River quarter and now held in partnership betwixt by Brother Coll John Armistead...Provided by wife...accept same in full of...right of dower...After wife's decease I bequeath all the 3 sd plantations to...my daughter Catherine Beverley...I give to the child my wife now goes with be it male or female...all my other lands & plantations...not household goods at my dwelling plantation...for her life...then to daughters Mary and Catherine...all other property to be disposed in equal parts...betwixt my wife and children either in specifical kind or in money sterling...Wife Catherine executor. Signed, Robert Beverley; witness, Ralph Wormley, Robert Smith, Willm Kitts, Walter Keeble, Thomas Ballard. Recorded, Middlesex, 4th April 1687." Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia. No. XVIII. My father, Robert Beverley, married Miss Jane Taylor, of Mount Airy, Richmond county. My grandfather, Robert Beverley, married Miss Maria Carter, of Sabine Hall. My great-grandfather, William Beverley, married Miss Elizabeth Bland,--the sister, I have heard, of the distinguished Colonel Richard Bland, of the Revolution. My great-great-grandfather, Robert Beverley, (the historian,) married Miss --- Byrd, of Westover, I have heard. His father--the first of the name in the Colony of Virginia--settled at Jamestown about the year 1660, and from thence moved to Middlesex county. He was a long time Clerk of the House of Burgesses, a lawyer by profession, and a prominent actor in Bacon's Rebellion, commanding, I think, the King's troops as major. I have never heard the name of the lady he married in Hull, England. I have heard she was the daughter of a merchant of that town. He brought her to Virginia with him. For a more particular account of this individual I must refer you to the third volume of Henning's "Statutes at Large," from page 541 to the end. You will there see an authentic account of some of his services and persecutions. You will also find in vol. viii. of the same work, page 127, an act which gives, I presume, the only true account of the male branch of the family now extant: the act was obtained by my grandfather for the purpose of changing an entail from an estate in Drysdale parish, King and Queen county, (where the historian lived and died,) to one of more value in Culpepper. • Emigrated to Virginia: Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia, 1663. • Justice: Middlesex County, Virginia. • Virginia House of Burgesses: Clerk , 1670. • He was granted land 8200 acres on both side one of the great Swamps or maine runns of Mattaponie River14 Jan 1673. • He was granted land 600 acres on the North side Mattapony River, on the back of Mr. Mady, the said land being formerly due unto John Pigg by Patent 3rd day of Jany 1667. 21 Sep 1674 in New Kent County. • He was granted land 6500 acres 16 Nov 1674 in New Kent County. • He was granted land 3000 acres on the South side of Rappahannock River and on the South side of the main swamp of a mill, formerly Andrew Gilsons Mill. 21 Sep 1674 in Old Rappahannock County,Virginia. • He was granted land 6500 acres 16 Nov 1674 in Old Rappahannock County. • He was granted land 600 acres on the South side Rappahannock County or river; and adjoining land of Henry Jermaine, William Gray and Thomas Page. 21 Sep 1674 in Old Rappahannock County,Virginia. • Revolutionary War: In charge of the fortifications of the three main rivers of Virginia, 1681. • Author: Robert Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion, 1704. • Author: Historie and Present State of Virginia, 1705. Beverley, Robert 1673-1722, Virginia colonial historian, author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). a substantial planter and colonial official, he wrote his book after finding numerous errors in the manuscript of a book on Virginia written by an Englishman. Vigorous, honest, and not without humor, his history was an immediate success; reprinted a number of times, it served to attract immigrants to Virginia. Robert Beverley was a wealthy planter who saw while in London a poor account of the colony by the British historian and pamphleteer, John Oldmixon, and undertook to write a better. His book, a History of Virginia (1705), was hastily prepared without any study of documents or other respectable sources. Its chief value lies in the shrewd and just observations the author made on Virginia life and history out of his own knowledge. Toward nature: Nature is idealized as benevolent, bountiful, garden of Eden. Virginia planter Robert Beverley expresses utopian ideal (History and Present State of Virginia, 1706) at height of thriving plantation culture. Independent farmer becomes backbone of agrarian democracy in Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1785), based on pastoral ideal of bountiful nature and abundance of land and natural resources. In what may be one of the most appreciative descriptions of Virginia beyond the Tidewater region, Robert Beverley in his History and Present State of Virginia admonishes those who see only the flatness of the coast, because "a little farther backward, there are Mountains, which indeed deserve the name of Mountains, for their Height and Bigness." Notable for its detailed natural historical descriptions, Beverley's History also offers an unusually sympathetic portrait of the Indians, whom Beverley considered fellow Virginians. • Author: The History of Virginia, in Four Parts, 1722. The history of Virginia, in four parts I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706. II. The natural productions and conveniences of the country, suited to trade and improvement. III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720. Robert Beverley married Mary Whitby Keeble, daughter of William Whitby and Ruth Gorsuch, on 1 Apr 1666 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia. Mary was born on 3 Jun 1637 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, died on 28 Jun 1678 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia, and was buried in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony. Their children were: + 6 M i. Colonel Peter Beverley was born in 1668 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia and died in 1728 in Beverly Hundred, Gloucester County, Virginia. Peter Beverley married Elizabeth Peyton (b. 1678, d. 26 Dec 1723) in 1689 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia. + 7 M ii. Robert Beverley was born in 1673 in Jamestown, Middlesex County, Virginia and died on 21 Apr 1722 in "Beverley Park", King And Queen County, Virginia. Robert Beverley married Ursula Byrd (b. 9 Nov 1681, d. 11 Oct 1698). 8 F iii. Mary Beverley was born about 1675 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia. Mary married William Jones, in King & Queen County, Virginia. William was born in King & Queen County, Virginia. 9 M iv. Capt. Harry Beverley was born about 1674 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia died on 12 Feb 1731 in "Newlands" Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and was buried in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. • Resided: "Newlands" Spotsylvania County,Virginia. • Magistrate: Middlesex County, Virginia, 1702. • Captain: of the Sloop 'The Virgin' which for the Colony of Virginia went to the Bahamas in search of pirates, 1716. • Presiding Justice: 1720, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. • Surveyor: King and Queen and King William Counties, 1702-1714. Harry married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Robert, Jr. Smith and Elizabeth (Smith). Elizabeth was born about 1696 in Virginia and died on 6 Aug 1720 in Virginia. Robert Beverley next married Catherine Hone Armistead, on 28 Mar 1679 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony. Catherine was born in 1643 in Middlesex County, Virginia and died on 23 Apr 1692 in Middlesex County, Virginia. Their children were: 10 M i. William Beverley was born on 4 Jan 1680 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia and died on 22 Oct 1737 in Virginia. 11 M ii. Christopher Beverley was born on 19 Feb 1686 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia and was christened on 19 Mar 1686 in Christ Church Parish, Virginia. 12 M iii. Thomas Beverley was born about 1680 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia and died on 20 Sep 1686. 13 F iv. Catherine Beverley was born in 1680 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia and died in 1726. Catherine married Hon. John Robinson. John was born in 1683 in Virginia and died in 1749 in "Piscataway" Essex County, Virginia. • Colonial Virginia: "a staunch supporter of the Established Church". • Virginia House of Burgesses: 1711-1714. • Colonial Virginia: Member of the King's Council, 1720-1749. • Colonial Virginia: Acting Governor of the Colony, 1749. 14 M v. John Beverley was born on 4 Jan 1687 in Blandfield, Middlesex County, Virginia. Robert Beverley (ca. 1740–1800) Robert Beverley was a planter whose wealth in land and slaves made him one of the richest Virginians during the Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Born in Essex County, he was educated in England and returned to Virginia to manage his father's estate. He married into the powerful Carter family and built Blandfield, his imposing Georgian mansion in the Rappahannock River valley. Beverley generally avoided politics, although his refusal to support independence did not prevent his election to the House of Delegates in 1780. A longstanding feud with the Roane family erupted in violence when Thomas Roane assaulted Beverley with a cane in 1789. Beverley was not seriously injured and successfully sought redress in court. He died in 1800. Beverley was born about 1740 at his father's plantation in Essex County, one of two sons and three daughters of William Beverley and Elizabeth Bland Beverley. His brother died young. His father took him to England in 1750 for his education and enrolled him in a school at Wakefield. When Beverley matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, on May 19, 1757, he gave his age as seventeen. Earlier that year he was admitted to the Middle Temple to study law, and he was called to the bar on February 6, 1761. Beverley returned to Virginia almost immediately to manage the enormous estate he had inherited when his father died in 1756, and consequently he never practiced law. At his father's death, the Beverley estate consisted of valuable properties in England, more than 3,000 acres in several large plantations in Essex County, and huge holdings in the Shenandoah Valley, which combined to make Robert Beverley one of the wealthiest young men in the colony, with an annual income from rents and tobacco of about £1,800 in 1762. On February 3, 1763, he married Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Carter, of Sabine Hall. They had ten sons and six daughters. In 1769 he began several years of construction on a new residence, which was one of the largest and most elegant of all the Georgian plantation mansions in the Rappahannock River valley. His descendants retained his Blandfield mansion until 1983. Beverley became a member of the Essex County Court by 1764 and served until the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He eschewed the world of politics, although he kept himself well informed and once, in 1772, commented that he might like to have a seat on the governor's Council. Early in 1775 he was elected to the College of William and Mary's board of visitors, the only public office outside Essex County he held before the Revolution. In 1774 and 1775 Beverley tried to exert a moderating influence on the local political leaders whom he thought were unwisely rushing toward independence. He deplored every action thereafter that widened the breach between Virginia and Great Britain. Beverley opposed independence and refused to take any part in the government of the county or of his parish during the war. The Essex County authorities accordingly deprived him of his arms. Nonetheless, his standing as one of the best-educated and wealthiest men in the region resulted in his being elected to the House of Delegates in 1780, "without offering himself a candidate or being present," according to an unfriendly neighbor. Beverley probably did not take his seat in the assembly, but since he also refrained from active opposition to Virginia during the contest, he was left in peace at his elegant new house for the duration of the war. In 1787 the Essex County justices of the peace asked the governor to reappoint Beverley to the county court. Spencer Roane angrily petitioned the governor's Council against the proposal, charging that Beverley's actions during the Revolutionary War should disqualify him, but the governor consented after the justices renewed their request. That episode was only one of several conflicts between Beverley and members of the Roane family, culminating two years later when Thomas Roane assaulted Beverley on a public highway and attempted to beat him with his cane. Roane either knocked Beverley from his horse, or Beverley fell while attempting to avoid the blow, and he was injured. Beverley successfully prosecuted Roane for the assault. In the 1780s Beverley owned approximately 50,000 acres in at least eight counties, with his largest holdings being in Culpeper and Caroline counties. He wrote his will in 1793 and added nine codicils to it between then and January 24, 1800. He owned more than 400 slaves during the 1790s, and his slaves and personal property listed in his Essex County estate inventory were worth almost £8,500. Beverley died at Blandfield on April 12, 1800, and was probably buried there. Time Line ca. 1740 - Robert Beverley is born at his father's plantation in Essex County. 1750 - Robert Beverley is enrolled in a school at Wakefield, England. May 19, 1757 - Robert Beverley matriculates at Trinity College, Cambridge. February 6, 1761 - Robert Beverley is called to the bar after studying law at the Middle Temple, in London. February 3, 1763 - Robert Beverley and Maria Carter marry. They will have ten sons and six daughters. 1764 - By this year Robert Beverley is a member of the Essex County Court. 1769 - Robert Beverley begins construction on a new residence, a Georgian mansion called Blandfield. 1775 - Robert Beverley is elected to the College of William and Mary's board of visitors. 1780 - Robert Beverley is elected to the House of Delegates without offering himself as a candidate. He probably does not take his seat. 1787 - The Essex County justices of the peace ask the governor to reappoint Robert Beverley to the county court. Despite opposition from the Roane family the governor complies. 1793 - Robert Beverley writes his will. January 24, 1800 - Robert Beverley adds the last of nine codicils to his will. April 12, 1800 - Robert Beverley dies at Blandfield. Tarter, B., & the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Robert Beverley (ca. 1740–1800). (2017, April 5). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Beverley_Robert_ca_1740-1800. Robert Beverley (1743 - 1800) was born in "Blandfield" Virginia. He received his education in England and was elected to the state legislature in 1780 but never took his seat. He married Maria Carter (1745-1817) of "Sabine Hall" Richmond County, Virginia. Together they had the following sixteen children: William Beverley (1763-1823) Maria Beverley (1764-1824) Robert Beverley (1766-1767) Robert Beverley (1769-1843) Lucy Beverley (1771-1854) Burton Beverley (1772-1781) Carter Beverley (b. 1774) Byrd Beverley (b. 1775) James Mills Beverley (1776-1779) Anna Munford Beverley (1778-1830) Munford Beverley (1779-1820) Peter Randolph Beverley (b. 1780) Evelyn Byrd Beverley (1782-1836) McKenzie Beverley (b. 1783) Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1784-1814) Harriet Beverley (1786-1829). The fourth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Robert Beverley (1769-1843), like his father, was also educated in England. He married Jane Tayloe (1774-1816) and lived in "Blandfield." Together they had the following six children: William Bradshaw Beverley (1791-1866), Maria Beverley (d. 1822), Rebecca Tayloe Beverley (d. 1822), James Bradshaw Beverley (b. 1797), Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1805-1822), and Roberta Beverley. Three of the children contracted typhoid fever and died in 1822 upon a visit home to "Blandfield" to visit their parents. The fifth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Lucy Beverley (1771-1854) married Brett Randolph (1766-1828) of "Curles Neck," Henrico County, Virginia in 1789. They had the following eleven children: a son Randolph (1790-1790), Capt. Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1848), Dr. Robert Carter Randolph (1793-1854), Richard Randolph (1795-1885), Victor Moreau Randolph (1797-1876), John Thomson Randolph (1800-1819), Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1801-1802), Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1803-1890), Ryland Randolph (1805-1853), Theoderick Bland Randolph (b. 1807), and Ann Maria Randolph (1811-1845). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert Beverley . The will of Robert Beverley of Blandfield, dated March 9, 1793, and proved in Essex, April 21, 1800. He gave his wife Maria, for her life, all his lands, houses and mills in Essex called Blandfield, Grays, For est or Camberwell plantations, also the lands called Stokes and the an d purchased from Jackson and Hackley, also 100 acres purchased from Th omas Waring. His wife is to choose out of his slaves in Essex twenty-t wo men and twenty-two women for agricultural purposes, and as many chi ldren under fifteen years of age as will make the whole number nintet y four. Also lends her during life the stocks of horses, cattle, &c., and implements of husbandry on said plantations. To son William L6,000 sterling, or so much as should remain unpaid to him at the testators death with an interest of 6 per cent. on the bala nce. Execurtors are authorized to sell lands in King and Queen county , 3,000 acres land near Chester's Gap in Culperper called Wakefield, c ontaining about 4,000 acres; lands at the Thoroughfare Mountain calle d Stockwell, containing about 3,000 acres; all the land on the lower s ide of the road leading from Isaac Hinn's to Norman's Ford, and all la nd in Caroline county not devised to sons Peter and McKenzie Beverley , supposed to contain 6,000 acres; also all lots in the town of Staunt on, and the tenements adjoining said town leased to Long and Brown, al so all stocks of horses, cattle, &c., and crops on his Park plantatio n in King and Queen county, to be employed in discharging his debts an d legacies. Has given his son Robert 1,050 acres out of his Elkwood plantation an d sixty negroes, and now gives him 500 acres more. To his son Robert h is lots in Tappahannock and the reversion of all lands, &c, left his m other. To son Carter, when twenty-one years old, part of the Elkwood tract; To son Byrd, 2,438 acres, part of Elkwood, and also the tract of land in Culpeper callen Heri, containing 808 acres. To son Munford, when twenty-one, 700 acres part of Elkwood, and also a ll his lands in the little fork of Culpeper, part of Elkwood containe d in his Ursulana and Elkwood patents. To sons Peter Randolph and McKenzie Beverley, when twenty-one, 7,000 a cres in the upper part of his Chase tract in Caroline county, and als o his lot on Port Royal. To son Robert reversion of slaves left wife. Has already paid his daughters, Maria and Lucy Randolph their marriag e portion. To daughters Anna Munford, Everlyne Byrd, Jane Bradshaw and Harriett B everley, twenty-eight negroes each, sons Carter, Byrd, Munford, Peter R and McKenzie Beverley forty slaves each, and remainder of slaves to be divided between his five sons. Slaves left to wife, and their incre ase, to go after her death to sons Robert, Carter, Byrd, Munford, P R and McKenzie. Stock, &c., on plantations given sons to go to said sons . [Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volum e I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981, 113 -114.] Codicil. September 1, 1795. As he has given son Carter part of Elkwood , with thirty slaves, stocks, &c., these to be considered part of his legacy. Codicil. February 17, 1796. As daughter Ann Munford has married Franci s Corbin and he has given her twenty-eight slaves he delares this shal l be all she is entitled to. Codicil. January 4, 1798. As he has given son Byrd part of Elkwood an d 30 slaves, this to be considered part of his legacy. Codicil. As daughter Evellyn Byrd has married George Lee, and he has g iven her part of the slaves destined for her, his executors areto mak e out the nuimber, provided George Lee repays to the executors the mon ey testator has advanced to him. As testator has paid L5,000 of the L6 ,000 promised to his son William, directs the remainder be paid him. D aughters Jane and Harriet to receive L1,500 each in lieu of negroes o r anything else devised them. Gives his park lands in King and Queen c ounty to his sons Munford, Peter and McKenzie. Codicil. November 18, 1799. Having given the use of his Park land to h is wife he cancels the last codicil. Codicil. Frees Harry, son of Milly, who has attended him for twenty ye ars, and gives him seventy acres in Essex. Executors to provide him wi th suitable implements. [Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Vi rginia Families, Volume I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimor e, Maryland, 1981, 114.] More About COLONEL ROBERT CARTER BEVERLEY, SR: Codicil to Will: September 1, 1795; February 17, 1796; January 4, 1798 ; November 18, 1799; etc.13 Probate: 21 Apr 1800, Essex County, Virginia14 Public Office: Clerk15 Residence: "Wakefield," Culpeper County, Virginia; "Blandfield," Esse x County, Virginia16,17,18 Will Dated: 09 Mar 1793, Essex County, Virginia19 [Oct08lynxlady80.GED] "The will of Robert Beverley of Blandfield, dated March 9, 1793, and p roved in Essex, April 21, 1800. He gave his wife Maria, for her life, all his lands, houses and mills in Essex called Blandfield, Grays, For est or Camberwell plantations, also the lands called Stokes and the an d purchased from Jackson and Hackley, also 100 acres purchased from Th omas Waring. His wife is to choose out of his slaves in Essex twenty-t wo men and twenty-two women for agricultural purposes, and as many chi ldren under fifteen years of age as will make the whole number nintet y four. Also lends her during life the stocks of horses, cattle, &c., and implements of husbandry on said plantations. To son William L6,000 sterling, or so much as should remain unpaid to him at the testators death with an interest of 6 per cent. on the bala nce. Execurtors are authorized to sell lands in King and Queen county , 3,000 acres land near Chester's Gap in Culperper called Wakefield, c ontaining about 4,000 acres; lands at the Thoroughfare Mountain calle d Stockwell, containing about 3,000 acres; all the land on the lower s ide of the road leading from Isaac Hinn's to Norman's Ford, and all la nd in Caroline county not devised to sons Peter and McKenzie Beverley , supposed to contain 6,000 acres; also all lots in the town of Staunt on, and the tenements adjoining said town leased to Long and Brown, al so all stocks of horses, cattle, &c., and crops on his Park plantatio n in King and Queen county, to be employed in discharging his debts an d legacies. Has given his son Robert 1,050 acres out of his Elkwood plantation an d sixty negroes, and now gives him 500 acres more. To his son Robert h is lots in Tappahannock and the reversion of all lands, &c, left his m other. To son Carter, when twenty-one years old, part of the Elkwood tract; To son Byrd, 2,438 acres, part of Elkwood, and also the tract of land in Culpeper callen Heri, containing 808 acres. To son Munford, when twenty-one, 700 acres part of Elkwood, and also a ll his lands in the little fork of Culpeper, part of Elkwood containe d in his Ursulana and Elkwood patents. To sons Peter Randolph and McKenzie Beverley, when twenty-one, 7,000 a cres in the upper part of his Chase tract in Caroline county, and als o his lot on Port Royal. To son Robert reversion of slaves left wife. Has already paid his daughters, Maria and Lucy Randolph their marriag e portion. To daughters Anna Munford, Everlyne Byrd, Jane Bradshaw and Harriett B everley, twenty-eight negroes each, sons Carter, Byrd, Munford, Peter R and McKenzie Beverley forty slaves each, and remainder of slaves to be divided between his five sons. Slaves left to wife, and their incre ase, to go after her death to sons Robert, Carter, Byrd, Munford, P R and McKenzie. Stock, &c., on plantations given sons to go to said sons . [Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volum e I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981, 113 -114.] Codicil. September 1, 1795. As he has given son Carter part of Elkwood , with thirty slaves, stocks, &c., these to be considered part of his legacy. Codicil. February 17, 1796. As daughter Ann Munford has married Franci s Corbin and he has given her twenty-eight slaves he delares this shal l be all she is entitled to. Codicil. January 4, 1798. As he has given son Byrd part of Elkwood an d 30 slaves, this to be considered part of his legacy. Codicil. As daughter Evellyn Byrd has married George Lee, and he has g iven her part of the slaves destined for her, his executors areto mak e out the nuimber, provided George Lee repays to the executors the mon ey testator has advanced to him. As testator has paid L5,000 of the L6 ,000 promised to his son William, directs the remainder be paid him. D aughters Jane and Harriet to receive L1,500 each in lieu of negroes o r anything else devised them. Gives his park lands in King and Queen c ounty to his sons Munford, Peter and McKenzie. Codicil. November 18, 1799. Having given the use of his Park land to h is wife he cancels the last codicil. Codicil. Frees Harry, son of Milly, who has attended him for twenty ye ars, and gives him seventy acres in Essex. Executors to provide him wi th suitable implements. [Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Vi rginia Families, Volume I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimor e, Maryland, 1981, 114.] More About COLONEL ROBERT CARTER BEVERLEY, SR: Codicil to Will: September 1, 1795; February 17, 1796; January 4, 1798 ; November 18, 1799; etc.13 Probate: 21 Apr 1800, Essex County, Virginia14 Public Office: Clerk15 Residence: "Wakefield," Culpeper County, Virginia; "Blandfield," Esse x County, Virginia16,17,18 Will Dated: 09 Mar 1793, Essex County, Virginia19 Robert Beverley (d.1800) was born in "Blandfield" Virginia. He received his education in England and was elected to the state legislature in 1780 but never took his seat. He married Maria Carter (1745-1817) of "Sabine Hall" Richmond County, Virginia. Together they had the following sixteen children: William Beverley (1763-1823), Maria Beverley (1764-1824), Robert Beverley (1766-1767), Robert Beverley (1769-1843), Lucy Beverley (1771-1854), Burton Beverley (1772-1781), Carter Beverley (b. 1774), Byrd Beverley (b. 1775), James Mills Beverley (1776-1779), Anna Munford Beverley (1778-1830), Munford Beverley (1779-1820), Peter Randolph Beverley (b. 1780), Evelyn Byrd Beverley (1782-1836), McKenzie Beverley (b. 1783), Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1784-1814), Harriet Beverley (1786-1829). The fourth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Robert Beverley (1769-1843), like his father, was also educated in England. He married Jane Tayloe (1774-1816) and lived in "Blandfield." Together they had the following six children: William Bradshaw Beverley (1791-1866), Maria Beverley (d. 1822), Rebecca Tayloe Beverley (d. 1822), James Bradshaw Beverley (b. 1797), Jane Bradshaw Beverley (1805-1822), and Roberta Beverley. Three of the children contracted typhoid fever and died in 1822 upon a visit home to "Blandfield" to visit their parents. The fifth child of Robert Beverley (d.1800), Lucy Beverley (1771-1854) married Brett Randolph (1766-1828) of "Curles Neck," Henrico County, Virginia in 1789. They had the following eleven children: a son Randolph (1790-1790), Capt. Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1848), Dr. Robert Carter Randolph (1793-1854), Richard Randolph (1795-1885), Victor Moreau Randolph (1797-1876), John Thomson Randolph (1800-1819), Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1801-1802), Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1803-1890), Ryland Randolph (1805-1853), Theoderick Bland Randolph (b. 1807), and Ann Maria Randolph (1811-1845). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Robert Beverley .

  
  

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