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| 1501 | col. in u.s. air force, ww II | Barrick, Walter Ennis Jr (I19515)
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| 1502 | Col. Isham Randolph Birth: Feb. 24, 1685, Henrico County, Virginia Colony Death: Nov. 2, 1742, Goochland County, Virginia Colony Headstone/Memorial at Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico County, Virginia, USA “Sacred to the memory of COL. ISHAM RANDOLPH of Dungness in Goochland County Adjutant General of this Colony He was the third son of William Randolph and Mary his Wife. The distinguishing qualities of the gentleman he possessed in the most eminent degree to justice probity and honour so firmly attached that no view of secular interest or worldly advantage no discouraging frowns of fortune could alter his steady purpose of heart By an easy compliance and obliging deportment he knew no enemies but gained many friends thus in his Life meriting in universal esteem He died universally lamented Nov. 1742 aged 57 Gentle Reader go and do thou likewise." Son of Col. Wm. Randolph and Mary (Isham) Randolph who built up a large estate near tidewater of James River, and became one of the most influential political leaders of his generation. By the time of the father's death in 1711, he had established a leading dynasty and was able to bequeath thousands of acres of land to his children. Taking advantage of opportunities in the interior, his sons moved further upriver: Richard settled at Curles Neck, Thomas far beyond the falls at Tuckahoe (the first great plantation on the upper James), and Isham further upriver still. As a young man Isham had gone to sea, become a successful merchant, and lived for many years in London, serving as an agent for Virginia affairs. In 1718 he married Jane Rogers and three years later their daughter, Jane, was baptized at St. Paul's Church, Shadwell. Jane Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's mother, was English by birth and spent her childhood in London surrounded by the busy streets and docklands of the East End, before moving to her father's plantation at Dungeness in the frontier county of Goochland. | Randolph, Isham (I38500)
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| 1503 | Col. John Lear, of Nansemond County From "William & Mary Quarterly" Vol. 10, second series, we quote: "THE ARMORIAL ENSIGNS OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA. Whereas FRANCIS NICHOLSON, WILLIAM COLE, RALPH WORMELEY, WILLIAM BIRD, and JOHN LEARE, Esquires. JAMES BLAIR and other Clerks: THOMAS MILNER and others, Gentlemen being nominated Trustees for Founding and Establishing a certain place of Universal Study or perpetual College of Divinity, Philosophy and other good Arts and Sciences, to the end that the Church of Virginia may be furnished with a Seminary of Ministers of the Godspell, and that the Youth may be piously Educated in good Letters and manners, to the Glory of God, as by Letters Patents under the great Seal of England bearing date the Eight day of February in the Fourth year of the Reigne of Our Soveraigne Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary may more at large appear, have made application to me by the Rt Reverend Father in God Henry Lord Bishop of London Chancellor of the said Intended College, and prayed that a Coat of Arms may be Devysed for the Granted to the said Trustees, and their Successors, to be used as their Common Seal. Now in consideration of the Premisses and for the Encouragement for so good an Undertaking I, HENRY, Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshall of England etc. Do hereby Order and appoint Gaeter and Clarence Kings of Arms as the Trustees of the said Intended College and their Successors may from time to time lawfully beat and use as a Common Seal [as in like cases of Bodies Politique] And I require the Register of the College of Arms to Enter the said Grant together with these Presents as is usually: And for you and his so doing, this shall be a sufficient Warrant. Given under my hand and the Seal of my Office of Earl Marshall the 2d day of May 1694 in the Sixth year of their Maties Reigne. Signed: NORFOLKE and MARSHALL”. JOHN LEAR was appointed a member of the Council in 1683, serving until he died on 27 June 1696. His birth date is unknown, but it is probable he was born ca 1625-35 in England. He was married four times. The first marriage was to MARY OLDIS. All of his children are from his first marriage. JOHN LEAR mentions his sister in his Will, the widow Pitt. "Wm & Mary, Volume 7, page 240, mentions that this sister was probably MARTHA PITT, wife of Robert Pitt. He was no doubt the son of Col. Robert Pitt of Isle of Wight. The first marriage for JOHN LEAR was to MARY OLDIS, daughter of Thomas Oldis, a member of the House of Burgesses [William & Mary Quarterly Volume 9, page 84]. Also from “Virginia Historical Magazine” Volume 8, page 393 is a record of a Court Order in the case of LEAR and STREETER, 1 April 1658. A Mistresses STREETER, referred to as LEARE’S wife’s mother, was ordered to make delivery of Goods & Chattels that a were due to MARY LEAR from the estate of her father, THOMAS OLDIS, de’d former husband of Mistress STREETER. The legacy consisted of “Eight neat Cattle, one thousand acres of Land, one Negro man called ABRAHAM.” CAPTAIN STREETER, husband of Mistresses STREETER, was ordered to pay Mr LEARE damages of six hundred pounds of tobacco and costs. Col. John Lear, born 1636 in England. He died about 1696 in Nansemond County, Virginia, since his will was dated 21 Nov 1695; was married possibly as many as four times; was a member of the Governor's Council and the House of Burgesses; and was one of the founders of William & Mary College. Moved to Virginia in 1656. Married prior to 1663. House of Burgess Oct. 28 1666. Governor's Council 1683. Colonial Council 1688. From Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I - III--Colonial Councillors of State Probably came to Virginia about 1656, as in that year he had a grant of 100 acres of land on the "Oquiah River, in Westmoreland County." He soon removed to Nansemond county, which he represented in the house of burgesses from 1666 to 1676. During Bacon's rebellion, he was a staunch supporter of Gov. Berkeley, and remained with him until the rebellion was suppressed. He was the first to meet the commissioners, sent to suppress the rebellion, and give them an account of the condition of affairs, and by them was reported to have suffered heavily during the trouble. In 1676 a petition was sent the commissioners from some of the people of Nansemond county, complaining of the number of offices held by Col. John Lear and Mr. David Lear, probably his brother, the first of whom was county clerk, escheat master, notary public and surveyor, and the other "Sheriff superior." As relating to Col. Lear, remonstrance seems to have had no effect, for in 1680 he was presiding justice and colonel of militia. On May 23, 1683, Gov. Culpeper appointed him a member of the council, and the nomination was confirmed by the King. He continued in this office until his death. He was also one of the first trustees of William and Mary College in 1693, and, at the time of his death, was collector of the lower districts of James river. His death occurred in Nov. or Dec., 1695. notes Apparently Martha, widow of Robert Pitt, Sr. was his sister. From his 1695 will: "All debts to be truly paid; to widow Pitt (Martha, second wife of Col. Robert Pitt Sr.) , my sister, besides what she owes me 5L ..." From Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Volume 1 By Mary Selden Kennedy page 24-25 "Col. John Lear was for many years an active resident of Nansemond County, member of the Council, etc. He died June 27, 1696. He married, at least, four times, the first marriage being prior to 1678. The name of his first wife is not known. His children by her were Martha, who married, first, Col. William Cole, and, second, Major Lewis Burwell (see Burwell Family, Number 2), and a son, Thomas. After his first wife's death, he married, second, after 1678, Anne, Widow of Col. John George. His third marriage was after 1688. His third wife was Rebecca, widow of Col. Leonard Yeo and Charles Moryson. He married, fourth, Anne Willis, of Ipswich, Mass., widow of Seth Sothel, Governor of North Carolina. She died before 1695. Thomas Lear, son of Col. Lear, by his first wife, married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph Bridges of Isle of Wight County, another member of the Council. He died before his father, leaving issue, named in Col. John Lear's will (see William and Mary Quarterly, VII, page 309), Thomas, John, Elizabeth, and Martha. Of these, John was living in 17 12. He married Elizabeth, the executrix of Isabella Haveild of Nansemond, who was the executrix of Luke Haveild of Nansemond. He was Sheriff of Nansemond in 1723." Madam Anna LEAR died before 1695, and Col. LEAR died 27 June 1696. Virginia Historical Magazine, vol. 17, p. 228; William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 8, p. 171, vol. 9, pp. 83-131. From page 18 The Lincolnshire origin of some Exeter settlers by Sanborn, V. C. (Victor Channing), 1867-1921; Hall, Virginia S Published 1914. Hall, Virginia, "The Daughters of Balthazar Willix of Exeter." The following records and notes relate to the daughters of Balthazar Willix* of Exeter and may be regarded as a continuation of the article by Mr. Frank W. Hackett in Register, vol. 50, pp. 46-48. " Whereas Hon. Seth Southell, Esqr. and James Blunt, both of North Carolinah, did by their Last Wills give and bequeath unto Anna: first wife of said Blunt and afterwards the wife of said Southwell and her heirs, afterwards wife of Col. John Lere of Vergenea and so Died. Whose Sisters and Brother-in-law, Hazelpony Wood of Ipswich in the Province of Massachusetts in New England, and Francis Jones and Suzana his wife of Portsm in the Province of New Hampshire, said Hazelpony and Suzannah own sisters both by father and mother's side to the above said Anna and so right heirs, in consideration of £250 sell unto our kinsman Thomas Pickeringe of Portsm° formerly our attorney, all the estate given to our sister Anna Lere by said Blunt and Southell in North Carolina." Dated 4 June 1697. Witnesses: James Allen, John Pickeringe. Recorded 6 Sept. 1709. (N. H. Province Deeds, vol. 1, p. 343.) The estate conveyed by the deed given above is described in a deed, dated 15 July 1709, from Thomas and Mary (Gee) Pickering to William Partridge and Pelatiah AVhittemore, all of Portsmouth, as " a certain estate in North and South Carolina, more particularly the estate of Seth Southel, Esq. in the Province of North Carolina adjoining Salmon Creek, Kendrick Creek, Little River, Peatty Creek and the River Pasquatank, consisting of 12000 acres excepting 4000 acres formerly sold by said Pickering to William Duckenfield." (N. IL Province Deeds, vol. 7, p. 344.) http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/familydata/grpf3405.html http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I13598&ti=%2C http://arlisherring.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I046752&tree=Herring&PHPSESSID=ad24e87580 bd37f665d28a453bf27f94 "The Colonial Virginia Register" http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I060552&tree=Tree1&sitever=tabl et URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=59&last=&g_p=P4&col lection=LO Patent Title Lear, John. Publication 4 October 1656. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. | Lear, Colonel John Peter (I43421)
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| 1504 | Col. Robert I BOLLING "the immigrant"26 Dec 1646 - 17 Jul 1709 TITLE: Col. OCCUPATION: Merchant, Burgess, Planter, RESIDENCE: England and 1660 Ippax, Prince George and (Kippax, Charles City VA) BIRTH: 26 Dec 1646, All Hallows, Barking Prish, Essex, England DEATH: 17 Jul 1709, Kippax, Charles City Co. Virginia BURIAL: Blandford Cem, Petersburg, VA, Bristol Parish Church RESOURCES: See: Notes [S24] [S706] [S1121] [S1387] [S1561] [S2014] [S2755] Father: John BOLLING Mother: Mary CARIE Family 1 : Jane ROLFE MARRIAGE: 1675, Petersburg, Indian Territory (Dinwiddie Co.)VA +Jane Rolfe BOLLING +John (The Red Bolling's) BOLLING Sr. Family 2 : Anne Dade STITH MARRIAGE: ABT 1681 +Robert BOLLING II "of Kippax" +Drury BOLLING Agnes BOLLING Notes "Arrived in America Oct 2 1660 from London England. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV: "The Bollings of Virginia descend from Robert Bolling, who came from London to Virginia in 1660. He was a son of John Bolling, of "Bolling Hall," Yorkshire, of an ancient English family. A Robert Bolling, in the reign of Edward the Fourth, of England, possessed Bolling Hall and there many generations of his ancestors had lived." Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV: "I) Robert Bolling, the first of his name in Virginia, was born in London, England, December 26, 1646. He arrived in Virginia at the age of fourteen years, October 2, 1660, and in the year 1675 married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Rolfe, and granddaughter of the Princess Pocahontas (wife of John Rolfe), and great-granddaughter of the Indian Emperor Powhattan. By her he had one son, John. He married a second wife, Anne, daughter of John Stith, by whom he had a large family. This Robert Bolling lived at Kippax, in Prince George county, where he died July 17, 1707, and is there buried." Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons: Robert Bolling a descendant of the Bollings of Bradford in Yorkshire, was son of John Bolling, of the parish of All-Hallows Barking, Tower street, London. He was born Dec. 26, 1646, and came to Virginia in 1660. He engaged in trade as a merchant and acquired large tracts of land. His residence was in Charles City county on the south side of James river in what is now Prince George county. The name of his residence was "Kippax." He was sheriff and lieutenant-colonel of the militia and in 1688, 1692 and 1699 he represented Charles City county in the house of burgesses, and in 1704, 1705-06 he represented Prince George county. He died July 17, 1709. His first wife was Jane Rolfe, daughter of Capt. Thomas Rolfe, son of Pocahontas, and his second was Anne Stith, daughter of Capt. John Stith, of Charles City county." CHILDREN OF ROBERT BOLLING AND ANN STITH: 1 Robert, born 25 January, 1681/2, married Anne COCKE. 2. Stith, born 28 March, 1686/7, married Elizabeth Hartwell, died 1716. 3. Edward, born 3 October, 1687/8, married ----Slaughter. 4. Anne, born 22 July, 1690/1 (nothing known) 5. Drury, born 21 June, 1695/6 (nothing known) 6. Thomas, born 20 March, 1696/7(nothing known) 7. Agnas, born 30 November, 1700, married Richard Kennon 1675--Robert Bolling, the immigrant, married first, in 1675, Jane, dau of Thomas Rolfe and granddaughter of Pocohontas; 2nd, 1681, Ann, dau of John Stith, of Brunswick county, and lived at "Kippax" (sometimes called "Farmingdale"), Prince George Co. Died July 17, 1709. Issue by first m.: John, b. Jan 27, 1676. Issue by second m.: Robert b. Jan 25, 1682; Stith, b. March 28, 1686. Children: 3 William STITH d: 1749 3 John STITH 3 Drury STITH , Jr. b: ABT. 1695 + Elizabeth BUCKNER 3 Stith BOLLING b: 28 MAR 1686 d: 1716 + Elizabeth HARTWELL 3 Ann BOLLING b: 22 JUL 1691 3 Drury BOLLING b: 21 JUN 1695 3 Thomas BOLLING b: 20 MAR 1696/97 3 Agnas BOLLING b: 30 NOV 1700 d: 1762 + Richard KENNON 3 Edward BOLLING b: 3 OCT 1688 + Miss SLAUGHTER Feedback This Posting Received Follows: Good explanation of the Bolling line: Thursday, January 18, 2001 · First let me say with absolute conviction that no girl child of Robert Bolling 1646 England-1729 VA and his first wife JANE ROLFE the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, Jr. has ever existed. From their marriage ONE and only ONE child was born named JOHN Bolling b. 27 January 1646 Virginia and he died 20 April 1729 Virginia. This son JOHN and his ONLY wife MARY KENNON had only ONE son and FIVE daughters. This lineage is known as "The RED Bolling's" i.e. Indian Blood descents. · Next, ROBERT Bolling 1646-1709 raised his son for three years after the death of JANE Rolfe six months after birth of John. She died of Typhoid, and had been looked after by visits of particular Indians related to Pocahontas, and they looked after baby JOHN with visits until after the third marriage of Robert Bolling in December 1681. Until this marriage happened, Robert raised John with a Nannie in his household. The third marriage for Robert happened with Anne Dade Stith, d/o John Drury Stith. Their descents are known as "The WHITE Bollings", NO Indian Blood. · Child and son JOHN 1676 married in 1697 to MARY KENNON 1676-1744VA, and the marriage is recorded. From this ONLY marriage one and only one son was born and he was named JOHN Bolling born 1700VA. There are 5 sisters to this JOHN Bolling, Jr. 1700 who grew up a privileged life in Colonial America. He did have one big vice and that was he John Jr. liked women. He also liked to drink and party, but he followed in his father and grandfather shoes as a Member of The House of Burgess, the ruling political body of Colonial America. · This John Bolling, Jr. inherited all his Father and Grandfather holdings and property which had become massive with thousand of acres, purchased and given by the Indian Nations to Robert Bolling 1646-1709 and wife Jane Rolfe, the Granddaughter of Pocahontas, and the only living daughter heir of her father Thomas Rolfe b. 1615 in America before any trip to England, but after death of Pocahontas in 1617 at Godsend, England, he Thomas was left to be raised by Uncle Henry Rolfe, the younger brother of John Rolfe, Jr. who lived in London. Henry raised Thomas and the Royal Crown of England then trained Thomas to be a military officer. At the age of 25 Thomas opted for a military career in Colonial America and was sent to Virginia in 1640 as a Lt. in the English Military. Thomas Rolfe had total of three wives, and the older brother of JANE ROLFE b. 1655 VA was THOMAS ROLFE, Jr. b. 1645 VA who had his death will probated in 1720, which mentions three children including a Thomas Rolfe III, Dorothy Rolfe, and a wife's nephew Wm. Roads. Thomas Rolfe 1615 had another son named William Rolfe born 1647 VA and JANE ROLFE born 1655VA. ROBERT BOLLING 1646 England-1709 VA married JANE ROLFE at her age of 19 just before her 20th birthday. She became immediately pregnant with baby JOHN who was born 1676. 1? There are no children by Thomas Rolfe 1615 named "Martha" or "Mary" Now back to baby JOHN BOLLING b. 1676VA, he was raised by a Nannie in the household of ROBERT for three (3) years before ROBERT remarried in December 1781 to ANNE DADE STITH, d/o John Drury Stith. During this three year period, and a few years thereafter, the Indian Nations have recorded relatives of Pocahontas that continued contact with ROBERT and his son, just as they did during the very short marriage of JANE ROLFE to Robert. JOHN BOLLING was the only heir to Pocahontas in 1676, as her ONLY living Great Grandson of this historical descent status. OTHER older TWO Grandsons of POCAHONTAS: Thomas Rolfe, Jr. b. 1645VA and William Rolfe b. 1647VA. These two Grandsons were by blood the UNCLES of baby JOHN Bolling b. 1676. They and JANE ROLFE b. 1655 were children of Jane Poythress the second wife of Thomas Rolfe 1615, and the first wife born in North America, as the daughter of his fellow military Lt. Francis Poythress and wife Alice Peyton. North American School Systems fail to educate anyone about the life of JOHN ROLFE, Jr. and his families except for POCAHONTAS as his wife, and the raising of TOBACCO to be exported to England. Back to baby JOHN BOLLING b. 1676VA he was raised by a Nannie and a Stepmother Anne D. Stith from 1681 until his marriage in 1697 to MARY KENNON b. 1676-d.1744 at age 68. JOHN MARY had only one son, and they named him JOHN Bolling, in 1700 VA. He became known as John Bolling, Jr. and later became known as (Major) John Bolling who grew up a privileged life in Virginia, loved women, and drank quite a lot. Yet, he inherited all his Grandfather and Father's land holdings which totaled in the thousands of acres in Virginia. Much of it lands given to Robert Bolling Jane Rolfe, his grandparents. This John Bolling, Jr. had two wives, the first being ELIZABETH LEWIS b. 1700-d.1756VA The second wife was ELIZABETH BLAIR b. 1709 or 1712 VA (never proven the actual birth year) she died 1775 in Chesterfield, VA. | Rolfe, Eustace (I33254)
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| 1505 | Col. Robert Wynne (1622-1675? 8?) and Mary Frances Sloman [Poythress] (ca. 1618-ca. 1675)Robert Wynne was born 1622 and was baptized at St. Dunstans in Canterbury. He arrived in Virginia in 1651, and had a 600-acre plantation south of the James named "Georges." (12 headrights). He was granted to keep two Indians for service. Mary Frances Sloman was the widow of Francis Poythress and the mother of Francis Poythress (whose son John married Christian Peebles and granddaughter Mary married John Woodlief IV) as well as Jane (m. Thomas Rolfe ca. 1644, son of Pocahontas), Thomas, and John Poythress. Note that two men named John Sloman are among the 12 listed for Robert Wynne's headrights. Robert was Speaker of the House of Burgesses during the Long Parliament, 1662-1674 and lived in Jordans Parish, Charles City County and owned much property in England (5 houses, a farm, and a mill). In his will, dated 7/1/1675, Robert Wynne (who died in 1678) left land in England to eldest son and his plantation to Joshua; he left daughter Woodlief a servant of four years and left grandson and godson George Woodlief one filly foal. Children: Robert (died before 1675) Capt. Thomas (1657-1717), Indian interpreter, m. Agnes Stith: Thomas, Lucy, Mary (m. Nathaniel Malone), Robert m. Mary: Lucretia (m. Joseph Tucker), Martha (m. Matthew Parham), Angelica (m. Wm. Raines), Cornelia (m. Jefferson Raines), Martha (m. Benhamin Bell), Anne (m. Thomas Butler) Information from William Lindsey: (1657, Charles City Co.-1718, Prince George or Surry Co., VA), m. 1)---- and 2)Agnes STITH and had issue: Joseph (m. ----LLEWELLYN), and Sloman (m. Elizabeth STITH) by first spouse; Thomas (m. 1]Ann, d/o Robert BOLLING and Ann STITH, 2]Martha, perhaps widow of his brother Joseph), Robert (m. 1]Martha JEFFERSON, 2]Mary PHILIPSON), Mary (m. Nathaniel MALONE), and Lucy (m. John COX), these by Agnes STITH. Major Joshua (ca. 1663-1715), Indian interpreter m. Mary Jones: daughter married Thomas Goodrich and inherited "Raceland" in Petersburg (horse breeding plantation) built by his grandfather, Peter Jones; Joshua was killed by the Indians in revenge (after his servant killed one of their "great men"): Joshua, Robert, William, Peter (m. _Hill) Information from William Lindsey: m. Mary, d/o Peter JONES, and had issue: Peter (m. 1]d/o Col. Edward HILL, and 2]Frances ANDERSON HERBERT), Joshua, m. Mary SLOMAN, Robert (m. 1]----HAMLIN and 2]Sarah KNIBB), William (m. Frances READ), Francis, Mary (m. John WORSHAM), and Margaret (m. Edward GOODRICH). For more on this family, see Randy Treadway's site. Mary (m. John Woodlief) Peter Wynne (ca. 1593, Canterbury-1638 Kent) and Martha Coppin (1595----, married 12/8/1620)Martha Coppin was the daughter of William Coppin (1563-) and Jane [or Sarah Jenkins?]. William was the son of John Coppin ((ca. 1530-20/5/1581) and Mary Denne. Mary Denne was the daughter of William Denne and Agnes Tufton. Their children were Robert and Sarah. Robert Wynn (1563-1609) and Frances Wattmer (ca. 1590-1609)They married around 1590. Robert was a woolen draper and later Mayor of Canterbury, 1596-99. They both died from the plague and were buried in St. George's Parish, Canterbury Co, Kent. England.Children were :Thomas Wyne (1592-), m1. Mary Wickham, m2. Ann Nichols, Peter (see above), Elizabeth, Anne, Robert, John Frances Wattmer was the daughter of: William Wattmer (1535-) and Johanna HartchWilliam was the son of William Watmoughe (1510-) and Margaretta Sparkes | Wynne, Robert (I25168)
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| 1506 | Collicitant i Kjøbenhavn | Grøn, Hans Johansen (I39562)
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| 1507 | Colonel Anthony Walke I (second son of Thomas Walke I) and His Descendants Colonel Anthony Walke I (1692- Nov 8, 1768) was a man of high standing and character in the Lynnhaven Parish Church serving as a vestryman for many years and contributing to its support. Through his efforts and contributions, Lynnhaven Parish Church No. 3 was built using imported brick. He was Colonel and Commander of troops in Princess Anne County under his majesty King George III. He married three times. His first wife was Mary Sanford. They married March 3 1711 and had a daughter, Margaret Walke. His second wife was Elizabeth Newton. They married after 1713 but she died in 1724. They had no surviving children. Anthony's third wife was Anna Lee Armistead. They married on April 4, 1725 and had four children: Colonel Anthony Walke II, William Walke, John Walke, Mary Walke and Margaret Walke. Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726 - 1779) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke I. Colonel Walke II was one of the wealthiest Virginians of his day, a great advocate of social drinking, extravagant social gatherings, gambling, and horse racing. When trouble with England began, as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, he espoused the cause of the colonies, and united with Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison, Marshall, Jefferson, and other patriots in resisting British oppression and in establishing American independence. He married Jane Bolling Randolph (1729-1756) who was a direct descendant of Powhatan, the most powerful chieftain in Tidewater Virginia at the time of the arrival of the Jamestown settlers in 1607. This strain in her blood could account for her children’s horseback riding abilities. Reverend Anthony Walke was the only surviving child of these parents. After she died, Col. Walke II married Mary Mosely and had several children: William Walke (1762 - 1795) (who is buried on the property at Ferry Plantation), Edward Hack Walke, John Basset Walke, Mary Walke, Frances Walke and Anna Walke. Reverend Anthony Walke (1755 - 1814) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke II. He married Anne McColley McClenahan on January 15, 1776 and had six children: Anne M., Edwin, Jane Eliza, David Meade, Susan, and Anthony IV (1778 - 1820). On July 13, 1805, five months after Anne died, he married Anne Newton Fisher (1774 - 1840). They had three children: John Newton, Thomas, and Lemuel. They are all buried in the old burial ground in what is now Fairfield's subdivision, in unmarked graves. Reverend Walke was 20 years old in the early winter of 1775 when he most likely witnessed troop movements and battles between Continental Army troops and Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore’s Loyalist troops (people who supported King George III) in battles at Kemp's Landing, 2.5 miles north and then at Great Bridge, 9 miles south of his Fairfield Manor House. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) caught Reverend Walke at a time when he was coming of age into a Virginia gentry threatened by the loss of political power, wealth, and social prestige made possible by English control over the Virginia Colony. In his writings he blamed the north and their foolish Boston Tea Party actions. Reverend Walke was a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and after the Revolutionary War, in early 1788 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and then served the following year as an elector from the State of Virginia to the first presidential election held in Philadelphia. Returning to Princess Anne County, Reverend Walke, with a large inheritance from his father, presided as rector over Lynnhaven Parish Church for many years without a salary (from 1788 to 1800 and again from 1812 to 1813). Reverend Walke divided his time between preaching and the hunt. Not only was he noted for delivering sermons with a captivating mild mannered voice, but a more picturesque side of him was his love of fox and deer hunting. He conducted sermons with his horse Silverheels tethered near the door of the church. When he heard those hunting horns, he would immediately turn the service over to his clerk, Dick Edwards, and hurry off on Silverheels, not seen again until late in the day. | Walke, Anthony (I51795)
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| 1508 | Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726 - 1779) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke I. Colonel Walke II was one of the wealthiest Virginians of his day, a great advocate of social drinking, extravagant social gatherings, gambling, and horse racing. When trouble with England began, as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, he espoused the cause of the colonies, and united with Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison, Marshall, Jefferson, and other patriots in resisting British oppression and in establishing American independence. He married Jane Bolling Randolph (1729-1756) who was a direct descendant of Powhatan, the most powerful chieftain in Tidewater Virginia at the time of the arrival of the Jamestown settlers in 1607. This strain in her blood could account for her children’s horseback riding abilities. Reverend Anthony Walke was the only surviving child of these parents. After she died, Col. Walke II married Mary Mosely and had several children: William Walke (1762 - 1795) (who is buried on the property at Ferry Plantation), Edward Hack Walke, John Basset Walke, Mary Walke, Frances Walke and Anna Walke. | Walke, Anthony (I51800)
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| 1509 | Colonel Daniel Trabue's Journal Making Salt at Bullitt's Lick In 1916, Lillie DuPuy VanCulin Harper edited a volume titled, Colonial Men and Times which contained the journal of Col. Daniel Trabue which may also be found in the Draper Papers. The following except is taken from Daniel Trabue's journal, as transcribed from earlier sources. In it Trabue describes a trip to Bullitt's Lick to obtain salt in the winter of 1779-1780. "My brother James informed me we had very much writing to do, and I went to it. My Brother had to go to the other Garrisons to make settlements with his Deputies. "We soon got our books and accounts in good order. People had moved to this country this Fall more than ever. The Commissioners that were appointed by the Virginia Legislature to grant pre-emptions also had come out. There were so many people the conclusion was to discontinue keeping up the soldiery at the Forts. So they were all discharged about the last of this year 1779. The public stores and Magazines were locked up Jan. 7, 1780. "James Trabue went to Virginia again to draw money to pay for the provisions which we had purchased previous to his departure. He said if I could, there ought to be meat procured this winter for next Spring. "The conclusion was that we must try to get some salt and kill wild meat. We understood that a company of men was to start on a certain day from Harrodsborough to go to Bullittslick to boil & make salt. The conclusion was that I should go, and Foster would send a negro man with me and we would take pots & kettles with us. Mr. Smith also sent a young man, and we made up a little company, to wit, Jeffry Davis, William Maxey, the negro man, & 2 or 3 others. We had good guns and ammunition. When we got to Harrodsburg there was no one going from there. "We set out, and went some distance, stopped to eat, and let the horses eat some grapes. We ate all the provisions we had. The young men said they were afraid to go on with me; as they were afraid of Indians, also that there was no road or path; that I would not find the way, and that as we had nothing to eat we might starve to death -- I told them they ought to have brought provisions with them, and as to the Indians we had to run that risk; as to finding the way I was not uneasy about that as I knew about steering in the woods. I could find the way as I had been there before. At any rate whether they went or not, I would go on with the negro Jo. "We went on our journey, and at a little before sun-set we stopped and took up camp, I told the negro boy to hopple out the horses and all the men to go as quick as they could out hunting, and try their best to kill something. We were encamped on Chaplins Fork. When I returned I had killed a large fat Raccoon; the men had killed nothing; the negro had a large fire; the Raccoon was soon prepared for cooking. The men began again with their woeful tale saying, "we are in a wilderness without any path, we have nothing to eat but a koon for 6 or 7 men without bread or salt; we are liable every moment to be massacred by the Indians. If we can only be spared until morning, we will return to Logan's Fort." One of them said "I will return to old Virginia as quick as I can, & those who like Kentucky may enjoy it, but I will not stay in such a country." "This was a very pretty night, and the moon was bright; after we got pretty well settled, I said "we have 2 good dogs, I know mine are exceptions for game, let us go out hunting." The men refused and I told the negro Joe to take his axe, and I took my gun, and off we went. In going about 200 yards, just where some of the men had been hunting, I saw 5 turkeys in one sycamore tree, over the creek, I moved to a place where I got the Turkeys between me and the moon. I killed all 5 of the largest fattest turkeys I had ever seen. When I got to shooting I made sure the men would come to us, but they stayed where they were at the camp, looking at their koon roasting. "We took our turkeys to the camp and I said "now pick and clean them and eat some of the best food in the government." I soon had one roasting, the koon was ready for eating; they asked me to come up and eat some of it. I refused saying "I would choose turkey." The turkeys were all cleaned and some of them cooked for the night and the next morning we ate heartily. The next day we went on our journey, and no one turned back. I went on before. I killed that day a fine Deer, and one or two turkeys. We put the meat on the pack horses. One of the men we had with us was a young Irishman; who was constantly disputing with the other young men that were from Virginia, about words and customs. "Some time that morning I shot a Buffalo; he fell down and we all went up to him. Some of the men had never seen one before. I soon discovered I had shot this buffalo too high, and I told some of the boys to shoot him again; the young Irishman said he would kill him and aimed at him with his tomahawk, and struck him in the forehead. I told him it would not Do, he could not hurt him, the wool, and mud, and skull were all so thick, it would not do; but he kept up his licks, the buffalo jumped up, the man ran, the buffalo after him. It was an open woods, no bushes, and the way the young Irishman ran was rather quick, and with every jump he cryed out. "The buffalo was close to his heels, the man jumped behind a birch tree, the buffalo fell Down with his head against the tree. The boys laughed. One of them went up and shot the buffalo again, and killed him. * * * When I saw that the Irishman would go back I advised him to take a load of the buffalo meat, as it was very fat, & and he was welcome to it, to which he agreed. We took a little of it, and bid him a Due. We went on our journey, and before we got to Bullitts Lick I killed a Buffalo cow; as fat a cow as I ever saw in my life, wild or tame. "We took a goodly part of it with us, and arrived at the lick we found some people there making salt. They were from the Falls of Ohio, a Mr. McPhelps, an acquaintance of mine, was there; he had a furnace of small pots and kettles. He wanted to go home, and hired his small establishment to us for 2 weeks, for which we were to pay him in salt. We fixed up our pots and kettles in addition to McPhelps' and went on very well making salt. The water we had was standing in the lick; there was a hole or well only about two feet Deep that had been dug out. I was there previous to my digging, and the water stood then in a puddle so that the buffaloes would go there and Drink it. "We saw Buffaloes in sight of our works. We killed them when we needed them. We had been there three days when some men came from Harrodsburgh. They had started 3 days before us; they had been lost. We had cold weather. These men also began making salt, and we were very glad of more company; the fact was, I was very Dubious of Indians. In about 2 weeks or a little more we had got to each had about 2 bushels of Salt, and I bought a little more from Mr. McPhelps. "So we were ready for our return and there were three or four men from the Falls of Ohio came to us and were going to the upper Forts, and wished to go with us as company. They waited until we were ready. We went on that night, and just before we camped one of these strangers, his name was Mr. Sullivan, killed a capital Buffalo, and as we had plenty of salt we lived well. That night we had a Fall of Deep Snow, and the next morning was very cold, so we had a good fire and did not start early. One of these Gentlemen, a stranger, observed "this morning would be very suitable to sit in a good Tavern, and have a drink of good rum, and hot tea or coffey for Breakfast." Mr. Sullivan observed that he thought a pan of fried hominy would suit him best. It was taken as an insult, blows ensued and they had a smart scuffle in the snow. We parted them and our Tuckeyho boys laughed heartily at it. We reached home safe with our salt." | Trabue, Daniel (I27460)
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| 1510 | Colonel Israel Stoughton's house was situated at the northeast corner of Savin Hill Avenue and Pleasant Street. He had the distinction of building the first mill in New England to grind corn by water. It stood in the Neponset River at the Lower Mills. In the early years of the settlement, Massachusetts had to buy corn from Virginia and from the local Narragansetts. In 1631 Chief Chickatawbut donated a hogshead to the Governor. In 1634 food was still scarce, and Massachusetts bought 400 bushels of corn from the Narragansetts. Israel Stoughton set up a water mill at the Lower Mills to grind the grain. Stoughton's mill is mentioned both in the town records and in those of the Massachusetts Bay colony. Said to be the first grist mill in the country, it was installed to grind corn purchased from native Americans due to the shortages in the colony. Dorchester Town Records Nov. 3, 1633 ... it is generally agreed that Mr. Israel Stoughton shall build a water mill, if he see cause. Jan. 6, 1633/4 ...it is ordered that Mr. Israell Stoughton shall have the privaladge of a weare at Naponset adjoyning to his mill ... Nov. 3, 1634 ... it also ordered that their shall be a sufficient cartway be made to the mill at Naponset ... and from the 1859 History of the Town of Dorchester, p. 33: The town granted leave to Mr. Israel Stoughton to build a water mill [in 1633], and in January following, the mill and a bridge over Neponset being completed ... Stoughton gained his title from his command of the Massachusetts forces during the Pequot War. He served as representative in 1634 and was the Governor's Assistant for many years. Sources: Orcutt, William Dana. Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893. Cambridge: University Press, 1908. History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. By a Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society. 1859. | Stoughton, Israel (I14048)
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| 1511 | COLONEL JOHN ALCORN DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen DATES: September 1813 - December 1813 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston's company from Madison County, Alabama) CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert Jetton, William Locke, Alexander McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John Winston BRIEF HISTORY: Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813, when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment, along with Colonel Robert Dyer's First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen. Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the expedition to Natchez (December 1812 - April 1813) and, consequently, felt their one-year's enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of the troops did leave by the end of that year, despite Jackson's strenuous efforts to keep them. The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the most being in Captain John Byrne's company. The regiment's line of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, to the battles, and back the reverse way. http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/1812reg.htm | Anthony, William Banks (I16943)
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| 1512 | Colonel John Lear, founder of the Virginia family, was born in England, either in London or Devonshire. The will of Mary Robinson, (printed in Virginia Magazine, vol. 16, p. 194) dated February 13, 1617-18, in London, bequeaths to John Lear and other children of her "Sister Leare." She was widow of John Robinson, chief searcher of customs at London, daughter of William Ramsey, of London. She left also a bequest to build a church in Virginia. She married (first) John Wanton, who died August, 1592. This record indicates that John Lear, of Virginia, was related to John Lear mentioned in this will, but it is highly probable that the London and Devonshire families were of the same stock. Colonel John Lear patented land in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in 1691, in right of his wife Rebecca, said land formerly belonging to Colonel Leonard Yeo, who was a burgess in 1644-45, 1663-66. Both Yeo and Lear are Devonshire names. (See William and Mary College Quarterly, vol. vii, p. 309, and vol. ix, p. 124). This land was near Point Comfort. Colonel John Lear came to Virginia about 1650 and settled in Nansemond county. As early as 1662 he was captain, according to the colony records, and was a member of the assembly. He was appointed to the King's council in 1683 and served until 1687, and probably until he died. He married four times. The name of his first wife is not known. He married, before 1678. He married (second) after 1678, Ann, widow of Colonel John George, of Isle of Wight county. He married (third) after 1688, Rebecca, widow of Colonel Charles Moyson and Colonel Leonard Yeo, of Elizabeth City county. He married (fourth) Ann Willis, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, widow of Seth Sothell, governor of North Carolina, and she died in 1695. Various cases in which he was a litigant are preserved in the court records. He died June 27, 1696. His will is preserved at the Henrico county courthouse. (See copy in Virginia Magazine, vol. 20, pp. 5, 122). It is dated November 21, 1695. He bequeaths to sister Widow Pitt and sister Widow Perdue; to daughter Martha Burwell; and to Elizabeth, widow of deceased son Thomas; to granddaughter Elizabeth Lear, and grandson John Lear; grandchildren Elizabeth and Martha, children of son Thomas. The will was proved December 12, 1696. Children by first wife: Thomas, mentioned below; Martha married (first) Colonel William Cole, and (second) Major Lewis Burwell, member of the council. | Lear, Colonel John Peter (I43421)
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| 1513 | Colonel Samuel Howe Colonel Samuel Howe on May 31, 1671; "Admitted freeman. He lived in Sudbury, and built the bridge in the north east corner of Framingham in 1673. In 1682 he and Samuel Gookin bought of the Natick Indians, a large tract of about 1700 acres of Framingham lands, which is referred to in local histories as the Gookin and Howe purchase. He was very prominent in the early history of the town as it appears in the local histories, and is spoken of as 'a man of energy and public spirit.' "He served in King Philip's war, in Capt. Nathan Davenport's company, and was an officer in the militia, and his name appears in the lists of those who suffered in the Indian war." [Howe Genealogies - Daniel Waite Howe, NEHGS, pp. 7-8] He gave to his son David, land in Sudbury on which was built the Red Horse Tavern, later known Howe's Tavern and as the Wayside Inn which remained in his family for four generations | Howe, Lieutenet Colonel Samuel (I18447)
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| 1514 | Colonel Thomas Walke I (about 1642-1694) was an immigrant from British-ruled Barbados. He was born before 1643. While his exact birth year is unknown, he witnessed a will in Lancaster County, Virginia in 1664 requiring an age of 21. He married Mary Lawson in 1690, also an emigrate from Barbados. Thomas died in 1694, only four years after his marriage, leaving three children, Thomas II or Jr. (1691-1723), Anthony I (1692- 1768), and Mary. Thomas held colonial distinction and was commissioned a colonel by the Governor of Virginia. He made his fortune shipping goods to Barbados from Hampton Roads and slaves back to Hampton Roads from Barbados. Thomas Walke II or Jr. (first son of Thomas Walke I) and His Descendants Thomas Walke III - (around 1720– 1761) was the son of Thomas Walke II. He acquired land in Princess Anne County near London Bridge in the early 1700's. He had five daughters to his 1st wife Margaret Thorowgood and one son Thomas Walke IV (1760 – 1797) to his second wife Mary Ann Thorowgood. In 1759 Thomas III built a brick house, (preserved today at 2040 Potters Road, Virginia Beach) on Upper Wolfsnare Creek, an important waterway then. In 1761 Thomas III died, leaving Upper Wolfsnare to his infant son Thomas IV including seven thousand acres and fifty-five slaves. Thomas Walke IV (1760 – 1797) was the son of Thomas Walke III. He grew up to be prominent in Princess Anne County. He fought in the Revolutionary War and was one of the two local representatives to the Virginia Convention. In Richmond in the spring of 1788 he helped Virginia, by a narrow margin, ratify the U.S. Constitution. He served as Vestryman and Warden of Lynnhaven Parish for many years. He had much to do with the designing and building of the third Eastern Shore Chapel which stood less than a mile from his home. Thomas IV had Communion Silver bearing the date 1759 shipped from England to Eastern Shore Chapel. The silver is now on exhibit at the Norfolk Museum. Thomas married Elizabeth (1797-1815), but had no children. In his will he left his estate to his wife Elizabeth and two of his sisters. Upper Wolfe Snare Plantation was purchased by the Commonwealth of Virginia to obtain right of way for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach Expressway in 1964, but members of the Princess Anne Historical Society, were able to save the house as a historic landmark. Colonel Anthony Walke I (second son of Thomas Walke I) and His Descendants Colonel Anthony Walke I (1692- Nov 8, 1768) was a man of high standing and character in the Lynnhaven Parish Church serving as a vestryman for many years and contributing to its support. Through his efforts and contributions, Lynnhaven Parish Church No. 3 was built using imported brick. He was Colonel and Commander of troops in Princess Anne County under his majesty King George III. He married three times. His first wife was Mary Sanford. They married March 3 1711 and had a daughter, Margaret Walke. His second wife was Elizabeth Newton. They married after 1713 but she died in 1724. They had no surviving children. Anthony's third wife was Anna Lee Armistead. They married on April 4, 1725 and had four children: Colonel Anthony Walke II, William Walke, John Walke, Mary Walke and Margaret Walke. Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726 - 1779) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke I. Colonel Walke II was one of the wealthiest Virginians of his day, a great advocate of social drinking, extravagant social gatherings, gambling, and horse racing. When trouble with England began, as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, he espoused the cause of the colonies, and united with Patrick Henry, Mason, Madison, Marshall, Jefferson, and other patriots in resisting British oppression and in establishing American independence. He married Jane Bolling Randolph (1729-1756) who was a direct descendant of Powhatan, the most powerful chieftain in Tidewater Virginia at the time of the arrival of the Jamestown settlers in 1607. This strain in her blood could account for her children’s horseback riding abilities. Reverend Anthony Walke was the only surviving child of these parents. After she died, Col. Walke II married Mary Mosely and had several children: William Walke (1762 - 1795) (who is buried on the property at Ferry Plantation), Edward Hack Walke, John Basset Walke, Mary Walke, Frances Walke and Anna Walke. Reverend Anthony Walke (1755 - 1814) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke II. He married Anne McColley McClenahan on January 15, 1776 and had six children: Anne M., Edwin, Jane Eliza, David Meade, Susan, and Anthony IV (1778 - 1820). On July 13, 1805, five months after Anne died, he married Anne Newton Fisher (1774 - 1840). They had three children: John Newton, Thomas, and Lemuel. They are all buried in the old burial ground in what is now Fairfield's subdivision, in unmarked graves. Reverend Walke was 20 years old in the early winter of 1775 when he most likely witnessed troop movements and battles between Continental Army troops and Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore’s Loyalist troops (people who supported King George III) in battles at Kemp's Landing, 2.5 miles north and then at Great Bridge, 9 miles south of his Fairfield Manor House. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) caught Reverend Walke at a time when he was coming of age into a Virginia gentry threatened by the loss of political power, wealth, and social prestige made possible by English control over the Virginia Colony. In his writings he blamed the north and their foolish Boston Tea Party actions. Reverend Walke was a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and after the Revolutionary War, in early 1788 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and then served the following year as an elector from the State of Virginia to the first presidential election held in Philadelphia. Returning to Princess Anne County, Reverend Walke, with a large inheritance from his father, presided as rector over Lynnhaven Parish Church for many years without a salary (from 1788 to 1800 and again from 1812 to 1813). Reverend Walke divided his time between preaching and the hunt. Not only was he noted for delivering sermons with a captivating mild mannered voice, but a more picturesque side of him was his love of fox and deer hunting. He conducted sermons with his horse Silverheels tethered near the door of the church. When he heard those hunting horns, he would immediately turn the service over to his clerk, Dick Edwards, and hurry off on Silverheels, not seen again until late in the day (see references 14-16, 25, 120-122, 145, 147, 151-154, 211, 214 – 216). __________________________The Walke’s Historic Homes. * Upper Wolfsnare House. Of the three noted historic homes, only one stands today – the brick house Thomas Walke III built in 1759 at today’s 2040 Potters Road, Virginia Beach on Upper Wolfsnare Creek, an important waterway in 1759. * Fairfield Manor. Four years after Colonel Thomas Walke I’s death, his executors in 1697 purchased the land from Tully Emperor to become the home of his second son, Colonel Anthony Walke I (1692 – 1768). Fairfield Manor House was located just south of present day Virginia Beach, Kempsville (in the vicinity of Locke Lane and Kempsville Colony, near Kempsville Park). Fairfield was a grand house with black servants, blacksmiths, wagon-makers, saddlers, and tradesmen imported from England. Fairfield belonged to five generations of Walkes, i.e., Colonel Anthony Walke I (1692-1768), Colonel Anthony Walke II (1726-1779), Reverend Anthony Walke (1755-1814), Anthony Walke (1778-1820), and David M. Walke (1800-1854), until it was destroyed by fire March 1865. The First Ferry Farm House (Walke Manor House) is shown above in General Thomas Hoones Williamson’s 1812 watercolor picture. * First Ferry Farm House. Colonel Anthony Walke II made plans for a second house at Ferry Farm (near Lynnhaven Parish Church) and bequeathed the land to his second son, William (1762-1795) who built the 1st Ferry Plantation House (Walke Manor House) in 1782 for his half brother Reverend Anthony Walke. It was owned by Walkes until it was destroyed by fire in 1828. The house was replaced by a smaller one in 1830. On October 21, 1914 Lewis Walke and his son, Roger S. Walke, visited the Ferry Plantation and found the tomb of Lewis Walke’s great-grandfather, William Walke (1762 – 1795), Colonel Walke II’s first son by his second wife Mary Moseley. The tomb was several hundred yards from the Ferry House with the stone lying flat on the ground. Sometime in the 1930’s Ann Talbot Parks had this gravestone moved to the Old Donation Cemetery. The inscription is no longer legible, but was recorded by Lewis Walke back in 1914. It reads, “Here lie the Remains of WILLIAM WALKE late a Magistrate & Representative of this County Who departed this Lifethe 1st of Janry., 1795 Aged 33 years In Life Esteemed in Death lamented” (References 3, 4, 14-17, 120, 145, 147, 182, 212, 213). _____________________The second Ferry Farm Plantation House built in 1830 | Walke, Thomas (I51798)
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| 1515 | Colonel Thomas Ward-first pioneer of Cabell County ID: I16804 Name: Thomas WARD , Colonel 1 Sex: M Birth: ABT 1757 in (Albermarle or Pittsylvania, VA) Birth: ABT 1764 in Bedford Co., VA 2 Death: AFT 1832 in Mississippi (Ohio?) 2 Event: Military Colonel in the Virginia Militia PROP: Owned considerable real estate. PROP: Prior to his death he transferr4ed his property to his son, John Warad Sr. & son-in-law Wm. McComas. 3 Event: Fact 14 FEB 1809 Sheriff of Cabell Co., VA (appointed by Gov. John Tyler of VA) Event: Fact Salt maker in Cabell Co., VA (now WV) Reference Number: 16804 Note: "Col. Thomas Ward and his uncle, Jeremiah Ward,Sr. were the oldest permanent settlers in present day Cabell County, West Virginia, then being Kanawha County, Virginia. They came to the area shortly after the Revolutionary War around 1795. They first lived in a cave to avoid the Indians. They were interested in land and salt. They bought many pieces of the original Savage Grant and developed salt works. At one time Thomas Ward owned practially all the land from Salt Rock to three miles below Barboursville. Thomas Ward was the oldest salt maker of Cabell County. Father: John WARD b: 1716 in Augusta Co., VA Mother: Anne CHILES b: ABT 1732 in Amelia Co., VA Marriage 1 Mildred WALDEN Married: 1 MAR 1791 in Pittsylvania Co., VA 2 Children Anne WARD b: AFT 1791 Risky WARD b: AFT 1791 Sarah "Sally" WARD b: AFT 1791 John F. WARD b: 1796 in Pittsylvania Co.. VA Mildred WARD b: 1797 in Pittsylvania Co.. VA Sources: Title: Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 24, # 2Repository: Note: Virginia State Library Media: MagazinePage: 180 Title: Our Ward FamilyAuthor: Norris Wayne Jackson Publication: 1995 Repository: Note: Family History Library, SLC, Utah Media: BookPage: 21 Title: Our Ward FamilyAuthor: Norris Wayne Jackson Publication: 1995 Repository: Note: Family History Library, SLC, Utah Media: BookPage: 24 | Ward, Thomas (I27050)
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| 1516 | COLONEL THOMAS WILLIAMSON DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen DATES: September 1814 - April 1815 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams BRIEF HISTORY: Along with Colonel Robert Dyer's unit, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's brigade that fought at Pensacola and New Orleans. Marching from Fayetteville to Camp Gaines (30 miles from Fort Montgomery), they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace. http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/1812reg.htm | Anthony, William Banks (I16943)
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| 1517 | Colonel Wiliam Wynne, also known as William Wynne I, born in 1699. He moved to Danville, Virginia in 1752, along with several others at the instigation of the English Crown to help halt French expansion eastward from the Mississippi Valley. He was a great land owner, close to 90,000 acres. Col. William Wynne was a surveyor, a vestryman and possessed a large library. He was married to Frances Read who was also born in 1699, his will proved 26 March 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. 1732: One of the first justices of Brunswick Co. 1749 Lunenburg Co., Census Wynne, Robt Wynne, Thos Wynne, Col. William Wynne, William 1753; Patented land, Pittsylvania Co. and was among the tithables along with William Wynne, Jr., Thomas Wynne, and Thomas Wynne, Jr. Last Will of Testament, 8 Oct. 1777; 26 March 1778;To grandson, William Wynne; son of my dau. Mary Wynne; to wife Frances; to sons William Wynne, Jr., Thos., Robert; daughters Margaret Hendricks, Elizabeth Echols, Mary Wynne and Martha Dixon. | Wynne, William "Colonel" (I24964)
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| 1518 | Colston was her 2nd husband: Her first husband, John Taverner, died so young and, apparently, not long after they were married. There is no explanation, or an exact date, but she would have remarried quickly. Her marriage to Charles Colston is dated 1713, only about 18 months after her marriage to John Taverner. Women could not own property and had no one to take care of them unless they had adult children to do that. Males who lost a spouse and had children also needed to remarry quickly. It was not uncommon to remarry within weeks after losing a spouse. | Travers, Rebecca (I26564)
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| 1519 | Common Welsh Surnames http://www.daire.org/names/welshsurs.html Awbrey - Welsh adaptation of Norman name de Alberico, who a rrived in Wales shortly after the Conquest. Records show two prominent families, the Awbreys of Abercynrig, and of Ynyscedwin. Aubrey, Obray. " The Norman People" page 144 "Aubrey, Sir Reginald Aubrey, 1088, was granted lands in Brecknock by Bernard de Newmarhe'. The Norman origian of this family admitted. It maybe th same as the family of Alver of Alfrey. Osmond de Alebrai and Samon de A. occur Normandy, 1198 (Mrs) Hence the Baronest Aubrey. Alberic,Earl of Boulgne and Dammartin, and Earl Mareschal of France in 1066, is said to have been elder brother of a certain. I. Saunders de Sancto Alberico or de Alta Ripa, was bc ? in France & reportedly a brother of Alberic, Earl of Boulogne & Dammartin, & Earl Fareschal of France in 1066. (He invaded Eng. with William the Conqueror in 1066.) Father of Reginald Sir Reginald de Sancto Alberico ) son of Saunders de Sancto Alberico married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany. Reginald (Rinalt) de St. Awbrey (de Sancto Alberico) born: ? died ?marr. Isabel de Clare (bc in Normandy, France to Richard de Clare, Earl of Briones & Earl of Claire & Tunbridge). Sir Reginald accompanied Bernard Newmarch in conquering Brecknock, where he reputed to have won Abercynfrig & Siwch. He owned the manor of Abercynfrig & Slough & other properties in Wales. Reginald wife was Isabel de Clare. Isabel de Clare is a descend of Charlemagne Journey Through Hay and Brecheinia Almedha, though not included in the ordinary lists, is said to have been a daughter of Brychan, and sister to St. Canoc, and to have borne the name of Elevetha, Aled, or Elyned, latinised into Almedha. The Welsh genealogists say, that she suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecknock, where a chapel was erected to her memory; and William of Worcester says she was buried at Usk. Mr. Hugh Thomas (who wrote an essay towards the history of Brecknockshire in the year 1698) speaks of the chapel as standing, though unroofed and useless, in his time; the people thereabouts call it St. Tayled. It was situated on an eminence, about a mile to the eastward of Brecknock, and about half a mile from a farm-house, formerly the mansion and residence of the Aubreys, lords of the manor of Slwch, which lordship was bestowed upon Sir Reginald Awbrey by Bernard Newmarche, in the reign of William Rufus. Some small vestiges of this building may still be traced, and an aged yew tree, with a well at its foot, marks the site near which the chapel formerly stood. | Awbrey Alberico, Reginald de Sacto (I2987)
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| 1520 | Comparison of DNA results from about 30 people indicate Daniel C Smith is a grandchild of Edward Smith. Several of Edward's children settled in and around Pittsford county Michigan, but Daniel's father's name has not yet been discovered. | Smith, Unknown genetic ancestor (I7340)
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| 1521 | Comparison of DNA results from about 30 people indicate Daniel C Smith is a grandchild of Edward Smith. Several of Edward's children settled in and around Pittsford county Michigan, but Daniel's father's name has not yet been discovered. | Smith, Daniel C (I1456)
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| 1522 | Compiled from various public web sites. Please check facts to your own satisfaction; there are many variations in information for the various John Davises.) It is thought that John Davis (III) was born about 1681 to John Davis (II) (about 1648-1720), of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and Sarah Watts. John (III) was born in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia and died about 1779 in Virginia. He was a landed proprietor ("planter") in Middlesex County. At a young age in 1696 in Middlesex County, Virginia, John Davis (III) married Catherine (Katy) Ragland (about 1681-1710). Catherine was the daughter of Evan Ragland, Sr. and Susanna Pettus. Catherine was born in New Kent County, Virginia. Catherine's father had been shanghaied/kidnapped in England when he was a young teenager and brought to America where he was sold as an indentured servant. He later married his "owner's" daughter and Susanna was their first child. If their 1681 birth years are correct, John and Catherine would have been only about 15 years old when they married. However, in the book "The Raglands: The History of a British-American Family, Vol. I," by Charles J. Ragland, Jr., published 1978, is the following statement: "It is probable that John Davis is the same age as Catherine's father, and that he was kidnapped and brought to this country at the same time as Evan. He was a widower with several children when he married Catherine and undoubtedly a number of years older than she." It is unclear if the author may be confusing John (III) with a different John Davis. It is believed John and Catherine had the following children, probably in addition to others: (Reverend) William Davis, about 1699-1763 Ruth Davis, born about 1709, married Eustace Hoord | Davis, John III (I3385)
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| 1523 | Conan I (d. 27 June 992) nicknamed Le Tort (The Crooked) was the Duke of Brittany from 990 to his death. He was the son of Judicael Berengar, succeeding his father as Count of Rennes in 970.[1] Life He assumed the title of Duke of Brittany in the spring of 990 following his attack on Nantes and the subsequent death of Count Alan.[2] As duke his rule succeeded the Regency that governed Brittany during the life of Drogo and the fractured rule of Brittany after Drogo's death by his illegitimate brothers Hoël and Guerech, and the latter's son Alan.[3] The fractured rule over Brittany resulted in a short vacancy in the title Duke of Brittany. Conan I had to ally himself with the Odo I, Count of Blois in order to defeat Judicael Berengar before he could assume the title of Duke.[4] Mont Saint-Michel, endowed by Conan I, and his final resting place In a charter dated 28 July 990, Conan gave the lands of Villamée, Lillele and Passille to Mont Saint-Michel, all of which later became part of the seigneury of Fougères. Conan married Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou,[a][6] in 973, daughter of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adele of Vermandois.[1] Conan's alliance with the Odo of Blois [3] had helped him defeat Judicael Berengar. However the alliance with Blois became troublesome and he later needed to "rid himself of influence from Blois, [which he accomplished by signing] a pact with Richard I of Normandy; [this pact] established firm Breton-Norman links for the first time." [4] Richard I had married the daughter of Hugh I the Great, and after this marriage had re-asserted his father's claim as Overlord of the Breton duchy. [4] Conan I's pact with Normandy strengthened that assertion but the historical documentation for that Overlordship claim remains doubtful because it largely appears only in the less than authoritative writings of Dudo of Saint-Quentin. Conan died fighting his brother-in-law Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou at the Battle of Conquereuil on 27 June 992. Conan is buried at Mont Saint-Michel Abbey. By his wife Ermengarde-Gerberga he had the following issue: Geoffrey (c.980-1008), the eventual heir. Judith (982–1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Judicael, count of Porhoët (died 1037). Hernod. Catuallon, Abbot of Redon | de Bretagne, Conan I (I23121)
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| 1524 | CONDITION: Died an infant. | Fitz Randolph, Mary (I22781)
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| 1525 | CONDITION: Died an infant. | Fitz Randolph, Mary (I22781)
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| 1526 | CONDITION: Died young. | Fitz Randolph, John (I22784)
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| 1527 | CONDITION: Died young. | Fitz Randolph, John (I22784)
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| 1528 | CONDITION: unm> Died unmarried. DEATH: Date> Died 15 May, probably in 1091. | de Toeni, Roger II (I22989)
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| 1529 | confederate vet. | Cambpell, Caleb Chadburn (I19489)
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| 1530 | Confirmerde 1857 Masfjorden 1857 No 1 Konfirmations Datum: 6te Septbr. Navn: Johan Brygger Forældrenes Navne: Hans Andreas Brügger og Guri Hansdatter Kilde: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/8295/103 Skannede kirkebøker Hordaland Masfjorden: 1851-1875, Klokkerbok Konfirmerte 1857-1858 (102) Folio 102 | Brügger, Johan Hansen (I39617)
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| 1531 | Confirmerede 1861 Masfjorden No 71 Confirmasjonsdag: 26/3 Confirmandens Navn: Matilde Christine Bjaastad Alder: 45 Födested: Bergen Hosteland (Hosteland må være bosted 1861) Forældre: Skipper Bernt R: Bjaastad, Hst. Anne Sophie födt Brygger Christendomskunnskab og Flid m, v.: godt Howed, god og grundig Kunnskab Kilde: https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/1921/12303/104 Lindås Ministerialbok nr. A 13, Lindås prgj., Austrheim sokn, Fedje sokn, Lindås sokn, Lygra sokn, Myking sokn, Sandnes sokn 1848 - 1862 Folio 92 | Bjaastad, Mathilde Christine (I39628)
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| 1532 | Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. | Source (S977)
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| 1533 | Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. | Source (S804)
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| 1534 | Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecon. | Awbrey-Coch, Thomas "Fychan" (I1264)
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| 1535 | Constantine Perkins Jr. was named for his father and was a member of St. James Northam Parish in Goochland County. Like his brothers Nicholas, William Stephen, and Joseph, he too served as a processioner. According to p. 56 of the Vestry Book, Constant Perkins Junr was appointed processioner in 1755. The register kept by the Rev. William Douglas of St. James Northam Parish records the birth of a son Stephne to Constant Perkins and Mary Walker Apr 22, 1760. In 1761 Constantine Perkins received 200 acres in Goochland from his father. The son preceded his father in death by about one year. Constantine Perkins, Jr., left a will recorded on p. 206 Goochland Deed Bk. 9, dated September the 3rd 1767 and proved at a court held for Goochland County June the 19th 1769. Reference is made to eleven children and his wife Mary in the will. | Perkins, Constantine (I33434)
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| 1536 | CONSTANTINE PERKINS(son of Nicholas Perkins, Jr.) was born about 1682 in Henrico County, VA. His birth date is from the assumption that CONSTANTINE PERKINS became of age in 1703 when he was deeded 100 acres of land by his father. A manuscript in the DAR library in Washington D.C. (without giving reference), states that he died September 3, 1767. On the other hand, it may be possible that he is the CONSTANT PERKINS whose funeral took place December 18, 1770 (Douglas Register). CONSTANTINE PERKINS left a will in the form of a deed recorded 1761 in Goochland Deed Book I, page 148. July 9, 1724 he patented three tracts of land (of 347 acres, 250 acres, and 250 acres) each on Beaverdam Creek in that part of Henrico County which later was to become Goochland County. Goochland County was formed in 1728 and his land seems to have been at the corner where Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa Counties meet. By 1761, his first wife dead, CONSTANTINE PERKINS was considering a second marriage. Before contracting this alliance he made a series of deeds to his children some of which were not to be effective until his death. He basically disposed of all of his land and slaves by directing where they were to go after his death.... “...to my well Beloved Son Joseph Perkins I do give...at my decease...Land lying and being in the Countys of Hanover, Louisa and Goochland but when taken up it was in County of Henrico as by the Patent for the said Land bearing Date the Ninth day of July one thousand Seven hundred and twenty four." The land included 347 acres, 3 rods, and 20 poles. May 19, 1761: To all Christian People to Whom this Present Writing shall come I CONSTANT PERKINS of Louisa County send Greeting. Know ye that I the said CONSTANTINE PERKINS for divers Good Causes but more Especially for the natural love and Affection which I have and do bear to my Loving Children Hereafter Mentioned I give unto them and their Heirs forever the Following Lands and Negroes Viz, to my belov'd Son Constantine Perkins Junior after my decease I give him my said son two hundred Acres of Land lying in the County of Gochland but taken up in Henrico by Patent bearing date the ninth day of July one thousand seven hundred and twenty four will more fully appear which land is part of the aforesaid Patent for the land whereon my said son now lives, also I give my said son at my Decease one negro man Slave nam'd Peter which said land and Negroe I give to him and his heirs forever. Next at my decease I give to my Belov'd son Nicholas Perkins one Negroe man Slave nam'd Jacob to him and his heirs forever. Next at my Decease I Give to my Beloved son William Perkins one Negroe slave named Adam to him and his heirs forever which said Slave is now in Possession of my said son William Perkins; next at my Decease I give to my Belov'd son Stephen Perkins one negro Slave nam'd Nathaniel to him and his heirs forever; next I give to my daughter Ann Perkins now Ann Oglesby two Negro Slaves the one nam'd Judith & the other nam'd Tom to her heirs forever. Next I give to my Daughter ELizabeth Perkins now Elizabeth Ellis three Negroe slaves namely Moses Ester and Doll, at my decease to her and her heirs forever, next I give to my Grand Daughter Ann Perkins now Ann Clarkson Daughter of my son Constantine Perkins one Negroe Slave called Peter, to her and her heirs forever, next I give to my Granddaughter Jemiah Oglesby Daughter to my Daughter Ann one slave named Isham to her and her heirs forever, next I give to my Daughter Eliz Perkins now Elizabeth Ellis after my Decease one Negroe slave named Sarah to her and her heirs forever. Next after my Decease I give Ann Perkins now Ann Oglesby one negroe slave Thamer to her and her heirs forever, next after my decease I give to my first mentioned son Constantine Perkins Junr one Negroe slave named Harry to him and his heirs forever, all the above gifts I warrant and forever defend from the claim challenge or demand of any other person or persons whatsoever, to the only proper use and behoof of the above mentioned persons they and their Heirs forever, each person to whom the above is Given. Lastly all the Remainder part of my Estate not particular mention'd Real and Personal at my Decease I give to be equally divided among all my children, viz. Constantine Perkins, Nicholas Perkins, William Perkins, Stephen Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Harden Perkins, Mary Atkinson, Ann Oglesby, Elizabeth Ellis, to them and their Heirs forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 19th day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty one. Sealed Sign'd and Deliver'd in presence of: John Boswell and Robert Wilson CONSTANT PERKINS (Seal) He married first ANN (POLLARD) (last name not proven). On May 1, 1754, a deed is recorded from CONSTANT PERKINS and wife - to Joseph Pollard is the basis for this, but Joseph was a generation younger than Anne and Constant. It has been claimed that Ann was the daughter of Stephen Pollard and Ann Hughes and that the POLLARD family came from King and Queen County. As the records of King and Queen County have been destroyed, the evidence to support the claims will probably never be found. Anne was the mother of his children. After settling the disposition to be made of his estate at his death in the above deeds, CONSTANTINE PERKINS felt free to enter into a second marriage late in life. If born in 1682, as is thought, he was 79 at this time. Goochland Marriage Bonds show that a license was issued him May 27, 1761, with Jesse Payne acting as bondsman. Four days later the marriage occurred and is recorded in THE DOUGLAS REGISTER (transcribed and edited by W. Mac Jones, 1928): “Married, Constant Perkins & Mary Allen both in this parish 1761 May 31.” The twice widowed Mary Allen had already made a deed of gift to her children James Allen, Elizabeth Allen and Mary Allen on Mar. 7, 1753. The year following her marriage to Constantine, she and her husband deeded on Aug. 2, 1762, to Nathaniel Dennis, "son of the said Mary Perkins," 100 acres which "is the Same Tract or parcel of land which the said Mary Perkins in the Time she lived Widow of James Allen deceased Bought of John Shewmaker." Mary was not destined to survive her third husband. By 1763 CONSTANTINE PERKINS was again a widower. That he was indeed an old man is confirmed by a deed he made Nov. 16, 1763 , giving the slave Peter to his "Granddaughter Anne Clarkson wife of David Clarkson" and "after my granddaughter's decease to Frances Clarkson daughter of my granddaughter." This great-granddaughter had been born July 8, 1761. Despite his age, CONSTANTINE PERKINS became a bridegroom for the third time in 1763 when he married Ann Walker. She also was a widow and on Sept. 16, 1771, made a deed to her children for love and affection in Goochland County, VA. Having reached the age of almost 90, CONSTANTINE PERKINS died and was buried in Goochland Co., Va., Dec. 18, 1770. | Perkins, Constantine (I33313)
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| 1537 | Continuing from James Boone Genealogy: (7) “JOSEPH BOONE (son of George & Mary Boone) was born between 4 & 5 in the Afternoon, on the 5th of April 1704; and he departed this Life on the 30 January 1776, in the 72d Year of his Age (Berks Co, PA). His Wife Catherine died on the 31st of January 1778, and was interred at Exeter (Berks Co., PA) the next Day exactly 2 Years after the Burial of her Husband.” Hazel Spraker, in her book, The Boone Family quotes from early Exeter (PA) Records: “8-30-1733, Joseph Boone produced a paper of condemnation for proceeding in marriage contrary to order.” Neither Spraker nor the Old James Boone Genealogy give a last name for wife Catherine, but Sarah Ridge Rockenfield in her book, Our Boone Families, Daniel Boone’s Kinfolks, USA Boones, gives name of wife of Joseph Boone, son of George Boone III & Mary Maugridge, as Catherine Warren. If this is true, it’s interesting that both Joseph Boone Sr. and Joseph Jr. had a wife with the same maiden name of Warren. Hazel Spraker lists no known children for this couple. The Boone Society has determined, however, that Joseph Boone Sr. and his wife Catherine had at least 3 sons (see Generation 5 for info on their children). Some researchers believe this couple had other children and any proof documents of other children would be welcomed. | Boone, Joseph (I36209)
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| 1538 | Conversion Story Moses Harris tells the story of when he first became engaged to his sweetheart, Fanny Smith. Her father, Thomas Dodd Smith, took Moses aside when they were cutting wood one day. He quietly spoke with his future son-in-law, explaining that he took Moses to be a sober and righteous man. He told him that the true church was not on the face of the earth at that time, but that it would come in Moses' life time. He entreated Moses not to forget his wife's parents when that time came. So important was this message to Thomas Dodd Smith, he repeated it to Moses one more time, six months after his marriage to Fanny.Moses and Fanny married in June of 1824. February 27, 1833, Moses and Fanny were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints. He did not forget his promise to his wife's father. He made certain, as soon as he was able, to perform the ordinances of baptism and confirmation for his now deceased in-laws, thereby fulfilling the promises he'd made in 1824 and 1825. | Harris, Moses Jefferson (I20263)
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| 1539 | Cook County Clerk, comp. <i>Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records</i>. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. | Source (S1489)
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| 1540 | Cook County Clerk, comp. <i>Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records</i>. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. | Source (S1489)
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| 1541 | Cook County Clerk. <i>Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records</i>. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. | Source (S380)
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| 1542 | Cook County Clerk. <i>Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records</i>. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. | Source (S380)
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| 1543 | Copulerede 1816 Lindås No: 9 Brudgommens Navn, Alder, Haandtering og Opholdsted: Skoleholder Arne Hognes, Risnæs gammel 22 Aar Brudens Navn, Alder, Haandtering: Jomfrue Drude Catrine Daa gammel 24 Aar Forloverne: Gaardmand Christian Hognesen, Elvig og Johannes Larsen, Elvig Vielsesdagen: d 5te Julÿ Forrettet: i Kirken Kilde: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read Skannede kirkebøker Hordaland Lindås: 1816-1823, Klokkerbok Ekteviede 1816 (188) Folio 108 | Family: Arne Hognessen Riisnes / Drude Catharine Marie Daae (F9291)
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| 1544 | Cornelis Cruys was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy and the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet. Early life and career He was born as Niels Olsen (Olufsen) in the city of Stavanger in Norway in 1655 and was half Norwegian and half Dutch. It is uncertain when the Norwegian Niels Olsen (in Dutch `Cornelis Roelofsz') emigrated to the Dutch Republic and changed his name to Cornelis Cruys (Kornelius Krøys or Cornelis Cruijs). However, according to several municipal sources, Cruys lived in Amsterdam for at least eighteen years before he joined the Russian Navy. The first known record about Cruys was produced by the local administration of Amsterdam in 1681. That year he married the nineteen-year-old Catharina Voogt. She was born in Amsterdam and was the daughter of Claas Pieterszoon Voogt, a Dutch captain of a merchantman, and Jannetje Jans. In the civil registration of his marriage, Cruys was called a sailor from Amsterdam, 24 years old, an orphan. In December of that year, about seven months after his marriage, Cruys was officially registered as a citizen or poorter of Amsterdam. In 1680 Cruys became the captain of a Dutch merchantman. Until 1696 he sailed to Portugal, Spain and the Caribbean. In July 1696 he joined the Dutch Navy. He was appointed onder-equipagemeester at the naval dockyard of the Amsterdam Admiralty. In less than two years he would leave Holland for the Russian Navy. Service in Russia In 1697, Russian Tsar Peter the Great travelled incognito with a large Russian delegation - the so-called Grand Embassy. He visited the Netherlands to study the latest inventions, especially in shipbuilding. Thanks to the mediation of Nicolaas Witsen, mayor of Amsterdam and expert on Russia par excellence, the tsar was given the opportunity to gain practical experience in the largest private shipyard in the world, belonging to the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam, for a period of four months. The tsar helped with the construction of an Eastindiaman especially laid down for him: Peter and Paul. During his stay in the Netherlands the tsar engaged, with the help of Russian and Dutch assistants, many skilled workers such as builders of locks, fortresses, shipwrights and seamen. They had to help him with his modernization of Russia. The best-known sailor who made the journey from the Netherlands to Russia was Cornelis Cruys. Cruys accepted the tsar's generous offer to enter into his service as vice-admiral. He emigrated to Russia in 1698 and became the tsar's most important adviser in maritime affairs. Cruys performed well in Russia and came be regarded as the architect of the Russian Navy. After his return to Russia the tsar put his Azov Flotilla under the command of admiral Fyodor Golovin, a Russian nobleman who was the successor of the Swiss Franz Lefort. Golovin was assisted by vice-admiral Cruys and rear-admiral Jan van Rees. Cruys became the first "Russian" mayor of Taganrog 1698-1702. In 1711 he made the first maps of Azov Sea and Don River. He was commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet from 1705 and masterminded the construction of Kronstadt fortress, which was essential in the Great Northern War against Sweden and many years later against the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Cruys worked for the tsar for more than 25 years and reached the highest Russian naval rank of admiral in 1721. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1727, two years after the death of his master Peter the Great. Goto Predestinacia Bozhiye Predvideniye (Goto Predestinatia – "Божие Предвидение", "Гото Предестинация") 58 (1700) – Flagship of vice-admiral Cornelius Cruys during Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711), sold to Turkey 1711 | Cruys, Nils Olsen/ Cornelis (I3534)
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| 1545 | Cornelius Cruys birth name was Niels Olsen. Born in Stavanger, at 13 years old he was sent to the Netherlands to live with his mother's sister, where he settled and changed his name to Cornelius Cruys. He joined the Navy and was elevated thru the ranks to Rear Admiral. He became very famous and was nicknamed "The Blue Admiral". Johannes Kreutz Magnus wrote of his ancestor in the Rogaland Historielag No. 17 dated 1931. Following is an excerpt from The Netherlands Historic Naval Library. Cornelis Cruys, a Dutch Rear-Admiral in Russian Service During the Northern War, the influence of Dutch seamen on the Russian navy increased to such an extent that the Swedish king Charles XII made an irritated remark about it: "At the Muscovian fleet we saw nothing more Muscovian than the flags. We had to fight against a Dutch fleet, with Dutch commanders, manned with Dutch seamen and we were exposed to Dutch bullets, driven by Dutch gunpowder."1 During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Russian naval regulations were published in Russian as well as in Dutch. Even the colors of the Russian naval flags were based on the Dutch ones: red, white and blue for the merchant navy, and white with a blue cross for the warships. Cornelis Cruys was a Dutch rear-admiral in Russian service, who was to a large extent the architect of Dutch involvement in the building of a Russian fleet. Cruys' involvement with the Russian navy started with the arrival of the "Great Embassy" in the Dutch Republic in 1697. Although the Russians failed in their main objective - to persuade the Dutch to take part in a war against the Ottoman Empire - they succeeded in bringing large numbers of Dutch naval officers, technicians, shipbuilders, physicians, and other specialists into the Russian service. The key figures in the dispatchment of Dutch specialists to Russia were the Amsterdam burgomasters Witsen and Hudde. They cultivated good relations with the Admiralty of Amsterdam, and with merchants trading in the Baltic area. In the years after the Great Embassy's departure, Witsen and Hudde were the ones who tirelessly defended Russian interests in Amsterdam. One of the specialists who went to Russia in 1698 was the Amsterdam naval officer Cornelis Cruys, who worked for the Amsterdam Admiralty as an inspector of naval equipment. At first, Cruys was unwilling to go to Russia, but eventually he was persuaded by Witsen and the Amsterdam Admiral Schey to assist the Tsar in the construction of his fleet. It was agreed that Cruys would be "lent" to Russia by Amsterdam, and that he would be given the rank of Rear-Admiral with a salary of 3600 rubels and 3 percent of the spoils of war, should it come to any battle. Cruys was allowed to bring a secretary and five servants, including a Lutheran clergyman. Furthermore, it was stipulated that the Tsar was obliged to buy Cruys out if he were to fall into enemy hands. Given the naval plans Peter had in mind, Cruys was the ideal choice. Because of his former function, Cruys was highly familiar with everything to do with the construction and equipment of ships, and possibly, also with the production of sea charts. The Dutch Republic's refusal to become involved in a war against the Ottoman Empire did not stop Peter from using Dutch specialists for the building of a war fleet at Voronezh on the Don. In 1699 this fleet sailed down the Don to Azov under Peter and Cruys' command. During this journey the entire course of the Don was systematically measured and charted. In 1701, Cruys was ordered to leave Voronezh and to organise the defense of Arkhangelsk, which was threatened by the Swedes. Arkhangelsk was the only harbor with access to Europe via the White Sea, and was therefore of enormous strategic importance. In this city Cruys had to deal with the distrust of high ranking Russians against foreigners, and with the inadequate knowledge of the local carpenters. Cruys' first letters to his direct superior, Admiral Peter Golovin, gives a good impression of the activities he undertook. In March 1702, after a tiresome journey of two weeks, Cruys arrived in Arkhangelsk. He observed that the construction of two frigates and the res-toration of two ships captured from the Swedish navy had stopped. The equipment was available and the construction-teams were ready to start, but the orders of the Tsar to do so had not yet arrived. Without this important document, the Voyevode had refused every cooperation, and had ordered the construction-teams to stop working.5 Some of Cruys' other activities also failed, such as the construction of a water mill, which had been ordered by the Tsar. The carpenters explained that they were not capable of building such a mill. Furthermore, there was no oak wood, which was absolutely necessary. Cruys could do nothing but ask Golovin to send foreign carpenters from Moscow to Arkhangelsk. The Voyevode of Arkhangelsk regarded Cruys' arrival as a dangerous infringement upon his authority, and he did everything within his power to sabotage his activities. Cruys was given the command of 600 dragoons and an Arkhangelsk regiment of 600 local soldiers. They were to restore and garrison the deteriorated fortifications of the city. The Voyevode sabotaged this by giving the soldiers other tasks, and by having them flogged occasionally. When Cruys protested vigorously, the Voyevode answered that in Arkhangelsk the Voyevode is in command, not the Rear-Admiral. The relationship with the Voyevode deteriorated further when Cruys, accompanied by a Dutch engineer, decided to inspect the fortifications in the mouth of the river Dwina. A horrified Cruys discovered that the river was completely silted up, and that the fortifications had been seriously neglected and would probably be incapable of resisting a Swedish attack. During the inspection, Cruys' ships got stuck on a sandbank and the company had to spend the night there. Perhaps Cruys took some consolation from the thought that the Swedish fleet had run into the same sandbanks a year before, during an unsuccessful surprise attack. The next morning Cruys sent an urgent request to the Voyevode to send soldiers, carpenters and equipment, to reinforce the fortifications. The fact that the religious Cruys gave orders to continue work on Sundays indicates how dangerous he thought the situation was. The Voyevode, however, not only refused to consider the request, but also confiscated a small ship which Cruys had been given by the Tsar. The next morning the Arkhangelsk regiment refused to take orders from Cruys any longer. His personal attempt to retrieve the ship from the Voyevode resulted in a slanging-match in front of the governor's palace. A servant of Cruys', who came to deliver a renewed request for equipment to restore the fortifications in the Dvina, was thrown down the palace stairs and put in jail. The archives do not tell us how the conflict between Cruys and the Voyevode ended. A letter from the commander of the Arkhangelsk regiment, in which he thanks Cruys for his payraise, however, gives reason to suspect that Cruys did win. There are indications that Cruys had powerful enemies at the Russian court. In August 1702 Cruys had to defend himself against accusations of corruption. The existence of a powerful "anti-Cruys" faction at the court helps to explain the confidence with which the Voyevode ignored direct orders from the Tsar. Meanwhile, despite constant financial problems, Cruys remained involved in the building of the fleet at Voronezh, from which dozens of warships sailed down the Don. The ships were given ominous names like "The lion with the sword", "Flower of war" or "After tears comes happiness". Cruys received his next assignment in August 1702: he was to go back to Amsterdam to look after the Tsar's interests. He was to recruit more technicians and naval officers, and was asked to find a place to educate 150 Russian boys who accompanied him to Amsterdam. Cruys' mission required a great deal of tact. According to the government of the Dutch Republic, especially Grand Pensionary Heinsius, the Republic's foreign policy should be focused on the problem of the Spanish Succession.14 France, which had put forward a candidate to occupy the Spanish throne, was to be stopped by a coalition consisting mainly of the Republic and England. The most important person behind this scheme was William III, who was not only king of England, but also stadtholder (governor) of the Republic. William's death, a few months before Cruys' arrival in Amsterdam, meant a severe blow to this strategy. The Republic did not welcome the war between Russia and Sweden, Particularly because the Republic wanted to hire Swedish troops in the event of war against France: the employment of these troops on the Russian front limited that possibility. In 1700 a combined Dutch-Swedish fleet attacked Copenhagen and forced the Danish king to make peace with Sweden. The second objective, however, to persuade the Russian government to stay neutral, failed. Within the Dutch Republic, Heinsius' policy was obstructed by Amsterdam. The city government did not want the stadtholder to become too powerful, and was reluctant to become engaged in a costly war against France. Furthermore, the dominance of Amsterdam's old rival England in the alliance caused a lot of resentment. The result of these developments was that the Republic became a Swedish ally, while Amsterdam supported the Russian cause more and more openly. With a typically Dutch sense of compromise, both parties were sold weaponry. The Republic's equivocal attitude to the Northern War was ideal for someone with the capacities and contacts of Cornelis Cruys. Cruys was most effectively supported by the Amsterdam burgomasters Witsen and Hudde, the secretary of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, De Wilde, and the Russian ambassador, Matveev. Amsterdam made a good profit from the trade with the Baltic area, and welcomed the chance to eliminate English competition. All this was reason enough to oppose Heinsius' pro-Swedish policy, both openly and secretly. After Peter's successful campaign in the Baltic area, De Wilde noted, in a conversation with Cruys, that trade with Russia in rye, barley, buckwheat, hemp, tar, masts, wood and iron would now be possible. De Wilde suggested that Peter annex Narva, in order to encourage Poland to renew the war with Sweden. According to De Wilde, it would be profitable for the borders and His Majesty's trade if his two neighbors continued to plunder each other. Cruys' first problem was housing 150 Russsian boys, who had arrived in Amsterdam after a sea journey of seven weeks in bad weather and storm. Cruys wrote to Golovin that the boys felt very miserable and had almost drowned. At first, Cruys tried to place the boys as apprentices on ships of the East and West India Companies. In spite of assistance from Witsen and De Wilde, the plan caused some serious problems: the boys were much too young to serve on a ship, and they did not speak or understand Dutch. This meant that Cruys had to look after dozens of Russian boys and pay for their expenses. The Admiralty and city Government of Amsterdam feared extensive rioting should it become known that efforts were made to place Russian boys on ships in preference to Amsterdam orphans. With assistance from Witsen and De Wilde, some of the boys were placed in villages in the vicinity of Amsterdam, where they could make themselves useful and learn Dutch. During 1703, Cruys succeeded in placing some of the older boys on warships, and others on the fleets to Greenland and the Indies. The other point of Cruys' instruction proved to be easier. Between November I702 and June 1704, Cruys recruited hundreds of specialists willing to work for the Tsar. Most of them were petty naval officers, but the company also included physicians, soldiers, painters, sculptors, architects, engineers, locksmiths, cartographers, farmers, carpenters, and others. The fact that Cruys operated more and more openly is not only illustrated by the growing number of recruits, but also by the undisguised advise he requested, and received, from the Russian, Danish and Polish ambassadors in Amsterdam. The terms of recruitment were positively attractive for anyone wishing to start a new future in another country. The contract of master painter Wilhelm Grommee Lambertszoon stipulated that after four years he would be allowed either to return to the Republic or to stay in Russia as a free man, with his own workplace. If the painter were to die before his contract had ended, his salary would be paid to his wife and children for one more year. In 1703, the rush of Dutch specialists to Russia was so large, that Dutch recruitment in Amsterdam ran into trouble. Due to a shortage of sailors, the Dutch needed a thousand of them for their own ships, and could no longer afford to let Cruys continue his activities. Admiral Golovin very cleverly suggested a package deal. One thousand Russian men were to be sent to Amsterdam to become sailors on Dutch warships; after a stipulated period, they were to return to Russia as experienced sailors. Golovin's proposal caused some embarrassment in the Dutch and Amsterdam governments. After a few months, in which the government at The Hague and the Admiralty of Amsterdam tried to have the other solve the problem, the States General at The Hague decided to grant Cruys permission to let the Russian sailors come over. They were not, however, allowed to enter the Republic, but to be distributed among the Dutch warships immediately. The resolution was never effectuated. In the autumn of 1703, relations between Sweden and the Dutch Republic deteriorated. England and the Republic distrusted the Swedish intentions in Poland, and Sweden was afraid that England and the Republic would support Sweden's enemies. In August 1703, Amsterdam successfully put a stop to a proposal by Grand Pensionary Heinsius to support the Swedish policy in Poland by giving a guarantee against Danish and Prussian intervention. The changing attitude of the Republic towards Sweden explains why it was possible for Cruys to organise such extensive shipments of people, weaponry and equipment to Russia so openly. When Cruys returned to Arkhangelsk in 1704, he communicated a specific request from Heinsius to Golovin, to correspond with the Tsar on a regular basis. Immediately after his return to Arkhangelsk, Cruys resumed his attempts to reform the city which, judging by the amount of people he sent there, must have had a large number of Dutch inhabitants. In May 1704, Cruys sent Golovin an extensive report concerning the organization of toll-collecting and customs regulations at Amsterdam. He was obviously planning to introduce this system in Arkhangelsk, because in November of the same year he wrote a report on the necessity to restore the city's fortifications, and on introducing an effective tax system. The incoming ships were to pay for a new pilot service and for beacons, which would indicate which part of the Dwina was navigable. Furthermore, there were to be effective tax regulations, and supervision to prevent ships from unloading their cargo without paying for it. It seems likely that Cruys was planning to change Arkhangelsk into an effective stronghold for Dutch merchants trading in the Baltic. Why else would his measures provoke a revolt from the English merchants living in the city? Why else would influential Amsterdam merchants and politicians, like Witsen, Hudde, De Wilde, Thesingh, Kintius and Van den Burgh -people who made their fortune from Baltic trade- support his activities so vigorously? Cruys own reports to- Golovin about the political situation in Amsterdam indicate clearly and frequently that, although the City Govern-ment was not unsympathetic toward Russia, the real and active support for his activities came from this limited group of men. In 1704, Hudde and De Wilde died in brief succession. In a letter to Golovin, Cruys creates a vivid image of the disaster which had struck the Dutch Republic and the city of Amsterdam: "The whole of Holland may mourn; there have been four years of famine, three years of warfare and two years of devastating floods and shipwrecks. This spring we lost two powerful statesmen, namely Hudde and De Wilde. Their death is the greatest loss, because even when the city (Amsterdam) and the Republic are weak, when they are governed with wisdom one can always maintain something of their position. But when wise decisions are lacking, downfall is close; it is horrible for mankind when God is angry with him." Whether the deaths of Hudde and De Wilde were a punishment from God or the normal course of nature is not for a historian to answer. Five years later, the Swedish army was defeated at Poltava, and the ever-pragmatic Dutch regents would definitively back away from the Swedish cause. Cornelis Cruys pursued an impressive career which was to last until his death in 1727. The Dutch Republic's attitude towards the Northern War was typical of a republic of merchants in wartime. The problem of the Spanish Succession dictated careful and hesitant support for Sweden, which only increased the Swedish king's determination to continue the war: this being exactly what the Republic was trying to prevent. Although in 1704 most people in Europe believed that Russia would not win the war against Sweden, Heinsius was clearly keen to keep all his options open by not provoking Russia too much. At the same time, Amsterdam was allowed to protect its interests concern-ing the Baltic trade as long as this did not happen too openly. Although a large part of the Amsterdam City Government probably sympathized with Russia, the active support mainly came from a small group of people with vested interests in the Baltic trade. For Cruys, this was the ideal situation in which to organise the recruitment of specialists and the shipments of large quantities of arms and equipment to his new master. In a situation in which none of the parties concerned dared to intervene in the vital interests of the other, Cruys could practically do what he wanted as long as he stayed out of the public eye. As an old Dutch saying goes: it is good fishing in troubled waters. It was only when his activities attracted too much attention, and the recruitment of sailors for Dutch fleets ran into danger that Heinsius and Amsterdam put a stop to it. By that time, Cruys had already achieved his goals. Sources: 1. J. Hosmar, "Cornelis Cruys bouwde Russische vloot op. Arnsterdammer in dienst van Tsaar Peter de Grote", Ons Amsterdam 26/9 (1974), 259 2. Ibid; supposedly this blue cross is a reference to Cornelis Cruys, "Cruys" being the Dutch word for "cross". 3. Russian State Archive for Old Files (RGADA), list 329/2: (I698). 4. E. Okhuizen, "The Dutch contribution to the cartography of Russia during the 16th-17th centuries" Russians and Dutchmen (Groningen 1993) 106-107. 5. RGADA 329/10(1702) 6. Ibid. 7..Ibid 8. H. Buchler, "Admiral Cornelis Cruys und der niederlandische Beitrag helm Aufbau der russischen Flotre unter Peter I", Marineblad 85 (1975),44. 9. RGADA 3z9/10 (1707), 10. RGADA 329/14 (I702)- 11. RGADA 329/14 (1702). 12. RGADA 329/14 (1702). 13. RGADA 329/10 (1707). 14. For a good survey of the position of the Dutch Republic during the Northern War, read: J.S.A.M. van Koningsbrugge, "Of diplomats, merchants and regents; Durch-Baltic relations in the period 1697-1709", Russians and Dutchmen, 159-182. More elaborate still is Tussen Rijswijk en Utrecht. De diplomatieke 6etrekkincen tussen Zweden en de Verenigde Nederlanden, I697-I7I3 (Groningen, 1996) by the same author. 15. P. Geyl, The Netherlands in the seventeenth century (London, 1964), z73-274. 16. Koningsbrugge, "Of diplomats, merchants, and regents", 163. 17. Geyl, op.cit., 258. 18. RGADA 3z9/69 (`1704). 19. RGADA 329/9, 26, 30 (1702~1703). 20. RGADA 329/33 (1703) 21.RGADA 329/69 (I704). 22.RGADA 329/69 (1704). 23.RGADA 329/37 (I703). 24. RGADA 329/132 (1704). 25 Van Koningsbrugge, op. cit., 174. 26. RGADA, 329/107 (I704). 27. RGADA 379/69 (~704). 28.RGADA 329/69 (1704). 29.RGADA 329/116 (1704). | Cruys, Nils Olsen/ Cornelis (I3534)
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| 1547 | County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. | Source (S1160)
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| 1548 | County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. | Source (S1160)
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| 1549 | County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. | Source (S1160)
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| 1550 | Crewkerne or Tewkesbury? Which is true? Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia. The full article gives quite a bit more information about the life of William Phelps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Phelps_(colonist) William Phelps (colonist) William Phelps, a Puritan from Crewkerne, England, was one of the founders of both Dorchester, Massachusetts and Windsor, Connecticut and was one of eight selected to lead the first democratic town government in the American colonies in 1637. He was foreman of the first grand jury in New England, served most of his life in early colonial government, and according to noted historian Henry Reed Stiles, Phelps "was one of the most prominent and highly respected men in the colony." Origin of William Phelps William Phelps (c. 1593 – July 14, 1672) was a Puritan Englishman who immigrated in 1630 to the American Colonies. Based on a family history written by Oliver Seymour Phelps and his son-in-law, Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family in America, many researchers mistakenly believe that William Phelps and a brother, George Phelps, both emigrated from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England in 1630, to the New World.[1] From Crewkerne Phelps and Servin's identification of the origin of William Phelps of Dorchester, Massachusetts was based solely on an estimate of his birth date, derived from what was thought to be his age of 72 at death on July 14, 1672. Oliver Phelps located a William Phelps who was baptized in Tewkesbury on August 19, 1599, and thus identified him as the original immigrant. He also believed that George Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut, was William’s brother, despite the fact that they could not locate any records of Phelps in Tewkesbury.[1] Recent genetic research has shown no biological relationship between the descendants of William and George Phelps.[2] Additionally, the will of William Phelps’ mother Dorothy in Tewkesbury, probated on May 5, 1617, mentioned a brother-in-law, Edward Phelps. His will in turn, probated on July 1, 1637, named as overseer of his estate his nephew, William Phelps, likely placing William Phelps of Tewkesbury in England and not across the Atlantic in the Massachusetts Bay. More recent expert research has identified William Phelps of Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England as the probable immigrant.[3] Family Phelps was married twice: (1) Mary (surname unknown), buried in England in 1626, and (2) Anne Dover, who probably accompanied him and children from both marriages to Dorchester, Massachusetts, a town later subsumed as a neighborhood of Boston. The names and birthdates of his children correspond to the records later found in the American colony.[1] Marriage to Mary Phelps was born in Crewkerne, England and is estimated to have married his first wife Mary sometime between 1615–1618, as their first child William was baptized at Crewkerne on September 9, 1618. Mary and William had four children, all baptized before 1625 at Crewkerne: William, Samuel, an unnamed infant who died young, and Nathaniel.[4][5]:62 Mary was buried at Crewkerne on August 13, 1626.[6] Marriage to Ann Dover Three months after Mary's death, William married Ann Dover at Crewkerne, on November 14, 1626. They had four children in England: Cornelius, Joseph and Mary (twins), and another child named Mary. Researchers can not find further records of Cornelius or either of the two girls named Mary, and presume they all died young. After arriving in the Colonies, Ann and William had three more children: Sarah, Timothy, and a third Mary. Records in the Colonies have been found for the children named Joseph, Sarah, Timothy and the last Mary,[7] corresponding to records from the International Genealogical Index in Somerset listing the names of William Phelps' children from both wives.[8] Immigration to New England For more details on the Puritans' immigration to New England, see Great Migration (Puritan). King Charles I of England had succeeded his father King James I of England in 1625, and continued his father's strong opposition to the Puritan movement, who opposed many of the Anglican Church's doctrines as retaining too much of its Roman Catholic roots. After the Puritans assumed control of Parliament, they began to pose a serious threat to the King's authority. In January 1629, in a move to neutralize his opponents, Charles dissolved Parliament entirely. The religious and political climate became so difficult for Puritans that many began to make arrangements to leave the country. William Phelps was among them. Phelps had been a member of Reverend John Warham's church. Warham had been a minister since 1614, but was relieved of his ministerial duties in 1627 because of his “strong Puritan leanings.”[9]:66 The group Phelps joined was organized by the Reverend John White, Vicar of Dorchester, England. White is generally regarded as the sponsor of the earliest Massachusetts settlement after Plymouth. ... The emigrants were organized by Rev. White on March 19, 1630 as the West Country Company at New Hospital, Plymouth, England, the day before leaving England. Although very few knew one another, they agreed to emigrate as a body to Massachusetts, where White had sent other groups over the prior six years.[10] White has been called “the father of the Massachusetts Colony,” despite remaining in England his entire life, because of his influence in establishing this settlement.[11] From their first arrival aboard the Mayflower in 1620, until 1629, only about 300 Puritans had survived in New England,[12] scattered in small and isolated settlements. The group fasted, prayed and prepared themselves for their perilous long voyage. White preached sermons in the morning and afternoon; then, with his blessing, the group departed on March 20 for the New World aboard the Mary and John. Historian Henry Reed Stiles noted, "In these early days the title of Mister or Mr. was only given to elderly persons of distinction, while all military titles were always used. William Phelps received this distinguished title of Mr."[25] Stiles further noted that William Phelps "was one of the most prominent and highly respected men in the colony. An excellent, pious, and upright man in his public and private life, and was truly a pillar in Church and State."[25] The family historian Oliver Phelps cited William Phelps as "one of the fathers and founders of this now ocean-bound Republic."[1] ... Death and burial Phelps died at age 78 on July 14, 1672, and was buried the next day. His wife died three years later on November 27, 1675. A Settlement Deed for his son Timothy's marriage to Mary, daughter of Edward Griswold, another pioneer founder of Windsor, was dated April 22, 1660. Phelps’ last will and testament was entered on the Windsor, Connecticut register, July 26, 1672, and signed by Matthew Grant, Register.[25] | Phelps, William (I32941)
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