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3401

John Meador's Deed of Gift:
Know all men by these presents that I, John Meador Senior, widower, in ye county of Essex in ye Parish of South Phernam, for ye love I bear to my children that I had by my wife Elizabeth Meador deceased, I doe hereby give them such persell of land rthat I shall set downe severall by themselves. All y land that I have on ye West side of a branch that goeth by ye name of a great branch I do give to my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador it shall be divided as I shall see fit between them as near as I can divide it to they and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. A parcell of land beginning at a Cole Spring by my orchard fence and running West and by North till it meets with ye great branch, so along ye great branch till it comes to ye maine swamp of ye creeke, then downe ye swamp till it comes to ye Cole Spring granch, then up ye branch where it begun, being a long neck of land, I do give to my son Thomas Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his owne body for ever. A parcell of land beginning at my oppermost line by John Evans land by ye head of a branch at a marked white oake and running downe ye branch till it meets with ye maine swamp ye branch beeing crooked all ye lands that I have within my bounds of ye east side of that branch being a great deal of old fields belonging to it I doe give to my son Hope Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body for ever. I doe give to my daughter Rachell Meador one hundred and five acres of land that I bought of Mr. Edwin Thacker to she and her heirs for ever. A parcell of land lyeing into the neck the north side of the Creek which my father in law Richard White gave to me by deed of Gift I doe by the virtue of that Deed of Gift I does give to my daughter Elizabeth Meader ye second neck and my daughter Esther Meader the neck that has ye Housing and orchards to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodies for ever. The land given unto my sons and daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to remaine from heir to heir as long as there can be one of ye Meaders found alive, if it ye Lords will to call any of my Sons or Daughters before me and any of them shall dye before me, ye land of ye deed to returne to me again to my disposing. I doe reserve and except myself Timber upon any parts of ye land for my own use as long as I live as Witness my hand and seale this tenth day of December, 1694.
John Meador (seale)sealed and dtd. in the presents of us
Mary (X) GorbellJoseph (F) Calloway
At a court held for Essex County Febry. ye 11th anno Dom. 1694 the within named John Meader appeared and acknowledge the within specified contents to be his Real Act and Deed, ye same was ordered to be recorded.

Meador, John (I3090)

3402

JOHN MICHAEL KREIDER was born Abt. 1712 in Palatinate Germany and died Abt. July 1761 in Hatfield Tnshp, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He married CATHERINE Bef. 1735.

From "Descendants of John Michael Kreider of Montgomery County Pennsylvania" by Rebecca L. Blackwell, Heritage Books, Inc: A possibility as to the parents of Michael: a Michael Kreider married Anna Maria Schwartzin July 30, 1711, at Evangelisch-Lutherische Bad Duerkheim, Pfalz, Bavaira. This date would coincide with Michaels' birth in 1712. Sons often were given their father's names and many of Michael's descendants were named Maria. Also, the religious affiliation is the same as Michael's. ( Extracted Marriage Records, Microfilm Batch M997432, 1640-1716, call number 488270.)

Michael Kreider, age 20, arr. Phila on Aug 11, 1732 aboard the ship "Samuel" from Rotterdam. He signed his name in longhand, indicating he was an educated man. As none of the other 268 passengers bore the name of Kreider, it is assumed Michael made the journey alone. Emigration records indicate that Michael was from the Palatine Region of Germany. Michael became a blacksmith and the owner of a grist mill in Hatfield Township, Philadelphia County (later Montgomery Co) near the Bucks Co line. No marriage record has been found, but it is known Michael's wife was Catherine for she is mentioned in the baptismal records for several of their children.

Children of JOHN KREIDER and CATHERINE are:
i. JOHN KREIDER, b. Abt. 1735, Hatfield Twnshp Philadelphia Co Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1784.
ii. JOHN JACOB KREIDER, b. 1740, Hatfield Twp, Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
iii. ABRAHAM KREIDER, b. 1742, Hatfield Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania; d. Aft. 1790, Pennsylvania.
iv. DANIEL CRIDER, b. 1744, Hatfield Twnshp Philadelphia Co Pennsylvania; d. 1836, Toshes Pittsylvania County Virginia.
v. CATHERINA KREIDER7, b. April 27, 1749, Hatfield Twnshp Philadelphia Co Pennsylvania.
vi. MAGDALENA KREIDER9, b. August 08, 1754, Hatfield Twnshp Philadelphia Co Pennsylvania.
xiv. DAVID KREIDER11, b. January 14, 1758, Hatfield Twnshp Philadelphia Co Pennsylvania.

Kreider, John Michael (I13004)

3403

John Milner:
John was the great-grandfather of Moses E. Milner-'California Joe', Scout.
Burial Site: Lincoln Co, Ky.
Census/Location: 1753, in Richmond Co, Va. buys land near Plumtree Swamp.
Census/Location (2): 1754, in Richmond Co, Va. son John is born.
Census/Location (3): 1772, in Lunenburg Co, Va. lists Tithes made by John & sons.
Census/Location (4): 1788, in Lincoln Co, Ky. records begin to show John & sons formerly of Virginia.

Job/Work: PLANTER.
Military service: Bet. 1774 - 1777, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS, Halifax Co, Va. Records, Court of Pleas: "The following persons are recommended by His Excellency the Governor, as fit and proper persons to be appointed and added as officers, of the militia of this county: ... Capt. John Milner."

1765, Halifax Co, Va. records show John here, and his 2nd marriage to Sarah Echols.
1780, Halifax Co, Va. records show retirement of John as Capt. of Militia.
Source: TSM, & OHS research papers.

Milner, John Captain (I1562)

3404

John Milton Vaughan was a surveyor, at one time lived in Charlotte Co. In 1810 in Amelia Co. near Amelia Springs. From Court order B 28 & 29, he was made Surveyor of Road in Amelia Co., Va. in 1814. His will was probated at Amelia in 1847 B 6, p 68, naming six daughters and three sons. The will provided that son, James Oscar Vaughan, Administrator of the Estate, operating the farm of over 600 acres and that the four unmarried daughters, Heneritta Jane, Harriet Agust8L, Martha Indiana, and Virginia Wimbush "live with James Oscar on my land- -well supported by him until marriage. Later property and slaves be divided equally among all my children and children of daughter Mary Amanda Morton, deceased. 11 "Daughter Mary Eliza, wife of Townes Rowlett to get $100 now, her part of property held until her death and then divided equally among her children.

Vaughan, John Milton (I286)

3405

John Moon was born about 1755, probably in Albemarle County, Virginia, American Colony, along the Hardware River -- in the part that by 1810 became part of Fluvanna County. His father, William, had land on the Hardware, adjacent to land owned by his brother, Jacob, though Jacob sold his tract and moved to Bedford County, Virginia. He is named in his father William Moon's will, among William Moon, the father, and children Pleasant, William, Archer, John, Martha, Judah, Elizabeth, Salley, Mildred and Roxey.

John Moon married Martha Sampson December 19, 1782, most likely in Cumberland County, Virginia, but no record has been found outside of family history. William Pleasant Moon is found on numerous Legislative petitions, along with his father-in-law, William Sampson. He is listed in the will of Martha's father, William Sampson, which was written in 1792 and not probated until 1803, in Halifax County, Virginia. In that will, he left to "my daughter Martha Moon, all the monies due me by her husband John Moon." Some have transcribed this will as John Moor and Martha Moor, but compared to other writings by the same Clerk of Court of Halifax County, Virginia, what people often transcribe as "Moor" is "Moon."

Cumberland County, Virginia, contains legislative petitions from Cumberland County, beginning in 1776. William Sampson, John Moon, William Moon, Thomas Moon, Daniel North, Thomas North, William McKinney, Gilbert North, Isham Carter, Stephen Moon and many more signed petitions. Some of these men ended up as husbands of daughters of Archibald, John, William C. and Stephen Moon, in Charlotte County, and later moving to Halifax County.

A Cumberland County deeds book lists William and John Moon having bought land from Moses Arnold in 1776. That land was sold to John Ford, in 1780.

John Moon is found in 1784 purchasing land with William C Moon, with part of the agreement being, "This indenture, made this 28th day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, between William Samson of the county of Charlotte, party of one part, and William Moon and John Moon, both of the county aforesaid, parties of the other part, hath granted, bargained and sold property including land with all woods, underwood ways, swamps, low grounds, mines, minerals and all other advantages whatsoever with the Estate, right, title and interest, to have and to hold the said parcel of land to the said William Moon and John Moon. Signed sealed and delivered at a Court held in Charlotte County the 7th day of March 1785."

William Sampson moved to Halifax in 1792, as there is a deed from William Sampson to Stephen and John Moon.

In 1810, in Charlotte County, Virginia., "A return of the sale of John Moon dec'd made the 17th day of December 1825." Pleasant Moon, Jane Moon, Stephen Moon, Isham Moon and Archbald Moon are listed individually as having received household furnishings, cattle, farm equipment and land. Part of the record is "At a Court help for Charlotte County the 1st day of May 1826 ... This account of sales of the Estate of John Moon, deed made the 17th date of December 1825 was this day returned into court and ordered to be recorded. Teste. Winslow Robinson." The record of sales from December 17, 1825, showed:

"Pleasant Moon, 1 bed and furniture, $12; one jug and two buckets, $12.50, one table, too dishes and some knives and forks, $1.25;.24 pounds of feathers, $7.20; one jug, $1.00; and one oven, $1.65."

"Jane Moon, one small cupboard .55; one pair of flat irons, $1.35; one bread tray and sifter, .65."

"Thomas R. Marshall, one cow and calf $12.00 [he had married Nancy Moon, a daughter of John Moon, on October 3, 1811, in Charlotte County, Virginia].

"Stephen Moon, one press, $5.00; one jug, .50 cents; one harrow, .50 cents [Stephen was a son of John Moon; Stephen had married Mary Sowell December 4, 1816, in Charlotte County, Virginia].

Isham Moon One table $1.75, One gun $2.50 One box .30 cts 30 Lbs $9.00 one coulter (?) T. Hoe and geer $2.00. One pot $1.50 one pot rack, 25ctsm ONE BIBLE and Prayer Book $1.50 total 18.50 s/o John, (married Elizabeth Sowell 26 Dec 1816 Charlotte Co VA)

Archd. (aka Archer) Moon One steer $12.00 one ox cart $9.00, One pair of stillyards $1.75 and two Hammers .50cts s/o John,(married Nancy Davis 1 Jan 1811 Cumberland Co VA)

Cuthbert Williamson Too wheels 371/2 cts too augers and are $1.80 ONe skillet and lead .60 too H Hoes One G. hoe .35 cts 1 churn 37 1/2 cts

Seth P. Alday 1 mattox .55 cts (married Judith aka Judah Moon 2 Sep 1816 Charlotte Co VA)

John Robertson One whip saw $7.50

Thomas Sowell One large pot $1.50 ONE BIBLE .85, One book 12 1/2 Thomas, brother of Elizabeth Sowell, and Mary Sowell,(married Hannah Hunter 16 Oct 1820 Charlotte Co VA)

William S. Thornton One jug .50cts ONe grind stone $1.25

One tract of land containing 84 acres @$3.00 (?per acre) One tract of land containing 200 acres @2.81 (?per acre)

At a Court held for Charlotte county the 1st day of May 1826, This account of Sales of the Estate of John Moon dec'd was this day returned into Court and ordered to be recorded. Teste Winslow Robinson

Total of column comes to $100.72 1/2 cents. (The total doesn't add up unless the land is per acre priced)

William Pleasant Moon had just married in 1820 and was setting up household of his own with Mary Woodson Holt.

Issue

Children: * Jane b. abt 1775 untraced and unproven, but present at sale.

Nancy b. 1784 d. 1852 m. Thomas Walker
Isham, b. abt 1785 m. Elizabeth Sowell
Stephen b. 1787 Charlotte Co d. 1856 Charlotte Co m. Mary Sowell
John C. b.1790 d, aft 1850 Charlotte Co VA m. Nancy Alday
Archibald (Archer) b. abt 1894 Charlotte Co VA m. Nancy Davis
Judith b. 4 Aug 1796 Charlotte Co VAd. Jun 6 1862 Ross Co OH m. Seth Perrin Alday
Jacob b. abt 1798 Charlotte Co VA m. Elizabeth B. Robertson
William "Pleasant" b. 1 Feb 1800 Charlotte Co VA d. 18 Mar 1789 Pittsylvania Co VA, m. Mary Woodson Holt
Sources

↑ [Fluvanna County, Virginia, Will Bk 2 p 140-141]
↑ [Halifax County, Virginia Will book 6. p 40]
↑ [The Mag. of Va. Genealogy", Vol 30,No. 2]
↑ [Cumberland County Deed Book?]
↑ [1784 Deed Book 5 page 117]
↑ [Charlotte County VA Deed book 6 p 168]
↑ [Charlotte Co Deed Book 11 P 255] "This indenture, made this fourth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ten, between William Moon, Senr, of the county of Charlotte on the one part and Archibald Moon of said county on the other Part...doth bargain and sell unto said Archibald Moon and to his heirs land lying and being in the county of Charlotte on a branch of Cub Creek and containing an estimation of one hundred and eight acres more or less adjoining the land of John MOON and William MOON SR, Henry Madison, Cuthbrith Williamson, and Martha Hancock....Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of William C. MOON, Stephen MOON, and Isham S. MOON at a Court held for Charlotte Co the third day of September 1810 and ordered to be recorded". John Moon was present in Charlotte County Census' in 1810 and 1820, but absent in 1830. He had died in 1825, with his estate ordered to be appraised, which was done Dec 1825 and recorded at Charlotte County Courthouse in Jan 1826. All of his living children appear at the sale or his daughter's husbands attended. Before Dec 1825 John has died[Will Book 6 page 40]
1810 Federal Census Charlotte Co VA 3 males 10-16, 1 male over 45, 3 females 10-16 1 female over 45 [8]

1820 Census Charlotte Co VA show John Moon with 1 M 45 and 1 M over 45, and 1 female 45 and 1 female over 45. Most likely the female 45 is Jane, who was not married at the time of her father's estate sale. He lives adjacent to Pleasant Moon, son. [9]

Charlotte County Virginia Register of Death's list John Moon as the father of Stephen Moon who died 23 Apr 1856 at the age of 69, information given by his son, Nathan Moon. [10] On the same day, Nathan also reported the death of his mother, Mary Sowell Moon, and of his mother who died on Nov 12 1856 age 60, and of his sister, Mary Hamlett, wife of John A. Hamlett, age 35, who died of measles on Nov 9 1856.

NOTE: Beware there is another John Moon in Charlotte Co VA in the 1820 census. In 1803 was surety for William Johnson to Nancy Brewer, widow "Know all men by these presents that we William Johnson and John Moon are held firmly bound unto John Page esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of one hundred & fifty dollars to which payment will hereby to be made to the said Page & his successor for the use of the Commonwealth we bind ourselves our heirs & firmly by these presents sealed with our seals & dated this 15th day of October 1803 The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage intended to be solemnized between William Johnson and Nancy Brewer (widow) Therefore, Nancy Brewer, widow, did not marry John Moon, he was the surety for the marriage but she married William Johnson (my 6th great grandfather) in 1803 as his second wife. (I have a copy of the marriage bond, but I lost the lost citation)

Moon, John Anderson (I5554)

3406

JOHN MOTLIN MARCH 5, 1683/4
MY PERSONAL ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY THREE SONS WILLIAM - HENRY - JOHN JR MATLIN THE FIRST CHOICE OF LAND TO WILLIAM (OLDEST) WHEN HE COMES OF AGE.
I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO ELIZABETH RICHARDSON - ONE BLACK HEFER WHICH COMES OF THE COW BLACK EYES. ETC.
MY PERSONAL ESTATE BE INVENTORIED BY DAVID STERNE AND JAMES TRENT AND DELIVERED BY MY EXECUTOR HERE AFTER NAMED TO MY THREE SONS WHEN THEY COME OF AGE
IF ANY OF MY SONS DIE WITHOUT ISSUE, ESTATE TO RETURN UNTO THE NEXT SURVIVOR. IF ALL THREE DIE BEFORE THEY COME OF AGE THEN ONE THIRD PART BE DELIVERED UNTO MY SON-IN-LAW (STEPSON) JOHN SPICER AND THE REST TO MY EXECUTORS.
I GIVE TO KNIGHT RICHARDSON MY SARGE SUITE TO BE DELIVERED TO HIM PRESANTLY AFTER MY DECEASE.
MY WILL IS THAT DAVID STERNE ((MARRIED TO ELIZABETH MILLS 1679--DAUGHTER OF PETER MILLS -- I BELIEVE PETER TO BE BROTHER OF MARY MILLS AND THEIR FATHER WAS WILLIAM MILLS)) HAVE THE CARE OF MY TWO SONS HENRY AND JOHN MOTLEY AND THEIR PART OF THE ESTATE AND DELIVER IT TO THEM WHEN THEY COME OF AGE
WILLIAM MAY CHOOSE ONE OF THE EXE. TO BE HIS GUARDIAN.
DAVID STERNE AND JAMES TRENT TO BE FULL AND REAL EXECUTORS
I GIVE RICHARD MATHEWS MY OSENBRIGG SUIT
I GIVE & BEQUEATH TO Mc ARTHUR SPICER MY SEALE RING
I GIVE UNTO NATHANIEL ALLEN ONE GOULD RING
I GIVE UNTO ELIZABETH KNIGHT ONE GOULD RING
I GIVE UNTO ALICE TRENT ONE GOULD RING
MY WILL IS KNIGHT RICHARDSON HAVE HOUSE AND GROUND FOR FOUR YEARS AND CLEARE UPPON MY LAND EXCEPT THE ILAND AND CALFE PASTER IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND & SEALE THIS 7TH DAY OF FEB. 1683/4
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENTS OF NATHANIEL ALLEN - MARTIN MIDLETON - KNIGHT K. RICHARDSON

Richard Mathews and Elizabeth Spicer(daughter of William Spicer and Mary Mills-Spicer-Motley) ? were married in 1690. This is six years after the decease of John Motley. Mary wasn`t mentioned in the will so she must have been deceased.

Motley, John (I3784)

3407

John Nims, His Capture and Escape
On October 8, 1703, according to the Rev. John Williams ("The Redeemed Captive"), Zebediah Williams and John Nims went into the meadow in the evening to tend livestock and were ambushed by Indians in the ditch beyond Frary's bridge. The Indians fired at them, missed, and took Zebediah right away. Nims ran away to a nearby pond but returned, afraid of getting shot. The Indians wounded the cattle, and marched their captives to Canada. Zebediah died there in 1706. John Nims escaped in 1705, with Joseph Petty, Thomas Baker, and Martin Kellog, all three of whom were among the Feb. 29th captives. The four men walked to New England, via territory that is now Canada, Vermont, and New Hampshire. A letter written by Joseph Petty detailing their experiences survived and was reproduced in The Nims Family Association Book. George Sheldon wrote in his History of Deerfield that they had no weapons, and only meager provisions, but they made it home, more dead than alive from hunger and fatigue. Sheldon says "they were discovered in wisdom in an imbecile condition, and seemed guided more by instinct than by reason...Their appearance when brought in was such as to melt the stoutest heart...Broth, in small quantities, was given at first, and by slow degrees more substantial food, until they were filled. It was a long time before their cravings were satisfied."

Sheldon and the Nims Family Book (more information) also relate the following anecdote, told to Mr. Sheldon by his grandmother:

One day when the fugitives seemed at the last extremity, they discovered and killed a great white owl. This was instantly torn in pieces, which were laid in four piles, and fairly divided, one turning his back, and responding to the query, "Who shall have this?" Each took his share, and hardly waiting to pull off the feathers, tore through the tough fragments with their teeth, like so many ravenous beasts. Grandmother said John Nims always insisted that a wing which fell to him was the sweetest morsel he ever tasted."

source:http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pahlow/nims.htm

Godfrey Nims (John's Father), and the Deerfield Massacre:
Three of his children had smothered to death in the cellar of his home while it burned over their heads, and his son Henry had been slain. His daughter Rebecca Mattoon and her newborn son had been slain. His wife, his son Ebenezer, his infant daughter Abigail, his step-daughter Elizabeth Hull, his son-in-law Philip Mattoon, and his mother-in-law Elizabeth Smead--along with many of other more distant relatives, friends and neighbors--had all been taken away as captives.

Was there, finally, nobody left for Godfrey? Was he all alone? Son John and step-son Zebediah Williams had been captured and carried to Canada a few months ago. His very first child had died shortly after birth; another step-son had died in the first Nims house fire in 1694.

Nims, John (I775)

3408

John Nims, the son of Godfrey and Mary Miller. He was born on the14th of August 1679 along with a twin sister, Rebecca. He grew up in Deerfield, Massachusetts and survived. He persevered through sickness, weather, and enemies. John Nims defeated death at every turn; it was meant for him to live. He is our legacy and we are his.

On October 8, 1703 John 24 years old and his half brother Zebediah Williams age 28 were watching the cattle when they were taken by surprise and captured by Indians. They were taken to the Mohawk Fort in Canada. During his time as captive he watched the Indians bring in more prisoners and scalps. He saw many captives brought in from Deerfield, his family and friends among them. He watched their torture and endured his own.

John finally managed to escape on May 14, 1705 with Martin Kellogg, Joseph Petty and Thomas Baker. His return to Deerfield was something short of a miracle. Upon arriving in Deerfield, John found his father Godfrey had passed away early that spring in March.

Zebediah died a captive the following year. And to John’s dismal he was unsuccessful at bringing home his little sister Abigail or his brother Ebenezer. He offered a considerable sum for her ransom and the Indians would have given her up if she had wanted to go. The story was told that she would rather be a poor captive among Catholics than to become a rich heiress of a Protestant family.

John lived on the old homestead and married December 19, 1707, to Elizabeth Hull his stepsister. She too had been a captive at the Mohawk Fort in Canada. Finally, his brother Ebenezer was released in 1714 and came to live with John at the Nims home for a time. John and Elizabeth had twelve children; of which two were born and died on the same day, a daughter died when she was three years old, and his first born, a son named John died when he was two months old. Their last child was Daniel, the son who we descend from. John’s cherished wife, Elizabeth, lived a long and hard life. She passed away at the age of 66 on the 21st of September in 1754; John was 75 years old. John died on the 29th of December in 1762 at the age of 83.

Nims, John (I775)

3409

John Oakes In Virginia Likely Founder of Oakes Family in Virginia.

1. John OAKES was born Abt 1640 in England. He married Rachel (maiden name?).

Note:
It is thought "The first John" came from England to Virginia in the late 1660s or early 1670s under a head-right from the King. He lived in or near York County, on the York River and was a tobacco planter. He owned Oak Hill Plantation. He was probably the founder of the Oakes family in Virginia.

ABSTRACT OF NORFOLK COUNTY WILLS
Will of STEPHEN MARKS, Book E. f. 83, dated 18 Nov 1670, proved 15 Dec. 1670.

(my Sone Stephen Marks) .... two hundred acres of land that is bounding betweene Wm. Clements one ye one Side and Mr. Stratton on ye other Side, wch. Said land John Oakes now liveth on...

Children of John OAKES and Rachel OAKES are:

+ 2 i. John2 OAKES, born Abt. 1670 in York Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in King William Co., VA.

3 ii. Charles OAKES, born Abt. 1680.

Oakes, John (I48391)

3410

John PARMENTER Deacon 9,14 (William-2, George-1) was born about 1588 in England.2,3 In a publication (Parmenter Story) by Roland A Dahir, at the 400th birthday of Deacon John Parmenter he writes that, according to a Parmenter descendant, Marjorie J Parmenter and George M Parmenter, Dea. John was born in Sible Hedingham County Essex, England on 12 January 1588; he married Bridget in Little Yeldham on 12 June 1609; she was born at Bures St. Mary, Country Essex on 12 February 1589. He was buried on 1 May 1671 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.2,15 John and both children are mentioned in his father (William) Will in 1613, but he inherited no lands or tenements from his father.

Following his father's death in 1617 John moved to about eight miles from Little Yeldham into Bures St. Mary. John's connection to Bures St. Mary can be seen in his association with Philemon Whale and Herbert Pelham, residents of Bures St. Mary who emigrated to Sudbury [The Puritan village, Sumner Chilton Powell, Appendix I, Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1963] A comparison of the signature of John Parminter as a witness in the original will of Henry Loker of Bures St. Mary with an autograph signature of Deacon John Parmenter as a commissioner of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 6 January 1639/40 shows that the two signatures were made by the same hand. [Suffolk County Court files, Boston, NO.162004]

In 1639 John Parmenter emigrated to New England with his wife Bridget and children Mary and John Jr. In his party were the widow Elizabeth Loker and her children. The name of the ship or port of departure is not known. John Parmenter was one of the original proprietors of Sudbury, and was assigned lands May 1640 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay colony [Suffolk court files, vol. I, No. 304, microfilm #A360, Univ Massachusetts, Amherst]. John was chosen early as a Selectman; then Deacon, and Commissioner; he desired to be made Freeman 13 May 1640 [NEHGS Reg. Vol 13, 261], and made freeman 10 May 1643.

Following the death of his first wife, he married Annis (Bayford)(Chandler) Dane and relocated to Roxbury where he died on 1 May 1671; his will was dated 25 March 1671, and proved 25 July 1671.

John PARMENTER Deacon and Bridget were married about 1609 in England.2,3 Bridget was born before 1599 in England. 2,3

1639, sailed from Great Yarmouth with wife, Bridget (__), Elizabeth (__) Loker, widow of Henry Loker and presumed sister of Bridget (___) Parmenter, and two of her sons, John and Henry, as well as son John Parmenter. There is conflicting information about Mary. She was married to John Woods, October 10, 1633 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England and may have come earlier with her husband. Or the Woods couple may have come with the Parmenters. Or John Woods may have preceded the family and Mary separately made the 1639 trip with her folks, with three small children.

Spouses:
1) Bridget, either Simpson or Perry. (There were two sister combinations in John's English parish with names Bridget and Elizabeth, born in the right time period to have been sisters, and also wives of John Parmenter and Henry Loker. One set of Bridget/Elizabeth's came from William Perry; and another from John Simpson.). Bridget died April 06, 1660, in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She would have been approximately 70 years old.

2) Annis (Bayford) (Chandler) (Dane), August 09, 1660, in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was baptized at Farnham, Essex, England, 12 June 1603. He would have been about 72, she 57. She was the widow of William Chandler, with whom she came to Massachusetts in 1637, and of John Dane, who was buried at Roxbury, 14 September 1658. She is an ancestor to President Ruthorford B. Hayes through a child with her first husband. He died ten years later, and she survived him by ten more years, dying on March 15, 1683, in Roxbury.

Residences: Sudbury (that part now called Wayland) by 1639 > Roxbury 1660. (The NEHGR article says that John Parmenter's Sudbury property was "adjacent to the corner of Bow and Concord roads in what is now Wayland.)

Occupation: Tailor (per items in estate inventory), operated a tavern (per permissions in Sudbury records)

Known as Deacon: He was known as Deacon Parmenter, a position of respect.

Life Events:
September 4 1639 - appointed one of the commission to lay out the land
May 13, 1640 - Granted freeman status 1658 - Elected Deacon

John and Bridget Parmenter
John - born about 1588, probably at Little Yeldham, Essex, England; died June 1, 1671, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of William PARMENTER and Margery. John, a tailor by trade, arrived with his family in New England from Great Yarmouth in 1639. He became freeman May 13, 1640 and served as a deacon and selectman of Sudbury, Massachusetts. By 1654, John PARMENTER was authorized by the town of Sudbury "to keep a house of common entertainment and that the court shall be moved on his behalf to grant a license to him" (Colonial Tavernrkeepers, Vol. 5, edited by Harriet Stryker-Rodda, 1982, page 19). His will, dated March 25, 1671 and proved July 25, 1671, names his second wife, son-in-law John WOOD, grandson John PARMENTER, and cousins CHEEVERS and John STIBBINS. John married second August 9, 1660 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, Annis BAYFORD (died March 15, 1682/3, Roxbury, Massachusetts; buried. there March 17, 1682/3), widow of William CHANDLER and John DANE. John and Bridget were married about 1609, probably at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.

Bridget - born probably at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died August 6, 1660, Sudbury, Massachusetts. She was probably the sister of Elizabeth, wife of Henry LOKER. Bridget and Elizabeth may have been daughters of William PERRY or of John SIMPSON, who both had daughters with their names baptized at Bures St. Mary between 1585 and 1593.

Children of John and Bridget Parmenter
Mary - born about 1610, probably at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died August 17, 1690, Marlborough, Massachusetts. Married John WOODS.

John - born about 1611, probably at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died April 12, 1666, Sudbury, Massachusetts. Married about 1638 in England to Amy. Son: John married Anna CUTLER.

John Parmenter
John - born about 1588, probably at Little Yeldham, Essex, England; died June 1, 1671, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Son of William PARMENTER and Margery. John, a tailor by trade, arrived with his family in New England from Great Yarmouth in 1639. He became freeman May 13, 1640 and served as a deacon and selectman of Sudbury, Massachusetts. By 1654, John PARMENTER was authorized by the town of Sudbury "to keep a house of common entertainment and that the court shall be moved on his behalf to grant a license to him" (Colonial Tavernrkeepers, Vol. 5, edited by Harriet Stryker-Rodda, 1982, page 19). His will, dated March 25, 1671 and proved July 25, 1671, names his second wife, son-in-law John WOOD, grandson John PARMENTER, and cousins CHEEVERS and John STIBBINS. John married second August 9, 1660 at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Annis BAYFORD (died March 15, 1682/3, Roxbury, Massachusetts; buried there March 17, 1682/3), widow of William CHANDLER and John DANE. John and Bridget were married about 1609, probably at Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.
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History of the town of Marlborough: Cheshire County, New Hampshire By Charles Austin Bemis
PARMENTER*
John Parmenter, probably the common ancestor of all bearing the name in New England, with his son John, was among the first settlers and proprietors of Sudbury, Massachusetts, and took the freeman's oath May 13, 1640. he was selectman in 1641; and he (or his son John) was on a committee of inspection into the moral condition of families, etc., February 28, 1655. His wife, Bridget, died April 6, 1660. No record of his death is found, but his will was provod 1671. His son John married, and settled in Sudbury; and in 1665 he was allowed to keep a house of entertainment in that town, he died Apr. 12, 1666. His widow was Amee, who died in Sudbury, 1681. He was the father of five children, among whom was. George, who married, 1679, Hannah Johnson, and settled in Sudbury.

Their oldest son, George, born May 5, 1679, married, 1701, Mary Bent. Deliverance, son of George and Mary (Bent) Parmenter, born Dec. 10, 1709, ni., 1731, Ruth Hayden.

The: name of Parmenter is said to be of Frencember, origin, and denotes a mountaineer.
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More Details about John Permenter of England http://members.tripod.com/ntgen/bw/parmenter_index.html

Origins

See the Essex Cunty, England Heritage Page
See this account of the Parmenter's in England
See his English family at The Stephen Lawson Page

John Parmenter was from Ovington and Little Yeldham, Essex County, England Top of Page
The Immigrant

1) Bridget, either Simpson or Perry. (There were two sister combinations in John's English parish with names Bridget and Elizabeth, born in the right time period to have been sisters, and also wives of John Parmenter and Henry Loker. One set of Bridget/Elizabeth's came from William Perry; and another from John Simpson.). Bridget died April 06, 1660, in Sudbury, Middlesex County Massachusetts. She would have been approximately 70 years old.

2) Annis (Bayford) (Chandler) (Dane), August 09, 1660, in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachestts. She was baptized at Farnham, Essex, England, 12 June 1603. He would have been about 72, she 57. She was the widow of William Chandler, with whom she came to Massachusetts in 1637, and of John Dane, who was buried at Roxbury, 14 September 1658. She is an ancestor to President Ruthorford B. Hayes through a child with her first husband. He died ten years later, and she survived him by ten more years, dying on March 15, 1683, in Roxbury.

September 4 1639 - appointed one of the commission to lay out the land May 13, 1640 - Granted freeman status 1658 - Elected Deacon
Michael Roman Biography of John Parmenter
The Stephen Lawson Page
Born: About 1588, in Little Yeldham, Essex Co, England. (TAG 147:377-382, 1993)

Immigration: 1639, sailed from Great Yarmouth with wife, Bridget (__), Elizabeth (__) Loker, widow of Henry Loker and presumed sister of Bridget (___) Parmenter, and two of her sons, John and Henry, as well as son John Parmenter. (TAG 147:377-382, 1993; 68:272, 1914) There is conflicting information about Mary. She was married to John Woods, October 10, 1633 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England and may have come earlier with her husband. Or the Woods couple may have come with the Parmenters. Or John Woods may have preceded the family and Mary separately made the 1639 trip with her folks, with three small children.

Spouses:

Residences: Sudbury (that part now called Wayland) by 1639 > Roxbury 1660. (The NEHGR article says that John Parmenter's Sudbury property was "adjacent to the corner of Bow and Concord roads in what is now Wayland.)

Occupation: Tailor (per items in estate inventory), operated a tavern (per permissions in Sudbury records)

Known as Deacon: He was known as Deacon Parmenter, a position of respect.

Life Events:
Death: May 01, 1671; Roxbury, Suffolk County Massachusetts, aged 83 years old.

Estate / Will: His will, dated March 25, 1671, proved July 25, 1671, names wife Annis, daughter Mary Woods wife of John Woods, grandson John Parmenter, cousin Bartholomew Cheevers shoemaker of Boston, and cousin John Stibbins

On-line biographies: Top of Page
Notable Kin

Samuel Morse - inventor of the telegraph
See the Notable Parmenter Page, which includes: Top of Page
Sources and Resources
NEHGR 147:377-382, 1993 - English Origins of John Parmenter NEHGR 68:262-273, 1914 - John Parmenter NEHGR 3:187, 1849 - Freemen List NEHGR 143:325-331, 1989 - The Riddlesworth alias Loker Family NEHGR 85:142-45, 1931 - The Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, Mass Roxbury, Mass Vital RecordsTop of Page
Notes, Questions, Errata

That part of (then) Sudbury, that is now Wayland has neighboring towns of Marlborough on the west, Lexington and Woburn on the northeast, and Watertown and Newton on the east. Sudbury /Wayland is 20 miles due west of Boston. Marlborough is another 10 miles east of Sudbury. Roxbury is now part of Boston, about 16 miles east of Sudbury/Wayland.Geography Notes: Top of Page
Subsquent Generations
See John Woods Page
See Bellows Page (Mary Wood (Mary Parmenter-2, John-1) md John Bellows)Top of Page

Children and Grandchildren
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Kansas Pioneers Lineage
1 John Parmenter 1588 - 1671 born: About 1588 in Little Yeldham, Essex County, England .... +Bridget [Perry or Simpson] 1590 - 1660 born: About. 1590 in England .

2 Mary Parmenter 1610 - 1690 born: About. 1610 in England, Probably Little Yeldham, Essex ....... +John Woods 1610 - 1678 born: About 1610 in England, probably Essex ....

3 Isaac Woods 1655 - 1720 born: July 15, 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massassachusetts .......... +Mary Maynard 1659 - 1689 born: About 1659 in Sudbury or Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ........

4 Mary Woods 1687 - 1775 born: March 13, 1687 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts .............. +Abijah Bruce 1693 - 1774 born: November 27, 1693 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ...........

5 Artemus Bruce 1728 - 1811 born: December 20, 1728 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts ................. +Mary Latiny 1732 - 1811 born: About 1732 in Probably Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts ..............

6 Elijah Bruce 1760 - 1835 born: January 20, 1760 in Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts .................... +Abigail Whitney 1763 - 1847 born: April 11, 1763 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts ..................

7 Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 born: April 02, 1806 in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont ........................ +Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 born: June 23, 1805 in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont .....................

8 Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 born: October 30, 1843 in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont ........................... +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 born: June 14, 1836 in Dover, Vermont, USA ........................

9 Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 born: July 06, 1876 in Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa County, Kans .............................. +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b: October 14, 1886 in Near Milo, Lincoln County, Kansas

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Related Links:
Ginny B's G Page has interesting information on the Parmenters, including John Parmenter's English lineage. (See Ginny's Home Page for allied lines, Pratt, etal.)

See the Parmenter Page for an interesting account of John Parmenter (and his son-in-law John Woods) in England and early years in America
The Pioneering Parmenters of America Page.
Sudbury History Page at the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce site.
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The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 68 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
Contributed by Miss Elizabeth French, and communicated by the Committee on English Research
[Continued from page 190] Parmenter

The Will of Gkorge P'menter thelder of Over [or Little] Yeldham. co. Essex, yeoman, 8 May 1591. To be buried in the churchyard of Over Yeldham. To the poor people of Over Yeldham 3s. 4d. To the poor people of Tylberye 2s. To Alyce my wife and Robert my son the lease of my farm where I now dwell. To Alyce my wife for life my freehold and land in Over Yeldham called Madges, with reversion at her decease to my son Edward and his heirs. Also to my said wife for life my copyhold lands and tenements lying in Tylbery, with reversion at her decease to my son Robert and his heirs, he paying to Chrystyan my daughter or her children £6, to Katherine my daughter or her children £6, to Jone my daughter or her children £6, to Alyce my daughter or her children 40s., to George Parmenter my son or his heirs £4, to Elizabeth daughter of Richard P'menter 20s., to Robert Page 6s. 8d., and to Jone Staniar dwelling with me 6s. 8d. I give to Edward Parmenter and Susan Parmenter, son and daughter of my son Edward. 40s., to be paid by my son William a year after he shall enter into my land called Bushaleyes in Yeldham Pva. To wife Alice for life said three and a half acres of land called Pushelyes [sic], which I bought last of John Browne of Yeldham Magna, with reversion at her decease to my son William. To my daughter Christyon a bullock. To wife Alice all household stuff, money, and implements of household in my dwelling house. Residuary legatees and executors: wife Alice and son Robert. Supervisor: son George Parmenter, to whom I give 3s. 4d. To wife Alice for life two acres of land lying in Dowries that I bought of George my son, with reversion at her decease to Richard my son. I have surrendered my copyhold lands in Tylberye into the hands of the Lord of the Manor by the hands of William Parmenter, in the presence of Mathewe Coldham [John P'ment his brother],* to the use of this my will. To ray grandson William Parminter of Cavendysb eight bushels of barley. [Signed] George Pmenters marke. Witnesses: Edward Raynsford, Roger Barrow Jun., and John Hardyng. Proved 12 February 1591 [1591/2] by Alice Parmenter and Robert Parmenter. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1591, original will.)

The Will of Robert Permenteh of Lytle Yeldham in the diocese of London, 22 April, 36 Elizabeth [1594]. To be buried in the churchyard of Lytle Yeldham. To Robert Permenter my son a cubbard, a table, a form, and 20s. To my daughter Joane 20s. To my daughter Amye 20s. To my daughter Jane 20s. To my wife Amye all residue of my goods and chattels unbequeathed, such as remain at her decease to be equally divided among my then living children. Executrix: wife Amye. Witnesses: John Storye, Edward Permenter, and Peter Cramfyelde. [Signed] The marke of the said Robert Permenter. Proved at Brancktrie 26 May 1594 by the executor. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1594, filed will.)
The Will of George Parmenter of litle Yeldham, co. Essex, yeoman, 12 November 1612. To be buried in the churchyard of Little Yeldham. To my wife Elizabeth my messuage and tenement in Little Yeldham wherein I now dwell and my free land in Little Yeldham for five years after my decease, and also my goods moveable and unmoveable, implements and household stuff, and cattle and chattels in Little Yeldham, she resigning all her rights of dower in my lands. To Margaret Taine my grandchild, daughter of Rose Taine, my house and grounds in Gestingthorpe, now in the occupation of Henry Fisher. To my grandchild Anne Taine, daughter of Rose Taine, 20 nobles, to be paid by my wife Elizabeth into the hands of Francis Purkas the elder of Nether Yeldham, for the use of the said Ann at twenty-one years of age. To Richard Parmenter my brother £10, and to his daughter Elizabeth 20s. To my brother William Parmenter my copyhold lands in Litle Yeldham called C[owell] alias Gouldwell, and to so many of his children as shall be living three years after my decease 20s. each. To my sister Christian Page 20s. a year for life, and to every one of her children 20s. each. To my sister Joane Stainer £6, and to every one of her children 20s. To Rose Tanne, my wife's daughter, 40s. To Francis Purkas, my wife's son, £5. To my sister Katheren Alyson 20s. To my godson Thomas May 20s. To Thomas Purkas, my wife's son-in-law, 20s. To the poor of Litle Yeldham 20s. To the minister that preaches at my funeral 10s. To my brother Edward Parmenter my messuage and lands at Hiningham at the Castle and my copyhold lands and the tenement thereto belonging, now in the occupation of Thomas May, and my messuage and tenement in Litle Yeldham wherein I now dwell with the free land thereto belonging, at the end of my wife's term of five years therein or at her death, if she die before. All other my lands unbequeathed, in Litle Yeldham, Hiningham at the Castle, and elsewhere, to my brother Edward Parmenter, except a parcel of meadow and hop ground containing one rod, lying in Litle Yeldham, now in the occupation of John Panell of Redgwell, which I will to my wife Elizabeth, she paying my funeral charges. Executor: my brother Edward Parmenter. [Signed] George Parmenter his marke. [Seal, a bird of some kind, not clearly distinguishable.] Witnesses: John Harrison, Edmund Browne, George Bucher. Proved 8 July 1613. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1613, original will.)

* The words in brackets are crossed out in the original will.

The Will of Willm Parmeter of Over [or Little] Yealdham, co. Essex, husbandman, 12 October 1613. To Margery my wife for life all my messuage and tenement where I now dwell called Tankerton, and after her decease reversion to Robert Parmiter my son, he paying to John Parmeter my son £5 one year after the decease of my wife; and if the said John die before the sum be due, reversion to his children, equally divided. To Margery my wife for life all my copyhold land called Cowell alias Gowldwells, and after her decease it shall be sold by Robert Parmeter my brother, if he shall be living, and the money arising therefrom is to be equally divided among George Parmeter, Ursely Parmeter, Sara Parmeter, and Margaret Parmeter, my children; and if my said brother be dead, then the land shall be equally divided among them. If my son George or my daughters Sara or Margaret shall die before said money be paid or land be possessed, reversion to my surviving children. My son Robert shall pay to John Parmeter, the son of John Parmeter my son, 6s. 8d. at the age of one and twenty years, and to Mary Parmeter, my son John's daughter, 6s. 8d. at the age of one and twenty years. To my son George and my daughters Sara, Margarett, and Ursely certain articles of furniture [specified] after the decease of my wife Margery, whom I make executrix. [Signed] Sign' Gulielmi Parmeter. Witnesses: Richard Hamon and George Bucher. Proved 19 January 1617 [1617/18]. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1617, original will.)

The Will of William Parmyter of Upper [or Little] Yeldham, co. Essex, yeoman, 20 May 1615. Edward Parmyter my son having paid many debts for me and having been unto me a good and dutiful child, I give him all my goods and chattels. [Signed] The marke of William Parmyter. Witnesses: Richard Browne and John Parmyter. No record of probate. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1615, filed will.)

The Will of Henry Parmyter of Little Yealdham, co. Essex, glover, 16 June, 17 James I [1619]. To Audry my wife for life that tenement where I now dwell and the freehold land to it belonging in Yealdham, containing three acres, and at her decease reversion to my son William, he paying after his entry into the land to my children, Elizabeth, Henry, Audrye, and Thomas, 40s. each. To my wife Audry all my goods and chattels, she paying to my children, Elizabeth, Henry, Audry, and Thomas, 40s. each at the age of twenty-one years or day of marriage. To William Boorham of Yealdham Pva, blacksmith, my copyhold tenement where Robert Okeley dwelleth, with the yard, garden, orchard, and croft of land in Yealdham pva. Executrix: wife Audry. Supervisor: brother Edward Parmyter. [Signed] Henry Permerter. Witnesses: Robert Onyon and Robert Poole. Proved at Brainktree 8 July 1619 by the executrix. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1619, no. 190, original will.)

The Will of John Cressall of Bures Hamlet* in the County of Essex, yeoman, 9 July 1625. To my brothers Henrie Cressall and Thomas Cressall 12d. each. "I gyve to my brother-in-lawe John Pannenter my best Cowe." All my other goods I give to Annet my wife, whom I make sole executrix. [Signed] the marke of John Cressall. Witnesses: Samuell Lyon and John Maynard. Proved 28 July 1625 by Sara, relict and executrix. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury [Bury St. Edmunds), Register Pearle, fo. 231.)

* The parish of Bures is on both sides of the River Stour, which separates the counties of Essex and Suffolk.

t This is evidently a clerical error, as John Cressall married 4 Oct. 1616 Sarah Paxmenter, and she is named as Sara in the record of probate.

The Will of John Permiteb of Hedingham at Castle, co. Essex, yeoman, 13 August 1644. To Ann my wife £50, the parlor chamber for her habitation, and all the goods therein and half the brass, pewter, and linen. To Thomas Permiter my eldest son £25 and my wearing clothes. To Nathaniell Permiter my second son 20s. To my grandchildren John Permiter and George Permiter, children of my son John Permiter, £4 each at twenty-one. To my kinswoman Ann Permiter, daughter of my brother Richard Permiter, 20s. at twenty-one. To my sons George Permiter and Joseph Permiter the residue of all my goods and chattels unbequeathed, and I make them executors. Supervisors: Thomas Purcas and George Taylor. [Signed] Signu' John Permitor. Witnesses: Edw: Button, Robert Permiter, George Taylor, and Nathaniell Mane. Proved 24 February 1647 [1647/8] by Joseph Permiter, one of the executors, the right being reserved to grant a like power of executor to George Permiter when he should come to claim it, as he did 3 March 1647 [1647/8]. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts [Somerset House], 1647, no. 206, filed will.)

Parmenter Entries In The Parish Registers Of Bures St. Mart, county. Suffolk, 1538-1630
1569 Robert Permenter baptized 23 October.
1586 John Parmynter and Katherine Cogshall married 4 October.
1593 Margaret Parmiter buried 27 November.
1616 John Chrisall and Sarah Parmenter married 4 October.
Parmenter Entries In The Parish Registers Of Little Ykldham,
county Essex

Baptisms, 156Jt-16$9* 1564
Henery son of William Parmenter 9 July. 1564
Amy daughter of Robert Parmenter 17 September. 1567
Thomas son of William Parmenter 18 January [1.567/8], 1567
Robert son of Robert Parmenter 8 February [1567/8].
1570 William son of William Parmenter 24 February [1570/1].
1571 Jane daughter of Robert Parmenter 5 June.
1572 Edye daughter of William Parmenter 9 November. 1572
Elizabeth daughter of Richard Parmenter 16 November. 1574
Condense daughter of George Parmenter 25 May. 1576
John son of William Parmenter 24 September.
1581 Robert son of William Parmenter 30 March.
1583 Jhon son of William Parmenter 19 January [1583/4].
1585 Susan daughter of Edward Parmenter 18 April.
1586 Robert Permenter son of William Junior 23 October.
1588 Edward son of Edward Parmenter 21 November.
1590 Samuel son of Robert Permenter 13 October.
1592 Robert son of Robert Permenter 24 December.
1594 Margarett daughter of William Parmenter Jun. 25 February \V/t4/V
1595 John son of Robert Parmenter 16 November.
1599 Alyce daughter of Robert Permenter 25 March.
1599 Elizabeth daughter of Robert Permenter 14 October-.
1599 Elizabeth daughter of Henry Permenter 25 October.
1600 William son of Henry Permenter 16 August.
1600 Elizabeth daughter of Henry Permenter 4 March 1000/1),
1607 Robert son of William Permyter 16 April.
1607 Thomas son of John Permyter 12 May.
1609 Sara daughter of Henry Permyter 24 August.
1610 Nathaniel son of John Permyter 13 March [1610/11],
•Tin.- baptismal entries for 1593, 1597, and 1598 are almost tutii'ty iuii
1611 William son of William Parmenter 17 June.
1611 Henry son of Henry Parmenter 30 January [1611/12].
1611 Anne daughter of John Parmenter 13 February [1611/12].
1613 Edee daughter of Edward Parmenter 9 November.
1613 George son of John Parmenter 10 March [1613/14].
1614 Adria daughter of Henry Parmenter and Adria his wife 20 November.
1616 James son of Edward Parmenter and Joan his wife 2 June.
1616 Joseph son of John Parmenter and Anne his wife 19 September.
1616 Thomas son of Henry Parmenter and Adry his wife 13 March [1616/17].
1617 Marie daughter of John Parmenter and Anne his wife 17 December.
1617 Joane daughter of Edward Parmenter and Joan his wife 20 January [1617/18].
1619 Elizabeth daughter of Robert Pannenter and Elizabeth his wife 25 March.
1621 Martha daughter of John Pannenter and Anne his wife 23 July.
1625 John son of Robert Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 25 April.
1626 Anne daughter of Robert Parmenter and Anne his wife 14 January [1626/7].
1628 Robert son of Robert Parmenter and Agnes his wife 7 September.
1629 Robert son of Robert Pannenter and Anne Fenner 24 May.
1630 John son of Robert Parmenter and Anne his wife 18 April.
1630 Samuel son of Samuel Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 19 September.
1631 Marie daughter of Robert Parmenter and Anne his wife 30 October.
1632 Thomas son of Samuel Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 19 August.
1634 Robert son of Samuel Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 22 March [1634/5].
1635 William son of Robert Pannenter and Anne his wife 14 March [1635/6].
1636 Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 10 April.
1639 Sarah daughter of Samuel Parmenter and Elizabeth his wife 21 January [1639/40].

Marriages, 1587-1639*
1597 Robert Pannenter, son of George Pannenter, and Alice Edwards, daughter of William Edwards, 22 January [1597/8].
1598 Henry Permenter and Awdrye Sparrowe 29 October.
1617 George Pannenter and Marie Usher als Clarke 12 March [1617/18J.
1621 Francis Whitinge and Adria Parmenter 10 April.
1626 Robert Parmenter and Agnes Ingam 24 June.
1626 Thomas Fenner and Dorothy Pannenter 4 July.
1636 Otwell Webbe singleman and Jone Parmenter single 1 November.

Burials, 1586-1639^
1589 Robert son of William Permenter 11 January [1589/90].
1591 George Permenter 7 February [1591/2].
1594 Robert Permenter 1 May. 1594
Amy wife of George Permenter 13 October. 1600
Agnys wife of William Permenter 6 March [1600/1].
1609 Henry son of Henry Permenter 15 July.
1610 William Permenter 4 April.
1611 Sarah daughter of Henery Parmenter 13 March [1611/12].
1613 George Parmenter 27 June.
1615 William Parmenter Sen. 3 June.
1616 James son of Edward Parmenter and Joane his wife 9 December.
1617 William Parmenter 4 December.
1620 Thomas son of Henry Parmenter and Adria hia wife 16 February [1620/1].
• The marriage entries previous to 1587 and for 1594-1596 are missing, t The burial entries previous to 1586 and {or 1688 and 1607 are
1624 William Parmenter 30 January [1624/5).
1629 Elizabeth wife of George Parmenter 24 June.
1630 Robert son of Robert Parmenter and Agnes his wife 26 June.
1636 Katherine Parmenter widow 24 December.

From Lay Subsidies* Fob Hinckford Hundred, county Essex
Little Yeldham
Little Yeldham
Sible Hedingham
Little Yeldham
Ovington
Bible Hedingham
Tilbury-by-Clare
Little Yeldham Sible Hedingham Tilbury-by-Clare
Belchamp St. Paul Castle Hedingham Little Yeldham
Sible Hedingham
Little Yeldham Sible Hedingham
Sible Hedingham
15 Henry VIII [1523-4]
Christyne Pmenter widowe 2s.
William Parmentur 2s.
William Parmentur junr. 4d.
(Lay Subsidies, 108/163.) 34-35 Henry VIII [1542-1544]f Margaret Parmator Richard Parmator John Parmator senr. George Parmator Thomas Parmator Nycolas Parmator John Parmator junr. George Parmator junr. John Parmentor
(76., 109/271) 8 Elizabeth [1565-6]
Robert Parmyter for lands [worth] 20s. tax 16d.
Richard Parmyter for lands [worth] 100s. tax 5s. George Permyter for goods [worth] £6 tax 6s.
William Permeter for lands [worth] 20s. tax 16d.
Kateren Permeter for lands [worth] 20s. tax 16d.
John Permyter for goods [worth] 100sv tax 5s.
(76., 110/425.) 14 Elizabeth [1571-2]
Robert Parmeter for lands [worth] 20s. tax] 16d.
George Parmeter for goods [worth] £7 tax 7s.
William Parmenter for goods [worth] £3 tax 3s. Widow Parmenter for lands [worth] 20s. tax 16d. John Parmenter for goods [worth] £6 tax 6s.
(76., 111/440.) 39 Elizabeth [1596-7] Nicholas Parmeter for goods [worth] 40s. John Parmeter for lands [worth] 20s. George Parmeter for lands [worth] 40s. Robert Parmeter junior for lands [worth] 20s. Edward Parmeter for goods [worth] 40s. William Parmeter for lands [worth] 20s.
(76., 111/518.)" 21 James I [1623-4] [The list is missing.] Robert Parmeter for lands [worth] 20s. [tax] 4d.
(76., 112/609.) 3-4 Charles I [1627-1629]
Robert Permynter for lands [worth] 20a. [tax] 4s. on the first assessment, 4s. on the second assessment. (76., 112/619, 112/627, 112/326.)
• Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
t TUia manuscript is mutilated and the assessments are missing.
16 Charles I [1640-1]
Little Yeldham Robert Parmenter for lands [worth] 20s. [tax] 8d.
(76., 112/646.)

From Chancery Proceedings
On 21 June 1607 Roger Golding complains that about ten years since John Parmentcr, late of Sudbury, deceased, made a will by which he appointed the complainant and one John Parmenter executors of his estate of some £800, with lands in Sudbury, Tilbury, Little Yeldham, etc., and died about two years since. By said will testator left his estate to the wife of the complainant and her children and to others of his kindred and friends. But one William Parminter has secured for himself administration on the said estate, and in confederacy with John Parminter has seized and embezzled the estate of the deceased, and has not distributed it according to the latter's will.
William Parmenter, one of the defendants, brother and administrator of the late John Parmenter of Sudbury, maltster, replies that as complainant sues as one of the executors of a pretended will of deceased, said complainant should be joined as complainant with John Parminter, the other executor of the pretended will, and should not make the latter a defendant. This defendant knows nothing of any will made ten years ago, but has heard the other defendant, John Parminter, say that about 28 Elizabeth [1585-6] deceased did make a will appointing complainant and said defendant, John Parminter, as executors, and the said complainant did show this defendant a copy of the same and said that he intended to sue this defendant in the ecclesiastical courts, but he has not done so, and defendant doubts if such a will existed, as two years after the time of said pretended will said deceased loaned complainant over £40, which he would not have done had he made him executor of his estate. And moreover this defendant can prove by witnesses that on 24 September 1603 the deceased stated that one William Parmiter, son of this defendant, should have all the estate of deceased. On the death of said deceased this defendant, believing that deceased died intestate, did sue forth administration on his estate in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (deceased having estate in divers dioceses), which was granted to this defendant 19 September 1605. Deceased died 24 August 1605, possessed of an estate much smaller than is claimed by the complainant; and with the consent of John Parmiter and of Thomas Smith and of Edith his wife, sister of the deceased, this defendant had the estate appraised, which amounted to £200. 12s. The debts of the deceased were £47. 7s. 4d. The defendant, John Parmiter, received as his share of the estate £43. Is. 6d., and said Smith and Edith his wife about £40. The costs of administration were £23. 16s. 8d. The house in Sudbury called "The Gallerye" was the freehold of the said John Parminter, deceased, who with one Peregrine Parker, gent., did purchase the same in fee simple of one Peter Whyte on 6 June, 35 Elizabeth [1593], and on the death of the said Parker said John Parminter had the whole as survivor in fee simple, and, he dying without issue, it came to this defendant as his brother and next heir. Defendant denies any conspiracy with the other defendant, John Panninter.
The other defendant, John Parminter, replies that he thinks that John Parminter, deceased, made a will about 28 Elizabeth [1585-6], but knows not if it remained in existence until his death. Lately complainant sent his son to this defendant to show to this defendant a copy of said will, by which deceased left to his brother William Parminter, the other defendant, for life, lands, etc., in Little Yeldham, with reversion to Henry Parminter, said William's son, and left to this defendant, another brother, for life, lands in Little Yeldham, Tilbury, etc., with reversion to John Parminter, this defendant's son. Also he left to the said William £20 and to his children 6s. 8d. apiece, to this defendant £20 and to his children 6s. 8d. apiece, to the three children of Thomas Smith of Little Maplestead 40s. apiece, to Jone, wife of this defendant, cloth for a gown, to the complainant £5 and three guns, to the wife of the complainant (who died long before the testator) 20s., and to Thomas Golding 20s. This defendant prays that the complainant be required to bring the original will into court, as according to said will the testator left certain lands to this defendant and his children, which have been taken by the other defendant as eldest brother and heir. Deceased died about two years ago and about nineteen years after making said will. Complainant has long concealed the will for some sinister purpose, and as this defendant was unable to find any will of deceased, the other defendant obtained administration on the estate, and this defendant has received one third of the goods, according to the inventory in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. This defendant denies any conspiracy with the other defendant, William Parminter. (Chancery Proceedings, James I, Bundle G-8, No. 43.)

[From the foregoing records and from some other sources the following information about the Parmenter families of Little Yeldham, county Essex, and about the ancestry of Deacon John Parmenter of Sudbury and Roxbury, Massachusetts, has been derived:

William Parmenter, Sr., born probably about 1465, appears, with other Parmenters, at Little Yeldham, county Essex, in the subsidy of 1523-4.

John Parmenter, Sr., George Parmenter, Sr., Richard Parmenteh, Thomas Parmenter, and Nicholas Parmenter appear at Little Yeldham in the subsidy of 1542-1544. They belong apparently to the generation immediately following that to which William Parmenter, Sr., belongs. No wills have been found which throw light on the exact relationship of these men to one another or on their respective families; but doubtless the fathers of some of the Parmenters of the next generation are included in this list of names.

These men of the next generation are John Parmenter, born probably about 1515, and probably the progenitor of Family A, given below; George Parmenter, born probably about 1520, progenitor of Family B, given below; Richard Parmenter of Little Yeldham, who appears in the subsidy of 1565-6; and Robert Parmenter, born probably about 1530, progenitor of Family C, given below.

Family A
1. John Parmenter, of Little Yeldham, county Essex, born probably about 1515, appears as John Parmenter, Jr., at Little Yeldham in the subsidy of 1542-1544, and is found later in the adjoining parish of Tilbury-by-Clare, co. Essex, in the subsidies of 1565-6 and 1571-2.

The following were probably his children:
i. John, settled in Sudbury, county Suffolk, where he was a brewer or maltster, and died 24 August 1605, leaving no issue. He appears in several entries in the Sudbury borough records from 1597 to 1604 (register, vol. 66, pp. 170^171). His estate was contested in Chancery by Roger Golding in 1607.

ii. William, born about 1540. He was one of the defendants in the Chancery suit brought by Roger Golding in 1607.

iii. John, married Jone . He was the other defendant in the abovementioned suit. Children: John (eldest son), and others.

iv. Edith, married Thomas Smith of Little Maplestead, county Essex; had issue.

v. A Daughter, probably married Roger Goldino.

2. William Parmenter (John), of Little Yeldham, county Essex, the testator of 1615, born probably about 1540, was buried at Little Yeldham 3 June 1615. He married, about 1563, Agnes , who was buried at Little Yeldham 6 March 1600/1. He was one of the defendants in the Chancery suit brought by Roger Golding.

Children: i. Henry, of Little Yeldham, glover, the testator of 1619, baptized at Little
Yeldham 9 July 1564; married. there, 29 October 1598, Audrey Sparrow, who married (2) at Little Yeldham, 10 April 1621, Francis Whiting.

Children, recorded at Little Yeldham:
1. Elizabeth, baptized 25 October 1599; probably died young.
2. William, baptized 16 August 1600.
3. Elizabeth, baptized 4 March 1600/1 [sic, ? 1601/2].
4. Henry, buried 15 July l609.
5. Sarah, baptized 24 August 1609; buried 13 March 1611/12.
6. Henry, baptized 30 January 1611/12.
7. Audrey, baptized 20 November 1614.
8. Thomas, baptized 13 March 1616/17; buried 16 February 1620/1.

ii. Thomas, baptized at Little Yeldham 18 January 1567/8.

iii. William, baptized at Little Yeldham 24 February 1570/1; buried there 4 April 1610.

iv. Edith, baptized at Little Yeldham 9 November 1572.

v. Edward, named in the wills of his father and brother Henry; married Joane. Children, baptized. at Little Yeldham:
1. Edith, baptized 9 November 1613.
2. James, baptized 2 June 1616.
3. Joane, baptized 20 January 1617/18.

vi. John, baptized at Little Yeldham 24 September 1576; probably died young,

vii. Richard. Child: 1. Ann, under 21 in 1644.

viii. Robert, baptized at Little Yeldham 30 March 1581; buried there 11 Jananuary 1589/90.

ix. John, of Yeldham and later of Castle Hedingham, county Essex, the testator of 1644, baptized at Little Yeldham 19 January 1583/4; married about 1606 Anne. Children, recorded at Little Yeldham:
1. Thomas, baptized 12 May 1607.
2. Nathaniel, baptized 13 March 1610/11.
3. Anne, baptized 13 February 1611/12.
4. George, baptized 10 March 1613/14.
5. Joseph, baptized 19 September 1616.
6. Mary, baptized 17 December 1617.
7. John, born probably about 1619.
8. Martha, baptized 23 July 1621.

Family B
1. George Parmenter, of Little Yeldham (also called Over Yeldham and Upper Yeldham), county Essex, the testator of 1591, born probably about 1520, was buried at Little Yeldham 7 February 1591/2. He married Alice — . He appears at Little Yeldham as George Parmenter, Jr., in the subsidy of 1542-1544, is next found in the adjoining parish of Ovington in the subsidy of 1565-6, and appears again at Little Yeldham in the subsidy of 1571-2.

Children:
i. Robert, born probably about 1545; living in 1613, when he is mentioned in the will of his brother William. Child (probably): 1. William, called of Cavendish, county Suffolk, in the will of his grandfather, George Parmenter, in 1591.

ii. Christian, m. Page; had issue.

iii. Richard, of Little Yeldham, living in 1612. He was a legatee in the will of his brother George. Child:
1. Elizabeth, baptized at Little Yeldham 16 November 1572; mentioned in the wills of her grandfather and her uncle George.

iv. George, born probably about 1550.

v. Katherine, married Allison; had issue.

vi. Jone, mied Stainer; had issue.

vii. Edward, appears at Little Yeldham in a subsidy in 1596-7; living in 1612, being named in the will of his brother George. Children, named in the will of their grandfather:
1. Susan, baptized at Little Yeldham 18 April 1585.
2. Edward, baptized at Little Yeldham 2t November 1588.

3. viii. William, born probably about 1560.

ix. Alice.

2. George Parmenter (George), of Little Yeldham, county. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 1612, born probably about 1550, was buried at Little Yeldham 27 June 1613. He married first Amy , who was buried at Little Yeldham 13 October 1594; and secondly Mrs. ElizaBeth Puhkas, widow, who by her former husband had children Rose Purkas, wife of Taine, and Francis Purkas. George Parmenter is found in the subsidy of 1596-7.
Children by first wife:
i. Conscience, baptized at Little Yeldham 25 May 1574; died young,
ii. Robert (perhaps). A Robert Parmenter, son of George, married at Little Yeldham, 22 January 1597/8, Alice Edwards, daughter of William. If this man belongs in this family, he must have died s.p. before the date of his father's will.

3. William Parmenter (George), of Little Yeldham, county. Essex, husband man, the testator of 1613, born probably about 1560, was buried at Little Yeldham 4 December 1617. He married, about 1585, Margery. He inherited various lands in Little Yeldham from his father and copyhold lands called Cowell or Gouldwell by the will of his brother George, which he mentioned in his own will, dated 12 October 1613 and proved 19 January 1617/18. As only two of his children were baptized at Little Yeldham, it is likely that at some period he resided elsewhere; and therefore he was probably the William Parmenter who was assessed in the subsidy of 1596-7 in the adjacent parish of Sible Hedingham, the registers of which prior to 1680 are lost.
Children:
i. Robert, baptized at Little Yeldham 23 October 1586. He succeeded to the lands of his father by the latter's will, and was perhaps the Robert Parmenter who was assessed at Sible Hedingham in th« subsidies of 1623-4 and 1627-1629 and at Little Yeldham in the subsidy of 1640-1. 4.
ii. John, born about 1588. In, Ursula, living in 1613.
iv. George, married at Little Yeldham, 12 March 1617/18, Mabt Ubhbb alias Clarke.
v. Sarah, born about 1593; married at Bures St. Mary, county Suffolk, 4 October 1616, John Cressall, the testator of 1625. After the death of her father she had evidently removed with her brother, John Pannenter, to Bures St. Mary.
vi. Margaret, baptized at Little Yeldham 25 February 1594/5; living in 1613.

4. Dba. John Parmenter (William, George), of Little Yeldham, county Essex, and Bures St. Mary, countys. Essex and Suffolk, England, and of Sudbury and Roxbury, Massachusetts, was born evidently about 1588, as the baptism of his elder brother Robert is recorded at Little Yeldham 23 October 1586, and yet by 12 October 1613 John Parmenter was old enough to be married and to be the father of two children, Mary and John, according to the will of that date of his father, William Parmenter. He may have been born at Sible Hedingham, county Essex, but the early registers of this parish are lost. He inherited no lands from his father, and after the latter's death he evidently removed about eight miles from Little Yeldham into Bures St. Mary. Here his sister Sarah was married, 4 October 1616, to John Cressall, who in his will of 9 July 1625 bequeathed a cow to his brother-in-law John Parmenter. Here also, as John Parminter,* he was a witness, 22 February 1630/1, to the will of Henrie Loker of Bures St. Mary, county Essex, glover (register, vol. 63, pp. 280-281). In 1639 John Parmenter, with his family, and also the
* Thus the name is spelled in the original will of Henrie Loker, although in the registered copy of the will the name U Parmiter widow and children of Henrie Loker emigrated to New England, settling in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where John Parmenter was early chosen selectman, deacon, and commissioner. A comparison of the signature of John Parminter as a witness in the original will of Henrie Loker of Bures St. Mary with an autograph signature of Deacon John Parmenter as a commissioner of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 6 January 1639/40,* shows that the two signatures were made by the same hand. In the summer of 1660 he removed from Sudbury to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he died 1 May 1671, aged 83 years, according to the church records of Roxbury, which thus furnish additional evidence that he was born about 1588. His will, dated 25 March 1671 and proved 25 July 1671, names wife Annis, daughter Woods, son-in-law John Woods, grandson • John Parmenter, cousin [Bartholomew] Cheevers, shoemaker, of Boston, and cousin John Stibbins.

He married first, in England, probably about 1609, Bridget, who died at Sudbury, Massachusetts, 6 April 1660. He married secondly, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, 9 August 1660, Mrs. Annis ( ) (chandler) Dane, widow successively of William Chandler and John Dane. She died at Roxbury 17 March 1682/3.

Children by first wife, born in England:
i. Mary, born about 1610; named in the will of her grandfather 12 October 1613; died at Marlborough, Massachusetts, 17 August 1690, aged 80; married John Woods of Sudbury and Marlborough, born. in England about 1610, died at Marlborough 10 July 1678. He deposed in 1664, aged abt. 54 years.
Children: 1. Hannah.
2. John, born 8 May 1641.
3. Francis (daughter), born 10 May 1645.
4. James, born 18 July 1647.
5. Catharine.
6. Isaac, born 14 July 1655.

ii. John, born about 1612; named in the will of his grandfather 12 October 1613; came to New England with his father in 1639; resided at Sudbury, Massachusetts, where he died 12 April 1666; married about 1639 Amy, who died 21 November 1681.
Children: 1. John, born about 1640.
2. Joseph, born 12 March 1642/3.
3. Mary, born 10 June 1644.
4. George, born about 1647.
5. Benjamin, born about 1650.
6. Lydia, born 16 October 1655.

Family C
1. Robert Parmenter, of Little Yeldham, county Essex, the testator of 1594, born probably about 1530, was buried at Little Yeldham 1 May 1594. He married, about 1561, Amte. He was assessed at Little Yeldham in the subsidies of 1565-6 and 1571-2.
Children:
Joane, born probably about 1562.
Amy, baptized at Little Yeldham 17 September 1564.

2. iii. Robert, baptized at Little Yeldham 8 February 1567/8.

iv. Jane, baptized at Little Yeldham 5 June 1571.

2. Robert Parmenter (Robert), of Little Yeldham, county Essex, baptized there 8 February 1567/8, appears there in the subsidy of 1596-7. Neither his will nor any administration on his estate has been found.
Children, baptized at Little Yeldham:
i. Samuel, baptized 13 October 1590; married Elizabeth.
Children, baptized at Little Yeldham:
1. Samuel, baptized 19 September 1630.
2. Thomas, baptized 19 August 1632.
3. Robert, baptized 22 March 1634/5.
4. Elizabeth, baptized 10 April 1636.
5. Sarah, baptized 21 January 1639/40.

ii. Robert, baptized 24 December 1592; married (1) Elizabeth ; married (2) at Little Yeldham, 24 June 1626, Agnes (Anne) Inoam.
Children by first wife, recorded at Little Yeldham:
1. Elizabeth, baptized 25 • Suffolk Co. Court Files, Boston, no. 162004. March 1619.
2. John, baptized 25 April 1625.
Children by second wife, recorded at Little Yeldham:
3. Anne, baptized 14 January 1626/7.
4. Robert, baptized 7 September 1628; buried 26 June 1630.
5. John, baptized 18 April 1630.
6. Mary, baptized 30 October 1631.
7. William, baptized 14 Mar. 1635/6.

iii. John, baptized 16 November 1595.

iv. Alice, baptized 25 March 1599.

Parmenter, Deacon John (I4832)

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JOHN PARMENTER Jr. (JOHN Sr., WILLIAM, GEORGE Jr.) was born in England. He died 12 Apr 1666 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. JOHN Jr. married AMY about 1639. AMY died on 21 Nov 1681 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co. Their daughter Mary Parmenter was born 10 June 1644 Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.

On 26 Feb. 1665 Sergeant Parmenter of Sudbury sued Christopher Bannister of Marlborough for "trespess for defiling his daughter (Mary) and getting her with child."

From the will of John Parmenter Jr:
I give to my daughter, Mary Parmenter, fifteen pounds and to be paid with the 1st payment is due me from Christopher Bannister, provided the child live until his time of payment be expired, which will be about fifteen pounds to be paid her at the fifteen months and as aforesaid.

Christopher Bannister was born June 1635 in Branbury, Oxfordshire, England to John Bannister (1606-1685) and (perhaps) Mary Murdock (1610-1700) and died 30 March 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Jane Goodenow (1642-1708) circa 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

The daughter of Christopher Bannister and Mary Parmenter was Abiel or Abigail born 24 April 1665. This Abiel or Abigail appears to have married Boaz Brown Jr. about 1685 in Sudbury, MA. Boaz was the son of Boaz Sr. and Mary Winship.

Parmenter, John (I4153)

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JOHN PARMENTER Jr. (JOHN Sr., WILLIAM, GEORGE Jr.) was born say 1612 in England. He died 12 Apr 1666 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. JOHN Jr. married AMY about 1639. AMY died on 21 Nov 1681 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co. Their daughter Mary Parmenter was born 10 June 1644 Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. On 26 Feb. 1665 Sergeant Parmenter of Sudbury sued Christopher Bannister of Marlborough for "trespess for defiling his daughter (Mary) and getting her with child."

From the will of John Parmenter Jr:
I give to my daughter, Mary Parmenter, fifteen pounds and to be paid with the 1st payment is due me from Christopher Bannister, provided the child live until his time of payment be expired, which will be about fifteen pounds to be paid her at the fifteen months and as aforesaid.

Christopher Bannister was born June 1635 in Branbury, Oxfordshire, England to John Bannister (1606-1685) and (perhaps) Mary Murdock (1610-1700) and died 30 March 1678 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Jane Goodenow (1642-1708) circa 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

The daughter of Christopher Bannister and Mary Parmenter was Abiel or Abigail born 24 April 1665. This Abiel or Abigail appears to have married Boaz Brown Jr. about 1685 in Sudbury, MA. Boaz was the son of Boaz Sr. and Mary Winship.

Parmenter, Mary (I4629)

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Bannister, Christopher (I18362)

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Parmenter, Abiel Abigail (I4563)

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John Prescott

Ref Genes of Abraham Parker: "After his marriage, he sold his lands in Shevington, moving to Sowerby, Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. A blacksmith, he left England to avoid persecution for his religious convictions, going first to Barbados, owned lands there in 1638 when he was included in a list of 758 settlers. Several of his children were probably born there. He came about 1640 with four children and his wife to Massachusetts, settling first in Charlestown and Watertown, then removing in 1645 or 1646 to the foundation of the new settlement of Lancaster, of which he is one of the original settlers and called, in Lancaster records, its founder. In 1654 he built a corn mill and soon after a saw mill. He took the oath of allegiance in Middlesex county in 1652, was admitted a freeman in 1669. Shortly after the Indian massacre of February 10, 1675/76 which took more than thirty lives, Lancaster was totally abandoned for several years with no whites living between the towns on the Connecticut river and those of Concord. He moved his family to Charlestown (some also moving temporarily to the Concord area) and later in 1676 served with the militia in King Philip's war. He returned to Lancaster, which is said to have been named in his honor after his English birthplace, Lancashire (at the first request for the new township, the name Prescott was sought, but the General court objected on the ground that it appeared too much like man-worship). The noncupative will of John Prescott was proved in Lancaster December 20, 1681 with his age given as "about 77".

It has been stated that John had served under Cromwell. He brought with him from England a coat of mail, armor and complete habiliments which he donned whenever he had difficulties with the Indians, who supposed him to be a "supernatural being."

Fact 8: Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England by John Farmer 1969

Re: John Prescott: "He was born in 1604, in the hamlet of Shevington, in the parish of Standish, Lancashire, England. He married Mary Platts, at Wigan in 1629. Prescott was a soldier under Oliver Cromwell and was a Roundhead (a member of the Puritan party in England during the civil war). To avoid persecution both Cromwell and Prescott planned to escape from England. Cromwell changed his mind in the harbor and became the hero of England. However, Prescott escaped and went as far as Barbados, an island in the West Indies. This was because Archbishop Loud, Prime Minister of the King, did not allow anyone to leave England for the United States at that time. However, after two years in Barbados, Prescott was permitted to come to the United States."

To reach the settlement one had to cross the Sudbury River. Prescott sold his estate in Watertown, packed his household goods on horses, and set out with his family on horseback through the woods by way of the long Indian trail to establish his new home in the Nashaway Plantation. Following Mr. Prescott was his wife with an infant in her arms, and on other horses were four girls aged six, eight, thirteen, fifteen, and a boy of ten." So, depending on the year that Mary Prescott joined John at the settlement in Lancaster would identify which of the above children were born in Massachusetts, in Barbados, in Holland or in England. (I am not sure whether they arrived in Lancaster in the years of 1643 to 1647; somewhere in there.)

The Prescott Memorial states that John was in Barbados from 1638 to 1640 when he came to Massachusetts

Prescott, John Sr (I98)

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John Prescott
Born: 08/May/1707 MA?
Married: 25/Nov/1730 Lunenburg, MA
Died: 30/Dec/1743 London, England
FATHER Jonathan Prescott
MOTHER Rebecca Bulkley
WIFE Anne Lynde
CHILDREN

1. John Lynde Prescott b. 21/Feb/1732; d. 07/Mar/1732
2. Ann Prescott b. 15/Apr/1733
3. Rebecca Prescott b. 31/Oct/1735
4. Martha Prescott b. 01/Feb/1738; d. young
5. John Prescott b. 07/Aug/1739; d. 23/Nov/1740
6. Willoughby Prescott b. 05/Mar/1742

According to Prescott Memorial " John Prescott graduated Harvard College 1727. He settled in Concord, Mass., as a physician, with his father, where he was highly esteemed for his professional skill and excellent character. He enlisted one hundred men, which he commanded in the unfortunate expedition to Cuba in 1740. Upon its failure, in 1743, he returned to this country, and soon after was sent by the Government to England, where he was treated with great respect. But, being seized with the small-pox, he died of that disease in London, Dec 30, 1743, in his thirty-seventh year. In testimony of the esteem in which his services were held, the British Government conferred upon his widow, an annual pension during her life. She died May 12, 1795, aged 88. They had three sons and two daughters." Only Ann, Rebecca and Willoughby lived to adulthood.

Prescott, John (I29800)

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John Read, Jr., son of John Read and Winifred Favor acquired land from his father: Deed Book "C", page 238. John Read, Sr. had acquired the land from James Pendleton and wife, 500 acres of land on Indian Run in Culpeper County, by deed recorded in deed book "B", p. 394 on 20 Nov 1755. John, Sr. then conveyed 250 of said land to son John, Jr. The deed recited that John, Jr. was then in possession of the land, so that he was, doubtless, married at the time.

22 Nov. 1751, Deed Book A, Culpeper Virginia, USA: John Shackelford leases 150 acres to John Read for lives of John Read, John Read Jr., and Theophilus Read.

Read, John (I40282)

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John Rice (1651-1719)
Birth: Dec. 20, 1651, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: Sep. 6, 1719, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

John Rice was born on 20 December 1651 at Sudbury, Massachusetts, a son of Edward Rice and Agnes Bent. He married Tabitha Stone, daughter of Deacon John Stone and Anna Rogers, on 2 November 1674 at Sudbury. John and Tabitha were the parents of eleven children:

John Rice (1675-1733)
Anna Rice (1678- )
Deliverence Rice (1681- )
Tabitha Rice (1683- )
Prudence Rice (1685-abt 1776)
Abigail Rice (1687-1754)
Edward Rice (1689-1756)
Dinah Rice (1691- )
Moses Rice (1694-1755)
Tamar Rice (1697- )
Aaron Rice (1700-1755)

The part of Sudbury that John Rice resided in is now part of Wayland, on the easterly side of the road leading from Weston to Saxonville, and on part of the homestead of his grandfather Edmund Rice, not far distant from "the spring," near which was the residence of his brother, Deacon Edmund Rice. John was a subscriber of Prince's Chronology, and was fond of historical reading.
John died on 6 September 1719 at Sudbury. His estate was probated on 29 January 1719/20 at Wayland, Middlesex Co, MA. He died intestate. His widow Tabitha and son Moses were appointed Administrators. Inventory was taken Sept 17, 1719, "Widow Tabitha, being aged and infirm, made oath at Weston."
Exact burial site is unknown, but possibly in the oldest cemetery in Sudbury, he was possibly buried on the family property.

Rice, John (I18044)

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John Richard Yeatts Jr. died on 07 Mar 1957. at Memorial Hospital in Danville, Va.

Yeatts, John Richard Jr. (I21559)

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John Robertson (William2, Unknown1) was born 1753 in Virginia, and died Abt. Nov 1813 in Nelson Co., KY. He married (1) Elizabeth Williams 1783 in Virginia. She died Bef. 1787. He married (2) Mary Parker 29 Mar 1787 in Nelson Co., KY, daughter of Richard Parker and Grizzel Nalle. She was born Abt. 1768 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died 1825 in Washington Co., KY.

Notes for John Robertson:According to tradition in the Robertson family, John served in the American Revolutionary War, losing an arm at the shoulder at the Battle of Brandywine. This has never been substantiated, however.

More About John Robertson and Elizabeth Williams:Marriage: 1783, Virginia

Child of John Robertson and Elizabeth Williams is:+ 4 i. Sally Williams4 Robertson, born 1784 in Virginia; died 1805.

More About Mary Parker:Nickname: Polly
More About John Robertson and Mary Parker:
Marriage: 29 Mar 1787, Nelson Co., KY

Children of John Robertson and Mary Parker are:
5 i. Elizabeth4 Robertson, born 04 Nov 1788 in Nelson Co., KY; died 12 Oct 1868 in McLean
Co., KY. She married Samuel Handley 13 Feb 1806 in Nelson Co., KY; born 01 May 1784;died 01 Jan 1862.

Robertson, John (I26179)

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John Rohr Sr was working in a sugar grove, a short distance from Canal Winchester, (Franklin, Ohio), when a storm developed. Later as he was walking home, a tree was blown down by the storm. Sadly, one of the limbs struck him in the head fracturing his skull. He succeeded in reaching home, but he died the same night. John and Margaret's eldest sons Jacob and Charles were born in Pennsylvania. Their children born in Ohio were John Jr, Samuel, Michael, and Sarah. Two other sons died in infancy.

Rohr, John Sr (I31451)

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John Rolfe was born in Heacham, Norfolk, England as the son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason, and was baptised on 6 May 1585. John Rolfe was one of a number of businessmen who saw the opportunity to undercut Spanish imports by growing tobacco in England's new colony in Virginia. Rolfe had somehow obtained seeds to take with him from a special popular strain then being grown in Trinidad and South America, even though Spain had declared a penalty of death to anyone selling such seeds to a non-Spaniard. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia.

Heading the Third Supply fleet was the new flagship of the Virginia Company, the Sea Venture, carrying Rolfe and his wife, Sarah Hacker. The Third Supply fleet left England in May 1609 destined for Jamestown with seven large ships, towing two smaller pinnaces. The colony at Bermuda dates its settlement from 1609. Among those left buried in Bermuda were Rolfe's wife and his infant daughter, Bermuda Rolfe.

In May 1610, two newly constructed ships set sail from Bermuda, with 142 castaways on board, including Rolfe, Admiral Somers, Stephen Hopkins, and Sir Thomas Gates. On arrival at Jamestown, they found the Virginia Colony almost destroyed by famine and disease during what has become known as the Starving Time. Very few supplies from the Third Supply had arrived because the same hurricane that caught the Sea Venture badly affected the rest of the fleet. Only 60 settlers remained alive. It was only through the arrival of the two small ships from Bermuda, and the arrival of another relief fleet commanded by Lord De La Warr on 10 June 1610 that the abandonment of Jamestown was avoided and the colony survived.

The land gifted by Powhatan (now known as Smith's Fort Plantation, located in Surry County) was willed to Rolfe's son Thomas, who in 1640 sold at least a portion of it to Thomas Warren. Smith's Fort was a secondary Fort to Jamestown, begun in 1609 by John Smith.

John and Rebecca Rolfe travelled to England on the Treasurer, commanded by Samuel Argall, in 1616 with their young son. They arrived at the port of Plymouth on 12 June and Rebecca was widely received as visiting royalty, but settled in Brentford. However, as they were preparing to return to Virginia in March 1617, Rebecca became ill and died. Her body was interred in Gravesend's St George's Church. Their two-year-old son Thomas survived, but was adopted by Sir Lewis Stukley and later by John's brother, Henry Rolfe. John and Tomocomo returned to Virginia.

In 1619, Rolfe married Jane Pierce, daughter of English colonist Captain William Pierce and Jane Eeles. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1620, who married John Milner of Nansemond, Virginia and died in 1635. Rolfe died in 1622 after his plantation was destroyed in a Native American attack. It remains unclear whether Rolfe died in the massacre or whether he died as a result of illness. His widow Jane married Englishman Captain Roger Smith three years later. He was the son of John Smith (no relation to Captain John Smith) and Thomasine Manning.

Rolfe's son with Pocahontas, Thomas, who grew up in England, married Elizabeth Washington in September 1632 at St James's Church in Clerkenwell and they had a daughter Anne in 1633. Elizabeth died shortly after Anne's birth. Thomas returned to Virginia two years later, where he married Jane Poythress. Her English parents were Francis Poythress and Alice Payton. Thomas and his second wife had one child, Jane, who married Robert Bolling in 1675 and had a son, John, in 1676. She died later that same year.

Rolfe, John (I10574)

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John Slaughter came to Virginia on the George in 1617, apparently indentured to Albiano Lupo, who used him as a headright when patenting land 1 Sep 1624. On 9 Oct 1626 John Slaughter and Thomas Spellman proved Lieutenant Lupo's will. On 30 May 1635 Slaughter patented 200 acres of land on the Elizabeth River (20 a). Two months later he and Percival Champion reportedly were occupying Captain John Smith's land in Denbigh (Warwick) County (18), near Nutmeg Quarter (22) (PB 1 Pt. 1:33, 169, 212; MCGC 116).

Source: Virginia immigrants and adventurers, 1607-1635: a biographical dictionary, by Martha W. McCartney, p641

"To Jamestown VA on the "George", sponsored by Lt Albiano Lupo. Lupo claimed John Slaughter as a headright in his patent 1 Sep 1624 for 350 acres in the Corporation of Elizabeth City. This implies that John was an indentured servant."

Primary Source: Adventurer's of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5: Families G Vol 3 John Frederick Dorman

Slaughter, John (I19139)

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John Smith (1740-circa 1803) moved to Anson County and settled near Lilesville on a creek now named for him: “Smith Creek”. Smith's creek is a tributary of the Pee Dee river and currently empties into Blewett Falls Lake. The lake is reservoir formed by Blewett Falls Dam. He married Mary Flake (cir.1748-cir.1794), daughter of Samuel Flake and his first wife. In 1771, he was recorded as a Regulator who fought in the Battle of Alamance. He was a Regulator from 1767-1771, a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (a forerunner of the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776). He believed that
opposition to tyrants was in obedience to God. In the Revolutionary War (1775), John volunteered in the Continental Army of the Province of North Carolina, a member of Captain John Allen’s Company, 2nd N.C. Regiment. John served in the struggle for freedom and independence for the thirteen colonies. Anson County records show that
John and Mary had eight children:

Thomas Smith (1768)…married Jane Goff
John Smith (1770)…married Mary Bellew
James Smith (1777)…married Mary Gathings
Sarah Smith(1778)…married George Lindsay
Eli Smith (1778)…married Sarah “Sallie” Hicks
Samuel Smith (1780)…married Peggy Hutchinson
Jesse Smith (1780)…married Mary Seago
Mary Smith…never married. No date available.

Smith, John (I516)

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John Stewart, from time to time, sold his land until he had left only the 84 acres in the south east. This is where he and wife, Jean, were living when on October 28, 1805. (Halifax Co. Deed 20, p. 584) they deeded the 84 acres to their sons-in-law, Samuel Irby and Richard Epperson.

The record is as follows: October 28, 1805, John Stewart of the one part and Samuel Irby and Richard Epperson of Halifax Co., VA, of the other part. John Stewart for the sum of $400, conditioned for the maintenance of said John Stewart and Jane, his wife, for and during their natural lives and for further consideration of the sum of five shillings to him in hand paid by the said Samuel Irby and Richard Epperson, does transfer one parcel of land in Halifax Co. On which the said John Stewart lived and owned; also all his personal estate of every description:kitchen, furniture, cattle, horses, etc"

Irby, Samuel James (I25099)

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JOHN VELIE MUNGER, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of Hudson Township, was born at Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N.Y., July 17, 1829. He is a son of John and Maria (Velie) Munger, both of whom were natives of the Empire State, and pioneers of the wilds of Michigan, having come to this State when it was yet a Territory, in 1835.

The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., May 26, 1796, while yet that part of the State was but sparsely settled and largely covered with primeval forests. When he was some four years old, the family removed to Erie County. Pa., where they made their home until 1835. at which time his father started for the Territory of Michigan, where he hoped to build up a new home in the wilderness. He was accompanied by his wife and eight children, including our subject, and came by way of the lake to Toledo, Ohio. On arriving at the latter place, he left his family and started on foot for his future home in Hillsdale County. He had visited the Bean Creek Valley the year previous, and had entered some Government land on section 36 in what is now Pittsford Township. On his arrival in Hillsdale County, he procured a yoke of oxen and a cart, and returning to Toledo for his family and house hold goods, brought them to their new home. His land at that time was thickly covered by the forest that had grown and luxuriated for centuries undisturbed. Knowing that it would take some time to clear enough of it to raise a crop to support his family, he rented a tract of improved land, on which they lived for that year. During this time he disencumbered a portion of his own place of its leafy covering, and prepared the land for cultivation. Putting up a log cabin in 1836 he therein installed his family, and entering upon the arduous duties of a frontier farmer patiently endured the hardships and privations attendant on a pioneer life.

On this farm, which he had literally hewn out of the forest, the father resided until 1855, when he sold out and removed to Amboy Township, Lee Co., Ill., where he purchased 160 acres of prairie land of the Government, and commenced to break up a new farm, but two years later was called upon by the Angel of death to cross the dark river. His wife, who was before marriage Miss Maria Velie, was also a native of Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and first drew the breath of life on the 25th of May. 1804; she died in Amboy, Ill., in 1875.

John V. Munger, the subject of this sketch, was but six years oid when he came to Michigan with his parents, and is a living witness of the great changes that have taken place since his early days. The deer, wolves, beers and wild turkeys that were so plentiful here in his boyhood, have entirely vanished, and the forest wilderness has given place to beautiful farms and thrifty towns and villages. He remained beneath the parental roof, attending the pioneer schools and assisting his father in his agricultural labors, until he was some nineteen years old, when he commenced an apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner. Having completed that trade, he has followed it ever since, with the exception of about ten years, when he was engaged in the manufacture of extension tables. In 1855 he removed to the village of Hudson, and purchasing a house on West Main street, took up his residence therein, and remained there until 1876, when he moved into a fine brick mansion which he had just erected. He made this latter house his home until February, 1888, when he commenced agricultural pursuits upon the Kenyon farm, where he is now living.

The subject of this sketch has been twice married. April 21. 1855, he entered into a matrimonial alliance with Miss Emily Allen, a native of Seneca County, N.Y., and the daughter of Robert Allen, also a Native of the Empire State. Her parents had settled in Hillsdale County in 1855, locating in Jefferson Township on a farm, and sometime subsequently removed to Reading Township, where they died. Mrs. Munger was called away by death April 25, 1881, leaving one child, Edith, now the now the wife of Lewis Graham of Wheatland Township. The second marriage of Mr. Munger took place May 10, 1882, at which time he espoused Miss Louise M. Kenyon. She is a native of this township and county, having been born on the farm where she now lives Feb. 15, 1840, and is a daughter of Sylvester and Eliza (Goodrich) Kenyon. Her father was one of the earliest settlers of Hudson Township, having located here in 1834. He was born in Hinesburg, Vt., Dec, 4, 1808, and grew to manhood among the green hills and valleys of his native state. May 11, 1834, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, a daughter of George and Clamania (Lee) Goodrich, who was born in Williston, Vt., Feb. 22, 1814. On the 14th of May following his marriage. Sylvester Kenyon started with his young bride for the West, to seek in the wilderness a new home. He came by way of the Erie Canal and the Lake to Detroit, and thence by team to Tecumseh, Lenawee County. Arriving at the embryo village, he left his wife and started on foot for the Bean Creek Valley, and found at Lanesville, now Hudson, but one log cabin, then occupied by Beriah Lane. Mr. Kenyon purchased a tract of land of Mr. Lane, adjoining the present site of the village, but after paying for it, he had but a few shillings left in his pocket, and therefore returned to Tecumseh, and worked on the territorial road to earn money enough to carry them through the winter.

Before the snow began to fly, Mr. K. removed to his place, where he had erected a log cabin, and during the winter felled some of the timber that covered the ground. The next season he raised a crop of corn and potatoes among the logs and stumps, which he had not yet time to destroy. After bringing his place to a high state of cultivation, he remained upon it until his death, which occured March 29, 1879. Mrs. Eliza (Goodrich) Kenyon died Dec. 24, 1879, nine months after the death of her husband. They left three children, the eldest, Mrs. G.G. Williams, now a resident of Vanderbilt, Otsego Co., Mich., but still owning the east half of the Kenyon homestead; Mrs. J.V. Munger, of Hudson, and Mr. Martin Kenyon, now a resident of Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich.

Mrs. Kenyon died on the homestead. Mrs. Clamania Goodrich was born in Wells, Vt., June 16, 1790, and after her marriage settled with her husband at Williston, where they remained until 1836. At that time they started for the Territory of Michigan, by way of Lake Champlain to Troy, N.Y.,
and from there by Erie Canal and the Lake to Toledo. From the latter place they proceeded by team to Pittsford Township in Hillsdale County, where they settled upon a farm, where her husband died June 2, 1850. Mrs. Goodrich died on the old homestead, Dec. 13, 1863.

Munger, John (I2121)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References:

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

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Ward, John (I27030)

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John Ward Will of 1826

I JOHN WARD, SEN. of the County of Pittsylvania and state of Virginia, being in a low state of health but of sound mind and disposing memory, make this my last will and testament, in manner & form following. I give to JOHN SMITH, RALPH SMITH, SALLY LEFTWICH, deceased, formerly ELIZABETH SMITH, the sum of five hundred dollars to be equally divided between them - I give to the children of MILDRED JONES deceased, formerly MILDRED SMITH, three hundred dollars to be equally divided between them - I give to MATILDA, SALLY, and DOSKA CALLAWAY the sum of three hundred dollars each -

I give to SETH BARBER the tract of land of mine called Maghnier old tract and the tract I bought of SHADRACH MUSTAIN & the tract I bought of THOMAS HUDSON adjoining Hunts - I give to CARTER BARBER my tract of land on Bush Tree Creek whereon JAMES SUSTER now lives - I give to JOHN DILLARD the sum of $1200 out of my estate to b paid to him by his Brother LYNCH DILLARD at such time and in such sums as he the Bro. LYNCH DILLARD in his Judgment may think best having regard to his necessities - The said $1200 to be paid out of my estate &: not to be a charge upon the said LYNCH DILLARD separately - I give to my nephew ROBERT A. WARD the full amount of what he is now dues and it is my wish and desire that he shall have no more of my estate of any sort - But should the said ROBERT A. WARD make any demand of my Executors as a creditor of mine then in that event I give him no part of my estate -

I give to MATILDA ADAMS, LUCINDA RUTLEDGE, JULIANA BARBER, HENRIETTA BARBER, JOHN BARBER, WILLIAM BARBER, ROBERT BARBER, and JEREMIAH EDWIN BARBER, children of PATSEY BARBER, all my interest or estate in the Toll Bridge across Staunton River - It is my will and desire that all of my slaves now living or which may be living at the time of my death be free and I do herby bequeath to each and everyone of them their freedom immediately upon my death in as full an unlimited manner as the laws of Virginia will admit of - But should any of my slaves choose to avail themselves of this bequest of their freedom with the condition which the law may amend then it is my will and desire that they have privilege of choosing their master who may take them at the valuation of 2 good oxen to be chosen by my Executors and should the females electing chooses to keep any of their children with them it is my will that said children have liberty to obtain their freedom at the age of 21 years in the same manner - It is my wish and particular desire that in consideration of the general good conduct of my slaves, DAVY and his sister NANCY each the sum of $150 - I give to four old slaves, WILL, SAM, NED and BEN, the land I bought of __?___ - I give to all my slaves over 15 years of age at the time of my death each the sum of $20 (excepting NANCY & DAVE having already given them $150 each) - I give to my above named fireside servants DAVY & NANCY each a horse worth $40 and each 2 cows - I give to my nephew JOHN WARD JR all my tract or tracts land lying in Campbell County on Staunton River at Chelsey Ford supposed to be between 1200 and 1600 acres - I also give to my said nephew JOHN WARD all my tract of land lying on the James River in the County of Amherst just above Lynchburg supposed to be between 700 and 800 acres - I also give to my said nephew JR. WARD all my tract of land lying on the James River in the County of Amherst just above Lynchburg supposed to be between 750 and 800 acres - I also give to my said nephew JOHN WARD all my tract of land lying in the County of Pittsylvania on Pigg River and Frying Pan Creek which I bought of WILLIAM COLES supposed to be between 600 and 700 acres - I give to my nephew LYNCH DILLARD all my tract or tracts of land lying in Campbell County on Staunton River at the pockett supposed to be 1400 and 2000 acres - I also give to my said nephew LYNCH DILLARD all of my tract or tracts of land lying in Pittsylvania County on Straightstone Creek, whereon I formerly lived, supposed to contain between 1500 and 2000 acres - I also give to my said nephew LYNCH DILLARD my tract of land called Frank Smith's place &: all of my land adjoining that tract on Sycamore Creek supposed to be between 1500 and 1000 acres after the payment of all my just debts and the primary bequeaths herein mentioned & devised - I give all the rest and residue of my estate and property both real and personal of every sort and description whatever, not herein disposed of, to my two nephews, JOHN WARD JR. and LYNCH DILLARD my Executors to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31st day of July in the year of Christ 1826 - JOHN WARD SEN. (Seal)

Ward, John Chiles Jr (I37123)

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John Warfield, Sr., was of Medfield in 1679, and was in Mendon as early as 1683, where he was deacon of the church. He died April 12, 1692, in Mendon. His wife Hannah was alive as late as 1691, for her father's will, made March 27 of that year, leaves her five pounds "in good Country pay at money price to be paid three months after my decease." This bequest he also made, as follows: "And I also give unto my said two daughters [Mary and Hannah] my greatest Brass Kettle, the price as valued to be equally divided between them." Hannah, the widow of John Warfield, died in Mendon, March 9, 1712.

Warfield, Deacon John (I1934)

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John was born in 1629 at Rotterdam, Holland. He arrived in Virginia in 1651/2 and in the early 1670's built Arlington Mansion on the south shore of Old Plantation Creek in Northampton County.

In 1676 during Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia's royal governor William Berkeley fled from the capital at Jamestown, taking refuge temporarily with John Custis II. Thus, for a short while Arlington was the capital of the Virginia Colony.

He married Tabitha Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Edmund Scarburgh (II) and Mary Cade, after 1675.

He made a will on 18 March 1691 at Northampton Co, VA. John died on 29 Jan 1696. John's will was probated on 10 Feb 1695/96 at Northampton Co, VA.

1. Ralph T Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 971 (A83 - Deep Creek Plantation.

2. James R Revell Sr, Descendants of Randall Revell of the Eastern Shore, Custis Family Lineage Appendix.

3. Virginia M Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5.

4. Cynthia McDaniel, to M K Miles.

5. Inc. Arlington Foundation, Custis Genealogy Chart.

6. James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p 151 (will of John Custis, Esq, wife Tabitha).

Custis, John II (I47679)

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John was born June 9, 1777 in Pittsylvania County Virginia. He married Catherine Davis in 1803. Sometime around 1826 they moved to East Tennessee where he purchased land during the Hiwassee Purchase. This land is now the lower end of Meigs county on Big Springs road.

He was a prosperous farmer as his will shows considerable property and many slaves. He had several hundred dollars in Confederate notes in a bank in Athens, Tn. By the time he died, they were worth only 8 cents on the dollar. Also, mentioned in his settlement is son Jesse , who lived with them during the civil war, sold corn for 1$ a bushel to the Union army and there was a goverment voucher for $1,100 which may mean they sold other items. His settlement also states that $40 in gold was deposited by him with his son John.D. Chattin and was stolen from John D.'s wife by robbers during the war.

From "Branches" by Joyce Gass Hickey Edmondson

Chattin, John William Jr (I39171)

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John was noted for his sagacity in business and fine executive ability, as well as for his hospitality and love of pleasure. He lived in a style of profuse elegance, feasting and hunting and keeping fine horses and dogs.
For many years he was County Lieutenant of Chesterfield, an office of much dignity and importance, as he commanded the county militia, and presided at court.
He married (August 24, 1728) Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Col. Archibald Blair, and niece of the Commissary of the Bishop of London, Rev. Dr. James Blair, one of the founders of William and Mary College and its first President.

Bolling, Major John Kennon Jr. (I33238)

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John was one of two children born to John Oakes II & his wife, Hannah (Ford). John's brother was Charles Oakes, Sr. John was born around 1670 in York Co, Virginia. York County later became King William Co. Records show John III was granted 360 acres of land in King William Co. on October 28, 1702. John married Rachel Rawlings between 1702-1709 in Virginia. She was born around 1681 in VA.

Their 5 children:
(1) Thomas, b. about 1710 King William Co; married Elizabeth (maiden ?); 2 kids: Major Sr., Isaac Oakes
(2) Charles, b. about 1713 KWC; married Sarah (Haley); 2 kids: James Sr., John Oakes
(3) Mary Margaret, b. 1717 KWC; 1st spouse Thomas Peery, Sr.; 10 kids: Elizabeth, Margaret, John, James, Agnes, Thomas Jr., George, Robert, Mary Peery; 2nd spouse William McFeeters
(4) William, b. about 1715 KWC; wife's name unknown; 2 kids: William H., Daniel
(5) Sarah, b. about 1718 KWC; married Thomas Guthrey; 8 kids: Susannah King, Alexander King, Elizabeth, Travis, Henry, William, John, Sarah Guthrey

Birth: 1670 York County Virginia, USA
Death: 1730 King William County Virginia, USA

Parents:
John Oakes (1640 - 1700)
Hannah Ford Oakes (1650 - ____)

Spouse:
Rachel Rawlings Oakes (1681 - ____)*

Children:
Thomas Oakes (1710 - ____)*
Charles Oakes (1713 - 1760)*
William Oakes (1715 - 1765)*
Mary Margaret Oakes McPheeters (1717 - 1779)*
Sarah Oakes (1718 - ____)*

Sibling:
John Oakes (1670 - 1730)
Charles Oakes (1680 - 1730)*

Oakes, John III (I44413)

3434

John was the son of Daniel & Catherine Oakes. John was born in about 1785 in Pittsylvania Co, VA, & died after 06/22/1870 (date 1870 census was taken) in Benton Co, AR. He was a blacksmith, farmer and a Methodist.

John moved his wife & children from Pittsylvania Co, VA, to Fentress Co, TN, in 1834; he owned 500 acres of land there. The family moved by wagon train to Benton Co, AR, in 1854, except for his eldest son Rama.

John married Elizabeth (Barton) on August 26, 1810, in Pittsylvania Co.
Their 6 children:
1) Rama Alexander Sr., b. 1816; m. Mahala (Smith), 10 kids
2) Mariah, b. 1820 VA; m. William H. Buxton, 10 kids
3) William, b. 03/1823; 1st wife, Malinda (Wright), 9 kids; 2nd wife, Amanda (Nichols), 2 kids
4) James Barton, b. 06/20/1826; m. 1st wife, Rachel (Wright), 5 kids; 2nd wife, Charity Elizabeth (Trent), 9 kids
5) Martitia, b. 04/18/1827; m. Edward Graham, 6 kids
6) Martha Ann, b. 05/06/1831; m. George Washington Nichols, 10 kids

1870 Census: Benton County, Osage Twp, Bentonville, AR; enumerated June 22, 1870, by John W. Stroud
John Oakes, b. 1785, included in household of his daughter, Mariah (Oakes) Buxton (census spelling is Buston) and her children: Robert Buxton, age 17, Missouri; George Buxton, age 14, Missouri; Charles Hubby, age 20, Texas; Sarah (Oakes) Hubby, age 21, Tennessee (married Charles in January, 1870); John Oaks, age 85, Virginia.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70213048

Oakes, John (I44240)

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John Worley, b. before 1699, d. 1757

On 14 July 1718, at Henrico County, VA,, William Kennon was granted a patent in Henrico for the transportation of ten persons, including John Whorly (Pat 10:392).5

On 2 September 1720, at Henrico County, VA,, John Worley bought from James Aken Jr for 15 lbs 56 acres on north side of Swift Creek adj Capt John Worsham, being part of a grant to James Aken Sr and Richard Lyon and where Worley now lives (DB 1714-18:507).5

In May 1722, Court Order book shows record of a deed from John and Esther Worley to John Farlee, Jr. (Order Book 1719-24). It is my understanding from the introduction to this source that the deeds themselves for this period have not survived (1719-1724)..5

On 24 March 1725, at Henrico County, VA,, Richard Walthall patented 400 acres on the North side of the Appomattox River, beg at Mr. Alexander Marshall, on S side Deep Cr. of Swift Cr, on John Pride's line, for importation of 8 persons including John Worldley. The intro to Cavaliers and Pioneers stated that the headright system was much abused and people's headrights were claimed multiple times. It appears that Walthall was cheating here, since John's headright had already been claimed. The other possibility is that this headright was for John Jr. If that is the case, then both Johns were significantly older than previously suspected, although the ages that would be involved are not outside the range of possibility. Note that Henry Walthall was one of John Worley's neighbors on Swift Creek..6

On 17 August 1725, at Henrico County, VA,, John Worley patented 277 acres on the North side of Swift Creek adj Charles Clay on N side the main road, Martha Blankenship, Henry Walthall, Edward Hill, and John Farlow. Page 325, 30 shill..7

On 7 November 1726, at Henrico County, VA,, John and Esther Worley sold 277 acres to Will Moseley adjoining Charles Clay, Martha Blankenship, Walthall and Hill..2

In 1727, Goochland County was formed from part of Henrico. The land where John Worley had been living fell in the new county..

On 30 July 1730, at Goochland County, VA,, John Worley sued Thomas Lockett for trespass..2

On 4 March 1733, at Goochland County, VA,, Thomas Dickens sued John Worley for debt, case dismissed. Goochland order book 3, page 234. ("Valentine Papers", Thomas Dickens lived at Manakintown).2

On 19 March 1734, at Goochland County, VA,, John Worley is appointed surveyor of the road in place of Joseph Woodson. Then on May 20, 1735 he is replaced by Joseph Baugh..8

Fact 11735 In 1735, John Worley appeared on the titheable list of King William Parish, in the household of John James Florinoir, along with 3 slaves. I believe that makes him an overseer or some other type of servant. King William Parish was created by King William in 1700 with a grant of 10,000 acres to be settled by French Huguenots, who were escaping religious persecution in France. The first titheable list that exists is dated 1710. John Worley appears for the first time on the list of 1735, but that appears to be the only year when the names of the servants/overseers and slaves were listed. In 1736 John James Florinoir was still there but his household, as for other households, just shows a number of tithes, not the names. So we cannot tell in how many years before or after 1735 John was present. The main town in King William Parish was the town of Manakin, which is about 10 miles from Flat Rock (the current community where John Worley's 1749 land on Swift Creek was located). I need to find out how far the parish extended.

I don't know if this John Worley is Senior or Junior. We know that John Jr was an adult and had saved up enough money to buy land (or at least make a down payment on it) in 1741, so it's quite likely that he was already old enough in 1735 to have a job working for a French planter..9

Fact 120 April 1736 On 20 April 1736, at Goochland County, VA,, "Ordered that the titheables of Col Richard Randolph's two quarters, Capt Moseley's quarter, William Clay, Thomas Moor, and John Worley at Jenito Quarter, do work on the road whereof Henry Clay is Surveyor, that John Baugh do clear the road from Ditoways Branch to Watkins Path and that Henry Clay keep the bridge in repair." I include this detail because most of the other names are recognizeable as neighbors or purchasers of the land John Worley has owned or will own, which suggests that he still lived on part of it as a tenant or had bought another parcel of land with a deed that has not survived..10 Fact 11743 In 1743, at Goochland County, VA,, The court ordered that John Worley is to be levy free. This usually happened when a person was infirm or elderly, so I'm assuming they meant John Sr..2

Fact 122 August 1745 On 22 August 1745, at Goochland County, VA,, At a meeting of the vestry of Southam Parish (Episcopal, which was then the state church) held at Peterville Church, the vestry ordered the building of several chapels, including the following sentence "ordered that a chapel be built at or near the Reading Place at Worleys as soon as conviently may be done." On Feb. 25, 1746 the vestry ordered that the Chapel at Worley's be let to the lowest bidder. On Sept. 16, 1748 three church members were appointed to "view and receive the South Chapel if built according to agreement" and "John Worley (the elder) is appointed Sexton of South Chapel at the rate of 500 lb of tobacco per year. " On December 20, 1749 John Worley was paid the 500 lbs of tobacco for being the sexton of South Chapel, plus 300 lbs for clearing around the South Chapel, 90 lbs for three ?horse blocks, 100 lbs for setting up tenn benches and 20 lbs for pins for the windows. John Worley (spelled Worley, Whirley, Whirly, Wherley) was paid that same 500 lbs of tobacco every year through December 1757, with a few extra's (50 lbs for use of his Bible in 1751 and 100 lbs for making benches in 1754.) On December 15, 1757 the list of debts of the parish included 500 lbs to John Worley for being Sexton and 100 lbs to "Easter Worley for her husband making and setting up 5 racks at South Chapel." On the same date "Esther Wherley is appointed sexton of South Chapel in the room of John Worley, deceased.".11

Fact 121 May 1748 On 21 May 1748, at Goochland County, VA,, As part of the "processioning" for the Southam parish (determining agreed-upopn boundary lines, for the purpose of preventing disputes) the report lists "a line between Thomas Watkins and John Worley, a line between John Worley and Henry Clay, a line between John Worley and William Moseley, a line between John Worley and William Rigon or Sigon, a line between John Moseley and John Worley. This was a year before the date of the deed for the purchase of the only property I know John to have owned at his death. So either he had 2 pieces of property or the deed for some reason was dated later than his actual possession of the land. I wonder if he was paying for the land in installments and the deed was not recorded until the price was fully paid..12

Fact 125 September 1749 On 25 September 1749, at Cumberland County, VA,, John Worley bought from Isaac and Ann Robinson 200 acres on the north side of the Appomattox River, being part of a 400 acre tract patented to Robinson in 1734, on both sides of the main branch of Swift Creek. Witnessed by Anthony Agee, Francis Marshall and William Riggin. On the same day the purchase by Anthony Agee (John's son-in-law) was recorded of 140 acres " on the Buckingham Road" adjoining John Worley..13

Will22 March 1757 John Worley left a will on 22 March 1757 at Cumberland County, VA. Text of the will: I John Worley am disposed to make my Will being in ...Health and Sense and Memory praised be to God for it. In the Name of God Amen. i give my soul to God ... it and my body to be buried at the Descretion of my ...Item I give to my well beloved Wife Esther Worley all my .. after my debts are pay'd and the Plantation whereon I ... during her life and then the said Plantation after her .. give to my grandson Charles Maxey to him and his heirs .. lafully begotten and never to be sold and if the s'd Charles Maxey should dye then to fall to John Gipson son to Thos and Elizabeth Gibson.
Item I give to John Worley Jr younger and my grandson the plantation where his father now lives and so to a new line I make according to my own pleasure for the division but my Will is that my son John Worley shall have the sd Plantation during his life but no liberty to sell it nor to rent it.
Item. I give to my son John Worley Junr one shilling sterling
Item. I give to my son Wm Worley one shiling sterling.
Item. I give to my daughter Mary Maxey one shilling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Elizabeth Gibson one shilling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Christian Agee one shiling sterling.
Item. I give to Daughter Jude Smith one shilling sterling
and this I alow to be my last Will and testament as Witness my hand this 22 Day of March 1757. John Worley SSCurnell Keen, Nathael Maxey wit

At a court held for Cumberland County the 27 day of March 1758, the last will of John Worley decd was proved by the witnesses hereto and by the court ordered to be recorded. (The writing is very faded. Words I could not read are marked ....).3

Family

Esther ? d. circa 1772

Marriagebefore 1719

He married Esther ? before 1719.2

Children 1.William Worley+ b. b 1718, d. 17873 2.John Worley Jr.+ b. b 1720, d. bt 1777 - 17783 3.Mary Worley b. b 17243 4.Elizabeth Worley 3 5.Christian Worley 3 6.Jude Worley 3 Citations

[S264] Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors.
[S263] Worley, Maxey and Agee Data from The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47) researched by William Worley, message titled "Worley and others: Info from The Huguenot," listserve message from John Ottinger to e-mail address, 3/25/2000.
[S169] John Worley Sr. Will (Written March 22, 1757, proven in court March 27, 1758).
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, pages 103-106, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S264] Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors, page 385.
[S32] Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers Volume 3, page 303.
[S32] Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers Volume 3, page 293.
[S269] Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744, page 23.
[S266] Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s, CD-ROM, Item Titled "The Vestry Book of King William Parish, VA, 107-1750."
[S269] Nathaniel Mason Pawlett, Goochland County Road Orders 1728-1744, page 26.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, page 25-26, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S267] Deed from Isaac Robinson to John Worley, Deed Book 1, page 52.

Esther ?1d. circa 1772 Last Edited2 May 2003 Marriagebefore 1719 Esther ? married John Worley before 1719.2 Deathcirca 1772 Esther ? died circa 1772 at Cumberland County, VA.3 Fact 115 December 1757 On 15 December 1757, at Goochland County, VA,, Esther Wherley was appointed seton of the south chapel in place of her deceased husband. She was paid 500 lbs of tobacco each year for this service through December 1771, sometimes referred to as Easter or Hester. Beginning in 1765 she was paid an additional 200 lbs each year "as a poor person." That was apparently normal; there were a number of others given money, who were listed as "poor people." Beginning at the vestry list of November 1772, William Worley was paid as the sexton of South Chapel. There was no mention of her death, but presumably she was either deceased or too infirm to perform the duties..3 FamilyJohn Worley b. before 1699, d. 1757Children 1.William Worley+ b. b 1718, d. 1787 2.John Worley Jr.+ b. b 1720, d. bt 1777 - 1778 3.Mary Worley b. b 17244 4.Elizabeth Worley 4 5.Christian Worley 4 6.Jude Worley 4 Citations

(Esther's last name is not Blount. There were a couple named John Worley and Esther Blount in Tyrell County, NC who were evidently contemporaries of this John and Esther, but several researchers on WORLEY-L who have researched that family have stated that they are definitely a separate couple. [details can be found at Rootsweb in the WORLEY-L archives] My personal theory is that Esther's last name may have been Christian. There was a family by that name in the area; I think they may have been Huguenots, and of course she named her daughter Christian. Needs further research. In 1777 when John Jr and William Worley took the oath of allegiance in Powhatan Co, VA, their names were on a page with several othe known neighbors (Farley, Moseley, Maxey, Lockett). Also on that same page were Anthony Christian Sr and Anthony Christian Jr.
[S263] Worley, Maxey and Agee Data from The Huguenot, No 13 (1945-47) researched by William Worley, message titled "Worley and others: Info from The Huguenot," listserve message from John Ottinger to e-mail address, 3/25/2000.
[S327] Powhatan County, VA Southam Episcopal Parish, Southam Parish Vestry Book, 1745-1836.
[S169] John Worley Sr. Will (Written March 22, 1757, proven in court March 27, 1758).

Worley, John (I42028)

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John Yates ( 1595 – 1648) George Cabell Greer's compilation Early Virginia Immigrates 1623 -1 1666 states that John Yates immigrated to Virginia probably in 1635 by William Barber, a mariner of Charles City Company. In 1636 he paid the passage of Joane, his wife and Richard and Mary Yates. It is possible they were his children. In 1638 he paid for transport of Jone Yates to Lower New Norfolk Co. Virginia. Movements within Virginia were also listed as "transports" the same as movements to Virginia
The Complete book of Emigrants b 1607-1660 by Peter Wilson Coldham lists three 1635 transports of a John Yates. The one by Barber mentioned above adds that John Yates was 20 years old. There is another dated June 10, 1635 where a John Yates, age 48 went from London to Bermuda on the True Love of London, Mr. Robert Dennis. As our John Yates of Virginia paid for a number of passages in 1636 he may have been an older man with an established family. The 20 year old John may have been the son of the 48 year old John though there is no proof of that.
John was an active leader in the community. He was listed as a Church warden of "ye pish of Elizabeth River" in 1642. This is from Lower Norfolk county Libraries, Vol. 1 page 145.
John died in 1648 in Virginia. Lower Norfolk County Libraries, Volume 1, page 104, it was noted that he had owned two bibles and other old books valued at 220 pounds. The list was an inventory of all books of Lower Norfolk county. Therefore, John Yates was an educated man, able to read. The inventory of his Norfolk County estate is also noted in Virginia Wills and Administrations by Clayton Torrence. As is the will of Joane Yates in 1666.
The death of Joane Yates in 1666 is also in The Virginia Genealogist 1966 in an article called Creekmore Notes compiled by Mabel H. Thornton and Elizabeth B. Wingo.

Yates, John (I24578)

3437

John Yates is listed in the 1767 Tithables of Pittsylvania Co. with his son John and slaves Bob and Cate. John Yates left his will in Pittsylvania County in 1778. He is known in family history circles as John Yates of Dan River. His will was dated October 24, 1777 and was probated April 23, 1778. He owned a tavern near Gretna, Virginia (on Rte. 29 near Chatham) that is on the Historic Site register. The Blue Ridge Park created in this century took part of the Yates land. There is a Yates reunion in Patrick Springs. The were all Primitive Baptists. Could be the John Yates who received a grant of 356 acres in Virginia in 1735 (Bishop Meade) and the John Yeates who received 204 acres in Brunswick County, July 26, 1747 (No. 28, p. 89). A John Yates also received 348 acres in Pittsylvania County, March 1, 1773; alternatively this could have been his son, John L. Yates. He continued to record most of his land dealings in Halifax Co. even after Pittsylvania was formed in 1767.

Known children: Lydia, John, George, Stephen, Elijah, Hannah, Ann, Martha.

Yates, John Estes "Of Dan River" III (I718)

3438

John Yates – b:)1590, Nottinghamshire, England; d:1648 in Norfolk County, Virginia, was a ship’s carpenter – and planter.
Joane Gaither – b: 1620 (no idea where);d: 1664 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia.

Yates, John (I24578)

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John, son of John Collins, was born in Boston about 1640, died at Guilford Connecticutt Dec 10 1704. He came to Guilford in 1669, having previously been at Branford, and bought John Stevens' house and land, and was made planter Feb 13 1670-71. He was one of the patentees named in the Charter of 1685, granted by the Connecticutt government. He served as townsman and school teacher as late as 1702. He was chosen to teach grammar school in Sep 1682, and allowed thirty pounds a year, to be paid in produce. He married first in 1662 Mary Trowbridge, who died at Branford Connecticutt in 1667. He married second June 2 1669 Mary Kingsnorth, sister of Henry Kingsnorth of Guilford. He married third March 6 1699 Dorcas (Swain) Taintor, who died May 1724, daughter of Samuel Swain and widow of John Taintor. Children, all by first wife: Mary born 1663, John 1665, Robert 1667.

Collins, John (I49843)

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John/1 Jones, of Cambridge, MA, married, circa 1645, as her 1st husband, Dorcas (–?–). 1 He removed from Cambridge to Concord about 1650, and was admitted a freeman 22 May of that year. 1,2 His taxes for 9 lots comprising 351 acres at Concord were abated in the 1666 tax list. 3 Resided in Concord's North District, near the 1835 habitation of James Jones. 1
He died at Concord 22 Jun 1673. 4 His widow married (2), 1674, Lt. William/1 Buss of Concord. 5

Family

Dorcas (–?–) d. 22 Nov 1709

Children

Samuel/2 Jones 6 b. 8 Oct 1648, d. 5 Jan 1717/18
Ephraim/2 Jones 7 b. 6 Jan 1650/51, d. 23 Jan 1676
Elizabeth/2 Jones 8 b. 11 Feb 1652
John/2 Jones+ 9 b. 6 Jul 1656, d. 14 Feb 1725/26
Rebecca/2 Jones 10 b. 8 Mar 1662/63, d. 17 Jul 1712

Source Citations/Notes:
[S182] Shattuck, Hist. Concord, 376–77, Jones genealogy.
[S222] Paige, "Massachusetts Freemen," 22, John Jones.
[S182] Shattuck, Hist. Concord, 37, 1666 tax list.
[S185] Concord BMD, 17, John Jones d.
[S185] Concord BMD, 18, William Buss/Dorcas Jones m.
[S308] Cambridge VR, 1:401, Samuel Jones b.
[S185] Concord BMD, 10, Efram Jones b.
[S185] Concord BMD, 10, Elizabeth Jones b.
[S185] Concord BMD, 10, John Jones b.
[S185] Concord BMD, 10, Rebake Jones b.

Jones, John (I4247)

3441

Jomfru ved skifte etter farmoren

Tuchsen, Christine Maria (I39544)

3442

Jonas Daae døde i Vik prestegård, av slag

Daae, Jonas (I39539)

3443

Jonathan & Mary were both members of the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church.

Will dated 25 Feb 1779; proved 05 Jun 1783:
Grandson, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, son of Malichi, deceased - 10 shillings.
Son, Jonathan - 1/2 of salt meadow that I bought of Nugent Kelly of 6 2/3 acres.
Grandson, Jonathan Fitz Randolph, son of Malichi, deceased - The other 1/2.
Son, Samuel - Land that I bought of Samuel Johnston, lying on Schooley's Mountain.
Son, Phinehas - Plantation I live on and 36 acres that I bought of Thomas Holton.
Daughter, Shsanna Boyde, widow of Patrick Doyle, if she be alive - 40 shillings.
Executors: Son, Jonathan and friend, Henry Sutton.
Witnesses: Benjamin Dunn, Sarah Davis, Justice Dunn.
05 June 1783 - Inventory: L18.5.6 made by Isaac Fauret and Justice Dunn.
Lib. 34, p.307.

Information Sources:
1. "Fitz Randolph Traditions" by Lewis V. Fitz Randolph - 1907 Sect 1,LL. Ch 1&2.
2. "Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families & Norman ancestry" by Oris H. Fitz Randolph - 1976, p 148.
3. Proceedings of The New Jersey Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. II, 1897, P.355.

Fitz Randolph, Jonathan (I22582)

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JONES FAMILY HISTORY As shown by ORIGINAL RECORDS.

Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Court Orders, Book 31

Elisha Jones files for Revolutionary War Pension in the above mentioned county on the 22nd day of August. He appeared personally before the County Court in said County; Elisha Jones a resident of said County aged Seventy odd years who being first duly known according to Son doth on his Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress paped [passed] June 7th 1832. That he enlisted &c. (as on Declaration).

Personal Data in Pension Records in National Archives.
Elisha Jones (S5633; VA. Service and Agcy.,; Cert. 16385 issued 5th of August 1833, Act. 7 June 1832, at $100 per an. from 4 March 1831).

Soldier applied for pension 22 August 1832, age over 70 years, from Pittsylvania County, Virginia; entered the service 1 January 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia and served under Captain Wm. Meredith, also in the Company of Captain Nathaniel Burwell, 2d Lt. Wm. Stevenson, 1st Lt. John Blair,1st Va. Regiment Artillery. He first marched to Williamsburg, to Portsmouth, Ft. Nelson, and remained there about eight months; thence to Gasport for two months, to Portsmouth, to Hampton, and to Valley Forge,and met the main army; was in the battle of Monmouth, White Plains for two weeks, Ft. Putnam on North River for one month, and then joined the command of General Knox at Pluckemin, N. J. and winter quarters. He served over two years.

Pittsylvania County Records November 20, 1848
Court Orders, Book 40, pg. 92:

The Court doth certify the Elisha Jones who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War departed this life in this county on the 27th day of October last.

Virginia State Library
Military Certificate No. 2: 3229-4769...
Council Chamber March 18th 1784
I do Certify that Elisha Jones is entitled to the proportion of Land allowed as Private of the State line who has served three years.
N3439 Thos. Meriwether
Benjamin Harrison
A Warrant for 100 acres ipued (issued) to Samuel Couch as a/c of Elisha Jones September 11th 1784.

Will of Elisha Jones
Pittsylvania County, Va.
Will Bk. 2, pg. 60:
Will made: 19 January 1844
Recorded: 20 November 1848
I Elisha Jones of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia being of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertaintyof human life, do hereby make and ordain this my last will and testament,hereby revoking all wills by me made heretofore.
First, I give and bequeath to my son John Jones one Negro Girl Marynow about 14 years of age, and her increase to him and his heirs forever-
Secondly, I devise to my son Alexander Jones and his heirs forever one Negro woman Nancy and her young child, now a few days old & mot yetnamed and their future increase in fee simple in addition to what I have heretofore given him.
Thirdly, I devise to my Daughter Giddy Mottley the wife of John Mottley during her life one mullatto boy John and at her death to be equally divided among her children; and it is my desire that John Mottley shall have no control whatever over the said boy John.
Fourthly, I devise to the children of my son George Jones Decd. and their heirs, on Negro boy Morton.
Fifthly, I devise to my Daughter Polly Mottley during life one Negro boy Vaden, and at her death to be equally divided between her children.
Sixthly, I devise to the children of Betsey Morrison the wife of William Morrison, on Negro Girl Sally and her future increase and one hundred acres of Land near the Pittsylvania Court House, to be equally divided among said children.
Seventhly, I devise to my Daughter Anny Oakes the wife of Thomas Oakes during her life one Negro boy Green and at her death to be equally divided among her children.
Lastly, Any property I may have at my Death not herein before disposed of, I give to my son Alexander Jones, in addition to what I have heretofore given him.
I appoint my friend Coalman D. Bennett Executor of this my last will; As witness my hand this 19th day of January 1844; signed and delivered in the presence of Richd. Jones, William Haden, David Thomas.

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Elisha X Jones
Mark

At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 20th day of November 1848; This last will and Testament of Elisha Jones Decd. was presented in Court and proven by the oaths of the three subscribing witnesses to be the act and deed of said Testator and ordered to be recorded; And on the motion of Caolman D. Bennett the Executor in said will named who made oath and with Thomas Oakes, John Jones, Senr., Alexander Jones and John W. Jones as he entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of four thousand five hundred dollars conditioned according to Law, certificate is granted him obtaining probat of said will in due form;

Teste
Wm. H. Tunstall Clk.

Court Order 40, page 92:
The Court doth certify that Elisha Jones who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War departed this life in the county on the 27th day of October last.
Recorded: 20 November 1848

Pittsylvania County Court Records
Court Order 35, pg. 222:
Court February 17, 1840
A deed of trust from Geo. Hoskins to William H. Tunstall Trustee tosecure & Indemnify Wilson & Bennett and Coalman D. Bennett Conveyinghis wife?s interest in
Elisha Jones Estate was acknowledged by said Geo. Hoskins to be his own act and deed and admitted to record in the officethe 9th day of this month.
NOTE: Alexander Jones gt-granddaughter, Gayle, md. George Hoskins and thus in this way was an heir of Elisha Jones.

Pittsylvania Death Register:
Mary (Polly) E. Jones, wife of Joseph Motley was daughter of Elisha and J. Jones. She died 29 Jan 1862 of at 83 years of age. Her informant was her son, John Motley.

Pension Record in National Archives
Birth: In 1832 he was aged 70 years.
Service: In a declaration for pension made on August 22, 1832, the veteran stated that he enlisted on January 1, 1777, served as a Private in Captain Nathaniel Burwells Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery and was in the Battle of Monmouth; he served at least two years.

Pension: Elisha Jones was allowed pension on Certificate No. 16385, issued under act of June 7, 1832 and paid at the Virginia Agency.

Residence: In 1777 he lived in Hanover County, Virginia, In 1832 he resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia,

Veterans Name: Elisha Jones
Pension Case Number: S 5 633

Woodford County, Kentucky, Old Kentucky Entries & Deeds by Willard Reuse Jillson pg. 341 is found: Elisha Jones, 100 A.
Warrant #3439 Service 3 yrs. soldier in Virginia line date 9-11-1784.

Jones, Elisha (I45)

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Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. <i>Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900</i>. Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry.

Source (S1011)

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Jorund or Jörundr (5th century) was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling. He was the son of Yngvi, and he had reclaimed the throne of Sweden for his dynasty from Haki (the brother of Hagbard, the hero of the legend of Hagbard and Signy, and Snorri cites two kennings from this legend Sigar's steed and Hagard's fell noose, when telling of Jorund).

Snorri Sturluson relates that when Jorund was young he used to travel the seas and plunder with his brother Erik, and they were great warriors. One summer they plundered in Denmark where they met another pillager, King Gudlög of Hålogaland (a province in Norway) with whom they fought. They took him prisoner and carried him ashore at Stromones where they hanged him. Gudlaug's surviving companions raised a mound over him there.

Snorri then cites the poem Háleygjatal by a Norwegian skald named Eyvindr skáldaspillir:

En Guðlaugr
grimman tamdi
við ofrkapp
austrkonunga
Sigars jó,
er synir Yngva
menglötuð
við meið reiddu.
Og náreiðr
á nesi drúpir
vingameiðr,
þar er víkur deilir,
þar er fjölkunnt
um fylkis hreyr
steini merkt,
Straumeyjarnes.
By the fierce East-kings' cruel pride,
Gudlog must on the wild horse ride --
The wildest horse you e'er did see:
'Tis Sigur's steed – the gallows tree.
At Stromones the tree did grow,
Where Gudlog's corpse waves on the bough.
A high stone stands on Stromo's heath,
To tell the gallant hero's death.
This act rendered the Swedish princes, Eric and Jorund, even more famous and they were thought of as even greater men. When they learnt that King Haki no longer had his forces around him, they decided to take care of their enemy. They assembled a large force that was joined by Swedes as they approached. They entered Mälaren (a bay at the time) and steered towards Uppsala. They left their ships at the Fyris Wolds and were met by Haki who had fewer men. Haki was a brutal fighter and managed to turn the tide of the battle. He slew Erik who held the banner and Jorund retreated with his men. Haki had been seriously wounded and died.

Jorund then ruled Sweden at Uppsala, but he usually spent the summers pillaging. One summer, he plundered in Jutland and entered Limfjorden, where he continued the pillaging. They anchored in Oddesund (before a storm in 1825, it was near the innermost part of the fjord and almost 200 km from its mouth) but were discovered by the Norwegian pirate Gylaug of Hålogaland, the son of Gudlaug. Gylaug and his men attacked them and were joined by local forces who wanted revenge. As Jorund was vastly outnumbered (and had to run an almost 200 km long gauntlet to get out of the fjord), he lost the battle, and Gylaug had him hanged.

Snorri illustrates this event with the stanza from Ynglingatal:

Varð Jörundr
hinn er endr of dó,
lífs of lattr
í Limafirði,
þá er hábrjóstr
hörva Sleipnir
bana Goðlaugs
of bera skyldi;
ok Hagbarðs
hersa valdi
höðnu leif
at halsi gekk.
Jorund has travelled far and wide,
But the same horse he must bestride
On which he made brave Gudlog ride.
He too must for a necklace wear
Hagbert's fell noose in middle air.
The army leader thus must ride
On Horva's horse, at Lymfjord's side.
The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation, continuing after Yngvi (called Ingialdr):

Post hunc filius ejus Jorundr, qui cum Danos debellasset, ab eisdem suspensus in loco Oddasund in sinu quodam Daciæ, quem Limafiorth indiginæ appellant, male vitam finivit. Iste genuit Auchun (i.e. Aun) [...]

After him his son Jorund ruled, who ended his days unhappily once he had fought a war against the Danes, who hanged him at Oddesund, on an arm of the sea in Denmark which the natives call Limfjorden. He became the father of Aukun, [...]

The even earlier source Íslendingabók also cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it gives the same line of succession: xiiii Yngvi. xv Jörundr. xvi Aun inn gamli.

The Skjöldunga saga and the Bjarkarímur tell that Jorund was defeated by the Danish king Fróði (corresponds to the Heaðobard Froda in Beowulf), who made him a tributary and took his daughter. The daughter gave birth to Halfdan, but another woman became Fróði's legitimate wife and gave him an heir named Ingjaldr (corresponds to the Heaðobard Ingeld in Beowulf). Together with one of his earls, Swerting, Jorund conspired against Fróði and killed him during the blót.

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Joseph STREET
Born in 1720 - Prob. Caroline County, Virginia
Deceased in 1780 - Halifax Or Hanover Virginia, aged 60 years old
Parents William STREET ca 1690-1752 Jane WADDY
Spouses and children
Married to Jean Jane MURRAY ca 1740- with
David STREET 1754-1843
Anthony STREET 1757-1836
Joseph STREET, Jr . ca 1761-
Frances STREET 1762-
John Murray , Sr. STREET ca 1763-ca 1836
Sarah STREET ca 1764-
Elizabeth STREET ca 1765-1780
Nathaniel STREET 1765-
Annie STREET ca 1766-
James Murray STREET 1768-1840
Siblings
John STREET ca 1710-
Rachael STREET ca 1712-
William STREET ca 1714-
Anthony STREET 1717-1790

Street, Joseph (I33171)

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Joseph Allen was born just before 1765, probably in Virginia. He received a Military Land Warrant #848 for three years' service in the Virginia line on 17 June 1783. He is listed as serving in the 2nd Virginia Brigade or State Line, Colonel Marshall's Artillery Regiment.
What is now Kentucky was previously part of the state of Virginia. In December 1776 Kentucky Co., Virginia was created. In 1780 it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln Counties. In 1785, Bourbon County was created from Fayette County and Joseph appears on 19 Sep 1787 (?) as a signer of a petition to the state of Virginia to create Bourbon County. Mason County was formed from Bourbon County in 1788 and finally in 1798 Fleming County was formed from Mason County. Joseph Allen had lived in four counties without moving.

Joseph Allen appears on the list for Central Kentucky Militia in 1786 in Captain Cave Johnson's Company along with a William Walker and Henry Chandler

On 3 Sep 1788 Joseph Allen married Dorothy Walker in Bourbon Co., Kentucky. Thought Dorothy was listed as "of age" her guardians were George and Eliza? Elijah Wood.

On 21 Aug 1790, Joseph Allen appears as the only Allen in the 1790 Kentucky Tax List.

On 27 August 1793 Joseph Allen purchased lot #42 in the town of Washington, Mason Co., Kentucky from William Wood and Arthur Fox and their wives. This town was developed as a possible capitol city for Kentucky. Joseph is listed there in the census as a blue dyer by occupation.

Joseph and Dorothy Allen were the parents of at least nine children-five girls and four boys. Daughters were Nancy m. Nathaniel Chandler, Mariah m. Nathaniel Chandler (after death of her sister), Margaret m. William McCord Sr., and Elizabeth who married Thomas Owen Caywood. Sons were James F. Allen who married Mary Hyzer, Joseph, Henry L. Allen who married Elizabeth Sullivan and William H Allen who married Eliza Reader. Many descendants of this family moved into Daviess County, Indiana.

In 1793 Joseph Allen was appointed in Mason County as a trustee for land and boundary formation.
Joseph Allen appears in the 1800 census of Kentucky in Mason County. Other Allens in that county were Adam, Barnabas, Hugh, and William. A Robert Allen appeared in Fleming Co. Joseph Allen appears in the 1810 Census of Mason County, Kentucky (with four male children and five female children in addition to himself and Elizabeth, his wife). Joseph Allen appears in the 1820 census of Fleming Co, Kentucky with one male 45+, a female 26-45, a female 16-26, and one male and one female 0-10.

Shortly after, Joseph Allen died 24 September 1822 in Fleming County, Kentucky. His estate bill of sale named William Mc Cord, Sr. as the administrator. Among those purchasing items at the sale were: Benjamin Allen, William Frealts, Nathaniel Chandler, William McCord, John McCord, Jr., Thomas Caywood, Thomas McCarty, Joseph Thomson, William McCord Sr., John McCord, Jesse Hickman, James McCord Jr., James McCord, and Erasmus Caywood.
Items found in the sale included ten books, a Bible, a razor and razor strap, a set of weights, a sifter, two candlesticks, two smoothing irons, a sprouting hoe, a shovel, a coffee mill,a pair of knives and forks, two hoes, a keg, an ink stand, two buckets, a teakettle, a pair of snuffers, a big wheel, a bell, three bedstands, a blanket, a hackel, six chairs, a chest, two big kettles, a pot, a tub, a big coat, a coat, two pair pantaloons, a hat, a pair of shoes, a table, a candlestand, two washing tubs, a pair of specks, a howel, thirteen big spools and Chandler's note worth $733. One wonders what his widow used to live with after he died! However, the number of books and writing tools indicate literacy.

Allen, Joseph (I26673)

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Joseph and brother Maximilian sailed from Hull, England, in 1638 on the ship "John of London" to Boston Mass, 1 Dec 1638. Founded the town of Rowley, Mass. Rep. to general court, 1651-1654 & 1660, a large land owner, and he and brother Max founded the 1st woolen mills. he married 2nd to Ann Allen (widow of Bozoan Allen of Boston) May 13,1653.

Jewitt, Joseph (I19503)

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Joseph and Sarah Barnard

A law on Massachusetts stated that Persons whose estates did not exceed 200 lbs. and those dependent upon them, should not wear gold and silver, or lace above 2 shillings per yard or silk hoods or scarves. The penalty was 10 shillings. In 1673, 25 wives and 5 maids were fined. Sarah Strong (age 19) of Hadley was among them. She was fined 10 shillings and costs, 2 shillings & 6 pence. After she married Joseph Barnard, they moved to Deerfield, where he was a tailor, farmer and one of the leading citizens, and in 1690, the first Town Clerk.

On Aug. 21, 1695, five men. including Joseph Barnard, set out from Deerfield for the mill, three miles away, each with his gun across his saddle. Capt. Wells, the commander of the town. having been warned the night before of impending danger, rode up and stopped them. But when he saw Joseph Barnard in the party, knowing him to be a prudent man, he let them go. Before they reached the mill, the horses began to snort and became frightened. Suddenly, one of the men cried out, "Indians, Indians" and they all turned to head back toward town. The Indians fired and hit Joseph in the left arm, shattering his wrist. They shot him once more and also shot his horse. Godfrey Nims put him on his horse and then Nim's horse was shot. Then Philip Matton mounted Joseph on his horse and they rode back to town. Joseph lingered until Sept. 6, and then died.

Col. John Pynchon description of the event:

"On 21 Aug. 1695, eight Indians at Deerfield laid in wait, near the road, one mile from the garrison. Five men, headed for the mill, when they had 7 or 8 guns fired at them, unexpectedly Joseph Barnard was shot off his horse and seriously wounded but surprizingly no one else was hurt. As the others helped Barnard to remount, the Indians could have rushed forward, but they did not, possibly because one of the men kept calling as if there were others approaching. Then the horse was shot out from under Barnard again, and he mounted for the third time, another horse. They fired again, and again hit him. Immediately, 30 or 40 men set out in pursuit of the Indians, but could not find them".

Three years later, she married Capt. Jonathan Wells, in 1698. At the time she had a 12-year old daughter, Rebecca Barnard and Jonathan had a 15 year old son, Jonathan Jr. Nineteen years later these two were married.

At age, 16, Jonathan Became known as the "Boy Hero" of the Fight at Turner's falls, on 19 May 1676. After the massacre of a group of Indians at Turner's falls, the militia was attacked by hundreds of Indians, who rushed in at the news of the fight. Jonathan was in the rear guard, with 20 men covering Capt. William Turner's retreat. He wrote about his experiences after the battle.

As the rear guard protected Turner's forcers, three Indians shot at Jonathan at close range. One bullet brushed his hair, one hit his horse and another struck him in the thigh. In danger of falling off his horse, the grabbed the horse's mane and recovered himself. Believing him to be badly wounded, some of the Indians charged him, but he kept them back with a couple of shots. He picked up Stephen Belding, a 16 year old companion, and they escaped on Jonathan's horse. When he reached Capt. Turner, he urged the commander to either turn back or at least wait until the rear guard caught up. But Capt. Turner replied, "Better to save some, than to lose all", at which time the main force broke up and went different directions.

Jonathan fell back to the rear again with some men. They ran into some Indians and most of the men with him were killed. The remaining force split again. Ten men stayed with Jonathan, but as his horse began struggling with his wound, and with Jonathan weak from the loss of blood, he was left behind, with another wounded man, John Jones. Jonathan had a gun and Jones had a sword. Neither knew the woods, nor could they find a trail. They decided to split up to find a trail, and since Jones' wound appeared to be fatal, Jonathan was glad to leave him, so he would not be slowed down. At one point, with Indians on his trail, he nearly fainted, but he ate a nutmeg his grandmother had given him, and he revived. He reached Green River and started up a mountain, but he fainted and fell off his horse. When he came to, he found the bridle reins in his hands and his horse standing beside him. He tied his horse and laid down again. After a while he grew so weak he could not get back on his horse. He thought he was going to die there, so, pitying his horse he released him, never thinking about keeping some provisions in the saddle bags. At noon he was bothered by flies, so using his flintlock he started a fire and set the woods on fire. The fire soon spread so fast his hands and hair were burned. Then, realizing the fire would attract the Indians, he resigned himself to the fact they would find him and he would be killed. He flung his powder horn in one direction and his bullet pouch in another so they would not find them. He kept a little powder so he might have one shot before he was killed. He stopped the bleeding of his wound, crawled to a different spot to rest, away from the fire and fell asleep. When he awoke, he found he had new strength, and he could walk using his gun as a staff. After a few miles, he reached a river. He laid down and fell asleep again. When he awoke he saw an Indian approaching him in a canoe. He was greatly frightened because his gun was full of sand and he was in no condition to fight. But he aimed his gun at the Indian and the frightened foe jumped out of his canoe and fled. The Indian, upon reaching his people told them the English army was coming because he had seen one of their scouts.

Jonathan, expecting the Indians to return, hid among some fallen trees in a swamp. Finally, he reached Hatfield, and safety. It took him four years for his wounds to heal, one and one half years he laid in one spot on a bed, without being turned once and the skin came off his back from laying in one position.

Jonathan Wells was the military commander of Deerfield, when it was attacked in 1704 and he survived because his house was fortified and not attacked. The next day he led a force that drove the French & Indians out of town, but he did not order a pursuit, in the three foot snows, possibly remembering his experience at Turner's Falls and not wanting to be drawn into an ambush. (Volume 8 Mary and John Clearinghouse.)

Barnard, Joseph (I30137)