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6751 Prost i Nordhordland Daae, Iver Munthe (I39563)
 
6752 Prost i Sogn Daae, Anders (I39483)
 
6753 Provst i Sogn Michelet, Jakob Post (I39545)
 
6754 provst i Sogn Daae, Anders (I39519)
 
6755 Provst i Øst-Finnmark Daae, Ove Christian Leyrdahl (I39507)
 
6756 Pvt. Josiah Osbourn Eanes died at Valley Forge, PA under the command ofGeneral George Washington. Before his death he was sick for three months, absent for one month and then he died in May. His personal ID was VA24212. He fought for the 15th Virginia regiment, 3rd Division, 3rd Virginia Bragade, Gibbs' & Harris Company.Dar Patriot Index: "Josiah Eanes: b 6-13-1733 d 1777 m X Pvt AV PA" Eanes, Josiah Osbourne (I39011)
 
6757 Quit Claim Deed Peter Hubbard Jr, Nicholas Hubbard, George & Phoebe Holsapple to Andrew Keller

This indenture made this Eleventh day of August one thousand eight hundred & seventeen between Peter Hubbard & Rebeckah his wife Nicholas Hubbard & barbary his wife George holsapple & Pheby his wife of the County of Washington and State of Indiana of the first part and Andrew Keller of County & State aforesaid of the second part witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in Consideration of the sum of ones thousand Dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the Reeipt whereof is hereby Confessed & acknowledged have bargained sold Remis & quit Clamed and sold by these presents do bargain sell Remise & quit claim unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of Land lying and being in the County & State aforesaid and contained in the following boundaries beginnibg at the south East Corner of Section Number Eight in Township Number two North of the baseline in Range Number four East of the second principal meredian of the Lands directed to be sold at Jeffersonville Thense North along said line to Brocks line thence westwardly along Brocks line to Brocks Creek & thence meadering down the middle of said Creek to the sectional line thence East along said line to the beginning It being this southwardly Equal half of the Land Contained within said boundaries Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appearances thereunto belong or in any wise appertaining and the Remissions & Remicious Remainder & Remaiders Rents Isues & proffits thereof and also all the Estate Right Title Interest Claimed or demanded Whatsoever of them the said party of the firs Either in law or Equity of in to the above bargained primissed and every part and parcel there of to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behalf of the said party of the second part his heirs & assigns forever In witness where of the said party of the first part have hereunto set their hands & seals the day & year within written

Signed in presence of John Wolfington.

Peter P his mark Hubbard seal
Rebeckah X her mark Hubbard seal
Nicholas Hubbard seal
Barbary X her mark Hubbard seal
George Holsapple seal
Pheeby X her mark Holsapple

State of Indiana
Washington County

This day Came the within named Peter Hubbard & Rebeckah his wife Nicholas Hubbard & Barbary his wife & George Holsapple & Pheby his wife before me John Wolfington Recorder of said County and Acknowledged the within instrument to be their voluntary acts & deeds for the purposes therein named and the said Rebeckah & barbary & Pheeby being examined seperate and apart from their husbands acknowledged that they did voluntarily and without any fear threat or Compulsion of their husbands Relinquish all their Rights & titles pf Dower in & to the Land within mentioned

Given under my hand & seal this 11th day of August 1817
John Wolfington seal 		Hubbard, Peter (I45035)
 
6758 Quit Rent Rolls of 1704 in King Williams Co.,Va
Thomas Terry-300 acres
James Terry-400 acres
Stephen Terry-330 acres

James and Thomas Terry received land for transporting "persons" to the Colony. At the time anyone paying the 6 Pounds Sterling for the trip to the colony of Virginia would receive 50 acres of land. For those who could not pay there alternative of selling their services for a period of 4 to 7 years and the one who paid for the transportation would receive the land. The Terrys transported a good number of indentured servants to the Colonies and therefore had to be men of wealth.

Early Virginia Planters:
Terry, James; King William County
Terry, Stephen; King William County
Terry, Thomas; King William County

James Terry: NPFX:Captain; Sex M; Birth abt. 1665 in Lunenburg Co., VA; Death 1744 in Carolina Co., VA; Note: The Will of Captain James Terry was presented for probate July 13, 1744 in Caroline Co., VA Court.

James Terry was an early settler and patented large bodies of land in the section. (King William Co., VA) In 1757 he moved to Orange County, North Carolina. In 1764 he sold to Nathaniel Terry, Hugh Innes, Robert Woodang, Thomas Dilliard, Sr., Thomas Dilliard, Jr., Ed. Booker, John Bates, James Dillard, Archibald Gordon, George Watkins, John Donelson, Thomas Tunstall, vestryman of Antrim Parish, for 350 pounds, 794 acres on Sandy Creek, where the said Terry formerly lived, for a Glebe for Antrim Parish. (Halifax Deed Book)

In 1752 Halifax County was created out of Lunenburg and included what is today Pittsylvania. The justices of the peace were William Byrd, William Wynne, Peter Fontaine,Jr., William Irby, James Terry, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade and Sherwood Walton.

Old Church Ministers and Families of Virginia. Article XLVI.

Virgina Land Grants and Patents:
20 April 1701
King and Queen County [later became King William Co. in 1701]
Description: 418 acres in Pamunkey Neck ............
Patent #9; 1697-1706; pg. 356
Terry, James. grantee
Carr, Thomas

20 Oct. 1704
New Kent County
Description: 1000 acres on south side of Pumunkey River.......
Patent #9; 1697-1706 pg. 631
John Munroe and James Terry. grantees

16 June 1714
King William County
Description: 400acres a little below the falls and on the north side of Pamonkey River.
Patent #10; 1710-1719; pg. 143
Terry, James. grantee

17 Aug 1720
King William County
200 acres on the back of John Hollodays land in St. Johns Parish
Patent #11; 1719-1724; pg 25
Fleming, William. grantee
Terry, James

31 Oct 1726
King William County
Description: 400 acres on the north side of the Northanna and on the North Creek and on the branches of Beaverdam Creek in St. John's Parish, beginning and corner of land of John Holloday and his own land.
Patent #13; 1725-1730 pg. 28
Terry, James, Capt. grantee
Holloday, John  		Terry, Capt James (I11089)
 
6759 Qvale, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane Daae, Anders (I39720)
 
6760 Qvislin, Lars Ibsen, 1634-1700, Priest. Not much is known about his youth. Otto HoImboe (VII, 601), who held Qvislin's office 42 years after his death, and also kept many records that have been proven reliable, said he was a Sjælland peasant's son who went from plow to Kjøbenhavns School. If he is the Laurentius Japetius that enrolled 1650, he must have appeared as a well gifted disciple. He did service as Avditør, and when he was a student in 1660 was married to Else Christensdatter(d 1703). In 1665 he lived at UF Gyldenloves castle and was called Slotspræst of Akershus and Søgnepræst to the related Aker. Here he showed a lot of skill to make sure of his office revenue. In 1671 there was notification that all civilian and military royal Officers should attend the castle church, and three years later he got assigned 100 Rdl. of the German Slotspræst reward. In 1688 he became Master and his teaching is apparent from the books we have from him, one funeral sermon, and a little book "Solatium Relapsørum" (1697) to be one edification book but significant in theological developments. As a gifted speaker he must have been a favorite of the officers, but dangerous to get close to and not afraid of a conflict. He drives on Guldmageri but added non his fortune thereby. He died in 1700 (between 5 and 14 Sept).
Personal Hist. Tidsskr. V, 213 D. Thrap. 		Qvislin, Lauritz Ibsen (I20777)
 
6761 Rådmand i Tønsberg Stranger, Oluf Trulsen (I16041)
 
6762 Ralph Shelton Jr was born in 1709 in Middlesex Co Virginia. He died on 30 Mar 1789 in Henry County Virginia. Ralph Shelton Jr, the second son of Ralph and Mary Shelton, was baptised in Christ Church of Middlesex County Virginia on 23 October 1709. He was married twice. First to Mary Daniel on 10 June 1731 in Middlesex County. Mary was the daughter of William Daniel and Mary Moseley. Ralph Shelton secondly married Susannah_____ with whom he had four children: Aesop (c1780); Abigail; Liberty; and Mary.

Ralph's will, recorded in Will Book 1 page 170-171, Martinsville, Henry County Virginia, was dated 23 April 1787, and was presented in court of Henry County on 30 march 1789, and reads as follows:

To my son John Shelton five pounds sterling to cut him off from his heirship. My four last children namely Easop Shelton, Abbegal Shelton, Mary Shelton, Liberty Shelton, shall by resid (sic) of my estate. The remainder part of my estate, lands and moveables to be equally divided between Ralph Shelton, Palitiah Shelton, Eliphaz Shelton, James Shelton, Ezekiah Shelton, Jerimiah Shelton, Azariah Shelton, Roger Shelton, Easop Shelton, Abbegal Shelton, Mary Shelton, Liberty Shelton, Katherine Rutherford, Sarah Robertson, Elizabeth Arnold, Rina (Dorina) McGehe, Luranah Jones. My son, Ralph Shelton and Eliphaz Shelton, Executors.
signed: Ralph Shelton
Wit: John Fletcher, Henry Holt, John Branham
30 march 1789. Proved by witnesses. Exhibited in court by Eliphaz Shelton who gave bond with Steven Lyon and John Parr,Jr., securities.

Ralph married Mary Daniel on 10 Jun 1731 in Middlesex Co., Virginia.
They had the following children:
John Shelton was born in 1732.






From Surry County, North Carolina Abstracts Deed Books A, B, and C1770-1788 - Book C page 448 27 Apr 1786 Jesse MAUPIN, Henry County VA toJohn SHELTON 10 pds 100 ac SNOW CREEK adj Henry BAKER. Samuel SHELTON,David SHELTON, Charles HIBBERT. S/Jesse MAUPIN, Lucy MAUPIN (do thesedeeds apply to this John Shelton? - it's certainly possible since othersin this family also owned land in Surry & Stokes Counites., NC duringthis time period). From Book D page 171,172 28 Feb 1788 George WATKINS toJohn SHELTON 25 pds 100 ac waters DAN RIVER place called DUNCANS or THREESPGS head water LITTLE SNOW CREEK. Jesse BUMP, Daniel CHANDLER. S/GeorgeX WATK


From Stokes Co, NC Land Entries 1790 - 1798, abstract on page 361 02 Sep1794 Matthew Deatherage enters 100 ac on Mackey Cr water of Dan R;includes improv John Holt sold to Ezekiah Shelton.


In some deed records it appears Ralph Shelton (III) was married to a ladynamed Elizabeth. We do not have her surname, nor proof of the marriage toAnn TAYLOR. It has not yet been determined which Ralph Shelton this NCdeed abstract pertains to, but it could be this Ralph, for several of hissiblings also owned land in Surry/Stokes Counties., NC: Surry County,North Carolina Abstracts Deed Books A, B, and C 1770-1788
Book C page 117 03 Nov 1784 NC Grant Ralph SHELTON 500 ac HIXES FORK (ofPeters Creek) adj LANSFORD FIELD.


Ralph married Ann Taylor. Ann was born in 1755. Palatiah Shelton was born in 1736.

His name was found on the 1767 Tithables for Pittsylvania Co., VA.Palatiah Shelton owned 72 acres on the Blue Ridge, including some of thebranches of Johnson's and Loving Creek 28 Feb 1784, and 90 acres on thesouth side of the Rockey Mountain, including some of the branches ofSouth Mayo Creek 28 Feb 1784, also 309 acres purchased 31 Mar 1786 on thehead branches of the Middle Fork of Little Dan River (source: "History ofPatrick & Henry Co., VA" by Virginia G. & Lewis G. Pedigo, copyright1933-LDS Family History Center, Salt Lake City, UT). Although his namewas not spelled correctly, he apparently owned land in Surry Co., NC (asdid his father & several siblings) according to deed abstracts from SurryCo, NC Deed Abstracts, Book D, E and F 1779-1790: page 1063, JonathanMUSICK enters 300 acres of land in Surry Co on both sides of the MOUNTAIN BRANCH the waters of SNOW CREEK beginning at Jesse MAPPINES upper cornerthen running to include the imporvement whereon PATTETYER (should bePalatiah) SHELTON now lives for quantity. Dec 15, 1778. Warrant granted.Also page 58. Charles WHITLOCK enters 640 acres of land in Surry Co lyingat the FLAG POND on SNOW CREEK including the improvement that wasSalathiel SHELTON'S (again should be Palatiah) For complement. April 17,1778. Warrant granted. Another source for this line was found in GenServ,data entered by Buddy Holmes, E-mail holmes@gulfaero.com. He was thesource for the spouse data.

Palatiah married Mary Harbour. Katherine Shelton was born in 1737.

The given name Dudley comes from a descendant, Barbee Hodgkins, E-mail -bhodgkin@OregonVOS.net. She spells the 7th child's name as CatherineSHELTON. Another researcher has added a little to this line atWorldConnect: The Jerry H Collins Tree and he lists one child calledLydia. He wrote that she married c1806 to James Shelton, and lists thisJames as a son to James & Philipina Shelton.

Katherine married Dudley Rutherford. 8FviiDelrina Shelton was born in 1739. She died after 1842 in Jackson County, Alabama.

She died in Jackson Co., AL Aft. 1842, according to LPelt@aol.com.Another researcher for this line submitted data to GenServ. She is AnitaMcGehee, E-mail munchkins@sprintmail.com. Anita wrote that WilliamMcGehee was born 31 Mar 1756, died May 1836 in Jackson Co., AL. He wasthe son of James McGEHEE Jr. and Ann CHILES. Please write to Anita if youcan share information on the SHELTON/McGEHEE connection. Derina SHELTON'sbirth of c1739 is only an estimate, and may not be correct.

Delrina married William McGehee. Susannah Shelton was born in 1740. Susannah married Unknown Jones. Jeremiah Shelton , Sr. Eliphaz Shelton, Azariah Shelton, Sarah Shelton , Roger Shelton was born about 1756. Elizabeth Shelton was born about 1760 in Amelia County, Virginia.
Elizabeth married William Arnold.
Ralph married (2) Susannah Unknown about 1769.

They had the following children:
Abigail Shelton was born in 1772.
Mary Shelton was born in 1775.
Liberty Shelton was born in 1780.

He was named in his father's will, and found on the 1807-1808 Casey Co.,KY Tax Lists. He remained on these list until 1828. Ken Shelton sent thisinfomration: deed, dated 14 Apr 1823, Manson Ragan to Liberty Shelton,both of Casey County, and 2nd deed, dated 11 Nov 1824, George Vandeventto Liberty Shelton, both of Casey County. From The Kentucky Land Grants,p.718 Libery SHELTON was a Grantee of 50 acres from a survey 01 Jan 1828in Casey Co., KY on the South Fork of the Green River.

Ralph Shelton(5) was born in Middlesex County, Virginia in 1709 and was baptized there on October 23, that year.

Early in his life his father purchased land along the line between Middlesex and Essex Counties and remained on the land until his death in 1789.

Ralph(5) married Mary Daniel in Middlesex County on June 10, 1731. In 1740, he is on record in Essex County, having in May that year presented a certificate for payment to the Essex Court for tak­ing up a runaway slave, Cheshire, belonging to Mrs. Winifred Webb of Richmond. Shortly thereafter, after starting his family, Ralph Shelton(5), and his brother Crispin, turned toward Amelia County, nearly a hundred miles to the southwest, the county having been created in 1734 from Brunswick and Prince George Counties. Amelia at first also included the areas now in Prince Edward and Nottaway Counties.

On September 20, 1745 Ralph Shelton(5) received a royal grant of 4OO acres in Amelia County on the lower side of Snails Creek and North of Great Nottaway River. It appears likely that his mother, Mary Clark, his brother Crispin, and his four youngest brothers, John, Benjamin, James and Daniel went with Ralph(5) to Amelia County.

That year John was 23, Benjamin was 21, James was 19 and Daniel was l6.In 1746 Ralph Shelton(5) and his brother Benjamin signed deeds as witnesses when their brother Crispin sold off part of his 620 acres holdings in Amelia County -- a parcel of 155 acres to Henry Beuford of Amelia County and one of 203 acres to James Beuford of Orange County, Virginia. The Beufords were likely Shelton kin, since it is noted that both Henry and James were witnesses to the will of Ralph's father, Ralph Shelton(4) possibly brothers-in-law of Cris­pin Shelton who was brother of Ralph(5).

On June 10, 1749 Ralph Shelton(5) had a second land grant — 400 acres in Lunenburg County on the lower side of Ledbetter’s Creek, on October 23, 1751 Ralph Shelton of the Parrish of Nottaway, Amelia County, bought 286 acres more on the lower side of Snales Creek from Samuel Jordon, Snales Creek being a small stream scarcely five miles long in the southeast corner of Prince Edward County, empty­ing into the Great Nottaway where Prince Edward, Nottaway and Lun­enburg Counties meet. This places the 686-acre homestead of Ralph Shelton(5) in the extreme southwest corner of present Nottaway County and his land on Ledbetter Creek about 10 miles distant to the south and west.On May 10, 1750 the mother of Ralph Shelton{5), Mary Clark, identi­fying herself as of the "Parish of Nottaway in the County of Amelia" wrote her will. She named, besides her son Ralph Shelton: Grandson Reuben Shelton, sons Crispin, John, Benjamin and James; her daugh­ter, Elizabeth Davis; all with token remembrances. But to her son, Daniel, she gave all the rest of her estate, naming her youngest, now approaching 21, the Executor of the Estate. Included among the behests to Daniel was a Negro wench named Janey.

The Sheltons continued to live on in Amelia County for another 13 years. When some of the Lunenburg lands were processioned in 1760 for sale for taxes Ralph's land was listed, but it was not sold "want of attendance". His residence was still the Amelia land not far away, but even then he may have been venturing farther west.

On February 22, 1763 he sold his Amelia land — 686 acres on the lower aide of Snales Creek — to Richard Burks. John Shelton, like­ly Ralph's brother, witnessed the deed. Shortly thereafter, Ralph 5) was sued and then he and Richard Burks for debt by Lidell Bacon and Richard Clough, executors of Samuel Jordon. Evidently Ralph's mortgage had not been paid off. Judgment was awarded by the Amelia Court for 52 pounds 7 shillings with interest at five per cent from November 1, 1756.

On July 1, 1763 Ralph Shelton(5) purchased a tract of 400 acres both sides south Fork of Mayo River in Halifax County, Virginia. This land was purchased from one Darby Callahan who lived in Or­ange County, North Carolina. The property was in the part of Halifax County that in 1791 became Patrick County near the present site of the county seat — Stuart, Virginia. This was 125 miles west of his holdings in Amelia County. Ralph Shelton(5) and at least part of his large family moved to this property in 1763. Before this be­came Patrick County it was progressively Halifax, Pittsylvania and Henry Counties (see page 8).

Pittsylvania County was formed in June 1767. The first tax lists of the new county included the fol­lowing Sheltons:
Ralph Shelton Sr, Eliphaz Shelton, James Shelton, Crispin Shelton, Shenor Shelton (likely Spencer): Negroes Tom, Lucy and Primus, Gabriel Shelton, Abraham Payne, Negroes Zachary and Violet, Lewis Shelton, Negro Pat Abraham Shelton, Edgecomb J. Williams, William Shelton

The first four named are Ralph(5) and three of his 10 sons. The next five are Ralph's brother Crispin and four of Crispin's eight sons. Although William is not certainly identifiable, he is pos­sibly the son of the James Shelton who in turn was son of one Ralph and Mary pollard Shelton who were said to have resided "on the far side of the Dismal Swamp".

By 1776 the western part of Pittsylvania County had become so well settled that its citizens felt the need of a new county. That year they petitioned for same, the petition reading: "It is extremely inconvenient for us to attend upon any business, civil or military, it being a fact that in Pittsylvania County some 75 and 80 miles from the upper end of the county to the court house and others 45 or 50 miles from the lower end, and many large water courses in the way, and we are frequently called together to the courthouse on account of the unhappy dispute between Great Britain and the colon­ies (being ready and willing to do all in our power in defense of our just rights and liberties with many grievous burthens too ted­ious to mention)."

So the petitioners numbering several hundred asked for a division on a line due south from Black Water on Staunton River. The result was the creation of Henry County, named for the already famous war Governor, Patrick Henry.

Among those who petitioned to bring about the division of the county were these Sheltons:
Ralph Shelton James Shelton Gabriel Shelton Eliphaz Shelton William Shelton John Shelton James Shelton Gregory Durham Beverly Shelton Roger Shelton Daniel Shelton son-in-law of James

James and William Shelton above were sons of one Ralph and Mary Pollard Shelton, and Gregory Durham was a son-in-law.

The tax lists of the year 1779 for Henry County showed Ralph and James Shelton and their sons living on South and North Forks of Mayo River respectively. They were assessed as follows:

Ralph Shelton (5) 23 pounds 1 shil 7 pence
Palatiah Shelton 21 " 10 " 5"
Eliphaz Shelton 53 " 15 " 11"
John Shelton 6 " 5
James Shelton 3 " 13 " 8 "
Ezekiah Shelton 9 " 14 " 6
Jeremiah Shelton 12 " 12 "
Azariah Shelton 12 " 6 " 8 "
James Shelton 118 " 13 " (Son of Ralph and Mary Pollard)
William Shelton 6 " 15 " ( " " " " "
Gregory Durham " 15 " (Son-in-law of James and __Shelton)

In the early days of Virginia every settler was perforce a soldier, The Indians watched the ever-advancing tide of White settlers and resisted sporadically. The citizenry of each county was organized into militia. Ralph Shelton (5) was in the active military service in Amelia County in 1758. During the Revolution most of the Pittsylvania Shelton’s (Henry Countians) were in active official or military service. James Shelton and his brother Eliphaz were militia Captains in Henry County. John's son Roderick and James' sons James and George were in the Continental Army, Roderick reportedly having served di­rectly under George Washington, James and George having been cavalry­men.

The will of Ralph Shelton (5) was written April 3, 1787. It was ­recorded in Will Book 1, page 171, March 3, 1789. He signed himself as Ralph Shelton (Sr.), recorded in Henry County, Virginia: in the name of God Amen the twenty-third day of April one Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Seven I Ralph Shelton, Sr. of Henry County, Virginia, being of perfect mind and memory and recalling that all men are ap­pointed once to die do make and constitute and ordain that this my last will and testament in manner and form following. (Viz) First and principally I recommend my soul Into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me, and as touching that worldly estate it has pleas­ed him to bestow on me I 'dispose of them as follows: I give and de­vise to my son John Shelton five pounds sterling current money of Virginia. The intent of ray willing my son John Shelton five pounds sterling is to cut him off from his kinship. And also my will and desire is that my last four children, namely Aesop Shelton, Abigail Shelton, Mary Shelton and Liberty Shelton shall be raised off my estate and the remainder part of my estate, land and movables, to be equally divided between Ralph Shelton, Palatiah Shelton, Eliphaz Shelton, James Shelton, Ezekiah Shelton, Jeremiah Shelton, Azariah Shelton, Roger Shelton, Aesop Shelton, Abigail Shelton, Mary Shel­ton, Liberty Shelton, Kathern Shelton, Sarah Robertson, Elizabeth Arnold, Rina McGehe, Susannah Jones, they are their heirs. I also appoint my sons Ralph Shelton and Eliphaz Shelton Executors of this, my last will and testament set by hand and affixed my seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounc­ed and declared to be my last will and testament.Ralph Shelton, Sr.John Fletcher, Henry Holt, John Branham The will was proved on March 30, 1789 at the same place, and the following was written: At a court held in Henry County on the 30th Day of March, 1789 the within last will and testament of Ralph Shelton, deceased was exhibited in court by Eliphaz Shelton, one of the Executors therein named who took oath as Executor. The same was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto to be the last will and testament of the said Ralph Shelton deceased and the said Eliphaz Shelton with Stephen Lyon and John Parr, Jr., his sureties, entered into bond and acknowledged the same and was ordered to be recorded by the court, the said Eliphaz Shelton having obtained a probate thereof in due form and agreeable to law. Teste John Cox CHC

It is noted that Ralph Shelton, Sr. had previously deeded to his son James 400 acres of land both sides South Fork Mayo River on March 13, 1784.

Then on April 25, 1791 James sold land both sides Mayo River.The following Shelton’s paid taxes in Henry County, Virginia but were not listed in the census of 1790.

They were listed by Fother-gill and Naugee in 1782 and 1787:

Eliphaz Shelton Ralph Shelton, Sr. Roger Shelton James Shelton Roger Shelton Samuel Shelton Palatiah Shelton Ralph Shelton, Jr. William Shelton

Ralph and Mary Pollard Shelton, who lived "other side of Dismal Swamp", gave each of their sons Samuel and William above, and also their son-in-law, Gregory Durham, a farm. They lived on Horsepasture and Ironmonger Creeks.

It will be noted that the above list, except for the last two, Sam­uel and William, are included in the will of Ralph Shelton above.

Records of Henry County show that Eliphaz took the oath of alleg­iance to the colonies and that Jeremiah furnished supplies to the county militia during the war in 1777 James was appointed Captain, serving until 1780, and in March, 1779 Eliphaz was also appointed Captain in the Henry County militia. The history of Patrick County is tied in with that of the Shelton family, that of Eliphaz Shel­ton particularly.

Ralph Shelton (5) was married twice, possibly three times. By first wife, Mary Daniel, whom he wed on June 10, 1731, he is thought to have had the following 14 children: John Shelton Ezekiah Shelton Sarah Shelton Robertson Ralph Shelton Jeremiah Shelton Elizabeth Shelton Arnold Palatiah Shelton Azariah Shelton Rina Shelton McGehee, (Rosa?) Eliphaz Shelton Roger Shelton Susannah Shelton Jones James Shelton Kathern Shelton Rutherford

Ralph Shelton, son of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia in about 1739. Mormon church records show Ralph Shelton, son of Ralph and Mary Shelton, christened on October 17, 1739 at Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia. He owned land in Henry County, which he sold in 1788. He bought land in Grainger County, Tennessee in 1796. Reportedly he moved to Knox County,Palatiah Shelton, son of Ralph (5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia about 1733. He deeded land to Sam­uel Crawley and Richard White in Pittsylvania County on November 29, 1770, and he is shown later in Jefferson County, Tennessee. On January 24,1795 he deeded 245 acres of land there to one John Lee. Other Shelton’s in Jefferson County are shown pages 325 & 380 of this book, Palatiah is said to have been on record in Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1795, Grainger County in 1796 and Knox County in 1823. He reportedly married twice, first, Mary; second, Ann. There is no record at hand of descendants or Palatiah. He is listed in early tax records of Henry County, Virginia.
Eliphaz Shelton, son of Ralph (5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia about 1734. His record and history coin­cide with the early days of Patrick County. His life in the mili­tary and as a private citizen is covered earlier in this chapter, pages 250 to 256. Evidently he was a favored son of Ralph (5), hav­ing been named an Executor of his will. He is listed as taxpayer in early records of Henry County. There is no record at hand of a marriage or descendants except for one notation, in a record in Patrick County on January l9, 1809 of the marriage of Olive Shelton to Samuel Nolen, Eliphaz was listed as father and Frederick was shown as a witness. Eliphaz is on record also as witnessing the marriage of John Chandler to Elizabeth Bennett on December 10, 1794, another witness being Thomas Boiling, Sr.; and on April 12, 1796 Eliphaz Shelton witnessed the marriage of Isaac Going to Nan­cy Lizby, with her mother, Mary Lizby, and one Henry Lizby and a William Moore also as witnesses.

In March, 1781 Eliphaz marched with his men under Colonel Abraham Penn to the assistance of General Nathaniel Green who was defending Guilford Courthouse down in North Carolina, in the listing on the following pages of those with Colonel Penn and his Adjutant, Major George Waller, many prominent names do not appear, the reason being that they had served their terms of enlistment and had been honor­ably discharged or were in the Northern Army or in the Artillery as were Roderick's cousins, James and George Shelton.In August 1780 there was a drive to enlist young men to oppose them at Kings Mountain on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Rod­erick Shelton (7) went to a place in nearby East Tennessee near Elizabethton known as Valley Forge and re-enlisted for the campaign and joined up with General Green at King’s Mountain. Roderick was also likely among those who successfully defended against the British at Guilford Court House.The Independence won, Captain Eliphaz Shelton on February 28, 1784 received from Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia, a grant of 590 acres on both sides of Mayo River in Henry County. He applied for a grant selecting two adjoin­ing tracts of 400 acres and 190 acres bordering his father's land astride the South Fork of Mayo River. The official survey of this grant of land was made by John Dicker son, Henry County Surveyor, as of November 25, 1782, duly recorded in Henry County Survey Book No. 1, page 197, on file in clerk's office in Henry County Court House, Martinsville, Virginia. His land was bounded on the south by the 400-acre tract owned by his brother, Captain James Shelton, At a point close by Captain Eliphaz Shelton's western boundary the waters from Bull Mountain Fork joined the South Mayo River as it flowed out of the Blue Ridge Mountains.With the formation of Patrick County in 1791, a site was needed for the county seat. The first court was held in a tobacco warehouse near Mayo Forge in the eastern part of the county. Later the place for holding court was moved to the home of Edward Tatum on Peters Creek. But the permanent site of the county seat was chosen by the Justices to be the heart of the 590-acre tract of Eliphaz Shelton near the south Fork of Mayo River. Records in the office of Circuit Court Clerk of Patrick County show that Eliphaz Shelton donated 18 acres for the site of the county seat. This was by deed dated Octob­er 10, 1791 recorded in Deed Book 1, page 17. Four men — William Banks, Samuel Clark, Charles Poster and William Carter — or any 3 of them, were appointed to lay off the land. A courthouse was built and the land was laid out and named Taylorsville, this for one George Taylor. The town was later called Stuart for J. E. B. Stuart, Confederate General, and was incorporated as such in 1884. That year the Danville and New River Railroad ran its line into the town.Eliphaz Shelton owned and operated a gristmill on Campbell Branch, which flows through the town, one Samuel Staples as early as 1791 operated a blacksmith shop on land in the county seat donated by Eliphaz Shelton. A meetinghouse in the vicinity is mentioned in a deed from one James Beuford to Eliphaz made in 1793. So the Sheltons particularly Ralph sr., Eliphaz and James, were very instrumental in forming Patrick County. Their adjoining tracks of land in the Taylorsville area were so situated with relation to each other that if a line was drawn from a point on the western boundary of Eliphaz‘s land eastward through the town of Taylorsville, crossing the adjoining tracts of Ralph Shelton, Sr. and James Shelton to the latter’s eastern edge, such a line would be two and one-fourth miles long.A 1794 record shows that Eliphaz witnessed in Patrick County the wedding of John Chandler and Elizabeth Bennett on December 10, 1794. Another witness was Thomas Boiling, Sr. Eliphaz Shelton died in August 1826 at his residence near the Patrick County courthouse, is buried on land formerly owned by Ralph Shelton (5), which is in the present town of Stuart, as is Ralph, the old cemetery being on land now owned by the Carter family.

James Shelton, son of Ralph (5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia in 1734. He and his family moved with his father's family to Halifax County in southwest Virginia in 1763, the area that in 1767 became Pittsylvania County, in 1777 became Henry County and in 1791 became Patrick County, 1777, the year the county was formed, James Shelton was appointed Captain in the Henry County Militia. He served until 1780, at which time he resigned his commission. His son George and nephew James served in the Revolution, both of whom were cavalrymen. James (1734) owned 400 acres of land, which laid both sides South Fork, Mayo River, this land having been deeded to him by his father, Ralph Shelton (5), on March 13, 1784. The record shows that James sold this land on April 25, 1791. Traditionally, the head of the James Shelton family of Buncombe County, North Carolina had 13 sons. Mrs. Catherine Shelton Moser, born 1854, stated in 1940: “James Shelton, brother of Ralph who married Mary Crispin was married to Jincie (last name unknown), may have been my ancestor. He was born Middlesex County, Virginia in 1726. (Note: The Ralph Shelton who married Mary Crispin was Ralph (4), born 1685, father of this James and Ralph(5), the latter who married Mary Daniel), James and Jincie had sons; Thomas, James, Joseph, Mark, Anderson, Frederick, Jarrett or Garrett, Porter, George, William and David, the 13th not remembered, something like Rawleigh. David was founder of the 'Shelton Laurel Branch' of the family in the North Carolina Mountains...."This writer believes that Mrs. Moser has her data confused. My re­search shows that the James Shelton she names as being born in 1726 was a son of Ralph (4) born l685, and Mary Crispin Shelton, an uncle of the James born 1734. The James Shelton born 1726, in his will dated May 14, 1784, named wife Philiaplnea and 5 children — Nathan, James, Molly, Nancy and Sally. Mormon church records show this Nancy and Sally as being in the will of James Shelton 14, 1784, likely two of the daughters above. There is evidence that this James had wed previously, that wife supposedly named Jane (or Jincie). I have no certain record of children by her, it appears to me that the 13 sons of James Shelton listed by Mrs. Moser above included sons of the James born 1734, some of his brother John (6) born about 1732 and other cousins somewhat removed, of those named by Mrs. Moser, two were unquestionably sons of the James born 1734. He had married Susannah Shelton in about 1751.

David Shelton, son of James and Susannah Shelton, was born in Virginia about 1752. This is likely the David Shelton who came to Laurel Valley in Buncombe County, North Carolina with Roder­ick (7), the one who on December 10, 1801 granted to Roderick 100 acres on the left hand fork of Bald Mountain Creek, the deed being the so called "Cain River Deed".

George Shelton, son of James and Susannah Shelton, was born in Virginia in about 1756. He was a cavalryman in the Revolution.Other likely sons of the James born 1734 and Susannah Shelton were Joseph, Mark and Anderson Shelton, Records in Patrick County, Virginia show James, born 1734, son of Ralph (5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, and wife Susannah residing there in 1794. An earlier record shows that James sold land April 25,1791 both sides Mayo River in Patrick County, this land of 400 acres had been deeded to James by his father, Ralph (5) on March 13,1784. It might be well to note again that Patrick Coun­ty was formed from Henry County in 1791. Records show that there was a third James Shelton in the area of Henry-Patrick County besides the James born l734 and the one born 1726.

Ezekiah Shelton (Grover and Z. F. Shelton both show him as Hezekiah), son of Ralph (5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia about 1736. He is shown in deed record of Henry County, Virginia in 1791 and in Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1814. There is no certain record at hand of descendants; on April 13, 1791 he wit­nessed the marriage of Benjamin Going to Elizabeth Stevens in Patrick County, Virginia. The father of the bride was shown as Solomon Stevens, other witnesses were Rachael and Holden McGee. On page 276 of this book is given the lineage of one Ezekiel Shelton, nephew of this Ezekiah (Hezekiah) Shelton, son of Azariah Shelton. Ezekiel, son of Azariah and Sarah Holt Shelton, married Margaret Love at Dayton, Tennessee on April 17, 1828.

Jeremiah Shelton, son of Ralph (5)and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia about 1740.He is on record as having bought land in Essex County, Virginia on September 1, 1781, which he sold on July 1, 1784. He wed Nancy about 1765. They owned land in Russell County, Virginia, which was sold in 1797. They then likely moved to Kentucky. Jeremiah and Nancy had among other children a son named Asher Shelton, born in Virginia in 1774. Asher moved to Todd County, Kentucky in about 1800 and married Mary Greene who had been born in Todd County in 1784. The names of the other children of Jeremiah and Nancy are not at hand. Their son Asher and wife Mary reportedly had 8 children:Azariah Shelton, son of Ralph (5) and

Mary Daniel Shelton, born in Essex County, Virginia about 1745, wed Sarah Holt, native of Patrick County, Virginia, or rather the portion of Henry County Roger Shellton, son of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, was born in Essex County, Virginia about 1747. There is no record at hand of a wife or children.Katherine Shelton, daughter of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton,
born about 1742, married_ Rutherford.

Sarah Shelton, daughter of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, born about 1743, married Robertson, possibly one of the sons of the Henry Robertson born 1720.Elizabeth Shelton, daughter of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, born about 1744, married Arnold, possibly Elisha Arnold, born about 1750, who was in the Revolution from Henry County, Virginia.Rina Shelton, daughter of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton, born about 1745, who wed McGehe, possibly William McGehee, born about 1745, who was in Eliphaz Shelton's Company in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 11, 178l.

Susannah Shelton, daughter of Ralph(5) and Mary Daniel Shelton,born about 1746, wed _ Jones, possibly Dr. Benjamin Jones,born about 1735, who was in the Revolution from Henry County, Virginia. This was possibly the 2nd wife of Ralph(5).Ralph Shelton(5), following the death of his beloved Mary, wed the second time in about 1777. The name of this wife is not at hand. She is not named in the will which was proved in 1789. There is some likelihood, that Susannah Shelton, a legatee in the will who was named immediately following the names of his 14 children by his first wife may have been the wife instead of a daughter, though he made no he made no distinction.

There were 4 children by his second wife:

Aesop Shelton, son of Ralph Shelton(5) by his second wife, was born about 1779. No record at hand of wife or children.

Abigail Shelton, daughter of Ralph Shelton(5) by his second wife, was born about 1781. No record at hand of wife or children.

Mary Shelton, daughter of Ralph Shelton(5) by his second wife, was born about 1783. No record at hand of marriage or children.

Liberty Shelton, daughter of Ralph Shelton (5) by his second wife, was born about 1785. There's no record at hand of marriage or children.

Patrick County records in the office of County Court Clerk for 1791 show the following Sheltons: Eliphaz Shelton Azariah Shelton Susannah Shelton Palatiah Shelton Ezekiah Shelton Samuel SheltonRalph Shelton James Shelton

These Sheltons, except for the last two listed, are evidently sons of Ralph Shelton(5). Samuel Shelton is son of James who was son of the Ralph across Dragon Swamp, it is not unlikely that Susannah is the widow of Ralph(5), the head of the family now with 4 small children, or she may have been the daughter named on the preceding page, having the responsibility for the 4 young siblings.

Following are some miscellaneous records and other items of inter­est from Patrick County, Virginia noted by this writer in July, 1969.Commerative plaque on J. E. B. Stuart Highway (U.S.58) at east entrance to Patrick County: "Patrick County, area 485 square miles. Formed in 1790 from Henry County and named for Patrick Henry, who thus had two counties named for him. General J. E. B. Stuart was born in this county." On the opposite side of the same plaque — west entrance to Henry County — is the following: "Henry County, area 485 square miles. Formed in 1776 from Pittsylvania County and named for Patrick Henry. Henry lived in the county 1779-1784.Court was held June 13, 1791. Now we find in Deed Book 1, page 347 that on July 11, 1791 Captain Eliphas Shelton, who owned 590 acres on South Mayo River, signed a penalty bond agreement in which he offered to donate 20 acres to the Patrick County Court, sufficient for the new court house and jail, and providing 14 1-acre lots for the county seat town. The deed was signed October 19, 1791. On October 10, 1966, being the 175th anniversary of the founding of the county seat, was the first time the generous gift of the Revo­lutionary War here, namely Captain Eliphaz Shelton, had been suff­iciently recognized. (Here the article refers to Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society, Summer 1965, Volume 2, Number 1, pages 15-19, a treatise by one James H. Martin, Esq., entitled 'Founding of Patrick County’ for copy, the address is given as Box 1904, Roanoke, Virginia.)"Quoting further from The Enterprise "...

Ralph Shelton, father of Captain Eliphaz Shelton, the forgotten hero of our tale, bought 4OO acres of land July 21, 1763 astride south Mayo River and set­tled there with his family. A few years later, May 6, 1771, Ralph Shelton purchased an additional 400 acres adjoining his former purchase..... then following his active service in the Revolu­tionary war, Captain Eliphaz Shelton applied for a grant of land, selecting two adjoining tracts of 400 and 190 acres, bordering his father’s land on both sides of South Mayo River in Henry, (now Patrick) County. ‘The official survey of this grant of land was made by John Dickenson, Henry County surveyor, Book 1, page 197, on file in clerk's office, as of November 25, 1782, Martinsville, Virginia. Following this survey Governor Benjamin Harrison on February 28, 1784 issued a grant of 590 acres of land to Eliphaz Shelton as surveyed in what was then Henry County.

Following are marriage records from files of Patrick County, Vir­ginia courthouse of Shelton kin 1791 to 1821:
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Eliphaz Shelton witnessed the marriage of Isaac Going to Nancy Lizby. Other witnesses: Mary Lizby (mother), Henry Lizby and William Moore.1-19-09
Olive Shelton married Samuel Nolen. Father: Eliphaz Shelton Witness: Fredrick Shelton.

Following are deed records from the Pittsylvania County, Virginia Courthouse pertinent to Shelton history in the 1700’s

Date Grantor Grantee
8-26-68 Palatiah Shelton, Mary (wf)
6-23-69 Abraham Shelton Our Sovereign Lord the King
6-23-69 Abraham Shelton “ “ “ “ “
3-24-70 Abraham Shelton “ “ “ “ “
11-29-70 Palatiah Shelton, Mary (wf) Samuel Crawley
11-29-70 Palatiah Shelton, Mary (wf) Richard White
9-24-72 James Shelton James Hix
9-24-72 James Shelton James Hix
5-27-73 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) Crispin Shelton
6-26-77 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) John Clever
1-22-78 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) James Parham
1-22-78 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) Abraham Shelton
1-22-78 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) William Pace
3-21-78 Abraham Shelton Commonwealth of Virginia 5-26-78 Daniel Shelton, Lettice(wf) Richard Todd
11-26-78 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) Ambrose Buford
11-26-78 Crispen Shelton Spencer Shelton
11-26-78 Crispen Shelton Armistead Shelton
11-26-78 Gabriel Shelton, Elizabeth(wf) Crispen Shelton

Date Grantor Grantee
6-15-79 Crispen Shelton, Lettice (wf) John Parks
10-19-79 Abraham Shelton Jeremiah Ward
11-16-79 Mark Shelton and Wife William Hardy
4-14-79 Daniel Shelton Justices of Pittsylvania Co.
8-15-80 Crispen Shelton “ “ “ “
8-15-80 Crispen Shelton “ “ “ “
8-19-80 Crispen Shelton Governor of Virginia
8-19-80 Crispen Shelton
11-21-80 Crispen and Daniel Shelton Thomas Jefferson, Governor
12-19-80 Gabriel and Crispen Shelton Treasurer of the Commonwealth
11-20-81 Abraham Shelton Justices of Pittsylvania Co,
3-19-82 Spencer Shelton, Clary M.(wf) Vincent Shelton
3-19-82 Benjamin Shelton Joel Shelton
5-16-86 Beverly and Crispen Shelton Jasquelin Ambler
1-15-87 Spencer Shelton Elkhannah Adams
1-15-87 Abraham Shelton William Shelton
1-15-87 Abraham Shelton William Clark
6-18-87 Abraham Shelton Vincent Shelton
7-16-87 Benjamin Shelton, Sr. Leonard Shelton
7-16-87 Benjamin Shelton, Sr. Vincent Shelton
5-18-89 Crispen Shelton James Hinton
3-15-90 Crispen Jr,and Benjamin Shelton Justices of Pittsylvania Co.
3-15-90 Crispen Jr,and Benjamin Shelton “ “ “
5-17-91 Vincent Shelton Jacquelin Ambler
5-17-91 Vincent Shelton Gideon Roach
10-17-91 Crispen Jr,Abraham,William Shelton Humphrey Richards
12-19-91 Crispen Shelton Daniel Coleman

Date Grantor Grantee
6-19-97 Vincent Shelton John Shelton
7-17-97 Benjamin Shelton, Nancy (wf) Joshua stone

Date Husband Wife Witnesses
5-12-00 John Shelton Sarah McLaughlin Charles and Sarah McLaughlin
3-17-00 Charles Shelton Elizabeth Flippin Joseph Flippin
7-21-00 David Shelton Rhoda Hurt Benjamin and Elizabeth
Shelton, md Thomas Payne

 		Shelton, Ralph Jr (I19542)
 
6763 Rancho Ballona and Port Ballona
Port Ballona was situated, from circa 1859 to 1903, near the center of Santa Monica Bay in coastal Los Angeles County, where currently Plaua Del Rey and Del Rey Lagoon is located. The name comes from the Mexican La Ballona land grant. Port Ballona consisted of the current Del Rey Lagoon Park but conceptually embraced including the current Ballona Wetlands State Ecological Reserve. The estuarine river, Ballona Creek flows into the marsh and alongside the marsh within earthen levees that are soft-bottomed wetland soil.

In 1839, the Mexican government granted the Machados and Talamantes families title to Rancho La Ballona In 1857, Benjamin D. Wilson, the first Maryor of Los Angleles, through foreclosure received title to 1/4 of Rancho La Ballona. Later, in 1859, Wilson, for $5000, sold 3,480 acres (1,410 ha) of Rancho La Ballona to George A. Sanford and John D. Young. During the Civil War, US General George Wright ordered troops to secure Port Ballona against any Confederate invasion and by 1862, a large force of 6,000 US troops were at and near Port Ballona. The troop camp was called Camp Latham.

In 1863, Louis Mesmer sold his Los Angeles bakery and purchased extensive land holdings from the Machados, including Port Ballona. In 1887, Louis Mesmer and Moye Wicks made a small port harborr at Port Ballona. Moye Wicks starts the Ballona Harbor and Improvement Company. in 1887, with plans to make the port a major sea port. August 21, 1887, the Town of Port Ballona was developed by Louis Mesmer and Moye Wicks. By 1889, Ballona Harbor and Improvement Company was out of funds to complete the maintain and expand the port, they could not keep the Port open. Louis Mesmer and Moye Wicks sold the port and land around the port to Moses Sherman. Sherman purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land around the Ballona lagoon and the Port Ballona in 1902 under the name, Beach Land Company.

Port Ballona rail depot was built at the port and serviced by the California Cental Railroad opening in September 1887; this line later became the Santa Fe Railway.

Sherman and Clark renamed the port and land around the port to "Del Rey" in 1903. Port Ballona, in 1903, was renamed Playa Del Rey by Sherman and Clark.

In the 1880s and 1890s, parts of Venice, Playa Vista, Culver City, and Mar Vista were also part of Port Ballona.

 		Mesmer, Louis Aloise (I43801)
 
6764 Ranulf Fitz Robert, 4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, Died before December 7, 1252, buried at CoverhamAbbey, Co. York. Married Mary Bigod, heriess of Menethorpe, Co. York to her husband in gift of frank-marriage, whichlands had previously been held by her father Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and a Magna Carta Surety. Ranulf Fitz Rob-ert held 6 knights fees in the honour of Richmond. He bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville, "Argent, a chief indentedazure, Crest on a chapeau or turned up a wivern of the last." Ralph, the eldest son of Ranulf, born ca 1218, died 31 March1270, married Anastacia, d/o of William de Percy and left only daughters of whom the eldest, Mary, married Robert deNeville of Raby and conveyed her father's land to the Nevilles. Therefore the male line of the Fitz Randolph family lost in-heritance to Middleham. (Randolph 1980 p-583)

Ranulf TAILBOYS
Born: ABT 1188
Died: BEF 7 Dec 1252
Father: Robert TAILBOYS
Mother: Helewise GLANVILLE
Married: Mary BIGOD
Children:
1. Ralph TAILBOYS
Ranulf Fitz Robert held 6 knights fees in the honor of Richmond.
He was also known as Ranulpus.
1214 - Translated the Monks of Swainby, which monastery was established by his mother, to Coverham, near Middleham. Conferred on them the church of Coverham and many lands and tenements.
He bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville: "Argent, a chief indented azure. Crest, on a chapeau or turned up a wivern of the last".
Brought his mother's bones from Swainby and buried them in the Chapter House at Coverham.

Information Source:

1. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. II, 1897.
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'Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham
'M, b. circa 1185, d. before 7 December 1252
Father Robert Taylbois, Lord Middleham b. c 1145
Mother Helewise Glanville
' Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham was born circa 1185 at of Middleham & Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England; Came of age in 1206. He married Mary Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, 4th Earl Norfolk and Ida de Tony, circa 1199. Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham died before 7 December 1252; Buried at Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire.
'Family Mary Bigod b. c 1180
Children
◦Sir Ralph FitzRandolph, Lord Middleham+ b. c 1218, d. 31 Mar 1270
◦Sir Ranulf FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne+ b. bt 1220 - 1225, d. bt 1287 - 1294
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'The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William

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1. ROGER BIGOD (3-1), 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Magna Charta Surety, 1215, b. c. 1150, d. 1221; m. Ida. (CP IX, 586-589).
'2. MARY BIGOD, heiress of Menethorpe, co. York; prob. m. Ranulf fitz Robert, lord of Middleham, co. York, to which he succeeded by 1206, d. bef. 7 Dec. 1252, bur. at Coverham Abbey, co. York; held 6 knights' fees in the honour of Richmond, co. York, and 6 in Norfolk, the latter acquired presumably from the Bigods. (Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, V:303; The Genealogist, n.s. 3:33; Feudal Aids 6: 156; VCH, North Riding of York, 1: 254).
3. RANULF fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, co. York, b. c. 1220/5, d. bef. 1294; m. Bertrama, widow of Sir Roger de Ingoldsby. (VCH cit. 1: 258).
4. RALPH fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1250/60, d. bef. 1316; m. Theophania (or Tiffany) de Lascelles, dau. and coheiress of Sir Roger de Lascelles (IV) of Kirkby-under-Knowle, co. York, who is now considered by legal fiction to have been 1st Baron Lascelles. (VCH cit. 1: 258; Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, "Lascelle Fee", V 182-186; CP VII, 446-449)
5. RANULF fitz RALPH, lord of Spennithorne, sometimes called Ranulf de Lascelles, b. c. 1300, d. aft. 1343; m. Isabel. (VCH cit., 1: 258; Feet of Fines for co. of York, 1327-1347, p.166).
6. JOHN fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1325, d. bef. 1369; m. by Oct. 1343, Maud "de Campania," who m. (2) Robert de Hilton, lord of Swine. (VCH Cit., 1: 259; Feet of Fines for co. of York, loc. cit.: Yorks Archaeol. Journal, 25: 174).
7. RANDALL (or RANULF) fitz JOHN, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1345, d. aft. 1388. (VCH cit. 1: 259).
8. SIR JOHN RANDALL (or FITZ RANDOLPH), KNT., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1374, beheaded, 1405 for taking part in the rebellion of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, and other northern magnates. (VCH cit. 1: 259; C.W.C. Oman, Political History of England, 1377-1485, pp. 194-198; see Close Rolls, 17 Feb. 1407, for lands of which Sir John was seised at time of his death).
9. SIR RALPH FITZ RANDALL (or FITZ RANDOLPH), KNT., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1398, under age in 1407, will dated 20 Jan. 1457/8, pr. ult. Jan. 1457/8; m. Elizabeth. (VCH cit. 1: 259; Sir Ralph's Will is printed in Surtees Soc. Publ., 26: 4).
10. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH (or FITZ RANDOLPH), ESQ., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1420, d. 5 Mar. 1474/5; m. Joan Conyers, eldest dau. of Sir Christopher Conyers, Knt., of Hornby Castle, co. York. b. c. 1380. d. aft. 1462, m. (1) bef. Sept. 1415 Ellen, b. c. 1399, d. 6 Aug. 1444, dau. of Thomas Rolleston of Mablethorp, co. Lincoln, Esq., by Beatrice Haulay his wife, heiress of Ingleton, co. York. (VCH cit. 1: 259: J.W. Clay, Extinct & Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, 32-33; Yorks Arch. Soc. Record Series, 59: 105, Inq.p.m. of Thomas Rolleston).
11. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH, b. perhaps 1455/60, prob. d. bef. 1514, presumed to have been third or fourth son of John Fitz Randolph and Joan Conyers, and brother of Sir Ralph Fitz Randolph of Spennithorne (c. 1444-1517) and of Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham (d 1516). See note to this pedigree; Fitz Randolph pedigree in British Museum Add. Mss. 6705, f58b, begins with this John).
12. CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1495, d. sh. bef. 26 Apr. 1670 (adminstration granted on that date to his widow Jane and eldest son Thomas); doubtless came to Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co Nottingham, because of his uncle Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of that place, who d. 1516 leaving a will dated 1 Jun 1516 of which the nephew Christopher was named as one of the executors; m. by contract dated 1514 to Jane (or Joan) Langton, dau. and heiress of Cuthbert Langton of Langton Hall in the parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Jane was b. c. 1499, d. betw. 30 July 1573 (date of will) and 2 Apr. 1574 (probate). (NEHGR, 97: 296, 99: 335-336; Brit. Museum Add. Mss. 6705: f58b; Add. Mss. 6707: v1O2; Harl. Mss. 1400: 58, 58b; Thoroton, Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 2: 296; Harl. Soc. Publ., 4: 187. L.V.F. Randolph, FitzRandolph Traditions, mentions Christopher Fitz Randolph and Jane Langton many times, but this book regrettably contains many errors; Whitaker, Richmondshire II, p. 46).
13. CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1530, bur. at Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, 28 June 1588 (this is the correct date of burial from original paper Parish Register of Sutton-in-Ashfield. The date was incorrectly copied as "7 Jun 1589" in late parchment copy of original Register, and wrong date from copy was unfortunately printed in the NEHGR, 97: 298). Christopher was his parents' fourth son, and was named in his mother's will, dated 30 July 1573. His own will, dated 20 June 1588, was proved 1 Apr. 1589 in the Peculiar Court of the Manor of Mansfield (Notts. County Record Office, D.D.P. 17/69). Christopher's wife, who predeceased him, was not named in his will. He had four sons, James, Anthony, Edward and Christopher, named in the will.
14. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1565, d. betw. 13 Aug. 1647 (dated of will) and 27 Oct. 1647 (probate). He was prob. b. at Hucknall-under-Huthwaite in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, and moved aft. 1621 to Kirsall in the Parish of Kneesall, co. Nottingham, where he died. He was the 3rd son named in his father's will, and was prob. the nephew Edward named in the will of his uncle Thomas Fitz Randolph, 21 May 1600. (NEHGR, 97: 297). He m. (1) at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 16 Nov. 1589, Alice Tompson, bur. there 27 Dec. 1604. He m. (2) at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 17 Dec. 1605, Frances Howls, apparently a native of the parish of Kneesall, co. Nottingham, bur. at Kneesall 7 June 1631 (NEHGR 97: 298; Transcript of the Parish Registers of Kneesall; original will of Edward Fitz Randolph at York Probate Registry, in which he bequeathed ten pounds sterling to his son Edward "if he cum to demand it.")
15. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH (son of the 2nd marriage), the emigrant to New England and eventual settler in New Jersey, bp. at Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, 5 July 1607, emigrated 1630 to Scituate, Mass., then moved to Barnstable, Cape Cod, and finally to Piscataway, N.J., where he d. c. 1684/5. He m. at Scituate, 10 May 1637, Elizabeth Blossom, b. at Leyden, Netherlands, 1620, d. at Piscataway, c. 1713, having remarried, 30 June 1685, Capt. John Pike. (NEHGR 97: 275-276, 298; 99: 335-336; Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, Fitz Randolph Genealogy, 5).
Note: Although this line is probably sound, attention should be drawn to other evidences. C.T. Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, 5: 303, say that Ranulf Fitz Robert "is said to have married Mary daughter of Roger Bigod earl of Norfolk" (see above, Generation 2). Mary definitely brought the lands of Menethorpe, co York, to her husband in gift of frank-marriage, which lands had previously been held by Roger Bigod (ibid., footnote 4 and authorities there cited). Moreover, the careful pedigree in the Genealogist, n.s., 3: 33, gives Mary as daughter of Roger Bigod.
The weakest link is that which connects Generations 10 and 11 (above). John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) was succeeded at Spennithorne by his eldest son Sir Ralph Fitz Randolph (b.c. 1444, d. 1517) who married Elizabeth Scrope, daughter of Sir Thomas Scrope, 5th Lord Scrope of Masham. They had a son John Fitz Randolph (who d. in 1517 shortly after his father, and was the last of the Fitz Randolphs of Spennithorne), and five daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, Mary, Dorothy, and Agnes, who were coheiresses of their brother John at his death in 1517 (Surtees Soc. Publ., 133: 24). In 1514 Christopher Fitz Randolph (Generation 12) was married by contract to Jane Langton. Two of the feoffees of the marriage contract were John Fitz Randolph, heir of Spennithorne, mentioned above, and his brother-in-law Sir Nicholas Strelley of Linby, co. Nottingham, husband of Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, the eldest of the five Spennithorne coheiresses. It is presumed that John Fitz Randolph and Strelley were feoffees because the bride-groom, Christopher Fitz Randolph, was John's first cousin and Strelley's first-cousin-in-law (see discussion by Anthony R. Wagner, Richmond Herald, in NEHGR 99: 335-336).
We also know that Christopher Fitz Randolph (Generation 12) had an uncle, Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, who was presented to that living 3 Mar. 1489/90 by Sir John Conyers, Knt., of Hornby Castle, co. York, who had acquired the advowson. Christopher Fitz Randolph, the parson made a will dated 1 June 1516, proved 17 July 1516, of which his nephew Christopher (Generation 12) was one of the executors. Christopher the parson unfortunately did not mention his kinsmen of the Spennithorne line in this will.
We further know that John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) married Joan Conyers, eldest daughter of Sir Christopher Conyers, Knt., lord of Hornby Castle, co. York (Raine, Testamenta Eboracenses, 3: 228; Conyers pedigree in J.W. Clay, Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, 32-33). Joan (Conyers) Fitz Randolph was living, a widow, 22 June 1483, when she was named in the will of that date of her brother Christopher Conyers, Rector of Rudby, co. York (Raine, Test. Ebor., 3: 287). We think (but cannot prove) that John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) and his wife Joan Conyers had, in addition to their eldest son and heir Sir Ralph, younger sons named Richard, John, and Christopher, and a daughter Margery who married John Burgh of East Hawkswell, co. York (for the Burghs, see Whitaker, Richmondshilre, 347). Of the above-named three younger sons, we suppose that John was the John Fitz Randolph (Generation 11), while Christopher was the parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, named for his grandfather and uncle, each named Christopher Conyers. If this connection be correct, as we believe, it would explain why Sir John Conyers of Hornby (eldest son of Sir Christopher and brother of Joan (Conyers) Fitz Randolph) acquired the advowson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield and presented Christopher Fitz Randolph (whom we believe to have been Sir John's nephew) to that living. It may be noted in passing that the given name Christopher entered the Fitz Randolph family through the marriage to Joan Conyers in the fifteenth century and continued as a given name in that family for over two centuries. Edward[1] Fitz Randolph's (Generation 15) eldest surviving son Nathaniel[2] had an eldest son John[3] who had an eldest son Christopher[4], b. at Woodbridge, N.J., 23 Feb. 1682 (L.A. Christian and H.S.F. Randolph, FitzRandolph Genealogy, 9).
Bearing in mind the possibilities that Mary Bigod (Generation 2) may not have been the wife of Randulf fitz Robert, and that John Fitz Randolph Generation 11) may not have been a younger son of John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10), even though we think that those connections are correct, we have presented the above pedigree.
John Insley Coddington
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'Fitz Randolph Traditions: A Story of a Thousand Years (1907)

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CHAPTER IX
Review of Line of Descent from Rolf the Norseman to Edward the Pilgrim
Here, then, once more the writer pauses to recapitulate his ascertainments and conclusions. To the following ancestral story - here given in merest outlne - any American Fitz Randolph, who has been at the trouble of tracing his lineage back to Edward the Pilgrim, may, we believe, safely and reasonably link his line.
(1) ROLF - The norseman Conqueror. Born about A.D. 860. Died A.D. 932. Married Gisela, daughter of King Charles of France.
(2) WILLIAM, "Longsword" - Duke of Normandy. Died about 943.
(3) RICHARD, "The Fearless" - Duke of Normandy. Reigned more than half a century. Died A.D. 996.
(4) RICHARD, "The Good" - Duke of Normandy. Died A.D. 1026.
(5) RICHARD - Duke of Normandy. Whose wife was Judith. He died A.D. 1028. [He was father of Robert "The Magnificent," whose son was William "The Conqueror," and he was brother of Avicia, who married Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany.]
(6) GEOFFREY, AVICIA.
(7) EUDO - Duke of Brittany. Married Agnes, daughter of Alan, and died in 1079.
(8) RIBALD - Lord of Middleham. [Brother to Alan Rufus, Duke of Richmond, and to Stephen and to Bardolf.] Married Beatrix, and spent his last days in retirement at St. Mary's Abbey, York.
(9) RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Married Agatha, daughter of the first Robert of Bruce.
(10) ROBERT FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Who built the Castle of Middleham and married Helewisa de Glanville.
'(11) RANDOLPH FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Married Mary, daughter of Roger Bigot, Duke of Norfolk.
(12) RANDOLPH FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Who married Anastasia, daughter of William, Lord Percy.
(13) MARY FITZ RANDOLPH. Daughter of Randolph and Anastasia, a rich, religious and benevolent woman who married Robert de Neville. She died A.D. 1320, having survived her husband 49 years.
(14) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham. Whose second wife was Margaret, daughter of Marmaduke Thweng. Died 1332.
(15) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham. Who married Alicia, daughter of Hugo de Audley. Died 1358.
(16) JOHN DE NEVILL - Lord of Middleham. Who married Matilda Percy.* Died 1389.
(17) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham and first Earl of Westmorland. Whose first wife was Margaret (daughter of Hugo), Lady Stafford - descended from Edward I - and whose second wife was Joan of Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt and granddaughter of Edward III. He died in 1435. By his second wife his posterity runs into and adown the English royal line. See page 36. We now follow the posterity of the Earl of Westmoreland by his first wife, Lady Stafford.
(18) JOHN (the children of whose brother Randolph were all daughters) married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Canterbury. He died two years before his father, in 1433.
(19) JOHN, heir presumptive f to the dukedom of Westmoreland. Was hero of the battle of Towton, in the year 1461, and bravely lost his life there on the Lancastrian side. He had married Anna, the widow of John de Neville.
(20) RANDOLPH - Duke of Westmoreland. (Son of John and Anna) married Margaret, daughter of Booth de Barton of Lancaster.
(21) RANDOLPH, Heir presumptive. Died during his father's lifetime; married Edith, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich.
(22) RANDOLPH - Duke of Westmoreland. (Son of Randolph and Edith), married Catherine, daughter of Edward, Duke of Buckingham.* Died 1524.
(23) RANDOLPH - fifth son of Randolph and Catherine. The first son being Henry, whose son Charles was the last in the line of these dukes of Westmoreland, and the other sons being Thomas, Edward, Christopher and Cuthbert. Died probably about 1565.
(24) CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH (son of Randolph, fifth son of Duke of Westmoreland). Married Joan, daughter and heiress of Cuthbert Langton of Langton Hall. Died 1588.
(25) EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH of Langton Hall. With whom was found and in whom was confirmed by the "Visitation" of 1614 the Fitz Randolph Arms substantially as borne by the Lords of Middleham and by the Spennithorne branch of Fitz Randolph. Died probably about 1635.
(26) EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH - Pilgrim. Married May 10, 1637, at Scituate, Mass., to Elizabeth Blossom, daughter of Thomas and Anne Blossom. Moved to Piscataway, N. J., 1669. Died 1675.
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About history Ranulf Fitz Robert, 4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, Died before December 7, 1252, buried at CoverhamAbbey, Co. York. Married Mary Bigod, heriess of Menethorpe, Co. York to her husband in gift of frank-marriage, whichlands had previously been held by her father Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and a Magna Carta Surety. Ranulf Fitz Rob-ert held 6 knights fees in the honour of Richmond. He bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville, "Argent, a chief indentedazure, Crest on a chapeau or turned up a wivern of the last." Ralph, the eldest son of Ranulf, born ca 1218, died 31 March1270, married Anastacia, d/o of William de Percy and left only daughters of whom the eldest, Mary, married Robert deNeville of Raby and conveyed her father's land to the Nevilles. Therefore the male line of the Fitz Randolph family lost in-heritance to Middleham. (Randolph 1980 p-583)

Ranulf TAILBOYS
Born: ABT 1188
Died: BEF 7 Dec 1252
Father: Robert TAILBOYS
Mother: Helewise GLANVILLE
Married: Mary BIGOD
Children:
1. Ralph TAILBOYS
Ranulf Fitz Robert held 6 knights fees in the honor of Richmond.
He was also known as Ranulpus.
1214 - Translated the Monks of Swainby, which monastery was established by his mother, to Coverham, near Middleham. Conferred on them the church of Coverham and many lands and tenements.
He bore the arms of his grandfather Glanville: "Argent, a chief indented azure. Crest, on a chapeau or turned up a wivern of the last".
Brought his mother's bones from Swainby and buried them in the Chapter House at Coverham.

Information Source:

1. Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. II, 1897.

________________ http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p506.htm#i15219 'Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham 'M, b. circa 1185, d. before 7 December 1252 Father Robert Taylbois, Lord Middleham b. c 1145 Mother Helewise Glanville ' Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham was born circa 1185 at of Middleham & Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England; Came of age in 1206. He married Mary Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, 4th Earl Norfolk and Ida de Tony, circa 1199. Ranulf FitzRobert, Lord Middleham died before 7 December 1252; Buried at Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire. 'Family Mary Bigod b. c 1180 Children ◦Sir Ralph FitzRandolph, Lord Middleham+ b. c 1218, d. 31 Mar 1270 ◦Sir Ranulf FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne+ b. bt 1220 - 1225, d. bt 1287 - 1294 _________________ 'The Magna Charta sureties, 1215: the barons named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William

http://books.google.com/books?id=59XcwoRK9jkC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=Edward+FitzRandolph+1565&source=bl&ots=KGhipz7S8p&sig=fdJHr8FP7z8wU_zIi8MRSG_07HM&hl=en&ei=QaZ9TcT8MM_0rAHBmt3uBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=Edward%20FitzRandolph%201565&f=false Pg. 193-196 1. ROGER BIGOD (3-1), 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Magna Charta Surety, 1215, b. c. 1150, d. 1221; m. Ida. (CP IX, 586-589). '2. MARY BIGOD, heiress of Menethorpe, co. York; prob. m. Ranulf fitz Robert, lord of Middleham, co. York, to which he succeeded by 1206, d. bef. 7 Dec. 1252, bur. at Coverham Abbey, co. York; held 6 knights' fees in the honour of Richmond, co. York, and 6 in Norfolk, the latter acquired presumably from the Bigods. (Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, V:303; The Genealogist, n.s. 3:33; Feudal Aids 6: 156; VCH, North Riding of York, 1: 254). 3. RANULF fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, co. York, b. c. 1220/5, d. bef. 1294; m. Bertrama, widow of Sir Roger de Ingoldsby. (VCH cit. 1: 258). 4. RALPH fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1250/60, d. bef. 1316; m. Theophania (or Tiffany) de Lascelles, dau. and coheiress of Sir Roger de Lascelles (IV) of Kirkby-under-Knowle, co. York, who is now considered by legal fiction to have been 1st Baron Lascelles. (VCH cit. 1: 258; Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, "Lascelle Fee", V 182-186; CP VII, 446-449) 5. RANULF fitz RALPH, lord of Spennithorne, sometimes called Ranulf de Lascelles, b. c. 1300, d. aft. 1343; m. Isabel. (VCH cit., 1: 258; Feet of Fines for co. of York, 1327-1347, p.166). 6. JOHN fitz RANULF, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1325, d. bef. 1369; m. by Oct. 1343, Maud "de Campania," who m. (2) Robert de Hilton, lord of Swine. (VCH Cit., 1: 259; Feet of Fines for co. of York, loc. cit.: Yorks Archaeol. Journal, 25: 174). 7. RANDALL (or RANULF) fitz JOHN, lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1345, d. aft. 1388. (VCH cit. 1: 259). 8. SIR JOHN RANDALL (or FITZ RANDOLPH), KNT., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1374, beheaded, 1405 for taking part in the rebellion of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, and other northern magnates. (VCH cit. 1: 259; C.W.C. Oman, Political History of England, 1377-1485, pp. 194-198; see Close Rolls, 17 Feb. 1407, for lands of which Sir John was seised at time of his death). 9. SIR RALPH FITZ RANDALL (or FITZ RANDOLPH), KNT., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1398, under age in 1407, will dated 20 Jan. 1457/8, pr. ult. Jan. 1457/8; m. Elizabeth. (VCH cit. 1: 259; Sir Ralph's Will is printed in Surtees Soc. Publ., 26: 4). 10. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH (or FITZ RANDOLPH), ESQ., lord of Spennithorne, b. c. 1420, d. 5 Mar. 1474/5; m. Joan Conyers, eldest dau. of Sir Christopher Conyers, Knt., of Hornby Castle, co. York. b. c. 1380. d. aft. 1462, m. (1) bef. Sept. 1415 Ellen, b. c. 1399, d. 6 Aug. 1444, dau. of Thomas Rolleston of Mablethorp, co. Lincoln, Esq., by Beatrice Haulay his wife, heiress of Ingleton, co. York. (VCH cit. 1: 259: J.W. Clay, Extinct & Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, 32-33; Yorks Arch. Soc. Record Series, 59: 105, Inq.p.m. of Thomas Rolleston). 11. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH, b. perhaps 1455/60, prob. d. bef. 1514, presumed to have been third or fourth son of John Fitz Randolph and Joan Conyers, and brother of Sir Ralph Fitz Randolph of Spennithorne (c. 1444-1517) and of Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham (d 1516). See note to this pedigree; Fitz Randolph pedigree in British Museum Add. Mss. 6705, f58b, begins with this John). 12. CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1495, d. sh. bef. 26 Apr. 1670 (adminstration granted on that date to his widow Jane and eldest son Thomas); doubtless came to Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co Nottingham, because of his uncle Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of that place, who d. 1516 leaving a will dated 1 Jun 1516 of which the nephew Christopher was named as one of the executors; m. by contract dated 1514 to Jane (or Joan) Langton, dau. and heiress of Cuthbert Langton of Langton Hall in the parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Jane was b. c. 1499, d. betw. 30 July 1573 (date of will) and 2 Apr. 1574 (probate). (NEHGR, 97: 296, 99: 335-336; Brit. Museum Add. Mss. 6705: f58b; Add. Mss. 6707: v1O2; Harl. Mss. 1400: 58, 58b; Thoroton, Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 2: 296; Harl. Soc. Publ., 4: 187. L.V.F. Randolph, FitzRandolph Traditions, mentions Christopher Fitz Randolph and Jane Langton many times, but this book regrettably contains many errors; Whitaker, Richmondshire II, p. 46). 13. CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1530, bur. at Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, 28 June 1588 (this is the correct date of burial from original paper Parish Register of Sutton-in-Ashfield. The date was incorrectly copied as "7 Jun 1589" in late parchment copy of original Register, and wrong date from copy was unfortunately printed in the NEHGR, 97: 298). Christopher was his parents' fourth son, and was named in his mother's will, dated 30 July 1573. His own will, dated 20 June 1588, was proved 1 Apr. 1589 in the Peculiar Court of the Manor of Mansfield (Notts. County Record Office, D.D.P. 17/69). Christopher's wife, who predeceased him, was not named in his will. He had four sons, James, Anthony, Edward and Christopher, named in the will. 14. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH, b. c. 1565, d. betw. 13 Aug. 1647 (dated of will) and 27 Oct. 1647 (probate). He was prob. b. at Hucknall-under-Huthwaite in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, and moved aft. 1621 to Kirsall in the Parish of Kneesall, co. Nottingham, where he died. He was the 3rd son named in his father's will, and was prob. the nephew Edward named in the will of his uncle Thomas Fitz Randolph, 21 May 1600. (NEHGR, 97: 297). He m. (1) at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 16 Nov. 1589, Alice Tompson, bur. there 27 Dec. 1604. He m. (2) at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 17 Dec. 1605, Frances Howls, apparently a native of the parish of Kneesall, co. Nottingham, bur. at Kneesall 7 June 1631 (NEHGR 97: 298; Transcript of the Parish Registers of Kneesall; original will of Edward Fitz Randolph at York Probate Registry, in which he bequeathed ten pounds sterling to his son Edward "if he cum to demand it.") 15. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH (son of the 2nd marriage), the emigrant to New England and eventual settler in New Jersey, bp. at Sutton-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, 5 July 1607, emigrated 1630 to Scituate, Mass., then moved to Barnstable, Cape Cod, and finally to Piscataway, N.J., where he d. c. 1684/5. He m. at Scituate, 10 May 1637, Elizabeth Blossom, b. at Leyden, Netherlands, 1620, d. at Piscataway, c. 1713, having remarried, 30 June 1685, Capt. John Pike. (NEHGR 97: 275-276, 298; 99: 335-336; Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, Fitz Randolph Genealogy, 5). Note: Although this line is probably sound, attention should be drawn to other evidences. C.T. Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters, 5: 303, say that Ranulf Fitz Robert "is said to have married Mary daughter of Roger Bigod earl of Norfolk" (see above, Generation 2). Mary definitely brought the lands of Menethorpe, co York, to her husband in gift of frank-marriage, which lands had previously been held by Roger Bigod (ibid., footnote 4 and authorities there cited). Moreover, the careful pedigree in the Genealogist, n.s., 3: 33, gives Mary as daughter of Roger Bigod. The weakest link is that which connects Generations 10 and 11 (above). John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) was succeeded at Spennithorne by his eldest son Sir Ralph Fitz Randolph (b.c. 1444, d. 1517) who married Elizabeth Scrope, daughter of Sir Thomas Scrope, 5th Lord Scrope of Masham. They had a son John Fitz Randolph (who d. in 1517 shortly after his father, and was the last of the Fitz Randolphs of Spennithorne), and five daughters, Elizabeth, Alice, Mary, Dorothy, and Agnes, who were coheiresses of their brother John at his death in 1517 (Surtees Soc. Publ., 133: 24). In 1514 Christopher Fitz Randolph (Generation 12) was married by contract to Jane Langton. Two of the feoffees of the marriage contract were John Fitz Randolph, heir of Spennithorne, mentioned above, and his brother-in-law Sir Nicholas Strelley of Linby, co. Nottingham, husband of Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, the eldest of the five Spennithorne coheiresses. It is presumed that John Fitz Randolph and Strelley were feoffees because the bride-groom, Christopher Fitz Randolph, was John's first cousin and Strelley's first-cousin-in-law (see discussion by Anthony R. Wagner, Richmond Herald, in NEHGR 99: 335-336). We also know that Christopher Fitz Randolph (Generation 12) had an uncle, Christopher Fitz Randolph, parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co. Nottingham, who was presented to that living 3 Mar. 1489/90 by Sir John Conyers, Knt., of Hornby Castle, co. York, who had acquired the advowson. Christopher Fitz Randolph, the parson made a will dated 1 June 1516, proved 17 July 1516, of which his nephew Christopher (Generation 12) was one of the executors. Christopher the parson unfortunately did not mention his kinsmen of the Spennithorne line in this will. We further know that John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) married Joan Conyers, eldest daughter of Sir Christopher Conyers, Knt., lord of Hornby Castle, co. York (Raine, Testamenta Eboracenses, 3: 228; Conyers pedigree in J.W. Clay, Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England, 32-33). Joan (Conyers) Fitz Randolph was living, a widow, 22 June 1483, when she was named in the will of that date of her brother Christopher Conyers, Rector of Rudby, co. York (Raine, Test. Ebor., 3: 287). We think (but cannot prove) that John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10) and his wife Joan Conyers had, in addition to their eldest son and heir Sir Ralph, younger sons named Richard, John, and Christopher, and a daughter Margery who married John Burgh of East Hawkswell, co. York (for the Burghs, see Whitaker, Richmondshilre, 347). Of the above-named three younger sons, we suppose that John was the John Fitz Randolph (Generation 11), while Christopher was the parson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, named for his grandfather and uncle, each named Christopher Conyers. If this connection be correct, as we believe, it would explain why Sir John Conyers of Hornby (eldest son of Sir Christopher and brother of Joan (Conyers) Fitz Randolph) acquired the advowson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield and presented Christopher Fitz Randolph (whom we believe to have been Sir John's nephew) to that living. It may be noted in passing that the given name Christopher entered the Fitz Randolph family through the marriage to Joan Conyers in the fifteenth century and continued as a given name in that family for over two centuries. Edward[1] Fitz Randolph's (Generation 15) eldest surviving son Nathaniel[2] had an eldest son John[3] who had an eldest son Christopher[4], b. at Woodbridge, N.J., 23 Feb. 1682 (L.A. Christian and H.S.F. Randolph, FitzRandolph Genealogy, 9). Bearing in mind the possibilities that Mary Bigod (Generation 2) may not have been the wife of Randulf fitz Robert, and that John Fitz Randolph Generation 11) may not have been a younger son of John Fitz Randolph (Generation 10), even though we think that those connections are correct, we have presented the above pedigree. John Insley Coddington _______________ 'Fitz Randolph Traditions: A Story of a Thousand Years (1907)

http://www.archive.org/stream/fitzrandolphtra00randgoog#page/n153/mode/1up CHAPTER IX Review of Line of Descent from Rolf the Norseman to Edward the Pilgrim Here, then, once more the writer pauses to recapitulate his ascertainments and conclusions. To the following ancestral story - here given in merest outlne - any American Fitz Randolph, who has been at the trouble of tracing his lineage back to Edward the Pilgrim, may, we believe, safely and reasonably link his line. (1) ROLF - The norseman Conqueror. Born about A.D. 860. Died A.D. 932. Married Gisela, daughter of King Charles of France. (2) WILLIAM, "Longsword" - Duke of Normandy. Died about 943. (3) RICHARD, "The Fearless" - Duke of Normandy. Reigned more than half a century. Died A.D. 996. (4) RICHARD, "The Good" - Duke of Normandy. Died A.D. 1026. (5) RICHARD - Duke of Normandy. Whose wife was Judith. He died A.D. 1028. [He was father of Robert "The Magnificent," whose son was William "The Conqueror," and he was brother of Avicia, who married Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany.] (6) GEOFFREY, AVICIA. (7) EUDO - Duke of Brittany. Married Agnes, daughter of Alan, and died in 1079. (8) RIBALD - Lord of Middleham. [Brother to Alan Rufus, Duke of Richmond, and to Stephen and to Bardolf.] Married Beatrix, and spent his last days in retirement at St. Mary's Abbey, York. (9) RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Married Agatha, daughter of the first Robert of Bruce. (10) ROBERT FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Who built the Castle of Middleham and married Helewisa de Glanville. '(11) RANDOLPH FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Married Mary, daughter of Roger Bigot, Duke of Norfolk. (12) RANDOLPH FITZ RANDOLPH - Lord of Middleham. Who married Anastasia, daughter of William, Lord Percy. (13) MARY FITZ RANDOLPH. Daughter of Randolph and Anastasia, a rich, religious and benevolent woman who married Robert de Neville. She died A.D. 1320, having survived her husband 49 years. (14) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham. Whose second wife was Margaret, daughter of Marmaduke Thweng. Died 1332. (15) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham. Who married Alicia, daughter of Hugo de Audley. Died 1358. (16) JOHN DE NEVILL - Lord of Middleham. Who married Matilda Percy.* Died 1389. (17) RANDOLPH DE NEVILLE - Lord of Middleham and first Earl of Westmorland. Whose first wife was Margaret (daughter of Hugo), Lady Stafford - descended from Edward I - and whose second wife was Joan of Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt and granddaughter of Edward III. He died in 1435. By his second wife his posterity runs into and adown the English royal line. See page 36. We now follow the posterity of the Earl of Westmoreland by his first wife, Lady Stafford. (18) JOHN (the children of whose brother Randolph were all daughters) married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Canterbury. He died two years before his father, in 1433. (19) JOHN, heir presumptive f to the dukedom of Westmoreland. Was hero of the battle of Towton, in the year 1461, and bravely lost his life there on the Lancastrian side. He had married Anna, the widow of John de Neville. (20) RANDOLPH - Duke of Westmoreland. (Son of John and Anna) married Margaret, daughter of Booth de Barton of Lancaster. (21) RANDOLPH, Heir presumptive. Died during his father's lifetime; married Edith, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich. (22) RANDOLPH - Duke of Westmoreland. (Son of Randolph and Edith), married Catherine, daughter of Edward, Duke of Buckingham.* Died 1524. (23) RANDOLPH - fifth son of Randolph and Catherine. The first son being Henry, whose son Charles was the last in the line of these dukes of Westmoreland, and the other sons being Thomas, Edward, Christopher and Cuthbert. Died probably about 1565. (24) CHRISTOPHER FITZ RANDOLPH (son of Randolph, fifth son of Duke of Westmoreland). Married Joan, daughter and heiress of Cuthbert Langton of Langton Hall. Died 1588. (25) EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH of Langton Hall. With whom was found and in whom was confirmed by the "Visitation" of 1614 the Fitz Randolph Arms substantially as borne by the Lords of Middleham and by the Spennithorne branch of Fitz Randolph. Died probably about 1635. (26) EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH - Pilgrim. Married May 10, 1637, at Scituate, Mass., to Elizabeth Blossom, daughter of Thomas and Anne Blossom. Moved to Piscataway, N. J., 1669. Died 1675.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I08472
ID: I08472 Name: Ranulf 4th Lord of Middleham FitzRobert 1 Sex: M Birth: 1180 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England Death: 7 DEC 1251

Father: Robert "3rd Lord of Middleham" FitzRalph b: 1110 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England Mother: Helewisa De Glanville

Marriage 1 Mary Bigod b: 1196 in Thetford, Norfolk, England Children Has Children Ranulph "Lord of Spennithorne" FitzRanulph b: 1220 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England

Sources: Title: http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0015/g0000037.html#I992 Text: Ranulf FITZ ROBERT 4th Lord of Middleham ABT 1180 - 7 Dec 1251 BIRTH: ABT 1180, Middleham, Yorkshire, England DEATH: 7 Dec 1251 Father: Robert FITZ RALPH 3rd Lord of Middleham Mother: Helewisa DE GLANVILLE

Family 1 : Mary BIGOD +Ralph FITZ RANULPH 5th Lord of Middleham +Ranulph FITZ RANULPH Lord of Spennithorne

Bill Gertz at gertz@asu.edu

Ranulf FitzRobert, 4th Lord Middleham and Spennithorne's Timeline
1180
Birth of Ranulf
Middleham, North Riding Yorkshire, England
1220
December 25, 1220
Age 41
Birth of Lord Ranulf FitzRanulf, Sir., Lord of Spenn...
Middleham, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
1252
December 7, 1252
Age 72
Death of Ranulf at Middleham, North Riding Yorkshire...
Middleham, North Riding Yorkshire, England
December 1252
Age 72
Burial of Ranulf
Coverham Abbey, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
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Ranulf worked at 4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne
4th Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne 		Fitz Robert, Ranulf (I22854)
 
6765 Raphe/Ralphe/Ralfe Hurte
Mayor of Bristol - 1602/1603
Gloucestershire, England

There has been a significant amount of confusion in published works concerning the father of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and grandfather of immigrant ancestor William
Hurt, Sr. In the parish register of All Saints Church, one of the seventeen ancient parishes of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, we find the baptism of "Thomas Hurte,
son of Ralfe Hurt, 16th Januarie 1570". Thomas was the fifth child born to merchant-grocer Ralfe Hurt and his wife Alice Milwarde or Millard in a family of thirteen
children. Only five of these appear to have lived to maturity.

Ralfe was born prior to the begining of the Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England parish register somewhere between 1539 and 1545, the son of Robert Hurt, Sr. and Ellyn
or Helena Hurd of Ashbourne. We find the connection between his home in that town and his move to Bristol, Gloucestershire in the Calendar of the Bristol
Apprentice Book, 1532-1565,, part IIi, Bistol Record Society Publication, vol. 43, pg. 35, entry #446 [FHL # 942.41/B2 B46] which reads as follows under the year
1555:
"446. August 14: Ralph s of Robert Hurton Ashbourne Derby fishmonger to Philip Langley grocer [no wf given] for 8 yrs. App to have at end 20/-f 4/6 etc." It would
appear that Robert Hurt(on) had chosen to apprentice his younger son to a business associate in the merchant community. Records show that he made a wise decision.

Philip Langley was a prime mover and shaker in the city of Bristol. A grocer - possibly just having completed his journeyman work and emerging as a Master in the
Grocer's Guild (general merchants in those times), and not yet married, Philip Langley married Mary Pepwall in St. Nicholas parish church, Bristol, 11 Sept. 1557
and subsequently took on several more young apprentices to train as his business grew. These included John Hewghes, Edmond Maddock, John Wallie and John
Roberts. In 1566/1567 he served the city of Bristol as sheriff. In 1581/82 he filled the office of Mayor of Bristol. During the following years he was listed as one of
the city aldermen until the time when he was elected Member of Parliament during the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. ["The Maire of Bristowe is
Kalendar: It's List of Civic Officers Collated with Contemporary Legal Mss.", John Latimer, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archealogical Society for the
Year 1903, pgs. 108-137] and [Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Arch. Soc. for the Year 1894/1895, pgs. 130-139]

Philip certainly stood as a role model for young Ralfe. In late 1563, he completed his training under Master Langley, and appears to have become a business
associate, as he and the Langley family remained close friends. He was named in Philip Langley's will dated 5 June 1587 as "my good friend", and his name also
appears on several other Langley family legal documents as a friend of the Langley children or as a witness. [Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills Abstracts;
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archealogical Soc., suppl. 2, 1886 pg. 465-468, FHL# 874366]

Somewhere between 1560 and early 1563, Ralfe Hurt married Alice Mylwarde or Millard, youngest living daughter of Roger Phillpott alias Mylwarde and his wife,
Matilda. Roger Phillpott als. Mylwarde served as Sheriff or Bristol in 1550/1551 and wrote a lengthly will detailing a list of items in Alice's trouseau, her dowry,
wedding clothes, jewelry, household goods and a house. The will was dated 25 Jun 1560 and probated in London 24 Oct 1560. [Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Probates - folio 47 Mellershe, FHL# 91938]. Note: all guild member's wills were probated through their guild headquarters at London in the PCC.

Ralfe and Alice appear to have married shortly after her father's death, (as she was obviously preparing for marriage at that time,) but possibly before the beginning
of the All Saints parish register, which commenced in the latter part of the year 1560. The house that Roger Phillpott bought from Mr. William Younge and left to
Alice in his will may be the "house on Highe and Broad street" that is shown as a family residence for Ralfe and later for Thomas and Martha's family. This house is
also mentioned at the beginning of the All Saints parish accounts as being tithed at 1 pound 40 shillings on 20 January 1597.[FHL# 1596357] There is also mention of
a similar property in the will of John Whyte, merchant "of the citie of Bristowe" dated 26 nov 1569 and proved at London 1 May 1570 which mentions "also to him,
and his heirs, a tenement sitting and beinge in the highe streate in the farm and occupation of one Ralph Hurte." [Bristol Wills 1379-1792, Transactions of the Bristol
and Gloucestershire Arch. Soc., pg. 202-203, FHL# 942.41 C4bg.] In the Mayor's Audit 1627-1628 there is listed "Item: a tenement in Highe streete in the tenure of
Thomas Hurt in fee farme - ii pounds - vj shillings - viii pence". If this is indeed the same house as Ralfe resided in, the taxes certainly went up. One small note of
interest; the Langley family still lived two doors away from the Hurt household. [Mayor's Audit 1627-1628, Mr. John Gonninge, Mayor, found in City Chamberlain's
Accounts in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Bristol Record Society Publication for 1966, vol. 24, pg. 88 FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b].

Ralfe Hurte's name appears on numerous guild documents during his term as Sheriff of Bristol. He appears on page after page of legal proceedings for the
"Fellowshipe of Sopmakers and Chaundlers" in the Bristol Record Society' Publication, 1940, vol. 10 Proceedings of the Company of Soapmakers, 1562-1642.
[FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b]

As Mayor in 1602/1603, he is referred to as "the right worshippee Raph Hurte being then mayor of the same citie" in administering the oath of office of Master in that
guild to newly advanced journeymen soapmakers, approving city expenditures to that guild for services rendered, overseeing the legality of apprenticeship contracts,
etc.

One annotation on the Calendar of the Mayors of Bristol shows all was not business as usual: "In this yeare in the mounth of Julie 1603, began the greatest plage that
ever was in Bristoll, which continewed untill the mounth of Januarie 1604, and died the number of 3,000 and more." The parish registers of those months specifically
list those who died of the plague, and none of the good mayor's family members are found on those lists within the city. This suggests that Ralfe Hurt, like his mentor,
Philip Langley, had a country estate where the family fled for safety.

So far, records of this country residence have not yet been located. Philip Langley's will lists properties " a dwelling on highe streate (the one two doors away from
the Hurt home), a messuage on that same street, two tenements in St. Nicholas St., two tenements in St. Mary Port St., four tenements in Wynestreate as well as lands
and houses elsewhere in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucester and Monmouth and elsewhere in the realm of England." Further research may yet turn up records of the Hurt
family in these neighborhoods. [Notes on Bristol Wills, Transactions of the Bristol Record Society, pg. 265-268, FHL# 942.41/B2 S2w]

Ralfe and his wife, Alice, apprenticed William Townsend on 17 Feb 1581 and Walter Woolfield on 13 Sep 1581. [Bristol Apprentice Books, 1576-1586, vol. 3
FHL# 942.41/B2 62m] This is the last record we have of Alice. She died sometime between that date and 1610, but no burial record has been located. A younger son,
Roger, left a marriage record and will indicating that he was born sometime in the mid-1570's. He was not christened in Bristol. Both Ralfe's will and the Visitations
[Kent-1619 and London-1636] show William Hurt of Dover and Bishopsgate Ward London to be their youngest son. He was born around 1580. While he left a great
number of records during his lifetime, we have not yet located his baptismal record. Roger and William were born and baptised elsewhere. Possibly when these
entries are located, we will find Alice's burial and the location of the country estate.

In the neighboring parish of St. Nicholas, we find the burial of son, Roger and nearby, the burial of "Maude Hurt, wife of Ralph Hurt, Alderman, buried 16 Februarie
1611". Again, no second marriage for the good Alderman has been found. Was Maude a second wife - or was this Ralfe's affectionate nickname for Alice? [Parish
Register of St. Nicholas Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England FHL# 1596630]

During the later years of his life, "Radulphus Hurte, Aldermanus" was assigned to oversee shipping from the port of Bristol for the merchant interests of that city. He
was listed on 31 May 1605 as one of the city's 97 merchants who made up the Bristol members of the Spanish Company, created by letters of patent on that date by
King James I, being a new grant of incorporation to the English merchants trading with Spain and Portugal. [Records Relating to the Society of Merchant Venturers of
the City of Bristol in the 17th Century, Bristol Record Society Publication, vol. 17, pg. 2-5, FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b] He was one of the charter members/officers of the
reorganized Company of Bristol Merchant Adventurers on 31 Dec 1605, which company disassociated itself from the London group similarly organized under the
King James I patent.

Ralfe Hurt wrote his will 28 Oct 1613. It was probated 19 Oct 1615 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury [folio 88 Rudd]. He was buried 19 June 1615 in All
Saints Church in Bristol. His eldest living son, Thomas, was his executor.

We also have the will of Ralfe's fourth son and eighth child, Roger Hurtt, which was dated 1 Sep 1612 and probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at
London, being a guild-member will, by Margarete Hurte, executrix, on 27 Oct 1612. This will has the irascible, cranky tone of a testator who was suffering from a
rapidly progressive disease. Roger died in his mid-20's or early 30's, having been married only three years. He tells us he was a merchant of Bristol and that he left
no children. His wife, the former Margaret Vawer, came from a noteable merchant family in that same city and re-married soon after his death. His will does provide
us with a considerable amount of information regarding other family members and relationships.

Note: FHL = Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. The # and following numerals referr to the call number for microfilm, microfiche or book in that library.

Will of Raphe Hurte, grocer and merchant of Bristol, w.d. 28 Oct 1613, w.p. 19 Oct 1615, Prerogative Court of Canterbury - folio 88 Rudd - 1615, FHL# 92062.

In the name of God Amen

The Eight and Twentith day of October in the year of our Lord God 1613 and in the yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraiyne Lord James by the grace of God of England
Ffrance and Ireland King, defender of the faithe, the Eleavanth And of Scotland the seaven and ffortith. I Raphe Hurte, one of the Aldermen of theCittie of Bristoll
being in health of bodie and of perfect mynde and memorie Doe make and ordeyne this my last will and Testament in writinge in manner and forme followinge. Ffirst
I bequeath my soule unto Allmightie God my maker Redeemer and Saviour by whose death and passion I onolie doe Stedfastlie beleve to be saved without any
meritte or deserte of myne owne. And my bodie to be buried in the parish Church of All St.s within the said Cittie of Bristoll.

Item: I give and bequeath to my youngest sonne Willm Hurt Three score Pounds of Lawfull English money to be payed unto him in manner and forme followinge. That
is to Saye, Thirtie pounds thereof with in six monthes after my decease. And the other Thirtie Pounds within one Yeare likewise after my decease.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Maude nowe wife of Daniell Addams my little mazar that is garnished with Silverguilt. And a deepe Silver goblet guilte.
[Note: a mazar is a two-handled cup carved from maple wood.]

Item: I give to every of the children of my said Daughter Maude and the said Daniell Addams Twentie Shillings to each one of them.

Item: I give and bequeathe to every one of my three sisters ffortie Shillings in money to each of them.

Item: I give to my Sonne in law Willm. Preistlie Twentie Shillings, And also I give to everye of the Three children who he has by my Daughter, his late wife,
deceased Twentie Shillings a piece.

All the rest of my goods and Chattles moveables and unmoveables, my debts and legacies being payed and my funerall expenses being disbursed and payed, I give
and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Hurt whome I make my full and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament. And also my will is that my said Executor
imediatlie after my decease shall give and deliver unto everie one of the Almes women of the Almes house belonging to the said parishe of All St.s Twelve pense A
piece. In witness whereal I have hereunto put my hand and seale the daye and yeare above written.

Raphe Hurte

Witnesses herunto Richard Winter Richard Gente[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

Raphe/Ralphe/Ralfe Hurte
Mayor of Bristol - 1602/1603
Gloucestershire, England

There has been a significant amount of confusion in published works concerning the father of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and grandfather of immigrant ancestor William
Hurt, Sr. In the parish register of All Saints Church, one of the seventeen ancient parishes of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, we find the baptism of "Thomas Hurte,
son of Ralfe Hurt, 16th Januarie 1570". Thomas was the fifth child born to merchant-grocer Ralfe Hurt and his wife Alice Milwarde or Millard in a family of thirteen
children. Only five of these appear to have lived to maturity.

Ralfe was born prior to the begining of the Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England parish register somewhere between 1539 and 1545, the son of Robert Hurt, Sr. and Ellyn
or Helena Hurd of Ashbourne. We find the connection between his home in that town and his move to Bristol, Gloucestershire in the Calendar of the Bristol
Apprentice Book, 1532-1565,, part IIi, Bistol Record Society Publication, vol. 43, pg. 35, entry #446 [FHL # 942.41/B2 B46] which reads as follows under the year
1555:
"446. August 14: Ralph s of Robert Hurton Ashbourne Derby fishmonger to Philip Langley grocer [no wf given] for 8 yrs. App to have at end 20/-f 4/6 etc." It would
appear that Robert Hurt(on) had chosen to apprentice his younger son to a business associate in the merchant community. Records show that he made a wise decision.

Philip Langley was a prime mover and shaker in the city of Bristol. A grocer - possibly just having completed his journeyman work and emerging as a Master in the
Grocer's Guild (general merchants in those times), and not yet married, Philip Langley married Mary Pepwall in St. Nicholas parish church, Bristol, 11 Sept. 1557
and subsequently took on several more young apprentices to train as his business grew. These included John Hewghes, Edmond Maddock, John Wallie and John
Roberts. In 1566/1567 he served the city of Bristol as sheriff. In 1581/82 he filled the office of Mayor of Bristol. During the following years he was listed as one of
the city aldermen until the time when he was elected Member of Parliament during the final years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. ["The Maire of Bristowe is
Kalendar: It's List of Civic Officers Collated with Contemporary Legal Mss.", John Latimer, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archealogical Society for the
Year 1903, pgs. 108-137] and [Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Arch. Soc. for the Year 1894/1895, pgs. 130-139]

Philip certainly stood as a role model for young Ralfe. In late 1563, he completed his training under Master Langley, and appears to have become a business
associate, as he and the Langley family remained close friends. He was named in Philip Langley's will dated 5 June 1587 as "my good friend", and his name also
appears on several other Langley family legal documents as a friend of the Langley children or as a witness. [Great Orphan Book and Book of Wills Abstracts;
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucester Archealogical Soc., suppl. 2, 1886 pg. 465-468, FHL# 874366]

Somewhere between 1560 and early 1563, Ralfe Hurt married Alice Mylwarde or Millard, youngest living daughter of Roger Phillpott alias Mylwarde and his wife,
Matilda. Roger Phillpott als. Mylwarde served as Sheriff or Bristol in 1550/1551 and wrote a lengthly will detailing a list of items in Alice's trouseau, her dowry,
wedding clothes, jewelry, household goods and a house. The will was dated 25 Jun 1560 and probated in London 24 Oct 1560. [Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Probates - folio 47 Mellershe, FHL# 91938]. Note: all guild member's wills were probated through their guild headquarters at London in the PCC.

Ralfe and Alice appear to have married shortly after her father's death, (as she was obviously preparing for marriage at that time,) but possibly before the beginning
of the All Saints parish register, which commenced in the latter part of the year 1560. The house that Roger Phillpott bought from Mr. William Younge and left to
Alice in his will may be the "house on Highe and Broad street" that is shown as a family residence for Ralfe and later for Thomas and Martha's family. This house is
also mentioned at the beginning of the All Saints parish accounts as being tithed at 1 pound 40 shillings on 20 January 1597.[FHL# 1596357] There is also mention of
a similar property in the will of John Whyte, merchant "of the citie of Bristowe" dated 26 nov 1569 and proved at London 1 May 1570 which mentions "also to him,
and his heirs, a tenement sitting and beinge in the highe streate in the farm and occupation of one Ralph Hurte." [Bristol Wills 1379-1792, Transactions of the Bristol
and Gloucestershire Arch. Soc., pg. 202-203, FHL# 942.41 C4bg.] In the Mayor's Audit 1627-1628 there is listed "Item: a tenement in Highe streete in the tenure of
Thomas Hurt in fee farme - ii pounds - vj shillings - viii pence". If this is indeed the same house as Ralfe resided in, the taxes certainly went up. One small note of
interest; the Langley family still lived two doors away from the Hurt household. [Mayor's Audit 1627-1628, Mr. John Gonninge, Mayor, found in City Chamberlain's
Accounts in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Bristol Record Society Publication for 1966, vol. 24, pg. 88 FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b].

Ralfe Hurte's name appears on numerous guild documents during his term as Sheriff of Bristol. He appears on page after page of legal proceedings for the
"Fellowshipe of Sopmakers and Chaundlers" in the Bristol Record Society' Publication, 1940, vol. 10 Proceedings of the Company of Soapmakers, 1562-1642.
[FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b]

As Mayor in 1602/1603, he is referred to as "the right worshippee Raph Hurte being then mayor of the same citie" in administering the oath of office of Master in that
guild to newly advanced journeymen soapmakers, approving city expenditures to that guild for services rendered, overseeing the legality of apprenticeship contracts,
etc.

One annotation on the Calendar of the Mayors of Bristol shows all was not business as usual: "In this yeare in the mounth of Julie 1603, began the greatest plage that
ever was in Bristoll, which continewed untill the mounth of Januarie 1604, and died the number of 3,000 and more." The parish registers of those months specifically
list those who died of the plague, and none of the good mayor's family members are found on those lists within the city. This suggests that Ralfe Hurt, like his mentor,
Philip Langley, had a country estate where the family fled for safety.

So far, records of this country residence have not yet been located. Philip Langley's will lists properties " a dwelling on highe streate (the one two doors away from
the Hurt home), a messuage on that same street, two tenements in St. Nicholas St., two tenements in St. Mary Port St., four tenements in Wynestreate as well as lands
and houses elsewhere in Bristol, Somerset, Gloucester and Monmouth and elsewhere in the realm of England." Further research may yet turn up records of the Hurt
family in these neighborhoods. [Notes on Bristol Wills, Transactions of the Bristol Record Society, pg. 265-268, FHL# 942.41/B2 S2w]

Ralfe and his wife, Alice, apprenticed William Townsend on 17 Feb 1581 and Walter Woolfield on 13 Sep 1581. [Bristol Apprentice Books, 1576-1586, vol. 3
FHL# 942.41/B2 62m] This is the last record we have of Alice. She died sometime between that date and 1610, but no burial record has been located. A younger son,
Roger, left a marriage record and will indicating that he was born sometime in the mid-1570's. He was not christened in Bristol. Both Ralfe's will and the Visitations
[Kent-1619 and London-1636] show William Hurt of Dover and Bishopsgate Ward London to be their youngest son. He was born around 1580. While he left a great
number of records during his lifetime, we have not yet located his baptismal record. Roger and William were born and baptised elsewhere. Possibly when these
entries are located, we will find Alice's burial and the location of the country estate.

In the neighboring parish of St. Nicholas, we find the burial of son, Roger and nearby, the burial of "Maude Hurt, wife of Ralph Hurt, Alderman, buried 16 Februarie
1611". Again, no second marriage for the good Alderman has been found. Was Maude a second wife - or was this Ralfe's affectionate nickname for Alice? [Parish
Register of St. Nicholas Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England FHL# 1596630]

During the later years of his life, "Radulphus Hurte, Aldermanus" was assigned to oversee shipping from the port of Bristol for the merchant interests of that city. He
was listed on 31 May 1605 as one of the city's 97 merchants who made up the Bristol members of the Spanish Company, created by letters of patent on that date by
King James I, being a new grant of incorporation to the English merchants trading with Spain and Portugal. [Records Relating to the Society of Merchant Venturers of
the City of Bristol in the 17th Century, Bristol Record Society Publication, vol. 17, pg. 2-5, FHL# 942.41/B2 B4b] He was one of the charter members/officers of the
reorganized Company of Bristol Merchant Adventurers on 31 Dec 1605, which company disassociated itself from the London group similarly organized under the
King James I patent.

Ralfe Hurt wrote his will 28 Oct 1613. It was probated 19 Oct 1615 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury [folio 88 Rudd]. He was buried 19 June 1615 in All
Saints Church in Bristol. His eldest living son, Thomas, was his executor.

We also have the will of Ralfe's fourth son and eighth child, Roger Hurtt, which was dated 1 Sep 1612 and probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at
London, being a guild-member will, by Margarete Hurte, executrix, on 27 Oct 1612. This will has the irascible, cranky tone of a testator who was suffering from a
rapidly progressive disease. Roger died in his mid-20's or early 30's, having been married only three years. He tells us he was a merchant of Bristol and that he left
no children. His wife, the former Margaret Vawer, came from a noteable merchant family in that same city and re-married soon after his death. His will does provide
us with a considerable amount of information regarding other family members and relationships.

Note: FHL = Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. The # and following numerals referr to the call number for microfilm, microfiche or book in that library.

Will of Raphe Hurte, grocer and merchant of Bristol, w.d. 28 Oct 1613, w.p. 19 Oct 1615, Prerogative Court of Canterbury - folio 88 Rudd - 1615, FHL# 92062.

In the name of God Amen

The Eight and Twentith day of October in the year of our Lord God 1613 and in the yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraiyne Lord James by the grace of God of England
Ffrance and Ireland King, defender of the faithe, the Eleavanth And of Scotland the seaven and ffortith. I Raphe Hurte, one of the Aldermen of theCittie of Bristoll
being in health of bodie and of perfect mynde and memorie Doe make and ordeyne this my last will and Testament in writinge in manner and forme followinge. Ffirst
I bequeath my soule unto Allmightie God my maker Redeemer and Saviour by whose death and passion I onolie doe Stedfastlie beleve to be saved without any
meritte or deserte of myne owne. And my bodie to be buried in the parish Church of All St.s within the said Cittie of Bristoll.

Item: I give and bequeath to my youngest sonne Willm Hurt Three score Pounds of Lawfull English money to be payed unto him in manner and forme followinge. That
is to Saye, Thirtie pounds thereof with in six monthes after my decease. And the other Thirtie Pounds within one Yeare likewise after my decease.

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Maude nowe wife of Daniell Addams my little mazar that is garnished with Silverguilt. And a deepe Silver goblet guilte.
[Note: a mazar is a two-handled cup carved from maple wood.]

Item: I give to every of the children of my said Daughter Maude and the said Daniell Addams Twentie Shillings to each one of them.

Item: I give and bequeathe to every one of my three sisters ffortie Shillings in money to each of them.

Item: I give to my Sonne in law Willm. Preistlie Twentie Shillings, And also I give to everye of the Three children who he has by my Daughter, his late wife,
deceased Twentie Shillings a piece.

All the rest of my goods and Chattles moveables and unmoveables, my debts and legacies being payed and my funerall expenses being disbursed and payed, I give
and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Hurt whome I make my full and sole Executor of this my last will and Testament. And also my will is that my said Executor
imediatlie after my decease shall give and deliver unto everie one of the Almes women of the Almes house belonging to the said parishe of All St.s Twelve pense A
piece. In witness whereal I have hereunto put my hand and seale the daye and yeare above written.

Raphe Hurte

Witnesses herunto Richard Winter Richard Gente





















 		Hurt, Robert (I1937)
 
6766 Rawleigh Travers (1620 - 1670)
Two brothers, William and Rawleigh Travers, English Colonists, are recorded in Lancaster, Rappahannock and Richmond counties in the early seventeenth century.

Raleigh/Rawleigh Travers was born ca 1620. He married Elizabeth Million and had the following children: Giles, John, Rawleigh, Million and Elizabeth.

For the transportation of six persons on March 9 1653, Raleigh Travers patented 300 acres on the southside of the Rappahannock River, about two miles from the plantation of Mr James Bagnall. Raleigh assigned this same land on Nov 28 1664 to John Sharpe.

On 6 Dec 1653 he received a POA from Thomas Paine to sue Moore Fauntleroy.

The name of Raleigh's wife Elizabeth was first mentioned Aug 7 1654 when Elizabeth Travers wife of Raleigh Travers, formerly wife of Thomas Stevens dec'd was granted administration of the estate of her deceased husband Thomas Stevens in Lancaster County Virginia.

On 5 Feb 1654/55 in Lancaster Co. Virginia Nicholas Forman was to view Mr. Raleigh Traver's tobacco house and report.

On 19 April 1655 in Lancaster Co., VA Thomas Purifye sold Raughley Travers 650 acres.

He was a Justice in 1656 and burgess from Lancaster in 1657, 1663-1666 and 1669.

In 1661 a tract of five hundred acres on Morattica Creek was conveyed to him by Thomas Chetwood.

On Dec 29 1662 he patented 300 acres on Morattico Creek assigned to him by Mr Henry Corbyn.

On Oct 24 1665 he patented 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River on Potomac Creek in Westmoreland County Virginia. When the boundaries of the counties changed, this land was in Stafford County.

On 24 October 1665 in Westmoreland, Virginia Raleigh Travers purchased 3,650 acres; 3350 acres on the south side of the Potomac River and 300 acres upon the head of a branch of Potomac Creek.

In 1667 in Lancaster, Virginia John Carpenter and his wife, Mary, sold 500 acres called Fairweather to Raleigh Travers.

Sept 12th 1668 Raleigh purchased 580 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River, about three miles from the river.

Raleigh Travers had 20 tithables in the Lancaster tax list of 1668, and the same number in 1669.

In March 1669 in Lancaster, VA, Rawleigh Travers sold to John Chinn a quarter part of the mill lying at the head of Morratico Creek. Signed by Raleigh Travers and Elizabeth Travers.

On 11 May 1670 in Lancaster Co VA, POA to cousin Will Travers re mill sold to John Chinn.

Rawleigh Travers died in 1670 in Richmond, Virginia.
He is last recorded in court on May 11 1670. An inventory of his estate was filed in 1671.

 		Travers, Rawleigh (I767)
 
6767 Rawleigh Travers (Source: George Cable Greer, Early Virginia Immigrants 1623 - 1666, (1912, W. C. Hill Printing Co., Richmond, Va).) was born Abt. 1622 in England, of Rappahannock Co., VA, and died 1674 in Lancaster Co., VA. He married (2) Elizabeth Holsey (Source: Ida J Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, (1959, Richmond, VA).) Bef. 1664 in Lancaster Co., VA (Source: (1) Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1., (2) "William Travers Family, Maryland and Virginia," Colorado Genealogist, July, 1966, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 86-88.).

Notes for Rawleigh Travers:

Raleigh Travers was the first of his family in Virginia, his name was usually spelled Traverse. He patented (or repatented) several tracts of land from1653 to 1665. He died intestate c. 1670 or 1671.

Notes for Elizabeth Holsey:

Proof that 'Holsey' was the maiden name for Elizabeth: Wiil, Lancaster Co., VA - but this could be a recording error and the surname could be MOSLEY.

Holsey, Wm. Nincupative. Rec. Dec. 14, 1687. Brother: Robert Holsey of Rapp. Co. Exor. Devisees: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilks, Mr. Rawleigh Travers and Giles Travers and Mr. Downman.

Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Stevens of Lancaster Co. After the death of Raleigh Travers she married (3)Robert Beckingham, (4) Thomas Wilkes, (5) George Spencer and (6) William Mann.

Child of Rawleigh Travers is:
7 i. William3 Travers (Source: Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4,
no. 1.), born 1644; died Bef. 1694.
Notes for William Travers:

d.s.p.


Children of Rawleigh Travers and Elizabeth Holsey are:
+ 8 i. Million3 Travers, born 1664; died 1728 in Richmond County, VA.
+ 9 ii. Elizabeth Travers.
+ 10 iii. Rawleigh Travers, died October 15, 1749 in Stafford Co., VA.
+ 11 iv. Giles Travers, born 1660 in Lancaster Co., VA; died 1717 in Potomac Creek, VA. 		Travers, Rawleigh (I767)
 
6768 Rawleigh3 Travers (Rawleigh2, Travers1) died October 15, 1749 in Stafford Co., VA (Source: WM. F. Boogher, Old Stafford County, Virginia - Overwharton Parish Register 1720-1760, (Originally Published Washington, DC, 1899, Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1994, 1995, 2000).). He married Hannah Ball (Source: Ida J Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, (1959, Richmond, VA).) Bef. 1707 (Source: (1) Realeigh Traver Green, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, VA, (1858, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD)., (2) Ida J Lee, Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800, (1959, Richmond, VA)., (3) "Ball Family, Culpeper Co., Virginia," Researcher, 1983, July no. 106., (4) Elizabeth Combs Peirce, "The Unhappy Life of Esther Ball, Half Sister of Mary Ball and Wife of Rawleigh Chinn, Gent.," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1938, Vol. 18, no. 3., (5) Wilson Miles Gray, "Pedigree of the Travers Family," William & Mary Quarterly, July, 1895, vol. 4, no. 1., (6) Stella Pickett Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Families Who Settled in the Colonies prior to the Revolution, (1958, Southern Book Co., Baltimore, MD)., (7) Mrs. William Montgomery Sweeny, "Colonel William Ball, of Balleston, Maryland, and Millenbeck, Virginia, Great-Grandfather of George Washington," Tyler's Quarterly Historical & Genealogical Magazine, October, 1948, Vol. 30, No.2, pp. 80-85., (8) "Coats-of-Arms in Virginia," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3. (Jan., 1896), pp. 164-167.), daughter of Joseph Ball and Elizabeth Romney.

WILL OF HANNAH PEARSON
Her will, proved in Stafford County 1748, names her three children, Raleigh Travers, Eliza Cooke, and Sarah Daniel, son-in-law Peter Daniel, and grandchildren, Travers Cooke, Hannah Cooke, Hannah Daniel, Elizabeth Travers Daniel.

Children of Rawleigh Travers and Hannah Ball are:
i. Elizabeth4 Travers.
ii. Rawleigh Travers
(Source: Sigismunda Chapman, A History of the Chapman and Alexander Families, (1946, Virginia Book Company, Berryville, VA).), died October 15, 1749 in Stafford Co., VA.

Will of Rawleigh Travers:
In the name of God Amen. The 10th day of October 1749 I, Rawleigh Travers being sick and weak of body but of perfect mind & sound judgment, do make this my last Will & Testament. Imprimis, I r negroes now in his possession, viz, Jenny, Winnie, Joe and James, and to the children of his present wife Sarah.
Item, I give my negro fellow Joseph to my sister Elizabeth Cooke, during her life and after to her son Travers Cooke. I give to my sister Sarah Daniel a negro girl called Sarah and her Increase to her three children, viz Hannah, Travers & Elizabeth Daniel.
Item, I give & bequeath to Hannah Cooke, negro Ned; I give to Traverse Cooke all of my negroes not yet mentioned. All my Personal Estate in Corn, Tobacco, Money & Cattle to be divided in three parts one of which I leave to my sister Elizabeth Cooke, the other two parts to my nephew & Heir Travers Cooke, all my debts being duly paid. It em I give to my niece Hannah Cooke one of the best beds & the furniture in my house, together with four Cows & Calves. I constitute & ordain my trusty & loving friends Elizabeth Cooke & Travers Cooke my whole & sole Executor & Executrix of this my last will. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal.
RAWLEIGH TRAVERS [L.] Signed & Sealed in presence of David Waugh, John Sutherland & Thomas Hays, Michael Ryan.
At a Court held for Stafford Co. 12 Dec. 1749, the above last Will &c was pree of the witnesses, David Waugh, T. Hays & M. Ryan, &c., &c., &c. Teste Copy, Q. A. Tackett, Clk.

iii. Sarah Travers, died 1789. 		Travers, Rawleigh (I769)
 
6769 Rebekah Echols m. James Hodges & John Tribble.
(Bk 5, p.82) 20 May 1764 John Tribble & wf Rebecca to Joseph Echols, Jr. for £4 - 190½ A., part of 381 A. granted to Abraham Eckhols, dec´d, 20 Aug 1760 & left by legacy, the whole to be divided as they should agree, to his two daughters, Sarah, the wf of John Rowden, and Rebecca, the above said John Tribble´s wife, which is peacibly agreed on that Rebecca & John have the South end. 		Echols, Rebecca (I2051)
 
6770 Received land for bringing others to this country. Was a justice of the county, constable, carried on considerable business & was directly associated with George Eskridge, who raised mary ball, mother of George Washington. In 1711 bought land in Northcumberland Co., Va., still lived on in 1864 by Lewis Cralle, who is the source of much of this early Cralle family lineage.

Virginia Colonial Abstracts - Series 2, Vol. 1 Northumberland County, Virginia 1678-1713 by Lindsay O. Duvall.
Northumberland County

Court 16 ffeb 1697/8 page 802
Rawl. Travers and John Cralle to take pos of the Est of William Harvey, deceased and dispose of the land at outcry. 		Cralle, Capt John (I26379)
 
6771 Record 1.
At Court, Varina, Henrico County, August 1st, 1687

Phillip Thomas aged about 35 years: Deposeth: That Jane Eyers now wife of Gill Fuquitt did live at the deponentt’s a twelve month before ye said death of her Grandfather Will Humphreys and all that time had in her possession as her own right four cowes, one featherbed and boulster and two pewter dishes.
Phillip Thomas

Ann, the wife of Phillip Thomas aged about (50 years): Deposeth: The same as ye above witness. And further Sayeth not.
Anne Thomas
[Colonial Index: Henrico Co., Va., Book 1, Wills and Deeds. 1677-1692, p. 451]

Record 2.
At Court Varina, Henrico County, August 1687

Upon ye petition of Gill Fuquett as marrying ye Granddaughter of Willm Humphrys late decd, and ye depositions in Court taken for proof thereof, It is ordered That four cowes, one feather bed, & boulster, & two pewter dishes given by ye Sd decedt unto ye SdFuquett’s wife before his death be, and remain to ye Sd Fuquett’s proper use, & be nott held nor deemed any part of ye sd decedents estate.
[Henrico Co., Va., Book 2, Orders and Wills, 1678-1693, (Trans) Reel 53, p. 242; Va. State Library]

Record 3.
At Court Varina, Henrico County, August 1687

Gill Fuquett having to this court subpd Giles Webb who having attended one day hath ordered granted to him agst ye sd. Fuquettfor forty pds. Tobo. According to law and costs als ex.
[Henrico Co., Va., Court Minutes Book, Aug. 1687, p. 244]

Record 4.
On October 20, 1689, Thomas Cock Sr. was granted 816 acres on the S. side of Chickahaniny main Sw. in Varina Parish, Henrico County, VA. This was for the transportation of 17 headrights to the Colony of Virginia. The 17 persons were: Jno. Witt, Jane Borar (Borer), Robt. Beasley, Gill Ffuckett, Joane (Joan) White, Patrick Foster, Robert Povey, Jno. Edwards, Alex _____, Tho. Mathews, Hen. Baltamore, Fra. Cleavely, Hugh Davis, Jno. Herbert, Eliz. Harrison, Benetta Clame (Benetha Clause), and a negro named Nell. In 1695, these same 17 persons, along with 42 others were used by William Randolph for another land claim.
[PB 8 pgs 1&2 as presented in Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume II, 1666-1695]

Record 5.
By Henrico County Court Order, October 1, 1691

The Estate of Fra Cleaverly late of Henrico County decd Sold at an Outcry by order of Court dated this First of Octobr 1691, by Willm Randolph Corroner &c:
Securities… Tobo. Purchasers…
Saml Trottman 1 heifer 3 yrs old… .530 Gill Fuquett 1 heifer 2 yrs old… .412 Gill FuquettGill Fuquett yearling heifers .730 Sam Trottman
Gill Fuquett 7-3/4 yds narro blew (Calico) .133 Ralph Hudspeth
3-1/4 yds red half thick .127 Edwd Good
9 lbs Canvas, Fine .300 Povall
3-3/4 yds Scotch Cloath .120 Ralph Hudspeth
Gill Fuquett 3-3/4 yds Strip’d India Linnin .137 Rob. Beezly
1 Canvas Sheet & abt 2lb hops .80 Gill FuquettDue in the hands Widdow Floyd 4-1/2 lbs canvas
Henrico County Octr 1: 1691
Presented in open court by Cap Will Randolph Corronr & also the Severall bills taken of wch List followeth
Teste H. Randolph Clr.
Ralph Hudspeth Gille Foucque Secy .253
Gill Fuquett Saml Trottman Secy 1022
Saml Trotman Gille Fuquett Secy .730
Ro: Beezly Gille Fuquett Secy .182

Henrico County Octr 1, 1691

The Estate of ffrancis Cleaverly late of this County decd is Dr…
Contra Cr…. by Ralph Hudspeth .253
By Gill ffueque 1022
Returned to ye Secretarys office in behalfe of the Coroner, Pursuant to an order of ye Genll Court bareing date of ye 12th day of Fber 1694 this 11th of october 1694.
James Cocke Clr.
[Henrico Co., Va., Book 5, Deeds and Wills, 1688-1697, Reel 5, pp. 264-65, 544; Va. State Library]

Record 6.
At Court Varina, Henrico County, August 1692

Gill Fueque who Maryed Jane Eyres ye Daughter of Joseph Eyres decd did this day appear in Open Court and acknowledged receipt of his Wives full part of her legacy left her by her Grandfather Wm. Humphreys decd from every part and parcel thereof doth hereby acquit and discharge Margt Floyd, Exex of ye Last Will and Testamt of ye sd Humphreys and ca: together with their majties: Justices of ye Peace and their Heirs and successrs. Ralph Hudspeth who Marryed Margaret Eyres ye Daughter of Joseph Eyres decd did this day appear in open Court and acknowledge ye receipt of his Wives full part of her legacy left by her Grandfather Wm Humphreys decd from every part and parcel thereof doth hereby acquit release and discharge Margt Floyd Exectof ye last Will and Testament of ye sd Humphreys and Her heirs and ca: together with their majties Justices of ye Peace of ye sdCounty their Heirs and Succr..
[Colonial Index: Henrico Co., Va., Book 4, Orphans Court Book, 1677-1736, p. 32]

Record 7.
On October 25, 1695, Captain William Randolph was granted 2,926 acres on the S. side of James Riv. on a Sw. named Pigion in Weynoake Parish, Charles City County, VA. This grant was amended in 1696 and again in 1699, and was for the transportation of 59 headrights to the Colony of Virginia. The first 17 persons were the same as the 17 which were used by Thomas Cock in his 1689 claim, including Gill Ffuckett. The names were even listed in the same order. It should be noted that Francis Cleaverley was included, although he had died in 1691.
[PB 9 pgs 2, 71 and 220 as presented in Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume II, 1666-1695]

Although the evidence is circumstantial, there seems little doubt that the Gill Ffuckett on these lists is the same person as theGillo Fuquett, Gill Fuquitt, Gill Fuquett, and Gill Fueque listed in the documents related to the marriage of Jane Eyre.

This premise is supported by the fact that Robert Beasley and Robert Povey (Povall), along with Gill Fuquett (also listed as Gill ffueque) were involved in the estate sale of Francis Cleaverly. All of these men were listed on Thomas Cock's 1689 headright list. In addition, Ralph Hudspeth, Jane Eyre's brother-in-law participated in the estate sale.

Record 8.
April 1697 Probate of the Will of Thomas Cocke

I give and bequeath to my grandson James Cocke, the son of Thomas Cocke, the land and plantation where Gill Ffuiquittt now lives on adjoining therto on the inward or South Side of the Western branch of Herrin Creek from the lowermost bounds on Herrin Creek to the uppermost on the North side of Monquies Run and soe till it come to the bounds thereof near Gilly’s path And breadth on that side of Monquies Run to extend to the Eastward most branch of the two branches of Herrin Creek above the mouth of Monquies Run…
[Colonial Index: Henrico Co., Va., Book 5, Deeds and Wills, 1688-1697, p. 688]

Record 9.
August 1698 Probate of the Will of William Cocke

Gille ffueque was paid 505 pounds of tobacco in “The Estate of Sarah Cocke, admistratrix of William Cocke, deceased.”
[Henrico Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1697-1704 (Original), Reel 6, p. 112; Va. State Library]



here are the documentary references to "Guillaume Fouquet:"*1
1. 1689 - Grant to Thomas Cock for importation of 17 persons, including Gill Fuckett
2. 1695/96 - Grant to William Randoloh for importation of 59 persons, including Gill Ffucket
3. 1687 - License to Gill Fuquett
4. 1687 - Witness paid by Gill Fuquett
5. 1687 - Philip Thomas deposes about Gill Fuquett
6. 1687 - Ann Thomas deposes about Gill Fuquett
7. 1687 - Philip Thomas paid as witness by Gill Fuquett
8. 1687 - Petition to court by Gill Fuquett
9. 1691 - Estate of Francis Cleverly shows Gill Fuquett as purchaser; Gille Faucque as security for Ralph Hudspeth; Gile Fugett, Gill Fucque in accounts
10. 1692 - Gill Fucque receipts for wife's legacy
11. 1696 - Thomas Cocke will refers to Gill ffugitt *2
12. 1698 - Gill ffucque paid by estate of William Cocke

Notes for Ralph Fuqua.
Ralph settled in Bedford County, Va in the early 1700's. The records show that he purschased property from William Callaway on November 22, 1756. This was the beginning of ownership of the land where much of the city of Bedford, Va is now located. Ralph was related to William and Moses Fuqua who built the famous "Green Hill Village", located near Long Island about 30 miles from Lynchburg, Va. This village was built during the pre-revolutionary-war years. Ralph had seven sons and five daughters. 		Fouquet, Guillaume (I25869)
 
6772 Records of Plymouth Colony 1633-1689
listed on page 205 as: Received & admitted as Freemen at ye Generall Court held at Plimouth the first Tuesday of June, 1689, these underwritten. Sandwich: Jonathan Nye

And on page 242 under Births. Nye, Johathan, Sandwich, born 20 November, 1649 		Nye, Jonathan (I32041)
 
6773 Records on James Tait

Source: Tate and Allied Families of the South
Ethel S. Updike 1971
Published by The Hobby Press
Salt Lake City, Utah
Vol. 1 Pg. 13

DEED: James Tait and wife Rebecca of Elbert Co., GA dated 23 Aug. 1797 (recorded) 7 Jan 1801 to John Gatewood of Elbert Co., conveys 237 acres for 50 pounds in Franklin Co., GA. James Tait/Rebecca 1796 (Elbert Co., GA ) is said Franklin Co., Ga having (?) of 800 acres tract not hertofor convey, grantee to Thomas Carter in had (?) of Beaverdam. Pg. 121 James Tait and wife Rebecca to E. Shwmes, lot # 25: town of Petersburg ( Sept 20, 1790) W.H. Tate, Thos. C. (?) J. P. Test.
 		Tate, Sergeant James (I17063)
 
6774 Records show Sir William was born in Llanelieu (in Breconshire), but that location is now reorganized as part of the extended community of the town of Talgarth 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west. Llanelieu is a small settlement and former civil parish (community) in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It was formerly in the county of Brecknockshire.

The last name in Wales was spelled Awbrey, but in the United States it became Aubrey toward the end of the 18th century. Actually the name was originally in a Norman form as "de Sancto Alberico."

William Awbrey was the son of Sir Edward Awbrey and Joan Havard. Sir Edward was born in Abercynrig and Tredomen,
and Jane, born about 1559 in Tredomen, South Wales,
England was a member of the Havards who were a very notable family in Breconshire.

Sir William married Elizabeth Johns on Dec. 24, 1595
in Llandilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Johns and Jane Puleston.

There were eight children of the marriage, and the names of three sons are known:
- Henry;
- John (see link below);
- Thomas

Sir William Awbrey was the High Sheriff of Brecon, and was given the nickname "The Extravagant" when he sold the family estate Abercynfrig and spent the fortune left him by his grandfather, Dr. William Awbrey. He evidently died
penniless in 1631. Abercynrig was later purchased and returned to the family by a cousin (Jeffries) who acquired the Brecknockshire lands about 1656.

The will of Sir William was proved at Brecon in 1631.

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Although Sir William's sons went to the colonies, the connection with the family and Wales was not forgotten but was published in Virginia. Now it is possible to trace the family line back to Charlemagne as found in the table below.
What was to become the Awbrey family in Wales had made a marriage alliance with the family that became the Earls of Clare in England, and thus we start with this line since it is traced further back to Charlemagne.

- Richard I of Normandy (b. 28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France; d. 20 Nov 996 in Fecamp, Normandy, France; son of Guillaume I "Longsword" Of Normandy and Sprota of Senlis {St. Liz, sometimes said to be the daughter of Herbert, Count of Senlis and Vermandois who was a great, great grandson of Charlemagne}; Richard 1st married Emma in 960, daughter of Hugh, who was - in all but name- King of France; Richard I, "The Fearless" was named his father's heir on 29 May, 942; Richard was betrothed to Emma for some time but did not marry her until about 960, after the death of her father, Hugh the Great, in 956; Richard was the guardian of Hugh's son, the Duke of Paris, and eventually married Emma to strengthen his position; he did not treat her unkindly, he merely loved Gunnora; Emma passed her life at Rouen alone and solitary, and eventually died about the year 962; Richard then officially married 2nd Gunnora De Crepon).
- Godfrey of Brionne (son of Richard I Of Normandy and Gunnora De Crepon; born in France, and d. ca. 1015).
- Gilbert "Grispin" (d. 1040; married Gonnor {Gunnor}, daughter of Baldric the Teuton, and a niece of Gilbert,
Count of Brionne; for a short period following the sudden death (murder?) of Count Alan of Brittany, Gilbert was chief tutor to the young WIlliam the Conqueror;said to have been murdered in 1040 by his cousin, Ralph of Gace.
- Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare, b. 1035, Beinfaite, Normandy, France; d. 1090, England; the eldest son of Gislebert, Count of Eu and Brionne, a descendant of Emperor Charlemagne; he was a lawyer and Chief Justice of England and the founder of the House of Clare in England, being the first Lord of Clare; accompanied Duke William into England in 1075, and took a leading part in the suppression of the revolt there; later held one hundred and seventy-six lordships or manors; at the time of the General Survey, which was towards the close of King William's reign, he is called Ricardus de Tonebruge, from his seat at the castle of Tonebruge {now Tunbridge} which he obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of the castle of Brion; at which time he enjoyed thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, among those was Clare, whence he was styled Richard de Clare; and that place in a few years afterwards becoming the chief seat of the family, his descendants are said to have assumed thereupon the title of Earls of Clare {Burke, pg. 118-119}; he is known under three names in the "Doomsday' book - Richard de Bienfaite {Richard the son of Count Gilbert}, Richard FitzGilbert, and Richard of Tonbridge; Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Clare {died 1217} was one of the leading barons who forced King John to sign the Magna Charta in 1215.
- Isabel Fitzgilbert De Clare, daughter of Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard; married Reginald De Sto Alberico (Norman form of the name which became Awbrey in Wales)

Awbrey Line

- Saunders de Sancto Alberico or de Alta Ripa, born in France, elder brother to Alberic, Earl of Boulgne and Dammartin, and Earl Mareschal of France; he invaded England with William the Conqueror in 1066).
- Reginald De Sto Alberico (accompanied Bernard Newmarch in conquering Brecknock, where he reputed to have won Abercynfrig and Siwch; owned the Manor of Abercynfrig and
Slough, and other properties in Wales; married Isabel Fitzgilbert De Clare, daughter of Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare and Rohese Giffard).
- William De Sto Alberico (Awbrey in Welsh - married Joan Gunter, daughter of William Gunter.
- Thomas Awbrey (b. in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan {or Dorothy} Carew, daughter of John Lord Carew).
- Thomas Awbrey (b. ca. 1240 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan Trahearn).
- Thomas Awbrey (b. ca. 1270 in Breck-Nockshire, Wales; married Nest Verch Owain Gethyn; he served as an officer under the Duke of Buckingham and was the Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock; noted for his red hair).
- Richard Awbrey (b. ca. 1300 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Creslie or Cresly Ap Elidur).
- John Awbrey (b. ca. 1329 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married the daughter off Thomas Of Cwrt Rhadir).
- Walter Awbrey (b. ca. born 1359 in Aberkynfrig, Wales; married Joan Morgan).
- Morgan Awbrey (b. ca. 1389 in Aberkynfrig, Wales; married Alive Wenllian Lloyd).
- Jenkin Awbrey (b. ca. 1423 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales; married Gwendoline Verch Owen).
- Hopkin Awbrey (b. 1448 in Abercynrig, Breconshire, Wales; married Ann Griffith on 1480 in Wales, daughter of John Griffith and Alson).
- Thomas Awbrey (b. 1481 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales; married Joan Vaughn, daughter of Thomas Vaughn and Maud William).
- William Awbrey (b. 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales, and d. 25 Jun 1595 in England; married Willigford Millicent Williams on 1555 in England.
- Sir Edward Awbrey (b. ca. 1555 in Abercynfrig, Wales; married Joan Havard, daughter of William Havard)
- Sir William Awbrey (ca. 1581-1631)
 		Awbrey Alberico, Reginald de Sacto (I2987)
 
6775 Records show that John II followed briefly in his father's footsteps attending both Lincoln College and Gray's Inn Law School (1641-1643). He does not appear to have practiced law for any extensive period leaving the family profession to his younger brothers William and Richard. John II is identified as a Captain of the Royal Navy operating in the waters off Virginia in 1666. His ship was lost in that year. He also commanded the HMS Covertine of London which returned from a voyage to Virginia in 1670. He migrated with his two sons to America shortly therefater. On 10 June 1670, he was appointed Auditor General of Virginia to replace Thomas Stegge who had died in office. English records clearly establish that John II died in the West Indies (Surinam) or the waters therof in 1686. Lightfoot, Capt John (I19041)
 
6776 Register of Deeds. <i>North Carolina Birth Indexes</i>. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm. Source (S1)
 
6777 Register of Deeds. <i>North Carolina Birth Indexes</i>. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Archives. Microfilm. Source (S1)
 
6778 Register, Alvaretta K. <i>State Census of North Carolina, 1784-1787</i>. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Source (S755)
 
6779 Register, Alvaretta K. <i>State Census of North Carolina, 1784-1787</i>. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Source (S755)
 
6780 Registre de stare civilă și bisericești referitorare la germani, everei și parțial maghiari. Digital images. Arhivele Naţionale ale României. Source (S1483)
 
6781 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Brainard, Weltha Ann (I5387)
 
6782 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Brainard, Lydia (I53808)
 
6783 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Blazer, Irene Elva (I53829)
 
6784 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Burdin, Iona Maude (I53883)
 
6785 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Metcalfe, Christina Juliet (I54014)
 
6786 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Metcalfe, Caroline (I54028)
 
6787 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Metcalfe, Emma (I54029)
 
6788 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Metcalfe, Jane (I54032)
 
6789 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Scott, Sarah (I55327)
 
6790 Relation to Head of House: Daughter Berger, Diana Belle (I55688)
 
6791 Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law; Marital Status: Married Raschke, Utha Mae (I54065)
 
6792 Relation to Head of House: Daughter-in-law; Marital Status: Married Moore, Virginia Imogen (I186)
 
6793 Relation to Head of House: Daughter; Marital Status: Divorced Moore, Mary Emma (I2063)
 
6794 Relation to Head of House: Daughter; Marital Status: Married Fuller, Claudia Edna (I192)
 
6795 Relation to Head of House: Daughter; Marital Status: Never Married Anderson, Sheila J (I53711)
 
6796 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Olson, M. (I53888)
 
6797 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Helvey, M. (I53996)
 
6798 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Neblett, M.L. (I54549)
 
6799 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Neblett, E.A. (I54551)
 
6800 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Moore, B.K. (I54589)
 

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