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RESIDENCE: Of Vexin, Île-de-France, France.

de Vexin, Adela (I23069)

7102

RESIDENCE: Settled in Hainault, descendants there.

de Toeni, Baldwin Knight (I22979)

7103

RESIDENCE: Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England

About Lord Ralph fitz Ranulf, Sir, Lord of Spennithorne
http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p506.htm#i15214

Ralph FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne1
M, d. before 1316
Father Sir Ranulf FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne b. bt 1220 - 1225, d. bt 1287 - 1294
Mother Bertrama

Ralph FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne married Theophania de Lascelles, daughter of Sir Roger IV de Lascelles, 1st Lord Lascelles and Elizabeth FitzThomas, circa 1298. Ralph FitzRanulf, Lord Spennithorne died before 1316.

Family Theophania de Lascelles b. c 1275
◦Ranulf FitzRalph, Lord Spennithorne + b. c 1300, d. a 1343
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1.[S4022] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 446.
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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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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
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942080. Ralph Fitz-Ranulph, born 1250 in Spennithorne, England; died 1316. He was the son of 1884160. Ranulph Fitz-Ranulph and 1884161. Bertrama. He married 942081. Theophania de Lacelles.

942081. Theophania de Lacelles She was the daughter of 1884162. Roger de Lacelles 1st Baron Lacelles.

Child of Ralph Fitz-Ranulph and Theophania de Lacelles is:

471040 i. Ranulph Fitz-Ralph, born 1300 in Spennithorne, England; died 1343; married Isabel.

Ralph Fitz Ranulf, Lord of Spennithorne, born ca. 1250/60, died before 1316. Married Theophania (or Tiffany) deLacelles, d/o Sir Roger de Lacelles of Kirby-under-Knoweles, Co. York 1st Baron Lacelles. (Randolph 1980 p-584)

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I08468
ID: I08468 Name: Ralph "Lord of Spennithorne" FitzRanulph 1 Sex: M Birth: 1250

Father: Ranulph "Lord of Spennithorne" FitzRanulph b: 1220 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England

Marriage 1 Theophania De Lacelles b: ABT 1270 Children Has Children Ranulph "Lord of Spennithorne" FitzRalph b: 1300 in Spennithorne, England

Sources: Title: Bill Gertz at gertz@asu.edu

Fitz Ranulph, Ralph (I22850)

7104

Residerende Kapellan i Leikanger

Daae, Ludvig (I39576)

7105

Reuben Bennett was security for the groom and also consented for Abner. Annah Jennings gave consent for Ann. It is unclear whether Annah Jennings is the mother of Ann, or if Ann gave her own consent.

Family: Abner Bennett / Anna Jennings (F5515)

7106

REV ANDREW TRIBBLE OBITUARY
Departed this life, at his residence in this county, on Monday last, the Rev. Andrew Tribble, in the eighty-second year of his age, after a violent illness, which he supported with the fortitude of a Christian; leaving an aged wife and a very numerous family to lament his loss. Mr. Tribble was a native of Virginia; when, during the Royal Government, he became a member of the Baptist Church, and like most others who have attempted to teach any doctrines which were not in perfect unison with opinions and creeds of the church established by law, underwent different scenes of persecution, from which the Revolution at last released him, by abolishing all rights which authorized one sect of Christians to tyrannize over another, not less sincere than they were themselves. Mr Tribble has been practicing those precepts which he so zealously taught, evidenced the purity of the motives by which he was actuated.
1 Jan 1823 Republican Newspaper, Richmond Kentucky

Tribble, Andrew (I16205)

7107

Rev Jonathan Dunham was the son of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Barlow. He married first Mary Delano and then Mary Cobb, daughter of Henry and Patience (Hurst) Cobb. Children of Rev Jonathan Dunham and Mary Cobb Dunham were Hannah, Jonathan, Eleazer, Samuel, Gershom and Daniel Dunham. Rev Jonathan was a lay preacher at Falmouth, Cape Cod from 1679 to 1684. Matthew Mayhew, an agent for Edgartown, Massachusetts, negotiated with Jonathan in 1684 to come there at a salary of 35 pounds per year. He was not ordained until October 11, 1694 when he was installed as 'teacher' of the church at Edgartown. He preached there until 1711 when infirmities caused him to give up the pulpit. He died December 18,1717 and is buried in Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes' County, Massachusetts.Epitaph on gravestone:
HERE LYES YE BODY OF YE REVD
MR. JONATHAN DONHAM WHO
DIED DECEMBER 18TH ANNO DOMI
1717 AGED ABOUT 85 YEARS
PASTOR OF YE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT
EDGARTOWN

With Toil & Pains at first He Tell'd ye Ground
Call'd to Dress GODs Vine Yard & ws faithful
Found
Full Thirty Years ye Gospel he Did Despen
His Work Being Done CHRIST JESUS Cal'd Him Hence.

Dunham, Rev Jonathan (I34886)

7108

Rev War
MILITARY: Revolutionary War Service Records, 1774-83, lists a 'Josiah Risdon' with Rank-Induction as 'Corpl', Roll Box of '90', and Roll Description as 'VT'. No further identifying information given, but the years would be appropriate for this Josiah Risdon.

MILITARY: Vermont Men in the Revolutionary War, Rollsof Men, State of Vermont, page 100: [295] [Capt. Tehan Noble's Company]: "A payroll of Capt. Tehan Noble's company and Capt. Warren's Regiment of Militia for service done to defend Frontiers, by order of the Governor and council." Lists a Josiah Risdon, with Enter Date of 1778, Nov. 7 and Discharge Date of Nov. 13, Days as '7', and Amount of Pay as '11.8'. No other identifying information,but the year and state would be appropriate for this Josiah Risdon.

MILITARY: Vermont Men in the Revolutionary War, Rolls of Men, State of Vermont: [Revolutionary War Rolls, page 303]: [138, dupl 335] [Capt. Nathaniel Smith] "A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Smith's Company of Militia in Col. Ira Allen's Regiment for service done in the months of Oct. and Nov. 1780." Lists a 'Josiah Risdon, Corp' and Days: 13, Travel 30 Miles: 2, and Total: 1.19 0. "Rupert, 17, March, 1781."

MILITARY: Vermont Men in the Revolutionary War, Rolls of Men, State of Vermont: [Revolutionary War Rolls, page 621]: [286] [Capt. Nathaniel Smith] Lists a 'Corpl. Josiah Risdon' and Days: 3, and Total: 8.0. "Treasurer's Office,Sutherland, Feb. 12, 1784. Recd of the Treasurer the contents of the above order, in behalf of Lt. Enos Harmon." Signed 'Jonas Eastman.'

Source: Records of R. S. Risdon; Daniel B Risdon letter 1942. Risdon, Maudlin, & Etc. by Edna Risdon Neary. DAR Patriot Index p. 572. Family Bible Record

Risdon, Josiah (I35023)

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Rev War veteran.....Subject is shown as a 2nd line commanding officer with the rank of ensign (2nd Lt) under Lt Teunis Swart, during Jan 1776, at Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY....as evidenced in the Rev War pension application of John DeGraff b 1754... pension application S15090
NOTE: NO Rev War pension was filed by subject Ens Daniel Toll as he had died 8 Mar 1832 and the Rev War pension act was not enacted until Jun 1832...also subject's wife was already dead 1831. There is NO evidence on file that any of the children ever filed for dependant/survivor benefits.

Subject and family remained in the Scotia/Glenville, Schenectady Co NY area until shown in 1789 when the family moved to Minden, Montgomery Co NY as evidenced by birth and bapt of several childen there.
In the pension of John DeGraff (S15090 approved) it is stated that in Jan 1776 he was ordered to Johnstown, Montgomery Co NY to go against Sir John Johnson and his troops. Lt Swart and Ensign Daniel Toll were in command of the company of Militia that he was a member of from the Town of Glenville, Schenectady Co., New York.

Toll, Daniel (I10370)

7110

Rev. Alderson Weeks (c. 1745 - 1808)
The third child and son of William and Mary (Alderson?) Weeks of Westmoreland County, Virginia, was born about 1745. Married to Jane Lawrence?.

The established church and religion recognized by the Colony of Virginia was the Anglican Church, or Church of England. A tax was levied for the support of said church and for establishing congregations throughout the colony. In the mid 1700s, the Baptists stoodup against this law and many Baptist preachers were arrested by warrant and imprisoned. Alderson and several other Baptist ministers in Farquier County were arrested during the late 1760s - early 1780s. (Please see Sanders/Saunders family history.)

Religious Persecution

During this period Alderson and George Weeks converted to the Baptist faith, and Alderson became a licensed Baptist minister, laboring at the Chappawomsick Church (established 22 November 1766) in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, but not before a warrant for his arrest was issued:20
“The ministers are Rev. Mess. D. Thomas and Daniel First who have to their assistants Mess. Philip Spiller and Alderson Weeks; the last has been taken on a warrant for the word of God and the Testimony of Jesus but not imprisoned. . . .
“The civil powers also threatened them and issued warrants against some, particularly Mess. Spiller, Weeks and others: but having obtained help of God they continue to this day.”

For a period of time Alderson was the minister of the North Fork Church, a member of the Ketocton Association, and is remembered to have been a “preacher of acceptance and usefulness.” “Mr. Weeks, the first pastor of this church, moved to Bedford, and there has the care of a church. We presume it is the same man,” so wrote Semple in his history of the Baptist in Virginia.

The Chappawomsick Church held the belief that playing cards and drinking were not acceptable.21

This church endured through a period of great persecution. Robert Ashby and his gang consisting of around 40, came to harass the Chappawomsick congregation during worship in which they bust through the door as bears; but some members of the congregation who were stout men, took Ashby by the neck and heels and threw him out of the church; his gang engaged the Baptists assembled in a bloody fray. On another occasion, they threw a live snake into the midst of the church.22

On another occasion Charles Williams led a riot, but being reproved, he ran home to get his gun and shoot the pastor. When he produced the gun it was struck out of his hand, then he proceeded to use his fists that resulted in a bloody fight.23

On 22 November 1766, Alderson was with Phil Spiller and Rev. David Thomas, at the Brentown Branch of the Chappawomsick regular church. Five years later Alderson’s brothers, George and William, with their families, joined the Chappawomsick Baptist Church.

The membership roll of Goose Creek Baptist Church, located in Loudon County, Virginia, list Alderson and Jane Weeks from 1775-1779.

Military service

Family tradition through the descendants of George, state that both George and his brother, Alderson, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Alderson’s record is in the Fauquier County Minute Book for 1775-1783, under the October Court of 1779 states:24

“These men were recommended as fit and proper persons to be Militia Officers:

(total four companies)

. . . John Hathaway as Captain, John Barker as 1st Lieutenant, Wm. Heale as 2nd Lieutenant, Alderson Weeks as Ensign.”

It would appear that Alderson traveled a great deal as a minister, and might have been a “circut preacher.” He is listed in the tax rolls for Faquier County, from 1782 - 1787. Alderson at this time owned three slaves.25

An indenture dated 23 February 1782, between Thomas Owsley and wife of Loudoun County, and Alderson Weeks of Fauquier County, both Virginia.

After the war, Alderson obtained land in Loudoun County, Virginia, where Alderson bought land and built a church at Bare/Bear Creek. The congregation named itself the North Fork Primitive Baptist Church. They met as early as 1784, and a building erected ten years later, with Alderson as the first pastor. He left the area around 1793.26

An Anderson Weekes is listed as the minister of record on 24 May 1795, for Mark Anthony and Sarah Henry Tate, in Campbell County, Virginia, and again listed in 1798, two in 1802.27

By 1810 the Weeks family was living in Bedford County, Virginia. Here the Quakers of the area came to him for marriage and registration for years, and is listed many times marrying couples inThe Encylopedia of Quaker Genealogy. Also the neighboring county of Campbell has him on a list for 1782-1810.

Rev. Alderson Weeks Will
“3-191 Alderson Weeks will dated 30 November 1808, probated, 27 February 1809. wife Jane to have the home part of the home place, etc;, son Elijah to have the other part, to 5 daughters, 1 Susanna Garret, deceased, her children, Alderson and Rison Garret., 2 Ceila Weeks, 3 Polly Weeks, m. Benjamin Wright, 4 Peggy Wade, 5 Nancy Wade, son-in-law, Archibald Wade.”

Jane passed away in 1814, for on 14 January 1814, her son, Elijah, inherited the home place from his mother.

Alderson and Jane (Lawrence?) Weeks had six children.

CHILDREN

1. Elijah Weeks - Born about 1772 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Married 29 May 1802, to Margaret Thompson in Campbell County, Virginia. (P.100, married by father.)

2. Ceila Weeks - Married Elijah Weeks (first cousin, son of George).

3. Peggy Weeks - Married 1st on 23 December 1800, to Jeremiah Wade; 2nd on 28 July1803, to Farthing Hix.

4. Susanna Weeks - Married ??? Garret.

5. Polly Weeks - Married Benjamin Wright.

6. Nancy Weeks - Born 2 January 1786, Loudoun County, Virginia. Married 5 December 1803, to Archibald Wade, in Bedford County, Virginia. She died in 1861.

Obiturary: Nancy (Weeks) Wade (1786 - 1861)

“Departed this life in the 75th year of her age, Sister Nancy, wife of Brother Archibald Wade, Sr. She was born on the 2nd day of January 1786 He father was Elder Alderson Weeks one of the Founders of the Difficult Creek Baptist Church of which he was Pastor. She was united in matrimony to Mr.Archibald Wade to whom for 57 years she was a helpmate in spiritual as well as temporal things. The fruit of this marriage was 14 children, 13 of who 11 daughters and 2 sons she lived to see married and and settled in life and better still to see all but two on their way to heaven. The subject of this notice in 1808 was baptized into fellowship of the Difficult Creek Church by Elder William Davis of which she continued a worthy member until by letter she united with Other Church under the care of Elderesse Witt. Her beloved husband having expressed a hope in Christ was baptized by the Pastor into the fellowship of the same Church. Sister Wade was a most Exemplary Christian. Truly it might be said of her she lived the life of a Chrisian. Religion was not with her a mere form or ceremony or something put on for the occasion but a substantial living reality. The Bible was the Rule of her Faith and practice. It was her custom to read a portion of the Word of God every day. She spent much of the Holy Sabbath in searching the living oracles for hidden treasure which make wise unto salvation. She read the Bible through some 42 times. She was a great advocate for family prayer. In the absence of her husband and even sometimes when he was present she led in family worship. Truly the posterity of such a woman must needs be pious. Although her voice lifted up in prayer will be heard no more upon Earth, her example lives and will live forever for shebeing dead yet Speaketh. May her aged husband now almost upon the verge of the tomb and her numerous descendants follow her as she followe Christ and finally share with her in the Bliss of the Redeemed in Heaven. G.W.L.”28

A year after the death of Alderson Weeks, Archibald Wade died and left his wife a widow. She remarried on 26 October 1809, to William Overstreet, with her uncle George Weeks as the posting the sureity bond.

For the children of Nancy (Weeks) and Archibald Wade please see the Wade family history.

ENDNOTES

20 Semple, (1810) p. 307.

21 Chappawomsick Baptist Church Records. (Fredericksburg Public Library, Fredericksburg, Virginia.)

22 Morgan Edwards works.

23 Morgan Edwards works.

24 Joan W. Peters, compiler, Military Records, Patriotic Service, & Public Service Claims From The Faquier County Virginia Court Minute Books 1759-1784. Volumes I-III. (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 1999) V.1, p. 58. (FHL-USA/CAN 975.5275 M2p v.1.)

25. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-1787, Surnames V-W, p. 134. Online 25 May 2007, http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=002017&PN=134&SEC=Virginia%20Tax%20Payers%2C%201782-1787&CD=510.

26 North Fork Primitive Baptist Chuch Records. (Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.)

27. Lucy H. M. Baber & Hazel L. Williamson, Marriages of Campbell County, Virginia. (Lynchburg, Virginia, 1971. P. 8. His first marriage in Bedfords County, Virginia, is recorded as 10 November 1795; Online 25 May 2007, Bedford County, Virginia marriages, http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabedfor/bedf-m_c.htm.

28. The Wade Family History. (Roanoke Public Library, Roanoke, Virginia.)

Weekes, Alderson (I27930)

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Rev. Joseph REESE (1) was born about 1732 in Duck Creek, Kent Co., DE. Another source says he was born in 1736, Duckcreek, Kent Co., PA (later DE). He was ordained in Feb 1768 in Congaree, Richland Co., SC. He died on 5 Mar 1795 in Congaree, Richland Co., SC.

The following is from Bill Smith:
He was a in 1776 in Minister, Baptist Chaplin, Rev.War. He Date of Will on 27 Apr 1792 in Rec. Book D p.254, Richland Co. SC, State Archives, Box 26, PK627 Richland Co. SC. He died on 5 Mar 1795 in Columbia, Richland Co., SC.2 He has reference number 2142.

Joseph REESE, b.1732-36 in Kent County, province of Pennsylvania, now Delaware, d. March 5, 1795 in Richland County, South Carolina. He moved with his parents to the Congaree Section of South Carolina in 1745. He married Ann Reynolds (so Edwards); was converted from the Anglican Church and ordained a minister of the Baptist Church in 1768. Rev. Joseph REESE, Chaplain, appears in a list of men from Richland County territory who rendered Revolutionary service, in Capt. Wm. Goodwyn's unit, according to the records in the office of Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Commission.

Rev. Joseph REESE married (1) in 1753 Ann REYNOLDS, issue 9 children; (2) Sarah THOMAS of Liberty County, Georgia, no children. Sarah had been married twice before marrying Joseph, (1) John HOPKINS b. 1730 in Virginia; issue 7 children; (2) Drury WYCHE, his second marriage, whose will was probate January 18, 1785 in Probate Court, Camden, South Carolina, will book A, pg.253.

Joseph Reese is said in his youthful years to have been very gay and fond of pleasure. His conversion therefore, which took place in 1760, under the ministry of Rev. Philip Mulky, was remarkable and drew much attention. Soon after his conversion he was baptized by Rev. Mulky and began to preach. His ordination was for some reason deferred to February, 1768, when it was performed by Messrs. Oliver Hart and Evan Pugh. He became the first pastor of the Congaree Baptist Church, which was established in 1765 about three miles from his home. He was very infirm during the last ten years of his life, sometimes being carried to the church on his bed. His last attendance at the church was about twelve months before his death.

"Mr. Reese was a man," says, Benedict, General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, Boston 1813, "of good understanding and warm affections. His piety, it is believed, was never called into question. He had but little education, though he made improvements after he began to preach; but he had a large fund of evangelical and experimental knowledge. His natural eloquence and command of the passions of his hearers, were extraordinary. He was both a Boanerges, and a son of consolation. His voice and his countenance are said to have affected his hearers like enchantment. In the early part of his ministry he met with much Opposition, but with surprising success."
Rev. Reese had the plat of his land recorded in 1767 between Hay's Mill Creek and Pincushion Swamp, where his home was near the Southern Railway and not far from Lykesland.

From land Records of Richland County S. C.:
Rees, Joseph (300; December 30, 1767). Between Hay's Mill Creek and a Swamp called Pincushion. (150; August 15,
1771). Cedar Creek Martin Stager, Sebastian Stadler.

The will of Rev. Joseph REESE is filed in Probate Court, Columbia, South Carolina (will book C--Folios 107,108,109) was recorded April 6, 1795; lists wife Sarah (Thomas) Reese and nine children by his first wife. Rev. Reese died on March 5, 1795 at the age of sixty-three, in Richland County, South Carolina, at his home. He was interred in the family cemetery on his estate, Pincushion (Pennocrucion), about 12 miles east of Columbia, South Carolina, on the Garner Ferry Road. In 1940 this
place was owned by Mr. Rawles.

WILL OF JOSEPH REESE

In the name of God amen:
I Joseph Reese of Richland County, State of South Carolina (Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ) being in a low state of health, but of sound sense & memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, but calling to mind the mortallity of my body, & knowing it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will & testiment in the manner & form following, ( that is to say ):
Principally & first of all I recommend my soul into the Hands of almight God who gave it; and my body i recommend to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased god to bless me in this life, I give, devise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form, Imprivis, it is my desire that all my funeral charges & just debts be first paid. Item: I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Reese, one negro man named Prince & and one negro woman named Juda & her children in the same manner & form as left to her by her first husband. I also leave unto my beloved wife all the lands left her by her first husband and in the same manner and form. I also leave unto my beloved wife Sarah Reese, all the cattle found in my stock marked with a crop & hole in one ear & crop & slit in the other and branded thus --- in the same manner and form as they were left her by her first husband. I also leave to my beloved wife, Sarah Reese one feather bed & furnitures in the same manner and form as left her by her first husband.
Item: I lend unto my beloved wife sarah Reese, my two negroes by name Roger and Hagar in the same manner & form as they were left her by her Second Husband:
Item: I lend unto my beloved wife Sarah Reese during her natural life the use of my horse Pellican with the saddle she now hath, & after her death I Give and bequeath said horse & saddle to my beloved daughter
Catherine Weels, to her heirs & assigns forever. I also lend unto my beloved wife Sarah Reese one book of Mr. Bunyans writing and one of Mr. Holmes writing, during her natural life, and after her decease, I give & bequeath both said books unto my beloved daughter Ann tucker & to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah reese, One-sixth part of my present stock of hogs, together with one share & quarter of my crop this year:
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Ephraim Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever the two notes of hand which I have upon Mr. Joel M. Lemon:
Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Arthur & to he heirs and assigns forever, my negrowoman named Hannah, also my tract of land on the head of backswamp run on a warrant in my own name.
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Catherine Wells & to her heirs & assigns forever my tract of land situate on the waters of Lawsons fork which land was run on a warrant in the name of Henry Sunday:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Catherine Wells & to her heirs & assigns forever the note of hand which I have upon Coloel John Wenn, Senr. Including the interest:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved sons Joseph Reese & Jesse Reese & to their heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land in the Lowground of the congaree whereon my plantation & houses now are, to be equally divided between them:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved sons Joseph & Jesse Reese, & to their heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land on the head of the Pingustion, to be equally divided between them,
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Joseph Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, my negro man named Boson:
Item: I give & bequeath to my beloved son joseph Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, forty pounds sterling money to be paid to him out of my Estates:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Jesse Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, my negro lad named Starling:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son timothy reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, my pine woods plantation & tract of land where on I now live containing one hundred & fifty acres.
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Timithy Resses & to his heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land in the Lowground of the Congaree, containing forty six acres run on a warrant in the name of William Tucker:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Timothy reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, those my three negroes by name, peter Agge & Sela, with the future increase of the said females.
Item: I lend unto my beloved Daughter Ann Tucker & to the heirs of her body forever, my negro girl named Hager with her future increase:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Ann tucker & her heirs and assigns forever, the note of hand which I have on Mr. Ludwell Evans & the two notes of hand which I have on the two young Mr. Jacksons, together with my book debts, which with the above said notes, will amount to twenty pounds sterling:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son John Altom Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, my tract of land situate on Cedar Creek run on warrant in my own name:
Item: I give & bequeath unto my beloved son John Altom Reese & to his heirs and assigns forever, my negro man named Charles & my negro woman named Sharlet, with her future increase:
Item: It is my desire that all my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, should be equally divided between my four sons, Joseph Reese, timothy Reese, Jesse Reese & John Altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever:

Item: It is my desire that my stock of sheep should be equally divided between my six children, namely Mary Arthur, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, Jesse Reese, Ann Tucker & John altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever:
Item: It is my desire that all my children should have an equal part of my books:
Item: It is my desire that all my household furniture & plantation tools should be equally divided between my four sons, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, Jesse Reese and John Altom Reese, to them & their heirs forever.
Item: It is my desire that all the personal prpoerty belonging to my sons Jesse Reese & John altom reese (Negroes & Books Excepted, ) should be sold & the money arising therefrom be put to the best use for the benefit of the said Jesse & John Altom Reese to be paid to them at the age of twenty-one years.
Item: It is my desire that my beloved son, John Altom Reese should have two years schooling, and the expense of teaching, boarding, & clothing to be paid out of the labour of his negroes- - and at the expiration of the two years when he has obtained his schooling it is my desire that my said son John Altom should be put into a store & his negroes which I have given him be put into a crop or hired out, and their earnings or hire with the profit arising therefrom, to be paid to my said son John Altom at the age of twenty-one years, at which age he is to take possession of his negroes.
Item: If either of my these my sons should die before they come of age or marry, it is my desire that the persoal property of the deceased should be equally divided between all my surviving children, but the land of the deceased it is my desire should be equally divided between the surviving of my four sons, namely, Joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, Jesse Reese & John Altom Reese, to them and their heirs forever.
AND LASTLY I do make & ordain, Constitute & appoint my beloved sons-in-law and sons Hargrove Arthur, joseph Reese, Timothy Reese, & robert Tucker to be my lawful Executors & Guardians of my children, to execute this my last will & testament revoking, disannulling & making voyd, all former wills & Executions by me in anywise named or made, declaring this & no other, to be my last will & Teseament. In Witness Whereof I the said Joseph Reese have hereunto set my hand & seal this the 27th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.

Joseph Reese.

In Presence of
Joel McLemon
Isaac Raiford
G. L. Parker

Proved in open court April the 6th 1795 on the Testimony of Isaac Raiford.
Martyn Alken G. C.
Recorded in Will Book C
Page# 107- book# 26 - Package#627

FROM: The Colonial Clergy of Virginia, N. C., and S. C. p.88
Joseph Reese b.Duckcreek, Kent Co. Del.1736 came to South Carolina 1745 Ord. Congaree South Carolina Feb. 1768, set. Congaree, 1760-1795 Bapt. d.Congaree South Carolina 5 Mar. 1795 age 63

FROM: DAR Patriot Index, D238, p.562 Patriotic service.
The Rev. Joseph Reese was the first pastor of the Congaree Baptist Church, organized on November 30, 1765 about three miles from Josephs' home of Pincushion near Pincushion swamp. His successor was Rev. Stephen Nixon. About 1800, the exact year not being known, the Congaree Baptist church was moved to it's present site on the Tom's Creek, where it is crossed by the Bluff Road. When Congaree Baptist Church was moved to Tom's Creek, the members living in the old neighborhood formed themselves into a congregation, which met for a time in Minervaville Academy building. On May 16, 1774 Joseph Reese ordained a Richard Furman to be pastor of High Hills Baptist church. Around Charleston, S.C. 1790 Camden dist. Richland South Carolina

"A History of South Carolina Baptists pg.78-83
Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Ann (Sarah) REYNOLDS were married in 1753/54 in SC. Ann (Sarah) REYNOLDS was born about 1727 in Richmond Co., VA. Mildred Stapp has her born about 1735 as does Linda Wetzel. The following is from Bill Smith:
Ann Reynolds (c.1735-????), the only thing we really know about Ann at this time is, she married Joseph Reese in Richland county, SC in 1753. We find this in the Reese family history. We find Ann in several sources for the Reese family. Her daughter Mary Reese (1757-1839) married Hargrove Arthur.

Lineage Charts Vol. II, Greenville Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society. Chart #135.
The name Sarah came from Bill Smith. Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Ann (Sarah) REYNOLDS had the following children:

i. Lt. Ephraim Timothy REES (1).
ii. Mary REESE.
iii. Catherine REES (1).
iv. Joseph REESE (2).
v. Daniel REES was born on 4 Oct 1766 in Richland Co., SC. He died. He died young.
vi. Timothy REES.
vii. Ann REES.

Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Sarah Altum RAIFORD were married. Sarah Altum RAIFORD was born about 1740. This date is from Rod Rees. Mildred Stapp has Sarah's last name as Altum, apparently her maiden name.
Linda Wetzel has a second spouse for Joseph as Sarah Wych who died in 1808. Rev. Joseph REESE (1) and Sarah Altum RAIFORD had the following children:

i. Jesse William REES was born on 7 Nov 1774 in Richland Co., SC. He died in Nov 1821. Linda Wetzel has his death date as 1819. Another source lists him as William.

ii. John Altum REES.

Reese, Joseph B (I41707)

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Reverend Anthony Walke (1755 - 1814) was the son of Colonel Anthony Walke II. He married Anne McColley McClenahan on January 15, 1776 and had six children: Anne M., Edwin, Jane Eliza, David Meade, Susan, and Anthony IV (1778 - 1820). On July 13, 1805, five months after Anne died, he married Anne Newton Fisher (1774 - 1840). They had three children: John Newton, Thomas, and Lemuel. They are all buried in the old burial ground in what is now Fairfield's subdivision, in unmarked graves.

Reverend Walke was 20 years old in the early winter of 1775 when he most likely witnessed troop movements and battles between Continental Army troops and Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore’s Loyalist troops (people who supported King George III) in battles at Kemp's Landing, 2.5 miles north and then at Great Bridge, 9 miles south of his Fairfield Manor House. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) caught Reverend Walke at a time when he was coming of age into a Virginia gentry threatened by the loss of political power, wealth, and social prestige made possible by English control over the Virginia Colony. In his writings he blamed the north and their foolish Boston Tea Party actions.

Reverend Walke was a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and after the Revolutionary War, in early 1788 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, and then served the following year as an elector from the State of Virginia to the first presidential election held in Philadelphia. Returning to Princess Anne County, Reverend Walke, with a large inheritance from his father, presided as rector over Lynnhaven Parish Church for many years without a salary (from 1788 to 1800 and again from 1812 to 1813).

Reverend Walke divided his time between preaching and the hunt. Not only was he noted for delivering sermons with a captivating mild mannered voice, but a more picturesque side of him was his love of fox and deer hunting. He conducted sermons with his horse Silverheels tethered near the door of the church. When he heard those hunting horns, he would immediately turn the service over to his clerk, Dick Edwards, and hurry off on Silverheels, not seen again until late in the day.

Walke, Reverend Anthony III (I51788)

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Reverend James Mitchel was a son of the late Robert Mitchel (born in the north of Ireland) and Mary Enos his wife (the latter of Edinburg, Scotland, and of Welsh descent). Robert Mitchel and family emigrated to America at an early period. James Mitchel, his son, was born at Pequa, Pennsylvania, 20 January 1747. The family removed to and settled in Bedford County, Virginia, at an early date. James Mitchel was licensed a Presbyterian minister in October, 1781. He married Frances, daughter of Reverend David and Mary Blair Rice. He was known in southwest Virginia, as a humble, able, successful preacher from the day he was licensed to the day of his death which occurred 27 February 1841. He was aged ninety-four years and one month. He left many worthy descendants, was tenderly loved and venerated and often addressed and spoken of as "Father Mitchel".

Mitchell, James Rev (I28082)

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Revolution War Soldier
He was drafted May 1781 amd was one of the last remaining survivors of the Revolutionary war in Bedford. He received a pension until he died in 1853 because Congress enacted pensions for anyone who served in the revolution for at least 6 months.. He and his wife Tabitha are buried at Andrews Cemetery near Lebanon Methodist Church.

Andrews, Thomas Wyatt (I41171)

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Revolutionary War
Served in the Virginia Regiment 11th and 15th, Valley Forge in April 1778. Military service between Jan 1777-1779.

Nichols, Jesse (I38743)

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Revolutionary War

Havens, Moses (I23483)

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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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Revolutionary War Service
The State of Vermont, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783, by John E. Goodrich, published 1904.

Page 210- Elijah Risden 19 days in October 1780 Page 252- Elijah Risdon 8 days in August 1781

National archives, book R&P 431636, Ira Allen's Regiment, Vermont Militia Revolutionary War, lists

June 6,1781-19 days 81 miles August 2, 1781- 2 days 18 miles
August 2, 1781- 6 days 60 miles
November 20, 1781- 7 days 30 miles

Descendants of Josiah Risdon and Martha Cochran, by Daniel Risdon & Robert E. Cook, published 1982, pages21, 22, & 352.

History of Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donold Lines Jacobus, published 1932

State of Vermont, Bennington County, Pawlet Land Records, page 130

Township of Pawlet-New Hampshire claims- June 14 1779

Elisha Risdon to Adonijah Royce-75 acres

Recorded in Pawlet Deed Book on September 17, 1779

Risdon, Elisha (I35390)

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Reynolds Bible, Reynolds Bible, Gilmer Evans
Reynolds, page 1

Family: Hugh Reynolds / Elizabeth Mitchell (F5454)

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Richard Branch was a master woolen draper. He was the grandson of John Branch, the Master Carpenter who may have designed the Hammer Beam ceiling of the chapel of All Soul's College at Oxford University. The following is from The Abingdon Archaelogical and Historical Society:

"Their grandson Richard (about 1503−1544), who prospered as a woollen draper, was a master of the Guild. At the time of Amyce’s survey in 1554, Richard’s widow Elizabeth (about 1507−1556) was living in the Bury near the end of Lombard Street and deriving income from three adjoining properties in East St Helen Street, two of which, the present Nos. 55 and 51, still exist."

Source: Abingdon Archaelogical and Historical Society, "The Braunche Family", http://www.abingdon.gov.uk/history/people/braunche-family

Branch, Richard (I46783)

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Richard Braunch
Gender: Male
Birth: circa 1500 Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Death: 11 Sep 1544 (40-48) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Burial: 16 Sep 1544 center Jesus aisle, St. Helen's Church, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of John Braunche, III and Margaret Braunche
Husband of Elizabeth Braunche; Margaret Braunche and Juliana Braunch
Father of William Braunche, Sr.; Thomas Branch; Amy Branch; John Branch; Mary Branch/Braunche
Brother of Thomas Braunche and William Braunche

Will of Richard Branch:
In the name off god Amen the 27 daye of August yn the yere off our lorde god 1544 and in the yere of our soveren and most drade lorde Henry the viij by the grace of god of England fraunce & Irelande kinge of the faithe defensor and in the erthe next under god of the church of England & Ireland supreme hede the xxxvjy Richarde Branche of Abendon in the dyocese of Sarum wollen draper being hole of mynde and perfyt of memorye (thankes be unto Jhesu) never the lesse sycke in bodye do ordeyne and make this to be my last will and testament as hereafter foloweth that is to saye I bequethe my solle unto almighty god my only Saviour and redemer desirynge my soll to be assosiat and in cumpenye withe the virgyn marye and all thelect people of god and my bodye to be buryede in Saynct Elens churche of Abendon in Saynct Kateryns yle nyghe unto the bodyes of my late wyves Julyan and Margrett.
Item y bequeth unto the highe awlter in Saynct Elens Churche ijs to be prayed for.
Item y bequeth unto Thomas Branche my eldest sonne a federbed a bolster a coverynge with a myter upon it and a peyre off scheetes and xs [ten shillings] in moneye.
Item y bequethe unto my sonne William Branche my gowne that hadde off Mastre Wodwarde and xs in moneye.
Item y bequethe unto Thomas Branche my yongest sonne xxs in moneye.
Item y bequethe unto my sunne John Branche a black gown lyned with saynct Thomas wolsted and xs in moneye.
Item y bequethe unto Mergerye my dowghter a gyrdell with a dymycent of sylver and gyelt a sylverne spone withall her graunfathers bequest unto her a great brasse pott a platter a pottenger and a sawcer of the new fassyon a bell candlestycke & xxs in moneye.
Item y bequethe unto Maryon my dowghter a great brasse potte a brasse pan a peyre of Jett bedis with sylver gandes a sylverne spone besydes the spone that Wodwarde gave unto her a platter a potenger a sawcer of the new facyon a bell candlestycke & xxs in moneye.
And yff it shall cum to passe by godes provysyon that anye off my fore named chyldern shall departe this transitorye lyeff before they cum unto yeris of dyscretion then y will that his or their partes of the bequestes above mentioned so discessed shalbe indifferently distrybuted amongst my chyldern that then shalbe on lyve.
Item the residew of all mye goodes unbequethed (my detes payed my funeralls dishcarged and my legaces fulfylled) I geve and bequethe unto Elysabeth Braunche my wyffe she to pay all the dettes that ye owe and to receve all such dettes as be owinge unto me whom also y make my full and sole executrice she to cause my soll to be prayed for as god shall put her in mynd.
Item y do make Humffrey Bostocke and Thomas Erle the overseers of this my last will and testament to be performed in whome y putt my full trust above all other mortall men to se unto the gydynge of my wyffe and my childern untyll the tyme that god provyde for them unto whome also y do geve for the paynes takynge vjs viijd equallye betwyxt them to be devydyd.
Witnesses hereunto Sir William Druet brotherhed preist Richard Mayot Humffreye Bostocke and Thomas Erle with other moe."

John Braunch's second son, Richard, born before 1521, had two early marriages, Juliana and Margaret by neither of whom did he have children and both of them must have died early. In 1523 he married Elizabeth Beauforest, daughter of Thomas Beauforest of Cornwall and Margaret Bassett. Elizabeth was born about 1506/07 in Abdingdon, Berkshire Co., England, died 20 June 1556 and on the same day was buried in St. Helen's Church. Children of Richard and Elizabeth follow:
(1) Thomas (of London) b. about 1529 m. Elizabeth North No issue. Will proved 20 Oct.,1565 in Perogative Ct., of Canterbury
(2) William of Abdingdon b. After 1524 in Abdingdon Married Katherine Jennings, date unknown and d. Feb., 1601/02. Was buried in St Helen's Church & Feb 1601/02. Katherine b. About 1524, d. 25 Aug., 1587,and buried 25 Aug., 1587 in St. Helen's Church
(3) John (of Kent)
(4) Margery b. 1539 d, 1545/46 Buried 16 Mar., 1545/46
(5) Marion b. about 1541 d. March 1545/46
(6) Amy d. May have died before Sept 1544 as she is not in her father's will
(7) Thomas, fourth son d. 1545/46

Richard was a Woolen draper like his father before him; and was associated to Fraternity of the Holy Cross, Master of Fraternity. He was married three times with no children by his first two wives. All his children were by his third wife, Elizabeth Beauforest of Dorchester, dau. of Thomas Beauforest, of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, and Margaret Bassett, and by her had seven possibly eight children. He was of greater prominence in the town's affairs than his father or grandfather before him; but was to be surpassed in prominence and importance by his second son William in due time. Continuing his family's connection with the Fraternity of the Holy Cross, Richard became one of the Masters of the Fraternity and so remained to his death in 1544. Another pointer to Richard's position is afforded by the Grant on October 17, 1537 to Richard, Gilbert Freman, and John Marlow of the right of next presentation to the parish church of Marcham near Abingdon by Thomas Pentecost, last Abbot of Abingdon. The living had not fallen vacant by the time the Abbey was suppressed in 1538 and the three grantees appeared before the newly-formed Court of Augmentations, created by Henry VIII to control and dispose of the vast wealth of monastic lands fallen into royal hands after the Dissolution, in defence of their valuable privilege. On November 26, 1538, the Chancellor and Council of the Court confirmed the three men in the enjoyment of their privilege, which they doubtless soon exercised although no record of this has been found.

Richard's widow, Elizabeth, survived him by twelve years, being buried near her husband on June 20, 1556, in St. Helen's church. In October 1554, a detailed survey of all houses and land in Abingdon was made which shows that he left his estate to his widow. Richard bequeathed to Elizabeth three houses lying side by side on the west side of East St. Helen's Street. She lived in a house in the street called The Bury, the modern High Street, which she rented from James Braybrooke, and in which she probably died.

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Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (of the first creation), Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland (1130 – 20 April 1176), also known as Richard FitzGilbert, was an Anglo-Norman[1] nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. Like his father, Richard fitz Gilbert has since become commonly known by his nickname Strongbow (Norman French: Arc-Fort), which may be a mistranscription or mistranslation of "Striguil".

His son Gilbert de Striguil (or de Strigoil) died unmarried before 1189 and the earldom passed via Richard's daughter Isabel to her spouse William Marshall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke

Clare, Richard "Strongbow" Fitzgilbert De (I36549)

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Richard did not leave a will. In October 1805 his children got together to sell his land:

"This indenture made this third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and five - Witnesseth: That whereas Richard Lockett departed this life in March 1795 intestate but possessed of a certain tract of land lying in said county containing by estimation 170 acres, and also leaving children to wit: Mable Elam who is intermarried with Burral Elam but formerly was Mable Lockett, David Lockett, Edmund Lockett, Daniel Lockett, Jeremiah Lockett, Josiah Lockett, Rhoda Lockett, William Lockett, Jesse Lockett and Arch. Lockett who are all heirs and representatives of the said Richard Lockett and who are entitled to equal shares....."

It is signed by all the children.

Lockett, David (I20290)

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Richard E. Moore was an inventor and pioneering engineer in rotorcraft technology. Moore's aviation career spanned nearly 50 years with McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company and its predecessors; Hughes Helicopter, Inc. and the Aircraft Division of Hughes Tool Company; General Motors Corporation; Gates Lear jet Corporation, and as a rotorcraft consultant to the US Army.
Moore was a 1942 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and finishing his studies in the top 10 percent of his class. He joined the Aircraft Division of Hughes Tool Company in 1952 but left the company in 1968 to work on the design of a new twin-engine helicopter being developed by Gates Learjet Corporation. When the project was cancelled, he worked for the US Army as a consultant. Moore rejoined the company in 1972.
He was instrumental late in his career in planning the transition of McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company's research and development facilities into an industry leading position. His studies or research, engineering and test laboratories throughout the aerospace industry led to the development of the company's year old Advanced Development Center, a 300,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility dedicated to adavanced rotorcraft technology.
Moore received a patent in 1986 for his work on helicopter transmission systems that allow variations in main and tail rotor speeds. He was chairman of the company's patent committee.
"Thanks to Dick Moore, the center's capabilities are unmatched in the helicopter industry," said Norm Hirsh, executive vice president of MDHC and AHS Board Chairman.
"He was the principle designer of the drive system for the OH-6," said Hirsh. "His designs have stood the test of time and have been adapted to all succeeding MD 500 series helicopters."
"Dick Moore was a valuable asset to this company for more than 30 years," Hirs said. "He also contributed measurably to the industry through his contributions to the design of helicopters and through his constant search for safer rotorcraft flight."

Richard Moore died on September 12, 1987. He was 68.

Source: https://vertipedia.vtol.org/biographies/getBiography/biographyID/282

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Richard Echols was the fifth son of English John Echols who married Caty Evans - he was my grandfather - and by her had fourteen children. Three died in infancy. The rest lived to raise families. Their first son was Moses who married Betsy Wynne. They raised a considerable family. Their first son was John who married Fanny Formby and moved from Virginia to Tennessee. I know but little of the family. He was a one-eyed man, he was very smart and had great property. Their second son was Obediah. He married Betsy Terry. He died at about 65 years of age. I know but little of his family, only one son who lives in the western district of Tennessee by name of Champness Terry Echols, a Baptist preacher. Moses third son was by name of Moses who married a Miss Terry - cousin to his brother Obediah's wife. I know nothing of his family. Their fourth son was by name of Evans who married Anna Terry, sister to his brother Moses wife. They live in Virginia. I know no more of their family. Old Moses daughters were by name of Rebecca, Priscilla, Tabitha, Betsy, Lucy and Frances. Rebecca married Edward Akin. I have no knowledge of their family. Priscilla married David Bates in Halifax County, a very large man who offered for the legislature in the county that he was born and raised in when he was about twenty-five years old. He got every vote that was given in the county and the county was very large. He continued to go to the legislature as long as he stayed in Virginia. He then moved to Georgia, Wilkes County. He became a representative of Wilkes County in Senate and was once appointed President Senate pro tem - you can see his name in the digest of the laws of Georgia. He became so fat that it was supposed by the doctors that his fat melted in him, killed him before he was sixty years old. He weighed nearly four hundred pounds. He raised his family in Wilks County, Georgia but after his death they moved to Tennessee. I have but little account of them since. He had one son named Randolph and one named Anderson. Of the rest I have no account only one daughter named Susanah who married James Johnson of Oglethorpe County.

Old Moses third daughter Tabitha married Nathan Formby. He moved from Virginia to Georgia and died in Walton County. He raised four sons and several daughters. His sons were named Moses, Obediah and Nathan. The other I don't know the name of, he married a Miss Harvie in Newton County and died there. Moses and Obediah live in Newton County. They both have families but I don't know the name of either of their wives. Nathan lives in Alabama. I know not of his family. One of old Nathan's daughters married John Whitaker and one married Henry Nichols. One Israel Moore and one married a Mr. Park. I know nothing of the family. Old Moses fourth daughter Betsy married Marlin Farmer. I know no more of the family. His fifth daughter Lucy married Jonas Meadows and that's all I know about them. His sixth daughter Frances married a man by the name of Shelton. I have no account of them further.

Information copied from: HISTORY OF ECHOLS FAMILY by MILNER ECHOLS 1850

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RICHARD ECHOLS [5744] was born 1706 in King and Queen County, Virginia, and died Aft. 15 January 1778 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married CATHERINE EVANS 1735, daughter of WALTER EVANS and BETSY HOLCOMB. She was born 1709 in Caroline County, Virginia, and died in Virginia.

Children of RICHARD ECHOLS and CATHERINE EVANS are:
MARY ECHOLS, b. 1729, Virginia; d. Georgia; m. THOMAS WYNN.
BENJAMIN ECHOLS, b. 1734, Virginia; m. SANDRA HENDRICK(S).
DRUCILLA ECHOLS, b. 1736, Richmond County, Virginia.
JOHN ECHOLS, b. 1737, Amelia, Halifax County, Virginia; d. 15 February 1826, Madison County, Alabama; m. LUCY ANNA MOORE, 6 September 1760, Lunenburg County, Virginia.
MOSES NICHOLS ECHOLS, b. 1738, Caroline, Brunswick County, Virginia; d. 1785, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH WYNNE, 1749, Virginia.
JAMES ECHOLS, b. 1739, Virginia; d. 1825, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH MILNER PALMER, 16 February 1769, Halifax County, Virginia.
JOSEPH ECHOLS, b. 1740, Virginia; d. 2 April 1814, Wilkes County, Georgia; m. MARY STAMPS, 1780, Halifax County, Virginia.
OBEDIAH ECHOLS, b. 1744, Virginia.
SARAH ECHOLS, b. 1762, Virginia; m. JOHN MILNER, 1778, Virginia.
ANNA ECHOLS, b. 1764, Virginia; m. JAMES DANIEL.
ELIZABETH ECHOLS, b. 1766, Virginia; m. WILLIAM RAINEY, 17 January 1799, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

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Richard Farthing
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (Will Book 11-343, pg. 150, Pittsylvania Co. VA.)
I give to my son Landy Farthing, 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live.
I give to my son John Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live.
I give to my son William Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live to be laid off agreeable to the lines now established. I also give my son William the use of the spring he now uses forever in common with his brother Richard Farthing.

I give to my son Abner Farthing 30 acres of land more or less agreeable to the lines around the land whereon he now lives and being part of the tract whereon I now live.
I give to my son Dudley Farthing on feather bed and furniture.
I give nothing more to my daughters Michael Nicholas and Rebecca Parsons than what I have heretofore given it them on their intermarriage that being in my opinion equal to their portion of my estate.
I give to my son Richard Farthing the remainder of my estate real and personal subject to the payment of my just debts and the maintenance of his mother Grisell Farthing during the remainder of her life and in the event of his failing or refusing to afford his mother sufficient maintenance for her comfort then and in that case it is my will and I direct accordingly that my wife the said Grisell Farthing shall enter upon and be possessed of all that part of my estate which I have conditionally given to my son Richard for and during her life and at her death it is my will that the same revert to the said Richard Farthing his heirs and assigns forever.
Lastly I do appoint my son Richard Farthing and my friend Thomas H. Wooding executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 11th day of March 1807. Richard Farthing

Signed: Richard Farthing

In the presence of David Bradley and Zachariah Riddle. Examined by Susana Wooding

At a court held for Pittsylvania County the 18th day of June 1810. This will was presented in court proven by the oaths of David Bradley and Zachariah Riddle two of the subscribed witnesses thereto and by the court ordered to be recorded.

Teste Will Turnstall C.S.

The Farthing homeplace is still standing in 1992 on the campus of the Chatham Academy where it has been restored and remodeled to serve as a residence for the Professor of Romance History.

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Richard fitz Gilbert (bef. 1035–c. 1090), was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge" from his holdings.

Biography
He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when he was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.

The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.

Rewards
He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand. He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title".

He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.

Rebel baron
On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.

Death and succession
He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.

Marriage
Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel, and they had the following children:

Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131, apparently without issue.
Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.
Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.
Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle.
Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.
Robert fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.
Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.
Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence, which Lee signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore.

Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He was raised Episcopalian and came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father, Thomas Lee, was the governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia with his family at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught in a variety of skills, and witnessed the very beginning of political career as his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Both of his parents died in 1750 and, in 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.

In 1757, Lee was appointed justice of the peace in Westmoreland County. In 1758 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he met Patrick Henry. An early advocate of independence, Lee became one of the first to create Committees of Correspondence among the many independence-minded Americans in the various colonies. In 1766, almost ten years before the American Revolutionary War, Lee is credited with having authored the Westmoreland Resolution which was publicly signed by prominent landowners who met at Leedstown, Westmoreland County, Virginia on 27 February 1766. This resolution was signed by four brothers of George Washington as well as Gilbert Campbell.

In August 1774, Lee was chosen as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. In Lee's Resolution on the 7th of June 1776 during the Second Continental Congress, Lee put forth the motion to the Continental Congress to declare Independence from Great Britain, which read (in part):

Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.

Lee had returned to Virginia by the time Congress voted on and adopted the Declaration of Independence, but he signed the document when he returned to Congress.

Richard Henry Lee was elected the sixth President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation on November 30, 1784, in the French Arms Tavern, Trenton, New Jersey. On January 11, 1785, Congress convened in the old New York City Hall and Lee presided over that Congress until November 23, 1785. Although, he was not paid a salary for his office as president, his household expenses were paid by Congress in the amount of $12,203.13.

Lee's Congress was most active in 1785, passing numerous legislation, including establishing a United States dollar tied to the Spanish dollar as the national currency. His most pressing issue, however, was to settle the states' territorial disputes over the Northwest Territory. Throughout his term, Lee remained steadfast that the release of states’ territorial claims on the Northwest Territory would enable the federal government to fund itself with land sales. He believed that the urgency of this measure was paramount because borrowing more foreign money was no longer prudent, and he abhorred the movement to establish federal taxes. The sale of these vast federal lands, he concluded, was the nation's only hope to pay off the war debt and adequately fund federal government. Debate began on the expansion of the Ordinance of 1784 and Thomas Jefferson’s survey method “hundreds of ten geographical miles square, each mile containing 6086 and 4-10ths of a foot” and “sub-divided into lots of one mile square each, or 850 and 4-10ths of an acre" on April 14.[4 ] On May 3, 1785, William Grayson of Virginia made a motion seconded by James Monroe to change “seven miles square” to “six miles square”, and the current US Survey system was born. Lee wrote to his friend and colleague Samuel Adams:

I hope we shall shortly finish our plan for disposing of the western Lands to discharge the oppressive public debt created by the war & I think that if this source of revenue be rightly managed, that these republics may soon be discharged from that state of oppression and distress that an indebted people must invariably feel.

The states relinquished their right to this "test tract" of land, and the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed on May 20, 1785.

The federal government, however, lacked the resources to manage the newly surveyed lands because Native Americans refused to relinquish a large percentage of the platted land, and most of the territory remained too dangerous for settlement. This either required troops to eject the Native Americans or capital to purchase their land "fairly", insuring the peaceful sale and settlement. Additionally the small amount of federal land that was not in dispute by the Native Americans was enthusiastically being occupied by western settlers that had no faith in or respect for the Congress as a federal authority. The settlers claimed the land as squatters, and the Congress was unable to muster the capital to magistrates let alone troops to enforce the $1.00 per acre fee required for a clear federal land title. With the states no longer in control of the lands and no federal magistrates or troops to enforce the laws, a tide of western squatters flowed into the Northwest Territory. Lee's plan to fill the federal treasury with the proceeds of land sales failed, but the survey system developed under the Land Ordinance of 1785 is still used today.

Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland County, Virginia (1757)
Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–1775)
Member of the Continental Congress (1774–1779, 1784–1785, 1787)
A Signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
Virginia House of Delegates (1777, 1780, 1785)
President of the Continental Congress (November 30, 1784 – November 4, 1785)
United States Senator from Virginia (March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792)
President pro tempore during the Second Congress (April 18 – October 8, 1792)

Marriages and children
Richard married first on December 5, 1757, Anne Aylett (1738–1768), daughter of William Aylett and Elizabeth Eskridge (1719). Anne died December 12, 1768 at Chantille, Westmoreland Co., Virginia. The couple had six children, four of whom survived infancy:

Elizabeth Virginia Lee (1755), who died in infancy.
Thomas Lee (1758–1805), resided at Park Gate from 1790 to 1805.
Col. Ludwell Lee, Esq. (1760–1836), who married Flora Lee (1771–1795), daughter of Hon. Philip Ludwell Lee, Sr., Esq. (1727–1775) and Elizabeth Steptoe (1743–1789), who married secondly, Philip Richard Fendall I (1734–1805).
Mary Lee (1764–1795).
Hannah Lee (1765–1801), who married Hon. Corbin Washington (1764–1799), son of Col. John Augustine Washington (1736–1787) and Hannah Bushrod (1738–1801).
Marybelle Lee (1768), who died in infancy.

Richard remarried in June or July 1769 to Anne (Gaskins) Pinckard. The couple had seven children, five of whom survived infancy:

Anne Lee (1770–1804), who married Hon. Charles Lee (1758–1815), U.S. Attorney General under John Adams. Charles was the son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792).
Henrietta "Harriotte" Lee (1773–1803), who married Hon. George Richard Lee Turberville (c. 1770), son of Hon. George Richard Turberville, Jr. (1742–1792) and Martha Corbin (1742).
Sarah Caldwell "Sally" Lee (1775–1837), who married Edmund Jennings Lee I (1772–1843), son of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792).
Cassius Lee (1779–1850).
Francis Lightfoot Lee II (1782–1850), who married Jane Fitzgerald (died 1816), daughter of Col. John Fitzgerald and Jane Digges. (grandparents of Francis Preston Blair Lee)
? Lee (1784), who died in infancy.
? Lee (1786), who died in infancy.

Richard honored his brother, Francis Lightfoot Lee (another signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence), by naming his youngest son after him.

The younger Francis married Jane Fitzgerald on 9 Feb 1810. In 1811 he purchased the estate Sully in Fairfax County, Virginia from his second cousin Richard Bland Lee. Jane died on 25 Jul 1816, shortly after the birth on their fifth child.

Children of Richard Henry Lee's son Francis Lightfoot Lee
Jane Elizabeth Lee (January 1, 1811 – June 25, 1837); married Henry T. Harrison
Samuel Philips Lee (February 13, 1812 – June 5, 1897); Rear Admiral; married Elizabeth Blair, daughter of Francis Preston Blair
John Fitzgerald Lee (May 5, 1813 – June 17, 1840)
Thomas Arthur Lee (February 18, 1815 – August 3, 1841), called Arthur, married in 1841 in Woodford County, Kentucky, to Agatha "Agnes" Alexander, cousin of Elizabeth Blair, his brother Samuel Philips Lee's wife
Frances Ann Lee (June 29, 1816 – December 5, 1889); married Goldsborough Robinson

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Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Richart), was the Count of Rouen or Jarl of Rouen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum" (Latin, "On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy"), called him a Dux. However, this use of the word may have been in the context of Richard's renowned leadership in war, and not as a reference to a title of nobility. Richard either introduced feudalism into Normandy or he greatly expanded it. By the end of his reign, the most important Norman landholders held their lands in feudal tenure.

Richard was born to William Longsword, princeps (chieftain or ruler) of Normandy, and Sprota. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a more danico marriage. He was also the grandson of the famous Rollo. William was told of the birth of a son after the battle with Riouf and other Viking rebels, but his existence was kept secret until a few years later when William Longsword first met his son Richard. After kissing the boy and declaring him his heir, William sent Richard to be raised in Bayeux. Richard was about ten years old when his father was killed on 17 December 942. After William was killed, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller. Rodulf of Ivry was their son and Richard's half-brother.

With the death of Richard's father in 942, King Louis IV of France installed the boy, Richard, in his father's office. Under the influence of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, the king took him into Frankish territory and placing him in the custody of the count of Ponthieu before the king reneged and seized the lands of the Duchy of Normandy. He then split up the duchy, giving its lands in lower Normandy to Hugh the Great. Louis IV thereafter kept Richard in close confinement at Lâon, but the youth escaped from imprisonment with assistance of Osmond de Centville, Bernard de Senlis, Ivo de Bellèsme, and Bernard the Dane.

In 946, at the age of 14, Richard allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders in France and with men sent by King Harold of Denmark. A battle was fought after which Louis IV was captured. Hostages were taken and held until King Louis recognised Richard as Duke, returning Normandy to him. Richard agreed to "commend" himself to Hugh, the Count of Paris, Hugh resolved to form a permanent alliance with Richard and promised his daughter Emma, who was just a child, as a bride; the marriage would take place in 960.

Louis, working with Arnulf, persuaded Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor to attack Richard and Hugh. The combined armies of Otto, Arnulf, and Louis were driven from the gates of Rouen, fleeing to Amiens and being decisively defeated in 947. A period of peace ensued, Louis dying in 954, 13 year old Lothair becoming king. The middle-aged Hugh appointed Richard as guardian of his 15-year-old son, Hugh Capet in 955.

In 962, Theobald I, Count of Blois, attempted a renewed invasion of Rouen, Richard's stronghold, but his troops were summarily routed by Normans under Richard's command, and forced to retreat before ever having crossed the Seine river. Lothair, the king of the West Franks, was fearful that Richard's retaliation could destabilize a large part of West Francia so he stepped in to prevent any further war between the two. In 987, Hugh Capet became King of the Franks.

For the last 30 years until his death in 996 in Fécamp, Richard concentrated on Normandy itself, and participated less in Frankish politics and its petty wars. In lieu of building up the Norman Empire by expansion, he stabilized the realm and reunited the Normans, forging the reclaimed Duchy of his father and grandfather into West Francia's most cohesive and formidable principality.

Richard used marriage to build strong alliances. His marriage to Emma of Paris connected him directly to the House of Capet. His second wife, Gunnor, from a rival Viking group in the Cotentin, formed an alliance to that group, while her sisters formed the core group that were to provide loyal followers to him and his successors.

His daughters forged valuable marriage alliances with powerful neighboring counts as well as to the king of England. Emma married firstly Æthelred the Unready and after his death in 1016, the invader, Cnut the Great. Her children included Edward the Confessor, Alfred Aetheling and with Cnut, Harthacnut, so completing a major link between the Duke of Normandy and the Crown of England that would add validity to the claim by William the Conqueror to the throne of England.

Richard also built on his relationship with the church, undertaking acts of piety, restoring their lands and ensuring the great monasteries flourished in Normandy. His further reign was marked by an extended period of peace and tranquility.

Richard's first marriage in 960 was to Emma, daughter of Hugh the Great, and Hedwige of Saxony. They were betrothed when both were very young. She died after 19 March 968, with no issue.

According to Robert of Torigni, not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamored with the forester's wife, Seinfreda, but she was a virtuous woman and suggested he court her unmarried sister, Gunnor, instead. Gunnor became his mistress and her family rose to prominence. Her brother, Herfast de Crepon, may have been involved in a controversial heresy trial. Gunnor was, like Richard, of Viking descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimize their children:

Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy[1]
Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux[1]
Mauger, Count of Corbeil[1]
Robert Danus, died between 985 and 989[23]
another son[23]
Emma of Normandy, wife of two kings of England[1]
Maud of Normandy, wife of Odo II of Blois, Count of Blois, Champagne and Chartres[1]
Hawise of Normandy m. Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany[1]

Illegitimate children
Richard was known to have had several other mistresses and had children with many of them. Known children are:

Geoffrey, Count of Eu[1][24]
William, Count of Eu (ca. 972-26 January 1057/58),[24] m. Lasceline de Turqueville (d. 26 January 1057/58).
Beatrice of Normandy, Abbess of Montivilliers d.1034 m. Ebles of Turenne[1] (d.1030 (divorced)
Possible children
Muriella, married Tancred de Hauteville[1][25][26]
Fressenda or Fredesenda (ca. 995-ca. 1057), second wife of Tancred de Hauteville.[1][26][27]
Guimara (Wimarc(a)) (b. circa 986), died Abbey of Montivilliers, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, wife of Ansfred (Ansfroi) II "le Dane" le Goz, vicomte of Exmes and Falaise, mother of Robert FitzWimarc Papia

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Richard II (died 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the eldest son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnor. He was a Norman nobleman of the House of Normandy. He was the paternal grandfather of William the Conqueror. Richard succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996. During his minority, the first five years of his reign (suggesting he was born between 980 and 990), his regent was Count Rodulf of Ivry, his uncle, who wielded the power and put down a peasant insurrection at the beginning of Richard's reign.

Richard had deep religious interests and found he had much in common with Robert II of France, who he helped militarily against the duchy of Burgundy. He forged a marriage alliance with Brittany by marrying his sister Hawise to Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany and by his own marriage to Geoffrey's sister, Judith of Brittany.

In 1000–1001, Richard repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by Ethelred II of England. Ethelred had given orders that Richard be captured, bound and brought to England. But the English had not been prepared for the rapid response of the Norman cavalry and were defeated at the Battle of Val-de-Saire.

Richard attempted to improve relations with England through his sister Emma of Normandy's marriage to King Ethelred. This marriage was significant in that it later gave his grandson, William the Conqueror, the basis of his claim to the throne of England. The improved relations proved to be beneficial to Ethelred when in 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England. Emma with her two sons Edward and Alfred fled to Normandy followed shortly thereafter by her husband king Ethelred. Soon after the death of Ethelred, Cnut, King of England forced Emma to marry him while Richard was forced to recognize the new regime as his sister was again Queen. Richard had contacts with Scandinavian Vikings throughout his reign. He employed Viking mercenaries and concluded a treaty with Sweyn Forkbeard who was en route to England.

Richard II commissioned his clerk and confessor, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, to portray his ducal ancestors as morally upright Christian leaders who built Normandy despite the treachery of their overlords and neighboring principalities. It was clearly a work of propaganda designed to legitimize the Norman settlement, and while it contains numerous historically unreliable legends, as respects the reigns of his father and grandfather, Richard I and William I it is basically reliable.

In 1025 and 1026 Richard confirmed gifts of his great-grandfather Rollo to Saint-Ouen at Rouen. His other numerous grants to monastic houses tends to indicate the areas over which Richard had ducal control, namely Caen, the Éverecin, the Cotentin, the Pays de Caux and Rouen.

Richard II died 28 Aug 1026. his eldest son, Richard becoming the new duke.

He married first, around 1000, Judith (982–1017), daughter of Conan I of Brittany, with whom he had the following children:

Richard (c. 997/1001), duke of Normandy[1]
Robert (1000), duke of Normandy[1]
Alice of Normandy (c. 1003/5), married Renaud I, Count of Burgundy[1]
William (c. 1007/9), monk at Fécamp, d. 1025, buried at Fécamp Abbey[1][15]
Eleanor (c. 1011/3), married to Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
Matilda (c. 1013/5), nun at Fecamp, d. 1033. She died young and unmarried.[16]
Second he married Poppa of Envermeu, and they had the following children:

Mauger (c. 1019), Archbishop of Rouen
William (c. 1020/5), count of Arques

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Richard Kennon, who was founder of the family in Virginia, was a prominent merchant living at Bermuda Hundred on the James River. In 1685 he was factor for William Paggen, a London Merchant. He was a constant visitor to London, justice of the peace for Henrico county in 1680 and other years, and burgess in 1686.

He married Elizabeth Worsham, daughter of William Worsham and Elizabeth his wife. He died in 1696 and in his will names his children Richard, William, Martha married Robert Munford, Mary married married Major John Bolling of Cobbs, Elizabeth married Joseph Royall Sr, Sarah, and Judith married Thomas Eldridge.

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. p 271.

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Richard Lee arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in 1639 with little wealth, but on the same ship as Virginia's incoming royal governor, Sir Francis Wyatt (who had been the colony's first governor two decades earlier). Wyatt would become an important mentor before receiving an order recalling him to England in late 1641 (and departing the following spring). Another passenger on that ship was Anne Constable, an orphaned ward. Lee began his career as a government official handling land records among other duties.

Lee traded with his brother John in England as well as Native Americans, including for furs. His first land patent was for land on the north side of the York River at the head of Poropotank Creek, in what was then York, later Gloucester County. Lee received the title to this 1,000 acre (4 km2) tract on 10 August 1642, supposedly through the headrights of thirty-eight immigrants unable to pay their own passage. However, Lee did not take title to this land until 1646, and a record exists of his purchasing 100 acres (0.4 km2) at this location. Also, Lee may have actually transported those emigrants in his own ship when returning from Breda in the Netherlands in 1650.[citation needed] In any event, the Lee family's first home was likely a log cabin on leased land on the same side of the York river, at the head of Tindall's Creek near the Native American community of Capahosic Wicomico. Lee moved his bride and infant son John away from the capital city (notoriously unhealthy due to stagnant waters nearby in summers), and they lived near the frontier of settlement. However, on 18 April 1644, Powhatan warriors led by Chief Opchanacanough massacred many newcomers to the area and their native allies. They killed 300, but colonists successfully counterattacked and drove the raiders away. Nonetheless, the English abandoned the north side of the York river for several years.

Lee and his family escaped the 1644 raid, then settled at New Poquoson on the lower peninsula south of the York River, where it was safer from attack. They lived at the new 90 acres (360,000 m2) plantation for nine years, which was a comfortable ride from Jamestown and Lee's government duties.[11] Later, as discussed below, Lee moved his family further north in Virginia's Tidewater region, becoming among the first white settlers in what became known as the northern neck of Virginia between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers.

Meanwhile, on 20 August 1646 Lee took out a patent for 1,250 acres (5 km2) on the Pamunkey River in York, later New Kent County, at the spot "where the foot Company met with the Boats when they went Pamunkey March under ye command of Capt. William Claiborne" during the counteroffensive against the Indians after the massacre of 1644. He did not develop these lands, but exchanged them in 1648 for a tract along the north side of the York near the present Capahosic, retaining the 400 acres (1.6 km2) he called "War Captain's Neck" and selling the other 850 acres (3.4 km2).

Colonial politician and officeholder
Lee's first Virginia office was as Clerk of the Quarter Court at Jamestown, within the Secretary of State's office. He later became Clerk to the burgesses of the Virginia General Assembly in 1640 and 1641.[12] In 1643 the new governor, Sir William Berkeley, on the recommendation of Sir Francis Wyatt, appointed Lee as Attorney General of the Colony, and he also continued as clerk.[13][14] Like both his superiors, Lee was a loyal supporter of King Charles I of England, and his public offices technically ceased after Oliver Cromwell seized power in England in 1649 (although Lee would ultimately negotiate terms of accommodation with the new government before temporarily ending his public career in 1652).

Fellow colonists in York County elected Lee a Burgess in the Assembly of 1647-1648.[15] In 1649 Lee was appointed a member of the King's Council (both a primitive executive branch of government and the precursor of the upper house of Virginia's legislature). As Secretary of State, Lee was next in authority to the Governor, Sir William Berkeley (1606–1677). That same year, Charles I, King of England (1600–1649), was beheaded and Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) began his control. In part because people in the distant colonies could not believe the news from England, they remained loyal to the Crown and to Charles II (1630–1685), heir to the throne. In 1650, Secretary of State Lee sailed to the Netherlands to report Virginia's loyal adherence to the exiled Charles II, and returned with a new (but worthless) commission from the late King's heir for Governor Berkeley.[16] During the next two years (and Berkeley's forced retirement), Lee negotiated the Virginia colony's capitulation to the Commonwealth of England, and was satisfied with the terms that were laid out.

Lee then retired from public office, but continued to represent the Virginia interests in London. Between 1652 and his death in 1664, Lee spent nearly as much time in London (36 months), as he did in Virginia (46 months), though he continued to hold local Virginia offices.[17] When Charles II took the throne in 1660, Berkeley was restored as governor, and Lee continued to serve on the Council of State.[18]

Meanwhile, Lee served a time as High Sheriff as well as held various offices in the local counties where he lived, as discussed below, including as a Justice of the York County Court, and as a Colonel in the Northumberland County Militia.[19]

Merchant and planter
Lee would come to characterize himself as a merchant, but early in his career he became a real estate investor, and after Cromwell came to power, became a tobacco planter. He became a part owner of a trading ship, whose cargoes brought indentured servants with headrights that Lee used to enlarge his Virginia property. Lee also became involved in the slave trade as his landholdings grew, and he needed labor to operate plantations.[13] He both employed and imported both English indentured servants (i.e. employees who paid for their passage to America with seven years of labor) and at least 90 African slaves (for which he claimed 4000 acres of headrights in 1660).[20]

After returning from his Continental voyage on Gov. Berkeley's behalf in 1850, Lee began acquiring many land grants on the Middle Peninsula between the York and the Rappahannock River, although the colonial capital would not move to the "Middle Plantation" and later to Williamsburg until after his death. After peace with the Indians had been concluded and the lands north of the York reopened for settlement in 1649, Lee acquired a patent for 500 acres (2 km2) on 24 May 1651, on land adjacent to "War Captain's Neck". That same year he also acquired an additional 500 acres (2 km2) on Poropotank Creek. He sold 150 acres (0.6 km2) of his original grant, the tract on Poropotank Creek. This left 850 acres (3.4 km2) at the original site, to which he later gave the name "Paradise", and resided from 1653 to 1656 in the newly created Gloucester County.

After a trip back to London with his wife in 1654-1655 (leaving their children in Virginia), in 1656 Lee moved his family to Virginia's Northern Neck, the peninsula formed between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. Leaving the "Paradise" tract to overseers, they resettled on a spot acquired from the Wicomico Indians, which consisted of 1,900 acres (8 km2). In 1648 the Virginia General Assembly had created Northumberland County in this area, and in 1653 separated Westmoreland County from Northumberland County. The new plantation was called "Dividing Creek", near what is today the town of Kilmarnock in Northumberland County.[21] Later generations of Lees came to call parts of this plantation "Cobbs Hall" and "Ditchley". Lee later purchased another 2,600 acres (11 km2) at Machodoc Creek, which also seemed a possible port along the Potomac River where ships could traffic with England, and which became part of Westmoreland County. This tract was patented on 18 October 1657, and re-patented the following year on 5 June 1658 as 2,000 acres (8 km2). Later generations of Lees developed this area into the "Mount Pleasant" and "Lee Hall" plantations. Lee also acquired 4,000 acres (16 km2) farther up the Potomac, near and westward of where the city of Washington, D.C., would rise, in what was became Westmoreland County (but after various subdivisions became part of modern Fairfax and Alexandria). Part of one tract would eventually become Mount Vernon plantation, and later generations of Lees would develop "Leesylvania" and "Stratford" plantations.

Disposing of several lesser properties he had obtained, Lee consolidated and developed four major plantations. He had two in Gloucester County: "War Captain's Neck" and "Paradise", and two on the Northern Neck: "Dividing Creek" in Northumberland County and "Machodoc" in Westmoreland County. At the end of his life, Lee also acquired a plantation called "Lee's Purchase", located across the Potomac in Maryland, which after its reacquisition by the Lee family would give rise to the "Blenheim" branch of Lee descendants.[22]

During a trip to England in 1658 with his eldest son John, Lee acquired a residence at Stratford Langthorne, in the County of Essex, then a pleasant suburb of London. In 1661 he moved his wife and children there, although the steward he had found to manage his Virginia property (and to whom he had promised to marry one of his daughters) had grown homesick and returned with them.[23] Essex County borders London on the east, and persons of means developed the village of Stratford Langthorne to avoid unhealthy London. It is located about a mile from Stratford-at-Bow on the north side of the Thames in West Ham Parish, and later became the site of great wharves, docks, and the congestion of east London. Lee in part returned to England so that his younger children would have a proper education, since his oldest two sons, John and the scholarly Richard Lee II, had enrolled as students at Oxford. Nevertheless, in his final days, described below, Lee decided he wanted his children to reside in Virginia, and continued in his role as a Virginia planter and merchant.

Death and legacy
Just before returning to Virginia to oversee his interests in the Colony, Lee executed a will in London (on 6 February 1663-4). Lee died in the Virginia colony, probably after an illness at his "Dividing Creek" plantation based on gaps in his service in the Northumberland County court.[24][25][26] On 20 April 1664 his son John (who had probably returned to Virginia with his father) made an application for land due to his father, deceased).

Lee's final will directed that his wife and children, "all except Francis if he be pleased", were to return to Virginia. Francis Lee had become a London merchant. His property at Stratford in England was to be sold, and the proceeds be used to discharge his debts, as well as pay for the education of his two eldest sons (John and Richard), and if any remained, to provide dowries for his daughters (Elizabeth and Anne). Lee left the rest of his land to his widow Anne for her lifetime, then to be divided among all his sons as instructed. Following Anne's death, the "Dividing Creek" and "Mocke Nock" plantations were to be divided among his three youngest sons; his son John would inherit the "Machodoc" plantation and three islands in Chesapeake Bay; Richard Lee II received the "Paradise" plantation; Francis Lee received "Paper-makers Neck" and "War Captain's Neck"; William Lee received "all the land on the Maryland side", and his two youngest sons (Hancock and Charles) received the remaining plantations and land. Lee specifically left his widow 5 "negro" slaves for "during her widowhood and no longer" as well as 10 English (indentured) servants. He gave John 10 "negro" slaves as well as 10 English (indentured) servants. He left Richard II the indentures (contracts) of English servants (i.e. employees) on the "Paradise" plantation, and Francis received five "negro" slaves and the indentures of 10 English servants. Other property that was divided among his 8 surviving children included livestock and furniture. Francis also received Lee's share in 2 trading ships Francis.[26]

His widow Anna (or Anne) obeyed his wishes and returned to Virginia. She remarried, to Edmund Lister, also a Northumberland County colonist with extensive English ties, who would sue his stepson John Lee (also executor of his father's estate; the documents being lost) before his death on 24 September 1666.[27][26] The date of her death is unknown, although family tradition claims that she was buried beside Lee near the house at "Dividing Creek".[28]

Lee, Colonel Richard Henry (I26636)

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Richard Merriman, died April 1696 in Lancaster Co. VA (Source: Torrence, Clayton, Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800, 291.).

He married 387. Susanna* Campian November 07, 1658 in St. James Church, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Eng. (Source: Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 158, VA Colonial Abstracts, p. 347: Rich. Merryman sells to Abraham Bush 200 acres during his natural life and after the decease of the sd Abraam Bush unto Daniel, son of the sd Abra. Dated 25th July 1663. Signed Rich. Merryman. Wit: Edward Dale, Diana Dale. Dear Harrison These are to desire and authorize you for me in my behalf to acknowledge at the next Court held for the County of Lanc. my free and absolute consent to the sale of 200 acres of land made by my husband Rich. Merryman unto Abraham Bush in the behalf of his son Daniel Bush, 2nd day of May 1666". Signed Susannah Merryman. Wit: Michl. Arme, Jo Boring. Recorded 1st Jun 1666.).

Susanna Campian, died Unknown. She was the daughter of John Campian.

Notes for Richard Merriman:
Per Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s Virginai Tax Records, Tithables of Lancaster Co. VA 1654: pg. 260 #50 Richard Merriman, of Lancaster, gent., who in behalf of Mr. Thos. Kelland and Mr. Anthony Haywood, "residing in the town of Boston in New England," made a deed dated may 11, 1681, and recorded in Middlesex, to Mr. Richard Perrott, of the county of Middlesex, VA. His wife Susanna joins in a deed in 1665.

Source: Deeds and Will Abstracts of Lancaster Co. Virginia. Compiled by Ruth and Sam Sparacio. Antient Press 1991, McLean, VA p. 257-258
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I Richard Merriman of the County of Lancaster; Planter, as wel for a valuable consideracon in hand reced of John Payne of the County of Rappah:, Planter, as also for divers other good causes & consideracons me the sd Richard Merriman hereunto moving have granted unto the sd John Paine all that Plantacon whereon Mr. Edward Dale now liveth together with all houses edifices & buildings thereunto belonging and appertaining or together with the same now used occupyed & enjoyed which premisses are scituate lying and being in the aforesd County of Lancaster: and were hereunto demised unto the sd Edward Dale by the sd John Paine To have and to hold the sd plantacon with all houses edifices and buildings thereunto belonging and appertaining together with all other the appurts. whatsoever appertaining unto the sd John Paine his heirs and assignes forever according to the tenor and contents of the Patent thereof And by the Rents and services therein menconed to be due and payable and I the sd Richd. Merriman do for me my heirs grant with the sd John Paine his heirs and assignes to warrant and defend the before menconed with all and every its appurts. against all and every persons claiming from by or under me or my heirs and I do likewise grant make further assurance hereof unto the sd John Paine his heirs when thereunto lawfully required And I do likewise promise to acknowledge this Writing in the County Court of Lancaster provided always upon this condicon nevertheless that if the sd Richd. Merrimans Bil of Exchange for Seventy pounds Sterl. charged up against Mr. John Champion and payable to Mr. John Saffin or his order shal be satifyed and paid according to the tenor of the sd Bills and also if the sd Merrimans Bil of Exchange for 25 pounds sterl: charged upon the aforesaid Mr. John Champion and payable to Capt. John Whittey or his order shal be satisfyed and paid according to the tenor of the sd. Bills and also if he the sd Richd Merriman his Exrs. Admrs. or assignes shal wel and truly pay and deliver unto the sd John Paine or his assignes at or upon the arrival of the first or second ship which shal imediately come from London to Rappah: River the next year, Four able Servts. for their ful hire they come in for with all cloths bedding and other necessarys which they shal bring in with them; three of the sd Servts. to be men Servants and the other a maid Servt., and also if the sd Richd. Merriman shal upon arrival of the first or second ship as aforesd. pay unto the sd John Paine or his assignes five pounds of goods at the first penny; That then and from thenceforth this grant writing and every article herein menconed and contained shal be utterly void frustrated and of none effect anything herein menconed contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. In Witness whereof I the sd Richard Merriman hath hereunto put my hand and seale dated the 6th of January, Ano Dom: 1662
Richard Merriman
Sealed and delivered in the presence of:
William Blase and Edward Dale
Recognit in Cur Com Lancr: 13d Maii Ano 1663 record at 14th p Edwd. Dale, Cl Cur.

This was followed by an indenture executed by John Payne to Richard Merryman dated Feb. 6th 1662 regarding this same property.

More About Richard* Merriman:
Emigration: November 08, 1658, From London on the White Dove (Source: (1) Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Emmigrants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Section III, Chapter 2, 1661 page 145: "11 Nov. 1661-24 Feb. 1662 Depositions regarding the voyage of the White Dove, Mr. Thomas Stanton, from London to Barbados, but intending for Virginia, in 1658-59 with passengers including Stephen Pett, Robert Hendray, David Griffith and Richard Merriman.", (2) Nugent, Nell Marion, Cavaliers and Pioneers, (Reprint Edition, 1992 Virginia State Library and Archives), 514, Patent Book 5 in Vol. 1 1623-1666: "George Vezey, Nathaniell Browne and Stephen Tomling, 480 acs. N. side of Lancaster Co., Nov 1 1664, pg. 371 (406). Bounding upon land of Wm. Thomas, Brian Stott (or Scott) and Tho. Chetwood and land which was formerly Parson Grimes. Transport of 10 persons: Christopher Young, Robert Stagg, John Penn, Ann (or Wm.) Price, Mary West, Jno. Copping, Rich. Merriman, his wife twice, Rebecca Patent." This may indicate that Richard and Susan Merriman returned to VA after a visit to England only.)

Indentured: December 25, 1663, To John Campan of London (Source: Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 152, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1, Lancaster Co. Record Book No. 2, 1654-1666. Pg. 310 of record book: Richard Merryman of Lancaster Co., Rappahannock River in Virginia, planter, to John Campian of London, pewterer. Refers to "one pair of indentures bearing date the 25th of December 1663". These to remain in full force as of this date. Parts of this record in Latin. Involved and difficult to decipher. Signed Richard Merryman. Wit: Edward Dale, Thomas Kendall. Recorded 29th May 1665.)

Military service: December 14, 1687, Lancaster Co. VA (Source: Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 230, VA Colonial Soldiers, Militia Misc. County and Misc. loose papers: Lancaster Co. VA 14 Dec 1687 Court Orders for the returning an account of all such persons that are able to bear arms both for horse and foot service in this county we have duely examined ye list o the freeholders and housekeepers inhabiting ye said county . . . Persons appointed for horse service: William Therriat; Thomas Martin; Richard Merryman, Persons appointed for foot service: Hugh Brent.)

Property: January 01, 1664/65, Lancaster Co.-sells 1,000 acs. (Source: Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 156-57, Vol. 1, Lancaster Co. Record Book No. 2, 1654-1666. Record at pg. 338. Richard Merryman of Lancaster planter, sells to Will Hall of London, marrynor, 1000 acres for 10,000 lb. tobacco. Dated 1st Jan. 1665. Signed Richard Merryman, Wit: Jo Dawe, Dan Harrison. Recorded 1st April 1665. "Daniel Harrison, These are to desire and authorize you x x to ack x x my consent to the sale of 1000 acres of land made by my husband Richard Merryman unto Mr. Will Hall of London marrynor". Dated 13th March 1665. Signed Susan Merryman. Wit: Thomas Chatwyn, Edward Stevens. Recorded 1st April 1665.)

Residence: 1662, Happy Harbor creek, Lancaster Co. (Source: (1) Payne, Col. Brooke, The Paynes of Virginia, (2nd Ed., Third printing C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg VA 1998), 57, Happy Harbor creek was adjacent to Poplar Neck. The land was purchased from John Payne in 1662 who in turn had purchased the land from Thomas Brice in 1653. It is located on the west side of Corrotoman River., (2) Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 142, VA colonial abstracts: p. 257: Richard Merriman of Lanc., planter sells to John Payne of the County of Rappahanock, planter, "my plantation whereon Mr. Edward Dale now liveth and was heretofore demised unto the sd Edward Dale by the sd John Paine". Dated 6th Jan. 1662/3. Signed Richard Merryman. Wit: Will Blase, Edward Dale, Rec. 14th May 1663.)

Will: April 08, 1696, Lancaster Co. VA (Source: (1) Payne, Col. Brooke, The Paynes of Virginia, (2nd Ed., Third printing C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg VA 1998), 57, Of White Chapel Parish left "to beloved son and daughter William and Susannah Payne my present dwelling and all my land in forest by name of Islington". Col. Payne notes that Susannah was Richard Merriman's only child. He also left land on south side of Merriman's creek to his grandson Richard Payne, where Richard resided., (2) Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1982-1983, 260, VA Tax Records, Tithables of Lancaster Co. VA 1654. States will of Richard Merriman was proved in Lancaster June 10 1696. Legatees: son and daughter William and Susanna Payne, grandsons Wm. Payne Jr., and Richard Payne.)

Will Proved: June 10, 1696, Lancaster Co. VA (Source: Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1982-1983, 260, VA Tax Records, Tithables of Lancaster Co. VA 1654. States will of Richard Merriman was proved in Lancaster June 10 1696.)

More About Susanna* Campian:
Emigration: November 08, 1658, From London on the White Dove (Source: Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Emmigrants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Section III, Chapter 2, 1661 page 145: "11 Nov. 1661-24 Feb. 1662 Depositions regarding the voyage of the White Dove, Mr. Thomas Stanton, from London to Barbados, but intending for Virginia, in 1658-59 with passengers including Stephen Pett, Robert Hendray, David Griffith and Richard Merriman.")

More About Richard* Merriman and Susanna* Campian:
Marriage: November 07, 1658, St. James Church, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, Eng. (Source: Virginia Colonial Records 1600s-1700s, (Reproduced by), 158, VA Colonial Abstracts, p. 347: Rich. Merryman sells to Abraham Bush 200 acres during his natural life and after the decease of the sd Abraam Bush unto Daniel, son of the sd Abra. Dated 25th July 1663. Signed Rich. Merryman. Wit: Edward Dale, Diana Dale. Dear Harrison These are to desire and authorize you for me in my behalf to acknowledge at the next Court held for the County of Lanc. my free and absolute consent to the sale of 200 acres of land made by my husband Rich. Merryman unto Abraham Bush in the behalf of his son Daniel Bush, 2nd day of May 1666". Signed Susannah Merryman. Wit: Michl. Arme, Jo Boring. Recorded 1st Jun 1666.)

Child of Richard* Merriman and Susanna* Campian is:

193i. Susannah* Merriman, born Abt. 1663 in Sittingbourne, Rappahanock, VA; died Unknown; married (1) William* Payne 1684 in LancasterCo., VA; married (2) Hugh Ladner Bet. November 1706 - 1707 in LancasterCo., VA.

Merriman, Sir Richard (I44914)

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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father, and a great-great-great-grandson of the same king through his mother. He inherited vast estates and served in various offices of state in Ireland, France, and England, a country he ultimately governed as Lord Protectorduring the madness of King Henry VI. His conflicts with Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, and other members of Henry's court, as well as his competing claim on the throne, were a leading factor in the political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England, and a major cause of the Wars of the Roses. Richard eventually attempted to take the throne, but was dissuaded, although it was agreed that he would become king on Henry's death. But within a few weeks of securing this agreement, he died in battle. Two of his sons, Edward IV and Richard III, later ascended the throne.

of York, 3rd Duke of York Richard (I36914)

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Richard Payne
Sources:
(1) Payne, Col. Brooke, The Paynes of Virginia, (2nd Ed., Third printing C. J. Carrier Co., Harrisonburg VA 1998), 50.,
(2) Virginia Vital Records #1 1600s-1800s, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1982-1983, 261, Virginia Tax Records, Tithables of Lancaster Co. VA 1654: A deed from John Payne Sr. to his son Richard was dated Nov. 9 1656 and proved in Lancaster.,
(3) Sparacio, Ruth and Sam Sparacio, compilers, Deed and Will Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia, (Antient Press, 1991. McLean, VA), 33, Vol. 2: p. 106-07: I John Paine Senr. of ye County of Lancaster do give unto John Pine Junr. one heifer named Young Stewelin marked with 3 slits on ye right ear and crop and a halfe moon in ye left ear and a slit in ye crop. I John Paine do give unto my son Richard Paine one heifer named Young Coll marked with 3 slits in ye right ear a crop and a half moone in ye left ear. I do give the above written cattle and their increase to ye above written parties. John Paine Recorded in ye Court of Lancaster 10th day of September 1655.), born Aft. 1633; died Unknown. He was the son of John Sr. Payne and Margaret Robinson.

Children of Richard* Payne are:

i. John Payne, died Unknown. 192
ii. William Payne, born 1660 in Red House, Rappahanock Co. VA; died Abt. 1700 in Lancaster Co. VA; married Susannah Merriman 1684 in Lancaster Co., VA.

Payne, Richard (I44813)

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Richard Philpott

Richard was the father of Roger Phillpott alias Mylwarde, the sheriff, and of John Philpott otherwise called John Milwarde. They were members of the drapers guild
in Wooten-under-Edge - in other words, weavers and cloth merchants.

Will of Richard Philpott otherwise Millward, draper of Wottonunder Egge (Edge), Gloucester, England, dated 10 May 1521, proved in the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury Probates, folio 10 Maynwaryng 17 Jun 1521. FHL# 91910 --

In the name of god Amen in the yere of our Lord god MCVXXI (1521) and the xth day of maye I Richard Philpott otherwise called Millward of the parishe of Wotton
under Ege in my good minde and hoole memorye make my testament and last will under the maner and forme herafter followying.

Ffrst I gyve and bequethe my Soule unto almyghty god and blessed Lady and to all the hooly Company of hevyn and my body to be buryed in the parish Church of
Wotton aforesaid before the image of Saint John Bapt.

Item, I bequeth to our mother Church of Tartworth xj d
Item, to ye ancen crosse Lght of Wotton, xj d
To our Lady bequeth xj d
To Saint Cateryn bequeth xj d
To Saint Nicholas bequeth xj d
To all Saintes bequeth xj d
To Saint John Baptist bequeth xj d
To Saint Mighell bequeth xj d
To Saint Christofer bequeth xj d
and to the toulys xj d. Item:I bequeth to the monasterey of Lynys Wodd iii s iiii d
To the Church of Cromhall iii s iiii d /
To the Church of Totnor iii s iiii d/
To the chapill of Tuffami iii s iiii d/
And to the high aultar of Wotton for sins forgoten iii s iiii d/.

Item: I will have bestowed at my burying unto wherof I will that every prest that is at dirge and masse shall have for his labour xiid/ and every other prest vii d.

Item: I will that monies bestowed to kepe myne obit every month during the hooli yere.

Item: I will that a prest doo sing for my soule at Saint Johns aultar say hooli yere so that is sayd every month a full dirge and a masse of requim for me and for my wif
and for all the soules of them thosse names he shall have worthy in will. And he shall have for his labours for that yere vi L.

Item: I bequethe to Roger my sonne xx L to John, his sonne xx s and to Maude his daughter xx s /

Item: I bequeth to George Philpott xx s / and to Richard his brother xx s that were the sonnes of John Philpott my Sonne. Ifany of them departe from this present life
Then I will that the other shall have his owne and above his owne xx s that was bequeth to his brother. And if his brother doo depart from this present lif under the age
of xiiii yeres Then I will that th esaid xx s of theire bequest be bestowed for the gelt of my soule and for there soules by the decision of my supervisors.

Item: I bequeth to Thomas Philpott xx s To Richard his brother xx s that were the sonnes of William Philpott otherwise called William Mylward my brother/ Yf any of
theym departe from this present lif before theyre of xiiii yeres that the brother shall have over and above his own xx s , that xx s bequest to his brother. And if they
bothe departe before theyr of xiiii yeres that they in liv wise the same xx s shall bestowed for my soule and theires by the desicion of my said living sonnes.

Item: I bequeth to the mending of the markett crosse and of the other crosse xii s viii d.

Item: I bequeth to the mending of the highe waye between Wotton and Brandley xx s.

Item: I will that the bequest of my sonne John that is to every of his sonnes x L which I have bequethed to theym and to my brother William's sonnes.

Item: The residue of my goodes not bequest my debts paid and that my Last will fulfilled, I give to Catryne my wif whom I ardyne my goode and trusted executrex.
And also I ordayne and make George Harpersfild, Roger Philpott, John Sebourne, the Sonne of Robert Sebourne and John Hewes my Supervisors of this my Last Will
and testament to be fulfilled. And they to homever of theym for there Labours x s.

Witnesse hereof
Masster William Ffrithe, Vicar of Wotton aforesaid.
George Symond Richard Ffay et r y obey at Wotton this day and yere above wryten.

Original spelling retained. The will is written in a single paragraph; it was rearranged into paragraphs and lists for readability. English money: L - pounds sterling, s
= shillings, d = pence.

John Philpott

John Philpott was the uncle of Alice Millard and the son of Richard Philpott. He was a member of the drapers guild in Wooten-under-Edge - in other words, he was a
weaver and cloth merchant. He was also referred to as John Milwarde

Will of Johannes Philpott otherwise Mylwarde, draper, Wotton-under-Edge, dated 30 Mar 1521 and probated May 1521-Prerogative Court of Canterbury registered
wills, folio 10 Maynwaryng, FHL # 91910

In the name of god Amen,

The yere of our Lorde M D XXI (1521) the XXXth day of the month of Marche I John Philpott otherwise called John Mylwarde of Wotton under Egge draper of
goode mynde and perfytt memorye make my testament in maner and forme followyng.

Ffirst I bequithe my Soule to almyghty god to our Lady and to all the hooly company of heven. And my body to be buried in theabove named Wotton before the ymage
of the trenite. Also Ibequeth to our Lady of Morsetter as to our moder Church viii s /Also to the highe Aulter of the Church of Wotten xii d Also to the highe Crosee
bequetyh viii d /To our Lady bequeth vi d/ To Saint Nicholas bequeth iiii d/

Also I gyve and bequeth to George Philpot my sonne x L (pounds) and to Richard my son x L. And I will that is eyther of them departe from that present lif before
thage (the age) of xiiii yers that he that lyveth shall have over and above his owne portion of the L bequithid to his brother without any Interuption. And if godwill that
they bothe departe forth of that present lif before thage of xiii yeres that then my fader Richard Philpott and John Seborne the sonne of Robert Seborne which I
ordange (ordaine) and will the supervisors of this my Last Will and testament shall despose and distribute ther xx L. bequethed and given to my abovenamed Sonnes
George and Richard after there descretion and pleasure for the helth of my soule and theres and of all those soules that I am bounde to praye fore/ Yf they bothe be
anlyve (alive) and els the longer liver of them/

Also I will that if my wif doo marye and will not take upon her to kepe my above named children and see them ordrd afte such order and maner as shal be thought
convenient by the above named Richard Phelpott and John Seborn that then my said wif Agnes Philpott shall deliver my said children to the custodye and Kepyng of
the said Richard Phelpott and John Seborne/ And unto them vi to xiii d towarde theire fyndyng over exbense the fornamed some of xx L. before bequethed to my said
children to thentent (the intent) that they shall see my said children kepte and ordered honestely according to ther ebequest. Unto such time as they shal be abel to gett
their lyvynge or goo to other menys (means)/

Also I will that my brother Roger Phelpott have my bestgowne, my best coote and my best doblett. And over and above that an hoole clothe of my best makyng/

Also I bequethe and gyve to Margarete my daughter xl s.

Also I will that xl s be bestowed at my burial/ Also I will that my dirge and masse solemnly be note shalbe kepte and celebrate every monthe duryng the Space of a
hoole yere in the above named Church of Wotton/

The residue of my goodes not bequethed and my dette paid I gyve to Agnes my wife whom I make and ordayne my sole executure and Richard Phelpott my Ffather and
John Seborne the younger as is above writen to be Supervisors of this my will and testament to see that it be fulfilled according to the tenour thereof/ And to have for
there Laboures every of them one Sheling and eyght pens.

Witnes Willem Ffrithe, vicar of the said Church of Wotton
Mr. John Bolter
John Sepborne the elder
Richard Ffaye
with other yoben (upon?) the daye and yere above wryten.

Original spelling and punctuation retained. Text was arranged in paragraphs, not seen in original, to increase readability. English monetary designations: L = pounds
sterling, s = shillings, d = pence.

Many thanks to Varla Jane Owens Wright for submission of this bio. [Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

Richard Philpott

Richard was the father of Roger Phillpott alias Mylwarde, the sheriff, and of John Philpott otherwise called John Milwarde. They were members of the drapers guild
in Wooten-under-Edge - in other words, weavers and cloth merchants.

Will of Richard Philpott otherwise Millward, draper of Wottonunder Egge (Edge), Gloucester, England, dated 10 May 1521, proved in the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury Probates, folio 10 Maynwaryng 17 Jun 1521. FHL# 91910 --

In the name of god Amen in the yere of our Lord god MCVXXI (1521) and the xth day of maye I Richard Philpott otherwise called Millward of the parishe of Wotton
under Ege in my good minde and hoole memorye make my testament and last will under the maner and forme herafter followying.

Ffrst I gyve and bequethe my Soule unto almyghty god and blessed Lady and to all the hooly Company of hevyn and my body to be buryed in the parish Church of
Wotton aforesaid before the image of Saint John Bapt.

Item, I bequeth to our mother Church of Tartworth xj d
Item, to ye ancen crosse Lght of Wotton, xj d
To our Lady bequeth xj d
To Saint Cateryn bequeth xj d
To Saint Nicholas bequeth xj d
To all Saintes bequeth xj d
To Saint John Baptist bequeth xj d
To Saint Mighell bequeth xj d
To Saint Christofer bequeth xj d
and to the toulys xj d. Item:I bequeth to the monasterey of Lynys Wodd iii s iiii d
To the Church of Cromhall iii s iiii d /
To the Church of Totnor iii s iiii d/
To the chapill of Tuffami iii s iiii d/
And to the high aultar of Wotton for sins forgoten iii s iiii d/.

Item: I will have bestowed at my burying unto wherof I will that every prest that is at dirge and masse shall have for his labour xiid/ and every other prest vii d.

Item: I will that monies bestowed to kepe myne obit every month during the hooli yere.

Item: I will that a prest doo sing for my soule at Saint Johns aultar say hooli yere so that is sayd every month a full dirge and a masse of requim for me and for my wif
and for all the soules of them thosse names he shall have worthy in will. And he shall have for his labours for that yere vi L.

Item: I bequethe to Roger my sonne xx L to John, his sonne xx s and to Maude his daughter xx s /

Item: I bequeth to George Philpott xx s / and to Richard his brother xx s that were the sonnes of John Philpott my Sonne. Ifany of them departe from this present life
Then I will that the other shall have his owne and above his owne xx s that was bequeth to his brother. And if his brother doo depart from this present lif under the age
of xiiii yeres Then I will that th esaid xx s of theire bequest be bestowed for the gelt of my soule and for there soules by the decision of my supervisors.

Item: I bequeth to Thomas Philpott xx s To Richard his brother xx s that were the sonnes of William Philpott otherwise called William Mylward my brother/ Yf any of
theym departe from this present lif before theyre of xiiii yeres that the brother shall have over and above his own xx s , that xx s bequest to his brother. And if they
bothe departe before theyr of xiiii yeres that they in liv wise the same xx s shall bestowed for my soule and theires by the desicion of my said living sonnes.

Item: I bequeth to the mending of the markett crosse and of the other crosse xii s viii d.

Item: I bequeth to the mending of the highe waye between Wotton and Brandley xx s.

Item: I will that the bequest of my sonne John that is to every of his sonnes x L which I have bequethed to theym and to my brother William's sonnes.

Item: The residue of my goodes not bequest my debts paid and that my Last will fulfilled, I give to Catryne my wif whom I ardyne my goode and trusted executrex.
And also I ordayne and make George Harpersfild, Roger Philpott, John Sebourne, the Sonne of Robert Sebourne and John Hewes my Supervisors of this my Last Will
and testament to be fulfilled. And they to homever of theym for there Labours x s.

Witnesse hereof
Masster William Ffrithe, Vicar of Wotton aforesaid.
George Symond Richard Ffay et r y obey at Wotton this day and yere above wryten.

Original spelling retained. The will is written in a single paragraph; it was rearranged into paragraphs and lists for readability. English money: L - pounds sterling, s
= shillings, d = pence.

John Philpott

John Philpott was the uncle of Alice Millard and the son of Richard Philpott. He was a member of the drapers guild in Wooten-under-Edge - in other words, he was a
weaver and cloth merchant. He was also referred to as John Milwarde

Will of Johannes Philpott otherwise Mylwarde, draper, Wotton-under-Edge, dated 30 Mar 1521 and probated May 1521-Prerogative Court of Canterbury registered
wills, folio 10 Maynwaryng, FHL # 91910

In the name of god Amen,

The yere of our Lorde M D XXI (1521) the XXXth day of the month of Marche I John Philpott otherwise called John Mylwarde of Wotton under Egge draper of
goode mynde and perfytt memorye make my testament in maner and forme followyng.

Ffirst I bequithe my Soule to almyghty god to our Lady and to all the hooly company of heven. And my body to be buried in theabove named Wotton before the ymage
of the trenite. Also Ibequeth to our Lady of Morsetter as to our moder Church viii s /Also to the highe Aulter of the Church of Wotten xii d Also to the highe Crosee
bequetyh viii d /To our Lady bequeth vi d/ To Saint Nicholas bequeth iiii d/

Also I gyve and bequeth to George Philpot my sonne x L (pounds) and to Richard my son x L. And I will that is eyther of them departe from that present lif before
thage (the age) of xiiii yers that he that lyveth shall have over and above his owne portion of the L bequithid to his brother without any Interuption. And if godwill that
they bothe departe forth of that present lif before thage of xiii yeres that then my fader Richard Philpott and John Seborne the sonne of Robert Seborne which I
ordange (ordaine) and will the supervisors of this my Last Will and testament shall despose and distribute ther xx L. bequethed and given to my abovenamed Sonnes
George and Richard after there descretion and pleasure for the helth of my soule and theres and of all those soules that I am bounde to praye fore/ Yf they bothe be
anlyve (alive) and els the longer liver of them/

Also I will that if my wif doo marye and will not take upon her to kepe my above named children and see them ordrd afte such order and maner as shal be thought
convenient by the above named Richard Phelpott and John Seborn that then my said wif Agnes Philpott shall deliver my said children to the custodye and Kepyng of
the said Richard Phelpott and John Seborne/ And unto them vi to xiii d towarde theire fyndyng over exbense the fornamed some of xx L. before bequethed to my said
children to thentent (the intent) that they shall see my said children kepte and ordered honestely according to ther ebequest. Unto such time as they shal be abel to gett
their lyvynge or goo to other menys (means)/

Also I will that my brother Roger Phelpott have my bestgowne, my best coote and my best doblett. And over and above that an hoole clothe of my best makyng/

Also I bequethe and gyve to Margarete my daughter xl s.

Also I will that xl s be bestowed at my burial/ Also I will that my dirge and masse solemnly be note shalbe kepte and celebrate every monthe duryng the Space of a
hoole yere in the above named Church of Wotton/

The residue of my goodes not bequethed and my dette paid I gyve to Agnes my wife whom I make and ordayne my sole executure and Richard Phelpott my Ffather and
John Seborne the younger as is above writen to be Supervisors of this my will and testament to see that it be fulfilled according to the tenour thereof/ And to have for
there Laboures every of them one Sheling and eyght pens.

Witnes Willem Ffrithe, vicar of the said Church of Wotton
Mr. John Bolter
John Sepborne the elder
Richard Ffaye
with other yoben (upon?) the daye and yere above wryten.

Original spelling and punctuation retained. Text was arranged in paragraphs, not seen in original, to increase readability. English monetary designations: L = pounds
sterling, s = shillings, d = pence.

Many thanks to Varla Jane Owens Wright for submission of this bio.

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Richard Tunstall, the clerk of King & Queen Court, was generally known as Colonel Richard Tunstall. He appeared in Essex as deputy clerk about 1722, and a few years later he married Ann Hill, dau. of Leonard Hill, and widow of Dr. James Walker. They were married in 1727-1728, and Colonel Richard Tunstall came to King & Queen and established himself at Orange Grove, which had been the patrimony of his wife's first husband Dr. James Walker.
I n 1738, Richard Tunstall was appointed clerk of court of King & Queen Co., which office he held until he turned it over to his son John Tunstall.

Mrs. Ann Tunstall (1705-1788) survived an attack of smallpox, which deprived her of her sight, and she died in 1788 or 9, at the age of 84 years.

Col. Richard Tunstall, in addition to his duties as clerk, rose from Captain to Colonel in the militia oc(of) the county. He was a member of the Commission of Justices, and was Chairman of the Committee of Safety for King and Queen Co. The clerkship was turned over to his oldest son, John Tunstall, who had been a deputy for several years under his father. Colonel Richard Tunstall all died during 1775.

Bible Records of Col. Richard Tunstall Family:
Ann Hill Walker married (2) Col. Richard Tunstall.
Ann Tunstall born 19 Oct. 1728
Elizabeth Tunstall born 18 Aug. 1730; died June 23, 1743
Katherine Tunstall born 1732; died 1733
John Tunstall born 8 July 1733
Katherine Tunstall born 19 Aug. 1734; died 23 June 1743
Frankey Tunstall, born 19 Dec. 1736
Richard Tunstall born 22 July 1738
Thomas Tunstall born 16 Nov. 1739; died 6 Dec. 1769
Leonard Tunstall born 4 March 1741
William Tunstall born 25 May 1743

From the Philadelphia Gazette, Aug. 4, 1743, Philadelphia. Printed by B. Franklin, Post-Master at the New Printing Office near Markey. States:
Williamsburg July 8. We hear from King & Queen Co., the last Sunday night in the Eveing Two hopeful daughters of Mr. Richard Tunstall, Clerk of Court of that Co., one about 12 and the other about 10 years of age (their father and mother being from home) went into the Mattapony to wash; and going out of their depth were unfortunately drowned.
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Richard's will dated March 5, 1785 names his wife Anne, daughters Sarah Estis, Frances Bush, and Anna Duke, and sons Thomas, Micajah, William, Peter, Bartlett, and Lewis. His will was proved in the February Court, 1786 in Granville County, North Carolina. Granville County Will Book 1, pgs. 467-468. See also, Abstracts of The Wills and Estate Records of Granville County North Carolina 1746-1808 by Zae Hargett Gwynn (1973), pgs. 104-105.

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Richmond Times Dispatch - Saturday, December 1, 2007 12:08
Frank Nelson Light never dreamed about becoming anything other than a lawyer.
When he was 6, he began accompanying his father, a lawyer, to court. Eventually the younger Light would sit on the bench. A memorial service for Judge Light, retired chief judge of Virginia's 22nd District Court, will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach. The justice, who heard cases from Danville and the counties of Franklin and Pittsylvania, died Tuesday at a Virginia Beach retirement community. He was 83. The Rustburg native moved to Chatham when his father set up a law practice there in 1935. After serving stateside as a Navy aviator and navigator, he went on active duty for five years and later retired from the Naval Reserve as a commander. His last assignments were as a naval attaché under Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr.and as naval liaison to the Virginia National Guard. When he left active duty, he attended Lynchburg College before earning a law degree in 1952 from Washington and Lee University. Several years after returning to Chatham to practice law with this father, he was named a substitute judge for the old Pittsylvania County Court. He was named a judge in 1956 and, eventually, chief judge for the 22nd Circuit. Chatham lawyer H. Victor Millner Jr. recalled him as a man of "infinite patience" during an era "when life was slower than it is now." He handled cases now divided between the district and juvenile courts. "He frequently kept his big dog, Bear, with him under the bench," Millner said. Pittsylvania County Commonwealth's Attorney David N. Grimes learned about dealing with people in Judge Light's courtroom. "He always gave everyone the chance to be heard," Grimes said. Judge Light retired in 1984 but continued for several years to serve as a visiting judge. A former vestryman and senior warden at Emanuel Episcopal Church in Chatham and later at All Saints Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach, he served on committees at the local, state and national level in his denomination. He was often a delegate to state and national Episcopal conventions. Church service frequently kept him on the road. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Polly Moore Light; two sons, Arthur Heath Light II of Oakton and Charles A. Light of Cincinnati; a brother, the Rt. Rev. A. Heath Light of Roanoke; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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RICHTER, EHRGOTT - buyer
William Bach and his wife Franzisca sell Lot 1 of Section 14, Town of Centreville to Ehrgott Richter for $50.00. This was for 43.90 acres of land. It seems that Ehrgott Richter was a son of the Gustav Richter who had purchased this land in 1845.
County Register of Deeds (v.V p.612), Feb. 21, 1862

RICHTER, EHRGOTT - seller
Ehrgott Richter sells 43.90 acres to Henry Hermann for $80.00. Centerville twp.County Register of Deeds (v.X p.76), April 14, 1862

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RICHTER, GUSTAV - buyer Gustav Richter purchases a large amount of land that was offered for sale due to non-payment of taxes. Included with this land were the Lot 1 of Section 14 by the means of paying. Centerville twp. County Register of Deeds (v.D p.475), Dec. 10, 1845

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RICHTER, GUSTAVUS NOTICE. TO. O. SHOVE, authorized as up any accounts due th???? of Gustavus Richter, deceased, and give receipts in my name. All persons indebted to the said estate, are requested to call and settle immediately, or measures will be taken to collect the same. Books kept at the office of Ricker & Wollmer. Manitowoc, June 16th, 1854. FRANZISKA RICHTER, Administratix of the estate of Gustavus Richter, deceased. Manitowoc Tribune, Manitowoc, Wis. Saturday, July 29, 1854 P. 5

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