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William came from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, arriving in Virginia prior to 1746 when he appears on the Tithe Lists of Goochland Co. VA. He executed his Will 28, Nov. 1748 which was filed in Cumberland Co. VA in May of 1752 after his death. His wife was not mentioned in his Will and since he had left the care of his younger children to Francis, it can be presumed that she had died earlier. It is thought by the present generation of descendants that his wife might have been a Miss Dancy, Dantze, or Dance but no proof exists. * Goochland Co. VA was formed in 1728 from Henrico Co. The western protion of Goochland lying on both sides of the James River, in 1744, became Albermarle Co. In 1749, the southeast portion of Goochland became Cumberland Co. VA.

1746 Tithe list by John Payne, Goochland Co., VA
No.Tithes Names
Wm. McCraw, Frans. McCraw, Wm. McCraw, Jr.

10 June 1747 Tithe List by Jas. Holman, Southam Parish, Goochland Co., VA
William McCraw, William McCraw, Jr., Samuel McCraw

James Cocke's list
Francis McCraw, overseer

10 June 1748 List of Tithes by John Payne Southam Parish, Goochland Co., VA
Willm. McCraw, Willm. McCraw,Jr., Saml. McCraw, Willm. Wetherford

28 Nov 1748 William Maccraw executes his Will in Goochland Co., VA

McCraw, William (I12618)

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William Carter of Early Virginia and Edward and othersPosted by: Joseph

Carter (ID *****8682)Date: March 05, 2003 at 05:09:26 of 22646

Below is some information on a few different Carter's , all not Related

some of the info came from my earlier Postings and information I got from

Books and some info is from the Web ,the work of other Researchers .I am

looking for information on William Carter of James Citty and Surry his

last wife was Alice (Alyce) Croxon. I need info on his children by all

three of his Known wives mentioned below some researchers list several

children but they have question marks by the childrens names.Who were his

brothers ? other info below may be helpful to someone and does not relate

to the William Carter mentioned above.

1. 1820 Carter v. Carr

John Carter , dec'd of Sudley . "this was awrit of right brought by a

great number of demandmants , consisting of all the children of John

Carter of Sudley , among whom were Elizabeth Tidball ; all the children

of Robert Carter , who was a son of John ; and the children of Edward ,

and the grantees and devisees of Landon Carter , against Joseph Carr ,

the tennant.

2. 1793 Roane & c. v. Innis &c.

Christopher Roane , Frederick Woodson , William Armistead ,Thomas Quarles

, John Fleet , Dudley Digges , Nathaniel Littleton Savage , William

Graves , Samuel Tinsley , and THOMAS CARTER , officers of the state line

from 1781 to February 1783 , raised for the defence of the commonwealth

by an act of Spring session , 1781 , sues for one-half pay during life.

3. John Simon Farley and Elizabeth Morson , v. Thomas Lee Shippen and

elizabeth Carter Banister , his wife , Champe Carter and Maria , late

Maria Farley , his wife , Mary Bird Farley , and Rebecca Parke Farley ;

which two last named parties , being infants , appear by John Dunbar ,

their guardian.

Francis Farley , and Simon Farley , brothers , of Antiqua , British

subjects , bought in 1755 of William Byrd , twenty-six thousand acres

(the Dismal Swamp) called Saura town , or the land of Eden , in North

Carolina. They also bought in partnership with Francis Miller , acreage

in Norfolk County , Virginia. Francis Farley was several times in

Virginia , had a son , James Park Farley whose issue are American

Citizens. Simon Farley died circa 1756 , leaving children , among whom ,

John Simon Farley was one of the Kings officers in 1777. The following

names were associated with the Farleys in land purchases : Robert Ives

and wife , Keziah , Jogn Biggs and wife , Bathia , William Dale , and

wife Mary , John Ivy and wife , Elizabeth.

4. Martha White , widow of William White , minister of York Parish ; 4

September , 1658 ; 24 January , 1660. Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Mann ; my

husband's two children Jeremiah and Margaret White , now living in London

; Frances Brise , orphan ; Mr. Jeremiah White , minister of God ; Mr.

Hulett ; Mr. Chant (merchant ?) , my husband's brother ; Mr. Jeremiah

White and Mr. Hulett , uncles to the two orphans and to be guardians ;

Col. CARTER of Rappahannock to be exr. ; Mr. Nicholas Clarke of York and

Mr. Parrott of Rappahannock , overseers. Wit : Edward Alchurch , Jeffrey

Wilson.

4A. Edward Carter

Col. Edward Carter , Esqr. 1650 acs. Lancaster Co., on N. Side of Rappa.

Riv. , 29 Apr. 1665 , p. 155 , (29). Part of an Indian Habitation Called

Old Morticond , beg. at a point on the NWd. side of the mouth of Harrises

Cr. , adj. land of Edward Harriss &c. to Swd. side of Swd. branch of

the dividing Cr. belonging to Cottowoman River &c. to the Middle

Branch of Fairewaters Cr. &c. crossing Brices Cr. granted to Mr.

Thomas Brice 27 Oct. 1652 , given by will to his wife Martha & by Sd.

Martha & her Second Husband , William White , Clerke , mortgaged for

a certain sum of Tobacco unto Mr. John Jefferyes & Mr. Thomas

Coldclough of London , Merchants ; Sd. land given by her will unto the

orphans of sd. William White & by order of the Govr. & Council

put in possession of Col. John Carter , Atty of sd. Jeffereys &

Coldclough for payment of the sd. debt , the over_plus to remain to Mr.

Jeremiah White & Mr. George Hewett , guardians of sd. orphans for

their use ; sd. land afterwards sold unto sd. Col. Edward Carter &

His heirs forever by the sd. John Carter , he being authorized by a Joint

letter of Atty. under the hands & seals of sd. Jefferies &

Coldclough & the sd. guardians.

4B. COL Edward Carter, another early settler, was a close friend,

neighbor, and associate of COL John Carter of Corotoman and CPT Thomas

Carter of Barford. Evidence shows he was likely a member of the Kings

Langley Carters, but his origins are uncertain. He possibly was kin to

Thomas and John Carter. He also lived at Nansemond and later at Lancaster

County. He had a distinguished career in Virginia and was a member of

Council in 1659. He died in England in 1682, and his will in 1659 asked

he be buried in London. He left three children all under age 21

(Elizabeth, Edward, Anne) who received two plantations called Monasco and

Brice. Upon his death he was buried in London.

4C. William Newsome transported as his fifth wife Margery in 1665. He

died in 1668 leaving a will giving his estate to her and a son, Robert.

This son married Frances ___ and they had a daughter Elizabeth so she

could be John Pace's wife. Margery married Edward Carter. A 1636 deed

shows that William Newsome had property next to a William Carter.

4D. William White who married Widow Martha Brice abt 1660 Lancaster Co VA.

Martha was widow of Thomas Brice who had land grant dated 27 Oct. 1652.

He left his estate to his wife, Martha. She married second her neighbor,

William White.

William White had left two children in England, thought to be named John

and Mary White. Their guardians were;

Mr. Jeremiah White and Mr. George Coldclough of London. Col. Edward

Carter handled the estate from Lancaster when Martha White died. She

outlived William White, her second husband. Martha White left her estate

to William's children in England.

Edward Carter

Col. Edward Carter , Esqr. 1650 acs. Lancaster Co., on N. Side of Rappa.

Riv. , 29 Apr. 1665 , p. 155 , (29). Part of an Indian Habitation Called

Old Morticond , beg. at a point on the NWd. side of the mouth of Harrises

Cr. , adj. land of Edward Harriss &c. to Swd. side of Swd. branch of

the dividing Cr. belonging to Cottowoman River &c. to the Middle

Branch of Fairewaters Cr. &c. crossing Brices Cr. granted to Mr.

Thomas Brice 27 Oct. 1652 , given by will to his wife Martha & by Sd.

Martha & her Second Husband , William White , Clerke , mortgaged for

a certain sum of Tobacco unto Mr. John Jefferyes & Mr. Thomas

Coldclough of London , Merchants ; Sd. land given by her will unto the

orphans of sd. William White & by order of the Govr. & Council

put in possession of Col. John Carter , Atty of sd. Jeffereys &

Coldclough for payment of the sd. debt , the over_plus to remain to Mr.

Jeremiah White & Mr. George Hewett , guardians of sd. orphans for

their use ; sd. land afterwards sold unto sd. Col. Edward Carter &

His heirs forever by the sd. John Carter , he being authorized by a Joint

letter of Atty. under the hands & seals of sd. Jefferies &

Coldclough & the sd. guardians.

Edward Carter

Edward Carter of Edmunton , Co. Mddx. , D. by Nov. 1682 He married 1st ,

Anne , 2nd Elizabeth .On 14 June 1660 Edward Carter of Nansemond , Va. ,

and wife Anne , conv. to Francis Holland of York County Virginia , 300

acres which had been granted to Carter on 20 Sept. 1659. On 20 Feb 1667/8

Edward Carter of Upper Norflk Co. Va. , assigned 200 ac. in Baltimore

County to his brother in-law Joseph Hopkins. Edward Carter died leaving a

Will dated 18 Oct. 1682 and proved 29 Nov. 1682 . He asked to be buried

in the Middle aisle of St. Dunstan's in the East , under the stone laid

for his Dau. Amie Place , and as close to his first wife , Mrs. Anne

Carter , as possible . He mentioned lands and tenements in Edmonton , and

Chalfont , St. Peter's , Bucks , Upper Norfolk Co. Va. and also lands in

Maryland. Wife Elizabeth was to be extx. and guardian to his children :

Edward , Elizabeth , And Ann. The Will was wwittnessed by Edward Maddox ,

Christopher Johnson , Mary Jones , Frances Hobgood , and Thomas Johnson.

4E. Will Abstracts of Lancaster Co by Ida Lee has the following:

Thomas Bries WW 24 April 1657 WR 22 May 1657

Wife Martha all estate real and personal in England and VA. Extrx: Wife

Wits: David Fox, Thomas Haslan, Edward Dale

WB 2, p. 53.

1652: Mr. John Payne brought suit in Lancaster County against Christopher

Ripham, whose wife used abusive language with respect to Mrs. Payne.

Witnesses were Mrs. Martha Brice, wife of Mr. Thomas Brice, and Mary

Arundell. Christopher Ripham was fined and his wife was ordered to make

public apology to the Court.

5. From Book VIII , JOHN REED , 3 Jan. 1723 ;10 Mch. 1723.

my four sons John , William , Clayter and Thomas ; dau. Mary Reed ; wife

Jane and Giles Carter exors.

6.Katherine Clayter , 22 June 1720 ; 6 Oct. 1720

Son Thomas , dau. Jane Carter ; dau. Ann Goff and grandson Thomas Clayter

exors.

7. John Collett , "of the City of Williamsburg" Will proved March 19 ,

1749. Names wife Susanna Collett , Soloman Davis , son of John Davis , of

James City Co. , Henry Bryan , son of Bridget Bryan ; John Carter and

Thomas Carter , sons of John Carter , dec'd ; Benjamin Waller to have the

residue of his estate.

7A. 1672 Land records Surry c, VA bk1 pg 393 - Charles Barham, Stephen

Allen wit in denture of lease from William Hare and wife Mary, late wife

of George Carter, dec to William Alderson on 3 Jan 1672.

1672 Surry Co., VA Bk2 pg10 - William Hare deeds 8 cattle in open court

to Capt Charles Barham and Arthur Long as security for the orpans estate

of George Carter, dec - 7 May 1672.

1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg25 - Inquisition before Capt Charles Barham High

sheriff to determine mine value of land formerly in possession of Richar

Blunt - 27 Apr 1673. 1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg27 - Inquisition on

plantation now in possession of Marhew Swann sworn before Capt Charles

Barham High sheriff to determin value - 26 May 1673. 1673 Surry Co VA

Bk1671/90 pg36 - Charles Barham on Capt Baker's tithe list - 10 Jun 1673

(no list given in 1671/1672) 1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg 31 - Charles Barham,

William Thompson, William Harwood wit indenture of William and Mary Hare

to William Oldis - 2 Sep 1673 1673 Will records Surry Co VA Bk1671/84

pg36 - Will of George Watkins date 17 Sep 1673 probated 20 Sep 1673

desires to be buried in the Chancill of the Church of Lownes Creek as his

predecessors have been and where they dwelt - name wife Elizabeth,

Elizabeth Spencer gaddaughter and dua of my friend Capt Robert Spencer,

cousin Charles Barham, son of my loving uncle capt Charles Barham, cusin

Christopher Watkins of Whire Hart Court in Lone Lane London, to Church of

Lownes Creek 1000lbs tobacco, for a silver lplate, loving uncle Capt

Charles Barham l000lbs tobacco, John Price 300 acres next to Sunken Marsh

Mill, William Newsom, friend William Wherwood, wife Elizabeth and uncle

Capt Charles Barham are executirs, wit William Sherwood and Jennett J

Davis (mark) see 27 Sep 1671 above. 1674 Will records Surry Co VA Bk2

pg51 - Probate granted Mrs Elizabeth Watkins, relict, and Capt Charles

Barham on will of Capt George Watkins - 7 Apr 1674. 1674 Will records

Surry Co VA Bk2 pg 63 - Charles Barham on Charles Barham's tithe list -

10 Jun 1674. 1674 Guardian accts Curry Co VA Bk2 pg63 - David Williams

presents Capt Charles Barham and Robert Caufield as securities for estate

of William Harris, orphan - 10 Jun 1674. 1674 Guardian accts Surry Co VA

Bk1 pg6 - Upon perition of Elizabeth Watkins, widow, it is ordered that

James Hugate orphan, remain with her until he becomes 21 - she presented

Capt Barham security for performances of same condition - 10 Jun 1674.

1678 Order records Surry Co VA Bk1 pg 241 - the difference between

William Edwards guardian to Elizabeth Carter and Charles Barham referred

to next court - 4 Mar 1678.

7B. Carter, William in James City Co part later in Surry Co aged about 54

in 1653, according to his deposition; m (1) Avis Purtley; m (2) Ann

Mathis; m (3) Alice Croxon, aged 55 in 1653, according to a deposition.

William married all three before 1636, when he was granted headrights on

them

William Carter first appears in the records of James City County 1 March

1622/23. He with some other young men were brought to account for killing

and eating a calf (Journal of the Council and Gen. Ct of VA, pp3-4).

In 1624 he was single and living on James City Island. ca 1625/29 he

married possibly two of his three wives. Either #1 Avis Turtley or #2 Ann

Mathis was the one whom the court reprimanded in 1629 for calling "Cozen

Gray's wife" a whoore" (Journals, pp 197-98). By 20 May 1636 he was

married to his third wife Alice Croxon of London. He had died by 1655.

George Carter + Mary Hare = Robert Crawford + Elizabeth Carter =

Elizabeth Crawford + Thomas Newsom = Ann Newsom + Thomas Holt = Thomas

Holt + Anne Arrington = Rebecca Holt + Thomas Read = John Read + Dicey T.

Duke

Alice Croxon married William Carter in England circa 1638. They went to

the "Colonies" and settled in Surrey, Co., Virginia.

William Carter

William Carter , 700 acs. James Citty Co. , about 3 mi. from James River

. , 20 May 1636 , p. 359 ; beg at a reedy swamp , butting Ely. upon same

, Sly. into the Maine woods , & Wly. upon the rich neck otherwise

upon Sunken Marsh , & ?ly. upon James Riv. 50 acs. for the per. adv.

of his first Wife Avis Turtley , 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his second

wife Ann Mathis & 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his now Wife Alice

Croxon & 550 acs. for trans. of 11 servts :Wm. Antherson , Andrew

Robinson , Rich. Cooke , Fr. Bick , Rich. Bick , Alice Watkins , Alice

Johnson , Eliza. Johnson , Henry Snow , Nich. Burnett , Edward Bland ,

Note : Surrendered & renewed by Sir John Harvey , test : Thomas Cooke

, Clr.

* A note relative to the Crawford (Crayford) family was funished in 1895

by Solomon Buxton Williams, and is as follows: "William Carter of London,

b. 1600, md. Alice Croxon of London. William died in Surry, VA in 1654.

George Carter, son of William, had a daughter, Elizabeth, who md. Robert

Crawford (Crayford). Carter Crawford, son of Robert, md. Sarah Swann,

dau. of Matthew Swann, and had Carter Crawford, Jr., who md. Elizabeth

Kearney, sister of Mary Kearney, who md. William Bennett, Jr. (son of the

above). William Jr. died in Northampton in 1757, and Mary Kearney-Bennett

then md. James Cary." She made her will in Surry in 1804. Mr. Williams

also said that William Bennett was married twice, and that his first wife

was Mary Hardy, This seems true as it is found that the Hardys were his

neighbors in Isle of Wight, and that Matthew Fones, who remembered his

daughter, Ann, also witnessed the will of Mary Hardy's father in 1694.

Mr. Williams information was passed to him from his mother.

Notes: James M. Creech (JMC), 1980 Revised MSS, "Creech Family", writes

that Richard Creech was brought to America by William Carter and arrived

in North America, by or before 1622, in James City County, Virginia. The

Creech family was in England as early as 1197 and in Scotland as early as

1204. In Scotland they were of Fifeshire and owed allegiance to the

MacDuffs. According to James M. Creech (JMC), Richard Creech was the

first Creech to come to America from the Highlands of Scotland and sailed

aboard the ship "Journeyman" with Captain William Carter in about 1622,

before 1623. JMC must have had evidence, but we have not found it.

In "Cavaliers and Pioneers", Nell M. Nugent, Genealogical Publishing

Company, Baltimore, 1979, p. 42, states that William Carter was given 100

acres by the James City Company, 20 May 1636, from Patent Book I, Part 1,

p. 359, being a neck of land near unto the head of Lower Chippokes Creeck

(sic), East upon same, South upon the land of Robert Sheppard, North

towards James River, for transfer of Michael Siler and Richard Crich

(Creech).

William Carter

Edward Pettaway , 500 acs. Surry Co. , on S. side of James Riv. , on the

head of Lower Chipoaks Cr. ,last of Aug. 1655 , p. 361 Being part of

1,000 acs. of William Carter's , Dec'd. , beg. at the main branch of the

Reedy Swamp , to Mr. Pettaway's Spring , along William Carter's Line

& c. Trans. of 10 pers: John Farly , Joyce Farly , Fra. Farly ,

Joseph Farly , William Workman , Saml. Hardy , James Mill , John Challace

, Mary Morian , Tho. Lewis ; assigned by Peter Green .

An immigrant from England, Robert Pittway was granted 200 acres on the

Charles River in 1638 for the personal adventure of himself, his wife

Mary, Edward, his son and Mary, his daughter.

His son Edward Pettway married Elizabeth __________, the widow of William

Carter, Jr. In 1655, Alice Carter, William's mother, granted Edward 500

acres that has belonged to her son. Between that date and 1690 many

documents attest to the active part Edward took in the life of Southwarke

Parish, Surry County.

In 1668, a lease of land for 15 years is granted to George Corpe by Alyce

Warrand to which she binds herself, her heirs and executors. But if

Elizabeth Petway should die before the 15 years have passed, Alyce and

her husband and heirs or assigns shall pay back the tobacco paid for the

lease. This would seem to indicate that Alyce and Edward Warrand have use

of the land, but it is owned by Elizabeth Petway and her heirs. This may

be a hint to identifying the family of Elizabeth, Edward's wife.

John Carter

Samuel Huby & John Carter , 500 acs. surry co. , 25 Jan. 1655 , p. 15

,(22) . On S. side of James Riv. , on the Ely. & Wly. sides of the

Black water main branch towards Capt. Sheapards devdt. , beg. below sd.

Sheapards Plantation , running to the cart path , over the bridge &

c. over the Indian Path & c. Trans. of 10 pers : Eliz. Duber , Jno.

Henry , Fra. Hossier (?) , Mary Holland , Dorothy Kew

7C. EDWARD WARREN. Wife GRACE CREED. Exor: Friend Nich Meriwether. 4

daughters-in-law wearing apparel. Jolindy to have first choice in estate

after debts paid. Son-in-law Wm Creed. 15 Apr 1676/18 Apr 1676. Signed at

James City. 2:114.

William and Edward Warren. The latter in 1668 was of Laune Creek Parish,

and had "tithables" in his family".in estate after debts paid. Son-in-law

Wm Creed. 15 Apr 1676/18 Apr 1676. Signed at James City. 2:114.

18 Jan 1763.JAMES WARREN, SR, Amherst planter, to thos. Ray for 25 pds,

200 ac Mitcham River in Rich Cove.Wit: Bartholoma Ramsey, Edw Carter.

WBBp74. Inv of sale of est of ELIZABEH WARREN mentions: Robert Goodloe,

John Farish, JAMES WARRIN, Henry Goodloe, John Smith, Catherine Carter,

John Page, Ellinor Graves, SAMUEL WARREN, HACKLEY WARREN, John Carter,

& others.

P24.Will of Hester Brantley. Legacy: Eldest dau Priscilla, clothes and

side saddle. To dau Elizabeth, clothes, bible. If they die, sister,

Elizabeth Joyner, to have Priscilla's part and sister, GRACE WARREN to

have Elizabeth's part. My two sisters' children, Elizabeth Joyner and

GRACE WARREN. Makes James Willson and James Pyland exors of estate. 28

Apr 1727/17 May 1727.

Wit: Elizabeth Gray, Elizabeth Barlow.7:724.

P1_6. GRACE WARREN, wife of EDWARD WARREN a gift to her grandchild &

god-dau Grace Beckwith, orphan, also to Edward Oliver. If GRACE die to

her sister Elizabeth. 7 7br? 1675

P302.20 May 1668. Edward Petway assigns to Mrs. Alyse Carter and George

Carter his right in the land where Mrs. Carter lives, during the life of

Elizabeth, wife of Edward Petway, except the fruit. Recorded 20 May 1668

at the request of EDWARD WARREN. Wit: Samuel Harris, Thos Flowers. Signed

Edward Petway, Aylse Carter, Geo Carter.

P302. 12 Mar 1667. Ind bet Mrs Aylse Carter & EDWARD WARREN for 2500

lbs of tob, land from the cart path from the Great Swamp to Chippoakes,

formerly lot to Peter Adams, ad. Wm. Nusom's to Wm Harris, belonging to

WM CARTER, late husband to Mrs. Carter, 200 ac. houses etc for 21

years.Wit: Geo Watkin, Gertrude Watkin.

1661. Jan. 25, (year 1660-1661, Old Syle), Alice Parke & Geo. Carter

her sonn to Augustine Hunnicutt to farme lette for 99 years 400 acres of

land on Lower Chippoles, 300 acres bounding East on land of Mr. Dunston

SW & SE into main woods & NW upon land of Alice Parke & Geo.

Carter, called by ye name of ye Ovens Mouth, 100 acres on the NW side of

sd land and a small run of water that goes by Mr. Pettaways door and so

directly upon a straight [line?] from the head thereof so far as said

Parkes and Carters land goes, upon payment of one capon at Christmas each

year for acknowledgement of the same. Signed Augustin Hunnicutt (signed

with his signature). Wit. G. Watkins, Matthew Fownes. Recorded Feb. 26,

1683/4. [Note regarding this document: This will show that this property

was given to Augustine Hunnicutt for love and affection and marrying Mary

Carter, dau. of the earlier mentioned Wm. Carter as shown under Entry No

4, of this series of issues dated Oct. 14th and Oct. 21st, 1962. This is

how Augustine Hunnicutt came into possession of land in Surry Co. VA.

Alice Carter Parke (Parkes) was married first to Wm. Carter, then to

Capt. Giles Parkes second, and Mary Carter and Geo. Carter (Lawyer) were

children of Alice and Wm. Carter, along with Wm Carter Jr. who married

Elizabeth, who married Edward Pettaway upon Wm Carter Jr.'s death. Mary

Alice Carter Parke (Parkes) is the mother and Mary Carter is the daughter.

Augustine Hunnicutt married Mary Carter, daughter of Wm. Carter and Mary

Alice Carter (later Parke/Parkes).

7D. ROBERT CRAFFORD SR was born in 1660. He married ELIZABETH CARTER,

daughter of GEORGE CARTER and MARY (--?--), in 1681 at Virginia. He

married MARGARET (--?--) in 1690 at Surry, Virginia. He died after 16 Oct

1714 at Surry, Virginia.

I. FRANCIS HOGWOOD SR married ELIZABETH CREED, daughter of RALPH CREED and

GRACE (--?--), at Charles City, Virginia. He died before 18 May 1677 at

Surry, Virginia.

P89. Elizabeth, wife of Francis Hogwood, and her second husband a gift to

Elizabeth Beckwith, orphan, she being godmother to said orphan, also to

Edward Oliver. If orphan die or marry to go to GRACE BECKWITH, her

sister.\ 7 7br, 1675.

7E. Richard Bennett ; of ye Upper Parish . Leg. son Richard ; son ____

land to be taken out of Mr. John Cofer's Patent of 1450 acres ; to Jane

Cofer and her sons , Robert and John Cofer , the land where I now live

which I bought of Mr. William Miller ; to Richard Cofer ; To Magdalen

Cofer ; to my granddaughter Frances Mangum ; daughter Silvestra . Exx. ,

Jane Cofer and William Allen . Friends , John Carter and James Carter to

see that my will is performed . D. March 30 , 1720 . R. May 23 , 1720 .

Wit : John Carter , James Carter , William Allen , Sr

Thomas Carter

Thomas Carter : of the Lower Parish . Leg. sons James and Benjamin , a

tract on the south side of the Nottaway River , adjoining George gurley

and George Carter and William Edwards; son Samuel ; son William ; wife

Elizabeth ; daughter Elizabeth ; daughter Ann . Wife , Extrx. D. November

10 1732 . R. July 26 , 1736 . Wit ; George Gurley , Augustine Hixson

7F. Will of Richard Bennett, Jr of Isle of Wight Co., Va. 1720

Named: Sons: Richard Bennett & James Bennett

Also named: Jane Cofer & her children, Robert, John, Magdalen &

Richard Cofer (relationship not stated)

Grand daughter, Frances Mangum

EXRS: Jane Cofer, William Allen

Overseers: "Friends" John Carter & James Carter

Wts: John Carter, James Carter, William Allen, Sr

Estate appr'd. by Arthur Jones, Thomas Ward, William Bell

Isle of Wight Co, Va deeds-1736-1741 TLC Gen., Miami, Fla

DB5, P 85 Feb 5, 1736-7 from Magdalen Carter, Wid., and Martha, her dtr,

of Bertie Pct, NC, to Alexr. Carter of Chowan Pct, NC for 3f, a

plantation where Thomas Carter, dec'd, lived, b/b "the head of a Branch

or Persons line, running along his line to a white oak, the grt. pocoson

at the head of the Hole Br., Baker's line, a gum ,Cefils line, so along

his line, the little poquoson, Hulls Br, John Mangum. The land contains

abt 350 A, and is prt of a grtd tract formerly taken up by William Miles

by the sd patent, which land Thomas Carter bought of Wm. Cook in 1669 by

deed and in 1709 Thomas Carter, dec'd. left land in will to Magdalane,

his wife, and Martha, his dtr, during their lives, and after their death

to Alexander, his aforenamed son. " Signed: Magdalane Carter, her mark,

Martha carter, her mark, Wit: Jno. Langston, Jr., James Carter, his mark,

Sarah Floyd, her mark Rec'd. Feb 28, 1736

P 88, Mar 26, 1737 Alexander Carter of Chowan Pct, NC to Joseph Mangrum

of Lower Parish of IOW- for 12 f, one certain plantation tract in the

lower parish of IOW, b/b head of a small branch, Person's line tree, the

grt pocoson, the head of the Hole Branch, Baker, Cafil, the Little

Pocoson, Hulls Branch, John Mangrum, cont abt 350 ACand is part of a

greater tract formerly taken up and patented by William Miles. No wts.

Dec 19, 1744 Acctg. of Est of Thos. Carter, dec'd incls William Bennitt.

Thomas Carter married ca 11 Aug 1673 Magdalen Moore, who was the daughter

of George Moore.

9 Aug 1669 Thomas Carter first appears in Isle of Wight records when

William Cooke and his wife Mary convey "to Thomas Carter Junr, son of

Thomas Carter late of county" 400 a.

Thomas Carter left his will in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 6 Feb 1710.

Will proved 10 April 1710. Magdalen Carter along with her daughter Martha

surrendered their rights in the property her husband left to her and her

daughter to her son Alexander Carter 5 Feb 1737.

7G. GRAY FAMILY

Capt William Gray was born about 1648 in Surry Co.VA. He died in 1719 in

Surry Co, VA. He signed a will on 3 Jun 1719 in Surry Co. VA (proved

11-18-

1718) and left legacies to his sons:

William, Robert, Joseph and Thomas GRAY

To Gilbert, his son, and to daughter Mary Gray, Priscilla Gray and Faith

RUFFIN.

To Grandchildren: William Andrews, Elizabeth Edwards, William GRAY, and

William RUFFIN.

Son, Gilbert, was appointed Executor with Nichl. Maget, Robert Judkins,

and

Samuel Maget.

Capt. Wm Gray married Elizabeth Jarrett (d/o Richard JARRETT) about 1681

in

Surry Co, VA. Elizabeth died about 1714.

Capt Wm Gray is believed to have been the son of Thomas GRAY and his 4th

wife, Mary FOSTER (born around 1600 in England). Thomas GRAY was born in

1593

in England, emigrated to VA at the age of 15 (1608) and died in James

City,

VA in 1658.

NEWSOM FAMILY

Descendants of William Newsom

http://home.midsouth.rr.com/genealogy/wmnewsom.htm

Surry County Will BK 7 p. 545 15 Dec 1723 probated 15 July 1724

NEWSUM, JOHN Leg:

1) son WILLIAM NEWSUM, my land and plantation, I now live on

2) son JOEL NEWSUM 2 negros when he comes to 18

3) wife, Sarah: 2 negroes and remainder of my estate to my wife and all my

children.

Sons, Wm and Joel to be of age at 18 yrs to receive their estate.

4) brother, William NEWSUM to sell one Negro and divide the amount

between my

wife and children.

WILLIAM NEWSUM and CARTER CRAFFORD overseers of will.

Witnesses: Wm NEWSUM Wm HOLT

NEWSUM, JOHN - Est by Sarah Ruffin Ex 16 Feb 1725

signed by Joseph ALLEN John NEWSUM

***Notes***

Elizabeth was a daughter of Robert Crawford(1660 England-1714 SurryCo)

and his wife

Elizabeth CARTER (1655-1704) Marriage: 1 Nov 1684 Surry Co. Elizabeth was

sole heir of her grandparents, Alice and William CARTER, and her

(Elizabeth Carter's) parents were,

Mary and George CARTER. Wm Carter had a land grant 21 May 1638. This land

passed to Carter Crawford, grandson of Mary and George Carter and brother

of Elizabeth.

Joel Newsum was a witness for deeds of sale where William Ruffin and wife,

Sarah, sell land he inherited to his brothers, Ethelred and Robert in

1738.

vii. William BENNETT was born in 1690. He died in 1765. The first mention

of Willam Bennett is found in the will of Matthew Fones, probated in Isle

of Wight in 1704. Fones leaves a legacy to "Ann, daughter of William

Bennett," and there does not appear to be any other contemporary William

Bennett of that time and locality. Two of the witnesses to this will were

Thomas and George Woods. Thomas is the same man who in 1669, deeded land

to Richard Bennett "of Blackwater." Woods made his will in Isle of Wight

in 1716.

On the 9th of January, 1706-1707, Robert Lawrence, "son and heir of

Robert Lawrence, deceased, sells to Robert Crawford of Lawne's Creek

Parish, Surry, 150 acres of land granted to my father 28 September,

1643." This land lay next to the land of the widow, Alice Bennett, and

the deed of his son Robert, Jr., was endorsed thus, "This day being the

8th of April, 1706, William Bennett has given peaceable possession of

these premises to Robert Lawrence of Isle of Wight in the presence of

these witnesses, Carter Crawford, William Brantley." This Robert Crawford

(Crayford) married Elizabeth, daughter of George Carter, John and James

Carter witnessed the will of Richard Bennett, Jr., in 1720.*

GRAY LAND, WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM CARTER, WHO OPERATED A FERRY BETWEEN

CARTER'S WHARF ( NOW SCOTLAND ) AND JAMESTOWN ISLAND.

67 1-4 Nov 1684 SY D&WBk 3 p1 Robert Ruffin of the same 50a (part of

a patent of William Carter 18 May 1638) 242 14 Jun 1678 VPB 6 p650 Robt

Ruffin & Wm Newsam 850a Surry County

Descendants of Thomas Gray He was a cousin of William Cater b 1600,

another early settler of Surry for in 1629 Carter's wife was reprimanded

by the court for slandering her cousin Gray's wife p 197

He was a cousin of William Carter as Carter's wife was reprimanded by the

court in 1629 for slandering his cousin Gray wife Rebecca p 197

Thomas Gray (p 19) Land patents indicate the following: 550 A south of

the James River patented, of which 100 A was due him " as an ancient

planter at or before the time of Sir Thomas Dale; 50 A for his first wife

Anis Gray, 50 A for is now wife Rebecca Gray and 350 A for the

transportation of his two sons, Thomas and William and 5 other persons

whose names are given (Nugent p 31). Thomas Gates gave 57 A of land to

Thomas Gray's children, William and Joan Gray (Colonial Records of VA p

43). Thomas Graye and wife, Margaret, plus Jone age 6 and William 3 are

listed in The Original List of Persons of Quality in 1623 (Hotten p 176)

and again in 1624 Thomas Graye wife, Margaret and Jone Graye, and William

Graye (228 Hotten's).

Page 233 Virginia Colonial Abstracts, vols. 8-9, Essex Wills and Deeds,

includes the will of Tobias Ingram of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, VA,

written 1713/14 and proved 1714, naming sons Tobias and Thomas, and wife

Martha. The Diary of Robert Rose by Fell, 1977, mentions Thomas Ingram of

Essex County, who married Martha Gray. Ingram was an indentured servant

of Humphrey Booth of Old Rappahannock County, VA, who was freed two

months early. Martha was the daughter of William Gray. Thomas and

Martha's sons, Tobias and Thomas Ingram, inherited Gray land.

1787 Surry County, Virginia Tax List B

CARTER, William: self

CARTER, Mourning: self, not tithable

CARTER, Richard: Mourning Carter, 16-21 yrs old

541. Edward Morth, Decr. 16, 1637. 100 acres. In Smith's fort Creek,

thence &c, another marsh to the Northward commonly called or known by

the name of Erasmus Carter's neck.

572. William Carter, May 21, 1638. 1000 acres. About 3 miles from James

River, thence &c into the Bay tree neck.

The records indicate that Thomas Stamps rather quickly became a holder of

large amounts of land. He operated a mill on Lawnes Creek. His chief crop

appears to have been tobacco, as on at least two occasions, he was

appointed a viewer of tobacco. "An act of Assembly 1639, men of

experience and in dignity for the careful viewing of each man's crop of

tobacco from Grindham's Hill and both sides of the lower Chippohec Creek:

Mr. Thomas Stampe, Stephen Webb and Erasmus Carter."

A Thomas Carter is mentioned on the 1625 list, and is recorded as an

ancient planter (a distinction described later) who was in Virginia

before 1624. He owned 150 acres of land in Archers Hope Creek, a few

miles upstream from the previous mentioned John Carter. Evidence now

shows that this Thomas Carter was likely the father of CPT Thomas Carter

and the brother (or possibly father) of John Carter of Corotoman. There

is no evidence to suggest that he was ever a headright. This Thomas

Carter, "Ye Ancient Planter," is my 9th great grandfather (provided he is

the father of CPT Thomas Carter Sr). Two other Carters are recorded in

the 1624/25 Muster of Virginia. A William who was living at James Island,

and Erasmus, who came in the ship 'George' in 1621. Erasmus had a small

grant of land on the south bank of the James River, now the site of the

Pipsico Boy Scout reservation in Surry County. He possibly belonged to

the same Carters as Francis (and therefore James and John) and it is

unknown if he left any descendants. To put these years in perspective,

the ship 'Mayflower' did not sail until the year 1633. William Carter,

born probably around 1600 in England, was granted two tracts of land in

May 1636 in Surry County. One was 700 acres three miles south of the

James River between the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken

Marsh, now known as College Run. The second grant was for 100 acres in

the area of modern-day California Crossroads. On the west of his tract

was his neighbor Stephen Webb, who appeared as a witness in June 1638

along with John Carter (of Corotoman?) in the case of the 'Elizabeth' (an

English ship attacked and taken by eleven Spanish ships - John was taken

to Spain and held until released to London along with the other

passengers). William had at least two sons, William Jr. and George. Upon

his death, his estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel

Huby and John Carter of Corotoman. Some of his descendants include Dr.

James Carter of Williamsburg during the 1700's and Dr. Thomas Carter of

the Revolution. There are many Carters in the U.S. today who trace their

ancestry back to William of Surry.

STEPHEN WEBB, 150 acs. James Citty Co., 18 Sept. 1636, p. 386. At the

Lower Chippoecks Cr. neare upon a mile from the fore river, N. upon a Sw,

towards sd. river, E. upon sd. Cr., S. upon land of William Carter &

W. upon Sunken Marsh. Trans. of 3 pers: Richard Tarling, Georg Toulson,

Walter Lest. Note: This pattent renewed by sd. Webb wherein hee hath put

a pattent bearing date the second of March 1638 for 250 acres & added

to them 100 acs. more. Test: Samll. Abbott, Clr

Early Surry Roads and Precincts for their maintenance.

By Dennis Hudgins

17th century travel in Surry County was primarily by way of old Indian

paths, Horse paths, Blands path, various cart paths, the College path [to

the mill on the Lower Sunken Marsh, later known as the College Run],

various foot paths, various mill paths [i.e. Weir Neck Mill Path] and, of

course, paths to the many early houses such as the path to the house of

Mr. John Byrd [Oct 1690].

The first roads in Surry County included one near upper Chippokes Creek

[Jun 1669], the road to Mr. Win Edwards [Sep 16781, the road from

Augustine Hunicutts to Sunken Marsh mill [Apr 16851, a road on Arthur

Jordan's land over Stoney Runn Branch [Apr 1681], Blackwater Road [May

16921 & the Main Road [near Southwark Church, Apr 1692].

The Virginia Colonial Records Project includes references to a William

Duke, merchant, in a list of exports from the Port of London. Duke

shipped goods in the Recovery, John Wood master, in 1674.1

Wm. Duke ind.; 400 ells nar. Ger. llinen, per Peter Causton, 2 June last;

18 ells linen per William Jarrett; 3 June last; 2 pos. lockrams per

William Berry, 16 April last; 75 ells Vittry canvas per David Conyard, 15

April last; late etc. dat. 8 Sept.

The individuals for whom Duke was shipping have not been specifically

identified. However, the Jarrett family owned land near the Sunken Marsh

Path in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co, VA, near William Newsum, Robert

Ruffin, William Harris, William Gray, William Carter, and Matthew Swan.2

WILLIAM RUFFIN SR was born in 1688 at Surry, Virginia. He married

FAITH GRAY, daughter of WILLIAM GRAY SR and ELIZABETH JARRETT, in 1707

at Surry, Virginia. He married SARAH CRAFFORD, daughter of ROBERT

CRAFFORD SR and ELIZABETH CARTER, after 15 Dec 1723 at Surry,

Virginia. He died circa 1738 at Bertie, North Carolina.

LOCKEY - COLLIER - CARY. Edward Lockey, of York county, Va., was a

brother of John Lockey, grocer of London, and of "Elizabeth Friend als.

Lockey", whose daughter, True, was wife in 1667 to Richard Walton,

citizen and merchant of London. Edward Lockey married Elizabeth, widow of

John Hansford, and died s.p. about 1667. He left his property to his

cousin Isaac Collier, Jun., and to Mary and Anne Lockey, daughters of his

nephew Edward Lockey, deced. If Isaac Collier, Jun., should die without

issue, his share was to go to Francis Carter, the son of William Carter,

and if Francis be dead or unheard of, then to Judith Lockey, sister of

Mary and Anne. In 1671 Isaac Collier, Jun., being dead, and said Carter

not turning up, the general court adjudged Isaac's share to Henry Cary,

who had married Judith Lockey, excepting the land which which was

adjudged "to the brother of said Isaac Collier". Mr. John Myhill married

Mary Lockey, and was ordered December 7, 1668, to pay 310 pds. of tobacco

to Dr. Francis Haddon for physick and attendance ad- ministered to Mary's

uncle, Mr. Edward Lockey. - York County Records.

8. Robert Pannil (Pannill or Pannel), 16 March , 1716 - 3 April , 1717.

Money in hands of Mr. William Dawkins , merchant in London , to the poor

people of Sepulchre parish ; my wife's brother in London , Mr. Henry

Williamson , his sister Elizabeth and his sister Jane ; god-daughter

Barbara , daughter of WILLIAM CARTER. Legacy to Elinor Carter , to Will

Carter , god-daughter Barbara ye daughter of Samuel Kerchevall , god-son

Robert Strother , David Jones , son of Lewis Jones ,Robert Taylor ,

god-daughter Mary Tutt , Gifts to the church of Hanover parish. Residue

to friends Francis Slaughter , Sen. , and Samuel Wharton executors.

Witness Simon Miller &c. (my notes have Mary Tutt as daughter to

William Underwood and wife to Richard Tutt.

9. The Wil of Edward Wilmoth

I, Edward Wilmoth , being at this time very weak in body but perfect of

menory.

Imprimis. I do by these presents make my beloved wife Annis Wilmoth , my

full & whole Executrix of all my goods and chattels in Virginia or

elsewhere , particularly I give unto my wife af'd four Milk Cows , a

steer, and a Heifer that is on Lawns Creek side , and a young yearling

Bull. Also I give unto my son John Wilmoth a cow calf. Also if any of

these children die before they come to age it is my will the said cattle

shall come to the survivor. Also the plantation that we are upon I give

unto my wife and all my Household Stuff & movables. Also I intreat

John jackson & George Coboraft to be my Overseers for the performance

of my last Will and Testament , being a true Act and Deed of Mine own.

Witness my hand this 15th day of February , 1647. Signed Edward Wilmoth.

, Test: John Jackson , John Carter.

10. 15 Apr. 1656 Lancaster Co., Virginia (Record Book No. 2, 1637-1640):

p. 25. John Carter of Rappahannock gives "my two children John and

Elizabeth my ten negroes named x x x" Wit: Wm. Underwood, THO. BRISTOE.

Ack. 15 Apl. 1656. Rec. 12 June 1656. (Fleet I, p. 105)

p. 165) Petition of George Carter, Jr. to have JOHN BRISCOE and MARY

BRISCOE his wife executors of William Carter, decd., to make an account

of the estate. (Hopkins, p. 229).

(p. 137) Deed of William Carter and his wife Dorcas Carter to JOHN

BRISTOW.

(p. 137) George Carter against JOHN BRISTOE and his wife MARY BRISTOE.

(Hopkins, p. 227).

James Meacham against MARY BRISTOW, executrix of William Carter, decd.

(Hopkins, p. 237).

JOHN BRISTOW was born ca. 1649, in England; died in 1716, in

Middlesex Co., Virginia; married (1st) MICHAL NICHOLS,

daughter of JOHN NICHOLS, and, after her death, (2nd) MARY

(GOODLOE) CARTER, widow of William Carter and daughter of

George and Mary Goodloe, 8 January 1711, in Christ Church

Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia.

11. [p.466] Precinct No. 14 shall be known by the name of Onicks's

precinct, commencing at Moores Bridge, thence the right hand fork to the

top of the hill in the Holly swamp, also from the said Moores Bridge the

left hand fork to Obadiah Pylands Plantation: that William Carter be

appointed Surveyor of the same, that the male labouring Tithables

belonging to the said William Carter, Henry Moring, William Cocks junior

John Slade, William Hart, (son of Hartwell) Thomas Turner, Mourning

Carter, Hannah Warren, Jesse Holloway, Job Holloway, Lazarus Holloway,

James Barlow, Samuel Millington, Patience Ingram, and Joel Thompson do

severally attend the said Surveyor and that he keep the said road in

lawful repair.

12. PATENTS GRANTED, ETC., 1626.

(1) Warosquoiacke Plantation contayneing downe ward's from Hog Island

xiiijteen miles by the River side, in which are these patents following,

vizt.: John Carter, 100 acres, Christopher Daniel, 100, Adam Dixson, 100,

John Berry, 100, Thomas Winter, 100 By Pattent. John Pollington, 600

Thomas Poole, 100, Anthony Barham,

(2) Anthony Barham was member of House of Burgesses for Mulberry Island,

March, 1629-'30. An abstract of his will has been published in the New

England Historical and Genealogical Register. Among other legatees are

his mother Bennett, and brother-in-law, Richard Bennett. Charles Barham

was justice of Surry county about 1674. See Virginia Magazine, Vol. III,

p. 278.

Carter, William (I47140)

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William Carter, grandfather of Elizabeth Carter, the wife of Robert

Crafford, appeared before the Council and General Court on March 1,

1622/3, and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636, he patented 700

acres in James City (see later Surry), 50 acres being due for personal

adventure of his first wife. Avis Turtley; 50 for his second wife, Anne

Mathis; and 50 for his third wife, Alice Croxon. This and later patents

totaled 1000 acres.

In a deposition made in Surry, May 2, 1654, he stated he was 54 years of

age and his wife, Alice Croxon, was then aged 55. He was dead before

October 18; 1655, for on that date his widow, Alice Carter, made an

agreement with Edward Pettaway who had married the relict of William

Carter, Jr. "son-in-law to me Alice Carter", that he was to

enjoy the use of 500 acres of land bequeathed to William Carter, Jr. only

during the life time of his wife, Elizabeth.

Mrs. Alice Carter, married (2) Captain Giles Parke, Justice of Surry and

(3) Edward Warren.

George Carter, son of William, Sr., born about 1638, died about 1665. His

widow. Mary, married (2) William Hare, who on June 26, 1665, gave bond

for the estate of Elizabeth Carter, orphan. (See article by Dr. B. C.

Holtzclaw, pp. 74-75. V. M. 48.)

Carter, William (I47140)

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William Collier was born about 1585 in County Surrey, England. He was married at St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey to Jane Clark on 16 May 1611. He was a grocer in England, migrated to Plymouth in 1633, where he was admitted as a Freeman on 1 January 1633 (Anderson, The Great Migration, ref Ply Colony Records).

Migration: His first residence was in the Plymouth Colony in 1833. He was admitted as a Freeman in 1633 (Anderson).

Residence Duxbury. William Collier moved his family to Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, in 1639 (Anderson).

Offices Held. William Collier was a Plymouth Colony Assistant 1635-37, 1639-51, and 1654-65. He was a Plymouth Commissioner to the United Colonies in 1643; a committee to assess colony taxes (date not given); committee to lay out highways for Duxbury October 1, 1634; committee to view farm land 1635/36; committee to set bounds for North Hill 1638/9; committee to treat with Massachusetts Bay 7 March 1642/3 and 10 June 1650; and Council of War 27 September 1642, 10 Oct 1643, 1 June 1658. William Collier was the Coroner on 2 June 1646; some other committees, and Auditor 3 July 1656. Finally, he was on a committee to review the laws 3 June 1657 (Anderson, references to records).

His estate was administered 5 July 1671. Jane Clark died sometime after 28 June 1666, as she signed a deed at that time. The Great Migration Begins lists twelve children, most born at St. Olave, Southwark between 1611 to 1625. Two were born at St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey in 1622 and 1625. Eight of those children died young and were buried at St. Olave before 1625. Mary born 18 Feb 1611, married at Plymouth 1 April 1635 to Thomas Prence. Rebecca born at St. Olave 10 January 1614, married at Plymouth 15 May 1634 to Job Cole. Sarah born St. Olave 30 April 1616 married at Plymouth 15 May 1634 to Love Brewster. Elizabeth born at St. Olave 9 March 1618, married at Plymouth 2 November 1637 to Constant Southworh (Anderson, the Great Migration Begins).

SOURCES FOR WILLIAM COLLIER

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. New England Genealogical Society, Boston. 1995. On-line or NEHGS Research Library in Boston. Born about 1585 based on date of marriage. Died after 29 May 170 (on list of Duxbury, Freemen) and before 5 July 1671 admin of estate. Grocer in Southwark, County Surrey, England, admitted as a Freeman to Plymouth in 1633.

Family of Edward Southworth, http://members.cox.net/trm/SouthworthEdward.htm. Source List of eight. Constant Southworth married, Nov. 2, 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Elizabeth Collier, daughter of William Collier and Jane Clark. She was born about 1616 in England.

MARRIAGE EVENT:

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. New England Genealogical Society, Boston. 1995, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com. On-line or NEHGS Research Library in Boston. William Collier was born about 1585 in County Surrey, England. He married at St. Olave, Southwark, Surrey to Jane Clark on 16 May 1611. He was a grocer in England, migrated to Plymouth in 1633.

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WILLIAM DAVIS OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY

On 16 Mar 1779 William Davis of Pittsylvania County bought 850 acres of land on both sides of the Bannister River and Cherrystone Creek, near Chatham in the middle of Pittsylvania County, from John Booth of Henry County, bordering land owned by Thomas Hardy Sr, George Prosize, Robert Adams, John Short, John Parks, and Robert Wooding, for 1400 pounds. This land included the “William Pigg” mill, which had been built in 1768.

The stone house that William Davis built on this land is still standing but is in bad repair; photos are on the internet.

William Davis appears in the 1779 tithable list in Pittsylvania in a large household including Benj, Garret, and Daniel Davis, and negroes Lemus, Jim, Sue, and Filly. (The tithable lists for 1780 and 1781 have not been indexed, so I haven’t searched them yet. It would be interesting to see if Daniel and Garret Davis appear in these lists. Daniel appears in the 1778 list, apparently the first of the family to locate in Pittsylvania County. At least one of William’s sons named a son Garret, supporting the supposition that Garret was a son of William. Perhaps Garret and Daniel died in the Revolutionary fighting in 1780; many Pittsylvania militiamen took part in the military action in the Carolinas.)

William Davis patented an additional 400 acres on the branches of Bannister River and Cherrystone Creek, bordering the land of Thomas Hardy and Finney. A survey for this land was done 24 Apr. 1780, and he received the patent for the land on 1 Sept. 1780.

A marriage bond was registered in Pittsylvania County on 16 Nov. 1781 for William’s daughter Sarah to marry Thomas Maide (who later spelled his name Meade); surety for the bond were Thomas Maide and Benjamin Davis (William’s eldest son).

In 1782 the yearly tithable lists were replaced by personal property tax lists. In this year William Davis is shown with two “tithables” (white men over 21, presumably William and son Benjamin), nine slaves, four horses, and 16 cattle.

The 1782 land tax shows William Davis with 700 acres, which seems puzzling in light of his purchase of 850 acres (“more or less”) in 1779 and an additional 400 acres in 1780. We know that William Davis gave land to his son-in-law George Myers (part of which was donated to the Upper Bannister Baptist Church), so perhaps this accounts for part of the discrepancy. The 1782 land tax shows George “Miers” with 200 acres. Another possibility is that the total acreage that William bought in 1779 was exaggerated in the deed (indicated by the phrase “more or less”), to match the number of acres that he had just sold in Culpeper County. But this is just speculation; further research should be done in the land records to ascertain just what happened to the two tracts of land that William Davis bought.

William Davis doesn’t appear in the personal property tax records in 1783. Perhaps this was just an omission by the recorder.

In 1784 William Davis appears in the personal property tax list with two white men over 21 (William and son Benjamin), five slaves over 16; four slaves under 16; four horses, and 15 cattle.

On 17 May 1784, William’s son Benjamin entered into a marriage bond with Daniel Bradley, who married William’s daughter Elizabeth.[10]

The 1785 personal property tax list shows William Davis with two white men over 21 (William and son Benjamin), six slaves over 16, four slaves under 16, four horses, and 17 cattle. William had one additional slave and two more cows, compared to the previous year.

On 18 Feb. 1786 (recorded on the 20th), William Davis and John Davis of Pittsylvania County sold to Holt Richardson of King William County a Negro man named Ruben. Is this the same William Davis as the miller of Cherrystone Creek? And if so, who was this John Davis? A brother sharing an inheritance? Witnesses to the deed were Samuel Parks and John Bowden, and Samuel Parks would witness an 1786 deed from William Davis to his son-in-law Daniel Bradley (see below), and serve as surety in 1787 for the marriage bond of William Davis’s daughter Susanna.

The 1786 land tax shows William Davis with 700 acres, same as in 1782. William Davis was consistently taxed for 700 acres until his death in 1791.[11] The 1786 personal property tax list shows William Davis with two white men over 21, eight slaves over 16, ten slaves under 16, four horses, and 17 cattle. William had eight more slaves than the previous year. Had he recently come into an inheritance?

On 1 Dec. 1786 William Davis sold 100 acres on the north side of the Bannister River, "being part of the same tract whereon the said William Davis now lives," to his son-in-law Daniel Bradley.[12] Witnesses to the deed were Thomas H. Wooding, Samuel Parks, and William Ming.

On 19 Feb. 1787, Samuel Parks entered into a marriage bond with William Corbin, who married William Davis’s daughter Susanna. Together with the bond was a note by William Davis, witnessed by son Benjamin and by Samuel Parks, giving permission for Susanna to marry.

The 1787 personal property tax list shows that William Davis paid on April 18, with zero men over 21 (besides William; the recordkeeping was strange this year), six slaves over 16, eight slaves under 16, three horses, and 15 cattle. William had lost four slaves, a horse, and two cows compared to the previous year. On Apr. 20 William’s son Benjamin paid the tax, showing zero men over 21 (besides Benjamin), 1 slave over 16, 1 slave under 16, and 1 horse. This accounts for the horse and two of the slaves. William’s new son-in-law William Corbin had a slave in 1787, perhaps a wedding gift from William.

The 1788 personal property tax list shows William “Davise” with one white male over 21, four slaves over 16, 1 slave 12-16, and four horses. (Starting this year, the number of cows wasn’t listed.) Benjamin “Davise” paid on the same day, with 1 white male over 21 and one slave over 16. John “Davise” paid on the same day, with one male over 21, one slave over 16, and three horses. I believe that this was the John Davis who bought 200 ares on Green Rock Creek (near William Davis) on 1 July 1788, and NOT William’s son John. This John Davis appears in Pittsylvania County as early as 1782, but didn’t own land until 1788. This John Davis had one slave until 1786, when he suddenly had four slaves and a stud horse (similar to William, who also shows a sudden influx of slaves in 1786.) John Davis had the same number of slaves (and the stud horse) in 1787, but in 1788, the year he bought the land, he was back to one slave (and no stud horse). Once again, it seems reasonable to speculate that this John was a brother of William Davis, and it was these two who sold the slave Ruben to Holt Richardson in 1786 (see above).

The 1789 personal property tax list shows that William Davis paid on April 20, with two white males over 21 (presumably William and son John), five slaves over 16, and three horses. William’s son Benjamin had paid on March 16 (with one slave and one horse), the same day as John Davis (with one slave and three horses).

On 4 June 1789 John Davis (presumably William’s son who had recently turned 21) entered a bond with William Rickett, who married William Davis’s daughter Nancy.

The 1790 personal property tax list shows that William Davis (“Cherrystone”) paid on March 15, with three white males over 21 (presumably William and sons Benjamin and John), six slaves over 16, 1 slave 12-16, and three horses. William’s son Benjamin wasn’t on the list this year, so I assume that he was one of the three men listed in William’s household. John Davis (“Cherrystone”) paid on the same day as William, with one male over 21, one slave, and two horses.

William Davis, of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia "being far advanced in life," made his will on 4 June 1790,[13] mentioning:
--son John (receives 3 head of cattle)
--son Benjamin (receives William's house and 150-acre plantation)
--son Joseph (also receives 150 acres)
--son Thomas (receives the rest of William's land, except one acre by creek adjoining William's mill)
--daughter Nancy Rickett (receives a slave; will mentions her husband William Rickett)
--daughter Peggy Davis (receives two slaves and a flock of geese)
--son-in-law Thomas Maide (cancels debt owed by Thomas)
--son-in-law William Corbin (receives a slave and a feather bed, in consideration of a debt related to William's brother's will)
--sons Joseph and Thomas (mentioned again, now receive William's mill with one adjoining acre of land)
--remainder of estate to be divided between youngest children Joseph, Thomas, and Lucy.
--son Benjamin instructed to rebuild the mill, keeping possession of the mill and slaves for three years and then distributing them according to the will's provisions
--single daughters to be provided for as long as they remain single
--if either son Joseph or Thomas dies before arriving unmarried at "lawful age," their share of the mill to go to the other brother
--son-in-law George Mires to receive nothing more than what he now has in his possession
--son-in-law Daniel Bradley to receive nothing more than what he now has in his possession – the land he lives on.
--executors instructed to pay to Daniel Bradley the debt arising from William's executorship of his brother's will
--William's friend John Parks and William's son Benjamin appointed executors
--signed (with mark) June 4, 1790, and proved June 20, 1791
--witnessed by William Miers, Jacob Miers, George Miers, Jr.

The mark on William’s will has been described as“a thick-ish vertical bar (i.e., not just a thin vertical line). Some of the clerks were good about trying to copy marks closely. William’s is pretty distinctive, which usually would indicate he was not one of those who could write in his younger days but had to sign by mark when he got elderly or sick.”[14] (I am inclined to question whether the Pittsylvania County clerk was good about copying marks closely, since the clerk during this time period routinely omitted the names of witnesses to deeds. In addition, the “thick-ish vertical bar” could have been a scratched-out remnant of another mark. The researcher whom I quoted thinks this mark is significant, disproving the possibility that William Davis of Pittsylvania was the same man who sold 850 acres of land in Culpeper County in 1768. I disagree with her assessment, but others may want to draw their own conclusions.)

William's reference to his brother's will correspond to a legal action brought by Daniel Bradley against his father-in-law, which was dismissed in May 1790. The case arose against William as “executor” of the estate of his brother Noire Davis.[15] The name Noire Davis never appears in the land or tax or probate records of Pittsylvania County, so it seems clear that Noire lived elsewhere.

William Davis’s will was probated on 20 June 1791, indicating that he died sometime between March (the previous court session) and June 1791.

Children of William Davis (birth order is educated guesswork):

1. Mary, married George Miers or Myers. It appears that George Myers lived in Culpeper County from 1758 through 1770, according to a researcher who who states that the earliest record found for him in Pittsylvania County was in 1779.

George Miers is listed with 200 acres in the 1782 Pittsylvania land tax. George Miers is listed in the 1782 Virginia census with 9 whites and one black in his household.

George Miers appears in the 1785 Pittsylvania County tax list (on the same page as his father-in-law William Davis and his brother-in-law Thomas Meade) with one adult slave, two horses, and 11 cattle. I didn't find him in 1786 or 1787, but he appears in the 1788 tax list with 2 white males over 16, 1 adult slave, and two horses. (For this and most later years, the tax list doesn't show the number of cattle.)

In the 1789 tax list George "Myers" now has 4 white males over 16, 1 adult slave, and two horses. This corresponds to the three witnesses to William Davis's 1790 will being William Miers, Jacob Miers, George Miers, Jr. the three eldest sons of George. I didn't find George in the 1790 or 1791 lists, and I haven't checked later years.

2. Sarah, born about 1753,[19] married Thomas Maid (or Mead[20]), with the marriage bond dated 16 Nov. 1781 at Pittsylvania Co., Va.[21] Benjamin Davis was listed as surety on the marriage bond. If Sarah’s age was correctly stated in her 1843 widow’s pension application, she was close to 30 years old at the time of her marriage.

Thomas Meade was born 1 Apr. 1754 at Frederick County, Virginia. Thomas Maid/Mead enlisted in the Virginia Line from Pittsylvania County in February 1776; he served in Virginia and North Carolina regiments for the next six years, becoming a "forage master" in charge of obtaining supplies for the army. He was in the battles of Briar Creek (1779) and Guilford Courthouse (1781).[22] Thomas appears in the Pittsylvania County personal tax lists (listed as "Made," "Meade," and "Mead") from 1782 through 1786, after which he disappears from Pittsylvania County.

Thomas Mead appears in the Montgomery County personal tax lists from 1787 through 1789. He disappears from Montgomery County starting in 1790 -- the year that Wythe County was formed from Montgomery County. Thomas Mead appears on the first extant Wythe County personal tax list in 1793, and appears every year thereafter (except 1796) through 1814.

In 1816 Thomas Mead was one of the early settlers of Pike County, Indiana, where he was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1818.[23] He died 14 Jan. 1834 and is buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Petersburg, Pike County, Indiana. On 28 Jan. 1834 William "I." [should read "T."] Wright (Thomas's younger half-brother, per William's affidavit supporting Thomas's pension application) was appointed administrator of Thomas's estate.[24]

Sarah (Davis) Mead was still alive in 1844; all of her children in Pike County had predeceased her.[25] It is claimed that she was buried in the same cemetery as her husband, in an unmarked grave.[26]

3. Benjamin, born before 1757, a Revolutionary soldier, [27]married Lydia Meador (presumably a second marriage) 31 Jan. 1800. Lydia's father Joab Meador made his will on 25 Feb. 1815, naming his "friends" Benjamin Davis and Thomas Davis (together with two others) as executors.[28] Benjamin and Lydia had a daughter Nancy who married Samuel Thompson in 1822 in Pittsylvania County[29]; and their daughter Sarah married her first cousin Jamison Corbin.

4. Daniel, perhaps son of William, appears on the 1778 tithable list; living with William Davis in 1779 tithable list.

5. Garret, presumably son of William, living with William Davis in 1779 tax list. William's youngest sons Joseph and Thomas both named sons Garrett, supporting the supposition that Garret was son of William.

6. Elizabeth (Bettie), married Daniel Bradley (marriage bond 17 May 1784); her brother Benjamin was surety.[30] It appears that Daniel Bradley was born in Cumberland County, son of Isham Bradley.[31] Daniel Bradley was born about 1757, and moved from Cumberland County to Pittsylvania County in 1783, per his 1832 revolutionary pension application.[32]

"Bradley, Daniel, of Pittsylvania enlisted from Cumberland July 1, 1780 in the First Virginia for eighteen months. He served under Captain White and was enlisted by Ensign Belew. He was in the battles of Guilford Courthouse and Eutah, the siege of Ninety-Six and the capturing of Scotch Lake at the blockhouse in Camden and the forts at Friday's, Thompson's and Augusta. ...Daniel was wounded in one of these engagements and was ever afterwards a cripple."[33]

On 1 Dec. 1786 Daniel Bradley received a gift of 100 acres of land on the north side of the Bannister River by his father-in-law William Davis. Daniel Bradley appears in the 1786 and 1787 Pittsylvania County personal tax lists (on the same page as William Davis), with one horse, two cows, and one slave under 16. In 1788 and 1789 Daniel Bradley appears with two horses and no slaves.

Daniel doesn't appear in the 1790 tax lists; perhaps his absence was related to his lawsuit against his father-in-law and neighbor William Davis. (See above.) The lawsuit was dismissed on 3 May 1790. Daniel Bradley reappears in 1791, listed next to his deceased father-in-law.

Daniel Bradley made his will 20 Aug. 1831 and it was probated 16 Apr. 1838. The will mentioned son Isham and "my daughters." The executors were his sons-in-law Reuben Hall and William Chaney. Witnesses were Thomas Wooding, Thomas Davis, Jr., and Lydia Davis.[34]

7. Nancy, married William Ricketts 4 June 1789. Nancy was his second wife; he had four children by his first wife Barsheba Nelson. William and Nancy Ricketts had children Reuben, Nancy, Nathaniel, and Thomas.[36]

8. John, apparently born around 1768, if he was indeed the extra adult male in William’s household per the 1789 personal property tax list. John was mentioned first in his father's will, receiving three cows and no land.

Some researchers have assumed that John was the same as the John Davis who married Nancy Hodnett 26 Sep. 1803 in Pittsylvania County. This is false, as the John Davis who married Nancy Hodnett was clearly identified as “Jr.” – presumably the son of John Davis who lived near William Davis and latter on Pigg River.

9. Susanna, married William Corbin 19 Feb 1787; she was under age at the time of her marriage (her father William gave consent). William Corbin appears in the Pittsylvania County personal tax lists in 1788 and 1789, but I didn't find him in 1790 or 1791. William died before July 1801, when his father Ambrose Corbin was appointed guardian of William's children Jamison, Thompson, and Mary Corbin.[37] Jamison Corbin married his first cousin Sarah Davis, daughter of Benjamin.

Susanna Davis, widow of William Corbin, married (2) William Nelson, whose sister Barsheba was the first wife of William Ricketts, husband of Susanna Davis's sister Nancy.[38]

Ambrose Corbin, son of Rawley Corbin, was born abt. 1723 in Spotsylvania County. He lived in Culpeper County as a child (where his father died in 1773), married Jane Crawford, and died 1807/8 Pittsylvania County, per http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Corb/CorbinAmbrose-JaneCrawford.html
His children included:
--William, b. 1759-64; m. Susanna Davis 19 Feb. 1787 Pittsylvania Co.
--Randolph, b. c. 1770. His Pittsylvania will (1 Sep. 1822) mentions brothers David and Thomas, Thomas's daughter Louisa, nieces Paulina and Sally Myers, and Benjamin Myers' sons Hartwell, William, and Christopher.
--Nancy Ann, b. c. 1773; m. William Myers (son of George Myers and Mary Davis) 14 Apr. 1791 at Pittsylvania County.
--Elizabeth "Betsy," perhaps daughter of a second wife, b. 1786, m. Benjamin Myers (son of George Myers and Mary Davis) 2 Nov. 1808 at Pittsylvania County. Benjamin Myers in Pittsylvania County 1820 (next to George) and 1830; Elizabeth Myers in Pittsylvania County 1840; details at http://dgmweb.net/FGS/M/MyersBenjamin-ElizabethCorbin.html

10. Peggy (Margaret), m. Moses Cheney 15 Aug 1791. "Moses Chaney, the son of Sarah and Jacob Chaney (Chapter I), settled two miles southeast of Laurel Grove, Virginia, on the place now owned by Witcher Slayton. Moses married Margaret Davis, and to this union were born six children. Their names were as follows: William, Singleton, Bird, Moses, Betty and Sallie. Margaret died and after her death Moses married Sallie Polly, a widow, whose name was Haley. To this second union were born two children, Jackson and Eleandor, Moses was a farmer by occupation."[39]

11. Joseph, b. about 1771 (underage in 1790 per father’s will, he first appears in the Pittsylvania personal tax lists in 1793), m. Lucy McGehee Hodnett 19 Mar. 1793 Pittsylvania Co., Va., d. 1 Oct. 1850 at Halifax Co., Va. It appears that several children of Joseph and his brother Thomas moved to Tennessee.[40]

12. Thomas, b. about 1773 (underage in 1790 per father’s will, he first appears in the personal tax lists in 1794), m. (1) Jane Hodnett 13 Jan. 1794 Pittslyvania Co., Va.; m. (2) Sarah Meador 8 July 1797 Pittsylvania Co., Va. Thomas was a prosperous miller and landowner in Pittsylvania County. Children by second wife Sarah Meador: --Garrett B.; m. Anna Thompson 1 Oct. 1822 Pittsylvania Co.
--William, b. 13 Apr. 1800; m. Carmelia Craft 24 Oct. 1824 Pittsylvania Co.
--Mary Taylor, b. 1803, m. Robertson Shelton 3 May 1819 Pittsylvania Co.[41] ---Thomas C., b. 1805, m. Elizabeth Sheppard 22 Nov 1824 Pittsylvania Co.

13. Lucy, married John Hodnett 9 Nov 1792; apparently m. (2) Jessee Woodson 1809.[42]

[1] See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Davisgen.html
[2] Culpeper County Minute Book 1763-1764, p. 370, in Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Virginia County Court Records, Culpeper County , Virginia Minute Book 1763-1764 (Antient Press, 1998), p. 65, cited in an e-mail from Joan Horsley, 5 Mar. 2012.
[3] Pittsylvania County Deed Book 5, pp. 145-47.
[4]For photos of the house see http://rdricketts.com/blog/2009/08/06/my-4th-great-grandfathers-rock-house-circa-1779-needs-work/
[5] Pittsylvania County Land Surveys, vol. 1, p. 337; the general shape of the tract is diagrammed on the page.
[6] Copy of the marriage bond, from the Pittsylvania Courthouse, sent to me by Sarah E. Mitchell.
[7] Images of the personal property tax lists are available at the subscription website www.binnsgenealogy.com
[8] See http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/1782LandTaxes.htm
[9] Pittsylvania Deed Book 17, p. 477, 10 Mar. 1812 (recorded 16 Mar. 1812): George Myers to Moses Hutchings and George Giles, all of Pittsylvania County, “whereas William Davis, deceased, did in his livetime give his bond to the members of the Baptist church (known & called by the name of upper Bannister)” for “one and an half acres of land whenever they might call for the same, where the present meeting house now stands, and the right of said land being in George Myers, and he wishing to comply with said bond,” the church appointed Hutchings and Giles trustees to receive the land (paying one dollar), on the waters of the Bannister River, adjoining Leftwich. Signed: George (x) Myers (his mark). Witnesses: Will Turnstall, Jesse Leftwich, William Hutchings.
Pittsylvania Deed Book 18, pp. 501-502: 24 Nov. 1813 (recorded 18 July 1814): George Myers and wife Mary to William Turnstall, all of Pittsylvania County, 33 acres on Cherrystone Creek, being part of the tract where Myers now lives, adjoining Turnstall (formerly Hardy), and up the sill house branch to Pigg Road, and then along Pigg Road. Signed: George (x) Myers (his mark), Mary Myers. Witnesses: William Walton, John Myers, Benjamin Myers, Isham Myers.
[10] Copy of the marriage bond, from the Pittsylvania Courthouse, sent to me by Sarah E. Mitchell.
[11] Thanks to Joan Horsley for sharing William Davis’s land tax records.
[12] Pittsylvania County Deed Book 7, pp. 719-720.
[13]http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Davisgen.html, citing Pittsylvania Co. Deed & Will Book 11, p. 216
[14]E-mail from Joan Horsley, 14 Mar. 2012.
[15]Pittsylvania County Court Order Book 3, p. 127. The record clearly shows the unusual name “Noire.”
[16]per http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GERMANNA_COLONIES/1997-07/0867753874 .
[17]per http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/1782LandTaxes.htm
[18] per http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/census.htm
[19]Per her 1843 widow's pension application which gave her age as 90; the following year her age was given as 91.
[20]He appears to have used “Maid” early in life and “Mead(e) later in life. His 1833 pension application pointedly gives both spellingsrepeatedly.
[21]Per copy of marriage license in Thomas and Sarah Mead’s pension file.
[22] Per 1833 pension application; scanned images of the entire file are available at ancestry.com; I personally transcribed the old handwriting. The published version of Thomas's affidavit on pp. 317-18 of the History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana is abridged and badly garbled.
[23] History of Pike and DuBois County, Indiana, p. 251, p. 289; at http://www.archive.org/details/historyofpikedub00good
[24] Pike County, Indiana Will Abstracts 1817-1895, p. 13. A local librarian's visit to the courthouse disclosed the fact that all documents related to Thomas Mead's estate were missing at the time the estate files were microfilmed.
[25] per widow's pension application; the only witness available to support her affidavit was her daughter-in-law Polly.
[26] per Pike County History Bicentennial Year 1776-1976, by Ruth McClellan, p. 163, which misidentifies her as "Lucy."
[27]per http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/Davisgen.html
[28]per Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, p. 214. For Joab Meador's family, see http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I14768 and duplicate http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=crystalinda22&id=I121128; see also http://genforum.genealogy.com/meador/messages/495.html with a list of researchers.
[29] per http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/n/Anna-Toner/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0031.html
[30] Per http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapittsy/Hodnettgen.html
[31] Per http://www.hallgenealogy.com/ghtout/gp1272.htm
[32]Pension application of Daniel Bradley, http://revwarapps.org/s6766.pdf
[33] per http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mebarbour77&id=I04007 , citing page 160 of Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War by McAllister.
[34] per http://www.hallgenealogy.com/ghtout/np64.htm, citing Wills of Pittsylvania Co., VA 1820-1845 by Mike K. Williams.
[35] Per http://nelson-dna-project.tripod.com/docs/Decendants_of_Ambrose_Nelson_editted.pdf
[36]Per http://www.geocities.ws/athens/forum/1992/descend.html .
[37] per http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Corb/CorbinAmbrose-JaneCrawford.html Son Jamison married Sarah Davis 8 Oct. 1817 at Pittsylvania County; she was the daughter of Benjamin Davis (see above).
[38] See http://nelson-dna-project.tripod.com/docs/Decendants_of_Ambrose_Nelson_editted.pdf
[39] See http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Richard-Franklin-Chaney/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0231.html
[40] http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.davis/13865/mb.ashx
[41] Per The Families of James Shelton of McMinn County, Tennessee and His Father Roderick Shelton of Buncombe County, North Carolina and Their Antecedents by Arthur Paul Shelton (August 1987), Chapter 7, online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnmcmin2/SheltonCVIIP298.htm
[42]See this Hodnett page (with various Davis connections), but there seems to be confusion about whether mother or daughter married Jessee Woodson: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=eleanor&id=I07766 and see also (better site?) http://www.hallgenealogy.com/ghtout/np64.htm

Davis, (Rev) William (I48104)

8006

William Davis, S16097, NJ Line, sol was b 11 Mar 1754 in Middletown Twnshp in Monmouth Cty NJ & sol lived in Shrewsbury Twshp in Monmouth Cty NJ at enl & sol moved from there to Washington Cty PA for 2 1/2 yrs then moved to Harrison Cty VA for 38 yrs then moved to Champaign Cty OH & a few mths later he moved to Clark Cty OH & sol appl there 4 Oct 1832 a res of Pike Twnshp OH, sol m a daughter of John Havens (she wasn't named), a son James Davis was b 1 Apr 1774 & he stated in 1833 in Clark Cty OH that he & his mother lived with her father John Havens in Shrewsbury Twnshp NJ while his father was a prisoner of the British, the son James & his father William srv together in 1794 under Capt Bogard & Col Wm. Lowther, another son of sol was Jonathan Davis who testified in 1834 in Champaign Cty OH, the following were mentioned but no relationship to sol was stated, to wit: in 1833 Joseph Davis was a witt in Clinton Cty OH, in 1834 Phenias Davis knew of sol's srv, in 1834 Lebe S. Davis was aged about 48, Silvester Davis was aged about 40, Gideon Davis was aged about 31, Reuben Davis was aged about 30 & Calvin Davis was aged about 26 & they testified for sol in Clark Cty OH. [Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files; Abstracted by Virgil D. White; Vol. 1, Pg. 913]

According to tradition, at the time of the Revolutionary War, William worked in his father's shipyard. They had been Royalists until their shipyard was burned, William having guided the British fleet through Hell Gate Channel into New York City at the time of its capture. After the loss of the shipyard, William took his wife and children to her parents' home and joined the Army of the Co Colonists and fought for the American Cause. (Viola Trainer Manu). William migrated to Washington Co. Pennsylvania 1789 and to Harrison County Virginia 1792 (Pension Record). He bought all the bottom land east of Salem, where Bristol is now located and from that acquired the name Bottom Billy. He was at one time Sheriff of Harrison County, Virginia (West Virginia). About 1832 or 1833 he and his wife and several of their children migrated to Clark County, Ohio. It is believed that she died in Clark County, 1834, and he died in Clark or Shelby County, 1834 or 1840.[Davis--The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia; Susie Davis Nicholson]

Biography:
Sketches of Pioneers. William Davis. William Davis is supposed to have been born in New Jersey, and came to Harrison County some time after the war of the Revolution. He settled in the Bottom land between Salem and Bristol. Was a large owner of lands, removed to Ohio and died there some time in the thirties. He always signed his name William Davis 'Bottom' to distinguish him from two or three other William Davis' who lived in the neighborhood. Tradition says that he had been a sailor and that during the Revolution he was loyal to the King and that he piloted the British fleet through the Hell Gate Channel, under the command of Lord Howe, at the time New York was captured in 1776, and for his services on that occasion he received a large bag of gold. After the close of the war and upon his return home, he found it a little unpleasant for persons of his political opinions, and emigrated to the western country as it was then called, where some of his relatives had come before. Deeds executed by him show that he lived in this county as late as 1825. His father resided near the Battlefield of Brandy Wine, and rode out from home, on a white horse, to see the battle, and the color of his horse attracting attention, he was fired on and killed. [History of Harrison County, WV, by Henry Haymond, pg. 369]

Story:
William was a ship carpenter. One day he went into a ship yard looking for work. The boss said to him " Can you make a pin?" He says "I can try." The boss gave him a new hand ax and a piece of timber for a pin and led him to the "hack block" which proved to be a large stone. He finished his pin without touching the block with the edge of his ax greatly to the surprise of the boss, and raising his ax high into the air, struck a tremendous blow into the face of the rock as though he took it for an ordinary hack block into which he was accustomed to stick his ax after finishing a job. "Thad will do", says the boss. " I will give you $30 a month." He worked here but a short time, shortly after being a sailor on the high seas. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was a Tory and joined the British Army. It is said that he ran the first British gunboat through Longg Island Sound to New York. The following story is told as related by him. "one day while consulting with the British Officers, concerning the strength of the Colonists, it began to thunder and not a cloud in sight, we took a spy-glass and discovered a small black cloud not larger than a man's hand rising in the west. It kept getting lsrger until we could see it with the naked eye. It came up and settled over the vessellying at anchor nearby and a flash of lightning struck her magazine which blew up completely destroting the vessel." He believed it was an act of providence, which convinced him that he was fighting on the wrong side. He deserted the British and joined the American forces. After the close of the war and about 1789 0r 90 he moved from Shrewsbury NJ to Harrison county Viirginia and settled on a treact of land near the moouth of Cherry Camy Run. The viilllage of Cherry Camy was afterward built on this farm. He built the first mill in that vicinity. The foregoing is an illustration of the sterling worth and character of the man. He had strong likes and dislikes and was ready to fight for that which he believed was right. The following historical facts prove his patriotism and courage in fighting for his country when comvinced that the then present authority was in the wrong. William Davis of Monmouth County, New Jersey, Private in the detachment of Monmouth County NJ Militia enlisted at Monmouth, July, 1776, served one month as guide. Private under Lieut. Colonel Auke Wykoff's third regiment for one month. Served as private in Capt. Dennis' Co. 3rd Reg. Monmouth county militia. While enroute to Philadelphia, PA he was taken prisoner by the British and was confined to New York for two months. He was private in Capt. Stephen Fleming's Co. 3rd Reg. one month. Was engaged in the battle of Sandy Hook, NJ. He furnished as a substitute in the same company, Joseph Bishop. While serving as private in Capt. John Dennis; company, 2nd Reg, Monmouth County Militia he was shot in the breast in an engagement at Somerset Courthouse. He resided in Clarke County, Ohio, 1832 to 1834. The wound in his breast was from a rifle ball, which was removed, leaving a large scar for the remainder of his life. James Davis, the oldest son of William, appeared before the President at Springfield, Ohio, where he lived, June 28th, 1833, and testified that he was a son of William Davis and was born April 1, 1774, that he remembered well when his father left home, and that he and his mother went to live with her father, John Havens of Shrewsbury, NJ and he remembered distinctly when his father returned home from captivity, when he was five or six years old and that afterward he went away again to serve in the Militia.William Davis 1663-1745 And Descendants Compiled by Thomas Clayton Davis as published in The Alfred Sun, Alfred, NY, 1945-1948]

Davis, William "Bottom Billy" (I22664)

8007

William Devin 731 acres

William Devin Jr 200 acres

James Biggers 100 acres

Arthur Fuller 105 acres

Zachariah Fuller 200 acres

Michael Gilbert 200 acres

Fuller, Zachariah (I19370)

8008

William Devin 731 acres

William Devin Jr 200 acres

James Biggers 100 acres

Arthur Fuller 105 acres

Zachariah Fuller 200 acres

Michael Gilbert 200 acres

Fuller, Arthur (I19380)

8009

William Devin, born 1752 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia;
died 28 Apr 1810 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; married
Martha Mitchell 7 Sep 1780 in Pittsylvania Co.,
Virginia.

William Devin, Jr. served with Captain Henry Conway's Company of the 14th Virginia Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army. He served three years from January 1777 to February 1780. He enlisted at Pittsylvania County Virginia Courthouse on January 26, 1777 and was discharged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1780. He and his brother, Robert, were in the same unit throughout their service. Their unit was at Valley Forge with General Washington during the winter of 1777-1778. William fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. The records from the National Archives shows Sergeant William Devin, with a variety of name variations, to be listed in the muster and pay rolls of Captain Henry Conway's company for most of the period of December 1776 through March 1779. Then, he was part of Captain Nathan Reid's Company and Lieutenant Colonel Hopkins' Company until November 1779. Finally, William Devin and Robert Devin were assigned to Captain John Overton's Company of Col. Febiger's Detachment, 2nd Brigade until they were discharged. Robert Devin says in his pension application that Captain Henry Conway's company was formed at Smith's Store, then the Pittsylvania County Virginia Court House. The records show that Sergeant William Devin was sick (June, July, and August 1778 muster rolls) and then, on extended furlough in Virginia beginning in September 1778 to April 1779. This could be the time when William Devin had Smallpox that nearly cost him his life.

Devin, William Jr. (I566)

8010

William Edwards 1720-1784 married Grissel Coleman in 1750 Cumberland Co., VA. Grissel Coleman 1725-1788 has long been confused with her aunt Grissel Coleman 1705-1759 who died in Goochland Co., VA. The 1782 Cumberland Co., VA tax list has William Edwards as head of household, however in 1784 Grissel Edwards is listed as Head of Household, and the Estate Inventory of William Edwards deceased was filed in the Jan 1786 Cumberland Co., VA court. See: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~theduffypapers/edwards/1720_william_edwards.htm

Edwards, Daniel Coleman Sr (I3192)

8011

william elijah hurd b. feb.28,1874 d.dec.14,1950,had 4 children,1. william howard,b.feb.11,1904,d. dec.14,1950, mar. billie melton(div.)mar. doris oliver,had 3 children,a.olivia may(libby)b.deborah ann(debby)c.marvin d.(don), lived in sanford n.c. .)2.gladys may,b.sept.19,1906,d.jan.27,1931, mar. nathaniel h. tuberville(died of t/b in danville,va.)3.thomas conrad,b. sept.30,1908(married faye wilson,1 dau.,margaret hurd foster.4.elijah meredith(buck) b. apr.13,1911,married mabel cox, had 2 sons,a.william m.,b.nov.13,1950,mar.bonnie myers.b.thomas e.,b.march18,1953lived in reidsville n.c.

Campbell, May (I19555)

8012

William Farmer moved his family to Kentucky around 1800 (He witnessed the deed of Thomas Wallace to James Dawson on 27 Jan 1810 in Green county Kentucky) and settled in Green County, Kentucky (Presently Taylor County, Kentucky). It is believed that William and his wife Mary were buried on the Old Sylvester Newton farm. However, this family cemetery has been totally destroyed. According to the Taylor County Cemetery Book, some of the stones at the graves had inscriptions on them at the time the book was compiled. No stones are present now. The Farmer cemetery was located off county road 634 in Taylor County and the book gives the exact location as 37 degrees 26 minutes 06 seconds x 85 degrees 19 minutes and 21 seconds. He had an estate probated on 25 Sep 1815 in Green county Kentucky. William made a reference to 'monies I have not yet obtained' from his father's estate be put out at interest and the proceeds be applied to the use of his son Laban or as much of it as his wife thinks necessary for that purpose.

Farmer, William (I12308)

8013

William Fitzhugh (1651 - 1701) - Describes his home
"...As first the Plantation where I now live contains a thousand Acres, at least 700 Acres of it being rich thicket, the remainder good hearty plantable land, without any waste either by Marshes or great Swamps the Commodiousness, conveniency, & pleasantness your self well knows, upon it there is three Quarters well furnished, with all necessary houses, ground & fencing, together with a choice crew of Negros at each planation, most of them this Country born, the remainder as likely as most in Virginia, there being twenty nine in all, (later he had close to 70 slaves) with Stocks of cattle & hogs at each Quarter, upon the same land is my own Dwelling house, furnished with all accomodations for a comfortable & gentile living, as a very good dwelling house, with 13 Rooms in it, four of the best of them hung, (with tapestries) nine of them plentifully furnished with all things necessary & convenient, & all houses for use well furnished with brick Chimneys, four good Cellars, a Dairy, Dovecoat, Stable, Barn, Hen house, Kitchen & all other conveniencys, & all in a manner new, a large Orchard of about 2500 Apple trees most grafted, well fenced with a Locust fence, which is as durable as most brick walls, a Garden a hundred foot square, well pailed in, a Yeard (sic) wherein is most of the foresaid necessary houses, pallizado'd (a variant spelling of palisaded) in with locust Punchens, which is as good as if it were walled in, & more lasting than any of our bricks, together with a good Stock of Cattle hogs horses, Mares, sheep &c, & necesary servants belonging to it, for the supply and support thereof. About a mile & half distance a good water Grist miln, (sic) whose tole I find sufficient to find my own family with wheat & Indian corn for our necessitys & occasions. Up the river in this Country three tracts of land more, one of them contains 21996 acres another 500 acres, & one other 1000 acres all good convenient & commodious Seats, & wch. in a few years will yield a considerable annual Income. ..." Taken from "William Fitzhugh and his Chesapeake World" pages 175-176.

FitzHugh, William (I44694)

8014

WILLIAM FITZHUGH Compiled by Janice L. Johns
The British-born William Fitzhugh (1651–1701) was among the first Virginia colonists to establish a dynasty on the land. In this his portrait he looks more like a prominent Londoner than a resident of what was still a colonial backwater. Fitzhugh chose a rural life because it seemed the quickest way to make money; he used slaves to cultivate his 54,000 acres, which were largely in tobacco. He was a self-made man, a successful planter and lawyer, who had accomplished much with the opportunities afforded him in Virginia. “However, Fitzhugh was never entirely comfortable with his achievements, because his newly won wealth was tenuous, given the fluctuation of tobacco prices, and his social position was gained in a largely undeveloped setting where he felt isolated. Virginia was "a strange land" to Fitzhugh, where his peers expected him to project a "creditable" appearance. Once he did so, he could live "comfortably & handsomely." He "never courted unlawful pleasures with women, avoided hard drinking as much as lay in my power, & always avoided feasting." On occasion he entertained visitors with "good wine, . . . three fiddlers, a jester, a tight-rope dancer, [and] an acrobat who tumbled around." He furnished his large, thirteen-room house handsomely, with tapestries and an extraordinary collection of 122 pieces of English silver, much of it engraved with the family crest. The silver answered well Fitzhugh's conflicting urges for moderation and luxury. He termed his collecting both "politic" and "reputable," meaning that silver was a sound financial investment (it could be melted) that at the same time made a social statement about dynasty.” [1]In William’s own words, while addressing his suffering brother barrister Hartwell he wrote as to why he had never had the gout: “I’ll tell you, Sir, I never much frequented Bacchus’ orgies and always avoided Ceres’ shrine, and never was one of Venus’ votaries. To speak (plainly) to you, I never courted unlawful pleasures with women, avoided hard drinking as much as lay within my power, and always avoided feasting and consequently the surfeits occasioned thereby.” From William Fitzhugh and his Chesapeake World, page 46. I find this quote interesting, as we will learn 400 years later from DNA, that he was the father of at least two illegitimate sons. One with Mrs. George Phillips and one probably with Frances (Townsend) Dade Withers Hooe. “It was probably due to William's father Henry's misfortunes that William became successful and wealthy. Henry had made several financial decisions in Bedford England. He made two loans in which he pledged that if he did not pay them off within the year they would double. Whatever he was going to use the money for failed or never took place, resulting in the loss of his possessions to pay off the loan. In addition, as an Alderman, he was fined for not attending meetings. The law stated that if an Alderman did not attend a meeting of the Council, he would be fined. He missed over 60 meetings and as a result of the fines and the debt, he left England for Ireland dying at the age of 51.Probably due to the financial disasters’ of their father, William and Henry and his brother came to the Virginia Colony. William was about 16. It was here that Fitzhugh established what has been called a Virginia Dynasty.” [2] On May 1, 1674 William was married to Sarah Tucker. Sarah was the daughter of Rose Tucker Gerard, a wealthy woman with good family connections in both Virginia and Maryland. In the marriage settlement William received a Negro man and woman, three cows, six ewes and a ram, a number of hogs, a bay gelding, a necklace of pearls, and enough dishes, household furniture and kitchen equipment to set up housekeeping at once. Also, Sarah had been left by her father’s estate, 5,000 pounds of tobacco and an equal share with his other children in the rest of his estate—which she would inherit when she turned 17 years old. When William married his wife she was 11 years old. He sent her to England to be educated for 2 years before she came back to America. The marriage was not consummated until she returned. [3] Captain George Phillips was in command of the “John and Margaret”, a ship that carried tobacco to London. He brought back items from England that were not available in America, like lace, velvet, china, silver, etc. One of the planters who shipped his tobacco with George was William Fitzhugh. The biography of William Fitzhugh (William Fitzhugh and his Chesapeake World) includes several letters in which he mentioned. The book also mentions that William Fitzhugh liked to socialize with his sea captains and their families. According to a DNA sample done on one of Mr. Phillips's descendents in 2010, it seems Mr. Fitzhugh socialized a little too closely with the wife of Captain George Phillips. The timing must have worked out well for Mr. Fitzhugh and Mrs. Phillips, because George named his PRESUMED son George Phillips (Jr.) who was probably born about 1691 or 1692. A ccording to vestry registers of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's parishes, George Phillips Jr. had at least four sons, John, Richard, George, and James. The two counties where this family lived in the early years were New Kent and Hanover. Both of these are burned counties; all the early records are gone.“Fitzhugh is famous for his many letters on various subjects. He wrote several on slavery and said that the only thing he regretted about America was the lack of good schools. He wrote "Good education of children is almost impossible and better to be never born than ill bred." [4] According to the codicils to his will, William must have made a trip back to England in July 1701. He died October 21, 1701 supposedly from “a bloody flux” contracted from French refugees he had befriended. There is much more to be learned from “William Fitzhugh and his Cheasapeake World.” It is not a family history, but a compilation of the letters he wrote during his lifetime. The letters are mostly business related, but good family information can be gleaned. The book is available through interlibrary loan.

[1] From: http://www.vahistorical.org/dynasties/williamfitzhugh.htm & mler13 originally submitted to Ancestry.com Richardson Benham Family on 28 Mar 2008.
[2] garystauffer6 originally submitted to Ancestry.com for the HARRISON Family Tree on 30 Dec 2007.
[3] "William Fitzhugh and his Chesapeake world."
[4] garystauffer6 who originally submitted it to Ancestry.com for the HARRISON Family Tree

FitzHugh, William (I44694)

8015

William Grant was a son of William Grant I, of Scotland, who married Margery Varnon, of Ireland, a widow with one son. Her father was a rich man with an elegant household and many servants and she, being badly treated at home, ran away to America, where she met the young Scotchman,William Grant, and married him. Young Grant's name was in reality Douglas. In the land of the thistle he had had bestowed upon him a grant of land for a deed of bravery and was thenceforth called the "Grant" Douglas, to distinguish hira from others of the same name, and when he came to America he assumed the name of Grant. William Grant II was born in Pennsylvania, in February, 1726, and died in Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1804.

Grant, William (I37444)

8016

William Graves of Pigg River 1724-1809

William Graves first appears in public records when he leased 500 acres of land on the Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., VA on 4 January 1773. At that time he was referred to as "William Graves of Caroline Co., VA" as he was new to the area. On 9 February 1773, William purchased 100 acres of land (most likely) adjacent to the leased acreage. (Pittsylvania Co. Deed Bk. 3, p. 247). Witnesses to these transactions were Peyton Smith, Susannah Daniel, Thomas Potter, William Daniel, Jr., William Graves and James Daniel.

In 1776 this area became a part of newly formed Henry County.

On 13 September 1777, a list of persons renouncing allegiance to Great Britain and swearing allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia included William Graves, Senr.......53, David Graves....20, William Graves....22. (The numbers following the names appear to be their age at the time).

On 22 November 1777, William Graves purchased the 500 acres that he had previously leased. This tranaction was duly recorded in Henry Co., VA.

On 18 April 1778, William Graves, Sr. sold the 100 acres now located in Henry Co. to William Graves., Jr., our Fourth Great-grandfather.

William Graves, Sr. and his son, William Graves are both listed on the Henry Co., VA Tax Lists. William Graves, Sr. was appointed to assess property in the district under the command of Frederick Reeves in 1778 and return an amount according to law. In 1778, the only Graves on the Tax Assessor list in Henry Co. was William Graves and William Graves, Jr.

In 1779, the Tax List of Henry noted the following Graves: William Graves, Sr., William Graves Jr. and David Graves. (It is likely that this David Graves was also a son of William Graves, Sr).

William Graves became a resident of Franklin Co., VA in 1785 when that county was formed from the northern half of Henry Co.. part of Bedford Co and part of Patrick Co. He was still living on his 500 acres on the Pigg River.

William Graves, Sr. died intestate in 1809 in Franklin Co., VA. On 4 Dec 1809, John Graves (most likely his son) and Peyton Graves (another son most likely) gave bond for the Letters of Administration of the personal estate of William Graves, deceased.

SOURCE: The Graves Family Newsletter, April 1984, Vol. 9, No. 50.

Graves, William (I9359)

8017

William Graves was born in 1755 in Henry Co VA. He died in 1836 in Lowndes Co AL and is buried at Graves Burying Ground, Mannack Station, Lowndes Co AL. As a Revolutionary War soldier, he served in the Transportation Department as a "wagon conductor". The DAR marker on his grave stone reads:

William Graves
Born in Virginia July 9, 1755
Married Sarah Smith in 1782
Moved to Alabama from Georgia 1817
Died February 24th, 1836

From the DAR Lineage Book, vol. 51, page 261:
"William Graves (1755-1836) signed the Oath of Allegiance, and served as "wagon conductor" in the militia of Henry Co., VA. He was born in VA and died in Manack, Ala."

From Graves Family Association website:
" William served as a wagon conductor of military supplies in John Fontaine's Co of Henry Co Militia, which on 11 May 1781 was ordered from Henry Co to the assistance of General Greene at Hillsborough NC. After the Revolutionary War, he moved to Washington Co, GA and took up land, where he and his family lived until 1817. There is on record in the GA State Archives at Atlanta, the following grant, which may have been his original land grant in GA:

"Graves, William - 287-1/2 acres in Washington Co., 17 May 1784. Warrant No. 1192, pg. 4". (Note: This portion of Washington Co., GA later became Oglethorpe Co.) In the winter of 1817, William Graves and most of his family moved from Oglethorpe Co., GA and settled near Manack Station, Lowndes Co., AL where he died. His will is dated 23 Feb 1836, and is recorded in Book C, vol3, pg 347, 1834-1838, at Prattville, Autauga Co., AL. All of their children were born in GA.".

Alabama Records, Vol 206, Autauga County, Alabama, compiled by Kathleen Paul Jones Ganrud, abstracts William's will. His inheritors are: his grandson, Young William Graves, his wife, Sarah, and his "children and their heirs as follows: viz. to the heirs of the body of Mary Alexander, the heirs of the body of Susan Clark, to Sally Varner and the heirs of her body; to Dorothy Fitzpatrick and the heirs of her body; to Martha Shelton and the heirs of her body; William Graves, Jr. and his heirs, to Charles Graves and his heirs; to David Graves and his heirs, to P.S. Graves and his heirs.....that William Graves, Jr. and David Graves...be my executors...."

Also noted on the Graves website: William Graves was one of two inheritors of his brother, Francis, will...which included approximately 2200 acres of land. Francis had never married and had no children.

William Graves was a successful plantation owner. He also operated a ferry service near his home of Graves Landing, AL.

From the Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930: " William Graves married Sallie Smith 5 Nov 1782 by Nathaniel Shrewsbury" in Book C, vol3, pg 347, 1834-1838, at Prattville, Autauga Co., AL. All their children were born in GA."

We know of twelve children born to William and Sarah.

NOTE: For additional information, read story attached to David Graves (1792-1836) entitled, "Historical Context of the David Graves House".

Graves, William (I9009)

8018

William GRAVES was born on 9 July 1755 in Caroline County, Virginia, son of William GRAVES and Dorothy STERN.1,2

While living in Henry County, Virginia William enlisted as a private, conductor of wagons, in the American Continental Line. He served in the quartermaster corps of John Fontain's company of Henry County Militia, which on 11 May 1783 was ordered from Henry County to Gen. Greene at Hillsborough, North Carolina. He was`in command of wagon trains under William McGraw, acting Quartermaster at Petersburg, Virginia. In 1784 he received a land grant for 287 1/2 acres in Oglethorpe County, Georgia in recognition of his military service.3,2

William married Sarah SMITH, daughter of Charles SMITH and Nancy BURKS, on 5 November 1782 in Bedford County, Virginia.4,5

William GRAVES of Oglethorpe County, Georgia and Peyton GRAVES of Franklin County, Virginia on 17 October 1812 sold for $500 to Timothy and Stephen Pate of Smith County and Willoughby(?) Pate of Jackson County, Tennessee, 426 acres in Smith County and Jackson counties, Tennessee, being part of a grant to Francis Graves from the State of North Carolina, and conveyed by William and Peyton Graves, heirs of Francis Graves. Witnesses: William Low, Thomas Draper. Proved and recorded March 1813. [Smith County Deed Book D, pg. 209-10]

William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Montgomery County, Mississippi Territory in the winter of 1817 along with Rev. Britton Capel and settled a few miles below the town of Washington at Manack Station in the upper northeast corner of what is now Lowndes County, Alabama. He established a ferry there across the Alabama River. At that time Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. Autauga county wasn't created until 1818 and Lowndes County in 1830. Alabama gained statehood in 1819.3,6

William owned extensive lands on the Alabama River at Graves Landing where he established a plantation and lived until his death in 1836. In 1821 he was appointed together with Edward Moseley, Benjamin Davis, John Hughes, and William Laprade to select a site for the Montgomery county courthouse. When Lowndes county was established by an act of the legislature approved 20 January 1830, his plantation fell within the Lowndes limits, not far from the Montgomery county line.3 He purchased a government land patent 14 April 1825 in Montgomery County, Alabama. At the Cahaba Land Office he bought 78.75 acres of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 10 of township 13-N, range 19-E.10

William GRAVES appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1830 in Lowndes County, Alabama. The household was listed as Two males under 5, one male 10-15, one male 15-20, one male 50-60 [William], three females under 5, one female 5-10, one female 15-20, and one female 30-40.

William GRAVES, Sarah GRAVES, Charles GRAVES, Mrs. Louisa Jane GRAVES, Stephen SHELTON and Martha SHELTON, John M. McLeans and Elizabeth McLeans sold a tract of land to James Huie on 5 December 1832 in Autauga County. The deed proclaimed that John M. McLeans and Elizabeth McLeans, his wife, and Charles Graves and Louisa, his wife, and William Graves and Sarah, his wife, and Stephen Shelton and Martha, his wife, for $2100 paid by James Huie sold him the east half of fractional section 24 on the Alabama River, township 16, range 15, being the land where Stephen Shelton now lives, except for the part of the said fractional section as lies on the south side of Long Pond, also part of the said fractional section 24 lying in the North half of said fractional section and on the sorth side from the middle of the Long Pond being part of the section in the possession of William Graves and afterwards in the possession of Stephen Shelton, containing 303 acres. Signed by Charles Graves, Louisa J. Graves, Stephne Shelton, Martha Shelton, William Graves, Sarah Graves, John M. McLean and Elizabeth McLean.12

William GRAVES sold the following parcels of land to his son, Charles GRAVES, on 20 February 1835 in Autauga County, Alabama. It was described as fractional section 26 in township 16, range 15, lying north of the Alabama River. Also the northeast quarter of section 22 in the same township and range, and fractional section 25 north of the Alabama River containing 150 acres together with all property belonging with the rights of the ferry landing including the landing on both sides of the Alabama River. However William Graves and Sarah Graves, his wife, were to retain use of said lands, tenements and outbuildings during their natural lives. The deed was signed by William Graves and Charles Graves, and witnessed by Warren Stone, George Clark, John D. Hall, and Robert Russell.13

William GRAVES died on 24 February 1836 in Manack Station, Lowndes County, Alabama, at age 80.14 He was buried in the Graves Burying Ground. The cemetery is located a short way south and west of the old Manack Station on the old road from Montgomery to Selma. The cemetery is now on property owned by GE Plastics.

William GRAVES left a will that was written on 23 February 1836 in Autauga County, Alabama. Recorded in Reports Book C, 1834-1838, on page 347, his inhertors were: his grandson, Young William Graves; his wife, Sarah, and his "children and their heirs as follows, viz. to the heirs of the body of Mary Alexander; the heirs of the body of Susan Clark; to Sally Vaner and the heirs of her body; to Dorothy Fitzpatrick and heirs of her body; to Martha Shelton and the heirs of her body; William Graves, jr. and his heirs; to Charles Graves and his heirs; to David Graves and his heirs; to P. S. Graves and his heirs... that William Graves, Jr. and David Graves... be my executors..."

Children of William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH
Mary GRAVES+ b. 3 Oct 1783, d. 21 Jun 1835
Susan GRAVES b. 15 May 1785
Francis GRAVES b. 25 May 1787, d. 28 Dec 1798
William GRAVES III+ b. 27 Dec 1788, d. 11 Nov 1854
Sarah GRAVES+ b. 7 Nov 1790
David GRAVES+ b. 7 May 1792, d. 10 Sep 1836
Nancy GRAVES b. 28 Dec 1793, d. Aug 1794
Charles GRAVES+ b. 11 Aug 1796, d. 27 Mar 1849
Rev. Peyton Smith GRAVES b. 3 Mar 1799
Dorothea GRAVES b. 20 Feb 1801, d. 1855
George GRAVES b. 9 Apr 1803, d. 16 Mar 1810
Martha GRAVES+ b. 9 Sep 1805, d. 15 Jul 1875

Citations
[S759] Larry W. Nobles, Old Autauga: Portrait of a Deep South County, pg.223-224.
[S651] Lowndes County Heritage Book Committee, Heritage of Lowndes County, William Graves, Pioneer submitted by Robert H. Graves, Ft. Worth, TX.
[S53] Bud Graves, "Graves Family Newsletter (1995), p. 22," e-mail to Jr. John K. Brown, 29 Jan 1997.
[S242] Carrie Scales Evans, "Abney Family Research," e-mail to Jr. John K. Brown, 28 Nov 1998.
[S883] Rev. Anson West, History of Methodism in Alabama, pg. 185-186.
[S754] Daniel S. Gray, Autauga: First 100 Yrs., pg. 90.
[S253] Shadrack Mims, History of Autauga County, Alabama.
[S883] Rev. Anson West, History of Methodism in Alabama, pg. 176.
[S232] Bureau of Land Management, online http://www.glorecords.blm.gov, Cahaba Land Office, #1665, AL0160_272.
[S905] W. G. Robertson, Early Settlers of Montgomery, pg. 147.
[S857] Autauga County Deeds and Mortgages, Book D, Volume 4-B: Book C, page 505.
[S857] Autauga County Deeds and Mortgages, Book D, Volume 4-B: Deed Book D, pg. 406. Note that the township and range are mistakenly reversed in the deed. It shows township 15, range 16 would be well south of the river and so would not match at all the land as discribed in the deed.

Graves, William (I9009)

8019

William Guttmann (1869 - 1953) Obit

William Guttmann, owner of the Guttmann Insurance, Real Estate and Loan Company of 1113 S. Seventh St., Manitowoc,
died Thursday night at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a short illness. He was 83.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery.

He was born Aug. 23, 1869, at Manitowoc, and in 1897 married the former Wanda Rhode. She died 40 years ago. He was a member of the Manitowoc Real Estate and Insurance Board. Mr. Guttmann was also active for many years in the Manitowoc lodge of Elks. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Paul Urbanek of Minneapolis; a sister, Mrs. Gustav Alter of Manitowoc; and a grandson. Friends may call at the funeral home after Sunday noon until the hour of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, May 29, 1953 P.19
[d. 05-28-1953/age 83 yrs.]

Guttmann, William (I31130)

8020

WILLIAM HAMMOCK ESTATE IN NORTHUMBERLAND CO. SUED BY JOHN CRALLE 1703

John Cralle of the County of Northumberland, Gent., by his bill in chancery exhibited against Richard Hammock, executor of Wm Hammock, setting forth that hee became security to the worshippfull Court of Northumberland with Margarett Macey, relict of Henry Macey late of the County of Northumberland, for Margaret’s due administration of her husband’s estate, that some short tyme after Margrett intermarried with Wm Hammock who removed Macey’s estate into Richmond, which by appraisement was found to amount to 9390 pounds of tobacco and afterwards died leaveing his son Richard Hamock his executor, who inventoried Macey’s estate with his father’s without distribution, that Cralle upon two of Macey’s daughters comeing to age and applying themselves to him for such part of their father’s estate as of right belonged to them, hee to avoid trouble at law paid the two daughters, Ruth and Mary, their respective fifth parts of Macey’s estate, which being divided into five equal parts betwixt his four children and their mother amounted to 1878 pounds of tobacco each, well hopeing Wm Hammock would honestly refund and reimburse the same to him againe. But Hammock departing this life, no part of the tobacco being repaid Cralle, and Macey’s estate being removed from County to County, so that Cralle not come at his debt or the knowledged where Macey’s estate was lodged by the strict rules of the common law, therefore prayed her majesties writt to cause Richard Hammock to discover to this court that hee knew of Macey’s estate and whether the same or any part came to the hands of William Hannock and if it appeared there with sufficient to pay the orator’s disbursements or any part thereof, prayed a decree for the same. Richard Hammock neglecting to appeare or put in any answer to the orator’s bill, the same was continued till this court, and now Hammock appearing but refuseing to make any answer and Cralle produceing severall receipts amounting to 2534 pounds of tobacco, it is decreed that Richard Hamock doe pay to John Cralle 2534 pounds of tobacco out of Wm Hamock’s estate.
SOURCE: Northumberland County, Va, Court Records, Page 192a.

Cralle, Capt John (I26379)

8021

William Harlow, baptized at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1689; died at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 18 February 1750. He married at Plymouth, 18 June 1713, Joanna Jackson, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (Ransom) Jackson, born at Plymouth, 22 February 1695/6; probably died after 1737.

The will of Eliazer Jackson of Plympton, dated 26 June 1736, names daughter Joannah Harlow, who received a portion of the personal estate.

William Harlow is named in the settlement of his father's estate on 7 March 1711/12, receiving the 100-acre lot on "Fall brook in Middlebury," Massachusetts, and in the division of his mother's estate on 11 Jul 1720.

Joanna Harlow, wife of William Harlow, was listed as a member of the Plymouth church in 1709, although William and his wife were admitted to the church 6 May 1716. William is listed as a member in 1726 and Joanna in 1729. William Harlow and wife were dismissed to the 2nd church at Bridgewater on 24 September 1749. William is said to have moved to Bridgewater as early as 1742, but he may have done business there much earlier, as William Harlow of Bridgewater was granted retail license to sell liquor in September 1731.

William Harlow of Bridgewater died intestate and administration was granted to his son William Harlow on 5 March 1749/50.

On 3 June 1769 Daniel Snell and Joannah, John Snow and Hanna, Nathan Perkins and Sarah, Jonathan Beal and Abigail, Daniel Washburn and Experience, all of Bridgewater; Jacob Peterson and Mary of Duxbury; Benjamin Pratt and Lydia of Middleboro; John Harlow of Middleboro, cordwainer; and Isaac Harlow of New Lebanon in New York, heirs of the estate of William Harlow late of Bridgewater, deceased, quitclaimed for 6.10s. paid by William Harlow of Middleboro, cordwainer and administrator of the estate of said William Harlow deceased, their title in 11 1/4 acres of land in Middleboro.

Harlow, William (I30591)

8022

William Hurt, Senior.
It is highly probable that he was the same William Hurt as the William Hurt who was one of 25 immigrants brought over from England to the Virginia Colony in 1650 by Stephen HamIin and the same as the William Hurt who patented 213 acres of land in St. Stephen's Parish in New Kent County, Virginia in 1673/4. King William County was a part of New Kent County then. King and Queen County was cut off of New Kent County in 1691 and King William County was cut off of King and Queen County in 1702. William Hurt was a very young man when he came to Virginia in1650 and was probably not yet 21 years of age at that time. Record No. 217 on page 33 states that John Hurt (son of William Hurt Sr.) was living in St. Stephens Parish in King and Queen County, Va. on November12,
1691. This proves that the 213 acres of land in St. Stephens Parish in New Kent County, patented by William Hurt in 1673/4 was in the same vicinity as
where William Hurt Senior was living in 1701. St. Stephen's Parish was in that part of New Kent County that was cut off of New Kent County in 1691 (but
before November 12, 1691) and made into the new County of King and Queen.

William Hurt, designated in many records as William Hurt, Sr. was the son of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and his wife, Martha Winstone. He was christened 23 Jul 1614
at All Saints parish, one of the original seventeen parishes of the City of Bristol. [LDS Family History Library microfilm # 1596655].

In the 1619 Visitation of Kent [Harlean Society Publication XLII, pg. 31] with information provided by his paternal uncle William Hurt, a mercer who had residences
in Dover and in London, William Hurt, Sr. appears to have been a very young child at the time of that recording. Similar information is given in Berry's County
Genealogies of Kent [FHL # 973300, pg. 101], except that both the children of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and the children of William Hurt of Dover (by two different
wives) have been all been lumped together as children of William of Dover.

The 1634 Visitation of London [Harlean Society Publication XV, pg. 406] shows that the information was again supplied by Uncle William, now residing in the
Bishopsgate Ward area of London. None of Thomas's living children were shown to be married at that time. His younger daughter, Alice, married the following year
at St. John Hackney, London. William was the fifth child born in a family of twelve. Three are known to have died in infancy, and three more deceased before the age
of 25. Only children currently known to be living were listed by Uncle William in these visitations.

[It is interesting that William Hurt, mercer of Bishopsgate Ward, London and Dover, Kent chose to use the coat-of-arms originally granted by patent 4 Sept. 1565 to
3rd cousin Thomas Hurt of Ashbourne, Derbyshire (b. abt 1494), but his father and brother in Gloucestershire did not.]

No apprenticeship records have been found for William or his sibilings in the Bristol Apprentice Books, suggesting that they were either trained by their own father
in the family mercantile trade, as were approximately two-thirds of the young people of that day - or - they were apprenticed elsewhere.

There seems to be a general consensus among researchers that the William Hurt who was transported to Charles City Co., VA in 1650 by Mr. Stephen Hamelin [Early
Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greep, Clerk, VA State Land Office - FHL fiche # 6051246 pg. 172] and [Virginia Land Book 2 pg. 266} is our
immigrant ancestor. Others with the Hurt surname being transported in that time period included an Edward Hurt in 1650 by Mr. James Williamson - county not given
and Thomas Hurt, who arrived in 1653, courtesy of Nicholas Meriwether, Northumberland Co., VA, who may have been the brother of William (Thomas chr. 17 Sep
1615, All Saints parish, Bristol, England) Neither Edward or Thomas left any record of descendants in Virginia and may have either moved or not survived. George
Magruder Battey III, in his 1947 monograph, "Notes Mostly Concerning Hurts in Tidewater Virginia" proposes that this Thomas is the one who moved to North
Carolina.

Calculating an approximate date of marriage at age twenty-five, William would probably have married around 1639 somewhere in England. His marriage record has
not yet been located. That being considered, he may have had five or so children born prior to immigrating in 1650. His current family group record, as proposed by
Oscar Hurt's research [The Early Hurt Family of Virginia, Oscar H. Hurt, FHL# 854152 item 4 pg. 5] shows three children, all born in Virginia after 1654:
Isabella Hurt, b. 26 Apr 1654, King William Co., VA - md. Philip Pendleton in 1682
John Hurt b. abt. 1655, St. Stephen's Parish, King William Co., VA d. 9 Feb 1724, King William Co., VA md. abt 1679 Sarah Webber, or more likely, Sarah
Yarbrough abt. 1679
William Hurt, Jr. b. abt. 1657, King William Co. VA d. after 1702.

On 18 Feb. 1673/4 the following was recorded in Virginia Land Book 6, pg 502:
"To all ye, whereas...etc... Now know ye that I, the said Wm Berkely, Knt. Governr doe the Consent of the Councill of State accordingly give and grant unto William
Hurt two Hundred and thirteen acres of Land Lying in St. Stephen's Parish in New Kent County, beginning at a white oke corner of Pecks land thence running NE by N
42 poles to a red oake thence E SE 1/2 S jog poles to a red oke thence E NE 63 poles to a red oke upon the side of a hill, thence S 200 poles to a red oke upon the
side of another hill then west 89 poles to a red oke by the mill path, then W NW 100 poles to a Spanish oke by a branch, then N 141 poles to a hicory then N NE 10
poles to where it began. The said land is due unto the said Wm Hurt by and for the transportation of 3 persons etc. To have and to hold or to be held or yielding or
paying on provision dated the 18th Feb. 1673/4.
Names of the Transported: Thos. Brownell & wife; Lambo, a Negroe" (This land was northwest of the present day Aylett, VA and approximately 28 miles NE of
Richmond, VA.)

By 1701, our William had attached the title, Senr. after his name. "To all ... Whereas...Now know you that of the said Francis Nicholson, Esq. Govornd etc. do with if
and advice and consent of the Coundil of the State accordingly give and grant unto William Hurt, Senr. two hundred ninety and eight acres of land lying in Pamunkey
being bounded as followeth, viz: Beginning at a Corner Hiccory called Peter White's corner hiccory hard by Richard Yarbrough's plantation and running thence
southwest by south four hund: forty pole to a corner red oake, thence northwest sixty nine poles to a corner Hiccory, thence north north-east three hundred seventy six
pole to a Corner hiccory, thence east one hundred and four pole, thence East by southe forty-one ople through a meadow all along by John Hurt's and Richard
Yarbrough's plantations, thence east half a point north sixteen pole, thence south-west twenty-one pole to the beginning place, the said land being due unto the said
William Hurt by and for the transportation of six persons into this colony whose names are to be in the records mentioned under this patent. To have & hold & to be
held & Yielding & paying & provided & Given under my hand and ye seale of ye Colony this 24th day of October, anno Domini 1701.

fr. Nicholson

Names of the six persons transported into the Colony:
William Hurt, Senr., Margt. Hurt, Edward Freeland, Herbert Benahan, Duksell Brown and Eliza Lea." [Virginia Land Book 9, pg. 384]

It is from this record that it has been assumed that the wife of William Hurt, Sr. was Margaret. At one time it was thought that he had returned to England to marry a
second time, bringing her back with him. It is more probable that he never made that trip, but rather padded his headright list with his and his wife's names, and none
of the officials caught it. He needed six headrights in order to obtain the piece of land he wanted next to his son, John's property. He had four legal headrights, and
made up the balance with the two additional.

In Ralph Whitelaw's History of Northampton and Accomack Counties concerning these early land grants, states "In spite of the precautions presumably taken, there
was much padding of headright lists and a number of names are duplicated in separate patents to different people for different lands. Among the headrights listed in a
certificate by the Accomak Commissioners in 1672 to Edmund Scarburgh III, was included "his owne transportation three tymes'".

By now, New Kent Co. had been divided forming King and Queen Co. in 1691, and was again divided in 1702 to form King William Co. Each time, the Hurt
properties had been in the newly formed county. William Hurt, Sr. was on the Virginia Quit Rent Rolls for King William Co., VA for 250 acres of land in Oct. 1704.
[Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 32, pg. 71] The last reference we have of him was made by his grandson, James Hurt, in a 1722 deed fragment which is very
difficult to read, as it was "toasted" in the 1885 fire which burned the King William Co. courthouse and has crumbled, with large chunks missing. There is mention of
74 1/2 acres, being one-fourth of the 298 acres previously mentioned, which were willed to him by his grandfather. This indicates that William Hurt, Sr. wrote a will,
but it is no longer available. One would assume that it burned in 1885 along with many other documents. From these fragments, and other indicators, it has been
estimated that William Sr. was deceased by Nov. 1704.[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

William Hurt, Senior.
It is highly probable that he was the same William Hurt as the William Hurt who was one of 25 immigrants brought over from England to the Virginia Colony in 1650 by Stephen HamIin and the same as th e William Hurt who patented 213 acres of land in St. Stephen's Parish in New Kent County, Virginia in 1673/4. King William County was a part of New Kent County then. King and Queen County was cut of f of New Kent County in 1691 and King William County was cut off of King and Queen County in 1702. William Hurt was a very young man when he came to Virginia in1650 and was probably not yet 21 years o f age at that time. Record No. 217 on page 33 states that John Hurt (son of William Hurt Sr.) was living in St. Stephens Parish in King and Queen County, Va. on November12,
1691. This proves that the 213 acres of land in St. Stephens Parish in New Kent County, patented by William Hurt in 1673/4 was in the same vicinity as
where William Hurt Senior was living in 1701. St. Stephen's Parish was in that part of New Kent County that was cut off of New Kent County in 1691 (but
before November 12, 1691) and made into the new County of King and Queen.

William Hurt, designated in many records as William Hurt, Sr. was the son of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and his wife, Martha Winstone. He was christened 23 Jul 1614
at All Saints parish, one of the original seventeen parishes of the City of Bristol. [LDS Family History Library microfilm # 1596655].

In the 1619 Visitation of Kent [Harlean Society Publication XLII, pg. 31] with information provided by his paternal uncle William Hurt, a mercer who had residences
in Dover and in London, William Hurt, Sr. appears to have been a very young child at the time of that recording. Similar information is given in Berry's County
Genealogies of Kent [FHL # 973300, pg. 101], except that both the children of Thomas Hurt of Bristol and the children of William Hurt of Dover (by two different
wives) have been all been lumped together as children of William of Dover.

The 1634 Visitation of London [Harlean Society Publication XV, pg. 406] shows that the information was again supplied by Uncle William, now residing in the
Bishopsgate Ward area of London. None of Thomas's living children were shown to be married at that time. His younger daughter, Alice, married the following year
at St. John Hackney, London. William was the fifth child born in a family of twelve. Three are known to have died in infancy, and three more deceased before the age
of 25. Only children currently known to be living were listed by Uncle William in these visitations.

[It is interesting that William Hurt, mercer of Bishopsgate Ward, London and Dover, Kent chose to use the coat-of-arms originally granted by patent 4 Sept. 1565 to
3rd cousin Thomas Hurt of Ashbourne, Derbyshire (b. abt 1494), but his father and brother in Gloucestershire did not.]

No apprenticeship records have been found for William or his sibilings in the Bristol Apprentice Books, suggesting that they were either trained by their own father
in the family mercantile trade, as were approximately two-thirds of the young people of that day - or - they were apprenticed elsewhere.

There seems to be a general consensus among researchers that the William Hurt who was transported to Charles City Co., VA in 1650 by Mr. Stephen Hamelin [Early
Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greep, Clerk, VA State Land Office - FHL fiche # 6051246 pg. 172] and [Virginia Land Book 2 pg. 266} is our
immigrant ancestor. Others with the Hurt surname being transported in that time period included an Edward Hurt in 1650 by Mr. James Williamson - county not given
and Thomas Hurt, who arrived in 1653, courtesy of Nicholas Meriwether, Northumberland Co., VA, who may have been the brother of William (Thomas chr. 17 Sep
1615, All Saints parish, Bristol, England) Neither Edward or Thomas left any record of descendants in Virginia and may have either moved or not survived. George
Magruder Battey III, in his 1947 monograph, "Notes Mostly Concerning Hurts in Tidewater Virginia" proposes that this Thomas is the one who moved to North
Carolina.

Calculating an approximate date of marriage at age twenty-five, William would probably have married around 1639 somewhere in England. His marriage record has
not yet been located. That being considered, he may have had five or so children born prior to immigrating in 1650. His current family group record, as proposed by
Oscar Hurt's research [The Early Hurt Family of Virginia, Oscar H. Hurt, FHL# 854152 item 4 pg. 5] shows three children, all born in Virginia after 1654:
Isabella Hurt, b. 26 Apr 1654, King William Co., VA - md. Philip Pendleton in 1682
John Hurt b. abt. 1655, St. Stephen's Parish, King William Co., VA d. 9 Feb 1724, King William Co., VA md. abt 1679 Sarah Webber, or more likely, Sarah
Yarbrough abt. 1679
William Hurt, Jr. b. abt. 1657, King William Co. VA d. after 1702.

On 18 Feb. 1673/4 the following was recorded in Virginia Land Book 6, pg 502:
"To all ye, whereas...etc... Now know ye that I, the said Wm Berkely, Knt. Governr doe the Consent of the Councill of State accordingly give and grant unto William
Hurt two Hundred and thirteen acres of Land Lying in St. Stephen's Parish in New Kent County, beginning at a white oke corner of Pecks land thence running NE by N
42 poles to a red oake thence E SE 1/2 S jog poles to a red oke thence E NE 63 poles to a red oke upon the side of a hill, thence S 200 poles to a red oke upon the
side of another hill then west 89 poles to a red oke by the mill path, then W NW 100 poles to a Spanish oke by a branch, then N 141 poles to a hicory then N NE 10
poles to where it began. The said land is due unto the said Wm Hurt by and for the transportation of 3 persons etc. To have and to hold or to be held or yielding or
paying on provision dated the 18th Feb. 1673/4.
Names of the Transported: Thos. Brownell & wife; Lambo, a Negroe" (This land was northwest of the present day Aylett, VA and approximately 28 miles NE of
Richmond, VA.)

By 1701, our William had attached the title, Senr. after his name. "To all ... Whereas...Now know you that of the said Francis Nicholson, Esq. Govornd etc. do with if
and advice and consent of the Coundil of the State accordingly give and grant unto William Hurt, Senr. two hundred ninety and eight acres of land lying in Pamunkey
being bounded as followeth, viz: Beginning at a Corner Hiccory called Peter White's corner hiccory hard by Richard Yarbrough's plantation and running thence
southwest by south four hund: forty pole to a corner red oake, thence northwest sixty nine poles to a corner Hiccory, thence north north-east three hundred seventy six
pole to a Corner hiccory, thence east one hundred and four pole, thence East by southe forty-one ople through a meadow all along by John Hurt's and Richard
Yarbrough's plantations, thence east half a point north sixteen pole, thence south-west twenty-one pole to the beginning place, the said land being due unto the said
William Hurt by and for the transportation of six persons into this colony whose names are to be in the records mentioned under this patent. To have & hold & to be
held & Yielding & paying & provided & Given under my hand and ye seale of ye Colony this 24th day of October, anno Domini 1701.

fr. Nicholson

Names of the six persons transported into the Colony:
William Hurt, Senr., Margt. Hurt, Edward Freeland, Herbert Benahan, Duksell Brown and Eliza Lea." [Virginia Land Book 9, pg. 384]

It is from this record that it has been assumed that the wife of William Hurt, Sr. was Margaret. At one time it was thought that he had returned to England to marry a
second time, bringing her back with him. It is more probable that he never made that trip, but rather padded his headright list with his and his wife's names, and none
of the officials caught it. He needed six headrights in order to obtain the piece of land he wanted next to his son, John's property. He had four legal headrights, and
made up the balance with the two additional.

In Ralph Whitelaw's History of Northampton and Accomack Counties concerning these early land grants, states "In spite of the precautions presumably taken, there
was much padding of headright lists and a number of names are duplicated in separate patents to different people for different lands. Among the headrights listed in a
certificate by the Accomak Commissioners in 1672 to Edmund Scarburgh III, was included "his owne transportation three tymes'".

By now, New Kent Co. had been divided forming King and Queen Co. in 1691, and was again divided in 1702 to form King William Co. Each time, the Hurt
properties had been in the newly formed county. William Hurt, Sr. was on the Virginia Quit Rent Rolls for King William Co., VA for 250 acres of land in Oct. 1704.
[Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 32, pg. 71] The last reference we have of him was made by his grandson, James Hurt, in a 1722 deed fragment which is very
difficult to read, as it was "toasted" in the 1885 fire which burned the King William Co. courthouse and has crumbled, with large chunks missing. There is mention of
74 1/2 acres, being one-fourth of the 298 acres previously mentioned, which were willed to him by his grandfather. This indicates that William Hurt, Sr. wrote a will,
but it is no longer available. One would assume that it burned in 1885 along with many other documents. From these fragments, and other indicators, it has been
estimated that William Sr. was deceased by Nov. 1704.

Notes for William Hurt of England and Virginia
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Hurt, William (I656)

8023

William is listed in the 1614 Kentish Lay Subsidy Rolls. The Subsidy Rolls were basically a list of taxes levied on the English people. "William Myriam and Sara his wife. One messuage, three stables, one garden, one orchard, two acres of arable land, one acre of meadow and one acre of pasture in Sevenoaks, co. Kent." William lived in Tudeley at least as far back as 1598 on the tax rolls.

Merriam, William Jr (I29872)

8024

William J Moore
Described as having a light complexion, blue eyes and brown hair, 6 feet .9 inches tall.
Residence: Danville
Occupation:
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 23 April 1861 in Danville, Va
Enlisted in Company B, 18th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 23 April 1861.
POW on July 03 1863 at Hospital, Gettysburg, PA
Wounded on July 03 1863 at Gettysburg, PA (Shot in left thigh)
Exchanged on 15 February 1864 at (Estimated day)
Returned on 15 February 1864 at (Estimated day)
POW on April 06 1865 at Sailor?s Creek, VA
Paroled on 15 June 1865 at Point Lookout, MD

Moore, William James (I3861)

8025

William Kent Sr, Halifax County, Virginia, Will Book 12, page 711.
In the name of God amen. The first day of April in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen, I, William Kent Sen'r of Halifax County, being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the fraility of my mortal body do make this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows that is to say first I recommend by soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it Nothing doubting but I shall at the Resurrection Receive the Same again and be reunited Soul and body and as to my body I Recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner and as to my worldly Estate I do make my will and Dispose as follows Item I give to my son George Kent son Stephen and son William Thomas and daughter Lucy Wood and P rsy [Betsy?] Hardy and Nancy Cranshaw & Molly [illegible - Corner??] and Angess Stradivand one Dollar each & all of them & no more. I desire that all of my just debts be paid out of my Estate and the balance of my Estate Both real and personal of every kind I give to my son Pleasant Kent and he is to maintain his mother her life but provided my son Pleasant shall die without lawful heirs my will is that that part of my Estate which he has shall be Equally divided between his brothers and sisters. Item I do Constitute and ordain my son Pleasant and my friend Beverly Borum sole and hole Executors of this my last will and testament which I will have _____ after my death _____ revoking and dis....all and every other will or will heretofore in witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed by seal this seventh day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen.

Witness Beverly Borum Richard B Borum Harriet Borum
[Little note here...William Kent makes an "X" mark --- he can't write his name]

At a Court held for Halifax County this 23rd of June 1823 the within written last will and testament of William Kent Deceased was proved by the oaths of two witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded whereupon on motion of Pleasant Kent one of the Executors therein named who made oath thereto according to Said Certificate is Granted him for obtaining Probate thereof in _____ form. He giving security whereupon he together with Stephen Kent and John Kent his securities Entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of $10000 conditioned according to law. Teste Samual William CHC William's will is dated 6 May 1819 and filed for probate June 1823. Pleasant Kent was named the executor. William named the following children: Sarah "Sally" Kent [John Wood], George Kent [Polly Wood], Stephen S Kent [Mary Randolph Wilkerson], "Caty" Elizabeth [Henson Hardy], Nancy Kent [Cornelius Crenshaw], Mary "Molly or Polly" Kent [David Perry], William Kent [Mary Wood?], Agness Kent [Matthew P Sturdivant], and Perry Pleasant Kent [Sally Reynolds]

Robert Kent Last Will & Testament
In the name of God Amen. I Robert Kent of Halifax County, VA being of sound mind and memory blessed by God, do this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following. That is to say I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to Earth and to be buried in a Christian manner. First. I desire all my just debts to be paid and after I give and bequeth as follloweth. Item. I lend to my beloved wife, Mary all the goods and Chattells, Land and Tenements during her natural life, and after her death I desire and give the Tract of Land containing four hundred acres more or less to my beloved sons, John Kent and Peterford Kent to be divided equally the upper part of parcel or tract of land including the house and plantation where I now live to Peterford Kent, and the lower end of said tract of land to John Kent. Item. I give to my beloved sons Robert Kent and Obediah Kent ten pounds of hard money each and the remainder of my personal Estate to be sold at the discretion of Executor and equally divided amongst my children towit Luke Kent William Kent John Kent Peterford Kent Alexander Kent Candace Arnold Mary Posey and Caty Hendrick. And I hereby make and ordain my son Robert Kent and Obediah Kent Executors of this my last will and testament. In all things whereof the said Robert Kent and have this day at my hand and seal the day and year above written. signed sealed and witnessed in the presence of us. Warham Easley od. Robert R Kent Christopher Watson Benjamin Word [Ward] In a court held for Halifax County the 17th day of July 1783 this last will and testament of Robert Kent deceased with Exhibited in Court and the same was proven by the Oathes of two subscribing witnesses unto and the same was ordered to be valid. George Cunningham ---

[Halifax County Virginia Wills, Will Book 2, pg 114] Robert Kent Jr Last Will & Testament The Will of Robert Kent written May 30, 1784 leaves one negro wench called Pat to Obediah Kent. One negro boy named Champ to Alexander Kent. One negro named Sam to John Kent. One negro named Joe to Peterfield Kent. 30 pounds 4 shillings to James Kent. 4 pounds to Mary Kent. 4 pounds to Caty Hendricks. 4 pounds to Candace Arnold. 4 pounds to William Kent. The rest of his property to be divided amongst six brothers Luke, Alexander, Obediah, James, John, and Peterfield. Obviously this is Robert Kent, Jr. who apparently died young without having married as he left his entire estate to his brothers and sisters. He names a brother James who was not mentioned in his father's will - could James have been disowned by his father? Perhaps we will never know, but this will does prove that James was a son of the elder Robert.

PRIMOGENITURE - Although Robert's Will is pretty specific there could be a logical explanation why James Kent or Smith Kent are omitted from Robert Sr's will....primogeniture refers to the exclusive right of the eldest son, by virture of his seniority, to succeed to the estate of his ancestor - to the exclusion of the younger sons. In other words, the eldest son inherited all real property. If there were no sons, the daughters shared equally in the real property. In cases where the decedent made a will, the eldest son may even have been omitted from that will, as his rights were clearly protected by law. The law of primogeniture affected only real estate, not personal estate; the decedent could pass on the latter in any way he saw fit. Keep in mind that many individuals did not follow the law and by practice distributed their land equally to sons, or even to all their children. Virginia still practiced primogeniture until 1785. (Source: According to "Colonial Estate Distribution Shammas, Carole, et al. Inheritance in America: From Colonial Times to the Present. New Brunswick: Rutgers University, 1987")

Kent, William (I5539)

8026

William Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Old Norse: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; c. 893 – 17 December 942) was the second ruler of Normandy, from 927 until his assassination in 942.

He is sometimes anachronistically dubbed "Duke of Normandy", even though the title duke (dux) did not come into common usage until the 11th century. Longsword was known at the time by the title Count of Rouen. Flodoard, always detailed about titles, consistently referred to both Rollo and his son William as principes (chieftains) of the Norse.

William Longsword was born "overseas" to the Viking Rollo (while he was still a pagan) and his Christian wife Poppa of Bayeux. Dudo of Saint-Quentin in his panegyric of the Norman dukes describes Poppa as the daughter of a Count Berengar, the dominant prince of that region. In the 11th-century Annales Rouennaises (Annals of Rouen), she is called the daughter of Guy, Count of Senlis, otherwise unknown to history. Despite the uncertainty of her parentage she was undoubtedly a member of the Frankish aristocracy. According to the Longsword's planctus, he was baptized a Christian probably at the same time as his father, which Orderic Vitalis stated was in 912, by Franco, Archbishop of Rouen.

Willliam succeeded Rollo (who would continue to live for about another 5 years) in 927 and, early in his reign, faced a rebellion from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised and too soft. According to Orderic Vitalis, the leader was Riouf of Evreux, who was besieging William in Rouen. Sallying forth, William won a decisive battle, proving his authority to be duke. At the time of this 933 rebellion William sent his pregnant wife by custom, Sprota, to Fécamp where their son Richard was born.

In 933 William recognized Raoul as King of Western Francia, who was struggling to assert his authority in Northern France. In turn, Raoul gave him lordship over much of the lands of the Bretons including Avranches, the Cotentin Peninsula and the Channel Islands. The Bretons did not agree to these changes and resistance to the Normans was led by Alan II, Duke of Brittany, and Count Berenger of Rennes but ended shortly with great slaughter and Breton castles being razed to the ground, Alan fled to England and Beranger sought reconciliation.

In 935, William married Luitgarde, daughter of Count Herbert II of Vermandois whose dowry gave him the lands of Longueville, Coudres and Illiers l'Eveque. He also contracted a marriage between his sister Adela (Gerloc was her Norse name) and William, Count of Poitou, with the approval of Hugh the Great. In addition to supporting King Raoul, he was now a loyal ally of his father-in-law, Herbert II, both of whom his father Rollo had opposed. In January 936 King Raoul died and the 16-year-old Louis IV, who was living in exile in England, was persuaded by a promise of loyalty by William, to return and became king. The Bretons returned to recover the lands taken by the Normans, resulting in fighting in the expanded Norman lands.

The new king was not capable of controlling his Barons and after William's brother-in-law, Herluin II, Count of Montreuil, was attacked by Flanders, William went to their assistance in 939, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders retaliated by attacking Normandy. Arnulf captured the castle of Montreuil-sur-Mer expelling Herluin. Herluin and William cooperated to retake the castle. William was excommunicated for his actions in attacking and destroying several estates belonging to Arnulf.

William pledged his loyalty to King Louis IV when they met in 940 and, in return, he was confirmed in lands that had been given to his father, Rollo. In 941 a peace treaty was signed between the Bretons and Normans, brokered in Rouen by King Louis IV which limited the Norman expansion into Breton lands. The following year, on 17 December 942 at Picquigny on an island on the Somme, William was ambushed and killed by followers of Arnulf while at a peace conference to settle their differences.

William had no children with his wife Luitgarde. He fathered his son, Richard, with Sprota who was a Breton captive and his concubine. Richard, then aged 10, succeeded as Duke of Normandy upon William's death in December 942.

I de Normandy, 2nd Duke William (I23126)

8027

William Manning (Sr.) and his son William both traveled to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in approximately 1634. It is not known whether they traveled on the same ship. William Manning's first wife, whose name is no longer known, died during the voyage. After arrival, he was to remarry. This second wife, named Susannah (her maiden name is no longer known), would die at Cambridge on Oct. 16, 1650.
Immediately following their arrival in the Colony, the Manning family took temporary lodgings in Roxbury for nine or ten weeks. Being of some means (by modern standards probably comfortable middle class), they soon purchased property in Cambridge (a house and garden), together with some outlying land for crops and such.
The original homestead was at the southwest corner of what are now called Mount Auburn and Holyoke Streets, just a block south of Harvard Square. There is, at present, a house on this site which is very old, but it is probably a replacement dwelling for the original Manning Homestead.
William Manning Sr. would eventually return to Boston, where he died, probably in 1666, at the age of 74. Uncertainty exists regarding the dates of both his birth and death. At the time of his death, he was living in Boston, where he had joined the First Church. The location of his grave is no longer known.
William Manning Jr. remained at Cambridge in a house located at the southeast corner of Dunster and South Streets, diagonally across from a warehouse he also owned. He was known as a waterman, and a memorail plaque nearby identifies the location of Manning Wharf, at that time quite close to the banks of the Charles River. He married Dorothy (whose maiden name is no longer known) at a date which is uncertain.
William Jr. was a very successful merchant, and became one of the most respected members of the Cambridge community. Perhaps the crowning achievement of his life was the rebuilding of Harvard.
Harvard was founded at Cambridge in 1636. The original College building was in need of serious repair by 1672, and in that year, the General Court of the colony appointed William Manning Jr., and a church deacon named John Cooper, to oversee the task of rebuilding Harvard College. Of the two, Mr. Manning was to manage the business of rebuilding, while Deacon Cooper was to officially represent the Church.
The task was difficult almost beyond imagining. Funding for the project was raised by subscription at all the surrounding parishes, whose needs for ordained ministers were met exclusively by Harvard. It was Mr. Manning's task to convert their promises into negotiable currency, contract with craftsmen for the work required, and in general oversee the entire task. Collecting on these pledges required considerable creativity. Often poor, the parishes could only pay in goods, such as pigs, chickens, or grain. Managing the construction became an exercise in trade and barter, requiring excellent business skills. At the same time, persuading the parishes to make good on their pledges required much political skill, as many were unwilling or unable to fulfill their promises.
He accomplished this task with such resounding success that his reputation in the community was elevated until he was perhaps one of its most respected members. In matters of business and money, he was trusted implicitly by all of Cambridge. The building was opened in 1677, and commencement exercises from the College were held there in that year. Completely finished in 1682, the building was named Harvard Hall. It measured 42 feet by 99 feet and was four stories tall. It stood for 82 years, until destroyed by fire on Jan. 24, 1764. A modern building, also named Harvard Hall, stands on the site.
William Manning Jr. was often chosen for public office in the Colony. He was a Selectman (a member of their legislative body), and served as an official emissary of the Church to England, in the recruiting of important new ministers. He died "full of years and honors", an ancestor to be proud of.
William Jr. and Dorothy Manning had six children. Of the two boys, one (John) lived to the age of 29. He never married. The other, Samuel, was born on July 24, 1644. Samuel would carry on the Manning name, establish a family home at Billerica, Massachusetts, marry twice, and father 14 children, among them 7 sons.
William Jr. died at Cambridge on March 14, 1691, at the age of 77. Dorothy died on July 26, 1692, at the age of 80. They are buried side by side in the old cemetery at Christ Church, near Harvard Square, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Garden Street. Their tombstones may still be seen there.

Manning, William (I23175)

8028

William Manning , the founder of his family in America, came to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay at an early date, probably sometime in the 1630’s. Where he came from originally is not known for sure, but as the Mannings had long been a numerous family in England, and as he came contemporaneously with the migration of other emigrants from that country, it is certain that he was from a branch of that ancient family.

His reason seems to have been to follow the teachings of Rev. Mr. Hooker, an eminent minister of Chelmsford County Essex, England. It is believed the William and his wife probably heard Mr. Hooker preach at Chelmsford, and that there were among those who wished to secure the privileges of worshiping God according to the dictates of their own conscience, seeking first asylum in Holland and afterwards crossing the ocean to the new land. Nothing is known of his first wife except that she made the voyage with him, dying before they reached their destination.

William lived, for his first nine or ten weeks in the new land, at Roxburg, Massachusetts (this town has since been annexed as part of the city of Boston). He then moved to Cambridge, where the Rev. Hooker was then pastor. This was probably in about 1634.

In 1636, due to the dissatisfaction of the pastor’s “flock” in Cambridge, “because of want of accommodations of their cattle and room for new settlers”, many of the families and their leader Mr. Hooker, moved to Connecticut. By this time, however, it seems that, either because of attachment to his new home, or the ties of business, William was unable to join that portion of the flock to follow their beloved pastor, but instead remained in Cambridge.

His trade or business is not known, but it seems probably that, like his son, he was a merchant, a business he no doubt followed while yet in England.

He owned a house and other lots of land, but the records as to the deeds and sales, is not complete on holdings at that time.

His homestead was at the southwest corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke Streets later named Spring and Crooked Streets respectively. This is only a short distance south of Harvard square.

He was made a freeman in 1640, which meant that he was made a church member and voter.

He lost his second wife Susannah by death in 1650, and at sometime later moved to Boston, where he united with the First Church in 1664. Here he remarried to Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and she survived him.

The date of his death is unknown, but it is thought to be about 1666, and his birth is thought to have been prior to 15692.

The record of his children is very vague, that he had only one son to reach manhood is probable. He may have had daughters, some may have remained in England. As far as present knowledge goes, however, his descendants of the following generation seem to have been limited to William born about 1614 in England, and Hannah (the certainty as to which of William’s wives was her mother is not possible. It is thought that she married a David Walsby of Braintree, Massachusetts and had two sons.

Manning, William (I23175)

8029

William Manning is thought to have been born prior to 1592. He came to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay sometime in the 1630's from a large and ancient family in England. His reason seems to have been to follow the teachings of Rev. Hooker, an eminent minister of Chelmsford County Essex, England. It is believed that William and his wife probably heard Mr. Hooker preach at Chelmsford and that they were among those who wished to secure the privileges of worshiping God according to the dictates of their own conscience, seeking first asylum in Holland and later crossing the ocean to the new land. Nothing is known of his first wife except that she made the voyage with him, dying before they reached their destination.William lived for the first nine or ten weeks in the new land at Roxburg, Massachusetts, which has since been annexed as part of the city of Boston. He then moved to Cambridge where Rev. Mr. Hooker was then pastor. This was probably in about 1634. In 1636, due to the dissatisfaction of the pastor's flock in Cambridge, "because of want of accommodations of their cattle and room for new settlers", many of the families and Mr. Hooker moved to Connecticut. By this time, however, it seems that either because of attachment to his new home or the ties to business, William was unable to join that portion of the flock to follow their beloved pastor, but instead remained in Cambridge. His trade or business is not known, but it seems probable that like his son, he was a merchant, a business he no doubt followed while in England. He owned a house and other lots of land, but the records as to deeds and sales, is not complete on holdings. His homestead was at the southwest corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke Streets, later renamed Spring and Crooked Streets, respectively. This is only a short distance south of Harvard Square. He was made a freeman in 1640 which meant that he was made a church member and voter. He lost his second wife, Susannah by death in 1650 and sometime later moved to Boston, where he united with the First Church in 1664. Here he married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and she survived him. The record of his children is vague, that he probably had only one son reach manhood, and he may have had daughters, some of whom may have remained in England. His descendants are thought to be only William (born about 1614 in England) and Hannah (her mother is not known). She was believed to have married David Walsby of Braintree, Massachusetts and they had two sons.
The date of his death is unknown, but is thought to be about 1666.

Manning, William (I23175)

8030

William Manning Sr.’s will, written by an unknown person, was drawn shortly before his death, and is on file in the Suffolk County [Mass.] Probate Office.

In his will, “Willyam Maninge” of Boston in new england, county of Suffolk, left his whole estate to his wife ”Elizabeth Maninge” during the rest of her natural life. At her death, he willed only one third of what remained of his before “this last marriage” to his son Samuel, since through the providence of God he has “a good estate”. The other two thirds he bequeathed to his grandchild Samuel Walsbie. His desire was that this grandchild Samuel Walsbie might be “put to a trade” according to the discretion of his wife and overseers. He signed his will with an “X”, his mark.

Manning, William (I23175)

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William Marchbanks Sr 1746-1812 and Mollie Smith had the following children: Johnston, William Jr, Josiah, Jonathan, Elijah, George, Joseph, Burwell/Burrell, Sally, Susan, Mary, Jane #2, and Ursula/Netty. Source: Manuscript by Boling Feltz Marchbanks and his family journal written in the 1920s.

1796 - William Marchbanks and Jonas Hill witnessed the sale of a slave by Henry Hill to Benjamin Barton in 1796. William Marchbanks also witnessed a 1796 deed in which Jonas Hill sold Samuel Bradcut 200 acres on Wolf Creek of 12-mile River. This was part of a 300 acre tract Jonas bought for 70 pounds English currency from Benjamin Perry in 1792. It is not known what Jonas ever did with the other 100 acres.

1801 - William Marchbanks Jr appears in Smith County, Tennessee 18 March 1801 when he appointed Benjamin Barton of Pendleton District, South Carolina as his Power of Attorney as administrator of the Estate of William Young, deceased, his father-in-law. Witnesses: James Jett, Joshua Barton, & Samuel Smith. Benjamin Barton lived up the road from Jonas Hill and William Marchbanks in 1790 Pendleton District, South Carolina.

Note: Jonas Hill's Rev War application states that he lived in Overton County, Tennessee for two years, probably from its formation in 1806 until sometime in 1808. He is found there 22 July 1808 witnessing a deed transaction for William Marchbanks Jr after having married Mary Barnes the previous month on 02 June 1808. Jonas, Mary, and his children by previous marriages, probably moved to Franklin County, Tennessee sometime before the end of that year.

1805 Witness to Deed: Jonas Hill witnessed a deed transaction in which William Marchbanks Sr sold land in the Pendleton District, South Carolina on 30 May 1805.

1807 - Power of Attorney: William Marchbanks Jrappoints James Jett as power of attorney for the estate of William Young. Witnessed by Jonas Hill 04 Oct 1807 in Overton County, Tennessee.

1808 - Witness to Deed: Jonas Hill and Nathaniel Newman witness a deed 22 July 1808 in which James Lett of Pendleton District, South Carolina sells to William Marchbanks Jr of the State of Tennessee, a tract or plantation of land on a prong of 12-Mile River containing 115 acres of land. Recorded 01 Aug 1808

1832 - An affidavit signed by Henry Hill in Morgan County, Alabama stated that "his brother Jonas Hill, formally of Surry County, North Carolina was a soldier in the United States service during the Revolutionary War." Burwell Marchbanks, son of William Marchbanks Sr, signed as a character witness for Henry Hill. Burwell Marchbanks lived near Henry Hill in Morgan County, Alabama in 1840 and 1850. The 1850 census for Somerville, Division 9, Household #166 shows Burrell Marchbanks born 1782 SC, Sarah born 1785 GA, Priscill B born 1827 AL, Sarah J born 1830 AL, Martha born 1843 AL, and Charles W born 1844 AL. They lived three households from William Harwood born 1803 SC and wife Celestia born 1813 GA. Burrell's wife's (Sarah) maiden name was Harwood, so William Harwood must have been related. Henry Hill born 1772 NC and Sarah born 1772 SC are shown in Somerville, Division 9, Household #328.

1850 - Josiah Marchbanks born 1772 (son of William Sr) died in Algood, Overton County, Tennessee in 1850. Shortly after this, his wife, Margaret and her familey decided to continue with their plans to move to Texas. Most of them settled in Ellis and Johnson Counties, Texas. James C and his brothers Burton and Jasper bought land in Hopkins County, Texas. Jasper appears to have later moved to Red River County and Burton was killed in the Civil War.

1853 - James C Marchbanks, son of Josiah, married Nancy Richie of Hopkins County on 05 Oct 1853, and lived the rest of his life in that County. Johnson Hill, the g/grandfather of the compiler of the data for this story, had moved from Rusk County, Texas sometime between 1854 and 1860.

Note; Between 1979 and 1983, one of the cousins of the compiler of this story and data corresponded with a Mrs Grace Hill Galloway of Gridley, California. She told him that she was the g/grandaughter of Bailey Marchbanks Hill who was born in Tennessee and married Martha Kuykendall circa 1876/77. He had been married before but she did not kinow his wife's name. According to her, Bailey lived in Dallas County, Texas in 1860 Parker County, Texas in 1870, Gregg County, Texas in 1876 (where son Ransom Isaac Hill was born), and in Palo Pinto County, Texas in 1880. Bailey was killed in Palo Pinto as a result of a runaway team of horses in 1882/83. He "came from a family that raised horses for the Army" according to Mrs Galloway.

Note: A similar story appears in "Boling Feltz Marchbanks History". Josiah Marchbanks' son, Ransom P., was killed in 1874 after being thrown from a wagon being pulled by a team of run-away horses "near or at the Dallas Bridge". His body was buried in Waxahachie, Texas.

The entire credit for this story belongs to Leigh C Smith LSmith3437@aol.com and has been taken in its entirity from the Marchbanks Family Website at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4730/george/george.html Permission to post this on anther website must come from Leigh C Smith.

William Marchbanks Sr is a DAR Revolutionary Patriot and Burrell Marchbanks is a Veteran of the War of 1812. Other family data on Burrell Marchbanks comes from the "Lamar County Heritage Book' compiled bu Barbara Carruth carruth22@hughes.net. Data for the article was submitted by Rebecca Woods Cantrell, 155 Rebecca Lane, Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama 35586. Sources: Shiloh Baptist Church minutes, family Bible records of James Woods, The Marjoribanks Letter, Mrs Ruby l Harris, Marchbanks Bible.

Marchbanks, William (I18175)

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William McCraw fled to America from the Isle of Skye, Scotland after the Battle of Culloden Moor by the British in 1746. After Willism's death in 1752, the Cumberland Co. VA. court ordered the Church Wardens of Southam Parish to bind out the McCraw orphans. One son was Benjamin, who eventually moved to Surry Co. NC. Three sons of Benjamin moved to Cleveland Co. NC, then Rutherford Co. in 1801. These sons Samuel, Cabraid, and Baird, married three daughters of Jesse and Mary Tate, Susannah, Mary and Kisiah. While some of Samuels's descendants are found in Henderson Co., most of the McCraw's are descended from Baird and Kisiah's son Jesse. Jesse married Mary T. Jones on 11 Sept. 1840.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Culloden

McCraw, William (I12618)

8033

William Mead - family history
(9th Great Grandfather to Swansons)

"William Mead, born in England, about 1600, probably sailed from Lydd, County Kent, England, in the ship, Elizabeth, Captain Stagg, April 1635, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony; first settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut; removed to Stamford, Connecticut, in 1641, where he died about 1663. His wife died at Stamford, Sept. 19, 1657. Their children were: Joseph, Martha, and John. Joseph and John settled in the town of Greenwich. See "History & Genealogy of the Mead Family", Spencer Mead."

THE MEAD FAMILY

The Mead Family of Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Conn. was originally from England, and came to this country shortly after the Mayflower had landed its load of Pilgrims on the shores of Massachusetts. It has generally been the tradition in the family that two brothers came over; that one stopped at the Eastward, while the other came to Horse-Neck. That two brothers or possibly three, came over is very probable, as it would not be natural for one to come alone, could he find a relative to join him in his adventures. In the "History of Lexington, Mass." we find that Gabriel Mead was one of the earliest settlers of that place, as also David. The dates of their arrival, and of William of Horse-Neck (or rather Stamford) agree with one another, leading to the conclusion that all three were near relatives; furthermore the Coat-of -arms of both branches is identical, which is almost proof positive. It is not fully detemined from what part of England the Connecticut family came; but searches that have been made there seem to show a starting place somewhere near London, possibly Greenwich, Co. Kent.

The first record of any Mead in Fairfield Co. is the following in Stamford Town Records: "Dec. 7, 1641, William Mayd received from the town of Stamford, a homelot and 5 acres of land." This William was undoubtedly the ancestor of the Fairfield Co. Meads. His wife died Sept. 19, 1657. We have record of three children. Joseph, born in 1630, the ancestor of the Ridgefield and North Fairfield Co. Meads; Martha, who married John Richardson, of Stamford, and John, the ancestor of the Horse-Neck Meads. The two sons, Joseph 2 and John 2, seem to have migrated (though if proved only a temporary sojourn) to Hempstead, L. I.

John 2 removed from Hempstead, L. I. to Greenwich (Horse-neck) in 1660. It was in this village that he purchased land; the date of the deed is Oct. 26, 1660, and is as follows, verbatim et literation.

These presents witnesseth an agreement made between Richard Crab of Grenwich, on ye one side & John Mead of Hemstead on Long Island on ye other side, viz: ye sd Richard Crab hath sould unto ye sd John Mead all his houses & Lands yt sd Richard Crab hath in Grenwich with all ye Apurtenances. Rights & Privileges & Conveniences yt doth belong unto ye sd houses & lands or shall here after belong unto them namely ye house yt Rechard Crab liveth in. Ye house yt Thomas Studwell liveth in with ye Barne yt is on ye other side of ye hyewaye; also ye home lott ye house stands on being bounded with a fence about them Lying on ye North west side against ye home lott also Eightene Acres of Land in Elizabeth neck more or less being bounded on ye sea on ye East ans south east and a fence on ye west norwest & ye north. Also ye Rig (ridge?) with five acres of Meadow Lying in it more or les. Ye rig being bounded by ye Sea on ye south east. Williamses Land on the east & a fence on ye northwest. Ye hye waye & hubert (Hubbard?) & angell Husted land on ye west; also three acres of meadow in ye Long meadow & one acre of Meadow by ferris bounded by Jeffere Ferris land on ye southwest and ye Cove on ye west and northwest: ye hyewaye on ye East & northeast & five acres of meadow in myanos neck. All these above spesiffied I do acknoledge to have sould unto ye above sd John Mead. His heaires & asignes fully & freely to be posses forever & for ye just & full performance hereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand Ann 1660 October 26 Daye.

Richerd Crabb

Mead, William (I35564)

8034

William Merriam was born about 1525 at Goudhurst, Kent, England. He was probably the eldest son of Richard Merriam and his first wife. It seems that William first married a woman named Anne, who probably died in childbirth just before June 20, 1560, when she was buried in Goudhurst. The child also must have died soon after, for "a mayde of Wylliam Meriam" was buried there on July 18, 1560.
On October 13, 1560, he married Alice Apse in Goudhurst. Her name is difficult to make out in the transcript of the marriage. It is not known what he did for a living, but he was probably a yeoman farmer. William made an oral will on January 27, 1566 and must have died the same day, because he was buried in Goudhurst on Janauary 28, 1566, in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Goudhurst. The overseer of his will was John Horsemonden, the husband of William's sister Deonys.
William left two sons, only one of whom, William, lived to maturity. Alice, who was obviously still young, must have then married a man named Piper, because the 1616 will of Robert Pyper (step son of Alice) of Tonbridge mentions a William Merryam, "brother -in-lawe". That term was used in those days to mean step-brother as well.

Merriam, William Sr (I29875)

8035

WILLIAM MERRIAM'S WILL
William MerriamWIFE HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/breedelizabeth.htm" Elizabeth Breed

Born: Abt 1624 Tudley, Kent, Eng FATHER HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/merriamjoseph.htm" Joseph Merriam MOTHER HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/goldstonesarah.htm" Sarah Goldstone

Died: 22/May/1698 Lynn, Essex, England

Merriam Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope 1906

" The Testimony of Jeremiah Shepard Aged 42 who Testifyeth and saith that being present with William Meriam Sr. at his last sickness, his last will and mind with reference to the disposall of his outward estate was That his wife Sarah should out of his estate have maintained for her 2 cowes & a beast to ride upon, a bed and furniture. In the Leantoo wherin he then lay, and alsoe a Bras ketle with the use of sd Room during her life; and what he had allready conveyed to his children should be confirmed to ym; his eldest son Joseph to enjoy what lands he had bequeathed to him and his two sons William and John should have the remainder of the Lands equally divided between them."

Merriam Genealogy by Charles Henry Pope 1906 William, born in England, probably at Tewdley, in the county of Kent, about 1624; came as a boy to Concord, Mass., and entered into the life of the new plantation. Joined the church, and was made a freeman of the colony, May 2, 1649. He was one of the witnesses to the will of Joseph How 24 (2), 1651. The "goodman Merriam," who owned a lot of land in Hampon, N. H., May 2, 1655, may be - we may say must be - this man; but there is no evidence that he resided there. He had already settled at Lynn, where he married first Elizabeth, daughter of Allen Breed. Her father gave them, June 26, 1666, a good portion, 200 acres of farm land, all in Lynn, in the southern part, now called by the ancient name Saugus. He married second, Oct 11, 1676, Anna Jones, who died July 29, 1677. He married third, Sarah------, who survived him. He served as a trooper in King Philip's War, enrolled Feb. 29, 1675-6, in Capt. George Curwin's company, and received 4-10's for his services. He died in 1689' was buried 22 May, 1689.

William is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/merriamwilliamsr.htm" William Merriam

William Merriam – Christened 11 May 1564 Tudeley, Kent, England

Died 27 November 1635 Hadlowe, Kent, England

FATHER William Merriam MOTHER Alice Hablett

WIFE Sarah Burges

, Kent, clothier. Dated 8 Sept, 1635; proved 27 Nov, 1635

" In the name of God Amen the eighth daie of September in the yeare of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred thirty and five. I William Mirriam of Hadlowe in the County of Kent Clothier being of sound and good memory And in reasonable good health of body but aged. And thereby as well as by daylie examples and the consideracon of mans mortalitye put in mynde of my last end and departure of this world for the setling of that estate wherewith God hath blessed mee doe ordayne and make this my Testament and last Will in manner followinge. First therefore recommending my soule to the gratious acceptance of Almighie God through Jesus Christ my Saviour And my Bodie to the Earth in decent manner to be buried. I will to the poore of Hadlowe Tenn shillings. Item I will to Susan my daughter already preferred fifty shillings. Item I will to my daughter Margarit likewise preferred alredy the like sume of fifty shillings. Item to my daughter Joane already preferred one shillinge Item I will to Sara my daughter the sume of fortie poundes of lawfull English money to be paid unto her within three monethes next after my decease by mine executor here after named. Item I will to Sara my loveinge wife all the household stuffe of myne which is in my nowe dwelling house scituate at Barnestreete in Hadlowe aforesaid. Item I will to the said Sara my wife The Five poundes p Annum which she is to be paid out of my landes in Goodherst in the County of Kent duringe her naturall life. And allsoe I will unto her Three poundes p Annu of lawfull English money to be paid to her during her naturall life (halfe yearely by equall porcons) out of my tenement and lands in Taldinge in the said County. And for defaulte of payment therof to her accordinglie I will that it shall and may be lawfull to and for my said wife and her assignes to enter and distreyne unpon my said tenement and landes or any parte therof. And the distress and distresses to hold and deteyne untill the said Annutiy of three poundes shall be paid unto her from tyme to tyme according to the purport of this my Will And further I will that my said wife shall freely and quietly have her dwelling & abidinge in my dwellinge house aforesaid after my decease during the whole terme of her naturall life with free howse ingresse egresse and recourse to and from the same. And into and from the gardens and orchards for herbs water and for her Bruinge Bakeing washing dryeinge and the like needful occasions Item I will to my sonne Joseph Mirriam all such household stuffe as I shall have at the time of my decease remayning and being in the howse wherein he now dwelleth scituate in Tewdly or elsewhere where he shall then dwell being in his custody or possession. Item I will to George Mirriam my Sonne five poundes and to his daughter HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/merriammary.htm" Mary my god-daughter five shillings Item I will to William Howe my grandchild Tenn shillings. And to every childe of his father Thomas Howe which he had by my daughter his late deceased wife I will five shillings. Item I will to HYPERLINK "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/merriamwilliam.htm" William Mirriam my grandchilde sonne of the said Joseph my sonne five shillings. All which Legacyes before by mee bequeathed (not assigned to anie tyme of payment) I will shalbe paid within one whole next after my decease. And if anie Legtatorie before named shalbe then within age I will my executor shall paie it to the parent of such Legatorye and so shalbe discharged therof. And as touchinge my lands and tenements this is alsoe the last Will of mee the said William Mirriam made and declared the daie and yeare first above written. Item I will to Joseph Mirriam my sonne and to his heires and assignes for ever All my Landes and Tenements lying in Yalding in the said Countie of Kent with theire and every of theire appurtennes charged with the before mentioned Annunitie of three poundes willed to my said wife as aforesaid to be paid unto her Item I will to Roger Mirriam my sonne and to his heires and assignes for ever all that Messuage or Tenement wherein I nowe dwell scituate lying and beinge in Hadlowe aforesaid with the Barnes Outhouses Yardes Gardens orchards And all my Landes thereto belonginge And alsoe all other my Landes Tenemts and Hereditaments with theire and every of theire appurtenncs lying and being in Hadlowe aforesaid. To hold to the said Robert his heirs and Assignes for ever He and they sufferine my wife to have her dwelling and the Easements and comodityes aforesaid to the which Robert my sonne I will and give all my Goods and Chattels not formerly bequeathed. To hold to him his executors and Assignes for ever. And I doe ordeyne & make the said Robert the full and sole Executor of this my Testment & last Will sealed with my Seale Dated the daie and yeare first before written - The marke of the said William Mirriam- Sealed subscribed and declared in the presence of Thomas Humphrey - John Hooper norie pbqe

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The Merriam Coat of arms "Divided into diamond shapes of black and silver; a n ermine upper third" Above the shield and Helmet is the Crest which is " A boar walking, wearing a green collar" There is no motto

The name Merriam is now a distinctly American (North American) name. The name has died out in Kent county and England altogether. Early records show John Meryham stonemason in 1455.
In the 16th century in Pembrokeshire a manor called Meriham or Myrryam is found near the town of Tenby.
William Merryan is mentioned in the will of James Burgess of Tudeley England in 1590. This may be the same William Merriam the father of our ancestors.
The discovery of the spelling of the name Merryham, Meriham and Meryham settles the question of its meaning.
Both Merry and Ham are Saxon words. They are in Bosworth's "Dictionary of Anglo Saxon Language," London 1808 as follows;
Mirige, myrig, adj. Merry, pleasant: hilaris, jucunis.
Ham, a home, house, dwelling; domus.
Ham, as a termination, in the name of places, denotes a home. dwelling, village.
So the meaning of Merryham is "Happy home".
The first ancestor to distinguish himself from other Johns of his village became John of the happy home or John Meryham.
The editor has found Merriam spelt as Meriam, Miriam, Merium, Merrum.
So the next time someone says "How do you spell that", be proud and make sure they get it right.
Where did we come from. The first Merriam that we can prove is our ancestor is William Merriam born about 1400 in Kent England. Merriam's name of Meryham can be traced back to 1295 HYPERLINK "http://www.merriamfamilypapers.com/page151.html" in England. In 1500 a descendant of William Merriam another " HYPERLINK "http://www.merriamfamilypapers.com/page18.html" William" had three sons, Joseph, Robert and George who came to the new world ( New England) in 1638 on the ship Castle of London, landing at Port of Charleston. They settled in Lynn Mass. Joseph and his wife Sara Goldstone had children and it is from this couple that all Merriam's in North America are descended. George also had children But the Male line survived only three generations. You can read more about the early Merriams in " Merriam Genealogy in England and America compiled by Charles Henry Pope and John Merriam Kingsbury. It is available at HYPERLINK "http://www.bullbrier.com" Bullbrier Press

Merriam, William Jr (I29872)

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William MOORE b 1757 VA,mar Campbell Co 3 Nov 1789, Winifred TERRELL (dau David TERRELL & wid of Edward
WOODHAM). Among ch were William,Jr & prob Mary (Polly) & Sarah. Family was part of a migration frm Campbell Co to Fairfield,Highland,OH bet ca 1816,then to Randolph Co,IN in 1820's where William & Winifred d 1855. I believe he is the son of William MOORE whose 1790 will pr in Campbell Co, names wife Elizabeth, sons William & Thomas, & daus Luce ROADS & Jane MOORE,dividing among them the 500 acres of a patent he rec 28 Oct 1788 in Bedford Co on the west branches of Seneca Creek. Wit to the will Mary & John RICHARDSON were the sis & bro-in-law of Winifred TERRELL. Would welcome any info about this family.

Nov 17, 1997 - 23:21 - From: - Joann Jameson

INDEX TO WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS : CATALOG CARD
NAME Moore, William
DATE 1790
SOURCE Will Book 1, 1782-1800 (Reel 19)
p. 169-171. Will pro. 2 Sept. 1790.
p. 201-203. Estate division, 1 Sept. 1791.
NOTE Part of index to Campbell County Wills and Administrations (1782 - 1800)

CAMPBELL Will Pg. 169
I, William Moore of Campbell, sick in body but of good and
perfect memory...first all my just debts to be paid..
To my daughter, Jane More, 100 acres in the forks of the road where I now live, and 1 mare & colt all the household furniture and 3 cows.
To my son William More 200 acres out of the tract I now live on, 3 cows.
To my son Thomas More 100 acres where he now lives.
To my daughter Leuss Roads 100 acres where she now lives.
My desire is that my wife Elizabeth More, may live her lifetime on the place where she now lives & to live on what I have given my daughter Jane More & at my wife's death, my desire is that my daughter Jane shall enjoy what I have now given her.
Executor: my son William More.. signed July 28, 1790
William (X his mark) More
Wit: Mary & John Richardson, D. (or B.) Arthur.

At Campbell Ct. of Sept. 2, 1790 the Will of William More deceased, was proven on the oaths of witnesses Mary & John Richardson and ordered. The executor was granted a certificate for obtaining probate. John Shakelford & John Richardson were his securities.

PG. 201 Estate division: Per Campbell Ct. order, we have allotted the estate of William Moore deceased, agreeable to his Will, as follows:
To Thomas Moore 100 acres bounded by Payne's Road
To Jean Moore 100 acres bounded by Ward's road, Thomas Moore's line. Also 1 white mare and colt, 6 pewter plates, 2 pewter dishes, 1 earthen teapot, 6 cups and saucers, 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 chaff ditto and furniture, 1 oak table, a 7 gallon iron pot, 1 dutch oven, 1 kettle, 1 pair worping barns*, 1 poplar chest, 1 black cow, 1 brown cow, no horns, 1 black heifer no horns, 1 pair pot hooks, 1 box iron and two heaters, 6 knives & forks 1 pair shears & scissors, 1 churn, 2 pails, 1 piggin, 5 books, 6 pewter spoons, 1 cotton wheel.
The above allotment to Jane Moore appears by the Will to be lent to Eliza. Moore, during her life.
To Luce Roads 100 acres bounded by Richardson's, Wards Road,
Jane Moore & Murry's order line.
To William Moore 200 acres, it being the residue of 500 acres of land that was patented to said William Moore ded'd, after deducting the 3 foregoing tracts of 100 each, laid off as before described. Also 1 pied cow, no horns, 1 brown heifer ditto, 1 yellow ditto.
Signed Sept. 1, 1791 Henry Edison, John Shackleford, Charles
Mo. Talbote. recorded Sept. 1, 1791
*(note; the books transcriber has underlined the o in worping & r in barns indicating the letters were faint and a guess on the transcribers part)kw.[end]

MOORE, TERRELL, MINTER, HOLLOWAY - William Moore b. Oct,1767 d. Oct,1855 wife Winifred (TERRELL) MOORE b. Oct 14, 1760 d. Oct,1855. Son William MOORE Jr. b. Jun,1794 d.Jan,1857. William Jr. married Jincy MINTER, dau of John and Susanna MINTER (MINTER is not known where they came from). They all came from Campbell County, Virgina. Went to Ohio for a short period (time period unknown). In the 1820's came to Randolph County,Indiana. From William MOORE Jr. down, I have a lot of information. Would love have information of where the MINTER's and TERRELL's came from. The HOLLOWAY's married into the MOORE family in Randolph County, Indiana. Would anyone have information if these where the same HOLLOWAY's that are in Campbell County...

possible marriage record
Aug. 21. 1758 William Moore / Betsy Bird
Norfolk County James Bird

Oct. 18. 1766 William Moore / Elizabeth Fluner Sussex

Mar 22 1774 Thomas Moore / Nancy Hughes Walton Prince Edward Dad George Walton

Moore, William (I23)

8037

William Nuckols Will.
In the name of God amen. I William Nuckols of the County of Goochland &Parish of St. James (?) being in health of body and of a sound mind and memory thanks be to almighty God do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form. First, I commit my Soul toGod and my body to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executorshereafter mentioned. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary HarlowTwenty Five shillings to her and her Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Francis Williams a negro Girl named Sue and her increase, the said Girl she has in her possession, to her and her eirsforever.Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Betty Childress Four negroes named Edy, Amery, Daniel and Clary, all of which she has in herpossession, with their increase to her and her Heirs forever. Item. Igive and bequeath to my daughter Ann Johnson one negro Girl, which she has in possession, with her increase to her and her Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Gilbert one negro wench named Sue which she has in possession with her increase to her and her Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Pouncy Nuckolos one negro man named Will, to him and his Heirs forever, the such Will he has in possession. Item. I give and bequeath to my son William Nuckolos a negro Woman named Hannah and her following children named Molley, Lucy, Harry, Stephen, Antony and Robin, which has in possession, with their increase to him and his Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Nuckols Fifteen Pounds, to him and his Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Nuckols one negro Boy named Jesse, which he has in possession, also the sum of Ten Pounds to him and his Heirs forever. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Charles Nuckols the sum of Fifteen Pounds, to him and his Heirs forever. Item. My Will is that my Daughter Mary Harlow be offered out of my Estate the annual sum of Eight Pounds during her life to be applied to her use only. My Will and desire is that all the rest of my Estate consisting of the following negroes, Dick, Ben, Easter, Aggy, Sam Tom, Lylla, Candess, Phil & Mary, their future increase be sold, together with my shacks of all sorts, all my household & kitchen furniture, and all my plantation tools to be sold, and the money arising therefrom, after paying my just Debts and the legacies before mentioned, be equally divided between my following children, namely Frances Williams, Betty Childress, Ann Johnson, Sarah Gilbert (turn over) Pouncy Nuckols, William Nuckols, Thomas Nuckols, Samuel Nuckols & Charles Nuckols to them and their Heirs forever. Lastly, I appoint my two sons Pouncy Nuckols & William Nuckols Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th day of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.

Reuben Ford Benj, Hughes William Nuckols seal
William Webber John Wade

At a court held for Goochland County.. the 17th day of June 1793 this last Will and Testament of William Nuckols deceased was presented in court and proven by the oath of Benjamin Hughes which was continued for futhur proof and then on the motion of Pouncy Nuckolos and William Nuckolos the Executors in said Will (?) they making oath according to Law and entering into bond with William Gathright and Joseph Watkins their securities on penalty of One Thousand Pounds probate thereof was granted thus(?) in due form.

Teste Wm Miller

At a court held for Goochland County on the 21st day of March 1796. This last Will and Testament of William Nuckols deceased was presented in Court and furthur fully proven by the oaths of Reuben Ford, Wm Webber & John Wade which was decreed(?) to be recorded.

Teste Wm Miller

Nuckols, William (I46424)

8038

William Osgood of Shipton,England,our third emigrant, sailed for America aboard the Ship Confidence with the Family of John Osgood. This is yet another indication that the Families were related. He would have been twenty-nine years old at the time. He stayed in Newbury until John Osgood moved on to Cochichowiche. William at this time decided to strike out on his own. Three years earlier a group of Newbury residents petitioned The General Court for the establishment of a new settlement in the territoty of Winnacunnet, which later became the present day Salisbury. The new Town was granted in 1639 and William moved to Salisbury from Newbury in 1641. He was granted a “goodly” piece of land on the east side of the Powow River. The Town granted him this land on the proviso that he construct a saw mill within six months “that may be sufficient for the use of the Town”. He completed this mill which became only the second such mill in New England. He later constructed a grist mill along the Powow River.
Around the year 1650, William constructed a home on what is now Congress Street in Salisbury. The home stands to this day and has been lived in by ten generations of his descendents.
William married Elizabeth Cleer and they raised a Family of seven children; Elizabeth; Joanna; John, born August 8,1647; William, born August 8,1647; Mary, born January 3,1649; Joseph, born January 18,1651; and Sarah, born December 7,1652.
William prospered in the mill business and his descendents tended to cluster in the Salisbury/Amesbury area to be around the business of the “Osgood Mills.”
SOURCE: THE THREE OSGOOD EMIGRANTS http://www.osgoodancestry.org/emigrants.html

Osgood, William (I25502)

8039

William Osgood's ancestry is not entirely certain.
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He was a millwright & carpenter, married ELIZABETH CLEER?, born about 1610/15, ?England, died MA. William died bef 15 Mar 1700, Salisbury, MA.

William Osgood and the other part-owners of the old mill at Salisbury were brought to task for failing to pay the town its share of lumber agreed upon in return for allowing the mill to be built on Salisbury land. Osgood had to sue the heirs of the other owners, including "Susan Whitrige, administratrix of Anthony Colbye," to recover boards for Salisbury, which he did at court September Term, 1682. Among the depositions establishing the number of boards due were several describing immigration into Essex County, such as that of John Pressy "aged about forty-four years, testified that the first summer he came into this country, in 1651 ... I do well remember that the saw mill at Salisbury was one thing that was accounted a rare thing and I did go to see it and I did see it going and sawing boards that very summer." [EQC 8:250, 373-75]. from The Great Migration Begins: Anthony Colby

For a list of Osgoods and Joneses migrating on the 'Confidence' in 1638 see
www.angelfire.com/ky2/cnelson/passlist.html

William Osgood emigrated to Salisibury, MA in 1638.

An article by John Q. Evans in the Amesbury News 10th July, 1896, entitled "Salisbury's Earliest Settlers," puts Osgood in Salisbry in 1640. Be that as it may, his name does not appear in a list found in the Massachusetts Archives, undated, but files under 1639, nor does his name appear on the Salisbury records as having received land in the first division of 1639. But, he islisted as one of the first settlers of Salisbury on a copy of the original entries on the first page of one of the village's old record books, apparently used as an index toland grants since page numbers precede each name. Osgood's name has "32" assigned to it. Although all on the list probably did not receive land in the first division, we are fairly sure that commoners in 1650. His "rate"...tax...for 1650 was 11s. 6d i n l652 he was taxed 17s. 4d.

At one time the rascally Indian " Simon" is said to have lived with the Osgoods. This Simon is thought to hae been the leader of the Amesbury massacre of July 1697, when the Indians attacked the home of Elizabeth (Osgood) Quinby, wife of Robert Quinby. Simon fled, believing he had killed the first born daughter of his white benefactor. Hoyt believes that Robert Quinby was killed in this raid. Today there are many descendants of the first William Osgood living in Amesbury as well as in the States throughout the Union. Nancy Currier Merrill, widow of the late Fred Merrill, is the last of the tenth generation of descendants to be born in the original house (Osgood) on Congress Street and is the last surviving member of that generation. Among other living descendatns, to mention but a few who are in Amesbury or vicinity, are Timothy Osgood Lamprey, Raymond Osgood Davis, town treasurer for many years and Mrs. Ruth Thompson True, who is now a resident of Hampton, N.H.

Taken from, pages 8, 9 and 10 of:- History of Amesbury Massachusetts, Sarah Locke Redford, Whttier Press, Amesbury, Mass., 1968. 974.41/A51.8/c.2
http://www.osgood.org/Osgood/index.htm

"William Osgood, the youngest of the three emigrant Osgoods: Christopher, John and William, was born 1609 and came to this country in company with the family of the emigrant John in the ship 'Confidence' which sailed from Southampton, England, April 11, 1638. The family of John consisted of wife Sarah and four children born in England.

Osgood, (Mrs.2) Sarah . . . -- spinster(?), of Wherwell, county Hampshire
& 4 children1, not named
(Osgood, Sarah2 . . . . . . 92)
(Osgood, John2 . . . . . . 72)
(Osgood, Mary2 . . . . . . 52)
(Osgood, Elizabeth2 . . . . 32)
Osgood, William . . . . . . under 11 (listed with Osgood, but not as one of the 4 children)
Parke, Margery . . . . . . . -- (Osgood servant)

"William may have served as protector of John's family as the father was already in New England, judging of the country. The first mention of William in this country is that of his building a barn for John Spencer of Newbury in 1640.

"John settled first in Newbury and William no doubt had his home with John's family, as we have no account that he was married at that time. He was a millwright and carpenter. He and his associates, in prospecting the valley of the Merrimac for a place to locate, hearing the sound and came to the falls of the Powow River, not far from its junction with the Merrimac. The place being favorable for mill sites he located there and built and owned the first mills in Salisbury, which long retained the name of Osgood's Mills .

"These mills were built where now stand the Salisbury factories. He was one of the proprietors of Salisbury in 1640 and had a grant of land on each side of the Powow extending from its junction with the Merrimac back half a mile, embracing a large portion of the land on which stands the settle-ment of Salisbury and Amesbury Mills. This homestead farm contained a six acre lot on Round Hill in Salisbury, besides which he owned other tracts of land.

"His wife's name was ELIZABETH, which is all the account we have of her except what comes by the way of tradition. The story runs thus: After the decease of Elizabeth when the emigrant had become aged, there was a husking in the log house where William lived. In the course of the evening, as the young people became merry, cracking their jokes over the red ears of corn, their merriment awakened in the aged emigrant's mind recollections of his earlier years. The old man who was in a part of the room by himself, in response to their hilarity , broke out in a sort of musical speech, 'My wife was BETTY CLEER and I loved her before I see her.' NOTE; Cleer/Clear is not a common name in early New England. Possible relatives/ancestors of Elizabeth Cleer may be listed in Savage, p.406: "GEORGE CLEAR, Newport, 1639; JOHN CLEAR, Boston, 1674; JOHN CLEAR, Jun, shoemaker, perhaps was son of the preceeding."

At least we can see that George Clear was a comtemporary in time and place with William Osgood. But it would have been more convincing if William and Elizabeth had named a son, George.

"The emigrant William died in 1700 at the advanced age of 91. At the time of this writing there is no trace nor knowledge of the place of his burial." About his English origins the NEHGR, Vol xxii, p.81, (author, Osgood Field has this to say about William Osgood: "I regret that my investigations have not enabled me to trace his parentage to my satisfaction. He could have been the William Osgood, described as a 'child under 11 years of age', who accompanied Sarah Osgood in the ship Confidence, in April 1638, unless his age was accidentally or purposely misstated.

"He may possibly have been one of the persons of that name referred to in the following wills: ANN OSGOOD of West Woodhay, Berks Co, widow of RICHARD OSGOOD of same place, in her will dated May 16, 17 James, (1620), appoints WILLIAM OSGOOD one of the overseers of it. Richard Osgood of Shipton, in his will, dated May 23, 1625, appoints his son WILLIAM executor. West Woodhay is about six miles W-S-W of Newbury, and about ten miles north of Andover. Shipton, Hants., is about eight miles west of Andover, and ten or twelve miles NE of Salisbury."
His will lists his children and some of his grandchildren with a specific bequest to "grandson Thomas Quimby, son of my daughter Elizabeth Quimby, deceased." The will also gives names of the husbands of married daughters.
SOURCE: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pjmpjm&id=I17895

Osgood, William (I25502)

8040

William Payne 1652-1678 excerpt from The Paynes of Virginia
The Paynes of Virginia by Brooke Payne, 1937, Published by The William Byrd Press, Inc., Richmond, VA
Pages 223-226

GENERATION II

3. WILLIAM (s. A-I-I) born < 1652; married (l) Mrs. Frances Clements 1688 in Westmoreland County; married (II) Elizabeth Pope 1691 in Westmoreland County; died Feb 1698 in Westmoreland County, leaving a will dated 31 January 1697/8 (23 Feb 1697/8); buried in Yeocomico Churchyard, Westmoreland County; grave is not marked. He was a merchant, planter, Justice, and probably ship owner. The earliest recognized Court reference to him is found in Old Rappahannock County 1673, when "William Payne, son of Mr. John Payne", recorded the earmark of his cattle—”three slits in each ear, and the middle slit cropt." This reference and the composite of the 17 traditional versions abstracted in the Introduction under the title of Genesis of the Virginia Families, particularly the 6th and l0th, taken in conjunction with the fact that the 1673 reference cannot be made to fit any other William Payne found in the Northern Neck records of this period, and that the McCartys, Lees, Fitzhughs, and Popes continued to be neighbors of or to intermarry with the Paynes of Leedstown and their descendants, are accepted by me after 15 years research in the matter as satisfactory proof of the identity of the said William Payne as the son of John Payne whom I call the immigrant and who is the subject of the first sketch in this history. Particularly convincing is the fact, shown by the document referred to in Version 10 and still preserved in the family, that my great-grandfather Captain William Payne (b. 1755) recognized his relationship to the Paynes of Fairfax County, near whom he lived. I lay stress on this point of the identity of the said William Payne because it is a critical one, and one that many of my readers will want expounded.

The next identified record of him is found in Westmoreland County dated 1688, when Josiah Pitt of England and wife Rebecca and Samuel Bonum, Jr., sued William Payne for possession of 150 acres that had been patented to John Powell. Plaintiffs claimed that said Powell left this land to "his then wife Joanna", and that after her death it was to go to the children of his stepdaughters Rebecca Thomas and Margaret Bonum. At the time of this suit William Payne was in possession of this land. To understand this case and its historical value as evidence of William Payne's first marriage, the following summary is presented. John and Michael Powell of Boston, Mass., settled in Westmoreland County John married Mrs. Joanna Philpott, widow of Robert Philpott, Gent., of Northumberland County, who had 3 children—Captain Thomas Philpott; Rebecca Philpott, who married (I) Mr. Thomas < 1679, and married (II) Josiah Pitt < 1688; and Margaret Philpott, who married Samuel Bonum, Sr., < 1670. John Powell died < 1668, leaving a nuncupative will which was not probated until 1679, and which is not to be found. The plaintiffs in this suit produced the will of John Powell and asked that Samuel Bonum, Sr., be admitted as a witness thereto. The Court denied the application, and Samuel Bonum, Sr., was ordered to pay William Payne for his unjust molestation. The land involved was on Bonum's Creek, later called Journeau's, or Rotank's. On the answer to the question as to how William Payne came into possession of this land hangs the identity of his first wife. 1670 Mr. William Clements signed a marriage contract with Mrs. Frances Powell, widow of John Powell, whom he was about to marry. Mr. Clement's will was recorded 1688/9 in Westmoreland County by John son of Henry Clements of Torrington, Devonshire, England. In the meanwhile the said Frances had married (III) William Payne, who thus came into possession of the 150-acre patent, which was not recorded in Westmoreland County until about 1712. Mrs. Rebecca Thomas had a daughter Rebecca who married James Orchard. Samuel Bonum, Sr., had Sarah, Thomas, Margaret who married William Rust, and Rebecca who married Captain George Eskridge. In 1698 shortly after William Payne's death Mrs. Orchard, Mrs. Rust, Samuel and Thomas Bonum sold to George Eskridge the said" 150 acres in Yeocomico, formerly in the occupation of William Clements and late of William Paine, both deceased", which John Powell devised "to Joanna his then wife", and after her decease to the children of his two step-daughters. The land continued, however, in the Payne family. William Payne's widow married (II) Captain Daniel McCarty, who continued to possess the disputed land. Captain Eskridge instituted proceedings to oust Captain McCarty. The case was submitted to "King Carter", who decided that McCarty was to keep the land and pay Eskridge £ 34. It seems quite conclusive, therefore, that John Powell married (II) said Frances after making the unwritten will above referred to. She probably died about 1690.

Throughout these records William Payne is referred to as Mr., Gentleman, or merchant of Yeocomico Neck. In the above lawsuit his attorney was Mr. Robert Brent. 1692 he proved the will of Mr. Richard Sturman, father of John Sturman who married Mr. Payne's daughter. 1694 he applied to build a mill on Bonum's Creek, saying that he had land thereon "of his own inheritance"; Mr. Gawin Corbin owned on the opposite side of the creek. 1696 Humphrey, Lawrence, and John Pope, sons of Mr. Humphrey Pope, deceased, of Westmoreland County chose Mr. William Payne, merchant of Yeocomico as their guardian. The Court ordered Mr. Payne to collect the debts due the 5 orphans of Mr. Pope. 27 January 166/7 he took the oath as Justice. In the same year he was ordered to take the tithables for the lower end of Cople Parish. 1697 Mr. Jeremiah Jadwin, Justice, died, leaving a negro to his goddaughter Anne Payne, daughter of William Payne of Yeocomico Neck.

Mr. Payne was apparently acquainted in England with merchants whom he represented in Virginia. He was probably the Captain Payne who in 1680 delivered letters from England to Col. William Fitzhugh of Westmoreland County (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography-1/30). His will referred to money that he had on deposit in Newcastle. It also provided that he was to be interred at the discretion of his executors (his minor children Anne and William) and the guardian of his children-his "loving friend Col. Richard Lee of Lower Machoticque".

William Payne's home lay on the S.E. side of Bonum's Creek and near the head thereof, not far from Tucker Hill, and therefore less than one mile from Yeocomico Church, where he was doubtless buried. Here too his widow was buried; her grave is marked. "The first church, a frame structure, was built 1655 on the land of John Powell, in Chicacoan Parish. John Powell was a member of the first Vestry." (Eubank). "When the church, the present one, was rebuilt of brick in 1706, the John Powell plantation was in possession of Captain Daniel McCarty, who had acquired the plantation by marriage with the widow of William Payne, Gent., planter, merchant, and miller at Tucker Hill." (Westmoreland County Assn.) The list of those who worshipped at Yeacornice Church between 1655 and 1706 includes the names of William Payne and Daniel McCarty. (Virginia Colonial Churches)

Mrs. Elizabeth (Pope) Payne-McCarty was the oldest daughter of Co1. Humphrey Pope of Westmoreland County and wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Hawkins. Co1. Pope died 1684. Beside the four children named above he had Jemima, who married Nicholas Minor. Co1. Pope's widow married (II) Richard Youell < 1687; she married (III) Patrick Muckleroy < 1691. Her will dated 1717 (1718) Westmoreland County left bequests to the daughters of her son Lawrence Pope and wife Jemima, and to the children of her son Harmon Youell and wife Dinah. Captain Daniel McCarty was son of Dennis McCarty of Richmond County and wife Elizabeth Billington. He married (I) Mrs. William Payne 19 Oct I699; he married (II) Mrs. Ann Fitzhugh, widow of William Fitzhugh, and daughter of Richard Lee and wife Lettice Corbin. Captain McCarty died 4 May 1724 at age of 45, leaving a will naming his children by both marriages and his stepson William Payne. (H-86) His son Dennis married 1724 Sarah Ball, whose brother George Ball, son of Captain William Ball of Lancaster married 1735 Judith, daughter of William Payne of Lancaster. (D-lV-I).

Captain Daniel McCarty was a sheriff, Justice, Burgess, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1715. He was buried in Yeocomico Churchyard; his grave is marked. His epitaph reads in part—”He was endowed with many virtues and good qualifications, but the actions proceeding from them bespeak their praise." Mrs. Payne-McCarty's tomb is alongside. Her gravestone was discovered 1907 beneath the tomb of Captain McCarty while the latter was being repaired. It is badly defaced and broken. I have attempted to supply the lacunae as follows, the parts in parentheses being mine—” Here lieth the body of Elizabeth daughter of Humphrey Pope, Gentleman, by Elizabeth his wife, first the wife of William Payne, Gentleman, to whom she bore two sons and two daughters, and lastly of Daniel McCarty, Esq., to whom she was married 19th October 1699 and before four sons and four daughters. She was born of _______ of June 1667." I think she died I716.

By his marriage (I) Mr. Payne had 1 child—Anne (1). By his marriage (II) he had 4 children-William (2), Edward (3), Elizabeth (4), and Mary (5).

Payne, William (I43566)

8041

William Payne born 10 Aug, 1692 (son of William Payne and Elizabeth Pope) married Alicia Jones Feb 1713 in Richmond; Alicia died 1760. William then married Anne Jennings 1 Mar 1763 in Fairfax. William died 24 Aug 1776 in Fairfax Co.

William and 1st wife Alicia Jones children:
1. Anne
2. William 1724 - 1782
3. Edward 1726 -1806 4. Sanford 1730 - aft 1787
William and his 2nd wife Anne Jennings children:
1. John
2. Mildred
3. girl Payne

1706: William Payne listed as attending Yeocomico Church, Westmoreland Co., VA.

1713 William marries Alicia Jones Richmond, Wise Co., VA

1713 26 Aug: The date of his birth exists in the following record in a Court Order Book, Westmoreland County—“26 Aug 1713 William Paine, son of William Paine, Gent., deceased, being born the 10th day of August 1692 as appeared to the Court to be so entered on the account-book of the said William Paine, deceased, and which the Court verily believes to be his own handwriting, personally appeared in Court and acknowledged a sale of land to Daniel McCarty, Esq., and Alicia, wife of said William, relinquished her right of dower.” This deed was in exchange for land left to William Payne in his father's will (1698), which bequeathed to him "the land I now live on, bounded from the outside fence next my quarter, where Footman lived, so to the mill, which mill I give to my wife till said William comes to the age of 16, when he may use 2 negroes; one half the residue of my personal estate." William Payne, Jr., and his sister Anne were made joint executors of their father's will.

1733: William Payne , Gent. and planter, and Alicia his wife of Truro Parish, Prince William Co., VA, sold their home in Westmoreland Co. to George Tuberville, stating that the land was that on which they formerly lived and that it was sold to them by Daniel McCarty. In this deed he is recorded as William Payne, Gentleman and planter. He settled on the 700 acres that he inherited from his brother Edward, which was first in Stafford; in 1731 Prince William County; 1742 Fairfax County This estate was near what was later Payne's Church on the Colchester Road.
1744: Sheriff of Fairfax Co., VA.

1748: William Payne and Edward Washington were inspectors of tobacco warehouses at Occoquan and Pohick, Fairfax Co., which were 7 miles apart by land and 14 by water.1752 , 9 Jul: Daniel M'Carty and William Payne, Churchwardens, printed a notice in "The Maryland Gazette" regarding buildings to be built for Truro Parish in Fairfax Co., VA. William Payne and Daniel McCarty, son of the Daniel from whom he purchased land in Westmoreland Co., were Church Wardens of Truro Parish. A meeting of the Vestry took place during this year at the home of the Rector, Rev. Charles Green.1755: Listed as one of the freeholders of Fairfax Co., VA.

1756: Vestryman at Colchester, at the mouth of Occoquan Creek.

1760 Wife Alicia dies Fairfax Co., VA

1763 William marries Anne Jennings Fairfax Co., VA

1763: "William Payne Sr. and William Jr., his son, were Vestrymen of Truro Parish on March 28, 1763, when it was decided to build the present Falls Church. In 1769, Edward Payne, of this family, was also a Vstryman. He was the one for whom Payne's Church near Fairfax Court House was named. On March 22, 1785, William Payne was a Gentleman Justice of Fairfax County. He signed the famouse "Fairfax Resolves" on July 18, 1774, and was a member of the committtee which was to 'have power to call a general meeting, and to concern such measure as be though most expedient and necessary.' George Washington was chariman of the committee. Falls Church: Be Fence and Fireside...Steadman pg. 396
,."At a Vestry at the Falls Church March 28, 1763. Present, Henry Gunnell, William Payne jun. Church Wardens, John West, William Payne (senior) Chas. Broadwater, Thos. Wren." One of the Vestrymen of Falls Church, among whom were George Washington, John West, Daniel McCarty. . His services as Sheriff, Church Warden, Vestryman, etc., were not confined to the dates here given merely to indicate the general period of his incumbency.1769 , 20 Jun: William Payne wrote his will. Names his sons William, Edward, Sanford, and John. Mentions his wife and daughters but not by name. His wife to live on the plantation on which he now lives if she so chooses. Otherwise, his son Edward to possess it. Edward named as sole executor, and is to have the care and education of son John until the latter reaches the age of 18 or 21, as his guardian sees fit.

1776 William dies Fairfax Co., VA 16 Sep will proved
Alicia Jones born about 1658, daughter of Edward Jones of Richmond County whose marriage to Alicia Lunn on 27 Aug 1679 is recorded in South Farnham Parrish Register. Edward Jones's will is dated 1715 and names his daughter Alicia Payne. He was a descendant of Robert Jones of Fleet's Bay, Northumberland County While the births of some of Edward Jones's children are recorded in the above Register, Alicia's does not there appear; it is estimated that she was born about 1686. She died 31 Oct 1760 in Fairfax County. Anne Jennings was born 28 Feb 1740 and died 11 May 1827 at the home of her son John Payne near Georgetown, Ky., where, in spite of his affectionate protests, she insisted upon residing in a cottage in his yard. No convincing account of her parentage has been presented; she was probably related to Daniel Jennings, Sr., of Fairfax who died 1754. She is listed with the DAR Ancestor A131553 having given patriotic service providing 6 ½ bushels of rye valued at 70 pounds.

Payne, William (I43560)

8042

William Payne of Westmoreland County and his descendants.

His only surviving son moved to Fairfax County about 1733, where the family resided for three generations. Soon after the Revolution all but one household of this group migrated to Kentucky, where they expanded and prospered.

Of William's descendants were Edward Payne of Fairfax County and Kentucky; Colonel William Payne, one of General Washington's honorary pall-bearers; General John Payne and Major Devall Payne of the War of 1812; Sanford Payne, brother of the gentleman who had the altercation with General Washington, described in Parson Weems's book, remained with his family in Fairfax County; some of his descendants now reside in Prince William and neighboring counties.

WILLIAM b. 1652 m(1) Mrs. Frances Clements 1688 in We. Co.; m(2) Elizabeth Pope 1691 in We. Co.; d. Feb 1698 in We. Co., leaving a will dated 31 Jany 1697/8 (23 Feb 1697/8); buried in Yeocomico Churchyard, We. Co.; grave is not marked. He was a merchant, planter, Justice, and probably shipowner. The earliest recognized Court reference to him is found in Ra. Co. 1673, when "William Payne, son of Mr. John Payne", recorded the earmark of his cattle—"three slits in each ear, and the middle slit cropt." This reference and the composite of the 17 traditional versions abstracted in the Introduction under the title of Genesis of the Virginia Families, particularly the 6th and 10th, taken in conjunction with the fact that the 1673 reference cannot be made to fit any other William Payne found in the Northern Neck records of this period, and that the McCartys, Lees, Fitzhughs, and Popes continued to be neighbors of or to intermarry with the Paynes of Leedstown and their descendants, are accepted in the matter as satisfactory proof of the identity of the said William Payne as the son of John Payne the immigrant.

The next identified record of him is found in We. Co. dated 1688, when Josiah Pitt of England and w. Rebecca and Samuel Bonum, Jr., sued William Payne for possession of 150 a. that had been patented to John Powell. Plaintiffs claimed that said Powell left this land to "his then wife Joanna”, and that after her death it was to go to the children of his stepdaughters Rebecca Thomas and Margaret Bonum. At the time of this suit William Payne was in possession of this land. To understand this case and its historical value as evidence of William Payne's first marriage, the following summary is presented:

John and Michael Powell of Boston, Mass., settled in We. Co. John m. Mrs. Joanna Philpott, widow of Robert Philpott, Gent., of Nb. Co., who had 3 children--Captain Thomas Philpott; Rebecca Philpott, who m(1) Mr. Thomas < 1679, and m(11) Josiah Pitt < 1688; and Margaret Philpott, who m. Samuel Bonum, Sr., < 1670. John Powell d. < 1668, leaving a nuncupative will which was not probated until 1679, and which is not to be found. The plaintiffs in this suit produced the will of John Powell and asked that Samuel Bonum, Sr., be admitted as a witness thereto. The Court denied the application, and Samuel Bonum, Sr., was ordered to pay William Payne for his unjust molestation.

The land involved was on Bonum's Creek, later called Journeau's, or Rotank's.

On the answer to the question as to how William Payne came into possession of this land hangs the identity of his first wife. 1670 Mr. William Clements signed a marriage contract with Mrs. Frances Powell, widow of John Powell, whom he was about to marry. Mr. Clement's will was recorded 1688/9 in We. Co. by John son of Henry Clements of Torrington, Devonshire, England. In the meanwhile the said Frances had m(111) William Payne, who thus came into possession of the 150 acre patent, which was not recorded in We. Co. until about 1712.

Mrs. Rebecca Thomas had a dau. Rebecca who m. James Orchard. Samuel Bonum, Sr., had Sarah, Thomas, Margaret who m. William Rust, and Rebecca who m. Captain George Eskridge. In 1698 shortly after William Payne's death Mrs. Orchard, Mrs. Rust, Samuel and Thomas Bonum sold to George Eskridge the said “150 a. in Yeocomico, formerly in the occupation of William Clements and late of William Paine, both deceased", which John Powell devised "to Joanna his then wife", and after her decease to the children of his two step-daughters. The land continued, however, in the Payne family.

William Payne's widow m(11) Capt. Daniel McCarty, who continued to possess the disputed land. Capt. Eskridge instituted proceedings to oust Capt. McCarty. The case was submitted to "King Carter", who decided that McCarty was to keep the land and pay Eskridge £ 34. It seems quite conclusive, therefore, that John Powell m(11) said Frances after making the unwritten will above referred to. She probably died about 1690.

Throughout these records William Payne is referred to as Mr., Gentleman, or merchant of Yeocomico Neck. In the above law suit his attorney was Mr. Robert Brent. 1692 he proved the will of Mr. Richard Sturman, father of John Sturman who m. Mr. Payne's daughter. 1694 he applied to build a mill on Bonum's Creek, saying that he had land thereon "of his own inheritance" ; Mr. Gawin Corbin owned on the opposite side of the creek. 1696 Humphrey, Lawrence, and John Pope, sons of Mr. Humphrey Pope, deceased, of We. Co. chose Mr. William Payne, merchant, of Yeocomico as their guardian. The Court ordered Mr. Payne to collect the debts due the 5 orphans of Mr. Pope. 27 Jany 1696/7 he took the oath as Justice. In the same year he was ordered to take the tithables for the lower end of Cople Parish.

1697 Jeremiah Jadwin, Justice, died, leaving a negro to his god-daughter Anne Payne, dau. of William Payne of Yeocomico Neck. Mr. Payne was apparently acquainted in England with merchants whom he represented in Virginia. He was probably the Captain Payne who in 1680 delivered letters from England to Col. William Fitzhugh of We. Co. (V.M.-1/30). His will referred to money that he had on deposit in Newcastle. It also provided that he was to be interred at the discretion of his executors (his minor children Anne and William) and the guardian of his children—his "loving friend Col. Richard Lee of Lower Machoticque".

William Payne's home lay on the S.E. side of Bonum's Creek and near the head thereof, not far from Tucker Hill, and therefore less than one mile from Yeocomico Church, where he was doubtless buried. Here too his widow was buried; her grave is marked. "The first church, a frame structure, was built 1655 on the land of John Powell, in Chicacoan Parish. John Powell was a member of the first Vestry." (Eubank). "When the church, the present one, was rebuilt of brick in 1706, the John Powell plantation was in possession of Capt. Daniel McCarty, who had acquired the plantation by marriage with the widow of William Payne, Gent., planter, merchant, and miller at Tucker Hill." (We. Co. Assn.) The list of those who worshipped at Yeocomico Church between 1655 and 1706 includes the names of William Payne and Daniel McCarty. (Va. Colonial Churches )

Mrs. Elizabeth (Pope) Payne-McCarty was the oldest daughter of Col. Humphrey Pope of We. and w. Elizabeth, dau, of Richard Hawkins. Col. Pope d. 1684. Beside the four children named above he had Jemima, who m. Nicholas Minor. Col. Pope's widow m(11) Richard Youell < 1687; she m(111) Patrick Muckleroy < 1691. Her will dated 1717 (1718) We. Co. left bequests to the daus. of her son Lawrence Pope and w. Jemima, and to the children of her son Harmon Youell and w. Dinah.

Capt. Daniel McCarty was son of Dennis McCarty of Ri. Co. and w. Elizabeth Billington. He m(1) Mrs. William Payne 19 Oct 1699; he m(11) Mrs. Ann Fitzhugh, widow of William Fitzhugh, and dau. of Richard Lee and w. Lettice Corbin. Capt. McCarty d. 4 May 1724 at age of 45, leaving a will naming his children by both marriages and his step-son William Payne. (H-86) His son Dennis m. 1724 Sarah Ball, whose brother George Ball, son of Capt. William Ball of Lc., m. 1735 Judith, dau. of William Payne of Lc. (D-IV-I).

Capt. Daniel McCarty was a sheriff, Justice, Burgess, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1715. He was buried in Yeocomico Churchyard; his grave is marked. His epitaph reads in part—"He was endowed with many virtues and good qualifications, but the actions proceeding from them bespeak their praise.” Mrs. Payne- McCarty's tomb is alongside. Her gravestone was discovered 1907 heneath the tomb of Capt. McCarty while the latter was being repaired. It is badly defaced and broken. I have attempted to supply the lacunae as follows, the parts in parentheses being mine—“(Here liet)h the body of Elizabeth (daught)er of Humphrey Pope, Gentle- man, by (Elizabeth) his wife, first the wife of (William Pay)ne, Gentleman, to whom sh(e bore two sons and two daughters, and last (tly of) Daniel McCarty, Esq., to (whom she) was married 19th October (1699 and b)ore four sons and four daugh (ters). She was born of June 1667." I think she d. 1716. By his m(1) Mr. Payne had i child-Anne (1). By his m(1) he had 4 children-William (2), Edward (3), Elizabeth (4), and Mary (5).

Payne, William (I43566)

8043

William Randolph was a colonist and land owner who played an important role in the history and government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He moved to Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673, and married Mary Isham a few years later. His descendants include Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and Robert E. Lee. Genealogists refer to him and his wife as the "Adam and Eve of Virginia."

Randolph appears to have arrived in Virginia with little capital and few connections. By 1674 he had acquired enough money to import 12 persons and earn his first of many land patents (between 1674 and 1697 he imported 72 servants and 69 slaves for which he collected patents for more than 7000 acres). In later years he became a merchant and planter and co-owned several ships used to transport tobacco to England and goods back to Virginia. He established several of his sons as merchants and sea captains.

Following Bacon's Rebellion (in 1676), Nathaniel Bacon's estate, Curles, near Turkey Island, was forfeited. Randolph assessed the property for Gov. Berkeley and was allowed to buy it for his estimated price, adding 1230 acres to his land holdings.

Randolph held numerous official appointments and offices: clerk of Henrico County; justice of the peace; member of House of Burgesses; Speaker of the House; Clerk of the House.

He was a founder and one of the first trustees of William and Mary College.

He built a mansion on the Turkey Island plantation on high ground overlooking the island the river. It featured a ribbed dome and was known as the "Bird's Cage."

Randolph, William (I38498)

8044

William received 132 acres in his father's will, probated 1819.
Census records appear to indicate that William and Sarah were living with Sarah's parents in 1820, and that Sarah was still living with them in 1830. Robert Devin's will was recorded 20 Aug 1825, providing for Sarah and her children, and not mentioning William. It appears that William died sometime in the first 7 months of 1825.

Hurt, William C (I37)

8045

William Reynolds, Hugh Reynolds, William Neely, and William Devin all appear on the 1757 tax list of Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

William Neely is the father-in-law of Hugh Reynolds as shown by his Pittsylvania County will naming daughter Mary Reynolds and grandsons, Joseph and William Reynolds. Joseph Reynolds, son of Hugh, married Margaret Devin, daughter of William Devin in Pittsylvania County, Va. William Devin also left a will in Pittsylvania County naming a son, Robert Devin. In his Revolutionary War pension application, Robert Devin stated that he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 6 Apr 1759 proving that William Devin of Pittsylvania is the same person who was in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. These records show that Hugh Reynolds migrated to Pittsylvania County Va from Lancaster County Pa with William Neely and William Devin. This migration may have included other related families as well. Further research is required here, especially into the Blair family.

Reynolds, Hugh (I2103)

8046

William Reynolds, Hugh Reynolds, William Neely, and William Devin all appear on the 1757 tax list of Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. William Neely is the father-in-law of Hugh Reynolds as shown by his Pittsylvania County will n naming daughter Mary Reynolds and grandsons, Joseph and William Reynolds. Joseph Reynolds, son of Hugh, married Margaret Devin, daughter of the above William Devin in Pittsylvania County, Va. William Devin also left a will in Pittsylvania County naming a son, Robert Devin. In his Revolutionary War pension applicaiton, Robert Devin stated that he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 6 Apr 1759 proving that William Devin of Pittsylvania is the same person who was in Lancaster C County, Pennsylvania. These records show that Hugh Reynolds migrated to Pittsylvania County, Va from Lancaster County, Pa. with William Neely and William Devin. This migration may have included other related families as well. Further research is required here, especially into the Blair family.

Reynolds, William James (I21458)

8047

William Rucker: American Revolution: Military Patriot

A native of Culpeper Co., VA, he enlisted there and served as a pvt. in Capt. Beall's Co. of Finney's VA Troops. In 1830, he moved to Elbert Co., GA where he applied for a pension and later died.

Buried: William Rucker Family Cemetery

See:
1)Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Reported to D.A.R. in 1935;
2)Early Cemeteries and Gravestones, Elbert Co, GA, p. 91; 3)Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 3, p. 2971.

From: GEORGIA REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS & SAILORS, PATRIOTS & PIONEERS, VOL I, Appling - Lamar Counties: Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham, GA SAR

Rucker, William Jr (I49073)

8048

William settled in Sudbury, MA, having one of the first lots assigned there, the fourth one east of the first Meeting House and adjoining that of Edmund Greenough.

William was an original proprietor of Sudbury in 1639. He was admitted a freeman 2 Jun 1641. He was also a deacon and captain of the local militia.

Their children include:
9495 i. Mary Brown (ca 1643-3 Jan 1691)
9496 ii. William Brown
9497 iii. Maj. Thomas Brown (22 May 1645-)
9498 iv. Susanna Brown (4 Feb 1646-)
9499 v. Edmund Brown (23 Jul 1653-)
9500 vi. Hopestill Brown (8 Jul 1656-)
9501 vii. Elizabeth Brown (23 Jul 1659-)

Brown, William (I43056)

8049

William Shapard appears on the 1784 census of Cumberland County, Virginia with 11 white souls, 1 dwelling house, and 3 other buildings.

Shapard, William (I22327)

8050

William Smead was the son of William Smead (d.c1634) and Judith (Stoughton) Denman Smead (1599-1639). Judith was the widow of John Denman, with whom she had two children. William was only three or so when his father died. Judith sailed from Gravesend with her three children on September 3,1635 on the ship “Dorset”. They stopped in the Barbadoes, then continued to New England. She settled with her children in Dorchester. She signed the Dorchester Church covenant in 1636 and was granted 20 acres of land there in 1638.

About the time his mother died, William was apprenticed at age seven or so, to John Pope of Dorchester. Pope died in 1646 and made provision in his will for William, calling him “my Littell boy.” He left to William his looms and tacking if William was willing to live with Pope’s widow, learn the trade, and become a weaver.

He married Elizabeth Lawrence at Dorchester,MA on Dec 31,1658.

Children: William Smead III, Elizabeth Smead Janes, Judith Smead Hawks, Mehitable Hull Smead Nims, Samuel Smead, John Smead, John Smead, Ebenezer Smead, Thankful Smead Hawks, and Waitstill Smead Warner.

It has been suggested that he must be buried at Old Deerfield Cemetery since that was the only cemetery at the time. However, that is not always the case as many ancestors were buried on their homesteads at the time.

Stoughton, Judith (I749)