Capt John Anthony, Sr^[1]

1710 - 1760  (50 years)

• Name	John Anthony  [2]
  Title	Capt
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1710	Falls Plantation, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Nov 1760	Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I16866	Master
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mark Anthony,   b. 1670, Genoa, Città Metropolitana di Genova, Liguria, Italy d. 27 Mar 1739, Saint Pauls Parish, Hanover, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Isabella Hester Hart,   b. 1680, , , Virginia, USA d. 1750, , Hanover, Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1703	, , Virginia, USA   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F11900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth 'Bettie' Banks,   b. 9 Mar 1718, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA d. 16 Sep 1801, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1745	Walnut Hill, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Children	1. Sarah Banks Anthony,   b. Abt 1739, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 3 Mar 1767, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years)   2. Lucy Banks Anthony, -Jones,   b. 1740, , , Virginia, USA d. 1801 (Age 61 years)   3. Elizabeth Banks Anthony, -Irvine -Cowan,   b. 1740, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1801 (Age 61 years) + 4. John Anthony,   b. 1746, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA d. 6 Sep 1825, Walnut Hill, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F4325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1710 - Falls Plantation, New Kent, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1745 - Walnut Hill, Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA Death - 23 Nov 1760 - Evington, Campbell, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John (A.) Anthony, Snr. (b. Abt. 1715, d. Aft. 12 March 1760) John (A.) Anthony, Snr. was born Abt. 1715 in "Falls Plantation", Manchester (opposite Richmond), Va., and died Aft. 12 March 1760 in "Walnut Hill", Campbell Co., Va. (?); No legible stone). Includes NotesNotes for John (A.) Anthony, Snr.: Anthonys: Walnut Hill Family John Anhony [Sr.] married Elizabeth "Betty" Banks. He was Capt of Rangers in 1759 by special order of the Governor. His will, written March 12, 1760, probated in 1760 gives his children as; daughters, Elizabeth Irvine, Sarah Talbot, Lucy Jones; son; John Anthony. The executors were his wife Elizabeth Anthony, William Irvine, and John Talbot. During J.A. Sr's time, Walnut Hill was in Bedford Co; durng J.A. Jr's time it was in Campbell Co. John Anthony [Jr.] married Susanna Austin. He was a soldier in the 10th Continental Virginia Regt, where he served from January 1777 until the end of the war. His children were John "Jack" Anthony [III], who married Mary Allen of Brunswick Co (said to be his first Cousin); Mark, married Amelia Leftwick; James C. , married Mary Lee, a relative of Gen R.E. Lee [not true]; William Banks, married Miss McLean; Abner, married 1st Betty Early (no issue) and 2nd, Elmira Arthur; Charles, married Martha Davis Haden; Mary C. married 1st a Mr. Goolsby and 2nd, Mr. Fitzgerald; Sallie, married Col. Trigg. John A. Anthony [III] and Mary Allen's Children were: 1. Elizabeth A, married James Cobbs (a cousin of Martha Cobbs), had several children, the youngest was Mrs. Fannie Samples of St. Paul, Minn. 2. William A., Physician, lived first in Pennsylvania Co., then moved to Bylialia, Miss., married Sarah Echols, their children were: a. Homer, a physician, who married 1st Morgianna, a daughter of Charles Anthony, who lived at Walnut Hill, married again but left no children. He was run over by a van in London while attending a World's Baptist Convention; b. Sallie who was burned to death by a camphine lamp, c. Elma; d. Alcea, who was married to Phil Raiford and lived in Tenn; e. Henry, killed at the battle of 7 Pines; f. Betty; g. Jennie; h. William, who married Josephine, a sister of cousin Mary Anthony of the James Anthony branch. 3. Susanna, married Thomas Fullove Bennett, her children were; Mary Mayhew, Sarah Bennett, Eliza Ramsey, James Bennett, and some whose names we do not know; 4. James, married and moved to Missouri, had several children, one named John, who was living in Texas; 5. Sarah, married Dr. Joel Echols (brother to Sarah Echols, who married the brother William Anthony, and had two children, Jane, married Wiliam Gilmer, and William, married Miss Easley (both brother & sister, the Echoles, moved to Miss.). 6. Maryann, married a [Morgan?] Boyd, or was it a Morgan, had one daughter, who married a Burruss or Burroughs, of Bedford; 7. The youngest, Benjamin Allen, married Martha Ann Rebecca Cobbs, Daughter of John [Croton?] Cobbs. Will of John Anthony dtd 12 Mar 1760, proven 24 Nov 1760 (Bedford Co. deed book I (1754-62 pp 308-9); "my beloved wife Elizabeth Anthony, little Dick, Frank & his wife, Henry, Will and Rachell"; my son John Anthony, my loving daughter(s), Lucy Jones, Elizabeth Irvine, Sarah Talbot" More About John (A.) Anthony, Snr.: description: Buried at "Walnut Hill" (? - didn't have him listed). jobs held: 12 March 1760, Date of will.. Occupation: 1758, Lieutenant, St. Militia (Bedford Co.). Service: 1759, Capt, Company of Rangers; Commission from Governor. More About John (A.) Anthony, Snr. and : Marriage: Abt. 1740, Walnut Hill, Campbell Co., Va.. Children of John (A.) Anthony, Snr. are: +John (A.) Anthony, Jnr., b. 1750, Hanover County, Va. (Evington, Campbell Co.?), d. 6 September 1825, (Tomb Stone =1822) "Walnut Hill", Campbell Co., Va. (Evington?).

  
  

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