William Toney^[1]

1634 - 1675  (41 years)

• Name	William Toney  [1]
  Birth	1634	Bristol, Avon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1675	, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I55810	Master
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Ann Bishop,   b. 1638
  Children	+ 1. William Alexander Kaster Toney,   b. 1666   d. 16 Sep 1735, , New Kent, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F12529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1634 - Bristol, Avon, England Death - 1675 - , New Kent, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM TONEY ancestor of the American Toney family came to America in 1654. He is on record as a gambler and a dude and on the voyage which lasted about 3 months he pocketed most of the loose change on the shipboard. David Williamson received 6000 acres in Accomack Co., VA on 5th April 1666 for the transportation of 120 persons to the Virginia Colony and among those persons transported was William Toney. (Virigina Patent Book #5, pg. 499). He was apparently indentured to David Williamson, a rich Virginia Planter on the James River to pay for his passage, but seems to not to have served out his full indenture, possible because of his winnings. He m. about 1660 to Ann Bishop the widow Ingleton, d/o John Bishop. William Toney's will and that of his wife, Ann, both made in 1675 were probated on the same day, the 6th of January 1676 in the circuit court at New Kent Co., VA. It is believed by Toney researchers that their deaths were among nearly 200 persons who were killed by the Doegg and Sesquahannock Indians during the years 1675 and 1676. The Toney descendants moved westward mostly along the James River into Powhatan, Cumberland and Buckingham counties. The names of William Toney's children appear to have been: William, Edward, Peter, Alexander, Mark, and Anna. In 1654 William Toney an adventurer and gambler set sail for Virginia. It is said that even though he won heavily on the crossing he was still sold into a seven year indenture to a rich planter on the James River, a Mr. David Williamson. He fled his indenture and married Ann Bishop in 1660. She was the daughter of John Bishop who arrived in Jamestown in 1635 aboard the Constance. All of them were part of the 200 settlers killed in the Indian Massacres of 1674-1675. William came to America from England in 1654 indentured to David Williamson, a wealthy planter. (Often this was an arrangement of convenience which allowed a family associate to gain rights to more land rather than true servitude.) He seems to have left England as a result of Cromwell’s persecution of the Royalist sympathy. He came from Somerset Co. and could possibly be a son or grandson of John Toney and Agnes. He was a gambler and a dude so likely, he was not a peon or yoeman. He won all the spare cash aboard ship en-route and bought his indenture from David Williamson. He married Anne Bishop and settled on the frontier in New Kent Co., VA. They had 5 sons and 1 daughter. William and Anne Toney’s wills were probated January 6, 1676 in New Kent which indicated they were of the some 200 good Christians massacred in the Doeg & Susquehannock indian uprising of that winter which resulted in the Bacon’s Rebellion that spring. WILLIAM TONEY (EDWARDA, EDWARDB TONYE) was born 1634 in Bristol, Somerset, England, and died 1675 in New Kent Co. Virginia. He married ANN BISHOP Bet. 1659 - 1660 in New Kent Co. Virginia, daughter of JOHN BISHOP. She was born 1638 in James City Co. Virginia, and died 1675 in New Kent Co. Virginia. Notes for WILLIAM TONEY: The DePriest Family Journal William Toney was born in Bristol, Somerset, England 1634. William died 1675 in New Kent Co., VA, at 41 years of age. Typical of the younger sons of English gentry, William came to America when he was 20 and earned a reputation of a "gambler and a dude". He was indentured to a wealthy planter named David Williamson. (Often this was an arrangement of convenience which allowed a family associate to gain rights to more land rather than true servitude.) Family lore has it that he gambled all the way across the Atlantic and won all the money aboard the ship before arriving in Virginia. He married Ann Bishop in New Kent Co., VA, about 1660. Ann was born 1638. Ann died 1675 in New Kent Co., VA, at 37 years of age. While the cause of William and Ann's death is unknown, both of their wills were probated on 6 January 1676. They were living near the Doegg Indians who killed many area white settlers in 1675 and 1676 leading to the Bacon Rebellion. It is possible they were killed in one of these Indian raids. William Toney and Ann Bishop had the following children: i. William Toney was born 1660 in New Kent Co., VA. ii. Edward Toney was born 1662 in New Kent Co., VA. He married Elizabeth unknown. iii. John Toney was born 1664 in New Kent Co., VA. iv. Alexander " Kaster" Toney was born 1666 in New Kent Co., VA. v. Mark Toney was born 1668 in New Kent Co., VA. vi. Anna Toney was born about 1670 in New Kent Co., VA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1161] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).