Ann Griffith

Ann married Hopkin Awbrey in 1479 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. Hopkin (son of Jenkin Awbrey, lord of Brecon and Abercynfrig and Gwendoline Verch Owen) was born in 1439 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales; died in 1504 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Herbert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Awbrey (b 1481 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales) marr. Joan Vaughn dtr of Thomas & Maud William Vaughn. Children of Thomas & Joan were William (b 1529), Philip (bc 1532), Jenkin (bc 1534), Maud (bc 1538) & Margaret (bc 1540).

Thomas married Agnes Vaughn in 1520 in , , Wales. Agnes (daughter of Thomas Vaughn) was born in 1505 in , , Wales; died in 1550 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir William Awbrey I D.C.L. (b 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales & d 6/25/1595 in Eng.).William is the third of Thomas Awbrey. Sir William wife was Willigford Millicent Williams (born abt 1532 in Wales) William AWBREY was born about 1530 in , South Wales. He died in Jul 1595 in , England. He was buried on 23 Jul 1595 in St Paul Church, London, England. He married Wilgiford WILLIAMS (bc 1530 in Tainton, Co. Oxford,England) about 1555 in , England. Wilgiford father John WILLIAMS. John was married about 1530.

Supreme Judge of the Royal Army, Vicar General of Canterbury, Master of Requests to Queen Elizabeth,
Member of the Council of Marches, Member of Parliament, Master in Chancery.
He was one of the commissioners at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointed Lord Keeper, but died before he
could receive the office.

England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to the Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott


�DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY�

Aubrey, William, LL.D. (1529-1595) and eminent civilian an grandfather of the antiquary, John Awbrey was born at Cantre [Cantreff], Brecknockshire, in or about 1529, and was educated at Oxford, where he graduated B.C.L. in 1549. He became fellow of All Souls� was appointed principal new In Hall, 1550, and professor of civil law in 1553. I appears that he discharged the duties of his professor by deputies; for William Mowse filled the chair in 1554. In 1559 he resigned in favour of John Griffth. Having taken the degree of D.C. L. (1554) Aubrey was admitted an advocate in the court of Arches, and afterwards officiated as judge-advocate in the expedition against St. Quentin. He died on 23 July 1595, leaving three sons and six daughters. In Dugdale�s History of St. Paul�s Cathedral� there is a drawing of Aubrey�s monument and effigy in St. Paul�s. His grandson, the antiquary, writes: �I have his originall picture. He had a delicate, quick, lively and piecing black eie, a severe eie browe, and a fresh complexion. The figure in his monument at St. Paules is not like him- it is too big�.

DNB; Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 17; Cal. Pat. Rolls 1553-4, 395. Ibid. 1559-160, 57; Reg Univ. ed. Boase. 225; P. Williams, The Council in the Marches of Wales.

William Aubrey: BCL by 1554, DCL 1554, fellow All Souls College 1547, still 1549-50. Born about 1529 and died 23 July 1595. He occupied the chair from 1553-1559; He was appointed auditor and vicar-general in spirituals for the province of Canterbury by archbishop Grindal and was chancellor to archbishop Whitgift. He was a member of the Council in the marches of Wales, being admitted in 1577/81, a master in chancery c 1555, master of requests 1590, and a member of parliament in 1554, 1558, 1559.1562 and 1592.

"THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1509-1558� S. T. Bindoff published for THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT TRUST BY SECKER & WARBURG, LONDON, 1982 Page 349

Aubrey, William II (1528/29-95) of Canteff , Brec.; Doctors� Commons, London and Sydenham, Kent.

Carmarthen Bouroughs - 1554 (Apr); Brecon Boroughs-1558; Hindon- 1559 ; Arundel- 1563; Taunton- 1593

B 1528/9 2nd son of Thomas Aubrey of Cantreff by Agnes da of Thomas Vaughan. Educ. At Brecon; Oxf. C 1543, fellow, All Souls 1547, BCL 1549, DCL, 1554/55; adv. Doctors� Commons 14 Jan 1556 m�d by 1558 Wilgford da of John Williams of Taynton, Oxon. 3s and 6 da. Principal, New Inn Hall, Oxf. C 1550; jt , later sole prof. of civil law, Oxf. 7 Oct 1553-22 Feb 1559; jt vicargen. Province of Canterbury Jan 1578; j.p.q. Welsh countires and Glos. Hereofs. Mon.,Salop 1579- d member council in the marches of Wales by 1579; master in Chancey; member, ct, high commission by 1593; master of requests 20 Jan 1590

William Aubrey came of a well-established family of Breconshire. According to his greatgrandson John Aubrey he �learned the first grounds of grammar in the College of Brecon�, whence he proceeded to Oxford at the age of 14, where: (in a few years he so much profited in humanity and other recommendable knowledge, especially in rhetoric and histories, as that he was found to be fit for the study of the civil law, and thereupon was also elected unto the fellowship of All Souls College)
We also have in on John Aubrey�s authority that his ancestor was 25 when he received his doctorate: he had certainly not yet done so when on 7 Oct 1553 he was appointed joint professor of civil law. The post had previously been held by John Story, first alone and later with Robert Weston, but as Story had not had the last grant sealed it was again at the crown�s disposal. Of the stipend of L 40 a year Aubrey presumably received half , but at some time during his tenure he acquired Story�s interest and it was he alone who surrendered the office on 22 Feb 1559. He appears to have discharged its duties by deputy: in 1554 the lectures were given by William Mowse and in 1557 Aubrey went to France as judge marshal of the army led by William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. Aubrey�s patronage by Pembroke, to which John Aubrey bore testimony, went back at least to the first year of Mary�s reign, for it was to the earl that he must have owed his election to the Parliament of April 1554; Pembroke was constable of Carmarthen castle and wielded much influence in the borough. By January 1558, when Aubrey was next returned to the House, the connexion had been strengthened by their wartime service together, and it was as the hero of St. Quentin, as well as chancellor and chamberlain of Brecon and constable of the castle, that Pembroke could procure Aubrey�s Membership of this Parliament is the entry of his name of Brecon Boroughs on the original Crown Office list: its omission (with 16 others) from a copy Of this list apparently made in preparation for the second session is a peculiarity which has yet to be explained but which hardly casts doubt upon his election. What part Aubrey played in the proceedings of either Parliament is unknown.

In 1558 Aubrey had most of his life and career still ahead of him: he was to rise high as a civil lawyer and ecclesiastical administrator and to be a Member of three Elizabethan Parliaments, the last of them separated by nearly 40 years from the one in which he had first sat. He died on 25 June 1595 and was buried in St. Paul�s cathedral.

England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2

Obituary Prior to 1800 (as far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled by Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found." County: General, Country: England Awbrey, Willm., Fell. All Souls' Coll., Tur. Prof. Oxf., LL.B., Princip. New Inn Hall. 1550. (Pointer's Oxf. 130, 244.) Awbrey, Wm. 23 Jul 1595. (Wood's Fasti Ox. 81.)

England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General, Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to the Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott

William D. C. L. sometimes called the second son, was educated in the College School of Brecon, whence he went to Oxford and became a Fellow of All Souls� and at 25 Queen�s Lecturer in Civil Law and D. C. L. By the Earl of Pembroke he was made Judge Advocate of the Army at St Quentin and on his return to England practiced in the Court of Arches with great success. He was one of the Council of the Marches of Wales a Master in Chancery and Vicar-General for the Province of Canterbury. He purchased Abercynfrig and Palleg from his cousins and died in his house in Doctors� Commons 25 June 1595 age about 66 and was buried 28 July and had a monument in St Paul�s. The witnesses of his funeral certificate were Edward Awbrey, John Awbrey late of Abercynfrig, Thomas and Dot Awbrey. His arms appear in glass in the Cartoon Gallery, at the old Archiepiscopal seat of knole. They are �Quarterly of 6,1 and 6 Awbrey. 2 Argent, a wolf salient sable. 3 Sable, a chevron between 3 spear-heads argent. 4 Argent, 3 cocks, sable 5 Asure, 3 fl,-de-lys�
[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

Sir William Awbrey I D.C.L. (b 1529 in Cantreff, Brecknockshire, Wales & d 6/25/1595 in Eng.).William is the third of Thomas Awbrey. Sir William wife was Willigford Millicent Williams (born abt 1532 i n Wales) William AWBREY was born about 1530 in , South Wales. He died in Jul 1595 in , England. He was buried on 23 Jul 1595 in St Paul Church, London, England. He married Wilgiford WILLIAMS (bc 153 0 in Tainton, Co. Oxford,England) about 1555 in , England. Wilgiford father John WILLIAMS. John was married about 1530.

Supreme Judge of the Royal Army, Vicar General of Canterbury, Master of Requests to Queen Elizabeth,
Member of the Council of Marches, Member of Parliament, Master in Chancery.
He was one of the commissioners at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. Appointed Lord Keeper, but died before he
could receive the office.

England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to th e Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott


�DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY�

Aubrey, William, LL.D. (1529-1595) and eminent civilian an grandfather of the antiquary, John Awbrey was born at Cantre [Cantreff], Brecknockshire, in or about 1529, and was educated at Oxford, wher e he graduated B.C.L. in 1549. He became fellow of All Souls� was appointed principal new In Hall, 1550, and professor of civil law in 1553. I appears that he discharged the duties of his profess or by deputies; for William Mowse filled the chair in 1554. In 1559 he resigned in favour of John Griffth. Having taken the degree of D.C. L. (1554) Aubrey was admitted an advocate in the court of Arc hes, and afterwards officiated as judge-advocate in the expedition against St. Quentin. He died on 23 July 1595, leaving three sons and six daughters. In Dugdale�s History of St. Paul�s Cath edral� there is a drawing of Aubrey�s monument and effigy in St. Paul�s. His grandson, the antiquary, writes: �I have his originall picture. He had a delicate, quick, lively and pi ecing black eie, a severe eie browe, and a fresh complexion. The figure in his monument at St. Paules is not like him- it is too big�.

DNB; Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 17; Cal. Pat. Rolls 1553-4, 395. Ibid. 1559-160, 57; Reg Univ. ed. Boase. 225; P. Williams, The Council in the Marches of Wales.

William Aubrey: BCL by 1554, DCL 1554, fellow All Souls College 1547, still 1549-50. Born about 1529 and died 23 July 1595. He occupied the chair from 1553-1559; He was appointed auditor and vicar-gen eral in spirituals for the province of Canterbury by archbishop Grindal and was chancellor to archbishop Whitgift. He was a member of the Council in the marches of Wales, being admitted in 1577/81 , a master in chancery c 1555, master of requests 1590, and a member of parliament in 1554, 1558, 1559.1562 and 1592.

"THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1509-1558� S. T. Bindoff published for THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT TRUST BY SECKER & WARBURG, LONDON, 1982 Page 349

Aubrey, William II (1528/29-95) of Canteff , Brec.; Doctors� Commons, London and Sydenham, Kent.

Carmarthen Bouroughs - 1554 (Apr); Brecon Boroughs-1558; Hindon- 1559 ; Arundel- 1563; Taunton- 1593

B 1528/9 2nd son of Thomas Aubrey of Cantreff by Agnes da of Thomas Vaughan. Educ. At Brecon; Oxf. C 1543, fellow, All Souls 1547, BCL 1549, DCL, 1554/55; adv. Doctors� Commons 14 Jan 1556 mï¿ d by 1558 Wilgford da of John Williams of Taynton, Oxon. 3s and 6 da. Principal, New Inn Hall, Oxf. C 1550; jt , later sole prof. of civil law, Oxf. 7 Oct 1553-22 Feb 1559; jt vicargen. Province of C anterbury Jan 1578; j.p.q. Welsh countires and Glos. Hereofs. Mon.,Salop 1579- d member council in the marches of Wales by 1579; master in Chancey; member, ct, high commission by 1593; master of reque sts 20 Jan 1590

William Aubrey came of a well-established family of Breconshire. According to his greatgrandson John Aubrey he �learned the first grounds of grammar in the College of Brecon�, whence he proc eeded to Oxford at the age of 14, where: (in a few years he so much profited in humanity and other recommendable knowledge, especially in rhetoric and histories, as that he was found to be fit for th e study of the civil law, and thereupon was also elected unto the fellowship of All Souls College)
We also have in on John Aubrey�s authority that his ancestor was 25 when he received his doctorate: he had certainly not yet done so when on 7 Oct 1553 he was appointed joint professor of civil l aw. The post had previously been held by John Story, first alone and later with Robert Weston, but as Story had not had the last grant sealed it was again at the crown�s disposal. Of the stipen d of L 40 a year Aubrey presumably received half , but at some time during his tenure he acquired Story�s interest and it was he alone who surrendered the office on 22 Feb 1559. He appears to hav e discharged its duties by deputy: in 1554 the lectures were given by William Mowse and in 1557 Aubrey went to France as judge marshal of the army led by William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. Aubreyï¿ s patronage by Pembroke, to which John Aubrey bore testimony, went back at least to the first year of Mary�s reign, for it was to the earl that he must have owed his election to the Parliament o f April 1554; Pembroke was constable of Carmarthen castle and wielded much influence in the borough. By January 1558, when Aubrey was next returned to the House, the connexion had been strengthened b y their wartime service together, and it was as the hero of St. Quentin, as well as chancellor and chamberlain of Brecon and constable of the castle, that Pembroke could procure Aubrey�s Membersh ip of this Parliament is the entry of his name of Brecon Boroughs on the original Crown Office list: its omission (with 16 others) from a copy Of this list apparently made in preparation for the secon d session is a peculiarity which has yet to be explained but which hardly casts doubt upon his election. What part Aubrey played in the proceedings of either Parliament is unknown.

In 1558 Aubrey had most of his life and career still ahead of him: he was to rise high as a civil lawyer and ecclesiastical administrator and to be a Member of three Elizabethan Parliaments, the las t of them separated by nearly 40 years from the one in which he had first sat. He died on 25 June 1595 and was buried in St. Paul�s cathedral.

England, Scotland, Ireland: Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 1 & 2

Obituary Prior to 1800 (as far as Relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland), Compiled by Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart., of Hayton Castle, Co. Cumberland, and Entitled by him "A General Nomenclato r and Obituary, with Referrence to the Books Where the Persons are Mentioned, and Where some Account of their Character is to be Found." County: General, Country: England Awbrey, Willm., Fell. All Sou ls' Coll., Tur. Prof. Oxf., LL.B., Princip. New Inn Hall. 1550. (Pointer's Oxf. 130, 244.) Awbrey, Wm. 23 Jul 1595. (Wood's Fasti Ox. 81.)

England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1584-1604 1584 to 1604. County: General, Country: England 1595 Awbrey, William, D.C.L., one of the Maisters of Requests to th e Queene; St. Bennet, Powleswharf, London; Burleton, co. Hereford; Cantrefe, co. Brecknock, where I was borne 45 Scott

William D. C. L. sometimes called the second son, was educated in the College School of Brecon, whence he went to Oxford and became a Fellow of All Souls� and at 25 Queen�s Lecturer in Civi l Law and D. C. L. By the Earl of Pembroke he was made Judge Advocate of the Army at St Quentin and on his return to England practiced in the Court of Arches with great success. He was one of the Coun cil of the Marches of Wales a Master in Chancery and Vicar-General for the Province of Canterbury. He purchased Abercynfrig and Palleg from his cousins and died in his house in Doctors� Commons 2 5 June 1595 age about 66 and was buried 28 July and had a monument in St Paul�s. The witnesses of his funeral certificate were Edward Awbrey, John Awbrey late of Abercynfrig, Thomas and Dot Awbre y. His arms appear in glass in the Cartoon Gallery, at the old Archiepiscopal seat of knole. They are �Quarterly of 6,1 and 6 Awbrey. 2 Argent, a wolf salient sable. 3 Sable, a chevron betwee n 3 spear-heads argent. 4 Argent, 3 cocks, sable 5 Asure, 3 fl,-de-lys�

William married Willigford Millicent Williams in 1550 in , , Wales. Willigford was born in 1532 in Tainton, Oxfordshire, England; died in 1567 in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Edward Awbrey of Tredomen, jure uxoris, sheriff of Brecon, 1583, 1589, and 1599 was also of Patricio in Trallwng, patron of Llanvrynach, m Joan d of William Havard of Tredomen and Lanvilt. Resided at Tredomen and Abercynrig, Breconshire, Wales High Sheriff of Brecon

England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1649-1654 Index of Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1649-1654 County: General Country: England Awbrey, Edward, esq., Tredamon, Breccnock 1651 193

Sir Edward wife was Joan Havard "Dr. William Awbrey had a son, Sir Edward Awbrey of Abercynrig and Tredomen. He married Joan Havard. The Havards were a very notable family in Breconshire, Wales. They can be found in the Llyfr Baglan." "Sir Edward Awbrey had a son, Sir William Awbrey, who was a very disreputable man. He wasted all the fortune left him by his grandfather Dr. William Awbrey. --Powell, and also a book by John Aubrey-Fletcher, Sir John Aubrey, Baronet" and Sir Edward Awbrey (bc 1549 in Tredomen, Brecknockshire, Wales) marr. Joan Havard (bc 1560), daughter of William Havard. They had 11 children--William (bc 1581), Edward (bc 1582), Thomas (bc 1583), John (bc 1585), Hopkin (bc 1587), Havard (bc 1589), Wiligford (bc 1593), Catherine (bc 1595), Eleanor (bc 1597), Joan (bc 1599), & Elizabeth (bc 1601).

Edward married Joan Havard in 1579 in , , Wales. Joan was born in 1559 in Tredomen, Wales; died in 1631 in Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir William Awbrey The Exteravagant of Tredomen Kt. He sold Abercynfrig. His will was proved at Brecon 1631, in which Anthon Gwyn, of Llasannor, is one of his Allies-Men. Over a fireplace within his house in Brecon was a shield Quarterly of 9 1 Awbrey 2 a lion rampant, 3 Bleddyn. 4 Rhys Goch, 5 Wyston, 6 Einon Sais, 7n Hughes, 8 Jestyn ap Gwrgan 9 Proger Crest of Awbrey. He married Elizabeth d of Sir Thomas Johnes of Abermarlis-Argent, chevron sable between 3 ravens proper, within a border engrailed gules, bezantee by Jane Paulson

High Sheriff of Brecon
His son Reginald was killed at the Battle of Edgehill; Thomas, John, and Henry immigrated to America

Note that William and Elizabeth had two sons named John. 1 died young and the other is the one came to America with his brothers

Sir William Awbrey born Abt 1583 in Llanelieu, Breconshire, Wales died 1631. Sir William wife was Elizabeth Johns "Sir William had three sons: Henry, John, Thomas and Richard (There was a Richard and he was William and Elizabeth grandson, Son of Henry )that came to America. They settled in Westmoreland and Rappahannock Counties, Virginia.

William "The Extravagant" Awbrey was bc 1581 Tredomen, Brecknockshire, Wales. He marr. Elizabeth Johns (b 1595 in Wales), dtr of Sir Thomas Johns/Jones.

William's will was proved in 1631 & he died broke. He name only his sons

Children of William & Elizabeth were

1 Edward (bc 1617 Tredomen),
2 Reginald (bc 1619 in Tredomen),
3 John (bc 1623 in Abercynfrig)
4 Thomas (bc 1624).

Theophilus Jones' History of the County of Brecknock (1898) and on page 449 he says

"Sir William Awbrey m. Eliz. d. Sir Thomas Jones of Abermarlais."
He also shows their children:

1 Elinor m Gregory Parry;
2 Jane m. John Baily of Ruthin;
3 John Awbrey died young
4 Catherine Awbrey;
5 Edward Awbrey m. Barbara Lloyd;
6 John Awbrey [he is ours as the earlier John had died];
7 Tho. Awbrey;
8 Harry/Henry Awbrey;

Reginald Awbrey.

A cousin, John Aubrey, FRS, of Easton Pierce, began a suit to recover the
Brecknockshire lands about 1656. This time corresponds roughly with the
immigration of Henry to Virginia. Henry, John, and Thomas were the last
heirs to Sir William Awbrey after the death of their brother Sir Edward
Awbrey. However, Sir Edward had a son from a second marriage that became Sir
William's heir. The three brothers recognized Sir Edward's son as heir and
left for Virginia. Their cousin, John Aubrey, did not recognize Sir Edward's
son as heir because he considered him illegitimate. However, John Aubrey
lost his case, and William inherited. This information substantiates the
family story that the brother's left Wales because of a lack of inheritance.
6. Sir William Awbrey had seven sons, all of whom were gone from Wales by
1656. This means that all seven would have to have died in before the age of
forty-five. This is extremely unlikely seeing that most of them lived to
adulthood. Furthermore, the fates of the older children are known, but the
fates of John, Thomas, and Henry are unknown. This testifies to the fact
that the family had little or no contact with the younger sons in later
years. Again, this substantiates the claim that they were in Virginia.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Johns. Elizabeth was born on 24 Dec 1595 in Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in 1650 in , , Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1638-1694 , Old Rappahanock, Essex County, Virginia
Henry Awbrey was Burgess of the County Court of old Rapphannock County and was a trustee in the formation of New Plymouth in 1682. For the last two years of his life, he was also Sheriff, perhaps an honorary position in view of his age. He also received many grants of land for the transportation of persons to the colonies.

When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694, he named his wife Mary; so apparently Sarah died sometime before 1694.

On page 39-40, " The number of children of Henry Awbrey is not completely clear. Some researchers have maintained that there were sons named John and Francis; instead, these appear to have been sons of his brother, John Awbrey. It should be noted that in two deeds in 1690 (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 8, p. 254-6), Henry named Richard Awbrey as his "only son and heir apparent." In one of those deeds he gave Richard 500 acres from the 1050 acre grant on the south side of Hoskins Creek, which portion adjoined the lands of John Meador. When Henry Awbrey made his will in 1694 (Essex Co Court Order Book 1692-1695, p. 311), he named as heirs only his wife Mary [not SARAH] and son Richard.

No proof can be found that Sarah remarried. It should be noted, however, that a very prominent, highly influential and prosperous settler of the same area, Henry Awbrey, about this time took a wife named Sarah, who is assumed to have been Sarah Meador, widow. Henry Awbrey is rumored to have a first marriage in England, but no trace has been found in Virginia records. For purposes of this family tree, it is assumed that Sarah did marry Henry Awbrey.

Sarah is first mentioned as his wife in 1664 when Henry appointed her as his attorney to collect debts owed to him in his absence. She again appears in 1670 as party to a sale by Henry Awbrey and herself of a tract of 300 acres of land on the north side of the Rappahannock River.

...Meanwhile, the Rappahannock Indians had fled from their villages behind the settlers on the east bank of the river to sanctuary several miles upstream. In their absence, the lands were taken up by white settlers, and the Indians could not return. Decimated and broken, though having remained peaceful during the whole Bacon affair, their cause was championed by Henry Awbrey, the senior member of the County Court. Enlisting the help of about a dozen settlers, they were relocated, probably on Henry Awbrey's large grant lands, where there is a place which is still called Indian Neck. There is also a Rappahannock Indian church nearby, and there are reports that traces of an Indian settlement have been found on the Meador plantation. Participating in the resettlement in January, 1684, were Henry Awbrey, who served as overseer and go-between as well as furnishing his boat, Robert Tomlin, Jr. who supplied a sloop and a smaller boat, and several men, including John Meador. John was reimbursed by the court for 9 days service and the use of his horse.

John (Meador - Henry's step-son) spent his childhood with his siblings, mother and stepfather, Henry Awbrey, on Awbrey's plantation on the upper reaches of Hoskins Creek.

In 1661, an Indian raid took place on the neighboring plantation of Richard White. Richard's daughter, Elizabeth would later marry Thomas' son, John. Elizabeth was apparently not yet born, but her brother, Thomas White, and two other men were brutally murdered. Thomas' parents, Richard and Addra White, escaped this gruesome raid.

Perhaps as many as 300 people were killed in these Indian raids. Demanding protection, the settlers petitioned the Jamestown Government for arms, forts and soldiers. From Rappahannock County was sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances" signed by, among others, Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman. They begged that: "the war with the heathen...may be prosecuted effectually and managed in such sort that some Counties may not be totally ruined whilst others live in...peace and quietness, whilst poore Rappaahannock lies ableeding whose number of people murdered and estates destroyed can find no parallel in Virginia...for while we are tending corn to feed our wives and children, the Indians...would butcher us in our fields, tey being so frequent about us that we dare not stir from our plantations."

Henry Awbrey was for years the most influential citizen of the county, being a very large landowner, burgess (1659-1692) from Rappahannock County, justice of the court, high sheriff, Indian interpreter and friend of Thomas Gouldman I, and in 1692-93 the first burgess of Essex County after its formation in 1692.

Ancestry.com. Hoskins of Virginia and related families : Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins,. Hoskins of Virginia and related families : Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, Carter, Upshaw. Tappahannock, Va.: unknown, 1971.


Will of Henry Awbrey

August 1, 1694 , Old Rappahanock, Essex County, Virginia

(Old) Rappahannock/Essex Co., VA
WILL OF HENRY AWBREY
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Henry Awbrey of ye County of Essex in Virginia. Gentlemen, being sick and weake in body but sound and perfect memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life, and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, doe make, Constitute, and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner for me following. "First, I give and bequeath my Soule to God that gave it, in sure and Certaine hope of a joyful resurrection at the last dy, and my body to the Earth from whence it came, to be decently interred after my decease and for what Tangible Estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and bequeath as followeth:

"..give and bequeath unto my loveing Wife Mary Awbrey the Plantation whereon I now live with all the Orchards, buildings, improvements, and all the land belonging to it. She not clearing nor tending any ground beyond the Church Road which now is during her natuall life, and after her decease I give and bequeath the said lands with all improvements whatsoever unto my loveing Son Richard Awbrey and his heirs foe Ever.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Awbrey seven hundred Acres of land more,Scituate on Hodgkin's Creeke, being part of that dividend of Land whereon he now liveth and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for Ever, my wife not to Claime any thirds of the Same.

Item, I give unto Francis Awbrey, the youngest Son of my Brother Jon. Awbrey, dec'd, two hundred acres of Land being a part of a tract of four hundred Acres of Land Scituate as aforesaid purchased by me of Coll. Hill and to his heirs for Ever.

Item, ye other two hundred acres of Land Scituate as aforesaid I give and bequeath unto Katherine Long, Daughter of Alice Long (att Sheppey?) dec'd, to her and her heirs for Ever.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Awbrey on negro man called Sam, one negro woman called Kate, one negro boy called Robin, one negro boy called Nero, one Negro boy called Zobey, to him and the heirs lawfully begotten of his body for Ever.

Item, I will and bequeath unto my Loveing Wife Mary Awbrey five Negros called by the names of Price, Nanny, Will, Joons (?), and Jamy, likewise I give and bequeath to my wife one Silver Tankard and three horses Calld by the names of Thourogood, Smoakes, and Mush, with ye Cart and wheeles, and harness belonging to the Same, likewise I will and bequeath to my wife one halfe of all my Cattle in quantity and quality.

Item, I give to my wife one Servt. Woman called Martha.

Item, I give unto my Son Richard one Servt. called Miles Dixon.

Item, I will and bequeath unto my wife all my Stock of hoggs, She paying after my decease unto my Sonn Richard Awbrey three barrows or Splayed Sows yearly for four years, together to be all of ye age of three years old or more.

Item, I will unto my wife one half of my sheep in quality to quality.

Item, I will and bequeath the other halfe in quantity and quality to my Son Richard Awbrey and to have privilege to let them remaine here for three years.

Item, ye one half of my Cattle not yet bequeathed I give to him and his heirs for (Ever), likewise I will and bequeath unto my Son my black Gelding cald Nego, with two Saddles, two bridles, pistolle, holsters, and all other furniture thereunto belonging. Item, I will likewise unto my Son my pendulum watch, all my wearing Clothes both linen and wooling, all my french gold wearing Shooes, Stockings of all Sorts, and hatts.

Item, two feather beds with the furniture belonging to them and Six pair of Sheets, one pair of ?nd Irons, all the parcells of
broadCloth for my owne wearing with Buttons, Silk and other furniture belong to it. Likewise I will and bequeath unto my wife, all my Serges and Stuffs, Except one parcell of Sad Collored Serge which I give and bequeath unto my Son Richard's wife to make her a gowne and petty coat, be it more of less. Item, I will and bequeath unto my Son all my books, my wife having choice of the three of four for her owne particular use.

Item, my will and desire is that all my Kerseyes, Cottons, Canvass, fine linen, and (Cowepe?) that is not made up in garments, plain Shoes, Irish Stockings, and all ye yarn Stockings which are kniting to be equally divided in quantity and quality between my wife and my Son.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my wife three feather beds and furniture, one new feather bed Ticking with bolster and pillow Ticking, all ye table linen with all the rest of ye sheets not before bequeathed.

Item, I give unto my wife all the Lumber belonging to the house as bedsteads, Chairs, Chests, all the pewter Brass, Iron potts and irons, except one desk and one Chest in the old dwelling house loft, which I give unto my Son Richard.

Item, I give unto my Son Richard's daughter Mary after my wife's decease Six large pewter dishes.

Item, it is my will and desire that my Executors hereafter named be diligent and careful in the prosecution of ye dwelling house
(unreadable) which is to be built by Jon. Milbourne according to agreement.

Item, my desire is that the Brass yall [bell?] be set up on this plantation and not hereafter to be removed. Item, my will is that all
ye woole in the house be equally divided between my wife and my Son.

Item, my will is that my boat be sold and produce be equally divided between my wife and my Son. Likewise, two mares, one branded HA, and the Ha, I give equally to my wife and my Son.

Item, my will and desire is that before any division be made of ye Sheep after my decease, yt Robert Brooke, Son of Robert Brooke, have four ewes out of ye sheep.

Item, it is my will and desire that immediately after my decease my Executors draw bills on Mr. Robert Bristow Jun. for 40 od. pounds to be paid Mr. Will Howell, Merchant, and take in my bond.

Lastly, I make constitute and ordain my Loveing Son Richard Awbrey and my Loveying Wife Mary Awbrey joynt Executors of this my last will & Testament, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto putt my hand and Seale this first day of August 1694.

Henry Awbrey (Seale)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in ye presence
Willm. Mosely 1694 Rob. Brooke
"I, the Subscriber, do depose that the within mentioned Henry Awbrey Seale and declare this within written Will to be his last Will and Testament and that he was in perfect sense and memory at ye sealeing and publishing thereof to the best of ye deponents knowledge & farther saith not Will. Mosely
Sworne to in Essex County Court 7 ber 10th. 1694

Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\\'s Who\\\'s Who, Boddie\\\'s Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir
William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two of his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey, Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia. Awbrey, Henry Burgess, 1682-92 Rappahannock

"As found in the records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (Old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia."

Immigrated: 1663 to Rappahannock County, Virginia
Origin

Henry was born c. 1625 in Llanelieu, Breconshire, Wales.[3] His parents were Sir William Awbrey (born c. 1581 in Llanelieu) and Elizabeth Johnes.[3][4]

Janet Ariciu writes:

Henry Awbrey and John Awbrey are mentioned in the will of Sir William Awbrey, and in other contemporary sources as the sons of Sir William Awbrey.[3]
Apparently, others agree that there is good circumstantial evidence supporting Sir William Awbrey and Elizabeth Johnes as parents of the immigrant to Virginia, but as Colby Morgan writes (quoted on Janet Ariciu's page):

What we don't have is a primary document or coat of arms stating that the father of Henry Awbrey of Virginia was Sir William Awbrey of Wales.[3]
Youth

Henry Awbrey had excellent upbringing in England. Sir William Awbrey, the father, had addressed Henry's education in his Will. Henry was a learned man in colonial Virginia; he even owned a small library of books.[5]

Immigrated to Virginia

Brothers Henry and John Awbrey were among the first Awbreys/Aubreys to immigrate to the Colony of Virginia.[5] They settled in Westmoreland and Rappahannock Counties and were followed later by their brother, Thomas.

Henry Awbrey arrived first, during the year 1663.[6] On April 9, 1664, Henry paid the passage for 21 persons, and he received in return a patent of 1050 acres at the head and on the south side of Hoskins Creek in Rappahannock County, Virginia.[7] This land was bordering land owned by Thomas Browning (Vol 1, 477).[5]

On September 3, 1669, Henry Awbry ("Awberry") paid for the transportation of 10 persons, one of whom was brother, John "Awberry," and was granted 480 acres of land adjoining his own land "near the road path Puscaticon Creek" in Rappahannock County, Virginia (Vol 2, page 62).[6] On March 23, 1671/2, a patent was secured from Gov. Berkeley covering these two large grants.[7]

Thomas Awbery was transported by Charles Edwards on April 27,1686, and Edwards received 150 acres, in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, for the transportation of Thomas and two other persons (Vol 1, pages 298, 477).[5]

Family

Henry married 3 times.

Henry married while still in England, as his 1st, to and unknown wife. All of his children were with this first wife.[citation needed]
Henry married 27 February 1664 at (Old) Rappahannock/Essex, Virginia, as his 2nd, to Sarah (b: 1637 d: 1672), the widow of Thomas "the orphan" Meador. Sarah and Henry had no children.[5]
Henry married 11 Mar 1714, Essex, Virginia, as his 3rd, to Mary Unknown.[citation needed]
Henry married an unknown wife while still in England and had children:[5]

Richard Awbrey b 1651 (or 1661?); mar Dorothy North
? John - (probably the son of Henry's brother, John Awbrey)
? Francis - (probably the son of Henry's brother, John Awbrey)
Daughter Awbrey; mar Philip Maguire
Alice Awbrey; mar Thomas Gouldman
The actual number of children attributed to Henry Awbrey varies. Some believe the two sons, John and Francis were not Henry's, but were his brother John's sons. In two different deeds in 1690, Henry called Richard his "only son and heir apparent" (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 8, p. 254-6).[5] When Henry made his will, the only heirs he named were his son Richard and his wife, Mary (no other children).[5]

Dorothy Awbrey, the daughter of Henry's brother, Thomas, lived with Henry's family for a while, and then with brother John's family. Dorothy married John Wright c. 1705 at Westmoreland County.[5]

Tobacco Planter

Henry Awbrey, like all the wealthy planters along both sides of the four large rivers, owned small boats: sail boats, ferry boats, and row boats. These were large enough to be rowed by several slaves, but not so large that they were called ships and he was called a Captain.[5] Waterways were merely the highways of their day.

In addition to the properties received for transportation of persons which included himself and his brother John, Henry also received property by grant of the Governors of Virginia. On October 4, 1675, Gov. Berkeley granted 5,100 acres to "Henry Aubrey" for the transportation of 102 persons into the Virginia Colony; this land lay between the Pascattaway and Hoskins Creeks and the Mattaponi River.[7][8] On July 10, 1680, Gov. Thomas Lord of Culpeper granted 6, 600 acres to "Mr. Henry Awbery," this on the south side of Hoskins Creek.[7] On May 20, 1684, Governor Francis Howard awarded him 189 acres at the mouth of Occupation Creek.[7] On 30 May 1688, he received a grant for 1,200 acres on the south side of the river, some 5 miles into the woods and lying on the main portion of Hoskins Creek; this was for the transportation of 24 people.[5]

He also made various purchases and sales of land, such as when "Henry Abery" sold 480 acres granted to Mr Robert Bishopp (Vol 2, page 317).[5]

Burgess and Sheriff

Henry served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for Rappahannock County, as Henry Awbrey in 1684, 1688, and "Awbry" in 1691-92.[2] Henry Awbrey's name does not appear on the list of Burgesses for the year 1692/3; Capt. John Battaile and Capt. Edward Thomas were elected on March 3, 1692/3 as the Burgesses of the newly formed Essex County (Vol 2, P. 412).[2] Henry Awbrey also served as sheriff, and justice of the court in Rappahannock County.[5]

During a battle with Native Americans in 1661, some 300 people were killed. The European settlers of Rappahannock County sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances," demanding protection: arms, forts and soldiers. Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman were among the signers of the petition.[9]

Death

When Henry Awbrey made his will August 1, 1694, he named only his wife Mary [not SARAH] and son Richard as his heirs (Essex Co Court Order Book 1692-1695, p. 311).[5] He was considered living by those in England on October 28, 1694, when he was mentioned in the will of Maximillion Robinson in England.[7] Henry Awbrey died in 1694 at Essex County, Virginia Colony.

Sources

[1] [3] [5] [6] [2] [7] [8]

↑ 1.0 1.1 Ariciu, Janet. Awbrey/Aubrey Family accessed June 24, 2015
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses; McIlwaine, H. R., Journals of the House of Burgesses of VA, 1659/60-1963. (Vol 2 1659/60 - 1693, Pages xi, xiii, xiv, 189, 210, 222, 288, 339, 375, 379, 380, 412) Richmond, VA: [Virginia State Library] Archive.org accessed June 24, 2015
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ariciu, Janet. Elizabeth Johnes (accessed December 1, 2014)
↑ I deleted "probably" - see additional sources on John's profile
↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Ariciu, Janet. Henry Awbrey (accessed 4/-6/14)
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ariciu, Janet. Henry Awbrey, citing Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 1, pages 298, 477, and Vol 2, pages 62, 317, by Nell Marion Nugent (accessed November 28, 2014)
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Hoppin, Charles Arthur, The Washington Ancestry ... (Vol 3, Pages 366-67) Greenfield, OH: Priv. print., 1932, HathiTrust accessed June 25, 2015 (has errors)
↑ 8.0 8.1 Virginia Land Grants, Book 6. Page 665 (cited in Hoppin, Vol 3, Page 366
↑ Journals of the House of Burgesses of VA, 1659/60-1963. Winder Transcripts II, p 228.
See also:
Germanna Colonies, History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995. Germanna Colonies Family History: The State of Virginia, accessed June 25, 2015
Stickels, Mark, Dorothy Wright Mark Stickels Family Website, December 6, 2010, accessed December 1, 2014
Awbrey family - summary of evidence that Henry, John, and Thomas were the sons of William Awbrey, posted by Jon Awbrey in 2003 (accessed May 19, 2015)
Aubrey, Cole. Henry Aubrey (accessed May 14, 2015)
Wikipedia: Llanelieu, Brecknockshire, Wales

Henry married Sarah Hoskins in Apr 1662 in , , Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Bartholomew Hoskins and Dorcas Mira Isham) was born in 1637 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1672 in , , Virginia, USA; was buried in Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Awbrey brother to Henry Awbrey was born in Aberynfrig, (Brecknockshire), South Wales, son of Sir William Awbrey of Abrecynfrig who died in Brecon 1631 husband of Elizabeth Johns/Jones of Ambermailaies. John marr. Jane Johnstone c 1677 in Westmoreland Co. She was b there in 1659 & d after 1699. Their children were Elizabeth (bc 1678), John (bc 1680- d 2/26/1724/5) & Sarah (b 1681, d 1702), all in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Some researcher say John was about 8 years old when his father died. I have no proof of this.


GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 10 October 1718. Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 140 acres bounding on Machotiq River. Adjoining the land of Henry Rock and Isaac Allerton. Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 180 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 29 May 1739. Location: Prince William County. Description: 86 acres on Potomack River side about four miles below the Great or Lower Falls of the said river, and adjoining land of William Strutfield, Thomas Owsley &c. Source: Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 81 (Reel 291). Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 78 (Reel 291). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia



Bishop William Meade in his Old Churches and Families of Virginia states
that the Awbrey family in Virginia was of Welsh extraction. He was active in
Northern Virginia when descendents of John and Henry Awbrey could still be
found (circa 1830). This origin is also stated by the Jamestowne Society.
The only gentle family in Wales with the name Awbrey was rooted in
Brecknockshire, the home county of Sir William Awbrey.


Sworne to in Essex County Court 7 ber 10th. 1694

Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\ Who\\ Who, Boddie\\ Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two of his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey, Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia. Awbrey, Henry Burgess, 1682-92 Rappahannock


John Awbrey brother to Henry Awbrey was born in Aberynfrig, (Brecknockshire), South Wales, son of Sir William Awbrey of Abrecynfrig who died in Brecon 1631 husband of Elizabeth Johns/Jones of Ambermailaies. John marr. Jane Johnstone c 1677 in Westmoreland Co. She was b there in 1659 & d after 1699. Their children were Elizabeth (bc 1678), John (bc 1680- d 2/26/1724/5) & Sarah (b 1681, d 1702), all in Westmoreland Co., VA.


Name Lifespan Where Born
John AWBREY 1623-1692 Abercynrig, Breconshire, Wales

Migration Steps
to Westmoreland County, VA in 1664

Additional Notes
Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\ Who\\ Who, Boddie\\ Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two of his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey, Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia.



September 28,1692 his Will was proved and probate granted to his widow and relict Mrs. Jane Awbrey. This is borne out by and entry on page 74 of the Westmoreland County Book. Page 78a and November 7,1692- Mrs. Jane Awbrey returned an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Mr. John Awbrey deceased. John�s wife Jane remarried a William Chandler

[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

John Awbrey brother to Henry Awbrey was born in Aberynfrig, (Brecknockshire), South Wales, son of Sir William Awbrey of Abrecynfrig who died in Brecon 1631 husband of Elizabeth Johns/Jones of Ambermai laies. John marr. Jane Johnstone c 1677 in Westmoreland Co. She was b there in 1659 & d after 1699. Their children were Elizabeth (bc 1678), John (bc 1680- d 2/26/1724/5) & Sarah (b 1681, d 1702), al l in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Some researcher say John was about 8 years old when his father died. I have no proof of this.


GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 10 October 1718. Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 140 acres bounding on Machotiq River. Adjoining the land of Henry Rock and Isaac Allerton. Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 180 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorde d copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when availab le. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 29 May 1739. Location: Prince William County. Description: 86 acres on Potomack River side about four miles below the Great or Lower Falls of the said river, and ad joining land of William Strutfield, Thomas Owsley &c. Source: Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 81 (Reel 291). Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 78 (Reel 291). Par t of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys ar e also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia



Bishop William Meade in his Old Churches and Families of Virginia states
that the Awbrey family in Virginia was of Welsh extraction. He was active in
Northern Virginia when descendents of John and Henry Awbrey could still be
found (circa 1830). This origin is also stated by the Jamestowne Society.
The only gentle family in Wales with the name Awbrey was rooted in
Brecknockshire, the home county of Sir William Awbrey.


Sworne to in Essex County Court 7 ber 10th. 1694

Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\ Who\\ Who, Boddie\\ Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two o f his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey , Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia. Awbrey, Henry Burgess, 1682-92 Rappahannock


John Awbrey brother to Henry Awbrey was born in Aberynfrig, (Brecknockshire), South Wales, son of Sir William Awbrey of Abrecynfrig who died in Brecon 1631 husband of Elizabeth Johns/Jones of Ambermai laies. John marr. Jane Johnstone c 1677 in Westmoreland Co. She was b there in 1659 & d after 1699. Their children were Elizabeth (bc 1678), John (bc 1680- d 2/26/1724/5) & Sarah (b 1681, d 1702), al l in Westmoreland Co., VA.


Name Lifespan Where Born
John AWBREY 1623-1692 Abercynrig, Breconshire, Wales

Migration Steps
to Westmoreland County, VA in 1664

Additional Notes
Sources: Will of Henry Awbrey,1694, Virginia\\ Who\\ Who, Boddie\\ Historical Southern Families John Awbrey, son of Sir William Awbrey of Tredomen and Abercynrig, Wales, arrived in Virginia with two o f his brothers--Henry, later a member of the House of Burgesses and Sheriff of Essex County, and Richard. John married Jane Johnstone in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons: John Awbrey , Jr. and Francis Awbrey. Francis was later Sheriff of Prince William County, and a large planter in Northern Virginia.



September 28,1692 his Will was proved and probate granted to his widow and relict Mrs. Jane Awbrey. This is borne out by and entry on page 74 of the Westmoreland County Book. Page 78a and November 7,1 692- Mrs. Jane Awbrey returned an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Mr. John Awbrey deceased. John�s wife Jane remarried a William Chandler

Family/Spouse: Jane Johnston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Meador in 1695 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. John (son of Thomas Meador and Sarah Hoskins) was born on 31 Jul 1658 in Charles Parish, York, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Oct 1721 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Awbrey, John. Publication 10 October 1718.
Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 140 acres bounding on Machotiq River. Adjoining the land of Henry Rock and Isaac Allerton.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 180 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874.

Awbrey, John. Publication 29 May 1739.
Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Prince William County. Description: 86 acres on Potomack River sid e about four miles below the Great or Lower Falls of the said river, and adjoining land of William Strutfield, Thomas Owsley &c.
Source: Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 81 (Reel 291). Recorded s urvey available. Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 78 (Reel 291). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by t he Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
Awbrey, John, 19 Dec. 1726; 22 Feb. 1726. Dau. Hannah Awbrey to my dau. Keziah Attwell until of age; dau. Kerrenhappuck Awbrey; son Chandler Awbrey residue of estate.

John Awbrey (bc 1680 Westmoreland Co., VA & d there 2/26/1724/5) in c 1709 marr. Hannah Tanner (bc 1687 VA- dc 1724 Westmoreland Co., VA ), the dtr of Thomas Tanner & Mary Atwell Tanner. Children of J ohn & Hannah were Elizabeth (c 1709), Chandler (c1711, Hannah (c 1713), Kerrenhappuck (c 1717) & Jemimah (c 1718).

Virginia County Records, New Series, Volume I, 1913: Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Wills Book VIII.
Name: John Awbrey 19 Dec 1726 22 Feb 1726
Dau. Hannah Awbrey ; dau. Keziah Attwell ; dau. Kerrenhappuck Awbrey ; son
Chandler Awbrey Frances Sorrell Goddaughter 10/4/1716 Erwin, John, 10 April 1716; 30 May 1716. My godchildren John son of George and Anne South; Frances dau. of John Sorrell and Anne his late wife; Jemimah dau. of John and Hannah Awbrey; John son of John and Frances Awbrey; John son of Charles and Temperance Lucas and Elizabeth dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Sorrell, all to have 2 year's
schooling each; to William Clark my overseer; friend John Awbrey land purchased of John Hobson late deceased; friend Thomas Sorrell plantation and to be exrs.

GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 10 October 1718. Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 140 acres bounding on Machotiq River. Adjoining the land of Henry Rock and Isaac Allerton. Source: Nort hern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 180 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealt h between 1786 and 1874.

Title Awbrey, John. Publication 29 May 1739. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Prince William County. Description: 86 acres on Potomack River side about four miles below the Great or Lower Falls of the said river, and adjoining land of William Strutfield, Thomas Owsley &c. Source: Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 81 (Reel 291). Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 78 (Reel 291). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Subject - Personal Awbrey, John. grantee.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
Awbrey, John, 19 Dec. 1726; 22 Feb. 1726. Dau. Hannah Awbrey to my dau. Keziah Attwell until of age; dau. Kerrenhappuck Awbrey; son Chandler Awbrey residue of estate.

John Awbrey (bc 1680 Westmoreland Co., VA & d there 2/26/1724/5) in c 1709 marr. Hannah Tanner (bc 1687 VA- dc 1724 Westmoreland Co., VA ), the dtr of Thomas Tanner & Mary Atwell Tanner. Children of John & Hannah were Elizabeth (c 1709), Chandler (c1711, Hannah (c 1713), Kerrenhappuck (c 1717) & Jemimah (c 1718).

Virginia County Records, New Series, Volume I, 1913: Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Wills
Book VIII.
Westmoreland County Wills Book VIII.
Name: John Awbrey 19 Dec 1726 22 Feb 1726
Dau. Hannah Awbrey ; dau. Keziah Attwell ; dau. Kerrenhappuck Awbrey ; son
Chandler Awbrey

Frances Sorrell Goddaughter 10/4/1716 Erwin, John, 10 April 1716; 30 May
1716. My godchildren John son of George and Anne South; Frances dau. of John
Sorrell and Anne his late wife; Jemimah dau. of John and Hannah Awbrey; John
son of John and Frances Awbrey; John son of Charles and Temperance Lucas and
Elizabeth dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Sorrell, all to have 2 year's
schooling each; to William Clark my overseer; friend John Awbrey land
purchased of John Hobson late deceased; friend Thomas Sorrell plantation and
to be exrs.


GRANTEE Awbrey, John. grantee. DATE 10 October 1718. Location: Westmoreland County. Description: 140 acres bounding on Machotiq River. Adjoining the land of Henry Rock and Isaac Allerton. Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 180 (Reel 289). Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Family/Spouse: Hannah Tanner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dinah Esther Meador (John Meadows , Sr., Thomas "Orphan", Thomas Meades, Father) was born in 1694 in Essex Co., VA. She died in 1741/1743 in VA.Dinah married George TRIBBLE, son of Peter TRIBBLE and <> Elizabeth NSN, in 1740 in VA. George was born in 1692 in Caroline Co., VA. He died about 1792 in Caroline Co., VA.

They had the following children:

1. George TRIBBLE Jr., born Abt. 1719 in King & Queen, VA; died 1792 in Caroline, VA.
2. Mary Tribble, born Abt. 1721.
3.Shadrach Tribble, born Abt. 1722 in Caroline, VA.
4.Dinah Tribble, born Abt. 1734.
5.Child Tribble, born Abt. 1736 Could this be Joseph?
Andrew TRIBBLE was born on 22 Mar 1741 and died on 30 Dec 1822.
Joseph TRIBBLE was born about 1725 in VA.

Dinah Meador, daughter of John Meador Sr and Mary Awbrey

Dinah was probably the first child of her father's second marriage, born about 1696-7 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia and died between 1741/3 in Caroline County, Virginia. In her father's will of 1721, she was given only one shilling. Apparently this was because of her husband. Her mother, Mary (?) Awbrey was a daughter of Henry Awbrey, a wealthy merchant. Dinah was the sister of Jonas and Jason Meadors. Jason had land dealings with JEFFREY CROWLEY (sometimes shown as CRAWLEY).

Dinah married about 1720 to George Tribble of Essex, son of Peter Trible (Essex Will Bk 6:142 dated 6 Apr 1738; probated 16 Jul 1739). Peter Trible of Southfarnham Parish in Essex County owned land near the Road that led from Piscataway Ferry to the Ferry over Hoskins Creek. The John Burnett (I) family lived on Piscataway Creek and the John Gatewood family lived on Hoskins Creek with a ferry going between the two. John Burnett II married Amee Gatewood. The Meadors were friends and neighbors of the two families. George and Dinah was found living in Spotsylvania County, Virginia by 2 October 1722 when he witnessed a deed for Larkin Chew. One month later, George purchased 228 acres from Larkin Chew in Spotsylvania County, although George had bought property in King and Queen County, he was still in Spots. County where he witnessed several more deeds for Larkin Chew. Finally by 1725, he and Dinah were living in King and Queen County when he sold the Nov 1722 land he purchased from Chew and then followed other family members to Caroline County by November of the following year. At this time, "George Tribble was fined in court for not keeping his road in repair." Since Dinah's brother Jonas Meador was appointed to take over in George's place, Jonas and brother Jason were probably living in the same neighborhood. George and Dinah Trible appear together as witnesses to the will of Abraham Brown On 14 Sep 1735 (Caroline Court Order Bk 1732-1740, p.275).

Dinah died there between 1741 and 1744 as on the latter date, George Trible was married to Ann (last name illegible). Fearful that George would embezzle the estate of Ann's late husband, two of the administrators demanded extra security from George and Anne Trible (Caroline Court Order Bk 1740-1746, p.306 dated 11 Aug 1744).

There were several children of this marriage, including:

1) George Tribble II
2) Joseph Tribble
3) Dinah Tribble
4) Rev. Andrew Trible (Tribble) was born 1741 in Caroline Co, Va; married Sally Ann Burris. An "Old Ironsides" Baptist minister, he was a Chaplain in the Virginia Line during the Revolution. He died in 1822 in Clark County, Kentucky. His descendants are well documented by the Kentucky Historical Society (Register of the Kentucky Historical Soc, Vol 24:187).

1733 Nov 8 - Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 108 (Part One by Dorman)~ A Grand Jury being impanelled and presented their presentments: George Tribble for not keeping his road in Repair. Note I wish the same could be done today.

1734 Feb 14 - Caroline Co, VA Court Order Bk 1732-1740 - p.123 Jonas Meador appointed Surveyor of Roads in place of George Trible..

1735 Feb 14- Caroline Co, Va Order Bk 1732-1740, page 275; (Part 1 by Dorman) ~ The last will and testament of Abraham Brown was presented in Court by Mary Brown, executrix and Daniel Brown executor therein named and proved by George Trible and Dinah Trible witnesses there unto. On motion of the executor certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate. It is ordered that James Terrill, William Terrill, James Collins and William Brown appraise the estate of Abraham Brown.

Dinah married George B Tribble, Sr on 18 Oct 1718 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. George (son of Peter Tribble and Susannah Elizabeth Birch) was born in 1698 in South Farnham, Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1770 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Frances Hudgens, Franklin, Virginia, USA. Frances (daughter of William John Hudgens and Frances Gwinn) was born in 1702 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Oct 1774 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Frances Hudgens in 1721 in , Essex, Virginia, USA. Frances (daughter of William John Hudgens and Frances Gwinn) was born in 1702 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Oct 1774 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chandler Awbrey (b 1711 Westmoreland Co., VA & d 1756 there
) marr. Elizabeth Sorrell (bc 1707 VA & d 1748 Westmoreland Co. She was the dtr of Thomas Sorrell & Elizabeth O'Cahane, both of Westmoreland Co., VA). The Awbrey children were James (bc 1743) and Martha (bc 1742 in Stafford Co., VA, marr. Philip Pendleton in 1766, & d aft. 1790 Pittsylvania Co., VA.)


Virginia County Records, New Series, Volume I, 1913: Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Wills
Book XIII.
Westmoreland County Wills Book XIII.

Awbrey, Chandler, 9 Dec. 1755; 25 Sept. 1756.

Son James Sorrell Awbrey at 21 years; daus. A. and --- Awbrey; wife Elizabeth one third of land, a horse and saddle; to sister Hannah McAuley, niece Mary McAuley, Mrs. Elizabeth Atwell and to Sarah Atwell a suit of mourning each; children to be educated.

John Awbrey Jr. of Virginia had a son Chandler Awbrey. He was named after William Chandler who raised John Jr. and Francis after their father, John Sr., died in 1692.


Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
Awbrey, Chandler, 9 Dec. 1755; 25 Sept. 1756. Son James Sorrell Awbrey at 21 years; daus. A. and --- Awbrey; wife Elizabeth one third of land, a horse and saddle; to sister Hannah McAuley, niece Mary McAuley, Mrs. Elizabeth Atwell and to Sarah Atwell a suit of mourning each; children to be educated
[Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW]

Chandler Awbrey (b 1711 Westmoreland Co., VA & d 1756 there
) marr. Elizabeth Sorrell (bc 1707 VA & d 1748 Westmoreland Co. She was the dtr of Thomas Sorrell & Elizabeth O'Cahane, both of Westmoreland Co., VA). The Awbrey children were James (bc 1743) and Mart ha (bc 1742 in Stafford Co., VA, marr. Philip Pendleton in 1766, & d aft. 1790 Pittsylvania Co., VA.)


Virginia County Records, New Series, Volume I, 1913: Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Wills
Book XIII.
Westmoreland County Wills Book XIII.

Awbrey, Chandler, 9 Dec. 1755; 25 Sept. 1756.

Son James Sorrell Awbrey at 21 years; daus. A. and --- Awbrey; wife Elizabeth one third of land, a horse and saddle; to sister Hannah McAuley, niece Mary McAuley, Mrs. Elizabeth Atwell and to Sarah At well a suit of mourning each; children to be educated.

John Awbrey Jr. of Virginia had a son Chandler Awbrey. He was named after William Chandler who raised John Jr. and Francis after their father, John Sr., died in 1692.


Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
Awbrey, Chandler, 9 Dec. 1755; 25 Sept. 1756. Son James Sorrell Awbrey at 21 years; daus. A. and --- Awbrey; wife Elizabeth one third of land, a horse and saddle; to sister Hannah McAuley, niece Mar y McAuley, Mrs. Elizabeth Atwell and to Sarah Atwell a suit of mourning each; children to be educated

Family/Spouse: Elisabeth Sorrell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Elizabeth Clark in 1740 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1719 in , King and Queen, Virginia, USA; died in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Edward Clarke in 1744 in , , Virginia, USA. Edward was born in 1720 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Children of SHADRACK TRIBBLE and ELIZABETH COLEMAN are:

i. SPILLSBY TRIBBLE, b. Abt. 1741, Caroline County, VA; d. January 1799, Davidson County, TN; m. MARY UNKNOWN.

ii. WILLIAM TRIBBLE, b. Abt. 1743, Caroline County, VA; d. Abt. 1828, Wilkes County, NC; m. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1774. Marriage: Abt. 17746.

iii. BENJAMIN H. TRIBBLE, b. Abt. 1745, Caroline Co., VA; d. Abt. 1824, Oglethorpe County, GA.

iv. ABSOLEM TRIBBLE, b. Abt. 1747, Caroline County, VA.

v. WINIFRED TRIBBLE, b. Abt. 1749, Caroline County, VA; m. JAMES DYER, Abt. 1765, Halifax County, VA. Marriage: Abt. 1765, Halifax County, VA

The proof that Shadrach Tribble is the son of George Tribble is lacking but the fact of Shadrach's appearance in 1740 in Caroline County and the fact that he seems to live near George makes the father-son relationship probable. Shadrach Tribble first appears in the colonial records on 8 February 1740 in the Caroline County Order Book as a witness to a deed from Daniel Brown to Thomas Magee. Daniel Brown is probably his cousin, the son of Mary (Tribble) Brown. In May 1744, April, 1745 and October 1745, Shadrach Tribble appears in the Caroline Order Book, being listed as one to assist in keeping the road clear. In May 1750, August 1751, November 1741, and May 1752, suits of attachment were obtained against the estate of Shadrach Tribble, probably indication that he had left the county. On 22 October 1750 "Shadrach Trible" had 400 acres of land on Childreys Creek surveyed, the survey being listed in the Survey Book for Halifax County, Virginia. In 1752 and 1756 he had additional land surveyed in Halifax
County. On 16 August 1756, Shadrach Tribble was granted 250 acres of land in Lunenburg County on the South side of the Bannister River. This is somewhat confusing in that the Bannister River was in Halifax County in 1756, which had been formed from Lunenburg County in 1752. Equally confusing is a second grant to Shadrach Tribble on 15 July 1760 for 400 acres of land in Halifax County on Childreys Creek and Cow Creek. The confusing part is that Shadrach Tribble's will was written 4 October 1759 and probated 20 December 1759, seven months before the patent was granted. Are both of these grants instances of the time lag between the time of the "application" for the grand and the time of the recording of the grant? Apparently so, because the descriptions of the land bequeathed to the children of Shadrach Tribble contain references to Childreys Creek and Cow Creek, and Runaway Creek and later deeds of the children indicate the land is that patented by Shadrach. Those mentioned in Shadrach Tribble's will are his wife, Elizabeth, his youngest son Absolom, his first-born son Spilsby, his "middlemust" sons William and Benjamin, his only daughter, "Winefred", his friend John Adams, and his brother, John Tribble.

Elizabeth ------------, the wife of Shadrach Tribble, was probably a Coleman, the daughter of Spillsbee Coleman of Essex County, Virginia. The latter died prior to 20 October 1730 in Essex County. Shadrach and Elizabeth named their eldest child Spilsby and Spillsbee Coleman of Essex County would have been of an age to have had a daughter of an age to have married Shadrach Tribble. Elizabeth Tribble apparently remarried after the death of Shadrach Tribble to Chesslie Cockram as stated in the Halifax County mortgage in which Chesslie Cockram mortgages to John Smith 100 acres of land during "the term of his wife Elizbeth's life, left to her by her late husband Shadrach Tribble.

REFERENCES:
20 Oct 1730 Spillsbee Coleman, decd. Essex OB 1729-33, p108.
8 Feb 1740 Deed witness, Caroline OB 1732-40, p 577.
11 May 1744 Assist keeping road, Caroline OB 1740-46, p271.
12 Apr 1745 Assist keeping road, Caroline OB 1740-46, p448.
11 Oct 1745 Assist keeping road, Caroline OB 1740-46, p536.
12 May 1750 Defendant, Caroline OB 1746-54, p 221.
22 Oct 1750 Survey, Halifax Survey Book.
11 May 1751 Defendant, Caroline OB 1746-54, p 256.
9 Aug 1751 Defendant, Caroline OB 1746-54, p 273.
16 Nov 1751 Defendant, Caroline OB 1746-54, p 286.
10 Mar 1752 Defendant, Caroline OB 1746-54, p 305.
30 Oct 1752 Survey, Halifax Survey Book.
18 Apr 1755 Survey, Halifax Survey Book.
20 Jun 1755 Defendant, Halifax OB 1755-59, p 39.
16 Aug 1756 Land grant, Va. State Land Office Bk 34, p 92.
16 Mar 1758 Defendant, Halifax OB 1755-59, pp 288, 301, 304.
16 Mar 1758 Juror, Halifax OB 1755-59, p 301.
21 Jun 1759 Defendant, Halifax OB 1755-59, p 454.
16 Aug 1759 Surveyor, Halifax OB 1755-59, p 466.
16 Aug 1759 Defendant, Halifax OB 1755-59, p 479.
20 Dec 1759 Will, Halifax WB O, pp 83-85.
21 Feb 1760 Inventory, Halifax WB O, pp 86-87, 107-108.
15 Jul 1760 Land grant, Va. State Land Office Bk 34, p 624.
20 Jun 1761 Account, Halifax WB O, pp 123-24.
14 Jul 1763 Elizabeth, defendant, Halifax OB 1759-62, p136.
Apr 1768 Elizabeth, landowner, Antrim Parish Vestry Bk, p14.
17 Dec 1772 Elizabeth's late husband, Halifax DB 8, p 524.

"Footprints from the Old Survey Books" , by R. C. Dodson, 1989.
"Descendants of Robert Coleman of VA, " by Carol Hauk, p1-4.

Shadrach married Elizabeth Coleman in 1737 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1722 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1782 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca Echols. Rebecca (daughter of Abraham Echols and Sarah W Hubbard) was born in 1741 in , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA; died in 1849 in , , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1782, , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Notes:

HALIFAX COUNTY, VA WILLS pg. 64. Oct 1, 1792.

Will of Peter Trible of Halifax, in perfect sense.
To my wife Susannah Trible
To my son, James Trible
To my son, George Trible
To my son Peter Trible
To my daughter Sarah Gilbert
To my daughter Dinah Woosley
To my daughter Presilla
To my youngest children, George, Peter, and Mary Trible.
Signed 1 Oct 1792.
Wit: James Martin, Major Brumfield, William Brumfield, Thomas Hancock.
Will probated at Halifax Court 22Jul1793.
Signing the security when the will was probated was James Martin.

Peter married Suzanna in 1756 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Suzanna was born in 1730 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1794 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dinah married John S Dyer in 1754 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. John (son of Joseph S Dyer) was born in 1710 in Antrim, Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Mar 1773 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married: Bef 7 Jul 1767 in , Virginia
Note:
"Married Well and Often marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800" by Robert K. Headley, JR.

" Pendleton, Philip and Awbery, Martha (Awbery); bef 7 Jul 1767; bride was a dau of Chandler Awbrey (d WC 1756);
Philip and Martha Pendleton were res. of St. Mark's Par., Culpeper Co. Va. by 191 Apr 1770; (WC DW 13:28; DW 15:74; RI 5:17)

Martha married Phillip Pendleton in 1766 in , Washington, Virginia, USA. Phillip (son of James Pendleton and Elizabeth Coleman) was born on 17 Nov 1742 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1811 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1787, , Fayette, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

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

He was one of the leaders in the early Baptist movement in Virginia and he was among the earliest Baptist ministers on the new frontier in Kentucky where he had moved after the Revolutionary War.

On 25 MAY 1769 in Orange County, Va. a Grand Jury presentment was made against Andrew Tribble for preaching the Gospel from place to place contrary to Law and without License within twelve months past.

He was a member of Davis Thompson' Baptist Church in Louisa County and was sent as a delegate to the first sssion of the Virginia Separate Baptist Association at Elijah Craigs' meeting house in Orange County in May 1771.

Became pastor of a Baptist Church in Albemarie variously known as Albermarie, Buck Mountain and Chestnut Grove. the church was near the residence of Thomas Jefferson who frequently came to Andrew Tribble's meetings.

Virginians, assert that Jefferson conceived the idea of a popular government for the American States while observing the business transactions of the little Baptist church of which Andrew Tribble was pastor.

The first deed entry in Kentucky for Andrew Tribble was surveyed by Daniel Boone, the pioneer.

Andrew Tribble is listed in the Patriot Index of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Patriot Index. p. 687. Public Service Claims for Albemarie Co., Va. on 11 May 1782 show that andrew Tribble provided baccon to the Militia as follows:

No. 128 To Andre Tribble's Certificate for 88 lbs. bacon taken by a guard conducting State prisoners to Staurtion. To Andrew Tribble's Certificate for 92 lbs. bacon taken by Militia.

These records provide proven descendants of Andrew Tribble with eligibility for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution by reason of Andrew Tribble provicing supplies to the Continental Army.

Andrew married Sarah Ann Burris in 1768 in , Orange, Virginia, USA. Sarah was born on 30 Sep 1753 in Monticello, Orange, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Dec 1830 in , Rutherford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1782, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1784, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1787, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1790, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

Spilsbe married Mary Polly Allen in 1759 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 5 Aug 1744 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1791 in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1798, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Lexington, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1824, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
• Probate: 27 May 1824, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

Notes:

http://www.ophgr.com/JourneyCCBC.htm
written by Nancy Tribble Heard
Life began for Benjamin Tribble, charter member of Cloud's Creek Baptist Church, about 1740 in Caroline County, Virginia. Benjamin was the middle son of Shadrack and Elizabeth Tribble. Benjamin was a gunsmith like his father. He supplied the military with guns as well as rifles for frontiersmen. Benjamin Tribble's career was interruped when he became a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

After moving to Georgia, Benjamin married January 24, 1781 to Pheraby Johnson, the daughter of Thomas and Penelope Johnson, who were also charter members of Cloud's Creek Baptist Church. After receiving a headright grant in April of 1794, Benjamin and Pheraby chose to live in Oglethorpe County with their family of twelve children and slaves who worked in the fields on their plantation.

Sometime in 1808, Benjamin's 18-year-old nephew from Wilkes Couty, North Carolina, who had been named in his honor, came for a visit. Young Benjamin took a fance to his first cousin Elizabeth and married her in October of 1808 in Oglethorpe County. He fought in the War of 1812 and soon afterward settled in Madison County near Elizabeth's brother, Joel. Young Benjamin moved the family to newly formed Walton County and is considered a founding father. Joel and Young Benjamin became interested in the 1832 land lottery. As winners, they both won land in Forsyth County near Cumming, Georgia. Benjamin and his family settled near Sawnee Mountain on a trail which would later be called Tribble Gap Road. There Elizabeth and Young Benjamin helped found Friendship Baptist Church. Many of the descendants are currently active members. Two of Young Benjamin's great-grandsons became Baptist ministers, and both were pastors at Friendship. One of those gentlemen was my granddaddy, Dr. Pledger Washington Tribble, Sr.

Young Benjamin's second oldest son left his family in Forsyth County to search for wealth in the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. James Washington Tribble never returned to Georgia, but his faithful wife Nancy raised their two sons and two daughters.

Benjamin married Phereby Johnson on 24 Jan 1781 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Phereby was born in 1768 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in 1845 in , Madison, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winifred married James Monroe Dyer in 1765 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. James (son of John S Dyer and Elizabeth Priscilla Bluford) was born in 1732 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in 1825 in , Grainger, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1787, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 2 Aug 1790, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, Wilkesborough, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

William married Patsy Collins about 1773 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Patsy was born in 1753 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1820 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Martha Medley in 1794. Martha was born about 1772 in , Gibson, Indiana, USA; died in , Gibson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , North Carolina, USA

Elizabeth married Manoah Dyer on 26 Oct 1791 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Manoah (son of John S Dyer and Dinah Tribble) was born on 28 Sep 1755 in , Caroline, Virginia, USA; died in Aug 1839 in , Monroe, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wilson Co., TN Chancery Bk 1, pp 281-287, Owen vs. Tribble. This suit identifies the sisters and brother of Dinah Tribble (m. David Echols) as: Tabitha (m. Richard Horn), Sarah (m. Henry Street), Ann, Mary (m. Glennis Blankenship), and Isaiah. Also identified were half-sisters Fanny (m. John T. Davis) and Lucy.

Dinah and her sisters and brother were children of James Tribble and his first wife, name unknown. The half-sisters were the children of James Tribble and Nancy Spurbanks. Tabitha did marry first, Thomas Ward.

Family/Spouse: Nancy Tribble. Nancy (daughter of Spilsbe Tribble and Mary Polly Allen) was born in 1764 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1799 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Nancy Spurbanks on 17 Apr 1802 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Priscilla married Joseph Owen on 22 Nov 1790 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. Joseph (son of David Owen and Sarah Wilkins) was born in 1774 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1857 in Rawletts, Hart, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1793, , Halifax, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Peter married Mary Pruitt on 4 May 1793 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Michael Prewitt and Elizabeth Hurt) was born in 1775 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1815 in , Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Sarah Hurst in 1820 in , Bedford, Tennessee, USA. Sarah (daughter of John Jackson Hurst and Martha Patty Menefee) was born in 1785 in , , Kentucky, USA; died in 1859 in , Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, , Wilkes, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Warren, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1824, , Monroe, Tennessee, USA; Moved to Tennessee.
• Residence: 1833, , , Tennessee, USA

Manoah married Elizabeth Rebecca Tribble on 26 Oct 1791 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Tribble and Rebecca Echols) was born in 1768 in , , Virginia, USA; died in , Warren, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hamon married Frances Frankie Dryer in 1776 in , , Virginia, USA. Frances was born in 1755 in , , Virginia, USA; died in Dec 1835 in , Augusta, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married David James Motley on 17 Aug 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. David (son of Joseph Motley and Martha Ellington) was born on 23 Nov 1761 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1852, , Madison, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Madison, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1870, Union, Madison, Kentucky, USA

John married Martha Ann Patsy White on 18 Sep 1834 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA. Martha was born on 21 Mar 1802 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA; died on 20 Jul 1850 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sally Coffey on 5 May 1852 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA. Sally was born in 1792 in , Madison, Alabama, USA; died on 3 Jan 1865 in Madison, Lee, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1787, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1790, , Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Laurens, South Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1811, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1820, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1824, , Sumner, Tennessee, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

Mary married Rev Thomas Mastin in 1778 in , , Virginia, USA. Rev was born on 7 Oct 1749 in Spotsylvania, Caroline, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Oct 1828 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Briar Creek Baptist, Ronda, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Tribble. James (son of Peter Tribble and Suzanna) was born in 1758 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died in 1809 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: , , North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Humphreys, Tennessee, USA

Elizabeth married Richard Cocke in 1800 in , , Virginia, USA. Richard was born in 1776 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died in 1850 in , Humphreys, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1799, , Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1800, , Green, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1820, , Dickson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Dickson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1841, , Marshall, Mississippi, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Marshall, Mississippi, USA

Notes:

Dickson County, TN Deed Book D, page 416
Deed from Absalom Tribble to Polly Tribble, Jr
Indenture made this 30th day of January 1819, between Absalom Tribble of Dickson County, and Polly Tribble, Jr of the same county, for and in consideration of the sum of twenty dollars to him in hand paid by Polly for a tract of land lying on Hurricane Creek of Duck River, beginning the northeast corner of an entry in the name of Spilsby Tribble, running south across the creek at about 40 poles, in all 69 poles to a stake, then west 233 poles to a stake on the north boundary line of a tract containing one hundred acres.

Test:
John Johnson
Richard Batson
Absalom Tribble

Deed was acknowledged in open court at the January term of 1829, and was registered on the 20th day of February 1829.
Field Farrar, Clerk

Note: Polly Tribble, Jr. could have been Absalom Tribble's younger sister, Polly. Their mother was named Mary and probably also called Polly. Absalom's daughter, Polly, also a junior, would have been only 10 or 11 years old.

Family/Spouse: Mary Whitehead. Mary was born in 1785 in , Brunswick, Virginia, USA; died in Feb 1850 in , Marshall, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Absalom married Martha Akin on 2 Jan 1818 in , Green, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas E Justice in 1760 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of John Justice and Mary Moore) was born on 3 May 1737 in Weyanoke, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Dec 1807 in , Rutherford, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, , Gibson, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1840, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA

John married Nancy H Barnett on 11 Sep 1815 in , , Kentucky, USA. Nancy was born in 1795 in , Granville, North Carolina, USA; died on 19 Jul 1854 in Warrick, Gibson, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Johnson, Gibson, Indiana, USA

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Bingham. Elizabeth was born in 1798 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Franklin, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Franklin, Georgia, USA

Family/Spouse: Bethena Shirley. Bethena was born in 1798 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA; died in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Almira married James Hardgrave in 1795 in , , North Carolina, USA. James (son of Francis Hardgrave and Sarah Skelton) was born on 12 Dec 1772 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in Oct 1828 in Horsehead, Johnson, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1840, , Cole, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Cole, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Bacon, Vernon, Missouri, USA

Abner married Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson on 17 Mar 1836 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Cynthia was born on 20 Apr 1820 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Jul 1869 in , Cole, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, Tippah, Benton, Mississippi, USA

Family/Spouse: Richard Horne. Richard (son of Howell Horn and Patsy Cannon) was born in 1790 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in 1851 in , Benton, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tabitha married Thomas Word on 24 Nov 1800 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Thomas was born in 1773 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1813 in Greenvale, Wilson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dianah married David Echols on 29 May 1802 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. David (son of Joseph Echols and Elizabeth Street) was born on 27 Jan 1776 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Feb 1854 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Feb 1854 in 681 Irish Road, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Street. Henry was born about 1780 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Glennis Blankenship on 23 Oct 1809 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Glennis was born in 1785 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in Wilson, Sumner, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John T Davis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Hart, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1857, , Hart, Kentucky, USA

Peter married Nancy Lock in 1816 in , , Kentucky, USA. Nancy was born in 1803 in , , Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Tabitha Leech on 19 Dec 1816 in , Barren, Kentucky, USA. Tabitha (daughter of William Leach and Eleanor McHenry) was born on 28 Jul 1795 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Aug 1843 in Rowlette, Hart, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1840, Wilson, Sumner, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA

Isaiah married Patience "patmia" Pemberton on 26 May 1812 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA. Patience (daughter of John Pemberton and Jane "jincey" Johnson) was born in Jan 1794 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1862 in Wilson, Sumner, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Titus, Texas, USA

Delilah married John Robert Snoddy in 1815. John was born on 2 Apr 1795 in , Washington, Virginia, USA; died in Jul 1860 in Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Nancy married James Allen on 17 Nov 1807 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. James was born on 5 Jun 1784 in , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Dec 1854 in Bearskin, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]