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No. 3, Part 1 ,
THE
Antiquary.
EDITED BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Friedenwald Co., Printers,
DO NOT LIBEAKY
Copyrighted
BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES,
^
Intkoduction. iii
INTRODUCTION.
Two volumes of the Lower Norfolk County Virginia Anti-
quary have been given to the public and favorably received,
and the Editor is emboldened to hope for as favorable a recep-
tion for the third volume, of which this is the first part. Not-
withstanding the Editor announced in the introduction to No. 1,
Part 1, that he would answer no questions, he is in the constant
receipt of letters and visits, is stopped in the streets, and has
been followed into places of business where he has gone to
make purchases. The Editor is engaged in this work for his
own pleasure and in the future he will not answer^ any letters
or questions about genealogical or historical matters. This
may appear selfish, but he, as all others who are engaged in
this kind of work, has seen enough to be convinced of the
impossibility of pleasing everybody. People generally have
high notions about their ancestors, and are almost always dis-
appointed^ and offended when told that there is no evidence and
no good reason for believing that they are descended from the
important European families whose names they happen to bear,
and that remote traditions are almost always misleading and
unreliable. Comparatively few of our Colonial American
families are able to connect^ with any one on the other side ;
^ This is not intended for any one in particular, but for all in general.
'^ Mr. Hayden in the Virginia Genealogies says : "If family claims
can be used as a scale of measurement, there are very few American
families that are not of noble or royal descent," and he adds that if
the genealogist " omits, rejects or disproves, even by infallible evi-
dence, some long-held but baseless tradition," "he estranges friends
and incurs the sharp criticism of others."
^ Of the few American Colonial families that connect on the other
iv Inteoduction.
and when they do, it is almost always with people of minor
importance. The Editor's name in this number appears in
full on the title page. The Editor's name is Edward Wilson
James, and there are in Norfolk an Edward Walter James and
a W. Edward James. The three Edwards are not related or
side, a very few trace to families with titles, one here and there to the
Squirearchy, a sprinkling to the petty gentry, but the overwhelming
majority to uninfiuential people of good repute. The mere fact that
one bears a distinguished name is no evidence of connection with the
distinguished family. Great numbers of men, soldiers, sailors, and
members of the theatrical profession in particular, for various reasons
change their names, and thousands of foundlings are picked up in
the streets of cities every year and are frequently given the names
of the most influential men in the country. The Editor read in the
Baltimore Sun some years ago of two little foundlings in Baltimore
being given the names the one of Benjamin Harrison and the other
that of Bayard Hancock. In addition to this, in former ages, the
bondsmen and tenants on the large estates in England largely took
the names of the estates and thus acquired the names of the owners
of the estates, just as the negroes after the War of Secession took the
names of their owners. The great majority of the founders of the
leading families in the seventeenth century were merchants, clergy-
men, physicians, sea captains, coopers, tanners, shoemakers and
tailors, and to this number of occupations in the following century
may be added that of the lawyer. It is probable that a large majority
of the people who came to America down to about 1820 were too poor
to pay their way, and were sold here, to people who paid their passage-
money, for a term of years, or were consigned to people for whom
they worked out their indebtedness thus acquired. This may not be
palatable to the vain, but Americans should learn to be proud of their
strong-armed and stout-hearted ancestors who had the courage to
found homes in a wilderness, and stop wasting their time and fooling
away their money in ridiculous searches after noble and royal
ancestors, almost invariably the result of vanity and almost invari-
ably ending in failure. Of the convicts who were sent to the Colonies
little need be said. The overwhelming majority were undoubtedly
men, and it is highly improbable that many of the women were
of the kind to become the mothers of families, and it is therefore
improbable that they to any extent perpetuated themselves. If an
American should find himself the descendant of an indentured servant,
he need not blush, for he will find himself in illustrious company.
The Kev. Dr. Jessopp, in " Village Life in Norfolk Six Hundred Years
Ago," in the 19th Century for February, 1883, says that if a villein
on an estate could manage to get ordained he became free, and that
a certain villein at Rougham, Ralph Red, got ordained and became a
Introduction. v
connected, but they not unfreqiiently get each other's letters.
The father of W. Edward is from Lancaster County, the grand-
father of Edward Walter came from one of the Eastern Shore
counties, and the father of the Editor from Princess Anne
County. — Editoe.
chaplain, saved his money and bought the freedom of his father and
family, and that in less than one hundred and fifty years afterwards
a descendant of the father became the lord of the manor of Rougham,
and that he, having no son, his daughter married a learned Judge, Sir
William Yelverton, Knight of the Bath, from whom were descended
the Yelvertons, Earls of Sussex, and the present Lord Avonmore,
who is a scion of the same stock.
In the refusing to answer questions the Editor does not mean to
give offense. To even attempt to do so would take all of his time,
and he merely wishes to protect himself. If he answers for one
he must for all, and as in genealogical enquiries accuracy is abso-
lutely necessary, it is impossible to rely on the memory, which
is too frequently treacherous where fact for the sake of fact is
desired. People, too, who make enquiries, frequently expect
miracles to be performed in their favor, and unless they are, they
are disappointed. If you tell them that you do not know, they
think that you are disobliging and selfish and do not wish to answer;
if you tell them that you do not talk on the subject, they think that
j'ou are simply trying to hide your ignorance; if you tell them, and it
is at variance with what they wish, they frequently become enemies.
They never, or but seldom, consider that in order to answer their
questions, every answer must be the result of a detailed examination
of notes, which as they are gathered here and there at various times,
are scattered about in different note-books and on slips of paper, and
that no investigator who values his reputation will answer without
making a careful examination, which always takes up a great deal of
time.
THE
LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
VIRGINIA ANTIQUARY.
LAND AND SLAVE OWNERS,^ PRINCESS ANNE
COUNTY, 1775.
At a Court Held for Princess Anne County May the ll*^'
Day 1775
Present
Edward Hack Mosely Jacob Ellegood 1
John Ackiss Lemuel Newton > Gent. Justices
Edward Cannon Peter Singleton J
Ordered that the following Gentlemen take the list of Tith-
ables of this County for this Year in an alphabetical manner
and return the same according to Law, to wit,
John Ackiss for the upper Precinct of the Eastern Shore
Edward Cannon for Middle ditto ditto ditto
Jacob Ellegood for lower ditto ditto ditto
Peter Singleton for upper ditto Western ditto
Edward Moseley for lower ditto ditto ditto
Anthony Lawson for little Creek ditto
Mitchell Phillips for Blackwater ditto^
George Logan for Eastern Branch ditto
^ Taken from lists of tithables now to be found among the records of
P. A. County. It must be kept in mind that the slaves represent those
only who were 16 or more years of age who were able to labor — see
page 6 of No. 1, Part 1.
- The report for the Black Water Precinct has been lost or misplaced.
2 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
Princess Anne County l . _^ , , , ^ .^. „ _
Parish of Lynhaven j^"" Vestry held 26«' of October 1775
Present Cap! James Kempe Cap* Dennis Dawley^
Tho! Key? Walker Ant* Walke Sen-: 1
Edw? Hack MoseleyJun'- Jacob EUegood [ ^^^^^^-^^^^
and William Nimmo
This day Thomas Reynolds Walker Esq. entered into Bond
with security for collecting and paying the Parish Levy
(For the Upper Precinct of the Eastern Shore)
L
SEC
L
SEC
Mary Autin
200
Caleb Burkitt
80
William Ackiss^
250
3
George Berry
125
John Ackiss*
1000.19. 1
Solomon Bright
50
Thomas Axtead
10
Nathan Cornick
50.
1
William Atwood
60
Amy Cornish
175.
1
James Brown
50
John Cornish
50.
1
James Berry
1
Dennis Capps
50
Hanson Bright
100
William Capps Jun"" 40
Moses Brown
225
William Cox Sen^
50.
1
George Batten
200
George Chappel
313
Nathan Bonney
383.
3
Edward Capps J""
50
Richard Berry
116
John Cannon
800.
1. 1
Elizabeth Brinson
50
John Capps^
57
Tully Barnes
65
Hillory Cason
100
John Brown^
220
Cornelius Cason
125
John Brown^
140.
1
John Cason Jun'"
145
John Berry'
59
Charles Chappel
63
Willoughby Berry
145
John Creed Jun^
700.
2
William Berry
75
Simon Craft
100.
1
George Booth^
75
Henry Capps^"
50
Jonathan Bonny
Henry Capps Sen'
50
Sen 363.
3
John Capps"
92
3 Was the Father of W™
and James * Father
of Francis
^ Son of Edwd and father of Joh
n
^ Son of Jno and father of Jno and Moses ' Son of Jno
8 Father of W«i
,
«Son of Jno
10 Alias Creed
" Son of Wii
Land and Slave Ownees, Pbincess Anne Co., 1775.
L
SEC
L
SEC
John Capps^"^
50
Thomas Langley^"
50
Edw^ Capps Sen'-
87
Edward Lamount
50
Henry Dawley sen
a50
Natt Martin
40
Thomas Dawley
150
James Moore Sen'
■ 125.
1
Robt Dudleyi^
75.
2
John Mason
60
William Flanakin
'' 12
Joshua Matthias^^
102
Thomas Franklin
Dinah Mason
100
Sen'-^^
' 75
William Morris^^
165.
1
Anthony Fentress
230.
1
Cornelius Morriss
68
Thomas Franklin
Abnor Moore
30
Jun"-
30
John Munden
106
Solomon Fizzel
100
William Mackie
63.
1
Phillip Fisher^''
130.
2
Willoughby Moore 100
Bowin Green
60
William Morriss Jun70
Daniel Grirastead
223
Solomon Mai bone
40
John Gamewell
50
Moses M'Clelan Jun 25
Cantwell Garrison
125
James Malbone
175
Abraham Galindo
44
Jonathan Malbone"
^450
William Hutching
s 65
Francis Morse
75.
2
Morriss Hill
90
Epaphroditus
Jonathan Jackson
300.
6
Munden 100.
1
James Johnson 6
Phillip Malbone
100
Elizabeth Jackson^
'145.
2
Lazarus Morse
75
Charles James
100
Archabald Morse
33
James King sen^^
75
Caleb Moore
100.
1
Thomas Kelley
150
James Morse
150.
2
Henry Kinzee Jun
''55
Willis Morriss^*
150.
2
Thomas Kinzey
33
Josiah Morriss
100.
1
Harry Kelley^^
225.
2
Thomas Old Jun
550.
4
John Kelley
100.
2
William Oakum-^
100
Landman King
37
Evan Purdy
125
Willoughby Land
87.
1
James Powers
75
Edw^ Land
50
William Peadon
120
1'^ Son of Thorrgfi '^ father of Henry " Fatherof William
'5 Father of Tho^ i« Father of Jon^ " Mother of Simon
'* Father of Jeremeah " Father of John, Geo : and Charles
•^0 Father of Jas. ^i Son of Henry '^'^ Father of W^
-^ Father of Joab '^^ Father of John and Kader -^ Father of Jno
LOWEK NOEFOLK CoUNTT YlKGINIA AnTIQUAKT.
L
65
96
87
56
175.
SRC
Solomon Purdy
Thomas Rainy
Thomas Robinson
William Rutland
Eustace Stripes
William Shipp Sen 25
John Smith^*^ 33
William Seneca SenlOO. 2
William Salmons 116
James Seneca 100
John Seneca Sen^^ 36
John Sharwood 35
Frances Salmons^^ 100
William Shipp Jun 200. 2
Richard Salmons 25
Lewis Stripes 1
Josiah Styring 123
Ricd White 160. 2
Joshua Wright 100
Margaret Wright 155. 2
Lemuel Whithurst 50
L SEC
Caleb Ward 75. 1
Jacob Wright 60
John Whitehead 267. 6
Thomas Willoughby 50
John Wicker 200
James Whithurst 300. 1
John Ward 50
James Whithurst^^ 75
James Wright 81
Margarett
Whithead 200. 5. 1
Jonathan Wright 164
John Wilbore 45
WilliamWhithead=^«100
Reuben WilliamsonlOO
Tully Williamson 115. 3
Charles Whithurst 50
Jonathan Whithurst^^50
Solomon Williams 84
Rich^ Williamson^nOO
(For the Middle Precinct of the Eastern Shore)
L
s
R C
L
SRC
John Attwood
140
Cornelius Brinson
75
Thomas Attwood
150.
2
William Brinson
113
Edward Bonney
John Bonney Jun"^
180
Sen'
■ 80
Ranson Brock
90
Thomas Brock^^
230.
1
John Bonney (worn).
2
Jane Bonney
133
Jonathan Bonney
Anthony Barnes
Jun'
50
Juu^
150.
3.
1
William Capps="
96
Francis Barnes
80
Thomas Cannon
100.
2
2« Son of Richd '^^ Father of Simon
'^^ Mother of Henry and Anthy ^^ Son of Solomon
30 Father of Jno ^i gon of SoP ^^ Father of Richd
33 Father of W°i and Moses ^4 go^ of Richd and father of Jesse
Land and Slave Owners, Pkincess Anne Co., 1775. 5
L
25
60
SEC
James Caps
James Carril
Edward Cannon
Jun' 75
Hillary Capps 80
John Cason Sen'' 145.
James Cason Sen'' 125
John Cumberfoot 40
Dennis Dawley 725.
Richard Dauge"^ 100.
William Dawley Sen''70
John Dyer 87
James Eaton^'^ 160
Michael Eaton 40
John Fentress
Sen-- 290.
Jonathan Fentress 150.
John Founten 54
Daniel Franklin^^ 150
John Fentress
Jun'- 150.
John Gornto^ 300.
John^^ 420.
John Henley Sen^ 506.
Henry Harrison 230.
Charles Henley^" 152|.
Sarah Hartley*' 110
Thomas
Huddlestone^^ 75
L SEC
James HilP^ 129
James Henley** 140. 2
Nowdinah Henley 2
Edward James*' 485. 4. 1
John James 2
Charles James 77
William James*'' 500.
Elizabeth James
Pembrook James 250.
Thomas Lewis 90.
William Leggett 172.
Frances Lamount
John Moore*^ 86
John Moore 172
Godfrey Malbone 50
Jacob Moore*^ 295
John Morrisett*^ 150
Joab M'^Clenhan 70
Cason Moore'" 204. 1
Richard M^Clellan
Sen^ 70
William M^Clellan 133
John M<=Daniel 35
Johnson Nimmo (worn). 3
Joseph Otterson" 100. 1
James Power'' 35
Adam Robinson^^ 96
Jonathan Roberts 64
Elias Roberts 75
^5 Father of Nathan ^e Father of John
^^ Father of John and Reuben
^' Surname of the party gone but is presumably Gornto
=*' Father of Naf^
*° Father of Henry and Thomas
■*- Father of Annanias
•** Father of Corns
'*" Father of William and Thomas
"8 Father of William
50 Father of Tully
52 Son of John
*' Mother of Charles and John
*3 Father of William
*5 Father of John and Edward
*■" Son of Thomas
49 Father of William
"Father of William
53 Father of Adam
6 LowEK Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary,
William Robinson
L
107|
SRC
Margaret Willis*'^
L
183
John Raney^*
130
Robert Ward
80
James Simmons^^
191i
Solomon
Thomas Simmons
183.
1
Whitehursf^^
85
George Styring
250.
2
Charles
Simon Stone
400.
5
Waterman*^^
324
John Scopas
94
George Ward*^*
75
John Simmons
90
Jonathan
Mary Simmons
1
Woodhouse
115.
William Shepherd
295.
2
William
Thomas Turner^*^
50.
1
Whitehurst*^^
100
Isaac Tolevine
1
Hillary
William
Whitehurst
200.
Woodhouse^^
175.
2
Godfrey
William
Whitehurst
20
Woodhouse^^
34.
1
Henry
Pembrook
Woodhouse"''
430.
Woodhouse^^
265.
3. 1
Thomas Ward''''
125
John Whitehurst*"'
175.
2
SRC
3. 1
(For the Lower Precinct of the Eastern Shore)
L SRC
L S R C
William Aitchison
5. 1
Edward Brown 1
Thomas Abbott
1
Thomas Brock 250. 4. 1
Will"^ Abslum
80
Hilery Burgess 50
Rebekah Banks
100. 4. 1
John Brown 1
William Benthall
1
Jacob Bishop 5
Thomas Benthall
1
Edward Cannon 4. 1
James Brewer
107
Joel Cornick Juu'" 465. 6. 1
Thomas Banks
126. 1
Isaac Cary 53
Jonathan Buskey
375. 1
George Cox 139. 2
Willibough Buskey 84
Elizabeth Consaul 1
5* Father of Malach
i ^' Father of Andrew "'^ Father of John
" Son of William
=» Son of Phil 59 Mother of John
•^"Son of James
•" Mother of John and William
«2 Father of Hosea
«3 Father
of Solomon " Father of Thomas
*^ Son of Anthony
"' Father
of Henry ^'' Father of Jonathan
Land and Slave Ownees, Princess Anne Co., 1775. 7
L
SRC
L
SRC
Horatio Cornick
9.
1
James Land
50
Thomas Cbappel
63
Ruben Lovett
88.
1
John Cornick
6.
1
Jonathan Mackey
425.
1
Joel Cornick
200.
7.
1
Bern^ Moseley
70.
1
Jacob Ellegood
1260.
8.
1
Thomas Owens
133.
1
Peter Norley
John Pallett
666|
5. 1
Ellegood
237.
5.
1
Edw^'^- Petty
338
John Fentress
200
Anne Rusell
1
Edward Gisborn
50
Mark Robinson
50
Sowel Gaskings
150
George Scott
5. 1
Henry Gaskiug
300.
2
John Smith
158
(worn)
Jesse Hill
280.
2
Smith Shephard (worn).
6. 1
William Henley
243.
2
Robert Trower
140.
2
John Haynes
397.
5
Thomas Trowers
50
Mich^ Hackett
7.
John Tainer
100.
4
Robert Jones
537i.
12.
Henry Trowers
50
Isaac Jacob
1
Blazon Vangover
100
Mary Jones
200.
3.
Horatio
Betty Keeling*'*^
850.
14
Woodhouse
211
Adam Keeling
425.
4
Thomas Reynolds
John Keeling
383.
4.
Walker^^
473.
7. 1
William Keeling^^
Tommy Walke
500.
6
Sr
974.
18.
Betty Woodhouse
10. 1
Wiir Keeling Jr 784|.
19
Rewben
Jacob Keeling
392.
6.
Whitehurst
100
William Keeling^"
1
John AVoodhouse <
iSt
5
John Lovett
86
Joseph White
400.
11.1
James Legget
100.
1
Mary Woodhouse'^^
164
Lidia Lamount
2
Drew Whitehurst
100.
2
Henry Lovett
150
Phillop
Caleb Lamount
410.
6
Woodhouse
420.
3
Cornelius
Solomon
Lamount
200.
4.
1
Williams^^
194.
5
John Lovett
600.
7.
2
«* Mother of Henry «'* Father of William ""> Son of J°
" Father of Thomas ''■ Mother of John
"Father of "William. L stands for land, S for slave and R C for
riding chair. John Pallett was the father of Matthew.
[To be Continued.']
8 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK MARRIAGE BONDS.
1799.
Jany 5*^ Ebenezer Moutton and Mrs Mary M^Grath
Ebenezer Moutton
Alex'" Moseley John m*^Neill
" " Jesse Lambert and Sally Newton
Jesse Lambert
Alex Moseley Henry Durant
Feb 7 Robert Ellitt and Elizabeth Sly^
Robert Ellitt
Alex Moseley Gabriel Elliott
Mar 13 Daniel Black and Mrs Anne Harrison^
Alex Moseley Daniel Black
" 18 Egbert Everts and Elizabeth M^Garvey
Egbert Everts
Alex Moseley Chudleigh Southwick
" 26 W"^ Campbell and Miss Ann S Dudley
W" Campbell
Ja® Dickinson^
April 11 James Turnbull and Mrs Ann Armstrong
James Turnbull
David M^'Allester
" 27 W"^ Lake and Mrs Ann E Crawley*
WilP Lake
Alex Moseley Robert Spiner, mark
" " Fredericke Hennicke and Mrs Amey Campbell
Frederick Hennicke
Alex Moseley ' John Barrett
May 2 Frazier and Rose Parker^
James Frazier
Alex"" Moseley, c. n. b. c. Philip Booze
' Sister to Margaret Lewis
^ Relict of John Harrison. I Anne Harrison of Northumberland
County, England do hereby certify that it is my wish to be united in
the Holy Bonds of Matrimony with Daniel Black Masf of the Brig
Aurora Anne Harrison
^ Guardian to Ann S Dudley
* Widow ''Sister to the wife of Philip Booze
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1799. 9
May 10 W™ Joseph AUdridge and Mrs Dorothy Reynolds
W J AUdridge
Alex Moseley John Reynolds
" 11 Joseph Smith and Mrs Maxey Kelly
Joseph Smith
Alex Moseley Benj"^ Potts
" 15 Peter Daley and Mrs Elizabeth Miller
Peter Daley
Alex Moseley Martin Fisk
" 21 John Wilson and Mrs Mary Brown
John Wilson
John Trimble
" 22 Richard Harris and Mrs Margaret Jenkins
Richard Harris, mark
Alex Moseley Henry Ortest
" " Daniel Tracey and Miss Fanny Butt
Daniel Tracey
John Randall
" 27 George Patton and Mrs Elizabeth Boyd''
Geo Patton
John O Mullan
" 28 W^ Rey and Peggy Dolby^
W^^Rey
Alex Moseley William Dolby
June 1 Spence Grayson with Bettsey Bowler
Spence Grayson
Alex Moseley Thos Baker
" 3 Lothrop Chase and Mrs Elizabeth Warren
LothP Chase
Alex^ Moseley W"^ Ward
" 8 W™ Bresson and Mary Pear
William Presson
Alex Mosely Wm Denney
" 11 Benjamin Brown and Mrs Susanah Langford*^
Benjamin Brown, mark
Alex Moseley Spence Grayson
® Widow of George Boyd ' Daughter of W™ Dolby ** Widow
10 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
June 28 John Davidson and Mrs Fanny Reid
Jno Davidson
Alex Moseley Daniel Stone
July 18 Peter Eddy and Sarah Crues
Peter Eddy
Alex*" Moseley C. n. c. c. Pitter gryndal
" 19 W™ Chambres and Peggy Byrne^
William Chambres, mark
Alex Moseley George Lake
" 27 John Ventus and Miss Mary Fuller^"
John Ventus, mark
W" Sharp D. C. Peter W^Son, mark
" 30 Martin Fisk and Miss Eliza Gilbert"
Martin Fisk
W" Sharp Chris^ Fry
August 8 W™ Haughton and Mrs Aphia Wallace
William Haughton
W" Sharp John West
" 14 Daniel Stone and Miss Jane Vaughan
Daniel Stone^^
W" Sharp D. C. W" Vaughan
" 20 Nathaniel Brown and Fanny Short
Nathaniel Brown
Alex Moseley Richard Spencer
" 28 John Tofel and Nancy Williams
John Tofel
W" Sharp Eras Foster
" 29 Richard Fryer and Miss Ann Dameron
Richard Fryer
W"^ Sharp Thos Newton Jr
Sept 28 Vallentine Dun and Chloe Dozier
Vallentine Dun
W" Sharp Cuddy Dunn
" " Cuddy Dum & Peggy JolliflPe
Cuddy Dum
W"^ Sharp Vallentine Dun
^ Daughter of Ann Byrne '" Daughter of Peter Williamson
" Daughter of Reyneur Gilbert
1- Daniel Stone was born Sept 4tii 1773, died April b^^ 1845
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1799. 11
Oct 4 Henry Durant and Mary Saunders^^
Henry Durant
Alex"" Moseley C n b c John Hutchinson
" 7 Joseph Archer and Tabitha Joines
Joseph Archer
Alex"" Moseley c n b W™ Groten
" 16 Alexander Wilson and Miss Mary Cunningham
Alex'' Wilson
Kobt Barron
" 19 W" Moseley and Miss Martha Whitehurst
W°' Moseley
W"' Sharp D. C. George Suggs
" 23 John Boldery and Mrs. Elizabeth Richer son
John Boldery
W" Sharp David McAllister
" " Jesse New comb and Miss Margaret Willoughby^''
J Newcomb
Jno L Willoughby
" 31 W™ Cammack and Miss Catherine Hutchings
W^ Cammack
Alex"" Moseley c n b c Jno Hutchings
Nov 10 Alexander Whitehead and Miss Nancy Moseley
Alex"" Whitehead
Alex"" Moseley c n c Hillary Moseley
" 14 Edw H Hussan and Hester Chesrue
Edw H Hussan
Alex Moseley George Chesrue
" 16 John Dejust and Mrs Elizabeth Miller
Jno Dejust, mark
W"' Sharp William Janson
" " Joseph Fisher and Mrs Anne Couch
Jos Fisher
Geo Billups
Dec 10 Francis Smith and Miss Ann Marsden
F Smith
W" Sharp J G Marsden
" " Henry Jackson and Betsy Jackson
Henry Jackson, mark
W^ Sharp L Baily
'^ Daughter of Mary Hutcheson ^* Sister to John L Willoughby
12 LowEK Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Dec 11 Joseph Sawyer and Sarah Wilder^^
Joseph Sawyer
Alex Moseley Henry Keeling
PROPERTY OWNERS, NORFOLK COUNTY, 1860.
(Portsmouth Parish.)
E
p
R
p
Curtis Ash (F B)
300
Savage Baker
4500
3000
Richd Arrington 1000
500
Ewd J Bunting
1500
255
Ewd Angel
200
Joseph Brickhouse
3000
Mrs Cath L Arm stead
Thos A Bunting
100
10,000
3500
Francis A Bunting
75
Hester Ash (F M)
10
Jno S Bluefort
100
Malory Aylor (F M)
200
Joseph G Ball
3000
5000
Mark Ayars 500
200
Elvira Brodwatei
: 800
600
Elva Ash (F B)
100
Westley B Butt
100
A S Brinkley
15
B J Brown
100
Solomon Bell (F B)
310
Racheal Bond
50
W^ J Bishop 11000
500
Jno M Brown
500
1200
Jno Berry 700
200
Joshua Brown
135
Virginius B Bilisoly
Geo F Bensten
1200
125
12000
5000
James Bensten
700
125
Jno Brown 450
200
Wm H Brittingham
Bur well Barber 150
35
3000
250
Admiral Brinkley
50
Solomon T Barcl
ay
Micheal Bess (I) 1100
300
5000
8000
W" Bass (I) 800
150
Wm Brooks
17000
7000
Joseph Bright 1000
225
Nancy Bracy (F B)
Elvin Bass (I)
75
200
25
Nath Bizzelle (I)
50
Joseph Bateman
75
Andrew Bass 500
60
Thos Bar tee
300
200
Geo E Belote 600
400
M J Balentine
2580
4695
Amos Brown
100
Richd R Butler
100
Jas Bowzer (F B)
20
Elijah Bensten
87
250
Nath^ Bidgood 10000 10800
L R Ballard
6000 12000
^5 Niece of Mary Poole
Peoperty Owners, Norfolk County, 1860. 13
R
Dempsy Bowser (F B)
Belson Barnes
George Barnes
Jno H Bidgood 6500
Sarah K Bruce 2000
C E Bidgood 4000
Jeremiah Brister (F B)
Thos Baily (F B)
Jno T Bidgood 6200
W^ A Bruce 8640
Jno Benson 2000
D R Creecy 4000
Benjn Culpepei 2000
Joseph Culpeper
David Culpeper 500
Jno Culpeper 800
Thos Cotton 1000
Mary Cuthriell 3500
Saml Cuthriell 3000
Ewd Carter 4000
Richd Cox 20000
Jacob Copeland (F B)
Wm Carney
Eliza Collins 50
Saml Camay 800
Celia Cuffee (F B)
Jno A Codd
P H Cooke 4000
Robt Cherry 250
Jno A Cooke
Frederick Cooper
Cecenia Cooke (F B)
Lemuel Cuffee (F B)
Frank Carney (F B)
James Caleham 500
Julia A Cuffee (F M)
Sarah Cherry 100
Gisbourne Cherry 1500
R
75
1500
8000
p
75 Frances F Cherry
3000 James Cherry
200 Walter Cherry
4000 W" Creemore
2500 Frederick Carr
7000 Robt Culpeper
50 George Cuffee (F M)
150 125
16400 George Corprew (F B)
7600 400
1050 George Culpeper
6500 Thos Culpeper
900 Silas Cherry
50 George Culpeper
50 Jas F Carr
100 R T Culpeper
225 Susan A Cherry
125 Henry Cuffee (F B)
25 Matthiew Cherry
79 Willis Cherry
4800 Paul Cherry
25 Leonard Cherry
20 David Cherry
15 Allen
200 Jno H Cherry
50 W^ Culpeper
200 Timothy M Cherry
325 5500
35 Saml Cherry Sr
1000 W" Cuffee (F B)
15 Jno H Cherry
50 Josiah Culpeper
105 John Culpeper
200 Jennette Culpeper
5 2000
10 Saml Cragins 2000
2000 Nathaniel Cotton
400 John W Cotton
176
750
200
800
4466
3500
125
100
1000
1000
450
200
p
2000
2500
50
125
2500
50
70
400
150
200
50
800
8500
4700
20
50
50
50
200
50
30
80
50
5
1500
20
50
30
250
80
800
50
100
14 Lower Nokfolk County Yibginia Antiquary.
E P
Joshuana Culpeper 100
Susan Carney (F B) 25
Sampson Crocker
15000 10000
Chas Capps 6000 5000
James Carney 4000 4200
Martha A Carney 1500 500
Stephen Carney 5500 5500
Jas Clarke (F B) 1200 500
Phoebe Copeland (B) 20
Ella M Cuffee (B) 15
Jas C Choate 5000 14800
W" B Davis 100 20
Hardy Duke 230
D T Driver 2500 800
Alex Drummond 300
Jeremiah Deal 500 60
W^ Deans 4000 7199
Joseph Deans 100
Lyddia Deans (F B) 200
W^ Deans (F B) 125
Cornelius Dozier 1000 2000
Micheal Dennis 1000 1000
Ewd Dennis 1500
John Deans 800
Brutus Deans (F B) 200
Lem^ E Deans 2280 3250
Joseph Dunn 1000
Chas Elliott 100
Edmond Eliott (F M)
2200 90
N H Edwards 15000 1978
Albert Elliott (F M) 200
Chas Everett 4
Thomas Eastwood
2000 550
Josiah Elliott (F M) 150
Jacob Everwine 100
Jno Elliott (F M) 10
Arad Evans 100
D S Evans 1500
Jno O Evans 100 7000
Leroy G Edwards
20000 11300
Mrs Virginia C Edwards 8000
W" Elliott (F B) 10
Howard Elliott (F B) 30
Dan* Eastwood 75
Jno Elliott (B) 300
Charity Elliott (B) 20
Henry Elliott (F B) 25
George Eva 150
Ewd Elliott (F B) 300
Elijah Elliott (F B) 75
Jeremiah Elliott (F B) 100
Joel Elliott (F B) 200
Muguet Genot Francis
3000 60
W C Fox 250
W^ Falk (F M) 100
Henry C Fintel 150
Louisa Foreman 2500 1100
W" Flemming 100 3000
Mrs M Fentress 10
Jas H Foster 50
Joseph Ferebee 1500 100
Francis Ferebee 2000 6000
Allen Fort 50
Jas Feendley 5000 3500
T S Gennis 100
Leaven Gayle 2000 2800
Jno H Gayle 20
Leaven Gayle Jr 20
W^ Gilbert 100
Richd Guinn 60
Geo W. Grimes 400
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860.
15
K P
Joseph R Garrett 20000 10000
Jno Gifford 100 75
Jno Gallop 100
Christiana Gardener (F B) 10
W" Games 2000
Smith D Godwin 700 5800
^Y'^ Goddin (B) 100
Thos Graham Sr 20
Thos Graham Jr 200
Thos J Grimes 2100 1800
Thos Grimes 4000 5000
Mrs N Grimes 2000 3000
W^ S Grimes 2000 5700
Joshua L Hopkins 550 18
W F Higgenbottom
1000 160
E Hutcherson 2000 400
Chas A Houghton 300 75
Jno Harald 250 150
Ezekiel Holloway 3000 500
Walter J Hall 2000 200
Indie Hardy 15
Edmon Herman (F M)
275 30
Jas Herbert 3000 8000
Benj'^ Hashing (F B) 25
Jno R Hudggins 200
Lewis H Hull 4000 1000
Mrs Nancy Heath 125 75
Josiah C Heath 500
Jno T Hale 2000 400
Jno V Haynes 3000 2000
Thos Hodges 200
JnoWHamberry 1200
Aug F Hamberry 400
Thos Hodges 1000 150
Nathan H Hodges 800 100
Jas G Hodges 10000 15000
R P
Logan Hurst 8400 15343
James Hodges 200 75
William Hodges 50
Richd Hodges 2400 20
Caleb Hodges 350 100
J W Hall 2000 3500
Ann E Hodges 125
W" Higginbottom 400
Richd Higginbottom 200
W" P Hillyer 100
Jas Harrison 800
Kelly Harrison 400
J W Hopkins 2000 5600
Thos M Hodges 3500 7000
Mrs Martha A Ivy
3000 3028
Harriet Johnson (F B) 50
Richd Joins 300
Willis Jones (F B) 100
Jas H Johnston Jr
4000 600
W" R Johnson 750 200
Jno B Johnson 750 150
Mary E Johnson 1 500
Jno B Johnson Sr 1750 250
Leeander F Johnson
750 100
Ewd B James 2500 1250
Geo W James 300
Melvina Jones 12
George Johnson 50
Harvey Johnston (F B) 50
Ruben Jones D D 7375
Robt Johnson (F B) 45
Eliza F Johnson 3000 300
Elizabeth Jordan 1000 250
Leroy Johnson 300
Josiah King 2750 800
16 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
E
p
R
P
John King
500
200
Joseph Moore 10000 15000
Jacaarun Knott
1500
150
Thos Morrison
100
Elvington Knott
50
W" Midyett
25
Geo W King
150
Emily J Miars 3000 10500
Timothy Keter
25
Thos Miars
200
Lydia F Keter
20
Jno Miligan
50
Jas Keter
75
100
Thos J Montague 3000
9675
Dr Jno T Kilby
7200
7300
Silvester B Moore
3000
L H Kingsman
20000 15000
Phebe Marsh
50
AV°^ Loaper
18
W" Marsh
50
Jno Laurence
25
Iven Mahomey
200
W"' Lowe
500
200
Patrick H Miller
250
Rowland Loomis
45
Jonathan Martin 2310
1300
Jno Liverman
30
Mrs Martha A Martin
Jno W Latimer
650
3550
1000
600
McKenny Lewis
1500
Caleb Miller (F B) 100
200
Jacob Latchfield
500
John Mitcherson 100
100
Milly Love (F B;
10
Jno Magston
25
Augustus W Long
100
Horrace Mackan 1000
2500
W^ W Manning
400
Josiah D Miars 3000
2458
Thos J Moore
3600
Thos W Mackie 4000 13000
Saml Martin
600
40
Allen A Newton (I)
Noah Martin
400
20
1200
150
Jno S Morgan
200
Jas W Newton (I) 200
20
T N Mercer
10000
1000
W" H Nash
2600
W^ Moreland
3000
2500
Mrs Martha Nicholson
Ro Montgomery^
4000
225
1000
50
Catharine Morecock
Adaline Nicholson
250
500
]00
Dan Newton 3000
400
George Murray
3000
2000
J W Owens
75
•Thos H Davis Agt. E, Real Estate. P, Personal Property. B,
Black. F B, Free Black. F M, Free Mulatto. I, Indian. 8 Blacks
owned 1030 dollars of personal property. 57 Free Blacks owned 5520
dollars of personal property and 2475 dollars of real estate. 17 Free
Mulattoes owned 1350 dollars of personal property and 6000 dollars of
real estate. 9 Indians owned 835 dollars of personal property and
3615 dollars of real estate, making a total of 8735 dollars of personal
property and 12090 dollars of real estate for the colored people, an
average of nearly 229 dollars each.
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860.
17
E P
Mary A Owenton 15
Jno Oakham 250
Nathan Oakham 1800
ThosOwen 2000 3000
Isaac Pettijohn 18
Chas Paten (F B) 10
Moses Pitt (F B) 15
Chas Pivett 100
Asa Price 800 300
Ab F Peek 100
Elizabeth Pullen 123|
Benj'^ R Perry 6000 2400
Jno Perry 2000 500
Mrs Sarah E Page 50
W T Pitts 500
Robt Parrott 100
James Pitt (F B) 25
Willis Parker 400 100
Wash'^ Pitt (F B) 25
Albert Pritlow (F B) 300
Jas Pitt Sr (F B) 250
Willis Plummer 800 500
Cherry Plummer 200 500
Isaac Rose 3500 15800
Fredk A Rogers 77
W" Ross 25
W°^ Renolds 15
Joseph Redman 10
Pearson Rodman 300
Jas S Richardson 8050 2800
Asbury Reid (F M) 10
Joseph F Reiter 100
W" Richardson 700 3300
Ewd M Rogers 3000
Solothall Rudder 200 50
Zacheriah Rudder 200 150
W^ Rea 300 200
Thos Roberts (B) 300
E P
Elvy Ricks (B) 250
Thos Ridgeway (F B) 50
Philip Stoser 1200 200
RichdTShea 5000 1930
Jno Shea 1200 525
Joseph Savage 30
Jas T Savage 30
Jno Shackleford 20
Peter Shea 600 330
Edgar Sketer 50
Jno Silverthorn 150 50
Jethro Spivey 12
W" Stevens 10
Jas E Spring 500 75
Benjn P Small 1500 200
Albert Sawyer 25
Saml Sebastion 125
Jno Stokes 8000 6000
Jno Sickramore (F B)
500 125
Thos W Spady 2000
Jno Stafford 75
Cullen Smith (F M)
3000 200
Mary F Shepherd (F B)
75
Jno W Simmons 300 100
Jno R Simmons 35
Geo E Smith 1000 250
Joh W Stokes (F B) 25
Sarah Stocker (F B) 15
Luretta Swinson 10
Jno Spratt 500 300
W"^ J Spratt 450
Richd Spratt 500
Jeremiah Stevenson
200 250
Jno Smith (F B) 15
18 LowEE Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Tazwell Smith (F M)
James Smith (F B)
Jno Silverthorn
Patrick Sharkey
Alex'' Sketer
David Scott
Lydia Scott 6000
Jas Smith 900
Chas H Smith (B)
Eobt Taylor
Jno Thompson 500
Patsy Trotter (F B)
Eobt B Taylor
Chas Trotter (F B)
Westley B Taylor 4000
Jas Taylor 650
Henry Thompson
Nathl Trotter (F B)
W° Taylor 200
Joel Tart 6260
David Wood
N R Wilkinson 5000
Michael Whitson
Harriett Whitson 2500
James White
Baker Ward
Fredk Welch 3000
Jessee Weaver 350
W^ Wood 1000
W^W Weaver (I) 75
Jas Watts 40
Willis Weaver (I) 115
Chas I D West 1650
Jno S Wise 7150
W" F Wright • 8000
Saml Weston 10000
Henrv Williams 250
p R P
15 NancyWright(FM)100 30
25 Timothy A¥hite 2000 800
500 Sarah Wallace 25
3000 Saml M Wilson 40000 7500
300 Jno S Wright 7000 18000
1000 Edwin Williamson
8695 8000 8000
1000 Diana Wright (F B) 30
25 Eli Wilkinson (F B) 50
12 Lewis Wright (F B) 15
50 W^ D Willoughby 50
20 Jno R, White 2000 15070
50 Jas Wood 1000 144
50 Jno H Wood 75
4000 Amos White 15
2000 Nancy Weaver (I) 125 50
100 Jas Willroy 30
15 Ewd Watts (F M) 10
Mrs Sarah Ward 200
11100 Mrs Love AVhite 8000
15 W White 5000 20000
1320 W^ Jas Williams 5000 10000
600 Willis Wallace 10
Jessee White 30
35 James A Williams
15 10000 25000
220 S Wilson 600
25 Henry Walton 200
135 A J Wise 8000 15000
40 Willis Wordsworth (F B) 50
10 Dempsy Wright (F B) 200
Jno AVilliams 400
250 Alfred White 900 5438
25000 Ewd White 1000 5000
20000 George Young (F M) 15
8000 Aug Youre 150
Nelson Young (F M) 300 200
Princess Anne County Makkiages. 19
PKINCESS ANNE COUNTY MARRIAGES.
By James Buxton^
1798
Jany Archer Davise and Sarah Toole
By William Sory^
Oct 1799 to May 29 1800
William Read and Free Lovey boult
Corprew Wickings and Nelley Woodard
Tulley Phillips and Peggy Wickings
Samuel Brown and free Lovey Reed
Bartlett Ives and Elizabeth Woodard
John Seven and Jean Gisborn
1800, 1801 and 1802
Rich'* Coats and Elizabeth Fenton
Malicha Wells and Letitia Weston
W™ Lowis and Sarah Woodard
Frederick Willson and Sally Ives
John Randolph and Lovey Clemmings
\ym "WTiggjjs and Polly Etheredge
Peter Sory and Alse Sewen
1802
Peter Sorey and Alsey Seven
Herbert Tooley and Sarah Purdie
1803
Hillary Chappie and Rohdy Whitehurst
Philip Sorey and Cloe Simmons
Merchant Woodard and Pheby Powell
W™ Hartigan and Alif Gresham
This marriage took place in " Nancemond County "
' Baptist Minister at Blackwater
Oct 24
Nov 6
Dec 4
March 13
Ap29
May 29
Dec 15
" 26
May 7
Mar 18
6
Sept 12
May 27
May 27
Nov 25
Feb 23
May 11
u 17
Aug 11
Jany
19
((
10
Sept
12
Oct 22
Dec
5
Ap
3
C(
21
Nov
12
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20 Lower !Nokfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
1805
Ch^ Bradley and Polly Doshier
Kedar Sorey and Betsey Mackfershion
Edward Hall and Juley Corprew
Tho® Corprew and Nancy Gornto
Fre° Old and Leticia Old
1806
W™ Simmons and Rebecca Stone
Jacob Sorey and Dinah Mansfield
Frederick Wilkens and Betsey Simmons
Ivey Sorey and Julia Simmons
1807
Jany 17 Dempsey Etheredge and Abigal Creekmur
Aug 6 Righte Douge and Mary EUiss
July 11 John Bowen and Elizabeth Brown
1808
Oct 12 Durant Corprew and Jaca Grunto
1809
Feb 16 Tatem Sorey and Fanny Gisbourn
" 22 Joel Gisbourn and Susanna Bell
By Cornelious Calvert' Jun^' Minister
1799
March 26 Joshua Williamson and Frances Wray
April 30 Cornelious Capps and Lydia Mahony
2 At a Court Held for P. A. County the 4*^ Day of February 1799
Present
John Hancock Tho^ Wishart Jun"" 1 Gent
Geo : D Corprew Cornelius Calvert Ju'' J Justices
Present
Anthy Walke Gent
Cornelius Calvert Jun"^ produced Credentials of his ordination and
also of his being in regular Communion with the Episcopal Church
took the Oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia gave
Bond and Security ace"! to law ordered that the s? Bond be Recorded.
Jas Robinson and Dennis Dawley were the securities.
Pkincess Anne County Marriages. 21
May 21 Dennis Creed and Frances Williams
" " Robert Butt and Sally Randolph
" 30 Charles Small wood and Eleanor Hill
Sept 17 James Williamson and Molly Shipp
" 24 Thomas Henley and Susanna Wray
Nov 20 John Keeling and Frances Hopkins
Dec 13 James Land and Nancy Fentress
By James Lewis*
1800
Aug 6 Nathan Whitehurst and Pemmy Woodhouse
Nov 29 William Lufmon and Jacah Fentress
Dec 22 James Whitehurst and Sally Cason
1801
Jany 7 Aron Timberlake and Janet Ray
April 25 Absolam Cason and Mary Bentle
June 6 William May and Anne holmes
July 11 Erasmus Cason and Kezea Brown^
" 22 John Whitehead and Nancy Williams
Oct 5 John Bonny and Frankey Woodhouse
* At a Court of Quarterly Sessions Held at the Court House for the
County of Princess Anne the 4*'^ Day of August 1800 in the 25^*^ year of
the Commonwealth of Virginia
Present
Aiam Keeling "j
Anthony Walke I _,
Erasmus Haynes \ ^^"* ^^^^^^^^
William D Woodhouse j
James Lewis Produced to the Court Credentials of his Ordination
and of his being in regular Communion with the Methodist & Epis-
copal Church took the Oath of Allegiance and entered into Bond with
Security as required by an Act to regulate the Solemnization of
Marriages for prohibiting such as are incestious or otherwise ulawful
to prevent forcble and stolen Marriges and for the punishment of the
Crime of bigamy & that he is hereby Authorized to Celebrate the
Rites Matrimony agreeable to the forms & Customs of the s'^ Church
between any persons regularly applying therefor within this State
Ordered that the s^ Bond be 'Rec'^.
^ Widow of Smith Brown
22 LOWEE NOEFOLK CoUNTT YiEGINIA AnTIQUAEY.
Nov 24 Major Fentress and Betsey Raney
" 28 John Whitehurst*^ and Anna harris''
By Revd Thomas Armistead
1790
Feb 28 Matthew Benthall and Margaret Poole
By Jeremiah Rutter
1806
Apl 2 John Butt and Peggy Pebworth
Sept 19 Isaac Sherwood and Susy Mosely
Oct 11 James Absolam and Rebecca Ca vender
" 16 Moses Williamson and Elizabeth Coleman
Nov 3 James Norris and Ann King
" 13 Henry Petty and Catharine Butt
1807
Jany 31 W"" S Brown and Ann Crimson
Feb 6 W^ Banks and Mary Hill
Apl 11 Caleb Godfrey and Sarah Whitehurst
" " Kedar Moore and Fr' Fentress
Oct 29 Tho« Casteen and Eliz*'^ Woodhouse
Nov 14 John Biddle and Mary Banks
By Benjamin Ashley
1803
Aug 30 John Moore and Metidia Dye
1804
March 29 Labin Pettit and Betsey Mayers
1805
June 19 Jacob Shepherd and Miss Ann Barrington
July 13 Arthur A Wilson and Mary Ann Widgen
1806
May 20 W" Pendred and Betsey James
June 19 John Lee Tellier and Letitia Woodward
^ Son of James ■" Widow of John harriss
Pkincess Anne County Maeriages. 23
June 21 Samuel Peirce and Julia Benthall
Oct 16 Timothy D Lawrence and Charlotte Smith
1807
Mar 17 Bagwell Ball and Elizabeth Disher
Nov 18 Carlton Allen and Sarah Lee
By Mr W*^ Biddle
1808
Mar 5 Isaac Scott and Rebecca Holmes
May 6 James Mills and Mary Scott
Dec 28 Samuel Kellam and Frances Capps
By W^ Atwood'
1807
July 28 Ezekiel Smith and Martha Cavender
Oct 24 Billey M'^Clenahan and Betsey Cumberfoot
1808
April 14 John Stone and Margaret Fentress
Oct 25 Batson B Land and Jacamine Henly
By Rice Haggard
1809
Aug 17'^ Abel Whitehurst and Elizabeth Edmunds
By John Owen
1813
June 22 Horatio E Hall to Miss Eliza H Cornick
8 At a Court held July 5*1 1802 for P A County
Present
John Hancock Jesse Morriss 1
William White I
Thomas Lawson !
Adam Keeling 1^ Gentlemen
Anthony Walke j Justices
Thos Walker |
Jno Smith J
Present Geo D Corprew Gent
"This day W"i Atwood presented to the Court Credentials of his
being in regular Communion with the Methodists Episcopal Church "
"& entered into Bond as required by an Act of Assembly to
regulate the Solemnization of Marriages." James Lewis and Joel
King securities.
24 Lower Noefolk County Yieginia Antiquaet.
MY MOTHER.
(Continued from page 138 of the 2d volume.)
At New Kent.
Some time after this (the British having burned us out at
the Ship Yard^) I moved to a farm in New Kent, seven miles
further up, belonging to Jerry Waden, where, I thought, it
should be out of the way. Indeed, they all assured me that
it was on the Middle Road, (for it seems, there was an upper
^ Private Note By Mrs. M.'
My brother-in-law the late Littleton T. Waller, of Lombardy, James
City Co., resided about three miles from the Ship-Yard on the Chick-
ahomininy river, and at low water had often seen the wreck of the
vessel (the Thetis) which was being built under Capt. Maxwell's
superintendence during the war of the Revolution— and which was
burnt on the stocks by the British (date unknown). In April, 1857,
the writer visited the spot, but as the tide was high, no trace of it
could be seen— the only visible memorials of the former Navy Yard
being the scattered fragments of one from the Black-smith shops
and the ruined foundations of several small houses, in one of which
Capt, Maxwell's family probably resided.
1 " Mrs. Mary F. Maxwell. This venerable Christian woman died at her home,
in Eichmond, Va., on Monday afternoon, November Sth, in the ninetieth year of
her age. She was Miss Mary Frances Robertson, of Norfolk, sister of the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Waller, and widow of William Maxwell, LL.D., a distinguished
lawyer, at one time President of Hampden-Sidney College. Mrs. Maxwell was a
woman of devout piety, of culture and wide intelligence. Because of feeble
health she has been confined to her apartments, and a limited circle of attached
friends. She has been a member of the Second church for many years, almost
from the date of its organization. The funeral was from the Second church, on
Wednesday afternoon." *' The death of the venerable Mrs. Mary Maxwell, which
occurred on Monday afternoon at her home in Richmond, recalls the career of
her distinguished husband, the Hon. William Maxwell, LL.D., a name to be
remembered in Virginia. He was born of English parentage at Norfolk, Va.,
February 27th, 1784. Graduating at Yale In 1802, he studied law in Richmond, and
began the practice of his profession in Norfolk in 1808. After serving in both
Houses of the Virginia Legislature, he became President of Hampden-Sidney
College in 1838. In 1844, he removed to Richmond, where with the practice of
law, he gave much eflBcient assistance to various educational and literary enter-
prises. He revived the Historical and Philosophical Society of Virginia, and
established the 'Virginia Historical Register.' He was a ruling elder of the
Presbyterian Church, and filled that office with devoted piety and intelligent
zeal. He was prominent in the Church judicatories, and in the Assembly of 1837,
took a notable part in the debates, connected with the old and new school con-
troversy. His death occurred January 9th, 1857, near Williamsburg, Va., and his
tomb is in Hollywood." From the " Central Presbyterian," Richmond, Va.,
November 16, 1898. William Maxwell was not born of English parents as is above
stated. His father was born in Northumberland, England, and his mother in
Norfolk, Va. See second volume, page 56, of this publication.
My Mother. 25
and lower road also), which hardly anybody travelled, and
where, I should be quiet, safe and snug. Here, shortly after-
wards, my young brother Savage came up from Norfolk and
joined me. He was about fifteen years old, and had a Coat
.... not like Joseph's of many colors .... but furnished with a
set of silver buttons;. .. .for buttons were very scarce and
hard to get then, and those who could afford it, got silver ones,
which they could shift from Coat to coat, for whose sake he
loved his Coat as he did his eyes. Indeed, he frankly con-
fessed, that he had come so far, not simply to see me and to
enjoy my good company but to save his darling Coat with the
silver buttons. We had not been here long, however, before
we learned that the British were coming down on their way to
York, and one morning I looked out and saw turning the
corner of the fence and coming straight up for the gate a com-
pany of refugees. "Oh, sister," cried Savage, in great alarm,
"What shall I do with my Coat? Oh ! I have thought of it.
Here ! just take up the child (little John) from the cradle, and
I will take it oif and put it under the clothes, and will keep
rocking the cradle." So said, so done, — while I went to the
door to attend to my new unbidden and most unwelcome
guests. Very soon, however, I was startled by a cry from
poor Savage — " Oh, sister, he has got my Coat " — when I went
back and found the lad in a tussel with one of the company,
who had turned the child the first thing, without much cere-
mony, and seized upon the prize, which Savage was trying to
get from him, but in vain, " Oh, sister !" said he, with a
despairing cry, " make him give up my Coat." At this I
called out, " Who is the captain among you ? " — when one of
them, with a cowskin on his head (who had been a hog driver
I suppose) stepped up and said, " I am captain here, Madam."
" Well then, good Captain," said I, " do make this man give up
my brother's Coat to him." "That I will, Madam," said he,
and instantly began paying away with the cowskin on the fel-
low's back, in a merry style, till he was glad to let go the coat,
and leave it quietly in my brother's hands. " Well, Well,"
said Savage, after the company were gone, "I think I will
never put my coat in the cradle again." " No," said I, " if
you have a mind to save your silver buttons, you had better
26 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
keep it on your back." " That I will/' said he, " though I
should get a cowskin over it for my pains."
New Kent.
Not long afterwards I looked out and saw a fine company of
light horse coming round the corner of the fence, and making
up to the great gate in front of the house. " Well now," said
I to myself, " I will pluck up a little courage this time and
meet them boldly if I can." So, I went, at once, to the door,
where they were all drawn up before me in the yard. They
were a foraging party. Every horseman had a soldier behind
him. The captain was a genteel-looking man, with a form as
fine as a well drawn pair of stays could make it, (my sister
Peggy told me afterwards that she knew him, and that he cer-
tainly wore stays). His name was Captain Evall. " Well,
Madam," said he, accosting me in a gay and careless manner —
" Where is your husband ? or have you any ?" " Yes, Sir,"
said I, " I have a husband ; at least I hope I have, for I have
not seen him for sometime. I really don't know where he is
at present, but, I believe, with the Marquis La Fayette — as he
went to join him, after your people burned us out at the ship
yard." '^So," said he, "he keeps good company. And have
you any brush boys about here?" "Oh, yes! — plenty of
them — two or three at least, to every bush." (I saw he did
not like that.) " But to come to the point, come — my good
madam," said he, " what have you got for us ? for, we are
beating about for provisions." "Indeed, sir," said I, "I am
sorry to say, I have got very little for you, for so many of your
friends have been along before you, that they have left me
hardly anything to spare." " Well, Well," said he, but you
have got some flour?" "Yes, I have a little flour." "And,
some sugar?" "I have a little sugar, too." "And some bacon,
no doubt?" " I have a little of that, too." "A little— and a
little, and a little." " Here," said he, to one of his officers —
" go along with this good lady, and see what she calls a little,
and mind — don't take more than half of what she has got, for
we must be generous to her." So, the officer came in, and
with the men to help him proceeded very politely to rob me of
what he called half of all my provisions in the house — though,
My Mother. 27
I thought he took full two-thirds. In the meantime, I found
out that these people were only part of a larger body who
were all encamped on my very plantation, and were hid from
my eyes only by a small forest of woods. I was of course, in
great alarm, lest I should be exposed to further depredations
from them, and requested the Captain (who was growing more
soft and civil) in consideration of my supplies, to send me a
guard, for the protection of my house. This, however, he
assured me was not necessary, but shortly after he had gone
away with his troops, there came two soldiers, a Hessian and a
Scotchman, the latter of whom told me that the Captain had
sent them over to take care of my property. The Hessian was
a frightful-looking fellow who could not speak a word of Eng-
lish, and soon after, threw himself down, apparently overcome
with fatigue, and slept profoundly. The Scotchman, who was
a good-looking man, said to me, " Madam, these Hessians are
devils, but I will protect you at the hazard of my life. Only,
don't go out of my sight, but keep always where I can have
you in view, or I will not answer for your safety." He also
said, " I am sick of this service. They tell us we are getting
on, but I think we are going oiF every day — here a few and
there a few — till we shall have few left." After this several
Hessian soldiers straggled over to the house, and some of them
seemed well disposed to be rude, but my trusty Scot kept them
off according to his word. The next morning, when the bugle
blew, the Scotchman took his leave to join the troop who were
under arms for a march, but all he could do, he could not wake
up the Hessian, who still slept and moved again ; and he was
obliged to go and leave him. " Shortly afterwards Savage
came in with a hatchet in his hand, and flourishing it over the
sleeping Hessian's neck, in a truly savage style : " Now, sister,"
said he, " say the word and I'll settle him while he is sleeping.''
" Oh, no," said I, " not for the world, Savage, would I have
the poor fellow killed here in my house, and in this state." So,
I saved his life ; and that afternoon, after sleeping all day, he
woke up and went off to overtake the army as fast as he could.
Towards evening. Savage, who had gone out to reconnoitre,
returned with the joyful news that the British had all passed
over the Bridge (Dyer's or New began bridge) and broke it
28 LOWEK l^ORFOLK CoUNTY YlRGINIA AnTIQUAKY.
down after them to keep our people from following them too
closely; and '' Come, now, sister," said he, "you have slept
none for several nights past, but now the enemy has gone, you
may sleep quietly with no fears about your stays, and I shall
have none about my Coat." Accordingly, I retired soon after-
wards to rest, taking off my stays, in whose capacious breast
I had carried the purse of gold for so many anxious nights,
and composed myself to rest. Just as I was falling asleep,
however, I was roused by the trampling of a horse galloping
towards the house, and starting up I called out to Savage,
" There they are again." " No ! indeed," said he, answering,
" I promise you there is not a man of them on this side of the
river. If it is anyone, it must be one of our own people."
Just then listening with all my ears, I caught the sound of a
well-known voice — it was my husband talking with the negroes
who had come out to take his horse. In an instant he was in
the room, and I was in his arms. "Oh!" said I, "are you
come again? And what have you been about? Here is Corn-
wallis, has gone up the country and taken my trunk of valu-
ables at the Point of Fork, and down the country, taking
every thing his own way. And pretty fellows are you and the
Marquis La Fayette, and all the rest of you, to let the British
and Refugees come and harry poor women and children this
way." " Hush," said he, " the Marquis knows what he is
about. He has had but a handful of men with him all the
time yet, and quite too few to join battle with. But our turn
is coming. The country is rising around us. Our men are
coming in from all quarters. The enemy are flying to York,
where we shall catch them all as cleverly as you ever saw a
partridge caught in a trap. Then hey ! for Norfolk and happy
times !" So, he cheered me up with his lively spirit, and I
told him the story of Savage and his coat, and my other adven-
tures since we had parted, at which, he laughed very heartily.
Indeed, they were more pleasant to tell, than they had been to
bear. Some time before this, my Aunt Blake, who had been
obliged to leave Charleston in consequence of the siege, and
had gone with her husband and family somewhere to the
North, was returning home again, and I received an invita-
tion from my sister Marsden, then living in Hanover, to
The Chukch in Lower Noefolk County. 29
come up from New Kent to spend the Christmas with them all
at her house.
\_To be continued.^
THE CHURCH IN LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY.
(Continued from Vol. 2, page 128.)
"Decemb: 15^^: 1654:
AVee of ye Grand Inquest after due Inquire made doe prsent
unto ye Court ye gen^'all breach of ye Sabboth day throughout
the whole County, wch we conceive is most cheifly occasioned
through want of a godly Minister amongest Us in ye County,
Where fore we humbly pray & desire yt some speedy Course
may be taken to procure an able Minister, & some imployed
for yt purpose, lett ye Charge be what it will We for of pts
(and hope all ye rest of ye County) shalbe verry willing & ready
to Undergoe
Win : Voscombe Henry Brakes Edward Cannon
John Porter : Senf Richard : ffoster John Workeman
Win : Robinson: — Richard Starnell John Carraway \
Christopher Rivers Thomas Greene Nicholas Mason (.T„j.ors
John Godfrey Richard Hargrave Richard Jenings C '•
Edward Cooper Lancaster Lovett Edward Hall J
Henry Westgate Christo : Bustion George Ashall'
John Stratton John Greene Thomas Ivey "
^Jany 25*^' 1647, George Ashall was nonsuited and ordered to pay
Henry Merritt, "for unjust molestacon," ''ffourty pounds of tobacco"
April Ib^^' 1651, "Whereas it appeareth to this Cort yt there is due
from Capt: Samuell Mathewes unto George Ashall Tenne Jarres of
cleere trayne Oyle, being formerly received by ye said Capt Mathewes
of him ye sd Ashall. It is therefore Ordered yt the sd Capt Mathewes
make paymt thereof agreeable to the quantety by him received
uppon the tenth day of October next ensewinge als: Execucon" June
16*^ 1662 the jury decided that " Nicholas Boote ought to give a iust
and true account uppon oath of two pcells of Leather adventured to
the Munadoes by," George Ashall Nov 15'^' 1662, Boote appeared in
Co""* by his Attorne &" and satisfied Ashall for the two pcells of
Leather. June IS'^^' 1663 " Att this Court It was fully agreed betweene
y gent y^ Com"":^ and George Ashall Tanner, y* y^ sd George Ashall
shall Erect and maintayne a County Tanhouse accordinge to Aet of
Assembly dueringe his life, or the Act in force. And alsoe to Deliv'"
shooes at such rates as p^ scribed and menconed in y^ sd Act, and buy
30 LowEK Norfolk County Yikginia Antiquary.
Paymts out of the County levy
"To Suiprean Mallard for goeingupfor the
Minister 0150
To ffrancis Emperor for his boate to fetch
ye pson 0120
To Larr : Phillipps to expenses by ye 1
Como" whome went fro the pson /
Lower
Norff At a Co^-* held y« lb'"" Day of Decemb : 1654
Yirg Coll : flPrancis Yardley m"" Lemuell Mason
maior Thomas Lambert m"" Thomas Goodrich
m'' John Sidney m' Thomas Bridge
m"" William Daynes
" It is by this Co'l* Ordered yt the next Thursday after Christ-
mas day a Vestry be held at ye sev'"all prishes within this
all hides wthin y« County accordingly In consideracon whereof y^ sd
Ashall is to be fully sattisfied and paid out of the County Levy this
yere fower thousand pounds of tobacco and Caske" Oct Ib^^ 1663
County Levy the county was debtor " To George Ashall for a Tanhouse
wth caske cost in 4320" lbs of tobacco. Feby 15"i' 1668. "Whereas
mT Henry Spratt Sued George Ash well by account for the dyett and
Scholing of the sd Ashwells Sonne and I apearing to this Court that
John Golder formerly Servant to the sd Spratt had Reced Tobaccoe
of the Sd ashwell as p a Recep* under his hand apeareth (w<:^ Receipt
was passed when the sd Golder was free) and also an obligation under
the hand of the S? Golder, to Save the sd Ashwell harmelesse, w*;*^
thing was Conningly done by the sd Golder the Court doth therefore
order that the sd Ashwell pay to y? Said Spratt one Thousand pounds
of Tobaccoe v»^'^ Cost of Sute als Exe. from w<;^ order the sd Ashwell
hath apealed to the 5*^ Day of the nextgeni; Court, for v,'^^ Cause
the Court hath ordred that hee forthw*'^ putt in good Security to
Answere the sd apeale w^^ Such damages as by act of asembly in Such
Cases is pvided/"
"John workman The Succeeding Court Engaged for George Ashwell
above sd in open Court" "In the name of god amen I George
Ashall of the little Creek in Linhaven parish in the County of Lower
Norfolk being weake in body butt of a Sound and pfect memory
praised bee god, and knowing the uncertanty of this Life doe make
this my last will and testam! in Manner and forme following, to say
first and principally I Comend my Soule to almighty god my Creator
and Redeemer, and my body to the Earth from whence It was taken
to bee buried in decent and Christian manner, as to my Exequetrix
heereafter Shall Seeme good, and as touching my Worldly goods and
Estate as the lord in mercy hath lent mee my will and meaning is the
The Church in Lower Noreolk County. 31
County, by those sevrlly appoynted of ye Vestry, and yt the
prishoners within their sevrall presincts repayer to their sev''all
prish Churches uppon ye day appoynted "
" Ordered to be recorded the 24*'' of Maye 1655
Honored Sf
You are hereby intreated, and both by the Countie & thee
Co'"'' fully impowred to pvide A Minister of Gods word for us,
whereby o"" necessitie to you very well knowne maye be sup-
plied, for wch if you please to undertake for us, wee shall wth a
genall Consent very thanckfull to you, And doe hereby ingage
for o'^selves, and on the behalfe of the whole Countie to allowe
to the said Minister yeerely tenne thousand pounds of tob :
w'^'' wee Conceive wilbe A Competent allowance for A very able
godly & honest man. Whose abillities wee shall not in the
least distrust yo"" approbacon, soe wishing yo'" happy & psperous
Same Shall bee Imyloyed and bestowed as hereafter is Expressed and
I doe Revoake Renounce frustrate and make void all other wills by
mee formerley made, and doe declare apoint and ordayne this my
Last will and testam* I will and beequeath to my Sonne Richard
Ashall all and Singuler my plantan w'*^ all the apartenanees Com-
monly Called and knowne by the name of Wolves neck (vizt) all the
land Extending towards the broad Creek Incompased w^ti the dam
and the Whyte marsh to him his heyres Exeq^ Adms! and assignes
for Ever and also one good feather bead w^^ all thereto belonging,
Six pewter dishes one Iron pott one Iron pestle, one Candlestick, all
the Cattle marked w*.*i his mark, or that are Called his, also one young
mare to him his heyrs ExeqV and Admst^ for Ever, butt my will is
that all the Increase of the sd mare boath male and female untill my
Sonne George Ashall Comes to the age of Sixteene yeares be Equally
devided beetwene them. I will and beequeath to my Sonne George
Ashall when hee Cometh to the age of Sixteene years, all and Singular
that my plantation in the little Creek whereon now I live w*^ all the
apurtenances thereto belonging, also one negro man Called Lucas
w*^ all the Cattle Called his or that goeth in his name to him his
heyres Exequetors Adms^ and assignes for Ever, butt my will is that
my well beloved wife his mother mary ashall Enjoy the sd plantaon
w*^ the apurtenances and negro man during the tyme and tearme of
her life and that my sd "Wife Educate and bring up my sd Sonne
george untill hee Cometh to the age aforesd, and for his bettf Educa-
tion and mayntaynance I will and apoint thirty good tanned hides to
be layd out in the bringing him up to Schoole, butt if itt Should please
god to take my sd Wife out of this world beefore my sd Sonne attayne
the age aforesd that then my Sonne Richard his Brother take Care to
pforme the premisses. I will and beequeath to my daughter Eliz? the
32 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary
Voyage wee take leave, Comitt you to God & Remayne
Yo'' assured freinds
From Linhaven Co'* this John Sidney
24*^^ of Maye 1655 Tho : Lambert
Supscribed Fra : Emperor
To Captayne Tho : Willoughbye Tho Bridge
Esq'' theis Lemuell Mason
Jo° Porter Sen
Jo'^ Porter Jun "
Lower j At an Orphants Co''* held the 16*^ Daie of July
Norff t Anno Dm 1655
" In obedience to an Act of Assemblie Intituled an Act for
Regulacon of trade, and establishinge Posts & places for Mar-
wife of Tho: Renolds as much pewter as one hodg of good tobacore
will buy or purchase to her owne proper use and disposall for Ever.
I will and beequeath unto my daughter Mary Ashall one good feather
bead w*^^ all that belongs unto It, and as much pewter as one good
hods tobacore will buy or purchase w*^ all the Cattle Boath male and
female that are Called hers or that goeth in her name to her owne
proper use and beehoofe for Ever I will and beequeath to my
daughter Susanna one good feather bead w^^ all that beelongs unto It,
and as much pewter as one good hodg of tob will buy or purchase w^^
all the Cattle boath male and female that goeth in her name or that
are Called hers, to her owne proper use and behoofe for Ever My
will is that Notw'^'^standing I have willed my Sonne Richard the plan-
tation Called Wolves neck (hee beeingmy Eldest Sonne) shall have
his Choise of the two plantations w"^^ hee Liketh and to w*^*" of them
Wolves neck falls unto, the other shall have what timber hee shall
have occasion to make use of, Eyther for building or other use, for
Ever, from oft Wolves neck the other plantation being destitute of
timber, my will is also that If Eyther of my two Sonnes shall putt
their plantation to Sale the other brother Shall have the first Refusall
and 20001 of tob cheaper then another Will give for It. I will and
beequeath to my deere and Wellbeloved wife mary Ashall after my
debts and funerall Charges being first paid, all and Singular my
psonall Estate that is Left Moveable or Unmoveable to dispose of att
her owne Will and discretion Making ordayning and apointing her
my Sole Exequetrix of this my last will and testam* and my well
beloved friend M^ George fouler to be overseer of the same to See It
pformed In Wittnesse whereof I have heere to putt my hand and
Scale the first day of Sep* 1671
Signed Sealed and did in presence of George Ashall &
Tho: Bridge Seale
Edward x Bragger M^k
George x Stevens mark//
The Chuech in Lower Norfolk County. 33
ketts dated the 20**^ of March 1654. Wee the Com'"' nowe
prsent for and on the behalfe of the whole Countye doe noiate
& appoynte two sevall places Convenient for two Churches or
meeting places, and likewyse for two Marketts (Videlt) Uppon
the land or plantacon of Mr Wittm Shipp, on Elizabeth River
to be the place both for Church & Markett for Elizabeth River
parish two Myles in length Northward & Southward & noe
further, And upon the land o'' plantacon of Wittm JoM^on
being M®" Yardleys land scituate on Linhaven River to bethe
place both for Church & Markett for Linhaven parish two
myles in length Northward & Southward and noe further. And
doe noiate & appoynte in ev''ey weeke to be the
Markett daie./.
Nov 17^*^ 1656 probably recorded
" Copie of a letter sent to Mr Moore a minister in New
England —
S/^ after salute please to take notice, yt wee are
informed by Capt fran Emperor yt at his beeing at ye manna-
dus hee treated with you Concerning your coming ower heather
amongst us & yt you weare unwilling to Come at such uncer-
tainties, or without ye knowledge or good liking of those yt you
weare to Come amongst & further yt you weare pleased to pmise
him, not otherwise not to dispose of your selfe till you
"Know all men by these p^'sents that I Mary Ashall Wid? doe
hereby name apont and ordayne my Loveing Sonne in Law Jacob
Johnson my true and Lawfull atturney to petision in Cort to Cleare
her late husband being Security for the orphants of James Jackson
deed or to bee posessed of the Estate left by Simpsons wife for my
Security w<=^ Shall Seeme most Convenient to the Court and what my
Said att Shall doe or Cause to be done therein I doe hereby promise to
Retifie Confirme and allow as Witteste my hand the 16*'! of Feb 16 V-
wittneste geo: fouler Mala Thruston
Sige
Mary a Ashall
Probate of the will of her husband was granted Mary Ashall Feby
17th I67f, "Mr. George fouler and Mr tho Bridge securities. On the
2"^^ of June 1680, Wolves Neck plantation, Little Creek, the land on
which George Ashall had lived, was divided between James Peeters
and wife Eliz'*, Jacob Johnson and wife Mary and Simon Handcock
and wife Susan, the wives being the daughters of Ashall, only it was
stipulated that Johnson and wife were "to have one half of the
orchard during his and his wifes life.//
34 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
heard from him — therefore wee underwritten in y^ behalfe of
y® whole, gladly imbrasing such an opportunity do Engage our
selves y* upon your arrivall heere for y^ maintenance of yo"^
selfe & familly to allow unto you y® yearely quantity of
tob? & Come & also to pvide foryof p^'sent entertaineme! upon
arrivall & Convenient habitacon & Continuance amongst us to
the Content of yo'^ selfe & Credit of us upon whorae at our
Invitacon you have throwne yo'" selfe & for y® transportacon of
yoF selfe & familly wee have taken such & sufficient Course
Wth Capt : Rich : Whiting & to all ye p'^misses wee under-
written have subscribed "
19*^ Nov 1656 Lower Norfr : County is Dr
to the publique at James Town Lbs tobr
To the pson for repairing the Church 7395
Lt Col Tho Lambert collector for Eastern &
Southern branch & Dan Tanners Creek
To the Minister 3395
lbs tob
Court held 16'^ Feb 1656
" Major Lemuell Mason hath in open Court Undertaken in
the behalfe of y^ parishoners of Elizabeth River pish to receve
of lul Coll : Tho : Lambart Collector of y® Levies y® so of
thousand three hundred ninty & five pounds of tob° alotted
out the Levies for Ministers being Levied according to Act of
Assembly at fiffeteene pounds tob° p pole for ye sd use the sd
Major Mason Is to be accountable to y*^ parishoners for y^same.
It is therefore Ordered wl*^ y'^ Consent of y^ sd L* Colo' Lam-
bart Collector y^ hee make paym* of y^ sd 3395 lb tob° accord-
ingly On thursday Come Senight next being the six & twen-
teth Instant"
[lb be continued.']
GRACE SHERWOOD, THE VIRGINIA WITCH.^
May 2""^ 1706
" Whereas a former Compl* was brought ag* Grace Sherr-
^ This appeared in the William and Mary College Quarterly Histor-
ical Magazine for April, 1895. The note at the end is by the Editor of
the "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Lyon
G. Tyler, M. A.
Grace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch. 35
wood for Suspicion of Witchcraft w^*^ by y*' Atturny Gen''!'
Report to his Ex'^ in Councill was to Generall and not Charg-
ing her with Any perticular Act therefore repreSented to y"^
y*^ Princess Ann Court might if they thought fitt have her
examined Dettovo & y® Court Being of Oppinion y'^ there is
great Cause of Suspicion Doe therefore ord"" y*^ y'^ Sherr take y®
Said Grace into his Safe Costody untill She Shall give bond &
Security for her appearance to y® next Court to be examined
Denovo & y' y*^ Constable of y' p'' cinkt goe with y° Sherr &
Serch y^ Sd graces House & all Suspicious places Carfully
for all Images & Such like things as may any Way Strengthen
The Suspicion & it is likewise Ordered y* y® Sherr Som
an Able Jury of Women also all Evidences as Cann give in
anything ag' her in Evidence in behalf of our Soveraign Lady
y® Queen To Attend y® next Court Accordingly."
June 6*^ 1706
*' Whereas Grace Sherwood of y"" County have been Com-
plained of as pson Suspected of Witchcraft & now being
Brought before this Court in ord"" for examinacon y® Court
have therefore requested m'" Maxm" Boush to p^'sent Infor-
macon ag* her as Councill in behalf of our Soveraign Lady y®
Queen in order to her being brought to a regular Tryall "
" Whereas an Informacon in Behalf of her Maj*^ was pre-
sented by Luke Hill to y® Court in pursuance To m' Gen""''
Att^y' Tomson report on his ExcelP^ ord in Councill y^ 16**^
Aprill Last About Grace Sherwood being Suspected of Witch-
craft have thereupon Sworn Severall Evidences ag* her by w*^^
it Doth very likly appear "
June 7*^ 1706
" Whearas at y® Last Court as ord"" was past y* y® Sherr
should Sommons an able Jury of Women to Serch Grace Sher-
wood on Suspicion of witchcraft w*^*^ although y° Same was per-
formed by y® Sherr yet they refused And did not Appear it is
therefore ord"" y' y^ Same persons be againe Som*^ by y® Sherr
for their Contempt To be Dealt w*^ according to y^ uttmost
Severity of y*^ Law & y^ a new Jury of women be by
him Som"^ To appear next Court to Serch her on y^ aforesd
Suspicion & y*^ he likwise Som all evidences y* he Shall Be
36 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
informed of as materiall in y® Complaint & y* She continue in
y® Sherr Costody unless She give good bond And Security
for her Appearance at y® next Court & y* She be of y® Good
behaviour towards her Majestic & all her Leidge people in y®
mean time"
Princess )
Ann I
At a Court held y^ 5**^ July anno Pom 1706 p^sent
M"" Jn° Kichason, Cap*° Jn° Moseley Cap*° Henry Chapman
Cap*° W°^ Smyth, Justices Whereas for this Severall Courts y®
Business between luke hill & Grace Sherwood in Suspicion of
witch craft have Been for Severall things omitted perticularly
for want of a Jury to Serch her & y® Court being Doubtfull
That they Should not get one y® Court & being willing to have
all means possible tryed either to acquit her or to Give more
Strength to y® Suspicion y* She might be Dealt w*^ as De-
served therefore it was Ord'''^ y* y^ Day by her own Consent to
be tryed in y® water by Ducking but y^ weather being very
Rainy & Bad Soe y* possibly it might endanger her health it
is therefore ord'''^ y* y*^ Sherr request y^ Justices p''cisely to
Appear on wednessday next by tenn of y^ Clock at y® Court
house & y* he Secure y® body of y® Sd Grace till y' time to be
forth Coming y^ to be Def>lt w*^ as aforesd „
July 10*^ 1706
" Whearas Grace Sherwood being Suspected of witchcraft
have a long time waited for a fl&t uppertunity ffor a ffurther
Examinacon and by her Consent & approbacon of y^ Court it
is ord'" y* y^ Sherr take all Such Convenient assistance of
boate & men as Shall be by him thought ffit to meet at Jn
Harpers plantacon in ord'" to take y® Sd Grace forth with &
but her into above mans Debth and try her how She Swims
Therein alwayes having Care of her life to p'^serve her from
Drowning & as Soon as She Comes Out y' he request as many
Ansient & knowing women as possible he Cann to Serch her
Carefully ffor all teats spotts & marks about her body not
usuall in Others & y* as they ffind y^ Same to make report on
Oath To y'' truth thereof to y® Court & further it is ord'" y*
Som women be requested to Shift & Serch her before She goe
into y® water y* She Carry nothing about her to cause any
ffurther Suspicion „
Grace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch. 37
Notes.
(By the Editor.)
" As appears from the previous number " " a Jury of women
examined Grace Sherwood 7th March 170f, and found certain
indications of a witch upon her person." But the court did
not know what course to take upon this report, and so a stop
was put to the proceedings. Thereupon, Luke Hill brought
the matter before the Virginia council, and according to the
council books the following action was taken :
"At a council held at her Maj"^' Royall Capitol the 28th
day of March 1706:
" Luke Hill by his petition informing this Board that one
Grace Sherwood of Princess Anne County being suspected of
witchcraft upon his complaint to that county court that she
had bewitched y® petitioners wife, the court ordered a jury of
women to serch y^ said Grace Sherwood who upon search
brought in a verdict ag* y^ said Grace, but y court not know-
ing how to proceed to judgment thereon, the petitioner prays
that y® attorney Gen" may be directed to prosecute y® said
Grace for y^ same.
" Ord"^^ y* y s'* peticon be referred to M*" Attorney Gen" to
consider & report his opinion to his Excellcy and y® council
on y^ first day of y next Gen" court "
"April y 16*^ 1706
Present : His Excellency,
Edmund Jenings, Benj** Harrison, Philip Lud-
well, Jn° Lightfoot, Jn° Custis, Wm Bassett, Dud-
ley Digges, M"" Com' Blair Henry Duke W""
Churchill: Esq'"^
post meridiem: present as before except Philip Ludwell
Esq'' M"" Attorney Gen" haveing in persuance of an order
of this Board reported his opinion of Luke Hill against
Grace Sherwood as being suspected of witchcraft in y fol-
lowing words to wit : viz Upon perusal of y® above order
of this hon*^^^ Board I doe cenceive & am of the opinion that y^
charge or accusation is too general that the county court ought
to make a further Examinacon of the matters of fact & to have
proceeded therein pursuant to the directions & powers of
38 LowEK Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Couniy Courts given by a late act of Assembly in criminal
cases made & provided & if they thought there was sufficient
cause to have (according to that Law) committed her to y Gen"
prison of this Colony whereby it would have come regularly
before the Gen" Court and whereupon I should have prepared
a bill for y® Grand jury & if they had found it I should have
prosecuted it. I therefore with humble submission offer &
conceive it proper that y s'' County Court do make a further
Enquiry into the matter, and if they are of opinion there be cause
they act according to the above said Law and I shall be ready
to present a Bill and if found proceed thereon
Ordered that a copy of y said Report be sent to y court of
Princess Anne County for their direction in y® premises."
The council book has never been quoted in connection with
this subject before, and it shows that the published account of
the opinion of the Attorney General, Stephens Thompson, in
the calendar of State Papers (vol. 1, p. 100) is defective in
omitting the words in Italics. After this order, referring the
whole subject back to the County Court, the proceedings re-
ported in the text took place.
[To be continued.']
PRICE OF POULTRY, 1773 & 1774.
M' W° Cornick to Joel Cornick P Dr
1773
Nov^ V To 4 Gees @ IS" 1 Turky Cock 3/6
To 2 Hogs sv\ QQ lb @ 2"
1774 To 3 p Turkys @ 4/6
April 27^^ To 23^ Bushels Peas @ 3/6
Octo^ 19^^ To 2 Dozn Ducks @ 1/
1775
Jan^ 23^*^ To 1 p Shoes p Self
1773 Ditto C\
Nov"- 1^* By 41 Gallons Wine (^ 6/ £1. 7 5. 1.3
April 27 By 6 lb Coffey @ 1 6
By 20 Yd^ Hemp Roled @ 71'^ 12 6
£2. 5. 6
March 31'* 1775 Rec"*. the Ballance of the Above Acc^
Joel Cornick Jun^.
9.
6
11
13.
6
4.
2.
3.
1.
4
6
6
£7.
6.
9
2.
5.
6
Marriages Performed, P. A. County. 39
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REY CHARLES
HENLEY^ P. A. COUNTY
(Continued from page 107, Vol 2^^)
1808
Aug 11 Henry Cavender and Mrs Sarah Wilbern
1813
Henry Robinson and Polly Capps
Henry Cornick and Mrs Rebecca Allen
Joshua Robinson and Mary Ward
William Flanagan and Miss Rebecca Salmons
William Dyer and Mrs Elizabeth Banks
John Biddle and Mrs Peggy Petty
1814
Francis Ackiss and Amy Robinson
Joshua Barnes and Catharine Nottingham
Charles H Williams and Sarah Lovett
Cornelous Dyce and Mrs Polly Brown
John Overman and Mary Buskey
Simon Land and Nelly Smith
Josiah Stevens and Mrs Mary Wilkins
James Capps and Mrs Sally Trower
Jeremiah Woodhouse and Polly Doudge
Moses Brown and Kezia Hill
Thomas Cornick and Francis Land
1815
Jany 5 Nathan Whitehurst and Betsey Kinsey
" " David Dawley and Sarah Petty
Feb 9 Alexander A Martin and Mrs Pemmy Weston^
" 17 John Capps and Mrs Mary Moses
April 13 William Stone and Elizabeth Ansil
" 29 William Tyree and Mrs Mary Cornick
May 18 William Simmons and Amey Moore
June 1 Henry Petty and Mary Walker
" 17 John M'^donald and Mrs Frankey Brock
' Charles Henley Sener
"Daughter of Major Jonathan Woodhouse
Jan
8
Feb
18
Apri'
10
Oct
14
Dec
18
i(
24
Jan
14
(C
22
u
29
May
12
K
19
Oct
3
Aug
24
Nov
18
Dec
8
u
1
((
29
40 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
June 24 Henry Woodhouse^ and Sarah Forest
" 29 David Malbone and Frances Moore
" " Richard Raney and Amey Bonney
Aug 24 James Moore and Amey Capps
" 26 James Henley and Mrs Elizabeth Woodhouse^
Sept 7 Edward Brown and Polly Casteen
" 12 Mitchell Doudge and Amey Doudge
[ Jb be continued.']
ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK COUNTY
MARRIAGE BONDS
1706
Oct 5*^ John Browne with Elizabeth Ivy^
John Ferebee John Browne
James Wilson Edw*^ Browne, mark
1711
June George Burgis and Mary Butt^
Lem Wilson Geo : Burgis
Tho : Butt Richard Butt, Sen'
1712
Sept 22°^^ Charles AVood with Mary Catherine
Hugh Danill, mark
Tho' Butt C. Cur. Charles Wood, mark
1713
April 28^^ Walter Bayly with Mary Etheredge
Walter Bayly
Lem Wilson W" Dale
^He afterwards added his mother's maiden name, Barnes, to his for
a middle name.
^Was the daughter of John VVoodhouse and widow of Captain
Thomas Woodhouse.
* Daughter of Mary Ludgall ' Singlewoman
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds 41
1715
June IS*'' Richard Butt with Dina Butt
Richard Butt
Tho^ Butt Robert Butt
W^ Butt
Tho^ Butt
1717
July 3P* James^ Egerton with Milium Tatem*
James Egerton
Ran'^ Egerton James Gumming
Moses Kidwood
1722
May 30*^ W^ Bell with Ellener Corprew
W^ Bell
Solo Wilson Solo : Wilson
Talitha Wilson
Oct 3"^ Nehemiah Jones with Edith Butt
Nehe Jones
Solo Wilson Robaut Butt
Lem^ Thelaball
1723
May IQ*'' Rehodolphus Malbone with Mary Richardson
Reod Malbone
Solo Wilson Peter Malbone
John Fergison, mark
Nov e**" Jacob Walker with Mrs Courtney Tucker^
Jac Walker
Paul Portlock Jn° : Tucker
Solo Wilson
Nov 7*'' Robt Jackson with Eliza Brett
Ro
John Brett Solo Wilso
Paul Portlock
3 " Of the Province of Maryland "
* " Maiden of Norfolk Co, daughter of Elizabeth Tatem"
^ A single person
42 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
ffeby 22°*^ Thomas Nelson with Mrs Frances Tucker
Tho^ Nelson
Jn° : Tucker Jn° : Tucker
Solo Wilson
1724
July 20*^ James Wilson Sen with Grace Phillips
Solo Wilson James Wilson
Willis Wilson Willis Wilson
July 28^*^ John Ashley*' with Eliz^ Godfrey'
John Ashley
John Wishard John Wishard
Charles Portlock
Aug 13*'' Stephen Wright with Kathrine^
Antho Walke Stephen Wright
John Smith Solo Wilson
Aug IS**" John Ellegood with Abigail Mason
Solo Wilson John Ellegood
Talitha Wilson Solo Wilson
1725
Aug 20*^ James Wilson with Dinah Nickason
John Smith James Wilson
Willis Wilson Jur Solo Wilson
\_To be continued.']
^Of Princess Anne County "Of Norfolk County
® Can't make out the name of the lady
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County Vir^fina
^ntiquarj/
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Cdtoard 2C/. yamos
CONTENTS, NO. 3, PART Z
Marriages Performed by Rev. George Norris . . 40
" My Mother," \ ...'.'.'.''' A
The Church in Lower Norfolk County, ...*.* ,' .' ' ' ' ." [ ' ' 50
Grace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch, .'.*.*.' 59
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1800, ......'' 57
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860, ..'...'.*.".*," .' .' .' 62
Land and Slave Owners, Princess Anne County, 1775, . , . qq
Marr iages Performed by Rev. Charles Henley, Sen' P A Countv' 71
Receipt for the Sale of a Slave, -3
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds, . . ' .* 74
" Linhaven " Parish, 1704 80
CONTENTS, NO. 3, PART U
Introduction,
Land and Slave Owners, Princefjs Anne County, 1775, ....,".* "i
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1799, ,'. ........ g
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860, ■.'.......... 12
Princess Anne County Marriages, . ... ' iq
" My Mother," '.'.'.. 24
The Church in Lower Norfolk County, 29
Grace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch, • • • -
Price of Poultry, 1773, 1774, .'....'. 33
Marriages Performed by Rev. Charles Henley, ........ 39
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds . 40
111
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No. 3, Part 2.
THE
Antiquary,
EDITED BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Friedenwald Co., Printers.
Copyrighted
BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES,
1900.
' I
THE
I LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
VIRGINL^ ANTIQUARY.
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REV. GEORGE
NORRIS.^
1810
Nov 24 Isaac Duncan & Elizabeth Oliver
1811
Jany 14 Smith Stiron & Mrs. Anna May
Feb 28 Tully Whitehurst & Miss Sarah Campbill
" 28 William Godfrey & Miss Martha Edmons
1812
Richard Dunton & Ann Bright Smith
George Meclanan and Miss Margaret Brinson
Francis D Blandford and Miss Sarah M'Coy
John L Pebworth and Miss Mary Banks
1813
James Meclanen and Mrs Amey Robinson
Reuben Wiles and Mrs Chima All
John Shipp and Mrs Elizabeth Knight
Caleb Godfrey and Mrs Betsey Williamson
John P Biddle and Mrs Nancy Corprew
Charles Norris and Miss Margaret Smith
1814
James Buskey and Miss Molly Smith
Nathan Wilbern and Miss Sally Shurley
George M'Clenehan and Miss Sarah Knight
1815
Hillary Ship & Miss Francis Land
James Pebworth and Miss Penelope Cason
' Baptist Minister, P. A. County.
Mar 28
June
4
Sept
17
Dec 25
Jany
23
Feb
5
July
24
Oct 31
Nov 11
Dec
2
April
4
May
23
a
29
Jany
12
((
17
44 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
William Etheridge & Miss Mary Pebworth
Thomas Wilkins & Miss Nance Pebworth
Joseph Williamson & Miss Patsy Whitehurst
Bartlett McClenahan & Mrs Elizabeth Griffin
^Batson Bland and Mrs Elizabeth Keeling
John Keeling and Miss Ann Dudley
Caleb Scott & Mrs Frankey Cavender
Jonathan Berry and Miss Molly Williams
John Moseley and Miss Mary Whitehurst
Abner Malborn and Miss Amey Moore
Whittleton Cox and Miss Elizabeth Smith
Azel Benthall and Mrs Mary Buskey
John Moore and Miss Francis Robinson
Charles Williamson and Miss Elizabeth Williamson
James Woodhouse and Miss Nancy Stevins
Amos Brown and Miss Martha Whitehurst
Thomas Morris & Miss Elizabeth sherwood
1816
Francis U Gaskins & Miss Peggy Burgess
Nehemiah Whitehurst and Miss Annas E Williamson
John Brinson and Miss Fanny Godfrey
William Newman & Miss Molly Murden
David Sherley & Miss Franky Mcabe
Henry Buskey & Miss Rachael Stiron
Jeremiah Woodhouse & Miss Nancy Shipp
James Nelson and Miss Fanny Benthall
Josiah Stephens and Mrs Lovey Langley
Erasmus Smith and Miss Elizabeth Whitehurst
1817
Mathew Pallett Jun and Miss Nancy Bishop
James Petree and Miss Betsey Griggs
Daniel Lovett and Miss Elizabeth Murden
George Whitehurst & Mrs Nancy Whitehurst
1818
James Scarf and Miss Fanny Collins
William Land and Miss Nancy Land
William Griggs and Miss Elizabeth Shipp
Horatio Land and Miss Nancy Land
Feb 21
((
25
Mar
9
u
25
April
[ 6
May
13
June 15
u
15
((
22
July
6
Aug
24
Sept
23
Nov
13
«
16
((
19
Dec 21
a
23
Jany
27
Feb 15
((
28
Mar
9
April
13
<c
20
July
2
Aug
16
(I
22
Sept
18
Feb
6
Mar
8
11
11
Dec 18
Jany
17
Feb 10
t(
18
Mar 24
' Marriage bond shows that the name was Batson B. Land.
April
9
u
30
May
14
June
5
Sept
17
Nov 15
a
26
u
28
Oct 22
Dec 31
Jany
7
((
20
u
29
Feb 16
Mar
6
((
6
a
9
July
29
Nov
4
Jany
20
Feb 23
Mar
8
(C
22
April
20
May
20
June
8
(C
17
t(
17
July
29
Sept
7
Oct
2
Nov
6
((
24
Dec 16
(C
21
l(
28
Marriages Performed by Rev. George Norris. 45
Calvin Hurd and Mrs Margaret Stone
James Whitehurst & Nancy White
James W. Brown & Miss Polly Griggs
William Wicker and Mrs Rebecca Absolam
Arthur Godfrey and Nancy Williamson
Joshua James Jr and Mary Etheredge
Robert Williamson and Sally Williamson
John Kellum and Mrs Nancy Hudgins
Ralph Dixon and Mrs Nancy Johnson
Anthony Hudgen & Molly Whitehurst.
1819
Francis Barnes & Mary Buskey
John Seaton & Frances Whitehurst
Thomas Flemming & Patsey Williamson
Richard Whitehurst & Annis Edmonds
Robinson Williamson & Betsey Bruce
Richard Pebworth & Miss Susan B Norriss
Kader Cason & Miss Sally West
John Griffin and Miss Peggy Stone
Richard Davis and Miss Jacamone Stone
1820
Reuben Land and Miss Pemmy Land
John Fentress and Miss Betsey Overman
Dennis Land and Miss Nancy Berry
Ezekiel Davis and Miss Elizabeth Veale
Willis Wicker and Miss Matilda Burns.
Charles Whitehurst and Miss Isabella Bruce
William Otley and Miss Frances Wilson
Archelaus Rutter and Miss Sally Cason
Edward Diggs and Miss Elizabeth Cason
George Scott and Miss Mary Norriss
Thomas May and Miss Betsey Brown
Ivy Herick and Miss Margaret Smith
John B Whitehurst and Miss Lydia Petty
George A Brown and Mrs Margaret Woodhouse
John Woodhouse and Miss Nancy May
John Wilson and Miss Mary Wilbur
Bennett Land and Miss Sarah S Gaskings.
4P) Lower Nobfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
1821
Jany 6 James Burgess and Miss PoUey M*^Coll
" 13 Arthur Harvey and Miss Elizabeth Fentress
" 16 Thomas Henley and Miss Eliza L Land
Feb 15 William Bonney and Miss Anna Lamount
" 15 Henry Ca vender and Miss Frances Whitehurst
" 26 Jacob Williamson and Miss Frances Edmonds
Mar 10 Thomas Spratt and Miss Sarah Wilkins
April 20 Charles Dennett & Miss Ancel Lovett
June 21 Johnson Fentress and Miss Martha Land
[To he Continued.l
MY MOTHER.^
(Continued from page 29.)
I went up, accordingly, and was highly gratified with my
visit. My aunt, especially, engaged my attention. She was a
small woman, but of a neat straight figure and of a high spirit,
as you may judge from what I shall tell you. I happened one
day to say, in course of conversation, that I was so heartily
tired of this war, that, I believed I would consent to have peace
on any terms. " What " ! said my aunt, indignant at my poor
' Mrs. Read was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard between the
graves of her husbands. "In Memory of Cap' James Maxwell Who
was born in Northumberland, England, But became a resident of this
Borough in the year 1767, and afterward the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia. In the Revolutionary War as Superintendent of her Navy
Yard, Commissioner of her Navy and Captain of an armed ship in her
service," " Died on the 4"" day of October, 1795, in the 62^ year of his
age." " In Memory of Doct. John K. Read, Who was born in Phila-
delphia and came to reside in this Borough about the year 1796, Where
he practised physic with distinguishd reputation Served the Corpora-
tion as Alderman & Mayor with uncommon ability Died the 10"'
day of February, 1805, In the 59"" year of his age." In Memory of
M" Helen Read, Wife of Cap' James Maxwell by her first marriage,
and of Doc. John K. Read by her second. Who was born in this
Borough on the 20"" of June, 1750, and after passing through many
trying Scenes in the Revolutionary War, lived to a good old age, fell
asleep in Christ on the 31«' of March, A. D., 1833, in the 83'* year of
her age. Dr. Read was a widower at the time of his marriage to Mrs.
Maxwell. He was married to his former wife, Frances Payne, widow
of Jesse Payne, in March 1773, in Goochland County.
My Mothee. 47
tame-spirited speech, and gathering herself up so as not to
lose a single inch of her height : " What do you say, Nelly " ?
Recall those words this instant. No ! peace on our own terms,
or, war forever " ! And, by the bye, she had a daughter,
almost as good stuflfas herself. This Mrs. Linen, who during
the siege of Charleston, had retired for safety with the rest of
the ladies on board of a ship in the harbour ; leaving her hus-
band with the rest of the men to man the works, but aware of
his passion for her, or suspecting his courage perhaps, she told
him that if he left his post to visit her, she would never see his
face again. Still he could not refrain, but actually went off
swimming to the vessel in which she was, to get an interview
with her ; but she was true to her word, and positively refused
to let him come on board, and he had to swim back again for
his pains. I think I understood that he shot or otherwise
killed himself in despair. This same lady, they say, was once
accosted by the famous Col. Tarleton with "Well, Madam, I
expect to see Col. Washington or some others of your friends,
very shortly, and what shall I say to them for you ? " " My
compliments to them, Sir, if you please," said she, "and tell
them, I beg them not to believe one half of anything that Col.
Tarleton says to them." This to so fierce an officer, who
made everybody tremble far and near. She was some years
afterwards here on a visit, where she was much admired for
her allegiance and spirit, and my poor brother Jonathan fell
desperately in love with her, but my mother would not hear
of a match between them because they were cousins, and they
parted as they met, and she went back to Charleston. But to
return to my aunt Blake — the good lady did not live to see the
glorious peace which she was determined to have on her own
terms or none, but died in that very journey on her way to
Charleston, and some distance from it on the road, and, I
believe, of a fever contracted on the way. I could tell you a
good deal about her descendants — her son John Blake, the
President of the Bank, Mrs. Purcell, who you remember paid
us a visit some time ago, and some others, but I must not
branch out too much. Whilst I resided in New Kent, I got
acquainted with a worthy gentleman of that county, who lived
about a mile off — a Col. Bat Dandridge, the brother of Lady
48 LowEK Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Washington — and who had a fine woman for his wife. The
Col. came over to see me one day, and told me he had a great
favor to ask of me, so great that he was almost afraid to name
it, but I begging him to tell me what it was, assured him that
if it was anything in reason, I could not refuse him. " Why,
ma'am," said he, " it is that you will take a young lady who
is a ward of mine, and has a little fortune, to board with you,
for I am anxious to have her well brought up, and I am sure
that you will treat her as you do your daughters ; you can
make a fine woman of her." I thanked the Col. for his com-
pliment, of course, though I felt very unwilling to take this
new trouble upon myself, but, for my word's sake, and to
oblige so worthy a man, I consented to take his ward, and he
went away overjoyed. The young lady, however, very kindly
undertook to relieve me from my expected burden, by running
off with a young man, and getting married to him, for which I
was not very sorry in my heart. Not long afterwards, Mrs.
Dandridge came over also to see me on a more pleasing busi-
ness, for her object was to invite me to come and spend a day
with Lady Washington, who had come down to pass some days
at her house, in the hopes of seeing her husband, the General,
who was expected to pass by on his way to Yorktown. " So,
you must all come over," said she, " and spend the day with
us, and you must be sure and bring your little daughter Nelly
with you, for my sister you must know, has a grand-daughter
with her (Miss Custis) whom she thinks a nonsuch, and I want
to let her see that there is one in our own county that is more
than a match for her, (for Nelly had just returned from board-
ing school at Williamsburg, with all Miss Hallams airs and
graces and was, though I say it, a charming child indeed).
"And perhaps, also," said Mrs. D., "we may treat you to a
sight of the General himself." These were great inducements,
and I promised her a course, to accept her invitation. The
next day, however, I was unfortunately sick, and unable to go
myself, but I sent my little daughter over, and Mrs. D. told
me afterwards, that Lady Washington had confessed that my
little Nelly would bear the bell from any girl she had ever
seen, not excepting her own darling and pet, which, you may
suppose was a great joy to my heart. A few days after this,
My Mother. 49
having recovered from my indisposition I resolved to go over
myself to see my kind neighbor, and her guest, and perhaps
the hero into the bargain. So we set oif, Mr. M. and I, on
foot, as the distance was short, and I was a good walker, and
we took my brother Savage with us, who had on his coat with
silver buttons, and moreover, under his arm, a game cock,
which he was very anxious to shew to the Col's, boys Julius
and Bat, who were about his own age. When we got over to
the house, however, we were all greatly mortified to find that
the General had gone down to York by another road without
calling to see his wife, being more anxious just then to see the
British army ; and she had, thereupon, returned home. Still
we continued to spend a pleasant day with our good friends,
and to make up for our disappointment, after we had taken our
leave of them, and just as we had got through the great gate
into the high road, what should we see but — not the old
General, indeed — but the young Marquis La Fayette at the
head of a large troop of horse — the finest sight I ever saw.
The Marquis was then a fine looking young man, — he could
hardly have been more than twenty — with a ruddy face and
light sandy hair, and rode on an elegant horse. He was
delighted to see Mr. M. and stopped to shake hands with him,
and ask him a thousand questions. All the other officers, too,
did the same, for they all knew Mr. M. and was glad to meet
him here. They were on their way to York — in fine spirits.
All this time, the cock which Savage had under his arm (though
he tried to keep him under his coat) kept crowing out at a
merry rate, which, you know, the troop might take as a good
omen, and especially the Marquis, as the cock was an emblem
of his own country too. Sometime after the surrender of Lord
Cornwallis at York, we moved down to Norfolk, but as the
town was not yet rebuilt, and it was impossible to get a house
in it, we accepted the invitation of Mr. Plume who had a small
house at Pattenween, near Fort Norfolk, to take a part of it,
until we could obtain one of our own. Here I had my son
William (1784). In the meantime Mr. M. had bought a part
of the confiscated estate of Neil Jameison, a Scotch tory, who
had gone oif with Lord Dunmore, and began to build a wharf
with two or three warehouses on it, and also a dwelling house
50 LOWEE ]!^OKFOLK CoUNTY VIRGINIA AnTIQUARY.
in little Water Street, at the head of it. He had become
owner, also, of two or three Hampton Boats, and become
jointly concerned in the Ferry with Capt. Hunter of that town.
He was thus making money rapidly. About this time Mr.
Plume, who was in partnership with one Newton in the rope-
walk which they had established where it now stands, made an
overture to Mr. Maxwell to go out to the West Indies to col-
lect debts owing to them there, and Mr. M., who was also
desirous of collecting those which M^ere due to the late firm of
Marsden, Maxwell & Co., consented to go, provided they would
build him a ship for the purpose. This they did, and he super-
intended the building of her in Scott's neck, near Fort Nelson,
and afterwards sailed away in her, leaving me, with my two
small boys. Max and James, to manage the wharfs and boats,
and look after the carpenters who were building our dwelling
house. Accordingly Mr. Plume and I used to go over to Nor-
folk every morning in a canoe, I often with William in my
arms, and look after our different engagements and return in
the evening. When Mr. M. returned from his voyage, we
went into our new house.
[^Oonduded.^
THE CHURCH IN LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
(Continued from page 34.)
Att A Court held the 15th June A*' 1657
At M' Edmunds
Present L* Coll Tho Lambert
mrs
Major Lemuell Mason M'^ Thomas Daines 1 p
W Jn° porter senior M"" Robart powis /
M'' Jn** porter Junior 1 ,
_ ^ > prsent
M" Edmund Bowman j ^
Capt ffran Emperor M'" William Daines prsent
" Upon y^ peticon of M"" Robart powis Gent Attur of M""
Mallary Minister It is ordered that Tho: Bennett shall pay
unto y® s*^ Powis or his assignes upon y® 13**^ Octob next the s°
of fower hundred pounds of tob'' & Caske being dew by bill w***
forbearance & Court Charges Als exec "
The Church in Lower Norfolk County. 51
16'^ June 1657 " It is ordered that M"" Simon Overzee shall
pay or Cause to bee payd unto y'' parishoners of Lynhaven
parish A parcell of plate dew to them by an Obligacon
together w*'^ Court Charges All exec "
20**^ Oct 1657 " It is ordered y* Capt: fran: Emperor, who
was Collector of y'^ Levies the last yeare for lynhaven & Little
Creeke, who was to Collect for y^ provision of a Minister out
of these Limitts y® s° of fower thousand pounds of tob° shall
pay y*^ s^ 4000 lb tob°— unto M' Jn° Martin & Capt Richard
foster for y^ use of y® s*^ pish & they to bee accountable to y^
p^'shoners — Als exs "
Lower norfo : Att a Court held the : 17**^ January 1658
psent Colo Jn° Sidney Capt fra Emperor Capt
Rich foster Lt Colo Lambert M'' Jn° I Qomrs
porter sen*" L* Tho Keeling Major Mason j
M' Jn° Porter Ju'^
Wheareas Symon Barrowes hath peticoned to y® Court for
one thousand pounds of tob° & Caske being dew to him for
halfe a yeares dieting of M"" Geo alford Minister & M"" Jn°
Martin being formerly possest of a Certaine s° of tob belonging
to y® pish of Lynhaven It is therefore ordered y* L* Tho:
Keeling shall w'Hn 20 dayes Calle y^^ s<^ M' Martin to ace"
how that tob° is disposed of & what tobaccoes shall bee found
resting in his hands shal bee disposed of towards paym* of the
s^ 1000 Id tob° & Caske to y"^ s*^ M' Barrowes in full if it will
amount unto it, being tobaccoes designed for y* purpose by act
of assembly "
17^^ Oct 1659 "^Y'^ Langley, Jasper Hoskinson, Abra
Elliot & Edw: Wilder are by y^ Court requested to meete y®
first day of y*^ next month & view y® frame & other works
done by Jn° W"® towards y® building of a Church in Daniell
Tanners Creeke & to give in theire report to y® next Court "
Lower norfl Att a Court held y^ 15*^ Decemb A° 1659
Att Savill Gaskins
psent Coll Jn° Sidney
L* Colo Tho Lambert M"" John porter Ju'
Cap' ifran Emperor Capt Richard fibster
M"" Edmund Bowman L' Thomas Keelings
52
Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
^ " Wheareas M^ The: Edmunds was formerly promisd by y«
pishoners of Elizabeth River one thousand pounds of tob° for
r use of his house, M^ Wallison teaching in it & sence y« Court
have confirmed y- s^ promise and allotted him it out of y«
fines as by order of Court doth appeare, w<=^ hath not beene
pformed accordingly, now upon y« peticon of y« s-^ Edmunds
MMames the la balle, Church warden is heareby authorized to
Collect as mutch tob° or other goods of y« Collector of the 15'^
ppole (being allotted by y'^ assembly for y^ use) as shall sattisfie
y^ s'l s^ & in Case of non paym* of y« Collector or those y*
are in arreares to distraine, together w*^ Court Charges Als
execucon ag^* y« s' the la balle in case of neclect w'Hn six
weekes "
[To be Continued.']
GRACE SHERWOOD THE VIRGINIA WITCH.
(Continued from page 38.)
"Wheras^ on Complaint of Luke hill in behalf of her
Majesty y^ now is ag* Grace Sherwood for a p^son Suspected
'This appeared in the William and Mary College Quarterly Histor
ica Magazine for July, 1895, and this note is by its editor, Lyon G
Tyler, LL.D.-"The date of this order is 10th July, 1706, the same
day as the last order in the previous number. The Court it is
presumed, adjourned to witness the ceremony at what is still known
as the witches duck, near William Harper's plantation. The cere-
mony seemed to the Justices to justify Grace Sherwood's imprison-
ment till a future trial ; but as the record is entirely silent respecting
any future procedure, she must have been released, but how long
after It cannot be said. The history of witchcraft in Virginia would
not be complete without some reference to several cases which went
up to the general Court. In the Robinson Transcripts are the following
entries : °
"December, 1657.-Barbary Winbrough arraigned for a witch but
acquitted. Who should pay the witnesses referred to assemblv
January 12, 1658.-Capt. Barrett had to appear at the admiralty
court to answer the putting to death of Kate Grady as a witch at sea
October 16, 1668.-Alice Stephens accused as a witch, but not
cleared.
November 24, 1668.-Judgment for calling a woman and her chil-
dren witches. Pardon craved."
Grace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch. 53
of witchcraft'^ & having had Sunday Evidences Sworne ag*
her proving Many Cercumstances To which She could not
make any excuse or Little or nothing to Say in her own Behalf
only Seemed to Rely on w* y^ Court should Doe & thereupon
Consented to be tryed in y*' water ^ & Likwise To be Serched
againe w^^ expereants being tryed & She Swming w° therein
& bound Contrary To Custom & y^ Judg* of all y^ Spectators
& afterwards being Serched by ffive antient weomen who have
All Declared on Oath y* She is not like y"' nor noe Other
woman y*^ they knew of having two Things like titts ^ on her
private parts of a Black Coller being Blacker y° y^ Rest of her
Body all w*''' Cercumstance y^ Court weighing in their consid-
eracon Doe therefore ord"" y* y^ Sherr take y^ Sd Grace Into
his Costody & to Commit her body to y^ Common Goal * of
"^ " Witchcraft, the practice of witches," a supernatural power which
it was thought in old times people could acquire by making compacts
with Satan. The witch, almost always an old woman, sold herself,
soul and body, and he conferred on her the power to turn herself into
a cat or hare, and to ride through the air on a broomstick, and torture
or otherwise punish her enemies. Satan was represented in proxy
by a man in black. After the bargain has been completed, she re-
ceives a piece of money of him, and writes with her own blood- on a
piece of parchment, her name and makes her mark, and sometimes
would put "one hand to the sole of her foot and the other to the
crown of her head." The devil then gave her " an imp or familiar
spirit to be ready at call, and to do whatever it was directed."
3 When a woman suspected of witchcraft was subjected to trial by
water she " was stripped naked and cross bound, the right thumb to
the left toe, and the left thumb to the right toe," and cast into a river
or some other deep water, where it was believed she would not sink
if guilty.
" The special mark of a witch was a third pap or teat on some part
of her body." In a discourse written by John Bell, minister of the
gospel at Gladeemuir, 1705, is written : "This mark is sometimes like
a little Teate ; sometimes like a blewish spot ; and I myself have
seen it in the body of a confessing Witch like a little powder mark
of a blea colour, somewhat hard, and withal insensible, so as it did
not bleed when I pricked it."
* The last trial for witchcraft in England was that of Jane Wenham,
who was convicted at Hertford in 1712, but was not executed. " The
last execution in Scotland took place in 1722, after conviction before
the sheriff of Sutherland," and the last one in Europe at Posen, Ger-
many, in 1793. In the North American colonies in New England in
1692. Before the year 1700 only a few very bold and courageous men
54 LowEK Norfolk County Vieginia Antiquary.
this County theirto Secure her by irons or other Wise thereto
Remaine till Such time as he Shall be otherwise Directed in
ord"" for her coming to y® Common Goale of y^ County to bee
brought to a ffuture Tryall there "
Sept 1^* 1708
" Judgm* Confest by Grace Sherrwood for paym* of 600 11
tob° to Christo"^ Cocke Due by an accomp & ord"^ that the Deft
pay y^ Same to y^ pi. with Cost alis 'Ex°:
Princess r At a Court held y'^ 17**^ B^"" 1708 according to ap-
Anne \ pointm* ffor laying y^ County Leavy I
f Maj^ Henry Spratt Cap*° Henry Chapman,
p'^sent^ Cap'^ Jn° Moseley M"^ Jno Cornick — Cap" George
I Handcock Justices
Princess Anne County is Debtor ^
To M"" Maxm" Boush^ for beeing Queens >
Atfy agt Sherrwood J
(Tobacco) 500
Princess Anne County Virginia ; In the name of Almighty
God Amen, The last will and Testament of Grace Sherwood
&c
dared to speak against the existence of witchcraft. In 1768 John
Wesley wrote : "The English in general, and indeed most of the men of
learning in Europe, have given up all accounts of witches 'as mere
old wives' fables.' I am sorry for it, and I willingly take this oppor-
tunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment
which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe
it." By a resolution passed in 1773, the divines of the Associated
Presbytery declared their belief in witchcraft, and in 1785 a body of
seceders from the Scotch Kirk confessed "that the penal statutes
against witches have been repealed by Parliament contrary to the
express law of God. (Exod. xxii, 18.)"
^ Maximillian Boush was in Virginia in 1699. "These are to desire
yo M'' Maximillian Boush on her maj^ies behalfe to appeare and pre-
sente on y^ behalfe of o^ Sov'aigne Lady Queen Ann all & every
Such Suit or Suits for any Matter or cause needfull or necessary in y«
County Courts of princess Ann norf olke or Nansemond w^*' shall at any
time hereafter be brought for & on y'' behalfe of o'" S<^ Lady y<= Queen
afors*^ : and for yo"" soe doing this Shall be yo'' warrant given und""
my hand y^ 26 day of octob"" Anno Dom: 1708
S. Thomson AG"
Gkace Sherwood, the Virginia Witch. 55
Imprs. I give & bequeath unto my son John Sherwood
my plantacon whereon I now live containing one hundred &
fourty four acres ^ of land to him & his heires lawfully begoten
for ever to have & to hold forever, likewise I give unto my
Son Jn° Sherwood at my decease all my personall Estate move-
able and immoveable what is in my house or what is without
everything whatsoever everything that is mine, I give &
""Anne &*^ To all &^ Whereas by one Inquisition Indented taken
in the County of Princess Anne in the Second year of our Reien by
virtue of a warrant directed to William Randolph Gent then our Es-
cheator for the said County of Princess Anne It appears that one
hundred & Forty Five acres of land lying & being in the S<^ County of
Princess Anne doth Escheat to us from John White late of the same
County dec^ And whereas Grace Sherwood hath made humble Suit
to our L' Govern!" of our &<* Colony & Dominion for & hath obtained
a Grant of the Same land. Therefore Know ye that for divers good
Causes & Considerations as thereunto moving but more especially for
& in consideration of the sum of two pounds of Tobacco for Every
acre of the said land for our use already paid by the S^ Grace Sher-
wood to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our S'l Colony
& Dominion of Virginia. We have Given Granted and Confirmed &
by these p'^sents for us our heirs and Successes we do Give Grant unto
the said Grace Sherwood and to her heirs & assigns for ever all &
every part and parcel of the s^ one hundred and fourty five acres
of land lying and being at a place called and known by the name of
Muddy Creek a branch of Corotuck Bay in the parish of Lyhaven in the
B*^ County of Princess Anne and bounded as followeth to Wit: begin-
ning at a pine standing at the head of a Small Creek or Cove issuing
out of the s'i Muddy Creek and running thence bounding on a line
of markt trees divides this land and the land of James Sherard South
Easterly, 13 degrees fifty five pole to a hickory in the old line, thence
bounding on the old line of markt trees South Westerly Sixty nine
degrees ninety four pole to a corner pine, thence bounding on the old
line of marked trees north westerly fifty six degrees Sixty two pole
to an old corner gum standing by the side of a Poquoson dividing this
land and the land now in the possession of John Dawley, thence
running down the East side of s^^ run poquoson and marsh to muddy
Creek, thence running down the s'^ Creek the several courses thereof
and bounding thereon to the mouth of a small Creek dividing this land
and the land of Edward Canon, thence bounding up the west side of
the s'^ Creek or run to the first mentioned pine, with all &c To have
hold &c To be held &c Yielding & paying &c Provided &c in Wit-
ness our Trusty & wel beloved Alexander Spotswood our L* Goverr
&<= at Williamsburgh under the sea) of our s'^ Colony the Sixteenth
day of June one thousand seven hundred & fourteen In the Thir-
teenth year of our Reign A Spotswood
56 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
bequeath unto my son John Sherwood & to his heirs lawfully
begotten, all wholy & solely at my decease Excepting ten
Shillings to be given as foUoweth : I give and bequeath unto
my son James Sherwood five Shillings current money of this
colony to be paid at my decease. It. I give and bequeath unto
my son Richard Sherwood five Shillings current money of this
colony to be paid at my decease, After which payment I leave
my son Jno Sherwood my whole & Sole Executor over this
my last will & Testament to see it faithfully performed, & to
y® truth of this my last will & Testam* I have hereunto set my
hand & seal being in my perfect & sound minde & memory
this 20*'' day of August in y'' year of our Lord God 1733
Selled sined & Dec'^ 1 Grace d Sherwood
In the presence of us / Princess Anne : At a court held the
Jn'' Willbur 1^* day of October, 1740 Then y« within
Jn° Bray last will of Grace Sherwood dec^ was
Jn° X Burgess p'sented in court by her Exor who made
oath thereto & being proved by y^ oaths
of all y'' witnesses thereto is admitted to
record
Jane Wenham, the last woman condemned for witchcraft in Eng-
land, was born in Hertfordshire. She obtained a warrant on the 9th
of February, 1712, against a farmer who had called her a witch. The
rector of Walkern, John Gardiner, to whom the quarrel had been
referred, told her that she should in the future live on more amicable
terms with her neighbors, and gave her from the farmer one shilling
damages. The servant girl at the parsonage, a short time after Jane
had left the presence of the parson, behaved very unaccountably and
it was said that Jane had bewitched her in the same manner in which
she had been accused by the people of the village of bewitching a
laborer. A warrant was obtained to arrest her from the local justice,
Sir Henry Chauncy, by whom four women were ordered to search her
for witch marks, but none were found. Not wishing to be sent to jail
she agreed to submit to the swimming test. The vicar, however,
of the adjoining parish of Ardley, as an alternative, tried her with
the Lord's Prayer. This having been incorrectly repeated she con-
fessed herself a witch and was sent for three weeks to the Hertford
jail to await the assizes. She was on the 4th of March tried before
Sir John Powell, and sixteen witnesses, three of them clergymen,
appeared against her. The only charge which the lawyers would
draw up against her was for talking with the devil in the form of
a cat. The jury found her guilty on this indictment, and she was
sentenced to death. The Queen pardoned her at the intercession of
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1800. 57
At a court held the first day of October 1740.
Princess f William Robinson, Edw^ Hack^^
Anne < Moseley Thomas Walke John V Gent Justices
present ( Nicholas J
The last will & Testament of Grace Sherwood dec^ was
p^'sented in court by Jn° Sherwood her Exor who made oath
thereto, & being proved by oaths of all the witnesses thereto
is admited to record, & on the mocon of the Said Jn° and his
performing what is usual in such cases, certificate is granted
him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
At a court held the 3'"'^ December 1740
Princess ( Anthony Walke Jacob Ellegood "|
Anne < Nathaniel Newton Ew'^ Hack Mose- VGent Justices
p'sent ( ley^ James Condon, John Nicholas J
The Inventory of Grace Sherwood dec*^ her Estate being
returned is ordered to be recorded
A memorandum of Grace Shearwood's Estate decease To 5
head of cattle to one steer at four years old. To one steer and
heifer three years old, two heifers at two years old, one hand
mill, one frame table with a draw, one chest and box, one Iron
spit, one box Iron, three low chairs, one Inglish blanket, one
Iron pot, a pewter dish and bason, this is a true Inctruary
John Shearwood
Presented in court the 3*^ December 1740 and ordered to be
recorded.
ABSTRA^CTS FROM NORFOLK MARRIAGE BONDS,
1800.
Jany 2 Richard Lattimer and Miss Frances Constable
Richard Lattimer
W"" Sharp D. C. Tho« Constable
Powell, and many of the Country clergy attempted to get up a demon-
stration and a protest. A war of pamphlets followed, and the clergy
who had interested themselves in the prosecution expressed their
belief in her guilt, severely animadverted upon the judge's conduct
and concluded with the solemn words : " Liberavimus animas nos-
tras." She was the last person in England condemned to death on
the charge of witchcraft.
58 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Jany 7 Thos Peters and Elizabeth Pebworth
Thos Peters, mark
Alex Moseley Natt Andrew, mark
" 14 Robert Meeks and Mrs Mary Tobitt^
Robert Meeks, mark
Alex Moseley George Lake
" 18 Aaron Cottle and Ann Chapman^
Aaron Cottle
Alex Moseley W™ Bryan
" 30 John Davis and Mrs Sally Wilmans
John Davis
Alex Moseley Tho* Haynes
" 30 Nathaniel Lord and Miss Mary Blanchard
Nathaniel Lord
Alex Moseley Fardnan Stephenson
Feb David Wright and Elizabeth Standfast
David Wright
Alex Moseley John Reynolds
Feb 20 Edouard Ruy and Mrs Maria Jeanne Desmortier'
W/:/Ruy
Alex Moseley W" Bland
" 26 John Ligh and Mary Irwin
John Ligh
Alex Moseley Jos Fisher
" 27 W" Skipton and Mrs Ann CampbelP
W" Skipton
Alex Moseley Margret Burke
March 1 John Hannaford and Mrs Elizabeth Allen^
John Hannaford
Alex Moseley c. n. b. c. John Turner
" 1 Peter Holland and Rebecca Ogborne
Peter Holland
Alex Moseley Richard Gibbons
" 7 John Turner and Martha Parish^
John Turner
Alex Moseley John Hannaford
' Widow of George Tobitt ^ Niece to Wm Bryan
^ Widow * Widow ' Widow
* Daughter of John Parish
I
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1800. 59
March 14 W" Combs and Sarah Allwood
W"' Combs
Alex Moseley W" H Keins
" 27 John Charles Memeyer and Miss Catherine Adam
John C Niemeyer
Alex Moseley Duncan McDonald
" 29 W" Williams and Catherine Booze
W" Williams
Alex"^ Moseley Nicholaus booze
April 10 James Goodwin and Polly Bird
James Goodwin
Alex Moseley Charles Bain, mark
" 14 Joel Cornick and Nancy Cornick
Joel Cornick
Alex Moseley Joseph Hodges
" 22 David Knox and Mrs Dinah Walker
David Knox
Alex Moseley c. n. b. c. George Fritts
" 29 W" Webb and Miss Frances Hester^
William Webb
Alex Moseley John Richardson
May 24 John Gozelen and Miss Susanna Kellur
J Gozelen
W"" Sharp D. C. Thos Divit
" 24 Isaac Van and Miss Sarah Camper
Isaac Van
W" Sharp D. C. J Gozelen
" 30 Edward Smith and Mary Moore
Edward Smith, mark
Alex Moseley c. n. b. c. Henry Turner, mark
" 31 Levi Johnson and Betsy Mills
Levi Johnson
W" Sharp D. C. N Wilkinson
June 2 W™ Thompson and Mary Brandon
William thompson
Alex Moseley Joseph Hickerson, mark.
" 6 Philip Nicholas Brown and Mrs Eliza Kello Curie
Philip Nicholas Brown
W" Sharp D. C. Rob Brough
' Niece John George
60 LowEK Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
June 11 James Taylor and Miss Sarah Newton
Ja Taylor
Alex Moseley c. n. b. c. Theo Armistead
" 12 Robert Watkins and Mrs Jennett Moseley^
Robert Watkins
Alex Moseley c. n. b. c. Absalom Stors
" 14 Dudley Crandal and Miss Elizabeth Hubbard"
Dudley Crandal
W° Sharp Math^ Hubbard
" 19 W^ Good and Nancy Tisdale
William Good
W"^ Sharp R Burke
" 21 John Parker and Miss Nancy Wales
John parker
W^ Sharp D. C. Thos Baker
« 23 W" Holt and Mrs Polly Longest^"
Will Holt
Alex'" Moseley Joseph Hickeson
Aug 6 Orlando Dana and Mrs Mary Lewis
Orlando Dana
W°^ Sharp Rd Spencer
" 8 John Storse and Miss Elizabeth Wad
John Storse, mark
John Reynolds
" 20 W' Montgomery and Miss Mary Carline^^
William Montgomery
W^ Sharp Cha^ Carline
" 23 W° Dunn and Mrs Elizabeth Elliott
W^ Dunn
W™ Sharp C. C. Ben Harrison
" 24 Matthias Eastwood and Mistress Honour Bagnall
Matthias Eastwood
W" Sharp
" 24 John Southwick and Mrs Ann Norman
John Southwick
W™ Sharp John Richardson
^ Widow of Edward Moseley '" Widow of Wm Longest
" Sister to Matthew Hubbard " Daughter of Charles Carline
Abstkacts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1800. 61
Sept 20 Severn Kellum and Anna Harding
Severn Kellum, mark
Matthew
W"^ Sharp Harrison
" 24 Thomas Halliday and Mrs Ann^^
Tho« Halliday
W" Sharp Charles Mahon
" 27 John Thomas and Miss Nancy Disher^'^
John Thomas
James Struthers
Oct 2 Bartholomew Broaders and Mrs Sarah Connor
Bartho^ Broaders
W" Sharp C. C. Eichard Good
" 24 Wilton Rickard and Christy Steward
Wilton Rickard
Thomas Godwin Quinten Clark
Nov 1 Benjamin Hathaway and Miss Nancy Forres
Benjamin Hathaway
Joseph Hodges
" 6 John Barns and M" Susanna Roye
John Barnes, mark
W" Sharp C. C. Joseph Clerico
" 6 Job Palmer and Miss Margaret Cummings
Job Palmer
Ja^ Woodside
" 15 John Burcher and Miss Margaret Vickery^*
J Burcher
W°^ Sharp C. C. Eli Vickery
" 26 W"' Cawson and Mrs Ann Fisher
William Cawson
George Billups
Dec 4 George Farrington and Mrs Anna Barns
George Farrington
W" Sharp W^ Dunn
" 9 Francis Harvey^^ and Mrs Elizabeth Wilson
Francis Harvey, mark
Nicolaus booze
1^ Probably Taylor
13 Daughter of Margaret Walker, aged 43 years old next month
" Daughter of Eli Vickery '^ Son of Mrs Scott
62 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
Dec 20 Joseph Kepiton and Miss Marguerite
Helene Tanguy
Repiton
W" Sharp Dufort
" 20 Charles Tyler and Miss Sally Haynes
Charles Tyler
J T Rowsay Tho^ Haynes
" 22 George White and Miss Amelia Metcalf
George White
Anthony Metcalf
" 29 Calvin Turner and Mrs Catharine Flahavan
Calvin Turner
W" Sharp James Turnbull
June 6 Jonathan Cook and Miss Mary Owenbread
Jonathan Cook, mark
William Chambers, mark
PROPERTY OWNERS NORFOLK COUNTY 1
(S
' Brides Parish.)
R'
p'
R
Ira Armstrong 4000
4400
Jas Butt
1500
Levi Anderson (F B) 666
40
Willoughby Barnes
2000
W" Anderson Jr. (F B)
50
Jno W Bright
Chas Anderson (F M) 2000
300
Thos Bright
600
Zachariah Anderson (FB)
100
Thos R Balentine
15000
Jas E Armstrong 4000
7000
Cloe Ballance
W™ Andrews
75
Washington L Brown
Chas Allen
25
W"" H Barnes
2500
Edmond Allen (B) 200
400
Augustus W Brown
2500
W" H Boykin
300
Joseph Bailey
1900
Saml A Barnard
500
Jonathan Bateman
2080
Harriet H Bier 300
75
Martin Bateman
Stephen S Barrett 2000
150
W" Boothe
Joseph Baker
15000
Hannah Brown
Ann Bushel 1000
Jno Berry
2500
August Burier
100
Ewd Berriman
W" S Butt 21000
21500
Saml Berry
5000
Frances Butt
300
Mary Butt
600
Philip Biddle
20000
Jno D Berriman
2000
B B Butt 4000
1500
Dr Saml G Brown
8109
Francis Bnt+ Tf^OO
2000
Fp.nrsy Brown
2667
Cyrus N Bradberry 4000
Armstead Butt
800
p
200
2400
25
300
35000
300
80
3000
1000
2000
846
30
200
50
7200
7050
5000
4200
16700
30080
6000
300
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860.
63
Edwin Bynl (M)
R
p
15
R
Aldustine Creekmore 950
p
350
Martin Ballance
25
Jno Clary
50
Jno F Collins
3000
2000
Caleb Cuffee (B)
20
Teinmoth Conner
25
Joshua Cuffee (B)
10
Theophalus Chase
20
Jno F Creekmore
300
Marth Cannon
50
Lindsey Civils (B)
160
300
Joseph Carter
6000
25000
Alpheus Civils (B)
50
Eli Cuffee (F B)
100
Malichi Cooper
500
Elizabeth Cherry
30
Bartlet Civils (B)
500
1000
Obediah Curling
25
Ira Civils (B)
300
400
Timothy Cuflfee (B)
30
Miles Cuffee (B)
100
Enos Cuthriell
50
Dory Cuffee (B)
75
Chiesman Cuffee (B)
30
Jas Curling
680
300
Mary Cuthriell
600
100
Josiah Cuthriell
40
Caleb Cuthriell
4000
9000
Jerome M Creekmore 3760
10080
W° Cuthriell
640
30
Wright Creemore
225
300
W W Curling
50
Wesley Creekmur
50
Willis Cuthriell
3000
3000
W" R Curlin
340
800
Eobert Carson
2000
8900
Benj Creekmur
50
E T Carson
6000
6000
Merchant Creekmore
500
Josiah Curlin
25
Martin L Cornick
5500
17130
Thos Cusick
15
Jno Creekmore
25
Norman Cartwright
1000
Dempsey Creekmore
30
Brent Sil Creekmur
2000
500
Ewd Charlton
1500
4300
Jas Cuffee (F B)
500
150
Luvinia Cooper
1200
5000
Miles Cuffee (F B)
500
200
Joshua Creekmore
400
Matthias Cuffee (F B)
25
Jeremiah Civils (B)
10
Henry Cuffee (F B)
125
Henry T Culpeper
50
Lydia Cuffee (F B)
25
Joseph Creekmur
750
400
Otterway (F B)
105
Peter Creekmur
1250
600
Wilson Cuffee (F B)
25
Alex'^ Charlton
1180
1500
George Cuffee (F B)
600
350
Jno R Cooper
620
200
Levi Civils (F B)
15
Mary Charlton
200
2500
Frederick Cason
1000
5300
W" Cuffee (B)
100
Jno S Cason
55U
150
Geo H Dashiell
2000
1800
Jno T Cooper
10000
15O0O
Jno M Drury
300
Lewis Cason
3330
6600
Isacc Diggs
900
1700
W-" Cuffee (M)
50
Jno Dawson
1000
200
Joseph Curlin
250
50
Chas Dutmore
600
Malici Creekmore
2250
575
Elze Davis
10000
5000
Elizabeth Creekmore
126
125
Ewd Denby
50
Jno W Curling
150
150
Jno Duncan
2400
1500
Nancy Curling
20
W" T Davis
400
Wilson Curlin
300
150
Edwin Dozier
200
W" H Curlin
10
Frances Davis
150
Stephen Curling
280
50
Caleb Dudley
2980
11100
Dempsy Cartwright
100
Lemuel Dozier
250
Joseph Curling
1000
400
Mary Deford
2500
5000
64 LOWEK NOBFOLK CoUNTT VlKGINIA AnTIQUAKT.
E
p
R
p
Jno W Deford
3000
750 0
Isaiah Foreman
25
Frances Deford
8000
Israel Foreman
3639
1320
Loivaca Douglass
1500
Allice Foreman
4C00
Idavilla Douglass
1500
Josephus Foreman
4240
11100
Jno Dewberry
50
Jno Fr Foreman
20000
25000
Saml Etheredge
11000
13300
Columbus W Foreman
500
W" C Edmonds
500
800
Thos H Foreman
240
Wilson Etheredge
30
Alex"^ Foreman Jr
1500
1500
Caleb J Etheredge
18000
17000
Jas T Foreman
1300
380O
W" Etheredge
18000
8000
W^T Foreman
960
4300
Edw Etheredge
50
Edwin Fulford
2000
13400
W" H Etheredge
10000
13000
David Fentress
500
3200
Dennis M Etheredge
! 520
2500
Ann W Foreman
5000
Anne E Etheredge
800
4900
Elizabeth Fulford
1000
5000
William Etheredge
500
4900
Thos C Ferebee
35000
40000
Mary Etheredge
4000
10000
Henry Foreman
100
sqo
Lawson Etheredge
100
Caleb R Fisher
Nicholas Etheredge
5000
Sarah Gray (F B)
15
Harrison Etheredge
4000
500
David A Graves
200
Martin Etheredge
150
W" M Gisbourne
3200
400
W" H Etheredge
1300
200
Thos Godfrey
2000
3500
Jno Etheredge
1000
Mrs Patsy Godfrey
2000
1800
Jas Elliott (B)
50
Peter Gibson
200
Osceola Etheredge
700
3500
Francis Glemm
200
Richd Etheredge
667
450
L W Godfrey
4000
11500
Isaac Easton
705
200
W-" T Gray
3600
5200
Matthias Etheredge
1162
500
Jas Grimes
25
Simeon Forbes
50
Henry M Garrett
600
2200
Benj-' T Fisher
400
Ashbury Guinn
1000
250
Elijah Forbes
150
Jefferson Gilbert
1500
300
W" Fuller (F B)
20
Tamar Gray
600
200
Alex"" N Foreman
20000
24000
Timothy Gilbert
200
Jas R Fulford
10000
9000
Geo W Gilbert
50
Jas Fulford Jr
700
500
Willis Gammon
300
150
Richd B Fisk
5000
4000
Jno Guinn
400
240
Jno Foreman
7000
24400
Isariel Grimes
1170
800
Jas W Fisk
4000
1500
Thos Grimes
360
2800
Saml Fisk
2212
2500
Thos Gilbert
800
300
Jas Fentress
400
150
Jas G Gammon
150
400
Isaac Ferrill
200
300
Joshua B Gammon
500
N B Foreman
8253
37600
Jno W Gammon
400
200
Moses Fentress
600
150
Margt Gilbert
100
Jno Ferrill
2280
200
Benj" F Gordon
50
Jas W Fentress
5500
C C Grandy
4500
15100
Joshua Fentress
848
3500
Jacob Gilson
50
Thos Forbes
200
410
Jas Gregory
500
Grandy Ferebee
25
Messer Grimes
800
496
Isaiah Foreman
50
Josiah H Grimes
150
Property Owners, Norfolk County, 1860.
65
Saml Gallop
R
p
100
Frederick Hall
R
p
10
W" H Gray
60
Eli Hewitt
200
Ocellus George
200
250
De' Orcy Hewitt
100
W"" R Hamberry
12000
25000
Rebecca L Harrison
1000
2000
Maxmillion Herbert
3000
500
W H Harrison
1000
2000
Elizabeth Hitchard
4000
Grandy Howell
280
250
Catharine Halstead
2000
Joseph F Hutchings
6000
7940
Thos A Hardy
97000
16000
Rebecca Hall
970
1000
H W Herbert Sr
500
Thos Hall
485
Jno Hunter
50
Henrietta Hall
485
Joseph Hunter
100
Harriet Hall
485
Martha Hyslop
100
Margaret Hall
485
Jemima Hudgins
800
150
Jno W Hodges
2722
1800
Thos H Hall
1000
2000
Thos Hall
100
Leonard Hyslop
50
Washington Hall
594
375
Jno C Hyslop
5500
4000
Hillary Hall
250
Isaiah Harding
100
Saml Hall
800
10705
Ruben Herbert
700
150
Wilson Hollaway
100
Marice E Herbert
100
Joseph Hamberry
1040
1000
Geo T Hodges
10000
700
Joseph Henby
2000
Mat B Holstead
20000
25000
Jno Hamberry
1000
1700
Willis Holstead
20000
6000
Jeremiah Hamberry
1000
400
Jno H Hodges
9510
4500
Ira Hodges
1600
1000
Daniel Hodges
30
Horatio Hamberry
560
3000
Geo W Hall
20000
14000
Ellen Hodges
1300
600
Simon Halstead
1000
100
Miles Hamberry
4000
20300
W" N Halstead
10000
13800
Thos Hamberry
1650
14000
W" W Hyslop
10000
5000
W" T Hamberry
1000
2600
W° Humphreys
20
Joseph Hodges
2350
700
Frederick Hanberry
50
Miles Halstead
1750
1200
Thos C Holt
5000
Peter Humphries
200
Elizabeth Halstead
100
W™ Harper
200
Frederick Halstead
3400
500
Henry Halstead
1300
2000
Thos E Halstead
100
Christopher Halstead
100
Geo A Hodges
1000
150
Jesse Hodges
300
Margaret Herring
5000
3000
W°> W Ives
36000
11000
W" T Hamberry
100
Franklin Ives
2000
Alpheus Halstead
2120
6300
Amos Ives
40000
20000
Iverson N Hall
3500
1500
Walter C Ives
1400
Amsey Hodges
600
1000
Jas P Jones
500
W™ H Hall
750
200
W" Jones
50
Wesley Hall
300
250
Josiah JoUiff
1000
Benj Hodges
85
Jas Jollifi
200
Jno W Hodges
280
75
John Jolliff
200
Jos Hodges
10
W" P Jones
3000
15000
Kizzie Hall
40
Elizabeth Jones
4000
Julia Hall
300
150
W"* A Jackson
5246
5000
Saml Hall
30
Griffin C Jennings
8240
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66
Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
B
p
R
p
Abary Jones
250
300
Jno S Middleton
3100
7800
Nancy Jones
116
Luke Morse
100
Jno T Johnson
900
3400
Archibald McRoon
100
Jos Johnston
155
Frank W Marchant
300
Mrs Fannie Keeling
8000
4000
Mary.'A Myer
5000
Geo Kirby
500
ReubeUiMenfew
25
Maulburn Kilgore
3000
7300
Jas B Murphy
1500
300
R N W Keeling
4000
2000
David Manning
60
30
Thos Lewis
2000
Jno A Myer
11500
2000
Enoch Lewis
50
Wilson L M'^'^lanan
1000
500
Thos Lee
125
Robert Murden
500
150
Jas Larien
1800
Weston Martin
100
Jas Locker (F B)
100
J Alonzo Manning
2000
Jno Lowe
1500
Jno McGee
25
Jas Lyons
1000
Wiley McPherson
110
Augustus Linton
100
Francis Miller
2000
6000
Jessee Lee
2500
Jas Mills
20
Rebecca Linton
5000
20000
George A Martin
5000
2000
Ann E Leatherbury
375
800
Jas G Martin Sr
3000
11400
Jno Lockhart
1000
Jas G Martin Jr
3000
2500
Saml Lockhart
1000
4690
Jno McPherson
850
450
Ambrose Lindsey
40000
38495
Nelley Miller
100
A Judsen Lowe
300
Giddeon Miller
630
400
Stephen Lynch
400
181
W" A Miller
20
Jno Lynch
1150
1831
Robt McPherson
450
Franklin Lynch
650
Sarah A McPherson
500
5000
Willoughby Lynch
600
300
W"". Mine
600
600
Richd Landin (M)
200
Jno Miller
1668
150
Jessee McPherson
1200
1000
Jno Moore
8000
Peter McPherson
1125
800
Saml Miller
600
300
Rev Jas 0 Moss
300
Fanny Miller
300
1200
Jno D Murden
625
650
Josephus Miller
1000
3100
Thos Murden
504
500
Jas T Mercer
1000
350
W" Murden
400
250
W"" Mercer
50
Robt H Miller
10000
23000
W"" McCoy
80
Lemuel Miller
100
150
Frederick McCoy
506
200
Frederick Miller
20
W" B Miller
670
500
Jos F Miller
240
200
Jno A M'McCloud
1000
60
Peleg Miller
10
W" Murray
250
300
Joseph Miller
50
W" H Miller
200
Pierce Miller
1000
W" Martin
1000
Elizabeth Mills
5000
390
Jas W L Nicholas
25000
16500
Ewd C Miller
14000
14247
W"" Nicholson
12000
30000
Peter Miller
800
300
Allen F Nicholson
200
Gary McPherson
1250
Jno Nichols
1200
80
Christopher McPherson
30
Ann Nash
2000
Wilson McCoy
800
484
Simeon Noe
3500
300
Charles Moody
150
100
George Norris
2000
4000
Property Owners, Norfolk Cotinty, 1860.
67
Jas Newby 2500
Joshua Nichols 500
Jaa L Northern 10000
Serepta Nichols 500
Saml Nichols
Harriet Nichols 1400
Richd E Nash 2281
Jesse Nichols
W™ Newburn 700
Mrs Mary Otley 2100
Geo Owens (F B)
Jno F Old 5400
W"^ Old 5000
Alex'' ownly 450
Geo T Old 3150
Jas McBride Old 12000
W"M01d
Carter P Old
Tapley Portlock
W" Portley (F M)
Catharine Portlock
Mary F Portlock
Jacob Petree
J K Pierce
Nathl Portlock
Jno Parker
W" Portlock
Robt Palmer
Frank Portlock
Chas Pumroy
W" H Pritchard
Joseph H Pritchard
George W T Parsons
Jno C Pritchard
Wiley Pritchard
Labin W Pitts
Abijah Parsons
W" Parsons
Wiley Pritchard
Danl Philips
Enoch Paine
Malichi Powers
Thos E Portlock
Jno Pointer
Jos E Petree
Thos Poiner
Hiram Parsons
W" Pritchard
15000
1000
2000
5000
5000
10000
8000
3600
260
10000
2500
2750
3497
1500
400
2400
300
725
1210
400
1530
P R P
7000 Carter B Poindexter 10500 1000
3500 Nancy Portlock 460 7200
10000 Jos E Read 20000 12000
300 Richd Ross 25
400 Adam Randolph 6000 11000
280 Thos Randall (B) 200 200
500 Dr Rich-i H Ransey 2000 6600
50 Josephus Roach 600 300
16000 Richd H Roach 424 1550
2800 Jacob Roach 700 5000
10 Benj° B Rawls 2000 3900
6500 R H Stokes 100
8000 James Stokes 1300 1300
300 Caleb Smith (B) 15
6000 Francis Streithergen 1500 200
13500 Jas Smith 75
5885 Jas W Sikes 50
450 W"" Stewart 5325 5000
26000 Micheal Sikes 5076 14228
200 David Smith (B) 15
4500 Seth Sivells 3410 2360
13000 Lem Sikes 800 250
9300 Margt Spence 1400 8000
3000 Joel Sawyer 800
10500 David S Smith 1964 3400
3000 Saml J Smith 1100 4600
100 Solomon Steward 270 500
25 Josiah Steward 250
9200 Jas Steward 200 150
25 W" Sikes 100
14000 Willis W Silvester 50750 55566
5000 Anderson Start 100
100 Jno Smith (B) 15
400 Allen Smith (B) 10
1800 Richd Smith 20
6000 David P Smith 330 350
400 David Spate 80
200 Willis Sikes 600
3000 Abner Sawyer 750 400
3000 Bartlet Sikes 2500 1000
225 Phoebe Stewart 145
500 Jas W Sawyer 800
100 Edwin Smith 7000 3800
150 Josiah Sikes 400 225
4000 Nancy Sikes 400 225
310 Cornelius Sikes 4000 3800
50 Wilson Sikes 160
8700 Jesse D Sikes 6000 7000
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K
p
R
p
Milberry Smith (F B)
320
150
Virginia W Tatem
4000
3200
Saml V Smith (F B)
100
Geo W Tatem
5000
1700
Zacheriah Smith (F B)
27
Ann F Tatem
4000
Nelson Smith Jr (F B]
1
135
Peter Taylor
40
Saml Smith Jr (F B)
175
Stephen W Tatem
18000
16000
Kizzie Smith
50
Robt C Taylor
50
Saml Smith Sr' (F B)
2400
500
W" Taylor
50
Bia Smith (F B)
150
Bartlet Timberlake
50
Jas Smith (F B)
200
W"" T Taylor
220
265
Richd A Smith
50
Jos T Taylor
175
Marina Smith
20
Diana Taylor
460
1000
Nelson Smith (F B)
180
100
Miles Taylor
200
Hollaway Smith (F B) 120
125
Jesse Twines
25
Jno Sanderson 25000
40000
Jno Thoroughgood
150
Richd Scaff
20
Amos Trotman
150
Alex' Sikes
825
2700
Jonathan Taylor
50
David Sowry
1500
Ivy Umphries
1000
Solomon W Smith
■1000
12000
W" Vicar
200
Jno Scaff
20
Thos B Williams
5500
Rose Sparrow (F B)
25
George Whitehurst
100
W" J Sparrow
3640
2800
Elizabeth Whitehurst
100
Sarah Smith (F B)
10
Frederick Wilson
40000
27000
Jas Sparrow (F B)
20
Fanny Wilson (F B)
50
Shad rack Smith (FB)
15
Everett Williamson
19100
17642
Miles Stokes
3000
1000
Henry Williamson
4500
14000
Saml N Sorey
150
400
W" Williamson
17000
12100
Slaughter Sikes
20
W" H Wise
3000
1000
Geo Scott
100
W" Whitehurst
200
100
Obediah Stokes
1500
1500
Caleb Williamson
5000
13000
AUice Stokes
566
266
Gary D Woodward
2000
Wilson F Stokes
566
266
Jno Woodward
1000
Elizabeth Stokes
800
400
GeOoA Wilson
40000
35000
Mrs Frankie Stokes
200
Jas T Wilson
5600
18200
Wallace Stevens
50
Peter Wright
200
Jas W Sikes
25
Henry Wilson
10450
27500
Jordan Smith (F B)
25
Josiah Wilson
10000
40000
Urias Timberlake (B)
50
Peter Wright
10
Saml Tucker (F M)
5000
2000
Amsey K Wilson
4000
6000
Sallie A Timberlake (F B)
25
Miles M Wilson
30000
39000
Ben] T Tatem
1200
4000
Jno Whitehead
2000
^Fortune teller. R stands for Real, P for Personal, B for Black, F B for
Free Black, F M for Free Mulatto, and M for Mulatto. 3 mulattoes owned 265
dollars of personal property ; 3 free mulattoes owned 6000 of real and 3200 dollars
of personal property: 26 blacks owned 1360 of real and 2800 dollars of personal
property ; 36 free blacks owned 7786 of real and 3747 dollars of personal property,
making a total of 15,146 of real estate and 9013 of personal property for the colored
people, an average of more than 360 dollars each. In 1860 In Norfolk County 191
colored people owned 46,543 dollars worth of property, an average of more than
243 dollars each.
Land and Slave Owners, Princess Anne Co., 1775. 61)
R
p
R
p
Nathl W Warden
5000
11000
Geo T Wallace
45000
30000
Henry Wilkins
1300
4200
Allen Williams
100
Jas Woodward
200
Mrs Kizzie Woodward 300
150
George Wilkins (F B]
500
160
Wilson Whitehurst
100
A W Willett
3800
3500
Josiah White
1000
5400
Henry T Williamson
416
1200
Geo H Wilson
200
7050
Jake Wilson (B)
50
David Wright
3225
2000
Charlotte Williams
330
25
Willis Wilson
250
Dr Thos V Webb
10200
6400
W" Wood
5000
7000
Joseph Wilson
200
Jno Whitehurst
100
Eliza Wilson (B)
160
80
W°' W West
10
Jno T Woodward
700
300
Leaven C Whitehurst 700
200
Catharine Wise
2000
4500
Harrison Weston
3578
31258
Jno West
20000
14600
Aldustine M T Wilson 7030
17020
Jas Wallace
75
Amsey W C Wilson
3850
14200
Love Wilkins (B)
20
Jas F Whitehurst
1125
700
Jas Wilkins (B)
20
Solomon Wallace
50
George Wilkins (B)
20
Abram Waterfield
400
250
Leml Wilkins (B)
15
Caleb Waterfield
15
Timothy Wilkins (B)
15
Willoughby Wilson
17583
27883
Kichd S Wilkins
1000
7400
Lydia A Williams
2400
6656
W" Wilkins
2000
7000
Ewd N Wilkins
3800
2400
W" Warren
1000
1500
Leander Waller
2000
Henrietta Wiggins
5000
Joseph Williams
2000
8000
Ewd H Williams
2500
6000
Thos Warner
650
450
Nancy Wurden
350
Sarah Williams
800
Minerva Wurden
1800
LAND AND SLAVE OWNERS, PRINCESS ANNE
COUNTY, 1775.
(Continued from page 7.)
Upper Precinct of the Western Shore.
LSRC LSRC
Isaiah Barnes'
1
Michael Fentress
114
John Cock
75.
Marg' Godfrey*
50
Henry Dudley
368.
2.
Matthew Godfrey
50
Lemuel Fentress-
300.
6
Henry Harrison Jun''
2
Joshua Fentress'
150.
1
James Hartgrove
35
William Fentress
250.
4
John Hartgrove
120
Willoughby Frizel
40
Erasmus Haynes
1116 12
Isaac Fentress
2
Thomas Lewis
90 1
1 Father of Fred". =
Father of Samuel.
'Father of William. * For son James. 1
70 Lower Norfolk County Yieginia Antiquary.
L
SRC
L
S R <
Robert Land*
270
Rob* Murden'"
497
3
Thomas Langley
570
1
James Murden
1
Briget Langley
280
3
John Stone"
475
1 1
Edward Land Sen''
280
2
Peter Singleton
306
11 1
Rea Land
125
2
William West
150
Horatia Land
115
Thomas West Jun""
1
Jeremiah Land
310
2
Tho» West Sen'
175
3
Rich" Land Sen^
340
2
Samuel Williams
69
Caleb Land
150
Jeremiah Wright
159
James Lovitt sen"'*
363i
5
Elizabeth Whitehurst 150
Thomas Lovitf
310
3
Joshua Whitehurst
856
4
John Lovitt Sen"^
1
Sarah West
300
4
John Lovitt*
199
Joshua Williamson
100
Patrick Murphy'
100
Francis Whitehurst
150
Lower Precinct of the Western Shore.
Zachariah Boush
Frederick Boush
John Bishop
Naomy Barret
Mary Craigdallie
James Carraway
Steven Dear
Rev*^ Robert Dickson
Richard Edwards
William Ewel
John Forrest
Dinah Gaskings
George Gaskings
William Haynes
Argent Haynes
Orphans of Capt Wil.
Ham Haynes
Sarah Huggins
Jacob Hunter
Elizabeth Huggins
Elizabeth Haynes
Thomas Hunter
83
212.
802.
100.
395.
150.
150.
1
10
5
1
11
2
1
1
5.
6.
9.
1
L
517
150.
2022.
586.
700
165f
15
276
50
50
1352
William Hunter
James Kemp
Lamuel Leweling
Edward Moseley
Margaret Moseley
James Moore
William Moseley
Charles Nicholson'-
Thomas Nicholson
William Robinson
John Smyth
Andrew Steward
Lemuel Thorogood 500
William Thorowgood 449
John Thorowgood 1433
Dinah Thorowgood 195
William Thorowgood Sr
402
William Thorogood 300
John Williams 203
William Walker
s
13
2
6
3
2
1
9
2
3
16
3
15
3
4
5
2
1
* Father of Batson and Henry.
' Father of Adam.
' Son of Thos.
" Son of James.
» Father of Anthony.
'" Father of Jeremiah, Batson and Simon.
" Father of John.
1- Father of John.
[To he Continued.']
Feb
9
Mar
7
a
8
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21
April
9
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12
((
20
Makkiages Performed, P. A. County. 71
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY CHARLES
HENLEY,^ SENER., P. A. COUNTY.
(Continued from page 40.)
1816
James Douflge and Nancy Eaton
AVilliam Cason & Mary W Jones
Henry Moore & Sinnia Dyer
Thomas Brock & Julia Henley
William P Salmons & Salley Shepherd
William Bonney & Miss Jacomine Doudge
Lemuel Fentress & Mary Brown
'There were two Charles Henleys, father and son — Charles, Sen.,
the father, and Charles, Jr., the son. After the death of Charles,
Sen., Charles, Jr. was called Charles Henley, Senr. " At a Court Held
at the Court House for the County of Princess Anne the First day of
September 1800 in the 25'^ year of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Present
Tho' Lawson Cornelius Calvert Jun""
Anthony Walke
Jonathan Woodhouse Gent
John Smith Justices
W" D "Woodhouse
Present Tho" Walker Gent.
Charles Henley Jun'' produced to the Court Credentials of his
Ordination and of his being in regular Communion with the Methodist
& Episcopal Church took the Oath of allegiance to the Common-
wealth & gave Bond and security ace** to Law Licence is Granted
him to Celebrate the rites of Mootrmony &c." He gave bond for
fifteen hundred dollars with John and James Lewis securities. In a
deed made June 29"* 1798, Charles Henley Sen"^ gave to his son Charles
Henley Jr "Sixty Acres of Land more or less, being part of the
Land" he "bought of William Leggett Begining at the Dam Neck
Road forty feet to the Westward of his Ditch, ajoining the plantation
whereon " he was living " runing near S. S. West course to Cap' John
James loin, by a loin of marked trees, thence bounded by the said
James loin to the Dams Bridge, thence bounded by the dam neck road,
to the begining place." In his will made April 4, 1807, and recorded
Oct 5"" the same year, he left his son Charles, "one negroe man
named Frank" "and on gun barrel" and also his "small still hold-
ing about fifteen gallons " and desired that his "apple tree nursery
should be sold for the good of the Estate." Father and son appear to
have been ministers, but I have not been able to find out when the
father qualified before the Court to perform marriages.
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William Raney & Mrs Peggy ansill
Daniel Whitehurst & Mrs Elizabeth Ansill
Nathan Whitehurst & Mrs Elizabeth Flanagan
Lancaster Lovett & Mrs Amey Moore
Enoch Flanagan & Fernelia Oakum
William Flanagan & Lydia Shepherd
Nathan Brown & Mrs Lydia Franklen
Jonathan Roberts & Frances otterson
Moses Heath & Nancy Relley
Henry Woodhouse & Margaret Lovett
William Fentress & Jacomine Stone
Moses M'^Clenahan & Mrs Betsey M'^Clenehan
Willoughby Dyer & Mrs Francis Whitehurst
John Ward & Peggy Land
William Simmons & Nancy Robinson
John Cason & Mrs Susan Paden
William Capps & Mrs Martha Smith
William Hill & Betsey Garrison
Solomon Cason & Mrs Anna Robinson
John Robinson & Frankey snale
Moses Flanagan & Mrs Susan Cavendish
John Fentress & Rebeccah Lovett
Gidean Ward & Frankey Ayars
John Brock & Mrs Amey Simmons
John Shepherd & Mrs Jennet James^
1817
Peter Land and Nancy Nimmo
Thomas Woodhouse and Pennela H Moore
W° B Wilkins and Leasha Petty
Henry Simmons and Sarah Whitehurst
Dennis Malbone and Lydia Bonney
W" Jobson and Mary Murden
John Lewis and Mary Holmes
Moses Browne and Kezia Whitchard
Israel Fisher and Rhoda Capps
Reuben Gornto and Margaret Henley
Peter Browne and Catharine Land
Henry Turner and Frankey Malbone
' Daughter of Captain James Henley, and widow of Captain Edward
James.
May
8
u
11
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15
l(
16
u
22
CI
23
a
25
June
12
a
14
a
27
July
25
((
30
a
31
Aug
31
Sept
14
Oct 15
a
18
li
23
(C
29
a
u
Nov
1
((
9
i(
23
Dec
7
a
((
Janj
2
((
16
Feb 13
(t
17
<(
25
(I
28
Mar
1
((
4
Ap
13
May
15
July
24
((
31
Aug
21
Sept
11
u
13
Oct
22
((
30
Nov
11
u
27
((
a
Dec 11
«
27
Receipt for the Sale of a Slave. 73
Jonathan Butt and Francis Murden
Tho^ Shepherd and Polly Oakum
Henry Whitehurst and Anne Whitehurst
John Brown and Sally Cox
W^ Whitehurst and Mary Lovett
Tulley Moore and Francis Bonney
Tulley Waterfield and Nancy Oakum
Joshua James and Mary Dale Woodhouse
Adam Keeling and Mary Lovett
W™ Wichard and Frankey Capps
RECEIPT FOR THE SALE OF A SLAVE.^
August the 27**^ 1770 Then Rece'^ of M"" John Haynes The
Sum of Sixty pounds Curr* money for one negroe man Slave
named Jack which I do acknowlidg my Self fully satisfied and
paid for the Same Rece*^ p Tho^ Brock.
• The selling of slaves was not in the eighteenth century confined
to the South but was in full vogue in New England and the Middle
Colonies. Alice Morse Earle in "Customs and Fashions in Old New
England " p 89, says " I have never seen in any Southern newspapers
advertisements of negro sales that surpass in heartlessness and
viciousness the advertisements of our New England newspapers of
the eighteenth century. Negro children were advertised to be given
away in Boston, and were sold by the pound as was other merchan-
dise. Samuel Pewter advertised in the Weekly Rehearsal in 1737 that
he would sell horses for ten shillings pay if the horse sale were
accomplished, and five shillings if he endeavoured to sell and could
not ; and for negroes ^' six pence a pound on all he sells, and a reason-
able price if he does not sell." William Root Bliss in " Side Glimpses
from the Colonial Meeting House," chapter 11 " Rum and Slavery"
says, " It was rum 'that forced the growth of Slavery in New Eng-
land." " In the year 1750, there were more than sixty distilleries in
Massachusetts and thirty in Rhode Island." "The commerce in rum
and slaves — making a circuit from New England to the West India
Islands, thence to Africa, thence back to the Islands with slaves,
thence home with molasses and such negroes as had not been disposed
of at the islands — furnished nearly all the money that was annually
remitted to pay for merchandise brought from England " " The first
arrival at Boston was by the ship Desire, February 26, 1637, bringing
negroes, tobacco, and cotton, from Barbados. She had sailed from
Boston eleven months before, carrying captives to the Bermudas to be
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ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK COUNTY
MARRIAGE BONDS.
(Continued from page 42.)
1727
Aug W^ Thos Scott with Martha Smith
28
Nov 17
Solo Wilson
John Dale with Mary Cartwright^
Solo Wilson
James Avery with Mary McNary
Solo Wilson
1728
April 29 Nicholas Slack with Eliza Stewart
Solo Wilson
Ann A Bouon, mark
Thos: Scott
Solo Wilson
John Dale
Solo Wilson
Jam* Avery
Solo Wilson
Nicho Slack
Solo Wilson
sold as slaves, and thus she became noted as the first New England
slave-ship." " Sometimes the trade in slaves was kept going at such a
brisk gait as to strip the market of rum. In the year 1752, Isaac
Freeman wanted a cargo of rum and molasses within five weeks. His
correspondent at Newport replied that it could not be had in three
months. There are so many vessels, he said, loading for Guinea we
cant get one hogshead of rum for the Cash " " Simeon Potter was for
watering the rum and turning it out to the negroes in short measure.
He instructed his captain sailing for Africa in the year 1768 : Make
your Chief Trade with the Blacks." " Worter ye Eum as much as
possible and sell as much by short measure as you can " " A deacon of
the church in Newport esteemed the slave trade with its rum
accessories as home missionary work. It is said that on the first Sun-
day after the arrival of his slaver he was accustomed to offer thanks
that an overruling Providence had been pleased to bring to this land
of freedom another cargo of benighted heathen to enjoy the blessings
of a Gospel dispensation" There is a widespread belief in the South
that the Negroes were brought to the South by the Yankees. This
belief is largely true, but is not all true. The old Maryland and Vir-
ginia newspapers show that many of the first men in the two colonies
were willing to get rich in the same nefarious trade.
• Widow
Absteacts fkom Norfolk County Marriage Bonds. 75
June Richard Davis with Grace Murrow
Richard Davis
Willis "Wilson Solo Wilson
" 7 Willis Wilson with Eliz» Goodrich
Willis Wilson
John Smith Solo Wilson
July 25 John Phripp with fron^ Mason
J Phripp
Solo Wilson
Oct 14 Solomon Adshead with Charity Dison
Solomon Adshead
Solo Wilson Geo Hull
Nov 11 Philip Dison with Susanna Phillippse
Phillip Dison
Solo Wilson Francis Dison
" James Ivy with Mary Furlong
James Ivy
Solo Wilson Solo Wilson
Dec Edwd Bembowe with Eliz* Falionar
E Bembowe
Solo Wilson Solo Wilson
" 13 Simon Holstead with Ann Mathias
Simon Holstead
William Portlock William Portlock
Solo Wilson
1728/9
Feb 14 Lazarus Sweeny with Eliza Wilson^
Lazarus Sweeny
Solo Wilson Willis Wilson
" 22 John Edmunds with Sarah Russell
John Edmunds
Jn° Smith P Norly EUegood
1729
April 2 John Spencer with Mary M'^Dowell
Solo Wilson John Spencer
Charles Portlock Charles Portlock
- She was a daughter of Major James Wilson ; her second husband
was Maximillian Boush, of Princess Anne County, and her third,
Thomas Thelaball
76 Lower Korfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
May 22 Jn° Whiddon with Mrs Abigail Cawson
Solo Wilson John Whiddon
Jn° Smith Christopher Cawson
Sept 25 James Libby with Sarah Wright
James Libby
Thom^ Martin, mark
1731
May 1 John Hill with Margrett Wilson
Solo Wilson John Hill
Edwurd Lewelling Solo Wilson
" 6 W^ Porter with Kezia Cawson
Solo Wilson William porter
" 24 James Langley with Sarah Nickhalson
Solo Wilson James Langley
July 29 Jas Avery with Frances Brett
Ja^ Avery
Solo Wilson J Phripp
Nov 9 Phill Mackduel with Sarah Drewry
Jno Smith Phill Mackduel
John Fife John Drewry
1731/2
March 29 Simon Hancock^ with Apphia Malbone*
Solo Wilson Simon Hancock Jun
1732
April 3 Richd Pool with Mrs Ann Butt^
Richd Pool
Solo Wilson Lem" Nicholson
May 22 Natth Nichles with Matthias*'
Solo Wilson Nath Nichles
Will : Portlock John Nicholas
June 9 Robt Bramble with Mary Ewel
Robert Bramble
Solo Wilson Cornelius Calvert
July 22 Gilbert M'=nary with Mary Wilson
Solo Wilson Gilbert M'^nary
^ Of Princess Anne County * Of Norfolk
5"Widdow" «"Widdow"
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds. 77
Aug 9 The Eev"^ M' Moses Robertson with Mary Wil-
loughby
Mo^ Robertson
Solo Wilson
1732/3
March 29 Henry Miller with Eliz Godfry'
Solo Wilson Henry Miller
1733
August 11 Edward Archer with Mrs Mary Anguish
Chas Sayer jun'" Jno Hutchings
1734
April 1 James Tuell w*^ Eliza Baxa
William Bax James Tuell
Solo Wilson Willi^ Bax
May 27 John Sayer w^*" Eliz Gwin
John Nicholas Benjamn Gwin
Aug 19 W°^ Gwinn and Eliza Sheals
Ebenezer Stevens
1735
Alexander Bayne and Margaret Connor
Alex Bayne
Alex'' Mpherson Anthony Conner
1736
Oct W" Dutton and Mary Edwards
W™ Dutton, mark
Alex'" Mpherson John W^ Wallice, mark
Nov 16 Paul Ballentine and Ann Cawson
Paul P" Ballentine, mark
Robt Todd
1736/7
Jany 17 Henry Harbert and abigal Cawson
Tho^ Wright Henry Harbert
Alex' Mpherson Thomas Harbert
"" Spinster ^ The middle letter was his " marke "
'The middle letter was his mark
78 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
1737
April 7 Edward Magee with Ann Wise^"
Edward Magee
Solo : Wilson John Keen
1737/8
Feby 11 John Thomas and Eliz* Oagely
John Thomas
A Mpherson Jn° Drury
1738
Caleb Wilson" and Mrs Ann Church
Caleb Wilson
A M'^pherson Willis Wilson j"
April 11 W™ Porter with Patience Wright
Solo Wilson W" Porter
Ezra Brooke Lem' Nicholson
July 4 James O Bryan with Mary Langley
Solo Wilson Ja* O Bryan
Ja^ Simmons, mark John Langley, mark
1741
Aug 11 John Cooke with Mrs Eliza Boush
Sam Boush
A Mpherson John Cooke
1741/2
Feb 13 George Bevin with M* Meriam Godfrey
John Denby, mark John Cooke
Thos Newton
1742
June 26 George Collins with Mary Phillips^^
George Collins
Sam' Boush Richard Taylor
io"Widdow"
'* The Wilsons style themselves merchants
'•^ Widow
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds. 79
Oct 15 Henry Jamason with Mary Stanley ^^
Henry Jamason
Richard Ball James Oast, mark
Dec 29 W"' Herbert with Janet Cawson"
Henry Herbert William Herbert
Sam' Boush Markcom Herbert
Jany 6 John Portlock with Abiah Portlock
John Portlock Jr
Sam' Boush j"" Edw"^ Portlock
" 31 Matthias Miller with Alif Ivy
Matthias Miller
Sam' Boush j"" Sam' Boush
1742/3
Feb 9 Duncan M'^Neil with Sarah Sparrow
Duncan M<=Neil
Sam Boush Will : Portlock
1743
Nov 7 John Tatem with Anne Wright^^
John Tatem
W°> Hodges Sam' Boush
Dec 13 Nath : Tatem with Prudence Wilson'^
Sam Boush jun' Nath ' Tatem
" 16 James Wilson Jr with Grace Duke^^
James Wilson
Jo° Willoughby
J Osheal
Sam Boush jun""
'^I Have Given Con Sent that marey Stanle Shall marey Henry
Jamason ef you pleas to give Con Sent to give out y® Lisens & In So
Doing you will a Blig yours to Command Richard Standley
Richard Ball
Jam' Oast mark
'^ Cor" Bush we ar Very Willing that William Herbert and Janet
Cawson may be Marid to Gether By Consent
Henry Herbert John Whiddon
And She is With age Abigaill Whiddon
'^ Daughter of Stephen Wright
1* Daughter of James Wilson Senr
•^ Colon' Sam' Boush December y* IS'" 1743
S"" this may Inform you that the Girl Grace Duke that my
Brother wants you to Grant Marrige License for to marry is Almost
80 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Dec 26 John Willoughby with Mary Hutchings
Jo Willoughby
Sam Boush jun'" (Lem') Lei Willoughby
[To be Continued.^
LINHAVEN" PARISH, 1704.^
An:
" June y« 20*^
1704
Linhaven parish is D*^
To 12 polltery at 7|^ p each is
7:6
To 8 gall boyld Syder at 71'* p
5:0
To 1 bush" of Indiant Corne
2:0
14:6
To 1 hhd
Tob: Carted to m"" poales
wayes
To his Enttertainem 1 mounth
The a bove auc" is whatt was
Expended upon m'" oxley in
behalfe of this parish
p Ben**: Burrowgh,,
Twenty Two years of Age & her Father Desired me to Certifie you of
the Same before Evidence and if you should want a bondsman for
y® aforesaid purpose I Certifie you that this noat Shall bind myself
to Answer y^ affair in that Case And am in the Mean Time S'' your
most Humble
P : S : Ser' to Command
this may Certifie you that Willis Wilson
I Agree to y* Above mentioned
as wittness my hand Grace Duke
■ Taken from an old paper in P. A. Clerk's Office.
Genealogical Research*
Revolutionary and Colonial Pedigrees
Traced*
Military Service of Ancestry
Furnished*
ADDRESS;
MRS. SALLY NELSON ROBINS,
Assistant Librarian, Virginia Historical Society,
Richmond, Virginia.
MISS KATE MASON ROWLAND,
Richmond, Virginia.
A. J. ACKISS,
Princess Anne Court House, Va.
»•
Genealogical Research*
Revolutionary and Colonial Pedigrees
Traced*
Military Service of Ancestry
Furnished*
ADDRESS:
MRS. SALLY NELSON ROBINS,
Assistant Libratian, Virginia Historical Society.
A. J. ACKISS,
Princess Anne Court House, Va.
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j^i^oAM ^'
No. 3, Part 3.
THE
Antiquary,
v;.
EDITED ]}Y
EDWARD WILSON JAMES.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Friedenwald Co., Printers.
V.
Copyrighted
BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES,
l&OO. V
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INTRODUCTION.
The folly of the attempt to please all is soon made apparent
to those who attempt to please a few only. When the Editor
of the Antiquary started it, he did it to gratify a taste of his
own and to make accessible to the students of history some of
the least known yet most important facts in the history of his
own section, and his success, so far as he can judge from the
approbation of students of history, has been encouraging, and
it has also met with the kindly greetings of the most of the
friends and acquaintances to whom it has been sent. A few
persons, however, have condemned it, with more or less severity,
because of the articles relating purely to the Social and eco-
nomic features of our past life ; and in two anonymous letters,
lately received, the Editor has been charged with attempting
to draw invidious distinctions by publishing lists of property
owners and land and slave owners and carriage owners and
piano owners. To those who entertain such views only would
such views appear natural, and the Editor does not hold him-
self responsible for the exaggerated importance with which
such persons may invest such things. The articles named are
regarded by the Editor and by economists as the most valuable
because they throw the most light on the life and condition of
the people. An idle-minded man here and there may pride
himself because of his grandfather's wealth, and a morbid
egotist here and there may, for fear of the opinion of the
idle-minded man, chafe and fret because of his grandfather's
comparative poverty, but history cannot remain unwritten
because of such persons. The articles referred to show the
sizes of estates, and show that instead of there having
been a few rich and many poor people in the South, as has
been believed abroad, there were a few rich and many well to
do and comfortably fixed people in the South. The possession
of riding vehicles and pianos shows the progress of refinement
and the development of civilization. This kind of information
iv Introduction.
is uovv being appreciated at its value/ and the Editor will close
this with the remark that he will in the future as in the past
manage the Antiquary in accordance with his own best
judgment, and for his own pleasure and satisfaction, and will
pay no attention to the criticisms of the morbid and the unduly
dissatisfied. — [Editor.]
'" Collector William F. Stone yesterday forwarded an application
from the officers of the Maryland Historical Society to the Secretary
of the Treasury requesting the Government to allow the Maryland
Historical Society to take charge of a number of colonial records
which were recently discovered in the record office of the Custom
House. The records which the Society is most anxious to secure are
tax books for the year 1798, which contain a complete list of the tax-
payers, location of property and number of slaves owned by individ-
uals that year. These tax books are complete for Anne Arundel
county, Baltimore city, Baltimore county. Charles, Caroline, Harford,
Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Somerset
and Talbot couHties. In addition to these books there are several
tax books containing the names of property and slaveholders in the
city of Washington. The Historical Society officials pay that these
books are of inestimable value and contain information, both as to
individuals and property, which cannot be found elsewhere." — From
the Baltimore Sun, Thursday morning, July 26, 1900.
THE
LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
VIRGINL4 ANTIQUARY.
June
22
July
1
a
7
A.US;
5
Sept
3
Dec
10
a
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REV. DAVID
WATTERS, P. A. COUNTY.
1812
James Seneca & Phebe Dyer
William Dawley & Sally Whitehurst
Joshua Whitehurst & Nancy Whichart
Godphery Morris & Jacamin Morris
Mary Dawley & Elizah Capps
John Simmons & Amey Whitehurst
1813
Feb 24 Moses Meclanen & Frankey Whitehurst
July 15 William Woodland & Keziah Salmons
17 Simon Wilbone & Sally Whitehurst
1815'
Gideon Dawley and Miss Atlanta Evans
Erasmus Capps and Miss Jennet Whitehurst
James Flanagan and Miss Mary Smith
William King and Miss Mary Gornto
William Capp and Miss Sal ley Shepherd
1816-
Simon Etheridge and Miss Francis Malboue
Isaac Sturtevant and Miss Sarah Dey
Hennary Legget and sarah Dyer
James Mundon & Nanny Seneca
James Salmons & Phebey Seneca
' Of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
* Minister Methodist Episcopal Church.
July
31
Nov
9
a
18
Dec
14
a
28
Jany
20
May
18
Aug
2
a
17
li
27
82 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
Sept
11
Nov
14
i(
16
u
22
a
23
Jany
30
Feb
5
March 27
a
«
28
April
17
July
8
Aug
5
Sept
4
Nov
13
Dec
18
Jany
((
24
Feb
1
March
5
a
7
ii
19
C(
31
April
23
May
28
((
14
June
3
u
11
i(
25
July
10
Aug
22
Sept
26
Benjamin Barnes & anna Brock
William Brown & Naney Otterson
Charles Henley & Betsey Malbone
Enoch Whitehurst and Frankey Dyer
John S Stone and Mary Bonney
1817
James sharood & Frankey Kempe
Nathan Capps and Salley Moore
Joshua Whitehurst and Charlotty Cox
Charles Edwards and sarah Whitehurst
Hennary Crafts and Nancy Whitehurst
Rewbin Doudge Jr and Lydia Bonney
Rewbin B Doudge and Sally Simmons
Thomas Crafts and Anne etheridge
John Mthias and Anna Kempe
Israel Fisher and nanney Seneca
Horatio Davis and Amey Capps
1818^
Robert Ward & Mis Ann James
William Williams & Mis Dinah Mason
Edward Bonney & Mis Fanney Kelly
Johnson Henley & Mis PoUey Mur})hy*
Bonney Barnes & Mis Keziah Brock
Enoch Eaton & Mis Anna Garrison
James Harrison & Mis Elizabeth Simmons
Thomas Ward and Mis Salley Land
Cornelius Brock & Mis Frankey Moore
Arthur Gornto & Mrs Susanna Malbone
James Dyer & Mis Elizabeth Capps
William Hood & Mrs Jane Fentress
Jesse Malbone & Mrs Rutha Waterman
Jesse Lane & Mis Lovey Spratt
Moses Williams & Mr' Mary Banks
Philip Malbone & Mis Anna James
William Kelley & Mis Mary Murdeu
* Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
* Daughter of James.
Marriages Performed by Rev. David Watters. 83
James Simmons & Mis Salley Guinn
John B Whitehead & Mis Peggy Dawley
James Lovett & Mis Nancy Land
William Flanagan & Mis Lydia Dyer
Charles Whitehurst & Mis Anne Harrison
John Dyer & Mrs Betsey Whithurst
Henry Styron & Mrs Saca Morriss
Jordan Berry & Mis Betsey Bright
181 95
Jesse Capps & Mis Lydia Write
John Flanegan & Mis Peggy Gornto
Francis Morriss & Mis Nancy Campbell
Thomas Lovett & Mis Fany Butt
John Whitehurst & Charlotte Malbone
John W Bonney & Mis Betsey Oakham
Nathan Whithurst & Mis Amey Smith
Moses Henley & Mis Jacanine Douge
Henry Capps Jr & Mis Mary Moore
Jeremiah Kinsey & Mis Betsey Woodhouse
Jeremiah Smith & Mis Rachall Woodhouse
1820''
Anthony Fentress & M^ Sarah Doudge
James Dawley & M^ Saley Smith
John Bonney & M* Betsey Cason
Smith Whitehurst & M' Lydia Murden
John Simmons & M* Policy Ayars
Joshua Williamson & M^ Salley Cason
John H Dey & M* Frances A Bonney "
1821'
Leven Watters & M^ Charlotte Bonney
Jonathan Bonney & Cloe Whitehurst
Andrew Whitehurst & Moley Brown
Caleb Vangover & Nancy Bonney
■'" A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church."
^ A member of the Methodist Church.
^ By David Watters.
J
Sept
26
Oct
1
((
15
Nov
6
Dec
3
a
10
((
30
((
31
Jan
28
Feb
28
Mar
3
May
11
(t
13
July
15
Sept
24
Dec
2
16
23
30
Feb
11
cc
17
«
((
April
11
27
Nov
8
Dec
7
Jan
3
April
17
June
9
Dec
13
84 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
1822
James Morriss & Mrs Elizabeth Kays
William Fentress & Mrs Elizabeth Styren
Nathaniel Cason & M' Nancy Scott
Thomas Lewis & M^ Sally Word
Thomas Dudley & M.' Frankey Ward
Joshua Wright & M^ Salley Fentress
1823
James Malbon & Miss Betsey Moor
Solomon Waterman & Mrs Pheby Salmons
Henry Malbon & Miss Elizabeth Malbon
David Rigges and Mrs Nancy Brock
Thomas Henley & Mrs Frankey James
Jonathan Bonney & Miss chariot Williamson
1824
Thomas Bonney and Mrs Salley W^ard
Solomon Dyer and Mrs Amey Cason
William L Atwood and Mrs Betsey Brown
Enoch Whitehurst & Mrs Sally Wilburn
Samuel Hartley & Mrs. Salley Dawley
James Bonney and Mrs Francis Batten
Jesse Capps and Mrs Anne Harrison
William Brock & Mrst Anne Whitehurst
1825^
Tully Cason & M'^ Mary Lewis
Dennis Harrison & M^® Charity Shipp
Thomas Grimstead & M'^ Polly Fisher
Jesse Shepherd & M'® Nancy Morgan
William Brock & M'^ Elizabeth Moore
Tomas Bonney & Mis Salley Lewis
Joel Morris & W Salley Oakham
1826
Henary Henley & miss Jane Nimmo
James Land & miss Frankey Lovett
Jan
24
Mar
7
(I
1
<(
13
May
25
Aug
8
Feb
5
April
2
3
June
10
Dec
16
23
Jany
Feb
26
11
March 24
30
June
19
July
23
Nov
26
March 31
April
7
14
July
22
Aug
2
Sept
23
Oct
29
Jan
7
Feb
2
* Methodist Episcopal Minister.
Markiages Performed by Rev. David Watters. 85
.J
Feb 2 James Gornto & Miss Elizabeth Lewis
George Smith & mrs Peggy Smith
Henary Dyer & miss Mary Murphy
Henary Woodhouse & mrs Nancy Woodhouse
Moses Cason & Miss Salley Bonney
John T Robinson & Miss Elizabeth ]\Iurden
Jonathan Whitehurst & miss Anna Dyer
Franciss Murden & M''® Elizabeth Huddeston
Nathaniel Worterman & miss Dillary Simpson
W™ Rainey & W^ Ratha Malbone
David Bonney & miss Polley D. ansell
Nathan R Bonney & miss Salley Dyer
John Woodhouse & Miss Mary Lovett
William Salmonds & Miss Lydia Gornto
John Garrison & Miss Salley Whitehurst
Cason Morrisett & miss Elizabeth West
Enoch Capps & Miss Ann Doudge
W°^ Rainey & miss Rhoda Doudge
Sara' Shipp & M'^ Amy D Simmons
1827
John Morrisett & Miss Mary Fentress
Noah Brock & Miss Elizabeth Morriss
Thomas A James & Miss Matilda J Atwood
Enoch Brown & miss Phenelia Woodhouse
Mitchell Phillips & miss Lydia Bonney
John Brock & Miss Mary Buskey
Caleb Dudley & Miss Mary Brock
Batson Doudge & miss Jane Franklin
John Turner & Miss Fanney Lewis
Rice B Pierce & Miss Fanney B Briggs
Elzey Burroughs & Miss Sarah J Whitehurst _
W™ Edwards & miss Salley crafts
James C Butt & miss Elizabeth Whitehurst
1828
Solloman Whithurs and Miss Sally Capps
John Gornto and Miss Ann Cason
John Rainey and Miss Sarah Bonney
27
March
I 2
April
15
j\Iay
4
27
29
June
1
8
29
July
13
15
29
Aug
31
Sept
31
Oct
19
Nov
9
Dec
21
u
28
Feb
15
u
16
March 15
31
April
10
a
14
May
11
a
19
July
14
Oct
4
Nov
22
a
23
Dec
20
Jan
24
Feb
21
Feb
29
Mar
7
May
2
a
u
July
24
April
10
Dec
19
i(
23
(C
25
Jan
18
April
18
a
20
June
11
Dec
2
(C
3
86 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Honary Edwards and Miss Sally Wright
William Laurence & Miss Jennet Randolph
Thomas A James & miss Anne Casteen
Robert Styron & Mr' Elizabeth Munden
Francis Williamson & Miss Margaret Harrison
Solloman Warterman & Miss Sarah Spratt
Ransom Brock & Mary Harrison
David Whitehurst & Miss Mary Butt
John A James & Miss Harriett Moor
1829
James Ward & miss Elizabeath Willimson
Joseph Bunkley & miss Elizebeath Henley
Ira Capps & mrs Anne Capps
Daniel Grimstead and miss Arsena Kays
William West & miss Anne Bonney
Jesse Morse & miss Salley Barnes
1830
Feb 1 1 John Boney and Miss Jane Copp
1831^
Jan 27 Joseph Bonney & miss Nelly Whitehurst
Feb 17 Littleton D Morse & Miss Eleuor Bonney
May 7 Slaughter Sikes and Miss Fanny Shepherd
April 20 Francis Doudge & Miss Mary D Doudge
" " Thomas Bernid & Miss Olive Williamson
Oct 21 Bartlett Moor and Miss Lydia Brown
Dec 8 David Whitehurst and Miss Lucintha Grimstead
" 15 John Shipp & Miss Sarah Simmons
" 24 Jesse Whitehurst and Mrs Clarissa Bonney
1832
Jan 5 Godfrey S Woodard and Miss Jacamine Brock
Feb 4 Batson Land & Miss Elizabeth Whitehurst
" 18 Richard Simmons & Miss Betsey Doudge
Mar 24 Caleb Capp & Miss Angelica Holstead
" 30 Anthony Whitehurst & Miss Nancy Ward
^Sr. Minister Methodist Episcopal Church.
Copy of the Charter of Norfolk Borough. 87
John Whitehurst & Miss Mary Moore
Caleb Ackiss & Miss Levey Fisher
Reuben Stone & M'"® Jacamine Cox
David Bonney & Miss Jennet Hill
18331"
Devany Doudge and Miss Martha Dudley
James Bonney and Miss Henrietta Randolph
Jonathan Fentress and Miss Mary James
John W Simmons and Miss Sarah Brown
William Nicholson and Miss Elizabeth Fentress
Robert Dudley and Miss Amey Brock
Charles Dudley and Miss Ann Woodard
June 8 Garrett Whitehurst and Miss Cynthia James
" 22 Daniel Doudge and M^^ Maryann Capps
May
3
a
30
Oct
18
Dec
27
Jan
3
i(
12
((
30
Feb
19
Mar
21
May
9
i(
10
COPY OF THE CHARTERS OF NORFOLK
BOROUGH
(Incorporated the 15th September 1736)
George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France, Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To All And Singular Our Faithful Subjects,
Greeting : Whereas, a healthful and pleasant place, com-
modius for trade and navigation, by act of the General Assem-
'" At a Court held for P. A. County June l^t 1812
Present
John Hancock John Munden \
Jonathan Woodhouse Caleb Boush I Jn^atices
W™ Ellegood '
" David Watters produced to the Court Credentials of his being in
regular communion with the Methodist Church took the Oath of alle-
gian to the Commonwealth ; a Testimonial is Granted him he having
given Bond & Security acc"^ to Liw." Securities Jesse Seneca and
Richard Bonney.
' From " The Ordinances of the Borough of Norfolk ; To which are
prefixed The Charter of the Borough, and a collection of Acts and
parts of Acts of Assembly, relating to the corporation. Published by
authority of the Common Council, 1845, Norfolk : printei by T. G.
Broughton & Co. 1845.
88 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
bly of our Colony and Dominion of Virginia, hath been ap-
pointed and laid out for a town, called by the name of Norfolk;
which place of late years, especially during the administration
of our trusty and well beloved William Gooch, Esq., our Lieu-
tenant Governor of our said Colony, hath very greatly increased
in the number of its inhabitants and buildings, in so much that
the said town not being capable of containing all such persons
as have resorted thereto, divers of our loving subjects have
seated themselves and families upon the adjoining lauds, so far
as a place called the Town Bridge. Know ye, That we being
willing to encourage all our good and faithful subjects, as well
at present residing and inhabiting, as shall or may hereafter
reside and inhabit within the said town of Norfolk and the
places thereto adjoining, so far as the Town Bridge, at the
instance aud petition of divers of our dutiful and loyal sub-
jects, inhabitants of the said town and places adjacent, of our
Royal grace, good will, certain knowledge, and mere motion,
with the advice of our Council of our said Colony, have con-
stituted aud erected, and by these our Letters Patent do con-
stitute and erect the said town of Norfolk, and the said parts
thereto adjoining so far as the said Bridge, A Borough by the
name of the Borough of Norfolk; aud for us, our heirs and
successors do by these presents grant to the inhabitants of the
said Borough and of the parts adjacent, that the said Borough
and tlie paits adjacent shall be a Borough Incorporate, con-
sisting of a Mayor, one person learned in the law, stiled and
bearing the office of Recorder of the said Borough, eight Alder-
men, aud sixteen other persons to be Common Council Men,
of the said Borough ; which said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen
and Common Council Men, shall be a body incorporate, and
one Community forever, in right and in fact ; and by the name
of Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
Borough of Norfolk, and as such shall be persons able and
capable in law to acquire, purchase, and receive manors, lands,
tenements, and hereditaments not exceeding one thousand
pounds sterling per annum, and all goods and chattels w'hatso-
ever, to have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors for-
ever. And also that they the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen,
and Common Council, by the same name, plead and be im-
Copy of the Charter of Norfolk Borough. 89
pleaded, prosecute and defend, answer and be answered in all
and singular, causes, complaints, actions real, personal and
mixt, of what kind or nature soever, in all courts, and places,
and before all judges and justices whatsoever, and also that
the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council,
and their successors, shall have one common seal, to be used
for their causes and business; and that it shall be lawful for
them the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Coun-
cil, and their successors, their said seal at their pleasure to
break, change, and to make anew from time to time as to them
shall seem expedient : And we will, and by these presents
declare, name, and appoint Samuel Boush, gent, to be Mayor
of the said Borough for the year ensuing, and afterwards until
the day for electing a Mayor hereinafter appointed ; and Sir
John Randolph, Knight, to be Recorder for the said Borough ;
George Newton, Samuel Boush, the younger, John Hutchins,
Robert Tucker, John Taylor, Samuel Smith, the younger, James
Ivey and Alexander Campbell, gents., inhabitants of the said
Borough, to be Aldermen thereof for so long a time as they
shall well behave themselves in their respective offices and
places : and we do further order and direct, that the said
Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, before they shall enter into
or upon the execution of their said offices, shall take the several
oaths by law appointed for the security of our person and gov-
ernment, and subscribe the same, and the oath by our said
Lieutenant Governor, appointed to be taken by the Mayor,
Recorder, and Aldermen of the said Borough, and subscribe
the test, which oath shall be administered to them by our said
Lieutenant Governor, or by such person or persons as he shall
authorise and appoint to administer the same.
And we grant that the said Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen,
or the major part of them shall elect and choose other of the
most sufficient inhabitants of the said Borough, being freemen
thereof, to be of the Common Council of the said Borough,
for so long a time as they shall well behave themselves in their
respective places. — And to perpetuate the succession of the said
Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Councilmen in all
time to come. We do Grant, That for the future they shall
assemble in some convenient place in the said Borough, upon
90 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
the feast day of St. John the Baptist, in every year; and shall
elect and choose by the major vote of such of them as shall be
then present, one other of the Aldermen of the said Borough,
for the time being, to be Mayor of the said Borough for the
ensuing year. And upon death, removal, or resignation of the
said Mayor, Recorder, or Aldermen, or any of them, or within
one month after such respective death or deaths, removal or
removals, resignation or resignations, the rest of the said
Aldermen, together with the said Mayor and Recorder, if they
should be living, and Common Councilmen, or the major part
of them, shall at a time by them to be appointed, meet within
the said Borough and elect and nominate some other person
or persons to be Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the said
Borough, in the place and places of such person or persons so
deceased or removed, as the case shall require, so as the said
Mayor so to be elected and nominated, be at the time of such
election and nomination actually one of the Aldermen of the
said Borough; and so as the said Recorder so to be elected and
nominated, be a person learned in the law ; and so as the
Aldermen or Aldermen so elected and nominated, at the time
of such election and nomination, be actually of the Common
Council of the said Borough ; and the said Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen and Aldermen so elected and nominated, shall at the
time and place of election take the several oaths above men-
tioned, and subscribe the same, and subscribe the test; which
oath the said Mayor, Recorder, or any one of the Aldermen
may, and is hereby required to administer ; and shall then
likewise, or on the said feast of St. John the Baptist, out of,
and from among the inhabitants and free holders of the said
Borough, elect and nominate so many persons to be of the
Common Council as shall be wanting to make up the fall num-
ber of sixteen persons, and that the persons hereby appointed
and named, or hereafter to be elected and nominated Mayor,
Recorder and Alderman, be Justices of the Peace within ihe
said Borough, the precincts and liberties thereof, and directors
of the buildings and streets in the said Borough ; and that they
or any three of them, whereof the Mayor or Recorder for the
time being shall always be one, shall have within the said
Borough and ihe precincts and liberties thereof, full power and
Copt of the Charter of Norfolk Borough. 91
authority to make Constables, Surveyors of the Highways, and
other necessary Officers ; and to rule, order and govern the
inhabitants, and the buildings, and the streets thereof, as
Justices of the Peace, and Directors are or shall be authorised
to do, and shall have power, and may execute all the Laws,
Ordinances and Statutes in that behalf made, as fully and
amply as if they were authorised thereto by express commis-
sion, willing and commanding that no other Justices of the
Peace or quorum within our said Colony do at any time here-
after take upon them, or any of tiiem, to execute the office of a
Justice of the Peace within the said Borough or precinct
thereof, in any cause, matter or thing hereby declared to be
cognizable by the said Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, not-
withstanding any commission at large authorising them there-
unto, saving always the authority and jurisdiction of our
Justices of the Peace of our County of Norfolk ; nor at any
time hereafter to be assigned during the time of their holding
their Courts in the said Borough, saving also to all and every
other Judges, Justices and officers, all such rights, powers.
Jurisdictions and authorities granted, or which shall be granted
to them or any of them by any statute or any act of Assembly
of this Colony.
And further, we will and grant unto the said Mayor,
Recorder, Aldermen and Common Councilmen of the said
Borough for the time being, full power and authority to erect
work houses, houses of correction, and prisons within the said
Borough, and to make, order and appoint such by-laws, rules
and ordinances for the regulation and good government of the
trade and other matters, exigencies and things, within the said
Borough and precincts, as to them or the major part of them
shall seem meet, and to be consonant to reason and justice, and
not contrary but as near as conveniently may be agreeable to
the laws, acts of Assembly and statutes now in force ; which
said by-laws, rules and ordinances shall be observed, kept and
performed by all manner of persons trading or residing within
the said Borough, under such reasonable pains, penalties and
forfeitures as shall be imposed by the said Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen and Common Councilmen, or the major part of
them then assembled, from time to time, not exceeding forty
92 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
shillings, current mone}' of Virginia ; which said pains, penal-
ties and forfeitures shall be levied by distress and sale of the
goods of the person offending, to be employed for the public
benefit of the said Borough, at their discretion.
And further, we have given and granted unto the said
Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council of the said
Borough, and to their successors forever, and to all freeholders
of the said Borough owning half a lot of land with a house
built thereon according to law, and to all persons actually
residing and inhabiting in the said Borough having a visible
estate of the value of fifty pounds current money, at the least ;
and all persons who shall hereafter serve five years to any
trade within the said Borough, and shall after the expiration
of their time of service be actually house keepers and inhabi-
tants of said Borough; and for us and our successors, by these
presents, do give and grant to them full powers and absolute
authority to name, elect, and send one Burgess out of the
inhabitants actually residing and being within the said Borough;
which Burgess elected shall have a freehold or visible estate
within the said Borough, of the value of two hundred pounds
sterling ; and if such person so elected be not actually residing
within the said Borough, then he shall have a free hold or
other visible estate of the value of five hundred pounds
sterling, to be present, sit and vote in the house of Burgesses
of our said Colony of Virginia, and then to do and consent to
those things which by the Common Council of our said Colony
shall happen to be ordained. And do hereby grant and <_)rder
that writ or writs of election of a Burgess for the said Borough
shall be issued and sent to the said Mayor, Recorder and
Aldermen, for the time being, when and so often as a General
Assembly shall be called, or occasion shall require : — Provided
ahoays, That all such electors and voters shall and do, before
they be admitted to give their vote at such election, make oath
of their freehold, and the value of their personal estate, if the
candidates or other electors shall require the same to be done.
And further, we, of our especial grace, certain knowledge
and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, by these
presents give and grant to the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen
and Common Council of the said Borough, and to their sue-
Copy of the Charter of Norfolk Borough. 93
cessors forever, full and free license, power and authority, to
have, hold and keep three Markets weekly in some convenient
place in the said Borough, to be by them appointed (that is to
say) on every Tuesday, on every Thursday, and on every
Saturday in the week ; and also two Fairs yearly, to be held
and kept on the first Monday in October, and on the first
Monday in April, in every year, for the sale and vending all
manner of cattle, victuals, provisions, goods, wares and mer-
chandise whatsoever, on which Fair days, and on two days
next before, and two days next after each of the said Fair days,
all persons coming to, or being at the said Fairs, together with
their cattle, goods and merchandise, shall be exempted and
privileged from all arrests, attachments, or executions, except
for toll and process from the Court of Pie-Poudre ; and that
the said Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Council,
and their successors forever, shall have power to set su^h rea-
sonable toll on all such cattle, goods, wares and merchandise,
and all other commodities, as shall be sold in the said Markets
and Fairs respectively, as shall be by them thought reasonable,
not exceeding six pence on every beast, and three pence on
every hog, and the twentieth part of the value of any other
commodity sold therein: — Provided always, That the toll to be
rated and assessed on the cattle and goods so sold, which shall
be belonging to the freemen inhabitants of the said Borough,
shall be but one half of the said toll which shall be rated on
persons not freemen of the said Borough ; and that the said
Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen or any three of them, of which
the Mayor or Recorder shall be one, shall and may hold a
Court of Piepoudre, during the time of the said Fairs, for
hearing and determining all controversies, suits and quarrels,
that may arise and happen therein, according to the usual and
legal courses in the like cases in England ; and we do, for us
and our successors, give and grant to the said Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen and Common Council, and their successors forever,
all and every toll, profits and perquisites arising, due and
incident from or to the said Markets, Fairs and Courts of
Piepoudre, to be and by them, or the major part of them, used
laid out and expended for the benefit and advantages of the
said Boroush.
94 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
And farther, we do grant, for us and our successors, that
the said Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen, and their successors,
or any four or more of them, of which the said Mayor,
Recorder, or the last preceding Mayor, or senior Alderman
shall be one, shall hold a Court of Hustings once in every
month within the said Borough, of which Court they are
hereby empowered to appoint and make Clerks and other
proper officers from time to time as there shall be occasion,
and to settle and allow reasonable fees, not exceeding the fees
now settled and allowed in our County Courts of our said
Colony; and shall have jurisdiction and hold plea of trespass
and ejectment, and of all writs of dower for any lands and
tenements within the said Borough, and all other acts personal
and mixed, arising the said Borough, precincts and liberties
thereof; and as a Court of Record, give judgment and award
executions thereon, according to the Laws and Statutes of
England, and of the said Colony ; Provided, the demand in the
said action personal and mixed do not exceed twenty pounds,
current money, or four thousand pounds of Tobacco. And
provided nevertheless, That any party or parties, plaintiff or
defendant, shall be at liberty to appeal from the judgment of
the said Court of Hustings to the General Court, or to obtain
a \yrit of Error, or Supercedeas to such judgment returnable
to the said General Court, under such limitations, rules and
orders as are already prescribed and set down by the Act of
Assembly, or Rules of the said General Court, for obtaining
and prosecuting Appeals, Writs of Error, and Supersedeas,
from the Judgment of the County Courts to the General
Court.
In Witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be
made Patent; witness our trusty and well beloved William
Gooch, Esq., our Lieutenant Governor, and Commander-in-
Chief of our said Colony and Dominion of Virginia, at Wil-
liamsburg, under the Seal of our said Colony, the fifteenth day
of September, one thousand seven hundred and thirty six, in
the tenth year of our reign
(Copy) William Gooch
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds. 95
ABSTRACTS FROM .NORFOLK COUNTY
MARRIAGE BONDS.
(Continued from page 80.)
1744
April 4 Joshua Nicholson with Tabitha Lowery^
Joshua Nicholson
Sam Boush W™ Ivy
" 19 James Webb with Penelope Butt
James Webb
Sam^ Boush Solomon Butt
" 27 Thos Tibbs with Martha Toraouth
Thos Tibbs
Sam Boush junr Lam' Wilson
May 11 W" Hodghon with Eliz^ Mesler
W^ Hodghon
Sam Boush jun lodewyck messier
" 26 William Baker with Rebecca Joel
William Baker
Saml Boush
July 5 Robert Stewart with Abiah Church
Robert Stewart
Sam Boush junr Jo® Stewart
" 28 Capt Maximilian Calvert with Mrs Mary Savage
Max'° Calvert
Sept 24 Patrick Micalroy with Mary Pilkington
Sam Boush jun'" Patrick Micalroy, mark
Davis Neal
Oct 6 Richard Jackson with Dinah Lewling
Richard Jackson
Sam' Boush Abel Lewelling
Dec 24 Joseph Stewart with Julian Church
Jo^ Stewart
Sam Boush jun Tho® Corprew
' Dauo;hter of James Lowry deceased with the consent of W™ and
Ann Ivy
96 Lower Nokfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
Jany 12 Josiah Butt with Mary Boush^
Sam^ Boush jun"^ Josiah Butt
1745
Feb 15 W"' Wright with Mary Butt
Wm Wright
Char' Smith
1746
April 19 Solomon Fife with Mary Drury
Solomon Fife
Sam Boush jun"" Jn° Drewry
May 21 Jeremiah Wilson with Jane ^
Jeremiah Wilson
Sam Boush James Butt
" 28 Hillary Herbert with Elizabeth Veal
Hillary Herbert
Sam Boush Thoma Veal
June 4 Robert Ives with Cosiah Johnson
Robert Ives
Sam Boush jun' Char® Smith
1749
Feb 7 W" Freeman with Tabitha Wilson *
Sam Boush j"" W™ Freeman
« 17 Jn° LLoyd with Eliz'' Hall
Jn** LLoyd
1750
Aug 29 Robt Tucker with Elizabeth Cleeves
Robt Tucker
' S'' this may Certifie to you that Josiah Butt & Mary Boush has
Agreed in that Holly Estate of Marrige I being A Guardin to her Give
a free Concent & if you want Security 111 be the Same in the Behalf of
the Partyes
Janu-- 12"" 1744 S"" I am your Humble Ser'
Willis Wilson ju''
To Colo : Sam" Boush
or his son . . — These
*mem" the woman is of Age as Butt the Security Informes me
■* Daughter of Solo Wilson
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds. 97
Jany 21 W" Bradley with Mary Wilson
Wiir Bradley
1751
Aug 16 David Harper with Mary Maning
David Harper
Sam Boush j' John maning
Sept 10 W" Nimmo Jr with Anne Wilson
W" Nimmo Jr
Nich° Slack
" 18 Lem' Willoughby with Martha Sweny
Lem^ Willoughby
Edw"^ Portlock William Ivy
" 19 Shadrack Talbutt with Sarah Talbutt
Shadrack Talbutt
Sam Boush John Guy
Oct 18 John Lewis with Rachael Bingham
Jn° Willoughby John Lewis
Sam Boush j"^ Patrick Kelly, mark
Nov 3 Horatio Stammers with Sarah Drury
Horasha Stamers
Sam Boush junr Arthur Moseley
Dec 14 Joseph Brown with Katherine Edmonds^
Joseph Brown
Sam' Boush Jonathan Porter
1752
April 30 John Hamilton with Patience Russell
John Hamilton
Sam^ Boush Geo Chamberlaine
June 19 John Robe with Mary Fife*^
John Robe
Geo Pool John Cann
" 26 Tho^ Oldner with Sarah Wakefield
Tho^ Oldner
Sam' Boush George Wakefd
J 28 Absalom Langley with Elizabeth Scady
Absalom Langley
James Langley
* Daughter of Mary Prichard ® Widow.
98 LowEK Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Sept 30 John Streip with Mary Breadey
Sam Boush Jur John Streip
Geo Abyvon Terence Wadick
Nov 1 James Ashley Eliz^ Langley''
James Ashley
William Ivy
" 14 W" Smith with Ann Cleeves
Sam Boush Jr Test for W" Smith W"^ Smith
' witness for Thos Whitford James Cleeves
Jas Cleeves Char® Smith
Dec 2 Rich'' Scott with Rebecca Portlock
Rich'i Scott
Geo Abyvon
" 3 W" Simmons with Sarah s
W™ Simmons, mark
Sam Boush j' Solomon Lambert
'' 11 Thomas Wilson with Prudence Nicholson
Thomas Wilson
Sam Boush J'^ Geo Chamberlaine
1753
Jany 18 Martain Bayne with Sarah Southerlin^
]\Iartain Bayne
Sam Boush j"^ Alex Bayne
March 16 W" Roberts with Ann Jennings ^"
W" Roberts
Sam Boush jur Will Scott
" 17 Willis Bramble with Mary Ashley
Willis Bramble
Sam Boush Jur W™ Ashley
" 20 Lott Maund with Mary Wright
Lott Maund
Sam Boush j'' Geo Felton
'Widow. 'Widow
^Daughter of David Southerlin
""'Thomas Scott was appointed Guardian to Jennings in Eliz" City
County Court"
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds. 99
April 5 Joi'den Oast with Elizabeth Dial
Jorden Oast
Sam Boush jur James Oast
Aug 17 Francis Weldon with Ruth Pertall
Francis Weldon
Sam Boush j'" Tho Morris, mark
Sept 12 Chris'" Wright with Mary Walke
Chr Wright
Sam Boush j'' Ant° Walke
" 23 Zachariah Hutchins with Dinah Inkson
Zachariah Hutchins
Sam Boush jur John Hamilton
'' 29 Ja« Holt with Ann Osheal "
Ja Holt
Oct 3 Lewis Hansford with Ann Taylor
Lewis Hansford
Sam Boush Jur
" 5 William Murrey with Martha Lewelling
William Murrey
Sam Boush j' W"^ Newboul
" 25 Joseph Church with Sarah Wilson
Joseph Church
Sam Boush j"" John Hamilton
"31 Roderick Conner with Margaret Scott
Roderick Conner
Sam Boush j'" John Jones
[To be Continued]
"Child
I desire you'l Issue Marriage Lycence for Mr James Holt
with your Sister Osheal fill up a Marriage Lycence Bond &
put my Name in the bond w'''' shall sign when please God I
come to Town I was taken this Morning w"' the Flux it is
now not so bad if it should be Worse shall send in the
Morning to the Doct"^ I am Y* Indulg' father
Sep"- 26'" 1753 Sam' Boush
To M"- Sam' Boush Jun'^
100 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
LAND AND SLAVE OWNERS, P. A. CO., 1775.
(Continued from page 70)
(Little Creek Precinct)
L
S
R C
L
S R (
Samuel Boush
300
3
James Holmes'
120.
o
William Bevaa
1
James Holt
195.
2
William Butt
100.
3
Anthony Lawson
2096,
26. 2
John Collins
1
Frances Moore-
400.
4. 1
Henry Collins
170
Joshua Martin
1
Charles Campbell
300.
8
1 Anne Martin
1
James Cune
40
Preston Martin'^
60
Lemuel Collins
100.
1
James Moore
5
George Dudley
1
Betty Mosely
234f.
4
Samuel Davis
1
William Nimmo
476|.
10. 1
George Denny
86.
4
Joyce Oast
70
Tamer Ewell
1
Judith Powers
50
John Easter
25
1
Edward Park
6
Thomas Ewell
338
2
Pembroke Powers
35
George Guy
60
1
Perin Smith
200.
4.
Tamar Gnffin
3
John Thorowgood
9
Tamer Gamewell
2
Christopher AVrigbt
A
17. 2
William ifolmes
100
William Wishard*
671^.
7. 1
Henry Holmes
75
Mary Wishart'^
213i
4
Thomas Hunter
196.
8.
1 George Wishart
i
Marg' Hughs
1
Eastern
Branch Precinct.
L
S
RC
L
SRC
John Absolume
140
2
Matthias Drurey
]63f
3
John Bouser
1
Samuel Davis
45
1
Henry Burgess
88
Horatio Davis
100
1
James Braithwaite
2
1 William Dolbey
1
Thomas Bustian
109
3
William Edmonds
140.
1
Robert Burley
10
1
Abel Edmonds
93
Ezekiel Cox
1
Nathaniel Edmonds
50
Solomon Caps
1
Mary Fentress
100.
1
Daniel Dudley
1
James Fentress
1
Nathaniel Denby
3
David Fentress
9
' Father of Henry.
^ Had 37 sheep and none to spare.
' Father of James.
< Father of William. Had 136 sheep 20 to spare.
5 Had 116 acres of land "belonging to Thos Haj'nes an orphan. "
' Mother of Thomas. George Logan in his report to the Court omitted the land
but fortunately the most of the vouchers were preserved, and the names of the
land owners are derived from them.
Land and Slave Owners, P. A. Co., 1775.
101
L
S
R C
L
s
R C
Benjamin Dingly Gray
7
Mary Anne Scott 100.
2
Matthew Godfrey
1
Amy Simmons 25.
6
John Hodgson
1
Charles Saver 1133^.10.
1
Thurmar Hoggard
1231.
24.
1
Willes Shipp
1
Simon Holstead
1
Thomas Smith
1
William Hancock
5.
1
Lemuel Stone 106.
2
John & Joseph Hatchings
John Smith
1
1370.
20
Elizabeth Shipp 60
Joshua Hopkins
4
George Shore 113
John Hancock
14.
1
James Taylor 50
1
Jonathan Hopkins
729.
11.
1
Elizabeth Tenant
9.
2
John Hopkins
100
Francis Thorowgood
2
George Jamieson Sen"" 641
16.
1
Sarah Trotter
1
George Jamieson Jun""
George Veal 1225.
5
8i
3
Thomas Veal 1200.
3
James Kempe
18.
1
Joshua Wiles
5
1
John Kenline
4
Anthony Walke Esq'"
William Kayes
9
3.
1
7248f
83.
3&
George Logan
173f
7.
2&1
1 chariot
cht
Henry Whitehurst 100
3
Sarah Lyon
5.
1
Sarah Williamson
1
James Lamb
1
Joshua Williamson
1
John Matthias Senr
63
5
George Williamson
4
John Matthias Jun'
500
5
Lemuel Williamson 115.
1
Edward Hack Moseley Esc
■•
William White 4.
1
33.
2
William Willeroy
o
William M^Clenahan
8.
1
James Willeroy 150
4.
1
Mary M^Clenahan
3.
1
Thomas Whitehurst Sen""
Rewben Matthias
210
2.
1
90.
3
Richard Murray
8
William Whitehurst 40.
1
Charles Matthias
107
1
Enoch Whitehurst 141|
7
Matthias Murray
116
2
Jonathan Whitehurst 110
3
John Murray
210
4
Charles Williamson
11.
1
Hillary Moseley
400
6.
1
Willoughby Williamson
1
Bagwell Moore
2.
1
George Williamson Senr
James Moore
650
13.
1
100
Lauchline M'Cabe
50
3
Lyday Willeroy 100
Tully Mosely
222f
John Whitehurst 75
Jonathan Mathias
100
Peter Whitehurst 288.
8.
1
Lemuel Newton
190.
7
1
Christopher Whitehurst
John Parsons
170.
6
225.
5
1
Daniel Richardson
5
Charles Whitehurst
1
John Reade
2
James Whitehurst 67i
Mrs Mary Robinson 444i.
22.
2
Richard Whitehurst 50
Bridget Scott
248.
3.
1
W" Williamson 8
Robinson Smith
1
Jonathan Whitehurst 1 75
Richard Sparrow
50.
2
By wifes dower 115
John Shipp
575.
5
102 LowEE Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
OLDEST MASONIC LODGE.^
"To Norfolk belongs the distinction of having the oldest
Masonic lodge in the United States. This organization, known
as Norfolk Lodge, No. 1, was instituted in 1729 and chartered
under the title of Royal Exchange Lodge No. 172. Under the
Grand Lodge of England it operated until 1741, when it sur-
rendered its English charter and received one from the Grand
Lodge of Scotland, which conferred the title of St. John's
Lodge, No. 177. Then came a period when the Revolutionary
War cut it off from communication with the Grand Lodge. At
Williamsburg in 1777 a convention of Virginia lodges was
held. P. M. Mathew Phripp, of St. John's Lodge, was elected
president. Four years later the Grand Lodge of Virginia was
organized, and in 1790 St. John's was chartered under its
present title. Since that time the lodge has played a prominent
part in the history of the city. In 1806 the corner stone of
the first Masonic hall was laid in this city by Norfolk Lodge,
which on Sunday, October 24, 1824, was honored by the
presence of the Marquis de Lafayette, who was received with
exalted Masonic honors. Mr. J. Hardy Hendren is the oldest
living member of the Norfolk Lodge. Mr. Hendren was raised
to the sublime degree March 5, 1853. The original charter of
the lodge adorns the walls of the Blue Lodge room in Masonic
Temple. The relic is highly prized. Another priceless relic
in possession of the lodge is a past master's jewel of gold, said
to be one of the oldest jewels of any Masonic order in America.
The jewel bears this inscription : Presented December 27,
5804 A. L. (which is 1804 A. D.), by the Lodge No. 1, Nor-
folk, Va., to the R. W. James Whitehead, P. M., as a testimony
of respect and gratitude for the zeal and abilities displayed by
him in his exalted station."
* From the Baltimore Sun for Thursday, December 14, 1899.
The Chukch in Lowek Norfolk County. 103
THE CHURCH IN LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY.
(Continued from page 52.)
Lower Norll Att a Court held y^ 16^*^ Appril 1660
Att Moses Lyiiton
p sent Coll: Jn° Sidney \ W W" Daynes ^
L* Coll: Tho Lambert J W Edm Bowman I
Major lem: Mason i M'^ John Martin i
M" Richard Conquest [ M' AV^ Robinson J
" Wheareas Jn° W™* obteyned an order in octob Court last,
that fower men might view ye frame & other works done by
him towards y® building of a Church in Daniell Tanners
Creeke & also to give theire Report, What they Judge it to be
worth wch accordingly they have done, & allotting him fower
hund'^ pounds of tob° & Caske as may appeare, It is therefore
Ordered that ye Church warden of Elizabeth River parish
Make payment thereof Collecting it out of y® fifteen pounds
tob° p pole in the hands of 1' Colo: Thomas Lambarts hands
Collector for y^ yeares levie w**^ Cost Als "
'' M"- Conquest August: 8^^ 1660^
I hearr w^^ Sorrow y^ you are very remisse in yo'' office, in
not stopping y''*' frequent meetings of this most pestilent Sect
of y^ quakers, whether this bee so or not, I doe charge you
(by vertue of y'" power y® grand assembly has entrusted me w*^
not to suffer any more of theire meetings or Conventicles & if
any such shalbee refractory y^ you send them up prisoners to
James Citty, I expect your obedience to this w^'' I send you
w'^^out enclosing y*" all may take notice of it
Yo^ Loving fFrend
William Berkeley^
ffor mr Richard Conquest: sherr of Lower Norfl:"
' This appeared in the William and Mary College Quarterly Histor-
ical Papers for January, 1894.
- Governor Berkeley has been so much censured for his course in
persecuting the Quakers that it may be well to give a modern Roman
Catholic view of the subject of toleration. ''Mr. Edgar H. Gans, of
the Baltimore bar, delivered a lecture in the winter course at the
Catholic Club last night. His subject was 'Toleration.' Mr. Gans,
in introducing the subject, referred to the establishment of religious
•
104 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
toleration in Maryland under Lord Baltimore and answered some
recent critics. Continuing, he said in part : Toleration is a general
word frequently misunderstood. It is really the patience with which
we suffer a thing which we judge to be bad, but which we think it
desirable not to punish. The thing which we tolerate we always
regard as wrong. It is an abuse of language to say that we tolerate
the truth. Truth in the scientific order is one, changeless and intole-
rant. Intolerance in the order of ideas is simply a firm adhesion to
the truth without any concession or deviation. This is the correct
principle in the domain of thought. It is the Catholic principle as
applied to religious truth, and is maintained by the authority of the
infallible Church. The modern non-Catholic position is that one
religion is as good as another. This results from the fact that they
have no definite standard or test by which one form of religion can be
determined to be better than another. This position is illogical, as
different sects hold contradictory opinions, one of which, at least,
must be false, and to aflBrm that one is as good as another is to affirm
thift error is as good as truth and equally pleasing to Him who has
said : Ego sum Veritas. The agnostic takes the same position that
there can be nothing but opinion or individual predilection as to re-
ligious truth, and practically both work together in excluding religion
from education on the ground that it has no attainable certainty.
This is wrong. Keligious truth is definitely ascertainable and must
be believed with certainty. It is often thought that universal tolera-
tion is the principle now admitted by all in the relation of govern-
ment to religious belief and practices. This is not entirely true. Our
Government would punish any religion that offered human sacrifice
as part of its creed; or suicide, as in the case of the Hindoo widow; or
immorality, as in the worship of Venus at Rome under the Empire.
We punish Mormonism, enforce Sunday laws and restrain Christian
Scientists. The truth is that every government will restrain practices
against the universal social and moral sentiment of its people,
whether such practices are indulged in as the result of a religious
belief or not, and the right to do this has been affirmed by the Su-
preme Court of the United States. The ages of persecution are fre-
quently misunderstood. Punishments were barbarous, but so were
they in the administration of civil justice. Persecution was not con-
fined to religions. The pagan Nero and the infidel Robespierre were
typical persecutors. It is a universal fact in history, whose roots are
in human nature. Governments persecuted more then because there
was more religion in their laws. Modern toleration is the result of a
great number of causes. Indifference as to what is true, the presence
of a multitude of opinions, the lassitude that comes from constant
struggle, the ease and rapidity with which ideas are disseminated
all over the world, the breaking down of provincial boundaries, the
strength of commercial organization, increased gentleness of man-
ners— these are some of the causes which have brought about our
present toleration." — From the Baltimore Sun for Friday morning,
March 23, 1900.
The Church in Lower Norfolk County. 105
Att a private Court held the ^10*" June 1661 Att the house of
jVP John Godfrey
p'"sent
Coll John Sidney
Maior Lemuell Mason f M"" W™ Daynes 1 ^^
M"" Thomas Browne I Capt Rich foster J
" Wheareas ]VP John Hill high sherr hath given informacon &
also psented Beniamin for by to this Wors" Court for admit-
ting & Suffering assemblies of quakers at his house being con-
trary to y*^ Lawes of this Country in y^ case provided, It is
therefore by y® Court ordered that y® sherr take y® s'' forby
forthwith into his Custody & Conveye him to James Citty
there to bee tried by y*^ Gou'"nor & Councell for contemning
& breaking y*^ n'^ Law provided against such people — Vi'
quakers "
Lower Norfl: Att a Court held y^: 15^'^ August 1661
Att Tho: Hardiniis
p''sent ffran Morrison esq'" Gouner'' & Capt Generall of Yir^r'''
Coll Jn° Sidney c W Thomas Willoughby ^
Major Lemuell Mason < Capt Richard foster VComrs
M"" Thomas Browne I M' John Martin j -'
" Wheareas M"" Thomas Browne hath Informed y® Court that
Isbell spring hath abused him in calling him traitor & other
abusive & threatening speeches comeing to her house to sup-
presse y" quakers, It is therefore ordered that she receive twenty
laches on her bare back & that her fact bee s$t in writing on
her, & also y^ she remaine in y^ Custody of y® sherr untill
shee acknowledge her fault on her knees in open Court, <^ also
pay the Court Charges & thirty to y^ Comrs by act, I sa" Isbell
y® Wife of Robart Spring " ""
It is y*' Judgem* of the Court that Ben: forby sha . pay y*
higli sherr for his Imprisonem' p day twenty five p ods of
tob°
" Wheareas Jn° W™* obteined an order in Apprill 60 ag^^
M'' James the la bale for fower hundred pounds . " tob° &
^ Not certain about this date.
106 Lower Norfolk CouNxr Virginia Antiquary.
Caske awarded him w**^ Court Charges for worke done towards
y® buylding of a Church in Daniell Tanners Creeke agst sd
JVF James the la bale Churchwarden Who is also to have y^
sd some W^^ Charges of P Coll: Lambart out of y® fifteene
pounds of tob° Levied formerly by act W*^'^ remains in his
hands, the s'^ The la bale being somoned according to act by
a Scur facias to y® Court Judgera* is granted unto him ag*' the
8" The la balle W*^ Cost Als ex"
[lb be G07itinued.]
■ RENOUNCING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
^In Vestry Aug^ 6, 1792.
Present
A Walke Min^
Dennis Dawley In, i ^tt j
•^ > Church Wardens
John James j
John Hancock, Thomas Walke
Jonathan Woodhouse, Lemuel Cornick
John Cornick, Joel Cornick, George T>.
Corprew
Declaration of John M^'Clennan from Ireland
I, John M'^Clennan having been educated in the principles of
the Roman Church, and being convinced that, since the Rise of
the Pope's temporal Power, the Members of the said Church
have been cruelly imposed upon by their Priests, who vainly
pretended that they could grant Absolution for Sin, and Dis-
pensations for Sums of Money, thus usurping an Authority
over the Consciences of Men, & who have supported the
Doctrine of the real Pressence at the Administration of the
Eucharist, do now solemnly abjure the supremacy of the Pope,
and hereby renounce all the superstitious errors of the said
Church of Rome, and declare that I will be a Member of the
reformed Church, holding the Faith of a Protestant from this
day, being the 22^ of July 1792.
' Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne County, Virginia.
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1801. 107
This is to certify that the above Declaration was publickly
made by John M°Clennan at the Altar, in the Eastern Shore
Chapel " of the Parish of Lynhaven, & County of Princess, on
Sunday the 22^^ of July Anno Domini 1792
Anthony Walke, Min""
ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK MARRIAGE BONDS.
1801
Jany 1'* Natl Nicholson and Miss Sally Shipp
Natl Nicholson
W-^ Sharp C. C. Samuel Shipp
" " John Rush and Synthia Hall
John Rush
J. T. Rowsay William Carson
" 5 W™ Cox and Rosanna Owens
W^Cox
J. T. Rowsay Moses Myers
" 6 William Nickell and Elizabeth Wright
William Nickell
J. T. Rowsay Richard Good
" 7 R*^ Brumaud and Miss Marie Lucile Reimoneng
R*^ Brumaud
J. T. Rowsay Peter Steven Blondell Jur
" 15 Thomas Masters and Miss Martha Griffin
Thomas Masters
J. T. Rowsay David M*=Allester
" 17 John Turner and Grace Benson
John Turner
J. T. Rowsay David M'^Alester
" " Thomas Moody and Mourning Mathis
Thomas Moody, mark
J. T. Rowsay Joshua Clark
" 19 John Montgomery and Jannett Hamilton
John Montgomery
J. T. Rowsay Cha^ Carline
"The Old Church near Oceana.
108 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Jaay 21 W" Sharp and Miss Mary Willoughby
W"^ Sharp
J. T. Rowsay^
" 22 John Hughes Mrs Mary Channicks
John Hughes
J. T. Rowsay Samuel Scarlet
" 24 W™ Butman and Isabella Hamman
William Butman
J. T. Rowsay Duncan McNabb
Feb. 4 Guilliaume Vanososte and Mrs Marie yictorie
Becdelieve
Guilliaume Vanososte
J. T. Rowsay Etenne Riffaud
" 6 W°> P Pollard and Miss Hannah Peters
W" P Pollard
J. T. Rowsay William Blyth
" 17 W^ Moffitt and Anne Wilder
W°^ Moffitt
J. T. Rowsay Loth^ Chace
" 22 Joshua Hughburg and Mrs Eleanor Kelly
Joshua Hughburg, mark
George Sekl
" 25 James Greaves and Miss Nancy Williams
James Greaves
J. T. Rowsay Joseph Bowen
" 26 Jeremiah Dorsey and Mrs Elizabeth M'^Dowall
Jeremiah Dorsey
W" Sharp Robert Chapman
March 4 Patrick Harmanson and Miss Ann Parker
Patrick Harmanson
W Sharp Baylor Hill jr
" " Baylor Hill Jr and Miss Mary Boush
Baylor Hill Jr
Nath' Boush
" " Joseph Bartley and Miss Polly Bailey
Joseph Bartley, mark
Lewis Armstead
iJohnTabb Eowsay.
Abstkacts from Norfolk Marriacje Bonds, 1801. 109
March 23 John Donaghey and Mrs Elizabeth Murphy
John Donaghey
Bryan Ward
" 24 Robert E. Steed and Miss Frances Ramsay
Robert E. Steed
W" Sharp
April 2 John Moreland and Miss Susannah Heath
John Moreland
J. T. Rowsay Geo Gormly
4 W^ Hasset and Miss Eliza Kennedy
William Hasset, mark
J. T. Rowsay Patrick Ryan
7 Joseph Hickerson and Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher
Joseph Hickerson, mark
W™ Sharp Severn Kellum, mark
8 John Lovell and Miss Ann Robertson
Jno Lovell
J. T. Rowsay Thorn® Hawthorn
10 James Cannday & Elizabeth Walker
James Cannday
J. T. Rowsay Joshua Hughsburg, mark
15 W" Hood and Mrs Ann Richards
W" Hood
W" Sharp G. S. Smith
20 Etienn Riffaud and Marguerette Jannette Nouvelle
E* Riffaud
J. T. Rowsay William Vanosgste
25 Capt Edward Chamberlain and Miss Sarah Critchet
Edward Chamberkin
Robert Woodside
27 John Anderson and Miss Elizabeth Vaughan
W^ Sharp C. C. John Anderson
28 Henry Behenna and Miss Hayder Melson
Henry Behenna
J. T. Rowsay Peter Juro, mark
" John Johnston and Miss Nancy Dudley
John Johnston
J. T. Rowsay Charles Mahon
110 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
April 28 Raymond Figeroux and Miss Louise Joseph
Reimonieng
Raymond Figeroux
J. T. Rowsay P. E. Blondet
May 2 John Frazier and Miss Susan Carter"^
John Frazier, mark
J. T. Rowsay Peter Grundel, mark
" " Patrick Quinn and Mistress Hannah Haslin
Patrick Quinn, mark
W"^ Sharp C. C. John Cottrill
" 8 John Duniven and Mrs Catharine Jackson
John Duniven
J. T. Rowsay Tho^ Fitzgerald
" 13 Joseph Samuel and Constance Talbot
J. Samuel
W" Sharp Sam Coleman
June 12 John Flowers and Miss Mary Butt
John Flowers, mark
J. T. Rowsay Thomas Edwards, mark
" 18 Theodorick Armstead and Miss Martha T. Newton^
Theo Armstead
J. T. Rowsay Ja* Taylor
" 23 James P Preston and Miss Ann Taylor,
James P. Preston
W" Sharp Robert Taylor
" 24 William Bennett and Miss Elizabeth Hodges*
W^ Bennett
George Mcintosh
" 25 William Hall and Miss Sarah Hacket
William Hall
W" Sharp C. C. G Hackett
" 27 Andrew Wood and Margaret Frazier
Andrew Wood
J. T. Rowsay Peter Crager
July 3 Benj"^ Valentine and Joanna Pinn
Benj° Valentine
J. T. Rowsay Benjamin Pinn
^ Daughter of Peter Grundel. ^ Daughter of Thomas Newton-
* Daughter of Josiah Hodges.
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1801. Ill
July 4 Peter Crager and Bety Wadkins
Peter Crager
J. T. Rowsay James Whitehurst
" 12 James Murphy and Hannah Huggins
J. T. Rowsay
" 14 Henry Bingham and Mrs Peggy Whites
Henry Bingham, mark
W" Sharp S Bailey
" 15 John B. Cordis and Miss Eliza Randolph
J. B. Cordis
J. T. Rowsay William Shaw
" 16 James Alexander Cuningham and Miss Mary
Murphy^
Jam® Alex*^ Cuningham
J. T. Rowsay J Samuel
" 24 Kader Talbot and Mrs Mariam Talbot
Kader Talbot
W^ Sharp
Aug 8 Nathan Strong and Miss Sarah Bradford
Nathan Strong
J. T. Rowsay D. C. Daniel Brian
" 10 Lewis Armstead & Grace Lee
Lewis Armstead
W™ Sharp L Bailey
" 19 John P Bonneaud and Elizabeth Barber
J. P. Bonneaud
J. T. Rowsay James Maurice
" 22 Jesse Farinbolt and Mrs Dolley Driver
Jesse Farinbolt
J. T. Rowsay James Thomson
" 25 William Kelsey Mackinder and Miss Elinor
Moseley
William Kelsey Mackinder
J. T. Rowsay J. Raynolds Jr
Sept 3 Thomas Granshle and Sarah Parsons
Thomas Granshle
J. T. Rowsay David Gourley
° Daughter of Nath^ Murphy.
112 LowEE Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Sept 29 John Hipkins and Miss Elizabeth Marsden
Jno Hipkins
W" Sharp C. C. John G. Marsden
Oct 2 Michael Lowber and Miss Elizabeth Dolby^
Michael Lober
W™ Sharp John Bainbridge
" 6 Joseph January and Mrs Catharine Bryan
Joseph January, mark
W™ Sharp Joseph Clerico
*' 14 John Deverux and Miss Mary Metcalf '
John Deverux
J. T. Rowsay D. C. W" Rogers
" " James Waldie and Miss Mary Welch
James Waldie
J. T. Rowsay D. C. Benjamin New
" « William Etherton and Mrs Catharine Irwin
William Etherton
J. T. Rowsay Leven McCalester
" 22 John Cowper and Miss Susanna Barron
John Cowper
J. T. Rowsay Rob* Barron
" 27 John Francis and Miss Nancy Wood
Jno Francis, mark
J. T. Rowsay D. C. John Hanneford
" 31 Alexander Cunningham and Miss Nancy Moseley
Alexander Cunningham
J. T. Rowsay D. C. George Suggs
" " William Smith and Mrs Abbey Burgett
William Smith
J. T. Rowsay Stephen Hopkins
Nov 24 Sanson Vcent and Mrs Mary Vruy
Sanson Vcent
W. Sharp Joseph Clerico
" 26 James Taylor and Mrs Frances Holley^
James Taylor
W" Sharp C. C. Thomas Orrison, mark
« Daughter of W™ Dolby. ' Daughter of Anthony Metcalf .
* Widow of W"^ Holley deed.
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1801. 113
Dec 5 Willis Daley and Mrs Frankey Denny
Willis Daley, mark
Jno T. Rowsay D. C. William Wright
8 Joshua Walker and Miss Phebe Hayes
Jos* Walker
Jno T. Rowsay Jesse Farinbolt
9 Charles Rattliff and Miss Nancy Phillips
Charles Rattliff
Jno T. Rowsay D. C. Benj* Norris
12 Reuben Fentress and Miss Betsy Strand
Reuben Fentress, mark
Jno T. Rowsay D, C. James Harmon
" James Card and Miss Sally Moseley
James Card
Jn'* T. Rowsay George Suggs
24 Buller Cocke and Miss Elizabeth Barron
Buller Cocke
W" Sharp Rob* Barron
" Daniel Sulivan and Nancy Woods
Daniel Sulivan
Jno T. Rowsay D. C. Richard Smith, mark
" Joseph Winslow and Miss Rachel Hutchinson
Joseph Winslow
W" Sharp John Hutchinson
" James Gell and Mrs Peggy Wray
James Gell
William Dolby
26 W"^ Harnett and Miss Offiah Boush
W" Harnett
Jno T. Rowsay Bennett Boush
" Robert Gamble and Kitty Fuller
Robert Gamble, mark
Peter Wakefield, mark
114 Lower Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
^ STORE BILL, 1769.
William Keeling Jun' To Matt: Phripp D""
To 25 coffee @ 1/6—23'^ 11 galP old spirit @ 6/ 5.. 3.. 6.
lb 02
To 2 loaves sug'' 15.. 5 @ 1/6 1.. 2.. 11
To 28J galP rum @ 6/— April 13*^ 2 gall mo-
lasses @ 3/ 8.. 17..
To am* of y"" an amt for y*" Brother
in April 1769
7 years interest on D°
To amt of Cap* Cannon's ball
To Cash paid to Ballance
Ditto C'
By am* of your ace* render'd X34.. 10
E. Excepted & ace* Settled May 1«* 1776
Matt: Phripp
£15.. 3.
£4. 10. 9.
1. 11. 6. 6.. 2..
. 5
3
£21.. 5..
5..
12.. 19..
5
6
1
£34.. 10
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REV GEORGE
NORRIS
(Continued from page 46.)
1821
March 30 Robert Burley and Mrs Martha Williamson
Novem 20 William Johnson and Miss Jannet Fentress
Dec 3 James Berry and Miss Eliza Williamson
" 24 Henry N Cason and Miss Elizabeth Leggett
" 26 James Fentress and Miss Susannah Griffeth
1822
June 17 John Lovett & Miss Elizebeath Davis
• The Editor is indebted for this to the courtesy of Edward Hig-
gins, Esq.
MiBRiAOEs Pebpobmed Br Rev. George Norr.s.
1823
Feb '? f f ''r ^'-'""^^ -^ ^- Mary Stone
1 Anthony Barnes and Miss Elizabeth Cornick
1824
eb 10 William Vangover & Mrs Mary Mills
Mar 1^ ^^"^^«J^°^«« <^^ Miss Martha May
June 5 ;?f^^ Grower & Mrs Dinah James
jr 13 f^^^,\M^f ^"d Miss Fanny Brown
Dec 2? Th .^u ''' '^^ ^^^^ K^-'^*^ Moore "^
eo 27 Thomas IVhitehurst and Miss Lucretia Creekman
28 Thomas Whitehurst and Miss Margaret Veale
1825
I)ec 29 George B Sorey and Mrs Margaret Cason
1826
Josiah Stev^ens and Miss Amey M^-Clanen
Nehemiah Shipp and Miss Elizeabath Murden
Joseph May and Mrs Martha Fentress
Cornelus Doudge and Mr« Mary Barnes
115
I
1
24
30
1827
16 John Wilkins and Mrs Ann Brewer
12 Isaac Scott and Miss Frances Eobinson
15 John Woodhouse & Miss Mary Scott
Solomon Wilkins and Miss Elizabeath Brewer
1828
29
7
2
19
26
Josiah Griffin and Miss Sally Salmons
Thomas Veale and Miss Lydia Burdaux
^ ilham Norriss and Miss Ann C Bishop
Henry Watterman and Miss Susan Butt
116 Lower Nobfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
1832
July 31 John Absolem and Mrs Amey Cavender
Oct 17 William Baldock and Mis Margaret Petty
Dec 2 Ree Land and Mrs Elizeabeath Etheredge
" 24 Samuel Kellim and Mis Rebecca Hudgens
" " Moses Hudguin and Miss Elizeabath White
" 29 Nathneal Williams and Mrs Sarah Mccoy
" 32 Martin Axted and Mr' Ann Forris
" " Amsey Waterfield and Miss Margeret Barnes
1833
Feb 28 Cason Whitehurst and Miss Mary Cannon
Mar 7 Reubin Lovett and Miss Jennett Barnes
" 16 Robert W Timberlake and Miss Margaret Lamount
April 16 William Moses and Miss Lovey Doudge
Sept 9 John Trowers and Miss Mary :^qFEie.i ^ .
Oct 15 He^ry Wilkins and Miss Mary Ann Ewell
Nov 28 Peter Wilkins and Miss Margaret Burgess
Dec 18 John Batten and Miss Mary Veale
May 4 Ezekiel Cox and Miss Elizabeth Fentress
" 23 William Brewer and Miss Martha Petty
\To he Continued.']
i
Genealogical Research.
Revolutionary and Colonial Pedigrees
Traced*
Military Service of Ancestry
Furnished.
ADDRESS:
MRS, SALLY NELSON ROBINS,
Assistant Librarian, Virginia Historical Society*
A. J. ACKISS,
Princess Anne G)urt House, Va.
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CONTENTS, NO. 3, PART 4.
Frii|iesfl|Aji-gj^pfauntjrvMarriage8, • • 117
An A0T^ajJo1iffi?m tne Charter of the Borough of Norfolk, ... 122
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds, 134;
Money, Solvent Bonds and other Securities in P. A- Co., in 1859, 12J
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1802, 133'
The Church in Lower Norfolk County, 138
Marriages Performed by Rev. George Norris, 147
Charles Reid, 149
Price of Corn, 1779, 151
Witchcraft in Virginia, 152
Land and. Slave Owners, Princess Anne County, 1775, 152
Price of a^oung Maj^ji741, 154
CONTENTS, NO. 3, PART 3.
Introduction, , iii
Marriages Performed by Rev. David Watters, 81
Copy of the Charter of Norfolk Borough, 87
Abstracts from Norfolk County Marriage Bonds 95
Land -and Slave Owners, Princess Anne County, 1775, 100
Oldest Masonic Lodge, 102
The Church in Lower Norfolk County, 103
Renouncing the Catholic Church, 106
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1801, 107
Store Bill, 1769 . 114
Marriages Performed by Rev. George Norris, 114
For sale by the Bell Book and Stationery Company,
Richmond, Virginia.
50 Cents per Part, 4 Parts to a Volume.
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THE
Antiquary,
EDITED BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES.
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Friedenwald Co., Printers.
COPYEIGHTED
BY
EDWARD WILSON JAMES,
1901.
THE
LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
VIRGINIA ANTIQUARY.
PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY MARRIAGES
BY REUBEN DOUDGE Je.^
1819
March 23 David Jacobs and Jacy Dyer
April 1 Henry Land and Mary Berry
" 24 Thomas Sharwood and Lydia Sharwood
May 22 David Waterman and Sailey Fountain
July 8 Willoughby Cooper and Julia Williams
Sept 16 Collin Timmons and Elizabeth M'^Clanhan
Oct 22 Erasmus Lovit and Policy Fentress
Nov 4 David Capps and Patsey Bonney
Dec 2 Joshua Grimstead and Mary McCanhan
" 16 John K Kays and Policy Seneca
" 24 James Whitehurst and Winney Davis
1820
Jan 24 John M Woodard and Mary Brown
18 20 2
Mar 23 James Wilkins and Mrs Elizabeth Oakham
June 5 John Bright and Mrs Sally Bolt
Aug 15 Charles Land and Mrs Margret Mason
Sept 20 John Overman and Mrs Sailey W M'^Cannin^
Nov 20 William Henley and M« Elizabeth Lovit
1822^
Oct 31 Solomon Wallace and M^' Cloe Sorrey
> " A Minister of the Baptist Church of Christ"
2 " Minister of the Baptist Society "
^Baptist Minister
118 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Nov 28 John Broughton and Miss Nancey Wright
Dec 20 David Suggs and M""' Salley Ives
1823
Feb 12 Benjamin Cox and Miss Lovey Seneca
Mar 18 James Humphres and Miss Mary Miller
BY CHARLES MOSELEY.^
1819
June 16 TuUey Bonney and Mrs Policy Care
July 7 Robert Powers and Miss Nancy Rose
Aug 18 Dennis Moseley and Miss Catharine Die
*' 30 Moses Williams and Miss Patsey Banks
Sept 5 Hillary Snail and Miss Jacamine Cone
1820^
May 4 Samuel G B Batish and Miss Elizabeth Rose
" " Benjamin K Johnston and Miss Mahala Brickhouse
Aug 27 Bagwell More & Sarah Frizzle
Sept 22 Joseph Benthall & Frances Snail
1821 «
Jany 14 Thomas Mills & Susan Ewell
Nov 6 George Edmonds and Miss Margaret Pebworth
1822
Jan 8 Arthur Harvey and Miss Sarah Holmes
1823"^
Feb 24 Allen G Buxton to Miss Frances B Moseley
April 8 William Boush to Miss Mary Warren
Dec 25 Henry Holmes to Miss Sarah Snail
" " Charles F Nemeyer to Miss Mary Anne Peede
1824 '^
April 10 Hillary Williams to Miss Ann M Brock
* Methodist Minister
5 By C Moseley of the Methodist
^Minister Methodist Episcopal Church
' Methodist Minister
® Minister of the Methodist Church
Princess Anne County Marriages. 119
April 17 Henry Guy to Miss Elizabeth Lamount
" 24 Baylor Guy to Miss Mary Drayton
Sept 18 John Rose to Miss Nancy Collins
Dec. 23 James Watson to M'^^ Jacamine Lane
" 25 Hillary Snail to M^^ Blanchy Holmes
BY THOMAS T. JONES'
1806
Oct 25 James Langley Jr to Eliz^ Moseley
1810
March 17 Henry Pebworth to Sarah Drayton
Aug 21 James Marno to Sarah Bonney
1811
Feb 7 John B. Vaughan to Lovy Bonney
" 14 Richard Dunton to Sarah Philips
May 2 John Care to Elizabeth Puy
1814
June 16 Willis Cear to Janet Benthal
Aug 28 James Davis to Rose Martin
1815
Jany 5 Moses Wilburn to Mary Keeling
" 28 Thomas Fountain to Mary Smith
Ap 8 William Care to Mary Walmsley
May 6 Samuel Drayton to Sarah Cear
Dec 20 Thomas Keeling to Elizab*" Fartherry
'•A "Local Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church" Here
Lies The Rev'^ Thomas T Jones who emigrated to America 1775, Was
converted to God 1790, Joined the Methodist E. Church 1791, Entered
the itinerant connexion 1797 Located at the Conference at Norfolk
1806, And taught school until his death. He was born in Stoke Nor-
folk County England, Feb^ X'" 1758, Died March 8'" 1842. To The
Memory of Keziah C Consort of Richard H Custis And Daughter of
the Rev*^ Thomas T Jones of Norfolk who departed this life Feby 3'^
1838, In her 34 year. Inscriptions in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk,
Va.
120 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
1818
Jan 13 Patrick Dorney to Jane B. Woodhouse
Feb 1 Arthur Harvey to Mary Hardison
1820
March 4 Burton W Taylor to Nancy Kellum
April 4 Richard H Ramsay to Jacamine H Boush
1821
April 21 Peter Whitehurst to Henry F. W. Lamount
1822
Jany 3 Nathaniel Wilson to Mary H. Land
June 29 Thomas C White to Elizabeth Nimmo
BY JOSHUA LIVESAY
1821
Sept 20 George Rudder & Miss Nancy Williams
BY Ov BERNARD
1826
Aug 15 Joel B Cormick and Pemmy Lewis
BY GEO W NOLLY
1828
John M Forrest and Miss Margaret Nimmo
1829
W™ Wilkins and miss Anne H. Moseley
BY HORATIO E. HALL^"
1827
March 15 Laban Jordan and miss Elizabeth Holmes
1829
March 26 Henry Holmes and Mary Kellum
"E. M. E. C.
Princess Anne County Maeriages. 121
BY JACOB M JENNINGS ^1
1831
March 8 William B Butt and Elioe Smith
May 6 ^' Robert B Thomson and Mary Ann James
BY MILES NASH ^3
1833
June 1 Solomon Ewell and ann C. Keeling
BY H. D. WOOD
1837
June 6 Robert Ward to Miss Mary J Malbone
" 8 Bennet Hill to Miss Elizabeth Dudley
^^ Methodiat Protestant Minister
^'^ A camp meeting of the Methodist Protestant Church will be held,
by Divine permission, at Shiloh Meeting House, near Barbers Cross
Roads, in the County of Isle of Wight, to commence on Friday, 31st
August. Brethren in the ministry of other orthodox denominations
are affectionately invited to attend.
/ From the American\ Charles Roundtree
Ueacon, July 23, 1832. j Robert B Thomson
The Methodist Protestant Church in Norfolk, For Sale. The Trus-
tees desirous of building a Church better suited to the purposes of tha
denomination, in another part of the town, offer for sale their present
house of worship on Fen Church street. This building is about 90
feet long, by 40 feet wide and 23 feet pitch, with a good basement
story mostly above ground, and the walls are among the best in town,
with some slight alterations, it might be made a suitable edifice for
public assemblies of any kind. It would answer wel for a Lyceum, a
Temperance Hall, or a place for political meetings. The Corporation
might do well to make this property their own, and thereby put them-
selves in possession of a most commodious and delightful house in
which to hold all meetings of general interest to the Borough. The
terms will be accommodating
Robert B Thomson "1
y From the Norfolk & >. Henry B Woodhouse |
( Portsmouth Herald, 1 Arthur Smith )■ Trustees
^ July 30, 1844. / S. Thomson I
J. J. Burroughs J
'^Methodist Protestant Minister
122 Lower Nokfolk County Yikginia Antiquary.
AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE CHARTER OF THE
BOROUGH OF NORFOLK, AND FOR ENLARG-
ING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF
HUSTINGS IN THE CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG.^
(Passed in 1736)
1. Whereas by a Charter lately passed under the great Seal
of the Colony of Virginia, bearing date at Williamsburg, the
fifteenth day of September, in the tenth year of his present
Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and thirty six, the Town of Norfolk is erected into a
Borough, by the name of the Borough of Norfolk, and the in-
habitants thereof are made a Body Corporate, consisting of a
Mayor, Recorder, eight Aldermen, and sixteen Common Council-
men, with a capacity to purchase and receive manors, lands, tene-
ments and heriditaments, not exceeding one thousand pounds
sterling per annum, and all goods and chattels whatsoever, to
hold to them and their successors forever ; and to plead and
be impleaded, prosecute and defend, all causes, complaints,
actions real, personal and mixed, and to have one common
Seal, and perpetual succession ; with power to the said Mayor,
Recorder and Aldermen, to be Justices of the Peace within the
said Borough, and Directors of all buildings and streets in the
Borough ; and to make Constables, Surveyors of the Highways
and other Officers; also to hold a Court of Hustings, once in
every month, within the said Borough; and to appoint Clerks,
and other proper Officers, from time to time, when there shall
be occasion ; and to settle and allow reasonable fees, not exceed-
ing the fees allowed in the County Courts; and to have juris-
diction, and to hold plea of trespass and ejectment, and all
writs of dower, for any lands and tenements within the said
Borough, and all other actions, personal or mixed, arising with-
in the same, so as the demand in such actions, personal or
mixed, arising within the same, so as the demand in such
action, personal or mixed, do not exceed Twenty pounds current
money, or four thousand pounds of Tobacco ; and as a Court of
' See note 1 page 87.
Charter of the Borough of Norfolk, etc. 123
Record to give judgment, and award execution thereon, accord-
ing to Law ; also with power to the said Mayor, Recorder,
Aldermen and Common Councilmeu, to erect A\^orkhouses,
and Houses of Correction, and Prisons ; and to make Bye
Laws and Ordinances for the regulation and good government
of the trade and other matters within the said Borough, to be
observed and performed by all manner of persons residing
within the same, under reasonable penalties and forfeitures, to
be levied by Distress and Sale of the goods of the offenders, for
the public benefit of the said Borough ; with power to elect
and send one Burgess to sit in the House of Burgesses, as in
the said Charter is particularly directed ; and to hold and keep
three Markets weekly, and two Fairs yearly, and to hold Courts
of Piepoudre ; and to have and take all tolls, profits and per-
quisites arising, due an incident from and to such Markets,
Fairs and Courts of Piepoudre, as in the said Charter more
fully is contained ; and for strengthening and confirming the
same.
2. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and
Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That the said Charter, and all the
clauses, grants, powers, privileges and immunities, therein
mentioned and contained, be and are hereby confirmed unto
the said Borough of Norfolk, and the inhabitants thereof, for
ever, and that the present Recorder of the said Borough, and
the Recorder thereof for the time being, shall, in his absence
from the said Borough, have full power and authority to
exercise the said office, by his sufficient Deputy, by him from
time to time to be appointed, by writing, under his hand and
seal, so as such Deputy be approved by the Court of the Mayor,
Aldermen and Common Council, of the said Borough, or the
major part of them.
3. And be it further enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That
the Court of Hustings in the City of Williamsburg shall from
henceforth have jurisdiction, and hold plea of all actions personal
and mixed, and attachments whereof any County Court within
this Colony by Law have or can take cognizance ; and that the
Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the said City, respectively,
shall have use and exercise all the powers, jurisdictions and
124 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
authorities, out of Court, which any Justice or Justices of
the Peace of a County now have, or can or may use and exercise
Signed by William Gooch, Esq., Governor.
Sir John Randolph, Speaker.
ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK COUNTY
MARRIAGE BONDS.
1754
Feb 21 Stephen Hutchings with Sarah Portlock
Stephen Hutchings
Sam Boush Jur John Portlock
Mar 11 John Cleeves with Ann Silvester^
Jn° Cleeves
Tho^ Jones
" 25 Thomas Nash Junr with Mary Portlock
Tho« Nash
Sam Boush Jr Will Portlock
April 23 John Walsh with Patience Davis
Jn° Walsh
Sam Boush Jr Richd Taylor
May 13 W™ Banks with Mary Collert
William Banks
Archibild x^ Williamson
June 5 George Snow with Mary Morisson
Geo Snow
Peter Dale
" 12 Matthias Christian with Lydia Ashley
Matthias Christian
Tho^ Roberts
Aug 15 Thomas Thompson with Sophia Kinner
Thomas Thompson
Sam Boush Jr Rich*^ Kelsick
" 23 Charles Mayle with Dinah Be van
Charles Mayle
Sam Boush Geo Poole
1 Daughter of Rich<J W" Silvester
■■' Is intended for his mark
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds. 125
Aug 27 Peter Dyes with Margaret Lewelling
Peter Dyes
Sam Boush Jr Thomas Owins
" 29 Francis Hewlitt with Mary Hodges
Frances Hewlett
Sam Boush Jr John Hewlitt
Sept 13 John Hutton with Flora Hiley
John Hutton
Sam Boush Jur Edw'^ Hiley
" 19 Jonathan Portlock with Mary Be van
Jonathan Portlock
Sam^ Boush George Poole
Oct 8 Joel Jackson with Frances Lowery
E.'^ Grosvenor Joel Jackson
Sam Boush John Peyton
Nov 27 Chris'' Moseley with Eliz'' Langley
Chris'' Moseley
Sam Boush Bur'' Moseley
Dec 12 W"' Kid with Hannah Duche
William Kid
Andrew Duche
" 21 John Williams with Courtney Thelaball
John Williams
Philip Dison
1755
Jany 14 Isaac Tolbutt with Eliz^ Langley
Isaac Tolbutt
Sam Boush Jr Jno Williamson
Feb 12 Nath^ Tatem with Dinah Nash^
Nath" Tatem
Sam Boush Jur Trim Tatem
April 1 John Williamson Jr with Mary Mathias*
John Williamson
Sam Boush Jr John Williamson
K rj ^ym Alexander with Sarah Dupree
John Dupree, mark
William Alexander
2 Daughter of Tho' Nash
* Widow
126 LowEK Norfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
June 4 Francis Peart with Catharine Brown
Fra' Peart
Sam Boush Jr John Cann
" 17 Joshua Connyer with Jane Davis
Joshua Connyer
Sam Boush jr Arthur Moseley
" 19 Edw"^ Pugh with Lucy Calvert
Edward Pugh
Sam Boush jur Alex"" Ross
" 21 Thomas Bushell with Max Murden
Thomas Bushell
John Corprew
July 7 W"' Prata with Courtnay Edmunds^
W"^ Prata
Sam Boush J.- Fra® Peart
Dec 11 Tho' Willoughby with Mary Portlock
Tho^ Willoughby
Sam Boush Jur Lem^ Willoughby
1756
April 21 Maj'' John Willoughby with Sarah Abyvon
Jn° AVilloughbj
Sam Boush Geo: Abyvon
May 3 John Corprew with Euphan Wilson
John Corprew
Sam Bush jur William Nicholson
'■' 12 Benjamin Guy with Jacamine Pead
Benja Guy
Lazarest pead, mark
June 19 Pavy Dison with Jane Ganmeony
Pavy DisoD
Sam Boush jr John Cann
" 23 Matt*^^ Godfrey with Abigail Porter
Sam Boush Witness for Matt^^ Godfrey
Porter & Hardie AVilP WilP Porter, mark
Thomas Wilson Witness Tho^ Hardie
^ Daughter of Mary Richards
^Will is his mark
Abstracts from Norfolk Co. Marriage Bonds. 127
Sept 7 John Brown with Mary Hi ley
Jno Brown
SamBoushjr Edw'* Hiley
" " Joseph Nisbet with White Maye
Jo^ Nisbet
Sam Bousb jr Mungo Campbl
Dec 11 Ashbury Sutton with Mary Burdess
Sam Boush Jr Ashbury Sutton
1757
Jany 5 Doctor John Ramsay with Mary Hutchings'
John Ramsay
Sam Boush jr John Hutchings
" 13 Saunders Calvert with Frances Tucker
Saunders Calvert
Sam Boush jr Jn° Tucker
'' 20 Willis Dyson with Mary Conner
Willis Dyson
Sam Boush jr W" Colley, mark
April 27 Col Edw'^ Hack Moseley with Frances Wyllie
Edw** Hack Moseley
Sam Boush jr
Sept 3 Capt John Marnex with Jemima Garroway
John Marnex
Sam Boush jr Charles Thomas
Oct 1 1 Charles Roff Gardner with Elizabeth Rothery^
Charles Ruff Gardner
Sam Boush jr Daniel Rothery
Nov 13 John Sheales Gwin with Eliz* Lowry
John Sheales Gwin
Sam Boush jr Jonathan Dison
1758
Jan 18 Hillarey Herbert with Jane Miles
Hillarey Herbert
Sam Boush jr Edward Miles
" 19 W" Chisholm with Sarah Kinner
William Chisholm
Sam^ Boush jr W" Orange
' Daughter of Jno Hutchings
^ Daughter of Henery Rothery
128 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Feb 4 Nathaniel Fife with Eliz^ Eichards
Nath' Fife
Sam Boush jr Fra^ Peart
" 14 John Whiddon with Mary Corprew^
John Whiddon
Sam Boush jr Alex'" Bruer
" 25 James Esthor with Elizabeth Hiley
James Esthor
Sam Boush jr Edw^ Hiley
April 8 Samuel Bacon with Mary Dale
Samuel Bacon
Sam Boush jr Peter Dale
" 11 Lancaster Fentress with Mary Etheredge
Lancaster Fentress, mark
William Ethoredge
May 7 Arch^ Taylor with Louisa Richard^"
Arch'^ Taylor
Sam Boush Nath^ Fife
June 1 Nathaniel Newton Mason with Ann Snale
Nathaniel Mason
Goodrich Boush Jno Hutching
" 3 Robt Waller with Mazais Wilson
Rob Waller
Sam Boush j"^
" 14 Jn° Morehouse with Edith Moseley
John Morehouse
Ja^ Wood
" 29 Anth^ Lawson with Mary Calvert
Anth^ Lawson
Sam Boush jr Max^'^ Calvert
July 6 Sam^ Gait with Sarah Jefferies
Sam^ Gait
Sam Boush jr Alex^ Bruer
" 22 AV"^ Kays with Elizabeth Dale
William Kays
Sam Boush jr Daniel Dale
^ Daughter of Joshua Corprew
10 Daughter of Andre Richard
Money, Solvent Bonds, etc., in P. A. Co. in 1859. 129
Aug 21 W^ Moore with Betsy Bird
W™ Moore, mark
James Bird
Sept 18 Francis Williamson with Martha Mathias
Francis Williamson
Sam Boush jr John Williamson
" 29 James Murphree with Elizabeth Bratt
James Murphree
Sam Boush jr Matt' Miller
Oct 12 Nathi Godfrey with Eliz" Wakefield
Nath^ Godfrey
Sam Boush jr Geo Abyvon
Dec 15 W™ Scott with Prudence Dale
W Scott
Sam Boush jr Paul Kingston
MONEY, SOLVENT BONDS, SECURITIES AND
LIQUIDATED CLAIMS IN PRINCESS ANNE
COUNTY IN 1859.
Clayton B. Ackiss
1000
Malichi Batton & Son
200
John E Atwood
1500
John J Burroughs
1202
Edward W. Atwood
200
John J Burroughs^
1164
William L Atwood
1000
John J Burroughs*'
371
Caleb Ackiss & Son
400
John J Burroughs'"
1310
George W Bell
800
John J Burroughs*
395
Clinton 1 Bell
500
John J Burroughs^
443
R. L. Burroughs
1213
John J Burroughs'"
1963
William Bundick*
339
John J Burroughs''
675
William Bundick^
390
John J Burroughs'-
1724
William Bundick^
259
John J Burroughs'^
2904
Jacob Baum*
1423
Tulley Brown
294
Swepson A Brock
500
Henry Brown
650
Moses Bonney
600
James F Brock
450
W" F Brock
1512
John K Barnes'^
70
1 Com for Peter Murden
- Gd for Mary E Murden
3 Gd for Henry P Murden
♦ Gd for W & J Smith
' Com for Bennett Land's land
» Com for Elizat Whitehurst Land
^ Gd for R B Halls— here follow words
which I cannot make out
8 Gd Griffin est.
» Gd John Williams
10 Adm L. W. T. Lands est
11 Gd Wm Williams
12 Adm C Griggs est.
13 John B Whitehurst est.
" Gd for B. G. Malbone
130 LowEK Norfolk County Yikginia Antiquary.
John K Barnes'^ 700
John K Barnes" 256
W^ H Burroughs^' 3327
W" H Burroughs'* 5692
Edgar Burroughs'^ 4485
Edgar Burroughs^" 1280
Edgar Burroughs'*' 320
Edgar Burroughs-^ 177
Dr Jas E BelP^ 550
O F Baxter^^ 18000
Oscar F Baxtei 10000
Euben Brown 500
James Banks 500
Ja' G Braithwaite 500
Ransome Brock & son 147
Caleb Batton 300
Thos Brewer"^ 150
Thos Brewer-" 200
Samuel Brown 735
Wilson M Bonney 1500
Hamlin Brown 274
S. W. Brooks 1200
John G Chappie 25
Caleb T Chaplain 350
Henry Crafts 100
Newton H Capps 30
Enoch Capps 500
John Corprew 24
Monroe Capps 1000
Edward W Capps 800
Napoleon B Capps 118
W" W Coke" 1337
W^" W Cokeys 4422
Elyzabeth Capps 500
-John W Cox 400
Moses Cason 900
Stewart Capps^' 940
J. H. Chandler^o 681
Walter V. Dudley 11
John H Dye & Son 100
Robert H Dudley^' 115
Robert H Dudley^'^ 324
Ezekiel Davis 1500
Tulley T. Doudge 25
John B Dozier 900
Noah W Doudge 125
Peter Dyer 1000
Horatio B Davis 250
John H Dye33 1400
W" Diggs 96
Isaac L Davis^* 300
Horatio Davis^^ 500
Willowby Dozier^s 2827
Alx W Edward 425
Enoch Eaton 1000
James Eaton & Son 1000
Henry Eaton & Son 500
Tho'' L Etheredge 95
James G Eaton^' 330
Tho^ Etheredge^* 2OO
Geo R Flanagan 750
John A Fentress 800
, Benj F Flanagan^' 667
Abram Fisher*" 205
Thos J Fentress 261
William L Fentress 1200
James Fentress 180
Edward Foster & Son 1303
Sophia Ferrall 100
Jordan Grimstead*' 400
Jordan Grimstead*^ 500
Margret Gaskins 118
' Gd for Wm H Malbone
■ Com Bond due Indiana McPherson
' Com for Wni B Doziers land
' Gd for Jas A & Blanch McAlpine
' Gd for S. T. Whitehurst
' Gd Bells beirs
' Gd Emily J Murden
' W^ord cant make out Ozeas Lovett
'For A& VMiller
' Adr J. N- Baxters estate
' Adr Southwood Waterfleid
' Gd Wm Brewer
' For B. Butts heirs
^ Executor Henry Cornick
' Adr John M Pamters est
'» Com for Joel Chandler
5' Gd for Jas A Dawley
'2 Gd for Martha Dawley
=' Ad Dennis Wright
'^ Gd Frances Stone
'^ Gd Moses McClanan
"A line was run through "Willowby
Doziers name
=■' Gd for Dennis Eaton
" Gd Fannie Heath
^^ Gd Quicks heirs
*" Gd J. B. Salmons
*' Gd Appdena&M F Morse
■•- Gd John Grimstead
Monet, Solvent Bonds, etc., in P. A. Co. in 1859. 131
W" Griggs S^ 800
Daniel Hargrove 300
Daniel Hargrove*^ 75
Daniel Hargrove" 200
Jas Hargrovs & son 56
John Hill 60
Grimes Holstead 60
Charles N Hartley 500
Simon Hancock 900
James Hubbard 786
W" F Hunter 225
Adams Holstead 200
Martin Harris 40
Jesse Ives 1253
John Ingram & son 288
Joshua James J'' 400
B B James^5 250
W° Jones 200
Edward James 850
Samuel James 2300
John M Joice 250
James E Kilgro 400
William Kelly 100
Adam Keeling^" 569
Henry F Keeling 716
John P W Kellum 2500
W" N Land*' 1041
W" N Land*8 50
W" N Land^" 245
Anthony Land & Son 250
James M Land 1000
James M Land^" 1800
Permelia Land 500
Elzy Land 144
W" Lambert 1000
W" Lambert^' 900
Bennett Land" 1301
Bennett Land^^ 98
Bennett Land^* 233
Bennett Land^^ 283
Bennett Land^^ 258
Josiah Land & Son 800
Josiah Land & Son" 800
Josiah Land & Son^^ 7500
Henry Lewis"^ 150
Henry Lewis*"' 96
Mary Lewis 1074
Thos Land 1000
Thos Land" 1793
John W Lewis^- 740
Enoch Moore 28
Dennis B Malbone 350
Phillip C Malbone 300
Elzey B Morse 500
Peter B Malbone 725
Horatio Malbone^^' 234
Dennis Malbone 250
David Malbone S^ " 5160
Andrew Moore & Son 300
W" T McClanan 756
Noah Munden & Son 95
Noah Munden & Son«= 1048
Prudence McCalpine 1000
Edmond Mansfield 100
Jas M Malbone 1775
Thompson L Morris^^ 930
Thompson L Morris" 153
Miles Munden 200
Nathan F Munden 300
John H Morse 200
Mary McClanan 9000
Nathan M Munden 50
*3 Gd Peter Murdin
** Nehirriah Browns heirs
*^ Gd Sarrie L. James
*' Gd for A. F. Keeling
^' Committee of John Henderson
<«AdrMHLand
<» Com Polly Browns land
5" Gd for Wm p Cox
" Gd for Edward Smith
^' Gd for Henry Land
^^ Gd for Sarrie Woodhouse
'< Gd for Mary E Woodhouse
55 Gd for Bennett Woodhouse
5« Gd for Jonat Woodhouse
" Gd for M. A. & S. E. Whitehurst
58 Ad Stewart Hills Est
59 Gd for J B F Bright
s" Adm Jamnia Fountain
«» Gd for C. M. Laura F & L C Ethe-
redge
•2 Gd for Mary & Walter Ferrall
«=> Gd for E Malbone
s^Gdfor J. J. Rainey
*5 Ad Jesse F Brights— here follows a
word I cannot make out
" Gd for Daniel, David & Onac' Grim-
stead
«^ Trustee for Martha A Williams
132 LowEK Norfolk County Yikginia Antiquary.
W" W McClanan«8
John M Munden«9
Jas Murray
"W" P Morgan
W" W McClanan
Jonathan W Old™
Jonathan W Old^'
Joseph H Old
John Peters
John Peters''^
John Peters & S. S. Keeling'
John Peters & S. S. Keeling'
Rhoda Peatree
James Phillips
Sidney Petty
Jacob Petty"
Elzabeth Pallet
William Randolph
William Randolph'^
Charles D Russ
Sidney A Rogers
Newton Smith
Horatio Smith
John W. Stone
John B Shipp"
Henry B Styron & Son
Henry B Styron'^
Tully B Stone'3
Tully B Stone^»
Tully B Stone*'
Jesse Smith
Andrew E Simmons
Burroughs Smith
Caleb Sprat t
380
Ashwell Simmons
103
500
W° Stokes & Son
500
1000
Jesse Smith«2
212
569
Martin Sowry
75
700
W-" Sandford Esf^^
102
225
W-" SprewelP*
1212
4773
W-" L Seneca^s
800
190
Harriet F Sparrow*®
1600
5000
Mary A Sparrow*'
500
3600
Edward R Seamore
735
1800
Francis R Thomson & Son
672
1900
Zarrobabel Triford
600
60
Robert Ward & Son
6011
140
Peter Whitehurst
450
100
Garrett Whitehurst*^
213
325
James M Whitehurst*^
5798
200
Walter S Way
1900
460
Tully H Whitehurst
500
130
Johnston Whitehead Jr^»
100
127
Elzers Whitehurst
65
2500
W" H Whitehurst & Co
65
500
Joshua W Whitehurst^'
190
300
Johnston Whitehead
113
50
Daniel Whitehurst^^
431
100
Daniel Whitehurst^^
512
3048
Obed Whitehurst S"^
800
1120
Obed Whitehurst**
854
665
Jas Whitehurst*^
200
100
Henry R Whitehurst
17
60
Margret Ward
99
500
John H Whitehurst
200
150
Thomas W Williams
85
130
James Whitehurst**^
139
35
James Whitehurst*'
68
«8 Gd for H r & J A Ayers. In the
margin it says Newton Hartter
«9 Adr of Wm M Munden
"> Gd for B. West
'^ Com for West heirs sale land
■" Gd for Fannie 1 & M Peters
" Gd for K Keeling
'* Gd for Geo Keeling
" Gd for Henry Petty
'« Gd for Elzy J Morris
" Gd for Joil Shipps heirs
'8 Gd for J F Whitehurst
'» Gd for W A Dawley
«' Gd for R Fountain
»' Gd P E Stones heirs
82 Gd for M & D Smith
3 Wm Barnes Adr
' Gd for Rosa & Rebecca Fox
> Gd for M. E. Ackiss
' J. Peters agt
'J Peters agt
' Gd for Leven Smith
' Gd for John Widgeon
' Gd for John & A Whitehead
'Of E
' Gd for R. L. Whitehurst
' Gd for Sarrie J Williams
' Gd for Enoch Dyers heirs
•Of Jno
' Gd for S & M V Doudge
Gd for Betsey A Whitehurst
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1802. 133
Gary H Williams'^ 864 Robert Williams'"- 824
Gideon William'^ 49 Joseph P Williams 1000
Obed Whitehurst'oo 750 Joseph Whitehurst 80
This Williams"" 497 Letitia Williams 900
Jesse Williamson 128 W" Wright 1000
Smith S Woodhouse & Son 700 Wilson. D. Whitehurst 104
John S Woodhouse 1200 Phillip Woodhouse 5885
Taken from the report of the Commissioner of the Revenue for
Princess Anne County 1859, William F. Hunter, Commis-
sioner. Sworn to before Walter S. Way, Justice of the Peace
for P. A. Co., July 13*^ 1859. Doctor Way was born in
Maryland, settled in Princess Anne County about the year
1822, was made a justice in 1834, and died January 12, 1872,
having practiced his profession in the county about 50 years.
ABSTRACTS FROM NORFOLK MARRIAGE BONDS
1802
Jany 5 Joshua Guy and Miss Abby James
Joshua Guy
W" Sharp James Guy
" 30 Jesse Ewell and Miss Mary Cooke
Jesse Ewell
Jn° T Rowsay John Tabb Smith
Feb 2 Hugh Fallon and Mrs Elizabeth Russel
Hugh fallon
Jno T Rowsay Richard Good
" 9 George Dashille and Miss Prudence Williamson
George Dashille
W" Sharp
" 13 John West and Miss Rose Frazer
John West, mark
J. T. Rowsay Richard Good
March 12 James Watson and Mrs Mary Brown
James Watson
W. Sharp C. C. Richard Shaw
"8 Adr Thomas Williamson '' Gd for Julia Woodward
'"o Gd for Virginia Catherine Victoria Cany & Indiana Dyer
>" Gd for Jaca Woodhouse "= Gd for Ophlia & L Williams
134 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
March 22 Nathaniel Boush and Miss Polly Coleman
Nath Boush
W™ Sharp Sam Coleman
" 23 W^ E Price and Miss Elizabeth Richard
Will'" Evans Price
W"' Sharp Joseph Mitchell
April 10 Dan^ Miller and Mrs Mary Baynes
Dan^ Miller
W Sharp Jn° Barns mark
" 12 Edmund Davey and Mrs Catharine McBride^
Edm"^ Davey
W. Sharp Rob Smith
" 13 Noah Weston and Mrs Elizabeth Archer
Noah Weston *
W" Sharp C. C Peter Lugg
" 24 Edward Johnston and Miss Elizabeth Shepherd^
Edw*^ Johnston
W" Sharp C. C. Rob Brough
May 15 W" Simington and Miss Isabella Webb
W"' Simington
Tho Godwin Thom^ Hawthorn
" 14 Henry Holt and Miss Ann Turnbull
Henry Holt
W^'" Sharp Baylor Hill
" 26 W"' Franklin and Mrs Nancy Parker
W™ Franklin, mark
Tho Godwin Simeon Peck
June 14 Louis Sautejan and Miss Elizabeth Gorlier
L. Sautejan
W. Sharp F. Gorlier
" 24 Lewis Fort and Miss Elizabeth Coleman
Lewis Fort |
Sam Coleman
July 1 W^ Watson and Miss Mary Hubbard
William Watson
Matthew Hubbard
' A widow who was married before she came to this country.
^ Daughter of Solomon Shepherd
Abstracts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1802. 135
July 15 Littleton Waller Tazewell and Miss Ann
Stratton Nivison^
Litt'' W Tazewell
Rob Oli pliant
" 9 Pierre Adde and Jeanne Penenien Antoinette
Bakamie Bousoumat*
P^ Adde
Z Letierre
" 17 Turner Stevenson and Mrs Grace Lewelling
Turner Stephenson
James Kilgroe
" 24 Thos Gamble and Mrs Lucy Hutchings^
Thos Gamble, mark
Richard Shaw
Aug 14 James Dawley^ and Miss Margaret Baker
James Dawley
Hance Baker
^Daughter of John Nivison
* Daughter of Mareanne Bousoumul
^ Widow of Richd Hatchings
«In her will made 11'" Feby 1804 and recorded Feby 18"^ 1805
Elizabeth Dawley, mother of James Dawley among other things
left negro boy Daniel to daughter Mary Bates during her life and
to then be free, and gave daughter Frances Moseley the labour
and use of negro woman Bethiah and her child and her future issue
and negro Adam during her life and then Bethiah and Adam
to be free and Bethiahs issue to be free when they reached the age
of 21 years. Son James Dawley was to have the labour and use of
Richard & Lydia, two negroes, until they reached the age of 30 years
when they were to be free, and if Lydia had issue before she reached
the age of 30 years they were to be free when they reached the age of
21 years. Daughter Elizabeth Dawley to have the use of said Girl
Lydia until she was 30 years old then for her and her issue to be free.
Son James was to keep old negro woman Phillis during her natural
life. If the law was such that Bethiah and child and Adam at the
death of daughter Frances could not be free, they were to be kept un-
til emancipation was allowed when they and Bethiah's issue were to
be free. If the law at the death of Mary Bates did not permit the
emancipation of negro Daniel, her heirs or assigns were to keep him
until it did and he was then to be free. If the law, when Richard
was 30 years old did not permit his emancipation, he was to be kept
by James or his heirs till it did, and then be free. If the law did not
permit Lydias freedom when she was 30 years of age, she and issue
136 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Sept 3 John Bainbridge and Mrs Peggy Dozier
John Bainbridge
Joseph Benson
" 9 Jeremiah Barton and Miss Margaret Watson
Jeremiah Barton
W. Sharp Charles Willett
" 11 James Walker and Mrs Elizabeth Redpath
James Walker
W^ Bland
Oct 26 John C Herbert and Miss Polly Butler
John C. Herbert
Peter Nestell
" 27 W^ Hill and Mrs Jane Randies
William Hill
Jethro Hathaway James Whitehead
Hannah Brown
_ — ^ _ ^ . _ __ — ^
were to be kept till it did, and they were then to be free. Will of
James Dawley, son of Dennis, made at Murfreesborough, Sept 2""*, 1814,
ordered to be recorded Feb., 1815. To be buried in a plain coffin with
out paint. Negroes Richard and Lydia to be free, Richard on the
first day of April 1819, and Lydia on the first day of October
1820, and the issue of Lydia, if there are any, to be free at the age of
21 years. The negroes left my wife by her late husband W™ Dick are
to be free at her death, or before if she chooses." None of them are
to be taken to make up any legacy in this will, nor to decend to any
of my children, for I abhor the idea of slavery. Sister Mary Smith
executed to him for all her property a deed which was in her posses-
sion. " Now if the said deed is confirmed to me I direct the executors
of her former husband E. Cragg the sum of thirty dollars for their
trouble in settling said Craggs estate, and the negro man Daniel left
her, her lifetime, by her mother be free" "That her two negros
Saul & Lettice be free forever, and if there are enough to pay her
debts for the other two negros Ned & Sarah be free also " He directed
that " If my son Dennis will studdy Physick that a sum of money not
exceeding one thousand Dollars be advanced for his education &
expenses. But if he chooses to be a mechanic or Merchant the
above sum of one thousand dollars with interest be paid him " " Son
Thomas W Dawley have the sum of one thousand dollars to compleat
his education & the studdy of Physic." He was a brother of Colonel
Dennis Dawley who was a Churchwarden of Lynnhaven Parrish in
1791, and was a son of Captain Dennis Dawley, a member of the Prin-
cess Anne County Committee of Safety in 1775, and a vestryman of
Lynnhaven Parrish from 1760 to 1778, by Elizabeth his wife who was
a daughter of John Bonney who was a vestryman of Lynnhaven
Parrish from 1733 to 1760.
Abstkacts from Norfolk Marriage Bonds, 1802, 137
Nov 1 Alexander Jordan and Mrs Susanna Miles
Alex"" Jordan
A. C. Jordan
" 2 Mikel Miller and Mary Howes
Mikel Miller
W™ Sharp Michael Myler, mark
" -4 James Patterson and Mrs Dorothy Simmons
James Patterson
W^ Sharp Kichard Good
" 12 Joseph Hull and Mrs Elizabeth Mathews
Joseph Hull
Jn° Marr
" 18 W"' Marsh and Miss Rachael Cruse^
^y Marsh
W"" Sharp Samuel Higgens
Nov 20 Edward Hudson and Phebe Reardon
Edward Hudson
Timothy Reardon
" " Henry Soarburgh and Miss Hannah Herbert
Henry Scarbaugh j ^
Tho^ Scarbaughy lUj
" 24 John Burton and Nancy Fitzhugh
John Burton
Tho® Godwin Jno Fitzhugh, mark
" " Antony Bohlken and Miss Hebecca CuthrelP
Antony Bohlken
Tho*" Godwin Joyce Cuthrell, mark
" 25 Sam^ Howard and Mrs Sarah Rankin s
Sam' Howard, mark
Tho^ Godwin Lawrence Butler, mark
" 27 James Piercy and Miss Mary Lee
James Piercy
W™ Ch^ Lee
Dec 4 Richard White and Mrs Anne Clark
Rich'i White
Peter Crager
'Sister to Catharine Higgins
^Thomas was appointed guardian to Henry by the County Court of
Accomack
^ Daughter of Joyce Cuthrell
138 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
Dec 17 James Briggs and Mrs Margaret Langley
James Briggs-
W" Sharp C. C. David Cooper
" 23 Samuel Holt and Miss Mary W Tabb
Sam^ Holt
Nath Boush
" " Edward Roberts and Miss Elizabeth Triplett
Edw^ Roberts
John Taylor
" 25 Jn° H Cocke and Anne B Barraud^^
Jno H Cocke
Robert Taylor
" 27 John E. Holt and Miss Clarissa Moseley
Jno E. Holt
Hillary Moseley
" 30 Thomas Gamble and Lucy Hutchings
Tho^ Gamble, mark
Charles Harrison
" 31 Richard Bowden and Mrs Eliza Sohan
Richard Bowden
P. Henop
THE CHURCH IN LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY
(Continued from page 106)
Lower Norfl Att A Court held the 15^^ October 1661
Att Hardings
p'sent Coll: John Sidney M' Tho: Willoughby 1 Q^j^gyg
Major Lemuell Mason Capt Rich: foster /
"Upon the request of M'' James^ the la balle hee informing
»o Daughter of P. Barraud
'Dec. 13*, 1648 James Thelaball was one of the appraisers of the
inventory of Mr. Richard Wake. 15"^ August, 1649. It is ordered in
ye difference depending betweene James the la balle pit & Lemuell
Mason defendt that George Horner shall agst the next Cort make
appeare, upon oath, what quantity of plancke, hee receeved of the
sd Mason, for the use of the sd Mr The la balle and what shal bee
wanting of Two thousand foote, the said Mason is to make good as
soone as hee can pcure planck to bee Sawed wth ye ffirst conveniency,
and ye sd Mason is to Signe a deed of halfe Hoggs Hand when the
The Chtjkch in Lower Nokfolk County. 139
y® Court of an ord. past against him at y® sute of Tho: Ed-
munds for y^ use of his house hee being then Church Warden
of Elizabeth River parish & L* Coll Tho: Lambart Collector
formerly of the 15'' p pole, who was to satisfie it, alleadgeth it
sd the la balle Shall demand the same. April 28"^, 1651, a certificate
was granted him for 500 acres of land " for the transportacon of
Tenne psons" In an agreement made November 7"*, 1648, and re-
corded January 15"^, 1651, between Alice Mason, relict of Mr flfrancis
Mason & Mr Lemuell Mason of one part and Mr James Thelaball of
the other, Thelaball was to have on demand "the Lands called ye
Mayne right agt hogg Island being above Two hundred acres, Wth
ye one halfe of ye sd hogg Hand wch hogg Hand is to be divided
by fower men to be indifferently chosen, or by ye the sd Lemuell &
James, one of them to make ye devision & thother to choose as they
shall best agree," "two thousand foote of sawen planke" "as much
glasse & leade as to make fower such glass windowes as are in ye now
dwelling house wherein they remayne" and "Six silver spoones"
Nov. 15"", 1658. He was "made a free denison of this Country"
" having taken y« Oath of allegiance " Jany 15"", 1660 "The Constables
of y^ Eastern & Westerneshoareof lyn haven W"" y* Consent of some
of the house keepers there, and by y^ Court ordered to somon ye
Inhabitants of theire pcincts to make theire psonall appearances at
Andrew Bodnams house on Saterday next come Sennight to vote
about making M"" The la balles Mille dame, but if they should not all
appeare then, the mayor part of them that appeare voting for fower
able mens helpe for a months worke to make y*' s"* Dame, then y^ rest
appearing & those absent to be liable to Contribute theire shares
equally" Dec. 15*^, 1663. "Uppon y^ peticon of James Thelaball an
Attachm' is granted unto him ag' soe much of the Estate of William
Douglas a mill-wright in ye custody of y' sd Thelaball as shall become
sattisfactory for soe much as he shall make appeare due to him for
damages susteyned for nor pformance of cteyne worke about a mill
by y^ sd Douglas undertaken, he y*' sd Theloball givinge notice hereof
to y" sd Douglas together w'h costs of suite And he y" sd Douglas
beinge of of the Country. Feb. 15, 1664" Whereas M'' Thomas Lam-
bert John Williams & Robt huxley dec: were Engaged by bond for
henery Eastwicketo m"" James Thelaball: w'h condicon for y*^ paym' of
Three thousand pounds of beefe, and one thousand pounds of porke
in case of non paym' of a Negro servant by the sd Eastwicke to y'' sd
Thelaball at a day then to come as more fully appeareth by y® sd bond
& condicon. And y* sd Eastwicke fayling y* sd p'^misses. And y^ sd
huxley beinge since dead & left noe Estate behind him whereby
to make sattisfaccon to y" sd Thelaball of his pte- And y^ sd Thela-
ball sueinge y° sd John Williams uppon y^ sd bond order passed ag'
him for two ptes of the said condicon Due to y^ sd Thelaball. Uppon
y® peticon of y* sd John Williams in Equity to this Co"^' It is
140 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
is payd & can not produce a discharge for it the s*^ L* Coll Lam-
hart hath obliged himself in open Court to procure a discharge
for it from y® A fores'^ Edmunds w*^ in three months,,
Lower At a Court held this Sixteenth Day of June A° Dm 1662
Norff
Present M' John hill 1 M'' Tho : Browne 1
LeiftCollLemuell Mason J- Com" M"" John Martin [ Com"
M'' Thomas Willoughby J M-" Richard ffoster J
^' It is by this Co""* ordered that a Vestry for y^ prish of Lyn-
haven meete at y® accustomed place uppon Eight and twentieth
thought meete & ordered that m'' Thomas Lambert paj' unto y* sd
John Williams or his Asss one halfe of the third pte of tha bouve sd
debte Due to y" sd Thelaball he y** sd Williams havinge paid two ptes
of the sd Lambert but one to y^ sd Thelaball as fully appeares to this
■Co''' w'h costs of suite als Execucon" In a deed made July 6"^ 1677
Elizabeth Thelaball out of " a tract of 600 acres" of land " in hogg
pen neck given her by her brother Lemuel Mason with the consent of
Ann his wife" gave "foure hundred acres" "to my Sonne francis"
"the plantation whereon hee now Live" "and to" "Sonne James"
"two hundred acres" and "after the decease of my Selfe and my
Loveing husband m"" James Thelaball give" my "well beloved Sonnes
francis" "& James" the plantation whereon I now Live y* two
hundred acres of Land w"' the houses orchards and fences" "to bee
divided beetweene them"
Virginia
By the Hon"'''^ the President of his Majesties Councill
In pursuance of the act of Assembly made att James Citty y* Eight
Day of June in the two and thirtieth yeare of y* Reigne of our Sover-
aigne Lord King Charles y" Second and in the yeare of our Lord god
one thousand Six hundred and Eighty, and by the Authority thereof,
and y* power therein granted, I Doe by this Publick Instrum' under
my hand and y® broad Seale of this Colony of Virginia pronounce
publish and Declare M'' James Thelaball, borne in france profeseing
y"^ potestant Relidion and haveing first taken y* oath of allegiance,
and paid the ffees therein mentioned according to y° tenor of y* Said
act to bee fully and compleatly naturalized, and I Doe hereby fully
and Compleatley naturalize him y^ Said James thellaball giveing and
granting unto him and his heires for Ever, all and Singuler y* privi-
ledges Imunities and Rights of y* Inhabitants of this Collony of Vir-
ginia, and that as fully and amply, to all Intents And purposes what-
soever, as if the Said James thellaball had been borne with In his
Majesties Dominions, and as any other of his Majesties naturall borne
Subjects whatsoever have ought or Doe in any Sorte Enjoy any former
The Chuecft in Lower Norfolk County. 141
Day of this instant June and there to conferr about the affaires
of the sd prish „
Lower At a Co" held the Nyne & twentieth day of December
Norff" A° Dm 1662
Present M"" John hill ] M'' John Martin 1
Leift Coll Lemuell Mason !• Justices }■ Justices
M"" Thomas Willoughby j M'' W"" Mosely j
^' Whereas Coll John Sidney high Shreive for this County hath
given informacon to this Co'"' that he uppon y® fifteenth day of
Law, act usage custome to the Contrary notwith Standing, given under
my hand and y*" Seale of the Collony, this twenty Eight Day of
novemb : 1683 anno Regni Regis Carroll Secundi Angla : &c 35" Re-
cord atur
Test E : Chillton Sepf Nich° Spencer
17 Sep^ 1685
In a deed made IS"" October 1690 "James thelaball Senr of Elizabeth
River pish" "Gent" " and Eliz*" his "wife" now well Stricken In
yeares and nott well able to Live by "them Selves and their "Sonne
francis thelaball " being "willing to Leave his plantation whereon
hee " was then " well Seated to Goehabitt w"^ " them for their "better
Suport in" their " old age" they therefore gave their "Said Sonne
francis Thelaball" "Liberty w"* his wife and Children and what
family " " he had or might in future have to " Live on the Land " on
which they were at the time living" and Enioy the Same preveledges"
which they themselves enjoyed "but In Case" he "the Said James
Should happen to Dye beefore Elizabeth" his "wife and that Shee
Marry againe or that" their "Sonne francis Should hapen to Dye be-
fore Sarah his wife and that Shee Marry againe " " the Said plantation
w"'all Convenetyes" "Shall bee Equally Divided^and the one family"
to Enjoy one halfe thereof and the other the other part for" the "Life
of the said Eliz" and after" the deaths of James and Elizabeth his
wife the plantation to revert to his "Sone francis thelaball" James
Thelaball was Churchwarden of Elizabeth River Parish in 1659 & 1660.
He married Elizabett daughter of Francis and Alice Mason. Francis
Mason was a member of fhe Court of Lower Norfolk County from
May 15'" 1637 to August 15'" , 1648, was sheriff in 1646 & 47 and Church-
warden in 1640 and vestryman in 1648. He was twice married, and
by his first wife Mary had a daughter named Anne. Mr J Henry Lea
in his article Certificates of Head Rights in the County Court of Lower
Norfolk, Virginia, in the New England Historical and Genealogical
Register for January 1893, page 68, implies that Elizabeth was by the
first wife. The fact that she is not mentioned in the Muster of her
142 LowEB Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
this instant December beinge Sabbath day, did take divse psons
^ch ^ere at an unlawfull meetinge w% those commonly called
Quakers a cattalogue of whose names was alsoe psented to this
father Francis Mason in 1624 is proof that she was born afterwards,
and was by the second wife. Francis Mason came to Virginia in 1613
and his wife Alice in 1622. In 1642 he received a patent for land and
two of the head rights were Alice and Margerie Ganey, and Mr Lea in
a note to an abstract from the will of Margaret Cheeseman of St Mary
Magdalen Bermondsey widow, page 250, of the April, 1893, number of
the same magazine says " the Ganey connection before indicated, is
made certain" yet in this very will Lemuell Mason is spoken of as
" my very loving knsman," and Elizabeth Thelaball as "my cousin."
Lemuell always spoke of her as his sister and not as his half sister.
"ToallChian people to whome this p^'sent Writing shall come. I
Lemuell Mason of y® County of Lower Norfolk in Virginia as well
for y* naturall Love & oute affecon y' I beare unto Elizabeth Thela-
ball my beloved sister & wife to M'' James Thelaball of y^^ County
Affors** as for divse other good Causes me and Ann my Wife hereunto
Especially moving hath f rely & voluntarLy given granted & Confirmed
as by these p^'sents doth frely give graunt & confirm unto y* Affor S<^
Elizabeth Theleball o'' sister and to hir heires & Assigns forever Six
hunderd Acers of Land Scituate Lying & being in hogg penn necke &
up y* Creek between y« Land of M'' Tho : Willoaghby & y* Lands I
now Live one on w'^'' Land y^® s*^ M*^ Ja : Thelaball now liveth to have
& to hold the affor S** Six hunderd acers of Land w"* all rights & priv-
ledges therein or thereunto : belonging to hir hir heires & Assignes
for Ever as I now or here after may have to y' I now posses : being all
in one graunt the affore S"* Elizabeth hir heires & Assignes to pay &
discharg all quitt rents due or accrueing due for y^^same in Testimony
whereof I y^ S"" Lemuell Mason and Ann my wife have hereunto putt
o'^ hands and seales this thirteenth day of Apll Anno Dom : 1667
Lemuell Mason
Ann Mason
Signed Sealed & Delivrerd
in y* p'^sents of us Acknowledged in Court by Coll Mason and
Tho: ffulcher by M'' ffulsher Attney of M" Mason y«« 15'"
Jn" Elder of Aprill 1667
Teste Jn° Okeham CI Cur,,
In his will made the " 17 day of June 1695" he said "if I the said
Lemuell Mason Die beefore my sister Elizabeth Thelaball then I Doe
give & bequeath unto my said sister soe much good Black Serge as
will make her a Morning Gowne" "In the Name of God I James
Thelaball of Eliz River prish in the County of Lower Norfolk Gen'
being at p''sent in prfect health of body and of Sound & prfect memory
but being Now Well Stricken in yeares & knowing Not how Sudainly
It may please God to call mee out of this World into his Mercy and
The Church in Lower Norfolk County. 143
Co''^ And it beinge contry to Act of Assembly, It is therefore
ordered that the Shreive shall hereby have power to Levy such
for the avoiding of all future Contnoons as may heare after arise about
that Smale Estate that it hath pleased God in his Mercy to bestow on
Mee, Doe therefore think fitt & Content to make this my last Will &
Testam' and heareby to make voyde & Null all other maner of Will
or Wills Testam' or Testam'* by mee hearetofore Made and doe
Ordine & Apoynt this Only to be my last Will & Testam' in Maner &
forme following Imp'' I give & bequeath my Soal into the hands of my
Creato'' & Jesus Christ my Redeemer through whose Death and
passion I hope to have a joyfull resurrection at the last day. I give
& bequeath my body to the Earth from whence it Came, to bee buried
in Christian Maner according to the Discretion of my heareafter
Named Exec'' and as for my Worldly goods afore Said I Give &
bequeath them asfolloweth ( Viz' ) I give & bequeath unto my loveing
Son flrancis Thelaball one hundred Acres of land more or less, lying
Neare the plantacon formerly belonging to W"" Vaughan DeC^ which
Sd land I formerly designed to give unto my Son Lemuel Now Deed,
and Now the above Said flfrancis and his heires and his heires forever,
I alsoe give unto my Said Son ffrancis, one Negro Woman Called Bess
& one Negro boy Called Grandee and a high bed Steed & a fether bed
and boulster in it W"' Green Curtaines & Vallians, W* Silk freng and
a Greene Woosted Rugg AY"' a paire of Sheets & a Hamaker all Com-
only used in the Roome Wherein I Now live and another fether bed
A boulster which Comonly lyeth on the Trundle bed Steed W"' a
White Rugg: and a long table w"' fforme to itt & a Joyners Cubbord &
a chaire of Joyners Worke, all Comonly Standing in the Inner Roome
where I Now live, and a great Copper Kettle & two pott Racks & two
Iron Potts & one Iron Spitt and a Smale pr of And irons & a paire of
Stilliards and a paire of brass Skales w"' fowerpnds of brass Weights
& a Cross Cutt Sawe and fower Iron Wedges & a Silver porringer &
two Silver Spoons Mark I T E & three pewter Dishes & a Pewter bason
the aforesd goods bequeathed to my Said Son ffrancis are not to bee
Delivered him untill after the Decease of my wife Elizabeth without
her Consent and likeing: I give & bequeath unto my loveing Son
James Thelaball a Negro Girle called Rose & one fether bed and
boulster and a paire of Sheets w'''' Comonly lyeth in the Shedd at the
End of the Dwelling house & a blew Woosted Rugg & a flock bedd,
one Silver Saltceller & two Silver Spoones marked J T E & one brass
Morter & Pestle & one pewter flaggon & one Copper Still & one large
Chest w"" a double Lock & One toole Chest and all the twoles therein
& one pr of great Andirons & one Iron Spitt & one Anvill the above
Said goods bequeathed to my Son James Not to bee Delivered untill
after the Decease of my Wife Elizabeth w^ut her Consent and
likeing; I give and bequeath unto my loveing Daughter Margaret
Langley three Silver Spoones and one Silver Wrought Wine Cupp &
144 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
some & somes of tobacco as is become due by Act of Assembly
beinge two hundred pounds of tobacco for any such pson soe
one Smale Copper Kettle & one Smale pewter Still, and a brass Worm-
ing pann the afore Sd goods given unto my Daughter Margarett are
Nott to be Delivered her untill after the decease of my Wife Elizabeth
W"'out her Consent & likeing: I give & bequeath unto my Loveing
Daughter Elizabeth Langley, one Negro Girle called Nanny & three
Silver Spoones & one Smooth Silver Wine Cupp & one Smale Copper
Kettle the afore Said goods given unto my Daughter Elizabeth are not
to bee Delivered her untill after the Decease of my Wife Elizabeth
W"'out her Consent & likeing I give & bequeath unto my loveing
Daughter Mary Chichester one Silver beere bole One Silver Dram
Cupp, One Smale Silver Spoone, one Couch With fether bed and
pillow in it & a Rugg the afore Said goods given unto my Daughter
Mary are Nott to be Delivered untill after the Decease of my wife
Elizabeth with out her Consent and liking, I give & bequeath unto
my loveing Coson W™ Porten all my ffrench books to bee Delivered
him Imediately after my Decease I give & bequeath all the Rest of
my Estate Not hearein bequeathed unto my loveing Wife Elizabeth
Thelaball to be at her Sole disposall & doe hearby Nominate & apoynt
my Said Wife Elizabeth my Whole & Sole Exe'^outo'" of this my last
Will & Testam' In Witness Whereof I have heareunto Sett my hand
this 9* day of Aprill 1691 & fixed my Seale
Signd & Seald and Delivered by
James Thelaball as his last Will James Thelaball & Seale
in p^'sence of us Proved in Court this IS"" Sep''
Lemuel Mason 1693 by the Oathes of Coll
Thomas Mason Lemuel Mason & M'^ Thomas
Mary Mason Mason and ordered to be Re-
corded
Test Mala Thruston CI
Cur
In ye name of God Amen I Elizabeth Thelaball of Elizabeth River
Parish in Ye County of Norfolk Gentw°° being at this present in
perfect health of body & of sound & perfect Memory, but being now
well stricken in years & know not how suddenly it may please God
to Call me out of this world into his Mercy and for ye according of all
further contentions as may hereafter arise about what small estate
that it hath pleased God in his mercy to leave me, doe therefore think
fitt & convenient to make this my last will & testam'' & hereby to
make void & null all other manner of Will or Wills testam' or testa-
ments by me heretofore made & doe ordain & appoint this only to be
my last Will and Testamt in manner & form following. Imprimis
I give & bequeath my Soule into Ye hands of my Creator Jesus Christ
my redeemer through whose death & passion I hope to have a joyful
resurrection at ye last day. I give & bequeath my body to ye Earth
The Church in Lower Norfolk County. 145
taken & p^'sented th one halfe to the informer thother to the
Publique. Their names as followeth viz:
from whence it came, there to be buried in Christian manner accord-
ing to the drection of my two Sons Francis & James Thelaball & that
ye s** Francis & James be at equal charges towards my funera^
& likewise in proving my will & as for my worldly goods afores'' I
give & bequeath Them as followg, Viz I give & bequeath unto
my loving Son Francis Thelaball one great Chest which commonly
Standeth in my Entry, Six pewter plates broad brimmed, One Iron
pessil one frying pan, one writing Slate & all the Stock of hoggs that
I shall have belonging to me at ye time of my decease, & the halfe
of my Stock of Sheep which I shall have at the time of my decease
excepting Six Ewes which I as I shall after herein direct Imp'' I give
& bequeath unto my loving Son James Thelaball one great trunk with
lock & key to it Standing in the Shade, one plank Cupboard, one Small
round Table, one looking Glass ye frame thereof black-wood, one
small trunk to keep writing in, one Iron pessil, one Iron two
wooden Chairs, & eight pewter plates & one small flock Couch bed &
also the half of my Stock of Cattle & also the half of my Stock of
Sheep, excepting what I have above excepted & also all my right &
title to the increase of a Negro girl named Rose, now in ye posses-
sion of my Said Son James given him by the last will & testament of
my aforesaid husband, M'' James Thelaball Imp'' I give and bequeath
unto my Son in law "VV" Langley who formerly married my daughter
Margaret One Shilling in full of his portion as marrying my said
daughter Margaret. Imp'' I give & bequeath unto my loving daughter
Elizabeth Langley now wife of Thomas Langley one trunk with
drawers in it, & a little black box that Stands on ye top of it, & two
turkey work Chairs One Iron Pott one paire of fire tongs one pewter
Candlestick & small stoned Eing of Gold, & one hoop ring of ditto, &
one large brass skillett with a frame & one great Chest which was my
mothers & one small Deske & all my right & title to the increase of a
Negro Girl named Nanny now in the possession of my Son in law
Thomas Langley & my daughter Elizabeth, given my Said daughter
Elizabeth Langley by ye last will and testam' of my dear husband
M'' James Thelaball Imp'' I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter
Mary Mason now wife of Lemuell Mason one long Chest which goeth
by ye name of ye Clothes Chest one iron Pott one Gridiron, one paire of
fire Tongs of Iron, One great chafing dish, one Small looking Glass &
two wooden Chairs, one pewter Candlestick, one great blue Cushion
which standeth on ye Cupboard & one small feather bed, with Bolsters,
& a Small green wollen Rugg, & one red Mohaire petty coat. Imp'' I
give & bequeath unto James Thelaball my grand Son now Sonn'^ to
Francis Thelaball two Ewes to be delivered him immediately after my
decease Imp'' I give & bequeath unto Thomas Langley my GrandSon
now eldest son to Thomas Langley two Ewes to be delivered him im"
mediately after my decease. Imp'' I give and bequeath unto my great
146 Lower I^orfolk County Yirginia Antiquary.
Richard Yates M" Robinson
M"" John Porter M^ Johnson
M" Porter M" Johnson
M"" Isaacke Bacon Mary Nicholls
W™ Gouldsmith Nicholas Seaborne
W™ Whithurst Nicholas IFreeman
Richard Whithurst Mary Gouldsmith
M""^ Emperor John Robinson
John Elder Anne Godby „
]VP Tho: Owens
Alice Gouldsmith
Grandson W" Ivy now Sonn to George Ivy two Ewes to be delivered
him within Six months after my decease, but if it should So happen
at my decease that I should not have so many Sheep as is above given
to my three grand children, that what is remaining may be equally
divided between my said three grand Children as to quality Imp' I
give & bequeath unto my loving daughters Elizabeth and Mary all
my wearing apparel woollen & Linning excepting w' is before given
to be equally divided between my said two daughters & in case either
one should die before my Self ye same to fall to ye Survivor Imp"" I
give & bequeath all my pewter and Table Linen & Sheets money or
other Sort of goods of w' nature or quality soever not before be-
queathed w'^'' I shall have at the time of my death to be equally divided
between as many of my own sons & daughters, as at ye same time
shall be living & doe hereby nominate & appoint my son Francis The-
laball my whole & Sole Executor of this my last will and testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12 day of May
1702 & fixt my Seal to ye Confirmation of ye within premises
Elizabeth Thelaball & Seale
Signed & Sealed & delivered
by Elizabeth Thelaball as her
last will in presence of us
Geo. Mason, Eich Sayer Lemuel
Newton
Proved by Richard Sayer & Capt. George Mason two of ye witnesses
aforesaid March ye 15th, 1707 in open Court & ordered to be Recorded
Test. Jno Ferebee D C Cur.
A Copy
Teste Alvah H Martin C. C
By W" . H. Barnes D. C.
Marriages Performed by Rev. George Norris. 147
MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY REV GEORGE
NORRIS '
(Continued from page llfi.)
1834
John Franklin and Miss Jacoramine Bonney
William Flanagan and Mr^ Kesiah Brown
Willis Shipp and Miss Catharine Smith
Lancaster Fentress and Miss Dina Murden
George B Sorey and Mr* Amey Rainey
Nehemiah Browne and Miss Nancey Hargrove
Henry Moses and Miss Polly Douge
William Jones and Mrs Penelope Mills
William Etheridge and Miss Caroline Jobson
W' illiam B Butt and Miss Mary Ann Cox
William MeClanen and Miss Elizabeth Pebworth
1835
Lararell Holmes and Miss Margaret Shipp
Godfrey West and Miss Betsey West
Horatio Davis and Miss Frances James
John S Murden and Miss Catharine Petty
Thomas J Brock and Mr* Frances Wardsworth
At a Court held for P. A. County July 3d 1809
Present
John Hancock \ Gentle
Jonathan Woodhouse/ men
W" D Woodhouse
Feb
4
14
19
Mar
22
25
April
16
June
10
July
8
Nov.
8
28
Dec
26
May
2
14
June
13
Jan
15
Feb
29
Edw<» H Moseley Jun^ j "^"^^'^^^
Absent Anthy Walke
Present Jesse Morriss Gent
" George Norriss a Minister of the Baptist Church produced to the
Court Credentials of his Ordination " " entered into Bond as required
by an Act to regulate Solemnization &c & " Securities Sowell Norriss
and John Biddle. In his will made November IS"" 1843, and recorded
December 4, same year, he gave to his "family his library" except
the large bible, that I lend to my loving wife during her life, at her
death I give it to my son George & to his heirs forever. In his ap-
praisement made the 18'" DeC, 1843, Brown's Bible is valued at $10.
143 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
1836
John Murden Sr and Mr® Frances Etheredge.
John Dyer and Mr^ Sally Watterman
James W. Portlock and Miss Mary Fountain
Charles M Carter and Mr'' Mary Lovitt
William Fentress and Miss Irena Whitehead
Nathan Land and Miss Amy Maye
William Godfrey Sr and Mr® Jaca Smith
James R Ward and Mr® Margaret Garnlo
1837
James Hargrove and Miss Martha Fentress
Corj)rew Land and Miss Margaret S Wright
James D Fentress and Mr" Martha Butt
Henry Robinson and Miss Mary Griggs
Moses Fentress and Miss Amy Land
Henry M'Clanan and Miss Anne Johnson
James E Griggs and Miss Maria Murden
Isaac Williams and Miss Mary Keeling
1838
John Widgeon and Miss Barbary Ann E Shipp
Batson Murden and Miss Margaret Shipp
Malachi Murden and Miss Frances Mclanan
1839
Ezekiel Smith and Miss Sarah Wilkines
James O Whitehurst & Mr® Eliza A\"right
James Murden and Miss Jane Land
William Harbert and Mr® Ann Ansel
Keeder Brown and Mr® Frances More.
1841
Jan 19 John M Smith and Mr® Frances Sykes
1842
Jan 22 George Smith and Mr® Anne Leward
June 20 Charles M Carter and Miss Christeana Berry
Aug 13 John C Morse and Miss Betsey Ann Sherwood
1843
June 13 Jordan Sherwood and Miss Millber Sherwood
Jan.
16
20
May
14
June
7
25
Aug
30
Nov
29
Dec
28
Jan
12
24
Feb
19
April
2
27
July
11
Sept
17
Oct
14
Oct
29
Jan
27
Mar
6
Jan
30
Mar
13
28
May
9
June
3
Charles Reid. 149
CHARLES REID
Charles Reid the eldest son of George Reid and Elizabeth
Taylor his wife was born in Forfar Scotland on the 4"' of
April, 1800, and dying at his residence, 524 East Main street
Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday morning, January 17*^, 1899' was
the last living link in Lower Norfolk County'^ who connected the
18"' century with the 19^*^, and the last person who had lived in
Lower Norfolk County continuously from the first year of the
19*'' Century. He came with his parents in 1801,^ to Virginia,
where they settled first in Portsmouth, and afterwards in
Norfolk. His parents^ returned to Scotland temporarily in
1816, and left him with his uncle, Robert Soutter,^ a Scotch
merchant, who entrusted him with the settling of his father's
business. At the age of 21 years, after he had received the
best education to be obtained in this section, he, with the assist-
ance of his uncle, Mr. Soutter, went into the grocery and com-
mission business in Water Street, near Commercial Place. On
' The funeral took place from the First Presbyterian Church, Thurs-
day morning, January the 19* . Rev. Edward Mack, the pastor of the
church, was too ill to be present, and the services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. J. H. Howerton of Charlotte, N. C, assisted by Rev. Edwin
B. McCluer of Park Avenue Presbyterian Church and Rev J. W. Law-
son. He was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
"^ See page 3, vol. 1, of the Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
^In November, 1888, he told the Editor that he arrived in Virginia
in August, 1801. •* " All having claims against the subscriber, are de-
sired to present them for settlement and those indebted are requested
to make immediate payment as the subscriber intends leaving the
United States for some time. George Reid, (Norfolk Gazette and Pub-
lick Ledger, Saturday Evening March 2, 1816) In memory of
George Reid who died at his residence Oak Hall Norfolk County the
9"^ Deer 1849, ased 90 years. He was born in Forfar, Scotland. In his
will made November, 1849, he left to his "wife Betty, negro girl Eliza
untill the said girl attain to the age of twenty years which will be on
the fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty five
at which time I hereby emancipate and set free the said girl Eliza "
In memory of Elizabeth wife of George Reid, born in Forfar, Scot-
land. She came to Norfolk in 1801. In 1858 she removed to Balti-
more where she died Jan L'6, 1863, aged 86.
^The Norfolk directory for 1806-1807, says he was a grocer at 4,
Water street. In the Norfolk & Portsmouth Herald, in 1806, his ad-
vertisement said he had Mountain family butter for sale at 2, Wide
150 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
the 17**^ of March, 1825, he married Miss Lucretia Nash," of
Portsmouth, who died in 1868. A short time after his mar-
riage he formed a partnership with his brother George^, and
did business on Commercial Row, near the ferry wharf. The
firm prospered, and for 15 years they transacted a large com-
mission and stave exporting business. George then withdrew
from the firm, and Charles retired from the grocery business
and with Robert^ Soutter, Jr., established the stave exporting
commission and guano business on Nivison's wharf under the
name of Reid & Soutter, and continued the business until Mr.
Soutter withdrew to accept a position in New York. After
the close of the War of Secession he " associated with himself
his two sons, George C. and James T. S. Reid, under the firm
Water street. " Copartnership. The subscribers have entered into
Copartnership under the firm of James Hynd & Co. and will carry on
their business in the store lately occupied by George Reid — where
they intend keeping for sale A General Assortment of Groceries
/From the Norfolk Gazette And\ Robert Soutter
Publick Ledger for April James Hynd"
V 30, 1816 /
He was elected a Ruling Elder of the Presbyterian Church in
Norfolk in 1814, was a director of the Norfolk branch of the Farmers
Bank of Virginia in 1819, was a member of the Borough Council, and
in 1829 was one of the managers of the Norfolk Sunday School Union
Society. On Friday, January 24, 1806, he was married in Portsmouth
by the Rev. Mr. Grigsby, to Margaret Taylor. She was sister to the
wife of George Reid. Robert Soutter Born 9. Dec. 1773. Died 24 July,
1842. A native of Scotland, but for the last 40 years of his life a resi-
dent of this Borough. Margaret relict of Robert Soutter, Born April
7, 1781, Died Nov 10, 1868. The obituary notice in the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Herald for Tuesday morning, July 26, 1842, says he was
born in Dundee Scotland, and died, the result of an accident, in Nor-
folk, on Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, July 24, 1842, in the 69th year
of his age. James Hynd was a director of the Norfolk Branch of
the Farmers Bank of Virginia in 1825, 1827, 1829. On Saturday even-
ing, March 2, 1816, he was married by the Rev. Mr. Paxton to Miss
Ann Reid, daughter of George Reid.
"Lucretia Reid wife of Charles Reid died August 23'' 1868, aged 68
years.
' Was director in the Norfolk branch of the Bank of Virginia in 1846,
47, 5), 51, 52, 57, 60 & 61.
* Was elected Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1836 and
was a director in the Norfolk branch of the Farmers Bank of Virginia
in 1838, 39 and 40.
Price of Corn, 1779. " 151
name of Charles Reid & Sons " and was the senior member of
the firm at the time of his death. He " was for a number of
years magistrate, chairman of the Common Councils, President
of the School Board, a member and president of the Board of
Harbor Commissioners, President of the Norfolk Savings
Institution, director of the old Farmers^ Bank of Virginia,
and a member of the Board of Directors of the Marine Bank.
He was for many years a leading member and treasurer of the
First Presbyterian Church " of Norfolk, "also vice president
of the Seamens Friend Society" "For many years past" he
" made it a custom to have a family reunion on his birthday "
He was the father of eight children^" (one dead at the time of
his death), and he left 108 descendants in children, grand
children and great grand children, of them 44 were grand
children and 57 great grand children
PRICE OF CORN, 1779.
January 11 Day 1779
Received of M'' Charles
Harvey the Sum of three pounds'
For a barrel of Corn
Tho^ Hunter, Sen
9 In 1837, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48 and 49.
1" Charles (now dead) George C, Robert S., James T. S., Mrs Benja-
min Gray of Richmond ; Mrs George D. Armstrong of this city ; Mrs
James C. Spence, of Baltimore, and Mrs Charles E. Thorburn, of
New York City. It is probable that Mr. Reid was the oldest person
who ever lived in Norfolk. The American Mortality Table used by
the Equitable Insurance Company says that out of 100,000 persons 10
years of age, 3 live to be 95 years old, and in the article, Life Insur-
ance, in the American Cyclopaedia, published by the Appletons in
1875, British tables show that out of 100,000 persons 10 years of age,
4 live to be 98 and 1 reaches the age of 99. A former president of the
Institute of Actuaries, in his book On Centenarians ; and The Dura-
tion of the Human Race, London, 1899, — his enquiries were restricted
to instances of Centenarians exhibited in the experience of Assurance
Companies and the National Debt Office — was only able to find 22
centenarians — 18 female and 4 male, of which the oldest, a female,
attained to the age of 105 years and 8 months. The New York Sun for
January 16, 1901, says : " Hiram Cronk, the only survivor of the War
of 1812, was born April 27, 1800."
' A Virginia pound was $3.33^— the price of the barrel of corn was
therefore ten dollars in the depreciated Virginia money of the time.
152 Lower Norfolk Cocnty Virginia Antiquary.
WITCHCRAFT IN VIRGINIA.^
Lower Norff : At a private Co^* held the 23'"'* of May, 1655,
at the howse of M"" Edward Hall in Linhaven
Coll. John Sidney M^ John Porter Sen^
L* Col: Tho: Lambert Mr John Porter Jun^
Mr. Tho: Bridge
Comrs
" Whereas div'"^ dangerous & scandalous speeches have beene
raised by some psons concerneing sev'all women in this Countie
termeing them to be Witches, whereby their reputacons have
beene much impaired, and theire lives brought in question
(ffor avoydeing the like offence) It is by this Co^* ordered that
what pson soer shall hereafter raise any such like scandal!
concerninge any partie whatsoev"" and shall not be able to pve
the same, both upon oath, and by sufficient witnes, such pson
soe offending shall in the first place paie A thousand pounds
of tob: and likewyse be lyeable to further Censure of the Co"' "
LAND AND SLAVE OWNERS P. A. COUNTY, 1775.
(A Recapitulation)
There were in Princess Anne County in 1775, not including
the Black Water Precinct, the report of which has not been
found, 445 land owners who owned 107,958 acres of land, or
more than 242J acres to each owner.
' This appeare.l in the William and Mary College Quarterly His-
torical Papers for July, 1895.
2&3Xhe Porters were brothers. "The custom of giving two sons
the same Christian name was not uncommon in England at this
period (1656). There are instances where three brothers bore the
same name. In one of the latter cases, cited by Col. Joseph L. Chester
in a letter to the writer, they are designated in one document "John
the elder, John the younger, and John the middle."— ; he Hilton
Family, by John T. Hassam, A. M. See note 5, p. 105, vol. 1 of the
Antiquary.
Land and Slave Owners, P. A. Co., 1775.
153
207 owned less than
101 Acres per owner
120 more th
an 100 1
)Ut
less
than 201
do
43 "
' 200
" 301
do
21 "
" 300
" 401
do
18 "
' 400
" 501
iC
9 "
' 500
'' 601
ii
6 "
' 600
" 701
K
4 "
' 700
" 801
ii
3 "
' 800
" 901
il
2 "
' 900
" 1001
Ii
1 owned
.1116
ii
1 "
11331
ii
1 "
1200
a
1 "
1225
ii
1 ''
1231
ii
1 "
1260
a
1 ''
1352
ii
1 "
1370
a
1 "
1433
a
1 "
2022
a
1 "
2096
a
1 "
72481
a
445
There were at the same time 326 owners of tithable slaves
who owned 1394 tithables, nearly 4^ to each owner
106 owned 1 each 106
62
2
124
38
3
114
25
4
100
25
5
125
19
6
114
9
7
63
7
8
56
5
9
45
4
10
40
5
11
55
2
12
24
2
13
26
2
14
28
154 Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary.
lo^
svnec
15
each
15
2
16
32
1
17
17
2
18
36
2
19
38
1
20
20
1
22
22
1
24
24
1
26
26
1
28
28
1
33
33
1
83
83
326 1394
There were in the County 95 riding chairs and two chariots
and 987 white tithables
PRICE OF A YOUNG MARE, 1741.
The Estate of Nath° Laiigley to Marg' Johnson is Dr
LSD
To one Young Mare 2 7 6
To one Bar" of Corn at 10
June the 9'M743 X2.. 17.. 6
Errors Excepted p'' me
Marg* Johnson
These are to Certify whom it may Concern that Marg'
Johnson came before me one of his Matys Justices of the peace
for the County of Princess Ann and made oath that the above
ace* was Justly due out of the Estate of the above (worn)
Nath° Langley Deed and that She never Rec" any Satisfaction
for the Same Given Under my hand this 9**^ Day of June
Anno Dom 1743.
Tho^ Hunter^
^ He was a brother of John Hunter who married Jacomine Johnson,
daughter of Marg'^.
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