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THE
VIRGINIA MAGAZINE
OF
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Published Quarterly by
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920
VOL. XXVIII
RICHMOND, VA.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Banister, John, Letter from, 1775 266
Byrd, William, First, Letters of 11
Council and General Court Minutes, 1622-29 3» 97, 219, 319
Genealogy : Aucher 285
Corbin 281, 370
Cornwallis, Wroth, Rich 375
Grymes 90, 187, 374
Lovelace 83, 176
Illustrations : Aucher Arms 285
Archer's Hope Creek, Views at 106a
Gray Friars, Canterbury 88a
Grymes Children 92a
Grymes, Philip, Children of 92a
Hall End, Warwickshire 280a
Lovelace, Richard (Poet) 182a
Lovelace, William 82a
Lovelace, Sir William (d. 1629) 86a
Lovelace, Sir William (d. 1627) 176a
McCabe, William Gordon Frontispiece, July No.
Northern Neck, Map of Boundaries,
Frontispiece, October No.
McCabe, President William Gordon, Announcement of death,
January No.
McCabe, William Gordon, A Brief Memoir, By A. C. Gordon 195
Mecklenburg Co., Va., Resolutions, 1774 54
Northampton Co., Land Certificates for 142
Northern Neck, Documents Relative to Boundaries of 297
Notes and Queries 65, 161, 274, 361
Orange County Marriages 152, 256, 360
Preston Papers 109, 241, 346
Virginia Gleanings in England (Wills) 26, 128, 235, 340
Virginia Historical Society, Officers and Members, January 1920,
April No.
Virginia Historical Society, Proceedings of Annual Meeting,
July No.
Virginia in 1681-83 41, "7. 225, 354
Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704 207, 328
Henrico County, Prince George County
Virginia State Troops in the Revolution 58, 247, 359
lUUItrjm CSordon 3Mc®afae
THE BELOVED AND HONORED
PRESIDENT OF
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DIED
JUNE 1, 1920
Mr. Armistead C. Gordon, a member of our Board,
will, at the request of his colleagues, prepare
an "In Memoriam," for publication
in a future number of
the Magazine.
THE
Virginia Magazine
OF
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Vol. XXXVIII January, 1920 No. 1
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL
COURT, 1622-1629.
From the Originals in the Library of Congress.
(Continued.)
Oathes taken before S'r George Yeardley, Knight Etc. &
Mr. Wiliam Clayborne, Secret, on the 16th day of March
1626.
John Wayne sworne & examined sayth that twoe weekes
before their arrivall in this river in the ship called The
Plantation ther was a falling out between Thomas Hitall
& Thomas Lawley, wheruppon Robt. Cooke interposed
himselfe & towld the s'd Lawley he would not suffer him to
abuse any of his mates, upon w'ch the fell to words & the
s'd Cooke tooke the s'd Lawley by the coller & thrust him
from him, & settled him upon a chest that was nere to him
& soe this deponent forthw'th p'ted them & saith that there
was noe other blowes betweene them, nor did the s'd Cooke
set his fiste or his knee upon the s'd Lawley's brest or
offered him any further violence whatsoever, & further this
deponent saith that he never saw the s'd Lawley at any
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tyme to spitt blowd nor ever heard him complayne of any
hurt that he had receaved by means of the s'd Cooke.
Christopher Cutler sworne & examined sayth & amrmeth
in all poynts as John Wayne aboves'd.
Edward Gaven, aged 38 years, sworne & examined sayth
that about a monethe agoe in his going up w'th Thomas
Lawley to his plantacon stayed for the tyde over nyght at
Capt. Martyns. The tyde being come he called for his
people to come abourd & spying the s'd Thomas Lawley to
be behind he demanded of him why he would not go as fast
as the rest, the s'd Lawley answered while he was aboard
the shipp called the Plantacon trier* was one gave him a
blowe w'th his elbowe one his brest w'ch hath made me
ever since then such a payne that it greaves me to goe & I
can scarce fetch my breath, soe they went into the boate &
the next day after arrived at the Shirley hundred & the
where the s'd Lawley fell very sicke & being not able of
himself to come out his bed this deponent helping him, the
sayd Lawley sayd these words Oh Lord Master the blowe
that Hobin gave me will surely be my deth, & then when
one q'rter of an hower after he departed this life, this de-
ponent sayth further that the sayd Lawleys brest after he
was dead, seemed blacker than any other p'te of his body,
this deponent sayth alsoe that he never saw the s'd Lawley
at any tyme to spit blowd neither did ever hear him the
s'd Lawley complain of spiting blowd.
John Fitz Humphreys aged 23 years sworne & examined
sayth that about a fortnight before they made the land in
the ship The Plantacon one Robt. Cooke and Thomas Law-
ley squabled aboard the shipp & were ready to fall by the
eares wheruppon divers caled to this deponent & willed
him to come & p't them,but before he came they were p'ted
& stod wrangling & squabling together & suddenly after
being in goeing to bed the s'd. Lawley complayned to this
deponent that his brest was very sore & sayd that Robert
Cooke tripping up his heeles fell upon him w'th his kne
upon his brest & the next morning the s'd Lawley shewed
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 5
this deponent his brest wch he sayth was very black at that
tyme & sayth that that day the s'd Lawley did spitt blowd
& divers tymes after before he dyed in this deponts syght.
This depont sayth that he willed the s'd Lawley the next
day after he complayned to him to tell their Master of yt
but Lawley answered he would not troble the M'r, he willed
him to tell the Chirurgeon of yt that he might have some
remedy for it ; but he answered, I have had already some-
thing of the Chirurgeon for my ague, & calls to me for
a note under my hand for yt, & I am loth to put my M'r
to any more charges, & I will take noe more of his medi-
cines. This deponent fourther sayth that the s'd Lawley
being very sick at Sherly hundred often said both to him
& others that the blow w'ch he had abourd the ship would
kill him.
A Court at James Citty the 26 th of March 1627, being p'sent
S'r George Yeardley, Knt., Govern'or Etc.
Mr. Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Mr. Claybourne
At this Court Capt. Wilcoxes (1) made a request to have
500 acres of land granted unto him on the Eastern shoare
uppon the old plantation creeke abutting on the Northeast
uppon the land of John Blower, unto w'ch the Court hath
condescended in favor to the said Capt. Wilcoxe & that he
may not be unfurnished of ground to plant his servants
uppon, w'ch he hath now brought over in the good shipp
called the Plantation, provided that the said Capt. Wilcoxe
doe as soon as may he make proofe that the said five hun-
dred acres shall be due him by the transportation of the
said servants or some of them or by any other way or
means.
(1) Captain John Wilcox came to Va. in 1620 and was a Burgess
in 1623. His will stating that he was formerly of Plymouth, England,
was proved June, 1628. See this Magazine 11, 77. 78.
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Quarter Court
A Court at James Citty the 3 th of Aprill 1627, being present :
S'r George Yeardley, Knt., Governor Etc.
Capt. West
Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Capt. Mathews
Mr. Secretary
Capt. Tucker
Mr. ffarrar
It is ordered that Mr. Jonas Stockden, Minister & Mr.
Francis Chamberlaine doe w'thin fifteene dayes after ye
date herof give a securitie unto ye Governor for the pai-
ment of fiftene hundred sixtie and five pounds of principall
merchantable Tobacco in leafe stript for the use of S'r Fran-
cis Wyatt, Knt., to be paid at or before the 20 th day of
November next ensuing at the Stores at James Citty uppon
the forfeiture of three thousand one hundred and thirty
waight of the principall Tobacco
At this Court was delivered in the last will & Testament
of Thomas Dunthorne, deceased, and proved to be the true
will of the s'd Tho Dunthorne by ye oath of Jonas Stock-
den, minister, and that the s'd Thomas Dunthorne was at
the making thereof in perfect sense and memorye
At this Court Mr. Harmer delivered uppon his oath unto
Will'm Hambry an account of all the goodes and estate of
the Lady Dale (2) both of cattle, Tobacco, corne, and of
whatsoever hath remained in his Custody since the time
that the said Mr. Harmer received the same from Mr.
Henry Watkins.
(2) Sir Thomas Dale, in his will proved Jan. 15, 1620, left his
whole estate to his wife, Dame Elizabeth Dale. Her will was dated
July 6, 1640, and proved Dec. 2, 1640. Her debts were to be paid
out of her estate in the hands of the East India Company and her
estate in Virginia. She gave her niece, Mrs Dorothy Throckmorton
500 acres in Virginia, with the appurtenances. To Edward Hamby,
son of Mr. Richard Hamby, all her land in Charles Hundred in Vir-
ginia, with the appurtenances. All the remainder of her estate in
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 7
At this Court Mr. George Keth, minister, did promise on
his going down to Kecaughtan (uppon an assurance made
unto him from Thomas Godby for 2001b of Tobacco to be
paid the last of October next ensueing) to seale and deliver
unto the said Thomas Godby, one bill of sale of one hun-
dred acres of land to him and ye said Thomas Godby and
his heires and assignes forever, being the divident of the
said George Keth & lying & abutting next unto ye Gleab
land at Elizabeth Citty.
It is ordered that Left. Giles Allington shal have a com-
'ission of Administration uppon the whole estate of Caleb
Page, deceased, the 2 th of Aprill last past and that the said
Giles Allington doe put in securitie to the Court to deliver
of an Account and surrender the said estate when it shall be
lawfully required. And Robert Adams of Martin's Hun-
dred hath offered to be bound w'th the said Giles Allington
for ye same.
Lt. Giles Allington sworne and examined sayeth that Caleb
Page on Sunday last the day before his death said these
wordes before divers yt were then p'sent : Neighbours bear
witnes that I give unto my man Henry Hart two yeares of
his time.
[125]
Whereas by an Act made at the Quarter Court in October
there was a proclamation published to forbid any person
of what qualitie soever to buy any com'odities aboard any
shipp uppon the penaltie of 500 1. of Tobacco and the said
com'odities or the value, of the same, it is at this Court
thought good to mitigate the sayd fine being too extreme,
and now further ordered that every one yt shall offend as
aforesaid in buying of any com'odities aboard any shipp
shall forfeit one hundred weight of Tobacco and the saide
Virginia or elsewhere, after some legacies, was to be divided into
two parts. One part to go to the children of Sir William Throck-
morton, knight and baronet, deceased, and William Sanborne, and
the other part to her friends and executors, Mr. Richard Hamby and
Mr. William Shrimpton. Lady Dale was Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Thomas Throckmorton, and married Sir Thos. Dale in 1611.
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com'odities soe bought or the value of the\ same as often
as they shall soe offend. It is ordered that Michael Wil-
coxes for buying 12 1. of sugar aboard the Charitie doe
forfeite one hundred weight of Tobacco and twelve pounds
of Tobacco for the said sugar, and 30 1. of Tobacco for
going aboard.
Whereas there remaineth one trunk of apparrell & linnen
belonging unto Capt. Willia' Holmes, deceased, of which
there is noe man to take charge, the Court doth thinke fitt
for the good of his widdow, that Doctor Pott doe take the
said trunke with the apparrell & linnen into his custody,
and to make sale thereof to the best profitt, and to deliver
up an account of the same unto any Attorney for ye said
widow.
Wheras notw'thstanding an Order of Court made in Oc-
tober last past there be many that have neglected to prove
the Wills & Testaments and bring in the Inventorys of
persons deceased it is thought fitt and hereby ordered that
Mr. Will'm Claybourne Secretary doe in more especiall
manner take care and provide that the like negligence be
here after prevented. And further that Mr. Claybourne
shall have full power and authoritie to sum'n such as doe
offend in this case to appeare at the Court at James Citty
before ye Governor & Council!', of State, there to answer
unto ye same.
Whereas by some information received now of late fro'
other Indians we understand there is a purpose in these
Indians our Inimies to make a generall assault uppon all o'r
plantations this Spring; it is ordered that notice be given
by proclamation through the Colonie that according to a
former proclamation published, all dwelling houses or plan-
tations be strongly palizadoed about and that all men doe
constantly stand uppon theire guard, keep sentinell uppon
theire workmen by day, and keep good watch by night,
shutting and making fast the gates of their forts, not suf-
fering any single man to stragle abroad, wherby all danger
may be prevented.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COUKT 9
It is ordered that Will'm Kempe, yeoman, shall not any
further molest or trouble Mr. George Keth concerning his
suite of 500 1. weight of Tobacco, w'ch the said Will'm pre-
tends to be wanting in the estate of the orphan Sara Spence
the daughter of Ensigne Wm. Spence deceased, untill such
time as any such Inventory may be found whereby any-
thing may be proved that the said 500 1. weight of Tobacco
is unpaid by the said George Keth.
At this Court there was leave granted that Mr. Secretary
Claibourne should have a Com'ission to goe w'th a boate &
a sufficient Company of men into the Bay, And to discover
any rivers or Creekes w'thin the Bay up to the heads of
the same and trade w'th the Indians for corne skins or
any other Comodities whatsoever.
A Court at James Citty the 4 th of Aprill 1627 being present
S'r George Yeardley, Knt., Governor Etc.
Capt. West
Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Capt. Mathews
Mr. Secretary
Capt. Tucker
Mr. Farrer.
A.t this Court were read all the examinations and deposi-
tions formerly taken concerning the report of some bad
behavior betweene Capt. Will'm Epes & Mrs. Alice Boice
lately to have happened at Martins Brandon, all w'ch being
duely weighed and debated on, the opinion of the Court
is that it is noe way proved or manifest by those depositions
that Capt. Epes and Mrs. Boise have offended the Law but
that they are cleane and guiltlesse.
At this Court Mr. Howe delivered upp on his oath an ac-
count of the Estate of Luke Aden.
At this Court the Governor did testifie that presently after
the arrivall of the tenants belonging to the Secretairy from
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England hhimselfe did advise Mr. Porey to send the said
tenants over the Bay & to plant there, w'ch accordingly he
did and soe made choice of the 500 acres of land belonging
to his place, afterwards when himselfe went over and
seated the said tenants uppon the same.
It is therefore ordered that there be 500 acres of land laid
out, at the place commonly called the Secretairy land on
the Eastern Shoare and heretofore planted on by the ten-
ants belonging to the Secretaryes place. And that if it
happen any people to have seated themselves w'thin the
bounds thereof, that they doe either compound w'th the
Secretary, or else deliver upp the land into his possession.
It is also hereby provided that if by this means the people
shall forsake the place and the same be left unplanted that
the Secretarye doe take some order to see the same again
repeopled & planted.
(To be Continued)
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYKD, FIRST 11
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST.
(From the Originals in the Collection of the Virginia Historical
Society)
Concluded
To Perry and Lane
Virginia June 3 d 1691
Gen*:
I rec d most (if not all) of yours this year with what yo u
w : I as morry were so considerable, since I could
not have freight enough proportionall to answer itt, being
I thinke very hardly used therein, you left itt wholly to
P. P. who att first promised mee upward of 400 H ds in
Porter & Allison. Some time after hee told mee, that I must
not expect above 400. Accordingly I proceeded & bought
Tob° but just as I had finished all, & was going to Towne,
hee tells mee Harry Duke (1) had shewn him a letter & hee
must have Some & Toppin more, therefore I must have but
350 H ds (besides bulke). After some words, I desired him
to assure me of them, w ch hee did, & I left notes att his
house, as I went downe for twice that quantity, hee was not
so kind all the while I was there to lett mee know y e con-
trary, when I could have hired a ship att £15:10 p tun. but
last weeke (when the ships were goeing downe) hee gave
mee an Acco 4 that Allison had but 80 H ds & Porter ISO
(2 whereof furres) besides bulke ; by w ch means. And these
Masters (as well as those from M r . North) cheating in their
Ladeing by stowing away great quantitys in Bulke of their
owne.
(1) Henry Duke, of James City County, who was appointed member
of Council 1702, and died 1713.
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I have ah* 250 H ds of New besides Some Old Tobacco
left, I desire therefore that you positively order what freight
I shall have (w ch I expect may bee ab* 500 H ds ) that I may
not bee at ship uncertainty'e, and att every Ones disposeall :
otherwise I desire you not to send mee above halfe the
Goods wrote for, w ch will bee then too much ; I have sent
you what skins & ffurres I had by mee (to help to clear
Something) w ch had been much more, had not the Indian
trade been prohibited (all last winter). Now y e Assembly
have laid itt open but w th so great an Imposition* on all
commoditys of that sort, that I fear itt can never bee worth
while onely those goods wee have by us must bee sold, I
have sent for little but plains haveing sufficient of all y e
rest by mee.
I desire you would Send me the furniture Sent for last
year, & omitted I have Sent for a Considerable Cargo of
English Goods, w ch I desire if freight may bee had, & Tob°
like to doe anything; I suppose what Sent you this year may
prove weighty & good, hope itt may answer Something.
If you have an Oppertunity I desire you to send 3 or 4
halfe tunes of Rheinsh wine from Rotterdam, for that I
had two years Since from M r Senserf proved So well, that
I have been desired by Severall to procure Some as good.
How far our New Law about Townes may Affect trade
I cannot yett guess, wee must expect y e confirmation of itt
from England, & then I believe Some of the Ports may
come in a little time to Something; Some time Since I rec d
yours by Emberly & should have been glad to have Seen
my Acco* w ch I yett daily expect.
I returne you many thankes for your care of my Child"
& hope you'l indeavor to put out the Girls for their most
advantage w th out any unnecessary charge ; & for my Son
I hope hee may bee so imployed, as (at least) not to loosse
anything hath been bestowed on him. I cannot advise att
(2) Act of Assembly, April, 1991. See Herring's Statutes at Large of
Virginia, III, 63.
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 13
this distance, but desire hee want nothing (in reason) for
his necessary accomplishing
I am Oblidged to you for your care ab 1 y e Aud rs place, &
I hope you'l put itt out of dispute. My L, d Effingham, M l *
Blaithwait & M r Povey haveing assured mee of their assist-
ance therein, hope now you'l effect itt and not lett mee lye
open to every one that will bid mony for itt.
Newham promised mee to take in four H ds of skins &
ffurres, but after I had Sent them downe (hee being full)
to Point Comfort, and I suppose they are on board the
Wolfe, Capt. Geo. Purvis, Capt. Perry designes downe, hope
hee'l take bills of Ladeing or a rec 1 for them, y e contents
inclosed, there is allso Eight H ds on board Hogben, God
Send all well to you : What farther offers shall write by the
fleet therefore w th blessing to y e Child", due respects to all
friends I take leave
Gen 1
Yo rs
W. B.
Pray Send us a Considerable Quantity of Salt if possible
& remember Paper for wee are in great want
To
Virg a June the 4 th 1691
S r
This I hope will come Safe to hand by the Resolution
w th 4 H ds Raw skins, 208 Hogs hds of Tob° in Caske, be-
sides 51 in Bulke to bee divided Vizt. the ship to have two
thirds & you 1-3 clear, to bee equally parted for quality in
y e s d Proportions. The Bulke I could not expect much
from, but however the 1-3 comeing fraight free, I thought
might yield Something, better then lye here and rott, the
Tob° in Caske I hope will prove well & weighty. I had not
that quantity of skins & furs as usual, trade being Stopt all
last winter, and now its open, a great imposition is laid on
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all Such Commodity's as are transported, w ch I doubt will
put a damp on y e trade. I thanke you for takeing mee So
much fraight, but could have wished (though you Sent y e
Charter pty's to mee) you had not Ordered away most of
y e ffraight to others, Sikes takeing mee in but 70 od & Ware
but 55, the former (they say) is a very rotten tool. I spared
on your request so much of the fraight, that I have now
250 H ds left on my hands, & could not give Satisfaction
neither; therefore its mine as well as their desires that you
would Secure every mans fraight certain (except Small
quantitys w ch may not be worth while) I hope you'l Secure
mee for owne p'per use att Least 300 H ds & if you can w th
convenience you may adde another 100, I doubt not the
complyance.
I have Sent for a Considerable Quantity of English Goods,
allso Some apparell & Houshold Stuffe &c for my Selfe w ch
I hope (if goods gett well home) you'l comply w th & send
w th ye furniture Omitted last year, by Some good ship.
Col. Xpher Wormeley (3) (who marryd Col Carters
widow) designes to write to you, & hold a correspondence.
I encouraged him, & promised to intimate the Same to you,
I hope hee nor you will have occasion to complain thereof.
Inclosed is allso an Invoice from H. Gauler, &' another
friend of yours w ch I desire you to Send by the first con-
veniency as directed.
I would allso desire you to Send mee to bee left att James
City att M r Gaulers 20 or 30 doz of Clarett or other fash-
ionable wine thats very Good, 6 doz Canary, 6 doz of Cherry
& 6 doz of Rhenish, wt h one Q r ter Caske of Brandy & 6 grs
good Pipes :
I wish all things may come Safe & find you, your Lady
& all friends in health ; wee have (after a confused manner)
in a hurry returned your token, you may charge mee those
(3) Christopher Wormeley. of Middlesex County, appointed member
of Council 1683, and died 1701. The wife referred to was Elizabeth,
daughter of Raleigh Travers, of Lancaster County, and widow of John
Carter, Jr., of "Corotoman," in the same county. For note on Christo-
pher Wormeley, see this Magazine, VII, 284, 285.
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 15
that have not pd their part & give mee an Acco 1 thereof
My humble Service to all friends. I am
S r
Yo r Humble Serv fc
W. B.
Send mee a box of Smoaking Tobacco
To Mr. North
Virginia June the 8 th , 1691
S r
This Serves to cover the inclosed bill of Lading for 76
H ds Tob° of my owne, four of M r Secretary's Coles & 2 of
young Thorn Cockes, I wish all Safe to you, my Service to
all friends. I am
S r
Yo r Humble Servant
W. B.
To M r North P Sikes
in y e Phoenix
To Philip Ludwell
Virg a June y e 3 th 1691
Hon d S r
I reed the favo r of one from you Since you being in Lon-
don, where I hope you injoy your health and all satisfaction.
Wee have (I thanke God) been hitherto att peace, onely a
great many little intrigues carryed on in our late assembly.
An Acco 1 of their proceedings (both touching the Colledge
& other affairs) I doubt not but you'l receive att Large from
others, there was an address design'd, that no person should
bee capeable of holding any Office in this Government, un-
less hee were an inhabitant of the Same, whither it re-
flected on M r Culpeper (4) or not I cannot tell, but it was
(4) "Mr. Culpeper" was Alexander Culpeper, Surveyor General of
Virginia, who had been long resident in England.
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quashed, & so its no great matter, theres now a resolve to
settle the Bounds along y e main Blacke water, & So up to
y e Appomatox Indian Towne & so to y e Monacan Towne,
w ch -will cu t of Some plantations allready Seated, & hinder
the Surveyors Something, but I suppose those bounds will
not continue Long, M r James Blair, Com' r y, our Minister
comes home ab 4 y e Colledge, & the other affairs are refer'd
to M r Jeffry's; please to give my humble service to all
friends, & if Leasure will permit favo r mee w th a line or two
as occasion offers I am
Hon d S r
Yo r faithfull Humble Serv*
W. B.
To Col° Ludwell und r Covert E
To Mr. Methwold
Virg a June y e 8 th 1691
Hond S r
I reed the favor of yours in my L ds Pacquett, for w ch I
returne you hearty thankes & wish it were in my power to
Serve you according to my desire : I have been from Home
ere Since the beginning of Aprill but shall indeavo 1 * to pro-
vide all y e Stones & Seeds formerly omitted w th a fresh
Supply of those formerly Sent, except the Sassafras w ch
my being abroad lost y e Season of Saveing the Seeds. If I
could get a winter Passage I should hope they would doe
much better; w ch (God willing) s h all indeavour: please to
give my humble Service to yo r Lady and all those I had y e
hono r to bee acquainted w th at Hale House, & please to ac-
cept y e Same from
Hon d S r
Yo r most Oblidged Humble Servant
W B
To M r Methwold p Comadore
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 17
To Lord Effingham
Virginia June y e 9 th 1691
My L d
I reed the hono r of yo r Exclcys of y e 26 th of Fb r & re-
turne your L d ship my hearty thanks, for your kind accept-
ance of my indeavours to Serve yo r Exlncy for w ch I have
all the obligations imaginable. I have inclosed Sent yo r
Excellency p Ex ch yo r Salary till Lady day last as allso
halfe the years House rent (the other p d to y e L* Govern 1 ")
w th what else is come to my hands, yo r L d ships Acco* is
inclosed : by w ch your Excellency may see what I have reed
from y e Collecto rs for y e rents I answer for 10' Countys.
Col° Cole Warwicke & Elizabeth City, Hee & Col° Bacon
for Isle of Wight, Col Bacon for Yorke, Hee & Col Page
for N. Kent, & Col° Page for James City, who have or will
Acco* to yo r Excellency themselves as they say. Of £170
od mony charged on the Navy last year, they have prom-
ised to pay £103:06:10 but refused the rest, itt being for
Clothing to ye Seamen &c. & the men (they Say) pd of
ere the Acco fc came Home : Since w ch the Dunbarton being
found altogether unfit for Service, is laid up & some of her
old Rigging Sold as much as amounts to £83:11:01 w ch
mony by Order of y e L 1 Govern 1 " & Councell is paid to mee
in Order to reimburse their Majesty's revenue here, I have
not brought the s d mony to Acco* not haveing any certainty
y e 1 st pt is pd, & expect farther Order ab l y e Last; I shall
not trouble yo r Excellency w th the Matters of Government,
nor proceedings of the Assembly Since your L d ship will
have all att Large. I beg your L d ships pardon for this wide
letter being Straitned in Time some of the Collecto rs Acco ts
comeing in but yesterday, & too morrow being appointed
for y e fleet to Sail.
I humbly beg the continuance of yo r L d ship's favour &
returne my hearty thankes for yo r Excellencys kindness in
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Always business. I kiss your L d ships Hands & w th the
utmost respect take leave.
My L d
Yo r Exlncys most Oblidged & humbly
devoted Serv 1
W. B
To my L d Effingham
To Mr. Povey
Virginia June y e 9 th 1691
S r
I reed the favo r of yours of y e 25 Novemb 1 " & according
to yo r desire have Sent my former Ace 1 drawne up after
the first method, w th those warrants you returned mee,
now (I hope) Sufficiently pfect, by the indorsements.
I have allso, by this Conveyance, Sent my last years
Acco ts to M r Blathwait wherein I have continued the Same
Method, & there being no Article in y e discharge but what
hath ever been usuall, I hope that will take up Little of
their L d ships time to Passe itt. I have returned all the
Warrants, they are all indorsed except my L d Effinghams,
M r Blathwaits & your owne :
I desire to bee Satisfyed whither the Goven r or Comander
in chiefs Warrant to mee for payment of any mony's here
out of their Ma tys Revenue, may not bee Sufficient to jus-
tify mee (provided I bona fide pay the Same) Since by the
Comission the Govern 1 * is impower'd to dispose of y e Reve-
nue; & I thinke if hee passes a Warrant, I ought not to
dispute itt, However I desire your advice therein.
I hope you will continue yo r kindness in assisting to
settle the matter about M r Ayleway, that there may bee
no farther dispute.
Inclosed is two bills of Ex ch , One for £100 yo r Salary, &
the other for £20 w ch I hope will bee pd accordingly. If
wee have not a more considerable fleet next year then this
there will bee much Tob° left in the Country, & this Reve-
nue will not bee able to Support the Government.
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIKST 19
As oppertunity p'mits, I beg the favour of a Line or two
on all Occasions, & that you would please to hint what
was done in M r Audito r Bacons Acco* w ch I wrote to you
about at Large of in my Last, I hope then to hear of the
Passing of my Acco ts . I shall not trouble you farther att
present, but w th humble Service take Leave.
S r
Yo r Oblidged Humble Servant
WILLIAM B
To M r Povey
To Mr. Blathwavt
Virginia Tune the 9 th 1691
Hon d S r
This serves to accompany Last years Acco 1 w th the War-
rants for payment of what I have discharged my selfe by,
& presume there bee no great dispute in any of those Ar-
ticles, being onely what is usuall
I re d a letter from y e Navy Office wherein they promise
to allow in pte of y e bill on them £103:06:10: but the re-
mainder being £66:16:3 for Cloths for y e Seamen belong-
ing to y e Deptford Ketch they refuse by reason the men
were pd of ere the acco* came to hand; When I reed itt I
dispatched it by the first conveyance, w ch was by the fleet
last year. The Dunbarton hath had Severall Surveys on
her, & is found unfitt for their May tys Service, & therefore
ordered to bee laid up, as you will find by the Orders of
Councill. There was Some Old Rigging &c a Sold, that
formerly belonged to y e Dunbarton the mony was put into
my Hands, & amounts to £83:11 :01 : w ch will o're pay the
Sum the Navy is indebted to their Majesty's Revenue here,
And Since here was nothing intended but what was for y r
Ma tys immediate Service, I hope the R l Hon ble the Com 1-3
of y e Navy will allow the Same.
I have Setled the acco 1 of Quitrents, & added what Com-
positions are come to hand, & Some Small fines, In the
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main the Q t rents are advanced considerably, & hope will
more & more, as a true Rent Roll can bee gitt in.
Inclosed is Ex ca for your Salary the last year, w ch I hope
will be pd accordingly.
I shall not give you farther trouble, but beg the con-
tinuance of your favours, I kiss your hands & take leave.
Hon d S r
Yo r Oblidged & Humbly devoted Serv*
W B
To m r Blathwait
To the Commissioners of the Navy
Virg a June y e 9 th 1691
R* Hon ble
I reed the favo r of yours of the 31 th of Nov 1 " last, And am
sorry yo r hon rs are pleased to dispute that part of my bill
relateing to the Cloths Supplyed to Seamen belonging to
their Majesty's Ketch the Deptford, Since it was wholy
designed for their Majesty's Service, & when the Acco ts
came to my hands, I forthwith Sent them with y e first Con-
veyance ; Since w ch Their Majesty's ship the Dunbarton
haveing been found (by Severall Surveys that have been
made on board her) altogether unfit for Service is ordered
to bee Laid up, & Some old Rigging &c a belonging to her
being Sold, I have re d bills for £83 :11 :01 Out of w ch I hope
you'l please to reimburse their Majestys Revenue here;
And the overplus shall bee readily Accompted for what
is done was by order of their Maj tys L*- Govern 1 " & Councill
I am
Rt Hon ble
Yo r Hono rs most Humble
& Obedient Serv 1
W B Aud r
To y e Rt Hon ble Com rs of
their Majestys Navy
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 21
To Mr. Harpur
Virg a June y e 9 th 1691
S r
I wrote to you last year by m r Sheerwood & gave you
what Acco 1 I could of yo r business, am Sorry it was no
better; hee made mee propositions this year about Tobacco
but haveing no advice from you, I dare not meddle in itt,
for unless you could Secure fraight Tobacco would bee of
no use, I wish you would imploy Somebody else in this
affair who lives more convenient then I. m r Sheerwood
hath had £5 already of mee in that affair hee is well ac-
quainted w th the matter & lives much more convenient.
I am sorry I have put you to so much charge to so little
purpose haveing been out £7 & 1 Hogh d Tobacco, w ch I
may bee ashamed to aske haveing Scarce better'd your
Cause a farthing: However (if you thinke good) Send what
you please in to mee, in wine, to drinke yours & all our
friends good healths; If eather in this or anything else I can
Serve you May Comand
Yo r friend & Serv*
W B
Service to all att y e Clubb
To m r Harpur
To Perry and Lane
James City in Virg a June y e 9 th 1691
Gen*
This Serves chiefly to accompany the bills of Ex ca herew tb
inclosed amounting to their are many very Small
the Collect rs not dareing to trust the Masters, & take their
bills Some haveing Sufferd thereby allready, therefore its
but reasonable that all owners & merch ts that hire ships,
should give them letters of Creditt for their Clearing &
necessary charges, otherwise I know no man here hath
reason to bee their Security, Since if the ship miscarrys
they are like to Suffer, Neither Ought the Masters to have
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the allowance of the 10 p C l unless hee can give his owne or
acceptable bills of Ex ca for his Ladeing, & I hope you'l
indeavour itt : Below is an Acco 1 of what bills charged on
you, all w ch I would have you charge to y e Audito rs Acco*
except y e £20 to m r Povey, w ch charge to my p'ticular,
the fleet designed to Saile too morrow, & I fear my letters
may bee late, therefore shall not inlarge, but w th due re-
spects to all friends I remain
Gen*
Yo r Humble Serv 1
£
To m r James Blair 200
To y e U Govern 1, 341 10
To my L d Effingham 670 00 7
To m r Blaithwait 100 00 00
To m r Povey 100 00 00
To m r Stephen ffarrar 5
To y e L* Govern 1 * more 14
1430 10 7
To m r Povey 20
If possible procure mee an ingenious Youth that writes
well from y e Hospitall
W B
Remember mee a Box Smoaking Tobacco (5)
To Mess rs Perry & Lane, a Duplicate
one p Comadore & one p
To Perry and Lane
James City in Virginia June y e 10 th 1691
Gen 1
This onely to be left w th m r Secretary Coles (who if any
more bills of Ex ca for mee comes to his hand ere the fleet
(5) It seems curious that any one in Virginia should order smoking
tobacco from England; but it was doubtless prepared there in a way to
make it more agreeable than the unprepared leaf.
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 23
Sails) hath promised to inclose them herein to you. I wrote
last night & Sent those I had, I wish all (designed) well to
you. My Service to all friends. I am
Gen*
Yo r Humble Serv*
W B
To Mess rs Perry & Lane
To Stephanus Van Cortlandt,(6) New York
Virg a Aug st y e 3 d 1691
Hon d S r
The great Civilitys I reed from you dureing my Stay at
N Yorke have incouraged mee to trouble you herewith w ch
I hope yo r goodness will excuse, I would beg y e favo r of
yo u (if yo r convenience & a Safe conveyance will permit)
to purchase for mee Some Wampum to y e Value of 50 or
60* Lt & ab 1 2-3 in black y e other in white, to large, even, &
well Strung, & please to Send it to mee in James River, if
no ships come So high as my habitation let them leave itt
att James Towne, or w th our L 1 Govern 1 " : I will thankfully
repay you for y e same by bills of Ex ca for London, w ch I
will return to you, or deliver them to yo r Order here, or pay
our L* Gov 1 " w ch may bee most for yo r Convenience, w ch
I hope you'l not Question Our Govern 1 * hath Spoke to mee
to inquire after two Indians w ch came from you a man and
a woman w ch I have, & understand they were in the farth-
est part of the Tuskerora Country, ab 4 300 miles fro' hence
I shall Send that way Some time this moneth, & have in-
gaged my traders (if possible w th any reasonable charge to
(6) Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700) was one of the mo8t eminent
men of the Colony of New York. He was probably Mayor of New
York during Byrd's visit, as well as a momber of the Governor's Coun-
cil. The Livingston referred to was, no doubt, Robert Livingston
(1654-1725), also a very prominent man. The Schuyler of Albany was
Peter Schuyler (1657-1724), first mayor of that city.
Most of the New Yorkers named did a large Indian trade, and could
therefore procure wampum. Byrd, evidently, deemed this the best cur-
rency for use by his traders who were going to the Cherokee country.
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redeem), w ch they have promised to doe, & doe not ques-
tion itt, unles they are gone to a Nation ab l 100 miles
farther, to w ch (its S d ) they pretend to belong, Black wam-
pum would oblidge Indians more than anything, w ch wee
want. However hope to retrieve them, though twill bee
Something dearer English Goods being plenty amongst
those Indians, S r I beg you 1 " pardon for this trouble & if I
can any way Serve you here please freely to command
Hon d S r
Yo r most Humble Serv 1
W B
My Service to m r Schuylers both at Yorke & Albany
Allso to m r Livingston & all fr'ds. If Gravenradt comes for
our parts it will bee a most ready Conveyance. If I could
procure a Pipe of good Madera (for my Selfe) any under
£15 St g itt would bee wellcome & if yo r convenience p'mits
please to Send mee one, & I will pay you by Ex ca as above
Please to returne mee a line or two by the Messenger
W B
To Stephanas Van Cortland, Esq r N Yorke
To , New York
Virg a Aug st v e 3 d 1691
S r
Yo rs to m r Secretary Cole by John Perry w th the Indian
came Safe, And according to yo r demand I am Ordered by
the L* Gov 1 * & Councell to returne you the S d Sum by bills
of Ex ca w ch are inclosed, & if the like occasion should hap-
pen that I could Serve you here I should very readily doe
itt, & shall bee willing on all occasions to shew my Selfe
S r
Yo r ready friend to Serve you
W B
I returne you & your wife (to whom my Love & respects)
thankes for y e great civility's I rec d at yo r house in N Yorke
W B
LETTERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, FIRST 25
To the Governor of Virginia?
May it please yo r Exlncy
Last night Yarborough came to my house & gave mee
an acco 1 that pursuant to the Orders they had re'd, they
went toward the Toteroes but comeing to y e Nottoway
river they found the waaters so high they could not passe,
wherefore they Sent Pansioela to the Totero's to acquaint
that others were there w th the Boy, & On friday night (the
Kings Son of y e Toteros) One Saponee : w th Nomterccola
y e great man of y e great man of y e came to them,
& reed the Boy with great Satisfaction, they pretend they
would have come in & pd their tribute at Towne, but that
they were uncertain of y e time, but promise to bring it in
next Gen 11 Court ; Nantuccola seems to Speake Suspiciously
of them, y 4 if they had not speedily reed their boy, Some
mischief would have follow'd, but afnrmes that neither
Saponees nor Toleros, had lately been near the English,
they haveing been a considerable time all at home till about
tuesday last, when most of the Toteras went (as they Said)
a hunting on the South Side Maherin River, Neither Sapo-
nees nor Torteras have of late years planted any Come,
till this year, & now they have a considerable quantity of
rare ripe corne growing. So that on the whole matter what
to guesse I know not unlesse the Senecas have been sculk-
ing about y e English plantations to looke for y e Appo-
matocks, If so I suppose they are gone of on Sight of our
Rangers, shall not trouble yo r Exlncy farther, but humbly
take leave & remain
My L d
Yo r Exlnay's humble & Obedient Serv*
W B
(Concluded)
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VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND.
(Contributed by Reginald M. Glencross, 176 Worple Road,
Wimbledon, S. W. 19, London, England.
(Continued.)
SAMUELL SWONE, of Brasted, co. Kent, gent.
Dated 1 Jan. 1603. Codicil 29 June 160-1.
Proved 15 Jan, 1604-5.
To the poor of Brasted, 20s.
To my wife, MARTHA, all my goods and chattels for the
bringing up of, MARTIN, SAMUELL, WILLIAM, ELIZ-
ABETH, ANNE, MARTHA & MARIE, my children.
And touching the disposition of all that part of my lands
and woods in the parish of Sondrish, co. Kent, which I late
purchased of my nephew, WILLIAM SMITH, called Shut-
well Bothome and 3 acres of land, called Longe croft, which
I purchased of WILLIAM MYDLETON, lying in Brasted,
and one acre of meadow, which I purchased of HENRY
CROW, also in Brasted, I bequeath to my kinsmea and
friends, WILLIAM CROW, gent., THOMAS MARSHAM,
cittizen and merchant tailor of London and EDWARD
DUCKET, cittizen and mercer of London, they to sell the
same, and the money arising by such sale to be paid to my
daughters, ELIZABETH, ANNE, MARTHA & MARIE.
Sole Executrix : — my wife MARTHA.
GILES CROWE; ROBERT MELLERSH; BRYAN
WILTON: Witnesses.
Codicil dated 29 June 1604.
Whereas THOMAS OVERY mortgaged unto me one acre
of meadow in Brasted which is now forfeited unto me,
never-theless I bequeath the same unto him again, upon
condition he pay such debt as is owing to my Executrix.
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 27
EDWARD DUCKETS; ROBERT MELLERSH;
THOMAS MARSHAM : Witnesses.
Proved 15 Jan. 1604-5 by the Sole Executrix named. Hayes 5
RICHARD SWANN, of Charing- in co. Kent, gent.
Dated 5 May 1609. Proed 17 June 1609.
To the poor of Charing, 10s. and Lydd, 10s.
To my brother, JOHN SWANN, gent., an annuity of £20.
to be paid out of my part viz., the moyety of those lands
lying in Lydd which I hold together with one Sir FRAN-
CIS SWANN, Knight, of the parish of Denton, in said co.,
also the yerely rent which is due unto me by Sir FRANCIS,
viz., £3. 6. 8. being the moiety of a legacy unto me by the
Will of FRANCIS SWANN, my father, which ever since
the death of WILLIAM SWANN my brother remayneth
yet unpaid. To my brother, CHRISTOPHER DEERING,
of Charing, gent. 40s. and to my sister his wife, £5. To my
cosin, JOHN DEERING, sonne of my said brother, all the
goods and chattels in his hands jointly used between him
and me. To my cosen, THOMAS DEERING, one other
sonne of my brother, £10. To my cosen, FRANCIS
DEERING, one other of my brother's sonnes, £10. To my
cosens, JANE & MARTHA DEERING, the daughters of
my brother £5 each. To my cosen, CATHERINE HUD-
SON, the wife of my cosen, GEORGE HUDSON 20s. To
the children of my cosen BOULE, late of Warhorne, in said
co., deceased £5. To my cosen, FRANCIS BRING-
BORNE, 26s. Sd. and to my cosen JOHN BRINGBORNE,
10s. To my cosen BETTES, his wife, 10s. To my cosen,
MANNERING, his wife, 10s. To Mr. FRANCIS STON-
ARD, 10s. To STEPHEN PEMBLE, late of Egerton, 20s.
To the poor silenced ministers in London £10. To ROB-
ERT VIRGINE. 2s. To ROBERT PORTER, 2s. To
HENRY OLIVER, 2s. To THOMAS OLIVER, 2s. To
HENRY PROSSER, 2s. To COATS, 12d. To THOMAS
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RAYNES, 12d. To PRISCILLA OLIVER, 2s. 6d. To
PHINE BATCHELER, 2s. 6d.
Residuary Legatee and Sole Executor: — my brother, AN-
DREW SWAN. Overseer:— my brother, CHRISTO-
PHER DEERING.
JOHN HUDSON; THOMAS OLIVER, senior; JOHN
BUSSON: Witnesses.
Proved 17 June 1609 by the Sole Executor named. Dorset 55.
WILLIAM SWAN, of Southfleete, in co. Kent, Knight.
Dated 10 Feb. 1618. Proved 15 March 1618-19.
To be buried in my chappell in the churche of Southfleete
amongst myne ancestors. To the poore of Southfleete, an
annuity of 20s. to be paid out of one tenement and land
therto belonging, lying in a village neere Stonwood, in the
parish of Stone, in said co., in the tenure of one
PRICE. To the poore of the parish of Swanscombe, £5.
To my daughter, MERIELL SWAN, £1,000. To my sec-
ond sonne, GEORGE SWAN, £1,000. And whereas I have
made him joynt purchaser with his elder brother, THOMAS
SWAN, of a farm, called Boteshams, and the land belong-
ing in Southfleete, my will is that at his age of 21 he is to
surrender his estate therein to his brother THOMAS, on
payment of £500. To my third sonne, WILLIAM SWAN,
£1,000. To my sonne, THOMAS SWAN, all my plate and
household stuffe whatsoever. Residuary Legatee and Sole
Executrix: — my wife, Dame MERIELL.
Overseers: — The Revd. father in God JOHN, now Lord
Bishop of Rochester, Sir GEORGE WRIGHT, Knt. and
Sir HUMFREY MAYE, Knt., Chancellor of the Dutchey
of Lancaster.
All my lands tenements and hereditaments, to my eldest
son, THOMAS SWANN, and his heirs males. For default
of such issue, to my sonne GEORGE aand his heirs males.
For default of such issue, to my v sonne WILLIAM
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 29
SWANN, and his heirs males. For default of such issue
to the heirs males of JOHN SWANN, of Higham, co. Kent.
gent. To my kinsman, THOMAS BIRKETT, that now
serveth me £10.
WILLIAM BLAND; JOHN BACKHOWSE; JOHN
HUNT; CHARLES GRYMES: Witnesses.
Proved 15 March 1618-19 by the Sole Executrix named.
Parker 29.
CHARLES SWANN, of Southfleete, co. Kent, gentle-
man, lying sick in the house of one Mr. William Platers in
Ditchlingham, co. Suffolk, gent., and fearing death he de-
sired to see and speak with his brother in law, Paule Hill.
[No date] ["a little before his death"] Proved 11 Aug.
1618.
He declared as follows :
To my sister Hillcs children, all my estate whatsoever,
to be equally divided among them.
Executor:- my brother in lawe, Paule Hill.
"My brother Sir William Swann, is not to have twoe-
pence of my estate."
Richard Baispoole; William Smythe ; and others: Wit-
nesses.
Proved 11 August 1618 by the Sole Executor named.
81 Meade.
[Samuel Swan or Swonne, whose will appears just above, does not
appear in the pedigree of Swan of Denton, in Berry's Kent. He
was probably of the Southfieet branch, and his Christian name would
indicate a possible ancestry of the Virginia and North Carolina family.
William Swann, the emigrant to Virginia, was born in 1585, so
might have been the son of that name mentioned in Samuel Swan's
will. Richard Swan, whose will has the second place, was a son of
Francis Swan, of Wye, Kent. Richard Swan was a half-uncle of
Sir Francis Swan of Denton.
Sir William Swan (will proved 1619) was the father of Sir
Thomas Swan, whose will was printed in this Magazine XXVII, 154,
and Charles Swan was a nephew of Sir William.
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Several Swan wills and a note were printed in this Magazine,
XXVII, 153-156.
We are indebted to Captain T. A. Ashe, of Ealeigh, N. C. for the
following copy of a family record prepared by Samuel Swann (son of
Col. Thomas Swann of Virginia) who removed to North Carolina.
' ' The following is a copy of a paper compiled by Samuel Swann
who died in 1707, (in Perquimans Co. — Albemarle, N. C.)
' ' My Grandmother, Judith Swann, was born on the 5th day of
February 1589, being Wednesday and died on the 16th, day of March
1636 in the 47th year of her age and was buried at Swann 's Point.
My Grandfather William Swann married again the 1st day of
May 1637, and died the last of February following in the 52nd year
of his age and was buried at Swann 's Point.
My father, Col. Thomas Swann was born in May 1616, — was
married to his first wife Margaret Debton the 13th of January 1630,
by whom he had two sons and one daughter, to wit: Susannah
Swann who was born the 26 October, 1640 — and died the 25th of
November 1660, without issue— having been married to Maj. Wil-
liam Marriot eight months and 22 days — and was buried at
Swann 's Point. William Swann — who was born 30th October 1644
and died young in London, England and was buried there. And
Thomas Swann who was born the 23rd of March 1645 and died with-
out issue at St. Edmunds Bury in Suffolk England the 19th of
February 1666, and was there interred.
My said father's first wife died the 5th of April 1646 and was
was buried at Swann 's Point.
My father was married to his second wife, my dear mother, Sarah
Cod, the 13th of January 1649, by whom he had issue, likewise, two
sons and one daughter — Sarah; who was born the 15th of October
1651 and died the 9th of August 1652, and was buried at Swann 's
Point. Samuel who was born the 11th May 1653, and Sampson who
was born the 28th May 1654, and died the 1st of November 1668, and
was interred at Swann 's Point.
My said mother departed this life to a better, the 13th of January
1654, having been married that day, just five years and was buried
at Swann 's Point.
My father was married to his third wife, Sarah Chandler, the 30th
of July 1655, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, viz,
Judith, who was born the 22nd April 1656 and died the 30th March
1668 and was buried at Swann 's Point. Anne, who was born the 9th,
of July 1657 and died the 21st of. August 1659 and was buried at
Swann 's Point. A son — not baptized, who was born the 11th of De-
cember 1658 and died the 20th of the same month — and another son
born 1st November 1662 and died at the birth.
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 31
My said father's third wife died 10th November 1662 — and was
buried at Swann's Point.
My father was married to his fourth wife, Ann Brown, widow and
relict of Henry Brown, one of the Council of State, the 23rd day of
* * * * * — who died the 12th of August 1668, without issue
and was buried at the Four Mile Tree.
My father married his fifth wife. Mary Mansfield the 20th of De-
cember 1668, by whom he had issue one son and three daughters —
Mary who was born the 5th of October 1669, who married Mr. .Richard
Bland, Thomas and Frances, at one birth, who were born the 14th
December 1670.
Frances died 14th April 1676 and was buried at Swann's Point.
Thomas married Eliza Thompson, daughter of William Thompson.
Sarah who was born the 8th of and was first married to
Mr. Henry Randolph and after his death to Mr. Giles "Webb.
My honored and dear father, Col. Thomas Swann departed this
life for a better the 16th of September 1680, being 64 years and was
buried at Swann's Point at my Grandfather's feet."
Extracts from a paper drawn up by Hon. Samuel Swann, Collector
of His Majesty's Customs at Roanoke."
My dearly and most entirely beloved wife Sarah, daughter of Wil-
liam Drummond Esq., was born the 2nd day of March 1654, being
Friday, about 2 of the clock in the morning, and was married to me
the 24th March 1673 being Tuesday, — by whom I had seven sons and
two daughters.
My dear and most entirely beloved wife Sarah Swann departed this
life to a better on Saturday the 18th of April 1696 about 8 o'clock in
the morning in North Carolina, and was buried at Swann's Point in
Surry County at her own mother's feet on Friday the 28th of the
same month, being 41 years one month and 16 days old, having been
married to me 22 years and as much more as from the 24th of March
to the 18 of April aforesaid.
My dear and entirely beloved wife Elizabeth daughter of Alexander
Lillington of North Carolina, was born the 17th of June 1679, married
to me the 19th of May 1698, being Thursday, the widow of John
Tandall, by whom I had issue as follows — viz:
1 Elizabeth who was born the 26th of June 1699, being Monday,
about 12 o'clock at noon; baptized the 9th October following, being
Monday. 2 Sarah who was born the 29th of December 1701, being
Monday about a quarter of an hour before sunset — was baptized the
2nd of February, following, being Monday. Samuel who was born
the 31st of October 1704 being Tuesday at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Moon being full at 12 o'clock, was baptized on Thursday the 23rd
of August 1705. 4 John Swann, who was born the 25th of April 1707
being Friday about half an hour before Sundown and was baptized
by William Gordon.
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Addendum of Col. Edward Moseley.
Some of his children by his first wife were "buried at my planta-
tion at Lawns Creek" — so there he probably resided before coming to
Albemarle, only William, Thomas and Henry, issue of his first mar-
riage, seem to have survived — to attain manhood. One of that branch
was John Swann, Member of Congress. The District Attorney in New
York (1919) descends from Sarah, No. 2 who married a Jones — one of
her sons returning to the name of Swann, about 1790.
The Honorable Samuel Swann Esq., Collector of His Majesty's Cus-
toms in Eoanoke departed this life the 14th of September 1707 just
at daybreak at his dwelling plantation in Perquimans and lies interred
there, at whose death and funeral, I the subscriber was present.
EDWAED MOSELEY.
WILLIAM TURBERVILE of Winifrith Newborough,
county Dorset, gent. Will 30 April 1630; proved 15 Febru-
ary 1630/1. To repairing Winifrith Church 20s., and to the
poor 20s. To grandchild Elizabeth Clavell daughter of
Edward Clavell gent, a lease of lands in common fields of
Winifrith. To Marie, Richard, Grace, Edward, and Fraun-
ces 5 other children of said Edward £20 apiece at 21. To
William and John Smeddmore my grandchildren £5 each
when 21. To my grandchild John Turbervile £100 which
his father in law Mr. William Harbin borrowed of me. To
be employed by my brother George Turbervile in advancing
John. My wife to give bonds to my grandchild and heir
John Turbervile, or if he die to his brother Thomas. Resi-
duary Legatee and Executrix : Wife Elizabeth for life.
Overseers : Brother George Turbervile and Robert Strick-
lande. Witnesses: George Turbervile, Thomas Hayte,
Willm Edwards, Robert Strickland.
St. John, 20.
JOHN TURBERVILE of Wolbridge, county Dorset,
Esquire. Will 5 December 1633; proved 30 April 1634. My
body to He of Beere church where my dear Lady and wife,
my father and other of my ancestors lie. To poor of Beere
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 33
aforesaid £10 as stock. To repaire of Beere church 40s.
To church of Stoake 40s. To poor of Stoake 10s. To
churches of Woll and Winfrith 40s. apeece. To poor of
Woll and Winfrith 20s. To my serving men (except
Thomas Trew) £5 apeece. To Thamas Trew £6. 13s. 4d.
To Mary TreW his wife £5. To every of my covenant
servants 20s. apeece. To my brother George Turbervile
two closes in East Burton, county aforesaid, for 20 years
paying to my heir 4s. yearly. To my cosen Mathew Tur-
bervile £10. To Grace and Mary his daughters £10 apeece.
To the sons of my nephew William Turbervile deceased
viz: John and Thomas Turbervile £5 apiece to be paid
to my sister Elizabeth Turbervile their grandmother to
their use. To my cosin Mrs. Elizabeth Rainger £50 to the
use of her and her three sons George, Richard, and Samuel
Reinger equally. To my cosin Margaret Streete and to
her children by Poore and Streete £40. To my cousin
Edward Clavells wife Bridgett and her children £30. To
Elner and Mary daughters of my nephew Thomas Turber-
vile gent deceased £40, And to his sons Thomas and George
Turbervile £40. To Margery Reade widow £5. To Mary
Watkins £5. To Widow Steventon als Burgan £3. To
my cosin Margery Loope as a token 40s. To Thomas
Christophers the Keeper and his wife 40s. apiece. To my
son in law Mr. Thomas Thornhurst £10. To my cosin
Dorothy Turbervile widow, relict of my nephew Thomas
Turbervile £3 token of my love. To the poor at my
funeral £6. To said Dorothy Turbervile, widow, my farm
of Wolbridge and my lands in East Burton to have and to
hold until her son and my heir John Turbervile shall be 22
years, paying therefore £13. 6s. 8d. yearly. My two closes
at West Burton, Winfrith, county Dorset to my nephew
Mathew Turbervile gent untill such time as my heir John
Turbervile shall be of 22 years paying during said term 10s.
yearly. Concerning my plate, household stuff etc. at Wol-
bridge, Beere, West Burton or elsewhere I bequeath the
same to my heir John Turbervile, said John Turbervile and
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his mother Dorothy executors. John Fussell of Blandford,
county Dorset gent and my well beloved brother George
Turbervile gentlemen, Overseers. For their love 40s.
apiece.
Witnesses: John Gallton, Clarke, Mathew Turberville,
Thos. Trew. Probate was also granted 15 September 1638
to John Turbervile.
Seager, 27.
[The first of the Turberville family in Virginia, was John Turber-
ville, who, as is shown by a deed made by him in 1726, bought land in
Lancaster County from Henry Fleet on Nov. 9, 1680. He was J. P. for
Northumberland in 1692. and for Lancaster 1699 or, and a member of
the House of Burgesses for the last named county in 1703 and 1704.
He appears to have made no will but the inventory of his personal
estate was recorded in Lancaster Oct. 9, 1728. Various deeds show
that he had an only son and heir, George Turberville, of Westmore-
land county. The Virginia Turbervilles, as shown on various book
plates and tombs, bore the same arms as Turberville of Dorset: Ermin
a lion rampant gules crowned or. Crest: A castle argent, portcullis
or.]
WILLIAM WALTHALL, citizen and Alderman of Lon-
don.
[P. A. B. St. Peter's Cornhill.]
Dated 16 July 1608. Adm. 3 Sept. 1608-
To be buried in the parish churche of St. Peter, in Corn-
hill in the vault where my late wife Ciceley was buried,
being in the chauncell and in the upper end of the South
He.
To the poore of the parish, £20.
All my goods and chattels to be valued and devided into
three parts. But forasmuch that before the marriage with
my wife Dame Margaret Goddart there was an agreement
made as will appear by her deed made to my brother Thom-
as Walthall and my sonne in law, Arthur Robinson that she
will accept £8,000 in lieu of her full thirdes. Also she hath
agreed, and I have entered into covenant to Sir Thomas
Bennett and Sir William Romney to pay £1,900 to her 1
* 69;
<*6o
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 35
children, Giles Garton, Simon Garton, Elizabeth Dent &
Alice Greene that so much of the said £1,900 as shall hap-
pen to be unpaid shal be defaulted out of the said £8,000.
Provided also that she pay out of the same all that I have
disbursed for her sonne Giles Garton for the procuring his
pardon to save his life and living from the danger of the
Lawe, "for the surplus and charges of Billinghurst land
more then the rentes, with the money to John Quarles
which amounts to £750." not doubting but my wife will
give allowance thereof to my executors as she promised me
before her sonne in law, Mr. Francis Dent in the litle par-
loure in my house in Fenchurch streete, 20 March 1607.
One third part, unto my three children, Thomas, Luke &
Elizabeth, equally amongst them. And the other third
part, I reserve to myself towards the performance of my
legacies.
To St. Thomas Hospitall in Sowthwarke, whereof I am
a governor, £40. To the Hospitall of St. Bartholmewes,
and the poor house of Bridewell £20 each.
To the poor of Bedlam, 6£. 13s. 4d. To the two Comp-
ters in the Poultrey and in Wood streete and to Ludgate.
£100 between them.
To the prisoners at Newgate, the Marshallsea, Kynges
benche, and the White Lyon in Sowthwarke, £30 between
them. To all householders in the ward of Bishopsgate 2s
each so far as £20 will perform. (Numerous bequests to
various other charitable institutions etc, etc.) To William
Batte, my godsonne, £10. To Mr. Batt's two daughters,
that were godchildren to my wife and daughter Margaret,
£3. 6. 8. each. To Anne Payne, my goddaughter, £10.
To Elizabeth Bainbrig, my goddaughter, £6. 13. 4. All
my other godchildren 10s. each. To "that olde woman my
cosen Flower", £6. 13. 4. To the children of Robert Bris-
towe, 40s. each. To my brother Paynes, three daughters,
Margaret, Mary & Johane, fyve markes each. To my
brother Banbriggs children, 40s. each. "To two kinsmen I
have abowte Dover in Kent of my mother's side, to witt,
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Roert & Stephen Vincent," £10 each. To my sister,
Johane Dutton, 100 markes. To Margaret Fisher, and her
husband, £200. £100 of which her husband oweth me by
his bond and Richard Walthall's. To their eldest daughter
who hath married one Burne of Darbie, £30. To Johane
Stables, my sister Dutton's daughter, £50 and £25 each to
the children she had by her husband Higgins. To Anne
Hubberde, mayde when my children were young, £6. 13. 4.
To Ciceley, our mayde that dwells at Darbye, 40s. To
Nanne and Alice that were maydes and married Feltmak-
ers, 40s. each. To Jane Elsworthe, a poor woman, 40s. To
Emme, mayde, now with me, £30. To Richard Walthall,
my brother Anthony Walthall his sonne, £200. To his
sonne William Walthall, my godsonne, £50. To my
brother Thomas Walthall, his children, viz., John & Thomas
Walthall, £100 each. To my sister Anne Walthall, my
brother's wife, £20. To Godfrey Reyner, £5. To my
brother Sylvester,. £10. To Mrs. Crockstone & Mrs
Lewse £5. To olde John Howland, £5. To Dr. Ashpoole, a
ring of golde, of 40s. To Shelley and his wife that keepeth
my house at Hackney, £4. To Mr. Johnson, the preacher
at Hackney, 40s. To my three children, Thomas, Luke and
my daughter Elizabeth Robinson, all my plate and house-
hold stuffe, equally divided. To the Worshipful Company
of Mercers, £500. To my sonne Thomas Walthall, the
house and land that I lately bought of John Bowyer, gent.,
that lyeth in Hackney. To Lambert Osbaston, on the
Bridge, £5. To his wife and Mrs. Eaton her sister, each
of them rings ofj golde 40s. value, "and to Mrs. Thomas."
To Mrs, Varder, nowe the Matron of St. Thomas Hospital
in Sowthwarke,£3. 6. 8. To Mrs. Dixon in St. Peter's
Parish, £3. 6. 8.
To my friends rings of gold, (the womens rings to be of
40s. value and the mens 50s.) vizt. Sir Thomas Bennet and
his Ladye, Sir William Rumney and his Ladye, Sir Steph-
en Soames and his Ladye, Sir William Craven and his
Ladye, Mr. Robert Sandye and his wife, Mr. Vernon, my
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 37
brother and sister Stampforde, my sister Dutton, my cosen
Richard Walthall and his wife, my sonne Dent and his wife
my sonne Cowley and his wife, my sonne Poole, my broth-
er Bambrig and his wife, Thomas Fisher and his wife, my
sonne Moore, Giles Garbin, Simon Garbin, George Green and
his wife, Godfrey Reyner and his wife, my two deputies
and their wives, in Farrington without, Mr. Cawdwell and
Mr. Hudson, my cousin Richard Walthall of the Manpt-
wiche, Mr. Humphrey Walcott and his wife, Edmund
Sleighes and Gervis Sleighes of Derbye, William Batts, on
the Bridge, Richard Chambers and his mother Dorothy
Chambers, Mrs. Awdley of Hackney, Mr. Humphrey Bashe
and his wife, Sir John Manners of Haddon in Darbieshire,
and Mr. Alderman Lemman.
Whereas my late brother Anthony Walthall deceased,
"fell into decay and brake", about 1581, at which time his
creditors "sewed out the statute of banckrupts," and by
virtue thereof did seise certeyne household stuffe in his
dwelling house in St. Margaretts parish in Lothbury, to
the value of £100, which the said creditors left in trust
with me, but owing to long keeping the same is perished
and spoiled with "moathes, rattes and vermyn and ruste
and wormes," Therefore I leave £200 in trust with the
Mercers Company in London, in place of the said house-
hold stuff. "What is not perished" is in the hands of Sir
Thomas Middleton, Knt. who marryed the widow of John
Olmested. Md. Mr. William Walthall dyed 3 Sept. 1608 and
this will was found lying upon a table in his compting
house, being present at the fynding of the same, Ladye
Margaret Goddart his wife, Mr. Thomas Walthall his
brother, Mr. Arthure Robinson his sonne in lawe and his
wife, his two sonnes Thomas Walthall & Luke Walthall
and his cosen Mr. Richard Walthall.
3 Sept. 1608. Administration granted to Elizabeth Robin-
son als Walthall, daughter of said deceased, no Executor
being named.
85 Windebanke.
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LUKE WALTHALL citizen and Mercer of London.*
Dated 30 May 1617. Adm. 16 Dec. 1617
To the poor of the parish of Westham, co. Essex, £4.
and to the poor of the parish of St. Peters in Cornhill, Lon-
don, £4-
Residuary Legatee and sole Executor : my eldest sonne,
William Walthall.
Overseers : Charles Pressey, Esq., Humfrey Browne of
London, merchant Edward Panton, gentleman and Thomas
Hobson, merchant.
Robert Jenyngs, vicar of Westham, Raphe Turner &
John Thomas, Scrivener, Witnesses..
16 Dec. 1617. Administration granted to Mary Walthall
relict of said deceased, to administer, during the minority
of William Walthall, the son and sole executor named.
120 Weldon.
THOMAS WALTHALL, thelder, citizen and mercer of
London.
[P. A. B. of St. Peters Cornhill-]
Dated 14 May 1611. Proved 11 May 1613.
[at top of Will]
Dated 23 April 1613. [at end of Will]
To be buried in the parish church of St. Peter's on Corn-
hill in London, near unto the place where my brother Alder-
man Walthall, was buried.
My executors to provide for 50 poore men, mourning
gownes of black, six of them to be of the chief porters of
the Mercers Company, and they to carry my corpse to the
ground.
To the poore of St. Peter's, on Cornhill, 5 marks. To
James Buffeilde, a poor water bearer, 20s. To the "Wand-
ringe and Roagish poore", 5 markes to be distributed
amongst them by two pence each. To Christs Hospitall,
£5. My goods and chattels and things whatsoever, to be
divided into three parts. One third to my wife, another
third to my two sonnes and another third to perform my
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 39
legacies etc. I owe certain legacies given by my late
brother William Walthall, deceased which are not yet due,
but as they become so, my executors are to see them paid.
The house wherein 1 dwell, "being a lease belonging unto
the worshipful Company of Mercers", my Wife to enjoy
the same, and after her decease my two sonnes John &
Thomas Walthall. To some learned man to preach at my
funeral, 20s. To my godsonne Humfrey Walcott, the
younger, a guilte cupp, of 5 markes value. To my sonne,
John Walthall, my seale ring, with my Armes ingraven on
it. To my second sonne Thomas Walthall, anotlier golde
ring, with my usual mark ingraven in the same. To Mr.
Godfrey Reynor, a golde ringe, prayeing him to be helpful
unto my sonne John in getting in my small estate which is
abroad. To my friend Mr. Thomas Chapman, scrivenor,
a cupp ,of guilte of 5 markes value. To my friend Mr.
John Vernor, a ring of golde, of 40s. value. To John Wal-
cott, the sonne of Mr. Humfrey Walcott, of London, grocer
being now Student in Trinity Colledge, Cambridge, 40s.
To my sonnes Tutor, Mr. Cearle, 40s. To my sonne John
the tenement, at the old Jurie ende, now in the occupation
of Francis Childe, a Chandler.
Executors : My wife Anne Walthall and my sonne John
Walthall.
Overseers : Mr. Humfrey Walcott, thelder, grocer, and
my brother in lawe Mr. Humfrey Robinson, grocer and
my friend Mr. Thomas Dalbye.
Proved 11 May 1613 by the Executors named.
[No Witnesses.]
47 Capell.
[William Walthall, merchant, lived in Henrico County, Va., as early
as 1656. He probably came from London. In his will, dated Aug 2.
1669, Raphael Throckmorton, of London, bequeathed £10 to "my
dear wives brother Mr. William Walthall, now living in Virginia ' '. If
the marriage of Eaphael Throckmorton could be found in some Lon-
don register, William Walthall of Virginia, might be connected with
the testators above.]
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HENRY WOODHOUSE of Waxtonsham alias Wax-
ham, in co. Norfolk, Knight.
Dated 18 Sept. 1624. Admon 4 Feb, 1624-5.
Whereas by Indenture made between me, of the one part
and Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, in co. SufT, Esqr. now
Knight Baronet, of the other, bearing date 2 June 17 Eliz.
It was covenanted by me to convey the mannor of Wax-
ham alias Waxtonsham, with all the lands and tenements
belonging, to William Woodhouse, my eldest sonne, nowe
knight, and to his heirs males. And whereas I afterwards
did by fine and recovery convey the said mannor and lands
to the intent of the said Indenture as by the records of the
Court of Common Pleas it doth more plainly appear. Now
I. being indebted to John Dee, citizen and goldsmith, of
London for £400 and to William Engham of London, gent,
for £100, I appoint unto them for the payment of the same,
the profits of one close called the hundred acre close, con-
containing by estimation 103 acres and one other close,
called the midle Deanes, containing 50 acres, and another
piece of ground called Lower Deanes, containing fower
score acres, now in the tenure of Richard Cubit &John Les-
ingham, for 5 years. Residuary Legatee and Sole Execu-
trix : my now wife, Dame Cicely.
James Sherringham, Samuel Walpoole, scriv. Witnesses.
4 Feb. 1624-25. Administration granted unto Thomas
Elwin, one of the creditors of deceased, the Executrix,
Dame Cecile Woodhouse, renouncing.
15 Clarke.
[Sir Henry Woodhouse, whose will is given above, was the father
of Sir William Woodhouse, and of Captain Henry Woodhouse, Governor
of Bermuda. Henry, son of the latter settled in Virginia. It is
probable that the Sir William Woodhouse, who died 1639, and whose
will has been printed XXVI, 40, was not father of Capt. Henry, as
there stated, but his brother.
See this Magazine XXVI, 38-40, and references there given. J
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82 41
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82
Instructions to Lord Culpeper.
Continued.
57 You are to give all due encouragement
To encourage and invitation to merchants and others who
Trade and shall bring trade unto our said colonie or
the African any way contribute to the advantage thereof,
Comp y . and in particular to the Royal African Com-
pany of England.
58 And you are to take care that there be
To Suffer no trading from Virginia or any of the
none to trade Territory depending thereon to any place
in Africa or part in Africa within the Charter of the
within the Royal African Comapny. And you are not
Charter of to suffer any ships to bee sent thither with-
the Company out their leave or authority.
without leave.
59 And as wee are willing to recommend
To endeavour unto the said Company that the said Colo-
that their pay- nie may have a constant and sufficient sup-
ments be duly ply of Merchantable Negroes at moderate
made. rates in money or commodities, you are to
take special care that payment be duly made
and within a competent time, according to
their agreement. It being against reason
to expect that any should send good wares
to a known bad market.
60 Our Will and Pleasure is, and wee do
To observe hereby strictly commend and enjoyn you
the Treaty of carefully to observe all the articles con-
Madrid 1670, tained in the late Treaty for the composing
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between Eng- of differences and the establishing of Peace
land and in America concluded at Madrid the 8-18
Spain. day of July, 1670, between Us and the
Crown of Spain, an authentick copie where-
of you shall herewith receive.
61 And in case any private injury or dam-
To give an age shall be offered or done to any of our
account of all subjects in those parts by any of the sub-
Injuries done jects of the King of Spain, you shall take
by the care to give Us an account with all con-
Spaniards venient speed by one of our principal Sec-
there, and not retary's of State or to the Lords of Our
to Suffer any Privy Council appointed a Committee for
other repara- Trade and Foreign Plantation. And not to
tion than permit or encourage reparations thereof to
is directed be sought in any other way than what is
by Treaty. directed and agreed in the said Articles of
Madrid.
62 And Our Will and Pleasure is that you
To give an doe from time to time give unto Us and the
acc't of the Lords of the Commitee for Trade and Plan-
strength of tation an account of what strength your
the neigh- bordering neighbours have (bee they In-
bours. dians or others) by Sea and Land, and what
correspondency you doe keep with them.
63 And whereas, wee think it fit for y e bet-
A Law for as- ter administration of Justice that a Law bee
certaining) passed in the Assembly wherein shall be set
what Estate the value of Men's Estates, either in goods
Jurors or Lands under which they shall not bee
ought to have capable of serving as Jurors, Our pleasure
to bee pre- is that at the first opportunity of transmit-
pared and ting any Laws hither for Our approbation
sent over according to Our Instructions before ex-
for appro- pressed you preprae anH send one to that
bation. purpose.
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82 43
64 You are not for the future to admit or
To admit no allow of any appeals whatsoever to bee
appeals to the made from the Governor and Council unto
Assembly. the Assembly. But whereas wee judge it
Appeals above absolutely necessary that all Our Subjects
£100 to be may have liberty to apeal to Our Royal
submitted to Person in cases that may deserve the same,
the King and Our Will and Pleasure is that if either
Council, Se- party shall not rest satisfied with the Judg-
curity being ment or Sentence of the Governor and
given by the Council, they may then appeal unto Us in
Appell 1 to the Our Privy Council, provided the matter in
answer costs, difference exceed the real value and Summ
and to pass a of One Hundred pound sterling, and that
Law for the Security bee alsoe given by the Appellant to
limitation of answer such charges as shall be awarded
Appeals to the in case the Sentence of the Governor and
Government Council in Virginia bee confirmed. And pro-
& Council. vided alsoe that Execution bee not sus-
pended by reason of any such appeal unto
Us. And whereas, it may not bee let that
appeals bee too frequently and for too small
a value brought unto Our Governor and
Council ; you shall therefore with the ad-
vice of the Council propose a Law to be
passed wherein the method and limitation
of Appeals unto the Governor and Council
may be setled and restrained in such manner
as shall be found most convenient and easy
to Our subjects in Virginia.
65 You shall endeavour to get a Law passed
To endeavour for the restraining of any inhuman severity
to pass a Law which by ill masters or overseers may be
against the in- used towards their Christian Servants or
humanity of Slaves. And you are alsoe with the as-
Masters & sistance of the Council and Assembly, to
Overseers and find out the best means to facilitate and en-
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to encourage courage the conversion of Negroes to the
the conversion Christian Religion, wherein you are to leave
of the Ne- a due caution and regard to y e property of
groes to the Inhabitants and safety of the Colonies.
Christianity
with regard to
the property
of the Inhabi-
tants and
Safety of the
Island.
66 You are to recommend to the Council and
To recom- Assembly the raising of stocks and building
mend to the of Publick Workhouses in convenient places
Assembly for the imploying poor and indigent people.
to raising
a publick
stock and
building of
workhouses
for the poor.
67 And you shall cause a survey to be taken
To take a sur- of all the considerable Landing places and
vey of Land- Harbours in the said Colonie, and with the
ing places advice of the said Council erect in any of
and Harbours, them such Fortifications as shall be neces-
and to erect sary for the Security and advantage of Our
fortifications Said Colonie which shall be done at the
at the publick Public Charge of the Country; not doubt-
charge, ing of the chearful concurrence of the In-
habitants thereunto from the common se-
curity and benefit they will receive thereby.
68 You shall likewise endeavour all you can
To dispose the to dispose the Planters to build Towns upon
planters to every River, and especially one at least on
build Towns every great River, as tending very much
upon every to their security and profit. And in order
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82
45
River and to thereunto you are to take care that after
permit noe sufficient notice to provide warehouses and
ships to un- other conveniences, noe ships whatsoever
load but at be permited to load or unload, but at the
such Towns, said places where the towns are settled. And
Building of whereas, wee are given to understand that
James Town Jamestown is not only y e most antient but
to be encour- the most convenient place for y e Metropo-
aged. lis of Our said Colonie, you are to direct all
possible means to be used for the speedy Re-
building of the same. As also to take care
that the Chief Post y e usual place of your
residence the Courts of Justice and other
Public Offices attending the Government be
setled and continued in that place. For the
better accomplishing of which Our designs
you shall in Our Name, let Our Counsel-
lors and chief Inhabitants in that Our Colo-
nie know that wee shall take it very well
at their hands if they shall alsoe contribute
thereunto, by building, every one of them,
one or more houses, as occasion shall offer,
and of the success thereof you shall from
time to time give us an account by one of
Our principal Secretaries of State and by
Our Committee for Trade and Foreign
Plantations.
69 Our Will and Pleasure is that all servants
All Servants that shall come to be transported to Our
are to serve said Colonie of Virginia shall serve their re-
the time pre- spective Masters for the term prescribed by
scribed by the Laws of that Our Colonie. And the
Law; Each to said Servants shall at the end of the said
have 50 acres term have 50 acres of Land set out and
after the said assigned to every of them respectively to
term. have and to hold to them and every of them
their Heirs and Assigns for ever under the
Rent and Dutys usually paid and reserved.
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70 And whereas Wee are very much dis-
To repeal the satisfied at several Laws passed at a Grand
Acts in 1676 Assembly begun at Green Spring on the
as also an Act 20th of February, 1676, during the Govern-
concerning ment of Sir William Berkley, which are not
appeals how only disagreeable to the Powers residing
to be brought in the Government there but derogatory to
and all Acts Our gracious Proclamation bearing date the
allowing ap- 20th of October in the 28th year of Our
peals to the Reign and prejudicial to the good of Our
Assembly, but said Colonic You are therefore to signify
appeals to the Our Royal Pleasure at such time after your
general Arrival as you shall find most convenient for
Courts to be Our service. That such of the said Laws
as formerly. as are not yet repeal'd, viz, An Act limit-
ing times of receipt and payment of Public
Tobaccos, an Act regulating Ordinarys and
the Prices of Liquors; An Act disposing
Americaments upon Past Actions ; An Act
for Laying of Parish Levys ; as alsoe one
Act passed at a Grand Assembly begun at
Middle Plantation on the 10th of October,
1677, viz. : An Act for signing Executions
and Judgments in the Assembly; as like-
wise an Act made at a Grand Assembly held
at James Citty the 3rd of March, 1662, en-
titled Appeals, how to be made and all
others to the same effect allowing appeals
to the Assembly, bee all forthwith repealed
and declared void. Provided always that
all appeals from the County Courts and
other inferior Courts shall be made by the
General Court in such manner as formerly
until Our further Pleasure bee known
therein.
71 You are likewise from time to time to
To give an give us by one of Our principal Secretarys
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47
account of the
wants of the
Colonic
72
To encourage
the manuring
of Vines,
Silk, Hemp,
Flax, Pitch
& Potashes,
and to provide
for the Same
by Law.
73
To consider
of a restraint
for the
planting of
Tobacco.
of State and Our Committee for Trade and
Foreign Plantations an account of the
wants and defects of y e said Colonie and
Territorys under your Government. What
the chief products of them are, What new
Improvements the industry or invention of
the Planters hath afforded? What prob-
able advantage may be gained by Trade?
and which way you conceive wee may con-
tribute towards them.
And you shall particularly endeavour to
advance the Plantation and production of
Vines, Silks, Hemp, Flax, Pitch and Pot-
ashes, for which wee are well assured that
Climate and Soile is very proper, and for
the Encouraging thereof Wee are desirous
that new and greater rewards be given in
proportion to y e great benefit that Our
Colonie would in a short time reap thereby.
And that provision be accordingly made for
it in the first Laws you shall transmit unto
Us for Our approbation.
And whereas Wee have been formerly
moved to put some restraint on the planting
of Tobacco in that Our Colonie We rec-
ommend the consideration of this matter to
you and Our Council there, wherein you
may likewise consult the Assembly if you
see fit. To the end that upon due delibera-
tion of what is best for that Our Colonie
and upon notice thereof given to Us by
one of Our principal Secretarys of State and
to Our Committee of Trade and Plantation,
Wee may order and establish such good
rules as may be for the Publick benefit of
Our Subjects there.
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74 And whereas Wee have thought fit to
In case any dispose of certain Offices and Places in
Patent Office Our said Colonie of Virginia by Letters
bee vacant Patent under Our Great Seals of England,
to provide Our Will and Pleasure is that you take care
one to officiate that the said several Offices and Places be
till the King's freely and without any molestation enjoyed
pleasure be and held by the respective persons to whom
known, taking granted or their sufficient Deputys. And in
security for case any of the said Patentees or their Dep-
the mean utys shall misbehave themselves in the dis-
profits. charge of any of the said Offices, Our Will
and Pleasure is that you only suspend
them from y e execution of their said Places
till you shall have represented the whole
matter and receive Our Pleasure and de-
termination thereupon, taking care that
those who shall in the meantime be ap-
pointed by you to execute any of the said
offices give security to be accountable for
the clear profits of the same to the respec-
tive Patentees.
75 And whereas, by the advice of Our
To the Council, we have thought fit to establish
Governor and allow a comfortable subsistance and
£2000 and for salary for you, Our Governor and Our other
life and £150 chief Officers in that Our Colonie, you shall
p annum till according to Our said Establishment re-
the Colonie ceive and take to your own use as Gover-
provide a nor out of the first moneys raised or to be
house to Ofn- raised there the yearly summe of Two Thou-
cers civil and sand Pounds, from the death or other avoid-
military as ance of Sir William Birkley, Our late Gov-
formerly and ernor there, payable per diem during your
to transmit natural life. As alsoe the summe of One
the accounts. Hundred and fifty pounds yearly until Our
said Colonie shall have provided a house
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82
49
and plantation for you and Our Governor
for the time being, which Wee expect and
command to see done with all speed. And
you shall alsoe pay out of the Next Reven-
ues of Our said Colonie to the Council-
lors and other Judges and Officers, as well
Civil as Military, and to the Marsnal Clerks
of the Assembly, Gunners and Matrosses the
several Salaries and Allowances formerly
paid, or such other reasonable ones as you
with the advice of Our Council there shall
think requisite, A true account whereof you
shall from time to time transmit unto Our
Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners
of Our Treasury for the time being, and to
the Lords of Our Privy Council appointed
a Committee for Trade and Foreign Plan-
tations.
76 Whereas upon considering the entries in
To use all Our Custom house here in England with the
means for pre- payment of the two shillings per Hogshead
venting on Tobacco and other duties and imposition
abuses in the due to Us in Virginia. We are certainly in-
payment of formed of great frauds and abuses both
Tobacco du- in the payment thereof by Masters of Ships
ties, and to and others and in the collection by Our
take care that Officers, you are to use all legal means for
y e several the prevention thereof and for the Improve-
officers be ment of Our said Revenues. And whereas
diligent etc. sush abuses cannot be committed without
the apparent negligence of the collectors or
their connivance with the said Masters of
Ships and other persons, you are strictly to
charge and command them and every of
them in Our Name to be more diligent and
carefull for the future, under penalty of for-
feiture of their respective places by your
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77
Power to en-
hance the
price of For-
eign Coyn by
proclamation
in all pay-
ments except
upon the act
for & 3 per
hogshead
w ch are to be
in sterling
money.
78
All Levy's
Fines and
Forfeitures
to be to the
King.
79
Writs to
issued in
putting others in their stead on the first of-
fence and of Our Highest Displeasure. And
you are from time to time to give Us a par-
ticular account of your proceedings herein
and of the Dutys and Impositions collected
and disposed of pursuant to former direc-
tions signified in that behalfe.
And whereas it hath been represented
unto Us that it is necessary for the good
of Our said Colonie to raise the price of
Foreigne Coyne, Our Will and Pleasure is
that you proceed therein in such manner as
with the advice and consent of the Council
you shall in your discretion find convenient
soe as the enhancement of the price bee
made and signified by Proclamation, ex-
cepting always what shall be given in pay-
ment upon the Act of 2 sh per hogshead on
Tobacco exported and for other Dutys pay-
able to Us and to the Government which
are all to be satisfied in Sterling Money ac-
cording to the same value as formerly and
not otherwise.
And whereas in Laws for levying of
money and raising a Public revenue and in
Penal Laws there have been hitherto
clauses whereby the Levies, Fines and For-
feitures are appropriated unto the Publick
without any mention made of Us or unto
Us for the Publick use which are deroga-
tory to Our Right of Sovereignty; you
shall take care that the same be altered and
made agreeable to the stile of such Laws
within Our Kingdom of England.
And for a further mark of Our Supreme
and Immediate Authority, Wee do hereby
signify unto you Our Express commands
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82 51
the King's That all Writs bee issued in Our Royal
name. name throughout Our said Colonie and Do-
minion notwithstanding any former usage
to the contrary.
80 And whereas Wee were pleased by Our
That an order Instructions dated in December, 1679, to
of the 22nd direct you to signify Our high resentment
Dec. 1681 dis- of a seditious Declaration made by the As-
approving the sembly of Virginia during the Government
declaration of of Coll. Jefferies whereby they set forth
the Assembly that Our Commissioners having called for
under the and forced from the Clerk of the Assembly
Government all the original Journals of the Assembly,
of Colo. Jef- which power they supposed wee would not
feries be en- grant them, for that they find not the same
tered in the to have been practiced by any of the Kings
Council Book, of England, and did therefore take the same
and to propose to be a violation of their privilege desirnig
a bill to with all satisfaction to be given them that
declare noe such violation of their privilege should
His Maj ties be offered for the future. W ch significance
rights to com- of our resentment you have hitherto sus-
mand the pended by the advice and Petition of the
records. whole Council there. To the end therefore
that such unwarrantable proceedings of that
Assembly may not be taken for a presi-
dent hereafter and seem to have Our Al-
lowance, Wee have therefore thought fit
by an Order in Our Privy Council dated
21st of December 1681, to signify Our Pleas-
ure herein and to declare that although wee
are pleased to pardon the persons who
have offended herein, Wee do nevertheless
wholly disapprove the said Declaration and
have directed that not only all Records to
that effect may be taken off the File and
razed out of the Books in Virginia which
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said Order Our Royal Will and pleasure
is that you cause to be entered in the Reg-
istry of Our said Council there, and that
you likewise propose a Bill to the next
Assembly for condemning the said proceed-
ings and declaring the right of Us and Our
Officers to call for all the Publick Records
and Journals whenever it shall be thought
necessary for Our Royal Service.
81 And if anything shall happen that may
To take order be of advantage and security to the said
in all things Colonie and other the Territorys depending
for the good thereon, which is not herein or by Our Com-
of the Colony mission provided for, Our Will and Pleas-
till further ure is and Wee do hereby allow unto you
directions with the advice and consent of the Council
soe as not to to take order for the present therein : Giv-
declare warr ing Us by one of Our principal Secretarys
without com- of State and to the Lords of Our Privy
mand. Council appointed a Committee for Trade
and Foreign Plantation speedy notice
thereof, that soe you may receive Our rati-
fication if Wee shall approve the same. Pro-
vided always and Our Will and Pleasure
is that you do not by color of any power or
authority hereby given you commence or de-
clare warr without Our Knowledge and
command therein except it bee against In-
dians, of which you shall give Us a par-
ticular account with all speed.
82 Lastly, you shall upon all occasions give
To give an unto Us by One of Our principal Secre-
acc 1 of tarys of State and y e Lords of Our Privy
proceedings. Council appointed a Committee for Trade
and Foreign Plantation a particular acco.
of all vour proceedings and of the condition
of affairs within your government :
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82 53
The Instruc- Our Will and Pleasure being that Our
tions dated former Instruction given you the Sixth day
the 6 th Dec 1 " of December, 1679, doe from the date hereof
1679 made become void and of none effect.
void.
A True Copy Teste
J. W. GREENWOOD.
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AN INTERESTING COLONIAL DOCUMENT
A while ago, on unearthing some papers of Colonel
Robert Burton of Granville County, N. C, I ran across an
old paper, mutilated and in part indecipherable, entitled
"A General Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of
Mecklenburg on the 29th day of July, 1774." So far as I
can learn, this paper has not hitherto found its way into
print. Accordingly I am submitting it for publication of
the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
Bancroft attributes the credit for inaugurating the
system of intercolonial committees of correspondence to
that "young statesman of brilliant genius," Dabney Carr.
From the investigation of Dr. Eckenrode, it would seem
that the "first intercolonial intelligence bureau" owed its
inception to "the fertile brain of Richard Henry Lee."*
After Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, dissolved the
Assembly on May 25, 1774, the Burgesses "retired from the
official state house to the Williamsburg tavern, where in
that so-called Apollo room, dedicated to colonial mirth and
revel," they decided to propose a general congress of the
colonies. In particular the meeting issued a call for the
election of delegates from the counties to a convention of
the colony ; and this convention was set to meet at Will-
iamsburg on August 1, 1774.
The object of the meeting at Williamsburg was to con-
sider further the state of public affairs and, more particu-
larly, to appoint deputies to the general congress, which
was to be convened at Philadelphia on the 5th of Septem-
ber following.
The first of these committees, it appears, were formed in
the Virginia towns in May and June, 1774. f
*H. J. Eckenrode: The Revolution in Virginia. 33.
tMagazine of History (1906) 3,153.
AN INTERESTIGN COLONIAL DOCUMENT 55
"Dunmore (afterward Shenandoah) County also elected
a committee on June 16, 1774, and Fairfax on June 18, at a
meeting over which George Washington presided."**
Other counties followed, but a number of them did not
elect committees; and some, notably Mecklenburg, did not
even choose representatives in time. But, as the paper
printed below evidences, the Mecklenburg meeting never-
theless expressed in formal declaration their sentiments
upon the grave matters then at issue.
Before printing the papers, a word upon Robert Burton
may be in order. He was born in Mecklenburg County,
Virginia, in 1747 ; and settled in Granville County, North
Carolina, about 1775. He was married to Agatha, only
daughter of Judge John Williams and Agnes Bullock, the
widow of Lord Keiling, on October 12, 1775.$ Through
this connection, he became interested in the Transylvania
Land Company and made a hazardous trip to Boones-
borough and return (1775-6), to visit the rich Kentucky
lands recently purchased fro mthe Cherokee tribe of In-
dians through the agency of Colonel Richard Henderson,
president of the Transylvania Land Company. In 1785, he
was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress; but did
not report at Philadelphia until May 22, 1787. In recogni-
tion of the fact that John Paul Jones derived his appoint-
ment in the American navy from North Carolina, Burton
in 1789 presented to the State of North Carolina a replica of
Houdon's bust of Jones. In 1801, Robert Burton was one
of the Commissioners from N. C. to settle the long-disputed
boundary between North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Georgia. He died in 1825.
Below follows an exact transcript of the document found
among the papers of Colonel Robert Burton. I am here-
with presenting the original to the Virginia Historical
Society. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON.
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
September 22, 1919.
**Eckenrode, ibid, 34. {Marriage find at Oxford, N. C.
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A GENERAL MEETING OF THE FREEHOLDERS
OF THE COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG ON
THE 29th DAY OF JULY, 1774.
ROBERT MUNFORD, MODERATOR.
Whereas by the Delay of the Writ of Election for this
County, we are prevented from choosing Representatives,
in time, in whom we may confide, to express our senti-
ments, upon the important matters Recommended to the
members of the late house of Burgesses by some of the
Northern Colonies, the Consideration of which is Refer'd
to the first day of August next.
Nevertheless we deem it expedient to Transmit our
Opinions to the said meeting, lest we should be supposed
Inattentive to the common cause of America at this Alarm-
ing Crisis.
We therefore unanimously declare —
That we entertain the most Cordial Affection to his
Majesty's Person and that nothing, on our parts, shall ever
impede our duty to our King, or conduce to violate the
sacred Bonds of Amity and Allegiance condition'd
between us. —
That as our King and Father we look up to him with
Reverential awe and Filial Piety, not imputing to him the
evils we feel but Imploring the Assistance of his Royal
Person on our behalf. —
That in Return for our Loyalty and firm Allegiance, we
are Intitled to his Majesties Protection, whenever our
Civil Rights, as British Subjects, are Invaded. —
That the congeniality of our constitutional principles,
with those of Great Britain, long [un?] interrupted usage,
the Faith of Kings, natural Justice and [mutilated] Right,
have confirm'd to us our civil liberties [words indecipher-
able].
That the King at the head of his American Assemblies,
constitutes a supreme Legislature in the Respective Colo-
nies. —
AN INTERESTING COLONIAL DOCUMENT 57
That to admit a supreme Legislative power in the Brit-
ish parliament over the Colonies is giving the Crown a
double Influence, and enlarging the limited Rights of the
Prerogative, in a manner dangerous to American Liberty.
That the Right of Taxation is an Appendage to Free-
dom, and that no Power on Earth can justly deprive us
(of) our property, without our consent. —
That the right of granting aids to our sovereign, for the
Exigencies of Government, or the support of the Crown, in
measure and manner best suited to our state and Circum-
stances, is constitutionally vested in the people of this
Country. —
That we will contend for this inestimable privilege, at
the Hazard of our Lives and Fortunes, it being our best
security against the Alienation of the Royal Favor, a
Privilege that may disarm Tyranny itself and draw the
smiles of sovereignty upon us. —
We will therefore most cheerfully concur in every Justi-
fiable Measure to Procure a Repeal of all such acts of the
British parliament, as either Express or imply the parlia-
ment's Right to Tax America. —
We sympathise with our Distressed fellow subjects in
the Town of Boston, who by the late Act of the British
parliament, are cutt off from the common benefits of Hum-
anity; we wish to administer to their Relief, and will readi-
ly adopt every measure productive of this end, that may be
consistent with our duty to our King, and warranted by
those moral Obligations, that should ever subsist among
Mankind. Virtue forbids, 'tho Policy may licence, a vio-
lation of that Faith we Owe to our King and to his People.
End.
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VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE
REVOLUTION.
(From State Auditor's Papers, Now in State Library.)
(Continued)
12 Ditto paid John Sankard for Nath-
an Bagnel for a Quantity of Duck
furnished the Army 11 10
Ditto paid John Ta/sewll for Lead
sold the Country. 3 9 2
Ditto paid Thomas Miller far use
Richard James for Arms pur-
chased for the use of the Public 99 6 4
Ditto paid William White for a
Gun furnished the Army 3 9 2
1776 To Cash paid John Skinner for
February Wood furnish'd the Army 8 15
Ditto paid Ditto for Sarah Dixon
for Wood supplied the Army—. 3 12 6
Ditto paid Ditto for John Fields
for Ditto. 7 5
Ditto paid Ditto for John Arm-
isteadfor Beef furnis'h the Army 3 10 10
Ditto paid Thomas Warren for a
Gun furnish'd the Public 3
Ditto paid Isham Allen for Provi-
sions & Fodder to the Army 2 3 9
Ditto paid Thomas Wilks for a
Gun sold for public u,se. 4
Ditto paid James Anderson Bal-
ance of his account settled for
Smiths work done for the use of
the Public. 119 2 10}^
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 59
Ditto paid George Lyne for For-
rage etc., furnished the Army_.. 13 5
13 Ditto paid Joseph Scott for his
pay as an Adjutant in theArmy 17 1?
Ditto paid Thomas Prosser for
Drum & Colours to the Henrico
Militia 5
Ditto paid Ditto for a Gun fur-
nished the Public Service 2 10
Ditto paid Jeremiah Underwood
for Provisions furnished the
Army 11 8
Ditto paid William Dalton for a 1
Gun furnish 'd for the use of the
Public 4 2 6
Ditto paid Ditto for Willoughby
Old for provisions furnish 'd ditto 7 10
Ditto paid William Ellison for a
Gun sold for the use of the public 2 5
Ditto paid Edward Wilkinson for
John Davis for a Gun for the
public 4
Ditto paid John Morris for Fodder
furnished the Army ....45 11 4
14 Ditto paid William Pearson for
Leather furnish 'd the Public 8 5 9
Ditto paid Samuel Boush for Rob
Waller for Corn furnish 'd the
Army 14 9
Ditto paid John Page for use of
Samuel Deney balance due him
for srrvice in mounting cannon
for Public use 25 5
Ditto paid William Sclater for
Arms furnish 'd the Public ser-
vice 13 10
Ditto paid Thomas Keith for Wag-
onage to the Army 62 10
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Ditto paid Robert Anderson for
work done on a Rowe Galley. _ 4
Ditto paid Henry Davis for John
Talbot for Sundry Arms sold the
Public . _ _ 150
Ditto paid David Minge for nec-
essaries furnish'd the Militia at
S. Point 77 13 8
1776 To Cash paid Burges Ball balance
Februa' 14 by his Recruiting Money 20 1
Ditto paid Ditto for Arms fur-
nished the public service 8 7 6
Ditto paid James Dilland for
Board & Necessaties to a sick
soldier 10
15 Ditto paid Alexander Purdie for
sundries supplied to the Army.... 4 1
Ditto paid Thomas Walker for
Brushes & Peckers furn'd the
Army 6 16
Ditto paid John Dandridge for a
Gun furnished the public service 3 10
Ditto paid Sarah Spotswood for
Nursing sick soldier 2 10
Ditto paid Jacob Faulcon for 2
Barrells Corn to the Army 1
Ditto paid Benjamin Fox for Fod-
der furnish'd the Army 17 6
Ditto paid Daniel Taylor for Fod-
der furnish'd the Army 8
Ditto paid Captain William Goos-
ley for pay of his Company &
Provisions furnish'd the Troops
stationed at York 231 3 4
16 Ditto paid William Barrett for
Ferriages the Troops 9 3 6
Ditto paid John Cosby for Pro-
visions to a Guard of M. Men
on Duty 24 13
VIRGINIA ST\TE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 61
Ditto paid Joil Sterdivant for pay
of a Guard of Militia on Duty.... 36 19 3
Ditto paid James Barbour for
Drom furnish 'd the Culpepper
Battallion__ „ 25 5
Ditto paid P. R. Francis Lee for
the Recruiting service furnish 'd
his Company 26 13 4 3^
Ditto paid C. Tompkins for Pro-
visions furnish 'd his Company.. 50
Ditto paid Merit Westwood for
Wood furnish 'd the Troops at
Hampton 35 5
Ditto paid for John Cowling for
Ditto. _ 12
Ditto paid Ditto for John Maloy
(say Francis) Ditto 27
Ditto paid David Jamison for
Medicines, etc., furnish'd the
Troops at York _ 8 9
Ditto paid William Lively for a
Gun sold the Public 2 10
Ditto paid William Smith for 38.
Gun furnish'd his Company M.
Men 101 15
17 Ditto paid William Aylett for Corn
furnish'd the Army. 52 6
Ditto paid Ditto for George Reid
Guns furnish'd the Army 19 17 6
Ditto paid SamEel Boush for John
Jones for a gun to the Public 4
DittT paid Ditto for Thomas Bres-
sie pay of a guard at the Great
Bridge.. 42
1776 ToCash paid Samuel Boush for
Samuel Butt for a Mare lost in
the service 13
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Ditto paid Hreny Laughton for
Dixon & Hunter Blank returns
to the Army 4 5 iy 2
Ditto paid Simon Triplett for Wag-
gonage to the Public Service 26
Ditto paid Ditto for Joseph Far-
mer for Ditto 11
Ditto paid Ditto for Johnathan
Davis Ditto 16
Ditto paid Ditto for Samuel B'vans
Ditto. _ 5 13 6
Ditto paid Augustine Moore for
Ditto. 15 10
Ditto paid Solomon Shepherd for
Cap'n Charles Connor for pay of
his Company of Minute Men in
Princess Anne District.. 197 11 6
Ditto paid Ditto for Cap'n Mur-
dough pay of his Company of
Minute Men _ 62 17 6
Ditto paid Ditto for Cap'n Wash-
ington for conveying Prisoners
to Wms'burg 46
Ditto paid Ditto for Lewis Almond
for Ferriages to the Troops 11
Ditto paid William Stone for Wag-
gon hire to the Public 9 10
Ditto paid Chisley Jones for a Gun
furnished the Public 2
Ditto paid Solomon Shepherd his
Expenses in attending the Com-
mittee on Public Account — 7 10
Ditto paid William Smith for pay
of his Company on Duty 24 19 8
19 Ditto paid Thomas Walker for
Cap'n John Washington for pay
of his Company of M. Men Prin-
cess Anne District-.. 120 15
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 63
Ditto paid Joseph Jones for Robt.
Johnson for Sundry Medicines to
to the Army. 15 14
Ditto paid John Langley for Wood
furnished the Army x8 19
Ditto paid Ditto for Jo. Langley
for Ditto. 10 15
Ditto paid Ditto for Thomas
Hampton for Fodder furnished
the Army _ 1 1 12
Ditto paid James Hill for John
Draper for 2 Guns to the Public 8
Ditto paid Anthony Noble for fur-
nishing Muskets for Public use.200
20 Ditto paid Doctor Alexander Skin-
ner for Expenses of the Public
Hospital 24 5 1
Ditto paid Ditto for Sundry Medi-
cines furnished the Army . . 195 5 7
Ditto paid Robert Prentes for Gun
furnished the Public Service 9
Ditto paid Ditto for Sundries fur-
nished for the use of the Army.. 7 10 3
Ditto paid Jacob Bruce for board-
ing sick soldiers. _ 3 5
Ditto paid Ditto for Iron Work
done for the Army by Robt . B ond 31 15 5
Ditto paid Charles Barham for pay
of a guard stationed at James
River. 23 17 4
1776 To Cash paid John Draper for
February 19 conveying Lieu* Batutt a Priso-
ner to Richmond 1 10
Ditto paid Thomas Peyton for
his Company of Minute Men. 198 5 1
Ditto paid Richard Matthews for
Jos. Lowell for dieting a Com-
pany of Volunteers 17 6
64 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ditto paid William Westwood
for wood furnished the Army.. 9 5
Ditto paid William Minifee for
Waggonage to the Public 26 3 3
Ditto paid Leonard Henley for
a Gun furnished to the Army 3
Ditto paid Charles Jones for a
Gun Ditto _ 3 10
Ditto paid Henry Delaney for Pub-
lic Express Hire 5
Ditto paid George Brook for
Thomas Hughes for a Gun sold
the Public 5 10
Ditto paid Ditto for William
Pleese for Horse Hire. _ 2 5 6
Ditto paid John Hunter for paint-
ing public guns, etc 2 15 6
Ditto paid William Ratcliff for
Fodder furnished the Army 12 6
12 Ditto paid John McLacklin for
Express Hire __ 11 18 8
Ditto paid Benjamin Tomilson as
an Express from Luenburg 2
Ditto paid Robert Gibbons for
repairing Public Arms_ 7 1 V/i
Ditto paid Appolles Cooper Bal-
ance of Captain Wests Recruit-
ing Money.- 2
22 Ditto paid Cap'n Gibson for For-
age & Subsisence for his Com-
pany 57 17 6
Ditto paid Jacob Cures for re-
pairing sundry arms for the
Public. __ 40 17 6
(To be continued)
GENEALOGY 65
NOTES AND QUERIES
ORIGIN OF THE STONE FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA.
E. A. Stone, D. D. (Deceased).
Among the early settlers of Virginia there were several of the name
of Stone. The majority of those who came during the first one hundred
and fifty years is given here, with some others. In point of time and
prominence, there was first (1) Captain William Stone, who settled in
Accomacke Co., in 1629 or earlier. He brought with him four brothers,
Andrew, John, Matthew and Richard. None of these left any children,
Later, about 1648, William Stone moved to Maryland and was appointed
Governor. Two of the sons of William Stone, viz: Thomas Stone and
John Stone left children. The descendants of these are traced through
Charles Co., Maryland. Another (2) William Stone immigrated to Va.
in 1662-3, and received from Sir Wm. Berkeley a grant of 750 acres in
New Kent Co. for transporting 15 persons into the colony. His wife was
Mary — their descendants are quite numerous. They left four children.
There was a (3)James Stone, merchant of London, who with others
received 8000 acres in Charles City county, granted by Sir John Harvey,
and another grant from Sir Wm. Berkeley of 564 acres in York county.
The first grant was made in 1636, and the second in 1647. That he re-
moved to Virginia is uncertain. In York Co. there is on record a will
of another (4)William Stone, dated Nov. 25, 1729, and probated the fol-
lowing February. His wife's name was Sarah. He names four chil-
dren, and from the records it appears they, in part at least, moved into
Lunenburgh Co. Their descendants are quite numerous. There was
a (5) Theophilus Stone also in York Co. in 1646, but there is very little
known of his history later.
In "old" Rappahannock another group of Stones are found. Oct. 20,
1672, (6) William Stone bought of Giles Cale 200 acres of land. This is
the earliest record of him in this country. Later he purchased various
other tracts of land, until he owned over one thousand acres. His will
is dated 1704. He left a wife Sarah and five living children — one daugh-
ter had died earlier. He died about 1710-11 as appears from the court
records. The widow lived about twety years after William Stone's
death.
There was living in the same county (7)Col. John Stone, who was prom-
inent in its affairs from 1672 until about 1691-2. He married Sarah
Walker, widow of John Walker, and when he died left only one child,
a daughter.
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The records show that there was living in the same county a (8) Fran-
cis Stone, wife Elizabeth, who also were prominent from 1685 onward.
Francis Stone received a grant of land in 1711 from Lady Fairfax, in
Stafford county. Other grants were made later by the same to Fran-
cis Stone. There is one mention made of (9)David Stone associated
with Francis Stone in 1685, but no other record has so far been found
of him. It would seem that there four Stones, William, John, Francis
and David were possibly related, most probably brothers. There were
grants of land as late as 1727, and again in 1739 made to Francis Stone,
one in Stafford Co., the other in Prince William Co. It is possible
that this later Francis Stone was a son of Francis Stone who received
the grants made earlier.
There was a (10) Humphrey Stone who received in New Norfolk Co.
a grant of 200 acres from Sir John Harvey in 1637; there is little else
known of him.
There was to a (ll)John Stone a grant of land made in Henrico Co. in
1718 and another in King and Queen Co. in 1725.
(12)Thomas Stone, of Brunswick Co., "imported himself in the year
1740". He was prominent in the affairs and a vestry man in St. An-
drews Parish. His will is dated April 16, 1795, and proven ten days later.
His son (13)Richard Stone received in 1746 a grant of 400 acres from Wil-
liam Gooch.
There is a record of the marriage of (14) John Stone and Nancy O'Bis-
sell dated Nov. 10, 1687, in Middlesex Parish.
(15)Eusebius Stone, of Caroline County, received from William Gooch,
400 acres in Orange County in 1735'.
(16) Jeremiah Stone was transported into James City county Aug. 11,
1637.
There was a (17)John Stone came to Virginia as early as 1621 and
of George Sandys 100 acres in Archers Hope. No other record at hand.
There was a (18) Thomas Stone in Westmoreland Co., Va., made a will
in 1718, in which he annuls all previous wills. This will was probated
in a short time. In it no mention or reference is made to a wife or chil-
dren, no heirs designated. There was however another (19) Thomas
Stone whose wife was Jemima Sturman, whose name appears in records
from and after 1724. This Thomas Stone separated from his wife, and
their son (20) Joseph Stone was given to the guardianship of his uncle,
William Sturman. The probability is that this second Thomas Stone
was the son of the Thomas whose will was made in 1718, and a compari-
son of the records makes it probable that he came to America in 1676,
with his brother William, who settled in St. Mary's Co., Md., while
Thomas came over in Westmoreland Co. , Va. Everything in the records
show that the two family lines were related. There was about 1740 to
1750 several of Gov. William Stone's descendants who left Charles Co.,
Md., and emigrated to Stafford Co., Va.; most of them settling in that
portion of the county which later became Prince William Co. They were
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(21)Barton Stone, (22) Samuel Stone, Thomas Stone, (23) William Stone
and (24)Benjamin Stone, all related closely and all descendants of the
Provincial Governor. Some of the descendants still live in that region.
Other (24)Stone families found their origin in the counties farther north,
some of them, if not all, being of German descent, whose names were
Anglicized after coming to America. There are probably others, but
this list shows the complications which necessarily arise in tracing out
the various families and their descendants
Willison Bible Records.
This volume of the Bible with the other of the New Testament be-
longed originally to Sir William Callander of Bancloigh & Dorator, in
tht Shire of Sterling, North Britain, and is Presented as a memorial
of the ancient Family of Callander from John Willison in Port Glasgow,
to his son James Willison of Dorator, at Cabin Point, James Rivar in the
Province of Virginia North America an Dom 1704. The ible was
printed at London, by Christopher Barker, 1585.
Beginning of family record.
(1st) James Willison son of the above John Willison and Margaret
Dunbar was born in Port Glasgow, North Britain, February 15th, 1751,
N. S., and was married to Mary I 'Anson, daughter of John I'Anson,
M. D., and Lucy Cocke. Their issue as follows viz.:
(1st) John Willison Born in Prince George County Virginia, October
22d, 1778, baptized 4th January 1779 by theRev. Mr. Benjamin Blagrove.
Godfathers Archibald Dunlop, Thomas I'Anson, Godmothers Mary
Mackie and Margaret Ross.
(2) Archibald Dunlop Willison, Born in Prince George, Dec 12th 1779
Baptized March 12th 1780 By the Revd William Harrison.Thomas Peter,
and James Tait Godfathers; Mrs. Thomas Peter and Mrs. Tait God-
mothers.
(3rd) Lucy Willison Born September 5th 1782, in Surry County at
Cabin Point, and baptized Nov. 1st 1782 by the Revd. Mr. Thomas
Hopkinson, John Stewart and Robert Peter, Godfathers; Mrs. Flttcher
& Miss Nancy Cocke, Godmothers.
Archibald Dunlop Willison departed this life August 20th 1784 and lyes
buried at the Family burying ground at Colin Cocks.
(4th) Margret Dunbar Willison was born at Cabin Point, in Surry
County September 23rd 1784. Baptized by the Revd. Mr. John Burgess.
Archibald Campbell, M. D. & Colin Cocke Godfathers, Miss Polly
Allen and Miss Peggy Belsches Godmothers.
(5th) Mary I'Anson Willison was born at Dorator near Cabin Point
in Surry County September — th 1787, and baptized by the Revd. Mr.
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John H. Burgess at Little Town. Mr. Archibald Campbell and Mr.
Chs. Thomas I 'Anson Godfathers, Mrs. Mary I' Anson Godmother.
James Willison Died at Dorator on Monday 25th June 1787 and was
buried at the family burying ground over the Creek.
Mary Willison wife of James Willison departed this life on — th Sep-
tember 1787, and was buried at the family Burying ground at Colin
Cocke's over the Creek on — th 1787.
Lucy Willison departed this life February 23d 1794 and lies buried at
the Family burying ground at Colin Cockes.
Mary I' Anson Willison departed this life on Saturday February 6th
1796 and buried at the family burying ground over the Creek.
Margret Dunbar Willison was married to Colin Campbell of Surry
County the 7th October 1801 and died on Saturday evening the 24th
April 1802 and buried at the burial ground.
John Willison son of the above James Willison, was married by the
Revd. Mr. Chapin to Miss Mary Burbidge Dandridge of New Kent
County on Monday 25th August 1805. (Daughter of Bartholomew
Dandridge). Issue:
(1st) Frances LucyWillison born in Charles City County at Mr. George
Minges (Rowe) June 14th 1806 baptized by Revd. Mr. James Madison
Godfathers George Minge, Braxton Harrison, Godmothers Martha Haly-
burton and Miss Susanna Armestead.
(2) Martha Dandridge Willison Born in Charles City County at Mr.
George Minges (Rowe) November 18th 1808.
(3) John Willison born in Charles City County at Mr. George Minges
(Rowe) November 17th 1810.
(4th) James Dandridge Willison was born in Charles City County at
Mr. George Minges (Rowe) February 22, 1813.
Martha Dandridge Willison departed this life on Wednesday night 3
o'clock the 25th October 1814 and buried in Mr. George Minges Family
burial ground in charles City (Rowe) on Friday the 28th Instant by the
Rev. Mr. Bowrey.
(5th) Mary Elizabeth Willison born Charles City Co. at Mr. George
Minges (Rowe) June 1st 1815.
(6) Martha Dandridge Willison born in Surry County August the 9th
1817.
John Willison departed this life on Tuesday night 12 o'clock the 29 of
December 1817, and was buried at the (Rowe) in Charles City County.
Martha Dandridge Willison departed this life on Monday night 10
o'clock 28th August 1820 and was buried at the (Rowe) Charles City
County.
John Willison departed this life at Manchester, Mississippi, Dec. 1837
and was buried in the burying ground of that town with Masonic honors.
Mary B. Willison departed this life in Petersburg on Friday night
November 16th 1839 and was buried at Blandford Church burying ground.
James Dandridge Willison was married by the Rev. Mr. Burtolk on
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Thursday June 1S39 to Miss Cathrine H. Mcintosh daughter of Gen. Wm.
Mcintosh, Fort Gibson, Ind. Ter. Issue:
(1st) Kiamesha Dandridge Willison was born June 14th 1840 near
Fort Gibson, I. T.
(2nd) William Dandridge Willison was born June 16th, 1842, near Fort
Gibson, Ind. Ter.
William Dandridge Willison departed this life 1843.
(3rd) Mary Burbidge Willison was born Nov. 25th, 1844, near Fort
Gibson, I. T.
(4th) Sallie Mcintosh Willison was born Nov. 16th, 1846, Fort Gibson,
I. T.
(5th) Rubie Dandridge Willison was born Feb. 5th, 1848, Fort Gibson,
I. T.
(6th) Sue Dandridge Willison was born Dec. 13th, 1850 near Jefferson,
Texas.
Sue Dandridge Willison, died 1851 and was buried in the family ceme-
tery.
(7th) James Dandridge Willison was born Dec. 31st, 1852, near Jeff-
erson, Texas.
Kiamesha Dandridge Willison was married to Thomas Harding Scott,
Jefferson, Texas.
(8th) Lucy Bowers Willison was born April 1861, Jefferson, Texas.
Rubie Dandridge Willison was married Feb. 5th, 1856, to Walter R.
West Red River Co., Texas.
James Dandridge Willison departed this life near Jefferson, Texas,
in the 58th year of his age on the 14th of May 1870 and was buried at the
family burying ground.
Sallie Mcintosh Willison was married Aug. 1871 to Wm. L. Hailey by
Rev. E. G. Benners, Jefferson, Texas.
Mary Burbidge Willison was married in 1872 to Geo. Shannon near
Muscogee, I. T.
Lucy Bowers Willison was married 1882 to Henry C. Fisher at Fisher
Town, Creek Nation, I.T.
James D. Willison was married to Miss Mary Mackey, Jan. 9th, 1879
by the Rev. H. F. Buckner at Texana, Cherokee Nation, I. T. Issue:
(1st) Howard Dandridge Willison was born Oct. 19th, 1879 near
Eufaula, I. T.
(2nd) Irine Bowers Willison was born June 27th, 1881, near Eufaula,
I. T.
(3rd) James Mackey Willison was born April 27th, 1885, at Gibson
Sta., I. T.
(4th) May Cathrine Willison was born April 27th, 1885, at Gibson
Sta., I. T.
May Cathrine Willison died Sept. 2nd, 1887 and was buried at family
burying ground near Gibson Sta., I.T.
(5th) Hellen Willison was born Aug. 18th, 1891, Gibson Sta., I. T.
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The Gibson Family.
For some time past I have been interested in the Gibson family and
have come into possession of some little information which may be of
service to your magazine and the public interested in this family, by
elucidating and untangling at least a few of the Jonathan Gibsons
which have been a source of complication to you and other Virginia gene-
alogists; and whereas I cannot untangle the entire family of Gibsons,
having myself come in two ways from them, I can add a few additions
and corrections which ar. authentic, being based on personal family
knowledge, one old will and som~ recent letters which were written me
within the past year by a most remarkable old lady, Mrs. Lucy E.
(Gibson) Buckner of Culpeper, Va. My great grandfather, Wm. Berry,
Taylor was son of Lieutinant Jonathan Taylor and Ann Berry. Jona-
than was 3rd son of Col. Geo. Taylor and Rachel Gibson — the daughter
of Jonathan 1 Gibson, probably the Jonathan styled Sr. of St. Marks
Parish, Orange Co., who died 1745 from accidental poisoning. He is
also probably the one who was brother of Bishop Edmund Gibson of
London, as the Bishop was born 1669, died 1748, contemporaneous.
Jonathan's marriage seems still unsolved. Now this Wm. Berry Taylor
married, 26 of November, 1795, Susan Harrison Grayson Gibson, and in
December, 1796, he moved to Kentucky and settled on a thousand acre
tract which he bought of his uncle, Col. Francis Taylor — this having
been a Revolutionary land grant signed by Patrick Henry. Here he
built a large brick house, and this homestead has remained in the family
in an unbroken line of possession until one year ago. I have recently
written an account of it for the "Kentucky Magazine of History," as
there have been two very distinguished descendants in the Navy, Rear
Admiral Robert Mallory Berry, who in 1881 commanded the Jeannette
Relief Expedition to the Arctic in search of DeLong's Party; and Rear
Admiral Hugh Rodman, prominent as Commander of our Dreadnaughts
in the late war; and desides these, many well known and representative
Kentuckians. The homes of my grandmother, Sarah Frances (Taylor)
Berry, and that of her sister, Mrs. Robert Mallory, have also remained
in the family until this past year, so the Bibles and information have
been kept intact. I tell you this to assure you that what information I
give car be relied upon. Now the wife of Wm. B. Taylor was, as I have
said, Susan Harrison Grayson Gibson, she generally signing her name
with both Harrison and Grayson in it. But her father in his will calls
her Susanna Grayson, I am inclined to think that she personally added
the Harrison after her mother who was Susanna Harrison, the wife of
Jonathan 3 Gibson of Fauquier Co., Va., who died 1791, (see will of
Thomas Harrison, Jr., Va. Mag. of Hist., Vol. 23, p. 332, which names
daughter Susanna Gibson and son-in-law Jonathan 3 Gibson). The very
old members of my family knew many of this particular branch of Gib-
sons, as my great grandfather Wm. Taylor was a very rich and generous
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man, being the largest land owner in this section, and after his wife's
eldest brother, Col. Thomas Gibson (see Hay den's account of him), had
been, by his father Jonathan Gibson, given all of the estate except slaves,
and had as promptly as possible by his dashing and extravagant ways
spent it all, his sons and daughters were gradually brought out to Ken-
tucky to be looked after by their uncle-in-law, Wm. B. Taylor. Fortu-
nately they were much beloved and there was always great intimacy.
William 7 Gibson, the eldest of Thomas and his wife Charlotte Beale,
lived at first at his aunt's, Mrs. Taylor's, and married their daughter,
Susan Taylor. I will give more of this branch later. I am not asking
you to publish this as an article, but hoping that what I can furnish
may be added to other information as you gather it, and that some thing
worth while be cleared on the Gibson family and appear in your Maga-
zine, as there are many interested.
The Jonathan Catlett Gibsons in Dr. Slaughter's Culpeper Records,
are all explained by Mrs. Buckner's Letters. I will send abstracts from
them along with this. Her information in regard to the relationship
to Bishop Edmund Gibson corresponds perfectly with all that our branch
of the family in Kentucky have been hearing for generations.
I will insert the will of Jonathan 3 of Fauquier, showing the
marriages as I knew them to have existed. Mrs. Buckner is a great
grand child of this Jonathan, her grandfather havingbeen Col. Jonathan 4
Catlett Gibson, of the Rev. married a Miss Mallory, and her father
Col. Jonathan Catlett 5 Gibson of 1812, who married first Martha Dan-
dridge Ball and married second, Mary Williams Shackleford. Mrs.
Buckner 6 of this last marriage.
I will also insert the Bible of Wm. Berry Taylor and Susan Harrison
Grayson Gibson. Some day this may be of service.
Will of Jonathan Gibson, of Fauquier Co., Va., made 22 July, 1788,
Proved 26 Sept., 1791.
1. Son Thomas married 1782 Charlotte Beale; (Fauquier Co. Rec.)
son Wm. Gibson married first Susan Taylor of Kentucky and second
Susan Gibson of Virginia.
2. Son John married Ann Eustace, 1783, is given in Fauquier Rec.
I believe this is intended for this John.
3. Daughter Ann Grayson, married Aug. 14, 1787, first wife of Col.
Jos. Blackwell, born 1755, died 15 Sept. 1823; his second wife was Mary
Waddy Brent (Hayden Genealogies) *p. 268.
4. Son Jonathan 4 Catlett married a Miss Mallory according to Mrs.
Lucy E. Buckner of Culpeper.
5. Daughter Susanna Grayson, married 26 Nov. 1795, Wm. Berry
Taylor, settled in Kentucky, my great grandmother.
6. Daughter Mary married 7 Dec. 1797, William Mallory; Sons Robt.
M. C. and son Gibson, daughter Hannah married Edwin Gibson, her
first cousin.
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7. Grand daughter Margaret Catlett Gibson:
Grand daughter, child of daughter Ann Grayson Blackwell.
Niece Margaret Adie:
Witnessed by John Mauzy and Mathew Harrison; Exr. Benjamin
Harrison, a brother-in-law, Joseph Blackwell, son-in-law going on his
bond. *On p. 326, vol. 23 Va. Mag. it states "Col. Jos. Blackwell,
married first 14 Aug. 1787, Ann Grayson Gibson, daughter of Col. John
Gibson of Fauquier Co., and MaryWaddy (Brent) Gibson. I can not
understand this statement, and believe it is incorrect, the will above
cited disproving it. Hayden names children Susan Gibson Blackwell
and Wm. Taylor Blackwell, born 1793, and Ann Grayson Blackwell.
Fitzhugh Catlett left some information taken from old Catlett Bibles *
One states that
John Catlett 3rd married for his first wife Miss Taliaferro and had a
son John 4 , married Alice 2 Gibson.
John Catlett 3rd married for his second wife Mary Grayson, 20 Oct.
1726; their daughter Mary Catlett married Jonathan 2 Gibson, Jr., who
with his sister Alice 2 were children of Jonathan 1 Sr., Burgess and Justice
for Caroline, 1736-38-40. Was of Orange and of the Vestry of St. Marks.
He also states that "their son was Col. Catlett Gibson, married Martha
Dandridge Ball". This is a mistake as Mrs. Buckner writes that her
father's first wife was this M. D. Ball, and that his father was Jonathan
Catlett 4 Gibson who married Miss Mallory .
My conclusions are that the first Jonathan 1 Gibson died 1745 and left
a son, Jonathan 2 , Jr., of Carolina and King George. He is the one
who married Mary Catlett and that their son was Jonathan 3 Gibson
who died Fauquier Co., 1791. He names children with Catlett and Gray-
son in their names — his mother having been a Catlett and her mother
a Grayson. I will send you copies of these letters of Mrs. Lucy Ellen
(Gibson) Buckner. Her grandfather, Col. Jonathan Catlett 4 Gibson,
of Rev. and her father Col. Jonathan Catlett 5 Gibson of 1812.
Fitzhugh Catlett also stated that Margaret Catlett, daughter of John
Catlett 2nd, who died 1724, had married John Gibson of Orange, but
that the Jonathan was called John. I believe it was intended for John
as stated in Bible, and not Jonathan at all, because Rachel Gibson (who
married Col. George Taylor) was born 4 May, 1717, and Margaret Catlett
was left an estate in 1724 if she never married. She forfeited it to marry.
I believe that she married the brother of Rachel 2 instead of her having
been the mother of Rachel. That leaves us still with no definite mar-
riage for the 1st Jonathan 1 Gibson in this country, the father of Rachel.
I am also inclined to think that Rachel 2 had a sister Alice 2 who married
John Catlett 4th and a brother John 2 married Margaret Catlett; besides
a brother Jonathan 2 , Jr., who married Mary Catlett, a niece of Margaret
Catlett above mentioned.
In these theories I may be wrong, but up to the present I have found
nothing that disproves them. And I am in hopes that it may be of ser-
vice and yield fruit and can be substantiated.
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Bible ofWm. Berry Taylor and Susan Harrison Grayson (Gibson)
Taylor, of Oldham Co., Ky.
William B. Taylor, born 26 Feb., 1768; died 2 Feb., 1836; married 26
Nov., 1795, Susanna Harrison Gibson, born 26 Nov., 1775; died 23 Feb.,
1838.
Ann Berry Gibson Taylor, born 10 May, 1798, married Thomas Throck-
morton Barbour.
Mary Berry Taylor, born Feb., 1800, married William Todd Barbour.
(Sons of Thomas Barbour and Mary Taylor of Va.)
Elizabeth Coates Taylor, born 28 Jan., 1802, married Dr. William
Willett.
Francis Madison Taylor, born 10 June, 1804; died at 19 years.
William Berry Taylor, died young.
John Gibson Taylor, born 25 July, 1810, married Oretta Barnes.
Susan Harrison Gibson Taylor, born 7 Nov., 1812; married her 1st
cousin William Gibson, son of Col. Thomas and Charlotte Beale.
Sarah Frances Taylor, born 5 April, 1815; married Edmond Taylor
Berry, daughter Alice E. Berry married S. F. J. Trabue.
Mathilda Catherine Taylor, born 30 April, 1820, married Hon. Robert
Mallory M. C, her 1st cousin, son of Mary Gibson.
William Willett Taylor, born 4 March, 1823, married Alice Sandford.
Some of the Gibsons have heen quite prominent in Virginia and their
descendants there and in other localities, and I have been sorry that
there has been no little investigated about them. After my experience
with Mrs. Buckner, I felt encouraged to look further for more infor-
mation.
With the hope that this may prove useful, I am
Very truly,
(Miss) Alice E. Trabue.
P. S.
The Colonial Services ascribed to Jonathan 1 Gibson, Sr., died 1745,
of Orange, may have been held in part by the 2nd Jonathan 2 ; they both
held lands in Orange ana probably other counties, also Caroline, King
George, Essex, etc., until they are hard to unravel.
My dear Miss Trabue:
I received your letter, it was interesting to me and I read it with
pleasure. I wish I could aid you in researches, but am afraid I cannot
do so. I am only a member of the Gibson family and by no means a
genealogist or predisposed to be an expert in that science.
I will, however, give you some particulars of my immediate family
which may interest you.
My father was Col. Jonathan Catlett Gibson, he enlisted in Orange
•Co. in a company and fought in the war of 1812, and with his regiment,
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saw the Capitol burned and helped to drive the British from Washington.
At the close of the war, he studied law in the office of his brother John
Gibson, in the little city of Dumfries in Prince William Co., Va. This
indicates that the two names were considered in England separate and
distinct and the same iteration occurs in many families in the United
States. It pleases me to know that the name of Jonathan descended
from the Bishop's Brother, who certainly showed a friendly interest in
our family. If my brother, Col. Jonathan Catlett Gibson (a Civil War
veteran), claimed to have seen the letters (there were three of them)
he certainly did as it was no secret in the family. Unfortunatey they
were burned in my fathers office in the Civil War. They would have
been of no worldly value as the Bishop had married, but we would have
prized them as heirlooms. Many valuable presents were sent to our
family by the Bishop's descendants. I handled his prayer book he used
in his last days. My brother had it.
In every generation, since I could remember, there have been Jonathans
as I told you my father was Jonathan Catlett Gibson, my brother was
Jonathan Catlett Gibson and his grandson of the same name is now Lieu-
tenant in our Army in France.
I have always known we were connected with the families of Taylors,
Harrisons, Pendletons, Eustaces, Catletts and others, but as I have led
the life of a busy housekeeper on a farm, I have provided no data to re-
cord their marriages; if I had they would have been destroyed during
the Civil War. The Gibson family is one of the largest in this country.
I would not be surprised if I were to go to the Island of Madagascar to
find a descendant of the Gibson family there. The immediate descend-
ants of the Gibson family as they came from England were large and
wealthy planters. To that class General Washington and his wife be-
longed. The next generation were comfortable farmers and good livers;
to that class my father belonged, he was also a successful lawyer. His
first wife was Martha Dandridge Ball, a near relative of the Washing-
tons. She died and left two daughters, Frances Ann and Martha Dan-
dridge, named for Washington's wife.
My father then married Mary Williams Shackleford, who had twelve
children. I am the second child of the last wife, now very old (91); the
rest are all dead.
I have written you a gossiping letter. Hoping that if not satisfactory,
it will be agreeable.
I am yours truly,
Lucy E. Buckner."
I will copy the others only in parts as there are many side remarks
not bearing on the genealogical side and of no value in research. This
was about August, 1918.
NOTES AND QUERIES 75
2nd Letter.
Sept. 27, 1918.
Dear Miss Trabue:
Although I have not replied to your last letter, I have not lost sight of
the subject of our correspondence.
My uncle John Gibson (better known as Col. Jack Gibson) settled
first in "Dumfries", a small city in Prince William County, much fre-
quented by the elite of the county, but settled principally by merchants.
. My uncle Jack Gibson married a daughter
of one of these Frenchmen, a Miss Muschette.
The city was gradually deserted. My uncle retired to a farm in Prince
William Co., where he practiced law and kept an open house in accordance
with old English ideas. He did not have any childred but raised several
nephews, all of whom were killed in the civil war.
Our Virginia Bishop has made our acquaintance and claimed us as re-
lations (Bishop Robert Gibson). I regret that we have no Coat of
Arms. It was destroyed when the correspondence was burned and we
do not remember it. If I hear anything more of interest on the subject,
I will communicate to you. I am flattered that you should think my
letters of any consideration.
Your truly,
Lucy E. Buckner.
3rd Letter.
October 10, 1918.
My Dear Miss Trabue:
I received your last letter two days ago, with the beautiful and very
acceptable present of the Coat of Arms of the Gibson family. It is
particularly interesting now that the English Colonies have all rallied
to the support of the Mother Country.
We are proud of being descended from a family that produced Bishop
Edmund Gibson, and such a superb literature. Thank you again for
your ingenious copy; you must be an artist. And now to business. My
grandfather married a Miss Mallory he had five sons: John, Jonathan,
Thomas, Edwin and William. You know how Col. Jack and Jonathan,
my father married. Thomas and William both married sisters, Miss
Grays. Edwin married his first cousin, Hannah Mallory, a good deal of
this kind of thing was done in Eastern Virginia at that time.
My memory does not extend any further back than my grandfather's
immediate family. Grandfather Gibson had four daughters. Frances
and Nancy, Betsy married a Terrell. The two latter married planters,
the two first did not marry at all. They were thoroughbred ladies, all,
and would have appeared well in any society. They lived to a good old
age, except Susan Wishing that I could really have helped
you, I am truly your friend,
Lucy E. Buckner.
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4th Letter.
Oct. 2G, 1918.
My dear cousin:
I am very proud indeed to claim you as a kinswoman. I have no doubt
you are correct in you researches, but my memory does not extend fur-
ther back than my paternal Grandfather Jonathan Gibson.
My father was Col. Jonathan Catlett Gibson, who fought in the War
of 1812, and my mother drew a pension. She was his second wife, twenty
years younger than he was. She was Mary Milliams Shackleford of
French extraction. You know his first wife was Martha Dandridge
Ball, cousin of George Washington and named for his wife.
To resume my remarks about the Gibson family, my uncle John was
the head of the family as the oldest son. He had a large landed estate
in Prince William Co. His residence was not a castle by any means but
an old Colonial of four stories with smaller houses on each side. One
side with chambers for men of the family and office for Library. On the
other side kitchen and other domestic buildings. A kitchen garden
and a garden where every variety of flowers were cultivated. Much of
my young days were spent there. As I am a failure as a genealogist,
I have become a gossip. My uncle was a very handsome man, immacu-
ate in his dress and deportment, and I often thought he looked like a
French Noble just stepped down from the canvass.
I can account for that now since he must have had some French blood.
A type of men sometimes survives many generations. I forgot to say
that the name of the place is "Fleetwood", being historic from the fact
of its being the winter quarters of a large part of the Federal army three
miles from the town of Brandy where a battle was fought. Three miles
from Cedar mountain where another important battle was fought. You
know Virginia was the battle ground. My uncle entertained visitors
not only sometimes but all the time, the best people as well as the poor-
est. I dont suppose any noble in England ever enjoyed more comfort or
kept a better table, all the products of the cities. He had a large number
of slaves and his wife never did a "hands turn" of work in her life.
(Here is a description of the negro quarters.)
I did not hear there any dissatisfaction with slavery. My uncle
loved the mother country and wrote to England for a souvenir of
the Bishop. They sent him from the palace of the Bishop a box con-
taining a full dinner service of rare old china and cut-glass. It came
across the Atlantic with one slight accident, a plate was broken and
he sent it back to England and had it riveted with silver. I have
been told that "Fleetwood" was almost destroyed during the Civil War.
My aunt had all of her silver and everything of value stolen.
My Father and my uncle John were two of Nature's noblemen, but
they were different. My Father, though he fought against Great Britain,
NOTES AND QUERIES 77
was a more typical Englishman in his appearance, habits and tastes.
He loved sports, kept stables of race horses and valued them. Of course
he did not make any thing for it is said of the Gibsons that they die poor,
but they are honorable, truthful and unselfish.
As for my brothers, my eldest brother was killed on the way to Gettys-
burg. Col. Jonathan Catlett Gibson was an officer in the Confederate
Army, wounded badly three times, a widely known and successful Lawyer.
Hon. Eustace Gibson so badly wounded he was retired from the Army
and served four times in Congress from West Virginia, died finally of
his wounds, was considered more than an average lawyer and orator.
Edwin Gibson fought through four years with Mosby without a scratch,
and died from an accident. All of the family have died and I alone am
left. Being next the oldest child, of course I am very old, 91. I am living
with my grand-daughter and her husband, Mi. Raleigh T. Green, Editor
of Culpeper Exponent, Culpeper, Va.
Very truly your friend and relative,
Lucy E. Buckner.
Rucker — Vawter— Medley — Shelton — May — Burton.
In Va. Mag., Vol. XIX, No. 2, April, 1911. p. 198, is query by Mrs.
B. H. R., of Rolla, Mo. I can answer a part of her query.
In Will Book 1, at p. 248, Orange C. H., is will of John Rucker, date
"XI" Jan'y 1742, proven, 28, Jan'y 1742; names his wife Susannah and
his 12 children and among them "Peter". Appts. wife Susannah, son
Peter Rucker and friend George Taylor Exors.
In same Will Book at p. 299, is will of Peter Rucker, date, 18th. Jan'y,
1742-3, proven 23 Feb. 1743; lends to wife Elizabeth Rucker, all estate,
real and personal during life, and after her death gives certain personal
property to daughter Margaret Tinsley and son-in-law Isaac Tinsley;
son Ephraim Rucker and to daughter Ann Cook and son-in-law Shem
Cook, and balance to be sold and divided among his children by name
as follows: Thomas Rucker, Elizabeth Pearce, Wm. Rucker, Mary
Offott, James Rucker, Ephraim Rucker and Ann Cook. Appts. James
Rucker and Ephraim Rucker Exors.
On Oct. 6, 1917, I found in Will Book A. in Culpeper C. H., at p. 65,
the will of John Vawter, from which I made the following notes:
Date, 23, May, 1748. "I John Vawter of Essex County", Proven in
Culpeper County, 16 Nov., 1752. All personal estate, as well in Orange
County as in Essex County be not apportioned but sold at auction and
pay just debts and remainder be divided as follows — One third part to
loving wife Margaret Vawter, the rest to be equally divided among my
children namely, Winifred, Bartholomew, Richard, Margaret, Angus and
David Vawter.
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2ndly. What land I have I give as follows — the land I purchased of
young Hawkins I lend to my wife for life — 150 acr.es, and after her death
to my son Bartholomew Vawter, paying to my son Angus Vawter twenty
pounds, the son David Vawter fifty pounds. 3rdly. To daughter Wini-
fred Vawter, 130 acres which was given me by my father-in-law Daniel
Noel.
4th. "To my daughter Margaret Rucker 150 acres at the Great
Mountains, that which lays most convenient to her."
5th. The remainder of the tract being 500 acres, be equally divided by
an east and west line in two parts; and I give to my son Richard Vawter
his choice, and the other to my son Angus Vawter.
6th. To my son David Vawter three hundred and eighty acres ad-
joining the old Ct House (?) tract in Orange County to him and his heirs
forever.
Appoints wife Margaret and son Bartholomew Executors.
Witnesses — Edward Vawter, Eliza. Vawter, Samuel Vawter.
In same Will Book A, at p. 138, is will of Margaret Vawter, of Culpeper
Co. of date, 18 Sept. 1756, and proven, 21 Oct. 1756.
Gives to son David Vawter certain personal property and he to pay
his sister Winifred McBen fifty shillings. To son Angus Vawter, a negro.
"Unto Ephraim Rucker and Margaret his wife," a negro.
"Remainder to my sons Richard Vawter, and Angus Vawter and my
daughter Winifred McBen." Appoints Ephraim Rucker Executor.
According to Mrs. Grace Vawter Bickncll in her first book — "The
Vawter Family." who says at p. 4. "(1691). 2. John, son of John 1 ,
married a Beverly (probably). Children: Bartholomew, Angus, Richard,
Beverly, David, Margaret, Winifred."
Mrs. Bicknell doubtless never saw the above wills, and I have found
nothing to indicate that there was a son, Beverly Vawter. At pp. 24,
25, &c.,Mrs Bicknell quotes from the MS. of Col. John Vawter, born Jan.
8, 1782, who gives a remarkably accurate and concise history of the early
Vawters in America, and he gives the same children as named in the wills
above.
Col. John 5 Vawter gives his pedigree as follows : son of Jesse 4 , David 3 ,
John 2 , John 1 , who came from England to Virginia with his brothers,
Bartholomew and Angus, prior to 1700.
Another will I found in Culpeper, gave much genealogical data I was
very glad to find and may help Mrs. B. H. R. It is in same Will Book A,
at p. 203, and is that of the old bachelor, Robert Medley, of Culpeper
Co., "being sick and weak" &c; of date 9 Aug. 1759, proven 20 Sept.
1759, and my notes from same are as follows:
"I give my beloved Cousin" (.. ? ..nephew) "Ambrose Medley son
to Jacob Medley my Manor Plantation with 200 acres of land and in case
NOTES AND QUERIES 79
he should die without issue that then the said land and Plantation shall
fall to Reuben Medley, son to said Jacob Medley, and that if the said
Reuben Medley should die without issue, the said land and Plantation
shall fall to my beloved brother Jacob Medley. I give to my brother-
in law Reuben Shelton 200 acres joining my Plantation during his life
and after death to fall to his eldest son Thomas Shelton."
"I give to my Honored Mother Ellinor Medley 5 pounds cash if she
be living and if dead to fall to Thomas Hundley for the education of
his children."
"To beloved brother James Medley my riding mare."
"To beloved brother Isaac Medley 15 pounds cash."'
"To my brother-in-law May Burton 15 pounds and after his death to
fall to his son May Burton, Jun."
"To beloved brother John Medley 10 pounds and after his death his
son John, Jr."
"To my Cousin" (niece) "Susanna Medley 15 pounds and after her
death to her sister Elizabeth and in case Elizabeth died without issue
to her sister Ellinor Medley."
To my brother Jacob Medley 10 pounds. "Remainder of estate "to
be sold and divided among all my friends above mentioned." Appoints
bros. John and Jacob Medley Exors. and they qualified.
Query.
David Vawter, born in Essex Co.,Va., in 1790, married Mary Rucker,
who survived him, and she married 2nd, a Mr Rentfrow and
died in Kentucky.
David Vawter lived in Orange Co. from about 1760 until his death.
Old Orange Co. Order Book shows: "March 1785, Wm. Vawter
granted administration on estate of David Vawter, deceased."
David Vawter and wife, Mary Rucker, had following children: Jesse,
born Dec. 1, 1755; William, born , 175- (?); Philemon, Wini-
fred, Margaret and Mary.
William Vawter was a soldier in the Rev. War, and married Mary
Rucker. as shown by the original marriage bond in Orange C. H. of
date, 19th June, 1784. They removed at an early day to Versailles,
Woodford Co., Ky., and where they were still living in 1810, as shown
by U. S. Census of that year, and had 9 whites in family and 14 slaves.
Later he moved to Boone Co., Ky., where he died Nov. 27, 1823.
The names of the parents, with all genealogical data, desired of these
two Mary Ruckers.
The foregoing wills of John and Margaret Vawter and Robert Medley,
as also the wills of James Collins, James Clark and others, in Culpeper
Co., examined by me and found to contain most valuable genealogical
data, are not shown in Green's Notes on Culpeper County.
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Colonel George Wilson
Four years ago, you published an article about Lieut. Col. George
Wilson, with affidavits of his disappearance in February 1777, and added
a paragraph that this might be the same man as Lieut. Col. George
Wilson of the 8th Penna. Regiment, killed at Quibblestown, N. J., in
February, 1777. It was the same man. First, because there was no-
other Lieut. Col. George Wilson killed in the Revolution. Second,
because the first affidavit was made by a Fayette County, Pa., man,
and Fayette Co., which had in 1777 been Bedford Co., was the home of
Lieut. Col. George Wilson of the 8th Pa.
According to the Histories of Western Pa., of Westmoreland Co.,
Pa., and Bedford and Fayette and Cumberland Counties, and to the Pa.
Archives and to contemporary official documents published in the Pa.
Archives, George Wilson was born in Augusta Co., Va. He fought as-
an officer in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762, lived in Cumberland
County, Pa., was a Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace, and Lieut. CoL
of the 8th Pa., being killed at Quibblestown, N. J., February, 1777, and
is said to be there buried, the place being now called New Market. He
called his place in Bedford Co., Pa., Springhill, after his old home place
in Augusta Co., Va., The township there was than called Springhill
township, and still exists as such in Fayette Co., which was set off from
Bedford in 1783. This use of the name Springhill is ehough to identify
the man, without any other evidence.
In 1783, we find an application made for a Revolutionary Pension by
Mrs. Samuel Williams, Sabina Williams, stating that she was the widow
of Lieut. Col. George Wilson, and living in Fayette Co., Pa., and that
in 1781 she had married Samuel Williams.
I am desirous to know the maiden name of Sabina Wilson, where she
was born, where she married George Wilson, and what children they
had.
I also would like to know if he was the son of Col. John Wilson of Au-
gusta Co., Va., born 1702, and died 1773.
I would appreciate it if any of your readers will enlighten me.
Thanking you,
Faithfully,
George E. Fleming.
Box 419, City Hall Station, New York City.
NOTES AND QUERIES 81
LIST OF TITHABLES IN VA. TAKEN 1773.
Accomack 3660
Albemarle 333S
Amelia 5308
Amherst 2452
Augusta 2792
Bedford 2300
Botetourt 2014
Brunswick 4054
Buckingham 1817
Berkeley
Caroline 4596
Charles City 1959
Charlotte 1930
Chesterfield 3251
Culpeper 4134
Cumberland 3661
Dinwiddie 2985
Dunmore
Elizabeth City 1212
Essex 2850
Fairfax 2508
Fauquier 3115
Frederick 5406
Fincastle
Gloucester 4238
Goochland 2238
Halifax 2047
Hampshire 939
Hanover 4413
Henrico 2329
James City 1872
Isle of Wight 2182
King George 1968
King & Queen 2928
King William 2765
Lancaster 1990
Loudoun 3126
Louisa 2283
Lunenburg 1720
Middlesex 1407
Mecklenburg 2611
Nansemond 2934
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New Kent 2181
Norfolk 4286
Northampton 2000
Northumberland 2922
Orange 2071
Pittsylvania 2198
Prince Edward 1885
Prince George 2490
Princess Ann 2416
Prince William 2222
Eichmond 2443
Southampton 2859
Spottsylvania 2518
Stafford 2675
Surry . . 1952
Sussex 2787
Warwick 816
Westmoreland 2701
York 2524
76061
79217
155278
Tithables in Dinwiddle 1767 — 2864
Lunenburg 1769 — 1585
Amelia 4903
From Amelia County Order Book 1766 — 69
Noted in back of book.
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William Lovelace, Sergeant at Law
(Great Grand lather of Ann (Lovelace) Gorsuch)
GENEALOGY 83
GENEALOGY.
GORSUCH— LOVELACE: A CORRECTION.
Through a printer's error that was interpolated in the conclud-
ing instalment of the Gorsuch genealogy in the July-October 1919
number of The Virginia Magazine (Vol. xxvii; pp. 388-390) two
pages of reading matter from uncorrected type forms which had al-
ready appeared in its proper place and in corrected form in the April
1919 number (Vol. xxvii; pp. 200-202). Confusion will therefore be
avoided if under the sketch of Lovelace Gorsuch* of Dorchester County,
the interested reader will run a pencil through the text beginning on
page 388, line 29, with the words "Elisha* Gorsuch," etc, and ex-
tending to page 390, line 29, ending with the words "Both living
1844".
THE LOVELACE FAMILY AND ITS CONNEC-
TIONS.
By J. Hall Pleasants, Baltimore, Md.
(Continued.)
V. Sergeant William Lovelace 6 (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , Wil-
liam 4 ). Born about 1525-1530. He succeeded his father as proprietor of
Lovelace Place. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1549, and called
to the bar in 1551. Elected a member of Parliament for Canterbury
in 1558, he was returned on three subsequent occasions (Hasted's
Kent; 2 ed.; ix; 54) He was doubtless attached to the doctrine of
the Reformation as he was appointed July 19th, 1559, with William,
Earl of Pembroke, John Jewell the celebrated Bishop of Salisbury,
and Henry Parry, on an important commission for the Establishment
of Religion. He was raised to the rank of Serjeant^at-Law in 1567,
and attained great eminence in his profession. He served as one
of the Justices of Assize for Oxfordshire, 27 February, 1571. He
died March 23rd, 1577, the St. Alphage register under date of April
1st, 1577, containing the entry: "Sereiant Lovelas died the xxiijti
day of Marche last past in London and was buryed in the body of
Christe Churche" [i. e. Canterbury Cathedral]. In the nave of the
Cathedral a raised tombe bearing his "portrait in long robes" with
that of his first wife, Anne Lewes, existed until this portion of the
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Cathedral was newly paved early in the nineteenth century (Has-
ted's Kent; 2 ed.; ix; 387). There must have been something re-
markable about his death for May 3rd, 1577, Henry Binneman paid
"vy d. and a copie" to the Stationers' Company, London, for the
right to print "The Brief e Course of the Accidents of the Death of
Mr. Serjeant Lovelace."
Sergeant Lovelace 5 married twice and left issue by both wives.
His first wife was Anne, daughter of Bobert Lewes*, Alderman, and
Mayor of Canterbury in 1536 (Hasted's Kent; 2 ed.; xii; 606). She
was buried February 25th, 1569, in the Cathedral. She left no will.
He married secondly, about 1570, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas
White and the widow of Thomas Carrell. The will of ' ' Mary Love-
lace of Southwarneborne, Hants and St. Martin's, Ludgate, London,
widow of William Lovelace Serjeant at the law", dated January
25th, 1577-8, proved April 29th, 1578, requests that she be buried at
South Warnborough, Hants. She names her previous husband Thomas
Carrell, her daughters Frances Carrell and Mabel Lovelace, both un-
der twenty-one, several White brothers and sisters, and her step-
children William, Thomas and Mary Lovelace ( Prerogative Court,
of Canterbury, 1578; Langley 17). The portrait of Sergeant Lovelace
reproduced here is from a contemporary painting in the Dulwich
Gallery, London, dated "AN°DNI, 1576", and displays the Love-
lace arms with the motto "Virtute duce" (Gallery No. 372). It is
painted on a panel (26 x 22 inches) and shows the Sergeant in his
red robes. t
His will and the lengthy inquisition post mortem upon his land-
ed estate, show that he left a very large number of properties in
various parts of Kent, including among others Lovelace Place in
Bethersden, "one house and the site of the Grey Friars in the City
of Canterbury", and the old "Hospital of St. Laurence near the
walls of Canterbury". (For inquisition see Archaeologia Cantiana; x;
201-2). The purchase of this last property involved him and his heirs
in a long law suit with Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
*It was probably this same Robert Lewes, described as of Len-
ham, co. Kent, whose estate was administered upon October 24, 1567,
by his widow Margaret Lewes, with a note that he died in Ireland
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Administrations — The Genealogist;
i; 81.
tExcellent copies in oil of the same size as the originals, have
recently been made of the three portraits now in the Dulwich Gal-
lery, London, of Serjeant William Lovelace 6 , his son Sir William
Lovelace 8 , the elder, and his grandson Sir William Lovelace 7 , the
younger. These were copied by Mrs. Strother-Stewart of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, an English artist, for Mr. Walter de Curzon Poultney
of Baltimore, a descendant of the Lovelaces, and are now in his col-
lection. The illustrations reproduced in the Magazine are from photo-
graphs of the originals at Dulwich.
GENEALOGY 85
"Grey Friars" was used as his Canterbury residence by his son, Sir Wil-
liam Lovelace 6 . The will of Sergeant William Lovelace 6 , dated July 20th,
1576, with a codicil March 21st, 1577, and probated in the Preroga-
tive Court of Canterbury (1577; Daughtry 15), May 9th, 1577, is a
lengthy document, an abstract of which follows:
I William Lovelace, esquier, serviant at lawe, do make my
last will and testament this 20th day of Julie, 157fi, in manner
and forme following: I bequethe my soule to Almightie God,
my Maker and Eedemer, trusting by the merits of the passion of
Jesus Christe to be partaker of the heavenlie Joyes; and ray
body to the earth, to be buried in the bodie of the cathedrall
churche of Canterburye, betweene the twoo pillers near where my
first weiff Anne, the daughter of Eobert Lewes, sometyme mayor
of Cantreburie, lyeth buried yff my bodie may be convientlie so
farre carried. I will to be bestowed amongest the poore of the
cittie on the day of my buriall, £6 13s 4d.; to the hospital of St.
Johnes I give 20s., and to the hospital of Harboldowne, 13s 4d.
To everie one of my servants that hath yearlie wages, a yeares
wages, and to remaine in my house by the space of one monethe
till they can be provided of service; and such of my householde
servants and clerkes as have not wages, to be considered by the
discrecion of my executours. Everie of my servants shall hav9
a black coate at my deathe; and I will that some convenient
tombe shall be made over me. I give to my daughter Marye that
I had by my first wieff, £200, and the like sum to my daughter
Mable that I had by my second wieff Marie, the daughter of Sir
Thomas White, to be ymployed to their fynding after my death;
and if either of them dye before they shalbe maried or not of
thage of one and twentie years, the overlyver to have the por-
cion of her so dying. To my loving frende Mr. William Bewell
of Cornewall, one of my geldinges, to be chosen by my execu-
tours. Forasmuche as it is not almost possible that any can in
particularities provide order for all things, therefore I leave to
my Executours or moast of them sufficient auctoritie to use
their discrecions in all things as occasion shall offer and shalbe
to them thought best. I make my Executours William Lovelace,
my eldest sonne, Vincent Engeham, esquier, Eicharde Cooke,
gent., John Crispe and William Morebredd, and I give [to each]
a mourning gowne and a ringe of 40s. and my name therein to
be written ; and I make my loveing frendes Sir Eichard Baker
and Sir Thomas Scott, Knightes, overseers of the same, to
either of whom I give the like rings. I give to my wife Marie the
use of all such household stuff, Jewells, plate and goodes as she
will herself during her lief. To my daughter Marie, her own
mother's billamentes of goulde and her rynges; and to my
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daughter Mable her mother's jewels and rynges, if they live to
be maried. All the rest) of my goodes to my son William at
21 or, in the event of his death, to my son Thomas at 21. Tc
my sister Margaret Austen [Cooke?] now being widdow, £5.
This is my last will as touching all my landes and tenements:
My wieff shall have oute of the same £60 yerlie for her dower.
I give to my son Thomas in tail male my manor and parsonage of
Newenham and my manor of Monkton Mylfield. My executours
shall take the yssues and profits of the rest and accompte for
the same to my sonne William at his age of 21, the fyndings
of my children to Sehole and chardges of their education being
deducted. In default of heires male to my sonnes, I will all
myne in heritance in Bethresdence, co. Kent, unto Thomas Love-
lace of Kingesdowne, esquier, being my cosen jarman, and suche
heires of his bodie. In witness whereof I have hereunto setto
my hande and seale and written all withe my hande.
WILLLIAM LOVELACE.
Witnesses of the will: Thomas Howtaine, Leonarde Love-
lace, Thomas Wyn.
A codicill added 21 Marche 19 Elizabeth |"1577"]. If my wieff
will inhabite in any of my messuages, I do allow that unto her
so to do, deducting half the yearlie value thereof in her annuity.
I appoint for my executours Mr. Vincent Engeham, Mr. John
Crispe, sone to the late lieutenante of Dover Castell, Mr. An-
thony Sentleger, John Barker and William Lovelace, my eldest
sonne; and Mr. Justice Sowthcote to be overseer onelie. Writ-
ten all with my owne hande.
W. LOVELACE.
Witnesses of the codicill: Stephen White, Thomas Hovenden,
Thomas Howtaine, John Turner.
Proved 9 May 1577 by Vincent Engleman and Anthony Sen-
tleger, with power reserved, etc., for the other executors.
Issue of Sergeant William Lovelace 5 (John 1 , Bichard 2 , William 8 ,
William 4 ) and his 1st wife Anne Lewes:
i Margery Lovelace 8 (John 1 , Bichard 2 , William 3 , William 4 , Wil-
liam 6 ). Buried July 6th, 1560.
ii Nicholas Lovelace 8 (John 1 , Bichard 2 , William 3 , William 4 , Wil-
liam 6 ). Buried February 1st, 1560-1.
iii Bichard Lovelace 6 (John 1 , Bichard 2 , William 3 , William 4 , Wil-
liam 6 ). Baptized September 14th, 1560; buried September 11th,
1561, at St. Alphage.
iv William Lovelace 6 (John 1 , Bichard 2 , William 3 , William 4 , Wil-
liam 6 ). Baptized September 30th, 1561; buried October 12th,
Sir William Lovelace
of Bethersden and Gray Friars
(Grandfather of Ann (Lovelace) Gorsueh)
GENEALOGY 87
1628; married Elizabeth Aucher. Knight and proprietor of Love-
lace Place. See sketch post. VI.
v Thomas Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William*, Wil-
liam 6 ). Baptized April 25th, 1563. Died October 23rd, 1591;
buried at Bethersden. This may be the pilgrim to Rome of thi3
name, 1583. He inherited the parsonage of Newenham under
his father's will. Died without issue.
vi Mary Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William*, William 5 ).
Baptized October 8, 1564. The statement in Hasted's Kent that
it was this Mary Lovelace who married her cousin Richard
Lovelace of Kingsdown, Kent, is apparently incorrect ( Arch-
aeologist Cantania xx; 60-61). It is this Richard Lovelace of
Kingsdown whose daughter Margaret married, August 24, 1619,
Henry Coke, son of the Chief Justice, and became the ancestress
of the earls of Leicester; some biographers have confused him
with Richard Lovelace 8 , the poet.
vii Anne Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William*, William 5 ).
Baptized December 6th, 1567; died in infancy.
Issue of Sergeant William Lovelace 5 (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 ,
William*) and his 2nd wife Mary (White) Carrell:
viii Jane Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William*, Wil-
liam 5 ). Born about 1570: buried July 29th, 1572.
ix Mabel Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William*, Wil-
lam 5 ). Baptized August 19th, 1572; living 1577.
VI. Sir William Lovelace*, knight (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 ,
William*, William 5 ). Baptized September 30th, 1561, at St Alphage,
Canterbury. His principal residence was Lovelace Place, Bethers-
den, although his latter days were spent in Canterbury. While
still a minor he was obliged to pay £800 to Chief Baron Manwood
as a result of the law suit which he had inherited from his father in
connection with the title to the "Hospital of St. Laurence", Man-
wood having postponed active proceedings until after the Sergeant's
death, notwithstanding his profession at that time that ' ' as the
Sergeant was dead it was time their quarrels were forgotten".
Not long afterwards young Lovelace's aunt, Margaret Cooke, pleaded
with the Baron to settle the suit as her nephew "was but young,
fatherless and almost without friends." Manwood replied "he might
hang himself or sell his land" but clear the title he must. Wil-
liam Lovelace* appears in 1588, 1590, 1594, 1613 and 1627 in the
Bethersden parish records (Archaeoligia Cantiana; x; 203-4). There
seems no question that it was this William Lovelace who was ad-
mitted to Grey's Inn in 1580. He married, about 1580-1581, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Edward Aucher, Esq. of Bishopsbourne, Kent, of
the distinguished family of that name. The Aucher family will be
considered in a later paper.
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William Lovelace 8 was knighted for the part which he took in
suppressing the rebellion in Ireland, as is shown by the following:
"July 30, 1599, Sir William Lovelace [was] knighted by the
Earl of Essex, lord Lieutenant of Ireland at the rising of the camp
after the fight in Ophaly" [Offaly] (Shaw's Knights of England;
ii; 97). There is a letter from John Wightgift, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, to Sir Eobert Cecil, Elizabeth's Secretary of State, dated
January 8th, 1601-2, which reads: "Sir William Lovelace, Knight,
my very good friend and neighbour of Canterbury, having wholly
addicted himself to martial affairs, is very desirous to be employed
that way in her Majesty's service. And therefore I request that
you will have him in remembrance — From Lambeth the viiith of
January, 1601." (Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquis of
Salisbury Hist. MSS. Comm.; 1910;; p. 9). Whether he received
this appointment or not is not known, but November 27th, 1604,
license was given "to Sir Wm. Lovelace to serve in the wars under
any Christian State or Prince in league with his Majesty during
pleasure". (Calendar State Papers — Domestic; 1603-1610; 171). His
military career has not been traced. He was a member of the Vir-
ginia Company and incorporator of the Third Virginia Charter, 1614
(Brown's Genesis; ii; 545, 939). In 1620 he was one of the magis-
trates of Kent who made the rate ( Archaeologia Cantiana; x; 204)
In 1624 he seems to have successfully contested Canterbury for Par-
liament in the court interest, for we have a certain Simon Penny,
when examined, ' ' desiring time to answer whether he had said that
Sir William Lovelace had crossed himself before the French and
Spanish Ambassadors, or intimated that he was a Papist, when
urging some one to vote for Mr. Scott and Mr. Denne, rather than for
Sir Wm. Lovelace, who is Captain of the City." {Calendar of State
Papers — Domestic; 1623-1625; 155, 165). He was a correspondent of
Sir Dudley Carlton in 1617, 1618 and 1619, as may be seen by re-
ference to the. Calendar of State Papers. He died in October, 1629
in his 69th year, having survived his wife, his son William and his
only daughter Lady Mabel Collimore. His will shows that he was
living at the time of his death in his "House of the Grey Friars".
This picturesque old building, lying within the walls of the city of
Canterbury, which he had inherited from his father, and portions of
which are still standing, was built partly on some graceful old
Gothic arches over the stream. The illustration of Grey Friars re-
produced here is taken from an old print which the writer recently
secured in Canterbury. Sir William Lovelace 8 was buried, as he re-
quested in his will, ' ' in the South Chappell of the parish church of
Bethersden in the county of Kent near unto the South walls therein".
Lady Lovelace was buried December 3rd, 1627, in Canterbury Cathed-
ral. The portrait of Sir William Lovelace 8 shown here is from the
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32 inches).
The will of Sir William Lovelace 6 which disposes of his personal
property makes no disposition of any of his lands. As his son
Sir William Lovelace 7 , the younger, who had died over two years be-
fore, by his will leaves sundry lands formerly owned by his grand-
father Sergeant William Lovelace 5 , there is every probability the
elder Sir William Lovelace 6 had made over his lands to his son
before the latter 's death. The will of Sir William Lovelace 6 of
Bethersden, dated 6 October, 1629, was proved 19 October, 1629, in
the local Consistory Court at Canterbury, by Anne, the widow of
his son Sir William Lovelace 7 , the younger.
I, Sir William Lovelace in my house of the Gray Friers
within the Walles of the Citty of Canterbury, Knight, being
sicke and weake of bodie — my bodie to be buried in the South
Chappell of the Parish Church of Beathersden in the countie
of Kent, neer unto the south wall therein — I bequeth unto
James Collimore my best bever hatt, all my Books, my
purple cloth cloke, my hose and doublet belonging if he will
accept thereof — unto Thomas Yarley my servant all my other
wearing apparell without exceptions or deductions and five
pounds in ready money to be paid within one month — I
earnestly desire my executrix whom I nominate to be my
Ladie Anne Lovelace [i. e. his son William's widow] quiet-
ly to suffer him the said Thomas Yarley to enjoy Jordoines
house during the life of the said Thomas — unto Nan Hewet
my old gowne of kersey — unto Mary the wife of Edward
Turfet of Cant: my cloth cote to make her a wastcote of —
unto the foresaid James Collimore his Father's and Mother's
pictures wch hang up in my chamber in the Gray Friars
beseeching God to bless him and to make him his servant
— unto Mabell Collimore six pounds wch I borrowed of
Mr. Hawkins upon some part of my goods desiring my
daughter Lovelace [i e. his son William's widow] to redeem
the same because my crimson velvet bed is part thereof
— unto Ned Ward my great f ether' wch I use to muster
withall desiring him to keep it for my sake — unto the poor
of the Parish of Beatrisden twenty shillings. And as con-
cerning all the rest of my goods, cattell, plate, utensills and
money and money worth whatsoever I wholly give the same
as it is conveied by Indenture unto [his grandchildren] Rich-
ard Lovelace, Thomas Lovelace and William Lovelace, except
that my will and meening is that Elizabeth Lovelace shall
have the moietie of all my goods, cattell and utensills
aforesaid and money whatsoever when she shall attaine the
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age of eighteen yeares because I know the said Inden-
ture will be void in law for want of livery and seizure.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
making my said daughter Executrix as aforesaid the sixt
day of October above written anno Dni 1629, Edward
Turfett, witness. Proved in the Consistory Court of Can-
terbury the 19th October, 1629 by Lady Anne Lovelace,
widow, the Executrix.
Issue of Sir William Lovelace* (John 1 , Richard 3 , "William 3 , Wil-
liam*, William 6 ) and his wife Elizabeth Aucher:
i Richard Lovelace 7 . Baptized January 1st, 1582. Died in child-
hood. His burial is recorded in the register of Canterbury Cath-
edral: "October 24, 1602, Richard son ser. William Loveles".
(Harlekm Soc. Reg. ii; 112).
ii Sir William Lovelace 7 . Baptized February 12th, 1583-4.
Knight and proprietor of Lovelace Place. Died 12 August, 1627.
Married about 1610 Anne Barne daughter of Sir William Barne,
Knight. Ancestor of the direct Bethersden line. See sketch
VII post.
iii Mabel Lovelace 7 . Baptized December 26th, 1584, at St. Al-
phege, Canterbury. Buried July 12th, 1627, at Bethersden. Mar-
ried Sir John Cullimore, mercer, 29 years of age, February 19, 1603,
at St. Thomas The Apostle, London (Harlekwi Soc. Reg.
vi; 9), who was buried July 30, 1620 in Canterbury Cathedral.
The above shows there was a son James, living in 1629. Their
only daughter Mabel died unmarried at Dr. Harde's house, Can-
terbury, and was buried 1668 in the Cathedral (Arch, Cwnt.
xx; 58).
(To be continued.)
THE GRYMES FAMILY.
(Continued.)
4. CHARLES 3 GRYMES, of " Morattico ' ', Richmond County,
where he inherited lands under his father's will. He was at the
Wm. & Mary Grammer School 1704 &c, and later at the College. He
was Sheriff of Richmond County 1724 and 1725, a member of the
House of Burgesses Feb. 1727-8, and died intestate, in 1743. The
inventory of his estate was recorded in Richmond County in that
year. He married Frances, daughter of Edmund Jenings, of "Ripon
Hall," York County, Governor of Virginia, and had issue:
16. Frances 4 , married Philip Ludwell, of Green-Spring, James
City County. The Ludwell Family Bible contains the following:
GENEALOGY 91
' ' The daughter of Charles Grymes, of North Farnhaui Parish in the
County of Richmond, in Virginia, Esquire, and Frances his wife,
daughter of the Hon'ble Edmund Jenings of Rippon, in Yorkshire,
in England, Esquire, who was born at Morattico, in the aforesaid
County and Parish on ye 19th day of November, An. Dom. 1717.
The marriage took place at Morattico aforesaid A. D. 1737"; 17.
Lucy 4 , born April 26, 1734. She is said by tradition to have been
"The Lowland Beauty", who was one of the youthful Washington's
loves. She married Henry Lee, of "Leesylvania" Prince "William
County, Dec. 1, 1753. She was the mother of General Henry ("Light
Horse Harry") Lee, and the grandmother of Eobert E. Lee.
9. PHILIP 4 GRYMES, of "Brandon", was born March 11, 1721,
and died 1762. He was uo doubt educated at William & Mary. He was a
Burgess for Middlesex, at the session of Oct. 1748, appointed to the
Council 1751, and was Receiver General 1749-1754. He married Pec.
8, 1742 Mary, daughter of Sir John Randolph, of Williamsburg
(She died at Williamsburg, Jan. 10, 1768).
His will, dated Dec. 18, 1756, and proved in Middlesex Feb. 2, 1762,
is as follows:
In the name of God Amen, I Philip Grymes of Brandon in the
County of Middlesex being in good health and of sound mind & mem-
ory do make this my last Will and Testament in the following
manner. My Soul I commend to Almighty God hoping for his most
gracious Acceptance of it & Pardon for my Sins through the Merits
and Intercession of Jesus Christ my Saviour & Redeemer. My Body
I desire may be buried in the Church Yard near my dear Relatives with
Christian Decency but as little ceremony as possible. I desire that
Prayers only may be read, having observed, that Funeral Sermons
are generally prostituted by fulsome Flattery and too often by un-
truths, not the least Regard being had to the Sacred Place and
divine Presence in which they are delivered. I direct that there
be no outward show of Mourning made Use of among my family, my
wife only excepted, who may conform to the common Custom if she
pleases, nor will I have any Tomb erected over me. As to my
worldly affairs. First I will that all my Debts be duly and punc-
tually paid.
Item. For the Support and Maintenance of my dear and well be-
loved Wife, I give unto her the Use and Occupation of my Mansion
House and Plantation called Brandon with all the Outhouses Gardens,
Orchard & Appurtenances, the Use of all my Servants and Slaves
usually employed about the House & Gardens, and of all my Plate and
Household Furniture of all Kinds and my Coach and Horses during her
Widowhood. I give unto my said Wife all her wearing apparel,
Watch, Rings, Jewels and all other Parapharnalia whatsoever. I also
give unto my said Wife during her natural Life out of the Increase
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of my Estate a full third Part of the Provisions raised and Crops of
all kinds made in the whole Estate, in Specie, she contributing one
third of the charges & expenses in maintaining the Negroes and sup-
plying the Plantation with all Things necessary for their support
and Improvement and to the paiment of my Debts. And I do here-
by declare that what I have hereby given unto my dearly beloved
Wife is and shall be taken to be in Lieu Eecompence & full satis-
faction of and for all her Dower and Thirds in all or any of my
Lands Tenements & Hereditaments and of whatsoever else she might
claim or demand in and out of any of my Estate Eeal or Personal.
Item. I give and devise unto my eldest Daughter Lucy One
Thousand Pounds and to my two younger Daughters Susanna and
Mary Eight Hundred Pounds apiece when they shall respectively at-
tain the age of Twenty One Years or marry, but if either or all
of them should die before one of the Contingencies happen then
the Legacy or Legacies of such Daughter or Daughters so dying
shall fall into my Residuary Estate and be subject to the Dis-
position hereafter made.
Item. I give and devise unto my second son John Randolph
Grymes and his Heirs forever all my Messuages Plantation Lands
Tenements and Hereditaments with the Appurtenances lying and
being in the County of King & Queen and all the Slaves, Stocks
of all kinds and other Goods and chattels whatsoever belonging
to the said lands at the time of my Death. I likewise give and
devise unto my said son John Randolph Grymes and his Heirs
for ever all my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the Mill
and all Appurtenances lying and being near the upper End of Mid-
dlesex County together with all the Slaves, Stocks of all kinds and
other Goods, and chattels whatsoever belonging to the said lands at
the time of my death.
Item. I give and devise to my two sons Charles and Benjamin
and their Heirs for ever all my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments
with the appurtenances lying and being in the County of Culpeper
with all the Slaves, Stocks of all kinds and other goods and chattels
whatsoever belonging to the said Lands and Plantation at this Time
of my death, which said Lands, slaves and other Premises shall be
equally divided between my said Sons & held by them as Tenants in
common until Division thereof be dully made, which I desire may be
done as soon as convenient & each have his Part allotted him by
my Trustees and Executors herein after named. But if it shall so
happen that my son Philip depart this Life before he attains the
age of Twenty one years then my Will & Desire is that my son John
and his Heirs shall have all the Estate both real and personal herein
devised to my said son Philip, my son Charles and his Heirs shall
have all the Estate both real & personal in the County of King and
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Queen herein devised to my said son John, and my son Benjamin
and his Heirs shall have all the Estate both real and personal in the
County of Middlesex herein also devised to my said son John, and if
it shall happen that my son John depart this Life before he attains
the Age of Twenty one years then and in that case my Will and De-
sire is that his Estate shall be divided between my said sons Charles
and Benjamin and held by them in the same manner as if my son
Philip had departed this Life before he had attained the age of
Twenty one years, and if is shall happen that either of my said sons
Charles or Benjamin shall depart this Life before he attains the Age
of Twenty one years then my Will & Desire is that the Estate of him
so dying shall be equally divided between the survivors and my son
John and their Heirs, and whereas my Intention is to place and settle
on those Lands in the County of Culpeper before my Death at least
fifty working slaves. I do direct and appoint that if at the Time
of my Death there shall not be fifty working slaves properly belong-
ing to those plantations, that in such case, my Trustees and Execu-
tors or the survivors of them shall purchase so many young work-
ing Slaves, Men or Women or both as with these belongings to the
said Lands at the time of my Death will fully compleat and make
up the aforesaid number of fifty working slaves, and shall place
and seat them upon those Lands for the Use of my said sons Charles
and Benjamin & their Heirs for ever. The Charge and Expense of
this Purchase to be defrayed and born out of my personal Estate &
the Profits of my other Estate.
Item. My Will & Desire is that the Money arising from the sale
of a Tract of Land in Spotsylvania County mortgaged to my deceased
Father by Oswald Smith late of that County the legal Title of which
becomes now vested in me as Heir at Law, having foreclosed the
Equity of Eedemption of the same, may be equally divided between
Hannah and Susannah Potter who are entitled to the same in Equity.
My Will further is, and I do hereby direct and appoint that all
Goods and Merchandizes that I may have sent for to Great Britain
at the time of my Death which shall happen to arrive afterwards,
and all Goods and Merchandizes that shall be in the House at the time
of my Death shall be made use of for the clothing my Wife, Children
and Slaves and for furnishing my Plantation in the same manner as
I might or should have used them if I had been living, and all the
rest and Kesidue of my Estate both real and personal not herein
disposed of I give and devise to my eldest son Philip Ludwell
Grymes and his Heirs for ever. Lastly I declare my Will to be, that my
four Sons as they shall repectively attain the Age of Twenty one years
shall be possesed of the Lands Slaves and personal Estate devised to
each of them, saving their Mothers Bight of Dower if she shall be
then living. But in the meantime my Will is that the several Estates
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real and personal hereby given to my said Sons and all my ready
money and outstanding Debts shall after my Death be vested in the
following Trustees, viz., My loving Wife my Brothers Peyton Ran-
dolph & Benjamin Grymes Esquires and my good Friend and Neighbor
Major John Eobinson the Survivor or Survivors of them in Trust.
First for the satisfying and Paying All my just Debts and my Lega-
cies out of my ready money and outstanding Debts and if the same
shall not prove sufficient for that Purpose then to apply the Profits of
my other Estate to discharge my Debts remaining unsatisfied. And
afterwards in Trust for the Maintenance and Education of my child-
ren until my Daughters shall be married or entitled to their respective
Legacies out of the said Profits. And as to the Overplus of Profits in
Trust for raising and paying the Legacies before given to my Daugh-
ters. And when that is accomplished in Trust for the maintaining and
educating each of my Sons out of the Profits of his own proper Estate
during their Minority. And lastly in Trust, to account for & pay to
each of my Sons as they respectively come to age all surplus
Profits arising out of their respective Estates. And when any of my
Sons attain the age of Twenty one years the Trust aforesaid shall
cease and be determined as to his or their Estate or Estates: But
in case the Sum of Money to be raised out of my Estate for the Pay-
ment of the Legacies be not then compleated the Sum wanting shall
still be chargable upon them in proporation to the clear yearly value
of the Estate delivered up, which shall be computed & finally adjusted
by my Trustees aforementioned the Survivors or Survivor of them.
Item. I appoint my dear and well beloved Wife Guardian of my
Daughters until they attain their full Age or marry; and I appoint
all my aforementioned Trustees and the Survivors or Survivor of
them Guardians of my Sons until they arrive at the Age of Twenty
one years. And if any question Doubt or Controversy arise touching
the Meaning and Exposition of this my Will during the Guardian-
ship aforesaid, the same shall be fully determined by my said Trus-
tees or the Major Part of them and what they shall judge or deter-
mine shall be binding upon all my said Children.
Item. I nominate and appoint my said well beloved Wife, my
Brothers Peyton Bandolph and Benjamin Grymes Esquires & my good
Friend and Neighbor Major John Robinson Executors of this my
last Will declaring that my Intention is not to release any Debt which
either of them shall happen to owe me at the Time of my Death.
Lastly I desire that my Estate shall not be appraised and that my
Executors give no Security for the Discharge of the Trust reposed
in them. And I do hereby revoke all former Wills made by me, de-
claring to be my true last Will and Testament. In Testimony where-
of I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Seal this Eighteenth
GENEALOGY 95
Day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hun-
dred & fifty six.
PHILIP GRYMES. (Seal)
Signed sealed published and Declared by the said Philip Grymes
as and for his last Will and Testament, in the Presence of us who
were present at the Signing & Sealing thereof.
Peter Randolph.
Chs. Carter jr.
John Skinker.
John Gilliam.
I Philip Grymes of Brandon in the County of Middlesex being in
Health & sound disposing mind & Memory, do make this Codicil to this
my last Will and Testament: Whereas since the making this my Will it
has pleased God to bless me with another Daughter, whom we have
named Betty, who is not provided for in the said Will, I do hereby
give her the same Portion that I have alloted to each of her
Sisters Susannah and Mary, to be paid in the same manner and out
of the same Particular parts of my Estate as the other two above-
mentioned Daughters' portions are directed to be paid. In Witness
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fifth Day of
August, 1761.
PHILIP GRYMES (SEAL).
At a Court held for Middlesex County at the Court House in
Urbanna, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of February, 1762.
The last Will and Testament of the Hon'ble Philip Grymes,
Esq., dec'd, being presented by Benjamin Grymes and John Robin-
son, two of the Exrs. therein mentioned, was proved by the Oaths
of Charles Carter, Jun'r, and John Skinker Gentn. two of the Wit-
nesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. And the said benjamin
Grymes and John Robinson having taken the Oath of an Exor, Cer-
tificate is granted them for obtaining a probat in due form.
At a Court held for Middlesex County at the Court House in
Urbanna, Tuesday, the 2nd day of March, 1762.
The Will of the Hon'ble Philip Grymes, Esq., dec'd, being
brought into Court according to order, Peyton Randolph, Esq., and
Mary Grymes, the other Ex'ors therein mentioned, took the Oath of
an Ex 'or, which is ordered to be Certified.
Test ROBERT ELLIOT, Clk.
Philip and Mary Grymes had issue:
18. Lucy, born August 24, 1743, died Sept. 18, 1834; married July
3, 1762, Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown, Governor of Virginia; Major
General commanding Virginia Militia at the siege of Yorktown, and
signer of the Declaration of Independence. She was buried at Fork
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Church, Hanover County, where her tomb, giving dates of death and
age, remains.
19. Philip Ludwett. 5
20. John Eandolph 5 , born about 1746, died 1820. He entered
Eton in 1760, and was probably later at one of the Universities or
Inns of Court. He took the English side at the beginning of the
Revolution, and joined Lord Dunmore in 1776 at the head of a
troop. Dunmore was much elated at the accession of Mr. Grymes,
and wrote Lord George Germaine that he was a great acquisition to
the royal cause, and was "of the first family in Virginia, a gen-
tleman of fortune, amiable character, strict honor, brave, active and
able." John R. Grymes entered the Queen's Rangers under Simcoe,
and served with credit as Major until 1778, when he went to
England. When Napoleon was expected to invade England, Major
Grymes was an officer in a force of American Royalists. Later he re-
turned to Virginia and became a wealthy planter in Orange County.
He married his cousin Susanna, daughter of John Randolph, for-
merly Attorney General of Virginia (also a refugee loyalist), and
died without issue.
21. (harks. 5
22. Benjamin. 5
23. Susanna, born March 4, 1752; married March (another ac-
count says November) 28, 1772, Nathaniel Burwell, of "Carter's
Grove," James City County, and later of "Carter Hall," Frederick
(now Clarke) County.
24. Mary, born March 4, 1754; married, October, 1774, Robert
Nelson, of Yorktown.
25. Peyton 5 .
26. Elizabeth, married Dr. Matthew Pope, of Yorktown, a sur-
geon in the American Army during the Revolution.
(To be continued.)
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE
Virginia Historical Society
JANUARY, 1920.
President.
W. Gordon McCabe, Richmond, Va.
Vice-Presidents.
Edward V. Valentine, Richmond, Va.
Lyon G. Tyler, Williamsburg, Va.
Philip A. Bruce, University, Va.
Corresponding Seecretary and Librarian.
William G. Stanard, Richmond, Va.
Recording Secretary.
D. C. Richardson, Richmond, Va.
Treasurer.
Robert A. Lancaster, Jr., Richmond, Va.
Executive Committee.
C. V. Meredith, Richmond, Va. Wm. H. Palmer, Richmond, Va.
J.Stewart Bryan, Richmond, Va. Daniel Grinnan, Richmond, Va.
A. C. Gordon, Staunton, Va. J. P. McGuire, Jr., Richmond, Va.
S. S. P. Patteson, Richmond, Va. Wm. A. Anderson, Lexington, Va.
S. H. Yonge, Norfolk, Va. Earl G. Swem, New York, N. Y.
Morgan P. Robinson, Richmond, Va.
and ex-offlcio, the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries
and Treasurer.
LIST OF MEMBERS
HONORARY MEMBER
Keane, Prof. A. H., London, Eng.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS
Bacon, H. F., Bury St. Edmund, Eng.
Banks, Chas. E., M. D.
Barber, E. A., Philadelphia, Pa.
Bryant, H. W., Portland, Maine.
Campeau, Hon., F. R. E., Ottawa, Can,
Champlin, J. D., Jr., New York, N.Y.
Craig, Isaac, Alleghany, Pa,
Hinke, Prof. W. J., Auburn, N. Y.
Hoes, Rev. R. R., Washington, D. C.
Judah, George F., Spanish Town,
Jamaica.
Nicholson, Col. J. P., Philadelphia,
Pa.
Richemond, Mons. Meschinet De, La
Rochelle, France.
Ross, Hon. D. A., Quebec, Can.
Wright, W. H. K., Plymouth, Eng.
LIFE MEMBERS
Adams, Gilmer S., Louisville, Ky.
Adams, Wm. Newton, Bridgehamp-
ton, L. I.
Alexander, H. M., New York, N Y..
Ancell, Rev. B. L, New York, N. Y.
Andrews, A. B. L, Jr., Raleigh, N. C.
Bagnell, Mrs. Wm., St. Louis, Mo.
Barratt, Judge Norris S., Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Billings, C. K. G, New York, N. Y.
Blackwell, Henry, New York, N Y.
Blair, Mrs. Lewis H., Richmond, Va.
Blankinship, Dr. J. W., Berkley, Cal.
Bryan, Jonathan, Richmond, Va.
Bryan, Robert C, Richmond, Va.
Bryan, St. George, Richmond, Va.
Bryan, J. Stewart, Richmond, Va.
Bullitt, Dr. John C, Wayne, Pa.
Bushnell, David I.. Jr., University, Va.
Cabell, J. Alston, Richmond, Va.
Cabell, Col. H. C, U. S. A., Port-
land, Oregon.
Childers, Col. Gracey, Clarksville,
Tenn.
Cox, Mrs. Wm. Ruffin, Richmond, Va.
Clement, Capt. H. C, U. S. A, Gov-
ernor's Island, N. Y.
Clements, Mrs. Helen I., St. Louis.Mo.
Cocke, Lucian H., Ronoake, Va.
Cook, Heustis P., Richmond, Va.
Deats, H. E., Flemington, N. J.
Dooley, James H., Richmond, Va.
Downman, R. H., New Orleans, La.
Earnest, Joseph B., Lexington, Ky.
Fothergill, Mrs. Robert, Richmond,
Va.
Gary, J. A., Baltimore, Md.
Gibbs, Mrs. Virginia B., Newport,
R. I.
Gratz, Simon, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hanna, Charles, A., Montclair, N. J.
Harrison, Fairfax, Belvoir, Fauquier
Co., Va.
Harrison, Richard Fairfax, Fauquier
Co., Va.
Hill, C. K., Harriman, Tenn.
Hobson, Mrs. Henry W„ Jr., New
York, N. Y.
Hotchkiss, Elmore D, Jr., Richmond,
Va.
Hughes, R. M., Norfolk, Va.
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Huntington, Archer M., Baychester,
N. T.
Hyde, James Hazen, Paris, France
Jones, Judge Lewis H., Louisville,
Ky.
Keith, Charles P., Philadelphia Pa.
Kinsolving, "Walter O., Austin, Tex.
Lee, Edmund J., M. D., Philadelphia,
Pa.
Lee, W. H., St. Louis, Mo.
Mason, Wm. Peyton, Ft. Worth, Tex.
Miller, Dr. J. L, Thomas, W. Va.
Mitchell, Robert, Richmond, Va.
Moriarty, G. Andrews, Providence.
R. I.
Morse, Willard S., Seaford, Del.
McCabe, Col. E. R. Warner, U. S. A.
McCabe, W. Gordon. Jr., Charleston,
S. C.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, Chicago,
111.
Nolting, Miss Elizabeth Aiken, Rich-
mond, Va.
Pillsbury, Mrs. Charles L„ Minnea-
polis, Minn.
Raborg, T. M. T., New York, N. T.
Richardson, D. C, Richmond, Va.
Robinson, Morgan P., Richmond, Va.
Rosser, Thomas L., Jr., Charlotts-
ville, Va.
Rucker, Mrs. Booker Hall, Rolla, Mo.
Scott, Frederick W., Rchmond, Va.
Scott, Wfnfield, New York, N. Y.
Sharp, Willoughby, Jr., New York,
N. Y.
Stires, Rev. Ernest, M. D. D., New
York, ■ N. Y.
Stubbs, Wm. C, New Orleans, La.
Swanson, Hon. Claude A., Chatham,
Va.
Sweet, Mrs. Edith M., St. Albans,
W. Va.
Talcott, Col. T. M. R., Richmond, Va.
Tedcastle, Mrs. Arthur W., Milton,-
Mass.
Waterman, W. H., New Bedford,
Mass.
Watson, Mrs. Alexander McKenzie,
Washington, D. C.
Webb, W. Seward, New York, N. Y.
Wickham, Henry T., Richmond, Va.
Williams, A. D., Richmond, Va.
Willson, Mrs. Howard T., Virden,
111.
Williams, Thomas C, Richmond, Va.
Winslow, H. M., Harriman, Tenn.
Woodson, Captain R. S., U. S. A., St.
Louis, Mo.
ANNUAL MEMBERS*
Abney, John R., New York, N. Y.
Adams, Walter, Framingham, Mass.
Addison, .E. B., Richmond, Va.
Adkins, S. B., Richmond, Va.
Allen, Herbert F. M.. Washington,
D. C.
Ambler, Ben. Mason, Parkersburg,
W. Va.
Ames, Mrs. Joseph S., Baltimore, Md.
Anderson, B. P., M. D., Colorado
Springs, Col.
Anderson, Charles C, Richmond, Va.
Anderson, W. A., Lexington, Va.,
Andrews, Prof. C. M., Yale Univer-
sity, New Haven, Conn.
Antrim, Hugh, Richmond, Va.
Atkins, Mrs. G. W. E., New York,
N. Y.
Atkinson, Thomas, Richmond, Va.
Atwood, Lewis R., Louisville, Ky.
Austin-Leigh, Richard A., London,
Eng.
Axtell, Decatur, Richmond, Va.
Bacon, Mrs. Horace S., North Middle-
town, Ky.
Bagby, Mrs. Parke C, Richmond, Va.
Baker, C. C, Texas City, Texas.
Ballard, N. H., Brunswick, Ga.
Barbour, John S., Washington, D. C.
Barham, Dr. W. B., Newsoms, Va.
Barnum, Mrs. George, Winchester,
Va.
Baskervlll, P. H., Richmond, Va.
Bates, S. E., Richmond, Va.
Battle, George Gordon, New York,
N. Y.
Bayne, Howard R., New York, N. Y.
Beer, George Louis, New York, N.Y.
Beirne, Capt. Francis F., Richmond,
Va.
Bell, Landon C, Columbus, Ohio.
Bell, Robert O., Richmond, Va.
Belmont, August, New York, N. Y.
Berry, Mrs. C. D., Nashville, Tenn.
Best, Frank E., Chicago, 111.
Beveridge, Hon. A. J., Indianapolis,
Ind.
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Blackstock, Ira B., Springfield, 111.
Blair, Miss Louisa Coleman, Rich-
mond, Va.
Blow, George P., La Salle, 111.
Boatwright, Mrs. Gertrude F. H.,
Roanoke, Va.
Boddie, John T., Chicago, 111.
Boisseau, P. H., Danville, Va.
Boiling, Charles E., Richmond, Va.
Booker, Mrs. Hunter R., Hampton,
Va.
Boreman, R. J. A., Parkersburg, W.
Va.
Bosher, Mrs. Robert S., Richmond.
Va.
Bowling, Benjamin L., Chicago, 111.
Boykin, Miss Anna B., Richmond, Va.
Bradshaw, Mrs. Rosena, Paducah,
Ky.
Brame, Miss Lucile, Knoxvllle, Tenn.
Branch, John K., Richmond, Va.
Brodhead, Mrs. Lucas, Versailes,
Ky.
Brooke, George D., Cumberland, Md.
Brooke, Richard N.. Washington,
D. C.
Brooke, Major Richard, Weston, W.
Va.
Brooke, Robert T., Birmingham, Ala.
Brooke, S. S., Roanoke, Va.
Brooke, Dr. T. V, Sutherlin, Va.
Brown, Prof. W. G., Columbia, Mo.
Brown, J. Tompson, Richmond, Va.
Brown, Wallace F., Richmond, Va.
Bruce, Hon. C. M., Washington, D. C.
Bruce, Philip Alexander, University,
Va.
Bruce, Mrs. Mary Howard, Rich-
mond, Va.
Bryan, George, Richmond, Va.
Bryan, Thomas P., Richmond, Va.
Budlong, Mrs. Milton J., New York,
N. Y.
Bukey, Mrs. John Spencer, Vienna,
Va.
Bullard, Mrs. B. F., Savannah, Ga.
Bullitt, Wm. Marshall, Louisville,
Ky.
Burges, Richard F., El Paso, Texas.
Burwell, D. S. Norfolk, Va.
Byrd, Samuel M., Brook Haven,
Miss.
Callahan, G. C, Philadelphia, Pa.
Callery, Mrs. J. D., Pittsburg, Pa.
Cameron, Col. Benehan, Stagville,
N. C.
Cameron, Miss Mary H., Richmond,
Va.
Campbell R. K., Washington, D. C.
Cannon, Mrs. G. Randolph, Rich-
mond, Va.
Caperton, Mrs. James W., Rich-
mond, Ky.
Capps, Rear Admiral, W. L.. U. S.
N., Washington, D. C.
Carglll, Mrs. T. A., Houston, Texas.
Carpenter, Pay Director J. S., U. S.
N., Boston, Mass.
Carrington, Edward C, New York,
N. Y.
Cartwright, Mrs. S. A. Brooke, Wash-
ington, D. C.
Cary, T. Archibald. Richmond, Va.
Catlett, Mrs. Richard H., Staunton.
Va.
Chamberlayne, Churchill G., Rich-
mond, Va.
Chandler, Dr. J. A. C, Williamsburg,
Va.
Chandler, R. G., Chicago, 111.
Chandler, Walter T., Chicago, 111.
Chauncey, Mrs. Agnes C, Narberth,
Pa.
Chilton, W. B., Washington, D. C.
Chowning, C. C, Urbanna, Va.
Christian, Judge Geo. L., Richmond,
Va.
Christian, Walter. Richmond, Va.
Claiborne, Dr. J. H., New York, N. Y.
Claiborne, Mrs. Robert, New York,
N. Y.
Claiborne, Rev. W. S., Sewanee,
Tenn.
Clark, Mrs. Edward H., New York,
N. Y.
Clark, W. Welch, Danville, Va..
Clark, Wm. Hancock, New York,
N. Y.
Clark, Mrs. G. Harvey, Richmond,
Va.
Clarke, P. N., Louisville, Ky.
Clement, Mrs. N. E., Chatham, Va.
Clyde, W. P., New York, N. Y.
Cobb, Wm. H, Elkins. W. Va.
Coffin, Charles P., Brookline, Mass.
Coke, Capt. John A., Richmond, Va.
Coleman, Aylett B., Roanoke, Va.
Coleman, Charles W., Washington,
D. C.
Coles, Mrs. T. B., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Colston, Edward, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Connor, Judge H. G, Wilson, N. C.
Coolidge, Archibald C, Cambridge,
Mass.
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Corbin, Richard Beverley, New York,
N Y.
Corbin, Richard W., Newport, R. I.
Cotten, Bruce, Baltimore, Md.
Craig, Mrs. Lawrence R., Little Rock,
Ark.
Cozzens, Federick B., Chicago, 111.
Crenshaw, S. Dabney, Richmond, Va.
Cridlin, W. B., Richmond, Va.
Crockett, R. H., Franklin, Tenn.
Crump, Judge Beverley T., Rich-
mond, Va.
Crump, James D., Richmond, Va.
Culleton, Leo., London, Eng.
Dabney, Dr. William M., Ruxton, Md.
Dabney, Prof. R. H., University,
Va.
Daingerfleld, Francis Lee, Alex-
andria, Va.
Dance, Mrs. Russell, Corinth, Miss.
Dandridge, Miss Mary E., Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
Darling, Mrs. Frank W., Hampton,
Va.
Daughters, A. R., Washington, D. C.
Davis, Arthur K., Petersburg, Va.
Davis, Mrs. E. P., Columbia, S. C.
Davis, W. O., Gainesville, Texas.
Denham, Edward, New Bedford,
Mass.
Denson, C. B., Raleigh, N. C.
Dickey, Judge Lyle A., Lihue, H. T.
Dillard, Dr. James H., Charlottes-
ville, Va.
Doneghy, Mrs. John T., Macon, Mo.
Doremus, Mrs. C. A., New York,
N. Y.
Downing, Prof. G. C, Washington,
D. C.
Drewry Hon. P. H., Petersburg, Va.
Driven, Mrs. James L., Bardstown,
Ky.
Duke, Judge R. T. W., Jr., Char-
lottesville, Va.
Dunn, John, M. D., Richmond, Va.
Dupont, Col. H. A., Winterthur, Del.
Duval, Mrs. Maria P., Charlestown,
W. Va.
Dwight, Dr. E. W., Boston, Mass.
Eagon, Robert E., Dallas, Texas.
Easley, J. C, Richmond, Va.
East, John P., New York, N. Y.
Eaton, George G., Washington, D. C.
Eckenrode, Dr. H. J., Richmond, Va.
Eggleston, Dr. J. D., Hampden-Sid-
ney, Va.
Ellis, Wade H., Washington, D. C.
Ellis, William A., Florence, Ala.
Embry, Judge Alvin T., Fredricks-
burg, Va.
Empie, Adam, New York, N. Y.
Eustace, Wm. Corcoran, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Evans, Miss Catherine, Richmond,
Va.
Farrar, Edgar H., New Orleans, La.
Faulkner, C. J., Boydton, Va.
Feild, W. P., Little Rock, Ark.
Ferrell, Mrs. Chas. C. Anson, Texas.
Fife, Prof. R. H., Middletown, Conn.
Fitzhugh, Gen. Chas. L., Washington,
D. C.
Fletcher, William Meade, Sperry-
ville, Va.
Fountain, General S. W., U. S. A.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Frances, Mrs. Charles E., Bedford,
Ind.
Freeman, D. S., Richmond, Va.
French, Dr. Jno. Herndon, New York,
N. Y.
Furlow, Floyd C, New York, N. Y.
Gaines, C. Carrington, Ploughkeep-
sie, N. Y.
Gaines, J. B., Leesburg, Fla.
Garland, Spotswooa, Wilmington,
Del.
Garner, J. W., Falls Church, Va.
Gilbert, Mrs. Wells, Oswego, Ore.
Gilbert, Mrs. R. M., New York, N. Y.
Gilbert, Prof. W. E., East Radford,
Va.
Giles, T. Peyton, Richmond, Va.
Glover, Rolfe E., Richmond, Va.
Goddard, A. J., Freeport, 111.
Good, D. Sayler, Roanoke, Va.
Goodwin, Rev. E. L., Richmond, Va.
Goodwyn, Tyler, Montgomery, Ala.
Goodwyn, Mrs. W. S., Emporia, Va.
Gordon, Armistead C, Staunton, Va.
Gray, Henry W., Jr., Hartford, Conn.
Gregory, George C, Rio Vista, Va.
Grinnan, Judge Daniel, Richmond,
Va.
Grinnan, John C, Norfolk, Va.
Groome, H. C, Warrenton, Va.
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Guthrie, Capt. John W., U. S. A.
Guy, H. I., Schenectady, N. Y.
Hairston, S. W., Roanoke, Va.
Hamilton, Mrs. Amelia C, New
York, N. Y.
Hardy, Miss Stella Pickett, Bates-
ville, Ark.
Harpel, Mrs. Almeda B., Des Moines,
Iowa.
Harrington, Howard S., New York,
N. Y.
Harris, Alfred T., Jr., Richmond, Va.
Harris, John T., Jr., Harrisonburg,
Va.
Harrison, Mrs. Carter H., Univer-
sity, Va.
Harrison, Horn Francis Burton,
Manila, P. I.
Harrison, Geo. T., M. D., University,
Va.
Harrison, Robert L., New York,
N. Y.
Harrison, W. Gordon, Savanah, Ga.
Harrison, W. Preston, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Hasbrook, Col. Charles E., Rich-
mond, Va.
Hawes, S. H., Richmond, Va.
Heatwole, Prof. C. J., Athens, Ga.
Heath, James E., Norfolk, Va.
Hempston, W. D., Leesburg, Va.
Henning, Mrs. S. T., Shelbyville, Ky.
Herndon, J. W., Alexandria, Va.
Heyer, Mrs. Mary B., Wilmington,
N. C.
Hibbett, A. J., Hattiesburg. Miss.
Higgins, Mrs. D. F., Joliet, 111.
High, Mrs. J. M. Atlanta, Ga.
Hlne, Col. Charles DeLano, U. S. A.,
Vienna, Va.
Hite, Rev. Lewis F., Cambridge,
Mass.
Holladay, A. Randolph, Warmines-
ter, Va.
Holt, R. O, New York, N. Y.
Hord, Rev. A. H., Philadelphia, Pa.
Horsley, Dr. J. Shelton, Richmond,
Va.
Houston, Mrs. E. M., Walton, Fla.
Houston, Miss Martha K, Columbus,
Ga.
Howard, Mrs. Eleanor Washington,
Washington, D. C.
Howard, Major McHenry, Balti-
more, Md.
Howell, Arden, Richmond, Va.
Hughes, A. S., Denver, Col.
Hume, Mrs, Frank, Washington,
D. C.
Hunt, Gaillard, Washington, D. C.
Hunter, James W., Norfolk, Va.
Hunton, Eppa, Jr., Richmond, Va.
Hutcheson, H. F., Boydton, Va.
Hutcheson, Mrs. J. C, Houston, Tex.
Hutchinson, Cary T., New York,
N. Y
Jackson, H. W., Richmond. Va.
James, Mrs. J. O., Chatham, Va.
Jameson, Mrs. S. W., Roanoke, Va.
Jarman, Prof. J. L., Farmville, Va.
Jeffress, T. F., Drewry's Bluff, Va.
Jenkins, Luther H, Richmond, Va.
Jewett, W. K., Passadena, Cal.
Johnson, B. F., Wshlngton, D. C.
Johnston, Miss Mary, Warm Springs,
Va.
Jones, Mrs. Boiling H., Alanta, Ga.
Jones, T. Catesby, New York, N. Y.
Jones, Mrs. Richard, New Orleans,
La.
Jones, Meriwether, Richmond, Va.
Jones, W. Strother, Red Bank, N. J.
Joynes, Levin, Richmond, Va.
Junkin, Francis T. A., Chicago, I1L
Kable, Mrs. W. G, Staunton, Va.
Keach, Mrs. O. A., Wichita, Kan.
Keim, Mrs. Betty L., Philadelphia,
Pa.
Kemper, Charles E., Staunton, Va.
Kirby, Judge Samuel B., Louisville,
Ky.
Kirk, Henry J., Bertrand, Va.
Klemm, Mrs. J. G, Jr., Haverford,
Pa.
Lamb, Mrs. E, T., Norfolk, Va.
Lacy, Samuel W., Washington, D. C.
Lambert, Mrs. W. H., Germantown,
Pa-
Lancaster, R. A., Jr., Richmond, Va.
Lawrence, Mrs. Graham, Shelbyville,
Ky.
Leake, J. Jordan, Richmond, Va.
Lee, Blair, Silver Springs, Md.
Lee, R. E., Jr., Fairfax County, Va.
Leigh, Egbert G., Jr., Richmond, Va.
Lester, J. Calvin, Kansas City, Mo.
Lewis, Charles, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lewis, Judge Lunsford L., Rich-
mond, Va.
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Lloyd, Mrs. Arthur S., New York,
N. Y.
Lodge, Hon. H. C, Washington, D C.
Locke, Victor Murat, Antlers, Okla.
Long, Ernest M., Richmond, Va.
Long, E. McL., New York, N. Y.
Lorton, Heth, New York, N. Y.
Loyall, Captain B. P., Norfolk, Va.
Lukeman, H. Augustus, New York,
N. Y.
Mallory, Col. J. S., U. S. A. Lexington,
Va.
Markham, George D., St. Louis, Mo.
Mason, Mrs. Frank T., Atlanta, Ga.
Massie, Robert, Lynchburg, Va.
Mastin, Mrs. George R., Lexington,
Ky.
Matthews, Albert, Boston, Mass.
Maury, C. W., Richmond, Va.
Mayo, E. C, Richmond, Va.
Mayo, P. H., Richmond, Va.
Mercer, Mrs. William P., Elm City,
N. C.
Meredith, Charles V., Richmond, Va.
Meriwether, Mrs. Minor, Shreveport,
La.
Merrill, Mrs. Lida W., Terre Haute,
Ind.
Meyer, Mrs. August R., Kansas City,
Mo.
Michie, Thomas J., Charlottesville.
Va.
Mickley, Miss Minnie F., Allentown,
Pa.
Miller, Rudolph P., New York, N. Y.
MInnigerode, Charles, Baltimore, Md.
Minor, BenJ. S., Washington, D. C.
Mitchell, Kirkwood, Richmond, Va.
Moffett, Miss Edna V., Wellesley,
Mass.
Moncure, James A., Richmond, Va.
Montague, Hill, Richmond, Va.
Morgan, Dr. Danitil H., Lanesville,
N. Y.
Moore, Warner, Richmond, Va.
Moore, Mrs. W. C, Columbus, Ohio.
Morton, Richard Lee, Williamsburg,
Va,
Morton, W. S., Charlotte C. H., Va.
Mosby, Mrs. J. B., Richmond, Va.
Munford, Mrs. Beverley B., Rich-
mond, Va.
Munford, R. B., Jr., Richmond, Va.
Murrell, W. M., Lynchburg, Va.
Myers, Barton, Norfolk, Va.
McAllister, J. T., Hot Springs, Va.
McBryde, Dr. J. M., Blacksburg, Va.
McCabe, Capt. W. Gordon, Rich-
mond, Va.
McConnell, Prof. J. P., Radford, Va.
McCormick, Robert H., Jr., Chicago,
111.
McCorkle, Walter L., New York,
N. Y.
McCormick, Harold F., Chicago, 111.
McCutcheon, Mrs. B. B., Clifton,
Forge, Va.
McFall, James, Philadelphia, Pa.
McGraw, John T., Grafton, W. Va.
McGaroarty, W. B., Falls Church, Va.
McGuire, Dr. Edward, Richmond. Va.
McGuire, Mrs. Frank H., Richmond,
Va.
McGuire, John Peyton, Richmond, Va.
McGuire, Murray M., Richmond, Va.
McGuire, Dr. Stuart, Richmond, Va.
McKim, Rev. Randolph H., Wash-
ington, D. C.
McKinney, Mrs. Roy W., Paducah,
Ky.
Mcllwaine, Dr. H. R., Richmond, Va.
Mcllwaine, W. B., Petersburg, Va.
Mcintosh, Charles F., Norfolk, Va.
McNeil, Mrs. Walter S., Richmond,
Va.
Neale, S. C, Washington, D. C.
Neilson, Miss Lou, Oxford, Miss.
Nichols, Rt. Rev. W. F., San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
Nicholls, Col. Maury, U. S. A.. Nor-
folk, Va.
Nixon, Lewis, Metuchen, N. J.
Norvell, Mrs. Lipscomb, Beaumont,
Texas.
OConnell, Rt. Rev. D. J., Richmond,
Va.
Osborne, W. L. H., Glide, Oregon.
Outerbridge, Mrs. A. J., Easton, Md.
Owen, Thomas M. Montgomery, Ala.
Page, Mrs. Mann, Elizabeth, N. J.
Page, S. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa.
Page, Rosewell, Beaver Dam, Va.
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Page, Hon. Thomas Nelson, Wash-
ington, D. C.
Palmer, Col. William H., Richmond,
Va.
Parker, Col. John, Browsholme Hall.
Clethiroe, Lancashire, Eng.
Patteson, S. S. P., Richmond, Va.
Paxton, T. B., Jr., Chicago, 111.
Payne, John B., Washington, D. C.
Payne, Marshall John, Staunton, Va.
Pegram, Henry, New York, N. Y.
Pegram, Lt.-Col. John C, U. S. A.
Penn, Mrs. James G., Danville, Va.
Pescud, Peter F., New Orleans, La.
Peterkin, Mrs. George W., Parkers-
burg, W. Va.
Pettigrew, Mrs. C. D., Pine Bluff,
Ark.
Pettus, William J., M. D., U. S.
Marine Hospital Service, Char-
leston, S. C.
Pinckney, C. C, Richmond, Va.
Pleasants, Edwin, Richmond, Va.
Pleasants, Dr. J. Hall, Baltimore,
Md.
Poindexter, W. W., Lynchburg, Va.
Pollard, Henry R., Richmond, Va.
Prentiss, Judge R. R., Suffolk, Va.
Ramey, Mrs. Alice Lewis, Brown-
wood, Texas.
Pandolph, Mrs. Robert Lee, Alex-
andria, La.
Reed, P. L., Richmond, Va.
Reid, Prof. Legh W., Haverford, Pa.
Richardson, Albert Levin, Balti-
more, Md.
Richardson, Wm. D., Richmond, Va.
Ridgeley, Mrs. Jane, Chicago, 111.
Rives, Mrs. W. C, Washngton,
D. C.
RoBards, Col. John Lewis, Hannabal,
Mo.
Roberson, Mrs. J. Fall, Cropwell,
Ala.
Roberts, Mrs. James A., Marietta,
Ohio.
Robertson, Frank S., Abingdon, Va.
Robertson, Thos. B., Hopewell, Va.
Robins, Dr. C. R., Richmond, Va.
Robinson, Alexander G., Louisville,
Ky.
Robinson, Judge C. W., Newport,
News, Va.
Robinson, P. M., Clarksburg, W. Va.
Robinson, Mrs. Poitiaux, Richmond,
Va.
Rockwell, Mrs. Eckley, Washing-
ton, D. C.
Ryan, Thos. F., Oak Ridge, Va.
Sands, Alexander H, Richmond, Va.
Savage, N. R., Richmond, Va.
Scherr, Henry, Williamson, W. Va.
Schouler, Prof. James, Intervale,
N. H.
Scott, Alexander V., Rosedale, Miss.
Scott, George Cole, Richmond, Va.
Scott, Thomas B., Richmond, Va.
Scott, W. W., Orange, Co., Va.
Shearer, W. B., New Orleans, La.
Shelton, Thos. W. Norfolk, Va.
Shelton, Mrs. T. J. Denver, Col.
Shepherd, Dr. Wm. A., Richmond, Va.
Shewmake, Oscar L., Surry, Va.
Shine, Dr. Francis Eppes, Blsbee,
Ariz.
STiipley, Mrs. Walter, St. Louis, Mo.
Sim, John R.. New York, N. Y.
Sitterding, Fritz, Richmond, Va.
Smith, Austin, Mlddletown, Ohio.
Smith, A. D., Fayetteville, W. Va.
Smith, Alda L., Belton, S. C.
Smith, Capt. Boyd, Richmond, Va.
Smith, Miss Edith W., Denver, Col.
Smith, H. M„ Jr., Richmond, Va.
Smith, Willis B., Petersburg, Va.
Smith, Capt. R. C, U. S. $. New
York, N. Y.
Southall, Rev. S. O., Dinwiddle, Va.
Spilman, Gen. B. W., Warrenton, Va.
Stanard, W. G., Richmond, Va.
Statham, Miss Mary B., Passadena,
Cal.
Staton, Mrs. James G., Williamston,
N. C.
Stechert & Co., New York, N. Y.
Steiger, E., New York, N. Y.
Stern, General Jo. Lane, Richmond,
Va.
Stettinius, Mrs. E. R., New York,
N. Y.
Stevens, B. F. and Brown, London,
Eng.
Stewart, Miss Annie C, Brook Hill,
Va.
Stewart, Miss E. Hope, Brook Hill,
Va.
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Stewart, Miss Norma, Brook Hill,
Va.
Stewart, Miss Lucy W., Brook Hill,
Va.
Stewart, Rev. J. Calvin, Richmond,
Va.
Stewart, J. A., Louisville, Ky.
Stiles, Mrs. Barnett, Medina, Texas.
Stone, Miss Lucie, P., Hollins, Va.
Stoner, Mrs. R. G. f Mt. Sterling, Ky.
Strother, Henry, Fort Smith, Ark.
Strother, James French, Welch, W.
Va.
Strother, Hon. P. W., Pearisburg,
Va.
Stuart, Hon. Henry C, Elk Garden,
Va.
Swem, Earl G., New York, N. T.
Taliaferro, Mrs. Richard P., Ware
Neck, Va.
Tatum, Miss Edith, Greenville, Ala.
Taylor, Dr. Fielding: L., New Tork,
N. Y.
Taylor, Jacquelln P., Richmond, Va.
Taylor, John M., Richmond, Va.
Taylor, Prof. T. U., Austin, Texas.
Terhune, Mrs. E. T., New YorK, N. Y.
Terrell, R. A., Bermlngham, Ala.
Thach, Mrs. Charles C, Auburn, Ala.
Thompson, J. Taylor, Farmville, Va.
Thompson, Mrs. Wells, Houston,
Texas.
Thompson, Mrs. W. H., Lexington,
Ky.
Thornton, R. G. ; Richmond, Va.
Throckmorton, C. Wickliffe, San An-
tonio, Texas.
Thruston, R. C, Ballard, Louisville,
Ky.
Tidball, Prof. Thomas A., Sewanee,
Tenn.
Tiffany, Mrs. Louis McLane, Bal-
timore, Md.
Torrence, Rev. W. Clayton, Hern-
don, Va.
Traber , Mrs. Herman, Muskogee,
Oklahoma,
Trant, Mrs. Robert L., Washington,
D. C.
Travers, S. W., Richmond, Va.
Traylor, M. G., Princeton, N. J.
Tuck, G. O., New York, N. Y.
Tucker, Alfred E., Wimbledon, Lon-
don, Eng.
Tucker, H. St. George, Lox:ngton,
Va.
Tucker, Lawrence F., Norfolk, Va.
Tunstall, Robert B., Norfolk, Va.
Turner, D. L., New York, N. Y.
Tyler, D. Lyon G., Holdcraft, Va.
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Virginia Historical Society
AT ITS
ANNUAL MEETING
HELD IN THE
HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY
ON APRIL 20, 1920
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Virginia Historical Society
IN
Annual Meeting held April 20, 1920
The Annual meeting was held in the Society's House, 707
East Franklin Street, on April 20, 1920, at 4 P. M., with Presi-
dent W. Gordon McCabe in the chair.
The first business of the meeting was the reading of Presi-
dent McCabe's report.
For the first time in many years, this report, always so
full of information, of eloquence and of humor, cannot ap-
pear. With both hearers and readers it had made a place
for itself which was unique, and many who cared little for
wholly historical work looked forward eagerly for its ap-
pearance.
At this meeting Captain McCabe read only the rough draft
of parts of his report. He was so conscientious in his work
that he would never complete the report until he had read and
reread every page of the Magazine for the year. Delays in
printing prevented him from ever seeing the complete Maga-
zine, so his full report was never prepared.
All that can now be done is for the editor of the Magazine
to give in brief, dry form, data which our President would
have made alive.
Our membership on January 1, 1920 was 702, a loss of
12 from the preceding year. In this connection the writer
wishes to pay a hearty tribute to the loyalty of our members.
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In spite of long delays in the publication of the Magazine
(due to causes beyond the power of the Executive Commit-
tee to remedy) almost all of our members showed their de-
votion to Virginia and Virginia history by refraining from
criticism and by prompt payment of dues.
Any general defection during this trying time would, at
least, have caused the suspension of the Magazine. Condi-
tions are now better; but we need a hundred or more new
members to meet the enormously increased cost of printing.
The President next read, as a part of his report, that of
the Treasurer, which was as follows:
Treasurer's Report.
Balance in Bank November 30, 1918 $ 319.94
Receipts.
Annual Dues $2,905.18
Life Members 300.00
Interest 790.10
Sale of Magazines 126.50
Sale of Publications 29.00
From Savings Bank 133.34 4,284.12
$ 4,604.06
DlSBUBSEMENTS.
Salaries $1,408.00
Wages 360.00
Postage and Express 103.50
Sundry Bills 157.62
Books, Stationery and Binding 6.25
Printing Magazines 1,340.53
Insurance 22.50
Repairs 523.16
Job Printing 87.87
Checks Returned 10.00
To Permanent Fund 133.34
Coal 41.25
Interest .30
4,194.32
Balance in Bank November 30, 1919 409.74
$ 4,604.06
PROCEEDINGS V
Permanent Fund.
34 shares of stock in the Citizens Bank of Norfolk, Va.,
estimated value $ 6,800.00
Real estate (6%) mortgages, $1,000.00 $4,500.00 5,500.00
U. S. Liberty Bonds (Zy 2 and 4%%) 1,600.00
In Savings Bank 1,917.98
$15,817.98
In accordance with an order of the Executive Committee, the
Treasurer presents the following tabulated statement showing the
sources from which the Permanent Fund is derived. What is termed
the "Society's Fund" comprises the amount the Committee has been
able to save from year to year of the ordinary revenues of the
Society.
The Virginia Sturdivant McCabe Fund, given by the
President of the Society in loving memory of his
granddaughter, Virginia Sturdivant McCabe, born
February 1, 1906, died August 11, 1919 $ 500.00
The Jane Pleasants Harrison Osborne McCabe Fund,
given by the President of the Society in loving mem-
ory of his wife, Jane Pleasants Harrison Osborne
McCabe, who died November 22, 1912 500.00
The Edmund Osborne McCabe Fund, established in lov-
ing memory of Edmund Osborne McCabe (born Feb-
ruary 29, 1868, died June 5, 1919), from a bequest left
by his devoted mother, Jane Pleasants Harrison Os-
borne McCabe 500.00
Gift by a member of the Society 500.00
Daughters of the American Revolution Fund 100.00
Byam K. Stevens Fund 750.00
Edward Wilson James Fund 5,567.22
Society's Fund 7,400.00
$15,817.98
During the past year the Citizens Bank of Norfolk declared a
stock dividend of one new share for three old. Under this dis-
tribution the Society became entitled to 8 1/3 shares, and bought
2/3 of a share, thus adding nine shares to our previous holdings
in that stock .
This is an increase of the Permanent Fund of $2,700.56 over last
year. It has been necessary for the Society, in case of extensive
repairs to the house costing more than could be paid of the
current receipts, to have such repairs made out of the Permanent
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Fund. Last year it was necessary to spend $500.00 in making the
janitor's quarters habitable. The Committee authorized the Cor-
responding Secretary and Treasurer, if necessary to meet current
expenses, to spend $500.00 from the amount in the Savings Bank.
As we have not been able to issue, and consequently have not had
to pay for, any magazines since last July, this money has not been
called for, but it probably will be, so at present the net amount of
the Permanent Fund, not already invested and available for invest-
ment is $15,317.98. The Finance Committee is awaiting information
in regard to certain rumored additions to the Fund, before making
a new investment.
If bookkeeping entries relating to the Permanent Fund are de-
ducted it will be seen that the receipts during the last fiscal year
were about $150.00 more than during the year before, and the ex-
penditures, in spite of the great increase in prices, were $258.00 less.
This is in part accounted for by the rigid economy practised and
in part by the fact, before stated, that on account of printing
troubles we have not been able to publish or pay for any magazines
since July, 1919. The magazines are now under way and at an
early date will call for considerable disbursements.
The financial condition of the Society, when conditions are con-
sidered, is very gratifying.
Respectfully submitted,
R. A. LANCASTER, JR.,
Treasurer.
Additions to the Library.
The additions to the Library in books and pamphlets in
1919 number five hundred and sixty-five (565).
The donors, to whom, as well as to others who have made
presents to the Society, our grateful thanks are given, were:
Armistead C. Gordon, Robert L. Preston, Prof. W. McNeile
Dixon, W. A. Gordon, Jr., John T. Boddie, John C. Collins,
O. W. Baylor, Richard C. Jones (Virginia State Forester),
Major John D. Guthrie, U. S. A., Judge N. S. Barratt, Mrs.
J. A. Johnston, Willis T. Hanson, Jr., Miss Catherine Evans,
George Taylor Lee, Dr. J. F. Jameson, P. H. Baskervill, Dr.
H. J. Eckenrode, E. A. Hankins, Philip T. Brown, G. C.
Callahan, Miss Julia S. Wooldridge, Boutwell Dunlap, M. M.
Haywood, Fairfax Harrison, W. Gordon McCabe, Mrs. W.
Gordon McCabe, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Library
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of Congress, Mass. Commission on Public Records, Illinois
Centennial Commission, American Hellenic Society, U. S.
War Department, Jewish War History Committee, Richmond
Times-Dispatch, Virginia Bar Association, American Bar As-
sociation, U. S. Council of National Defense, University of
Illinois, Grand Lodge of Masons of Penna., University of
Oklahoma, University of California, Smithsonian Institute.
Gifts.
Three volumes, Blackstone's Commentaries, Oxford, 1770,
with autographs of Francis Lightfoot Lee, and book stamp of
Arthur Lee. Presented by Milo P. Smith, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
Photograph of portrait of Washington by Stuart, now at
West Point, N. Y. Presented by Major A. E. Potts, U. S. A.
A package of manuscripts, clippings, etc. Presented by Miss
L. Peyton, The Plains, Va.
Photostat copies of the Virginia Quit Rent Rolls 1704 (the
only one known to exist), 98 sheets. Presented by a member
of the Society.
A dressed wax doll and a dressed rag doll (in the costume of
the period) over a hundred years old. Presented by Mrs. Wm.
Wirt Henry, 812 Seminary Ave., Richmond, Va.
A saucer formerly belonging to the Grymes family of Bran-
don, Middlesex County, Va. Presented by C. C. Chowning,
Urbana, Va.
Framed photograph of Capt. Wilson Miles Cary (many of
whose valuable papers are now in our collection). Presented
by Fairfax Harrison, Belvoir, Va.
Publications.
The great delay in the publication of the Magazine was due
entirely to the impossibility of having printing done. In each
case the copy for the Magazine was placed in the hands of
the printer (or printers, for we had more than one), in ample
time, but in each case they were compelled to take months in
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completing work which ordinarily would have been done in a
few weeks. Vol. XXVII of the Magazine was not completed
during 1919, but now has been. A double number (July-Octo-
ber, 1919) was published in 1920. We were not able to pub-
lish the index for this volume until the April 1920 number,
which was issued late in 1920. Conditions are now improving
in regard to printing facilities but the cost of printing and
paper has increased so greatly that it will be necessary for us
to raise six or seven hundred dollars more than usual this
year and next.
The Executive Committee has decided not to raise the dues
or materially reduce the size of the Magazine. To meet the
need, an earnest effort will be made to obtain at least one hun-
dred and twenty-five new members. All of our present mem-
bers are asked to aid us.
Our late President's report called particular attention to the
departments of the Magazine entitled "Roll of Honor" and
"War Notes". These began in July, 1918, and ended in July-
October, 1 91 9. The first contains a list of Virginia's dead
during the war, and the other an account of honors received,
with personal notices, etc. During the period stated we print-
ed, under these two heads, 217 pages.
Necrology.
LIFE MEMBERS.
Mrs. William Liggon Corbin, Philadelphia, Pa.
C Wiley Grandy, Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, Pleasanton, California.
ANNUAL MEMBERS
Wilson Miles Cary, Baltimore, Md.
General William R. Cox, Penelo, N. C.
J. J. Doran, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, Richmond, Va.
Rt. Rev. Robert A. Gibson, Richmond, Va.
PROCEEDINGS IX
E. T. Lamb, Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. James M. Lawton, New York, N. Y.
C. M. McClung, Knoxville, Tenn.
Capt. Thomas H. Raines, U. S. A.
Douglas H. Thomas, Baltimore, Md.
Richard B. Tunstall, Norfolk, Va.
Benjamin B. Valentine, Richmond, Va.
Whether we regard high character, distinguished service
and devotion to the objects sought by this Society, or whether
we count numbers lost from our roll of members, it can be
said that rarely or never have we had a year with so much
cause of sincere regret.
At the close of President McCabe's report he stated that
the election of officers and members of the Executive Com-
mittee was next in order.
On motion, a nominating committee was appointed. The
committee retired and on its return recommended the fol-
lowing gentlemen for election. The vote was taken and offi-
cers and members of the Executive Committee, as follows,
were elected :
President — W. Gordon McCabe, Richmond.
/ 'ice-Presidents — Edward V. Valentine, Richmond ; Lyon
G. Tyler, Charles City County ; Philip A. Bruce, University.
Recording Secretary — David C. Richardson, Richmond.
Treasurer — Robert A. Lancaster, Jr., Richmond.
Corresponding Secretary and Librarian — William G. Stan-
ard, Richmond.
Executive Committee — Charles V. Meredith, Richmond;
Armistead C. Gordon, Staunton; S. A. Longe, Norfolk;
Daniel Grinnan, Richmond ; William A. Anderson, Lexing-
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ton; Fairfax Harrison, Fauquier County; J. Stewart Bryan,
Richmond ; S. S. P. Patteson, Richmond ; William H. Palmer,
Richmond; John P. McGuire, Richmond; Morgan P. Rob-
inson, Richmond ; J. Jordan Leake, Richmond.
After the election of members there was an informal dis-
cussion of various subjects of interest to the Society, and
then on motion, the meeting adjourned.
THE
Virginia Magazine
OF
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
Vol. XXVIII. April, 1920. No. 2.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT—
1622-1629.
(From the originals in the Library of Congress.)
(Continued.)
A Court held at James Citye the 7 th day of May 1627, being
present :
Sir George Yeardley, Knt. &c., Doctor Pott & Capt. Roger
Smith.
Whereas it appeareth upon the compl't of Ensigne John Uty,
by the oaths of John Day(l) & Francis Banks, that Richard
Bickley hath resisted & opposed him in his com'and, in denying
to take armes & discharge his publick duty, the Court hath
ordered that for this his offence he shalbe layed neck & heeles
12 howers & at the Croppe by way of fyne shall pay 200 lbs. of
Tobacco
(1) John Utie, afterwards member of the Council, has been frequently
noticed in this Magazine. At the Census of 1624-5, John Day, aged 24,
who came in the London Merchant, 1620, and his wife who came in the'
same ship, were among Sir George Yeardley's "men" at Hog Island.
Francis Banks, who came in the Gift, 1623, was one of Edward Bennett's
servants at Wariscoyack in 1624. Richard Bickley who had come in the.
Return, was a servant of John Utie at Hog Island.
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It is ordered at this court that, in regard Roger Dilk (by his
owne confession) hath absented himself from his plantation
without the knowledge or leave of his com'ander, contrary t«
an order of Court, for the space of 8 dayes compleat, that he
shall pay (according to that order of court, viz : 25 1. of tobacco
for every 24 howers absence) the some of 200 li. of tobacco.
A Court held the 21 of May 1627, being p'sent Sir George
Yeardley Knt. &c, Dr. Pott & Capt. Roger Smith.
At this Court was delivered in the last will & testament of
Thomas Grub (2), deceased, & proved to be the true will of the
said Thomas Grub by the testamonye upon oath of Daniell
Lacy, & that the said Thomas Grub was in p'fect sense &
memorye at the sealing 8c deliverye herof.
It is ordered upo' complaint & informacon made by Ensigne
John Utye, of the drunkeness & other misdemeanors of Roger
Webster(3), that for his fault he shall pay by way of fyne 20 li.
of tobacco & put in bond of 300 li. to keepe the good behaviour
8c to make his appearance at the next quarter court.
It is ordered that wheras it appeares by a bill under the hand
& seale of Thomas Mahew (4) for five pounds sterling to be paid
unto John Orchard, in com'odityes as they cost in England the
first peny, bearing date the ninth of May one thousand six
hundred and twenty-sixe, that out of the goods of Thomas
Mahew the said debt of five pounds shalbe presently paid (in
whose hands soever they remaine) unto the said John Orchard.
Upon the peticon of Bridges 8c F reeman James Sleight th is
court doth give them free leave to remove themselves & their
goods from Martin Brandon unto some place or plantacon,
where they may live more secured.
(2 Thomas Grubb, a joiner, came in the George and lived at Hog
Island 1624-5.
(3) Roger Webster in 1624-5 lived at Hog Island. In 1632 he was a
member of the House of Burgesses for the Glebe Land and Archer's Hope.
(4) A "Mr. Thomas Mahew, gentleman," had in 1637 a commission
to examine persons leaving England for foreign parts (Hotten).
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 99
A Court held the 25 th of June, 1627, present:
Sir George Yeardley, Knt., Governor &c
Capt. Smith
Mr. Claybourne.
Wheras Capt. John Martin appeared at this Court to answere
unto ye suite of Tho. Gates(5) in the sume of eight hundred
waight of tobacco being due by a bond under his hand bearing
date the one & twentiethe day of Aprill 1626, the w'ch bond was
acknowledged by the said Capt. Martin to be his owne deed
and act under his owne hand. It is ordered that Mr Richard
Kingsmell, Mr. John Southerne & Randall Small wood Provost
Marshall Shall praise the goods & Chattells of the said Capt.
Martin uppon their oathes that soe paim't may be made unto ye
said Thomas Gates of the debt aforesaid.
Wheras Wil'm Barnes & Robert Paramore(6) did on Thursday
last behave themselves very negligently on their watch, it is
therefore ordered that they shall pay three dayes worke a peice
in cutting downe & clearing of such shrubbs & low woodes as
are before the towne in the feildes. And likewise that Good-
man Osborne for the like offence doe give on(e) dayes worke.
James Citty. A Quarter Court held the 2nd day of July
1627, being present
Sir George Yeardley, Knt., Governor &c
Capt. West, Mr Persey
Mr. Doctor Pott, Mr Secretary
Capt. Smyth, Capt Tucker
Capt. Mathewes, Mr ffarrar
The 3 th of July 1627
(5) Thomas Gates, who came in the Swan, 1609 and his wife Eliza-
beth, who came in the Warwick, 1620, lived in 1624-5 at Pace's Paines,
opposite Jamestown.
(6) Robert Parramore, who came in the Swan, was in 1624-5, resident
at "Pashbehayes and the Main" near Jamestown. The appearance of
the land where these careless sentinels were stationed, is still familiar.
It was either an "old field,' once cultivated; but now grown up in shrubs,
or else it was a tract of woodland from which all the trees had been cut
and only undergrowth left. In either case it seems strange that there
should have been uncultivated land close to the little palisaded "town".
It is possible that the land to be cleared lay across Pitch and Tar Swamp,
and did not immediately adjoin the town. "Goodman Osborne," was
John Osborne who, with his wife Mary, was living on James City Island
in 1621-5.
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It is ordered that Capt. Martin shall have three dayes time to
sell his goods w'ch are allready prised, that he may make satis-
faction unto Tho. Gates of the 'debt of 800 li. of Tobacco w'ch
he owethunto the said Gates, if not, that the said Gates be
satisfyed by ye sayd goods as they are allready prised.
It is ordered that Alice Thornberry for her offence in fighting
with Ann Snoode & beating her, whereby just suspision may be
had that shee did miscarry a child in the wombe of ye said Anne
Snoode & caused abortion, shall receave forty stripes at the
whipping post. And that the said Alice Thornbury & Anne
Snoode, if they shall brake their good behavior, shall ["& uppon
verdict therof" — erased] be whipt three several times' in three
dayes
At this Court Mrs. Alice Proctor (7) brought in the Inventory
of all the goods of her husband Mr John Proctor, deceased, &
delivered in the same uppon her oath, & desired a letter of
Administration to [be] given unto her, w'ch was accordingly
granted.
At this Court Capt. Mathewes did testify on the behalf of Mrs.
Alice Procter that Dericke the Dutch Caprenter did proffer to
make the one halfe of satisfaction for a wherry or such boate
belonging to Mr John Procter, deceased, being left by one
Garret — & the said Derricke according to the rate that had
before been proffered to the said John Procter by others for ye
same.
At this Court there was order given that a letter of Administra-
tion should be graunted unto Capt. Samuel! Mathewes uppon
ye Estat of Robert Lapworth (8) who lately died intestate or
w'tSiout any disposall of his Estate.
It is ordered that Margaret Partin (9) the wife of Robert
(7) For John Procter and Alice his wife, see this Magazine XIT, 90-92.
(8) Robert Lapworth, who came in the Abigail, lived at the College
Land 1624-5.
(9) In 1624-5 "The Muster of Robert Partin" at West and Shirley
Hundred, included himself, aged 36, who came in the Blessing, 1609,
Margaret his wife, aged 36, who came in the George in 1617, and their
three children, Robert, aged 4 months; Rebecca aged 2 years, and Avis,
aged 5 years. Thomas Hale, one of their servants, was 20 years old and
had come in the George, in October 1623. It would seem that the Partins
were old planters of respectabilit}' and good-standing, and it is hard to
understand, no matter what Hale's crime was, that the mother of three
small children should receive such punishment.
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Partin of Sherly Hundred for concealing the offence of Thomas
Hayle lately executed, & for because she revealed not the same
when it first came to her knowledge but did ernestly w'thstand
that it should any wayes be made knowne, shall be whippd &
receave fortye strypes
ffinis Curiae
A Court at James Citty the 4 th day of July 1627, being pres-
ent
S'r (George Yeardley, Knt., Governor &c
Capt. ffr. West, Mr Persey
Dr Pott, Mr Claybourne
Capt. Smyth, Capt. Tucker
Capt. Mathewes, Mr ffarrar
Bridges Freeman & James Sleig-ht sworne & examined say that
Capt. Martin by worde of mouth, did lease unto them some
ground to plant at Martin Brandon & that they did covenant
to pay him ye rent of two capons or two pulets & were to hold
the same untill Christmas next.
At this Court Lt. Giles Allington delivered in uppon his oath
an Inventorie of all the estate of Caleb Page deceased.
At this Court it was thought fitt that we should draw out
partyes fro' all our plantations & goe uppon the Indians(lO) &
(10) This campaign against the Indian? (whk;h it may be noted was
ordered on a Fourth of July) was one of a series carried on annually for
several years after the great Indian Massacre of 1622, which resulted
in breaking for a time, the power of the Eastern Virginia Indians. Not-
ices uf these annual attacks are in this Magazine XIX, 116, 117, 119, 120,
122, 123. The plan of the campaign was as follows: the people of the
College Land, (which included Farrar's Island, then a peninsula, but now
really an island through the cutting of the Dutch Gap Canal,) and some
adjacent territory in the present Henrico County, and also, probably
Coxendale, and other places nearby in the present Chesterfield: and Neck
of Land (the present Jones' Neck, on the south side of the river, not far
below Dutch Gap) were to attack Taux (or Little) Powhatan, about the
present site of Richmond. The commanders were Thomas Osborne,
ancestor of the family long resident at Osborne's, Chesterfield county,
and Thomas Harris, also ancestor of a large family in Chesterfield,
Henrico, Cumberland, Richmond City, &c
Next below, Shirley in Charles City County, Persey's Hundred (now
Flower de Hundred), Jordan's Journey (now Jordan's Point) and Chap-
lain's Choice, all three in the present Prince George, were to attack the
Appomattox Indians, living on or near the river of that name and the
Weyanokes, living in the present Prince George County. The com-
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cutt downe their corne, and further that we should sett uppon
them all in one day viz., the first of August next. The planta-
tions of the Necke of land & the Colledge to goe uppon the
Tanx Powhatans both the Shirley-Hundred, Jourdaines Jour-
ney, Chaplaine's Choise & Persey's Hundred uppon the Townes
of ye WHanoacks & ye Appomatucks, The Corporation of James
Citty uppon ye Chicahominies & the Tappahannocs. War-
wicke-River, Warrisquoiacke & Newport-Newse uppon the
plantation of the Nansamundes Chesapeiacks. Commanders
appointed for these services are these, viz: for Tanx Powhatan,
Le£t Thomas Osborne in chiefe, Tho: Harris seconde. ffor
Appomattuckes & ye Weianokes, Ensigne Epes & Mr Pawlet &
to make choise of their seconds, ffor the Chicahominies Cant.
Peirce in chiefe, Mr Harwood seconde. ffor the Tappahannas
Capt West in chiefe, Mr Grendon seconde. ffor the Warisquoy-
acks Capt Mathewes. ffor the Nansamunds, Lt. Tho: Purfury
ffor the Chesapeake Ensigne Willoby.
manders of this division were Francis Epes or Eppes, afterwards of the
Council (some of whose numerous descendants still own land patented by
him), and Thomas Pawlett, a great grandson of the first Marquis of
Winchester, who was also later in the Council and was the first owner of
"Westover."
The people of the Corporation of James City, which included Jamestown
as its environs on the north side of the river and various settlements
opposite on the south side, were to attack the Chickahominies (whose
residence is indicated by their name) and the Tappahannas, living en the
borders of the present Prince George and Surry. The commanders of
this detachment were William Pierce (later a councillor, and the hus-
band of John Rolfe's widow) and Thomas Haiwood, later of Warwick
County, where descendants cf his name still live. The Commanders
against the Tappahannas were Francis West, formerly Governor, a
brother of Lord Delaware, and Edward Grindon.
Warwick River, on the north side of the James, and Newport News
on the same side at its mouth, together with Warrisqvoiacke, (around
Pagan Creek, and the present Smithfield, Isle of Wight County), were to
attack the Nansemonds, in the river bearing their name, aud the Chesa-
peakes, whose land lay between theNansemond and the ocean. The com-
manders here were Thomas Purefoy, later of Elizabeth City County, and
Thomas Willoughby, later of Lower Norfolk County, whose family gave
the name to the well-known Willoughby Spit. Each of these men were
later members of the Council, and each has many descendants.
Samuel Matthews, afterwards Governor, commanded against the Nan-
semonds. Lt Peppet, in his ship, was to lie off the present West Point
at the head of York River and make a feint against the formidable
Pamunkeys.
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And further it is thought expedient that Left. Peppet doe goe
in ye good shipp called the [Arke"-erased] Virgin into Pamunkey
River & ride to put the Indians in expectation of our coming
thither, whilst the aforesaid business is in doeing.
It is alsoe thought fitt that about the beginning of October
next there be a sufficient number of men drawne out fro' all the
plantations of the Colony to goe to Pamunkey or any other
parts to take & spoile as much corneas they shall light on, &
to doe what other hurt & damadge to the Indians that they
may.
5 th of July 1627
At this Court Mrs. Jane Martian(ll) ["Bartley "-erased] de-
livered in an Inventory of the Estate of Left Edward Bartley,
deceased, uppon her oath.
The 21 th of July 1627
John.Passeman sworne & examined sayth that the will of Hugh
Hilton(12) dated the 3 th day of April 1627, was the true will of
the sayd Hugh Hilton and that he was in perfect sense & mem-
orie at the making & the deliverie thereof.
A Court at James Citty the 13 th of August 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, Knt., Go.
Capt. West, Capt. Mathewes
Doctor Pott, Mr Claybourne
Capt Smyth.
Wheras Alexander George, marchant, late deceased, did as it
seemeth by a certain will enclosed Sc sealed up in a sheete of
paper & left amongst his wrightings, appoint Mr Thomas
Harwood & Mr Will'm Perry to be overseers of his said will &
to take his estate unto their hands, the court hereuppon hath
thought fitt, that accordingly the sayd Thomas Harwood &
(11) Lt. Edward Berkeley, who lived at Hog Island, was son of Sir
Maurice Berkeley, and grandson of John Berkeley, formerly of Bever-
stone Castle, Gloucestershire, who came to Virginia in 1621 to lake charge
•f the iron- works and was killed by tRe Indians in 1022. It has been
known that Mrs. Jane Berkeley married, secondly, Capt. Nicholas
Martian, afterwards of York Count}', but not that it was so soon as to be
before the presentation of first husband's inventory. This use, however,
of funeral baked meats, for a new wedding was common in the colonies.
(12) Hugh Hilton, aged 36 years in 1624-5, who had come in the
Edwin, May 1619, lived at the Neck of Land in Charles City, 1624-5.
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Will'm Perry doe take charge of all the whole estate of the sayd
Alexander George & doe give in securitie to be accomptab e for
what they shall receave.
Wheras John Hayes, Marchant, deceased about the end of May
last, w'thout making any will or Testam't, or any other way
disposing of his estate soe as the same remaineth uncertaine &
not directly disposed of to any. The Court considering that
the said John Hayes addressed himseife & remained w'th Capt
ffrancis West, hath thereuppon thought fitt to graunt the ad-
ministration of the said estate unto ye said Capt. West, re-
quiring that he doe give a sufficient bond to save the Court
harme & as soone as may be to bring in a p'fect inventory of
ye same.
A Court at James Citty 27 th August, 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, Knt., Go. &c
Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Mr. Claybourne
It is ordered that Robert Wright (13) sha 1 have 12 acres of land
in the Hand of James Citty at ye place called the Labour in
vaine, & that he have a Patent therof graunted unto him as a
part of his divident due unto him for his personal adventure.
Wheras one John Croodeike, mariner, was in March last past
unfortunately cast away in a bark about Newports Newes, &
dyeing intestate & haveing divers debts of tobacco due unto
[him] w'thin this Country, the Court hath ordered that Randall
Smallwood shall have a Com'ission of Administration uppon ye
sayd estate graunted unto him, & to ye [be?] accountable for
ye same unto the widow of the said John Crookdeike in England
or to any other to whom it may belonge
James Citty a Court the 3 th of September 1627, present:
S'r George Yeard ey, Knt., Governor &c
Doctor Pott
Mr Secretarie
Whe ras Philemon Powell, marchant, dceased about the be-
(13) At the Census of 1624-5, Robert Wright, aged 45, who had come
in the Swan, 1608, Joane Wright, and two children born in Virginia, lived
at Eli abethCity.
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ginning of July last past, dying inestate w'thout any disposal
of his goods in certaintie [?] haveing divers debts due unto
him, the Court hath thought fitt to graunt ye Administration
of his estate Unto Edward Sharples(14), being the brother of
one John Sharpies in England who adventured the merchandize
& wares that ye said Philemon Powell brought over into the
country as is uppon good information very probably cone uded
A Court at James City the 17 th of Septmb. 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, knt., Go. &c
Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Mr Secretary
Edward Albourne of Shirley hundred sworne & examined sayth,
that about the three Sc twentieth of June last in the morning
John Throgmorton(15) being that morning near unto the
woods [was] wounded and shott in ye body by th' Indians &
afterwards brought into the house, being yet liveing & in per-
fect memorie, called for Henry Throgmorton his Cosen & tooke
him by the hand & sayd Cozin I make you a freeman & all that
I have is yours, but the halfe of the house & ground is Edward
Albornes and afterwards, about half an hour, being desired to
make his will more perfecter, he sayd he gave unto ye wife of
Oliver Jenkins the service of his negar for a yere. Amd further
he gave unto his two servants William Edes & Thomas Stent
two yeares a peice of their time, And to ye old Cooper Richard
(14) Edward Sharpless, the Clerk of the Council, who was sentenced
by the Va. Assembly to have his ears cut off for betraying the secrets of
that body was living at Jamestown in 1623; but does not appear in the
census of 1624-5. It is stated that only a piece of one ear was actually cut.
(15) At the Census of 1624-5 the muster of John Throgmorton, or Throck-
morton, at West and Shirley Hundred, included himself aged 24, who had
come in the William & Thomas, 1618; Chayne [Cheyney] Boyse, aged 26
years, who had come in the George in May 1617, and three servants.
Henry Throckmorton apparently came later than 1624. Edward Alborn
was living at Flowerdieu Hundred, 1623, but does not appear in the Census
of 1624-5. It is probable that these Throckmortons were of the Glou-
cestershire branch of the family, for Berkeley Hundred near Shirley,
had been granted to a company of closely related Gloucestershire men;
Sir William Throckmorton, Richard Berkeley, George Thorpe, and John
Smith, of Niblev, and a number of their friends and relatives came over.
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Andrews he gave after this year all his part & share of the said
Richard Andrews his services. And this deponent can say no
more in this matter.
Ensigne ffrancis Epes sworne & examined sayth that being
present w'th the above named John Throgmorton a little before
his death, he, this deponent, desiring him to settle his estate &
make a will he answered that for my estate I have allreadie
disposed of it unto my kinsman Henrye Throgmorton.
James Citty 10 th of Septem. 1627, present
S'r George Yeardley, knt., Go. &c
Capt. West
Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth
Mr Secretarie
It is ordered that Mr Doctor Pott shall have the ground lyeing
behind his house in James Citty together w'th the swamps &
fower acres on the other side of the same added & joyned unto
his former Patent of 3 acres, w'ch in all amounts unto 12 acres,
& to have a patent for ye same, the totall being twelve acres, as
part of his own personall divident
It is likewise ordered that Mrs Southey(16) shall have a parcel
of ground graunted unto her child Henry Southey, the son of
Henry Southey, deceased, who came over in ye Southampton
1622, in the garden near to James Citty adjoyning unto Mr
Buck's house
Heruppon it is ordered that Mr Henry Throgmorton above
sayd shall have a Com'ission for the Administration on all the
estate of the above sayd John Throgmorton graunted unto
him. And bring in an Inventor ie of all the sayd estate at the
next quarter Court & then give in bond to secure ye Court
harmless.
The business of Christopher Hall's wife & Wm. Harmms
fighting, beating & scolding.
(16) Mrs. Southey, was widow of Henry Southey, Esq., of Rimpton
Somerletshire, who died soon after coming to Virginia.
Top — Archer's Hope Creek near its mouth.
Bottom— Confederate earthworks near Archer's Hope Creek, James River in background.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 107
Divers examinations being taken and heard concerning the
unquiett life w'ch they the people of Archers Hope(17) had
through the scoldings railings & fallings out w'th Amy the wife
of Christopher Hall & other abominable contentions lyeing be-
tweene them to the dishonor of God & the breach of the King's
peace, the Court hath theruppon ordered that the said Amy
shalbe toughed [towed] round aboard the Margaret & John &
ducked three times & further that Christopher Hall, John
Upton, Robert Hutt, & Will'm Harmm & Amy the wife of the
said Christopher Hall & Anne the wife of ye said Robert Hitt
shalbe all bound unto their good behaviour & to appear at ye
Quarter Court after Christmas.
The will of John Cramnidge brought unto ye Court by Serg.
Thomas Crumpe(18).
Elmer Philips & George Saunders sworne & examined doe
testifie that the will of John Crannidge brought into ye Court
was ye will of ye said John Crannidge & that he was in perfect
sence & memory at ye making therof .
James Citty, the 8 th of October 1627. At ye Court were
present :
Quarter Court] S'r George Yeardley, Knt. , Go. &c
Capt. ffr. West, Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth, Mr Secretarie
It is ordered that Roger Marshall shall have a lease graunted
unto him for the terme of ten yeares, of that parcell of land
now by him possessed in James Citty Hand containing about
eight acres & abutting betweene the lands of Mary Baulie &
Thomas Passmore.
(17) One who has seen the quiet pine groves and the fields lying on
each side of the mouth of Archer's Hope Creek (which takes its rise near
Williamsburg and flows into the James), finds it hard to conceive of it
as a place where neighbors quarrelled and fought. The little settlement
here long-ago disappeared. Archer's Hope was first selected as the place
for the first settlement; but the water in front was too shoal. The bluff
between the river and the creek was fortified by the Confederates and the
remains of earthworks are still there. In 1876 a large gun lay close to
the edge of the bluff.
(17) For Sergeant Thomas Crump, see this Magazine IV, 75.
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A Court at James Citty the 9 th of October 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, knt., Governor &c
Capt. West, Doctor Pott
Capt. Smyth, Mr Persey
Mr Secretary, Mr Farrar
Capt. Tucker
At this Court Will'm Andrewes of Accomack made petition to
have one hundred acres of land granted unto him, abutting
uppon ye land of Capt. Wilcox's at ye old Plantation Creeke
the w'ch the Court hath condescened unto; provided that he
prove that the said hundred acres to be by some meanes due
unto him.
Uppon the ernest request of George Graves, it is ordered that
he shall have a peice of ground in the Governor's garden behind
his house there built, granted unto him.
At this Court Mr Henry Throgmorton delivered in uppon his
oath an Inventory of ye estate of John Throgmorton, deceased.
(To be Continued)
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PRESTON PAPESS.
(From the originals in the Virginia State Library.)
(Continued)
Col. William Davies(I) to William Preston.
ar Office, Richmond, July 15,-81.
Sir-
Agreeably to the mode of issueing military orders from gov-
ernent, as directed by the last session of assembly, I have the
honor to inform you that from the present situation of affairs to
the Southward, it is judged necessary that you immediately
put into motion one seventh part of your militia, properly
officered, armed and equipt, and direct them by the nearest
rout to join the army under General Greene. The present
period is a time of exertion, and as the British are putting forth
their whole power to have the appearance of, large possessions
and great conquests in this country, against the approaching
conference for a peace, there cannot be a doubt of the same
animation in our parts to confine their pretensions to very
narrow limits.
I beg the favor of a return of the strength of your militia,
and of the cloathing collected , which I request may be put into
the hands of the nearest quartermaster who will forward them —
I have the honor to be very respectfully, Sir, your most
obedient Servant
William Davies
[Addressed] Montgomery [Co.]
(1) Col. William Davies was the head of the State Board of Was.
110 virginia historical magazine
Letter from Col. William Davies.
War Office, July 17 th 1781
Sir—
I had the honor to communicate to you two days ago an order
from the Executive requiring that one seventh part of your
militia should be put in motion to proceed to the support of
General Greene. Since that time government have judged it
expedient to enlarge the number called for. I have it therefore
in command from his Excellency the Governor in council to re-
quire from your county one fourth part of the militia properly
officered, armed and equipt to march to join the Southern army,
and to serve their tours of two months, to be computed from the
time of their joining it.
Government makes these calls with great reluctance, but the
importance of the occasion and the consequences which may
attend at the negociations for peace, should stimulate to every
exertion. The men destined for the Southward are not to wait
till the previous return of those with the Marquis, who will be.
discharged without a relief as soon as their two months are out
The Law, I understand, has, by an act of the last session made
a difference between the pay of those serving in the State and
those that march out of it ; the former being paid from the time
of joining the Army only, but the latter from the time their
march begins. I hope this will be some encouragement —
I have the honor to be with great respect
Your most humble Serv*
William Davies
(Address) Montgomery, formerly Fincastle
[Endorsement] Col'o Davies Letter
July 1781
Governor Nelson to William Preston.
Richmond 19 th July 1781
Sir:
The great superiority of the enemy to the Southward making
it necessary to send a Reinforcement to Gen. Greene; Col.
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Davies the commissioner of the War Office has orders from the
Executive to write to the Lieutenants of the different counties
that are to send the Reinforcement. I cannot however forbear
requesting that you will interest yourself in a very particular
manner with the Militia of your County whose tour it may be
to go on this service — Vigorous exertions this campaign will
ensure to America what she has been contending for. Our affairs
in that quarter look with a pleasing aspect. General Greene
has nearly recovered the Southern States, and only wants
proper support to finish the campaign with that glory which
his extraordinary Conduct & unparell'd perseverance merit.
I am Sir
Y r Mo Ob Ser*
Thos. Nelson Jr.
Montgomery —
[Endorsement]
Governor Nelson's Letter
19 July 1781
Col. Davies to Col. Preston.
War Office July 29, 1781
Sir,
The present situation of the six months men is a matter of
serious moment to the public interest, and has a direct tendency
totally to destroy, on the part of the militia, all opposition
against the ravages of a cruel enemy who avail themselves of
every neglect of ours to accomplish the subjugation of this
country. The mode of punishment directed by law for de-
linquencies is undoubtedly a wise one, and is calculated as much
for the immediate defence and benefit of the State as for the
reformation of the culprits themselves. From a fatal mis-
management in some counties however, it has a directly con-
trary effect, and instead of adding to our military force, actually
weakens it and proves rather an exemption from duty alto-
gether than an obligation to render longer service.
It is difficult to account upon what principle this mischief has
been tolerated; it will be ruinous however, if not immediately
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checked. When a delinquent is condemned to be a six months
soldier, he is struck off the militia roll; nobody takes the trouble
or thinks it his duty to deliver him to the army; neither Gov-
ernment nor the army know anything of him or of his con-
demnation, and thus he continues, contrary to every kind of
justice, in quiet repose at home, and not only contributes
nothing towards the defence of the country, but does essential
injury to it, by his example, his conversation, and the toleration
he receives. It is the wish of Government, therefore, that an
immediate return be made to this office of all your delinquents,
and that you employ a sufficient number of your militia for the
express purpose of apprehending them, that an end, if possible,
may be had to such unjust and dangerous indulgencies. By a
law of the last session of assembly any persons apprehending
a Deserter and producing a receipt from a field officer of the
line of service to which the Deserter belongs, whether continent-
al state or militia, is intitled to an exemption from a tour of
militia duty. I hope this will be some encouragement. Posts
are established at New London and Staunton where they will
be received and incorporated by proper officers
I am, your most humble Serv*
William Davies
Endorsement]
Col'o Davies, July 1781 with form of Returns
Benjamin Harrison to William Preston.
In Council, July 23 d , 17 ( 82.
Sir
I thank you for the trouble you have taken in calling to-
gether the Officers of your County and Washington and regu-
lating the militia ordered for their defence. The plan is ap-
proved & I hope will answer my expectation & keep the Coun-
ties force from the inroads of the Indians.
It is some surprise to me that Col'o Campbell should object
to the militia of both Counties being under your command, the
proposal came from himself that the person should command
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but nothing less than his being the man would content him. I
shall write to him directing him to conform to the arrangement.
I am
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
Benj. Harrison
Col'o William Preston
[Address] On public service — Colo. William Preston
Benj. Harrison Montgomery
[Endorsement] Order of Council 23 July 1782
Sir,
William Davies to William Preston.
War Office Aug* 1 st 1781
From the movements of the enemy which have taken place
since I had the honor to communicate to you the orders of the
Executive of the last month, it has become expedient to sus-
pend the execution of them, so far as relates to the march of
your militia to the aid of General Greene. It is, however, nec-
essary that your militia hold themselves in constant readiness
to move on the shortest notice when called for. In the mean-
time, it is not expected you will send any relief to the army
under the Marquis, as those who are now with him will be dis-
charged of course, when their times are out.
I must beg your assistance to have the arms and accoutre-
ments of your County put in the best order, and that you will
be kind enough to make an exact return, agreeably to the en-
closed form.
I have the honor to be
Your most obed. Serv*
William Davies
[Endorsement] Col'o Davies Letter Aug. 1-1781 demands re-
turns
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William Preston to Governor Harrison.
Montgomery March 15 th 1782
Sir
A Letter from Col. Davies Commissioner of the War Office
dated the 30 th of Jan'y last came to hand about the 15 th of
Feb'y making a Requisition of the men raised in this County
under an act of assembly passed in Oct r 1780 for raising this
States Quota of Troops to serve in the Continental Army. In
April 1781 I had the County laid off into Districts agreeable
to that Law & by the first of August the Thirty Eight men
called fore from this County were either Recruited or draughted.
The Commissioners of the Law not having money to pay the
Bounty, the Recruits got Furloughs and the Execution of the
Act being suspended the Business remained so untill the Rec*
of the above Letter. As many as had not deserted were called
together, but as they had not rec d d their Bounty I could not
have them marched. I then moved the Court in presence of
two of the Commissioners, to levey a sum in specie for that
Purpose but the motion was rejected as you will see by the en-
closed copy. The Recruits got Furloughs a second time untill
I can resceive your Excellency's Instructions herein, which I
earnestly beg, as I am altogether at a loss what further steps to
take in this matter. I have with much trouble and fatigue
endeavour'd to carry this act into Execution and I am appre-
hensive to little purpose as there is reason to doubt that most
of the men will desert before anything effectual can be done.
I would beg leave to lay before your Excellency a Recom-
mendation of field officers in one of the Battalions, which was
occasioned by the Resignation of Coll. Ingles whose Infirmities
prevented him from serving longer. — I would also entreat
your Excellency and the Hon'ble the Council to take into con-
sideration the recommendation of proper Persons to be added
to the Commission of the Peace. Such an addition will be
extremely useful for keeping good order in this frontier county
to which many disorderly People Resort from different parts of
this State as well as the Southern States.
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I would be much obliged to your Excellency to direct the
Comm r of the War Office to supply me with twenty blank
Commissions for Militia Officers, as those he sent me in Jan'y
are mostly given out.
I am your Excellency's most Obed* & very h'ble Serv*
Wm. Preston
[Address] Public Service to His Excellency
Benjamin Harrison — Governor of Virginia
[Endorsement] Copy of a Letter to the Gov r March 15 th 1782
Col. Davies to Col. Preston.
Colonel William Preston,
County Lieutenant
Montgomery
War Office-
Sir War Office Apr: 5. 1782
Came to hand the 25 th
Yours of the 15 th of last month was sent to this office by his
Excellency the Governor. Notwithstanding the frequent appli-
cations which have been made to various parts of the country
for information how far the draft law had been executed; yet
we were frequently unable to get the necessary intelligence,
from the miscarriage of letters and other accidents. I never
knew your county had drafted, till I saw your letter to the
Governor, and we must delay the matter till the Assembly
meets, unless, indeed, the men are willing to join the array
and wait till we can send the money to them, ascertained ac-
cording to the seale of depreciation.
. I have never yet been favoured with a return of the cloathing
from your county. I wish some method could be devised to
forward them to New London safely packed up and directed
to the care of M r Harry Innis.
I have filled up the blank commissions for your field officers.
If I can get any more properly authenticated before Mr.
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Latham gets off I will send them, tho' the number constantly-
called for thro' the country would really astonish you: one
would think the officers were all deserting the Service of their
country, or that an uncommon mortality raged among them.
I have the honor to be with
sincere respect
Your most humble fierv*
William Davies
[Address] Colonel William Preston
County Lieutenant
War Office Montgomery
The Officers commanding & belonging to the Regiment of
Militia from Montgomery County in Virginia beg leave to re-
turn thanks in behalf of themselves & the soldiers under their
Command, to Mi". Bagge & the other Gentlemen & Inhabitants
of the Town of Salem, for their polite Behaviour, trie hospitable
manner in which they received & treated the Troops, & the in-
convenience to which they put themselves, to entertain them
& to make their stay one night comfortable —
Signed — by order
Wm. Preston
(To be Continued)
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82 117
VIRGINIA IN 1682.
(Abstracts from Sainsbhry Papers, and Copies from McDonald
and De Jarnette Papers, Virginia State Library. From the
Originals in the British Public Record Office.)
(Continued)
Sir Hqnry Chlchley to The King.
May it please Your Exc* Ma'ty
About a week agoe there happened a strange Insurrection (1)
in the heart of this Your Ma ties Country of which I beseech
Your Ma'ty to permit me as in duty bound to give this short
account That the people of Gloucester have cut up their own
and others growing Tobacco near two hundred Plantations as
I am credibly informed to the great prejudice of many Loyal
Inhabitants and noe small detriment to Your Ma t<e3 Interest,
there being a great river and about fifty miles of ground be-
tween them and mee they committed their outrages three days
before y e least intimation of their proceedings at James Citty
where I then was with Your Ma ties Council at a General Court,
and about four days before, had prorogued an Assembly which
was called and ready to sit before the arrival of Your Ma t<eB
Commands to the contrary. I presedtly dispatcht Coll.
Kemp (2) with orders to raise Foot and Horse forthwith to
suppress them by force of Arms which hee effectually executed
(with what haste he could) upon the first party hee met is still
id quest of the rest, hobe success and humbly beg Your Ma ties
good opinion that my best endeavours shall not be wanting,
suppose the Burgesses big with the thoughts of a Cessation and
being unexpectedly yet necessarily prorogued by Your Ma ties
Command have blown this coal which hath inflamed the people,
(1) This was the "Plant Cutting" when many Colonists, in despara-
tion at the low price of tobacco, attempted to increase the value by
destroying a large part of the growing crop. Much has been published
in former numbers of this Magazine in regard to this matter. Sir Henry
Chichely was then Lieutenant and Acting Governor.
(2) Col.. Matthew Kemp, of Gloucester County.
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have wrot at large to Mr. Sec'ty Jenkins. Shall not trouble
Your Ma tieB farther at present but to beg your pardon and your
gracious acceptadce of my prayer, That it would please God to
protect and bless Your Ma'ty forever Your Ma ties most
obedient subject and servant Hen. Chichley.
From Middle Plantation May y e 8 th 1682
[Endorsed] Rec'd 14 th June 1682
Sir Henry Chichley to Secretary Jenkins
Right Hon'ble
I am heartily sorry I have occasion to give you so speedy an
account of this Country's estate, the people of our County of
Gloucester having last week in a tumultuous manner cut of
half the Tobacco plants among them some whereof voluntarily
destroyed their own and then joined forces and in several
parties to the number of twenty or more maugre opposition by
the Planters that owned them cut of all plants wherever they
came. They had begun three or four days before I had notice
of it, being then at a General Court at James Citty, immediately
I issued out my Proclamation to that County and soon after to
all others to stop their proceedings seconded with a Commission
to Coll. Kemp, one of the Council here, to suppress them by
force, which with all possible haste hee effectually put in execu-
tion taking two and twenty of them in the fact, all w'ch except
two more violent and incorrigible than the rest immediately
submitted, begged pardon and promised amendment and were
dismissed home The two before mentioned were remitted to
mee and the Council at James Citty and are now in safe custody
I hope my endeavours which shall not be wanting may quench
this growing flame. Of the further progress and total quelling
of it I shall give Your Honor speedy notice by a ship that I ex-
pect will sail ten days hence. The probable occasion as fair as
I can yet see of this commotion is briefly thus The Lord Culpeper
adjourning the Assembly after w'ch was prorogued till Jan. the
last, Arid the next month Mr. Nat. Bacon(3) by letter to me
reciting part of his Lo'ps letter the purport whereof was that an
(3) Nathanial Bacon, Sr.
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82 119
Assembly should be called some time last month, by which
time it was hoped his Lo'p would arrive here and myselfe having
not received a sillible to that time from any Publick Minister
nor indeed till neer the middle of April about which time Capt.
Jeffries arrived with pay for the Soldiers: The beginning of
March I issued out Writs for the convening the Assembly I fear
unhappily because when I received His Ma tiea Commande not
to call them to sit some of them were then on their way to James
Citty and by consequences too late to prorogue them untill
met and they big with expectation to enact a Cessation, by the
most but not the wisest thought the only expedient to advance
the price of Tobacco and being advised by the Council to pro-
pose to the House of Burgesses whether they would continue
His Ma t<eB Soldiers on the Country's pay before their proroga-
tion according to the tenor of His Ma ties letter by strange pre-
tence they delayed for fower days their answer as will appear
by their Journal and ours to bee remitted you by the Secretary
here to whom I further referr you at present. They were pro-
rogued with unanimous advice of the Council till the 10 th of
November next in obedience to His Majesties Command. But
before their prorogation, as I since understand, they voted their
Journal should be publickly read by their Burgesses when thhe
got home to their respective Counties upon the perusal of which
it will be easy for Your Honor to observe how the people came
inflamed and the Soldiers by abridgement of their pay and
some delay occasioned by my necessary presence at the General
Court being apter to mutiny than to serve His Ma tie here, must
of necessity in this juncture of time bee with- all expeditione
disbanded cannot as yet see the bottom nor discover who are
chiefly concerned in this tumult nor indeed what will be the
issue
It hath an ill face in many respects I can only say for myself
your Honor may bee assured I shall manifest my allegiance
upon all occasions, submit the whole matter to your prudent
consideration and depend upon your generosity for all the just
favor can bee shown to Right Hon'ble Your Honor most f atih-
ful & obedient servant Hen. Chichley
Middle Plantation [Endorsed] Rec'd 15 June 1682
May 8 th 1682—
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Nicholas Spencer(4) to Secretary Jenkins
James Citty May 8 th 1682
Right Hon'ble
I have not of late presumed to trouble your Honor with my
letters and doe most heartily wish had other matter to signify
to Your Honor than the substance of this letter for know the
contents will bee as unwelcome to Your Honor as they are
grievous to mee to write being now to tell Your Honor the quiet
and peace of this His Ma'tye Colonie is riot only hasarded by
unruly and tumultuous persons but is at present under such
sufferings, by a combination of many inhabitants in Gloucester
County entering into a resolution to force a Law by their wills
that noe Tobacco should be this year planted, the which readily
to effect on the first of this month began their evil undertakings
First with cutting up their own plants and soe proceeded from
plantation to plantation using a forcible way of persuasion by
telling the Masters of Plantations where they came if not willing
to have their plants cut up they would create a willingness in
them by force, and in an hours time destroy as many plants
as would well have employed twenty men a summer's tendance
to have perfected. These outrages were in progress over three
days before the Lieut Governor had any intimation thereof
himselfe and the Council being then at James Citty holding the
General Court as soon as received advice thereof issued forth-
Proclamations whereby to restrain such Riots, tumult, out-
rages and violences the which to make effectual dispatched
Coll. Kemp a worthy gentleman of the Council and Commander
of Gloucester Militia with orders to raise such members of the
militia Horse and Foot as might be effectual to suppress and
reduce the Mutineers whom with his Horse hee surrounded and
took every man of them in the very act of destroying of Plants.
Two of the principal and incorrigible rogues are committed,
the rest submitting and giving assurances of their quiet arid
peaceable demeanour and behaviour were remitted, hope by
this time other parties of the Mutineers may be reduced tho its
to be feared the contagion will spread. This day have re-
(4) Nicholas Spencer, Secretary of State.
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82 121
ceived intelligence that the next adjacent county being New
Kent was lately tooke forth committing the like spoyls on plants
as in Gloucester County the which to suppress is the like care
taken by way of the Militia Horse and Foot or soe many
them as may, in this juncture, be admitted to arms. And least
the infection should grow, general orders are gone forth to the
Commanders of the Militia of each County to provide a party
of Horse to be in continual motion, by which vigilancy are in
some hopes the growth of these Insurrections and Outrages
may be prevented and in it should not write doubtfully did I
not know the necessities of the Inhabitants to bee such by their
own Commodity Tobacco, soe now sunk to nothing that their
low estate makes them desperate and resolve a Law of Cessation
of their own making if goe forward the only destroying Tobacco
Plants will not satiate their fits to be feared rebellious appetites
which if increase and find the strength of their own Arms will
not bound themselves.
To add to this unexpected evil His Ma ties Soldiers being two
companies and just upon the point of disbanding and sensible
His Ma t<es hath been pleased to Command their disbanding on
the first of April and noe pay appointed after that day, are so
far from being serviceable in this ruly time of assistance from
them since their arrival, that their mutinous temper double
our apprehensions of evil events. Had not the Ship on which
was loaded the Soldiers money been long wind bound and on
her passage beyond usual time His Ma tiP8 Soldiers had been
paid off before these present commotions hapined, the Soldiers'
quarters are now accounting for and the Soldiers and Landlords
will day after day bee paid off and the Soldiers disbanded and
the Country freed of the mischiefs which may be from their
mutinous demeanors.
His Ma'ty was pleased to command the disbanding of the
two companies if the country would not continue them on the
public charge. The Assembly met in five days after the arrival
of those His Ma t£es commande being by writ from the Lieut.
Governor Sir Henry Chichley soe appointed near forty days
before the arrival of the Ship Concord; by which ship His Ma'ty
was likewise pleased to signify His Royal will and Pleasure that
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noe Assembly should be held or permitted to sit until the 10 th
of November next, by which time His Exc ie the Lord Culpeper
would be remanded to this his Government by whom His Ma'ty
would be pleased to signify his Royal Will and Pleasure to the
last addresses of the General Assembly, and that his Lo ds ar-
rival will be in time for an Assembly the said 10^ h of November.
The Assembly convened by the Lieut Governor being met hee
communicated to the Council His Ma t<es commands both as to
the disbanding the Soldiers unless continued at the Countrys
charge and likewise His Ma ties Commande that noe Assembly
should sit until the tenth of November to both of which that
the Council according to their duty might pay and yield all
due obedience were of the opinion the Assembly being met tho
convened without the advice or consent of any one member of
the Council yet should be permitted to set only to advise
whether to continue the guards at the Country's charge or not
in which proposition the House of Burgesses seemed to spend
some days without any other answer then desiring from day to
day time to resolve being a point in which to gain time to carry
on other imaginations, the principal part of which was a cessa-
tion, for which as the assembly was called peculiarly by the
unfortunate motions of the over-active clerk of the House of
Burgesses Major Robert Beverley soe his influence was noe less
in the House when convened. The continuance of the Assem-
bly not being agreeable to His Ma ties Commande they were
prorogued on the twenty seaventh of April to the 10 th of Novem-
ber by which prorogation the selfish purposes of some persons
were frustrated, most particularly the Clerk of the House of
Burgesses who to accomplish his designes of noe Tobacco this
year to be planted to advance those great quantities of To-
bacco now on his hands has instilled into the multitude as it is
vehemently suspected, to justify the right of making a cessation
by cutting up of plants; soe that the ground and rise of our
present troubles and disorders is from the ill-timed Assembly.
Sir : About ten days hence will sail other ships by them shall
be able to speak more positively to our Commotions than at
present therefore will now beg leave to close with subscribing
R 1 Hon'ble Your Honor's most faithful and obedient Servant
Nicho : Spencer
[Endorsed] Rec'd 14 June 1682
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82 123
Report about Commotion in Virginia.
May it please Yo r Ma tie
Wee have read three letters from Virginia dated the 8 th of
May last one being from Sir Henry Chichley Lieut* Govern or
of that Colonie to Yo r Ma tie another from him to the Right
Hono'ble Mr. Secretary Jenkins, whereby wee are given to
understand that Sir Henry Chicheley having called an Assem-
bly before the receipt of Yo r Mat ies letter forbidding him tocall
an Assembly or permit them to sitt without the consent of
seaven of the Council, Hee had accordingly with the advice and
consent of the said Council permitted them to sit several days
pursuant to the directions he had received; during which time
they had made divers motions, addresses and speeches tending
to Sedition and raising disorders in the Government by a
specious pretence of improving the Trade of Tobacco by pro-
curing a cessation from planting and by fomenting other appre-
hensions which had formerly been a chief occasion of the late
Rebellion. After which the Assembly having been prorogued
in pursuance of Your Ma'tys commands to the 10 th of Novem-
ber next and their Journal having been published throughout
the Colony by their order several tumultuous and disorderly
people were met together in Gloucester County and had cut up
and destroyed the growing Tobacco of neer two Hundred Plan-
tations which riot had noe sooner been supprest by the Militia
but another broke out in the next adjacent County of New Kent
committing the same spoils on Plants as in Gloucester County.
Whereupon the like orders had been given to the Militia or soe
many of them as in this juncture might be admitted to take
arms for the hindering the further growth and evil consequences
of this Insurrection which is very much apprehended by reason
of the present necessities and desperate condition of the In-
habitants And wee are further by those letters informed that
Robert Beverley, Clerk of the Assembly had not only very much
influenced the House of Burgesses in their seditious motions
before they were prorogued but had afterwards alsoe ,as it
was vehemently suspected, instilled into the multitude the
violent means of effecting their end of a cessation by cutting
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up the growing Tobacco Upon consideration of all which
particulars Wee are humbly of opinion that the Lord Culpeper
Your Mat ies Governor in Chief of Virginia may receive your
directions to repair to his Government with all possible speed,
in order to find out, by the strictest enquiry, the abettorr and
instruments of this commotion, and to put a stop to the further
progress of it And that to this end the Frigat intended for
Jamaica may bee immediately fitted out for the carrying him
to Virginia his Lo'p having declared himself ready to goe
thither in case of exigency within a weeks time after notice
given him.
And since by the several relations wee have received this
Insurrection appears to have been promoted and carrie,d on to
the great disturbance of the publick peace of the Colony. Wet
cannot but offer our humble advice to Your Ma'ty that soms
person who shall be found most faulty may be forthwith pune
ished, to the end the dignity of the Government may be pree
served and all evil minded men deterred from t/he like attempt
for the future. After which and not before the Governmen-
may be directed to consider of and propose with the advice of
the Council or Assembly as he shall think fit some temperament
in relation to planting of Tobacco and raising the price of that
commodity And forasmuch as Robert Beverley Clerk of the
Assembly is represented to have been a chief promoter of these
disorders Wee humbly offer that the former Instructions given
to the Lord Culpeper for the putting him out of all imployment
and places of trust may be renewed and forthwith put in execu-
tion. Lastly wee take leave humbly to move Your Ma'ty that
as there are divers quantities of Your Ma'tys Stores remaining
in Virginia which had been sent thither during the late Rebellion
Your Ma'ty would be pleased to direct the Lord Culpeper to
sell upon his arrival, all such Stores as the Country will buy
and to secure the rest for your Ma ties service.
All w'ch Etc
Whitehall
14 June 1682
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Orders about the Conditions at Virginia.
At the Court at White Hall the 17 th of June 1682
Present
The King's most Excellent Ma tie in Council
Whereas the Right Hon'ble the Lords of the Committee for
Trade and Plantations did by their Report this day read at the
Board humbly represent That by three letters from Virginia
dated the 8 th of May last one being from Sir Henry Chicheley
Lieut* Governor of that Colony to his Ma'ty, another from him
to Mr. Sec'ty Jenkins and one from Mr. Nicholas Spencer of
Virginia ro Mr. Sec'ry Jenkins they are given to understand
That Sir Henry Chicheley having called an Assembly before
the receipt of His Mat'ys letter forbidding him to call an Assem-
bly or permit them to sit without the consent of seaven of the
council hee had accordingly with the advice and consent of the
said council permitted them to sit several days pursuant to the
directions he had received during which time they had made
divers motions , addresses and speeches tending to Sedition and
raising disorders in the Government by a specious pretence of
improving the Loade of Tobacco by procuring a cessation from
planting and by fomenting the apprehensions which had for-
merly been a Chief occasion of the late Rebellion. After which
the Assembly having been prorogued in pursuance of His Ma'tys
commands to the tenth of November next and their Journal
having been published throughout the Colony by their order,
seferal tumultuous and disorderly people were met together in
Gloucester Cotmty and had cut up and destroyed the growing
Tobacco of near 200 plantations which riot had no sooner been
supprest by the Militia but another tooke out in the next ad-
jacent county of New Kent committing the same spoils on
Plants as in Gloucester Courfty whereupon the like orders had
been given to the Militia or soe many of them as at this Junc-
ture might bee admitted to take Arms for the hindring the fur-
ther growth and evil consequedces of this Insurrection which
is very much apprehended by reason of the present necessities
and desperate condition of the Inhabitants.
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And that their Lo'ps were further informed by those letters
that Robert Beverley, Clerk of the Assembly had not only very
much influenced the House of Burgesses in their Seditious mo-
tions before they were prorogued but had also, as it was ve-
hemently suspected, instilled into the multitude the violent
means of effecting their end of a cessation by cutting up the
growing Tobacco. And their Lo'hs having humbly offered it as
their opinion that the Lord Culpeper His Ma t<es Governor of
Virginia may receive directions to repair to his Government
with all possible speed in order to find out by the strictest in-
quiry the abettorr and Instruments of this Commotion and to
put a stop to the further progress of it — His Ma'ty upon con-
sideration thereof was this day pleased to order and command
that the Lord Culpeper doe imbarque himself on such of His
Ma t<es Frigates as shall be provided for his Transportation to
Virginia by the first of August next — And in the meantime that
his Lo'p doe prepare himselfe as to be in readiness to goe on
board within a week stime after notice in case of any sudden
emergency. And their Lo'ps further representing that by the
Several relations they had received, this Insurrection appears to
have been promoted and carried on to the great disturbance of
the Publick Peace of the Colonic
It was thereupon likewise ordered by His Mat'y in Council
according to their Lo'ps advice in this particular That the said
Governor doe cause some of the persons who shall bee found
most faulty to bee forthwith proceeded against and punished
to the dad the Dignity of the Government may bee preserved
and all evil-minded men bee deterred from y e like attempts for
the future. After which and not before the said Governor is
hereby Ordered and directed to consider of and propose with
the advice of the Council or Assembly as he shall think fit some
temperament in relation to the planting of Tobacco and raising
the price of that Commodity. And as to Robert Beverley,
Clerk of the Assembly who is represented to have been the
chief promotor of those disorders it was ordered by His Ma'ty
in Council That the Lord Culpeper according to former in-
structions in that behalf, doe at his arrival cause the said
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Beverley to be immediately put out of all employment and
places of Trust within the said Colony.
And lastly it is ordered by His Ma tie in Council upon th
Report of the said Lords Committees That the said Lord Cul-
peper doe upon his arrival give directions for selling such
quantities of His Ma t<es Stores that had been sent thither
during the late Rebellion as the Country will buy and secure
the remainder for His Ma ties Service.
(To be Continued)
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VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND.
(Contributed by Reginald M. Glencross, 176 Worple Road,
Wimfleden, S. W., 19, London, England.)
John Bannister, the j'ounger [no place]*
*[no Act bk for 1650]
Dated 4 May 1650. Proved 24 Oct. 1650.
Admon. 19 Dec. 1655.
"Deare Uncle I shall desire you to give these freindes of mine,
these small legacies:" To my Cozens, your daughters, 20s. each.
To Mr. ARCHBOLD and his wife, 20s. each. To Mr. DEE and
his wife, 20s. each. To my cosen, PEASE, 10s. To my cosen
BANISTER, 10s. more. To my friend Mr. DELAWNE, the
apothecary, 10s. To my friend Mr. SMITH, Haberdasher,
10s. To my friend MATHEW WOOD at my Uncle STAN-
LYES, 10s. To my fellow servant JOANE KIDDER, 10s.
To the Pensions of this parish, 40s. To my cozen THOMAS
BROCKETT, 10s.
All the residue, unto my uncle desyring him to see that my
mother doth not want and that she may continue with my
friend Mrs. ARCHBOLD, till her senses be restored again.
I declare this to be my will of I dye before I return into England
again.
To my Uncle f owrescore two hundred acres of my land in the
Barbados, to return to my uncle BANISTER or his heires after
his decease.
JERIMIE BUSHER, FRANCIS WHEATELY: Witnesses.
Memorandum that the Testator after the sealing of his will
appointed his Uncle JOHN BANISTER his executor.
FRANCIS WHEATLY, JERIMY BUSHER: Witnesses.
Proved 24 Dec. 1650 by the sole executor named.
VIRCINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 129
19 Dec. 1655.
Administration granted to MARY CROSSMAN als BANIS-
TER and MARGARET BANISTER, daughters and execu-
trixes of JOHN BANNISTER, the elder, sole Executor named
in this will, to administer the goods etc., of JOHN BANISTER,
the younger, deceased, the said JOHN BANNISTER the elder
having died. 153 PEMBROKE.
[John Banister, the naturalist, had travelled in the West Indies before
coming to Virginia. He was in Virginia as early as 1678 and died in 1692.
A John Banister patented land in Gloucester County in 1653 and Mrs.
Elizabeth Banister had grant in the same county in 1679. In the grant a
reference is made to her son John Banister, and her deceased husband
John Banister. In the fragmentary records of Charles City County,
under date* April 9, 1661, in a statement that James Wallis had married
the widow of Lieut. John Banister. The testator above may have come
from the same English family.]
Thomas Broadnix of Ospringe, co. Kent. Gentleman.
Dated 6 Dec. 1650. Adm. 8 Dec. 1654.
To MARY, the now wife of JAMES HAYLES, and to his heirs
for ever, my lands called Newes, lying in Burshmosh Parish,
near Dym Church, co. Kent, containing, 40 acres, now in the
occupation of WILLIAM BRETT of Brensent.
To MARY BRADNIXE, my lands lying in Stirry, co. Kent,
and to hir heires for ever, now in the occupation of THOMAS
JENNINGS.
To THOMAS BRADNEXE, my kinsman, brother to the said
MARY BRADNEXE, my lands lying in Snave Parish in Rush-
idg Parish and Alstone in Romney Marsh, and to his heirs forever.
To HENRY BRADNEX, my brother in law, £5.
To THOMAS BRADNIXE, the sonne of ANTHONIE BRAD-
NEXE, deceased, £10.
To the poor of the several parishes where my lands lie, £20.
To EDWARD HALES of Faversham, gentleman, brtoher to
the said JAMES HAYLES, £20.
To JAMES HALES, and to his heirs for ever, my house and
land lying on the parish of Rushidg also one other house with
44 acres of land lying in Bethersden, co. Kent in the occupation
of JOHN FARMER.
Sole Executor:— the said JAMES HALES.
EDWARD HALES, SAMPSON KENNETT: Witnesses.
8 Dec. 1654.
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Administration to THOMAS BRADNAXE the nephew and
legatarie named, JAMES HALES, the executor named being
renounced. 410 ALCHIN.
[This Thomas Brodnix does not appear in the Brodnax pedigree in
Berry's Kentish Genealogies. Many of the lines are, however, not fully
carried down. As is we.l known, the Virginia line traces to John and
Dorothy Brodnax, who appear in Berry's pedigree.]
John Collyer of Lendon, marchaht and Cloathworker.
Will 18 December 1649; proved 8 January 1649-50. To b fc
buried in Church or Churchyard of Beddington in Surrey.
One third of estate to wife Regina Collyer, one third to my
heire Charles Collyer and other third as follows : I forgive my
brother Isaack Collyer £500 lent him. To my nephew Isaack
collyer Junior £250, part to set him apprentice. To my mother
in law Mrs Anna Senuliano £50. To her daughter my sister
in law Mrs Anna Maria £200. To Brother in law Vincentio
Malo £200 and what he owes mee upon accompt for charges
pictures bought or otherwise only for diet I reckon nothing.
To Brother John Knight my interest in the house he now in-
habits in Marklane and to my sister Mary his wife £20. To
my couzens William and Mary Jurner I forgive twenty five,
pounds of what they owe me. To Henry Swift £15. To Mr.
Job Throgmorton £50. To poor of Beddington £10. To poor
of London £20. To Edward Denny £20. To William Jolliffe
I restore of what I had with him £100. Executors: Mr. Job
Throgmorton, Brother Isaac Collyer, Wife Regina. My son
to be brought up in the English learning and Protestant faith,
if my wife leaves England he is not to go with her except with
consent of my other two executors. Made in the Hamlet of
Wallington in Surrey 18 December 1649 in presence of John
Heather, William Blacke. Proved by all executors. 3 PEM-
BROKE.
[Edward Lockey, formerly of Virginia, died, without issue, in the
parish of St. Catherine Cree Church, London, in 1667. He left a consid-
erable part of his estate in Virginia to his "cousin" Isaac Collier, Jr.,
son of Isaac Collier. In 1671, Isaac. Collier, Jr. was deceased. The in-
ventory of Isaac Collier was recorded in Elizabeth City county in 1675,
and the will of Isaac Collier, Sr., proved in York, May 24, 1688. He
named his wife Mary and children Charles, Abraham, Thomas and Sarah
It would seem from the names that the York county Colliers were of the
same family as the testator was. The clue is sufficiently good to deserve
further investigation. See Williata & Mary Quarterly, Vols. VII and
VIII for notices of the Colliers.]
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 131
William Farnfolde, in the parish of Steaning. in the
Countie of Sussex, gent.
Dated 7 Aug. 1610. Proved 8 Nov. 1610.
To the poore of the parish of Steaninge, 40s. To the Churche
of Steaninge, 10s. To the Churche of Chichester, iijs. iiijd.
To Mr. WILLIAM FARNFOLD, my godsonne, £20. To
ANTHONY FARNFOLD, my kynsman, £10. To DOR-
OTHIE FARNFOLD, my brother ANTHONYES daughter,
£5. *To SUZAN FANRFOLD, £5. *To MAGDALENE
FARNFOLD, £5. *To JOHN FARNFOLD, £5. "Children
of Mr. ANTHONY FARNFOLD." To everie one of my
sister HARPENYES Children £4 a peece. To ' the sixe of the
Youngest" of my brother RICHARDE FARNFOLDS Child-
ren, 40s. a peece. To my brother BYNWYNS five daughters,
40s. a peece. To all Sir EDWARDE COLPEPERS Children,
20s. a peece. To my foure sisters a peece of goulde of 20s. a
peece. To my "sister ANTHONYES wief [sic], a peece of 20s.
To Sir EDWARDE COLPEPER, my baye Gueldinge. To
my brother BYNWYN, two Corsletts and Halberds. To
ANTHONY FARNFOLD and his heires, one house and barn
and all my Lands called Wollies lyeing in the parish of Ash-
hurst. Residuary Legatee and Sole Executor, my brother
ANTHONY FARNFOLD.
WILLIAM FAGGER, WILLIAM BYNWYN: Witnesses.
*A11 given as separate Items.
Mem of Debts due to me:
of THOMAS TAILO of Steanynge, £7., of HENRY COXE,
als Greeneslade, 45s., of Sir EDWARDE BELLINHAM, £20.
"Witness of it": JOHN FORDE, PETER SHELLEY and
RICHARD FARNFOLD.
of Mr. Doctor TYCHBOURNE, 53s. 4d., of WILLIAM
HEATH of Petworthe, £4.
Proye'd 8 Nov. 1610 by the Sole Executor named. 93 WING-
FIELD.
[In Vol. XXII, p. 399 &<•., of this Magazine, wes published the will of
Sir Thomas Farnefold, of Gatewicks in Steyning, Sussex, whose son, Rev.
John Farnefold, came to Virginia.]
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John Gryme of Ightham, county Kent, clearke. Will 21
August 1643; proved 22 March 1644-5. I give my body to be
buried in the chancell of Ightham, as neere as possible may be
to the body of my late deare wife. I give to the poore of Igh-
tham and of Raynham 20s to each parish, to be distributed
among them on the day of my buriall or within one month after
my decease. To Mrs. Jane James of Ightham, widdowe, the
same ring which was given my be her late husband and my very
good patron as the best token I am able to leave her of that
thankfulness and dutifull respect which I owe to her and hers.
In case she shall depart this life before me, I give the same ringe
to Mrs. Anne James, he r daughter in law, the wife of Mr.
William James, esquire. I bequeath to the said William James
Sa ;azar one the proverbes, or any other booke (not hereby be-
queathed) which he pleasethto make choyse of out of my lib-
rary To each of my ser\ antes that hath remained with me the
space of one whole yeare and shall remaine soe at the tyme of
my decease 10s. To my son Charles Gryme £10 and my
tenement called Tibbs, houlden of the manor of Ightham. To
my daughter Elizabeth Gryme £50 and Cooper's workes. To
my daughter Sara Dawlinge, Smythes workes in two volumes,
and my lease taken of Mr. Gossage planted with young trees,
adjoining to my tenement bought of Henrie Shoebridge, during
her life. After her decease the same shall be annexed to m
said tenement. I give her more the use of all the goods, plate
and household stuff that were her husband's during her life,
she paying 40s. yearly to my executrix towards the education
of her daughter Sarah Dawlinge. To my neece Sarah Dawling
£10 at 21, and all the said goods that were her father's (by him
made over to me by deed of gift) after the decease of her mother.
To every of my three daughters (Elizabeth, Anne and Sarah)
one bedstead, feather bed and boulster, with all the bedding
thereto belonging, the eldest chosing her bed first, the second
next and the third last, as they are in age. All the rest of my
goods I give to my daughter Ann Gryme, whom I ordain my
executrix. And I entreat my loveing ccsens William Duckett
of Grayes Inne, esquire, Henry Gryme of Charterhouse lane,
London, and Richard Bowles, clearke, to be overseers of this
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 133
ray will, to each of whom I bequeath a ringe of 20s price to be
bought by mine executrix. As touching my landes, I give to
my said daughter Anne two parcells called Downes, containing
by estimation 18 acres, with two salt marshes to the same ad-
joyninge sometimes called Cockell Marsh and Snares Marsh
and Downes Marsh all in the parish of Stooke in the Hundred
of Hood, county Lent lately purchased by me of George Wilkins
late of Stooke aforesaid, gentleman, to hold to the said Anne
and the heirs of her body, failing whom to my son Clarke
[Charles?! Gryme. To my said overssers I bequeath all that
messuage and 3 parcels of land (containing by estimation 7
acres) lying in Igtham aforesaid and lately purchased of Henry
Shoebridge deceased, and two parcels of land enclosed called
Brownes and Dynes in Ightham aforesaid heretofore purchased
by me of William Ferry deceased and others, daring the joint
lives of Ralph Dawlinge gentleman, and Sarah his wife, my
daughter, in trust to bestow the issues thereof at the appoint-
ment of my said daughter Sarah and in case she survive her
husband I give the premises to my said daughter for her life,
with femaynder to my said neece Sarah Dawlinge, except as to
Brownes and Dynes which shall remain to my daughters Eliza-
beth and Anne. But fi my daughter Sarah leave other lawful
issue then her said daughter Sarah I give the said tenement and
the land railed Dynes to such her other issue and Brownes to
mv said neece Sarah. Witnesses: Thomas Collyer, R. Bowles,
Richard Johnson. Proved by the executrix named. Rivers 56.
[It is highly probable that Charles, the son of John Gryme or Grymes,
the testator, was Rev. Charles Grymes, who was minister of York parish,
York Co. Va., as early as 1614. That the son of a country parson should
become one in the colonies seems likely. The compiler of these notes
thought he had seen, somewhere in Archaeologia Cantiana, a reference to
the testator, and extracts from the Ightam register, giving the births,
of some of his children; but a careful search of the indexes of all the vol-
umes fails to discover the reference. A genealogy of the descendants of
Charles Grymes was begun in the April 1919 number of this Magazine.]
El zabeth Ham, wife of HIEROM HAM of the Cittie of
Bristoll, gent., late wife and Executrix of JOHN OLYVER,
of the said Cittie, merchant.
Dated 24 Dec. 1619. Admon. 30 Oct. 1628.
To my daughter, MARY GRYFFITH, one sixteenth part of
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the Prysadge lease and to my sonne HENRY OLLYVER the
other sixteenth part. To my grandchild, WILLIAM GRYF-
FITH, the great spruce chest, etc. To MARY GRIFFITH
'my grandchild, my dozen of apostles spoones. To my husband
'JEROM" HAM, £10 yearly.
To my sonne, THOMAS ROWLAND, £10, yearly. If he die
then to his children that have no .portions left them by their
grandmother REDWOOD.
To MARY OLIVER, the daughter of my sonne JAMES
OLIVER, £10.
If my sonne HENRY OLIVER, whatsoever is given byt his
Will shall remain to his children, JOHN, THOMAS, and
HIEROM.
Residuary Legatee: my husband, HIEROM HAM, he to pay,
the £100 due to the Chamber for ROBERT ROWLAND.
Executors: — my husband HIEROM HAM and my sonne in
lawe, JOHN GRIFFITH.
JOHN SMYTH ) Witness.
30 Oct. 1628. Administration granted to WILLIAM GRIF-
FITH, grandchild, and next of kin, of said deceased, to ad-
minister, JOHN GRIFFITH, one of the Executors named,
having also deceased and JEROMIE HAM, the other Execu-
tor "deferring execution." 92 BARRINGTON.
[Kierome or Jerome Ham is a name occurring several times in a family
of Bristol merchants. A Jerome Ham lived in York Co., Va.,and represented
it in the House of Burgesses at the session of March 1657-8, and was J. P.
165G. His widow, Sibella, married 2d Mathew Hubard, and 3d William
Aylett. On Dec. 7, 1603, Jerome Ham and John Barker were granted
reversion of price wine in the port of Bristol for 38 years.]
Thomas Hothersall of City of London, Surgeon. Will 11
February 1617-18; proved last October 1620. Being bound
for East Indies in the good ship Sampson as a master surgeon.
A Deed of gift to his uncle Robert Shuttle-worth, citizen and
merchant taylor of London. Witnesses : Da : Phillipps servant
to George Rickner thelder, scrivenor, deceased, Edward Cotton.
SOAME, 92.
| Thomas Hothersall, of Pashbehav, gent., patented 200 acres at Blunt
Point, (Warwick County) 1623. The head rights were himself, his wife
Frances, and Richard and Mary his children. He came to Virginia in
1621, in the Margaret & John, took part in a great ftVnt with two Spanish
ships, and wrote an account of it, in which he describes himself as "late
zytisone and grocer of London."]
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 135
Anthony Kemp, then of Flordon in the Co. of Norff., gent.
Dated 9 April 1613. Admon. 26. May 1614.
ANTHONIE KEMP did declare his Will Nuncupative:
"I am heere at board with my Nephew ROUS, (meaning ED-
WARD ROUS of Flordon, in Co. Norff., Clerk) and am in his
debt, and I can not ride myself, for I am an ould man, and there-
fore I am faine to trowble him to ride for my money to CAM-
BRIDGE and other places, and now I am going to sojourne at
Norwitch where he must be bound to pay for my diett", and
therefore, whatsoever that I have shoulde be his.
No Witnesses.
26 May 1614. Administration granted to EDWARD ROUS,
of Flordon, Co. Norfolk, Clerk, and principal
creditor of ANTHONY KEMP, late of Flordon,
aforesaid, Bachelor to administer, no Executor
being named. 37 LAW.
[As has been before stated in this Magazine, it is practically certain
(though positive proof has not yet been obtained) that Richard Kemp
Secretary of State of Virginia, was the Richard, baptized 1600, son of
Robert Kemp, Esq., of Gissing : Norfolk. Secretary Kemp in his will
names his brother Edward Kemp, and his nephew Edmund Kemp (the
latter then in Virginia). This Edmund Kemp was probably son of Ed-
mund, and grandson of Robert of Gissing. Anthony Kemp, whose will
is given above, was probably a brother of Robt. Kemp, of Gissing. A
very brief abstract of the will of Arthur Kemp, son of Robert, of Gissing,
has been printed in this Magazine, but the one given above is much fuller
and more satisfactory. For other notices of this family of Kemps, see
this Magazine II, 174-176; III, 40-42; XX, 71-75.1
Arthur Kempe of the parrish of Michael at the Thorne in
the city of Norwich, being now (I thanke God) in convenient
health. Will 15 January 1644-5 proved 17 May 1645. Not
knowing when or how soone some great and dangerous sickness
and disease may sease upon me, made as above. I give my
body to be decently intered in the same parish where I shall dye,
and doe appoint £5 towardes the necessary charges thereof. I
give unto the poor of the parish of Flordon 10s, to the poor
of the two parishes in Antingham 20s, to the poor of the said
parish of Michael 10s. All these sums to be paid into the hand
of the churchwardens and overseers of the said parish within
three weeks after my decease. Item, I give to four of the eldest
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children of my brother Edmond £8 apeece, but soe that my
executor dispose of it some way for their good. To my neece
Dorothy Jackman £6. To my cosen Robert Freeman's wife of
Gissing 40s. To the poor of Gissing 10s. To my neece Wal-
grave 10s. To my neece Elizabeth Kemp 40s. To Mr.
Thomas Sair of Bestreete for his great love and respect 40s.
To M'ris Bayfeild besides what I owe her 20s. for a ring. To
little George Bayfield 10s more. To the servants in Mr. Bay-
feildls house 40s. To the woman that keeps me 10s. besides
her wages. To my sister the Lady Kempe of Spaines Hall in
Eessex whom I desire to be one of my executors 40s, and to my
cosen Rowse, whom I desire to be another of my executors 40s.
And I desire my said cosen Rowse to see that my cosen Porter,
the widdow at Dover, have 40s, which I have owed her this 20
years for her father's library. I give to my cosen Thomas
Rowse of Flordon 20s. To every of my elder brother's sonnes
20s for a token of love, and my silver seale to the fowrth sonne.
To my cosen Tom Kempe the minister 20s. To Mrs. Eliza-
beth Sair the elder 10s for a ringe, and to her two daughters 10s
apiece. For the overplus of my moneys not disposed, I will that
my sister the Lady Kempe of Finchingfeild shall have the dis-
posing of it where the most need shall be, among my brothers
and their children. Item, I will that Doctor Browne shall have
the booke in my chamber called Toloseness. I give unto my
brother Sir Robert Kempe, all my bookes in my chamber, and
those at London I will that my sister Kemp of Finchingfeild
shall dispose of to my kindred that are schollers. I will that
my clothes shall be given to poore people. Witnesses : Thomas
Browne, Geo. Bayfield, Eliz: Fowlsham. Proved by Lady
Kempe one of the executors, with power reserved for the
like commission to Rowse. RIVERS, 68.
Dorothie Kempe, widow. Will 14 November 1626; proved
May 1629. Body to parish church of Wye, Kent., by the
shes of my dear husband Sir Thomas Kempe. For all charges
£100 and out of which £10 to Dr. Jackson. To my daughter
Lady Ann Cutts £150. To my daughter Lady Dorothy
Chichely £100. To my daughter Lady Mary Diggs £100
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To my daughter Lady Ann Skip with £100. To Marie Cher-
nock £100. To my son Sir John Cutts £100. To my grand-
child Mrs Dorothie Chichely £50. To my grandchild Mr.
Thomas Diggs £50. To my grandchild Mr. Wm Skipwith £50.
To my son Sir Dudley Diggs £40. To my sister Tompson and
Lady Tompson £10 each. To Lady Bowles and Mary Char-
nock £10 for mourning. To Sir John Cutts Sir Dudley Diggs,
Sir Henrie Skipwith and Sir John Tompson my brother Mr
Tompson and Sir Charles Boles £4 each for cloaks. To my
chambermaid £3. Small legacies to servants for cloaks etc.
To my daughter Cutts my wedding ring and my great jewel.
To daughter Chichely diamond border, many other jewels
given. To Mrs Mary Charnock all my wearing apparel and
my Cabinet where my writings lye at Childerley Gifts to
children and grandchildren already referred to linen at
Olentey in Kent at Shelford. To Sir John Cutts the great
standard at Shelford. To poor of Olentey £20. To ppoor of
Lollworth £3. To poor of Little Shelford £3. To poor of
Swansey £3. Sir John Cutts and Sir Dudley Diggs, executors.
Witnesses : Jacob Bridgman, Tho : Ady, John Macarnesse, John
Collier. Addition — I give £5 to the Steward of my Courts and
£4. 10s. for a cloake. And £4 to Grisell. All money that re-
mains to my daughter Cutts "This Codicil was annexed to
my Lady Kemps last Will — 12th March 1626 And was read
to her as she appointed and signed with her own hand. Wit-
nesses: James Bridgman, Mary Charnocke, Roda Packe.
RIDLEY, 49.
[This is quite a notable will as it illustrates the manner in which groups
of kinsfolk emigrated from England . Dorothy (Thompson) , the testator,
married Sir Thomas Kemp, of Ollantigh, Kent, and had issue four chil-
dren, daughters. They were: (1) Mary, married Sir Dudley Digges, Kt.,
of Chliham, Kent, and was mother of Edward Digges, Governor of Vir-
ginia; (2) Ann, married Sir John Cutts; (3) Dorothy, married Sir John
Chichley, of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, and was mother of Sir Henry
Chichley, Kt., Governor of Virginia; (4) Amy, married Sir Henry Skip-
with, Bart., of Prestwould, Leicestershire, and was mother of Sir Grey
Skipwith, Bart., who emigrated to Virginia. The family of Kemp, of
Ollantigh, was one of distinction, and to it belonged John Kemp, Arch-
bishop of York, of Canterbury, and Cardinal, and Thomas Kemp, Bishop
of London. 1
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Stephen Kendall, of Hempstedd cum Eccles, m
Co. Norfolk, singleman.
Dated 12 March 1605-6. Proved 9 Dec. 1611
To the poore of the parish of Hempstedd cum Eccles, xxs.
To every of the Children of my late Sister MARGARETT, the
late wife of JOHN LEAME, to either of them, 40s.
Residuary Legatee and Sole Executrix: my Mother DOR-
OTHIE, the now wife of ROBERT RYALL, of Hempstedd
cum Eccles.
JOHN SKYNNER, Clarke, STEPHEN KENDALL: Witnesses
Proved 9 Dec. 1611 by the Sole Executrix named. 103 WOOD.
Thomas Kendall of Great Yarmouth, county Norff, mar-
riner. Will 12 March 1618; proved 14 February 1621. To
John Kendall my son £20 at 16 years. To Hellen my daughter
£5 at 16 years. Residue to be divided among Rose my wife
an,d my four children i. e. John my son to have his part at 16
years as also every of my daughters. To Henry Read and John
Lessingham of Great Yarmouth 4Qs. each and I make them
executors. To Alice Stevenson my goddaughter 20s. To
Elizabeth Lessingham my goddaughter 20s. Witnesses : James
Sheppard, Ri: Mighells, Scr. SAVILE, 17.
Henry Kendall als Tyndall of Bressingham, county Nor-
folk gentleman. Will 28 July 1637; proved 24 April 1638 to
be buried in church of new Buckenham Norfolk. To poor of
New Buckenham £10. To poor of Bressingham and Shelf angeo
40s. each. To 2nd son John Kendall als Tyndall messuage
in Shelfanger and Wynfarthinge, lands in occupation of Gylre
Banham lands in occupation of William Bagley and Widow
Awgar, John West. To eldest son William Kendall als Tyndall
£20 per annum and at her decease to his son Richard. To son
Edward £200. To 4 daughters Judith, Frances, Mary and
Jane £200 each when 20. To sister Katherine Hauers, widow
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 139
40s. yearly. Overseer: Loye Aggas gent. Witnesses: Willm
Luke, Sam Brigges, John Blumfield, Gregy Wood, John Smith.
LEE, 71.
[William Kendall, who came from England to Northampton County,
Virginia, about the middle cf the Seventeenth Century, and became
Speaker of the House of Burgesses, in his will, dated Dec 29, 1685, makes
bequests to a niece living at North Yarmouth, a nephew, son of his
brother, John "living about Brinton," and a brother, Thomas, living in
Norwich, all in Norfolk, England. It seems very probable that the
testators in the three wills above, were related to him ]
Anthony Langston of South Littleton, county Worceister
Esqre. Will 16 November 1633; proved 28 December 1633
It has pleased God to bless and enrich me with many children.
And that no one son shall have preminerice I make my wife
Judith sole executris. To every of my sons £5 each not as a
portion but as a token of my love to them. To my son Francis
Langston and heirs the house and land now in occupation o-i
Henry Farmer the younger. To Anne Langston my daughter
£800 hoping she will be ruled in marriage by her mother and
brethren who love her most. I leave all charitable actions to
my executrix not doubting she will have a godly zeal in dispos-
ing to the glory of God and to myne and her credit. Residue
to my said wife Judith. Witnesses: Henry Langston, Russ
Andrews, Fra. Harewell, John Gravison. RUSSELL, 111.
[It is possible that the testator was the father of Anthony Langston,
who, according to a document in the English Public Record Office, was
an ensign in Prince Maurice's regiment, went to Virginia about 1648,
returned to England in 1662, and soon afterwards killed a man in a brawl.
He was pardoned and became a captain in the navy. He prepared a letter
on the condition of Virginia and especially on the need of iron-works,
which is among the Egerton MSS.. British Museum. Anthony Langston
obtained two grants of land in Virginia. The first, to "Mr. Anthony
Langston" Sept. 6, 1653, was for 1303 acres on the north side of York
River in Gloucester County, adjoinging Mr. Hammond's land. Due for
the transportation of 20 persons (names not given.) The other, April
26, 1653, was to "Mr. Anthony Langston" for 1000 acres in New Kent
County on the south side of the freshes of York River, adjoining the land
of Col. Man. [Mainwaring] Hamond. Due for the transportation of
Daniel Rever, Hem. Chiversal,, Elizabeth Andrews, Mary Smith,
Elizabeth Kent, William Feild, Mary Creeton, William Davis, Richard
Clarke, Richard Crouch, Mary Puckerell, Elizabeth Thompson, Hoell
Thomas, Richard Johnson, Mary Clerke, Runberen Davis, Roger Jones,
and Robert Bridley.
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A little later a John Langston was resident in the same county, New
Kent. He took the side of Bacon in his Rebellion, and by act of Assem-
bly June 1680, was disqualified from ever holding office. He had been
elected a Burgess for New Kent in this Assembly, but was not allowed to
take his seat. In 1704 the name does not appear among the landholders
of New Kent or the counties formed from it, but it is possible that John
Langston had a daughter or daughters, as Langston appears later as a
baptismal name in several New Kent families. John Langston had two
grants of land. The first, 1681, to "John Langston" for 1300 acres in
New Kent, being the land formerly granted to Hannah Clarke, found to
escheat by Marke Workman, Deputy Escheator, and now granted to
John Langston. The other, to "Mr. John Langston," Sept. 28, 1681,
for 1316 acres in New Kent, adjoining the landsof Sir Philip Honeywood,
the river, land patented by Moses Davis, and of John Fleming, Thomas
Glass, and James Turner, being the land formerly granted to Mrs. Hannah
Clark and found to escheat.
There was a group of loyalists in this section. Sir Philip Honeywood.
Col. Mainwaring Hammond and Anthony Langston had been loyalist
officers, as had been William Bassett of the same county. Mrs. Hannah
Clarke was widow of John Clarke, of York County, who was a son of
Sir John Clarke, of Wrotham, Kent, England. She was also the executrix
of Sir Dudley Wyatt, a Royalist officer, who died in Virginia in 1651, and
was, no doubt, either his daughter or widow.]
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND. 141
William Oprie of Penkergard, in p'ish. of Helland, Cornwall,
gent,, will dated 17 June 1641. To my son John 0. 12d. To
my son Edward 0. 12d. To my son Richard 0. 12d. To my
dau. Mary 0. 12d. To my dau'r. Jane 12d. To my dau'r
Philipp 12d. To my dau'r Emlin 12d. My wife Mary to have
use of furniture in my house at P. for her life, remainder to
my heirs. My son Thomas 0. to have ploughs etc. To my
dau'r Elizabeth wife of William Webbs of Landulp(h), gent.
12d. To my son Nicholas 0. 12d. To my son Thomas 01
books etc. To my friends Anthony Gregory of Petrockstowe
Devon, Clerk, Petherick Jenkin of Lanivet, Cornwall, gent.,
William Webbe, of Lardulp, gent. & John Courtier of Brid-
gerule, Cornwall, gent., in fee, my manor of Parke als the Parke
p'shes of Egleshayle, Bodmin & St. Kew, Cornwall,messuages
etc. in borough of Bodmin, lands in Bodiniell & Cobbleshorne,
in p'sh of Bodmin, on trust to raise legacies for sd. four dau'rs
M. J. P. & E. & then for son Thomas. Care of sons J. E. & R.
& sd four dau'rs to sd. wife, she being their natural mother.
Rest of goods to sd. wife & she to be ext'rix. Sd. Trustees to be
overseers. Witnesses: Edward Opie, William Lobb, Hugh
Bauden, Edward Littleton.
Prob. 23 Oct. 1656 by Marie Opie, relict & ext'rix.
[Thomas Opie, probably from Bristol, came to Virginia and married
Helen, daughter of Rev. David Lindsay, of Northumberland County.
The will of one of his sens, Thomas Opie, Jr., mariner, of Bristol, was
printed in this Magazine, XVIII, 90. One of the descendants of the
emigrant Thomas Opie. was the gallant Major Hierome Lindsay Opie
(of Staunton, Va.), 116th Infantry, 29th Division, who so highly dist-
guished himself in the World War. As the chief commerical city of the
West, Bristol attracted many people of Cornwall and other western
counties.]
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LAND CERTIFICATES FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
(Con ributed by Judge Thomas B. Robertson, Hopewell, Va.)
The following list of those to whom certificates were issued
for taking up land in Northampton County, then including the
whole Eastern Shore of Virginia, will show forcefully the rapid-
ity with which the lands were taken up in the county and how
the settlement went forward. The lands referred to in the list
spread all the way from Cape Charles to upper portions of what
is now Accomac County. In addition there are recorded be-
tween 1650 and 1660 several deeds to lands given by the Indians.
One instance being that of Okiawampe, who styled himself
"Great King of the Eastern Shore," deeding land in Occohan-
nock neck. Below are given most of these recorded, some being
likely omitted, partly owing to the condition of the book in
which they are recorded and a number did not record them for
years afterwards. There are, too, a few errors in the names.
At a court holden for Accomacke County the 11 th day oc
Janyy 1640.
A certificate was granted to Col. Obedience Robins for 2000
acres of land for the transportation of 40 bersons whose names
are underwritten:
Thomas Belkes, Simon Lyld, Robert Marriott, David Elvis,
Edwd. Carter, Edwd. Smith, Thomas Marshall, Marie Thomas,
Thomas Bragley, Thos. Penford, John Blouser, John Drew,
John Wheller, Robt. Walterton, A. Densford, Richd. White,
Elizabeth Cowld, John Taylor, Richard Holland, Lewis Smith
John Gibson, John Parke, Anna Button, Edward Nalden,
William Pece, Jane Ffohley, Richard Lyall, John Johnson, L.
Ffield, Richd. Pryne, James Sollett, Robt. Mann, Elizabeth
Norse, Willm. Lynchbor, Esaw Butterfield, Alex. Larwood
William Lawrence, John Browrie, Richard Ludson, Martin A
Morgan.
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At a court holden for Accomack County, Mar. 1642.
A certificate was granted to Henry Weede for five hundred
acres of land for the persons underwritten :
I$chd. Lacy, Ffra. White, Edwd. Drigg, William Wheeler,
Phill Lanseed, Sarvant Mayer, John Bousser, Tho. Beirnham,
James Wrenn, William Howson.
Att a court holden for Northampton County Aug. 29, 1642,
a certificate was granted to Thomas Savage, Carpenter, for the
following :
John Severne Bridgett his wife John Severne Jr. Wm. Stevens
Robt. Lattmer Abraham Merigold John Pott Abraham La-
grand Wm. Allogon John Luark
A certificate was granted to William Waters Son & heire of
Lt. Edward Waters, Dec'd. for following persons
Edward Waters William Goute
Anne Parkson Theo. Brian
Antho Brewster Wm. Warren
3 men killed at John Dyer
Massacre Camp Nichols. John Bowler
4 men cast away with Arnolde
Williams
A certicate was granted to Thomas Knight for following
Tho. Adderston John Roberts
Rich d Jones Percy Terry
Thos. Harrison
A certificate was granted to Wm. Andrews for following
Rich d Thos. Gaskins
John Zalleman John Lee
John Young Wm. Conner
Alexander Harrison An. Brower
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At court holden for Northampton County 3 d day of Jany.
1642-3 A certificate was granted to Capt. Francis Yeardly for
3000 acres of land for transportation of the following persons.
Capt. Francis Yeardly
John Langley
Tho. Datre
Walter Price
Ffra. Goldman
Jarvis Preschus
Rich d d Swift
Roberta Warren
Edw. Temple
John Featherstone
Kayne
Edw. Thorne
Augustine Moore
Tho. Butterese
John Thropp
John Turner
Suzanna Neale
Hen. Taylor
Rich d d Smith
Myles &ower
John Penner
Alice Friser
Margarett Cathner
Zama Barls
Anna Thompson
Anne Kirkram
Alonzo Bowles
Walter Darby
John Darby
Robt. Martin
Mary Watkins
Henry Leonard
John Lewillins
Rowland Mills
John Sherle
John Linch
He'y Laugton
Wm. Ward
Tho. Adderstey
Tho. Jones
Lancaster Lovell
Robin Williams
Edw. Bedlen
Wm. Willis
Edw. Kensey
Thos. Prince
Pierce Griffin
Rich. Griffin
John Robtes
Rich. Jones
Ann Lathrine
Anne (negro)
Wm. Demiss
Keo. Miller
John Wortham
Marmaduke Parkinson
Charles Atkinson
John Chevewell
Wm. Bowker
Court held last day of Aug. 1643, Mrs. Harmer right of Mr
Charles Harmer for transportation of
Ffwen Jones John Gold
Lazarus Murring William Farmer
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145
John Harrison
Jane Courtney
Robt. Swamp
Thos. Blunt
George Willis
Thomas Lewis
John Searley
Matthew Cottinge
John Glucke
Thomas Gold
Court Oct. 30, 1643 Cert, granted to Mrs. Anne Littleton in
right of her father Henry Southy, Esqr. for following
Henry Southy Esq.
Elizabeth his wife
Henry Southy
his child
Thomas )
Mary ) Servants
Elizabeth )
John Davenport
Thos Browne
Margarett Chartier
Roger Delke
Tho. Shoare
Valentine Sentell
Tynak Woolley
Will Bricklayer
Alice Dammock
Elleno Paynter
Sarah Sharley
Dynah Glower
Tho. Lewis
Robt. Swamp
Roger Marshall
Anne Simes
Rich d Willows
John Rose
Att court 20 Febry. 1643-4 Certificate was granted to William
Uuen m (Munro?)
John Webster Slaty Hodgkins
Thos. Newton Geo. Meredith
James Johnson John Pamwell
Susan Johnson Edw. Denkins
Joane Grinder
Joane Longe
(Same Court)
A certificate was granted to John Dennis for 350 acres for
Richard Pattica Thos. Long
Charles Wallyrane Thos. Lother
Barbury Dennis
Robt. Swanson
A servant of Capt. Stone
Same Ct. — A certificate was granted to Edw. Douglass for
the following
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Edw. Douglass
Wm. Barrett
wife Elizabeth Benjamin Bowden
Wm. Miles George Holmes
William Pritchett Henry Grasgood
John Powell Pelia Nutt
John Browne William Gooke
John Thomas Citwell Long
Rowland Martmore
At a court holden for ye County of Northampto 8 th Ffebu'y
Anno 1650-1
Present— Coll'o Nath'l Littleton
Argoll Yeardly Esq —
Mr. Obedience Robins Mr. Edmund Scarborough
Mr. Edw. Douglass
A certificate was this day granted unto Mr. John Custis for
six hundred acres of land due unto him by assignment of right
from Argoll Yeardly Esq —
Mrs. Ann Yeardley Southerd Obbine
Wm. Smith Jno. Custis
Edw. Sacker Elizabeth Roberts
Dante Jackson Abrh. Smith
Elizabeth James Stanfast
Mary Stanfast George Grime
Record at 28 th day month Mar. 1651
At Court held in Northampton 28 th April 1651, Certificate
granted John Robinson for 600 acres of land due by right of the
underwritten
Steph. Costen George Smith
Eliz. Winn John Wilcoxe
James Sterrett Jno. Mundage
Margarett Courren Tho. Fitchett
Eliz. Barnes Ann Costen
Ann Winn Wilbur Hawes
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147
Cert, granted Ffarmer Jones for 300 acres for the following
Ffarmer Jones Sen' and man servant Hanson
Jane Leetra Sara Jones
Ffarmer Jones Jr. Robt. Hallowair
Cert, granted to John Johnson for 50 acres of land for trans-
portation of Thos. Wilson.
Cert, granted unto Edmund Scarborough for 3600 acres of
land for those underwritten.
Rowland Evans
Jenkin Lleullen
Edward Evans
Lewis Rowland
Jno. Jones
Phill Pemcott
Margaret Tillett
Jester Yeoman
Wm. Tomlin
Nath Smith
Henry Willis
Susan Foster
Thos. Browne
John Martin
John Surry
Walter Wood
Ffrancis W. Knight (?McKni;
Joanne Parritt
Ann Darby
Tho. Pitcher
Mary Eddesse
Tho. Woodfield
Wm. Skinner
Tho. Hayes
Mary Edgar
Mary Williams
Mary Gritheffe
Jonathan Showett
Thos. West
Margarett Purnell
Alice Price
Stowell Gladsinger
Tho. Collers
m
Tho. Cower
Nath. Broonfield
Jane Daniel
Jno. Cary
Edw. Cowes Edw. Sermonor
Wm. Hollis Morris Mathews
Mary Badullor Edw. Holies
Owen Williams Dorothy Barnes
Thos. Shipwin Domingo )
James Harris Servia )negroes Jno. Jones
Elizabeth Case Tahania )
Thos. Browne John Edwards Robt. Kinge
Jno. Marrett Wm. Rinch Jno. Runney
Jno. Hardwell Tho. Yeoxill Wm. Price
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Tho. Maior
Wm. Ales worth
Hen. Barnes
Ronald Rich
Ffrancis Wieland
Mary Johnson
Lucretia Pott
Jno. Owen
Dor'thy Rubie
Rich. Hunsted
Court held 28 July 1651 a certificate was granted to Geo.
Clark son of Mrs. Geo. Clarke for 100 acres land for the follow-
ing
George Clarke Jr.
Elizabeth Clarke
Cert, granted to Wm. Waters for 200 acres for the following
Chas.. Neale Francis Harris
Arthur Moore Margarett Bentton
Cert, granted to Michael Painter for 350 acres for
Wood John Rogers
John Martin Antho. Black
Charles Armstrong Joseph Karson
Keth Bromfield
20 Sept. 1651 Cert, granted to Sam'l Goldsmith for the
following:
John Long
John Harrison
Joanne Goldsmith
Susanna Goldsmith
Alice Clawson
Jacob Browne
Sam'l Goldsmith
At a court held for Northampton County the 4 th Apr. 1659
a certificate is granted to Doctor Geo. Hack for 1350 acres of
land for transportation of 27 persons to this County as follows :
Geo. Nicholas Hack
Sopherin Hack
Ann Katherine Hack
Brian Penaby
Benj. Jones
Dorman Nephrininge
Mary Nourth
Augustine Grisbert
Margaret Palmer
a negro
Gilhelinus Varlee
William Ffoxey
Simon Taylor
Bridgett Williams
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149
Timothy Blackford
Rynick Gerritt
Augustine Harmon
Cornel 8 Hendrickson
Ann Ff oxry
Hendrick Volkert
John Gerritte
Burnard Ramsy
Att, Att a court held in Northampton May 30 th 1659 a certifi
is granted to Col. Edmund Scarborough for those whose names
are underwritten (1500 acres)
John Watts
Jeffrey Coate
Edmund Cantwell
Tho. Stany
Hugh Bowen
Sara Hart
Susan Fflitcher
Jane Gardner
Mary Hues
Sara Gardner
Alice Roberts
Joseph Hues
Nicholas Litchby
John Hapworth
Morris Souatt
Jane Gethinge
Thomas Davis
John Davis
Edward Bamberry
Darby Enns
Robt. Ffowkes
Jane Rodgers
Ann Lartch
Thomas Warren
Henry Robins
James Hayes
Timothy Jones
Charles Markworth
Mary Williams
Thomas Morris
Cert, is granted to Alexander Addison for 10 persons.
At Court held in Northampton Co. 2 d Nov'br 1659 Capt.
Wm. Andrews is granted a certificate for 300 acres of land due
him for bringing into this County six persons as follows
William Bust Price Dillenger Hugh Meres
Ffrancis Carlyle Theren Swan Jane Maxwell
At Court held Apr. ye 30 th 1660 Capt. George Parker is
granted a certificate for 300 acres of land for bringing in 6 per-
sons underwritten he having taken no land before.
Mary Thomas Eliz. Brampton
Philip Swinton Grace Thompson
Wm. Ramserath George Beets
At a court holden 30 th July 1660 a certificate is granted to
Mr. John Wilcocks for ye transportation of 20 persons into this
County whose names follow (1000 acres).
Ann Wilcocks Henry Yardley George Jenkins
Rose Yardly Wm. Burton John Flfoyd
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Mary Anery
Cornelius Johnson
John Custis
Wm. Marshall
Robt. Marklockson
Arien Ames
John Wilcocks
Wm. St. Johns
Mary Barber
Anne Jeanes
Fflorence Pomroy
Wm. Taylor
John Fereby
Wm. Pryer
Court held Sept. 20 th 1660, a cert, is granted to John Milby
for seven persons namely John Milby, Aron Ramsy, Richard
Ackworth, Samarin Milby, Susan Milby, Sam'l Taylor, John
Dummon.
At a court held for Northampton 12 th Sept. 1660 on petition
of Mr. John Michaell for a certificate for 1000 acres of land it
is so ordered being due for ye transportation of 20 persons into
this County names followeth:
John Michell Sr.
John Michell Jr.
Lawrence Jacob son
William ) negroes
Bundo )
George Such
Thomas Irish
Robert Irish Mary Teage
Dermon Anderway Abram Rogers
John Fflint
Rachael Medcalfe
Eliza Braneby
John Cameday
Mary Greenwood
Robt. A. Clew
John Jennins
Will Morgin
Elsie Appue
At a court held 26 th Nov. 1660 a certificate is granted Col
Obedience Robins for 1500 acres land due him for rights under
written
John Wood
Margaret Waters
Wm. Croment
Charles Catlin
David Walker
Wm. Eldridge
Obedience Robins
John Joes
John Cousin
Joseph Aboy
Christo Massoine
Esau Rutherfield
Thos. Joynes(3 times)Robt. Mathison
Augustine Hare Wm. White
Martin Kalliamie William Bromfield
Rich. Painebeard
Robt. Thompson
Barnabus Brian
John Robins
Wm. Savage
John Rogers
John Magrove
Eliz. Baron
John Miller
Charles Astin
At a court held 13 th Decb r 1660 a certificate is granted to
Maj. John Tilney for 300 acres of land for the underwritten
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Robt. Blaine Richard Ward Humphrey Brookes
Ann Watterson Ann Bryan Elizabeth Moore
25 th Ffeb. 1660 Certificate to John Evans for 400 acres for
perons underwritten
Abraham Taylor Wm. Heinsley Thomas Turker
Michael Hutton Henry Stoff Edw. Sanders
Jane Webb Joseph Stanard
Certificate to Timothy Coe for 300 acres
Elizabeth Yorke Sarah Redder Jane Coulson
Jane Blay Anne Smith Margaret Manes
Certificate granted Robt. Windley for 500 acres
John Truman Jno. Mill Robt. Hawkins
Elizabeth Hay Tho. Grimston Jno. Harmer
Dona More John EUzy Echo Whitby
Simon Carrier
Certificate granted Robt. Berace for 800 acres
Edw. Smally Thomas Minor Joseph Hurry-
John Smally Eliz. Reynolds Bargret Barton
John Knight Robt. Wright Miles Gray
Lidia Esterfield Ffrancis Eston Eliz. Vincent
Nich. Smith
Eliz. Johnson
Jane Williams
Ffrancis Eston
Cert, granted to James Price for 40Q acres
John Hill Mabill Jones Rich d Armstrong
Ffrancis Jones Hannah Tice Mary Hepward
Thos. Swindel Sarah Colue
Cert, granted to Thos. Leatherbury 600 acres
John Prichard John Turner Thos. Booth
John Fisher Joaner Arraitage Eliz. Glisson
Eliz. Neale Eliz Wade Eliz. Wright
Francis Glisson Henry Jarvis Jeffry Smith
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ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES.
(Continued)
1810.
Minister
Leland Blackwell — Anna Burton. Jacob Watts.
Thomas Dickerson — Anna Wood. Jacob Watts.
David Austen — Fanny Williams. Jacob Watts.
Robt. W. Bell— Anne T. Schench. J. Goss.
Wm. Martin — Margaret Snell. J. Gob's.
Leonard Baker — Kethorah Robinson. Jere Chand er.
1811.
Edward Breedlove — Haney Hantley. A. Brockman.
Hudson Collier — Betsey Ham. Jacob Watts.
James Rogers — Elizabeth Jackson. Jacob Watts.
Thomas Marr — Sally Harvey. Geo. Bingham.
John Bowen — Sally Seal. Geo. Bingham.
Elisha Turner — Mary Seal. Geo. Bingham.
Henry Wayland — Ara Melone. Geo. Bingham.
John Clee — Catha Price. Geo. Bingham.
Jacob Black — Nancy Cave. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Reins — Frances Eddins. Geo. Bingham.
May Hainey — Mary Mack Runkle. Geo. Bingham.
John Snow — Jane Burrus. Geo. Bingham.
John Parrott — Fanny Simmons. Geo. Bingham.
Alex. Vinniard — Polly Hensley. John Garnett.
Wm. Blakey — Polly Branham. John Garnett.
David Ballard — Elizabeth Huckstep. Jacob Watts.
Milton Payne — Sarah Burton. Jacob Watts.
Thomas Crenshaw — Nancy Parrott. Jacob Watts.
Christian Kinzer — Mi ly Sutton. R. Jones.
Tumely — Patsy Pound. R. Jones.
Thos. Faulconer — Elizabeth Jones. J. Chandler.
MARRIAGES IN ORANGE COUNTY 153
Rich d Jamar — Betsy Adams. J. Chandler.
Owen Cooper — Mary Mason. J. Chandler.
Wm. Beazeley — Susanna Graves. J. Chandler.
Adcock Carter — Elizabeth Daniel. Philip Pendleton.
William Rennolds — Hannah Jones. James Garnett
Roberson Rail — Mary Ann Clark. James Garnett.
1812.
Willis White, Jr.— Nancy Wayt. Jacob Watts
Alex. Whitelaw — Lucy Chewning. Jacob Watts.
John Burton — Mildred Goodridge. Jacob Watts.
Henry Faclder — Frances Terrell. Jere. Chandler.
John Keeton — Elzabeth Chancellor Jere. Chandler.
Claybourne Duvall — Polly Faulconer. Jere. Chandler.
Geo. Morris — Mary Simmonds. J. Goss.
Nathanl Welch — Mary Mallory. Henry Fry.
Wm. Lee — Sally Terri 1. Jere. Chandler.
Elijah Morton — Mary G. Webb. Jere. Chandler.
James Braxter — Sally Payne. Jere. Chandler.
Wm. Montague — Sukey Perry. Jere. Chandler.
Jno. B. Hawkins — Ann Ford. Jere. Chandler.
James Terrill — Susanna Middlebrook. Jere. Chandler.
Obediah Gregory — Nancy Lancaster. Jere. Chandler.
James Humes — Margaret Dodd. Jere. Chandler.
Wm. Caza — Mary Slaughter. John Garnett.
Ephriam Yowell — Polly Eddins. John Garnett.
David Maupin — Jerusha Davis. Geo. Bingham.
Ezekiel Breeding — Betsy Haney. Geo. Bingham.
John Price — Elizabeth Sims. Geo. Bingham.
Michael Sower — Ann Gibbons. Geo. Bingham.
Caleb Norris — Oily Harris. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Eaton — Elizabeth Duniven. Geo. Bingham.
James Early — Sarah Caw. Geo. Bingham.
John Shiflett — Po ly Raines. Geo. Bingham.
Caleb Bush — Lucinda Taylor. Geo. Bingham.
Reuben Sim — Frances Graves. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Early — Sarah Graves. Geo. Bingham.
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John Walton — Rhoda Davis. Geo. Bingham.
George Waugh — Susan Wright. J. Goss.
Michael Walters— Sally McFarland. J. Goss.
John Tay — Elizabeth Sebree. J. Goss.
Wm. Martin — Nancy Fearnyhough. J. Goss.
John Lausly — Catherine Pitcher. Unknown.
Daniel Quisenberry — Mary Rodes. Unknown.
1813.
Edward Smith — Sally Bess. Unknown.
Henry Teel — Dicey Read. Unknown.
Alex. Musgrove — Polly Morris. Unknown.
Zachariah Wood — Peggy Clarke. Unknown.
Andrew Newman — Ellander Wright. Unknown.
Thomas Clarke — Catherine R. Jameson. Unknown.
Edmund Terrell — Ann T. Morton. Jere. Chandler.
Braxton Ozborne — Ann Taliaferro. Isham Tatum.
Thomas Nelson — Elizabeth Quesenberry. Jere. Chandler.
Jonathan Atkin — Milly Quesenberry. Jere. Chandler.
Thos. Robinson — Nancy Roach. Jere. Chandler.
John Dixon — Lucy Rumsey. Jere. Chandler.
Geo. Hughes — Pony Harvey. Geo. Bingham.
John Dunn— Susanna Maupin. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Morris — Sally Roach. Geo. Bingham.
John Sampson — Clarisa Jollett. Geo. Bingham.
Archibald Brock — Sarah Moyers. Geo. Bingham.
Jeremiah Bryan — Franky Long. Geo. Bingham.
Murry Shiflett — Icy Snow. Geo. Bingham.
John Shiflett — Frances Martin. Geo. Bingham.
Joab Early — Elizabeth Thompson. Geo. Bingham.
Geo. Parrott — Elizabeth Catterton. Geo. Bingham.
Benj'n Herndon — Nancy Lucas. Geo. Bingham.
Taverner Riddle — Mary Goodale. Geo. Bingham.
Benj. White — Judith Twyman. Jacob Watts.
John Mitchel — Nel y Wood. Jacob Watts.
John Yowell — Jane Davis. John Garnett.
Benj. Carter — Polly Daniel. Phi ip Pendleton.
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Carter Faulconer — Nancy Faulconer. Ambrose Brockman.
James W. Mansfield — Mildred Clark. J. Goss.
Holland Ozbourn — Sally Farneyhough. J. Goss.
1814.
Robt. Stringfellow — Mary Plunkett. John Garnett.
John Walker — Frances Porter. Wm. Mason.
Jonathan Herring — Polly Hill. Wm. Mason.
Thomas Naylor — Jane Walton. Geo. Bingham.
James Walker — Joice Powell. Geo. Bingham.
Isaac Lamb — Elizabeth Slater. Geo. Bingham.
Thos. Harvey — Eleanor Goodale. Geo. Bingham.
Sinclair Cave — Sary Anderson. Geo. Bingham.
Isaac Gregory — Lucy Sampson. Geo. Bingham.
Henry Lee — Fanny Lamb. Geo. Bingham.
William Jameson — Rebecca Maupin. Geo. Bingham.
Joshua Black — Alpha Rains. Geo. Bingham.
Geo. Dunevant — Peggy Haney. Geo. Bingham.
Jonathan Rogers — Frances Twyman. Geo. Bingham.
Michael Eheart — Sarah Eheart. Hamilton Goss.
James Perry — Jane Perry. Jere. Chandler.
Burruss Munday — Elizabeth Crossthwait. I. Goss.
David Whitelaw — Mary Davis. Jacob Watts.
Clifton Rodes — Milly Ham. Jacob Watts.
Newman Faulconer — Maria Newman. J. Goss.
Thomas Mason — Nancy Clark. Jas. Garnett.
1815.
Joseph Wharton — Catherine George. Wm. Mason.
John Bledsoe — Margaret Perry. Jere. Chandler.
Richard Becket — Jemima Kea. Geo. Bingham.
James Goodale — Lucy Riddle. Geo. Bingham.
James Shifflett — Milly Herrin. Geo. Bingham.
Heland Snow — Judah T. Mallory. Geo. Bingham.
James Lankford — Jane Martin. Geo. Bingham.
Francis Catterton — Nancy Clarkson. Geo. Bingham.
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John Anderson — Nancy Lower. Geo. Bingham.
Jacob Meadows — Nancy Roach. Geo. Bingham.
Joseph B. Crooks — Kitty M. Hennesy. Jas. Garnett.
Wm. Fisher — Margaret Faulconer. Jere. Chandler.
John Dunaway — Polly Sutherland. Jere. Chandler.
Benj. Quesenberry — Sally Groom. Jere. Chandler.
Valentine Head — Elina Huckstep. Jacob Watts.
Benj. Jones — Elizabeth Whitelaw. Jacob Watts.
Burnes Brown — Nancy Burton. Jacob Watts.
1816.
James Ansel — Frances Estes. Geo. Bingham.
Zachariah Wood — Nancy Estes. Geo. Bingham.
Bennet Shifflett— Polly Shifflett. Geo. Bingham.
Austin Sanderidge — Ann Hall. Geo. Bingham.
Geo. Elliott — Judith Martin. Geo. Bingham.
Edmund P. Walton — Letice Watson. Geo. Bingham.
James Peyton — Anna Huffman. Geo. Bingham.
Austin Snow — Agnes Mallory. Geo. Bingham.
Saml. Bishop — Sarah Via. Geo. Bingham.
Armistead Long — Betty Kendal. Geo. Bingham.
Mitchel Davis — Elizabeth Harvey. Geo. Bingham.
John Davis — Sally Dear. Geo. Bingham.
William Dean, Jr. — Mary Deane. Geo. Bingham.
Wilson Balland — Sarah Goodall. Geo. Bingham.
James Gentry — Nelly Gibson. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Black — Nancy Sebree. Geo. Bingham.
Jas. Powell — Nancy Shelar. Geo. Bingham.
Jeremiah Jarrel — Lucrecia Sims. Geo. Bingham.
James Coleman — Saluda Snow. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. H. Moyers — Lucrecia Beadles. Geo. Bingham.
Zachariah Gardner — Lucinda Martin. Geo. Bingham.
John Shifflett— Vina Shifflet. Geo. Bingham.
Henry Chambart — Fanny Dawson. Wm. Hawley.
James Wallace — Mourning Oaks. Jno. C. Gordon.
Henry Hill — Matilda Payne. Wm. Mason.
Wm. Boswell— Mary Sleet. J. C. Gordon.
MARRIAGES IN ORANGE COUNTY 157
Hugh Faulconer — Elizabeth Faulconer. J. C. Gordon.
Wm. A. Moore— Mary Wright. J. C. Gordon.
Geo. Wallis — Susan Hilman. J. C. Gordon.
Thos. Hawkins — Mary Perry. J. C. Gordon.
Charles Dane — Elizabeth Borton. Jas. Gardett.
Wm. Hancock — Mary Bridenhart. Robt. Jones.
James Blackwell — Elizabeth Burton. Jacob Watts.
Philip Steel— Ann Petty. J. C. Gordon.
1817.
Anthony Thornton — Nancy Twyman. Jacob Watts.
Evan Davis — Polly Hilman. J. C. Gordon.
Lawrence Sanford — Catherine Ford. J. C. Gordon.
Fielding Jones — Mary Johnson. J. C. Gordon.
Roddy Hawkins — Elizabeth Hawkins. J. C. Gordon.
Rich d S. Abele — Sarah Hilman. J. C. Gordon.
Larkin Scott — Elizabeth Faulconer. J. C. Gordon.
John White — Lucy Adams. J. C. Gordon.
David Williams — Elizabeth Row. J. C. Gordon.
Micajah Jones — Susan Wright. J. C. Gordon.
John Teel — Nancy Waugh. J. C. Gordon.
Thos. Robinson, Jr. — Sarah Lancaster. J. C. Gordon.
James Wood— Ann Mills. W. G. Hiter.
1818.
Peter R. Johnson — Patsy Alcock. W. G. Hiter.
Benjamin Jacobs — Ann Faulconer. J. C. Gordon.
Bazil Haney — Elizabeth Dean. Geo. Bingham.
John Wyant — Elizabeth Bangler. Geo. Bingham.
Zachariah Crawford — Cibba Rains. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Sims — Eliza Morgan. Geo. Bingham.
Jacob Madon — Julia Davis. Geo. Bingham.
Mozias Jones — Frances Slaytor. Geo. Bingham.
Fountain Goodal — Peggy Seal. Geo. Bingham.
Richard Shifflet — Nancy Morris. Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Gibson — Elizabeth Morris. Geo. Bingham.
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Daniel M. Smith — Frances Stubblefield. Jas. Garnett.
Nathaniel I. Welch — Viranda Newman. Jas. Garnett.
Here ends this Marriage Register:
The record, however, though not in register form, is continued
in the clerk's office; too extensive for further insertion herein.
APPENDIX.
It is much easier to "get married" in Virginia now than in the
old days, and certainly down to the earlier years of the 17 th
century the fees were high for that luxury, amounting to nearly
three pounds in colonial currency — the governor and the min-
ister receiving the lion's share.
These fees might be commuted in tobacco at ten shillings per
hundred, "of the growth of the parish wherein the feme lives."
If the groom lived in a different county he had to give bond with
security that the fees should not become a charge on the bride's
parish, and Thomas Jefferson's marriage bond, preserved in
the State Library, is so conditioned. No one could be married
but according to the rubric of the book of Common Prayer, and
if a female between twelve and fifteen years of age married
without the consent of her parent or guardian, or the publica-
tion of banns, she forfeited her inheritance. A free person who
married a servant forfeited to his or her master a thousand
pounds of tobacco or else had to serve the master or owner one
whole year in actual service, 3. Hen. passim.
The County records in this regard appear to a disadvantage
when compared to the other records. The earliest date found
is 1772, and, instead of a regular register, there is simply a list
of marriages extending through 1779,' as set out by the record
itself. Then begins, in 1780, a record compiled alphabetically
from the marriage bonds down to 1800 inclusive — when a real
"marriage register," which however seems not to include all the
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marriages, appears, which is published in full. The marriage
bonds in the period herein embraced were in a penalty of Fifty
dollars, and the only condition was that there was no legal im-
pediment to the marriage. The bonds are continued after the
"register" begins, but inasmuch as the name of the officiating
minister is given in the register, that record has been preferred.
Only one "license" was found that of Robert Brooking and
Patsy Russell, issued by James Madison and certified by James
Waddel, the "Blind preacher,"
Diligent search has failed to discover any authority in the
"senior justice" to issue a marriage license. The signature of
the "Blind Preacher" is remarkable for its clearaness and pen-
manship, and it is with only one 1' that he spells his name-
The spelling of the originals have been closely followed,
though many of the signatures to the bonds are obscure, and in
not a few cases the intending Benedick could only "make his
remark."
Marriage Register.
The Marriage Register is not complete, and this record ap-
pears to have been kept with less care and diligence than it
ought to have been.
It was determined to publish it in the sequence of years,
rather than alphabetically, thereby avoiding much detail.
It has been found impossible to determine the denominations
of the officiating ministers in each case; when it could be de-
termined positively, the denomination is given, as follows:
Minister — Denomination —
Nathaniel Sanders Baptist
Frederick Kobler
Robert Jones
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Minister —
Hamilton Goss
Jacob Watts
Geo. Bingham
Wm. Calhoon
Wm. Douglas
Duke W. Hallum
Jeremiah Chandler
Isborn Tatum
James Garnett
Ambrose Brockman (Albemarle Co.)
J. Goss
John Garnett
Philip Pendleton
Henry Fry
John A. Billingsby
Wm. Mason
Wm. Y. Hyter
Wm. Hawley
J. C. Gordon
Denomination-
Baptist
Meth. Episc.
Baptist
Baptist
Meth. Episc.
Baptist
Episcopal
NOTES AND QUERIES 161
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Notes from the Records of Brunswick County.
Deed, 1733, to Batt Peterson of Brunswick.
Inventory of personal estate of Mr. Thomas Godwyn, deceased, 1733
£156.1.2.
Deed, June 6, 1734, from Hodges Godwyn, brother and heir of Thomas
Godwyn of Brunswick, deceased, to Robert Munford of Prince George
County.
Deed, 1735, to Timothy Rives of Brunswick.
Deed, July 1735, from Cornelius Cargill of Brunswick.
Deed, Sept. 1734, from John Goodwyn of Surry to William Shands of
Surry.
Will of Henry Wyche of Brunswick; sons Henry and William, daughter
Abigail Brewer (sonsWm. and Henry were under IS), daughter Elizabeth
Proved March 4, 1740.
Will of William Maclin.Sr., sons James, William and John; daughter
Ann Lanier and her son Thomas Lanier, daughter Judith McKnight
Dated Jan. 29, 1751; proved March 26, 1751.
Will of Sterling Clack; all estate to loving friend, John Lightfoot, Esq.,
intrustfor testator's wife and children; in case of Lightfoot's death, to
John Clack and Lewis Parham in trust for same purpose. Dated Jan.
1750. Codicil, dated Jan. 9, 1751. His manor plantation with 1000 acres
adjoining and the lands and houses where the Court House stands, to his
son Eldridge Clack. Proved March 26, 1751 .
Inventory of Thomas Lanier, 1751.
Will of John Lightfoot, 1751 (Printed this Magazine VII, 398.)
Inventory of Walter Campbell (1751 or 1752) including 8 vols. Specta-
tors £1.6; 1 Roy's Wisdom of God 4sh.6d., 2 vols, ye Guardian 8sh. a
parcel of books £2.
Will of Samuel Chamberlain, 1752, daughter Elizabeth Lanier &c.
Inventory of Sterling Clack, 1751 (.Printed in this Magazine VII, 61.)
Will of Peter Wyche, dated Sept. 29, 1756, proved 1757; sons Henry,
George and Drury, daughter Lucy Wyche, daughters Rebecca and Ann
Wyche, wife Alex. Wyche.
Will of James Clack, 1757 (Printed in this Magazine VIII, 61.)
Inventory of personal estate of Littleton Tazewell, March 1758, £1341.
0.1.
Will of Metcalfe Dickerson, son Tarpley Dickerson, daughter Betty
Dickerson, wife Winifred, dated April 1754, proved May 1753.
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Inventory of Sampson Lanier, deceased, 1758.
Will of Joseph Massie, son John, land in Brunswick, daughter Sarah
Avent, daughter Amy A vent, daughter Rebecca Wise, Agnes
Richardson, son Joseph laid where said Joseph (Jr) lives, sons Thomas
and James, daughters Winifred, Lucy, Betty and Frances, wife Elizabeth,
granddaughter Sharlott Massie, dated August 19, 1760, proved May 26,
1761.
Will of William Lee, grandson Peter Lee, son William Lee, daughters
Elizabeth, Ann, Rebecca, and Amy, wife, William Barror, and Henry
Lee executors. Dated Aug. 3, 1759, proved May 1761.
Will of James Maclin, daughter Leah Wyche, granddaughter Eliza-
beth, brother John Maclin, grandaughter Mary Maclan, son James.
Dated March 1767, proved Sept. 1769.
Will of Mildred Willis of "Beddingfieldhall," Brunswick, daughter
Sarah Willis, daughter Elizabeth Willis, sons John, Augustine, Francis,
Richard and Lewis Willis. Dated Oct. 24, 1769, proved Feb. 27, 1769.
Will of John Willis, gent., of "Bedden Fields Hull" [The name of this
place was "Beddingfleld Hall."]
All estate to wife, she to divide it among their children. Dated Nov.
7, 1764, proved Jan. 16, 1769.
Will of William Short, Sr., sons William and Jacob, granddaughter
Rebecca Abernathy, wife, proved Oct., 1769.
Will of John Nevison, sons John, William, Littleton and Robert, wife
Ann. Wife, Allan Love and John Tazewell executors. Dated April 1768
proved Nov. 1769.
Will of Charles Gordon, wife Ann and children. Dated Sept. 1769,
proved No. 1769.
Will of John Gordon (x), very sick; wife Elizabeth, son Charles, daugh-
ter Mary, dated Feb. 1769, proved Nov. 1769.
Will of Gronow Owen; wife Jona, sons Robert, Richard Brown, Gronow
and John Loyd Owen. Dated July 3, 1769, proved March 26, 1770.
Will of Anne Massey, "being old and low of estate and health," son
John Massey, son Richard Massey's eldest son, son JRichard Massey,
daughter Martha Moore, daughter Tabitha Massey, sons William and
Hezekiah Massey, daughter Sarah Jones. Dated May 8, 1770, proved
Oct. 22, 1770.
Will of Brazure Cocke, wife Frances, son William, son Thomas Cocke's
children, daughter Elizabeth Holt, granddaughter Elizabeth Holt,
daughter Fanny wife of John Oliver, daughter Mary Anderson, daughter
Susanna Coleman, daughter Ann Chich, son James Cocke deceased;
daughter Martha Cocke, dated Sept. 20, 1766, proved Oct. 20, 1770.
Will of Nathaniel Edwards, father Nathaniel Edwards, sister Mary-
Ridley, sister Rebecca Edwards, brother Benjamin Edwards, sister
Elizabeth Edwards, brother Isaac Edwards. Dated Aug. 1762, proved
Feb. 1771.
NOTES AND QUERIES 163
Will of Drury Stitb, proved Sept. 19, 1770.
Will of William Brodnax, wife Anne, refers to such part of the estate of
Stephen Dewey as should appear to belong to the said Wm. Brodnax by
Dewey's will, dated June 10, 1762: — Children-Refers to a former will — To
brother Edward Brodnax a tract of land now in the possession of Wm.
Brodnax of Dinwiddie County, Son-in-law William Evans. John Brod-
nax [ # copy torn], and William Brodnax executors. Dated April 22, 1770,
proved March 25, 1771.
Will of Col. Nathaniel Edwards, wife Jane, wife's children by her for-
mer husband Henry Haynes, son Isaac Edwards, daughters Anne and
Sarah Edwards, daughter Mary Ridley, daughter Elizabeth Willis,
daughter Rebecca Jones, son William Edwards. Dated April 29, 1771,
proved July 22, 1771.
Inventory of JohnNevison, Dec. 6, 1769, £1947.14.2, including 174 vols
books, largely divinity, Greek, Latin, &c, valued at £28.6.4.
Will of George Rives, sons Benjamin, William and Francis Rives, wife,
daughters Elizabeth Massey, and Ann Peeples. Dated Dec. 19, 1762,
proved J an. 25, 1773.
Inventory of Thomas Harrison, William Harrison administrator
£86.6.7, June 25, 1772.
Will of Judith Thweatt, daughter Mary Brown, refers to deceased hus-
band John Thweatt, daughter Elizabeth Birchett, granddaughter Fran-
ces Brown, granddaughter Mary Goodwin, son-in-law Wm. Brown,
daughter Judith Goodwin, James Goodwin executor. Dated Oct. 12,
1770, proved June 28, 1773.
Will of Robert Read of Essex County, refers to father William Read,
deceased, — sisters Ann and Mary Read, brothers John and Lewis Read,
sister Susannah Mathis, William, son of James Quarles, Thomas son of
James Quarles. Dated Oct. 25, 1766, proved in Brunswick Jan. ,26 1774.
Inventory of Philip Penn, Sept. 1773.
Will of Capt. JohnMaclin, confirms to son Frederick all property given
him same; to son s J ohn and Thomas, son-in-law Matthew Parham, son-in-
law James Maclin, son William, daughter Amy Morton, daughter Susan-
nah Maclin. Dated Mune 1771, proved Nov. 28, 1774.
Will of James Harrison, wife, daughters Rebecca and Dolly Harrison
Thomas Harrison, wife and Thomas Harrison executors. Dated March
16, 1762, proved May 24, 1762.
Will of Mary Clack, son John Clack, son William Clack, son-in-law
Robert Ruffin, refers to deceased husband, grandson Eldridge Clack,
dated April 23, 1763, proved May 23, 1763.
Will of Joseph Harrison, daughter Nancy Chappell, son William Harri-
son, son Daniel Harrison, son Benjamin Harrison, son Simmons Harrison,
daughter Patty Harrison, wife Elizabeth. Dated March 8, 1763, proved
May 28, 1763.
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Inventory of Joseph Harrison, Sept. 1763, £573.19.9.
Will of Col. Henry Embry, wife Martha, son Henry, daughter Mary
Embry, granddaughter Mary Embry, daughter of Henry, granddaughter
Sarah Embry, daughter of MaryMariott, grandson Hen ryMariott grand-
daughter Martha Elliott, granddaughter Ermin Embry, grandson Wm.
Embry son of Wm. Embry, deceased, date July 14, 1762, proved Sept.
26, 1763.
Will of William Read, dated Dec. 31, 1762, proved Feb. 27, 1764, sons
Thomas and Robert, daughter Frances Stone, daughter Catherine
Quarles, Elizabeth Read, Susannah Matthews, John, Ann, Mary and
Lewis Read, wife Elizabeth, Robert Read and James Quarles, executors.
Inventory of Col. Drury Stith, including 2 pictures £1, 2 maps £1, a
fiddle and case £1.10. Total value personal estate £2176.18.7., June
1775.
Will of Harrison Rives, dated Jan. 1776, proved Jan. 1776, cousin Ben-
jamin Rives, brother William Rives' children.
Will of Howell Briggs, wife .daughter Betsy, nephew Jesse son of Thom-
as Briggs, Father-in-law Mr. John Quarles.
Will of William Moseley, dated November 1771, proved August 1776
son Levy Moseley, wife, children.
Will of Dr. John Irby, dated Aug. 1746, proved Aug. 1747, wife Anne
children.
Will of Sampson Lanier, dated Jan. 1742-3, proved May 1743, sons
Thomas, Sampson and Richard, daughter Elizabeth Burch, son Lemuel.
Will of Thomas Lanier, dated Aug. 1745, proved Nov. 1745, sons Jacob,
William, Drury and Benjamin, wife Ann.
Will of Ann Brodnax dated Sept. 29, 1788, proved March 23, 1789. son
John Brodnax and his daughter Martha Kennon Brodnax, son William
Edward Brodnaxfamong other things gave him the family portraits and,
the money due her from his deceased father's estate), grandsons John and
William Brodnax Wall, son Thomas Hall Brodnax, daughter Elizabeth
Evans, daughter Ann Jackson, daughter Mary Smith, grandsons Henry
and William Brodnax Power, John Power.
Will of Gabriel Harrison (x) sons Nathaniel and James, daughter Jane
Harrison, dated June 1779, proved Nov. 22, 1779.
Will of William Harrison, dated Nov. 10, 1785, proved Feb. 27, 1786,
daughter Ann Marshall, daughter Martha Lashley, sons Henry and
William.
Will of Henry Harrison, dated April 14, 1786, proved June 21, 1786,
daughter Mary Harrison, sons John and Peter Harrison. Major Binns
Jones and Mary Williams executors.
Will of Jonah Harrison (x her mark), dated Aug. 15, 1780, proved Feb.
26, 1787; daughter Jane Cate, son Gronow Owen, son Robert Brown Owen.
Will of Benjamin Harrison, Sr., dated Dec. 29, 1789, proved Jan. 25,-
1790, son Thomas, daughter Rita Cooke, daughter Hannar Reas, son
NOTES AND QUERIES 165
Benjamin, daughter Elizabeth Bainam, daughter Rebecca Hicks, daugh-
ter Tabitha Collier, daughter Nancy Hicks, granddaughter Judith
Banier, granddaughter Elizabeth P. Hicks, sou TheDphilus, grandson
Robert Harrison, son James.
Will of William Harrison, dated Feb. 9, 1791, proved Feb. 23, 1 791, wife
Patty, Polly Mayjor Harrison.
Will of Benjamin Harrison (x), dated March IS, 177G, proved, Oct. 27,
1791, brother Nathaniel Harrison.
Will of Mary Lighttoot, dated May 14, 17S3, proved Oct. 21, 17S5,
daughters Patty, Sally, Elmire and Becky Lightfoot, sons Philip an
Thomas.
Will of Nicholas Lanier (x), dated April 1788, proved May 1792, son
Clement, daughters Sarah Bailey and Mary Crowder, son-indaw Samuel
Hudgin.
Will of Richard Clack, dated Jan. 2, 1806, proved Jan. 27, 1835, daugh-
ter Eliza Parsons Clack, wife Amy, son Frederick Maclin Clack, six
youngest children.
Will of Carter Harrison, dated Sept. 6, 1802, proved Jay 21, 1806
brother James and Benjamin Harisson, refers to deceased father James
Harrison.
Will of Daniel Harrison, dated Oct. 19, 1803, proved Oct. 23, 1899, sons
John and Richard, daughter Nancy Towns, son Samuel, wife Mary.
Will of William Harrison (x), dated Oct. 1814, proved Nov. 1814, wife
Elizabeth, daughters Caty and Nancy.
Will of William Edwards, dated March 1781, proved March 1731, sons
Thomas, Nathaniel, Gray, Benjamin and John, grandson James Edwards.
Deed March 1781 from Harmon Harrison and Salley (x), his wife.
Will of Burwell Thweatt, dated Feb. 1781, proved Aug. 1731, Patty
Thweatt, daughter of Burwell Thweatt, of Dinwiddie Co., "my mother"
Mary Thweatt.
Deed, 1781, from Buckner Stith, of Brunswick Co Va., to Thomas Eaton
Esq., of Warren Co., N. C, in consideration of said Thomas Eaton's
marriage with Anne, daughter of the said Stith.
Inventory of Philip G. Mallory, 1825.
Deed, 1744, from Benjamin Harrison of Surry Co., and Nathaniel
Harrison of Prince George, to John Willis of Gloucester (for £663.1.6,
sterling), 3265 acres in Brunswick on both sides of the Tnree Creeks, also
625 acres on the south side of the little creek of the Three Creeks, also
400 acres or the south side of the Three Creeks, also 130 acres on the
north side of Meherrin River, also 201 acres in Brunswick on Uriah's
Branch.
Will of Joh Claiborne, dated March 1, 1803, proved Dec. 26, 1808, son
James Burnett Claiborne, brother Philip Claiborne and Devereaux Jarrett
Claiborne executors.
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Will of William Edward Brodnax, dated June 4, 1826, proved March
18, 1831, wife Sarah Brodnax, son Robert all that tract of land he (Rob-
ert) lives on or Dan River and Cascade Creek, containing 2664 acres, on
his paying £1000 to my estate; to son William Frederick the lands I
bought of Frederick Jones, James Rob'rson and Joseph Winfield and also
1000 acres at the lower end of my Saura Town tract; son Edward Travis
the remainder of my Saura Town tract; son Alexarder the land I live on,
and the land adjoining Joseph Percival's estate, which I purchased of J.
Ruffin; also 10 shares in the Roanoke Navigation; to daughter Betty
Eppes Wilson all my tract of land in Rockingham County, N. C, bought
of Thomas Winsser, also 6000 dollars; daughter Ann Brodnax tract of land
bought of Benjamin and Nathaniel Harrison, and also 100 acres of the
tract called Thomas Harrison's tract; remainder of said tract to be sold
Remainder of estate equally between six children. May 4, 1820.
Codicil; to son William F. ; all that tract (Poplar Creek) where he formerly
lived, provided he pay my executors 5000 dollars, and also give him all the
Saura Town plantation. To Alexander the land purchased of L. Robins
son's heirs, and all stocks on plantations given him, and all furniture &c
(except the family portraits which I have promised to R. Brodnax).
Daughter Anna all work horses or plantation purchased of Benjamin
Harrison.
Appraisment of estate of W. E. Brodnax, April 5, 1832
Cash on hand $8,248.59
Bonds and open accounts $14,911.12
Land directed by will to be sold 916.50
Negroes not previously distributed (91)
Stock, and furniture in residence not previously given 635.00
Stocks of all kinds, provisions, plantation implements 755.66
Cotton on hand 125.00
Marriage Bonds.
Thomas Maclin and Julia Edwards, daughter of Lucy Edwards, July
14, 1800.
Edward Pegram and Julia Harper, June 24, 1799.
John Stith of King George, and Susanna, daughter of Lucy Meade,
June 24, 1799.
George Feild and Eliza B. Stith, June 15, 1800.
William Harrison and Nelly Holloway, June 5, 1801.
Charles Harrison and Betsy Gladish, May 3, 1801.
Nathaniel Harrison and Rebecca Cooke, May 25, 1801.
Henry Robinson and Mary Clack, Sept. 30, 1772.
Col. John Maclin and Ann Cryer, widow, March 29, 1773.
Timothy Rives and Priscilla Turner, Dec. 20, 1772.
Samuel Garland and Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Edmunds, May
27, 1771.
NOTES AND QUERIES 167
Rolfe Eldridge and Susannah, daughter of George Walker, Nov. 26
1773 (consent of George Walker, witnessed by Courtney Walker).
Andrew Meade, of Nansemond, and Susannah, daughter of Buckner
Stith [date omitted, 1773?].
Samuel Edmunds and Betsy Saunders, April 18, 1794.
Robert Harrison and Elizabeth, daughter of Blumer White, Nov. 17.
1794.
Joseph Maclin and Nancy Walker, Aug. 22, 1794.
Thomas Lanier and Polly Vaughan, Aug. 22, 1794.
Burwell Lanier (x) and Elizabeth Pipper, Aug. 22, 1794.
Edward Branch and Sally, daughter of Mary Goodrich, June 24, 1794
Thomas Cocke and Elizabeth Willis, March 21, 1775.
Henry Lanier (x) and Tobitha Eaves, May 25, 1774.
William Cocke and Mary Maclin, March 24, 1772.
Shirley Edmunds and Ermine Simmons, Nov. 28, 1774.
Benjamin Lanier and Elizabeth Parker, Nov. 25, 1771.
Thomas Edmunds and Sarah Eldridge, Nov. 25, 1771.
Benjamin Harrison and Patty Jones, December 1787.
James Blick and Catherine Lanier, Aug. 27, 1787.
Harrison Randolph and Mary Jones, Sept. 7, 1787.
George Woodlief and Katherine Clayton, Sept. 24, 1787.
Nicholas Lanier and Patsey, daughter of George Malone, Dec. 12, 1787.
[Margin of note torn] x x he [ or a ] [n Cocke, and Anne, daughter of Rich-
ard Hardy, x x x 17, 1787.
Caddy [?] Harrison and Elizabeth daughter of Arthur Harrison, Jan.
29, 1778.
William Blunt and Ann, daughter of John Gilliam, Oct. 14, 1778.
Roger Mallory, Jr. and Tabitha Baugh, Dec. 24, 1778.
Drury Stith and Fanny, daughter of Allen Love, Sept. 22, 1788.
William Mallory and Sarah Atkins, May 24, 1786.
Richard Clack and Anne Hardaway, Sept. 14, 1786.
William Gray, of Southampton, and Mary, daughter of Henry Led-
better [date omitted, but 1786 or 1787].
Thomas Read and Nancy, daughter of James Quarles, Feb. 20, 1787.
Benjamin Goodrich and Tabitha Hicks, May 25, 1789.
Clement Read and Clarissa, daughter of Thomas Edmunds, March
27, 1789.
Richard Clack and Amey Maclin, June 3, 1794.
Henry A. Watkins and Ann Edmunds, May 6, 1794.
Edmund Lanier and Patsy Walton, Aug. 26, 1793.
William H. Harrison and Anne Williams, Nov. 25, 1811.
Richard Curd, and Nancy daughter of Berij. Harrison, Oct. 12, 1795.
Richard Eppes and Sarah Mathis, Nov. 22, 1795.
James Wyche, of Albemarle parish, Sussex, and Sarah Maclin, of
Brunswick, Jan. 21, 1755.
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Matthew Parham, Jr. and Rebecca Maclin, Nov. 25, 1755.
Samuel Dawson, of Amelia, and Martha, daughter of Thomas Jones,
Jan. 16, 1756.
Joseph Jones and Ann Jones, widow, May '16, 1756.
Robert Lanier and , daughter of John Jackson, Nov. 9, 1754.
John Cook (with consent of his father Henry Cook) and Betty Brown
Sept. 25, 1759.
John Nivison and Anne Tazewell, "an infant," June 23, 1757.
Silvanus Stokes and Temperance, daughter of George Clarke, Aug.
24, 1756.
William Clack and Betty Twitty, Oct. 16, 1757.
William Harrison and Ann Major, May 7, 1759.
Henry Taylor, of Southampton, and Temperance, daughter of John
Peterson, Dec. 28, 1758.
James Day Ridley and Mary Edwards, Sept. 25, 1758.
Robert Ruffin, of Surry, and Molly Lightfoot, widow, Sept. 6, 1751.
Benjamin Rives and Bethea Rosser, widow, May 1791.
Claiborne Anderson, of Chesterfiled, and Betty Clack, July 24 1753
(consent of Richard Eppes, Anderson's guardian.)
Robert Wynne, of Surry, and Mary Phillipson, Aug. 9, 1753.
William Stith and Catherine Stith, Sept. 14, 1756.
William Maclin, Jr. and Sarah Clack, Sept. 25, 1754.
William Cocke and Sarah Edwards, July 23, 1754.
John Harrison and Cressy Steed, Dec. 14, 1779.
William Thornton and Sarah, daughter of Edward Goodrich, Feb.
16, 1774.
Richard Cocke, and Mary, daughter of Richard Whitehead, May 1769.
Armistead Burwell, and Mary, daughter of Robert Tunrbull, Dec. 10,
1800.
Robert Lanier and Nancy Harrison, Nov. 24, 1800.
John R. Mason and Sarah H. Cargill, Feb. 9, 1799.
William Harrison and Elizabeth Tillman, March 2, 1799.
John Harrison and Dorothy Hancock, Nov. 5, 1799.
Nathaniel Harrison and Martha K. Brodnax, March 25, 1799.
Augustus W. Maclin and Polly James, Nov. 10, 1799.
Wills Etc.
Inventory of Alexander Brodnax, 63 slaves, a parcel of books, &c.
Will of Alexander Brodnax, dated Feb. 1832, proved March 1832, wife
Rebecca a plantation in Mecklenburg, called The Hermitage, with
stocks etc., for life after her death to his children.
Will of Rebecca A. Brodnax, dated May 1842, proved Oct. 1842, child-
ren, Wm. Edward Brodnax, Sally Jones Brodnax, and Alexander John
Brodnax, Brother John L. Wilkins, Jr.
NOTES AND QUERIES 169
Henry Timberlake.
(Contributed by A. J. Morrison, Hampden-Sidney, Va.)
Henry Timberlake was no author, but his book should be better known,
entitled Memoirs of Lieutenant Henry Timberlake (who accompanied
the three Cherokee Indians to England in the year 1702) *****
London: Printed for the author 1765. This small volume of 160 printed
pages — there is a curious appendix in cipher, the journal of a French
officer killed by the Innians — forms the plain statement of services ren-
dered in an irregular way ana therefore perhaps charity honored by
money award. For at least twenty years after 1762, it must be admitted,
the bountiful British exchequer was tempting enough to many Americans.
Timberlake says that he was born in Virgi | ia and received almost as
good an education as the country could afford. His father dying when
young Timberlake was in his teens and leaving no large estate, the boy
looked out for employment as a soldier. In 1758 he was given an ensigncy
and a cornetcy in Colonel Byrd's regiment. In 1759 he was with General
Stanwix. In 1761 orders came to him at Fort Bird, sixty miles east of
Pittsburg, to report for Cherokee business in the Holston river country.
Colonel Byrd had been placed in command of this expedition, but at the
celebrated Stahlnaker's Colonel Byrd "returned down the country," by
which the command devolved on Colonel Stephen." Here is one vexed
point made plain. Colonel Stephen kept on with his command to the
Great Island of Holston, commonly called Long Island. There a fort
was begun and was nearly finished the middle of November 1761 when
head men came in from Kanagatucko the nominal King of the Cherokees
requesting a peace conference or talk, as the Cherokee styled it. Novem-
ber 19th a peace was fixed up. Then the Indians asked that some officer
of Colonel Stephen's family might be sent among their towns down river
as a demonstration of good will. The Colonel felt a delicacy about
ordering anybody on such a risky errand, so Timberlake volunteered to
go. Later, Timberlake having no papers to show in the matter, the Earl
of Egremont treated him rather shabbily. Delegations of Indian chiefs
had become no novelty in London by the year 1762 — General Oglethorpe
and others had taken over a good many of them.
Timberlake thought it well to learn the navigation down Holston and
up Tennessee to the Cherokee towns. He went from Long Island to
Chota by boat. McCormack went along as interpreter and Sumpter as
sergeant. Sumpter was of Lieutenant Timberlake's party to see King
George upon the throne across the ocean. Getting into the Tennessee
River, Timberlake made careful observations and drew off a map which
he had printed as the frontispiece to his book — an excellent sketch map
from the great Island of Tennessee up as far as Talasse. This chart
settles another point neatly and definitely. A little way from the
Tellico river stood what was left of Fort Loudoun, on the south bank of
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Tennesse. A few miles below stood Chota, the chief town of the Chero-
kee, and across the river Tennessee, on the north bank, were the remains
of a fort, described by Timberlake thus — "a fort built by the Virginians
in 1756 and soon after destroyed by the Indians." So the Virginians
built their fort opposite Chota, and the South Carolinians built their
Fort Loudoun five or six miles down stream. [This Magazine, April 1918,
p. 203 — "the Question of Fort Loudoun.")
Timberlake smoked amicably and diplomaticaly through the five and
more towns up as far as Talasse. Then setting off for Williamsburg by the
East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia road (as we say), Ostenaco
called also Judd's Friend or the Judge, would not be denied, and Lieuten-
ant Timberlake discreetly took him and two other head men of the towns
to Williamsburg and the Governor. At Williamsburg Mr. Horrocks of
the College had Timberlake and the three to supper. Ostenaco saw a
picture of King George at Mr. Horrocks's and protested that he must go
see the King himself. That is how the Lieutenant and the three and
Sergeant Sumpter happened to go to London. They got back home be-
fore the near year 1764, not very well pleased with their London times.
There is more in the book, but the book is small and should be read in
full. It is hoped a copy can be found in Virginia.
There was a Henry Timberlake, Colonel of Louisa troops in the Revolu-
tion. On examination it appears that Lieutenant Timberlake had been
duly recommended to the Board of Trade by Governor Fauquier. See
the Governor's Letter of May 1, 1762 in Journals House of Burgesses
17 -65.61,. XVII — "I am conscious, my Lords, that such quests are
troublesome to His Maj'ty's Ministers, but it appears to me to be of so
much moment to the peace and interest of the Colonies, that I hope I
shall stand excused for taking this step. The Indians will be accompanied
by Mr. Timberlake an Ensign in our Regiment, who has been in the
Cherokee Overhill Towns, and is much respected by the Indians; he went
from our camp down Holston's River and up the Tennessee and has found
it navigable for Batteaus which draw 10 or 12 inches water, all the way,
by which we find that we have a good convenience for men, stores, or
merchandise into the very heart of their country. He has made a
draught of the courses and bearings of the River, a fair copy of which is
by my order preparing for Sir Jeffery Amherst." Timberlake. had this
good map and his book printed off in 1763, when he went to London a
second time., partly on a business venture with Mr. Truehaeart of Hanover
County. Who was Timberlake'? . Mr. Kakoanthropos, the man, he
says, that stood so much in his way with Lord Egremont.
Notes on the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Volume 3 of Documentary History of New York, Albany 1850, contains
as its frontispiece "Champlain's May of New France, 1632." This map
NOTES AND QUERIES 171
snows the greater portion of the present Canada, the present New Eng-
lann States; a portion of the middle Western States; and the Eastern and
Southern States as far south as Albermarle Sound in North Carolina,
The Chesapeake Bay with the principal rivers which flow into it is shown,
but the names of the rivers are not given.
This map clearly and certainly proves the fact that the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia had been visited, and to some extent explored, as early
as 1632, because the course of Shenandoah River is designated. On the
map to the junction of that stream with the Potomac at present Harper's
Ferry, W. Va.
The Peaked Mountain five east of the present Harrisonburg, Va. is
shown on the map, and also the peak which terminates the Massanutten
range near present Strasburg, Va.
,0n page 18 of the work mentions a table is printed giving the names o f
the more important places on the map. Among them Jamestown, Va.,
and pages 1-18 contain an account of Champlain's expeditions. As he
makes no statement to the effect that he visited Virginia in person, it is
probable that Champlain gained his knowledge of the Shenandoah Valley
from Jesuit Missionaries, the members of which Society are so active at
a later time in exploring the Mississippi Valley. And it is highly prob-
able that these missionaries were the first white men to view and explore
the Valley of Virginia. Charlesf E. Kemper.
Staunton, Va., Dec. 8, 1919.
Judge John Catron of the United States Supreme Court.
By Boutwell Dunlap.
In the pamphlet lists of Germans and those of German 'descent who
have been distinguished in American history, widely distributed by
German propaganda during the war, I never saw a publication which
mentioned John Catron, Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
1837-1865, who attained one oi the highest political and judicial ranks of
any one of German origin in the new world. Another member of the
Catrons sat in the United States Senate. It is not frequent a family
produces two men, one a United States Supreme Court justice and the
other a United States Senator. Nor have the Germans in America,
generally speaking, possessed political genius nor been to the fore in
political life. Writers on the German element in Virginia seem not to
have known or ignored this strain of Catrons. Because of the foregoing
and Justice John Catron has been called a native of Pennsylvania by the
United States Supreme Court, although in fact a native of Virginia, I
select from my notes and collections on the trans-Alleghany movement
what I have on his antecedents. My Mss. contains letters from United
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States Senator T. B. Catron of New Mexico and other m3-nb?rs of the
family and a copy ol a sworn declaration for a Revolutionary pension
under the act of 1832.
Staufle or StufHe Catron — the first two names being German contrac-
tions or Christopher — was born in Germany, probably about 1734.
Previous to his coming to America, he lived in Holland. Justic John
Catron stated a short time before his death to Mrs. C. C. Childress of
St. Louis, an adopted daughter of one of the Catrons, that Stuffle or
Christopher Catron lived about thirty miles from Rotterdam.
In 1764, he came with his wife, Susanna , and several children,
to Pennsylvania. In 1766, he moved to the then Augusta, now Mont-
gomery county, Virginia. Stuffie Catron was the father of at least the
following: Peter Catron, Adam Catron, Jacob Catron, Solomon Catron,
Frank Catron, Christopher Catron, Crisley Catron, Catherine Catron .
Some of the Catrons were out in Dunmore's war. In the 18th century in
Virginia, the name was sometimes spelled Kettering, as shown in the
case, Pierce's heirs vs. Catron's heirs, before the Supreme Court of Vir-
ginia in 1810. Some branches of the family now spell the name Katron
and some spell it Cattron.
Peter Catron, son of the immigrant and seemingly the oldest child,
was born in 1754 and moved in 1788 to what is now Grayson county, Vir-
ginia. In 1804, he removed to Wayne county, Kentucky. His son,
Justice John Catron, was born in the now Grayson county, Virginia. On
the death of the Justice, memoranda in 70 United States Reports ix,
states he was born in Pennsylvania. This is untrue. Justice Catron
in 1858 wrote a brother of United States Senator T. B. Catron that he,
the Justice, was born in Grayson county, Virginia.
Jacob Catron, son of the immigrant, married Goast. Their
son, Christopher Catron, born in Wythe county, Virginia, married Famy
Jones, daughter of Minitree Jones. Their son, John Catron, born in
White county, Tennessee, in 1812, married Mary Fletcher, native of
Montgomery county, Virginia, daughter of James Fletcher and Margaret
Patterson, and were the parents of T. B. Catron, United States senator
from New Mexico.
Peter Catron, father ot the Justice, in 1834, applied for a Revolutionary
pension. The veteran's sworn declaration made in order to obtain it,
recites some ot the early Revolutionary movements in Southwest Vir-
ginia:
On this 22 day of January 1834, personally appeared Peter Catron t
Before me Roger Oatts a justice of the peace for Wayne County, Ken-
tucky, who is a resident of Wayne Co., Kentucky, aged 83 years old
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Con-
gress passed June 7th 1832. The said Peter Catron states that he was
a volunteer as a private malitia man in the State of Virginia Mont-
NOTES AND QUERIES 173
gomery County for three months in the year 1776, about the last of May
or the first of June, the precise time not now Recollected, upon a Draft
from the State of Virginia, as he understood. My captains name was
Walter Crocket and my Lieutenant's name I think was William Camp-
bell. But, the ensign not now recollected we first met & Rendez-
voused on Walkers creek and thence marched and Ranged thro the
country from the head waters of Clinch River & Blue Stone, thence
over and on the Waters of Sandy River & Guiandotte, principally
against the Shawne Indians, in and on the frontiers, all the country on
the frontiers in that quarter being forted and Indians very troublesome .
But in this tour we had no engagement in our Ranging after the Indians.
They in some way eluding us We had no superior officers, our tour being
out and the Indians becoming less troublesome we were discharged
By our captain & officers But not in writing. We were almost naked i
and suffered much fatigue & Hardship. Having served the said three
months tour, some short time after I returned home A call and Draft
was again called for By authority of the State of Virginia to protect the
people of Houlston from the incursions of the Cherokee Indians who
was very troublesome. I again volunteered, I think on the 15 or 16 of
July after in 1777 under an ensign his Chr istian name not now recollected
as a private, & Ranged for three months And we marched Ranged &
scoured the country rom the head waters of Houlston & Clinch Rivers
Backwards & forwards in constant service. In this tour we had no
engagement — But requently saw the sign and hail of the Indians who
were thought to be pretty thick. Having actually served our three
months tour provisions hard to get, the Indians less troublesome, we
were discharged by our ensign the officers. But not in writing and we
returned home much fatigued.
In the month of January or February the year 1878 [sic] the day not
now distinctly recollected But some short time before the Treaty
volunteered as a Ranger from the State of Virginia and from the County
of Montgomery as a private from a call of the State of Virginia under
Captain John Stepehens under a cail for three or 6 months tour this
Deponent does not know recollect which But he is inclined to think for
6 months tour, Having no General officers we first rendezvoused at the
head of Reed creak, and marched and Ranged in a Direction to a fort
on Clinch River called the Rye cove, and then we were stationed guard-
ing In the fort a considerable time, we then ranged in a Direction to the
Cumberland gap. We ranged to Martins Station in Powels valley we
were then met by another company of Ranger's under Captain J. Martin
we then Ranged and Marched back to the Rye cove, where we were
first stationed where we found the Indians had killed several persons
just before our return. Shortly after a Treaty, was about to take place
Between the Cherokee Indians & Governor Preston & Col. Shelby, our
company ot Rangers, was ordered and Marched to the Treaty on long
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island on the Houlston River, and we remained there on guard until
the Treaty was made, several other companies meeting there. After
the Treaty was made, we were all discharged in our company but not
in writing by our Captain. & we returned home to the County of
Montgomery in the State of Virginia, Having actually served six
months in this tour amounting to 12 months in my three tours for which
I Respectfully claim compensation, as a private under the aforesaid
law of Congress. The said Peter Catron knows of no person in this
country now living, by whom he can prove his aforesaid Revolutionary
services. & the said Peter Catron cannot Read the English Language
am old & infirm was born in the year 1754 in Germany, came to Penn-
sylvania, with my Father Stuffle Catron in the year 1761 and in the
year 1766 removed to Montgomery county State of Virginia and re-
mained there untill the year 1804 and then Removed to Wayne county
Ky. where I now live and have lived about 29 years ******
Notes from Princess Anne County.
(Concluded from xxiv, 4l6.)
Will of Sampson Trevethan, of the town of Plymouth, Cornwall, gent,
dated May 17, 1726, proved Oct. 1, 1729. To be buried in the parish
church of Madderne. Legatees: wife Katherine (including £400 due him
on a mortgage by James Keigwyn, of Mousehole in said county) and
after her death to his two daughters he left in Virginia, Mary and Ann
Trevethan. To wife a messuage in Madderne called Shoals House m
To William Gwavas Esq. and Gregory Trigwitha, tanner, both of Penz-
ance, all the rest of his estate, in trust to pay his debts, &c, and to pay
his daughters Mary and Ann £200 each. All lands &c in Lynhaven
parish, Va., to his two daughters.
Will of Ann Trevethan, Jr., of Lynhaven parish, Princess Anne Co.,
dated Dec. 25, 1735, proved May 5, 1736. Cousins James, Daniel and
Elizabeth Tennant, cousin Mary Ann Thouroughgood, loving mother
Ann Trevethan, mother and friend Anthony Moseley, executors.
Deposition of Ann Trevethan, aged about 60 years, taken July 5, 1738-
She was intimately acquainted with Mr. Jonas Cawson, late of Norfolk
County, deceased, and was at the celebration of a marriage between
him and a certain Abigail Church. A minister of the Church of Eng.
land performed the ceremony. They had several children, viz.: Keziah,
Christopher, Argal, Ann, Abigail, and Jonas. He died 1726, and his
son Keziah died about 1732, and also Christopher Cawson and eldest
son and said Jonas made a will.
NOTES AND QUERIES 175
Deposition of Mrs. Abigail Cawson als Whiddon, aged about 50 years.
Taken July 5, 1738. She was married to Jonas Cawson about 29 years
ago by Rev. Mr. McMioner, then minister in Norfolk County, that Keziah
their first born died in 1732. She had heard the said Jonas Cawson
speak of his native country, Old England, saying he was born in Lancaster
in England, and he told her that he expected an estate to fall to him
from his father and mentioned it in his will.
Deed [partly mutilated], 173-, between Thomas Bolithoe, of Corn-
wall, heir at law of the deceased John Bolihoe, late of — [Vaj to John
Nicholas and Yates his wife in consideration of her dower [1738.]
Will of Francis Thoroughgood, of Princess Anne, dated Feb. 13, 1740,
proved April 1, 1741. Wife Amy, eldest son John, nine children (not
named.)
Deed, Aug. 21, 1745, between John Thoroughgood, gent., and Anthony
Walke, Gent. John Thoroughgood had married Margaret Walke,
Oct. 13, 1743, and became entitled to certain property said Anthony
Walke gave his daughter.
Deed, Dec. 15, 1745, from Thomas Walke, and Mary Ann his wife, to
Adam Thoroughgood, conveying 230 acres of land, being land left by
Robert Thoroughgood, the elder, to his son Thomas (father of the said
Mary Ann Walke) she being the only child of said Thomas Thorough-
good, from whom she inherits said land.
176 GENEALOGY
TEE LOVELACE FAMILY AND ITS CONNECTIONS
By J. Hall Pleasants, Baltimore, Md.
(Continued)
VII. Sir William Lovelace 7 (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William 4 ,
William 5 , William 6 ). He was baptized February 12th, 1583-4, at St.
Alphege, Canterbury. He is usually known as "Sir William Lovelace of
Woolwich", where one of his residences, possibly acquired through his
wife, was located, although he is styled in his will and in his inquisition
as "Sir William Lovelace, the younger, of Bethersden", and would, of
course, have succeeded to Lovelace Place had he have outlived his father.
He was knighted by James I at Theobald's, 20 September, 1609. (Shaw's
Knights of England; ii; p. 148). He married, apparently as early as 1610,
Anne the daughter of Sir William Barne, knight, of Woolwich, Kent, by
his wife Anne the daughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York. Both
the Barne and Sandys families took a very active part in the colonization
of Virginia, and will be considered later in separate sketches. Sir
William Lovelace 5 was a member of the Virginia Company and an incor-
porator of the second Virginia Charter, 1609 (Brown's Genesis of the
United States: pp. 213, 939).
Sir William Lovelace' was a soldier by profession, although the asser-
tion in a letter of Charles I that he "had served about forty years in ye
warres" is obviously an exaggeration, as he was only forty-three at the
time of his death. From some Latin lines preceding Lucasta by his son
Richard Lovelace 8 , the poet, it appears that he had served with distinc-
tion in the Low Countries (Poetical Works of Richard Lovelace; Hazlitt
Edition; p. xiv). It is stated definitely both in the letter of Charles I
reproduced below, and in Hasted' s Kent that Lovelace fell at the Groll.
As his inquisition post mortem, a full abstract of which follows, states
that he died 12 August, 3 Charles I [162?], there is no question that he
was killed at the last siege of the Groll* in Holland. England and
*Emphasis is laid upon the evidence that Sir William Lovelace was
killed at the siege of the Groll, 12 August 1627, because it is stated in
another connection that he was "slain at the siege of the Burse." In a
calendar of inquisitions, temp. H.nry VIII to Charles I, in the Heralds
College, compiled and annoted by Sir Charles Young, Garter King of
Arms, and now being published in The Genealogist (1915; xxxi; 276) occurs
the following: "Sir William Lovelace, knt., slain at the siege of the Burse
[1628]". As the year of death is incorrectly given here, and as the origi-
nal inquisition contains no reference whatsoevei to the place of death, the
compiler of the caLndar of inquisitions has obviously added from some
other source the statement in regard to the Burse. The writer has not
only been unable to find any confirmation of this statement, but has been
unable to locate a place of this name in Holland, or to find any reference
to such a siege. It seems quite possible, however, that some minor en-
gagement at a place bearing such a name may have taken place in con-
nection with the operations about Groll.
SIR WILLIAM LOVELACE, of Woolwich
Father of Ann (Lovelace) Gorsuch.
GENEALOGY 177
Holland as members of the Protestant Alliance were then at war with
Spain, and Lovelace fell only a few days before the stronghold of the
Groll was recaptured by the allies from the Spaniards. Among the Eger-
ton MSS. in the British Museum (No. 2553; folio 50-B) is a very interest-
ing letter from Charles I to the Governor of Sutton's Hospital, London,
later known as Charterhouse School, apparently written early in 1628,
endorsed "For one of Sir William Lovelace's Sons". This letter, a copy
of which follows, has been published in the Gentleman' s Magazine (1884 : -
ii;p. 462):
From His Majesty to ye Governour of Sutton's Hospital
Whereas we are given to understand that Sir William Lovelace after
he had served about forty years in ye warres, and was slaynte at ye last
siege of Grolle, and his fortune most depending upon ye warres left his
lady ritch only in great store of children, and she most humbly be-
seeching us to bestow one of our places in Sutton's Hospitall upon one
of his sonnes, Wee are pleased to grant his request. Wherefore our
royal pleasure is that ye Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and others
ye governours of ye said Hospitall doe take orders that Thomas Love-
lace his son may be admitted ye said house in our prime place at yr
next thereon.
Given under our hand this day in ye fourth yeare of our reign
[Charles Rex]
From the will of Sir William Lovelace 5 and the inquisition post mortem
upon his landed estate, and from the will of his widow Lady Anne, here
reproduced for the first time, many facts of interest are learned. As Sir
William Lovelace was outlived by his father he never came into actual
possession of Lovelace Place, although the inquisition specifically states
that the "remainder" was vested in him, subject to the life interest of
his father. From the inquisition we also learn that the tenure of Love-
lace Place was held by the Lovelaces "of the Archbishop of Canterbury
as of his Manor of Bethersden by fealty." Reference is also made in his
will and in the inquisition to other lands held by him in Bethersden and
to sundry lands in Shoulden, Chart Magna, Shidonhurst and Canterbury
in the county of Kent. How he actually came into legal possession of
these various properties during his father's lifetime, except in the case
of the Shoulden lands which he acquired by purchase, is somewhat un-
certain. It seems most probable that they had been made over by in-
denture to him by his father prior to July 15, 1622, the date of his will,
as his father makes no mention in his will, dated 6 October, 1629, of any
lands whatsoever, disposing only of personal property. On the other
hand any lands belonging to the elder Sir William 6 , in regard to which
he died intestate, would of course have passed by law to the issue of his
only son Sir William, deceased. Those which the grandfather had held
by the "custom of gavelkind of Kent" would, however, have been equally
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divided among all his grandsons, while those held by entail, as Bethers-
den Place, would all have passed to his eldesl grandson Richard, the poet.
As no property in Woolwich is mentioned in the will or inquisition it seem
probable that his residence there was of a temporary character, and with
his wife's family, the Barnes.
Sir William Lovelace 7 , the younger, had by his wife Anne Barne eight
children, five sons and three daughters who reached maturity, and whose
names are known. As neither the parish register of Bethersden nor of
Woolwich co vexing this period are in existence, the exact dates of bap-
tism or birth of most of the children cannot be determined. Anne was
certainly the eldest child; Richard the poet was the eldest son and be-
came the proprietor of Lovelace Place. The wills show that Thomas,
Francis and William were respectively the second, third and fourth sons.
The inquisition shows that Joan was the "child to be born" named in Sir
William's will, dated 15 July, 1622; Elizabeth, not named in her father's
will, was the youngest daughter, and Dudley, or as he styled himself,
Dudley-Posthuums, was the youngest child and born after August 12,
1627, the date of his father's death. It will be noted that the only
children named in the inquisition are those who under their father's will
were to receive land or legacies chargeable against land. The inquisition
settles a point of no little general interest — the exact date of birth of
Richard Lovelace, the poet. All biographical sketches of him state that
he was born in 1618, although none give the month and day. The inquisi-
tion now enables us to show that this date is incorrect, and to fix the date
of his birth definitely as December 6, 1617.
The portrait of Sir William Lovelace 7 which is reproduced here is from
a photograph of the painting in the Dulwich Gallery (Gallery No. 365-
panel 25x21 inches). An excellent copy in oil of this same portrait is in
the collection of Mr. Walter deC. Poultney of Baltimore. It is interest-
ing to note that this portrait, as well as those of his father and grandfather
are referred to in his wife's will. Lady Lovelace's will also shows that
she was at one time in the Low Countries. His widow Lady Anne Love-
lace married, January 20, 1630, at Greenwich as her second husband
Jonathan Browne, Doctor of Laws. Browne matriculated at Gloucester
Hall, Oxford 13 October, 1620, aged 19, and received the degree of B. C.
L. 1624-5, D. C. L. 1630 and L. L. D. He held the following preferements:
rector of Shelly, Essex, 1621; rector of St. Faith's, London, 1628; rector
of Hertingfordbury, Herts, 1630; canon of Hereford Cathedral, 1636; dean
of Hereford Cathedral 1636; canon of Westminster Abbey, 1639. He
outlived his wife and died December, 1643, and his will (undated and
unregistered) was proved 8 April, 1645 (Oxford Wills; Prerogative Court
of Canterbury; 1645). A copy of this will in the possession of the writer
shows that he had a daughter Anne Browne who had married prior to 8
April, 1645, Herbert Croft, S. T. P. The will of "Dame Anne Lovelace,
now the wife of Jonathan Browne, of London, Doctor of Laws", dated 16
GENEALOGY 179
May, 1632, and proved by her husband, 22 May, 1633, of which a full ab-
stract will follow, makes bequests to "my daughter Anne Browne". The
date of marriage, 20 January, 1630, of Jonathan Browne and Anne (Bame
Lovelace as given by Crisp (Visitation of England and Wales; Notes vii
121), maybe incorrect, for unless Anne Browne married Croft at a very
early age, it is hard to see how she could have been a daughter by Anne
(Barne) Lovelace, as the wills indicate she was.
The will of Sir William Lovelace, dated July 15th, 1622, disposes of
sundry family manors and lands, which his father, who did not die until
1629, had doubtless already legally settled upon him. The will of Sir
William Lovelace the younger of Bidersden [Bethersden], co. Kent,
knight, dated 15 July, 1622, was proved 23 June, 1628, in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury (1628; Barrington 60). The following is an abstract
I Sir William Lovelace of Bidersden, co. Kent, Knight, appoint my
wife Anne Lovelace and Thomas Twisden of Wie, co. Kent, esq.,
guardians of my children, and I make the said Thomas Twisden my
executor with my wife. I give to them all my lands whatsoever in
Bethersden, Holden [SholdenJ, Chart Magna, Sr idonhurst and Canter-
burie, till my eldest son Richard Lovelace attain his age of 24, when he
shall enter therein. If he die before that age, I give them to my second
son Thomas, and in the event of his death, to my third son Francis at
24. I give to my said two younger sons all my lands in the parish of
Sholden, co. Kent, which I purchased of Sir Peeter Manwoode. To
my daughter Anne Lovelace, all my stock and adventure in the East
India Company, with all the profits thereon to be paid her at her age
of 21 or marriage. To the child to be born to me £200 if a son, ^300 if a
daughter, to be paid out in lands. I give to the said Thomas Twisden
my embroidered scarf, with all my horses, swords and arms whatso-
ever.
(signed) William Lovelace.
Witnesses: Thomas Aton, Ric. Tucker.
Proved 23 June 1628 by Anne Lovelace, the relict, the other executor
being dead.
The inquisition post mortem upon the estate of Sir William Lovelace 7
taken 9 August 1628 (Court of Wards and Liveries-Inquisitions Post
mortem; 77; p. 128), has never been previously published, and contains
most intersting data. It will be noted that the inquisition does not men-
tion the younger children, William, Elizabeth and Dudley who were not
bom at the time their father's will was made, 15 July 1622, and were not
provided for under its terms, but does mention Joan who was "the child
to be born to me" of the will.
Sir William Lovelace the younger of Betherisden, co. Kent, Knight.
Inquisition taken at the castle in Canterbury 9 August 4 Charles 1
[1628]. The said Sir William was seised of the wood or woodland
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called Lamberden Wood, containing about 100 acres, in Betherisden;a
farm or messuage, & 18 acres of land in Bethersiden in the tenure of
Thomas Bird; inclosed land there called The Parke (about 70 acres),
in the occupation of George Trusse; a messuage & 30 acres of land
there in the tenure of James Wills; a tenement there called Loders
House, in the tenure of Andrew Loder; 15 acres called Hunt's Lands,
in the tenure of Loder, widow; a messuage and 60 acres called
Carpenter's Farm, in the tenure of — —Howard; a messuage & 50 acres
called Barboddenden, in the tenure of Thomas Waterman; 30 acres
called Burthouse lands, in the tenure of Gadsby; a messuage & 50
acres called Elites Farme, in the tenure of the said George Trusse;
tenements in the occupation of Carpenter, widow, Thomas Wither-
den, Richard Long, Thomas Ellis, John Wilverden, Stephen Austen
and John Howlet, all in Betherisden; a messuage in the parish of All
Hallows, Canterbury, in the occupation of John Jorden; 2 messuages
and 40 acres of land in Betherisden, lately purchased of the heirs of
Thomas Blechenden, in the occupation of John Holmes and George
Morris; a messuage called "le Mazondien house, keepers house or
warriner's house" in the Downes in the parish of Shouldon, co. Kent,
and 50 acres of land called Sandhilles and Outgroundes, lying between
the sea and the marshes there, late in the tenure of Christian Hurlstone
and Ezekiel Barbar, and afterwards of Brooke; marshes heretofore
called "le Nethermarshe" in Shouldon, late belonging to the dissolved
house called "le Mazondew" of Dover, & now called the Mazondew
marshes, containing about 60 acres. At the time of his death and ever-
since, his father, Sir William Lovelace, Kt; was and is seised of a capital
messuage and 30 acres of land in Betherisden, now in the occupation
of the said Sir William Lovelace the father and George Trusse.
By their deed dated 18 February 18 James I [1620] the two Sir William's
gianted to John Blechenden, citizen and mercer of London, an annuity
of ^20 payable out of all thu premises, at the south door of the parish
church of Tenterden, beginning in the year 1623. The interest of the
said John Blechenden in the said annuity has been conveyed to Sir John
Hales, Kt., heir apparent of Sir Edward Hales, baronet. The will of
Sir William the son is here recited. He died 12 August 3 Charles I
(1627]. Richard Lovelace, his son and heii, was then aged 9 years, 8
months, 3 days at the time of the death of his father. The chief mess-
uage in Betherisden, in the occupation of his father for his life, with
remainder to the deceased Sir William, is held of the Archbishop of
Canterbury as of his manor of Bethersiden by feahy and a rent of
Dams Anne Lovelace, his widow, is still living. Thcmas Twisden
namsd joint guardian with her of his children by the will of the said
Sir William, died at Wye, co. Kent, 1 August 1 Charles I. His sons
Thcmas and Francis Lovelace survive. After the date of his will, his
wife Anne bore a daughter Joan, who is now alive.
GENEALOGY 181
The will of Anne, widow of Sir William Lovelace, dated 15 May, 1632,
proved 22 May, 1633, in the Perogative Court of Canterbury (1638.
Russell, 51). The following is an abstract:
I Dame Anne Lovelace*, now wife of Jonathan Browne of London,
Doctor of Laws. Whereas the wardship of my son Richard is granted
to me by his Majesty's Court of Wards till his age of 21, 1 give the same
to the said Jonathan Browne and to Miles Barnes, M. A., my brother
with power to sell underwood for the payment of the debts of my late
husband Sir William Lovelace and myself. The £100 which Sir Will-
iam Lovelace owed to my uncle Francis Barne, esq., which he always
promised to give me at his death, shall be given 'to my daughter Eliza-
beth Lovelace. My said trustees shall obtain a new lease from Sir
Robert Honeywood, Knight, of the manor of Bethersden, co. Kent; and
out of the profits thereof they shall pay £300 apiece to my daughters
Elizabeth and Joane, and my son Dudley Lovelace. I give to my son
Richard my furniture for a bed of black velvet, with cushions, chains
and carpets, etc., as the same is wrought in colours by his grandmother,
the Lady Lovelace, and my best suit of diaper and which I made in the
Low Countries, and a pair of fine Holland sheets, and a black gilded
cabinet, which was his fathers, and all the furniture those goods and
implements of household standing in his chief house at Bethersden,
and the pictures of his father and myself, and of his grandfather, and
my wedding ring which was his father's. To my sons Thomas, Francis
and William Lovelace, £20 apiece for their maintenance till their age of
21, to be paid yearly out of the lands called Sholden, co. Kent, which
my late husband purchased of Sir Peter Manwood, Knight. To my
daughters Elizabeth and Joane, and my son Dudley, £20 apiece in like
manner out of the lease of Bethersden. To Anne Gorsage, my daughter
my third suit of diaper which I made in the Low Countries, etc. To
each of my younger children a ring enamelled, at 16. To my daughter
Anne Browne, my scarlet velvet petticoat, my diamond ring, etc. To
my husband Jonathan Browne, my cabinet of black ebony. To my
brother Miles Barne, £2 and a ring, etc. If my husband continue
housekeeping and keep my younger children, he shall have the use of all
my linen, etc; otherwise it shall be sold, towards the payment of my
debts and the portions of the said Elizabeth, Joane and Dudley. To
my brothers Sir William Barne, Knight, Robert Barne and George
Barne, and to their wives, 20s. apiece to make them rings; and the like
to Mr. Richard Juxon, Daniell Gorsage and his wife, and my sone
Gorsage. To my two men servants, a mourning cloak apiece, and to
*This is an example of the custom of the time, which permitted
a woman who had made a second marriage, to retain the name and
title acquired from her first husband, if his rank was higher than that
of her second husband.
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my three maid servants, serge for mourning gowns. I make the said
Jonathan Browne and Miles Barne my executors.
(signed) Anne Lovelace.
Witnesses: Robt. Barne, Tho. Grent, Jo. Smyther.
Issue of Sir William Lovelace 7 (John 1 , Richard 2 , William 3 , William 4 ,
William 6 .William 6 ,) and his wife Anne Bame:
1. Anne Lovelace 8 . She was apparently born not later than 1611 as she
married as early as 1628 the Rev. John Gorsuch of Walkern, Herts.
The Visitation of London; 1633-1635 gives the wife of the Rev. John
Gorsuch as "Anne da of Sir William Lovelace of Kent, Kt." (Har-
leian Soc. Publ. xv; 327). She received under her father's will,
dated 1622, "all my adventures in the East India Company with all
the profits to be paid to her at the age of 21 or marriage". By her
mother's will, dated 1632, there is left to "Anne Gorsage my daugh-
ter my third suit of diaper which I made in the Low Countries".
She went to Virginia, probably about 1650 and soon after the death of
her husband, with her younger children and died there (Va. Mag.
xxiv; 90). Letters of administration were issued in England, 2 June,
1652, to "Daniel Gorsuch son of Anne Gorsuch, late of Weston, co.
Hertford; but deceased in parts beyond the seas, widow" (Preroga-
tive Court of Canterbury Administrations 1652). She had issue by
her husband Rev. John Gorsuch, eleven children whose fortunes and
descendants have been traced by the writer in the preceding volumes
of this magazine; viz.: (i) Daniel; (ii) John; (iii) William; (iv) Kath-
arine married William Whitby; (v) Robert; (vi) Richard; (vii) Anna
married 1st Capt. Thomas Todd, 2nd Capt. David Jones, 3d Capt.
John Oldton; (viii) Elizabeth married Howell Powell; (ix) Charles;
(x) Lovelace; (xi) Frances) Of these, Katharine, Robert, Richard,
Anna, Elizabeth, Charles and Lovelace settled in Virginia or in
Maryland, married, and with the probable exception of Robert, left
numerous descendants (Va. Mag. xxiv-xxvii).
2. Richard Lovelace. 8 Poet and cavalier. Born, 9 December 1617, at
Woolwich, Kent. The exact date of his birth, as shown in' the in-
quisition upon his father's estate, has not been previously known, all
biographical accounts simply giving the year 1618. He attended
Charterhouse School, London, and received the degree of M. A.
at Gloucester Hall, Oxford, 1636, when he "retired in great splendour
to the court" of Charles I. He served as ensign and then as captain
in the Scottish expeditions, and on his return took possession of
Lovelace P 1 ace at Bethersden and his other estates. As one of the
justices of Kent he was selected to present to the House of Commons
the celebrated Kentish petition for the restoration of the king to his
rights, for which he was committed in April 1642, to Gatehouse
Prison, London, where he wrote his most celebrated poem To Althea
from Prison. He joined Charles at Oxford in 1645 and after its sur-
COL. RICHARD LOVELACE, Poet
Brother of Ann (Lovelace) Gorsuch.
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render he formed a regiment for service under Louis XIV. He was
wounded in 1648 at Dunkirk, and returned to England, where he and
his brother Captain Dudley Lovelace were imprisoned at Petre
House. Here he edited his poems which were published in October
1649, under the title Lucasta, Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, etc.,
Soon afterwards he was released from prison, and the last ten years
of his life, his resources exhausted and his health broken, were spent
in London, where he died April 1658. He was buried at St. Bride's.
He had sold Bethersden Place in 1649 to Richard Hulse. His brother
Dudley Lovelace edited a second collection of Richard's poems,
which he published in 1659 as Lucasta: Posthume Poems of Richard
Lovelace, Esq. He did not marry. The statements by Berry, Haz-
litt and others that he did have been shown by Pearman to be erron-
eous. (Archaeologia Cantiana: x; 215). Lovelace is said to have
been strikingly handsome, although his portrait at Dulwich Gallery
is disappointing. His fame as a poet rests largely upon the lyric To
Athea from Prison in which occur the lines,
Stone Walls doe not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Mindes innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage;
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soule am free
Angels alone that sore above
Enjoy such liberty.
and upon the poem To Lucasta Going To The Warres, which ends with the
lines,
Yet this inconsistancy is such,
As you too should adore;
I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
3. Thomas Lovelace 8 . Born about 1619 or 1620 as he is referred to in
his father's will as the second son. He apparently went to Charter-
house School, [Sutton's Hospital], London. He was an active royal-
ist, but does not seem to have had a military career. A poem by
him to the memory of his brother Richard appears in the posthum-
ous edition of the latter's poems. He was with his brother Francis
in New York when the latter was governor of that province. He
appears there as a member of the governor's council in 1671, was an
alderman of New York City in the same year, and was appointed
captain of the Foot Company of Staten Island in 1672. He appears
in 1672 as one of the commissioners appointed to strengthen the de-
fenses of Fort Jaires, and in 1672-3 as a justice of New York city.
He was one of the messengers sent on board to confer with the Dutch
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admiral when New York surrendered to the Dutch in 1673, and was
for a short while detained as a prisoner of war. His estates were
confiscated and he was ordered to leave the province, but managed
to postpone his departure until New York again passed into the
hands of the' English. He owned a plantation on Staten Island
known as "Lovelace Farme", which he occupied until his death
which occurred in 1689; and appears as a sheriff of Richmond County
in 1684 and 1685. He was married and had at least one child, a son
William, who was buried with great ceremony at Fort James in 1671;
there were possibly other children. He was survived by his wife
Mary, whose family name is not known, Lovelace Farme finally
passing after his death to a niece Mary, the wife of Ellis Duxbury
of the Barbadoes and later of New York. The identity of this niece
has not been determined. The writer has traced the career of
Thomas Lovelace and the history of his plantation"Lovelace Farme' '
in considerable detail in the New York Geneological and Biographical
Record (July 1920; li; 188-192) to which the reader is referred for fuller
data, and for the authorities upon which the above statements are
based.
4. Francis Lovelace 8 . Colonial governor of New York 1668-1673. The
question of the identity of Governor Francis Lovelace of New York
has been a matter of dispute, the governor until recently having been
thought to be a son of Richard, first Lord Lovelace of Hurley, Berks,
(see a note by the editor in the Va. Mag. xvii, 288-291). The writer
has recently contributed a paper to the New York Genealogical and
Biographical Record (July 1920; vol. li; 175-194) establishing beyond
question that Governor Lovelace was the son of Sir William Love-
lace of Bethersden, and has presented there all the known facts of
his life, to which the reader is referred for further details.
Francis Lovelace 8 , the third son of Sir William Lovelace 7 , was
bom between 1620 and 1622. Under his father's will he received
jointly with his brother William lands in Shoulden, Kent. He was
furnished by his brother Richard Lovelace, the poet, with money
and men for the royalist cause, serving with the title of colonel in the
civil wars and as governor of Carmarthen Castle during its siege in
1644 and 1645. He was in Virginia in 1652 when he was selected by
Governor Berkeley to carry the news of the surrender of the colony
to Charles II, then on the continent. We find him soon afterwards
with Charles during his exile on the continent, with whom he re-
mained until shortly before the fall of the commonwealth, when he
returned to England, and was arrested and imprisoned there in 1659
for his royalist activities. He was appointed deputy governor of
Long Island, and in 1668 became governor of New York, holding
this position until New York was captured by the Dutch July 30,
1673. His private fortunes were ruined by the confiscation of his
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property by the Dutch Council and on his return to England the Duke
of York brought about his political ruin on the ground that the loss
of the province was due to the fact that the governor was absent from
his post at the time of the Dutch attack, although it was conclusively
shown that had he been present Fort James was entirely inadequate
to withstand the attack of the strong Dutch fleet. Lovelace was
imprisoned in the Tower and his property was confiscated. He does
not appear to have been actually tried, and was released April 26,
1675 on account of ill health. He died the latter part of the year at
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, his estate being administered upon by his
brother Dudley, 22 December 1675. He is referred to in the ad-
ministration entry as a bachelor.
Joane Lovelace 8 . She was the second daughter, and was born in
1622 or early in 1623, as the inquisition upon her father's estate shows
that she was "the child to be born to me" mentioned in his will dated
15 July 1622. Her name sometimes appears as Johanna. She mar-
ried Robert Caesar. Lodge in his Life of Sir Julius Caesar, 1827 (p.
54) states that Robert Caesar, who married Joane daughter of Sir
William Lovelace, was the son of Sir John Caesar, knight, of Willan,
Herts, and that by her he had issue three daughters (1) Anne (died
June 23, 1739), wife of Sir John Payntz of Iron Acton, Gloucester, (2)
Julianna married Thomas Sage of Butley, Sussex, (3) Johanna (died
December 15, 1694) wife of John Rampayne. Robert Caesar, his
wife Joane, and two of his daughters are said to be buried in St.
Catherine's Church near the Tower. Richard Lovelace's poem
Paris's Second Judgement- — Upon the Three Daughters of My Dear
Brother Mr. R. Caesar (Hazlitt edition, p. 221) must have been
written while the three sisters were still mere children. "Joan
Caestir, alius Lovelace, wife of Robert Caesar and sister of Dudley
Lovelace" was appointed Dudley's administratrix, May 10, 1686,
and the same day was also appointed (to succeed Dudley) admini-
stratrix of her brother Francis Lovelace's estate (Prerogative Court
Canterbury: Admns, 1686 & Admn. Act. Book. 1686, fol. 76d.).
William Lovelace 8 . He was the fourth son and apparently the sixth
child, and was born between 1623 and 1627, as he is not named in his
father's will, but is in that of his mother. He espoused the cause of
the king and was killed either in 1644 or 1645 at the siege of Car-
marthen, Wales. His brother Richard's poem To His Deare Brother
Colonel F.[rancis\ L.[ovelace] — Immoderately Mourning My Brother's
[I. e. William' s] Untimely Death in Carmarthen, commemorates the
event. It will be recalled that Francis Lovelace 8 was in command
of Carmarthen Castle. Nothing further has been learned about
William. It seems improbable that he married, although there is a
remote possibility that he did and that a certain unidentified Francis
Lovelace, elsewhere referred to, (New York Geneal. & Biog. Rec. lvi
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179), who died in Maryland in 1684 and who was of the Behersden,
line, was a son.
7. Elizabeth Lovelace 8 . The third daughter, and apparently the sev-
enth child, was born between 1624 and 1626. She is named in her
mother's will but not in that of her father. The Visitation of Berk-
shire 1664 {Harleian Soc. Pub. lvi; 221) shows that Elizabeth, the
daughter of Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden, Kent, knight,
married [about 1650] Daniel Hayne of Kintbury Eaton, Berks, the
son of Thomas Hayne of Auborne, Wilts, and his wife Katherine
Gorsuch, the daughter of Daniel Gorsuch of London, and that at the
time of the visitation, March 23, 1664, Daniel Hayne was 37 years
old and then had issue (1) Daniel, age 10, (2) John, (3) Katherine,
(4) Ann, (5) Elizabeth, (6) Frances, (7) Mary. From this it is seen
that Daniel Hayne, the husband of Elizabeth Lovelace 8 was a
nephew of the Rev. John Gorsuch, the husband of her sister Anne
Lovelace 3 . The writer has obtained an abstract of the will of Daniel
Hayne, the elder, of Wallingtons, Parish of Kintbury, co. Berks,
gent., dated 3 April, 1663, and proved 11 May, 1687, by his son Daniel
Hayne (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills; Foot, 63. ) This will
names his wife Elizabeth his sons Daniel, John and Thomas, and his
daughters Katharine, Anne, Elizabeth, Francis and Mary. The
testator names his father Thomas Hayne, gent., deceased. He pro-
vides that his son Thomas be sent to Cambridge, and is afterwards
to study law at the Inns of Court, and that his sons Daniel and John
be sent to Oxford. Sentence was pronounced by the court, 7 May,
1687, in a suit between Daniel Hayne, only son of the deceased, and
Anne Chokke, minor, by John Longland, her guardian, legatrix in a
pretended will dated, 1 September, 1686, in which the latter will is
declared invalid, and that dated 3 April, 1663, upheld. No attempt
has been made to carry down the Hayne lines.
8. Dudley Lovelace 8 . He was the youngest son and was doubtless born
in 1627, soon after his father's death, as he styles himself Dudley-
Posthumus Lovelace. He was furnished with money by his brother
Richard to study "tactics and fortification" in Holland. He was an
ardent royalist. He served as captain in his brother Richard's
regiment under Louis XIV, he and his brother Richard being im-
prisoned in Petre House on their return to London in 1648 on account
of their royalist sympathies. He was with Charles II during his
exile on the continert. He appears in 1659 as the editor of the second
part of his brother Richard's poems: Lucasta, Posthume Poems of
Richard Lovelace, Esq.; London, 1659. He was in New York early
in 1670 with his brother Governor Francis Lovelace, and appeared
there as a member of the governor's council, president of a com-
mission to grant lands at Esopus and to define the boundaries of
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Hurley, and also on a commission to survey Stater Island, and was
commissioned as lieutenant of the Troop of Horse of New York City.
He owned a plantation on Staten Island and is usually referred to in
the records as Captain Dudley Lovelace. He was one of the three
officers in charge of Fort James at the time of the surrender and was
sent to Europe as a prisoner by the Dutch commander. He is con-
stantly referred to as the brother of the governor in the colonial
records, and was the administrator of the latter's estate in England.
The administration upon the estate of "Dudley Lovelace late of
London, but dying at Newingtor, Butts, co. Surrey, was granted
May 10, 1686, to his sister Joan Caesar, Mary Lovelace the relict
renouncing". The surname of his wife Mary is not known, nor
is it known certainly whether Dudley Lovelac left childrer, this
point and all the known facts of his life being discussed by the
writer in greater detail in a sketch of Governor Francis Love-
lace in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record {July
2920; li; 192-4).
(To be Continued)
This concludes the sketch of the Lovelace family proper. This will
be followed by sketches of certain families from which the Lovelaces are
decended, beginning with the Aucher family of Bishopsbourne, Kent.
*GRYMES OF BRANDON ETC.
(Continued)
12. Benjamin 3 Grymes, was born Feb. 19, 1725, died about 1776,
He removed to Spotsylvania County, and settled on a plantation named
"Smithfield." He was presiding Justice of the County and represented,
it in the House of Burgesses at the Sessions of Nov. 1761, Jan. 1762, Nov»
1762, Nov. 1766. March 1767. March 1768, May 1769, Nov. 1769, May 1770.
and July 1771. On Aug. 13, 1755, Benjamin Grymes of Spotsylvania Co.
gent, and Betty his wife, sold to John Champe, of King George Co.", mer-
chant, for £3103 Currency, 1750 acres in Spotsylvania Co. where said
Grymes lived, also 700 acres in Spotsylvania, lots in the town of Freder-
icksburg, and 51 slaves. On May 9, 1758, John Champe, and others,
executors of William Woodford, deceased, sold to Benjamin Grymes,
6300 acres in Spotsylvania, called Massaponnax lands. In 1758 Benj.
Grymes and Anthony Bacon, of London, who had been concerned in
shipping tobacco, dissolved partnership. On Feb. 5, 1767, Benjamin
Grymes, of Spotsylvania Co., gent., and Priscilla his wife, conveyed to
Hon. Presley Thornton, Esq. and William Fitzhugh, Esq. to indemnify
them from loss on account of various sums they have or may advance to
*The statement (xxviii, 96) that, 20, John Randolph Grymes died without issue is
incorrect. He had issue: (a) Wyndham, died unmarried; (b) Arianna, married 1st in
Middlesex Co., Feb. 6, 1802, William Curtis, married 2nd Peter Kemp; <c) Mary Beverley,
born at Brampton, England, married 1st, 1809, Robert West, of Gloucester County, 2d
Peter Francisco.
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said Grymes, the tract of land where the furnace stands, 1650 acres
also a tract of landpurchased by said Grymes of Wm.Woodford, 1600 acres ;
also tract purchased of Williams and Tompkins, 500 acres; also the tract
of land given the said Grymes by his father, Hon. John Grymes, Esq. ,
deceased, upon Mattapony River, 1900 acres; also a tract of land wheTeon
the forge stands, purchased of Rice Curtis, 400 acres ; also tract purchased
of Joseph Herndon, 250 acres; also tract purchased of the executors of
William Waller, deceased, 250 acres; also lots and houses in Fredericks-
burg, forges, furnaces, slaves, stocks, vessels, goods, etc. On Aug. 15,
1770, Benjamin Grymes of Spotsylvania Co., Esq., in his own right and
as executor of Hon. Philip Grymes, Edq., Hon. John Tayloe, of Rich-
mond Co., Esq., in his own right, and as executor of Hon. Presley Thorn-
ton Esq., Joseph Herndon, of Spotsylvania Co., gent., sold to Thomas
Poole, for £1250 current money, a forge called Grymes' Forge, with
bellows, plates, etc., and 800 acres of land. On Aug. 9, 1775, the executors
of Hon. Peter Randolph, late of Chatsworth, Henrico Co., conveyed to
Walker Taliaferro of Caroline Co. for £800, 2000 acres in Spotsylvania
Co., which had been bequeathed to Benj. Grymes, by his father, Hon.
John Grymes, Esq., deceased; and which said Benj. Grymes, had, in
1775, mortgaged to Peter Randolph to indemnify him for going security
for a debt said;Benj. Grymes owed Hon. Wm. and Thomas Nelson Esqrs.,
and had not paid.
Benjamin Grymes was a man of great energy and activity and had so
many and varied business interests that at his death his estate was great-
ly involved and he was perhaps insolvent. He was a planter, merchant,
tobacco exporter, a speculator in lots and houses, and an iron manu-
facturer and miner. He died before 1777 and though his will is referred
to in deeds it is not in Spotsylvania County. He married 1st, Sept. 11,
1747, Elizabeth (born April 3d, 1731) daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, of
"Eagle's Nest," and 2d Priacilla, daughter of Philip Rootes, of "Rose-
wall", King and Queen County.
Issue: [1st m] 27 Benjamin 4 ; 28 Mary, married 1st, Peter Randolph, of
Henrico Co., 2d Col. Richard KidderMeade, aide to Washington in the
Revolution. She was mother of Rt. Rev. William Meade, Bishop of
Virginia. (2d m.): 29. Mildred, (will proved Sept. 2, 1822, in Spotsyl-
vania) married 1st Reuben Thornton, of Caroline County, 2d Major
Peter Dudley, of Spotsvylania Co.: 30. Lucy Rootes, died unmarried,
1817; 31. Charles 4 , born , died 1831. He may have been Mr. Charles
Grymes of Va., Midshipman U. S. N. In 1819, Charles Grymes who had
been in the Navy, married Jane, daughter of Thomas Whiting, of Glou-
cester Co., and had a daughter Mary, who married Lewis Burwell, of
the same county; 32. Ludwell 4 ; 33. Randolph 4 ; 34. Anne, married William
Wedderburn.
15. Ludwell 3 Grymes, was born April 26, 1733, and died before 1795.
When a young man he removed from Middlesex to Gloucester, and later
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in life to "Burlington," Orange County, where he died. He married, in
1756, Mary, daughter of William Dawson, D. D., commissary of the Bish-
op of London, President of William and Mary College and member of the
Council. On May 18, 1771, Ludwell Grymes, of Orange County and
Mary his wife, sold a lot in Fredericksburg. Ludwell Grymes appears
to have died intestate. In 1795 there was recorded in Orange Couty.
an account of John D. Grymes, administrator of Ludwell Grymes. Mrs.
Mary Grymes' will was dated May 15, 178?, and proved in Orange, June
23, 1787. The will mentions Hannah Grymes, her son John Grymes;
legacies to Mary Maury, daughter of Rev. Walker Maury, and Mary,
daughter of William Maury. She frees certain negroes at the age of 22
years and enjoins each "legatee to teach or cause to be taught each negro
respectively to read," and the General Assembly to be petitioned in case
there is any difficulty as to their manumission.
Ludwell 3 and Mary (Dawson) Grymes had issue: 35. John Dawson. In
Spotsylvania Co., April 5, 1783, John Dawson Grymes, mariner, gave a
power of attorney to John Dawson, of Caroline County, to sell land in
Henry County, formerly Lunenburg, which was conveyed Aug. 10, 17C4,
to said Grymes, Thos. B. Dawson, and said John Dawson, by John Daw-
son, dec'd. of Caroline County. In 1795 he was acting as his father's
administrator. The compiler has no further information in regard to
him: 36. Mary, born in Williamsburg, August 26, 1753, married Rev.
Wa'k er Maury on May 7, 1777, and died Sept. 23, 1789; 37. Elizabeth,
born in Gloucester Co., 1765, died in Robertson Co., Term., March 31,
1852, married Rev. William Moore; 38. Hannah (?)
19. Phillip Ludwell Grymes, of "Brandon," was born in Christ
Church Parish, Middlesex, April 5, 1746, baptized May 9, 1746, and died
May 18, 1805. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for Middle-
sex Co. at the sessions of May 1769, Nov. 1769 and May 1770. In the
next year he vacated his seat by accepting the office of sheriff. He was
a member of the House of Delegates for the same county 1778 and 1802-3,
was chosen a member of the Council of State 1803. He had been edu-
cated at Eton, along with his brother, John Randolph Grymes. Follow-
ing is a copy of the will of Philip Ludwell Grymes.
"In the name of God, Amen, I, Philip Ludwell Grymes of Brandon in
the Parish of Christ Church and County of Middlesex, do ordain and pub-
lish the following to be my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all
other Wills heretofore by me made.
Imprimis I desire that my body may be buried, among my Relations,
in the church yard of this Parish with Christian decency: but without
Pomp or much Ceremony. Item it is my Will that all my just debts, and
those of my lately departed son be honestly paid. Item I give unto my
wife Judith Grymes, all her Rings, Jewels, Gold Watch and other Para-
phernalia, my Post Chaise and Harness, and any four Horses belonging
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to me, that she may choose, to drive therein, forever. — Item I lend unto
my said wife, Judith Grymes, the use of my Plantation and Mansion House
tiled Brandon, the outhouses, Stables, Gardens, Orchards and appur-
enances thereunto belonging; also of all my Plate, Household and Kitchen
nrn ture during term of her natural Life — Itemltis my Will that after
my Debts and those of my son above mentioned, together with the Leg-
acies herein after bequeathed are paid or appropriations for the payment
thereof be made, then all the Residue of my Eestate both real and per-
sonal (except the before mentioned Plantation and Mansion House called
Brandon with the other property in the two former clauses of my Will
bequeathed to my said wife, Judith Grymes) be divided by my Executor
and Trustees .herein after mentioned into two equal moieties or parts
that my said executors and trustees allot one equal moiety or part thereof
to my said wife Judith Grymes, to be held by her (in addition to the
property before given or lent to her) to her own use and behoof for and
during the term of her natural life: and it is to be understood that the
above provision made by me for my said wife is to be in lieu of any claim
of Dower — Item I do devise the other moiety or equal part of my said
estate both real and Personal to my said Executors and trustees herein-
after mentioned and their heirs forever, in trust for the sole use and
behoof of my daughter Jane Sayre for and during the term of her natural
Life; and after her decease to be equally divided along the children of the
said Jane living at her death and their heirs forever. Item I do also de-
vise to my said Executors and trustees and their heirs forever that other
equal moiety or Part of my Estate both real and Personal, together with
all the other property both real and personal above by me lent to my said
wife Judith Grymes for her life, after the death of my said wife to be by
them held in Trust for the sole use and behoof of my said daughter Jane
Sayre for and during the term of her natural life, and after her death to
be by them equally divided among the children of the said Jane Sayre
living at her death, and their heirs forever. Item If my said daughter
Jane Sayre should die without lawful issue then I give unto Samuel
William Sayre her husband, and to his heirs forever, one half or equal
moiety of that equal moiety or Part of my estate which I have above in
the first instance devised to my executors and trustees in trust for my
said daughter Jane Sayre, and all the rest of my Estate both real and
Personal I give to be equally divided among the children of my Brother
Benjamin Grymes, and their heirs forever. Item I give unto my faithful
manager William Wood, one hundred Pounds to be paid to him by my
said Trustees and Executors in twelve months after my death, as a small
memorial of his Integrity and good services. — Item I direct my Execu-
tors and Trustees herein after named to take from my different Planta-
tions, after the crop is finished Twenty Negroes and deliver them to
Francis Page, and also to assign to him that Bond which is executed by
Grief Green and others to me for the third payment for my Mecklenburg
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property, which Negroes and Bond I give to the said Francis and his
heirs forever. Lastly I do appoint my worthy Friends Ralph Wormeley,
Senior, of Rosegill, Nathaniel Burwell senior and Junior of Frederick
my nephews Robert Nelson of York ["and Philip Grymes" — erased] and
Mann Page of Gloucester Executors of this my last Will and Testament
and trustees to execute the trusts above mentioned — I desire that all
questions doubts or disputes touching the premises or which may arise
touching the true meaning or exposition of this my last Will, may be
finally decided by the opinions and judgment of my said Trustees or the
major Part of them — I further desire that my Estate may not be ap-
praised — In teste: that the above is my true last Will and Testa-
ment I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal and also
published the same as my last Will and Testament this twenty third day
of April 1805 in the presence of Philip L. Grymes.
The words "Living at her death interlines between the 1 & 2 line on this
page before publication.
Ariana M. Curtis
Elizabeth Page
Dorothy Churchill
William Wood
Jules B. Pollard
This 16 of May the three words, "and Philip Grymes" the pen ran over
by Mr. Gryme's position order & signed by me by his Injunction
Ralph Wormeley
Test— F Page
Eleanor Wormeley
Dorothy Churchill
At a Court held for Middlesex County, at the Courthouse in Urbanna,
on Monday the 24th day of June, 1805, — This last Will and Testament of
Philip Ludwell Grymes, Gentleman, deceased, was produced in Court
by Ralph Wormeley Senior — Esqr. and the same was proved "by the
oaths of Ariana M. Curtis, Dorothy Churchill, and Jules B. Pollard three
of the witnesses thereunto, and the memorandum indorsed thereon was
proved by the oaths of Eleanor Wormeley and Dorothy Churchill two of
the witnesses thereto, whereupon the said Will and memorandum were
admitted to record, at the time of the probate-thereof Philip Grymes
tendered to the Court a Bill of exceptions, which were received, signed
and sealed by the Court & ordered to be entered on record, and which
are in the words following (Vizt) "The last Will & Testament of Philip
L. Grymes being produced in the Court of Middlesex County, for proa
bate & having been regularly proven, the Witnesses to the obliteration
of the words Philip Grymes were introduced to prove the same, where-
upon Philip Grymes moved the Court to suppress s'd evidence until a
summons had issued to all the Parties having any interest under s'd will.
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and the trustees therein named, to require of them to show cause, if
anything could, why the Will sho'ld not be proven without any regard to
the obliteration afores'd, and he, the said Grymes be permitted to take
out letters testamentary of the Estate of the Testator which summons
was decreed to the s'd Grymes & the evidence received & s'd oblitera-
tion being proven to have been made by the direction of the Testators
was ordered to be * * * * Iword obliterated] to which opinion of the
Court the s'd Grymes excepts and prays that his exceptions may be
signed, sealed etc.
Thos. Healy (seal) Thos Mense (seal) Wm Segar (seal) Henry Heffer-
man (seal)
Teste
O. Cosby CC."
In 1808 his slaves were appraised. The following list gives the names,
ages, valuation, and the plantations on which they lived.
In obedience of an order of the worshipful court of Middlesex, Thomas
Healy, Churchill Blakey and Elliott Muse qualified by oath, viewed and
valued the slaves of Philip L. Grimes, dec'd at the following prices and
places, viz.:
Gloucester Plantation.— George, 60, $10.00; Bridget, 55, $20.00; am
30, $100.00; Nelly, 20, $80 00; Hannah, 2, $20.00; Rose, 70, $9.00;P
her daughter, 18 and child Caty 1, $100.00; Caty 20, and child Jefferson 1
$100.00; Rhoda 36 and child Judy 1, $80.00; Jenny, 14, $70.00; Bob, 8,
$15.00; Rose, 6, $30.00; Ned, 30, $100.00; James, 24, $100.00; George, 16.
$80.00; Peter, 14, $70.00; Ralph, 45, $80.00; Essex, 14, $70.00; Hardy, 21,
$90.00; Prince, 16, $80.00; Beck, 15, $75.00; total valuation $1,439.00.
Kemps Plantation.— Frankey, 16, $80.00; Harry, 55, $50.00; Peg, 45,
$15.00; Rachel 22, and child Jesse, 3 months, $95.00; Henry, 5 years,
$25.00;Ester, 3, $15.00; Billy; 18, $80.00; Peg, 12, $60.00; Sarah, 10, $45.00;
Billy, 7, $38.00; Molly, 1, $12.00; Charles, 17, $100.00; Ben, 15, $S0.00
Edmund, $35, 95.00; Sucky, 55, $30.00; Mall, 24, $100.00; Venus, 20.
$100.00; Matt, 1; Sucky, 9, $40.00; Isreal, 6, $35.00; Mary, 45, $35.00;
Molly 24 and Betty 1, $90.00; Bob, 3, $15.00; John 13, $60.00; Anna, 10,
$15.00; Charles, 6, $35.00; Manuel, 30, $100.00; Tom, 60, $35.00; Billy, 40
$20; total valuation $3,005.00.
Mill Plantation.— Cromwell, 30, $100.00; Lucy, 30, $30.00; Reubin, 9
months, $10.00; Nelly, 7, $35.00; London, 6, $35.00; Sally 25 and Isbell,
her child, 1, $95.00; Prince, 8, $35.00; Robin, 6, $35.00; Bluff, 3, $20.00;
Scilla 20, and George, her child 7 months, $95.00; Jackson, 3, $20,000
Jenny IS, and Judy, her child, 1, $95.00; Bella, 55, dept; Toby, 18, $100.00;
Grace, 15, $70.00; Henry, 10, $60.00; Tom, 30, $100.00; Jackson, 26, $100.00;
Jenny, 86; Ben, 55, $50. _.; London, 16, $80.00; Fanny 40, and child Nelly,
2, $70.00; Pattey, 18, $80.00; Caesar, 16, $80.00; Sucky, 12, $60.00; Fanny,
9, 45.00; Amos, 5, $30.00.
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Old House Plantation.— Frank, 45, $80.00; Sarah 30, and Charles her
child 1, $90.00; Sucky, 15, $75.00; Godfrey, 12, $75.00; Grace, 10, $50.00;
Davy, 9, $40.00; Menba, 7, $30.00; Frank 4 and Philip, $40.00; Cymon, 60,
$50.00; Mary, 60; Nancy, 27, $80.00; Villa, 22, $100.00; Tom, 16, $90.00;
Rose 26 and child Topmark, 1, $95.00; Hagin, 6, $35.00; Charles, 4, $20.00;
Menba, 60, $20.00; Peg 28 and child John 6 months, $90.00; Tamer, 7,
$35.00; Dolly, 3, $20.00; Tamer 22 and child Sally, 9 months, $95.00;
Caesar, 3, $20.00; James, 50, dept., $30.00; Billy, 45, $75.00; John, 55,
$50.00; Criss 17 and child Sam 1, $95.00; Walker, 27, $100.00; Moses, 22,
$100.00; Bluff, 45 crip., $20.00;
Pinetop Plantation.— Cromel, 35, $75.00; Billy, 40, $75.00; Venus, 36,
$50.00; Billy, 3 months, $10.00; Susanna, 20 years, $80.00; Tom, 18, $90.00;
Zena, 14, $60.00; Sally, 13, $60.00; Boss, 10, $45.00; Frank, 9, $40.00;
Beverly, 7, $35.00; John, 3, $20.00; Sampson, 28, $100.00; Minter, 27,
James 1 month, $90.00; Bob, 7 years, $45.00; Cromel, 5, $25.00; Venus,
2]/ 2 , $15.00; Daniel, 36, $80.00; Mildred 24, Betty V/ 2 , $95.00; Cloe, 5,
$25.00; Ned, 20, $100.00; Agathy 20, Philip 2, $95.00; Lucy 20, Clary 3
months, $90.00; Nashe, 4 years, $20.00; Samuel 18 months, $12.00; Jenny
56, $30.00; Jenny 15, $75.00; Rose, 13, $60.00; John, 45, $60.00; Tangy, 36,
$80.00; Samuel, 46, $60.00; Rose, 58, $30.00; Susanna, 90, ; Susannah, 8,
$45.00; Hannah, 7, $35.00; Harry, 75.
Brandon Estate.— Dolly, 40, $45.00; Martha, 13, $60.00; Fanny, 11,
$50.00; Robin, 9, $45.00; Colly, 5, $25.00; Creson, 3, $20.00; Frank, 36,
$60.00; Jackson, smith, 60, $75.00; Ben., street, 52, $60.00; Isabella, 50,
$36.00; Venus, 11, $45.00; Daniel, 6, $35.00; Scipio, 41, $80.00; Betty, 30,
$60.00; MEagary, 9, $40.00; Areana, 7, $35.00; John, 5, $25.00; Scipio, 2,
$15.00; Essex, 55, $60.00; Frank, 23, $100.00; Charles, 35, $80.00; Peter,
22, $100.00; Susanna, 30, $75.00; Sarah, 8, $45.00; Fanny, 6, $35.00; Rosellar
2, $20.00; Clara, 14, $60.00; Sally 35, child Nelly Y 2 year, $90.00; Jane, 16,
$80.00; Sucky, 14, $75.00; Robin, 12, $70.00; Henry, 9, $60.00; Jenny, 53,
$40.00; Grace, 37, $80.00; Feorge, 14, $75. 00. Marcus, 9, $45.00; Cyrus, 7-
$35.00; Billy, 60, defec, $20.00; James, 40, $75.00; Jack, 38, $80.00; Ned,
50, $60.00; Beck, 50fdeec, $20.00; BetMy 22, Ned 1, $95.00; Joyce, 3, $20.00
Areana 25, Mary 6 weeks, $95.00; Bob, 3, $20.00; Fanny, 4J^, $25.00;;
Jenny, 29, $75.00; Grace, 45, $40.00; Caty, 19, $80.00; Sarah, 90; Civiah,
90; Lucy, 25, $80.00; Amos, 45, $80.00; Bob, 36, $90.00; Bluff, 36, $90.00;
Anthony, 49, $60.00; Ben, 29, $100.00; Aaron, 23, $100.00; Dick, 24,
$100.00; Rachel, 55, $40.00; Phillis, 60, $30.00; Letty, 20, $80.00; Mary'
16, $75.00; Billy, 18, $80.00; James Hoecake, 45 car, $100.00; Sam, 30 Dc,
$120.00; John, 25 Dc, $120.00; Sam, 18, $100.00; Tom, 45, $80.00; Philip,
15, $85.00; Abram, 20, $10,000; Ralph, 18, $100.00; Juba, 90, 0; Peg, 80,
0; Edmund, 12, $60.00; Moss, 10, $50.00; Marcus, 14, $75.00; Jane, 80'
invalid.
Elliott Muse, Tho. Healy, Chuc. Blakey. At a court held for Middle-
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sex county in Urbanna on Monday the 27th day of June 1808, this ap-
praisement of the negroes belonging to the estate of Philip L. Grymes
was this day returned and ordered to be recorded —
Teste Tho. Muse
The foregoing is a true copy of a writing recorded in the Clerk's Office
of Middlesex County, Virginia in Will Book No. 2, pages 402-403-404.
C. W. Eastman,
Clerk.
Philip Ludwell Grymes married 1st Sarah, daughter of Attorney Gen-
eral John Randolph (a sister of this brother J. R. Grymes' wife) and had
no issue. He married secondly, May 27, 1773, Judith, daughter of Ralph
Wormeley, of "Rosegill," Middlesex County. In addition to children
who died young, they had issue, 39. Jane, married Samuel William Sayre,
July 23, 1804, and died at "Brandon," Jan. 1, 1806. S. W. Sayre was son
of Stephen :Sayre, a native of Long Island, who removed to London, be-
came an eminent merchant, a Whig leader in the City, and one of the
sheriffs. His ardent Americanism brought him nearly to imprisonment
in the Tower at the beginning of the Revolution. Stephen Sayre and his
wife died at the residence of his son in Virginia in 1818.
(To be Continued)
William Gordon McCabe
A BRIEF MEMOIR
BY
Armistead C. Gordon
Member of the Executive Committee of the Virginia
Historical Society
RICHMOND
OLD DOMINION PRESS, INC., PRINTERS
1920
WILLIAM GORDON McCABE
WILLIAM GORDON McCABE
William Gordon McCabe was born in Richmond, Virginia,
August 4, 1841, and died there June 1, 1920. There he spent
a large part of his life ; and to the historic city, rich in memories
of all that has been Virginian, he gave a loyal and lasting
affection.
He was the son of the Reverend John Collins McCabe, D. D.,
also a native of Richmond, and a friend of Edgar Allan Poe
during his editorship of "The Southern Literary Messenger,"
to which Dr. McCabe was a frequent contributor.
His record as a soldier of the Confederacy, whose fortunes
he espoused when a lad at the University of Virginia and
followed until Johnston surrendered to Sherman at Greensboro,
had its prototype in that of his great-grandfather, James
McCabe, an officer of the Revolution, who served the Conti-
nental cause with conspicuous gallantry throughout the period
of the war, and who had led his men in the column under
Montgomery, through a driving snow storm, in the assault
on Quebec in December, 1775, and caught in his arms his dying
commander as he fell.
If it was from his Revolutionary progenitor that Gordon
McCabe, as his friends all called him, inherited some part of
his military tendencies and talents, so from his father, Dr.
John Collins McCabe, appears to have been transmitted to him
a measure of that passionate pursuit of letters, — "the noble
and simple presentation of things noble and simple" — which
was an essential feature of his long career.
Dr. McCabe, a militant churchman, born November 12th,
1820, after studying medicine, entered the Episcopal ministry,
and served at various times many churches, notably those at
Smithfield and Hampton, Virginia. He was an indefatigable
student and literary man, loving books and the investigation
of old records, a poet, an essayist and an antiquarian. When
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the great civil conflict of the 'Sixties began, Dr. McCabe
resigned a parish charge in Maryland, entered the Confederate
service as chaplain of the 32nd Virginia Regiment in the Penin-
sula, and afterwards became chaplain-general to the military
prisons in Richmond. He survived the Confederacy, and died
in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1875.
During his youthful association with his father, to whom
he was devoted with the singular attachment which illustrated
his domestic life and his many friendships, young McCabe
breathed in an atmosphere of books and reading and good
talk; for the clergyman encouraged his son's literary instinct,
and had a fine library ; and he entertained in his ^hospitable
home a multitude of friends and visitors, who were repre-
sentative of the best in the social life of the Virginia of that
day. From him the boy learned first, what he always kept
foremost in school and army and university and at the teacher's
desk: "to ride, to shoot and to speak the truth"; and, for a
close second, he cherished a love of literary things. He was
accustomed to say that among the earliest memories of his
childhood was that of lying face downward on the floor,
propped upon his elbows, with an open volume between them,
too big for him to hold, reading untiringly ; and he would
insist with great earnestness that no one ever caught "the
divine fire" of letters, who had not begun to "follow the gleam"
after some such early fashion.
His mother was Sophia Gordon Taylor, a great-grand-
daughter of George Taylor, signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, for whose civic story he felt and exhibited great
filial and patriotic pride.
Sophia Gordon Taylor was sprung on the distaff side from
the emigrant, Lewis Gordon, who was an influential citizen of
Easton, Pennsylvania, and who came of a line of Galloway
Scots that has adorned Border ballad and legend and history
with the romance and adventure of "The Gay Gordons" of
Earlston, Lochinvar and Kenmure. Of this Scottish strain
in his veins he was very proud ; and to those bearing the name
or inheriting the blood it was his delight to declaim, with the
fervor and stirring intonation that went with whatever he
WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE — A BRIEF MEMOIR 197
recited or read aloud, the ballad-lines which enshrine the
memory of the Jacobite Viscount William Gordon of Ken-
mure, who lost his head on Tower Hill, after "The 'Fifteen" :
"Here's Kenmure's health in wine, Willie,
Here's Kenmure's health in wine !
There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude,
Nor yet o' Gordon's line."
One of the grandsons of Lewis Gordon, of Easton, was
William Lewis Gordon, a distinguished officer in the United
States Navy, who for gallantry in the War of 1812 with Great
Britain was voted by the Commonwealth of Virginia a sword
of honor. William Gordon McCabe was named for this sailor
grand-uncle who had adopted Sophia Gordon Taylor after the
death of her mother.
The first ten years of his life were spent at Smithfield, Isle
of Wight County, Virginia, where his father was the rector in
charge of the parish whose history goes back to 1632. This
was the time when he began to read the big books on elbows ;
and here was first kindled the enthusiasm for "what is fine in
human kind, that ruled his choice of books" and lasted him
through life.
The following six years he spent at Hampton, where Dr.
McCabe was rector of St. John's Church, in a parish hardly
less ancient and rich in historical associations than that at
Smithfield, where as early as the year 1667, the parish records
tell of "the new church of Kickotan." Here he attended the
Hampton Academy, and received instruction at the hands of
its scholarly principal, the late Col. John B. Cary, whose
daughter, Gillie Armistead, became his second wife. At
Hampton Academy, where he was a pupil for two years, he
made a distinct impression on both school and teachers as a
youth of uncommon intellectuality, of great eagerness to learn,
and of unwearying industry; and when he left its walls he
carried with him its highest honors, having won its gold medal
twice and been its "valedictorian" upon his graduation in 1858.
At this time he was already "as packed with energy, as fiery
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in hope," as he continued to the winter of his age; and his
lasting possession of these qualities even unto his end, keeping
him always youthful in spirit, gave for those who knew him
best a finer interpretation and a nobler meaning to the Greek
apothegm that "whom the gods love die young."
After his graduation from the Hampton Academy he was
private tutor in the family of the Seldens of Westover; and
there, in the midst of associations dedicated to exalting mem-
ories of much that was finest in the story of Colonial Virginia,
we see him inaugurating his career as a writer of distinction
with contributions to "The Southern Literary Messenger,"
beginning with a poem of unusual merit from a youth, written
in 1858: "To my Alma Mater: Academia Hamptoniensis," and
signed "An Old Boy," which was published in the July, 1859,
number. This was followed by a series of historical essays
and poems and stories, which were printed in the "Messenger"
from time to time during his University career, and even while
he was a soldier in the trenches.
One can but believe that these early years at Smithfield and
Hampton and Westover, lived in an atmosphere of inspiring
memories and associations, and in constant contact with the
highminded and cultivated gentlemen and gentlewomen of a
golden age in Virginia, exercised an unconscious influence in
fixing for him that lofty attitude toward life which struck
the minds of his acquaintances with its loyalty, its manliness,
its buoyant courage, its love of letters and of friends, and its
indefinable charm of interest in the movement of the world.
An incident of this contact with high thoughts and fine ideal-
isms is in a little story of simplicity and generosity and loyalty,
which he never tired of telling. One day, when riding with a
neighbor of the Seldens, a prominent country doctor, who had
once known affluence, but was then in reduced circumstances
and compelled at an advanced age to return to the practice of
his profession in order to support his family, the old gentleman
drew rein, and pointing with his riding switch to where the
James River "low-grounds" lay golden with the ripening har-
vest as far as the eye could reach, said to him:
WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE — A BRIEF MEMOIR 199
"All these acres were once mine. I lost them by endorsing
for a friend and neighbor. He was a noble gentleman, and
had he ever been able, he would have repaid me every cent."
In the autumn of i860 he entered the University of Vir-
ginia. Here his time was short, for on the night of the 17th
cf April, 1861, the day when the Virginia Convention dissolved
the Commonwealth's association with the other States of the
Federal Union, he set out with "The Southern Guard," a mili-
tary company of fellow students, for Harper's Ferry, and re-
mained thenceforward a soldier of the Confederacy, until the
sun had set on the long and heroic struggle.
Of the incidents of his life as a soldier, there is no room
to write here. Entering the service as a private, he became in
succession first lieutenant and captain of artillery. From
Harper's Ferry to Appomattox and Greensboro, he served
through the gigantic campaigns of that array of "tattered uni-
forms and bright muskets," "which for four years carried the
Revolt on its bayonets," with a constancy, a fidelity and a
devotion that were unexcelled. The details of his service
would fill a narrative of hard-fought battles, of weary marches,
of suffering and self-denial, of gallant and enthusiastic cour-
age, of unfaltering purpose, of pride and exultation in dearly
won victories, of uncomplaining fortitude in defeat. But no
shadow of regret, no thought of apology ever crossed his
quenchless spirit, when time had made plain the ineffectually
of it all. From Appomattox until death he championed with
eloquent tongue and busy pen the cause he had fought for in
"Our War," whose events remained always outlined before his
memory with the clear simplicity of some immortal legend.
In the years "after the War" he made many warm friends
among the best of those who had once been his foes; but to
rhem he yielded not even a tacit surrender of his convictions.
And they in turn, won by his genuineness, his enthusiasm, his
loyalties, if unconvinced by his accurate knowledge, his ready
wit and quick resourcefulness, accorded to him the ungrudg-
ing recognition of his sincerity. "To the kindest soul who
ever cussed or killed a Yankee," wrote one of these North-
erners on a photograph which he gave him.
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He loved to think and to read and to talk of the Confed-
eracy and of the heroic deeds of its defenders ; and in later life
he numbered among his closest associates many who had been
of its civil and military leaders. His enthusiasms about it
extended in unexpected directions. "I have been trying for
months to find the name of the man who wrote 'The Bare-
footed Boys'," he once said; and then he repeated with inde-
scribable expression the lines of the poem, telling
"How the South on a time
Stormed the ramparts of hell
With her barefooted boys."
He was never satisfied until he got at the bottom of any
question concerning the war, and either proved or disproved
it ; whereupon his catholicity of spirit rested satisfied with the
incontrovertible conclusion. He was as eager and as inter-
ested in his demonstration in the press that "All quiet along
the Potomac" was written, not by a southerner but by a north-
ern woman, as he was to prove by meticulous evidence that
Whittier's "Barbara Frietchie" was based on an alleged inci-
dent that never could have occurred. He ranked, with those
competent to judge, as a military critic of high order, and his
"Defence of Petersburg" is regarded as a war classic. Among
some of his most notable articles published in the English
periodicals were papers on questions arising out of the War.
He held Lee and Jackson and Stuart and their compeers in
adoring memory ; and he taught his little grandchildren, in his
afternoon drives with them along Monument avenue in Rich-
mond, reverently to salute, as he himself never failed to do,
Mercier's noble equestrian statue of the great Confederate
Commander. In his letters to his friends allusions and refer-
ences to the Confederacy and to incidents of the struggle
repeatedly occurred ; and when he gave them books that bore
in any direction upon its story, it was his pride and delight to
write on the flyleaf of the volume, in the fine Oxford hand that
marked the scholar and man-of- letters : "From W. Gordon
McCabe, formerly Captain of Artillery, Pegram's Battalion,
A. P. Hill's Corps, A. N. V."
WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE — A BRIEF MEMOIR 201
Yet with all his unforgetting loyalty to old memories, he
was none the less loyal to the later duties and obligations of the
highest citizenship under a reconciled and restored Union.
No one took a larger or more eager interest in the success of
the Allies and America in the World War, in which his young-
est son, a colonel in the United States Army, served with dis-
tinguished gallantry; but he regarded with scant respect the
idea that it was a war "to make the world safe for democracy,"
— holding rather that it was fought in defense and vindication
of the honor and the interest of the American Republic, as
"Our War" had been fought for constitutional liberty, -and
for homes and hearthstones.
In October, 1865, he opened "The University School" at
Petersburg, Virginia, and continued it there until he removed
it in 1895 to the larger field of Richmond. One of his former
pupils, on the occasion of the presentation in 1903, two years
after the school was finally closed, to the University of Vir-
ginia by his "Old Boys" of a portrait of its "Head Master,"
painted in London by the celebrated artist, Walter Urwick,
described him as he was when he began his career as school-
teacher :
"Well do I remember him; a small, live, wiry, active man
physically, almost a boy in appearance ; full of life, enthusiasm,
mental activity, accomplishments and ability ; deeply interested
in his work, with the highest ideals upon all subjects, and with
rare power to maintain discipline and conduct his school, the
latter doubtless due to his experience as an officer in the army ;
a disciplinarian in the school-room, yet a player on the baseball
nine of his older boys ; and in and out of the school always
recognizing and treating each boy as a gentleman, and out of
school as his equal and companion." In his annual school-
catalogue his announcement of the school's discipline was as
concise as its enforcement was invariable: "The discipline is
strict. The honour system — (honor spelled always with the u,
after the English fashion) — obtains entirely in the management
of the school, and the only punishment for deviation from that
e/stem is expulsion." To his pupils he taught, as for himself
"he held,
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"That Life may go, if Honor stay";
and "the honour system" soon developed the honor habit in
them. During his long experience he sent forth from the
school many of whom he had made scholars, but he sent out
very many more of whom he had made gentlemen.
In a letter of his to Charles Foster Smith, reproduced in a
paper on "Southern Colleges" in the "Atlantic Monthly" — in
which a place among the best is accorded McCabe's University
School, — he wrote:
"I announced to the school that I should take every fellow's
word as being as good as my own, and that in all matters
touching personal honor a boy should be treated as any other
gentleman; but if after such consideration on my part, he in
any way forfeited his word, or even tampered with it, that he
should not associate with me, nor with his honorable fellows.
I drew the big fellows very closely to me. I was 'pitcher' on
the school 'nine,' and was happy one day when I accidently
overheard a boy say to another, as a knot of them were dis-
cussing some point of honor: 'Well, I think any fellow who
would tell McCabe a lie is a dirty blackguard'."
The scholarship of the University School was of the high-
est; and from its doors went into the Universities and the
world a host of young men, who later became eminent as
teachers and professors and ministers and lawyers and physi-
cians, and who illustrated in their subsequent careers its lofty
standards of learning and of life. Here his most significant
work was done, and from it he derived the rich reward of a
modest satisfaction in the conscious impression of his own
personality upon the youths who had come under his tutelage.
"The Old Man," as they called him, always felt that he had
done his part by "the Boys."
During this school-period he was constantly busy with his
pen, and achieved enviable distinction as scholar and editor and
author. He contributed essays and papers of recognized merit
to leading magazines and newspapers ; and the foremost Eng-
lish periodicals, such as "The Saturday Review" "The Acad-
WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE — A BRIEF MEMOIR 203
emy," and "The Oxford and Cambridge Reiriew" gladly wel-
comed his articles on literary and military topics. He edited
dictionaries and cyclopedias, and the writings of classical
authors, he was "literary adviser" to great publishing-houses,
he wrote Latin Grammars, and won fame among classical
scholais as a Latinist "of exact and penetrating scholarship";
he collected and edited books of ballads; his multifarious
knowledge and boundless energy found outlet in many direc-
tions in the world of letters ; while he gave evidence of his
ability and stirring eloquence as a speaker in a wide and ver-
satile series of occasional addresses and speeches.
He was a poet of no ordinary gifts, and his poems, for the
most part written in war-time and characterized by a lyric
fire and genuine poetic expression, have found a place in the
leading authologies of America. In his later years, while
President of the Virginia Historical Society, he gave in his
annual "Reports" a long line of biographies of members of the
Society who had died during his incumbency, which are un-
usual in their literary character, and as distinctive within their
limits for charm of style and sureness of touch as are the gentle
"Essays of Elia" — "a well of English undefyled."
He was "intus et in cute," the finest type of the Virginian
of his generation, saturated with the history of Colony fc and
Commonwealth, and carrying at his fingers' dnds the innumer-
able details of their story. In his great library, teeming with
first editions and with autographed volumes, the gifts of many
friends who were writers throughout the English speaking
world, his wonderful collection of "Virginiana" held first
place ; and his delight in adding to it ceased only with his end.
His collection of manuscripts was no less remarkable than his
books ; and among them are hundreds of personal letters writ-
ten to him by many of the foremost authors and soldiers and
statesmen of America and England.
Space fails for even a bald and austere catalogue of the
societies, associations and organizations of which he was a
member, and in most of which he held high official position.
He was President of the Westmoreland Club of Richmond,
where a generous and lavish Virginian hospitality has long
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abounded; of the "Society of the Sons of the Revolution in
Virginia" ; of the "Society of the Cincinnati in Virginia," and
of the "Society of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence" ; and for several of them he was historiographer or
historian-general. Among these organizations in which his
distinction as scholar and soldier and orator gave him place,
his affections and interest were most strongly centered upon
the "Virginia Historical Society," of which he long held the
office of President, — a position that he occupied at the time of
his death. In its congenial work and its eminent accomplish-
ments he had a constant pride, and on it he bestowed his con-
tinuing devotion, his latest activities and many generous bene-
factions.
His collegiate and University degrees included that of Mas-
ter of Arts, honoris cauSa, from the venerable College of Wil-
liam and Mary in Virginia, which also conferred on him the
degree of Doctor of Laws; that of Master of Arts, honoris
causa, from Williams College, Massachusetts ; and the Doctor-
ate of Letters from Yale.
For his own alma mater, the University of Virginia, which
confers no honorary diplomas, but which had given him the
incommunicable decoration of soldiership among her students,
and of scholarship upon her rolls, he felt an abiding affection ;
and he served her loyally as student, as alumnus, and as official
Visitor.
But after all else is said of his honors, his illustrious friend-
ships, his scholastic and literary achievements, and his varied
experiences of life, it was the personal human side of him that
was his most meaning and attractive possession. He had a
genius for friendship. Wherever he went, whether to private
home or club, in America or in England, his coming was hailed
with delight by those who greeted him. His knowledge of
what was best in books and in people, his charm as a talker,
his unchallenged gift as a story-teller, his winning and kindly
humor, his "keen sense of language and its imperial influence
on men," the spell of his cheerfulness and ancient courtesy, —
every grace and attraction that sprung from a fine sincerity, a
generous sympathy, a warm heart, and a noble intellectual in-
WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE — A BRIEF MEMOIR 205
dependence, won for him a wide range of associates and friends
among- both gentle and simple.
In his domestic life he was all that husband and father could
be in affection and unselfish devotion. His first wife, who was
the mother of his children, and in every thought and deed his
"helpmeet," was Jane Pleasants Harrison Osborne, whom he
married April 9, 1867, and who died November 22, 191 2. As
elsewhere stated, he married, second, March 16, 191 5, Gillie
Armistead Cary, who had been, in his boyhood, his junior
schoolmate and youthful companion, and who survives him.
He had travelled much and in many lands, and had many
intimate friends among the most intellectual men and women
of his time ; and he was cosmopolite in the variety of his inter-
ests, his experiences and his acquaintanceships.
He lived a busy and useful and generous life ; and left wher-
ever he passed unforgettable memories in the hearts of those
along the way who learned to know him; and he died — after
exceeding the allotted span of the Psalmist — as he had wished
to die: not lingering, but quickly, as they who pass in battle.
He never grew old in thought or feeling ; and his pursuits, his
enthusiasms, his freshness of outlook upon life, were only
quenched in death.
So, as R. L. S. wrote of his preceptor, Fleeming Jenkin, "he
passed ; but something in his gallant vitality had impressed it-
self upon his friends, and still impresses. Not from one or
two only, but from many, I hear the same tale of how imagina-
tion refuses to accept our loss and instinctively looks for his
reappearing, and how memory retains his voice and image
like things of yesterday."
(Note. — This paper was prepared at the request of the Executive
Committee of the Virginia Historical Society.)
THE
Virginia Magazine
OF
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Vol. XXVIII July, 1920 No. 3
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704
During the colonial period all land owners in Virginia paid
to the King an annual "quit rent" of one shilling for every
fifty acres. The list of the land owners and the amount each
owned was prepared by the sheriffs of the various counties
and delivered to the Receiver-General, who collected the quit
rents and transmitted the lists, with his accounts, to the
English government.
It is singular that, as lists must have been sent annually,
only one, that of 1704, has been discovered. The Library of
Congress had a copy made of the original in the British
Public Record Office, and that used here is from a photostat
copy of the one in the Library of Congress.
It is not certain that all of the persons named in these lists
owned the lands in fee simple. There are some indications
that persons renting or leasing lands may have been charged
with the payment of the quit rents. For instance one of the
Cary family of Warwick County died after 1704, bequeathing
a certain tract of land. It does not appear on this roll in his
name, but does appear in the names of two of his sons.
Either the grantees of many large tracts of land bought to
sell in smaller tracts (and this did often occur) or, else per-
sons not holding by an absolute fee simple title were charged
208 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
with the quit rents on the land they occupied. A study of
one of the county rolls in connection with the county records,
wills, deeds, etc., would be of interest.
It can be readily seen that this quit rent roll is of consider-
able interest and value. Unfortunately it does not include
the counties between the Rappahannock and Potomac to
their headwaters. These counties were Lancaster, Northumber-
land, Westmoreland, Richmond and Stafford. The quit rents
for this section — the Northern Neck — were paid to the pro-
prietors, the Culpeper and Fairfax families successively.
The amount derived from quit rents gradually increased.
In 1684 it was £574 and in 1751, £16,433. This revenue was
usually donated by the Crown for the uses of the colony.
For notices of the subject see P. S. Flippin's "Royal Gov-
ernment in Virginia," 233-235 ; P. A. Bruce's "Economic His-
tory of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century," 556-563, and
references given by them.
At this time Henrico included the present Henrico and
Chesterfield and westward, on both sides of the James River as
far as the settlements extended. The Huguenots, just coming
to Manakin Town, are not included.
[Endorsed] Virginia
Copy of the Rent Rolls of the Sev 11 Countys in Virg a for
the year 1704 referred to in Col. Nicholsons Lres of the 25
July last.
Reed 8 October
Read
M. 61 Entred C. fol 365
A True and Perfect Rent Roll of all the Lands held of her
Maj t,e in Henrico County, Aprill 1705
ACRES
Andrews, Thomas 396
Ascoutch, [Ascough] Mary 633
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704 209
Archer, J no.
335
Adkins, Jno.
125
Archer, Geo.
1738
Aldy, John
162
Akins, James, Sen p
200
Asbrook, Peter Sen r
200
Akins, James, Jun r
218
Allen, Kidd
99
4106
B
Byrd, [Wm] Esq r
19500
Boiling, Robt.
500
Boiling, John
831
Bevill, John
495
Branch,. X. t0 [Christopher]
646
Blackman, W m
175
Bridgwater, Sam 11
280
Bowman, John, Jun r
300
Bowman, Edw d
300
Branch, Benj a
550
Brown, Martha
893
Bullington, Benj*
100
Bowman, Len.
65
Bullington
144
Bevell, Essex
200
Baugh, John
448
Baugh, James
458
Burton, Isaac
100
Bottom, John
100
Bayley, Ab' r
542
Brooks, Jane, belonging to
W m Walker, New Kent
550
Braseal, Henry
200
Brazeal, Henry Jun r
300
Burton, Rob 1
i35o
Burgony, John
100
Branch, James
555
210
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Burrows, W m W m Blackwell,
New Kent
63
Branch, Thomas
540
Bailey, Thomas
251
Branch, Matthew
947
Burton, W m
294
Bullington, Rob 1
100
Broadnax, Jno. J C C [James City Co.]
725
Beverley, Robt.
988
33590
Cheatham, Tho.
Cox, Batt.
Cox, John
Cox, George
Chamberlaine, Maj r Tho.
Childers, Ab r , Sen 1-
Cannon, John
Cox, W m
Childers, Ab r Jun r
Clark, W m
Clark, John
Cox, Rich d
Cardwell, Tho.
Croydall, Roger
Cock, W m
Cock, Rich d Sen r
Childers, Philip Sen 1 "
Childers, Philip
Childers, Tho.
Carter, Theo.
Cock, Capt. Thomas
Couzins, Charles
Clerk, Alenson
Cock, James
Curd, Edw d
300
100
150
200
1000
368
108
300
100
333
300
300
350
200
1535
2180
50
300
300
75
2976^
362
604
1506
600
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704 211
Cock, Rich d C C C [Charles City Co.] 476
Cock, John 98
15171^
D.
Dison, Nicholas
150
Dodson, W m
100
Douglas, Charles
63
3*3
E.
Edw d , Tho.
676
Entroughty, [Enroughty] Derby
200
Ealam, Robt.
400
Ellis, John
217
East, Tho. Sen r
475
East, Tho.
554
East, Edw d
150
Epes, Capt. Fra.
2145
Evans, Charles
225
Ealam, Martin
130
Epes, Isham, Epes,
Fra.
Jun r
each 444^2 Acres
889
6061
F.
Field, Peter Majo r 2185
Farrar, Capt. W m 700
Farrar, Tho. 1444
Farrar, Jno. 600
Fowler, Godfrey 250
Ferguson, Robt. 230
Ferris, W m 50
Franklin, James Sen r 250
Franklin, James Jun r 786
Ferris, Rich d Sen 1 " 550
Farmer, Henry 100
Forrest, James 138
212 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Forrest, John 150
Fetherstone, Henry 700
Farloe, John Sen 1- 100
Farloe, John Jun r 551
Faile, John 240
9024
G.
Gilley Grewin Arrian [Gilligrew Marin, or
Gilly Gromarin]
2528
Gee, Henry
435
Good, [Goode] John Sen 1 "
600
Gaithwaite, Sam 11
50
Gaithwaite, Ephraim
163
Granger, John
472
Gill, John
235
Good, [Goode] Sam"
588
Gower, James, Grig's Land
500
5571
H.
Hill, James
795
Holmes, Rich 3
100
Harris, Tho.
357
Harris, Tim
250
Hill, Rosam*
1633
Hobby, Lawrence
500
Hatcher, John
215
Haskins, Edw d
225
Hatcher, Edw d Sen 1 "
J 5o
Hunt, Geo.
200
Hughs, Edw d
100
Hancock, Sam 11
100
Holmes, Thomas
50
Hambleton, James
100
Hutchins, Nich
240
Hatcher, Benj a Sen r
250
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704 213
Hatcher, W m Jun r 50
Hobson, W m 150
Hatcher, W m Sen r 298
Hatcher, Henry 650
Hancock, Robert 860
Harris, Mary 94
Hall, Edw a 184
Herbert, Mrs. 1360
Hudson, Robt. 281
9242
J.
Jones, Hugh
934
Jefferson, Thomas
492
Jones, Philip
1153
Jorden, Henry
100
Jamson, John
225
Jackson, Ralph
250
3154
K.
Kennon, Eliz b
1900
Knibb, Sam 11
209
Knibb, Soloman
833
Kendall, Rich*
400
3342
L.
Liptroll, Edw d 150
Lewis, W m 350
Lester, Darius 100
Ladd, W m 70
Ligon, Eliz b Widdo
Ligon, Mary Wid° 1341
Laforce, Ren [or Rene.] 100
Lockett, James 50
Lownd, Henry 516
Lockett, Benj a 104
214 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ligon, Rich d 1028
Ligon, Hugh 150
M.
3959
Mann, Robt.
100
Matthews, Edw d
330
Mosely, Edw d
Mosely, Arthur
N.
150
450
1030
Nunnally, Rich d
O.
70
Osbourn, Tho.
288
Owen, Tho.
68
356
p.
Perkinson, John 622
Perrin, Ann 500
Pleasants, John 9669
Parker, W m 100
Parkins, Nich Sen 1 " 500
Pledge, Jno. 100
Powell, Rob 1 150
Peice, John 130
Pleasant, [Pleasants] Jos. 1709
Porter, W m 305
Peirce, W m 175
Peirce, Francis 312
Paine, Thomas 300
Portlock, Eliz* 1000
Pew, Henry 350
Pattrane, Fra. 778
Pride, W m Sen r 1280
Polland, Thomas Sen 1 " 130
Perkinson, Seth 50
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704 215
Puckitt, W m 192
Puckitt, Tho. 300
Pattison, Joseph 500
Porter, John 100
Polland, Tho jun r 235
Polland, Henry 235
Puckitt, John 215
19937
R.
Robertson, Geo. 1445
Ragsdale, Godfrey 450
Rawlett, [Rowlett] Peter 164
Russell, Charles 200
Rowlett, W m 200
Rowen, Fra. 148
Robertson, John 415
Rouch, Rachell 300
Robertson, Thomas 200
Russell, John 93
Royall, Joseph 783
Redford, John 775
Randolph, Coll. Wm.
including 1185 Acres in Swamp 9465
14648
S.
Steward, J no Jun r 902
Scott, Walter 550
Soane, Capt. Wm. 3841
Stanley, Edw d 300
Scruggs, Charles 400
Sewell, W m 59
Smith, Humphrey 40
Sharp, Robert 500
Stovoll, Barth 100
Sherrin, Widd 75
Steward, Daniell 270
216 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Smith, Obadiah C C C [Chas. City Co.] 200
Stowers, Wid° 200
Sarragin, Stephen 120
7557
T.
Tancocks Orphans 1230
Trent, Henry 224
Turpin, Thomas 491
Turpin, Philip /\*\\
Turpin, Tho. 100
Turner, Henry 200
Taylor, Tho. 475
Tanner, Edw d 217
Tray lor, Edw d 100
Totty, Tho. 260
Traylor, M ra 730
4471
V.
Voden, [Vaden] Henry 100
W.
Woodson, John 4060
W ms , Robt. 300
Woodson, Robt. Jun r 11 57
Ward, Rich d 300
Watson, John Sen r 1603
Walthall, W m 500
Walthall, Henry 832
Whitby, W m 215
Watkins, Henry Sen r 100
Webb, John 100
Watkins, Tho. 200
Woodson, Rich d 180
Woodson, Wid° 650
Williamson, Tho. 1077
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704
217
Webb, Giles
7260
Wood, Tho.
50
Watkins,
W m
120
Watkins,
Jos.
120
Watkins,
Edw d
120
Ward, Seth
700
Wood, Moses
100
Wilkinson, Jos.
7SV2
Wilkinson, John
130
Worsham
1, John
1 104
Womack,
Ab r
560
Willson, John Sen r
1686
Willson, _
John Jun r
100
Walthall,'
Rich*
500
Wortham
, [Worsham] Geo.
400
Wortham
, [Worsham?] Charles
90
Womack,
W m
100
W
24489^
V
100
T
4471
S
7557
R
14648
P
19937
O
356
N
70
M
1030
L
3959
K
3342
J
3154
H
9242
G
557i
F
9024
E
6061
D
313
C
15171K
218 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
B 33590
A 4106
Totall 165814
Out of which must be deducted these
sev 11 quantities of Land following
viz: Tancockes Orphans Land 1230
Aliens Orphans Land 99
1329
An Acct. of Land y* hath
been concealed
John Steward Jun r
2
Tho Jefferson
15
Tho Turpin
10
Hen Gee
IO
Steph Sarrzen
10
M r Lownd
1
James Atkin Sen r
32
Matt Branch
10
James Franklin
360
James Hill
50
Rosemond Hill
33
John Bullington
44
Benj a Lockett
4
John Russell
23
Charles Douglas
13
Coll Randolph Carles [Curies] Swamp
Land
1049
1669
The Q l Rent being 1627 19 Acres
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 219
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND
GENERAL COURT
From the Originals in the Library of Congress.
(Continued)
A Court at James Citty the 10 th of October, 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, Knt. Gov. &c
Capt. West Mr. Secretarie
Doctor Pott Capt. Tucker
Capt. Smyth Mr Farrar 1
Mr. Persey
Whereas there remaine certaine of the Duty 2 boyes whose
first seaven yeares of service as apprentises expired in May
last past, & were from that time to begin to serve other seaven
yeares as Tenants for halves, the Court hath ordered that the
sayd boyes shall for the sayd time of seaven yeares as Tenants
for halves, serve S'r George Yeardley, Knt. now Governor, &
that he have the benefitt of their service or to make composi-
tion w'th them for the same as they will agree w'th him. And
this the Court doth the rather order in regard that all the
1 William Farrar, or Ferrar, who was born 1594-5 and came to
Virginia in the ship Neptune in 1618. He was a Commissioner
(Magistrate) for the Upper Parts, a member of the Council from
1623 to 1633 and probably until his death, which occurred some
time before June 11, 1637. It was once believed that he was a
son of Nicholas Ferrar, St., of London, but this is an error. He
was possibly the son of John Farrar, Esq., of London (of the Far-
rars, or Ferrars, of Eawood, Yorkshire), who in his will dated April
24, 1628 (this Magazine XXII, 398), made bequests to his son,
William, then out of England.
2 These were 50 London boys sent to Virginia in 1620, in the ship
Duty, to be apprenticed to planters.
220 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Tenants belonging to ye place of Governor are now freed &
noe meanes remaining for the maintenance of the place.
Uppon the request of the Governor to the Court in the be-
halfe of serg't Richaard Popeley 3 it is ordered that sixteene
hundred pounds weight of tobacco be this yeare paid unto
him out of some of those fines that are now dew unto ye
Publique whereby the estate of ye said Popely may be relieved
& in some sort restored, he being a man that hath both here-
tofore & is still ready to doe good service to ye Colony. And
haveing for this yeare given his attendance uppon ye Gov-
ernor & being to continue in his employment until the spring.
It is ordered that Robert Wright & Andrew Rawleigh 4
shall have a lease for ten yeares of that parcel of land lately
belonging unto Thomas Grubb, Joiner, of James Citty Island
and by his will given unto them.
At this Court were read & heard divers examinations touch-
ing Will'm Garret the servant of Mr. Abraham Persey, his
lewd behavior w'th Katherine Lemon his fellow servant, and
the Court after full examination & debate uppon the matter,
doe not find as yet sufficient cause to punish the said Will'm
Garrett any farther then for that fault for w'ch he hath
allready been punished by Mr. Persey.
A Court at James Citty the 11 th of October, 1627, present:
S'r George Yeardley, Knt. Governor &c
Capt. West in pomerdino
Doctor Pott Mr. Secretary
Capt. Smyth Capt. Tucker
Mr. Persey Mr. Farrar
3 Richard Popely, who was born in 1608 in the parish of Wolley,
Yorkshire, owned, later, 700 acres at the Middle Plantation (Wil-
liamsburg) . In 1624-5 he was living on the plantation of Rev. Jonas
Stockton at Elizabeth City, and is stated, in the Census, to have
come in the Bona Nova in 1620.
* Andrew Railey was living on James City Island 1624-5. Thomas
Grubb, who came in the George was an inhabitant of the same
place.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 221
Whereas there was a controversy pursued in Court between
Beniman Sim's & Joan Meatheart his servant by him brought
over into this Country w'th an interest to make her his wife
and for that uppon some dislike between them about the be-
ginning of May last past, it was agreed that the sayd Joan Meat-
heart should serve the sayd Beniman Sim's 5 for the terme
of two yeares then next ensueing as by the testimonyes of
Richard Brewster & Steven Barker doth appear, The Court
hath ordered that the said Joan shall performe the sayd time
of service for two yeares, shee being put to serve the same
unto Mr. John Gill & he to pay unto ye said Beniman in con-
sideration thereof one hundred weight of Tobacco & to de-
liver him one man servant as soon as any shall arrive here
by any shipping for the terme of three yeares.
It is ordered that John Phillips & Joan White for their of-
fence in com'itting fornication, whereby the said Joan hath
had a bastard, shall be whipped at ye Post at James Citty &
receive 40 stripes a piece. And farther that Mr. Persey doe
take such course as they may be separated and not suffered to
come together.
Susan Wilson sworne & examined sayeth that about two
months after that Steven Tailor had been put out to service
unto Allen Kineston by Mrs. Doctor Pott, the sayd Kineston
brought home to the Doctor's house the sayd Tailor being
verie lame, And then Mrs. Pott in her husband's absence tooke
the said Tailor into her house uppon the said Kinestons in-
treaty, hee saying that he would pay whatsoever it would cost.
Steven Tailor being examined sayeth that he himselfe being
sicke & brought home to Doctor Potts his house, by his mas-
ter, Allen Kineston, 8 hee heard ye sayd Kineston to say I pray
take him in, & whatsoever costs & charges he is at I will pay
for it.
5 Benjamin Simms, or Syms, was afterwards the founder of the
first free school in Virginia, the Syms Free School, Elizabeth City
County, still existing in part, in the Syms-Eaton Academy at Hamp-
ton. In 1624-5 he was aged 33 and lived at Basse's Choice.
e Allen Keniston, who came in the Margaret & John, lived at
Pashbehays, 1624-5.
222 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
The Court having taken into their consideration danger
w'ch might ensue to ye Colony by those Indians 7 of the Carib
Islands w'ch were lately brought into ye Country by Capt.
Sampson, & haveing admonished the said Capt. Sampson to
consider w'th himselfe what profitt he could make by the said
Indians, & to devise w'th himselfe so to dispose of them, as
that they may prove noe discom'oditie to ye Colonic The said
Capt. Sampson hath returned his answere to ye Court that
he knoweth noe way or means to dispose of those Indians, but
delivereth them wholy upp unto our hands to dispose of them
as we shall please, The Court hereuppon having had full &
large deliberation of this matter, & being likewise given to
understand by good information that the said Indians have
run away and hid themselves in the woods attempting to goe
to ye Indians of this Country as some of them have revealed &
confessed, And for that they have stolen away divers goods,
& attempted to kill some of our people as by good probability
wee are informed, And for that especially they may hereafter
be a means to overthrow the whole Colony, have adjudged
them to be presently taken & hanged till they be dead.
A Court at James Citty the 12 th of October 1627, being
present :
Sir George Yeardley, Knt. Go. &c
Capt. West Mr. Persey
Doctor Pott Mr. Secretarie
Capt. Smyth Capt. Tucker
Capt. Mathewes Mr. Farrar
The voiadge of going to Pamunkey was taken into consid-
eration.
7 The Oaribs, originally resident in Guiana and on the lower Ori-
noco, and on the Windward and other islands in the Caribbean Sea,
were a cruel, ferocious and warlike race, who long fiercely resisted
the Spaniards. It would be interesting to know how Capt. Samp-
son got his cargo. Their character was well known to all who fre-
quented that sea and it would be known that an attempt to capture
them for sale as slaves would be a most risky venture. It is prob-
able that Sampson had been paid to carry away a lot of captured
Caribs and drop them where he chose, so that it would be far
enough to prevent their return.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 223
It was the opinion of the Court that Capt. Mathewes 8 should
<ioe his best indeavor to procure such a number of volunteers
through the whole Colony, as may be sufficient to go to Pa-
munkey or uppon any other Indians our enemyes, And that
after notice by him given to ye Court there shall be a Comis-
sion granted unto him to authorize him for the proseqution of
that voiadge.
A Court at James Citty the 13 th of October 1627, being
present :
Sir George Yeardley, Knt. Governor &c
Capt. West Mr. Persey
Doctor Pott Mr. Secretarie
Capt. Smyth Capt. Tucker
Capt. Mathewes Mr. Farrar
The Court being informed that divers planters at Accaw-
macke doe intend at the old plantation Creeke and at Magety
Bay on that shoare to erect some new plantations and to seat
themselves in such sort as may be both inconvenient & dan-
gerous, uppon full & large deliberation concerning the same,
have resolved in noe sort to permit such their planting, but
rather to keepe them, as much as may be, seated closely to-
gether, & rather more especially to indeavor the full planting
of ye Forest 9 then any other place.
At this Court Mr. Abraham Persey put in a bond of one
Samuell Kennells, 10 deceased, in suite againste John Barnet
who hath marryed the wife & relicte of ye said Kennell, And
the Court hath adjudged the said Barnet shall pay the debt
of the said bond, viz. the sume of three hundred pounds of
tobacco, unto Mr. Persey, for that the wife of ye said Kemmell
s Captain Samuel Mathewes, afterwards Governor.
9 The "Forest" was the country between the James and the York.
10 Samuel Kennell was in John Lauckfield's "Muster", at Elizabeth
City in 1624-5. He was then aged 30 and had come in the Abigail
in 1621. John Barnett, aged 26, in 1624-5, who had come in the
Jonathan in 1620, lived at James City 1624-5.
224 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
did w'thout any order by Court given Administer & put away
all the estate of the said Kemmell, And this is ye opinion of ye
Court, notw'thstanding that ye said Barnet marryed her w'th-
out and goods of ye said Kennell's.
(To be continued)
VIRGINIA IN l68l-82 225
VIRGINIA IN 1681-82
(Abstracts by W. N. Sainsbury and Copies in the McDonald
and Dejarnette Papers, Virginia State Library).
(Continued)
Order for Lord Culpeper's Departure.
At the Court of White Hall the 17 th of June 1682
Present
The Kings most Excellent Ma tle in Council
Whereas His Mat le upon information of the disorders and
Tumultts lately arisen, and carried on by several Inhabitants
within this Colony of Virginia hath thought fit in order to the
suppression thereof, to command the Lord Culpeper His
Ma' ties Governor in Chief of that Colonie to embarque him-
selfe for that place by the first of August next and in the
meantime to prepare himselfe in case of any sudden emer-
gency as to bee in readiness within a weeks time after notice
to repair to his said Government. It was Ordered by His
Ma ty in Council that the R* Hono ble the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty doe forthwith give directions for the imme-
diate equipping one of His Ma tye Frigates such as they shall
judge fittest, to be in readiness within the time above men-
tioned for transporting the said Lord Culpeper to Virginia.
Order for Lord Culpeper's Departure.
At the Court of White Hall the 13 th of July 1682
Present
The King's most Excellent Ma tie in Council
Whereas the Right Hono bIe the Lords of the Committee of
Trade and Foreign Plantations did this day acquaint His
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Ma ty in Council that upon consideration of the present state
of affairs in Virginia they had on the Sixth of this Instant
signified to the Lord Culpeper the necessity of his making
himselfe ready to embarque on the 15 th Instant on Board the
Frigat intended to transport his Lo p to Virginia. His Ma ty in
Council is hereby pleased to Order that the Lord Culpeper doe
not fail to embarque himselfe on Saturday next being the 15 th
Instant in pursuance of the directions signified unto his Lo p by
the Committee.
Report Concerning Virginia.
At y e Committee of Trade & Plantations Friday the 21 st
of July 1682
Present
Lord President Earl of Aylesbury
Duke of Ormond Earl of Conway
Earl of Craven Earl of Halifax
Earl of Bath Lord Visco 1 Hyde
Earl of Clarendon Mr. Godolphin
The Lords of the Committee of Trade and Foreigne Plan-
tations agree most humbly to represent to His Ma ty That in
consideration of the present state of affairs in Virginia which
are in very much disorder to the great prejudice of His Ma tye
Authority and Revenue His Ma ty would be pleased to appoint
some fit person who may be forthwith sent to that Govern-
ment with such powers and Instructions as shall be necessary
for His Ma ties Service.
Order in Regard to Frigates Going to Virginia. 1
At the Court at White Hall the 13 th of July 1682
present
The King's most Exct Ma ty in Council
1 It is evident that the English Government was disturbed by the
plant-cutting commotions in Virginia and feared a repetition of
Bacon's Rebellion.
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Whereas the Right Hono ble the Lords of the Committie for
Trade and Plantations did this day represent unto His Ma ty
the present state of Affairs in Virginia. It is upon consider-
ation thereof hereby Ordered in Council that the Right
Hono' ble the Commiss' rs of the Admiralty doe give Instructions
to the Captain of the Frigat designed to carry the Lord Cul-
peper to Virginia that hee remain in that place with the Frigat
under his command in case of an actual Rebellion And that
the Captain during such Rebellion may receive his directions
from the Lord Culpeper or the Commander in Chief for the
time being
And it is His Ma ties further pleasure that the said Commiss rs
doe send Orders to the Captain of the Norwich Frigat now
at Jamaica That hee call at Virginia in his return home and
that in case of an actual Rebellion there at the time of his
arrival and not otherwise he may be ordered to follow such
directions as shall be given him by the Lord Culpeper touch-
ing his stay there and prosecution of His Ma ties Service for
soe long time as the said Commissioners shall think convenient
in such case who are likewise to direct the said Captain to
take on board, upon his departure from that place all such
ammunition and Stores of Warr as the Lord Culpeper or the
Commander in Chief of Virginia for the time being shall
think fitt.
Order Concerning Military Stores in Virginia.
At the Court of White Hall the 13 th of July 1682
present
The King's most Excell 1 Ma tle in Council
Whereas it was this day represented to His Ma tle by the
Right Hono b,e the Master General of the Ordnance that a
considerable quantity of Ammunition Arms and other Stores
of Warr, sent to Virginia during the late Rebellion are yet
remaining there It is hereby Ordered by His Ma ty in Coun-
cil That soe much of the Stores as are necessary for His Ma tle8
Service may be kept in some place where they may bee se-
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cure And that if any part of the Stores shall appear necessary
for the use of the Inhabitants they may be- sold to such per-
sons and at such reasonable rates as the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief for the time being with the advice of the
Council shall agree for and that the money for which they
shall be sold be forthwith transmitted to the Office of the Ord-
nance and an acct thereof be turned into the Exchequer as is
usual in like cases as alsoe that the remainder of the stores
that shall be found not absolutely needful for that Plantation
bee immediately sent home in the Norwich Frigat. Whereof
this Right Hono ble the Lord Culpeper and all other persons
whom it may concern are to take notice and to proceed ac-
cordingly.
Order That No Governor Depart From His Government
Without Leave.
That in August 1682 was delivered to my Lord Culpeper
an Authentick copie of an Order of Council dated the 3 rd of
November 1680 commanding that noe Governor of His Ma tles
Plantations doe come into England from his Government with-
out leave from His Ma tie in Council first obtained, Which
Order is Entered in the Book of Plantations in general —
page 82.
No King's Ships to Lade Merchandize in the Plan-
tations.
7 th of Feb* 1682
It was ordered that the several Governors of His Ma' t,es
Plantations in America doe not permit any of His Ma' tles Ships
coming within their respective Jurisdictions to lade any Goods
or Merchandises whatsoever or give any Instructions con-
trary to the Standing Instructions of the Navy And that they
doe not upon any misdemeanor or accident hap'ning on board
any of His Ma ties Ships call any Court Martial for the Tryal
of the Offenders but take depositions of the fact and transmit
the same hither in order to their Tryal for the same.
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Order on Petition of Richard Buller.
[Richard Buller, 2 merchant, of London, petitions the King
for the restitution of certain deer skins seized in Virginia.
On March 2d, 1682, the King in Council gave order, which
recited the fact that certain deer skins and other goods be-
longing to him had been seized in Virginia on board the Dol-
phin, of London, as forfeited by virtue of a recent act passed
there prohibiting the exportation of such commodities. The
matter was referred to the Lords of Trade and Foreign Plan-
tations. On March 21st that body advised that due time was
not given in Virginia for notification of the act and that, as
the forfeited goods were vested in the King, that the goods
be restored to the petitioner.]
Secretary Spencer to the Committee of Trade and
Plantations.
May it please your Lordships
1 humb'y present unto your Lordships the Journal of the
last Assembly and as its my duty your Lo' ps will alsoe here-
with receive the Acts that Session made and passed. I hum-
bly suppose the time spent (or rather mispent) in long de-
bates between the two Houses, of no other moment than that
of the Clerk of the House of Burgesses, as alsoe their positive
desires and motions to have members of the Council conjoined
with their committees will not pass your Lord' ps reading with-
out animadversions thereon.
And as the matter represents itself e the U. Gov' r and Coun-
cil may bee censured, therefore humbly begg leave to inform
your Lord' ps great sums of tobacco were to be raised for y e
paying off the four Garrisons two years in arrear — which, to-
2 Act III of the session of the General Assembly of March, 1680,
forbade the exportation of deer and calf skins on account of the need
of leather in Virginia. The seizure of Buller's goods was made
in December, 1682, and Governors Culpeper and Effngham each
held that the seizure was proper. The latter stated that Buller's
agent, John Herbert of Prince George County (who had a son,
Buller Herbert) confessed that he was trying to evade the law.
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gether with the unhappy circumstances the Government lay
under by the late tumults and meetings in Plant Cutting daily
threatening fresh Iruptions contracted a great charge and noe
standing revenue to discharge the same, nor by any ways or
means to be effected but by y* ord' 17 course of a Assembly
raising Tobaccos by the pole ; neither in that juncture was the
peace and quiet of the Government soe intirely quieted and
settled as to offer at fresh hazards which the House of Bur-
gesses made use of and from y e same raized an expectation of
gaining their floaty desires in which all circumstances consid-
ered ; hope may receive your Lordships favorable opinion.
And I begg leave to assure your Lo' ps tho' it has been and is
y e great care of the Government to prevent such impositions,
yet it is hardly possible for the Government to avoid such
streights not having a Fund wherewith to discharge the con-
stant necessary charges thereof but by an Assembly, the con-
vening of which by the Burgesses brings in the Countys they
represent, is often found to exceed the whole public charge
of the Government which formerly was provided for by a
Law 3 impowering y e Governor and Council to raise a levy on y e
s Spencer's letter shows the illiberal feeling which had animated
some Virginians since the Restoration. Before 1660 the General
Assembly repeatedly declared that it alone had the right to levy
and disburse taxes. In March 1623-4 (Hening, I, 124), February,
1631-2 (ib. I, 171), September 1632 (ib. I, 196), March 1642-3 (ib. I,
244), this claim is clearly and positively made. The Articles of
Surrender to the Commonwealth of England, March 12, 1651, ac-
knowledged this right. At the session of March, 1660-1 (ib. II, 21),
an order of the Governor (Berkeley) and Council imposing a duty
of five shillings on each barrell of provisions exported was confirmed
by the Assembly and ordered to be continued until the end of the
next July. The action of the Governor and Council was an innova-
tion probably held justified by the emergency; but it was evidently
considered that the approval of the Assembly was needed. The
influence of the Restoration was farther shown in Virginia, as it
was in England, by another act of the same session (ib. II, 24). The
Assembly authorized the Governor and Council in September, 1662,
and for three succeeding years, to levy a tax of not more than 20
lbs. of tobacco per poll. This dangerous departure from popular
government was repeated in an act of March, 1661-2, *(ib. : II, 35).
On Nov. 9, 1667, however, Berkeley desired to send two councillors
to sit with the Burgesses when the levy was laid; but they replied
that it was their privelege alone, to which the Governor "willingly
assented." In November, 1682, (ib. II, 507), the levy was laid by
the General Assembly and this continued to be done throughout the
'Colonial period.
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people not exceeding thirty pounds of Tobacco pr pole for
answering and satisfying public charges. That Law revised
or a Power of the like nature would enable the Govern-
or a Power of the like nature would enable the Governor and
Council to maintain and keep up the Dignity of the Govern-
ment and free the Inhabitants of the charge of too frequent
Assemblys.
And to the intent all interests may therewith be satisfied.
It is humbly proposed the account of the whole summe soe
raised with all its Articles of Payments bee produced to the
next General Assembly manifesting for what use the Tobacco
was raised and how disposed of.
Upon the closure of the Assembly his Ex' Iie the Lord Cul-
peper whom if wee had been soe happy to have enjoyed at the
first meeting thereof, his Lo p ' 8 great prudence and knowledge
in Government would have allaied all heats and fitly tempered
matters and expedited the affairs thereof for His Majesty's
Service. The disorders in plant cutting are well settled and
at the next General Court which is at hand some of the most
notorious plant cutters will by due course of Law bee pro-
ceeded against, there will be a full meeting of the Council and
what Orders will there pass shall transmit to your Lo p ' 8 to-
gether with all Orders of Council since my last return. And
in the interim humbly begg your Lo p ' s favorable acceptance
of the zealous endeavours of service from R* Hono ble .
Your most humble & most obedient servant,
Nicho. Spencer.
James City
March 20 th 1682/3
Received May 21, 1683.
Letter from the Clerk of the Virginia Assembly.
To the Right Hono bIe the Lords Committees of His Ma t,e *
most Hono ble Privy CounciLFor Trade and Foreign Planta-
tions
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Right Hono ble
In obedience to your Lo' ps commands to the Clerk of the
Assembly of Virginia for the time being to send home to your
Lo' p8 a Journal of the Assemblys proceedings, with copies
of the Votes, Orders, Bills and Laws I have transmitted to
your Lo' ps a copy of the Journal of the House of Burgesses
at the Assembly begun at James Citty the 10 th day of No-
vember 1682, together with Copies of the Acts and publick
levy and proportion thereof for payment in the several countys
in this Country the like whereof I have delivered to His Ex cle
the Lord Culpeper which hee was pleased to say should bee
sent by some Ship soon after the rising of the said Assembly
and I shall take care that Duplicats shall be sent to your Lo ps
by the next conveniency
Right Hono ble
Your Lo P8 most Humble and most devoted
Servant Thomas Milner Clerk
to the Assembly
Received June 7, 1683.
Secretary Spencer to the Committee of Trade and
Plantations.
May it Please your Lo ps
With my last to your Lo PB of the 20 th of March 1682/3 I
humbly presented your Lo p ' 8 the Journal of the last Assembly
and all Acts then made and passed and in pursuance of my
duty I herewith transmit to your Lo ps all Orders of Council
which have passed since the 9 th of May 1683 by which your
Lo ps will receive an account of all Political occurrences in
this His Ma' ttes Government which at present (I thank God)
is in a peaceable and quiet condition all former disorders of
plant cutting being by the prudent management of his Ex' cle
the Lord Culpeper composed and settled and to deter others
futurely from the like attempts examples have been made of
two of the most notoriously active mutineers the last Summer
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in plant destroying who have deservedly suffered death for
the same. One more condemned for the same who, being a
very young fellow and ill seduced, and since having given all
outward assurances of a hearty and sincere repentance his Ex' oy
hath though fit to suspend the execution of the sentence of
death passed upon him untill His Ma tles pleasure shall bee
therein further known. Our only Commodity Tobacco having
the last Winter a pretty quick market hath encouraged the
Planters vigorously to go on this year with the same, of
which there is the greatest probability of an early and plenti-
ful crop as I have known. His Ex' cy having well setled all
affairs and noe other prospect but of their soe continuing,
His Ex' cy takes this opportune time to make a Voyage for
England to render His Ma' ty and Your Lo p ' 8 the present state
of His Ma' tleB affairs in this Government in whose absence
according to His Ma tles Commission of Instruction to His Ex' 07
the Lord Culpeper the Government resides in a President and
Council, whom cannot doubt but will according to their duty
to His Ma' ty with all care and due circumspection keep up
and maintain this His Majestys Government. Your Lo' ps will
receive from his Ex' cy the Lord Culpeper so full and signifi-
cant an account of all Affairs that for me to enlarge on the
Same would give your Lo ps an unnecessary trouble therefore
humbly begg leave without further enlargement to conclude
that I am
Your Lo P8 most humble and obedient
Servant
Nicho. Spencer
James Citty
May 29 th 1683
Received June 19, 1683.
Culpeper's Patent as Governor for Life Forfeited.
[On Aug. 2, 1683, a Commission was appointed to enquire
whether Lord Culpeper had forfeited his patent. On Aug.
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the matter was tried "Apud le Court House proacto S'te
Clements Ducor in Comt. Midd" and it was found that on
account of his absence frim his government without leave, he
had forfeited his patent.]
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VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND
Contributed by Reginald M. Glencross, 176 Worple Road,
Wimbledon, London, S. D. 19, England.
Extracted from the Consistory Court Records of the Diocese
of Gloucester.
Chamberlayne, Edward Pye.
Abstract of Will of Edward Pye Chamberlayne of the Boyce
in the parish of Dimock Co Gloucester Esquire
I give unto my Son Thomas the sum of two hundred pounds
An the rest of my personal estate & money of my Grove I
have lately sold I give &c to be equally divided between my
younger children namely my said Son Thomas, Deborah, Anne
Elizabeth and Mary I give to my said younger children,
Thomas Deborah Anne Elizabeth and Mary the sum of one
thousand two hundred pounds to be equally divided between
them charged and payable out of all my manors messuages
lands tenements and hereditaments within the said parish of
Dimock to be paid as soon as my elder son shall come to the
age of 21 years for non payment of which said sum as afore-
said my Will is my Son Thomas & daughters Deborah Anne
Elizabeth & Mary or survivors shall enter in & upon all said
manors &c until sum of £1200 shall be paid & satisfied
I appoint my Mother Yem & my Wife Executors
Will dated 14 April 1729
E Pye Chamberlayne
Witnesses
James Wingod Peter Thomas John Cam
Proved 12 May 1729 by Dorothy Yem & Elizabeth Cham-
berlayne the Executrixes
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Thomas Chamberlayne of City of Bristol (sic P. A. B.)
merchant
Will dat. 2 Mar. 1748 £1,000 which Ann my daur. will be
entitled to after my death by virtue of settlemt on marre.
with my late wife dec. • to sd daur. her late mother's watch etc.
To my brother Richard C, grocer, Stephen Nash, woollen
draper, John Harmer, merchant, all of Bristol, George Rob-
erts of Leiston co. Hereford, gent., & George Smith of Kent-
church, co. Hereford, yeom., all my lands & two copyhold
messuages called Nokes Court als. Newhouse & Cookes
meadow part of the manor of K'illpeck, Heref., which I have
surrendered to uses of Will, in fee, in trust for sd. daur. at 21
or marriage, for life, remr. to her sons successively, in tail,
in default to her daurs. equally, in tail, in default, one quarter
to my nephew Edward Pye C. son of my sd. brother Richard
C. in fee; the other three quarters to my nephews & neices
Edward Pye, Thomas, Ann, Elizabeth & Mary C. sons & daurs.
of my late brother Edward Pye C. dec, in fee. To sd. trustees
£10 each for mourning. Rest of personal este to sd. trustees
in trust to pay to my sister Mary C. so long as she live un-
married £10 a year, rest for sd. daur. for life & then among
her children, but if none, to pay £3,000 as my daur. may
appoint, £500 to my sd. sister, £300 a piece to my neices Mary
& Elizabeth C. (daurs. of my late brother William C. dec),
one quarter of residue to sd. Edward Pie C. son of the sd.
Richard C, & the other three quarters to sd. Edward Pie,
Thomas, Ann, Elizabeth & Mary C. sons & daurs. of sd.
Edward Pie C. dec. sd. Trustees to be exors. in trust &
guardians of my daur. till she be 21 or married. Witnesses:
James Duffet, Geo. Adderley, Thos. Blackwell.
Prob. 13 June 1749 by Richard Chamberlayne, Stephen Nash,
John Harmer & George Roberts, e. the exors. Power re-
served to Geo. Smith the other exor. Lisle 76.
[Following a suggestion by the annotator of these "Gleanings",
that Elizabeth Chamberlayne, niece of Edward Pye, and mother of
Edward Pye Chamberlayne the elder, was the same Elizabeth, widow
of Thomas Chamberlayne, of London, merchant, who was dead in
1682 (see wills and notes in Vol. XXVI of the Magazine), members
of the family authorized a brief investigation in England. No will
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of this Thomas Chamberlayne was found; but he was probably the
Thos. Chamberlayne, of Stepney, Middlesex, whose widow, Elizabeth,
qualified as his administratrix, Sept. 16, 1674.
Mr. Glencross found the following in a chancery suit; Chamber-
laynes vs. Kidley. The plaintiff was Edward Pye Chamberlayne,
the elder. His son, William Chamberlayne of Virginia, had a post-
humous daughter, Ann Kidley Chamberlayne, named for his mother.
Chanc. Proc. B. & A. bef. 1714 Ham. 265, 20
Dec. 1693
Answer of Thos. Batoon & Anthony Wallinger 2 of the Defts. to
Bill of Edward Pye Chamberlayne.
They believe Compl. was Edward Pye's nephew & godson, that
sd. E. Pye was a planter in Barbadoes & that he placed Compl. with
Richard Howell & Richard Guy, 2 other Defts. in Bill, in Barba-
dos. Do not know if sd. E. Pye advised Compl. to marry Anne Kid-
ley (now Compl's wife) nor that Richard Kidley made proposal
mentioned. Sd. E. Pye was owner of Lordship of Dymock & of
manor of Boyce. Never heard sd. E. Pye say that Mrs. Whitaker
had a writing to sd. other Defts. in trust for Compl.
Chanc. Proc. B. & A. before 1714. Ham. 265, 46.
29 May 1693
Edward Pye Chamberlayne of the Newhowse co. Heref. gent, son
& heir app. of Elizabeth C. widow the only daur. & heir of Margaret
Somors dec. who was sister & heir of Edward Pye heretofore of
Barbadoes & late of the Boyce in prsh. of Dymock, Gloucs. merchant
dec, orator. Sd. E. Pye, orators great uncle was for many years a
merchant in Barbadoes & acquired much estate & having no child
he bore affection to orator, his godson & provided for his education.
He told Richard Howell esq & Richard Guy esq. both now of Lon-
don & late of Barbadoes that he intended to make orator his heir but
kept it private from fear of orator becoming extravagant. Orator
sent to Barbados under sd. Howell & Guy. Sd. E. Pye procured
orator to marry one Anne Kidley spr. one of the daurs. of Richard
K. of Bromley, Herefs. esq. Sd. E. Pye proposed that the Newhowse
&c. (£20 a year), Cookes meadow (£8 a year) etc, etc, in Herefs.
lands in Gusmound, Monm. shd. be settled on orator. Sd. Mr. Kidley
promised to settle on his daur. Anne an estate at St. Waynards called
Reddican worth £40 a year. Orator on 29 Oct. 1689 married the sd.
daur of Mr. Kidley & sd. orator has had by her several children, 2
sons being alive. Sd. E. Pye was owner of manor of Dymock,
Gloucs. & capital messe. there called Boyce which he had purchd.
from Mr. Sergt. Leyes dec. value £300 a year. Sd. E. Pye made a
lease of his property to sd. Howell & Guy in trust for orator & sd.
MSrt. Whitaker who lived at the Boyce with sd. E. Pye had the
writing. Sd. E. Pye on 10 Feb 1690 signed his will in presence of
William Winteer esq. Richard Hill the elder & younger gentlemen
all of Dymock viz. I. Edward Pye late of Barbados, merchant, now
of Boyce in prsh. of Dymock Gloucs. to my kinsman Edward
Edward Pye Chamberlaine of the Boyce in prsh. of Dymock Gloucs.
»sq.; orator, sheweth that Edward Pye esq. late of the Boyce afsd. dec.
orator's uncle having no children of his own & having an estate
of £600, having bred & educated orator, about Aug. 1689 proposed
a marre. betw. sd. orator & Anne, daur. of Richard Kidley of Brom-
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ley, co. Heref. gent, who had no other children but 2 daurs., it was
agreed that if marre. took place he would settle on orator, his wife
& issue his farm called Penvoirs, Herefs. & sd. R. Kidley should
similarly settle his farm called Reddicar in prsh. of 8 Waynards,
Herefs. As latter farm was more valuable sd. E. Pye was to deliver
goods to sd. R. Kidley to use of sd. orator etc. also £107 10s & this
was done & a schedule made. Orator then very young. Some time
after marre took effect sd. E. Pye about 168 [ — ] made his will &
(pursuant to an unwritten agreemt.) devised to orator in fee the
rest of his estate & orator hoped sd. R. Kidley would have paid sd.
£107 but he delayed & orator having expectations did not press him.
Orator now has discovered that sd. R. Kidley has settled all his
real estate on his other daur. or one of her children after his de-
cease. Orator now asks for sd. £170 with intt.
Chamberlain vs. Kidley, Chan. Proc. Ham. 270 1 59.
The following pedigree is derived from the papers in this suit.
At the time the said suit was brought several of Edward Pye
Chamberlayne's children had not been born. It is hoped that same
member of the family will have farther investigation made in
England.
I
Edward Pye Margaret Somors=
dead by 1693.
Elizabeth= Chamberlaine
widow 1693.
dead by 1693.
Edward Pye C.=Anne, daur. & co-h. of Richard
Pitf. 1693. I Kidley, of Bromley, Here., Esq.
2 sons.
The wills given above are those of two of the brothers of William
Chamberlayne of Virginia.
William Clopton thelder of Groton, county Suffolk, gent
Will I November 1640; proved 27 November 1640. To my
wife all customary lands in Groton holden of William Hobart
Esq as of his Manor of Lynsey. And all customary lands
holden of John Sampson Esq as of his Manor of Lillesey cum
Sampsons Hall in Carsey And all my Customary lands holden
of Isaac Appleton Esq in Groton aforesaid in tenure of Henry
Samford and Jerom Lamberde to her for 18 years, and after
expiration to my son William and heirs for ever. Whereas
I and my said son William by indenture 27 October last granted
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to John Sampson the younger and Robert Sampson gentle-
men my manors of Chastlynes Chipley and Saundefords my
freeholds in county Suffolk to hold for 18 years at a certain
rent set forth in said Indenture which said lease was made
for raising portions for my younger sons and daughters The
said leases shall in convenient time set over to my said wife
the said premises. My wife possessed in Trust shall raise
portions for my younger children. For every one of them
(except my youngest son) £200 apeece. I am seized of one
copyhold tenement and lands in Lynsey now in tenure of
Robert Pinson the custom of which Manor is that it descends
to the youngest son. My executor shall pay to my youngest
son £160 and if my son William observe obligations then the
said premises to my said son William and heirs. I desire that
my executrix continue my son Walter at the University of
Cambridge until one year after he shall have taken his degree
of Master of Arts. My loving wife Alice Clopton sole execu-
trix. Witnesses: Richard Doggett, Henry Sanford, Ro:
Simpson. Coventry, 146.
[The emigrant of the Clopton family of Virginia was William
Clopton, who was born about 1655, and was living in York County,
Va., in 1682. Later he removed to New Kent County. His sons
were Robert, William and Walter, and he had a grandson Walde-
grave Clopton. William Hammond, Gent., of Ratcliffe, England, by
will July, 1732, left lands in Essex, England, to his uncle William
Clopton, of Virginia.
William Clopton, of Castleton in Groton, Suffolk, 1636, married
Margaret Waldegrave, and had three sons, William, Walter and
Waldegrave, and several daughters, one of whom was Thomasine,
who married John Winthrop, Governor of Mass. This William
Clopton, of Groton, is probably the testator above, though he must
have married a second time, as he names his wife Alice. It is
probable that William Clopton, of Va., was a grandson of the tes-
tator. A genealogy of the Virginia Cloptons was published in Dr.
Lyon G. Tyler's William and, Mary Quarterly, Vols. IX and X.]
Johan Foote of Tedbourne St. Mary, county Devon.,
widow. Will 27 December 1647; proved 2 September 1653.
I bequeath unto Agnis Westcott, daughter of Anthony West-
cott, £20. To Anthony, son of said Anthony Westcott of
Tedbourne aforesaid, £1. To Peter Ware, my son in law, one
shilling. To Mary Ware, daughter of the said Peter, 10s.
240 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
To Jane Ware, her sister, is. To Margarett Foote, daugh-
ter of Humfrey Foote, my son, is. All the residue of my
goods not bequeathed I give unto Anthony Westcott, my son
in law, whom I make my executor ; and I desire Robert Poope
of Holcombe Bornell and Giles Westcott of Whitston to be
my overseers, to whom I give is. apiece for their pans. The
mark of Johan Foote. Witnesses: the mark of Thomas Pons-
ford; Will. Squier. Proved by the executor named. Brent,
181.
William Foote of the parish of Pinnock, county Cornwall,
gent. Will i August 1652; proved 19 July 1653. I bequeath
to my wife Margaret two of my best chests, a dozen of pewter
dishes of the best sort, my brewing kettle, my best riding nag
or mare, the side saddle with its furniture, half a dozen of
silver spoons, my little silver cup gilded, two of my best cows,
etc. and £10, on condition she give security for the payment of
£70 to my brother Mr. Simon Foot and our cousin Mr. Wil-
liam Symons (whom I make my executors) within 3 months
after her marriage with any other person. I give her more
one bedstead which now standeth over the hall at Boturnell.
I give to the poor of the parish of Veryan 20s., to the poor of
Pinnick 6s. 8d. To my daughter Elizabeth £300 at her age
of 21 or marriage. To Margery Robbins, my mother, one
gold ring. To my brother one birding gun. To my uncle
Sumons, in token of my love, my best silver spoon. To my
cousin William Symons my small gold ring with a signet on
it. To John Clarke the younger my best serge suit. To each
of my servants 5s. All the rest of my goods to my son Wil-
liam Foot at his age of 21. If both my children die under
age, I give all my goods, to my said brother Symon, he paying
my wife £100 if she be then alive, (signed) William Foote.
Witnesses : William Cothler, the mark of Christopher Luke.
Proved by the executors named. Brent, 347.
[Richard Foote, the emigrant to Virginia, was son of John Foote,
Gent., and was born at Cardenham, Cornwall, August 10th, 1632. A
pedigree of the Virginia family was published in Numbers 1 and 2,
Vol. VII, of this Magazine. The testators, especially William Foote,
of Pinnock, were doubtless relations.]
PRESTON PAPERS 241
PRESTON PAPERS
(From the originals in the Virginia State Library)
John Watkins to William Preston.
War Office May 5 th 1782
Sir
I now inclose you the order for powder which Colonel Da-
vies mentions in his last to you ; and which was neglected to
be sent by Mr. McGavock —
I am, Sir
Your most Obd* Ser 4
[Address] John Watkins
[Address]
Colonel William Preston Capt. Pearis
Montgomery W m Davies L*
William Lewis to Co.. Lt. Montgomery Co.
War Office May 6. 82
Sir,
In consequence of the invasion of the frontiers, his Ex-
cellency in council has thought proper to direct that all the
six months men from the frontier counties should be returned
to their respective settlements, and serve the remainder of
their time out in their counties. You will therefore be pleased
to give the men, of which a list is enclosed, such a length of
furlow for the men to take care of their families, as you may
think proper, after which you will order them on duty.
I am Sir,
Your most Obd* Serv*
[Address] William Davies
County Lieutenant
Montgomery
242 virginia historical magazine
Field Officers for Montgomery and Washington
Counties.
Montgomery Courthouse, July 2 d 1782
At a meeting of the Field Officers of the Militia of Mont-
gomery and Washington Counties in conformity to instructions
received from His Excellency the Governor bearing date 15 th
day of June last: to concert and settle some proper plan for
the defence of both counties — Present
William Preston; Walter Crockett; Joseph Cloyd; Daniel
Trigg ; John Taylor, Jr. ; Abraham Trigg : Field Officers for
Montgomery County.
Arthur Campbell; William Edmondson; Aaron Lewis;
James Dysart : Field Officers of Washington County
and
Major Patrick Lockheart, District Commissioner —
It is the unanimous opinion of the Board of Officers That
the 200 men permitted to be drawn out by His Excellency the
Governor, for the defence of the frontier have divided the
same into the following Districts viz.
On New River in the neighborhood of Cap 1 Pearis 30 Men.
Sugar Run 20, Capt. Moore's Head of Blue Stone 25, Head
of Clinch 25 Men —
In Washington at Richlands 20, Castle Woods 30, Rye Cove
20, Powell's Valley 30 Men. The extent of the different Dis-
tricts. From Capt. Pearis to Sugar Run 10 Miles to Capt.
Moores Head of Blue Stone 30 to Capt. Maxwells, Head of
Clinch 16 Miles, which is nearest the Washington line. To
Richlands 24, to Castle Woods 30, to Rye Cove 28, to Powells
Valley Fort 26 Miles in all 164 miles We find the greatest
difficulty in making any provision for the support of those
men while on duty as there is no specific tax brought into
the places appointed for that purpose in either of the Coun-
ties. The Officers have therefore recommended it to Major
Lockheart the District Commissioner to purchase 200 bushels
of Corn in Montgomery County at the most convenient places
PRESTON PAPERS 243
to where the Militia are to do Duty at three Shillings per
Bushel being the current price, and an equal quantity in the
County of Washington for the use of the Troops and at the
most convenient places at the current prices there, which we
t re convinced will be a great saving to the State as the Trans-
porting of grain from Botetourt, where there is some belong-
ing to the Publick on hand, to the several Districts where the
Militia are to do duty, will be attended with a very great ex-
pense the distance being from sixty to One hundred and sixty
miles. To procure what further supplies of provisions that
may be necessary it is to be an instruction to the Commission-
ers of the District to instruct the different County Commis-
sioners and Commissaries of Specifices to deliver or facilitate
the delivery of provisions to a Commissary of the Troops for
each County to be appointed for that purpose or to the order
of the Commanding Officers. To which may be added a War-
rant to each Commissary to impress agreeable to the Invasion
Law as objections have been made to that part of the Gov-
ernors instructions ordering the direction of the Militia of
both Counties, while on duty, under that of the County Lieu-
tenant of Montgomery who lives upwards of 180 miles from
Powells Valley and not less than 90 miles from the Richland
District in Washington which renders it impossible and use-
less for him to have these men under his direction for which
reason he declines that part of the Command. Let it there-
fore be humbly recommended to His Excellency the Governor
to alter that part of his orders by giving the Superintendance
of the Troops in each County to the Commanding Officers of
the same as it will save the expense of a Field Officer being
on Duty which otherwise would be necessary; and the De-
fence of the Frontiers will in all probability be better Con-
ducted.
The Board of Officers are unanimously of opinion that the
Counties of Montgomery and Washington will provide the
number of men ordered for their Defence without calling on
any of the neighboring Counties for assistance unless there
is a real occasion to do so on some emergency; or on the
approach of a large body of the Enemy.
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They also beg leave to suggest that the usual manner the
Indians conduct their attack on our Settlements makes it nec-
essary that a proper number of Scouts be employed in each
District to discover their approaches for which reason it has
induced the Officers to direct that two be employed in each
District for the immediate safety of the Inhabitants.
Signed by Order
W m Preston
[Endorsement]
Proceedings of the Board of Officers at Fort Chiswell, 2
July 1782.
Instructions to Colonels Crockett and Cloyd.
Fort Chiswell July 3 d 1782
Sir
The Board of Officers appointed to meet at this Place have
directed that a Company of Militia be raised immediately and
sent to the Frontiers of this County & to be stationed in the
following manner to wit at Capt. Maxwells twenty five men &
an equal number at Capt. Moores. In consequence of this
resolution you will please to appoint an Active discreet Cap-
tain, to take the command of this Company as also two Lieu-
tenants and an Ensign. — The Captain and Ensign to com-
mand at Maxwells & the two Lieutenants at the other place.
These men are to continue ranging the Woods as much as in
their power. Two Scouts or Spies are to be sent from each
of these Districts & to be under the Direction of the Officers
at the respective Stations. You will please to instruct the Offi-
cers to be very alert and active in their duty, to keep up good
Discipline amongst their men and to be extremely careful to
keep exact accounts of the receiving & issuing provisions &
that the greatest Ecconomy be used as well with regard to
Provision as ammunition.
This Company must be raised & kept out of the upper Batal-
lion by Drafts or Enlistment untill the middle of October: I
would earnestly recommend it you to endeavour to have the
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men engaged for the whole time as it will save a great expense
to the State and better answer the purpose of defending the
Frontiers.
I beg that no time may lost in carrying this Business into
Execution as the safety of Numbers depends upon it. — If any-
thing extraordinary happen in those Districts be pleased to
inform me thereof. — Should you be informed of the approach
of a large Body of the Enemy you will please to take the most
prudent and hasty steps to repell them. — The Field Officers
and Captains in your Batallion are hereby required to give
you every possible assistance in executing these Orders.
William Davies to Wm. Preston.
War Office Aug 15 — 1782
Sir
I have never had a certain opportunity of acknowledging
your favor of the 6 th of last month, for which I am thankful
to you —
His Excellency informs me he has himself signified to you
his approbation of the measures you have concerted with the
advice of the field officers of your County and Washington,
and is satisfied with the propriety of your observations for
declining the Superintendency in both,
I am sensible of the difficulties which will unavoidably occur
in this Business, but would observe to you that many of these
difficulties arise from the real mis-conduct of the public
agents. You represent, and I am sure with justice, that trans-
portation will be hardly accomplished for want of public
horses : I must inform you however, that a certain Evan Baker
of Washington was largely entrusted by the Government with
the purchase of a large number of horses and other things
for the Western defence — but that man has never yet been
brought to account, though various applications have been
made to him, and tho' there is great reason to believe he
retains many of these stores in his possession, or applies them
246 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
to his own advantage. I must request the aid of your influ-
ence to bring this man forward a little, that he may settle his
account of the distribution of horses and so forth, with Major
Lockheart. I have been told a large number of horses were
also purchased by Mr. Maddison. Possibly he may have sev-
eral by him yet —
With most sincere wishes for the permanent security of your
County, I remain Sir, with most respectful esteem,
Your very obedient Servant
Col. W. Preston William Davies
[Endorsement]
Col. Davies Letters — Aug. 15 — 1782
(To be continued)
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 247
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE
REVOLUTION.
(From State Auditor's Papers, now in State Library.)
(Continued.)
Ditto paid John Dandridge for a
Gun furnished by William
Finnie 2 5
Ditto paid Martin Haekins for a
Gun furnished the service. ... 2 15
Ditto paid Ditto for Forage fur-
nished the Troops at Hamp-
ton 72 12 2
Ditto paid Ditto for Rum fur-
nished Ditto 286 3 4J/2
Ditto paid Ditto for Express
hire 16 6
Ditto paid Charles Judkins for
pay his Company of Militia.. 252 19 10
Ditto paid Ditto for William
Simmons for Sundries to a
Powder Escort 18 4
Ditto paid Jane Robe for a Horse
impressed & lost in the service 20 17
23 Ditto paid Robt. Anderson for
pay of his Company M Men. .199 5
Ditto paid Wm. graves for Car-
ter Burwell, fodder furnished
the Army 3
1776 To Cash paid Thomas Cary for
Col'o Harwood for the pay of
248 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
February 23 several companies of Militia
called into service 92 14
Ditto paid Ditto for balance of
pay & Provisions to the said
Militia 48 2
Ditto paid Ditto for Hire to the
Army 7 10
Ditto paid Ditto for rectify an
Error in his Militia pay roll. . 1 8
Ditto paid James Cocke for 2
Guns furnished the public
service 4 10
Ditto paid Ditto for Mrs. Ran-
dolph Fodder furnished the
public service 2 5
Ditto paid Jacob Cunes for a
Gun furnished the Army 2 15
Ditto paid Timothy Le^te for
Guns 2 Ditto 6 10
Ditto paid Cole Digges for Fod-
der furnished the Public Ser-
vice 4° x 5
Ditto paid Andrew Leith for
Sundry Arms furnished Ditto 59 10
Ditto paid Samuel Harwood for
pay & Provisions as a Major
to the Battallion of Minute
Men in Elizabeth City 38 5
Ditto paid Pleasant Cocke for
pay of himself & Company of
the Prince George Militia
called into Service 19 4
Ditto paid Ditto for William Al-
lison for pay of his Company
Militia 15 2
Ditto paid Ditto for Penjamin
Harrison Provisions to said
Militia 26 6
Ditto paid William Johnson for
William Farrows for Wagon
hire to the Army 33 10
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 249
Ditto paid Andrew Leitch Ad-
vances for different Com-
panies M. Men 300
Ditto paid William Badget for
Lewis Burwell for Wood to
the Army 8 8
Ditto paid Dc/id Griffith 2
Months pay as Surgeon to the
Prince William Batallion... 30
Ditto* paid Griffin Fauntleroy
for 2 Guns furnished the
Army 5
Ditto paid William Shepherd
for Express hire 3 13
Ditto paid Wiliam Lewis for
Provisions furnished Captain
Johnson's Company 12 16 10
26 Ditto paid John Clayton for a
Gun furnished the Army.. 4
Ditto paid Adam Craig for
George Reed for a Gun to the
Army 3 18
Ditto paid Elias Peay for 2 Guns
furnished Ditto 7
Ditto paid Clesley Jones for 2
Guns furnished Ditto 6
Ditto paid Anthony Digge for a
Horse impressed & lost in the
Service 15 7
Ditto paid William Elson for
Express hire to the Public... 4 4 6
1776
February 26 To Cash paid Thomas Browne
for Mrs. Gibbons for Sundrys
to the Army 2 9 7
Ditto paid James Jarvis for Ex-
press hire to the public 4 8 9
Ditto paid James Davidson for
a Rifle Gun to the Army. ... 5
27 Ditto paid J. Tazewell for Rich-
ard Bland for a Muskett to
Ditto) 6
Ditto paid Dickerson Shield for
a Gun furnished the Army. . 1 5
250 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ditto paid Bartlett Field for
Wood furnished the Army by-
Thomas Wooten 14
Ditto paid Ditto by John Fielde
for Wood furnished the Army 8 10
Ditto paid George Aubrey for
Ferdinand O. Neal for Wag-
gon hire 26 13 8
28 Ditto paid William Pearson for
Shoes furnished for Public use 1 16
Ditto paid Robert Combs for
Waggonage to the Public.. 31 9
Ditto paid William Hinnkin for
Foddero furnished the Army 8 8
Ditto paid John Piggit for Fod-
der furnished for use of Army 8 3
Ditto paid Theo. Bland for pay
of a guard at City Pt 17 16 8
Ditto paid Robbert H. Hove for
his pay from 26th December
last 27 5 3
Ditto paid Richard Cooke
amount of his Waggon hire
for public use 31 10
Ditto paid Ditto for trouble &
expense in issueing provi-
sions Etc 20
Ditto paid James Wall for Wag-
gonage to St. Hampton Bat-
tallion 29 10
29 Ditto paid John Ellis for Wil-
liam Ellis for Waggon hire.. 7 10
Ditto paid Theo. Bland for
Archibald Cary for Necessar-
ies furnished the Army 156 2 10
Ditto paid Shady Kelly for his
trouble in mounting cannon. . 2
Ditto paid Thomas Harris for his
Service as Public Armourer. . 7 14
Ditto paid Ditto by a former
order for Ditto 4
Ditto paid George Brown for a
Muskett & Bayonett to the
Public 4 5
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION
251
March 1
1776
March 1
Ditto paid Tully Roberson for
wood furnished the Troops.. 12 12
Ditto paid Ditto for Cap n Fred-
erick Boush for Pay & Neces-
saries furnished his Company
Militia M. Guard '. 90 1 8
To Cash paid George Slaughter
for 1 months pay of his Com-
pany 176 10
Ditto paid Ditto the Balance of
his recruiting Account 29 10
Ditto paid John Camp for 5
Rifles Purchased for use of the
Public 27 10
Ditto paid Ditto for balance of
Cap n Thorntons recruiting
money 20 10
Ditto paid Ditto for Thomas
Camp for Waggon hire to the
Public 4 10
Ditto paid William Johnson his
Pay as Adjutant from 26th
December last 27 10 \y 2
Ditto paid George Burwell for
297 bushels Salt furnished the
Public 59 8
Ditto paid William Lawrence
for a Gun furnished the public
Service 2 15
Ditto paid Henry Brown for
Fodder furnished the Army.. 33 17
Ditto paid Thomas Lester for a
Gun furnished the public Ser-
vice 2
Ditto paid David Lowe for
Provisions to the Culpepper
Batallion 4 11 4
Ditto paid John Pendleton for
Express Hire to the Public. . . 2 10
Ditto paid Thomas Wills for Fer-
riager on account of the Public 4 4 7
Ditto paid Henry King for Re-
pairing Public Arms 1 10 1
252 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ditto paid Simon Loughlin for
Provisions furnished a guard 18
Ditto paid Landis Patterson for
Expenses as a Messenger on
Public Business 6
Ditto paid Peter Royster his
pay & Expenses on Duty as
Captain 22 13 8
1776
March 3 To Cash paid George Brook for
use of Ambrose Jefferies for
making Hunting Shirts to
Cap n Gregory's Smiths Com-
pany 3 3
Ditto paid Samuel Boush for
Wiliam Smith for Fuel Etc.
Furnished the Troops at Great
Bridge 175 3 10
4 Ditto paid Thomas Nelson for
Lead furnished the Army 28 19 2
Ditto paid Cuthbert Hubbard
for House rent for public use 2
Ditto paid Samuel Newell for
Expenses in the public Ser-
vice 2 2 3
Ditto paid Ditto to John Howe
furnished 1 5
Ditto paid Paul Carrington for
Issac Reed for Purchasing
Arms 121 1 6
Ditto paid Ditto for use of Char-
lotte County for Ammunition 37 6 5
Ditto paid Ditto for Col° Cole for
the Carriage of Salt Peter. ... 576
Ditto paid John Brent for re-
cruiting Expenses & Arms fur-
nished the public 64 5
Ditto paid Thomas Walker for
Jo. Calvert for Sundrys to the
Hampton Troops 21 10
Ditto paid Ditto for Benjamin
Isabell as Quarter Master to
Ditto 18 4 8
Ditto paid Smith & Bressie for
Wood furnished Ditto 23 19 9
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 253
Ditto paid Samuel Boush for
Horse Hire 10
Ditto paid Cornelius Deforest
for 2 Rifles furnished the pub-
lic 10
Ditto paid William Stauard his
pay as Quarter Master 9 ty 2
4 Ditto paid Robert B. Chew his
Pay as Quarter Master Ser-
jeant 5 19 V/ 2
Ditto paid Charles Tomkies for
Guns and Necessaries to his
Corny 286 8 10
Ditto paid Samuel I. Cabell pay
his Company to 28 Feby last.. 90 9
Ditto paid Ditto for Math Swook
for a Drum and Fife 4
Ditto paid James Johnson pay of
his Compy to 28 Feby. last. . 151 7
Ditto paid Arth Smith for bal-
ance of my Recruiting Acct.
& Pay of my Company to 28
Feby. last Inclusive 127 9 8
Ditto paid William George for
Guns & Necessaries furnished
Capt n Woodsons Company of
the 9th Regiment 100 4 9
Ditto paid Ditto for Provisions
furnished said Compy 29 3 iy 2
Ditto paid William Lumpkin for
a Gun furnished Cap n Ander-
sons Company 3
Ditto paid John Ross for a Gun
furnished the Army 2 15
5 Ditto paid Thomas Massie for
the pay of his Company to the
28th Feby. Inclusive 116 1 8
Ditto paid William George for
Provisions to Cap 4 Woodsons
Coy 17 3 iy 2
Ditto paid Paul Carrington for
Micajah Watkins for Rifles
furnished Captain Cocke's
men 137 19 n
254 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ditto paid Ditto for Math 1 Ferry
for Arms furnished the Hali-
fax Reguars 169 14 10y 2
Ditto paid Ditto for William
Ferry for Cartage of Gun pow-
der 2 8
Ditto paid Ditto for Wright
Bond for Waggonage ...... 21 3 3
Ditto paid William Cabell for
W m Pollard for Provisions
furnished the Amhurst Com-
pany of Regulars 23 9
Ditto paid Ditto for Hugh Rose
for Provisions to said Comp y 10 15
Ditto paid Ditto for John Nich-
olas for Ditto 2 9 3
Ditto paid Ditto for John Bar-
rett for a Rifle 4
Ditto paid Ditto for John Mor-
rison for a Rifle 4
Ditto paid Ditto for Balance of
Bounty Money 2
Ditto paid David Low for Re-
pairing Guns to Cap n Smith's
Company 4 13 9
Ditto paid M. Carrington for 2
guns furnished the Cumber-
land Compy 7
Ditto paid Ditto for his Ra-
tion & Forrage to First
March 4 4 4l/ 2
Ditto paid Hutchins Burton for
Capt n Samuel Hopkins for
Blankets Hunting Shirts &
Pay of his Company to 28
Feby 92 9
Ditto paid Archibald Gowan for
4 double fortifyed 6 poun-
ders 75 18 9
Ditto paid James Donald for
John Turner for Rugs fur-
nished Captain Pleasants
Company 15 11 4V2
Ditto paid John Mayo for Pro-
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 255
visions to Capt n Cabells Com-
pany 7 13 4
6 Ditto paid Samuel Newell for
Charles McFaddin a Soldier
for Provisions furnished him-
self 1 5
Ditto paid Capt. James Barron
for pay of his Company of
Militia for the month of Nov.
last 117 12
Ditto paid Ditto for the Pay of
his Company of Militia to the
28th January 113 13 4
Ditto paid Ditto for the Pay of
himself & Men for Board the
Boat Liberty to the 25th Feb-
uary 75 11 6
Ditto paid Ditto for Capt. Rich-
ard Barron for pay of himself
& Men for Board the Boat
Patriot to the 25 February..
7 To cash paid Capt n Charles
Fleming for pay of his Com-
pany to the 1 st Inst 99 19
Ditto paid Ditto for William
Mosely for Arms purchased
for the Public 27 16 3
Ditto paid Ditto for Arms fur-
nished the Public Service... 14 10
Ditto paid Ditto for recruiting
expenses & Bounty Money.. 20 10
Ditto paid Gregory Smith for
Arms Purchased for the Pub-
lic 76 3 6
Ditto paid George Brown as a
Manufacturer of Salt Petre.. 5
Ditto paid William Stokes for
a Rifle Gun 5
Ditto paid Ditto for Waggon
Hire and other Public Ex-
penses 7 12 6
Ditto paid Ralph Faulkner for
the Bounty ck Expenses in re-
cruiting his Company 92 10
(To be continued)
256 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES
Contributed by W. W. Scott.
(Continued)
Benj'm. Hawkins — Sally Scott.
James Hawkins — Betsey Coleman.
James Hawkins — Elizabeth Rector.
Pleasant Hunter — Jane Harris.
John Hestand — Zantipey Nowel.
Benjamin Jacobs — Sarah Martin.
Gabriel King — Hulday Biggers.
William Lee — 'Polly Simco.
Jeremiah McDaniel — Rachel Brooks.
John Padgett — Nancy Beckham.
Thomas Phipps — Polly Montague.
Merry Raines — Ammy Floyd.
Michael Roberson — 'Polly Williams.
Richad Robertson — Elizabeth Collins.
Weedon Sleet — Patsey Petty.
Wm. Smith — Mary Porter.
John Smonts — Polly Fleek.
Benj. Spicer — Catty A. Snell.
Benj. Stephens — Agnes Spicer.
John Stone — Elizabeth Burton.
Luke Thornton — Sarah Steet.
David Willet — Polly Baughan.
James Yates — Sally Hansford.
Letestine Wright — Mary Lindsay.
Larkin Wright — Lucy James.
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES 257
l80O
Wm. P. Bailey.
Absalom Brightwell — Wimlfred Pines.
Robt. Coleman — Sarah Ceman.
John Dalton — Polly Earles.
John Gaines — Joanna Sanders.
Thos. Gaines — Milly Row.
Joshua Gear — Jane Watson.
Benj. Grady — Catherine Adams.
Jacob Graves — Fanny White.
R. Graves — Marian Marquess.
Leroy Hamilton — Sukey Blunt.
John Harris — Milly Price (widow.)
John Hardy — Elizabeth Felix. d
Wm. Harvey — Alice Wood.
Armistead Hughes — Sally Chisham.
James Hutchinson — Catherine Dear.
Thomas Jenkins — Elizabeth Quarles [ ?] ,
Robt. Jones — Mary Herndon (widow).
St. Clair Kirtley — Ann Pannill.
Geo. Lee — Katy Foster.
Moses Linton — Nancy Peed.
Nathaniel Moore — Sally Adams.
Elijah Page — Sally Sisk.
James Padggett — Phillis Bescom.
David Parsons — Elizabeth Clark.
Reuben Powel — Elizabeth Ballard.
Rich'd Reynolds — Lucy Finnel.
Reuben Sanford — Nancy Wallace.
Daniel Simpson — Elizabeth Jones.
John Sleet — Frances Wright.
Oswald Smith — Loice Quisenberry.
John Snow — Elizabeth Lower.
Thos. Sorrille — Elizabeth Clee.
Leonard Styers — Elizabeth Wolf.
Edmund Taylor — Nancy Thornton.
Geo. Thornton — Nancy Webb.
Geo. Walters — Nancy Harvey.
258 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
James Williams — Sally Thompson.
Armistead York — Joanna Hilman.
Lawrence Young — Catherine Martin.
1801
Minister.
Ezekiel Ludas — Catherine Ahart — Jacob Watts.
Thomas Blackerly — Elizabeth Herring — Jacob Watts.
John Bradley — Saley Huncock, Robt. Jones.
Sam'l. Grady — Catey Mountague, Jere Chandler.
Elijah Page — Nelly Sisk, Jacob Watts.
John Straw — Catherine Walters, Jacob Watts.
Thos. Boyer — Patsey Thompson, Jacob Watts.
Fielding Powell — Susannah Ballard, Jacob Watts.
James Taylor — Sally Wood, Jacob Watts.
Elijah Lucas — Nancy Brockman, Jacob Watts.
John Humbleton — Sally Rippett, Jacob Watts.
Wm. Silvey — Mary Atkinson, Jacob Watts.
Henry Ancil — Nancy Baegley, Jacob Watts.
Reuben Clark — Martha Clark, Isham Tatum.
Johnathan Kirtley — Theodosia Anderson, Geo. Bingham.
Dan'l. McClary — Katy Picket, Geo. Bingham.
Washington Pollard — Elizabeth Thornhill, Isham Tatum.
John Vims — Betsey Beazeley, Isham Tatum.
Aaron Gentry — Polly Ogg, Isham Bingham.
Zachary Henry — Lucy Kirtley, Isham Bingham.
Lewis Bailey — Lucy Mahony, Isham Bingham.
Martin Crawford — Susanna Lamb, Isham Bingham.
Nelson Keaton — Edna Davis, Isham Bingham.
Josiah Morris — Suckey Shiplett, Isham Bingham.
Eason Fitzgerald — Mary Self, Isham Bingham.
Jonathan Geer — Sarah Frackwell, Isham Bingham.
Elijah Morris — Elizabeth Geer, Isham Bingham.
Ransom Geer — Polly Lamb, Isham Bingham.
Jonathan Harvey — Margaret Ross, Isham Bingham.
Walter Jones — Sally Freeman, Isham Bingham.
John McClumer — Jennie Estes, Isham Bingham.
William Allen — Elizabeth Wallace, minister unknown.
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES 259
Armistead York — Joanna Hilman, Nath'l Sanders.
John Wright — Catey Faulconer, Nath'l Sanders.
Edmund Peacher — Lucy Hilman, Nath'l Sanders.
Moore Bragg — Jenny York, Nath'l Sanders.
James Mackeny — Patsy Sent, Nath'l Sanders.
Benjamin Hume — Elizabeth Taliaferro, Fred'k Hukler.
1802
Benj. Hawkins — Polly Bickers, Fred'k Hukler.
Thomas Watkins — Frances Moseby, Robt. Jones.
Thomas Arnold — Peggy Sandford, Robt. Jones.
Henry Clarke — Nancy Grasty, Nath'l Sanders.
Thomas Bush — Liddy Breedwell, Nath'l Sanders.
James Lovell — Elizabeth Harvey, Hamilton Goss.
Hezekiah Wood — Sally Bradley, Hamilton Goss.
James Hunt — Susannah Darnele, Hamilton Goss.
Saml. Mahanes — Elizabeth Brockman, Hamilton Goss.
William Bradley — Polly Marshall, Hamilton Goss.
Henry Herndon — Lucinda Wood, Hamilton Goss.
Kalian Durrett — Elizabeth Thompson, Robt. Jones.
Elias Faulconer — Polly Newman, Robt. Jones.
Jas. C. Melton — Mary Taylor, Robt. Jones.
John Stowers — Sally Herndon, Jacob Watts.
John Beazley — Lucy Porter, Jacob Watts.
Bazel Hale — Lucia Maiden, Geo. Bingham.
James Hensley — Elizabeth Maiden, Geo. Bingham.
Benj. Tinder — Nancy Terrell, Nath'l Sanders.
Reuben Sleet — Frances Mallory, Nath'l Sanders.
Elijah Hambleton — Polly Barge, Nath'l Sanders.
Reuben Twyman — Drucilla Cowhard, Wm. Calhoun.
Alex. Bradford — Hannah Burton, Wm. Carpenter, Jr.
1803
Peyton Keith — Sally Petty, Jas. Garnett.
Willis Kirtley — Mary Presley Thornton, Jacob Watts.
John Collins — Elizabeth Kirtley, Geo. Bingham.
260 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Aaron Gentry — Peggy Ogg, Geo. Bingham.
Abner Cave — Betsy Sims, Geo. Bingham.
Belfield Henry — Elizabeth Kurtley.
Abner Lowry— Nancy Lowrey, Geo. Bingham.
Valentine Beazley — Franky Powell, Geo. Bingham.
James Moore — Nancy Jones, Nath'l Sanders.
Reuben Terrell — Catey Gaines, Nath'l Sanders.
John Donathan — Polly Eluck, Nath'l Sanders.
Alex. Newman — Lucy Sleet, Nath'l Sanders.
Wm. Bell — Fanny Borton, minister unknown.
Henry Beach — Delilah True, minister unknown.
Wm. Gibson — Betsey Carty, Nath'l Sanders.
Rodney Hawkins — Alice Chamberlaine, Nath'l Sanders.
James Dodd — Nancy Cash, Nath'l Sanders.
Allen Elliste — Percilla Gaines, Nath'l Sanders.
James Bradley — Elizabeth Willis, Nath'l Sanders.
Wm. Jacobs — Polly Martin, Nath'l Sanders.
John George — Elizabeth Long, Nath'l Sanders.
James Stubblefield — Polly Backman, Nath'l Sanders.
James Dawson — Nancy Hughes, Nath'l Sanders.
Alex. Hughes — Elizabeth Mitchell, Nath'l Sanders.
Robt. G. Lane — Polly Whitelaw, Wm. Douglas.
Yelly Moore — Elizabeth Brown, Robt. Jones.
Benjamin Porter — Patesey Newman.
John Boston — Sarah Mosely, Robt. Jones.
Jesse Wheeler — Catey Cash, Robt. Jones.
Wm. Moore — Susan Day, Robt. Jones.
Benjamin Hawley — Frances Edwards, Robt. Jones.
James Cramb — Mary Wood, Robt. Jones.
Wm. Tyler — Mary Ann Herndon, Nath'l Sanders.
Charles Cappage — Lydia Wayt, Jacob Watts.
John Stone — Judith Parratt, Jacob Watts.
Wm. Piper — Elizabeth White, Jacob Watts.
Thomas Morris — Elizabeth Acree, minister unknown.
John Wine — Rachel Eheart, minister unknown.
John Rogers — Lucy Darnell, minister unknown.
Valentine Johnson — Elizabeth Cave, minister unknown.
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES 261
1804
John Mallory — Frances Morton, Nath'l Sanders.
James Clark — Sally Payne, Nath'l Sanders.
Wm. Moore — Rebecca Smith, Nath'l Sanders.
John King — Cynthia Row, Nath'l Sanders.
Geo. Martin — Fanny Sisson, Nath'l Sanders.
Wm. Paggett — Ann Clarke, Nath'l Sanders.
Thos. Chapman — Elizabeth Early, Geo. Bingham.
Thomas Marshall — Nancy Ancell, Geo. Bingham.
Nath'l Clark — Nancy Hall, Geo. Bingham.
Valentine Winslow — Ann Beadles, Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Graves — Peggy White, Hamilton Goss.
Jacob Medley — Fanny Head, Hamilton Goss.
Augustine Grimes — Polly White, Hamilton Goss.
Philip P. Barbour — Frances T. Johnson, Hamilton Goss.
Jonathan Taylor — Lizzy Ann McDaniel, Hamilton Goss.
Wm. Acre? — Rebecca Morris, Hamilton Goss.
Rill Darnell — Polly Ahart, Hamilton Goss.
Thomas Bell — Silah Milburn, Wm. Calhoon.
Wm. Lands — Elizabeth Herring, Geo. Bingham.
Isaac Vernon — Nancy Patterson, Geo. Bingham.
Robt. Ancell — Frances Pearson, Geo. Bingham.
Preston Collier — Eliza Haney, Geo. Bingham.
Jno. Goodale — Sally Davis, Geo. Bingham.
Rich Austin — Mary Snow, Geo. Bingham.
Henry Marshall — Eleanor Wood, Geo. Bingham.
Francis Abrahams — Jerten Mallory, minister unknown.
Osburn Henley — Martha Winslow, minister unknown.
Joseph Hubbard — Diana Durrett, minister unknown.
1805
Gerard Banks — Ann Davis, Geo. Bingham.
Thomas Price — Elizabeth Dehoney, Geo. Bingham.
Joel Anderson — Lucy Reddish, Geo. Bingham.
James Bailey — Nancy Mallory, Geo. Bingham.
Murryman Stevens — Ann Gregory, Fred'k Khibler.
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Joel Bickers — Roxanna Atkins, minister unknown.
John Payne — Elizabeth Mallory, Hamilton Goss.
Ebenezer Sprig — Nina Sanford, Jas. Garnett!
Joseph Hilman — Susanna Abele, minister unknown.
James Hancock — Elinor Hancock, Robt. Jones.
Benjamin Herndon — Mary Stephens, Robt. Jones.
Aaron Quisenberry — Henrietta Reynolds, Robt. Jones.
Richard Cane [Cave?] — Maria Porter, Robt. Jones.
Juniper Smoot — Rebecca McClone, Wm. Douglas.
Jesse Shearman — Sally Breeding, Geo. Bingham.
Minister.
Wm. Smith — Nancy Morris, Geo. Bingham.
Levi Wiles — Charlotte Marshall, Geo. Bingham.
James Harris — Sally Estes, Geo. Bingham.
Richard Beckett — Nancy Thornhill, Geo. Bingham.
Reuben Terrell — Susanna Morton, N. Sanders.
Thomas Lowry — Nancy Dedman, N. Sanders.
James Fisher — Fanny Mason, N. Sanders.
1806
Peter Lower — Judith Ham, Geo. Bingham.
James Snow — Jenny Harvey, Geo. Bingham.
John I. Fant — Fanny James, N. Sanders.
Geo. Herndon — Sarah Teel, N. Sanders.
Moses Robinson — Fanny Jones, Jas. Garnett.
Wm. G. Waggoner — Lucinda H. Hansford, Jas. Garnett.
Benjamin Davis — Jane Jones, Wm. Douglas.
William Tullock — Nancy Whitelaw, Wm. Douglas.
Peter Marsh — Lucy Walker Jollett, Wm. Douglas.
Lewis Harrison — Nancy Harrison, Wm. Douglas.
Jesse Wood — Nancy Page, Wm. Douglas.
Congress Phillips — Elizabeth Farneugh, Jacob Watts.
Wm. Barton — Ann Goodridge, Jacob Watts.
James Mozings — Mildred Clements, Robt. Jones.
James Bookman---Milly Turner, Robt. Jones.
Robert Cave — Lucy Bradley, Robt. Jones.
Wm. Kinney — Fanny Beal, Robt. Jones.
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES 263
Reuben Morris — Sally Acree, Robt. Jones.
Minister.
John Wright — Nancy Wright, N. Sanders.
Wm. Bennett Webb — Martha Lancaster, N. Sanders.
Mainyard Jacobs — Nancy Straghan, N. Sanders.
Richard Cave — Lucy Shelton, Wm. Douglas.
Joseph Snell — Elizabeth Mansfield, Wm. Douglas.
Rich. Wood — Tabitha Cox, Geo. Bingham.
Elijah Davis — Elizabeth Jones, Geo. Bingham.
1807
James Wood — Sarah White, Jacob Watts.
Anthony Twyman — Sarah Davis, Jacob Watts.
Catlett Madison — Winny Routt, Robt. Jones.
Richard Rawlings — Lucy Herndon, Robt. Jones.
Isaac Walters — Elizabeth Pence, Robt. Jones.
John King — Frances Yates, Robt. Jones.
Elijah Hawkins — Elizabeth Scott, N. Sanders.
Wm. S. Berry — Rachel Row, N. Sanders.
Washington Fletcher — Elizabeth Payne, N. Sanders.
John Oakes — Joanna Graves, N. Sanders.
Alex. Moore — Lucy Ford, N. Sanders.
Geo. Proctor — Fanny Grady, N. Sanders.
Walker Rumsey — Polly Camike, N. Sanders.
John Walters — Margaret Hamilton, R. Jones.
James Johnson — Nancy Quisenberry, R. Jones.
Wm. Danise — Jane McCalley, R. Jones.
Thos. B. Adams — Judith Burnley, R. Jones.
John Wallis — Nancy Randel, R. Jones.
Nicholas L. Wood — Nancy Key, Wm. Douglas.
James Clark — Eliza Graves, R. Jones.
Robt. M. Beadles — Sarah Winslow, R. Jones.
Reuben Blakey — Polly Lother, Wm. Douglas.
Killis Rogers — Mary Ham, Geo. Bingham.
Reuben Collins — Fanny Riddle, Geo. Bingham.
Alex. Hawkins — Anna Scott, Nath'l Sanders.
John Grady — Sally Procter, Nath'l Sanders.
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Wm. Fletcher — Deliah Sullivan, Nath'l Sanders.
Geo. French Strother — Sally G. Williams, Isham Tatum.
Joseph Bates — Cincy Oliver, Jacob Watts.
Loudon B. Bruce — Milly Estes, Geo. Bingham.
Willis Lamb — Rebecca Slater, Geo. Bingham.
Benj. Anderson — Mary Miller, Geo. Bingham.
James Blakey — Nancy Branham, Geo. Bingham.
John Austin — Gestina Burrus, Geo. Bingham.
Ambrose Hall — Elizabeth Marr, Geo. Bingham.
Charles Thornton — Martha Ogg, Geo. Bingham.
James Garnett — Frances Chiles, Robt. Jones.
Thomas Morris — Sally Wright, Robt. Jones.
1808
Abner Lee — Sally Lee, Nath'l Sanders.
Alexander Wright — Betsey Jones, Nath'l Sanders.
Jacob Bell — Martha H. Taliaferro, Isham Tatum.
John Walton — Agnes Snow, Geo. Bingham.
Joseph Braden — Polly Neale, Geo. Bingham.
John Lambe — Polly Watson, Geo. Bingham.
Larkin Taylor — Elizabeth Hume, Geo. Bingham.
John Fye — Catherin Baughen, Geo. Bingham.
Christian Miller — Elizabeth Beazeley, Geo. Bingham.
Thomas Gibbons — Lucy Dubord, Geo. Bingham.
Joseph Rogers — Burlinda Newman, Robt. Jones.
John Gilmore — Sarah Minor, Robt. Jones.
Philip Barbour — Peggy Poge, Robt. Jones.
John Veatch — Nancy Cooper, Robt. Jones.
Minister
Thornton Tucker — Elizabeth Bickers, Robt. Jones.
Kendall Brent — Polly Burton, Jacob Watts.
John Allen — Sarah Head, Jacob Watts.
Benjamin Rogers — Mary Lain, Geo. Bingham.
Geo. Aary — Elizabeth Shipplett, Geo. Bingham.
Philip Frederick — Betsey Baughen, Geo. Bingham.
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES 265
1809
Cynthia Mallory, Robt. Jones.
John Evans — Nancy King, Robt. Jones.
Aquila Gilbert— Fanny Newman, Robt. Jones.
Charles Stevenson — Susanna Hancock, Robt. Jones.
John Rickham — Rebecca Hancock, Robt. Jones.
Joseph Eddins — Nancy Davis, Jacob Watts.
Elley Rucker — Mary Burton, Jacob Watts.
Nicholas Whitelaw — Elizabeth Beazley, Jacob Watts.
Tandy Collins — Ann Beazley, Jacob Watts.
George Goodridge — Fanny Burton, Jacob Watts.
Isaac Sims — Nancy Catterton, Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Sampson — Sally Jollett, Geo. Bingham.
Charles Hicks — Judith Watson, Geo. Bingham.
John Jackson — Polly Herndon, Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Melone — Mary Wayland, Geo. Bingham.
Isaac Burk — Jane Miller, Geo. Bingham.
David Goodale — Tabitha Clark, Geo. Bingham.
Geo. Quick — Mildred Reins, Geo. Bingham.
Thos. Watts — Sarah Head, Geo. Bingham.
Thompson Lloyd — Sarah Mowbray, Geo. Bingham.
Valentine Riddle — Betsey Goodall, Geo. Bingham.
John Morris, Jr. — Sucky Colleris, J. Goss.
William Anderson — Lucy Hawkins, Jere Chander.
Thomas Thompson — Frances Robinson, Jere Chander.
Minister.
Blifield Rucker — Nancy White, Ambrose Brockman.
Nath'l. Breedlove — Elenour Mitchell, Ambrose Brockman.
Broddus Breedlove — Nancy Duval, Ambrose Brockman.
John Twyman — Peggy Wayt, Jacob IWatts.
Cypress Hensley — Catey Thompson, Jacob Watts.
John Thomson — Julia Pierce, Jacob Watts.
Garland Quinn — Helen Smith, Jacob Watts.
Wm. Newman — Lucy Faulkner, Robt. Jones.
Wm. Arnall — June Martin, Robt. Jones.
Robt. Taylor — Fanny King, Robt. Jones.
(To be Continued)
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LETTER FROM JOHN BANISTER x TO ELISHA
TUPPER, GUERNSEY
Virginia July II th 1775.
Sir
I had the Pleasure to receive your letter by Cap" Maingey
on the Lord Chatham ; and have literally complied with its
direction respecting the Shipping & Consigning your Tobacco.
Hearing that Cap n Maingey's Ship was about to be length-
ened, I had purchased between fourty & fifty Hogsheads of
Tobacco, hoping for some further Commissions, towards the
Completion of her Load ; but at a Meeting of the Merchants
last Month and about two days before Maingey's arrival I
disposed of the Tobacco, fearing to risque it on my hands any
longer, when the Price had risen so high as 27/7%. a Price at
which I could most readily have sold yours, and the rest de-
signed for Maingey's Load.
The early arrival of your Commission afforded me the ut-
most Pleasure as it enabled me to save 17I/2 per Cent, on two
hundred Pounds, and fifteen on the last drafts, besides at least
fifty shillings a Hogshead in the Purchase of the Tobacco.
There are usually at the time the Courts are held for legal
Proceedings, in April & October general Meetings of the
Merchants, for the Payment of money, Negotiation of ex-
change & c . at these Meetings the Bills on England & c are prin-
cipally disposed, & the Price of Exchange is exceedingly fluc-
1 This letter from the British Public Record Office (C. O. 5/158)
has been sent us by E. Alfred Jones, Esq., of London, the author of
the well known work on old American communion plate. It
was written by Col. John Banister, of "Battersea" near Petersburg.
He was afterwards a Colonel in the Revolutionary Army and a
member of Congress. For an account of the Banister family see this
Magazine XI, 164, 165.
LETTER FROM JOHN BANISTER 267
tuating from various causes, as scarcity of Money high Price
of, & demand for the articles made in the Country, particularly
Tobacco. These Meetings used to be regularly held four
times a year, but they are now only general in April some-
times June, in Octo r or November; At these meetings it is
usual for Merchants to sell Bills & provide money for the
Purchase of Tobacco. Last November, at W ms burg, the ex-
change between this and England rose to 35 per C*, owing
to the extreme avidity with which Bills were sought after in
order to remit to England. A Fortnight had not elapsed
before the rise of Tobacco, & the fall of exchange became
obvious. The Moment I received your letter, about the 10 th
of december, authorising me to draw for the Purchase of
the Tobacco, I set about the disposal of the Bills as fast as I
could see an opportunity, of either getting money for them,
or applying them to my own use. The Event amply justified
this Proceedings, as in a few days after I got 32% per C l
for your first Bills, no Bills would command money at 25 per
C 1 , in this Place, I therefore sent 200 Ster 1 to Phripp & Bow-
doin who luckily procured 30 per Cent, at Norfolk. The Com-
missions from M r de Jersey Agent for the Ship, not arriving
till February, the Scene became extremely changed. Bills
had been constantly falling, Tobacco continually rising during
the whole time, untill Tobacco had reached 24/Ster 1 and Bills
were reduced to 15 per Cent. I do not know how far these
Gentlemen may be satisfied with the Purchase I have made
for them, but if they reflect upon the Tobaccos having been
purchased @ 3/6 per Cent under the Price current when their
last Bills were sold, I hope they will do me the Justice to
think, I have not been an unprofitable Agent, as at the Rate
I sold my own Tobacco, & their's was much better, they would
have been gainers exclusive of Commission at least £200 upon
the Purchase. A Continuance of the Intercourse between
yourself and the other Gentlemen of your Place, commenced
thro your kind Influence in our Behalf, I had hoped would
have been mutually beneficial, and of long continuance ; but
Reasons of a political nature forbid a commercial Intercourse
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with G. Britain, & the substituting Force instead of Reason pro-
hibits, by Act of Parliament, & naval Force, our Trade with all
the rest of the world. This Interruption I hope will be tempo-
rary & that a Revival of our Correspondence will immediately
succeed to a Reconciliation with the Mother Country; When
this may happen God only knows, as things are brought in
the Massachusets Bay, to the ultimate Resort for Justice by
an appeal to the Sword. There never was a Country in any
age more oppressed, than that of N. England. The Blockade
of Boston continued now more than a year has totally &
finally ruined that Place, & in the general Wreck many large
Fortunes laid out in Improvements, are gone to Ruin; and all
this because the People of that Country will not submit to de-
spotic sway.
About the 17 th of last April, the first Hostilities commenced
by an attempt in the Regulars to seize and destroy a Maga-
zine which had been deposited in the Court house, at Concord.
This the Regulars effected, but the Consequence may be Evils
of the most fatal kind.
The accounts of this action are variously related, according
to the Party they come from. The Provincials swear the
Regulars fired on, and shed the blood of the Country People
first, on the other hand the Regulars with equal Pertinacity,
declare the Rebels, as they are now called gave the first fire.
Be that as it may it remains unquestioned that the Regulars
seized the Property of the People in plunder [ing and [cut off]
the Court h e]. Will not such Conduct justify Resistance?
The Congress have now appointed Col. Washington, Gen-
eral of the Army at Boston, with orders to act defensively,
hoping that Administration will at length relent, and stop the
further Effusion of human Blood, already too much wasted in
a Cause the most Iniquitous, that ever disgraced the annals of
any Country. This Contest originated with the enaction of a
Law imposing Stamp duties, in America, with which a Com-
pliance was utterly impossible from the scarcity of Gold &
Silver Coins in which alone a payment was to be received;
but this was not our objection to the operation of the Law.
LETTER FROM JOHN BANISTER 269
We held it fundamentally wrong, against the Genius of our
Constitution, & against common right, that any Person should
impose a Tax upon others, of the Burthen of which he did not
himself participate. The numerous and just Complaints
against the oppression of this act produced its repeal before a
single instance of its Execution had been submitted to; but it
was repealed from its inexpediency & not from its being essen-
tially wrong and unconstitutional. Here the latent assertion of
the right was discernible. But it became quite apparent in
the declaratory Act by which the Parliament claimed a right
to tax, and by Law to bind America in all cases whatever.
This you will easily see struck at the Foundation of American
Liberty, inasmuch as the Parliament claimed an unlimited
Right of legislation including of course that of taxation, &
therefore the unlimited disposal of American Property. Upon
the arrival of this Law it was warmly protested against in
this Country, by way of Petition to the King, Memorial to the
House of Lords and Remonstrance to the Commons ; the Lan-
guage of these several addresses was respectful, 'tho spirited,
and contained a detail of American Rights, from the Begin-
ning of its Settlement, to its Charters in Confirmation of the
Settlers Rights as Englishmen, & pointing out a form of Gov-
ernment as Colonists, shewing plainly that the Right of Leg-
islation & therefore taxation was inherent in us as Englishmen
& confirmed by Charter, that these Priviledges had been often
recognized by our Kings, who had often sent over the Forms
of Laws to be considered & passed here, by the Assemblies,
which had been returned with emendations and additions, as
best suited the Circumstances of the Country, for their Com-
pletion by the royal Concurrence. The Colonists further al-
ledge that the acts of Navigation for monopolising & restrain-
ing their Trade, were productive of immense gain to the Parent
State, & by confining the Colonies to the Trade of G Britain
only, had a manifest Tendency to keep them dependant, & the
Mother Country opulent & Powerful. That if the Parent
State insisted on a monopoly of our Trade, she should desist
from the claim of taxation, on the contrary, "say the Colon-
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ists," let us have a free trade to all the world & we will read-
ily pay a Proportion of the expences of Government, but do
not by insisting on both exact from us double taxation. From
that time they have with uniformity proceeded in a Plan to
establish a new System of Government in America unknown to
the Constitution, and at length the article of Tea, on which a
Duty had been reserved as a Precedent of Arbitrary taxation,
was sent in large Quantities to Boston, to gather on it a tax
of Parliamentary imposition, supposing that this w d fix on that
People a submission to the asserted right of Parliament to tax
America, but the People resisted in a riotous manner the
landing the Tea, & in the end threw it overboard. This w d
be called in London, in Paris, & indeed I believe in Turkey
nothing but a Riot, but what is the Consequence — a British
Parliament, for this Trespass, determin[d] to punish indis-
criminately the whole Town, involving innocent & guilty in
one common Ruin. And to give a Sanction to any oppression
which Power might choose to inflict upon them, three Acts
of Parliament passed that August Legislature, for blocking up
the Harbour, & inderdicting all kind of Commerce, another
for altering their Charter & subverting their Constitution, and
a third for authorising the apprehending & earring for Tryal
to G. Britain any Persons committing capital offences ; and to
enforce these Laws a fleet & army was sent to invest by Sea
& Land this devoted Town. These Violations of the rights
of a Sister Colony, alarmed all the rest, in such a manner, as
that their common oppressions effected that Junction which
nothing else could have done, & established the firmest union,
& closest attachment to each other. This dictated the Neces-
sity of sending Delegates from each Colony to form at Phila-
delphia, a Council for the good of the whole Continent. Among
many other things calculated for general Safety this eminent
Body of disinterested Patriots, came to a Resolution to forego
the advantages for themselves & Constituents of any commer-
cial Intercourse with G. Britain, untill her Justice should in-
due her to restore to the Americans their violated rights, but
that this might be productive of as little Injury as possible to
LETTER FROM JOHN BANISTER 271
our Connections in G. Britain, the Period for retaining our
Exports was deferred 'till the 10 th of the ensuing September in
order to give the Merchants an opportunity of sending out the
last Crop of Tobacco. The near approach of the time limited
for non exportation, has produced many Speculations in Tob"
to the great augmentation of its Price, both here & in England
and indeed as no Tobacco will probably be shipped from hence,
next year, unless an accommodation should take Place, it will
no doubt dictate to you and my other Friends in Guernsey the
Propriety of not parting with the Lord Chatham's Cargoe, but
at a very considerable Profit, which surely is to be made by
yours as it is laid in at 5/. & the last commissioned Tob° @
3/6 per Cent, under the Price which is, & for some time past
has been given, very eagerly, for this Commodity. To return
to the Affairs of America. The Plan of a Commercial oppo-
sition to the encroachments the Parliament had made upon the
Rights of the Subject, here, had been adopted in this Colony
more than twelve Months past, and confirmed by the Gen 1 Con-
gress, in September last, with a little variation as to time, in
expectation of its engaging the People of England in our
favour, and we are told it has in some Measure had that
effect, but we have feeled no good from their Petitions and
Reasonings in our favour. The Parliaments refusal to grant
any redress this Session, & resolving to proceed by force
against the northern Colonies, induced them to prepare for
their defence, after having patiently suffered for almost a
year, every Insult, & Irritation from an Army & Navy in and
about the Town ; The Action at Concord & Lexington I have
mentioned, it was bloody the troops began it, & the People
defeated & persued them into Cha s Town, near twenty miles
from the Place where the Action began ; Since this Action the
Provincials 12 or 15,000 strong have been posted near Boston
& the neighbouring Towns, to watch the motions of the King's
Troops. The Contiguity of the two Armies has from that time
'till the 17 th of June occasioned several Skirmishes. On that
day it seems an action of considerable Moment did happen, but
as the accounts are vague & uncertain I cannot form any cer-
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tain Conclusion as to the Event, but I believe the Regulars
sustained a greater loss than the Provincials, but keeped the
ground. Other accounts again say that the Regulars lost 1000
Men which I deem next to an impossibility. I believe the Pro-
vincials had the advantage. There probably will be some
bloody Battles this Summer, and before it expires Lord Sand-
wich may be convinced that the Americans are not such Pol-
troons as he, in the House of Lords, thought proper to repre-
sent them. Upon the whole, what can G Britain gain by a
Conquest of her Colonies I will venture to affirm neither
Honor nor Profit. Had she been content to have governed
her American Subjects upon liberal Principles, she would in
a little time have derived immense Benefits from their increase
in Trade & Population, & would in the Course of Commerce
alone have experienced a Source of Wealth, which by War Des-
olation & Exaction she can never acquire. Is it not shocking to
think of the King's Troops burning Charles Town, for the ad-
vantage of attacking the Provincials under cover of the Smoak.
I certainly must have tired you with Politicks; 'tho I have
treated this Subject in so general & concise a Manner that you
have merely the outlines but I send by Capt. Maingey the
News Papers for two or three Weeks back. If an opportunity
should occur to New York or any part of the Continent I
should be happy to hear from you. By our non-Exportation
-agreement G. Britain will lose a Remittance of at least one
Million from this Country, our Wheat particularly is the finest
Crop that has been recollected & the quantity great beyond any
Instance heretofore ; if Cap 1 . Maingey 's Commission for wheat
and flour could have been executed I should have had pleasure
in a Complyance with the Terms, as it is so very easy for me to
do it, & so much in my way, to do it advantageously as I
always buy & therefore the purchase of a Ship Load would be
unperceived & would add nothing to its Price, whereas in other
Instances, it generally augments the Price, by giving an Alarm
of a great foreign demand. This in future you may please
mention if in your way to my advantage. The Price of your
Tobacco being 1/6 per Cent under that of the other Gentle-
LETTER FROM JOHN BANISTER 273
men's pray explain to them, as I have fully accounted for it
to you, from the early arrival of your Orders. Had the last
Orders, from M r de Jersey for the 125 Hogs ds come to hand
one Month later the Tob° would have cost them 27/6. I
wish you that Tranquility & Happiness, which we Americans
must be strangers to for some time. I am under the highest
Sense of your civility & favours, with regard y r mo. obliged
& obed* Servant
J. Banister for himself
&
Phripp & Bowdoin.
[Endorsed] To
Elisha Tupper Esq r
Guernsey.
By Cap 1 Maingey
in the L d Chatham
Q:D:C.
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NOTES AND QUERIES
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The following circular, prepared by the Executive Committee of
this Society early in November, 1920, explains itself. As this note
is written (Nov. 26) we are glad to report that a very encouraging
beginning has been made in securing new members. The Commit-
tee intends that the canvass shall continue and asks the aid of all
members and friends of the Society. We have felt for years the
need of larger funds.
Since the statement of last year, quoted in the circular, bequests
received or soon to be in hand, have increased the endowment fund
to $18,000.00.
The income of the Society in the past has averaged $4,000.00. If,
from an increased membership, or (a more permanent addition)
from an increased endowment, we could have $6,000.00 a year, the
work of the Society would be greatly aided.
With this increase the affairs of the Society would have to be
administered in a careful and economical way, but it would enable
us to insure the publication of the Magazine, would permit us to
employ a very much needed Assistant Secretary and Librarian, and
to keep our building, library and collections in much better order
and make them of greater value and interest to members of the
Society and visitors to our home.
"The Virginia Historical Society.
This Society was organized in 1831 with Chief Justice Marshall
as the first President.
From that date until the present time it has done a great work
in the preservation and publication of source material for Virginia
history. For twenty-seven years it has been publishing the Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography. The value of this publication
(which is sent to all members without additional charge) is best
shown by the use historians have made of it.
Like other historical societies of the Eastern States, ours has no
State support, but is dependent upon the dues of members, sales of
publications and the income from its endowment, now about $14,000.
Though the Society has never been able, on account of its small
income, to meet fully the ideals of its members, it has, through
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careful and economical management, been able to continue its
admirable work, and even to have a small surplus at the end of
each year.
Now, however, the great increase in the cost of printing leaves
us with a possible deficit of six or seven hundred dollars, if we
continue our Magazine as it now is.
As the Magazine is the most important work of the Society, our
Board is determined that its volume shall not be lessened by great
reduction in size. We have also come to the conclusion that it is
not advisable to raise the dues.
Gifts to the endowment fund would be the most permanent form
of aid, and we shall be glad to receive these; but we think the
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Each class receives the Magazine without additional charge.
Those who may become members will not only be aiding us in
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The Virginia War History Commission.
We are gratified to be able to announce that an arrangement has
been made between this Society and the Virginia War History
Commission by which the latter organization, beginning with the
January, 1921, number of our Magazine, will have a 32-page supple-
ment in each number as long as the Commission may deem neces-
sary. These supplements will contain accounts of the progress of
the Commission's work and much other matter of great value and
interest in regard to Virginia's part in the World War.
War Notes.
During the Fall of 1920 two Virginians received the Distinguished
Service Cross for service in the recent war.
The first was Captain Ewart Johnston, of Winchester, who com.
manded Company L, 116th infantry, composed largely of Lynchburg
men, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and in the Alsace sector. The
decoration was "for extraordinary heroism in action during the
attack on Malbrouck hill and Consenvoye woods, north of Verdun,
France, Oct. 8, 1918. Captain Johnston led his company through
heavy machine gun and artillery fire in the attack to his objective.
Upon reaching a position scheduled for a passage of the lines he
located a strong enemy position. Upon his own initiative he led
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his company in a bayonet attack and captured about 200 prisoners."
The other was Lt. Col. Jennings C. Wise, formerly of Richmond,
now of Washington, D. C.
The citation accompanying the award of the war cross was as
follows :
"Award of distinguished service cross. By direction of the Presi-
dent under the provisions of the act of congress, approved July 9,
1918 (Bui. No. 43, W. D., 1918), a distinguished service cross was
awarded by the war department to the following named officer:
Jennings C. Wise, lieutenant-colonel, 318th infantry, Eightieth
division. For extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse-
Argonne offensive near Nantillois, France, on Oct. 4, 1918. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Wise, then major, while gallantly leading his bat-
talion in the attack was painfully wounded by a shell fragment. He
refused to be evacuated, but continued to successfully command his
battalion in advance against strong enemy resistance until his bat-
talion was relieved on Oct. 7. Residence at appointment: 'Garral-
lan,' Richmond, Va."
Roll, of Honor — Correction.
(See this Magazine XXVII, 244)
Lt. Edward Walker, of the American Red Cross, died from typhus
fever at Kavalla, Macedonia, March 3, 1919. His home should be
given as Blacksburg, Virginia; and his mother is Mrs. A. C. Walker,
Weyers Cave, Virginia.
Mineral Lands in Albemarle County.
Albemarle County. Deed Book No. 1, page 164. 25 Mar. 1748.
John Warren of St. Annes Parish am bound unto James Warren of
the same, James Warren the younger of Lunenburg County, Betty
wife of Matthew Whittle, Sarah wife of Charles Caffrey, Eleanor
wife of John Rucker and Grace Warren, the four last named being
of St. Annes parish Albemarle County in the sum of £1000 to be
paid in equal proportions to the said James Warren, Betty Whittle,
Sarah Caffrey, eleanor Rucker and Grace Warren their attorneys
executors or assigns to which payment I bind myself my heirs
forever.
The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden
John Warren shall pay or cause to be paid unto the above James
Warren, Betty Whittle, Sarah Caffrey, Eleanor Rucker and Grace
Warren six eighth parts in equal proportions one eighth to each
of the neat product of all mines and minerals that now are or
NOTES AND QUERIES 277
hereafter shall be discovered on a tract of two hundred and seventy
six acres of land surveyed for the said John Warren on the North
side of Buffalo Ridge in the aforesaid Parish of St. Annes in Albe-
marle County the charge of working the said mines and minerals
and the sum of £200 only excepted During the term of their natural
lives and shall afterwards for the space of one thousand years to be
completed and ended from the death of the survivor of them the
said James Warren, Betty Whittle, Sarah Caffrey, Eleanor Rucker &
Grace Warren pay or cause to be paid yearly and every year at the
day of the Feast of St. Michael to the heirs of the aforesaid James
Warren, Betty Whittle, Sarah Caffrey, Eleanor Rucker and Grace
Warren lawfully issuing from their bodys the above mentioned
proportion of one eighth part of the clear or neat produce of the
aforesaid mines and minerals to the heirs of each of them accord-
ing to their parent stocks then this obligation to be void and of
no effect otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Witnesses: John X Warren, his mark
Joshua Fry
John Harvie
John Caffrey
At a Court held 13 February 1749 this Bond was Proved by Joshua
Fry and John Harvie two of the witnesses. [Contributed by Mrs.
Augusta B. Fothergill.]
NOTES FROM THE RECORDS OF RICHMOND COUNTY—
(1) Deed for 300 acres formerly conveyed by Mr. Aumaree
[Amory] Butler to Mr. William Underwood as marrying the sister
of said Mr. Butler, and now made over to him by exchange with
Mrs. Elizabeth Coumbs as the thirds of lands belonging to her,
and with her consent, to William Underwood, Jr., John Coumbs and
William Coumbs, said William Underwood, Jr. (x) sells his share
to William Thomas, of Washington parish, Westmoreland County,
Dec. 11, 1692.
(2) Deed from Joseph Bickley of Rappahannock County, convey-
ing 100 acres on the north side of Rappahannock River. His wife,
Mary, joins in the deed, March 30, 1692.
(3) Deed from Alexander Doniphan and Margaret his wife for
land she inherited from her father (George Mott), 1693.
(4) Deed from John Fosaker, of Rappahannock County, for lands
granted in 1670, from John [copy torn], the last being her
father, Sept. 1693.
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(5) Deed from William Barber, of North Farnham parish, Rich-
mond Co., to John Newton of Copley [Cople] parish, Westmoreland,
land on Totuskey Creek.
(6) Deed, Sept. 27, 1693, from Arthur Spicer and Elizabeth his
wife, daughter and heiress of Thomas Jones, deceased.
(7) Dec. 7, 1704, attachment granted to William Barber, sheriff
of Richmond County, against the estate of Katherine Henderken.
(8) Suit by William Barber and Joyce his wife vs Samuel San-
ford, Dec. 7, 1704.
(9) Sept. 11, 1705, certificate to Capt. William Barber to obtain
grant of 250 acres.
(10) Deed from Charles Barber and Frances his wife, to Austin
Brockenbrough, conveying 240 acres, Nov. 1, 1709.
(11) Deed from Charles Barber and Frances his wife, Sept. 4,
1710, conveying 50 acres in Richmond county, formerly granted to
his father, William Barber, deceased, and by him bequeathed to the
said Charles Barber.
(12) Deed Oct. 3, 1710, from William Barber and Joyce his wife,
of Richmond County, to their son Samuel Barber, conveying 426
acres, 300 acres of which was purchased by Thomas Robinson,
grandfather of said Joyce, in 1656.
(13) Deed, Dec. 3, 1723, from Charles Barber to Thomas Barber,
conveying 300 acres in Richmond County on Totuskey Creek, for-
merly belonging to William Barber, father of the said Charles
Barber.
(14) Deed, 1699, from William Barber and Joyce his wife, to
Rawleigh Travers, conveying land on Totuskey Creek.
(15) Deed, July 7, 1697, from Elizabeth Gardner, widow, of St.
Mary's County, Maryland, daughter and heiress of John Weire, late
of Rappahannock Co., deceased, conveying 2502 acres in Richmond
Co., granted to John Weir, June 6, 1666.
(16) Deed, 1698, from Charles Cale to William Downing, con-
veying land patented by Thomas Stephens and left to Charles Cale
by his brother Nathaniel Cale.
(17) Deed, June 5, 1699, from Edward Bray, of Richmond Co.,
nephew and heir of Richard Bray, late of said county, deceased, to
John King, of Bristol, merchant.
(18) Deed from William Woodbridge to Morris McCathlin
[Maclathlin], conveying land given Elizabeth Woodbridge, now wife
of said McCathlin by her father Paul Woodbridge, deceased. Dec.
10, 169—.
NOTES AND QUERIES 279
(19) Deed, July 20, 1720, from Francis Kenner to his brother
Matthew Kenner.
(20) Will of Job Webb; Cousin John, son of my brother Thomas
Webb, Counsin John, son of William Berry, Cousin Sarah Berry
and Elizabeth Webb, dated Jan. 16, 1720, proved Feb. 15, 1720-21.
(Possibly a Northumberland Co. will noted here by mistake).
(21) Deed, January 6, 1756, from William Barber and Elizabeth
his wife to Samuel Barber, 231 acres in Richmond County, where
said William Barber now lives, being the same land devised to the
said William Barber by his father, Charles Barber, deceased.
(22) Deed, April 29, 1756, from Ann Barber and her son Thomas
Barber, 114 acres to Charles Jones.
(23) Deed, Sept. 3, 1756, from Ann Barber and Thomas Barber,
executors of Thomas Barber, gent., deceased, in pursuance of hie
will, make conveyance to George Grayden.
(24) Deed, May 26, 1792, from Samuel Barber and Katherine his
wife, and William Barber and Elizabeth his wife, of Culpeper
County, conveying 80 acres in Richmond County, to George Northen.
(25) Deed, Jan. 4, 1747, from Thomas Barber and Ann his wife.
(26) Deed, June 7, 1736, from Thomas Barber, as sheriff of Rich-
mond County.
(27) Deed, Oct. 3, 1768, from Wm. Barber and Elizabeth his wife,
and William Barber, Jr., and Elizabeth his wife, conveying 80 acres
on Totuskey Creek, to Griffin Garland.
(28) Deed from James Orchard to William Barber, of Richmond
County, conveying 533 acres in Richmond County on Rappahannock
Creek [date omitted in note].
(29) Deed, May 4, 1692, from Sarah Suggett, widow, to William
Barber, Sr., of Richmond Co., and Rawleigh Travers, Sr., of North-
umberland County.
(30) Deed, June 6, 1763, from Charles Barber and Mary his wife,
to William Smith, conveying the land where said Barber lives.
(31) Deed, Nov. 14, 1763, from William Barber to his son William
Barber.
(32) Bond, June 5, 1764, from William Barber, of King George
County, gent., to John Woodbridge, of Richmond County, in penalty
of £500 current money, to secure said Woodbridge, who, some time
before was security for said Barber as tobacco inspector at Totuskey.
(33) Deed, May 4, 1715, from William Barber, gent., of Richmond
Co., to Charles Lewis and Mary his wife, eldest daughter of said
Barber.
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(34) Will of Thomas Barber, of Lunenburgh parish, Richmond
Co., dated Dec. 8, 1753, proved May 6, 1754, wife, son and
daughters; Wife, son Thomas, Mr. Ajalon Price and Samuel Bar-
ber, executors.
(35) Division of estate of Thomas Barber, Jan. 8, 1757, between
Thomas, Betty, Ann, Catherine and Lucy Barber.
(36) Will of Samuel Barber my Aunt Lewis, Mary wife
of Charles Beale and Sarah wife of Charles Mortimer (my mother's
and grandmother's rings), William Brockenbrough, William Mins,
Samuel Kelsick, Younger Kelsick. Dated Oct. 10, 1760, proved
May 4, 1761.
(37) Will of Mary Kelsick son Richard Kelsick my land in
Culpeper, if he should return to Virginia from which he has been
absent several years. If he does not return, to Sir Jonathan Beck-
with, to sell for the benefit of the following persons: My son and
my four daughters, Ellenor Barnes, Isabella Barber, Elizabeth
Younger and Rebecca Beckwith. Rest of estate to be equally di-
vided between my daughters. Dated Aug. 15, 1784, proved July
7, 1794.
(She was daughter of John Smith of Richmond County, who left
her property by his will dated 172 — ).
GENEALOGY 281
GENEALOGY.
THE CORBIN FAMILY.
The following pedigree of the Corbin family of Warwickshire and
Staffordshire (here altered from chart to narrative form) is given
in the visitations and county histories. It should be borne in mind
that frequently the correctness of statements as to the earlier gen-
erations, in such genealogies, is very doubtful.
Robert* Corbin, als. Corbion was the father of Roberts Corbin
who gave lands to the Abbey of Talesworth between 1 and 7, Henry
II, A. D. 1154-1161. He was father of Williams Corbin, who was
father of Hamon* Corbin, who was father of Williams Corbin. The
latter had a son Thomas^ Corbin, living temp. Edward I, who mar-
ried Felicia, daughter and heir of John Lulley (9 Edward II).
Thomasa and Felicia Corbin were the parents of William? Corbin,
of Birmingham, who married Edith, daughter of Frebody
(she remarried Robert le Heigge).
William? and Edith Corbin had issue: 1. Williams Corbin, of
Kings Swinford in the county of Stafford, 6 and 34, Edward III,
1332-1360, who married Felicia, kinswoman of Sir John Sutton, of
Dudley, Knight, 15 and 30, Edward III; 2. Thomass, 19, Edward III
(who had several children) ; 3. Edith, wife of Robert le Rider, of
Dudley.
Williams and Felicia Corbin had a son Henry* Corbin, 8 Richard
II, and 8 Henry VI, 1384-1430, who married Margery, daughter and
heir of John Day, of Gornehall or Gornishall, Co. Stafford, 8 Rich-
ard II; a widow in 9 Henry V and 8 Henry VI.
Henrys and Margery Corbin had a son Williamio Corbin, 8 Rich-
ard II and 9 Henry VI, 1384-1430, who married Margery, daughter
of Blunt, Knight.
Williamio and Margery Corbin had issue: 1. Thomas", 9 and 22,
Henry VI; 2. John", 9 and 20, Henry VI, married (1st), 3 Henry V,
Katherine (and had no issue), and (2nd) Elizabeth, daughter and
heir of William Everdon, 9 Henry VI, 1430.
John" and Elizabeth Corbin had a son Thomasis Corbin, 31 Henry
VI and 4 Edward IV, who married Joanna, daughter and heir of
Holbach, widow, 14 and 18 Edward IV.
Thomas*2 and Joanna Corbin had a son Nicholasis Corbin, seized
of Hall End and other lands in the county of Warwick (Jure ux-
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orio), 1 Richard III and 14, Henry VIII, who married Johanna,
daughter and coheir of William Sturmy .
Nicholas 13 and Johanna Corbin had issue: 1. Richard**, 14 and
25, Henry VIII, 1522-1533, married Anne, daughter of Thomas Ram-
sey of Hitcham, Co. Bucks. She remarried Edward James; 2. Alice,
wife of Bastard, of the City of London, Gent. 14 Henry VIII;
3. , wife of Benton; 4. , wife of Whor-
wood.
Richard** and Anne Corbin had issue: 1. Thomas", 2 Edward VI,
died Circa 1584, married Ann, daughter of William Reppington, of
Annington, married 31 Henry VIII, died 1606; 2. John", married
Ann, daughter of Chapman, of London; 3. William", 3rd
son; 4. Ann, wife of Thomas Brickwood, of Pilcewell, Co. Leicester.
Thomas" and Ann Corbin had issue: 1. George" Corbin, of Hall
End, 1615, died 25 Sept. 1636, and was buried in the Chancel of
Kingswinford, married Mary, daughter of William Faunt, of Foston,
Co. Leicester, died 1614; 2. Edith, wife of Thomas Wright, of Coton,
Co. Warwick, died 1627; 3. Florence, wife of Billingsley, died
1598; 4. Anne, wife of Anketill Bracebridge, of the Cliffe, in Co.
Warwick.
George" and Mary Corbin had issue: 1. Henry", born 25 March
1592, died unmarried 1619; 2. Thomas", of Hall End, born May 24,
1594, died June, 1637, buried at Kingswinford, married Winifred,
daughter of Gowen Grosvenor, of Sutton Colfield, Co. Warwick,
married 1620; 3. Jane, wife of James Prescott, of Warwick, died
1632; 4. Anne born 19 Feb. 1593, wife of John Hawkins, of Rock
Hall, Co. Warwick.
Thomas" and Winifred Corbin had issue: 1. Thomas", of Hall
End,, eldest son, born April 1624, married 1645, Margaret, daughter
of Edmund Goodyer, of Keythorp, Co. Oxon. (and had an only
daughter and heiress, Margaret, born April 11, 1657, married Wil-
liam Lygon, of Madrasfield, Co. Worcester. Her descendant and
representative is the present Earl Beauchamp) ; 2. George 18 , 2nd
son, died in the West Indies, married Abigail, daughter of George
Cayspill, of New Kirk near Ypres in Flanders (and had an only son,
Thomas, who married, but died without issue in the East Indies, and
a daughter, who married but died without issue) ; 3. Henry 18 , 3rd
6on, of the County of Middlesex in Virginia, died 8 Jan. 1675, and
buried there; married 25 July 1645 (sic) Alice, daughter of Rich-
ard Eltonhead, of Eltonhead, Co. Lancaster. She remarried Capt.
Henry Creek of London and died about 1684. (For notice of Henry
Corbin and genealogy of his decendants, see later); 4. Gawin",
4th son, died at Yelverton, Norfolk, Feb. 25, 1709, and was buried
there, married Grace Smith, of Derby; 5. Lettice, married Thomas
GENEALOGY 283
Okeover, of London, son of Thomas Okeover, of Okeover, Co. Staf-
ford.
Garvinis and Grace Corbin had issue: 1. Thomas™, only son, died
unmarried at 31; 2. Mary, married Sir Richard Leving, of Pewick,
Co. Derby, Knt. and Bart., sometime Attorney and Solicitor General
in Ireland. She living 1715; 3. Lettice, married Roger Borough, of
London, 1st wife, and died 1685; 4. Felicia, married Thomas Rant,
of Yelverton, Norfolk, and was living in 1715.
(To be continued)
GRYMES OF BRANDON, &C.
(Continued)
21 Charles^ Grymes. Little is known of him. A Charles
Grymes married, in 1773, Ann Lightfoot, of York County, and a
Charles Grymes probably the same, married Dec. 10, 1777, Mary
Hubard. He probably lived in Gloucester County about 1798.
22 Benjamins Grymes, of "Vaucluse", Orange County, mar-
ried, Oct. 8, 1773, Sarah, daughter of Peter Robinson, of King Wil-
liam County. He apparently made no will. That of his widow is
of record in Orange County.
Will Book 7:516. Will of (Mrs.) Sally Grymes, dated 1827, codi-
cil 1831, prob. 1832. Son Peyton Grymes, executor; my eldest
daughter Mary L. Bayly and her female children; my three
unmd. daughters Lucy, Hannah F., & Sarah Berkeley Grymes.
My daughter Elizabeth Pope Braxton.
(Note — Mary L. Bayly was wife of George B. Bayly.)
They had issue: 40. Philip 6 , married, May 10, 1804, Sarah R.,
daughter of William Steptoe, of "Hewick", Middlesex County, and
had one child, who died young (Mrs. Sarah Steptoe Grymes, married
2nd, William Burke) ; 42. Thomas 6 , married Wormeley, and
died without issue; 43. John Randolph 6 ; 44. Peyton**; 45. Elizabeth,
married Carter Braxton, of King William County; 46. Mary, mar-
ried George B. Bayly; 47. Judith, married Peter Cottom; 48. Lucy,
died unmarried; 49. Hannah, died unmarried. Her will is of record
in Orange County: Will Book 13:387. Will of (Miss) Hannah F.
Grymes, dated July, 1875, prob. Feb., 1876. My niece Harriet
Grymes, wife of my nephew Benj. A. Grymes; * * * my great-niece
Betty Braxton Grymes, dau. of my nephew Peyton Grymes * * * my
great nephew Horace G. Taliaferro * * * my niece Mary Lester
Grymes * * * my niece Nelly Grymes * * * my great -nephews Peyton
Taliaferro, Edwin C. Taliaferro, & Philip P. Taliaferro."
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50. Sally Berkeley, died unmarried. Her will is of record in
Orange County: Will Book 13:233. Will of (Miss) Sally Berkeley
Grymes, date 1863, codicil 1865. "My nephews Wm. P. Braxton; Dr.
Horace G. Taliaferro; my nephews Robert P. Grymes & Peyton
Grymes * * * my niece Lester * * * my nieces Kate & Nelly Grymes
* * * my niece Lucy N. Taliaferro * * * my niece Molly C. Grymes
♦ * * nieces Kate, Harriet, & Nelly Grymes." 51, Susan, died un-
married.
(We are indebted to Rex. B. L. Ancell for abstracts of Orange
County wills).
27 Benjamin Grymes*, of "Eagles Nest", King George County.
A partition deed, dated Jan. 27, 1800, recorded in King George
County, recites that William Fitzhugh, of Fairfax County, by his
will left to his [great] nephews William F. Grymes, Benjamin
Grymes and George N. Grymes, two tracts of land in King George
County, called Eagles Nest and Somerset, and also directed that
said lands should be divided between said nephews; by this deed
the lands are divided as follows: lot No. 1, to William F. Grymes,
676 acres; lot No. 2, to Benjamin Grymes, 676 acres; lot No. 3, to
George N. Grymes, 676 acres. Benjamin* Grymes was 1st Lieuten-
ant in Grayson's Additional Continental regiment Jan. 18, 1777, and
later was a Captain. He is stated to have served in Washington's
guard. He married Ann, daughter of John Nicholas, of "Norborne",
Dinwiddie County. He died about 1803. Issue 52. William Fitz-
hugh*; 53. Benjamin*; 54. George Nicholas*; 55. Lucy Fitzhugh,
married, January 2, 1804, A. B. Hooe, of "Barnesfield", King George
County; 56. Martha Carter, married John Stuart, of King George
County.
43 John Randolphs Grymes was born in Orange County, Va.,
in 1786, and died in New Orleans, Dec. 4, 1854. He removed to
Louisiana in 1804, served as a volunteer aide to General Jackson at
the Battle of New Orleans and was complimented in dispatches to
the War Department; was for many years a very eminent lawyer,
and was Attorney General of the State, U. S. District Attorney and
member of the State Constitutional Convention. He took part in
two duels and was severely wounded in one of them. Mr. Grymes
married Mrs. Suzette Claiborne (nee Bosque) widow of Governor
W. C. C. Claiborne and had issue: 57. Medora, married Samuel
Ward of New York; 58. Edgar 1 *, married , of Pittsburg, Pa.,
and had no issue; 59. Dr. Alfred, married twice in New York and
had children; 60. Athenaise, married F. von Hoffman, German
Consul at New York.
44 Peyton 6 Grymes, of "Selma", Orange County, was born
1791, and died 1878. He married Harriet (Shepherd) Dade, widow
GENEALOGY
285
of Dr. Frank Dade. Following is an abstract of the will of Dr.
Grymes:
Will Book 13:436. Will of Peyton Grymes [son of above]. Date
1877, prob. 1878. "My two daughters Nellie & Mary Lester;
[both died unmarried: B. L. A.] my son Peyton Grymes; my
four sons Benj. A., Wm. S., Robert P. & John R. Grymes. My
grandson Horace G. Taliaferro."
Peytons and Harriet Grymes had issue: 61. Lucy Nelson, mar-
ried Dr. Horace D. Taliaferro; 62. Peyton 7 ; 63. Robert Page?; 64.
Benjamin Andrew ; 65. William Shepherd 7 ; 66. John Randolph 7 ;
67. Nellie, died single; 68. Philip Meade 7 , died single at Galveston,
Texas; 69. A. Pope 7 , died single at Galveston, Texas; 70. Mary Lister.
(To be continued)
THE LOVELACE FAMILY AND ITS
CONNECTIONS
By J. Hall Pleasants, Baltimore, Md.
(Continued)
AUCHER OF OTTERDEN AND BISHOPSBOURNE, KENT,
WITH NOTES ON CORNWALLIS, WROTH AND RICH.
The Aucher family is connected with the Lovelaces through the
marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Aucher (1539? — 1568),
Esq. of Bishopsbourne, Kent, with Sir William Lovelace (1561 —
1629), the elder, of Bethersden. Through this Aucher marriage the
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Lovelaces also trace their descent from the families of Cornwallis
of Brome, Suffolk, of Wrothe of Enfield, Middlesex, of the barons
Rich of Leez, of Diggs of Barham, Kent, and of St. Leger of Otter-
den, Kent, and of Hawte of Hawte Court, Kent. There is said to
be a pedigree among the Hasted Manuscripts in the British Museum
which traces the descent of the Auchers from "Walter Fitz-Auger,
a noble Briton, who flourished at the time of the Conquest", and
from Thomas Fitzaunger, who possessed the manor of Losenham,
Kent, in the time of King John [1199-1216]. A roll of arms in the
time of Henry III [1216-1272] and of 6 Edward I [1277] includes
Henry Aucher with the same arms as were used later by the
Auchers of Losenham and Otterden (Archaelogia Cantiana; xv;3).
Sir Thomas Fitz Aucher founded in 1241 at Losenham the Carmelite
Priory of St. Mary's (ibid. xiv;311), and in 1253-4 "Thomas filius
Alcheri [Aucher] held one-fourth of a knight's fee of the Prior of
Leeds and one-fourth of a knight's fee in Losenham of Radulpho de
Sancto Leodegario [Sir Ralph St. Leger] (ibid. xii;222).
The pedigrees of this old Kent family as usually presented in
such standard works as The Visitation of Kent 1619 (Harl. Hoc.
xlii;180), Berry's Genealogies; Kent (222-3; 287), Hastens Kent
{2nd ed. v; 535-7) and Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetages
(2nd ed.; 27-9), begin, however, with Nicholas Aucher 1 , said to be
eixth in descent from Walter Fitz-Auger temp, the Conqueror. The
writer has made no effort to verify these pedigrees prior to John
Aucheri (died 1502), great gread grandfather of Elizabeth
(Aucher») Lovelace, but beginning with this Johns, stated in his
will to be the son of Henry Aucher*, he has been able to secure
original evidence in the form of wills, inquisitions and other con-
temporary documents, which afford independent verification of
much of the latter portion of these pedigrees, and which seem to
be of sufficient interest to publish, presenting as they do much
which has never hitherto been printed, and correcting several er-
rors, especially in regard to marriages, which exist in the so-called
standard pedigrees. Where in the earlier portions of the pedigree
the several authorities cited above show variations, The Visitation
of Kent, 1619, unless other authorities are cited, has been followed.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the name appears in con-
temporary records variously as Aucher, Awcher, Auger, Alcher,
Awger, Ager and Agger. The most notable progenitor of the family
is Sir Anthony Aucher (1500-1557), who although conspicuous in
political and military affairs in the reign of Henry VIII, Edward VI
and Mary, and Marshal of Calais at the time of its capture by the
French, has for some reason escaped the notice of all modern
biographers.
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The Aucher arms are: Ermine, on a chief azure three lions, ram-
pant, or. Crest: A bull's head erased gules armed or.
I. Nicholas Aucheri. "Son of the Lord of Losenham" in New-
enden, Kent, and possessor of lands in county Essex. He held cer-
tain manors in Mayham Magna and Losenham, Kent, early in the
fourteenth century (Archaeoloaia Cantiana; x; 140). Married a
daughter of Oxenbridge of Bread [Brede] in Sussex. He
was succeeded by his eldest son:
II. Henry Aucher^ (Nicholasi). "Of Losenham in the time of
Edward III [1327-1377], milites." Henry Aucher was assessed upon
sundry manors held by him at the knighting of the Black Prince
in 1346, and then appeared as possessing the following manors in
Kent: one-quarter of a knight's fee in Losenham formerly held by
Nicholas Aucher of Ralph St. Leger; one-quarter of a knight's fee
in Mayham Magna formerly held by Nicholas Aucher of John Mal-
mayns; and one-half of a knight's fee in Mayham Magna held
jointly with Stephen Forshame (Archaeologia Cantiana; x; 139,
140). He married a daughter of "John Diggs of Berham [Bar-
ham], Kent, armiger." (For pedigree of Diggs of Berham, see
Harl. Soc. xlii; 64-5; Berry's Genealogies; Kent; 142-3). He was
succeeded by his son:
III. Henry Auchers (Nicholasi, Henrys), of Otterden, Kent,
milites. He married twice. By his 1st wife Isabella, daughter of
At Towne of Throwley [Throwleigh], Kent, he had issue
(1) Thomas Aucher* of Losenham and (2) Robert Aucher 4 , an-
cestor of the Auchers of Westwell. By his 2nd wife Mary [or
Joane], daughter and heiress of Thomas St. Leger* he acquired the
Manor of Otterden. The Visitation of Kent, 1619, states that he
and his second wife are buried near the High Altar of Otterden
rhurch. By his second wife Mary St. Leger he had issue a son
(3) Henry Aucher* — see IV:
IV. Henry Aucher* (Nicholasi, Henrys, Henrys), of Otterden,
living 19 Henry VI [1440]. The manor of Otterden was acquired
through his mother Mary [or Joane] St. Leger, daughter and heiress
milites. He married twice. By his 1st wife Isabella, daughter of
Boleyn by whom he had issue two sons (1) John Aucher 5 —
see V, and (2) Henry Aucher *; it may have been this Henry Aucher
* The line of St. Leger of Otterden as given in Hasted's Kent (2nd
ed. v; 535) begins with Ralph St. Leger of Ulcomb, Knight of the S'hire of
Kent, 51 Edward III [1377]. His second son Thomas St. Leger of Otter-
den. Sheriff of Kent, 20 Richard II [1396], died 10 Henry IV [140S], and
is buried under the High Altar of Otterden Church. The latter's daughter
Joane [the Visitation gives Maria!] married Henry Aucher of Otterden.
The descent of Thomas St. Leger, father of Mary or Joane Aucher is given
somewhat differently in the S't. Leger pedigree in Berry's Genealogies;
Kent (p. 2S7).
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who married Eliza, daughter of Sir John Gulford (Archaeologia
Cantiana; xiv; 5).
V. John Auchers (Nicholas*, Henrys, Henrys, Henry*). Of Ot-
terden, Kent. The Visitation of Kent, 1619, and Burke state that
he married Alice Churche, which is an error as regards the Chri-
tian name, for his will names his wife Margaret, and the will of
his son James while referring to his uncle Thomas Churche, names
his father John Aucher and his mother Margaret. John Auger is
named among "The Gentils of Kent Anno Regni Regis Henry 7"
[1485-1509] (Archaeologia Cantiana; xi; 395). It is stated in
Burke that John Aucher died April 23, 1503, and that he and his
wife Alice are buried in the north chapel of parish church at Otter-
den, but his will proves that this date is incorrect and that he died
between 18 July and 26 October, 1502.
John Aucher'ss will shows that some time before his death he
had conveyed by a "feoffement" to Henry Home, esquire, and
others [as trustees] all of his lands in Kent. His will provides
that immediately after his death his "feoffees" [trustees] make over
an estate in all the lands which had formerly belonged to his
father Henry Aucher (subject to an annuity of forty shillings to
be paid to his wife Margaret) to his eldest son James Aucher, with
reversion in event of the latter's death without heirs, successively
to his sons William, John and Marcus, and then to his next heirs.
The lands thus conveyed included his manor of Otterden with the
advowson of the Otterden church, and certain other lands in the
parishes of Otterden, Statesfield, Moulston and Bordesfield, with a
special provision that if there were no heirs of his body lawfully
begotten, the manor and advowson of Otterden were to pass to the
"right heirs of Thomas Seyntleoger [St. Leger] esquire now dead."
It will be recalled that his grandfather Henry Aucher^ had acquired
Otterden through his second wife who was the daughter of Thomas
St. Leger. He further provides that his other lands, which he
apparently had not inherited from his father, and which included
the manor of Moulston and the advowson of the Moulston church,
and the manor of Little Frognall, also known as Rollings, should
go to his wife Margaret during her life, subject to annuities to be
paid to his younger sons William, John and Marcus, the manor
and advowson of Moulston finally passing to his eldest son James
and the manor of Little Frognall to his second son William. No
daughters are named in the will. He had doubtless provided for
them at the time of their marriage. The two daughters named
below are given in the Visitation and in Burke.
The will of John Auger [Aucher], the elder, of Otterden, dated
GENEALOGY 289
18 July, 1502, was proved in the local Archdeaconry Court of Canter-
bury, 26 October, 1502, by the executors (Vol. VIII; folio 11).
I, John Auger theldard [the elder] of the pishe of
Ottreden Kent gentyllman by my will dated the xviii
day of July 1502 desire my body to be buried in the
Chureyerd of our Lady before the Imager ther. I
bequeath to the high Auter of the same churche for
my tithes forgotten iii s. iiii d. I bequeath a cow pee
of viii s. orelles [or else] viii s. for the said cowe at the
discretion of my executors for to fine a lampe brenns
ing before the Sacrament of the Hugh Auter of Ottre
den aforesaid. I bequeath 200 lbs. of shyngill to b«
made and leyed upon the repation of the said churche
of Ottreden ther (sic) moost nede is at my cost and
charge. I bequeath to the house of the Holy Trynte
of Motynden iii s. iiii d. to pray for my soule and all
cristen soules. Also to every of the house of Freers
[friars] in Canterbury iii s. iiii d. to pray for my
soule and all cristen soules. Also I bequeath v marks
for an honest prest to syng in Oxenford for my soule
and all my frends soules by the space of a hole yer.
Also I will my executors fynde a preste imedialye aftre
my decease to synge a Trentall of Masses in the church
of Ottreden aforesaid. Also I bequeath a wedre
[wether] sheepe of iii yer age to fynde Judas light.
Also I bequeth to Margarete my Wif all the hole instuff
of my householde only to be at her disposition w'out
any other ptyner [partner]. The Residue of all my
goods and catall I geve and bequeth to Margaret my
Wif and James Aucher my Son whome I make my
Executors.
Second Part of Will of John Aucher of Ottreden
theldar gentillman made the 12th day of August 1502
Upon a feoffement by me made to Herry Home Es-
quire and other of all my maners lands and tent's in
the Countie of Kent.
First I will that my feoffees imediately aftre my
decease make estate of and in my manor of Ottreden
wt the avoson of the churche ther and all other lands
and tente in the pishes of Ottreden, Statesfeld, Monke-
ton and Bordesfeld which sometyme were Henry
Auchers my fadre to James Aucher my eldest Son and
to his heires for ever the said James and his heires
paying yerely to Margaete my Wif xl s. And if the
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said James die wtout heires lawfully begotten Then I
will the said manor advoson lands and tente should
remayne to William Aucher my second son and to his
heires for ever And for defaute of such heires of the
said William lawfully begotten I will the said manor
advoson lands and tene should remayne to John Aucher
my son and to his heires for ever And if the said
John Aucher wtout issue lawfully begotten die then I
will the said manor advoson lands and tente should
remayne to Markis Aucher my youngest son and to
his heires for ever And for defaute of heires of the
said Marks body lawfully begotten then I will the said
manor advoson lands and tente wt the appurtenncs
holly should remayne to the next heires of my body
lawfully begotten. I will the said manor of Ottreden
wt the advoson holly should remayne to the rfght heires
of Thomas Seyntleoger [St. Leger] esquire now dede
for evmore. I also will that Margaete my wife anone
aftre my decease should have my maners in Monketon
and Little Frognale otherwise called Rollings during
her life she paying yerely to every of William, John
and Markys my sons, xxvi s. viii d. And aftre the
decease of the said Margarete I will the said maner of
Monketon wt the advoson of the churche of Monketon
and other apprtenncs to the said James Aucher my
eldest son & his heires for ever he paying to John
Aucher and Markys Aucher my sonnes xx s. li d. to be
equally divided betwene thaym at the rate of v marks
yerely. I will imediately after the dethe of the said
Margaerte my wif my feoffes grantt severally to eyther
of John Aucher and Marcus my sonnes an annuytie of
xxvi s. viii d. by yer to be had to them and their heirs
out of the said maner called Little Frognall for ever
at the feest of Eshe and Saynt Michill tharchangell
and in defaute of payment with power for them to
distrayne And aftre these grannts sufficiently prformed
the said man'r of Little Frognall otherwise called Roll-
ings wt the lands thereto pteyning to the said William
Aucher my son his heires and assigns for ev . This
Witnesseth Richard Sharpe Sir John Byn pson [par-
son] of Ottreden James Dunstone and Thomas Wever.
John Auchers by his wife Margaret Churche had issue (1) James
Auchers, eldest son and heir — see VI, (2) William Auchers d. s. p.,
{3) John Auchere living 1509, and (4) Marcus Auchers (The Visi-
GENEALOGY 291
tation and Burke incorrectly give his name as Marmaduke; the
latter states that he married a daughter of Gilboe), (5)
Jane Aucher« married Tho: Corbett, (6) Elizabeth Auchera married
Tho: Barham.
VI. James Auchere (Nicholasi, Henryz, Henrys, Henry*, Johns).
Of Otterden, Kent, esquire. The Visitation of Kent, 1619, states
that he married Alice the daughter of Tho: Hill, and that after
his death she married James Hardres. Burke states in one place
(Extinct and Dormant Baronetages, p. 28) that she was the daugh-
ter of Thomas Hills, Esq., of Eggarton, near Godmersham, Kent,
and that her second husband was James Hardres, of Hardres, Kent,
and again in another place (p. 242) that she was a daughter of
Robert Hill. This remarriage of the widow, the writer has been
unable to verify, although Mabel, the widow of her grandson Ed-
ward Auchers of Bishopsbourne did marry Richard Hardres of
Hardres. See also Visitation of Essex, 1612, (Earl. Soc. xiii; 211).
It is probable that she was really a member of the Hilles or Hillys
family prominent in Eggerton, Kent. James Aucher died January
6, 1508-9, and is buried in Otterden church near his father. His
will, an abstract of which the writer has been able to secure from
the probate records, dated January 1, 1508-9, was proved April 9,
1509 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills; 13 Bennett).
Will of Jamys Aucher of Oterynden, 1st January
1508 [-9]. I give my body to be buried in the chapel
of our Lady the Virgin within the parish church of
Oterynden, to the re-edifying, garnishing and repara-
tion of which chapel I bequeath £10, to bestowed in
such form as my wife knoweth my mind. To the use
of the high altar and high chancel of the said church
40 s., and to the reparation and expedient works of
the body of the church 20 s. To the Abbot of Boule,
to the use of the image of the crucifix called the Roode
of Grace there, 20 s. To the Abbot of Peversham, to
pray for my soul 13s. 4 d. I bequeath all such sums
of money as ben owing unto me of me fee in the mon-
astery of St. Augustine besides Canterbury, that I may
there be prayed for, to the use of the building of the
said monastery; and I will that my best ring be fixed
upon the shrine of St. Augustine thereto abide. I be-
queath to Mr. Dean of St. Paul's to pray for me, of
his charity, 66 s. 8 d. To Mr. Garrard, late charity
priest of Sheryngton's chantry, as well to pray for me
as in recompense of all griefs and other occasions by
suits or otherwise between the priests of the said chan-
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try and me lately had, 66 s. 8 d.; and to the said Mr.
Garrard, if he be there chantry priest or such other as
shall be in the day of St. Andrew next coming, in the
said form and intent, 66 s. 8 d.; these last three sums
to be paid out of the debt to be paid to me in November
coming by the said Mr. Garrard and others. To my
brother William Aucher, with that I have paid him
before, £6. 13 s. 4 d. to pray for my soul and with condi-
tion to enseal such writing and all other things do
for the surety of the said priests of Sheryngton's chan-
try for the lands that I lately recovered against them in
Tenterden, as shall be advised by the counsel of the
said priests. To my brothers John and Marcus Aucher
in the same form and condition 66 s. 8 d. To the said
William Aucher my best gown, so that he cause a trental
of masses and other suffrages thereto belonging to be
said for me at the place besides the chapel of St.
Stephen in Westminster called Scala Celi; and to my
brother John my second gown, and to my brother
Marcus my third gown on the like condition. To my
uncle Thomas Churche, my coat, so that he cause to
be said in the same place 5 masses, parcel of a trental,
with the suffrages. To Mr. Dr. Wodroffe 40 s.; and to
Mr. Docter Churche 20 s.; to pray for me. To George
Hilys to pray for me and to be aiding to my wife 20 s.
To an honest priest to celebrate divine service in the
church of Oterynden for the space of two years, for
my soul and for the soul of Sir Richard Guldeford,
knight, John Aucher my father, Margaret my mother,
Thomas Corbett and Margaret, late the wife of Ger-
vase Home, 20 marks. To the Friars Minors of Cante-
bury called Observants, 10 s. To the Black Friars and
the Austin Friars there, to each house 40 d. to pray
for me. To the marriage of Susanne my daughter, if
to be perceived of my daughter's good and chattels. All
the residue Of my goods to Alice my wife and Antaony
my son, whom with Mr. Roger Churche, Doctor of Law,
and John Hales, I ordain my executors; and Mr. Edward
Guldeford, George Guldeford and the said William
Aucher and George Hillis overseers. As touching my
lands and tenements, my feoffees shall accomplish in
everything in the agreement between Sir John Bynn<\
parson of Aterynden [Otterden], and me for his new
mansion and garden set on the end of the churchyard
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of Aterynden for an obit to be observed for ever, as
by the papers in the custody of John Hales may appear.
If my wife lives til my son Anthony be 20 years of age,
he shall have yearly out of my land during the life of his
mother 10 marks; and my wife shall have all my lands
and tenements except the said mansion and garden
and the said 10 marks, finding my said Anthony to
school and learning by the discretion of the said Mr.
Dr. Churche and John Hales. If both my children die
within age without lawful issue, all the lands and
tenements that were my fathers shall remain accord-
ing to his last will, and all my other lands to my next
heirs according to the laws of the realm of England.
Witnesses: James Dergng, John Hert, William Aucher,
John Aucher, Marcus Aucher, George Hillys.
Proved 9 April, 1509, by Alice the executrix named,
the said Anthony refusing, with power reserved, etc.,
for the other executors.
James Auchers left issue by his wife Alice (Hilles?) (1) Sir
Anthony Aucher?, knt, — see VII, (2) Susanne Aucher?, unmarried
1 January, 1508-9; not traced.
VII. Sir Anthony Aucher? (Nicholas*, Henry 2 , Henrys, Henry*,
Johns, jamess). Knight of Otterden and Bishopsbourne, Kent. He
was probably born about 1500. Although conspicuous in public
affairs, both civil and military, in the reigns of Henry VIII, Ed-
ward VI and Mary, no biographical sketch of him has ever been
published as far as the writer can learn. He inherited the manor
of Otterden, the Aucher ancestral seat, from his father. Hlis
inquisition shows that he purchased the manors of Bishopsbourne
and Hautsbourne [Shelvingbourne] 1 June, 2 Edward VI [1548]
from Thomas Culpeper, esq., of Bedgebury, who had acquired them
through his wife Anne, daughter and heir of Sir William Hawte
[Haute]. The statement made by Philipott (Villare Cantianum;
1659; p. 89) and repeated by Hasted in his Kent, that he purchased
these manors from Sir Thomas Culpeper in 34 Henry VIII [1542] is
therefore incorrect.
He first came into prominence through the active part which he
took as one of the agents of Henry VIII in the suppression of the
monasteries. He is said to have been receiver for Kent, Surrey
and Sussex in the late thirties for carrying out this work. The
published series of Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, the Calendar
of State Papers — Edioard VI and Mary, and the Acts of the Privy
Council for this period abound in references to him. Under date
of 1538 he appears as one of "the gentlemen of My Lord Privy Seal's
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to be preferred with the King's Service" (Letters and Papers of
Henry VIII, 1538; ii; p. 497). In the published state papers he
appears between 1536 and 1558 variously as Controller of the Works
of Dover, Paymaster of the Works of Dover, Chief Victualler of
Boulogne, Joint Master of the Tents, and during the latter part
of the reign of Henry VIII and in the opening years of the reign
of Edward VI as Master of the Jewel House of the Tower of Lon-
don. February 22, 1546-7 "Anthony Aucher was dubbed Knight of
the Carpet by the King [Edward VI], on Tuesday after the Corona-
tion, being Shrove Tuesday" (SJiaw's Knights of England; ii; p.
59). The office of the Master of the Jewel House he seems to have
held for several years during the latter part of his life. He also
held the important military positions of Marshal of the fortress of
Calais and Governor of the town of Guisnes. The exact date of
his appointment to these posts is not known, but he was Marshal
of Calais during the siege, and was killed at the time of its capture.
The French commenced operations against Calais and Guisnes in
the late autumn of 1557. Lord Grey the then governor of Guisnes
and English commander of that stronghold, late in November, 1557,
reports to the Queen that "having with me Mr. Aucher marshal of
Calais" and other officers, he led an expedition for the destruction
of the French outpost at Bushing, surrounding there about forty
of the enemy in a church with a force of some two hundred English
"footman harquebuziers". Upon their refusal to surrender without
a struggle, Grey rejected a later request for a parley, blew up the
church and put all the survivors to the sword, justifying this act
of wanton cruelty on the ground that the rules of war forbade
the defence of a fort not rationally defensible! (Froude's History of
England; New York; 1866; vi; pp. 457-9).
December 1st, Lord Wentworth in command of Calais reports
that he sent the marshal of Calais [Aucher] with a troop of horse
to attack a force of the enemy which was trying to cut off the
English from the bridge, but that when the marshal realized the
size of the opposing force he "took a very honest retire" (Calendar
of State Papers; Foreign; 1553-1558; pp. 348, 354-6). The resistance
of the small English garrison at Calais, numbering not over eight
hundred men, against an army of thirty thousand under the Duke
of Guise was, of course, perfectly hopeless, Calais falling January 7,
1558, and Guisnes with its garrison of only a thousand men just two
weeks later. Sir Anthony Aucher was killed at the siege of Calais.
Philipott, the Kentish historian, writing about the middle of the
seventeenth century of the manor of Lyminge in Kent owned at
one time by Sir Anthony Aucher, says:
"Henry the eighth in the thirty sixth year of his Reign [1554],
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granted it to Sir Anthony Aucher, who after, in the Reign of Queen
Mary, was slain at Callis, whilst he endeavoured to make good that
City, and the English interest together, by a noble and generous
Resistance against the Furious Impressions and Onsets of the Duke
of Guise, and the French Army, when he pressed upon with a
straight and vigorous Siege." Philipot adds that the manor of
Lyminge remained in the Aucher family until sold by a descendant,
a later Sir Anthony, to Sir John Roberts in the first half of the seven-
teenth century (Philipott's Yillare Cantianum; p. 222). The rec-
tor of Bishopsbourne, the Rev. F. Evelyn Gardiner, has been kind
enough to send the writer a copy of the inscription upon an old
memorial tablet to the memory of Sir Anthony Aucher and his son
Edward and their wives in the chancel of Bishopsbourne church.
Sr ANTHONY AUCHER. Kt
MARESCHALL OF CALLICE
GOVor OF GUISNES
MASTER OF THE
JEWELHOUSE
IN THE TIMES OF HENRY Ye EIGHT
EDWARD Ye SIXT & QUEEN MARY
SLAIN AT Ye LOSS OF CALLICE
1558
AFFRA CORNWALLIS HIS WIFE
EDWARD AUCHER THEIR SON AND
MABEL WROTH HIS WIFE
SHE WAS BURIED 1597
(To be continued)
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THE
Virginia Magazine
OF
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Vol. XXVI II October, 1920 No. 4
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE NORTHERN NECK
From the Originals in the British Public Record Office.
Contributed by Charles E. Kemper.
[By a series of grants from the Crown beginning in 1650,
by Charles II, then in exile, the Northern Neck, that is, the
country between the Rappahannock and Potomac to their head-
waters, was granted to various individuals. Finally the titles
all became vested in Thomas, Lord Culpeper, and to him, on
Sept. 2j, 1688, James II, made a new grant for all the country
"bounded by and within the heads of the Rivers Tappahannock
alias Rappahannock and Queenough or Potomac River". This
great property descended to Culpeper's daughter and heiress,
who married Lord Fairfax, and, in 1722, to her son Thomas,
Lord Fairfax, who afterwards removed to Virginia.
Long controversies were carried on between the proprietors
of the Northern Neck and the Government of the Colony of
Virginia representing the Crown, as to the true "heads" of
the two rivers. As it flowed through country more accessible
to settlement from the East, the question of the Rappahannock
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seemed at the time to be the most important. There was a
long contest as to whether the South branch (the Rapidan)
or the North branch of the Rappahannock was the true head.
The matter was finally left to a joint commission representing
the Crown and Lord Fairfax.
After careful surveying and the taking of much evidence,
the Commission made a report in 1736. This report was
taken to England and a final decision given in favor of Fair-
fax. In the matter of the Rappahannock it was decided that
the true "head" was the Conway River, a branch of the
Rapidan.
Under the construction finally given to the Culpeper- Fairfax
grant it included the present counties of Northumberland, Lan-
caster, Richmond, Westmoreland, Stafford, King George,
Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun, Fauquier, Culpeper, Madi-
son, Page, Shenandoah and Frederick in Virginia, and Jeffer-
son, Berkeley, Hardy, Hampshire and Morgan in West Vir-
ginia. For additional information see this Magazine XV,
392-399 and authorities there cited.
The map 1 accompanying these documents is a reduced copy
of the upper section of the map giving the boundaries as finally
settled. We are indebted to Mr. Fairfax Harrison for a photo-
graphic fac-simile of the original in the Library of Harvard
University. The lower section of the original map comprises
the Northern Neck below the head of tidewater. To reproduce
the whole here would make it so small as to be of little value.
1 This map is listed as No. 169a in Swem's Maps of Virginia and
is noticed in Phillip's Virginia Cartography, p. 46. It appears from
Col. Byrd's papers relating to the settlement of the Northern Neck
Boundaries (which are reproduced at length in Wynne's edition
but not in Bassett's) that the Byrd commission and the Fairfax
commission each made a separate map (Wynne II, 122, 132). The
Byrd map was drawn by Wm. Mayo (Wynne II, 116, 122) and that
seems to be Swem's No. 161. This Harvard map is undoubtedly the
Fairfax map, in a second state, to show the line of the award of
1746. It is the same as Swem's No. 169 and, if so, where does Swem
get his authority for attributing it to Peter Jefferson and Robert
Brooke? A comparison of this map with Fry and Jefferson's map
of 1751 shows that whoever drew the Harvard map knew much
more of the local topography (of Fauquier e. g.) than did the
authors of the Fry and Jefferson map of 1751, and it seems unlikely
therefore, that Peter Jefferson ever had much to do with the Har-
vard map. (F. H.)
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The documents published below were procured by Mr.
Kemper from London as material for his study of the history
of the western portion of Virginia. The readers of our Maga-
zine have already been under a heavy debt of obligation to
Mr. Kemper for his exceedingly valuable notes to the series
of articles entitled "The Westward Movement in Virginia"
(published in vols. XI and XII) and as collaborating with Dr.
Hinke in editing the diaries of the Moravian missionaries who
travelled through the western portion of the Colony, which
was one of the most valuable contributions ever made to the
Magazine.
We have other valuable papers from Mr. Kemper which will
be published at an early date.]
Letter From Governor Gooch, 1729 2 .
My Lords
1 have not had the honor of any Commands from your Lord-
ships by any of the Ships come hither this year = my last Dis-
patch was by the Randolph of London in which were conveyed
the Council Journals and other publick Transactions to that
time, of which I herein inclose a Duplicate. With this your
Lordships will receive the Journals of the Council from the
first of Aprill to the 12 th Instant, together with the Accompts
of the Revenue of Quit Rents and two shillings per Hogshead
ending in Aprill, and the Returns of the Naval Officers.
Sometime after my Last a number of Negroes, about fiftenn,
belonging to a new Plantation on the head of James River
formed a Design to withdraw from their Master and to fix
themselves in the fastnesses of the neighbouring Mountains :
They had found means to get into their possession some Arms
& Ammunition, and they took along with them some provi-
2 Besides the discussion of the boundaries of the Northern Neck,
this long letter from Governor Gooch to the English authorities,
contains a good many other matters of interest. Among them are:
a negro plot, training of the militia, a notice of the neighboring
Indians, a plague of caterpillars, the services of the chaplain (Mr.
Fontaine) with the Virginia and North Carolina boundary commis-
sion, the Tobacco trade, and the freeing of a negro in return for
his making public his secret cure for venereal disease.
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sions, their Cloaths, bedding and working Tools; but the
Gentleman to whom they belonged with a Party of Men made
such a diligent pursuit after them, that he soon found them
out in their new Settlement, a very obscure place among the
Mountains, where they had already begun to clear the Ground,
and obliged them after exchanging a shot or two by which one
of the Slaves was wounded, to surrender and return back,
and so prevented for this time a design which might have
proved as dangerous to this Country, as is that of the Negroes
in Jamaica to the Inhabitants of that Island, Tho' this attempt
has happily been defeated, it ought nevertheless to awaken
us into some effectual measures for preventing the like here-
after, it being certain that a very small number of Negroes
once settled in those Parts, would very soon be encreas'd by
the Accession of other Runaways and prove dangerous Neigh-
bours to our Frontier Inhabitants. To prevent this and many
other mischiefs I am training and exercising the Militia in
the several Counties as the best means to deter our Slaves
from endeavouring to make their Escape, and to suppress
them if they should ; and as the Establishment I made of an
Adjutant to discipline the Militia is much to the satisfaction
of the People, and like to prove very useful towards their
safety and Defence, I doubt not your Lordships will approve
of that part of my conduct, for, it is to this new Regulation
of the Militia, and the good disposition of the Officers I have
now appointed to instruct those under their Command in the
exercise of Arms that we owe the present peace with our
tributary Indians ; who sometime before were become very
turbulent and ungovernable, but are now so submissive, how
long that temper will continue I can't say, that one of the great
Men of the Saponie Nation having killed an Englishman, tho'
the murder was committed when he was drunk, which they
look upon as a just excuse, because, as they say, a Man is not
accountable for what he did while he is deprived of his reason.
Yet they readily delivered him up to justice upon my first
message, and he has been since tryed and executed without any
sign of resentment from that Nation altho' he was in much
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esteem among them. I had ordered some of the Nation to be
at the tryal, who did attend, and by an Interpreter were made
to understand that the Proceedings in the Court against Him
were the same as in the like case they would be against a White
Man, and indeed so it hap'ned that there was one try'd and
executed with Him.
The eagerness of the Inhabitants to take up Lands amongst
the great Western Mountains, has renewed a Contest, which
for a long time had layn dormant touching the Right of grant-
ing the Lands on the Head of Rappahanock River, the Pro-
prietor of the Northern Neck claims the same by virtue of his
Grant ; and I find former Governours made no scruple to sign
Patents for Lands as far as the most Northern Branch of Rap-
pahanock River: But for my better direction therein, I have
now before me a Letter from your Lordships dated March 26 th
1707 the twelfth Paragraph of which I am governed by and
intend now to answer, "in being very watchful that his
Majesty's Lands be not invaded under any pretence of a Grant
to any Proprietor", agreeable hereunto, I have absolutely re-
fused the suspension of granting of Patents, notwithstanding
the remonstrances of the Proprietor's Agent; but proposed
that the Case should be fairly stated and determined according
to the genuine Construction of the Proprietor's Charter, which
'tis agreed shall be prepared and transmitted to your Lord-
ships for that purpose. In the meanwhile, to give your Lord-
ships a clearer Idea of the Lands in controversy, I herewith
send a sketch of that part of the Country which lies near and
amongst the Mountains, watered by Streams which fal into
the Rivers Rappahanock and Potomack, and which are in-
sisted on to be within the Northern Neck Grant as head
springs of those two Rivers, the Draught is not offered to
your Lordships as accurately done: But by it your Lordships
may please to observe, that the River Rappahanock, which
from the Bay of Chesapeak is navigable to the Falls, is about
tenn Miles above the Falls divided into two Branches, and
those again about thirty Miles upwards divided into other
Branches, and so the nearer they approach the Mountains into
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other lesser Streams, so that it is scarce possible to distinguish
which of them ought to bear the name of a River. Here it is
that the Lands now in dispute ly : But as the last Grant made
in 1688 to the Lord Culpeper, which is the most extensive, de-
scribes "the Territory to be bounded by and within the first
Heads or Springs of the Rivers Rappahanock & Potomack,
the courses of the said Rivers from the first said Heads or
Springs as they are commonly called and known by the In-
habitants, and description of those Parts" — it seems a doubt
whether the Proprietor can claim any farther upon these
Rivers than what was called Rappahanock and Potomack
Rivers at the time of the Grant; and that was only as far as
they are Navigable, for above that there was then no Inhabi-
tant: or at most, whether the Grant shall extend any further
than the River Rappahanock continues one entire Stream.
For since the River is formed by the confluence of two lesser
ones not discovered till long after the Proprietor's Charter,
and those of such equal bigness as to render it doubtful which
of them deserves the name of Rappahanock River; and since
there cannot be two Rivers of the same name, and as neither
of them is described in the Grant, with submission to your
Lordships, it seems to me the most natural construction of
that Charter, to fix its limits at the confluence of those two
Rivers, where Rappahanock is first formed, and from thence
runs in one continued Stream into the Bay of Chesapeak ;
And as Potomack River is the boundary between the Province
of Maryland and the Northern Neck, and the first fountain of
that River laid down in the Charter of the Former, and the
first Head or Spring thereof as the Boundary of Both to the
Westward; I must still presume to say, that wherever the
Proprietors of Maryland and of the Northern Neck agree to
fix the first Fountain or Spring of Potomack River, a line
drawn thence to Rappahanock River must terminate the
Northern Neck Patent; and then all the Lands lying west-
ward of that remains still in the power of the Crown to grant.
But if on the other hand all the Lands which ly on any of
those Rivulets or Brooks which fall into Rappahanock or
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Potomack Rivers be allowed to belong to the Proprietor of
Northern Neck as his Agent pretends, the King will then have
very little more Land to dispose of in Virginia. For your
Lordships may please to observe by the enclosed Draught that
one of the Branches of Potomack River which is now known
by the name of the River Shenundo, runs through and paralel
with the great ridge of Mountains, and is said to have its
source near Roanoke River ; So that almost the Tract which is
now called Virginia is encompass'd and bounded by that River,
and the " Proprietor instead of being circumscribed by and
within the Head of Rappahanock will extend his Bounds up-
wards of Sixty Miles to the Southward of it, which can never
be imagined, I think, to have been the intention of the Crown,
nor agreeable to the words of the Charter. Seeing therefore
my Lords it is of importance to his Majesty with respect to
his Revenue of Quit Rents, and of no small concern to the
People of Virginia, who are very averse to the taking up of
Lands under a Proprietor, I thought it my duty to let your
Lordships thus far into the Merits of this Case by way of
Advance, that if it be thought necessary I may receive your
Lordships Opinion and Direction therein before the matter
comes to be stated between Me and the Proprietor's Agent,
which I apprehend will require some time to adjust, because I
shall not easily agree to Facts of the truth whereof I am not
perfectly convinced.
As the Journal of Council and Proclamation herewith sent
mention the dreadful apprehensions this Colony again lay
under from the Caterpillars ; it is fit that I should now in-
form your Lordships, that by the peculiar favour of Heaven
that danger is now over without any other consequence than
the destruction of some Orchards and Timber.
I forgot in my last among the Allowances for the Gentlemen
employed in running the Boundaries to mention that of a
Chaplain whom I appointed to attend that Service, and who
deserves his Majesty's consideration when the Payment of
that Work shall be ordered. It was very necessary that a
Clergyman should be sent out with such a number, when they
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were to pass through a Country where they could not have
the oppurtunity of attending the Public Worship; and the
Report that Gentleman made to me sufficiently proves how
well he answers my purpose in sending of him; for he Chris-
tened above an hundred Children, a great many adult Persons,
and preached to Congregations who have never had publick
Worship since their first Settlement in those Parts ; such is
the unhappy State of those poor Inhabitants who possess the
borders of our neighbouring Province, in which, there is not
one Minister.
I have herewith sent your Lordships a List of the Military
Officers in this Province ; and as soon as the severel Troops
and Companies are adjusted, I shall transmit the List of their
officers and number of Men.
As the state of the Tobacco Trade calls for a speedy Rem-
edy, as well to prevent an apparent Loss to his Majesty's Rev-
enue, as a great Blow to the Manufacturers of Great Brittain,
if the Planters discouraged from making of Tobacco by the
lowness of the Price, should be driven to the Necessity of
laying that aside, and should provide themselves with their
own Cloathing from the Materials this Country affords, since
their Tobacco will no longer supply them; what immediately
follows is part of a Letter I have sent by this conveyance to
the Duke of Newcastle, in compliance with what I promised
his Grace in a former Letter, of which I sent your Lordships
a Copy.
"It is evident that the Duty have (sic.) and is a strong tempta-
tion to Many to contrive all possible ways of defrauding the
Crown by running the Tobacco in Great Brittain: and the
success they have had therein, has likewise given occasion to
buying up all the mean and trash Tobacco, purchased here by
Agents and Sailors who well know how to dispose of it with-
out paying any Duty. And this sort of Traffique has encour-
aged the Planters to cure a great deal or all of their Trash,
which otherwise must have been thrown away. Thus is the
Market for the good Tobacco damp'd by the fraudulent im-
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portation of the Bad, and the fair Trader and honest & indus-
trious Planter greatly discouraged.
I have taken some pains to find out a Remedy for this great
Evill, and to that purpose have consulted divers of the prin-
cipal Inhabitants of this Province as well Merchants as others,
and find it generally agreed that the only effectual means to
prevent the Abuse which long since crept into this Trade, will
be to bring all the Tobacco under a strict examination by
sworn Officers, before it be allowed to be ship'd of for Great
Brittain; that all that is found Bad be destroy'd and None
exported but what is really good and Merchantable, and that
an Ace 1 of the true weight of every Hogshead or Cask shall
be transmitted to the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs,
by which the fraudulent Practice of breaking open of hogs-
heads and running of the Tobacco may be more easily detected
and prevented. I now send to your Lordships also, the Heads
of what I humbly propose for the improvement of the Tobacco
trade, hoping that when your Lordships have consider'd them,
they may be approved and immediately put in Practice, either
by obtaining his Majesty's Letters Mandatory to the Governors
of Virginia & Maryland to pass them into Laws, or, which
would be much more efficacious, an Act of Parliament to put
all the Tobacco made in the Plantations under the Regulation
therein proposed; for it must be confess'd that though the
judicious and honest part of the People here are well inclined
to these measures, there are too many of a different Charac-
ter, who are ready to oppose everything that is, not suited to
their narrow Conceptions and private Views. If these pro-
posals are thought by your Lordships to deserve encourage-
ment, and to pass in the Parliament, there is one thing not
mention'd that must be provided for, and that is, the Nomina-
tion of the Officers to inspect the Tobacco, who must be Men
of Character & Understanding in that Commodity, which may
be left, unless your Lordships shal order otherwise, to the
Appointment of the Governours, who must also ascertain their
Sallarys in proportion to their Trouble ; for some Places where
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Storehouses must be built, will have much more Tobacco
brought to them than others.
What I have to add I hope will not be unacceptable, since
'tis to inform your Lordships that upon the Bruit of many
wonderful Cures performed by a Negro Slave in the most in-
veterate Venerial Distempers, I thought it might be of use to
mankind, if by any fair Method I could prevail upon him to
discover to me the Means by which such Cures were effected,
which the Negro had for many years practiced in this Coun-
try, but kept as a most profound Secrett ; as the Fellow is very
old, my endeavours were quicken'd lest the Secrett should
dye with him: therefore I immediately sent for him, and by
good words and a promise of setting him free, he has made an
ample discovery of the whole, which is no other than a
Decoction of the Root and Barks I have sent over to a Phisi-
tian, that the Colledge may have the opportunity what effect it
will have in England; and I flatter myself, by the Ingenuity
of the Learned in that Profession, it may be reduced into a
better draught than he makes of it, which they tell me is
nauseous enough, the difference of Climate may probably
cause a difference in its operation ; but there is no room to
doubt of its being a certain Remedy here, and of singular use
among the Negroe's who are frequently tainted with that
Disease, (for I made a tryal of the things by the hands of a
Surgeon here, before I purchased his freedom, the whole
charge of which costs the Government about £60 ster) and is
well worth the Price that has been paid for it, since we know
how to cure Slaves without the aid of Mercury, who were
often ruined by the unskilfulness of the Practitioners this
Country affords. At the worst my Lords I hope it will be
deemed a laudable Attempt, and be an encouragement for one
of D r Ratcliffe's travelling Phisitians to take a -tour into this
part of the World, where there are many valuable discoveries
to be made, not to be mett with in France or Italy.
It is so long since we received any Advices from England,
and those of the latest date speaking with great uncertainty
BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN NECK 307
as to Peace or War, I thought it absolutely necessary to lay an
Embargo to the end of this moneth : this may possibly raise a
Clamour, especially if things are quiett among those Merchants
whose Ships were ready to sayle sooner ; but I did it my Lords
to give an oppertunity to the most valuable Ships to form a
Fleet for their greater Security, and not doubting but by that
time in case of a War, Convoys would be order'd for them.
But his Majesty's Ship the Ludlow Castle is oppertunely
arrived here, and intends to accompany them in their Passage
Home. And it happened very luckily that this Embargo was
laid in time, since we have been alarmed by a Spanish Pri-
vateer's being upon the Coast, by the Deposition sent me from
Hampton as follows
The Deposition of John Pitts Master of the Sloop Dolphin
of Bermuda, Who says that he sayled from Bermuda the 31 st
day of May last in the Sloop Dolphin burthen twenty five
Tonns, no Guns & five Men, that on the eight of June follow-
ing He saw in the Lat. of 37 d :i8 m about 12 leagues East from
Cape Charles a large Sloop which gave him Chase and fired
two Guns at Him and pursued him till Night ; that he believes
him to be a Spanish Privateer and that he is now lying off the
Cape, and further this Deponent saith not.
taken & sworn to before me Signed John Pitt
this 9 th day of June 1729
Wilson Cary
Naval Off :
I have nothing more to trouble your Lordships with at
present, but to repeat the Assurance with which I am
My Lords
Your Lordships Most faithful and most obedient
humble Servant William Gooch.
Virginia
W ms burgh June 29 th 1729
My Lords
The Military List I could not get compleated for this
Conveyance.
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Endorsed Virginia
L r from Major Gooch
U- Governor of Virginia
dated y* 29 th of June 1729.
Rec d 28 th August
Read 2 d Septem r 1729
R. 120
Governor Gooch's Letter In Regard to the Boundaries
of The Northern Neck, Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
(Record Office, London. B. T. Virginia. Vol. 20. S. 32.
Letter from Major Gooch. Feb. 8 th 1732/3.)
My Lords.
I have the honour of Your Lordships of the 13 th 7ber,
with the papers your Lordships were pleased to send in Rela-
tion to the Pretensions of the several Proprietors of Pensil-
vania, Maryland and the Northern Neck, to the Lands lying
Westward of the G l Mountains of Virginia
In my letter of the 29 th of June 1729 I gave your Lord-
ships a true state of the Dispute between the Crown and the
L d Culpeper as to the Construction of his Grant: and I then
humbly offered my opinion for determining that matter at
Home, and I am still of opinion that the best and most ef-
fectual way to do it, must be either by a Tryal in Westminstei
Hall, or by the Arbitrament of Persons deputed, by the King
and L d Fairfax, for that Purpose, since by viewing the Mapp
I sent your Lordships and comparing it with the Grant of
King James the 2 d to L d Culpeper, and considering how far
the Rivers Rappahannock and Potomack were then known,
a true judgment may be formed what was the Intention of
the Crown, and what ought to be the Boundarys conformable
to that Intention and until such determination be made either
by a legal Decision or Compromise. I am humbly of opinion
BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN NECK 309
that appointing Commissioners here will prove a fruitless
Labour and Expence.
It is to be noted My Lords that the Rivers Rappahannock
and Potomack took their Names from the Indian Nations in-
habiting their respective Banks, and that the Places where
these Indian Towns stood, when Virginia was first seated, and
continued while there were any Remains of those Nations, are
below the Falls of both Rivers, and where they are Navigable.
What denomination Rappahannock had above its Falls, or the
several Rivers had which form it, doth not certainly appear,
tho' 'tis more than probable the Indians had other names for
them; for that part of Potomack River which has been lately
discovered and settled above its Falls is known and called by
the Indian Nations that have most commonly frequented it,
by the name Cahongarooten, as all the other Rivers which
fall into it are called by their several distinct names. So
that if according to L d Culpepers Grant nothing Passes by the
names Potomack or Rappahannock Rivers but as they were
known and called at the time of its Date, my L d Fairfax can
claim no farther Westward than the Falls of each River, or at
the farthest where those Rivers begin to be one stream. But
if His Majesty out of his more abundant Bounty, thinks fit
to allow that Grant to extend up to the Head Spring of that
River which forms the North Branch of the Rappahannock,
then the Bounds must be runn from thence to the River Ca-
hongarooten, where from the same Meridian the head Spring
of Rappahannock lyes in, and consequently must be Bounded
by the ridge of Mountains, as your Lordships will see by the
Mapp ; and then L d Fairfax will have an extent of Territory
upwards of Two Hundred Miles in length, and in some places
thirty Miles broad ; and His Majesty be at liberty to Settle a
Barrier between this Colony and the Lakes, upon which the
security of this and the other Provinces greatly depend.
L d Fairfax's Agent here has laid down such strange Pre-
tensions, as never, in my opinion, can be reconciled with the
words of the Grant: They will have it that because the head
Springs of both Rivers are mentioned in the Grant, His Lord-
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shipp is not to be Bounded by the head of Rappahannock,
but is to comprehend all the Rivers that fall into Potomack,
wheresoever their Head-Springs or Sources take their Rise;
and therefore because the River Shenanto or Sherando falls
into Cahongarooten, they will have all the lands on that River
as far South as the Borders of N° Carolina, and from thence
all the Lands Westward and Northward to the Source of
Cahongarooten to be within their Bounds, which would extend
that Grant, confined plainly by the words of it between the
two Rivers Rappahannock and Potomack, upwards of one
hundred Miles beyound Rappahannock to the Southward, and
above that distance to the West, and so to extend North
behind Maryland, intersecting the Province of Pensilvania.
Your Lordships will hence Perceive how impracticable it is
for Commissioners here to determine a Controversie so per-
plexed, and how unequal any Commissioners here are like to
prove for such a Task, where the Foundation, the Letters
Pattent of the Crown are deemed altogether uncertain ; and
neither the King was informed what he Granted, nor could
the Pattentee know how to describe what he asked and would
now extend his Claim beyond what ought to be allowed, or it
can be supposed the Crown intended to bestow.
I have enlarged the more fully, My Lords, on the Claim of
L d Fairfax, because until that is determined, there is no occa-
sion for His Majesty to interest himself in the dispute con-
cerning the Boundarys of Maryland or Pensilvania: for if the
Northern Neck Grant is judged as extensive as the Proprie-
tor's Agent would have it, I know no Lands His Majesty hath
to dispose of beyOund the great Ridge of Mountains. She-
nando, as laid down in the Mapp, runs paralel with that Ridge
from the extremity of our Southern Boundary. Cahonga-
rooten is said to have its source beyound the fortieth Degree
of North Latitude, and intersecting the Boundarys of Pensil-
vania runs on the West of Maryland, till it falls into Potomack
River properly so called, — and the many Rivers which fall
into Cahongarooten from the West, are said to interlock with
the branches of the Messissippi So that the Lands in Virginia
BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN NECK 311
which are in the Power of the Crown to Grant, are entirely
cut off, and seperated from that which ly (sic) contiguous to
the Lakes, by this extraordinary Claim under the Grant of
the Northern Neck
But since my Lords I can never suppose that such a Con-
struction of the Northern Neck Grant will be allowed, and
that your Lordships may receive all the Information I can
give, I shall go on and state the difference between Virginia
and L d Baltimore; His Lordship's Province of Maryland is
bounded on the South, from the Sea, to Watkins's Point
(which is not laid down in the Mapp I sent, but your Lord-
ships may judge it to be on the South side of that River I
should have said the South side of the Mouth of that River
which runs out of Cheseapeak Bay into the Eastern shore)
and thence cross Cheseapeak Bay to the South side of Poto-
mack River (which River is in his Lordship's Grant, tho' in
His Majesty's Instructions 'tis called a pretended Right, and
I am thereby directed to assert His Majesty's Right) and so
that River continues the Limit between His Lordship and
Virginia. On the North his Ldshipp is bounded by a West
line (where they are to sett out is not yett, as I hear, agreed
upon, 'tis conjectured about Delaware River or Sasafras
River, but that is not material) which is to extend as far
Westward as the true Meridian of the first fountain of Poto-
mack ; by which, my Lords it is evident that the first Fountain
of Potomack was then supposed to be somewhere to the South
of that line, otherwise it would have been more properly ex-
pressed, by extending that line Westward till it intersected
Potomack River, and so have made that River the Western
Limit, as well as it is the Southern of his Lordship's Grant.
Hence I think it clear, my Lords, that neither in the Grant to
Maryland, nor that to my U Culpeper, Potomack River was
ever imagined to extend so far as the River Cahongarooten
doth and if L d insists on that as Potomack, and if it be true
that its Source takes its Course from the North-east, as it is
generally reported, then a line drawn from that Meridian to
Potomack River, properly so called, will cut off a large Tract
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now inhabited under Grant from L d Baltimore as part of his
province: and some People here are so confident of this, that
they have Petitioned me for Grants of large Tracts of Land
there as belonging to Virginia, which Petitions are referred
till the Boundarys be settled. Others argue that by the first
Fountain of Potomack, his Lordships West line can extend no
farther than till it falls on the first River on its Course, which
emptys itself into Potomack, of which it seems there are many
on that side of Cahongarooten, as well as on the other, and
they pretend to know that River called Cahongarooten
Conneichiga 1 " [by another hand, F. P. transcriber.] is that
which the line between Maryland and Pensilvania will first in-
tersect, and have their eye upon Lands on the Westside of that
River as undoubtedly in Virginia; in which case Lord Balti-
more will lose less, and have his Limits sooner ascertained,
than by tracing Cahongarooten to its Source, and then running
a South line from thence according to his Charter
The Grant of Pensilvania is the only one whose Western
limit is capable of being reduced to a certainty consistent with
the Description mentioned in the Letters Patent: and if the
Proprietors of that Province and L d Baltimore shall agree to
run the line of Division between them, and to measure as far
as that extends, the rest of the five Degrees of Longitude,
which is the extent of Pensilvania, may with small Expence
and no Dispute be measured and fixed so as no Controversy
may arise hereafter.
Since therefore, My Lords, there appears such uncertainty
in the Description of the Boundarys of these Proprietary
Grants, made without due Information or Knowledge of what
was intended to be Passed to the several Patentees ; and since
the Proprietors are neither like to agree amongst themselves
where their Boundarys are, nor how they Interfere, nor seem
to be contented with what may reasonably be supposed the
Crown granted them; it is high time to take some speedy
Measures to put an end to these Disputes, and the rather since
there is now a View of having great numbers of foreign
t For the Alteration vide Major Gooch's letter to the Secr'y dated
. . July [in another hand].
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Protestants to seat these Frontiers, and thereby prevent the
French, an oppertunity if lett slip, perhaps may never be
retrieved.
But I cannot leave this Subject without representing to
your Lordships that the erecting- new Provinces and Gov-
ernments will be attended with many Inconveniences: such as
the weakness of an Infant Settlement to support itself; the
difficulty of bringing Foreigners to the knowledge and under
the Subjection of the English Laws, where they are left to
themselves and not Incorporated with an English Govern-
ment ; the disputes that may arise concerning their Boundarys,
if a Tract of Land should be Granted them, the true Limits
whereof cannot be with certainty described, besides many
others which 'tis needless to trouble Your Lordships with.
I should rather, if your Lordships will give me Leave, ad-
vise if they are to be Settled within the Limitts of Virginia,
that His Majesty would leave it to the Government here to
assign them lands proportionable to their Number, and to
Grant them distinct Patents, with exemption for seven or tenn
years from Payment of Quitrents, and such other ease in the
manner of taking and cultivating as His Majesty shall think
reasonable for their Encouragement; and care may be taken
here that no more Land than is already entered for on the
back of the Mountains will be granted to any other Person
whatsoever till they have their full complement assigned them,
all which I submitt to your Lordships better judgment.
My Lords, I have made all the Inquiry I can into the mat-
ter sett forth in M rs Jones's letter, and can only find, and I
am perswaded 'tis all that is in it, that one D r Watkins and
some other necessitous People have imposed upon some Gen-
tlemen of Estates, and drawn them into buying Shares of a
Silver Mine they pretended, at first, they had found on the
back of the Mountains, tho' they afterwards reported it near
Sasquehannah River in the Province of Maryland, and hav-
ing showed something which they affirmed to be silver oar,
it proved to be only antimony, and the Gentlemen concerned
are now convinced it is a Cheat put upon them for which they
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paid in advance about £20 p man. However I shall have a
watchful eye over them, and if I can discover any appearance
of a Royal Mine shall give speedy notice of it to Your Lord-
ships
I am, My Lords, Your Lordships
most dutiful and most faithful humble Servant
William Gooch.
Virginia
W ms burgh
February 8 th 1732/3
This comes by a ship to Leverpool.
[Endorsed] Virginia.
L r from Maj' e Gooch Lieutent Gov"* of Virginia, dated y e
8 th of Feb 7 1732/3 giving a large State of the dispute about
the Boundaries between that Government and y e Northern
neck Maryland & Pensylvania, occasioned by a Petition for a
New Settlement on the back of the Great Mountains, and
about a pretended Silver Mine found there.
Reced 25 th May 1733
Read Septem 16 : 1734
S:32.
Report of The Commissioners to Settle The Boundaries
of the Northern Neck.
(From a document in the Library of Congress)
[Incomplete]
We shall now take notice of the Principal Matters con-
tained in their several Reports together with the Proofs and
Grounds upon which they proceeded.
The Commissioners appointed by the Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia in behalf of the Crown in their Report say, —
"That they took their Survey of the Main Branch of the
BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN NECK 315
River Potowmack (called Cohongo ronton) from its Conflu-
ence with Sharando and so upwards beyond the Blew Moun-
tains to its first Spring Head, and of the River Rapahannock
from its Fork, pursuing both North and South Branch to the
Spring Heads likewise and found the North Branch to be
wider at the mouth than the South by 3 Poles Nine Links.
That they can find no evidence that the Fork of Rapahannock
was known at the time of Lord Culpeper's Grant. That Lord
Fairfax has produced no evidence to support his Pretension
to the South Branch. But they, the said Commissioners, offer
some in support of his Majesty's which are chiefly arguments,
inferences, and deductions drawn partly from the sense of the
Legislature in Virginia and partly from Grants of the Crown.
They thus pursue their account of the river Potowmack and
refer to the Deposition of Thomas Harrison 3 taken upon oath
before them "That the Falls of Potomack were not known
fifty years ago". They further say "That the Lands at or
near the falls were not granted till 1709, and that it was not
known that the River runs through the Mountains till several
years after, That the River loses its name at the Confluence
and is called by the Indians as it goes higher up Cohon.garon-
ton and Sharando, and conclude "That the Fork may not
therefore be improperly called the Head", which opinion they
endeavor to corroborate by saying "That as . the Head of
Potowmack stretches beyond the Blew Mountains and that of
Rappahannock reaches no higher than those mountains they
could not be intended as Boundarys by the Grant of King
James since the one reaches Two Hundred Miles above the
other".
They conclude their Report by Stating four several Boun-
daries for the Lord Fairfax's Grant and mention what quan-
tity of land each of those Boundaries contains.
"The first from the Fork of Rappahannock to the Fork of
Potomac containing 1,476,000 acres of Land.
s Thomas Harrison, whose deposition was taken in 1736, was born
in 1665 and died in 1746. He lived at Chappawamsic, Stafford
County, to which his father Burr Harrison had come in the Seven-
teenth century. For an account of the Harrison family see this
Magazine XXIII and XXIV.
316 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
"The Second from the head of Hedgeman River to the Fork
of Potomac containing 2,030,000 acres of Land.
"The Third from the Hedgeman River to the Head Spring
of Cohongoronton containing 3,872,000 acres of Land.
"And the Fourth from the head of Conway River to the
Head Spring of Cohongoronton including the Great and Little
Fork of Rapahannock containing 5,282,000 acres of Land.
The Papers referred to in their Report are
1st, The Governor's Commission to them which was to Ex-
amine, Settle and Determine
2nd, Lord Fairfax's to them which is only to Survey and
Report,
3d, Lord Fairfax's Commission to Mess" Carter, Beverly
and Fairfax, which was to Survey and Report only.
4th, Deposition taken upon oath of John Taliaferro 4 , Fran-
cis Thornton and William Russell, who severally declare there
were no Inhabitants on either side of the river so high as the
Falls even so late as the year 1707.
5th, A General Map of the Delineation of the Courses of
the Rivers from the Parts where they began their survey up
to their respective Spring Heads.
6th, A Copy of a Grant from the Lord Culpeper to Mr.
Brent and others in 1686 of Land to be laid out six miles dis-
tant at least from the Main Rivers of Rappahannock and Po-
towmack which being laid down in their map as taking its
Distance from the North Stream they quote it to shew that
4 John Taliaferro, son of Robert Taliaferro, the emigrant, was a
justice of Essex County, Sheriff, Lieutenant of Rangers against the
Indians and, in 1699, member of the House of Burgesses. He mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of Major Lawrence Smith, of Gloucester
County, and had ten children.
Francis Thornton (born Jan. 4, 1682) settled at Snow Creek near
the present Fredericksburg about 1702. He was a Burgess for
Spotsylvania in 1723 and 1726, and was ancestor of the Thorntons,
of "Fall Hill", Spotsylvania, and others.
In 1724, William Russell, of Drysdale parish, King and Queen
County, bought 614 acres in Spotsylvania from Loyd and Chew, and,
as of St. Georges parish, Spotsylvania, sold the same tract in 1725.
On Dec. 1, 1730, he (William Russell, gent.,) bought the interest of
George Hume in two land grants of 6,000 and 10,000 acres. In 1755
he lived in Culpeper County. He was the father of Brig. General
William Russell, of the Revolution.
BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHERN NECK 317
the Original Patentee always understood the North Branch to
be the main branch.
7th, Governor Nott's Grant to Henry Beverly, Esqr. of
1920 acres in Essex County, ten Miles above the Falls of
Rapahannock in November 1705.
8th, Two Grants from the Governor to Robert Carter,
Esqr. for Land in the Fork of Rapahannock twelve Miles and
more above the Falls in January 1717.
9th, Two Grants to Philip Ludwell, Esqr. from Lady Cul-
peper of 5860 acres above the falls in June 1709.
10th, Henry Willis's Patent for 3,000 acres of land in the
Little Fork of Rapahannock from Governor Carter in Feb-
ruary 1726.
nth, The Deposition of Thomas Harrison, who declares
upon oath that the falls of Potomac were not known Fifty
years ago, dated in June 1737.
1 2th, Letters Patent from King Charles the Second to the
Earl of St. Albans and others.
13th, Letters Patent from King James the Second to Lord
Culpeper.
The Commissioners for the Lord Fairfax in their Report
give, an account "That the Dispute between the Crown and
the Lord Fairfax being which is the Main River of Rappahan-
nock the North or the South Branch as appears by the order
of the Governor and Council of Virginia in 1706 to which
they refer, as also which is the first Head or Spring of Po-
towmack, they have Surveyed and Measured up the River
Potowmack from the Mouth of Sherando and that of Rappa-
hannock from the falls to their respective Heads or Springs,
and are of opinion that a Line run from the first Head or
Spring of the South or Main Branch of Rappahannock to the
first Head or Spring of the River Potowmack is and ought to
be the boundary line determining the said Tract or Territory
of Land commonly called the Northern Neck, They refer
themselves to the evidences produced by the King's Commis-
sioners (quoted in the other report) that the two Branches of
Rappahannock were always called the North and South
318 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Rivers, not North and South Fork, and that the name of
Rapidan was given to this latter by Col. Spotswood when
Governor, as also to a Declaration of one Mr. John Tallia-
ferro that the Heads or Springs of the said two Branches
were known in 1682, and to their own Surveyor's Report in
proof that the South Branch was the Widest. They say their
own Surveyor made a mistake in going up Conway instead
of Thornton river, which they have caused to be dotted in
token of the Lord Fairfax's claiming it.
The papers referred to in the above Report are —
1st, The Order of the Governor and Council of Virginia in
1706 directing a survey to be made of the two branches of
Rappahannock to see which is the Main Branch. This order
is referred to by the Lord Fairfax's Commissioners to obviate
the objections made of the Forks never having been claimed
by the Proprietors or their agents.
2nd, The evidences produced by the King's Commiss 1 " 3 of
which We have already given your Lordships an account.
3rd, A Declaration of John Taliaferro. This Declaration
is annexed to the above mentioned order of 1706 and is only
a copy and not upon oath. It contains that about Twenty-four
years ago he in company with Colonel Cadwallader Jones
had been at the Heads or Springs of the said two branches
and that in his judgment arid that of the company with him
the South Branch was th,e biggest and headed in the Moun-
tains.
4th, The Surveyor's Report, which ascertains that the South
Stream was twenty-one Miles longer than the other.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 319
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL
COURT, 1622-1629
From the Originals in the Library of Congress.
(Continued)
A Court at James Citty. the 15 th of Octob: 1627 being present
S r George Yeardley Kn* Gouerno 1 " &c.
And all y 8 Councell.
Ensigne George Thomson 1 sworne & examined say th that in
May 1626, being in a boate w th M r Mayhew & Capt Nicolas
Martiau at Kecoughtan comeing from aboard a shipp, they
fell in tslke about y^ two Kings of England & ffrance, & M r
Mayhew sayd that the King of England was King of ffrance
& that the King in ffrance was but the ffrence [French] King
& then Capt Martiau seemed to be very angry & sayd that if
the English-King were King of England, then y* ffrench-King
was King of ffrance: and then y e said Capt Martiau putting
his hand to his brest said, though I am here yet this sparke
is in ffrance & will not here the King wronged, wherevppon
they y* said M r Mayhew & y e said Capt Martiau grew into
such anger as this deponent did thinke they would haue fallen
out: And this is all y* this deponent can say
1 George Thomson, or Thompson, was one of four brothers, who,
at various times, lived in Virginia; Maurice, George, William and
Paul. It is probable that a fifth brother, Robert Thompson, was
also in the colony. George Thompson, who was born in 1603, re-
turned to England and became a Colonel in the Parliamentary Army
during the Civil Wars. See this Magazine I, 188-192.
Captain Nicholas Martiau, or Martian, afterwards of York County,
was a Huguenot and had seen the persecution of his co-religionists
by the French Government, but evidently his love for France was
still strong. He was afterwards a member of the House of Bur-
gesses, a leader in the movement to depose Governor Harvey in
1635 and was an ancestor of Washington.
320 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
At this Court the sayd Capt Martiau tooke the oath of Su-
premacy vppon y 6 holy Euangelists.
At this Court there was a controuersie brought in betweene
Capt William Peirce & Capt Robt Gire.
And the Question propounded to y e Court was as followeth
viz. Whither by a paire of Indentures bearing date the 25 th
day of July last past made betweene Capt Peirce 2 & Capt Gire,
the said Capt Peirce bee bound to deliuer vpp vnto y e said
Capt Gire an Inuentorie of his y* Capt Peirce his whole estate
& to take his oath vppon y* 5 holy Euangelists that y e said
Inuentorie is peremptorily a full entire & perfect Inuentorie
of all his whole Estate & goods whatsoeuer, w th out any men-
tion that it is full & perfect as far as his knowledge and con-
science. And y e maio r part of y* Councell viz Capt West,
M r Doct^ Pott, Capt Mathewes, Capt Tucker, & M r ffarrar,
were of opinion that Capt Peirce should as aboue said peremp-
torily deliuer y« said Inuentory vppon his oath, And on y^ other
side the Gouerno 1 ", Capt Smyth, M r Persey, & M r Secretary
did iudge it sufficient if Capt Peirce deliuer the said Inuentory
vppon his oath to be true & perfect to y** vtmost of his know-
ledge : And y e said Capt Peirce offered to doe y* 5 same, & then
his wife & seruants should likewise take their oath.
After y e abouesaid iudgm* & opinion of y* Court deliuered
the said Capt Peirce & Capt Gire did agree in y* presence of y e
Court as followeth, Viz, That Capt Mathewes in y e behalfe of
Capt Gire & M* Persey in y e behalfe of Capt William Peirce
shall arbitrate & conclude the controuersy now in question be-
tweene them, & Capt William Tucker to be Vmpire in the
same : And y e said Capt Peirce & Capt Gire doe bind them-
selues in this Court to stand to y e arbitrament that shall be
made by y 6 said Arbitrators & Vmpire, in the full sume of six
thowsande pounds of lawfull mony of England to be paid by
him w ch shall refuse to stand to y e arbitram 1 vnto y* other of
them.
2 Captain William Peirce and Joane his wife were living at James-
town 1623-4. He was member of the Council 1631-44 and had at
least one child, Jane, who was the third wife of John Rolfe.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 321
John Vpton sworne & examined sayth that about this time
tweluemonthe M r Menefy receiueing certaine siluer spoones
from Caleb Page this deponents partner left fowre ounces of
siluer & 5 s 6 d in y e hands of y* said Caleb Page, And y e said M r
Menefy did often require the said Page to worke it out, but
this deponent sayth y l by reason of his sicknes hee did not, &
sayth farther y* M r Menefy is yet vnsatisfyed for it. And
this deponent further sayth that in y** time of their Partner-
shipp they receiued goods of Menefey betweene them of the
w ch the said Page is to pay y e one halfe w ch is 13 1 of Tobacco.
It is ordered that Leften 1 Allington Administrato r to -f said
Caleb Page shall pay to y* said M r Menefy the said fowre
ounces of siluer & 5" — 6 d of mony, & the said 13 1 of Tobacco.
The 14 th day of Nouember 1627: being the day after y e
buriall of S r George Yeardley Kn* late Gouerno r , the rest of
the Councell met viz.
Capt flrancis West,
Docto r Pott,
Capt Smyth,
Capt Mathewes,
M r Persey,
M r Claybourne,
Capt Tucker,
M r ffarrar.
At this time by y e opinions & voices of y e Councell Capt:
flrancis West 3 , according to the Com'ission of his Most ex-
cellent Mai tie directed vnto vs for y e same purpose was elected
& chosen to be the present Gouernor & Captaine Gennerall of
this his Ma ties Colony & Plantation of Virginia in as full &
ample manner as by y e said Com'ission and their election may
be deriued vppon him.
3 Francis West, brother of Lord Delaware, who was also Governor
of Virginia, was Governor of the Colony Nov. 14, 1627 — March 5,
1628. John West, a third brother was also Governor. Capt. Fran-
cis West returned to England, where he lived at Winchester and
died 1634. For his will see this Magazine XI, 359-360.
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[Written in a different hand in the lower left hand corner
of this page is the following:] Begin in this Page to finish this
Book
A Court at James Citty the 16 th of Nouember 1627 [Present]
Capt: ffrancis West Esq r Gouerno r &c.
Docto r Pott
Capt Smyth
Capt Mathewes
M r Persey
M r Secretary
Capt Tucker
M r ffarrar
At this Court the Lady Temperance Yeardley 4 came & did
fully & absolutely confirme as much as in her lay the sale &
conueyance made by her late husband S r George Yeardley Kn',
late Gouerno r deceased, vnto M r Abraham Persey Esq r for the
lands of f flower [Dew] Hundred being one thousand acres, &
of Weiano[ke] on y* opposite side of y e water being 2200
hun[dred] acres, And y e said Lady Temperance Yeardley did
then altogether absolutely disclaime . . . vnto y e said Abra-
ham Persey all the [right] interest & claime in all & euery
. . . of y e said lands to herselfe any ... & appertaineing
either by way Dow[er or] Thirds.
A Court at James Citty the 19 th of Nouemb. 1627. present
Capt ffrancis West Esq r Gouerno 1 " &c
Docto r Pott.
Capt Smyth.
M r Secretary.
John Southerne gent sworne & examined sayth that the
eightenth day of October last past one Beniamin Browne of
* Temperence, wife of Sir George Yeardley, Governor of Virginia,
was daughter of Anthony Flowerdew, Esq., of Hethersett, Norfolk,
England. She married, secondly, Capt. Francis West, and died soon
afterwards. See this Magazine XXV, 207-210, and Tyler's Quarterly
Historical and Genealogical Magazine, II, 115-129.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 323
Lyme in y* County of Dorset Marriner being sickly of Body
yet in perfect sense & memory, & telling this deponent that he
wanted meanes to releiue him self, did make a bargaine &
Couenant w th Valentine Oldis, Marchant, in manner & forme
following, viz that for & in consideration of y e sum'e of twenty
pounds of lawfull mony of England to be paid by y e said
Valentine Oldis vnto him w th in fowretene dayes next after y*
Arriual of y e good shipp called y e . . . at y e Port of London,
whereof his Captaine Arthur Guy [ ?] for y e voiadge, he did
bargine & sell & make over vnto y e said Mr. Oldis all & sin-
guler such profitts gaines & benefitt whatsoeuer as shall any
wayes belonge vnto him y e said Browne for his part & share,
for his seruice in y e said voiadge : And did further couenant &
agree that if it should please god to take him the said Browne
out of this life before [the ar]rivall of y e said shipp at y e Port
of London, . . . was y l the said Valentine Oldis in ... &
frendshipp he had receaued at [his hands shou]ld alsoe receaue
the said 20 pounds . . .
[The next three paragraphs are either out of place, or some
portion of the original is missing.]
Vnto Mrs Pott, (being speaking of a bote) and [if] it
please God, as soone as I am well I will goe to worke for you :
And Mistress Pott sayd againe I will helpe you to what tim-
ber I can & you shall haue your diet here. And this deponent
further sayth that hee heard Mrs. Pott say that it should be
such a boate as Mr. Sharpies his boate was.
It is ordered that the aboue sayd Will'm Bennet shall build
& make such a boate, as Edward Sharpies his boate is for
Docto r Pott, & to go aboute the building thereof very speedily,
And to be prouided of all timber & such other things as are
necessary therevnto.
Richard Cocke, Purser of the shipp the Thomas & John
sayth that in the beginning of their voiadge their shipp riding
in Catt Water, there did fowre of Mr Sharpies his men runne
away, then this deponent goeing on shoare told Mr Moore of
it, & sayd if you will not supply & prouide fowre men againe,
I will : then Mr. Moore sayd that he would doe, and after-
324 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
wards Mr. Moore shipped fiue meri aboard, And did neuer
speak vnto this deponent, whither they should be vppon his
owne, or on Mr. Sharpies his Acco.
Capt John Hudlestone Sworne & examined sayth that he
knew noe other, but that those fiue men were shipped vppon
M r Sharpies his Account & not vppon M r Moores, And that
he would not haue receaued them into y e shipp for any other.
John Woolrich gent sworne & examined sayth that M r
Moore told him that he was but to shipp ten men aboard the
shipp.
At this Court Will'm Perry gent deliuered in vppon his oath
the Inuentory of ffrancis Weekes his estate.
James Citty the 14 th January 1627, being present,
Capt francis West Esq r Gouerno 1- &c.
Docto r Pott.
Capt Smyth.
M r Secretary.
Thomas Sawyer 5 arrested at y e suite of Edward Sharpies
Marchant for 210 1 of Tobacco w th allowance of io'^o [100?] 11.
And further at y e suite of M r Gill for 479 1. Tobacco.
Jonas Reily & Andrew Reily arrested at M r Gills suite for
330 1. Tobacco.
Robert Wright arrested at y e suite of Robert Marshall for
1200 1. Tobacco.
Robert Marshall arrested at y e suite of Gabriell Holland for
900 1. Tobacco.
Thomas Sawyer, aged 23, was in 1624-5, a servant of Peter
Langman, at James City. Jonas Rayley lived at Shirley Hundred,
Feb. 16, 1623. Robert Wright, aged 45, who came in the Swan,
1608, Joane Wright, and two children born in Virginia, were in
Anthony Bonall's "Muster" at Elizabeth City, 1624-5: Robert Mar-
shall and his wife, Ann, both of whom came in the George, lived on
James City Island, 1624-5. Edward Wigg, aged 22, who came in the
Abigail, 1621, lived at Basse's Choice, 1624-5. George Unwin lived
at Hog Island, 1623. Steven Barker lived at Martin's Hundred in
1624-5. George Fryer, who came in the William & Thomas, and
Ursula his wife, who came in the London Merchant, lived at Pash-
behayes on the Main, near Jamestown 1624.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 325-
Edward Wigg arrested at y e suite of Edward Sharpies for
too 1. of Tobacco.
George Vnwin arrested at y e suite of Edward Wigg for
230 1. Tobacco.
Steven Barker & Wassell Webling arrested at y* suite of
Edward Sharpies for 440 1. Tobacco.
George ffryor arrested at y e suite of George Saunders for
120 1. Tobacco, to appeare on Monday next, & M r Docto 1 " his
suerty.
Will m Baker arrested at y e suite of y* Lady Yeardley for
300 1. Tobacco.
WiH' m Harman 6 , John Vpton, Robert ffitt & Amy Hall had
their bonds of their good behauior canceled.
At this Court M r Thomas Harwood 7 shewed that hee was
much scanted for want of ground to plant at y e Necke of land,
And the Ouerseers & Guardians refused to let him any more,
Where vppon the Court gaue leaue vnto him to remoue from
thence & to plant elsewhere.
It is ordered that Capt ffellgate 8 shall forfeit forty waight
of Tobacco for that he did not this day appeare at y e Court,
being warned by y e Prouost Marshall.
A Court at James Citty the 21 th of January 1627. p r sent
Capt ffrancis West Esq r Gouerno 1 " &c.
Capt Smyth
M r Secretary.
« Capt. John Upton, afterwards a prominent man in Isle of Wight
County. Robert Fitt, who came in the George, and his wife Ann,
who came in the Abigail, lived on James City Island, 1624-5.
7 At the census of 1624-5, Thomas Harwood, who came in the
Margaret & John, 1622, his wife, Grace, Who came in the George,
and one man-servant, were living at Mulberry Island. This was
probably Capt. Thomas Harwood afterwards a large landholder in
Warwick County and member of the Council. The Thomas Har-
wood ,of Neck of Land, near Jamestown, seems to have been a dif-
ferent man. See this Magazine II, 183-185.
s Probably Capt. Robert Felgate, afterwards of York County. See
this Magazine II, 181-182.
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Richard Alford 9 Com'itted prisoner at y* suite of M r Gill
for 500 1. [weight of] Tobacco.
Whereas it is credibly reported that Capt John Wilcoxes 10
is lately passed away in goeing ouer the Bay & his estate left
vnsetled by that means & being diuersly ingaged vnto Edward
Waters gent & others, the Court hath herevppon ordered that
a Com'ission of Administration shalbe graunted vnto y e said
Edward Waters vppon y e said Capt Wilcoxes his estate.
Obediens Robins 11 , of Accawmacke, Chirurgion, sworne &
examined sayth that about October last past he heard Capt
Wilcoxes agree w th Walter Scot that he y e said Walter should
haue 3 shares in y e Croppe, And this deponent further sayth
that at y e same time Capt Wilcoxes profered the said Walter
Scot 600 1. of Tobacco for his ouerseeing of y e men in y e Croppe
besides y e shares, but y e said Walter refused the same.
At this Court Richard Richards 12 & Rich: Dolphenby came
& did freely & fully surrender & giue vpp all their right tittle
& interest in one hundred acres of land belonging & graunted
by Patent vnto ffrancis Chapman, planter & scituate nere vnto
Paces-Paines, vnto Izabella the wife of Will'm Perry of the
same place gent & to hir heires & assignes for euer
John Cooke 13 Com'itted to p r rison at y e suite of Lewis Baily,
for [space left here in the original]
» Richard Alford, aged 26, was in Capt. Roger Smith's Muster,
"Over the Water", in 1624-5.
10 Capt. John Wilcox, of Accomac, Va., was formerly of Plymouth,
England. His will has been printed in Waters' Gleanings and in
this Magazine II, 77-78.
« Obedience Robins was born at Brackley, Northamptonshire,
England, April 16, 1600, and was the son of Thomas and Mary
(Bulkley) Robins, of that place. He settled in Northampton
County, was a Burgess at the sessions of March 1629-30, Jan. 1639,
April 1642, Oct. 1644, April 1652, and November 1652, was appointed
to the Council 1655, and died in 1662. A genealogy of his de-
scendants was published in the Richmond Standard, Sept. 4, 1880 &c.
!2 On Sept. 20, 1628, Mrs. Isabella Perry obtained a new grant for
the land here conveyed. For a note on her husband, William Perry,
see this Magazine I, 451-452.
" John Cooke, aged 27, was in 1624-5, a servant of Mr. John
Burrows, of James City.
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AND GENERAL COURT 327
Will'm Mills 14 aged 21 yeares or thereabouts borne at Pur-
ton in Wiltshire examined sayth that at dieurs times before
Christmas last past he this examinate stolne from his Master
Edward Grindon at dieurs times some Tobacco out of one his
tobacco houses & from y e piles of Tobacco as much as him-
selfe could carry away vnder his arme, & further hee sayth
that about S* Johns or S 1 Steuens day a little before Sun
rising he this examinate pulled downe three boards being on
the side of one of y e Tobacco houses & nailed at one end, &
haueing slipped them downe went in & stole a way his capp
full of currants, & carried them vnto John Tios his house, &
gaue them vnto him, his wife being by: And this examinate
further sayth that on Newe Yeeres day in y e morning this
examinate as before went into y e store againe & stole from
thence more currants & brought them away in his cloath w ch
the sayd John Tios & Jane his wife & Thomas Hall (who all
were priuy to y e stealing of the currants) gaue vnto him this
examinate to bringe them in, And this examinate at the same
time alsoe stole 6 p r e of shoes & one shirte: And this exam-
inate further syath on Sunday in the Morning being y e 14 th
day of this present Month, he this examinate went into the
store againe and tooke from thence some Currants in a bagg w ch
Thomas Hall gaue him some suger in a shirte sleaue w ch the
said Jane y e wife John Tios had giuen him. And this exam-
inate further sayth that John Tios did bid him this examinate
take heed that he was not seene & specially take heed that one
Rich: Littlefere should not see him for he was a very Knaue
14 Edward Grindon, who lived opposite Jamestown, on the south
side of the river, was a Burgess in 1623-24. John Tios, or Tyos,
lived on the Treasurer's Plantation, as did Thomas Hall. Both
had come in the Bona Nova, 1620. It would seem, from the pur-
chase of the stolen currants [raisins] and sugar, that Tios and his
wife were collecting materials for a Christmas plum pudding.
(To be continued)
328 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS, 1704
(Continued)
Prince George County.
[Prince George at this time included, in addition to the
present county, the territory now comprised in the counties
of Dinwiddie, Amelia, Prince Edward and Nottoway. It is
singular that this roll does not appear to include Brandon.
The 4600 acres, belonging to "the merchants in London",
could not have included all of Coggins Point and Martins
Brandon. Nathaniel Harrison bought them from the English
owners and when he made his will in 1726, it was stated that
the former contained 1973 acres and the latter about 7000.]
A Rent Roll of all the Lands held in the County of Prince
George for the year 1704:
ACRES
Tho. Anderson 450
W m Aldridge 160
Mr. Charles Anderson 505
Rich d Adkinson 200
Tho. Adams 250
Matt. Anderson 349
Henry Ally 390
Wm. Anderson 235
Jno. Anderson 228
Henry Anderson 250
Robt. Abnernathy 100
Jno. Avery 100
3217
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS 329
B
Rich d Bland iooo
Rob 1 Burchett 375
Arthur Biggins 200
James Benford 461
Jno. Barloe 050
Charles Bartholomew 600
Philip Burlowe 350
Nich° Brewer 100
Jno. Bishop Sen r 100
Jn° Bishop Jun r 100
Isaac Baites [Bates] * 360
Tho Busby Capt. 300
Tho Busby 200
W m Batt 750
Coll Byrd Esq r 100
Edw d Birchett 886
Col. [Robert] Boiling 3402
Edm d Browder 100
Matus Brittler 510
Jn° Butler 1385
Andrew Beck 300
Henry Batt 790
W m Butler 283
Tho Blitchodin 284
12986
C
Tho Curiton 150
Hen. Chammins 300
Capt. Clements 1920
W m Claunton 100
Rob 1 Catte 100
Bartho Crowder 75
Tho Clay 70
Jno Coleman 200
Geo. Crook 489
330 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Francis Coleman
150
Jno Clay
350
W m Coleman Jun r
100
Geo. Crooker
30
James Cocke
750
Rob 4 Carlill
100
Jno Clerk
83
Rich d Claunton
100
Stephen Cock for Jones'
Orph.
2405
7622
D
Tho Daniell 150
Roger Drayton 270
Joseph Daniell 50
Jo n Doby 500
Geo Dowing 100
W m Davis 100
Jno Duglas 300
Rich d Durding 500
Christ Davis 50
Tho Dunkin 136
2156
Rob 1 Ellis 50
Jno Epes Sen r 530
W m Epes Sen 1 " 750
Jno Epes 300
W m Epes 633^
Edw d Epes 500
Littlebury Epes 833^
Benj a Evans 700
Tho Edw ds 250
Dan Epes 200
Jno. Evans 800
Jn° Ellis Jun r 400
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS 331
Jn° Ellis Sen r 400
Mary Evans 400
Peter Evans 270
Capt. Fra Epes 226
7243
F
Jn° Freeman 300
W m Frost 50
Jn° Fountaine 350
Rob 1 Fellows 418
Eliz b Flood 100
Benj Foster 923
Jn° ffield 100
2241
G
Jno Green 125
Rich d Gord 100
David Goodgame 479
James Greithian 363
Mag r Goodrick 900
Tho Goodwin 150
Hubert Gibeon 250
Rich d Griffith 335
James Griffin 100
Charles Gee 484
Charles Gillam 200
Hugh Goelightly 500
Lewis Green 149
W m Grigg 200
John Gillam 1000
John Goelightly 100
5435
H
Coll. [Edward] Hill 1000
Dan" Hickdon 280
332 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Rob* Harthorn 243
Jn° Hamlin 1484^
Coll Harrison Esq 1 150
Ralph Hill 175
W m Harrison 1930
W m Heath 320
Edw d Holloway 100
Rob 1 Hobbs 100
Jn° Hobbs Sen r 250
Edw d Holloway Sen 1- 620
Jn° Hobbs 100
James Harrison 200
Gilbert Haye 200
Rich d Hudson 75
Gabriell Harrison 150
Rob 1 Hix 1000
Joseph Holycross 84
Charles Howell 125
Sam Harwell 125
Isaac Hall 450
Jn° Howell 183
Tho Howell 25
Mrs. Herbert 3925
Jn° Hixs 216
Rich d Hamlin 240
Tho Harrison 1077
Eliz b Hamlin 250
W m Hulme 100
Jeffry Hawkes 125
Adam Heath 300
Jno Hill 160
Jno Hardiman 872
Instance Hall 614
17366
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS
833
W m Jones Jun r
W m Jones Sen r
Henry Jones
Robert Jones
Edm d Irby
Nich. Jarrett
James Jackson
Adam Ivie
Tho Jackson
James Jones Sen r
Henry Ivye
Peter Jones
Rich d Jones
Ralph Jackson
Joshua Irby
John Jones
Rich* Kirkland
John King
Henry King
Arthur Kavanah
Eusobius King
K
230
600
200
241
800
700
80
200
60
1 100
450
621
600
no
200
35o
6542
300
50
650
60
100
1160
John Livesley 300
Sam" Lewey 100
Jno Lumbrey 400
Jn° Leeneir [Lanier] 700
Mrs. Low 70
Sam Lewey for Nether' 1 " 5 ' 3 [Netherland's]
Orph 498
Tho Lewis Senr. 200
Hugh Liegh 762
334 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
ffrancis Leadbeatter ioo
Jn° Leadbeatter 400
W m Low 1584
M
W m Maddox 190
Rob 1 Munford 339
James Minge, Sen r 500
Matt Marks 1500
Sam 11 Moody 328
Francis Mallory 200
Dan 11 Mallone 100
Jn° Mayes 365
Rich d More 472
Henry Mitchell, Sen 1 " 100
Jn° Mitchell 170
W m Mayes 763
Edw d Murrell 100
Tho Mitchell Jun r 100
Peter Mitchell 305
Henry Mitchell Jun r 200
ffrancis Maberry 347
James Matthews 100
Jn° Martin 200
6839
N
Rich d Newman 120
Walter Nunnaley 299
419
O
Nich Overburry 809
Jn° Owen 25
834
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS
335
Geo. Pasmore
Francis Poythres Sen r
Joseph Pattison
Geo. Pace
Nathan" Phillips
Jn° Price
W m Peoples
Eliz b Peoples
Joseph Perry
Rich d Pigeon
b8 /Thomas Potts
Joseph Pritchett
Jn° Patterson
Geo. Pace
Ephram Pakham
Tho Poythres
David Peoples
Grace Perry
Jn° Poythres Jun r
Jn° Petterson
M r Micajah Perry
330
1283
200
246
150
50
150
235
275
524
200
50
373
1000
300
616
60
100
916
428
600
R
Jn° Roberts
Nath. Robinson
Roger Reace Jun r
Henry Read
Roger Reace Sen 1-
W m Reanes
Frances Raye
Jn° Reeks
W m Rachell
Timothy Reading Sen r
Jn° Riners
9203
316
100
100
75
100
250
300
50
100
460
200
336 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Edw d Richardson 300
Coll. [William] Randolph 226
2677
s
Matthew Smart
100
W m Standback
150
Tho Symmons
566
James Salmon
477
W m Savage
150
W m Sandborne
Jn° Scott
300
Martin Shieffield
150
James Smith
67
John Stroud
60
Rich d Scoking
100
W m Sexton
50
James Seveaker
710
Chichester Sturdivant
214
Daniell Sturdivant
850
Rich d Smith
550
Jn° Spaine
118
Matthew Sturdivant
150
Capt. Stith
470^
8272^
T
Maj r Henry Tooker for ye
Merch ts in London 4600
Geo. Tilliman 446
Jn° Tilliman 530
W m Tomlinson 400
Adam Tapley 377
Capt. John Taylor 1700
Mich. Taburd 150
Maj r Tooker 181
Rob 1 Tooker 400
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS
337
Rob 1 Tester
Joseph Tooker
W m Temple
Jn° Thornhill
Jn° Taylor
Nath: Tatham jun r [Tatum]
Sam 11 Tatham Sen r
Sam 11 Tatham jun r
Henry Talley
Rich d Turberfield
Francis Tucker
Nath 1 Tatham Senr.
Jn° Thrower
James Taylor
Tho Thrower
Sanders Tapley
Tho Tapley
James Thweat Sen 1 "
James Thweat Jun r
Eliz b Tucker
Tho Taylor
Edw d Thrower
170
200
100
35o
100
200
100
195
639
140
100
501
250
306
150
300
300
715
100
212
400
150
14462
Jn° Vaughan
Sam 11 Vaughan
Nath Urvein
Dan 11 Vaughan
James Vaughan
Rich d Vaughan
W m Vaughan
Tho: Vinson
Nich° Vaughan
169
169
150
169
169
309
309
550
169
2163
338 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
w
Jn° Woodlife Sen 1 " 644
W m Wallis 200
Jn° Witchett 250
Capt. Jos. Wynn 860
Jn° Woodlife Jun r 750
Jn° Winningham Jun 200
Rich d Wallpooll 625
Jn° Womack 550
Capt. Tho Wynn 400
Jn° Wall 233
Tho Winingham 100
Eliz b Woodlife 844
Rich d Worthern 1600
Rich d Winkles 450
Capt. Nich° Wyatt 700
Antho. Wyatt 250
Valentine Williamson 250
Hurldy Wick 600
W m Wilkins 900
Francis Wilkins 150
Robt. Winkfield [Wingfield] 107
Jarvis Winkfield 100
Henry Wall 275
Jn° Wilkins 150
James Williams 1436
Geo. Williams 210
Jn° White 150
Edw d Winingham 100
Sam 11 Woodward 600
13684
Dorrell Young 383
John Young 200
583
VIRGINIA QUIT RENT ROLLS
339
A
3217
B
12986
C
7622
D
2156
E
7243
F
2241
G
5435
H
17366^
J
6542
K
1160
L
5ii4
M
6839
N
419
O
834
P
9203
R
2677
S
8272
T
14462
V
2163
w
13684
Y
583
Orphans Lands which is refused
paying Quit Rents for viz 1
Mr. Jn° Banister orphans p \ Acres
Steph : Cock j 1970
Capt. Henry Bates [Batte's] 1
orph p their Mother Mrs. I 1200
Mary Bates
Capt. Hen: Randolph orph 8 }
p Capt. Giles Webb
Morris ffalliham orph 8 p
Robt. Rivers
Crockson Land formerly who it
belongs to now I cannot find
129
200
750
4249
Totall 127218*^
Deduct the new
discovered Land 10000
accounted for
117218^2 acres at 24 18 tob° p 100 is 28132''
tobacco at 5" p C 1 is
£70 6 6
Sallary 10 p O 2813 7 o io*4
p W m Epes Sherriff
63 5 7K
340 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND
Contributed by Reginald M. Glencross, 176 Worple Road,
Wimbledon, London, S. D. 19, England.
(Continued)
John Lanier
Will dat. 27 Jan 1649 Mv wife Ellinor Lanier to be ex'trix
in whatsoever is due to me either in the Exchequer or the
Great Wardrobe or the Treasury Chamber. She to have dis-
posing of my children. Witnesses : Edw. Maylard, John Rob-
erts. Prob. 28 Aug. 1650 by Eleanor L. relict a extrix.
Pembroke, 135.
Elinor Laniere relict or widow of John L., of London,
late dec.
Will dat. 23 Apr 1652. To be bur'd in St Giles' churchyard
where my late husband was. To my son John L. ring etc., his
father's picture & all his books. To my dau'r. Frances, silver
porringer etc., moneys at my present chambers. To my dau'r.
Elizabeth, Spanish silver dish etc. Whereas there is due to
me from Mr. Thomas Harris for so much goods of mine as
he hath now in his hands, £70, same to my dau'r. Frances for
maintenance of my younger dau'r. Elizabeth. To my mother
my deathshead ring. Whereas there is an estate fallen to me
by death of my kinsman Mr. John Woodburne, which is yet
in dispute, what is due to go between my three children John,
Frances & Elizabeth, And whereas my late husband Jo. L,
left me his executrix & bequeathed me his whole estate &
several sums still due, same to sd. three children equally, John
& Elizabeth being under 18 & unmarried. My son in law
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 341
Thomas Hubbard to be ex'or & Mr. Ambrose Jennings, of
London, merchant, to be overseer. Witnesses : Will. Lulling-
den, Richard Seaman Prob. 22 July 1652 by Thomas Hub-
bard, the ex'or. Bowyer, 150.
[In this Magazine XXV, 407 &c, XXVI, 321 &c, a kinship was
traced between Thomas Jefferson and John Lilburne, the ardent
defender of popular rights in England in the Seventeenth century.
It would be as interesting a study in heredity if the descent of
Sydney Lanier could be traced from the family of the name who,
as composers, musicians and artists, were in the service of the
English court from the time of Henry VIII through the reign of
Charles II.
The emigrant ancestor of the Virginia family (Sydney Lanier's
ancestor) was John Lanier, who lived in what is now Prince
George County in 1676. He died in 1717 leaving four sons, Nicho-
las, Sampson, John and Robert. It will be seen that Nicholas was
a favorite name among the English Laniers. There is a short
account of the Virginia family in the William & Mary Quarterly
XV, 77-79.
The Laniers in England are stated in the Dictionary of National
Biography, to have been of French origin. John Lanier, who died
in 1572 is referred to, in 1577, as having been a musician and a
native of Rouen, France. He owned property in Crutched Friars,
parish of St. Olave, Hart Street, London. He was probably father
of "John Lanyer, musician to her Matte". This John Lanyer or
Lanier, married, Oct. 12, 1585, at the Church of the Holy Minories,
London, Frances, daughter of Marc Anthony Galliardo, who had
served as musician to Henry VIII and his thre^ successors.
The most distinguished of the family, Nicholas, son of John
Lanier just referred to, was baptized at the Holy Minories, London,
Sept. 10, 1588. He became a musician in the royal household and
in 1604 was "musician of the flutes". He held, subsequently, a high
position among the royal musicians, both as a composer and per-
former. Among other music he composed that for Ben Jonson's
masques; "Lovers Made Men" (1617), and "The Vision of De-
lights", as well as painting the scenery for the latter. At the acces-
sion of James I he was made Master of the Music, with a pension
of £200 a year. He was also a painter and skilled amateur of
works of art. In 1625 he was sent abroad by Charles I, to purchase
pictures and statues, and is considered to have been the first, with
the exception of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, to appreciate the worth
of drawings and sketches by the great masters. With the outbreak
of the Civil "War the fortunes of the family declined, and Nicholas
Lanier followed the Stuarts into exile. At the Restoration he was
restored to his office and died Feb. 1665-6.
Another Nicholas Lanier, probably uncle to the preceding, was
musician to Queen Elizabeth in 1581 &c. He owned considerable
property in East Greenwich, Blackheath and the neighborhood. He
had four daughters and six sons, John (died 1650), Alphonso (d.
1613), Innocent (d. 1615), Jerome (d. 1657), Clement (d. 1661) and
Andrea (d. 1659). All of these were musicians in the service of
the crown and some of their children succeeded to their posts.
342 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
The will of Nicholas Lanyer, gent, gave his lands &c. to his wife
Lucrece, and 12 d. apiece to his sons named. Mrs. Lucretia Lanier
was buried at Greenwich, May 31, 1634.
Another Nicholas Lanier, probably a cousin of the musician and
painter, was born in 1568 and published two volumes of etchings.
He was probably the person of the name buried at St. Martins-in-
the-Fields, Nov. 4, 1646.
It is possible that the John Lanier, named in the wills above,
was the emigrant to Virginia.]
Debora Fleete, of Westminster, widow.
Will dat. 27 Mar. 165 1. All goods to my cousins Sir Robert
Filmer & Sir Edward Filmer, both of East Sutton, Kent,
knights, & they to be ex'ors, towards payment of such sums
as sd. Sir R. Filmer lent me & my son Henry Fleete towards
the recovering of my sd. son of a great sickness & for furnish-
ing him with provisions & necessaries for his last voyage to
Virginia. Witnesses : Henry Frenoham, Thomas Davy. Prob.
23 Jan. i65i[-2] by Sir Robert Filmer, knight, one of the
ex'ors. Power reserved for Sir Edward Filmer, knight etc
other ex'or. Bowyer, 5.
Dorothie Scott of London, spinster.
Will dat. 5 Mar. 1632 (-3) 8 Car. I. To my brother Thomas
S. esq. a silver spoon. To my friend Mrs Elizabeth Grovenor,
widow, with whom I now sojourn, £5. To her dau'r. Elizabeth
G. £3. Rest of goods to my sister Deborah Fleete (and she
to be) ex'trix. My friend Sir Robert Phillmer, knight, to be
overseer. Witnes: Thomas Dutton, Scrivener.
Prob. 29 June 1650 by Deborah Fleete, the ex'trix.
Pembroke, 100.
[Debora Fleete and Dorothie Scott were daughters of Charles
Scott, of Egerton, Kent, (and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas
Wyatt, of Allington Castle) and granddaughters of Sir Reginald
Scott, of Scotts Hall, Kent. Debora married William Fleet, gent.,
of Chartham, Kent, a member of the Virginia Company, and had
(with several other sons and daughters, some of whom emigrated
to Maryland) a son Henry, born 1595-1600, died about 1661, who
emigrated to Virginia and became a very prominent man in that
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 343
colony and in Maryland. For notices of him and his descendants,
see this Magazine II, 70-76, and V, 253-254.
The people to whom the Fleets were related form another of
those groups of Kentish kinsfolk so closely associated with the
colony of Virginia. Charles Scott, of Egerton, had a sister, Mary,
who married Richard Argall, of East Sutton, Kent, and was the
mother of Captain (afterwards Sir) Samuel Argall, Governor of
Virginia, and of Elizabeth Argall, who married Sir Edward Filmer,
of East Sutton. Lady Filmer was, in turn, the mother of Henry
Filmer, who emigrated to Virginia, and of Sir Robert and Sir
Edward Filmer, named in Debora Fleet's will. Jane Wyatt, wife
of Charles Scott, was aunt of Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Vir-
ginia, and of Rev. Hawte Wyatt, minister at Jamestown. George
Wyatt, brother of Jane (Wyatt) Scott married Jane Finch, who was
aunt of Henry Finch, who emigrated to 'Virginia, and was member
of the Council, 1630 &c. The paternal grandmother of Henry Fleet,
the emigrant, Katherine (Honey wood) Fleet, was aunt of Col.
(afterwards Sir) Philip Honeywood, one of the Royalist officers,
who took refuge in Virginia in 1649.]
Sir Euseby Isham. "A note of such debts as I require my
wife to pay". To my brother Tipping £5. To my cosin Wil-
liam Downall 42s. To Robert Lade of Cransby £10. To my
son John Isham my sorrel mare. To Mr. (sic) Barbon so
much money as she will say I ought to pay her. To Saxby
the man that dwelled in my grounds £10. 4s. od. To my son
Euseby Isham "as you can" £66. 13s. 4d. To my sons Wil-
liam and Thomas I refer them to yourself. To the seivants
with you a year's wages. To Richard Berry 60s. To Steynes
for a horse £4. 10s. od. To my man Barber if he go away 40s.
To poor of Picheley £5. Small debts which I cannot call to
mind I pray you see paid. Witnesses : Feargod Barbon, Ha.
Kinnesman. Memorandum that I Harold Kymesman of Pich-
eley gent wished by Sir Euseby Isham, knight, on 7th June
last to write the particulars specified as he spoke it which I
did in his presence. He desired that his wife should see leg-
acies paid . . . his sickness being such and he so short taken
he could not do more neither was he desirous to the articles
on Feargod Barbon subscribed as a witness, And to this I will
depose Sir Euseby said he could not live long and his wife
should have all. Anne should have all. 27 July 1626 emat com'
to Lady Ann Isham. relict of Sir Euseby Isham, Militis. 1st
344 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
January 1627 em't com' to Thomas Isham fil. nat. et ltrno.
etc. Hele, 100.
Dame Anne Isham, late wife of Sir Euseby Isham of
Pitchley county Northampton, Knight. Will 3 December
1627; proved 1st January 1627. Body to chancel at Pitch-
ley. To my son Euseby Isham £150. To my son William
Isham £200. To Euseby Isham son of said William £100. To
said son Euseby Isham my Cabbinett. To Susan his wife my
gilt cups. My border of Goldsmiths work to Mary wife of
my son William. To my daughter Mary wife of Sir Fleet-
wood Dormer knight, two geldings. To my daughter Susan
wife of Thomas Threlfall pearl chain and 20 marks. £100
which I owe to Euseby Glover my grandchild to be paid to
him. To Susan Isham my gentlewoman £10. To each of my
servants 4 marks. To poor of Pitchley £5. Residue of my
goods to my youngest son Thomas Isham sole executor. I not
meddling with goods left by my late husband Sir Euseby
Isham to my eldest son John Isham deceased. Witnesses : Ri :
Houselepp, Saml Garthwaite. Barrington, 4.
John Isham of Braunston, county Northampton, Esquier.
Will 29 September 1624; proved 4 May 1627. Sir Eusebie
Isham my father and Thomas Isham my brother executors.
To Thomas Isham said brother lease of the parsonage in
Braunston and tithes belonging. To Ann Lane my daughter
£10. To Blaise Adams for his pains £10 and all my wearing
apparel. To William Eare my servant £20. To Robert
Tymes £10. To John Allen my servant £6. 13s. 4d. To poor
of Braunston £10. To poor of Vichley [Pitchley?] £5. Resi-
due of my goods to my executors. Witnesses: Wm. Southam,
Thos. Makepease, Richd Cooke, John Clarke, Blaise Adams.
Codicil 8 December 1626. As the said Sir Eusebie my late
father is deceased I now appoint my said brother Thomas
sole executor to whom all benefit of my goods. I have given
into the hands of Thomas Makepeace, William Southam, Rob-
VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND 345
ert Foster and Henry Bree four ancient copyholders of my
Manor of Braunston £20 to be lent from year to year to three
of the poorest copyholders of my said Manor at 8% said
profit and increase to be distributed amongst six poor widows
of the town of Braunston. My executor shall provide one
treble bell tunable to the four bells already in the Church. To
my cosen Gregory Isham 4 milk beasts. To my brother in
law Thomas Threlfall 30 hoggerells, my stone horse and 7
cows. To Hanna my maid a cow. To Robert Tymes my
sorrell mare and apparel. To my servant John Allen my grey
Nagg and apparel. To Isaac Moule 20s. To Zephania
Southam 2 ewes and my horse Geers. To Martha Burrowes
one ewe for watching with me. Witnesses : Gregory Isham,
This Threlfall, John Allen, Robt Tymmes. Skymwr, 52.
[The wills given above are those of Sir Euseby Isham, of Pytch-
ley, (b. Feb. 26, 1552, d. June 11, 1626), grandfather of Henry Isham,
the emigrant to Virginia; of Anne, daughter of John Borlase, of
Marlowe, Co. Bucks., wife of Sir Euseby, and of their son John, an
uncle of the emigrant. It will be noted that the famous Praisegod
Barbon or Barebones, was a witness to Sir Euseby's will. For other
Isham wills and notes on the family, see this Magazine IV, 123-124
and XVIII, 85-87.]
(To be continued)
346 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
PRESTON PAPERS
(From the originals in the Virginia State Library)
(Continued)
Col. William Preston to the Field Officers,
Aug. 24, 1782.
Sir
The act of Assembly for recruiting this States Quota of
Men just came to hand In consequence of which I have ap-
pointed all the late Officers Lt Captain or the commanding
Officers of Companies to meet at the Court House of this
County on Monday the 15 th day of September that the said
act may be put immediately into Execution. You are hereby
required to attend with a fair and just list of your whole
Company from sixteen years of age to fifty, making a Dis-
tinction of such as are under eighteen years.
You are to give your company notice that they are to be laid
of in Classes or Districts of fifteen men each, that such as
have any Infirmities of Body and are not exempted may at-
tend a Court Martial who will meet at that time & for that,
as well as other purposes.
You are also to make return of what Beeves & cloaths your
company hath furnished under a late act of assembly, which
must by no means be omitted; as has been hitherto the case
altho often required. You are likewise Required to bring
with you a list of all the men your Company has furnished for
the Army either by Draught or Enlistment Since the Spring
of the Year 1777. If you do not of your own Knowledge
know the number of men or their names you will take the best
information you can get in the Company, not omitting such
as deserted.
PRESTON PAPERS 347
You will please to observe that there is a fine of £20 on
each Officer who fails to appear as above directed, to be re-
covered by Information to the Court in a Summary Way But
I hope a sense of our Duty to the Country will induce every
Officer to attend with cheerfulness, and give all the Assistance
we can to carry this necessary act into Execution.
I am Sir your humble Serv 1
W m Preston
Copy of a Letter to the field Officers Aug 4 24 th 1782
[Endorsement]
Circular.
War Office Nov. 8 th 82
Sir
His Excellency the Governor in Council has directed me to
apply to the Several county Lieutenants & recruiting Officers
for an immediate Return of what money they have received &
what men have been recruited.
I must therefore beg the favor of you to furnish me with this
return as soon as possible.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your most obed. Servant
William Davies
Montgomery
[Addressed] County Lieutenant — Montgomery
[Endorsement] Answered & a return made 19 th Dec. 1.782
Walter Crockett to William Preston.
Fort Chiswell 1 Nov r 9 th 1782.
Sir
The Officers and Men that were ordered out on the Tour to
1 Fort Chiswell, between the present Wytheville and New River,
was built by Col. William Byrd (3rd) and named for Col. John
Chiswell. The latter was the chief owner of the lead mines nearby,
which furnished large supplies to Virginia during the Revolution
and the Confederacy.
348 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Clinch have all returned Home again, and say that there were
but ten or twelve that met at the place appointed & many of
them without Arms, all the others that were ordered never
moved from Home. The principal reasons that they render
for their not proceeding is that there was no Salt & that they
would not go there to live three weeks on fresh Provision.
I would thank you for your advice in the matter, as I am at a
loss to know how to proceed therein.
This Bearer Henry Kiesler will be the only speedy hand
to bring anything you write on the subject —
I am Sir your Mo. Obedient
& very Hble Servant
Walter Crockett
P. S. Kiesler will also carry a bushell of Salt if there be
any for the use of the Men —
[Address] To Colo. William Preston
Walter Crockett — Public Service
[Endorsement] Walter Crockett to Col. Preston 9 Nov. 1782
Col. William Preston to a Collector, Nov. 12, 1782.
Montgomery S. C. T.
Whereas by a Return made this Day by John Charlton,
Collector of 45 th Division of Militia of this County, it appears
that several have failed to pay their proportion of a Tax im-
posed by a late act of assembly for the purpose of recruiting
this States Quota of Troops to serve in the Continental Army.
You are hereby authorized and required to collect by Distress
& Sale of their Property, as in the case of Parish and County
Leevies the following Sum annexed to each Persons name that
is to say from Lottin Romaine 1/3, Benjamin Donathan 1/3
William Lawson 2/6 & John Wylie 1/6; & return the same to
me on or before the 20 th of November this Instant & this shall
be your Warrant for so doing.
PRESTON PAPERS 349
Given under my hand this 12 th day of Nov 1- 1782
W m Preston
To the Collector to Execute
& make Return
[Endorsement] Charltons return of his Collection
P' d
George Peary to Col. William Preston, Dec. 17, 1782.
Sir
I have sent by the bearer W m Kavanaugh the District money
for Aplegate & Langley & as for Arain Dooley, Charles Cid-
well, John G. Runion & Thomas Stanton They are not in this
County nor hant bin sence Last Spring & I understand all but
Runian had thire famleys in Bedford County & was Trying to
Shift Duty when they were hear So I can do no more & I
shall humbly thank you for a Clearance for this Part of Duty
I am Sir your Humble Ser 1
Geo. Peary
De c ' er the 17 th 1782
To Col W m Preston
[Endorsement] Geo. Pearys'
ab* Collection
1782
Col. William Preston to Col. Davies.
Montgomery Dec r 19 th 1782
Sir
Yours of the 8 th of November came to hand the
25 th of that month while I was on a Journey to Botetourt
where I was necessarily detained two weeks, and not finding
any conveyance from there, nor since I returned till this day
by M r Granville Smith I therefore could not make the re-
turn you requested.
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Enclosed you have Lieut. Rhea's 2 receipt for £95 — 18 — 4.
Since the date thereof I have rec'd which I have by
me. I cannot say what success Mr. Rhea has had in recruit-
ing since the 6 th of November last when we parted. Before
that I know he was very industrious in the business but with-
out success. — A few days ago I enlisted one man and sent him
to Mr. Rhea in Washington. I paid him forty Dollars & he
lodged thirty of them. With me untill he would be on his
march, down by way of security that he would not desert.
Several of the Collectors have been deficient in making their
returns and I have given them Notice that I shall move the
Court for a Judgment against them; but as will probably be
no Court before march I dont think it will be in my power
to close this very troublesome business before then, — In the
meantime I shall urge them to a settlement all I can.
I am, with great esteem, Sir your most Ob 1
& very h bte Serv 1
W m Preston
Col Davies
Col. William Preston to the Governor.
Montgomery Dec 20 th 1782
Sir
The Court of this County have directed me to lay the en-
closed recomendation before your Excellency that the several
Persons mentioned therein may be added to the Commission
of the Peace for this County.
If your Excellency will be pleased to order the Commissions
to be made out the bearer Mr. Granville Smith will forward
2 This was Matthew Rhea, Lieutenant and Quartermaster. He
was regimental quartermaster 7th Va. Regiment, June 15, 1777,
2d Lieutenant, Sept. 9, 1778, transferred to 5th Va., Sept. 14, 1778,
1st Lt. July 4, 1779, transferred to 7th Va. Feb. 12, 1781, and served
to the end of the war.
John Rhea, was ensign 7th Va., Jan. 16, 1777, discharged Nov.
1777 and died May 27, 1832. Jesse Rhea, Joseph Rhea, Robert Rhea,
David Rhea, and Philips Rhea also served in the Revolution from
Virginia.
PRESTON PAPERS 351
it to me by a safe conveyance. This will really oblige the
County as one or two Justices have removed since the recom-
mendation was made, exclusive of those mentioned therein.
I am your Excellenceys most obed 1
h ble Serv 1
The Governor — W m Preston
List of the Fines Received for the Bounty of Soldiers.
List of the Fines rec'd for the Bounty of Soldiers before
the 20 th of Dec r 1782 with the names of the Collectors & No.
of each Division.
No.
1 John Adams
2 Joseph White
3 John Miller
4 James Newell
5 Saml Ewing Sen r
6 George Duff
7 Philip Cannady
8 Robert Love
9 James White
10 John Bustard
11 Flower Swift
12 Benjamin Hartgrove
13 Nathan Ward
14 John Bedsolt
15 Jacob Eliott
16 James M c Donald 14 3
17 William Harraldson 6
18 George Reives
19 Jacob Stamper
20 Charles Morgan 296
21 James Wade
22 Joseph Glover 7 9
23 Moses Johnson
£
4
13
3/2
5
10
2/2
3
7
10
3
9
ey 2
1
14
2
6
2
16
3/
4
12
1%
2
17
3
352 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
24 Daniel Keith J r
2
15
9
25 Enoch Osburn
IO
9
26 Edmund Wood
1
15
7
27 Robert Buchanan
4
16
1
28 Robert Davis
6
3
4
29 William Campbell
4
7
1
30 Henry Patton
5
3
11
31 Alex 1 * Mares
5
11
10
32 Daniel How
4
16
10
33 Andrew Crockett
4
6
9
36 John Thompson Sayers
6
5
11
37 Frederick Edwards
5
15
3
38 William Hays
2
5
10
39 George M c Cown
7
13
7V 2
40 David Doak
41 Philip Barrier
7
12
5
42 John Ward
43 William Love
2
14
44 Spencer Rice
1
5
8
45 iWilliam Davis
4
9
10
46 Ezekiel Young
1
17
3
47 Richard Wynatt
2
2
10
48 Thomas Peery
3
5
9
49 Thomas Burk
3
8
2
50 John Hayes
1
16
8
51 Edmund Vancill
2
9
7
52 Israel Lorton
3
6
5
53 Joseph Polley
2
4
5
54 Daniel Witcher
1
12
i/ 2
56 Hercules Ogill
1
15
10
57 Benjamin Baily
19
3/ 2
58 William Doak
3
1
8
59 Isaac Petterson
2
4
iH
60 Jeremiah Pate
2
6
8
61 Isaac Stephens
3
3
7
62 James Byrns
4
4
5
63 James Maxwell
2
13
6
64 Robert Davis
7
2
11
PRESTON PAPERS
65 Alex r Neily
66 William Bobbit
7
18
67 Saml Tinley
1
16
7
68 Aron Collier
1
10
1
69 Christian Saidon
2
9
1
70 Joseph Mares
3
9
6
71 William Kavenaugh
3
6
9
72 Samuel Ewing
2
15
3
73 Adam Wall
4
8
74 James Moore
75 Charles Carter
76 George Pearis
2
17
8
yj Joshua Richardson
1
17
8
78 Stephen Sanders
&
Alex r Neeley
8
IO :
79 William Davidson
80 John Chapman
1
11
7
81 William M c farland
1
10
1
353
List of sums pd. by Collectors
[Endorsement]
Letters to the Governour & Col Davis Dec 19 th 1782 about
the Collection & a memo Commissions —
(To be continued)
354 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
VIRGINIA IN 1683
(Abstracts by W. N. Sainsbury and Copies in the McDonald
and Dejarnette Papers (Virginia State Library),
from the British Public Record Office.
(Continued)
Order for Mrs. Bland to Give Security.
At the Court at White Hall the 26 th of April 1683
present
The Kings most Exct Mat y in Council
Whereas upon the Petition and Appeal of Sarah Bland Wid-
dow and one of the Executors of John Bland 1 late of London
Merchant from divers sentences given against her in the
Courts of Virg a His Ma ty in Council the third day of August
last was pleased to order the Governor and Council there to
take care that as well as the said Sarah Bland as the other
parties in the Peticon mentioned should give good and suffi-
cient security to make their appearances and to answer the
determination of this Board a^ by ye said Order more at large
1 John Bland was the 4th child of John Bland, also an eminent
London merchant. John Bland, the younger, is mentioned in Pepys
Diary, under date, June 12, 1680, when he states that Mr. Bland
was buried in the Chancel of St. Olaves, Hart Street, London.
John Bland (Jr.) was actively engaged in business in and with
the Colony of Virginia. He prepared an able remonstrance "in
behalf of the Inhabitants and Planters in Virginia and Mariland"
against the Navigation Act, which was printed in our Magazine I,
141-155. He is stated to have expended £10,000 sterling in Virginia.
An act in Hening (1752) VI, 303, shows that John Bland owned
8000 acres in Charles City County, called Kymages.
Theoderick Bland (ancestor of the Virginia family), brother of
John Bland, came to Virginia as his agent. The suit against Mrs.
Sarah Bland was brought by St. Leger Codd and his wife, the widow
of Theoderick Bland. John Bland was the father of Giles Bland,
executed in Virginia for taking part in Bacon's Rebellion.
VIRGINIA IN 1683 35&
appeareth And the said Appellant having this day further
Petitioned His Ma ty in Council setting forth that having en-
deavoured all that within her lyeth to comply with the said
Order Shee finds that by reason of the prevalency of the other
parties residing there Shee cannot during her absence without
great difficulty and delay procure such security as is thereby
required And praying that Shee may be admitted to give se-
curity here to answer the determination of this Board in her
said Appeal ; His Ma ty in Council was pleased to Order and
It is hereby ordered that the Clerk of the Council in wayting
do take good and sufficient security of the said Sarah Bland
that she shall answer such determination in her said Appeal
as His Ma ty in Council shall think most just And it is further
Ordered that Shee be excused from giving any further secur-
ity in Virginia, the said order above mentioned or any other
order or Instruction to the Governor or Council of Virginia
touching the method of proceeding in Appeals to the contrary
notwithstanding
Francis Gwyn
Secretary Spencer to the Committee of Trade and
Plantations.
May it please your Lo ps
Since my last to your Lo ps noe matter of moment hath oc-
curred in this His Ma ties Government therefore should not now
have presumed to have troubled your Lo ps but in obedience to
your Lo ps commands in transmitting Copies of Orders of
Council and political matters registered in my Office which
are herewith humbly presented to your Lo ps being as am com-
manded a Duplicat.
By His Ex cy my Lord Culpeper I presume your Lo ps have
received the satisfaction of the intire well settlement of His
Ma ties affaire in this Government which continues in the like
good State, and have noe apprehension of their otherwise be-
ing — In which the faithful service of him shall not be want-
356 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
ing who beggs leave to subscribe himselfe your Lo ps most
humble and Obedient Servant.
Nich° Spencer
Virginia July 16 th 1683
Lords of Trade and Plantations to Lord Culpeper.
Council Chamber
24 th August 1683
My Lord
The Right Hono b,e the Lords of the Committee for Trade
and Foreign Plantations having this day read your Lo ps In-
structions bearing date 27 th Jan 17 1681-2 have commanded mee
to signify their desires that your Lo p give them as soon as
may bee a particular and distinct Account in Writing how
your Lc^ has observed and complyed with each of the said
Instructions, with the proceedings that have been had there-
upon
Lord Culpeper to the Lords of Trade and Plantations
2 September 1683.
In pursuance of your Lord lppes Commands by Mr. Blath-
waite Dated 24 th August last, when I was extremely ill,
though I should more willingly have presented it in person,
you will now receive A Particular Account of Each Instruc-
tion written on the other side of it, w ch being voluminous, hath
taken up more time than I expected, And my sicknesse hath
been a very great Hindrance alsoe, for there was nothing I
desired more, and had notice come sooner, as I earnestly ex-
pected, you had been sooner obeyed by
You Lord ,ppe8
Most Humble Servant
Tho. Culpeper
S. P. O. Va. vol. 65.
virginia in 1683 357
Instructions for my Lord Culpeper with an acc't of his
Lop' s Compliance therewith 2 .
Charles R
Instructions for Our Right Trusty and Well beloved Thomas
Lord Culpeper Our Lieutenant and Governor General of Our
Colony and Dominion of Virginia in America and, in his ab-
sence, to y* Commander in Cheif of Our said Colony Given at
Our Court at Whitehall the 27 th day of Jan 17 1681-2 in y e
33 th year of Our Reigne.
Whereas by Our Letters Patents under Our Great Seal of
England bearing date the eight day of July in the 27 th Year
of Our Reigne. Wee granted unto you Thomas Lord Culpeper
the Office of Our Lieut, and Gov 1 " General of Our Colony and
Dominion of Virginia to hold, execute and enjoy the said Of-
fice during your natural life next @ immediately after y*
death, surrender forfeiture or other determination of the In-
terest of Sir W m Berkley Kn'.
And whereas you are from y e death or other avoydance of y* 5
sd. Sir W m Berkley, by vertue of Our said L'res Patents,
become possessed of the said Office of Our Lieuten 1 and Gov-
ernor General of Our said Colony and Dominion; You shall
therefore fit yourselfe with all convenient speed and repair
to Virginia.
I was actually ready in every respect on the 15 th of September
last 1682 But either by the fault of the Captain, or of the
victuallers (for a fault there was) The Newmayde: Fregat
sailed not out of the Downes till the 2 d October, and stopped
at Plymouth to take in Provisions till the 6 th and after a tedi-
ous Danjerous Winter passage (all alone) arrived not in Vir-
ginia till the 16 th December, whereas severall other Virginia
ships that came into the Downes after us, sailed thence before
us viz. on the 25 th of September aforesaid, and takeing ad-
vantage of the Faire Easterly Wind had (all) Quick passages,
particularly Capt. Arnold, and Capt. George Purvis, the latter
2 Culpeper's account of how he carried out his instructions affords
valuable information in regard to Virginia at that time.
358 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
whereof came to an anchour within the Capes on the last day
of October.
And, being arrived there, you are forthwith to call a meeting
of y* Members of Our Council for that Our Colony and Do-
minion, by name,
Sr. Hen. Chicheley Lt. Gov T .
Nathaniel Bacon "| William Cole
Nicholas Spencer j „ John Custis ^
Robert Smith f ^ sqrs ' Richard Lee f qrs -
Philip Ludwell j Ralph Wormly
John Page Esq 1-
I had a full Councell on the 18 th December But in regard
Col. William Byrd was an Eminent member of the Assembly
then sitting, I did not sweare him till the first councell day
after the Dissolution thereof, viz. 10 th January following.
Col. Matthew Kempe died two or three dayes before my Ar-
rival.
Joseph Bridger Esq. Mathew Kemp Esq. William Byrd Esq.
At which meeting, after having published in usual manner
Our said Letters Patents constituting you Our Lieut, and Gov r
General of Our said Colony @ Dominion, you shall take your-
self and also administer the Oaths of Allegiance @ Supre-
macy @ all such other Oaths usualy taken @ administered as
by Our Commission or y* powers given you under Our great
Seal is directed.
(To be continued)
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION 359
VA. STATE TROOPS IN THE REVOLUTION
(Continued)
Ditto paid Ditto for Arms Pur-
chased for the Public Ser-
vice 10 10
Ditto paid John Coffer for Pay
of Cap n Masons Company of
Minute Men in Prince Wil-
liam District 77 9 7
Ditto paid David Clark for Pro-
visions furnished Cap n Greens
Company 1
Ditto paid Ditto for Provisions
to Cap n Dabneys Company. 14 6
Ditto paid Harry Dudley for
Ferriage to Sundry Troops.. 2 4 8
Ditto paid Christopher Har-
wood for Provisions to Cap n
Smiths Company 19 13 6
Ditto paid Ditto for Cart &
Horse hire to the public by
S. Field 2 5
Ditto paid Thomas Slate for
making a Suit of Colours. ... 1
Ditto paid Manor Dixon for a
Gun sold to the Public 3
To cash paid Captain James
Barron for Rowe Cowper for
wood to the Troops at Hamp-
ton 21 12
To Ditto paid Ditto for For-
age allowed his as a Mi-
litia Officer 17 11
Ditto paid Ditto for Horse Hire
for the Guard at Mill Point. . 5 10
Ditto paid James Ball for Wag-
gonage & Provisions to a
company of Regulars 46 12 3
Ditto paid John Hulingson for
a Gun furnished the Army.. 1
Ditto paid James Shields for
Corn & Fodder furnished
Ditto 172 10
360 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Ditto paid John Taylor balance
of his Account as Quarter
Master 11 2 6
Ditto paid Martin Hawkins for
Wood Etc. to the Troops at
Hampton 43 12 7l/ 2
Ditto paid George Stubberfield
Balance of his Recruiting Ac-
count . . 41
7 Ditto paid Samuel Parks for a
Rifle furnished public ser-
vice 5 10
Ditto paid Ditto for Lewis Wil-
lis for Wood Etc to Prince
William Battalion 5 5
Ditto paid Ditto for John Picket
for Provisions to the Culpep-
per Battalion 1 8
(To be continued)
ORANGE COUNTY MARRIAGES
(Concluded.)
Reuben Boston — Mary Anderson, Geo. Bingham.
Jeremias Rogers — Elizabeth Ferguson, Geo. Bingham.
1810
Wm. Parrott — Judith Wayland, Jacob Watts.
Fred'k Harman — Mary Jimerson, Robt. Jones.
Hamlet Sanford — Phebe Biggers, Robt. Jones.
Rich'd White — Auney Wayt, Jacob Watts.
Reuben Stowers — Margaret Jackson, Jacob Watts.
Joel Marr — Betsey Miller, Jacob Watts.
Henry Marshall — Elizabeth Walton, Geo. Bingham.
Wm. Cane — Mary Snow, Geo. Bingham.
Abraham Estes — Sally Cox, Jacob Watts.
Joseph Kirtley — Elizabeth Sims, Jacob Watts.
Willis Loyd — Felicia Agheart, Geo. Bingham.
John Beadier — Lucinda Haynes, Geo. Bingham.
Saron Simpson — Mary Millican, Jere Chandler.
Charles Yates — Betsey Loyd, Jere Chandler.
Joseph H. Schooler — Dolly Quisenberry, Jere Chandler.
Washington Hoard — Elizabeth Adams, Jere Chandler.
Thomas Rogers — Penelope Chanceller, Jere Chandler.
John Hensley — Elizabeth Oliver, A. Brockman.
Ambrose Henderson — Lucv Acre, A. Brockman.
NOTES AND QUERIES 361
NOTES AND QUERIES
COBBECTIONS.
During the months in which the April and July numbers, 1920,
were in course of publication, copy was exchanged several times
between the various printers employed, and, by accident, the con-
cluding portion of Orange County Marriages, was published in the
April number, while the sections which should have immediately
preceded, were published in the July number and in this one. Mr.
Scott's valuable contribution has now been completed.
P. 141, line 1, for "Oprie" read "Opie".
P. 169, line 9 from top, for "charity" read "charily".
P. 253, line 6 from top, for "Stauard" read "Stanard".
P. 254, line 1, for "Math'l Ferry" read "Nath'l Terry", and on
line 5, for "Ferry" read "Terry".
In "Proceedings of Annual Meeting" p. ix, for "S. A. Longe" read
"S. H. Yonge".
Wab Notes.
On Dec. 11, 1920, the navy decorated an officer of the army with its
Distinguished Service Medal when Major Gen. David C. Shanks
received the honor in formal ceremonies at the Boston Navy Yard.
The award was made in recognition of the services of General
Shanks in co-operating with the navy while he was in command
of the port of embarkation at Hoboken, N. J., in the transport of
troops during the war.
Major General Shanks, who is a native of Salem, Va., commanded
the Port of Debarkation at Hoboken, N. J., Aug. 1, 1917-Sept. 9,
1918, and Dec. 9, 1918 . He is now in command, 1st Army Corps,
headquarters at Boston.
A Southebn Woman in Wab Time.
There recently came to light a private memorandum book for-
merly belonging to Mrs. Mary Mann (Page) Williamson, of Orange
County. She had written in it various things which she did not
362 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
know any eye but her own would ever see. An expression of her
thoughts at the beginning of 1865 gives a good example of the hope-
fulness and undaunted courage of Southern women, even at this
dark hour of the Confederacy. Mrs. Williamson's only son, then
a mere youth, the late Joseph A. Williamson, of Frederick, Md., was
serving in the Richmond Howitzers, C. S. A., and her son-in-law,
Major and Surgeon (afterwards Bishop) John B. Newton, had
actively served in the Confederate Army from the beginning.
"1st Jan. 1865.
Exit 1864 buried in the tomb of ages. Enter 1865 new born of
time, and swaddled in a robe of snow. One more turning of a new
leaf in the book of time. There is casting up of accounts and a
squaring of records in Heaven and upon earth between man and
his Maker — between man and man. The record of this year in the
experience of this people has been written with a pen of iron, dipped
in ink mixed with blood and tears, and the story is the repetition
of the bloody annals of the three preceding years. But girding
our loins at this retrospective point of affairs and buckling on the
armour of a just cause, let the people resolve D. V. to make 1865
the birth year of our national independence."
Medical Prescriptions of 1812.
We are indebted to Mr. W. W. Scott, State Law Librarian, for
two notes from Dr. Robert H. Rose, to Mrs. Scott of Orange County,
containing prescriptions. Dr. Rose was a descendant of Rev. Robert
Rose and married Frances Taylor Madison, a sister of President
Madison.
(1)
Sunday, March 15th 1812.
Madam,
I have sent by Betty a paper of [word missing at edge of page]
she shou'd take fifteen grains three times a day in a Table spoonful
of Sassafras Tea. She ought to begin with them in the morning.
I have given her a dose of Calomel. When she has taken all the
Powders I shall be glad to see her again. My opinion is that com-
plaint is a Tetter which I fear will be very difficult to cure. She
ought to take Burdock concoction every [day?] at least a pint. I
give the receipt to make it below,
I am respectfully your obt Servt,
Robert H. Rose.
Mrs. Sarah Scott.
NOTES AND QUERIES 363
Take two ounces of Burdock root and three ounces of iner bark
of sassafras and put them into three pints of water & boil to two.
Dose from a Pint to a Quart a day.
(2)
Mrs. Scott will give Diana a Tablespoonful of mixture every two
hours unless her fever shou'd get highr, when it must be given
once every hour. She must have glisters frequently given her
during the course of the day to aid the operation of the mixture
and if it should not have the effect desired she must give her a
dose of Salts. At night she must take a Tea spoonful of Paregoric
and also in the day after pains should be severe. She must put
the sugar of lead in a quart of water and have two Tablespoonfuls
injected three times a day and milk & water as often as convenient,
Robert H. Rose.
Mrs. S. Scott.
Sir Richard Lane.
Henry Randolph and his nephew William Randolph, of "Turkey
Island", the emigrants to Virginia, not only had associations with
literature through Thomas Randolph, the poet, but with law,
through Sir Richard Lane.
William Randolph married, first, Elizabeth Smith, and had issue,
Thomas Randolph, the poet; and second, Dorothy, daughter of
Richard Lane, of Curteenhall, gent., (and his wife Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Clement Vincent, of Harpole), and sister of Sir Richard Lane.
This Richard Lane, brother of Mrs. Randolph, was baptized at
Harpole, Northamptonshire, Nov. 12, 1584. He was called to the
bar from the Middle Temple, was elected reader of his Inn in 1630,
and in September 1634 appointed Attorney General to the Prince of
Wales. When Strafford was impeached by the House of Commons
in 1641, Lane conducted his defense with so much ability, especially
in his legal arguments, that the Commons desisted from the trial
and accepted a bill of attainder.
Lane followed the King to Oxford and was knighted there Jan. 4,
1643-4, and was made Lord Chief Baron on Jan. 25 following; acted
as one of the commissioners for the King at the treaty of Uxbridge,
Jan. 1645, and was appointed Lord Keeper, Aug. 30, 1645.
Oxford surrendered on June 24, 1646, and Lane was the principal
agent in drawing the articles on the King's note. On Feb. 8, 1649,
he had a grant of arms from Charles II. He continued nominally
Lord Keeper during the remainder of the King's life and his patent
was renewed by Charles II. He followed the latter into exile and
died at Jersey, April 1650. (Dictionary of National Biography).
364 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
Thos. Randolph seems to have been on intimate terms with his
step-mother's family. Among his poems is an amusing and in-
genious "Apologie for his false Prediction that his. Aunt Lane would
be Delivered of a Sonne."
William and Dorothy (Lane) Randolph were the parents of
Henry Randolph, who came to Virginia, and of Richard, the father
of William Randolph of "Turkey Island".
A Religious Feud in the Valley.
Rev. William Williams was a very early Presbyterian minister in
the valley of Virginia. At Orange Court (then including Fred-
erick, Augusta, &c), Mr. Williams was fined £4 "for joyning in the
holy bonds of matrimony several persons, he being no orthodox
minister". This meant that he was not of the Church of England.
Some years earlier he was in difficulties with the people of his
section, and sued a number of them for libel. The nature of the
charges made against him are not known, but the list of defendants
is of interest as giving the names of very early settlers in the lower
Valley. On April 27, 1738, William Williams had a deed for 225
acre in "Opeqon." This was probably his residence.
We are indebted to Mrs. Fothergill for the following notes:
Orange Co. 0. B. 1734-39, P. 331, 22 June 1738.
In the suit by complaint brought by W"» Williams Gent, against
John Smith, John Petite, Danl Chancey, James Brown, Jonathan
Curtis, Jonas Hedges, Cornelius Newkirk, Barent Newkirk, Enogle
Urelawt, Peter Hyat, Francis Hood, Jeremiah Poor, James Sar-
geant, John Harris, Jno. Hays, Thos. Wilbourn, Wm. Smith, John
Smith Jr., Tines Newcock, Henry Newcock, Saml Wilson, John
Largant, Zebulon Centerel, Philip Jobson, William Homes, John
Crabtree, John Powell, Wm. Wilburn, Lovis Dumas Sen., Lovis.
Dumas Jum, John Dumas, Thos. Low, Walter Homes, Wm. Hays,
John Woodson, David Logan, Jonah Seaman, Paul Williams, Jno.
Hiatt, Jno. Risk, Darby McCover, Jeremiah Williams, Paul Wil-
liams Jun., Jno. Grayham, Jos. King, Wm. Saterfield, Jos. Cantrell,
Jno. Tradan, Jno. Pitts, Rice Smith, Andrew Clemens, Saml Hay-
ward, Josiah Hayward, Thos. Mcleduff, Geo. Hyett, Geo. Nixon,
Thos. Hart, Henry Robinson, Wm. Rush, John Sheppard, Abraham
Yeates, Andrew Hampton, Wm. Beerley, Thos. Potts, Nicholas.
Knight, Jno. Stuard, Francis Ross, Robert Colvert, Saml Hews,
Wm. Fullten, James Delehay, Saml Breeton for signing scandalous
papers reflecting on ye complaintant. They were summoned by the
sheriff. Some plead ignorance of the nature of the papers, others
begged to be excused as they knew no harm of Mr. Williams.
Others begged for the case to be continued until next court.
NOTES AND QUERIES 365
Wm. Williams vs Noah Hampton. Plf. awarded £9.
Jury: Goodrich Lightfoot Junr., Wm. Pay ton, William Xethwait,
Thos. Pattey Jun., Jno. Ingraim, Jno. Burk, Luke Thornton, Alex.
Waugh, George Nettles, William Jackson, John Connor, Richard
Durrit.
The Cocke Family.
A bound copy of Vol. IV of your Magazine, page 442, says "Stephen
Cocked son of Abraham . . . and his son Jno. H. Cocke suc-
ceeded him", which interested me very much as my grandmother
was Amy Elizabeth Cocke of Somerville, Tennessee, m. Dr. Josiah
Higgason, born 1801 in Hanover Co., Va.. and a son of Chas. R.
Higgason. Before her death in 1890 she gave me some Cocke
genealogical data taken from old family Bibles the which may show
a slight error in the above quoted statement concerning Stephen
Cocke. I am taking the liberty of sending it to you for perpetua-
tion in your valuable journal.
This is the record:
Stephen Cocke Sr was born March 31, 1740.
Amy Jones his wife was born Jan'y 26, 1747.
The children of Stephen and Amy Jones Cocke were:
1 Richard, born 1766, d. Feb. 17, 1823.
2 Mary, born 1768.
3 Elizabeth, born 1770, 1804.
4 Martha Lacy, born 1772, d. 1824.
5 Sarah Stratton, born 1774.
6 Rebecca, born 1776.
7 Amy Jones, Jr., born 1778, d. June 1, 1824.
8 Thos. Jones, born 1780, d. Aug. 21, 1845.
9 Stephen, born 1784, d. April 5, 1822.
Stephen Cocke Sr died 1792 & Amy Jones Cocke died Sept 15,
1788.
Thomas Jones Cocke married Lucy Watkins Nicholson on Jany
20, 1802, (Lucy W. Nicholson was b. Feby 4, 1783, d. Nov. 2, 1836.)
Their children were as follows:
1 A son born Feby 10, 1803.
2 James Nicholson b. Jany 3, 1805, d. Dec. 29, 1850.
3 Stephen William b. Feby 10, 1807, d. .
4 Thomas Oct. 27, 1808, d. Oct. 29, 1808.
5 Martha Ann Mch 20, 1810.
6 Amy Elizabeth b. Oct. 17, 1812, d. 1899.
7 Thos. Richard b. Oct. 13, 1814, d. 1883.
8 Edwin b. Aug. 27, 1817, d. July 21, 1830.
9 Jack Lacey b. May 11, 1821, d. Oct. 26, 1822.
366 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
My grandmother said her parents moved from Virginia and
settled in Kentucky, afterwards in about 1825 coming to Fayette
Co., Tennessee. Her father, Thos. Jones Cocke was wealthy, owned
many slaves and much land, was for years a member of the County
Court.
Lucy Watkins Nicholson, wife of Thos. Jones Cocke, was the
daughter of James Nicholson, b. Nov. 1, 1748, and his wife Sally
Harris b. May 11, 1767.
Martha Ann Cocke m. Maj. Edmund Winston of La Grange,
Tennessee, on Feb. 11, 1828.
The record also gives this information:
Richard Cocke, oldest son of Stephen & Amy Jones Cocke, mar-
ried Mary Watkins Dec. 6, 1797 (Mary dying Feb. 20, 1823). Their
children:
1 John Watkins Cocke b. Jany 21, 1808.
2 Rich'd Cocke b. July 12, 1815.
3 Mary Ann Cocke b. Dec. 13, 1816.
4 Martha Frances Cocke b. .
Stephen Cocke Jr son of Stephen Sr & Amy, married Mch 10,
1806, Harriet A. Nance & their children are as follows:
1 Susan Francis Cocke, b. Dec. 29, 1806.
2 Stephen Frederick Cocke b. Dec. 29, 1809.
3 Thomas Robert Cocke b. April 23, 1815.
Thinking this data might be interesting to some of the numerous
Cocke heirs in Virginia and elsewhere, and considering its reliabil-
ity as I have explained, I am in hopes that you will be able to
print it.
Very Respty
J. H. Doetch,
1510 Park Road, N. W.,
Oct. 9, 1920. Washington, D. C.
John Oldmixon, 1673-1742.
The article on Oldmixon, in the Dictionary of National Biography,
is not as explicit as it might be. Oldmixon's British Empire in
America (1708 and 1741) must have been a rather powerful book
in America for at least seventy years from its first edition. For
instance in the Introduction (ed. 1741, p. xxvii), the question is
put — "if it were asked why our Colonies have not their Represen-
tatives who could presently give a satisfactory answer?" And so
a good deal throughout. Oldmixon has been reckoned a mere party
man. He was much more than a canting Whig in his youth
when he wrote on America. He disliked many things in the gov-
ernment at home, and mentions them often, directly or indirectly,
In writing of America, mentions them never without making his
NOTES AND QUERIES 367
opinion sufficiently clear. And what if Oldmixon inspired Burke?
The Dictionary of National Biography does not enough empha-
size Oldmixon's stout Whig principles as applicable in the affairs
of British America at that time; and not enough stress is given
the fact that John Oldmixon was nephew to Sir John Bowden (or
Bawden), London merchant. Oldmixon's account of Barbados, St.
Kitts, Antigua, (note what he says of the precipitate Colonel
Parke), Jamaica, etc., his second volume, all on the West India
British islands, shows evidence of first hand information and
mature judgment. As regards Barbados, Oldmixon says (Preface,
p. xiii) "The inhabitants of that fruitful and pleasant island ....
will see that he speaks things of his own knowledge; and as to the
memoirs of events that happened before his time, he had recourse
to the papers of an eminent merchant, Sir John Bowden, his uncle."
And Sir John Bowden we learn (vol. II, ,p. 43) and Mr. John
Gardner "had then (1687) the largest commissions from Barbados
of any merchants in England, and perhaps the largest that ever
were lodged in one house in the West India trade." Sugar is peren-
nially interesting. For the history of sugar, at least, you cannot
overlook Oldmixon and his uncle Sir John Bowden.
A. J. Moebison.
NOTES FROM THE RECORDS OF RICHMOND COUNTY.
(1) Will of Robert Tomlin Jr., dated March 1st, 1794, proved Dec.
1, 1794, legatees: wife Sarah, sister Winifred Tomlin, niece Eloisa
Tomlin McCarty, my brothers and sisters, provision in case a child
is born, to wife one third of the money left her by her grandmother
Browne, and one third of all the moneys she is entitled to under her
father's will. Father Robert Tomlin nd brother-in-law Bartholomew
McCarty executors.
(2) Will of Thomas Brockenbrough, dated June 27, 1794, proved
Jan. 5, 1795, all estate to brothers John and Newman Brockenbrough
(3) Will of Robert Tomlin, dated Dec. 18, 1794, proved Jan. 5,
1795, wife Susannah, plantation he lived on, called Rainesse [?] for
her life and afterwards to his son Moore Fauntleroy Tomlin, and if
he died, to his (testator's) daughter Elizabeth McCarty's children,
certain property to be equally divided among daughters and son,
except daughter Elizabeth. Daughters Nellie, Apphia and Susannah
Tomlin.
(4) Will of Samuel Peachey, dated April 1, 1795, proved April 27,
1795, brother William Peachey, cousin Mrs. Winifred Armistead,
Bisters Jane and Catherine.
(5) Will of John Smith Jr., dated March 23, 1787, proved June
6, 1797, wife Lucy, children John and Meriwether Smith, Elizabeth
Burwell, Mary, Lucy, Ann, Sarah and Francis Smith.
368 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
(6) Will of Robert Wormeley Carter, of Sabine Hall, dated Dec.
16, 1794, proved June 5, 1797. To wife, Winifred Travers, the
plantation where I live consisting of several tracts contiguous to
each other, also the Fork Plantation, 30 working slaves, half males,
stocks, utensils &c, &c, on said plantations, and household and
kitchen furniture (except book-case and library and other things
excepted), also such household servants as she shall choose, my
stable and chariot servants, cooks, washing laundry servants and
those who wait in the house — all these bequests to go after her
death to son Landon Carter. To wife, carriage and four horses.
Son George Carter all my lands in York and James City commonly
called Rippon Hall, my lots in Williamsburg, and stocks, slaves &c,
there, also to him my lands in Stafford called The Park or Acquia
tract supposed to contain [copy torn] with all the slaves, stocks &c,
on said tract, also two other negroes. To son Landon several ne-
groes. To daughter Ann Beale [Carter] [torn], a negro. To daugh-
ter Elizabeth Carter, a negro. Whereas I have before given my
daughter Elizabeth during her first marriage £1000, which although
it was nearly equal to her husband's with specie, and was applied
by him to the payment of his specie debts, yet as it was paid in
paper money when depreciated, I give to daughter Elizabeth £500
specie in five annual installments of £100. To daughter Ann Beale
Carter £1000 specie, also to her the rents and profits of my Hickory
Thickett estate in Richmond County until she marries or receives
her portion. Having paid my daughter Fanny Lee's portion, shall
make no further provision for her. To godson Robert Hamilton,
son of Mr. Gilbert Hamilton, late of Richmond County, a lot of land
on Ocupason, supposed to be in Frederick County, for his life. To
son Landon all rest of real estate on Ocupason. To dear and most
intimate friend, Mr. Richard Parker and Elizabeth his wife, the
tenements they occupy, for their lives, with reversion to my son
Landon Carter. Son-in-law Landon Carter, of Cleve, Thomas L.
Lee of Loudoun and my son Landon Carter, executors.
(7) Will of George Lee Turberville, of Epping, Richmond County,
dated March 17, 1798, proved April 2, 1798. To be buried by the
side of his mother and his lately deceased wife in the old family
burying ground at Hickory Hill, Westmoreland County. Gives son
John Turberville, as requested by John's mother, certain negroes
given to her by her grandfather, the late Richard Corbin, deceased.
Daughters Elizabeth Tayloe and Martha Felicia. Whereas by a
settlement made by my father on me on my marriage, my son will
possess, should I die before my father, a very considerable estate,
and my daughters £1000 each, to be paid them by their uncles, I
hope my father will have the money invested as this will requests.
My brother, Richard Henry Corbin, Mr. Walter Jones the younger
(attorney at law) and Mr. John Fawcett, executors. Brother R. H.
NOTES AND QUERIES 369
Corbin, General Henry Lee and Mr. John Tayloe of Mt. Airy,
guardians to my daughters, and Mr. Jones and Mr. Fawcett to my
son John.
(8) Will of Thomas Beale, dated June 7, 1799, proved Dec. 3,
1799. Wife Sarah the land I li~3 on called Chestnut Hill, and after
her death to son Thomas Beale. Children: Mildred, Jesse Ball,
Eliza, Maria, Winifred Travers, Charles, George and Robert Tav-
erner. Son Thomas Smith Beale. Sons James and Reuben.
Daughter Fanny Foushee (gift to her confirmed). Children:
Daughter Ann H. Belfield, William Currie, Thomas Smith, Mildred,
James, Reuben, Fanny, Jesse Ball, Eliza, Maria, Winifred Travers,
Charles, George and Robert Taverner. Brothers William and Reu-
ben Beale and wife, executors.
(9) Will of Ann Hamilton, dated June 17, 1778, proved Aug. 2,
1784. Refers to will of deceased husband, Gilbert Hamilton, dated
the last of August 1765, which devises his whole estate to her. Son
John Tayloe Hamilton the land I live on. Son Robert Hamilton
the land in Orange County my husband, Gilbert Hamilton bought
of Mr. Taverner Beale, also two negroes. Daughter Judith Carter
two negroes. Daughter Elizabeth Hamilton two negroes. Daugh-
ter Euphan, two negroes &c. Mr. Thomas Lawson and Mr. Robert
W. Carter, executors.
(10) Will of William Peachey, dated July 30, 1798, proved Sept.
6, 1802: daughter Armistead, daughter Nicholson, son William
Travers grandchildren beginning with Elizabeth B. Armistead and
so on down to the youngest; daughters Winifred and Susanna. Re-
fers to a negro given to his sister Eustace by his father's will (she
was the wife of John Eustace) ; grandson John Nicholson, Jr.
Testator owned lands in Kentucky. Son William Travers Peachey,
son-in-law John Nicholson and friend Rudolph Colste[?] [Raleigh
Colston?] executors. Codicil dated Dec. 18, 1798, bequest to daughter
Winifred Armistead.
(11) Will of James Monroe, proved Feb. 2, 1807, "at present of
the County of Richmond"; wife all estate, refers to his children
and his brothers, but does not name them. Brother William
executor.
(12) Will of Charles B. Carter, dated Dec. 1, 1800, proved April
4, 1808. £1000 due from Landon Carter, executor of Robert W.
Carter, to my wife, which was left her by her father. All lands in
Richmond and Westmoreland to be sold. Land in Lancaster called
Nantipoison Neck, 800 acres, and the necessary slaves, to be left
for the support of my wife, Ann Beale Carter and my sons John Hill
Carter and Charles B. Carter. Daughter Winifred Beale Carter
(under 21). Refers to his father as still living. Friends Edward
Carter, of Prince William, Landon Carter and John Tayloe of Rich-
mond and Thomas L. Lee, of Loudoun, executors.
370 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
GENEALOGY.
THE CORBIN FAMILY.
(Continued)
We are indebted to Earl Beauchamp, the representative of the
senior branch of the Corbin family, for abstracts and copies of
deeds, letters, wills, etc., relating to the Corbins, which are among
his family papers and for permission to use them. We also desire
to thank Mr. C. L. Kingsford, 15 Argyll Road, Kensington, London,
for kind aid in the same connection. Mr. Kingsford writes: "Hall
End house is still standing. The property belonged originally to the
Marmions of Tamworth. In the 15th century it was acquired by one,
William Sturmy, whose granddaughter married Nicholas Corbyn, of
Kingswinford. The original home of the Corbyns was Corbyns
Hall at Kingswinford near Dudley, about 25 miles from Hall End.
The Hall End estate was, I believe, sold by the last Earl Beauchamp
about 40 years ago. Some of the Corbyns were buried at Polesworth
and others at Kingswinford."
GENEALOGICAL DATA FOR THE CORBIN FAM-
ILY FROM THE DEEDS OF EARL
BEAUCHAMP.
C. 1220. William son of Corbinus de Chorbeus makes a grant to
the Nuns of Polesworth.
1358. William Corbin held land at Dudley.
1400. Henry Corbyn occurs as a witness to a deed relating to land
at Dudley and Seggesley (Sedgeley).
1401. August 10, Charter of Henry Corbyn granting land at King-
swinford.
1407. June 29. Grant to Henry Corbyn of land at Sedgeley (near
Dudley).
1414. Sept. 25. William Sturmy occurs in connection with Holt
Hall at Polesworth.
1421. June 24. Quitclaim by Margery sometime wife of Henry
Corbyn, of land at Sedgeley.
1427. March 2. Grant of "le Hall End" and the lands in Polesworth
which were once William Gregory's, by Thomas Lonett to
John Chetewynd, who on 25 June conveyed it to Henry Lud-
ford and John Scot.
GENEALOGY 371
1428. April 15. William Sturmy and Eleanor his wife.
1428. Sept. 20. Settlement of lands in Kingswinford, Dudley and
Sedgeley on John Corbyn and Elizabeth Everdon and the
heirs of their bodies.
1430. Oct. 3. William Everdon and John Lorde grant to William
Corbyn lands in Kingswinford which they had by feoffment
from John Corbyn: to hold for life with remainders to John
Corbyn and the heirs of his body and in default to Thomas
Corbyn, brother of John Corbyn.
1431. Sept. 14. Grant by Nicholas Russell and John Lorde to
John Corbyn son of William Corbyn of lands in Kingswin-
ford, which they had. by feoffment of William and Margery
Corbyn. Thomas Corbyn a witness.
1432. March 20. Grant by Thomas Page to William Sturmy of
Polesworth and Eleanor his wife, of Hall End and lands in
Polesworth which he acquired from John Scotte and Henry
Lutteford.
1438. Aug. 1. Settlement of Hall End with remainder to John, son
of William and Eleanor Sturmy, with remainders to brother
Edward and sisters Elizabeth and Joan.
1452. March 25. Demise by Thomas Corbyn of Kingswinford of
land at Tybinton.
1452. June 26. Settlement on marriage of John Sturmy and Joan
daughter of William Clerke of Dudley.
1452. July 14. Charter of Eleanor late wife of William Sturmy,
to her son John.
1453. Feb. 2. Deed of Thomas Corbyn.
1459. Apr. 16. Joan late wife of John Sturmy.
1459. June 8. Demise of Hall End on trust by Eleanor Sturmy.
1467. January 19. Charter of Thomas Corbyn to John Corbyn,
vicar of Womburne.
1468. Apr. 29. Wardship of Agnes and Joan daughters of John
Sturmy.
1474. Dec. 12. Demise by Joan Corbyn, late wife of Thomas Cor-
byn, and Nicholas Corbyn, her son, of land in Tybinton, on
trust.
1489. Feb. 1. Demise by Nicholas Corbyn of land in Sedgeley.
1506. Lawsuit between Nicholas Corbyn, Joan his wife, and Robert
Carlile. Joan Corbyn was daughter of John Sturmy. Robert
Carlile was son of Joan daughter of William Sturmy. It re-
lated to the lands in Polesworth and was decided in Corbyn's
favour.
1512. Feb. 1. Demise by Nicholas Corbyn.
1513. Rental of Nicholas Corbyn. Mentions Corbyns Hall in Kings-
winford. His lands worth £109 the year.
1528. May 30. Demise by Jane Corbin, late wife of Nicholas Cor-
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bin to Anne Corbin her daughter. Richard Corbin son and
heir of Nicholas Corben assents.
1530. Apr. 14. Lease by Richard Corbyn of Kingswinford.
1553. Jan. 1. Deed of Thomas Corbyn of Hall End.
1563. Aug. 13. Deed of Thomas Corbyn of Hall End and Anne his
wife.
1564. May 30. Grant by Thomas Corbyn of Hall End to Francis
Corbyn, John Corbyn and others on trust for George Corbyn,
son and heir of Thomas. Francis and John were probably
brothers of Thomas.
1574. March 24. George Corbyn witness to a deed between Thomas
Corbyn and Thomas Warings. Thomas Corbyn uses a seal
displaying his shield "in chief three ravens"; the earliest
instance.
1581. May 27. Deed of George Corbyn of Hall End.
1620. Aug. 25. Deed of George Corbyn of Hall End, for settlement
of estates. Witnesses include Gawen Grosvenor, Anne Cor-
bin, and Jane Corbin.
1621. May 26. Bond to Thomas Corbyn of Hall End.
1622. Sept. 5. Sale of lands at Polesworth to Thomas Corbyn
C.1625. George Corbyn in giving evidence in a lawsuit describes
himself as about 80 years of age and bred and born at
Hall End.
1635. Nov. 2. Deed of Thomas Corbyn mentioning Winifred his
wife and George Corbyn his father.
1636. Mar. 29. George Corbyn alive.
1637. Nov. 14. Grant of Wardship of Thomas Corbyn to Winifred
Corbyn widow, and others.
1638. June 1. Probate of Will of Thomas Corbyn of Hall End.
His sons: Thomas, Henry, George, Gawyne and Charles:
daughter Lettice. Brothers-in-law John Dawkins and James
Prescott. Winifred Corbyn remarried (2) Cecil Warburton
who died before 1646. (3) Richard Howell. Lettice Corbyn
married Thomas Okeover.
1645-6. Feb. 15. Marriage Settlement of Thomas Corbyn of Cor-
bins Hall and Margaret daughter of Edmund Goodere.
1650. Feb. 22. Receipt by George Corbyn of London, 6alter, for a
legacy under his father's Will.
1653-4. Jan. 7. Do. by Henry Corbyn of London, draper. [The
emigrant to Virginia]
1653-4. Jan. 18. Do. by Thomas Okeover on behalf of his wife.
1657. Dec. 7. Do. by Gawen Corbyn. Charles Corbyn was dead.
1656-7. Jan. 3. Bond of Henry Corbyn of Rappahanock, Virginia,
merchant, to Sir Henry Chicheley, Colonel Samuel Mathewes
and Thomas Corbyn, on the occasion of his intended mar-
riage to Alice, widow of Rowland Burnham of Rappahan-
nock, in order to secure her property to Alice.
GENEALOGY 373
Thomas Corbyn (eldest son of Thomas, of Hall End), had a
numerous family, but all died young except one daughter Mar-
garet who in July 1688 married William Lygon of Madresfield.
Thomas Corbyn died in Dec. 1688. William Lygon had issues
William, Corbyn, Thomas and Margaret. William and Thomas died
before their father. Corbyn Lygon succeeded and died in 1728,
having by his wife Jane Tullie a son William and two daughters
Jane and Margaret; William died soon after and was succeeded
at Madresfield and Hall End by his Aunt Margaret, then widow of
Reginald Pyndar of Kempley, Gloucestershire. Her son Reginald
took the name of Lygon and was father of William Lygon, first
Earl Beauchamp.
The following short pedigree of the English family was prepared by Mr. Kings-
ford from the original documents. This gives an unbroken and fully proven de-
scent from about 1400. As this outline pedigree was prepared entirely from the
Corbin papers referred to, the absence of the names of wives, &c, given in the ped-
igree printed In the last instalment does not necessarily mean that the statements
in the former pedigree are incorrect.
Henry Corbyn=Margery.
(1400)
William Corbyn (1430)
I I (1452)
John Corbyn=Elizabeth Everdon. Thomas Corbyn=Joan
Nicholas=Joan Sturmy.
(1500)1
Richard Corbyn. Anne.
I (1528)
Francis. John. Thomas Corbyn=Anne .
(1560) I
George Corbyn.
I (i543- 1 636
Thomas Corbyn=Winifred Grosvenor.
d. 1637. 1
Thomaa=Margaret Goodere. Henry. George. Gawin. Charles.
d. 1688. I (of Va.)
Margaret= William Lygon.
d. 1720.
Corbyn Lygon. Margaret=Reginald Pyndar.
I d. 1728. I
Reginald Lygon.
William.
o. s. p. William Lygon,
1st Earl Beauchamp.
(To be continued)
374 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE
GRYMES OF BRANDON, &c.
(Concluded)
52. William Fitzhughs Grymes, of "Eagles Nest", King George
County, was born and died 1830. He was a member of
the House of Delegates from King George 1810-11. He married
Jane Champe, daughter of Thomas Pratt, of Caroline County, and
had issue:
71. Robert Carter Nicholas's, M. D., died unmarried; 72.
Richard Montgomery*, died unmarried; 73. William Fitzhughe,
died unmarried; 74. William Henry Fitzhughs, died unmarried;
75. Benjamin Franklins, died unmarried; 76. Mary Meade, died
unmarried; 77. Virginia, married Nov. 31, 1829, Henry T. Wash-
ington of King George County; 78. Thomas Jefferson Inde-
pendences, born July 4, 1825, died Oct. 1866, married Fanny
Irving, of Alexandria, Va., and left three sons and three daugh-
ters who lived at "Eagles Nest".
53. Benjamins Grymes, of "Somerset", King George County,
b orn f died 1828 or 1829. He married Margaret Vivian,
daughter of Thomas Pratt, of Caroline County, and had issue:
79. William Fitzhughs, who was in the U. S. Navy and died
young and unmarried; 80. Louisa, married Edgar Snowden, of
Alexandria; 81. George Washington Parke Custis", born ,
died 1870, married 1st, Martha, daughter of George N. Grymes
(and had two daughters), married 2nd, Miss Stuart (and had a
son and a daughter); 82. Quisenberry Pratte, died young; 83.
Jane Brockenbrough, married Richard Kidder Meade, of White
Post, Clarke County; 84. Eleanor A. S., married March 28, 1848,
Hugh Mercer Tennant, of King George County; 85. Martha.
54. George Nicholass Grymes, of "Mt. Chene" and "Mt. Stuart",
King George County, born 1784, died Nov. 1853. He married Ann
Eilbeck Mason, grand-daughter of George Mason of "Gunston" (she
died Nov. 1864, aged 74 years) and had issue:
86. Ann N., married Atkinson; 87. Elizabeth Mason;
88. Lucy Fitzhugh, married Dr. A. B. Hooe, of King George
County; 89. Martha Lucretia; 90. Sarah; 91. Rosalie; 92. George
Grahams, died young; 93. Edmund Fitzhughs, died young; 94.
Richard Barnes Masons, died young; 95. George Edmunds, of
King George County, married Elizabeth Hansford, and had
four sons and five daughters; 96. Benjamin Richardss, of
Mathias Point, King George County, married and had three sons
and three daughters.
GENEALOGY 375
62. Peyton? Gbymes, married Catherine Catlett and had issue:
97. Roberts; 98. Peyton Minors; 99. Mary Lewis; 100. Fanny;
101. Betty; 102. Nanny.
63. Db. Robeet Page? Gbymes, was born at "Selma", Orange
County, May 30, 1824, removed to Chesterfield County in 1846 and
died May 23, 1889. He married, Mary, daughter of Dr. Joseph E.
Cox, of Petersburg (she died in Richmond, Nov. 22, 1920 in the
86th year of her age) and had issue:
103. E. Buford, married Fanny Thaw; 104. Peytons; 105.
Jamess; 106. Roberts; 107. Susan, married C. T. Henley; 108.
Sarah, married H. T. Wright.
64. Benjamin Andbew? Gbymes, married Harriet Beale and had
issue:
109. Kate; 110. Benjamins; 111. Edwins; 112. Williams; 113.
Alice, married Bolton Harrison; 114. Sarah, married Peter V.
Moncure; 115. John Randolphs; 116. Eugenia.
65. Db. William Shephebd? Gbymes, of Gordonsville, Va., born
April 3, 1825, died March 20, 1891. He served as surgeon C. S. A.
He married, June 1, 1870, at "Backwood", Orange County, Va., Mary
Ann, daughter of David Meade Bernard, of Petersburg, Va., and
had at least one daughter, Mrs. E. D. Gilmore, of Sewickley, Pa.
66. John Randolph? Gbymes, married in Texas and had several
children.
THE LOVELACE FAMILY AND ITS
CONNECTIONS
By J. Hall Pleasants, Baltimore, Md.
(Continued)
AUCHER OF OTTERDEN AND BISHOPSBOURNE, KENT,
WITH NOTES ON CORNWALLIS, WROTH AND RICH.
Sir Anthony Aucher?: continued from page 295 — The inquisition
shows that Sir Anthony Aucher died January 9th [1558]. As this
was two days after the surrender of Calais, he doubtless died of
wounds received a few days previously during the siege.
Sir Anthony Aucher? married, apparently in 1525, Affra daughter
of William Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk, the then head of the
distinguished family of this name, by his wife Eliza Stamford.
At the time of this marriage William Cornwallis was dead; he had
died in 1519. The identity of Affra Cornwallis is correctly given
in the contemporary pedigree of Cornwallis in Harvey's Visitation
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of Suffolk 1561, (Metcalfs Visitations of Suffolk; Exeter, 1882,
pp. 21, 22). This is confirmed by the inquisition upon the estate
of Sir Anthony Aucher given below in which it is recited that he
conveyed [in trust] the manor of Otterden, 20 July 17 Henry VIII
[1525] to Sir Robert [or Edward] Guildford [Guldford] and Sir
John Cornwalleys, knights, George Guildford and Thomas Hardres,
esquires, Thomas Cornwalleys, clerk, and Edward Cornwalleys, gent,
for purpose of a settlement on the said Affra [followed by illegible
words] Cornwallys whom he proposed to marry. It is known that
Sir John Cornwallis, Thomas Cornwallis and Edward Cornwallis
were sons of William Cornwallis [d. 1519] of Brome. The evidence
as to the identity of Affra Cornwallis is gone into in detail, because
the Visitation of Kent, 1619, Burke and Berry, although giving her
father's name correctly, state that he was of Norfolk. A sketch of
the Cornwallis family of Brome will follow (pp. 381-2).
Sir Anthony Aucher? apparently left no will and his estate was
administered upon in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: "12
May, 1560, administration upon the estate of Anthony Aucher, kt.
Cant, was granted to his son Edward Aucher, with consent of
Walter Bradbourne", and a subsequent administration doubtless
an adm. de bonis non: "admon. Anos. gt. Jan. 1571" (Genealogist;
Administrations; Prerogative Court of Canterbury; i; p. 7). The
statement of Hasted that he left Bishopsbourne to his son Edward
by will is certainly incorrect as the inquisition shows that it was
settled by entail in 1552, or five years before Sir Anthony's death,
upon his eldest son John, and in default of male heirs of John, suc-
cessively upon his sons Edward, Thomas and William. The state-
ment that he left a will is also incorrect.
In addition to the manors of Otterden, Bishopsbourne and Hauts-
bourne (or Shelvingbourne), Sir Anthony Aucher died posesssed of
the manors of Kyngeston, Baddlesmere and Pasting, and of the
manor and park of Lyminge (Lyming). He also held the advowson
of the churches of Kyngston, Lyming, Perlesforth and Stamforth,
as well as lands in various other parishes in Kent named in the
inquisition, in which it is stated that some of these "premises
descend in gavelkind", i. e. were to be divided equally among hi3
male heirs, not passing entirely to the eldest son by entail. Certain
of the above lands including the manor of Otterden were subject
to the life interest of his wife Affra, but all those entailed were
eventually to pass to his eldest son and heir John Aucher, who was
living when the inquisition was taken 15 May, 1558, with contingent
remainders, except in the case of Otterden, successively to his other
sons Edward, Thomas and William should John die without male
issue. As this John Auchers died, leaving as his only heir, a
daughter, the entailed lands, including the manors of Bishops-
bourne, Hautsbourne, Kingston and Lyminge, finally passed to his
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brother Edward Aucher®, the second son of Sir Anthony? in whose
possession they were 15 May, 1568, when the inquisition upon
Edward Aucher 'ss estate was taken (q. v. p. 279), except the manor
of Otterden which under the terms of the settlement descended to
the heirs of John's daughter Anne, who married Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, the great navigator.
The following is the inquisition post mortem, unfortunately il-
legible in some important parts, upon the estate of Sir Anthony
Aucher, Knight, taken 15 May, 1558 (Chancery Inquisitions Post
Mortem; Series II, Vol. 112, No. 91):
Inquisition taken at Deptford 15 May, 4 & 5 Philip and
Mary [1558]. Sir Anthony Aucher died seised of the
manor of Shelvingbourne alias Hawtysbourne, and of the
manor of Bishopsbourne, which he acquired by indenture
of 1st June 2 Edw VI [1548] from Thomas Culpeper of
Bedgebury, esq., who had married Anne, daughter & heir
of Sir William Hawte, Kt.; and from Sir James Hales, Kt.,
and Margaret his wife, formerly wife of the said Sir Wil-
liam Hawte. He was also seised of the manor and advow-
son of the church of Kyngeston [Kingston], co. Kent, and
the manor and park of Lymenge alias Gymynge, and the
advowsons of the churches of Lymnge, Perlesforthe and
Stanforthe, and lands in Kingeston, Barham, Wotton,
Lyminge, Eltham, Patricksbourne and Brydge, etc. On 1
Feb 6 Edw. VI [1552] he therewith enfeoffed Thomas
Hardres and Thomas Cox, esquires, Alvered Randolfe and
John Ramsey, gentlemen; on the 20th of the same month,
they by their deed granted the premises to Sir Anthony
and Dame Affra, then his wife, for their lives, with re-
mainder to John Aucher, esq., son and heir apparent of
the said Anthony, in tail male, and contingent remainders
in tail male successively to his other sons Edward, Thomas
and William. The manor of Otterinden he conveyed 20
July 17 Hen VIII [1525] to Sir Robert (or Edward?)
Guildford, kt. & Sir John Gornwalleys, kt., George Guild-
ford and Thomas Hardres, esquires, Thomas Cornwalleys,
clerk, and Edward Cornewalleys, gent., for purposes of a
settlement on the said Affra * * * * Cornewallays, whom
the said Anthony intended to take to wife. He was seised
of the manor of Postling, out of which he granted an
annuity of 100 marks to Thomas Spylman of Canterbury,
gent, (now esq.), 2 April 1 Edw. VI [1547]. Other annui-
ties he had granted to Roger Manwood & Henry Oxenden.
He acquired [? the manor of Baddlesmere] & lands from
Anne, Countess of Oxford [the particulars illegible]. He
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died 9 Jan * * * * The said John Aucher is his son & heir;
some of the premises descend in gavel kind. The said
Dame Affra & his other sons all survive.
The issue of Sir Anthony Aucher? and his wife Affra Cornwallis
as given here are taken from his inquisition, the Visitation of Kent,
1019, and Berry's Genealogies; Kent. Issue: (1) John Aucher* of
Otterden, who married Anne daughter of Sir William Kelloway,
knight; he died prior to 1568; his only child and heir, a daughter
Anne, inherited the manor of Otterden, and married about 1570,
Sir Humphrey Gilbert the celebrated navigator; issue five sons and
one daughter; many biographical sketches of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
incorrectly state that his wife was a daughter of Sir Anthony
Aucher?; (2) Edward Aucher* of Bishopsbourne — See VIII; (3)
Thomas Aucher* d.s.p.; (4) William Aucher* of Nonington, married
Alice Monins and d.s.p.; he was a clergyman and in 1566 was
granted the "next presentation of the advowson of Lyminge" by
his brother Edward Aucher; (5) Susannah Aucher*.
VIII. Edward Aucher* (Nicholas*, Henrys, Henrys, Henry*,
John^, James", Anthony?). Of Bishopsbourne, Kent. Born shortly
before 1540. The inquisition post mortem given below shows that
he married 10 June, 1560, Mabel the daughter of Sir Thomas Wroth.
This definitely confirms the statements to this effect in the Aucher
pedigrees given in the Visitation of Kent, 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii;
pp. 180-1), in Berry (Genealogies; Kent; pp. 222-3) and in Burhe
(Extinct and Dormant Baronetages; 2nd. ed.; pp. 27-29); while it
shows the incorrectness of the statement in the Wroth pedigrees
among the "Additional Pedigrees" in this same Visitation of Kent,
1619 (p. 214) which states that his Wife was the daughter of Sir
Robert Wroth and a granddaughter of the above Sir Thomas Wroth.
Sir Thomas Wroth, knight, of Durants in Enfield, Middlesex, was a
prominent politician during the reign of Henry VIII and of Ed-
ward VI, and married Mary the daughter of Richard, first lord
Rich, the celebrated lord chancellor. Sketches of both the Wroth
and Rich families will follow. The inquisition upon Sir Anthony
Aucher's? estate, 1558, shows that the manor of Bishopsbourne and
other property had been settled by him by deed dated 20 Feb. 1552,
upon his eldest son and heir John, with reversion to his other sons
successively. The inquisition upon the estate of Edward Aucher*,
15 May, 1568, shows that at his death, 14 Feb. 1567-8, he was seized
of the manor of Bishopsbourne and other property. It would, there-
fore, appear that Edward Aucher had inherited Bishopsbourne by
the death of his brother John without male heirs. Edward Aucher
was probably about thirty at the time of his death. None of the
published pedigrees refer in any way to a remarriage by his widow
Mabel. Nor does the Aucher mural tablet in Bishopsbourne church
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which states that she died in 1597, refer to a remarriage. That she
had remarried, however, sometime prior to 5 Oct. 1573, Richard
Hardres* of Hardres, Kent, and that her son Anthony Aucher was
then the ward of her father Sir Thomas Wroth, is shown by the
latter's will. The will of Sir Thomas Wroth, dated 5 October, 1573
and proved 16 April, 1575, a full abstract of which will be given
later, refers to "my daughter Mabell Hardres, wife of Richard
Hardres, esq.", and in a later paragraph provides that "if my ward
Anthony Awcher [i. e. Anthony^] before his age of 21 pay my
executor so much money for his marriage and wardship as I or
they have dispersed, then my executors shall not take any further
benefit but the said Anthony to remain unmarried or marry him-
self at his pleasure." The inquisition upon the estate of Edward
Aucher shows that he and his wife Mabel left two children, a son
Anthony born in 1562, and a daughter Elizabeth. Although the
inquisition refers to a will of Edward Aucher, dated 3 Feb. 10
Elizabeth [1567-8], no such will can now be found in the Pre-
rogative Court of Canterbury, London, nor in the local courts of
Kent at Canterbury or Rochester.
The following inquisition post mortem was taken upon the estate
of Edward Aucher 15 May, 1568 (Court of Wards and Liveries: In-
quisitions post mortem. Vol. II, fol. 26), and in the absence of a
will is of especial interest:
Inquisition taken at Deptford Strand, co. Kent, 15 May
10 Elizabeth [1568], after the death of Edward Aucher, esq.
He was seised of the manor of Bishopsbourne, manor & ad-
vowson of Lyminge &c. 22 August 1566 he had granted
the next presentation to Lyminge to his brother William
Aucher. 27 Sept. 8 Eliz. [1566] Edward Aucher and Mabel
his wife granted to their kinsman James Aucher of Cher-
ington the keepership of Cherington Park. In Mich, term
8 & 9 Eliz. a recovery was had by Sir Thomas Wroth, father
of the said Mabel, and Robert Eyre, esq., to uses of an in-
denture made between the said Edward & his wife, 30 Sept.
8 Eliz. [1566], referring to the settlement made on their
marriage 10 June 2 Elizabeth [1560], under which Lyminge
was entailed on said Edward Aucher & his brother Wil-
liam, in tail male successively, remainder to Edward's right
heirs. On 20 February 6 Edward VI [1552], Bishopsborne
* The Hardres were a prominent family in the parish of Hardres,
Kent, and in the next century a baronetcy was conferred upon a descend-
ant of Richard Hardres. The Hardres pedigrees in the Visitation of
Essex, 1612 (Harl. Soc. xiii ; p. 211), Visitation of Kent, 1663-1668 (Harl.
Soc. liv ; p. 73) and Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetages (2nd. ed.
pp.2 42-3) erroneously state that this Richard Hardres married Mary,
daughter of Sir Thomas Wroth. This is disproved by Sir Thomas Wroth's
will, cited above, which shows that it was his daughter Mabel who mar-
ried Richard Hardres.
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& other property was settled in tail as above, with remain-
der over to the right heirs of Sir Anthony Aucher, dec**.,
father of the said Edward. The recovery of Mich. 8 & 9
Eliz. [1566] and deed therewith connected are made to en-
able the jointure of the said Mabel to be more conveniently
placed as regards a dwelling house, to raise money to pay
the debts of Edward Aucher, and to provide for the bring-
ing up and advancement of his children. The deed puts a
condition on the succession by William & his heirs male,
viz. that they shall not do anything contrary to this deed;
and in such event, or for failure of such issue, the remain-
der to be to Elizabeth Aucher, daughter of the said Edward.
The said Edward, as Edward Aucher of Bishopsborne, esq.,
son of Sir Anthony Aucher, Kt., deca., made his will 3
February 10 Eliz. [1567-8], providing for his daughter Eliza-
beth and son Anthony. He bequeaths £5 to Mary Wroth.
He died at Bishopsborne on the 14th Feb. 10 Eliz. [1567-8].
Anthony Aucher, son & heir of the said Edward is aged five
and a half years.
Issue of Edward Auchers and his wife Mabel Wroth:
(1) Sir Anthony Aucher», knight; of Bishopsbourne. He was
born 1562, and died 13 Jan. 1609-10. He was knighted 4 July,
1604 at Chatham. He is said to have married twice. By his
1st wife, a daughter of Robert Barham, he had no issue. By
his 2nd wife Margaret, daughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop
of York (q. v.) he had issue (1) Sir Anthony Aucherio (died
1637); (2) Edwin Aucherio of Willesborough; (3) Eliza-
beth^ married Sir William Hamour, (4) Margaret^ married
Sir Roger James. There is thus a double connection between
the Aucher and Sandys families, as his nephew Sir William
Lovelace, the younger (1584-1627), son of his sister Elizabeth
(Aucher^) Lovelace, married Anne Barne, the niece of his
wife Margaret Sandys. This Anne Barne was the daughter
of Sir William Barne and Anne Sandys, another daughter of
Archbishop Sandys. The above mentioned Sir Anthony
Aucheri", knight (died July, 1637), had a son Sir Anthony
Aucher", knight (1613-1694) who was created a baronet July
4, 1666. The title is now extinct. See Burke's Extinct and
Dormant Baronetages, 2nd. ed. p. 28, and Berry's Genealogies;
Kent, p. 223, for later lines.
IX. (2) Elizabeth Aucher^. Born between 1561 and 1565. She is re-
ferred to in her father's inquisition as having been provided
for under his will. She married about 1580 or 1581, Sir Wil-
liam Lovelace, the elder, knight, of Bethersden, Kent (1551-
GENEALOGY 381
1629). She was buried 3 December, 1627, in Canterbury
Cathedral. Sir William Lovelace and his wife Elizabeth
Auchera had issue (1) Richard Lovelace (1582-1602); (2) Sir
William Lovelace, the younger (1584-1627), leaving issue q. v.
ante pp. 87-90; (3) Mabel Lovelace (1584-1627) mar. Sir John
Collimore, knight. See the Virginia Magazine, xxvii-xxviii,
for the Lovelace pedigree.
CORNWALLIS OF BROME, SUFFOLK.
The pedigree of Cornwallys [Cornwallis] of Brome, Suffolk, which
appears in the Visitation of Suffolk made by Harvey, Clarencieux
king-of-arms, in 1561, carries the family back to the middle of the
fourteenth century and is very complete (Metcalfe's Visitation of
Suffolk; Exeter, 1882; pp. 21, 22). An examination of the pedigree
will show that Affra Cornwallis, wife of Sir Anthony Aucher?, was a
sister of Sir John Cornwallis of Brome, Steward of the Household of
Prince Edward [Edward VI] and an aunt of Sir Thomas Cornwallis,
Member of Queen Mary's Privy Council and Comptroller of Her
Majesty's Household. Of this same family is the celebrated Lord
Cornwallis of the American Revolution. The following is from the
contemporary pedigree in the Visitation of Suffolk, 1561:
The arms of Cornwallis as given in the Visitation: Arms Sable,
guttee d'eau, on a fess dancette Argent three Cornish choughs
[proper]. Crest: On a mount Vert a stag lodged regardant Argent
attired Or gored with a chaplet of laurel Vert, and vulned on the
shoulder Gules.
I. Thomas Cornwallis*. Of London, merchant. Married Jane
da. of William Hansard. He was Shrive [Shrieve or Sheriff] of
London temp. Richard II [1378] and was born in Ireland whence this
surname cometh. He died in 1384 and was buried at St. Margaret's
in the Vintry. Son and heir:
II. John Cornwallis2. Married Phillippe de. and one of the heirs
of Robert Buckton [Bucton] of Brome, Suff., esq. Issue son and
heir:
III. Thomas Cornwalliss f Brome. Married Phillippe da. and
one of the heirs of Edward Tyrrell of Dowham, Essex, esq. Issue
(1) John*, son and heir d.s. p. [1506]; (2) Edward*, d.s. p. [1510];
(3) Robert*, d . s . p . ; (4) William*— see IV; (5) Katherine* married
Francis Frewsmere.
IV. William Cornwallis* of Brome. Married Eliza da. and one of
the heirs of John Stamford, esq. [Burke refers to him as Sir William
Cornwallis which is doubtless an error as regards the title, and
states that he died in 1519. This date is confirmed by the probate
in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1519, of the will of William
Cornewalys, esquire, of Ocley (i. e. Oakley adjoining Brome) Suffolk;
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London; Bedfordshire; Norfolk]. Issue (1) Sir John Cornwallis 5 of
Brome, married Mary da. of Edward Sulyard of Otes, Essex, esq.
knighted at the taking of Morley [Morlaix — 1523]. He was Steward
of the Household of Prince Edward [afterwards Edward VI] for six
years until his death [died 1544]. Buried in Barkshamsted in
Bucks [Herts]. He had issue by his wife Mary Sulyard, among
other children, Sir Thomas Cornwallis^, knight, Member of Queen
Mary's Privy Council, Treasurer of Calles [Calais] and Comtroller
of Her Majesty's Household; (2) Thomas Cornwallis 5 , Archdeacon
of Norfolk; (3) Edward Cornwallis 5 ; (4) William Cornwallis 5 ;
(5) Francis Cornwallis 5 ; (6) Elizabeth Cornwallis 5 married
Singleton; (7) V. Affra Cornwallis 5 married Sir Anthony Aucher of
Otterdon [Otterden], Kent, kt, [and is the ancestress of the Love-
laces of Bethersden]; (8) Dorothy Cornwallis 5 married John Head of
Kent; (9) Katharine Carnwallis 5 , a nonne [nun] of Elstow [a
Benedictine nunnery near Bedford]; (10) Prudence Cornwallis 5
married Royden Eden; (11) Edith Cornwallis 5 married
Barwyke.
For the Cornwallis pedigree from this point down, see Burke's
Extinct Peerages (ed. 1866; pp. 137-8), Collins's Peerage of Eng-
land (ed. 1812; ii; pp. 537-559), and The Dictionary of National
Biography (xii; pp. 242-7). Sir Thomas Cornwalliss (1519-1604)
son of Sir John Cornwallis 5 , and nephew of Affra (Cornwallis 5 )
Aucher, was prominent in the reign of Mary, but held no offices
under Elizabeth on account of his Catholicism. He rebuilt Brome
Hall. His grandson Frederick Cornwalliss was created a baronet
in 1627, and elevated to the peerage as Baron Cornwallis of Eyre
in 1611; and the fifth baron, Charles Cornwallisis, was in 1753 made
Viscount Brome and Earl Cornwallis. The latter's son, Charles
Cornwallis^ (1738-1805), second Earl and first Marquis Cornwallis,
was the celebrated Lord Cornwallis, the British commander in the
American Revolution.
Collins (p. 541) gives very full quotations from the will of Wil-
liam Cornwallis 4 of Brome, dated 8 November, 1519, and probated
29 November, 1519. He makes a bequest to the parish church of
Brome and requests to be buried in the church of St. Nicholas, in
the adjoining parish of Oakley. He names his wife Elizabeth and
his eldest son John and refers to, but apparently does not name, his
other sons. He names his daughters Prudence, Edith, Affra, Cath-
erine and Dorothy, apparently all unmarried at the time of his
death. Collins also refers to a will of his widow Elizabeth Corn-
wallis of Thrandeston, dated 30 May, 1537, but does not quote from
it. Collins states incorrectly that it was his daughter Frances who
married Sir Anthony Aucher*.
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WROTH OF ENFIELD, MIDDLESEX.
The Wroth and Aucher families are connected through the mar-
riage in 1560 of Edward Aucher (1539?-1568) of Bishopsbourne,
Kent (see ante pp. 378-381) and Mabel, the daughter of Sir Thomas.
Wroth (1516-1573), knight, of Enfield, Middlesex. This Sir Thorns
Wroth, who was very prominent in public affairs in the reigns of
Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth, married Mary daughter of
Richard, first lord Rich of Leez, lord chancellor under Edward VI
(see note on Rich post, p. 390).
The father of Sir Thomas Wroth (1516-1573) was Robert Wroth
( -1536) of Durrants in Enfield. This Robert Wroth was attor-
ney of the Duchy of Lancaster, and one of the commissioners
appointed in 1529 to enquire into the possessions of Cardinal Wol-
sey; and sat for Middlesex in the reformation parliament (1529-
1535). He married Jane, the widow of Thomas Goodere and the
daughter of Sir Thomas Hawte of Haute Court, Kent, and died in
1536. A full pedigree of the Hawte or Haute family carried back
to the reign of Henry III will be found in the Visitation of Kent,
1619, (Harl. Soc. Publ. xlii; 214). The Wroths claim descent from
William de Wrotham, constable of Dover Castle in the reign of King
John, whose descendant John Wroth in the reign of Edward III
was shrive or sheriff of London in 1331, lord mayor in 1361, and
representative of Middlesex in several parliaments. Either through
his marriage or the marriage of his son Thomas, for the old pedi-
grees vary as to this point, with Maud the daughter and heir of
Thomas Durant (d. 1348), who built Durrants in Enfield, this
became the seat of the Wroth family in Middlesex.*
The following sketch of Sir Thomas Wroth, whose daughter
Mabel married Edward Aucher, is taken largely from the Diction-
ary of National Biography (Ixiii, 163-5). While this sketch and the
other published pedigrees make brief reference to his seven sons,
neither the names nor any information whatever is given in regard
* The pedigTees of Wroth, none of which appear to have been com-
piled before the seventeenth century, are so conflicting as to the early
lines that it seems inadvisable to select arbitrarily any one and reproduce
it in detail here. The interested reader is referred to the following
visitation pedigrees of this family : Visitation of Essex, 1612 (Harl. Soc.
Pxibl. xiii ; 33), Middlesex Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. Publ. lxv ; 17) and
Visitation of London, 16S3, 163k, 1635 (Harl. Soc. Publ. xvii ; 374). The
pedigrees which appear in various county and local histories are equally
conflicting and unreliable. There is still another pedigree tracing the
family from a Geoffrey de Wrotham who flourished in the reign of King
Stephen (1135-1154). This chart pedigree which appears in full in the
Archaeologia Cantiana (xii; 310-16) was filed as evidence in a chancery
suit commenced in 1788 by William Henry, Earl of Rochford and John
Lane, esq., plaintiffs, against Sir John Dashwood, King, baronet, the
Baroness Le Despencer and others, defendants, to dispossess them of
certain old Wroth estates in Enfield, Middlesex. The suit was won by
the plaintiffs. The whole question should be restudied by modern methods
of genealogical research.
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to the seven daughters whose existence we learn of through his
will. The writer has fortunately been able to secure from the
probate records an abstract of this will which has not been previ-
ously published, and which adds much to our knowledge of him
and his descendants.
Thomas Wroth, the eldest son of Robert Wroth, of Durrants in
Enfield, and his wife Jane Hawte, was born in 1516, and upon the
death of his father in 1536, inherited Durrants. He was a ward of
the king. He was educated at St. Johns College, Cambridge and in
1536 became a student of law at Gray's Inn. October 4, 1536, his
wardship and marriage was granted by Henry VIII to Thomas
Cromwell. In 1539 Sir Richard Rich, later Lord Rich and Chan-
cellor of England, paid Cromwell three hundred marks for the
right of disposing of Wroth in marriage, and provided for his third
daughter Mary by betrothing her to him. Wroth, 24 April, 1540,
granted livery of his lands, and in that and the following year
Rich secured for Wroth the manor of Highbury, forfeited by Crom-
well, and the manors of Beymondhall, Herts, and lands in Chestnut,
Wormley and Enfield, belonging to various dissolved monasteries.
Wroth went to parliament, 18 December, 1544, as one of the
knights of the shire for Middlesex, and appears to have again repre-
sented Middlesex from 1547 to 1552. Through the influence of his
father in law he was appointed in 1545 one of the gentlemen of the
bed chamber of Prince Edward and retained this position during
all of Edward's reign, and was knighted, 22 February, 1546-7. He
was sent by the king with a letter of congratulation to the Protector
upon the victory of Pinkie, September, 1547, and July, 1548, was a
witness against Bishop Gardiner for his sermon preached at St.
Paul's. Upon the Protector's fall Wroth was appointed one of the
four principal gentlemen of the privy chamber, his ordinary salary
of £50 being doubled to help ensure his fidelity to Warwick. On
the day of the Protector's execution he was sent to Sion House to
report on the number and ages of Somerset's children and ser-
vants, and 7 June, Wroth was given a twenty-one year's lease of
Sion House, which however he surrendered later for charitable
purposes. He was granted, 24 July, 1550, the manors of Barfield,
Chigwell and West Ham in Essex. He was appointed, 14 April,
1551, joint lord lieutenant of Middlesex with Paget, and in the last
year of Edward's reign was one of the commissioners for the lord-
lieutenancy of Middlesex, and knight of the shire in Edward's last
parliament. Although he never actually became a member of the
Privy Council, he was one of those whom Edward proposed in
March, 1551-2 to "call in commission." He was a great favorite of
King Edward, who is said to have died in his arms. Wroth was in
1552 on a commission for the recovery of the king's debts, and this
same year was one of the "adventurers" in a voyage to Morocco.
GENEALOGY 385
Wroth signed the king's letters patent limiting the crown to Lady
Jane Grey, but took no other part in Northumberland's insurrection.
He was committed to the Tower, 27 July, 1553, but was released.
Although urged by Lord John Grey, Jan. 27, 1553-4, to join Suffolk's
rising, Wroth escaped to the continent, probably by royal license
obtained through the influence of his father-in-law Lord Rich from
Queen Mary. He remained at Frankford and Strassburg during the
remainder of Mary's reign, but on Elizabeth's accession he returned
to England. He again represented Middlesex, 29 December, 1558,
as knight of the shire, and was appointed in 1562 special commis-
sioner on the government of Ireland, being in Dub in in 1563 and
1564. In 1569 he was commissioner for the musters in Middlesex
and for the lord-lieutenancy of London. Wroth's will shows that
he held numerous manors in addition to those already referred to,
which he had doubtlessly acquired by purchase. The date of his
death, 9 October, 1573, as given in the Dictionary of National
Biography, is probably incorrect, as this is the date of the codicil
of his will, which was not probated until 16 April, 1575. He there-
fore probably died early in 1575.
The will of Sir Thomas Wroth, dated 5 October, 1573, with a
codicil as just stated, dated 9 October, 1573, was proved in the Pre-
rogative Court of Canterbury, 16 April, 1575 (Pyckering, 16). Al-
though the will is a very lengthy one, it seems advisable to give a
full abstract of its contents, both on account of the additional light
it throws upon Wroth and his descendants, and as a picture of the
times which it presents. His directions for a simple funeral throw
an interesting sidelight upon his character ,and his desire that the
"gilt boll pinked with a cover that King Edward gave me" should
descend with Durrants, the principal family seat, shows the great
value which this evidence of his sovereign's favor possessed in his
eyes.
Will of Thomas Wrothe of Enfeld, co. Middlesex, knight,
5 October, 1573. I desire to be buried where I die "with-
out all sumptuousness either of herroldrie other than my
armes upon my herse or of blackes but onlie my frendes
children and servauntes in their usuall aparrell bringing
my bodie to the place of buriall." I bequeath to my eldest
son, Robert, my manors and lordships of Bardfeld Magna,
Chigwell & Westhatche, co. Essex, with all the lands there-
unto belonging, being a full third part of all my manors &
lands. Whereas by Indenture dated 1 December, 10 Eliz.
made between me, Sir Thomas Wrothe, of one part & Sir
Robert Riche, Knt., Lord Riche r Peter Osborne esqr. & Wil-
liam Wrothe, gent, of the other, it was covenanted that
within one year from that date I should convey by fine,
feoffment or recovery to the said parties the manor and
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park of North Petherton, co. Somerset & all lands, fishings,
rights, &c. thereunto belonging, all which I have since con-
veyed to the said parties & I devise the same to the per-
sons to whom the uses thereof are limited by the said In-
dentures. I bequeath to Marie, my beloved wife, the Manors
of Durantes and Gortons with appurtenances in Enfeld, co.
Middlesex, the manor of Twying co. Herts, the Manor of
Newton Pleycis als Newton Wrothe, co. Somerset & all my
messuages and lands called Cranes or Cranes Farme in En-
feld & the lands called Breknox in Chestnut, co. Herts,
& all other my messuages, lands, &c. in Enfeld, Edmonton
als Eddmeton, co. Middx., in Twyng, co. Herts, & in New-
ton Pleycis als Newton Wrothe & Netherperton, co. Somer-
set, other than the premises already conveyed, as aforesaid,
to have & to hold to my said wife, for term of her life & on
her decease the same to my executors for 21 years to pay
my debts & perform my legacies, & after that the same to
my son, Robert, in tail male, in default to my son Richard,
in tail male, in default to my son Thomas, in tail male,
to my son Edward in tail male, to my male issue, in de-
fault to the male issue of Robert Wrothe Esqr. my late
father, in default to my right heirs. I bequeath to my
executors the manor & parsonage of Hampstead, co. Middx.,
& the manors of Narthall and Downebarnes, co. Middx., the
manor of Bishop's Lydiard co. Somerset, the manor of They-
don Bois, co. Essex, & all lands, &c. to the said manors be-
longing, for 21 years, to pay my debts and legacies, & after
this term, the same to be divided amongst my children, then
living at their ages of 21. I bequeath tc my daughters,
Elizabeth, Anne, Marie & Frances Wrothe, to such as shall
not be married before my death, £400 each, & £40 each in
ready money "towards everie of their charges of their wed-
ding apparrell and dynner." To my younger sons, Rich-
ard, Thomas, Edward, John, Gerson & Peter Wrothe £500
each, at their ages of 22; if any die ,his portion to be di-
vided among the survivors. To my daughter, Mabell
Hardres, wife of Richard Hardres, esquire, £20. To my
daughter, Judith Burgoine, wife of Robert Burgoyne, es-
quire, £20. To my daughter, Wynefred Goddard, wife of
Thomas Goddard, esquire, £20. To William Wrothe, son of
my brother John Wrothe, deceased, £20, at his age of 24.
To my brother Oliver Wrothe's daughters, Margerie and
Suzan Wrothe, £20 each at their days of marriage or age
of 21. To my sister, Dorothey Lewkenor, widow, £20. To
my sister, Dame Anne Penruddock, now wife of Sir George
Penrudock, Knt, £10. I will that my wife Marie, shall
GENEALOGY 387
have for term of her life the custody & occupation of all
my household goods at Enfeld, excepting my plate, corn,
cattle & hay, & after her death the same to such person as
the manor of Durantes shall appertain; to my said wife
£100 & so much plate as is worth £100. To each of my
servants one whole year's wages. I desire my wife to have
the bringing up of my unmarried daughters, she to have £10
a year for each of them. I desire my executors shall have
the bringing up of my younger sons & until the death of
Sir Morrice Barkley, Knt., who has the custody of the park
of North Petherton co. Somerset, shall have not more than
£20 a year for each such son until his lawful age, for the
which & the payment of my legacies my executors shall
take the rents & profits of all lands being demesne lands
of Hiburie, co. Middxs. as I now have by lease of the Queen,
except the three last years of the said lease which I give
to my younger sons. I bequeath to my executors my manor
of Bassets fee in co. Sussex, my wood & woodground called
Strodewick Woods belonging to the same, my wood & other
ground called Charterhouse Wood in Tottenham, co. Middxs,
my reversion of the ground, wood & pasture, called Roughe
Cattail in the parish of Chestnut, co. Herts, which latter
ground I have in reversion after the death of my said sister
Dame Anne Penruddock, to sell the same to pay my debts &
legacies, but if my son Robert, his male issue, or in default,
my next male heir, pay my executors £250, then my said
bequest of the ground call Roughe Cattail shall be void &
the same shall remain to such person as pays the same; &
if my said heir pays £300 the bequest of Charterhouse
wood shall be void & he shall have the same. To my son
Robert, my lease of the parsonage of Enfeld which I hold
of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 60 years to begin imme-
diately after the expiration of John Buttes lease, he to
pay my executors £50, towards the finding of my younger
children; I also bequeath to him my lease of a house in
Warwick Lane, London, which I hold of the Dean & Chap-
ter of St. Paul's, London, he to pay my executors £400. I
bequeath to my wife Marie, for life, & after her decease to
the heir male of my body, in tail male, my meadow in
Enfeld, called Little Lothersey, which I bought of my
nephew Cock, & my pasture at Milmarshe Gate that Stock-
ell now holds, which I bought of one Wright, of Edmonton
& all other my lands in Enfeld, not before bequeathed.
Whereas my younger son, Edmond, is bound prentice & to
get his living by merchandise, I bequeath to him £300, part
of his legacy of £500, one year after his years of apprentice-
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ship shall expire, £100 being already delivered to his mas-
ter, Francis Wotton, by William Smith, late of London,
mercer, when he bound apprentice. To bequeath to such
person as the manor of Durants shall come, all my leases
of lands in Enfeld, as are parcel of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter & also "the bason and ewer of sylver which my father
gave me and one gilt boll pinked with a Cover that Kyng
Edward gave me and myne owne harneys for my bodie and
also all myne other armor and weapon for warre and all
my bookes and also my sealing ringe." All the residue
of my plate, goods & chattels to be sold for the performance
of my will. I will that there be a strong chest bought
with locks which shall stand in my loving friend's house
Mr. Peter Osborne, "eche of my executours havinge a son-
dine keye so as none shall open the Chest but by the con-
sent of the whole into which chest all suche somes of
money as shall growe to myne executours for the per-
formaunce of my will shalbe Laied to be kept untill suche
tyme as they have occasion according to this my will to
defraie and laie out the same." I make my friends, Mr.
Peter Osborne, esquire, my cousin James Morrice, esquire,
my brother William Wroth, gent, & my friend William
Clerk gent, my executors & give to each £20. If my ward,
Anthony Aucher, before his age of 21 years pay my execu-
tors so much money for his marriage & wardship as I or
they have disbursed, then my executors shall not take any
further benefit, but the said Anthony to remain unmarried,
or marry himself at his pleasure.
Signed: Thomas Wrothes. Witnesses: — Robert Hayes,
Toulke Heath, George Tenacre.
Codicil dated 9 October, 1573. I bequeath to my execu-
tors the lands I late purchased to me & my heirs for ever
of the heirs of Henry Iden esquire, deceased, in Islington,
co. Middxs, in trust for my nephew, William Wrothe, son
& heir of my late brother John Wrothe, & the heirs of the
said William for ever, he to pay for the cost of purchasing
the same. To my daughters, Elizabeth, Anne & Marye,
"for their naturall paines taken ever aboute me and chief-
lie in this my last sickness" £60 each, & £60 to my daughter
Frances because she is youngest & least able to provide for
herself. I forgive Richard Childs, my servant & bailiff,
all the money he owes me upon his accounts. I will that
my wife shall not take the bequest of £100 in money &
£100 in plate unless she permit my executors to take the
whole benefit of the bequest made to her by Lord Rich, as
to one of his daughters.
GENEALOGY 389
Witnesses: Henry Knolls, Hector Nunes, Robert Bur-
goine, George Tenacre, Robert Blowen, John Ansley.
Proved: — 16 April, 1575, by Master Christopher Robinson,
public notary, proctor to the executors named in the will.
Sir Thomas Wroth, who had married in 1539 or 1540, Mary
daughter of Richard, Lord Rich of Leez, is shown by the will to
have left by her seven sons and seven daughters. The statement
made in several of the old visitation pedigrees that all the sons
except Robert and Thomas died without issue is open to doubt.
Issue:
Sons:
1. Robert Wroth of Durrants in Enfield, Middlesex. Born about
1540; died 1606. He married Susan, daughter of Francis
Stonard (or Stoner) of Lough ton, Essex, by whom he left
issue, which carried down the Durrants line.
2. Richard Wroth. Living 1573. Not traced.
3. Thomas Wroth. Died 1610. He was of the Inner Temple,
London; he acquired a considerable fortune and was later
of Blundenhall, Kent. He married Joane daughter and co-
heir of Thomas (or John) Bullman(or Bulmer) of London.
4. Edward (or Edmond) Wroth. Living 1573. Not traced.
5. John Wroth. Living 1573. Not traced.
6. Gerson Wroth. Living 1573. Not traced.
7. Peter Wroth. Living 1573. Not traced.
Daughters*:
8. Mabel Wroth. Probably the eldest daughter and born about
1542. She died in 1597. She married 1st, 10 June 1560, Ed-
ward Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent, by whom she had issue
(1) Sir Anthony Aucher and (2) Elizabeth Aucher mar. Sir
William Lovelace (1561-1629), the elder, of Bethersden. Mabel
Wroth married 2nd, about 1571-1572, Richard Hardres of
Hardres, Kent. For full details of her and her Aucher de-
scendants see ante pages 378-381. No attempt has been made
to trace her Hardres descendants.
9. Judith Wroth. Married prior to 1573 Robert Burgoyne. Not
traced.
10. Wynefred Wroth. Married prior to 1573 Thomas Goddard.
Not traced.
11. Elizabeth Wroth. Unmarried in 1573. Not traced.
12. Anne Wroth. Unmarried in 1573. Not traced.
* The Visitation of Essex, 1612 (Harl. Soc. Publ. xlii, 33), which alone
of the old pedigrees refers to any daughters, gives only one daughter,
Margaret, who is stated to have married 1st Izacke and 2nd
Thomas Wyatt of Barkyn, Essex. This is probably an error as It is
entirely unsupported by the will, which makes no mention of a daughter
Margaret.
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13. Marie Wroth. Unmarried in 1573. Not traced.
14. Frances Wroth. Unmarried in 1573. Not traced.
RICH OF LEEZ, ESSEX.
Mary, the daughter of Richard Rich, first baron Rich of Leez (or
Leighs), Essex, and lord chancellor in the reign of Edward VI,
married in 1539, Sir Thomas Wroth of Enfield. While the life of
Lord Rich may be found in full in such general works as the
Encyclopedia Brittanica, the Dictionary of National Biography and
Campbell's Lives of the Lord Chancellors, a few brief notes here on
the career of this talented but not over scrupulous nobleman will
be of interest to his very numerous American descendants.
Richard Rich, first baron Rich and lord chancellor, the son
of Richard Rich of London and his wife Joan Dingley, was
born about 1496 in the parish of St. Lawrence, Jewry. His
first appearance in public life was on the commission of the
peace in Hertfordshire in 1528, and in the year following he
was a reader of law in the Middle Temple. He was knighted
in 1533 and became solicitor general, acting as a "lesser ham-
mer" under Thomas Cromwell in the suppression of the monas-
teries. He took a discreditable part in the trials of Bishop Fisher
and Sir Thomas More. Although an acquaintance of the latter's
in the Temple in former days, he misrepresented a friendly conver-
sation to secure his conviction and was charged by More with being
light of tongue, a perjurer, a great dicer and gamster and of not
commendable fame. Rich was in 1536 made first chancellor of the
recently created Court of Augmentations and acquired from Henry
VIII as his share of the spoils nearly a hundred manors in Essex.
Anne Askew testified that Rich personally screwed the rack at her
torture. Rich was under the will of Henry VIII appointed one of
the executors to administer the kingdom during Edward's minority.
He was created Baron Rich of Leez (or Leighs) February, 1547-8,
and in the following month became lord chancellor.
At first a supporter of Protector Somerset, Rich in October, 1549,
deserted to the Earl of Warwick (later Duke of Northumberland),
whose son Sir Henry Dudley had married Rich's daughter Winifred,
and he afterwards presided over the trial of Somerset. He resigned
as chancellor in 1551, on the ground of ill health, and with the
exception of an occasional appearance in the Privy Council in the
reign of Mary, and when summoned by Elizabeth for consultation
about her proposed marriage, he rarely in his latter days appeared
at Court.
His principal residence was Leez, or Leighs Priory, in Essex. He
died at Rockford, Essex, 12 June, 1567, and is buried in Felsted
^church, where there is an elaborate monument to his memory.
GENEALOGY 391
Rich was a Roman catholic at heart, for although he aided Henry
VIII in despoiling the monasteries, and assisted in dispossessing
bishops Bonner and Gardiner in the reign of Edward VI, when
Mary was on the throne he founded a chaplaincy providing for the
singing of masses in Felsted church. He appears however to have
been equally detested by catholic and protestant alike. In 1564 he
established Felsted school.
Rich had by his wife Elizabeth Jenks (or Gynkes), daughter of
William Jenks of London, a wealthy grocer, fourteen, or according
to other accounts, fifteen children. It has also been stated that he
had four illegitimate children. His grandson Robert, third Lord
Rich, was created Earl of Warwick in 1618. The latter's son of the
same name and title was a prominent puritan and took an active
part in the affairs of the Virginia Company and of the New England
Companies. In the Visitation of Essex, 1552 and 1612 (Harl. Soc.
xiii; 13, 276) and in SargeaunVs History of Felsted School, 1889,
will be found rather full details of Chancellor Rich's children and
their descendants.
The descent of Chancellor Rich as given in Burke's Extinct
Baronetage (2nd ed. 1861; p. 441) and in the Dictionary of National
Biography (xlviii; pp. 123-6), traces his origin to (1) Richard Rich,
sheriff of London in 1441, whose second son was (II) Thomas Rich
of London, whose son (III) Richard Rich married Joan Dingley
and had a son (IV) Richard Rich, first baron Rich of Leez and
lord chancellor. The early Rich pedigree as given in the Visitation
of Essex, 1612, is obviously absurd as it makes the Lord Chancellor,
who was born in 1496, the son of a John Rich who died in 1458.
The Rich arms are: Gules, a chevron between three cross cross-
lets or [Rich]. Azure, two bars argent, each charged with a mart-
let between two crosslets sable, on a chief or a rose between two
fleur de lis gules [Jenks].
Children of Richard, first baron Rich of Leez, and his wife Eliza-
beth Jenks:
Sons :
(1) Robert Rich, second baron Rich; born about 1537; died
1581; married Elizabeth daughter and heir of George Bal-
drey, alderman, of London. His son Robert, the third
baron, was in 1618 created Earl of Warwick. Richard
Rich, soldier, adventurer and author of Newes from Vir-
ginia, published in 1610, is supposed to have been the
illegitimate son of Robert Rich, the second baron.
(2) Thomas Rich. Married Fisher and died before
his father.
(3) Sir Hugh Rich, Knight of the Bath. Married Ann. daugh-
ter of John Wentworth of Codham.
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Daughters :
(4) Margery Rich. Married Henry Pigot of Abington, Cam-
bridgeshire.
(5) Mary Rich. Married in 1539 Thomas Wroth, knight, of
Durrants in Enfield, Essex. She was living in 1573. Her
marriage to Wroth is referred to in his will and in all
contemporary pedigrees. Their daughter Mabel Wroth
through her marriage with Edward Aucher was the an-
cestress of the Lovelaces of Bethersden. See Aucher and
Wroth ante pages 378, 379, 384.
(6) Anne Rich. Married Thomas Pigot (Picot) esq. of Straton,
Bedfordshire.
(7) Dorothy Rich. Married Francis Barley of Kinton, Herts.
(8) Ethelred Rich. Married Henry Drury, esq. of Hawsted
[Halstead], Suffolk.
(9) Audrey Rich. Married Robert son and heir of Sir William
Drewry, knight, of Halstead, Suffolk.
(10) Elizabeth Rich. Married Robert Peyton, esq., of Iselham
[Isleham?], Cambridgeshire.
(11) Winifred Rich. Married 1st Henry Dudley, son of the Duke
of Northumberland; 2nd Roger, Lord North; a descendant
of this marriage was the celebrated Lord North, prime min-
ister of George III during the American Revolution.
(12) Frances Rich. Married John, Lord Darcy of Chiche.
(13) Agnes Rich. Married Edmund Mordaunt of Thunderly,
Essex.
(14) Barbara Rich.
(To be continued)
Pages 393-396 - Title page and Contents.
GENERAL INDEX
Titles of Separate Articles are Indicated in Small Capitals.
Aary, 264
Abele, 157, 262
Abernathy, 162, 328
Abigail, ship, 100, 223, 324, 325
Abington, 392
Aboy, 150
Abrahams, 261
Academy, The, 202
Accohannock Neck, 142
Accomac Co., 65, 81, 108, 142, 143,
223, 326
Ackworth, 150
Acquia, 368
Acree, 261, 263, 360
Adams, 7, 153. 157, 257, 263, 328,
344. 351, 360
Adderley, 236
Adderstey, 144
Adderston, 143
Addison, 149
Aden, 9
Adie, 72
Adkins, 209, 328
Ady, 137
Africa, 41
African Company, Royal, 41
Aggas, 139
Agheart, 360
Ahart, 258, 261
Akins, 209
Albany, 23, 24, 170
Albemarle County, Mineral
Lands In, 1749, 226 ; County,
30, 32, 81 ; Parish, 161 ; Sound,
171
Albourne, 105
Alchin, 130
Alcock, 157
Aldridge, 328
Aldy, 209
Alesworth, 148
Alexandria, 374
Alford, 326
Allen, 58, 67, 171, 209, 218, 258,
264, 344, 345
All Hallows, 180
Allington, 7, 101, 321, 342
Allison, 11, 248
Allogon, 143
Ally, 328
Almond, 62
Alsace, 275
Alstone, 129
Amelia Co., 81, 82, 168, 328
Ames, 150
Amherst Co., 81, 170, 254
Ancell, 261
Ancil, 258
Anderson, 58, 60, 155, 156, 162,
168, 258, 261, 264, 265, 328, 360,
ix
Anderway, 150
Andrews, 106, 108, 139, 143, 208
Anerg, 150
Ansel, 156
Ansley, 389
Anthony, 379
Antigua, 367
Antingham, 135
Aplegate, 349
Appeals, 43
Appleton, 238
Appomattox, 16, 25, 101, 102;
Court House, 199
Appue, 150
Archaeologia Cantiana. 286, 287,
288
Archbold, 128
Archer, 209; 's Hope Creek,
Views at. Illustration, 106a. ;
Hope, 66, 98, 107
Argall, 343
Argyll Road 370
Armitage, 151
Armistead, 58, 367, 369
Armstrong, 148, 151
Arnall, 265
Arnold, 259
Arrington, 282
Arundel, 341
398
INDEX
Ascough, 208
Ashbrook, 209
Asher, 30
Ashpoole, 36
Askew, 390
Astin, 150
Atkin, 218
Atkins, 167, 262
Atkinson, 144, 258, 374
Atlantic Monthly, 202
Aton, 179
At Towne, 287
Auborne, 186
Aubrey, 250
AUCHER OF OTTERDEN AND BlSH-
opsbourne, Kent; 285 et seq.,
375 et seq., Arms, 285, 287,
Arms, Illustration, 285; Sir
Anthony, epitaph, 295 ; James,
will (1509) 291; John, will
(1502), 289
Augusta Co., 80, 81, 172
Austen, 86, 152, 180, 261, 264
Austin Friars, Canterbury, 292
A vent, 162
Avery, 328
Awdley, 37
Awgar, 138
Aylesbury, Earl of, 226
Aylett, 61, 134
Ayleway, 18
Backhouse, 29
"Backwood", 375
Bacon, 17, 19, 40, 118, 140, 187,
358; 's Rebellion, 226
Baddlesmere, 376, 377
Badget, 249
Badullor, 147
Bagge, 116
Bagley, 138
Bailey, 165, 210, 257, 259, 261, 326,
352
Bainam, 165
Bainbrig, 35, 37, 149
Baispoole, 29
Baker, 85, 152, 245, 325
Baldrey, 391
Ball, 60, 71, 72, 74, 76
Balland, 156, 257
Ballard, 152, 258
Baltimore, 83, 84, 178, 311, 375
Bancloigh, 67
Bancroft, 54
Banden, 141
Bangler, 157
Banham, 138
Banier, 165
Banister, 128, 129, 266, 273, 339;
John, ill (1650) with Note, 128;
John, Letter to Elisha Tup-
per, 1775, 266 et seq.
Banks, 97, 261
Barbadoes, 184, 237, 367
Barbar, 180
Barber, 150, 278, 279, 280
Barboddenden, 180
Barbour, 61, 73, 261, 264
Bardfield Magna, 385
Barebones, 345
Barfield, 384
Barge, 259
Barham, 83, 286, 287, 291, 377, 380
Barker, 67, 86, 134, 221, 324, 325
Barkshamsted, 382
Barley, 392
Barls, 144, 329
Barne, 90, 176, 182, 380
Barnes, 73, 99, 146, 147, 148, 178,
181, 280
Barnett, 223
Barow, 150
Barrett, 60, 146, 254
Barrier ,352
Barrington, 134, 179, 345
Barror, 162, 255, 359
Bartholomew, 329
Bartley, 103
Barton, 151, 262
Barwyke, 382
Bashe, 37
Baskervill, vi
Baskin, 389
Bass's Choice, 221, 324
Bassett, 140, 298; 's Fee, 182
Bastard, 282
Batcheler, 28
Bates, 264, 329, 339
Bath, Earl of, 226
Batoon, 237
Batte, 35, 329, 339
"Battersea", 266
Batts, 37
Batutt, 63
Baugh, 167, 209
Baughan, 256, 264
Baulie, 107
Bayfield, 136
Baylor, vi
Bayly, 283, 209
Beadles, 156, 261, 263, 360
INDEX
399
Beale, 71, 73, 262, 280, 368, 369,
375
Beatrisden, 89
Beauchamp, 370, 373; Earl, 282
Beazeley, 153, 258, 259, 264, 265,
364
Beck, 329
Becket, 155, 262
Beckham, 256
Beckwith, 280
Beddingfieldhall, 162
Beddington, 130
Bedford Co., 80, 81, 349, 382;
'Shire, 382, 392
Bedgebury, 293, 377
Bedlam, 35
Bedlin, 144
Bedsolt, 351
Beere Church, 33
Beets, 149
Beirnham, 143
Belfield, 369
Belkes, 142
Bell, 152, 261, 264
Bellingham, 131
Belschers, 67
Belvoir, vii
Benedictine, 382
Benford, 329
Benners, 69
Bennett, 34, 36, 97
Benton, 148, 282
Berace, 151
Berkeley, 46, 48, 65, 81, 103, 105,
184, 230, 298, 387; Hundred,
105
Berkshire, 186
Bermuda, 40, 307
Bernard, 375
Berry, 70, 73, 130, 183, 263, 279,
286, 287, 343, 376; 's Genealo-
gies, 318, 380; 's Kent, 29
Bescom, 257
Bess, 154
Bestreete, 136
Bethersden, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 129,
176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182,
183, 184, 186, 285, 380, 382, 389,
391
Bettes, 27
Beverly, 78, 122, 124, 126, 127, 187,
210, 316, 317
Beverstone Castle, 103
Bevill, 209
Bewell, 85
Beymondhall, 384
Bickers, 259, 262, 264
Bickley, 97, 277
Bicknell, 78
Biggers, 256, 360
Biggins, 329
Billinghurst, 35
Bingham, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157,
160, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 265,
360
Binneman, 84
Bird, 180
Birkett, 29, 163, 329
Bishop, 156, 329
Bishopbourne, 87, 187, 285, 291,
293, 295, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379,
380; 's Gate, 35; 's Lydiard,
386; of Rochester, 28
Black, 130, 148, 152, 155, 156;
Friars, Canterbury, 292; -ford,
149 ; -heath, 341 ; -man, 209 ;
Prince, 287; Water, 16; -well,
71, 72, 152, 157, 210; -'sburg,
276; -stone, vii
Blackerly, 258
Blagrove, 67
Blaine, 151
Blair, 16, 22
Blaithwait, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22
Blakey, 152, 192, 192a, 263, 246,
263, 264
Bland, 29, 31, 249, 250, 329, 354,
355; John, note on, 354; Mrs.,
Order in Regard to, 1683, 314,
et seq. ; -ford, 340; Church, 68
Blank, 62
Blay, 151
Blechenden, 180
Bledsoe, 155
Blessing, ship, 100
Blick, 167
Blitchodin, 329
Blouser, 142
Blower, 5, 389
Blue Stone, 173, 242; Mountains,
315
Blumfield, 139
Blundenhall, 389
Blunt, 145, 167, 257, 281; Point,
353
Bobbit, 353
Boddie, vi
Bodiniell, 141
Bodmin, 141
Boice, 9
Boles, 137
Bolithoe, 175
400
INDEX
Boiling, 209, 329
Bonall, 324
Bona Nova (ship) 327, 220
Bond, 63
Bonner, 391
Bookman, 262
Books, 368
Boone Co., 79; -sborough, 55
Booth, 151
Bordesfield, 288
Borlase, 345
Borough, 283
Borton, 157
Boston, 268, 270, 360, 361
Boswell, 156
Boteshams, 28
Botetourt Co., 81, 243
Bottom, 209
Boturnell, 240
Boule, 27, 291
Boulogne, 294
Boush, 59, 61, 251, 252, 253, 291.
294
Bousser, 143
Bowden, 146, 367
Bowdoin, 267, 273
Bowen, 149, 152
Bowker, 144
Bowler, 143
Bowles, 132, 133, 137, 144
Bowman, 209
Bowrey, 68
Bowyer, 36, 341, 342
Boyer,
Boyse, 105, 237
Bracebridge, 281
Brackley, 326
Bradbourne, 376
Braden, 264
Bradford, 259
Bradley, 258, 259, 262
Bragg, 259
Bragley, 142
Brampton, 149, 187
Branch, 167, 209, 210, 218
Brandon, 91, 95, 187, 189, 190,
192a, I92 b , 328, 374
Brandy, 76
Braneby, 150
Branham, 152, 264
Braseal, Brazeal, 209
Brasted, 26
Braunston, 344, 345
Braxter, 153
Braxton, 283
Bray, 278
Brede, 287
Bree, 344
Breeding, 153, 262
Breedlove, 152, 265
Breedwell, 259
Breeton, 364
Breknow, 386
Brensent, 129
Brent, 71, 252, 264, 316
Bressie, 61, 252
Bressingham, 138
Brett, 129
Brewer, 161, 329
Brewster, 143, 221
Brian, 143, 150
Bricklayer, 145
Brickwood, 282
Bridenhart, 157
Bridewell, 35, 257
Bridges, 98, 358
Bridgeule, 141
Bridgewater, 209
Bridgman, 137
Bridley, 139
Brigges, 139, 164
Bringborne, 27
Brinton, 139
Bristol, 133, 134, 141, 236, 278
Bristowe, 35
British America, 367 ; Museum,
139, 177, 286; Public Record
Office, 207, 297
Brittler, 329
Brock, 154
Brockenbrough, 278, 280, 367
Brockett, 128
Brockman, 152, 155, 160, 258, 259,
265, 360
Brodnax, 129, 130, 163, 164, 166,
168, 210; Thomas, will (1654)
with note, 129
Brome, 376, 381, 382; Hall, 382
Bromley, 237, 238
Brooke, 64, 180, 252, 298
Brookes 151, 209, 256
Brooking, 159
Broomfield, 147, 148
Browder, 329
Brower, 143
Brown, Browne, 31, 38, 133, 136,
142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 156, 162,
163, 168, 176, 178, 179, 181, 182,
209, 249, 250, 251, 255, 286, 322,
323, 364, 367, vi; 's Genesis, 88
Bruce, 63, 208, 264, ix
Brunswick Co., 66, 81, 161, 162,
163, 165, 167; Notes from the
Records of, 161 es seq.
INDEX
401
Bryan, 151, 153, x
Buchanan, 352
Buck, 106
Buckingham, 81 ; -shire, 281, 345
Buckner, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,
77
Bucton, 381
Buffalo Ridge, 277
Buffeilds, 38
Bulkley, 326
Buller, 229
Bullington, 209, 210, 218
Bullman, 389
Bulmer, 389
Bullock, 55
Burch, 164
Burchett, 329
Burgan, 33
Burgany, 209
Burgess, 67, 68
Burgess, House of, 316, 319
Burgoyne, 386, 389
Burk, 265, 283, 286, 288, 352, 365,
367, 376, 378
"Burlington", 189
Burlowe, 329
Burne, 36
Burnham, 372
Burnley, 263
Burrows, 210, 326
Burrus, 152, 264
Burse, 176
Burshmosh Parish, 129
Burthouse, 180
Burtolk, 68
Burton, 54, 55, 77, 79, 149, 152,
153, 156, 157, 209, 210, 254, 256,
259, 264, 265; Robert, notice of,
55
Burwell, 96, 168, 188, 191, 247,
249, 251
Busby, 329
Bush, 153, 259
Busher, 128
Bushing, 294
Busson, 28
Bust, 149
Bustard, 351
Butler, 277, 329
Butley, 185
Butt, 61
Butterese, 144
Butterfield, 142
Buttes, 387
Button, 142
Byn, Byne, 290, 292
Bynwyns, 131
Byrd, 11, 23, 169, 209, 298, 329,
347, 352, 358; William, First,
Letters of, ii, et seq.
Byrns, 352
Cabell, 253, 254, 255
Cabin Point, 67
Caesar, 187, 185
Caffrey, 276
Cahongarooten River, 309-316
Cain, 235
Calais, 286, 294, 295, 375, 382
Cale, 65, 278
Calhoun, 160, 259, 261
California, University of, vii
Callahan, vi
Callander, 67
Calvert, 252
Cambridge, 39, 135, 186; -shire,
137, 391, 392; University, 239
Camike, 263
Camp, 251
Campbell, 67, 68, 112, 161, 173,
242, 352
Camp Nichols, 143
Canada, 171
Cane (Cave?), 262, 360
Cannady, Canneday, 150, 351
Cannon, 210
Canterbury, 87, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89,
90, 137, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181,
182, 289, 291, 292, 376, 377, 379,
381, 385 ; Cathedral, 381
Cantwell, 149
Cape Charles, 142, 307
Carbon, 343
Cardenham, 240
Cardwell, 210
Cargill, 161, 168
Caribbean Sea, 222
Caribs, The, 222
Carliel, 330
Carlile, 371
Carlton, 88
Carlyle, 149
Carmarthen, 185; Castle, 184
Caroline Co., 66, 72, 81, 188, 374
Carpenter, 259; 's Farm, 180
Carr, 54
Carrell, 84, 87
Carriages, 91, 189, 368
Carrier, 151
Carrington, 252, 253, 254
Carter, 14, 95, 142, 153, 154, 210,
316, 317, 353, 368, 369; 's Grove,
96
402
INDEX
Cary, 147, 197, 207, 247, 250, 307,
vii, viii
Cascade Creek, 165
Case, 147
Castleton, 239
Castle Woods, 242
Cate, 164
Caterpillars, plague of, 1729, 303
Cathner, 144
Catlett, 71, 72, 74, 375
Catron, Judge John, and Catron
Family, 171 et seq.
Catt Water, 323
Catte, 329
Catterton, 154, 155, 265
Cave, 152, 155, 262, 263
Caw, 153
Cawdwell, 37
Cawson, 174, 175
Cayspill, 282
Caza, 153
Cearle, 39
Cedar Mountain, 76; Rapids, vii
Ceman, 257
Centerel, 364
Chambart, 156
Chamberlayne, Chamberlain, 6,
210; Edward Pye, will (1729),
235; Thomas, will (1749) with
note, 235; vs. Kidley, suit, 237,
et seq.
Chambers, 37; -burg, Pa., 196
Chammines, 329
Champe, 187, 374
Champlain, 170, 171
Chancellor, 153, 360
Chancey, 364
Chandler, 30, 152, 153, 154, 155,
156, 160, 258, 265, 360
Chapel Hill, 55
Chapin, 68
Chaplain's Choice, 101, 102
Chapman, 39, 261, 282, 326, 353
Chappawamsic, 315
Chappell, 163
Charing, 27
Charles I, 176, 177, 180, 182, 341,
363; II, 186, 297, 317, 363; Coun-
ty, 65, 66 ; City County, 65, 68, 81,
101, 103, 129, 216, 314; Town,
Mass., 271, 272; Hundred, 6.
Charlton, 348, 349
Charterhouse, 132; School, 177,
182, 183; Wood, 387
Chartham, 342
Chartier, 145
Chart Magna, 177, 179
Chastlynes Chipley, 239
Chatham, 380
Chatsworth, 188
Cheatham, 210
Chernock, 137
Cherokee, 23, 55, 69, 169, 170, 173
Chesapeake Bay, 171, 300, 302, 311
Chesapeiack, 102
Chesterfield, 81, 101, 168, 208, 375
Chestnut, 384, 386, 387; Hill, 369
Chetewynd, 370
Chevenell, 144
Chew, 150, 253, 316
Chewning, 153
Chiche, 392
Chichester, 131
Chichley, 117, 118, 119, 121, 123,
125, 136, 137, 358, 372
Chick, 162
Chickahominy, 102
Chigwell, 384, 385
Childe, 39
Childerley, 137
Childers, 210
Childress, 172
Childs, 388
Chiles, 264
Chilham, 137
Chisam, 257
Chiswell, 347
Chokke, 186
Chorbeus, 370
Chota, 169, 170
Chowning, vii
Christ Church, 83, 189; 's Hos-
pital, 38
Christophers, 33
Church, 174, 290, 292, 293
Churchill, 191
Cidwell, 349
Cincinnati, Society of, 204
Clack, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168
Claiborne, 3, 5, 8, 9, 99, 101, 103,
104, 165, 321
Clarencieux, 381
Clarendon, Earl of, 226
Clarenton, 329, 330
Clark, Clarke, 34, 79, 139, 140, 148,
153, 154. 155, 168, 210, 240, 257,
258, 259, 260, 265, 282, 344, 359;
County, 96, 374
Clavell, 32, 33
Clawson, 148
Clay, 329, 330
Clayton, 167, 249
INDEX
403
Clec, 152, 257
Clemens, 364
Clements, 262, 329
Clerke, 139, 210, 330, 37i, 388
Cleve, 368
Cliffe, 282
Clinch, 242; River, 173
Cliversal, 139
Clopton, William, will (1640),
with note, 238
Cloyd, 242, 244
Coate, 149
Coats, 27
Coats of Arms, Aucher, 285 (il-
lustration), 287; Corbin, 372;
Rich, 391 ; Turberville, 34
Cobbleshorne, 141
Cocke, 15, 67, 68, 162, 167, 168,
210, 2ii, 248, 253, 323, 330, 339,
387; Family Bible Records,
365, et seq.
Cockwell Marsh, 133
Codd, 30, 354
Codham, 391
Coe, 151
Coffer, 359
Coggins Point, 328
Coke, 87
Cole, 24, 252, 358
Coles, 15, 22
Coleman, 156, 162, 256, 257, 329,
330
College Land, 100, 101
Colleris, 265
Collers, 147
Collier, 137, 152, 165, 261, 353
Collimore, 88, 89, 381
Collins, 79, 256, 259, 263, 265, vi
Collyer, 133; John, will (1650)
with note, 130
Colne, 151
Colston, 369
Colvert, 364
Combs, 250
Concord, 268, 271
Confederacy, Southern, 195, 196,
199, 200, 361, 362
Conneichiga, 312
Conner, Connor, 62, 143, 365
Consenvoye, 275
Conway, Earl of, 226; River, 298,
316, 318
Cooke, Cook, 3, 4, 77, 85, 87, 164,
166, 168, 248, 250, 326, 344; 's
Meadow, 236, 237
Cooper, 64, 132, 153, 264
Cople parish, 278
Corbett, 291, 292
Corbin Family, 281 et seq., 370
et seq. ; Corbin, 368, 369 ; Cor-
byn's Hall, 370, 372
Cornhill, 34, 38
Cornwall, 85, 140, 174, 175, 240
Cornwallis, 285, 286, 295, 375, 376,
377, 381, 382
Cornwallis, of Brome, Suffolk,
381 et seq.
Corotoman, 14
Cosby, 60, 192
Costen, 146
Cothler, 240
Coton, 282
Cottinge, 145
Cotton, 134, 283
Coulson, 151
Coumbs, 277
Council and General Court
Minutes, 1622-29, 3 et seq., 97
et seq., 219 et seq., 319 et seq.
Council, Virginia, 1683, 318, 358
Courren, 146
Courtier, 141
Courtney, 145
Cousin, 150
Couzins, 210
Cower, 147
Cowes, 141
Cowhard, 259
Cowld, 142
Cowley, 27
Cowling, 61
Cowper, 359
Cox, Coxe, 131, 210, 263, 360, 37s,
377. viii
Coxendale, 101
Crabtree, 364
Craig, 249
Cramnidge, 107
Cranes, 386
Cransby, 343
Craven, 36; Earl of, 226
Crawford, 157, 258
Creek, 282; Nation, 69
Creeton, 139
Crenshaw, 152
Crispe, 85, 86, 179
Crocket, 173, 242, 244, 348, 352;
Walter, to William Preston,
November, 1782, 347 et seq.
Crockson, 339
Crockstone, 36
Croft, 178
Cromwell, 384, 390
Croodeike, 104
404
INDEX
Crook, 329
Crooker, 330
Crooks, 156
Crossman, 129
Crossthwaite, 155, 365
Crouch, 139
Crow, 26
Crowder, 165, 329
Croydall, 210
Crumps, 107
Crutched Friars, 341
Cryer, 166
Cubit, 40
Culpeper, 15, 41, 61, 70, 71, 77, 78,
81, 93, 118, 122, 124, 126, 127, 131,
293, 297, 298, 302, 308, 309, 311,
315. 3i6, 317, 377; Lord, 225, 226,
227, 228, 232, 233, 355, 356, 357;
Family, 208; Governor, Lord,
Instructions to, 41 et seq. ;
Orders in Regard to, 225, 226;
Patent as Governor Forfeited,
233; Instructions to and Re-
plies, 357 et seq. ; County, 77,
78, 92, 251, 279, 280, 316, 360.
Cumberland Co., 80, 81, 101, 254;
Gap, 173
Cunes, 248
Curd, 167, 210
Cures, 64
Curiton, 329
Curies Swamp, 218
Currie, 369
Curteenhall, 363
Curtis, 187, 188, 191, 364
Custis, 146, 150, 358
Cutler, 4
Cutts, 136
Dabney, 359
Dalbye, 39
Dale, Dame Elizabeth, will
(1640), 6
Dalton, 59, 257
Dammock, 145
Dandridge, 60, 68, 74, 247
Dane, 157
Daniel, 147, 153, 154, 330
Danise, 263
Dan River, 165
Darbie, 36
Darbieshire, 37
Darby, 144, 147
Darcy, 392
Darnele, 259
Darnell, 261
Dashwood, 383
Datre, 144
Davenport, 145
Davidson, 249, 353
Davies, 109, no, in, 112, 114, 115,
116, 241, 245, 246, 347, 349, 353
Davis, 59, 60, 62, 139, 149, 153,
154, 155, 156, 157, 258, 261, 262,
263, 330, 352
Davy, 342
Dawkins, 372
Dawlinge, 132, 133
Dawson, 156, 168, 189
Day, 97, 281
Deane, 156, 157
Deanes, 40
Dear, 156, 257
Debton, 30
Declaration of Independence, 204
Dedman, 202
Dee, 40, 128
Deering, 27, 28
Deforest, 253
Dejarnette, 117, 225, 354
Delaney, 64
Delaware, 102, 128, 321 ; River,
3ii
Delehay, 364
Delke, 145
DeLong, 70
Deney, 59, 60
Denkins, 145
Dennis, 144, 145
Denny, 130
Densford, 142
Dent, 35, 37
Denton, 27, 29
Deptford, 377, 379; Ketch, ship,
19, 20
Derby, 37, 282
Derbyshire, 283
Derging, 293
Dericke, 100
Deshaney, 261
Despencer, Le, 383
Devon, 141 ; -shire, Eng.
Dewey, 163
Dickerson, 152, 161
Digge, 249
Digges, 136, 248, 286, 287
Dilk, 98
Dilland, 60
Dillenger, 149
Dimock, 235
Dingley, 389
INDEX
405
Dinwiddie Co., 81, 82, 163, 165,
328
Dison, 211
Ditchlingham, 29
Dixon, 36, 58, 62, 154, 359, vi
Doak, 352
Doby, 330
Dodd, 153
Dodson, 211
Doggett, 239
Dolphenby, 326
Dolphin, (ship) 307
Donald, 254
Donathan, 348
Doniphan, 277
Donnebarnes, 386
Dooley, 349
Doran, viii
Dorator, 67
Dorchester Co., 83
Dormer, 344
Dorset, 32, 34, 323
Dortch, 366
Douglass, 145, 146, 160, 162, 163,
211, 218
Dover, 35, 136, 180, 294; Castle,
86
Dowham, 381
Dowing, 330
Downall, 343
Downes, 133; Marsh, 133
Downing, 278
Draper, 63
Drayton, 330
Drew, 142
Drigg, 143
Drummond, 31
Drury, 392
Drysdale Parish, 316
Dublin, 385
Ducket, 26, 27, 132
Dudley, 188, 281, 359, 370, 371,
392
Duford, 264
Duff, 351
Duffet, 236
Duglas, 330
Duke, 11
Dulwich, 84, 89; Gallery, 178, 183
Dumas, 364
Dumbarton, ship, 17, 19
Dumfries, 74, 75
Dunaway, 156
Dunbar, 67
Dunevant, 155
Duniven, 153
Dunkin, 330
Dunkirk, 183
Dunlap, vi
Dunlop, 67, 171
Dunmore, 54, 55, 81, 96, 150, 172
Dunn, Dunne, 88, 154
Dunthorne, 6
Durants, 378
Durding, 330
Durrett, 259, 261, 383, 384, 386,
387, 388, 389, 391
Durrit, 365
Dutch Gap Canal, 101
Dutton, 36, 37, 342
"Duty boys", 219
Duty, ship, 219
Duval, Duvall, 153, 265
Duxbury, 184
Dyer, 143
Dym Church, 129
Dymock, 237
Dynes, 133
Dysart, 242
Eagle's Nest, 188, 374
Ealam (Elam), 211
Earl, 344
Earles, 257
Earlston, 196
Early, 153, 154
East, 211
East Burton, 33; Indies, 134, 282,:
India Company, 6, 179, 182
Eastern Shore, 142
Eastman, 192b
Easton, Pa., 196, 197
Eaton, 36, 153, 165
Eaves, 167
Eawood, 219
Eckenrode, 54, 55, vi
Eddesse, 147
Eddins, 152, 153, 265
Eden, 382
Edes, 105
Edgar, 147
Edmondson, 242
Edmonton, 386, 387
Edmunds, 166, 167
Education, 12
Edwards, 32, 147, 162, 163, 165,.
166, 168, 211, 330, 352
Edward VI, 286, 294, 378, 381, 382
Edwin, ship, 103
Effingham, 13, 17, 18, 22
Egerton, 27, 139, 291, 342, 343
Egleshayle, 141
406
INDEX
Egremont, 169, 170
Eheart, 155
Eldridge, 167
Elites Farm, 180
Elizabeth, 382; City, 7, 17, 81, 104,
223, 248, 324; City County, 102,
130, 220, 221 ; Queen, 341, 385
Elliott, 95, 156, 164, 351
Ellis, 211, 250, 330, 331
Ellison, 59
Ellyson, viii
Ellzy, 151
El son, 249
Elstow, 382
Elsworthe, 36
Eltham, 377
Eltonhead, 282
Elvis, 142
Emberly, 12
Embry, 164
Enfield, 286, 378, 383, 384, 385,
386, 387, 388, 389, 392
Engleham, 85, 86
Enns, 149
Enroughty, 211
Epes, ppes, Epps, 9, 102, 106, 167,
168, 211, 330, 331, 339
Epitaphs : Aucher, Sir Anthony
(1558), 295
Epping, 368
Esopus, 186
Essex, 73, 81, 88, 136, 178, 287,
381, 382, 384, 385, 386, 389, 390,
392; Co., 38, 77, 79, 163, 316,
319
Esterfield, 151
Estes, 156, 258, 262, 264, 360
Eston, 151
Eton, 96
Eufaula, 69
Euseby, 343
Eustace, 71, 74, 369
Evans, 62, 147, 151, 163, 164, 21 1,
265, 330, 331, vi
Everdon, 281, 371, 373
Ewing, 351/353
Exchange (money), 1775, Va. and
England, 266, 267
Exeter, 381
Eyre, 379, 382
Fackler, 153
Fagger, 131
Faile, 212
Fairfax, 55, 66, 81 ; Family, 208
Farloe, 212
Farmer, 62, 129, 139, 144, 211
Farneugh, 262
Farneyhough, 155
Farnholde, 131
Farrer, Farrar, 6, 9, 22, 99, 101,
108, 211, 219, 220, 222, 223; Wil-
liam, note on, 219; 's Island, 101
Farrington, 37
Faulcon, 60
Faulconer, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157,
255, 259, 265
Faunt, 262, 282
Fauntleroy, 249
Fauquier Co., 70, 71, 72, 81
Faversham, 291
Fayette Co., 80
Fearnyhough, 154
Featherstone, 144
Feild, 139, 142, 211, 250
Felix, 257
Feltmakers, 36
Fereby, 150
Ferguson, 211
Ferris, 211
Ferry (Terry), 133, 254
Fetherstone, 212
Fields, 58
Fincastle, 81, no
Finchingfield, 136
Finnel, 257
Finnie, 247
Fisher, 36, 37, 69, 151, 156, 262
Fitchett, 146
Fitz-Auger, 286
Fitzgerald, 258
Flanders, 282
Fleek, 256
Fleet, 34; Famliy, note on, 342,
343
Fleetwood, 76
Fleming, 80, 225
Fletcher, 67, 263, 264
Flint, 150
Flippin, 208
Flitcher, 149
Flordon, 136, 136
Flower, 35
Flower de (Flowerdieu) Hun-
dred, 101, 105
Floyd, 149, 256
Fohley, 142
Foote, Johan, will (1653), 239;
William, will (1653), with
note, 240
Ford, 131, 153, 157, 263; Church,
95
Forest, The, 223
INDEX
407
Forrest, 211, 212
Forshame, 287
Fort Chiswell, 244; Gibson, 69
Forts, 8
Fosaker, 277
Foster, 147, 259
Fothergill, 277
Four Mile Tree, 31
Fowkes, 149
Fowler, 211
Fowlsham, 136
Fox, 60
Foxey, 148, 149
France, 74, 275, 276
Franklin, 211, 218
Frebody, 281
Frederick Co., 81, 96, 264
Freeman, 98, 101, 136, 258
French and Indian War, 80
Friars Minors, Canterbury, 292
Frietchie, Barbara, 200
Friser, 144
Frockwell, 258
Frognall, Little, 288, 290
Froude, 294
Fry, 153, 277
Funeral sermons, 91
Furs and skins, 11, 12, 13, 229
Fussell, 341
Fye, 264
Gadsby, 180
Gaines, 257
Gaithwaite, 212
Galliardo, 341
Galton, 34
"Garallan", 276
Garbin, 37
Gardner, Gardiner, 149, 156, 278,
295, 3^7, 384, 391
Garland, 166, 279
Garnett, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157,
158, 160, 259, 262, 264
Garrard, 291, 292
Garrett, 220
Garthwaite, 345
Garton, 35
Gaskins, 143
Gates, 99, 100
Gatehouse Prison, 182
Gatewicks, 131
Gauler, 14
Gaven, 4
Gear, 257
Gee, 212, 218, 331
Geer, 258
Gentry, 156, 258
George, 103, 104, 155, 253; ship,
98, 100, 105, 220, 324, 325
Georgia, 55
Germaine, 96
Germany, 172
Gerritt, 149
Gethinge, 149
Gettysburg, 77
Gibbons, 64, 153, 249, 264
Gibeon, 331
Gibson, 64, 142, 156, 157, viii;
Family, 70 et seq. ; Jonathan,
will (1791), 71.
Gilbert, 265, 377, 378
Gilboe, 291
Gill, 212, 326
Gilliam, Gillam, 95, 167, 331
Gilmore, 264, 375
Gills, 324
Gingsmell, 99
Gire, 320
Gissing, 135, 136
Gladish, 166
Gladsinger, 147
Glencross, 26, 128, 235, 237, 340
Glisson, 151
Gloucester, 81, 117, 118, 185, 191;
County, 120, 121, 123, 125, 129,
139, 165, 187, 188, 189, 283, 316;
-shire, 103, 105, 235, 373; Hall,
178, 182; Plantation, 192
Glover, 145, 344, 351
Glucke, 145
Goast, 172
Godby, 7
Goddard, 386, 389
Goddart, 34, 37
Godmersham, 291
Godolphin, 226
Godwyn, 161
Goelightly, 331
Gold, 144, 145
Goldman, 144
Goldsmith, 148
Gooch, 66, 299, 307, 308, 312, 314;
Governor Sir William, Let-
ter, 1729, 299 et seq. ; Letter.
1732-3, 308 et seq.; -land, 81
Good, 331
Goodale, 154, 155, 261, 265
Goodall, 156, 157, 265
Goode, 212
Goodere, 372, 373, 383
Goodgame, 331
Goodrich, 167, 168
Goodrick, 331
Goodridge, 153, 262, 265
408
INDEX
Goodwin, 163, 331
Goodyer, 282
Gooke, 146
Goosley, 60
Gordon, 31, 156, }57, 160, 162, 196,
197, vi, ix; 'sville, 375
Gornehall, 281
Gorsage, 181
Gorsuch, 83, 182, 186, — Lovelace,
Correction, 83
Gortons, 386
Goss, 152, 153. 154, 155, 1.60, 259,
262, 265
Gossage, 132
Gousmond, 237
Goute, 143
Governor, 48
Gowan, 254
Gower, 212
Grady, 257, 258, 263
Graham, 364
Grandy, viii
Granger, 212
Granville Co., 54, 55
Grasgood, 146
Grasty, 259
Gravenvadt, 24
Graves, 108, 153, 247, 257, 261, 263
Gravison, 139
Gray, 151, 167; Friars, Canter-
bury, 84, 85, 89; Illustration,
88a; 's Inn, 83, 87, 132, 384
Grayden, 278
Grayson, 70, 71 ; County, 172
Great Bridge, 61
Greene, Green, 35, 37, 77, 79, 109,
no, in, 113, 190, 331, 359;
'sboro N. C, 199 ; 'sdale, 131 ;
Spring, 46, 90; -wich, 178, 341,
342; -wood, 53, 150
Gregory, 141, 153, IS5» 261, 370
Grendon, 102
Greithian, 331
Grent, 182
Grey, 385; Lord, 294
Griffin, 144, 331
Griffith, 133, 134, 249, 331
Gngg, 212, 331
Grime, Grimes, 146, 261
Grimston, 151
Grinder, 145
Grindon, 327
Grinnan, ix
Grisbert, 148
Grisell, 137
GBitlieffef, 147
Groll, .176, 177
Gromarin, 212
Groom, 156
Grosvenor, 282, 342, 372, 373
Groton, 238, 239
Grubb, 98, 220
Grymes of Brandon, &c, 90 et
seq., 187 et seq., 283 et seq.,
374 et seq.; John, will (1645),
132; Philip, will (1762), 91;
Philip Ludwell, will (1805);
Children (Unidentified), Por-
traits, 92a; Philip, Children
of, Portrait, 92a; Grymes, 29,
132, 133. vii.
Guernsey, 258, 273
Guiana, 222
Guiandotte, 173
Guilford, 288, 292, 376, 377
Guise, Duke of, 294, 295
Guisnes, 294
"Gunston", 374
Guthrie, vi
Guy, 237, 323
Gwavas, 174
Gwyn, 355
Hack, 148
Hackney, 36, 37
Haddon, 37
Hailey, 69
Hainey, 152
Hale, 100, 259; House, 16
Hales, 129, 130, 180, 293, 377
Halifax, 81 ; Co., 254 ; Earl of,
226
Halkins, 247
Hall, 106, 107, 156, 213, 261, 264,
325, 327, 332
Hall End, Warwickshire, 281, 282,
370, 372; Illustration, 280a
Hallowair, 147
Hallum, 160
Ham, 133, 134, 152, 155, 262, 263
Hambleton, 212, 258, 259
Ham, Elizabeth, will (1628), with
note, 133
Hambry, 6
Hamby, 6, 7
Hamilton, 257, 263, 368, 369
Hamlin, 332, 333
Hammond, 139, 140, 239
Hampden-Sidney, 169
Hampshire, 81, 298
Hampstead, 386
Hampton, 61, 63, 195, 197, 221, 242,
250, 359, 360, 364, 365; Acad-
emy, 197, 198
INDEX
409
Hancock, 157, 168, 212, 213, 258,
262, 265
Haney, 153, 155. 157, 261
Hanover Co., 81, 96, 170, 365. 380
Hansard, 381
Hansford, 256, 262, 374
Hanson, 147
Hants, 84
Hapworth, 149
Harbin, 32
Harboldowne, 85
Hardaway, 167
Harde, 90
Hardiman, 332
Hardres, 291, 376, 327, 379, 386,
389
Hardwell, 147
Hardy, 167, 257, 298
Hare, 150
Harman, 325, 360
Harmer, 6, 144, 151, 236
Harmam, 107
Harmon, 149
Harpenges, 131
Harper, 166; 's Ferry, 171, 199
Harpole, 303
Harraldson, 351
Harris, 101, 102, 147, 148, 153, 212,
213, 250, 256, 257, 262, 340, 364
Harrison, 67, 70, "]2, 74, 112, 113,
114, us, 143, 145. 148, 163, 164,
165, 166, 167, 168, 248, 262, 298,
3i7» 328, 332, 375, vi, vii, ix;
-burg, 171
Hart, 7, 149, 364
Hartgrove, 351
Harthorn, 332
Harvard University, 298
Harvey, 65, 66, 152, 154, 155, 156,
257, 258, 259, 262, 277, 319, 375,
38i
Harewell, 139
Harwell, 332
Harwood, 102, 103, 247, 248, 325,
359
Haskins, 212
Hasted, 83, 84, 87, 176, 286, 293,
376
Hatcher, 212, 213
Hauers, 138
Haute, 293; Court, 383
Hautley, 152
Hautsbourne, 376
Hawes, 146
Hawkes, 332
Hawkins, vi
Hawkins, 78, 89, 151, 153, 157, 160,
256, 259, 263, 265, 282, 360
Hawley, 156
Hawsted, 392
Hawte, 286, 293, 377, 383, 384;
Cout, 286
Hawtysbourne, 377
Hay, 151
Hayden, 71, 72
Haye, 332
Hayes, Hays, 27, 104, 147, 149,
352, 388
Hayle, 101
Hayles, 129
Hayne, 186
Haynes, 360
Hayte, 32
Hayward, 364
Haywood, vi
Hazlitt, 176, 183
Head, 156, 261, 264, 265, 382
Healy, 192, 192a
Hearst, viii
Heath, 131, 332, 388
Heather, 130
Hedgeman River, 316
Hedges, 364
Hefferman, 192
Heigge, 281
Heinsley, 151
Hele, 344
Helland, 140
Hempstedd Cum Eccles, 138
Henderken, 278
Henderson, 55, 360
Hendrickson, 149
Hening, 12
Henley, 64, 261, 375
Hennesy, 156
Henrico Co., 39, 59, 66, 81, 101,
188, 208
Henrico County Quit Rent
Roll, 1704, 208 et seq.
Henry, 70, 258; VII, 288; VIII,
176, 286, 293, 294, 341, 378;
County, 189
Hensley, 152, 259, 265, 360
Hcpward, 151
Heralds College, 176
Herbert, 213, 229, 332
Hereford Cathedral, 178; -shire,
236, 237, 238, 384, 386, 387, 390,
392
Hermitage, The, 168
Herndon, 154, 188, 257, 259, 262,
263, 265
410
INDEX
Hert, 293
Herrin, 155
Herring, 155, 258, 261
Hertford, 182; -shire, 178, 382
Hertingfordbury, 178
Hestand, 256
Hethersett, 322
Hewet, 8 9
"Hewick", 283
Hews, 364
Hiatt, 364
Hickdon, 331
Hickory Hill, 368; Thickett, 368
Hicks, Hix, 165, 167, 265, 332
Higgason, 365
Higgins, 36
Higham, 29
Highbury, 384, 387
Hilis (Hilys), 291, 292, 293
Hill, 29, 63, 151, 155, 156, 212, 218,
237, 331, 332
Hilman, 157, 258, 259, 262
Hilton, 103
Hinke, 299
Hitcham, 282
Hiter, 157, 160
Hitt, 107
Hoard, 360
Hobart, 238
Hobbs, 332
Hobby, 212
Hobin, 4
Hobson, 38, 213
Hodgkins, 145
Hog Island, 97, 98, 103, 324
Holcombe Bornell, 240
Holland, 142, 176, 177, 186, 281,
324
Hollis, 147
Holloway, 332
Holmes, 8, 146, 180, 212
Holston River, 169, 170, 173, 174
Holt, 163; Hall, 370
Holycross, 332
Holy Minories, Church of the, 341
Homes, 364
Honeywood, 140, 181, 343
Hood, 364
Hopkins, 254
Hopkinson, 67
Home, 288, 289
Horrocks, 170
Hothersall, Thomas, will (1620),
with note, 134
Hotten, 98
Houdon, 55
Houselepp, 345
Hovenden, 86
Howard, 180
Howe, 9, 252, 352
Howe (Hooe?), 250, 374
Howell, 237, 332, 372
Howland, 36
Howlet, 180
Howson, 143
Howtaine, 86
Hubard, Hubbard, 36, 134, 251,
261, 283, 341
Huckstep, 152, 156
Hudgin, 165
Hudlestone, 324
Hudson, 27, 28, 27, 213, 332
Hues, 149
Huffman, 156
Hughes, 64, 154, 212, 257
Huguenots, 208, 319
Hukler, 259
Hulingson, 359
Hulme, 332
Hulse, 183
Hume, 259, 264, 316
Humes, 153
Humkin, 250
Humphreys, 4
Hundley, 79
Hunsted, 148
Hunt, 29, 212, 259
Hunter, 64, 256
Hunt's Lands, 180
Hurley, 184, 187
Hurlstone, 180
Hurry, 151
Hurts, 182
Hutchins, 212
Hutchinson, 257
Hutt, 107
Hutton, 151
Hyat, 364
Hyde, Viscount, 226
Hyett, 364
I'Anson, 67, 68
Indians, Campaign against, 1627,
101, 102
Indian Territory, 69
Indians, 8, 16, 23, 24, 25, 112, 222,
223
Ightham, 132, 133
Illinois, University of, vii
Isle of Beere Church, 32
Isle of Wight, 17, 81, 102, 197
INDEX
411
Ingles, 114
Inner Temple, 389
Innis, 115
Ireland, 84, 88, 283
Irish, 150
Isabell, 252
Isham, Dame Anne, will (1627),
344; Sir Euseby, will (1626),
343; John, will (1627) with
note, 344
Italy, 306
Izacke, 389
Jacobs, 157, 256, 263
Jackman, 136
Jacobson, 150
Jackson, 136, 146, 152, 200, 213
Jamaica, 124
Jamar, 153, 249
James, 58, 132, 256, 262, 282, v;
City, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21,
81, "88, 97, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104,
106, 107, 108, 117, 118, 120, 219,
220, 221, 223, 231, 232, 233;
City Co., 66, 90, 96, 210; City
Island, 99; River, 23, 63, 67,
107, 208, 223; Town, 23, 45, 99,
104, 105
James I, 308, 315, 317
Jameson, Jamison, 61, 154, 155,
213, vi
Jarrel, 156
Jarvis, 151
Jeanes, 150
Jeannette Relief Expedition, 70
Jefferson, 69, 158, 213, 218
Jeffries, 51, 119, 252
Jeffry, 16
Jenkin, 141, 205
Jenkins, 105, 118, 123, 125, 149, 257
Jennings, 38, 90, 91, 129
Jennins, 150
Jersey, de, 267
Jewell, 83
Jewels, 91
Joes, 150
John, King, 286
Johnson, 36, 63, 133, 139, 142, 145,
147, 148, 150, 151, 157, 248, 251,
253, 261, 263, 351
Johnston, 275
Jollett, 154, 262, 265
Jolliffe, 130
Jonathan, ship, 223
Jones, 32, 55, 61, 62, 63, 64, 139,
143, 144, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152,
153, 156, 157, 159, 213, 249, 257,
258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266,
278, vi; 's Neck, 101
Jordoine, 89
Jordon, 213; 's Journey, 101, 102;
's Point, 101
Joynes, 150
Judkins, 247
Jurner, 130
Jurors, 42
Kakoanthropos, 170
Kalliamie, 150
Kanagatucko, 169
Karson, 148
Kavalla, 276
Kavanaugh, 333, 349, 353
Kayne, 144
Kea, 155
Keaton, 259
Kecoughtan, 7
Keeton, 153
Keeling, 55
Keigwyn, 174
Keith, 7, 9, 59, 259, 352
Kelloway, 378
Kelly, 250
Kelsick, 280
Kemp, 9, 117, 120, 135, 136, 171,
187, 297, 299, 358; Anthony, will
(1614) with note, 135; Arthur,
will (1645) ; Dorothy, will
(1629), with note, 136; 's Plan-
tation, 192
Kempley, 373
Kendall, 156, 213; Henry, will
(1638) with note, 138; Stephen,
will (1611), 138; Thomas, will
(1621), 138
Kenmure, 196, 197
Kennel 1, 223, 224
Kenner, 279
Kennett, 129
Kennon, 213
Kensington, 370
Kent, 17, 26-29, 35, 84, 87-89, 129,
132, 133, 136, 137, 140, 176-187,
285-293, 342, 375, 376-389
Kent Church, 236
Kentucky, 55, 70, 71, 73, 79, 172,
369
Ketch, 19
412
INDEX
Kettering, 172
Key, 263
Keythorps, 282
Kickotan, Kicoughtan, 319
Kidder, 128
Kidley, 237, 238
Kiesler, 348
Kilpeck, 236
King, 147, 251, 256, 261, 263, 265,
278, 333 J George County, 72, 73,
81, 166, 169, 170, 187, 279, 298,
374; and Queen Co., 66, 81, 92,
188, 316; William Co., 81, 283
Kingsdown, 86, 87
Kingsford, 370
Kingston, 376, 377
Kingswinford, 281, 282, 370, 371,
372, 373
Kinney, 262
Kinsey, 144
Kinston, 221
Kintbury Eaton, 186
Kinton, 392
Kinzer, 152
Kirkham, 144
Kirkland, 333
Kirtley, 257, 258, 259, 360
Knibb, 213
Knight, 130, 143, 147. I5L 364
Knolis, 389
Kobler, 159
Kubler, 261
Kymages, 354
Kymesman, 343
Lacy, 98, 143
Ladd, 213
Laforce, 213
Lain, 264
Lamb, 155, 258, 264, ix
Lamberde, 238
Lambeth, 88
Lancashire, 282
Lancaster, 28, 81, 153, 157, 263, vi,
ix; County, 14, 34, 208
Lands, 261
Landulph, 141
Lane, 11, 21, 22, 23; Sir Richard,
363 et seq.
Langley, 63, 84, 144
Lanier, 161; Elinior, will (1652),
with note, 340; John, will
(1650), 340; Family in Eng-
land, 341, 342
Lanivet, 141
Langston, 139, 140
Lankford, 155
Lanseed, 143
Lansley, 154
Lapworth, 100
Lartch, 149
Larwood, 142
Latham, 116
Lathvine, 144
Lattimer, 143
Lauckfield, 223
Laughton, 62, 144
Law, 135
Lawley, 3, 4, 5
Lawns Creek, 32
Lawrence, 142, 251
Lawton, ix
Leake, x
Leal, 157
Leame, 138
Leate, 248
Leatherburg, 151
Lee, 54, 61, 91, 139, 143, 144, 153,
155, 200, 256, 257, 264, vi, vii;
-sylvania, 91
Lees, 286
Leetra, 147
Leges, 237
Legrand, 143
Leicester, 87; -shire, 137, 282
Leiston, 236
Leitch, 249
Leith, 248
Lemman, 37
Lemon, 220
Lenham, 84
Leonard, 144
Lesingham, 40, 138
Lester, 213, 251
Leuse, 36
Leving, 283
Lewillins, 144
Lewis, Lewes, 83, 84, 85, 145, 213,
241, 242, 249, 279, 280
Lexington, 271
Liberty, ship, 255
Library of Congress, 3, 207, 219,,
vi
Lightfoot, 181, 283
Ligon, Lygon, 214, 282
Lillington, 31
Liptrott, 213
Litchby, 149
Littleton, 141, 145, 146
Little Town, 68
Lively, 61
INDEX
413
Livingston, 23, 24
Lloyd, 265
Lluellen, 147
Lobb, 141
Lockett, 213, 218
Lockey, 130
Lockhart, 242, 246
Lochinvar, 196
Lollworth, 137
London, 15, 26, 30, 34, 37, 38, 40,
67, 84, 130, 134, 137, 219, 229,
235, 236, 282, 283
Long, 145, 146, 148, 154, 156;
Croft, 26
Loope, 33
Lord Chatham, ship, 266, 271, 273
Losenham, 286, 287
Lothbury, 37
Lother, 145, 263
Loudoun, 81
Loughlin, 252
Louisa, 81
Lovelace Family and Its Con-
nections, 83 et seq., 176 et seq.,
285 et seq., 375 et seq.; Family,
83 et seq., 176 et seq., 285 et
seq., 375 et seq. ; William, will
(1577), 85; Sir William, will
(1629), 89; Sir William, will
(1628), 179; William (d.
1577) Portrait, 82a; Sir Wil-
liam (d. 1629), Portrait, 86a;
Sir William (d. 1627) Por-
trait, 176a; Richard, Portrait,
182a.
Lovell, 144, 259
Low, Lowe, 251, 254
Lowell, 63
Lower, 257, 262
Lower Norfolk Co., 102
Lowne, 213, 218
Lowry, 262
Luark, 143
Lucas, 154, 258
Ludas, 258
Ludgate, 35, 84
Ludson, 142
Ludwell, 15, 16, 90, 96
Luke, 139, 240
Lulley, 281
Lumpkin, 253
Lunenburg County, 64, 65, 81, 82,
276; Parish, 280
Lyall, 142
Lydd, 27
Lyld, 142
Lyminge, 294, 295
Lynchburg, 142, 275
Lyne, 59
Lynsey, 238, 239
Maberry, 334
Macarnesse, 137
Macedonia, 276
Mackeny, 259
Mackie, Mackey, 67, 69
Mamlin, 161, 162, 163, 166, 167
Madagascar, 74
Madderne, 174
Maddox, 334
Madera, 24
Madison, 159, 246, 263, 298, 362
Madon, 157
Madresfield, 282, 373
Madrid, 41, 42
Magety, Bay, 223
Magrove, 150
Mahanes, 259
Mahew, 98
Maiden, 259
Maingey, 266,' 272, 273
Maior, 148
Major, 168
Makepeace, 344
Malbrouck Hill, 275
Mallory, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 153.
155, 156, 167, 259, 261, 262, 265,
334
Malmayers, 287
Malo, 130
Malone, 167, 334
Maloy, 61
Manakin Town, 208
Manchester, 68
Manes, 151
Mann, 142, 214
Mannering, 27
Manners, 37
Mansfield, 31, 155, 263
Manwood, 84, 87, 179, 181, 377
Mares, 352, 353
Margaret and John, ship, 221, 325
Marin, 212
Mark Lane, 130
Marklockson, 150
Marks, 334
Markworth, 149
Marlowe, 345
Marmion, 370
Marquess, 257
Marr, 152, 264, 360
414
INDEX
Marrett, 147
Marriott, 30, 142, 164
Marsh, 262
Marshall, 35. 107, 142, 145, 164,
259, 261, 262, 274, 324, 360
Marsham, 26, 27
Martin, 4, 99, 100, 101, 103, 144,
147, 148, 152, 154, 156, 173, 256,
258, 261, 265, 319, 320, 334; 's
Brandon, 9, 98, ioi, 328; 's Hun-
dred, 7, 324; Station, 173
Martmore, 146
Mary, 382
Maryland, 64, 83, 182, 186, 278, 302,
305, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314,
342, 343, 37s; Boundary Line,
308 et seq.
Mary, Queen, 286, 293, 295, 381,
382, 385
Mason, 153, 155, 156, 160, 168, 262,
359, 374
Massachusetts, vii
Massanutten, 171
Massaponnax, 187
Massey, Massie, 162, 163, 253
Massoine, 150
Masters and Slaves and Servants,
43
Mathews, Matthews, 6, 9, 63, 99,
100, 101, 102, 103, 147, 164, 214,
222, 223, 321, 322, 334. 372
Mathias Point, 374
Mathis, 163, 167
Mattapony River, 188
Maupin, 153, 154, 155
Maurice, 139
Maury, 189
Mauzy, 72
Maxwell, 149, 242, 244, 352
May, 77
Maye, 28
Mayer, 143
Mayes, 334
Mayham Magna, 287
Mayhew, 319
Maylard, 340
Mazondieu House, 180
Meade, 29, 166, 167, 188, 374
Meadows, 156
Meatheart, 221
Mecklenburg Co., 54, 55, 56, 81,
168, 190; Resolutions, 1774, 54
et seq.
Medcalfe, 150
Medical Prescriptions, 1812, 362
Medley, Robert, will (1759), 77,
78, 261
Meherrin River, 25, 165
Mellersh, 26, 27
Mellican, 360
Melone, 152, 265
Melton, 259
Menefy, 321
Mercers Company, 38
Meredith, 145, ix
Meres, 149
Merigold, 143
Metcalf, 376, 381
Methwold, 16
Meuse, 192
Meuse-Argonne, 275, 276
Michael, 150; Parish, 135
Middlebrook, 153
Middle Plantation, 40, 119, 220
Middlesex County, 14, 66, 81, 91,
93. 95, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192,
192a, 192b, 282, 283, 378, 384,
385, 386, 389, vii; England, 383
Middle Temple, 363, 390
Middleton, 37
Mighells, 138
Milby, 150
Miles, 146
Miller, 58, 144, 150, 264, 265, 351,
360
Mill Plantation, 192; Point, 359
Mills, 144, 151, 157. 327
Milmarshe Gate, 387
Milner, 232
Mines, 280
Minge, 60, 68, 334
Minifee, 64
Ministers, 6, 7
Minor, 151, 264
Mississippi, 68, 310; Valley, 171
Mitchel, 154, 265, 334
Moncure, 375
Monins, 378
Monkton Mylfield, 86
Monmouthshire, 237
Monocan Town, 16
Monroe, 369
Montague, 153, 158, 256, 258
Montgomery Co., 109, no, in,
113, 114, 115, 116, 172, 173, 174,
195, 241, 242, 243, 347, 349
Moody, 334
Moore, More, 37, 62, 144, 148, 151,
157, 162, 189, 242, 244, 257, 261,
263, 323, 324, 334, 353, 390
Morattico, 90, 91
Mordaunt, 392
INDEX
415
Morebredd, 85
Morgan, 142, 150, 157, 298, 351
Morlaix, 382
Morocco, 384
Morrice 388
Morris, 59, 149, 153, 154. 157, 163,
180, 258, 261, 262, 263
Morrison, 254, 367
Mortimer, 280
Mosby, yy, 259
Moseley, 32, 164, 174, 214, 255
Mott, 277
Motynden, 289
Moule, 345
Moulston, 288
Mousehole, 174
Mowbray, 265
Moyers, 154, 156
Mozings, 262
Mt. Airy, 369
"Mt. Chene", 374
Mt. Stuart, 374
Mulberry Island, 325
Mundage, 146
Munday, 155
Munford, 56, 161, 324
Munro, 145
Murdough, 62
Murrell, 334
Murrowes, 345
Murring, 144
Muschette, 75
Musdogee, 69
Muse, 192, 192a, 192b
Musgrove, 154
Mydleton, 26
McBew, 78
McCabe, W. Gordon, iv, vi, ix
McCabe, Wm. Gordon, President
of the Va. Historical Soci-
ety, Announcement of death,
January Magazine
McCabe, William Gordon, A
Brief Memoir, By Armistead
C. Gordon. July Magazine
McCabe, William Gordon, por-
trait, Frontispeace, July num-
ber
McCalley, 263
McCarty, 367
McCathlin, 278
McCeduff, 364
McClarner, 258
McClary, 258, ix
McClone, 262
McConn, 352
McCover, 364
McCormack, 169
McDaniel, 256, 261
McDonald, 117, 225, 351, 354
McFaddin, 255
McFarland, 154, 353
McGavock, 241
McGuire, x
Mcintosh, 69
McKnight, 161
McLacklin, 64
McMioner, 175
Nalden, 142
Nanptwiche, 37
Nansemond, 81, 102, 167
Nantillois, 276
Nantipoison Neck, 369
Napoleon, 96
Nash, 236
Nasthall, 386
Naylor, 155
Neale, 144, 148, 151, 264
Neck of Land, 101, 103
Neeley, 353
Negroes, 41, 44, 192, et seq., 368,
369; Runaway, 1729, 299, 300
Neily, 353
Nelson, 95, 96, no, in, 154, 188,
191, 252
Nephrininge, 148
Neptune, ship, 219
Netherland, 333
Nethermarshe, 180
Netherperton, 386
Nettles, 365
Nev son, 162, 163
New Buckenham, 138
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 84
Newcock, 364
Newell, 252, 255, 351
Newenden, 287
New England, 171, 268
Newenham, 86, 87
Newes, 129
Neives from Virginia, 391
Newgate, 35
Newham, 13
Newhouse, 236, 237
Newington, 187
New Jersey, 80
New Kent Co., 65, 68, 82, 121, 123,
125, 139, 140, 209, 210, 239;
Cavaliers in, 139, 140
416
INDEX
Newkirk, 282, 364
New London, 115
Newman, 154, 155, 158, 172, 259,
264, 265, 334
New Market, 80
Newmayde, ship, 357
New Norfolk Co., 66
Newport News, 102, 104
New River, 242, 347
Newton, 145, 278, 362; Pleyeis,
80, 183, 187; Wroth, 386
New York, 23, 24, 170. 184; City,
386
Nibley, 105
Nicholas, 175, 254
Nicholson, 208, 365, 366, 369
Nivison, 168
Nixon, 364
Noble, 63
Noel, 78
Nokes Court, 236
Nomterccola, 25
Nonington, 378
Norfolk, 40, 82, 135, 138, 258, 267,
376, 382, v; County, 135, 174,
175; England, 282, 283
Norris, 153
Norse, 142
North, 11, 15, 148; Branch, 317;
Britain, 67; Farnham Parish,
91, 278; Carolina, 29, 31, 54, 55,
171; Lord, 392; -umberland, 34,
82, 298; -umberland Co., 141,
208, 279; -umberland, Duke of,
385, 392; -ampton, 82, 149, 150,
344, 345; -ampton Co., 139, 142,
143, 144, 146, 148, 326; -ampton-
shire, 326, 363
Northampton County, Land
Certificates In, 142 et seq.
Northen, 279
Northern Neck, Documents
Relative to the Boundaries
of, 297 et seq; Report of Com-
missioners on the, 314 et seq. ;
Map of, Frontispiece, October
Magazine; Reference to, 208;
Note on Maps of, 298
Norwich, 135, 139; ship, 228
Notes on Queries, 65 et seq., 161
et seq., 274 et seq., 361 et seq.
Nottoway, 25
Notts, 317
Nowell, 256
Nunes, 389
Nunnally, 214, 334
Nutt, 146
Oakley, 381, 382
Oaks, 156, 263
Oatts, 172
Obbine, 146
O'Bissell, 66
Ocupason, 368
Offett, 77
Ogg, 258, 264
Ogill, 352
Oglethorpe, 169
Okeover, 283, 372
Okiawampe, 142
Oklahoma, University of, vii
Oldham Co., 73
Oldis, 323
Oldmixon, John, 366, 367
Old Plantation Creek, 223
Oldtown, 182
Olentey, 137
Oliver, 27, 28, 133, 134, 162, 264,
360
Ollantigh, 137
Olmested, 37
O'Neal, 250
Ophaly, 88
Opie, 141, 361 ; William, will
(1641) with note, 141
Orange County, 66, 70, 72, 73, 79,
82, 96, 189, 283, 320, 361, 364,
369; Court House, 77; County
Marriages, 152 et seq., 256 et
seq., 360
Orchard, 98, 279
Orinoco, 222
Ormond, Duke of, 226
Osbaston, 36
Osborne, 99, 101, 102, 154, 155,
205, 214, 352, 385, 388
Ospringe, 129
Ostenaco, 170
Otes, 382
Otterden, 285-293, 375-378, 382
Overburry, 334
"Over-the-Water", 326
Overy, 26
Owen, 144, 148, 162, 164, 214, 334
Ower, 144
Oxenden, 377
Oxford, 53, 178, 182, 186, 365,
3775 shire, 83, 185, 282; and
Cambridge Review, 203
Pace, 335; 's Paines, 99, 326
Packe, 137
Pacquett, 16
Padgett, 256, 257
INDEX
417
Pagan Creek, 102
Page, 7, 17, 59, 101, 190, 191, 257,
258, 261, 262, 264, 298, 321, 358,
361, 37i
Paget, 384
Paine, 214
Painebeard, 150
Painter, 148
Pakham, 335
Palmer, 148
Pamunkey River, 103
Pannill, 257
Pamwell, 145
Pansioela, 25
Panton, 38
Paramore, 99
Parham, 161, 163, 168
Parke, 141, 142, 367
Parker, 149, 167, 214, 368
Parkins (Perkins), 214
Parkinson, 144
Parks, 360
Parkson, 143
Parritt, 147
Parrott, 152, 154, 360
Parsons, 257
Parry, 83
Partin, 100, 101
Pashbehayes, 99, 134, 221, 324
Passeman, 103, 107, 335
Pasting, 376
Pate, 352
Pathane, 214
Patricksbourne, 377
Patterson, 172, 252, 261, 335
Patteson, ix
Pattey, 365
Patriot, ship, 255
Pattica, 145
Pattison, 215, 335
Patton, 352
Pawlet, 102
Payne, 35, 152, 155, 156, 261, 262,
263
Paynter, 145
Peacher, 259
Peachey, 367, 369
Peaked Mountain, 171
Pearce, 7J
Pear is, 241, 242
Pearman, 183
Pearson, 59, 250, 261, 353
Peary, George to Wm. Preston,
Dec. 1782, 349
Pease, 128
Peay, 249
Pead, 257
Pece, 142
Peeples, 163
Peery, 352
Pegram, 166, 's Battalion, 200
Peirce, 102, 214, 320
Pemble, 27
Pembroke, 83, 129, 130, 340
Penaby, 148
Pence, 263
Pencott, 147
Pendleton, 74, 153, 154, 160, 251
Penford, 142
Penkergard, 141
Penn, 163
Penner, 144
Pennsylvania, 80, 171, 172, 175,
308, 310, 312, 314; Boundary
Line, 308 et seq.
Penny, 88
Penruddock, 286, 387
Penvoirs, 238
Penzance, 174
Peoples, 335
Peppet, 102, 103
Percival, 166
Perkinson, 214
Perlesforth, 376, 377
Perquimans Co., 30, 32
Perry, 11, 13, 22, 23, 24, 103, 104,
153, 155, 324, 326, 335
Persey, 99, 101, 108, 157, 219, 220,
221, 222, 223, 320, 321, 322, 335 ;
's Hundred, 101, 102
Peter 67
Petersburg, Va., 68, 201, 266, 375,
201
Peterson, 161, 168, 335, 352
Petherton, North, 386, 387
Petite, 364
Petre House, 183 ,186
Petrockstowe, 141
Petsworthe, 131
Petty, 157, 256, 259
Pew, 214
Pewick, 283
Peyton, vii
Peyton, 63, 156, 365, 392
Philadelphia, 54, 55, 270
Philipott, 293, 294
Phillips, 221, 107, 262, 298, 335
Phillipson, 168
Phillnmer, 342
Phipps, 256, 267, 273
Picket, 258, 360
Pierce, 172, 265
418
INDEX
Pigeon, 335
Piggitt, 250
Pigot, 392
Pilcewell, 282
Pines, 257
Pinetop Plantation, 192a
Pinkie, 384
Pinnock, 240
Pinson, 239
Pipper, 167
Pitcher, 147, 154
Pitchley Co., 343, 344
Pitts, 307
Pittsburgh, 169
Pittsylvania, 82
Plains, The, vii
Plantation Creek, 108
Plantation, ship, 3, 4
"Plant Cutting", 117 et seq.
Plate, 91, 190
Platers, 29
Pleasants, 83, 176, 214, 254, 375
Pledge, 214
Pleese, 64
Plunkett, 155
Plymouth, 5, 174, 326
Point Comfort, 13
Polesworth, 370, 371, 372
Polland, 214, 215
Pollard, 191, 254, 258
Polley, 352
Pomroy, 150
Ponsford, 240
Poole, 37, 188
Poope, 240
Poore (Poor), 33, 364
Pope, 96
Popeley, 220
Poplar Creek, 166
Porey, 10, 13, 18, 19, 22
Porter, 11, 27, 136, 155, 214, 256,
259, 262
Port Glasgow, 67
Poitlock, 214
Postling, 377
Potomac, 171, 297, 300, 302, 308,
3io, 312
Potomac River, 208, 303, 311, 315
Pott, 5, 6, 8, 9, 97, 98, 99, 101, 103,
104, 105, 106 107, 108, 143, 148,
219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 320, 321,
323, 324, 335, 364
Potter, 93
Potts, vii
Poultney, 84, 178
Pound, 152
Powell, 104, 146, 155, 156, 164, 182,
214, 257, 258, 364
Powels Valley, 173, 242, 243
Powhatan, 101, 102
Poyntz, 185
Poythress, 335
Pratt, 374
Prentes, 63
Preschus, 144
Prescott, 372, 382
Pressey, 38
Prestewould, 137
Preston, 109, no, in, 112, 113,
114, 115, 116, 173, vi
Preston Papers, 169 et seq., 241
et seq., 346 et seq. ; William,
to Field Officers, Dec. 1782,
346; to Col. Davies, Dec. 1782,
349
Price, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 257,
261, 280, 335
Pri chard, 151
Pride, 214
Prince, 144
Prince Edward Co., 82, 381, 382,
328
Prince George Co., 67, 82, 101,
102, 161, 165, 229, 248, 328, 341
Prince George County Quit
Rent Roll, 1704, 328 et seq.
Prince William Co., 66, 74, 75, 76,
82, 91, 249, 298, 359, 360, 361
Princess Anne Co., 62, 82, 174,
175
Princess Anne Co., Notes from
Records of, 174
Pritchett, 146, 335
Proctor, 100, 263
Prosser, 27, 59
Pryne, 142
Pryor, 150
Prysadge, 134
Public Record Office, British, 354
Puckerall, 139
Puckett, 215
Purdie, 60
Purfury, 102
Purnell, 147
Purton, 327
Purvis, 13
Pyckering, 385
Pye, 236, 238
Pyndar, 373
Pytchley, 345
INDEX
419
Quarles, 35, 163, 164, 167, 257
Quebec, 195
Queenough, 297
Quibblestown, 80
Quick, 265
Quinn, 265
Quisenberry, 154, 156, 257, 262,
263, 360
Quit Rents, 17
Quit Rent Rolls, Virginia, 1704,
207 et seq. ; 328 et seq.
Rachell, 335
Ragsdale, 215
Railey, 220
Raines, Rains, 153, 155, 157, 256,
367, ix
Rainger, 33
Raleigh, 30, 220
Rail, 153
Rampayne, 185
Ramserath, 149
Ramsy, Ramsay, Ramsey, 149, 150,
282, 377
Randolph, 24, 31, 91, 95, 96, 167,
188, 215, 218, 248, 263, 299, 336,
364, 377 ; Family, English Con-
nections, 363
Rant, 283
Rapidan, 298, 318
Rappahannock, 65, 297, 298, 301,
302, 308, 309, 310, 372; County,
277, 278; Creek, 279; River, 208,
277, 300, 303, 315
Ratcliff, 64, 239, 306
Rawlings, 263
Raye, 335
Rayley, 324
Raynes, 28
Raynham, 132
Reace, 335
Reade, 33, 138, 154, 163, 164, 167,
335
Reading, 335
Reanes, 335
Reas, 164
Rector, 256
Red Cross, 276; River County, 69
Redder, 151
Reddicon, 237 ,238
Reddish, 261
Redford, 215
Redgrave, 40
Redwood, 134
Reed, 249; Creek, 173
Reeks, 335
Reid, 61
Reily, 324
Reins, 152, 265
Reives, 351
Religion, 44, 303 et seq.
Fennolds, 153
Religious Feud, in the Valley,
A, 364 et seq.
Rentfrow, 79
Reppington, 282
Revolution, Va. State Troops
in, 58 et seq., 347 et seq., 359
et seq.; in Virginia, 1 781 -2, 109
et seq. ; in Virginia in 1782, 346
et seq. ; Sons of the, 204
Reyner, 36, 37, 39
Reynolds, 151, 257, 262
Rheas in Revolution, Note on, 350
Rice, 352
Rich, 148, 285, 286, 378, 384, 385;
388, 389; of Leezs, England,
390 et seq. ; Arms, 391
Richard II, 381
Richards, 326
Richardson, 162, 336, 353, ix
Richland, 243
Richlands, 242
Richmond City, Va., 82, 90, 1 01,
195, 200, 201, 203, 276, 298, 375,
vi; County, 91, 184, 188, 208,
367, 368, 369; County, Notes
from the Records of, 277 et
seq., 367 et seq.
Rickham, 265
Rickner, 134
Riddle, 154, ^55. 263, 265
Rider, 281
Ridley, 137, 162, 168
Rimpton, 106
Rinch, 147
Rippett, 258
Rippon, 91 ; Hall, 90, 368
Risk, 364
Rivers, 133, 136, 335. 339
Rives, 161, 163, 164, 166, 168
Roach, 154, 156
Roagish, 38
Roanoke, 31, 32, 166; River, 303
Robbins, 240
Robe, 247
Roberson, 166, 266
Roberts, 143, 144, 146, 149. 236,
255, 335, 340
Robertson, 142, 189, 215, 256
Robins, 142, 146, 149, 150, 166, 326
420
INDEX
Robinson, 34, 36, 37, 39, 94, 146,
152, 154, 157, 166, 251, 262, 265,
278, 283, 335, 364, 384, x
Rochester, 379
Rochford, Earl of, 383
Rockford, 390
Rock Hall, 282
Rockingham Co., 166
Rodes, 154, 155
264, 360
Rodgers, 149
Rodman, 70
Rogers, 148, 150, 152, 263, 264,
360
Rolfe, 102, 320
Rolla, 77
Roll of Honor — Correction, 276
Rollings, 290
Rome, 87
Romney, 34; March, 129
Rootes, 188
Rose, 145, 254, 362, 363
Rosegill, 191, 192
Rosewall, 188
Ross, 67, 253, 258, 364
Rosser, 168
Rotterdam, 12, 172
Rouch, 215
Rouen, 341
Roughe Cattail, 387
Rous, 135
Routt, 263
Rowe, Row, 68, 157, 261, 263
Rowen, 215
Rowland, 134, 147
Rowlett, 215
Rowse, 136
Royal African Company, 41
Royall, 215
Royster, 252
Rubie, 148
Rucker, 77, 78, 79, 265, 276
Ruffin, 163, 166, 168
Rumney, 36, 147
Rumsey, 154, 263
Runion, 349
Runkle, 152
Rush, 364
Rushidg, 129
Russell, 139, 159, 181, 215, 218,
316, 37i
Rutherfield, 150
Ryall, 138
Rye Cove, 173, 242
Saazar, 132
Sabine Hall, 368
S acker, 146
Saidon, 353
Sainsburg, 117, 225, 354
St. Albans, 317; St. Alphage, 83,
176; St. Andrew's Parish, 66;
St. Anne's Parish, 276, 277; St.
Augustine's Monastery, 291 ; St.
Bartholomewes, 35; St. Bride's,
183; St. Catherine's, 185; St.
Catherine Cree Church, 130; St.
Clements, Middlesex, 234; St.
Edmunds Burg, 30; St. Faiths,
178; St. George's Parish, 316;
St. Giles, 340; St. John, 32, 150,
327; St. John's Church, Hamp-
ton, 197; St. John's College,
Cambridge, 384 ; St. John's Hos-
pital, 85; St. Kew, 141; St.
Kitts, 367; St. Laurence, 84; St.
Lawrence, Jewry, 390; St. Lau-
rence Hospital, 87; St. Legh,
286, 287; St. Leger of Otter-
den, note on, 287; St. Leger,
288, 290; St. Margaret, 381; St.
Mark's, 72; St. Mark's Parish,
70; St. Martin's, 84; St. Mar-
tin's - in - the - Field, 342 ; St.
Mary's Co., Md., 66, 278; St.
Mary's Priory, Losenham, 286;
9t Nicholas, ,382 ; St. Olave, 341 ;
St. Paul's, 291 ; St. Paul's, Lon-
don, 387; St. Peter's, 34, 38;
St. Peter's Parish, 36; St. Ste-
ven's, 327; St. Stephen, West-
minister, 292; St. Thomas, 36;
St. Thomas Hospital, 35; St.
Thomas the Apostle (church),
90; St. Waynard's, 237, 238
Sair, 136
Salem, 116, 361
Salisburg, 83, 88
Salmon, 336
Samford, 238
Samors, 238
Sampson, 154, 155, 222, 239, 265
Sanborne, 7
Sandborne, 336
Sanderidge, 156
Sanders, 151, 159, 257, 259, 261,
262, 263, 264, 353
Sandford, 73, 157, 239, 257, 259,
262, 278, 360
Sandhilles, 180
Sandye, 36
Sandy River, 173
INDEX
421
Sandys, 66, 176, 380
Sankard, 58
Saponie, 25, 300
Sargeant, 364
Sarragin, 216, 218
Sasafras River, 311
Sasquehannah River, 313
Saturday Review, 202
Saunders, 107, 167, 325
Saundfords, 239
Saura Town, 166 ffi
Savage, 143, 150, 336
Savile, 138
Sawyer, 324
Saxby, 343
Sayers, 352
Sayre, 190
Scarborough, 146, 147, 149
Schench, 152
School, free, 221
Schooler, 360
Sclater, 59
Schuyler, 23, 24
Scoking, 336
Scott, 59, 69, 85, 88, 157, 215, 256,
263, 326, 336, 342, 343, 362, 363,
370
Scott, Dorothie, will (1650), with
note, 342
Scott's Hall, 342
Scruggs, 215
S eager, 34
Seal, 152
Seala Cell, 292
Seaman, 341, 364
Searley, 145
Sebree, 154, 156
Sedgeley, 370
Segar, 192
Selden, 198
Self, 258
"Selma", 375
Senecas, 25
Senserf, 12
Sent, 259
Sentell, 145
Sentleger, 86
Senuliano, 130
Sermonor, 147
Servants, 43, 45, 91, 97, 100, 105,
219, 220, 221
Seveaker, 336
Severne, 143
Sewell, 215
Sewickley, 375
Sexton, 336
Shackleford, 71, 74, 76
Shands, 161
Shanks, 361
Shannan, 69
Sharley, 145
Sharando, 315
Sharp, 215
Sharpies, 105, 323, 324, 325, 345
Shaw, 88, 176, 294
Shawne, 173
Shear man, 26 2,
Shelby, I73~
Shelfangeo, 138
Shelford, 137
Shelley, 36, 131, 178
Shelton, 77, 79, 263
Shelvingbourne, 293, 376, 377
Shenandoah Valley of Va.,
Notes on, 170, 171 ; County, 55,
170, 298; River, 171, 303
Shenanto, 310
Shepherd, 62, 249
Sheppard, 138, 364
Sherando, 310, 317
Sherle, 144
Sherrin, 215
Sherringham, 40
Sherwood, 21
Sheryngton, 291, 292
Shidonhurst, 177, 179
Shieffield, 336
Shield, 249
Shields, 359
Shiflett, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
Shilar, 156
Shiplett, 258, 264
Ships: Abigail 100, 223; Bless-
ing, 100; Bona Nova, 320, 327;
Deptford Ketch, 19, 20; Dum-
barton, 17, 19; Duty, 219; Ed-
win, 103; George, 97, 100, 105,
220, 324, 325; Jonathan, 223;
Liberty, 255; Lord Chatham,
266, 271, 273; Ludlow Castle,
307; London Merchant, 97, 324,-
Margaret and John, 221, 325,'
Neptune, 219; Newmayde, 357;
Patriot, 255; Plantation, 3, 4;
Swan, 09, 104, 324; Thomas and
John, 323; Virgin, 103; War-
wick, 99, 228; William C.
Thomas, 105, 324
Shipwin, 147
Shirley, 4, 101, 105; Hundred,
102, 104, 324
Shoals House, 174
422
INDEX
Shoare, 145
Shoebridge, 132, 133
Short, 162
Shoulden, 177, 179, 180, 181, 184
Showett, 147
Shrimpton, ~7
Shuttleworth, 134
Shutwell Bottome, 26
Sikes, 14, 15
Silvey, 258 ffi
Simcoe, 96, 256
Simes, Sims, 145, 153, 156, 157.
220, 265, 360
Simmonds, 153
Simmons, 152, 167, 247
Simpson, 239, 257, 360
Singleton, 382
Sion House, 384
Sisk, 257, 258
Sisson, 261
Skinker, 95
Skinner, 58, 63, 138, 147, 245
Skipwith, 137
Slate, 359
Slater, 155, 264
Slaughter, 71, 153, 251
Slaves, 43, 91, 92, 93, 368, 369
Slaytor, 157
Sleet, 156, 256, 257, 259
Sleighes, 37
Sleight, 98, 101
Smallwood, 99, 104
Smally, 151
Smart, 336
Smeddmore, 32
Smith, 26, 61, 93, 97, 98, 99, 105,
128, 139, 142, 144, 146, 147, iSi,
154, 158, 202, 215, 216, 219, 220,
222, 223, 236, 252, 253, 254, 255,
256, 257, 261, 265, 279, 280, 282,
316, 336, 350, 358, 359, 363, 364,
367, 369, 385, vn
Smithfield, 102, 195, 187, 197
Smonts, 256
Smoot, 262
Smyth, 5, 6, 9, 29, 99, 101, 103, 104,
105, 106, 107, 108, 134, 321, 322,
324, 325
Smyther, 182
Smythes, 132
Snell, 152, 256, 263
Snoode, 100
Snow, 152, 154, 155, 156, 257, 261,
262, 264, 360
Snow Creek, 316
Snowden, 374
Soame, 134
Soames, 36
Soane, 215
Sollett, 142
Somerset, 374, 386, 387; Duke of,
384, 389; -shire, 106
Somerville, Tenn., 365
Sondrish, 26
Sone, Samuel, will (1605), 26
Sorrille, 257
Souatt, 149
Southam, 344, 345
Southampton, 82, 167, 168
South Branch, 317
South Carolina, 55
Southerne, 99, 322
Southern Literary Messenger, 195
Southey, 106, 145
Southfleete, 28, 29
South Littleton, 139
Southwarke, 35, 36
Southwarneborne, 84
Sower, 153
Sowthcote, 86
Spain, 42, 177, 336
Spaines Hall, 136
Spence, 9
Spencer, 120, 122, 125, 229, 230,
231, 355, 356, 358
Spencer, Secretary, Letter, July
16, 1683, 355 et seq.
Spencer, Secretary Nicholas,
Letter to Committee of Trade
and Plantations, March 1682-
3, and May 1683, 229, 232
Spicer, 256, 278
Sprig, 262
Springhill, 80
Spotsylvania Co., 82, 93, 187, 188,
189, 316
Spotswood, 60, 318
Spylman, 377
Squies, 240
Stables, 36
Stafford, 82, 298, 368; County, 66,
208, 315; -shire, 281, 283
Stahlmaker, 169
Stamford, 37, 375, 381
Stamforth, 376, 377
Stamper, 351
Stanard, 151, 253, 361, ix
Standback, 336
Stanfast, 146
Stanley, 215
Stanlyes, 128
Stanton, 349
INDEX
423
Stany, 149
Stanwix, 169
Staten Island, 183, 184, 187
Statesfield, 288
Staunton, 141, 171
Steaning Parish, 131
Steed, 168
Steel, 157
Steet, 256
Stent, 105
Stepevens, 173
Stephen, 169, 228, 352, 356, 362
Steptoe, 283
Sterdivant, 61
Sterling, 67
Sterrett, 146
Stevens, 143, 261, v
Stevenson, 138, 265
Steventon, 33
Steward, 215, 218
Stewart, 67
Stirry, 129
Stith, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168,
336
Stoake, 33
Stockden, 6
Stockell, 387
Stockton, 220
Stoff, 151
Stokes, 168, 255
Stonard, 27, 389
Stone, 28, 62, 65, 66, 67, 145, 164,
256
Stone Families in Va., Origin
of, 65 et seq.
Stoner, 389
Stonewood, 28
Stooke Parish, 133
Stovall, 215
Stowers, 216, 259, 360
Strafford, Earl of, 363
Straghan, 263
Strasburg, 171, 385
Straton, 392
Straw, 258
Streete, 33
Strickeland, 32
Stringfellow, 155
Strodewick Woods, 387
Strother, 264; -stuart, 84
Stroud, 336
Stuard, 364
Stuart, 200, 341, 374, vii
Stubblefield, 158, 360
Sturdivant, 336
Sturman, 66
Sturmy, 282, 370, 371, 373
Suares Marsh, 133
Suave Parish, 129
Such, 150
Suffolk, 29, 30, 286, 376, 381, 392;
County, 40; England, 238, 239;
Duke of, 385
Sugar Run, 242
Suggett, 279
Sullivan, 264
Sulyard, 382
Sumpter, 169, 170
Surrey, 130, 187, 293
Surry, 82, 102, 147, 161, 168
Surry County, 31, 67, 68, 165
Sussex, 131, 185, 293, 387; County,
167
Sutherland, 156
Sutton, 152, 281
Sutton, Colfield, 282
Sutton, East, 342, 343
Sutton's Hospital, 183
Swamp, 145
Swan, Swann, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 149; Charles, will (1618)
with note, 29; Richard, will
(1609), 27; Sir William, will
(1619), 28; of Va. and N. C,
family record, 30 et seq. ; 's
Point, 30, 31
Swanscombe, 28
Swansey, 137
Swanson, 145
Swem, 298
Swift, 130, 144, 351
Swindel, 151
Swinton, 149
Swook, 253
Sylvester, 36
Symmons, 336
Symons, 240
Syms Free School, 221
Taburd, 336
Tailo, 131
Tait, 67
Talasse, 169, 170
Talbot, 60
Talesworth Abbey, 281
Taliaferro, J2, 154, 188, 259, 264,
283, 316, 318
Talley, 337
Tamworth, 370
Tancock, 216, 218
424
INDEX
Tandall, 31
Tanner, 216
Tapley, 336
Tappahannoc, 102
Tatham, 337
Tatum, 154, 160, 258, 264
Taverner, 369
Taxation by General Assembly
of Virginia, 230
Tay, 154 _ ,
Tayloe, 188, 368, 369
Taylor, 60, 70, 71. 73, 77, 142, 144,
148, 150, 151, 153, 168, 196, 216,
221, 242, 257, 258, 259, 261, 264,
265, 336, 337, 360
Tazewell, 58, 161, 162, 168, 249
Teage, 150
Tedbourne St. Mary, 239
Teel, 154, 157, 262
Tellico River, 169
Temple, 144, 337
Tenacre, 388, 389
Tennant, 174, 374
Tennessee, 169, 170, 172, 189
Tenterden, 180
Terrell, Terrill, 75, 143, 153, 154,
259, 262
Terry, 254
Tester, 337
Texana, 69
Texas, 69
Thaw, 375
Theobald, 176
Theydon Bois, 386
Thomas, 36, 38, 139, 142, 146, 149,
235, 277, ix; and John (ship),
323
Thompson, Thomson, 31, 139, 144,
149, 154, 258, 259, 265, 319
Thornberry, 100
Thorne, 144
Thornhill, 258, 262, 337
Thornhurst, 33
Thornton, 157, 168, 187, 188, 251,
256, 257, 264, 316, 365; River,
308
Thorpe, 105
Three Creeks, 165
Threlfall, 344, 345
Throckmorton, Throgmorton, 6,
7, 39, 105, 106, 108, 130
Thoroghgood, 174, 175
Thropp, 144
Thrower, 337
Throwleigh, 287
Thunderley, 392
Thweatt, 163, 165, 337
Tibbs, 132
Tice, 151
Tillett, 147
Tillman, 168, 336
Timberlake, Henry, 169 et seq.
Tinder ,259
Tinley, 353
Tinsley, 77
Tios, 327
Tipping, 343
Tithables in Va., 1773, 81 et seq.
Tobacco, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21,
47, 49, 97, 98, 100, 104, 1 17-124,
220, 229, 233, 266 et seq., 271,
272, 279, 324; Smoking, 22;
Trade, 1729, 304 et seq.
Todd, 182
Tomkies, 253
Tomlin, 147, 367
Torn! in son, 64, 336
Tompkins, 61, 188
Tompson, 137
Tooker, 336, 337
Toppin, 1 1
Tottenham, 387
Totty, 216
Totuskey, 279; Creek, 278, 279
Towns, 12, 44, 165
Trabue, 73, 75
Transylvania Company, 55
Travers, 14, 278, 279, 369
Traylor, 216
Treasurer's Plantation, 327
Trent, 216
Trevethan, 174
Trew, 33, 34
Trigg, 242
Trigwitha, 174
Trinity College, Cambridge, 39,
387
Triplett, 62
Trueheart, 170
Truman, 151
Trusse, 180
Tucker, 6, 9, 99, 101, 108, 151, 179,
219, 220, 222, 223, 264, 320, 321,
322, 337
Tullie, 373
Tullock, 262
Tumely, 152
Tunstall, ix
Tupper, 266, 273
Turberfield, 337
Turberville, 32, 33, 38, 86, 144, 151,
152, 166, 216, 254, 262, 368;
INDEX
425
John, will (1634) with note, 32;
William, will (1631), 32; Arms,
34
(1631), 32; Arms, 34
Turfett, 89, 90
"Turkey Island", 363, 364
Turnbull, 168
Turpin, 216, 218
Turskerora, 23
Twyman, 154, 155. 157, 259, 263,
265
Twyning, 386
Twisden, 179
Twitty, 168
Tybinton, 371
Tychbourne, 131
Tyler, 239, ix; 's Quarterly, 322
Tymes, 344, 345
Tyndall, 138
Ulcomb, 287
Underwood, 59, 277
University of Virginia, 195, 199.
204
Upton, 107
Urbanna, 95, 192, vii
Urelawt, 364
Urwick, 201
Uty, 97, 98
Vaden, 216
Valentine, ix
"Vancluse", 283
Van Cortlandt, 23, 24
Varder, 36
Varlee, 148
Vawter, John, will (1752), 77, 7*
Veatch, 264
Venereal disease, 1729, 306
Verdun, 275
Vernon, 36, 261
Vernor, 39
Veryan, 240
Via, 156
Villare Cantianutn, 293
Vims, 258
Vincent, 36, 151
Vinniard, 152
Virginia in 1681-2, 41 et sey., 117
et seq., 235 et seq., 354 et seq.
Virginia, Tithables in, 1773. 81 et
seq.; Royal overnment in, 208;
Economic History of, 208
Virginia Gleanings in England
(Wills) :
Banister, John, (1650), 128
Broadnix, Thomas, (1654), 129
Chamberlayne, Edward Pye,
(1729), 235
Chamberlayne, Thomas, (i749)i
236
Clopton, William, (1640), 238
Collyer, John, (1650), 130
Farnfolde, William, (1610), 131
Fleete, Debora, (1652), 342
Foote, Johan, (1653), 239
Foote, William, (1653), 240
Gryme, John, (1645), 132
Ham, Elizabeth, (1628), 133
Hothersoll, Thomas, (1620),
134
Isham, Dame Anne, (1627),
344
Isham, Sir Euseby, (1627), 343
Isham, John, (1627), 344
Kemp, Anthony, (1614), 135
Kemp, Arthur, (1645), 135
Kempe, Dorothie, (1629), 136
Kendall, Henry, (1638), 138
Kendall, Stephen, (1611), 138
Kendall, Thomas, (1621), 138
Langston, Anthony, (1633), 139
Laniere, Elinor, (1652), 340
Lanier, John, (1650), 340
Opie, William, (1641), 141
Scott, Dorothie, (1650), 342
Swan, Charles, (1618), 29
Swann, Richard, (1609), 27
Swan, Sir William, (1619), 28
Swone, Samuel, (1605), 26
Turberville, John, (1634), 32
Turberville, William, (i63i),32
Walthall, Luke, (1613), 38
Walthall, Thomas, (1613), 38
Walthall, William, (1608), 34
Woodhouse, Henry, (1625), 40
Virginia Historical Society, Of-
ficers and Members, Jan. 1920,
January 1920 Magazine; Pro-
ceedings of Annual Meeting,
July Magazine ; Circular in re-
gard to, 274, 275 ; References to,
203, 204, 205
Va. State Library, 354
Virginia War History Commis-
sion, 275
Volkert, 149
426
INDEX
Waddel, 159
Wade, 151, 351
Waggoner, 262
Walcott, 37, 39
Wales, 185
Walke, 175
Walker, 60, 62, 65, 155, 167, 209,
252, 276; 's Creek, 173
Walkern, 182
Wall, 164, 250, 338, 353
Wallace, 156, 257, 358
Waller, 59, 188
Wallinger, 237
Wallington, 130, 186
Wallis, 129, 157, 263, 338
Walpoole, 40, 338
Wallyrane, 145
Walters, 154, 257, 258, 263
Walterton, 142
Walthall, 216, 217; Luke, will
(1613), 38; Thomas, will (1613)
with note, 38; William, will
(1608), 38
Walton, 154, 155, 156, 167, 264,
360
Wampum, 23
Wandringe, 38
War History Commission, Vir-
ginia, 275
War Notes, 275, 276, 361
Warburton, 372
Ward, 89, 144, 151, 216, 217, 351,
352
Ware, 239, 240
Warhorne, 27
Warings, 372
Wariscoyack, 97
Warren, 58, 143, 144, 149, 276;
County, 165
Warriners House, 180
Warrisquoiacke, 102
Warwick, 17, 82; County, 134,
207, 325 ; River, 102 ; Lane, 387 ;
-shire, 281, 282; (ship), 99
Washington, 55, 62, 74, 76, 91,
112, 188, 268, 319, vii; County,
242, 243, 245, 350; Parish, 277
Waterman, 180
Waters, 143, 148, 326
Watkins, 6, 33, 144, 167, 216, 217,
241, 253, 259, 312, 366; Point,
3ii
Watson, 156, 216, 257, 264, 265
Watterson, 151
Watts, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156,
157, 160, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264,
265, 360
Waugh, 154, 157, 365
Waxtonsham, 40
Wayland, 152, 265, 360
Wayne, 3, 4; County, 172, 174
Wayt, 153, 265, 360
Webb, 31, 151, 153, 216, 217, 257,
263, 279, 339
Webbs, 141
Webster, 98, 145
Wedderburn, 188
Weede, 143
Weekes, 324
Wei re, 278
Welch, 153, 158
Wei don, 38
Wentworth, 391 ; Lord, 294
West, 9, 64, 69, 101, 102, 103, 104,
106, 107, 108, 138, 147, 187, 219,
220, 223, 320, 321, 322, 324, 225;
Burton, 33; Indies, 129, 282,
367; -hache, 385; -ham, 384;
Point, 102; Point, N. Y., vii;
Virginia, 77, 298
West and Shirley Hundred, 100.
105
Westcott, 239, 240
Westham, 38
Westminster, 292, 342, 368; Ab-
bey, 178
Westmoreland, 82, 298, 369; Club,
203 ; County, 34, 66, 80, 208, 277,
277, 278, 368
Weston, 102, 182
"Westover", 102, 198
Westwood, 61, 64
Weyanokes, 101, 322
Weyer's Cave, 276
Wharton, 155
Wheateley, 128
Whianoacks, 102
Wheeler, 128, 143
Whiddon, 175
Whitaker, 237
Whitby, 151, 182, 216
White, 58, 84, 85, 86, 87, 142, 143,
153. 154. 157, 167, 172, 221, 257,
261, 263, 265, 338, 351, 360; Hall,
124, 125, 225, 227; Post, 374
Whitehead, 168
Whitelaw, 153, 155, 156, 262, 265
Whiting, 188
Whitston, 240
Whittle, 276
Whorwood, 282
Wirk, 338
Wie, 179
Wieiand, 148
INDEX
427
Wigg, 324, 325
Wightgift, 88
Wilbourn, 364
Wilcox, Wilcocks, 5, 8, 108, 146,
149, 156, 326
Wiles, 262
Wilkinson, 59, 217
Wilks, 58, 133, 168, 338
Willan, 185
Willett, 73, 256
William and Mary College, 91,
189, 204; Grammar School, 90;
Quarterly, 130, 239, 341
William and Thomas, ship, 105,
324
Williams, 55, 80, 143, 144, 147, 149.
151, 152, 164, 167, 188, 216, 256.
258, 264, 338, 360, 364, 365, 361
362; College, 204
Williamsburg, 54, 62, 91, 157, 167,
170, 189, 220, 307, 314, 368
Williamson, 216, 338, 361, 362
Willis, 144, 145, 147, 162, 163, 165,
167, 317
Willison Bible Records, 67 et
seq.
Willoughby, 59, 102
Willows, 145
Wills, 180, 251
Wills and inventories, order in
regard to, 1627, 8
Wilson, Willson, 147, 166, 217,
221, 364; Col. George, 80
Wiltshire, 327
Wilton, 26
Wilverden, 180
Wimbledon, 26, 128, 240
Wimpole, 137
Winchester, 102, 275, 321
Windley, 151
Windward Islands, 222
Winfield, 166
Wingfield, 131, 338
Wingod, 233
Winifrith Newborough, 32, 33
Winkles, 338
Winn, 146
Winningham, 338
Winslow, 261, 263
Winsser, 166
Winston, 366
Winteer, 237
Winthrop, 239
Wise, 162
Witcher, 352
Witchett, 338
Witherden, 180
Wolbridge, 32, 33
Woll, 33
Wolley, 220
Wollies, 131
Wolsey, 383
Womack, 217, 338
Woman, A Southern, in War
Time, 361
Wombourne, 371
Wood, 128, 138, 139, 147, 148, 150,
152, 154, 156, 157, 190, 191, 217,
257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 352
Woodbridge, 278, 279
Woodburne, 340
Woodfield, 147
Woodford, 187, 188; County, 79
Woodhouse, Henry, will (1625),
with note, 40
Woodlief, 167, 338
Wooldridge, vi
Woodroffe, 292
Woodson, 216, 364
Woodstock, 185
Woodward, 338
Wooley, 145
Woolrich, 324
Woolwich, 176, 178, 182
Wooten, 250
Worcester Co., 139 ; -shire, 282
Workman, 140
Wormeley, 14, 191, 192, 283, 358;
Hertfordshire, 384
Worple Road, 128
Wo r sham, 217
Wortham, 144, 338
Wotton, 377, 388
Wrenn, 143
Wright, 28, 104, 151, 154. 157, 220,
256, 257, 259, 263, 264, 282, 324,
375- 387
Wroth, 285, 286, 378, 379. 390, 392 ;
of Enfield, Middlesex, Eng.,
383 et seq. ; Sir Thomas, will
(I57S), 385 et seq.
Wrotham, 140
Wyant, 157
Wyatt, 6, 140, 338, 342, 343, 389
Wyche, 162, 163, 167
Wye, 29, 136, 180
Wylie, 348
Wynatt, 352
Wynfarthinge, 138
Wynne, 86, 108, 298, 338
Wythe Co., 172
Wytheville, 347
428
INDEX
Yale University, 204
Yarborough, 25
Yarley, 89
Yarmouth, Great, 138
Yates, 256, 263, 360
Yeardley, 3, 5, 6, 97, 98, 99, 101,
103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 144,
146, 147, 149, 219, 222, 223, 319,
321, 322, 325
Yeates, 364
Yelverton, 282, 283
Yem, 235
Yeoman, 147
Yonge, ix
York, 17, 24, 60, 61, 82, 130, 137,
151, 176, 191, 258, 259, 368;
County, 65, 90, 103, 133, 134, 140,
239, 283, 319, 325; Parish, 133;
River, 102, 239, 223; -town, 95,
96; Archbishop of, 380; -shire,
91, 219, 220
Young, 143, 176, 258, 338, 352
Younger, 280
Yowell, 153, 154
Ypres, 282
Zalleman, 143
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