Ancestors of Susan Ann Taylor

Generation No. 1

1. Susan Ann Taylor, born 13 Apr 1824 in Northampton Co. or Accomack Co., VA; died 22 Sep 1873 in "Evergreen," Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 2. David Crippen Taylor and 3. Margaret S. Dalby. She married (1) Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. 23 Jun 1845 in Accomack Co., VA. He was born 28 Oct 1826 in "Evergreen," Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA?, and died 10 Jul 1907 in Shady Side, Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of Col. Thomas Hatton Kellam and Elizabeth Bell Jacob.

Notes for Susan Ann Taylor:
Comments by her great-great-great-grandson, Bryan S. Godfrey:

According to family tradition, when the Eastern Shore was under a blockade during the Civol War, Susan ran through it. Her great-great-granddaughter, Alice Hooper Lambert of Knoxville, Tennessee, says that Susan went between the lines by filling her petticoat full of medicinal supplies and was never caught. Although her name is not mentioned in "Hack's Neck and Its People" by James E. Mears, it is best to summarize the role of blockade runners in Hack's Neck, the Kellams and their neighbors, by quoting parts of pages 73-75, as follows:
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BLOCKADE RUNNING FROM HACKS NECK DURING THE CIVIL WAR

During the Civil War, John, James and Teackle Bennett, brothers, and Major Guy were among the residents of Hacks Neck who engaged in "running the Federal blockade," supplying goods to people on the Western Shore of Virginia. Accomack and Northampton counties were occupied by Federal troops and the Union ships of war patrolled the Chesapeake and its tributaries, yet these daring men continued to cross the bay and none was captured while making a trip or returning. They used small canoes, usually not more than twenty feet in length, and selected for the journeys dark and often stormy nights. They used small sails and the oars were padded to muffle the ground. On one occasion one came out of thick weather almost under the bow of an enemy ship; at another time, when returning to the Eastern Shore, a blockade runner was sighted and hailed by a Federal ship, and got away by saying that he and his companion were escaping from the other side and were bound to the Eastern Shore to join the Federal army. During the summer night when Capt. John Bennett (a grandson of William Bennett, who was a shipmaster in the Virginia navy during the War of the Revolution) was returning from the Western Shore of Virginia, a severe squall struck just as he was opposite Occohannock creek. On the shore were the lights at the camp of the Union forces. His two companions wanted him to put ashore, though it meant capture, as they expected to be drowned. Bennett, with hatchet in hand, said that if they would do as he directed he would land them safely at home before day, adding that he would do as he directed he would land them safely at home before day, adding that he would strike down with the hatchet any one who interfered or attempted to put the canoe ashore there. He ordered one man to take the tiller. He went forward, chopped off the mast, reset it, and with less sail they arrived in safety at their destination long before dawn. It has been said that none of these blockade runners carried a compass on their boats.

The merchandise they transported was, for the most part, obtained from country stores in the interior of southern Accomack and brought into Hacks Neck over the out-of-the-way roads and trails on the darkest of nights. The main roads were avoided wherever possible and crossed, where that was necessary, with the greatest of caution. The blockade runner with a companion usually used a horse or a mule and a cart, one leading the animal and the other following. No word was spoken as they moved through the woods. The articles were hidden in beds and other unsuspected places until a suitable time for making the trip across the bay.

A story is told of a blockade runner and a Federal sympathizer, both intimate friends though, who lived on the "Myrtle Grove" farm. At the time the house of Capt. Major Guy, a blockade runner, contained much contraband, as he had planned to start that night. The Unionist, George W. Scott, who had served in the United States army during the Mexican war, saw a Federal friend. The Unionist then went out to greet the soldier, taking along a jug of whiskey. They chatted and drank until the soldier had very little in anything except the "cup that cheers," though he did ask if there were any contraband about. The reply of Scott was: "H---; no; nobody here runs the blockade!" The drinking continued and the soldier later left without making an examination.

Before the war ended however, all of the Hack's Neck blockade runners (with one or two exceptions, including Capt. James H. Bennett), and some of the women of their families were taken by the Federal troops and placed in jail at Eastville, where they remained about a month after being fined $25 each. it is stated that all paid the fines but Capt. John Bennett, who remarked that he did not pay to get in and would not pay to get out. In an effort to get said John to give information about the blockade running, the soldiers hanged him by the neck for short periods, until his tongue was forced out, it is said; then they would lower him down for a rest and later repeat the ordeal. He, however, positively declined to reveal anything, saying he would die first.

The Federal troops were constantly on the lookout for boats that might be used for blockade running and usually burned all such they discovered unless a permit had been obtained to use them for fishing, oystering or the like. To prevent their craft meeting such a fate, the blockade runners bored holes into their canoes and placed wooden plugs therein, which they removed when they completed a trip, sinking the boat in some out of the way place, where it remained until again needed. The sails were, as a rule, hidden in beds. On one occasion, when a search was being made by the Federals, a sail was concealed in the crib of a sleeping baby.

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I have wondered whether my great-great-great-grandmother, Susan Ann Taylor Kellam, was among those jailed at Eastville, but according to a descendant, she was never caught.

Susan is said to have etched on the window of one of the upstairs bedrooms at "Evergreen" the statement, "Remember me, Susan Kellam." This is not currently on any of the windows now there, according to the current owner of the home, Mrs. Catherine Johnson.

Having been spoiled by her family's prominence and slaves before the Civil War, Susan is said to have declined in health following the war. Her daughter, Rebecca Kellam Stevens (1856-1931), told her family that while her mother was on her death-bed at age forty-nine, she told her children that she wished they could all die with her. The family was about to lose "Evergreen" and other properties. Her great-granddaughter, Evelyne Cox Sherbondy (1910-2002), told me she is nearly certain Susan died and is buried at "Evergreen." If that is the case, the grave must have been left unmarked, for the last marked tombstone there is that of Susan's eldest child, Susan Arinthea Kellam, who died in 1855 at the age of nine. Evelyne said Susan Ann was the last family member buried at "Evergreen," and she also said that her tombstone had disappeared. I was never sure whether she was confusing Susan Ann with Susan's eldest daughter Susan Arinthea, whose tombstone is still extant, but the fact that she said Susan's tombstone disappeared indicates she may have been referring to her great-grandmother. Evelyne also said she once had a portrait or picture of Susan that had disappeared, but she told me that after showing symptoms of senility in her mid-80s. Because Susan's husband, Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., went to live with their son David in Northampton County in his later years, he is buried there at Johnson's United Methodist Church on Bayside Road next to David and family.

There are conflicting dates with regard to both Susan and her husband. The mysteries of her husband Thomas' birthdate, why it was given as 1819 in two Bible records and on his tombstone but was more likely 1826, is discussed under his biography. Bible record list Susan's date of birth as 13 April 1824, yet her parents were married, according to official Northampton County, Virginia marriage records, on 24 June 1824. "Hack's Neck and Its People" gives 1823 as the year of marriage for David Crippen Taylor and Margaret Dalby. Also, Bible records state that Susan died 22 September 1873, and her great-granddaughter Evelyne Cox Sherbondy told me, Bryan Godfrey, that she died when daughter Rebecca, Evelyne's grandmother, was seventeen years old, yet her death record was located on ancestry.com in Accomack County Death Records and lists 22 September 1874. One would expect that to be the most reliable source, unless it was recorded later and the wrong year was given.

More About Susan Ann Taylor:
Died 2: 22 Sep 1874, Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA
Burial: probably "Evergreen, " Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA.
Event: 1873, As she lay dying, she stated how fearful she was of her children growing up in the postbellum South and wished they could die with her; the family was about to lose the "Evergreen" plantation.
Residence 1: Bef. 1845, Probably grew up mainly at the "Poplar Grove" farm in Hack's Neck; Accomack Co., VA. However, her brother David was born in Richmond Co., VA in 1840, and there is a tradition that she was from there, which is across the Chesapeake Bay from Accomack.
Residence 2: Aft. 1845, Lived mainly at "Evergreen" in Hack's Neck following her marriage as her husband inherited the plantation from his grandmother in 1846; in 1860 they were living in Nansemond Co., VA, with her mother and brother Edgar, but must have returned to Accomack.

Notes for Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p429.htm#i42817

Thomas was born on 28 October 1819 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Thomas was named in his father's will on 24 September 1841 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son Thos. H. Kellam in the will of Col. Thomas H. Kellam Senr, wife Hariet B.D. Kellam. He was given my Acc Co farm called Evergreen.4 He married Susan Ann Taylor, daughter of David Crippen Taylor and Margaret S. Dalby, on 23 June 1845 at Accomack Co, VA.5 Thomas was named in his uncle's will on 31 August 1845 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my nephew Thomas Kellam in the will of John C. Kellam, wife Jane M.K.6 Thomas was named in his grandmother's will on 8 October 1845 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as grandson Thomas Hatton Kellam in the will of Margaret Beard. He was given the land on Pungoteague Creek called Evergreen containing 575 acres. He was also to pay her debts.1 Thomas was listed as a head of household in the census of in 1850 at St. George Parish, Acc Co, VA. He was shown as Thos. H. Kellam the head of HH#497, a 24 year old farmer with real estate valued at $10,000. Listed with him were the following Kellams: Susan A., age 25; Susan A.J., age 4; and Thos. H. Jr., age 6/12. Also listed was Jas. Hornsby, a 27 year old overseer..7 Thomas reported a death in July 1855 at First District, Acc Co, VA. It was on this date that Thos. Hutton Kellam reported the death of his daughter Susan A. Kellam, who died of unknown causes at the age of 9 years..8 He died on 10 July 1907 at age 87.2 Thomas was buried at Johnson Church Cemetery, Northampton Co, VA.2

Citations
1.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 46 (will of Margaret Beard, widow).
2.[S559] Jean Merritt Mihalyka (compiler), Gravestone Inscriptions in Northampton County, Virginia.
3.[S558] Nora Miller Turman, Accomack Co, VA, Marriage Records, 1776-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses and Ministers's Returns).
4.[S1003] Dr. David R. Scott, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1800-1854, p. 193 (will of Col. Thomas H. Kellam Senr, wife Hariet B.D. Kellam).
5.[S2028] Bryan Scott Godfrey, Bryan Godfrey Research Files.
6.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 305 (will of John C. Kellem, wife Jane M.K.).
7.[S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309.
8.[S569] Comp Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack Co, VA, Death Register, 1853-1896.
9.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
10. Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.

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Comments by Bryan S. Godfrey, great-great-great-grandson:

Although his Family Bible and his gravestone show his date of birth as 28 October 1819, Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr.'s birthdate is subject to question. If that were correct, then he should have been 87 (almost 88) when he died 10 July 1907, yet his obituary states he was 83 years old. In a Hack-Jacob Family Bible, the birthdates of his sister Anne and sister Susan were given, but he was omitted. Susan was born in October 1823, and there are no more entries for children of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Sr. and Elizabeth Bell Jacob Kellam after that date. This was my first source of suspicion that perhaps Thomas was born later than 1819. The second item which made me suspect 1819 is an incorrect date is the fact that his sister Anne Eastburn Kellam was born 27 February 1820, less than nine months after Thomas would have been born if 28 October 1819 were his birthdate. Third, in what appears to be yet another Bible or other handwritten family record of the Thomas Hatton Kellam family and the Robert and Elizabeth Hack Jacob family (apparently inherited or photocopied by the family of his granddaughter Helen Stevens Coppersmith Evans), 28 October 1826 is listed as his birthdate, and the correct birth order of Thomas and his siblings is listed, with Thomas in between Rebecca and Robert. In the book "Hacks Neck and Its People", James E. Mears lists Thomas after his sister Rebecca Nichols Kellam, but he did not seem to know their years of birth anyhow as he did not state them. It seems he used an 1837 deed to assume the birth order of the children of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Sr., one in which Thomas, Sr. was selling some property of his late mother-in-law, Elizabeth Hack Jacob, with the document specifying that he was guardian of his children Ann E., Elizabeth Margaret, Susan Jacob, Rebecca Nichols, Thomas Hatton, Jr., Robt. Jacob, and John Henry Kellam. Therefore, I concluded that Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. must have been born on 28 October 1826 instead of 28 October 1819. This seems confirmed by the 1850 census, which lists his age as 24, and the 1860 census, which lists his age as 33. However, census records are notoriously inaccurate and inconsistent. Why was Thomas' birthdate listed as 1819 in one Bible record and on his headstone, but 1826 in another record? Perhaps because it was "looked down upon" in those days for the husband to be younger than the wife. If Thomas were born in 1826, then Susan would have been two years older. I even read in the genealogy of the Upshur family, from which Thomas was descended, that there was a family member whose date of birth was deliberately fabricated on the gravestone so the husband would not appear younger than the wife when in actuality he was. So this could be the case with Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. I am listing 28 October 1826 as the date of birth of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr.

Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. was born presumably on the "Evergreen" plantation. According to his great-granddaughter, Evelyne Cox (Twiford) Sherbondy, he went to school at either Oxford or Harvard University, but she could not recall which. However, if he was born as late as 1826 as I suggested above, this seems questionable as he married Susan Ann Taylor in 1845, at about the age of nineteen years, if this supposition is correct. Cousin Evelyne inherited from her mother a pencil sketch he had done of the campus he attended and has given it to me. At the bottom of the sketch is labelled "North Front of Southampton Gate." Having toured Oxford in 2001 while on a vacation to England, I can vouch that the picture appears to resemble that campus, but I should have taken this sketch with me to inquire whether the tower Thomas sketched in the picture resembles anything around Oxford. If he did indeed attend Oxford, Thomas probably was in contact with his Hatton cousins in London, the nephews of his great-grandfather, Walter Hatton, Sr., who came to the Eastern Shore of Virginia before the Revolutionary War as a tax collector for King George III. Thomas H. Kellam and his children were certainly very proud of their Hatton connection and had saved letters and sermons written by one of Walter Hatton's brothers who was a minister in England. These letters were inherited by Cousin Mina Coppersmith (Barnes) Adams (1911-2005) and are now in her daughter's possession.

According to Eastern Shore historian James Egbert Mears (1884-1975) in his 1937 book, "Hack's Neck and Its People," Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. "lived at the Evergreen farm until a while before the Civil War, when he was, for a time, a resident of Smithfield, Virginia, though he later returned to said farm which his grandmother, Margaret Hatton Kellam (later Beard), bequeathed him in her will probated in 1845." However, a descendant of Thomas, Larry Clinton Brown of Richmond, Virginia, found his name and family, including his mother-in-law Margaret Dalby Taylor, in the 1860 Census of Nansemond County (present-day City of Suffolk), Virginia. Nansemond-Suffolk adjoins Isle of Wight County, of which Smithfield is the county seat. It is uncertain how long they lived there, and perhaps at least one of their children was born in Nansemond, even though Cousin Evelyne claimed they were all born at "Evergreen" in Accomack County.

His wife, Susan Ann Taylor, whom he married in 1845, was the eldest daughter of David C. and Margaret Dalby Taylor, who lived nearby at the "Poplar Grove" farm in Hack's Neck, which no longer stands. All of the children of Thomas H. and Susan Ann Kellam were said to have been born on the "Evergreen" plantation, which was the family home until Thomas deeded it to his son about 1874, who lost it shortly thereafter due to the high taxes imposed by the Federal Government on many properties throughout the South. In the prosperous antebellum days, the Kellams owned numerous slaves and enjoyed great wealth living on a plantation which had been in the female lineages of the family since the 1600's. The immigrant ancestor, Dr. George Hack, from whom Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. was descended through both of his parents, who were fourth cousins, was the first one who patented land in Hack's Neck, part of which was the later "Evergreen" farm. George Hack's great-granddaughter, Francina Hack (1706-1784), married Adam Muir (1705-1772), probably a Scottish emigrant, who built the present brick Georgian-style "Evergreen" mansion sometime between 1750 and his death in 1772. Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. was a great-great-grandson of Adam and Francina Hack Muir. Because so many of the Muir heirs died young and/or without heirs through three generations, Thomas was sole heir to "Evergreen." The majority of his brothers and sisters died young.

According to Evelyne Sherbondy, her Great-Grandfather Kellam also inherited the "Myrtle Grove" farm which he used as his wedding dowry when he married Susan Taylor. This has not been confirmed, but it is likely since "Myrtle Grove," located across a creek from "Evergreen," was the home of Thomas' uncle, John Custis Kellam (1792-1845), who was married twice but died without children.

The following statements are quoted from James E. Mears' book, "Hack's Neck and Its People," and since Thomas Hatton Kellam was the last in the direct lineage to own "Evergreen," perhaps here is the best place to summarize the history of the ownership of this plantation in the family:

Immediately to the west of the boundary of land owned by Robert Hutchinson at the time of his death in 1712 (the major part of the extreme western portion of which is, as hereinbefore stated, now owned by George Ames Bonniwell), is what is now known as the "Evergreen" farm, almost all of which has its easternly boundary along Bucklands Gut and the said "Evergreen" road, hereinbefore mentioned, and extends south to the Hacks Neck-Pungoteague highway. The "Evergreen" farm of today is less than half of the boundary that was held in its entirety by the lineal descendants of the original patentee from 1659 to 1874, though through several different family names.

In 1659 Dr. George Hack (or Hacke), a native of Cologne, Germany, was granted a certificate for 1350 acres of land on the Eastern Shore of Virginia as a compensation for transporting twenty-seven persons to the colony, and it is obvious that included in that grant are the lands now comprising the "Evergreen," "Rose Hill," "Fisherman's Rest," and "Myrtle Grove" farms. Dr. Hack died in 1665, leaving a widow, Anna, and two sons, George Nicholas and Peter.

This 1350-acre tract obviously became the property of Dr. Hack's son, George Nicholas Hack, later a lieutenant-colonel, who was high sheriff of Accomack county towards the end of the seventeenth century and in 1703 a member of the county court. In 1696 Lt. Col. George Nicholas Hack added to the northeastern portion of the 1350-acre grant a tract of 66 acres purchased from Robert Hutchinson. In his will, probated in 1705, Lt. Col. George Nicholas Hack bequeathed this land to his son, George.

In 1712 Capt. George Hack, son of said Lt. Col. George Nicholas Hack, bequeathed to his widow, Sarah, "my land and plantation whereon I now live during her widowhood and at her death or remarriage to my daughters Francina and Betty and to their heirs forever." In 1729 Adam Muir, who had married Francina, petitioned the Court to appoint commissioners to divide the tract between him and James Gibson --whether in right of Gibson's wife or mother is not known. The report of commissioners was filed and recorded in Wills of Accomack, 1729-37, part 1, p. 54. (At that time the residence seems to have been very near the northeast corner of the tract, obviously on or very near Bucklands Gut). In 1733 James Gibson and Sarah, his wife, deeded their interest in a tract of land "on which Adam now lives" to Adam Muir. (Land causes, 16 Sept., 1731, p. 16, show that Sarah, wife of James Gibson, was a daughter of Thomas Preeson, of Northampton, and sister of Susanna, wife of Peter Bowdoin, and of Hannah Presson, unmarried.)

Muir was "a merchant at Pungoteague," and also "Deputy Collr. of His Majesty's Customs and Naval Officer of the District of Accomack, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia." (Deed Book 1757-70, p. 1 et seq.). He is believed to have been the builder of the two-story, Georgian style, brick residence, about 60X25 feet, (located more to the northwest of the tract than the original Hack residence), that continues to be the main residence on the "Evergreen" farm. Evidently the construction was supervised by a skilled engineer. The walls are twenty inches thick at the base and sixteen inches at the eves. The chimneys have several flues. The roof was renewed about a generation ago. The roof rafters were made from the heart of gum timber and deterioration was only at the ends where water had reached them through a leaky roof. According to tradition, the bricks were brought from England. It was only during the present century that the brick walls were covered with a cement stucco. The porches, on either side (east and west), continued until within the recollection of those now living. The frame addition on the southern end was built during the occupancy of Capt. John Kelso, the owner, between 1875 and 1883. It has been said that much of the material in the addition Capt. Kelso had had cut for use in the construction of a sailing vessel for a son, but the son expressing a disinclination for such a craft, the lumber went into the erection of the addition. Another tradition is that during the Colonial days and early times of our republic, when sailing vessels made numerous trips from Pungoteague creek to the West Indies, the large cellar under the brick portion of the residence was sometimes used to hide smuggled merchandise.

In 1766 Adam Muir and Francina, his wife, conveyed this tract to Col. Thomas Hall, though in a few months said Hall re-conveyed same to Muir with the statement that the conveyances had been with the view of making the title more secure in the Muirs. The description as contained in the deed to Col. Hall, made in July of that year, follows: "All that certain tract of land and plantation, lying and being on the bay side, on the south side of Pungoteague river or creek, in the county of Accomack, whereon the said George Hack died, seized and possessed and which at his death came unto the said Francina, his only daughter and heir, containing 1616 acres of land, be the same more or less, and bounded westernly by the bay side, southerly by a creek called Butcher's creek, northerly by Pungoteague creek to Buckland's gut and from thence a line of marked trees dividing this from the land of John Hutchinson and easterly by a line of marked trees dividing this land from sundry adjacent tracts."

Adam Muir, by will probated in 1772 (Will Book 1772-4, p. 18), gave to "my affectionate wife, Francina Muir, all that tract of land where I now live (and as formerly possessed by her father, George Hack, containing 1416 acres more or less) to her and her heirs forever," as well as all of his personal property except minor gifts to his children: Adam, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Margaret. Francina Muir (Will Book 1784-87, p. 139) bequeathed the tract to her daughters, Elizabeth, Ann, and Sarah Muir "for and during their natural lives and the survivor of them (but should either of them marry they are to have no right in the mansion house or the yard and houses around or nigh it but that is to remain in possession of the survivor remaining single)." (Possibly Adam Muir, Jr., was dead at the time his mother's will was made, though the court records show he was alive at the time his father's will was probated. Margaret, mentioned in the will of Adam but not that of Francina, had been married to Walter Hatton, Sr., and died in 1774).

Walter Hatton, Jr., never came into possession of the property, as he died in 1799, and his aunts, above mentioned, were then living. Walter, Jr., however, in his will, probated in 1800, (Wills, etc. of the District Court) bequeathed his interest in same in reversion as follows: To his sister Anne the portion now known as "Evergreen," "Rose Hill" and "Fisherman's Rest," and the remainder, now called "Myrtle Grove" to his sister Margaret during her natural life and at her death to her youngest son, John Kellam, "and the heirs of his body," etc. Anne, (wife of William Taliaferro, who was living in King & Queen county, Va., when his will was made in 1804), died in 1803 leaving no living issue, and her share eventually became into possession of her sister, Margaret, who had married John Kellam, and, after his death, Matthew Beard. In 1808 Beard and Margaret made a deed to John C. and Thomas Hatton Kellam an equal number of acres of cleared land, John C. taking the "Myrtle Grove" and Thomas Hatton the remainder. Despite the conveyance of Margaret and Matthew Beard in 1808, obviously Margaret claimed an interest in the entire property, for in 1837 she conveyed to her son, John C. Kellam, all her right, title and interest in the "Myrtle Grove," containing 700 acres, and in her will, probated in 1845, she bequeathed to her grandson, Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., son of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Sr., the "Evergreen" farm. John C. Kellam, though twice married, died without issue; he bequeathed the "Myrtle Grove" farm to his nephew, said Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., for life, with reversion to the latter's oldest son.

Financial difficulties following the Civil War caused said Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., to lose these properties, he having given mortgages on the "Rose Hill" farm, originally the northwestern part of the "Evergreen" farm, on the "Evergreen" farm and on his life interest in the "Myrtle Grove" farm. In 1874 the "Evergreen" and the life interest in the "Myrtle Grove" were purchased by Eugene J.W. Read, George T. Garrison and John Neely, who held a $4000 mortgage on same, and on the same day they sold the "Evergreen" farm to Capt. John Kelso for $4750. Except for an aggregate of about five acres in the hamlet of "Smithville," sold to George W. Smith, Benjamin Thomas Bonniwell, William J. Kelly, Columbus Conway, and William L. Evans, in different lots, between 1808 and 1901, three acres sold to John Heath, colored--the latter tract about a third of a mile south of "Smithville"--and about fifteen acres from the southeastern boundary, near the Evergreen Methodist Church, sold to James W. and Elijah Sample and Samuel Read, colored men, the "Evergreen" has remained intact and was possessed by said Kelso when he died in 1903, after which it was purchased by the Martin & Mason Company, the present owners. The "Rose Hill" farm, containing 250 acres, more or less, was in 1877 sold under mortgage foreclosure and purchased by Thomas Johnson and Louis Snead, and in 1880 said Kelso and his father-in-law, George W. Mason, purchased from Edward J. Corbin, Kelso's son-in-law, Thomas C. Pitts, executor of said Snead, and Thomas Johnson, the "Rose Hill" farm, containing 200.15 acres. In 1881 said Kelso and said Mason bought from William Griffin Hoffman a tract of fifty acres, more or less, called "Fisherman's Home," formerly a part of "Rose Hill," which said Hoffman purchased from George T. Garrison, trustee, in 1876. In 1883 said Kelso sold to said Mason his interest in the "Rose Hill" and "Fisherman's Home" farms. Said Mason, in his will, probated in 1898, bequeathed "Rose Hill" and "Fisherman's Home" to his son, James Walter Mason, from whose estate, early in the twentieth century, they were purchased by said Martin & Mason Company, the present owners (in 1937).

The life interest of Thomas H. Kellam, Jr., in the "Myrtle Grove" farm having, in the 1870's, been purchased by said George W. Mason, a few years later he purchased the interest of Thomas H. Kellam III, to whom the tract, under the will of John C. Kellam, would have reverted at the death of Thomas H., Jr. After the death of George W. Mason in 1898, his executor sold said Mason's interest in said property to Smith Kendall Martin II, who now has the fee simple title to said tract. About 1934 a re-survey of the boundary lines, made in 1818, between the original "Evergreen" and "Myrtle Grove" farms was made, and by agreement the line through certain portions of the woodsland and marsh straightened, increasing slightly the acreage in the "Myrtle Grove" tract.

There is a tradition that large vessels used to enter what is now a gut between the "Evergreen" and "Rose Hill" farms, though in view of the shallow water now in same, that seems hardly possible. However, it is well known that many acres of this farm have washed into the creek, probably as much as hundreds of the original 1416-acre boundary. There is not now a vestige of a rather high embankment, which the Eastern Shore militia, early in 1861, used as a breastworks, though thirty years later it was some little distance from the waterline and quite a clump of pines were growing thereon. This "fort" was located between the south shore of Pungoteague creek and the northwest shore of Bucklands Gut.

The graveyard on the "Evergreen" farm is hardly more than 400 feet southeast of the "mansion house" and now not more than fifty feet from the gut separating the "Evergreen" and "Rose Hill" farms. Tombstones mark the following graves: Adam Muir (Sr.), 1705-1772, Francina Muir, 1706-1784. James Muir, 1778-1796. Ann Muir, 1732-1807. Sarah Muir, 1741-1827. Thomas Hatton Kellam, 1790-1841, Elizabeth B., wife of Thomas Hatton Kellam, 1793-1835. Susan Arinthea, daughter of Thomas H. and Susan Ann Kellam, 1846-1855. Walter Hatton, 1766-1799. Mary, daughter of Walter and Margaret Hatton, died 21st Dec., 1773, in her 4th year. An unnamed daughter of William and Anne Taliaferro, died at birth, Dec. 3, 1803. Anne Hatton, wife of William Taliaferro, died Sept. 25, 1804, aged 39 years. "In the Hope of Rifing at the laft Day to a Bleffed and Glorious Immortality. Here lyes the Body of Margaret, the wife of Walter Hatton. Was born on the 6th of March, 1745, and departed this life the 16th Jany, 1774. She was a dutiful child, a loving wife, an affectionate relation & a tender parent. Reader, whoever thou art, prepare to follow her."

During the ownership of the "Evergreen" farm by Thomas Hatton Kellam II the only son of Egbert G. Bayly, the owner at the time of the "Poplar Grove" farm, was visiting the Kellam family. Hawks were depredating, so young Bayly mounted a young horse, took a shot gun and rode into the orchard. While on the back of the animal, he fired the gun, which scared the horse, causing it to "run away." As it passed the northwest corner of the main residence, Bayly was thrown violently and his head crushed against the brick wall, resulting in his death. According to the superstitious, when the weather was damp what had the appearance of blood could be seen on the wall where young Bayly was killed. The entire exterior of the building having been stuccoed almost a generation ago, no one now reports the alleged phenomenon.

This ends the quoted information from the Hack's Neck book.

According to family tradition, during the Civil War the Kellam family hid many of their prized possessions on the "Evergreen" property so Yankee troops would not find and pillage them. Much of the family silver was hid in a well, and crystals were also buried on the property and discovered nearly a century later by subsequent owners.

I have not researched all the slave schedules of Accomack to determine how many slaves Thomas owned at various times, but unfortunately it was quite a few. After my great-grandmother, Rebecca Stevens Godfrey (1888-1963), a granddaughter of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., was committed to a mental institution in North Carolina in 1942, a brief family history was recorded. It was noted that her mother, Rebecca Kellam, "was a schoolteacher from Maryland, and was a member of a very wealthy family. Her father [Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr.] before the Civil War owned about 80 negroes and a large amount of land on both the eastern and western shores of Maryland." It was inaccurate in saying Maryland (though Rebecca probably taught in Maryland before meeting her husband in North Carolina) instead of Virginia, so the fact that he owned 80 slaves could be an embellishment, but in any case, Thomas was a wealthy planter, slaveholder, and landowner before the Civil War. My great-grandmother's tentative diagnosis during the 1940s and 1950s was involutional melancholia, a term no longer used as a psychiatric disorder, and it was noted in 1951 that she looked on the dark side of things. The fact that her mother, Rebecca Kellam Stevens, often talked of her prominent plantation upbringing on the Eastern Shore and in Baltimore, and lamented how much they lost after the "late unpleasantness," may have contributed to my great-grandmother's negative outlook on life, especially if she contrasted her own situation as a tenant farmer's wife with her mother's childhood.

Where Thomas went immediately upon losing "Evergreen" is uncertain, but he likely spent a lot of time with his family in Baltimore, where he owned a summer house. It is uncertain as to whether he lost that house also or how long it remained in the Kellam family. Several of Susan's siblings lived in Baltimore. More than likely the family went to Baltimore back and forth using the steamship lines that operated between the Eastern Shore and mainland. He was listed as a resident of Baltimore in the 1870 census and in his youngest daughter Annie's 1882 marriage record. He must have gone back and forth in the early 1870s between Baltimore and Accomack, for his wife Susan died in 1873 in Accomack, traditionally at "Evergreen" as the family was about to lose the plantation.

In his later years, Thomas went to live with his son David, who was a merchant and potato farmer at Shady Side in Northampton County. Uncle David's home still stands on present U.S. Highway 13, according to a 1998 telephone interview of his granddaughter, Mrs. Lillian Jacob Oliver (1911-2003), who at the time was eighty-seven years old and lived with her son near there. Thomas died in this home on July 10, 1907. According to Evelyne Sherbondy, he died a very poor man compared to what he came into the world with, mainly as a result of the South's devastation after the Civil War. However, his son David helped regain the family's former prominence when he became a successful, leading merchant and potato farmer of Northampton County.

While trying to claim an alleged legacy from the Hatton estate in England in 1906, Thomas' grandson, Dr. Claude Dalby Kellam (1881-1922), who was living at Norfolk, Virginia at the time, inquired about the family history. Grandpa Kellam wrote him a letter as follows, using stationery with his son David's business on the letterhead which stated, DAVID C. KELLAM, Cash Dealer in General Merchandise Flour, Feed, Hay, & Bran; Ladies' Fine Shoes and Dress Goods; Furniture & Housekeeping Specialties, Shady Side, VA:

February 23, 1906

My dear Claude,
Evergreen was settled and surveyed by my three (3) great Aunts, Sallie, Anne and Elizabeth Muir. When this Peninsula was under English rule, they brought the bricks for the Evergreen house from England. They took up fourteen hundred (1400) acres of lands lying between Pungoteague and Butcher's Creek. They were maiden ladies, and when they died they left all their property to my grandmother Margaret Hatton, who was sister to Walter Hatton. Walter Hatton was sent here by the English Government as Collector of Customs at the port of Accomack, now called Drummondtown. I was sole heir of all my Grandmother's property. These are facts that I can swear to. If I can be of further service let me hear from you.
Affect'ly
Yr Grandfather
Thomas Hatton Kellam

There is an error here. Margaret Hatton Kellam, grandmother of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., was the daughter of the Walter Hatton who was sent to the Eastern Shore as collector of customs. She had a brother named Walter Hatton, Jr. (1766-1799).

Below is a letter written by Thomas to his youngest daughter, Annie Lee Kellam Stevens (1866-1952) of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, that I photocopied from the collection of my grandfather's first cousin, Wilhelmina Coppersmith Adams (1911-2005), Annie's great-niece:

Shady Side, Va.
Decem. 27, 1904

My Dear Child,

I expect you think that I have forgotten to write, but such is not the case, I was very glad to hear from you, and would have written sooner but I have been quite sick with a deep cold and cough, and am glad to say that I am feeling better. We have had a deep snow which has lasted a week and all of us have been sick with colds. I hird [sic] from Maggie [Margaret Elizabeth Kellam Cooke, his daughter] Sunday. She will leave Cape Charles for good the 12 of January. She is going to travel again. Cant make any thing [sic] at Cape Charles. Mina [Lucy Wilmina Kellam, his son David's daughter] is at home. I do not think she will go off to school any more. Hellen's [sic] [Helen Pauline Kellam, another daughter of David] health is not good, she has a coff [sic] I do not like. I am sorry to hear that Cale [Caleb Walston Stevens, Annie's husband] is losing. I would advise him to stop speculating as the tide seems to have turned against him, and be satisfied with what he can make in the store. Tel [sic] Pearl [Pearl Kellam Stevens, Annie's daughter] not to give herself any trouble about the jewelry [?]. I have paid the 2.00 and it is all right. She may do what she pleases with what she has I do not want it. I must write a [?] to Pearl and as I have [?] [?] to write will close, all join me in love to you all, write when you can, from your loving father,
T.H. Kellam

The following is the obituary of Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., quoted from "The Eastern Shore News":

DEATH OF MR. KELLAM

Mr. Thomas H. Kellam, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died Wednesday after a short illness at the home of his son David C. Kellam. He was 83 years old and has been feeble several years. Mr. Kellam in early life married a Miss Taylor, who preceded him to the grave some years ago. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon and the interment was at Johnsontown Cemetery.

Below is some more additonal information about "Evergreen", quoted from pages 691-92 of Ralph T. Whitelaw's "Virginia's Eastern Shore":

The house is known as Evergreen. On the 1818 survey there was shown a story-and-a-half house southeast of the main dwelling and near the grave yard, so that may have been the original Hack home, but it has since disappeared. When the inventory of Dr. George Hack was taken in 1665, rooms mentioned were a Hall, Middle Room, Entry and Inward Room. The existing house probably was built after 1766 when Adam Muir formally obtained title to the land. It is substantially built of brick, and is one of the few early hip-roofed houses on the Shore. The walls are twenty-six inches thick at the base and taper to sixteen inches thick at the eaves. It was entirely plastered over, early in the present century, but at the edges the plastering has chipped enough to show that the quoins are of brick, the edges of which are beveled and there is also a beveled-brick top course to the water table. At one time the front and rear entrances had the customary small porches. After the Kelso purchase the old interior woodwork (probably including some very good paneling) was removed, new trim put in and the walls replastered.

It is said that several large portraits in oil of members of the Muir family hung on the walls for many years; towards the end of the Kellam ownership, while the house was occupied by the family of Benjamin Wescott, they had boarding with them three sisters: the Misses Eliza, Jennie and Bettie Powell. One day the girls turned all of the pictures to the wall as a prank, and that night there were weird sounds and noises like huge chains being dragged across the floors, so after that, the pictures were considered as harbingers of ill fortune. Some say that the next owner had the pictures taken down and burned, while others claim that the frames were removed and the canvasses plastered over when the house was being renovated.

Formerly a driveway about thirty feet wide and paved with gravel extended up to the main entrance. Beside a number of trees and shrubs in various parts of the large yard, there were rows of Lombardy poplars separating the yard from the fields on the north and south sides. Across a little gut west of Evergreen house was a part of the plantation called Rose Hill.

More About Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr.:
Burial: Johnson's United Methodist Church, 11175 Bayside Road, Machipongo, Northampton Co., VA
Census 1: 1850, Was listed in St. George Parish, Accomack Co., VA, as age 24 with real estate valued at $10, 000. His wife Susan was listed as age 25. He could have been born as late as 1826 and therefore been younger than his wife.
Census 2: 13 Jul 1860, He and his family were listed in the census of the Lower Parish of Nansemond Co. (present-day City of Suffolk), VA. His age is shown as 33, and Susan's age is shown as 34. Listed in the household was the housekeeper Eleanor Holly, and some Taylors.
Census 3: 13 Jul 1860, His mother-in-law, Margaret Dalby Taylor, and her youngest son, Edgar Dalby Taylor, were listed in his household in Nansemond Co., VA. Value of real estate--$11, 000; value of personal estate--$6000.
Census 4: 30 Jul 1870, Listed as Thomas H. Kellum, age 44, in Baltimore Ward 15, Baltimore, MD. Wife erroneously listed as Sarah; children David and Rebecca not listed. Daughter Margaret listed as Mary. Value of personal estate--$600. Housekeeper Elizabeth Holly in household.
Census 5: 01 Jun 1880, A Thomas Kellum, age 50, was listed as a boarder in Baltimore, MD, occupation was canvasser. Because he was living with Hathaways, and so was he in 1900 in Elizabeth City, NC, this makes it likely this is the same Thomas.
Census 6: Jun 1900, Listed as Thos. H. Kellam, renting with 2 other men (W.J. Jackson and Jas. Hathaway) a house on Water Street, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC. Occupation listed as mechanic; birthdate Oct 1826. Did he moved there to be near daughter Annie?
College: According to his great-granddaugher, Evelyne Cox Sherbondy (1910-2002), he attended either Oxford or Harvard University. He drew a pencil sketch of the campus, now owned by his great3-grandson, Bryan S. Godfrey.
Comment 1: 28 Oct 1819 is given as the date of his birth in the Kellam Family Bibles (two of which were inherited by great-granddaughter Evelyne Cox Sherbondy) and on his headstone. However, his 1907 obituary gives his age as 83. Maybe 1823 is the correct year.
Comment 2: His sister Ann was listed first in the Hack section of James E. Mears' 1937 Hack's Neck book. He wasn't listed in the Hack-Jacob Bible record, and only the first few children of Thomas H. Kellam, Sr. were. Could his 1819 birthdate be wrong--maybe later?
Comment 3: The 1850 census age suggests he could have been born as late as 1826, two years younger than his wife. Because it was looked down upon then for the husband to be younger than the wife, he could have made up his birth year as 1819 to conceal being younger.
Comment 4: The date of sister Ann's birth, 27 Feb 1820, or the date of his birth, 28 Oct 1819, may be in error, as they are less than nine months apart. Thomas' obituary in 1907 stated he was 83, not 87 which he would be if 1819 is the correct date.
Comment 5: Used "Myrtle Grove" as his wedding dowry
Ethnicity/Relig.: Episcopalian; may also have been a member of the Evergreen Methodist Episcopal Church near his farm.
Military: 21 Feb 1862, Enlisted in Company D, Virginia 5th Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army, at Chuckatuck in present-day Suffolk, VA. Mustered out 28 Mar 1862. Described as 6 feet tall, light complexion, grey eyes, dark hair. Listed as age 35.
Occupation: Bef. 1865, Planter; had over 15 slaves at one time.
Property 1: Abt. 1845, Inherited "Myrtle Grove" farm from his childless uncle, John Custis Kellam (1792-1845).
Property 2: Aft. 1846, In the will of his grandmother, Margaret Hatton Kellam Beard, he was sole heir to "Evergreen," the farm that passed down from his Hack ancestors, but lost it around 1874 due to postwar debts shortly after conveying it to his son Thomas Hatton Kellam III.
Property 3: 1850, Owned 11 slaves according to the 1850 Slave Schedule of Accomack Co., VA.
Property 4: 1860, Owned 12 slaves according to the 1860 slave schedule.
Residence 1: "Evergreen, " Accomack Co., VA; Baltimore, MD; lived in Nansemond Co., VA ca. 1860; after losing "Evergreen, " he lived his later years with his son David at Shady Side, Northampton Co., VA, where the home still stands on present-day Route 13.
Residence 2: According to "Hack's Neck and Its People, " he lived for a time at Smithfield, VA but returned to "Evergreen." In the 1860 Census he and his family, and mother-in-law and her son Edgar Taylor, are listed as residents of Nansemond Co., VA.
Residence 3: 1870, According to a Baltimore City Directory, a Thomas H. Kellam was listed at 90 Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD in 1870. Mrs. Susan Kellam was also listed at same address in 1872, so this is probably this Thomas H. Kellam and wife Susan.
Residence 4: 1882, According to his daughter Annie's marriage certificate in Camden Co., NC, he was residing at Baltimore, MD.

Generation No. 2

2. David Crippen Taylor, born Abt. 1802 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA; died 1855 in Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 4. Crippen Taylor and 5. Sinah Fitchett. He married 3. Margaret S. Dalby 24 Jan 1824 in Northampton Co., VA.
3. Margaret S. Dalby, born Abt. 1807 in Northampton Co., VA; died 08 Dec 1861 in Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA?. She was the daughter of 6. William Dalby and 7. Susanna Kendall.

Notes for David Crippen Taylor:
The following information on David C. Taylor and his family is quoted from the Taylor chapter of James E. Mears' "Hack's Neck and Its People" and a later revision:

In 1827 George Parker (son of Thomas and Elizabeth) sold to Thomas T. Taylor the "Poplar Grove" farm in Hacks Neck. (As Parker's wife was Sarah Ann D. Taylor, daughter of Thomas T. and Nancy Wharton Taylor, of "Mt. Wharton," near Horntown, it is probable that Parker's father-in-law was the purchaser. Sometime after Taylor bought the property from Parker a suit was brought by Thomas R. Joynes against Parker, William Addison and Thomas T. Taylor to recover a debt due by Parker to Joynes, the "Poplar Grove" farm was sold by the sheriff and purchased by Thomas T. Taylor).

Just what was the relationship of said Thomas T. Taylor to its later long time owner and occupant, David Crippen Taylor, who was a son of Crippen and Sinah Taylor, has not been ascertained. As has been said, David C. Taylor was a son of Crippen and Sinah Taylor, who lived in the Hunting Creek-Guilford section. Other children of Crippen and Sinah were Thorogood, Samuel C., Shady B. (in 1802 married Ephriam Wessels), Margaret (in 1827 married Thomas C. Gibbs), Matilda (in 1829 married Edmund Bayly, son of Richard), Nancy (in 1811 married George C. Hope).

Crippen Taylor, in his will made and probated in 1826, made bequests to his wife Sinah, to his sons Thorogood and David C., to his daughters Shady B. Wessels, Margaret Gibb and Matilda F. Taylor, to grandchildren Marcellus and Alexene Taylor, Samuel C. and Mary A. Hope and to May (or Mary), daughter of Shady B. Wessells.

In 1824 in Northampton said David Crippen Taylor gave a marriage bond to marry Margaret Dalby (1807-1861), and the family lived at the "Popar Grove" farm in Hack's Neck until 1862, when it was sold for a division of the estate by Thorogood Taylor, special commissioner, said David having died in 1855. (David, his wife, and other Taylors are buried in St. George's cemetery, Pungoteague, their bodies having been removed from the graveyard on the "Poplar Grove" farm about the turn of the century.)

A brother of David Crippen Taylor was Thorogood Taylor (1787-1874), who (according to his granddaughter, Miss Nellie Ford, whose age hovers around three score and ten [in 1937]), lived at "Poplar Grove." Thorogood Taylor married Susan Rodgers (or Rogers), son of John (whose will was probated in 1815) and sister of Levin and John W., who made bequests to said Susan and her children.

Thorogood Taylor and family moved from Accomack to Lancaster county about 1835 and he died in Fredericksburg in 1874.

Another brother of David Crippen Taylor was Samuel Taylor, who was consul to Peru and to China. He was killed in Richmond, when the floor gave way in the capitol. He was a bachelor.

A cousin of theirs was Marcellus Taylor, who was presented with a sword by Gen. Zachary Taylor for building a corn stalk bridge at Santa Ana.

This ends Mr. Mears' information.

The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

The 1850 Accomack Parish census page 132 lists David C Taylor head of household 886 as a 48 year old farmer with real estate valued at $12,000. Also listed in his household were Margaret age 43, Cornelius age 15, Arinthia? age 20, Edgars age 2, and David age 10 black.
David C. Taylor was named in his sister's will. Source 1846-82 wills, p. 126 & Acc Co Wills & Adm. 1800-1860 p. 584

David C. Taylor's estate adm. to Thorowgood Taylor. Thomas H. Kellam. Phillip B. Tankard & John W. Tankard securities. 28 May 1855. Sources 1854-57 orders, p. 220 & Accomack Wills & Adm. p. 519

More About David Crippen Taylor:
Burial: Originally buried on the "Poplar Grove" farm but around 1900 the graves there were moved to St. George's Episcopal Church, Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA.
Cause of Death: pneumonia
Census: 19 Sep 1850, Listed in St. George's Parish, Accomack Co., VA, age 48, with wife Margaret, age 43; occupation--farmer; value of real estate--$12, 000. All children except David listed as born in Accomack; son David B. born in Richmond Co., VA. 5 children listed.
Ethnicity/Relig.: Episcopalian
Occupation: Planter and ship merchant; was engaged in the West Indies trade
Residence: Raised around Guilford in upper Accomack Co., VA; probably lived most of his adult life at "Poplar Grove, " Hacks Neck, Accomack Co., VA, but lived temporarily in Richmond Co., VA, across Chesapeake Bay from the Eastern Shore on the Northern Neck.

More About Margaret S. Dalby:
Burial: Abt. 1900, Originally buried on the "Poplar Grove" farm but around 1900 the graves there were moved to St. George's Episcopal Church, Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA.
Census: 1860, She and her youngest child, Edgar, were listed in the household of her daughter Susan and her husband Thomas Kellam in Nansemond Co. (present-day City of Suffolk), VA. Sometime after that date they returned to Accomack Co., VA.
Comment: Another source says Margaret died in 1863 instead of 1861. Her gravestone is difficult to read.
Ethnicity/Relig.: Episcopalian
Residence: "Poplar Grove, " Hacks Neck, Accomack Co., VA

Children of David Taylor and Margaret Dalby are:
1 i. Susan Ann Taylor, born 13 Apr 1824 in Northampton Co. or Accomack Co., VA; died 22 Sep 1873 in "Evergreen," Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr. 23 Jun 1845 in Accomack Co., VA.
ii. Arinthea P. Taylor, born Abt. 1828 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA; died 22 Feb 1862 in Richmond, VA; married Heritage Ayres 16 May 1854 in "Poplar Grove," Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1829 in Salem Co., NJ.

Notes for Arinthea P. Taylor:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107263917&FLid=62648289&

In this city, on Saturday, 22 inst., Mrs. ARINTHIA P. AYRES, wife of H. Ayres, in the 34th year of her age. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

from the "Richmond Dispatch", Richmond, VA., Friday morning, Feb. 28, 1862 issue

iii. William Crippen Taylor, born 28 Jan 1832 in probably "Poplar Grove, " Hack's Neck, lower Accomack Co., VA; died Jan 1882 in Baltimore, MD; married Eleanor "Elizabeth" Carlisle 1872 in Baltimore Co., MD; born Nov 1846 in probably Baltimore Co., MD; died 20 Apr 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD.

More About William Crippen Taylor:
Burial: Loudon Park Cemetery, 3801 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, MD, plot Q271
Census: 04 Jun 1880, Listed in 8th Precinct of 19th Ward, Baltimore, MD with wife Elizabeth and son Albert. Rosa Carlisle, Anna Ruff, and Easter Frances (?) also listed in household. Occupation--store clerk. He and his parents listed as born in Virginia.
Occupation: partner with brother David in David Taylor's Sons-hardware & stove store
Residence: Baltimore, MD

More About Eleanor "Elizabeth" Carlisle:
Burial: Loudon Park Cemetery, 3801 Frederick Avenue, Baltimore, MD, plot Q271
Census 1: 02 Jun 1900, Listed in 14th Precinct of Baltimore, MD as a widow, age 44 (way off from 1880 census estimate), in household of mother, Caroline Carlisle, age 79. Mother of 4 children, 2 living, Albert and Margaret, both of whom are listed in household.
Census 2: 1920, Elizabeth C. Taylor listed as age 74 in the household of her daughter Alice and son-in-law Wyndham Blackford in Baltimore, MD; not listed with Alice in 1930 census.

iv. Cornelius Thoroughgood Taylor, born 03 Jul 1835 in probably "Poplar Grove," Accomack Co., VA; died 21 Jun 1888 in Baltimore, MD; married (1) Mary Frances Miller 25 Jul 1857 in Worcester Co., MD; born 14 Sep 1840 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 May 1882 in Accomack Co., VA; married (2) Charlotte Custis Poulson 10 Jan 1883 in Cokesbury, Accomack Co., VA; born 21 Jul 1850 in Onancock, Accomack Co., VA; died 26 Dec 1929 in Cape Charles, Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Cornelius Thoroughgood Taylor:
The following information on Uncle Neal Taylor is quoted from James E. Mears in his 1937 book, "Hack's Neck and Its People," and from supplemental information he compiled in the 1960's which is in the Eastern Shore Public Library at Accomac, Virginia:

Cornelius Thorogood Taylor (1835-1888). Going to Baltimore from Belle Haven after the Civil War, Cornelius engaged in the tobacco business under the name of Sneeringer, Taylor, & Company. In 1879 he bought the Jollys Neck farm, near Onancock [incorrect--near Jenkins Bridge], and returned to the Eastern Shore. In 1888 he returned to Baltimore, dying (suddenly) there the same year.

Cornelius was twice married, first to Mary Frances (1840-1882), daughter of Col. Francis and Louisa Gillett Miller, of "Poplar Grove," in upper Accomack [a different farm from the "Poplar Grove" that Cornelius was raised at in lower Accomack]. Of their children, all died in infancy except Neer, who died at the age of 14, Orin, who died at the age of 22, and Cornelia, born 1872 in Baltimore. She married Judge Julian Minor Quarles, of Staunton, Va. They had: a. Mary Nelson, born 1908; b. Cornelia Taylor, born 1912; Julian Minor Quarles, Jr., born 1917. Judge Quarles died in 1929; his family lives in Miami, Fla. [incorrect--they remained in Staunton but spent some winters in Miami, but Julian Quarles Jr. lived in Miami most of his adult life].

In 1883 Cornelius T. Taylor, then a widower, married Charlotte Custis Poulson, of the Onancock section, where they had: Robert James Taylor, who spent his young manhood in Onancock, married Helen Stinson, had two children, and lives in Baltimore; and Catherine Custis Taylor, who married Edward J. Goffigon of Cape Charles. She died in 1930 and her husband about 1935. No issue.

Cornelius T. Taylor was postmaster at Pungoteague from 1863 to 1867. That was part of the period when the entire Eastern Shore of Virginia was occupied by Federal troops, and those holding office, Federal and local, were those who had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States government and to the government of the reorganized (Union) State of Virginia. In the National Archives in Washington preserved is some of the correspondence of General Henry H. Lockwood, who commanded the U.S. troops in Accomack and Northampton between the middle of November, 1861, and early December, 1863, with the exception of a few months in 1863, when he was assigned to other areas on a temporary basis. Below are excerpts of a letter of General Lockwood:

"During my temporary absence from this command at the Battle of Gettysburg and subsequently at Harper's Ferry influences were brought to bear on the Post Office Department whereby certain appointments were made in Accomack County, Va., highly prejudicial to the public interest.
"Assuming that no one should hold office under the Government whose political status is at all doubtful, I respectfully represent that the post offices at Metompkin and Pungoteague are held by persons against whom the strongest suspicion of loyalty exists. I regarded Mr. Taylor at Pungoteague so deeply implicated in attempts to run the blockade that I caused his store house to be closed a year ago. With respect to this person I refer to a letter to the Post Office Department, dated _____, Harper's Ferry. ..... I, therefore, respectfully suggest that the office at Pungoteague be for the present discontinued and that at Metompkin be removed to Newstown and Henry T. White appointed Post Master in place of James Hickman, now of Metompkin, who should be removed."

Soon thereafter General Lockwood was transferred elsewhere. Obviously no action was taken as to Mr. Taylor, as he continued to serve until in 186?.

The Jollys Neck farm, mentioned in the book, was in the Jenkins Bridge area, and not near Onancock.

His daughter Cornelia, who married Judge Julian Minor Quarles of Staunton, was, as this was written in June, 1963, living in Staunton with her daughter Cornelia, wife of Circuit Judge William S. Moffett, Jr. Judge and Mrs. Moffett had, as reported in 1940, William Stuart III and Frances C. Moffett (and later Julian Minor Quarles Moffett).

Cornelius T. Taylor's second wife, Charlotte Custis Poulson, daughter of Edward J. Poulson, died in 1929, aged 79.

This ends the quoted information from Mr. Mears. Of his ten children by his first marriage, the only child of "Uncle Neal Taylor" who survived to a ripe age and begat offspring was his daughter Ida "Cornelia" Taylor (1872-1964), who in 1908 married Judge Julian Minor Quarles (1848-1929) of Staunton, Virginia, a native of Caroline County, Virginia. Prior to becoming an Augusta County judge, Quarles was a lawyer and had served a term in the U.S. Congress in 1879. Around 1898 he made a speech in front of Congress regarding the issue of trade with Puerto Rico. In 1901, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which rewrote the Virginia Constitution. Cornelia and Judge Quarles had three children, Mary Nelson Quarles (1908-1992), who became a schoolteacher/ librarian and married Major James LaMar Whitehurst (1910-1966), a native of Valdosta, Georgia who was career U.S. Army; Cornelia Taylor Quarles (1912-2001) who became an elementary school teacher and married Judge William Stuart Moffett, Jr. (1910-2002) of Staunton, and Colonel Julian Minor Quarles, Jr. (1917-2016) who became a lawyer and ultimately a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and married Rhoda Morris Daniels (1924- ) (divorced 1994). Julian Minor Quarles, Sr. is buried beside his first wife, Cornelia Stout (1847-1903), in Staunton's Thornrose Cemetery, while Cornelia Taylor Quarles is buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Augusta County beside Judge Quarles' mother, Mary Elizabeth Waddy Quarles (1807-1891). Col. Julian M. Quarles, Jr. is also buried at Bethel. Mary Nelson and her husband, Jim Whitehurst, are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1997, after finding a book by Garland Redd Quarles on the descendants of William Quarles of Caroline County, the great-grandfather of Judge Julian Minor Quarles, I was able to track down Judge Quarles' second daughter, Mrs. Moffett, upon learning who she married, and I called her in July, 1997. At that time I was living temporarily in Austin, Texas, and I made tentative arrangements to get back with her after moving back to Virginia in 1998. I mainly called her because I knew very little about the Taylor side of my family at that time, including the siblings of my great-great-great-grandmother, Susan Ann Taylor Kellam (1824-1873), the eldest sister of Mrs. Moffett's grandfather, Cornelius Thorogood Taylor (1835-1888). A year later, after I wrote to Mrs. Moffett and sent her a packet of information, her brother, Col. Julian M. Quarles, Jr., wrote me back in August, 1998 as he was preparing to retire from his law practice in Miami, Florida at the age of 80 and move back to his birthplace in the Valley of Virginia to become a resident of the Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community at Harrisonburg. After that time, I greatly benefitted from corresponding with and visiting Colonel Quarles and his family. His first letter to me, which gives some useful information on his family and on our mutual Uncles David and Edgar Taylor, is as follows:

410 Malaga Ave., #1
Coral Gables, FL 33134
5 August 1998

Dear Cousin:
I am pleased to address you as Cousin. It is always a pleasure to find a relative, no matter how distant.
I visited my sister, Cornelia Moffett, in May and made a copy of your March letter to her. As she does not communicate as much as she did when younger, I wanted to write to you.
I am busy preparing to move to Harrisonburg, Virginia and am awaiting the renovation of an apartment at the Presbyterian Retirement Community there called Sunnyside. Therefore I have a lot of old papers which I am perusing and filing in preparation for the move.
I am writing to your address in Austin as I know that it will be forwarded. During WWII, I was in the 143rd Infantry (not Rangers) of the 36th Division. The Division is holding its 73rd Annual Reunion in Austin over the Labor Day weekend. I have plane tickets and expect to be there.
You were requesting information about a book on the Eastern Shore. I am enclosing the first four pages of a Lineage Claim in the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne that was filed by my sister, Cornelia. These pages contain a list of a number of books that may help you. My sister, Mary Nelson, was a skilled librarian who was very successful in research on family history. She died in 1992. The claim that is enclosed traces my grandmother, Mary Frances Miller's heritage to Charlemagne, King of the Franks, Emperor of the West, who was born in 742 AD and died in 813/814.
Enclosed is a photocopy of a picture of Great Uncle Edgar (Taylor) together with a photocopy of what I had placed on the back of the picture frame. I well remember the pleasant visits that I made with my mother to his beautiful home. In the mid-twenties when we travelled to Miami in the winter, he would meet us at the train station in Richmond in his chauffeur-driven car. You have referred to him as Colonel which I had never heard before. He was the same age as my father and too young to have been in the War of Northern Aggression, as I call it. I do know that he was active with the veterans of that war. Unfortunately, something happened to his financial status at the time of his death. Apparently, there was not enough funds to erect a monument. You may have already discovered this. The people at Hollywood Cemetery can show you exactly where he is buried but the only monuments there are those for his two wives. In 1928 my father was not well and my mother did not go to Richmond. Travel in those days was not as simple as it is today and my family had suffered severe financial reverses as a result of the Florida boom and bust before the 1929 crash.
My mother's mother referred to above died when she was ten years old and as a consequence she spent most of her time until maturity with her Uncle David B(ayly) Taylor whose only child, Maysie, was her age. Maysie and her husband, Emmett McClintic, an electrical engineer, moved to Miami in 1917. They had no children and when she died before my mother she left her estate to my mother. I have a Confederate army "Descriptive List of Pay and Clothing of David B. Taylor" dated Nov. 7, 1864. It shows Private, age 24, blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'6", home Accomac County, Va., occupation clerk, enlisted July 4, 1861, pay $50.00, has pay due for use and risk of horse since December, 1863. (It lists articles of clothing issued). Signed by 1st Sergeant of Company I, 15th Virginia Cavalry. He appeared to have attended every Confederate reunion until his death as at one time I had a small box that was full of medals which veterans received when they attended the annual reunions in all the major cities in the South.
I envy you with your computer and expect to set one up when I move to Virginia. I did not expect this letter to be so long.
I hope to meet you at some time.

Sincerely,

Julian M. Quarles, Jr.
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The following is quoted from "A History of the Ancestors and Descendants of William Quarles of St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline County Whose Will Was Proved July 14, 1817 and Sundry Allied Families" (1982) by Garland Redd Quarles, pages 52-55:

Col. Julian Minor Quarles, Jr.--Graduated at Augusta Military Academy and at the University of Miami Florida. Doctor of Jurisprudence--The University of Miami. Married Rhoda Daniels. Children: Mary Nelson Quarles, Julian Minor Quarles III, who married Alice Fatool, William Daniels Quarles, and Stephen Paul Quarles. During World War II Julian Minor Quarles Jr. served with distinction with the Texas Rangers 143rd Infantry Division and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Oak Leaf Cluster. He entered the service as a First Lieutenant, was promoted to Captain during the Italian Campaign and is now a full Colonel Retired in the United States Army.

Following are two citations received by him, the first on the occasion of his award of the Silver Star and the second the award of the Oak Leaf Cluster:

"Julian M. Quarles, Captain (then First Lieutenant, 143rd Infantry Regiment, for gallantry in action on 13 September 1943 in the vicinity of _______ Italy. Lieutenant Quarles, executive officer of an infantry company, undertook to maintain all around defense when his men were cut off from the rest of the company by a strong enemy tank attack penetrating from the rear. Moving fearlessly among his men during an intense concentration from which their bazookas and small arms could be used most effectively against the formidable tanks. Alhough surrounded and outnumbered by the heavily armed enemy, with magnificent courage and exemplary coolness under fire, he inspired the defense of the position at close range, personally killing three of the enemy before being overwhelmed and captured. Lieutenant Quarles' aggressive leadership and fierce determination materially aided in retarding the enemy advance and in its ultimate repulsion. Later he again displayed his outstanding daring and alertness by escaping from his guards and successfully making his way through the enemy lines back to his unit. "

"Julian M. Quarles, Captain (then First Lieutenant), for gallantry in action on December 9, 1943 in the vicinity of Salerno, Italy. Lieutenant Quarles was executive officer of Company F during the vicious attack against the well-prepared and defended enemy positions on the southern slopes of ________. On his own initiative, Lieutenant Quarles organized a platoon from elements of several platoons and fearlessly led them in the face of heavy small arms, grenade, and mortar fire against the enemy positions. Over exposed, heavily mined terrain, he led his men to a rock wall and, in spite of withering machine gun fire which was brought on them, attacked on over the wall. He was wounded by a hand grenade, but disregarding his wound, he pressed the attack onward until the resistance became so great that it was necessary to take positions affording more cover. Carefully organizing the platoon positions, he then, despite the continued intense fire, crawled over the wall with two other men to give aid and evacuate a wounded soldier who lay 75 yards beyond the wall. With enemy shells bursting about him, he carried the wounded man back to safety. His outstanding display of audacious courage and aggressiveness were a great inspiration to his command. His gallant actions reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States."

Ret. Col. Quarles now lives and practices law in South Miami, Florida.

The story of Lieutenant Quarles's escape, to which reference is made in the first citation quoted, was printed in the March 21, 1944 issue of Look Magazine. Captain Carl R. Bayne and Lieutenant Quarles were captured by the Germans in the bitter battle of Salerno Italy. After spending two days in a German prison pen they were placed on board a prison train bound for Germany. The lock on the door of the baggage car in which Bayne and Quarles were crowded was defective, a condition which they noted. After the train started, pitching out of the door their canteens and putting a small piece of German bread in their pockets, first Quarles and then Bayne jumped out into the darkness. They were shaken up but not injured. After the train had disappeared they returned to the tracks and walked southward, coming at length to a highway which proved to be the road to Rome. They heard trucks approaching and hid in the ditch. Later they decided to take to the fields. Just before dawn they walked through a thicket down to the Puciano River and waded across, then crawling exhausted into a thicket. Here they rested and slept until another night came when they set off again through the rough countryside. For thirty-three days they were sustained in the mountains and thickets with native help until they were able to return to their outfits. *****************************************

Because of our mutual interest in family and Civil War history, I have enjoyed the many newspaper clippings and e-mails Colonel Quarles has sent me concerning the Shenandoah Valley's Civil War heritage and our own family's role in that and other wars. He has also travelled back to Italy to the exact locations where he stayed during the war. Now 84 years old, Colonel Quarles continues an active lifestyle in the Presbyterian home. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and also attends meetings of the Civil War Roundtable. In addition to travelling to Army reunions, he travels often to Staunton to visit his sister and brother-in-law and to Florida and Oklahoma to visit his children.

In early 1999, I visited Colonel Quarles in Harrisonburg for the first time, and his great-nephew, Mrs. Moffett's grandson Fayette Quarles Thackston and his wife Lindy, met me there. At that time Fayette was working as a pharmaceutical salesman and made sales calls to the Eastern Shore at least once a month and had contacted me to find out the locations of the graves of some of our Taylor ancestors there. His wife was also expecting their first child, and he was interested in continuing his family's tradition of giving family surnames to children. Several weeks later, their daughter was born, and she was named Margaret Taylor Thackston and called Taylor. Although Margaret Dalby Taylor was the closest common ancestor of her and myself, her first name was for someone in her mother's family and her middle name was carried down from our mutual Taylor family connection. Several months afterward, in June, 1999, I met Colonel Quarles near Staunton at "Annandale," the spacious home of Judge and Mrs. Moffett, who were also very gracious to me, and then I was taken on a tour of Staunton by the Colonel. Judge and Mrs. Moffett's large brick home is within sight of Interstate 81, between Route 11 and the interstate, about two miles south of where I-81 and I-64 split off. Because of their advanced ages and declining health, Judge and Mrs. Moffett's second son, Julian Minor Quarles Moffett and his wife Ellen Loving Moffett, now live with them. [Update: Mrs. Moffett passed away on October 21, 2001 at age 88 and Judge Moffett passed away August 16, 2002 at age 91].

More About Cornelius Thoroughgood Taylor:
Burial: Poulson plot, Accomack Co., VA
Comment 1: Had several more children who died in infancy
Comment 2: 1879, Returned to Eastern Shore-purchased Jollys Neck farm near Onancock
Comment 3: 1888, Returned to Baltimore and engaged in wholesale tea business
Ethnicity/Relig.: Episcopalian
Event: Aft. 1865, Tobacconist-Sneeringer, Taylor & Co. at Baltimore, MD
Military: N/A-was postmaster at Pungoteague, VA during the Civil War
Residence: Pungoteague, VA; Belle Haven, VA; Baltimore, MD; Onancock, VA; Baltimore again

More About Mary Frances Miller:
Burial: St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, 18 3rd Street, Pocomoke City, Worcester Co., MD

v. Charlotte B. Taylor, born Abt. 1839 in Richmond Co. or Accomack Co., VA?; died 1848 in Accomack Co., VA.

More About Charlotte B. Taylor:
Burial: St. George's Episcopal Church, Pungoteague, Accomack Co., VA.

vi. David Bayley Taylor, born 08 Feb 1840 in Warsaw, Richmond Co., VA; died 24 Apr 1911 in 518 West Frederick Street, Staunton, VA; married Agnes Hughart Montgomery 02 Oct 1872 in Deerfield, Augusta Co., VA; born 01 Oct 1850 in probably Deerfield, Augusta Co., VA; died 10 Aug 1923 in Staunton, VA.

Notes for David Bayley Taylor:
The following is quoted from "Biographical Cyclopedia," a large volume on notable Maryland residents, which must have been written before 1882:

Taylor, David Bayley, third son of David C. and Margaret S. (Dalby) Taylor, was born in Accomac County, Virginia, February 8, 1840 (correction by Bryan S. Godfrey: according to the 1850 census, he was born in Richmond County, Virginia, whereas the rest of his siblings were born in Accomack). His father was of Scotch birth, and was brought to this country when an infant by his parents, who settled in Virginia (incorrect). His mother was of Irish descent, and was born soon after the arrival of her parents in this country (also incorrect). David C. Taylor was a man of noble, generous disposition, which his abundant means permitted him freely to indulge. He was a successful merchant and speculator, owning several vessels in the West India trade, and prospered in all that he undertook. He died of pneumonia, in 1855, and his estate was largely dissipated. His wife followed him in 1863. Their son, David B., was educated at OId Margaret Academy, in Accomac County, and was greatly favored in having for his preceptor an Irishman of remarkable ability in his vocation and of superior education. Leaving school at the age of fifteen, Mr. Taylor was engaged as a clerk in Norfolk, Virginia, till the commencement of the war. He then enlisted in Company I, of the Chesapeake Cavalry, under Captain Simpson, and during the whole four years struggle was engaged in constant, active duty with the Army of Northern Virginia, coming out without a wound, but with health badly shattered, and with an empty pocket. He has never fully recovered his health. On leaving the army he entered the wholesale house of John W. Bruff & Company, Baltimore, remaining with them twelve months, after which he entered a hardware store, in which he had the promise of an interest, but at the end of two years his health completely gave way, and he went to the Valley of Virginia to receive medical treatment, and for the benefit of the mineral waters. Receiving great benefit he remained and opened a store for general mercantile business, which he successfully conducted for seven years. On the 2nd of October, 1872, he was united in marriage with Agnes H., daughter of William Wallace and E.C. Montgomery, of Deerfield, Augusta County, Virginia. They have one child, a daughter, Mazie Glendy. In April, 1875, Mr. Taylor brought his family to Baltimore, and bought out the old-established house of A.H. Reiss, wholesale tinware dealer, 335 West Baltimore Street, forming a copartnership with Mr. James C. Chadwick, under the firm name of Taylor, Chadwick, & Co., manufacturers and dealers in tinware, stoves, and hollow-ware. They removed, in 1876, to No. 14 South Howard Street, where they continued to prosper. The following year Mr. Taylor bought out his partner, and the business has since been conducted under the firm name of David B. Taylor & Co., and enjoys, notwithstanding the hard times, a largely increasing trade. Mr. Taylor is a thorough gentleman, a man everywhere liked and esteemed. His wife, a lady of strong and decided Christian principle, and his daughter, are also favorites among all their acquaintances. Mr. Taylor has three brothers living, viz., Dr. William C. Taylor, with Canby, Gilpin & Co., Baltimore, wholesale druggists; Cornelius T. Taylor, of Sneeringer, Taylor, & Co., wholesale tobacco; and Edgar D. Taylor, of R.W. Powers & Co., Richmond, Va. These are all who are now living out of a family of nine children.

There are two errors in the above with regard to Uncle David's family background. First, both of his parents were born on the Eastern Shore, and the records prove that both the Taylors and Dalbys had lived on the Shore since the 1600's. Perhaps one or both of them, more likely the Dalbys/Dolbys, were originally of Irish or Scottish origin. Since Uncle David was living when this book was written and should have known about his immediate family's background, it is a puzzle as to how such erroneous information was put in this biography.

The following is David's obituary quoted from Volume XX of "Confederate Veteran" magazine, page 33 (1912):

DAVID BAYLEY TAYLOR
Suddenly yet quietly ended the beautiful life of David Bayley Taylor on April 24, 1911, at his home, in Staunton, Va., at the age of seventy-three. He was reared in Accomac County and educated at Margaret Academy, at that time one of the best schools of the State. In 1855 he went into the mercantile business in Norfolk, Va., and there became a member of the Norfolk Blues, with which he did some service at Harper's Ferry during the "John Brown Raid" in 1859. He was one of the first of Virginians to respond to the call of his State for volunteers, and in May, 1861, he joined the Chesapeake Cavalry, under Captain Simpson, in the 5th Virginia Cavalry. He was active and efficient in the command except during a few months' confinement with typhoid fever in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond. While convalescing he was assistant to Captain Presmore in Lexington, Va., as enrolling officer. He was in many severe battles. He was paroled June 15, 1865.
Soon after the war he went to Baltimore, where he engaged in the wholesale dry goods business until the destructive fire there in 1904. Failing health caused him to seek a home in the Valley of Virginia, and in 1905 he located in Staunton. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Agnes Montgomery, of Virginia, and one daughter.
Comrade Taylor was indeed a true type of the "old Virginia gentleman," with sweetness of temper, genial disposition, readiness to help, and unwillingness to think or speak evil of any that so characterizes those in which the spirit of Christian charity has been developed.
Comrade Taylor was a charter member of the Army and Navy Society of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland. So ardent was his love for the Confederate cause that he had a memorial window (a St. Andrew's cross) of red and white placed in the hall, where were also his trophies and pictures of the Civil War. In that "Confederate corner" reposed his body, clad in gray, until borne by his comrades of Stonewall Camp to its last resting place in beautiful Thornrose Cemetery.

More About David Bayley Taylor:
Burial: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
Census: 1870, Listed in 6th District of Augusta Co., VA; occupation--merchant; value of personal estate--$2000
High School: Educated at Margaret Academy, Accomack Co., VA
Military: 1861, Civil War--served in the Chesapeake Cavalry (Confederate); hospitalized with typhoid fever at Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond, VA; remained in bad health following the war.
Occupation: Hardware merchant at Baltimore with brother William-David Taylor's Sons
Residence 1: Norfolk, VA; 27 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD in 1890; Staunton, VA; living at 518 Frederick Street, Staunton, VA, in 1910
Residence 2: 1908, 9 South Coalter Street, Staunton, VA

More About Agnes Hughart Montgomery:
Name 2: Agnes Hettie Montgomery
Burial: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA
Residence: 1920, Living with daughter Maysie and son-in-law Emmett McClintic at 122 Ninth Street, Miami, FL

vii. Edgar Dalby Taylor, born 21 Aug 1848 in "Poplar Grove," Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA; died 27 Jan 1928 in 6209 Three Chopt Road, Westhampton, present-day Richmond, VA (then part of Henrico County); married (1) Alice Cottrell 1875 in probably Richmond, VA; born 12 Sep 1849 in Henrico Co. or Richmond, VA; died 05 Mar 1893 in Richmond, VA; married (2) Virginia Whitcomb 10 Sep 1895 in Richmond, VA; born 20 Sep 1860; died 13 Jan 1918 in Richmond, VA.

Notes for Edgar Dalby Taylor:
Biography by Bryan S. Godfrey, great-great-great-great-nephew of Edgar Dalby Taylor on Bryan's paternal side, and remote cousin of his first wife through the Cottrell family on his maternal side:

As his obituaries state, Edgar was born on the family farm "Poplar Grove" at Hack's Neck in Accomack County on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Just a few years before, his parents had returned to their native Eastern Shore after a few years residence across Chesapeake Bay near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, where his brother David and perhaps other siblings were born, possibly on the Rappahannock River. An uncle, Thoroughgood Taylor, also lived on the Northern Neck, in Lancaster County and later Fredericksburg. His father died of pneumonia in 1855, when Edgar was seven years old. The 1860 Census shows Edgar and his widowed mother temporarily living with his oldest sister, Susan, and her husband, Thomas Hatton Kellam, Jr., in Nansemond County, Virginia, present City of Suffolk, but they all soon returned to Hack's Neck, the Kellams to the "Evergreen" plantation on Pungoteague Creek that had been in his family since the 1600s, which they would lose about eight years after the Civil War due to financial dificulties, while Susan was dying at age 49.

It is unsure what brought Edgar to the City of Richmond, for his mother died in 1861 in Accomack and his sister Arinthea died in Richmond in 1862. One obituary states that he came to Richmond at age eleven, which was before his mother's death, so it's possible he came to live with sister Arinthea before their mother died, or he may have left the Eastern Shore for Richmond to live with his sister after becoming an orphan at age thirteen, or shortly after Arinthea's death, where he lived in several locations the remainder of his life, finally settling down after 1908 at his final residence in the Westhampton section of Henrico County that later became part of Richmond, which home survives in excellent condition a century later. As the below articles and obituaries show, he was in Richmond and working for Powers Drug Company by 1862, and then volunteered to serve in the Civil War by age fifteen. He worked his way up to President of the company in 1907, and was civically active, especially in regard to Confederate veterans' affairs and memorializing "the Lost Cause," however inappropriate that may seem by today's standards. Twice widowed, he had no children, and in his later years it appears his companions were his African-American servants Washington and Lucy Braxton.

Uncle Edgar's grave was not marked after his death, as he had no survivors other than nieces and nephews who were all living away from Richmond at the time, and he died just a year before the Great Depression began, but the plot where he and his wives are buried is labeled as the E.D. Taylor plot, next to his first wife's Cottrell plot, and there are tall tombstones for both of his wives, his wife Alice's grave marked by a tall angel on a pedestal, and his wife Virginia's grave marked by a tall cross with leaves and vines elaborately carved on the front.

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The following is quoted from "Meyer Brothers Druggist," Volume 26, Issue 5 (1905):

News From Here and There

The Powers-Taylor Drug Co., of Richmond, Va., celebrated, April 5, a rare occasion. It was the fortieth anniversary of the present partnership. The ceremonies were appropriate and the occasion made historic by Robert Wren Powers becoming the recipient of a loving cup presented by his partner, Edgar Dalby Taylor.

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The following is quoted from "American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record," Volume 60, page 48, (1912):

Fifty Years in the Drug Trade

A handsome card engraved in gold invites the friends of Edgar Dalby Taylor, the wholesale druggist, to attend the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his business career on February 20, 1912, at his home in Richmond, Va. In 1862, when Mr. Taylor as a boy took up his life work, Richmond was the seat of war's alarms. The tramp of armed men, the rumble of artillery, and the clatter of hoofs echoed along its streets. Grave faced men, oppressed with the cares of a nation struggling to be born, passed to and fro. Already the crop of widows' weeds sown by the guns of Fort Sumter was blossoming thickly on the streets of Richmond. The luxuries of life were rapidly becoming unattainable, and even the necessities were growing scarce. Drugs and medicines were particularly in demand, and such remedies as quinine and opium were even then beyond the reach of the common people. But in spite of all the alarms and confusions of war, the work-a-day world went on in much the old fashion, except that children matured more quickly, and lads who should have been at school or college undertook the tasks of grown men either in the counting house or the field. It is a far cry from that time of stress and terror to this of peace and prosperity, and the fifty years of successful business life which are being so beautifully rounded out by Mr. Taylor cover periods of anxiety, of turmoil and of toil which younger Americans happily can never know. Out of it all, this fine representative of the type of Virginia gentleman has come unscathed with honor, with means and with many warm and loving friends, who even if they cannot be present in person will yet be glad to join in congratulations on a life well spent in the service of a noble calling and in wishing him many years in which to enjoy the prosperity he has so worthily won.
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The following biography of Uncle Edgar's life is quoted from two obituaries for him in the "Confederate Veteran" magazine, Volume XXXVI, March, 1928:

Front page:
OFFICIAL ORDERS
Headquarters United Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans, La., January 30, 1928

The General Commanding is pained to announce the death of Lieut. Gen. Edgar D. Taylor, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Department, U.C.V., which took place at his home in Richmond, Va., on January 27.
General Taylor served as Adjutant General and Chief of Staff under Gen. Julian S. Carr, from November, 1921, to April, 1923. He was a member and Past Commander of R.E. Lee Camp No. 1, U.C.V.
In 1863, General Taylor, then only a boy, enlisted in Company G, with Edward S. Gay, commander, which was composed of boys fourteen to sixteen years old, and on July 23, 1863, this company was mustered into service as Company G, Henley's Battalion, Troops for Local Defense, and took active part in Dahlgren's Raid, March 1, 1864. They were highly complimented for bravery on that occasion in official reports.
Since the close of the war, General Taylor has been engaged in the drug business, Richmond, Va., and finally became president of the Powers-Taylor Drug Company.
J.C. Foster, General Commanding
Harry Rene Lee, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff

The following is a more detailed article from page 88 of that same issue:

COMMANDER ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT, U.C.V.

The death of Gen. Edgar D. Taylor, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Department, U.C.V., which occurred at his home in Richmond, Va., on the 27th of January, has removed an outstanding figure in the in the ranks of Confederate veterans, with whom he had so long been prominently identified. General Taylor was one of those young boys who became soldiers of the Confederacy. He was but fifteen years of age when he enlisted in 1863, becoming a member of Company G, of Henley's Battalion, in the local defense troops commanded by Col. John McAnerny, and he had an active part in defending Richmond from Dahlgren's raiders in March, 1864; then served to the surrender at Appomattox.
General Taylor was born at Poplar Grove, the family home in Accomac County, Va., on August 21, 1848, and became a resident of Richmond at the age of eleven. After the war he was connected with the drug company of R.W. Powers, later becoming a partner in the firm, and then president of the company, which is now the Taylor-Powers Company. His connection with the firm was active up to the time of his serious illness, which came upon him last September. At one time he was president of the National Wholesale Druggists Association.
Always devoted to Confederate interests, General Taylor was known for his activity in behalf of his Confederate comrades. He was Past Commander of the R.E. Lee Camp, of Richmond, and for four years had served as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Department, following his term as Adjutant General and Chief of Staff under Commander-in-Chief, Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society of Richmond, under which the Confederate Museum is conducted, and the flag over the Museum hung at half mast until after his funeral. For many years he made the arrangements for veterans at the Confederate Home to attend the general reunions, and in every way possible ministered to their comfort and welfare.
General Taylor was twice married, his first wife being Miss Emma Cottrell, and the second marriage was to a daughter of Col. H.D. Whitcomb, a prominent engineer, who also preceded him in death. He is survived by five (incorrect--eight or nine) nieces and a nephew (incorrect--three nephews).
The Richmond Chapter, U.D.C. (United Daughters of the Confederacy), of which his wife was a member, and with which he had been identified in its good work, passed memorial resolutions expressing "profound sorrow in the loss of a valued and honored friend," and paid him this tribute:
"A loyal and devoted Confederate veteran, General Taylor gave generously of his time, his talents, and his means for the perpetuation of the cause so dear to his heart, and for the welfare and the happiness of the aged and impoverished veterans.
"Richmond Chapter recalls with especial appreciation General Taylor's kindness and consideration of our veterans in the Confederate Home. His greatest pleasure was bringing happiness into their lives, and through his efforts and able assistance the management has secured transportation for them to attend the reunions, special cars, and even comfort being provided for them.
"As Adjutant General under Gen. Julian Carr, and as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Department U.C.V., he has left an enduring record as a capable and faithful officer.
"With his devoted wife, a beloved member of the Richmond Chapter, General Taylor gave long and laborious service in the work of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association.
"In recognition of his generous and sympathetic interests in this and other activities of the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Richmond Chapter conferred upon him honorary membership. His record was filled in, and it is filed with other records of the Chapter in the Confederate Museum.
"The members of this Chapter will miss the bright smile and cheerful greeting, and will ever cherish the memory of one whose heart and hand always responded to the call of duty.
"Committees: Mrs. Charles E. Bolling, Mrs. B.A. Blenner, Mrs. Meta Randolph Turpin."

The following are two obituaries for Edgar D. Taylor that appeared in "The Richmond Times-Dispatch":

TO BURY RICHMONDER MONDAY, 11 O'CLOCK
Edgar D. Taylor Was Prominent Confederate Veteran

Edgar Dalby Taylor, 79, president of the Powers-Taylor Drug Company, prominent Confederate veteran, and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, U.C.V., died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home on the Three Chopt Road, Westhampton. Funeral services will be conducted at the home Monday morning at 11, followed by burial in Hollywood Cemetery.

Mr. Taylor, who was a past commander of R.E. Lee Camp, U.C.V., was born August 21, 1848, at his home place, "Poplar Grove," on the Eastern Shore. At the age of 12 he came to Richmond and about two years later became connected with the drug company of R.W. Powers, then located at Fifteenth and Main Streets. He had been with them up to the time of his death. A few years after becoming connected with the company he became a partner and was named president upon the death of Mr. Powers in 1907.

Mr. Taylor in 1863 enlisted in Company G, Henley Battalion, troops for the local defense, commander by Colonel John McAnerny. He had an active part in defending Richmond from Dahlgren's raiders March 1, 1864. In addition to being past commander of R.E. Lee Camp, he was adjutant-general and chief of staff under Commander-in-Chief Julian S. Carr. He was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia at the time of his death.

Mr. Taylor, who was a member of the Country Club of Virginia, the Virginia, the Westmoreland, and a Mason, is survived by his nephews and nieces.

FUNERAL TODAY FOR GENERAL TAYLOR
Numerous Confederate Veterans Expected to Attend Services

The funeral of General Edgar Dalby Taylor, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, U.C.V., and president of the Powers-Taylor Drug Company, who died Friday afternoon, will be held tomorrow morning, at 11 o'clock, from the family residence, 6209 Three Chopt Road, Rev. William E. Hill, D.D., of Second Presbyterian Church, of which General Taylor was an elder, will conduct the service. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be: L.N. Fox, Dr. B.T. Blackwell, Edwin Palmer, George Watt, Herbert Jackson, Harvey Clarke, Edward Brauer and W.C. Herbert. Honorary pallbearers will be: C.M. Knox, W.C. Miller, John Munte, Philip H. Cowern, Henry Cabell, General Jo Lane Stern, Robert L. Powers, Dr. Stuart McGuire, James Caskie, T.C. Gordon, T.G. Teagle, Judge R.R. Prentis, General W.B. Freeman, Dr. J.H. Smith, Dr. Henry Wharton, of Baltimore; W.B. Lightfoot, Major John B. Cooke, of Gloucester County; Samuel Love and General McKee Evans.

All day yesterday the flag at the Confederate Museum was at half mast. It will remain so until after the funeral.

He is survived by the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. Edwin Goffigon, of Cape Charles; Mrs. Alice Blackford, of Baltimore; Mrs. J.M. Quarles, of Staunton; Mrs. Emmett McClintic, of Miami; Mrs. Robert Taylor, of Catonsville, Md. [incorrect--Edgar was Robert's uncle, not hers], and Albert Taylor, of Baltimore.

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This ends the quoted obituaries. The latter omitted several more nieces and nephews who survived Uncle Edgar, including the children of his eldest sister Susan Ann Taylor Kellam. Those alive when Edgar died were Thomas Hatton Kellam III of Cape Charles, VA; Rebecca Kellam Stevens (my great-great-grandmother) of Shiloh, NC; Margaret Kellam Carder of Raleigh, NC; and Annie Kellam Stevens of Elizabeth City, NC. They were apparently not as close with Uncle Edgar as the children of his brothers.

I had the privilege of knowing a great-niece and great-nephew of Uncle Edgar Dalby Taylor, two of the three children of Judge Julian Minor Quarles (1848-1929) and Cornelia Taylor Quarles (1872-1964) of Staunton, Virginia. Mrs. Quarles was especially close with her Uncle Edgar, as both of her parents, Cornelius Thoroughgood Taylor (1835-1888) and Mary Frances Miller Taylor (1840-1882), died when she was young and her Uncles David and Edgar Taylor looked after her subsequently. She married Judge Quarles in Uncle Edgar's home in 1908 when he was living at 1682 Monument Avenue in Richmond, just across the traffic circle from where the General Robert E. Lee equestrian statue was erected in 1890. It was shortly after this time that he moved to the Westhampton section of Richmond and purchased his final residence at 6209 Three Chopt Road, next to the Country Club of Virginia where Three Chopt intersects with Cary Street. It was at this residence that Judge and Mrs. Quarles visited with her children, where they had fond recollections of a grand era gone by (for upper-class white folks, that is). Cornelia and Judge Quarles' three children were Mary Nelson Quarles Whitehurst (1908-1992), Cornelia Taylor Quarles Moffett (1912-2001), and Col. Julian Minor Quarles, Jr. (1917-2016).

In 1999, I met Mrs. Moffett, her husband Judge William Stuart Moffett, Jr. (1910-2002), and Colonel Quarles. I visited or saw Col. Quarles seven times between 1999 and 2014. Colonel Quarles graciously shared information with me concerning not only the family genealogy, but also his own impressive World War II experiences and newspaper articles he read concerning Civil War activities in the Shenandoah Valley. These Quarles cousins recalled Uncle Edgar's house having a horseshoe-shaped driveway with a brick wall around the large yard, in which "Dalby," which Uncle Edgar named the home for his mother's family, inscribed therein. His home on Three Chopt Road was located at the end of the old Richmond streetcar line. Within sight of this home is St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at the corner of Three Chopt and Grove Avenue, of which I was a member from 1998 until about 2014. This church was founded in 1911. Mrs. Moffett recalled that Uncle Edgar had two African-American servants named Lucy and Wash, whose quarters were in Uncle Edgar's backyard which sloped downward toward present-day University of Richmond and the Country Club of Virginia. The home is at the corner of Three Chopt Road and Towana Road, and the next street down, Tapoan, was named for the three men who first developed that area, Taylor, Powers, and Anderson. In April, 2004, Col. Quarles, his great-nephew Fayette Quarles Thackston, and I were given a tour of our Uncle Edgar's home by the current residents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Covington. They also took us to see the old carriage house behind the home, now a separate residence on another street, owned at the time by Mrs. Willis Starbuck.

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The following is the wedding article of Col. Quarles' parents in Uncle Edgar's home, sent to me by him, from "The Richmond Times-Dispatch," January 22, 1908:

QUARLES-TAYLOR
Times-Dispatch Account of Beautiful
Wedding in Richmond

A beautiful mid-winter wedding was celebrated Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor, No. 1682 Monument Avenue, when their niece, Miss Ida Cornelia Taylor, became the bride of Judge Julian Minor Quarles, of Staunton, the Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D., of the Second Presbyterian Church, officiating. Halls, drawing-rooms and dining-room were prettily decorated with palms, smilax, growing ferns, pink sweet peas and carnations, a massing of holly on the mantels forming an effective contrast with the delicate hue of the flowers. A plaque of sweet peas was the centerpiece on the table, and bowls and vases of carnations placed throughout the rooms developed the pretty color scheme.
Miss Mary Willie Smoot rendered a number of beautiful selections on the piano and played Mendelssohn's wedding march as a processional.
The bride entered with her uncle, Mr. E.D. Taylor, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Judge S.H. Letcher, of Lexington. She was gowned in white crepe de chine, trimmed with duchess lace. The folds of her veil were caught with a diamond crescent and she carried a shower of lillies of the valley. She was attended by Miss Mayzie Taylor, of Staunton, her cousin and maid of honor, who was attired in biscuit-colored gauze over white taffeta, with a trimming of gold tissue, and who held a great cluster of pink sweet peas sprayed with maidenhair ferns.
The ribbon aisle through which the bridal party passed was formed by Masters Willie and Neal Chapin. Little Misses Charlotte Spotts, of Staunton, and Florence Warwick, of Baltimore, were flower girls. The children were all in white, the boys wearing pink boutonnieres, and the girls, white lingerie frocks and pink ribbons, and carrying baskets of pink sweet peas.
A reception attended by friends and relatives of the bride and groom, and including a large contingent of Richmond society gave an opportunity for the offering of congratulations and the cutting of the bride's cake.
Mrs. Taylor was gowned in white net, embroidered with pink roses and worn over white satin.
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Uncle Edgar's company was located on South 13th Street, and is still known as the Powers-Taylor Building. It is one block north of Richmond's fashionable shopping and entertainment district known as Shockoe Slip. I have a copy of a letter he wrote to one of his nieces, dated May 7, 1927, in which the letterhead has a photograph of the building and states "Powers-Taylor Drug Co. Established 1860, Incorporated 1890. Wholesale Druggists, Importers & Jobbers, Druggists' Sundries & Fancy Goods, Soda Fountain Supplies, Drug Store Fixtures. Agents For Buffalo Mineral Springs Water, White Sulphur Springs Water, and Other Mineral Waters. Walrus Soda Fountains, A Full Line of Eli Lilly & Cos Pharmaceuticals." Edgar D. Taylor was listed at the top as President, Robert Lee Powers as Vice-President, P.H. Powers as Secretary and Treasurer, and L.N. Fox as Assistant Treasurer. The original letter was, in 1997, in the possession of my father's second cousin, Ann Barnes Owens of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Her mother, Wilhelmina Coppersmith Adams (1911-2005), inherited this letter and many other family papers. Since Uncle Edgar refers to the person to whom he is writing only as "My dear niece," I am uncertain as to whether he was writing to my great-great-grandmother, Rebecca Kellam Stevens, or to one of her sisters, Margaret or Annie. Cousin Mina, my Grandfather Godfrey's first cousin, inherited many Kellam and Taylor family papers and photographs from not only her grandmother, but also Aunt Margaret and Aunt Annie. Her daughter was most gracious in allowing me to photocopy them. The letter reads as follows:

My dear Niece:

I want to thank you for the box of pecans which was received a few days ago and will be enjoyed, and Lucy (his African-American servant) certainly appreciated the handkerchief you sent her.

Sincerely hope this short note will find you and the family well. I have not been well for the past year; trying to pull myself together and I think I am getting better.

We are getting on very well out home and the place is looking very pretty with the flowers and shrubs in bloom.

With much love to all, I remain

Your fond uncle,
(Signed) E.D. Taylor

In 2013, I, Bryan Godfrey, Edgar's great-great-great-great-nephew, was surprised to learn more of Uncle Edgar's activities and those of the fathers of both of his wives. It was my regret to learn that his first father-in-law, Samuel Smith Cottrell (1819-1903), was the one who owned the famous escaped slave Henry ("Box") Brown from Louisa County, Virginia, and who sold Brown's family from him, which prompted his famous escape to freedom in Philadelphia in a wooden box. Moreover, Cottrell and his daughter Alice, Uncle Edgar's first wife, were distant cousins of my maternal side because my mother descends from the Cottrell family. Secondly, when I purchased the newly published book by Walter S. Griggs, Jr., "The Collapse of Richmond's Church Hill Tunnel," I noticed Uncle Edgar's name and that of his second father-in-law, Col. H.D. Whitcomb, were both mentioned, the latter several times. Whitcomb was chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, a native of Portland, Maine, and had married into a southern family. The author was probably unaware that Whitcomb was Taylor's father-in-law, for no reference is made. In describing the construction of the tunnel in 1872, the author mentions Uncle Edgar on page 33:

E.D. Taylor of the firm of R.W. Powers and Company was given the honor of breaking the ground to start the construction project. It was observed that "he succeeded in dislodging a few handfuls of the frozen dirt and then very cheerfully resigned the tools to more experienced workmen." The "Daily State Journal" added to the opening ceremony by stating that the ground was very hard and that Mr. Taylor was able to throw only a cup full of dirt before giving up. When jokingly asked how much he would charge to continue digging, Mr. Taylor responded, "About $5.00 a day." His offer was not accepted because the contractor could hire better workmen for less money.

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The following biography of Henry "Box" Brown mentions the Cottrells, quoted from "Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World" by Junius P. Rodriguez:

Brown, Henry "Box" (1816- ?)

Henry "Box" Brown, a fugitive slave who shipped himself to freedom in a crate, gained fame as the author of the widely read "Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself" (1851). Brown's 1849 escape from Virginia to the free soil of Philadelphia demonstrated the extent to which some African Americans would go to rid themselves of the shackles of slavery.

Brown was born in 1816 to enslaved parents in Louisa County, forty miles outside Richmond, Virginia. As a child, many of his duties involved waiting on his master and mistress. Brown lived much of his early childhood surrounded by his parents and siblings. At the age of fifteen, following his master's death, Brown was separated from his family and became the slave of his former master's son. Brown moved with his new owner to Richmond, where he was forced to work in a tobacco factory.

In the mid-1830s, Brown met and married a young slave woman named Nancy, who was the property of Mr. Leigh, a clerk in the local bank. Following negotiations with Nancy's master and obtaining his assurance that the two would never be sold or separated, the couple was given permission to marry. Less than twelve months after their marriage, Brown's wife and children were abruptly sold to a saddler named Joseph Colquitt. On the advice of his wife, Colquitt sold Brown's family to Samuel Cottrell, another saddler in the Richmond area.

Amid this trauma, Brown sought to make negotiations to prevent the future sale of his family. To get them back, Brown was forced to loan Cottrell $50 to repurchase them, pay Cottrell $50 a year to keep them close, and finally buy a house for them. In August 1848, Cottrell burst into the Brown household and demanded immediate payment. Financially unable to provide the requested funds, Brown later learned that while he had been away at work, his family had been sent to an auction mart and sold to a North Carolina slave trader.

Devastated by the loss of his family, Brown sought the help of Samuel A. Smith, a white storekeeper in Richmond. Recounting his circumstances, Brown offered to pay the man $86 to help him escape from bondage. Influenced by a vision, Brown got the idea to ship himself in a box labeled as dry goods headed to a Northern free state. Desiring death over the hold of slavery, he injured his finger as a ruse to avoid having to work the next day.

On the morning of March 29, 1849, Brown, standing five feet eight inches and weighing 200 pounds, willingly placed himself in to a box measuring approximately three feet by two feet. Brown was equipped with a bladder of water and a gimlet to cut holes for air. Smith and a free black employee sent Brown by express mail to William A. Johnson, a friend of the store owner, in Philadelphia. In this manner, Brown traveled 350 miles, spending twenty-seven hours in the box, sometimes being forced to lie upside down on his head for hours at a time. Once delivered to Johnson, Brown emerged from his box as a free man.

Throughout the remainder of his life, Brown was an active voice for the abolitionist movement in the Northern states. After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, which provided for the return of escaped slaves to the South, Brown sought asylum in Great Britain, where his narrative was published to raise funds in order to purchase freedom for Brown's wife and children. The narrative concludes with an essay by Charles Stearns titled "Cure for the Evil of Slavery."

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Comments about Edgar Dalby Taylor's will and estate:

His 16 March 1918 will is located in Henrico County Probate Office because the area of Richmond where he resided at his death was then still part of Henrico. It mentions his and his wives' relatives, but leave the bulk of his estate to local charities. For some reason, the families of his sisters Susan and Arinthea were omitted in his obituaries and will, but the children of his brothers William, Cornelius, and David were mentioned. There was contact with his sister Susan's family, for he wrote a letter in 1927 to one of her daughters thanking her for giving his housekeeper Lucy a box of pecans. Since the letter is addressed as "my dear niece" and I did not see an accompanying envelope, it could have been Rebecca (my great-great-grandmother), Margaret, or Annie, more likely Rebecca because it was in her granddaughter Mina's possession and Rebecca was the one who lived on a farm whereas Margaret and Annie lived in town. He definitely had contact with his niece Annie Kellam Stevens because her great-grandson inherited a 1922 Confederate Veterans Reunion Minute Book that Edgar sent to her daughter, Lillie Mae Stevens, and he also inherited an article about Edgar's death.

Among his disbursements were:
$500 to Hollywood Cemetery to maintain his grave and family plot
$10,000 to Richmond, VA's Union Theological Seminary to establish Edgar D. and Virginia K. Taylor scholarship in memory of Virginia
$5000 to niece Ida C. Quarles (Cornelia Taylor Quarles of Staunton, VA)
$2000 to niece Catherine Taylor Goffigon
$2000 to niece Alice Taylor Blackford
$1000 to niece Maysie Taylor McClintic
$3000 to nephew Robert J. Taylor
$1000 to Charlotte C. Taylor (widow of brother Cornelius)
$2000 to Emma C. Gordon (sister of first wife)
$2000 to Sallie H. Kinney (probably a relative of his second wife)
$2000 to nephew Albert Taylor
$1000 to Confederate Memorial Literary Society
$500 to Hollywood Memorial Association
$500 to the Retreat for the Sick
$500 to the Hunter McGuire and George Ben Johnson Chair at the Medical College of Virginia, if created
$500 to Sheltering Area Free Hospital
$500 to Richmond Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, for the benefit of the wives of old Confederate veterans
$500 to the Memorial Hospital
$1000 to the Young Woman's Christian Association
$500 to procure a memorial to his late wife Virginia K. Taylor in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Richmond
$500 to Mrs. Hugh M. Taylor (unsure who this is, apparently unrelated to his Taylors)
$200 to faithful servant Lucy Braxton
$100 to Washington Braxton
$500 to Miss Angie McGruder (probably a relative of his second wife)
$500 to the Virginia Home for Incurables
$1000 to the trustees of Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond
$500 to Miss Lyda Taylor (apparently unrelated also, at least to him)
$500 to Mrs. Lizzie C. Taylor (widow of his brother William)
$500 to Mrs. Agnes Taylor (widow of his brother David)
He left jewelry to his nieces and those of his wives.
He left his silver to his two nieces (his second wife's nieces) Kate Nicolson and Helen Whitcomb.
He mentioned that portraits from his first wife's family would go to her sister Emma Cottrell Gordon, those of his late (second) wife (Virginia Whitcomb) would go to Mrs. Hugh M. Taylor (perhaps her sister?). and those of his own family would go to his niece Cornelia, to dispose of as she saw fit. One must wonder who in his own family he had portraits of, whether there were ever portraits of his parents. The family of Cornelia Taylor Quarles apparently were unaware of any, and it seems likely she never was able to obtain them, as her husband was ill at the time of Edgar's death and she did not go to Richmond then.
He appointed Virginia Trust Company executor of his estate. He had a paid insurance policy of $10,000 in Mutual Life Insurance of New York which was to be considered part of his estate.

Then he made a codocil on 16 April 1919, as follows:
$5000 instead of $2000 to Mrs. Sallie H. Kinney
$5000 instead of $500 to Miss Lydia C. Taylor (apparently a relative of his second wife, not of him)
$300 instead of $200 to "faithful servant" Lucy Braxton
$200 instead of $100 to Washington Braxton
Money for a memorial to his second wife and her parents to be placed in All Saints (Episcopal) Church, Richmond
Revoking funds for a memorial to his second wife because a monument had since been erected over her grave since his will

On 16 August 1922, Edgar made another codicil to his will, mainly listing jewelry and coins and who was to receive them.

Because the Stock Market Crash occurred about twenty months after his death, ushering in the Great Depression, when many banks had to close because peoples' savings were wiped out, one wonders how much of this estate actually was available to disperse. Hopefully, his estate was broken up before the Crash. His estate settlement apparently took many years, for the City of Richmond Probate Office informed me they have a record of his settlement as late as 1943, and his settlement records in Henrico Circuit Court are dispersed throughout many books. Researching them will take time, and that might answer more questions.

One can only speculate why the children of his sisters Susan and Arinthea were omitted in his will, its codicils, and in his obituaries, for ironically, my great-great-grandmother Rebecca Kellam Stevens (1856-1931), his sister Susan's daughter, and her family could have used his largesse more than those he remembered in his will. She and my great-great-grandfather, John Gregory Stevens (1955-1942), were working hard trying to eke out a living on a small farm in Camden County, North Carolina, and their daughter Rebecca Stevens Godfrey (1888-1963), my great-grandmother, was really struggling as a sharecropper's wife trying to raise her only child, my grandfather Garland Stevens Godfrey (1914-1996). It's likely Uncle Edgar and the majority of his family in Virginia, Florida, and Maryland were clueless they had relatives struggling so much in North Carolina.

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Further comments by Bryan S. Godfrey:

It seems safe to assume that the last person alive with any memory of Uncle Edgar Dalby Taylor was his great-nephew, Col. Julian Minor Quarles, Jr., Esquire (1917-2016), who was a second cousin of my great-grandmother, Rebecca Stevens Godfrey (1888-1963), even though he was three years younger than my grandfather. When I attended Col. Quarles' funeral near Staunton, VA in April, 2016, his great-nephew Fayette informed me that he gone back to Uncle Edgar's grave since our 2004 visit and had talked with the staff at Hollywood Cemetery who stated there were about six unclaimed spaces in Edgar's and his inlaws' Cottrell-Taylor plot, and that anyone who can prove close kinship to one or both families can claim those spaces for burial. Fayette said neither he nor anyone in his immediate family had any desire to be buried there, so I contacted the cemetery to reserve a space for myself. Once I sent in paperwork, mainly birth and death certificates and obituaries, proving Edgar was my uncle six generations back, I was approved. The facts that Edgar was my father's great-great-great-uncle, and that his first wife was a Cottrell from which family my mother descends, though only remotely related to his wife, give me a double claim. Around the same time I obtained permission to be buried there, I ordered from the Veterans Administration, free of charge, a veterans' memorial to be placed on his grave, and only had to pay the cemetery a $100 fee for its installation in summer 2016, the first time his grave had been marked in 88 years.

When I obtained permission, I was told my future wife will need permission from his next of kin to be buried there too, since she would not be in the bloodline. To save space, I'm in favor of couples being buried on top of one another, and I'm unsure whether that would be permitted with no permission needed. I don't know whether obtaining permission would entail me writing to every living niece and nephew of Uncle Edgar, perhaps to descendants of his first wife's parents as well, most of whom would have no clue who Uncle Edgar was unless they have been exposed to my genealogy material! I will worry about that once I'm married. So many are opting for cremation and other nontraditional means of disposal nowadays, so that may not become an issue.

Surprisingly, even though Uncle Edgar was the youngest of eight or nine children, the number of nieces and nephews he has is much smaller than one would expect. Only two of these siblings, my great3-grandmother Susan Ann Taylor Kellam (1824-1873) and her brother Cornelius Thorogood Taylor (1835-1888), both of Accomack and Baltimore, have traced descendants to the present day. His sister Arinthea Taylor Ayres (1828?-1862) of Accomack and Richmond, VA appears to have had only four great-grandchildren born between 1908-17 in Baltimore, MD, at least one of whom died in childhood, another childless at age 45 in Los Angeles, CA, and I have been unable to track down whether a third, James "Frederick" Ellis (1908-1983), who died at Latta, SC, had children. Therefore, if Aunt Arinthea has living descendants, they are very few. His brother William Crippen Taylor (1832-1882) of Baltimore, MD had four children, all of whom died childless. His sister Charlotte (1839?-1848) died at age nine, and there were apparently one or two more children in the family. His brother David Bayly Taylor (1840-1911) of Baltimore, MD and Staunton, VA had only one daughter, Maysie Glendye Taylor McClintic (1873-1963), who was married later in life and resided in Staunton, VA and Miami, FL, no children.

Of Uncle Edgar's two siblings with known present-day descendants, Susan and Cornelius, even theirs are smaller in number than one would expect. Of Susan's nine children, four died in early childhood (Susan Arinthea Kellam (1846-1855), John Henry Kellam (1851-1852), and Robert Lee Kellam (1863-1863)) and/or childless (Margaret Elizabeth Kellam LaFarge Cooke Carder (1858-1940)). One more, William Dalby Kellam, MD (1852-1918) of Shiloh, Belhaven, and Ahoskie, NC, had two children but no grandchildren, and the youngest, Annie Lee Kellam Stevens (1866-1952) of Elizabeth City, NC, had five children but only one of them, Pearl Kellam Stevens Spence (1889-1974) of Elizabeth City, had children (only two, and four grandchildren). Susan's daughter Rebecca Susan Kellam Stevens (1856-1931) of Shiloh, NC, my great-great-grandmother, had six daughters, one of whom, May, died in infancy in 1884, another of whom, Edna Earle Stevens (1882-1955) had no children, and two more of whom, Maude Kellam Stevens Cox (1890-1976) and Hazel Virginia Stevens Hooper (1897-1990), both later of Norfolk, VA, have only one or two biological great- or great-great-grandchildren so one or both of their lines are likely to die out. Uncle Cornelius, known as Neal, was married twice, ten children by first wife and two by second. Of the ten by his first wife, the only one who lived past age 22 and had children was daughter Cornelia Taylor Quarles (1872-1964) of Staunton, VA, who had three children later in life than usual, all of whom have families, so her line will continue. Of Cornelius' two children by his second wife, daughter Catherine Custis Taylor Goffigon (1887-1931) was married but died childless in Cape Charles, VA at age 44, and son Robert James Taylor (1884-1950) resided near Baltimore, MD and died with at least two surviving children out of four, at least one of whom had children, but I have been unable to track down that family. He had a grandson, Samuel Tidd Byron, Jr., born around 1935, who apparently resided in Miami, FL, but I have been unable to contact him.

I am proud that I will one day be buried beside a distinguished uncle in one of the oldest sections of an historic, scenic cemetery with lots of relatives and lots of distinguished people, but the fact that Uncle Edgar's first father-in-law was guilty of serious human rights violations makes me have ambivalent feelings about being buried in that same plot. The fact that Samuel Smith Cottrell would sell Henry ("Box") Brown's family away from him, which prompted the escape from slavery in a wooden box that made him famous, makes me ashamed to claim him as a distant cousin and the father-in-law of an uncle. Although Uncle Edgar may have been on the wrong side in the Civil War, he was born too late and orphaned at too early an age to have benefited from slavery. More importantly, it appears he was self-made as shown by the fact that he went to work for the Powers Drug Company as an orphaned teenager, away from his homeplace, and eventually was able to buy out part of the business, becoming the sole owner and President by age sixty. Although Uncle Edgar was probably an adherent to the Lost Cause movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, was probably in the forefront of efforts to erect statues and monuments celebrating the Confederate cause, and would be appalled if he could witness the current destruction of such, one must be careful not to judge him too harshly by today's standards, due to the time and place in which he lived.

More About Edgar Dalby Taylor:
Burial: E.D. Taylor Plot, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis--cerebral and general; contributory--bronchopneumonia
Census 1: 1920, Street listed as Electric Line Road, on a farm, Henrico Co., VA, widowed, occupation--drug store merchant; home owned; servants Washington Braxton (age 60) and Lucy Braxton (age 52) in household
Census 2: 1880, Listed as Edgar E. Taylor, age 33, with wife Alice, in the household of her parents Samuel and Rebecca Cottrell, 1311 Alley Street? (or in an alley?), Richmond, VA, occupation--apothecary
Census 3: 1900, Listed with wife Virginia, servants Rosa Williams and Everlena Wever, at 9 Franklin Street, Monroe Ward, Richmond, VA; occupation--wholesale druggist; home owned; whether present East or West Franklin is indeterminate
Census 4: 1910, Listed as a wholesale druggist with wife Virginia, "brother" Charles Jackson age 27, servants Washington and Lucy Braxton at 1632 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, home owned.
Comment 1: No children by either marriage
Comment 2: His niece, Catherine Taylor Goffigon of Cape Charles, VA, was the informant for his death certificate. She eroneously listed his father as C.T. Taylor (he was his brother); only gave mother's maiden name (Dalby)
Comment 3: Served as one-time President of National Wholesale Druggists Association; Advisory Board for the Confederate Memorial Literary Society
Ethnicity/Relig.: Raised Episcopalian; became Presbyterian after settling in Richmond, where he eventually became an elder of Second Presbyterian Church
Fact: Active in Confederate veterans' affairs, his last role being Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia chapter of United Confederate Veterans; flag at the Confederate Museum was hung at half-staff when he was buried
Fact 3: Member of the Country Club of Virginia, Westmoreland Club; Mason
Military service: Bet. 1863 - 1865, Served in Company G, Henley's Battalion which helped defend Richmond from Dahlgren's Raiders in March, 1864
Occupation 1: Merchant druggist-employed many years by R.W. Powers Drug Company at Richmond; later became Partner & President (1907) when it was renamed the Powers-Taylor Drug Company
Occupation 2: Aft. 1861, Left the Eastern Shore and went to Richmond at age 12 after becoming an orphan
Residence: 1908, Living at 1682 Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA when his niece Cornelia married Judge Julian Quarles in his home; afterward moved to Westhampton section of town at 6209 Three Chopt Road

More About Alice Cottrell:
Burial: E.D. Taylor Plot, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Nickname: Rannie

Generation No. 3

4. Crippen Taylor, born Abt. 1760 in upper Accomack Co., VA; died 15 Dec 1826 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 8. Shadrack Taylor and 9. Keziah Staton. He married 5. Sinah Fitchett Bef. 1787 in Accomack Co., VA?.
5. Sinah Fitchett, born Abt. 1760 in near Bloxom, Accomack Co., VA?; died 17 Apr 1831 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 10. Salathiel Fitchett and 11. Shady Young?.

Notes for Crippen Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for CRIPPEN TAYLOR:
In 1785 Crippen Taylor, son of Shadrach and Keziah Taylor joined in a sale of 100 acres to Jacob Taylor.
Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) p. 1321
In 1799 Crippen Taylor deeded one half acres between the branch and crossroad to trustees "that they shall erect and build or cause to be erected and built thereon a House or place of Worship for the use and no other use of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church" This is the site of Guilford Methodist Church. The latest church edifice to stand on the lot was burned a few years ago.
Source: Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) page 1196, A126C
In 1821Joseph and Peggy Riggs sold 4 acres with a saw and gristmill to Crippen Taylor.
Source: Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) page 1191

Crippen Taylor's Will:
4 Nov 1826 Written
25 Dec 1826 Probated
To wife Sinah...which is in addition to which she is otherwise entitled. To son Thorowgood Taylor the plantation whereon he now lives, but he to pay $1,000 within 2 years divided as I shall hereafter direct. To son Samuel G. Taylor's two children Marcellus & Alexzene C. Taylor $400 between them when they become of age 21. But Samuel is to have use of it until then. To son David C. Taylor the land purchased of the two Richard Taylors whereon I now live. To daughter Shady B. Wessells the land purchased of Jeremiah Mason. Extr. to sell other land as follows: mill & lot purchased of Joseph Riggs, the Robins Hole land purchased of William Bundick, Southey Bell dec'd, Sale & Esther Carter & the land purchased of Rachel Miles & William Justice. Wife shall have no part of th $1,00 charged upon the land given to son Thorowgood, but wife is to have the same right of dower in my estate as if I had died intestate. To daughter Margaret Gibb my black woman Sarah & her increase & 20 pounds. To daughter Matilda F. Taylor black man Ned & 30 pounds...To grandchildren Samuel C. Hope & Mary A. Hope each 22.10 pounds. Balance to daughter Shady B. Wessells, Margaret Gibb & Matilda F. Taylor each 1/4 part & to grandchildren Samuel C. Hope (under 21) & Mary A. Hope (under 21) the remaining 1/4. Son Thorowgood Taylor Extr: Witt: David Mears, George Russell Sr. & Southey G. Satchell. Prob: John W. Rogers, John Savage Jr. & David C. Taylor escurities; 1826-28 w&c, p. 174

Crippen Taylor is listed in the 1820 Accomack census page 12 below is brother Ayres. His census includes 1 male 16 to 26, 1 male over 45 (Crippen), 1 female 16 to 26, 1 female over 45 (Sinah), 3 free colored, 2 slaves. He was farming.

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http://easternshoreheritage.com/deeds/bells_exec_to_crippen_taylor.htm

Deed from Mary Bell, Executrix of Southy Bell, et al. to Crippen Taylor - Transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
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Bell's Exr &c to Taylor

This Deed Made this day he 14th of March Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and fourteen Between Mary Bell Execr of Southy Bell decd, William Justice William Thornton & George Clayton of Accomack County & the state of Virginia of the one Part & Crippen Taylor of the same place of the other Part Witnesseth that the said William Justice, William Thornton, Geo. Clayton & Mary Bell for and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred dollars to them in hand paid by the sd Crippen Taylor the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath given granted bargained & sold and do by these presents give grant sell and confirm unto the sd Crippen Taylor Twenty seven acres of land more or less lying & being in the county of Accomack & bounded as follows, towit, On the SW by the land of Crippen Taylor & Geo. Russel, on the W by the lands of the heirs of Capt. Ephraim Vessels decd, On the NE by the land of Elijah Russel & on the SE by the land of Geo. Clayton the sd twenty seven Acres of land late the property of Southy Bell decd, to have & to hold the sd Twenty seven acres of land more or less with the appurtenances therunto belonging to his the sd Crippen Taylor his heirs & assigns forever to and for their use and benefit & for none other whatsoever. And the said Mary Bell, William Justice, William Thornton & Geo. Calyton doth promise covenant and agree to and with the said Crippen Taylor his heirs & assigns shall forever have possess and enjoy the aforesd tract of land with the appurtenances and th sd Mary Bell, William Justice, William Thornton & Geo. Clayton will warrant and defend the said land against all persons claiming from by or under them. In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have set their hands & affixerd their seals this day and year first above written.

Executed inn the presence of

Teste Mary Bell

Thorowgood Taylor his

John Laws William Justice

Bagwell Young mark

Jacob Kelly for Justice

Woodman Bloxom William Thonrton

George Clayton

At a court held for Accomack County the 28th day of March 1814 This Deed from Mary Bell Executor of Southy Bell decd, William Justice, William Thornton & George Clayton to Crippen Taylor was acknowledged by the daid Mary Bell, William Thornton and George Calyton as their act and deed and was proved as to siad William Justice by the oath of Thorowgood Taylor, Jacob Kelly and Woodman Bloxom witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.

Examined Teste

Richard D. Bayly clk

Source:
_____. Accomack County Deeds 1812-1815:344

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More About Crippen Taylor:
Burial: "Sparrow's Nest", 24328 Walker Farm Lane, Bloxom, VA (near intersection of Routes 187 and 658, Guilford, Accomack Co., VA)

More About Sinah Fitchett:
Burial: "Sparrow's Nest", 24328 Walker Farm Lane, Bloxom, VA (near intersection of Routes 187 and 658, Guilford, Accomack Co., VA)

Children of Crippen Taylor and Sinah Fitchett are:
i. Margaret Taylor, married Thomas C. Gibbs 1817.
ii. Nancy Taylor

Notes for Nancy Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Nancy Hope's Will:
Written 7 Apr 1807
Probated 30 Jul 1810
Son George Hope Extr. To 2 daughters Polly James & Betsy Bloxom...To son George Hope...To son James Hope...To son Thomas Hope...To son Kendall Hope the remaining property. My negro woman Sinah to my 2 sons George Hope & Kendall Hope. Witt: William H Beavans, John Gillespie & William Gillespie. Prob: Robert Savage & Samuel Crippen securities. 1809-12 w&c, p. 204

iii. Shady Bell Taylor, born 06 Jul 1783 in Accomack Co., VA; died 06 Jun 1852 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ephraim Wessells III 22 Dec 1802 in Accomack Co., VA; born 27 Apr 1774 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1842 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Shady Bell Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Shady's will was probated 28 Jun 1852 in Accomack Co, VA. In her will written 5 May 1852, Shady B. (Taylor) Wessells named: Eliza H. White (relationship not specified); sons Thomas H. Wessells and David B. Wessells; daughters Margaret Ann Wessells, Hetty C. White and Adeline W. Mason; grandaughters Arrella J. Young (d/o Robard Young and Arrella Young) and Margaret T. Young; son-in-law David White; and brother David C. Taylor; and executor son-in-law David White. Witnesses were William H. Dix and Justis B. Taylor. Securities for probate were Seth Powell and Zorobabel Mason. Evidently her estate was not settled promptly for Shady B. (Taylor) Wessells' estate was administered to John J. Blacksone, Sheriff, on 25 Jan 1858 (Acc Orders 1857-1860, p. 124).

More About Shady Bell Taylor:
Date born 2: Abt. 1783, Accomack Co., VA
Died 2: 1852, Accomack Co., VA
Burial: Wessels family plot, Adelaide Street, Parksley, Accomack Co., VA

Notes for Ephraim Wessells III:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p140.htm#i13978

Ephraim Wessells, age 50-60 (55), was listed as a head of an 1830 household with a wife, age 40-50 (Shady, 47), 2 males 20-30 (Ephraim, 25 and who?), 1 male 5-10 (Thomas H., 8), 1 male under 5 (David B., 2), 1 female 15-20 (Hetty, 18), 1 female 10-15 (Margaret Ann, 16), 1 female 5-10 (Adeline, 9), and 4 slaves. Ephraim Wessells Jun, age 60-70 (65), was listed as a head of an 1840 household with a wife age 50-60 (bc 1780-90). Also listed was a white male 10-15 (David, 12) and another 15-20 (Thomas, 18); a white female 15-20 (Adeline, 19) and 2 white females 20-30 (Hetty, 18 and Margaret, 16), 1 free negro and 5 slaves. In his will written 26 Oct 1842, Ephraim Wessells Senr. named: a wife Shady Wessells; sons Thomas H. Wessells and David B. Wessells; daughters Eliza H. White, Auralla F. Young, Margaret A. Wessells, Hetty C. Wessells, and Adaline W. Wessells; the executor was Littleton A. Hinman. Witnesses were William Powell and Justis B. Taylor. Securities for probate were Robert W. Williams, John D. Parks and James Justice. Ephraim was born on 27 April 1774 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He married Shady Bell Taylor, daughter of Crippen Taylor and Sinah 'Siner' Fitchett, on 22 December 1802 at Accomack Co, VA. Ephraim Wessells of Arthur was the security on the M.L.B. of Ephraim Wessells, son of Ephraim and Shady Taylor..1 He was listed as a resident in the census report in 1830 at Accomack Parish, Acc Co, VA.3 He was listed as a resident in the census report in 1840 at Accomack Parish, Acc Co, VA.4 Ephraim died on 27 October 1842 at Accomack Co, VA, at age 68.2 His body was interred at Wessells Cem, Adelaide St, Parksley, Acc Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Ephraim Wessells, buried next to Shady B. Wessells..2 Ephraim's will was probated on 28 November 1842 at Accomack Co, VA.5

More About Ephraim Wessells III:
Burial: Wessells Cemetery, Adelaide Street, Parksley, Accomack Co., VA

iv. Col. Thoroughgood Taylor, born Abt. 1786 in Accomack Co., VA; died 04 Dec 1873 in Fredericksburg, VA; married Susan Rogers; born Abt. 1794.

Notes for Col. Thoroughgood Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for THOROWGOOD TAYLOR:
The 1820 Acomack census page 12 lists Thorowgood Taylor as head of household with the following, 1 male 10 to 16, 1 male 26 to 45 (Thorowgood), 2 females under 10, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 16 to 20, 1 free colored, 6 slaves. He was listed as farming.
In 1826 his father Crippen Taylor left 182 acres to his son Thorowgood, and eleven years later he and his wife Susan sold to Thomas A. Gibbons.
Source: Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) page 1197

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The following was located on Google Books:

Valuable Land in Lancaster Co., Va. for Sale!:
The Very Valuable Farm Called "Pleasant Banks" ... was Recently Owned by Col. Thoroughgood Taylor, Deceased ... For Further Information Apply to John W. Tankard, Esq. of Hadlock, Northampton County, Va. ; Or to John R. Kilby, Suffolk, Va. ...

More About Col. Thoroughgood Taylor:
Name 2: Thorogood Taylor
Burial: probably Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA (2 daughters buried there)
Census 1: 05 Sep 1850, Lancaster Co., VA - age 62 - Farmer
Census 2: 1860, Listed in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA--real estate value $20000, personal estate value $28000; Tompsons and Fords in household
Residence: Abt. 1835, Moved from Accomack to White Stone, Lancaster Co., VA; died at Fredericksburg, VA where he may have been living later in life

More About Susan Rogers:
Census: 05 Sep 1850, Lancaster Co., VA - age 56

v. Samuel G. Taylor, born Abt. 1796 in Accomack Co., VA; died 27 Apr 1870 in Capitol at Richmond, VA.

Notes for Samuel G. Taylor:
http://alyssatobyfahringer.com/clio2final/

About
This website examines the Capitol Disaster of 1870 and consists of parts of a rough draft of a research paper I wrote for a graduate class on American Disasters titled "The Capitol Disaster of 1870: The Politics of Reconstruction in Richmond, Virginia." This website also serves as my final project for the Clio 2 course, taught by Dr. Paula Petrik. To learn more about Clio 2 and the course requirements, visit the course website. I am a doctoral student in History at George Mason University, studying the 19th century South, women and gender, digital history, and public history. To learn more about me and my interests, visit my blog.

Introduction
On April 27, 1870, the gallery and floor of Virginia's state courtroom collapsed within the Capitol building killing approximately sixty men in what became known as the Capitol Disaster. In the aftermath of the event, political authorities and newspapers painted the disaster as an act of God, a private committee handled relief efforts, and monetary gifts poured into Richmond from cities and businesses all over the country. The men had gathered in the courtroom to hear the outcome of the mayoralty case: George Chahoon and Henry K. Ellyson were both vying for the mayoral seat. The disaster was not a providential event but a culmination of political processes that revealed a highly strained political environment in Virginia's Reconstruction era. By examining the disaster and its aftermath through the lens of city and state politics, including Reconstruction in Virginia, the Radical Rebellion, and the outcome of the mayoralty case, it is clear that the disaster was caused by and is a reflection of Reconstruction politics. Studying this disaster provides insight into the highly charged political environment in Richmond in 1870, when the state had just been re-admitted to the Union, in which Conservatives were attempting to free Virginia politics from the shackles of Reconstruction policies put in and place and enforced by Radicals.

Disaster studies is a relatively recent addition to the historiography and incorporates interdisciplinary approaches. Anthony Oliver-Smith argues in "Theorizing Disaster" that although disaster is often thought of as an event, the disaster is embodied within a larger process. Oliver-Smith also states that disaster studies are similar to microhistory in that disaster can be used as a lens through which scholars can examine a particular society in a defined time period.[1] Ted Steinberg, in Acts of God, posits that human actors are responsible and culpable for disasters, and that the term "acts of God" is used as a way for those actors to skirt blame. Steinberg finds that disasters intersect with society and culture.[2] In The Culture of Calamity Kevin Rozario studies the American culture of disaster, and argues that disasters generate cultural discourses as well as scientific and historic debates. He also posits that disasters are agents of progress. [3] Uwe Lübken and Christof Mauch, in "Uncertain Environments," examine the development of the insurance industry as well as the notion of risk, which they argue emerged because of a change in ideology as well as the use of science to understand disaster.[4]

This paper aligns with and will add to the current historiography on disaster studies in several ways. The disaster is examined as an intersection between society and culture, and the paper analyzes the societal, cultural, and political implications of it. In the case of the Capitol Disaster, the political implications are more significant than the cultural discourses that were created in the wake of the collapse at the Capitol, and as such, this paper places more emphasis on the political events that led up to, and occurred after, the disaster. In addition, this disaster is not viewed as a singular event but as a process that began with the Reconstruction Acts, continued with the passage of the Enabling Act by Richmond's City Council, the election of Ellyson as mayor by the Council, and the ensuing municipal war. The Capital Disaster was a culmination of these various political changes. This paper will argue against Rozario's thesis that disasters are agents of progress. The Capitol Disaster did not bring about progress for Richmond: neither Chahoon nor Ellyson ultimately served the city of Richmond as mayor; rather, Anthony M. Keiley was fairly elected in November of that year. Prior to Keiley's election, Richmond floundered in a state of political uncertainty.

Notes
1. Anthony Oliver-Smith, "Theorizing Disaster: Nature, Power, and Culture," in Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster, edited by Susanna M. Hoffman and Anthony Oliver-Smith (Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 2002), 23-47. ?
2. Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), xvii-xxv. ?
3. Kevin Rozario, The Culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007), 1-29. ?
4. Uwe Lübken and Christof Mauch, "Uncertain Environments: Natural Hazards, Risk and Insurance in Historical Perspective," Environment & History 17, no. 1 (2011): 1-12. ?
Image of the Capitol building in 1865 from the Library of Congress. Image digitally enhanced by the author.

More About Samuel G. Taylor:
Cause of Death: killed when the floor caved in at the Virginia State Capitol
Comment: never married
Occupation: Consul to Peru & China

2 vi. David Crippen Taylor, born Abt. 1802 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA; died 1855 in Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA; married Margaret S. Dalby 24 Jan 1824 in Northampton Co., VA.
vii. Matilda F. Taylor, born Abt. 1807; married Edmund T. Bayly 1829; born Abt. 1807 in Accomack Co., VA.

More About Matilda F. Taylor:
Census: 22 Aug 1850, Accomack Co. - age 43

More About Edmund T. Bayly:
Date born 2: Abt. 1807
Census: 22 Aug 1850, Accomack Co. - age 43 - Farmer

6. William Dalby, born Aft. 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1837 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 12. John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby. He married 7. Susanna Kendall 26 Dec 1805 in Northampton Co., VA.
7. Susanna Kendall, died in Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of 14. John Kendall?.

More About William Dalby:
Comment: Because a William Dalby is referred to as an infant (minor) at the time of John Dalby's death in 1796, according to the chancery record concerning John's estate, he is probably not the same William who m Sarah Eshon 12 Feb 1785 or who m Martha 29 Aug 1788
Property 1: 1815, Purchased 36 acres from the Powell family near Machipongo, the same land where his assumed ancestor John Dolby purchased 200 acres from William Whittington in 1686 on Scott's Quarter Branch.
Property 2: 1837, William Dalby, Jr. (his son) sold 250 acres to William Harmanson, and the deed was also signed by William, Sr.'s daughter Margaret and her husband David C. Taylor.

Notes for Susanna Kendall:
Comments by great5-grandson Bryan S. Godfrey:

In spite of how complete the records of the Eastern Shore are, I have not been able to trace Susanna's ancestry for certain, yet I have relied on published sources for the most part. The following information from Ralph T. Whitelaw's "Virginia's Eastern Shore," page 1336, provides some clues:

Sometime after her [Tabitha Watts Kendall's] death, in 1736 John Kendall deeded to his eldest son Lemuel his life estate in the land of his wife [in Accomack County]. John's second wife was a Mary.
1751 Lemuel Kendall (wife Susanna) left to his son John. 1813 William and Susannah Dalby of Northampton sold as 240 acres to David Davis, but whether she had acquired the land by inheritance, or they had bought it, is not clear.

This ends Whitelaw's information. If Susannah Kendall Dalby were a descendant of Lemuel or John Kendall, she would be descended from the Wallop family for whom Wallop's Island is named. The only information proving Susanna was a Kendall is her marriage bond to William Dalby.

In 1998, I found a recently published book, Matthew M. Wise's "The Littleton Heritage," in the library of my alma mater, College of William and Mary. It traces the royal and noble ancestry, as well as the descendants, of the Eastern Shore settler Col. Nathaniel Littleton. On page 224, Susanna Kendall is listed as a daughter of Thomas and Anne Wilkins Kendall, and it gives her marriage to William Dalby. This would have given me another well-traced royal connection and a descent from several more well-known Eastern Shore families, including the Harmansons and Robinses. However, on that same page, under the section which covers the family of Thomas and Anne Wilkins Kendall, I found the following information:

Thomas Kendall was a merchant. In his will signed 24 Jan 1799, he decreed that all his lands be rented out until son Littleton should reach 22, the rent money to be equally divided among sons & daughters. When Littleton came of age, he was to receive the plantation "I formerly lived on" and the lands purchased from Nelson Robins & Henry Guy; son John W. Kendall was to have plantation called "Townfields." If either son should die, then these lands should be divided equally among surviving son and his three daughters, Elizabeth H. Floyd, Susanna Kendall, Ann Kendall, the daughters to be residual legatees. His nephews John (K.) and Mathew Floyd and son John W. Kendall were named executors. In a codicil he requested that the store be kept up until 1 Jan 1800.

In North. [Northampton] Order Book 1822-26 it was certified on 10 June 1824 that one of the only heirs at law of Nathaniel Wilkins, Revolutionary War soldier, was his sister Ann Kendall, late Wilkins, who had died leaving three children her only heirs: Littleton Kendall, John W. Kendall & Elizabeth Floyd, all also being dead, Littleton Kendall leaving children Susan Ann & Thomas Littleton Kendall (wards of Temple N. Robins), Elizabeth leaving Thomas K., Samuel L., & Elizabeth Ann Floyd her only children and heirs, John W. leaving no children, only a widow Susanna.

Thus, while Thomas Kendall had at least five children, including a daughter Susanna, it appears his daughter Susanna died before June 1824 without issue, or perhaps Susanna and Anne Kendall were daughters of Thomas Kendall's second marriage to Elizabeth Barlow Matthews on 11 Sep 1793 in Northampton. Therefore, she is probably not the same Susannah Kendall who married William Dalby on 26 Dec 1805, unless somehow she was not an heir of Anne Wilkins Kendall.

I also wonder whether Susanna could be the widow of the above John W. Kendall. This Susanna was a Harmanson, and she married John W. Kendall on 5 Feb 1802 in Northampton County. For her to be the same Susanna Kendall who married William Dalby on 26 Dec 1805, John would have to have died between those dates, but "The Littleton Heritage" gives the year of his death as 1817, with a question mark beside it. It also says they had no children.

I called Professor Wise about this discrepancy in his excellent work, and he was very helpful in looking for clues that might solve this mystery, and also in giving me helpful information regarding one of my other Eastern Shore royal lineages, that of Margaret Nelson who allegedly married Rev. Thomas Teackle. Even though I may not be a Littleton descendant, I purchased his book anyway, and it has been very helpful not only because I share common Eastern Shore ancestry with most people in the book, but also because it is one of the most complete works I have on royal and Magna Charta ancestry. It has been an indispensable reference for me whenever I enter royal and noble families into my database.

When I mentioned the information on Susanna Dalby in Whitelaw's book, Dr. Wise wrote back on 29 January 1998 as follows:

Since there's no Lemuel in the Kendall family in "Littleton Heritage," it doesn't appear that Susanna daughter of Thomas inherited the land; if Susanna Kendall Dalby did inherit the land, then she appears not to be a daughter of Thomas Kendall. Sorry I can't supply anything more reassuring.

More About Susanna Kendall:
Comment: Her ancestry is not proven, but is probable. She and William sold land that had been left by Lemuel Kendall to his son John. "The Littleton Heritage" mistakenly lists her as daughter of Thomas and Ann Wilkins Kendall who had a daughter Susanna

Children of William Dalby and Susanna Kendall are:
i. William Dalby, Jr.
3 ii. Margaret S. Dalby, born Abt. 1807 in Northampton Co., VA; died 08 Dec 1861 in Hack's Neck, Accomack Co., VA?; married David Crippen Taylor 24 Jan 1824 in Northampton Co., VA.

Generation No. 4

8. Shadrack Taylor, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1802 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 16. James Taylor III. He married 9. Keziah Staton.
9. Keziah Staton, born Abt. 1735 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1805 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 18. Warrington Staton and 19. Catherine Crippen.

Notes for Shadrack Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for SHADROCK TAYLOR:
Charles and Abigail Taylor sold land to James Taylor. who in 1769 left to his sons James and Shadrach. In 1785 Crippen Taylor, son of Shadrach and Keziah Taylor joined in a sale of 100 acres to Jacob Taylor.

Shadrack's Will:
8 Aug 1802 Written
27 Dec 1802 Probated
Wife Keziah Taylor & son Crippen Taylor Extrs. To Keziah Taylor all land & plantation for her life & ...To son Shadrack Taylor, after death of my wife all the plantation where I now live containing 100 acres on the condition that he shall agree that Ann Taylor shall enjoy & quietly possess during her single life 5 acres with sufficient timber near the land of James Conquest & Daniel Godwin, but not to make any waist of timber under penalty of L50. To Shadrack Taylor L6 & he to make his daughter Betsy Taylor equal in the dividend with the rest of his daughters after age 21, but in default to pay Betsy Taylor L10. To daughter Ann Taylor...with everything that is hers & L6. To son Staton Taylor all land I bought of Henry Fletcher, called Mason land containing 100 acres on the condition that he shall not molest Comfort Miles during her single life in the quite possession of 10 acres on the west side adjoining the land of Jesse Duncan, with timber sufficient to build, repair & fuel, but make no waste of timber under penalty of L50. To granddaughter Nelly Taylor...To sons Shadrack & Staton Taylor all my land on Willilbes Island. To son Crippen Taylor all land received...To daughter Peggy Hall L6. Remainder to my 7 daughters Polly Darby, Ann Taylor, Comfort Miles, Keziah Duncan, Lany Coke, Euphamy Benson & Peggy Hall. Witt: Thomas Jones, Edmund Godwin & John Staton. Pro: Staton Taylor & James Staton securities. 1800-04 w&c, p. 521

Shadrack's Estate settlement:
27 Dec 1802 & 6 Jan 1803 Invy.
7 Jan 1803 Sale
No date Audit
28 Feb 1804 Rec'd
Crippen Taylor Extr. Buyers: Widow, Ann Taylor, Crippen Taylor, Staton Taylor, Shadrack Taylor & James Taylor. Appraisers: Edmund Godwin, William Conquest & John Staton. Auditors: Edmond Godwin & William Conquest. 1804-06 w&c, p. 43

Children of Shadrack Taylor and Keziah Staton are:
i. Shadrack Taylor, Jr., born Abt. 1756 in Accomack Co., VA; married Ann Ritter Fitchett 1789; born Abt. 1758.
4 ii. Crippen Taylor, born Abt. 1760 in upper Accomack Co., VA; died 15 Dec 1826 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA; married Sinah Fitchett Bef. 1787 in Accomack Co., VA?.
iii. Polly Taylor, born Abt. 1760; married Benjamin Darby; born Abt. 1758; died Jun 1792 in Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Euphamy Taylor, born Abt. 1766; married Benton.
v. Comfort Taylor, born Abt. 1768 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1835 in Accomack Co., VA; married George Miles 11 Jan 1790 in Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1760 in Accomack Co., VA; died in Accomack Co., VA.
vi. Keziah Taylor, born Abt. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jesse Duncan; born Abt. 1763 in Accomack Co., VA.

More About Jesse Duncan:
Date born 2: Abt. 1763

vii. Lancy Taylor, born Abt. 1770 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1840; married Richard Coke 11 Jan 1792 in Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1765; died Abt. 1815.
viii. Anne Taylor, born Abt. 1772.
ix. Staton Taylor, born Abt. 1778; married Comfort Nock 26 Sep 1800; born Abt. 1780.
x. Margaret Taylor, born Abt. 1778; married Isaac Harris 25 Jun 1797 in Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1780.

10. Salathiel Fitchett, born 27 Jan 1726 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1774 in Bloxom area of Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 20. Thomas Fitchett and 21. Clara Trower?. He married 11. Shady Young?.
11. Shady Young?, died 21 Mar 1804 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Salathiel Fitchett:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p751.htm#i75066

Salathiel Fitchett Sr. was born circa 1722 at Northampton Co, VA.1 Salathiel was named in his father's will on 26 January 1727/28 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as son Salathiel (under age) in the will of Thomas Fitchett, wife Cleare.1 He was named in a division of land in 1742 at tract A126, Bloxom, Acc Co, VA. In 1710 Joshua Fitchett of N'hamp County left the 200 acres to his sons Witherington and Thomas. In 1728 Weatherington Fitchett (wife no named) left his land to his son John, and finally in 1742 this John, as heir of Weatherington, and Salathiel Fitchett, as heir of Thomas Fitchett of N'hamp County, formally divided the land, the former getting the north part. In 1774 Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady, left to his son William, but five years later he and his wife Anne sold as 60 acres to another Salathiel Fitchett. In 1787 he and his wife Margaret, then living in Worcester County, MD, resold to John Fitchett. In 1782 John Fitchett left to his daughters, Anne Howard, widow of Solomon, and Esther Silverthorne. Disposition of Esther's part was not noted, but in 1789 Ann Howard sold her 50 acres to Selby Simpson, who resold to William Young Sr.2 He married Shady (-----) circa 1750.3 Salathiel made a will on 13 January 1767 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Shady Fitchett land & plantation during her widow then to my son William Fitchett land where I now live. Daughter "Cleartrouen" Fitchett. Daughters Shady, Siner & Anariter Fitchett. Sons Salathiel, Thomas & Jonathan Fitchett, Severn Fitchett, unborn child. All my children except William residual legatees. Wife & son William Exrs. Witt: William Young, Sr., George Young, Mary Young.3 He died before 26 January 1774 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.3 Administration of Salathiel estate was filed on 1 May 1804 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Salathiel Fitchett Sr. was granted to Jonathan Fitchett with James Melvin & Edmund Bayly securities. (NOTE: Evidently this is the Salathiel Fitchett who worte a will in 1767 and it was probated in 1774, but evidently it had not been settled.).4 He estate was settled on 28 January 1805 at Accomack Co, VA.5

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 262 (will of Thomas Fitchett, wife Cleare).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1193 (tract A126).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 276 (will of Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady).
4.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 208 (adm of Salathiel Fitchett Sr. to Jonathan Fitchett).
5.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 208 (settlement of Salathiel Fitchett, Jonathan Fitchett admr).

With all witnesses being from the Young family, it is likely wife Shady was
born into the Young family of Accomack Co VA.

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Jonathan Fitchett etc. vs William J. Young etc. 1804-008 - transcribed by Gail M. Walczyk
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To the worshipful the Justices of Accomack county in Chancery Humbly complaining sheweth unto your worships you Orator and Oratrixes Jonathan Fitchett, Michael Fitchett, Mathias Taylor and Elizabeth his wife, Shady Fitchett (daughter of Salathiel Fitchett) Thomas Newton & Peggy his wife, John Fitchett & Thomas B. Fitchett by Jno Fitchett his next friend, Shady Fitchett (daughter of Danl) by Jno Fitchett her next friend & Clara Trower Davis That a certain Salathiel Fitchett Senr. formerly of this county, but now some time since decd., being in his lifetime besides other considerable estate, possessed in his own right of sundry slaves, did upon the 13th day of January 1767 duly make and publish his last will & Testament in writing, which since his death has been proven and admitted to record in this court, in the manner prescribed by law, & by his sd. will he lent to his wife Shady Fitchett, during her widowhood, all the remainder of his moveable estate, after some few specific legacies; & at her death or marriage he gave all the moveable estate including Negroes, so lent to his wife, to be equally divided among all his children, except his son Wm. as will more fully appear by reference to sd. Will hereto annexed. --- That beside the sd. Wm. who by sd. will is excepted from sd. bequest, the sd. Salathiel Fitchett Senr. left the following children, to wit, Clara Trower Fitchett & Shady, Sinah & Annaritta Fitchett, Salathiel, Thomas, Jonathan & Severn Fitchett & also his wife then pregnant with his son Daniel Fitchett. That the sd. Shady Fitchett the widow of sd. Salathiel the testator took the sd. slaves, under the slaves, under the bequest to her as afsd & that lately to wit the 21st day of March 1804 departed this life, leaving, of the slaves aforsd, a Negro man named Peter --- That the sd. Slave Peter now belongs equally as your Orator & Oratrixes are advised to the children of the sd. Salathiel Fitchett Senr. now living and the representatives of those deceased, except William to the limitation in the sd. will, of the the sd. Slaves, after the widowhood of the sd. widow. That the children of the sd. Sala. Fitchett Senr. there are now living Jonathan, Shady the wife of Wm. J. Young, Sinah the wife of Crippen Taylor & Clara Trower, now Clara Trower Davis. That the sd. Salathiel Fitchett the son of the testator is dead, sometime since, leaving children, to wit Michael Fitchett, Elizabeth the wife of Mathias Taylor, Shady Fitchett, & Peggy Fitchett the wife of Thomas Newton & that the sd. Thos. Fitchett the son of sd. Salathiel the testator is also dead, leaving children John and Thomas B. Fitchett. That the sd. Daniel Fitchett is also dead leaving a child Shady Fitchett. --- That the Annaritta is also dead leaving a Child Betsy Taylor & That the sd. Severn Fitchett is also dead leaving children Peggy & Nancy Lemmon Fitchett, so that sd. Jonathan is entitled to one ninth part of sd. Slave; The sd. Wm. J. Young & Shady his wife in right of sd. Shady is entitled to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. Crippen Taylor & Sinah his wife in right of sd. Sinah to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. Clara Trower Davis to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. Michael Fitchett, Mathias Taylor & Elizabeth his wife, in right of sd. Eliza Shady Fitchett & Thomas Newton & Peggy his wife in right of sd Peggy to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. John & Thomas B. Fitchett to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. Shady Fitchett, daughter of sd. Daniel, to one other ninth part thereof; the sd. Betsy Taylor to one other ninth part thereof and the sd. Peggy & Nancy Lemmon Fitchett to the other ninth part thereof. and your Orators and Oratrixes further shew that it wd. much conduce to the interest of the parties afsd to have the sd. slave sold and the money arising from the sale to be divided among them according to their respective interests therein: But so it is may it please your worships that the sd. Betsy Taylor, Peggy H. Fitchett & Nancy L. Fitchett being infants under age cannot consent to a sale & a division thereof nor cam the same be effected in any way save only by the aid of your worships in chancery. To the end therefore that a sale & division may be decreed, according to the respective rights of the sd. Parties may it please your worships to grant the Com: W. writ of spa to the sd. Wm. J. Young & shady his wife, Crippen Taylor & Sinah his wife, Betsy Taylor, Peggy H. Fitchett and Nancy Lemmon Fitchett to be directed Commanding them & each & every of them that on a certain day and under a certain pain therein to be limitted and inserted they be & appear &c:
Wise for Complts.

The joint answer of Wm. J. Young & Shady his wife, Crippen Taylor & Sinah his wife and also for Betsy Taylor, Peggy H. Fitchett & Nancy L. Fitchett infants by Zadoc Nock their guardian specially appointed to defend this suit, to the bill of Complaint of Wm. J. Young & wife &c: att. them exhibited, these defts. for answer to sd. bill say they cannot gainsay the truth of the matters stated in sd. bill, That they have no objection to a sale of sd. slave Peter & a division of the money arising therefrom among the parties according to their several rights, & submit to such decree in the premisses as to this court shall seem meet & consistent with equity & right
Zadok Nock

Fitchett & al
vs . . . . . Summon in Chy
Young & al
Sumd Jo Nock Dy
John Teackle sheriff

The Common Wealth of Virginia to the Sheriff of accomack County, Greeting We command you that your summon William J. Young and Shady his wife, Crippen Taylor and Sinah his wife, Betsy Taylor (daughter of Shadrack) Peggy H. Fitchett & Nancy Lemmon Fitchett to appear before the justices of our said county court of Accomack at the Courthouse of the said county on the last Monday in May Inst. then and there to answer a bill in chancery exhibited against them by Jonathan Fitchett, Michael Fitchett, Mathias Taylor & Elizabeth his wife, Sady Fitchett (daughter of Salathiel jr.) Thomas newton & Peggy his wife, John Fitchett & Thomas B. Fitchett, Shady Fitchett (daughter of Daniel Fitchett) & Clara Trower Davis and have then there this writ, Witness Littleton Savage clerk of our said court at the court house afsd the 4th day of May 1804 in the 28th Year of the Common Wealth
Litt: Savage ClC

the aires of Slathel Fitchett as Viz Mikel Fitchett & Mathias Taylor Elisabeth Taylor his wife & Shaday Fitchett, Fitchett & Thos Newton & Peggy Newton his wife

thomas Fithett aires: John Fitchett & Thomas B. Fitchett

the aires of Daniel Fitchett, Sahday Fitchett

Clear Trower Davis
all those in the Mearctent States

Johnathan Fitchett

Wm. J. Young & Shady his wife

Crippen Taylor & Sinah his wife

the aires of a Riter Taylor wo married Shad: Taylor & is dead leaving issue

The aires of Severn Fitchett Peggey Fitchett & Nancy Lemmon Fitchett

Bring suit in Chy to divide a Negro slave named Peter, between the above, under the will of Salathiel Fitchett Senr.

Fitchett
vs . . . . . return of sale of Slave
Fitchett

In Obedence to an Ordour of the cort of Accomakc County the 29 Day of May 1804 that Jonathan Fitchett Shall Sel a Negroe man by the Name of Peter & I the aforesaid Fitchett have Sold the Said Negroe a Publick [-----] the 28 Day of July in the year above Datted for the sum of £80.0.0
Jonathan feitchett

Sources:

_____. Accomack County VA Chancery Causes, 1727-1805. Jonathan Fitchett etc. vs William J. Young etc. 1804-008. Local Government Records Collection, Accomack County Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Accessed 29 April 2012.

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More About Salathiel Fitchett:
Probate: 26 Jan 1774, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 1742, As heir of Thomas Fitchett of Northampton, Salathiel and his cousin John (son of Weatherington Fitchett) formally divided their grandfather's 200 acres at present-day Bloxom, Accomack Co., VA.
Property 2: 1774, Left to his son William the part that was formally divided. Five years later William and wife Anne sold as 106 acres to another Salathiel Fitchett.
Will: 13 Jan 1767, Accomack Co., VA

Children of Salathiel Fitchett and Shady Young? are:
i. William Fitchett
ii. Clara Trower Fitchett, married ? Davis.
iii. Shady Fitchett, married William J. Young.
iv. Anariter Fitchett
v. Salathiel Fitchett, Jr.
vi. Thomas Fitchett
vii. Jonathan Fitchett, born Abt. 1755 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 28 Apr 1817 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Elizabeth Nottingham 15 Jan 1783 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1765; died Bef. 30 Nov 1787; married (2) Ann Tyson 30 Nov 1787 in Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1766; died Bef. 28 Nov 1836.

Notes for Jonathan Fitchett:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p145.htm#i14413

Jonathan Fitchett was born circa 1755 at Accomack Co, VA.1 Jonathan was named in his father's will on 13 January 1767 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son Jonathan Fitchett in the will of Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady.1 Jonathan witnessed a will on 18 March 1773 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Bloxam & Jonathan Fitchet witnessed the will of Leah Pettigrew.2 He married Elizabeth Nottingham, daughter of Jacob Nottingham and Elizabeth (-----), on 15 January 1783 at Northampton Co, VA. John Nottingham was the security on the M.L.B. of Jonathan Fitchett and Elizabeth Nottingham.3 He married Ann 'Nancy' (509) Tyson, daughter of Nathaniel Tyson and Judith (205) Wilkins, on 30 November 1787 at Northampton Co, VA. Nath'l Tyson was the security on the M.L.B. of Jonathan Fitchet and Nancy Tyson, the daughter of Nath'l..3 Jonathan was named in his father-in-law's will on 21 March 1788 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as Jonathan Fitchett in the will of Jacob Nottingham. He also named James Fitchett, who was under age.4 Jonathan was named in his father-in-law's will on 25 August 1792 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son-in-law Jonathan Fitchet in the will of Nathaniel Tyson, wife Judah.5 Jonathan witnessed a will on 30 September 1795 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that William Young Sr. & Jonathan Fitchett witnessed the will of Joseph Kelly, wife Elizabeth.6 Jonathan was named as administrator of an estate on 1 May 1804 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Salathiel Fitchett Sr. was granted to Jonathan Fitchett with James Melvin & Edmund Bayly securities. (NOTE: Evidently this is the Salathiel Fitchett who worte a will in 1767 and it was probated in 1774, but evidently it had not been settled.).7 Jonathan made a will on 24 June 1816 at Accomack Co, VA. Wife Nancy Fitchett & son Nathaniel F. Fitchett Sr. Extrs. My wife to have possession of my estate during her life & my large Bible & Testament in 2 volumes & my Negro man Jacob & ... & at her death to her 8 children, provided she claims no dower in my son James' Negroes. To son James N. Fitchett my Negroes Dinah & girl child Lidda & boy child Felah. To my 5 daughters Patsy, Betsey, Bitter, Jane & Finney during their natural lives or single lives, whichever may first happen, the use of the small room below & above stairs ... timber from woods adjoining Jesse Miles & John Riley. Each of my 5 single daughters to have as much as my married daughter Nancy has had ... Extr. to refer to my Book of Accounts … My Negro slaves to my 6 daughters divided by my friends Arthur Watson, Bagwell Wharton, Samuel Crippen, William S. Stran & Edmund Godwin. My Negro Tab be brought home the day before the division from Mr. Ewell's … & my wife be allotted her claim of dower in my Negroes. To sons Nathaniel F. Fitchett & Daniel Fitchett the whole of my land & ... when my youngest son arrives to lawful age. Remainder to be divided among my 8 youngest children Patsy, Betsey, Bitter, Nancy, Finney & Jane & Nathaniel & Daniel. Witt: Edward Godwin, Jesse Miles & Noah Riggin.8 Jonathan died before 28 April 1817 at Accomack Co, VA.9,8 He estate was settled on 30 November 1818 at Accomack Co, VA. 1 Dec 1817 (Invy), 3 Dec 1817 (Sale), 28 Apr 1817 (Order to Audit), 11 & 30 Nov 1818 (Audit & Rec'd) - Nancy Fitchett & Nathaniel Fitchett Extrs. In inventory: Bed & ... to widow, Tinny Fitchett, Patsy Fitchett, Betsy Fitchett, Jane Fitchett & Anna Ritter Fitchett. Also Eliza Fitchett, Nancy Ewell, James W. Fitchett. Negroes Peter Sr., Peter Jr., Abel, Candis, Adah, Leah, Tabitha & child, Henry, Hannah, Bridget, Rosey & Catherinah. Appraisers: William Stran, Arthur Watson & Edmund Godwin. Buyers: Nathaniel Fitchett, Nancy Fitchett the widow, Peter Fitchett & Matilda Fitchett. Auditors: William Stran & Arthur Watson.10

Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 276 (will of Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 270 (will of Leah Pettigrew).
3.[S622] Comp Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 501 (will of Jacob Nottingham, wife no name).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 514 (will of Nathaniel Tyson, wife Judah).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 434 (will of Joseph Kelly, wife Elizabeth).
7.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 208 (adm of Salathiel Fitchett Sr. to Jonathan Fitchett).
8.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 208 (will of Jonathan Fitchett, wife Nancy).
9.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 627 (Wilkins Family).
10.[S688] Barry W. Miles & Moody K. Miles III, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, p. 207 (settlement of Jonathan Fitchett, Nancy Fitchett & Nathaniel Fitchett Extrs).

viii. Severn Fitchett
5 ix. Sinah Fitchett, born Abt. 1760 in near Bloxom, Accomack Co., VA?; died 17 Apr 1831 in Guilford, Accomack Co., VA; married Crippen Taylor Bef. 1787 in Accomack Co., VA?.

12. John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby, born Abt. 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; died 18 Jul 1796 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 24. Thomas Dolby/Dalby? and 25. Margaret? ?.

Notes for John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p773.htm#i77260

John Dalby was born circa 1720 at Northampton Co, VA.1 John was named in his father's will on 1 October 1745 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as son John in the will of Thomas Dolby, wife Margaret.1


Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 318 (will of Thomas Dolby, wife Margaret).

More About John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby:
Comment: His will names a son William, but it is uncertain whether this is the same William who married Sarah Eshon in 1785 or the same one who married Susanna Kendall in 1805 (uncertain also whether these Williams were the same person).

Children of John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby are:
6 i. William Dalby, born Aft. 1778 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1837 in Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Kendall 26 Dec 1805 in Northampton Co., VA.
ii. Thorogood Dalby

14. John Kendall?, born Abt. 1739. He was the son of 28. Lemuel Kendall and 29. Susanna Godwin.

Notes for John Kendall?:
espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p613.htm#i61212

John was born circa 1739 at Northampton Co, VA. John was named in his father's will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son John Kendall in the will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Susanna. He was shown as heir-at-law at probate.2 John had a guardian named on 30 July 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. Anderson Patterson was appointed guardian to John Kendall, infant heir-at-law of Lemuel Kendall, wife Susanna.2


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 612 (Mason Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).


Child of John Kendall? is:
7 i. Susanna Kendall, died in Northampton Co., VA?; married William Dalby 26 Dec 1805 in Northampton Co., VA.

Generation No. 5

16. James Taylor III, born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1769 in Miona, upper Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 32. James Taylor, Jr..

Notes for James Taylor III:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

James Taylor bought land from his brother Charles in 1734. This was in the Oak Hall area of Accomack County, Virginia and Charles had bought it two years earlier from one Guzaline Vanelson and contained 100 acres. He left this land to sons James, IV and Shadrach.
James made his will on March 10, 1767, and it was proved August 29, 1769. He and his wife, who had predeceased him had ten children named in the will. He named son Jacob as executor, although he was not the eldest.
James left personal property to Granddaughter Scarburg, daughter of Jacob, with the provision that it should go to her brother James if she married an extravagant man. He left part of the land purchased from his brother Charles in 1734 to son James provided he not marry any of his cousins. Property left his daughter Sarah was to be forfeited if she should marry Jesse Taylor. He left the home place where he lived to son James.
James stated that any child who complained about the contents of the will was to have only one shilling of his estate. Shadrock, the eldest son and heir-at-law, was present when the will was presented to the court for probate but he made no objection.
Through the will and land transactions we can determine his children and most of their spouses.
Source: Taylor Family, 1663-1974. Nora Miller Turman; Mary Margaret Gladding


Children of James Taylor III are:
i. James Taylor IV

Notes for James Taylor IV:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for JAMES TAYLOR IV:
In Charles and Abigail Taylor sold to James Taylor. who in 1769 left to his son James and Shadrach. In 1774 For the consideration of "one young horse" James Taylor, IV, son of James Taylor, III sold 66 acres to Jacob Taylor.
Source: Whitelaws Eastern Shore (1951)

ii. Teackle Taylor, died 04 Nov 1769.

Notes for Teackle Taylor:

iii. Mary Taylor
iv. Comfort Taylor, married Southy Warrington.

Notes for Southy Warrington:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for SOUTHY WARRINGTON:
Accomack Co, Va. Orders Book 1784-1786 Page 330
At a Court held in Accomack County October 25th 1785.
Present William Parramore, John Custis, Nathaniel Beavans & Charles Bagwell, Gent.

The Last Will and Testament of Southy Warrington, deceased, was proved by the oath of Henry Fletcher witness thereto and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Comfort Warrington and George Warrington taking oath & giving Jacob Taylor & William Onions for their security who entered into and acknowledged a bond for that purpose. Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

Ordered that Henry Fletcher, Solomon Johnson & Southy Northam & Elijah Northam or any three of them being first duly sworn do appraise in current money the slaves if any & personal estate of Southy Warrington, deceased, and also audit and settle the said estate & make return thereof to the next Court.
Source: Acc Co, Va. Orders 1784-1786



v. Sarah Taylor, married James Hopman.
vi. Susanna Taylor
vii. Elizabeth Taylor, born Abt. 1726 in Accomack Co., VA; married Bayly Smith; born Abt. 1725 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1797 in Accomack Co., VA.
8 viii. Shadrack Taylor, born Abt. 1730 in Accomack Co., VA; died 1802 in Accomack Co., VA; married Keziah Staton.
ix. Jacob Taylor, born Abt. 1738 in Accomack Co., VA; died 29 Oct 1798 in Atlantic, Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Sarah Abt. 1760; born Abt. 1740; married (2) Esther Abt. 1775; born Abt. 1740; married (3) Mary Abt. 1798; born Abt. 1740.

Notes for Jacob Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for JACOB TAYLOR:
Jacob and Sarah Taylor had two children when his father made his will on March 10, 1797. Jacob was made executor for his fathers estate although he was not the eldest son. Jacob's second wife Esther and the one who survived him was Mary. The surnames of none of his wives has been found. Sarah was the mother of his children.
Jacob inherited land in the Oak Hall area, and bought more in the Atlantic area of Accomack County. In 1762 Samuel and Peggy Wilson sold 133.5 acres to Jacob Taylor, son of James Taylor. In 1771 Jacob bought 50 acres more in the Atlantic area and it became merged with his other land to the east. In 1792 John Nicholson sold over 300 acres in the Atlantic area to Jacob Taylor. This was a seaside track above the present village of Atlantic. He was living there at the time of his death. He owned a water mill and it is assumed that it was a tide mill, one of many that were built before steam engines came into use.
In 1795 Jacob and his wife Esther sold 50 acres to John Howard and 126 acres to James Taylor, IV. In 1798 Jacob left the home-plantation lower part to his son Henry, and the balance to a son Ayres, but the latter resold his inheritance to a brother Teackle. This was the Atlantic area acreage. He left Taylor Owen, husband of his deceased daughter Scarburgh, acreage in the Atlantic area. Below is the Deed of sale to Taylor Owen from the children of Jacob and their spouses.
Source: Taylor Family, 1663-1974. Nora Miller Turmam; Mary Margaret Gladding

Accomack County, Va. Deed Book No 10 Page 64
This deed made this 22nd day of October Anno Domini One Thousand Eighteen Hundred, between James Taylor, son of Jacob, & Catharine his wife, Teackle Taylor & Comfort his wife, Ayres Taylor & Rachel his wife, George Warrington & Susanna his wife, Southy Lucas & Naomy his wife, Charles Whealton & Polly his wife, Henry Taylor and Mary Taylor, widow of Jacob Taylor, of the one part & Taylor Owens of the other part.

Witness that the above James Taylor & Catharine his wife, Teackle Taylor & Comfort his wife, Ayres Taylor & Rachel his wife, George Warrington & Susanna his wife, Southy Lucas & Naomy his wife, Charles Whealton & Polly his wife, Henry Taylor & Mary Taylor for and in consideration of five shillings current money to them paid by the aforesaid Taylor Owens and the condition hereafter to be performed by the aforesaid Taylor Owens, have bargained, sold and enfeoffed & confirmed and do by these presents bargain, sell, enfeoff & confirm unto the aforesaid Taylor Owens, his heirs & assigns forever all right, title & interest of & in a certain tract or parcel of land & being in the County of Accomack (Messongoes) adjoining the lands of John Hall, Eli Duncan's heirs, Coll. Thomas Baylies and the land belonging to the heirs of Daniel Mifflin, supposed to be fifty acres more or less (which said land was formerly willed to Scarbrough Owen during his life by Jacob Taylor's Will appear) by the records of the County of Accomack. To have and to hold the above bargained, granted premises with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging unto the aforesaid Taylor Owens, his heirs & assigns forever and for no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever and the above said James Taylor & Catharine his wife, Teackle Taylor & Comfort his wife, Ayres Taylor & Rachel his wife, George Warrington & Susanna his wife, Southy Lucas & Naomy his wife,Charles Whealton & Polly his wife, Henry Taylor & Mary Taylor, for themselves, their heirs and all persons claiming by, from or under them unto the said Taylor, his heirs & assigns. Will by these presents warrant and forever defend provided never the less that whereas there is a suit instituted by the aforesaid Taylor against the executor of the estate of Jacob Taylor for a certain negro which the said Taylor supposed was his right. Now if the said Taylor Owens shall withdraw his said suit & pay his own cost, and receive his proportionable part of the personal estate of his father-in-law Jacob Taylor after settling the said estate then in this case this present deed shall stand good and be confirmed. In testimony whereof the above James Taylor & Catharine his wife, Teackle Taylor & Comfort his wife, Ayres Taylor & Rachel his wife, George Warrington and Susanna his wife, Southy Lucas & Naomy his wife, Charles Whealton & Polly his wife, Henry Taylor & Mary Taylor hath hereunto set their hands & affixed their seals the day and year above written. Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of .....
James X Taylor (Seal) George Warrington (Seal) Teackle Taylor (Seal) Ayres X Taylor (Seal) Rachel Taylor (Seal) Susanna X Warrington (Seal) Naomy X Lucas (Seal) Southy Lucas (Seal) Catharine X Taylor (Seal) Charles Whealton (Seal) Comfort Taylor (Seal) Henry Taylor (Seal) Mary X Taylor (Seal)
Author's note:
X's above indicates his or her mark. No signature for Polly Whealton was observed on Mr Bell's notes.
At a Court held in Accomack County February 23rd 1801, This deed from James Taylor & Catharine his wife, Teackle Taylor & Comfort his wife, Ayres Taylor & Rachel his wife, George Warrington & Susanna his wife, Southy Lucas & Naomy his wife, Charles Whealton & Polly his wife, Henry Taylor & Mary Taylor to Taylor Owen was acknowledged by the said parties by their act and deed. The said farm coverts being first privately examined, as the law directs, did voluntarily agree thereto and ordered to be recorde
Examined Teste: Littleton Savage Clerk of Court Accomack

Source: Warrington Wills; Deeds; Court Orders Transcriptions and Abstracts
of Mr. Harry F. Bell Sr. Notes on the Warrington
© Copyright 1996-1997-1998 by Charles E. Warrington

Taylor Jacob Oct 1798 (Order of Inventory), 1 Nov 1798 (Inventory), 25 Jun 1802 (Order to Audit), 9 Mar 1802 (Audit), 17 Apr 1802 (Rec'd) Negro boy Arthur. Buyers: Polly Taylor, Ayres Taylor, Teackle Taylor, Mary Taylor, James Taylor, Henry Taylor & William R. Taylor. Named in settlement: Selby Taylor. Auditors: Jesse Duncan & William Downing; 1800-04 w&c page 375

Census Information:
1779 TAYLOR JACOB Accomack County VA NPN No Township Listed Rent Role VA Early Census Index VAS1a3091916
Source: from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses.

Atlantic - ne part of county, n of Wishart and e of Temperanceville, Acc Co, Va.

More About Jacob Taylor:
Died 2: 1798, Accomack Co., VA

x. Esther Taylor, born Bef. 1769 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1810 in Worcester Co., MD; married Elijah Pilchard; born in Worcester Co., MD; died Bef. 1810 in Worcester Co., MD.

18. Warrington Staton, born Abt. 1716 in Accomack Co., VA?; died Abt. 1761 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 36. Joseph Staton, Jr. and 37. Susanna Warrington. He married 19. Catherine Crippen.
19. Catherine Crippen, born in Accomack Co., VA; died in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 38. Thomas Crippen, Jr. and 39. Elizabeth Bayly.

Notes for Warrington Staton:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p1708.htm#i66527

Warrington was born circa 1716 at Accomack Co, VA.1 He was the son of Joseph Staton Jr. and Susannah Warrington. He married Catharine (-----) circa 1738 at Accomack Co, VA.3 He made a will on 5 December 1760 at Accomack Co, VA. Son Thomas Staton. To son Joseph Staton plantation where I now live containing 200 acres & for want of heirs to my youngest son Warrington Staton. To son George Staton. Youngest daughter Sophia Staton. Daughter Keziah Taylor. Daughter Elizabeth Mathews. Daughter Ann Conquestate Son James Staton. Bal. of estate to wife Catherine during her widow then to be divided between my children Jacob, Comfort, Sophia & Warrington Staton. Wife & son Joseph Exrs. Witt: Nehemiah Stockly, William Tunnel, William Matthews..3 Warrington died before 31 March 1761 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated. Thomas Staton heir at law to the testator..3

Citations
1.[S1041] Rev. John Samuel Staton (compiler), Staton History revised from 1960, p. 3 (Joseph Staton Jr., d. 1724).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1264 (tract A147).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 204 (will of Warrington Staton, wife Catherine).

Children of Warrington Staton and Catherine Crippen are:
i. George Staton
ii. Sophia Staton
iii. Elizabeth Staton
iv. Anne Staton
v. James Staton
vi. Comfort Staton
vii. Warrington Staton, Jr.
viii. Thomas Staton
ix. Joseph Staton, born Abt. 1720.
9 x. Keziah Staton, born Abt. 1735 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1805 in Accomack Co., VA; married Shadrack Taylor.
xi. Jacob Staton, born 13 Apr 1745 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 1796 in Dorchester Co., MD; married Hannah Bonwell Bef. 1768 in probably Dorchester Co., MD; died Aft. 1796 in probably Augusta Co., KY.

20. Thomas Fitchett, born Abt. 1688 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1727 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 40. Joshua Fitchett and 41. Esther Weatherington?. He married 21. Clara Trower?.
21. Clara Trower?

Notes for Thomas Fitchett:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p751.htm#i75038

Thomas Fitchett was born circa 1688 at Northampton Co, VA.1 Thomas was named in his father's will on 5 May 1709 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as son Thomas and along with Witherinton Fitchett they were given 200 acre plantation in Accomack County to be divided equally in the will of Joshua Fitchett, wife Ester.1 He married Cleare (-----) circa 1710.2 Thomas Fitchett inherited land in 1710 at tract A126, Bloxom, Acc Co, VA. In 1710 Joshua Fitchett of N'hamp County left the 200 acres to his sons Witherington and Thomas. In 1728 Weatherington Fitchett (wife no named) left his land to his son John, and finally in 1742 this John, as heir of Weatherington, and Salathiel Fitchett, as heir of Thomas Fitchett of N'hamp County, formally divided the land, the former getting the north part. In 1774 Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady, left to his son William, but five years later he and his wife Anne sold as 60 acres to another Salathiel Fitchett. In 1787 he and his wife Margaret, then living in Worcester County, MD, resold to John Fitchett. In 1782 John Fitchett left to his daughters, Anne Howard, widow of Solomon, and Esther Silverthorne. Disposition of Esther's part was not noted, but in 1789 Ann Howard sold her 50 acres to Selby Simpson, who resold to William Young Sr.3 Thomas was named in his mother's will on 29 March 1716 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as son Thomas Fitchitt in the will of Esther Fitchitt. She directed that he was to care for my sons Joshua and John and learn them to write and read.4 Thomas made a will on 26 January 1727/28 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Salathiel my 100 A. in Accomack Co. and all my weaver's gears. To my son Joshua my 25 A. where I now live. To my son Daniel n. Daniel. To my daus. Sophiah and Susanna Fitchett 4 gold rings. My five children resid. legatees. My wife Cleare to have the use of entire estate during her widowhood. After wife's death or marriage, Robert Trower to care for my children and their estates. Robert Trower extr. Witt: John Fitchett, Edward 'X' Mills, John 'J' Trower.2 He died before 14 May 1728 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.2

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 192 (will of Joshua Fitchett, wife Ester).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 262 (will of Thomas Fitchett, wife Cleare).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1193 (tract A126).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 207 (will of Esther Fitchett, widow).


Children of Thomas Fitchett and Clara Trower? are:
i. Daniel Fitchett, born Bef. 1727 in Northampton Co., VA; died in Gloucester Co. or present-day Mathews Co., VA; married Sarah Marchant 08 Dec 1749 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester/Mathews Co., VA.

Notes for Daniel Fitchett:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/fitchett/messages/325.html

Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va.
Posted by: John Fitchett (ID *****8503) Date: July 20, 2006 at 03:35:43
In Reply to: Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va. by Kelly Wade of 385

Kelly,
Have you been able to find out who was Daniel H. Fitchett's father? I believe that all the Mathews Fitchett's are descended from Daniel and Sarah Marchant Fitchett but have never been able to prove it. Anyway, Daniel (wife Sarah) was likely the son of Thomas and Cleare Fitchett of Northampton.
(I haven't done any research lately, so I may have emailed you in the past and have forgotten).
thanks,
john

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Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va.
Posted by: Kelly Wade (ID *****0469) Date: July 20, 2006 at 05:30:55
In Reply to: Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va. by John Fitchett of 385

I haven't found his parents, yet, but I've searched the Census records for Mathews, VA, and found only four Fitchett's in Mathews in 1820. They are Mary, Horace, William, and John. Since my Daniel is Daniel H. Fitchett, is Horace his father?? (I was unable to determin the household information in the pages I viewed through the computer). Daniel was born abt 1812. In 1810, the only Fitchett in Mathews was William, though. (It is possible for another Fitchett to reach adulthood, marry, and have Daniel btw 1810 and 1812). (There were less than half a dozen Fitchett/Fitchet that I could find anywhere in VA in 1810, and none prior to that. However, this source may be incomplete.) I think Horace, and John may have been sons of William Fitchett. (and then, either Horace or John is Daniel's father). If anyone has a way to figure it out, please let me know. Thanks

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Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va.
Posted by: John Fitchett (ID *****8503) Date: July 20, 2006 at 18:15:02
In Reply to: Re: Fitchett family, Northampton Co., Va. by Kelly Wade of 385

Kelly,
The Kingston Parish Vestry book gives the children of Daniel Fitchett and Sarah Marchant. They had 5 sons, Thomas, Daniel, William, Joshua and Salathiel (Vestry Book). Since Daniel and Sarah got married around 1750, your Daniel H. Fitchett born in 1812 is likely the great grandson Daniel and Sarah. So there could be a few possibilities. I could never figure it out. So I figured the 1810 census has a few voids.
Since Mathews is a burned record county, not much exists to help out until the 1850 census adds detail. I don't think I have any info on Daniel H... but will look some more.
by the way, most of the Fitchett's I know don't have a high regard for the government... if it is an inherited trait, I suspect that when the census taker showed up in 1810 they were met with the barrel of a gun.... and ended up left out of the census.
john

ii. Sophia Fitchett
iii. Susanna Fitchett
iv. Joshua Fitchett, married Elizabeth Floyd; born Abt. 1749 in Northampton Co., VA.
10 v. Salathiel Fitchett, born 27 Jan 1726 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1774 in Bloxom area of Accomack Co., VA; married Shady Young?.

24. Thomas Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1690 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Jan 1746 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 48. John Dolby/Dalby?. He married 25. Margaret? ?.
25. Margaret? ?, born Abt. 1690.

Notes for Thomas Dolby/Dalby?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p773.htm#i77248

Thomas Dalby was born circa 1690 at Northampton Co, VA.1 Thomas was named in his father-in-law's will on 1 March 1708/9 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Francis Branston, wife no name, named sons-in-law (meaning step-sons) William, David, John & Thomas Dolby and upon wife's death her life interest in all my land and moveable estate to be divided equally by William, David, John, Thomas & Hester Dolby.1 He married Margaret (-----) circa 1715.2 Thomas was named in his sister's will on 6 May 1737 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my brother Thomas Dolby in the will of Esther Sanders, brothers John & Thomas Dolby Extrs. She also named his 2 daughters Margaret & Mary.2 Thomas made a will on 1 October 1745 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son John. To my dau. Margaret one shilling. Resid. legatees my wife Margaret and my children William, Pettit and Esther Dolby. Wife and son John extrs. Witt: Custis Kendall, Matthew Harmanson.3 He died before 14 January 1745/46 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.3

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 190 (will of Francis Branston, wife no name).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 297 (will of Esther Saunders, brothers John & Thomas Dolby Extrs).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 318 (will of Thomas Dolby, wife Margaret).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 297 (will of Esther Saunders, son Branson Dolby Extr).


Children of Thomas Dolby/Dalby? and Margaret? ? are:
i. Margaret Dalby?, born Abt. 1717.
ii. Mary Dalby?, born Abt. 1719.
12 iii. John Dolby/Daulby/Dalby, born Abt. 1720 in Northampton Co., VA; died 18 Jul 1796 in Northampton Co., VA.
iv. William Dalby?, born Abt. 1722.
v. Pettit Dalby?, born Abt. 1724.
vi. Esther Dalby?, born Abt. 1726.

28. Lemuel Kendall, born Abt. 1718 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1751 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 56. John Kendall and 57. Tabitha Watts. He married 29. Susanna Godwin 10 May 1738 in Northampton Co., VA.
29. Susanna Godwin, born Abt. 1716 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 58. Devorax Godwin and 59. Susanna Kendall.

Notes for Lemuel Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p265.htm#i26500

Lemuel was born circa 1718 at Accomack Co, VA. Lemuel was named in his grandfather's will on 2 January 1725 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as grandson Lemuel Kendall, heir of Tabitha Kendall, in the will of Capt. John Watts..3 Lemuel was named in his father's will on 12 March 1738 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a son Lemuel Kendall in the will of John Kendall, wife Mary. He was named eldest son and heir at law at probate..2 He married Susanna (180) Godwin, daughter of Devorax Godwin II and Susanna (52) Kendall, on 10 May 1738 at Northampton Co, VA.4 Lemuel witnessed a will on 2 October 1743 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Robert Nairn, John Smith & Lemuel Kendall witnessed the will of William Watts, wife Comfort..5 Lemuel made a will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Susanna Kendall plantation where I now dwell during her widow then to my son John Kendall, provided he make over to my son William Kendall 1/2 my land on Wallops Island. Daughter Ann Kendall. Daughter Peggy Kendall. Wife & children residual legatees. Son John & cousin William Phinney, Jr. Exrs. Witt: William Phinney, Jr., John White, Mary Kendall, William Kendall.6 Lemuel died before 30 July 1751 at Accomack Co, VA.7,6

Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 117 (will of John Kendall, wife Mary).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 77 (will of Capt. John Watts).
4.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 707 (O'Neil-Robins Family).
5.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 131 (will of William Watts, wife Comfort).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).
7.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 612 (Mason Family).

Notes for Susanna Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p605.htm#i60413

Susanna was born circa 1716 at Northampton Co, VA. Susanna was named in her uncle's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as Susanner Godwin the younger in the will of Francis Godwin.2 Susanna was named in her father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my daughter Susanna Godwin (under 21) in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.3 She married Col. John (16) Robins, son of John (8) Robins and Catherine Teackle, on 17 June 1734 at Northampton Co, VA. Thos. Cable was the security on the M.L.B. of John Robins Jr. and Susanna Godwin, daughter of Susanna Godwin Powell (widow of Devorax Godwin & widow of Jno. Powell) who gave consent. Isabell Harmonson & Levin Robinson witnesses..4,5 She married Lemuel (165) Kendall, son of John (51) Kendall and Tabitha Watts, on 10 May 1738 at Northampton Co, VA.4 Susanna was named in her husband's will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as wife Susanna Kendall in the will of Lemuel Kendall.6 She married Joseph Matthews, son of William Matthews and Rebecca (-----), circa 1751 at Accomack Co, VA.7 As of circa 1751,her married name was Matthews.7

Family 1

Col. John (16) Robins b. 9 Mar 1705, d. b 11 Jan 1734/35

Marriage*

She married Col. John (16) Robins, son of John (8) Robins and Catherine Teackle, on 17 June 1734 at Northampton Co, VA. Thos. Cable was the security on the M.L.B. of John Robins Jr. and Susanna Godwin, daughter of Susanna Godwin Powell (widow of Devorax Godwin & widow of Jno. Powell) who gave consent. Isabell Harmonson & Levin Robinson witnesses..4,5

Family 2

Lemuel (165) Kendall b. c 1718, d. b 30 Jul 1751

Marriage*

She married Lemuel (165) Kendall, son of John (51) Kendall and Tabitha Watts, on 10 May 1738 at Northampton Co, VA.4

Children
?John (414) Kendall b. c 1739
?William (415) Kendall b. c 1741
?Ann (416) Kendall b. c 1743
?Peggy (417) Kendall b. c 1745

Family 3

Joseph Matthews b. c 1700, d. b 28 Mar 1764

Marriage*

Susanna (180) Godwin married Joseph Matthews, son of William Matthews and Rebecca (-----), circa 1751 at Accomack Co, VA.7

Children
?Robins Kendall Matthews7 b. c 1752, d. b 27 Jun 1780
?Jean Matthews b. c 1754
?Ann Matthews7 b. c 1756, d. b 26 Dec 1796


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
4.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 707 (O'Neil-Robins Family).
5.[S622] Comp Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 218 (will of Joseph Matthews).


Children of Lemuel Kendall and Susanna Godwin are:
14 i. John Kendall?, born Abt. 1739.
ii. William Kendall, born Abt. 1741.

Notes for William Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p613.htm#i61212

William was born circa 1741 at Northampton Co, VA. William was named in his father's will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son William Kendall in the will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Susanna.2 William was named in his grandmother's will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a grandson William Kendall and given £10 in the will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.3 William was named in his father-in-law's will on 3 November 1762 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a son-in-law (meaning step-son) William Kendall in the will of Joseph Matthews. He also named a daughter-in-law (meaning step-daughter) Peggy Kendall.4


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 612 (Mason Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).
4.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 218 (will of Joseph Matthews).

iii. Ann Kendall, born Abt. 1743.

Notes for Ann Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p613.htm#i61215

Ann was born circa 1743 at Northampton Co, VA. Ann was named in his father's will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as my daughter Ann Kendall in the will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Susanna.2 Ann was named in his grandmother's will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a granddaughter Anne Kendall and given my weaving loom and £5 worth of my clothes.3


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 612 (Mason Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).

iv. Peggy Kendall, born Abt. 1745.

Notes for Peggy Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p613.htm#i61215

Peggy was born circa 1745 at Northampton Co, VA. Peggy was named in her father's will on 20 April 1751 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as my daughter Peggy Kendall in the will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Susanna.2 Peggy was named in her father-in-law's will on 3 November 1762. She was shown as a daughter-in-law (meaning step-daughter) Peggy Kendall in the will of Joseph Matthews. He also named a son-in-law (meaning step-son) William Kendall.


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 612 (Mason Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 164 (will of Lemuel Kendall, wife Sauanna Kendall).

Generation No. 6

32. James Taylor, Jr., born Abt. 1671 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Miona, upper Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 64. James Taylor and 65. Elizabeth Benston?.

Notes for James Taylor, Jr.:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

James Taylor, II, son of the original James Taylor, was likely married and living on the land in the Oak Hall area when his father made the deed of gift to him in 1689. His wifes name has not been found. The second James died intestate at an unknown date. Later transactions suggest that his affairs were settled by the General Court at Williamsburg and the records have not survived. At the time of the "Civil War" many courthouse documents were burned by the invading Union Army. Through land transactions and the will of the third James Taylor in our line, four of the sons of the second James have been identified. James Taylor is listed in the 1704 Accomack rent rolls (taxes) as owning 200 acres.
Source: Taylor Family, 1663-1974. Nora Miller Turmam; Mary Margaret Gladding

In 1732 Guzaline Vanelson sold 100 acres, in the Oak Hall area, to Charles Taylor son of James Taylor, II. In 1734 Charles and Abigail Taylor sold to his brother James Taylor, III.
Source: Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) p. 1321

James Taylor, II left no will and the next owner of the Oak Hall land given to James, II in 1689 was owned by Samuel Taylor. In 1744 Samuel sold this land to his brother John.
Source: Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore.(1951) p. 1314


Children of James Taylor, Jr. are:
i. Charles Taylor
ii. Samuel Taylor
iii. Joseph Taylor
iv. Jacob Taylor, died Abt. 1792 in Chincoteague, upper Accomack Co., VA; married Nancy.
v. Solomon Taylor
16 vi. James Taylor III, born Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1769 in Miona, upper Accomack Co., VA.
vii. John Taylor, born Abt. 1695; died Abt. 1743 in Accomack Co., VA; married Tabitha ?.

36. Joseph Staton, Jr., born Abt. 1689 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1724 in probably near Temperanceville, Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 72. Joseph Staton and 73. Jane Stockley. He married 37. Susanna Warrington.
37. Susanna Warrington, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 74. Stephen Warrington and 75. Susanna Colonna.

Notes for Joseph Staton, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p1233.htm#i50946

Joseph was born circa 1689 at Accomack Co, VA. He was the son of Joseph Staton Sr. and Jane (-----). Joseph was named as administrator of an estate on 6 March 1710 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that the estate of Joseph Staton was administered to his son Joseph Staton. Charles & Thomas Stockly securities..2 Joseph bought land in 1715 at Temperanceville, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Joseph Staton bought 200 acres from Richard Lee. No disposition by him was found, but it is believed that a son Warrington Staton inherited, as in 1761 he (wife Catherine) left to a son Joseph. In 1789 Joseph & Scarburgh Staten sold the 200 acres to Jabez Pitt, Attorney..3 He married Susannah Warrington circa 1715 at Accomack Co, VA.4 Joseph died in 1724.1

Citations
1.[S769] Research Files of Mary Frances Carey, 31415 Horntown Road, New Church, VA 23415.
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 53 (adm. of Joseph Staton).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1264 (tract A147).
4.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 23 (will of Owen Collony).

Children of Joseph Staton and Susanna Warrington are:
18 i. Warrington Staton, born Abt. 1716 in Accomack Co., VA?; died Abt. 1761 in Accomack Co., VA; married Catherine Crippen.
ii. Susannah Staton, born Abt. 1720 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Armitrader/Trader; born Abt. 1715 in Accomack Co., VA; died Dec 1794 in Accomack Co., VA.

More About Susannah Staton:
Date born 2: Abt. 1720

Notes for William Armitrader/Trader:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p201.htm#i9115

His will shows him as Armey Trador, but at probate it showed Armitrader. William was born circa 1715 at Accomack Co, VA. He was the son of Henry (33) Armitrader and (-----) Hitchens. William was named in his father's will on 13 January 1735 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as William Armitrader in the will of Henry Armitrader..1 He married Susannah Staton circa 1740.3 He made a will on 6 January 1794 at Accomack Co, VA. Armitrader in order of probate, but will signed Armey Trador. To son Sacker Trador plantation where I now live and 10 acres of marsh purchased of Abner Burton. To son William Armey Trador 1 shilling. To daughter Comfort Trador. To daughter Agnes Shay. To granddaughter Peggy Trador. To daughter Ommey(?) Young 1 shilling. To son George Trador. Balance of estate to be divided between children Elizabeth Lucust, Susannah Fisher, Near Taylor, Comfort Trador, Agnes Shay. William Morgan executor. Witnesses Richard Kelly, Archibald Trador and Major Hinman..4 William died in December 1794 at Accomack Co, VA.4 William's will was probated on 30 December 1794 at Accomack Co, VA.4

Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 104 (will of Henry Armitrader).
2.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 126 (Granger Family).
3.[S769] Research Files of Mary Frances Carey, 31415 Horntown Road, New Church, VA 23415.
4.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 421 (will of William Armey Trador).

38. Thomas Crippen, Jr., born Abt. 1684 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1727 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 76. Thomas Crippen and 77. Elizabeth Fowkes. He married 39. Elizabeth Bayly Abt. 1705.
39. Elizabeth Bayly, born 1680 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 78. Edmund Bayly and 79. Hannah Scarborough.

Notes for Thomas Crippen, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p252.htm#i25110

Last Edited 6 Mar 2012
Birth* circa 1685 Thomas was born circa 1685 at Accomack Co, VA.
Marriage* circa 1704 He married Elizabeth Bayly, daughter of Edmund Bayly (I) and Hannah [31] Scarburgh, circa 1704.3
Will* 27 December 1727 He made a will on 27 December 1727 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Thomas Crippen, son of Thomas Crippen the elder. To wife Elizabeth. Son William Crippen. Son Robert Crippen. Daughter Catharine Crippen. Daughter Elizabeth. Son George. Sons John & Thomas. To father Thomas Crippen. Wife Exec. John Kitson & Uncle Henry Bagwell overseers. Witt: Richard Kitson, Isaac Dix..4
Death* before 5 March 1727/28 Thomas died before 5 March 1727/28 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..4
Family
Elizabeth Bayly b. c 1686
Children 1. Robert Crippen+ b. c 1704, d. b 25 Jan 1757
2. Elizabeth Crippen b. c 1708
3. George Crippen b. c 1710, d. b 9 Feb 1737
4. John Crippen+ b. c 1712, d. b 1758
5. Thomas Crippen (III)+ b. c 1714, d. b 27 Jun 1758
6. William Crippen b. c 1716
7. Catharine Crippen+ b. c 1720
Citations

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 82 (will of Thomas Crippen, son of Thomas Crippen the elder) & p. 103 (will of Thomas Crippen).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1144 (tract A121).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 57-58 (will of Edmund Bayly).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 82 (will of Thomas Crippen, son of Thomas Crippen the elder).


Children of Thomas Crippen and Elizabeth Bayly are:
19 i. Catherine Crippen, born in Accomack Co., VA; died in Accomack Co., VA; married Warrington Staton.
ii. William Crippen, died Abt. 1752 in Accomack Co., VA.
iii. Robert Crippen, died Bef. 1758; married Patience Savage.
iv. George Crippen, died Abt. 1737.
v. Thomas Crippen III, died Abt. 1758.
vi. Elizabeth Crippen, married John Tankard?.

40. Joshua Fitchett, born Abt. 1645 in James City Co., VA?; died Abt. 1710 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 80. Joshua Fitchett?. He married 41. Esther Weatherington?.
41. Esther Weatherington?, died 1716 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Joshua Fitchett:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p751.htm#i75015

Joshua Fitchett I was born circa 1658.1 He married Esther (-----) circa 1680. Joshua Fitchett I bought land in 1687 at tract N9, Cedar Grove, N'hamp Co, VA. It was in this year that Daniel and Margaret Neech sold 40 acres of tract N9 to Joshua Fitchett. In 1688 George Frizzell sold 60 acres of tract N9 to Joshua Fitchett and this became merged with the 40 acres Fitchett had bought from Neech. In 1710 Fitchett left to wife Esther and then to son John. In 1671 the will of John Fitchett (wife Sarah) did not mention land but it may have been entailed and thus have passed to a son Henry. In 1800 Henry and Ann Fitchett of Norfolk sold 28 acres to Southy Spady and 98 acres to William Jarvis.2 He bought land in 1698 at tract A126, Bloxom, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Henry Truitt's, (wife Elizabeth) son George sold 200 acres of tract A126 to Joshua Fitchett. In 1710 Joshua Fitchett of N'hamp County left the 200 acres to his sons Witherington and Thomas. In 1728 Weatherington Fitchett (wife no named) left his land to his son John, and finally in 1742 this John, as heir of Weatherington, and Salathiel Fitchett, as heir of Thomas Fitchett of N'hamp County, formally divided the land, the former getting the north part. In 1774 Salathiel Fitchett, wife Shady, left to his son William, but five years later he and his wife Anne sold as 60 acres to another Salathiel Fitchett. In 1787 he and his wife Margaret, then living in Worcester County, MD, resold to John Fitchett. In 1782 John Fitchett left to his daughters, Anne Howard, widow of Solomon, and Esther Silverthorne. Disposition of Esther's part was not noted, but in 1789 Ann Howard sold her 50 acres to Selby Simpson, who resold to William Young Sr.3 Joshua made a will on 5 May 1709 at Northampton Co, VA. To my two sons Witherinton and Thomas Fitchett my 200 A. plantation in Accomack County to be eq. div. To son John Fitchett my 100 A. plantation I now live on after my wife's decease. To son John my mill. To my wife Ester Fitchett. To my two sons Jacob and Joshua Fitchett all my tools to be eq. div. To my two daus. Elizabeth Fitchett and Susanna Fitchett. To my dau. Comfort Sharp. To my wife and seven youngest children all the rest of my moveable estate to be eq. div. Witt: Georg (X) Frisell, Sarah James.1 He died before 28 January 1709/10 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.1

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 192 (will of Joshua Fitchett, wife Ester).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 74 (tract N9).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1193 (tract A126).

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~digginforroots/documents/wills/fitchettjoshua.htm

In the Name of God Amen
I Joshua Fitchett of Northampton County in Virginia being sick and weak of
body but in perfect sense and memory blessed be God for it, do make this my
last will and testament in manner and form as followeth: In the first
place, I
give unto my two sons Witherinton Fitchett and Thomas Fitchett and to their
heirs for ever lawfully begotten of their body, my plantation or divid-
of land in Accomack County containing two hundred acres to be equally
divided between them.
I give unto my son John Fitchett and his heirs forever lawfully begotten of
his body my plantation that I now live on or divid--- containing one
hundred acres after my wife decease and I give my mill unto my son John
Fitchett and his heirs forever lawfully begotten of his body.
I give unto my wife Esther Fitchett one bedd and beddstead one rugg and two
blanketts and two sheets.
I give unto my two sons Jacob Fitchett and Joshua Fitchett and their heirs
forever lawfully begotten of their body all my tools of what sort forev
and to be equally divided between them: and I give unto my sons Jacob
Fitchett and Joshua Fitchett one Bedd, beddstead, one rugg and two
blanketts and two sheets
I give unto my two daughters Elizabeth Fitchett and Susanna Fittchett o
bedd and beddstead and one rugg and two blanketts and one sheet.
I give unto my daughter Comfort Sharp one yearling mare.
I give unto my wife and seven youngest children all the rest of my moveable
estate with in do---- and with out
Besides th-- leggase(?) that are given already and to be equally divided
between them
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the person of
George X Grisoll Joshua Fitchett
Sarah James ye seale

Northampton - January 28 1709/10
Then --- said last will and testament of Joshua Fitchett deceased was
provide in ---- court of said county by la -------- ---- of Georg Griso
and Sarah James and allowed --- by -- court to be --------- probate and
ordered it to be recorded.
Test Rob' Howfor
Recorded Test Robert Howfor CCCo Northampton


More About Joshua Fitchett:
Property: 1698, Purchased 200 acres in Accomack Co., VA, from George Truitt, located where the present village of Bloxom now is. He apparently lived in Northampton Co., VA, however.

Children of Joshua Fitchett and Esther Weatherington? are:
20 i. Thomas Fitchett, born Abt. 1688 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1727 in Northampton Co., VA; married Clara Trower?.
ii. Joshua Fitchett, Jr.
iii. Witherinton Fitchett
iv. John Fitchett, died Abt. 1761 in Northampton Co., VA.
v. Jacob Fitchett
vi. Susanna Fitchett
vii. Comfort Fitchett, married (unknown) Sharp.

48. John Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 01 Mar 1709 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 96. ? Dolby/Dalby?.

Notes for John Dolby/Dalby?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p773.htm#i77242

John Dalby (Matchipungo) was born circa 1655.1 He married (w/o John Dalby & Fra Branston) (-----) circa 1680.1 John Dalby (Matchipungo) bought land in 1686 at tract N52, Matchipungo, Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that William Whittington sold 200 acres to John Dolby, describing it as being in a fork of Scott's Quarter Branch. The branch makes this fork just west of the seaside road and the land extended northwest from there. The land remained in the Dolby family until nearly the middle of the last century, but a lack of wills makes it difficult to trace the family line accurately. From various deeds from surrounding lands, in which bounds are given, it has been determined that certain owners were: 1740 John Dolby; 1747 & 1756 William Dalby; 1759 William & Joseph Dolby. In 1760 Joseph and Elizabeth Dolby sold the north 100 acres to William Satchell and that became merged with the land above it. In 1691 Peirce and Elizabeth Davis gave 50 acres of another portion of tract N52 to his "Kinsman Richard Saunders" for the latter's life. (NOTE: This supports the assumption that it was this John Dolby's daughter Esther that married Richard Saunders sometime after 1709 when she was named Hester Dolby, along with her son Branston Dolby, in the will of Francis Branston.).3 He died before 1 March 1708/9 at Northampton Co, VA. He was dec'd by this date as his children William, David, John, Thomas & Hester and grandson Branston Dolby were named as (step) children in the will of Francis Branston.1

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 190 (will of Francis Branston, wife no name).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 339 (tract N52).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 339 & 324 (tract N52).


Children of John Dolby/Dalby? are:
i. William Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1682 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 13 Jul 1742.
ii. David Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1684 in Northampton Co., VA.
iii. John Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1688 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 12 Mar 1744.
24 iv. Thomas Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1690 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Jan 1746 in Northampton Co., VA; married Margaret? ?.
v. Esther Dalby, born Abt. 1680 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Jun 1737 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Esther Dalby:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p773.htm#i77238

Birth* circa 1680 Esther 'Hester' Dalby was born circa 1680 at Northampton Co, VA.1
Will - Father-in-law* 1 March 1708/9 Esther was named in her father-in-law's will on 1 March 1708/9 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Francis Branston, wife no name, named sons-in-law (meaning step-sons) William, David, John & Thomas Dolby and upon wife's death her life interest in all my land and moveable estate to be divided equally by William, David, John, Thomas & Hester Dolby.2
Marriage* circa 1710 She married Richard Saunders, son of James Saunders and Virlinda (-----), circa 1710.3
Married Name circa 1710 As of circa 1710,her married name was Saunders.
Heir - named as* 3 April 1720 Esther was named as an heir on 3 April 1720 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as Esther Sanders in the will of Mathew Weeks.4
Administrator* 9 February 1724 Esther was named as administrator of an estate on 9 February 1724 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Richard Sanders was granted to Esther Sanders, widow of the dec'd. Appraisers were Severy Eyre Gent., Nicholas Powell, Nathaniel Powell & Robert Notthingham.5
Will* 2 November 1734 Esther made a will on 2 November 1734 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Richard Saunders my spice morter and pestle. To son James Saunders a book called "the whole Duty of Man". To son Richard. I leave my son Richard to Nicholas Williams during the term until he is 20. To Nicholas and John Williams the choice of one head of my cattle apiece. To granddau. Esther Dolby my foot wheel. To my brother William Dolby 50#t that he owes me. My son Branson Dolby extr. Witt: Edward White, John Williams, Elizabeth 'E' Dolbe. (Note: See p. 227 for her last will.).6
Will 6 May 1737 Esther made a will on 6 May 1737 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Branson Dolbe my horse and my dog. To my two sons Richard and James Sanders. To my sister Elizabeth Dolby my mantle during her life, and then to Esther Dolby dau. of Branson Dolby. To my brother Thomas Dolby's two daus. Margaret and Mary and to my brother John Dolby's two daus. Tamer and Bridget. Brothers John and Thomas Dolby extrs. Witt: Edward White, Elizabeth 'E' Dolby. This will presented by George Douglas attorney of the extr. John Dolby, and the proof was opposed by William Arbuckle attorney of Branson Dolby. (Note: This will appears to be a more recent edition to that of Esther 'X' Saunders dated 2 Nov. 1734.).7
Death* before 14 June 1737 She died before 14 June 1737 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that her will was probated.6

Family 1
(-----) (-----) b. c 1675
Child 1. Branson Dalby I+1 b. c 1700, d. b 8 Jan 1760

Family 2
Richard Saunders b. 13 Jul 1661, d. b 9 Feb 1724
Marriage* circa 1710 She married Richard Saunders, son of James Saunders and Virlinda (-----), circa 1710.3
Children 1. James Saunders+6 b. c 1714, d. b 12 Nov 1778
2. Richard Saunders8 b. c 1716

Citations
1.[S2165] P.O. Box 269, Roxbury, CT 06783 Timothy Field Beard, Timothy Field Beard, FASG, 27 July 2009 letter to Skinner & Wright (Colonal Roots) regarding errors the Dolby family in their Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Volume 22, pages 34-42.
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 190 (will of Francis Branston, wife no name).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 252 (adm of Richard Sanders estate to Esther Sanders, widow of the dec'd) & p. 297 (2 wills of Esther Sanders).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 232 (will of Mathew Weeks).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 252 (adm of Richard Sanders estate to Esther Sanders, widow of the dec'd).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 297 (will of Esther Saunders, son Branson Dolby Extr).
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 297 (will of Esther Saunders, brothers John & Thomas Dolby Extrs).
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 297 (2 wills of Esther Sanders).

More About Esther Dalby:
Died 2: Bef. 14 Jun 1737

56. John Kendall, born Abt. 1685 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1738 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 112. Capt. William Kendall, Jr. and 113. Ann Mason. He married 57. Tabitha Watts.
57. Tabitha Watts, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Jan 1725. She was the daughter of 114. Capt. John Watts, Jr. and 115. Sarah Wallop.

Notes for John Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p265.htm#i26485

John was born circa 1685 at Northampton Co, VA. John was named in his father's will on 29 January 1695/96 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son John Kendall (under 16) in the will of William Kendall, Gent., wife Ann.2 John chose a guardian on on 28 July 1704 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that he chose Mr. Thomas Mason as his guardian..3 He married Tabitha Watts, daughter of Capt. John Watts and Sarah Wallop, circa 1718.4 John was named in his brother's will on 3 March 1719 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Mr. John Kendall in the will of William Kendall Sr., wife Sorrowful Margaret.5 He married Mary Taylor, daughter of Elias Taylor and Comfort [42] Anderson, circa 1724.6 John was named as an heir on 2 January 1725 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a son-in-law John Kendall in the will of Capt. John Watts. He was given negroes for life with reversion to Lemuel Kendall, heir of Tabitha Kendall..7 He made a will on 12 March 1738 at Accomack Co, VA. To son Lemuel Kendall the land & plantation where he now lives, containing 200 acres being the same I purchased of him. To son John Kendall one moiety of all my lands on Jengoteague Island & the other moiety of said lands to my son William Kendall. To son William Kendall all my lands at or near Oak Hall being 370 acres. To son Joshua plantation where I now live Purchased of John Wallop. Wife Mary & children John, William, Joshua, Theophilus, Ann, Elizabeth & Molly residual legatees. Wife to have use of whole estate heretofore bequested by me to any of my children by her begotten until they arrive at age or marry, Wife & friends Capt. James Wishart & Capt. John Walker Exrs. Witt: George Douglas, John Wallop, William Rowley, Robert Slocomb..8 John died before 6 June 1738 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated and Lemuel Kendall was named eldest son and heir at law..4,8 John's will was probated on 6 June 1738 at Accomack Co, VA.9

Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 575 (Mason Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 153 (will of William Kendall, Gent, wife Ann).
3.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 584 (Mason Family).
4.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 235 (will of William Kendall Sr., wife Sorrowful Margaret).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 128 (will of Comfort Finney).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 77 (will of Capt. John Watts).
8.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 117 (will of John Kendall, wife Mary).
9.[S112] Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1737-43, p. 33.


Children of John Kendall and Tabitha Watts are:
28 i. Lemuel Kendall, born Abt. 1718 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 30 Jul 1751 in Accomack Co., VA; married Susanna Godwin 10 May 1738 in Northampton Co., VA.
ii. Ann Kendall, born Abt. 1720.
iii. Theophilus Kendall, born Abt. 1722.

58. Devorax Godwin, born Abt. 1664 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Feb 1727 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 116. Joseph Godwin and 117. Mary Patrick. He married 59. Susanna Kendall Abt. 1704.
59. Susanna Kendall, born Abt. 1684 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Nov 1758 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 112. Capt. William Kendall, Jr. and 113. Ann Mason.

Notes for Devorax Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p605.htm#i60414

Devorax was born circa 1664 at Northampton Co, VA.2,3 He deeded land as a gift in 1698 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Deveraux Godwin, the eldest son of Joseph Godwin, deeded 100 acres each to his brothers Joseph, Francis & Daniel.3 He married Susanna (52) Kendall, daughter of Capt. William Kendall II (the elder) and Ann (14) Mason, circa 1704.4 Devorax Godwin II patented land in 1705 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Deveraux and Joseph Godwin received a patent for 100 acres "on Ege Island." It is not clear whether this was for the GODWIN's (sometimes GOODWIN's) ISLAND of today, but the similarity of this name to that of the purchasers is significant. No disposition by either Godwin was noted. No patent of early date was found for what today is called SHIP SHOAL ISLAND. The name was observed occasionally in deed books, but no effort was made to trace the early history. In 1877 Jesse T. Hutchinson received a state warrent for a total of 855 acres of GODWIN's and SHIP SHOAL ISLANDS. In 1890 GODWIN's ISLAND was sold for taxes to A.B. Lafferty.5 He sold land in 1705 at Accomack Co, VA. It was in this year that Devorax Godwin and his wife Susanna, the granddaughter of Col. William Kendall, sold 1,600 acres of the 2,000 acres which Susanna had inherited from her grandfather in 1686. It was part of Whitelaw's tract A147 south of Temperanceville. They sold this 1,600 acres to John Morris and retained the remaining 400 acres. This contains sites A147A and A147B, is about a mile south of Temperanceville, and fronts on the old Wallop's road, which is now the present highway, US Route 13.6 Devorax was named in his brother's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Devorax in the will of Francis Godwin. He was given one cow and to his daughters Ann and Mary Godwin fine lingin.7 Devorax made a will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. To my loving wife [no name] during her widowhood the house I now live in with the 300 A. belonging to it, and ns. Smutt, Jemmy and Jenny. To my son Joseph the 300 A. plantation I now live on, and for want of his heirs to my son William, and for want of his heirs to be eq. div. by my sons Daniel and Devorax. To my son William 200 A., being part of my 400 A. in Accomack Co. (Whitelaw's tract A147), lying near the White Marsh which John Ross lately lived on, and for want of his heirs to my son Devorax. To my son Devorax the remaining 200 A. of my Accomack tract (Whitelaw's tract A147), and for want of his heirs to my son William. To my son Daniel the 200 A. adjoining the tract I live on which I bought of my brother Daniel, and for want of his heirs to my son Devorax. To my son Joseph one heifer in lieu of a calf given him by his grandmother. To my sons William, Daniel, and Devorax and my daus. Mary and Susanna Godwin ns. Smutt, Jemmy, and Jenny. Children to live with my wife until 21. To my dau. Ann West. Wife and my son Joseph extrs. Brother in law Thomas Cable and my friends (Capt.) Mathew Harmanson and John Harmanson to assist them. Witt: Thomas Cable, Daniel Godwin, Margaret Cable. Codicil - 1 Jan 1726 - If my son Joseph should disturb my sons William and Devorax in the peaceable possession of their 400 A., then Joseph to forfeit my 300 A. plantation to my sons William and Devorax. Witt: Thomas Cable, John Harmanson, Margaret Cable. (NOTE: Thomas Cable was called brother-in-law because Devorax's wife Susan Kendall had a brother William Kendall who married Sorrowful Margaret Custis who married 2nd Thomas Cable.) (NOTE: The next year his wife Susanna gave deeds to the 2 sons William & Devorax, describing the property as being "near the White Marsh which John Ross lately lived on." The son William disappeared from the record and young Devorax became the owner of it all.).8,9 Devorax died before 14 February 1726/27 at Northampton Co, VA. The will appointed extrx. is Susanna Godwin. The witness is further identified as Sorrowful Margaret Cable..2,8

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 160 (adm of Joseph Godwin to widow Mary).
2.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 278 (tract N49).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 279 (tract N49).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 91 (tract N15).
6.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1252 (tract A147).
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
9.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1253 (tract A147).

Notes for Susanna Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p579.htm#i57846

Susanna was born in 1684 at Northampton Co, VA.2 Susanna was named in her grandfather's will on 29 October 1685 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my granddaughter Susanna Kendall in the will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah.3 Susanna was named in her father's will on 29 January 1695/96 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Susanna Kendall (under 16) in the will of William Kendall, Gent., wife Ann. He gave her 2,000 acres in Accomack Co, part of Whitelaws' tact A147, south of Temperanceville.4 Susanna chose a guardian on on 28 January 1701 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that that she was upwards of 17 years of age when she chose Lt. Col. Nathaniel Littleton as her guardian..2 As of circa 1704,her married name was Godwin. She married Devorax Godwin II, son of Joseph Godwin I and Mary Patrick, circa 1704.5 Susanna sold land on 3 April 1705 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that she joined her husband Devorax Godwin in selling 1600 arces in herited from her grandfather Col. William Kendall..2 Susanna was named as the executor of a will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that she and her son Joseph were named executors in the will of Devorax Godwin..2 Susanna was named in her husband's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as wife Susanna Godwin at probate.6 She married Nicholas (75) Powell, son of John Powell and Frances (20) Wilkins, after 14 February 1727 at Northampton Co, VA.2 Susanna made a will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Devorax Godwin 3 silver spoons. To my dau. Mary Savage my best chest lock and key. To dau. Ann Cutler one large steer and cow. To grandson Archibald Godwin n. man Petro, my hand mill and stones, large oval table, and one large gun. To grandson John Holland my little gun. To granddau. Anne Kendall my weaving loom and £5 worth of my clothes. To granddau. Elishe Godwin bed bolster, 2 sheets and quilt. To grandson Daniel Godwin 20s. To grandson William Kendall £10. To granddau. Susanna Eshon 2 head of cattle. To granddau. Ann Holland one black mare. To dau. Anne Godwin my clothes. Son Devorax Godwin extr. Witt: Jonathan Powell, Sarah Powell, Charles Satchell.7 Susanna died before 14 November 1758 at Northampton Co, VA.2,7

Family 1

Devorax Godwin II b. c 1664, d. b 14 Feb 1726/27



Marriage*

She married Devorax Godwin II, son of Joseph Godwin I and Mary Patrick, circa 1704.5


Children

?Devorax (177) Godwin III+ b. c 1704, d. b 10 Jan 1792
?Joseph (174) Godwin III+ b. c 1708, d. b 13 Apr 1736
?Mary (179) Godwin+ b. 1709, d. 3 Aug 1770
?Anne (178) Godwin+ b. c 1710
?Daniel (176) Godwin b. c 1712
?Susanna (180) Godwin+ b. c 1716
?William (175) Godwin b. c 1718, d. b 13 Jun 1749


Family 2

Nicholas (75) Powell b. c 1690, d. b 9 May 1732



Marriage*

She married Nicholas (75) Powell, son of John Powell and Frances (20) Wilkins, after 14 February 1727 at Northampton Co, VA.2


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 575 (Mason Family).
2.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 126 (will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 153 (will of William Kendall, Gent, wife Ann).
5.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 279 (tract N49).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).


Children of Devorax Godwin and Susanna Kendall are:
i. Devorax Godwin, born Abt. 1704 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 10 Jan 1792 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) ? Abt. 1740; married (2) Esther Bayly 27 Aug 1763 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Devorax Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p359.htm#i35887

Devorax was born circa 1704 at Northampton Co, VA. He received land as a gift in 1720 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Daniel Godwin deeded the 200 acres that his brothers Deveraux II and Francis gave him to a Deveraux Godwin. Whitelaw thought he may have been a son of Daniel, but he was probably Deveraux III, the son of his brother Deveraux II, who gave him the land. In 1792 this Deveraux III left this 200 acres to his son Laban Godwin.2 Devorax was named in his father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son Devorax Godwin (under 21) in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.3 He married (-----) (-----) circa 1740.4 Devorax was named in his mother's will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son Devorax Godwin and named Extr. in the will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.5 He married Esther (76) Bayly, daughter of Isaac Bayly and Alicia 'Elishe' (34) Savage, on 27 August 1763 at Northampton Co, VA. Daniel Eshon was the security on the M.L.B. of Devorax Godwin and Esther Bailey, daughter of Isaac Bailey dec'd..6 Devorax (177) Godwin III was named as the executor of a will on 16 November 1782 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date Obedience Johnson Jr., wife Elishe, named Hezekiah Pitts and my father-in-law Devorax Godwin Extrs. as Extrs.7 Devorax was named as administrator of an estate on 9 April 1788 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Kendall Godwin was granted to Devorax Godwin.8 He made a will on 15 September 1791 at Northampton Co, VA.9,10 Devorax died before 10 January 1792 at Northampton Co, VA.9


Family 1

(-----) (-----) b. c 1720



Marriage*

He married (-----) (-----) circa 1740.4


Children

?Elishe (424) 'Lishe' Godwin+ b. c 1742
?Daniel (425) Godwin+ b. c 1750, d. b 28 Jan 1803
?Kendall Godwin+8 b. c 1752, d. b 9 Apr 1788


Family 2

Esther (76) Bayly b. c 1740



Marriage*

He married Esther (76) Bayly, daughter of Isaac Bayly and Alicia 'Elishe' (34) Savage, on 27 August 1763 at Northampton Co, VA. Daniel Eshon was the security on the M.L.B. of Devorax Godwin and Esther Bailey, daughter of Isaac Bailey dec'd..6


Children

?Laban (427) Godwin+ b. c 1764, d. b 10 Mar 1828
?Susanna (429) Godwin+ b. c 1765, d. Nov 1798
?Edmund (426) Godwin Sr.+ b. c 1770, d. b 30 Mar 1835
?Littleton (428) Godwin b. c 1772


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 279 (tract N49).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
4.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 614 (Mason Family).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).
6.[S622] Comp Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 462 (will of Obedience Johnson Jr., wife Elishe).
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 495 (adm of Kendall Godwin to Devorax Godwin).
9.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 504 (will of Devorax Godwin).
10.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1253 (tract A147).

ii. Joseph Godwin, born Abt. 1708 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 13 Apr 1736 in Northampton Co., VA; married Edith Bayly; born Abt. 1709; died Bef. 09 Jun 1741.

Notes for Joseph Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p612.htm#i61180

Joseph was born circa 1708 at Northampton Co, VA. Joseph was named in his uncle's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as Joseph Godwin Jr. in the will of Francis Godwin. Joseph was named in his father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son Joseph (under 21) in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.2 He married Edith (50) Bayly, daughter of Charles Bayly and Mary (12) Scarburgh, circa 1730 at Northampton Co, VA.3,4 Joseph made a will on 26 January 1735/36 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Archabell. To dau. Scarburgh Godwin. To dau. Elizabeth Godwin silver plate and spoon. To loving wife Edith. My children Scarburgh and Elizabeth to learn to read and write, and my son Archeball to read, write and cypher as far as the rule of three. Children to stay with their mother until 21. Wife to have use of whole estate during her widowhood. Wife extrx., and my friends Matthew Harmanson, Littleton Eyre and my uncle Daniel Godwin to assist her. Witt: Joseph White, Charles Williams, Solomon 'X' Ashbe, Daniel Godwin, Elisheba Godwin.5 Joseph died before 13 April 1736 at Northampton Co, VA.6,5

Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
3.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 614 (Mason Family).
4.[S49] Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, Godwin Ancestry, p. 150 (Chart LIX) & p. 162 (Chart LVII).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 293 (will of Joseph Godwin, wife Edith).
6.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 613 (Mason Family).

iii. Mary Godwin, born Abt. 1709 in Northampton Co., VA; died 03 Aug 1770 in Northampton Co., VA; married Maj. John Savage III 14 Apr 1735 in Northampton Co., VA; born 06 Aug 1706 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Apr 1747 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Mary Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p581.htm#i58015

Mary was born in 1709 at Northampton Co, VA.2 Mary was named in her uncle's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as Mary Godwin a daughter of my brother Devorax in the will of Francis Godwin.3 Mary was named in her father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Mary Godwin (under 21) in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.4 As of 14 April 1735,her married name was Savage.2 She married Maj. John (32) Savage III, son of John (8) Savage II and Elizabeth (25) Gascoigne, on 14 April 1735 at Northampton Co, VA.2,5 Mary was named in her husband's will on 18 December 1746 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown only as a wife in the will of John Savage. However, at probate she was shown as Mary Savage, Extr..6 Mary was named in her mother's will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my daughter Mary Savage in the will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.7 She made a will on 15 May 1770 at Northampton Co, VA. Money advanced to my son Littleton Savage during his residency in Williamsburg and since his return (as per mutual settlement of 5 Sept. 1768) to be accounted for to assure an eq. div. of all my estate between sons Littleton and George Savage. Son Littleton extr..8 Mary died on 3 August 1770.2,9 Mary was buried at Pleasant Prospect, N'hamp Co, VA. Her tombstone shows her as Mary Godwin Savage, wife of Major John Savage, who died 3 Aug 1770, age: 61 years.9 Mary's will was probated on 15 August 1770 at Northampton Co, VA. The will was proved to be wholly wrote by the testatrix by the oath of Nathaniel Lyttleton Savage.
.8

Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 127 (Savage Family).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
5.[S622] Comp Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 321 (will of John Savage, wife Mary).
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 418 (will of Mary Savage, widow, sons Littleton & George).
9.[S559] Jean Merritt Mihalyka (compiler), Gravestone Inscriptions in Northampton County, Virginia.

Notes for Maj. John Savage III:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p580.htm#i57941

Maj. John (32) Savage III1,2
M, b. 6 August 1706, d. before 14 April 1747
Father John (8) Savage II b. 1673, d. 20 Mar 1720
Mother Elizabeth (25) Gascoigne b. c 1680, d. b 13 Mar 1720
Charts Descendants of William Andrews (First Families of Virginia)
Descendants of John Fisher (First Families of Virginia)
Descendants of Thomas Harmanson (Burgess at Jamestown)
Descendants of William Kendall (Burgess at Jamestown)
Descendants of Francis Mason (Ancient Planter)
Descendants of Obedience Robins (First Families of Virginia) (#1)
Descendants of Obedience Robins (First Families of Virginia) (#2)
Descendants of Ensign Thomas Savage (Ancient Planter) (#1)
Descendants of Ensign Thomas Savage (Ancient Planter) (#2)
Descendants of Charlemagne (741-813, King of the Franks & Holy Roman Emperor of the West)
Last Edited 23 Jan 2020
Birth* 6 August 1706 John was born on 6 August 1706 at Northampton Co, VA.3
Will - Father's* 13 March 1720 John was named in his father's will on 13 March 1720 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son John and named Extr. in the will of John Savage, daughter Elizabeth May. He was given Negro man Ben, Negro woman Sarah and was the residual legatee. He was to be of age at 18..2
Marriage* circa 1730 He married (dau of Wm Scott II) Scott, daughter of William Scott II and Mary (-----) (?), circa 1730.4
Marriage* 14 April 1735 He married Mary (179) Godwin on 14 April 1735 at Northampton Co, VA. Gawton Hunt was the security on the M.L.B. of John Savage & Mary Godwin. Mary Godwin was his 2nd wife..3,5
Anecdote* 1736 In 1736 in N'hamp Court, John Savage sues Thomas Savage over Savage lands. A special verdict was rendered which found that John Savage the Elder, grandfather of the leasor of the plaintiff made his Will in 1678 (wp 11 Dec 1678 XII: 315). His son and heir has possessed the land in question for 42 years and it has always been looked upon as the property of John, the father of the leasor of the Plaintiff. The last paragraph states that the Plaintiff took the land with a view to setting it upon a bastard child supposed to be got by the Plaintiff's leasor or the body of a sister of the Dft. The leasor of the Plaintiff never executed a deed for the land and no agreement was ever committed to writing by the Dft nor the leasor of the Plf. (NOTE: The bastard child could have been John Savage the son of John the plaintiff and Sophia Savage, the sister of Thomas Savage, the defendant.)6
Will* 18 December 1746 He made a will on 18 December 1746 at Northampton Co, VA. To my eldest son John ns. little Ben, Bridget, and Amy. Remainder of personal estate to be div. by wife (no name) and my three youngest sons (under 21) William Kendall Savage, Littleton and George Savage. To wife the plantation whereon I now dwell during her life in lieu of her thirds of my other lands. Trusty friends Griffin Stith and William Scott trustees. Wife extrx. Witt: Zorobabel Scott, William (X) Bishop, Henry Tomlinson..7
Death* before 14 April 1747 John died before 14 April 1747 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated. The testr. is described as John Savage, Gent., and his extrx. Mary Savage declared she would not accept the lands given her as her dower. His tombstone at "Pleasant Prospect" in Savage's Neck, N'hamp County, shows he died on 3 Dec 1746, aged 36, but that was before his will was written..3,7
Burial* John was buried at Pleasant Prospect, N'hamp Co, VA. His tombstone shows him as Major John Savage who died 3 Dec 1746, age: 36 years.8
Land cause* 9 June 1747 He was named in a land cause on 9 June 1747 at tract N49, Savage Neck, Northampton Co, VA. In the suit of Robert Fletcher vs. William Scott (Ejectment Proceedings), a jury was impaneled and returned the following verdict:
We find the last will and testament of John Savage, late of Northampton County, Gentleman, dated 26 August 1678, hereto annexed ---- we also find that the devisee, John Savage, died on or about the year ____(1720) and left an only son also named John, who died on or about the ___ day of ___ 174_, and left to an only son named John who is now living. We find that the last mentioned John Savage, the great grandson, is an infant under the age of 21 years, and that before the above supposed trespass was supposed to be committed he chose the Defendant (William Scott) in the Court of the aforesaid County as his guardian, who so continues to be. We find that the John Savage, the grandson, by his indenture bearing the date 25 December 1745, in consideration of £30 current money demised the premises on which the supposed trespass was committed, from 25 December, to the plaintiff (Robert Fletcher) for the term of 10 years then next following, under the yearly rent of on shilling & quit rents as by the said indenture hereto annexed (not filed among the papers); we find that the land so demised to the plaintiff (Robert Fletcher) is part of the land devised by John Savage the elder, to his daughter Grace Corbin and her husband George, and that after her said husband George's death she intermarried with one ___ Bloxom, and left issue Savage Bloxom, who after her death entered into the premises and died without issue, and after the death of the said Savage Bloxom the said John Savage the grandson entered the premises. (NOTE: The jury evidently confused the descendants of Grace Corbin and her husband George. The fact is that George Corbin outlived Grace and married secondly a Susanna ___ by who he had two sons Dr. Ralph Corbin and Robert Corbin. He and Grace had a daughter Ann Corbin, who married John Bloxom and had the son Savage Bloxom (1714-1737) mentioned above.)9,10
Family 1
Sophia (24) Savage b. c 1710, d. b 30 Apr 1766
Child 1. John (s/o Sophia) Savage b. c 1726
Family 2
(dau of Wm Scott II) Scott b. c 1716, d. b 14 Apr 1740
Marriage* circa 1730 He married (dau of Wm Scott II) Scott, daughter of William Scott II and Mary (-----) (?), circa 1730.4
Child 1. John (72) Savage IV+4 b. c 1733, d. b 13 Jun 1749
Family 3
Mary (179) Godwin b. 1709, d. 3 Aug 1770
Marriage* 14 April 1735 He married Mary (179) Godwin on 14 April 1735 at Northampton Co, VA. Gawton Hunt was the security on the M.L.B. of John Savage & Mary Godwin. Mary Godwin was his 2nd wife..3,5
Children 1. William Kendall (73) Savage b. c 1736
2. Col. Littleton (74) Savage+ b. c 1738, d. 9 Jan 1805
3. George (75) Savage+ b. c 1740, d. b 11 Jan 1808
Citations

[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 123 (Savage Family).
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 229 (will of John Savage, daughter Elizabeth May).
[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 127 (Savage Family).
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 309 (will of William Scott Sr., wife not named).
[S622] Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
[S877] Jean M. Mihalyka, Loose Papers and Sundry Court Cases, 1732-1744/5, Northampton County, Virginia, Volume II, p. 76.
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 321 (will of John Savage, wife Mary).
[S559] Jean Merritt Mihalyka, Gravestone Inscriptions in Northampton County, Virginia.
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 227 (tract N49).
[S884] Stratton Nottingham, Northampton Co, VA, Land Causes 1731-1868 & Lancaster County, VA 1795-1848, p. 48 (Robert Fletcher vs. Wiliam Scott, Ejectment Proceedings).

iv. Anne Godwin, born Abt. 1710 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) John West III Abt. 1726; born Abt. 1706; died Apr 1730; married (2) Daniel Cutler Abt. 1736; born Abt. 1715; died Bef. 26 Feb 1760.

Notes for Anne Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p326.htm#i32512

Anne was born circa 1710 at Northampton Co, VA. Anne was named in her uncle's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as Ann Godwin a daughter of my brother Devorax in the will of Francis Godwin.2 She married John (56) West, son of Maj. John (13) West (the younger) and Frances (12) Yeardley, circa 1726.3,1 Anne was named in her father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my daughter Ann West in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.4 She married Daniel Cutler, son of George Cutler Sr. and Arcadia Welburne, circa 1736.1 As of circa 1736,her married name was Cutler.1 Anne was named in her husband's will on 11 March 1757 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as a wife Ann Cutler in the will of Daniel Cutler.5 Anne was named in her mother's will on 5 October 1758 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Ann Cutler in the will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.6

Family 1

John (56) West b. c 1706, d. Apr 1730

Marriage*

She married John (56) West, son of Maj. John (13) West (the younger) and Frances (12) Yeardley, circa 1726.3,1

Child
?Jonathan (200) West II+ b. c 1726, d. b 1 Feb 1787

Family 2

Daniel Cutler b. c 1715, d. b 26 Feb 1760

Marriage*

She married Daniel Cutler, son of George Cutler Sr. and Arcadia Welburne, circa 1736.1

Children
?Elizabeth 'Betty' Cutler+ b. c 1738
?John Marshall Cutler b. bt 1757 - 1760


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
3.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 523 (Anthony West Family).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
5.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 197 (will of Daniel Cutler, wife Ann).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 374 (will of Susanna Powell, son Devorax Godwin Extr.).

More About John West III:
Died 2: Bef. 05 May 1730, Accomack Co., VA

v. Daniel Godwin, born Abt. 1712 in Northampton Co., VA.
29 vi. Susanna Godwin, born Abt. 1716 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) John Robins 17 Jun 1734 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Lemuel Kendall 10 May 1738 in Northampton Co., VA; married (3) Joseph Matthews Abt. 1751.
vii. William Godwin, born Abt. 1718 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 13 Jun 1749 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for William Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p612.htm#i61182

William was born circa 1718 at Northampton Co, VA. William was named in his uncle's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as William Godwin in the will of Francis Godwin.2 William was named in his father's will on 30 December 1726 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son William (under 21) in the will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna.3 William witnessed a will on 3 November 1742 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that William Godwin, Mary Widgeon & Thomas Hay witnessed the will of Sarah Powell, widow of Nathaniel Powell.4 William died before 13 June 1749 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Devorax Godwin was made administrator of his estate. He was evidently unmarried..1,5


Citations
1.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 585 (Mason Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 259 (will of Devorax Godwin, planter, wife Susanna).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 311 (will of Sarah Powell, widow of Nathaniel Powell).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 339 (adm of William Godwin to Devorax Godwin).

Generation No. 7

64. James Taylor, born Abt. 1640 in probably England; died Abt. 1704 in probably Miona area of upper Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 128. Thomas Taylor?. He married 65. Elizabeth Benston?.
65. Elizabeth Benston? She was the daughter of 130. Francis Benston?.

Notes for James Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for JAMES TAYLOR I:
James Taylor, progenitor of our branch of the family, came to Virginia in 1663, He was listed as a headright for Major Jno. Tilney's 1000 acre patent on September 10, 1664. He either had money or a way of earning it in a hurry, On November 17, 1665, the Accomack County court granted him a certifiate for 200 acres of land on the north side of 'Mesango Cr.' due to the transportation of four persons, George Lore, Jno. Foyle, Will. Hawlis, and Jane Souyhby. On April 5, 1666 he recieved the patent for the 200 acres. James was not married when he came and he listed nobody as a headright who could have become his wife. On September 9, 1675 James Taylor appeared on the "List of Tithables for Accomack County" as James Tayler - 2.

On December 22, 1699, James Taylor sold the land he patented to one Edward Moore for " 3,900 pounds of good Tobacco and casks." He bought 100 acres where he was already living on August 6, 1671 for "2,300 pounds of tobacco and casks." This land was the present Maryland line above New Church, Accomack County, Virginia. Here James and his wife Elizabeth lived the rest of his life. His wife Elizabeth seems to of been the daughter of Francis Benston, a land owner in this area and that of James' patented land which he had sold. In 1671 Francis Benston and his wife Mary sold 100 acres to James Taylor, this piece being the southwest corner of 600 acres Francis had bought from the John Wallop patent in 1667. Later in 1667 Col. John West gave a deed of release to Taylor for 100 acres called Hasard's Plantation, but it is not certain that it was the same land Taylor had bought from Benston, and if so, how West had obtained a right to it is unknown, unless it had been a deed of trust.

In 1688 James bought 200 acres between the present villiages of Oak Hall and New Church from Elizabeth Stevens of Somerset County, Maryland. She was a sizable land owner and three decades later descendants of James bought land from her heirs in this same area. In 1689 James and Elizabeth Taylor made a deed of gift to their son James for an undetermined acreage of the 1688 purchase. It appears that son James was married and living on the land when the deed of gift was made. In 1699 1699 James and Elizabeth made deeds of gifts to their daughters Margaret and Elizabeth and their husbands for 75 acres each that was part of the 1688 purchase.

On June 6, 1699 James was given tax exemption because of his "great age and decrepid condition." James conferred the power of attorney on son William who seems to have inherited the home place after the deaths of James and Elizabeth in 1704. At this time William inherited, among other acreage, the 100 acre Hasard Plantation, that was part of the land Francis Benston bought in 1677 and probably sold to James Taylor later in 1677.
Source: Taylor Family, 1663-1974. Nora Miller Turmam; Mary Margaret Gladding

1664 Sept. 10 James Taylor Headright for Major Jno. Tilney
Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers; abstracts of land Grants 1623-1800( Neil Marion Nugent, 1934) page 455

James Taylor was patented 200 acres on 5 Apr 1666 in Accomack.
Three years later he assigned to Edward Moore.
Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whitelaw,1951) page 1274

James Tayler (Taylor), 200 acs.
Accomack Co., on N side of Mesango Cr., 5 Apr. 1666, p. 493
(603). Bounded on S. therewith, E. by land of Charles Ratcliff &c. Trans. of 4
pers: George Lore (?), Jno. Foyle, Will. Hawlis, Jane Souyhby.
Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers; abstracts of land Grants 1623-1800( Neil Marion Nugent, 1934)
page 552

On September 9, 1675 James Taylor appeared on the "List of Tithables for Accomack County" as James Tayler - 2.

On November 17, 1691 James Taylor appeared on the " List of Tithables for Accomack County; James Tailer, Sr. - 1

More About James Taylor:
Emigration: 1663, Came to Virginia

Children of James Taylor and Elizabeth Benston? are:
i. Elizabeth Taylor, married Thomas Wilkinson.

Notes for Elizabeth Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for ELIZABETH TAYLOR:
1688 Elizabeth Stevens, widow of William, sold 200 acres to James Taile
1689 James Tailer gave an unspecified acreage to a son James.
1699 James Taylor, Sr., and his wife Elizabeth deeded 75 acres each to two daughters, Margaret Taylor and Elizabeth with her husband Thomas Wilkinson.
1733 Thomas Wilkinson, son-and-heir of Thomas, and his mother deeded 50 acres to Joseph and Elizabeth Meirs, which had been left to them by the will of Thomas, Sr. but in 1741 they deeded it back to Thomas and the deed also was signed by Joseph Melson as heir-at-law of Samuel and Margaret Melson.
1746 Both young Thomas and his mother Elizabeth Wilkinson died intestate, their estate was administered to a Jacob Wilkinson, but it is not certain whether he was a son or brother of young Thomas.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore (1951)

Notes for Thomas Wilkinson:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for THOMAS WILKINSON:
1704 Thos. Wilkinson listed on 1704 rent rolls (taxes) as owning 50 acres in Accomack county, Va.
Source: English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, 1957 Princeton, New Jersey,
by Louis des Cognets, Jr.


ii. William Taylor

Notes for William Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for WILLIAM TAYLOR:
On June 6, 1699 James Taylor, I, the father of William Taylor, was given tax exemption because of his "great age and decrepid condition." James conferred the power of attorney on son William who seems to have inherited the home place after the deaths of James and Elizabrth in 1704. At this time William inherited, among other acreage, the 100 acre Hasard Plantation, that was part of the land Francis Benston bought in 1677 and probably sold to James Taylor later in 1677.

William was probably living in the Oak Hall area when his father died. He was probably married, but his wife's name is unknown. By land transactions we can determine the following children of William's.
Source: Taylor Family, 1663-1974. Nora Miller Turmam; Mary Margaret Gladding

In 1739 The Staytons sold the a home and 300 acres part to John Taylor, son of 'Pokomoke' William Taylor, and the another 300 acres to Joseph Taylor. Joseph Taylor died in 1745 and left the 300 acres as follows. He, now of Somerset, left 100 acres to his brother Samuel and the other 200 acres to his brother James.

In 1757 By two deeds, neither of which gave acreage, Anne Pitt bought the land. The first was from Nathan and Mary Willson Cullver, stating that it was for her interest in the land, which had been left by her great-grandfather James Taylor to his son William, had descended to his son Elias, and then to his daughter Mary as his heir-at-law. The second was from the Cullvers and a James Taylor, stating that Mary had had a half sister Sarah who died without issue, and her interest had passed to James, the brother of Elias.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore (1951)

Children of WILLIAM TAYLOR are:
7. i. JOHN3 TAYLOR, b. New Church, Acc Co, Va.; d. 1751, New Church, Acc Co, Va..
ii. ELIAS TAYLOR17, b. New Church, Acc Co, Va.; d. 1743, New Church, Acc Co, Va.18,19.
Notes for ELIAS TAYLOR:
In 1757 By two deeds, neither of which gave acreage, Anne Pitt bought the land. The first was from Nathan and Mary Willson Cullver, stating that it was for her interest in the land, which had been left by her great-grandfather James Taylor to his son William, had descended to his son Elias, and then to his daughter Mary as his heir-at-law. The second was from the Cullvers and a James Taylor, stating that Mary had had a half sister Sarah who died without issue, and her interest had passed to James, the brother of Elias.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore(1951)


iii. JOSEPH TAYLOR20,21, b. New Church, Acc Co, Va.; d. 1745, Somerset County, Md.22,23.
Notes for JOSEPH TAYLOR:
Joseph Taylor died in 1745 and left the 300 acres as follows. He, now of Somerset, left 100 acres to his brother Samuel and the other 200 acres to his brother James.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore(1951)


iv. SAMUEL TAYLOR, SR.24, b. New Church, Acc Co, Va.; d. 1783, New Church, Acc Co, Va.25,26; m. MARY27; d. Unknown, New Church, Acc Co, Va
Notes for SAMUEL TAYLOR, SR.:
Joseph Taylor died in 1745 and left the 300 acres as follows. He, now of Somerset, left 100 acres to his brother Samuel and the other 200 acres to his brother James.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore(1951)


8. v. JAMES TAYLOR, b. Accomack County, Virginia; d. 1779, Accomack County, Virginia.

32 iii. James Taylor, Jr., born Abt. 1671 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1730 in Miona, upper Accomack Co., VA.
iv. Margaret Taylor, born Abt. 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; married Samuel Melson; born Abt. 1673 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1741 in Somerset Co., MD.

Notes for Margaret Taylor:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

1688 Elizabeth Stevens, widow of William, sold 200 acres to James Taile
1689 James Tailer gave an unspecified acreage to a son James.
1699 James Taylor, Sr., and his wife Elizabeth deeded 75 acres each to two daughters, Margaret Taylor and Elizabeth with her husband Thomas Wilkinson.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore (1951)

Notes for Samuel Melson:
The following information has been copied and pasted from the Taylor Family Report on William Toomey's Family Tree Maker website, with the kind permission of Mr. Toomey:

Notes for SAMUEL MELSON:
1733 Thomas Wilkinson, son-and-heir of Thomas, and his mother deeded 50 acres to Joseph and Elizabeth Meirs, which had been left to them by the will of Thomas, Sr. but in 1741 they deeded it back to Thomas and the deed also was signed by Joseph Melson as heir-at-law of Samuel and Margaret Melson.
Source: Whitelaw's Eastern Shore (1951)


72. Joseph Staton, born Abt. 1666; died Bef. 06 Mar 1710 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 144. John Stayton/Staton and 145. Anne Matthews. He married 73. Jane Stockley.
73. Jane Stockley, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 146. John Stockley, Jr. and 147. Elizabeth ?.

Notes for Joseph Staton:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p1411.htm#i56787

Joseph was born circa 1650. He married Jane (-----) circa 1685. Joseph died before 6 March 1710 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that the estate of Joseph Staton was administered to his son Joseph Staton. Charles & Thomas Stockly securities..1

Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 53 (adm. of Joseph Staton).

Notes for Jane Stockley:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p745.htm#i74467

Jane Stockley
F, b. circa 1662
Pedigree
Father John Stockley b. 1621, d. b 18 Aug 1673
Mother Elizabeth (-----) b. 1633, d. b 4 Jun 1706
Charts Ancestors of Mary Frances Carey
Last Edited 2 Feb 2011
Birth* circa 1662 Jane Stockley was born circa 1662 at Accomack Co, VA.
Will - Father's* 3 February 1671 Jane was named in her father's will on 3 February 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Jane in the will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth..1
Marriage* circa 1685 She married Joseph Staton Sr. circa 1685. Her brothers Charles & Thomas Stockley were the securities on the administration of the estate of her husband Jospeh Staton to their son Joseph Staton, who was named after her father..2
Married Name circa 1685 As of circa 1685,her married name was Staton.
Family
Joseph Staton Sr. b. c 1650, d. b 6 Mar 1710
Child 1. Joseph Staton Jr.+ b. c 1689, d. b 1 Dec 1724
Citations

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 53 (adm. of Joseph Staton).


Child of Joseph Staton and Jane Stockley is:
36 i. Joseph Staton, Jr., born Abt. 1689 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1724 in probably near Temperanceville, Accomack Co., VA; married Susanna Warrington.

74. Stephen Warrington, born Abt. 1634 in St. Michael, Worcestershire, England?; died Abt. 1709 in Accomack County, Virginia USA. He was the son of 148. James Warrington? and 149. Margaret Price?. He married 75. Susanna Colonna Abt. 1688.
75. Susanna Colonna, born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 150. Owen Colonna/Collony.

Notes for Stephen Warrington:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p750.htm#i35427

Stephen was born circa 1645. He married Elizabeth Jenkins circa 1670.1 He married (d|o_Owen) Colonna circa 1690.2 Stephen was named as an heir on 5 December 1692 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son-in-law Stephen Warrington in the will of Owen Collony..3 He made a will on 23 December 1708 at Accomack Co, VA. To son Walter Warrington 100 acres. To son Alexander 100 acres. To sons William & Thomas, as my Ex'rs., & to my daughters Susanna, Rachell & Elizabeth Warrington all my moveable goods in Virginia. To sons John & Stephen Warrington & daughter Mary Hutchinson. Witt: Thomas Roby, John Stanton, John Lasster..3 Stephen died in January 1709.3 Stephen's will was probated on 1 February 1709 at Accomack Co, VA.3
Children of Stephen Warrington and Elizabeth Jenkins
?John Warrington+ b. c 1672, d. b 6 Aug 1728
?William Warrington I+ b. 1674, d. b 27 Jun 1755
?Thomas Warrington b. c 1676
?Walter Warrington+ b. c 1678, d. Apr 1749
?Alexander Warrington b. c 1680, d. b 2 May 1721
?Stephen Warrington b. c 1682
?Mary Warrington b. c 1685
Children of Stephen Warrington and (d|o_Owen) Colonna
?Susannah Warrington+ b. c 1698
?Rachel Warrington b. c 1700
?Elizabeth Warrington b. c 1702
Citations
1.[S714] Chuck Warrington, to Moody K. Miles III.
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 23 (will of Owen Collony).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 40 (will of Stephen Warrington).

More About Stephen Warrington:
Probate: 01 Feb 1708, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Bef. 1707, Held title to the plantation "Nightingale, " conisting of 200 acres near present-day Modest Town, Accomack Co., VA.
Residence 1: Aft. 1660, near present-day Onancock, Accomack Co., VA
Residence 2: Bef. 1660, Charles City Co., VA
Residence 3: Bef. 1660, Charles Co., MD
Will: 23 Dec 1707, Accomack Co., VA

Children of Stephen Warrington and Susanna Colonna are:
i. Stephen Warrington?
ii. Rachel Warrington
iii. Elizabeth Warrington
37 iv. Susanna Warrington, born Abt. 1698 in Accomack Co., VA; married Joseph Staton, Jr..

76. Thomas Crippen, born Abt. 1660 in England?; died Abt. 1734 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 77. Elizabeth Fowkes Abt. 1683 in Accomack Co., VA?.
77. Elizabeth Fowkes She was the daughter of 154. Thomas Fowkes/Fooks and 155. Sarah ?.

Notes for Thomas Crippen:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p630.htm#i62908

Last Edited 18 Aug 2011
Birth* circa 1660 Thomas was born circa 1660.
Headright* 16 February 1682 Thomas was named as a headright on 16 February 1682 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Tho. Crippin was listed on a certificate granted to Capt. William Custis for 700 acres..1
Marriage* before 2 July 1683 He married Elizabeth Fooks, daughter of Thomas Fooks (Quaker) and (-----) (-----), before 2 July 1683 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Crippin, who married Elizabeth (widow of William White), petitioned for administration of White's estate. Elizabeth had formerly petitioned for administration, but before a bond was given or commission taken out, she married Crippin. An inventory of the estate had been taken, and since Cripping (sic) had petitioned for administration in his own name, security was required. The court accepted Thomas Bagwell and Isacc Dix as security and granted administration to Cripping..2,3
Will - Witnessed* 28 October 1687 Thomas Crippen (I) witnessed a will on 28 October 1687 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Crippen, John Lewis & William Dennison witnessed the will of Isaac Dix, wife Mary.4
Land bought* 1688 Thomas bought land in 1688 at Accomack Co, VA. It was in this year that Thomas Crippen bought 360 acres from Ariana Davis, a sister of Daniel Jenifer. It was on the south of the present White's Creek in the Gargartha area and extended from the seaboard out to the seaside road. At the mouth of the creek was a salt works which the Jenifers reserved at the time. In 1696 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer sold the salt works to Crippen, together with 488 acres more which carried the Crippen land out to the present highway, with its north bounds the present crossroad to Rue. Crippen did not sell this land, but in 1735 left 200 acres at the seaboard it to his grandsons John & Thomas, their parents having been his son Thomas Crippen (died 1728) and his wife Elizabeth; to his son Paul, the next 350 acres where I now live, which would have been on both side of the seaside road; and the final 298 acres at the head to 2 of his grandsons, Robert, also a son of Thomas Jr. & Elizabeth; and Thomas Bennet, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Bennet..5
Will - Witnessed 12 February 1695 He witnessed a will on 12 February 1695 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Crippen, George Parker Sr. & Thomas Jones witnessed the will of Richard Sturgis, wife Sarah.6
Will - Witnessed 18 May 1708 He witnessed a will on 18 May 1708 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Crippen, Roger Miles & William Mills witnessed the will of Charles Campleshon, mariner, wife Mary.7
Will - Son's* 27 December 1727 Thomas was named in his son's will on 27 December 1727 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as my father Thomas Crippen in the will of Thomas Crippen, son of Thos the elder, wife Elizabeth..8
Will* 17 December 1730 He made a will on 17 December 1730 at Accomack Co, VA. To son Paul Crippen 350 acres where I now live beginning at the old house branch & for want of heirs to my son William Crippen. To grandsons John & Thomas Crippen, sons of Thomas & Elizabeth Crippen, 200 acres on the seaboard side on Ambrocomoco at the mouth of said Creek & so up to the old house branch, John to have the 1/2 where his father Thomas lived, & for want of heirs to my son William. To grandsons Robert, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Crippin, & grandson Bennet, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Bennet the balance of my land lying on the head line, being 298 acres Robert to have the part adjcent my son Paul & Thomas Bennet to have the part lying on the head line. Son Paul to give my grandson Thomas Bennet 2 years schooling. To Margaret Crippen. Son Paul residual legatee & Exr. Witt: Richard Drummond, William White, John Cooke..9
Death* before 5 February 1734/35 Thomas died before 5 February 1734/35 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..9
Family
Elizabeth Fooks b. c 1667
Marriage* before 2 July 1683 He married Elizabeth Fooks, daughter of Thomas Fooks (Quaker) and (-----) (-----), before 2 July 1683 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas Crippin, who married Elizabeth (widow of William White), petitioned for administration of White's estate. Elizabeth had formerly petitioned for administration, but before a bond was given or commission taken out, she married Crippin. An inventory of the estate had been taken, and since Cripping (sic) had petitioned for administration in his own name, security was required. The court accepted Thomas Bagwell and Isacc Dix as security and granted administration to Cripping..2,3
Children 1. John Crippen+ b. c 1684, d. b 1735
2. Thomas Crippen (II)+ b. c 1685, d. b 5 Mar 1727/28
3. Paul Crippen+ b. c 1688, d. b 27 Feb 1753
4. William Crippen b. c 1690, d. b 27 May 1752
5. Elizabeth Crippen+ b. c 1692
Citations

[S579] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, p. 60.
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1142 (tract A121).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 21.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 16 (will of Isaac Dix, wife Mary).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1144 (tract A121).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 27 (will of Richard Sturgis, wife Sarah).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 39 (will of Charles Campleshon, mariner, wife Mary).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 82 (will of Thomas Crippen, son of Thos the elder, wife Elizabeth).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 103 (will of Thomas Crippen).


Children of Thomas Crippen and Elizabeth Fowkes are:
i. Margaret Crippen
ii. Elizabeth Crippen, married Thomas Bennett.
38 iii. Thomas Crippen, Jr., born Abt. 1684 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1727 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Bayly Abt. 1705.
iv. John Crippen, born Abt. 1686; died in probably Delaware.
v. William Crippen, born Abt. 1688; died in probably Delaware.
vi. Paul Crippen, born Abt. 1690; died Abt. 1753 in Accomack Co., VA; married Margaret.

78. Edmund Bayly, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1717 in probably Joynes Neck, Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 156. Maj. Richard Bayly, Jr. and 157. Mary Jones. He married 79. Hannah Scarborough.
79. Hannah Scarborough, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 158. Lt. Col. Edmund Scarborough III and 159. Ursula Whittington.

Notes for Edmund Bayly:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p251.htm#i25091

Last Edited 6 Mar 2012
Birth* circa 1670 Edmund was born circa 1670 at Accomack Co, VA.
Marriage before 1685 He married Hannah [31] Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Edmund [11] Scarburgh (III) and Ursula Whittington, before 1685.2
Will - Brother's* 15 November 1707 Edmund was named in his brother's will on 15 November 1707 at Accomack Co, VA. He was named as brother Edmund Bayly in the will of Richard Bayly Jr. and was named as one of the overseers..1
Marriage* circa 1717 He married Mary (12) Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Charles [10] (Councillor) Scarburgh (I) (Burgess) and Elizabeth (3) Bennett, circa 1717.2
Will* 6 February 1718 He made a will on 6 February 1718 at Accomack Co, VA. Edmund Bayly named a wife Mary; daughters Elizabeth Crippen and Tabitha; son Edmund (under age); and a nephew Wittington Bayly. He left all his land on the seaside containing 800 acres to his son Edmund and for want of heirs to unborn child, if a boy, but if a girl he gave 1/2 the personal estate given by this will to his son Edmund to the said child. Should his wife not be with child & his son died without issue, he gave 350 acres to his daughter Elizabeth and the remaining part of his land to his daughter Tabitha. To wife Mary all her estate that belonged to her deceased husband Charles Bayly and all legacies left her by her deceased husband. Edmund Scarburgh, Morris Shephard and Henry Scarburgh to inventory his estate. Son Edmund to be under the guide and direction of his uncle Morris Shepeard. Wife and son Edmund were executors. Witnesses were Henry Scarburgh, Morris Shepard and Seb: Cropper..3
Death* March 1718 Edmund died in March 1718.4
Probate* 2 April 1718 Edmund's will was probated on 2 April 1718 at Accomack Co, VA.4
Family 1
Hannah [31] Scarburgh b. c 1668
Marriage before 1685 He married Hannah [31] Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Edmund [11] Scarburgh (III) and Ursula Whittington, before 1685.2
Children 1. Elizabeth Bayly+ b. c 1686
2. Edmund Bayly (II)+ b. c 1698, d. Mar 1751
3. Tabitha Bayly b. c 1702
Family 2
Mary (12) Scarburgh b. c 1681
Marriage* circa 1717 He married Mary (12) Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Charles [10] (Councillor) Scarburgh (I) (Burgess) and Elizabeth (3) Bennett, circa 1717.2
Child 1. Southy (51) Bayly b. 1718
Citations

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 37 (will of Richard Bayly Jr.).
[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 446 (Utie-Bennett Family).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 57 (will of Edmund Bayly).
[S103] Accomack Co, VA, Wills, Deeds & c., 1715-29, part I, p. 113.

More About Edmund Bayly:
Comment: In her research, Certified Genealogist Mary Frances Carey states Edmond Bayley was a son of Richard Bayley and Mary Jones, but William Whittington's will indicates his mother's name was Ursula.
Property: 1720, In the Will of William Whittington of Somerset Co., MD, he left his kinsmen Edmond and Whittington Bayley, sons of Richard Bayley by his wife Ursula, the "New Haven" tract at Rokiawankin, probably in Somerset Co., MD.
Will: 06 Feb 1717, Accomack Co., VA

Child of Edmund Bayly and Hannah Scarborough is:
39 i. Elizabeth Bayly, born 1680 in Accomack Co., VA; married Thomas Crippen, Jr. Abt. 1705.

80. Joshua Fitchett?, died in Surry Co., VA?.

Child of Joshua Fitchett? is:
40 i. Joshua Fitchett, born Abt. 1645 in James City Co., VA?; died Abt. 1710 in Northampton Co., VA; married Esther Weatherington?.

96. ? Dolby/Dalby? He was the son of 192. John Dolby/Dalby? and 193. Margaret Drew.

Child of ? Dolby/Dalby? is:
48 i. John Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1655 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 01 Mar 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.

112. Capt. William Kendall, Jr., born Abt. 1659 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1696 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 224. Col. William Kendall and 225. Susanna Baker. He married 113. Ann Mason.
113. Ann Mason, born in Norfolk Co., VA; died in Northampton Co., VA?. She was the daughter of 226. Col. Lemuel Mason and 227. Ann Seawell.

Notes for Capt. William Kendall, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p548.htm#i54766

William was born in 1664 at Newport House, N'hamp Co, VA.3 William was named in his uncle's will on 13 April 1667 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my kinsman (meaning nephew) William Kendall Jr. in the will of Daniel Baker, brother of Susanna Kendall.4 He married Ann (14) Mason, daughter of Lemuel (4) Mason and Ann Seawell, circa 1684.5 William was named in his father's will on 29 October 1685 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son William Kendall in the will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah.2 William was named in his sister's will on 16 January 1695 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my loving brother William Kendall and given my share of 300 acres in Accomack Co left me by the will of my dec'd father-in-law (meaning step-father) Col. Kendall in the will of Elizabeth Mathews..1 William made a will on 29 January 1695/96 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son William Kendall when 21 the great Dutch press, pair of pistols and holsters, silver hilted rapier, carbine, silver headed cane and silver tob. box with mine and his name on them. To my dau. Susanna Kendall £10 when 16 or married, and what was left her by the will of my father her grandfather. To son John Kendall (under 16) n. boy Tillberry, that part of my land left on Gingoteague Island in Accomack Co., and my part of the 1700 A. given to me by my dec'd father which he purchased of Henry Smith in Accomack. To my dau. Mason Kendall (under 16) n. boy Wittney and 250 A., it being my part of land purchased by my father from David Williamson in Accomack. To dau. Ann Kendall (under 16) n. woman Bettee and 250 A. it being part of the aforesaid parcel formerly belonging to David Williamson. Remaining estate in Virginia or elsewhere to be eq. div. by my wife Ann Kendall and my children John, Mason, and Ann Kendall. Wife extrx. Witt: Daniel Neech, George Corben, Robert Clarke. Codicil - 20 Mar. 1695/6 - To wife 20,000#t. Friends (Maj.) John Custis and Daniel Neech to oversee. Witt: Daniel Neech, John Wilkeson, John Ward. Notes: Peter Collier lately dec'd married the mother of William Kendall the son of (Capt.) William Kendall. On July 28, 1704 Mason Kendall chose Andrew Hamilton for her guardian and John Kendall chose his uncle Thomas Mason of Elizabeth River, in Norfolk County on the Western Shore.6 William died before 28 July 1696 at Northampton Co, VA.5

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 154 (will of Elizabeth Mathews, daughter of Sarah Palmer).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 126 (will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah).
3.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 32.
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 90 (will of Daniel Baker, brother of Susanna Kendall).
5.[S888] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 574 (Mason Family).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 153 (will of William Kendall, Gent, wife Ann).

More About Capt. William Kendall, Jr.:
Appointed/Elected: Burgess from Northampton Co., VA
Comment: That his wife was a sister of Thomas Mason was proven by a 28 Jul 1704 record in which William's son John Kendall chose his uncle Thomas Mason of Elizabeth River as his guardian.
Probate: 28 Jul 1696, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 29 Jan 1695, Northampton Co., VA

Children of William Kendall and Ann Mason are:
59 i. Susanna Kendall, born Abt. 1684 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Nov 1758 in Northampton Co., VA; married Devorax Godwin Abt. 1704.
56 ii. John Kendall, born Abt. 1685 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1738 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Tabitha Watts; married (2) Comfort Anderson.
iii. William Kendall III, born Apr 1687 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1720; married Sorrowful Margaret Custis Bef. 1722; born Bef. 1689 in Northampton Co., VA; died 1750 in Northampton Co., VA.

More About Sorrowful Margaret Custis:
Comment: She was named this because her mother died giving birth to her

iv. Mason Kendall, born Abt. 1690 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) James Watts 22 Mar 1710 in Northampton Co., VA; married (2) Samuel Welburn Aft. 1710.
v. Ann Kendall, born 29 Jan 1696 in Northampton Co., VA; died 18 May 1760 in Northampton Co. or Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Thomas Custis 24 Jun 1717; born Abt. 1684 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1720 in Accomack Co., VA; married (2) Col. Henry Custis Abt. 1720; born Abt. 1680 in Northampton Co., VA; died 01 Jan 1732 in Metomkin, Accomack Co., VA; married (3) Edmund Allen Aft. 1732.

Notes for Col. Henry Custis:

More About Col. Henry Custis:
Probate: 06 Mar 1732, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: Oct 1689, In the will of his uncle Adam Michael, he inherited 1000 acres of land at Metomkin in Accomack Co., VA, later called "Mt. Custis." The original part of the present house there was said to have been constructed by him.
Property 2: Inherited from his father large tracts of land at Jengoteague (Chincoteague) and "Wild Catt Island."
Residence: "Mount Custis, " on Parker's Creek, Route 627, Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 11 Oct 1729, Accomack Co., VA

114. Capt. John Watts, Jr., born Abt. 1669; died Bef. 05 Apr 1726 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 228. John Watts and 229. Dorothy ?. He married 115. Sarah Wallop.
115. Sarah Wallop, born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA. She was the daughter of 230. Capt. John Waddelow/Wallop and 231. Rebecca ?.

Notes for Capt. John Watts, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p281.htm#i28077

John was born circa 1669. John was named in his father's will on 29 April 1680 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as son John (under 16) in the will of John Watts, wife Dorothy. He was given 450 acres where I now dwell at Accocomson & 250 acres on Teasers Island in Somerset Co, MD granted to me by patent & 300 acres in Somerset County being the southernmost part of 600 acres granted to me by patent.1 He married Sarah Wallop, daughter of Capt. John Wallop (alias Wadlow) and Rebecca (-----), after 4 April 1693 at Accomack Co, VA. From the will of Capt. John Watts in 1726 it was possible to figure out that Sarah had been his first wife, and he had by her two daughters, to inherit her 2,000 acres, Tabitha who married John Kendall & Sarah, who married William Finney Jr. In 1734 William Finney, wife Sarah, left his 1,000 acres on Wallop's Island to a son John, who died intestate in 1782.2,3 He married Priscilla White, daughter of John White (I) and Sarah Keyser, circa 1700.4 He made a will on 2 January 1725 at Accomack Co, VA. To son John Watts. To son William Watts my island called Wolfes Denn Island at Mattoponey in Somerset County, containing 90 acres, also my Island called Temp Island at Mattopony in Somerset County, Maryland, containing 725 acres. To daughter Easter Watts my two tracts of land called Smithfield & Farloworth containing 367 acres in the County of Somerset. To daughter Sarah Finney. To daughter Mary Selby. To daughter Jannat Narn. To son John Kendall negroes for life reversion to Lemuel Kendall, heir of Tabitha Kendall as is recited on the back of a bill of sale endorsed by me to the said Kendall being in his possession. To grandson Lamuel Kendall negro to be delivered to him at 18. To son William negro & liberty to get timber on my land at Mattapony called Wattses Conveniency for the building of houses on Temp Island. To daughter Elizabeth Colliar. Beds & furniture to be divided between wife & 6 children, Sarah Finne, John Watts, William Watts, Mary Selby, Jannet Nairn, Ester Watts. To wife Priscilla 1/3 of all my lands & 1/3 of personal estate not disposed of & the other 2/3 to be divided between my above named children. Wife Exec. Richard Kitson & Mr. William Tazewell overseers. Witt: Solomon Ewell, Comfort Ewell, Sarah Wallop, Charles Littleton, John Wallop. Codicl dated 9 Dec. 1725 - I app. my friend Richard Kitson & my son in law John Kendall assistant Exrs. until my son John arrive at 20 years..5 John died before 5 April 1726 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..5

Family 1

Sarah Wallop b. c 1672

Children
?Tabitha Watts+ b. c 1696, d. b 2 Jan 1724/25
?Sarah Watts+ b. c 1705


Family 2

Priscilla White b. 6 May 1677, d. b 5 Jan 1730/31

Children
?Mary Watts+ b. c 1700
?Jannet Watts+ b. c 1702, d. b 25 Dec 1772
?Elizabeth Watts+ b. c 1704
?William Watts (I)+ b. c 1706, d. b 29 Nov 1743
?Esther Watts b. c 1708
?John Watts b. c 1710, d. b 6 Apr 1731


Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 12 (will of John Watts, wife Dorothy).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1242-1243 (tract A142) & p. 1333-1339 (tract A175).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, P. 23 (will of John Wallp, alias Wadlow).
4.[S496] Barbara Massey Horsman, Massey Family of Worcester County, Maryland.
5.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 77 (will of Capt. John Watts).

Notes for Sarah Wallop:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p708.htm#i70763

Sarah Wallop was born circa 1672 at Accomack Co, VA.1 Sarah was named in her father's will on 4 April 1693 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as a daughter Sarah Wallop, alias Wadlow in the will of John Wallop, alias Wadlow.2 She married Capt. John Watts, son of John Watts and Dorothy (-----), after 4 April 1693 at Accomack Co, VA. From the will of Capt. John Watts in 1726 it was possible to figure out that Sarah had been his first wife, and he had by her two daughters, to inherit her 2,000 acres, Tabitha who married John Kendall & Sarah, who married William Finney Jr. In 1734 William Finney, wife Sarah, left his 1,000 acres on Wallop's Island to a son John, who died intestate in 1782.3,2 As of after 4 April 1693,her married name was Watts.1,2

Citations
1.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1333-1339 (tract A175).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, P. 23 (will of John Wallp, alias Wadlow).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1242-1243 (tract A142) & p. 1333-1339 (tract A175).


Children of John Watts and Sarah Wallop are:
57 i. Tabitha Watts, born Abt. 1696 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Jan 1725; married John Kendall.
ii. Sarah Watts, born Abt. 1705 in Accomack Co., VA; married William Finney, Jr. Abt. 1720; born Abt. 1695; died Bef. 28 Aug 1766.

116. Joseph Godwin, born Abt. 1630 in England?; died Bef. 30 May 1698 in Northampton Co., VA. He was the son of 232. Devorax Godwin and 233. Elizabeth Foster?. He married 117. Mary Patrick.
117. Mary Patrick, born Abt. 1640.

Notes for Joseph Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p580.htm#i57942

Joseph was born circa 1630 at England.3 He married Mary Patrick, daughter of (f/o_Rich_&_Mary) Patrick, circa 1664.4,5 Joseph Godwin I bought land in 1672 at Northampton Co, VA. In was in this year that Joseph Godwin bought 600 acres of tract N49 from Richard Patricke who had just bought 1,200 acres from Capt. John Savage & his wife Mary.6 Joseph was named in his father's will on 5 August 1674 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son Joseph Godwin in the will of Devorax Godwin..1 Joseph was named in his brother's will on 16 February 1675 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my brother (meaning brother-in-law) Joseph Godwin in the will of Richard Patricke, planter, wife dec'd. Richard also requested that his daughter Elizabeth was to remain with her uncle Joseph Godwin..7 He sold land in 1687 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Joseph Godwin offered 40 acres (of his 600-acres part that he had bought from Richard Patrick) of tract N49 to the county and 2 years later he and his wife Mary executed a deed to the justices describing it as the place where was located "the Courthouse I am now building for the County's use." The next year the court began sitting here, where it remained for 25 years until the final move to the present site. When Joseph Godwin died title passed to his eldest son Deveraux. In 1698 Deveraux deeded 100 acres each to his brothers Joseph, Francis and Daniel. Joseph got the part where the Court is now kept.8 Joseph witnessed a will on 1 August 1689 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that John Cole, Joseph Godwin, Mary Knight and Mary Godwin witnessed the will of John Tankred Gent., wife Sarah. Joseph and Mary Godwin were husband and wife.9 Joseph died before 30 May 1698 at Northampton Co, VA.10,4

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 97 (will of Devorax Godwin, sons Caesar & Joseph).
2.[S49] Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, Godwin Ancestry, p. 150 (Chart LIX).
3.[S1965] Fitzhugh Lee Godwin Jr., "A Genealogical Study of the Godwins of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 160 (adm of Joseph Godwin to widow Mary).
5.[S49] Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, Godwin Ancestry, p. 102 & 150 (Chart LIX).
6.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 275/6.
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 97 (will of Richard Patricke, planter, wife dec'd).
8.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 278 (tract N49).
9.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 139 (will of John Tankred, Gent., wife Sarah).
10.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 123 (Savage Family) footnote 57.
11.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).


Children of Joseph Godwin and Mary Patrick are:
58 i. Devorax Godwin, born Abt. 1664 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 14 Feb 1727 in Northampton Co., VA; married Susanna Kendall Abt. 1704.
ii. Francis Godwin, born Abt. 1666 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 17 Mar 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Francis Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p580.htm#i57944

Francis was born circa 1666 at Northampton Co, VA. Francis made a will on 5 March 1718/19. To my brother Daniel 100 acres joyning upon Bartholomew Pettit's line and Carvies line. To brother Devorax one cow and to his daus. Ann and Mary Godwin fine lingin. To Susanner Godwin [the?] Younger. To Joseph Godwin, Jr. and William Godwin. To David Riphing one felt hat. To my sister Josepha Mariah West £3. To my two coseng[sic] Mary and Elisha Shavage. To my brother Joseph. Brother Daniel extr. Witt: William Kendall, Sr., Sor. Margaret Kendall, Mary Colliar.3 He died before 17 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.3


Citations
1.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 123 (Savage Family) footnote 57.
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 160 (adm of Joseph Godwin to widow Mary).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).

iii. Daniel Godwin, born Abt. 1668 in Northampton Co., VA; married Elishaba Benthall 12 Jan 1724 in Northampton Co., VA (bond date); born Abt. 1705.

Notes for Daniel Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p698.htm#i69774

Daniel Godwin was born circa 1668 at Northampton Co, VA.1 Daniel was named in his brother's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Daniel and given 100 acres in the will of Francis Godwin, so the two 100-acre parts become one.1,2 He sold land in 1720 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Daniel Godwin deeded the 200 acres that his brothers Deveraux II and Francis gave him to a Deveraux Godwin. Whitelaw thought he may have been a son of Daniel, but he was probably Deveraux III, the son of his brother Deveraux II, who gave him the land.2 He married Elishaba 'Alicia' Benthall 12 Jan 1724 (bond) at Northampton Co, VA. Devorax Godwin & Geo Lucar were the security on the M.L.B. of Daniell Godwin and Elishaba Benthall. George Lucar & wife gave consent for Elishaba.3 Daniel Godwin bought land in 1730 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Daniel Godwin bought part of tract N55 from Harmanson & Rachaell Gascoigne and in 1731 Daniel and Alicia Godwin sold as 18 acres to Matthew Harmanson. In 1746 Daniel and Elissa Godwin sold a part of tract N56 that he bought from the Gascoignes to John Waterfield.4 Daniel was named in his sister's will on 3 January 1735 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Daniel Godwin in the will of Josephus Maria Johnson. She also named Joseph Godwin and Noaor Godwin, sons of Daniel Godwin.5 Daniel was named in his nephew's will on 26 January 1735/36 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my uncle Daniel Godwin in the will of Joseph Godwin, wife Edith.6 He sold land before 1739 at Northampton Co, VA. In 1721 Mrs. Elizabeth Benthall deeded 150 acres of tract N19 to her daughter Elishe who married Daniel Godwin 3 year later. In 1739 there was no local disposition by Godwin, but a bond signed by William Pigot in 1739 stated that Godwin had sold to Major Guy.7

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 279 (tract N49).
3.[S622] Comp Jean M. Mihalyka, Northampton Co, VA, Marriages, 1660/1-1854 (Recorded in Bonds, Licenses, Minister Returns, and other sources).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 356 (tract N55).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 311 (will of Josephus Maria Johnson).
6.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 293 (will of Joseph Godwin, wife Edith).
7.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 117 (tract N19).

iv. Joseph Godwin, Jr., born Abt. 1670 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Joseph Godwin, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p698.htm#i69775

Joseph Godwin II was born circa 1670 at Northampton Co, VA.1 He patented land in 1705 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Deveraux and Joseph Godwin received a patent for 100 acres "on Ege Island." It is not clear whether this was for the GODWIN's (sometimes GOODWIN's) ISLAND of today, but the similarity of this name to that of the purchasers is significant. No disposition by either Godwin was noted. No patent of early date was found for what today is called SHIP SHOAL ISLAND. The name was observed occasionally in deed books, but no effort was made to trace the early history. In 1877 Jesse T. Hutchinson received a state warrent for a total of 855 acres of GODWIN's and SHIP SHOAL ISLANDS. In 1890 GODWIN's ISLAND was sold for taxes to A.B. Lafferty.2 He sold land in 1718 at Northampton Co, VA. It was in this year that Joseph Godwin sold the 100 acres of tract N49 that his brother Deveraux gave him in 1698 to Bartholomew Pettit describing it as being at a place called the old court house.3 Joseph was named in his brother's will on 5 March 1718/19 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Joseph in the will of Francis Godwin.1


Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 223 (will of Francis Godwin).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 91 (tract N15).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 278 (tract N49).

v. Mary Godwin, born Abt. 1675; married Elkington Savage; born 13 Feb 1676 in Northampton Co., VA; died Bef. 17 Nov 1719 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Elkington Savage:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p134.htm#i13301

Elkington was born on 13 February 1676 at Northampton Co, VA.3 Elkington was named in his father's will on 26 August 1678 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a son Elkington Savage in the will of Capt. John Savage, Gent..2 He married Mary Godwin, daughter of Joseph Godwin I and Mary Patrick, circa 1706.4,3 He married Winifred 'Winnefret' (-----) circa 1710.3,5 He made a will on 21 August 1719 at Northampton Co, VA. To my daughter Mary Savage the mare called "Feenex" and the largest gold ring that was her mother's. To dau. Elishe Savage one small ring that was her mother's. Remaining estate to my loving wife Winnefret during her widowhood and then to be eq. div. by my wife and three children Joshua, Flavia, and Esther Savage, and the child my wife now goes with. My n. man to serve my wife during her life and then to be div. by her four children above named. Wife extrx. Children to be at age at 16. Witt: John (J) Powell, William (W) Baynum..5 Elkington died before 17 November 1719 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..3,5

Citations
1.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 120 (Savage Family).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 103 (will of Capt. John Savage Gent., daughter Grace Corbin).
3.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 123 (Savage Family).
4.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 226 (will of Elkenton Savage, wife Winnefret).

vi. Josepha Maria Godwin, born Abt. 1690; died Bef. 08 Mar 1743; married Major John West, Jr. Aft. 1718; born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA; died 16 Sep 1719 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Major John West, Jr.:
He is perhaps the best known of the early descendants of Anthony and Anne West. To distinguish him, he was spoken of as Maj. John West of Northampton. He disposed of his land at Pungoteague which he owned at the time of his grandfather's death, and took up his residence at Checonesseck. His will was probated in Northampton County in 1719. To his son Argoll Yeardley, he left the home plantation of 350 acres. To his son, John, he gave 150 acres in Accomac County; and to his son, Thorogood, two plantations in Accomac, containing 250 acres. He made bequests to his wife and the rest of his children. He was twice married, 1st, to Frances Yeardley, the daughter of Argoll Yeardley. His father was said to be a cousin of Governor John West of Virginia, and there is abundant evidence of the intimacy of the two lines though no one has seemed to find actual proof of blood relationship. However, Maj. John West the Younger, the grandson of Anthony West, married the step-granddaughter of Gov. John West, her grandmother being Lady Frances Yeardley, wife of Governor West. Connection with the De La Warr line was claimed many years ago when a tombstone, found over Maj. Charles West's grave in Onancock, was said to bear the De La Warr arms, but the writer has been reliably informed that if that were the case, the symbol has now disappeared due to the ravages of time.

Colonial Families in the United States

JOHN WEST, the younger, Major, b. in Northampton Co., Va., d. 1718; m. (firstly) Frances YEARDLEY, dau. of Captain Argall and Sarah (MICHAEL) YEARDLEY, g. dau. of Colonel Argall YEARDLEY, and gr. g. dau. of Sir George and Lady Temperance (WEST) YEARDLEY; m. (secondly) Josepha Maria GODWIN.

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John was born circa 1675 at Accomack Co, VA. John was named in his uncle's will circa 1676 at Accomack Co, VA. He was named as nephew John West the younger in the undated will of Henry Scarborough, which was recorded 26 May 1676..2 He married Frances (12) Yeardley, daughter of Argoll (7) Yeardley (II) and Sarah (24) Michael, circa 1695.3,4 It was on this date that John and Frances West signed a deed of partition assigning ownership of a slave, which in setting forth rights to the slave, traces the West-Yeardley-Michael-Harmanson relationship. He owned 500 acres in Accomack County, 1704.4 John was named in his father's will on 6 February 1703 at Accomack Co, VA. He was named as youngest son John West in the will of John West and it was noted that there were two sons John, one the elder and one the younger..5 He married Josepha Maria Godwin, daughter of Joseph Godwin I and Mary Patrick, after 1714.3,4,6 He made a will on 6 February 1719 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Argoll Yardly West my 350 acre plantation whereon I now live, and the reversion of the 55 acres where William Rabyshaw now lives. To my son John the 150 acre plantation whereon Robert Griffen now lives. To my son Thorowgood the 2 plantations in Accomack Co. whereon Samuel West and John Powell live, comprizing 250 acres. To my beloved wife Josepha Maria West 250 acres in Accomack Co. bounded by Harry Houses Cutt. To my son Charles (under 18) Negro boy Ceaser. To my 3 daughters Sarah, Anne and Jemimah West Negro girl Betty. To my daughter Metelda West 30 shillings. To my son Joseph one shilling. To my wife Negro girl Pleasant. Wife and my children John, Thorowgood, Charles, Sarah, Anne and Jemimah West residual legatees. Wife and my son Argoll Extrs. My two friends, brother George Harmanson and Hillary Stringer to assist in Northampton Co. and Col. Tully Robinson and Mr. Thomas Custis in Accomack Co. Witt: Hillary Stringer, Francis Godwin, Jacob Stringer and George Harmanson..7,8 John died in 1719 at Northampton Co, VA.9 John's will was probated on 16 September 1719 at Northampton Co, VA.3,7

Citations
1.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 511 (Anthony West Family).
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 8 (will of Henry Scarborough).
3.[S573] Elmer D. West, Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia.
4.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 514 (Anthony West Family).
5.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 34 (will of John West).
6.[S954] David Scott, to M.K. Miles.
7.[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 667 (Anthony West family).
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 225 (will of John West).
9.[S379] Sue Morten O'Brien, Register of Americans of Prominent Descent.

More About Major John West, Jr.:
Probate: Sep 1719, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 06 Feb 1718, Northampton Co., VA

Generation No. 8

128. Thomas Taylor?, born Abt. 1615 in England?; died Abt. 1686 in Accomack Co., VA.

Children of Thomas Taylor? are:
i. Edward Taylor?
ii. Thomas Taylor?
64 iii. James Taylor, born Abt. 1640 in probably England; died Abt. 1704 in probably Miona area of upper Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Benston?.

130. Francis Benston?

Child of Francis Benston? is:
65 i. Elizabeth Benston?, married James Taylor.

144. John Stayton/Staton, born in England?; died in Staytonville, Delaware USA. He married 145. Anne Matthews 1665 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
145. Anne Matthews She was the daughter of 290. John Matthews.

Children of John Stayton/Staton and Anne Matthews are:
i. John Staton
72 ii. Joseph Staton, born Abt. 1666; died Bef. 06 Mar 1710 in Accomack Co., VA; married Jane Stockley.

146. John Stockley, Jr., born Abt. 1621 in England?; died Bef. 18 Aug 1673 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 292. John Stockley and 293. ? Woodman?. He married 147. Elizabeth ? Bef. 1648.
147. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1633; died Bef. 04 Jun 1706 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for John Stockley, Jr.:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p267.htm#i26639

Last Edited 8 May 2020
Birth* 1621 John was born in 1621 at England. He was shown as Jno Stockley in Jan 1671/2, age 50, which puts his birth at 1621..2,3
Anecdote* before 1639 John Stockly came to Virginia by 1639 as an indentured servant to his brother Francis Stockly, who had been in Virginia by 1635. John was to serve his brother for 3 years to pay for his passage. He had been trained as a tailor. Before 6 July 1640 John had been illegally hired by John Algood and Francis petitioned the court to have his servant returned to him. On 1 Feb 1641 the court ordered John Stockly to be returned to his master and for Algood to pay Francis Stockly for the time John had illegally been employed and to pay all court costs. At a court on 29 Aug 1642 the court ordered one William Stevens, Boatwright, to pay John Stockly, tailor for making a suit of clothes. On 14 November 1643 the court ordered the executor of William Burdett dec'd to pay John Stockly 260 lbs of tobacco. On 20 Dec 1643 John Stockly, Francis Stockly and others were fined 30 lbs of tobacco each for using profanity.4,5
Marriage* circa 1648 He married Elizabeth (-----) circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of those who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..4
Will - Brother's* 12 December 1655 John was named in his brother's will on 12 December 1655 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as a brother John Stockley in the will of Francis Stockley. Francis also named John's son Willyam Stockley..6
Land patented* 1664 John patented land in 1664 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stokeley was issued a patent for 2,600 (Whitelaw's tract A140). It extended along the west side of Assawoman Creek and it main fresh-water branch..7
Land certificate* 19 July 1664 He was granted a certificate for land on 19 July 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that a certificate was granted to John Stockley for 400 acres of land due for transporting the following into the colony: John Stockley, Eliza. Stockley, John Moore, Abraham Heath, Benjamin Hickman, Eliza Ashdon, John Bowin & James Owin.8
Will* 3 February 1670/71 He made a will on 3 February 1670/71 at Accomack Co, VA. In his will John Stockley gave his plantation at Assawoman, being 2700 acres to be equally divided between such sons as shall survive me, they to receive their estates at 18, but should my wife remain a widow she to have use of said land until my sons are 21. To wife Elizabeth plantation where I now live during her widowhood, then to my son Thomas; should my sons all die land to be divided between my daughters Jane, Hanna, Ann & Elizabeth. Wife Elizabeth, William Custis & Edward Revell Ex'rs. Witt: William Custis, Thomas Bagwell. On 9 Apr 1673 John Stockly, wife Elizabeth, added a Memo to his will: Having already given my 3 sons William, Woodman & John their shares of cows & chattels, they to have no share of cows at my deceased, only mares & land, except one Neck of land to the Northward of Christopher Stanley's plantation which I give to my wife to be at her own disposing. Whitelaw shows that he left his home plantation to his wife for life and then it was to go to his son Thomas and the 2700 aces that was to be equally divided between his 7 sons, which included Thomas, John, Woodman, Francis, Charles, William and Joseph. Only the home part for Thomas was definitely identified, and while there is no record of a formal division among the sons, each received 364 acres, or a total of 2,548..9,7
Land sold* 1671 John sold land in 1671 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stockley sold 200 of A140 to Christopher Standley..7
Land bought* 1672 John bought land in 1672 at Assawoman Creek, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that John Stokley bought 500 acres from Col. William Kendall, this land was a strip 16 chains wide along the east side of the adjacent tract A147..7
Death* before 18 August 1673 John died before 18 August 1673 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..9
Family
Elizabeth (-----) b. 1633, d. b 4 Jun 1706
Marriage* circa 1648 He married Elizabeth (-----) circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of those who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..4
Children 1. William (of Jno & Eliz) Stockley b. bt 1648 - 1649, d. b 7 Oct 1686
2. Woodman (of John of Acc) Stockley I+ b. bt 1653 - 1655, d. b 12 Sep 1713
3. Ann Stockley+ b. c 1656
4. John Stockley+ b. bt 1657 - 1658, d. b 12 Jun 1716
5. Thomas Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1658, d. b Dec 1719
6. Joseph Stockley+ b. c 1660, d. b 3 May 1737
7. Jane Stockley+ b. c 1662
8. Francis Stockley (II)+ b. c 1664, d. b 2 Aug 1698
9. Charles (of John) Stockley (Yeoman)+ b. c 1666, d. b 5 May 1719
10. Hannah Stockley+ b. c 1667
11. Elizabeth (of Jno) Stockley+ b. c 1669
Citations

[S471] Brother's Will.
[S496] Barbara Massey Horsman, Massey Family of Worcester County, Maryland.
[S623] William R.M. Houston M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 98.
[S818] Compiler E. Spencer Wise, E. Spencer Wise Genealogy Research Files at the Eastern Shore Public Library, (from a 2 page typed report on John Stockly (1621-1673) found in the Spencer Wise file which looks very similar to those prepared by Mrs. Nora Milller Turman).
[S2038] Susie M. Ames, Accomack-Northampton County, Virginia, Court Records, 1640-1645, p. 13, 65, 200 & 317.
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley, wife no name).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1225 (tract A140).
[S579] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, p. 6.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth).

Notes for Elizabeth ?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p279.htm#i27858

Elizabeth (-----)
F, b. 1633, d. before 4 June 1706
Pedigree
Charts Ancestors of Mary Frances Carey
Last Edited 9 May 2020
Birth* 1633 Elizabeth was born in 1633. She was shown as Eliz Stockley in Jan 1673/4, age 40, which puts her birth at 1633..1
Marriage* circa 1648 She married John Stockley, son of John Stockley and (-----) Woodman, circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of those who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..2
Married Name circa 1648 As of circa 1648,her married name was Stockley.
Headright* 19 July 1664 Elizabeth (-----) was named as a headright on 19 July 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that a certificate was granted to John Stockley for 400 acres of land due for transporting the following into the colony: John Stockley, Eliza. Stockley, John Moore, Abraham Heath, Benjamin Hickman, Eliza Ashdon, John Bowin & James Owin.3
Will - Husb's* 3 February 1670/71 Elizabeth was named in her husband's will on 3 February 1670/71 at Accomack Co, VA. In his will John Stockley gave his plantation at Assawoman, being 2700 acres to be equally divided between such sons as shall survive me, they to receive their estates at 18, but should my wife remain a widow she to have use of said land until my sons are 21. To wife Elizabeth plantation where I now live during her widowhood, then to my son Thomas; should my sons all die land to be divided between my daughters Jane, Hanna, Ann & Elizabeth. Wife Elizabeth, William Custis & Edward Revell Ex'rs. Witt: William Custis, Thomas Bagwell. On 9 Apr 1673 John Stockly, wife Elizabeth, added a Memo to his will: Having already given my 3 sons William, Woodman & John their shares of cows & chattels, they to have no share of cows at my deceased, only mares & land, except one Neck of land to the Northward of Christopher Stanley's plantation which I give to my wife to be at her own disposing. Whitelaw shows that he left his home plantation to his wife for life and then it was to go to his son Thomas and the 2700 aces that was to be equally divided between his 7 sons, which included Thomas, John, Woodman, Francis, Charles, William and Joseph. Only the home part for Thomas was definitely identified, and while there is no record of a formal division among the sons, each received 364 acres, or a total of 2,548..4
Age was stated* January 1673/74 Her age was stated in January 1673/74. She was shown as Eliz Stockley in Jan 1673/4, age 40, which puts her birth at 1633.1
Land sold* 1674 Elizabeth sold land in 1674 at Accomack Co, VA. It was in this year that Elizabeth Stockley sold 100 acres from the Neck of land to the northward of Christopher Stanley's plantation, which her husband John Stockley had left to her upon his death in 1673 (tract A140). It was at the south end and was sold to Edward Vaughan. She then married John Stratton of N'hamp Co and the next year they sold the balance as 250 acres to James Powell, who resold to Edward Thornton 3 years later..5
Marriage* circa 1680 She married John Stratton circa 1680 at Accomack Co, VA. Whitelaws shows John Stockley's widow Elizabeth married John Stratton of N'hamp..6
Married Name circa 1680 As of circa 1680,her married name was Stratton.
Will - Husb's 1 May 1696 Elizabeth was named in her husband's will on 1 May 1696 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as a wife Elizabeth in the will of John Stratton of Accomack..7
Anecdote* 3 February 1697 On 3 Feb 1696/7 Alexander Marey (Massey) petitioned that John Stratton (recently dec'd) had bequeath to Marey's wife the plantation on which Stratton had lived. Elizabeth Stratton (widow of John) detained the will; Marey asked that she be ordered to produce it. Ordered that Elizabeth appear at the next court and show why she detained the will and did not produce it for probate. On 6 Apr 1697 it was ordered that Elizabeth Stratton, widow of John Stratton, be cited for detaining Startton's will and not having it probated. Now she failed to appear. Ordered that the sheriff take her into custody till she posted bond for her appearance at the next court; she was to immediately deliver the will into the hands of the sheriff.8
Will* 17 June 1697 She made a will on 17 June 1697 at Accomack Co, VA. In her will Elizabeth Stratton gave to Joseph Atkins, son of my daughter Ann Atkins. To Matilda & John Atkins. Grandson Woodman Stockley. To Henry Toles Jr. To Stockly Toles. To Thomas Toles. To Job Toles. To John, Frances, Thomas. Joseph & Charles Stockly. Daughter Hannah Bally. Woodman & Thomas Stockly Ex'rs. Witt: John Bradford, Mary Sampell..9
Anecdote 7 December 1698 On 7 Dec 1698 Elizabeth Stratton sued Sarah Stockley for detaining something that was due. Sarah failed to appear; if she did not attend the next court the sheriff would have to abide the award of the court. On 9 Feb 1698/99 Charles Stockley came and alleged that because his mother Elizabeth Stratton was blind, she was unable to attend her action and had retained Mr. Henry Custis as her attorney. Since Custis' wife was dangerously ill, he could not be present. The case was referred to next court. On 1 Aug 1699 the case was sent to a jury which found for Sarah Stoakley.10
Death* before 4 June 1706 Elizabeth died before 4 June 1706 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that John Stockley of Somerset Co, MD and Edward Bayle were granted administration on the estate of Elizabeth Stratton, who died intestate. John Barnes and John Morris were accepted as security. On 6 Aug 1707 Thomas Stokely presented the will of Elizabeth Stratton, dec'd. It was proved by the oaths of Mary Sample and John Bradford. Upon the request of Thomas Stokely, the administration was granted to John Stokely and Edward Baly was made void.
.9,11
Family 1
John Stockley b. 1621, d. b 18 Aug 1673
Marriage* circa 1648 She married John Stockley, son of John Stockley and (-----) Woodman, circa 1648. According to the order in which his land was to be assigned to their sons and the ages of those who gave depositions, the date of the marriage was before 1650..2
Children 1. William (of Jno & Eliz) Stockley b. bt 1648 - 1649, d. b 7 Oct 1686
2. Woodman (of John of Acc) Stockley I+ b. bt 1653 - 1655, d. b 12 Sep 1713
3. Ann Stockley+ b. c 1656
4. John Stockley+ b. bt 1657 - 1658, d. b 12 Jun 1716
5. Thomas Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1658, d. b Dec 1719
6. Joseph Stockley+ b. c 1660, d. b 3 May 1737
7. Jane Stockley+ b. c 1662
8. Francis Stockley (II)+ b. c 1664, d. b 2 Aug 1698
9. Charles (of John) Stockley (Yeoman)+ b. c 1666, d. b 5 May 1719
10. Hannah Stockley+ b. c 1667
11. Elizabeth (of Jno) Stockley+ b. c 1669
Family 2
John Stratton b. c 1620, d. b 2 Jun 1697
Marriage* circa 1680 She married John Stratton circa 1680 at Accomack Co, VA. Whitelaws shows John Stockley's widow Elizabeth married John Stratton of N'hamp..6
Citations

[S623] William R.M. Houston M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 98.
[S818] Compiler E. Spencer Wise, E. Spencer Wise Genealogy Research Files at the Eastern Shore Public Library, (from a 2 page typed report on John Stockly (1621-1673) found in the Spencer Wise file which looks very similar to those prepared by Mrs. Nora Milller Turman).
[S579] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Certificates and Rights, 1663-1709 and Tithables, 1663-1695, p. 6.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1234 (tract A140).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1225 (tract A140).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 29 (will of John Stratton of Accomack, wife Elizabeth).
[S703] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1690-1697, Volume 8, p. 233 & p. 245.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 37 (will of Elizabeth Stratton).
[S704] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1697-1703, Volume 9, p. 43.
[S826] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1703-1710, Volume 10, p. 97 & 140.


Children of John Stockley and Elizabeth ? are:
i. William Stockley, born Abt. 1648; died Bef. 07 Oct 1686.
ii. Woodman Stockley, born Abt. 1654; died Bef. 12 Sep 1713.
iii. John Stockley III, born Abt. 1658; died Bef. 12 Jun 1716.
iv. Thomas Stockley, born Abt. 1658; died Bef. Dec 1719.
v. Joseph Stockley, born Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 03 May 1737 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Rachel Benston Abt. 1685; born Abt. 1667 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1690 in Accomack Co., VA; married (2) Mary Massey Abt. 1694; born Abt. 1672.

Notes for Joseph Stockley:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p279.htm#i27864

Joseph Stockley1,2,3
M, b. circa 1660, d. before 3 May 1737
Pedigree
Father John Stockley b. 1621, d. b 18 Aug 1673
Mother Elizabeth (-----) b. 1633, d. b 4 Jun 1706
Last Edited 23 Nov 2019
Birth* circa 1660 Joseph was born circa 1660 at Accomack Co, VA.
Anecdote* 3 February 1671 He would have been under age 18 on 3 Feb 1670/71 when his father John Stockly, wife Elizabeth, wrote his will.4,1
Marriage* circa 1685 He married Rachell (of Wm Sr) Benston, daughter of William Benston Sr. (cooper) and Rebecca (-----), circa 1685 at Accomack Co, VA.5
Will - Brother's 23 July 1686 Joseph was named in his brother's will on 23 July 1686 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Joseph Stockley in the will of William Stockley, wife Mary..6
Court - named in ord* 20 September 1693 He was named in a court order on 20 September 1693 at Accomack Co, VA. William Benston (on behalf of the children of Ambrose Benston and Elizabeth Benston) sued Joseph Stockley and declared that Francis Benston (by deed of gift signed 25 July 1684) had given to Rachell Benston (daughter of Wm. Benston) a cow and calf with all her increase. If Rachell had no issue, then the animals were to be divided between Ambrose and Elizabeth Benston. Stockley, who had married Rachel, had taken four head of cattle that were part of the increase of the cow. Since Rachel had long since died without issue, William asked for an order against Stockley and produced the deed of gift. Ordered that Stockley deliver the cattle to Wm. Benston for the use of the children and pay court costs.5
Marriage* circa 1694 He married Mary Massey, daughter of Alexander Massey and Sarah Russell, circa 1694.7
Heir - named as* 1 May 1696 Joseph was named as an heir on 1 May 1696 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Joseph Stockly in the will of John Stratton of Accomack, wife Elizabeth. He was evidently his step-son..8
Heir - named as 25 September 1696 Joseph was named as an heir on 25 September 1696 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Joseph Stockley, wife Mary, with children Joseph & Comfort, in the will of Alexander Massey, no wife..7
Will - Mother's* 17 June 1697 Joseph was named in his mother's will on 17 June 1697 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a son Joseph Stockly in the will of Elizabeth Stratton..3
Will - Brother's* 23 May 1698 Joseph was named in his brother's will on 23 May 1698 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Joseph Stockley in the will of Francis Stockley, wife Sarah. If the children were not willing to stay with their mother, then to be with their uncle Joseph Stockley until 18..9
Will - Brother's 1 May 1719 Joseph was named in his brother's will on 1 May 1719 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Joseph Stockly in the will of Thomas Stockly, wife Hannah. He and John Staton were Extrs..10
Bound To* 7 June 1720 He had a child bound to him on 7 June 1720 at Accomack Co, VA. Alexander Stockly petitioned that an orphan named John Lewis, son of Richd. Lewis, be bound to him as an apprentice. The court agreed to bind John, who was 15 years old in April, till he attained lawful age; Stockly agreed to teach him to read, write and to become a house carpenter. The court accepted Alexander's father, Joseph Stockly, as security and ordered the churchwardens to bind out John as an apprentice.11
Will* 27 December 1731 He made a will on 27 December 1731 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Joseph Stockley, Yeoman. To son Joseph Stockley land where he now lives being 364 acres Plantation where I now live to my 2 sons Alexander & Elias Stockley, beginning in the Creek called Asawaman. I give all my swamp land to my 3 sons above named. To grandson Joseph Stockley. Grandaughter Comfort Stockley. Sons Joseph, Alexander & Elias Exrs. Witt: Bennet Scarburgh, Samuel Raine, John Stockley..12
Death* before 3 May 1737 Joseph died before 3 May 1737 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..12
Family 1
Rachell (of Wm Sr) Benston b. c 1667, d. c 1690
Marriage* circa 1685 He married Rachell (of Wm Sr) Benston, daughter of William Benston Sr. (cooper) and Rebecca (-----), circa 1685 at Accomack Co, VA.5
Family 2
Mary Massey b. c 1672
Marriage* circa 1694 He married Mary Massey, daughter of Alexander Massey and Sarah Russell, circa 1694.7
Children 1. Joseph Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1694, d. b 24 Jun 1760
2. Comfort Stockley b. c 1696
3. Alexander Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1698, d. b 27 Sep 1763
4. Elias Stockley+ b. c 1700, d. b 29 Nov 1757
Citations

[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1225 (tract A140).
[S704] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1697-1703, Volume 9, p. 50.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 37 (will of Elizabeth Stratton).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 5 (will of John Stockly, wife Elizabeth).
[S703] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1690-1697, Volume 8, p. 120 (20 Sep 1693 Court).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 14 (will of William Stockley, wife Mary).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 28 (will of Alexander Massey, no wife).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 29 (will of John Stratton of Accomack, wife Elizabeth).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 30 (will of Francis Stockley, wife Sarah).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 62 (will of Thomas Stockly, wife Hannah).
[S829] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1719-1724, Volume 14, p. 42 (7 Jun 1720 Court).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 108 (will of Joseph Stockley, Yeoman).

Notes for Mary Massey:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p279.htm#i27855

Mary Massey1
F, b. circa 1672
Pedigree
Father Alexander Massey b. 1627, d. b Oct 1696
Mother Sarah Russell b. c 1628
Last Edited 30 Jul 2020
Birth* circa 1672 Mary was born circa 1672 at Accomack Co, VA.
Married Name circa 1694 As of circa 1694,her married name was Stockley.
Marriage* circa 1694 She married Joseph Stockley, son of John Stockley and Elizabeth (-----), circa 1694.1
Will - Father's* 25 September 1696 Mary was named in her father's will on 25 September 1696 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as Mary Stockley, wife of Joseph Stockley, in the will of Alexander Massey, no wife. He also named their children Joseph & Comfort Stockley..1
Family
Joseph Stockley b. c 1660, d. b 3 May 1737
Children 1. Joseph Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1694, d. b 24 Jun 1760
2. Comfort Stockley b. c 1696
3. Alexander Stockley Sr.+ b. c 1698, d. b 27 Sep 1763
4. Elias Stockley+ b. c 1700, d. b 29 Nov 1757
Citations

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 28 (will of Alexander Massey, no wife).

73 vi. Jane Stockley, born Abt. 1662 in Accomack Co., VA; married Joseph Staton.
vii. Francis Stockley, born Abt. 1664; died Bef. 02 Aug 1698; married Elizabeth Eyre.
viii. Charles Stockley, born Abt. 1666; died Bef. 05 May 1719.
ix. Hannah Stockley, born Abt. 1667.
x. Elizabeth Stockley, born Abt. 1669.

148. James Warrington?, born Abt. 1608 in St. Michaels, Worcestershire, England?; died Abt. 1658 in Charles County, Maryland USA. He married 149. Margaret Price? 02 May 1633 in St. Michael Parish, Worcester, England.
149. Margaret Price?, born Abt. 1612 in St. Michael, Worcestershire, England?; died Bef. 1658 in Charles City County, Virginia USA.

More About James Warrington?:
Immigration: Bef. 1637, Settled in Virginia; received land grants as early as 1637 while living in Charles City County for transporting seven persons to the colony.
Property: 1638, Received additional land grants for transporting 30 more persons to the colony.

More About Margaret Price?:
Comment: According to an unsubstantiated family legend, she died at sea during the voyage to Virginia and was buried at sea.

Child of James Warrington? and Margaret Price? is:
74 i. Stephen Warrington, born Abt. 1634 in St. Michael, Worcestershire, England?; died Abt. 1709 in Accomack County, Virginia USA; married (1) Mary ? Abt. 1660 in Charles City Co., VA?; married (2) Elizabeth Jenkins Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA?; married (3) Susanna Colonna Abt. 1688.

150. Owen Colonna/Collony, born Abt. 1640; died Abt. 1692 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Owen Colonna/Collony:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p761.htm#i35777

Owen was born circa 1640. Owen witnessed a will on 6 May 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Owen Ocollena, Andrew Finnie and William Major witnessed the undated will of John Major. Owen Ocollena was also shown as a godson..1,2 He made a will on 5 December 1692 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Owen Collony. To son Owen Collony plantation where I now live containing 380 acres. To daughter Ester Sill. To grandson Brain Colloney, son of Owen Colloney a neck of land adjacent to the 300 acres formerly given to his father Owen Colloney. Son-in-law William Sill. Son-in-law Stephen Warrington. Son-in-law Arnold Harrison. Son Owen residual legatee & Extr. Thomas Teackle trustee & overseer of grandson Brian Collony. Witt: Thomas Teackle & Provost Nellson..3 Owen died in August 1693.3 Owen's will was probated on 19 September 1693 at Accomack Co, VA.3
Children of Owen Colonna
?Esther Colonna+ b. c 1670
?(d|o_Owen) Colonna+ b. c 1672
?Owen Colonna+ b. c 1674
Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 1 (will of John Major, not dated).
2.[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 216 (Johnson Family).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 23 (will of Owen Collony).
John Jenkins1

Children of Owen Colonna/Collony are:
i. Esther Colonna, born Abt. 1670; married William Sill.
75 ii. Susanna Colonna, born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA; married Stephen Warrington Abt. 1688.
iii. Owen Colonna, Jr., born Abt. 1674.

154. Thomas Fowkes/Fooks, born Abt. 1645 in England?; died Bef. 05 Feb 1722 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 308. James Fooks. He married 155. Sarah ?.
155. Sarah ?

Notes for Thomas Fowkes/Fooks:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p671.htm#i67096

Birth* 1645 Thomas was born in 1645 at England.3
Anecdote* 16 February 1665/66 On 16 Feb 1665/66 at Accomack County Court, at the request of Teage Andrews, the case between him and Mr. James Fookes, for Andrews' entertainment of Fookes' son, was referred to the next court. On 16 Mar 1665/66 it was recorded that "For 13 days, Teage Andrews illegally "entertained" Thomas Fookes, son of Mr. James Fookes. Ordered that Andrews pay Mr. Fookes 30 lbs tobacco for each day and pay court costs. Ordered that Teage Andrews be taken into custody till he posted bond for his good behavior and paid court costs. (NOTE: This could imply that Thomas Fooks had been a servant of Teage Andrews, who kept him 13 days past his 21st birth day. However, if that be the case Thomas should have appeared on the tithable list before 1674.)3
Marriage* circa 1667 He married (-----) (-----) circa 1667. Herbert C. Fooks reported that Thomas Fowkes, Quaker, of Accomack Co, VA married Sarah Dorrington of Dorchester Co, MD, the daughter of William Dorrington. However, on 2 May 1680 William Dorrington of Dorchester County Gent. was firmly bound to Thomas Foulks of the said County, Chirurgeon, in the full and just sum of 14,000 pounds of tobacco to be payed in Hapfaur River of Dorchester County that 7,000 pounds of tobacco be payed by 10 Nov 1682. (NOTE: The Thomas Fowkes, Quaker, of Accomack Co, VA, lived on Onancock River and was on the tax list there every year from 1674 to 1695 was never referred to in Accomack County records as a Chirurgeon, and was never referred to as living in Dorchester County. Herbert C. Fooks made an error is assuming the Thomas Foulks of Dorchesther County, MD was the same person as Thomas Fowkes of Accomack County, VA. Roy Foulkes questioned if they were the same person, but left it unresolved. The Thomas Foulks of Dorchester had a son Nicholas and a daughter Margaret for whom he patented land in Dorchester County in 1681 and it was evidently Nicholas' son John who was shown in the Debt Book in 1734 as owning both tracts patented in Nicholas and Margaret's names. The Thomas Fowkes of Accomack made no mention of these children or this grandson in his will.)4,5
Anecdote 18 March 1666/67 On 18 Mar 1666/67 in Accomack County Court the complaint of William Turner against his master, Mr. James Fookes, was referred to the next court. Turner claimed that his master's son, Thomas Fookes, and Roger Burkum could provide evidence for his complaint, and they were summoned to the next court.6
Headright* 18 November 1671 Thomas Fooks (Quaker) was named as a headright on 18 November 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Thomas Fowke on a certificate granted to Mr. Thomas Fowkes for 650 acres for transporting 13 persons into the colony. (NOTE: He was probably his nephew and there was some delay - as was usually the case - in his requesting the certificate.)7
Tax list (personal)* 11 September 1674 He was on the personal property tax list on 11 September 1674 at Accomack Co, VA. James Fooks was shown with 4 tiths and Thomas Fooks was shown with 1 thith on Mr. Jno. Wise's list. (NOTE: This was the first time that Thomas Fooks, son of James, was shown on the tithable list, implying he was now age 21.)8
Anecdote 11 November 1674 On 11 Nov 1674 in Accomack County Court Jno. Lues, servant to Mr. Charles Scarburgh, apprenticed himself to serve his master for three additional years on the condition that Scarburgh set free a woman servant named Margaret Sommerset. Signed 9 November 1674, John (I) Leues. Witnesses: James Fooks and Thomas Fooks.9
Tax list (personal) between 1675 and 1695 He was on the personal property tax list between 1675 and 1695 at Accomack Co, VA. After his first entry on the list of Tithables in 1674 he contined on the list as follows: 1675 - 1, 1677 - 2; 1679 - 2; 1680 - 1; 1681 - 2; 1682 - 3; 1683 - 3; 1684 - 2; 1685 - 3; 1686 - 2; 1687 - 2; 1688 - 2; 1689 - 3; 1691 - 3; 1692 - 4; 1693 - 2; 1694 - 3; 1695 - 3.10
Land bought* 1675 Thomas bought land in 1675 at tract A71, Onancock, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that Thomas Fowkes bought 200 acres from Garrett & Mary (Calvert) Supple and 100 acres more, two years later. This was part of Whitelaw's tract A71 in Onancock. According to Whitelaw no relationship between him and man of the same name in tract A36A has been discovered. This one was a Quaker, according to a record in 1694, which stated that Quaker meetings were held at his home after burning of the meetinghouse at Guilford, tract A112A..11
Guardian - named as* 17 September 1675 Thomas was named as a guardian on 17 September 1675 at Accomack Co, VA. James Bonewell requested Tho. Fowks as his guardian. The court ordered that Roger Mikeel, the former guardian, deliver Bonewell's estate to Fowkes, who gave security according to the law. Ordered that Bonewell remain with Roger Mikeel till the middle of October.12
Jury duty* 18 April 1676 He served on a jury on 18 April 1676 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Tho. Fowks.13
Jury duty 13 September 1677 He served on a jury on 13 September 1677 at Accomack Co, VA. Mr. Tho. Fowkes was sworn in for the grand jury for the following year.14
Land bought 1679 He bought land in 1679 at tract A112A, Guilford, Acc Co, VA. It was in this year that William Jarman & his wife Dorothy sold 1 acre to George Johnson, Timothy Coe, George Trewet, Thomas Fowkes, Wonie Maklanie and John Drummond, as trustees; and the balance of the 300 acre tract was sold jointly to John Parker, Thomas Morris and Richard Moore. This is the historic site of the Guilford Quaker Meetinghouse. In 1683 Parker, Morris and Moore confirmed to the above trustees the sale of the acre. ". . . Where now there is a small house standing by the name of the meeting house . . . that the People of God Commonly called Quakers shall have right and priviledge from time to time to meet upon the said ground and in the aforesaid meeting house and there at pleasure to meet and bury their dead." A later deed for the balance of the patent definitely placed the lot on the branch in the extreme northwest corner of the tract.15
Anecdote 26 May 1679 On 26 May 1679 in Accomack County Court, Deposition of James Boniwell aged about 20 years: About the middle of November 1678, Thomas Williams came to the house of Thomas Fookes on horseback to speak with Robt. Dunbar. While they were talking, Williams' horse disappeared from the fence where he was tied. When he missed the horse, Williams asked Dunbar to lend him his horse for the trip home, promising to return it in two days. Signed 26 May 1670, by I B.16
Anecdote* 1692 In 1692 an affidavit by John Drummond reads: Whereas the late act of Parliament does Injoyne all Prostant dissenters from the Church of England to Signifie to the quarter sesions where they live, the places of their meetings to performe divine worship; - In obedience to which Act wee the people commonly called quaker doe hereby Informe all persons conserned that we doe constantly meet on the first day of the week called Sunday at our meeting house built for that use near Gilford in the County and on the fifth day of the week calle Thursday either at the house of Sara Coe widow or at the house of George Johnson deceased and our monthly and quarterlie meetings at the house of the said Geo Johnson. Signed in the behalfe of the meeting.15
Anecdote 1694 In 1694 - This day William Nock on the behalf of the persons comonly called Quakers and himself requested that in regard the meeting house at Muddy (Guilford) Creek for the exercise of their Religion was lately burnt they had selected Thomas Fowkes his house at Onancock (tract A72B) for their place of meeting and desired that according to the Law of England in such cases provided that the same might be Recorded as a manifest thereof.17
Anecdote November 1694 In November 1694, the Quaker meeting house at Muddy Creek had been "lately burnt"; William Nock, on behalf of the Quakers and himself, reported that they had selected Thomas Fookes' house at Onancok for their place of meeting. He desired that it be recorded according to law.18
Anecdote 4 June 1701 On 4 Jun 1701 Thomas Fooks sued George Parker of Matomking, who failed to appear. If Parker did not appear at the next court, it was ordered that Mr. Robert Pitt, as the former sheriff, be responsible for the amount awarded by the court. An attorney in the case was TR (Tully Robinson). On 5 Aug 1701 Thomas Fowks sued George Parker of Matomkin, claiming that Parker was bound (on 7 December 1699) with Charles Camplishan for the payment of 40 pounds sterling if they did not cause 20 pounds sterling to be "laid out in London in such goods & merchandises as (Fowks) had on the date of the said bond given an invoice for." The proceeds were to be delivered to Fowks at his dwelling at Onancok Creek on 1 January 1700/01; Fowks asked for the penalty of the bond. At the last court an order passed against the recent sheriff (Mr. Robert Pitt) for the appearance of Parker, who now failed to appear. Fowks, who now moved against Pitt, produced the bond which was proved by witnesses John Stanton and William Pritchet. The court ordered that Pitt pay 40 pounds sterling and the cost of the suit for breach of the contract.19
Will* 25 October 1720 He made a will on 25 October 1720 at Accomack Co, VA. I give unto Daniel Fookes three hundred acres of land, being all that I hold, all the horses and cattle and sheep and hogs, the cart wheels and all plantation tools, the still, the hand mill, and all casks about the plantation and 50 pounds in money to him and his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath unto my son William Fookes, all my wearing clothes. I also give and bequeath unto my son James Fookes five shillings. I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Fookes, one negro man named Toby and his wife Jenney, to him, his heirs or assigns forever. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Naomy Edmunds one negro girl named Nancy, to her, her heirs and assigns forever. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Rachel Prichard, one negro boy named Dick, to her heirs and assings forever. I give and bequeath unto Daniel Fookes, and my five daughters Elizabeth Crippen, Sarah Idlet (Aydelotte), Mary Warrington, Nancy Edmunds, and Rachel Pritchard, all my movable household goods and all English goods that I have to be equally divided. I leave between Danile Fookes and his five sisters with Indian corn and tobacco, all to be divided between the six. I also appoint by sons Benjamin Fookes and Daniel Fookes to be my executors, together to see this my last will performend according to the true meaning and sense hereof. Notthingham's abstract: To son Daniel 300 acres, being all that I hold. Son William Fookes. Son James Fookes. Son Benjamin Fookes. Daughter Neomy Edmonds. Daughter Mary Warrinton. Daughter Rachell Prichard. Daughter Elizabeth Cripin. Daughter Sarah Idlet. Sons Benjamin & Daniel Exrs. Witt: Thomas Brown, Hugh Roberts, Mary Roberts, William Cup..20
Death* before 5 February 1722 Thomas died before 5 February 1722 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..20
Land left* 1723 He left land in 1723 at tract A71, near Onancock, Acc Co, VA. Thomas Fookes left all of his land to a son Daniel. In 1740 Daniel Fooks left the home place of 200 acres to a daughter Elizabeth, and 100 acres in the woods to his daughter Sarah. Elizabeth married Isaiah Evans and then John Parker and Sarah married William Wise.1
Family
(-----) (-----) b. c 1650
Marriage* circa 1667 He married (-----) (-----) circa 1667. Herbert C. Fooks reported that Thomas Fowkes, Quaker, of Accomack Co, VA married Sarah Dorrington of Dorchester Co, MD, the daughter of William Dorrington. However, on 2 May 1680 William Dorrington of Dorchester County Gent. was firmly bound to Thomas Foulks of the said County, Chirurgeon, in the full and just sum of 14,000 pounds of tobacco to be payed in Hapfaur River of Dorchester County that 7,000 pounds of tobacco be payed by 10 Nov 1682. (NOTE: The Thomas Fowkes, Quaker, of Accomack Co, VA, lived on Onancock River and was on the tax list there every year from 1674 to 1695 was never referred to in Accomack County records as a Chirurgeon, and was never referred to as living in Dorchester County. Herbert C. Fooks made an error is assuming the Thomas Foulks of Dorchesther County, MD was the same person as Thomas Fowkes of Accomack County, VA. Roy Foulkes questioned if they were the same person, but left it unresolved. The Thomas Foulks of Dorchester had a son Nicholas and a daughter Margaret for whom he patented land in Dorchester County in 1681 and it was evidently Nicholas' son John who was shown in the Debt Book in 1734 as owning both tracts patented in Nicholas and Margaret's names. The Thomas Fowkes of Accomack made no mention of these children or this grandson in his will.)4,5
Children 1. Elizabeth Fooks+ b. c 1667
2. Daniel Fooks+ b. c 1678, d. b 24 Jun 1740
3. William Fooks b. c 1680, d. b 23 Oct 1740
4. James Fooks b. c 1682
5. Benjamin Fooks+ b. c 1684, d. b 8 Nov 1753
6. Neomy Fooks b. c 1686
7. Mary Fooks+ b. c 1690
8. Sarah Fooks+ b. c 1692, d. b 14 Feb 1737/38
9. Rachell Fooks b. c 1694
Citations

[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 928 (tract A71).
[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 6 (Generation 1 in America).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 149 (16 Feb 1665/66 Court) & p. 153 (16 Mar 1665/66 Court).
[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 29-31.
[S2229] Bronxville, NY Roy A. Foulke, Foulke Family, Second Edition, Revised and Updated, p. 34 & 58.
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 26 (18 Mar 1666/67 Court).
[S698] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1671-1673, Volume 3, p. 18 (18 Nov 1671 Court).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 72 & 73 (11 Sep 1674 Court).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 83 (11 Nov 1674 Court).
[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 10 (Generation 1 in America).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 903 & 928 (tract A71).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 134 (17 Sep 1675 Court).
[S700] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, p. 1 (18 Apr 1676 Court).
[S700] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, p. 50 (13 Sep 1677 Court).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1115 (tract A112).
[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 53 (26 May 1679 Court).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1116 (tract A112).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 359 (20 Dec 1692 Court).
[S704] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1697-1703, Volume 9, p. 123 (4 Jun 1701 Court) & p. 127 (5 Aug 1701 Court).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 71 (will of Thomas Fookes).


Child of Thomas Fowkes/Fooks and Sarah ? is:
77 i. Elizabeth Fowkes, married Thomas Crippen Abt. 1683 in Accomack Co., VA?.

156. Maj. Richard Bayly, Jr., born Abt. 1645 in Accomack Co., VA?; died Abt. 1728 in Joynes Neck, Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 312. Richard Bayly and 313. Elizabeth ?. He married 157. Mary Jones.
157. Mary Jones

Notes for Maj. Richard Bayly, Jr.:
http://www.ghotes.net/miles_files/p311.htm#i25326

His common name was Richard. Richard was born circa 1645 at Accomack Co, VA. He was the son of Richard Bayly (I) and Elizabeth (-----). Richard was named in his father's will on 12 June 1661 at Northampton Co (now Acc Co), VA.2 He married Mary Jones before 1665 at Accomack Co, VA.3 Richard witnessed a will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Richard Bally Jr., along with James Alexander, Edward Marten & Tully Robinson, witnessed the will of Mary Scarburgh. (Note: She was the wife of Col. Edmund Scarburgh).4 He married Elizabeth Lacy? circa 1695 at Accomack Co, VA.5 Richard sold land on 11 February 1725 at Accomack Co, VA. According to the Turman research, it was on this date that Richard Bayly had assigned to Elizabeth Smith and Valentine Smith, her husband for L100 current money a 300 acre tract of land on the south side of Messongo Creek. The land was entailed in that Valentine was to have a life interest if his wife predeceased him. The land was to go to the lawful heirs of their body. Since Elizabeth was not named in the will of said Richard Bayly, the relationsip was not established. According to Whitelaw, Valentine died intestate in 1731 and his estate was administered to Roger Miles, who may have married Elizabeth, but a son Bayly Smith was the heir-at-law..6,7 He married Elizabeth Watson circa 1725. Mary Frances Carey reports she may have been Elizabeth Watson Riggs.. He made a will on 19 April 1726 at Accomack Co, VA. To grandson Henry Bayly, son of Richard & Rosanna Bayly, dec'd, 250 acres on the north side of Craddock Creek & for want of heirs to grandson Southy Bayly. To grandson Richard Bayly the rest of my land on Craddock. To grandson Whittington Bayly. To grandson Edmund Bayly a silver dram cup marked R:B. To grandson William Bayly 100 acres near Matomkin. To Scarburgh West 3 acres on small bear branch adjacent the land of said West. To wife Elizabeth 1/3 of my plantation during her widowhood. Balance of estate to be divided in 6 parts between wife Elizabeth, Richard Bayly, Henry Bayly, Whittington Bayly, Lacy Harman, Henry Bayly, the son of Richard & Rosanna. Grandson Richard Bayly, Henry Bayly & William Harman Extrs. Witt: Mitcheall Scarburgh, William Smith and Rosanna Bayly. (Note: If Nottingham's above abstract is correct, there are 2 Henry Baylys named in the 6 parts, one as simply Henry Bayly and the second one as Henry Bayly, the son of Richard & Rosanna.) In a land cause of 1742 wherein the widow Elizabeth, then Elizabeth Hutchinson, vs. Richard Baley, eldest son and heir of Richard Baley, disputed the ownership of this land, it was brought out that Henry (son of Richard and Rosanna) took possession of the land and then died and it then passed to Southy Baley, as directed in the above will, and that Southy Baley was represented by his guardian Henry Baley. So this also brings out that there was two Henry Baylys..8 Richard died in May 1728.8 Richard's will was probated on 4 June 1728 at Accomack Co, VA.

Children of Richard Bayly and Mary Jones are:
i. Whittington Bayly
78 ii. Edmund Bayly, born Abt. 1665 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1717 in probably Joynes Neck, Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Hannah Scarborough; married (2) Mary Scarborough Abt. 1717.
iii. ? Bayly?, born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA; married Alexander West; born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; died Abt. 1728 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Alexander West:
http://www.ghotes.net/miles_files/p225.htm#i19457

Alexander was born circa 1665 at Accomack Co, VA. He was the son of Lt._Col. John West and Matilda Scarburgh. He married (d|o_Rich_II) Bayly circa 1700. It is assumed that since Richard Bayly left land to Scarburgh West along with many other grandchildren, that Scarburgh West would have also been a grandchild (but it was not stated in Richard's will that Scarburgh was a grandson). This would seem to be the only reason to leave anything to Scarburgh West and this would be consistent with his other bequeaths..4 Alexander was named in his father's will on 6 February 1703 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He made a will on 30 November 1727 at Accomack Co, VA. To wife Mary negro Jack for life reversion to her daughter Anne Hurtley & for want of heirs to my son Scarburgh West. To daughter Mary West. To son John West. To grandson Alexander West. To grandson John West. Wife to have to the orphan boy Thomas Harris that lives with me till he is at age. To wife Mary 100 acres at Mattompkin for life, reversion to her daughter Anne Hurtley & for want of heirs to my grandson Alexander West. Wife & son John Extrs. Witt: John Custis, Mary Snead & William Tilney..5,6 Alexander died in December 1727.5,6 Alexander's will was probated on 3 January 1728 at Accomack Co, VA.6

[S573] Elmer D. West, Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 33 (will of John West).
[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624|5, p. 663 (Anthony West family).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 83 (will of Richard Bayly).
[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624|5, p. 665 (Anthony West family).
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 81 (will of Alexander West).

More About Alexander West:
Probate: 03 Jan 1727, Accomack Co., VA
Residence: Metomkin, Accomack Co., VA

158. Lt. Col. Edmund Scarborough III, born Abt. 1647 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 316. Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr. and 317. Mary Harmar?. He married 159. Ursula Whittington Bef. 1675.
159. Ursula Whittington She was the daughter of 318. Capt. William Whittington and 319. Susan ?.

Notes for Lt. Col. Edmund Scarborough III:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p391.htm#i20099

In 1649 a patent was given to Edmund Scarburgh, Jr. for 2,000 acres. The next year the Indian rights were bought from Okiawampe, "great Kinge of the Easterne Shore." In that deed the land was called Occhannocke; today it is known as Scarburgh's Neck. The patentee was the second son of Colonel Edmund, who took out patents in the names of each of his children. In 1652 a patent was given to Littleton Scarburgh for 1,000 acres, which was reissued in 1664. Littleton was the youngest son of Colonel Edmund. In 1653 it seemed advisable for the colonel to leave the Shore for a while, so in this year he leased the whole 3,000 acres to William Bunton of Boston "for and dureinge the Tearme of ffourteene yeares, att which tyme my sonne Edmund will come to age." No record was noted of a cancellation of the lease, but shortly afterwards the colonel was again in residence here, where he continued until his death in 1671. The son Littleton had died under age and without issue, and the eldest son, Charles Scarburgh, claimed the land. The suit went on up to the General court which in 1672 ruled as follows: Mr. Edmond Scarburgh producing a patent granted......(Whitelaw, pp. 618-619 - tract A17). (SOME OF THESE ITEMS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT HIS FATHER) Although no record of his birth has been found, the above statements imply that he was born in 1646. This is based on the statement that in 1653 his father leased land previously patented to his son for fourteen years, at which time he would come to age. Assuming come to age meant 21 years. "Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, second son of Col. Edmund Scarburgh, like his brother Charles, held high positions in Accomack County, including both civil and military offices (Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog., Vol. I., pp. 229-231.) In 1677 he was justice of Accomack and a signatory party to the historic Accomack Memorial, which was submitted to Governor Berkeley after the collapse of Bacon's Rebellion (Wise, p. 44). His common name was Edmund. Edmund was born in 1647 at Accomack Co, VA.3 He was the son of Col. Edmund [3] Scarburgh (II) and Mary Cade?. He married Ursula Whittington circa 1670 at Accomack Co, VA.4 He married Elizabeth Wainhouse circa 1681.5 Edmund was named in his mother's will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA.2 He made a will on 21 May 1711 at Accomack Co, VA. To daughter Ursley 1 shilling, she having had her part of my estate. To daughter Hannah the same. To daughter Elizabeth the same. To daughter Mary the same. To daughter Tabitha the same. To daughter Matilda the same. To daughter Edmund Memoria the same. To daughter Sarah (under age 14). Eldest son Edmund Scarburgh 832 acres out of my Neck of 2,000 acres surveyed for him by me. To second son Edmund Scarburgh 604 acres out of my 2,000 acres surveyed for him by me. To son Michell 500 acres out of my 2,000 acres surveyed for him by me. To wife Elizabeth 1/2 of my plantation and Neck of land for life and then to my three sons. Wife executrix. Witt: James Drummond, Charlton Waltham, Morris Shepheard, Edmund Bayly, John Hall and Jacob Duey..6 Edmund died before April 1912 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..6
Children of Col. Edmund [11] Scarburgh (III) and Ursula Whittington
Ursula [30] Scarburgh Jr.+ b. b 1672, d. c 1730
Elizabeth [32] Scarburgh the elder+ b. c 1674, d. c 1700
Edmund [33] Scarburgh the elder b. c 1677, d. Jun 1714
Hannah [31] Scarburgh+ b. c 1679
Children of Col. Edmund [11] Scarburgh (III) and Elizabeth Wainhouse
Elizabeth [??] Scarburgh the younger+ b. c 1674
Mary [36] Scarburgh+ b. c 1681
Edmund Memoria [39] Scarburgh+ b. c 1683
Tabitha [37] Scarburgh b. c 1685, d. Dec 1713
Matilda [38] Scarburgh+ b. 1686
Edmund [34] Scarburgh the younger+ b. 1692, d. 1753
Mitchell [35] Scarburgh I+ b. 13 Aug 1695, d. 21 Jun 1763
Sarah [40] Scarburgh b. 1701, d. 16 Aug 1727
Citations
[S19] VA Hist Society Jennings Cropper Wise, Col. John Wise, His Ancestors and Descendants.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh).
[S623] M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka William R.M. Houston, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 91.
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties).
[S22] Mark C. Lewis, Mark C. Lewis Research Files.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 46 (will of Col. Edmund Scarburgh).

Children of Edmund Scarborough and Ursula Whittington are:
79 i. Hannah Scarborough, born Abt. 1675 in Accomack Co., VA; married Edmund Bayly.
ii. Elizabeth Scarborough, born Abt. 1684 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) William Parker Abt. 1702 in Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1666 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Jun 1703 in Somerset Co., MD; married (2) George Dewey Abt. 1704 in Northampton Co., VA.

More About William Parker:
Probate: 06 Oct 1704, Somerset Co., MD
Property: In his father's Accomack will of 1692, William was given 300 acres of land on Pokomoke (sic) River in Somerset Co., MD, called "Winter Quarter." He was also given a sloop called "Arlington" and his smiths tools.
Will: 20 Jan 1689, Somerset Co., MD

192. John Dolby/Dalby?, born Abt. 1605 in Ireland?; died Bef. 27 Jun 1671 in Accomack County or Hungars Parish, Northampton County, Virginia USA. He married 193. Margaret Drew.
193. Margaret Drew, born Abt. 1610 in England?.

Notes for John Dolby/Dalby?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p662.htm#i66181

John was born circa 1605 at Ireland.1 He married Margaret Drew (Drew?), daughter of (f/o_Edw_&_Margt) Drew, circa 1630.2 John was named as an heir on 26 December 1649 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Edward Drew, wife Mary, left after her death, left 1/3 of my land with the housing belonging thereto to Edward Dolby, the eldest son of John Dolby. The other 2/3 to the children of John Dolby to be equally divided between them that he hath or shall have by Margaret his wife. (NOTE: The assumption here is that Margaret was Edward Drew's sister.).2 He married Ann (-----) circa 1650.3 He made a will on 29 April 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as John Dolby Sr. of the Parish of Hungars in the County of Northampton. To Margaret & Ann Dolby, daughters of my son Edward. To John, Margaret & Mary Major, children of William Major. To Thomas & Temperance Johnson, children of Obedience Johnson. To son Peter. To son John. To wife (no name) To son Peter & my wife all my land & mill jointly during her life, reversion to sons Edward & John equally, 100 acres to each & 250 acres to my son Peter, being the remainder of my plantation. Wife & children residual legatees. Wife Exec. Edward Dolby, Obedience Johnson & William Major overseers - Witt: John Tilney, John White.

.4 John died before 27 June 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..4 It was on this date that John Dolby dec'd's will and his widow Anne was referred to. He had obtained a transport certificate on behalf of his children Edward, Mary, Temperance, John & Peter Dolby.3

Family 1

Margaret Drew (Drew?) b. c 1610

Marriage*

He married Margaret Drew (Drew?), daughter of (f/o_Edw_&_Margt) Drew, circa 1630.2

Children
?Edward Dalby+ b. c 1630, d. b 23 Nov 1677
?Peter Dalby b. c 1632
?John Dalby II+ b. c 1634, d. b 30 Sep 1689
?Mary Dalby+ b. c 1645
?Temperance Dalby+ b. c 1648


Family 2

Ann (-----) b. c 1630, d. a 31 Oct 1671

Marriage*
John Dalby I married Ann (-----) circa 1650.3


Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 138 (will of John Dalby or Dolbey, wife Margery).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 27 (will of Edward Drew, wife Mary).
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 85 (John Dolby death referred to).
4.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 4 (will of John Dolby Sr., of Hungers Parish, N'hamp Co).

Notes for Margaret Drew:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p709.htm#i70829

Margaret Drew (Drew?) was born circa 1610 at England.1 She married John Dalby I circa 1630.1 As of circa 1630,her married name was Dalby.1 Margaret was named as an heir on 26 December 1649 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Edward Drew, wife Mary, left after her death, left 1/3 of my land with the housing belonging thereto to Edward Dolby, the eldest son of John Dolby. The other 2/3 to the children of John Dolby to be equally divided between them that he hath or shall have by Margaret his wife. (NOTE: The assumption here is that Margaret was Edward Drew's sister.).1

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 27 (will of Edward Drew, wife Mary).


Children of John Dolby/Dalby? and Margaret Drew are:
96 i. ? Dolby/Dalby?.
ii. Edward Dolby/Dalby, born Abt. 1630; died Bef. 23 Nov 1677.
iii. Peter Dolby/Dalby, born Abt. 1632.
iv. John Dolby/Dalby, Jr., born Abt. 1634; died Bef. 30 Sep 1689.
v. Mary Dolby/Dalby, born Abt. 1645.
vi. Temperance Dolby, born Abt. 1648; married Capt. Obedience Johnson; born Abt. 1643 in Northampton Co., VA; died Abt. 1709 in Northampton Co., VA.

Notes for Capt. Obedience Johnson:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p594.htm#i59342

Obedience was born in 1643 at Northampton Co, VA.2 Obedience was named in his father's will on 25 November 1658 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my son Obedience Johnson, under 18, in the will of Col. Thomas Johnson, wife Jane. He was to have the neck of land called "Matasippy' where I now live..1 Obedience patented land on 20 October 1661 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that a land patent was granted to Obedience Johnson, son and heir of Thomas Johnson, 200 acres in N'hamp County at Occahannock Creek at the head of Matacepe Neck bounded on the westward parts by a branch called Cedar branch which separates this tract from the land of Henry Edwards & George Suett (Truett), on the northern parts by the land of the said Johnson, on the eastern parts by a branch called Pine Bridge branch & southerly into the main woods. The said land being formerly granted to the said Major Thomas Johnson by patent dated 14 Mar 1655 and is now due to the said Obedience as son and heir..3 He married Temperance Dalby, daughter of John Dalby I and Margaret Drew (Drew?), before 16 November 1665 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that Temperance Johnson, wife of Obedience Johnson, reliquished her right, title & interest in a parcell of land her husband sold to Wm. Major..4,5 Obedience was named as an heir on 29 April 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that Thomas & Temperance Johnson, children of Obedience Johnson, were named in the will of John Dolby Sr. of Hungers Parish, N'hamp County..6 Obedience was named in his brother's will on 20 November 1673 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as a brother Obedience Johnson in the will of Richard Johnson..7 Obedience Johnson first appears on the Bench of the Accomack County Court as "Capt. Obed: Johnson" at the session on 22 Oct 1680, when with him on the Bench were Lt. Col. Jno. West, Capt. Richard Hill and Mr. Jno. Wallop. He continued to serve until 21 Sep 1687.8 He made a will on 30 November 1708 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Obedience Johnson the plantation called "Mattinaippe" with the littell neck bounded southerly by a line of marked trees intended to be the line between sons Obedience and Richard, and bounded on the east, north and west by Occohannock Creek and its branches. To my son Richard Johnson 200 A. bounded northerly by land given to my son Obedience and southwardly according to patent into the woods. To my dau. Elizabeth White (and to her husband John White during his life) 150 A. being part of 300 A. of marsh called "White Marsh" in Accomack County. To my dau. Mary Parramore 150 A. in Accomack (the remainder of the 300 A.). To my loving wife Temperance during her widowhood the plantation whereon I now live in Mattiaippe Neck. To son Obedience my great gun, silver hilted sword and belt. To my granddau. Temperance White (under 16). To granddau. Temperance Parramore. Wife resid. legatee and extrx. Witt: Mary Johnson, Luke Johnson, George Marshall..4 Obedience died before 28 January 1708/9 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..4

Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 59 (will of Col. Thomas Johnson, wife Jane).
2.[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 213 (Johnson Family).
3.[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 216 (Johnson Family).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 183 (will of Obedience Johnson, Gent., wife Temperance).
5.[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 217 (Johnson Family).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 4 (will of John Dolby Sr., of Hungers Parish, N'hamp Co).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 6 (will of Richard Johnson, brother Obedience).
8.[S1008] Compiler Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson and Allied Families, Volume 1, Recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres Jr. of Accomack County, Virginia and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun County, Virginia, p. 220 (Johnson Family).

More About Capt. Obedience Johnson:
Probate: 20 Jan 1709, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 30 Nov 1708, Northampton Co., VA

224. Col. William Kendall, born Abt. 1621 in Brinton, County Norfolk, England; died Abt. 1686 in Northampton County, Virginia USA (Eastern Shore). He was the son of 448. John Kendall and 449. Anne Pleasance. He married 225. Susanna Baker Dec 1658.
225. Susanna Baker, born Abt. 1625 in London, England; died Abt. 1683 in Northampton Co., VA. She was the daughter of 450. John Baker?.

Notes for Col. William Kendall:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p546.htm#i54501

William was born circa 1625 at Brinton, Co Norfolk, England.2 He married Ruth (-----) on 29 February 1644 at Norwich, England.3 After his first wife Ruth and his infant son William died in England, he sailed as an indentured servant to Edward Drew in the late summer of 1650 on the Peter and John with his new master. He began his live in Virginia as an indentured servant and became the Speaker of the House of Burgesses. He was a senior justice of the N'hamp Co Court, Colonel in the militia and one of the wealthiest men on the Eastern Shore.2 William was named as an heir on 22 October 1654 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my friend William Kendall in the will of William Strangridge, marryner, wife Mary. Strangridge left his whole estate to be divided between his wife Mary and Kendall.4 William was named as administrator of an estate on 30 January 1654/55 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that administration on the estate of Thomas Chapman was granted to William Kendall as greatest creditor.5 He married Mary (-----) before April 1655 at Northampton Co, VA.6 Col. William Kendall I married Susannah Baker, daughter of (f/o Ew'd & Susanna) Baker, in December 1658 at Northampton Co, VA.7,8 On 28 Jan 1662/63 Daniel Baker gave a mare filly that my brother (meaning brother-in-law) Wm. Kendall assigned to me to John, Thomas & Daniel Eyres to go in a joint stock for them and if either of them die before age 21 the survivors to enjoy. An equal division is to be made when John Eyres comes to age 21 and I make my sister Susanna Kendall in trust and authorize Wm. Kendall as my attorney to acknowledge said gift in open court.9 William was named in his brother-in-law's will on 19 October 1664 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as brother-in-law Lt. Col. William Kenall in the will of Edward Baker, late of London.10 William was named in his brother-in-law's will on 13 April 1667 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as my brother (meaning brother-in-law William Kendall in the will of Daniel Baker, brother of Susanna Kendall.11 He released his rights in land on 27 August 1668 at Golden Quarter, N'hamp Co, VA. Whereas I, Lt. Col. William Kendall, am possessed of 1,500 acres of land at Maggity Bay in N'hamp Co, which is known as Golden Quarter, I acknowledge that my possession is only in right of John Eyre, Thomas Eyre & Daniel Eyre sons of Mr. Thomas Eyre dec'd, to whom the land belonged. I released all my rights in this land to them, except my rights as their guardian, until they attain lawful age. The eldest to have his part and the other two proportionally each of them as they attain lawfull age. Witt: William Waters, Wil: Jones, William Andrewes, Thomas Rideinge & John Michaell Senr.12 He married Sarah Custis (Custis?), daughter of Henry Custis and Joan Whittington (widow), on 6 June 1684 at Northampton Co, VA. After the death of Henry Mathews his wife Sarah married Col. William Kendall. The marriage agreement between Sarah Mathews, widow, and William Kendall Senr., merchant and attorney, was dated 6 Jun 1684, and acknowledged in court on 1 Dec 1684 by "Sarah Mathew, now Sarah Kendall, wife of William Kendall Sr. The will of Col. William Kendall made bequests to "the four children of my now wife, John, Mary, Esther and Elizabeth Mathews..13 He made a will on 29 October 1685 at Northampton Co, VA.1 William died before 28 July 1686.1

Family 1

Ruth (-----) b. c 1620, d. c 1649

Marriage*

He married Ruth (-----) on 29 February 1644 at Norwich, England.3

Child
?William Kendall3 b. c 1645, d. b 16 Aug 1647

Family 2

Mary (-----) b. 1608, d. 1658

Marriage*

Col. William Kendall I married Mary (-----) before April 1655 at Northampton Co, VA.6

Family 3

Susannah Baker b. c 1625, d. c 1683

Marriage*

Col. William Kendall I married Susannah Baker, daughter of (f/o Ew'd & Susanna) Baker, in December 1658 at Northampton Co, VA.7,8

Children

?Mary Kendall+1 b. 1661, d. 24 Dec 1694
?Capt. William Kendall II (the elder)+ b. 1664, d. b 28 Jul 1696

Family 4

Sarah Custis (Custis?) b. c 1645, d. b 5 Apr 1720

Marriage*

He married Sarah Custis (Custis?), daughter of Henry Custis and Joan Whittington (widow), on 6 June 1684 at Northampton Co, VA. After the death of Henry Mathews his wife Sarah married Col. William Kendall. The marriage agreement between Sarah Mathews, widow, and William Kendall Senr., merchant and attorney, was dated 6 Jun 1684, and acknowledged in court on 1 Dec 1684 by "Sarah Mathew, now Sarah Kendall, wife of William Kendall Sr. The will of Col. William Kendall made bequests to "the four children of my now wife, John, Mary, Esther and Elizabeth Mathews..13

Child
?William Kendall (the younger)+14 b. 1686, d. b 16 Dec 1718


Citations
1.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 126 (will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah).
2.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 27.
3.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 28 & 158 (footnotes 1-3).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 47 (will of William Strangridge, marryner, wife Mary).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 39 (adm of Thomas Chapman to William Kendall).
6.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 30.
7.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 58 (will of Fran Pott, wife Susanna).
8.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 32.
9.[S2137] CG Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves, Northampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 07, 1657-1666, p. 207.
10.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 1 (will of Edward Baker, late of London).
11.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 90 (will of Daniel Baker, brother of Susanna Kendall).
12.[S2136] CG Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves, Northampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 06 & 7-8, 1655-1657, p. 280.
13.[S20] Lucy Ames Edwards, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia, p. 319 (Mathews Family).
14.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 323 (tract N52).

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The following is quoted from Anne Kendrick Walker's "The Storied Kendalls With Historical and Genealogical Records of Scottish and Allied Families" (1947), published by The Dietz Press, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia:

Chapter IV
The Kendalls of Virginia's Eastern Shore

A Virginia genealogist, after completing her research, pronounced the history of the Kendall family of the Eastern Shore of Virginia one of the most colorful in the entire Colony of Virginia…
The Virginia Kendalls came direct from England. There were two lines, one descended from Col. William Kendall and the other from his "Kinsman" John Kendall. William Kendall, forebear of the family whose history is followed in the present work, came to Northampton County about the middle of the seventeenth century. Briefly, his services to Virginia were as follows:
Colonel William Kendall was a member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County at the Sessions of March 1657-8, September 1663 (when he is styled Lieutenant Colonel), October, 1666, (and doubtless all the sessions of the "Long Assembly" until 1676), November, 1683, (when he is syled Colonel), April, 1684, and November, 1685, when he was Speaker. He was long an officer of the Militia and Justice of the County Court (from 1656) and was sent, as shown in the text, as one of the Virginia Commissioners to treat with the Five Nations and he died in 1686, probably while on "public employ" on the Rappahannock River. It seems likely that this public business was in connection with the effort to bring the Virginia Indians into peaceful relations with the Five Nations.
{In "Studies of the Eastern Shore in the Seventeenth Century," by Susie M. Ames, there are a number of references to Colonel William Kendall of Northampton County. He is shown to have been Speaker of the House of Burgesses at the famous session of 1685, during the reign of James II, who ordered Governor Culpeper, as a mark of royal displeasure, to dissolve the Assembly. "The Burgesses spent their time in unnecessary debates" and "presumed soe far as to raise contests." Willliam Kendall had previously been fined by Governor Berkeley at the court sitting at Green Spring, after Bacon's Rebellion, "for scandalous and mutinous words," against the Governor. In Dr. Ames' discussion of the tenure of land in 1675 and 1676 the sale of 1,000 acres "to William Kendall" is recorded, for which he paid 20,000 pounds of tobacco. He also divided an estate of over 12,000 acres, plus the unstated acreage of the "Scotch Quarter" and "all the rest of my land," among nine persons. As early as 1671, fifteen hundred acres of Chincoteague, the island lying between Assateague and the mainland, which had been patented by Daniel Jenifer, was conveyed as a grant to William Kendall. During the Protectorate, William Kendall made a contract with Jacob L. von Sloot in regard to the shipping of tobacco to Manhattan.
Commenting on the laws of the Colonists in regard to "trespasses by unruly horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and goats, Dr. Ames' conclusions were that the so-called wild ponies of today on the island of Chincoteague are the descendants of horses once belonging to William Kendall, the Curtis' and other prominent Colonists. "Left on uninhabited marshes, unsheltered, unfed except by their own effort, buffeted at times by wind and storm, it was not strange that horses should develop through the years into that sturdy stubborn animal, the wild pony."
William Kendall's views on the servants and slaves in Hungars Parish are quoted by Dr. Ames. "In 1688 William Kendall warned all persons from giving entertainment or having any commerce with several dissolute Negroes who 'absent themselves from the service and labor I have appointed them, to my great prejudice,' and he requested that whosoever should meet with them would inflict such punishment as the law directed. There is, however, no more agreeable confirmation of the mutual good will and service between the two races than the numerous manumissions of that period. "Of interest is the manumission of the negro Bashore in that it was the outcome of one master's wish and another master's deed. William Kendall had heard Captain Francis Pott declare that 'When he departed this natural life' he intended to free Bashore; and Kendall having married the widow of the deceased captain, was in a position to carry out the wish." The free Negro found problems and he made problems. Manuel Rodriggus, Negro, secured from William Kendall the lease of 145 acres for ninety-nine years, paying 7,500 pounds of tobacco. Twelve years later fifty of those acres were leased by Rodriggus for the remaining eighty-seven years for 2,500 pounds." Going further into her discussion of servants and slaves, Dr. Ames found in her list of tithables, those persons for whom poll taxes were paid, that in a group of forty-one plantations, there were eighteen that had five or more tithables, "John Custis leading with fourteen and William Kendall a close second with thirteen." In regard to early industries of the Eastern Shore, "much of the furniture found in the houses of the prominent and wealthy Virginians was imported, but there were also many pieces of colonial make…" In the inventory of William Kendall, there are listed four walnut tables and two pine tables, and "it seems probable that those tables were of Eastern Shore manufacture." And in the matter of the inventories describing the various grades of leather for the making of the shoes for the planters and their slaves, the court, in one instance, when a tanner died leaving some hides and skins, "ordered that Colonel Kendall be requested to have his tanner take care of them." William Kendall also figures in the "special courts" which were concerned with equity proceedings, those courts called at the request of an individual for the consideration of a specific matter. "Several writings," at the instance of John Ballard of Boston, merchant, were probated by the oath of Colonel Kendall. One of the most interesting references to William Kendall in Dr. Ames' "Studies" is in connection with the formation of parishes on the Eastern Shore. Because of the large extent of Northampton, the Assembly divided the county into two parishes, Northampton and Hungars. About a decade later, in response to the petition of its burgesses, the Governor and Council ordered that the two parishes be united, taking the name of Hungars. The parish extended over forty miles. The first church of the parish may have been built about the time of the formation in 1663, but in 1678 when the site was changed, the vestry ordered that every one should have in the new church his pew as he had formerly had it. "But to require the generosity of Colonel William Kendall, who lived in the lower parish yet who gave 1,000 pounds of tobacco towards the building of the new church of Hungars Parish, the vestry awarded him the 'uppermost pew on the east and over against the chancel.'" A pew was also assigned to his son who however lived in the parish "where the church now stands." It was doubtless the wife of this William Kendall to whom Dr. Ames refers in the days when penalties were severe and when women were not immune' "and occasionally it was a woman of high estate." "In July 1692, the Court of Northampton County ordered the sheriff to give Mrs. Ann Kendall, the wife of William Kendall, a copy of the 'solemn subpoena that she fail not to appear at the next court to answer and make her defense (if any)…for her great sin (if found true) against Almighty God and unholy demeanor in the house of his worship in the time of divine service…" It seems that Mrs. Ann Kendall one Sunday finding her pew in the parish church occupied by Samuel Palmer had uttered many abusive words and 'not content did strike this complainant several blows…' Again in July, but a year later, there is recorded the opinion of the Court that the presentment, 'by the late minister and church wardens (so called),' against Mrs. Kendall 'falls of itself'; for the minister was not present in the county and the church wardens appeared not to be legally sworn and qualified to prosecute." An occasional record shows that the way of the transgressor may not be hard, if he or she is of high estate. "Studies of the Virginia Eastern Shore in the Seventeenth Century": Susie M. Ames. The Dietz Press: 1940.}
The Indian Confederacy was formed about 1570, quoting J.N.B. Hewitt as authority. "The League originally consisted of five tribes, the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, and Onondaga; hence their name, "The Five Nations." They were in contact with the Virginia colonists at an early period. Col. Henry Coursey, representing Maryland and Virginia, first met them at Albany in 1677, but the agreement then made was not strictly observed by the Iroquois. In 1679, Col. William Kendall, as agent of Virginia, held a conference with them at the same place. This was followed by another conference, also at Albany in 1684 in which Lord Howard of Effingham, then Governor of Virginia, participated.
While his services were of moment in the colony, it is evident that William Kendall kept in touch with his relatives in England. He made bequests to a niece living in Yarmouth, a nephew, son of his brother John, "living about Brinton," and a brother, Thomas, living in Norwich.
"Col. William Kendall was married several times. His first marriage was probably in England. He married in Virginia the widow of Thomas Eyre of Northampton. His wife in 1658 was Susanna, widow of Captain Pott, and in 1677 his wife was named Susanna. The wife who survived him was named Sarah, who had been Mrs. Mathews.
"William Kendall I had issue William Kendall II, Mary, born 1661, died December 24, 1694, married Hancock Lee, son of Col. Richard Lee.
"William Kendall II, of Northampton County, was born (?) and died 1696. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County, Virginia, at the sessions of April, 1688, and March, 1692-3.
"The will of William Kendall II Gent. of Northampton County, Virginia, was dated January 29, 1695, and proved July 28, 1696. His Legatees were his son William, daughter, Susanna, son John, daughters Mason, and Ann Kendall, and wife Ann…
The will of William Kendall, Senior, merchant, was dated December 29, 1685, and proved July 28, 1686. An abstract follows:
"To son-in-law Hancock Lee, Gent.: the land where said Lee now lives, with the Negroes, stock, etc., according to my deed of Gift to Hancock Lee and my daughter Mary, his now wife, with reversion to grand-daughter Anne Lee, eldest daughter of said Hancock Lee. Bequest to son, William Kendall, with reversion if said William d.s.p. (dies without issue) to John Kendall, son of my kinsman, John Kendall, dec'd. To Thomas, Daniel, and Elizabeth Eye, Jr. [?]. To my wife Sarah. To sons-in-law (step-sons) John, Thomas, and Daniel Eyre. To Ruth, daughter of Thomas Larrington deceased, my first wife's daughter 20 pounds and if she dies, then to her children living at North Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, England. To the eldest son of my brother John Kendall, living about Brinton in Norfolk 10 pounds. To grand-daughter Susan Kendall. To grand-daughter, Kendall Lee, youngest daughter of Hancock Lee (he states that he has made deeds of Gifts to his children). To Susannah, daughter of William Kendall. To my wife Sara
"To all this is added a schedule signed "William Kendall" of the property belonging to the four children of my now wife, John, Mary, Esther, and Elizabeth Mathews.
"A codicil gives to his three daughters-in-law Mary, Esther, and Elizabeth Mathews, 700 acres in Accomac.
"Another codicil dated June 16, 1686, states that as he is going to Rapahannock on 'public employ,' and he gives his wife, Sarah, 30,000 pounds of tobacco to be laid out in building where son William lives."

It is through the marriage of Colonel William Kendall's only daughter, Mary, to Hancock Lee, son of the Honorable Richard Lee, that the Kendall family is directly related to the illustrious Lee family of Virginia….
From "Hening's Statutes," Mrs. Lee appears to have been well endowed with lands "by her father, Col. Wm. Kendall of Newport House, Northampton County." Her children by Hancock Lee appear to be William, Anna, and Richard. Anna married William Armistead, who was born in 1671 and died in Mathews County, Virginia on June 13, 1711.
Hancock Lee was married twice. His second wife was Sarah Allerton.
In the graveyard at "Ditchley" in Wicomico, Northumberland County, the inscriptions on the tombstones of Hancock Lee Esq. and his two wives are as follows:
"Here lyeth the Body of
Hancock Lee, seventh son of
Honorable Richard who
Departed this life May 25th
Anno Dom 1729 Aeta 56 years
Also Mary his first wife, only
Daughter of William Kendall, Gent
Who departed this life December
The 24th Anno Dom 1694
Aeta 33 years.
And Sarah his last wife
Daughter of Isaac Allerton Esq.
Who departed this life
May 17th Anno Dom 1731-
Ae 60 years."

"Ditchley" was the name of one of the Lee estates in Virginia and took the name from the original estate in England, which was presented to Lionel Lee, who lived during the reign of Richard Coeur de Lion. The latter rewarded him for his special gallantry at the siege of Acre, during the third crusade, when Lionel in 1192 raised a company of gentlemen and marched with the king to the Holy Land. On his return, he was made first Earl of Litchfield; the king presented him at that time with the estate of "Ditchley" as solid proof of his approbation.

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/document/oce/entire.html

At 51.3 m. is a junction with Co. 630.

Left on this road is Kendall Grove, 1.5 m., home of the Kendalls; it was built in 1796 on the site of an earlier house built by Col. William Kendall, who participated in Bacon's Rebellion, but was punished only with a fine.

Disgusted with Berkeley's slaughter of the participants in the rebellion, the King had sent three commissioners to Virginia with a proclamation authorizing pardoning of all rebels who would take the oath of obedience and give security for their good behavior. Colonel Kendall appeared before the court held at Berkeley's home, Green Spring, March 3, 1677, and took the prescribed oath. According to the records he himself suggested the fine. "Itt being evident that Coll. Wm. Kandall hath uttered divers scandalous and mutinous words tending to the dishonor of the right honourable the governor; but that said Coll. Kendall submitting himselfe, and offering fifty pounds sterling as a fine for his soe great crime; and the right honourable governour desiring the court to pass the same into order, they have therefore thought fit and doe order that he pay the said somme upon demand to the right honourable the governour, which he willingly submits to, and hath accordingly performed the same."

The curving collonade, 60 feet long, which links the main body of the huge white frame house to the service wing, is notable. Also of interest is the cornice, the carving of which required a year's work. The stars on it are symbolic of the new Republic.

The following book, cited and summarized from the Oxford University Press website, has a chapter devoted to Col. William Kendall with a few paragraphs in Chapter Two devoted to his English origins and ancestry back to his great-grandparents:

Anne Orthwood's Bastard
Sex and Law in Early Virginia
John Ruston Pagan ISBN13: 9780195144796
ISBN10: 0195144791
paper, 232 pages Oct 2002, In Stock Price:$24.95

Winner of the 2003 Prize in Atlantic History, American Historical Association Description
In 1663, an indentured servant, Anne Orthwood, was impregnated with twins in a tavern in Northampton County, Virginia. Orthwood died soon after giving birth; one of the twins, Jasper, survived. Orthwood's illegitimate pregnancy sparked four related cases that came before the Northampton magistrates -- who coincidentally held court in the same tavern -- between 1664 and 1686. These interrelated cases and the decisions rendered in them are notable for the ways in which the Virginia colonists modified English common law traditions and began to create their own, as well as what they reveal about cultural and economic values in an Eastern shore community. Through these cases, the very reasons legal systems are created are revealed, namely, the maintenance of social order, the protection of property interests, the protection of personal reputation, and personal liberty. Through Jasper Orthwood's life, the treatment of the poor in small communities is set in sharp relief. Reviews
"Pagan's Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and the Law in Early Virginia spin engaging yarns that tie together the best of recent scholarship while also interweaving fresh historical questions and issues....the kind of work tailor-made to grip and hold the imaginations of undergraduates in early American survey courses everywhere."--Reviews in American History

"Four cases provide the basis for John Ruston Pagan's intelligent and highly readable book." --Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

"superb analysis of the colony's nascent social, economic, and judicial structures. . . . terrific scholarship that adds significantly to historians' understanding of early Virginia. . . . Microhistories succeed when their case studies illuminate larger themes; at their best, the stories they tell rate as literature. John Pagan scores on both counts."- The Journal of Southern History

"John Pagan's subtle and sophisticated research and analysis and his lucid and evocative writing bring to life these Virginians of 350 years ago. The character sketches of the servants, justices of the peace, planters, jurors, and of Anne Orthwood and her lover are gems of historical writing....[An] excellent book."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Court testimony indicates that William Kendall's nephew, John Kendall, was the father of the twins. John was a son of William's older brother, Thomas Kendall of Taverham, England.

Below is another summary of the book from THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS:
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ISBN: 0195144783

"Anne Orthwood's Bastard" tells the story of a maidservant from Bristol England who emigrated to Virginia's Eastern Shore in 1662, became pregnant by a caddish nephew of a colonial politician, and died in childbirth leaving an illegitimate son and a host of knotty legal problems. Through a study of the four cases stemming from this birth and the people involved Pagan uses the community's response to illuminate the emerging distinctiveness of early American law. He argues that the peculiar structure of Virginia's economy and labour system accounts for many of the differences between colonial and English law and contends that Virginia leaders skillfully shaped legal doctrines and institutions to serve their own agenda.

The following is quoted from the Introduction to the book:

Anne Orthwood and John Kendall first had sex on Saturday night, November 28, 1663, at John Webb's inn near the site of modern-day Cheriton in Northampton County, on Virginia's Eastern Shore. They were intimate a second and possibly a third time later that weekend. Anne was a single, white, 24-year-old indentured servant who had emigrated to Virginia from her home in Bristol, England, about a year earlier. John, a bachelor in his early twenties, was a free man from Norfolk, England, who lived with his uncle, Lieutenant Colonel William Kendall, one of the most powerful men on the Eastern Shore.

This was not a casual fling between strangers. Anne and John knew each other well and had probably been romantically involved for several months. They had been fellow residents of Newport House Plantation, Colonel Kendall's seat in lower Northampton County. Anne worked there as a serving woman, and John helped the colonel run his plantation and an extensive overseas trading business. Colonel Kendall evidently discovered their clandestine romance and grew worried over the possible outcome. Marriage to a lowly servant was out of the question, given Colonel Kendall's social aspirations for his young kinsman. An extramarital relationship was equally unacceptable on moral and economic grounds. As a head of household, Colonel Kendall had a religious obligation to prevent his family and servants from committing fornication; as a community leader, he owed a duty to protect his fellow colonists from the damaging financial effects of illicit pregnancy. ...Since Colonel Kendall was a justice of the peace, churchwarden, and member of the House of Burgesses, taxpayers looked to him for leadership in the war against illegitimacy. His honor and reputation would suffer if someone close to him committed a moral lapse. To shield John from temptation and obviate the manifold dangers of forbidden sex, Colonel Kendall decided to send Anne away from Newport House Plantation. He assigned her indenture (in other words, sold his contractual right to her services) to a fellow planter, Jacob Bishopp.

Anne and John were reunited as a result of the makeshift circumstances of early Virginia justice. Until 1665, when the first purpose-built courthouse went into use, the Northampton County Court sat in Webb's inn. The proprietor profited from the arrangement by providing food and lodging to people attending court and by charging the county a fee for allowing the justices to meet on his premises. ...

However their intimacy came about, the affair ended disastrously for Anne. She conceived twins and soon found herself engulfed in troubles. The first consequence of her illicit pregnancy was shame. The church taught that all fornication was sinful, and society reinforced the message by humiliating people caught transgressing sexual norms. The second consequence was punishment. Under Virginia law, fornicators were subject to a fine or whipping. Because she was an impoverished servant, Anne lacked the means to pay a fine and thus faced a much greater risk of flogging than did her affluent sex partner. The third consequence was economic. Instead of being freed after four years of servitude, as provided in her original employment contract, Anne would have to serve her master an extra two years or pay him 2,000 pounds of tobacco to compensate him for the loss of her labor while she was incapacitated by pregnancy and childbirth. The fourth consequence pertained to her children's future. Anne herself had been born out of wedlock and therefore knew only too well the hardships and stigmatization her offspring would have to endure.

Below are some quoted passages from the second chapter, "William Kendall, Parvenu." Since the book has been recently published and is still in print, I am reluctant to quote the entire chapter for fear of violating fair use and impacting sales of Professor Pagan's excellent, well-documented work.

The rise of William Kendall, Anne Orthwood's second employer and the uncle of her lover, John Kendall, is a remarkable seventeenth-century success story. He began his career in Virginia as an indentured servant and ended it as a speaker of the House of Burgesses, senior justice of the Northampton County Court, colonel in the militia, and one of the wealthiest men on the Eastern Shore. Kendall's career illustrates the permeability of social strata in the early decades of settlement. For men with talent, ambition, and luck, Virginia offered a chance to transcend humble beginnings and achieve a preeminence that few servants could have dreamed of attaining in England.

Kendall was born in Brinton, Norfolk, in 1621, the seventh child of John Kendall, a tailor, and his wife, Anne Pleasance Kendall. The family consisted primarily of farmers and craftsmen--blacksmiths, carpenters, and the like. Some members of the Kendall and Pleasance families owned land, and a few held minor offices, such as churchwarden. William, therefore, grew up belonging to the social group historians term the "middling sort." He came from respectable stock but did not possess a pedigree that would automatically entitle him to deference. Unlike men born into the gentry, he could not claim power as his birthright.

When Kendall reached adulthood, in the early 1640s, he moved from the tiny village of Brinton to the seaside Norfolk town of Yarmouth in search of better economic opportunities. Judging from the commercial skills he displayed later in his career, he probably found employment at a mercantile concern, perhaps as a clerk. In Yarmouth he met his first wife, Ruth, a widow whom he married in 1644. They had a son, William, who died in infancy in 1647. Kendall remained in Yarmouth through 1648, but his circumstances soon changed dramatically. His wife died, probably in 1649, and he began thinking about starting a new life elsewhere. For the same reasons as countless other Englishmen, he found himself drawn westward by glowing tales of the prosperity that awaited him in America. Almost 30, Kendall was older than the typical indentured servant, almost three-quarters of whom were under 25. Nevertheless, since he lacked the means to emigrate as a free man, servitude offered his only avenue to advancement. Resolving to make the best of his situation, Kendall bade farewell to his family, indentured himself for five years, and boarded a ship for Virginia.

Kendall probably sailed in late summer 1650 on the "Peter and John" with his new master, Edward Drew, and a fellow servant....

Soon afterward [Edward Drew] died, bequeathing to his wife, Mary, a life estate in his house on Eyrehall Neck, a life estate in one-third of his land, and one-third of his other property, including Kendall's service obligation. ...In July, 1652, Mary married William Strangridge, a mariner from Boston, Massachuetts, and the couple took up residence on Eyrehall Neck. Strangridge's commercial activities included carrying tobacco from the Shore to Manhattan and Boston and bringing back rum, brandy, sugar, and other goods to sell in Virginia. He recognized Kendall's mercantile talents and quickly made him an integral part of his business operations, appointing Kendall his agent to collect debts and look after his affairs while he undertook his periodic voyages up the eastern seaboard.

Kendall completed his service obligation and gained his freedom in July 1654. For an ordinary servant, emancipation meant a chance to work for wages or as a tenant farmer until he accumulated enough capital to acquire land and establish his own plantation. Thanks to Strangridge's patronage, however, Kendall had access to the wider commercial world, where one could strive for wealth far beyond the hopes of the average freedman.

[Kendall then married Mary Strangridge by April, 1655].

The county court records show a burst of commercial activity by Kendall following his marriage to Mary. He sold liquor and other goods locally and traded butter and an ox to a man in New Amsterdam. In November 1656, he and his partner, Captain William Whittington [also an ancestor of me, Bryan S. Godfrey], an Eastern Shore planter and magistrate, shipped to Amsterdam between 80 and 100 hogsheads, containing roughly 500-600 pounds of tobacco apiece. Six months later, he and Whittington contracted with Jacob Lavoris van Sloot, a Dutch mariner, to ship tobacco to Manhattan. Soon Kendall expanded his business enterprises from buying and transporting his neighbors' tobacco to owning at least one of the ships that carried it. In July 1659, Abraham Johnson of Amsterdam sold to Kendall, Whittington, and John Michael [another ancestor] a ship called the "Christina Regina," which the new owners renamed the "Sheppard." Kendall bought out Michael's share in december 1660 for 200 pounds sterling. Kendall's ability to afford such a large capital expenditure only a half-dozen years after his emancipation illustrates the magnitude of the economic success he enjoyed as a result of Strangridge's bequest, an advantageous marriage, and his own business acumen. Another indication of Kendall's expanding commercial network was the number of nonresident traders who designated him as their representative on the Eastern Shore. Merchants and mariners from England, New England, and the Virginia mainland frequently called on him to collect their debts and guarantee their obligation.

Kendall's mercantile success called attention to his skills and positioned him for political advancement. ...

Like other Englishmen of his time who succeeded in trade, Kendall sought to enhance his social standing and enlarge his wealth by acquiring property. He made his first major purchase in August 1657 when he bought Newport House and 600 acres from the heirs of Edward Robins, a deceased merchant. The tract occupied much of what is now called Eyreville Neck, a peninsula on the Bay side of the Shore bounded on the north by Old Castle Creek, on the west by Cherrystone Inlet, and on the south by Eyreville Creek, called Newport Creek in the seventeenth century. Across Eyreville Creek lay Eyrehall Neck, Mary Drew Strangridge Kendall's property where Kendall had worked as a servant. Together the two necks of land gave Kendall an ample base of operations, affording ready access to the Bay and the Atlantic Ocean beyond.

Kendall acquired substantial amounts of land for his own mercantile and agricultural purposes, but he obtained the bulk of his property in order to lease it out or resell it at a profit. He amassed land in two principal ways. The first involved the use of headright certificates, some of which he earned by importing servants and slaves, and some of which he bought from his neighbors and visiting mariners. He redeemed the certificates by presenting them to the provincial government at Jamestown and received patents to specific acreage in return. The second method of acquisition was to purchase land directly from an owner and then to record the sale in the county deed books. Using both techniques, Kendall gained title to over 7500 acres during the 1660s, three-quarters of which he eventually sold. He added more than 15,000 acres in the 1670s and over 3000 acres in the 1680s. Although he parted with much of his land during his lifetime, selling some and giving vast tracts to his children, he still owned thousands of acres at his death in 1686.

Kendall's wife, Mary, died in 1658, and in December of that year he married his third wife, Susanna Baker Eyre Pott. Kendall was Susanna's third husband. Her first husband, Thomas Eyre, a surgeon, died in 1657, leaving Susanna only a life estate in a 200-acre plantation. Her second husband, Francis Pott, the brother and heir of the former governor John Pott, made her wealthy. They had been married less than a year when Pott died and left her 2550 acres, a bequest that no doubt enhanced Susanna's attractiveness to Kendall and sped their union. Kendall's household expanded considerably as a result of his marriage to Susanna, reaching around 20 people in the early 1660s. Roughly half were family members and the rest servants and slaves. Susanna's three sons by Thomas Eyre resided with the couple at Newport House, and soon they were joined by the colonel's own offspring. In 1661, Susanna gave birth to a daughter, Mary, followed by a son, William II, around 1664. Two more relatives also lived with them: Susanna's brother, Daniel Baker, and William's nephew, John Kendall. The son of one of William's older brothers, John grew up in England, at Taverham, a village six miles northwest of Norwich, the cathedral city and administrative center of Norfolk. He probably emigrated to Virginia around 1662 when he was in his early twenties. William treated John as a surrogate son, providing for him and, later, his family with much the same protective generosity that he would display toward his own progeny. The remainder of the household consisted of two slaves (a boy and a woman); a free black male servant who bought his freedom from Kendall in 1660 and continued working for him until 1665 to pay off the purchase price; two or more white male servants; and several white female servants, including, from late 1662 to sometime around the middle of 1663, Anne Orthwood.

Colonel Kendall's household was a patriarchal institution whose organization and ideology were based on the family as the basic unit of society, with the father as the divinely appointed head. A father's power extended over the whole of his family, including his servants as well as his relatives, all of whom owed him a duty of obedience. In return, he owed them support, protection, guidance, and example. Collectively, the heads of families formed the political community, and the monarch symbolically functioned as the father of all families. The government regulated society primarily by controlling the behavior of male heads of household, and they, in turn, were expected to govern the women and male dependents in their families. This resulted in a blurring of the lines between family and community interests. ...

Patriarchs had a particular obligation to deter fornication...

Colonel Kendall's role as a member of both the county court and the Assembly compounded people's expectation that he would provide moral leadership. One of the major responsibilities of the county court was to enforce the laws against fornication and bastard-bearing, some of which Kendall helped enact in his capacity as a member of the House of Burgesses. ...

If he failed to maintain proper moral standards in his own household, people might challenge his right to pass judgment on their morality. The desire to avoid such a challenge probably underlay Kendall's decision to remove Anne Orthwood from his household within a few months of her arrival. Kendall parted with Anne after growing increasingly concerned over her budding romance with his kinsman John, a relationship the colonel considered altogether unsuitable. Anne hoped John would marry her and set her free, but Colonel Kendall had different plans. He wanted John to marry a rich woman, as he had, and continue the family's climb up the social ladder. The last person he wished to see John marry was a penniless servant. If a marriage to Anne was unacceptable, so too was a nonmarital relationship, for that path led to illicit sex and bastardy, shameful conduct that a man in Colonel Kendall's position could ill afford to countenance. Kendall therefore resolved to take preventive measures. In the summer or fall of 1663, he brought about a separation of the couple by selling Anne's indenture to another planter and sending her to live at his plantation.

Anne's new master, Jacob Bishopp, was a tenant farmer who had recently settled in Northampton County...

Bishopp's civic responsibilities and business affairs brought him to court from time to time. One of those occasions was the Northampton County Court session on Monday, November 30, 1663, which Bishopp attended because his servant, William Savage, was scheduled to be tried in a civil suit. Anne accompanied Bishop and Savage, lodging with them in John Webb's tavern-cumcourthouse during the weekend preceding the court session. There she encountered John Kendall, and they rekindled their romance. ...

More About Col. William Kendall:
Appointed/Elected 1: Bet. 1657 - 1685, Represented Northampton Co., VA in the House of Burgesses; was Speaker in 1685.
Appointed/Elected 2: 1660, Collector of the Revenue for Northampton Co., VA; while serving in this capacity, he was sent to Albany, NY, as Commissioner to negotiate with the Northern Indians (Five Nations) in 1679.
Comment 1: He was married at least 4 times. His first wife was the widow of Thomas Larrington, and Col. Kendall referred to her daughter as Ruth Carrington of North Yarmouth, Norfolk, in his will. Mary ? Drew Strangridge was his 2nd wife, Susanna Baker 3rd, Sarah 4th
Comment 2: Due to advantageous marriages, acumen in agricultural and mercantile pursuits, and aggressiveness in buying land, he rose from an indentured servant of yeoman status in England to one of the wealthiest men on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Immigration: Bef. 1657, Settled in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Indentured himself to Edward Drew, whose widow Mary he later married.
Probate: 28 Jul 1686, Northampton Co., VA
Property: Owned over 25000 acres in Northampton Co., VA.
Residence: His primary residence was "Newport House" on Eyreville Neck, Northampton Co., VA
Will: 29 Oct 1685, Northampton Co., VA. His will mentions brother Thomas Kendall of Brinton, Co. Norfolk. Sarah ? was his wife at the time of his will.

Notes for Susanna Baker:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p667.htm#i66639

Susannah was born circa 1625 at London, England. As of circa 1645,her married name was Eyre.2 She married Thomas Eyre I (Quaker) circa 1647.2 Susannah Baker gave a deposition on 27 July 1657 at Northampton Co, VA. The deposition of Susanna the wife of Mr. Thomas Ayres sworn & taken 27 July 1657 before Lt. Col. Edw: Dowglas - Elizabeth the wife of Mr. Jno Severne did tell the deponent that Mathew Gethinges & Ellynor his wife were of occasion of difference & the cause of the disagreement of Mr. Jno Severne & his late wife and the deponent declared that Elizabeth wife of Mr. Severne had complained that her husband thrust her out of doors & beat her and the deponent advised her to complain to Capt. Francis Pott, which she said Elizabeth did & acquainted with the hard usage she had from her husband, but afterwards her husband (Mr. Severne) used her worse. Elizabeth Severne made several complaints to the deponent that her husband not only expressed himself very harsh & violent towards her both in words & actions and she believed the poor woman was intending to drowne or other ways make away herself. The deponent told her she ought to have respecet & regard to her Soule, rather than her body, and take some better course.3 Susannah was named in her husband's will on 18 November 1657 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my wife Susanna Eires and named Extr in the will of Thomas Eires, chirnrgion.4 As of circa 1658,her married name was Pott.5 She married Capt. Francis Pott circa 1658.5 Susannah was named in her husband's will on 5 August 1658 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown only as my wife in the will of Fran Pott, but named as Susanna the Extr and relict of Capt. Francis Pott at probate, who had married Lt. Col. William Kendall.5 She married Col. William Kendall I, son of John Kendall and Anne Pleasance, in December 1658 at Northampton Co, VA.5,6 As of December 1658,her married name was Kendall.5,6 On 28 Jan 1662/63 Daniel Baker gave a mare filly that my brother (meaning brother-in-law) Wm. Kendall assigned to me to John, Thomas & Daniel Eyres to go in a joint stock for them and if either of them die before age 21 the survivors to enjoy. An equal division is to be made when John Eyres comes to age 21 and I make my sister Susanna Kendall in trust and authorize Wm. Kendall as my attorney to acknowledge said gift in open court.7 Susannah was named in her brother's will on 13 April 1667 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my sister Susanna Kendall in the will of Daniel Baker.8 She died circa 1683.9,10

Family 1

Thomas Eyre I (Quaker) b. c 1615, d. b 30 Nov 1657

Marriage*

She married Thomas Eyre I (Quaker) circa 1647.2

Children
?John Eyre+ b. c 1648, d. b 21 Jul 1719
?Thomas Eyre II+ b. c 1650, d. b 20 Dec 1715
?Daniel Eyre I+4 b. c 1654, d. b 30 Mar 1691

Family 2

Capt. Francis Pott b. c 1600, d. b 28 Oct 1658

Marriage*

Susannah Baker married Capt. Francis Pott circa 1658.5

Family 3

Col. William Kendall I b. c 1625, d. b 28 Jul 1686

Marriage

Susannah Baker married Col. William Kendall I, son of John Kendall and Anne Pleasance, in December 1658 at Northampton Co, VA.5,6

Children
?Mary Kendall+11 b. 1661, d. 24 Dec 1694
?Capt. William Kendall II (the elder)+11 b. 1664, d. b 28 Jul 1696


Citations
1.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 200 (tract N44).
2.[S724] Robert Irving Upshur & Thomas Teackel Upshur IV, Upshur Family in Virginia, 2nd Edition, p. 249.
3.[S2136] CG Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves, Northampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 06 & 7-8, 1655-1657, p. 161.
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 49 (will of Thomas Eires, chirnrgion, wife Susanna).
5.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 58 (will of Fran Pott, wife Susanna).
6.[S1960] John Ruston Pagan, Anne Orthwood's Bastard (Sex and Law in Early Virginia), p. 32.
7.[S2137] CG Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves, Northampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 07, 1657-1666, p. 207.
8.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 90 (will of Daniel Baker, brother of Susanna Kendall).
9.[S20] Lucy Ames Edwards, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia, p. 319 (Mathews Family).
10.[S2130] Hilda Justice, Life and Ancestry of Warner Mifflin (friend - philanthropist - patriot), pp. 9-23 (Mifflin Genealogy).
11.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 126 (will of William Kendall Sr., merchant, wife Sarah).


Children of William Kendall and Susanna Baker are:
112 i. Capt. William Kendall, Jr., born Abt. 1659 in Northampton Co., VA?; died Abt. 1696 in Northampton Co., VA; married Ann Mason.
ii. Mary Kendall, born Abt. 1661 in "Newport House," Northampton Co., VA; died 24 Dec 1694 in "Ditchley," Northumberland Co., VA?; married Hancock Lee Abt. 1675 in Northampton Co., VA?; born Abt. 1653 in Northumberland Co., VA; died 25 May 1709 in "Ditchley, " Northumberland Co., VA.

More About Mary Kendall:
Burial: "Ditchley, " near Dividing Creek, Northumberland Co., VA

Notes for Hancock Lee:
http://www.spiers.net/alltree/note_200.htm

Hancock Lee was born in 1653 at PARADISE PLANTATION, Gloucester Co., VA. He died 25 May 1709, at HANCOCK'S NECK, now called DITCHLEY, Northumberland Co., VA. Hancock was named after Jane Hancock, his grandmother. He married (1)Mary Kendall, 1675 in Northampton Co., VA, daughter of William Kendall and Susanna Perry and (2)Sarah Elizabeth Allerton about 1706 in VA, daughter of Isaac Allerton and Elizabeth illoughby. Hancock Lee first settled in Northampton County, about 1675, where he held office, but returned to Northumberland about 1686, when he established Ditchley. He was a justice of Northampton in 1677 and of Northumberland in 1687. He was a Burgess from Northumberland in 1688. On 3 Jun 1699, he was appointed "Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Duties in Northumberland County." He was a vestryman for icomico Parish in Northumberland Co., VA. He married, first, in 1675, Mary Kendall, daughter of William Kendall, who was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1666, and, second, Sarah Allerton, daughter of Colonel Isaac Allerton. His only daughter by his second marriage, Elizabeth, great-granddaughter of Isaac Allerton and of Fear Brewster, who came to Plymouth in the MAYFLOWER, married Zachary Taylor, of Caroline Co., becoming the grandmother of President Zachary Taylor. Her husband's sister, Frances Taylor, became the grandmother of President James Madison. Elizabeth's twin brother, Hancock Lee II, married Mary Willis, a daughter of Colonel Henry Willis and his first wife, Anne Alexander and, becoming the father of Mary Willis Lee, who became the wife of President Madison's brother, Captain Ambrose Madison. (She is buried at Montpelier, Orange Co., VA, where President Madison himself is buried). Elizabeth's great-granddaughter, Sarah Knox Taylor (President Taylor's daughter), became the first wife of President Jefferson Davis. Hancock moved to England, 1657; Northampton Co., VA, 1663 and to Northumberland Co., VA, 1686.
DITCHLEY--Richard Lee secured a patent to 800 acres adjoining the land at DIVIDING CREEK, 21 May 1651. DITCHLEY, situated between Prentice Creek and the south branch of Dividing Creek, was established by Hancock when he inherited the 600-acre southern one-third of DIVIDING CREEK PLANTATION. The name of DITCHLEY comes from two old English words meaning a meadow by a dike. The Lees of DITCHLEY intermarried with the Ball family of BEWDLEY and the DITCHLEY dwelling eventually became a Ball home.
HANCOCK'S NECK--The land was originally called HANCOCK'S Neck, after Hancock Lee, who built the first house there in 1686. The tract was one of the grants made to Colonel Richard Lee in 1642. A second house was built in the footprint of the first, 1732. A third house, was built of brick, by Hancock Lee's grandson, Kendall Lee, 1752. Hancock Lee built a real estate empire by acquiring large tracts of land. He owned land in Fauquier, Fairfax, and Stafford counties, 1704. Land records of Northern Neck show that Hancock Lee patented the following: 1100 acres in Richmond Co., VA, 18 Apr 1704; 570 acres on both sides of the Rappahannock- Horsepen Run and adjoining his own land, 21 May 1705; 1353 acres in Richmond Co., 6 Jun 1707; 460 acres on the north side of Occoquan in Stafford Co., 2 Nov 1707; and 1750 acres at the heads of branches of Chapowamsic in Stafford Co., adjoining the land of Captain homas Harrison, 10 Feb 1707.
The Will of Hancock Lee was dated 31 Dec 1707, codiciled 20 Jul 1709 and recorded in Northumberland Co., VA.
He was buried in the family cemetery at DITCHLEY, 800 feet south of Route 607, in Northumberland Co., VA. His burial site is marked by a horizontal tombstone with the following inscription: "Here lies the body of Hancock Lee, Seventh son of the Hon R. Lee, who departed this life May the 25th Anno. Dom. 1709 AEte 56 years. Also, Mary his first wife, only daughter of Wm. Kendall Gen. Who departed this life Dec. the 24th Anno. Dom. 1694 AEte 33 years. And Sarah his last wife Daughter of Isaac Allerton, Esq. Who departed this life May 17th Anno. Dom. 1731 AEte 60 years."
References: 9NN(1)789; 9V312; 19V10-11; 31V354; 36V299-300; 38V79-80; 4W(1)38, 179; 11W(1)130, 210, 279; 12W(1)267; 25W(1)118; 1W(2)289; PLACE-NAMES of the NORTHERN NECK of VIRGINIA, Mary Rita Miller, Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1983, p. 79; VIRGINIA'S HISTORICAL MARKERS, John S. Salmon, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1996, p. 62.

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Hancock Lee b. 1653, Ditchley, Northumberland Co., VA, d. 25 May 1709, Hancock's Neck, Northumberland Co., VA, m. (1) 1675, Northampton Co., VA, Mary Kendall b. Newport House, Northampton Co., VA, (daughter of William and Susannah (Baker) Kendall). M. (2) bef 1707, Sarah Allerton, b. 1656, "Narrow's Plantation", Westmoreland Co., VA, (daughter of Isaac Allerton, Col. and Elizabeth Willoughby) d. 17 May 1731, "Hancock's Neck", Northumberland Co., VA. Hancock was buried at Ditchley, where his tombstone is still seen. This burying ground was used by this branch of the family for several generations, probably until the estate was sold in 1789, to Col. James Ball, Jr., whose descendants own it today. The inscription reads as follows:

"Here Lyeth the Body of Hancock Lee, Seventh son of the Honourable Richard Lee, Who departed this Life the 25th May, Anno Domo 1729, Aeta. 56 years. Also Mary his first Wife, only Daughter of William Kendall, Gent., Who departed this life the 24th December, Anno Domo 1694, Aeta. 33 years. And Sarah, his last Wife, Daughter of Isaac Allerton, Esq., Who departed this Life 17th May, Anno Domo, 1731, Aeta. 60 years." Although this inscription states that he died in 1729, there can be no doubt that Hancock Lee died in 1709; for these reasons, : The certificate of probate of his will reads: "Die July 20: 1709. This will was proved in Northumberland County Court to be the last Will and Testament of Mr. Hancock Lee, dec'd by ye oaths of Thomas Knight and Mary Knight, two of ye witnesses thereto admitted to Record. (Signed) Tho: Hobson C. Cur. Northumberland. The Clerk's office of Northumberland was burned the 25th of October 1710; later all the records that could be found were recorded a second time to replace those destroyed. So, on Hancock's will there is this second note of record: "Die Martii 21, 1711, This Coppie of Mr. Hancock Lee's Will and the Codicils thereto annexed were approved by ye Court and upon motion of Capt. John Howson were admitted to Record. (signed) Tho: Hobson C. Cur. Northumberland." Again, an inventory of Hancock's property was filed the 21st of Mar, 1710, and moreover in an application for a land patent, made the 6th of March, 1709-10, it was stated that the patent was for "Hancock Lee son of Hancock Lee dec'd." These records clearly prove that Hancock was deceased in 1709. If the inscription on his tombstone were correct in that died in 1728, aged 56 years, then he would have been born in 1673, about nine years after the death of his father. Whilst, if the record of his first marriage, in 1675, be correct, then he married at the early age of two or three years! Hancock is supposed to have settled in Northampton at the time of his first marriage and to have returned to Northumberland about 1686. He was a Justice for Northampton County in 1677, and held similar positions in Northumberland in 1687, 1699; was also a Burgess from Northumberland in 1688. A list of civil officers, dated 3 Jun 1699, names him as the "Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Dutys in Northumberland County;" another list of the date of 1702, mentions him as Justice, showing him to have been in commission at the time of his death. The Northern Neck land records show that Hancock patented land as follows: 1,100 acres in Richmond County, the 18th Apr 1704; 570 acres on both sides of Rappahannock Horsepen Run and adjoining his own land, 21st May 1705; 1,353 acres in Richmond County, 6th Jun 1704; 460 acres on north side of the Occoquan in Stafford County, 2nd Nov 1707; 1,750 acres at the heads of the branches of Chapowamsic in Stafford, adjoining the land of Capt. Thomas Harrison, 10th Feb 1707. Hancock Lee, son of Hancock dec'd, patented 1,025 acres on Wolf Run in Stafford, for which Hancock Lee the elder had obtained a warrant, 1708, and by codicil to his will, 21st Dec 1706, gave to his son the said Hancock, 6th Mar 1709-10. In 1678, Hancock Lee, gent., obtained a patent for 268 acres in Accomac County. The land formerly included in the Ditchley estate was patented the 21st May 1651. It has usually been stated that Hancock built Ditchley mansion about 1687, but there is no evidence to substantiate this tradition. The present house was built by Kendall Lee, grandson of Hancock, and was completed about 1765-70, as estimated by James Flexmer Ball. Hancock's will was made 31st Dec 1706; one codicil was added 1st Jan 1706/07; a second the 18th May, and a third the 20th of May, 1709. It was probated at Northumberland County Courthouse the 20th Jul 1709.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch January 27 , 1935

Happy Birthday to You, Mr. President!
Fifty-third Anniversary of Nation's Executive
Brings Thoughts of Part Virginia Played in the Careers
of the Illustrious Forbears of Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Strange indeed would it be if the Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents, could not find some Virginian Motif in the genealogy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nation's executive in whose honor thousands of feet will "tread the light fantastic" next Wednesday night when balls all over the land commemorate his natal day.

So it is that a careful scanning of President Roosevelt's ancestral tree brings to light the fact that Northumberland County in particular has a peculiar interest in all things pertaining to the New Deal chieftain. There is Ditchley House, ancestral home of the Lees and named for Ditchley in England, the home of the Earl of Litchfield who was a Lee. And it was the marriage of cousins of President Roosevelt with the Lees of Ditchley that connects the "Man of the Hour" with such famed families here as the founders of Stratford, Ditchley and Chantilly as well as with that of President Zachary Taylor who, genealogical research has placed as a distant cousin to the present executive, scion of Knickerbockers and Puritans.

Today Ditchley House, the center of historical interest due to the coming celebration of the President's fifty-third birthday anniversary and his connections with its historic family, is owned by Mrs. Alfred du Pont of Wilmington, Del., herself a Virginian allied to many prominent families in the State and bearing the maiden name of Gresham. [Editorial note: Mrs. Alfred du Pont's name was Jessie Dew Ball du Pont. Her mother's maiden name was Lalla Gresham.]

Ditchley House was built in 1688 but was later destroyed by fire. The present Ditchley structure, one of the show places of Northumberland County today, contains the same massive walls as old Stratford and other of the early homes, and the old kitchen has a fireplace that would readily roast an ox. Indeed the original frame of the "pig roaster" is still to be seen there.

The original owner of Ditchley was Hancock Lee, a son of Colonel Richard Lee of Virginia, the first of the name in the colony. He was a loyalist to the House of Stuart and history records that he invited King Charles to come to Virginia. The merrie monarch, however, was too much infatuated with Nell Gwynn to accept, but regarded his faithful follower by making him secretary to the King's Council at Jamestown.

All of Richard's sons won renown and Hancock Lee played a most conspicuous part in Colonial affairs. His second wife belonged to a New England family related to President Roosevelt through the Delanos, and was the great-great aunt of the present New Dealer. This is the most direct connection of the President's with Old Dominion's Ditchley.

This branch of the Lee family, historians and genealogists point out, must not be confused with those other Lees of Marlboro, Mass., into which married President Theodore Roosevelt.

Another confusing marital tangle for genealogists was that of the fifth Lord Baltimore who married Charlotte Lee of Ditchley, England. This complication of the Lee name as well as that of the Ditchley estate provoked several unfounded connections to be established before it was at length straightened out.

To trace the line of descent of that English family is to follow Charlotte's marriage to Lord Baltimore when she became the mother of Ellenor Calvert who in turn wed Jacky Custis, stepson of George Washington.

And now to begin at a more recent date and trace the lineage of another Lee group backwards, we find that Mrs. Robert E. Lee and her husband, the general, were distantly related as has been known, but their kinship came from the Stratford Lees, being descended from Colonel Richard Lee and Hancock Lee of Ditchley. Mrs. Robert E. Lee belonged to the Randolph family of "Chatsworth" on the James, and through the vein, descended likewise from the Lees of Ditchley, while on her father's side, through the Calverts, she traced her lineage back to the Earl of Litchfield whose daughter, Charlotte Lee, married the fifth Lord of Baltimore.

So we find our present great leader, and that great leader of the past linked by family ties albeit many generations old.

Now let us glance back in President Roosevelt's past again to that eventful year when the Mayflowers sailed from the shores of Holland for the new world. Aboard her was one Isaac Allerton who had been living in Leyden. He was a keen trader, a man of great business acumen, the records tell us. With him on his pilgrimage to America came his wife, Mary; their three children, Bartholomew, Remember and Mary, and a man servant listed as John Hooke. Fellow passengers were William Brewster and his family. When Isaac's wife, Mary, died he married the daughter of William Brewster, Fear Brewster, and she bore him a son named Isaac. The Pilgrim father died in 1659 and the boy was reared by his Brewster relatives and lived in the home of Elder Brewster.

From Mary Allerton, the daughter of Isaac the Pilgrim, descends through the Cushmans President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

From Isaac Allerton the junior descends in direct line Zachary Taylor, twelfth President of the United States. His daughter, Sarah Allerton, whose mother was Fear Brewster, married as his second wife, Colonel Hancock Lee of Ditchley, Virginia. The daughter of this union, Elizabeth Lee, became the mother of President Zachary Taylor, hero of Palo Alto and Buena Vista.

Pursuing our interesting study of genealogy even farther, we find, according to a recently uncovered marriage bond of his daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, that she married one Jefferson Davis, senator from Mississippi, secretary of war of the United States and later president of the Confederate States. Sarah Taylor is revealed as the sweetheart and romance of Jefferson Davis's early life. After her untimely death from fever, he married the ambitious Varina Howells.

But meager and sparse as the old records are there is still another chapter of President Roosevelt Roosevelt's forbears in which Virginia has a share. Isaac Allerton, the son of the Pilgrim who was the fifth signer of the Compact and who died in New Haven after the Dutch, or Knickerbockers, drove him from his residence in New Amsterdam, inherited some of the wanderlust of his father.

It is recorded that he moved to Virginia where he performed valiantly in the Indian Wars, serving under John Washington, founder of that family in America. So the Old Dominion has that claim upon the New Deal leader's kin, too.So, just as the United states has had two Adams as chief executives; two Harrisons and two Roosevelts, this shows that Isaac Allerton the Pilgrim has given to America two Presidents--Zachary Taylor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

It is interesting to note in this connection an old New York, or New Amsterdam, record concerning these same Roosevelt forbears. It recounts how Isaac Allerton the Pilgrim "resided in the house beyond the Wall," which means what is now the locality of Wall Street, where he was most unpopular with the Indians due to his shooting of a squaw he caught stealing his grapes.

Another bit out of this old Amsterdam setting includes the registry of the old French church there, known as "du Esprit," and dated 1628. It records the baptism of Peter Faneuil who later moved to Boston to inherit the fortune of uncle, Andre Faneuil, owner of famous Faneuil Hall. And the old church records of the Waloons in New York also mention one, "Nicholas Roosevelt" who on the paternal side was the founder of the Roosevelt clan in the new world.

And it is that same Faneuil Hall which has boasted within its venerable walls 13 captains and the Ancient and Honorables, the nation's oldest military unit, all of whom were grandfathers of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

And so Wednesday night in hamlet, town and city across Virginia's rolling miles, wherever President Roosevelt's birthday anniversary is being celebrated and the infantile paralysis sufferers' fund is being augmented, celebrants are really paying homage again to the Old Dominion's Colonial builders of families as well as of empire.

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Foundation to take over Colonial home

BY CLINT SCHEMMER
THE FREE LANCE-STAR

Ditchley, one of the Northern Neck's most storied homes, will soon have a new owner.

A Jacksonville, Fla., court has ordered that the Colonial house near Kilmarnock, seat of the first Lee of Virginia, be transferred to the Alfred I. duPont Foundation by March 22.

The transfer will fulfill the final wishes of the late Jessie Ball duPont, the Lancaster County native who purchased it with her husband, Alfred I. duPont, in 1932, according to a statement this week from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Jessie duPont, who died in 1970, was Ditchley's last permanent resident, the
fund said. All of her furnishings remain in the house.

Through her last will and testament, she created the Ditchley Trust to maintain the 5,576-square-foot house and its 161 acres for lifetime use by family members she specified, the fund said. The property occupies a small neck of land on the Chesapeake Bay at Northumberland County's eastern tip.

Born Jessie Dew Ball, she was an educator in Virginia and California who met the Delaware industrialist on one of his duck-hunting trips to the peninsula—of which her girlhood home, Ball's Neck, is part. They corresponded for 20-plus years, and married in 1921.

Jessie duPont never forgot her Virginia roots, her interest in American history or her belief in education's transformative power, according to a 1985 monograph. Her family, the Balls, was one of the state's most prominent; George Washington's mother, Mary, was a relative.

Jessie duPont was instrumental in restoring Robert E. Lee's birthplace in Westmoreland County, and served on the historic site's board of regents.
"She was sort of an icon in the Northern Neck," said Jim Schepmoes, spokesman for Stratford Hall. "She supported a lot of Northern Neck organizations through her foundation."

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund financed and endowed Stratford's research library, now named in her honor. The fund, as well as the foundation she set up and named for her husband, are headquartered in Jacksonville, where she lived for a time. The Fourth Circuit Court there has jurisdiction over her will.

After Jessie and Alfred married, she pined for a place in the Northern Neck. They bought Ditchley for $18,000 in 1932. She had grown up in Cressfield, across Dividing Creek from the 1765 Georgian-style brick mansion, the fund said.

A 1935 Richmond Times– Dispatch article called Ditchley "one of the show places of Northumberland County," noting that its "old kitchen has a fireplace that would readily roast an ox."

The property encompasses the Lee–Ball family cemetery, which includes the grave of Hancock Lee. He was the grandson of family progenitor Richard Lee of Cobbs Hall, who acquired the site in 1647. Forty years later, that original house succumbed to fire

Kendall Lee, Richard's great-grandson, built Ditchley and named it after a Lee estate near Oxford, England.

Soon after purchasing the property, Jessie duPont wrote her cousin, "Am eager to have as many members of my family enjoy Ditchley as possible." After Alfred's death in 1935, she used it as a summer home and family gathering spot, the fund said.

The Ditchley Trust had managed the property since Jessie duPont's death for her family members' use. Circuit Judge Peter Dearing's order will disband the trust and transfer the house and land to the grant-making foundation that Jessie duPont set up and named for her late husband, the fund said.
Dearing mediated a settlement among the trust, the foundation and family beneficiaries.

Jessie duPont's will stipulated that the balance of the Ditchley Trust would be left to the foundation after her last beneficiary died. The trustees, long challenged by rising repair and maintenance costs, sought the court's guidance last year on trying to carry out her wishes, the fund said.
In the fall of 2010, they declared the house—with its deteriorating heating system—to be uninhabitable.

"Including taxes, insurance and maintenance, the costs of Ditchley were rapidly consuming the balance of the endowment," the fund said. "It was estimated that funds would be exhausted in less than five years."

Between 1977 and 1982, to raise money for repairs, the trust weighed borrowing money from banks, creating a charitable foundation or contracting with a historical society to manage the site.

"None of these options proved worthy," the fund said.

Clint Schemmer: 540/368-5029
[email protected]

JESSIE BALL duPONT:

Jessie Ball duPont spent some of her happiest moments at Stratford Hall, close friends said. She and her fellow directors, whom she called "Stratties," raised many thou sands of dollars in the depths of the Great Depression to save the Lee family home.

There were no hotels near Stratford where they could stay, so the ladies—hailing from all 50 states—built log cabins, heated by stoves or fireplaces, for their semiannual meetings.

One account of duPont's contributions says of those days:

"Miss Jessie called hers 'Owl's Roost' because of the late hours that she kept. There, when the business of the day was finished, she and her cabin mate, Mrs. Granville Gray Valentine of Richmond, would entertain the other members of the board. Mrs. duPont was a born mimic and her stories were told with professional skill. New directors were asked to perform as a sort of initiation, and many a neophyte Strattie wished herself safely back at home rather than having to follow such an act as Miss Jessie's.

"In 1935 Stratford, beautifully restored, was officially dedicat ed to the public, its mortgage paid off.

"At Stratford, as in every other endeavor touched by her gen erosity, her vision for its role in human enlightenment, par ticularly that of the young, was large.

"In 1950, she wrote to a friend, 'Though the first desire in the mind of all Southerners is that there should be a lasting, great memorial to General Lee, I have always felt that there are also other compelling reasons why Stratford should be pre served. Being operated as a living Colonial plantation, it is one of the few places in the country which can teach the present and future generations of youngsters the self-con tained way of life adopted by the Fathers of our Country.'"

—The Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Stratford, Virginia

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By Free Lance-Star Newsroom Editors on February 2nd, 2012 9:49 pm

More About Hancock Lee:
Appointed/Elected: Justice for Northampton Co., VA (1677); Justice for Northumberland Co., VA (1687, 1699); Burgess from Northumberland (1688); Naval Officer and Collector of Virginia Dutys in Northumberland
Burial: "Ditchley, " near Dividing Creek, Northumberland Co., VA
Property: Patented 1100 acres in Richmond Co., VA (1704), 570 acres on both sides of Rappahannock Horsepen Run (1705), 1353 acres in Richmond County (1704), 460 acres on north side of Occoquan in Stafford Co., VA (1707), over 2750 acres in Stafford later in 1707
Residence: Lived in Northampton Co., VA where his first wife was from before 1687, when he returned with her to Northumberland Co., VA. Some traditions claim he built "Ditchley" there, but the present house was built by his grandson Kendall Lee bet 1765-70.

226. Col. Lemuel Mason, born Abt. 1628 in Virginia; died Abt. 1702 in Norfolk Co., VA. He was the son of 452. Lt. Francis Mason and 453. Alice Gany?. He married 227. Ann Seawell Bef. 27 Feb 1650.
227. Ann Seawell, born Abt. 1635 in Virginia; died Abt. 1706 in Norfolk Co., VA. She was the daughter of 454. Henry Seawell/Sewell.

Notes for Col. Lemuel Mason:
From arlisherring.com:

LEMUEL MASON, the second son of Lieutenant Francis Mason, was born in 1628, according to a deposition made by him in 1653, wherein he gives his age as "twenty-five or thereabouts". He was a justice of the peace for Lower Norfolk from 1650 until his death in 1702; was presiding justice after 1669, and major of the militia in 1658, and colonel from 1665 onward. He represented Lower Norfolk in the Virginia House of Burgesses for the sessons beginning 20 November 1654, 10 March 1654-5, 1 December 1656, 13 March 1657-8, 1 March 1658-9, 13 March 1659-60, 10 September 1663, 9 June 1680, 10 November 1683, 2 November 1685, and 20 October 1686, and Norfolk county for the sessions beginning 2 March 1692-3 and 10 October 1693. His will, dated 17 June 1695, was recorded in Norfolk 15 September 1702.

The Majors and Their Marriages
James Branch Cabell
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Son of Lieutenant Francis Mason, was born in Virginia about 1628; was justice of Lower Norfolk county from 1649; sheriff, 1664 and 1668; member of the house of burgesses, 1654, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1663, 1666, 1675, 1685, 1692; colonel of the militia in 1680, and presiding justice. His will, dated June 17, 1695, was proved September 15, 1702. He married Anne, daughter of Henry Seawell, of Seawell's Point (Sewell's Point).

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons

More About Col. Lemuel Mason:
Appointed/Elected: Justice for Lower Norfolk from 1650 until death; presiding justice after 1669; member of the House of Burgesses (1654-63, 1671-73, 1680-82, 1684-86, 1693).
Military: Major and Militia Colonel (1658, 1665, 1698-99); in 1675/76 was authorized to impress men in service from Lower Norfolk County in defense against the Indians.
Probate: 15 Sep 1702, Norfolk Co., VA
Will: 17 Jun 1695, Norfolk Co., VA

More About Ann Seawell:
Comment: Sewell's Point, jutting out into Hampton Roads from Norfolk, VA, was named for her father, Henry Seawell/Sewell, who settled there.
Probate: 15 Mar 1706, Norfolk Co., VA
Will: 30 Oct 1705, Norfolk Co., VA

Children of Lemuel Mason and Ann Seawell are:
113 i. Ann Mason, born in Norfolk Co., VA; died in Northampton Co., VA?; married (1) Capt. William Kendall, Jr.; married (2) Rev. Peter Collier Bef. 28 Feb 1699.
ii. Thomas Mason, died Abt. 1711 in Norfolk Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.

More About Thomas Mason:
Appointed/Elected: Justice of Lower Norfolk; represented Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses 1696-97.
Probate: 15 Jun 1711, Norfolk Co., VA
Will: 09 Jan 1711, Norfolk Co., VA

iii. Capt. Lemuel Mason, Jr., died Bef. 1712 in Norfolk Co., VA; married Mary Thelabell Abt. 1700; died 1714 in Norfolk Co., VA.

More About Capt. Lemuel Mason, Jr.:
Occupation: Merchant
Property: 1704, Held 400 acres in Norfolk County and 650 acres in Princess Anne County.
Residence: Norfolk Co., VA

iv. George Mason, died Abt. 1711 in Norfolk Co., VA; married Phillis Hobson.

More About George Mason:
Appointed/Elected: Bet. 1705 - 1706, Represented Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses.
Probate: 16 Mar 1711, Norfolk Co., VA
Property: 1704, Held 300 acres in Norfolk County.
Will: 13 Jan 1711, Norfolk Co., VA

More About Phillis Hobson:
Probate: Feb 1760
Will: 14 Aug 1759, Norfolk Co., VA

v. Elizabeth Mason, married (1) William Major Abt. 1665; died Abt. 1678 in York Co., VA; married (2) Capt. Thomas Cocke Abt. 1683; born Abt. 1652 in Constantine, Cornwall, England; died Abt. 1697 in Princess Anne Co., VA.
vi. Margaret Mason
vii. Frances Mason, married (1) George Newton Bef. 1691; born Abt. 1637; died Abt. 1695 in Norfolk Co., VA; married (2) Maj. Francis Sayer Bef. 1705; died Abt. 1707 in Norfolk Co., VA.
viii. Alice Mason, married (1) Robert Hodge; born in probably Medbury, Devonshire, England; died 1681 in Norfolk Co., VA; married (2) William Porten Bef. 1692; died Bef. 1693 in Norfolk Co., VA; married (3) Samuel Boush Bet. 1692 - 1697; died Abt. 1739 in Norfolk Co., VA.

More About Samuel Boush:
Appointed/Elected 1: Justice of Norfolk County and Coroner (1699, 1702, 1714, 1726), County Lieutenant (1726, 1728), escheator for the south side of James River (1729); member of the House of Burgesses (1728-29).
Appointed/Elected 2: 15 Sep 1736, He was named mayor in Norfolk's charter, but died before the Common Council convened for the first time.
Probate: 16 Feb 1739
Will: 10 Jun 1735

ix. Anne Mason
x. Mary Mason, married Capt. Walter Cocke Bef. 15 Jul 1693; died Abt. 1739 in Southwark Parish, Surry Co., VA.

More About Capt. Walter Cocke:
Appointed/Elected: Justice in Surry Co., VA.
Immigration: Abt. 1690, Came to Virginia with his brothers Capt. Thomas Cocke (who married Elizabeth Mason) and William Cocke and their cousin Capt. Christopher Cocke, settling in Surry and Princess Anne Counties.
Occupation: Mariner
Property: 1704, Held 875 acres in Surry Co., VA.

xi. Abigail Mason
xii. Dinah Mason, married (1) Robert Thoroughgood; died Abt. 1703 in Princess Anne Co., VA; married (2) Capt. Samuel Wilson Aft. 1702; married (3) William Trevethen Abt. 1710.

228. John Watts, born Abt. 1630; died Bef. 04 Jun 1684 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 229. Dorothy ?.
229. Dorothy ?, born Abt. 1640.

Notes for John Watts:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p772.htm#i77135

John Watts was born circa 1630.1 He married Dorothy (-----) circa 1660.1 John made a will on 29 April 1680 at Accomack Co, VA. To son John. Bal. personal estate 1/3 to wife Dorothy & the other 2/3 to my children Margery, Jannett & John (all under 16). Wife & friend John Drumaond to be guardians of my children. To son John 450 acres where I now dwell at Accocomson & 250 acres on Teasers Island in Somerset County, Md. granted me by patent & 300 acres in Somersat County being the Southermost part of 600 acres granted me by patent. To daughter Tabitha, now wife to John Tarr, the remaining part of my 600 acres in Somerset County for life then to her heirs with reversion to her heirs at common law. Wife Exec. Witt: John Wallop, Thomas Mitchell.1 He died before 4 June 1684 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated.1

Citations
1.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 12 (will of John Watts, wife Dorothy).


Children of John Watts and Dorothy ? are:
i. Tabitah Watts, born Abt. 1660.
ii. Margery Watts, born Abt. 1665.
iii. Jannett Watts, born Abt. 1667.
114 iv. Capt. John Watts, Jr., born Abt. 1669; died Bef. 05 Apr 1726 in Accomack Co., VA; married Sarah Wallop.

230. Capt. John Waddelow/Wallop, born Abt. 1645; died Bef. 19 Sep 1693 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 231. Rebecca ?.
231. Rebecca ?, born Abt. 1650; died Bef. 04 Apr 1693.

Notes for Capt. John Waddelow/Wallop:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p567.htm#i56629

John was born circa 1645. He married Rebecca (-----) circa 1670. According to Whitelaw, Capt. John Wallop was a widower when he died, but a wife is known to have been named Rebecca.2 According to Whitelaw, the use of the "alias Wadlow" was continued by numerous descendants in various documents, down to about 1800. That name has not been accounted for, and no connection between him and Nicholas Waddilow was discovered, but they may have been brothers. He must have been a man of unusual energy and ability, and among his other capablities was included that of a surveyor, and in 1664 Edmund Scarburgh appointed him his deputy, to survey all Accomack County lands. He laid out the original towns of Port Scarburgh (Onancock) and on the Secretery's Land (N39), as well as the old Wallop's road which now is largely the present U.S. Route 13.2 John made a will on 4 April 1693 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as John Wallop, alias Wadlow - To son Skinner Wallop alias Wadlow, 1985 acres on the East & South-east side of Gingoteage Creek on the main land of Accomack County, also house on Mr. Anderson's plantation at Crooked Creek & land belonging to it. To daughter Sarah Wallop, als Wadlow, 400 acres on Gingoteage Creek, being part of my divident of 2385 acres, & 2000 acres on my Island formerly called Keeckotanck Island on the seaboard side - To son Skinner 500 acres on Keeckotanck Island - Son Skinner & daughter Sarah residual legatees & Ex'rs. Daughter Sarah to make division. Witt: Samuel Taylor, Nathaniel Tunnell, Will: Wright, James Glenn, Thomas Conway.3 John died before 19 September 1693 at Accomack Co, VA.3

Citations
1.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1336 (tract A175).
2.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1333-1339 (tract A175).
3.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, P. 23 (will of John Wallp, alias Wadlow).

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Wallops Island

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wallops Island

Wallops Island is a 6 square miles (16 km2) island off the east coast of Virginia, part of the barrier islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States of America.

It is located in Accomack County, Virginia. The island is just south of Chincoteague Island, a popular tourist destination.

Wallops Island proper, originally known as Kegotank Island, was granted to John Wallop by the Crown on April 29, 1692. Ownership was divided down through the years, until the Commonwealth of Virginia seized the property in 1876 and 1877 in lieu of unpaid taxes. From 1877, ownership was again divided and sub-divided until 1889, when it was held by various trustees for the Wallops Island Club. The Club was incorporated and assumed ownership in 1933 as the Wallops Island Association, Inc. Association members and their families spent the summers fishing and swimming on the island. The Association grazed sheep, cattle, and ponies on the area until the mid-1940s. In 1947, the U.S. Navy began using the upper two-thirds of the island on a lease-rental basis for aviation ordnance testing. N.A.C.A. (The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), forerunner of NASA, leased the lower 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) for rocket launching facilities.

The island is primarily used for NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, including the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, although the name also refers to the peninsula area surrounding the island for the purpose of mailing addresses. The Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge is located on the island.

The current population of Wallops Island (the peninsular area, not the island itself) is 434.

Coordinates: 37°51'N 75°28'W


More About Capt. John Waddelow/Wallop:
Namesake: Wallop's Island is named for him, as he settled there.

Children of John Waddelow/Wallop and Rebecca ? are:
i. Skinner Wallop, born Abt. 1670 in Accomack Co., VA; died Bef. 02 Apr 1718 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth ?.
115 ii. Sarah Wallop, born Abt. 1672 in Accomack Co., VA; married Capt. John Watts, Jr..

232. Devorax Godwin, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Bef. 10 Apr 1676 in Northampton Co., VA. He married 233. Elizabeth Foster?.
233. Elizabeth Foster?

Notes for Devorax Godwin:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p663.htm#i66244

Devorax was born circa 1600. He married Elizabeth Foster circa 1630.1 Devorax Godwin came to Kent Island, MD in 1638.1 He made a will on 5 August 1674 at Northampton Co, VA. To my son Caesar Godwin one feather bed (formerly given him by his mother), and numerous smith's and carpenter's tools, and a book entitled "Smith's Sermons," and a cow bought of Edward Smith. To my son Joseph one vice and one jack. Richard Patrick and Thomas Evans to act as trustees. Witt: Thomas Evans, Richard Patrick..2 Devorax died before 10 April 1676 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated. The witness Richard Patrick is dec'd.
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Family 1

Elizabeth Foster b. c 1610

Child
?Joseph Godwin I+ b. c 1630, d. b 30 May 1698

Family 2

Children
?Susan Godwin+ b. c 1636, d. b 16 Feb 1675
?Caesar Godwin+ b. c 1640


Citations
1.[S49] Gordon Warren Godwin Chesser, Godwin Ancestry, p. 150 (Chart LIX).
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 97 (will of Devorax Godwin, sons Caesar & Joseph).

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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GODWIN/1998-03/0890709838

Source: Periodical "The Virginia Genaelogist" July-September 1982 Volume 26,
Number 3

Godwin. By Jamie Ault Grady. Knoxville, Tenn., 1981. 253 p. $16.50

More than one Godwin family of Virginia is traced in this volume. Mrs.
Grady's own ancestry is traced to Deveraux Godwin who settled on Kent Island,
Md., and later with his wife Elizabeth settled in Northampton Co., Va., in
1653. Of his two sons, Caesar moved to Sussex Co., Del., and died in 1694
naming no children in his will. The other son, Joseph, remained in
Northampton County but some of his children and grandchildren moved to
Maryland and Delaware and eventually to Botetourt Co., Va., and Grainger Co.,
Tenn.

Information is also provided about the Godwin family of Nansemond and Isle of
Wight cos., Va., and about various other Godwins not as yet connected with
either of these families. Numerous wills, deeds, marriage records, census
records and cemetery records are transcribed or abstracted. Family
photographs are reproduced throughout the book.

Copies can be ordered from the compiler, 4404 Holston Drive, Knoxville, Tenn.
37914.



Child of Devorax Godwin and Elizabeth Foster? is:
116 i. Joseph Godwin, born Abt. 1630 in England?; died Bef. 30 May 1698 in Northampton Co., VA; married Mary Patrick.

Generation No. 9

290. John Matthews

Child of John Matthews is:
145 i. Anne Matthews, married John Stayton/Staton 1665 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

292. John Stockley, born Abt. 1590. He married 293. ? Woodman?.
293. ? Woodman?

Children of John Stockley and ? Woodman? are:
i. Francis Stockley, born Abt. 1615 in England?; died Bef. 01 Jan 1656 in Northampton Co., VA; married Joan Hall? Abt. 1638; born Abt. 1620; died Abt. 1668.

Notes for Francis Stockley:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p267.htm#i26635

Last Edited 12 Nov 2020
Birth* circa 1615 Francis was born circa 1615 at England.
Land patented* 22 December 1636 He patented land on 22 December 1636 at Old Plantation Cr., Acc-N'hamp Co, VA. Francis Stockley was granted 50 acres of land bounded on the S.E. by S. on the old plantation Cr., N.W by N. into the woods, W.ly on Henry Williams & E.ly on the Cr., for transportation of 1 servant named Francis Jarvis.2
Marriage* circa 1638 He married Joan Hall circa 1638.3
Will* 12 December 1655 He made a will on 12 December 1655 at Northampton Co, VA. Francis Stockley mentioned a wife, but not by named, a son John and daughters Ann and Frances, and a brother John Stockley and his son Willyam. To beloved wife 3 cows and 4 steares. To daughter Ann Stockley 2 cows and 3 steares. To son John Stockley 3 cows, 3 steares, and my gun. In case all three children die, then their legacies to their mother. To wife the best bed, curtains, and vallence. To daughters Frances and Ann Stockley a bed apiece. To my godson Francis Willyams one cow calf. That cow calf which brother John Stockley owes me, to his son Willyam Stockley. To wife all moveables and things belonging to me, and (for life) the plantation, and after her death to son John. And after the debts of Richard Wooton, deceased, are paid, the remaining estate to be divided by son John and his sister Francis. Witnesses were William Geldinge, William Ennis, and John Stockley..4
Death* before 1 January 1655/56 Francis died before 1 January 1655/56 at Northampton Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..1
Family
Joan Hall b. c 1620, d. 1668
Children 1. John Stockley+ b. c 1638, d. b 20 Jan 1712/13
2. Frances Stockley+ b. c 1640
3. Ann Stockley+ b. c 1642
Citations

[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley, wife no name).
[S893] Complier Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol I, p. 52/53 (patent to Francis Stockley).
[S958] James R. Revell Sr., Descendants of Randall Revell of the Eastern Shore, Custis Family Lineage Appendix & additional information provided by Emails from James R. Revell Sr.
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley).

Notes for Joan Hall?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p626.htm#i62557

Joan Hall
F, b. circa 1620, d. 1668
Pedigree
Charts Descendants of William Custis (Ravenswood, Burgess at Jamestown)
Ancestors of Mary Frances Carey
Last Edited 12 Nov 2020
Birth* circa 1620 Joan was born circa 1620.
Married Name circa 1638 As of circa 1638,her married name was Stockley.
Marriage* circa 1638 She married Francis Stockley (I), son of John Stockley and (-----) Woodman, circa 1638.1
Will - Husb's* 12 December 1655 Joan was named in her husband's will on 12 December 1655 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as my beloved wife (no name) and given my plantatoin for life in the will of Francis Stockley. He named daughters Frances & Ann and a son John Stockley and in case all 3 children die, then their legacies to their mother.2
Marriage* after 1 January 1656 She married Capt. William Custis (Burgess), son of Henry Custis and Joan Whittington (widow), after 1 January 1656 at Accomack Co, VA. According to Whitelaw William Custis (A66) was married 3 times. The first was the widow of Francis Stockley and he lived with her on tract N24 until her death. His first wife is believed to have been the mother of Henry Custis who established the Revenswood (A68A) line and possibly a John Custis of Pocomoke (A162). Whitelaw shows he died and left a will in 1726 when he would have been about 95 years old, which was quite old for that time. James Revell Sr. believes he died much younger and the William who died in 1726 was his son..3
Married Name after 1 January 1656 As of after 1 January 1656,her married name was Custis.
Death* 1668 Joan died in 1668.1
Family 1
Francis Stockley (I) b. c 1615, d. b 1 Jan 1655/56
Marriage* circa 1638 She married Francis Stockley (I), son of John Stockley and (-----) Woodman, circa 1638.1
Children 1. John Stockley+ b. c 1638, d. b 20 Jan 1712/13
2. Frances Stockley+ b. c 1640
3. Ann Stockley+ b. c 1642
Family 2
Capt. William Custis (Burgess) b. c 1633, d. 1698
Marriage* after 1 January 1656 She married Capt. William Custis (Burgess), son of Henry Custis and Joan Whittington (widow), after 1 January 1656 at Accomack Co, VA. According to Whitelaw William Custis (A66) was married 3 times. The first was the widow of Francis Stockley and he lived with her on tract N24 until her death. His first wife is believed to have been the mother of Henry Custis who established the Revenswood (A68A) line and possibly a John Custis of Pocomoke (A162). Whitelaw shows he died and left a will in 1726 when he would have been about 95 years old, which was quite old for that time. James Revell Sr. believes he died much younger and the William who died in 1726 was his son..3
Children 1. Col. William Custis (Metompkin-A66)+ b. c 1656, d. b 1 Nov 1726
2. Capt. Henry Custis (Ravenswood-A68A)+ b. c 1657, d. b 1 Feb 1708/9
3. Col. John Custis (Pocomoke-A162) b. c 1660, d. b 11 Mar 1706
Citations

[S958] James R. Revell Sr., Descendants of Randall Revell of the Eastern Shore, Custis Family Lineage Appendix & additional information provided by Emails from James R. Revell Sr.
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 40 (will of Francis Stockley).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 867 (tract A66).

146 ii. John Stockley, Jr., born Abt. 1621 in England?; died Bef. 18 Aug 1673 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth ? Bef. 1648.

308. James Fooks, born Abt. 1620 in England?; died Bef. 18 Sep 1688 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for James Fooks:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p770.htm#i76994

Birth* circa 1620 James Fooks Jr. (Accomack) was born circa 1620 at England.1
Marriage* circa 1645 He married (-----) (-----) circa 1645. Herbert C. Fooks shows the wife of James Fooks Jr. of Accomack was Rachel Haydens, but no evidence was shown.2
Anecdote* 17 August 1663 On 17 Aug 1663 in Accomack County Court, Thomas Bunny petitioned to be removed from Mr. George Hack and to live with Mr. James Fookes to learn the trade of carpentry. Ordered, with the consent of Fookes and Bunny, that Bunny be a "true and faithful" servant for four years to Fookes, who was to employ him only in the trade of carpentry. On 18 Aug 1663 in Accomack County Court, Thomas Bunny, who yesterday was ordered to live with Mr. James Fookes for four years, came today requesting his liberty, so if his friends in England sent for him he could go home to them. In view of the danger of such liberty, the court ordered that Bunny return to Dr. Hack, to whom he was committed by Capt. Edward Baker, and to remain there till Christmas. (NOTE: This appears to be the first mention of James Fooks in either Accomack or Northampton County records.)3
Anecdote* 16 February 1665/66 On 16 Feb 1665/66 at Accomack County Court, at the request of Teage Andrews, the case between him and Mr. James Fookes, for Andrews' entertainment of Fookes' son, was referred to the next court. On 16 Mar 1665/66 it was recorded that "For 13 days, Teage Andrews illegally "entertained" Thomas Fookes, son of Mr. James Fookes. Ordered that Andrews pay Mr. Fookes 30 lbs tobacco for each day and pay court costs. Ordered that Teage Andrews be taken into custody till he posted bond for his good behavior and paid court costs.4
Jury duty* 16 February 1665/66 James Fooks Jr. (Accomack) served on a jury on 16 February 1665/66 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as James Fookes, who was sworn in January to the jury of inquest for the year 1666. On 16 Mar 1665/66 he was named to a regular jury.5
Anecdote 16 July 1666 On 16 Jul 1666 in Accomack County Court Mr. James Fookes admitted owing Denis Selevant 700 lbs tobacco. Ordered that Fooks give security for paying the tobacco after the next crop and pay court costs.6
Jury duty 18 September 1666 He served on a jury on 18 September 1666 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as James Fookes.7
Anecdote 16 January 1666/67 On 16 Jan 1666/67 in Accomack County Court the jury, with John Parker as foreman, found that Mr. James Fookes had no cause of action against Denis Selevant. Ordered that the case be dismissed with Fookes paying court costs. Denis Sullewen agreed to plant corn and tobacco with Fookes' two servants beginning on 4 March, giving attendance till the crop was "safely secured in houses." Signed 20 February 1664/65, Denis (circle with ") Sullewen. Witnesses: Teage (T) Andrews and Thomas (T) Nerly. Deposition of William Turnor aged about 22 years, 16 October 1666: Turnor, servant to Mr. James Fooke saw Denis Selevant, who was Fooke's overseer at the time, work in Francis Sherwood's corn field. He said that Selevant worked parts of two days as a taylor, ground corn when the tobacco was weedy, planted tobacco at his own house and took time to tend it. Often Turnor and his fellow servants had done a row or two in both corn and tobacco before Selevant came to work; sometimes he did not come till breakfast time. Selevant arranged for him and his fellow servants to work one day for Teage Andrews, who worked half a day in return. When Mrs. Cowdery came to get security for a debt Selevant owed her husband, Selevant was gone four days. Turnor said that sometimes Selevant would work on Saturdays till breakfast time, or till noon, or not at all. About 1000 plants that were cut and lay on the ground for two nights were ruined by the frost. After the tobacco was cured, Teage Andrews came to strike it for Selevant, but Fooke would not allow it. The crop of tobacco filled only eleven hogsheads. Signed, William Turner. Deposition of Mary Lee aged about 21 years, 16 October 1666: Lee, servant to Fookes, said that Selevant, when he was Fookes' overseer, worked for Sherwood; she worked one day with him in Francis Sherwood's corn field. She said Selevant was absent two days, and that several times Selevant employed her at washing from breakfast time till night, and several times at grinding when the tobacco was "in the weeds, worms and suckers." She said that Selevant had a crop at his own house and took several days to tend it, saying his woman would not do it. Selevant would often come late to work and sometimes leave till dinner time. He had them work for one day for Teage Andrews who worked half day in exchange. Selevant was absent two days when he went to Nuswattocks. He left for four days to pay a debt to Mr. Cowdery. On Saturdays Selevant would work sometimes till breakfast, till noon, or not at all. Tobacco lying on the ground two nights was ruined by frost. The crop amounted to 11 hogsheads. Signed, Mary (B) Lee. Deposition of Thomas Norly aged about 24 years, 16 December 1666: Norly was present when Mr. James Fowkes and Denis Selevant made their bargain about the last of February 1664/65. Selevant said his hands were new and that they might get sick; therefore he could not be responsible for damage to the crop beyond his own share. Fookes said, "No, no," he would not desire it. It was agreed that Fookes would not take his hands away from the crop except for grinding corn for bread. Signed, Thomas (T) Norly. Deposition of Teage Andrews aged about 30 years, 16 December 1666: said the same as Thomas Norly. Signed, Teage (T) Andrews. Deposition of Joseph Newton aged 21 years, 17 December 1666: Newton, servant to Francis Sherwood, saw Denis Selevant, overseer for Mr. James Fooke, work in Sherwood's cornfield in the Whitsun holy days, and on other holy days work with Fookes hands. Twice he worked on Saturday in the afternoon. Signed, Joseph Newton.8
Anecdote 18 March 1666/67 On 18 Mar 1666/67 in Accomack County Court the complaint of William Turner against his master, Mr. James Fookes, was referred to the next court. Turner claimed that his master's son, Thomas Fookes, and Roger Burkum could provide evidence for his complaint, and they were summoned to the next court. On the same date it was noted that James Fookes behaved "contemptuously towards the court in their friendly admonishment towards him" for cruelly beating his servant, Judeth Godfree. Ordered that he be taken into the sheriff's custody till posting security for his good behavior and paying court costs.9
Anecdote 16 July 1667 On 16 Jul 1667 in Accomack County Court, the case between Mr. Nicholas Boot, plaintiff, and Mr. James Fookes was referred to a jury who found for Boot, the defendant not performing his contract. But since no damage was proved, the court advised the jury to amend their verdict, and each paid their respective charges. The verdict was delivered 16 July 1667, by Wm. Custis. On 6 May 1665, Mr. James Fookes agreed to build for Mrs. Ann Hack a sloop to carry 35 hogsheads of tobacco. It was to be built of corbel work with a cabin. Hack was to supply planks and a barrel of tar; Fookes was to find nails, spikes, mast and boom with completion to be by 28 December. Signed by James Fookes, Richard Buckland and William Price. Deposition of Augustine Herman aged about 44 years: About a year ago Herman, who was to be a part owner of the new sloop, was with the widow of Doctor George Hack, Anne, now the wife of Nicholas Boot, at her plantation in Pungoteag. Mr. James Fooks there agreed to build the sloop, and it should have been ready by last October, when Herman expected it up the bay. He urgently needed the sloop and suffered great damage; he had to come down to Accomack when otherwise his concerns would have been brought to him. Fookes had promised to build a sloop to which no man could make objections. Signed 17 May 1667, by Augustine Herman before Charles Scarburgh, John Tilney, Richard Hill and Edw. Revell. Deposition of Wm. Chase, aged about 32 years, 16 July 1667: Chase was sent by Mr. Boot to Mr. Martindale's ship about last February to get for the sloop some rigging, bolts and ropes for the sails. Signed Wm. (O with a dot) Chase. Deposition of Tho. Saywell aged about 30 years: About last September, Ann, the widow of George Van Hack, bought a sail from the ship Daniell of Dublin. He was then one of the ship's company. A few days later the loaded ship departed this port. Signed, Thomas Saywell before Cha. Scarburgh.10
Anecdote 17 December 1667 On 17 Dec 1667 in Accomack County Court, deposition of John Tille aged about 38 years: Said we arrived in the ship Dove, about 23 April 1667, Robert Pitt being master. Pitt used two sloops to bring the tobacco on board, one carried 42 hogsheads and the other 27. These two sloops were continually employed for four months. The weakness of the Dove required Pitt to hire several carpenters; without this work, it would have been impossible for the ship to have made the voyage. Each of the following carpenters was paid 50 lbs tobacco per day: William Wilson for 41 days, James Fookes for 17 days, Thomas Godding for 6 days, and John Keeble for 30 days. Isaac Medcalfe was hired for 40 days at 30 lbs tobacco per day. To provision the ship's company, Pitt bought and took aboard 2850 lbs pork, three barrels of tar and 54 pounds of rope to make main clew garnets. Signed by John Tille on 13 November 1667, before Edm. Scarburgh.11
Land bought* 16 June 1668 He bought land on 16 June 1668 at tract A56, south side Matchatank Creek, Acc Co, VA. Mr. James Fookes petitioned against Mr. Henry Smith for confirmation of a sale of land. It appeared to the court to be according to a former agreement, so the court ordered the sale to be made. Whitelaw shows that Henry Smith reassigned 400 acres to James Fookes. It had been originally patented in 1656 by James Price as 300 acres and it was reissued to Price in 1661 as 400 acres. James Price & his wife Susanna assigned to Henry Smith who reassigned to James Fookes. Many years later in a record for adjacent land, this was called Fox's.12,13
Headright* 3 October 1671 He was named as a headright on 3 October 1671 at Chincoteague, Acc Co, VA. He was shown as Ja. Fowkes on a patent granted to Capt. Richard Hill for 600 acres on the N. side of Gingoeteage Cr & the middle br thereof for transporting 12 persons into the colony.14
Land certificate* 18 November 1671 He was granted a certificate for land on 18 November 1671 at Accomack Co, VA. Certificate for 350 acres was granted to James Fowkes for transporting: Himself, twice; Roger Buckum, Mary Lee, Mary Pele, William Turner, Thomas Williams. (NOTE: Herbert C. Fooks shows this was recorded on 18 Nov 1676 in Acc Co Wills & Deeds, 1676-1690, folio 424, but it was evidently as shown above.)2,15
Anecdote 6 March 1671/72 On 6 Mar 1671/72 in Accomack County Court, the administrators of Col. Scarburgh were ordered to pay James Fookes 735 lbs tobacco (and court costs) for work done on the ship Nicholas of Galloway.16
Headright 25 March 1672 He was named as a headright on 25 March 1672 at Matompkin, Acc Co, VA. He was shown as Ja. Fowkes on a patent granted to Ambrose White for 2150 acres at Matompkin on the Seaboard Side for transporting 43 persons into the colony.17
Tax list (personal)* 11 September 1674 He was on the personal property tax list on 11 September 1674 at Accomack Co, VA. James Fooks was shown with 4 tiths and Thomas Fooks was shown with 1 thith on Mr. Jno. Wise's list. (NOTE: This was the first time that Thomas Fooks, son of James, was shown on the tithable list, implying he was now age 21.) From 1664 to 1685 James was shown to have from 1 to 6 tiths. It varied depending on the number of servants he had at the time.18,19
Anecdote 11 November 1674 On 11 Nov 1674 in Accomack County Court Jno. Lues, servant to Mr. Charles Scarburgh, apprenticed himself to serve his master for three additional years on the condition that Scarburgh set free a woman servant named Margaret Sommerset. Signed 9 November 1674, John (I) Leues. Witnesses: James Fooks and Thomas Fooks.20
Anecdote 16 July 1675 On 16 July 1675 in Accomack County Court, the servants of Mr. James Fowks complained that he had "much beaten Robt. Dunbar beyond the merit of his offence" and had not allowed them sufficient provisions. Ordered that Fowks provide provisions for his servants and inflict no more punishment himself (only that ordered by a magistrate) and pay court costs. On 17 July 1675 Deposition of Tho. Web aged about 40 years: Overseer for James Fowks' servants, Web heard Fowks threaten a servant named Robt. Donbar, charging him with all the misdemeanors of the other servants. On Thursday 17 June, Fowks whipped and beat Donbar for asking liberty to go to a magistrate to complain. Web added that Fowks allowed provisions very sparingly during the week and none at all on Sundays. Signed 19 June 1675, Tho. (n) Welb (sic).21
Anecdote 17 July 1675 On 17 July 1675 in Accomack County Court Maj. Jno. West petitioned against James Fowkes for not fulfilling a bargain to mend the bottom of a sloop for 500 lbs tobacco. Ordered that Mr. Jno. Gauden and Mr. Griffn. Savage view the sloop and judge the work that was yet to be done according to the evidence of Mrs. Mary Scarburgh and Robt. Watson, Sr. They were to give their verdict and Fowkes was to perform the work. Deposition of Mary Scarburgh aged about 65 years: In January or February 1672, Mary was present when Jno. West bought a sloop from James Fowkes. Before the bargain Mary heard West say that the sloop was much damaged by worms. Fowkes answered that not only was it worm eaten, but two or three planks were very swollen and must be replaced. Fowkes said it was easily done, and that he would do the work for 500 lbs tobacco. On these terms, West agreed to pay 95 pounds sterling for the sloop. Signed 8 July 1675, Mary Scarburgh. Deposition of Robt. Watson aged about 51 years: In January or February of 1672, Watson was present when Major Jno. West bought Fowks' sloop. Before the bargain West told Fowks that the sloop was damaged by worms; Fowks said not only that, but two or three "weavy" planks must be replaced, which would be easily done. Fowks said he would replace the damaged planks for 500 lbs tobacco, on which terms West gave Fowks 95 pounds sterling for the sloop. Signed 17 July 1675, Robt. Watson.22
Anecdote 16 February 1675/76 On 16 Feb 1675/76 in Accomack County Court Maj. Jno. West sued Mr. James Fowkes for 1620 lbs tobacco, but Fowkes denied the account exhibited against him. It was ordered that the case be referred to the next court. On 20 Apr 1676 Maj. Jno. West was granted a judgment of 845 lbs tobacco against James Fowks, who was to pay the debt with court costs.23,24
Anecdote 18 June 1677 On 18 Jun 1677 in Accomack County Court Robt. Dunbarr petitioned against his master, James Fowkes, for his freedom corn and clothes. Ordered that Dunbarr receive the corn and clothes after serving 12 days for his 6 day absence and repaying the 200 lbs tobacco which Fowkes paid Evan Davis for bringing Dunbarr home, as was certified by Mr. Jno. Wise.25
Anecdote 18 December 1680 On 18 Dec 1680 in Accomack County Court, Benjamin Eyre, as attorney for John Betts, presented a certificate signed by Richd. Hill, confirming that Richard Williams brought in a runaway servant belonging to James Fooks. It appeared that Williams had assigned his rights in the certificate to John Betts. Ordered that Betts be granted a certificate for the next assembly.26
Anecdote 18 October 1681 On 18 Oct 1681 in Accomack County Court, Mr. James Fooks sued Mr. John Parker but did not appear to prosecute. Ordered that a nonsuit be granted with Fooks paying court costs.27
Anecdote 27 March 1684 On 27 Mar 1684 in Accomack County Court Mr. James Fookes exhibited his account of expenses against his runaway servant named William Rawlins along with a certificate signed by Maj. Charles Scarburgh. The court, wanting to do "all due right as well to the said servant as the said master," examined the amounts spent in the recovery of the servant. The account which amounted to 2355 lbs tobacco was read in the presence of Rawlins, who was allowed to make objections; he admitted the articles. It was judged that William Rawlins should serve Fookes for two years from the date of this order, with Fookes finding him adequate clothing and Rawlins paying court charges. After Fookes had absented himself, Rawlins alleged that he could produce evidence in his own defense. Ordered that Rawlins have liberty till the next court to make his defense, that he give security to answer damages, and that he give his master notice to appear at the next court.28
Jury duty 11 February 1684/85 He served on a jury on 11 February 1684/85 at Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Mr. James Foakes.29
Land deeded from* 1686 He deeded land in 1686 at tract A56, south side Matchatank Creek, Acc Co, VA. Fookes had sold his 400 acres, but given no deed, to William Willson, who died in 1683, leaving his purchase to Naomy Anderson, and 3 years later in 1686, James Fooks gave her a formal deed for the property. It was at the mouth of Matchtank Creek on the south side, and the waterway below which extends north into this tract and south into tract A55 was called Long Gut in early times, but on modern maps it now is Tarkill Creek. Naomi married Francis Makemie and this must have been their first home. According to Herbert C. Fooks the deed read as follows: I, James Fowkes of Accomac County, in the Coloney of Va. marriner, sell to William Willison, 400 acres of land lying on the south side Matchabranch(sic) Creek, in consideratoin of twenty thousand pounds (20,000) of tobacco and caske. The said land was formerly granted to James Price by Patent, 12th January 1661, and by him assigned to Henry Smith and the said Henry Smith sold and assigned to me. Signed: James Fookes.12,2
Anecdote 2 February 1685/86 On 2 Feb 1685/86 in Accomack County Court John Washbourne was granted a judgment of 348 lbs tobacco against Mr. James Fookes, who was also to pay the costs of the suit.30
Anecdote 10 March 1685/86 On 10 Mar 1685/86 in Accomack County Court, the suit of Mr. James Fookes against Mr. William Anderson was dismissed, there being no cause of action. A nonsuit was granted against Fookes with court costs.31
Anecdote 12 January 1686/87 On 12 Jan 1686/87 in Accomack County Court Maj. Charles Scarburgh informed the court that William Rawlins concealed himself as a tithable; when the list was to be submitted, he was a servant to Mr. James Fooks. Since Rawlins was not in court to answer the charges, the court ordered that if he failed to make his defense at the next court, judgment would be confirmed against him.32
Death* before 18 September 1688 He died before 18 September 1688 at Accomack Co, VA. On 18 Sep 1688 in Accomack County Court William Rawlins sued James Fooke, who could not be found by the sheriff. Now Cha. Holden appeared to answer, but Rawlins failed to appear. The suit was dismissed. (NOTE: He may have been dec'd by this time as he never appeared again in court.) On 24 Nov 1688 Willian Rawlins sued James Fooks, whom the sheriff could not find. Fooks' attorney (Charles Holden) appeared, bailed attachment and requested that the case be referred to the next court, which was granted. On 19 Dec 1688 in Accomack County Court William Rawlins sued Mr. James Fookes, who was not found by the sheriff. Charles Holden, on behalf of Fookes, had appeared at the last court, bailed attachment and requested that the case be deferred. Now the court found no cause for action and dismissed the suit. At Holden's request a nonsuit was granted against Rawlins with court costs.33
Anecdote 19 June 1689 On 19 Jun 1689 in Accomack County Court Mr. Samuel Sandford sued James Fooks, whom the sheriff could not find. Mr. Charles Holden, who appeared on behalf of Fooks, was granted his request that the case be referred to the next court. On 17 Sep 1689 in Accomack County Court Mr. Samuel Sandford (attorney: Mr. Robinson) sued Mr. James Fooks, whom the sheriff could not find. Upon the petition of Sandford, it was ordered that attachment for 6 lbs 16 shillings 6 pence and court costs issue against the estate of Fooks. (NOTE: This was the first time his estate was mentioned, so he was definitely dec'd by this date.) On 19 Nov 1689 Mr. Samuel Sandford had procured an attachment of 6 pounds 16 shillings 6 pence against the estate of Mr. James Fooks. Sandford's attorney, Mr. Tully Robinson, informed the court that because of Sandford's absence across the bay, the attachment was not served--the sheriff required Sandford's bond before serving it. Ordered that the case be continued to the next court. On 17 Dec 1689 Mr. Samuel Sandford had procured an attachment of 6 pounds 16 shillings 6 pence against the estate of Mr. James Fooks. Now the sheriff returned the attachment served on several creatures that Sandford alleged were part of the estate. The two cattle and three horses, variously marked, were "too wild to be got into a pen. Sandford swore that it was at the request of James Fooks that he had paid the money to the commissioners "for the clearing (of) the ship Phoenix, of which Fooks was the commander and owner." Ordered that execution proceed to satisfy the debt and the costs of the suit. (Side note: execution was served upon the creatures belonging to Fooks' estate, signed Wm. Marshall, subsheriff.)34
Family
(-----) (-----) b. c 1625
Marriage* circa 1645 He married (-----) (-----) circa 1645. Herbert C. Fooks shows the wife of James Fooks Jr. of Accomack was Rachel Haydens, but no evidence was shown.2
Child 1. Thomas Fooks (Quaker)+2 b. 1645, d. b 5 Feb 1722
Citations

[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 6.
[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 6 (Generation 1 in America).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 28 (17 Aug 1663 Court) & p. 35 (18 Aug 1663 Court).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 149 (16 Feb 1665/66 Court) & p. 153 (16 Mar 1665/66 Court).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 152 & 153 (16 Feb 1665/66 Court).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 162 (16 Jul 1666 Court).
[S696] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1663-1666, Volume 1, p. 164 (18 Sep 1666 Court).
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 16 (16 Jan 1666/67 Court).
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 26 (18 Mar 1666/67 Court).
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 47 (16 Jul 1667 Court).
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 70 (17 Dec 1667 Court).
[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 818-819 (tract A56).
[S697] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1666-1670, Volume 2, p. 93 (16 Jun 1668 Court).
[S1014] Complier Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume II, 1666-1697, p. 99 (patent to Capt. Richard Hill).
[S698] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1671-1673, Volume 3, p. 20 (18 Nov 1671 Court).
[S698] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1671-1673, Volume 3, p. 49 (6 Mar 1671/72 Court).
[S1014] Complier Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume II, 1666-1697, p. 105 (Ambrose White Patent).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 72 & 73 (11 Sep 1674 Court).
[S2055] Herbert C. Fooks, Fooks Family (with index), p. 10 (Generation 1 in America).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 83 (11 Nov 1674 Court).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 124 (16 Jul 1675 Court) & p. 128 (17 Jul 1675 Court).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 127 (17 Jul 1675 Court).
[S699] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1673-1676, Volume 4, p. 165 (16 Feb 1675/76 Court).
[S700] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, p. 5 (20 Apr 1676 Court).
[S700] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, p. 42 (18 Jun 1677 Court).
[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 134 (18 Dec 1680 Court).
[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 182 (19 Oct 1681 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 69 (27 Mar 1684 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 104 (11 Feb 1684/85 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 140 (2 Feb 1685/86 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 148 (10 Mar1685/86 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 185 (12 Jan 1686/87 Court).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 242 (18 Sep 1688 Court) & p. 253 (24 Nov 1688 Court) & p. 260 (19 Dec 1688).
[S702] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1682-1690, Volume 7, p. 278 (19 Jun 1689 Court) & p. 280 (17 Sep 1689 Court) & p. 288 (19 Nov 1689 Court) & p. 297 (17 Dec 1689 Court).


Child of James Fooks is:
154 i. Thomas Fowkes/Fooks, born Abt. 1645 in England?; died Bef. 05 Feb 1722 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Sarah ?; married (2) Amy ?.

312. Richard Bayly, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Bef. 29 Oct 1661 in Accomack Co., VA. He married 313. Elizabeth ? Abt. 1645 in Northampton Co., VA?.
313. Elizabeth ?, born Abt. 1610 in England?; died Aft. 12 Jun 1661 in Northampton Co., VA?.

Notes for Richard Bayly:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p202.htm#i20128

Richard was born circa 1600. Richard Bayly is said to have come to Virginia via the Barbadoes in 1640.1 He married Elizabeth (-----) circa 1645 at Northampton Co, VA. Elizabeth (-----) was the widow of John Fisher and Henry Weede..2 Richard Bayly (I) took the oath of allegiance to hereby engage and promise to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords on 30 March 1651 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as Richard Baily.3 Richard Bayly is named as a cousin of John Hinman in Hinman's will written 6 Aug 1660 (N'hamp Co Deeds, Wills, etc., p. 76). In his will, written 12 Jun 1661, Richard Bayly mentioned his kinsmen John and Richard Hinman the sons of John Hinman deceased. He made a will on 12 June 1661. I make my son Richard Bayly Jr. sole heir and Extr. of my whole estate. To my beloved wife Elizabeth Bayly 1/3 of my personal estate and 1/3 of my land for life and then to my son Richard. In case my son Richard should die without issue then my land to go to my kinsmen John and Richard Hinman, the son of John Hinman dec'd, with Richard Hinman to have the 700 acres where I now live and John Hinman to have the 500 acres dividend of land on the north side of Craddock Creek fromerly belonging to Tobias Norton. To each of my godchildren, viz., Thomas Williams, Thomas Johnson, John Cutting's daughter Mary Parramore, John Lewis, Richard Jones Jr., one ew lamb. To my son-in-law (probably step-son) Philip Fisher's daughter a ew lamb. To Rebecca Fisher the daughter of Stephen Fisher dec'd a ew lamb. To John Goodman the son of Fran Goodman dec'd 2 cows and 2 calves when 17. Witt: Edward Moore, John Fawset and Philip Fisher..4 Richard died before 29 October 1661.4

Citations
1.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 635 (1649 - Patent to Richard Bayly for 700 acres at Cradicks).
2.[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 3rd Edition, p. 280.
3.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 34 (Oath to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 65 (will of Richard Bayly).

Notes for Elizabeth ?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p202.htm#i20129

Elizabeth was born in 1610. She deposed 26 Dec 1646 that she was aged 36..1 She married John (1) Fisher (II), son of John Fisher (I) and Benetta Dering, circa 1630 at Northampton Co, VA.2 She married Henry Weede on 8 March 1641 at Northampton Co, VA. 8 Mar 1640/1, Henry Weede married the widow of the deceased John Fisher (N'hamp Co Orders, Deeds, Wills, etc., 1640-45, p. 33)..1 She married Richard Bayly (I) circa 1645 at Northampton Co, VA. Elizabeth (-----) was the widow of John Fisher and Henry Weede..1 In 1646 Elizabeth Baily made a deposition in which she said she formerly had been the wife of Henry Weede, and at the same court Pendenden testified that Weede had died two years before and had left his estate, verbally, to his widow. At the time of the depositions, Elizabeth was the wife of Richard Bayly and they soon moved to his new land at A18 (south side of Craddock Creek).3 Elizabeth was named in her husband's will on 12 June 1661 at Northampton Co, VA. She was named as wife Elizabeth Bayly in the will of Richard Bayly. He also named son-in-law (step-son) Phillip Fisher's daughter, Rebecca Fisher daughter of Stephen Fisher dec'd and seven Godchildren..4 Elizabeth died at Accomack Co, VA.

Family 1
John (1) Fisher (II) b. 1600, d. 1640
Marriage* She married John (1) Fisher (II), son of John Fisher (I) and Benetta Dering, circa 1630 at Northampton Co, VA.2
Children ?John (2) Fisher (III) b. c 1634
?Stephen (3) Fisher+ b. 1636, d. b 3 Jun 1658
?Capt. Phillip (4) Fisher (I)+ b. 1637, d. b 1 Mar 1703

Family 2
Henry Weede b. c 1600, d. c 1644
Marriage* She married Henry Weede on 8 March 1641 at Northampton Co, VA. 8 Mar 1640/1, Henry Weede married the widow of the deceased John Fisher (N'hamp Co Orders, Deeds, Wills, etc., 1640-45, p. 33)..1

Family 3
Richard Bayly (I) b. c 1600, d. b 29 Oct 1661
Marriage* She married Richard Bayly (I) circa 1645 at Northampton Co, VA. Elizabeth (-----) was the widow of John Fisher and Henry Weede..1
Child ?Maj. Richard Bayly (II)+ b. c 1645, d. May 1728


Citations
1.[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 3rd Edition, p. 280.
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 4 (husband's will).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 460 (Patent to Henry Pedenden who sold to Henry Weede part of N88).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 65 (will of Richard Bayly).


Child of Richard Bayly and Elizabeth ? is:
156 i. Maj. Richard Bayly, Jr., born Abt. 1645 in Accomack Co., VA?; died Abt. 1728 in Joynes Neck, Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Jones.

316. Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr., born 1617 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields Parish, Middlesex/ London, England; died Bef. 23 May 1671 in Accomack Co., VA. He was the son of 632. Capt. Edmund Scarborough and 633. Hannah Smith. He married 317. Mary Harmar? Abt. 1640 in probably Northampton Co., VA.
317. Mary Harmar?, born Abt. 1610. She was the daughter of 634. John Harmar?.

Notes for Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr.:
While enrolled in History 403 (Colonial and Revolutionary Virginia) at the College of William and Mary, in Spring 1996, I chose as a term paper project a biography of my ancestor, Colonel Edmund Scarborough II. Scarborough was one of my more illustrious ancestors whose name figured largely in Virginia history, yet because of his autocratic instincts and his cruelty toward Native Americans and Quakers, I must admit that I am also somewhat ashamed to be a triple descendant of his. My professor, Dr. John Selby, who died about five years later, gave me a B on this paper, and he suggested that a better paper could have focused on the wider ramifications of Scarborough's actions on the formation of a colonial society on the Eastern Shore. This paper is quoted as follows:

Colonel Edmund Scarborough: A Paragon of a Colonial Virginia Gentleman

Much of early Virginia's celebratory history, the type of history traditionally emphasized to Virginia schoolchildren, centered on key figures in the history of Virginia's mainland. The Eastern Shore, on the other hand, has received comparatively less attention in history books because of its separation from the mainland by the Chesapeake Bay. This isolation of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, comprising the present-day counties of Accomack and Northampton, resulted in its unique social structure and in a relatively separate sphere of history from the rest of Virginia.
Of the numerous early leaders prominent families of Virginia's Eastern Shore, the Scarboroughs stand out. In particular, the career and activities of Colonel Edmund Scarborough (1617-circa 1671), a son of Captain Edmund Scarborough (1584?-1635?), who immigrated to the Eastern Shore about 1620, make him a leading figure in Eastern Shore history and the history of Virginia as a whole. Colonel Edmund Scarborough's career was multifaceted, and though his contributions to the development of the Shore were many, he was also very notorious because of his hatred of natives, Quakers, and anyone in general who crossed his path. Unfortunately, Scarborough's notorious acts contributed to a shameful death at an early age, and the activities of settlers like Scarborough are the primary reason for why Virginian history has undergone much revision in the present era of multiculturalism and political correctness.
Edmund Scarborough, II was baptized October 2, 1617 in the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in County Middlesex, England, a son of Edmund and Hannah Butler Scarborough. The elder Edmund, a son of Henry and Elizabeth Humbertstone Scarborough of Walsham, County Norfolk, England, was a lawyer before coming to Virginia. By 1630, he was well-established in Virginia and was serving as a burgess from "Accawmack," which then included the entire Eastern Shore of Virginia. Of the six children of the elder Edmund, two became especially prominent, one in the colony and one in England. Sir Charles Scarborough (1615-circa 1693), the second child, went to England for his medical education and remained there, later becoming a personal physician for King Charles II, James II, William III, and Queen Mary II. His peaceful career as a distinghuished British physician, scholar, and member of Parliament contrasted sharply with the ruthless life of his brother Edmund, the subject of this sketch. Perhaps Charles remained in England because, as the eldest son, his father wanted him to become an English gentleman. At that time, younger sonsof the English gentry tended to be the ones who settled in the colonies because they did not inherit much from their father's estate. The other children of Edmund and Hannah Butler Scarborough came to Virginia with their parents before 1630, including Edmund II. By acquiring large landholdings on the Shore and serving as a burgess, the elder Edmund established the precedent for the Scarborough family's long period of promience in Virginia.
Beginning in 1635, Eastern Shore land claims soared, and that same year marked Edmund Scarborough II's coming of age when he patented 200 acres near the southern tip on November 28. That same day he patented 200 more acres of seaside property. This was contrary to the general pattern of land acquisition, since settlers on the Shore tended to prefer bayside property rather than seaside because the former was closer to the mainland and was also more sheltered from oceanside storms. Scarborough would soon become the Eastern Shore's leading landowner, especially as a result of his position as Surveyor-General of the Eastern Shore. In all, he patented 14,750 acres in Accomack County and 2450 acres in Northampton County. Scarborough also acquired over 3000 acres on Maryland's portion of the Eastern Shore peninsula. Over 12,350 acres was additional land that Scarborough patented to his children, giving a grand total of 46,500 acres acquired during his lifetime. For aspiring colonial planters, patenting land was the chief avenue to wealth and power in Virginia, and this, in addition to his father's status, probably contributed most to Edmund Scarborough, II's prominence.
Edmund Scarborough II became a Burgess from Northampton County in 1643. He served in this capacity off and on until 1682 and was subsequently a Burgess from Accomack until 1670.
Around 1640, Scarborough married a woman named Mary while he was living adjacent to the land of Captain Francis Pott in Northampton County. Genealogists have varied in their opinions as to whether she was a Littleton, a Charlton, or a Pott. The majority of the traditional genealogies asserted that Mary was a sister of Colonel Nathaniel Littleton, mainly because Colonel Littleton is known to have had a sister named Mary and because Scarborough named one of his sons Littleton. However, according to the Third Edition (1987) of "Adventurers of Purse and Person," Littleton's sister Mary married someone else in England, which no doubt disappointed many of Scarborough's present-day descendants since the Littleton lineage was a distinguished one in England which has been traced back to King Henry IV. It is still possible and likely, however, that Mary could have been a Littleton or related to that family. It has also been speculated that Scarborough may have had two wives named Mary. In any case, the Mary whom Scarborough wed around 1640 was apparently older than he, born about 1610, as evidenced by the numerous Eastern Shore depositions where she gave her age. By her, Scarborough had at least five children, Tabitha, Charles, Edmund III, Littleton, and Matilda. (I descend from three of these children, Tabitha, Matilda, and Edmund III, and my stepfather descends from Matilda at least two ways).
Edmund Scarborough, II succeeded in marrying off his children to other prominent families of the Eastern Shore, and because of this, nearly all of the olf families of this area and even of the mainland of Virginia can trace their ancestry back to him. Tabitha Scarborough was married four times, each time to a well-established planter, which enabled her to acquire great wealth before her death in 1717. Her husbands were John Smart, Devereux Browne, General John Custis II, and Colonel Edward Hill, the last one a resident of "Shirley Plantation" in Charles City County on Virginia's mainland. Charles Scarborough married the daughter of Richard Bennett, Governor of Virginia and later Puritan Governor of Maryland. Matilda Scarborough married Colonel John West of "Merry Branch," Accomack County, who also owned about half of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay.
A fact that was not reported in earlier genealogies, when people out of their Victorian instincts were too proud to acknowledge such shortcomings of their ancestors, is that he also fathered three daughters by his mistress, Mrs. Ann Toft. These girls were Attalanta (later Mrs. John Osborne and afterwards Mrs. William Whittington of Somerset County, Maryland), Annabella (later Mrs. Francis Lee and afterwards Mrs. John Marshall of Accomack County), and Arcadia (later Mrs. Thomas Welburn of Accomack County). For years the exact relationship between Scarborough and Mrs. Toft was a mystery to Eastern Shore historians. Apparently she and Scarborough were very close friends and lovers as shown by the assistance he gave her in acquiring large tracts of land throughout the Shore, which made her a remarkably independent and powerful woman in a time when women generally could not own land or manage their own affairs. Interestingly, on May 8, 1670, while visiting Mrs. Toft's home and his own salt-production enterprise at "Gargaphia" in Accomack County, Colonel Scarborough was assaulted by a worker who is reputed to have commented afterward that he would "work no more for Scarborough's whores and bastards" (quoted from Ralph T. Whitelaw's "Virginia's Eastern Shore: A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties" (1968).
Scarborough's involvement in several different professions and enterprises characterized him as a truly versatile entrepreneur whose widespread talents were crucial to the development of the Eastern Shore colony. Becuase of his multifaceted character, it is believed that Edmund II was, like his older brother Charles, educated in England, perhaps Cambridge, before coming back to Virginia after his father's death.
First, Scarborough was apparently well-versed in the legal profession, as shown by his astute representation in the Gething case of 1662/63. This was a complicated legal dispute involving the disposition of the estate of the late Stephen Charlton, whose heirs were two daughters, Bridget, who married Isaac Foxcroft, and Elizabeth, who married John Gething. Charlton's will stipulated that his estate would be divided among his two daughters at his decease and that if one of them died without issue, the deceased's portion would revert to the other daughter. Gething unlawfully forced Elizabeth Charlton to marry him when she was only twelve years old, and she died two years later. Gething then succeeded in obtaining letters of administration from the court, in which he would inherit his wife's portion of the Charlton estate. Charlton's will stipulated that Bridget would inherit Elizabeth's portion if she died before reaching her majority at age fourteen. Foxcroft and his wife Bridget sued the court and were represented by Scarborough, who, by demonstrating that the premature marriage of Elizabeth Charlton was unlawful, that she died before she was fourteen years old, and that it was obvious that Charlton would have preferred his own daughter inherit the estate rather than a stranger, won the case after appealing it to the General Court. Scarborough's key phrase, which established a powerful legal precedent, was that "noe unlawfull means can attaine a Lawfull end" (quoted from the entire deposition reprinted in Whitelaw, pages 427-30).
Secondly, Scarborough was a physician, known then as a Chirurgeon, as evidenced by two court records in the 1660's, though no court records exist which officially state his occupation as chirurgeon. One court record was an order for a Mr. Littleton to pay Scarborough 1500 pounds of tobacco for "the cure of a Negro named Congo." The other record alluding to Scarborough's practice of medicine was an order stipulating payment of fifty pounds sterling to Scarborough out of Henry Voss' estate "for attendance and administracon of Medicine as phisicion fifty pounds Sterling" (sic) (Whitelaw, page 626).
Third, Scarborough's business affairs included maritime shipping, leather tanning, shoemaking, and salt production. As a shipper, he owned several vessels, the names of several being the "Mayflower," "Deliverance," and the "King David." Several genealogies stated that this "Mayflower" was the same one which transported the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620, but evidence for this has not been found. By evaporating seawater, Scarborough obtained a monopoly on salt production on the Shore. He did this at three different sites on the Shore, including "Gargaphia." In 1660, he obtained an agreement with the General Assembly in which he would receive ten thousand pounds of tobacco for each 800 bushels of salt that he could extract annually. "Gargaphia" was also the location of Scarborough's tanning and shoemaking businesses.
Scarborough held several public offices on the Shore and became instrumental in affairs with Maryland and in the formation of Accomack County from Northampton in 1663. He served on the Northampton court until Accomack was founded and in 1660/61 served as Sheriff of Northampton. At the same time he served on the shrievalty, he was a commissioner for the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in which he oversaw land grants on Maryland's lower shore, but he was soon dropped from this position. In 1663, Scarborough was King's collector of quitrents, and perhaps this accounted for the later rumor that he was treasurer of the Virginia Colony. His long-time title of colonel derived from his rank in the Shore militia. From about 1666 until 1670, Scarborough was Surveyor-General of the Virginia Colony. He is commonly known as the founder of Accomack County, and Accomack residents dubbed him "King Scarborough" because of his tremendous power there. Natives dubbed him "The Conjurer" for this same reason.
Scarborough obviously despised Indians, yet he also traded with them. On May 10, 1651, he and many other inhabitants of the Shore received a court order to appear at trial in James City for hostilities against the Pocomoke Indians. No extant record of the trial has been found, but Scarborough apparently was acquitted since he was shortly thereafter found in the Shore records as a member of the Council. It is believed that Scarborough avoided trouble with the colonial government several times because of the influence of his brother, Sir Charles Scarborough, M.D., who at that time was attending physician to King Charles II. Also in 1651, Scarborough's vessel, "Sea Horse," was seized by Dutch authorities in Delaware Bay for trading weapons and ammunition with the natives. Two years later, Scarborough committed two more blunders by trading guns with the Indians and attempting to declare the Eastern Shore independent from Virginia's colonial government.
When Governor Richard Bennett tried to arrest Scarborough for treason against the colony, he escaped, probably to Manhattan, New England, or even perhaps England. Scarborough's desire for independence from Virginia stemmed from the Northampton Protest of 1652, in which the Shore inhabitants opposed being taxed over the preceding five years because there had been no burgesses from Northampton to represent them in the Assembly. When Governor Samuel Mathews pardoned Scarborough and restored him to his previously held offices in 1658, Scarborough returned to the Shore. He avoided trouble again in 1655 when he was accused of further trade with the Indians, and it is a mystery as to how he escaped punishment this time since his brother Charles could no longer have much influence during the reign of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth.
In 1656, Scarborough accused Accomack's Reverend Thomas Teackle (also an ancestor of mine) of fornicating with Scarborough's wife and attempting to poison him. Thereafter many inhabitants of Hungar's Parish, of which Teackle was rector, petitioned that he be restored to his ministry despite Scarborough's unfounded accusations, which the court did. Scarborough's action toward Teackle greatly destroyed his reputation and caused many in the parish to view him as a nut.
In the late 1650's, the Quakers became a viable community on the Eastern Shore, led by Levin Denwood (also a double ancestor of mine) and others who established the Northampton village of Nassawaddox as the seat of their faith. Scarborough despised Quakers and worked hard to rid them from the Shore. Sometimes after arresting Quakers, Scarborough sent them across the bay so Governor Berleley could discipline them at Jamestown. In response to this persecution, Quakers at Nassawaddox began moving across the Pocomoke River to Maryland, yet Scarborough persisted in trying to persecute them by using his authority as Virginia's Surveyor-General to redraw the Maryland-Virginia boundary further north. Arriving at the Quaker settlement of Annemessex in Maryland (now Virginia, according to Scarborough), on Octobrer 12, 1663, Scarborough attempted to force allegiance upon the defiant sect, according to Jay Worrall, Jr. in "The Friendly Virginians: America's First Quakers," (1994), pages 34-35.
Maryland's Governor Calvert was enraged by Scarborough's encroachment into his colony and afterwards met with Virginia's Governor Berkeley, who expressed regret for Scarborough's action.
Scarborough's continued depredations against the Indians brought about his downfall. In 1659, he had raided against the Assateague Indians, who lived on the northern portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore, but he was supported that time by the Virginia governor. However, in the summer of 1670, Scarborough committed an atrocity against the Indians which did not have the governor's sanction. When Indians near Scarborough's home, "Hedra Cottage," on Occahannock Creek, stole some livestock from him, he reacted by calling together a nearby Indian village, promising them that the Great Spirit had a message for them if only they assembled together in a ditch on Scarborough's property. When they assembled there, Scarborough fired grapeshot from a concealed cannon into the ditch, killing most of the village. In response, Governor Berkeley issued an arrest warrant for Scarborough to Northampton's sheriff, William Melling. The authorities immediately transported Scarborough to James City for trial, and although no records of the trial survive to the present day, it is apparent that Scarborough was suspended from all public offices.
After October, 1670, Scarborough's name disappeared from the Eastern Shore's public records, so he probably lived the last few months of his life in shame. All that is known about him after his trial was that Governor Berkeley wrote a letter to London on May 23, 1671 telling of Scarborough's death. Although local traditions asserted that he was murdered, it is more likely that Scarborough died of smallpox or other natural causes.
Thus, although he died in shame, Scarborough was nevertheless a major figure in not only the history of the Eastern Shore, but also that of the entire Virginia colony. Because of his residence on the insular Eastern Shore, Scarborough's fame has been undoubtedly eclipsed by that of notable Virginians who lived on the mainland. For this reason, no historian to date has attempted a comprehensive biographical study of Colonel Edmund Scarborough. Because much information concerning Scarborough in secondary sources is limited to genealogies printed by his descendants, accounts of him are frequently embellished by exaggerated traditions which often fail to mention his negative actions. Scarborough's intolerance and his aggressive acts toward natives and Quakers paralleled feelings held by white gentlemen, notably Cavaliers, of the seventeenth century in general. As an autocrat, Scarborough succeeded in implementing his plans to further the development of the Shore colony. Because of his many roles and activities on the Eastern Shore, Scarborough is appropriately dubbed an archetypal "Renaissance man" of the seventeenth century in early Virginia. His descendants number among the prominent families of Virginia and Maryland, including the Wises, Upshurs, Custises, Teackles, Kellams, Whittingtons, and Wests, all of whom have played major roles in the development of Virginia and the United States. The State of Virginia has immortalized Scarborough's memory with a plaque at his grave at "Hedra Cottage" in Accomack County.

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/document/oce/entire.html

Right on State 181 to the junction with State 178, 0.7 m.; R. on State 178 to an intersection with Co. 613, 2.7 m.; L. on Co. 613 to a junction with Co. 611, 5.3 m.; L. on Co. 611 to Hedra Cottage, 6.1 m., a double house on the north bank of Occahannock Creek. This was the seat, successively, of three Col. Edmund Scarburghs — father, son, and grandson. Hedra Cottage may have been the "Occahannock House" from which the second Col. Edmund Scarburgh fled about 1653 when charges of piracy and debt had been lodged against him.

More About Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr.:
Appointed/Elected: Aft. 1643, Served many terms as a Burgess from Northampton County and Accomack County; Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1645; Surveyor General of Virginia from 1665-1670; King's Collector of Quit Rents in 1663; justice and sheriff of Northampton County.
Baptism: 02 Oct 1617, St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Middlesex, England.
Burial: "Hedra Cottage, " Accomack Co., VA
Immigration: Abt. 1631, Came to Virginia where he joined his parents on the Eastern Shore
Military: Served as captain of militia and commander-in-chief of all forces on the Eastern Shore; incited many raids against the Indians, toward which he was very arrogant, unjust, and cruel, which caused his downfall.
Occupation: Engaged in maritime shipping; owned several vessels; founded a business which extracted salt from seawater by evaporation; was an extensive landowner throughout the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland (46, 000-75, 000 acres).
Personality/Intrst: In contrast to his older brother, Sir Charles Scarborough, who remained in England and became a noted court physician and scholar, Edmund was very bellicose, arrogant, cruel, power-hungry, and ruthless. He despised Quakers and Indians.

Notes for Mary Harmar?:
http://espl-genealogy.org/Miles9/p390.htm#i20071

Thomas Teackle Upshur, a noted Eastern Shore genealogist from the late 1800's, showed her as Mary Cade. She did have a great-granddaughter named Mary Cade Wise who was born just a few years after Mary Scarburgh died. Mary was born in 1610 at England.1,2 She married Col. Edmund [3] Scarburgh (II) circa 1639 at Accomack Co, VA.3 She made a will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA. Now resident at the house of Anthony West at Merry Branch. To grandson Anthony West. To his daughter Matilda. To daughter Matilda West. Son Charles Scarburgh. Daughter Tabitha Custis. Son Edmund Scarburgh. To grandson Edmund Scarburgh (under 12), son of Edmund Scarburgh. Granddaughter Mary West. Granddaughter Tabitha Custis. Daughter Matilda West and grandson Anthony West residual legatees and executors. Witt: James Alexander, Edward Marten, Tully Robinson, Richard Bally Jr. - Codicil: Revoking legacy to son Charles Scarburgh on account of his neglect..4 Mary died in December 1691 at Accomack Co, VA. She died at the home of Anthony West on Merry Branch..4 Mary's will was probated on 15 December 1691 at Accomack Co, VA.4

Citations
[S623] M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka William R.M. Houston, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 91.
[S698] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia, Court Order Abstracts, 1671-1673, Volume 3, p. 7.
[S1001] Upshur, Thomas Teackle Upsher Research.
[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800, p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh).

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Ghotes:During the after Holiday lull in Ghotes EMail, I thought I'd pass on thefollowing on this subject. Thomas Teackle Upshur, a noted Eastern Shore genealogist from the late1800's, showed her as Mary Cade. She did have a great-granddaughter named Mary Cade Wise who was born just a few years after Mary Scarburgh died. Sutherland McColley of 5 West Mountain Road, Sharon, CT 06069-2257 in an Email of 16 Dec 2010 to M.K. Miles states that he believes she may have been Mary Harmar, baptism at Westminster, London 6 Dec 1613/14. Her father being "Prof" John Harmar of Oxford University a brother to Charles Harmar, Gent,who married Ann Southey. Ann, of course later married Col. Nathaniel Littleton. Charles Harmar and Capt. Edmund Scarborough were associated andwere members of the 1st council of Accomack. The Capt went to Cambridge and Charles's brother went to Oxford. Certainly an arranged marriage between the Capt.'s son Edmund II and Charles' niece would have been reasonable. Mary is definitely not a Charlton, Pott, or Littleton. "Prof" John Harmar and sons John and Thomas "of Jamestown" had an adjoining property in Northampton with Scarborough and Littleton. Prof John travels on the same ship with Edmund II's sister Katherine who married Randall Revell. It would have been advantageous for Edmund II to have married into a family with church connection while later gaining royal connection though his brother Sir Charles - the physician to the Kings.


Children of Edmund Scarborough and Mary Harmar? are:
i. Littleton Scarborough
ii. Tabitha Scarborough, born Abt. 1639 in Eastern Shore of Virginia (Accomack or Northampton Co.); died Abt. Jan 1718 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) John Smart Bef. 12 Jul 1653; born Abt. 1630 in Bristol, England; died Abt. 1656 in Eastern Shore of Virginia?; married (2) Devorax Browne Bef. 1660; born Abt. 1630; married (3) Maj. Gen. John Custis II Aft. 1673; born Abt. 1628 in probably Rotterdam, The Netherlands; died 29 Jan 1696 in "Arlington" on Old Plantation Creek, Northampton County, Virginia USA; married (4) Col. Edward Hill 28 Sep 1696 in probably Northampton Co., VA; born Abt. 1637; died 30 Nov 1700 in "Shirley, " Charles City Co., VA.

More About Tabitha Scarborough:
Event 1: Bef. 16 Jun 1673, Her second husband, Devorax Browne, was often away on business at Jamestown or elsewhere and she managed his servants. He died and she produced his will for probate, but it was rejected. She administered his vast estate.
Event 2: Bet. 1677 - 1678, Her son by her second marriage, Edmund Browne, went to England, married Martha Davis who stayed behind in England, and boarded Capt. John Martin's ship when it was attacked by Turks. He died in Turkey at age 18.
Event 3: Abt. 1701, Rev. Francis Makemie (founder of Presbyterianism in America) and wife Naomi were executors of the estate of her grandson-in-law, Edmund Custis. A feud ensued between Tabitha and the Makemies, and she was imprisoned for noncompliance with the Court.
Probate: 07 Jan 1718, Accomack Co., VA
Property: 12 Jul 1653, Her father gave her and her first husband, John Smart, a plantation at Maggattey Bay with horses and cattle
Residence 1: Bet. 1696 - 1700, Lived at "Shirley" (though not the present-day mansion) in Charles City Co., VA, during her fourth marriage to Edward Hill, but returned to the Eastern Shore following his death abt 1700, owning 3600 acres in Accomack County in 1704.
Residence 2: Aft. 1660, After her second marriage to Devorax Browne, they and her daughter Tabitha and their son, Edmund Browne, lived on Nandua Creek in Accomack Co., VA, where Browne operated mills and a shoemaking factory.
Residence 3: Bet. 1673 - 1696, Following her third marriage to Maj. Gen. John Custis II, she lived at his "Arlington" plantation on Old Plantation Creek in Northampton Co., VA. Custis bequeathed Arlington to her for life, then it was to go to his grandson John Custis IV.
Will: 23 Aug 1717, Accomack Co., VA

iii. Charles Scarborough, born Abt. 1643 in Eastern Shore of Virginia (Accomack or Northampton Co.); died Abt. 1702 in Accomack Co., VA; married Elizabeth Bennett; died 1719 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Charles Scarborough:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p201.htm#i20094

Charles was born in 1643 at Accomack Co, VA. He deposed on 31 Dec 1678 that he was aged 35..3,4,5 Charles graduated from at Caius College, Cambridge, England, in 1664.1 He married Elizabeth (3) Bennett, daughter of Gov. Richard Bennett and Ann (1) (-----), circa 1670 at Acc or Nansemound Co, VA.1 Col. Charles [10] Scarburgh (I) was named in a land dispute on 25 March 1672 at Northampton Co, VA. Mr. Edmund Scarburgh producing a patent granted to him in 1649 for 2,000 acres in N'hamp County out of which his father Col. Edmund Scarburgh in his life time did patent for his son Littleton Scarburgh, 1,000 acres for which Charles Scarburgh the elder brother of Edmond did sue him in N'hamp County Court from which Edmond appealed to this General Court. It is ordered that the land in Edmonds patent be surveyed allowing him ten percent in the survey, and if any over plus land be found within the bounds thereof, then, that to remain to Charles Scarburgh as heir to his brother Littleton.6 He was a Burgess from N'hamp County, 1680-82, from Accomack, 1684, 1688, 1691-92 and was a member of the Council, 1696-1702. In 1693 he is mentioned as commander in chief of militia, justice and president of the court of Accomack County. He was one of 9 persons named in 1691 to be present for the taking their Majesties' grant of a Charter to erect a Colledge [William & Mary]. In 1683 he held 9,950 acres in Accomack County. Most of the heirs of Colonel Charles Scarburgh and his wife Elizabeth Bennett were named in a deed of 2 Oct 1721 conveying all rights to "Bennett's Adventure" to George Dashiell of Somerset County (Somerset Co, MD, Deed Bk. IK, p. 192).5 Charles was named in his mother's will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA. In a Codicil to her will, Mary Scarburgh revoked the legacy to her son Charles on account of his neglect..2 He made a will on 6 August 1701 at Pungoteague, Acc Co, VA. To eldest son Bennet Scarburgh 521 acres near Kikotanck formerly called Hogneck, now Antingham; land in Jollys Neck and his one share of Benefield in Pocomoke containing 3,000 acres and his share of 2,500 acres in Wickocomo in Maryland, to be equally divided between him and his sister Ann Parker. To son Charles Scarburgh planatation at Great Matomkin where he now lives containing by patent 2,100 acres. To son Henry Scarburgh plantation where I now live at Pungoteague after the death of my wife and my Island called Scarburgh Winter Island in the mouth of Pungoteague. To daughter Ann, wife of George Parker of Onancock, Gent: her share of 3,000 acres at Pocomoke called Benefield and of 2,500 acres at Wickomoco, Maryland, called Bennet's Adventure and 1/2 of 2,000 acres at Pocomoke, in Virginia, to be divided between her and her brother Bennet Scarburgh. To daughter Mary Scarburgh land at Pungoteagure called Yeo's Neck, now Bradfield, purchased of Justinian Yeo. To daughter Sarah 2,000 acres on the south side of White Marsh. To daughter Tabitha Scarburgh land near the Court House, land at Anancock, called the Town, land in Burton's Branch. To wife Elizabeth lot at Anancock Town, Tangier Island, at Bundicks and Muddy Creek and 3,000 acres called Hogquarter in Maryland and all other land not already by me given, also my plantation and land and Winter Island for life. Wife residual legatee and executrix. Witt: John West, minor, John Lilliston, Edmond Scarburgh and John Morragh..7 Charles died before 6 October 1702 at Accomack Co, VA. It was on this date that his will was probated..8,4

Citations
1.[S20] Lucy Ames Edwards, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia.
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh).
3.[S623] M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka William R.M. Houston, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties), p. 91.
4.[S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson
, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia.
5.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 442 (Utie-Bennett Family).
6.[S2072] H.R. McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, p. 296 (land dispute between Edmund Scarburgh & Littleton Sacrburgh dec'd).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 32 (will of Charles Scarburgh).
8.[S98] Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1692-1715(xi), p. 292.

More About Charles Scarborough:
Appointed/Elected 1: Aft. 1680, Served several terms as a Burgess from Northampton Co., VA, then as a Burgess from Accomack Co., VA aft 1684; member of the Council from 1696-1702; commander in chief of militia, justice, and president of the court of Accomack County in 1693.
Appointed/Elected 2: 1691, Was one of nine people named "to be presented for the taking of their Majesties' grant of a Charter to erect a Colledge [William and Mary]".
Probate: 06 Oct 1702, Accomack Co., VA
Property: 1683, Held 9950 acres in Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 06 Aug 1701, Accomack Co., VA

More About Elizabeth Bennett:
Probate: 04 Aug 1719, Accomack Co., VA
Will: 02 Jun 1719, Accomack Co., VA

iv. Matilda Scarborough, born Abt. 1644 in Eastern Shore of Virginia (Accomack or Northampton Co.); died 03 Jan 1721 in Accomack Co., VA; married Lt. Col. John West Abt. 1660 in Accomack Co., VA; born 07 Apr 1638 in England; died 27 May 1703 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Matilda Scarborough:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p202.htm#i20102

Matilda was born in 1645 at Accomack Co, VA. She deposed 17 Mar 1679/80 that she was age 35..3 She married Lt. Col. John (2) West, son of Anthony (1) West and Anne (-----), circa 1658 at Accomack Co, VA.4,5 Matilda was named in her mother's will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA.2 Matilda was named in her husband's will on 6 February 1703 at Accomack Co, VA.6 Matilda Scarburgh and Lt. Col. John West had 6 sons and 7 daughters. In 1704 Mrs. Matilda West, widow, refused to take the usual oath, being a Quaker. She must have been considered a desirable convert, because both her father and husband had been staunch adherents of the Church of England (Whitelaw, p. 653). Matilda was named as an heir on 29 July 1707 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as my friend Mrs. Matilda West and named residual legatee and Extr.in the will of John Marvill.7 Matilda was named in her son's will on 17 January 1709 at Accomack Co, VA.8 Matilda died on 3 January 1721 at Accomack Co, VA.

Citations
1.[S19] VA Hist Society Jennings Cropper Wise, Col. John Wise, His Ancestors and Descendants.
2.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh).
3.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 510 (Anthony West Family).
4.[S573] Elmer D. West, Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia, p. 14.
5.[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 3rd Edition, p. 663 (Anthony West Family).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 34 (will of John West).
7.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 37 (will of John Marvill).
8.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 41 (will of Bennony West).

More About Matilda Scarborough:
Ethnicity/Relig.: Society of Friends (Quaker). This was ironic considering her father, Edmund Scarborough, despised Quakers and tried to persecute them on the Eastern Shore, causing many to flee northward to Maryland.
Property 1: 31 Mar 1655, Received a patent for 500 acres in Northampton Co., VA.
Property 2: 27 Mar 1656, She and her sister Tabitha were named in a patent for 3500 acres.
Property 3: 1704, Held 3600 acres in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Lt. Col. John West:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/p202.htm#i20103

John was born on 7 April 1638 at Worchester, England.2,3 John West was baptisted on 13 Apr 1638 in England (Some Descendants of Anthony West of Acc, VA). John West deposed 10 Nov 1663 that he was aged 25 years or thereabouts. On 23 Dec 1650 he had been put in possession of 1600 acres in Northampton County which included the Herle tract. He was a carpenter and shipbuilder by trade and served Accomack County as commissioner, 1662-63, justice, 1663-1703, sheriff, 1667, and as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of militia, 1655-1703. He held 5250 acres in Accomack County, 1683. A patent issued to John West, 20 Oct 1661, for 250 acres in Northampton County recites that the land was granted to Matilda Scarburgh, 31 Mar 1655, and due said West as marrying with the said Scarburgh. His widow held 3600 acres in Accomack County, 1704 (Adventurers of Purse and Person, p. 663). For more on the descendants of Lt. Col. John West and Matilda Scarburgh see "Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia," by Lucy Ames Edwards, pp. 171-176. He was a boatright. He married Matilda [13] Scarburgh (Quaker), daughter of Col. Edmund [3] Scarburgh (II) and Mary Cade or Harmer (Cade or Harmer?), circa 1658 at Accomack Co, VA.4,5 John was living circa 1676 at Accomack Co, VA. He was named as uncle John West and was to be the executor of Henry Scarborough's undated will, which was recorded 26 May 1676..6 He paid the fine for fornication on 16 December 1680 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as Frances Chambers at Col. West's. on 18 Jan 1680/81 Lt. Col. John West agreed to pay Frances Chambers' fine for fornication; ordered that he pay 500 lbs tobacco to the church wardens and court charges.7,8 He gave by deed of gift on 16 July 1682 at Accomack Co, VA. Know all persons to whom those persons may concern that I John West of the County of Accomack in Virginia do for diverse laws and consideration ensuing me thereunto and more expressly for the love and affection I bear unto Filorclare, Arobellow, John & Johnathan the sons & daughters to Mrs Frances Chambers I say for the consideration aforesaid I do give freely unto John, Johnathan, Filoclare and Arobella aforesaid three Negroes to say Lowsea and her two children named ------------ which Negroes I give unto the said John, Johnnathan, Filoclare & Arobellow with their increase(?) male and female forever to them & their Ayres: I also give unto John, Johnathan, Filorclare and Arobellow aforesaid nine cows and one Bull the markes & colors followth with their increase(?) male & female to them and their Ayres forever which Cattle was sent in November(?) to John Maruillb(?) land for them(?) only your and profit to say her heifers on blake & on black pidd(?) booth two years old two others on blak pide and on Reade pido both two years old two heifers on brown ye other black with a white polley two years of old other two heifers now all foure and black on Read and one cow Read ---- on ye left ear and over values on right all ye not marked with my proper mark and branded with the O together with one branded bull in all …. hood with them & …. I now … male & female for ever I also give confirm John, Johnathan, Filocleare and Arobellow aforesaid ton yeows & one Ram to go -obuered on ddmand to run in a joint stock with their ---- male & female to them & their heirs forever. I also give unto Filoclare, Arobellow, John & Johnathan two feather beads & --- furniture with two iron pots & one brass kettle & one small table each of them two pewter dishes & one dozen of pewter plates amongst them with pewter I will make good in six months after this date I also give unto Mrs Frances Chambers and her four children aforesaid to run in a joint stock amongst them to say one small mare colored white called Molley with her to young mares ra ---------------------- and one black mare now running on ye south side of Onancock Creek the hand my a white cafe or white fare branded HS with all the increase (?) male & female that have proceeded from her sire the used ye peare ---- or shall hereafter male or female where so ever to be found and also give them one male colored not known --- now running at or near Mrs Marshalls on ye Sea Side all with said mares, horses & colts with their increase male & female I give to them & their heirs forever to run in a joint stock & shall be divided as each child shall come to ye age of fifteen years and I do nominate and appoint my friend John Drummond at all times & times in my absence to take fair and April all ---- one of them --- that they may not have and --- or determined in their stock and --- after to wit I subscribe my hand and seal I attest ye 16th of July 1682. Signed: John West On February ye 20th 1682 Acknowledged in open court by the said John West as his Roall act and deed according to these purport and true meaning thereof Test: Jno Washbourne Clerk Recorded February ye 24th 1682 Jno Washbourne Clerk, County of Accomack.9 In 1689 Colonel John West leased an unspecified acreage for 99 years to Mrs. Frances Chambers and her children John, Jonathan, Annabella (who later married Thomas Bonnewell) and Fillechar. In later records it was called the Leased Lands and this was what John West had left in reversion to his two sons, John the Elder and Benony. (NOTE: Grantee Index to Deeds shows a lease from John West to Frances, John, Arrobella, Jonathan and Filocleare Chambers in 1702. Between 1747 and 1751 Jonathan Chambers, the only surviving child of Frances, leased over 700 acres of this land to 7 different persons and he was still living on the land in 1752.).10,11 He leased land on 20 September 1689 at tract A78, Merry Branch Plantation, Accomack Co, VA. Know all persons to whom these presents my concern that I the subscriber do hereby set to lease and farm let my plantation called Marry Branch and laying on the northwest side thereof and bounded by a line of marked trees running into the said branch, running through the middle of my Neck between Deep Creek and Chesconnessex: and from thence including all the land between that and the mill dam & branch running to the dam to a line of marked trees drawn from the said dam to my outermost line running to the head of Chesconnessex together with all the land therein contained between the said line & my ditch and the branch of Chesconnessex to Peter Prichetts bridge including 50 acres of land on the south side of the head of Chesconnessex out of the land belonging to the folly all which land aforesaid I do farm and lease to the children of Frances Chambers to say John, Johnathan, Arobelleo & Filocleare and to the lawful Ayres of the bodies for the full space & term of 99 years to commence from the day of the date thereof they yielding & paying yearly four ears of Indian corn to be paid carried and left at my now mill at Deep Creek or near the place where it now stands to pay to any there or leave the same shall be sufficient acknowledgment and paying the Kings Rents or ought due for the same and to make yours enjoy and occupy all houses, orchards, fences, fields, woods or ought else standing or erected thereon without trouble, molestation or let from any person or persons whatever that may proceed from, by or under my heirs, Executors or Administers: and farther I the mother Mrs. Frances Chambers is full power & authority to live, dwell and make use of the above said land during her natural life for her better support to say so much as she may have occasion for not abridging her children or any of them as they shall attain to age to make use of their proportionable parts thereof and for the better security & quiet and peaceful possession thereof I bind my heirs, Executors or Administers in the full sum of 40,000 pounds of tobacco & cask to be paid unto all or any of the above named persons by any of my heirs, Executors or Administers that shall dare or presume to molest or trouble the quiet and peaceable possession of the above named Frances Chambers and her children John, Johnanthan, Arobelo & Fileocleare or either of them during the time and space aforesaid. In witness of the premises & confirmation thereof I here unto set my hand & seal the 20th of September 1689. Signed, Sealed & Acknowledged by John West as ye act & deed of the subscriber before us Jos. Robinson, Aert Donis & John Drumond. The within lease delivered unto Court February 3rd 1702 by Mr. Robt. Norton according to an order of Court upon a Bill in Chancery Exhibited against him the said Norton by Jonathan Chambers, Thomas Bonewell & Arrobella his wife and at the request of the plaintiffs ordered to be recorded. Teste: Jno. Washburne, Clerk of Court. Recorded February 13th 1702 by me Jno. Washburne Clerk of Court, Accomack. (NOTE: The first mention of Frances Chambers was omitted from the typed version.).11,12 He made a will on 6 February 1703 at Accomack Co, VA. To son Anthony land at Nandua - Elizabeth is wife of Anthony. Grandson John, son of Anthony. To grandduaghters Matilda, Mary Scarburgh and Jean West, daughters of my son Anthony, the Ridge land without the Neck where Anthony now lives. To son Alexander plantation at Mossongo formerly known by the name of old Brookes land. To 4 youngest daughters Catherine, Mary, Ann and Scarburgh West (all under age 16). To eldest son John and son Benony land at Deep Creek; should both die without issue Benony's part to go to Alexander's eldest son and John's part to my son Jonathan. To son Jonathan land at Chicconessick Creek. To son John land at Pungoteague. To 5 daughters Catherine, Mary, Ann, Scarburgh and Matilda land at Deep Creek. To daughter Sarah Robinson, wife of Capt. Tully Robinson, plantation at Onancock called ye Folly, containing 600 acres for life and then to her 5 children, West, Elizabeth, Scarburgh, Sarah and Susanna. To daughter Frances Kellam land given her by deed. To Sarum, son of my daughter Frances, cattle, personalty. To John, the son of Sarah Glanning, dec'd, 100 acres at Gingoteague. To youngest son John West. To sons John West the younger and John West the elder. Wife Matilda Exec. and after her dec'd I appoint my son Jonathan Exr. Son-in-law Capt. Tully Robinson to assist my wife. To grandson Anthony, son of John West. To grandson John, the eldest son of my daughter Matilda Wise 100 acres. Witt: William Wise, John Wise Jr., Tabitha Hill, Geo: Nich: Hack, Patrick Morgan and Robert Hutchinson..13 John died on 27 May 1703 at Nandua, Acc Co, VA, at age 65.14,5 John's will was probated on 4 August 1703 at Accomack Co, VA.13

Citations
1.[S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 510 (Anthony West Family).
2.[S573] Elmer D. West, Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia.
3.[S966] Cynthia McDaniel, to M.K. Miles.
4.[S573] Elmer D. West, Some Descendants of Anthony West of Accomack, Virginia, p. 14.
5.[S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 3rd Edition, p. 663 (Anthony West Family).
6.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 8 (will of Henry Scarborough).
7.[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 133 (18 Jan 1680/81 Court).
8.[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 124 (16 Dec 1680 Court).
9.[S93] Accomack County, VA, Wills & Deeds, 1676-90, p. 327 (deed of gift from John West to children of Frances Chambers).
10.[S2301] Virginia Accomack County, Grantee Index to Deeds, 1663-1799, Book 1692-1715, part 2, p. 14.
11.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 956 (Col. John West's 99 year lease Mrs. Frances Chambers).
12.[S2272] Accomack Co, VA, Wills & c., 1692-1715, Part 2, p. 14 of typed version & p. 300a of original version (99 year land lease from John West to the children of Frances Chambers).
13.[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 33 (will of John West).
14.[S20] Lucy Ames Edwards, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia.
15.[S701] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1678-1682, Volume 6, p. 133 (18 Jan 1680/81 Court, Col. John West paid the fine for Frances Chambers who was presented for fornication).

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The following article copied and pasted from the Internet summarizes the early history and ownership of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay by my West and Scarborough ancestors, also ancestors of my stepdad, Nelson Cornell Watkins, Jr.:

http://www.intercom.net/user/goldmar/tangier/

In the summer of 1608 John Smith started out on an exploration trip of the Chesapeake Bay. He traveled from Cape Charles and went up the bay to the Potomac River and went up as far as present day Washington D. C. and back down to Jamestown. It was actually two trips for at one point he was very badly hurt by a stingray and had to return to Jamestown to be treated. It was during these two voyages, while looking for fresh water that he came across a group of islands in the middle of the bay. He named them the "Russell Isles," for a Doctor Russell who was then on board ship with him.
This group is today what is known as Smith's, Tangier and Watts Islands. Tangier Island is about 6 miles below the Maryland-Virginia State line and at one point all the islands below the state line were known as the "Tangier Islands" in Virginia's records. These, among others, included Shanks, Old Walnut Island, Piney Island, Queen's Ridge, Horse Hummock, South Point, and Hog Neck. The latter three being attached to the lower part of Smith's Island in Maryland. The "s" was probably lost sometime after 1880 when erosion took its toll on these islands and the inhabitants moved to Crisfield MD, Onancock VA or Tangier Island itself.

At that time what we now know as Tangier Island consisted of six ridges or long narrow areas of land rising slightly above the marsh of which three are inhabited today. Main Ridge is today the center of town. The old church was in the same location as the present one on the northern end of this ridge and the land south of it was called "The Field." At one time it was planted with corn. Canton is the ridge just to the east of Main Ridge and is connected by a bridge. It was on this ridge the first settlement was made and for a while was more populated that Main Ridge. It is generally believed that the homes of the early fishermen were here while the other ridges were used for farming. West Ridge is about a mile long. In recent times a sea wall was erected and it has a small airport or airpark on it.

Oyster Creek Ridge or what remains of this has long been abandoned. Joshua Thomas' son, John ran the first store on the island here. Canaan or "The Up'ards" is about a mile and a half above the others and although at one time it was connected to Main Ridge by a roadway it became unreachable by land around 1923 and has not been inhabited since 1928. East Point Ridge was a very small ridge to the northeast of Canton. It was abandoned in approximately 1905, shortly after the houses on it burned.

In 1670 Ambrose White received a patent for 400 acres called an Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The next year White assigned his patent to Charles (Scarburgh) and John West. In 1673 William Walton was granted 400 acres on the western island which was formerly patented by White. There is a similar entry in the patent book three years later but Scarburgh and West were the recipients instead of Walton and in 1678 a formal patent was issued to both of them. Charles Scarburgh left his interest to his wife Elizabeth in 1702 and John West's interest went to his eldest son a year later. In 1713 two patents were granted to Elizabeth Scarburgh and Anthony West for Tangier Islands. One was for 900 acres which included the original 400 acres and 500 acres more found within its bounds. The other grant was for 170 acres of new land south of Tangier called "Sandy Beach Island" which was probably the hook shaped part that is now attached to the main of the island. This was the first time Tangier Islands was named in the records. Although Elizabeth Scarburgh left her interest to her daughters, some how the title went to her oldest son, Bennett. It then passed to Henry Scarburgh and then to a Charles Scarburgh. In 1762 Charles Scarburgh confirmed an undeeded sale of his half to Colonel Thomas Hall. The next year Hall sold this to William Andrews as 475 acres.

Tradition states that Tangier was first settled by a John Crockett and his eight sons in 1686, who had come to the island to tend cattle, but nothing has been found to verify this. The first Crockett of record on Tangier was Joseph, the son of Sampson and the grandson of John Tyler of Smith's Island MD. It was this Joseph who bought 475 acres of the Andrews land in 1778. It does not seem likely that Joseph tended cattle at all for he was left a inheritance by his grandfather John Tyler, was bound to his uncle Thomas Tyler to be a weaver and learn his numbers, lived on Smith's Island MD with his uncle until about 1744, was made constable of "Tangier Islands" in 1763 and was given all of "South Point" by John Fish in his will of 4 April 1765. It was not likely that a man of some means would be tending cattle. By 1799 the West part of the patent had descended down to a John West who in this year left his interest to his son Anthony, who was to complete an unrecorded deed for 100 acres to Joseph's son John and the remainder was to be sold. Joshua Thomas, who was raised on Smith's Island, living with his cousin David Tyler there and had married Rachel Evans, the daughter of Richard, bought 75 acres of it.
The 1800 census of Accomack County showed that there were 79 people on the "Tangier Islands," most of which were Crocketts or descendants of Crocketts. Farming was their chief occupation. By 1880 the population was 589 and by 1900 there were 1064 inhabitants. The population increased slowly between 1800 and 1850, and then rapidly until 1900.

In 1805 an event happened that had a great impact on the life on Tangier, the Chesapeake Bay and Joshua Thomas in general. The number of Methodist followers had been growing since the close of the Revolutionary War and Joshua Thomas was hired to carry some people to a Methodist camp meeting on Pungoteague Creek. While there, he heard Lorenzo Dow, a very powerful preacher speak and he along with others were converted. On arriving home he arranged for a meeting to be called. And, so, the Methodist Church was established on Tangier. The small Methodist society, led by Thomas until he moved to Deal's Island MD met in homes until 1835 when the first church was built. A list of members in 1825 includes: Henry Crockett and Sally Crockett, Priscilla Crockett, a widow, Zachariah and Polly Crockett, Daniel and Esther Dise, Rhoda Parks, Babel and Nancy Paul, George and Leah Pruitt, John and Elizabeth Thomas, and John and Anna Thomas. The church grew and prospered and in 1856 the first Sunday school was established by Henry Crockett and Kathryn Sturgis; children and adults attended.
The War of 1812 did not have much effect on Tangier Island until 1813 when the British extended their excursions up the Chesapeake Bay. By March of that year the British had traveled up the Bay for about 180 miles. shortly after, they arrived on Tangier Island. They had set up a number of water wells on the beach and built several houses. They threw up breastworks and mounted a cannon on the south end of the island adjacent to Joshua Thomas' camp meeting grove and also had plans to erect a hospital when summer came. At one point, about 1200 British soldiers must have been on the island. In Summer of 1813, the British disembarked for their attack on Baltimore from Tangier Island. The commanding officer asked Joshua Thomas to speak before they left and his sermon warned of defeat.

There have been four epidemics on Tangier. First, in 1866, came Asian cholera. Along with this epidemic came a religious revival with repenting and praying when the people started to die. Bodies were quickly buried, many of them in their front yard and without stones, for there was as many as five adults dying at a time. Both the Death Records of Accomack County and the dates on the graves with stones show that the island was hardest hit in the month of October. In the early 1870's there was both tuberculosis and a measles epidemic and in the 1880's there was smallpox.

Besides sickness, the weather can be and was harsh at times. There have been many tropical storms and hurricanes to hit the island. One such storm in 1821 "The September Gust" swept over the island leaving great destruction. The winters can also be especially hard. Almost once a year the Bay freezes making travel to the mainland impossible for a few days and at least once a century the freeze is so great that people walked on the ice to get supplies. Today supplies are flown in.

With the advent of the seafood market in the 1840's the Chesapeake Bay became alive with sailing ships that carried oysters and later crabs to major cities such as Baltimore and New York. The people gradually stopped harvesting the land and harvested the waters. With the coming of the railroad to Crisfield MD, their water crop could be shipped farther and oystering and crabbing became their main livelihood. Tangier Island today is a mixture of old and new. The people still follow the water, and along with Smith's Island MD and other bayside communities, supply a great amount of the nation's seafood. The majority of the people still follow the Methodist Religion that Joshua Thomas brought to the Island in 1805. And, today, like in 1800 the population is mainly Crocketts and descendants of Crocketts.

Document by; Gail M. Walczyk, Peter's Row, 27 Thomas St., Coram, NY 11727

More About Lt. Col. John West:
Appointed/Elected: Was a commissioner of Accomack County (1662-63); justice (1663-1703); sheriff in 1667; captain, major, and lieutenant colonel of militia (1655-1703).
Occupation: Carpenter and shipbuilder by trade.
Probate: 03 Aug 1703, Accomack Co., VA
Property 1: 23 Dec 1650, Was put in possession of 1600 acres in Northampton Co., VA.
Property 2: 1683, Held 5250 acres in Accomack Co., VA.
Will: 03 Feb 1703, Accomack Co., VA

158 v. Lt. Col. Edmund Scarborough III, born Abt. 1647 in Accomack Co., VA; died Aft. 1704 in Accomack Co., VA; married (1) Ursula Whittington Bef. 1675; married (2) Elizabeth Aft. 1675.

318. Capt. William Whittington, born Abt. 1616 in England?; died 28 Sep 1659 in Graft, North Holland, The Netherlands. He married 319. Susan ?.
319. Susan ?

Notes for Capt. William Whittington:
The following has been copied and pasted from the website http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whittington/d0/i0001145.htm

1. WILLIAM1 WHITTINGTON (CAPT.), son of WHITTINGTON, (#1145) was born in England about 1616. WILLIAM died before January 1, 1660 in Northampton Co VA.

He married three times. He married SUSAN before 1647. (SUSAN is #1146.) He married MARY before 1654. (MARY is #1147.) He married ELIZABETH WESTON before 1659. (ELIZABETH WESTON is #1148.) William was in Northampton Co VA 1640, where he was a Lieutenant and Captain of the militia and member of the Court. He moved to Somerset Co. MD after 1650. His unborn child was Elizabeth. His third wife, Elizabeth Weston, married Capt. William Spencer after his death. Much has been written of Captain Whittington, his life and contributions to the eastern shore and will not be repeated. (ref: Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset; Meyer & Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person, Woodrow T. Wilson, 34 Families of Old Somerset) William was probably related in some way to Andrew Whittington, also one of the first settlers of Somerset Co. MD. Andrew Whittington's daughters, Elizabeth & Ursula married into the Scarburgh and King families, and their descendants will find their way to connect to descendants of Captain William Whittington. William's parentage is unknown but he probably descends from the Whittingtons of County Gloucester and may be related in some way to the early settlers by that name in Talbot and Calvert Counties, MD. (Kelly Avant; Winona Pfander, "The Whittington-Brown Family History."

About the Whittington Family Journal: This journal is a compilation of information provided by several Ghotes. Many, many thanks to them all for contributing to this joint project. It is posted here that others pursuing the Whittingtons might find the help they need. Where possible, female lines have been extended for a couple generations to aid in tracing to the Whittington family. You are reminded of the Ghotes disclaimer; this is merely an aid.

Care has been used in piecing together the various research submitted by several persons. Information which appeared to relate to 'other' Whittington families was not included (There were other Whittingtons in Talbot, Queen Anne & Calvert Counties, MD.). Data and dates from "Wilkinson & Kindred Families of Shelby Mississippi" by M. M. Wilkinson, in particular, shows the descendants of Elizabeth Whittington, daughter of Joshua Whittington & Elizabeth Nairn, who married a John Whittington and traces their descendants to Mississippi. This John Whittington is apparently from a different Whittington family and he could not have married the daughter of Joshua & Elizabeth Nairn Whittington, by dates (she would not have even been born).

Due to its size, this journal should be considered a 'draft'. Additions and corrections are encouraged. The journal will be updated later.

If you are researching the Whittingtons or related families, consider this journal an aid, not an absolute. Particularly the surnames Bayly and White (both troublesome) are still (and may always be) murky.

Where the Whittington family links to other journals or lineages posted at this site, the project is cross-referenced, so you may continue your journey. Where this project and Mr. Wise's "The Littleton Heritage" mesh, this journal has been cross-referenced to this book in order that folks may follow continuing generations.

Journal last updated December, 1998

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON (Capt.) and SUSAN had the following child:

+ 2 i. URSULA2 WHITTINGTON.

WILLIAM WHITTINGTON (Capt.) and ELIZABETH WESTON had the following children:

+ 3 ii. WILLIAM WHITTINGTON was born about 1650.

4 iii. ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON (#1149) was born October, 1659. (Dan Trimble; Kelly Avant)

http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Soc/soc.genealogy.medieval/2006-04/msg00666.html

Re: Captain William Whittington of Virginia

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From: judith.taylor@xxxxxxxxx (Judith Taylor)
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 21:28:33 +0000 (UTC)

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Will Johnson wrote:

If you could post the proof text that would be great.

Gladly. This is not exactly medieval, and I should stress that I'm more
interested in tracing this William's origins than anything else, but here is
the text you ask for.

The memorial stone to "Cappeteyn Willem Wittinton" in Graft, Holland reads
as follows: "Hier leyt Begrave Cappeteyn Willem Wittinton uyt de Verginjes
sterf den 28 september 1659" (Here lies buried W.W. from Virginia who died
28 September 1659).

From burial records we know the grave's owners in the period 1652-1693 to be
an Abraham Janszoon "Bestevaer" and his son Jacob, and there are several
family members buried there. Other records in Holland, which I have not
consulted personally, show this same Abraham Janszoon Bestevaer to be a
prominent local merchant and link him with the tobacco trade. This led local
historians to suppose that "Wittinton" was perhaps a ship's captain who
transported tobacco from Virginia to Holland and that he died here after
such a voyage.

Captain William Whittington of Virginia was not a ship's captain though.
According to Northampton, VA county records he was a captain in the militia,
as well as a landowner, tobacco planter, attorney, and commissioner.
Evidence for the fact that this is one and the same person comes in a will
made in 1659 in which he refers to his upcoming voyage to Holland. This is
in Northampton County records.

"In the Name of God Amen Whereas I Capt Wm Whittington of ye County of
Northampton in Virginia am intended by Gods Assistance to take a Voyage very
shortly for Holland & not Knowing how it Shall please God to dispose of me I
do therefore make & ordain this my last Will & Testment ... All my Land I
have in Virginia I give unto my loving son Wm Whittington excepting three
hundred Acres of Land upon ye Branch lying where Mr Edw: Gunter liveth ... &
all ye Land yt I have lying & being in ye province of Maryland I give &
bequeath unto ye Child [torn] Wife now goeth wthall be it Boy or Girl and as
for the three hundred before excepted.I give & bequeath unto my loving
Daughter Ursula Whittington...Also I give unto ye Use of a free School If it
go forward in Northampton Cunty two thousand pounds of Tobacco & as for all
ye rest of my Estate wheresoever it is or Shall be found I give & bequeath
it unto my welbeloved Wife Mrs Ursulie Whittington & ye Child that my Wife
now goetheth with ...Witness my hand & Seal this 4th day of May 1659 Wm
Whittington" (Mackay, H. and Perry, C.M., Northampton County Virginia
Record Book - Deeds, Wills &C Volume 7 1657-1666, Picton Press, Maine)

There is no burial record for Captain William Whittington in Northampton
County records. There is, though a record of the marriage of his widow, Mrs
Eliza Whittington, to a Mr William Spencer, on 14 June 1660, and there is a
notarised statement by "Elizabeth Spencer ye former Wife of Capn William
Whittington deceased" dated 31 December 1660.

To further support this connection, there are a number of references to an
Abraham and John Johnson "bestevare" and to other traders from Graft,
Holland in the Northampton County records. I'm still going through these,
but include a couple here:

"Teste Wm Whittington, Cornelius Corneliuson Be it known unto all men by
these presents that I Skipper Abrham Johnson of Graft in Holland have made
ordained, deputed, and in my stead and place and constituted my truly friend
Skipper John Johnson bestevare, to be my lawful attorney for me..In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal dated in Amsterdam the seventh
of September anno dem 1651[snip]"

"Teste Wm Whittington, Cornelius Coreliuson Recorded vicesimo secundo
December 1652 per me Edm. Mathews cur clk. Be it known unto all men by these
presents that I Syvert Derrickson of Graft in Holland late steersman in the
good ship called the "Honey Barrell" have mae, ordained, deputed and in my
stead and place put and constituted Skipper John Johnson bestevar of Graft
to be my true and lawful attorney.[snip]"

These records clearly support the belief that Captain William Whittington of
the Virginia militia, and Cappeteyn Willem Wittinton who is buried in Graft,
are one and the same, although we can do no more than speculate why he was
visiting Graft and how he came to be buried there.

Now, is anyone researching the Whittingtons of Pauntley, Groucestershire and
can you point me in the direction of any sources that might prove/disprove a
connection?

Thanks,
Judith (in Holland)

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http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p202.htm#i20121

Last Edited 15 Mar 2015

Birth* circa 1616 William was born circa 1616.1
Marriage* circa 1640 He married Elizabeth Weston circa 1640.2
Anecdote* before 1647 Capt. William Whittington emigrated into N'hamp Co, VA before 1647.3
Oath to England* 25 March 1651 Capt. William Whittington took the oath of allegiance to hereby engage and promise to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords on 25 March 1651 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as William Whittington.4
Biography* Whitelaw, in discussing the ownership of A54 (pg 806-7) states that in "1654 William Whittington was made "Feoffee in trust and Guardyan to the Estate of Charles the Eldest sonne of Leiftenant Collonel Edmund Scarburgh." Among the assets at the time were "9 Hogsheads of Tobacco received for the Sale of a Tract of Land" (part of A37); nothing more was found recorded about Whittington as acting in that capacity and apparently the colonel soon took over full management of his son's affairs. Just when the event took place was not determined, but Charles married Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Bennett who was governor of the colony during the Commonwealth administration, and she survived him." This gives further creedence to believe that Captain William Whittington's daughter, Ursula, was the first wife of Captain Edmund Scarburgh Jr., Charles' younger brother.
Will* 4 May 1659 William made a will on 4 May 1659 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as Capt. William Whittingtoh. Intending to take a voyage to Holland. To my son William Whittington all my land in Virginia (excepting 300 A. on a branch near where Edward Gunter and Richard Clark live, according to my patent). To the child (boy or girl) my wife goes with, all my land in the Province of Maryland. To my dau. Urselie Whittington the 300 A. (excepted as aforesaid out of my Virginia lands). To my servant Jane Beaman 2 cows. To Argoll Yeardly one mare foal. For the use of a free school in Northampton County 2000#t. Resid. legatees my beloved wife Elizabeth Whittington, my son William, my dau. Urselie, and the child my wife goes with to be eq. div., but to remain in my wife's possession until children come to age if she remains my widow. If my wife marries then my friends William Waters and John Penewell to care for my children's estates, and my wife to have no benefit of my land save only that which I bought of William Taylor where she now dwells which she is to have for life. Wife extrx. Witt: William Melling, John (J) Turner, Margaret Neale.(Notes by Jim Marshall: Elizabeth the widow of (Capt.) William Whittington married (Capt.) William Spencer, and the name of the unborn child is perhaps Elizabeth. Francis Whittington is the brother of William Garwood.2
Death* 28 September 1659 William died on 28 September 1659 at Netherlands.
Burial* 2 October 1659 William was buried on 2 October 1659.
Will - Recorded* 1 January 1659/60 William's will was recorded on 1 January 1659/60 at Northampton Co, VA.2

Family
Elizabeth Weston b. c 1620
Marriage* circa 1640 He married Elizabeth Weston circa 1640.2
Children 1. Col. William Whittington (Burgess)+ b. c 1642, d. b 11 Apr 1720
2. Ursula Whittington+ b. c 1650, d. c 1681
3. Elizabeth Whittington b. Sep 1659

Citations
1.[S496] Barbara Massey Horsman, Massey Family of Worcester County, Maryland.
2.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 60 (will of Capt. William Whittington, wife Elizabeth).
3.[S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties).
4.[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 34 (Oath to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England).


Child of William Whittington and Susan ? is:
159 i. Ursula Whittington, married Lt. Col. Edmund Scarborough III Bef. 1675.

448. John Kendall He was the son of 896. Richard Kendall. He married 449. Anne Pleasance.
449. Anne Pleasance She was the daughter of 898. Robert Pleasance.

More About John Kendall:
Occupation: Tailor

Children of John Kendall and Anne Pleasance are:
i. Philip Kendall

More About Philip Kendall:
Occupation: Blacksmith

ii. John Kendall

More About John Kendall:
Occupation: Laborer

224 iii. Col. William Kendall, born Abt. 1621 in Brinton, County Norfolk, England; died Abt. 1686 in Northampton County, Virginia USA (Eastern Shore); married (1) Ruth ? 29 Feb 1644 in Bradwell Parish, England; married (2) Susanna Baker Dec 1658; married (3) Sarah Custis 06 Jun 1684 in Northampton Co., VA.

450. John Baker?, born Abt. 1600 in England?; died Abt. 1655 in Northampton County, Virginia USA (Eastern Shore)?.

Notes for John Baker?:

Bakers of the Eastern Shore of
Virginia and Maryland
http://baker.canavancentral.com/

By
Vaughn Hale Baker, Published 2002

The following is a passion of love taking me almost thirty years. Our first Baker ancestor was located on the tip of the Eastern Shore in 1623 on property once known as "Dales Gift". I took ten years just to research Sir Thomas Dale of Dale's Gift in hopes of discovering more information on our Bakers. This is dedicated to my two loving daughters, their wonderful husbands, and their children, my grandchildren.


Our ancestor, John Baker, came to Virginia on the "Ann" in 1623 and he was a replacement at the Virginia Company plantation at the tip of the Eastern Shore. Two others with him on the ship were also replacements, three of ten replacements to replace the ten men who had died before them, as they had suffered fifty percent mortality at the company plantation since the first men had arrived some eighteen months before. The company plantation was located on Old Plantation Creek on land that once had belonged to Governor Thomas Dale in compensation for the time and effort he had given the Virginia Company from 1611 to 1616 before he returned to England with the Indian princess, Pocahontas.
DALES GIFT was the name of the stockaded community established on the Eastern shore and the smallest of the first six settlements established in 1614 by Sir Thomas Dale, the Marshall of Virginia. The men sent here here in 1614 were primarily responsible to report any Spanish ships entering the Chesapeake Bay, but also responsible for providing fish to the colony as well as "boiled salt" from ocean water. On a trip to London in June of 1616 with Sir Thomas Dale, John Rolfe described the Eastern Shore settlement as "Dales Gift". "Dales Gift" was thought to be a gift to the wife of Sir Thomas Dale, Lady Elizabeth Throckmorton Dale (D1640), whose brother and cousins established the famous BERKELEY PLANTATION across the James River from other property that Governor Thomas Dale had been assigned by the Virginia Company. Dale's other land was on the upper James River at City Point. It is unclear if Lady Dale ever visited her property on the Eastern Shore. Her estate was settled in England in 1641 at Westminster, Middlesex by William Shrimpton and Eastern Shore resident Richard Hamby. Hamby had sailed to Virginia in 1635 aboard the ASSURANCE with Hangate Baker.
John Baker was an indentured servant contracted to work for the Virginia Company and listed in the 1624 Eastern Shore muster of Captain William Eppes, the military commander of the Eastern Shore. Baker was one of only seventy colonial settlers in that census, and the 1625 census would record only about fifty settlers, twenty less than the previous year, many having been victims of the "Virginia disease". Even though the death rate was high on the Eastern Shore, near Jamestown, the death rate was much higher and the differential was one reason there were discussions to relocate the capitol of the colony to the Eastern Shore.

In May of 1619, the Virginia Company, a public stock company, agreed to find and send a contingent of ninety strong and healthy men to Virginia. At the same time, the decision was made to put a detachment of company men at the tip of the Eastern Shore and their mission was to provide an early warning detection against a Spanish invasion, while providing fish and salt to the colony by "boiling" salt from sea water.

After some administrative delays, at the age of nineteen, Baker sailed to Virginia on the "Ann". Sailing with Baker and joining him in the Eppes muster were Thomas Warden (B1599) and Edward Rogers (B1597). These two, plus fellow muster mate, William Mumms, would appear together on the upper James River with John Baker a decade later.

Commander William Eppes was from Ashford in Kent, England, the same town where the father of Sir Thomas Smythe retired. Smythe was the Treasurer and in effect, the chief executive officer of the Virginia Company.

In the census of 1624, John Baker was listed indentured to Captain William Eppes, along with twelve others, in this case they were indentured employees of the Virginia Company, and they lived near the tip of the Eastern Shore at what was known as DALES GIFT. In the 1624 muster, there were registered only 19 buildings in the entire "Eastern Shore" colony, and Eppes was at the palisades fort on Old Plantation Creek with two dwelling houses, 3 store houses, 2 shallops, and one boat with oars listed for his own muster of 25 people. Eppes' wife Margaret had sailed to Virginia in 1621 aboard the GEORGE. In the census of 1624, Margaret Eppes and brother Peter Eppes were both living with Captain Eppes.

Captain William Eppes and the rest of his crew, including John Baker and William Mumms, were registered again in the census of 1625, but the total population had declined from 70 to roughly 51 people in that twelve months. Can you imagine the isolation in those first years? The average settler only had two sets of clothing; there were no stores to buy food or merchandise, no emergency facilities!

The following year, on February 3, 1626, Captain William Eppes made claim to Sir George Yeardley for 450 acres on the "Easterne Shoare of the Bay of Chesepeiacke, nere unto the plantation of Accomacke on the mouth of Kings Creek" for the transport of nine men: including John Baker (Barker), Edward Rogers, and Thomas Warden who all arrived on the "Ann" in 1623 and served under Eppes in the colonial muster on Old Plantation Creek. This was for Eppes' own plantation, which sat on King's Creek and backed onto Old Plantation Creek. In this land patent request, "John Baker" would be referred to as "John Barker" beginning a three-generation period where the Bakers were alternatively referred to as Barker.

Captain William Eppe's assignment to the Eastern Shore came after he was appointed commander of Smythe's Hundred Plantation near Jamestown but the hotheaded Eppes was reassigned after he had killed one of his own men. Eppes was sailing down the James River to Smythe's Hundred in a storm when his man grounded their ship, and Eppes belted the man over the head with his sword still in the scabbard, cleaving open his skull. In 1628, Eppes had again created some more problems when he sent Lieutenant Thomas Savage head over heels in a fist fight. Savage was well liked and respected as he was the first white man to live on the shore and had been sent earlier in his career by Sir Thomas Dale to live among the Indians and learn their language and customs. Visit the Eppes page

Captain Eppes was replaced as commander in 1628 by Captain Thomas Graves, who had replaced him once before at Smythe's Hundred. Eppes was reassigned to Saint Christopher's Island, where in 1630 he sat upon the governing council. Rum and sugar plantations were beginning to ship product back to England and becoming successful, and buccaneers were attracted to the Caribbean.

He returned in 1630 to Ashford in Kent. On July 18, 1633, Captain William Eppes wrote to "Lovinge friend William Stone now by ... bound in the goos ship "Loyalte" of London to the Eastern Shor of Chisapond Bay to seize and re-enter all my said land". Captain William Eppes was involved in another legal problem in England in 1639 and was planning to leave England but died by 1640.

Captain Thomas Graves was born in England in 1617 and raised his children in Old Abingdon Parish. His daughter Verlinda married Eppes's friend Captain William Stone and they lived on "Old Mans Neck" on nearby Hungars Creek for almost twenty years. The other daughter, Ann, married Reverend William Cotton who patented 350 acres and lived across the creek from brother-in-law William Stone. Graves other daughter, Katherine, married William Roper whose first wife we believe was the sister of Captain William Eppes.

William Stone patented 1,800 acres in Northampton on June 4, 1635 between Hungars Creek and Mattamone, west on the bayside, with his brother Andrew Stone and 34 persons including Matthew Scarborough and Thomas Smith. William Stone was from Northamptonshire, England and came to the Eastern Shore in 1628 where he was the first sheriff of Northampton in 1632. In 1633 Stone rented one of Eppes properties for £300 of tobacco. Stone managed Eppes land for over ten years and lived in Northampton County. An interesting note is that Captain William Eppes's wife Margaret Eppes sailed to Virginia in 1621 on the GEORGE with John Stone, Governor William Stone's father. In 1648, Stone was selected by Oliver Cromwell to become the third Governor of Maryland and owned 5,250 acres.

Roots in Kent, England?
It appeared to us that the three muster mates; Baker, and Warden all had similiar roots and ties to the Eppes family in Ashford and New Romney, Kent. Mumms was also a name we found in the New Romney region of Kent. A John Baker of Brookland married Joanne Eppes (D1580). In 1580, William Eppes, uncle of Captain William Eppes mentioned names of tenants on his property and they were John Baker of BROOKLAND, John Stringer, John Robyns of Lydd, as well as John Wilcock and Edward Fowle... all family names appearing in Northampton, Virginia!

Then in the 1630s, to add fuel to that idea, John Baker reappeared near City Point on the James River as a headright of Francis Eppes, younger brother of William Eppes. Thomas Warden was also listed in the 1633 land patent of Colonel Francis Eppes, and by 1636 Edward Rodgers/Rogers was also living on land that had once belonged to Thomas Jordan near City Point at present day Hopewell. Later Col. Gerrard Fowke of Lynnhaven assigned Edward Rogers 600 acres on October 14, 1665 on the south side of the Potomac, and Fowke claimed a headright for Elizabeth Baker in 1664 on this Potomac property. John Barker and John Fowke were listed as business partners in 1627 with Matthew Craddock.

William Mumms
William Mumms (1600-1657) came to Virginia on the SAMPSON in 1619 with three more men who served with him in the Eastern Shore muster; Henry Wilson, Nicholas Sumerfield (B1610), and James Blackborne (B1604). Mumms' daughter would marry John Baker's son and establish the union from which this writer descends. In 1639, a land patent by Richard Johnson at the "Neck of Land" adjacent to City Point for 350 acres included head rights for William Mumms. John Baker's land was also near "Neck of Land" on the upper James River. The Mumms name did not appear on the Eastern Shore again until 1643, which means that this was probably the approximate date William Mumms returned to Northampton County. During the 1630s, at least four of the men from the Eastern Shore muster of William Eppes were neighbors of his younger brother, Francis Eppes, commander of the upper James River.

John Baker - The Upper James River
John Baker reappeared on the upper James River, which at that time was another Virginia Company outpost commanded by the younger brother of Captain William Eppes, Francis Eppes. There was an attempt beginning after 1626 to claim the upper James given up after the 1624 massacre, and this became a serious effort early in the 1630s. Land records of the upper James River in 1626 reveal some interesting developments: William Craddock, the 1614 military commander of the Eastern Shore, was now living on the upper James River near City Point as was Henry Bagwell who later became a key official in the development of Northampton County. John Baker would marry the daughter of resident and Burgess Captain Thomas Palmer, and later the daughter of another resident and Burgess, Sergeant John Harris.

Above City Point but below the falls on the James River were other Eppes muster residents Richard Bolton and John Blower who both became Northampton landowners. It would seem that some of the men assigned to the "Secretary's Land" on the Eastern Shore were reassigned to the upper James sometime in the 1630s.

We found John Baker near the confluence of the Appomattox and James Rivers in present day Hopewell, City Point.

In 1633, the younger brother of William Eppes, Colonel Francis Eppes, was the commander of the upper James River and in 1635 he patented 1,700 acres of land on the south side of the Appomattox River in "Charles Citte" in Shirley Hundred listing "Jon Baker" as a headright of Francis Eppes. Eppes received this land as head rights for his three sons and thirty servants he claimed to transport to Virginia. This land was adjacent to land owned by Lady Dale, widow of Sir Thomas Dale.
This is an abstract of the Francis Eppes patent:
Captain Francis Eppes, 1700 acres in the county of Charles on August 26, 1635, east upon (Thomas) Bayly his creek, south into the maine land, west upon Cason his creek, up Appamattuck River, north upon the maine river. Fifty acres for his personal adventure and 1650 acres for transport of three sons; and thirty servants: The 1700 acres was granted on August 26, 1635 by Captain John West for Francis Eppes, his three sons Jonathan, Francis, and Thomas Eppes, and thirty servants; Jonathan Long, Jonathan Baker, Thomas Warden, Jonathan Joyce, Thomas Jones, Thomas Cropp, Richard Stayle, Richard Huett, George Addams, Sarah Hickmore, Thomas Pattison, Anthony Box, Jonathan Ellison, Barthomolew Swinborne, Silvester Atkins, Robert Fosset, James Rowland, Ann Turner, George Archer, Hugh James, Jonathan Nowells, Richard Litchfield, Edward Ames, Susan Mills, James Long Bashaw, Juliana, Andrea, Maydelina, Cessent. Of these John Baker and George Archer became major landowners.
Francis Eppes patented land adjoined Nathaniel Tatum in 1635 next to "land owned by John Baker on the Appomattox River" at the confluence of the Appomattox and James Rivers. This implies Baker was well established by 1635, and the head right of Francis Eppes may have implied a return trip to England to return with his wife. This was the same muster as that of John and Dorothy Harris, parents of John Baker's third wife.
By 1635, we know that John Baker was established on the Appomattox River on property that was periodically used as a reference point to describe neighboring property. The majority of Baker's land (550 acres) was rewarded on January 2, 1633 for transporting eight people to Virginia, and this included a Hugh Baker. By 1637, he had have made formal claim for land totaling almost 950 acres. He made claim on January 2, 1633 for 550 acres and again in November 20, 1637 in Charles City County for and additional 150 acres: 50 acres for right of wife Priscilla Palmer, 50 acres gift from his mother in law Joan Palmer, 50 acres for his own adventure, 50 acres for the personal adventure of late wife Alyce Baker, 50 acres for now wife Dorothy (Harris) and 400 acres for 8 persons; Katherine Henborne, Michael Tibbs, Robert Squire, Jonathan Clason, Anthony Lee, Jervis Dick, Alice Drewrye, Hugh Baker.
John Baker, 650 acres in Charles City County, on November 20, 1637, 150 acres east upon Causons field Creek, north upon Appamattock River, towards the Citty Creek, west and south into the maine woods, 500 acres east upon said river, north upon a reach of the same, west into the woods, and south up along the Citty Creek....
We could find little information on the people that John Baker subsequently claimed as head rights: Jervis Dick we found in a Charles County deposition in 1653, a Richard Squyre was the great uncle of a John Baker, Anthony Lee was born 1614 and came on the ASSURANCE in 1635 along with John Baker (B1613), Hangate Baker (B1613), Margerie Baker (B1596), Lawrence Baker (B1609), and Elizabeth Baker (B1615). Hangate Baker continued to reappear near descendants of John Baker.

In 1639, we also found a land patent in Henrico at the "Neck of Land" near John Baker by Richard Johnson for 350 acres including head rights for William Mumms. This is important because Mumms had been assigned to the same muster on the Eastern Shore and his daughter Mary Mumms married John Baker's son Hugh Baker.

John Baker had claimed 50 acres as a head right for John Baldwin in 1636 at Varinae, about five miles up the James River from his property at City Point. A John Baldwin we later found in Northampton County on the old company land where John Baker had served. Baldwin married Mary Wilkins, daughter of John Wilkins who we later find with the Baker descendants. John Baker then patented 250 acres in 1637 in Varinae upon Two Mile Creek. He claimed head rights for John Clarke, Morgan Watkins, John Mills, and Elizabeth Wright. Apparently John Baker was in partnership with William Dawkes son of Ancient Planter John Dawkes.

John Baker was a neighbor to Seth Ward, Richard Ward, Henry Miller, Joseph Bourne, Robert Craddock, Luke Boyes, Nathaniel Tatum, Captain John Davis, William Farrar, and Thomas Parker. Farrar had patented his land in the gleabe of Varinae on June 11, 1637 and claimed head rights for 40 persons including Jonathan Baker and William Baker. John Baker sold in 1636, 150 acres of land to William Pierce and Francis Pierce in Henrico County bounding a creek known as "Roundabout". The Roundabout is on Turkey Island Creek near Baker's property in Varinae. Captain William Pierce had been the commander of Jamestown and lived at Bakers Point on Mulberry Island where a William Baker was indentured to him in 1624. William Perry claimed head rights for both Jonathan and William Baker on Turkey Island in this exact period which leads us to speculate that both William Baker and John Baker, both indentured, were brothers who both came to Virginia in 1621 and both were assigned to military commanders. [Read about the close relationship with the Bakers of Maryland beginning here at Turkey Island.]
Note that John Baker was established at City Point in 1633, yet Francis Eppes declared a headright for John Baker in 1635 as did Thomas Causey claim headrights for ten people on July 14, 1637 including the headright for a Jonathan Barker. Was this the same person? With a population in the entire area of 40-60 people, is it possible that five of them could be a Jonathan or John Baker or Barker?
We believe that John Baker may have become a mariner like his sons. Certainly it would account for his multiple declarations for head rights. We do know that a John Baker of London was the master of the ELIZABETH in 1631, and the ABRAHAM in 1635.

Baker's land was near the Bermuda Hundred outpost settled by Dale in 1613. His land sat back from the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers probably near where the present day bridge spans the Appomattox, an area where his father-in-law Thomas Palmer had been commander.

Lady Elizabeth Dale (Widow of Sir Thomas Dale) also owned land in Charles City County adjoining Francis Eppes and John Baker just as she had owned land on the Eastern Shore where the Muster of the Eastern Shore was located. It is interesting that John Baker is always very near a Thomas Dale land holding!

John Baker's Three Wives
Baker's probable first wife was Alice who he mentioned Alice in his land patent but she would have been dead by 1637 when he formally made claim to the land patent. The fact that he claimed 50 acres of land for her would imply that he paid for her passage. We believe Baker might have returned to England, married, and brought Alice with him when he returned.

His second wife was Priscilla Palmer, ten years his junior. Priscilla's father Thomas Palmer was a member of the Burgess. Thomas and Joanne Palmer were listed in Hotten's muster census of 1624 near the confluence of the "Appomattox and James Rivers". Thomas Palmer is thought to have been Sir Thomas Palmer (D1625) who was the father of sons Thomas Palmer and Roger Palmer. Son Roger had been the cupbearer to Prince Henry, a friend of Sir Thomas Dale. The young Prince had personally requested Thomas Dale to come to Virginia. His brother Thomas Palmer married the daughter of Sir John Shirley of Isfield in Sussex, niece of Cecelia Shirley and Thomas West, Lord de la Warr.

Finally, on November 20, 1637, the same day he made claim to his land patents, John Baker married Dorothy Harris (B1620), the daughter of Virginia resident Sergeant John Harris who possibly had participated in the Roanoke Voyages. We believe that Baker married her in England and transported her to Virginia. Dorothy was the first cousin of Sir Thomas Smythe, the first Treasurer of the Virginia Company, and also named overseer of the will of Governor Dale. A Dorothy Baker was transported in 1635 to Virginia on the AMERICA, commanded by Captain William Barker, with several others, however this predates the marriage date listed in William Thompson Baker's book.

On October 14, 1638, "John Baker and Dorothy his wife, daughter of the late deceased Sergeant John Harris have surrendered as of August 27, 1638 unto land of Captain Francis Derrick all the right and title which they claim was the right of the late George Cawcott" and witnessed by Lawrence Hulett and John Owell. Francis Derrick deeded 30 acres of land to Richard Johnson and mentioned that Dorothy Baker was given this land by Mr. George Calwott of James City County. Johnson is important because he, Jonathan Baker and William Baker were head rights of William Farrar in Varinae on the James, and Richard Johnson later made claim for a head right for William Mumms whose daughter married Hugh Baker, son of John Baker.
It mentioned that John Baker and his wife Dorothy, daughter of the late Sergeant John Harris, have by court order surrender land deeded to Dorothy by the will of George Cawcott of James City County. Perhaps Cawott had been Dorothy's first husband but she was only seventeen when she married Baker. Sergeant Harris attended the same church in England as William Claiborne who attempted to develop and claim Kent Island in the upper Chesapeake Bay as a Virginia colony rather than a Maryland colony. Claiborne recruited a Richard Baker and Hangate Baker and other men from Northampton County to assist him in that endeavor, and Claiborne's daughter married Dorothy Harris's cousin! His number two was Lt. George Evelin with his own ties to the Bakers.

Sale of Baker land at Shirley
On March 10, 1655, Daniel Lewellin of Essex in Charles City County sold 60 acres of land to Col. Edward Hill "Lately purchased of Dorothy Baker on which I lately lived ... provided always and it is agreed upon me and said Col. Hill that the said Hill shall keepe the housing free for the entertainment of one Mr. Thomas Noathway for and during the term and time of seven years. ..." Note that this date is less than two weeks after the Battle of the Severn! Lewellin's daughter had married the son of Reverand Richard Jones, the cleryman who helped William Claiborne establish Kent Island in Maryland, and Lewellin married John Baker's daughter Ann.

We mention the Battle of the Severn because after tracking certain individuals and events we believe, and it is only our unsubstantiated theory, that John Baker and other men from Virginia may have gone to Maryland to support their old friend William Stone put down a Puritan insurrection and might have died or been murdered there. [Read about the Battle of the Severn.]
We found this intriguing entry in the Maryland records that in 1679, Sheriff John Baker acquired a 25-year lease for house and one acre from Governor Thomas Notley (governor 1674-1675) which was for the location of the ordinary in Saint Marys City.
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Was this why the Baker records suddenly went blank, Dorothy Baker moved, the children were not recipients of large estate of John Baker?
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The will of the very wealthy Robert Ridgeley (W 1682) of Saint Marys City mentioned that debtors (along with many others) were Hugh Baker, Henry Baker, John Baker, and John Lewellin. John Lewellin had been at TURKEY ISLAND as had Thomas Beale, the man hired by to manage the ordinary owned by sheriff John Baker. What is important about Ridgeley is that Thomas Beale, John Baker, Thomas Baker, and Elizabeth Baker who had married Robert Ridgeley Junior and, along with William Goldsmith had jointly settled an estate inherited by Ridgeley Junior from his father. That estate, settled in 1707, was called BELLAINE, and was clustered on the Nanticoke River near Issac Baker of Sunsetting and granted to George Hutchins. Located very near was SHADWELL granted by Daniel Jennifer of St Marys City to sheriff John Baker and eventually taken over by Charles Hutchins. Again, it appears that Hugh Baker and sheriff John Baker were related, and of course, Daniel Jennifer is the person who married Anne Toft and developed Gargatha!
Colonel Edward Hill is important in the story because he eventually married Tabitha Brown Custis who was from Arlington House Plantation, which was at the location of the original Eastern Shore muster. Hill's first land patent was in Charles City County in 1638, with additional land patents along the Rappahannock by 1655, and a neighbor of Mrs. Aston on Turkey Island in 1660. There were two Edward Hills, father and son, and both served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses.

Sergeant Harris's brother, Thomas Harris, was an "antient planter" and neighbor to Richard Pace and Richard Baker in Charles City County at "Neck of Land" prior to the census of 1624. Richard Baker is apparently related to John Baker. Later, Thomas Harris was a neighbor to John Harris across the James River near Shirley. Dorothy had a brother named Thomas Harris. In 1658, a Thomas Harris claimed John Hardy as a headright in Isle of Wight, and in 1666, Hardy claimed Joanne Baker, Henry Baker, and Charles Baker as head rights in Isle of Wight. Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, married Mary Claiborne, daughter of Colonel William Claiborne.
John BUTLER
| Thomas Butler|Elizabeth Butler = William ClaiborneThomas Harros
| Elizabeth Butler = John BAKER| Mary Claiborne = Robert Harris
John Baker was thought to have been a tobacco inspector in 1653. However, there can be little doubt that Baker would have been involved in the harvesting of tobacco at the Eppes plantation on the Eastern Shore, and then along the upper James. After all, John Rolfe developed America tobacco right there on the upper James at Henricus, which was just above and in sight of John Baker's land. Rolfe sent his first crop to England in 1615 and by 1619, Virginia tobacco had surpassed the tobacco supplied to England by Spain. Baker could not have avoided the excitement of this new source of income.

John Baker died in or before 1655 because Dorothy was mentioned again as his relict on March 10, 1655. Dorothy Baker may have remarried after John Baker's death. In his book about the Bakers, William Thompson Baker was of the opinion that Dorothy Baker, her children, and new husband, Major John Bond, resettled in Isle of Wight County on Ward's Creek.

William Thompson Baker said in his book there was so much to write about Baker that he could not put it in this book, writing, " John Baker...was a large landholder and an important man in the early history of Virginia". This is an interesting fifteen-year transition for John Baker, from indentured servant under Captain William Eppes, to major James River landholder. This book by William Thompson Baker, The Bakers of Virginia and the South, is at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, Virginia.

William Thompson Baker was of the opinion that Dorothy Baker, her children, and new husband, Major John Bond, resettled in Isle of Wight County on Ward's Creek. Since Isle of Wight is just downriver from Hopewell, and the Appomattox River runs down to Blackwater Swamp, this concept doesn't seem unreasonable. We did find evidence of a John Barker Jr., son of Captain William Barker of Flourdieu Plantation, patenting 600 acres of land in Isle of Wight on October 15, 1657, towards the end of the hostilities between the Maryland Catholics and the Puritans. Something strange happened as none of John Baker's children inherited any of the land he patented.

Major John Bond was a neighbor of Dr. George Clarke along the Wicomico in 1658, patented 3,000 acres in Isle of Wight with John Clarke, and patented land with Jonathan Bird along the Rappahannock. John Baker's son, Edward Baker, named George Clarke as a friend in his will of 1664. Bond was a landholder in Isle of Wight, and upon the Rappahannock and Wicomico Rivers in Northumberland where we had some brief mentions of mariner Edward Baker. Then John Bond appeared again as a headright of Col. Robert Pitts in 1664 in Isle of Wight County. Pitts was commander of the ship MARY on which Edward Baker, son of John Baker, had written his will in 1664. Pitts later settled on the Maryland/Virginia line on the Eastern Shore near Thomas Baker, nephew of Edward Baker. In 1656, Dorothy Bond sold land of her deceased husband, Major John Bond to Joseph Bridger who was the brother-in-law of Robert Pitts. Bridger's daughter Judith Bridger married Richard Baker, son of Lt. Col. Henry Baker. In the 1678 will of Major John Bond, it mentions that the land was purchased of Robert Pitts. Since Major John Bond died by 1656, a son, Major John Bond and a grandson who died in Somerset County, Maryland ollowed him.
We believe the Richard Baker of Baker's Plantation on the upper James River is Richard Baker, Mariner, and probably a brother or cousin. We also believe both George Baker and William Baker reported in land grants on Turkey Island are immediate relatives. Mariner Edward Baker reported in Turkey Island grants we believe to be Baker's son Edward.
•Susanna Baker married Thomas Eyre, secondly Captain Francis Potts, and thirdly Colonel William Kendall who was the Virginia Speaker of the House of Burgess.
•Captain Edward Baker (D1664)
•Captain Daniel Baker (D1667)
•Anne Baker = Captain Daniel Lewellin
•Hugh Baker (D1664)
•John Baker Junior
•Brother Richard Baker
•Relative Hangate Baker
•Relative George Baker
•Relative William Baker
Possibly, John Baker was the same person as John Barker, son of Captain William Barker of Merchant's Hope. This would explain why Baker felt that he was so well reported, and this writer has had so much trouble finding information. The 1st John Baker was reported both as John Baker and John Barker in various documents. In fact, current reference documents show John Baker and John Barker as the same person for the William Eppes muster. Although Baker mentioned at the beginning of his book about how Barker and Baker names get intermingled, it would seem that Baker would have mentioned that our John Baker is better known as John Barker.

Earlier work completed by Lewis on the Eastern Shore has shown John Baker to be the father of Hugh Baker, Susanna Baker, Daniel Baker, John Baker Jr., and Edward Baker. In that work, there was an absence of information from the 1625 census to the death of Hugh Baker in 1664.

Child of John Baker? is:
225 i. Susanna Baker, born Abt. 1625 in London, England; died Abt. 1683 in Northampton Co., VA; married (1) Thomas Eyre Bef. 1650; married (2) Francis Potts Abt. 1657; married (3) Col. William Kendall Dec 1658.

452. Lt. Francis Mason, born Abt. 1595 in England; died 1648 in Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co., VA (now Virginia Beach, VA). He married 453. Alice Gany? Abt. 1624 in Virginia.
453. Alice Gany?, born Abt. 1596 in England?; died Aft. 17 Nov 1653 in Norfolk Co., VA?.

Notes for Lt. Francis Mason:
From arlisherring.com:

FRANCIS MASON of Elizabeth City and Norfolk counties was born in 1594, and came to Virginia in 1613, with his wife Mary and their daughter Anne. On 11 July 1637 he sat as a justice of the peace for Lower Norfolk; on 15 July 1640 he was appointed a churchwarden; and Lieutenant Francis Mason is named again as a sitting justice 16 July 1642. He patented 1,250 acres in Lower Norfolk, "at hoggpon point", on the last of August 1642; and 200 additional acres, 29 September 1643, renewing the latter patent 22 March 1645. He qualified as high-sheriff 5 March 1646. He was dead by 7 November 1648, the date of an agreement between Mrs. Alice Mason, relict of Mr. Francis Mason, deceased, and Mr. Lemuel Mason, on the first part, and Mr. James Thelaball, on the second part, conveying certain lands to the last-named. On 15 November 1648 his widow and his son, Lemuel Mason petitioned to administer his estate; and on 22 November 1648 the court gave an order stating that Francis Mason had died intestate.
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Born in 1585, came to Virginia in 1613 with his wife Anne and daughter Anne. He married (second) in 1623-1625, Alice ---. He was justice of Lower Norfolk county from 1637 to 1648; sheriff in 1646. He died in 1648, leaving a daughter Elizabeth, who married James Thelaball (a Huguenot immigrant), and sons, Lemuel and James (q. v.).

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Masons of Southside Virginia
Coll Lemuell Mason Princess Anne County, 1704

Thomas Mason Princess Anne County, 1704
Lemuell Mason Norfolk County, 1704 son of Col. Lemuel Mason
Thomas Mason Norfolk County, 1704 son of Col. Lemuel Mason
Thomas Mason Norfolk County, 1704 son of Tristram Mason
George Mason Norfolk County, 1704 son of Col. Lemuel Mason
Thomas Mason Nansemond County, 1704 grandson of Col. Lemuel Mason
Edward Mason Nansemond County, 1704
Elizabeth Mason Surry County, 1704 widow of James Mason

Elizabeth City, Princess Anne and Norfolk Counties
Elizabeth City included the area on the south side of the James River which became New Norfolk County in 1634, and three years later this was divided between Upper and Lower Norfolk Counties. Lower Norfolk became Norfolk County on the west and Princess Anne County along the coast in 1691. Upper Norfolk became Nansemond County in 1645, and lay adjacent to Warrosquoyacke County which was renamed in Isle of Wight County in 1637. It was 1747 when Southampton County was taken from the lower portion of Isle of Wight County.

The area of Elizabeth City County along the Elizabeth and Lynhaven rivers was ideally situated for the raising of cattle and hogs for consumption by the fleets that sailed into the bay. The earliest settler was Adam Thorowgood, soon followed by Thomas Willoughby and Francis Mason. The majority of the early settlers had been neighbors at Bass's Choice along the James River. Other early settlers included John Sibsey, and Daniel Tanner the namesake for Tanners Creek in Lower Norfolk.

Tristram Norsworthy patented 150 acres on May 3, 1643 in Isle of Wight County. He is noted in the records of Norfolk County as Lt. Col. Tristram Naseworthy of ye Ragged Islands in Virginia, gentleman.

John Norsworthy, gentleman of Nansemond County, eldest son of Col. George Norsworthy, patented land on the south side of the Creek branch of the Elizabeth River in 1717 and the deed was witnessed by Elizabeth Mason.

Lt. Francis Mason
Lt. Francis Mason arrived in 1613 aboard the John and Francis. On board with him was his wife Mary, and daughter Anne. Based on his own testimony he was born around 1592-8. His first wife, Mary, had lived through the 1622 massacres, but evidently did not live through the difficult times that followed.

An analysis published Baltimore Sun of April 9, 1905: Two depositions, from Lieut. Francis Mason, are quoted. Concerning his age, the statement that he was 42 in 1637 and, therefore, born in 1595, is generally accepted. Another that he was 40 in 1628, or seven years older. Holten is on record that the emigrant came over on the "John and Francis," with his wife, Mary, and daughter, Ann, in 1613. The first date would have made him 18; the latter, therefore, seems the more probable. A son, Francis, was born in Virginia, but Mr. Ellis, in the "Virginia Historical Magazine," Volume II, was of the opinion that both his son and daughter died in early infancy, thus finding no relationship between the Surry and Norfolk families. In the year 1623, ten years after emigration, Lieut. Francis Mason's wife was Alice, the mother of a son and daughter, Lemuel and Elizabeth, and when he died, in 1648, his wife, Alice, and son, Lemuel, administered on his estate. He was magistrate, justice and vestryman of Lower Norfolk. His second wife came to Virginia in 1622, in the "Margaret and John." (1626) (Dep.). There are other accounts, which affirm that an early Francis and James were half brothers of Colonel Lemuel Mason.

The Muster of 1624 in Elizabeth Cittie, VA
Francis Mason, Aged 40 ? in the John and Francis 1613
Alice Mason, Aged 26 in the Margrett and John 1622
Francis Mason borne in Virginia

Provisions: Corne, 10 barrels; houses, 3.
Armes: peeces, 6; pistoles, 2; swords, 2; lead, 6 lb.

Servants: William Querke, Aged 30 in the Marmaducke 1621
Thomas Worthall, Aged 14 in the Marmaducke 1621
William Stafford, Aged 16 in the Furtherance 1622
Henrie Gany, Aged 21 in the Dutie 1619
John Robinson, Aged 21 in the Margett and John 1622

In the muster of 1624/25 William Stafford was in the muster of Captain Francis Mason as aged 16 and seems to have been in the muster of Captain Nicholas Martiau age 17 in Elizabeth City (Hotten). Francis Mason returned to England in 1626 with William Ganey (Gaiyne). In 1626 William Stafford was listed as a ward of Francis Mason on the ship Furtherance. In 1635 the land of Francis Mason was noted as adjacent that of Captain Thomas Willowbye (Willoughby). The patent is lost for this land however in 1642 Francis Mason appeared claiming 1,250 acres of land for transporting 83 persons. The land was already seated by Francis, likely indicating it included the land noted earlier. The list of person he transported included Anne, his daughter, and Mary, his wife, and Alice Ganey and Margerie Ganey. Alice Ganey became Francis Mason's second wife.

In 1637 Francis Mason …aged 42 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined saith that he, the said deponent, did see Capt. John Sibsey ( a mariner) about the middle of May last past, deliver one firking of butter to James Hawley who received it for the us of Gabriell Hawly. (Hawley) (A firkin is a quarter of a barrel.) James Mason, aged 26 swore that same day that about the middle of March last past he did by the appointment of Capt. John Sibsey carry over to Kequotan two barrels of Indian Corne and deliver it to James Hawley for the use of Gabriell Hawly. This was likely James Mason, grandson.

Another notation in the records of Norfolk.

Tis ordered that Lieut: ffrancis Mason shall have an attachment agaynst one Cow and a Calfe with ye Encrease which belongs unto Mr: Will: Ganey deceased for whome ye sd ffran; Mason stands engaged provided that Lieut: Mason make ye Engagement appeare to ye next Court and that there be noe former judgments past against ye sd Catle.

Lieut: ffrancis Masonn my Love Remembered unto you. This is to intreat you to deliver my heifer and her calfe unto Mr: Tho: Hart and in soe Doeing this my note shal be your discharge.

Winess my hand this 16th day of Oct 1642

Wittnesse: John Sturman Will: Durford

Cosen ffrancis Mason I pray deliver unto Symon Drew ye Cow and Calfe which this note makes mention of and what is due to you. I will see you satisfied soe with my Love I rest. Your loving Cosen to his power.

7 March 1642 Tho. Hart.

In the court records of 1642 it is noted that Gilbert Guy deceased owed a debt to Lt. Mason, and to satisfy the debt Robert Hayes, executor of the estate of John Langfield, was to pay Mason 300 lb. of tobacco and a hogshead, which was evidently owed to Guy by Langfield.

In 1643 he obtained another 200 acres, then designated in that part of Elizabeth City which became Lower Norfolk. Then in 1645 he obtained another 200 acres, 150 of which lay in Lynhaven in the lower county of New Norfolk at a small creek to the westward of John Holmes' house.

In 1646 Lt. Francis Mason and William Downman recorded an agreement regarding 100 acres of land which was then in the possession of Francis Mason for which Mason agreed to deliver to Downman one servant with a term of service between 5 and 10 yeaars, and the right of 100 acres of land, 3 barrels of (unreadable but likely corn), worth of 1000 pound of tobacco to be paid in Linnen, woolen, shew (shoes) and stockings …(unreadable) say part in hand the residue of the goods and corne upon the confirmation of the land, the servant to bee paid the next yeare for the performance hereof we the abovenamed doe bynd ourselves …. This likely indicates that Francis was operating as a merchant in Lower Norfolk, importing fabric, shoes, and stockings.

Francis Mason was a member of the Court of Lower Norfolk from May, 1637 until August, 1648. He was also Vestryman and High Sheriff. In 1648 he was ordered to pay a fine of 200 lbs. of tobacco because as Sheriff he did not levy against the estate of Mrs. Sarah Gookin.

Francis Mason was the father of Ann, Francis, and Elizabeth who married James Thelaballe a Huguenot, as well as Lemuel who was born about 1628 and died in 1702, Alice, and James Mason, who was born about 1611 and removed to Surry County after 1637.

In 1642 Elizabeth Mills was charged with defaming Alice Mason by claiming that Agnes Holmes, who had other troubles later, accused Alice Mason as being the cause of the death of a young child of Mr. Henry Seawells. Elizabeth was ordered to receive 10 lashes upon her bare back and ask Alice and Agnes for forgiveness.

Francis died intestate in 1648. Administration was given to Alice Mason, widow and Lemuel Mason her son. Alice and Lemuel contracted in 1648 with James Thelaball, to provide half of 200 acres of land on Hogg Island to be divided by four impartial men, and James Thelaball and Lemuell Mason to each receive one half, as well as 2,000 feet of sawen Planke, glass and lead for four leaded windows like the windows now in the home where Alice and Lemuel lived, and six silver spoons.

In 1649 James Thelaball sued his brother and mother in law because the lumber had not been delivered. This was settled and Thelaball continued to represent Mason's business in Norfolk. James acquired large tracts of land and died leaving a substantial estate in 1693. Their children were; Elizabeth wife of Thomas Langley; Mary wife of Lemuell Mason; deceased daughter Margaret, wife of William Langley; and sons Francis and James Thelaball. Elizabeth Mason Thelaball also notes in her 1707 will these children and great-grandson William Ivy son of George Ivy.

Francis Mason son of Lt. Francis Mason
In 1652 Lt. Francis Mason transported Francis Mason to Virginia. In 1669 the nuncupative will of William Stratford was filed in Isle of Wight County: I appoint my well beloved friend Mr. Francis Mason executor of my whole estate both here and in England. I desire him to sell my lands in Northampton, money to be divided among mysisters and brothrs. Witness by john Crafte, Will Wells, Alice Harris.

It appears that Francis removed back to England or died as there is no record of him in Virginia. In 1698, John Mason was the father of Lemuel Mason. This was in Moulton Near Spalding, Lincoln.

Anne Mason daughter of Lt. Francis Mason
Anne Mason married William Stafford in 1640. He was noted as the ward of Francis Mason when transported aboard the Furtherance in 1626. William was born in 1608 and died a few years after their marriage. He second husband was the Reverend John Cluverious. Her son was William Stafford, Jr.

Elizabeth Mason daughter of Lt. Francis Mason
In August, 1649 it was ordered that a difference between James Thelaballe and Lemuel Mason that …George Horner shall appear and swear what quantity of plank he received from Mason for the use of Mr. Thelaballe and that shall be wanting of the two thousand foote. Mason was order to make good as soone as he could obtain plank to be sawed and Mason was to sign a deed for half Hoggs Island when Thelaballe demanded it. In 1651 a certificate for 500 acres of land for transporting 10 persons was granted Thelaballe. An agreement between Alice Mason, relict of Mr. Francis Mason and Mr. Lemuel Mason on the one part and Mr. James Thelaballe on the other part was recorded in 1651 stating that Thelaballe was to be given land called Ye Mayne against Hogg Island being 200 acres, and also to have one half of Hogg Island. Four indifferent men were to divide the island.

In 1677 Elizabeth Thelaballe gave tract of 600 acres in Hogg Pen Neck given to her by her brother Lemuel Mason, with the consent of his wife Ann. She also gave her son Francis 400 acres, and her son James 200 acres. James Thelaballe, born in France, swore allegiance to Charles II in 1683.

Lemuel Mason stated in his will dated June 17, 1695 that if he died before his sister Elizabeth Thelaballe that he gave her as much good black serge as would make her a mourning gown.

In 1690 James Thelaballe and his wife Elizabeth being …now well Stricken In yeares and nott well able to Live by themselves their sonne Francis Thelaball … with his family and wife came to live on the home plantation and care for his parents. The will of James Thelaballe of Elizabeth River Parish in the county of Lower Norfolk, gentleman filed in 1693 was substantial and included silver, furniture, linens, slaves and tools. His will notes deceased son Lemuel, son Francis, James, daughter Margaret Langley, wife Elizabeth, daughter Elizabeth Langley, daughter Mary Chichester, and Cousin William Porten. The witnesses were Lemuel, Thomas and Mary Mason. Elizabeth Thelaballe's 1702 will notes these same children as well as her son in law William Langley, formerly husband of Margaret, and Thomas Langley, husband of her daughter Elizabeth. She also notes my loving daughter Mary Mason, now wife of Lemuel Mason. Clearly Lemuel is a cousin. The will also notes Elizabeth's grandson William, son of George Ivy. George Mason, Richard Sayer and Lemuel Newton were witnesses.

Colonel Lemuel Mason son of Lt. Francis Mason
Lemuel Mason was born in 1628. He was a Colonel in the militia and married Ann Sewell daughter of Henry Seawell, merchant and Burgess, and Alice Willoughby. It is noted in the settlement of the estate of Henry Seawell (Sewell) in 1649 that … Mr. Lemuel Mason who hath intermarried with Anne the daughter of the said Seawell…

In 1654 Francis Yeardley led an expedition from Norfolk County in 1654 into the south to engage in trade with the Indians. This led to settlement in what became the Carolina colony. Willoughby and Mason, as well as Nathaniel Batts, bought land along the Pasquotank River from the Kiskatanewh. Batts wrote of the discovery of an inlet which would be extremely useful to the colony. Virginia settlers began moving into the west bank of Albemarle Sound by 1659. John Willoughby witnessed deeds in Carteret Precinct in 1679 to John Harvey, Esquire, and in 1681 to John Dye and to John Bolton.

Lemuel Mason was a Burgess from Lower Norfolk intermittently during the period 1658 through 1692. With William Crouch and Mr. William Shipp, Lemuel served as churchwarden in 1649. In April, 1671 Lemuel Mason gave a deed of gift to his wife Ann, she being visited with lameness in her limbs. In February, 1673 Lemuel gave a deed of gift to his wife Ann of a Negro boy age 3 years, a Negro girl age 3 years to his daughter Frances, and another Negro girl age 3 years to his daughter Margaret.

In January, 1676 Lemuel Mason wrote to William Berkeley regarding the estate of Captain William Carver of Norfolk County, following Bacon's rebellion.

The Humble pett of Lemuell Mason and the Best of tbe officers of

the militia for the County of Lower norfolk in tbe behalf of the sd

County most humbly Sheweth That your pett" (by meanes of this

grand RebeUion) have Susteyned great losse and been att great trouble

haveing about Sixty of our Best Gunes and Severall Swords taken from

as for Bacons Service. Snce weh about nynety men did voluntaily

attend upon yonr honr att James Citty to the losse of Severall of their

Croops, besides other charges that yonr pettr have beene at wch they

shall in due time make apeare and your honr baveing beene pleased

to or* that the Estate of Cap; Wm Carver should bee Seated for the

use of our County wcb hath accordingly beene done. Your pettr therefore

now most humbly prays your honrs or4 for Selling the same at an

outcry or the disposal! thereof Some other way for Satisfying part of

tbe Charges above Said and your pett" as in duty bound Shall pray &c.

In 1680 Lemuel gave a gift deed for love and affection to his children George Craford and Abigail, his wife, land in Currituck in North Carolina with stock of cattle running upon it, reserving to the use of the said Lemuel or his wife Anne 2 fat beeves if we ever send for them.

Lemuel Mason's will was written in 1695 and filed in September, 1702 in Norfolk County. His will made his sons, Thomas and Lemuel Mason as overseers and his wife, Ann, executrix. Children noted in the will were three sonns Thomas, Lemuel, and George, Frances wife of George Newton, Colonel Samuel Boush the husband of daughter Alice, Mr. Cocke who married daughter Elizabeth, a son in law in England who married a daughter Margaret, another son in law (Captain William Kendall of Northampton County) who married a daughter Ann, and Mr. Walton who married a daughter Mary, a daughter Dinah, and sister Elizabeth Thelaballe. (This will is difficult to read and much of it is torn or dark.)

1704 Quit Rents in Norfolk County tax Colonel Lemuel Mason for 400 acres in Norfolk. Evidently this is his estate.

Margaret, the daughter, was living with her godmother, Margaret (Ganey) Cheeseman (Chisman) at St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surry in 1679-80.

Ann's will in 1705 notes her daughters Frances Sayer, Alice Boushe, Mary Cocke, and Dinah Thoroughgood as well as sons Thomas, Lemuel, and George Mason.

In her will Ann gave seven pounds ten shillings to each of her daughters, to dispose of at their own pleasure without being accountable to their husbands. The witnesses were Thomas Willoughby, Elizabeth Newton, and Ann Porter.

A great deal can be learned from the will of Margaret Cheeseman, Surry, England.

Margaret Cheeseman of St. Mary Magdalene Bermondsey widow, 15 January 1679, proved 21 July 1680. My overseers shall disburse expend and lay out for my funeral expenses and charges fifty pounds. To the poor of this parish five pounds. To all the children of my very loving kinsman Mr. Lemuel Mason the elder in Virginia that shall be living in Virginia at the time of my decease ten pounds apiece, to remain in the hands of my executors until they shall attain to their several ages of one and twenty years or days of marriage. To my Cousin Elizabeth Theleball, now living in Virginia, five pounds. To all her children living at time of my decease in Virginia, five pounds apiece. To John Matthews, living in Virginia, who was brother by the mother's side to my late granddaughter Anne Cheeseman deceased, five pounds and a diamond ring which formerly was his sister's. To my kinswoman Anne Gayney twelve pence. To my god daughter Margaret Mason who lives with me one hundred and fifty pounds and the and the lease of my house and all the plate I had of John Harrison. The rest of my plate I give to the children of my said cousin Lemuel Mason as followeth (i.e.) to Alice Mason a great beaker, to Elizabeth a tankard, to Anne a tankard and to Abigail, Mary and Dynah all the rest of my plate, to be equally divided &c, and to Lemuel Mason the younger my best great ring. Five pounds apiece to Mr. John Samuel, Mr. Thomas Gladwin, my said cousin Margaret Mason and Mrs. Mary Childe widow, and they to be overseers of my will. All the residue to my kinsman Mr. Lemuel Mason in Virginia; and he to be executor; and my said god daughter Margaret Mason to be executor in trust only for the use and benefit of Lemuel, her father. Proved by Margaret Mason Bath, 92.

The will of William Chichester filed in Norfolk, May, 1698 notes his cousins Thomas and Lemuell Mason, Jr. overseas, and the witnesses to the will were Lemuel Mason, Jr. and Francis Thelaball. In 1686 Thomas Willoughby gave Lemuel Mason, Jr. for love and affection 200 acres. John Gooscott in 1688 left him a gold ring in his will.

They were the parents of Elizabeth, Lemuel, Samuel, George, Thomas, Frances, Alice, Mary, Dinah, Margaret, and Ann Mason. Elizabeth Thelaballe was sister to Colonel Lemuel Mason.

Children of Lemuel and Ann Mason of Norfolk County
Thomas Mason gentleman planter of Tanner's Creek, was a justice and Burgess for Lower Norfolk. Thomas Mason was granted 1000 acres in the Upper Parish of Nansemond County on March 29, 1666: beginning at a marked oake standing nere the head of the southern branch, and soe running south by East 250 pole to a marked Red oake, & soe west by south 350 ole to a marked Oake and soe North by wet 500 pole crossing a fresh Run to a marked Pine & soe East by North 350 pole to a marked Oake, and soe south by East 250 pole crossing a fresh Run to the place where it began, The said Land being due per Transportacon of Twenty persons &c. To have & to hold 7c. ….March 29, 1666.

Thomas Mason was noted in Norfolk County for 653 acres in the 1704 Quit Rents. In his will, written in 1710 he calls himself …gentleman and planter of Tanner's Creek. His will was filed in 1711. His wife, Elizabeth was given 50£ to keep his son Lemuel at the Grammar School at Williamsburg. Other children were Ann, Mary and Margaret. Thomas Mason's brother George and cousin George Newton were overseers of the will and his wife was executrix.

By 1712 it is noted the young Lemuel had died. His sister Ann married Thomas Willoughby, and sister Mary married William Ellison. He also had a sister Margaret Mason. William Ellison of New York issued a power of attorney in 1727 to George Newton of Norfolk County to sell land divided between said Ellison, Capt. Thos. Willoughby and Mrs. Margaret Mason which had belonged to Mr. Thomas Mason, deceased. Margaret later sold her interest to Thomas Willoughby.

In 1713 Richard Sanderson, of North Carolina, Gentleman, deeded his interest in the plantation, livestock, and personal items of Mr. Thomas Mason, deceased, left to Elizabeth Mason his widow, now the wife of Sanderson, to George Newton of Norfolk County. Included in the list of personal items were two gold rings, a silver flagon, a silver hilted sword, a gun and a pair of pistols which was a legacy given to Lemuel Mason by his father Thomas Mason.

George Mason was also a Burgess and a justice for Norfolk County. In 1693 Lt. Col. Anthony Lawson patented 60 acres in the Little Creek, in Lynhaven parish, which land was formerly granted to George Mason and was lately found to escheat. George Mason was noted in Norfolk County for 300 acres in the 1704 Quit Rents.

The will of George Mason was filed in 1710. It notes his wife Phillia, who was Phillia Hobson, and sons Thomas and George, as well as daughters Abigail and Frances. Frances married John Phripp, justice of Norfolk. Captain George Newton, Mr. Lemuel Newton and Mr. William Craford were overseers and his wife was executrix. Thomas had married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Newton. Their son was Nathaniel Mason who married Ann Snale. His widow married Samuel Rogers and her will was written in August, 1759.

Thomas Mason's mother, Phillia, deeded 1/2 of the lots and lands she then lived on to her son Thomas Mason, and the other half to her son George Mason in 1710. The witnesses were George Newton, John Holstead, and John Portlock. In 1729 he and his mother sold land she had inherited from her father. Thomas' wife was Mary Newton, daughter and heir of Nathaniel Newton. In May, 1737 Thomas Mason, gentleman, and wife Mary, sole daughter and heir to Captain Nathaniel Newton, deceased sold to John Elgood of Norfolk Borough, 200 acres of land in Tanner's Creek. Mary sold a lot in Norfolk as his widow in 1740.

Lemuel Mason married his cousin Mary Thelaballe, who was noted in her mother's will in 1702. Mary was first married to William Chichester and in her will she notes her children Thomas and John Chichester. Colonel Lemuel Mason was noted in the Lemuel Mason held 650 acres in Princess Anne County in 1704 and 400 acres in Norfolk County. He was a merchant and died without a will before June 10, 1711. His daughter Elizabeth became the ward of Solomon Wilson and she married Christopher Todd. Their other daughter was Tabitha Mason. She married Solomon Wilson, clerk of the Court of Norfolk County, and they moved to Bertie County, North Carolina.

Frances Mason and George Newton were the parents of Colonel George Newton, Nathaniel, Lemuel, and Thomas Newton. George Newton died in 1694 and Frances married Major Francis Sayer.

Alice Mason married first Robert Hodge, then William Porter (Porten) and was the mother of William and Ann Porter. He third husband was Samuel Boush.

Margaret Mason went to England and her husband is unknown.

Abigail Mason married George Craford.

Anne Mason may have first married a Conner, then Sampson Trevethana. Her will notes grandchildren: Richard Conner, Lemuel Tennent, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Scott, Mary Anne Thoroughgood, Katherine Wright, and Stephen Wright. (Another source states she married Captain William Kendall, Jr., Member of the House of Burgesses and then Peter Collier of Northampton County, VA. By whom she was mother of Mary Collier.)

Dinah Mason married Robert Thoroughgood, son of Colonel Robert Thoroughgood, Jr. and Frances Yardley.

Elizabeth Mason married first William Major of York County. Her second husband, by 1695, was Thomas Cocke from Cornwall, England. He was the son of Thomas Cocke and Mary Pearse. They had two daughters, Anne and Mary Cocke. In his will Mr. Thomas Cocke left each a plantation, a gold chain, plate and jewelry.

Mary Mason married first a Mr. Walton, and then Walter Cocke. Walter and Mary relocated to Surry County where they issued a deed in 1695 to his brother Thomas Cocke of Princess Anne County. Another brother was William Cocke. Walter names two sons, Thomas and John Cocke in his 1738 will and daughter Anne Hamlin. Thomas Cocke married Hannah Hamlin the daughter of John Hamlin and Elizabeth Taylor. (Baltimore Sun: Mary Mason, at the writing of her father's will, was the wife of Mr. Walter Gee. If the copying of the mother's (will) made no mistake, she was mentioned as Mary Cocke, and thus would end all further concern regarding her matrimonial adventures, but for an entry on the pages of an old bible. In the handwriting of Col. George Blow, it is set forth therein that the grandparents of his mother were Matthew Phripp and Mary Mason. Mary Mason Wright was moreover a sister of Mrs. Blow. They could only have been great-grandparents, because the grandparents were Mr. John Phripp and Frances, above mentioned. Still, all great-grandparents are grandparents, and if we go back a generation Mary Gee was old enough to have made an earlier marriage and to have been the mother of one or two Phripp children.) Based on the dates of the wills, Lemuel's was written in 1695 and filed in 1702, while his wife's was filed in 1705. It is recorded that Thomas Willoughby of Lower Norfolk County transported Thomas Gee in 1654.

Boddie in Historical Southern Families, Vol III states the first husband of Mary was a Walton.

The Surry Branch
George Sandys, the poet, Council of State, and treasurer of the Virginia Company, founded a plantation in Surry County called Treasurer's Plantation just east of Tappahannock Creek. In 1638 Thomas Crouch patented land on the creek and it was later renamed Crouch's Creek. By 1702 a ferry transported people across the James River to Jamestown. Within a few miles was Chippokes Plantation founded by William Powell and Smith's Fort Plantation. Smith's Fort was founded in 1609 by James Smith, on a bluff above Gray's Creek. The fort later belonged to Thomas Rolfe, son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. It should be noted that John Rolfe was the son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason of Henchecn, Norfolkshire, England (VA Magazine, Vol 1, p. 445) Originally, Grey's Creek was known as Smith's Fort Creek and then Rolfe's Creek. In 1648 it became Grey's Creek after Thomas Grey who patented land there.

An excerpt regarding the brick Warren house … Mr. Warren did begin to build ye fifty foot brick house which now stands upon ye said land and finished same without being forewarned or disturbed by any person, and Mr. Rolfe was then living and lived several yeares afterwards and was commonly at ye said Warren's house on ye said plantation with Mr. Warren, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, aforesaid and Mr. Mason and several others some certain time before the said Warren built ye said brick house….

Captain James Mason, died 1670, of Surry County, son of Lt. Francis Mason
James Mason stated in 1637 that he was about 26 years of age. This places his birth in 1611. There is no further record for James Mason in Norfolk. It is believed that he is the James Mason who located in Surry County and was the father of Francis Mason. It is likely that he was sent to England for schooling. James was claimed for headrights by Thomas Crouch in November, 1638. Crouch patented 150 acres on Tappahannock Creek.

James Mason patented land on March 30, 1647. This was 450 acres on the main head of the lower Bay Creek upon c —(unreadable) branch Dams, formerly granted to William Mills by patent in 1643. This land was located in Isle of Wight County. On July 8, 1648 he patented 60 acres in what was commonly called Smith's Fort about two miles up Smiths Fort Creek for the transport of two persons. On April 23, 1653 James Mason patented 250 acres at the head of Grey's Creek adjacent Thomas Grey. This land was in Surry County but recorded in James City County. It was for the transport of 5 persons.

By 1652 Mr. James Mason was listed as one of the Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament by the Constable at Smith's Fort. Also listed was Mr. Robert Mason.

Then in February of 1653 James Mason and John Bishop patented 50 acres on the South East side of Tappahannock Creek for the transportation of Mary Wade. It is stated that James and Mary were married. However, it is evident that it was a very short marriage if it occurred. Also, Mary could not have been his first wife, as Francis Mason, a son, was born in 1647. It would seem his mother was Elizabeth Bishop. It should be noted that Francis Mason was guardian of the orphan of John Bishop. The widow of John Bishop, Sr. married Major William Marriott and then George Proctor by 1672.

On May 1, 1654 James Mason, of Mathew's Mount, Planter sold to Richard Merydale certain possessions including stock, right, and claims in and to his servants and their services; viz., William Savage for seven years; William Pegler for his term; and William Foreman for his term; and all to be paid at some convenient place or upon his own plantation called and know as Mathews Mount, within one quarter of a mile fro James River where a ship, or Shallop or sloop may safely come and ride. Witnessesed by Sack Brewster and Edward Petway.

On May 6, 1654 James Mason of Matthews Mount in the County of Surry, planter to Richard Merrydale, Esquire for the sum of 12, 360 lbs. tobacco conveyed 1 mare, 1 colt, 3 oxen, etc. The witnesses were Zack Brewster and Edward Petway.

In 1655 Thomas Binns filed against Mrs. Elizabeth Mason, wife of Mr. James Mason, in defense of his wife, Martha Binns. The suit claims Elizabeth, wife of Mr. James Mason, has slandered Martha, the wife of Thomas Binns, in a vile and scurrilous manner, also assaulted and violently beat the said Martha.

Captain James Mason of Mathew's Mount was a Burgess for Surry in 1654. In the Surry County Records, on page 66, June 21, 1655 Settlement of the Account of the Estate of Mr. James Taylor*, deceased by James Mason and William Batt is the record of a payment made to Colonel John Gee. This is the only record of a Colonel John Gee.

In June, 1657, Mr. William Edwards had an order from the governor to patent certain marsh and wood land formerly granted to James Mason and John Bishop and by them deserted. This land was described as upon Crouches Creek opposite James City, near land formerly belonging to Mr. Thomas Rolfe and the land of John Senior. Later, in 1677, William Edwards purchased additional acreage from John Senior which adjoined Francis Mason.

In 1658 William Batt and James Mason witnessed a statement by Thomas Jarrell, servant of Marriott.

In 1666 Francis Sowerby purchased land in Surry County that was adjacent to James Mason. Other neighbors identified were Mathew and Richard Battle, Daniel Massengall, John Watkins, and Thomas Woodhouse. Captain James Mason died in 1670. He was the father of Colonel Francis Mason, who was born in 1647. In July, 1672 Mr. Francis Mason was the executor of the estate of Mr. James Mason, deceased. As such he brought a suit against Watkins.

*James Taylor noted above was married to Elizabeth Underwood, daughter of William Underwood. They were divorced in 1620, and were possibly the first divorce in Virginia.

Colonel Francis Mason, died 1696, of Surry County, son of Captain James Mason
In a deposition in 1668 Francis Mason stated he was 21 years of age placing his birth in 1647. Francis was the sole heir of Mr. John Bishop who died in 1676. This likely is proof his mother was Elizabeth Bishop. The case concerned Mr. Arthur Allen and James Mason who had gone to Jamestown where they each bought a horse. One horse died, and they both claimed the surviving animal. Francis naturally testified that it belonged to his father.

In 1667 is a notation that Robert Spencer of Surry was indebted to Francis Mason. Abell James, of Surry, assigned household goods due from Walter Chiles, and all debts from George Watkin, as security for this debt and agreed not to sell or dispose of any goods or debts until Spencer was cleared of the debt. Nicholas Crouch acknowledged he owed on a bill to Mr. Francis Mason. He was granted forbearance at 8 lb. tobacco percent and court charges. Crouch was also ordered to pay Markes Leonard bill of 250 lbs of tobacco.

In 1673, Francis Mason married Elizabeth Aston the daughter of Walter Aston and the widow of Thomas Binns. It is recorded that Francis Mason age 2 – (unreadable) of Kent sailed for Virginia on a ship out of London in 1677. Unfortunately the name of the ship and her master are illegible. This is likely the same Francis Mason, who evidently went to England on business as in 1674 Mrs. Elizabeth Mason stood as attorney for her husband Mr. Francis Mason, clearly indicating that he was out of the area even at this early pointing their marriage.

Francis Mason held a plantation in Southwark Parish and another in Lawnes Creek. He was the largest slave holder in Surry County in the tithe list of 1675. At Southwark 7 Negroes were counted and at Lawnes Creek there were 2, though it may have been that some of these belonged to his step son Thomas Binns from the estate of his deceased father. Francis also had 6 white servants at Southwark.

In 1672 George Mason and Francis Mason witnessed a power of attorney from George Marable of James Citty to William Edwards for the purpose of collecting debts.

In 1677 Thomas Mason, age 35, gave a deposition in Surry. (details not given in abstract.)

In1682 Richard Bennet patented 630 acres on the West side of Polatink swamp adjoining the land of Francis Edwards and William Edwards.

Francis was Justice of the County Court. He served first as a Major, then Colonel of the militia. He also was Burgess for Surry County in 1692. Francis Mason died in 1696.

Francis Mason died in 1696 in Surry County, Virginia. His will, dated October 4, 1696, was filed in March 1696/97. In his will, Colonel Mason gave James one-half of 300 acres formerly belonging to John Bishop. His daughter, Frances, wife of Captain Thomas Holt, received land in Hogg Island. The remainder was given to his wife during her life and then the home plantation was left to his son James upon her death. The will also noted Elizabeth, daughter of Frances Holt. The property left in his estate clearly indicates that Francis Mason was prosperous. It included silver spoons, silver tankard, a silver salt, a cedar table and leather chairs. This was a substantial inventory for the region and period when compared to most other wills and estates during the same time frame.

Francis Mason and Elizabeth Aston were the parents of Frances, and James Mason. The widow, Elizabeth Mason, patented 777 acres in Lawne's Creek Parish adjacent land held by George Blow in 1669. She divided this land between her grandchildren, Frances Holt, Francis Mason and Charles Binns in 1701. Elizabeth was counted in the 1704 Quit Rents in Surry County.

In her will, dated September 1723, Elizabeth Mason noted her grandchildren Mary, Katherine, Martha, Elizabeth, Lucy, Frances, and Thomas Holt, Jr.

Frances Mason, the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Aston married Captain Thomas Holt the son of Randall Holt and Elizabeth Hansford. Her mother's will identifies seven Holt grandchildren, Mary, Katherine, Martha, Elizabeth, Lucy, Frances, and Thomas Holt, Jr. Thomas and Frances Holt were the administrators for Thomas Binns, deceased in 1701.

The 1691 Isle of Wight will of Captain Robert Caufield, of Lawne's Creek parish, Surry leave legacies to Mary, daughter of Charles Williams, to Mrs. Mary Holt, Frances, daughter of Francis Mason, Elizabeth daughter of Arthur Allen, to Katherine and James, children of Arthur Allen, to Mrs. Elizabeth Holt, William Hancocke and his wife, and others. Captain Caufield was the son of William Caufield, of Chippoakes Parish, Surry. Robert Caufield married Elizabeth Allen sister of Arthur Allen.

Frances and Thomas Holt were the parents of Mary Holt who died before July 10, 1767; Katherine Holt who married Thomas Cocke; Martha Holt who married John Newson; Henry Holt; Frances Holt; James Holt who married Anne Boushe and died in Norfolk County; Elizabeth Holt who married Nicholas Cocke of Middlesex County, Virginia.

James Mason, died 1702, of Surry County, son of Francis and Elizabeth Aston
In 1678 Captain Robert Spencer bequeathed 10 shillings to his godson, James Mason. Evidently, James was likely sent to England for his education. He was claimed for headrights by Isaac Coates in 1680. He was granted land adjacent to Mr. Bishop, on the north side of the James River on Moses Creek. James Mason was listed on the Surry County tithes of 1694 and 1698. He was Sheriff of Surry in 1692, a justice in 1698, and Captain of the militia in 1700. He died in 1702.

James Mason married Elizabeth Duke, the daughter of Henry Duke and Lydia Hansford who was the daughter of Charles Hansford. James Mason inherited 150 acres on Tappahanna or Crouche's Creek from his father in 1696. James and Elizabeth were the parents of Francis Mason and a child in esse when James made his will in June, 1696. It notes his sister Holt and his niece Mary, daughter of Captain Thomas Holt, his brother Thomas Binns, deceased, Col. Henry Duke, Major Arthur Allen, his mother Mason, sisters Holt and Mary White each received 10 shilling to buy a ring, and gave the balance of his property to his infant son Francis and child in esse. His will was not probated until July, 1701. Francis Mason, the son, also had received approximately 289 acres from his grandmother Elizabeth Aston the same year that his father died.

In May, 1702, Elizabeth Mason, widow of Captain James Mason, renounced her husband's will and asked administration be granted to her. Elizabeth Duke married Ethelred Taylor who had arrived in Surry from England in 1702 evidently soon after his arrival. On December 5, 1702, Ethelred Taylor and his wife Elizabeth, executrix of the estate, presented the inventory for James Mason's estate. 1702. A supplemental was filed in 1705. The Elizabeth Mason listed in the 1704 Quit Rents was her mother-in-law, Elizabeth Aston Mason widow of Francis Mason.

In 1714, Ethelred purchased 332 acres in Lawnes Creek Parish from Nathaniel Harrison, William Robinson, and Nathaniel Ridley. William Edwards was the witness to this deed. Elizabeth and Ethelred were the parents of Ethelred, Henry, William, and Samuel Taylor. Ethelred acquired land in Surry and Isle of Wight counties. In 1710 he was sheriff of Surry County. His will was filed in 1716 and gave lands on Poketank Swamp and Coker's branch, to son Samuel Taylor. Henry Taylor received land on Coker's Branch next to John Bruton and Samuel Cornwell. Ethelred Taylor, Jr. received land on Lightwood Swamp which was in Southampton County.

Elizabeth Mason-Taylor married as her third husband William Edwards. William Edwards and Elizabeth, his wife, executrix of Ethelred Taylor, deceased, sued Richard Lee of London and Elizabeth Newit in March 1716. William Edwards was Burgess for Surry in 1706. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Benjamin Harrison, a member of the Royal Council. His second wife was the daughter of Micajah Lowe, nephew of Micajah Perry, the London merchant and Quaker. William and his second wife were the parents of William, Micajah, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, and Sarah Edwards. William Edwards died in Surry in February, 1722. He held land throughout Surry County.

The Duke-Taylor Connection
Richard Taylor married Sarah Barker about 1656 in Charles City County. She was the daughter of William Barker and Frances Ward. In 1659 James Ward and Richard Taylor were ordered by the Charles City court to settle a disagreement. Rice Hoe was ordered to pay Taylor 755 lbs of tobacco in 1662. Taylor's mill was mentioned in a deposition in 1665. In 1664 the records of the Charles City Court note …Richard Taylor of Flowerdieu Hundred, carpenter to Mrs. Frances Letherland, of the same, widow, to protect her from any claims or inheritance to be had and made for Sarah, John, and Elizabeth the children of said Frances by her first husband Mr. William Barker, deceased, bond for tobacco, and further if John Barker shall and will at his full and perfect age by Law to manage his owne estate sign and deliver to the said Frances and her husband certain properties, for life, at Flowerdieu Hundred, particularly one plantation, excepting the said John Barker's and the said Taylors particular owne plantation and the plantations already lett out by leases. The said Frances her said intended husband is Lt. Col. Thomas Drew to whom only civility of John Barker is purposed.

Signed Richard Taylor and witnessed by Hoel Pryse and John Barker, April 26, 1664

Richard Taylor died between 1665 and 1673. Sarah married Robert Lucy and they were noted in 1673 as joint owners with Elizabeth and Phillip Limbrey of 1000 acres in Flower du Hundred inherited from John Barker, brother to Sarah and Elizabeth. James Minge surveyor under the supervision of Robert Wynne and Lt. Col. George Jordan divided this land for the sisters. Sarah's third husband was Captain James Bisse. Sarah and Richard Taylor were the parents of Sarah, Katherine, John, and Frances Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor who married John Hamlin.

Captain John Taylor, the only son of Sarah and Richard Taylor, married Henrietta Maria whose maiden name is unknown. John was Burgess for Charles City County in 1696 through 1702 and clerk of the court in 1699. John Taylor died in 1709.

I, John Taylor of Prince George County; to daughter Elizabeth Duke, two negroes, one called Dick and one called Buck, my riding horse called Trooper besides what I have already given her; to my daughter Henrietta Maria Taylor, 4 negroes, Hector, Moll, Caesar, and Frank, one feather bed and furniture, 6 young cows and calves, all to be paid her at 21 years of age…; to daughter Sarah Taylor, 4 negroes or mulattoes Henry George (damaged); all the rest of my good to my dear and loving wife Henrietta Maria Taylor, as also 5 negroes Antilope and his wife Amy, Jack and his wife sue and Hannah and all my land at Pigeon Swamp I give to my loving wife to her and her heirs… executors were his wife and daughter Elizabeth Duke. The witnesses were Robert Rogers, Michael Talbott, Sarah Bradford, Sarah Proudlove. On the back of the will is the notation: Elizabeth was to receive 1000 acres along the Blackwater, formerly belonging to Richard Taylor, and Frances Taylor also was to receive a parcel of land.

This line of Taylors ended as John did not have sons to carry the Taylor name.

Elizabeth Taylor married Henry Duke, Jr. brother to Elizabeth Duke who married James Mason.

Henrietta Maria Taylor married John Hardyman. John Hardyman, a merchant who arrived in Virginia in 1680, purchased a mill from John Taylor in 1690.

Sarah Taylor married Francis Hardyman, brother of John Hardyman. His second wife was Jane Featherstone widow of John Cross.

Henrietta Taylor, widow, married Randle Platt and they were sued for debts as executors of the will of John Taylor in 1717. Plat was a justice and sheriff in Prince George County. Platt was awarded an attachment against the estate of Henry Duke in July, 1718 and in December Elizabeth Duke was appointed the administrator which was settled in January, 1719. In 1723 the Taylor daughters and their husbands sold their land in Surry County to John Mason.

More About Lt. Francis Mason:
Appointed/Elected 1: 06 Jan 1640, Was named by Act of Assembly as a tobacco viewer for the Western Branch to Elizabeth River.
Appointed/Elected 2: Member of the first Court held for Lower Norfolk (15 May 1637); qualified as sheriff 5 Mar 1647; churchwarden and vestryman of Elizabeth River Parish (1648).
Census 1: 1624, Francis Mason and his first wife Mary were listed as living at Elizabeth City (present-day Hampton, VA).
Census 2: Jan 1625, In the muster, he was listed as age 40 (probably an error) with a wife Alice, age 26, a son Francis, born in Virginia, and five servants.
Event: Oct 1626, Made a return voyage to England.
Immigration: 1613, Came to Virginia in the "John and Francis."
Property 1: Bef. 1626, Was assigned 50 acres of land in Charles City, which he probably never settled.
Property 2: 31 Aug 1642, Patented 1250 acres at Hogpen Point near the land of Capt. Thomas Willoughby. Mason Creek in Norfolk is named for him and his family.
Property 3: 29 Sep 1643, Patented 200 acres at Lynnhaven in Lower New Norfolk County (present-day City of Virginia Beach).
Residence: Aft. 1626, Settled in New Norfolk County (present-day City of Norfolk, VA).

More About Alice Gany?:
Immigration: 1622, Came to Virginia in the "Margett and John."

Children of Francis Mason and Alice Gany? are:
i. Elizabeth Mason, born Abt. 1625; died Abt. 1707 in Norfolk Co., VA; married James Thelaball; born in France; died Abt. 1693 in Norfolk Co., VA.

More About Elizabeth Mason:
Probate: 15 Mar 1708, Norfolk Co., VA
Property: 1704, Held 600 acres in Norfolk Co., VA.
Will: 12 May 1702, Norfolk Co., VA

More About James Thelaball:
Probate: 15 Sep 1693, Norfolk Co., VA
Property 1: 15 Oct 1651, Patented 380 acres in Lynnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, adjoining Wolf's Neck.
Property 2: 13 Apr 1667, Was conveyed 600 acres in Hogpen Neck by his brother-in-law, Lemuel Mason.
Will: 09 Apr 1691, Norfolk Co., VA

ii. James Mason?, born in Elizabeth City Co., VA (present-day Hampton) or Norfolk Co., VA (present day Norfolk/Virginia Beach); died Abt. 1678 in Surry Co., VA?; married Mary Wade.
226 iii. Col. Lemuel Mason, born Abt. 1628 in Virginia; died Abt. 1702 in Norfolk Co., VA; married Ann Seawell Bef. 27 Feb 1650.
iv. Alice Mason, born Abt. 1630; died Abt. 1708 in Norfolk Co., VA.
v. Ann Mason, born Bef. 1642.

454. Henry Seawell/Sewell, born Abt. 1610 in England; died Abt. 1644 in Sewell's Point, Norfolk Co., VA.

Notes for Henry Seawell/Sewell:
From arlisherring.com:

Seawell's Point, at the mouth of the Elizabeth river, was named in honor of Henry Seawell. It is not known that he was in any way connected with the Thomas Seawell who in 1635 patented 400 acres on Pocoson river in York, and from whom the Seawells of Virginia trace their descent.
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Merchant, was burgess for Elizabeth City in 1632, and in 1639 was burgess for Lower Norfolk county. He died about 1644. Seawell's Point on the Elizabeth river is named for him. He left a son Henry, who died intestate and without issue, and a daughter Anne, who married Colonel Lemuel Mason (q. v.).

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons

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Date: 6 Dec 2003 09:52:26 -0700

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Charles,

I would be interested in knowing the sources that place Henry Sewall/Sewell and his wife Jane Lowe in Gloucestershire.

Henry Sewall/Sewell husband of Jane Lowe was the son of Richard Sewall of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, gent. and the grandson of Henry Sewall of Coventry, Warwickshire, draper and alderman. Henry was born say about 1625, one would think in Nuneaton; he was said to be "of Corley, Warwickshire," in 1652 (his father was also said to be of Corley in 1616).

The connection between Henry Sewall/Sewell husband of Jane Lowe (you are absolutely right about the astounding number of Henrys in this family) and Richard and Henry of Warwickshire is demonstrated in a lease for property in England recorded in Maryland at Henry's request.

Jane Lowe was the daughter of Vincent Lowe and his wife Anne Cavendish of Denby, Derbyshire, where she was baptized in 1633. I have never heard how Henry and Jane met, but their son Nicholas, at least, was born about 1655 before the family emigrated to Maryland.

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Subject: [SEWELL] Re: Thomas and Henry Sewell of Sewell's Point, VA
Date: 6 Dec 2003 10:11:40 -0700

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Karen,

I think people must have mixed up the various Henry's in the Sewall/Sewell families.

Henry Sewall and his wife Ann (by tradition surnamed Hunt) were the parents of one child, also named Henry Sewall. Ann Sewall was buried a few days after the baptism of their son and a few months later the elder Henry married as his second wife (some say as his third) Ellen (Mosley) Nugent, daughter of Anthony Mosley and widow of Walter Nugent.

Henry the son of Henry and his first/second wife Ann emmigrated at his father's direction to Massachusetts in 1634, where he stayed for a short period in Ipswich before moving to Newbury. The father and his second/third wife Ellen came over in 1635 and went directly to Newbury.

I have never heard of Henry and Ann having any children other than their son Henry, although certainly they could have had children who were born and died in England and were not recorded anywhere.

The chronolgy also does not permit Henry Sewell of Maryland to be the son of Henry and Ann Sewall. Their son Henry was baptised in 1614 and would have been much too young to be the early emmigrant to Maryland.

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Subject: [SEWELL] Re: Thomas and Henry Sewell of Sewell's Point, VA
Date: 7 Dec 2003 10:54:17 -0700

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Hi Karen,

Right: there is no known relationship between the early Sewalls/Sewells of Virginia and the two Sewall/Sewell immigrants from Warwickshire.

One Warwickshire immigrant was Henry Sewall of Newbury, Mass., (preceded actually by his son Henry). One of the younger Henry's children was the famous Judge Samuel Sewall of Boston.

The second Warwickshire immigrant was Henry Sewell, the nephew of Henry Sewall, the elder Mass. immigrant. This second immigrant was the husband of Jane Lowe and an official of the colony of Maryland until his death in late 1664 or early 1665.

That does not mean they were not related, but if they were, the connection is in England and records showing exactly what the relationship was have not been found. I judge it unlikely, however, because the Sewall/Sewell name is found in the IGI in every one of the counties of England.

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Date: 8 Dec 2003 21:56:04 -0700

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Right you are about the Sewall's of Mass. and VA. Henry Seawell (the earliest maps list Seawell's Pointe) ships several loads of items to London to his merchant father. Those records do not give the father's name. Shipments include tobacco, sassafrass and other items. Col. Henry Seawell and Alice Willoughby, his wife died on the same day. The minister was awarded 500 pounds of tobacco to bury the couple. That is from court records where the minister sued the estate for payment. Cites: History of the Sewell Families in America; The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland; Norfolk Highlights 1584 - 1881; New River Notes: "The Colonial Virginia Register". For Henry Sewell "The Younger": www.dinsdoc.com/tyler, "William & Mary College Quarterly Magazine" pub. 6 Jan. 1898 page 173. The Younger died d.s.p. in England where he was sent after his father died for his education. His older brother, listed as Henry Sewell "The Elder" inherited and moved to M!
aryland. It was common to give sons the same name because of the high mortality rate and they were identified as the elder and the younger. The Younger stayed with Thomas Lee/Lea, a relative, in London. I believe this to be the Thomas Lea listed as a servant of Piersey at Piersey's Hundred along with Thomas Sewell/Sawell.(Still looking for verification.) The sister Ann married Lemuel Mason, son of Francis Mason. The Henry Sewell/Jane Lowe information was from an electronic source where the submitter is no longer at the email address. This is recent info for me and I am still trying to verify. Thomas Willoughby's daughter Elizabeth married Isaac Allerton Jr.(descended from Isaac Allerton and Faith Brewster, her father is listed as Elder William Brewster when Allerton and Brewster signed the Mayflower Compact). Best of luck hunting ancestors.

More About Henry Seawell/Sewell:
Appointed/Elected 1: 1632, Burgess for Elizabeth City Co. (present-day City of Hampton), VA.
Appointed/Elected 2: 1639, Burgess for Norfolk Co., VA.
Comment: Sewell's Point, at the mouth or eastern entrance of the Elizabeth River at Norfolk, VA, was named for him.
Immigration: Bef. 1630, Settled in Virginia.

Children of Henry Seawell/Sewell are:
227 i. Ann Seawell, born Abt. 1635 in Virginia; died Abt. 1706 in Norfolk Co., VA; married Col. Lemuel Mason Bef. 27 Feb 1650.
ii. Henry Seawell, Jr., born 01 May 1639; died 1672.

Generation No. 10

632. Capt. Edmund Scarborough, born Abt. 25 Dec 1584 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England; died Abt. Jan 1635 in Eastern Shore of Virginia USA. He was the son of 1264. Henry Scarborough III and 1265. Elizabeth Humberstone. He married 633. Hannah Smith in England.
633. Hannah Smith, born Abt. 1594 in England; died Aft. 09 Jan 1635 in Eastern Shore of Virginia USA. She was the daughter of 1266. Rev. Edmund Smith and 1267. Alice Barry.

Notes for Capt. Edmund Scarborough:
The following is quoted from page 540 of the third edition (1987) of "Adventurers of Purse and Person":

EDMUND SCARBURGH, son of Henry and Elizabeth Scarburgh of Walsham, County Norfolk, England, was baptized 25 Dec. 1584, attended Mr. Brigg's School, Norwich, was admitted sizar at Caius College, Cambridge, 15 April 1602, and studied law, probably at one of the Inns of Court, where, according to his father's will, he was to remain until he had taken "the degree of a Barester." The date of his coming to Virginia is uncertain but he appears to have been first in the colony by 1620 or 1621, without his family. He was established on the Eastern Shore by 1630 when he was Burgess from Accawmacke, as he was also in 1632 and 1633. At the court held for Accawmack, 7 Jan. 1632/3, he was named as one of the commissioners.
He married, in England, Hannah (? Butler) and before coming to Virginia the family lived in the Parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Middlesex, where four of the children were baptized. Edmund Scarburgh died intestate after April 1634, his last appearance at court, and before 9 Jan. 1634/5 when Hannah Scarburgh, widow, sold cattle to Capt. Thomas Graves. The 200 acres in Accomack, on "Maggitye" Bay, patented 28 Nov. 1635 by Edmund Scarburgh (II), then aged 18 years, in right of "his late father," his mother Hannah, himself and Robert Butler, was probably the home place.

More About Capt. Edmund Scarborough:
Appointed/Elected: 1630, Member of the House of Burgesses from Accomack Co., VA.
Baptism: 25 Dec 1584
College: 15 Apr 1602, Admitted sizar at Caius College, Cambridge; studied law. His father intended for him to study law at one of the Inns of Court until he became a barrister.
High School: Attended Mr. Brigg's School at Norwich, England.
Immigration: Bef. 1621, Came to Virginia without his family; was established on the Eastern Shore by 1630 when he represented Accawmack (Accomack) as a Burgess; was a commissioner for a court held in Accawmack 7 Jan 1632/33.
Residence 1: Bef. 1620, He and his family lived in the Parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Middlesex, England (present-day London suburbs) where four of their children were baptized.
Residence 2: Aft. 1620, Accomack Co., VA

Notes for Hannah Smith:
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Wife of Edmund Scarburgh/Scarborough of North Walsham in Norfolk, London, and Virginia

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Edmund Scarburgh (born North Walsham 1584, died 1635 in Virginia) married Hannah, traditionally given as "Butler", c. 1614-1615, and had children Charles (1615), Edmund (1617), Ralph (1620), and Hannah (1623), all baptised at St Martin in the Fields.

Cecil l'Estrange Ewen, in a monograph of 1938 ("Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate"), names the wife of Edmund Scarburgh as Hannah (or "Anne") Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, rector of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, by Alice Barry (daughter of Nicholas Barry, fishmonger of London, whose father was Nicholas Barry of Standon, Hertfordshire, by his wife Anne Lording, daughter of George Lording of St Lawrence Pountney, London), who first married Ralph Mercer (d. 1613) and second Edmund Scarburgh. According to the information presented, Hannah Scarburgh was executrix of her uncle Lording Barry's will (proved before the Peculiar Court of the Dean & Chapter of St Paul's, 1629), in which he left the sum of £3 to his great-nephew Charles Scarburgh (who was later physician to Charles II).

Lording Barry had been a sometime dramatist whose theatrical venture (the playing company of the Children of the King's Revels, in Whitefriars) failed, and was imprisoned for debt; freed on bail, he escaped to Ireland, where he took up piracy, and later took part in Sir Walter Raleigh's last failed voyage to Guyana. His will names him as part-owner of the ship Edward, of London; her principal owner was Edward Bennett, uncle of the Richard Bennett who was later governor of Virginia (Richard Bennett's daughter Elizabeth married Charles Scarburgh, grandson of Hannah Scarburgh).

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------ I had a look at Lording Barry's will.
It is very brief & doesn't say much.
Many of the details about his life are probably
found in lawsuits.

Leslie


Children of Edmund Scarborough and Hannah Smith are:
i. Sir Charles Scarborough, born Dec 1615 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields Parish, London, England; died 26 Feb 1694 in Cranford, Middlesex, England?; married Mary Daniell; born in Newbury, Bedfordshire, England?.

Notes for Sir Charles Scarborough:
The following is quoted from page 429 of the 16 August 1975 issue of "British Medical Journal," reproduced in "The Scarborough's White Columns" (1977) by Mrs. Sara Hamer Scarborough Morse of Sumter, South Carolina:

Outside Medicine
Sir Charles Scarburgh

C. Newman

Sir Charles Scarburgh was an important person in his own day because he was a great practising doctor and physician to Charles II, to James II, and to William and Mary. Even in that respect he has a place in history, because he was so generally respected that it was his word, after he had been chief physician at the death-bed of Charles II, which exonerated James II from the widely-held suspicion that he had poisoned his brother. But he was lastingly important for three reasons: his influence on mathematics, his influence on the Royal Society, and as the collector of a great library.

He came of a Norfolk family, at North Walsham, where the remains of the house ultimately became a girls' school, but he was born in London, where he was left behind when his father emigrated to America to found a family there. This domestic disintegration did not, in those days, lead the boy to turn into a juvenile delinquent. On the contrary, he did well at St. Paul's School and proceeded to Caius College in 1634, where he held a scholarship until 1640, when he was made a Fellow. He worked at mathematics with Seth Ward (the future Bishop of Salisbury), of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where, incidentally, John Wallis, a greater mathematician than either, was an undergraduate at the same time. Scarburgh and Ward had difficulty with William Oughtred's "Clavis Mathematica," which was not very surprising, for it is one of those books written without the least concession to the reader. So they went to visit the author at Aldbury in Surrey, where he was vicar. Oughtred was a great mathematician, the link between Napier at the beginning of the seventeenth century and Wallis and Newton at the end of it. He invented the straight slide-rule and the sign "x" for multiplication, and a good deal more. He liked the young men, and kept them with him until he had explained his book to them. He thought Scarburgh a man with a remarkably retentive memory, a most acute and penetrating observer, and a modest and unassuming companion. On his return to Cambridge, Scarburgh was the first person to lecture on the "Clavis Mathematica," which became the standard textbook in the university. He later made an English translation of "Euclid," which was published in 1703 after his death by his son as "The English Euclid, being the First Six Elements of Geometry."

Trouble with Roundheads

Scarborough lost his fellowship and his library in 1640, when the Roundheads reorganized Cambridge. He went to Oxford, to Merton, where Harvey was warden, and took up medicine. Becoming one of Harvey's proteges, he helped him with work for the "De Generatione," doing a large number of dissections of animals, though his principal interest was in the mathematical analysis of muscular motion, of which he was the pioneer. He took the Oxford D.M. in 1646. Royalist Oxford fell in that year to Cromwell's forces. The royalist doctors had already for the most part left the town, but Scarburgh stayed with the King's armu until 1648, when Harvey wrote to him, "Prithee leave off gunning and stay here [London], I will bring thee into practice." Scarburgh was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1648, and made a Fellow in 1650.

The return of the doctors from Oxford brought together again the group which had before the war been discussing scientific matters at the College of Physicians and associated them with the similar discussions at Gresham College. Dr. C. Webster has described how reading Walter Charleton's improbable book on "The Immortality of the Soul" revealed the importance of the discussions at the College of Physicians on the origin of the Royal Society. The "veritable Solomon's House" of the "Immortality" parallels the "Invisible College" of Boyle's descriptions of the discussions at Gresham College. These two streams led directly to the foundation of the Royal Society. It is interesting that the original plan was for the Royal Society to meet in the new Museum Harveianum at the College of Physicians at Amen Corner, and this, combined with the weight of the medical original members, might have directed the interests of the new society towards the biological sciences. The college, however, had not been founded for any such purpose, and the scheme was abandoned; and Scarburgh and the other doctors, such as Merrett and Charleton, with more general scientific interests, joined with those at Gresham of like opinions to direct the attention of the Royal Society to the mathematical and physical sciences, which were ripe for development, which the biological sciences were not. This was one of the three things which established the success of the new society. The other two were the determination of Oldenberg, the first secretary, to exclude all curiosities and marvels in favour of straight experimental science, and the brilliance of Hooke's practical demonstrations.

Anatomy and Mathematics

As a scientist, Scarburgh was primarily an anatomist--that is to say, an observational rather than an experimental scientist, but a real scientist for all that, observing for himself. The portrait at the College of Physicians, which came from Temple Newsam (Scarburgh's grand-daughter married Lord Ingram), represents his interest in anatomy by its inclusion of an anatomical textbook, and his interest in mathematics by the Platonic solids and the globe on the table--and possibly by the Roman architecture in the background. Architecture was classed with the mathematical sciences, but Scarburgh was never in Rome, and the architecture may be there only because it corresponds with the Glasgow portrait of Harvey. The two pictures were probably painted together as a symbol of the friendship of the two men, and that is just as likely an explanation of the Roman background.

Scarburgh's interest in mathematics lasted all his life and was responsible for the collection of his magnificent library, so good that he intended it for the nation. The only way of bringing this about in those days was to leave it to the Royal Library. Evelyn told the story concisely in his diary for 10 March 1695: "I dined at the Earl of Sunderland's with Lord Spencer. My Lord showed me his library, now again improved by many books bought at the sale of Sir Charles Scarburgh...which was the very best collection, especially of mathematical books, that was, I believe in Europe; once designed for the King's Library at St. James's; but the Queen dying, who was the great patroness of that design, it was left fall, and the books miserably dissipated." Queen Mary was the intellectually interested one of the pair: William III was interested only in frustrating Louis XIV.

To what extent the library was "dissipated" is uncertain. Spencer's library was not the one which went to the John Rylands Library in 1892, but was, Dr. Margaret Wright of that library, tells me, mortgaged to the Duke of Marlborough while it was at Sunderland House and taken to Blenheim. Thence it was sold by George, the eighth duke, at Puttrick and Simpson's in 1881-3. The sale-catalogues in the British Museum show that it was a splendid library indeed but that, as a comparison of it with the catalogue of Scarburgh's library shows, it did not at that time contain Scarburgh's books. It would be interesting to know what did happen to them.

References
Keevil, J.J., "Annals of Science," 1952, 8, 113.
Webster, C., "Bulletin of the History of Medicine," 1967, 41, 393.
Wright, M.M., personal communication.

Below is the translation from Latin of the inscription commemorating Charles Scarborough's service at the Court of St. James, reproduced in "The Scarborough's White Columns":

Here Lies
Charles Scarburgh
Golden Knight
Doctor of Medicine
to the most Serene King Charles
also
to James the Second
and also
to Queen Mary
A leader of the Learned
A Chief Physician
of the English
Like Hippocrates among Doctors
Like Euclid among Mathematicians
By his very agreeable treatments disease
was erased
Gracious to everyone
He consistently performed Life's Duties
Citizen, Husband, Father, Friend
The Best

More About Sir Charles Scarborough:
Burial: Cranford, Middlesex, England
College: Bet. 1632 - 1633, Admitted sizar of Caius College, Cambridge; studied at Merton College, Oxford; Member of the Royal College of Physicians
Elected: Bet. 1685 - 1687, Member of Parliament for Camelford, Cornwall, England
Fact: 15 Aug 1669, Was knighted at Durdens, Lord Berkeley's house at Ebsham, Surrey, England
Occupation: Physician; scientist; mathematician; general scholar; court physician to King Charles II, King James II, King William III, and Queen Mary

316 ii. Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr., born 1617 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields Parish, Middlesex/ London, England; died Bef. 23 May 1671 in Accomack Co., VA; married Mary Harmar? Abt. 1640 in probably Northampton Co., VA.
iii. Ralph Scarborough, born Aug 1620.
iv. Hannah Scarborough, born Abt. 1623 in London, England; died Bef. 21 Oct 1693 in Accomack Co., VA; married Col. John Wise 24 Mar 1635 in Accomack Co., VA; born Abt. 1617 in Devonshire, England; died Abt. 1695 in Accomack Co., VA.

Notes for Col. John Wise:
The following is quoted from COL. JOHN WISE OF ENGLAND AND VIRGINIA (1617 - 1695) HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS by JENNINGS CROPPER WISE (published by) VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (1918), reprinted on CD-ROM by Moody K. Miles:

THE parentage of the immigrant John Wise is unknown, but, with the many clues which the ancient records of the family of Wise in England afford, and those to be found in the court records of England and Accomack County, Virginia, it would seem to be but a matter of trouble and expense to establish the connection of the English and American branches of the family with exactitude.
It seems fairly certain that the immigrant was of the Devonshire family of Wise. The late Governor Henry A. Wise wrote, in his "Seven Decades of the Union," that he was descended from Sir William Wise, and that the Wises were from the North of England. He was obviously mistaken as to the locality where the family was seated. While using the motto of the Devon family - "Sapere aude"- he took the head of Minerva for a family crest - the head of the Goddess of Wisdom being appropriate to the family name of Wise.
It is thought by some that the Minerva head was first employed by Governor Wise's father - Maj. John Wise - about the time of the Revolution, when old family ties with the mother country were roughly severed. If Major Wise had a right to use the ancient arms and crest, he had a right under the laws of heraldry, as a younger son, to adopt a distinctive crest. None but his own direct descendants may properly use this new crest, however, and even they may discard it in favor of the old, which has generally been done.
While it is not necessary to establish the lineage of the immigrant - John Wise of Accawmacke - consideration of the subject is interesting. His own record is such, and the legal records of his descendants are so perfectly well established for three centuries, that the latter may say of him, as Junot said of himself, that he was his own ancestor.
In the Home Office, London, is recorded a petition of one William Hudson to the Commissioners for the Admiralty and Navy, dated 1634, for the release of John Wise, his kinsman, from a ship called the John and Catherine, John Miller, Master, bound for the Barbadoes. This petition recites that John Wise "coming to town, being a country lad, was deceived and most violently brought on board," and that "he being forced aboard against his will it will not be only the heartbreaking of his parents, but utter ruin for the lad, who was sent to town for better fortune."
How much of this petition is legal verbiage, and how much an accurate statement of fact is unknown. It undoubtedly set forth the best plea possible, and, therefore, the boy actually may not have been forced upon the ship, but may have entered into a contract of labor for his passage, which was a common practice. At any rate, there was some reason why it was necessary to invoke the aid of a court to release him. But without regard to this point, the petition would seem to establish several facts, to-wit: that the John Wise referred to therein did not sail for Barbadoes in 1634, that his home was in the country, that his parents were living, that he was not heir to any large estate, and that he was sent to town by his parents in order that he might better his fortune, and that he was in the ship without the approval of his parents, whether voluntarily or by duress.
Furthermore, we know that he did not sail on the John and Catherine for the Barbadoes, for he and the same William Hudson were later booked to sail for America on the merchant ship Bonaventure, James Roccost, Master, January 2, 1634, and, failing to cross on this vessel, took passage for Virginia from Gravesend, July 4, 1635, on the ship Transport, appearing as William Hudson, age twenty, and John Wise, age eighteen. The names of both soon appeared in the records of the Shire of Accawmacke, Virginia, where John Wise married Hannah, the daughter of Capt. Edmund Scarburgh and his wife, Hannah Butler. There is on file, at Eastville, a bill of sale dated 1637 from Hannah Butler Scarburgh, the widow of Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, for a piebald heifer, to which bill of sale her "sons," Edmund Scarburgh and John Wise, subscribed as witnesses.
Hotten mentions two other Wises who were immigrants, a Jo. Wise, age eighteen or twenty-eight (the record is indistinct), and a John Wise, age thirty-two, both of whom sailed in January, 1636, on the ship Bonaventure to New England. There seems to be no doubt that Jo. Wise above was the Joseph Wise who appeared in Roxbury, Mass., soon after 1636. He is stated in the records to have been a "serving man" in his younger days, which simply meant that he was under a contractual obligation with the person who bore the cost of his transportation to the Colony of Massachusetts, to pay for his passage in personal labor.
What became of John Wise, the companion of Joseph, is not known. Joseph had a son named John, who was born in Roxbury in 1652, and became one of the foremost men of the Colony of Massachusetts. The fact that Joseph named his son John would seem to indicate that the father of Joseph might have been John, and that there was some relation between John of Virginia and John of Accomack. They were in all probability of the same family. We shall consider John Wise of Massachusetts here-after.
The late John Sergeant Wise devoted more time to the study of his family than any of his kin, and gave the matter of the parentage of the Virginia immigrant much thought. While in England he studied such family records as might throw light upon the problem. In his researches he was assisted by Maj. Lewis Lovatt Ayshford Wise, M. P., now (1916) resident in Woking, England. The following extract from a letter of Major Wise to John Sergeant Wise, written before the latter visited him in 1893, is interesting:
Extract from letter dated April 27, 1884, from Maj. Lewis Lovatt Ayshford Wise:
"I think, considering what you tell me of your family and forefathers, there can be but little doubt we are descended from the same stock. I have drawn out for you a portion of our family pedigree commencing about four generations before the date you mention. I have shown the direct line in red ink - that is, the eldest, or eldest surviving son, who has carried on the line. You will see that John Wise of Sydenham and Alicia Harris, about the time of Henry VIII., had six sons. The eldest, Thomas, inherited all or most of the family property in Devon and Cornwall, and four generations afterwards this all passed away to the Tremaynes with the heiress, Arabella Wise, whose two brothers died without issue. This line, therefore, became extinct so far as the Wises were concerned, though part of Arabella Wise's property, Mount Wise at Plymouth, still is so called and will be so called as long as England exists. We are, therefore, descended from the second son of John Wise and Alicia Harris, viz., John Wise of Totness. It would appear that your ancestor, John Wise, was born 1616. He would, therefore, probably belong to the generation of John Wise and Susanna Prestwood. This man had but one brother, William, and three sisters - so your John Wise did not belong to this branch. Neither was he the son of Samuel and Wilmota Blackwell, but for all I know he might have been a son of Samuel's brother, Christopher. In the branch that terminates with Arabella the only son was Thomas. In the same generation there is another branch, who settled eventually [and are now] in Warwickshire, one Richard Wise of Gilsdon, who may have had brothers. Again, there is George Wise, brother of John of Sydenham, and his nephews, Nicholas, James, Charles and Erkenbold. From any of these your ancestor may have been descended. So far as I can judge your ancestor, John Wise, was probably either a son of Christopher Wise, son of John and Emmota, or son of William Wise of Cudleston, or a great-grandson of George Wise, or grandson of Nicholas, James, Charles, or Erkenbold.
"It will be no doubt very difficult to trace, especially if descended from George or his nephews, but it will be interesting to me, and if you wish it I will try and do it. I have the whole pedigree here up to and before the Norman Conquest, but, as you see, the families of younger sons are not followed up, etc."
The writer shall here let John Sergeant Wise give his own conclusions, based on a full examination of the family records in England:
"In 1893, I inspected the family parchment rolls in the possession of Maj. Lewis Lovatt Ayshford Wise, then living at Watts House, Bishop Lydeard, Taunton, Somersetshire, now residing in Wapping, Kent. From those records, it appeared that Rychard Wise, younger brother of James, and his descendants, were known as the Wises of Cudleston, and added a star in the corner of their shield, as the distinguishing mark of that branch of the family. Rychard Wise of Cudleston was the younger brother of John Wise of Sydenham, and of Sir William Wise, who was knighted in the Battle of the Spurs.
"Rychard Wise of Cudleston had a son, John Wise of Cudleston, who had two sons, John Wise and William Wise. The line of William Wise is carried on upon the chart, but that of John, the elder son, is not carried on. He lived at the very date at which our John came to America, and I have no doubt whatever he was the same individual.
"William Wise's son, Richard Wise of Gilsdon, was born in 1647, when our John, his father's elder brother, was thirty years old. I have no doubt that by applying to the proper court in England for the will of Rychard Wise of Cudleston, and John Wise of Cudleston, we could identify our ancestor as the oldest son of John Wise of Cudleston, brother of William Wise, and uncle of Richard, born 1647, and relative of William Hudson, his companion. The will of our John Wise speaks of his property in England. . . . Families in England seem to have regarded the sons who went to America as swallowed up in a wilderness, and dropped them from their rolls."
This deduction is most plausible. The death of John, the elder son and heir of John Wise of "Cudleston," is not recorded. Why did he not inherit his father's estate? And yet the emigrant may have been the grandson of James, Charles, or Erkenbold Wise, sons of John Wise of "Sydenham," and Alice Harris of Hayne, who were the brothers of Thomas and John Wise, whose descendants are clearly recorded. (See "Devonshire Parishes," Charles Worthy, Vol. I., p. 178, and supra. Chapter I.) It might be argued that it is more likely that the son of a younger son was permitted to migrate to Virginia, than that the infant heir and namesake of the heir of a nobleman should have been allowed to venture forth, accompanied only by a young kinsman, to a distant and almost unknown colony, to seek his fortune, when an inheritance awaited him at home. The circumstance of his tender age may be taken to indicate that the emigrant was not the namesake and heir of his father, which in turn precludes the probability that he was the son of a John Wise. The emigrant was born in 1617. He was then of the same generation as Thomas Wise, M. P., 1646. High Sheriff of Devon in 1638. who was the son of Sir Thomas Wise, K. B., M. P., and Margaret Stowford, and if he was the grandson of James, Charles, or Erkenbold Wise, he was a first cousin of Sir Thomas Wise of "Mount Wise" and "Sydenham. The known facts indicate that John Wise, the emigrant, was a gentleman, for he married a lady, Hannah, the daughter of Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, from Norfolk, England, and there is some evidence that he was acquainted with the Scarburghs before their emigration. (It has been stated erroneously a number of times that John Wise married the daughter of Col. Edmund Scarburgh.)
It is possible that Capt. Edmund Scarburgh came to Virginia by way of New England. The name Scarburgh in one form or another appears in Massachusetts at an early date, and a town was founded there of that name.
Capt. Edmund Scarburgh settled on lands lying along Magothy Bay, in Accomack, probably about 1628. His holding was patented by his son Edmund, May 18, 1637, when 200 acres were granted the latter. "Due: 50 acres for the personal adventure of his late father, Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, and 50 for the personal adventure of his mother, Hannah Scarburgh, 50 for his own personal adventure, and 50 for the transportation of a servant, Robert Butler." (Abstracts from Virginia Land Patents, published in Va. Mag. Hist. & Biog.)
It is not unreasonable to suppose that the Robert Butler mentioned in the foregoing patent was the father of Captain Scarburgh's wife. The fact that he is mentioned as a servant is by no means conclusive that he was a menial. Emigrants that bound themselves by a contract with another under which their passage was secured were frequently rated in the shipping registers as servants or bondsmen.
Capt. Edmund Scarburgh was the first burgess from the "Eastern Shore," or the peninsula of Accomack, which was not a county until 1632, representing his section of the colony in the General Assembly of 1629. He was also a burgess in 1631 and 1632. (Hening, I., pp. 137-9.) When the corporation of Accomack was created as one of the eight original shires, Captain Scarburgh was appointed justice or commissioner of the Accomack Court, and sat as such at the first meeting of the court on January 7, 1632. He died in 1635.
His elder son, Sir Charles Scarburgh, born 1615, died 1693, was baptized in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, December 29, 1615. He was a graduate of Oxford, author of a celebrated treatise on Calculus, several works on anatomy, a member of Parliament, knighted in 1669, and successively Court Physician to Charles II., James II., and King William. The poet Cowley addressed a poem to him. His portrait, showing him lecturing on anatomy, is included in this work.
For the following notes on the family of Scarburgh the author is indebted to James Dunlop Wise, Esq.:
From what has been written of the Scarburghs, it would hardly seem that John Wise, the immigrant, would have been permitted to take the hand of Hannah Scarburgh, unless he had possessed family and fortune, for his wife was not only the eldest daughter of Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, the foremost man of his time in Accomack, but was the sister of Sir Charles Scarburgh and Col. Edmund Scarburgh.
Exactly when John Wise married Hannah Scarburgh is not known, but the marriage occurred prior to 1655, for it appears by the records in the land office at Richmond, Va., that Governor Diggs, by deed dated the 24th day of March, 1655, granted John Wise 200 acres of land on Nondies Creek in Northampton County. (Name of Accawmacke changed to Northampton in 1642.) The land granted John Wise was declared to be due him, for the transportation of four persons to the Colony. These four persons were said to be Nohal Hobs, Lawrence Hilyer, Hannah Wise, and a man named Wently Mackelayne.
There is a perfectly obvious error in the record. John Wise did not transport Hannah Wise. She was his wife, and under the law he was entitled to 50 acres for his wife, as well as for those he transported.
It has always seemed odd to the writer that no mention was made in the Scarburgh patent of 1637, above quoted, of Hannah Scarburgh, the daughter of Capt. Edmund and the sister of Col. Edmund Scarburgh. It may be that she was even then married to John Wise, whose right it was to claim land in her name. If this be true it is readily seen why Colonel Scarburgh asserted no claim in the name of his sister along with that of his father, mother, and grandfather.
Another piece of documentary evidence tends to fix the date of his marriage more closely. In 1691 his granddaughter, Naomi Anderson, as we shall see, was twenty-two years old. She was born, therefore, in 1669. Assuming that her mother, the daughter of John Wise, was at least sixteen when she married William Anderson in 1668, she must have been born in 1652, and her parents must have been married before that date.
It is highly probable that soon after his marriage, John Wise, the immigrant, settled in the upper half of the peninsula, for on October 27, 1653, the records show that Tepiapon, King of Great Nussawattocks, called him into Court, "as a neighboring planter," to witness a deed.
The land granted John Wise in 1655 was described as on Nondies Creek, and was bounded on the south by the creek, on the west by the lands of Edmund Littleton, on the north by the Great Swamp, and on the east by the land of George Truitt. The creek referred to is the present Nandua Creek, and the swamp on the north is unquestionably that now known as Dolls Swamp. August 17, 1663, a further grant of 250 acres of land was certified to him for five other head rights as they were called, that is, for five people introduced into the Colony; and on the 10th of November, 1663, a deed to him appears from Ekeekes, the King of Onancock and Chesconnessex, for 600 acres of land on the south side of Chesconnessex Creek. (Accomack Records, 1668.) This tract, with other land added thereto, was known for many years as the "Dutch Blanket" tract, by reason of the fact that the consideration which passed to the Indian Chief was seven Dutch blankets.
A copy of the original deed of Ekeekes is here given:
"Know all men by these presents that I Ekeekes, King of Onancock and Chicconesseck in ye county of Accomac, have bargained and sold forever from me and my heirs unto John Wise his heirs executors or assigns forever A Certaine parcell of Land lying on ye South side of Chicconesseck to ye quantity of Six hundred acres of land taken up by Majr. Wm. Waters wch land lying betweene two peaces of Land taken by John Michael on ye same side of ye Creeke, and I doe forever revoke any interest that I or any of my people shall or may pretend, and in consideration whereof I doe acknowledge to have received full satisfaction, according to agreement in witness whereof, I hereunto Sett my hand this 3d of July 1663.
Ekeekes his mke
"Test George Truet
"ye mke of
"Alice R. Truet

"The above written acknowledged in open court the 10th day of November 1663 by Ekeekes as his Reall Act & Deed to Jno. Wise.
"Test Robt. Hutchinson C1 Cur.
"Recorded ye 12th of November p me Robt. Hutchinson C1
Cur Co. Accomk.
"A copy:
"Teste John D. Grant CC."

In 1668 Governor Berkeley made a grant of 1,060 acres to John Wise, part of which was confirmatory of that previously granted to and purchased by him. Out of this tract were carved the two estates of "Clifton" and "Fort George" on Chesconnessex Creek, which were handed down by six wills for two hundred and four years from father to son, passing out of the family in 1867. The wills referred to are all of record in the same court.
In 1642 the Shire of Accomack became the County of Northampton, and June 16, 1662, John Wise was chosen as a warden of Hungar's Parish, the oath of office being administered to him in the name of "The Keepers of the Liberty of England, by authority of Parliament" In February, 1649, he united. with the other Royalists of Northampton, under the leadership of his brother-in-law, Col. Edmund Scarburgh, in proclaiming Charles II. the rightful successor of Charles I., and in March, 1651, he and one hundred and fifteen other Royalists were required to sign an engagement to be "true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King's or House of Lords." He was also a party to the Northampton Protest of March, 1652, in which for the first time in America "taxation without representation" was declared to be "tyranny," and in 1677 he, like his wife's nephew, Capt. Edmund Scarburgh, was a signatory party to the Accomack Memorial to Berkeley. This historic instrument was signed by the ten justices of the county. He appeared as a justice of the Accomack Court with the title of colonel at its first session - April 21, 1663.
The justices of the county courts at this time were the foremost men of their communities. The offices of justice and county clerk in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries were very much more dignified and highly esteemed positions than they are at present, for the judicial system was more fully concerned with governmental administration under the old order than it is now. A justice was in effect the representative of the central authority; a court clerk was the local administrative officer. There were no great merchants, bankers, and other business men to lead in the affairs of the rural communities where all were planters, and the population was sparse and scattered. The counties were the important governmental divisions, and their interests were often as adverse as their geographical locations were widely separated. The whole life of the county, political and economic, centered in its court. Through the medium of representative burgesses alone the couinterests were harmonized in the General Assembly, and except in that body the people of the Colony rarely acted as a unit in any matter. The Eastern Shore peninsula first known as Accomack, which translated means "the other side of the water," from 1632 to 1642 as the Shire of Accomack, from 1642 to 1663 as the County of Northampton, and from 1663 as the counties of Northampton and Accomack, was more widely separated from the other counties of Virginia than any other section of the Colony. It was even claimed by its people in 1652 to rightfully comprise a colonial entity-separate from Virginia - with the people of which along the James River the Accomackians had little in common. To understand the history of the Eastern Shoremen, and to appreciate fully their position and attitude, one must bear in mind the foregoing facts. The isolated Eastern Shoremen were a veritable race unto themselves, and their leaders were relatively more important in the eyes of their people than men occupying the same offices in the counties across the Chesapeake. Especially were a few great families or clans more powerful and united because of the limited area of the peninsula, its isolation, and their frequent intermarriages. This fact is well illustrated by the Scarburghs and the Wises. It was difficult for a member of either of these families in the seventeenth century to tell exactly what kin he was to a member of the other. With this fact we shall be forcibly impressed as this record progresses, and yet we shall also be astonished to discover that the record of the Wise family shows that the children of first cousins, who themselves married double cousins, produced without exception virile men and women of exceptional intellect and character. Intermarriages by blood relations occurred in this family in no less than four of its first six generations. The record fails to disclose a single male member of the family who was not a man of outstanding character and position, and the number of such men has increased with each generation down to and including the present or eighth generation. There have been no lunatics, no mental or moral weaklings, and not as many as the average number of physically weak men to be found in the ordinary family. Nor has there been any well-defined physical weakness or disease among the male members of the Wise family, which could not be clearly traced to a maternal parent.

For some years after the new County of Accomack was formed, in 1663, the justices held court in Pungoteague in the tavern of John Cole. But in 1680 a courthouse was ordered to be built at Onancock, the new seat of Accomack, and, pending the erection of the building, court was held at the residence of John Wise, Justice, on Chesconnessex Creek, as late as 1683. (Accomack County Records, Vo1. 1676-8, p. 97.)
John Wise I died in 1695 at the age of seventy-eight years. He was an ardent Royalist and Anglican, and is said to have been a very pious man. His will, dated October 20, 1693, proved November 19, 1695, and recorded in the Court of Accomack, is a curious instrument. The greater portion of it is devoted to the disposition of the testator's "Imortal Sou1." (Accomack Records, 1695.) The records show that he was called in as a friend of the Indians, on more than one occasion, to witness their deeds, and to counsel them. He was regarded by the natives as a friend and protector of the red men. He must have been of great service to them in their troubles with his brother-in-law, Colonel Scarburgh. Tradition has it that the first communion set of St. George's Church, Pungoteague, was presented by the immigrant, John Wise, though there is no record to that effect. Bishop Meade refers to this old service in his famous book. Pieces of it were in existence in his time (1845). John Wise is also declared to have been a man of great ability, indomitable energy, dauntless courage, and strict integrity. (Va. Hist. Collect., Vol. XI., p. 188.)

More About Col. John Wise:
Elected: 1663, Commissioner for Accomack at the firstr court
Ethnicity/Relig.: Anglican; churchwarden of Hungars Parish in 1662
Immigration: 1635, Came to the Eastern Shore
Probate: 19 Nov 1695, Accomack Co., VA
Property: Owned land on Nandua Creek (200 acres), Chesconessex Creek (600 acres purchased in 1663 from Indian Ekeekes), and by 1663 owned 1200 acres in Accomack
Residence: "Clifton, " Northampton (later in Accomack) Co., VA
Will: 21 Oct 1693, Accomack Co., VA

v. Hannah Scarborough, born Jan 1623; died Jan 1623.

634. John Harmar?, died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England?.

Child of John Harmar? is:
317 i. Mary Harmar?, born Abt. 1610; married Col. Edmund Scarborough, Jr. Abt. 1640 in probably Northampton Co., VA.

896. Richard Kendall, died 1623 in Brinton, County Norfolk, England. He was the son of 1792. Robert Kendall.

Children of Richard Kendall are:
448 i. John Kendall, married Anne Pleasance.
ii. William Kendall, died Abt. 1638.

More About William Kendall:
Occupation: Husbandman
Residence: Brinton, County Norfolk, England

iii. Christopher Kendall

More About Christopher Kendall:
Occupation: Blacksmith

iv. Nicholas Kendall

More About Nicholas Kendall:
Occupation: Carpenter

v. Marian Kendall, died Abt. 1648.

898. Robert Pleasance, died 1613.

Child of Robert Pleasance is:
449 i. Anne Pleasance, married John Kendall.

Generation No. 11

1264. Henry Scarborough III, born Abt. 21 Sep 1565 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England; died 24 Aug 1617 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England. He was the son of 2528. Henry Scarborough, Jr.. He married 1265. Elizabeth Humberstone.
1265. Elizabeth Humberstone She was the daughter of 2530. John Humbertstone.

More About Henry Scarborough III:
Burial: North Walsham, County Norfolk, England

Children of Henry Scarborough and Elizabeth Humberstone are:
632 i. Capt. Edmund Scarborough, born Abt. 25 Dec 1584 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England; died Abt. Jan 1635 in Eastern Shore of Virginia USA; married Hannah Smith in England.
ii. Henry Scarborough IV, born Abt. 12 Jul 1590.
iii. Samuel Scarborough, born Abt. 04 Nov 1593.
iv. John Scarborough, born Abt. 07 May 1598.

1266. Rev. Edmund Smith, born Bef. 06 May 1565 in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England; died Abt. 1617 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the son of 2532. Robert Smith. He married 1267. Alice Barry 23 Jul 1593 in Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.
1267. Alice Barry, born Abt. 1575. She was the daughter of 2534. Nicholas Barry II and 2535. Anne Lording.

Notes for Rev. Edmund Smith:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p201.htm#i20052

Edmund was born in 1564 at Harrow, Middlesex, England.1 Anecdote* between 1579 and 1580 The Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College (Mich 1579 - Mich 1580) shows a Edmund Smythe of Harrow on the Hill: son of Robert Smythe, mediocris fortunae. School, Harrow, three years, and Northolt (Northall) , one year. Age 15. Admitted sizar, Nov. 17 1579. Tutor, Mr. Rabbet, fellow. B.A. 1583-4; M.A. 1588. Incorporated at Oxford, July 10, 1593. Scholor to L. Day 1587. Under-master of Merchant Taylors' School, 1588; Head-master 1592-9. He then obtained a benefice and petitioned for a contribution for the first-fruits. His son was admitted in 1614.3
1590 Rev. Edmund Smythe was rector of Tenby; previously rector of Stackpole Elidyr, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and previously to that headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School in London.1 Marriage* 23 July 1593 He married Alice Barry, daughter of Nicholas Barry II and Anne Lording, on 23 July 1593 at Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, England. On the original marriage record they were shown as Edmound Smith and Alice Barrye. The Rev. Edmund Smith was of London and Tenby Pembrokeshire.4,5 Will* 10 January 1617/18 Edmund made a will on 10 January 1617/18 at Pembrokeshire, England. In his will Edmund Smith, rector of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, England, stated: In the name of god Amen. This Tenth day of January in the fourteeth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord James King of England, I, Edmond Smith, Rector or parson of Tenbie, being poor in body but in good and perfect memory, love and praise be given unto God, do make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge. First I bequeath my soule unto Allmighty God my only Saviour and Redeemer...my body to be buried in the church at Tenby. Item, I give unto my son Edmond Smyth the sum of one hundred pounds to be payed in manner and forme following, viz. at Christmas next (illegible) in the year of our lord 1618 (illegible) I give unto my son Edmond Smith all of my books and apparel. Item, I give unto my daughter Anna Scarbrough als Smith my best quilt (illegible) with (illegible) to be (illegible) for her presently after the proving of my will. Item, I give unto my grandson Charles Scarbrough five (?) markes to be payed (illegible) after the provinge of my will. All the rest of my goods, chattells, and (illegible), moveable and immoveable of every kind of nature...I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Alice Smith, whome I do constitute, nominate, and appoint my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. (redacted) Edmund Smith. Witness, Steven Middleton, Mary Clarke, (illegible) Middleton, George (Martin?), (illegible) Barret.

Citations
1. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles.
2. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-1897, p. 104 (Mich 1579 - Mich 1580) (for son Edmund Smythe).
3. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-1897, p. 104 (Mich 1579 - Mich 1580).
4. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, monograph by Cecil L'Estrange Ewen, printed 1938, entitled "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate."
5. [S802] Ancestry.com web page, Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Edmond Smith & Alice Barrye.
6. [S2779] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Will of Edmond Smith, Rector of Tenby in Pembrokeshire.


Children of Edmund Smith and Alice Barry are:
633 i. Hannah Smith, born Abt. 1594 in England; died Aft. 09 Jan 1635 in Eastern Shore of Virginia USA; married Capt. Edmund Scarborough in England.
ii. Dr. Edmund Smith II, born Abt. 1599 in London, England; died Bef. 01 Mar 1654.

Notes for Dr. Edmund Smith II:
http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p898.htm#i89765

Dr. Edmund Smith was born in 1599 at London, England.
The Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1614 shows him as Edmund Smith: of London (baptized at St. Lawrence Pountney): son of Edmund Smith (p. 104), minister. At school (Merchant Taylors') in London, under Mr. Haynes. Age 16. Admitted pensioner, May 1, 1614. Surety, Mr. Brown. B.A. 1617-8: M.A. 1621. Incorporated at Oxford, July 12, 1623. M.D. 1627. Scholar, Mich 1615 to L. Day 1618. Junior fellow, Mida 1621 to L. Day 1627. Appointed by royal mandate, dated Dec 18, 1620. Fellow of the College of Physicians, 1632. Died of pleurisy in his house in Shoe Lane, Feb 16, 1653-4. He only survived for fortnight the opening of the Harveian Museum of which he had been an active promoter: "Sussau et cura Franc. Prujeani Presidis, et. Edmundi Smith, inchoata et perfecta est haec fabrica" (Munk's Roll). Of St. Andrew's, Holborn, July 21, 1646; when he was fined £35 as a delinquent: "being a physician in ordinary to the king he went to Oxford in attendance on him" (Cal. of Com. for Compounding). Will proved at Westminster, March 1, 1653-4.
1618 Dr Edmund Smith attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; BA 1618, MA 1623, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1632; physician-in-ordinary to Charles I during the Civil War--an office later executed by his nephew Sir Charles Scarburgh for Charles II. This Edmund Smith was a close personal friend of William Harvey (who encouraged Charles Scarburgh to "leave off thy gunning" and come to Cambridge), and is named by a biographer of Harvey as Scarburgh's uncle. Citations
1. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles.
2. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-1897, p. 224-225, 1614 (Edmund Smith of London).
3. [S2779] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Will of Edmond Smith, Rector of Tenby in Pembrokeshire.

1792. Robert Kendall, died Abt. 1566.

More About Robert Kendall:
Occupation: Yeoman farmer
Residence: Brinton, County Norfolk, England

Child of Robert Kendall is:
896 i. Richard Kendall, died 1623 in Brinton, County Norfolk, England.

Generation No. 12

2528. Henry Scarborough, Jr. He was the son of 5056. Henry Scarborough.

Child of Henry Scarborough, Jr. is:
1264 i. Henry Scarborough III, born Abt. 21 Sep 1565 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England; died 24 Aug 1617 in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England; married Elizabeth Humberstone.

2530. John Humbertstone

Child of John Humbertstone is:
1265 i. Elizabeth Humberstone, married Henry Scarborough III.

2532. Robert Smith, born Abt. 1540.

Child of Robert Smith is:
1266 i. Rev. Edmund Smith, born Bef. 06 May 1565 in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England; died Abt. 1617 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; married Alice Barry 23 Jul 1593 in Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.

2534. Nicholas Barry II, born Abt. 1550 in London, England?; died 1607. He was the son of 5068. Nicholas Barry. He married 2535. Anne Lording 05 Oct 1572 in St. Magnus the Martyr Parish, London, Middlesex, England.
2535. Anne Lording, born Abt. 1555 in London, England; died 1631 in Walkerne, Hertfordshire, England. She was the daughter of 5070. George Lording and 5071. Anne ?.

More About Nicholas Barry II:
Occupation: Fishmonger
Residence: St. Laurence Pountney, London, England

Children of Nicholas Barry and Anne Lording are:
i. Rev. George Barry, born Abt. 1573 in St. Laurence Pountney, London, England; died 1632.

More About Rev. George Barry:
Occupation: Anglican minister--Rector of Walkerne, Hertfordshire, England

1267 ii. Alice Barry, born Abt. 1575; married Rev. Edmund Smith 23 Jul 1593 in Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.
iii. John Barry, born Abt. 1576.
iv. Edmund Barry, born Abt. 1577; died 1579.
v. Lording Barry, born Abt. 1580 in St. Laurence Pountney Parish, London, England; died Bef. 21 Jul 1629.

Notes for Lording Barry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lording_Barry

Lording Barry[1] (1580–1629) was a 17th-century English dramatist and pirate.

Career
Barry was the son of Nicholas Barry, a fishmonger of London, and his wife Anne Lording. On the death of his father in 1607, he received an inheritance of £10, which he invested in a theatre company, the Children of the King's Revels, at Whitefriars Theatre. Barry went into debt to finance his theatrical ventures, and was jailed in the Marshalsea prison. Freed on bail, he escaped to Ireland, where he took up a career of piracy. He was tried and acquitted for piracy in Cork in 1610 (under the name "Lodowicke Barry"), and in 1617 sailed with Sir Walter Raleigh on his ill-fated voyage to Guiana. Later in life he was part-owner of a ship called the Edward of London (her principal owner was Edward Bennett), which was granted a letter of marque in 1627.
Works
Barry is known to be the author of one comedy, Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks (1608), which was included in the second and subsequent editions of Robert Dodsley's Old Plays and was long attributed to Philip Massinger. Anthony Wood says it was acted by the Children of the King's Revels before 1611.
The only performance of which any record exists took place at Drury Lane between 1719 and 1723, probably near the latter date. A manuscript cast, which came into the possession of John Genest assigns the principal characters to Robert Wilks, Theophilus Cibber, William Pinkethman, Mills, Mrs. Booth, and Mrs. Seal.
Gerard Langbaine conjectured that an incident in the play that was subsequently used in Thomas Killigrew's The Parson's Wedding was borrowed from the same author from whom Francis Kirkman took the story; which is to be found in Richard Head's The English Rogue, part iv. chap. 19.
There is also evidence that Barry authored or co-authored a second city comedy, The Family of Love (1608), which was once attributed to Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker. [2][3][4] The two plays share a similar bawdy tone and both end in a mock trial in which the romantic male lead masquerades as a judge to punish the wrongdoers for their sins.
References
1. ^ Also Lodowick Barry or Barrey, and miscalled Lord Barry.
2. ^ Lake, pp. 91–108.
3. ^ Taylor, et al., pp. 213–41.
4. ^ Taylor, G., & Lavagnino, J., p. 19.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barry, Lodowick". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
• Ewen, Cecil l'Estrange. "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate" (1938)
• Kathman, David (September 2004). 'Barry, Lording (1580-1629)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Lording Barry was born in 1580 at St. Lawrence Pountney Parish, City of London, County of London, England.3 Christening 17 April 1580 He was christened on 17 April 1580 at St. Lawrence Pountney Parish, City of London, England.3 Anecdote* 1600 The prinicpal source for the information on Edmund Scarburgh's wife Hannah is from a monograph by Cecil L'Estrange Ewen, printed in 1938, entitled "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate", which gives a pedigree for several generations of Barry's family and allied lines along with dates of wills (and extensive information on the life and career of Barry, whose antecedents had been something of a literary mystery...it was thought, for instance, that "Lording" was some sort of honorific and that he was the son or bastard son of a Lord Barry). Lording Barry's association with Edward Bennett is mentioned in "The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature", p.51 (viewable via Google Books). The will of Lording Barry, as follows, names him as "Captain and part-owner of the good shippe Edward of London". (See also John Bennett Boddie, "Seventeeth Century Isle of Wight"; mentions grant of a letter of marque to Edward Bennett for the ship Edward, of London on p. 51). Lording Barry, sometime playwright and partner in the theatre company of the Children of the King's Revels, later pirate, and in later life part-owner of the privateer Edward of London, whose principal owner was Edward Bennett of Bennett's Plantation (uncle of Richard Bennett who was gov. of Virginia, and great-uncle of Elizabeth Bennett who married Charles Scarburgh, son of Col. Edmund Scarburgh).2 Will - Father's* 1607 Lording was named in his father's will in 1607. Lording Barry was left the sum of approximately £10 in his father's will of 1607 (one-fifth of one-third of the estate); he invested it in a theatre company, the Children of the King's Revels, at Whitefriars, London. He is known as the author of at least two plays; "Ram Alley", and "The Family of Love" (previously attributed to John Webster, best known as the author of "The Duchess of Malfi"). Barry went heavily into debt over his theatrical venture, and was jailed in the Marshalsea Prison, from which he escaped, and, buying a horse on credit, made his way to Ireland and a career of piracy. A vessel he was aboard, the Fly, was taken by a King's ship on return from a pirating voyage; Barry was among those turned ashore by the Royal Navy officer (Ewen speculates that the leniency shown to Barry may have something to do with the fact that a Barry, Viscount Buttevant, was one of the King's Commissioners for piracy, and that the arms of Barry's father--given in "A Visitation of Wales and Part of the Marches" as "barry of six argent and gules, a crescent or for difference" were almost identical to those of the Viscounts Buttevant). Barry later took part in Sir Walter Raleigh's last, failed expedition to the Orinoco in 1616-17, and returning to England was eventually in partnership with Edward Bennett, as seen above from his will.4 Anecdote 1617 In 1617 Lording Barry had another nearly disatrous privateering adventure, as part of Sir Walter Ralegh's gold-mining expedition to Guyana. Back in London, Barry became part-owner of a trading vessel called the Edward of London, whose principal owner was Edwad Bennett, a commissioner of Virginia at the court of England. This ship was, in 1627, granted a letter of marque to take pirates and enemy ships. Barry's career at sea seems to have come full circle. Barry wrote no other plays and seems not to have married or had children. His niece Hannah Scarburgh, however, emigrated to Virginia, and had children and grandchildren there. Some small genetic remnant of Barry was, perhaps, at last enjoying the riches and freedom of a new world which the playwright had so vigorously pursued.5 Will* 18 July 1625 Lording made a will on 18 July 1625 at London, England. In the name of God, Amen. I Lordinge Barrye, captaine and part owner of the good shippe called the Edward of London, beeing of perfect minde and memorie thankes be to god doe make and declare this my last will and testament in writing in manner and forme followinge. To Charles, son of Edmond Scarburgh of Saint Martines in the Fields, 3l. to buy him a gold ring. To Mr Robert Overye of Staple Inn, 20s. to buy him a gold ring. To Mr Francis Burnell of the City of London, 20s. to buy him a gold ring. Executors and residuary legatees: Hannah, wife to Edmond Scarburgh of St Martins in the Fields and Edmond, son to said Edmond and Hannah. 18 July, I Chas. (1625). Witnesses: Robert Ball, clerk; Robert Overeye, Richard Overye. Probate 21 July 1629. Grant to Hannah Scarburgh. Inventory, 49s. 8d. (Diocese & Chapter of St Paul's, Reg. D., folio 363).1 Death* before 21 July 1629 He died before 21 July 1629 at England. It was on this date that his will was probated.1 Citations
1. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Diocese & Chapter of St. Paul's, Reg. D., folio 363.
2. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, monograph by Cecil L'Estrange Ewen, printed 1938, entitled "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate."
3. [S802] Ancestry.com web page, Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, St Lawrence Pountney, Composite register: baptisms 1538 - 1739, marriages 1538 - 1666, burials 1538 - 1739, P69/LAW2/A/001/MS07670.
4. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, Source: "Lording Barry, Poet and Pirate", C. L'Estrange Ewen. Privately printed, 1938.
5. [S2434] Christopher Handy, to M.K. Miles, The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature, p. 51.

vi. Anne Barry, born Abt. 1581 in St. Laurence Pountney Parish, London, England; married (1) Francis Barnham; married (2) Edmund Muns 13 Apr 1599 in Presbyter of St. Olave's, Hart Street, London, England.
vii. John Barry, born Abt. 1583.
viii. Matthew Barry, born Abt. 1583.
ix. Hellen Barry, born Abt. 1586.
x. Eartrid Barry, born Abt. 1587.
xi. William Barry, born Abt. 1587.
xii. Eleanor Barry, born Abt. 1589.
xiii. Gertrude Barry, born Abt. 1591.

Generation No. 13

5056. Henry Scarborough

Child of Henry Scarborough is:
2528 i. Henry Scarborough, Jr..

5068. Nicholas Barry, born Abt. 1525 in Standon, Hertfordshire, England?; died Abt. 1567.

Child of Nicholas Barry is:
2534 i. Nicholas Barry II, born Abt. 1550 in London, England?; died 1607; married Anne Lording 05 Oct 1572 in St. Magnus the Martyr Parish, London, Middlesex, England.

5070. George Lording, born Abt. 1510; died Bef. 08 Aug 1578 in Canterbury, England?. He married 5071. Anne ?.
5071. Anne ?

More About George Lording:
Occupation: Citizen & merchant tailor of London, England

Child of George Lording and Anne ? is:
2535 i. Anne Lording, born Abt. 1555 in London, England; died 1631 in Walkerne, Hertfordshire, England; married Nicholas Barry II 05 Oct 1572 in St. Magnus the Martyr Parish, London, Middlesex, England.