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HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY 


Published  Quarterly  by 

THE  VIRGINIA  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY, 

FOR  THE 

YEAR  ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1917 


VOL.  XXV 


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Editor  of  the  Magazine. 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

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Book  Reviews ;^-    ,      ,,  '  , 

Boone,  Daniel,  at  Limestone,  1786-87.     By  D.  I.  Bushnell  Jr  .     1 

Byrd,  William,  First,  Letters  of f,'    To' ^o,    m 

Council  and  General  Court  Minutes,  1624-29 32,  113,  225,  337 

Council  Papers,  1098-1702 ^^J 

Eton,  Expenses  of  Virginia  Boys  at o^"  ViV 'qn-?  "4^1 

Genealogy.     Gorsuch  and  Lovelace 80,  212,  302,  4^1 

Johnson 3.8,4^^ 

Webb       99,  210,  330 

Yeardley,  &c 101,  201,  323.  425 

Illustrations:     Baylor,  John  (1705-1772),  Portrait 314a 

Baylor,  John  (1750-1808) ,  Portrait 31ba 

Baylor,  John  (1750-1808),  Portrait 318a 

Boone's  Daniel,  Indian  Book.     Fac  simile  of  page. 

Frontispiece. 

Hunt,  Rev.  Robert,  fac-similes  of  signatures 413 

Moale,  Mrs.  John  (1741-1826),  Portrait 442a 

Moore,  Augustine,  Portrait '132a 

Moore,  Mrs.  Augustine,  Portrait ■134a 

Moore,  Bernard  and  Sister,  Portraits 436a 

King  William  County  Records,  Extracts  from.     By  W.  B.  Cridlin. 

65,  174,  290 

Notes  and  Queries 75,190,297,400 

Revolutionary  Pension  Declarations,  Pittsylvania  County.   By  Mrs. 

N.E.Clement ^"^9 

Sussex  County  Wills  (Index).     By  W.B.  Cridlin 167 

Virginia  Gazette,  1752-1753,  Extracts  from 1- 

Virginia  Gleanings  in  England.     By  Lothrop  Withington  and 

LeoCuUeton ^ 53,161,239,389 

Virginia  in  1680-81 22,  139,  265,  365 

Virginia,  Proposals  in  regard  to '1 

Virginia  State  Auditor's  Office,  Papers  from 275,  376 

Virginia  Historical  Society,  List  of  Officers  and  Members,  January 

Magazine. 
Virginia,  Historical  Society,  Proceedings  of  Annual  Meeting,  March 

17,1917.     April  Magazine. 


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Virginia   Historical   Society 

IN  ■:■.'■■■' 

Annual  Meeting  Held  March  17,  1917. 

The  Annual  IVIeeting  was  held  in  the  Society's  House,  707 
East  Franklin  Street  on  March  17th,  at  4  P.  M.,  with  President 
W.  Gordon  McCabe  in  the  chan-. 

The  first  business  was  the  reading  of  President  McCabe 's 
Annual  Report  as  follows : 

Annual  Report  of  the  President  of  the  Virginia 
Historical  Society  for  191G. 

To  the  Members  of  the  Virginia  Historical  Society: 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  comprising 
a  simimarv'  of  the  varied  activities  of  the  Society  and  presenting 
a  detailed  statement  of  its  finances,  membership  and  property 
for  tlie  year  ending  November  .30th,  191G— which  report  has 
been  duly  examined,  verified  and  unanimously  approved  by 
your  Executive  Committee. 

I; -Though  there  is  Httle  of  paramount  moment,  apart  from  the 
solid  achievement  of  the  Society  in  its  recognized  field,  to  claim 
special  attention,  it  is  gratifying  to  report  that  the  year  has 
Ix^en,  from  every  point  of  view,  a  prosperous  one,  and  that,  at 
Llie  end  of  its  eighty-fourth  year,  our  organization  is  as  full  of 
high  aspiration  and  of  lusty  vigor  as  in  the  "Ma3'--morn  of  its 
youth,"  wliile  it  is  far  better  equipped  than  ever  before  in  its 
history  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  its  ever-broadening 
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iv  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Our  collections  have  been  excellent,  owing  to  the  drastic  pur- 
j^ng  from  our  rolls  of  persistent  delinquents,  while,  in  spite  of 
the  sad  inroads  of  death,  our  "membership  has  grown  to  760,  an 
increase  of  9  over  last  year. 

Though  we  have  had  no  becjuests  or  subscriptions  to  swell 
our  "Permanent  Fund,"  we  have  3'et  made  a  substantial  addi- 
tion to  it  through  the  economical  and  sagacious  management 
of  the  Society's  current  revenues. 

That  our  finances  continue  in  a  thoroughly  sound  and  satis- 
factory condition  is  evidenced  by  the  subjoined  report  of  our 
efiicient  Treasurer,  which,  having  been  duly  audited,  is  here 
presented  in  full; 

Treasurer's  Report: 

I  herewith  submit  my  report  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  November  30, 
J91G,  and  of  the  Permanent  Fund  at  this  present  date: 
Balance    in   Bank    December    1,    1915 $369.74 

Receipts. 

Annual  Dues $3,097.10 

Life  Members 300.00 

vSale  of  Magazines -  340.41 

l^.ale  of  Publications 7.75 

Advertising 36.50 

Interest -  -- 570.79 

Rent 150.00 

From  Savings  Account 1,000.00    $5,502.55 

S5,872.29 
Disbursements. 

Salaries $1,526.80 

Wages 308.00 

Postage  and  Express 

Repairs . 

Insurance 72.00 

C hecks  returned 1000 

City  Paving  Bill 79.53 

Catalogue  Cards  and  Case -..- 53.10 

Publishing  Magazines 1,3-14.97 

To  Permanent  Fund.-. 1,350.00 

Job  Printing 27.00 

P>ooks,  Stationery  and  Binding 108.48 

Sundry  Bills 

Balance  in  Bank  November  30,  1916 ._^^^-^.^ 

$5,872.29 


110.40 
47.25 


320.98      5,358.51 


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Permanent  Fund. 


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Twenty-five  (25)  shares  stock  Citizens  Bank  of  Norfolk,  pay-  • 

jng  10%,  estimated  value..    55,000.00         Uiniihi:: 

Real  estate  mortgage  6% 1,000.00  ;,  (-.1,;^ 

Real  estate  mortgage  6% 1,000.00 

R eal  estate  raortgage  6% 4,500.00 

Savings  Dep.  .si t  37o -_. U350.00 

$13,150.00 
In  accordanee  with  an  order  of  the  Executive  Committee,  the  Treasurer 
presents  the  following  tabulated  statement,  showing  the  sources  from 
which  the  Permanent  Fund  is  derived.     What  is  termed  the  "vSociety's 
I'und"  comprises  the  amoimt  the  Committee  has  been  able  to  save  from 
year  to  year  out  of  the  ordinary  revenues  of  the  Society, 
'i'he  Virginia  Sturdivant  McCabe  Fund,  given  by  the  President 
of  the  Society  in  loving  memorj'  of  his  grand-daughter,  Vir- 
ginia Sturdivant  McCabe,  born  February  1,  lOOo,  died  Au- 
gust 11,  1909 $    600.00 

'l~he  Jane  Pleasants  Harrison  Osborne  McCabe  Fund,  given  by 
th(!  President  of  the  Society  in  loving  memory  of  his  wife, 
Jane  Pleasants  Harrison  Osborne  McCabe,  who  died  Novem- 

ber22,l9l2 _    500.00 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  Fund 100.00 

Byam  K.  SlevenisFund 6.50.00 

lidward  Vvilv.n  James  Fund 4,500.00 

Soeiety's  Tund  .      _  .        6,900.00 

$13,150.00 
Omitting  the  $1000.00  entered  from  the  Savings  Account  to  be  rein- 
vested, our  total  receipts  for  the  last  fiscal  year  were  $302.15  greater 
than  those  of  the  year  before.  The  collection  of  annual  dues  exceeds  the 
former  year  by  $158.05;  Life  Membership  fees  were  $200.00  greater;  and 
the  tale  of  iiuigazines  increa.sed  $48.51.  Our  routine  expenses,  as  might 
have  Ijeen  exjiected,  have  been  higher  than  during  the  year  before,  but, 
m  spite  of  this,  we  have  had  a  balance  at  the  end  of  the  year  larger  by 
$141.04  than  that  of  the  preceding  year,  and  have  added  $550.00  to  the 
Permanent  Fimd,  entirely  from  the  ordinary  revenues  of  the  Society. 

The  condition  of  our  finances  during  the  year  would  have  been  gratify- 
ing at  any  time,  but  it  is  especially  so  during  an  era  of  very  high  prices. 
I  regret  to  state  that  one  source  of  addition  to  the  Permanent  Fund  has 
erased.  For  a  number  of  years,  a  part  of  our  lot,  on  the  alley,  has  been 
rented  at  $150.00  a  year  and  this  amount  was  always  placed  in  the  Fund. 
The  renter  has  given  the  notice  required  in  his  contract  and  after  the 
first  cjuarU  r  of  1017  he  v/ill  cease  to  u.se  that  part  of  the  lot. 
Rc-spectfuny  submitted, 

ROP.ERT  A.  LANCASTER.  Jr., 
Treasurer. 


Vi  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

'  Additions  to  the  Library. 

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The  additions  to  the  Library  in  books  and  pamphlets  number 
88  L     The  donors,  to  whom  grateful  acknowledgment  is  due, 
are:  Prof.  D.  R.  Anderson,  Major  WilHam  A.  Anderson,  John 
R.  Abney,  Samuel  A.  Ashe,  George  W.  Atkinson,  Judge  Morris 
S.  Barret,  P.  H.  Easkervill,  Dr.  H.  J.  Berkeley,  Richard  Biddle, 
Percy  W.  Bidwell,  W.  J.  Brown,  Dr.  Philip  Alexander  Bruce, 
C.  M.  Burton,  David  L  Bushnell,  Prof.  Robert  Brydon,  E.  V. 
Callahan,  Allen  C.  Clark,  William  M.  Clemens,  Dr.  William 
T.  Drewry,  J.  J.  Doran,  Dr.  H.  J.  Eckenrode,  Hon.  A.  C.  Gor- 
don, Hon.  Fred.  R.  Coudert,  John  D.  Guthrie,  Fairfax  Harrison, 
Charles  H.  Hart,  G.  A.  Hankins,  T.  H.  Hams,  Col.  Arthur 
Herbert,   Prof.   Archibald  Henderson,  James  H.  Hyde,   Prof. 
Fiske  Kimball,  J.  Granville  Leach,  Judge  L.  L.  Lewis,  John  P. 
McGuire,  Jr.,  W.  Gordon  McCabe,  Albert  Matthews,  Dr.  T. 
L.  Miller,  Vl.  W.  Morton,  J.  P.  Nelson,  Thomas  J.  Newkirk 
Col.  John  P.  Nicholson,  Sir  Gilbert  Parker,  Bart.,  R.  E.  Peyton, 
A.  C.  Quisenberry,  Edward  L.  Ryerson,  William  G.  Stanard, 
G.  Smith  Stanton,  A.  vSwarzy,  E.  J.  Sellers,  W^iUiam  M.  Sweney, 
C'  E.  Sherman,  Rev.  J.  W.   vSherer,  Fred.  W.  Stevens,  Col. 
Oswald  Tilghman,    R.  C.  Ballard  Thruston,  J.  D.  Van  Home, 
Whitney  Warren,  J.  H.  Whitty,  Col.  Jennings  C.  Wise,  John  P. 
Young;'Mdmes.  C.  M.  Burton,  Belle  Bushnell,  E.  V.  Callender, 
]£.  W.  Doremus,  E.  M.  Houston,  C.  R.  Hyde,  W.  Gordon  Mc- 
Cabe,  Jennie  C.   Morton.   Sally  Nelson  Robins,  William  G. 
Stanard;  Misses  Jane  S.  Stanard,  E.  L.  Stanard,  Lucie  P.  Stone, 
Estate  of  Miss  Sally  Tompkins  (deceased)  through  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Lightfoot;  Library  of  Congress,  Virginia  State  Library,  Massa- 
clmsetts  Commission  of  Public  Records,  U.  S.  Commissioner 
of  Education,  Department  of  Universities  and  Schools,  Paris 
(France),  American  Bar  Association,  Virginia  Bar  Association, 
Camegie  Institute,  Smithsonian  Institution,  Bunker  Hill  Monu- 
ment Association,  National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  Hispanic  Society 
of  America,  U.  S.  National  Museum,  Industrial  Department 
C.  &  O.  R.  R.  Co.,  Richmond  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Univer- 
sities of  Toronto,  of  California  and  of  North  Carolina. 


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PROCEEDINGS. 


A  large  number  of  newspapers  and  periodicals  have  been 
bound,  while  our  "binders"  containing  valuable  pamphlets 
now  number  371,  an  addition  of  20  during  the  year.  Tne  total 
number  of  these  pamphlets  is  now  approximately  40UU.  ,i  I,„,a 

The  book-shelves  authorized  last  year  are  already  well-nigh     ,,  ,,,., 
lUled    1)ut  ^^e  have  been  materially  helped  during  the  year  m  ;,,. 

the  matter  of  shelf-room  by  the  gift  of  three  large  bookcases, 
two  of  these  prerxnited  by  Dr.  McGuire  Newton' and  one  by 
Mr.  William  G.  Stanard. 

During  191G.  a  beginning  was  made  of  a  card-catalogue  ot  the    „    ^.^ 
whole  library,    designed  for   the  convenience   of   readers  and 
students  who  frequent  our  "Society  House".     To  this  end,  we 
bought  a  case  of  twelve  drawers  (which  can  beadded  to  a. 
needed)  and  haxe  begnm  the  systematic  purchasmg  of     cata- 
logue-cards" from  the  Library  of  Congress;  at  the  same  time 
adding  typewritten  cards  for  such  printed  titles  as  that  Library 
was  unable  to  furmsh.     We  ha^e  now  1103  cards  filed,  but.  as 
these  coNcr  but  five  cases  out  of  the  nine  m  the  front  readmg- 
room  (on  our  first  floor),  it  is  obvious  that  the  preparation  o 
this  minuie  general  catalogue  cannot,  with  our  present  clerical 
force   be  finished  for  some  time  yet.     It  is  expected,  however, 
that  all  oi  the  books  in  this  front  reading-room  (which  comprise 
the  volu.nes  most  consulted  by  students)  will  be  catalogued 
during  the  present  winter.     It  is  pertinent  to  state,  m  this  con- 
nection   i!>at  we  alreadv  have  a  manuscript  card-catalogue  ot 
every  item  in  our  "Collections",  but  this  is  accessible  to  readers 
onlv  ]3y  express  permission  of  the  Librarian.     The  rapidity  with 
which   the  general  card-cataloguing  can  be  completed  is,  ot 
course,  dependent  on  the  amount  the  Society  can  spare  for  the 
purpose  from  its  current  revenue. 

Gifts  and  Bequests. 

1    A  crimson  silk  l^ook-mark  used  for  years  by  General 
Robert  E.  Lee  in  the  Prayer-book  from  which  he  read  morning 

prayers  daily.  . 

After  the  death  of  his  wife  at  Lexington  (Nov.  bth.  187^  . 
this  book-mark  was  given  b)-  their  youngest  daughter,  Mildred. 


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to  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Annie  Lee  Harrison,  of  Leesburg,  Virginia, 
wlio  now  generously  presents  it  (through  the  President)  to  the 
Virginia  Historical  Society. 

An  accompanying  autograph  letter  from  Miss  Mildred  Lee 
to  Mrs.  Hairison  amply  attests  the  authenticity  of  this  precious 
relic,  which,  it  is  needless  to  say,  will  always  be  reverently 
guarded  by  the  Society  as  one  of  its  most  cherished  possessions. 

2.  A  portrait  of  our  former  Corresponding  Secretary,  Philip 
Alexander  Bruce,  LL.D. — presented  by  that  distinguished 
historian,  in  resp'onse  to  an  express  request  preferred  by  the 
li'xecutive  Committee. 

3.  A  manuscript  "Note-Book"  kept  by  John  Mason  at 
Williamsburg,  Va.,  and  other  places,  during  1818,  containing, 
in  addition  to  his  "notes,"  addresses  delivered  before  the  liter- 
ary societies  of  William  and  Mary  College  and  other  items  of 
lare  interest — presented  bv  Randol])]!  Hurry,  esq.,  of  New  York 
C^^ity. 

4.  Beads  from  Indian  graves  in  the  old  "Nottoway  Burying 
(ifound" — presented  by  Dr.  W.  B.  Barham,  Newsom,  Ya. 

5.  A  piece  of  bunting  alleged  to  be  a  part  of  General  Robert 
]'-  Lee's  "Head-Quarter  flag,"  and  also  a  "token"  (very  much 
like  an  English  penny  in  appearance),  which  bears  the  inscrip- 
tion, "54th  Virginia  Regiment" — presented  by  Mrs.  j.  Paul 
Molting,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

G.  Engraved  portrait  of  General  Robert  E.  Lee — lyesented 
li\'  Misses  Jane  S.  and  E.  L.  Stanard,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

7.  A  photograph  of  President  Jefferson  Davis,  taken  in 
Richmond  in  18()7,  when  he  came  to  this  city,  a  "prisoner  of 
state,"  to  stand  trial  under  indictment  for  "treason"— a  trial 
v.iiich  the  U.  S.  Government,  conscious  of  its  flimsy  "case,"  put 
olT  from  time  to  time,  until  in  1869  the  prosecution  was  drop})ed, 
and  the  final  entry  made  "case  dismissed" — presented  by  Rob- 
ert B.  Munford,  Jr.,  esq.,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

8.  Photograph  of  the  tomb  of  Lawrence  Washington,  Wheel- 
ing, W.  Va. — presented  by  Mrs.  Chiles  Ferrell,  Richmond,  Va. 

9.  Manuscript  Roster  of  the  Thirteenth  Virginia  Infantry, 
Anny  of  Northern  Virginia — presented  by  William  H.  Lyne, 
esq.,  Orange,  Va, 


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10.  Engraved  portrait  of  General  T.  J.  ("Stonewall")  Jack- 
son— presented  by  Arthur  L.  Stevens,  Qsq.,  New  York  City. 

11.  A  large  collection  of  MS.  notes  from  Virginia  County 
Records,  consisting  of  completed  genealogies  and  of  genealogical 
data,  transcribed  by  the  late  Captain  Wilson  ]\liles  Gary,  a 
trained  genealogist — presented,  on  behalf  of  his  heirs,  by  his 
nephew,  Fairfax  Harrison,  esq.,  of  "Belvoir  House,"  Fauquier 
Cotinty,  Va.  (These  notes,  arranged  in  two  large  volumes  and 
in  three  "liles,"  under  the  general  title  of  ''The  Gary  Papers,'' 
have  been  carefully  indexed) . 

12.  A  most  interesting  collection  of  letters,  autographs,  manu- 
scripts and  pamphlets— bequeathed-  to  the  Society  by  the  late 
A'fiss  Kate  Mason  Rowland,  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  a  member 
of  this  Society.  (These  have  also  been  placed  in  "files"  and 
indexed). 

13.  "Speed's  Map  of  Virginia  and  Maryland,"  together  with 
an  engraved  portrait  of  John  Gilmer  Speed  of  Kentucky,  car- 
tographer, engineer  and  journalist — presented  (both  framed) 
l)y  Gilmer  S.  Adams,  esq.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

PUBLICAT'.ONS. 

1 .  Volume  XXIV  of  our  Magazine  was  published  during  the 
year,  steadily  maintaining  the  high  position  won  for  it  by  its 
accomplished  Editor,  who  has  consistently  adhered  to  his  es- 
tablished purpose  of  printing  (save  in  very  rare  instances)  only 
first-hand  documents  relating  to  Virginia  history. 

2.  The  ''Minutes  of  the  Council  and  General  Gourt"  (1{)22- 
lii29),  transcribed  from  the  originals  (bound  in  2  volumes)  in 
the  Library  of  Congress.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  late 
Lothrop  Withington,  of  London,  an  accomplished  antiquarian 
and  genealogist,  undertook  years  ago,  at  his  own  instance  and 
without  one  penny  of  compensation,  to  transcribe  for  the  Society 
these  venerable  records,  and  that  he  continued  to  perform  this 
"labor  of  lA-e"  up  to  May  1915,  when  he  sailed  for  England  on 
tlie  ill-staiied  "Lusitania"  and  met  his  tragic  fate  at  the  hands 
of  C^ennan  miscreants.  The  untimely  death  of  this  staunch 
and  generous  friend  rendered  it  imperative  that  prompt  pro- 
vision should  be  made  for  securing  transcripts  of  the  second 


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volume  of  these  rare  MSS.  To  that  end,  our  Corresponding 
Secretar}'-,  by  direction  of  the  President,  went  at  once  to  Wash- 
ington, and,  through  the  courteous  permission  of  Dr.  Putnam, 
head  of  the  Congressional  Library,  caused  "photostatic"  copies 
to  be  made  of  the  originals. 

As  all  of  you  v.dll  readily  allow  who  have  glanced  over  these 
originals,  they  are  well-nigh  undecipherable  by  any  one  not  a 
trained  expert,  because  of  the  crabbed  hand-writing  and  be- 
wildering abbreviations  of  the  different  scribes  employed  in  the 
task.  Fortunately,  our  Secretary  is  such  an  expert,  and  he  has 
not  only  successfully  deciphered  these  "photostatic"  reproduc- 
tions, but  has  immensely  enhanced  the  inherent  value  of  the 
records  by  a  wealth  of  apposite  annotations,  for  which  all  his- 
torical students  must  feel  grateful. 

We  cannot  refrain  from  emphasizing  yet  once  again  the 
superlative  value  of  these  "Mi7nites."  They  constitute,  most 
probably,  the  oldest  records  in  America  that  originated  in  the 
Colonies,  and  v/e  do  not  hesitate  to  declare  that,  so  far  as  is 
Icnown  to  us,  no  document  whatever  dealing  with  our  early 
Colonial  history^  possesses  a  more  solid  and  illumining  veAuc. 

Already,  as  is  known  to  you,  we  have  printed  in  full  the  tran- 
scriptions of  the  first  volume,  and,  when  those  comprising  the 
second  shall  have  been  completed  in  our  pages,  and  the  whole 
shall  be  presented  in  book  form,  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
historical  students  ever^^where  v/ill  welcome  it  as  an  unrivalled 
"human  docvmient,"  portraying  with  homely  sim])licity,  yet 
dramatic  vividness,  almost  every  phase  of  the  intimate  social 
and  industrial  life  of  the  Virginia  Colonists  in  the  Se\'enteenth 
century. 

3.  Through  the  kindness  of  the  Rev.  William  J.  Hinkie,  Ph. 
D.,  D.  D.,  of  the  "Auburn  (N.  Y.)  Theological  vSeniinary,"  we 
were  enabled  to  publish  in  three  numbers  of  our  Magazine  the 
very  striking  "Report  of  the  Journey  of  Francis  Louis  Michel 
from  Berne,  Switzerland,  to  Virginia  (Oct.  23,  1701 — Dec.  1, 
1702)."  This  "Report"  translated  (from  the  original  in  the 
"City  Library"  of  Berne)  Vjy  Dr.  Hinkie  and  carefully  annotated 
by  that  erudite  scholar  ("Part  H"  containing  additional  anno- 
tations by  our  Editor)  a]:)peared  for  the  first  tim,e  in   Englisli 


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guise  in  our  pages,  and  must  have  afforded  keen  pleasure  to  a 
wide  circle  of  readers. 

There  is  not,  indeed,  a  page  of  it  that  Virginians  would  not   : 
be  the  poorer  for  missing. 

Though  :\Iichel  was  not  skilful  in  the  limner's  art  (as  is  e\-i- 
denced  by  the  original  sketches  accompanying  his  narrati\-ej, 
he  imquestionably  wielded  a  facile  and  flowing  pen,  and  many 
of  his  lively  pages  remind  us  constantly  of  delightful  "Master 
Pepys. ' ' 

Especially  vivid  and  picturesque  is  his  description  of 
the  ceremonies,  in  turn  stately,  solemn  and  jocund,  on  the 
occasion  of  the  official  proclamation  in  Williamsburg  by  his 
Excellency,  Governor  Francis  Nicholson,  of  the  death  of  "His 
Glorious  Majesty,"  King  William  III,  and  of  the  accession  of 
"good  Queen  Anne."  These  ceremonies  took  place  in  the 
college  grounds  of  "V/ilHam  and  Mary"  (so  named  for  the  de- 
ceased King  and  his  spouse,  both  munificent  patrons  of  that 
ancient  foundation)  and  occurred  on  May  18th,  1702. 

As  a  becoming  setting  for  the  reading  of  the  proclamations, 
the  Governor  had  called  out  the  mihtary  contingents  of  the  six 
neighboring  counties,  and  these  troops  to  the  number  of  2000. 
infantry,  cavalry,  and  dragoons,  together  vith  two  batteries 
of  field  artillery,  were  drawn  up  in  front  of  the  college,  fonr.ing 
three  sides  of  a  great  square,  the  fourth  side  being  filled  in  by 
the  imposing  front  of  the  college  itself.  As  ]xa-t  of  tlie  stately 
pageant,  there  is  also  a  great  number  of  the  neighboring  gentry, 
miounted  and  armed,  and  sixty  stalwart  Indian  v/arriors  serving 
as  escort  to  two  of  their  ciueens,  who  appear  in  all  their  barbaric 
finery  of  beads  and  feathers.  The  college  w  indows  are  packed, 
tier  on  tier,  with  "dames  of  higli  degree,"  and  on  the  balconies 
of  each  story  are  ranged  the  musicians,  who  play  "very  movingly 
and  moumfully,"  says  the  chronicler,  as  the  troops  move  into 
position.  A  great  concourse  of  hum.bler  folk,  all  afoot,  fill  up 
the  view  beyond.  When  the  ranks  are  settled  and  all  is  ready, 
the  high  constable  appears  bearing  the  sce]jtre,  and  then  come 
picked  soldiers,  all  in  mourning,  escorting  the  royal  standards 
sceptre  and  standards  alike  draped  in  crape.  "Then  followed 
the  Governor  in  black,  as  also  his  white  horse,  whose  harness 


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was  draped  with  black."  There  is  a  hush,  and  Mr.  Secretary 
announces  the  death  of  their  King.  This  finished,  the  Governor 
takes  command,  and  the  troops,  wheeHng  into  column,  march 
sloAvly,  with  arms  reversed  and  the  band  playing  a  martial 
dirge,  to  an  immense  tent  erected  inside  the  college  grounds, 
\vhere  the  bishop  (as  the  narrative  dubs  the  clergyman)  "de- 
livered a  touching  oration,  which  caused  many  to  shed  tears." 
This  memorial  service  ended,  presto!  "L^  roi  est  mart!  vive 
Ic  roi!"  The  troops  march  back  to  a  lively  tune,  while  the 
Governor,  who  has  slipped  away  for  a  few  minutes,  reappears 
almost  immediately  in  a  resplendent  uniform  of  blue  and  gold, 
mounted  on  a  richly  caparisoned  steed,  the  standards  are  un- 
cased and  flung  to  the  breeze,  and  Queen  Anne  is  proclaimed 
])Y  Mr.  Secretary  amid  tumultuous  cheering  and  flinging  of 
loyal  caps  into  the  air.  The  arms  were  then  stacked,  and  His 
I'-xcellency,  now  all  smiles,  ordered  the  gentry  folk  present  to  be 
"entertained  right  royally,"  while  the  humbler  sort  "each  re- 
ceived a  glass  of  rum  or  brandy  with  sugar."  Twice  that  day 
v.as  Queen  Anne  proclaimed  at  other  points  in  the  little  town 
(Vvith  miore  "rum  and  sugar,"  we  may  be  sure)  and  at  night  the 
Governor  gave  a  great  feast  to  the  leading  gentry,  and  to  the 
otilcers  of  the  "four  war-ships"  that  fetched  to  him  the  orders 
for  the  proclamation,  at  which  loyal  toasts  were  drunk  in 
"Rhenish"  and  "Canary,"  and  cannon  thundered,  while  bugles 
and  hautboys  and  violins  played  inspiriting  airs.  After  dinner 
there  was  a  grand  display  of  firev/orks  in  front  of  the  college 
(crowded  to  suffocation  with  the  higher  gentry,  men  and  women), 
v;]iich  the  colonials  considered  magnificent,  but  which  the 
Sv'  iss  traveler,  with  great  self-complacency,  declares  were  "not 
^vorth  while  seeing,"  affording  "little  diversion  for  one  who  has 
seen  much  more  than  these." 

For  the  whole  of  two  days,  the  gay  little  capital  was  en  fete, 
exerybody,  gentle  and  simple,  in  high  good  humor,  including 
tlie  Indians,  though  'tis  sad  to  add  that  the  elder  of  the  two 
Indian  Queens  got  very,  very,  'drunk  and  "lay  on  the  ground 
like  an  unreasonable  brute,"  says  the  narrative,  while  the 
younger  one,  "timid  and  shy,"  came  in  to  the  Governor  and  his 
giiests  as  they  sat  over  tlieir  wine  at  his  roarin'g  "stag  dinner" 


and  "danced  so  wonderfully,  yea,  barbarously,  that  every  one 
was  astonished  and  laughed";  and  dear  king  William  was  as 
clean  forgot  as  if  he  had  never  come  out  of  Holland  to  rule  over 
the  English,  and,  no  doubt,  Queen  Anne  continued  to  be  "pro- 
claimed" many,  many  timxs  (of  course,  unofficially,  but  v/ith 
the  usual  accompaniments  of  "mm  and  sugar"),  and  if  there 
were  the  in-.memorial  headaches  of  "next  morning,"  they  find 
no  mention  in  the  brisk  pages  of  this  very  frank  chronicler. 

A  bra\'e  episode  bravely  told. 

Quite  a;;art  from  the  narrative  itself,  the  pen-and-inl<  sketches 
accompanying  it  (though  crude  from  an  artistic  point  of  view, 
as  we  have  hinted)  must  prove  of  great  interest  to  antiquarians, 
as  m.any  of  the  buildings  depicted  (e.  g.,  the  first  college  building 
of  "William  and  Mary,"  as  it  was  in  1702,  before  it  was  de- 
stroyed l)y  fire  (1705),  the  original  "Old  Bmton  Church"  and 
others)  have  long  since  disappeared.  In  addition,  there  is  a 
map  of  the  "Entrance  to  Chesapeake  Bay,"  drawn  by  Michel 
and  a  few  of  his  rather  grotesque,  yet  effective,  sketches  of  the 
Indians  and  their  homes. 

4.  Mr.  David  I.  Bushnell,  Jr.  (a  member  of  the  Society  and 
'  widely  known  as  an  expert  in  Indian  history  in  the  "Bureau  of 
American  Etlmology")  has  contributed  two  more  instalments 
of  his  valuable  series,  entitled  "The  Virginia  Frontier  in  History, 
1778."  The  first  instabnent  describes  the  "Events  Leading  to 
the  Treaty  of  Fort  Pitt,"  and  contains  a  large  number  of  letters 
(never  before  in  print)  from  the  chief  actors  in  the  "preliminary 
negotiations,"  transcribed  by  Mr.  Bushnell  from  the  originals 
in  the  Library  of  Congress;  while  the  second  deals  with  the 
treaty  itself  and  presents  to  us  for  the  first  time  full  transcrip- 
tions of  tliC  speeches  made  by  the  chiefs  of  the  "Delav;ares"  and 
by  the  Conmiissioners  of  the  Government  in  the  grave  "pow- 
wows," which  resulted  in  formulating  "a  treaty  of  peace  and 
friendship"  at  Fort  Pitt,  September  17th,  1778.  The  speeches 
on  both  sides  are  intensely  interesting  and  it  is  a  wonder  that 
they  have  never  been  published  before.  From  a  photogi-aph 
of  a  portion  of  the  original  treaty,  kindly  sent  to  us  by  Mr. 
Bushnell,  we  v.'ere  able  to  reproduce  facsimiles  of  the  signatures 
of  the  Commissioners  and  of  the  witnesses,  also  of  the  "marks" 


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vi  the  three  "Delaware"  chiefs,  as  they  appear  in  the  official 
copy  of  the  treaty.  Among  the  signatures  are  those  of  General 
Macintosh  and  Colonel  Brodhead  and  of  such  stout  Virginia 
"Indian  fighters"  as  "the  Honorable  Andrevv-  Lewis,  the  Honor- 
able Thomas  Lewis,"  Colonel  Crawford,  who  was  captured  four 
vears  afterwards  by  the  Indians  and  burned  at  the  stake,  and 
Colonel  John  Gibson,  who  sundved  the  perils  of  war  full  forty 
>'ears,  and  died  at  a  ripe  age  in  the  second  decade  of  the  last 

century.  .     •     vi 

These  instalments,  like  the  previous  ones,  are  admirably 
annotated  throughout  and  we  venture  to  reiterate  the  hope, 
expressed  in  our  last  Report,  that,  when  completed,  the  whole 
series  shall  be  presented  in  book  form  as  constituting  a  solid 
contribution  to  the  eariy  history  of  the  commonwealth. 

5.  "The  Council  Papers"  (1698-1702),  transcribed  by  our 
own  copyist  from  the  long-forgotten  manuscript  volume  (so 
entitled)  in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  instalments  of  which 
XNC  have  continued  to  publish  since  1913  to  the  increasing  de- 
light of  our  readers,  is  now  nearing  conclusion  with  the  printing 
in  full  of  the  elaborate  "Reports  of  Col.  William  Byrd  (the 
Inrst),  Auditor  General  of  Virginia,"  in  which  not  only  the  de- 
lennined  economic  student,  but  the  general  reader  as  vv^ell,  will 
find  much  that  is  of  interest  and  of  value. 

We  may  be  allowed  to  pause  a  moment  here  and  note^  that 
the  January  (1910)  instalment  of  these  "Papers"  contains  a 
letter  (November,  ye  11th,  1702)  written  by  the  "Enghsh 
Commissioners  of  Trade"  to  "His  Excellency  Francis  Nicholson, 
"Governor  General  of  Her  Majesty's  CoUonye  and  Dommion 
of  Virginia,"  inclosing  Queen  Anne's  Proclamation,  "directing  a 
I'ublick  Thanlcsgiving  for  the  Present  Great  Successes  of  Her 
Majestv's  Arms  by  Sea  and  land"  (i.  e.,  in  the  "War  of  the 
Spanish  Succession")  "throughout  England  and  all  her  Planta- 
cons  in  America."  This  letter  is  signed  by  "Yo'r  very  loving 
1-riends"  and  it  is  a  delightful  surprise  to  find  among  the  signa- 
tures the  name  of  "Mat  Pr>-or— not  "Matthew/'  but  simply 
"Mat,"  as  he  was  famihariy  called  by  his  intimates— the  boon- 
companion  of  Hariey  and  Bolingbroke  and  Pope  and  Swift, 
ihe  last  of  whom  seems  to  have  been  fonder  of  him  than  of  any 


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otlicr  n^.tmber  of  that  wondrous  literary  coterie — not  even  ex-    •  :•^,r^' 
ceptin^   the  "Papist  lad,"  Alexander.  Pope,  whom  the  great  y 

gloom}'  i:can  "applauded"  and  "petted  and  taught  mischief,"  :\ 

as  Thackeray  neatly  puts  it. 

WiUiam  III,  whose  Secretary  he  had  been  in  Flanders,  put  ,e 

him  into  the  Commissionshi]:)  with  which  we  are  here  concerned,  }, 

and  x\nne,  on  her  accession,  retained  him  in  the  place.  d 

But  w  ith  her  death,  at  which  time  he  was  English  i\mbassador  y 

at  Paris,  came  a  sudden  end  to  all  his  ambitions,  and  he  was  jf 

promptly  dismissed  from  all  his  posts.  is 

Thaclceiay,  whose  channing  lecture  on  Prior  is  familiar  to 
you  all,  is,  however,  mistaken  when  he  says  that  "Mat"  "lived 
imder  a  cloud  ever  after  and  disappeared  in  Essex."  .\n 
avowed,  nay,  ardent,  disciple  of  Horace  (whose  poems  he  knew 
bv  heart,  and  always  carried  in  his  pocket  wherever  the  fates 
might  lake  him),  he  practiced,  when  misfortunes  came  thick 
and  fast,  the  serene  jihilosophy  that  his  Epicurean  master  had 
inculcated  in  his  haunting  cadences.  To  paraphrase  the  Roman 
bard  a  trifle,  he  praised  Fortune  while  she  remained,  but  when 
she  shook  her  swift  v/ings,  he  resigned  with  mianly  fortitude 
what  she  had  given  and  looked  the  world  in  the  face  wdth  un- 
shaken fiont.  He  straightway  issued  a  corrected  edition  of  his 
poems,  which  brought  him  in  the  extraordinary  sum  of  4000 
guineas  and  my  Lord  Harley  (now  become  Earl  of  Oxford) 
liaving  munificently  presented  him  with  £4000  more,  he  pm-- 
chased  the  fine  estate  of  "Down  Hall"  in  Essex  and  there  lived 
and  died  "like  a  gentleman." 

•  No  doubt,  to  many  this  will  all  seem  an  irrelevant  discursus, 
but  we  think  that  there  are  few  Virginians,  "to  the  manner 
bom,"  Avho  wdll  not  feel  a  thrill,  however  slight,  of  nameless 
deliglit  at  the  thought  that  there  exists  such  an  interesting  link 
as  this  letter  between  our  "Old  Dominion"  and  the  famous 
"Queen  Anne"  man-of-letters,  whom  the  poet  Gay  apostro- 
Ijhized  as  "Prior,  beloved  of  every  Muse,"  and  whose  verses 
Thackeray  declares  to  be  "among  the  easiest,  the  richest,  the 
most  charmingly  humorous  of  English  lyrical  poems." 

6.  Tlie  series  of  ''Abstracts,"  made  by  the  late  W.  N.  Sains- 
bury,  of  \aluable  MS.  documents  in  the  British  "Public  Records 


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Office"  dealing  with  Virginia  matters  in  the  seventeenth  century, 
as  well  as  the  ''Complete  Transcripts''  of  many  of  these  highly 
important  papers  (copied  for  the  Virginia  State  Library  and 
catalogued  there  under  the  title  of  the  "De  Janiette,"  "Winder," 
and  "McDonald"  Papers)  has  rmi  throughout  the  year.  These 
latest  instalments  cover  the  years  1678-79  and  contain  much 
matter  of  genuine  historical  import  to  students  of  the  distracted 
conditions  existing  in  Virginia  during  the  years  immediately 
subsequent  to  the  suppression,  or,  rather,  the  collapse,  of 
"Bacon's  Rebellion,"  caused  by  the  untim.ely  death  of  its 
glorious  young  leader.  Had  he  lived,  the  history  of  Virginia, 
from  1C76  on,  would  assuredly  have  been  far  dilTcrent.  At  any 
rate,  one  feels  sure  that  Virginia  VN'ould,  at  least,  have  escaped 
the  distresses  and  exactions  that  cam.e  upon  her  under  the  gov- 
ernorsliip  of  Bacon's  cousin.  Lord  Culpeper,  who  proved  him- 
self as  grasping  and  as  corrupt  as  did  any  "Carpet-Bag  Gover- 
nor" in  the  South,  during  the  infamous  days  of  "Reconstruc- 
tion." 

It  is  pertinent  to  note  here  that  the  Sainsbury's  ''Abstracts" 
contain  one-third  more  matter  than  is  comprised  in  the  stately 
volum.es  published  by  the  "Public  Records  Office,"  while  the 
more  important  papers  are  for  the  first  tim.e  presented  in  full  in 
our  Magazine.  The  Society  may  well  feel  proud  of  this  achieve- 
ment in  the  domain  of  historical  study. 

7.  "The  Pittsylvania  County  Tithables,  1767,  contributed 
by  Mrs.  M.  E.  Clement  (a  loyal  member  of  the  Society)  has 
been  concluded.  We  can  only  reiterate  here  our  regret  that 
we  have  not  similar  lists  (giving  the  nmnber  of  acres  of  land 
owned  by  each  resident  in  the  county,  together  with  the  names 
of  the  "tithables")  for  all  the  counties  in  the  commonwealth. 
Such  lists  would  enable  close  students  of  comparative  econo- 
mics to  solve  more  than  one  vexed  problem  that  confronts  us. 

8.  The  publication  of  the  "Letters  of  William  Byrd"  (the 
First),  which  we  promised  in  our  last  Annual  Report,  began  m 
our  jtilv  number.  These  letters,  our  readers  will  agree,  not  only 
throw  much  light  on  the  conduct  of  trade  between  Virginia  and 
the  Mother  Country,  but  afford  intimate  information  touching 


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social  and  industrial  life  in  the  Colony.     They  have  been  cop 
iously  annotated  by  our  Editor,  and,  quite  apart  from  thei 
economic  value,  not  a  few  of  them  will  "prove  amusing  reading 
to  even  the  idlest  "skimmer." 

9.  Among  the  miscellaneous  papers  worthy  of  special  men- 
tion, that  have  appeared  in  our  Magazine  during  the  year,  may 
benote>i:  (1)  ''The  Will  of  Colonel  John  Baylor  of  'Newmarket/ 
Caroline  County,  Virginia"  (proved  May  IGth,  1772),  which  • 

gives  one  a  very  vivid  notion  of  the  vast  possessions  and  varied 
interests  of  a  rich  Virginia  planter  of  the  tim.e.  He  was  County 
Lieutenant  of  Orange,  v/here  he  held  immense  estates  and  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  for  CaroHne,  where  he  owned  ) 

still  broader  acres.  Educated  in  England  at  "Putney  Grammar 
School"  and  at  Caius  College,  Cambridge  (as  his  son  John  was 
after  him),  he  was  a  keen  reader,  possessed  a  fine  hbrary,  and 
could  read  his  Virgil  or  Horace  "with  his  feet  on  a  fender." 
But  he  was  keener  still  as  a  "gentleman  racer"  and  breeder  of 
"blooded  stock,"  (as  was  the  term  in  those  da^'s),  not  a  few  of 
his  horses  being  imported  direct  from  England.  His  "racing 
stud,"  as  the  Will  shows,  could  boast  such  fam.ous  "blooded 
horses"  as  "Feamaught,"  "Ballad  Stella,"  "Godolphin," 
"Sprightly,"  "Sober  John"  and  many  other  names  familiar 
to  our  grandsires  versed  in  "thoroughbred"  pedigrees.  At  his 
death,  over  one  hundred  of  these  thoroughbreds  were  sold  bv 
his  Executors,  and  it  is  sad  to  have  to  add  that  this  almost 
feudal  land-ov/ner,  who  practiced  a  most  unbounded  hospitality  i 

and  who  every  year  rode  in  state  to  the  meeting  of  the  "Bur- 
gesses" }onder  in  WilHamsburg  in  his  "charriot  and  four,"  left 
his  great  estate  so  involved  that  many  of  his  generous  bequests 
proved  of  little  worth. 

His  splendid  estate  of  "Newmarket,"  however,  happily  re- 
mains tf.  this  day  in  the  possession  of  his  direct  descendants, 
who  v.oi  Lhily  maintain  the  high  traditions  of  an  honored  name. 

(2)  "Abstract  of  a  Chancery  Suit:  President  and  Masters  of 
the  College  of  William  and  Mary  vs.  Frt-w^n,"  kindly  transcribed 
for  the  Society  from  the  records  of  the  English  High  Court  of 
Chancery  by  Leo  Culleton,  esq.,  of  London,  a  well-known  anti- 
quarian.    This  so-called  "Al^stract"  is  really  a  full  transcript 


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XA'iii  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

of  the  "Bill  of  Complaint"  brought  by  the  President  and  Masters 
of  William  and  Mary  College  vs:  Laton  Frewen,  Gent.,  praying 
tl;e  Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal  to  compel  the  said  Frewen 
to  can-y  out  his  agreement  to  purchase  from  the  "Complainants" 
the  "Capitall  Messuage"  known  as  "Braft'erton  Hall,"  York- 
shire, which  property  had  been  originally  bought  by  the  Execu- 
tors of  the  Honorable  Robert  Boyle  (the  famous  scientist  and 
theologian)  and  turned  over  to  the  College,  which  was  the  chief 
beneficiary  under  Boyle's  will.  The  purchase  had  proved  un- 
satisfactory to  the  College  authorities,  so  far  as  income  was  con- 
cerned, for  this  amounted  to  only  £270  per  annum,  out  of  which 
had  to  be  deducted  cost  of  repairs  and  an  annual  charge  of  £v)() 
ur  one-third  of  the  whole  income,  which  was  to  be  devoted  to  the 
instruction  in  the  Christian  religion  of  ye  natives  (i.  e.  Indians) 
of  Nev/  England.  The  College,  therefore,  offered  to  sell  the 
[property  to  this  Yorkshire  gentleman,  who  closed  with  the  offer. 
but,  the  Complaint  alleges,  "now  flyes  of  his  said  Agree't." 
They  pray  the  Court  to  comp^el  him  to  stand  by  his  bargaiii. 
It  is  easy  for  even  a  layman,  reading  between  the  lines  of  what 
"honest  Jack  Falstaff"  v/ould  call  the  "damnable  iterations"  of 
the  archaic  legal  phraseology,  to  see  that  the  whole  proceeding 
is  really  what  is  commonly  known  as  a  "friendly  suit  in  Chan- 
cery," to  the  end  that  the  Court  might  decree  "clear  title"  to 
the  purchaser. 

Frewen  practically  says  in  his  "Answer,"  "Soe  as  this  Honour- 
able Court  will  decree  a  good  conveyance  of  the  fee  symple  of 
the  said  Messuage,  freed  from  the  former  charityes,"  I  stand 
ready  to  pay  dov/n  the  money. 

This  is  not  the  place  to  go  into  the  details  of  the  case,  but  this 
"Complaint"  clears  up  one  point  (meticulous,  if  you  like),  which 
seems  to  have  been  very  generally  misapprehended.  It  has 
been  repeatedly  and  authoritatively  stated  in  print  that  the 
wliole  of  the  £90  yearly  charges  on  the  income  from  the  "Braff- 
erton"  estate  was  to  be  paid  over  to  "The  President  and  Fellowes 
of  Harvard  College  in  Cambridge  in  New  England,"  and  by 
implication,  at  least,  that  it  was  to  be  devoted  to  the  support 
of  that  foundation.  This  is  a  mistake,  which  a  careful  reading 
of  what  is  known  as  "The  Transfer  of  the  College  of  William 
and  Mary"  to  trustees  in  Virginia,  would  have  obviated. 


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M>  i-ii.'/AFW. 

The  whole  £90  was  to  be  paid  over  to  the  "Company  for 
Propagating  the  Gospell  in  New  England  and  ye  parts  adjacent 
in  America."  The  "Company"  was 'to  expend  directly  one 
moiety  of  this  amount  for  the  salaries  of  two  ministers,  who 
should  instruct  "ye  natives"  in  those  parts  in  the  Christian 
religion.  The  other  moiety  (£45),  the  "Company"  was  to  remit 
annually  to  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Har\'ard  College  for 
the  same  purpose. 

Curiously  enough,  while  a  reference  to  the  "Transfer"  would 
have  conected  the  mistake  as  to  the  annual  sum  that  Harx'ard 
was  to  receive  and  disburse,  a  significant  en-or  in  the  printed 
text  of  that  "Transfer"  (if  Mr.  Culleton's  transcription  from  the 
Chancery  Records  is  accurate,  as  we  feel  sure  it  is)  accounts  for 
the  implication  that  her  moiety  was  to  be  devoted  to  Christian 
instnicLion  of  the  Indians  as  students  in  the  College. 

Tlie  "Transfer"  (as  printed)  reads,  "for  the  salary  of  two 
other  niinisters  to  teach  the  said  natives,  in  or  near  the  College, 
the  Christian  religion."  The  "Complaint  of  the  President  and 
Masters  of  the  College  of  William  and  Alaiy  vs:  Frewen," 
reads,  "for  the  sallary  of  two  other  preaching  ministers  to  teach 
ye  said  natives  in  or  near  ye  said  Collonyes  in  the  Christian 
ReHgion."  No  doubt,  it  practically  amounted  to  the  same 
thing,  so  far  as  the  purpose  of  the  bequest  and  the  actual  ex- 
penditure of  the  whole  ±90  were  concerned,  but  it  is  the  special 
province  of  Historical  Societies  to  "keep  the  record  straight," 
in  things  small  as  well  as  great. 

(3)  "Abstracts  of  Lists  of  Wills  and  Administrations  from 
British  Probate  Courts"  ("Compiled  and  presented"  by  the 
late  Lotlirop  Withington  and  by  Leo  Culleton,  esq.,  of  London) 
have  appeared  in  each  number  of  our  Magazine  under  their 
usual  title  of  "Virginia  Gleanings  in  Engla^id."  On  Mr.  With- 
ington's  tragic  death  (to  which  we  have  already  alluded  in  this 
Report),  his  fellow  antiquarian,  Mr.  Leo  Culleton  of  London, 
generously  volunteered  to  take  up  his  friend's  unfinished  task, 
thus  enabling  us  to  continue  without  inten-uption  the  series 
which  we  began  as  far  back  as  January  1903. 

These  wills,  every  one  of  which,  we  may  say  here,  we  read  with 
unfailing  interest,  reveal  so  suggestively  the  surroundings  and 


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daily  activities  of  the  Virginia  Colonists  and  of  their  forebears 
in  England,  that  it  would  require  but  small  power  of  imagina- 
tion to  reproduce  from  them  a  very  vivid  picture  of  the  little 
world  in  which  the  testators  lived  and  mioved  and  had  their 
being — even,  at  times,  to  discern  their  personal  characteristics, 
their  ambitions  and  disappointm.ents. 

To  the  many  readers,  who  have,  no  doubt,  enjoyed  these 
intimate  contributions  as  miuch  as  v.e  have,  it  must  prove  wel- 
come news  that  Mr.  Culleton  has  promised  to  continue  the 
series. 

(4)  "Extracts  from  King  Will-itvn  County  {Va.)  Records" 
were  contributed  by  our  indefatigable  friend,  Mr.  William  B. 
Cridlin  of  this  city,  whose  skill  as  a  transcriber  fully  matches 
his  antiquarian  enthusiasm.  These  records  have  had  every- 
thing to  happen  to  them  but  an  earthquake.  Especially  have 
they  been  grieviously  damaged  by  a  succession  of  fires,  but,  after 
the  last  fire,  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court,  with  a  zeal  that 
cannot  be  too  highly  comimended,  gathered  up  the  torn  and 
charred  fragments,  placed  them  carefully  in  their  appropriate 
places  and  caused  the  whole  (comprising  several  large  volumes) 
to  be  substantially  bound.  When  I\Ir.  Cridlin  shall  have  com- 
pleted these  "Abstracts,"  he  will  have  performed  a  sei-vice 
signally  useful  to  historical  students  and  most  creditable  to 
himself. 

(5).  "Extracts  from  the  Virginia  Gazette,  1732  and  1735," 
transcribed  from  the  rare  issues  of  that  paper  now  on  file  in  the 
"New  York  Public  Library,"  and  courteously  contributed  by 
Mr.  Austin  P.  Scott,  comprise  many  amusing  "items,"  though 
they  deal  chiefly  v/ith  crimes  and  criminals.  It  must  not  be 
infen-ed  from  these  "extracts"  that  crim.e  was  more  rife,  or 
criminals  more  num.erous,  in  Virginia  than  in  the  otlier  colonies. 
The  explanation  of  the  almost  exclusive  tenor  of  the  excerpts 
lies  in  the  fact  that  Mr.  Scott  has  been  making  a  special  study 
of  crimnology  in  the  Colonies  and  naturally  transcribed,  in  chief 
measure,  the  "items"  directly  bearing  on  his  subject.  Though 
the  n-ajority  of  tlie  extracts  read  like  a  chapter  out  of  the  "New- 
</ate  Calendar,"  a  few  of  them  deal  with  less  sinister  happ'cnings. 


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(6).  The  Departments  of  "Notes  and  Queries,"  ''Book-Re- 
views" and  '"Genealogy"  have  been  maintained  at  their  usual 
high  le\el.     As  regards  the  last  named,  it  may  be  pemiissible  .^ 

for  us  to  report  what  we  deem.ed  worthy  of  s]3ecial  mention  in  ,  ^ 

our  last  Report — that  a  large  proportion  of  our  present  member- 
ship is,  in  its  origin,  directly  traceable  to  the  very  attractive    ,^r,(f.r 
manner  in  which  this  department  has  been  conducted. 

To  Select  one  instance  out  of  several,  the  genealogy  of  the  ^ 

Fleming  family  (which  we  began  in  1915  and  which  is  not  yet 
completed)  is  no  miCre  arid  record  of  births,  marriages  and 
deaths,  but  rather  a  delightful  history  of  a  great  Virginia  family, 
v'liich  constantly  reminds  one  of  such  channing  books  as  Dr. 
Augustus  Jessopp's,  "One  Getieration  of  a  Norfolk  House,"  or 
John  Russell's  "The  Haigs  of  Bemerside."  , 

It  not  (jnly  contains  much  matter  of  solid  value  relating  to  our 
Colonial  and  Revolutionary  history,  but  in  it  are  included  num- 
bers of  graphic  letters,  ranging  in  content,  as  Mr.  Pope  would  j 
say,  "from  grave  to  gay,  from  lively  to  severe" — some  dealing 
with  pviblic  matters  and  militaiy  activities  diiring  the  Revolu- 
tion, while  others  (to  us  far  the  most  delightful)  are  given  up 
exclusi^cl3'  to  intimate  famiily  affairs.  Especially  noteworthy 
amiong  the  latter  are  letters  from  Thomas  Jefferson  (then  a  law- 
student  in  Williamsburg  under  George  Wythe)  to  his  college- 
mate,  \Villiam  Fleming  (destined  in  the  coming  years  to  be 
Judge,  iirst  of  the  General  Court,  and,  later  on,  of  the  Superior 
Court  (;f  Appeals),  full  of  delicious  philosophising  about  matri- 
mony, in  ^^hich  he  gives  his  absent  friend  ("Dear  Will")  all  the 
latest  gossip  toucliing  the  bewitching  belles  and  "pretty  sparks" 
of  the  lively  little  town.  Jefferson  hiniself  v.as  just  then  rev- 
elling in  a  very  "luxury  of  woe"  because  that  brilliant  young 
creature,  R.ebecca  Burv.-ell  (whom  he  apostrophized  as  "Belinda" 
and  for  \vhom  he  played  his  most  ravishing  airs  on  his  beloved 
viohn)  had,  to  his  consternation,  suddenly  "changed  her  mind" 
and  given  her  hand  to  his  rival  gallant,  young  Mr.  Jacquelin 
Ambler. 

Very  l^mching,  too,  is  the  letter  written  by  Mary  Fleming 
(under  date  of  April  loth,  1777)  to  her  uncle,  Captain  Charles 
Fleming  of  the  7tli  Virginia  Regiment,  regarding  the  death  of 


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her  brother,  Captain  John  Fleming,  who,  after  nearly  two  years 
of  j^^allant  service  in  the  Continental  Army,  had  fallen  but  a  few 
jijoiiths  before  at  "Princeton,"  while  leadin;^  his  re^^iment  with 
such  conspicvious  valor  as  drew  special  praise  from  Washington 
himself. 

The  writer  of  this  exquisite  letter  and  her  younger  sister, 
Susanna  Fleming,  were  priniae  inter  prinias  among  the  reigning 
"toasts"  of  the  brilhant  society  that  at  the  time  gathered  in 
Williamsburg  during  the  sessions  of  tlie  "Assembly,"  and  suitors 
they  had  in  plenty.  Very  chamiing  they  must,  indeed,  have 
been  according  to  some  very  vivacious  stanzas  reprinted  here 
from  a  contemporary  poem  entitled  ''The  Belles  of  Williams- 
burg" (whether  written  by  St.  George  Tucker  or  the  witty  Dr. 
A'IcClurg  is  a  mooted  point),  in  which  the  enraptured  bard 
extols  in  faultless  numbers  the  respective  attractions  of  these 
aristocratic  paragons.  In  these  stanzas,  Mary  Fleming,  accord- 
ing to  the  fashion  of  the  time,  is  celebrated  under  the  name  of 
"Myrtilla,"  while  the  younger  si.ster  claims  our  hom.age  as 
"vSylvia." 

Whoever  the  poet  may  have  been,  the  verses  are  worthy  a 
l)lace  in  any  anthology  of  sparlrling  "vers-de-societe,"  and 
neither  Praed  nor  Mr.  Austen  Dobson  m.ight  disdain  to  have 
signed  tliem. 

As  we  have  already  stated,  the  book -notices  have  been  uni- 
formly of  a  high  degree  of  merit,  but  there  is  one  to  which  we 
are  impelled  to  drav/  esp^ecial  attention,  lest  by  any  chance  it 
rnay  have  been  overlooked  by  some  of  our  readers.  It  is  a  re- 
view in  our  January  (1918)  ntmiber  of  a  volume  entitled  ''George 
Waskingion,  Farmer:  Being  an  Account  of  His  Home  Life  a-nd 
Agricultural  Pursuits. ' ' 

The  author  is  Prof.  Paul  Leland  Haworth,  who  has  won  no 
little  distinction  by  various  historical  monograj^hs.  The  re- 
viewer (as  all  readers  of  the  article  must  have  instantly  divined) 
is  our  accomplished  Corresponding  Secretary  and  Editor.  The 
reviewer  does  not  by  any  means  approach  his  task  after  the 
manner  of  that  truculent  critic,  "Mr.  Bludi^er,"  whom  Thack- 
eray has  immortalized  in  "Pendennis,"  nor  would  his  innate 
modesty  ever  allow  him  to  assume  the  airy  omniscience  of 


PROCEEDINGS. 


"master  Pen"  himself,  who,  as  we  all  remember,  stood  ready  at 
twenty-four  hours'  notice  to  review  the  "Encyclopaedia"  for  the 
"Pall  I\  [all  Gazette. "  On  the  contrary,'  he  pronounces  the  book, 
on  the  whole,  as  a  very  valuable  and  interesting  work.  He  gives 
the  autlior  full  credit  for  painstaking  study  of  the  vast  mass  of 
printed  material  bearing  on  Washington's  home-life  and  agri- 
cultural activities,  But,  when  Dr.  Haworth,  leaving  the  beaten 
path  of  the  subjects  indicated  in  his  title,  essays  to  discuss, 
with  a  certain  air  of  "cocksureness,"  conditions  in  general  exist- 
ing in  Virginia  at  the  time,  the  hand  of  the  reviewer,  who  "knows 
his  subject"  as  few  men  do,  falls  heavy  upon  him.  What  he 
has  to  say  will  not  be  pleasant  reading  to  Dr.  Haworth,  but  it 
may  "i-rove  a  blessing  in  disgiiise,"  as  we  are  told  most  of  the 
disagreeable  things  in  life  really  are. 

The  author  quotes  Martha  Washington  (p.  49)  as  saymg  that 
she  "remembered  a  time  when  there  was  only  one  coach  in  Vir- 
ginia." Whereupon,  our  amiable  reviewer  sweetly  remarks, 
"If  she  said  this,  she  was  at  the  time  in  a  state  of  mental  debility 
of  wliieh  there  is  no  other  record." 

Then  follows  an  array  of  evidence  from  w  ills,  appraisements 
and  such  like  records  touching  the  number  of  coaches  in  the 
colony  long  before  Martha  ^Vashington  was  old  enough  to 
remember  anything— evidence  that  has  been  accessible  for 
years  in  the  pages  of  our  .Magazine  and  of  the  "Wilhani  and 
Mary  Ouarierly,"  which  must  convince  every  reader  that  it 
would  have  been  well  for  Dr.  Haworth  to  have  gone  to  the 
records  instead  of  accepting  without  investigation  such  loose 
and  (most  probably)  apocryphal  statements. 

So,  in  regard  to  the  author's  ignorance  as  to  the  breeding  of 
'  "blooded",  horses  in  Virginia  and  the  extent  of  sheep-raising 
among  Colonial  planters.  One  would  have  thought  that  a  his- 
torical student  of  Dr.  Haworth's  repute  would,  at  least,  have 
consulted  Dr.  Philip  Alexander  Bmce's  monumental  "Econmmc 
History  of  Virginia  in  the  Seventeenth  Century"  (which  is  cer- 
tainly accessible  in  almost  all  libraries)  before  writing  on  such 
subjects.  Had  he  done  so,  he  would  have  been  spared  these 
mortifying  blemishes  in  an  otherwise  admirable  book. 


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"The  blessing  in  disguise"  (which  we  have  so  feelingly  alluded 
lu  above)  may  turn  out  to  be  that  the  "new  school"  of  historical 
writers  (to  which  Prof.  Haworth  belongs)  may,  hereafter,  turn 
lo  an  earnest  study  of  Dr.  Bruce's  volumes  and  of  the  transcripts 
from  original  records  printed  in  the  pages  of  our  Magazine  and 
m  those  of  the  "Williuni  and  Mary  Quarterly,"  before  they  ven- 
ture to  write  with  an  ex  cathedra  air  concerning  conditions, 
social,  commercial  and  agricultural,  in  our  "Old  Dominion" 
drd'ing  the  Colonial  period. 

We  m^ake  no  apology  for  giving  this  extended  summary  of  the 
contents  of  our  Magazine  for  1916,  because  we  are  satisfied  that 
rrany  of  our  members,  immersed  in  business  or  hard  driven  by 
professional  demands  upon  their  time,  are  scarcely  conscious 
(il  the  many  "good  things,"  by  turns  dehghtful  and  of  grave 
ih.port,  that  are  contained  within  the  gray  covers  of  each 
(iuartcrl)'  issue. 

1917. 
Our  iLditor's  programme  for  1917,  subject,  of  course,  to  some 
b.mor  alterations,  is  as  follows: 

The  ''Minutes  of  the  Ccuncil  and  General  Court,"  the  ''Sains- 
h..ry  Abstracts,"  the  ''Complete  Transcripts,"  the  "Letters  of 
\Villiard  Byrd,"  the  ''Virginia  Gleanings,"  and  the  "Extracts 
ironi  King  William  County  {Va.)  Records,"  will  nin  continuously 
throughout  the  \\hole  year. 

The  "Council  Papers"  (1(198-1702)  will  be  finished  early  in  the 
)  v-ar. 

The  "Extracts  from  the  Virginia  Gazette"  (1752-1755)  will  be 
concluded  in  our  January  number. 

In  the  same  number  will  be  published  an  article  by  Mr.  David 
I.  Bushnell,  Jr.,  entitled  "Daniel  Boone  at  Limestone"  (the 
ii.odern  IMaysville,  Ky.),  1780-1787.  This  article  (illustrated 
by  a  fac  simile  page  of  Boone's  accounts,  v.hich  he  called  his 
"Indian  Book")  contains  doctm-.ents  of  great  interest,  never 
Lcfore  published,  relating  to  economic  conditions  on  the  frontier 
i-i"  Virginia  five  years  before  the  "District  of  Kentucky"  was 
ejected  into  a  separate  state.  Mr.  Bushnell  makes  handsome 
arknowledgments  in  this  paper  to  Mr.  Earl  G.  Swem  of  the  Vir- 
;:'iiia  vState  Library  for  having  "called  his  attention  to  items 


Xj  PROCEEDINGS.  X^^ 

(manuscript  accounts  in  the  State  archives)  once  belonging  to 
that  most  romantic  and  typical  character-  of  frontier  hfe,  Daniel 
Boone."  Other  contributions  of  like  character  have  been 
kindly  promised  by  the  same  author. 

''Letters  and  Petitions,"  covering  the  period  immediately 
]Jrecedinl,^  and  during,  the  Revolution,  transcribed  from  the 
originals  in  the  State  Archives  (publication  of  which  has  been 
unavoidably  suspended  for  several  years)  will  be  resumed  during 
the  year 

Other  valuable  letters  from  our  own  manuscript  collections 
will  be  published. 

The  Departments  of  "Book-Reviews,"  "Notes  and  Queries" 
and  "Genealogy"  will,  of  course,  be  continued  as  usual. 

Again  v,  e  venture  to  draw  the  attention  of  our  members  to  the 
urgent  need  of  a  "General  Index"  to  our  Magazine.  The  year 
1917  will  see  the  completion  of  our  XXVth  volume,  and,  while 
each  volume  already  contains  a  carefully  prepared  index,  a 
"General  Index"  (both  "subject"  and  "name,"  with  minute 
cross-references)  to  the  whole  twenty-live  volumes  would  be  an 
inestimable  boon  both  to  the  general  reader  and  to  historical 
students.  The  demand  for  such  an  index  comes  to  us  from  all 
ciuarters.  But  an  undertaking  of  such  magnitude  is,  at  present, 
l)eyond  the  m.eans  of  the  Society,  and,  if  this  "General  Index" 
is  to  be  jjrinted  eariy  in  1918,  it  can  only  be  done  through  in- 
dividual subscriptions.  One  of  the  officers  of  the  Society  is  so 
impressed  with  the  imperative  need  of  this  Index,  that  he  has 
volunteered  to  subscribe  one  hundred  dollars  towards  its  prepa- 
ration and  publication.  It  is  hoped  that  a  goodly  number  of 
others  interested  in  Virginia  history  will  speedily  follow  his 
example. 

Written  promises  of  subscriptions  (whether  of  large  or  small 
amounts.)  should  be  sent  to  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  707 
E.  Franldin  St.,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

To  the  whole  active  staff  of  the  Society,  your  Committee 
tenders  its  grateful  acknowledgments  for  the  zeal,  fidelity  and 
intelligence  with  which  they  have  each  performed  their  respec- 
tive duties.  But  it  is  only  just  (and  not  one  of  his  collaborators 
Avill  deeiri  it  invidious)  that  we  should  emphasize  in  a  special 


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tli-J''.'.  manner  the  steadily  increasing  debt  of  gratitude  that  we  all 

;;^,  owe  to  our  Corresponding  Secretary,  whose  erudition,  industry 
and  single-minded  devotion  to  the  Society  have  achieved  for  it 

r  Lhe  high  repute  it  enjoys  today  among  historical  students  at 

.j-w  home  and  abroad.     This  is  not  merely  the  opinion  of  those  of  us, 

i'  V.  who  work  in  conjunction  with  him  and  enjoy  the  privilege  of  his 

tht-   ..V  personal  friendship,  but  it  is  the  measured  verdict  of  scholars 

^';--:;!i  everywhere,  who  are  competent  to  appreciate  his  conspicuous 

•r' ,';;■/  services  in  the  domain  of  historical  investigation. 


Necrology. 
Life  Members. 
Hon.  Seth  Low,  New  York  City. 


Annual  Members. 


ai!  .  'V  ■  St.  George  Tucker  Coalter  Bryan,  Richmond,  Virginia. 

firUu  «  George  Cameron,  Petersburg,  Virginia. 

W.  :  ■  '.  Alexander  Hamilton,  Petersburg,  Virginia. 

Miss  Anne  Harvie,  Richmond,  Virginia. 
Bryan  Lathrop,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Edward  Lunsford  Lomax,  San  Francisco,  California. 
Colonel  John  B.  Purcell,  Richmond,  Virginia. 
Miss  Kate  Mason  Rowland,  Richmond,  Virginia. 
■       .  A.  D.  Slaughter,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

ti'nUj  a  :.-..!    J.  H.  Spencer,  Martinsville,  Virginia, 
li'  Raphael  Semmes,  Savannah,  Georgia. 

:  Mrs.  Maurice  Thompson,  Chicago,  Ilhnois. 

"This  fell  sergeant,  Death,  is  strict  in  his  arrest,"  and  ours 
is  again  the  sad  duty  to  chronicle  an  appalling  necrology. 

Of  some  of  these  we  can  make  no  adequate  record  by  reason 
of  lack  of  personal  knowledge,  holding  tiiat  conventional  eulogy, 
which  never  rings  true,  is  repellent  to  all  men  and  women  of 
deep  feeling  and  delicate  sensibilities. 

Others  of  them  filled  so  large  a  place  in  the  public  eye  and, 
in  consequence,  received  at  their  death  such  elaborate  apprecia- 
tions of  their  varied  activities  that  it  would  seem  like  painting 


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the  lily  or  gilding  refined  gold  for  vis  to  seek  to  add  aught  to  these 
sympathetic  memorials  written  by  far  more  competent  hands. 
To  this  latter  group  belongs  the  Hon.  Seth  Low  of  New  York 
City,  the  only  one  of  ovir  "Life  Members,"  whose  name  "the 
sudden  hand  of  death"  has  stricken  from  the  roll. 

For  full  forty  years,  he  played  a  great  and  honorable  part  in 
the  educational  and  civic  life  of  the  nation— President  of  a 
great  Uni\'ersity,  whose  affairs  he  administered  with  consum- 
mate skill  and  of  which  he  was  a  most  munificent  benefactor- 
chief  magistrate  of  the  metropolitan  city  of  our  country— dele- 
gate to  the  Hague  Conference  in  1899— trustee  of  the  "Carnegie 
Institute"— President  of  numberless  "learned  societies"  (scien- 
tific, socujlogical,  geographical  and  archaeological) — honored 
by  the  leading  universities  at  home  and  abroad  with  their  high- 
est degrees— recognized  as  a  publicist  of  the  first  rank  and  as  an 
enlightenixl  philanthropist,  princely  in  his  benefactions,  not  only 
to  the  various  activities  of  his  own  ancient  communion,  but  to 
all  civic  enterprises  dedicated  to  the  betterment  of  his  humbler 
fellow-citizens— devoting  years  of  unselfish  and  unremitting 
labor  to  each  and  all  of  them— what  wonder  that,  when  the  end 
came,  press  and  pulpit  pronounced  eulogies  on  such  a  noble  and 
beneficent  career  that  were  informed  throughout  with  that  note 
of  unaffected  grief  which  conventional  sorrow  has  no  skill  to 
counterfeit! 

We  can  (jnly  set  down  here  that  he  was  greatly  interested  in 
the  work  oi  this  Society,  and  it  may  be  allowed  us  to  add  that, 
quite  apart  from  all  his  splendid  civic  virtues,  he  was  in  private 
life  a  most  gracious  and  delightful  companion,  as  some  of  us  still 
remember  who  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  entertaining  him  under 
our  own  roof-tree,  and,  in  turn,  were  the  recipients  of  his  ov/n 
cordial  he  sj^itality. 

Of  the  "Annual  Members,"  those  of  us  who  are  citizens  of 
Richmond,  and  who  know  aknost  equally  well  our  sister  city  of 
Petersburg,  cannot  fail  to  mark  with  poignant  personal  sorrow 
how  many  of  our  oldest  and  dearest  friends  in  each  place  are 
included  in  the  dread  list. 

One  of  the  most  lovable  of  them  all  was  St.  George  Bryan,  a 
brother  of  our  fomier  President,  whose  vivid  personality  and 


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illimitable  sweetness  of  disposition  won  him  affectionate  wel- 
come alike  among  the  lofty  and  the  lowly. 

He  was  full  of  ingenuous  "prejudices"  (which  some  of  us 
shared  to  the  full)  and  of  scarcely  less  delightful  eccentricities, 
which  made  him  irresistibly  attractive.  His  mind  was  acvite 
and  distinctly  speculative  (save  in  matters  of  religion),  and, 
though  the  greater  part  of  his  life  was  spent  in  the  jjractical 
<  )ut-door  w^ork  of  his  profession,  he  in  some  way  found  time  to 
compass  a  wide  range  of  reading,  and  constantly  astonished  his 
friends  by  his  keen  and  enlightened  interest  in  subjects  little 
1  uown  to  the  average  man,  and  by  his  intimate  acquaintance 
Aviili  "many  a  quaint  and  curious  volume  of  forgotten  lore," 
of  Nvhich  they  knew  scarcely  more  than  the  bare  title. 

In  his  "hot  youth,"  as  Shakespeare  hath  it,  he  had  worn 
with  honor  his  country's  gray  as  a  private  soldier  in  the 
"Second  Company"  of  the  Richmond  Howitzers,  in  which  com- 
inand  he  served  until  lie  had  the  ill-luck  to  be  severely  wounded 
in  the  disastrous  battle  of  "Sailor's  Creek,"  April  6th,  1S65, 
just  three  days  before  "the  Surrender"  at  Appomattox.  He 
Was  carried  to  "Carysbrook,"  his  father's  plantation  on  "the 
iijipcr  James,"  where,  after  his  wound  had  healed,  he  settled 
(l.wn  for  several  years  assisting  his  father  in  the  management 
of  that  historic  estate.  But  life  in  the  country  at  that  time, 
v/lien  the  ravages  of  war  had  not  yet  been  repaired,  was  too 
tciiely  and  monotonous  to  a  man  of  his  restless  spirit,  and  so  for 
a  period  he  entered  upon  a  business  life,  where  he  made  some 
money,  not  mucli,  yet  enough  to  pay  his  expenses  at  college. 
and,  though  now  thirty,  he  entered  in  1873  the  scientific 
sivie  of  the  University  of  Virginia.  Having  fitted  himself  there 
]>y  hard  study  to  become  a  mining  engineer,  after  a  brief  space, 
he  fared  forth  to  seek  his  fortunes  in  the  far  West — mining  and 
"prospecting"  in  several  states  and  territories.  Many  were  the 
.stirring  scenes  in  which  he  took  part  among  the  Indians  of 
Nevada  or  of  Idaho,  the  rough  miners  of  California,  and,  as  he 
l.nshed  northward,  among  the  natives  of  Vancouver.  These 
adventures,  as  well  as  his  war-experiences,  he  was  fond  of  re- 
counting to  his  intimates,  always  modestly  and  without  a 
shadow  of  self-exploitation.     In  addition,  he  was  possessed  of  a 


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large  fund  of  racy  and  intimate  anecdote  (of  course,  unpub- 
lished) of  his  close  kinsmen  (John  Randolph  of  Roanoke,   St. 
George  Tucker  and  other  "worthies"),  whose  names  are  still      :!'.'i'.   ,) 
famous  in  Virginia  annals. 

In  his  intercourse  with  his  fellow-men  he  was  thoroughly  ot  tht: 
democratic,  but  he  never  forgot  the  ''noblesse  oblige"  of  his  h.;>n>>r- 
strain. 

The  influences  that,  in  chief  measure,  colored  his  whole  life, 
whether  in  act  or  utterance,  were  his  deep  and  fervid  (though 
never  ol^ti-usive)  piety  and  his  unshaken  loyalty  to  what  is 
now-a-days  termed  the  "Lost  Cause."  As  regards  the  former, 
it  is  no  \\'hit  an  exaggeration  to  declare  that  from  youth  to  old 
age  his  was  the  unquestioning  faith  of  a  little  child,  and  he  be- 
lieved with  all  the  passion  of  his  loyal  soul  that  the  Confederate 
cause  \A'ns  an  altogether  righteous  cause  and  held  steadfastly 
that  it  vras  not  good  that  a  righteous  cause  should  perish  from 
the  eartli.  With  his  strong  rehgious  faith,  it  v/as  "all  a  mys- 
tery^" tliat  the  result  should  have  been  what  it  Vvas,  but  no 
amount  of  argument  could  convince  him  that  it  was  a  "Lost 
Cause,"  Init,  always  and  forever,  a  cause  "strong  with  the 
strength  i>i  Tnith  and  immortal  with  the  immortality  of 
Right."  If  ever  the  famous  line  of  the  Roman  stoic  was  appli- 
cable to  any  mortal  among  men  of  our  generation,  it  was  to  him  : 

"VicTRix  CAUSA  Deis  placuit,  sed  victa  Catoni." 
He  will  be  best  remembered  for  what  he  really  was— one  of 
the  best  types  of  the  old-fashioned  "Tide-Water  Virginian," 
with  a  real  genius  for  friendship  and  hospitality,  of  high  and 
generous  courage,  saturated  with  what  the  outside  world  calls 
"provincialism,"  but  what  is  to  us  that  splendid  "provincial- 
ism," of  his  time  and  of  his  breed,  which  makes  a  man,  according 
to  Tenn}'son's  immortal  dictum,  really  "the  best  cosmopolite." 
He  ne^■er  married,  but  passed  the  last  years  of  his  life  con- 
tently  among  his  books  and  in  the  companionship  of  his  closest 
kinsmen,  v/ho  gave  him  a  responsive  affection,  that  made  his 
old  age  singularly  serene  and  happy. 

He  died  at  the  home  of  his  nephew.  Judge  Daniel  Grinnan,  a 
member  of  our  Executive  Committee,  on  April  5th,  19 IG,  in  the 
seventy-third  year  of  his  age. 


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Another  of  our  friends,  whose  familiar  face  and  figure  shall 
long  be  missed  upon  our  streets,  is  Col.  John  i3.  Purcell,  whose 
(|uiet  humor,  frank  manners  and  consistent  kixidliness  endeared 
him  to  a  host  of  friends  here  and  elsewhere. 

His  career  could  not,  perhaps,  in  the  strictest  sense  of  the 
teirm,  be  reckoned  an  eventful  one,  yet  was  his  long  and  honor- 
able life  so  crowded  with  beneficent  activities  and  so  distin- 
^niished  by  solid  achievement,  that  his  place  is  assured  among 
the  most  sterling  of  our  "Virginia  Worthies." 

Only  in  outline 'may  we  venture  to  sketch  here  the  salient 
features  of  that  busy  life,  for  his  comjnercial  and  financial 
acliievenjcnts,  noteworthy  as  they  were,  have  been  recounted 
elsewhere  in  detail  by  his  business  associates,  who  naturally, 
can  speak  witli  a  degree  of  authority,  touching  that  side  of  his 
career,  which  we  can  in  no  measure  pretend  to. 

Of  the  personal  side  of  the  man  alone  can  we  venture  to  speak 
liere,  our  \\an-ant  for  the  attempt  being  an  unbroken  friendship 
extending  over  half  a  century. 

John  Barry  Purcell,  son  of  John  Purcell  and  Martha 
Webb,  his  wife,  was  bora  in  this  city,  September  17th,  1849. 
The  m.other,  a  woman  of  liigh  intelligence  and  lovely  disposition, 
was  a  da'jghter  of  that  fine  old  "sea-dog,"  Commodore  Thomas 
T.  Webb,  C)f  the  United  States  Navy,  who  had  made  a  gallant 
i-ecord  for  liimself  in  the  "War  of  T2",  and,  afterwards,  in  the 
"Algerian  War,"  and  who  died  in  his  native  Norfolk  about 
eight  years  i)ri()r  to  the  "War  between  the  States." 

The  father,  in  mans-  of  his  traits  a  typical  Irishman  (as  he 
was  by  bJood,  though  not  by  birth)  is  still  well  remembered 
by  our  older  citizens  as  a  merchant  of  high  integrity,  who  in  his 
acquisition  of  fortune  nev^er  forgot  "the  Golden  Rule" — given 
to  profuse  hospitality,  distinguished  for  his  public  spirit  and  of 
such  0]5en-handed  generosity  that,  though  a  devoted  Catholic, 
he  gave  with  equal  liberality  to  all  charities,  whether  Protestant 
or  those  of  his  own  ancient  communion. 

As  is  the  inexorable  experience  of  life,  the  remembrance  of 
this  kindly,  high-spirited,  father  must  inevitably,  with  the 
[jassing  of  years,  have  first  grown  dim  and  then  have  sunk  into 
oblivion,  but  for  one  of  his  impulsive  acts  of  princely  generosity, 


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PROCEEDINGS.         >••"■.'  XXXI 

which  shall  assuredly  keep  alive  his  name  so  long  as  shall  endure 
the  fame  oi  the  "Army  of  Northern  Virginia." 

In  the  beginning  of  April,  18G1,  an  artillery  company  was 
recmited  in  this  city,  and  offered  for  instant  service  to  stout 
old  John  Letcher,  "Virginia's  War-Governor."  But  the  state 
lacked  the  guns,  horses,  uniforms  and  other  necessary  equipment 
of  a  light  iKittery,  and  could  only  hold  otit  to  the  company  vague 
l^romises  for  the  future.  The  ardent  young  recruits  were  in 
des]3air,  when  the  generous  and  patriotic  old  merchant  stepped 
into  the  l>reach  and  offered  to  equip  the  whole  battery  in  the 
most  thorough  fashion  out  of  his  own  pocket.  Great  was  the 
ioy  of  the  young  volunteers,  who,  by  acclaim,  named  the  battery 
for  their  munificent  patron,  chose,  at  his  suggestion,  Lindsay 
Walker  as  their  captain,  and  gaily  marched  away,  very  proud 
of  the  fact  ihat  "the  Purccll"  was  the  first  light  battery  to  leave 
Richmond  for  "the  front." 

This  battery  was  destined  to  win  within  the  next  four  years 
an  austere  glory,  which  made  its  name  a  household  word  through- 
(nit  the  army  and  the  state.  But  at  what  an  appalling  price!— 
the  price  that  "the  post  of  honor"  ever  exacts.  Always  skil- 
fully handled  in  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  it  yet  lost  two  hund- 
red and  f..4ty-one  men  killed  and  wounded  in  action.  Twice 
were  its  depleted  ranks  filled  up  by  large  drafts  from  the  re- 
cruiting dcj;ots,  and  not  a  few  young  volunteers,  as  they  became 
of  military  age,  flocked  to  its  colors,  eager  to  take  service  in  a 
command  that  had  won  such  fame.  Of  the  original  one  hundred 
and  twenty  five  cannoneers,  who  had  so  blithely  entrained  for 
Acquia  Creek  in  April  18(il,  only  five  were  left  when  Grant, 
on  May  23rd,  1864,  attemj^ted  to  force  the  passage  of  the  North 
Anna  at  "Jericho  Ford."  One  of  the  five  fell  on  that  glorious 
field. 

In  all  soberness,  it  might  justly  have  inscribed  on  its  rent  and 
grimy  battle-flag  the  single  word  "Ubique,"  for  it  enjoys  the 
distinction  (imique,  so  far  as  we  know)  of  having  taken  part 
(and  most  heroic  part  according  to  the  official  reports  of  Lee, 
Jackson  and  A.  P.  Hill)  in  every  general  action  delivered  by  the 
"Army  of  Northern  Virginia"  from  the  time  Lee  assiuned  com- 
mand at  Se\^en  Pines  up  to  the  sun-ender  at  Appomattox  Court- 
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If  you  will  study  the  Virginia  campaigns  in  the  voluminous 
"War  Records,"  or  read  the  masterly  and  entrancing  history 
of  the  artillery  of  Lee's  army, 'which  Colonel  Jennings  C.  Wise 
has  recently  published  under  the  title  of  "The  Long  Arm  of 
Lee,"  you  will  see  that  this  is  no  mere  extravagance  of  rhetoric. 

At  "First  Manassas,"  under  Lindsay  Walker,  afterwards 
Chief  of  Artillery  of  A.  P.  Hill's  Corps,  the  battery  rendered 
eflicient  service— Walker  received  his  majority  and  was  given 
a  battalion  early  in  '62,  and  William  Johnson  Pegram,  a  lad  of 
nineteen,  reserved  almost  to  shyness,  of  grave,  yet  gracious, 
bearing,  scion  of  one  of  Richmond's  oldest  families,  became  its 
captain. 

It  was  under  Pegram  that  it  was  destined  to  win  its  great 
renown.  Very  gentle  and  courteous  he  was  in  private  inter- 
course, but  his  discipline,  like  his  resolution,  was  iron,  and  his 
men  feared  him,  yet  loved  him,  and  obeyed  his  slightest  sign  in 
desperate  and  critical  events  like  children.  They  were  im- 
mensely proud  of  the  battery  and  their  admiration  knew  no 
bounds  for  their  young  captain's  absolute  contempt  of  danger. 

As  time  went  on,  Pegram  became  major  and  battalion-com- 
mander—then lieutenant-colonel,  and  finally  in  1864,  full 
colonel  of  artillery  (one  of  the  eight  officers  of  that  grade  in  the 
whole  artillery  corps  of  Lee's  army),  but  he  would  never  let 
"the  Purcell"  leave  him.  To  the  disastrous  end.  fraught  with 
so  much  mournful  glory,  it  remained  part  of  his  superb  bat- 
talion, and  when  he  himself  fell  amid  his  blackened  guns  in  the 
ill-starred  battle  of  "Five  Forks"  (the  last  pitched  fight  of  the 
war)  and  the  news  flashed  down  the  lines,  scores  of  these  griz- 
zled veterans  broke  down  and  sobbed  like  children. 

Such  was  "the  old  Purcell,"  as  these  rough  soldiers  fondly 
called  the  battery,  and  we,  the  surviving  few,  who,  in  those 
brave  old  days  served  under  Pegram  in  that  famous  battalion, 
careless  of  w^hether  all  this  be  regarded  as  an  irrelevant  excursus, 
cannot  choose  but  uncover,  when  the  name  of  "Purcell"  is 
called,  and  reverently  salute  the  mighty  shades  of  those  grimy 
cannoneers,  v.-ho  fought  their  guns  like  men  and  did  not  grudge 
to  die  for  hearth  and  home  and  country. 


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But,  in  truth,  it  is  not  "irrelevant,"  for  the  constant  mention 
of  tlie  Lattery  in  official  despatches,  and  in  the  press  naturally 
had  a  tremendous  influence  on  the  little  lad,  who  bore  the  same 
name,  lie  was  only  in  his  twelfth  year,  when  the  war  began, 
but  he  entreated  to  be  allowed  to  "go"  in  some  capacity.  This 
was,  of  course,  too  absurd  to  listen  to,  yet  it  was  fated  that,  in 
a  measiire,  he  should  have  his  heart's  desire  before  he  was 
(if teen.  By  dint  of  persistent  pleas,  he  was  allowed  in  18G3  to 
enlist  in  Company  G,  of  Colonel  McAnemy's  regiment  of 
"Forces  for  Local  Defence."  This  regiment,  composed  of  boys 
and  department  clerks,  was  officially  attached  to  the  brigade 
of  heavy  artillerymen  garrisoning  the  "Richmond  Defences" 
luider  command  of  Brigadier-General  Custis  Lee,  but  it  was 
understood  that  it  was  only  to  be  called  upon  for  service  in  case 
of  great  emergency.  This  emergency  came  at  the  beginning  of 
March  of  the  next  year,  when  a  strong  body  of  veteran  horse- 
men under  young  Colonel  Ulrich  Dahlgren  essayed  to  break 
througli  the  outer  defences  of  the  town,  release  the  Federal  pri- 
soners at  "Belle  Isle,"  bum  the  city,  and  put  to  death  Mr.  Davis 
and  his  cabinet.  This  was  what  is  known  as  the  "Dahlgren 
Raid,"  and  to  young  Purcell's  great  and  lasting  delight  he  took 
active  part  in  the  trenches  in  repelling  the  invaders.  (The 
"curious"  can  read  the  details  of  the  daring,  yet  abortive,  at- 
tempt in  \'ol.  XXXIII  of  the  "War  Records"). 

In  May  following,  he  was  made  first  sergeant  of  his  company, 
which  shows  that  he  was  even  then  a  good  soldier,  and  a  few 
months  later  he  was  detailed  as  "courier"  at  the  head-quarters 
of  Custis  Lee,  who  had  been  raised  to  the  rank  of  JVIajor-General 
and  assigned  command  of  all  the  outlying  troops  about  the  city. 
including  the  forces  at  Drewry's  Bluff  and  Chapin's  Farm.  Lee 
took  a  fancy  to  the  gallant  little  fellow,  who  was  always  ready 
to  carr}'  (n-ders  anywh.ere,  and  Purcell,  in  after  years,  never  tired 
of  recounting  the  many  acts  of  consideration  and  kindness  that 
he  receiA'cd  at  the  hands  of  that  knightly  soldier  and  gentleman. 

While  tlius  serving,  it  was  again  his  good  fortune  to  take  part 
in  several  minor  "affairs,"  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  many 
honors  that  came  to  him  in  his  maturer  years  were  as  nothinj,^ 
in  his  eyes  in  comparison  with  the  proud  reflection  that  it  had 


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been  allowed  him  in  early  boyhood  to  "serve  the  State  upon  the 
outer  works." 

But  his  active  soldiering  was  now  over,  for  at  the  end  of  Dec. 
'G4,  having  received  an  appointment  to  a  cadetship  at  the  "Vir- 
ginia Military  Institute,"  he  was  ordered  to  report  to  the  Super- 
intendent of  that  institution. 

As  many  of  the  older  men  here  will  recall,. the  renegade  Major- 
General  David  Hunter,  U.  S.  A.,  had  wantonly  destroyed,  in  the 
previous  June,  the  academic  buildings,  library,  laboratories  and 
scientific  apparatus  of  the  "Institute,"  and  the  cadets  (boys 
mostly  under  military  age)  were  doing  duty  in  the  trenches 
near  this  city.  After  the  evacuation  of  Richmond,  April  2nd, 
'65,  the  corps  was  disbanded,  and  it  was  many,  many  months 
before  the  famous  military-  school  could  be  re-opened,  even 
in  rudest  fashion,  and  academic  study  be  resumed. 

It  is  enough  to  say  here  that  its  rehabilitation  was  accom- 
l.aished  through  the  persistent  energy  and  devotion  of  its  able 
Superintendent,  General  Francis  H.  Smith,  and  that  young 
Purcell  entered  the  third  class  there  in  January  1866  and  grad- 
uated, well  up  in  his  class,,  in  1868. 

On  his  graduation  he  returned  to  Richm.ond  and  began  his 
business  career  in  the  long  established  wholesale  drug  house  of 
Purcell,  Ladd  &  Company,  of  which  his  father  and  his  uncle 
CMr.  Ladd)  were  the  controlling  partners. 

From  that  time  on,  it  m.ay  be  fairly  said,  he  had  an  unbroken 
success.  For  reasons  already  intimated,  it  is  not  our  pur];ose 
to  dv/ell  upon  his  business  activities. 

But  it  is  noteworthy  that,  though  he  ever  disdained  to  exploit 
hiiiiself,  in  everything  that  claimed  his  energies  and  interest 
he  always  "arrived,"  and  "at  the  top." 

At  the  "Institute,"  he  became  cadet  captain  in  the  corps,  and, 
in  after  years,  was  one  of  the  most  efficient  members  of  its 
"Board  of  Visitors." 

He  entered  the  "First  Virginia  Regiment"  in  this  city  as 
captain,  and  soon  became  its  colonel.  He  joined  the  "Rich- 
mond Clearing  House,"  the  "Richmond  Chamber  of  Com^- 
merce,"  and  the  "Amxcrican  Wholesale  Druggist  Association," 
and  became  President  of  all  three. 


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In  1887,  he  became  a  Director  in  the  "First  National  Bank" 
of  this  city  (destined  to  develop  into  one  of  the  most  powerful 
institutions  in  the  whole  South),  became  Vice-President  in  1897, 
and  its  President  in  1904,  holding  that  position  when  he  died. 

Such  "honors"  are  not  "accidents,"  nor  can  they  be  explained 
by  the  occult  influence  of  "the  interests,"  which  is  the  "blanliet" 
explanation  offered  by  that  eminent  financier,  Mr.  William 
Jennings  Bryan,  when  his  best-laid  schemes  gang  aft  a-gley. 

They  come  to  the  man  whom  his  associates  instinctively 
recognize  as  one  fitted  above  his  fellows  to  compel  success. 

What  is  called  "public  life"  had  no  attractions  for  him  and  he 
steadily  refused  to  be  a  candidate  for  political  office. 

But  whenever  the  "solid  men"  of  Richmond  gathered  in  con- 
ference to  discuss  large  public  interests  or  to  consider  legislation 
that  they  deemed  imperative  for  the  material  and  economic 
welfare  c-f  city  or  state,  his  counsel  was  always  sought,  and  in- 
variably lie  v/as  placed  upon  the  committees  to  whom  was  en- 
trusted tlie  task  of  preparing  the  proposed  legislation  and  of 
submitting  it  to  the  "Solons"  gathered  in  solemn  conclave  on 
"Capitol  Hill,"  whether  here  or  in  Washington. 

The  li^it  of  these  committees  on  which  he  served  (far  too  long 
to  be  repeated  here)  testifies  in  no  mean  measure  to  his  unflag- 
ging zeal  in  furthering  the  financial  and  commercial  upbuilding 
oi  community  and  commonwealth. 

Ke  had  "'an  infinite  capacity  for  taking  pains,"  and,  when  the 
complex  details  of  some  big  financial  "proposition"  had  to  be 
unravelled,  he  would  never  let  go  until  he  had  thoroughly 
mastered  the  problem. 

His  kni-jvvledge  of  banking  was  gained,  in  chief  measure,  by 
jiractical,  every-day,  experience,  and  he  probably  knew  little 
more  of  what  is  called  "the  science  of  finance"  than  the  average 
bank-president. 

But  his  great  strength  lay  in  his  fine  judgment  of  men,  in  a 
certain  intuitive  sagacity  in  discerning  special  ability  in  those 
associated  with  him  and  in  utilizing  that  ability  by  assigning 
its  possessors  to  positions  for  which  they  were  peculiarly  fitted. 

When  he  spoke  in  public,  his  utterances  were  always  listened 
to  with  marked  respect.     He  stated  a  case  well  and  had  the  gift 


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XXXvi  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

of  saying  what  he  meant.  However  much  men  might  differ 
with  him  in  opinion,  they  knew  that  they  would,  at  least,  hear 
no  nonsense.  He  made  no  pretense  to  being  what  is  termed  an 
"orator,"  but,  he  spoke  without  embarrassment  and,  as  we  have 
liinted,  with  lucid  precision.  On  occasion,  when  greatly  moved 
by  m.emories  of  "the  Cause"  he  so  ardently  loved,  he  rose  to 
i-eal  eloqitence,  as  witness  the  fine  address  he  deHvered  at  Tappa- 
hannock  some  years  ago,  when  he  presented  to  the  county  of 
Essex  the  handsome  tablet  given  by  his  wife  in  mxmory  of  her 
uncle,  General  Richard  Brooke  Garnett,  who  fell  at  the  head  of 
his  brigade  of  Virginians  in  Pickett's  imm.ortal  charge  at  Gettys- 
burg. 

In  1872  he  married  Miss  Charlotte  Olympia  Williamson, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  M.  Williamson,  Professor  of 
Engineering  at  "the  Institute." 

There  are  certain  relations  in  life  too  sacred,  as  a  rule,  to  be 
touched  upon  in  public,  but,  perhaps,  it  may  be  allowed  us, 
witliout  unduly  offending  the  sensibilities  of  those  nearest  and 
dearest  to  him,  to  say  simply  that  the  union  was  an  ideal  one 
in  its  unclouded  happiness. 

In  the  social  life  of  tlie  city,  in  his  clubs  and  elsewhere,  he 
was  a  most  amusing  and  delightful  companion,  for  he  knew  how 
to  play  hard  as  well  as  work  hard,  had  a  great  deal  of  humor  and 
could  always  "cap"  a  good  story  by  a  better  one. 

He  was  a  constant  reader  in  many  directions  and  was  specially 
well  informed  regarding  the  Confederate  war.  In  simple  truth, 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  Confederacy  went  straight  to  his 
licart,  and  he  was  ever  eager  in  his  support  by  pen,  purse,  or 
utterance  of  all  organizations  that  had  for  their  object  the 
l)reser\'ation  of  the  memories  and  history  of  that  mjomcntous 
struggle.  He  was  an  active  member  of  "Lee  Camp  of  Confed- 
erate Veterans,"  of  the  "Virginia  Ijivision  of  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia,"  was  on  the  "i^dvisory  Board"  of  the  "Con- 
federate Museum,"  in  this  city,  and  was  especially  delighted 
when  elected  an  "Honorary  Member"  of  the  "Pegram  Battalion 
Veteran  Association." 

In  these  latter  days  of  strenuous  hfe  when  the  Osier  a[^e-limit 
is  the  acceiJled  one,  he  >Aas,  no  doubt,  what  the  world  would 


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reckon  an  old  man,  for  he  had  reached  the  age  of  sixty-seven, 
yet,  until  the  last  six  months  of  his  life, -he  was  so  full  of  initia- 
tive and  of  vitality,  that  when  the  unexpected  news  of  his  death 
came,  all  those  who  really  knew  him  well  felt  a  great  shock 
as  at  a  hfe  cut  off  in  its  prime. 

He  bore  the  last  few  months  of  his  illness  with  characteristic 
courage  and  cheerfidness,  and,  it  is  an  abiding  consolation  to  his 
old  friends  to  know  that,  when  the  final  summons  came  at  Lex- 
ington, Virginia  (whither  he  had  gone  for  the  summer  with  his 
family),  on  the  morning  of  September  24:th,  1916,  the  end  was 
altogether  free  of  pain. 

Doubtless,  some  of  you  remember  that  ours  was  the  sad 
office  to  announce  at  our  last  "Annual  Meeting"  the  death  of 
our  old  friend,  Alexander  Cameron,  long  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent citizens  of  this  community  and  to  attemjit,  on  that  occa- 
sion, an  estimate  of  his  life  and  character. 

In  that  inadequate  sketch,  mention  was  made  that  he  was  one 
of  the  three  very  remarkable  brothers,  William,  Alexander  and 
George,  who  came  to  Virginia  from  Scotland  some  seventy-five 
years  ago  with  their  widowed  mother  and  settled  in  Petersburg. 
William  has  long  since  been  dead,  Alexander  died  in  February, 
1915,  and  now  George  the  youngest  of  the  three  has  followed 
them  to  what  is  called  in  their  beautiful  old  vScotch  speech  the 
"Land  o'  the  Leal." 

What  the  descendants  of  such  a  man  as  George  Cameron  will 
most  wish  to  know  in  the  coming  time  is  not  what  were  the 
special  activities  in  which  he  engaged  during  his  long  and  honor- 
able career,  but  what  manner  of  man,  in  his  daily  walk  and  con- 
versation, was  this  ancestor,  who,  starting  at  the  foot  of  the 
ladder  and  confronted  by  obstacles  that  would  have  shaken  a 
less  resolute  spirit,  yet  climbed  to  the  top,  and  achieved  not 
merely  a  great  financial  success,  but  became  through  sheer  force 
of  character  a  potent  factor  in  the  moral  and  social  life  of  the 
community  in  which  he  lived. 

Such  information  we  shall  endeavor  to  set  down  here  in 
simplest  fashion,  and  with  such  impartiality  as  may  be  given  one, 
who  for  over  fifty  years  was  honored  by  his  close  friendship. 
We  may  say  at  the  outset  that  we  make  no  pretence  to  that 


XXXviii  .  VIRGINIA   HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Studied  detachment  and  cold  analysis,  which  numb  alike  the 
heart  and  the  hand  of  the  limner;  holding  firm  to  the  conviction 
(regardless  of  what  the  disciples  of  Froude  may  urge)  that  no 
one  is  fitted  to  portray,  justly  and  truthfully,  the  life  and 
character  of  a  contemporary  unless  he  sincerely  loved  and  ad- 
mired the  man  he  v/ould  depict. 

The  facts  in  his  life  are  briefly  these: 

George  Cameron,  youngest  son  of  Alexander  Cameron  and 
Elizabeth  Grant,  his  wife,  was  bom  on  April  23rd,  1839,  near 
Grantown,  a  small  Highland  village  in  Invemesshire.  On  the 
death  of  his  father,  when  he  was  but  two  years  old,  he  and  his 
lirothers  came  to  Virginia  with  their  mother,  a  woman  of  strong 
sense  and  of  great  decision  of  character,  and  settled  in  Peters- 
burg. After  brief  schooling,  the  tv/o  older  boys  began  their 
business  career  in  the  great  tobacco  factory  of  Mr.  David  Dun- 
lop,  a  "brither  Scot,"  to  whom  they  were  greatly  attached  to 
the  end  of  his  days. 

George,  meanwhile,  was  growing  apace,  and,  when  ten  years 
(jld,  was  sent  back  to  Scotland  to  his  mother's  brother,  John 
Grant,  who  placed  him  at  one  of  those  admnrable  "Parish 
Schools,"  for  which  Scotland  was  so  justly  celebrated  in  the  old 
days.  There  he  remained  until  he  was  fifteen,  when  he  retumecii 
to  Petersburg,  and,  as  his  brothers  had  done,  entered  the 
•'Dunlop  factory"  to  learn  the  mysteries  attending  the  "manip- 
ulation" of  what  Cowpcr  (just  as  might  be  expected)  calls 
the  "pernicious  weed."  After  a  few  years,  the  elder  brothers 
determined  to  go  into  business  for  themselves,  and  George 
joined  them  in  a  short  time,  but  not  as  yet  as  an  equal  partner. 
All  three  were  masters  of  their  craft,  shrewd,  energetic,  enter- 
prising, and  their  business  from  the  start  prospered  greatly. 
William  was  reckoned  a  man  of  "vision"  (as  the  phrase  is  just 
now)  and,  no  doubt,  was  at  first  and,  indeed,  for  some  years  after- 
wards, the  directing  genius  of  their  enterprises,  while  Alexander 
and  George  were  regarded  as  essentially  "conservative."  In 
the  final  outcome,  "conservatism,"  as  is  usual,  had  the  best  of  it. 
Some  twenty  years  ago,  when  all  of  them  had  become  rich  men, 
William  withdrew  from  the  firm  with  a  large  fortune  and  for  a 
time  seemed  to  enjoy  wliat  is  called  "elegant   leisure."     But 


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PROCEEDINGS  XXXIX 

his  restless  temperament  soon  impelled  him  (this  time  alone) 
to  enter  upon  new  business  ventures  of  alluring  promise,  and, 
when  his  money  "vanished  into  thin  air,"  men  (as  is  the  way 
of  the  world)  no  longer  spoke  of  him  as  "a  man  of  vision,"  but 
as  "a  visionary  man."  He  was  full  of  bright-eyed  obsen^ations, 
had  travelled  all  over  the  world  and  seen  everybody  and  every- 
thing, "camps  and  courts,"  and  the  surviving  few  who  recall  his 
brilliant  con\'ersational  powers  and  his  gracious,  warm-hearted 
hospitality,  will  ever  remember  him  with  genuine  affection  and 
regard. 

But  we  are  anticipating. 

George  Cam.eron,  when  not  yet  twenty-two,  and  possessed 
of  only  a  slender  stipend,  fell  in  love,  as  young  men  will  do,  even 
the  "canniest"  of  Scotchmen,  and,  taking  his  courage  in  both 
hands,  resolved,  like  another  romantic  Scot,  of  famous  memory, 
to  put  his  fate  "to  the  touch,"  and  so  proposed  marriage  to  one 
of  the  loveliest  girls  in  Petersburg.  And  the  maid,  with  the 
courage  of  perfect  love  that  casteth  out  fear,  bravely  said  "Yes" 
to  the  ardent  wooer,  and  so,  on  March  13th,  1861,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Helen  Dunn,  daughter  of  Thomas  R.  Dunn  and  of 
Helen  Spooner,  his  wife. 

Apart  from  all  "romantic"  considerations,  it  was.  indeed,  a 
lucky  stroke  for  him,  for  she  was  a  young  woman  of  exception- 
ally fme  sense,  and  her  wise  administration  of  household  affairs 
in  their  early  m.arried  life  and  her  intuitive  counsel  in  larger 
matters,  as  time  went  on,  proved  no  mean  factor  in  his  saccess- 
fid  career. 

In  little  over  a  month  after  their  marriage,  the  storm  of  war 
broke,  rmd  nowhere  throughout  the  whole  South  did  the  "war 
fever"  beat  higher  than  in  the  gallant  little  "Cockade  City," 
which,  with  a  population  of  less  than  ten  thousand  whites,  sent 
eighteen  full  companies— infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery— to 
what  is  called  to-day,  "the  firing  line"— in  those  days,  simply, 
"the  front." 

Thoui-h  George  Cameron  remained  a  British  subject  all  his 
life,  never  becoming  "naturalized,"  his  devotion  to  his  adopted 
state  was  deep  and  strong,  and  he  at  once  enrolled  himself  in 
Wolfe's  company  of  the  "Local  Defense  Battalion,"  commanded 


^J  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  ^   , 

by  gallant  old  Fletcher  Archer  of  the  Petersburg  bar,  who  had 
years  agone  won  his  spurs  on  the  fields  of  Mexico 

It  was  as  a  simple  private  in  this  command  that  he  took  part 
in  the  glorious  action  of  June  9th,  1864,  at  the  "Rives  House" 
near  Petersburg,  when  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  of  the  old 
men  and  boys  of  Petersburg,  behind  hastily-constructed  earth- 
works covering  a  front  of  above  six  htijidred  yards,  repelled  the 
assaults  of  Kautz  and  his  thirteen  hundred  picked  troopers,  and 
so  saved  Petersburg.  All  of  his  com.rades  agree  that  Cameron 
fought  as  stubbornly  as  men  of  his  race  always  fight  when  the 
''pcrjerviduni  jecur  Scotorum"  possesses  them.  One  fourth  of 
that  devoted  little  band  fell  killed  and  wounded  on  that  field, 
and  there  is  a  glamour  of  pathetic  glory  about  that  fierce  com- 
bat, which  shall  cause  it  (like  "Newmarket")  to  live  in  song  and 
story  when  many  of  the  world's  great  battles  are  forgot; 

Unluckily,  Cameron's  company,  on  the  left,  was  completely 
enveloped  by  the  superior  forces  of  the  enemy,  who,  attack- 
ing fiank  and  rear,  captured  nearly  two  score  of  the  Confederates 
(Cam.eron  among  them),  whom  they  succeeded  in  carrying  off  as 
prisoners. 

Among  others  captured  with  Cameron  at  the  time  was  An- 
thony M.  Keiley,  aftenvards  mayor  of  this  city,  nominated  by 
Cleveland  as  U.  S.  Aiinister,  first  to  Italy  and  then  to  Austria, 
long  dean  of  the  "International  Court"  at  Cairo,  whom  many 
of  us  remember  as  one  of  the  most  brilliant  men  of  his  day — a 
sort  of  "admirable  Crichton" — lawyer,  editor,  orator  and  man- 
of-Jettcrs.  A  veteran  officer  of  Lee's  amiy,  Keiley  happened 
to  be  at  the  time  in  Petersburg  "on  leave,"  and,  of  course,  vol- 
unteered (like  the  gallant  soul  that  he  was)  to  sei-\-e  that  day  as 
a  private  in  Archer's  commiand. 

After  his  return  from  captivity,  he  wrote  (within  a  few 
months)  in  his  apparently  careless,  yet  inimitable,  style,  an 
account  of  the  fight  and  of  the  subsequent  hardships  and  need- 
less cruelties,  which  he  and  Cameron  experienced  in  the  "prison- 
pen,"  first  at  Point  Lookout,  and,  later  on,  at  Elmira,  New  York. 

This  miodest  little  volume,  long  since  "out  of  print,"  is,  no 
doubt,  practically  unknown  to  this  generation,  but  it  is  one  of 
those  genuine  "liuman  documents"  that  can  never  altogether 


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die — a  fit  companion  volume,  indeed,  to  the  "Adventures  of 
Captain  Jack  Kincaid  of  the  Rifle  Brigade,"  though  far  superior 
to  the  latter  in  literary  distinction. 

On  November  18th,  '04,  after  over  five  months  of  captivity, 
Cameron  was  safe  back  in  Petersburg. 

Within  a  few  months  the  war  was  over,  and,  slowly  at  first, 
but  sunly,  the  industrial  and  commercial  life  of  Virginia  and 
of  the  whole  South  awoke  and  began  to  beStir  itself  again.  It 
should  be  stated  just  here  that,  as  early  as  1802,  the  Camerons, 
in  addition  to  their  regular  business,  had  made  bold  ventures  in 
"blockade  running,"  steadily  reaping  a  golden  harvest  from 
that  time  on  imtil  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and  other  Southern  ports 
were  "sealed"  in  '04.  They  were  shrewd  and  sensible  enough 
to  deposit  the  enormous  returns  from  these  ventures  in  Eng- 
land, so  that  the  end  of  the  war  found  them  with  solid  credit 
at  home  and  al)road,  which  few,  if  any.  Southern  firms  could 
l)oast. 

These  keen-witted  young  Scots,  as  you  can  readily  imagine, 
were  not  slow  to  seize  the  chance  thus  oftered  to  their  enter- 
])rising  spirit,  and  then  began  that  wondrous  expansion  of  their 
business.embracing  two  hemispheres— branch  houses  under  vary- 
ing Cam.eron  titles,  or  subsidary  firms  controlled  by  them,  in 
Richmond,  Louisville,  Liverpool,  London,  Melbourne,  Sydney. 
Adelaide  and  Brisbane,  the  last  four  concerns  supplying  seventy- 
live  per  cent  of  the  manufactured  tobacco  consumed  in  India  and 
the  Australian  Colonies.  This  expansion,  developed  gradually 
and  conducted  with  the  traditional  Scotch  caution,  required  a 
good  many  years  for  its  achievement,  but,  looking  back  now 
and  vie^^■ing  it  as  a  whole,  the  story  reads  like  some  chapter  out 
of  "Monte  Christo''  or  the  "Arabian  Nights." 

In  1883,  in  the  midst  of  these  strenuous  activities,  he  suffered 
a  grievous  blow  in  the  death  of  his  wife,  who  for  some  years  had 
been  an  invalid.  He  bore  the  blow  with  characteristic  fortitude 
and  the  incessant  demands  upon  every  waking  moment  of  his 
lim.e  (for  he  was  now  sole  manager  of  the  great  "home  factories" 
in  Petersburg)  kept  him  from  morbid  brooding.  He  loved  work 
for  work's  sake,  was  a  man  of  powerful  physique  and  his  con- 
stitutioncd  industry  had  become  through  rigid  training  a  habit, 


xlii  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

which  remained  immutable  after  he  had  passed  his  three  score 
and  ten.  Sydney  Smith  once  said  of  a  friend  of  his  that  "he 
had  an  ungovernable  passion  for  work."  The  whimsic^il  ex- 
aggeration of  the  witty  divine  was  almost  the  literal  tmth  in 
Cameron's  case. 

His  work  heartened  him,  his  frit^ndships  cheered  him,  and 
gradually  Time  brought  healing  in  his  wings.  On  July  19th, 
1886,  he  married  Miss  Delia  Pegram,  daughter  of  Capt.  Richard 
G.  Pegram,  long  leader  of  the  Petersburg  bar  (and  later  on,  a 
successful  practitioner  here),  who,  like  all  men  of  his  name  and 
breed,  was  one  of  the  most  valorous  soldiers  that  ever  buckled 
on  sabre.  Cameron  was  then  but  forty -seven,  strikingly  hand- 
some, as  were  all  the  brothers,  and  the  kindly  fates  had  decreed 
that  he  and  his  gracious  young  wife  should  enjoy  many  years  of 
happiness  and  that  the  spacious  halls  of  "Mount  Erin  Towers" 
sliould  resound  once  more  with  merry  childish  laughter  and  re- 
echo the  pattering  of  little  feet.  But,  as  is  inevitable,  the 
happiness  was  not  without  alloy,  for  he  lost  two  sons  (by  his 
iirst  marriage),  who  had  grown  to  manhood,  and  his  old  age 
w  as  greatly  saddened  by  the  death  of  his  youngest  boy,  a  win- 
some little  lad  of  marvellous  precociousness,  to  whom  he  was 
passionately  attached. 

Years  followed  of  usefulness  and  honor  and  hard  work,  though 
they  were  by  no  means  years  of  "all  work  and  no  play"  and 
"Jack"  never  became  "a  dull  boy."  He  went  around  the  world 
twice,  travelled  extensively  in  England  and  on  the  Continent 
and  made  repeated  visits  to  the  old  "home-nest"  in  the  High- 
lands by  the  pleasant  river  Spey. 

In  1904,  he  and  his  surviving  brother,  Alexander,  sold  out 
their  various  businesses  here  and  in  Australia  to  the  "British- 
American  Tobacco  Company"  and  definitely  retired. 

But,  as  we  have  indicated  above,  it  was  imr)0ssiblc  for  a  man 
(jf  his  habits  and  temperament  ever  to  become  idle.  He  had  a 
great  fortune  to  claim  his  constant  attention,  was  owaier  of  a 
fine  estate  on  the  Appomattox  and  became  interested  in  "scien- 
tific" farming,  was  passionately  devoted  to  flowers  and  never 
counted  the  hours  lost  which  he  spent  in  pottering  about  his  ex- 
tensive hot-houses  or  in  making  still  more  beautiful  the  spacious 
grounds  that  surrounded  "Mt.  Erin  Towers." 


PROCEEDINGS  xliii 

He  was  intensely  domestic  in  all  his  tastes  and  his  "ain  ingle 
neuk"  was  ever  to  him  the  dearest  spot  on  earth.  He  belonged 
to  the  clubs,  of  course,  but  never  went  to  them,  and  though, 
as  we  have  seen,  he  wandered,  from  time  to  time,  far  afield,  he 
was  always  anxious  to  get  back  to  the  one  spot  on  earth  sancti- 
fied to  him  by  the  name  of  "home."  What  delightful  memories 
of  bra\'c  cheer  and  cordial  welcome,  q^  bright  talk  and  hannless 
laughter,  the  mere  mention  of  "Alt.  Erin  Towers"  stirs  in  the 
breasts  of  all  who  had  the  privilege  of  enjoying  its  profuse,  yet 
elegant,  hospitality! 

He  possessed  a  famous  wine-cellar  that  contained  a  great 
variety  of  rare  vintages,  and  he  was  always  glad  to  have  his 
friends  test  their  excellence  and  give  their  verdict  on  their  re- 
spective merits.  He  himself,  mark  you,  was  one  of  the  most 
abstemious  of  men  and,  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  because 
of  heart-trouble,  never  touched  even  a  single  glass  of  wine. 
Like  "Duke  Vincentio,"  in  "Measure  for  Measure,"  he  was 
tnily  "a  gentleman  of  all  temperance,  rather  rejoicing  to  see 
another  merry."  But  he  had  a  robust  scorn,  which  he  did  not 
hesitate  to  express,  for  the  Pecksniffian  professional  "refoiTners," 
Avho  in  these  latter  days  are  walking  up  and  down  the  earth 
mouthing  eternally  their  litanies  of  "Cant."  In  fact,  he  ex- 
pressed his  opinion  on  most  subjects  with  a  directness  and 
vigor  tliat  left  little  to  the  imagination.  But  this  was  only  at 
his  own  Ijoard,  or  when  suiTounded  by  a  knot  of  very  old  friends. 
His  judgment  was  sound,  not  only  in  business  matters,  but  in 
delicate  questions  of  personal  conduct  that  often  arise  in  private 
life.  He  was  stubborn  of  opinion,  when  once  he  had  made  up  his 
mind  about  people  or  things,  and  was  by  no  means  free  from 
"prejudice,"  as  who  of  us,  indeed,  is?  But  the  honesty  of  the 
man  was  transparent  in  every  utterance  and'action  and  he  never 
resented  in  the  least  degree,  an  expression  of  opinion  directly  the 
opposite  of  the  one  he  might  be  vigorously  maintaining.  Nay, 
more — once  convince  him  that  he  was  wrong  and  he  was  no 
more  too  proud  to  change  his  mind  than  he  was  "too  proud  to 
fight." 

Like  every  man  of  original  parts  (as  distinguished  from  mere 
acquisition),  he  had  a  l:een  sense  of  humor,  and  his  mellow 


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chuckle  over  a  "shrewd  thrust,"  whether  at  his  own  expense 
(;r  another's,  is  remembered  still  with  tender  wistfulness.  One 
of  his  most  sahent  characteristics  was  his  unobtrusiveness.  He 
was  always  at  his  ease,  but  preferred,  in  any  large  company, 
to  be  a  listener  rather  than  a  talker. 

As  we  happen  to  know,  his  benefactions  to  charities,  to  the 
church,  and  to  the  less  fortunate,  mere  numerous  and  munificent , 
,    but  he  never  spoke  of  them  even  to  his  intimates,  and  he  was  as 
loyal  to  his  friends  as  any  mortal  that  ever  walked  the  earth. 
Just  before  the  dawn  ushered  in  the  New  Year  of  1916,  the 
;•,  ,  supreme  stroke  fell  with  tragic  suddenness.     At  twelve  o'clock 

I.;,  at  night  he  was  reading  in  his  library.     At  2.  A.  M  he  was  dead. 

(.,.  But  shall  we  call  it  "tragic,"  refiecting  that,  in  thus  being 

;.',--:'     struck  down  while  still  in  full  possession  of  his  mental  and  physi- 
\,  cal  powers,  he  was  mercifully  spared  the  sufferings  inseparable 

.,.,  from  long  illness  or  lingering  decline. 

■  ,  ,^,;.  If,  as  the  Wise  Man  says,  "As  a  man  thinketh  in  his  heart, 

;. ;; ; ;;.;.,    SO  is  hc,"  thcn,  in  all  soberness  and  truth,  was  George  Cameron 

,  ,j    J  ,       that  noblest  work  of  God,  an  honest  man. 

j ,(  Scarcely  more  than  a  week  after  the  death  of  George  Cameron, 

,j  his  closest  friend  in  Petersburg,  the  man  whom,  perhaps,  he 

),  most  loved  and  whom  he  had  made  executor  of  his  estate,  was 

suddenly  stricken  with  paralysis,  and,  after  lingering  for  three 

weeks,  sunk  quietly  into  the  dreamless  sleep  tliat  knows  no 

waking  here. 

This  was  Alexander  Hamilton,  whose  relations  to  Cameron 
were  peculiarly  close.  Both  were  immensely  busy  men,  en- 
gaged in  large  affairs,  yet  they  managed  to  see  each  other  almost 
daily — taking  long  walks  or  drives  after  office  hours,  and  not 
seldom  going  off  together,  like  two  school  boys  on  "a  lark," 
for  a  fortnight's  fishing  in  Florida  or  a  brief  spin  overseas. 

As  we  can  testify  of  our  own  personal  knowledge,  Hamilton 
\vas  ten-ibly  shaken  by  the  death  of  his  old  friend,  whom  he 
loved  with  all  the  intensity  of  his  ardent  nature,  and  it  may  well 
be  that  that  tragic  event  had  much  to  do  with  the  lethal  stroke 
that  can-ied  him  off  in  so  brief  a  time.  We  ourselves,  at  any 
rate,  have  always  thought  so. 


^.,  PROCEEDINGS  xlv 

We  shall  only  set  down  here  so  much  of  his  "line  of  descent" 
as  beseems  so  slight  a  sketch  as  this,  for  lie  was  pure  Scotch  on 
both  sides  of  his  house  and  we  all  know  how  interminable  are 
Scotch  genealogies,  if  once  we  begin.  This  one,  for  instance, 
begins  in  12!)2! 

Alexander  Hamilton,  son  of  Robert  Alston  Hamilton  and  of 
Sarah  Caroline  Alexander,  his  wife,  was  bom  in  Granville  (now 
Vance)  Coimty,  North  CaroHna,  on  Match  18th,  1850.  Though 
bom  in  North  Carolina,  he  was  essentially  a  Virginian,  having 
lived  steadily  in  Petersburg  since  early  boyhood,  and  it  is  doubt- 
ful whether,  outside  his  own  immediate  family,  a  dozen  people 
knew  that  he  was  not  a  native  of  this  commonwealth. 

His  grandfather,  Patrick  Hamilton,  was  of  the  "Parkhead 
branch"  of  the  Hamiltons  of  Lanarkshire,  and  did  not  come  to 
America  luitil  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century,  when  he 
settled,  v\-ith  others  of  his  family,  near  Williamsboro  in  Granville 
County.  He  was  a  man  of  education,  accumulated  a  handsome 
fortune  as  a  thrifty  merchant,  married  Mary  Eaton  Baskervill 
of  the  well-known  Virginia  family  of  that  ilk,  and  became  a  pros- 
perous planter,  as  you  may  read  in  that  delightful  volume 
(privately  printed)  entitled  ''The  Hamiltoyis  of  Burnside"  by 
his  grandson,  Patrick  Hamilton  Baskervill,  M.  A. 

It  was  his  son,  Robert  Alston,  college-bred,  courtly  of  manner 
(some  of  us  remember  him  well)  and  blessed  with  comfortable 
fortune,  w  ho  moved  to  Petersburg,  when  his  second  boy,  the 
subject  of  ihis  sketch,  was  a  lad  of  little  over  seven. 

On  the  Alexander  side,  his  great-grand-father,  Moses  Alex- 
ander, who  had  been  "up  and  awa'  wi'  Prince  Charlie,"  came 
over  soon  after  "the  45"  and  settled  in  Mecklenburg,  North 
Carolina.  Rut  his  grandchildren  drifted  to  Virginia,  as,  we  are 
glad  to  say,  is  so  often  the  case  with  natives  of  the  gallant  "Old 
North  Stale,"  and  intermarried  with  the  best  families  of  the 
common\vc:alth.  One  of  these  grandsons,  Nathaniel  Alexander, 
father  of  <nn-  Mr.  Hamilton's  mother,  was  an  officer  in  the 
United  States  Navy,  served  under  Perry  in  "1812,"  resigned 
the  service,  settled  down  as  a  planter  and  for  several  teims  was 
a  member  of  the  Virginia  Senate.  Another  grandson,  Mark 
Alexander,  bom  in  Mecklenburg  County,  Virginia,  became  still 


Xlvi  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  >J 

more  prominent  in  Virginia  politics — was  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature, represented  the  "4th  Virginia  District"  in  Congress  from 
1819  to  1833,  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  famous  "Consti- 
tutional Convention"  of  1829-30,  the  ablest  body  of  men  that 
ever  sat  in  this  state — perhaps,  the  ablest  body  of  law-makers 
that  ever  sat  in  the  western  world.  A  little  over  seventy  years 
after,  his  great-nephew,  Alexander  Hamilton,  was  destined  to 
iTake  a  great  name  for  himself  in  another  celebrated  "Virginia 
( 'onstitutional  Convention." 

The  lad,  "Alexander,"  had  his  early  schooling  at  "Belmont," 
an  admirable  boarding-school  in  Mecklenburg  comity,  N.  C,  con- 
ducted by  a  sound  scholar  of  the  old-fashioned  type,  Mr.  Ralph  H. 
Graves,  and,  after  a  further  course  at  "McCabe's  University 
School,"  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  where  he  was  "good  at  books" 
and  the  acknowledged  leader  in  all  athletic  sports,  entered  the 
"Virginia  Military  Institute"  in  1868  as  "third-class  man"  and 
was  graduated  in  1871.  He  had  a  natural  taste  for  "soldiering," 
had  lived  in  Petensburg  all  through  "the  Siege"  of  that  brave 
old  town,  when  he  had  listened  at  his  father's  table  to  the  talk 
of  the  most  famous  soldiers  who  were  defending  it,  and  it  was 
the  great  regret  of  his  life  that  he  had  not  been  old  enough  to 
sci-ve  in  that  heroic  arm.y.  Had  the  fates  so  ordered  it,  what 
a  glorious  soldier  he  would  have  been! — doubtless,  with  his 
eager  courage  and  instant  readiness  of  resource,  the  peer  of  any 
of  them! 

During  his  last  year  at  the  "Institute"  he  was  appointed 
Instructor  in  Latin  (his  strong  point  at  school)  and  Adjutant 
of  the  Corps,  and,  immediately  on  his  graduation,  matriculated 
in  the  Law  School  of  Washington  and  Lee  University  (situated 
within  a  stone's  throw),  where  he  had  the  good  fortune  to 
come  under  the  personal  instruction  of  that  great  Virginian, 
Honorable  John  Randolph  Tucker,  Professor  of  "Equity  and 
lAiblic  Law,"  who,  in  his  long  and  brilliant  service  in  Congress, 
was  regarded  by  Republicans  and  Democrats  alike  as  the  ablest 
Constitutional  lawyer,  whether  in  the  lower  or  the  upper 
liouse,  whose  inexorable  logic  and  sober  eloquence  recalled  the 
})est  traditions  of  Virginia  statesmanship. 


PROCEEDINGS  i<l.;Al<    Mv^'..  ^"^" 

Despite  the  difference  in  their  ages,  pupil  and  instructor  soon 
became  intimate  friends — a  friendship  which  lasted  until  Mr. 
Tucker's  death,  and  Hamilton  has  lett  grateftd  record  under  his 
ov,-n  hand  that  of  the  salient  influences  which,  in  chief  measure, 
shaped  his  career,  the  most  potent  of  them  all  was  this  personal 
contact  with  his  great  miaster.  To  the  end  of  his  days,  indeed, 
whenever  he  spoke  of  Mr.  Tucker  (and  he  spoke  of  him  often) 
hk  friends  used  to  say  that,  though  he  was  little  given  to  hero- 
v.-urship,  th.ere  was  a  distinct  suggestion  of  incense  in  the  air. 
But  we  all  loved  him  the  more  for  his  boyish  enthusiasm  re- 
garding his  old  mentor,  for  there  were  not  a  few  of  us  who,  in 
days  gone  by,  had  also  fallen  under  the  spell  of  that  incomparable 
talker  and  inimitable  raconteur,  whose  ready  wit  and  whimsical 
quips,  quite  apart  from  his  profound  learning,  must  rem.ain  a 
great  tradition  both  in  his  native  state  and  in  the  national  capi- 
tal long  after  the  fame  of  most  of  his  contemporaries  shall  have 
become  Irat  a  dim  memory  to  all  save  the  "curious." 

Having  graduated  in  law,  young  Hamilton  came  to  Rich- 
mond in  the  autimm  of  1873  and  "offered  for  practice" — an 
oRer  whicli  an  unappreciative  public  apparently  "politely  but 
firmly"  declined.  But  it  was,  notwithstanding  this,  a  happy 
v.inter  for  him,  for,  young  and  well-bom  and  as  handsome  as 
one  of  "Ouida's"  dashing  young  guardsmen,  he  went  out  a  good 
deal  into  society,  and,  above  all,  could  enjoy  endless  talks  every 
day  with  his  devoted  "crony,"  "Joe"  Bryan,  while  they  both 
waited  for  clients  that  never  came.  How  little  could  either 
forecast  the  future,  or  di-eam  that  in  little  over  a  single  decade 
both  of  them  were  to  become  men  of  commanding  influence  in 
their  respective  communities  and  be  reckoned  among  the  first 
citizens  of  the  comnaonwealth. 

In  the  following  spring,  he  went  back  to  Petersburg,  became 
the  law-ijartner  of  Mr.  Alexander  Donnan  (who  had  an  es- 
tablished practice),  and  in  less  than  ten  years  was  the  recog- 
nized leader  of  the  bar  of  that  city. 

From  that  time  on.  Fortune  sm.iled  upon  all  the  varied  activi- 
ties that  engaged  that  busy  brain.  At  last,  she  had  sent  the 
ball  rolling  to  his  feet,  and  he  had  boldly  picked  it  up  and  with 
unerring  eye  had  sent  it  flying  straight  to  goal. 


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These  activities  are  too  numerous  for  us  to  dwell  on  in  detail. 
Paramount  to  all  the  rest  was  his  connection  with  the  "Legal 
Department"  of  the  "Atlantic  Coast  Line  R.  R.  Company"  and 
its  subsidiary  lines.  vStarting  simply  as  their  "Attorney"  for 
Petersburg,  while  still  in  active  practice  at  tliat  bar,  he  soon 
became  their  "General  Counsel  for  Virginia,"  and,  when,  under 
the  able  constructive  policy  of  that  sagacious  "ca[)tain  of  in- 
dustry," Mr.  Henry  Walters,  riie  present  "Atlantic  Coast  Line 
R.  R.  Company"  was  formed  by  the  consolidation  of  the  various 
constituent  companies,  he  became  "General  Counsel"  for  the 
whole  of  that  great  system.  He  was  also  elected,  first,  the 
Second  Vice-President  and,  later  on,  the  First  Vice-President 
of  the  new  company.  Only  a  year  or  two  ago,  he  received 
still  further  promotion  by  being  made  President  of  the  "Atlantic 
Coast  Line  of  Connecticut,"  the  "holding  company"  (organized 
under  the  laws  of  Connecticut)  that  controls  both  the  "A.  C. 
L."  and  "L.  &  N."  properties. 

Of  course,  all  this  forced  him  to  give  up  general  practice. 

No  railroad  in  this  country,  or,  indeed,  in  any  country,  ever 
had  in  its  sei-vice  a  servant  more  utterly  devoted  to  its  interests 
and  its  high  repute,  and  the  official  resolutions  passed  by  the 
directors  at  his  death  (simple,  direct,  yet  charged  with  deep 
feeling)  constitute  a  testim.onial  to  his  efficiency,  integrity,  and 
personal  charm  that  signally  distinguishes  them  from  the  con- 
ventional expressions  of  condolence  usual  in  such  cases. 

In  addition  to  all  this,  he  became  some  twenty  years  ago 
President  of  the  largest  and  oldest  banlc  in  Petersburg  ("The 
Petersburg  Saving  &  Insurance  Co."),  whose  affairs  he  managed 
with  conspicuous  financial  ability  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
besides  being  director  in  many  public  corporations  and  being 
much  sought  after  as  fiduciary  in  administering  large  private 
estates. 

Apart  from  his  legal  training,  he  was  othenvise  admirably 
equipped  for  the  successful  conduct  of  these  multifarious  activi- 
ties, for  from  the  beginning  of  his  young  manhood  he  had  been  a 
persistent  student  of  economics  and  of  finance  and  was  wont  to 
read  (what  seems  to  us)  the  dreary  volumes  dealing  with  those 
subjects  witli  as  keen  an  interest  as  the  average  reader  takes 


PROCKEDINGS  xHx 

in  the  lalcsL  "best  seller."  Just  here,  it  may  be  noted  that  he 
was  all  his  life  deeply  interested  in  all  matters  pertaining  to 
education  So  genuine  was  this  interest,  that,  despite  the  ever- 
increasin,^  volume  of  his  arduous  duties,  he  managed  to  find  time 
to  sen.^e  on  the  "Board  of  Visitors"  of  his  old  school,  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  Vv'here,  with  the  cordial  co-operation  of  the 
Superintendent,  he  inaugurated  many  reforms  of  lasting  value. 
IVenty  years  of  such  fmitful  service  did  he  give  his  Alma  Mater, 
during  ten  of  which  he  was  President  of  the  Board.  Even  after 
he  felt  obliged  to  decline  reappointment,  he  unselfishly  consented 
to  become  "President  of  the  School  Board"  in  Petersburg,  and, 
in  that  ix>sition,  rendered  conspicuous  service  in  establishing 
u  higher  degree  of  efficiency  in  the  Public  Schools  of  that  city. 

Plad  he  elected  to  go  into  politics,  as  he  was  repeatedly  urged 
to  do,  there  is  small  doubt  that  with  his  industry  and  talents 
he  would  have  attained  eminence  in  that  field.  The  same  quali- 
ties that  made  him  such  an  effective  advocate  at  the  bar — clear 
thinking,  apt  illustration  in  argument  and  a  happy  knack  of 
never  t£i Iking  over  the  heads  of  his  audience — must  surely  have 
compelled  success. 

But  though,  as  might  be  ex})ected  in  the  case  of  a  man  of  his 
prominence,  he  often  presided  at  public  meetings,  both  at  home 
and  elscv.'here  in  the  state,  he  never  but  once  accepted  public 
office,  if,  indeed,  we  may  so  term  the  service  he  felt  called  upon 
to  render. 

Withi^iit  the  remotest  solicitation,  he  was  elected  a  delegate 
from  Petersburg  to  the  "Virginia  Constitutional  Convention" 
of  1901-1902,  where,  as  we  have  said  above  (deliberately  weigh- 
ing our  words),  he  soon  made  "a  great  name"  for  himself.  In 
that  assemblage  of  really  able  men,  the  breadth  of  his  views, 
the  cogency  of  his- arguments,  his  readiness  and  uniform  cour- 
tesy in  debate,  all  this  in  conjunction  with  his  winning  pei^son- 
ality  won  for  him  the  confidence  and  admiration  of  his  col- 
leag-ues  and  caused  him  to  be  regarded  on  all  sides  as  one  of  the 
most  sagacious  among  the  acknowledged  leaders  of  that  body. 
So  great,  indeed,  was  the  impression  which  he  made,  that,  the 
year  after  the  Convention  adjoiurned,  he  was  elected  without 
opposition  President  of  the  "Virginia  Bar  Association,"  a  posi- 
tion wliich  he  held  as  long  as  he  was  eligible. 


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vSo  passed  the  strenuous  years.  Yet  often  were  there  un- 
expected compensations  when  most  he  was  driven  by  the  work 
imposed  upon  him  as  lawyer,  banker,  or  rail-road  official.  His 
duties  as  "General  Comisel"  of  a  great  system,  of  necessity, 
caiTied  him  constantly  to  various  sections  of  the  country  and 
his  ligure  was  aknost  as  famihar  in  New  York,  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore  or  in  Charleston,  Savannah,  and  Mobile,  as  it  was  in 
Richmond  or  Petersburg.  Everywhere  he  went,  his  intelligence 
and  high-breeding  and  compelling  charm  of  manner  won  him 
hosts  of  friends,  who  insisted  Oh  entertaining  him  in  a  purely 
.social  way  after  business  matters  had  been  ended.  And  when 
these  new-made  acquaintances  (many  of  them  destined  in  time 
to  become  "old  friends")  came  to  Petersburg  to  confer  with  him, 
as  they  often  did,  they  were  at  once  impulsively  seized  upon  and 
earned  off  to  be  guests  in  his  own  beautiful  home,  where  they 
found  such  wannth  of  welcome  and  sumptuous  entertainment 
as  recalled  the  best  traditions  of  the  "Old  South." 

"Small  cheer  and  great  welcome  makes  a  merry  feast,"  says 
Sliakespeare  in  his  immortal  "Comedy,"  but  here  was  great 
cl.eer  and  great  welcome  too,  and  the  "merry  feast,"  we  may 
he  sure,  was  made  doubly  charming  to  his  guests  by  the  bright 
and  genial  talk  of  their  host. 

But  for  all  his  engaging  qualities  in  private  life  and  his  uniform 
observance  of  the  amenities  in  his  conduct  of  professional  or 
business  affairs,  there  was  "a  streak  of  Cato"  in  the  man.  Let 
him  once  be  convinced  that  an  opponent  had  mistaken  his 
deferential  courtesy  for  timidity  or  that  any  body  of  men,  "by 
bias  and  indirection,"  were  seeking  to  overreach  the  railroad 
company  (which  he  served  and  whose  interests  he  ever  held 
higher  than  his  own)  and  instantly  (as  some  of  us  have  wit- 
nessed) the  mobile  features  hardened,  a  timbre  of  defiance  rang 
in  the  usually  softly-modulated  voice,  and  his  measured  words 
of  contemptuous  indignation  were  such  as  few  men  could  ever 
forget. 

Those  who  did  not  know  him  well,  seeing  him  in  one  of  these 
masterful  moods  of  "righteous  wrath,"  would  take  away  an 
utterly  erroneous  impression  of  the  man,  for  if  ever  there  was  a 
human   being   saturated    v\-ith    the   spirit   of  kindliness   to   his 


PROCEEDINGS  H 

fellows  and  of  tender  sympathy  for  those  "distressed  in  mind, 
body  or  estate,"  as  the  Prayer-book  hath  it,  it  was  he. 

At  last,  in  the  early  morning  of  February  4th,  1916,  came  the 
"one  clear  call"  to  that  intrepid  spirit,  and  it  was  answered, 
we  may  be  sure,  with  the  same  serene  courage  as  had  been 
answered  every  call  made  to  him  in  a  long  and  resolute  life. 

As  we  recall  his  noble  rectitude,  his  nice  sense  of  personal 
honor  that  did  not  "set  life  at  a  pin's  fee"  when  that  honor  was 
at  stake,  his  generous  enthusiasm  for  all  things  exalted,  his  virile 
scorn  for  all  things  mean,  his  sweetness  of  disposition,  his  tender  .^yf] 
heart  and  open  hand — as  wS  remember  all  these  stern  and 
gentle  virtues,  there  flashes  through  our  mind  (as  preculiarly 
appropriate  to  this  dear  dead  friend)  that  noble  epitaph  which 
the  Dulce  of  Buckingham  wrote  on  liis  father-in-law,  "the  Great 
Lord  Fairfax"; 

Both  sexes  virtues  were  in  him  combined; 
He  had  the  fierceness  of  the  manliest  mind. 
And  all  the  meekness  too  of  womankind. 

He  never  knew  what  envy  was  or  hate; 
His  soul  was  filled  with  worth  and  honesty. 
And  with  another  thing  besides,  quite  out  of  date, 
Cali'd  modesty. 

Over  ihe  rest  of  those  whom  we  are  called  upon  to  mourn, 
we  can  only  breathe  a  simple,  but  heartfelt,  reqidescani! 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted.  '  "  "  ~'    '^ 


W.  Gordon  McCabe, 

President. 


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At  the  conclusion  of  the  report  it  was  annoimced  that  the 
next  business  was  the  election  of  officers  and  members  of  the 
Executive  Committee.  On  motion,  a  nominating  committee 
composed  of    Col.   W.    Miles   Cary  and   Messrs.    Charles  C. 


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Anderson  and  David  C.  Richardson.  The  Committee  re- 
tired and  on  its  return  recommended  that  the  following  be 
elected :  .  .    ' 

President — W.  Gordon  McCabe,  Richmond,  Va. 

Vice-Presidents-  ■  Archer  Anderson,  Richmond,  Va.,  Edward 
\'.  Valentine,  Richmond,  Va.,  and  Lyon  G.  Tyler,  Williams- 
l)urK,  Va. 

(.Corresponding  Secrettyry  and  Librarian — William  G.  Stanard, 
Riclimond,  Va. 

Recording  Secretary— Y}.  C.  Richardson,  Richmond,  Va. 

Treasurer — Robert  A.  Lancaster,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Executive  Committee — C.  V.  Meredith,  Richmond,  Va. 
Charles  W.  Kent,  University  of  Virginia,  J.  Stewart  Bryan, 
Richmond,  Va.,  A.  C.  Gordon,  Staunton,  Va.,  S.  S.  P.  Patte- 
son,  Richmond,  Va.,  S.  A.  Yonge,  Riclimond,  Va.,  WiUiam 
11.  Pahner,  Richmond,  Va.,  Rt.  Rev.  A.  M.  Randolph,  Nor- 
folk, Va.,  Daniel  Grinnan,  Riclimond,  Va.,  J.  P.  McGuire,  Jr., 
Richmond,  Va.,  Wm.  A.  Anderson.  Lexington,  Va.,  Morgan 
P.  Richmond,  Richmond,  Va, 

A  resolution  thanking  the  President  for  his  ser^aces  during 
the  past  year  was  adopted. 

Mr.  T.  C.  Bryan  was  called  to  the  chair  and  on  motion  the 
ofTicers  and  members  were  unanimously  elected. 

Presideht  McCabe  then  resumed  the  chair  and  stated  that 
any  other  business  would  be  in  order.  As  there  was  none,  on 
motion,  the  meeting  adjourned. 


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OFFICERS  AND  MEMBERS 


Virginia   Historical   Society 

JANUARY,    1917. 


B.  ■*  President. 

W.  Gordon  McCabe,  Richmond,  Va. 

Vice-Presidents. 

Archer  Anderson,  Richmond,  Va. 
■»'^'  '         Edward  V.  Valentine,  Richmond,  Va. 
Lyon  G.  Tyler,  Williamsburg,  Va. 

Corresponding  Secretary  and  Librarian. 
William  G.  Stanard,  Richmond,  Va. 

Recording  Secretary. 
D.  C.  Richardson,  Richmond,  Va. 

Treasurer. 
Robert  A.  Lancaster,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Executive  Committee. 

C.  V.  Meredith,  Richmond,  Va.      Wm.  H.  Palmer,  Richmond,  Va. 
Chas.  W.  Kent,  University  of  Va.  Rt.Rev.A.M.RANDoi.PH,  Norfolk, Va. 
J.  Stewart  Bryan,  Richmond,  Va.  Daniel  Grinnan,  Richmond,  Va. 
A.  C.  Gordon,  Staunton,  Va.  J.  P.  McGuire,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
S.  S.  P.  Patteson,  Richmond,  Va.  Wm.  A.  Anderson,  Lexington,  Va. 
S.  H.  YoNGE,  Richmond,  Va.           Morgan  P.Robinson,  Richmond,  Va. 

and  ex-officio,  the  President,  Vice-Presidents,  Secretaries 
and  Treastirer. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 

Keane,  Prof.  A.  H.,  London,  Eng.  Stevens,  Dr.  H.  Morse,  University  ot  Cal. 


CORRESPONDING  MEMBERS. 


Bacon,  H.  F.,  Bury  St.  Edmund,  Eng. 

Banks,  Chas.  E.,  M.  D. 

Barber,  E.  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  •" 

Bryant,  H.  W.,  Portland,  Maine. 

Campeau,  Hon.,  F.  R.  E.,  Ottawa,  Can. 

Champlin,  J.  D.,  Jr.,  New  York,  N.  Y, 

Craig,  Isaac,  Alleghany,  Pa. 

Green,  Hon.  S.  A.,  M.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Hart,  Chas.  H.,  Philadelphia,  P^. 


Hinke,  Prof.  W.  J.,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Hayden,  Rev.  H.  E.,  Wilkes-Barre.  Pa. 
Hoes.  Rev.  R.  R.,  Washington.  D.  C. 
Judah,  George  F.,  Spanish  Town,  Jamaica. 
Nicholson,  Col.  J.  P..  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Richemond,  Mons.  Meschinet  De,  La  Ro- 

chelle,  France. 
Ross,  Hon.  D.  A.,  Quebec,  Can. 
Wright,  W.  H.  K.,  Plymouth,  Eng. 


LIFE  MEMBERS 


Adams,  Gilmer  S.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Adams,  Wm.  Newton,  Bridyehampton,  L.  I. 
Alexander,  H.  M.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Andrews.  A.  B.,  Jr.,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Bagnell,  Mrs.  Wm.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Barksdale.  H.  M.,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Barratt,  Judcc  Norris  S.,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Billings,  C.  K.  G..  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Blackwell,  Henry,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Bryan,  Jonathan,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bryan,  Robert  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bryan,  St.  George,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bryan,  J.  Stewart,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bushnell,  David  L,  Jr.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Cabell,  J.  Akton,  Richmond,  Va. 
Cabell,  Col.  H.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  Portland,  Ore- 

gon. 
Childers.  Col.  Gracey,  Clarksville,  Tenn. 
Corbin,  Mrs.  Wm.  Lygon,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Cox,  Mrs.  Wm.  Ruffin,  Richmond,  Va. 
Clement,  Capt.  H.  C,  U.  S.  A.,  Governor's 

Island,  N.  Y. 
Clements,  Mrs.  Helen  L,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Cook,  Heustis  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Beats,  H.  E.,  Flemington,  N.  J. 
Dooley,  James  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Downman,  R.  H.,  New  Orleans,  La. 


Earnest,  Joseph  B.,  Lexington,  Ky. 
Gary  J.  A.,  Baltimore.  Md. 
Gibbs,  Mrs.  Virginia  B.,  Newport,  R.  L 
Grandy,  C.  Wiley,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Gratz,  Simon,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hanna,  Charles  A.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
Harrison,  Fairfax,  Bel  voir.  Fauquier  Co.,Va. 
Hearst,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A.,  Pleasanton,  Cal 
Hobson,  Mrs.   Henry  W.,  Jr.,    New   York, 

N.  Y. 
Hotchkiss,  Elmore  D.  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hughes,  R.  M.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Huntington,  Archer  M.,  Baychester,  N.  Y. 
Hyde,  James  Hazen,  Paris,  France. 
Jones,  Judge  Lewis  H.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Keith,  Charles  P.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Kinsolving,  Walter  O.,  Austin,  Texas. 
Lee,  Edmund  J.,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lee,  W.  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Mason,  Wm.  Peyton,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Miller,  Dr.  J.  L.,  Thomas,  W.  Va. 
Mitchell,  Robert,  Richmond,  Va. 
Moriarty,  G.  Andrews,  Boston,  Mass. 
Morse,  Willard  S.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
McCabe,  Lt.  E.  R.  Warner,  U.  S.  A, 
McCabe,  W.  Gordon,  Jr.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
McCormick,  Cyrus  Hall,  Chicago,  III. 


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Nolting,  Miss  Elizabeth  Aiken.  Cobham,  Va. 
Pilhbury,   Mrs.    Charles    L..    Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
Raborg.  T.  M.  T.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 
Richardson,  D.  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Rives,    Hon.    Geo.    Lockhart,    New   York, 

N.Y. 
Robinson,  Morgan  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Rosser,  Thomas  L..  Jr.,  Charlottesville,  Va. 
Rucker,  Mrs.  Booker  Hall,  RoUa,  Mo. 
Scott,  Frederick  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scott,  Winfield,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Stevens,  Mrs.  Byam  K.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Stires,  Rev.  Ernest,  M.  D.  D.,  New  York, 

N.Y. 


Stubbs,  Wm.  C,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Swanson,  Hon.  Claude  A.,  Chatham.  Va. 
Sweet,  Mrs.  Edith  M..  St.  Albans,  W.  Va. 
Talcott.  Col.  T.  M.  R.,  Bon  Air,  Va. 
Waterman,  W.  H.,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Watson,  Mrs.  Alexander  McKenzie 
Webb,  W.  Seward,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Wickham,  Henry  T.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Williams,  A.  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Williams,  Thomas  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Winslow,  H.  M.,  Harriman,  Tenn. 
Woodson,  Captain  R.  S.,  U.  S.  A.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 


ANNUAL  MEMBERS.* 


Abney.  John  R.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Adams,  Walter,  Framingham,  Mass. 
Addison,  E.  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Adkins,  S   B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Alexander,  Dr.  W.  T.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 
Allen,  E.  W.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Allen,  Herbert  F.  M.,  Washington.  D.  C. 
Ambler.  Ben.  Mason,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 
Ames,  Mrs.  Joseph  S.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Ancell,  Rev.  B.  L.,  Yangchow,  China. 
Anderson,  Col.  Archer,  Richmond,  Va. 
Anderson,  B.  P..  M.  D.,  Colorado  Springs, 

Col. 
Anderson,  Charles  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Anderson.  Davis  C,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Anderson,  Edward  L.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Anderson,  W.  A..  Lexington,  Va. 
Andrews.  Prof.  C.  M..  Yale  University,  New 

Haven,  Conn. 
Andrews,  Garnett,  Rossville,  Ga. 
Antrim,  Hugh,  Richmond,  Va. 
Atkins,  Mrs.  G.  W.  E.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 
Atkinson,  Thomas,  Richmond,  Va. 
Austin-Leigh,  Richard  A.,  London,  Eng. 
Ajttell.  Decatur,  Richmond,  Va. 


Bacon,  Mrs,  Horace  F.,  North  Middletown, 

Ky. 
Bagby,  Mrs.  Parke  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Baker,  C.  C.  Watts,  Cal. 
Ballard,  N.  H.,  Brunswick,  Ga. 
Barbour,  John  S.,  Fairfax.  Va. 
Barham,  Dr.  W.  B.,  Newsoms,  Va. 
Barton,  R.  T.;  Winchester,  Va. 
Baskervill,  P.  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bates,  S.  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Bayne,  Howard  R.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Beckett,  John  T.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Beer,  George  Louis,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Beirne,  Francis  F.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Bell,  Landon  C,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Bell,  Robert  O.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Belmont,  August,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Belt,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Talbot,  Millen,  Ga. 
Bennett,  Robert  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Berry,  Mrs.  C.  D.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Best,  Frank  E.,  Chicago,  111. 
Beveridge,  Hon.  A.  J.,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 
Blackstock,  Ira  B.,  Springfield,  111. 
Blair,  Miss  Louisa  Coleman,  Richmond.  Va. 
Blow,  A.  A.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Boatwright,  Mrs.  Gertrude  F.  H.,  Roanoke, 

Va. 
Boddie,  John  T.,  Chicago,  111. 
Boisseau,  Sterling,  Richmond,  Va. 
Boisseau,  P.  H..  Danville,  Va. 
Boiling,  Charles  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Boiling,  Stanhope,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bondurant,  Dr.  Eugene  D.,  Mobile,  Ala. 
Booker,  Mrs.  Hunter  R.,  Hampton,  Va. 
Boreman,  R.  J.  A.,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va. 
Bosher,  Mrs.  Robert  S.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bourgeoisie,  Mrs.  A.  C,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Bowles,  Henry  L.,  Hudson,  Col. 
Bowling,  Benjamin  L.,  Urbanna,  111. 
Boykin,  Miss  Anna  B.,  Richmond.  Va. 
Boyle,  Mrs.  P.  A.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Boyle,    Mrs.    Virginia    Frazier,    Memphis. 

Tenn. 
Bradshaw,  Mrs.  Rosena,  Paducah,  Ky. 
Branch,  John  K.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Brodhead,  Mrs.  Lucas,  Versailles,  Ky. 
Brooke,  George  D.,  Chil'.icothe,  Ohio. 


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LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


Brooke.  Richard  N.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Brooke,  Richard,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Brooke,  Robert  T.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Brooke,  S.  S.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Brooke,  Dr.  T.  V..  Sutherlin,  Va. 
Brown,  Prof.  W.  G.,  Columbia,  IVIo. 
Brown,  J.  Thompson,  Richmond,  Va. 
Brown,  Wallace  F.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bruce,  Hon.  C.  M.,  Clarkton,  Va. 
Bruce,  Philip  Alexander,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Bruce,  Mrs.  Mary  Howard,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bryan,  George,  Richmond,  Va. 
Bryan,  Thomas  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Budlong,  Mrs.  Milton  J.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Bukey,  Mrs.  John  Spencer,  Vienna,  Va. 
BuUard,  Mrj.  B.  F.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Bullitt,  Wm.  Marshall,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Burges,  Richard  F.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 
Burruss,  Mrs.  Nathaniel,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Burwell,  D.  S.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Byrd,  Samael  ^L,  Kosciusko,  Mi.ss. 


Callahan,  G.  C.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gallery,  Mrs.  J.  D.,  Brielle,  N.  J. 

Cameron,  Col.  Benehan,  Stagville,  N.  C. 

Cameron,  lilies  Mary  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Campbell,  Mrs.  A.  A.,  Wytheville,  Va. 

Campbell,  R.  K.  Washington,  D.C. 

Cannon,  G.  Randolph,  Richmond,  Va. 

Caperton,  Mr^;.  James  W.,  Richmond,  Ky. 

Capps,  W.  L.,  U.  S.  N.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Cargill,  Mrs.  T.  A.,  Houston,  Texas. 

Carpenter,  Pay  Director  J.  S.,  U.  S.  N.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Carrington,  Edward  C,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Carter,  Hill,  Ashland,  Va. 

Cartvvright.  Mrs.  S.  A.  Brooke,  Washington, 
D.C. 

Gary,  T.  Archibald.  Richmond,  Va. 

Gary,  W.  Miles,  Richmond,  Va. 

Cash,  Mrs.  W.  Lee.  Bristol,  Va. 

Catlett,  Mrs.  Richard  H.,  Staunton,  Va. 

Chamberlayne,  Churchill  G.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Chandler.  Prof.  J.  A.  C,  Richmond.  Va. 

Chandler.  R.  G..  Chicago,  111. 

Chandler,  Walter  T.,  Chicago,  111. 

Chauncy,  Mrs.  Agnes  C.,  Narberth.  Pa. 

Chilton,  W.  B.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Chowning,  C.  C.,  Urbanna,  Va. 

Christian,  Judge  Geo.  L.,  Richmond.  Va. 

Christian,  Walter,  Richmond,  Va. 

Claiborne,  Dr.  J.  H.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Clark,  W.  Welch,  Danville,  Va. 

Clark,  Wm.  Hancock.  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Clarke,  P.  N..  Louisville.  Ky. 


Clement,  Mrs.  N.  E.,  Chatham,  Va.  \i,S. 

Clyde,  W.  P.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  r  , 

Cobb.  Wm..H.,  Elkins,  W.  Va. 
Coffin,  Charles  P.,  Brookline,  Mass. 
Coke,  Captain  John  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Coleman,  Aylett  H.,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Coleman,  Charles  W.,  Washington,  D.  C 
Coles,  Mrs.  T.  B.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Colston,  Edward,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Cook,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Columbus,  Ga. 
Coolidge,  Archibald  C.  Cambridge.  Mass. 
Corbin,  Richard  Beverley,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Corbin,  Richard  W..  Newport,  R.  I. 
Corbett.  Mrs.  L.  G..  Greenville.  S.  C. 
Courtney,  Miss  Emma,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Cox,  General  Wm.  R..  Penelo,  N.  C. 
Craig,  Mrs.  Lawrence  R.,  Dillon,  S.  C. 
Cozzens,  Frederick  B.,  Chicago,  111. 
Cram,  Mrs.  R.  A.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Crenshaw,  S.  Dabney,  Richmond,  Va. 
Cridlin,  W.  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Crittenden,  W.  L.,  Stigler,  Okla. 
Croasdaile,  Mrs.  Richard,  Canton.  Ohio.     . 
Crocker,  Major  J.  P.,  Portsmouth,  Va. 
Crockett,  R.  H.,  Franklin,  Tenn. 
Crump,  Judge  Beverley  T..  Richmond,  Va. 
Crump,  James  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 
CuUeton,  Leo..  London,  Eng. 


Dabney,  Dr.  William  M.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Dabney,  Prof.  R.  H.,  University  of  Va. 
Daingerfield,  Francis  Lee,  Alexandria.  Va. 
Dance,  Mrs.  Russell,  Corinth,  Miss. 
Dandridge,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Cincinnati.  O. 
Darling,  Mrs.  Frank  W.,  Hampton,  Va. 
Daughters,  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Davenport,  G.  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Davis,  W.  O.,  Gainesville,  Texas. 
Denham,  Edward,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Denson,  C.  B.,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Dickey,  Judge  Lyle  A.,  Lihue,  H.  T. 
Doolittle,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.,  Passadena,  Cal. 
Doran,  J.  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Doremus,  Mrs.  C.  A..  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Downing,  George  C.  Frankfort,  Ky. 
Duke,  Judge  R.  T.  W..  Jr..  Charlottesville. 

Va. 
Dunn.  John,  M.  D..  Richmond.  Va. 
Dupont,  Col.  H.  A..  Winterthur,  Del. 
Duval.  Miss  Maria  P.,  Charlestown,  W.  Va. 
Dwight,  Dr.  E.  W.,  Boston.  Mass. 


Eagon,  Robert  E.,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Easley,  J.  C,  Richmond.  Va. 


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VIS 


Ease.  John  P.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Eaton,  George  G.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Eckenrode,  Dr.  H.  J.,  Fredericksburg,  Va. 
Ellineton,  Mrs.  B.  H.,  Richmond.  Va. 
Ellij,  Wade  H.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Ellis,  William  A.,  Florence,  Ala. 
Ellyson,  Hon.  J.  Taylor,  Richmond,  Va. 
Embrey,  Judge  Alvin  T.,    Fredericksburg, 

Va. 
En-.pio,  Adam,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
Eni;!iah,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Eskildge,  R.  S..  Seattle,  Wash. 


Eui 


;,  Wm.  Corcoran,  V/ashiiigton,  D.  C. 


Fat  c.n,  Emmett  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Farr.-ir,  Edgar  H.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Faulkner,  C.  J..  BoyJtoa,  Va. 
Feiki,  W.  P.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Feldhauser,  Mrs.  Goode  K.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Ferri^ll,  Mrs.  Chas.  C,  Anson.  Tex. 
Fifi.',  Prof.  R.  H.,  Middletown,  Conn. 
Filzl.uah,  Gen.  Chas.  L.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Fletcher,  William  Meade,  SpeiTyviUe,  Va. 
Fc-it  line,  W.  W.  Austia,  Tex. 
F<. MI, tain,  General  S.  W.,  U.  S.  A.,  Devon. 

1  .,. 
Fi;.r  jes,  Mrs.  Charles  E..  Bedford,  Ind. 
Freeman,  D.  S.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Freixh,  Dr.  Jno.  Herndon,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Furiow,  Floyd  C,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Games,  C.  Carrington,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Garland,  Spotswood,  Wilmington,  Del. 
Gr.rner,  J.  W.,  T:A)r.  Church,  V:i. 
Gi^^o^,  Rt.  Rev.  Robt.  A.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Gilbert,  Mrs.  R.  M..  New -York,  N.  Y. 
Glover,  Rolfe  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Good,  D.  Saylor,  Roanoke,  Va. 
Goodwin,  Rev.  E.  L..  Richmond,  Va. 
Goodwyn.  Tyler,  jroatKomery,  Ala. 
Goodwyn,  Mrs.  W.  S.,  Ernporia,  Va. 
Gordon,  Armistead  C,  Staunton,  Va. 
Gray,  Henry  W..  Jr.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Gregory.  George  C,  Rio  Vista.  Va. 
Grinnan,  Judge  Daniel,  Richmond,  Va. 
Grinnan,  John  C,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Groome,  H.  C  Warrenton,  Va. 
Guthrie.  John  W.,  Flagstaff,  Arizona. 


Hagan,  John  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hairston,  S.  W..  Roanoke.  Va. 
Hamilton,  Mrs.  Amelia  C,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Hardy.  Miss  Stella  Pickett.  Batesville,  Ark. 
Harpel,  Mrs.  Almeda  B.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Hr.rris.  A.  B.  B.,  Chicc.go,  111. 


Harrington,  Howard  S..  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Harris  Alfred  T.,  Jr..  Richmond,  Va. 
Harris,  Graham  H.,  Chicago,  111. 
Harris,  John  T.,  Jr.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Harrison,  Mrs.  Carter  H.,  Staunton,  Va. 
Harrison,  Hon.  Francis  Burton,  Manila,  P  1. 
Harrison,  Geo.  T.,  M.D..  Charlottesville,  Va. 
Harrison,  Robert  L.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Harrison,  W.  Preston,  Chicago,  111. 
Hawes,  S.  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Heatwole,  Prof.  C.  J.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Heath,  James  E.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Hempstone,  W.  D..  Leesburg.  Va. 
Herbert,  Col.  Arthur,  Alexandria.  Va. 
Herbert,  R.  Beverley.  Columbia,  S.  C. 
Herndon,  J.  W.,  Alexandria,  Va. 
Heyer,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  Wilminf^on.  N.  C 
Hibbett,  A.  j.,  Green  Forest,  Ark. 
Higgins,  Mrs.  D.  F..  Joliet,  111. 
Hill,  W.  M.,  Richmond,  V.;. 
Hine,  Major  Ch.irles  DcLuno,  Vienna,  Va. 
Holladay,  A.  Randolph,  V/arminstcr,  Va. 
Holmes,  J.  T.,  Columbus.  Ohio.      . 
Holt,  R.  O.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hord,  Rev.  A.  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Horsley,  Dr.  J.  fhelton,  Richmond,  Va. 
Houston,  Mrs.  E.  M.,  SpringScld.  Mo. 
Howard,  Mrs.  Eleanor   Washington,  Wash- 

in^on,  D.  C. 
Howard,  Major  McHenry,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Howrll,  Ardun,  Richmond,  Va. 
HughL-s,  A.  S.,  Denver,  Col. 
Hunt,  Gaillard,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hunter.  James  W..  Norfolk,  Va. 
HunloP,  Eppa,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hurt,  Georn.o  F.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
HutchcFon,  H.  P.,  Boydton,  Va. 
Hutcheson,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Houston.  Te.x. 
Hutchins.  W.  S..  Washington.  D.  C. 
Hutchinson.  Gary  T.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 
Hyde,  Mrs.  Chai-Us  R.,  Chattanooga.  Tenn. 


James,  Mrs.  J.  O..  Petersburg.  Va. 
Jameson,  Mrs.  S.  W.,  Roanoke.  Va. 
Jarman.  Prof.  J.  L..  Farmville.  Va. 
Jeffress.  T.  F..  Drewry's  Bluff.  Va. 
Jenkins,  Luther  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Jewett.  W.  K.,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 
Johnson,  B.  F.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Johnston,  Miss  Mary,  Warm  Springs.  Va. 
Jones,  Fairfax  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Jones,  Judge  Lewis  H..  Louisville,  Ky. 
Jones,  Mis.  Richard,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Jones,  W.  Strother.  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 
Junkin,  Francis  T.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 


UST  OF  MEMBERS 


Kable.  Mrs.  W.  G..  Staunton.  Va. 
Keach,  Mrs.  O.  A.,  Wichita.  Kan. 
Keini,  Mrs.  Betty  L..  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Kelly.  Mrs.  Effie  Bowles,  Richmond.  Va. 
Kemper.  Churles  E..  Washington.  D.  C. 
Kendrick.  Mi-.  F.  W.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Kent,  Prof.  C.  V.'..  University  of  Va. 
Kirk,  Henry  J.,  Baltimore.  Md. 


Lamb,  E.  T.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Lambert.  Ui^.  W.  H.,  Germantown,  Pa. 
La  Monte,  Geo.  M.,  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 
Lancaster,  R.  A..  Jr..  Richmond.  V 
Lawton.  Mri.  James  M.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Leake.  J.  Jordan,  Richmond,  Va. 
Lecky,  Robert,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
T.edbfctter,  Mrs.  C.Ji.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Lee,  Blair,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Lee.  R.  E..  Jr.,  Fairfax  County.  Va. 
Leigh,  Egbeic  G.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Levy,  Jefierso.i  M.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Lewis,  Charles,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Lewis,  HerbcfD,  L  West  Point,  Va. 
Lewis,  Jud.'e  Lunsford  L.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Lodge.  Hon.  H.  C.  Washington.  D.  C. 
Ljungstedt.  Mrs.  O.  A..  Bethesda,  Md. 
Locke.  Victor  Murat,  Antlers,  Okla. 
Long,  E.  McL.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Lorton,  Heth,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Loyall,  Captain  B.  P..  Norfolk,  Va. 

Lukeman  H.  Augustus,  New  York.  N.  Y. 

Mallory,   Lt.    C.    K.,   U.   S.   N.,   Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 

Mallory,  Ctl.  J.  S.,  U.  S.  A.,  Culebra,  Canal 
Zone. 

Mangum,  Mrs.  Wm.  W.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Markham,  George  D.,  St.  Ix)uis,  Mo. 

Massie,  Robert,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Mastin,  Mr>:.  (George  R.,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Matthsws,  Albert,  Boston,  Mass. 

Mayo,  E.  C,  Richmond,  Va. 

Mayo,  Mrs.  Etta  Booth,  Commerce,  Tex. 

Mayo,  P.  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 

itercer,  xMrs.  William  P.,  Elm  City,  N.  C. 

Meredith,  Chf-rles  V.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Meredith,  Philip  T.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Meriwether,  Mrs.  Minor,  Shreveport,  La. 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Lida  W.,  Terre  Haute.  Ind. 

Meyer.  Mrs.  August  R..  Kans.is  City.  Mo. 

Miller.  Rudolph  P..  New  York.  N.  Y. 

Minnigerodi  ,  Charles,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Minor,  Benj    d.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mitchell,  I'.iikwood,  Richmond,  Va. 

Moffett.  Mrr,   E.  E.,  Richmond,  Va. 

MofFett.  Miss  Edna  V.,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Montague,  Hill,  Richmond,  Va. 


Moore,  Warner,  Richmond,  Va. 

Morehead,  C.  R.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 

Morgan,  Dr,  D.  H.,  Amelia  C.  H..  Va. 

Morton,  Richard  Lee,  University,  Va. 

Munford,  Mrs.  Beverley  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Munford,  R.  B.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Myers,  Barton,  Noi-folk,  Va. 

McAllister,  J.  T.,  Hot  Springs,  Va.  '■'    *'" 

McBryde,  Dr.  J.  M.,  Blacksburg.  Va. 

McCabe,  Capt.  W.  Gordon,  Richmond,  Va. 

McClung,  C.  M.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

McConnell.  Prof.  J.  P..  Radford,  Va. 

McCormick,  R.  Hall,  Chicago,  111. 

McCormick,  Harold  P.,  Chicago,  111. 

McDonnel,  Mrs.  Eugene,  Fort  Howard,  Md. 

McFadden,  Charles,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McGraw.  John  T.,  Grafton,  W.  Va. 

McGuire,  Dr.  Edward,  Richmond,  Va. 

McGuire,  Mrs.  Frank  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 

McGuire,  John  Pe>-ton,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 

McGuire,  Murray  I.L,  Richmond,  Va. 

McGuire,  Dr.  Stuart,  Richmond,  Va. 

McKim,  Rev.  Randolph  H.,   Washington, 
D.  C. 

Mcllwaine,  Dr.  H.  R.,  Richmond.  Va. 

Mcllwaine,  W.  B.,  Petersburg,  Va. 
Mcintosh,  Charles  P.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
McKenny,  Miss  Virginia  Spctswood,  Peters- 
burg, Va. 
McNeil,  Mrs.  W.ilter  S.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Nash,  Dr.  P.  S.,  U.  S.  N.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Neilson,  Miss  Lou,  O.xford,  Miss. 

Nichols,  Rt.  Rev.  W.  P.,  San    Francisco, 

Cal. 
Nixon,  Lewis,  Mecuchen,  N.  J. 
Norvell,  Mrs.  Lipscomb,  Beaumont, Texas. 

O'Connell,  Rt.  Rev.  D.  J..  Richmond,  Va. 
Osborne,  W.  L.  H.,  Glide,  Oregon. 
Outerbridge,  Mrs.  A.  J.,  University,  Va. 
Owen,  Thomas  M.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 


Padgitt,  Mrs.  J.  Tom,  Coleman,  Texas. 

Page,  Mrs.  Mann,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Page,  S.  Davis,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Page,  Rosewell,  Beaver  Dam,  Va. 

Page,    Hon.    Thomas     Nelson,    American 

Embassy,  Rome,  Italy. 
Palmer,  Mrs.  Potter,  Osprey,  Fla. 
Palmer,  Col.  William  H.,  Richmond,  V&. 
Parker,  Col.  John,  Browsholme  Hall,  Cle- 

thiroe,  Lancashire,  Eng. 
Parker,  W.  S.  R.,  Beaumont,  Texai. 


VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   SOCIETY 


Patteson,  S.  S.  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Paxton,  T.  B.,  Jr.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Payne,  John  B.,  Chicago,  III. 
Pfcgram,  Lt.  John  C,  U.  S.  A.,  El  Paso, 

Texas. 
Penn,  Mrs.  James  G.,  Danville,  Va. 
Pescud,  Peter  P.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Pcterkin,    Mrs.    George    W.,    Parkersburg, 

W.  Va. 
Pettigrew,  Mrs.  C.  D..  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 
Pettus,  William  J.,  M.   D..  U.  S.  Marine 

Hospital  Service,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Phelps,  Wm.  B.,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Pinckard,  W.  P.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Pinckney,  C.  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Pleasants,  Edwin,  Richmond,  Va. 
Pleasants,  Dr.  J.  Hall,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Plummer,  Miss  Lucy  Dupuy,  Newmarket, 

Md. 
Poindexter,  Judge  Miles,  Spokane,  Wash. 
Poindexter,  W.  W.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 
Pollard,  Henry  R.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Powell,  J.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Prentiss.  Judge  R.  R.,  SuSolk,  Va. 


Raines.  Dr.  Thomas  H.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Raine.  T.  C,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Ramey,  Mrs.  Alice  Lewis,  Brownwood,  Tex. 
Randolph,  Rt.  Rev.  A.  M.,  D.  D..  Norfolk. 

Randolph,  Epes,  Tucson,  Ariz. 
Randolph,  Mrs.  Robert  Lee,  Alexandria,  La. 
Redman,  Ray  C,  Vincennes,  Ind. 
Reed,  P.  L.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Richardson,  Albert  Levin,  Baltimore.  Md. 
Richardson,  Wm.  D.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Ridgeley.  Mrs.  Jane  M.,  Springfield,  111. 
Riv'-s,  Mrs.  W.  C,  Washington,  D.  C. 
RcBards,  Col.  John  Lewis,  Hannibal,  Mo. 
Roberson,  Mrs.  J.  Fall,  Cropwell,  Ala. 
Roberts,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Marietta,  Ohio. 
Robertson,  Frank  S.,  Abingdon,  Va. 
Robertson,  John  C,  Richmond,  Va. 
Robertson,  Thos.  B.,  Hopewell,  Va. 
Robins,  Dr.  C.  R..  Richmond,  Va. 
Robinson,  Alexander  G.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Robinson,  Judge  C.  W.,  Newport  News,  Va. 
Robinson,  P.  M.,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 
Rockwell,  Mrs.  Eckley,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Roller,  Gen.  John  E.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Rose.  Mrs.  Robert  L.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Ryan,  Thos.  F.,  Oak  Ridge,  Va. 


Sands,  Alexander  H.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Savage.  N.  R.,  Richmond,  Va. 


Scherr,  Henry,  Williamson,  W.  Va. 
Schouler,  Prof.  James,  Intervale,  N.  H. 
Schwartz,  J.  L.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Scott,  George  Cole,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scott,  Thomas  B.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Scott.  W.  W.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Shearer,  W.  B.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Shepherd,  Dr.  Wm.  A.,  Richmond.  Va. 
Shine,  Dr.  Francis  Eppes,  Bisbee,  Ariz. 
Shippen,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Lloyd.   Washington 

D.  C. 
Sim,  John  R.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Sitterding,  Fritz,  Richmond,  Va. 
Smith,  Austin,  Middletown,  Ohio. 
Smith.  A.  D.,  Fayetteville,  W.  Va. 
Smith,  Miss  Alda  L.,  Belton.  S.  C. 
Smith,  H.  M.,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Smith,  Willis  B.,  Petersburg,  Va. 
Smith,  Captain.  R.  C,  U.  S.  N..  Island  of 

Guam. 
Smithwick,  Mrs.  Martha,  C.  D.,  Memphis. 

Tenn. 
Southall,  Rev.  S.  O.,  Dinwiddie,  Va. 
Spencer,  Mrs.  Samuel,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Spilman,  Gen.  B.  W.,  Warrenton,  Va. 
Stanard,  W.  G.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Staton,  Mrs.  James  G..  Wiiliamston.  N.  C. 
Stearnes,  Arthur  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Steiger,  E.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Stettinius,  Mrs.  E.  R.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Stevens,  B.  P.  and  Brown,  London,  Eng. 
Stevens,  Prof.  H.  Morse,  Berkeley.  Cal. 
Stewart,  Miss  Annie  C,  Brook  Hill,  Va. 
Stewart,  Miss  E.  Hope,  Brook  Hill,  Va. 
Stewart,  Miss  Norma.  Brook  Hill,  Va. 
Stewart,  Miss  Lucy  W.,  Brook  Hill.  Va. 
Stewart,  Rev.  J.  Calvin,  Richmond,  Va. 
Stewart,  J.  A.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Stiles,  Mrs.  Barnett,  Winslow,  Arizona. 
Stone,  Miss  Lucie,  P.,  Hollins,  Va. 
Strother,  Henry,  Fort  Smith.  Ark. 
Strother,  James  French,  Welch,  W.  Va. 
Strother,  Hon.  P.  W.,  Pearisburg,  Va. 
Stuart,  Hon.  Henry  C,  Elk  Garden,  Va. 
Symington,  Miss  Edith,  Baltimore,  Md. 


Taliaferro,  Mrs.  Richard  P.,  Ware  Neck.  Va. 
Taylor,  Dr.  Fielding  L.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Taylor,  Jacquelin  P.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Taylor,  John  M.,  Richmond,  Va. 
Taylor,  Prof.  T.  U.,  Austin,  Texas. 
Taylor,  W.  E.,  Norfolk,  Va. 
Terhune,  Mrs.  E.  T.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Thomas,  Douglas  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Thompson,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  Lexington,  Ky. 
Thornton,  Mrs.  Champe  F..  Norfolk,  Va. 


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Thornton,  R.  G.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Throckmorton,  C.  Wickliffe,  Leon  Springs, 

Texas. 
Thruston,  R.  C,  Ballard,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Tidball,  Prof.  Thomas  A.,  Sewanee,  Tenn. 
TiJcastle.  Mrs.  William  W.,  Milton,  Mass. 
TiflEany,    Mrs.   Louis   McLane,    Baltimore, 

Md. 
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THE 

Virginia  Magazine 

OF 

HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY. 


Vol.  XXV.  January.  1917.  No.  1 


DANIEL  BOONE  AT  LIMESTONE,  1786—1787. 

By  David  I.  Bushnell,  Jr. 

The  Virginia  Gazette  of  April  19,  1787  contained  this  news 
item: 

"Richmond,  April  18. 

A  Gentleman  who  arrived  the  9*''  of  this  month  at  Philadel- 
phia, from  Kentucky,  has  favoured  us  with  the  following  in- 
telligence, viz.,  That  some  prisoners  having  been  taken  by  the 
inhabitants  from  the  Indians  in  the  month  of  October  last, 
among  which  were  a  squaw  and  a  Frenchman,  the  two  latter 
v/ere  sent  out  with  proposals  for  an  exchange  of  prisoners;  in 
consequence  of  which,  Noamohouoh(l),  a  Chief  of  the  Shawo- 
nee  nation,  attended  at  the  mouth  of  Limestone  (2),  on  the  4*'» 
of  March  last,  and  delivered  the  follov/ing  speech. 

My  Brothers, 

I  am  very  glad  you  are  willing  to  exchange  prisoners,  and 
agreeable  to  your  request  by  the  squaw  and  Frenchman,  have 
sent  in  three  of  yours,  and  hope  that  you  wiU  give  up  two  for 

(1) 

(2)  Limestone  creek  ilows  through  the  present  Mason  county,  Ken- 
tucky, and  enters  the  Ohio.  Maysville,  formerly  known  as  Limestone, 
stands  ai  the  mouth  of  the  creek. 


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Mr.  Clark's  (3)  son,  and  one  a-piece  for  the  othei-s,  agreeable 
to  your  own  proposals.  I  have  been  sent  here  by  Captain 
Johnny  (4),  the  Head  Chief  of  the  Shawonee  nation,  to  repre- 
sent him  to  you,  as  he  could  collect  the  whole  of  the  prisoners; 
wliich  he  will  do  and  be  at  Limestone  within  one  month  of  the 
date  hereof;  and  for  fear  your  people  should  be  uneasy,  have 
sent  me  with  the  above-mentioned  prisoners  as  a  confirmation 
of  our  intentions. 

He  further  says,  that  the  Delawares,  Mingoes,  and  Wiandots, 
have  wanted  them  to  go  up  the  Big  River  to  make  peace  with 
the  white  people,  but  we  refused,  and  will  not  have  any  concern 
with  them,  as  we  think  this  is  the  place  to  exchange  prisoners 
and  settle  our  peace,  and  hope  you  will  not  pay  any  attention 
to  other  nations  talk,  for  we  mean  to  be  at  peace. (5j 

Noamohouoh 
Chief  of  the  Shawonee  nation. 

The  Indians  from  beyond  the  Ohio  had  been  very  active,  and 
during  the  early  auttmm  of  1786  Col.  Benjamin  Logan  (6)  was 
ordered  by  Gen.  Clark  to  raise  a  force  to  penetrate  the  Indian 
country.  Accordingly  Logan  gathered  between  four  hundred 
and  five  hundred  men,  crossed  the  Ohio  at  Limestone,  and  went 
as  far  as  the  head  of  Mad  river,  in  the  present  Logan  Co.  Ohio. 
Towns  and  fields  were  laid  waste,  and  about  seventy  jDrisoners 
tdcen.  (7) 

It  was,  undoubtedly,  to  the  prisoners  taken  by  Col.  Logan 

that  the  article  in  the  Gazette  refen-ed,  the  same  who  were  later 

to  be  supplied  with  provisions  by  Daniel  Boone  and  John  Crow. 

(3)     It  is  not  known  to  whom  this  may  refer. 
(4) 

(5)  The  treaty  of  Fort  Mcintosh  was  signed  January  21,  1785  by 
Commissioners  of  the  United  States  "and  the  Sachems  and  Warriors  of 
the  Wiandot,  Delaware,  Chippewa  and  Ottawa  Nations."  The  Shawnee 
did  not  take  part  in  this  treaty,  but  one  year  later,  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Great  Miami,  on  January  31,  178C,  they  signed  a  separate  treaty  with 
representatives  of  the  United  States. 

(6)  Benjamin  Logan  was  bom  in  Augusta  Co.  Virginia,  about  1742, 
and  died  in  Kentucky,  December  11,  1802.  Was  with  the  expedition 
commanded  by  Col.  Henry  Bouquet,  and  in  1775  joined  Daniel  Boone, 
then  on  his  way  to  Kentucky.  Soon  he  began  the  construction  of  the 
stockade  known  as  Logan's  Fort,  one  mile  east  of  the  present  Stanford. 
He  was  actively  engaged  in  public  affairs,  and  often  served  in  the  legis- 
lature of  the  newly  formed  state. 

(7)  Collins,  R.  H.  History  of  Kentucky.     I.     Covington,  1878. 


Boone,  1786-1787  ■    3 

Boone  was  at  this  time  an  Inn  keeper  and  merchant  at  Lime- 
stone, having  settled  there  a  few  months  previous.  His  ac- 
counts made  at  this  time,  aU  in  his  own  writing,  have  recently 
been  discovered  among  the  Vouchers  of  the  Contingent  Fund, 
in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  and  are  now,  for  the  first  time 
printed.  They  are  given  in  chronological  order,  the  first  prob- 
ably indicating  the  date  of  the  arrival  of  the  captives. 

October  the  15*i»  1786 
State  of  virgania  Dr  to  Dal  Boone 
for  19  galons  of  Whiskey  Delivered  to 
the  Indins  priseners  on  there  first  arrivel 

at  Limeston £3-0-0 

Daniel  Boone 
Aug  22"^  1787 

1  duler  certify  the  Above  Account  to  be  just 

Benjamin  Logan 

The  squaw  and  Frenchman  who  were  mentioned  in  the  Ga- 
zette later  obtained  many  articles  from  Boone,  as  noted  on  the 
second  voucher: 

Limestone  feb'ry  y*  2  1787 
Daniel  Boone  Furnished  the  Frenchman 
&  Squaw  With 

one  Gun - (Q>....2.  0.  0 

2  Saddles @  30s-d 3.  0.  0 

2  Bnddle @    5s-d —.- .0.  10.  0 

2  Qts  Salt -Is-d — 0.  2.  0 

1  Lb  Powder..._ 0.    6.  0 

2  Lb  Lead  Public  Property 

20  Lb  Bread 0.  5.  0 

20  Lb  Dry  Beef - 0.  5.  0 

1  Ax - 0.  16.  0 

1  Bag @--0.  6.  0 

To  4  Days  Diet 1.  4.  0 

1  Shott  Bag  &  Horn _ 0.  5.  0 

2  Horses  Public  Property 1.  4.      For 


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1  Blanket @    -0.  15.  9 

1  Qt  Rum - - @  -0.    5.  0 

2  Men  4  Dayes  as  a  gard 1.  12.  0 


12.    9.  0 
Daniel  Boone 
On  the  back  of  the  slip  is  this  indorsement : 
August  22*"  1787 
The  within  mentioned  Artickels  was  nessassary  for 
the  Indiens  &  I  think  the  Accounts  is  just 

Benjamin  Logan  ■  •■ 

As  related  in  the  Gazette,  the  Shawnee  chief  visited  Lime- 
stone March  4,  1787  and  delivered  three  white  captives,  asking 
in  exchange  four  of  the  Indians  then  held  by  the  whites.  The 
following  account  may  refer  to  this  exchange  of  prisoners. 

Daniel  Boone  Furnished  Peter  and 

4  Prisoners — on  the  First  Exchange 

With  3  Bush'ls  Corn 0.  12.  0 

30  Lb  Bacon.. _ 1.  10.  0 

10  Lb  Dry  Beef... 0.    .3  4 

2  Qts  Salt. 0.    .3  0 


2.    8.  4 
Daniel  Boone 
And  on  the  back  it  is  indorsed : 
August  22*'^  1787 
the  within  Mentioned  Artickels  was  nessasary  for 
the  Indiens  &  I  think  the  Accounts  is  just 

Benjamin  Logan 

In  the  next  voucher  the  Frenchman  is  again  mentioned.  The 
last  item  on  this  document  is  of  special  interest,  showing  as  it 
does  that  Boone  had  a  Shanwee  chief,  probably  Noamohouoh, 
at  his  Inn  for  twenty  days. 

Limestone  Ap'l  27t»^  1787 


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Daniel  Boone  Furnished  the  . ...  0 

Indians  With  the  Following  provisions 

21  Gall'ns  Whisky...._ £  6.    6.  0 

230  Lb  Flower 2.    6.  8 

100  Lb  Bacon 4.    0.  0 

100  Lb  Dry  Beef 1.  13.  4 

14.    6.  0 
John  Riggs  Express  Eight  days,  Man  & 

Horse - 2.    8.  0 

and  9  men 

George  MiliEord  an  ascort  4  day 5.    0.  0 

Cash  to  Bare  the  Frenchmans  Expence 

to  Danville _ '-l-  12.  0 

one  Beef  For  thir  Return  Home 3.  10.  0 

Micagy  Callaway  Served  twenty 

days  as  an  Interpreter 6.    0.  0 

Shanee  Chief  20  days  diet_ 1.  16.  0 


£34.  12.  0 

August  22*''  1787.     The  within  mentioned  Artickels  was  nes- 
sasary  for  the  Indiens  &  I  think  the  Account  is  just 

Benjamin  Logan  ..     x 

Daniel  Boone 
The  most  interesting  of  the  Boone  items  consists  of  several 
sheets  of  paper,  folded  and  fastened  in  book  fonn,  and  bearing 
on  the  first  page,  in  his  own  writing,  the  legend: 
Daniel  Boones 

Indan  Book 
Three  pages  of  the  book  give  Hsts  of  supplies  furnished  the 
Indians  and  charged  to  the  "State  of  Virgania,"  all  are  here 
quoted  in  full,  the  third  being  reproduced. 
Page  1 

July  the  lO'"^  1787 
State  of  Virgania  D'  to 
Dal  Boon  for  Indan  piuvistion 

50  lb.  fiower..._ —.0.  12.  0 

Yi  galon  Salt 0.    2.  0 


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PaCitt  ;!        20  lb  Backer -.. 0.  15.  0 

2  qurts  Whiskey 0.    4.0 

2  Do  for  the  gards - 0.    4.  0 

20  lb  Backer  Do - 0.  15.  0 

Do  1  galan  Whiskey.  _ 0.    6.  0 

Do  2  galons  Salt 0.    6.  0 

Do  10  Diets - - 0.  12.  6 

Do  50  lb  Wight  flower 0.  12.  0 

2  Months  Diet  for 

:. ;,, V  the  interpeter  peter - —4.  16.  0 

Do  50  lb  flower.-... - 0.  12.  0 

Do  20  lb  Backer...... 0.  15.  0 

Do  2  galons  Whiskey 0.  12.  0 

'•   ,       Do  for  Blanket - ---0.  10.  0 


;,,  £11.  13.  6 

Page  2 

August  the  <6^^  1787  furnished 
the  Exspress  from  Capt  Johney 
20  lb  flower  1  galon  Whiskey 

10  Shilings - 0.  10.  0 

,      10  lb  Backer - 0.  10.  0 

,..:       20  lb  Dry  Beef 0.    6.  8 

100  lb  flower  to  meet 

the  priseners 1-    0-  ^ 

20  lb  Bacon. 1-    0-  0 

august  the  10^'>  1787  furnished 
Capt  Johneys  Company  and  prisers 

400  lb  flower 4.    0.  0 

400  lb  Beef  hid  &  tala - 3.  10.  0 

50  lb  Bacon J. 2.  10.  0 

10  qurts  Salt ^ - -  0.  12.  0 

4  bushel  potacs... '- 0.  12.  0 

30  galans  Whiska. 9-    0-  f> 

2  Qurts  Salt  for  peter 0.    2.  0 

£23.  12.  8 


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Page  3 

To  i  Beef - -  - 3.  10.  0 

To  2  vd  Caleco  for  buril  of  the  Dad 0.  16.  0 

To  10  Qurts  Salt. 0.  10.  0 

2  bushels  Corn 0.    8.  0 

Do  10  Bushels , .-2.    0.  0 

4  galons  Whiskey ....1.    4.  0 

2  galans  Brandy _..l.    4.  0 

20  lb  Bacon... 1.    0.  0 

Cash  navd  for  Com 0.  18.  0 


£13.    6.  0 

August  22 ^^  1787 

The  within  mentioned 

Artickels  was  nessasary  for 

the  Indiens  &  I  thinlc  the 

Accounts  is  just 

200  lb  Beef .1.  16.  0 

Benjamin  Logan 

£13.    6.  0 

P'  lage          11.  13.  6 

2nd                 23.  12.  8 

3''                    13.    6.  0 

48.  12.  2 

Daniel  Boone 
During  the  autumn  of  1787  Boone  was  a. member  of  the  Vir- 
ginia legislature,  and  in  this  capacity  remained  in  Richmond 
from  October  until  the  following  January.  The  indorsements 
on  the  five  vouchers  bear  the  same  date,  August  22,  and  prob- 
ably indicate  the  time  of  his  departure  from  Kentucky.  The 
papers  were  evidently  carried  by  Boone  to  Richmond  and  pre- 
sented for  collection  soon  after  his  arrival,  as  indicated  by  the 
entry-  Ln  \he  Journal  of  ike  G<r:ernor  and  Cauiucil  (Ex&rnlivt) 
jVfs.  vol    in  the  Virginia  State  Librar>^ 


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8  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Monday  October  22^  1787 
The  Governor  laid  before  the  board  a  Claim  of 

Daniel  Boone  for  Supplies  furnished  the  Indian  Prisoners 

per  order  of  Colo  Logan — 

Also  a  claim  of  Thomas  Ball  for  twelve  Days  waggonage 

&  forage  found    in  can-ying  said  prisoners  to  Limestone  as 

certified  by  Colo  Logan. 

Whereupon  it  is  advised 

That  the  Auditor  be  directed  to  settle  the  said  Claims  and 

make  a  reasonable  allowance  therefor  out  of  the  Contingent 

fund  to  be  charged  to  the  United  States. 

The  following  paper  was  filed  with  the  vouchers  and  shows 
•Boone's  claim  to  have  been  allowed,  a  warrant  being  issued 
two  days  later.    ^^  ^, 

In  Council  October  22^  1787 

Tlie  Auditor  is  directed  to  settle  the  account  of 
Daniel  Boone  for  supplies  fumished  the 
Indian  prisoners,  as  certified  by  Colo  Logan 
&:  make  him  a  reasonable  allowance,  out 
of  the  Contingent  fimd,  for  the  supplies  fur- 
nished as  aforesaid,  to  be  charged  to  the 
United  States — 

Extract  from  the  Minutes — 
•  ■  ,  A.  Blair  C.  C. 

State  of  Daniel  Boone's  claim 

Amount  of  Supplies  p  Voucher  No.  1 48.  12.  2 

ditto                                          2 12.  9.  0 

ditto                                          3 -34.  12.  0 

ditto                                          4. 3.  0.  0 

ditto                                          5 2.  8.4 


£101.    1.0 
Warrant  i.ss'^  24  Octo.  '87 


■  I,  BcoNE,  1786-1787  9 

The  voucher  presented  by  Thomas  Ball  (or  Balls),  as  indi- 
cated in  the  Journal  quoted  above,  is  preser\^ed  among  the  Con- 
tingent Fund  vouchers  in  the  Virginia  State  Library  and  is  here 
given  in  full : 

Crows  Station  September  17*^  1787 
I  Do  hear  by  Certify  that  Thomas  Balls  waggon  and  teem  and 
waggonier  Sarved  In  Actual  Sar\ns  by  Collo.  Logans  Orders 
t\\  elve  Days  In  Carrying  the  Indian  Prisaners  to  Limestone,  and 
Brought  Back  from  Lexington  nine  hundred  Pounds  of  Powder 
to  Dar.viUe.  also  Furnished  two  Bushels  of  Indian  Com— Five 
and  one  half  Bushels  of  Oats  and  one  Dozen  of  Sheaf  Oats,  and 
two  hundred  w'  of  hay  for  the  use  of  Said  teem.  The  time  Com- 
menced the  thirteenth  Day  of  august  and  Ended  the  twenty 
Fourth  Boath  Days  Included  given  Under  My  hand  the 

12  (lay  at  15s  £9.  0.  0  Day  above  written 

John  Crow  C  J  P  (8) 
Benjamin  Logan 

'  The  \'oucher  bears  this  indorsement: 

In  Council  October  22^  1787 
The  Auditor  will  settle  the  within  Claim  of  Thomas  Ball  & 
make  him  a  reasonable  allowance  out  of  the  Contingent  fund, 
for  twelve  Days  Waggonage  &  forage  found  in  carrying  indian 
prisoners  to  Limestone  as  per  order  of  Colo  Logan,  to  be 
Charged  to  the  United  States 

Attest 

A.  Blair  C.  C. 

How  10  obtain  the  necessar>'  supplies  for  the  Indian  prisoners 
appears  to  have  been  a  very  grave  problem,  and  John  Crow,  who 
had  been  appointed  commissary  to  the  Indians,  was  of  ten  forced 
to  make  the  purchases  at  his  personal  risk.  His  petition  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Virginia  is  among  the  Execu- 
tive Papers,  October  1787,  in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  and  is 
of  the  greatest  interest,  bearing  as  it  does  the  signatures  of  many 
who  were  destined  to  become  famous  in  the  annals  of  PCentucky. 
The  petition  is  given  in  full : 

(S)     John  Crow  settled  near  Danville  before  1782. 


10  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  *  > 

To  the  Honourable  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Virginia 

The  Petition  (3f  John  Crow  humbly  Sheweth 

That  he  was  appointed  by  Colonel  Logan  Commissary  of  the 
Indian  Prisoners  who  were  taken  by  the  troops  xmder  his  com- 
mand in  the  autumn  of  178G,  &  was  in  consequence  of  this  ap- 
pointment ordered  by  Cap"  Greenuj)  to  procure  for  the  said 
Prisoners  forty  days  provisions. 

That  after  this  had  been  expended,  he  was  ordered  to  procure 
tJirity  days  provisions  m.ore,  &  for  want  of  any  mode  being 
adopted  for  the  support  of  said  Prisoners,  your  Petitioner, 
through  humanity,  saw  himself  obliged  to  supply  the  said  pris- 
oners from  time  to  time  with  provisions  &  other  necessaries, 
w^iich  made  it  impossible  to  him  to  Supply  them  at  as  cheap  a 
rate  as  if  he  had  been  beforehand  apprized  of  the  length  of  time 
and  number  of  Rations  which  he  was  to  furnish  the  said  Pris- 
oners; and  as  he  continues  to  act  as  a  Commissary  for  tliem  & 
has  been  &  is  obliged  to  pay  cash  for  their  necessaries,  Your 
petitioner  hopes  that  you  will  order  his  account  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  treasury;  or  if  it  does  not  seem  to  you  expedient,  that  you 
\A'(:)ald  order  that  he  should  receive  the  amount  of  his  accompt 
out  of  the  monies  that  are  now,  or  hereafter  may  be  in  tlie  Cus- 
tody of  the  Clerks  of  the  several  Courts  of  the  District  of  Ken- 
tucky, as  it  is  impossible  for  him  to  Support  the  said  prisoners, 
without  being  enabled  by  your  Honourable  bod}'  to  lay  in  more 
provisions,  and  Your  Petitioner,  as  in  duty  bound,  Shall 

ever  pray  &c 

John  Crow 

We  certify  that  the  above  Petitioner  has  supjjlied  the  Indian 
Pi-isoners  with  provisions  &  other  necessaries,  at  great  ex]>ence 
&  detriment  of  his  own  affairs;  &  that  he  has  sundry  times  made 
apjjlication  to  the  ]jeople  of  this  District  to  Join  him  in  the 
support  of  the  said  Prisoners,  ])ut  without  any  effectual  mode 
being  adopted  for  helping  liim  to  furnish  further  supplies. 


i'^  Boone,  178&-1787  11 

John  Edwards  Caleb  Wallace 

P.  Tardiveau  Harry  Innis 

Benjamin  Logan  James  GiuTard 

John  Crittenden  Ben.  Sebastian  ^%. 

C.  R.  Clark  George  Muter 

Saml  McDowell 
Isaac  Cox 
On  t)ie  back  of  the  paper  is  this  note: 
Jno  Crows  pet^ 
Done  Oct.  18,  1787 

The  several  documents  given  on  the  preceding  pages,  relating 
as  they  do  to  the  economic  conditions  on  the  frontier  of  Virginia 
some  five  years  before  the  District  of  Kentucky  was  set  apart  as 
a  separate  state,  are  of  the  greatest  interest.  Others  of  a  lilie 
or  even  greater  value  are  undoubtedly  hidden  among  the  in- 
numerable papers  in  the  Virginia  State  Library,  and  eventually 
they  may  be  brought  to  light  and  made  available  for  the  his- 
torian I  now  desire  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  Mr. 
Earl  G.  Swem  of  the  library,  for  having  called  my  attention  to 
the  items  once  belonging  to  that  most  romantic  and  typical 
character  of  frontier  life,  Daniel  Boone. 


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EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  VIRGINIA  GAZETTE, 

1752  AND  1753. 

(Concluded.) 

Apr.  8. 

"Stolen  or  ranaway." — likely  negro  Virginia  bom — Isaac. 
"He  is  supposed  to  be  stolen  by  some  person  who  has  carried 
hiin  out  of  the  Colony."  4  pistoles  reward— John  Turner, 
Chesterfield  Co. 

Ranaway  from  John  Champe,  King  Geo.  Co.,  convict  Servant 
man  named  Richard  Sadler.  "His  general  .  mployment  was 
to  drive  a  Cart."  He  is  a  supposed  to  have  gone  with  a  ser- 
vant man  nam.ed  Richard  Williams,  belonging  to  Mr.  Samuel 
Washington. 


May  2-55. 

Whoever  borrowed  the  second  Volume  of  Monsieur  Boyle's 
Historical  Dictionary,  of  Mr.  Robert  Todd,  late  of  Norfolk, 
deceas'd,  will  oblige  the  subscriber  by  forwarding  it  to  the  afore- 
said place,  as  he  has  purchased  the  other  four  Volumes — John 
Elligood. 

Ran  away — Servant — Joe  Clark,  pretends  to  be  ship-carpen- 
ter or  sawyer  or  Founder — an  Englishman — Reward,  Jno.  Mer- 
cer—Marlborough, Stafford  Co. 


May  9-55. 

Last  Tuesday  the  following  Criminals  who  were  convicted 
at  the  Beginning  of  the  Court,  received  Sentence,  viz.: 

John  Turner  for  Ivlurder,  Death. 

Judith  Bird,  for  Felony,  burnt  in  the  hand. 

Mary  Murray,  alias  Clark,  alias  Atkins,  her  former  sentence 
of  Death  ordered  to  be  put  in  Exeaition. 

John  Fraser  and  William  Thompson,  for  Felony,  burnt  in  the 
Hand. 


EXTR.\CTS  FROM   VIRGINIA  GAZETTE  13 

Ran  away— slave  Sam— Reward  2  pistoles.— Edward  Hack 
Mosely,  Pr.  Anne  Co. 

Apr.  22  last,  was  left  at  my  plantation  in  Albemarle  Co.,  by 
one  Jno.  Bucknell,  "who  was  taken  up  on  suspicion  of  Horse- 
stealing, and  made  his  Escape  that  night,  "  a  bay  gelding,  etc. 


May  9,  1755.  March  30,  1755, 

Mr.  Hunter, 

Mr.  William  Blackwell  brought  an  Action  against  me,  for 
Words  spoken  by  me  in  great  Heat  and  Passion.  As  I  think  an 
Acknowledgment  to  an  injured  Man  veiy  well  becomes  a 
Gentleman,  I  take  this  public  Method  to  repair  Mr.  Blackwell' s 
Character  by  desiring  you  to  insert  this  in  your  Gazette,  That 
I  always  considered  Mr.  Blackwell  and  all  his  Family,  as  persons 
of  great  Honesty  and  Integrity,  and  that  what  I  said  of  him 
was  occasioned  by  Passion  and  Misrepresentation  only. 
Yours 

G.  Johnston. 


May  9,  1755. 

Stolen  from  the  Court-house  in  Albemarle  Co.,  a  horse,  etc.— 

Matthews  Jordan. 

(Boston),  Sept.  5,  1755. 
"We  hear  from  Kittery,  in  the  County  of  York,  that  about 
three  weeks  ago,  a  Negroe  Fellow  of  that  Town,  having  be- 
haved ill  to  his  Master,  he  had  him  corrected,  which  the  Fellow 
resented  so  highly,  that  he  resolved  to  take  away  his  Master's 
Life,  but  judging  him  not  fit  to  die,  he  got  up  in  the  Night,  took 
a  child  about  6  or  7  years  old  out  of  its  Bed,  and  threw  it  into 
the  well,  where  it  perished.  After  this,  he  went  to  York,  and 
delivered  himself  up  to  the  Sheriff,  informing  him  what  he  had 
done,  and  being  asked  what  moved  him  to  commit  the  horrid 
Fact,  he  said  he  wanted  to  die,  but  not  did  thinli  it  lawful  to 
lay  violent  hands  on  himself,  that  he  was  sure  he  would  be 
hanged,  but  should  have  Time  to  repent  before  that  Time  came. 
He  was  committed  to  Goal. 


14  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Sept.  5-1755— "To  the  Printer,    Williamsburg   Aug.    30,    1755. 
Sir, 

As  the  following  Advice  may  be  of  some  use,  I  beg  Leave  to 
inform  the  Public,  That  being  on  a  Journey  from  Philadelphia 
to  Williamsburg,  in  this  Colony  (where  I  live),  I  was  on  the  14*^ 
of  tliis  Instant,  about  Two  o'Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  in  a  bye 
Road,  about  six  miles  from  Bladensburgh,  in  the  Province  of 
Maryland,  and  nine  Miles  from  Alexandria  or  Belhaven  in  the 
Colony  of  Virginia,  robbed  by  a  Person  who  was  seen  to  join 
me  at  Bladensburgh,  Town's  End,  and  pretended  to  be  going 
the  same  Road  with  me.  He  threatened  my  Life,  and  took 
from  me  the  following  things:  watch,  money,  horsewhip,  and 
saddle  bags.  Person  is  named  Benj.  Brown,  last  abode  Arundel 
Co.,  Md,  where  he  had  "run  away"  on  account  of  some  thefts — 
subscription  in  that  neighborhood  of  £15  or  20  for  apprehend- 
ing }4  value  of  goods  to  person  restoring  them  to  Daniel  Fisher. 


Sept.  5-55. 

Runaway — negro  Mungo.  Has  been  outlawed — Jno.  Norton 
of  Yorktown. 

Ranaway — Servant  woman.  Harriet  Willson — 30  yrs. — 
born  in  Denmark,  but  speal<s  low  Dutch.  "It  is  supposed  she 
has  dressed  herself  in  Sailor's  Apparell,  in  order  to  go  to  London" 
in  a  ship  from  Hampton — Reward  3  pistoles,  Henry  Bunker, 
Frederick  Co.  (Winchester). 


May  16-55. 

Ranaway — Servant  man,  Wm.  Jackson,  ploughman,  aged  24 
just  imported  in  the  Wilcox — 1  pistole  reward — Peter  Randolph, 

Wmsbg. 


May  23— "Williamsburg. 

On  Tuesday  the  20th  of  this  Instant,  was  determined  at  the 
New  Kent  Court  House,  the  great  Cock  Match  between  Glou- 
cester and  New  Kent,  for  Ten  Pistoles  a  Battle  and  a  Hundred 
the  Main,  there  fell  Eighteen  in  the  Match,  of  which  the  New 


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EXTRACTS  FROM  VIRGINIA  GAZETTE  15 

Kent  men  won  Ten  and  Gloucester  seven,  one  a  drawn  Battle; 
Some  James  River  Cocks  that  fell  on  the  New  Kent  side  distin- 
guished themselves  in  a  very  "extraordinary^  manner." 

"This  Day  John  Turner,  for  Murder,  and  Mary  Murray, 
alias  Clark,  alias  Atkins,  were  executed  at  the  Gallows  near  this 
Citv." 


May  23-1755. 

Stolen  from  Jos.  Johnson's  door,  in  Wmsbg — bay  horse. 

"Any  Gentleman  that  is  in  want  of  a  Schoolmaster  to  teach 
Children  English,  Writing,  Arithmetic,  and  the  Practical  Parts 
of  the  Mathematics,  may  hear  of  one  that  can  be  well  recom- 
mended by  enquiring  at  the  Printing-Oftice,  Williamsburg." 

"Anne  Cass,  a  daughter  of  Mr.  Daniel  Sharp,  of  Wakefield, 
in  Yorkshire,  was  some  years  ago  sold  as  a  Servant  to  Mr.  John 
Page,  of  Williamsburgh,  and  by  him  again  sold  to  Mr.  Penman, 
who  also  sold  her  to  a  Person  whose  name  he  does  not  remember, 
but  believes  she  may  live  somewhere  in  North  Carolina.  If 
therefore  the  said  Anne  Cass  will  make  known  the  Place  of  her 
residence,  or  being  a  servant,  her  Master  will  kindly  notify  his 
desire  of  disposing  of  her  for  the  remaining  time  of  service,  to 
the  honorable  William  Fairfax  in  Virginia,  he  will  make  the 
required  satisfaction,  and  give  the  said  Anne  an  Account  of 
some  Proposal's  for  her  Benefit." 


May  23. 

Dated  Nov.  13,  1754.  Taken  from  a  certain  Person  sus- 
pected to  be  a  runaway,  a  bay  horse,  etc. — Apply  to  Jno, 
Phillips,  Broad  Bow  of  Potomack,  Fairfax  Co. 

Deserters  from  Army  constantly  advertised. 


Sept.  12-55. 

Phila.  Aug.  21— Murder  in  Chester  Co.  by  Jno.  Myrack. 
Murdered  wife,  then  burnt  her  face,  beat  2  childrens  skulls  to 
pieces  on  rock,  took  neighbor's  child  (at  his  house  nursing)  away 
and  killed  it;  tried  to  escape,  taken  and  confined,  "bound  fast" 
in  goal. 


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Many  soldiers  have  deserted  taking  province  arms,  and  sold 
them.  Proel.  warning  all  that  suits  will  be  brought.  Deserters 
may  return  before  Sept.  without  punishment. 


Sept.  12,  1755. 
"Virginia  ss. 
By  the  Honorable  Robert  Dinwiddie,  Esq.,  His  Majesty's 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Colony 
and  Dominion  of  Virginia : 

A  Proclamation  for  a  Fast. 

Whereas  we  have  but  too  much  Reason  to  fear,  that  our 
sins  have  justly  provoked  the  Almighty  to  send  down  upon  us 
his  heavy  judgements  of  War  and  Famine;  and  as  national 
Repentence  is  the  only  Remedy  for  national  Guilt,  I  have  there- 
fore thought  fit  to  issue  this  Proclamation,  appointing  Wednes- 
day the  24th  of  September  to  be  religiously  and  devoutly  ob- 
served as  a  General  Fast,  for  the  solemn  and  public  Humiliation 
of  ourselves  before  Aknighty  God,  in  Order  to  supplicate  His 
devine  Majesty  for  the  Pardon  of  our  Sins,  for  averting  those 
heavy  Judgments,  and  m.ore  particularly  for  the  Preservation 
of  us  from  the  hands  of  our  Enemies. 

And  I  hereby  strictly  charge  and  require,  that  in  all  churches, 
where  the  ministers  can  possibly  attend,  devine  service  be  per- 
foi-med,  and  a  sermon  be  preached  suitable  to  the  Occasion,  and 
that  on  some  preceding  Sunday  they  give  Notice  of  the  said 
FAST  and  exhort  their  several  Congregations  to  a  devout  and 
religious  Observance  of  it. 

Given  under  m.y  Hand,  at  Williamsburg,  this  28th  Day  of 
August,  in  the  29th  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign  and  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1755. 

Robert  Dinwiddie. 

GOD  SAVE  THE  KING." 

Lottery  to  raise  £6875  for  preserving  the  country  against  the 
French,  25,000  tickets,  2050  prizes,  price  1  pistole  each. 


EXTRACTS  FROM  VIRGINIA  GAZETTE  17 

Sept.  l'J-i755. 

"Paris,  June  2.  The  following  is  the  sentence  passed  upon 
Lewis  ]\[audrin,  on  the  24th  of  A'lay,  and  executed  on  the  26th" 
for  coniraband  trade,  counterfeiting,  and  murder,  "to  be  de- 
livered to  the  Executioner  of  Justice,  and  be  stripped  to  his 
Shirt,  M  ith  a  rope  about  his  neck,  and  a  v/riting  affixed  contain- 
ing these  Characters,  The  Chief  of  Smugglers,  of  Criminals, 
guilty  of  High  Treason,  of  Assassins,  Robbers,  and  Disturbers 
of  the  Public  Peace,  holding  in  his  Hand  a  lighted  Wax  Candle 
of  the  AVeight  of  Two  Pounds,  before  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
Valence,  in  Dauphiny,  where  the  said  Maudrin,  bare-headed 
and  kneeling,  shall  declare  with  a  loud  Voice,  that  he  begs  Par- 
don of  God,  of  the  King,  and  of  the  Officers  of  Justice,  for  all  the 
Crimes  and  Villainies  by  him  committed.  He  shall  then  be 
taken  to  the  Place  of  execution,  and  there  have  his  Arms, 
Legs,  Thighs,  and  Back  broken  while  alive,  on  a  Scaffold  pre- 
pared for  this  Purpose,  and  at  length  be  put  on  a  Wheel  with 
his  Face  turned  towards  Heaven,  where  he  is  to  end  his  life. 
After  which,  his  dead  Body  shall  by  the  Executioner  be  exposed 
in  the  Gibbet  of  that  City.  Previously  to  this,  the  said  Maudrin 
shall  be  put  to  the  Question  ordinary  and  extraordinary  by 
torture,  in  order  to  obtain  from  his  own  Mouth  the  Truth  of  the 
Facts  mentioned  in  his  Trial,  together  with  the  Discovery  of 
his  Accomplices.  We  also  hereby  declare  all  and  each  of  his 
Goods  Confiscated  to  the  King,  &c." 


Sept.  19-55. 

Ran  away  from  Richard  Taylor,  an  Irish  convict  Servant 
woman,  named  Margaret  Connel,  alias  Sullivane,  between  40 
and  50  yrs.  old,  has  a  down  Look,  and  speaks  much  on  the 
Brogue. 

In  Chesterfield  goal,  runaway  named  Jenny  says,  be- 
longs to  John  Hill,  of  Jamaica,  and  brought  to  Maryland  by 
one  Lul:e  Davis. 

To  bt  sold — Ten  choice  Slaves,  most  of  them  Va.  bom. — Jno. 
Hood,  Pr,  Geo.  Co. 


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Sept.  26.  .        ,,     .  ,    ,  . 

Gov's  Prod. :  Few  deserters  have  come  m.  Magistrates  ana 
officers  to  search  for  them,  and  convey  them  to  Fort  Cumber- 
land. If  dont  return  by  Nov.  30,  "I  §hall  give  mmiediate  Or- 
ders for  their  being  prosecuted  as  Felons,  to  which,  beyond  all 
Doubt,  they  have  subjected  themselves  by  takmg  His  Maj- 
esty's Arms  and  Cloaths."  ,  a  •  -u 

"A  Young  Man  who  can  teach  Reading,  Writing,  and  Anth- 
metic,  That  will  come  well  recommended,  will  meet  with  En- 
couragement by  applying  to 

Philip  Grymes. 


Oct.  3.  ^  Tr         U 

Ranaway  from  Richard  Adams,  New  Kent,  Co.,  Va.  born 
nec^ro  slave-stole  a  bay  horse.  "I  hear  he  has  committed 
several  Robberies  in  Goochland  County."     Has  been  Outlawed. 


A'  EXTRACTS  FROM  VIRGINIA  GAZETTE  19 

Oct.  10. 

Ran  away  from  Jno.  Hobday,  Gloucester  Co. — Servant  man 
named  Jno.  Hixon — says  was  bom  in  England,  but  supposed 
to  be  an  Irishman — by  trade  a  Smith — &  delights  much  in  mak- 
ing Clasp  knives — has  been  used  to  the  sea. 


Oct.  10-55. 

Ran  away  from  Francis  Willis,  Jr.,  Gloucester  Co.,  lusty 
young  negro  man — good  plowman  and  carter — has  a  smooth 
tongue,  has  very  good  knack  at  telling  a  story — stole  a  horse — 
supposed  to  have  gone  to  North  Carolina. 


Oct.  17.  '  •'      --^  - 

North  Carolina,  Sept.  24.  Ranaway  from  Henry  Hill,  3 
slaves — Jenning,  an  Eboe  negroe,  yells  and  speaks  seldom, 
though  tolerable  good  English.  John  says  he  was  bom  in 
France.  Boston,  an  Angola  negro  seems  [?]  "is  scarrihed  by 
whipping." 

"Strayed  or  stolen  from  Jno.  Brunskill,  Sr.,  St.  Margaret's 
Parish,  Caroline  Co.,  bay  horse.  "N.  B.  For  several  weeks 
before  the  horse  was  missing,  there  had  been  lurking  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Chesterfield  a  dark  Mulatto,  who  called  him- 
self a  Portuguese,  and  went  by  the  name  of  James  Wallace, 
alias  Waldong,  with  his  Doxy,  a  Convict,  and  noted  Pilferer. 
This  Fellow  pretended  to  be  a  Bricklayer  and  Plasterer,  and 
that  he  was  going  down  to  Gloucester,  County  to  seek  work." — 
suspected  of  stealing  the  horse. 

Oct.  24-1755. 

On  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  the  16th  and  17th  Instant, 
the  following  Criminals  were  brought  to  their  Trials,  viz. : 

William  Thompson,  from  King  and  Queen,  for  Felony,  dis- 
charged. 

Robert  Swift,  from  Prince  William,  for  Felony,  convicted. 

John  Hansell,  Junior,  from  Westmoreland,  for  Felony,  con- 
victed. 


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M<n         John  Morton,  from  Spotsylvania,  for  Murder,  discharged. 

John  Hart  and  John  Le,  from  York,  for  Felony,  Hart  con- 
victed and  Le  acquitted. 

John  Foreman,  from  Spotsylvania,  for  a  rape,  discharged. 
Davyd  Say,  from  Accomack,  for  Felony,  pleaded  guilty. 
Mary  Meade,  alias  Frazier,  from  Gloucester,  for  Felony,  con- 
victed. 
■J!         John  Dickerson  and  Richard  Chapnian,  from  Dinwiddie,  for 
]=     Felony,  Chapman  pleaded  guilty,  and  Dickerson  discharged. 
John  Nicholas,  from  King  George,  for  Felony,  discharged. 
John  Goble,  from  Prince  William,  for  Murder,  guilty  of  Man- 
slaughter. 

Oct.  24. 

Jno.  Howard,  overseer  of  late  Rev.  Mr.  Stith,  reports  that 
•    person  answering  the  description  of  man  robbing  Daniel  Fisher 
was  at  his  house  Sept.  2;  had  the  stolen  goods;  went  by  name 
of  Wm.  Brown;  on  way  to  North  Carolina;  seems  a  "veo'  reso- 
lute fellow." 

Oct.  31. 

In  Wmsbg.  goal,  negro  named  James,  has  been  m  Warwick 
goal  2  months,  says  belongs  to  Adam  Porter,  N.  Car. 

"Taken  away"  from  Wm.  Harding,  Henrico  Co.,  by  a  man 
calling  self  Thos.  Buckner,  a  bay  horse. 

In  Pr.  Anne  goal,  negro  Tapley,  says  belongs  to  James  Camp- 
bell, N.  Car.  

Nov.  7. 

Ran  away— white  English  servant  boy— Wm.  Bnnchand— 
Pock  featured— stammers;  shoemaker;  took  horse  supposed 
gone  to  Augusta  with  Travellers— Return  to  Matthew  William- 
son, Hanover  Co. 

Runaway,  negro  wench— Patience— Wm.  Booth,  Westmore- 
land Co.  .  . 

"  A  Man  well  recommended,  who  can  teach  Reading,  Wntmg 
and  Arithmetic,  will  meet  good  encouragement  by  applying  to 
the  subscribers  at  Fredericksburg. 

Robert  Jackson. 
F eliding  Lewis.'' 


EXTRACTS  EROM  VIRGINIA  GAZETTE  21 

Mar.  21. — Wednesday  9th  Sentences.  '.    'K 

Jno.  Hunt,  Felony,  death.  •  •  '    j",' 

David  vSay,  Felony,  death. 

Richard  Chapman,  Felony,  death.  ■  , 

Jno.  Nicholas,  Murder,  death. 
Robt.  Swift,  Felony,  burnt  in  hand. 
Mary  Meade,  Felony,  burnt  in  hand. 

Jno.  Goble,  Manslaughter,  burnt  in  hand.  y\]  .  /■ 

Jno.  Hansell,  Felony,  burnt  in  hand. 


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22  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


VIRGINIA  IN  1679-1680. 


(Abstracts  by  W.  N.  Sainsbury,  and  copies  in  the  McDonald 

and  De  Jaraette  Papers,  Virginia  State  Library.) 

(Continued) 


Whitehall,  Sept.  24,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  for  a  Clause  to  be  added  to 
Lord  Culpeper's  Commission  for  giving  a  consenting  voice  to 
the  Secretary  and  Major  General(l)  of  Virginia  respectively 
provided  the  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations  judge  the 
same  necessary  for  his  Majesty's  sei-vice. 
(Colonial  Papers.  l]4  PP-) 
Another  copy  is  entered  in  Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  365. 


Whitehall,  Oct.  8,  1679 
Order  of  the  Privy  Council  on  report  of  Lord  Culpeper  of 
a  promise  made  by  his  Maj.  to  Virginia  of  a  convoy  to  attend 
his  Lordship  which  cannot  be  made  sufficiently  useful  unless  the 
Oxford  Frigate  be  ordered  to  convoy  back  the  Virginia  fleet  to 
sail  in  April  next  at  the  farthest;  that  the  Admiralty  give  direc- 
tions for  provisioning  said  Frigate  for  two  months  longer  than 
NY  as  formerly  intended. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  81.  pp.  366-7.) 


[About  Oct.  10,  1679] 
Mem.  from  Lord  Culpeper  in  reference  to  the  return  of  the 
Oxford  Frigate  from  Virginia  [which  sailed  from  the  Downs  13 
Feb'y  1679-80]  which  it  is  requested  on  behalf  of  the  merchants 
may  convoy  home  the  Virginia  Fleet  by  April  at  the  farthest. 

(Colonial  Papers). 

(1)     The  Secretary  of  State  at  this  time  was  Nicholas  Spencer,  of 
Westmoreland,  and  the  Major  General,  Robert  Smith,  of  Middlesex. 


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VIRGINIA  IN   1680.  23 

Oct.  (?)  1679 
Petition  of  Robert  Ayleway,  Auditor  general  of  Vir- 
ginia to  the  Lords  of  Trade  and  Plantations  That  he  was 
appointed  Auditor  under  the  great  seal  on  16  Jan.  1678,  for  life 
with  po\N'er  to  execute  by  Deputy  but  has  been  rejected  by 
Governor  Lord  Culpeper  and  told  that  if  petitioner  had  the 
office  it  should  not  be  worth  to  him  one  penny.  Prays  he  may 
not  be  interrupted  in  the  execution  of  the  said  office  or  in  re- 
ceiving the  profits  and  benefits  arising  therefrom. 
(Colonial  Papers  1.  p.) 


Whitehall,  Oct.  17,  1679 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. 
Upon  hearing  the  pretensions  of  M''  Ayleway  to  be  admitted 
Auditor(2)  of  Virginia  together  with  the  allegations  of  Lord  Cul- 
peper to  the  contrary,  petition  of  said  Ayleway  was  dismissed. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  p.  75.)  see  also  Col.  Entry  Bk.  No. 
80.  p.  367. 


Oct.  20,  1679 

CoL.  Francis  Moryson  to  Madam  Jeffreys.  According 
to  her  desire  he  writes  what  he  knows  passed  between  Sir  W. 
Berkeley-  and  her  husband  concerning  the  commencement  of  his 
Salary— that  Col.  Jeffreys  should  have  his  hundred  pounds  a 
month  from  his  first  coming  into  the  Country,  but  he  would 
find  the  place  so  "expensefull"  that  it  would  not  give  him  salt 
to  his  bread — That  the  bills  for  the  same  were  sent  back  again 
by  Col.  Jeffreys  for  some  expressions  in  Sir  William's  letters  that 
he  did  not  relish — that  he  owed  the  money  to  Sir  Wm's  kindness 
and  not  to  any  right  Col.  Jeffreys  had  to  demand  it— With 
Certificate  by  Sir  John  Berry  of  the  truth  of  this  letter,  being 
present  when  the  discourse  passed. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2.  pp.) 

(2)     The  actual  Auditor  General  in  Virginia  at  this  time  was  Nathaniel 

Bacon,  v'^.r. 


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[Oct.  24,  1679] 
Petition  of  Bartholomew  Price  Administrator  to  Col. 
Herbert  Jeffreys  Lieut.  Governor  of  Virginia,  to  the  King. 
That  by  his  Maj.  Instructions  of  11  Nov.  1676,  said  Jeffreys 
A\as  allowed  the  duties  foi-merly  paid  to  Sir  W.  Berkeley  for 
support  of  the  Govern* — That  by  his  IVIaj.  letters  of  27  Dec. 
1077  he  was  appointed  the  yearly  salary  of  £1200  until  25 
March  1678  after  which  time  it  was  to  be  paid  in  England— That 
on  said  25  March  1678  there  remained  three  months  salary  due 
(being  the  sum  now  in  dispute  betv,-een  Lady  Berkeley  &  the 
relict  of  Col.  Jeffreys)  and  £900  from  said  25  March  to  17  Dec. 
1678  vvhen  the  Colonel  died— Prays  in  consideration  of  the 
premises  and  of  the  calamitous  condition  of  said  Col's  wife  and 
I'hild,  for  speedy  payment  of  said  arrears. 
(Colonial  Papers.  1.  p.) 


Nov.  8,  1679 
CoL.  Alexander  Culpeper  to  [the  Secretary  of  the 
Lords  of  Trade  and  Plantations].  In  reference  to  the  peti- 
tion of  Bartholomew  Price  now  before  their  Lordships  in  which 
he  claims  the  sum  of  £300  to  which  Lady  Berkeley  is  legally 
entitled. — that  she  is  expected  by  the  next  ships  and  hopes  the 
hearing  of  the  business  may  be  adjourned  until  she  can  herself 
assert  her  just  right. 
(Colonial  Papers.  1.  p.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  13,  1679 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. 
In  reference  to  petition  of  B.  Price  in  iDehalf  of  Mris  Jeffrey's; 
herself  &  Lord  Culpeper  examined  therein  who  does  not  object 
anything  why  the  sum  she  claims  should  not  be  paid  to  her;  to 
consult  Commiss"  of  the  Treasury  therein. 

Heads  of  Inquiry  relating  to  his  Government  delivered  to 
Lord  Culpeper  who  commends  himself  to  their  Lordships  pro- 
tection when  he  shall  be  in  the  exercise  of  his  Government — 
Remarks  concerning  a  sum  of  money  assigned  by  Order  in 
Council  to  M'-  Sands  &  others  out  of  the  fund  of  2s.  per  hogs- 
head in  Virginia,  in  compensation  for  losses  sustained  by  them 


VIRGINIA    IN   1680.  25 

at  sea— Lord  Culpeper  represents  the  ill  etTects  of  said  Order  for 
his  Maj.  information. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp.  89-91.) 


Council  Chamber,  Nov.  13,  1679 
The  Secretary  of  the  Lords  of  Trade  and  Plantations 
TO  M'  Guy  (Secretary  of  the  Treasury).  In  reference  to 
Bartholomew  Price's  petition  in  behalf  of  the  widow  of  Colonel 
Jeffreys— That  Lord  Culpeper  is  of  opinion  that  the  £900 
therein  stated  is  due — requests  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury-  to 
write  what  may  occur  to  them  before  the  matter  be  reported 
to  his  Majesty,  as  also  in  reference  to  some  money  lately  sent  to 
Virginia  by  his  Maj.  orders  of  which  no  account  appears  as  yet 
to  have  been  made.  Draft  not  signed. 
(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  13,  1679 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. — 
That  the  inquiries  given  to  Lord  Culpeper  touching  Virginia 
were  such  as  were  sent  to  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley,  but  with  certain 
alterations  in  some  of  the  articles  which  are  set  forth. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp.  99-100.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  20,  1679 
The  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations  to  Thos. 
Lord  Culpeper,  Governor  of  Virginia. — Recommend  to  him 
several  heads  of  Inquiry (3)  concerning  the  Colony  of  Virginia 
to  which  they  expect  his  speedy  answer— Require  that  he  trans- 
mit a  clear  &  full  account  of  the  state  wherein  he  shall  find  said 
Colony  and  generally  of  all  things  entrusted  to  him. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  367-8.) 

(3)  Culpeper' s  replies  to  the  questions  here  referred  to,  have  appar- 
ently not  been  preserved  but  a  report  on  Virginia  made  by  him  in  1683, 
was  printed  in  this  Magazine  III,  225-238. 


26  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


07 


WhitehaU,  Nov.  20,  1679 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations— In 
reference  to  the  petition  of  Mris.  Jeffreys  for  the  £300  demanded 
by  her  as  salary  due  to  her  husband  as  Commander  in  chief  of 
Virginia  for  the  first  three  months  after  his  arrival  there — Their 
Lordships  taking  notice  that  the  continuance  of  Sir  W.  Berkeley 
in  Virginia  after  the  arrival  of  Col.  JefTreys  was  contrary  to  his 
Maj.  pleasure  agree  to  report  that  said  stmi  of  £300  be  paid  to 
Mris.  Jeffreys  provided  she  give  good  security  to  abide  his  Maj. 
final  determination  when  Lady  Berkeley  shall  think  fit  to  prose- 
cute her  claim  to  said  sum.  2  pp. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp.  101-2.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  28,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  on  Petition  of  Thos.  Lord 
Culpeper  Governor  of  Virginia  to  have  the  same  honor  & 
privilege  as  all  his  Maj.  Governors  of  plantations  in  America 
of  wearing  a  flag  in  the  main  top  as  soon  as  he  is  sailed  out  of  the 
limits  of  the  Narrow  Seas ;  directing  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty 
to  allow  the  same  if  any  of  his  Maj.  Governors  under  the  same 
character  have  actually  enjoyed  the  privilege. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  376-7.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  3,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council.  That  Lord  Culpeper, 
according  to  his  request,  have  liberty  to  stay  in  Town  about  his 
affairs  until  Monday  next  "and  no  longer  and  then  to  proceed 
forthwith  on  his  voyage  to  that  Government"  [of  Virginia]  of 
which  the  Commiss''^  of  the  Admiralty  are  to  take  notice. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  373.) 


Council  Chamber,  December  4,  1679 
Report  of  the  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations 
to  the  King — on  petition  of  Bartholomew  Price  Administrator 
to  the  late  Lieut.  Gov.  Jeffreys,  in  reference  to  the  right  of  the 
Widow  Jeffreys  to  £300  for  salary  due  to  her  husband  for  the 
first  three  months  after  his  arrival  there  and  Lady  Berkeleys 


VIRGINIA   IN   1680.  27 

pretensions  to  the  same — that  altho'  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley  re- 
mained actual  Governor  three  months  after  the  arrival  of  Col. 
Jeffreys  it  was  contrary  to  his  Maj.  Order  and  Col.  Jeffreys  had 
no  other  maintenance  or  support  for  the  said  term  than  said 
£300;  are  of  opinion  it  should  be  paid  to  said  Price  on  giving 
security  to  abide  his  Maj.  final  determination  if  Lady  Berkeley 
think  fit  to  prosecute  the  matter  further.  2  pp. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  369-371.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  5,  1679 
The  King  to  Thos.  Lord  Culpeper  Governor  of  Vir- 
ginia. Has  lately  received  an  Address  from^the  Assembly  of 
Virginia  dated  20  May  last  in  behalf  of  themselves  &  his  Maj. 
soldiers  for  payment  of  arrears  and  remission  of  arrears  of  Quit 
rents— Direct  him  to  acquaint  the  Assembly  upon  his  airival 
in  Virginia  with  the  care  his  Maj.  had  taken  at  Lord  Culpeper's 
instance  before  the  receipt  of  their  address  for  payment  of  the 
arrears  due  to  the  soldiers  &  for  the  continuance  of  the  same 
for  the  future  without  any  charge  or  other  trouble  to  the  Coun- 
try than  only  to  give  credit  for  their  Quarters  at  2s.  per  week 
each  until  monies  be  from  time  to  time  remitted — And  as  to  the 
Quit  rents  his  Maj.  will  shortly  give  orders  as  will  consist  with 
his  service  and  the  ease  of  the  people  there — And  that  his  Maj. 
has  sent  some  laws  to  them  to  which  he  expects  a  cheerful  and 
ready  compliance. 

(Col,  Entry  Bk.  No.  99.  p.  3.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  5,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council — That  the  Commissioners 
of  his  Maj.  Ordnance  forthwith  put  on  board  the  Oxford  Frigate 
the  proportion  of  arms  and  furniture  for  two  hundred  Dragoons 
herein  set  forth  to  be  there  delivered  to  Lord  Culpeper  for  the 
use  of  the  Colony  of  Virginia. 

(Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  373-4.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  5,  1679 
Warrant  to  Thos.  Lord  Culpeper,  Governor  of  Vir- 
ginia, to  declare  his  Maj.  Assent,  in  the  Grand  Assembly  of 


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28  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Virginia  to  three  Acts  viz :  of  free  &  general  Pardon,  Indemnity 
and  Oblivion,  for  Naturalization,  and  for  raising  a  public  reve- 
nue for  the  better  support  of  the  Government  there  to  which 
the  King  has  caused  his  Great  Seal  of  England  to  be  set. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  395-6.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  10,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  that  in  case  Lord  Culpeper 
do  not  go  on  board  the  Oxford  Frigate  now  lying  in  the  Downs 
on  Friday  Evening  next  or  before  that  time,  said  Frigate  be  then 
directed  to  come  into  the  river  Thames  on  Saturday  morning 
next  without  fail  or  further  delay. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  375.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  17,  1679 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council.  Lord  Culpeper  having 
failed  to  go  on  board  the  Oxford  Frigate  at  the  time  appointed 
by  an  Order  of  10'^  Inst,  his  Maj.  is  pleased  to  direct  one  of  his 
Principal  Secretaries  of  State  to  signify  by  letter  to  the  Lord 
Culpeper  the  high  displeasure  his  Majesty  hath  conceived  at 
his  delay  and  neglect  of  duty  and  that  his  royal  intentions  are 
to  appoint  another  Governor  for  Virginia  unless  he  repair 
v/ithout  further  delay  on  board  the  Oxford  Frigate  as  soon  as 
the  same  returns  to  the  Downs;  the  charge  of  pilotage  which 
Lord  Culpeper  has  occasioned  to  be  deducted  out  of  his  Salary. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  375-6.) 


1680  [?] 
The  Council  of  Virginia  to  the  Committee  for  Trade 
AND  Plantations.  Acknowledge  receipt  of  their  Lordships 
"long  dated"  letter  of  14  Jan.  1679-80  (which  see)  and  have  duly 
observed  the  directions  therein  contained  by  an  annual  trans- 
mitting of  all  Laws  &  Orders  S:c.  while  Lord  Culpeper  was 
actually  present  [from  May  was  to  Aug.  1680,  when  he  sailed 
for  England]  who  carried  exact  copies  of  all  transactions  with 
him — Their  trade  in  a  more  declining  condition  than  ever  has 
been  known  by  the  low  value  or  rather  no  value  of  their  only 
commodity,  tobacco,  and  the  indigency  of  the  inhabitants,  so 


fV   S-O    n 


VIRGINIA    IN    1680.  29 

that  if  some  means  be  not  timely  taken  to  raise  their  now  totally 
sunk  commodity,  the  inhabitants  will  be  in  a  most  deplorable 
condition  and  the  peace  &  quiet  of  the  Government  will  be 
hazarded . 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  410.) 


Whitehall,  Jan.  13,  1679-80 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. 
Ivlris.  Jeffreys  acquaints  the  Committee  that  Alderman  Jeffreys 
had  refused  to  take  security  of  her  for  the  £300  to  be  paid  by 
him  for  salary  due  to  her  late  husband.  Ordered  that  she  bring 
good  security  to  the  Council  Board  to  answer  the  suit  of  Lady 
Berkeley.  This  was  done  on  the  16'^'  and  an  Order  granted  to 
Alderman  Jeffreys  to  pay  the  money  without  taking  security. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  p.  114.) 


Whitehall,  Jan.  16,  1679-80 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  on  petition  of  Bartholomew 
Price,  Administrator  to  Lieut.  Gov.  Herbert  Jeffreys,  directing 
Alderman  Jeffreys  forthwith  to  pay  £300  to  said  Price,  he  hav- 
ing given  security  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Council  for  repayment  of 
same  according  to  his  Maj.  directions  upon  any  future  deter- 
mination. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  399-400.) 


Jan.  14,  1679-80 
The  Lords  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations  to  the 
Governor  and  Council,  the  Secretary  and  Clerk  of  the 
Assembly  at  Virginia.     That  they  send  Quarterly  accounts  of 
all  their  proceedings  Minute  only. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  400.) 


Jan.  14,  1679-80 
The  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations  to  the  Gov- 
ernor &  Council  of  Virginia.  That  they  transmit  quarterly 
a  journal  and  account  of  all  matters  Civil,  Ecclesiastical  and 
Military — Council  Debates  and  results  on  framing  of  laws. 
The  present  state  of  trade  outwards  and  inwards — How  the 


30  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


!! 


Colony  may  be  improved  and  what  else  shall  be  necessary  for 
the  information  of  the  Committee,  which  accounts  are  to  be 
signed  by  the  Governor  and  Council  and  duplicates  to  be  sent 
by  the  next  conveyance — This  letter  to  be  registered  in  the 
Council  book. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20*''  Nov.  1679.) 


;■  Jan.  14,  1679-80 

'•••  The  Committee  OF  Trade  AND  Plantations  TO  THE  Secre- 

H(;t  :. '     tary  of  Virginia.     To  transmit  quarterly  by  himself  or  Deputy 

a  particular  account  of  all  things  that  pass  his  OfRce — with 
'■'  copies  or  full  abstracts  of  all  Orders  and  Duplicates  by  the  next. 

This  letter  to  be  entered  in  his  Ofhce  book. 
(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 


Jan.  14,  1679-80 
The  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations  to  the  Clerk 
OF  the  Assembly  of  Virginia(4) — To  send  Quarterly  Journals 
of  the  Assembly  with  copies  of  all  their  Votes,  Orders  and  Bills — 
and  Duplicates  by  the  next — This  letter  to  be  entered  in  the 
books  of  the  Assembly. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20.  Nov.  1679.) 


Whitehall,  Jan.  14,  1679-80 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  on  a  Motion  made  this  day 
by  the  Lord  Bishop  of  London  concerning  the  state  of  the 
Church  in  his  Maj.  Plantations — that  the  Lords  of  Trade  & 
Plantations  signify  his  Maj.  pleasure  unto  his  respective  Gov- 
ernors in  America  that  every  Minister  within  their  Govern- 
ment be  one  of  the  Vestry  in  his  respective  parish  and  that  no 
Vestry  be  held  without  him,  except  in  case  of  sickness,  or  that 
after  notice  of  a  vestry  summoned  he  absent  himself. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  97.  p.  95.) 

(4)  In  consequence  of  this  order  the  minutes  of  Assembly  were  regu- 
larly sent  to  England,  and  a  complete  file,  from  1680,  is  now  in  the  Public 
Record  Office.  All  of  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  from  that 
date  have  been  printed  by  the  Va.  State  Library. 


'  e'iP  ..'n'xjfjM  liUi 


VIRGINIA    IN    1680.  31 

Virginia,  March  15,  1679-80 

NicHO.  Spencer  to 

They  cannot  be  sure  in  any  Indian  Treaty — Negotiations  by 
Col.  Wood,  a  person  well  skilled  in  all  Indian  affairs,  who  ar- 
ranged tliat  the  chief  men  of  the  Indian  Towns  in  hostility 
should  meet  at  James  Town  on  the  10^^  present,  but  they  ap- 
peared not — Thinks  they  were  prevented  by  the  clandestine 
designs  of  some  Indian  traders,  his  reasons ;  The  grounds  of  the 
late  murder:  revenge  the  motive  for  it.  Conceives  that  rash 
act  of  Capt.  Byrd's  unwarrantable.  Supposes  by  the  next  ships 
he  may  spealc  positively  whether  they  must  prepare  for  a  de- 
fensive war  or  enjoy  the  happiness  of  peace. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.) 

(To  be  continued) 


^d  o"i ) 


32  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT 
1624-1629*. 


From  the  Originals  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 


(Continued.) 
*A11  erasures  in  the  originals  are  here  printed  in  italics. 


1202.] 
Y*  is  ordered  y*  John  Geney  in  regarde  of  his  Contempt 
against  the  Governor's  express  Comande  and  his  Scandalous 
Speeches  in  Accusing  Capt.  Tucker  w'th  murther,  shalbe 
whipped  and  receave  Sixtee  vStripes,  And  also  shall  ask  Capt. 
Tucker  forgiveness  in  open  Courte,  as  also  in  the  publique  con- 
gregation at  Elizabeth  Cyttie,  And  to  pay  Capt.  Tucker  200  li. 
weight  of  Tobacco,  And  to  be  ymi^risoned  heere  untill  he  put 
in  very  sufficyent  bond  to  his  good  behaviour 
Arthur  Avelinge  Swome  and  exam'd  sayeth,  That  be  beinge  at 
Damarells  Cove  in  Canada  abourde  the  Swan,  one  who  came 
abourde  asked  Mr  Nevell  wherefore  his  brother  suffered  death, 
Mr  Cornish  was  put  to  death,  Then  Edward  Nevell  answered 
he  was  put  to  death  through  a  scur\ae  boy's  means,  &  no  other 
case  [?]  against  him.  Then  the  other  man  replied  I  have  ill  luck 
my  brother  came  to  such  an  end 

Y*  is  ordered  y*'  Edward  Nevell(l)  for  his  offence  shall  stand 
one  ye  pillory  w'th  a  paper  on  his  head  shewing  the  cause  of  his 
offence  in  the  markett  place,  and  to  loose  both  his  Eares  and  to 
serve  the  Colony  for  8  yeares,  And  forever  to  be  incapable  to  be 
A  ffreeman  of  the  Country 

(1)  Edward  Nevell,  who  received  this  horrible  punishment  seems  to 
have  been  a  man  of  some  standing,  as  he  is  frequently  referred  to  in  con- 
nection with  Weston's  ships.  He  may  liave  been  Weston's  agent  or  the 
purser  of  one  of  his  ships. 


MINUTES    OF   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  33 

Mr  Abraham  Peersie  doth  testifie  y*  Wm  Geney(2)  refused  to 
make  Satisffaction  to  Capt.  Tucker  for  Mr.  Rastell's  dept  ac- 
cording to  his  covenant,  except  Capt.  Tucker  would  Satisfie 
an  Account  w'ch  then  he  did  p'duce. 


[203.] 

Y'  is  ordered  y'  Capt.  Tucker  shall  pay  Mr  George  Sandys 
fortie  weight  of  tobacco  for  ye  dept  of  Mr  Rastell  w'ch  is  dew 
for  six  bushell  of  come  dew  to  be  paid  by  bill  this  last  Summer 
Arthur  Avelinge  by  the  oath  he  hath  fomierly  taken  deposeth 
yt  WTm  Barker  red  the  warrant  to  him,  where  he  by  name  was 
comanded  to  appear  at  James  Cy ttie  and  y  •■  after  Robert  Cave[  ?] 
caled  ye  said  deponent  to  come  upp  w'th  him  accordinge  to  ye 
waiTant,  But  he  beinge  Rich'd  Ii.vans  servant,  his  said  m.'r 
answered  he  would  see  the  wan-ant  before  he  should  come  upp. 
Y*  is  ordered  y^  Richard  Evans  for  his  offence  in  disobeying  the 
Governor's  Comande  shall  lie  neck  and  heeles  3  howers  in  ye 
niarkett  place  and  shall  pay  200  weight  of  Tobacco,  Towards 
the  buildinge  of  the  new  Bridges(3)  at  Elizabeth  Cyttie,  And 
be  putt  Qwt  of  his  place,  Except  upon  his  good  behaviour  Capt 
Tucker  sliall  approve  him  hereafter. 

Wm  Carter(4)  swome  and  examined  sayeth  That  he  drest[?J 
a  Cow  for  Mr  AUnutt  in  May  last  was  twelve  month  for  v/'ch 
demandinge  Xs.  Mr  Allnutt  did  not  pay  him,  And  the  last 
springe  theire  was  a  Cow  of  Mr  Buck's  children  w'th  a  fistula 
uppon  the  Eye  w'ch  at  first  deponent  offered  Mr  Allnutt  to  have 
cared  for  as  v/hen  the  said  [had  ?]  the  first  Cow  in  cure,  and  about 
Easter  last  he  offers  Mr  Allnutt  [words  illegible]  to  cure  ye 

(2)  William  Geny  or  Gany  wa.s  living  at  Elizabeth  City,  in  Feb.  1623. 
In  the  Ctn-uf,  of  1624-5,  the  "Muster"  of  "Mr.  William  Gany"  then  ni- 
cluded  himself,  aged  33,  who  came  in  the  George  in  1616,  Ann  his  wife, 
aged  24,  who  came  in  the  Bona  Nova  in  1620,  Ann  Gany  bom  in  Virginia, 
and  six  servants.  The  will  of  Margaret  Cheesman,  of  St.  Mary  Mag- 
dalen, Bermondsey,  widow,  dated  Jan.  15,  1679  (formerly  of  Virginia) 
left  her  kinswoman,  Anne  Gayney,  12  pence,  evident^  to  cut  her  off  from 
any  further  claim. 

(3)  The.;e  "bridges"  may  have  been  bridges  in  the  modem  sense 
or  may  have  been  wharves  at  Kecoughtan  (Hampton).  At  that  time 
the  word  had  both  meanings. 

(4)  William  Carter,  who  appears  to  have  been  the  expert  cow-doctor, 
or  veterinary  of  the  Jamestown  neighborhood,  lived  on  James  City 
Island  in  1625. 


34  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

COW  w'th  ye  fistula  for  xxs.  in  money,  as  he  might  [be?]  satisfied 
for  the  fornier  cure  w'ch  Mr  Allnutt  refused  sajdnge  he  had 
rather  give  another  man  forty  shillings  than  him  xxs.  and  so  put 
the  cow  to  goodnian  Tree's  man  to  Cure,  who  not  beinge  to  Cure 
her  Mr  Allnut  offered  this  deponent  to  give  him  content  yf  he 
would  Cure  her,  but  this  deponent  said  that  now  he  coidde  not 
warrant  her  she  was  so  far  gone  but  thatt  he  would  doe  his  best, 
and  accordingly  used  his  best  skill,  yett  at  length  she  dyed. 

Abraham  Porter(5)  svN^ome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  he  did  see 
the  cowe  y*  was  myred  in  the  mominge,  and  was  well  [?]  and 
after  did  find  her  ruined.  But  gott  her  owte  and  brought  her 
home,  but  dyed.  And  f\:rther  sayeth  y*^  he  hath  complayned  to 
Mr  Kingswell  that  they  have  away  to[o]  much  milke  from  the 
calves 

Y'^  is  ordered  that  Mr  Alnutt  in  regard  of  his  Necklect  in  looking 
to  the  cattle  of  the  orphan  Peleg  Buck  the  son  of  Mr.  Richard 
Buck  shall  pay  one  hundred  pownde  weight  of  the  best  merchant- 
able Tobacco  for  the  use  of  the  said  orphan  and  to  be  compel  ed 
to  gi^'e  Sufficient  Securitie  to  the  overseers  of  Mr  Buck's  will 
for  Ansv^'eringe  and  makinge  good  the  orj^hants  stock.  And  that 
Peeter  Longman  and  the  other  gardians  shalbe  compelled  to 
give  the  said  overseers  Sufficient  securitie  for  the  ansv,'eringe 
and  making  good  of  the  other  orphants  whole  estate  and  stocks. 

Robert  Edwardes(5)  and  John  Parsons  do  testifie  y*  two 
barells  of  sheld  Corne  belonginge  to  John  Ervins  was  putt  into 
the  loft  at  the  old  fort  of  Mr  George  Sandys,  and  y*  he  gave 

certain for  ye  allowance  of  shrinkage,  and  was  to 

give  the  two  barrells  forth  againe  when  he  should  demand  it 
[205J 

Y*  is  ordered  y*  there  be  a  warrant  sent  for  Mr  Lulce  Boyse(6) 

(5)  Abraham  Porter  was  36  years  old  at  the  Census  of  1621-5,  and  was 
a  servant  of  Peter  Longman  of  James  City,  with  whom  Benoni  and 
I\  leg  Buck  were  living. 

(5)  Robert  Edmunds  and  John  Parsons,  who  came  in  the  Marygold 
in  1619,  lived  on  tlie  Treasurers  Plantation  at  James  City  1621-5. 

(6)  Notes  on  Luke  Boyse  and  Thomas  Harris  have  already  appeared. 
It  is  probable  tliat  Luke  Boyse  was  the  Luke  Boyse  of  Heme,  stated  in 
Berry's  Kentish  Genealogies,  to  have  been  a  son  of  Thomas  Boys,  of 
Kythorne,  baptized  May  29,  1579,  and  to  have  had  an  only  daughter  Ann. 
The  Virginia  Luke  Boyse  was  aged  44  in  1724-5  (therefore  born  in  1581) 
and  had  an  only  daughter  .A-lice.  It  is  possible  that  his  age  given  in  the 
census  may  be  incorrect. 


MINUTES    OF  THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  35 

and  Thomas  Harris  to  be  heere  one  mondye  come  fortnight  to 

testiiie  in  the  behalf  of  Henry  WilHams,  w'ch  day  of  appearance 
is  the  23'"'  of  January  1625. 

Wm  Enghsh(7),  gente.,  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y*  Mr 
Rastell  before  his  departure  left  order  w'th  this  deponent  and 
Capt.  Tucker  for  to  allow  of  such  charges  as  Mr  Geny  should 
approve  to  have  laide  owt  for  apparell  for  Mr  Rastell's  servants 
wh.  thee  were  [letters  illegible]  inge  w'th  Mr  Geny  and  y^  in 
their  discretion  should  finde  Mr  Geny's  accounpt  to  be  reason- 
able. 

Capt.  'J'ucker  doth  acknowledge  y'  there  are  Certen  accompts 
dew  from  Mr  Rastell  to  Mr  Geney,  But  Mr  Rastell  told  Capt. 
Tucker  y*  he  would  nott  allow  of  those  accompts  w'ch  Mr  Geny 
challenged  from  hini. 

Y''  is  ordered  y*  in  regard  Mr  Geny  hath  fayled  in  p'forminge 
of  an  order  of  Courte  bearing  date  [blank]  in  not  bringing  over 
his  shalloijs  lodinge  of  Come  for  Mr  Chew,  And  after  uppon 
a  second  agreement  for  ye  bringing  over  of  fortie  boushells  of 
Come  in  lew  therof  for  Mr  Chew  &  hath  fayled  of  p'formence  of 
y*  also,  y'  is  ordered  he  shall  pay  twenty  boushells  of  good 
Indyan  Come  to  Mr  Chew  or  his  assigns  in  James  Cyttie 
presently,  And  y*  he  remained  prysoner  until  he  hath  paid  ye 
same. 


[206.] 
¥*■  is  ordered  y*  Nicholas  Weasell(8)  for  taking  awaye  Henry 
Geney's  boate  w'thout  his  leave  or  knowledge  w'ch  there  uppon 
was  buldge  [bildged]  and  spoyled,  beinge  a  Tenant  to  halfes 
vshall  serve  the  said  Henry  Geny  for  this  yeare.  The  said  Henry 
Geny  discharg  his  rent  dew  to  the  Company,  beinge  five 
hundred  weight  of  good  merchantable  Tobacco  stript  and  three 
barrells  of  good  Indyan  come,  and  to  give  Securitie  for  the  pay- 

(7)  William  English  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  for 
Elizabeth  City  1629,  1G30  and  1632-3,  and  was  a  justice  of  the  first  Court 
of  York  County  July  12,  1633.  In  1635  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  oppo- 
sition to  Governor  Harvey  and  was  imprisoned  by  him;  but  was  soon  re- 
leased by  the  removal  of  the  Governor. 

(8)  At  the  Census  of  1624-5,  Nicholas  Weasell,  aged  28,  who  came  in 
the  Abigail  in  1621,  was  one  of  the  servants  of  Sargent  William  Barry  at 
Elizabeth  City. 


MINUTES    OF   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL    COURT.  35 

and  Thomas  Harris  to  be  heere  one  raondye  come  fortnight  to 
testifie  in  the  behalf  of  Henry  WilHams,  w'ch  day  of  appearance 
IS  the  23"'  of  January  1625. 

Wm  Enghsh(7),  gente.,  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y*  Mr 
Rastell  before  his  departure  left  order  w'th  this  deponent  and 
Capt.  Tucker  for  to  allow  of  such  charges  as  Mr  Geny  should 
approve  to  have  laide  owt  for  apparell  for  Mr  Rastell's  ser\^ants 
wh.  thee  were  [letters  illegible]  inge  w'th  Mr  Geny  and  y'  in 
their  discretion  should  finde  Mr  Geny's  accounpt  to  be  reason- 
able. 

Capt.  Tucker  doth  acknowledge  y^  there  are  Certen  accompts 
dew  from  iMr  Rastell  to  Mr  Geney,  But  Mr  Rastell  told  Capt. 
Tucker  y*  he  would  nott  allow  of  those  accompts  w'ch  Mr  Geny 
challenged  from  him. 

Y^  is  ordered  y*  in  regard  Mr  Geny  hath  fayled  in  p'forminge 
of  an  order  of  Courte  bearing  date  [blank]  in  not  bringing  over 
his  shallojjs  lodinge  of  Come  for  Mr  Chew,  And  after  uppon 
a  second  agreement  for  ye  bringing  over  of  fortie  boushells  of 
Corne  m  lew  therof  for  Mr  Chew  &  hath  fayled  of  p'formence  of 
y'  also,  y*  is  ordered  he  shall  pay  twenty  boushells  of  good 
Indyan  Corne  to  Mr  Chew  or  his  assigns  in  James  Cyttie 
presently,  And  y*  he  remained  prysoner  untU  he  hath  paid  ye 
same. 


[206.] 
y  is  ordered  y*  Nicholas  WeaseU(8)  for  taking  awaye  Henry 
Geney's  boate  w'thout  his  leave  or  knowledge  w'ch  there  uppon 
was  buldge  [bildged]  and  spoyled.  beinge  a  Tenant  to  halfes 
shall  serve  the  said  Henry  Geny  for  this  yeare,  The  said  Henry 
Geny  discliarg  his  rent  dew  to  the  Company,  beinge  five 
hundred  weight  of  good  merchantable  Tobacco  stript  and  three 
ban-ells^f  g(K)^d  Indyan  come,  and  to  give  Securitie  for  the  pay- 

T^y^u  ^'^j^f^™  English  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Bureesses  for 
of  York  rn^'7  f?'.\^^?A':^^  'F'-^^  ^"'^  ^^^^  ^  i-^t-«  °f  the  ?rst  CouS 
l^n  n.  r   ^^^  ^""X^^'  ^^^^-  .^"  ^^^^  ^'^  t°°^  ^"  active  part  in  the  oppo- 

thfi  W7  in  ?P%T'  ""^  ^^-"^f  N'<^holas  Weasell,  aged  28,  who  came  in 


36  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

ment  therof ,  And  the  said  Henry  Geny  to  fine  [find]  him  suffi- 
cient meate  drinke  and  Apparel^  duringe  that  Tyme  And  further 
y  t  the  said  Nicholas  Weasell  for  his  offence  to  the  end  his  punish- 
ment may  deterr  others  from  the  hke,  shall  do  execution  uppon 
Nevell  and  John  Geyney  Accordinge  to  their  Sentences  and  y' 
he  afterwards  shalbe  whipped  at  Elizabeth  Cyttie. 
Y*  is  ordered  y*  Henry  Geny  for  his  contempt  in  goinge  A 
Tradinge  Contrary  to  the  Proclamation  shall  pay  three  hundred 
weight  of  the  best  merchantable  Tobacco,  to  be  ymployed  for 
the  Buildinge  of  the  new  Bridges  at  Elizabeth  Cyttie,  and  to  putt 
in  good  securities  for  the  good  behaviour  therafter,  w'ch  To- 
bacco shalbe  brought  home  to  Capt.  Tucker's  howse. 

[207.] 
A  recorde  of  a  Specialtie,  James  Cyttie  the  Q'^  of  June  1625 
Memorandum.  I  Humphrey  Rastell  of  London,  merchant  doe 
confes  to  owe  unto  the  worp'll  George  Sandys  Threas'r  six 
boushells  of  the  smaler  new  measure  of  sheld  tradinge  Indyan 
come  to  be  paide  unto  the  saide  Mr  Sandys  or  to  his  assignes 
w'thin  XXV  dayes  after  my  departure  this  river  to  goe  over  the 
baye  and  for  trew  p'formence  I  binde  my  selfe  and  my  Executors 
in  double  the  value  of  the  abovesaide  Come  and  in  witnes  of 
the  truth  have  hereunto  putt  my  hande  the  day  and  yeere 
abovesaid 

Humfrey  Rastell 
The  marke  E.  C.  of  Elias  Conye 
and  Thomas  Swyft 
Wm  Pery  gent,  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  Mr  Robert 
Langley  sent  for  him,  this  deponent,  one  Sunday  nyght,  and 
the  mondye  this  deponent  went  over  to  him,  findinge  him  lyinge 
in  this  deponents  bed  very  Sicke,  And  said  to  this  deponent,  I 
have  sent  for  been  with  Mr  Pountis  to  be  my  overseer  [of  his 
will],  and  have  sent  for  you  for  the  like  after  v/'ch  woordes  this 
deponent  dep'ted  and  that  nyght  Mr  Langly  departed  this  liefe, 
And  further  sayeth  That  Mr  Pountis  told  this  deponent  y'  he 
had  been  w'th  the  Governor  aboute  Mr  Langley's  busines,  And 
the  Governor  told  Mr  Pountis  y'  he  did  like  well  Y*  he  and  this 
deponent  should  be  Mr  Langley's  overseers,  And  moreover  this 


MINUTES    OF   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  37 

deponent  sayeth  y*  the  Governor  willed  Mr  Pountis  to  goe 
aboard  and  looke  for  A  will,  and  Mr  Pountis  sayeth  of  Mr  Lang- 
ley's  will  that  [it]  was  begun  but  not  finished. 


[208.] 
Wheras  William  Geny  is  by  bond  to  pay  Mr  Rastell  five  hun- 
dred weight  of  Tobacco  &  eight  barrells  of  come  of  w'ch  there 
is  to  be  abated  for  a  man  y*  died  in  August  fiftie  weight  of  To- 
bacco and  a  barrell  of  corne,  And  wheras  Mr  Geny  bringeth 
in  an  Accompt  to  default  of  the  saide  dept  Capt.  Tucker  doth 
allow  for  the  said  Accompt  250  weight  of  Tobacco,  Provided 
that  therafter  Mr  Rastell  shall  show  sufficyent  cause  to  this 
Courte  why  the  said  250  weight  of  Tobacco  shall  not  be  allowed 
to  Mr  Geny  That  this  Mr  Geny  shalbe  lyable  to  give  him 
sattisfaction. 

It  is  ordered  that  Southampton  hundred  shall  pay  the  remainder 
of  a  Thowsand  of  Tobacco  w'ch  is  unpaide,  dew  to  Mr  Sandys(9) 
by  an  order  of  Courte  to  the  administratrix  of  Mr  Sandys  es- 
tate 

y-  is  ordered  y'  Mr  Stogden  shall  receave  twelve  hundred 
weight  of  Tobacco  dew  from  George  Medcalfe(lO)  to  Mr  Rastell 
And  owt  of  the  said  1200  weight  to  sattisfie  Lieut.  Barry  and 
John  Wanier  700  weight  of  Tobacco  dew  to  them  from  Mr  Ras- 
tell for  nott  bringinge  in  two  servants  for  them  by  Threasurer 
[a  ship?]  According  to  agreement  And  the  other  500  weight  re- 
mayninge  of  ye  1200,  and  400  weight  receaved  by  Mr  Stogden 
of  Gregorie  Dory,  y*  is  ordered  y'  Mr  Stogden  shall  putt  in 
sufficyent  sectiritie  to  Mr  Rastell  or  his  assigns  for  him,  y*  he 
send  Mr  Rastell  by  the  first  of  February  next  send  in  a  dys- 
charge  from  George  Gauntlett  accordinge  to  an  order  made  the 
27  ^'^  of  January  1G24. 

(9)  This  was  David  Sandys,  who  had  been  minister  for  Southampton 
Hundred . 

(10)  Gcurge  Medcalfe's  "Muster"  at  Elizabeth  City  in  the  Census  of 
1624-5,  included  himself,  aged  46,  Sara  Medcalfe  (no  doubt  his  wife), 
aged  30,  who  came  in  the  Hopewell,  1624,  and  Joane,  a  child.  "Mr. 
Stogden"  was  Jonas  Stockden,  the  minister. 


^8  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  30 

[209.] 

A  Court  held  the  9*''  of  January  1625  being  p'sente 
^  Sir  ffrancis  Wyat,  knight,  Governor  &c.,  Capt.  Francis  West, 
Capt  Roger  Smith,  Capt  Raphe  Hamor,  Capt  Mathews,  Mr 
Abraham  Persie,  Mr  WilHam  Cleyboume 

Y'  is  ordered  y*  Mr  Watson  shall  give  securitie  to  Mr  Abra- 
ham Persy  for  a  dept  to  Mr  Langley  where  Capt  Whittakers  & 
Thomas  fflint  stand  Charged  in  Mr  Langley's  bookes,  That  yf 
the  Court  shall  awarde  ye  said  Tho  fflynt  to  pay  the  said  dept 
y'  this  ye  said  Edward  Waters  shall  give  him  securitie  and  y* 
the  matter  shall  rest  in  suspense  untill  the  xx^^^  of  November 
next  yt  in  the  meane  tyme  the  Court  may  heere  from  Capt 
Whittakers,  supposed  to  be  principall  deptor.  And  y*  Mr  Toke- 
ley  may  send  over  the  letters  of  Administration  owt  of  England 
granted  to  him. 

Y'  is  ordered  y*  Mr  Moone  shall  pay  &  bringe  in  to  Capt  Wm 
Peerce  before  mondye  next  Cominge  Sixtee  weight  of  ye  best 
merchantable  Tobacco,  dew  unto  him  by  bill,  ells  y*  therbe 
execution  granted  against  him 
William  Douglass  swome  and  examined  sayeth  [blank] 


[210.] 

-- j^.^^^^  Partin(ll)  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y'  on  mondye 

'pu^^^  T^'^  ^^^^  disgraceful  dispute  between  Rev.  Greville  Pooley  and 
1  homas  Pawlett  wh:ch  was  examined  at  this  session  of  the  Court  seems  to 
have  created  a  great  sensation  and  moved  the  councillors  to  profound 
indignation  It  is  the  only  instance  on  these  records  where  the  opinions 
ot  the  members  of  the  Court  are  given  separately,  and  it  is  the  first  refer- 
ence to  any  misconduct  on  the  part  of  a  minister  in  Virginia.  Greville 
1  ooley  came  to  Virginia  in  the  James  in  1622  and  became  minister  of  the 
country  now  in  Charles  City  and  Prince  George.  At  the  Census  of  1624, 
he  was  living  at  Pierseys  Hundred,  near  the  present  Shirley.  He  had 
become  noted  by  his  unsuccessful  courtship  of  the  widow  of  Samuel 
Jordan  of  Jordan's  Journey  (now  Jordan's  Point)  and  had  .sued  her  for 
breach  of  contract.  This  matter  has  already  been  published  among  the 
Court  notes.  The  only  excuse  for  Pooley's  behavior  in  the  present  in- 
stance is  that  his  conduct  towards  Mrs.  Jordan  showed  that  he  was  a 
man  of  eccentricity— not  a  little  un1)alanced  in  mind.  Thomas  Paw- 
ett,  who  was  aged  40  in  1625  and  who  had  come  in  the  Neptune  in  1618 
lived  at  West  and  Shirley  Hundred  not  far  away.  He  was  a  son  of 
Chidiock  Pawlett  and  a  grandson  of  William  Pawlett,  1st  Marquis  of 
Winchester.  From  the  fact  that  in  1625  he  had  but  one  ser\'ant  and  from 
a  reference  m  one  of  the  opinions  it  is  evident  that  he  was  at  this  time  a 
man  of  comparatively  .small  means;  but  later  he  evidently  acciuired  or 


MINUTES    OF    THE    COUNCIL    AND    GENERAL    COURT.  39 

momiiige  beinge  Set  Stephens  d'ye  Mr  Pooley  and  divers  of  the 
Congregation  mett  to  Pray  and  there  during  wor[ship?]  Mr  Paw- 
lett  heering  Mr  Pooley  use  his  name,  came  into  the  Congrega- 
tion sayinge  w't  is  y'  you  say  of  Pawlett,  To  w'ch  Mr  Pooley 
replyed,  I  say  you  will  not  pay  me  your  Tithe  Tobacco,  and 
after  some  replyes  past  to  and  again  between  them,  Mr  Pooley 
gave  Mr  Pawlett  the  lye  and  Mr  Pawlett  said  he  was  a  proude 
priest  and  a  periured  man,  and  Taxt  him  with  symonie  and 
briberie,  and  swore  by  ye  lords  blude  he  would  prove  it  against 
him,  but  whether  Mr  Pooley  gave  Mr  Pawlett  the  lye  before 
Mr  Pawlett  said  the  woords  he  knows  not. 
Ensign  Francis  Epps  swome  and  examined  sayeth  that  uppon 
Set  Stephens  d'ye  in  the  mominge  Mr  Pooley  and  others  of  the 
p'she  beinge  together  about  the  removinge  of  the  Church,  Mr 
Pooley  affirmed  y'  Mr  Pawlett  desired  to  have  ye  Church  re- 
moved from  Mr  Briggs  Howse  to  his  howse,  and  Mr  Pawlett 
said  it  was  false  whemppon  Mr  Pooly  said  it  was  not  false, Mr 
Pawlett  said  again  it  was  false.  Then  Mr  Pooley  told  Mr  Paw- 
lett y'  he  lied,  Then  Mr  Pawlett  called  him  blockheaded  parson, 
w'th  some  other  ye  like  words  y'  passed  between  them  on  both 
sides  and  taxed  Mr  Pooly  with  speaking  false  latten  and  teach- 

inherited  property  as  on  Jan.  15,  1637,  he  patented  2000  acres  at  West- 
over,  and  resided  there  until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Burgesses  and  the  Council,  and  his  in  will,  dated  Jan.  12,  1643-4,  left 
most  of  his  estate  to  his  brother  Sir  John  Pawlett,  but  also  gave  10  acres 
to  Westover  Church.  Robert  Partin's  "Muster"  at  West  and  Shirley 
Hundred  m  the  Census  of  162  i-5,  includes  himself,  aged  36,  who  came  in 
the  Blessing  in  1609,  Margaret  his  wife,  aged  30,  who  came  in  the  George, 
1017,  Robert,  aged  4  months,  Avis,  aged  5  years  and  Rebecca,  aged  2 
years,  their  children,  and  two  servants. 

Ensign  Francis  Eppes  was  the  ancestor  of  the  well-known  Virginia 
family  of  that  name,  of  which  a  genealogy  has  appeared  in  this  Magazine. 

In  1624-5,  Samuel  Sharpe  who  came  in  the  Seaventure  in  1609  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  who  came  in  the  Margaret  6*  John,  1621,  and  one  servant 
were  living  at  Pierseys  Hundred.  Like  Thomas  Pawlett,  Samuel  Sharpe 
had  been  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  in  1619,  and  was  again  a 
mernber  in  October  1629. 

Lieut.  Thos.  Osbom,  also  the  ancestor  of  a  well-known  family  of  his 
name  (of  which  some  account  has  been  given  in  this  Magazine)  then  lived 
at  the  College  Land  on  James  River  just  above  Dutch  Gap.  It  is  prob- 
able that  the  other  church  at  which  Pooley  engaged  to  serve  was  at 
Henricopolis  (Dutch  Gap). 

The  name  written  Briggs  should  doubtless  be  Biggs.  In  1624  Richard 
Biggs  lived  at  West  and  Shirley  Hundred.  Later  the  church  of  that 
parisli  was  removed  to  Westover,  then  the  home  of  Thomas  Pawlett. 


it 


;(,  no  f.r.  y 


40  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

ing  false  doctrines,  and  charged  him  with  Symony  and  bribery.^ 
And  Mr  Pooly  on  the  other  side  cal'd  Mr  Pawlett  base  basterd 
ffellow  and  that  he  went  up  &  downe  ye  countrey  singinge 
l)audie  songes  and  many  fowle  tearmes  passed  between  them, 
but  all  the  p'ticulars  and  in  w't  order  they  passed  between  them 
he  doth  not  p'r  rightl}''  remember. 


aftr-ni:.  [211.] 

Samuell  Sharpe,  gent.,  swome  and  examined  sayeth,  That 
the  occasion  of  the  Speeches  was  trewly  sett  downe  in  the  swome 
oathes  of  Ensign  Epps  and  Robert  Partain,  and  ye  many  fowle 
woordes  of  p'vocation,  as  foole,  dunce,  base  fellow  and  the  like 
passed  between  them,  &  p'ticularly  he  remembreth  that  Mr 
Pooly  gave  Mr  Pawlett  ye  lye  firste,  accordinge  to  his  relation 
and  the  deposition  of  Ensign  Epps,  he  remembreth  also,  that 
Mr  Pawlett  charged  Mr  Pooly  w'th  Symony  &  bribery  and 
teachinge  false  doctrine,  and  y*  he  was  a  periured  man. 
Lieut.  Thomas  Osborne  sworrie  and  examined  Sayeth  y*  wheras 
Mr  Pooly  was  to  Transporte  him  selfe  to  their  Plantacon  and 
to  be  theire  every  fowerth  Sundye,  for  w'ch  he  was  to  have 
double  meanes,  after  w'ch  agreement  Mr  Pooly  was  absent  xi 
weekes  together,  In  regard  wherof  he  was  contented  to  take 
ordinary  meanes,  soe  y*  they  would  undertake  to  feach  [fetch] 
But  after  he  came  to  feach  his  tythes  he  demanded  to  have 
double  meanes  according  to  his  bill,  w'ch  the[y]  refused  to  paye, 
vv'hemppon  he  came  to  this  deponent  and  said  that  yf  he  would 
let  the  rest  pay  him.  That  then  he  would  acquitt  this  deponent 
for  his  tyths,  payinge  the  ordinary  meanes. 

The  opinion  of  Mr  Wm  Cleyboume  is  y''  Conceminge  the 
Contention  and  quarrell  between  Mr  Poolie  and  Mr  Pawlett, 
y '  neither  of  them  should  recover  any  Damages  eyther  from  the 
other,  for  y*  the  offence  given  one  both  partes  were  most  vile 
and  exorbitant  both  of  them  equally  as  he  thinketh  havinge 
Contended  to  debase  and  wronge  ye  p'son  of  the  other,  so  y' 
all  through  Mr  Pawlett  must  be  acknowledged  to  have  ex- 
ceeded[?]  in  the  fowlest  manner  yett  the  offence  of  Mr  Pooly  is 
nevertheless  the  greatest,  his  Censure  therefore  was.  That  they 
shall  equally  both  of  them  forfeit  &  paye  200  weight  of  Tobacco, 


MINUTES    OF   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  41 

and  moreover  in  regarde  as  swilee[?]  the  fault  of  Mr  Pawlett  is 
greater  Considered  by  itselfe,  Therefore  his  opinion  ys  y*  he 
shall  in  the  open  Congregacon  where  the  offence  was  Comitted 
Publiquel}^  acknowledge  his  fault  &  offence  not  so  much  re- 
specting any  wrong  to  Mr  Poolies  person,  but  that  should  be 
any  Satisfaction  done  to  him  selfe  as  humbly  to  protest  to  the 
whole  Congregacon  his  sorrow  for  his  offence  in  regard  his 
affronts  y'  he  Taxeth  Mr  Pooly  w'th  his  doctrine  or  w'th 
symony,  puriury,  bribery  and  ye  like,  and  likewise  his  opinion 
is  y'  Mr  Pooly  should  openly  in  lilce  manner  acknowledge  his 
offence  to  the  Congregacon  then  offended. 


[213.] 

Y*  is  the  opinion  of  Abraham  Peirsey  as  he  understandeth 
by  the  witnesses  Swome  and  Examined,  that  Mr  Pooly  and 
Mr  Pawlett  did  equall  one  &  other  in  base  and  Obrobius 
Speeches,  but  That  Mr  Pawlett  did  exceed  in  most  Scandalous 
manner  against  Mr  Pooly  in  taxing  Mr  Pooly  that  he  was  per- 
iured  man,  and  did  teache  Faulse  doctrine  &  had  Comitted 
bribery  and  simony,  for  so  much  as  that  Mr  Pawlett  hath  not 
by  wittnes  proved  any  one  of  those  foule  Slanders  against  Mr 
Pooly  I  am  of  opinion  that  Mr  Pawlett  should  according  to 
th.e  use  [?|  of  the  Generall  Assembly  A.sk  Mr  Pooly  forgivenes 
before  tlic  Congregacon  of  his  owne  p'sh  and  that  Mr  Pawlett 
shall  give  Mr  Pooly  five  hundred  pownd  weight  of  Tobacco 

My  opinion  is  according  and  Consenting  w'th  Mr  William 
Cleybourne. 

Samuell  Mathewes 
Capt.  Hamor's  opinion 

My  opinion  is  y'  both  of  them  shoiild  acknowledge  their 
offence  in  the  Congregacon,  and  also  ask  each  other  forgiveness, 
&  that  Mr  Pawlett  doe  first  acknowledge  his  offence.  That  Mr 
Pawlett  be  fined  300  weight  of  Tobacco,  and  Mr  Pooly  two 
hundred  weight. 

Capt.  Roger  Smith  his  opinion  is  agreeable  to  and  consenting 
with  Mr  Wm  Cleybourne. 

Capt.  Fra.  West  his  opinion  is  y*  ye  grossest  woordes  Mr  Paw- 
lett gave  to  Mr  Pooly  cannot  equall  the  lie,  w'ch  woorde  touch- 


42  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  ^^ 

eth  his  reputation  in  the  highest  nature,  and  a  gentleman  value- 
inge  it  as  nere  and  deere  unto  him  as  his  Hefe,  now  for  reparacon 
of  the  offences  one  to  the  other,  they  shall  acknowledge  their 
offences  in  ye  Congregacon  where  the  offence  was  comitted  and 
Mr  Pawlett  fined  200  weight  and  Mr  Pooly  500  of  Tobacco. 


[214.] 

¥»•  is  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  y'  Mr  Pawlett  shall  in  the 
said  Congregacon  where  the  said  woordes  were  spoken  ask  the 
Congregacon  forgiveness  for  the  great  scandal  given  them,  and 
Mr  Poolie  for  the  obprobious  wordes  used  against  him.  And  that 
Mr  Pooly  shall  doe  the  like  ask  forgiveness  for  same  as  well  of  ye 
Congregacon  as  of  Mr  Pawlett,  Their  offences  both  in  regard  of 
their  p'sons,  the  one  the  minister,  the  other  the  Comander  of  the 
Plantacon,  as  also  in  regard  p'vokinge  Speeches,  v/'ch  passed 
one  both  sides  being  in  a  manner  equall,  but  that  Mr  Pawlett 
charged  Mr  Pooly  with  false  doctrines,  Symony  and  periury, 
w'ch  are  woordes  of  a  higher  nature  and  doe  bear  an  Acc'on 
in  law,  that  he  shall  pay  Mr  Pooly  300  weight  of  Tobacco,  w'ch 
fine  is  made  no  greater,  as  well  because  p'voking  speeches 
passinge  one  both  sides  Coller  [choler?]  is  to  have  Transported 
Mr  Pawlett  in  p'te  through  Mr  Poolies  owne  faulte,  as  also  y' 
censure  of  fines  must  be  made  according  to  mens  estates. 

Thomas  Marlett(12)  swome  and  examined  Say  eth  y*  the 
d'ye  after  Christmas  in  Ano  1624  Mr  Binns  hired  John  Smith 
for  a  yeeres  service. 

James  Toa]<e(13)  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  Mr  Binns 
told  this  deponent  he  had  hired  John  Smith  for  A  yeeres  service 
from  Christmas  in  Ano  1624  to  Christmas  last  past. 
Y*  is  ordered  y'  John  Smith  shall  serve  Mr  Binns  untill  the  first 
of  ft'ebruary  next. 

(To  be  continued) 


(12)  Thomas  Marlett  lived  at  the  College  Land  Feb.  1623,  but  does 
not  appear  in  the  Census  of  1621-5.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses,  March  1G23-4. 

(13)  James  Toake  or  Tuke  lived  at  Pashbehaigh's,  James  City  in  1625, 
and  was  a  Burgess  for  Isle  of  V/ight  Co.,  January  1639.  His  will  was 
dated  Feb.  I,  1659  and  proved  in  Isle  of  Wight.  Hi.^  legatees  were  his 
daughter  Dorothy,  wife  of  John  Plarvey,  and  sons  William  and  Thomas, 
to  the  last  of  whom  he  gave  his  signet  seal  ring. 


Letters  of  William  Byrd.  43 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD,  FIRST. 

(From  his  letter  book  in  the  Collection  of  the  Virginia  Historical 
Society) 


(Continued) 
To  . 


Virg'a  Jan'ry  —  1685 
S' 

My  last  to  you  by  Hall  was  Somewhat  large,  therefore  shall 
say  little  now,  this  comes  to  accompany  Cap'  Bradly  &  cover 
the  inclosed  bill  of  Ladeing  &  Invoice  for  100  H*^^  of  Tob'o  & 
four  of  furres  &  skins  w:''  I  hope  will  come  Safe  to  y"'  Hands. 
I  have  charged  bills  of  Ex^"^  on  you  for  1631  St'g  payable  to 
Bradly  being  in  full  of  K  of  the  ship(l)  Sam'll  for  w:"^  he  hath 
given  mee  a  bill  of  Sale:  doubt  not  but  you'l  See  our  titles  made 
good.  Hope  the  ship  may  come  home  in  good  time,  although 
shee  design'd  (if  you  think  fitt)  for  Holland,  yett  I  thought 
good  to  Send  you  Some  furs  &  skins  by  him,  not  knowing  when 
I  might  find  a  better  oppertimity  &  gues  you  cannot  want  a 
convenience  for  a  small  charge  from  y^  Wight  to  London, 
fraight  being  now  very  Scarce,  &  Tobacco  indifferent  plenty 
though  Sold  hereabouts  at  great  rates.  I  have  endeavor'd  to 
ship  what  I  can  forward  &  hope  it  may  doe  best.  I  hope  as  you 
are  concem'd  in  this  ship  &  have  induced  us  thereto,  you  will 
take  care  shee  bee  yearly  Sent  away  early  from  England,  & 
(you  need  not  doubt)  wee  will  performe  our  part  here.  My 
Service  to  all  friends,  Ime  Sorry  Some  of  you  have  taken  an 
occasion  to  abuse  us  ab*-  poor  Coz  Grendons  Estate,  but  you 
will  &  they  too  find  (I  hope)  no  reason  for  Such  unworthy  cen- 
sures, tho  (I  thinke)  wee  cannot  bee  worse  thought  of,  &  there- 
fore have  no  occasion  to  trouble  ourselves  farther.  I  doubt 
not  but  our  innocence  will  Siifficiently  appear  to  any  y'  will 

(1)  It  was  not  vinusual  for  wealthy  Virginia  planters  and  merchants 
to  own  ships  in  whole  or  part. 


45 

44  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

fairly  question  us.     I  am  Sorry  for  this  unpleasant  digression 
&  v/ish  I  had  not  too  much  occasion  for  itt :  shall  therefore  con- 
clude w'''  best  respects  to  yo^'selfe  &  Lady  from 
S^ 

Yo'  fr'^  &  Serv* 
W  B 
To  M  p  Bradly 


To  Warham  Horsmanden 

Virg'a  Jan'ry  9*''  1685 
Worthy  S^ 

I  am  Sorry  wee  could  not  bee  So  happy  as  to  receive  a  letter 
from  you  or  Bro :  Dan'U  this  year,  but  imagine  urgent  occasions 
might  detain  you  in  the  Country,  for  wee  are  Satisfyed  from 
Mess""^  Perry  &  Lane  of  yo^  &  my  Child'ns(2)  healths,  w:''  God 
continue,  this  is  onely  to  acquaint  you  of  our  wellfare,  though 
our  little  Boy  (Warham)  &  Molly  have  been  both  Sicke  w"' 
fever  &  colds,  but  are  I  thanke  God  now  Somewhat  better. 
I  have  Order'd  Mess'«  Perry  &  Lane  to  pay  what  charges  are 
due  for  my  Childrens  Clothing  Cr^^  on  your  note  to  y'°^  Pray 
present  mine  with  my  wives  best  respects  to  all  our  friends. 
Our  Blessings  to  our  Children,  &  accept  of  our  Duty's  to  yo^selfe 
&  o-"  Mother  w*^  hearty  thanlcs  for  all  yC  favo"  from 

^  Worthy  S^ 

'  '•'  '"  '1  Yo^  Obedient  Son  &  Serv^ 

W  B 
To  ffather  Horsmanden  p  Bradly 


To  Perry  &  Lane 

Virg'a  Jan'ry  9*^  1685 
Gen' 

My  last  to  you  was  by  hall  who  I  hope  is  near  his  port  by  this 
time,  have  little  now  to  trouble  you,  but  acquaint  you  of  our 
Wellfares,  &  y*  I  designe  to  write  Suddenly  to  you  by  Perrin, 
a  Small  west  country  man  (who  comeing  from  Barbados)  wee 
bought  his  Cargoe,  &  hired  his  ship.     Hee  takes  me  in  ab'  30 

(2)  At  this  time  William  Byrd's  children,  William,  Martha  and  Ur- 
sula were  in  England  to  be  educated. 


LETTERS  OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  45 


H'**  Tob'o  I  hope  hee  will  not  bee  long  after  this.  I  shall  charge 
bills  of  Ex'ce  on  you  for  my  share  of  his  goods  w:*"  will  come  to 
ab*  49  or  50  1.  w:^  I  hope  you'l  pay  accordingly,  ffraight  is  yet 
Scarce,  Wee  are  in  great  want  of  y'^  Ciilpeper,  of  whom  as  yett 
I  hear  no  news.  Ruddes  (I  suppose)  will  Saile  in  a  moneth  by 
whom  shall  Send  my  Invoice,  not  knowing  yet  what  to  ppose  o'' 
trade  being  orestocked  not  else  but  with  best  respects  take  leave 
Gen' 

Yo^  flfriend  &  Servant 
W  B 
To  P  p  Bradly 


To  Mr  North 

Virg'a  19  feb'ry  1685 
S' 

This  comes  p  Cap*  Devers  in  y^  America  m'^chant  by  whom 
I  have  Sent  you  30  H'*"  of  Tobacco,  as  p  inclosed  bill  of  Ladeing 
&  Invoice  may  appear,  I  shipd  likewise  on  board  Roger  New- 
ham  51  H''"  of  Tob'o  &  hear  hee  is  gone  without  giveing  or 
leaveing  mee  bills  of  Ladeing,  I  designed  to  have  consigned  them 
to  you,  &  therefore  desire  you  to  take  care  of  them,  inclosed  is 
the  Invoice  &  a  note  from  Newham  little  inferior  to  a  bill  of 
Ladeing,  by  the  next  I  designe  my  Invoice  for  Goods,  but  would 
willingly  hear  farther  first,  times  being  So  uncertain  I  know  not 
what  to  doe,  my  Service  to  all  friends  from 
S' 

Yo""  friend  &  Servant 
W  B 
I  have  charged  271.st'g.  on  you  p  Ex'ea  payable  to  Cap*  Devers 
w:^  pray  pay  accordingly. 
To  m''  North  p  Devers 


To  Thomas  Byrd 

Virg'a  March  y«  8*''  1685 
Dear  Brother 

Yo^^  by  D""  Tub  I  reC*  &  am  glad  to  hear  of  y^  health  &  hope 
you  will  So  improve  yo''  time  as  shortly  to  bee  in  a  Capacity 
to  Serve  yo'"Selfe  &  friends.     I  wrote  my  bro:   Robinson  y^ 


oT 


46  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  47 

w'  p*-  of  my  Sisf  Rich"^*  her  Estate  was  due  to  mee  should  bee 
equally  divided  between  yo'  Selfe  Sister  Mary  &  them,  &  am 
.Sorry  it  was  not  more.     My  wife  was  deliver"^  in  fb''  last  of  a 
Boy  dureing  my  being  at  N.  Yorke  where  I  was  a  great  p*'  of 
last  Svmmier.     Pray  remember  me  &  my  wives  kind  love  & 
respects  to  Sister  Mary  &  accept  y®  Same  yo''  selfe  from 
Yo"^  affectionate  Bro: 
W  B 
remember  mee  to  your  Master (3)  &  all  our  fr''^ 
To  Bro:TompRuds 


To  Robinson 

Virg'a  March  y«  8'^  1685 
Bro;  Robinson 

Yo"  I  rec'^  &  am  Sorry  to  hear  of  my  Sister  Rich'^'  her  death, 
but  hope  it  hath  pleased  God  to  translate  her  to  a  better  life, 
what  you  mention  ab*  y''  Small  Estate  I  am  willing  to  give  my 
part  to  bee  equally  divided  between  my  Brother  Tho.  Sister 
Mary  &  your  selves.  I  was  a  great  part  of  last  Simmier  at  N. 
Yorke,  &  at  my  retume  found  my  wife  Safely  deliverd  of  a  Boy, 
&  are  now  w**"  my  little  girls  (I  thanlce  God)  in  good  health,  my 
wife  desires  to  bee  remembred  to  >ou  my  brother  &  all  our  friends 
&  especially  to  my  Sister  Mary  to  whom  pray  give  my  kind  love, 
&  accept  y®  Same  to  yo''selfe,  my  dear  Sister  &  yo''  little  ones 
from 

Yo'  Loveing  Bro 
W  B 
To  Bro.  Robinson  p  Ruds 


TO  Mr  Coe 

Virg'a  March  y«  8**^  1685 
Dear  S' 

My  last  to  you  was  by  Hall  &  hope  you'l  excuse  mee  therein 
for  goeing  about  to  clear  myselfe  of  those  unjust  censtues 
throwne  upon  mee  as  if  I  injured  my  deceased  friends  reputation, 
or  my  liveing  friends  interest,  but  I  hope  y''  Contrary  will 
appear.  I  could  wish  m""  North  had  given  us  an  acco'  of  what 
(3)     Thomas  Byrd  was  then  an  apprentice  in  London. 


S»l*8 


'8-/ 


ebi/H  q  moT  icnQ  oT 
oT 


mo"t.i 


f)t5>i  q  aoaiiidoil  .orrtl  oT 


.w  ssox  oi 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM   BYRD  47 

hee  had  rec'',  &  what  remain'd  yet  due  to  him,  that  wee  might 
indeavor'd  \vith  Brains  if  possible  to  make  him  Satisfaction. 
In  Some  k iters  hee  &  others  teU  us  of  a  lease  worth  150  or  IGO  1. 
&  in  others  they  say  its  not  worth  above  100  1.  So  y'  wee  neither 
know  nor  can  guesse,  what  remains.  I  must  allways  acknow- 
ledge mySelfe  infinitely  oblidged  to  yo'"selfe  &  Lady  for  yo"" 
great  kindnesse  to  my  whole  family,  &  heartily  beg  excuse  for  y^ 
trouble  given  you  last  year,  being  Sorry  y"  buying  those  things 
for  my  wife  b*''  was  So  taken.  I  could  heartily  wish  itt  lay  any 
way  in  m.}-  power  to  Sen-e  you,  &  bee  assured  no  man  shall  ever 
bee  more  ready  to  acknowledge  himselfe 
Dear  S"" 

Yo''  Oblidged  Humble  Servant 
W  B 
Mine  w**^  my  wives  best  respects  &  Service  to  yo''selfe  &  good 
Lady 
There  is  I  suppose  a  mistake  in  yo''  Acco^  Viz' 

10  yds  gold  Stuffe  at  13s.  6d.  p  y" 

&  an  Ell  of  Silver  Stuf  pr  Stays  111.  6s.  st'g. 

To  m^  Coe  p  Ruds 


To  Mr  Gower 

Virg'a  March  y«  8^''  1685 
S' 

My  last  I  sent  you  by  Hall,  wherein  I  thought  my  Selfe  ob- 
lidged to  take  notice  on  those  unhappy  reflections  were  made 
on  mee,  ab'  Coz  Grendons  Estate,  w:*"  I  hope  you  will  Excuse, 
&  consider  I  had  too  much  reason  for  itt,  but  when  I  consider 
the  obligations  you  have  bestovv^ed  on  mee  &  mine,  beg  pardon 
if  I  have  been  too  Severe  therein.     All  our  friends  here  in  Health 
&  designe  to  meet  Suddenly'-  to  remember  you  all  w""  the  token 
3^ou  were  pleased  to  Send  us.     Pray  give  my  best  respects  & 
Service  to  all  where  due.     Accept  the  Same  your  selfe,  &  if  I 
can  any  way  Serve  you,  please  freely  to  Command 
S^ 
Yo""  reall  ffriend  &  Servant 
Wm  Byrd 
To  m"'  Gower  p  Ruds 


^rf  3^ri 


iN 


-i»  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

To  Mr  Rand 

Virg'a  March  y^  8'*^  1685 
Dear  S' 

Yo''^  by  m'  Lay^eld  &  Mad'm  Bland,  I  rec*^  &  am  heartily 
glad  to  hear  of  yours  my  Sisters  &  yo""  little  ones  good  health; 
doe  returae  you  hearty  thanks  for  your  kindnesse  to  little  Nutty. 
I  was  at  N.  Yorke  a  great  part  of  last  Simraier  on  a  public  con- 
ceme,  &  at  my  returne  found  my  wife  Safely  deliver'^  of  a  Boy, 
&  are  both  now  with  little  Molly  (I  thanke  God)  in  good  health. 
My  Lady  Berkeley  about  a  moneth  Since  Safely  arrived,  &  tells 
mee  shee  was  Sorry  shee  could  not  have  y''  oppertunity  to  see 
you  as  shee  came  by ;  All  our  friends  here  in  good  health  &  give 
you  their  best  respects  &  Service  pray  give  mine  where  due,  most 
Especially  to  yo""  dear  Lady,  Sister  Betty,  w'*'  y^  Httle  ones  & 
accept  y*"  Same 

Dear  S''  from 

Yo''  Loveing  Bro.  &  Servant 
W  B 
To  Bro.  Rand  p  Ruds 


To  Warham  Horsmanden 

Virg'a  March  y«  8^^  1685 
Worthy  S^ 

I  wrote  to  you  not  long  Since  p  Bradly,  have  little  more  to  adde 
now,  but  acquaint  you  that  I  reC^  yo"  Since  by  my  Lady  Berke- 
ley which  gave  us  great  Satisfaction  to  hear  of  yours  &  our 
Child 'ns  wellfare,  though  my  Lady  tells  mee  you  have  long 
Labour'd  under  our  Essex(4)  Seasoning,  w:*'  proved  worse  than 
a  Virg'a  one,  I  pray  God  Send  you  health,  w:*"  whilst  you  injoy, 
I  doubt  not  yo''  care  over  my  poor  little  ones  to  whom,  pray 
give  our  Blessings;  before  y^  rec*  of  yo"  I  wrote  to  m''  Peny  & 
Lane,  to  reimburse  you  the  Charge  of  them.  Next  year  I  hope 
(God  willing)  to  See  you  in  England;  IVIy  Wive  &  little  ones  (I 


(4)  This  refers  to  Essex,  Eng.,  where  many  of  Byrd's  relations  and 
friends  lived.  Warham  Horsmanden  then  lived  at  Purleigh  in  that 
county. 


zl^vH  a  t 


uT 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD  .  49 

thanke  God)  in  health,  All  give  i'ou  their  Duty,  &  Service  to  all 
where  due  from 

Worthy  S'" 

Yo"'  Obedient  Son  &  Serv* 
K)'  W  B 

To  ffather  Horsmanden  p  Ruds 


To  Mr  North  (?) 

Virg'a  March  y«  8'^  1685 
S^ 

My  last  to  you  was  p  Devers,  wherein  I  gave  you  an  Acco*  of 
w^  Tob'o  Sent  p  him  &  of  51  p  Newham  who  gave  us  no  bills  of 
Ladeing.  Hope  all  may  come  Safe  to  Hand,  I  expected  to  have 
Seen  your  Acco*  ere  this,  but  p  y*  Culpeper  reed  nothing  from 
you  but  a  letter  of  y^  old  Strain  to  W  R  &  Selfe  ab^  [Grendons] 
Estate,  though  I  thinke  )^ou  have  not  So  much  reason  to  blame 
us  who  have  had  a  great  deale  of  trouble,  w*''  no  profit,  &  can 
assure  you  none  could  have  taken  more  pains  to  get  you  Satis- 
fied without  trouble,  then  wee  have  done.  Brains  hath  often 
]jromised  us  to  pay  you  the  Ballance,  hee  talks  of  comeing 
lierewith,  &  hath  promised  to  give  us  under  his  hand  to  per- 
forme  it  ere  hee  Sails,  I  wish  wee  had  done  with  it;  I  have  ven- 
tured to  Send  an  Invoice  for  Goods  (tho  I  was  very  unwilling 
till  I  might  See  my  Acco*)  but  there  mil  bee  never  another  ship 
Saile  after  this  in  any  reasonable  time,  therefore  Send  it  now 
that  you  might  have  time  to  provide.  If  Tobacco  will  doe 
nothing,  [  desire  you  to  abate  a  good  part  of  y'^  Eng'l.  goods; 
Yu""  Brandy  &  powder  last  year  cheaper  y'n  others,  but  the  rest 
generally  dearer.  Gun  Locks  cost  mee  but  2s.  6d.  from  Mess""^ 
Perry  &  Lane,  &  prove  well.  How  yo""  Upholstry  proves  I  have 
not  heard,  the  Same  was  y^  greatest  cheat  imaginable  know  not 
what  to  doe  with  itt,  Yo''  Indian  Hoes  too  vSmall,  they  would 
not  Sell,  Have  not  no  p'ticular  of  y**  Duffields  cr''  the  [illegible] 
being  just  now  gone  out;  I  hope  you  will  Acco'  with  Bradly  & 
if  anything  comes  due  to  mee,  you  will  recieve  it.  Wee  expect 
1  lim  a  first  ship,  &  therefore  (if  no  ill  Accident)  intervene  desire 
you  to  put  my  Goods  on  board  him,  shall  not  trouble  you  farther 


50  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  .  . 

at  present  but  with  best  respects  &  Service  to  yo""  Selfe  &  Lady 
take  leave 

Yu''  fi-iend  &  Servant 
Wm  B 
M''  Brain  hath  just  now  given  us  his  obligation  to  pay  you  what 
your  due  from  Coz  Grendons  Estate. 
(Tom' North?) 


To  Perry  &  Lane 

Virg'a  March  y«  S'^  1685 
Gen'' 

1  had  not  an  oppertunity  to  write  to  you  by  the  Westcountry 
man  but  Suppose  m'  P^  Perry  sent  you  a  bill  of  Ladeing  for  29 
W  of  Tobacco  I  had  on  board,  this  I  hope  will  come  Safe  to 
hand  by  Cap^  Ruds  w''^  99  B.'^^  of  Tobacco  &  2  of  fun-es  &  Skins, 
there  is  too  many  Raccoons,  hope  they  m_ay  prove  better  y'n  the 
former.  I  had  these  by  mee,  thinlce  not  to  purchase  any  more 
hereafter  then  I  am  forced  to;  others  buying  them,  I  must  not 
alllcgether  refuse;  Traders (5)  are  all  now  out,  hope  p  y^  Cul- 
peper  to  Send  you  Some  Bever  c'ta  if  Cap*  Morgan  pleases  to 
take  itt  in,  w:''  is  a  great  question,  for  I  find  when  hee  can  get 
his  Loading  otherways  hee  will  take  in  none  for  his  old  fraighters 
the  matter  is  not  much.  Wee  must  provide  better  for  our 
Selves;  Inclosed  is  our  Invoice  for  Goods,  w:^  (if  Tob'o  will  doe 
any  thing)  I  desire  p  y*^  first,  should  have  been  glad  to  know 
whither  wee  might  Expect  any  Negro's  or  not,  that  wee  might 
(if  y^  project  had  fail'^  have  provid'd  otherwise;  I  am  Sorry  you 
did  not  Send  mee  our  apprentice  Boy,  they  may  (as  I  am  confi-  , 
dently  inform.ed)  bee  had  from  y^  Hospitall  at  any  time.  Such 
as  are  very  capable  of  our  businesse,  Ime  Sure  m""  Paggens 
concerne  is  Supplyed  that  way— Now  I  am  quite  destitute,  my 
Boy  being  just  free,  therefore  desire  you  by  any  means  to  Send 
m.ee  one  p  y*  first  oppertunity 

by  Cap*  Ruds  is  Sent  a  patteme  for  6  Mill  Saws  w:''  desire  may 
bee  Sent  in  p  first  conveniency  exactly  according  to  pateme. 

(5)     This  refers  to  the  Indian  traders  who  made  long  trips  into  the 
western  country. 


f.  LETTERS  OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  51 

I  have  Sent  for  my  Indian  trucke  by  guesse,  not  yet  knowing 
how  the  last  proved;  the  trade  is  overstocked,  One  indeavoring 
to  eat  out  another,  is  y**  reason  of  those  Commoditys  (as  well  as 
others)  So  much  trash  is  Sent  home,  how  to  prevent  itt  yett 
know  nott,  shall  not  trouble  you  farther  but  with  best  respects 
take  Leave 

Gen 

Yo^  frd  &  Serv* 

W  B 
To  P  p  Ruds 

Eight  H^^  of  y^  Tob'o  is  Sweet  Scented  w:^  they  are  you  will 
See  p  Y^  Invoice. 


To  Perry  &  Lane 

Virg'a  March  y«  ll**"  1685 
Gen' 

This  leaves  onely  to  accompany  Cap*  Williams  have  lately 
wrote  at  large  p  Ruds  have  little  more  to  adde.  I  am  glad  wee 
answer'd  yo"^  Expectation  in  designeing  Wynne  for  England, 
hoj^e  hee  is  long  since  Safely  arrived  &  by  this  time  Saild  to  Bar- 
bados, JVIy  Service  to  all  friends 
Gen' 

Yo'  frd  &  Serv' 
W  B 
To  P  p  Williams 


To 


Virg'a  May  y«  10"^  1686 
Gen' 

Cap'  Morgan  went  from  towne  y"  day  before  I  got  downe 
but  hope  you  will  recieve  by  him  92  H<^^  of  Tobacco  &  one  of 
furs,  as  ]j  bill  of  Ladeing  formerly  Sent  you  allso  30  H"^*  of 
Tobacco  p  Cap'  Gesther  who  I  hope  by  this  time  is  Saild,  wee 
were  forced  for  want  of  fraight  to  Send  otu"  Tob'o  downe  to 
Kiquotan,  where  m^  WiUson  hath  promised  to  take  our  bills  of 
Ladeing,  My  traders  have  all  mett  with  ill  Successe,  two  of  y'm 


vV.;..i 


52  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

I  heare  are  kill'*  above  400  miles  of,  &  the  rest  have  lost  all  their 
Horses,  &  forced  to  leave  their  goods  abroad,  hope  within  this 
fortnight  they  will  bring  y'm  in,  then  you  shall  have  Some  by  the 
first  oppertunity  w:*^  I  guesse  may  bee  Cap'  Hasted  who  comes 
about  from  Rapahanocke  to  take  in  Tobacco  here,  there  is  like 
to  bee  little  Bever  this  year,  Scarce  any  to  bee  bought  among 
the  Indians-  wee  trade  with.  Looking  over  the  Copy  of  my 
Invoice  I  find  no  Guns,  powder  Cta.  mention'd;  If  there  is  none 
in  y*^  Invoice,  pray  Send  mee  as  on  the  other  Side,  as  allso  Some 
few  things  more  there  mention'd.  Cotton  is  better  liked  then 
y*^  plains  w:^  is  much  complained  of,  as  allso  y^  Kettles,  w:^ 
(they  say)  had  holes  in  them.  You  shall  hear  farther  ere  long; 
Could  wish  James  w*''  y^  Negro's  might  have  been  Somewhat 
earlier  for  I  Suppose  our  parts  will  be  Supplyed  long  ere  hee 
arrives  but  that  cannot  now  bee  hope,  Not  else  but  wish  you  all 
Happinesse  I  remain 

Gent 

Yo^  frd  &  Serv' 

W  B 
I  have  lately  charged  Severall  considerable  bills  of  Ex'ea  on  you 
Viz*  6  Col'o  Cole  to  my  L^  Effingham  11  1.  4s.  to  m^  Audito' 
124  1.,  to  m"-  Hartwell  a  bill  for  48  1.  18s.  6d.  w:''  I  desire  you  to 
pay  accordingly. 

(To  be  continued) 


r) 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  53 


MRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

(Contributed  by  Leo  Culleton,  92  Piccadilly,  London,  W,  and 
the  late  Lothrop  Withington.) 
(Continued) 


William  Codd  of  Watringbery  in  the  Countie  of  Kent, 
yeoman 
and    within    the    dioces    of    Rochester. 
Dated  14  Nov.  160G  Proved  3  March  1607  [-81 

My  bodye  to  be  buryed  in  the  churchyard  of  Watringbery. 
To  the  poore  people  at  my  buryall  Two  bushells  of  wheate  in 
bread.  And  in  money  twentie  shillinges.  To  some  learned 
man  to  gi\^e  the  people  some  good  lesson  at  my  buryall,  sixe 
sliillinges  eighte  pence.  To  my  mayd  servantes  two  shillinges 
a  peece.  And  to  all  my  men  servantes  twelve  pence  a  peece. 
To  Hester,  my  wife,  the  best  Bedstedle  in  my  owne  Chamber, 
and  the  bedstedle  in  the  porche  lofte  with  all  the  Beddinge  be- 
longing. I  will  that  William  Codd  my  sonne  when  he  cometh 
to  his  landes  shall  i^ay  unto  his  mother,  yi  she  be  then  living, 
three  score  poundes.  To  Hester  &  Elizabeth  my  daughters, 
two  hundred  poundes  a  peece  at  twentie  yeares  of  age  or  dayes 
of  marriage.  I  will  that  if  Hester  my  wife  happen  to  dye  before 
my  Sonne  be  one  and  twentye  yeares  of  age  Then  Thomas  Perri, 
gent  of  Leneham  do  take  my  ly\dng  and  children  till  they  be  of 
age  or  married.  And  if  he  be  dead  or  will  not  take  them.  Then 
my  wives  brother  John  Lampord  to  take  them  in  manner  afore- 
said. To  Hester  my  daughter  Sz  Elizabeth  my  daughter  out 
of  my  land  in  Nettlestead  and  East  Peckham,  sixteene  poundes 
a  yere  till  my  sonne  William  ys  full  one  and  twentie  yeres  of  age 
and  appoynted  by  me  to  enter  uppon  his  lande.  To  Hester,  my 
wife  the  profitt  of  all  my  houses  and  lande  in  Watryberye  or  els 
where  within  the  Countie  of  Kent,  till  my  sonne  is  of  age.     To 


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54  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

William  Codd  my  sonne,  my  dwelling  house  bames,  stables 
^^ith  all  other  buildings,  Landes,  meadowes  pastures  and  woodes 
lying  in  Watringbery  or  any  other  place  within  the  Countie  of 
Kent  upon  Condition  that  yf  Hester  my  wife  be  with  childe,  of 
a  m.an  childe,  then  I  will  him  to  be  baptised  by  the  nam.e  of 
Robert,  &  William  my  sonne  shall  pay  unto  Robert  my  sonne 
(yf  any  be)  thirteene  poundes  sixe  shillinges  and  eight  pence  a 
yeare  for  ever.  And  yf  my  wife  be  with  Childe  of  a  mayde 
childe  Then  I  will  her  name  to  be  Anne.  And  WiUiam,  my 
sonne  to  pay  unto  Anne  (3^  any  be)  one  hundred  poundes  at 
twentye  yeares  of  age. 

Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole  Executor:  William  Codd  my 
sonne. 

vSupervisors :  Thomas  Perri,  gent,  John  Lamport  &  Thomas 
Ayarste,  gent  of  West  Malynge. 

John  Brown  his  marke,  Walter  Brovoke  his  marke,  William 
Panckas  his  marke,  Witnesses. 

3  March  1G07  Administration  granted  to  Hester  Codd,  relict 
of  said  deceased  during  the  minority  of  William  Codd  the  Execu- 
tor nam.ed.     19  Windebank. 


James  Codd  of  Watringburie  in  the  Countie  of  Kent,  gent. 

Dated  14  Nov.  1611  Proved  18  Nov.  1611. 

To  William  Codd,  my  eldest  sonne.  All  my  landes  Tenements 
and  hereditaments  scituate  in  Watringburie  aforesaid.  To  have 
and  to  holde  the  same  unto  the  saide  William  his  heires  and 
assignes  for  ever  from  and  after  the  decease  of  Constance  my 
nowe  wife  *  *  .  Also  all  my  wood  land  in  East  mawlinge 
in  Countie  Kent,  after  he  shall  have  come  to  the  age  of  twentye 
one. 

To  Richard,  my  second  sonne,  All  my  Landes  Tenements  and 
hereditam.ents  with  the  appurtenncs  thereto  belonging  scituate  in 
Pemburye  in  the  said  County  of  Kent.  *  *  unto  the  said  Richard 
and  to  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever,  after  he  shall  have  ac- 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  55 

complished  his  age  of  Twentie  one.  To  my  youngest  sonne 
Henrie  Codd,  all  my  landes  tenements  and  hereditaments 
scituate  in  Towne  Sutton  als  Sutton  Valence  in  the  said  Countie 
of  Kent.**  to  the  said  Henrie,  his  heires  and  assignes  for  ever 
from  and  after  the  decease  of  my  vv^ife  Constance.  Also  all  my 
landes  and  tenements  scituate  in  Easte  Farley  in  the  said 
Countie  of  Kent.**  from  and  after  he  shall  have. accomplished 
his  age  of  twentye  one.  To  my  daughter  Jane,  One  hundred 
and  thirtie  poundes,  to  be  paide  unto  her  v^hen  she  shall  accom- 
plish her  age  of  Twentie  and  one  yeares  or  daie  of  marriage. 
To  my  daughter  Anne,  One  hundred  and  thirtie  poundes  to  be 
paide  unto  her  vi'hen  she  shall  accomplish  her  age  of  Twentie 
and  one  yeares  or  daie  of  marriage.  To  my  daughter  Bridgett, 
One  hundred  and  thirtie  poundes,  to  be  paide  lilcewise  to  her 
at  the  same  age,  or  daie  of  marriage.  Provided  alwaies  that  if 
my  wife  Constance  shall  happen  to  be  nowe  v/ith  childe.  Tlien 
fowerscore  and  tenne  pounds  shalbe  deducted  out  of  my  said 
daughter's  porcons,  and  paide  to  such  childe  or  children  as  my 
said  wife  shall  happen  nowe  to  goe  with.  *  all  when  he  she  or 
they  sliall  accomplish  their  lawfuU  age  of  Twentie  and  one 
yeares  or  be  married.  To  the  poore  of  Watringburie,  Twentie 
shillinges.  To  the  poore  of  Easte  Mawlinge,  Tenne  shillinges. 
To  my  Mother  Agnes  Codd,  Thirtie  shillinges  to  buye  her  a 
ringe.  To  my  brother  Thomas  Codd,  Twentie  shillinges  to  buye 
him  a  Ringe.  To  my  sister  Katherine  Perry,  Twentie  shillinges 
to  buye  her  a  ringe.  To  my  cozen  Julyan  Charieton,  sixteene 
shillinges  to  buye  her  twoe  silver  spoones.  To  my  freindes 
Henry  Wood,  Judith  his  wife  and  Elizabeth  Wood  their  daugh- 
ter. Three  poundes  to  buye  each  of  them  a  Ringe  of  golde.  To 
Katherine  Fuller  &  Ellen  Puplett,  Tenne  shillinges  a  iDcece. 

Residuary  Legatee  and 'Sole  Executrix:  Constance  my  wife. 

Overseers:  my  brothers  Thomas  Perry  &  "Shemaia"  Selherst. 

Lawrence  Mansfeild,  Henr>'  Wood  &  John  Ashenden,  Scr., 
Witnesses. 

Proved  18  Nov.  1611  by  the  Execturix  named.     94  Wood. 

[The  mention  of  land  at  East  Moiling  in  the  will  of  lames  Codd,  above, 
and  in  the  will  of  William  Codd  (1052),  published  in  this  Magazine  XXIII, 
382,  makes  it  probable  that  the  former  was  the  father  of  the  latter,  who 
was  father  of  St.  Legcr  Codd  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.  William  Codd 
(1006)  above  may  have  been  the  brother  of  James.] 


OO  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

TiiciMAS  Chicheley  of  Wimple  in  the  Countie  of  Cambridge, 
Knight. 

h  Daied  29  Oct.  1616  Proved  27  Nov.  1616. 

First,  my  will  is  that  my  Executors  shall  see  soone  as  they 
ma  ye  convenientlie,  tal<e  and  renue  the  lease  of  the  Mannor  or 
faiTne  of  Malton  in  the  Countie  of  Cambridge  with  the  appur- 
tenncs,  of  the  Master  and  Fellowes  of  Christes  Colledge  in  Cam- 
t}..  bridge  in  the  proper  names  of  my  said  Executors  and  to  them 

u  their  heires  and  assignes  for  and  duringe  the  lives  of  the  Lady 

\v  Dorothy   Kempe  my   Mother-in-lawe,    Thomas   Chicheley   & 

ii  Heriry  Chicheley  my  sonnes  and  for  and  duringe  the  life  of  the 

survivor  of  them  for  which  I  have  alreddie  contracted  with  the 
b;  said  Master  and  Fellowes  of  the  said  Collidge.     And  my  will  is 

](  that  my  Executors  shall  Keepe  the  lease  in  their  handes  untill 

my  heir  male  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  one  and  twentie 
V  yeares  to  the  uses  and  pur]:>oses  hereafter  expressed.     Also  my 

said  Executors  shall  take  in  their  names  the  lease  of  the  parson- 
age of  Arrington  in  the  said  Countie  of  Cambridge  for  which  I 
) ,  have  already  contracted  with  the  same  Master,  Fellowes  and 

Schollers  for  soe  longe  tyme  as  they  may  grant.  And  my  said 
Executors  shall  retayne  the  lease  in  their  handes  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  hereafter  expressed  untill  my  heir  male  shall  come  of 
age.***  To  my  said  Executors,  twoe  partes  of  my  mannor  of 
Wimple  in  the  said  Countie  of  Cambridge  and  all  my  other 
Landes  tenements  leases  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  in  the 
Realme  of  F3ngland  into  three  partes  to  be  devided  untill  my 
said  heir  male  shall  accomplish  his  full  age.  Also  to  my  said 
Executors,  all  my  plate,  Jewells  household  stuffe  goods  and 
Chatties  whatsoever.***  to  the  uses  and  purposes  that  my  said 
Executors  with  the  aforesaid  goodes  and  Chatties  and  with  the 
rents  and  profitts  of  the  aforesaid  Mannor  Landes  Tenements 
hereditaments  and  leases  shall  pay  and  discharge  all  my  debts, 
to  distribute  amonge  the  poore  of  Wimple,  Tenne  poundes  and 
to  the  poore  of  Arrington,  five  pounds,  and  to  the  poore  of 
Weady,  five  poundes  and  to  mayntaine  and  bring  up  my  younger 
Children  And  when  my  heir  male  shall  attaine  his  full  age  my 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  57 

will  is  that  the  aforesaid  twoe  parts  of  the  Manor  of  Wymple 
and  of  all  other  my  freehould  Mannors  landes  tenements  leases 
and  hereditaments,  Except  the  aforesaid  leases  of  Malton  and 
Anington  parsonage  and  all  such  land  tenements  and  heredita- 
ments as  I  latelie  bought  of  Robert  Hoods  of  Wendy,  in  the 
said  Countie  of  Cambridge,  shalbe  and  remayne  to  my  said 
heire  male  and  to  his  heires  for  ever.****  And  if  my  Executors 
cannot,  out  of  themeanes  aforesaid  provide  sufficient  portions  for 
every  of  my  said  younger  Children,  then  they  shall  keepe  in 
theire  handes  the  said  leases  of  Malton  and  Arrington  parsonage 
untill  they  shall  have  raysed  sufficient  portions.***  And  after- 
wards my  Executors  shall  assigne  the  Residue  of  their  interest 
in  the  said  leases  to  my  heir  male. 

Executors:  My  Wife  the  Lady  Dorothy  Chicheley  and  my 
brother-in-lawe,  William  Harrington,  Esquire  and  m}--  Cosen 
John  Piggott  Esquire. 

Thomas  Chicheley,  Edward  Anngier,  George  Holder,  Paule 
Kente,  Witnesses. 

Proved  27  Nov.  1616  by  Dorothy  Chicheley,  one  of  the  Exors 
ntune,  po^\'er  reserved  to  William  Harrington  and  John  Piggott. 
115  Cope. 

[Sir  Thomas  Chichley,  of  Wimple,  or  Wimpole,  Cambridgeshire,  was 
the  father  oi  Sir  Thomas  Chichley,  Master  of  the  Ordinance,  and  of  Sir 
Henry  Chichley,  who  served  as  an  officer  in  the  Royal  Army  during  the 
Civil  War,  came  to  Virginia  in  1649  and  as  Burgess,  Councillor,  Deputy- 
Governor  and  Governor,  was  long  prominent  in  the  Colony.  He  married 
Agatha  (Eltonhead)  widow  of  Ralph  Wormeley,  of  "Rosegill,"  Va., 
and  died  Inlx  5,  1682.  See  this  Magazine  III,  39;  XVII,  144.  His 
mother  was  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Kempe,  of  Olantigh,  Kent, 
and  sister  of  Mary,  wife  of  Sir  Dudley  Digges,  of  Chilbam, two  gov- 
ernors of  Virginia,  Sir  Henry  Chichley  and  Edward  Digges  were  first 
cousins.  Mary  Chichley,  whose  will  follows  was  a  sister  of  Sir  Thomas 
the  elder.] 


Mary  Chicheley,  of  Wymple  in  the  Countie  of  Cambridge, 

Spinster. 
Dated  1  March  1616  [-17]  Proved  3  June  1617. 

To  be  buried  in  the  Chappell  to  the  Church  in  Wymple.  To 
the  poore  Inhabitants  in  Wimple,  Five  poundes.  To  the  poore 
in  Arington,  Fifty  shillings  and  to  the  poore  in  Wendy,  fifty 
shillings.     To  my  mother  Mris  Anne  St.  John,  one  hundred 


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58  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

poundes.  To  my  sister  the  Lady  Dorothie  Chicheley,  my  sister 
Elizabeth  Pinchebacke,  my  brother  Wilham  Harrington  Esq., 
my  sister  Dorothie  his  wife  and  to  my  brother  John  Chicheley, 
either  and  everie  of  them,  Fourtie  j^oundes.  To  my  brother 
Devereux  Chichley,  one  himdred  poundes.  To  my  brother 
Oliver  St.  John,  and  to  my  sister  Anne  St.  John,  either  of  them, 
Twenty  poundes.  To  my  Cosyns,  Thornas  Chichley,  Dorothie 
Chichley,  Jane  Chichley,  Henrye  Chichley  &  John  Chichley, 
the  Children  of  my  brother  Sr  Thomas  Chichley,  Knight  late 
deceased,  everie  of  them.  Twenty  poimdes.  And  to  my  Cosyn 
and  Goddaughter  Anne  Chichley,  fourtie  poundes,  to  be  payde 
unto  them  as  the}^  shall  accomplish  theire  age  of  one  and  twentye 
yeares.  To  my  Cosin  John  Pigott,  esquire,  five  poundes  to  buy 
him  a  Ringe.  And  to  Mris.  Frances  Bowyer,  three  poimdes  to 
buye  her  a  Ringe.  To  Air  Edwarde  Marshall  and  to  George 
Holder  either  of  them,  Tenn  poundes.  To  my  Nursse  Pincke, 
five  poundes  And  to  my  Ivlayde  Alice  [space]  three  poundes.  I 
bequeath  Six  poundes,  to  be  distriljuted  amongst  my  sister 
Chichley 's  sen'ants  in  her  howse  at  the  tyme  of  my  death. 

Residuary  Legatees  and  Executors:  my  sister  the  Lady 
Chichley  Sc  my  brother  Devoreux  Chichley. 

William  Hinton,  John  Hinde,  Tiniothie  Atkinson,  Witnesses. 

Proved  3  June  1617  by  Devoreux  Chichley,  one  of  the  Execu- 
tors named,  power  reserA'ed  to  Dorothie  Chichley,  the  other 
Executor.     61  Wcldon. 


Henry  Churchill  of  Steeple  Claydon,  county  Bucks,  gent. 
Will  23  May  1651;  proved  10  Febniary  1653-4.  I  bequeath 
to  my  eldest  son  Tobias  at  his  age  of  24  my  mansion  house 
wherein  I  now  dv/ell,  with  my  close  adjoining  called  Sand  Fur- 
long; a  parcel  called  Peartree  Hill  abutting  on  the  land  of  Rich- 
ard Doggett,  v.'ith  the  meadow  adjoiniiig  called  the  lower  part 
of  Great  Riffams;  to  remain,  in  deiault  of  issue  to  him,  to  my 
sons  Henry,  John,  Thomas.  Joseph,  and  William  successively. 
And  I  charge  whichever  of  my  sons  shall  inherit  the  premises 
to  pay  to  my  third  daughter  Phillis  Churchill  £.10  yearly  for 
her  maintenance  till  her  age  of  21,  and  then  a  portion  of  £200. 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  59 

I  give  £200  apiece  in  like  manner  to  my  eldest  daughter  Anne 
Churchill  my  second  daughter  Marie  Churchill  and  my  fourth 
and  youngest  daughter  Frances  Churchill.  I  give  to  my  son 
Henry  at  his  age  of  24  my  close  in  Steeple  Cleydon  called 
Gabrielle  Ground.  To  my  sons  John  and  Thomas  my  pastvue 
called  Bushy  Close  and  the  meadow  called  Cowmeade.  To  my 
son  Joseph,  my  moiety  of  the  ground  called  Boumheades.  To 
my  son  Tobias  my  freehold  land  in  the  commion  fields  of  Leigh- 
ton  Buzzard,  county  Bedford,  called  Midsom^er  Plott,  and  11 
acres  of  copyhold  which  I  purchased,  and  my  will  is  that  my 
wife  shall  surrender  to  him  and  his  heirs  m.y  m_essuage  and  land 
and  one  cottage  wherein  the  Widow  Doggett  now  dwelleth,  all 
in  Leighton  Buzzard  aforesaid,  and  I  charge  these  premises 
with  the  pa^'inent  of  £300  to  William  Chm-chill,  my  youngest 
son,  at  his  age  of  21,  with  £10  yearly  for  his  maintenance  mean- 
while. I  bequeath  to  my  godson  Henry  Churchill,  son  of  my 
brother  Th.om-as  Churchill  of  Clifton  in  the  parish  of  Deddington, 
county  Oxon,  yeoman,  £5.  To  miy  godson  Henry  Churchill, 
son  of  John  Churchill,  late  of  Steeple  Cleydon,  deceased,  10s. 
To  the  poor  of  Leighton  Buzzard,  40s.  at  the  discretion  of  the 
minister,  churchwardens,  and  overseers  of  the  poor.  To  the 
poor  of  Steple  Cleydon  40s.,  one  half  in  bread,  the  other  in 
m.oney.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  to  my  wife  Phillis  Churchill, 
whom  I  make  my  executrix;  and  I  appoint  my  said  brother 
Thomas  Churchill  and  his  eldest  son  Thomas,  my  kinsm.an, 
Joseph  Townesend,  son  of  my  brother  in  law  William  Towne- 
send  of  Princes  Risborow,  county  Bucks,  and  my  eldest  son 
Tobias,  my  overseers,  (signed)  Plenr)'-  Churchill.  Witnesses: 
William  Fry,  the  mark  of  Henry  Chamberlaine.  Administra- 
tion granted  to  the  abovesaid  Tobias  Churchill,  the  executrix 
named  being  then  also  deceased.     Brent,  367. 

[The  mention  in  this  will  of  a  brother  living  in  Oxfordshire,  makes  it 
possible  that  the  testator  may  have  been  of  the  same  family  as  William 
Churchill  of  Va.,  who  was  born  at  North  Aston,  Oxfordshire.] 


Robert  Codrington  now  within  the  precincts  of  the  Cathedrall 

Churche  of  Bristoll,  gentle. 
Dated  11  Feb  1618.  Proved  7  May  1819. 

To  my  eldest  daughter  Elizabeth  Codrington,  Two  hundreth 


00  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

I)Oundes.  To  Anne  Codrington  my  second  daughter,  Two  hun- 
dredth poundes.  To  Francis,  my  third  daughter,  one  hundredth 
poundes.  To  Susanne,  my  fourth  daughter.  Two  hundi^eth 
poundes.  ,  To  Dorothie,  my  fifth  daughter,  Two  hundreth 
]joundes.  To  Joyce,  my  sixt  daughter,  Two  hundreth  poundes. 
To  Marye,  my  seaventh  and  youngest  daughter  nowe  h\'inge, 
Three  hundreth  poundes  to  be  paid  within  the  space  of  one  yeare 
nexte  after  the  death  of  Mris  Margaret  Caple,  wife  of  WiUiam 
Caple  of  Warrington  in  the  County  of  Somersett,  Esquire.  To 
m},'  sixe  younger  *sonnes,  Tenne  poundes  a  peece  quarterly  to  be 
jjaid  by  my  wiffe  their  mother  "or  to  maintaine  them  with 
sufficient  meate  drinke  and  apparell,  wth  good  education  leav- 
inge  her  my  said  wieff  free  Hbertie  to  take  choice  and  at  her 
l)leasure  to  doe  which  of  these  she  will,"  during  the  l}'fe  of  my 
Father  Symon  Codrington,  of  Codrington  in  the  County  of 
(jIouc,  Esquire.  To  my  eldest  sonne  John  Codrington,  a 
Lease  of  all  woods,  underwoods.  Groves,  and  Tymber  trees 
growinge  in  Chesecome  Haynes  grove,  the  Ekn  Hoye,  and  Winch 
liaye  adjoyninge  to  the  aforesaid  mannor  house,  of  Codrington 
granted,  Lett  and  sett  l)y  lease  unto  mee,  by  and  from  my  said 
I'^ather  Symon  Codrington  only  upon  this  proviso  and  Condicon 
that  he  my  said  sonne  John  Codrington  shall  jmye  to  m>'  said* 
sonnes  Twentie  poundes  a  peece. 

Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole  Executrix:  Anne,  my  wyfe. 

Overseers:  my  freinds  Sr  Thomas  Estcoot  Knighte,  Mr 
'J'homas  Joye  [Juyer],  Gyles  Codrington,  and  John  Codrington 
my  brothers. 

Edward  Greene,  "Huse3\ ' '  Thomas  Juye,  nic:  Hely,  Witnesses 

Proved  7  May  1619  by  the  Executrix  named.  [*Not  named]. 
4tl  Parker. 

[The  testator,  like  John  Codrington,  whose  will  was  printed  in  this 
Magazine  XXIII,  159,  was  of  the  family  from  which  came  the  Codring- 
tons  of  Barbadoes,  one  of  whom,  Henningham  Codrington,  wife  of  Dr. 
J'aul  Codrington,  has  many  descendants  in  Virginia.] 


Edward  Fleete,  citizen  and of  London.     Will  8  March 

billi;  proved  12  January  11147-8.  St  Bennet  Shirhog.  [Probate 
Act].  As  touching  the  disposing  of  all  such  goods  and  other 
estate  as  God  hath  lent  me  in  this  world,  I  give  unto  my  daughter 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  61 

Aurelia  £400,  and  a  ring  with  a  table  diamond,  with  other  [sic] 
household  stuff,  which  is  in  a  note  whereunto  I  have  put  my 
liand.  To  my  daughter  Jane,  £400,  a  ring  with  eight  small 
diamonds,  and  other  household  stuflf,  in  the  said  note.  To 
my  loviiig  sister  Suzan  Younge  £100.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods 
to  my  four  children,  equally  to  be  divided  among  them,  to  wit, 
my  son  Edward,  and  my  three  daughters,  Judeth,  Sarah,  and 
Rachell.  I  give  to  my  son  my  two  seal  rings  of  gold.  To  my 
daughter  Judeth  a  small  diamond  ring.  To  my  daughter 
Sarah  a  ring  with  a  jacinth  stone.  To  my  daughter  Rachell 
a  ring  with  a  white  safier  stone.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
where  I  now  dwell,  £5.  I  make  my  daughter  Aurelia,  and  my 
friend  Mr.  Richard  Holland  my  executors.  Witnesses:  Jona- 
than Tucke,  John  Speer.  Codicil  March  the  9th,  1649.  For 
Aurelia  Fleete :  A  ring  with  a  fair  table  diamond,  a  suit  of  table 
linen  of  damask,  which  she  shall  choose,  a  pair  of  childbed 
sheets,  a  pair  of  pillowbeeres  to  them,  and  of  the  small  childbed 
linen  a  third  part,  a  pillow  of  purple  velvet  embroidered  with 
tentwork,  a  lesser  cushion  grounded  with  silver,  a  suit  of  hang- 
ings with  tapistry  containing  five  pieces,  a  bedstead,  a  furniture 
for  it  of  crimson  perpetuano,  and  a  window  curtain  with  crim- 
son lace  and  fringe;  a  featherbed,  boulster  and  pillows,  a  pair  of 
blankets,  a  crimson  rug  [of]  pintatho  bordered  with  satin,  a 
cupboard  cloth  of  kersey,  a  great  chair  and  six  stools  trimmed 
suitable  to  the  bed,  a  piUow  and  two  cushions  of  figured  satin, 
and  eitlier  the  chest  of  drawers  or  the  best  trunk,  which  she 
pleaseth,  a  pair  of  brass  andirons,  fire  shovel,  and  tongs.  For 
Jane  Fleet  a  ring,  etc.,  and  linen  as  above,  the  other  suit  of 
damask,  a  bedstead,  a  furniture  of  pintatho  for  a  bed,  a  quilt 
of  the  same  bordered  with  satin,  a  sideboard  cloth,  and  a  cujv 
board  cloth,  an  inward  furniture  for  the  bed  of  white  calico 
edged  with  bone  lace,  etc.  [as  above]  (signed)  Edward  Fleete. 
Witnesses :  Jonathan  Tucke,  John  Speer.  Proved  by  Aurelia 
Fleet,  with  power  reserved,  etc.     Essex,  4. 

[Henry  Fleet,  who  emigrated  to  Virginia,  had  a  brother  Edward  Fleet, 
who  may  have  been  the  testator  above.  See  this  Magazine  11,  70-76, 
V,  253,  254.  If  so,  this  Edward  Fleet  had  at  one  time  lived  in  Maryland 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Assembly  in  1638] 

(To  be  continued) 


62  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

COUNCIL  PAPERS  1698-1702. 


(From  the  Originals  in  the  Virginia  State  Library) 


Account  of  William  Byrd,  Auditor. 

(Concluded)  £      s      d 

24"' June  1699.  by  Order  of  His  Excellency 1076.  18.  05}4 

By  paid  his  Excellency  for  SLx  month  14  dales 
house  rent  Ending  y«  same  time  by  Order  as  afore- 
said      80.15.04^ 

By  paid  the  Gent  of  the  Councill,  One  yeares  Sal-  ' 

ary  Ending  the  27*''  Aprill  1699  by  Order  as  before  350.  00.  00 

By  paid  Wm.  Blathwayt  Esq''  his  Maj'"  Audif 

&c.  one  yeare  and  a  quarter  Salary,  ending  y"  24 1'' 

June  1699  by  Order  as  before 125.  00.  00 

By  paid  Benj'a  Harrison  Clk  of  y^  Councill  one 
Yeare  four  Months  (wanting  2  dales)  Sallary  End- 
ing the  Same  time  by  Order  as  before 66.  03.  01 

By  paid  Barth.  ffowler  Esq^  His  Maj'^"  Attorney 
Gen '11  for  one  Year  two  months  &  four  dales  Sall- 
ary Ending  the  Same  time  by  Order  as  before 47.  02.  04 

By  paid  the  Rev*^  M""  Blaier  for  Soe  much  paid  by 

him  to  tenn  Ministers  for  Preaching  at  James  Citty 

last  Gen'll  Court  and  Assembly  by  Order  as  before     10.  00.  00 

By  paid  y^  Solicit""  of  the  Virg'a  Affairs  One  year 

and  a  Quarters  Salary  Ending  y''  24'-''  June  1699 

by  Ord^  as  before 125.  00.  00 

By  paid  Edward  Ross  Gunn""  of  the  fort  at  James 
Citty  One  yeares  and  a  quarters  Salary  ending 

the  Same  time  by  Order  as  before 18.  05.  00 

By  paid  Roger  William.s  for  hooping  75  barrells 

powd""  by  Order  as  before 7.  10.  00 

By  paid  Benj'a  Harrison  Clk  of  the  Councill  for 
vSoe  much  paid  by  him  to  Severall  p'sons  for  Mess- 
ages for  his  Maj'*  Service  by  Order  as  before 80.  10.  06 

£4761.16.053^ 

The  Auditor  is  Continued Dr. 

To  severall  Articles  brought  over  amounting  to..6393. 19. 113^ 


m 


COUNCIL    PAPERS.  63 

Mem*^ 

the  Shi(is  being  now  all  cleared  there  can  arise  noe  money  to 
y<^  Revenue  for  the  next  half  yeare  little  or  noe  tob'o  being  ex- 
ported till  some  time  after  X'mas. 
Contra  Cred' 

By  Severall  Articles  brought  over  amounting  to 4761.  16.  06}4 

By  paid  Benjamin  Hamson  Clk  of  y"  Councill  for 
Soe  much  paid  by  him  to  Severall  psons  for  Mess- 
ages and  extraordinary  Services  about  the  ffort  at    ■ 

James  City  by  Order  of  Excellency 15.  08.  06 

By  paid  John  Chiles  his  Majt«  Messenger  to  At- 
tend his  Excellency  and  Councill  One  yeare  and  a 
Quarters  Salary-  Ending  y^  24'^  June  1699  by  Or- 
der as  before ...._ 31.  05.  00 

By  paid  John  Henly  for  makeing  a  platforme  & 
finding  Materialls  at  Tindalls  point  by  Order  as 

before.  ._ 25.00.00 

By  paid  Rich'*  Dunbarr  for  one  yeare  and  half  a 
quart"  Salary-  as  Gunner  of  His  Maj*^  ffort  at 
Tindalls  i^oint  and  for  Several  Disbursm'"  for  y^ 

use  of  His  Maj*^  Said  ffort  by  Order  as  before „...     17.  03.  00 

By  Collect"  Sallary  at  10  p  C*  of  3395.  2.  8 339.  10.  03 

By  y«  Audito"  Salary  at  7i/^  p  C*  of  3055.  12.  5 229.  03.  05 

Soe  that  there  remaines  due  to  His  Maj'ty  from 
this  Accomptant  the  Siune  of  nine  hundred  seaven- 
ty  four  pounds  thirteen  Shillings  and  three  pence 
three  farthings 974.  13.03^ 

p  William  Byrd  Aud^ ..£6393.  19.  lli^ 

Virg'a  ss.  William  Byrd  Auditor  to  his  Majesty's  Revenue 
of  2«  reserved  for  every  hundred  Acres  of  Land  held  of  his 
Majesty  in  this  Colony  Also  Composition  for  the  Year  1698.-..D' 

To  the  Ballance  of  last  yeare's  Acco*. 4405.  19.00 

To  the  Q^  Rents  of  Gloucester  County  Cash  and 

Sallary  deducted— 284281.  at  7^6<^.  p  C^ 106. 12.  01    ■ 

To  Ditto  in  King  &  Queen  Cou'ty  35051  at  Ditto....  131.  08. 

To  Ditto  in  New  Kent  County.  29958  at  Ditto 112.  06.  10 

To  Ditto  in  York  County.  12144  at  Ditto 45.  10.  10 

To  Ditto  in  James  Citty  County.  18745  at  6».  p  C*..    56.  04.  09 


64  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

To  Ditto  in  Wamick  County.  7565  at  Ditto 22.  13.  11 

To  Ditto  in  Elizabeth  City  Cou'ty.  5824  at  Ditto...  17.  19.  05^ 

To  Ditto  in  Middlesex  County.  9842  at  Ditto 29.  10.  07 

To  Ditto  in  Essex  County.  13259  at  Ditto 39.  15.  08 

T  ■  To  Ditto  in  Charles  City  County.  27493  at  Ditto....  82.  02.  04 

To  Ditto  in  Henrico  County.  27126  at  Ditto 81.  07.  06^ 

To  Ditto  in  Surry  County.  20842  at  Ditto 62.  10.  063^ 

.    .        To  Ditto  in  Isle  of  Wight  County.  24384  at  Ditto.  .  73.03.01 

j'!^hc  1       'I'o  Ditto  in  Nanzamond  County.  22770  at  Ditto..  68.  06.  03 

PN-         To  Ditto  in  Norfolk  County.  19780  at  5\6'^.  p  C*  54.  07.  11 

To  Ditto  in  Princess  Ann  County.  17973  at  5».  p  C^  44.  08.  07J^ 

To  Ditto  in  Northampton  County.  20434  at  Ditto  .  51 .  01 .  09 

\.9''        To  Ditto  in  Accomack  County.  40768  at  Ditto 102.18.06 

\.               I^o  Severall  Composition's  for  Excheats  amount- 
el  ingto 13.  15.  02 

i«'i?.  £5602.  10.08M 

to  jolr  Contra  C^ 

Trow.        By  paid  the  Reverend  M""  Blaier  pursuant  to  In- 

C  .  structions  from  their  Excellency's  y*^  Lords  Jus- 
tices of  England  being  for  four  Yeares  arrears  Due 
to  him  y«  11**^  July  1698  as  Comissary  to  the  Lord 

Bishop  of  London,  by  Order  of  His  Excellency 400.  00.  GO 

By  allowed  the  Audif  pursuant  to  a  Warr*  from 
their  Excellencies  y*'  Lord's  Justices  of  England  • 

Counter-Signed  by  the  Right  Hon'ble  the  Lords 
Comissioner's  of  his  Maj'^  Treasury  dated  y""  15**' 

r  November  1698  for  Soe  much  advanced  for  the 

Support  of  this  His  Maj**  Govemm'  by  Order  as     "' 

before.. . ...2955.09.081/^ 

By  paid  the  Reverend  M""  Blaier  one  Yeare  (want- 
ing Seaventeen  daies)   vSallary  Ending  the  24*** 

June  1699  by  Order  as  before 95.06.  10 

By  Audito"  Salary  for  1196.  11.  8}4  at  7^  p  C     89.  19.  103^ 

Soe  that  there  remaine  Due  to  His  Maj'ty  from 

this  Accomptant  y*-'  Sume  of  two  thousand  Sixty 

one  pounds,  Nineteen  vShillings  &  three  pence.  ..2061.  19.  03 

£5602rfo7o8i$ 
p  William  Byrd  Aud'. 


EXTRACTS  FROM   KING  WILLIAM  COUNTY   RECORDS.  65 


EXTRACTS  FROM  KING  WILLUM  COUNTY  RECORDS. 


(Contributed  by  W.  B.  Cridlin,  Richmond,  Va.) 

(Continued) 

['J'!ie  records  of  this  County  have  been  greatly  damaged  by 

several  fires  and  only  fragments  remain,  which  have  been 

collected  and  bound.] 

1821.  Waller  Quarles  and  Kesiah  his  wife  to  William  Burke, 
Woodson  Jones  and  John  Waller,  executors  of  Joseph  Temple, 
deceased.     (P.  153.) 

1821.  John  Shackleford  and  Polly  his  wife,  of  King  &  Queen 
to  John  Cook,  Jr.,  Deed.  Witnesses:  Bailey  Fox,  Thomas  W. 
Trew,  Thomas  Jeffries,  and  John  DuVal,  Justices  of  King  & 
Queen,  take  acknowledgement.     (P.  154.) 

1821.  James  Johnson  of  King  William  to  Thomas  Dabney 
of  the  2^^  part  and  Richard  Cockran,  Deed.     (P.  155.) 

1821.  Samuel  B.  Lipscomb  to  Agnes  Blackwell  (a  sister  of 
said  S.  B.  L.)his  half  of  land  inherited  on  division.  (P.  157, 
158.) 

1809.  Robert  Blaclcwell  to  Daniel  EUett,  Deed.  Land  ad- 
joining that  of  Major  Cole  Digges.  Witnesses:  Benj.  Pollard, 
Robert  Pollard,  Robert  Pollard,  Jr.     (P.  159,  160.) 

1809.  John  Boswell  to  James  Boswell,  Deed.  His  interest 
in  his  deceased  father's  land.     (P.  159.) 

1809.  James  Johnson  to  Philip  Johnson,  Deed  for  personal 
property.     Witnesses:  J.  Walker,  Wm.  R.  Johnson.     (P.  160.) 

1813.  William  Trigg  and  Rebeckah  his  wife,  who  was  Re- 
beckah  Crenshaw,  to  John  BalLentine.  Deed  for  love  and  affec- 
tion.    Witnesses:  Thomas  Dabney,  Philip  Johnson.     (P.  161.) 

1813.  James  White  to  Charles  Lipscomb  and  John  Mill, 
Deed.  Mentions  mother  Martha  White  and  father  Thomas 
White,  deceased,  and  brother  Richard  White.  Witnesses: 
James  Mill,  Charles  Neale,  William  White,  Jr.,  Henry  Brenan, 
(P.  162.) 


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66  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

1796.  John  Drewry  and  Sarah  his  wife  of  King  William  to 
Charles  Carter  of  Charles  City  County.  Deed.  Land  formerly 
purchased  by  Robert  Drewry,  deceased,  of  Thomas  Blackwell 
and  Robert  Oliver.     (P.  163,  198.) 

1796.  John  Ruffin,  John  Roane,  and  Edward  P.  Chamber- 
la\aie,  gents.,  greeting,  wheras  Sterling  Ruifm  and  Alice  his 
V,  ife,  etc.,  have  conveyed  to  Robert  Slaughter,  and  wheras  said 
Alice  cannot  travel  to  Court  to  make  acknowledgement,  &c. 
Edmund  Berkeley,  Count}'-  Clerk.     (P.  168  to  184,  modem.) 

1798.  William  Richardson  and  Ann  his  wife,  of  Hanover 
Co.,  to  William  Ring,  of  New  Kent.  Land  willed  to  Grymes 
Cobbett,  deceased,  by  his  father  Henry  Cobbett,  deceased,  part 
of  which  was  sold  by  Grymes  Cobbett,  deceased,  to  James  Dugan 
of  King  William.  Land  was  mentioned  in  Henry  Cobbett's 
will  as  "Keys."  Witnesses:  Thomas  Fox,  Bathurst  Jones, 
Thomas  Phillips,  William  Croxton,  John  Christian,  John  Talley, 
Thomas  Stark.     (P.  202.) 

1798.  "William  Dabne3^  Jr.  and  Sally  his  wife  of  King 
V\^illiam,  to  William  Cooke.  Witnesses:  William  Dabney,  Jr. 
[?],  Byrd  Chamberlayne,  John  Fox,  William  Hough. 

1798.  John  Beckley  and  Roger  Gregory,  Jr.  to  Nathaniel 
Gregory,  Bond.  Witnesses:  Thomas  Butler,  Thomas  Quarles, 
Thos.  Seayres,  George  Williamson.     (P.  188.) 

1797.  John  Rice  of  the  Co.  of  Mason,  Ky.  to  Wm.  Rice  of 
King  William.  Land  inherited  by  the  will  of  his  father, 
Michael  Rice,  deceased.  Mentions  brothers  Samuel  Squire 
Rice  and  Philip  R.  Rice.     (P.  192.) 

1720.     List  of  surveys  of  Jas.  Taylor,  surveyor,  recorded. 
Acres. 
Lieut.  Coll.  Wm.  Byrd.  600 

Robt.  Bird.  600  Saml.  Norment. 

Mr.  Henry-Webber.  200  Robt.  Charlesworth. 

Mr.  John  Robinson.  2000  Do.  and  John  Fulcher. 

Robt.  Beadles.  275  Ralph  Williams. 

Wm.  Higgins.  400  David  Murry. 

Thos.  Evans.  200  Robt.  Holmes. 

Wm.  Yarbrough.  400  Robt.  Holmes. 

Richard  Yarbrough.  400  Robt.  Holmes. 


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John  Collier,  Jr.  400  Robt.  Holmes. 

John  Collier,  Jr.  400  Robt.  Axton. 

Capt.  Thos.  Carr.  400  Robt.  Axton. 

Capt.  Thos.  Terry.  400  Robt.  Axton. 

Capt.  Thos.  Terry.  400  Robt.  Chandler. 

Capt.  Thos.  TeiTy.  200  Capt.  Jas.  Terry. 

Wm.  Dunn.  320  Mr.  John  Quarles.' 

Wm.  Dunn.  280  Thos.  Clarke. 

Jas.  Cary.  400  Thos.  Ware. 

Phil,  and  Geo.  Southerland.     200  Thos.  Thompson. 

Mr.  Nath.  West.  112  Chas.  Oakes. 

Henry  Morris.  400  Thos.  Hamor. 

Col.  Keith  &  Geo.  Thompson.  400  Nicholas  GiUint,  M.  D. 

Jno.  HoUiday.  400 

Put  into  King  William  Court  the  lO'i^  of  June  1720.     (P.  13.) 
[It  is  probable  that  the  names  following  the  numbers  of  acres 

are  those  of  chainman  or  witnesses.] 

1722.     Wm.  Claiborne  to  Philip  Whitehead.     Deed.     (P.  14.) 
1722.     Thos.  Clements  to  Capt.  Philip  Whitehead.     Deed. 

(P-  14.) 

1722.     Thos.  Hancock  to  Jas.  Cox,  Deed.     Land  adjoining 

Henry  Gravett,  Alex.  King  and  George  Purchase.     (P.  15.) 


1798.  Drury  Boswell  Winfrey  and  Mary  Meredith,  his  wife, 
to  John  Hill,  Deed.  (P.  190).  Mentions  Jas.  Hill,  Jas.  John- 
son, Jr.  and  Wm.  Gregory  take  acknowledgement.  Edmund 
Berkeley,  Co.  Clerk.     (P.  190.) 

1798.  Drury  Boswell  Winfrey  mentions  land  as  inherited 
under  will  of  his  father  Isaac  Winfrey,  deceased.  Witnesses: 
Parmenas  Bryant,  Thos.  Hill,  Wm.  Hill,  John  Pannill.  (P. 
197.) 

1798.  Philip  Aylett  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  of  King  William, 
to  Reuben  Turner,  land  adjoining  Loften  Newman's  estate,  and 
Mrs.  Mary  Garlock  Purchased  of  Wm.  Aylett,  deed.,  father 
of  said  Philip,  but  not  recorded.  (P.  191,  192)  (&  193,  194, 
dated  1844.) 

1797.  Polly  Pemberton  Madison  of  King  William  to  John 
Whitworth,  land  devised  by  will  of  Henry  Madison,  deed.,  to 


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68  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

be  equally  divided  between  John  Madison's  children,  upon 
death  of  said  John  Madison  and  Sarah  his  wife.  Witnesses: 
George  Madison,  Patty  Madison,  Mary  Neale.     (P.  199.) 

1797.  Henry  Shackelford  and  Mary  his  wife,  to  Wm.  Nelson. 
Witnesses:  Thos.  Nelson  and  Christopher  Tompkins.     (P.  200.) 

1798.  Philip  Aylett  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  to  Wm.  Aylett. 
Deed.  Witnesses:  Robt.  Pollard,  John  Roane,  Jr.,  Robt.  New- 
man.    (P.  201.) 

■  '  ■'  BOOK  II. 

1722.  John  Edwards  to  Thos.  Johnson,  Deed.  Land  ad- 
joining Cyprian  Burwell.     (P.  78.) 

1722.  Thos.  Spencer  and  Anne  his  wife  to  Thos.  Spencer, 
their  son,  and  he  to  David  Meriwether.  Land  adjoining  Abra- 
ham Spencer.  (P.  8-12.) 

1722.  Thos.  Carr,  Jr.  gives  bond  as  sheriff.  Phil.  Whitehead 
and  John  Chiles,  securities.     (P.  16.) 

1722.  James  Adams  to  son  Peter  Adams,  Deed  of  gift.  (P. 
16.) 

1722.  Thos.  Clements  to  Geo.  Clements.  Bond.  Wit- 
nesses: James  Gary,  Jas.  Michell,  Jane  Gary.     (P.  17,  18.) 

1722.     James  Michell  to  Geo.  Clements.     Bond.     (P.  18.) 

1722.  Timothy  Johnson,  Lawyer  [more  probably  Sawyer]  to 
Jacob  EUis,  Deed.     (P.  19.) 

1722.  John  Edwards  and  Sarah  his  wife  to  Thos.  Johnson. 
Deed.  "Livery  of  seis'n  was  acknowledged  by  the  said  Jno. 
Edwards  to  the  said  Thos.  Johnson  by  delivery  of  turf  and  twig 
on  the  within  mentioned  premises  according  to  the  form,"  &c. 
(P.  20.) 

1722.  John  Armour  of  Albemarle  Co.  to  his  brother's  order. 
Deed  of  gift  (P.  20.)  [This  must  have  been  Albemarle,  North 
Carolina,  as  Albemarle,  Va.  did  not  then  exist.] 

1770.  Philip  Southerland  to  Nath.  West,  Jr.  Deed.  (P. 
21,  22.) 

1771.  Martin  Davenport,  Gent.,  to  Thos.  Johnson.  Land 
granted  to  Saml.  Williams  and  Wm.  Le in  1705,  and  con- 
veyed by  said  Saml.  Williams  to  • .     (P.  23,  24.) 


EXTRACTS  FROM  KING   WILLIAM  COUNTY  RECORDS  69 

1800,  John  Drewry  &  Sarah  his  wife,  who  was  Sarah 
Slaughter,  Ambrose  Edwards,  Jr.  &  Ann  his  wife,  formerly  Ann 
Slaughtet ,  Samuel  oMeredith  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  fonnerly 
Elizabeth  Slaughter;  Wharton  Quarles  and  Mowming  his  wife, 
formerly  Mowming  Slaughter;  John  King  and  Mary  his  wife, 
formerly  Mary  Slaughter;  Wm.  Tanney  Burrus  and  Martha 
his  wife,  who  was  Martha  Slaughter  of  Orange  County;  Roger 
Slaughter  of  Orange  Co.,  and  James  Jones  and  Jane  his  wife, 
who  was  Jane  Slaughter  of  King  and  Queen  County,  to  Henry 
Taney  Slaughter.     (P.  25,  2G.) 

1795.  Wheras  John  Gatewood,  Fleming  Gatewood,  Fanny 
Gatewood,  Jas.  Gatewood,  Penelope  Gatewood,  Nancy  Gate- 
wood,  Alexander  Gatewood,  Fielding  Gatewood,  Ezekiel  Field 
and  Caty  his  wife,  and  their  brothers  and  sisters  Joseph,  Sarah 
and  Frances,  are  entitled  to  a  tract  of  land  in  the  counties  of 
Caroline  and  King  William,  &c.,  which  clause  is  said  will  (not 
found)  is  in  these  words  "Likewise  I  give  and  bequeath  all  resi- 
due of  my  Estate  both  real  and  personal  in  Kentucky  and  Vir- 
ginia to  be  equall}''  divided  between  my  sons  and  daughters 
herein  mentioned,"  and  being  so  entitled  the  said  Fleming, 
Fanny,  John,  &c.,  have  separately  sold  to  Leonard  Gatewood, 
&c.  Witnesses:  Jesse  Carter,  Fullington  Gatewood,  John  Dav- 
enport and  Thos.  King.  The  first  three  witnessed  the  deed 
before  the  clerk  of  Jefferson  Co.  Court,  Kentucky,  2P'  July 
1803.  Statement  made  that  all  but  Leonard  Gatewood,  who 
lived  in  King  William  Co.,  were  residents  of  Jefferson  Co.,  Ky. 
(P.  27,  28.) 

1803.  Miles  King  and  Mar}'  his  wife  to  Wm.  Gregory,  Deed 
of  trust  for  Elizabeth  S.  C.  King,  their  daughter.     (P.  29,  30.) 

1803.  Farley  Frazer  and  Lucy  his  wife  to  Peter  Dessarges. 
Deed  and  Mortgage.     (P.  29.) 

1803./  Jas.  Pannell  of  King  A¥illiam  to  brother  John  Pannell. 
Deed  of  land  inherited  by  will. 

1796.  George  Peay  and  Ann  his  wife  to  Thos.  Rowe.  Deed 
(P.  31.). 

1704.  Thos.  Carr,  John  Whitehead,  Thos.  Swan,  Henry  Fox 
and  Thos.  Fullerlove,  administrators  of  will  of  Wm.  Rawlings, 


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deed.,  part  of  Rawlings  will  extant,  p.  34.     Leaves  estate  for 
schooling  of  poor  children. 

1703.  Inventory  of  estate  of  John  Holling.     (P.  36-39.) 
1706.     Inventory  of  estate  of  Wm.  Clayboume,  Gent.     (P. 

37-39.) 

1705.  Inventory  of  estate  of  Edward  Burgess,  deed.  Com- 
missions (to  make  inventory?)  Roger  Mallory,  Joseph  Bickley, 
Saml.  Norment.     (P.  39,  40.) 

1705.  Wm.  Rawlings  to  Arthur  Arnold,  Maurice  Floyd, 
Thos.  Thomson  and  Caleb  Saunders,  each  a  cow,  and  to  I\Iary 
Ashlock,  daughter  of  John  Ashlock,  deed.,  one  cow  &c.,  and 
to  Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Whiteland,  and  to  Rachel  Oakes. 
(P.  41.) 

1704.  York  Co.,  April  24,  1704. 

This  day  and  year  above  came  before  mee,  Henry  Tyler, 
Samson  Sherard,  of  the  county  aforesaid,  merchant,  and  made 
oath  upon  the  holy  Evangelists  that  Geo.  Preston  of  the  s'd 
county,  deed.,  did  in  his  lifetim.e  stand  justly  indepted  unto 
him  the  just  sum  of  three  pounds,  sixteen  shillings  and  three 
pence  Ster.,  by  acct.,  and  forasmuch  as  the  said  Sherard  ob- 
tained administration  of  the  estate  of  the  s'd  Preston  in  King 
William  Co.  court,  &c.,  desires  to  render  a  true  Inventory  of  s'd 
Intestates'  estate  &c.  Signed  H.  Tyler,  Presented  in  King  Wm. 
Court  by  Hugh  Owen,  Atty.  for  Sherard  May  20,  1704  (P.  42.) 

1704.  Isabella  Nichols,  Jas.  Adams  and  John  Anderson, 
administrators  of  estate  of  Thos.  Nichols,  deed.     (P.  43.) 

1704.  Geo.  Chapman's  will  in  part  mentions  his  godson 
Thos.  West.  Leaves  him  residue  of  estate  and  nominates  him 
executor.  Witnesses:  Nat.  West,  Mathew  Creed,  Reynold 
Brightwell,  Arnold  Mann.     (P.  44.) 

1704.  Christopher  Peace,  will,  leavesallestateto  his  brother 
Ralph  Pea.  Witnesses:  Lewis  Davis,  V/m.  Paris,  and  Mary 
Pea. 

(To  be  continued) 


PROPOSALS   IN   REGARD  TO   VIRGINIA        "  71 


PROPOSALS  IN  REGARD  TO  VIRGINIA. 


Virginia 

In  Pursuance  of  His  Ma''^^  Commands  it  is  humbly  offered, 

1.  That  three  Companys  of  soldiers  may  constantly  remain 
there  as  also  a  Catch  with  thirty  men.  ^\nd  that  together  with 
the  Governor,  Lieutenant  Governor,  Major  General,  Chaplane, 
Chirurgeon  &c.  they  be  placed  upon  the  Establishment  here  in 
England  in  the  same  manner  and  proportion  as  in  Jamaica. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  1,  is  this  comment]. 

Proposal  rec'^  from  y^  Lord  Culpeper  13^''  of  Dec.  1678.  and 
read  the  14*''  following.  Agreed  only  but  two  foot  Companys 
instead  of  three. 

2.  That  there  be  one  sufficient  Fort  erected  there  in  the  most 
convenienL  place  to  secure  Shipping  whereby  the  King  may  be 
safe  from  Rebellion,  His  Customs  more  secure  at  home  &  the 
Country  less  liable  to  invasions  and  losses.  And  to  this  End 
that  his  Ma'ty  be  pleased  to  write  a  possitive  Letter  to  the 
Assembly,  And  as  our  Encouragement  to  them  to  do  the  rest 
that  his  Ma'ty  be  pleased  for  such  time  as  shall  be  necessary 
to  apply  the  Quit  Rents  and  Escheats  &c.  when  the  Patentees 
are  agreed  with,  to  that  use  as  also  His  two  third  parts  of  all 
Fines  and  Forfeitures  which  by  almost  all  past  acts  are  granted 
to  themselves  and  not  to  the  Crown  the  residue  to  be  made  up 
there  either  by  an  Imposition  on  liquor  imported  or  otherwise 
regard  had  to  the  poverty  of  the  place  by  the  late  Rebellion 
and  the  present  Constitution  of  affairs  there. 

3.  That  there  be  towns  built  there  one  on  each  great  River  if 
possible.  And  in  order  thereunto  that  after  sufficient  notice  to 
l)rovide  Warehouses  and  other  conveniences,  no  ships  whatso- 
ever be  pciTnitted  to  load  or  unload  but  at  the  said  places  where 
the  towns  are  designed  the  chiefest  whereof  to  be  near  the  above- 
mentioned   fort.     And   in   case   different   Interests   hinder  y« 


72  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  '" 

Assembly  there  from  agreeing  the  places  His  Ma'ty  upon  Report 
of  the  case,  to  direct  them  and  to  grant  them  all  necessary  privi- 
leges as  to  Trade  and  Markets  but  not  to  Incorporate  any,  or  to 
give  them  any  share  in  the  Government  and  particularly  not  to 
choose  Burgesses. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  3,  is  this  comment.] 

Agreed. 

4.  That  all  the  Laws  of  the  Country  be  forthwith  perused 
here  and  out  of  them  a  body  compiled  with  such  alterations  as 
shall  be  thought  fitting  and  sent  by  the  Lord  Culpeper  under 
the  Great  Seal  of  England  to  be  confirmed  there  wherein  all 
defects  in  the  stile  may  be  amended  and  all  forfeitures  granted 
to  the  King  only.  And  particularly  wherein  several  clauses  in 
the  Act  for  raising  the  two  shillings  per  hogshead  on  Tobacco 
exported  thence  for  support  of  the  Government  there  may  be 
explained  and  amended  and  several  frauds  hindered.  As  also 
to  send  a  general  Act  for  Naturalization  and  to  repeal  the  Act 
of  four  poimds  damages  for  defaming  the  Governor  and  Council 
and  to  send  another  in  its  place  more  suitable. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  4,  is  this  comment]. 

There  is  not  time  enough  to  peruse  all  ye  Laws,  neither  are 
they  all  here:  therefore  those  now  in  being  are  to  remain  in 
force,  till  that  the  Lord  Culpeper  after  his  arrival  there,  shall 
with  the  advice  of  Council,  have  sent  a  body  of  Laws,  such  as 
His  Ma'ty  shall  approve  of,  to  be  enacted  there.  In  the  mean- 
time let  the  Act  of  y*  Revenue  be  now  next  amended  as  is 
proposed  also  the  Act  of  Naturalization  and  the  Act  about  the 
Governor  &c.  As  also  such  others  as  may  be  found  to  be  ab- 
solutely necessar}^  See  about  their  personal  estates  plundered 
&  condemned  by  the  Rebels. 

5.  That  his  Ma'ty  be  pleased  to  send  a  general  Act  of  In- 
demnity for  all  persons  and  Estates  (Bacons  only  excepted) 
and  those  who  suffered  on  legal  Trials  by  Jury,  rendering  two 
or  three  of  the  Ring  leaders  only,  incapable  of  Imployment. 
And  for  servants  that  no  other  advantage  be  taken  against 
them,  by  their  Masters  under  pretence  of  any  law  of  the  Country. 
But  that  the  Year  of  Rebellion  be  not  accounted  as  part  of  their 
time  of  service.     And  lastlv  that  there  be  a  clause  in  the  nature 


PROPOSALS  IN  REGARD  TO  VIRGINIA  73 

of  the  Act  for  Judicial  proceedings  to  confirm  all  Judgement  and 
process  of  Law  notwithstanding  the  misnameing  any  person 
for  Governor  that  was  not  Governor  and  notwithstanding  the 
Counsellors  not  having  been  as  they  ought  appointed,  or  con- 
firmed b\'  the  King  without  which  all  things  will  be  loose,  it 
having  been  as  I  am  credily  informed  constantly  omitted,  by 
S''  William  Berkley  ever  since  his  Ma''*"^  Restoration. 

6.  Thiii  there  be  care  taken  to  discharge  all  Moneys  remain- 
ing due  to  the  soldiers  remaining  there  now,  and  to  the  Country 
for  Quariering  them.  And  that  they  may  be  punctuahy  paid, 
for  the  future  as  also  that  the  old  Powder,  now  there  may  be 
changed  for  new  and  the  defects  of  the  stores  to  be  supplied. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  6,  is  this  comment]. 
Agreed.     And   the   Lord   Culpeper  is   Ordered   to   take   y* 
Accounts  and  see  both  Soldiers  and  the  Country  only  paid. 

7.  That  the  Patentees  of  both  grants  especially  the  Latter 
to  the  Lords  Culpeper  and  Arlington,  be  forthwith  agreed  with, 
and  the  Patents  taken  in  to  the  intent  that  in  pursuance  of  the 
Ingagement  to  the  Country  the  Lord  Culpeper  may  deliver  it 
up  vacated  with  his  own  hands. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  7,  is  this  comment]. 
Agreed.     And  the  Lord  Treasurer  is  forthwith  to  see  it  done. 

8.  That  in  case  of  War  or  great  dangers  no  Ships  be  permitted 
to  go  to  or  return  from  Virginia  but  with  sufficient  Convoys  or 
with  Fleets. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  section  8,  is  this  comment]. 
Agreed . 

9.  These  are  the  chief  specific  points  applicable  to  Virginia 
only,  and  the  present  Conjuncture  there,  to  which  adding  the 
General  heads  and  Powers  agreed  on  in  my  Lord  Carlisle's 
Commission  and  Instructions  as  a  pattern  for  the  Rest,  both 
as  to  the  Government,  and  the  comfortable  subsistance  of  the 
Governor  the  affairs  of  that  Colony  will  be  i)ut  into  a  good 
method  and  the  Lord  Culpeper 's  dispatches  quickly  dispatched. 

[On  thcr  margin  opposite  section  9,  is  this  comment]. 
Agreed,  and  to  be  done  forth  with  as  is  proposed. 
These   heads   were   delivered   in  January  1677  to  M''  Sec'y 
Coventry  and  read  at  the  Committee  of  Foreign  affairs  in  May 


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74  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

last  but  by  reason  of  my  lord  Treasurers  absence  nothing  done. 
But  upon  the  11 ''^  August  upon  a  full  debate  upon  every  one,  It 
was  resolved  as  in  the  margin,  and  I  conceive,  so  set  down  by 
M"  Secretary. 

[On  the  margin  opposite  is  tliis  comment]. 

Agreed,  taking  care  that  the  Estates  of  the  persons  pardoned, 
be  liable  to  their  debts.  And  that  the  loyal  persons  may  have 
their  Estates  again. 

The  following  lesser  points  were  also  agreed : 

1.  That  an  Order  about  the  Impost  of  Tobacco  demanded 
by  M'"  Sandys  and  M''  Brown  to  be  allowed  them  in  Virginia 
might  be  annulled. 

2.  That  all  Tobaccos  shipped  in  Virginia  should  pay  Virginia 
duties. 

3.  That  the  presents  for  the  Indian  princes  be  forthwith 
delivered  to  the  Lord  Culpeper. 

4.  That  the  King  would  send  a  Mace  and  Sword  to  the 
Country  as  he  had  done  in  other  places  and  furniture  for  a 
Chapel  destroyed  by  the  Rebels  as  my  Lord  Carlisle  had. 

5.  That  the  King  would  send  furniture  for  two  hundred 
dragoons  and  fifty  horse,  with  some  tents,  the  Country  moimt- 
ing  theirs  at  their  charge  on  occasion. 

6.  That  the  business  of  the  Auditor  be  setled  wherein  the 
Country  is  exceedingly  disturbed  and  as  I  conceive  His  Ma*'®' 
concerns  prejudiced. 

7.  That  all  writs  may  be  issued  out  in  the  King's  name  only 
if  it  be  practicable. 

A  true  Copy     teste 
W.  Davis 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Confederate  State  Debts. 

A  statement  showing  the  Public  Debt  of  each  of  the  Eleven  Confederate 
States,  and  their  readjustment: 

STATES  Debts  1860  Debts  1870  Readjusted. 

Alabama $6,700,000  S31, 952,000  $11,613,670 

Arkansas 3,092,624  18,287,273  5,813,627 

Florida 1,120,000  5,512,268  1,391,357 

Georgia 2,670,750  20,197,500  10,334,000 

Louisiana 4,561,109  40,416,734  12,635,870 

Mississippi none  3,226,847  379,485 

North  Carolina 9,699,000  29,900,045  3,629,511 

South  Carolina 4,046,540  24,782,906  7,175,454 

Tennessee 20,898,606  41,863,406  >  25,685,822 

Texas no  report  no  report  no  report 

Virginia ..-        31,800,712  45,718,112  24,000,000 

estimated 

1   cannot  find  anywhere  mention  of  Confederate  Govt.   debt.     Feel 

sure  I  should  remember  something  about  the  facts  if  it  ever  appeared 

to  me  in  print.     I  have  no  idea  where  to  apply  for  the  information  if  at 

all  attainable. 

H.  T.  Owen. 


ASHBURN. 


William  Ashbum 

of  Liverpool 

Who  traded  to  this  province 

for  many  years  Died  the  25th 

Day  of  October  1773  Aged  43  Years 

and  was  hurried  beneath 

this  Stone. 

Recently  I  was  shown  this  inscription  on  a  slab  covering  a  grave 

located  near  the  site  of  old  Ware  church  in  Chesterfield  county,  near  old 

Osborn  landing  and  on  or  near  the  Howlett  farm  on  the  James  River. 


76  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

A  broken  slab  covered  axiother  grave  alongside  of  this  one.  Thinking 
this  might  be  of  some  interest  to  you  I  copied  it. 

Trees  nearly  one  hundred  years  old,  I  judge,  have  grown  up  around 
these  graves  and  they  seemingly  have  long  since  passed  out  of  the  care 
of  any  one. 

.Sterling  Boisseau. 


Conquest. 


Communicated  by:  Charles  F.  Mcintosh. 
Copied  from  Book  A,  part  3  folios  33  &  34,  Clerk's  Office  of  the  Cir- 
cuit Court  of  Norfolk  County,  Virginia  (.Portsmouth,  Virginia): 

f.  33:  "Att  a  County  Court  holden  Ye  third  day  of 

November  1645  at  the  house  of 

William  Shipp: 
Prsent.  Capt.  Thomas  Willoughby  esqr. 

Capt.  Edward  Windham.  Mr.  Thomas  Meares. 

"'^  Mr.  ffrancis  Mason.  Mr.  Thomas  Lambard. 

Mr.  Edward  Loyd.  Mr.  Math.  Phillipps. 


f.  34: 

"Whereas  it  appfeares  unto  the  Court  that  Richard 

Conquest  hath  divers  tymes  gone  to  James  Towne 

to  copy  out  the  Acts  of  Assembly  whereby 

certaine  Charges  and  disbursm'ts  by  him  have  beene 
occasioned,  And  whereas  the  said  Richard  Conquest 
hath  allsoe  taken  paynes  in  faiie  copying  ye  said 
Acts,  and  in  Collecting  them  into  a  booke.     The 
Court  in  due  consideration  thereof  doth  thinke 
fitt  to  allowe  ye  said  Conquest:  1000  1.  tobo.  and 
to  bee  paid  in  Manner  following,  vizt.  5001.  to 
to  beeraysed  and  Levyed  upon  the  Inhabitants  of 
this  Countye,  and  to  bee  collected  by  the  Sherriflfe 
this  pressent  yeare — And  2001.  tobo.  iorsush  to  bee 
paid  bye  Ensigne  Lambard  and  of  a  fTine  w^ch  ye  said 
Ensignc  Lambard  hath  formerly  in  the  tyme  ot  his 
Shivalty  received  of  Richard  Hallgrave.     And  3001. 
of  tobo.  more  to  bee  paid  to  ye  said  Conquest  out  of 
ye  next  ffine  wch  shall  happen  to  bee  made  and 
assessed  by  ye  Court  for  ye  Countyes  use,  Of  wch  said 
10001.  tobo.  The  Court  doth  order  paymt  to  bee  made 
to  ye  said  Conquest  accordingly — and  in  such  manner 
as  is  aforespecified  and  explained  in  this  order." 


NOTES    AND    QUERIES.  77 

Note  by  C.  F.  McI.— Richard  Conquest  took  the  oath  as  High  Sheriff 
ol  Lower  Norfolk  County,  Va.,  March  6-1647  (.Book  B,  f.  70);  he  was 
elected  a  Vestryman  of  Elizabeth  River  Parish  Oct.  6-1648  (Book  V,  f. 
8S);  made  a  Deposition  that  he  was  "aged  28  or  thereabouts"  at  a  Court 
held  Aug.  16-1648  (Book  B,  f.  102);  was  made  a  Commissioner  of  Lower 
Norfolk  March  27-1651  (Book  B,  f.  171);  was  SherifT  of  said  County  Aug. 
8-1661-  when  he  was  enjoined  to  stop  "ye  frequent  meetings  of  this  most 
pestilent  Sect  of  Quakers."  The  Letter  was  addressed  "flfor  Mr.  Rich- 
ard Conquest:  sherr.  of  Lower  Norf"  and  signed  "Yor  Loving  flfriend 
William  Berkley"  (Book  D,  p.  264);  he  married  Mary  daughter  of  Capt. 
John  Sibsey  of  Lower  Norfolk  (Book  C,  f.  47);  No  will  of  the  said  Rich- 
ard Conquest  has  been  found  in  Norfolk  County. 


Robinson— CusTis  F.^mily— Accamac  County,  Va. 

On  page  195  of  the  Magazine  of  April  1916,  reference  is  made  to  John 
Custis  as  a  grandson  of  Elizebeth  Robinson;  Anna  Robinson  as  Exec- 
utrix etc.  etc.  and  "T.  T.  Upshur  stated  that  Major  General  John  Custis 
married  Alicia,  daughter  of  the  testatrix  (Elizebeth  Robinson)  etc.  etc." 
We  never  knew  that  Mr.  Upshur  ever  stated  that  Major  General  John 
Custis  married  Alicia  Robinson— he  did  state  that  Major  General  John 
Custis  of  Arlington  etc.  married  (first)  Elizebeth  Robinson,   {second) 

Alicia ,  widow  of  Peter  Walker,  etc.  and  [third) ,  etc.  etc.  etc. 

Was  Alicia  a  Robinson? 

On  page  308  of  the  Magazine  of  July  1916,  reference  is  made  to:  "She 
(Mrs.  Elizebeth  Robinson)  was  the  grandmother  of  Col.  Tully  Robinson, 
son  of  Win.  and  Col.  John  Custis,  only  child  of  Major  Heneral  John  Custis 
and  her  deceased  daughter  Elizebeth  ("Robinson  Custis.") 

We  do  not  understand  the  underscored  part  of  the  above  quotation. 

G.  C.  Callahan, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Genealogical  Inform.mion  Desired. 

The  undersigned  has  been  four  years  engaged  in  an  extensive  research 
in  the  interest  of  a  genealogical  work  which  she  is  preparing  for  publica- 
tion under  the  title:  "Some  Prominent  Families  of  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,"  the  data  for  which  she  obtained  first-hand  in  a  personal  search 
which  she  made  of  the  records  of  very  many  of  the  counties  of  Virginia 
and  North  Carolina.  She  desires  to  hear  from  all  persons  who  know 
themselves  to  be  descended  from  the  following: 


oaviiHoH 


78  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

Henry  Isham  (emigrant),  Henrico  Co.,  Va.,  through  his  two  daughters, 
Mary  (Isham)  Randolph  and  Anne  (Isham)  Eppes. 

Maj.  John  Stith  (emigrant)  Charles  City  Co..  Va. 

Lt.-Col.  Francis  Eppes  (emigrant),  Charles  City  Co.,  Va. 

Col.  Robert  Boiling  (emigrant),  Prince  George  Co.,  Va.,  through  his 
second  wife  Anne  Stith. 

Capt.  Nathaniel  Ridley  (emigrant),  Isle  of  Wight  Co.,  Va. 

Col.  Robert  Dickins  (emigrant).  Person  Co.,  N.  C. 

Edward  Lewis,  Mecklenbcrg  Co.,  Va. 

David  Walker,  Prince  George  Co.,  Va. 

Dr.  Samuel  Browne,  Isle  of  Wight  Co.,  Va. 

Richard  Bolton,  Isle  of  Wight  Co.,  Va.,  afterwards  of  Edgecombe  Co., 
N.  C. 

John  Vaughan,  Isle  of  Wight  Co.,  Va.,  afterwards  of  Northampton  Co., 
N.C. 

Charles  Bolton  (or  Boulton),  Caswell  Co.,  N.  C. 

Mrs.  Martha  C.  D.  Smithwick, 

881  Washington  Ave.,  Memphis,  Term. 


Wm.  H.  Roane. 


"Died,  at  Tree  Hill,  on  Sunday  morning,  after  a  very  protracted  illness, 
William  H.  Roane,  Esq.  His  remains  will  be  taken  for  interment  to  the 
family  burying  ground  of  the  late  Judge  Lyons  in  Hanover.  His  funeral 
will  take  place  from  the  residence  of  James  Lyons,  Esq.,  in  this  city,  at 
half  past  nine  this  morning,  and  his  friends,  and  those  of  Mr.  Lyons,  are 
respectfully  invited  to  attend  it  at  that  hour. — Richmond  Enquirer,  May 
12,  1845." 


Payne  Family. 

(Omitted) 
Alexander  Spotswood  Payne 

And  Already  published  in  April  No. 

Charlotte  (Bryce)  his  wife 
Their  children  were,  omitting  those  who  died  in  infancy: 
Archer  Alexander,  born  July  28,  1805;  died  July  20,  1826;  unmarried. 

(9)  Robert  Spotswood,  born  Jan.  15,  1809;  married  Frances  A.  R.  Meem 

(10)  George  Woodson,  born  Dec.  29,  1810;  married  Ann  Dabney. 

(11)  David  Bryce,  born  Aug.  10,  1812;  married  Helen  James. 

(12)  James  Ferguson,  born  Sept.  10,  1814;  married  Frances  Dudley. 

(13)  Martha   Dandridge,   born  Apr.   20,   1820;  married  Isaac  Vande- 
venter. 


ccoHofl  aohad'J 


itbOBX^lh 


NOTES   AND    QUERIES.  79 

(M)  Ann  Bryce,  bom  May  31,  1822;  married  Henry  R.  Smith. 
Lillias  J.,  born  Dec.  6,  1824;  died  unmarried. 

(15)  V/illiam  Michel,  born  Feb.  15,  1S2S;  married  Frances  Mitchell. 

(16)  Charlotte  E.,  born  Jan.  9,  1820;  married  John  H.  Winston. 

(17)  Karri.'t  J.,  born  Feb.  11,  1831;  married  Capt.  Wm.  Steptoe. 

7 

Catharine  Payne,  married  Archibald  Boiling  (See  Pocahontas  Descen- 
dants). 

They  had 

(IS)  Dr.  Archibald  Boiling,  married  Ann  E.  Wigginton  of  Bedford  Co. 

Edward  married  Ann  Cralle. 

Alexander,  married  Susan  Gray. 

Jeflerson,  died  unmarried. 

Catharine,  died  unmarried. 

Pocahontas,  married  1st,  Mr.  White;  2nd,  Mr.  Hill  and  died  without 
is.sue. 


Richard  B.  Gooch. 

For  about  two  years  before  his  death,  Richard  Barnes  Gooch  was 
editor  of  the  Southern  Planter,  at  that  time  owned  by  Peter  D.  Bernard, 
son-m-law  of  T.  W.  White,  founder  of  the  Southern  Literary  Messenger, 
and  first  pul^lisher  of  Ruflin's  Farmer's  Register.  Mr.  Gooch  died  in  his 
thirty-first  year,  May  13th,  1851,  at  his  home  called  "Airfield."  He 
had  been  a  student  at  the  University  of  Virginia,  and  while  there  was, 
during  1830,  one  of  the  Board  of  Editors  of  the  Collegian,  conducted  by  a 
committee  .  lected  by  the  students.  The  editors  of  this  publication  were 
encouraged  to  believe  they  could  make  money  by  it,  and  it  was  their  idea 
to  invest  the  profits  in  a  fund  for  the  support  of  a  Professorship  of  English 
Literature  at  the  University.  After  leaving  the  University,  young 
Gooch  v/erit  abroad,  and  some  of  his  letters  written  from  Europe  were 
published  in  the  Richmond  Enquirer.  May  29,  1841,  Mr.  Gooch  delivered 
the  anniversary  address  of  the  Patrick  Henry  Society  of  Richmond,  a 
pamphlet  printed  by  Bernard.  August  28,  1845,  Gooch  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Richmond  Education  Meeting, 
to  prepare  an  address  on  Education  to  the  People  of  Virginia. 

During  1845,  doubtless  in  October,  the  Southern  Review  began  to  appear, 
a  Richmond  periodical  which  has  been  a  good  deal  lost  sight  of.  The 
undersigned  has  seen  but  one  number  of  this  Review,  that  for  January 
1846,  Vol.  ] ,  No.  4.  The  cover  of  this  copy  is  gone,  and  there  is  nothing 
to  show  who  was  the  editor,  or  who  was  the  publisher.  This  number  of 
the  "Southern  Review,  devoted  to  Science,  Literature  and  Philosophy," 
is  full  of  matter  on  Education.     The  guess  is  offered  that  the  magazine 


b  eiri  310. 


80  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

was  an  outcome  of  the  Education  Meeting  and  Convention  of  1845,  and 
that  Richard  B.  Gooch  was  the  editor.     Ready  access  to  files  of  Rich- 
mond newspapers  might  clear  up  the  point  at  once. 
See  The  Collegian,  Charlottesville,  Va.,  1839,  p.  395. 
(2)  Southern  Literary  Messenger,  October  lS-15,  pp.  605-607. 
(3j  Southern  Planter.  June  1851,  p.  161. 
(4)  Christian,  Richmond  Past  and  Present,   p.  152. 

A.  J.  Morrison, 

Hampden  Sidney,  Va. 


Geology  of  Richmond. 

Department  of  the  Interior 

United  States  Geological  Survey 

Washington. 

Office  of  the  Director.  November  20,  1916. 

Editor, 

Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography, 
Richmond,  Va. 
My  dear  Sir: 

It  occurs  to  me  that  your  subscribers  may  be  interested  in  the  follow- 
ing statement  regarding  a  report  of  this  Survey  of  which  we  have  a  niun- 
ber  of  extra  copies  for  free  distribution.  (I  inclose  a  copy  of  the  report). 
If  you  feel  like  publishing  this  statement  1  should  very  much  appreciate' 
receiving  a  marked  copy. 


Report  on   Geology   of   Richmond,    Va. 

The  "Economic  Geology  of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  vicinity"  is  the  title 
of  a  report  issued  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey,  Department 
of  the  Interior,  as  Bulletin  483,  a  number  of  copies  of  which  are  available 
for  free  distribution.  This  bulletin  will  be  of  especial  interest  to  all  in- 
habitants of  Richmond,  for  even  the  laymen  who  is  not  interested  in 
geology  may  find  it  of  interest  and  value  to  know  just  what  kind  of  a 
foundation  his  house  rests  on,  at  what  depth  in  digging  a  well  ho  would 
strike  certain  rock  formations,  and  the  quality  of  the  granite  which  may 
be  found  in  his  own  back  lot,  information  whicli  is  readily  accessible  in 
Bulletin  483. 

An  abundance  of  minerals  is  found  in  this  region — including  brick  clay, 
molding  sand,  a  great  deposit  of  diatomaccous  earth,  ocher,  concrete- 
mal-'ing  material,  and  granite.  Granite  is  the  most  valuable  mineral 
product  of  the  area  and  is  well  suited  for  building  stone  of  the  highest 
grade.     One  of  the  most  notable  structures  built  partly  of  Richmond 


dfOI . 


•otUw'f 


NOTES   AND    QUERIES.  81 

{granite  is  the  huge  vState,  War,  and  Navy  Department  building  in  Wash 
ington.  .Several  paragraphs  of  the  report  are  devoted  to  each  mineral 
resource  discussed,  embracing  the  locations  of  the  different  deposits, 
the  quality,  and  the  extent  of  development. 

A  copy  of  Bulletin  483  will  be  sent  free  on  application  to  the  Director, 
U.  R.  Geological  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 

J  Yours  very  truly, 

Philip  S.  Smith, 

Acting  Director.    ' 
Iiiclosure. 


Berry  Family. 


I  read  with  a  great  deal  of  interest  your  article  published  in  the  XXIII 

Volume,  page  97,  of  this  magazine,  concerning  the  family  of  Washingtons 
into  which  my  great-great-grandfather,  Thomas  Berry,  of  "BeiTy 
Plains,"  King  George  County,  Virginia,  had  married.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  1737. 

Thomas^  Berry,  according  to  Bishop  Mead,  was  for  many  years  a 
Vestryman  in  St.  Paul's  and  Hanover  Parishes,  King  George  County. 
In  his  will,  probated  in  King  George  County,  1812,  he  names  three  sons, 
viz.:  Washin;4ton,  John  and  I^awrcnce,  and  a  grandson,  John  Thornton 
Augustine  Washington.  This  last  named,  I  know  to  have  been  the  son 
of  Thomas  Berry's  only  daughter  and  fourth  child,  Mildred^,  who  was  the 
first  wife  of  Thornton  Augustine  Washington.  (They  were  married  in 
Charles  Comity,  Md.,  2Gth  of  December,  1779).  He  was  the  son  of  Col. 
Samuel  Washington,  and  his  second  wife,  Mildred  Thornton.  At  Mil- 
dred Berry's  death,  Thornton  Augustine  Washington  married  in  17S6, 
Frances  Townshend  Washington,  first  cousin  of  his  first  wife.  Frances 
Townshend,  being  the  daughter  of  Lawrence  Washington,  of  King  George" 
County,  to  whom  General  Washington,  referred  in  his  will  as  "friend  of 
my  juvenile  years." 

Near  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century,  Washington  and  John  Berry 
removed  to  Kentucky. 

Washington-  Berry  ^Thomas')  married  Alice  Taylor,  daughter  of 
Col.  James  Taylor,  IV ,  of  Caroline  County,  Va.,  and  his  wife,  Anne  Hub- 
bard, daughter  of  Benjamin  Hubbard,  and  settled  at  Dayton,  near  New- 
port, Ky.     They  had 

1.  Taylor^,  married  Frances  Christy,  daughter  of  Col.  William  Christy 

of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  issue:  Martha  ^  and  Mary*. 

2.  Hubbard"^,  married  Agnes  King;  issue,  Martha*  and  Taylor*. 

3.  Mildred^  Washington,  married  Thomas  Buckner;  issue,  Hubbard*, 

Alice* ,  Sophia*  and  Thomas* . 


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82  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

4.  Alice^,  married  Richard  Taliaferro;  issue,  Alice"*  and  Anne^. 

5.  Lucy-S  married  Alexander  Sandford;  issue,  Alice*,   Tope*,   Belle<, 

Lucy*,  Thomas'  and  Edmimd*. 

6.  Sophia^,   married   Mr.   Timberlake;   issue,   William*,    Henry*    and 

Alice*. 

7.  James^  Thom.as,  married  Elizabeth  Wise;  issue, 

1.  Washington*,  died  unmarried. 

2.  Judge*  Albert  S.,  married  Anne  Shaler,  sister  of  Prof.  Nathaniel 

Shaler,  of  Harvard  College.     Judge*  Berry  was  an  officer  in  the 
Confederate  Navy.     In  later  years  was  a  member  of  Congress 
from  Campbell  and  Kenton  Counties,  Kentucky;  issue, 
Alices,  Di._  Shaler^,  M.  D.,  Albert^  S.,  Jr.,  Anne  Elizabeth^  and 
Robert^  Lawrence,  Lieut.  Com.,  U.  S.  N. 

3.  Virginia*,  married  Col.  Philip  Brent  Spence;  issue.   Berry  and 

Brent, 

4.  James*    Thomas,    married   Mary    Winston;    issue,    Mary,    James 

Thomas,  Jr.,  and  Edmund. 

5.  Jane*,  married  Taylor  Williams;  issue,  Elizabeth^  and  Sadie^. 

6.  Mildred*,  died  j'oung. 

7.  Elizabeth*,  died  young. 

8.  Edmund*,  T.,  died  young. 

8.  Edmund^  Taylor,  born  9th  of  June,  1811,  married  15th  of  May,  1833, 

Sarah  Frances  Taylor,  born  5th  of  May,  1815,  daughter  of  Major 
William  Taylor  and  Susan  Grayson  Harrison  Gibson,  his  wife; 

1.  issue,  Surgeon*  William,  U.  S.  A.,  1861,  no  marriage. 

2.  Alice*  Elizabeth,  married  Stephen  Fitzjames  Trabue;  issue,  Ed- 

mund^  Francis,  Stephen^  Fitzjames,  Jr.,  Willett^  C,  Robert^ 
Berry,  Alice^  Elizabeth. 

3.  John*  Washington,  married  Jane  Holmes. 

4.  Edmonia,  married  Thomas  Shannon. 

5.  Thomas  Gibson,  never  married. 

6.  Rear  Admiral  Robert  Mallory,  married  Mary  Augusta  Brady. 

7.  Frances,  never  n:arried. 

8.  Gibson  G.,  never  married. 

9.  James,  married  Lillian  Pearce. 

9.  John^,  married  Rebecca  Finch;  issue, 

Sophia*  and  Lucy* . 

John2  \V.\shington  Berry  (Thomas^)  married  Anne  Taylor,  daughter 
of  Lieut.  Jonathan  Taylor  of  The  Revolution,  and  his  wife  Anne  Berry, 
of  C.?aroline  County,  Ga.     Issue: 

Thomas^  Washington;  Lawrence^  Washington;  SamueP  Taylor;  Tay- 
lor-'; Edward^  Taylor;  Frank'^  Taylor;  Mildred^;  Anne^  Taylor;  Mary^ 
Washington;  Jonathan^;  Joim^  Washington;  William^  Taylor;  Washing- 
ton'^; George^. 

Mary  Washington^  Berry  (John^  Washington,  Thomas^)  married 
Peter  Berry,    issue:   Dr.    James*    Thornley,  M.   3,    mirrijd  .Viita 


iH  b: 


NOTES    AND    QUERIES.  83 

Anderson    Gray,     issue:    Anita^    Anderson,     Fannie^     Brent.      Anita 
Anderson  married  Roby.  Spottswood  Brooke. 

Peter*. 

Gibson''  Taylor. 

Mary*  Frances,  married  Jack  Langhorne  Brent,  issue:  Judge  Georga* 
A.,  Mary^  Derry  and  Fannie*''  Langhorne. 

William-*  Taylor  (John^  Washington,  Thomas*)  mairied  his  first 
cousin,  Mar;j:arct  Anne  Taylor,  is.sue: 

(1)  John^  lemoved  to  Texas  and  married;  (2)  Nanny*,  married  Mica- 
jah  Fible;  (3)  Jonathan*  Taylor,  married  Courtenay  Smith;  (4)  Mary* 
Elizabeth,  married  John  J.  Harbison,  issue:  Rosa-"^;  (5)  Anderson*,  died 
at  Camp  Douglas;  (6)  Thomas*  Brent,  never  married. 


Lawrencii 2  Berry  (Thomas* )  was  a  lawyer,  also  Clerk  of  King  George 
County,  Virginia,  for  thirty-four  years,  from  178S  to  1822,  when  he  died. 
He  married  Kotherine  Hodge.  In  his  will,  probated  in  King  George 
County,  he  names 

Elizabeth^,  Katherine^,  Mildred^  Washington,  Maria^,  Lawrence^, 
Henry^,  John^,  Thomas^,  Charles^,  Rev.^  Robert,  Alexander^. 

He  also  mentions  a  son-in-law,  Robt.  I.  Taylor,  of  Alexandria,  Va., 
who  married  Elizabeth^  Berry. 

Their  descendants  are  Henry  Allen  Taylor,  Lawrence  Berry  Taylor, 
in  Virginia  and  District  of  Columbia;  Elizabeth  Taylor,  married  Robert 
Scott,  of  Fauquier  County,  Virginia. 

Mr.  Archibald^  Taylor,  attorney  at  law,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Mr. 
Julian^  Taylor,  attorney  at  law,  Alexandria,  Va.,  are  from  this  family. 
Also,  Mr.  John*  Berry,  Clerk  of  the  Court  at  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  is  a 
grandson  ot'  Lawrence  Berry,  Sr. 


The  State  of  the  Commonwealth,  1824-1835. 

It  should  be  of  interest  to  announce  that  a  small  fund  is  being  raised 
for  the  purpose  of  reprinting  a  group  of  very  valuable  addresses  made  at 
Hampden-Sidney  College  between  the  years  1824  and  1835.  These  ad- 
dresses are  six  in  nimiber,  the  authors  being  John  Holt  Rice,  William 
Maxwell  (.editor  of  the  first  magazine  of  the  Virginia  Historical  Society), 
J.  Burton  Harrison,  Jonathan  P.  Gushing,  James  Mercer  Gamett,  and 
Lucian  Minor.  These  men,  all  of  high  intelligence,  seem  almost  to  have 
spoken  by  programme,  directing  their  remarks  towards  a  constructive 
criticism  of  Virginia  as  the  state  was  in  those  critical  years.  The  result 
is  a  body  ot  work,  quite  homogeneous,  and  of  very  great  interest. 


'/ft  J 


84  VIRGINIA   HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

The  material  of  these  essays  will  run  to  about  130  pages;  the  cost  of 
printing  will  be  rather  more  than  one  dollar  a  page.     Those  interested 
will  please  communicate  with  the  undersigned. 
A.  J.  Morrison, 

Hampden-Sidney, 

Prince  Edward  Co.,  Va. 


Robinson. 


Referring  to  the  will  of  Elizabeth  Robinson  on  pp.  194-5,  Vol.  XXIV, 
No.  2,  Mrs.  Ljimgstedt  begs  to  say  that  this  will  is  to  be  found  recorded 
in  Vol.  8,  fol.  ?26,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  at  Eastville,  Northampton  Co., 
Va.  The  court  may  have  been  a  Court  for  Accomack  County,  and  the 
residence  of  Elizabeth  in  Accomack  County,  but  the  statement  as  to  the 
location  of  the  record  is  certainly  misleading. 


85 


GENEALOGY. 


GENEALOGY. 


The  Go RSUCH  AND  Lovelace  Families. 

(Continued.) 

(By  J.  H.  P.,  Baltimore,  Md.) 

Anna^  Gorsuch  and  the  Todd  Family  of  Virginia  and  Maryland. 

(Continued.) 

Children  of  Thomas-Todd  and  his  wife  Anna*  (.John^,  Daniel^,  Will- 
iam^)  Gorsuch: 

1.     i.     Thomas^  Todd.     Born  1660.     Died  Jan.  16,  1724-5.     Married 
Elizabeth  Bernard.     Had  issue.  (see  post) 

ii.  Robert^  Todd.  Born  prior  to  Aug.  17,  1664,  when  his  father 
by  deed  of  gift  settled  three  dividends  of  land  in  Baltimore 
County  on  his  sons  Robert  and  John,  with  reversion  to 
the  survivor  (see  ante,  24;  428).  Living  Apr.  5,  1669  when 
he  was  brought  into  Maryland  by  his  father.  As  this  land 
was  later  in  the  possession  of  his  brother  Thomas^  Todd 
and  there  is  no  transfer  on  record,  it  seems  likely  that 
Robert  died  in  childhood.  Certainly  his  name  does  not 
reappear  in  the  Maryland  records, 
iii.  John^  Todd.  Bom  prior  to  Aug.  17,  1664,  when  his  father 
settled  land  upon  him  and  his  brother  Robert  (see  ante, 
24;  428).  Living  Apr.  5,  1669  when  he  was  brought  into 
Maryland  by  his  father.  Like  his  brother  Robert^  he  does 
not  reappear  in  the  Maryland  records.  It  is  of  course  pos- 
sible that  they  may  both  have  returned  to  Virginia  after 
their  father's  death.  This  John^  Todd  is  to  be  carefully 
distinguished  from  John  Todd,  who  died  1677,  and  was  the 
son  of  Thomas  Todd  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  Md.,  and  of  a 
different  Todd  family  (Md.  Hist.  Mag.  9,  300). 

2.  iv.     James^  Todd.     Born  about  1670.     Died  May  9,  1709.     Mar- 

ried  1st   Elizabeth ;   2nd/ Penelope   Scudamore.     Had 

issue.  (see  post) 

3.  v.     Anne^Todd.     Bom  about  1658-1661.     Died  between  1684-1694. 

Married  Miles  Gibson.     Had  issue.  (see  post) 

vi.     Johanna^  Todd.     Born  prior  to  Apr.  5,  1669,  when  she  was 

brought  into  Maryland  by  her  father.     Living  Feb.   21, 

1675-6,  when  she  is  mentioned  in  her  father's  will.     Not 


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S6  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

traced  further.  She  is  not  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her  step- 
father David  Jones  Feb.  3,  168G-7,  as  are  her  three  sisters. 
vii.  Frances^  Todd.  Born  prior  to  Apr.  5,  1669,  when  she  was 
brought  into  Maryland  by  her  father.  Mentioned  in  her 
father's  will  1675-6.  Under  the  will  of  her  step-father  David 
Jones,  dated  Feb.  3,  1686-7,  the  tract  Long  Point,  250  acres, 
was  left  to  her  and  her  heirs,  and  a  contingent  interest  with 
her  sister  Avenlla  in  his  dwelling  plantation  [Cole's  Har- 
bor]. Long  Point,  patented  by  David  Jones  under  a  survey 
dated  June  16,  1682,  lay  on  the  west  side  of  the  main  branch 
•        '  [Herring  Run]  of  Back  River.     Although  no  transfer  of  this 

'  '.  tract  appears  among  the  Baltimore  County  deeds  prior  to 
1728,  when  it  was  sold  by  John  Cromwell  [son  of  Richard] 
to  Thomas  Sheredine  (Balto.  Deeds  IS:  I;  239),  the  Balti- 
more County  Rent  Roll  for  1700  and  a  somewhat  later  Rent 
Roll,  about  1703  (Md.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.),  give  the  tract  as  in 
the  possession  at  these  dates  of  Richard  Cromwell.  It 
would  therefore  seem  that  Frances  Todd  m.ay  have  become 
the  wife  of  Richard  Cromwell*,  a  wealthy  planter  and  the 
founder  of  the  Baltimore  County  family  of  Cromwell.  It 
should  be  remembered  however  that  prior  to  about  the  year 
1715  property  was  sometimes  conveyed  without  record  by 
seisin.  If  so,  Richard  Cromwell  had  more  than  one  wife, 
as  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1717  he  refers  in  his  will  to  his 
wife  Elizabeth  and  his  mother-in-law  Besson.  His  wife 
Elizabeth  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Besson,  Jr.,  and 
his  wife  Margaret  Saughier.  There  is  no  direct  evidence 
however  that  Richard  Cromwell  had  a  former  wife  named 
Frances,  nor  has  any  mention  of  this  Frances^  Todd  been 
found  in  the  Maryland  records  after  168G-7. 
viii.  Averilla^  Todd,  probably  born  after  Apr.  5,  1669,  as  she  is 
not  given  among  her  father's  headrights.  Mentioned  in  her 
father's  will  1675-6.  Under  the  will  of  her  step-father 
David  Jones  Feb.  3,  1686-7  Abiell  [Averilla]  Todd  was  left 
Jones  Fortin  [Fortune  1  130  acres.  This  is  doubtless  the 
same  tract  as  Jones  Chance,  130  acres,  on  Old  Road  Creek, 
patented  by  David  Jones  under  a  survey  dated  June  12, 
1682.  (Balto.  Co.  Rent  Roll,  Md.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.)  No 
later  reference  to  Averilla  Todd  has  been  foimd.  Although 
it  cannot  be  certainly  identified  from  the  Rent  Roll,  30 
acres  of  this  tract  in  1700  appears  to  have  been  in  the 
possession  of  James  Todd  and  100  acres  in  the  possession 
of  Robert  Johnson,  to  whom  James  Todd  had  sold  it.  It 
looks  as  if  Averilla  may  have  died  unmarried  and  that  her 
brother  James  had  inherited  from  her. 


GENEALOGY.       ^^^^^^^.^^    maGA^INC,         ^ 


!.     Thonas  Todd^  (Anna^  John-^  DanieP.  WilUam»  Gorsuch).  son  of 
Thomas  and  Anna^    (Gorsuch)  Todd,  is  shown  from  his  tombstone  in- 
scripl.on  at  foddsbury,  Gloucester  Cotmty.  Virginia,  to  have  been  born 
in  IGOO  and  to  have  died  Jan.  16,  1724-5  (Wm.  &  Mary  Col   Quart.  III. 
15-16)      He  v/as  certainly  the  eldest  son  and  was  named  by  his  father  as 
executor.     Although  retaining  possession  of  the  estate  in  Maryland  at 
North  Point  on  the  Patapsco,  which  he  inherited  as  heir  at  law  of  his 
father,  and  where  his  son  Thomas^  settled  and  lived,  there  ^s  no  reason 
to  believe  that  Thomas^  Todd  himself  actually  lived  in  Maryland  after 
his  father's  death.     His  home  was  at  Toddsbury  on  the  No^th  River 
Mobjack  Bay,  Gloucester  County,  the  Virginia  estate  which  he  inherited 
from  his  father.     An  interesting  sketch  of  Toddsbury  may  be  found  m 
Lancaster's  Historic    Virginia  Homes  and   Churches.      The  photograph 
,„.^^p...,^n^_it_w^v^_renroduced  in  the  last  number  of   this  Magazme. 
"^^I^VViliiam  Bernard  was  a  v^ry  prominent  man  m  the  early  ni:.tory 
of  vSgin  a      He  was  born  about  1598  and  came  t^  Virginia  m  the  ship 
Amer^fa   m'i625.     He  was  a  son  of  Francis  Bernard  Esq.  ot  Kingsthorpe 
nCm  ampionsh  re,  and  a  brother  of  Sir  Robert  Bernard,  Bart.,  of  Bramp- 
ton   Smgdonshire.     He  settled  in  Isle  of  Wight  County.     I^e  was  a 
member  of  The  Council  of  Virginia  almost  uninterruptedly  between  1642 
meniuci   J  Upi-mrrl  was  "reatlv  interested  m  introducing  silk  cul- 

i:fe  into'  the  JolonT  HeVecelved  a  grant  of  1200  acres  of  land  Aug  10. 
1642  ii  L  e  of  Wight  "due  for  his  own  adventure  into  the  Cojony  four 
times  and  for  the  transportation  of  20  persons.  '     He  is  usually  refeirc-d 
toT the  records  as  Col.  William  Bernard.     He  married  about  lbo2  or 
1653   as  her  second  husband,  Lucy,  the  daughter  of  Capt.  Robert  Higgm- 
son  and  th?e  widow  of  Major  Lewis  Burwell  of  Carter's  Creek,  Gloucester 
There  aie^e^'eral  York  Countv  deeds  proving  this  marriage,  cne  earnest 
Line  S-eh-ori  William  Beniard,  Esq.  and  Lucy  his  wife,  to  George 
Reade  of  a  trSt  which  had  been  purchased  by  Capt.  Robert  -^mggison 
Ian   9  ^618      (Encyclooaedia  of  Virginia  Biograpli>';  ed.  Lyon  Gardiner 
Tvler-  1915      I;  117-8). '  The  will  of  Col.  William  Bernard  s  brother.  Sir 
RobJrt^^rnard    Bart.,  of  Brampton  Hall,  Ilui.tington    dated   Dec.  o 
1665  andt.ro Jed  May  15,  1666.  recites  that  his  brother  William  Bernard 
ifVir"mia  died  Dec^  31    1665   and  shows  that  the  latter's  son  was  then 
V  ithSi^  Robert  in  England.     (Va.  Mag.  6;  408-9;.     A  chart  of  tne  Lng- 
ish  desc^  t  of    he  Bernard  family  is  also  published.     It  is  learned  from 
he  MSS  pedigrees  compiled  in  1816  by  T.  R.  Rootes  of  Gloucester  Coun  y 
from  ''an  ancient  paper,"  which  have  been  invariably  found  to  be  accu- 
rat?  Xe  ?  Wtible  of  verification  from  independent  sources    that 
••Col     William    Bernard,    son    of    the    Knight    ot    Huntmgton        had 
[ii^  addition    to    Elizabeth    Todd]     another    daughter    Lucy    by    h^s 
wife      tiie     dau-hter     of     Col.     Hickerson     [Higginson]      and     widow 
of     Lems     Burwell     Esq.,     and     that     this    daughter    Lucy    married 
Edv.ard  Gwin  [Edmund  Gwynne).     It  is  further  stated  that  Lucy    the 
,la'i"htfT  of  Edward  Gwin  and  Lucy  Bernard,  married  Thomas,  son  o. 
SorpeReade,  the  pedigree  of  this  Thomas  Reade  of  Gloucester  being 
iShIr  elaborated.     Corroboration  of  these  statements  m  the  Rootes 
MSS  may  be  found  in  the  Magazme  which  shows  that  Edmund  Gwyrme 
had  a  daughter  Lucy  who  man-ied  'Ihomas  Reade  (Va.  Mag.  :i'-^^J- 
Edwid    Cref^Idd    of    London    married    Lucy,    the    widow   ot    Edward 
GwTn      The    will    of    Edwd.    Creffield,    of    London,    merchant,    dated 
Nov  24,  1694  and  proved  Dec.  9,  1694,  makes  a  bequest  of  a  diamond  rmg 
io  ' 'my  daughter  in  lawe,  now  or  late  wife  of  Mr.  Thomas  Reed  of  Glou- 


88  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Mr.  Lancaster  believes  that  the  old  house  which  is  still  standing  was 
built  by  Thomas  Todd,  the  elder.  The  place  descended  from  Thomas^, 
the  younger,  to  his  youngest  son  Christopher**,  who  dying  in  1743,  was 
succeeded  by  Thomas'' ,  who  appears  to  have  been  the  only  son.  He  died 
in  1794  without  issue,  Toddsbury  passing  to  Philip^  Tabb,  his  nephew, 
son  of  his  sister  Lucy",  who  had  married  Edward  Tabb  of  Gloucester. 
r>wing  to  the  destruction  of  the  Gloucester  County  records  comparatively 
little  is  known  in  regard  to  this  Thomas^  Todd.  His  tombstone  inscrip- 
tion refers  to  him  as  Capt.  Thomas  Todd.  .  This  was  doubtless  a 
military  title.  He  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  Gloucester  from  1698  to 
1702  (Va.  Mag.  1;  235  and  Wilson  M.  Gary  MSS.) 

It  has  been  learned  comparatively  recently  that  he  married  Elizabeth 
Bernard,  daughter  of  Col.  William  Bernard*  and  his  wife  Lucy  Higginson. 
cester  in  Virginia  which  my  late  wife,  mother  of  the  said  Lucye,  used  to 
wear"  (Va.  Mag.  19;  2S0-290).  Robert  Higginson  is  described  prior  to 
his  removal  to  Virginia  in  1643  in  an  old  chancery  suit,  as  a  citizen  and 
painler-stainer.  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Anne  Higginson  of  Berkes- 
well,  Warwick,  England.  He  married  about  1625  Joanna  Torkesy. 
Captain  Robert  Higginson  commanded  at  Middle  Plantation,  Virginia 
in  1645.  Tiie  tombstone  of  his  daughter  Lucy,  died  Nov.  6,  1675,  and 
wlio  is  buried  at  Fairfield,  the  old  Burwell  homestead  on  Carter '.s  Creek, 
Gloucester,  stated  that  "she  was  ye  only  daughter  of  the  valliant  Capt. 
Robert  Higginson.  One  of  the  first  command'rs  that  subdued  the  county 
of  Virginia  from  the  power  of  the  heathen,"  and  that  "she  was  descended 
from  the  Ancient  family  of  the  Higginsons"  (Va.  Mag.  4;  207).  The 
English  ancestry  of  the  Kiggin.sons  is  elaborated  in  Eben  Putnam's 
"Higginsons  of  New  England  and  Virginia."  Lucy  Higginson,  as  has 
l^een  stated,  married  three  times  viz.,  (1)  Lewis  Burwell,  (2)  William 
Bernard  and  (3)  Philip  Ludwell.  Lewis  Burwell,  her  first  husband,  was 
ba])tized  March  5,  1621  and  died  prior  to  Nov.  24,  1653,  as  it  is  learned  from 
a  York  County  deed  (Wm.  &  Mary  Col.  Quart.  XXIV;  40)  that  she  was 
then  the  wife  of  William  Bernard.  The  date  of  his  death  was  probably 
No\'.  19,  1672,  certainly  not  1G76  as  usually  given.  Major  Lewis  Burwell, 
sergeant-major  of  militia,  came  to  Virginia  about  1640  and  was  tlie  founder 
of  the  Virginia  famiij'  of  Burwell.  The  date  of  his  marriage'  is  not  known. 
Lewis  Burwell  left  issue  by  his  wife  Lucy.  By  her  second  husband.  Col. 
William  Bernard,  she  had  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  who  married  Thomas 
Todd^  and  Lucy  who  married  Edward  Gwin  [Edmund  Gwynne],  and  was 
al.io  probably  the  mother  of  tlie  unnamed  son  of  William  Bernard  re- 
f(Tred  to  in  the  will  of  Sir  Robert  Bernard.  The  date  of  the  denth  of 
William  Bernard  as  given  alcove  was  Dec.  31,  1665.  The  York  County 
records  show  that  his  widow  was  the  wife  of  Philip  Ludwell  Nov.  25, 
1667.  Col.  Ludwell  was  a  very  prominent  man  in  the  affairs  of  Virginia. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Virgiina  Council  and  was  at  one  time  governor 
of  Carolina.  By  him  she  became  the  mother  of  Philip  Ludwell,  Jr., 
hi)Tn  at  Carter's  Creek,  Gloucester  County,  Feb.  4,  1672,  and  of  a 
daughter  Jane,  who  married  Col.  Daniel  Parke,  an  aide  of  Marlborough. 
Lucy  Higginson's  tombstone  as  well  as  a  fragment  of  that  of  her  father 
was  at  "Fairfield,"  Gloucester,  but  have  now  been  removed  to  Abing- 
don Church.  She  died  Nov.  26,1675  (Meade's  Old  Churches  &  Families 
of  Va.  1900;  1;  353).  Ludv/ell  married  secondly  Lady  Frances  Berkeley, 
iliortly  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  Governor  Berkelev,  which,  oc- 
curred in  1677.  (Wm.  &  Marv  Col.  Ouart.  XIX;  190-214;' 2'.i2-3;  New 
Eng.  Hist..&  Gen.   Reg.   XXXIIT); 


GENEALOGY.  89 

Proof  of  this  statement  is  to  be  found  in  an  old  family  record  made  by 
Col.  William  Spotswood  Fontaine  June  7,  1833  at  the  dictation  of  Col. 
Jolm  Spotswood  Stryken,  fourth  in  direct  descent  from  Thomas^  and 
Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd.  An  account  of  the  recent  discovery  of  this 
family  ni'morandum,  valuable  not  only  because  the  peculiar  circum- 
stances under  which  it  was  written  make  the  accuracy  of  its  statements 
inherently  probable,  but  because  all  of  the  other  statements  contained 
in  it  have  been  checked  up  independently  and  found  to  be  true.  This 
record  app-ared  in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly  (19;  177-184)  and  is 
especially  valuable  since  it  is  the  only  direct  evidence  of  the  identity  of 
the  wife  of  Thomas^  Todd,  it  will  hereafter  be  referred  to  as  the  Fon- 
taine MSS.  This  record  refers  to  "Thomas  Todd  of  Toddsbury  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  Bernard,"  and  their  children,  and  states  that  "Mrs.  Todd 
was  the  daughter  of  Col.  William  Bernard  and  his  wife  Lucy,  widow  Bur- 
well,  a  daughter  of  a  Mr.  Hickerson  [Higgmsom.  Thomas  Todd  and  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  Bernard,  had  a  large  family,  namely,  Thomas  who  went 
to  Maryland;  Richard,  Philip,  and  Christopher  were  the  sons;  the  daugh- 
ters were  Anne,  vjho  married  a  Cooke;  Lucy,  who  married  first  a  man 
named  O'Brien;  secondly,  John  Baylor,  and  became  the  mother  of  Col. 
John  Baylor  of  Caroline;  Elizabeth  who  first  married  a  Scotchman  named 
Seaton,  and  secondly  my  great  grandfather  Colonel  Augustine  Moore. 
Another  daughter,  whose  name  1  do  not  remember  just  now,  married  a 
man  named  North."  The  writer  then  proceeds  to  carry  down  the  Moore 
line.  1 1  IS  interesting  to  note  that  Bernard  as  a  christian  name  has  been 
carried  down  in  the  lines  of  at  least  three  of  the  children  of  Thomas^  and 
Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd.  It  has  been  seen  that  the  Fontaine  MSS 
nanus  as  the  children  of  Thomas-''  and  Elizabeth  Todd,  viz.:  sons,  Thom- 
as^,  Richard*^,  Philip^,  and  Christopher^,  and  daughters,  Anne^,  Lucy*^ 
and  Elizabeth^  and  a  fourth  vmnamed  daughter,  I^Irs.  North<^.  It  may 
be  here  stated  that  the  will  of  his  eldest  son  Thomas^  of  Maryland, 
1714-5,  (see  post)  mentions  no  sisters,  but  refers  to  his  brothers  William^, 
PhilipO,  and  Christopher^.  It  is  to  be  noted  that  William**  is  not 
mentioned  in  the  Fontaine  MSS,  while  Richard^  is  not  mentioned  in  the 
will  of  his  brother  Thomas".  The  Toddsbury  graveyard,  in  addition  to 
the  stone  of  Thomas  Todd^  already  referred  to,  contains  the  following 
tombstone  inscriptions*,  all  of  which  certainly  refer  to  the  descendants 
of  Thomas  Todd«,  viz..  Captain  Christopher  Todd— Bom  April  2,  1690— 
Died  March  26,  1743;  Frances  Todd— Born  April  12,  1692— Died  Novem- 
ber 5,  1693;  Lucy  Tabb— Daughter  of  Christopher  &  Elizabeth  Todd— 
Bom  November  20,  1721— Died  February  18,  1791.  See  William  atid 
Mary  College  Quarterly,  III;  p.  14  e/  seq,  for  copies  of  these  inscriptions 
in  full.  Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd,  the  wife  of  Thomas"  Todd  was  born 
between  1653  and  1665.     The  date  of  her  death  is  unknown. 

Unfortunately,  there  is  no  copy  in  existence,  as  far  as  is  known,  of  the 
will  of  Thomas^  Todd,  dated  March  4,  1722-3,  and  recorded  in  Gloucester. 
In  IIeniiin<is  Statutes  arc  to  be  found  several  acts  of  the  Assembly  break- 


90  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  .fii 

iiig  the  entail  of  lands  in  Gloucester,  King  and  Queen,  and  Orange  coun- 
ties, left  by  him  to  his  sons  or  their  heirs,  tiie  acts  referring  by  name  to 
his  sons,  Richard,  William  and  Philip  and  Christopher,  and  also  M.ention- 
ing  a  will  of  the  above  date.  From  the  above  sources  it  is  shown  that 
Thomas^  Todd  had  five  sons,  Thomas^',  Richard^,  William.'^,  Philip^ 
and  Christopher";  from  the  Fontaine  MSS  and  the  Robert  North  Bible 
(see  Frances^  Todd"  post),  we  learn  the  names  of  four  daughters,  Anne*^, 
Lucy'',  Elizabeth*^  and  Frances";  from  the  v.ill  of  his  son-in-lavv'  Jonathan 
Hide  (see  post)  it  is  learned  that  there  was  a  fifth  daughter,  unnamed, 
who  became  Hide's  wife,  while  the  Toddsbury  tombstone  inscriptions 
indicate  that  there  was  anoth-^r  Frances,  a  sixth  daughter,  who  died  in 
childhood. 

Thomas  Todd^  would  appear  from  these  Acts  to  have  possessed  in  addi- 
tion to  Toddsbury,  other  large  landed  estates  in  Virginia.  As  his  father 
Thomas  Todd  had  difd  intestate  as  regards  his  lands  in  liOth  Virginia 
and  Maryland,  Thomas^  as  the  eldest  son  inherited  them  as  the  heir  at 
lav.'  and  added  further  to  his  father's  holdings.  As  regards  the  Maryland 
lamls,  Thomas^  Todd  the  younger,  although  a  non-resident,  maintained 
his  title  in  them  and  turned  the  North  Point  plantations  over  to  his  eldest 
son  Thomas"  about  fifteen  years  before  his  own  death,  the  son  becoming 
a  resident  of  Maryland.  Rather  curiously,  the  Virginia  estate  Toddsbury, 
passed  to  Thomas's^  youngest  son  Christopher^.  Had  the  yoimger 
Thomas"  Todd  not  been  sent  to  occupy  the  Patapsco  plantation  it  seems 
probable  that  the  laws  of  Maryland  against  the  indefinite  holding  of  land 
by  non-resident  heirs  would  have  operated  unfa',  orably  as  far  as  Thomas^ 
Tddd  and  his  descendants  resident  in  Virginia  were  concerned.  In  fact 
James^  Todd,  a  younger  brother  of  Thomas^,  who  remained  with  his 
mother  in  Maryland  after  his  father's  death,  actually  requested  the  Land 
Ofrice  to  resurve}-^  certain  minor  tracts  which  formerly  belonged  to  his 
father,  for  him  as  his  heir.  Probably  to  strengthen  his  title,  as  well  as 
to  establish  his  survey  lines,  Thomas^  Todd  describing  himself  as  of 
Gloucester  Cotmty,  Virginia,  March  21,  1697,  petitioned  the  land  Office 
for  a  special  survey  to  bring  into  one  tract  of  1082  acres  four  adjoining 
tracts  owned  by  him  in  Baltimore  County,  viz.:  Denton  190  acres;  North 
Point  330  acres;  and  two  separate  parts  of  a  larger  tract,  Old  Road,  of 
287  acres  and  275  acres  respectively.  This  survey  was  executed  July  11, 
1700  (Annap.  Warrants  6;  142),  but  a  new  patent  does  not  appear  to 
have  been  issued.  Thomas^  Todd  had  pre\'iously  disposed  of  a  few 
of  his  scattered  Baltimore  Coimty  land  holdings  inherited  from  his 
faihi  r.  Describing  himself  as  of  Ware  Parish,  Gloster,  gent.,  Oct.  9, 
1695,  he  executes  a  confirmatory  deed  to  Stephen  Johnson  to  250  acres 
which  he  had  previously  given  to  his  brother  James  Todd  and  which  the 
latter  had  sold  to  Johnson  in  1G94,  the  land  being  part  of  a  larger  tract, 
Todd's  Range,  400  acres  [in  Potapsco  Neck]  on  Back  River  (Balto. 
Deeds  IS:  IK,  501).  Thomas^  Todd  and  Ihi-  uncle]  Charles-*  Gorsueh 
Dec.  12,  1683,  recorded  a  deed  ot  divMsion  bv  which  Todd  received  an  ab- 


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solute  title  in  275  acres,  one-fourth  of  a  tract  of  1100  acres  [Old  Road] 
which  Todd's  father  Thomas  Todd,  deed.,  and  Charles  Gorsuch  held 
jointly  .Balto.  Deeds  RM,  HS,  275).  William  Buckner  of  Gloucester 
County,  Virginia,  Sept.  3,  1722,  was  appointed  under  power  of  attor- 
ney by  Thomas^  Todd  to  dispose  of  Todd's  personal  property  in  Mary- 
land, after  the  death  of  his  son  Thomas^.     (Balto.  Deeds  IS:  T,  51). 

Children  of  Thomas^  (Anna"*,  John^,  Daniel'^,  William^  Gorsuch)  and 
Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd.     (Order  somewhat  uncertain.) 

(Sons) : 

4.  i      Thomas^  Todd  bom  about  1681.     Died  1715.     Married  about 

1705  Elizabeth .     Had  issue.  (see  post) 

5.  li.     Richard^  Todd  born  1681-1688.      Apparently  died  prior  to 

1723.     Married.     Had  issue.  (sec  post) 

6.  lii.     WilliamO    Todd    born    1681-1688.      Died    1738-45.     Married 

about  1709  Martha  Vicaris.     Had  issue.  (see  post) 

7.  iv.     Philips  Todd  bom  about  1081-1688.     Died  before  1761.     Mar- 

ried? (sec  post) 

8.  V.     Christopher^  Todd  bom  Apr.  2,  1690.     Died  Mar.  26,   1743. 

Married  1718-1721  Elizabeth  Mason.     Had  issue,  (see  post) 
(Daughters): 

9.  vi.     Anne«  Todd  bora  Nov.  9,  1682.     Died  July  18,  1720.     Mar- 

ried about  1700  Mordecai  Cooke.     Had  issue.        (see  post) 

10.  vii.     Lucy6   Todd  bora   about    1681-1683.     Died    ?     Married   1st 

before  1698 O'Brien;  2nd  1698  John  Baylor.     Had  issue. 

11.  viii.     Elizabeth^  Todd  bom  about  .     Died   ?    -Marfied   1st 

George  Seaton;  2nd  Augustine  Moore.     Had  issue  by  both 
husbands.  (see  post) 

ix.     Frances"    Todd    bom   Apr.    12,    1692.      Died    Nov.   5,    1703 
(Toddsbury  tombstone  inscription,  see  ante). 

12.  X.     '^  Todd.     Date  of  birth  unknown.     Died  prior  to  Dec.  15, 

1718.     Married  Jonathan  Hide.     Had  issue.  (sec  post) 

13.  xi.     Frances  Todd  born  1709.     Died  July  25,  1745.     Married  July 

2,  1729,  Robert  North.     Had  issue.  (see  post) 

2.  James^  Todd  (Anna-*,  John^,  DanieP,  William^  Gorsuch),  one  of 
the  younger  children  of  Thomas  and  Anna*  Todd,  was  probably  born  after 
his  parents  moved  into  Maryland.  He  remained  in  Baltimore  County. 
He  is  interesting  to  students  of  early  history  of  Baltimore  because 
of  his  ownership  of  Todd's  Range'*  [Cole's  Harbor]  upon  which  the  city 
was  afterwards  laid  out.  He  married  twice.  He  married,  prior  to  June 
3,  1696,  Elizabeth,  who  joins  him  that  year  in  a  deed  to  Henry  King  of 
The  Plains,  187  acres,  on  Back  River.  (Balto.  Deeds  IS:  IK;  8).  His 
wife's  family  name  is  not  known.     There  is  absolutely  no  evidence  to 

*Todd's  Range  or  Cole's  Harbor  on  the  Patapsco  must  be  carefully  dis- 
tinguished from  Todd's  Range  on  Back  River,  also  owned  at  one  time  by 
James^  Todd. 


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support  the  supposition  of  Griffith  (Arinals  of  Baltimore,  1833;  p.  (5), 
that  JarntiS  Todd  may  have  married  the  daughter  of  Alexander  ivion- 
tenay,  and  thus  inherited  the  latters  land,  Montenay's  Neck.  H'  ac- 
quired this  tract  by  purchase  (see  post).  He  married  secondly  betv/een 
Aug.  31  and  Oct.  2G,  1698,  Penelope,  daughter  of  Thomas  wScudamoref  of 
Baltimore  County  and  his  wife  Abigail  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Dixon. 
The  separate  administration  accounts  upon  the  estate  of  Jane  Dixon  made 
on  the  two  above  mentioned  dates  make  mention  of  a  legacy  paid  in  part 
to  Penelope  Skidmore,  Aug.  31,  and  apjjarently  the  remainder  to  James 
Todd  Oct.  26  (Balto.  Adm.  Accts.).  Again  June  12,  1699,  James  Todd  is 
joined  by  his  wife  Penelope  in  a  deed  to  John  Harryman,  she  making  her 
mark  (Balto.  Deeds  TR:  RA;  397). 

Proof  of  this  marriage  of  James  Todd  is  to  be  found  in  the  assignment 
Oct.  10,  1704,  from  James  and  Penelope  Todd  to  John  Hays  of  a  tract, 
Scudamore's  Last,  130  acres  laid  out  for  Thomas  Scudamore  Aug.  13, 
1687  "by  whose  death  the  tract  became  the  property  of  James  Todd  and 
his  wife,  the  heiress  at  law  of  said  Scudamore"  (Annap.  Patents  C.  D. 
161-2).  In  an  ejectment  suit  brought  about  1745,  it  is  also  stated  that 
Thomas  .Scudamore  had  by  his  wife  Abigail,  an  only  child  Penelope  who 
married  James  Todd,  deceased,  and  that  Penelope  had  died  "without 
issue  under  21  years  of  age"  (Annap.  Judgments  E.  J.  no.  10;  743-50). 
Whether  this  means  that  at  the  time  of  her  death,  the  date  of  which  is 
unknown,  Penelope  Todd  was  survived  by  issue  over  21  years  of  age  is 
somewhat  uncertain,  but  it  would  seem  to  the  writer  after  reading  this 
suit  that  Penelope  left  no  issue.  Penelope  Todd  v.'as  living  as  late  as  Oct. 
10,  170!,  when  she  joins  her  husband  in  the  above  assignment  of  Scuda- 

fThomas  Scudamore  of  Back  River,  Baltimore  Coimty,  practised  as 
attorney  before  the  Baltimore  County  Court  (Balto.  Co.  Court  Proc. 
1682-0),  and  was  probably  at  one  time  one  of  the  County  Justices.  John 
Dixon  afjpear,-,  a.s  (jne  of  the  justices  of  the  Baltnnore  County  Court  as 
early  as  1665.  ITe  also  lived  in  Back  River,  Baltimore  County.  John 
Dixon's  wife  Jane,  prior  to  her  marriage  to  him  was  the  widow  Waites. 
After  the  death  of  John  Dixon,  which  occurred  about  1670  she  married  as 
her  third  husband  iVIajor  Thomas  Long,  lligh  Sheriff  of  Baltimore  County. 
She  had  issue  by  all  three  of  her  husbands.  Abigail  Dixon  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Jane  Dixon  after  the  death  of  her  first  husband  Thomas  Scuda- 
more, about  1687-8,  married  as  her  second  husband,  John  Hays  [Hayes]  of 
Back  River.  By  her  first  husband,  Thomas  Scudamore,  she  had  but  one 
cjiild,  Penelope  Scudamore,  who  became  the  wife  of  James  Todd.  By  her 
!  oconJ  husband, John  Hays,  .she  became  the  mother  of  Jane  Flays  who  mar- 
ried Th'iinas  Stanslmry.  The  writer  is  indebted  to  Kir.  \Vm.  B.  Marye 
for  this  N-ery  interesting  pedigree  of  these  early  Baltimore  Coimty  fami- 
lies t(j  which  very  few  clues  may  be  found  among  the  testamentary 
records  and  deeds,  ordinarily  consulted  by  the  searcher.  Mr.  Marye 
has  largely  developed  this  pedigr(-e  in  co.mection  with  his  laborious  re- 
5-earchi.;s  i,-;  regard  to  the  early  Baltimore  County  tracts  among  the  very 
imperfectly  indexed  Annapolis  Land  Warrants  and  Ejectments,  and  I  am 
greatly  indebted  to  him  for  allowing  me  to  make  use  of  his  data.  Lack 
of  spacij  makes  it  impossible  to  give  here  all  the  references  upon  which 
this  pedigree  is  based. 


GENEALOGY,     il'^.     A' '  ' ;  ^i:'l   •"  93 

more's  Last.  As  far  as  is  certainly  known  James  Todd  had  only  one 
child,  a  daughter  Ann,  apparently  by  his  first  wife  Elizabeth.  Capt.  John 
Fi-'rry  of  Back  River,  Baltimore  County  in  his  will  dated  March  1,  aqd 
proved  March  11,  1698-9  leaves  certain  personal  property  to  Ann  the 
daughter  of  James  Todd,  and  also  makes  a  bequest  to  Thomas  Todd  of 
Virginia  of  £30  and  his  personal  property  on  Denton,  alias  North  Point 
Plantation,  on  condition  that  Todd  free  a  servant  named  John  Shaw. 
(Annap.  Wills;  6;  227).  This  may  indicate  that  Capt.  John  Ferry  man- 
aged the  North  Point  plantations  for  Thomas^  Todd  of  Gloucester. 
Capt.  John  Ferry  was  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  Baltimore  County 
(Balto.  Co.  Court  Proc.  1693-6;  85),  and  had  married  Aim  the  widow  and 
executrix  ot  John  Boreing  one  of  the  Justices  of  Baltimore  County. 
Whether  there  was  any  connection  between  these  families  and  the  Todds 
has  not  been  determined. 

James  Todd  and  Richard  Thompson  appear  bracketed  together  as  tax- 
ables  of  Back  River  Hundred  in  1692  (Balto.  Co.  Ct.  Proc.  G  no.  1;  274). 
Between  1699  and  1703  James  Todd  appears  as  a  taxable  on  the  North 
Side  Patapsco  Hxondred,  while  between  170-1  and  1706  he  appears  as  a  tax- 
able on  North  Side  Gunpowder  Hundred  (Md.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.).  It  is 
rather  interesting  to  note  that  down  to  1704  numerous  other  taxables, 
probably  servants,  appear  on  his  list,  while  after  that  date  we  find  him 
moving  to  the  Gunfjowder  and  bracketed  with  but  one  other  taxable, 
John  Boon.  This  fact  taken  in  connection  with  his  frequent  sales  of  land 
at  this  time  and  the  administration  of  his  estate  later  by  his  creditors 
indicate  that  he  was  in  financial  difficulties.  In  1095  James  Todd  was  a 
constable  for  the  North  Side  Patapsco  Hundred  (Balto.  Co.  Ct.  Proc.  G 
no.  1;  524).  He  signed,  as  one  of  the  civil  officers  of  the  county,  Nov.  1696, 
an  address  congratulating  William  III  upon  his  escape  from  assassination 
(Archiv.  Md.  20;  544).  James  Todd's  death  is  recorded  in  the  St. 
George's  register,  "James  Todd  was  drowned  May  9,  1709."  His  estate 
was  administered  upon  May  17,  1709  by  Anthony  Ball  [Bale],  a  creditor 
(Test.  Proc.  21;  192).  The  inventory  and  account  showed  an  estate 
valued  at  only  £27:  9:  9  (Annap.  Inv.  &  Acct.  31;  2,  31,  65). 

The  Baltimore  County  land  transactions  in  which  James^  Todd  figured 
apparently  represent  land  acquired  through  his  wife  Penelope  Scudamore, 
land  presented  him  by  his  brother,  Thomas^  Todd  of  Virginia,  stray 
tracts  which  he  claimed  as  the  resident  heir  of  his  father,  land  left  him 
under  the  will  of  his  stepfather  David  Jones,  and  land  which  he  apparent- 
ly acquired  through  his  mother  from  her  .second  husband  David  Jones. 
Reference  has  already  been  made  to  a  confirmatory  d:?ed  by  his  brother 
Thomas^  Todd  of  Johnson's  Dock,  a  part  of  Todd's  Range,  on  Back  River, 
previously  presented  to  James  by  Thomas,  and  sold  in  1694  to  Stephen 
Johnson  (Balto.  Deeds  RM:  HS;  299).  Other  portions  of  this  Todd's 
Range  wers  sold  by  James  Todd  Aug.  6,  1098  to  John  Wells,  and  June  12, 
1699  to  Johii  Harryman  (idem  TR;  RA  288,  397).  This  tract  Todd's 
Range,  400  acres,  on  Back  River  originally  surveyed  for  his  father  Capt. 


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VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Tliomas  Todd  must  be  carefully  distinguished  from  the  tract  Cole's 
Harbor,  550  acres,  formerly  owned  by  Thomas  Cole,  lying  on  the 
northwest  branch  of  the  Patapsco,  upon  which  the  town  of  Baltimore  was 
afterwards  laid  out  and  for  which  a  warrant  of  resurvey  dated  Feb.  7, 
16984)  and  a  patent  June  1,  1700  for  510  acres  under  the  name  Todd's 
Range,  was  issued  to  James  Todd.  The  previous  history  of  this  latter 
tract  has  been  fully  discussed  in  connection  with  David  Jones,  the  second 
husband  of  Anna*  Gorsuch  (see  ante;  24;  433-434).  How  this  tract  Cole's 
Harbor  or  Todd's  Range  actually  came  into  the  possession  of  James  Todd 
will  probably  never  be  known.  In  17S8  the  Maryland  Court  of  Appeals 
tackled  the  problem  in  the  well-known  case  of  Helms  versus  Howard 
(Md.  Reports,  ed.  Harris  &  McHenry;  2;  33  G3),  which  involved  the  title 
of  property  in  the  heart  of  Baltimore,  and  while  deciding  that  James  Todd 
had  a  good  title  to  the  land  by  virtue  of  his  resurvey  of  1698-9  and  patent 
of  1700,  refused  to  decide  how  he  acquired  his  original  interest.  It  will  be 
recalled  that  under  the  will  of  David  Jones,  1686-7,  his  dwelling  planta- 
tion, which  apparently  included  not  only  Cole's  Harbor  550  acres,  but 
Monteney's  Neck,  200  acres  adjoining  on  the  east,  was  left  to  his  wife 
Anna'*  for  her  life  with  the  proviso  that  it  should  go  to  his  sister 
Eli.:abeth  if  she  outlived  his  wife,  and  in  case  of  the  death  of  his  sister 
Elizabeth  before  that  of  his  wife,  it  was  to  pass  to  Frances  and  Abiell 
[Averilla]  Todd,  who  were  daughters  of  his  wife  by  her  first  husband. 
This  much  is  certain;  James  Todd  was  in  actual  possession  of  Cole's 
Harbor  in  Feb.  7,  1698-9,  when  a  warrant  of  resurvey  of  the  tract  was 
issa?d  to  him  by  the  Land  Ofiice.  As  has  been  shown  before,  his 
mother  had  probably  died  a  year  or  two  before  this  time.  It  seems 
possible  that  James  Todd  may  have  originally  acquired  the  site  of 
Baltimore  in  one  of  four  ways.  He  may  have  married  Elizabeth, 
the  sister  of  David  Jones,  his  first  wife's  nam.e  being  known  to 
have  been  Elizabeth,  and  to  have  acquired  the  property  through 
her.  This  seems  improbable.  Or  he  may  have  inherited  it  from  his 
sisters,  Frances  and  Averilla  Todd,  although  this  also  seems  improbable. 
He  may  have  acquired  legal  title  to  it  during  his  mother's  lifetime  by 
some  sort  of  an  unrecorded  conveyance  from  his  mother,  as  by  seisin. 
There  is  still  another  explanation  however,  which  seems  the  most  prob- 
able. In  the  suit.  Helms  vs.  Howard,  just  referred  to,  the  plaintiff 
offered  to  prove  by  a  witness  "that  it  was  the  general  reputation  that 
James  Todd  entered  into  possession  of  Cole's  Harbor  under  authority 
of  his  mother  under  some  contract  and  not  under  any  other  title,"  but 
no  such  testimony  was  actually  offered  or  at  least  was  not  admitted. 
The  suit  hinged  upon  a  variation  in  one  of  the  bounds  as  shown  by  the 
original  survey,  1667,  of  Cole's  Harbor  for  550  acres  and  the  bounds  of  the 
resurvey,  1G9S  9,  establishing  the  lines  of  Todd's  Range,  as  containing 
510  acres,  the  suit  involving  land  included  in  the  former  survey  of  Cole's 
Harbor,  but  not  included  in  the  bounds  of  Todd's  Range.  The  Court 
rulid  that  no  evidence  had  been  produced  to  prove  that  James  Todd  de- 


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rived  his  title  to  the  tract  called  Cole's  Harbor  either  by  descent  or 
by  purchase  from  Thomas  Cole  himself  or  anyone  deriving  a  title  from 
Cole  [as  ol  course  Charles  Gorsuch  and  I^avid  Jones  had  done],  and  re- 
fused to  go  back  of  the  title  to  the  land  and  the  bounds  established  by  the 
resurvey,  March  18,  1698-9  and  the  patent  of  June  1,  1700,  by  which  the 
property  under  the  name  Todd's  Range  became  vested  in  Jarnes  Todd  and 
his  title  thereto  established.  It  was  probably  almost  as  difficult  for  the 
court  in  1 7NS,  nearly  a  hundred  years  after  the  land  had  come  into  James** 
Todd's  possession,  to  determine  the  exact  facts  in  the  case  in  the  ab- 
sence of  actual  recorded  data,  as  it  is  for  us  to  do  so  today.  The  court 
prudently  .udestepped  the  cjuestion  and  refused  to  "go  back  of  the  re- 
turns, "and  limited  the  ownership  of  Todd  and  his  successors  to  Todd's 
Range'as  determined  by  the  resurvey  of  1G9S-9  and  the  patent  of  1700. 
This  matter  has  been  gone  into  in  detail  because  for  some  curious  reason 
the  existence  of  a  will  of  David  Jones  has  been  entirely  overlooked  by 
'  those  who  have  discussed  the  question,  not  even  being  referred  to  in  the 
suit.  This  may  be  due  to  the  fact  that  the  will,  although  probated  in 
Annapolis,  was  not  copied  into  the  local  Will  Books  kept  for  convenience 
in  the  Baltimore  County  Court  House,  and  its  existence  possibly  thus 
overlooked.  Moreover  the  deed  from  Richard  Blunt,  of  Talbot  County, 
Oct.  4,  1695,  who  describes  himself  as  a  son  and  heir  of  Robert  Blunt, 
late  of  Kent  County,  conveying  to  James  Todd,  Montines  Land  [Mon- 
teney's  Neck],  200  acres,  adjoining  Cole's  Harbor,  also  requires  some 
explanation,  as  l^avid  Jones  apparently  also  died  possessed  of  this  same 
tract,  v.]iich  he  had  purchased  from  Samuel  Wheeler  and  wife  in  1685 
(Balto.  Deeds  T.  R.:  R.  A.,  339).  It  should  also  be  noted  that  by  a 
later  survey  the  acreage  of  Monteney's  Neck  was  reduced  from  200  to 
164  acres  (Balto.  Co.  Rent  Roll,  Md.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS).  In  the  light  of 
these  facts  it  would  seem  that  Anna'',  the  widow  of  David  Jones,  may 
have  ouclived  her  sister-in-law  Elizabeth  Jones  as  well  as  her  own 
daughters  Frances^  andAverilla^  Todd,  who  had  contingent  interests  in 
the  dwelling  plantation  Cole's  Harbor  should  they  outlive  Anna-*  (see 
David  Jones's  will  ante  24;  436).  Upon  the  death  of  Anna*,  probably 
about  the  year  1695,  her  son  James^  Todd,  her  only  male  heir  in  the 
Province,  probably  without  opposition  from  his  eldest  brother  Thomas^ 
of  Virginia,  and  with  the  consent  of  Anna's-*  third  husband  Capt.  John 
Oldton,  who  was  himself  an  extensive  landholder  and  without  children, 
and  also  probably  fortified  by  the  "authority  of  his  mother  under  some 
contract,"  took  possession  of  Cole's  Harbor  and  Monteney's  Neck.  To 
establish  his  titles  to  both  tracts,  James^  Todd  then  secured  a  confirma- 
tory deed  to  Monteney's  Neck  Oct.  4,  1695  apparently  from  the  successor 
of  the  former  owner  who  bad  sold  to  David  Jones,  and  also  had  Cole's 
Harbor  resurveyed  for  himself  Feb.  7,  1698-9,  and  a  patent  to  it  under 
the  name  Todd's  Range  issued  to  him  by  the  Land  Office,  June  1,  1700. 
(Annap.  Warrants;  6,  175;  Patents  D.  D.  no.  5;  2).  James  Todd  did  not 
remain  very  long  in  possession  of  these  two  tracts.     By  a  deed  recorded 


GENEALOGY.  97 

the  High  Sheriff  of  Baltimore  County,  and  referred  to  as  one  of  the  "sut>- 
stantial  Protestant  gentlemen"  of  the  Province.  It  was  not  an  uncom- 
mon practice  for  parents  of  position  in  sending  a  son  to  the  colonies  to 
seek  his  fortune,  to  "bind  him  over"  to  a  relation  or  friend  in  order  to  in- 
sure his  better  protection.  Miles  Gibson  married  three  times,  and  on 
each  occasion  into  a  prominent  family.  His  first  wife  v/as  Anne,  the 
daughter  of  Thom.as  Thurston*  of  Baltimore  County.  This  is  learned 
from  a  deed  May  19,  1676  from  Thomas  Thurston  to  Miles  Gibson,  "in 
consideration  of  a  marriage  solemnized  between  Ann  my  daughter  and 
Miles  Gibson  of  Baltimore  County,"  he  deeds  to  Gibson  two  tracts. 
Cole's  Banks  and  Moorfields  in  Talbot  Coimty,  both  containing  600  acres 
(Balto.  Deeds  TR:  RA;  262-3).  Thomas  Thurston  May  2,  1676  assigned 
to  Miles  Gibson  his  rights  for  twenty  servants  transported  "twelve  years 
since,"  and  on  this  date  also  assigns  to  Gibson  his  rights  for  transporting 
himself,  Bridget  his  v/ife  and  his  daughters  Anne  and  Elizabeth  (Annap. 
Patents:  19;  25S).  As  has  already  been  shown,  Miles  Gibson  m.arried 
secondly,  a  verj'-  short  time  before  May  30,  1677,  Anne^  Todd.  He  mar- 
ried thirdly  Elizabeth  the  widow  of  Henry  Hazelwood. 

Miles  Gibson  lived  at  one  time  on  Back  River,  as  is  learned  from  a 
power  of  attorney  given  him  Apr.  9,  1679  by  Nicholas  Gassoway  (Balto. 
Deeds  IR :  P.  P.;  34).  He  also  owned  on  Romney  or  Rumley  Creek,  emp- 
tying into  the  Bay  betv/een  the  Susquehanna  and  Bush  River,  the  tracts 
Persimmon  Point,  Port  Royal,  Delph  Island,  and  Gibson's  Marsh,  where 
he  later  appears  to  have  lived.  He  also  owned  Gibson's  Park  lying  on 
the  east  side  of  Winter's  Run.  Miles  (3ibson  was  appointed  Justice  of 
Baltimore  County  June  4,  1679,  and  again  Dec.  13,  16S0  (Archiv.  Md.  15; 
2-53;  320).  He  represented  Baltimore  County  in  the  Lower  House  of  the 
Assembly,  16S2-3,  resigning  to  become  High  Sheriff  of  the  count}',  which 
position  he  held  until  1687.  ^ATchiv.  Md.,  7;  349:  idem.  17,  142),  when  he 
again  became  Justice  in  1686-7.  (idem;  5:  470,  525,  541).  Nov.  28,  1689 
Gibson  signed  a  petition  to  the  King,  and  Sept.  17,  1690  is  referred  to  as 
one  of  the  "most  substantial  Protestant  Inhabitants"  of  the  Province 

*Thomas  Thurston  was  a  prominent  Quaker  {Arc'niv.  Md.  S;  63).  He 
represented  Baltimore  County  in  the  General  Assembly  in  [16S6  and  1688] 
(Archiv.  Md.  13;  163).  There  is  a  deed,  Oct.  27,  1676,  from  Thomas 
Thurston,  to  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  George  Skipwith  of  West  River 
[Maryland],  conveying  to  her  all  of  his  personal  prooerty  wherever  lo- 
cated. (Balto.  Deeds,  TR:  RA;  203).  The  will  of'l'homas  Thurston 
of  Baltimore  County,  dated  Dec.  21,  1692,  and  proved  Apr.  13,  1693,  men- 
tions his  son  Thomas,  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Charles  Rumsey, 
and  his  daughter  Sarah.  He  also  leaver  1  shilling  to  his  daughter  Eliza- 
beth the  wife  of  George  Skipwith.  He  makes  bequests  to  his  wife  Mary 
and  states  that  should  his  three  children  by  his  last  wife  die  without  issue 
his  entire  estate  is  to  go  to  his  brother  Samuel  Thurston  of  Themberry 
in  Gloucestershire  (Annap.  Wills  6;  21).  This  will  indicates  that  hjs 
daughter  Anne,  wife  of  Miles  Gibson,  and  the  elder  of  his  two  daughters 
bearing  the  name  Elizabeth,  who  married  George  Skipwith,  were  children 
of  a  former  wife. 


98  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

and  as  one  of  the  "gentlemen  vsupposed  to  be  of  my  Lord's  [i.  e.  Balti- 
more's] partie"  (Archiv.  Md.;  8;  130,  213,  285).  Under  the  will  of  Francis 
Lovelace  of  Baltimore  County,  a  cousin  of  Anne^  (Todd)  Gibson,  dated 
Mar.  3,  1683-4  and  proved  May  19,  1084  his  "cozen  Miles  Gibson"  was 
appointed  executor  and  bequests  made  to  Robert,  Sarah  and  Anna,  the 
children  of  Miles  Gibson,  with  reversions  to  their  father  and  mother, 
th^-  residue  of  the  estate  to  pass  directly  to  Miles  Gibson.  It  seems  al- 
most certain  that  these  all  were  the  children  of  Miles  Gibson  by  his 
second  wife  Anne^  Todd,  and  not  by  his  first  wife  Anne  Thurston,  as  they 
are  not  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Thurston,  father  of  the  first  wife, 
while  they  all  received  legacies  under  the  will  of  Frances  Lovelace,  a 
"cosen"  of  the  second  wife  Anne^  Todd,  and  Robert  was  also  a  legatee 
under  the  will  of  Capt.  David  Jones,  the^  stepfather  of  Anne^  Todd  (see 
ante  24;  436).  The  date  of  Anne'^  Todd^s  death  is  not  Imown.  Miles 
Gibson  married  thirdly  Elizabeth  the  widow  qf  Henry  Hazelwood. 
"I\Iar.  8,  1694  came  Elizabeth  Gi'^a  ffj-it^y -Hazeh\«^od"  executrix  of 
John  Collett.  Henry  Hazelwood  had  been  appointed  executor  under  Coi- 
ktts  will,  1673.  Elizabeth  Gibson  also  appears  as  executrix  of  Francis 
Lovelace,  succeeding  her  husband  (Balto.  Co.  Court  Proc.  1693-6;  165). 
That  Elizabeth  Gibson  had  issue  by  Henry  Hazelwood  is  learned  from 
a  d'.'ed  of  giit  to  her  son  John  Hazelwood  (Balto.  County  Court  Proc. 
lo93-6;  550).  Miles  Gibson  died  shortly  before  May  2G,  1692,  when  his 
widow  Elizabeth  filed  his  inventory  showinj^  personal  property  valued 
at  £516:  2: 1,  and  debts  due  him  valued  at  28,458  pounds  of  tobacco  (Balto. 
Invent.  1;  26).  Whether  or  not  the  widow  married  again  is  not  known. 
The  list  of  Baltimore  County  Taxables,  Spesutia  Hundred,  for  1695,  shows 
"at  Mrs.  Gibson's"  10  taxables,  viz.:  Daniel  Palmer,  William  Palmer, 

William  Hazelwood,  Robert  Gibson,  Miles ,  John  Hazelwood  and  5 

slaves.  This  shows  that  William  and  John  Hazelwood,  who  were  un- 
questionably her  sons,  at  this  time  were  16  years  of  age  or  over.  The 
Register  of  St.  George's  records  the  burial  of  William  Hazelwood  at 
Rumley  [Romney]  Creek  June  15,  1693;  of  John  Hazelwood  of  the  head  of 
Musketa  [Mosquito]  Creek  at  the  mouth  of  Rumley  Creek  Apr.  2,  1699; 
and  of  Henry  Haslewood  of  the  head  of  Musketa  Creek  buried  upon  his 
own  plantation  June  9,  1699. 

Children  of  Miles  Gibson  and  Anne^  Todd   (Anna*,  John-^,   DanieP, 

William^  Gorsuch): 

15.     i.     Roberto    Gibson.     Bom   about    1678-1681.     Died   June    1704, 

Married  Dec.  15,  1702,  Mary  Goldsmith.     Apparently  had 

no  issue.  (see  post) 

IG.     ii.     Sarah*^     Gibson.     Bom     1678-1683.     Date    death    unknown. 

Married  Thomas  Bale,  by  whom  she  apparently  had  no 

issue.  (see  post) 

iii.     AnneS  Gibson.     Born  1679-1683.     Living  Mar.  3,  1683-4.  when 

she  is  referred  to  in  Francis  Lovelace's  will.     Not  tracej 

further.  (To  be  continued.) 


GENEALOGY.  99 

The  Webb  Family  of  New  Kent  County. 
The  first  of  this  family  in  Virginia  was  (2)  "George  Webb,  son  of  (1) 
Conrade  Webb,  late  of  the  City  of  London,  merchant"  {Family  Bible), 
who  settled  in  New  Kent  County.  He  married  (1st)  "Lucy  Jones  widow 
of  Josias  Jones  and  Daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Foster,  late  of  the  County 
of  New  Kent  in  Virginia,  July  21,  1728,  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Mossom,  in  the 
presence  of  her  brother  Jospeh  Foster,  Anne  his  wife,  Eliza  Thompson." 
{F.  B.). 

"After  a  lingering  sickness  of  several  years,  Lucy  Webb  departed  this 
Life  and  was  interred  in  the  Family  burying  place.  Her  Husband,  in 
commemoration  of  her  Virtues,  c6mposed  the  Following  Epitaph,  being 
her  true  character,  viz.: 

'Here  lies  the  Body  of  Lucy  late  Wife  of  George  Webb  of  the  County 
of  New  Kent,  Gent.,  to  whom  during  a  happy  marriage  of  22  years,  she 
bore  G  children,  of  whom  Four  sons  George,  Lewis,  Foster  and  John 
survived  her.  She  departed  December  30,  1750,  in  the  54th  year  of 
her  age. 

She  was 
An  affectionate  Faithful  prudent  Wife 
Deservedly  esteemed  and  sincerely  beloved 
■•     '  A  tender  Mother 

■  A  careful  mistress 

A  kind  charitable  neighbor 

Pious,  chaste,  just  and  good. 

An  Ornament  and  Pattern  to  her  sex 

A  bright  example  of  Conjugal  Fidelity 

And  all  domestic  virtues 

In  Justice  to  her  memory  her  husband  caused  this  Monument  to  be 

erected.'  "  (F.  B.). 

George  Webb  was  married  "to  his  second  Wife,  Anne  daughter  of  John 
Bickerton  of  the  County  of  Hanover,  Gentlemen,  June  4,  1752,  by  the 
Revd.  Mr.  Patrick  Henry  in  presence  of  her  Father,  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Hub- 
bard, Mr.  &  Mrs.  Booth,  Elizabeth  Bickerton  and  others."  {F.  B.). 

It  is  curious  that  while  the  Bible  record  which  has  been  referred  to  con- 
tains the  births  of  all  of  his  children,  and  even  of  those  of  some  of  his 
descendants,  it  has  no  record  of  his  own  death.  The  destruction  of  the 
records  of  New  Kent  prevent  any  knowledge  being  gained  from  that 
source;  but  it  is  possible  that  some  family  record  not  known  to  the  com- 
piler of  this  may  furnish  the  information.  It  will  be  published  later,  if 
received . 

Issue  (1st  marriage): 

(3)  "George,  a  son,  born  July  4,  1729;  baptized  by  Mr.  Mossom 

the  11th.     William  Dandridge,  Esqr.  and  Charles  Lewis, 
Gent.,  Godfathers;  Mrs.  Mary  Lewis,  Godmother." 

(4)  "Lewis,  a  son,  born  April  19,  1731,  baptized  by  Mr.  Mossom, 

May    14.     Phil.    Whitehead    and    Cornelius    Lyde,    Gent., 
Godfathers;  Elis.  Thompson,  Godmother." 


100  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

(5)  "Foster,  a  son,  born  Jan.  3,  1732-3;  baptized  by  Mr.  Mossom. 

Roger  Thompson,  Wm.  Comrie  and  Elis.  Thompson,  Spon- 
sors.    He  died  Dec.  5,  1734." 

(6)  "Sara,    a   Daughter,  born   Nov.  9,   1734;    baptized  by   Mr. 

Brooke.     Died  Dec.  4,  1734." 

(7)  "Foster,  a  son,  born  Oct.  16,  1735,  baptized  by  Mr.  Mossom 

the  24th.  Joseph  Foster  and  John  Bacon,  Gent.,  and  Mrs. 
Eliz.  Thompson,  Sponsors." 

(8)  "John,  a  son,  born  June  5,  1740,  baptized  by  Mr.  Mossom, 

July  6.     Joseph  Foster  and  Roger  Thompson,  Gent.,  and 
>•*  •iJi'Irs,  Fanny  Parke  Winch,  Sponsors." 
Issue  (2d  marriage):  i..,.  ^ 

(9)  "Sara,  a  Daughter,  born'^une  3,  1754;  bapfize;d  Mar.  11  follow- 

ing by  the  Reverend  Mr.  Mossom.  John  Robinson  and 
Richard  Corbin,  Esqrs.,  Col.  Bernard  Moore,  Mrs. 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  Seaton  and  Mrs.  Elis.  Robertson, 
Sponsors." 

(10)  "Mary,  a  Daughter,  born  Sept.  25,  1756;  baptized  by  Mr. 
Mossom  Nov.  9.  James  Pride,  Esqr.,  John  Sinclair,  Gent, 
and  Dr.  Geo.  Gilmer,  Godfathers.  Mrs.  Ann  Winston, 
and  Miss  Anne  Meux  and  Miss  Fanny  Henry,  Godmothers." 

George^  Webb,  born  July  4,  1729.  He  was  a  member  of  the  New  Kent 
C'ommittee  of  Safety  1775;  a  Naval  Commander  in  the  same  year,  Treas- 
urer of  the  State  177S,  etc.,  and  held  other  offices  of  prominence.  He 
married  April  1756  (marriage  bond  in  Goochland)  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Tarleton  Fleming,  of  "Rock  Castle,"  Goochland,  and  died  after  1786. 

Issue  (known): 

(11)  George^  Webb,  Jr. 

(4)  Lewis^  Webb,  of  New  Kent,  born  April  9,  1731,  died .     He  was 

educated  at  William  &  Mary  College,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Burgesses  for  New  Kent  at  the  sessions  of  September  and  November, 
1758,  Feb.  1759,  Nov.  1759,  March,  May  and  October  1760,  and  March- 
1761.  He  married  (according  to  the  account  preserved  by  his  descend- 
ants in  the  south,  Elizabeth ,  probably  Bickerton.). 

Issue  (known): 

(12)  Foster*  Webb.  Jr. 

(5)  Foster^  Webls,  of  New  Kent,  bom  Jan.  3,  1732-3.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  William  &  Mary  College.  It  is  believed  by  the  compiler, 
though  not  asserted  positively,  that  this  Foster  Webb  was  the  same 
person  who  appears  in  another  Bible  record.  "Foster  Webb  of  the  County 
of  New  Kent  was  married  to  Sarah  Shore  the  17th  June  1775,  Daughter 
of  John  Shore  of  the  County  of  Hanover.  On  Thursday  the  26th  of  Oct- 
ober 1795,  departed  this  Life  Mr.  Foster  Webb.  On  Monday  the  26th 
of  April  1802,  about  4  o'clock  P.  M.,  closed  her  earthlv  existence,  Mrs. 
Sarah  Webb." 

Issue:  (To  be  continued) 


GEKEALOGY.  101 

Yeardley— Flowerdewe — West. 

Notes  from  English  Records  in  reference  to  the  Yeardley,  Flow- 
erdewe AND  West  Families.     Furnished  from  England  at  the  in- 
stance OF  Mr.  Griffin  C.  Callahan,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
(Continued) 

Chancery  Proceedings.     Charles  I.     Y.  7.     No.  34. 

[Undated] 
The  replication  of  Ralphe  Yardley  complainant  to  the  answer  of  Francis 
West  esq.,  defendant. 

[Abstract], 

The  repliant  denies  that  Dame  Temperance  Yardley,  the  defendant's 
late  wife,  ever  sent  any  tobacco  out  of  Virginia  to  this  repliant  in  England 
besides  the  seaven  thousand  weight  mentioned  in  the  answer.  But  he 
says  that  about  the  same  time  she  sent  into  England  100  hogsheads  of 
tobacco  which  were  not  sent  to  him  but  to  one  Thomas  Wolfrey  of  South- 
ampton who  has  not  j'et  given  any  account  of  it  to  this  repliant.  This 
repliant  further  says  that  the  defendant,  since  the  death  of  the  said  Dame 
Temperance,  has  secretly  conveyed  away  great  quantities  of  tobacco  and 
other  the  personal  estate  of  Sir  George  Yardley,  and  has  converted  the 
same  to  his  own  use.  The  defendant  ought  to  restore  the  same  to  this 
repliant  for  the  use  of  the  children  &  orphans  of  Sir  George  Yardley,  to 
whom  in  equity  the  same  belongs. 


'      Chancery  Proceedings  Charles  I.  W.  63  No.  42. 
Francis  West  of  the  city  of  Winchester,  co.  Southants,  esquire,  comp. 

V. 

Ralph  Yardley  of  London,  an  apothecary,  defendant. 

[Abstract]     Bill  dated  1  Feb.  1629-30. 

[A.  D.  1628] 

The  complainant  shows  that  about  the  last  day  of  March,  3  Charles  I, 
he  married  Dame  Temperance  Yardley,  late  wife  of  Sir  George  Yardcly, 
knight,  and  by  means  thereof  and  of  the  last  will  of  the  said  Sir  George 
was  to  have  had  a  full  third  part  of  all  the  estate  of  the  said  Sir  George  in 
Virginia  or  elsewhere,  over  &  above  all  household  stuff  being  in  Sir 
George's  house  in  James  City  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  third  part 
so  belonging  to  the  complainant  amounted  to  at  least  £3000,  the  said  Sir 
George's  estate,  of  which  he  bequeathed  a  full  third  part  to  his  wife, 
Dame  Temperance,  being  worth  £10,000  at  least.  The  said  Dame  Tem- 
perance proved  the  said  will,  of  which  she  was  executrix,  and  within  one 
year  after  her  marriage  with  the  complainant  she  died  in  Virginia  with- 
out having  made  any  will,  by  means  whereof  her  said  third  part  of  right 
belonged  to  the  complainant.  The  said  third  part  mainly  consisted  of 
tobacco  growing  in  Virginia  or  transported  into  England,  as  also  of  ser- 


102  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

vants,  negroes,  &c.,  and  of  a  plantation  of  1000  acres  of  land  with  to- 
bacco at  Stanley  in  Warwick  River  in  Virginia,  and  being  all  appointed 
by  Sir  George's  will  to  be  sold  for  tobacco  money  or  other  commodities 
of  that  country  and  to  be  transjjorted  into  England  to  be  sold  there,  a 
third  part  thereof  was  to  be  delivered  to  the  said  Dame  Temperance  for 
lier  own  use.  This  was  done  partly  in  Dame  Temperance's  life  time  & 
partly  since  her  death.  But  Ralph  Yardely,  the  defendant,  having 
knowledge  of  this  &  of  Dame  Temperance's  death,  and  knowing  by  Sir 
George's  will  that  a  third  part  belonged  to  his  said  wife,  and  by  her 
death  to  the  complainant,  and  the  other  two  parts  to  Sir  George's  three 
children,  (the  complainant  being  then  in  Virginia  where  Dame  Temper-^ 
anee  died)  the  said  Ralph  obtained  letters  of  administration  of  the  goods 
of  the  said  Sir  George  and  by  colour  thereof  possessed  himself  of  all  the 
personal  estate  of  the  said  Sir  George  Yardeley.  About  last  Easter 
the  complainant  arrived  in  England,  and  hearing  that  the  said  Ralph  had 
possessed  himself  not  only  of  Sir  George  Yardley's  estate,  but  also  of  the 
complainant's  third  part  thereof,  he  repaired  to  the  said  Ralph  Yardley 
«SL'  asked  him  to  tell  him  what  the  said  estate  amounted  to,  and  to  pay 
him  a  full  third  part  of  the  same.  All  which  the  said  Ralph  Yardely 
utterly  refused  to  do. 

The  demurrer  of  Ralphe  Yeardly,  defendant,  to  the  bill  of  Francis 
West  esq.  complainant. 

The  defendant  says  that  by  the  complainant's  own  shewing  letters  of 
administration  of  the  goods  of  Sir  George  Yeardley,  knight,  have  been 
granted  to  this  defendant.  It  does  not  appear  by  any  thing  set  forth  in 
the  bill  that  the  complainant  has  any  purparty  in  the  personal  estate  of 
Sir  George.  This  defendant  is  advised  by  his  counsel  that  neither  in  law 
or  in  equity  is  he  bound  to  give  the  complainant  any  account  of  the  said 
estate,  as  is  required  by  his  bill. 


Will   of   Francis   West 
of  Winchester,  co.  Southants,  esquire 
dated  17  December  5  Charles  I.     [A.  D.  1629.) 

(Full  abstract] 

I  desire  to  make  provision  for  Jane  my  now  wife,  one  of  the  daughters 
of  Sir  Henry  Davye,  knight,  in  case  she  survives  me. 

I  desire  that  my  wife,  as  soon  as  she  may  after  my  death,  shall  sell 
all  my  lands,  goods,  plantations,  servants,  iSrc,  either  in  England  or  Vir- 
ginia (except  jewels,  plate,  linen  and  household  stuflf)  and  shall  have  the 
whole  disposing,  profits  and  ordering  thereof  imtil  such  time  as  my  son 
Francis  West  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  one  and  twenty,  my  said  wife 
in  the  meantime  bringing  up  my  said  son  in  learning  and  in  the  fear  of  God. 
When  my  said  son  shall  come  of  age  my  wife  shall  deliver  to  him  one  half 
of  my  said  estate  to  be  sold  as  aforesaid.  If  my  said  son  shall  die  under 
age  my  said  wife  shall  have  all  my  said  estate  of  lands,  plantations,  ser- 


GENEALOGY.  103 

vantb  ;aid  goods  aforesaid  to  her  own  use  forever,  that  is  to  say,  such 
lands  &  things  as  I  shall  be  then  seised  of  in  fee  simple  to  her  &-  her  heirs 
forever,  and  all  my  said  personal  estate  whatsoever  to  her  own  use  for- 
ever, if  she  happens  to  have  no  issue  by  me.  And  if  she  happens  to  have 
any  issue  by  me,  then  I  devise  the  said  whole  estate,  or  money  to  be  made 
upon  the  sale  of  the  lands,  plantations,  servants  &  goods  aforesaid  (if  my 
said  son  Francis  happen  to  die  during  his  minority)  and  the  whole  benefit 
thereof  to  my  said  wife  for  her  life.  But  if  my  said  son  Francis  shall  live 
to  be  twenty  one,  and  I  shall  have  no  issue  by  my  wife  Jane,  then  1  devise 
only  one  half  thereof  to  her  for  her  life.  After  the  death  of  my  said  wife, 
1  devise  one  full  moiety  of  the  whole  estate  aforesaid  (if  my  son  Francis 
shall  die  during  his  minority)  unto  such  children  as  1  shall  have  by  my 
said  wife  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  saving  that  such  eldest 
son  as  I  shall  have  by  my  said  wife  Jane  shall  have  a  double  portion.  If 
my  said  wife  shall  take  a  second  husband  after  my  death,  then  the  moiety 
of  such  estate  as  shall  come  to  her  by  virtue  of  this  my  last  will  shall  be 
divided  equally  between  such  children  as  I  shall  have  by  her,  saving  a 
double  portion  to  the  eldest  son. 

I  bequeath  to  my  said  wife  Jane  all  such  jewels,  linen,  pl^te,  money  & 
household  stufT  as  I  shall  be  possessed  of  at  the  time  of  my  death  to  her 
own  use  forever. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Jane. 

Overseer.     Sir  Henry  Davye,  knight,  to  whom  1  bequeath  £5. 

Provided  that  i^f  the  said  Francis  West  and  Jane  do  die  without  issue 
of  their  bodies  between  them  begotten,  that  then  the  one  half  of  all  the 
estate  aforesaid  shall  be  in  the  power  of  the  said  Francis  West  to  bestow 
and  give  to  whomsoever  he  pleaseth. 

Witness.     Tho.  South,  Tho.  Hill. 

Proved  on  the  28th  April  1634  by  Jane  West,  relict  &  executrix. 


Yardley  Wills,  Proved  at  Litchfield. 

Lichfield 

Will  of  James  Yerdeley  of  Leamington  dated  —January  1533-4. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Leamington  Prior.  I  make 
bequests  to  the  church  of  Leamington  Prior,  the  Mother  Church  of 
Coventry,  &  the  mother  church  of  Lichfield.  I  give  to  my  [sistjer  Elsa- 
beth  a  cow.     To  my  son  John  &  wife  Alys  the  residue  of  my  goods. 

Executors.     My  son  John  &  wife  Alys. 

Witnesses.     Henry  Yerdeley,  John  Freman,  Tho.  

Proved  14  October  1534. 

[Much  mutilated.] 


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Will  of  Jone  Yerdysley,  of  Drayton  in  Hales,  dated  31  Oct.  1537. 

[Abstract] 

I  dosire  to  be  buried  in  Drayton  Church.  I  make  small  bequests  to 
Helen  daughter  of  John  Pole,  Margaret  Smythe,  Thomasyn  Wylde, 
Robert  Burton,  Jone  Yerdesley,  Katcryn  Yerdesley,  Beatrix  Black- 
hurst,  Elene  Coke,  Raffe  Yerdesley  &  Helen  Smith.  1  bequeath  to  my 
son  Thomas  40  s.  I  bequeath  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  Humfrey 
Yerdesley  my  brother's  son. 

Executor.     The  said  Humfrey  Yerdesley. 

Witnesses.  Sir  Thomas  Ryder,  priest,  RafTe  Wylde,  John  Pole,  Robert 
Burton. 

Proved  27  January  1537-8. 

[N    B.     The  legacy  to  RafTe  Yerdesley  was  a  flaxen  sheet.] 


Will  of  Hugh  Yardele  of  Kenilv/orth  co.  Warwick  dated  19  August. 

[Abstract] 

I  bequeath  to  Alice  my  daughter .     To  Kateryne  my  daughter  a 

heifer.     To  Isabell,  to &  to  Kateryne  my  daughters  two  years  rent 

out  of  my  lands.     1  will  that  my  wife  Margery  to  hold .     I  bequeath 

to  William  my  son  two  kyne.  To  IVIargery  my  wife  &  William  my  son  the 
residue  of  my  goods. 

Executors.     My  wife  Margery  &  son  William. 

Overseer.     Fraunces  Phippes. 

[Witnesses].    Lister  my  ghostly  father,  Fraunces  Phippes,  Richard 

with  others  more. 

Proved  IG  October  1543. 

[In  very  bad  condition.] 


Will  of  Nicholas  Yerdeley  of  the  parish  of  Audeley  dated  23  November 
1543. 

[Abstract] 

1  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  James  of  Audeley.  1  be- 
queath 20  d.  to  the  High  Altar  in  the  parish  church  of  Audeley,  &  20  d. 
to  the  maintenance  of  Our  Lady  service  in  Audeley.  1  will  that  a  tren- 
tall  of  masses  be  said  for  my  soul,  &  for  all  Christian  souls.  I  assign  to 
my  brother  Robert  Yerdeley  my  house  &  ground  for  the  term  not  yet 
expired.     I  bequeath  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  my  mother. 

Executors.  My  brother  Richard  Yerdeley  &  William  Steyll  of  Made- 
ley. 

Witnesses.     Sir  John  Pytstocke  curate  of  Audeley  &  John  Revc. 

Proved  18  February  1543-4. 


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Will  of  Himifrey  Yardley  of  Lylyngton  co.  Warwick,  husbandman  dated 
6  October,  1556. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  Lylyngton  churchyard.  1  give  to  each  of  my 
five  sons  and  three  daughters  [all  unnamed!  40  s.,  and  I  desire  that  Anne 
my  wife  shall  educate  &  bring  them  up.  I  bequeath  the  residue  of  my 
goods  to  my  wife. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Anne. 

Overs  ers.     Richard  Yardleye,  Robert  Yardley  and  John  Whytehed. 

Witnesses.     Thomas  Badnalle,  John  Whytehed  and  Robert  Yardley. 

Proved  26  April,  1558. 


Will  of  John  Yardley  of  Exhall  in  the  county  of  Coventry,  yeoman,  dated 
4  September  1557. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Exhall.  I  bequeath  to  my 
son  John  Yardley  40  s.,  a  cow  and  C  sheep,  and  after  the  death  of  Alyse 
my  wife  1  will  that  he  shall  have  the  lease  of  my  house  if  he  will  be  ruled 
by  my  executors  &  overseers.  Otherwise  I  will  that  Richard  Symson 
my  sister's  son  shall  have  it,  or  one  of  her  other  children.  1  bequeath  to 
Thos.  Lyllakur  of  Coventry  some  wearing  apparel.  1  bequeath  to  Alyse 
my  daughter  the  lease  of  Synklers  yerde[?]  and  20  s. 

I  make  small  bequests  to  John  Proctor,  John  Pultney,  the  parson  of 
BedworLh,  &  John  Greene  in  the  Bayle  lane,  &  John  Lansdale. 

I  bequeath  to  my  wife  Alyse  the  residue  of  my  goods. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Alyse  Yardley. 

Overseers.  Richard  Stanfield,  gentleman,  Oliver  Wright,  John  Proc- 
tor &  P.ichard  Proctor. 

Proved  7  Feb.  1557-8. 


Will  of  John  Yardley  of  the  city  of  Coventry,  barber,  dated  8  August  1557. 

[Abstract] 

1  desire  to  be  buried  in  Trinity  Churchyard  of  Coventry.     I  bequeath 

to  Elys  Yardley  my  son  the  bigger  part  of  my  house,  and  Alyse  my  wife 
to  have  the  lesser  part  of  my  house  which  formerly  was  a  tenement  of 
6  s.  8  d.  a  year,  and  she  to  have  that  tenement  to  her  children  for  ever, 
but  neither  she  nor  they  shall  sell  it.  If  the  said  children  die,  then  all  the 
said  tenement  shall  remain  unto  my  son  Elyse  Yardley  &  to  his  heirs 
for  ever.  But  if  he  shall  die  without  heirs  then  all  the  house  shall  remain 
to  my  children  that  1  had  by  Alyse  my  wife.  I  bequeath  to  my  son  Elys 
various  household  goods,  and  to  my  wife  the  residue  of  my  goods. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Alyse. 

Witnesses.     Thomas  Saunders,  butcher,  and  Thomas  Woton,  clerk. 

Proved  7  Februarv  1557-8. 


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Will  of  John  Yerdeley  of  Myles  Grene   (AudeleyJ  dated  2  May.  1568. 
[Abstract] 

1  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  St.  James  of  Audeley  1  give 
to  Cici  ye  my  wife  my  house  &  grounds,  &  a  croft  called  Lytic  Bromelev 
durmg  her  life,  and  after  her  death  1  give  the  reversion  of  the  lease  of  the 
said  croft  to  John  Yerdeley  my  middle  son.  I  give  to  John  Yerdeley  my 
youngest  son  half  of  a  coal  mine  during  the  time  mentioned  in  a  pair  of 
indentures  he  to  pay  £5.  6.  s.  8d.  towards  my  debts.  I  give  to  my  said 
w.te  coals  from  the  said  mine  for  her  use.  and  after  her  death  I  assign 
th.m  to  John  Yerdeley,  my  middle  son.  I  give  to  John  Gernett  my  son 
in  law  my  takings  of  the  4th  part  of  a  stone  mine  called  the  Grene  Dellves 
during  the  time  mentioned  in  a  pair  of  indentures.  1  bequeath  the  residue 
of  my  goods  to  Licilye  my  wife,  John  Yerdeley  my  middle  son.  &  John 
Yerdeley  my  youngest  son. 

Executors.     My  wife  Cicilye.  &  John  Yerdeley  my  middle  son 
Overseers.     My  brother,  Richard  Yerdeley.  &  John  Gernett 
J\^i^tnesses.     Ric.  Yerdeley,  John  Vernon,  John  Yerdeley  "my  elder- 
Proved  11  April,  1559. 


Will  of  Robert  Yerdley  of  Radford,  co.  Warwick  dated  28  March  15- 
[Abstractj 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  S.  Nicholas  Churchyard  in  Radford      I  be- 
queath to  the  mother  church  of  Lichfield  4  d.,  to  the  Hi-h  ^Itar  4  d 
and  to  Radford  Church  12  d.     1  give  to  my  son  John  Yardle^  my  dwelling 
house  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever.     If  he  shall  die  without  heirs,  then  my 
son  William  \  ardley  shall  have  the  said  house  to  him  &  his  heirs  for  ever 
1  bequeath  to  my  son  Richard  my  cottage  house  &  the  close  belonging 
to  the  same,  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever.     If  he  shall  die  without  heirs 
then  Omfrey  Yardley.  my  son.  shall  have  the  same  to  him  &  his  heirs 
fr^'    1  ''^^"^^th  s""^*^  of  "^oney  to  my  sons  William,  Thomas,  Rich- 
ard &  OmfTrey.  and  to  my  daughters  Margett.  Agnes,  Allyce  and  Margere 
to  each  of  my  said  children  £6,  13.  4,  to  be  paid  them  on  the  day  of  mar- 
riage or  at  the  age  of  21.  ^ 
Executor.     My  son  John. 

Overseers.     William  Whythead  &  John  Yebome 
^Witnesses.     John  Cruce,  vicar  of  Radford.  Thomas  Jecock  &  Thomas 

Proved  13  November  1559. 

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GENEALOGY.  107 

Will  of  John  Yardley  of  Kenilworth  dated  28  July,  1566. 

(Abstract) 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Kenilworth,  1  desire  my 
goods  to  be  divided  between  my  wife  Anne  Yardley  &  John  Yardley  my 
youngest  son,  the  said  John  to  have  his  moiety  at  the  age  of  21.  If  he 
shall  die  under  age,  one  moiety  of  his  share  shall  remain  to  my  wife  Anne 
and  the  other  moiety  shall  be  equally  divided  between  the  children  of  my 
son  Harry  Yardley  &  the  children  of  Richard  Maydes  my  son  in  law.  I 
owe  sniall  siams  of  money  to  John  Bland,  Harry  Yardley  my  son,  John 
Yardley  my  eldest  son,  &  Thomas  Yardley  my  son: 

Executors.     John  Bland  &■  Thomas  Yardley. 

Overseer.     John  Knight. 

Memorandum  that  on  his  deathbed  the  testator  confessed  that  after 
his  death,  upon  the  entrance  of  Harry  Yardley  into  the  house  &  lands  of 
the  said  testator  the  same  Harry  ought  to  pay  John  Yardley  the  elder 
his  brother  £4. 

Witnesses.     Nicholas nell,  Richard  Maydes,  Harry  Yardley,  John 

Yardley  the  elder,  Richard  Bettes  the  writer. 

Proved  9  Jvme  1567. 


Will  of  John  Yardley  of  Radford  co. ,  Warwick,  yeoman  dated  29  July  1576. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  S.  Nicholas  in  Radford.  I 
give  to  each  of  my  children,  Robert,  Richard,  John,  Henry,  Thomas  and 
Su7anna  Yardley  £6,  13,  4  to  be  paid  them  at  the  age  of  21.  I  desire  my 
debts  to  be  paid  as  well  to  my  brothers  &  sisters  as  to  others,  and  those 
contracted  through  the  executorship  of  my  father,  Robert  Yardley's  will. 
I  bequeath  to  Mylborowe  my  wife  my  house  in  which  I  dwell  &  my  lands 
in  Radford  for  her  life.  If  she  shall  die  before  Robert  Yardley  my  son 
comes  of  age,  then  I  will  that  my  said  house  &  lands  shall  remain  to 
Richard  Yardley  my  soji,  untill  the  said  Robert  comes  of  age.  I  be- 
queath the  residue  of  my  goods  to  my  wife. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Mylborowe. 

Overseers.  My  kinsman  Thomas  Hyll  of  Honely  &  Richard  Whythead 
of  Radford. 

Witnesses.  Fraunces  Hyll  the  elder,  Edward  Hyll,  Fraunces  Hill  the 
younger,  Ric.  Whythed,  Thomas  Scrope,  Henry  Whythed  &  William 
Why  the  d. 

Proved  23  April  1577. 


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108  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


Will  of  Randall  Yerdeley,   of  Audeley,  dated  6  February,   1575-G. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  Audeley  Churchyard.  I  bequeath  to  Eli7abeth 
Yerdeley  my  sister  6s.  8d.  To  the  bastard  son  of  James  Yerdeley  rny 
brother  3s.  4d.  To  my  said  brother  James  certain  of  my  tools  in  the 
smithy,  some  household  goods,  also  the  chamber  in  the  old  house  &  the 
use  of  one  half  of  my  smithy  during  his  life  if  he  keep  himself  sole  &  un- 
married. I  give  to  Richard  my  son  cne  iron  stythie  in  the  keeping  of 
John  Crokett  with  the  rest  of  my  smithy  tools.  Also  in  the  name  of  his 
full  child's  part  of  my  goods  the  sum  of  20  marks  to  be  paid  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  my  executrix  &  overseers.  I  give  to  Margaret  my  wife  the 
residue  of  my  goods,  and  the  term  of  years  which  I  have  in  a  wood  called 
the  Hayes,  &  in  lands  which  I  hold  of  Wm.  Banghey;  and  land  called 
Tybrr^eduwe  which  I  bought,  for  her  life,  with  remainder  to  John  my 
eldest  son  &  his  heirs,  and  to  Richard  my  younger  son  Sc  his  heirs  suc- 
cessively, and  in  default  of  such  issue  to  the  right  heirs  of  me  the  testator. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Margaret. 

Overseers.  My  brother  in  law,  Wm.  Bolton,  John  Vernon  &  Richard 
Vernon. 

Witnesses.  John  Vernon,  Ric.  Vernon,  James  Yerdeley  &  Robert 
Vygurs. 

Proved  14  Jujie  1577. 


Will  of  Raphe  Yerdley  of  Audeley,  co.  Stafford,  gentleman,  dated  23  July 
1587. 

[Abstract] 

I  beciueath  my  interest  &  term  of  years  in  a  messuage  &  certain  copy- 
hold lands  in  the  hamlet  of  Talke  in  Audeley  manor,  which  1  hold  of  the 
said  manor  by  copy  of  Court  Roll  for  50  years,  of  the  grant  of  William 
Yerdeley,  gentleman,  my  father  by  licence  &  admittance  of  the  lord  of  the 
manor  that  then  was,  to  the  only  use  of  Alice  Yerdeley  now  my  wife,  if  she 
shall  live  so  long.  If  she  die  shall  before  the  term  of  years  is  expired, 
then  I  bequeath  the  residue  to  my  said  father.  I  bequeath  to  Sibell, 
widow  of  Robert  Sneyde  of  Talke,  the  keeping  of  one  cow  winter  &  sum- 
mer, and  one  day's  work  of  land  to  sow  with  what  grain  she  will,  without 
paying  any  rent  for  the  same. 

I  bequeath  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  Alice  my  Vv'ife.  I  owe  small 
sums  of  money  to  my  brothers  John  Yerdley  &■  George  Yerdley. 

Executors.  My  wife  Alice,  My  father  William  Yerdeley  &  my  kinsman 
William  Boulton. 

Overseers.  My  brother  William  Yerdeley  &  brother  in  law  Robert 
Meynell  gent. 

Witnesses.     John  Sneyde,  Thomas  Yerdley,  Richard  Blore. 

Prov^'d  14  July  15S8. 

(To  be  continued) 


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BOOK    REVIEWS.  109 


BOOK  REVIEWS. 


Mt.  Vernon,  Washington's  Home  and  the  Nation's  Shrine.    By  Paul 
Wilshatch,  Author  of  "Richard  Mansfield,  the  Man  and  the  Actor," 
&-C.,  Garden  City,  New  York,  Doubleday,  Page  &  Company,  IQi'b, 
pp.  301,  with  52  illustrations. 
There  has  been  much  wrriten  about  the  most  famous  dwelling  in  Amer- 
ica; but  nothing  like  this  book.     There  have  been  dry  collections  of  facts 
about  part  of  the  history  of  Mt.  Vernon,  and  readable,  but  inaccurate  ac- 
counts of  other  portions;  but  in  no  one  volume,  complete  and  handsome, 
has  the  whole  story  been  told  with  most  careful  accuracy  and  yet  in  ari 
agreeable  and  attractive  style.     The  author  has  studied  most  thoroughly 
all  sources  of  information  in  regard  to  Mt.  Vernon  and  its  occupants^and 
has  combined  in  his  work,  much  never  before  included  in  any  one  volume. 
The  story  begins  with  the  first  settlement  of  the  Potomac  country  and 
continues  down  with  great  wealth  of  detail,  to  the  present  time.     It  is  by 
far  the  best  woik  of  its  kind  which  has  ever  appeared. 

In  the  multiplicity  of  sources  he  had  to  study  the  author  was  bound  to 
make  a  few  slips.  Bryan  Fairfax  (p.  18)  did  not  ordinarily  assume  his 
title;  but  did  go  to  England  and  have  it  confirmed  by  the  House  of  Lords. 
The  weapons  illustrated  opposite  page  2G  are  hardly  "battle-axes,"  but 
seem  to  be  halberds.  On  page  -43,  Wm.  Byrd,  3d  of  the  name,  has  been 
mistaken  for  his  father,  and  the  Raleigh  Tavern  (p.  61)  does  not  "still 
stand."  It  was  burnt  years  ago.  But  there  are  trivial  matters  which 
do  not  offset  the  great  volume  and  interest  of  the  book. 

The  Hamiltons  of  Burnside,  North  Carolina,  and  their  Ancestors 
and    Descendants.      By   Patrick  Hamilton   Baskervill,    A.   M. 
(U.  of  Va.),  Richmond,  Va.     Richmond,  Va.,  Wm.  Ellis  Jones' 
Sons,  Incorporated,  1916,  pp.  158,  with  several  illustrations,  maps 
and  charts. 
Mr.  Baskervill,  who  has  done  such  good  genealogical  work  on  his 
paternal  ancestry,  studys  in  this  book,  another  ancestral  line,  that  of 
Patrick  Hamilton,  who  was  born  at  Burnside,  Scotland,  in  1789,  and  emi- 
grated to  North  Carolina  in  1807.     The  emigrant  was  descended  from 
James  Hamilton,  of  East  Quarter,  who  lived  about  165,'->,  and  seems  to 
have  been  a  cadet  of  Hamilton,   of  Parkhcad.     This  family  in  turn 
branches  from  the  Hamiltons  of  Orkston,  who  began  with  a  young  son  of 
the  Hamiltons  of  Cadzow,  ancestors  of  the  ducal  house.      Mr.  Basker- 


110  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

vill  has,  as  he  says,  not  attempted  a  history  of  the  Hamiltons,  but  has 
made  a  most  thorough  study  of  the  various  lines  from  which  the  Hamil- 
tons of  Burnside,  N.  C,  were  certainly  or  probably  descended.  As  in 
his  former  work  Mr.  Baskerville  makes  no  unfounded  claims;  but  states 
frankly  all  difficulties.  The  book  is  a  valuable  addition  to  Scottish- 
American  genealogy. 

Vr.coiNiA  Counties:  Those  Resulting  from  Virginia  Legisl.ation.  By 
Morgan  Poitiaux  Robinson,  Archivist.  Bulletin  of  the  Virginia 
State  Library,  January-July  1916.  Richinond,  Davis  Bottom, 
Superintendent  of  Public  Printing,  1916,  pp.  283,  with  twelve  maps. 
When  it  is  said  of  a  book  that  it  completely  and  finally  accomplishes 
the  object  for  which  it  was  written,  there  need  be  but  little  more  said  of 
it  than  to  describe  its  subject.  It  can  be  stated  with  confidence  that 
Mr.  Robinson's  book  has  told  all  that  there  is  to  tell  about  the  origin 
and  growth  of  Virginia  counties,  and  has  done  it  in  a  most  thorough  and 
scholarly  way.  A  preface  which  explains  the  plan  of  the  work  and  which 
contains  an  adm.irably  compact  history  of  the  settlement,  is  followed 
by  a  table  of  counties  arranged  in  alphabetical  order,  which  also  gives 
the  dates  of  formation,  "the  land  formed  from,"  and  reference  to  the 
authorities.  Next  come  the  counties  in  chronological  arrangement, 
then  the  geographical  arrangement,  with  a  very  valuable  series  of  maps 
showing  the  growth  of  population.  This  is  followed  by  a  series  of 
charts  showing  the  "genealogies"  of  the  counties — how  one  was  formed 
from  another  and  became  the  parent  of  a  third,— and  finally  the  texts  of 
acts  of  Assembly  concerning  counties  which  do  not  appear  in  Hening's 
Statutes  at  Large  (recently  obtained  from  London)  and  a  bibliography. 
It  is  difficult  to  speak  too  highly  of  the  way  in  which  Mr.  Robinson  has 
done  this  work.  On  almost  every  page  is  evidence  of  intense  labor;  and 
this  tireless  labor  has  been  accompanied  by  scholarly  judgement.  To 
the  historian  of  Virginia  and  her  counties,  the  lawyer  and  the  genealogist, 
this  work  is  indispensable. 

The  Balkan  Wars,  1912-1913.     By  Jacob  Gould  Schurman.     Third  Edi- 
tion,    Princeton  University  Press,  Princeton  (Sec),  1916,  pp.  140, 
with  maps. 
The  value  of  this  work  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  this  is  the  third  edition. 
At  the  present  time  it  is  even  more  interesting  than  when  it  was  first 
published,  for  the  authors  statement  made  Nov.  26,  1914,  in  the  preface 
to  third  edition,  that  "It  is  not  inconceivable  that  some  or  all  of  those 
states  may  be  drawn  into  the  present  colossal  conilict,"  has  been  most 
fully  realized. 

Index  of  the  Rolls  of  Honor   (Ance.stors  Index)  to  the   Lineage 
Books  of  the  National  Society  of  the  Dau<;hters  of  the  Amek- 


BOOK    REVIEWS.  Ill 

ICAN   Revolution.     Volumes  1   to  40.     1916,   Press  of  Pierpont, 
Sumter  &  Co.,  Pittsburj^h,  Pa.     (Mrs.  Sarnuel  A.  Ammon,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  Editor),  pp.  424. 
A  book  indispensable  to  searchers  for  Revolutionary  ancestors. 

The  New  Purchase  or  Seven  and  a  PIalf  Years  in  the  Far  West.     By 
Robert  Carlton,  Esq.  (Baynard  Rush  Hall),  Indiana.     Centennial 
Edition.     Edited  by  James  Albert  Woodburn,  Professor  of  Amer- 
ican History,   Indiana  University.     Princeton  University  Press, 
Princeton  {&c.),  1916,  pp.  522. 
Princeton  University  has  done  a  good  work  in  republishing  "The  New 
Purchase,"  a  book  long  out  of  print,  which  has  been  pronounced  as  one 
of  the  best  works  ever  written  concerning  life  in  the  West.     The  "New 
Purchase"  was  part  of  Indiana.     Hall  went  to  Indiana  about  1823,  trav- 
elled widely,  met  and  observed  many  new  and  various  social  conditions 
and  wrote  a  most  vivid  account  of  his  experiences.     The  present  edition 
has  been  well  edited  and  a  key  given  to  the  characters  and  places  pre- 
sented under  fictitious  names  in  the  original  publication.     Any  one  who 
wishes  to  get  a  very  real  insight  into  life  in  the  West  (north  of  the  Ohio) 
at  that  period  must  read  this  book. 

Andrew  Johnson,  Military  Governor  of  Tennessee.     By  Clifton  R. 
Hall,  Ph.  D.,  Assistant  Professor  in  History  and  Politics  in  Prince- 
ton  University.     Princeton   University   Press,    Princeton    (&c.), 
1916,  pp.  234. 
A  valuable  study  of  the  life  of  Andrew  Johnson  in  1802-1865.     The  au- 
thor states   that  he  has    particularly   desired  to  show  how  the  lessons 
learned  by  Johnson  in  reconstructing  his  own  state,  constituted  a  training 
for  the  work  to  which  he  was  called  in  a  national  capacity. 

The  Ryekson  Gene.\oloy.  Genealogy  and  History  of  the  Knickerbocker 
Families  of  Ryerson,  Ryerse,  Ryerss;  also  of  Adnance  and  Martense 
Families;  all  descendants  of  Martin  and  Adrian  Ryeroz  (Ryerozen) 
of  Amsterdam,  Holland.  By  Albert  Winslow  Ryerson.  Edited 
by  Alfred  L.  Holman,  probably  printed  for  Edward  L.  Ryerson, 
Chicago,  1916,  pp.  433. 
This  is  one  of  the  handsomest  and  most  carefully  prepared  genealogies 

which  has  ever  been  issued.     It  is  a  worthy  memorial  to  an  ancient 

Dutch  family  which  settled  in  New  Amsterdam. 

Social  Life  in  England,  1750-1850.  By  F.  J.  Foakes  Jackson.  New 
York,  The  Macmillan  Company,  1916,  pp.  338. 
This  voluine  contains  a  course  of  Lowell  Lectures  delivered  in  Boston 
in  March,  1916.  Mr.  Foakes  has  lifted  his  subject  from  cut  and  dry 
statistics  and  quotations  so  often  found  in  books  of  this  sort,  and  illus 
trates  social  life  in  England  by  telling  of  examples  of  the  lives  of  the 


112  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

people.  He  begins  with  the  Wesley  family  for  life  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  and  follows  with  Crabbe,  the  life  of  Margaret  Catchpole,  Gunn- 
ing's "Reminiscences  of  Cambridge,"  the  Creevy  Papers  of  the  time  of 
the  Regency  following  with  England  as  shown  in  the  writings  of  Dickens 
and  Thackeray,  and  concluding  with  a  striking  chapter  on  sport  and 
rural  England.  The  book  gives  a  new  and  very  interesting  view  of 
English  life. 

Briiif  History  of  the  United  States.     By  Matthew  Page  Andrews, 
M.  A.,  151  illustrations  and  25  black-and-white  maps  in  the  text; 
also  frontispiece  and  two  maps  in  full  color.     Philadelphia  and 
London,  pp.  368,  XXVIII,  II,  and  index. 
This  is  a  scholarly  and  very  '  'readable"  book  for  students  of  the  seventh 
and  eighth  grades.     "No  better  book  can  be  found  by  the  man  or  woman 
who  desires  in  a  single  volume  a  complete  survey  of  our  country's  his- 
tory," is  the  verdict  of  one  who  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  this  very 
useful  and  attractive  volume. 

A  Political  and  Social  History  of  Modern  Europe.     By  Carlton  J.  H. 

Hayes,  Associate  Professor  of  History  in  Columbia  University,  2 

volumes.     New  York,  The  Macmillan  Company,  1916,  pp.  xxv, 

5S1;  vii,  767,  with  38  maps. 

"A  timely,  accurate  and  brilliantly  written  historj'^  of  modern  Europe 

from  1500  to  the  present  war,  in  which  the  emhpasis  is  placed  on  recent 

happenings  or  at  least  those  events  of  the  past  which  have  had  a  direct 

bearing  on  the  present. 

At  his  point  of  departure  the  author  has  chosen  the  world  discoveries, 
the  mighty  commercial  expansion,  and  the  religious  turmoil  of  Europe  in 
the  sixteenth  century,  for  with  that  date  modern  world  politics  and  the 
steady  growth  of  nationalism  may  be  said  to  begin,  and  the  great  central 
theme  of  modern  history  emerges — the  rise  of  the  bourgeoise.  I^Jot  only 
has  the  author  devoted  several  admirable  chapters  to  social  and  econ- 
omic developements,  but  he  has  utilized  every  part  of  the  narrative  in 
injecting  some  social  or  economic  explanation  of  the  chief  political  facts. 
He  has  welded  political  and  social  history  into  a  real  synthesis.  The 
"critical  bibliographies  are  unusually  suggestive." 
No  more  valuable  book  of  its  kind  has  been  published  during  the  year. 


iCAL   KhOkZitm. 


THE 

Virginia  Magazine 

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HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY. 


Vol.  XXV.  April,  1917.  No.  2 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT 

1622-1G29*. 


From  the  Originals  in  the  Library  of  Congress. 


(Continued.) 
*A11  erasures  in  the  originals  are  here  printed  in  italics. 


[214.] 
Edward  Waters,  gent.,  swome  and  examined  Sayeth  y'  he 
caUinge  upp  as  pilott  to  bringe  the  dutche  shipp  to  James  Cyttie 
lente  his  boate  to  Tho.  Thomberry(l)  to  come  upp  to  James 
Cyttie  after  him  y*  he  himself  might  goe  back  in  her  to  Eliz. 
Cyttie. 

(1)  At  the  Census  of  1C21-5  Thomas  Thornbcrry,  aged  20,  wlio  came 
in  the  George  in  IGIG,  was  one  of  the  "Muster"  of  Edward  Waters  at 
Elizabeth  City.  He  owned  land  in  that  county  in  1G34,  lived  fur  a  time 
in  Maryland  where  he  was  a  member  of  Assembly  in  1649,  and  after  his 
return  to  Virginia  was  a  Burgess  for  Elizabeth  City,  1653.  He  may  have 
been  the  father  of  Rowland  Thornbury  or  Thornborough,  who  lived  both 
in  Va.  and  Maryland  and  who,  in  his  will  made  in  the  latter  Colony  in 
1696,  left  the  reversion  of  his  property  to  his  next  of  kin  "The  Thorn- 
boroughs  of  Hampsfield,  Lancashire." 


^1^  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Y*  is  ordered  y'  those  Tenants  y '  are  to  be  putt  foorth  to  masters 
shall  have  parte  of  their  rente  paide  w'ch  is  to  be  to  ym  selves  in 
corne  Shelld  two  barrells  of  Come  or  meate  at  the  expiracon  of 
their  Sei-vice  or  at  Christmas  next,  w'ch  shall  first  happen. 

January  the  XII  »•'  1625 
Licui  Thomas  Osborne  swome  before  the  Governor  deposeth 
that  uppon  Wednesday  the  X*^  of  January  1625  John  Smith  to 
tender  two  cappons(2)  to  Mr  John  Burrows,  being  dew  unto 
him  f(jr  his  rente,  w'ch  cappons  Mr  Burrows  refused  to  receave 

January  the  XVI "'  1625 
Christopher  Barker  sworn  before  the  Governor,  deposeth  that 
belore  Christmas  in  Ano  1624,  he  was  present  at  Kickotan  when 
Richard  Stephens(3)  and  Edward  ffysher  were  in  talke  con- 
cerninge  Edward  ffysher  his  goinge  in  his  Pynnace,  at  w'ch 
Tyme  Mr  Stephens  did  yeeld  y *  Edward  ffysher  had  been  foorth 
m  )us  service  in  the  Pynnace  30  dayes,  but  w't  Mr  Stephens  was 
to  !:ive  Edward  ffysher  for  that  tyme  he  knoweth  not 

[215.] 
Anthony  West  swome  and  examined  by  the  Govem'r  deposeth; 
y'  aljout  ye  later  end  of  June  last  past  Mr  George  Sandys 
Threar.  borrowed  one  hundred  weight  of  Tobacco  of  Zachar>' 
Criijps  and  Edward  White  and  when  Mr  James  Swyft  servant 
to  Mr  George  Sandys  receaved  y^  1001.  of  Tobacco  of  him,  he 
liked  it  very  well  and  saide  it  was  prettie  but  they  should'  re- 
ceave good  Tobacco  for  it  againe 

January  the  XX"'  1625 
CaiJi.  Natha.  Basse(4)  AiRrmeth  upon  his  knowledge  that  John 

(2)  Payment  of  a  few  capons  was  a  frequent  form  ot  nominal  rent  in 
England. 

(3)  Richard  Stephens,  afterwards  member  of  the  Council  His 
widow  Elizabeth  married  Governor  Sir  John  Harvey,  and  his  son  Samuel 
Stephens  was  the  first  husband  of  Frances  Culpepei.  who  afterwards 
married  Governor  Sir  William  Berkeley.     See  this  Magazine  I,  82,  83 

(4)  Capt.  Nathaniel  Bass,  born  1587,  came  to  Va.  in  1622  '  In  IG'^O 
and  1021-22  he,  with  Sir  Richard  Worsley  and  others,  obtained  from  the 
Virginia  Company  grants  for  a  plantation  to  be  called  "The  Isle  of 
Wights  Plantation,"  within  the  present  Isle  of  Wight  Co.,  Va.  Capt 
Bass  was  a  Burgess  March  1623-1  and  October  1629. 


MINUTES    OF   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  115 

Coombes(5)  and  John  Ewyne  cam  over  into  this  Country  in  the 
good  ship])  caled  the  Marigold  Ano  Domini  1G20  the  20'''  of 
May  and  were  deHvered  by  Capt.  Lane,  to  Sir  George  Yardley 
to  the  Company's  tise. 

A  Copie  of  Lawrence  Mayo  his  Acquittance  of  receipte 
Receaved  by  me  Lawrence  Mayo  the  29^''  of  December  1623 
three  hundred  weight  of  Tobacco  that  is  to  saye  one  of  nev/  and 
two  of  olde,  of  Lieut.  Wilham  Barrye  dew  unto  me  the  said 
Lawrence  Mayo  from  the  Virginia  Company  from  the  be- 
ginninge  of  the  worlde  till  this  present  daye,  witness  my  hande 

Lawr.  Mayo 

i'. — 

[210.] 
A  Copie  of  a  Letter  from  Mr  Wm  Constable  (6) 

to  Mr  Deputie  Ferrar 
Laus  Deo,  Vlushinge  the  ultimo  August  1625 
Worsh'll  Sir 

Your  Good  health  hoped  and  prayed  for,  In  the  midste  of  this 
greate  mortalitie,  These  are,  that  about  two  yeares  since  I  sent 
a  shipp  for  the  Virginia  caled  the  William  and  John,  The  m'r 

(5)  John  Coombs  or  Comes  who  came  in  the  Murygold  m  1G19,  lived 
at  The  Treasurer's  Plantation  in  1625. 

(G)  William  Constable  was  evidently  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Com- 
pany. On  Feb.  15,  1022  "on  motion  of  Mr.  Wm.  Constable  and  Mr. 
Arthur  Svvainc,"  Mr.  Reynolds  master  of  the  ship  William  &■  John  was 
authorized  to  go  on  a  tishins^'  trip  solely  for  the  benefit  ot  the  colony.  In 
Feb.  1G23,  the  William  ef  John,  of  50  tons,  was  commissioned  to  go  to  Vir- 
ginia via  Flushing  with  victuals  of  the  value  of  £500  for  trade.  This  and 
other  provision  ships  did  not  reach  Virginia  until  after  the  harvest  and 
as  this  had  been  good  there  was  not  so  much  demand  for  their  .supplies 
which  caused  the  loss  stated  by  Constable.  The  Flying  Hart  of  Flushing 
had  been  in  Virginia  as  early  as  1G19  and  had  carried  back  the  first  Vir- 
ginia tobacco  recorded  to  have  been  sent  to  England;  but  there  is  no 
doubtthatsome  had  been  sent  before.  Later, in  1621, the  same  shipbrought 
to  the  colony  Capt.  Thos.  Newce,  Sir  William  Newce  and  Mr.  Daniel 
Gookin  from  Ireland.  On  this  voyage  for  which  Constable  asks  a  com- 
mission, she  arrived  in  Virginia  in  Dec.  1G25;  ])ut  (probably  on  account 
of  the  confused  state  of  the  Company's  affairs)  without  a  commission. 
The  Governor  and  Council  seemed  to  think  this  irregularity  was  some- 
what compensated  for  by  the  good  news  she  brought,  viz.,  the  accession 
of  Charles  I. 


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116  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  ' '"'' 

tmtler  god  Wm  Reynolds  for  w'ch  shipp  your  Worp's  have  me 
a  commissione  owt  of  the  Courte,  And  although  I  loste  much  by 
that  vioage,  Yett  so  well  I  affect  the  prosperitie  of  those  people 
and  that  Country,  That  I  have  adventured  to  ffraight  another 
shipp  and  to  putt  in  good  store  of  p'visiones  wanting  in  that 
Plantacione,  And  because  I  would  be  knowne  as  a  subject  to  m}'- 
Kinge  and  Countrey,  and  also  as  a  ffreeman  and  well  wisher 
unto  that  Plantacione,  I  would  entreat  you""  Worp's  to  graunt 
mec  a  Commisione  owt  of  ye  Courte  in  the  name  of  Thomas 
Huett  v,''th  also  your  favorable  Letter  to  the  Governor  there 
for  the  kinde  entertainment  of  my  people  in  theire  Countrey, 
This  being  it  shall  encourage  me  and  many  others  to  set  theire 
handes  and  hartes  to  ye  ffourtherence  of  that  Plantacione,  And 
this  nott  doubting  of  your  wood's  aplaude  in  this  my  enterprise, 
And  favours  in  all  I  request  concerninge  the  ffourtherence 
therof,  I  rest  Your  worp's  to  Comande  in  all  the  service  he  can 

William  Constable 
To  the  worp'll  Mr  Deputie  ft'errar  in  London  or  ells  where,  these 
A  friend  whom  god  preserve. 


[217.] 
A  Copie  of  a  bill  from  Mr  Humphrey  Rastell  to  Capt.  Basse 
I  Hiunphrey  Rastell  of  London  merchant  to  p'mise  to  deliver 
to  Capt.  Natha.  Basse  of  Basses  Choyce  in  Warischroyke  one 
boye  aged  aboute  ffowerteene  yeeres  Sufficyently  appareled 
accordinge  to  the  use  &  custome  of  this  Countrey,  to  senile  him 
the  said  Basse  or  his  assignes  seven  Yeares  from  the  twentieth 
of  November  next  ensueinge  the  date  herof,  for  the  trewe 
p'toiTnence,  I  binde  my  selfe  in  the  penaltie  or  securitie  of  five 
hundred  pownd  of  Tobacco,  In  witness  I  have  heere  unto  putt 
m}^  hande  the  xviiii"'  daye  of  Aprill  1025 

Humphrey  Rastell 
Signed  in  the  presence  of 

William  Hollande 

Waldgrave  ]\larkes(7) 

Thomas  Phillipps 

(7)  Waldegrave  Marks  who  came  in  the  Bona  Nova  lived  at  James 
City  lG'2^1-5,  and  Thomas  Phillips,  who  came  in  the  same  ship,  was  in 
l(>2i-5,  a  servant  of  Lieut.  Edward  Berkeley  at  Hog  Island. 


,  aWISAD.'-M    .IA3I5iOT 


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[218.]      -  ' 
A  Courte  held  the  XXX  ^^^  of  January  1025,  being  present  Sir 
Francis  Wyatt,   Knyght,   Governor,  &c.,   Capt  Smith,   Capt. 
Alathews,  Mr  Abraham  Persie,  Mr  Wm  Cleybourne. 

At  this  Court  appeared  Capt.  Wm  Epps  and  in  the  behalf  of 
Mrs  Katherine  Bennett  rehct  and  wydow  of  Mr  Wm  Bennett, 
minister,  deceased,  she  being  by  the  last  will  and  Testament  of 
ye  said  Wm  Bennett  made  and  nominated  his  sole  executrix, 
doth  refuse  and  decline  to  take  uppon  her  the  said  Executorshipp 
yett  y'-  ye  depts  of  her  said  husband  may  be  paide  and  Satisfied 
as  far  as  his  saide  goodes  shall  extend,  she  is  vvillinge  to  admin- 
ister uppon  his  estate  And  Accordingly  hath  presented  into  this 
Courte  a  p'fect  Inventorie  of  all  his  goodes  and  estate  Together 
with  such  depts  as  hath  allredie  been  required  at  her  hands 
Therefore  Capt.  Epps  in  this  behalfe  and  at  the  desire  of  ye  saide 
Mrs  Katherine  Bennett,  doth  himself  sue  to  this  Courte  y'  she 
may  by  order  of  Courte  be  discharged  of  the  Executorshipp  and 
be  lyable  no  further  then  as  Administrator  so  far  as  the  goodes 
shall  extcnde 

The  Courte  Accordinglie  doth  order  y'^  she  shall  be  discharged 
of  the  said  Executorshipp,  And  Administer  uppon  his 
estate.  And  havinge  taken  her  oath  y'  it  is  a  p'fect  Inventory  of 
all  his  g(»odes  to  her  knowledge,  And  havinge  satisfied  ye  depts 
as  farr  as  the  goodes  shall  extend  she  shall  have  her  discharge. 

Randall  Smalhvood  p'vost  marshall  swome  and  examined 
sayeth  that  in  takinge  of  A  muster  in  the  presence  of  S'r  George 
Yeardlcy,  Capt.  Warde  did  release  James  Blackbourne(8)  of 
one  yeares  tyme  of  his  sen'ice 

Thomas  Powell  &  William  Dyer  also  affmied  y*  Capt.  John 
Warde  gave  James  Blackbourne  one  yeere  of  his  tyme  y*  the 
said  James  Blackbourne  had  to  serve  him,  These  p'ties  above 
written  do  affirme  this  to  be  trewe  uppon  theire  oathes  taken 
before  Capt.  William  Epps,  Esquire,  comander  of  the  same. 
Witness  me  Ye  marke  X  of  Thomas  Powell 

Nicholas  Raynberde  ye  marke  X  Tho.  Dyer 

(8)  James  Blackborne,  aged  20,  who  came  in  the  Sampson  in  1619,  was 
a  servant  of  Capt.  William  Epes  on  the  Eastern  Shore  in  1G24-5.  There 
are  several  instances  in  these  minutes  of  persons  who  at  the  time  of  death 
freed  servants  or  reduced  their  time. 


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VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


[219.] 
Y'  IS  ordered  y'  James  Blackboume  shall  have  his  ffreedom 
puttinge  in  Securitie  to  answere  Capt.  Warde  for  any  further 
Service  y^  Capt.  Warde  can  prove  to  be  dew  from  him. 
Y'  is  ordered  also  y'  Henr>'  Wilson (9)  and  Wm.  Minis  shall  dis- 
pose of  Theire  cropp,  puttinge  in  vSecuritie  to  Capt.  Wm  Epps 
to  be  answerable  to  Capt.  Warde  for  such  further  ser\-ice  as  he 
can  prove  to  be  dew  from  them,  to  him,  from  Christmas  last 
was  Twelve-month. 

Lodowick  Pearle,  gent.,  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  he 
beinge  abourde  the  Shipp  caled  the  grace  one  Saturday  night 
beinge  new  years  Eve  did  not  se  any  disorder  abourde  the  saide 
Shijjp. 

Roger  Sanders  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  John  Snode, 
Thomas  Thornbeny,  Adam  Thorowgood(lO),  John  Pennie  and 
Pavvde^  Horwood  cam  abourd  the  Shipp  caled  the  grace  one 
Saturday  nyght  beinge  new  yeers  Eve  and  to  his  knowledge  did 
not  see  any  of  them  distracted[  ?]  in  drinke,  And  sayeth  y*  those 
five  before  named  and  two  others  tooke  boate  and  went  from 
the  Shipp  before  this  deponent,  And  this  deponent  saw  them 
Hoyst  saile  and  presently  after  lost  sight  of  the  boate  wheruppon 
this  deponent  &  his  mate  made  w't  hast  they  could  &  beinge 
their  Crye  to  save  them,  at  w'ch  tymc  this  deponent  tooke  i\p 
three  of  them  owt  of  the  water 


(9)  Henry  Wilson,  aged  21,  who  came  in  the  Sampson,  1619,  and 
William  Munnes,  aged  2.5,  who  came  in  the  same  ship,  were  servants  of 
Capt.  Wm.  Epes  on  the  Eastern  Shore  in  1624-5.  The  Sampson,  Captain 
John  Ward,  had  arrived  in  Virginia  April  22,  1619,  with  fifty  emigrants, 
including  Rev.  Thomas  Bargravc,  a  nephew  of  Dr.  Bargrave,  Dean  of 
Canterbury.  They  settled  at  Ward's  Creek  above  Martins'  Brandon  in 
the  present  Prince  George  County.  After  t  he  Massacre  the  survivors  f;f 
this  Colony  scattered  to  other  places. 

(10)  Adam  Thoroughgood,  afterwards  member  of  Council  and  an- 
cestor of  a  well-known  Virginia  family.  John  Penrice  was  living  at 
Elizabeth  City  1G23;  but  is  not  included  in  the  Census  of  1624-5.  Paul 
Harwood.  aged  20,  who  came  in  the  Bona  Nova,  1622,  was  a  servant  of 
Edward  Waters  at  Elizabeth  City  1624-5.  John  Snowood,  aged  25,  was 
also  living  at  IHizabeth  Citv  1624-5. 


MINUTES    OP   THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  119 

[220.] 

Y'  is  ordered  y  ^  John  Snode,  Thomas  Thornberry,  John  Penrose, 
Adam  Thorowgood  and  Paulle  Horwood  for  theire  offence  in 
goinge  abourde  contrary  to  the  Proclamatione  shall  each  of  them 
enter  into  bonde  of  twentie  pownde  for  theire  good  behaviour 
and  each  of  them  to  pay  twentie  pownde  weight  of  good  mer- 
chantable Tobacco  towards  ye  buildinge  of  the  bridges  at  Eliza- 
beth Cyttie  And  to  pay  in  the  saide  Tobacco  to  Capt.  Tucker 
at  his  howse. 

And  this  is  all  the  Courte  at  this  tyme  came  to,  consideringe  that 
man  came  in  to  allege  any  thinge  conceminge  ye  deaths  of  John 
ifoster  and  Thomas  lAinn[?]  that  were  cast  away. 

A  copie  of  a  bill  of  ladinge  proffered  in  Courte  by  Richard 
Wake 

Shipped  by  the  grace  of  god  in  good  order  and  well  condi- 
cioned  by  me  Richard  Wake  in  and  uppon  the  good  Shij^p  called 
the  Elizabeth  of  London  wherof  is  m'r  under  god  for  this  present 
Vioage  Lawrence  May  and  now  ridinge  at  anchor  in  James  river 
And  by  gods  grace  bound  for  London  in  England,  To  say  one 
Butt,  one  chest,  one  hogshead  marked  R.  P.  Being  marked  and 
as  in  the  margent  [marks  shown  on  margin  of  original]  and  are 
to  be  delivered  at  the  foresaide  Porte  of  London,  the  dangers 
and  adventures  of  the  sea  only  excepted,  to  Elizabeth  Page  or 
her  assignes,  she  or  they  payinge  freight  for  the  saide  goods 
three  pence  p'  pownde,  w'th  principle  and  average  deducted, 
In  witness  wherof  ye  master  or  purser  of  ye  said  Shipp  both 
Affirmed  to  three  bills  of  ladinge  all  of  this  Term  and  date,  the 
one  of  which  three  bills  beinge  accomplished  the  other  two  to 
stand  voide,  and  soe  god  send  the  good  shipp  to  her  desired 
Porte  in  saftie,  amen. 
Dated  the  27^''  of  December  1625 

Law.  May 


[221.] 
(ll)Be  it  knowne  to  all  men  by  these  p'resents  y*  I  John  Haule 

(11)     This  is  the  first  real  estate  mortgage  recorded  in  Virginia. 


120 


VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


of  Jarnes  Towne  Island  in  Virginia  do  ow  and  stand  indebted 
unto  Thomas  Pasmoure  of  James  Towne  Island  aforesaid  the 
riglit  quantitie  of  Two  hundred  and  Three  score  powndes  of  the 
best  merchantable  Tobacco  in  leafe,  To  be  paide  to  the  saide 
Thomas  Pasmoure  or  his  lawful!  Attorney  his  Executors  ad- 
ministrators or  nssignes  one  the  first  daye  of  November  now 
next  Ensuino-e  tlie  date  herof  w'ch  Payment  well  and  trewlie 
to  be  and  donne  I  bynde  my  Self  my  he}Tes  executors  and  ad- 
min isirators  by  these  p'sentes 

In  witness  wherof  I  ha\c  ];crunto  sett  m}-  hand  and  scale  the 
io^"'  daye  of  January  1G2-1 

'i  V'    ^    .■•■;•(■.!■'.;,— njo.  John  Hawle  his  marke 

ct  signmn 
Subscribed  sealed  &  delivered 
in  the  presence  of 

Nathaniell  Came}' 

Waldegra^■e  Markes 
Mdrii.  that  the  above  named  John  Haule  doth  binde  him  self 
his  hey  res  executors  and  aehninistrators  y*  yf  the  above  written 
sume  of  t\\^o  hundred  and  three  score  pownde  of  Tobacco  be  not 
paidc  to  'J^homas  Passmoure  one  the  day  above  named,  Then  to 
Surrender  liis  howse  and  grounde  in  the  saide  Island  to  the  saide 
Thomas  Passmoure,  and  doth  further  covenant  To  tlie  said 
Thomas,  never  to  sell  or  left  to  any  other  the  saide  ho-.vse  and 
^^roimde  But  he  the  said  Thomas  to  have  the  refusall  givinoe  as 
anotlicr  will  gi\-e,  \\itness  my  hande  tlie  day  and  \'eer  above 
V/rilLcn. 

John  X  Haule  his 
marke 
Witness  herof 

Nathaniell  Cawsey 
\Valde2:ra\-e  Markes 


A  (Vmrte  helde  the  G"'  of  iTebruary  1025,  beinge  present  Sir 
ffrancis  W.^-att  Knight,  Governour  &c.  Capt.  liVancis  West, 
Capt.  Roger  Sm.ith,  Capt  SamAiell  ?Nlathews,  Mr  Al^.raham 
Persic,  Mr  \\'n\  Clev1)ounie. 


MINUTES    OF    THE    COUNCIL   AND    GENERAL   COURT.  121 

Wheias  John  Haule  died  indepted  to  Thomas  Passmoure  in 
the  Some  or  quantitie  of  fower  hundred  pownd  weight  of  To- 
liacco,  as  p'tly  by  bill  and  p'tly  by  the  confessione  of  Brigett 
Haule  his  wyddow  it  doth  appeare 

Y'  is  agreed  in  Courte  betweene  the  said  Bridgett  Haule  and 
Thomas  Passmoure  That  the  said  Thomas  Passmoure  shall 
Accept  of  the  howse  and  grounde  of  the  said  John  Haule  Sytuat 
in  James  Cyttie  Islande  for  and  in  full  Sattisfaction  of  the  said 
dept,  and  that  the  said  Bridgett  Haule  shall  resign  upp  all  her 
right  clctime  and  Title  in  and  unto  the  said  howse  and  fower 
acres  of  land. 

And  y^  is  fourther  ordered,  y'  John  Haule  havinge  fayled  in 
payment  of  all  the  aforesaid  dept  dew  to  Thomas  Passmoure 
That  he  shall  enioy  the  lands  Sc  howse  accordinge  to  the  agree- 
ment made  between  him  and  the  saide  John  Haule.  And  be- 
cause John  Haule  had  no  cojjpie  of  the  said  lande,  y'  is  ordered 
y'  the  saide  Thomas  Passmoure  shall  enjoy  the  said  howse  and 
fower  acres  of  lande,  as  p'te  of  his  Devident 


[223.] 
James   Hickmote(12)    swome   and   Examined   sayeth   y*^   one 
Saturday  nyght  beinge  the  fowerth  of  ffebruary  1G25  beinge  at 

(12)  Jiimes  Hickmole  or  Hickniot,  and  his  wife,  who  came  in  the 
Bonaventurt:  lived  at  James  City  lG'24-5.  Thomas  Hatch,  aged  17,  who 
uarne  in  tlu-  Duty,  KJl'J,  was  one  of  Sir  George  Yeardley's  servants  at 
James  City  1G24-5.  The  "precedent"  referred  to  was  the  cutting  oflf  of 
the  ears  of  Edward  Nevell  for  the  same  offence  of  criticising  the  govern- 
ment for  Cornishe's  death.  The  "Duty  boys"  were  fifty  "dissolute" 
persons  from  London  sent  to  Virginia  by  order  of  the  King  in  thaDuty  , 
v/hich  arrived  in  Virginia  in  May  1020.  Most  of  these  "dissolute  per- 
sons" seem  to  have  been  boys  probably  gathered  up  in  the  streets  of 
London.  They  were  placed  as  servants.  It  is  evident  from  this  order 
that  littk  Jamestown  had  the  regular  outfit  of  each  ancient  town  in 
England,  u  gallows  outside  the  gate  and  stocks  and  pillory  in  some 
public  place  inside.  One  of  the  most  remarkable  things  about  the  early 
colonies  is  the  absolute  obedience  to  law.  Laws  were  broken,  of  course, 
liut  there  was  no  resistance  when  the  authorities  inflicted  the  punish- 
ments for  such  breaches.  It  is  rendered  more  remarkal)le  by  the  fact 
that  the  government  had  no  force  at  its  di.sposal  except  the  posse.  There 
would  be  some  grumbling  and  defiant  talk;  but  never  any  resistance  to  the 
government's  orders. 


KfT>;l 


122  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

the  howse  of  Edward  ffisher  in  James  Cyttie,  one  Peter  Masten 
beinge  in  company  and  fallinge  on  tallce  concerninge  Richard 
Williams  als  Cornish  that  was  executed  for  [unnatural  crime], 
The  said  Masten  then  comendinge  the  said  Comish  for  an  ex- 
cellant  manne  and  shillfull  Artist. 

Thomas  Hatch  beinge  also  in  company,  said  that  in  his  cons- 
yence  he  thought  the  said  Comishe  was  put  to  death  wrong- 
fiilly,  wheruppon  this  deponent  said  you  were  best  take  heede 
w't  you  saye,  you  have  a  presedent  [precedent]  before  your  ej'es 
the  other  d'ye,  And  it  will  cost  you  your  eares  y*'  you  use  such 
woordes,  To  w'ch  the  said  Tho.  Hatch  replied,  I  care  not  for  my 
eares,  lett  them  hange  me  yf  they  will. 

Sara  ffisher,  ye  wife  of  Edward  fhsher  sworne  and  examined 
Affirmeth  as  much  as  Mr  James  Hickmote  hath  uppon  his  oath 
formerly  delivered. 

Anthony  Jonnes  sworne  and  Examined  sayeth  that  he  heard 
Thomas  Hatch  say  that  Richard  Cornish  was  putt  t()  death 
wrongfully,  and  that  he  did  not  care  for  his  eares 
Y^  is  ordered  y',  Thomas  Hatch  for  his  offence  shalbe  whipt 
from  the  forte  to  the  gallows  and  from  thence  whipt  back  againe, 
and  be  sett  uppon  the  Pillory  and  there  to  loose  one  of  his  eares, 
And  that  his  service  to  Sir  George  Yardley  for  seaven  yecres 
Shalbegain  from  the  present  d'ye,  Accordinge  to  the  condicicm 
of  the  de\\1:ie  boyes  he  l;einge  one  of  them. 


[224.] 

Mr  John  Burrows  at  this  Courte  desireth  to  have  one  hundred 
and  iTyftie  acres  of  land,  for  three  servants  (vid'lt)  Nicholas 
Goldsmith,  Wm  Burfoote  and  Sara  Bowman  According  to 
Certificates  p'duced  in  Courte,  To  w'ch  his  request  the  Court 
doth  willingly  assent  and  do  order  Mr  Cleybourne  to  register 
the  same  in  reccorde. 

Y*  is  ordered  according  to  the  voluntarie  agreement  of  Sir 
fiPrancis  Wyatt  in  behalfc  of  the  Adventurers  of  ye  magazine  and 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT.  V2'.i 

Capt  ftrancis  West  in  behalfe  of  Mrs  Margarett  West(13)  ad- 
ministratrix to  her  late  husbande  Edward  Blayney,  Merchant, 
deceased,  That  the  said  Capt.  ffrancis  West  shall  make  present 
payment  of  five  thowsande  pownde  weight  of  the  best  mer- 
chantable Tobacco  in  leafe  unto  the  saide  S'r  ffrancis  Wyatt 
to  the  use  of  the  said  Adventurers.  And  further  it  is  ordered 
that  the  said  Capt  ffrancis  West  shall  not  sell,  imppartej  ?!, 
alyenate  nor  otherwyse  by  any  meanes  or  wayste  make  or 
dim'she  any  of  the  goods  and  chatties  movable  immovable 
Real  or  p'sonal  wherof  Mr  Edward  Blany  was  actually  Seased 
&  possessed  of  w't  or  before  such  tyme  as  there  shall  com  advise 
owt  of  England  from  the  adventures  in  answere  of  Mr  Blaynys 
Accompts  and  demandes[?]  made  by  letters  to  the  said  Adven- 
turers and  y*  such  further  order  shalbe  taken  herafter  by  this 
Courte  as  Justice  and  eqiiitie  shall  require 


[225.] 
Capt.  Wm  Epps  swome  before  the  right  woqj'll  S'r  ffrancis 
Wyatt,  knight,  Governor  Etc.,  deposeth  that  uppon  Tewsdaye 
the  xxvii*''  of  december  1625,  This  deponent  heeringe  that 
Lewke  Eaden  was  very  sick  went  to  see  him,  And  cominge  unto 
him  findinge  him  very  ill  and  weake  this  deponent  wished  him 
to  sett  his  estate  to  ryghts,  Soe  the  said  Luke  Eaden  Thanked 
this  depciuent  and  wyshed  him  to  come  againe  the  next  m.orn- 
inge.  But  before  this  deponent  came  unto  him  he  was  deceased. 
And  further  this  deponent  affimieth  y*^  the  said  Tewsday  before 
he  went  awaye  from  the  said  Luke  Eaden,  he  demanded  of  him 
w't  depts  were  owinge  him  in  this  countrey,  the  said  Luke  Eaden 
ansv/ered  and  saide.  That  since  the  last  reckoning  made  between 
him  and  Wm  Geny,  the  said  Wm  Geny  was  seaventeen  hund- 
red weight  of  Tobacco  indepted  unto  him,  And  further  said 
That  Zacharie  Cupps  and  Edward  White  did  owe  him  six  hund- 
red weight  of  Tobacco,  further  sayinge  that  divers  others  we  e 
in  his  dept,  but  for  that  tyme  he  desired  this  deponent  to  for- 

(13)  Capt.  Francis  West  married  rapidly.  It  has  been  shown  that 
he  married  the  widow  of  Edward  Blaj'ney.  Soon  after  the  death  of  Sir 
George  Yeardley  in  Nov.  1627,  West  married  his  widow  Tempercnce,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  own  death  had  still  another  wife. 


124  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

beare  him  untill  the  next  mominge,  before  w'ch  mominge  he 
deceased. 

John  How,  gent.,  likewise  swome,  deposeth,  y*  before  the  said 
Luke  Eaden  deceased.  This  deponent  requested  him  to  be  good 
to  his  servant  Alexander  To  w'ch  the  said  Luke  Eaden  answered, 
wlien  I  make  my  will  in  the  mominge  I  will  remember  him, 
furthermore  this  said  deponent  sayeth  y*  the  said  Luke  Eaden 
told  him  that  he  had  a  boye  y*  was  left  by  Thomas  Spilhnan  at 
Cliaplens  Choyce  contrary  to  his  appoyntment  And  that  the 
said  Sj)illman  had  borrowed  a  Ban-ell  of  come  and  left  the  said 
boye  as  sattisfaction  for  the  said  Come  untill  it  was  repaid, 
furthermore  the  said  Lul:e  told  this  deponent  y*  he  had  a  chest 
at  Henry  Gerreyes  where  were  certen  wrightings  and  Accompts 
Sz  powlder[?]  &  spices  of  divers  sortes,  &  two  paj'res  of  sheets, 
As  also  one  chest  of  Tobacco  and  one  chest  of  Tobacco  and  one 
bulke  of  Tobacco,  both  conteyning  eight  hundred  weight  or 
mure  therabouts.  The  key  of  w'ch  chest  of  wrightings,  spices, 
powder  &  other  things  the  said  Luke  Eaden  delivered  to  this 
dcjjonent  before  he  departed  liefe,  And  Capt.  Epps  &  this  de- 
p(.ncnt  cominge  to  Henry  Genys  to  see  w't  was  in  the  said  chest 
tl-ev  fo\vnd  it  l;roken  Oj)en  lK:  all  things  taken  owt. 


■uih. 


[22(3.] 
A  Courte  held  the  xx^''  of  fiebruary  1(325  beinge  present  S'r 
ffrancis  Wyatt,  Knight,  Governor  &c.,  Capt.  ffrancis  West, 
Ca];)t.  Roger  Smith,  Mr.  Will'm  Cleybourne'# Martin  Towner 
s\vorne  and  examined  sayeth,  That  he  this  deponent  was  in 
place  when  Mr  Thomas  Swyfte  and  Thomas  Delamaior(14)  did 
p'fect  upp  a  reckoning  Betweene  them.  At  w'ch  tyme  the  saide 
Thomas  Delamaior  did  allow  Mr  Swyfte  thirtie  pownd  weight 
of  Tobacco  for  a  dept  dew  to  Vincentia  Castillion  and  tenn 
]niv,  nde  of  Tobacco  for  Capt.  Nortone  And  ye  saide  Mr  Sw>^te 
did  Acknowledge  there  remayned  due  to  the  said  Thomas  Dela- 
maior ffortie  weight  of  Tobacco  and  one  barrell  of  come  w'ch 
Mr  Swyfte  did  p'mise  to  pay  unto  him 

(,11)  On  March  4,  1G2S,  Thomas  Delamajor,  joiner,  had  a  lease  of  three 
ai;!\  s  at  floos-  Hill  on  James  City  Island. 


ram  jtmi 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT.  125 

Thomas  Pricharde(15)   swome  and  Examined  sayeth  y'  one        '■ '" 
Sondye  nyght  the  xix*''  of  ffebniary  1625,  Tho  Leicester cominge 
in  about  one  hower  w'thin  night,  fallinge  in  question  aboute 
Tobacco  that  Mr  Docter  Pott  should  owe  to  Roger  Stanley,  ' 

Leyster  said  y*  Mr  Docter  did  nott  owe  the  said  Stanley  so  much 
Tobacco  as  he  said  he  did,  Stanley  said  he  lyed  &  themppon  '" 

Stanley  drew  owt  his  hanger,  and  then  Leyster  took  Another      '  ■'''^'' 
swoorde,  but  neither  of  them  did  then  strike,  after  y*  Leyster   '  ''•"''*' 
laid  dov/ne  his  swoorde.  And  then  Stanley  struck  at  him  w'th 
his  hanger  at  his  head,  and  Leyster  defended  it  w'th  a  Jugg  he  ''^ 

had  in  his  hande,  And  after  did  sett  downe  ye  Jugg  And  close 
w'th  Stanley  to  wrench  his  hanger  owt  of  his  hand.  And  in 
striving  w'th  him  Leyster  tooke  hold  of  his  hanger  and  broke 
it  off  w'th  a  handfull  of  the  hilte,  Ande  \v'th  ye  blade  of  ye 
hanger  w'ch  he  kept  in  his  hand,  cutt  the  said  Stanley  one  the 
arme,  w'ch  hanger  was  a  back  swoorde. 

Elias  Gale  aged  25  years  or  therabouts  beinge  examined 
affirmeth  as  much  in  efTect  as  Tho.  Prichard  hath  formerly  said 
uppon  his  oath 


[227.] 
Y*  is  (ordered  y'  Mr  Thomas  Weston  shall  presently  give 
Sufficient  securitie  to  Mr  Thomas  Crispe  to  pay  him  at  his 
howse  at  Kickotan  w'thin  this  xx  days  five  hundred  and  Three- 
score weight  of  ye  best  m'rchantable  Tobacco  in  leafe,  And  to" 
deliver  to  ye  said  Mr  Crispe  heere  at  James  Cyttie  xxx  s.  in 
money  and  the  Gynger  w'ch  by  a  former  order  of  Courte  he  was 
ordered  to  do,  And  to  cary  Mr  Crispe  his  Byskett  w'th  his  caske 
and  chest  down  to  Kickotan  gratis. 

Y'  is  ordered  y'  Mr  Edward  Nevell  shall  enter  into  bonde  to 
Mr  We  stone  for  the  payment  of  ye  three  hundred  and  thirtie 
weight  of  Tobacco  as  by  an  order  of  Courte  dated  ye  xix*''  of 
December  1625  it  was  ordered  y^  he  should  pay  to  the  said  Mr 
Weston  conceminge  Mr  Crispe  his  damages  for  his  Tobacco 
spoyled  at  Canada. 

(.15)  Thomas  Pritchard,  aged  28,  Thomas  Lester  aged  33,  and  Roger 
Stanley,  aged  27,  all  of  whom  came  in  the  Abigail  in  1020,  were  among 
"Dr.  Pott's  men"  at  the  Main  near  Jamestown  1G24-5. 


i2o  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

John  Webb  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  that  he  herd  George 
MedcalfedG)  saye  y*^  Mr  Hays  offered  to  lett  him  have  the  man 
Ashore  with  him,  \A'ch  the  said  George  Medcalfe  then  refused, 
Then  a  weeke  after  this  George  Medcalfe  came  againe  to  Mr 
Hays  to  demand  tlie  m.an,  and  Mr  Hays  told  him  he  had  in- 
quired further  of  it  And  now  I  am  otherwise  minded,  Yet  at  the 
last  Mr  Hays  told  George  Medcalfe  sayinge  \vell  so  I  may  have 
my  Tobacco  w'thin  this  six  d'yes  I  will  deliver  the  man  unto 
you  ashore. 

Roger  Sanders  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y'  on  mond'ye  the 
xvi^''  of  Januar}^  he  came  to  James  Towne  and  told  Mr  Hayes 
that  [he]  had  brought  his  Tobacco  from  George  Medcalfe  his 
m'r.  Mr  Hayes  answered  this  deponent  that  no  matter  you 
are  come  to  late  your  m'r  is  not  like  to  have  the  man,  And  w'thin 
two  d'yes  after  this  deponent  went  w'th  Mr  Waters  abourde 
Mr  Hayes  and  did  tender  the  Tobacco,  but  Mr  Hayes  would 
not  receave  it 


1228.] 
William  Douglas  Sworne  and  examined  sayeth  the  boatswain 
of  ye  shipt  x  x  x  [illegible]  did  tell  this  deponent  y'  he  had  100  of 
il'yshe  of  his  own  in  the  store  besides  the  cargo  some  p't  wherof 
ye  said  boatswaine  said  he  bought  of  one  Mr  Maurice  Thompson 
and  that  the  other  p'te  was  given  him  by  one  Mr  Lee  a  country- 
man of  his 

i'\u-ther  he  sayeth  y*  the  boatswaine  being  sent  ashore  w'th  the 
shipps  boate  by  tempest  &'  weather  drove  ashore  so  that  they 
could  not  gett  abourde  againe.  But  by  whose  neclect  this  de- 
jjonent  knoweth  nott,  And  about  two  dayes  after  when  the 
boatswaine  came  abourde  againe  Mr  Reyner  m'r  of  the  shipp 
cliided  him  and  said  he  should  nott  go  home  in  the  shipp,  So 
>-e  boatswaine  the  next  day  went  owt  of  the  shipj)  and  packt 
upp  his  Cloathes  and  went  ashore. 

John  Daw  [or  Dare]  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y*  cominge 
f:shore  w'th  the  boatswaine  goinge  for  some  liquor  The  nmdletts 

(10)  Ceurgf  Mcdcalfc's  "Muster"  at  Elizabeth  City  1621-5,  included 
himself  a;,;i'd  10,  Sara  Medcalfe  a-ed  30,  who  came  in  the  Ilopcurll  1021, 
and  Joan  a  child. 


jif>(UoG  rmaifiV/ 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT.  127 

were  filed  and  brought  to  the  boate  so  as  they  might  have  gone 
abourde  yf  the  boatswaine  had  been  there,  but  his  stayinge 
half  an  hower  or  therabouts  the  ebb  beinge  farr  spent  and  the 
yce  [ice]  cominge  so  stronge  drove  the  boat  agrounde  and  by 
that  meanes  they  could  nott  gett  abourde  in  two  d'yes  after 
John  Burstock  and  Andrew  Snelling  sworne  and  examined  de- 
pose to  the  same  effect 

(To  be  continued) 


To  ;,fR  :•:(>!.}. 


vttely  to  ac'-.'uTur  y-y^  oi 


'  Oi 


TSi 


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128  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  '-'*•* 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD,  FIRST. 

(From  his  letter  book  in  the  Collection  of  the  Virginia  Historical 

Society) 


(Continued) 

To  Mr  North 

Virginia  May  y'-'  10*''  1G86 
S'' 

This  Serves  onely  to  acquaint  you  of  our  wellfare  &  give  you 
thankes  for  your  kindnesse  to  my  Son,  w'''  I  hope  you  will  con- 
tinue. I  hope  by  this  time  m'  Brain  &  you  have  Settled  all 
affairs  relateing  to  T.  C.  Estate.  You  shall  Suddenly  hear  from 
mee  by  or  Small  irish  man(l)  I  got  from  Potomac  by  whom  I 
designe  you  ab^  80  H^^  of  Tobo  &  shall  then  draw  a  bill  on  you 
for  100  &od  pounds  for  i-um  &  Sugar  I  bought  of  him  else  could 
not  have  had  y  fraight.  My  Sendee  to  all  friends,  from 
S^ 

Yo^  reall  frd  &  Serv' 
W  B 

I'ray  Send  mee  by  y''  first  [opportunity]  easy  Sumer  Boots  for 

Selfe.     m''  Coe  I  believe  can  give 

you  a  measure  or  Cap*  Bradly 

if  not  come  away  allso  a 

Wedding  ring  20'  price  1  Sih^er 

thimble  &  bodkin  E  P 

1  Set  Shirt  Buttons  m'kd  R  H 
1  o  m^  North  ti^  Booth 


(1)     "Small  Irishman,"  i.  e.,  a  small  Irish  ship. 


■  ■'  LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD  121) 

To  Edward  Braine 

Virg'a  May  y^  10"'  168(5 

This  I  hope  will  find  you  Safely  arrived  at  youi-  desired  Port, 
where  (I  doubt  not)  you  have  composed  all  affairs,  by  payinir 
m''  North  his  due  according  to  yo''  obligacon  &  promise  w''  i 
shall  bee  glad  to  hear.  All  our  friends  in  health ;  onely  my  Aunt 
hath  been  much  troubled  at  a  report  of  your  Deatli  w''  was 
generally  spread  abroad  in  these  parts.  I  suppose  you  will 
Suddenly  recieve  all  yo''  Tobacco,  there  being  now  no  want  of 
fraight;  Remember  mee  to  all  our  friends  not  forgetting  m'' 
Kennon  &  yo''  Brother.  I  wish  you  health  &  a  safe  retume  & 
am 

Yo''  loveing  Cozen 
W  B 
To  m'  EdW*  Braine 


:■.)  Mciy 

:  :-;  ir,A;lv   S         ^^   JOHN   ClINTON       Jf, ..,,,-    ^,.v.   K<,.,'iu,-<t, 

Virginia  May  y«  2Q^^  16S(j 
S' 

According  to  your  desire  I  have  herewith  Sent  you  an  Indian 
Habitt(2)  for  your  Boy,  the  best  I  could  procure  amongst  our 
Neighbour  Indians,  there  is  a  flap  or  Belly  Clout  1  p""  Stockings 
&  1  p''  Mocosins  or  Indian  shoes  allso  Some  shells  to  put  about 
his  neclce  &  a  Cap  of  Wampum  I  could  not  gett  any  dyed  Hair, 
w*"  wouKl  have  been  better  &  cheaper  these  things  are  put  up  in 
an  Indian  Baskett,  directed  as  you  desired,  there  are  a  Bow  & 
arrows  tyed  to  itt,  I  hope  they  will  come  Safe,  &  find  you  at  yo' 
desired  porte  in  health.  I  am  Sorry  I  was  not  So  fortunate  to 
See  you  ere  yo""  departure;  You  formerly  devised  mee  to  Som 
Books  &  promised  you  would  procure  y'm  I  therefore  intreat 
you  to  Send  mee  a  treatise  or  two  of  Mineralls  &  Stones  tiie 

(2)  (lifts  of  various  sorts  were  constantly  being  exchanged  bi'tween 
Virginia  and  England.  One  may  easily  imagine  the  delight  of  a  little 
English  boy  at  receiving  such  an  outfit,  though  probably  his  descendant 
who  knew  Cooper  would  have  been  still  more  pleased. 


viioi  oT 


'm  oT 


•^)nl  •ic>  Z: 


saehift) 


130  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

fittest  you  find  for  my  purpose  either  of  m'  Boyles  or  any  other 
Enghsh  Author,  allso  Salmons  Polygraphice  the  last  Edition, 
&  if  you  can  conveniently,  I  pray  you  Send  mee  Some  Samples 
of  Oare,  especially  of  Lead,  tin  or  Silver,  for  our  ignorance 
therein  hath  made  us  neglect.  Some  things  w^  I  conceive  might 
bee  of  Value;  S*"  I  beg  your  pardon  for  imposing  this  trouble,  & 
assiu-e  you  if  I  can  any  way  Serve  you  here,  you  may  freely 
Command 

S'- 

Yo^  reall  frd  &  Servant 
If  you  Send  pray  Send  by  Some  of  the  (first)  James  River  ships. 
To  m"^  Jn'o  Clinton  %^  Sinclare 


,v(r  v'.a.i;.":  ;  ;"^        To  Mr  North 

Virg'a  Ult'o  May  1686 
S^ 

1'liis  onely  Serves  to  accompany  the  Unity  Jn'o  Sinclare  M 
by  whom  I  have  Sent  you  79  H'''*  of  Tobacco  w"'  one  H^"  &  a 
Banx-ll  of  furres,  w^  I  hope  will  come  Safe  to  hand.  Pray  if 
]jossilDle  procure  mec  a  tailor  for  mine  is  allmost  free  One  years 
tailors  worke  in  my  family  is  more  then  a  tailor  can  bee  worth. 
Send  mee  in  ab'  ten  or  a  do'z  Suits  of  Ser\'ants  Cloths  ready 
made  for  a  try  all,  allso  one  large  Clo.  Campaigne  Coat  ab*^  30^ 
price. 

I  hope  you  will  dispatch  Bradly  betimes  for  here  is  likely  hood 
of  forward  Crops,  Pray  give  my  best  respects  &  Scrvcie  to  all  our 
friends,  8c  accept  the  Same  from 

Yo'^  reall  friend  &  Serv' 
W  B 

I  have  charged  152£  on  you  payable  to  m''  Rich'^  Reeve  allso 
a  note  on  you  for  40^  to  m'  Jn'o  Sinclare  there  is  I  believe  a 
mistake  in  y'^  n'o  of  h'''*  of  tob'o  on  board  I  reckon  there  should 
bee  78  PP''*  if  y  oLlier  is  found  on  board  Jn'o  Sinclare  will  de- 
liver it  you 
To  nV  North  %^  Sinclare 


.SKIS' 


''  LETTERS  OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  131 

To  Perry  and  Lane 

Virg'a  P'o  June  1686 
Gen^ 

This  Serves  onely  to  give  you  an  acco'  of  our  Wellfares  &  y* 
our  trade  of  planting  goes  forward  apace,  there  is  great  likely- 
hood  of  early  Crops,  if  the  ships  are  as  forward  you  may  have 
Tob'o  timely  enough;  No  news  as  yet  of  Hasteds  comeing  ab* 
onely  his  sloops  one  in  this  river  takeing  in  Tob'o  so  I  Suppose 
hee  will  not  bee  long  after  this.  I  hope  you  will  bee  mindfull  to 
procure  mee  an  Apprentice  Youth  for  I  am  in  great  want,  not 
else  but  respects  &  Service  to  all  fr"*"  fro'm 
Gen^ 

Yo^  fr''  &  Sei-v^ 

W  B 
I  have  charged  yesterday  15£  on  you  payable  to  Charls  Mory- 
son 
Pray  Send  mee  y''  things  hereunder  mencon'd 

Trade  Invoice  Booke 
To  m'^'*  Peny  &  Lane  p  Sinclare 
Postscript  June  2'^ 
Yo*  \t^  Radiden  just  come  to  hand  &  thanke  you  for  y'^  Salt 
v/'''  came  ojDertunely  I  being  in  great  want,  the  stockings  I  had 
were  no:  wost'd 


To  Perry  &  Lane 

Virg'a  July  y«  8  1686 
Gen' 

Haveing  no  notice  of  Hasted  Saileings  I  could  not  by  him 
write  to  _vou,  but  m''  P'""  Perry  tells  mee  hee  vSent  you  a  bill  of 
Ladeing  for  24  H^**  of  Tobacco  I  had  on  board  him  I  did  hope 
by  him  to  have  Sent  you  Some  furs  &  skins  but  hee  not  Sending 
for  them  &  Cap*  Tibbets  rideing  So  remote  could  not  without 
great  inconveniency  fetch  them  they  must  lye  till  Gadsden,  who 
(as  m''  P''  Perry  tells  mee)  hath  promised  a  little  before  hee  Sails 
to  Send  for  them  by  w'''  time  I  hope  to  have  more.  No  News 
as  yet  of  Wyn,  wee  hear  hee  was  not  at  Barbados  y'^  18"'  of  May 
so  know  not  when  to  expect  him.     Here  is  great  indeavo"  for 


(n- 


132  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


mighty  Crops,  but  yet  know  not  what  may  bee  y''  Event :  I  can 
not  imagine  what  this  trade  will  come  too  Since  as  wee  increase 
there  will  bee  certainly  greater  quantity  of  Tob'o  made  but  the 
case  hath  been  the  Same  these  40  or  50  years.  I  could  wish 
wee  had  Some  more  certain  Commodity  to  rely  on  but  see  no 
hopes  of  itt.  Your  Duffeilds  this  year  proved  indifferent  onely 
narrow  &  Some  too  light  a  blew  the.  plains  Stark  naught  the 
Hoes  much  lesse  this  year  then  last  &  will  Scarcely  Sell,  the 
Kettles  I  formerly  mention'd;  Beads  you  Sent  mee  large  white 
instead  of  Small.  I  can  by  no  means  put  them  of,  Pray  (if  its 
not  too  late)  Send  mee  none  but  Small  white  this  year,  all  others 
a  drug.  I  formerly  charged  G0£  on  you  ^  Exchange  payable 
to  m''  P""  Perry,  w'''  please  to  pay  accordingly.  My  best  re- 
spects &  Service  to  all  our  friends  &  please  to  accept  the  Same 
your  Selves  from 

Gent 

Yo'  reall  fr'*  &  Serv* 
W  B 
To  m"  Perry  &  Lane  i3  Tibbet 


,    _^,  To  Arthur  North  / 

Virg'a  July  y«  8"'  1686 
S^ 

My  last  to  you  was  by  Sinclare  with  77  H'^^  of  Tob'o,  1  H'*  & 
1  Barrell  of  furs  w'*"  I  hope  is  come  Safe  to  yo''  Hands  have  little 
now  to  adde  onely  acquaint  you  of  our  Wellfare,  &  y*'  I  daily 
Expect  to  hear  from  you  by  Wyn,  I  am  Sorry  I  could  not  hear 
from  you  by  the  last  ships,  though  I  long  Since  rec^  an  Acco' 
of  y  Booths  Yenditia  from  others,  desire  you  to  bee  more 
p'ticular  how  the  m'"ket  of  furs  &  Skins  goes,  by  all  oppertunity 's. 
My  Service  to  all  our  friends  m""  Coe  his  Lady  m''  Cower  Ct'a. 
Hope  next  year  to  See  you,  In  the  meantime  pray  accept  mine 
w"'  my  wives  best  respects  &  Service  from 
S^ 

Yo^  reall  fr-^  &  Serv' 
W  B 
To  m^  Arthur  North  ^  Tibbets 


) 


LETTERS  OF   WILLIAM   BYRD  133 

To  Sadleir  and  Thomas,  Barbadoes 

Virg'a  8  b^  y  18"'  1G86 
Gen* 

Yo''*  5j^  Jacob  Green  &  Wynne  came  Safe  to  hand  w*''  what 
Goods  you  Sent  .  The  white  Sugar  very  bad.  I  bought  better 
here  at  19^  &  6^  ^  C  the  Limejuice  was  not  worth  one  farthing, 
all  y"  rest  of  y"  Goods  very  dear,  as  all  others  affiiTne  that  had 
goods  from  Barbados  at  that  time  I  doubt  not  but  you  will  hear 
of  itt  largely  from  others.  Our  designe  was  to  have  Sent  y* 
ship  immediately  backe  to  you  with  Corne,  pipe  staves  Cf*  but 
the  Sickness  of  Wyn  &  all  his  men  hath  occasioned  a  long  Stay, 
&  I  fear  lost  his  market.  However  I  desire  hee  may  bee  im- 
mediately dispatch'd  from  Barbados,  least  hee  allso  loose  his 
Voyage  to  Maderas,  his  wheat  is  now  all  ready,  &  wee  designe 
shall  bee  at  one  place  ere  his  returne.  I  desire  you  to  Send  mee 
the  Goods  underwritten,  but  j^ray  lett  y"  rum  Mellasses  &  Sug'' 
bee  all  in  Barrells,  w'*'  are  much  fitter  for  Sale  here  then  great 
Caskes.  You  will  recieve  herewith  from  mee  12  H*^"  of  Come 
8  Barrells  of  flower  &  ab*  2500  pipe  staves,  what  they  will  come 
to  I  know  not.  I  beg  pardon  now,  my  family  being  very  Sicke 
with  the  Small  Pox  but  hope  to  have  oppertunity  to  write  more 
largely  hereby  if  not  have  desired  Cap''  Randolph  to  take  my 
bills  of  Ladeing: 

The  negros  proved  well,  but  two  of  them  have  the  Small  pox 
w'''  was  brought  into  my  family  by  the  Negro's  I  reed  from 
Gambo;  not  else  at  present  but  with  best  respects  take  leave 
Gen' 

Yo'  Hiunble  Servant 
Wm  Byrd 
I  desire  these  following  Goods  to  bee  Sent  on  my  p'ticular  Acco* 
Viz* 

1200  Gall'ns  Rum 

3000  S  Muscovado  Sugar 

1  BaiTell  of  white,  ab*  2^  lett  it  bee  better  then  last  year 

2  Tun  of  Mellasses 

1  Caske  Limejuice,  2  lb.  Ginger 
To  Mess"  Sadleir  &  Thomas 

merch*^^  In  Barbados  ^  Wynn 


£tf 


'i^iii  '■•>u    jy>)il    .»v/»j 


'fr  ;cKi{nni) 


134  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  ■<'> 

''"'  To  Perry  and  Lane  t^.^' ai 

9  b^y*^  lO*''  1686 
Gen* 

I  miss'd  the  oppertunity  of  writeing  ^  Gadsden,  hee  haveing 
(notwithstanding  his  reiterated  promises  to  m""  P""  Perry)  left 
out  all  my  fmres  &  skins,  Six  H'^''  whereof  w^^^  26  H''^  of  Tobacco 
I  hope  will  come  Safe  to  yo""  Hands  herewith;  I  have  been  miglity 
unhappy  in  the  Negros  by  Cap*  James,  m'  Hartwell  Stopping 
the  ship  at  Towne,  m-"  P^  Peiry  m''  Harrison  &  himselfe  lotted 
them  there,  &  kept  the  ship  3  or  4  days  in  bitter  cold  weather; 
all  y*  had  y^  Small  pox  (itt  seems)  hapned  into  my  lott  one  dyed 
on  board,  &  another  in  y-'  Boat,  my  people  that  went  for  y'm 
caught  the  distemper  &  brought  itt  into  my  family,  whereof 
poor  m^^  Brodnax(3),  &  3  of  my  Negros  are  allready  dead,  & 
ah'  fifteen  more  beside  my  little  daughter  have  them.  Pray 
God  put  a  Stop  to  itt,  for  I  have  allready  cause  to  repent  I  ever 
was  concem'd  in  James,  I  alh^'ays  understood  they  were  to  bee 
deliver'd  att  Swinyards,  &  not  for  one  mans  convenience  to  nm 
the  Hazard  of  y^  Whole,  but  now  there's  no  help  for  itt. 

No  news  as  3^et  of  Hall,  by  that  time  the  Booth  goes  out  hee 
may  bee  here  (if  hee  bee  well)  God  Send  hee  may.  Hee  hath 
ever  been  a  Charge  &  disappointment  to  us,  I  wish  I  was  fairly 
rid  of  him.  Tobacco  proves  generally  good  this  year  &  bright 
(especially  the  fonvard)  of  w'''  I  must  not  expect  much.  My 
Goods  (if  they  come  at  all)  will  bee  for  a  latter  market t.  I  reed 
15  Negros  from  James  beside  one  dy'd  in  the  Boat  &  one  (they 
Say)  dyed  on  board  w''  was  design'd  for  mee  therefore  hope  I 
s]iall  bee  charged  no  more  than  I  reed  alive  from  on  board.  I 
hope  the  new  ship  you  intend  may  prove  more  Successfull  then 
any  of  those  I  have  hitherto  been  concerned  in.  The  Booth 
(I  suppose)  may  Saile  ab*  y«  P'  of  next  moneth,  &  Cap'  Bradly 


(3)  Mr.s.  Brodnax  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Wm.  Skerme  of  Henrico, 
and  wife  of  John  Brodnax  of  the  same  county.  Her  husband  was  probably 
in  England  and  during  his  absence  she  was  living  in  the  family  of  Wm. 
Byrd.  John  Brodnax  (who  according  to  a  deposition)  was  born  in  IGGS, 
must  have  married  again  as  he  died  in  1719,  leaving  five  children. 


t^i 


(raO 


LETTERS   OF  WILLIAM  BYRD  135 

ab'  y*-"  middle,  therefore  shall  not  trouble  you  farther  att  present 
but  remain 

Yo^  fv"  &  Serv* 

W  B 
If  you  have  not  Sent  mee  any  Small  white  Beads,  pray  Send 
mee  by  the  1^*^  oppertimity  2£  Lett  them  bee  vSmall  or  none  m"" 
Herberts  V^  bill  for  £50  Sent  Herewith 
To  m''"  Perry  &  Lane 
li^  James 


To  Mr  North 

Virg'a  9  b^  y^  22^'^  1686 
S^ 

This  Serves  onely  to  give  you  a  Acco*  of  y®  rec*  of  yo''-''  ^' 
Bradly  &  Ruds  C*a  with  what  goods  you  Sent  by  the  former. 
Cap*  Bradly  I  Suppose  will  Saile  within  ten  days,  therefore  shall 
now  inlarge  these  being  chiefly  to  accompany  the  Booth  with  the 
inclosed  bill  of  Ladeing  for  20  H^''  of  Tobacco,  w'*'  I  hope  will 
prove  well.  My  Service  to  all  our  friends,  hope  to  vSee  you  by 
tlie  latter  Ships,  in  the  interim  Remain 

Yo--  reall  fr^  &  vServ' 
W  B 
The  Contents  of  y"  20  H''^*  follows 
To  m''  North  t^  Booth 


To  Perry  and  Lane 

Virg'a  (9  bO  the  29t»'  168() 
Gen' 

My  last  to  you  by  James  with  what  Sent  by  him  I  hope  ere 
this  is  come  Safe  to  your  hands,  Since  w''  I  have  rec'  yours  '^ 
Hall,  Culpeper  &  Ruds,  with  what  you  Sent  ^  the  2  former,  I 
suppose  none  here  concern's  will  bee  wanting  to  Halls  dispatch; 
but  fear  it  will  bee  Jan'ry  before  hee  Sails.  My  Tobacco  will 
bee  all  on  board  within  ten  days,  hee  complains  the  want  of 
sloops  will  bee  a  great  hinderance  to  him.  I  could  wish  the 
new  ship  in,  where  shee  will  not  faile  of  a  ready  dispatch,  hope 


nrtmi 


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136  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  'v V 

it  may  not  bee  |ong  first.     Here  hath  been  a  prety  large  Crop 

t  but   greedily  bought   up,    I    thinke  Tobacco  generally   much 

brighter  then  last  year,  wish  there  was  any  prospect  of  a 
good  market;  I  am  sorry  an>'  private  discourse  here  (for 
writeing  I  doe  not  find  my  Selfe  concem'd)  should  bee  so 
ill  represented,  as  to  give  you  that  occasion  of  resentment 
you   Seem   to   expresse   in    your   postscript    ^   Morgan,  &   if 

'1,,  ■,,.,  wee  did  (at  this  distance)  misapprehend  the  measures  you 
tc/oke  I  hope  the  error  may  bee  pardonable,  the  most  I  remember 
past  for  my  part,  that  Some  ships  had  been  formerly  brought 
to  London,  when  they  might  have  foimd  a  better  market  in 
Holland,  whither  they  were  desij.ai'd,  or  Somev/hat  to  that 
purpose,  &  heard  not  a  word  of  itt  Since  till  y*"  rec''  of  yo'''*  but 
of  this  enough;  I  &  m)'  wife  must  alh^'ays  acknowledge  our 

\',  :;  Selves  infinitely  oblidged  to  you  &  good  Mad'm  PeiTy  for  yo"" 
extroardinary  kindnesse  to  our  daughter  Susan.  Aly  family 
continues  yet  ill,  with  the  Small  pox  but  (hope  in  God)  the 

liiclt)    worst  is  past,  My  Service  to  all  frds  Sz  please  to  accept  y"  Same 

nava'    yo'"  Selves  from  ,   ;.  .^ 

Gen* 

o.  ••■  — Yo^frd&Serv« 

■'      •     "■  W  B 

t ;  v'\ '    Being  now  from  home  I  cannot  Send  you  James  2'^  bill  of  Lade- 
ing:  nor  Herberts  2''  bill  of  Ex'a  but  inclosed  is  another  of  Her- 
berts for  £5.  16^  07  St'g. 
To  Mess^"  Perr>^  &  Lane  ^  Bradly 


To 


Virg'a  9  b^  y  29"'  1686 
S^ 

This  accompanys  Cap'  Bradly  by  whom  I  have  sent  you  100 
H''''  of  Tobacco,  w'^'  hope  may  come  well  to  Hand  &  find  a  better 
market  then  wee  dare  exjject  at  present  the  Tobacco  (I  fear  not) 
but  will  prove  much  brighter  then  last  year.  You  may  act 
with  the  ship  I  presume,  as  you  find  most  convenient  for  the 
owners  interest,  provided  it  bee  no  prejudice  to  her  forwardnesse 
next  year,  Ime  sure  you  cannot  find  fault  with  us  for  her  dis- 
patch this. 


im 


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d«5di  •"»^ 


LETTERS   OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  137 

I  have  been  under  Some  trouble  lately,  It  haveing  pleas'd  i^e 
God  to  afflict  my  family  with  Small  pox,  of  w'*'  m'''*  Brodnax 
&  3  of  my  old  negro's  dyed,  &  ab''  20  more  beside  my  little 
daughter  have  gone  through  that  foul  distemper.  My  little 
Girle  (I  thanke  God)  is  well  recoverd  &  no  Signe  of  them,  the 
worst  I  hope  is  past,  I  made  use  of  Bradlys  Docto''  &  have 
charg'd  a  l)ill  on  you  payable  at  Sight  for  £10  w''^  hope  you'l 
hono^  My  Bro  Tom  being  (as  hee  writes  mee)  free  next  Spring  V'' 
is  earnest  with  mee  for  the  Legacy  left  him  by  my  Uncle,  there- 
fore I  desire  you  (if  Tob'o  will  raise  the  mony)  to  pay  it  him. 
All  fr'ds  here  in  health  &  retume  thanks  for  your  kind  token, 
w'''  is  intended  to  be  disposed  of  According  to  your  desire, 
whereof  you  may  expect  an  Acco*  hereafter.  Pray  give  my 
Sendee  to  all  our  friends,  &  accept  the  same  to  3^o''selfe  &  Lady 
from 

Yo""  assiued  frd  &  Serv' 
W  B 
Inclosed  is  a  bill  on  you  from  Cornelius  Dabany  for  £87.  10\ 
jjayable  lo  mee,  of  w'**  I  doubt  not  yo''  acceptance. 


To 

Virg'a  Xb^  y«  30"^  1686 
Gen* 

This  accompany 's  Cap*  Hall  by  whom  I  have  Sent  you  80 
H**«  of  Tobacco,  w'^  was  all  I  could  get  fairly  on  board  him 
without  disobliging  others,  that  had  allways  Ship'd  there,  w''^ 
I  was  unwilling  to  doe,  not  knowing  what  occasion  there  might 
bee  to  use  them  hereafter;  Ime  Sure  I  want  fraight  very  much, 
hope  the  new  ship  &  Burrell  may  help  mee.  Wee  have  done 
what  wee  could  to  dispatch  Hall,  &  tliinke  (all  things  consider 'd) 
hee  hath  done  indifferently  well,  I  must  confess  'tis  somewhat 
strange  to  mee  to  find  others  that  have  not  had  So  ready  a  dis- 
patch, &  goe  out  at  an  under  fraight,  &  yet  (to  my  knowledge) 
gain  mony  for  their  owners,  whilst  Hall  (with  all  those  advan- 
tages) brings  his  in  debt,  but  shall  refer  this  till  I  see  you,  which 
hope  (God  willing)  may  bee  this  next  Spring:  I  find  Some  mis- 
take in  the  Goods  ^  Hall  (Vizt)  a  Small  box  of  Gun  Lock's  & 
flints,  pack'd  in  a  H"^"'  &  Said  (in  your  Package  bill)  to  bee 


•n-iO 


138  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  '  <''. 

Grocery,  but  I  doe  not  find  my  Selfe  charged  for  them,  by  the 
next  you  may  expect  the  Contents,  w'''  I  yett  know  not,  shall 
not  trouble  you  farther  at  present,  but  with  humble  Service 
take  leave,  I  am 

Gen* 
,,.  ,,  ,,     ,;  Yo'frd&Serv* 

W  B 
Inclosed  is  m^  Herberts  two  2^^  bills  of  Ex'ea  for  £55.  16-\  07''. 


To 


s-- 

I  wrote  to  you  ab*  a  moneth  Since  p  Bradly  w''^  hope  by  this 
time  w*'"  w*  Sent  ^  him  may  bee  come  to  your  Hands,  this  Serves 
onely  to  cover  the  inclosed  bills  of  Ex'ca  &  informe  you  of  our 
wcllfare,  designing  this  day  (God  willing)  to  remember  all  our 
friends  with  yo^  kind  token,  at  Caj)*  Randolphs,  where  you  v,  ill 
not  bee  forgotten;  Aly  Sen'ice  to  m^=^  North  &-  all  our  friends 
from 

s-- 

Yo''  frd  &  Servant 

Wm  Byrd 
Corn:  Dabany's  2^  bill  for  £37.  10^ 
ffran:  Poythres  ]«'  bill  for  25.  15. 

(To  be  Continued) 


hi 


VIRGINIA  IN   1680.  139 


VIRGINIA  IN  1680. 


(Abstracts  by  W.  N.  Sainsbury,  and  copies  in  the  McDonald 
and  Dejarnette  Papers,  Virginia  State  Library.) 
(Continued) 


..hi 


May  2,  1680  About  5  leagues  from  the  Capes 
Thos.  Lord  Culpeper,  Governor  of  Virginia  to  [W. 
Blathwayt?]  After  a  most  tedious  passage  of  eleven  weeks 
and  two  days,  full  of  death,  scurvy  and  calentures  they  have 
arrived  within  soundings  of  Virginia.  Complains  of  the  un- 
warrantable supine  remisness  of  Capt.  Young  in  the  Hired  James 
and  the  inconveniencies  if  he  be  not  come;  thought  he  had  sailed 
before  the  Oxford  Frigate.  Perceives  he  has  but  few  friends 
at  the  Council  board,  by  the  late  extraordinary  way  of  proceed- 
ing which  he  will  never  acquiesce  in.  Left  the  greatest  part  of 
his  servants  in  the  James.  Has  reason  to  apprehend,  and  fears 
too  not  for  the  true  interest  of  the  Country,  that  the  Building 
and  Cantonizing  Act  exploded  last  year  on  the  first  hearing — 
The  Bearer  Capt.  Jeffryes  of  the  Golden  Fortune  assures  him 
all  is  \vell  in  the  Country  both  as  to  Indians  and  every  thing 
else.  Does  not  hear  any  one  is  dead  there — Begs  the  James, 
but  with  another  Commander,  may  be  dispatched,  if  not  gone 
already — Is  told  no  Assembly  hath  sat  which  he  looks  upon  as  a 
good  omen. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.)     A  copy  of  this  letter  is  entered  in 
Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  377-379.) 


[About  May  1680?] 

Petition  of  Robert  Jones(I)  of  Charles  City  County 

in  Virginia  to  the  King — Sets  forth  his  loyalty  during  the 

(1)  This  is  an  instance,  and  no  doubt  there  were  many  other  examples, 
where  a  poor  man  who  had  been  a  Royalist,  came  to  Virginia  on  account 
of  the  troubles  of  the  Civil  War.  "Cavaliers"  were  of  all  grades  of 
Society. 


C*I  ,   ..    .umo«v 


-dA) 


t^a'i^  ion  V 

...■3cno  biM>a 
?e  .qq  .08  .oW   -Xfl  xi)n3  .loO 


140  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

time  of  the  unhappy  troubles  in  England,  &  the  many  wounds 
he  their  received ;  that  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  said  Rebels 
&  ]3y  them  banished  &  sold  into  Virginia:  that  he  was  seduced 
into  the  late  rebellion  in  Virginia  but  returned  to  his  obedience 
to  the  Govern*  &  served  under  Colonel  Epes,  but  was  after- 
wards seized  by  Gov.  Berkeley's  warrant,  tried  &  brought  in 
guilty  of  treason  &  sentenced  to  Death.  Prays  for  pardon  & 
forgiveness  for  his  Rebellion  free  of  charge  being  very  poor  and 
that  his  poor  estate  may  not  be  taken  from  him. 
(Colonial  Papers.  1.  p.) 


[About  May  1680?] 
Colonel  Francis  Moryson  to  [William  Blathwayt?] 
In  favour  of  the  petition  of  a  poor  man  the  only  person  saved  of 
all  those  condemned  in  Virginia  [Robert  Jones  of  Charles  City 
County,  see  his  petition]  by  his  own  &  Lady  Berkeley's  means. 
Has  been  expecting  some  general  Act  of  Grace,  hoping  to  get 
his  name  inserted  to  save  his  fees;  but  now  Lord  Culpeper  is 
going  to  Virginia  [he  sailed  in  May  1680.  W.  N.  S.i;  conceives 
he  will  carry  an  Act  of  Oblivion  with  him,  which  will  be  as 
IDroper  at  this  time  for  that  Meridian  as  it  was  formerly  for 
England  and  if  it  should  be  omitted  he  fears  there  will  always 
be  trouble  there.  It  will  be  an  act  of  charity  to  save  the  life 
of  the  poor  man. 

(Colonial  Papers.  L  p.) 


May  19,  1680 

Mem.  concerning  the  Revenue — The  Surveyor  and  Audi- 
tor of  the  Revenue  or  his  Deputy  are  obliged  to  examine  and 
audit  all  accounts  of  rents,  revenues,  prizes,  fines,  escheats, 
forfeitures,  duties  &  other  profits  whatsoever  in  the  Governm* 
and  to  cause  the  same  to  be  recovered  and  paid  to  the  proper 
Oflicers,  And  an  account  of  all  monies  to  be  transmitted  into 
England— as  the  Letters  Patent  of  19  May  1680  direct. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1709.) 


mB^ 


'  -  VIRGINIA    IN    1680.  141 

June  8,  1680 

Answer  of  the  Assembly  of  Virginia  to  Governor  Lord 
Culpeper's  Speech  demonstrating  the  state  of  Affairs  in  rela- 
tion to  the  Indians  and  other  things  (concerning  the  late  Re- 
bellion lie.)  contained  in  his  Excellency's  Speech  at  the  be- 
ginning of  this  General  Assembly. 

Indorsed  "ReC^  from  the  Earl  of  Sunderland  17  Sept.  '80. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.) 


James  City  June  8,  1680 
Certificate  signed  by  Nicho;  Spencer  Sec'y  by  order  of 
the  Council  and  by  Tho  :  Ballard,  vSpeaker  of  the  Assembly 
certifying  to  his  Majesty  that  the  sum  of  £300  is  legally  due  to 
Lady  Berkeley  as  Executor  to  her  deceased  husband  Sir  William, 
as  well  by  virtue  of  his  royal  instructions  as  by  Act  of  Assembly 
for  his  Salary  having  duly  exercised  the  office  of  Governor  from 
10  Feb'y  to  6  May  1677. 
(Colonial  Papers.  1  p.) 


Virginia  June  8,  1680 
Order  of  the  General  Assembly  begun  at  James  City 
the  8  June  1680.  That  Colonel  Cuthbcrt  Potter  (2)  be  paid 
by  M'  Auditor  out  of  the  Impost  of  2^  per  hogshead  the  sum  of 
£103.  3°  sterling  with  interest  after  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per 
ann.  from  March  1073  for  the  freight  of  forty  four  great  guns 
with  powder  and  shot  for  this  Colony — 1  p.  Indorsed.  Rec''  10 
Aug.  1688. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  June  1688.) 


June  30,  1680 
The  King  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia — That  he  give  all 

(2)  Col.  Cuthbert  Potter  was  a  justice  of  Lancaster  1C56,  and  high 
sheriff  of  Middlesex  1GS2.  He  was  a  mercliant  and  jjlanter  and  died  in 
1G91.  His  will  which  bear.s  an  aniorial  seal  and  was  proved  in  Middlesex 
June  20,  IG'Jl,  bequeaths  his  estate  to  Ralph  Womieley  and  Christopher 
Rohman,  and  frees  his  servant  Richard  Baldwin,  to  whom  he  gives  £5, 
his  silver  tobacco  box  and  wearing  apparel.  He  desciibes  himself  as 
"late  of  the:  Colony  of  Virginia  and  at  present  arrived  and  being  in  the 
Island  of  Barbados,  Gent."  He  had  gone  to  Barbados  in  his  own  sloop, 
the  Ilopeivvll. 


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^>nu'i  OS  .'iOg  .?. 


142  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

such  assistance  as  shall  tend  to  the  more  easy  execution  of  the 
Office  of  Surveyor  and  Auditor  of  the  Revenue  and  take  care 
that  justice  be  duly  administered  in  all  cases  concerning  the 
same — To  direct  the  payment  of  Salary  appointed  by  Letters 
Patents.  To  give  in  charge  to  all  persons  concerned  in  the 
management  of  the  revenue  to  observe  such  directions  as  they 
shall  receive  from  the  said  Auditor  or  his  Deputy — And  that 
they  transmit  unto  him  the  particular  account  of  the  whole 
revenue  of  what  nature  soever  it  be. 
(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 


June  30,  1680 

The  King  to  the  Auditor  of  Virginia — That  he  transmit 
to  the  Sur\^eyor  and  Auditor  General  all  accounts  of  money  and 
to  follow  such  other  directions  as  shall  be  given  him  by  the 
Lords  of  the  Treasury  or  by  the  Sun-eyor  and  Auditor  General. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 


July  5,  1680  i; 

Lords  of  the  Treasury  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia — 
Requiring  hiin  to  take  care  that  all  accounts  be  transmitted 
for  tlie  time  past  and  for  the  future  every  six  months  or  oftener 
and  Duplicates  by  the  next  Conveyances  with  copies  of  all 
Laws  concerning  the  Revenue. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 


July  5,  1680 

The  Lords  of  the  Treasury  to  the  Auditor  of  Virginia — ■ 
That  he  send  the  Surveyor  General  every  six  months  or  oftener 
a  distinct  account  of  all  the  Revenue  and  of  all  arrears  with 
copies  of  all  Papers  concerning  this  Office  witli  a  Ledger  Book 
of  all  persons  answerable  to  the  King  for  any  rents  or  payments. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 


Green  Spring  Va.  July  8,  1680 
Proclamation  by  Governor  Lord  Culpeper  repealing  six 
Acts  of  Assembly  vi/.: — of  free  pardon— of  attainder — inflicting 
pain  and  penalties — for  relief  of  persons  v/ho  suffered  loss  by  the 


VIRGINIA  IN   1680.  143 

late  Rebels — concerning  servants  who  were  out  in  Rebellion — 
iSr  for  delivery  of  stray  horses;  his  Majesty  finding  them  unfit 
to  be  lon^t-  r  continued  having  commanded  the  repeal  of  all  of 
them.  On  the  indorsement  are  some  mem.  by  Lord  Culpeper 
as  to  the  supposed  discovery  of  diamond  and  copper  mines  at 
Rappahannock  and  silver  mines  near  Boston. 
(Colonial  Papers,  1  p.) 


Letter    from    Col.    Spencer   to    M""   Sec.    Coventry. 
Received  17'^  Sep^  1680. 
(Full  Copy) 
Right  Hon'ble 

It  is  near  six  months  since  I  gave  Your  Honor  the  trouble  of  a 
Letter,  I  then  informed  y''  honor  an  Assembly  was  suddenly  to 
sit  summoned  by  His  Excel'cie  the  Lord  Culpeper  the  Results 
of  whose  consultations  as  it  is  my  duty  I  herewith  send  Your 
Honor  being  several  Acts  and  Orders  together  with  an  Address 
to  His  Most  Sacred  Ma'ty  imploring  his  grant  for  a  Cessation 
from  planting  Tobacco  in  the  Year  1681  a  request  which  seems 
to  Lear  sucli  a  dimunition  in  His  Ma'ties  Customs  in  that  Year, 
that  it  may  be  feared  it  carrys  with  it  its  own  denial,  tho'  for  its 
immoderatciiess  We  are  so  unhappy  to  have  to  plead  our  most 
imj)ortant  necessities.  Tobacco  our  sole  Manufacture,  and  by 
which  hitherto  this  Countr}^  only  subsisted,  but  now  by  its 
excessive  cjuantities  made,  is  so  under  foot  that  it  will  be  impos- 
sible for  the  Lihabitants  longer  to  support  themselves  thereby, 
unless  his  Ma'ty  will  be  graciously  pleased  to  injoin  a  Cessation 
and  thereby  lessen  the  quantity  and  consequently  advance,  the 
price,  by  which  we  may  not  only  hope  for  that  good,  but  by  that 
Years  employment  in  other  affairs  our  people  may  be  futurely 
encouraged  to  direct  part  of  their  labors  in  the  carrying  on  some 
other  Manufactures  and  not  solely  depend  upon  that  uncertain 
Commodity  Tobacco  which  at  present  is  so  low  that  a  AVhole 
Year's  crop  will  not  advance  to  any  ordinary  Price  whereby 
meanly  to  clothe  themselves,  and  it  is  to  be  feared  another  year 
will  bring  Us  to  a  more  deplorable  condition,  there  being  now 
upon  the  ground  the  greatest  crops  that  have  been  known  which 


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144  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

when  furnished  together  with  what  now  remains  in  the  Country 
will  be  as  much  if  not  more  than  the  Ships  will  carry  off  in  two 
succeeding  Years  from  which  it  doth  consequently  follow  if  a 
Cessation  be  not,  the  next  years  labor  will  be  totally  spent  in 
vain.  We  are  now  grown  sensible  that  our  present  necessities 
and  too  much  to  be  doubted  future  miseries  are  much  heightened 
by  our  wild  and  Rambling  way  of  living  therefore  are  desirous 
of  cohabitation,  in  Order  whereunto  in  the  late  Assembly  an 
Act  was  made  appointing  a  Town  in  e\'-ery  County  where  all 
goods  imported  are  to  be  landed  and  all  goods  exported  to  be 
ship't  off.  And  if  this  takes  effect  as  its  hoped  it  may  Virginia 
will  then  go  forward  which  of  late  years  hath  made  a  retrograde 
motion,  especially  if  His  Ma'ty  would  be  graciously  pleased  to 
grant  immunities  thereunto.  The  which  we  might  have  hoped 
would  be  granted  if  our  request  were  modest  for  he  that  begs 
more  than  is  fit  to  be  granted  must  expect  to  be  denied  the  whole. 

Our  Indians  are,  and  this  Simimer  have  been,  of  peaceable 
and  quiet  demeanour  to  which  I  am  inclinable  to  believe  our 
Garrisons  at  the  heads  of  the  River  conduced  much,  being  a 
continual  check  upon  them;  the  constant  keeping  of  three  score 
men  and  horse  in  each  Garrison  was  found  too  heavy  a  charge 
f()r  this  Country  to  bear  especially  in  time  of  peace  the  Gamsons 
are  therefore  reduced  to  twenty  Men  and  horse  to  be  kept  in 
constant  pay  in  each  garrison  to  be  as  a  standing  guard  to  the 
frontiers  which  upon  any  pressing  occasion  may  be  speedily 
reinforced  by  the  adjacent  counties,  though  I  hope  may  remain 
immolested  having  made  as  finn  a  peace  with  the  Northern 
Indians  as  with  Indians  can  be  concluded. 

Your  Honor  will  receive  the  State  of  the  Country  from  the 
Grand  Assembly  and  therefore  I  shall  not  give  you  the  trouble 
of  more  particularities  than  to  tell  you,  in  all  respects  that  His 
Ex'cie  hath  with  so  great  pmdence  setled  all  the  affairs  of  the 
(.'ountry  that  our  late  differences,  Interests,  are  perfectly  united 
to  the  General  Satisfaction  of  all  His  Ma'ties  subjects  in  this 
(x)lony.  His  Ma'ties  soldiers  paid  off  their  Quarters  discharged 
and  all  concerns  made  easy,  our  only  care  now  being  how  to  ad- 
vance our  low  and  mean  Commodity  Tol-)acco. 


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VIRGINIA    IN    1680.  145 

His  iixcellency  with  the  advice  of  the  Council  the  seventh 
of  this  ]]ionth  adjourned  the  Assembly  to  the  fifteenth  of  Feb- 
uary  their  to  meet  if  any  commands  of  His  Ma'ty  shall  require. 

I  am  so  straightened  in  point  of  time,  this  Ship  giving  me  but 
two  days  liberty  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Assembly  for  all 
dispatches,  I  must  humbly  beg  Your  Honors  pardon  for  omis- 
sions which  by  the  next  ship  shall  be  perfected  and  all  matters 
fully  transmitted  to  Your  Honor  from  Right  Hon'ble. 

Your  most  humble  and  devoted  servant. 
Nich^  Spencer. 
Virginia 

James  City.  1 

July  9'^'  1680. 
Postscript. 

The  Master  of  the  Ship  by  whom  this  Letter  comes  is  so 
I^ressing  to  be  gone  that  I  cannot  possibly  have  the  Order  of  the 
late  Assembly  transcribed  but  by  the  next  Ship  will  send  them 
to  Your  Ma'ty  v/ith  a  Copy  of  the  accompts  and  another  Copy 
of  the  Acts. 

Nicho:  Spencer. 


A  tnic  Copy     teste 


W.  Davis. 


Greenspring,  Va.  Aug.  2,  1680 
Proclamation  by  Governor  Lord  Culpeper,  commanding 

all  Sheriffs  to  collect  his  Maj.  Quit  rents  in  all  and  every  County 

and  Counties  of  this  Colony. 
(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.) 


Virginia,  Aug.  3,  1680 
Instructions  for  the  Collection  of  the  2^  per  Hogs- 
head Fort  duties  and  head  money  to  be  strictly  followed  and 
duly  observed  pursuant  to  an  Order  of  Council  to  the  same  effect. 
Instructions  for  M''  Auditor  Bacon  to  be  by  him  duly  observed. 
(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.) 


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14()  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

Aug.  4,  1680 

The  King  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia — To  give  with  the 
assistance  of  the  Council  an  account  of  the  state  of  all  Quit 
rents;  how  received  and  paid  before  the  Grants  under  the  Great 
seal  and  how  since — To  transmit  a  distinct  account  of  the  num- 
ber of  acres  patented,  to  what  persons,  under  what  acknowledg- 
ments &  how  collected.  To  send  a  Duli)icate  of  the  surveys  of 
all  such  lands  from  the  Surveyor's  Office  and  to  make  up  such  as 
are  wanting — And  generally  to  furnish  all  necessary  information 
in  this  behalf. 

(Colonial  Papers  see  20  Nov.  1679.) 

In  the  margin  is  written     Postponed. 


Aug  12,  1680 
Lord  Culpepers  Queries  Relating  to  Virginia — To  con- 
cur with  Lord  Baltim.ore  about  planting  tobacco — Col.  Nath- 
'  aniel  Bacon  to  be  Deputy  Governor — how  to  proceed  in  the 

^  punisliment  of  the  late  insurrection  in  case  Sir  Henry  Chicheley 

'  hath  issued  our  proclamations  of  pardon  in  the  King's  name — 

'  about  plant  cutters  being  sued — about  M''  Sandys  hogsheads 

and  to  consider  that  the  King  hath  no  one  man  in  pay  either 
by  sea  or  land. 

(Colonial  Papers.  1  p.) 


Letter   from   M""  Spencer  to   M''   Sec'y. 
Received  9"'  Dec.  1680 
(Full  Copy) 
May  it  please  Your  Hono'' 

This  is  a  Copy  of  my  last  dispatch  which  went  accomjDanied 
with  the  Acts  and  Orders  of  the  late  Assembly  which  I  now  again 
transmit  to  Your  Honor  least  the  former  should  miscarry. 

As  to  any  new  Occurrents  I  have  only  this  to  offer  that  His 
Exccl'cie  the  Lord  Culpeper  is  lately  sailed  from  hence  tov/ards 
New  England  and  from  thence  intends  for  England  whose 
hapi)y  arrival  thither  will  bring  His  Ma'ty  a  most  ample  and 
satisfactory  Infomiation  of  the  State  of  this  Countr\^  I  shall 
not  {.resume  to  say  more  in  that  particular  least  I  should  seem 
to  add  or  Drop  to  the  Ocean  or  in  some  sort  detract  from  a 


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;^  VIRGINIA    IN    1680.  147 

Relation  proceeding  from  His  Lo'ps  most  exact  and  accurate 

spection. 

His  Ma'ties  Bills  sent  hither  by  his  Lo'p  are  passed  into  Acts 
in  the  late  Assembly  with  some  Provisers  added  to  one  of  them, 
to  which  it  humbly  prays  the  Royal  Frit. 

Om-  Indians  are  yet  peaceable  and  I  hope  may  so  continue 
they  knowing  the  Guards  at  the  heads  of  the  Rivers  in  the  ob- 
servation of  their  motions  and  ready  to  repress  their  insolencies 
when  soevei-  they  are  offered. 

We  have  now  no  fears  or  disquiets,  God  be  praised  for  it  im- 
pending over  Us,  unless  we  may  suspect  the  mutinous  humours 
of  one  of  His  Ma'tys  foot  Companys  of  which  S"'  H'y  Chicheley 
is  Captain  should  disturb  our  peace.  Whence  those  turbulent 
humors  do  proceed  I  cannot  certainly  resolve,  perhaps  they  are 
grown  resty,  for  want  of  imployment,  or  else  the  known  jarrs 
and  discontents  between  the  Lieutenant  and  the  Ensigne  may 
be  the  cause.  I  suspect  the  last  and  doubt  if  that  Company  or 
Lieutenant  be  not  changed  the  peace  of  this  country  may  be 
endangered  for  the  present  prevention  thereof,  his  Ex"  hath  re- 
moved and  disperst  32  of  the  most  mutinous  among  the  Garri- 
sons, at  the  heads  of  the  rivers  by  which  prudent  Order  they  will 
probably  less  be  capable  to  do  mischief. 

The  desiilicable  and  low  price  of  Tobacco  inclines  the  In- 
habitants of  this  Country  to  think  of  Cohabitation  as  a  principal 
mean  to  abate  the  quantity  of  the  commodity  and  amend  the 
quality  and  the  late  Assembly  hath  made  an  Act  to  that  pur- 
pose but  I  much  doubt  it  may  miss  its  wished  Effect  if  not 
totally  miscarry  by  the  multiplicity  of  places  appointed  for 
Towns  viz'  one  in  each  County.  But  if  all  things  were  by  His 
Ma'ties  Command  to  ride  at  one  place  in  every  great  River  and 
in  every  of  those  places  one  town  only  to  be  erected  the  design 
would  have  the  better  prospect. 

Right  Hon'ble 
Your  most  humble 
and  devoted  Servant. 
August  20"'  Nicho:  vS])encer. 

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148  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

Whitehall,  Oct.  8,  1680 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. 
Letter  read  from  Lord  Culpeper  to  Sec.  Coventry  dated  from 
Virginia  8  July  last  giving  an  account  that  he  had  passed  the 
Laws  he  had  carried  over  in  tcrminis  except  two  provisoes:  to 
be  further  considered. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  p.  206.) 


Whitehall,  Oct.  11,  1680 
Minutes  of  a  Com.aiittee  of  Tr.\de  and  Plantations. 
Li  reference  to  Lord  Culjieper's  Letter  from  Virginia  of  the  8"' 
Jidy  (see  Minutes  of  8.  Oct.)— The  first  proviso  repealing 
former  Acts  for  raising  a  public  revenue  approved,  but  the  last 
proviso  \y\nch  frees  the  Virginia  Owners  of  ships  from  the  duties 
of  2^  per  hogshead  and  the  Castle  duties  very  much  disliked. 
Resolved  that  Draft  Order  be  offered  in  Cotmcil  for  confirming 
this  Act  as  it  was  transmitted  under  the  Great  Seal  together 
A\itli  the  proviso  for  repealing  other  laws  and  disallowing  the 
exemption  of  Virginia  Owners  and  that  a  letter  be  written  by 
the  Committee  to  Lord  Culpeper  directing  him  to  publish  the 
Order  and  to  take  care  that  it  be  duly  obeyed. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  p.  210.) 

(To  be  Continued) 


REVOLUTIONARY  PENSION  DECLARATIONS  149 


REVOLLTIONARY  PENSION  DECLARATIONS  FROiM 

PITTSYLVANIA  COUNTY,  VIRGINIA. 

(Contriljuted  by  Mrs.  N.  E.  Clement,  Chatham,  Va.) 


Robert  Ferguson. 


On  this  22"^*  day  of  August  1832  Personally  apeared  before  the 
court  of  Pitts,  now  sitting,  Robert  Ferguson,  a  resident  of  said 
county  &  State  aforesaid,  aged  Seventy  Two  years,  and  made 
the  following  declaration  on  his  oath — that  he  entered  the  Ser- 
vice of  the  U.  S.  some  time  in  year  1779  as  a  Substitute  for 
Bazabiel  Wier  &  marched  from  the  County  of  Pitts,  in  a  Com- 
pany' of  Militia  commanded  by  Capt.  Witcher  to  Salisbury  in 
the  state  of  N.  C.  &  joined  the  N.  C.  Alilitia  in  that  place  under 
Colo.  Mason,  he  was  stationed  there  two  or  three  months,  then 
marched  to  Charlotte  in  said  state  N.  C.  &  remained  at  that 
]jlace  a  few  days,  they  were  marched  from  there,  for  some  time 
in  various  directions  untill  they  arrived  at  Stone  Inlet  on  coast 
of  S.  C.  &  \\ere  stationed  near  that  place  until  their  term  of 
service  ended,  being  Six  months,  that  his  di.scharge  is  lost 
anci  cannot  be  found,  He  does  not  know  any  person  living  that 
was  with  liim  on  that  tour  but  the  Service  rendered  is  Proved 
l)y  Bazabiel  AVier  who  employed  him  as  his  Substitute.  In  the 
Spring  1780  he  was  emploj'ed  by  Joseph  Terry  to  assist  him  in 
driving  a  Parcel  of  Cattle  into  the  State  of  N.  C,  when  they 
arrived  at  Wilks  Court  Mouse  about  the  15"'  day  of  May  1780. 
He  again  entered  the  Service  of  the  U.  S.  as  a  Volunteer  solider 
and  marched  from  the  said  County  of  Wilks  in  state  aforesaid 
in  a  Company  commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  Cleveland  &  joined 
the  Regiment  commanded  by  Colo.  John  Cleveland,  that  they 
continued  marching  in  various  directions  Sometimes  down  the 
Catawba  River,  not  being  stationed  long  at  any  One  Place,  they 
were  Principally  engaged  in  Searching  for,  and  taking  Torys 
untill  about  the  first  of  October,  they  returned  to  said  Wilks  C. 


150  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

H.  &  were  there  discharged  by  Colo.  Cleveland.  The  whole 
of  the  time  rendered  on  this  tour  was  at  least  4  months  &  15 
days.     His  dischart^e  is  lost  and  cannot  be  found. 

About  the  first  of  December  1780  he  again  entered  the  Sen-ice 
of  the  united  States  as  a  substitute  for  Wm.  Bennett  and 
marched  from  the  County  of  Pitts.  State  of  Va.  in  a  company  of 
•drafted  Mihtia  conimanded  by  Capt.  John  Winn  to  the  Island 
Ford  on  Dan  River,  from  there  to  the  great  falls  on  the  said 
Dan  River  where  Danville  is  now  situated,  from  there  they 
marched  to  the  state  of  N.  C.  Sc  joined  the  Main  Army  under 
Gen'l  Stephens  and  Gen'l  Lawson.  He  w^as  then  trans- 
ferred to  a  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  Dix  and 
marched  with  him  in  the  Army  as  aforesaid  in  various  directions, 
not  being  stationed  long  at  any  one  place,  but  somethnes 
marched  nearly  all  night,  untill  they  m^et  with  Lord  Comwallis 
in  the  county  of  (juilford,  when  a  severe  Battle  was  fought, 
the  Amicricans  were  defeated  in  that  engagement  &  retreated 
to  Troublesome  Iron  Works  near  Haw  River,  where  they  were 
again  organized  and  m.arched  from  that  place  under  Gen'l 
Green  in  Pursuit  of  the  BritiL;h  untill  they  arri\'ed  at  Ramseys 
Mill  on  Deep  River  in  state  of  N.  C.  He  was  discharged  at  that 
Place  by  Capt.  William  Dix  in  month  of  April  1781 — the 
whole  tour  of  sci-\ace  rendered  on  this  tour  is  at  least  four  months. 
His  discharge  is  lost  but  his  service  can  be  proved  by  James  Ivl. 
Williams,  who  v/as  a  soldier  with  him  at  same  time  &  place. 

About  last  of  Ap.  1781  he  was  drafted  as  a  soldier  and  marched 
from  Co.  of  Pitts,  in  a  Company  of  Militia  commanded  by  Capt. 
Henry  Burnett,  thro  ?Ialifax  Co.  to  Charlotte  C.  H.  & 
joined  the  army  at  that  place  under  Gen'l  Lawson,  was  trans- 
feiTed  to  a  comp'y  commanded  by  Capt.  John  Buckly,  attached 
to  the  Regiment  com^m-anded  by  Maj''  Puniell;  from  there  was 
marched  to  Prince  Edward  C.  H.  and  from  there  through  Cmn- 
bcrland  Co.  &  crossed  James  River  at  Carter's  Ferry  &  con- 
tinued to  march  until  they  came  to  Dandridges  Old  field  in 
Hanover  County  when  he  ^^'as  again  transferred  to  a  company 
conimanded  by  Capt.  Wm.  Clark.  He  marched  ^\•ith  him  under 
Maj.  Puniell  in  said  Army  to  a  place  called  Morben  Hill  about 
17  miles  below  Rich.;  was  stationed  there  several  weeks,  then 


REVOLUTIONARY   PENSION  DECLARATIONS  151 

marched  the  whole  Army  under  Baron  Steuben,  Gen'l  Green,    td 
Stephens  and  Lawson  to  Jamestown.     A  Battle  was  fought  at   ,:,{. 
that  place,  after  which  they  went  back  to  Morben  Hill  where 
they  were  stationed  until  he  was  discharged  by  Capt.  Wm. 
Clark  about  last  of  July  1781.     the  whole  service  rendered  on    > 
this  tour  was  three  months  his  discharge  is  lost  and  cannot   •)<« 
be  foimd  but  the  service  Rendered  is  proved  by  Leroy  Shelton,    < c. 
who  was  a  soldier  with  him  in  same  Companies  &  at  same  time,    in 

That  as  soon  as  he  returned  home  from  Ser\^ing  the  above 
tour,  which  was  in  the  month  of  August  17S1  he  enlisted  with 
Wm.  McCraw,  who  was  a  Deputy  Quarter  Master  for  the 
Southern  Army  at  Peytonsburg,  Pittsylvania  Co.,  Va.,  during 
the  war  &  remained  in  the  service  of  the  U.  S.,  engaged  as  a 
W9.ggoner  driving  the  public  teams  under  the  comjnand  of  the 
said  Wm.  McCraw  tuitill  after  the  end  of  the  War.  The  whole 
time  service  rendered  imder  this  enlistment  was  at  least  one 
year.  His  discharge  is  lost,  but  his  service  can  be  proved  by 
Jas.  M.  Williams,  who  was  in  same  service  with  McCraw. — 
Was  born  in  Co.  of  Halifax,  state  of  Va.,  3^ear  1761. 

Lived  in  Pitts.  Co.  when  entered  the  service  of  U.  S.  &  has 
lived  in  said  Co.  ever  since. 

Sworn  to  &  subscribed  the  day  &  year  aforesaid. 

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x^BRAHAM    ChANEY. 


On  this  22°'^  day  of  August,  1832,  Personally  appeared  in  open 
court  before  Dan'l  Coleman,  Jas.  Logan,  David  H.  Clark  & 
Wm.  D.  Pannill,  the  court  of  Pitts,  now  sitting,  Abraham  Chaney 
a  resident  of  said  county,  aged  72  yrs.  and  made  following  decla- 
ration on  his  oath — 

That  he  entered  the  ser\'ice  of  the  U.  S.  as  a  Volunteer  Soldier 
in  a  company  of  Militia  conmianded  by  Capt.  Donaldson,  jr., 
Lieut.  Moses  Hutcliings  &  Ensign  Josej^h  Williams,  & 
marched  from  the  County  of  Pittsylvania  on  the  9"'  day  of  April 
1776  and  went  thro   Franklin   Co.,    crossed  the  Blue  Ridge 


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at  i^laj^otty  Gap,  New  River  at  Englishes  Ferry  and  continued 
on  to  the  Islands  of  Holston  River  &  was  stationed  on  that 
river  in  a  fort;  from  that  Place,  Capt.  Donaldson  with  15  men 
of  Avhom  he  was  one,  v;ent  out  to  search  for  the  Cherokee 
Indians,  ranging  Princij)ally  thro'  the  woods  in  Various 
directions  for  about  t\\'o  Vv'eeks  \\hen  they  returned  to  the  same 
fort  where  they  remained  until  tlieir  tour  of  duty  being  for  three 
mor.ths  expired.  V/hen  he  was  discharged  by  Capt.  Donalson 
at  that  place  in  the  month  of  July  177G,  about  300  miles  from 
home  making  in  all  the  time  rendered  on  this  tour  including  the 
timic  to  travel  home  at  least  33^2  montlis. 

His  discharge  is  lost  or  mislaid  so  that  it  cannot  be  found  but 
the  service  rendered  is  proved  1»}'  joslnia  Dodson  who  was  a 
soldier  with  him  all  the  time. 

He  again  entered  the  Service  of  the  U.  S.  as  a  soldier  in  a  com- 
pany of  Militia  commanded  by  the  same  Capt.  John  Donalson, 
jr.,  Lieut.  John  Gwinn,  and  marched  from  the  said  Pittsylvania 
Co.  on  7'^  day  of  April  1778,  went  thro'  the  county  of  P'^rank- 
lin  to  Colo.  Preston  in  Montgomery,  remained  near  his  House 
a  few  days  and  marched  from  there  to  Hatfield  Fort  on  Stoney 
Creek  near  New  River  in  said  Co.  A'lontgomcry,  &  A\-as  sta- 
tioned at  that  place  under  the  said  (Jfiicers  (no  other  troops 
being  there)  initil  tlie  12"'  of  Aug.  1778,  when  he  was  discharged 
by  Capt.  Donalson,  the  time  of  this  tour  being  four  months  & 
8  days.  His  discharge  is  lost,  but  proved  by  John  Neal  & 
John  Farthing,  who  were  soldiers  with  him  at  that  place. 

In  the  winter  of  1781  he  was  drafted  as  a  Militia  soldier  & 
marched  from  the  Co.  of  Pitts,  in  a  company  under  the  command 
of  Capt.  Clements,  thro  the  County  of  Halifax  into  N.  C.  to 
Plillsborough  and  was  there  taken  sick  Placed  in  a  Hospital 
near  that  Place  &  was  confined  there  two  months  &  15  days, 
when  he  hired  his  Brother  Joseph  Chancy  to  take  his  place — ■ 
Joseph  was  received  as  a  Substitute  for  him  &  he  was  dis- 
charged from  the  service  being  still  sick.  His  discharge  is  lost 
&  cannot  be  found. 

Relinquishes  ])ension  in  other  Rolls  of  Agency. 

Sworn  to  &  Subscribed  the  (la\'  &  year  aforesaid. 

his 

Abraham   X   Chaney. 

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i^evolltionary  pension  declarations  153 

Daniel  Bradley. 

On  22  day  of  August  1832,  personally  appeared  in  open  court 
before  David  Clark,  Wra.  L.  Pannill,  &c.,  county  court  of  Pitts, 
now  sitting,  Daniel  Bradley,  a  resident  of  the  Co.  of  Pitts.  & 
made  following  declaration — 

That  he  first  enlisted  and  entered  the  service  of  the  U.  S. — as  a 
regular  soldier  in  the  1^*-  Va.  Regt.  of  Southern  Army,  was  en- 
listed by  Ensign  Belew  in  Cumberland  County,  Va.,  where  he 
then  resided,  on  the  P*  of  Jvdy  1780,  engaged  to  serve  for  18 
mo^  and  was  marched  by  Capt.  Alexander  Grothemy  from 
Cumberland  Co.  to  Chesterfield  C.  H.,  the  place  of  rendezvous 
where  he  was  put  under  command  of  Capt.  White,  whose  com- 
mand was  attached  to  the  amied  force  commanded  by  Col. 
Campbell,  Alulenburg — the  commanding  general,  from  there  he 
marched  under  the  command  of  Col.  Campbell  and  Capt.  Mor- 
ton to  Guilford  C.  H.  or  its  neighborhood  &  was  engaged  in  the 
Battle  of  Guilford  commanded  by  Alaj.  General  Greene.  From 
thence  after  that  Battle  he  marched  vmder  Colo.  Campbell  Sc 
Maj.  Gen'l  Greene  and  Capt.  Morgan,  who  fell  in  on  the  way  to 
ninety-six,  where  he  remained  31  days,  the  whole  month  of  May 
1781.  From  thence  he  marched  under  the  same  General 
ofJicers,  Campbell  and  Greene,  skirmishing  &  taking  by  the 
way  Scotch  lake  Fort,  Friday's  Fort,  Thompsons  Fort,  Augusta 
Fort,  the  Blockhouse  to  Camden,  where  they  were  stationed  for 
10  days.  From  thence  he  was  marched  under  the  same  officers, 
Cai)t.  Morgan,  Colo.  Campbell  &  General  Greene  to  the 
Eutaw  Springs,  where  on  the  8*''  of  Sept.  1781  he  was  engaged 
in  that  Battle.  From  there  they  reconnoitered  about  that 
Section  of  the  country,  checking  the  enemy,  during  which  tim.e 
they  remained  several  weeks  on  the  High  hills  of  Santee,  the 
Place  of  Rendezvous.  From  there  they  were  marched  under 
Lieut.  Greene,  Capt.  Morgan  being  wounded  at  Eutaw  Springs, 
to  Stone;  from  thence  to  Salisbury  in  N.  C.  where  he  was  dis- 
charged by.  Lieut.  Greene.  That  his  discharge  is  mislaid  or 
lost,  that  he  has  no  documentary  evidence  to  prove  the  facts 
required.  his 

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James  Hopkins. 

On  this  l?"*  day  of  Sopt.  personally  appeared  in  open  Court 
beiore  the  Justices  of  the  court  of  Pitts,  now  sitting,  James 
Hopkins,  a  resident  in  the  state  of  Va.  in  the  Co.  of  Pitts.,  a^ed 
sixty-seven  years  on  the  22  day  of  February  1832,  who  being 
first  swom  accordin<^-  to  lav;,  doth  on  his  oath  make  the  following 
declaration. 

That  he  entered  the  service  of  tlie  U.  S.  as  a  Substitute  in  the 
place  of  James  Hopkins,  Sen'  sometime  in  the  Spring  1780  and 
m^arched  from  the  Coimty  of  Amherst  Sc  State,  aforesaid,  under 
the  Command  of  Capt.  Azariah  Martin,  Lieu*  Wm.  Holt,  and 

Ensign Leroy,  the  place  of  rendezvous  was  at  Plillsborough 

in  the  State  of  N.  Carolina.  After  our  arrival  there  \\-e  vrere 
transferred  to  4"'  Reg't  Virginia  I\iilitia  Commanded  Vjy  Col. 

Lucas  from,  the  County  of  Mecklenburg,  the  Brigi.de  was 

Commanded  by  Brigadier  Gen.  Stevens,  from  tlie  County  of 
Culjieper.  x\ftcr  remaining  at  Hiilsborcnigh  som.e  time,  for  th.e 
purpose  of  being  disciplined,  we  were  ordered  to  march  to  S. 
Carolina  and  join  ^^laj.  Gen'l  IL  Gates,  Commander  in  Chief 
of  the  Southern  Anr\-  at  a  place  called  P-Ugele3''s  Mills  on  tl,e 
morning  of  the  ]'-V'  August,  rested  the  Ijalance  of  the  day,  and 
10  o'clock  at  night  took  up  the  line  of  march  to  Sur],ri;;c  the 
eneni}''  before  day,  v. lio  v.cre  encamped  at  Cami)den,  who 
marched  at  the  same  horn-;  the  two  annies  met  on  the  middle 
ground.  A  Shan)  Sk-im.ish  lietween  the  advanced  guards  took 
place  that  night  (the  line  was  fonned  and  the  men  stood  imder 
anus  all  night) — the  next  morning  August  the  IG*^''  the  line  was 
ordered  to  advance  and  a  general  engagement  took  j)lace  about 
the  rising  of  the  sun,  which  resulted  in  a  Shameful  defeat  of  the 
Southern  Anny.  1'here  was  no  place  designated,  in  the  event 
of  a  defeat,  at  which  we  should  rendezvous,  we  had  lost  all  our 
baggage,  and  Mere  destitute  of  any  Clothing,  except  what  little 
we  had  on.  Separated  from  our  ofhcers  and  no  means  of  Sub- 
sistance,  under  these  appalling  circumstances,  although  Our 
tenn  of  service  was  nearly  expired,  a  Considerable  number  of  the 
Company  to  which  I  belonged,  determined  to  make  the  l,>est  of 
their  way  home.  After  our  return  to  Amherst  County,  a  Court 
of  inquiry  Convened  and  made  an  Order  that  we  should  all  be 


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James  Hopkins. 


t  On  this  17 •'^  day  of  Sei)t.  personally  apj^eared  in  open  Court 

(  before  the  Justices  of  the  court  of  Pitts,  now  sitting,  James 

)  Hopkins,  a  resident  in  the  state  of  Va.  in  the  Co.  of  Pitt's.,  ayed 

I  sixty-seven  years  on  the  22  day  of  February  1832,  who  'bJin^ 

first  sworn  according-  to  law,  doth  on  his  oath  make  the  following 
;  declaration. 

That  he  entered  the  service  of  the  U.  S.  as  a  Substitute  in  the 

;  place  of  James  Hopkins.  Sen'  sometime  in  the  Spring  17S0  and 

m.arched  from  the  Coimty  of  Amherst  &  State,  aforesaid,  under 

the  Command  of  Capt.  Azariah  Martin,  Lieu*  Wm.  Holt,  and 

Ensign •  Leroy,  the  place  of  rendez\-ous  was  at  Plillsbor'ough 

m  tlie  State  of  N.  Carolina.     After  our  arrival  there  we  were 
transfen-ed  to  4"'  Rc<,^'t  Virginia  Militia  Commanded  b^-  Col. 

Lucas  from  tlic  Couixty  of  Alecklenbu.rg,  the  Brigi.de  v.'as 

Commanded  by  i^rigadier  Gen.  Stevens,  from  the  Ccur.ty  of 

,  Culpcper.     After  remaining  at  Hillsborough  som.e  time,  for  tlie 

purpose  of  being  disciplined,  we  were  ordered  to  march  to  S. 

Carolina  and  join  ^Laj.  Gen'l  H.  Gates,  Com.mander  in  Chief 

of  the  Southern  Anvy  at  a  place  called  Rugeley's  Mills  on  the 

morning  of  the  Li'-'  August,  rested  th.e  i^alance  of  the  dav,  and 

10  o'clock  at  night  took  r.p  the  line  of  march  to  Sur];ri"::e  the 

enemy   before   day,    v.lio   v.cre   encamped   at   Carnpden,    who 

marched  at  the  same  hour;  the  two  amiies  met  on  the  middle 

ground.     A  Shaip  Slriniiish  ljetv.-een  the  advanced  g-aards  took 

place  that  night  (the  line  was  formed  and  tlie  men  stcjod  under 

anns  all  night)— the  next  morning  August  the  IG"'  the  line  was 

ordered  to  advance  and  a  general  engagement  took  place  about 

the  rising  of  the  sun,  which  resulted  in  a  Shameful  defeat  of  the 

Southern  Anny.     I'here  was  no  place  designated,  in  the  event 

of  a  defeat,  at  uhieh  we  should  rendezvous,  we  had  lost  all  our 

baggage,  and  were  destitute  of  any  Clothing,  except  what  little 

we  had  on.     Separated  fioni  our  officers  and  no  means  of  Sub- 

sislance,   under  these  appalling  circumstances,  althougii  (Jur 

tenn  of  service  was  nearly  expired,  a  Considerable  num.ber  of  the 

Company  to  which  I  belonged,  determined  to  make  the  l,>est  of 

their  v/ay  home.     After  our  return  to  Amherst  Count)-,  a  Court 

of  inquiry  Convened  and  made  an  Order  that  we  >:]:ould  all  be 


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sent  bade  and  sen^e  a  tour  of  eight  months  under  regular 
Ofticers.  We  were  accordingly  mustered  and  put  under  the 
Command  of  Cap't  Pamlin  who  marched  us  back  to  Hills- 
borough, where  Gen'l  Green's  army  then  lay,  and  we  were 
transfeiTed  to  the  Command  of  a  Cap*  Graves  of  Co.  of  Culpepcr 
who  was  assigned  to  take  Command  of  the  men  sent  back  from  a 
few  Other  Counties  for  the  same  offence.  In  a  short  time  the 
Army  was  ordered  to  march  to  the  South,  we  passed  thro' 
Salhsbury,  Charlotte,  &c.,  and  about  the  1^'  of  Jan.  1781,  we 
took  up  V-  inter  quarters  on  North  Side  of  Peedee  river,  near  the 
Cheraw  hills,  S.  Carolina. 

Sometime  in  the  month  of  Feb.,  if  my  memory  is  correct.there 
was  a  general  order  issued  for  all  married  men  belonging  to  the 
eight  months'  Company  as  they  were  called,  to  be  discharged, 
and  the  young  men  to  be  retained,  till  their  temi  of  service  ex- 
pired, this  reduced  the  Company  very  Considerably.  Capt. 
Graves  \vas  peiTnitted  to  return  home  with  those  men  that  v^-ere 
discharged,  and  the  balance  retained  in  service  were  placed 
under  the  command  of  a  Cap*  Webb  and  Lieut.  Webb,  who  I 
ujidersttKid  came  from  about  Richmond  in  \^irginia.  Shortly 
after  this  Gen'l  Morgan  defeated  Col.  Tarlton  at  a  place  called 
Cowpens,  and  took  a  nimiber  of  prisoners,  and  had  to  m.ake  a 
rapid  retreat  to  save  them  from  being  retaken  by  the  enemy. 
/\s  soon  as  Gen.  Greene  received  the  information,  he  immediately 
marched  oil  the  Army  to  Cover  Morgan's  retreat,  and  left  this 
small  Ci-mpany  of  eight  months'  men,  some  of  whom  were  sta- 
tioned at  mills  to  guard  them  and  keep  them  employed  in 
grinding  meal  and  flower  for  the  use  of  the  Army,  and  some  to 
guard  the  encampment.  Finally  Capt.  Webb  received  Orders 
to  take  charge  of  eight  or  ten  waggons,  loaded  with  meal  and 
flower,  and  about  four  hundred  head  of  Hogs,  and  to  follow  on 
after  the  Army,  and  we  were  in  fact,  in  rear  of  both  armies. 

When  we  reached  Deep  river  in  N.  Carolina  intending  to  go 
to  Guilford  C.  H.,  we  there  received  intelligence  that  Cornwallis 
was  at  the  place,  we  then  had  to  change  our  rout,  turned  to  the 
right,  went  thro'  Hillsborough  &  Granville  County,  and 
'crossed  the  Roanoke  river  at  Taylor's  Ferry,  near  which  place 
in  the  County  of  Mecklenburg,  in  State  of  Va.,  was  a  Com- 


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missaries  Store,  where  the  Cap'  delivered  the  meal,  flower  Ho.^s 
6cc..  which  we  protected  and  brought  safe  through  a  part  of  our 
Countiy  t^at  at  that  time  was  literally  speaking  in  the  hands 
of  the  British  and  tones.     By  this  time  our  term  of  service  was 
nearly  expired,  we  were  permitted  to  draw  up  a  Petition    & 
'      send  It  on  by  express  to  Gen.  Greene,  stating  our  situation,  that 
we  were  almost  naked,  almost  worn  out  with  fatigue   &  pra^' 
ing  him  to  send  orders  to  the  Capt  to  discharge  us.  which  he  did 
and  ^ve  met  the  express  in  the  county  of  Halifax,  near  Banister 
rn-er  m  State  of  Va.,  where  the  Company  were  accordingly 
discharged,  which  was  about  the  P'  of  March  1781      This  dis 
charge  has  long  since  been  destroyed,  he  has  no  documentary 
evidence  to  prove  his  service;  he  claims  to  have  served  in  the 
whole  nine  months. 

He  hereby  relinquishes  every  Claim  whatsoever  to  a  pension 
or  ..nnuity.  except  the  present,  and  declares  that  his  name  is  not 
on  the  pension  roll  of  the  Agency  of  any  State. 

James  Hopkins. 

James  Nance. 
_    James  Nance,  age  70  yrs.,  on  17  day  of  Sept.  1832  made  follow- 
ing declaration  belore  oi^en  court  of  Pitts.  Co.,  Va— 

That  he  was  born  on  2''  dax-  of  Feb.  17G2  in  the  Countv  of 
Amelia  (now  NottowayJ  Va.,  according  to  his  Father's  Register 
which  IS  not  m  his  possession;  that  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
U .  S.  as  a  drafted  Soldier  on  the  9^^  day  of  Februarv  1779  under 
Capt.  Wm.  Fitzggerald,  Lieut.  Charles  Irby,  Ensign  Bowline 
Hail  and  marched  to  Halifaxtown,  N.  C,  where  he  joined  Cof 
David  Mason  of  Va.  &  marched  from  thence  to  Hillsborough 
^'  Nalsbury,  N.  C.  and  joined  General  Lincoln  at  Stone  Camp 
b.  C  .,  and  fought  a  hard  Battle  with  the  British  on  the  20'''  of 
June  1779,  m  which  he  was  engaged  from  the  commencement 
to  Die  end,  after  which  he  marched  back  to  camp  where  he 
remained   some   time.     That   he   knew   Count    Pulaskie   and 
C.eneral  Parsons,  &c..  from  thence  was  marched  to  Camden 
S.  C.  and  discharged  in  August  1779.     After  serving  a  tower  of 
0  months,  that  he  acted  as  fifer  and  was  disbanded  by  C^ol 
Mason,  and  returned  to  Amelia,  Va.  on  10^»'  Aug   1779 


REVOLUTIONARY   PENSION   DECLARATIONS  157 

In  the  )ear  1780  he  sen-ed  a  tower  of  Duty  under  Capt.  Gray, 
belonging  to  the  United  States  Army,  commanded  by  Col. 
White.  The  fall  of  same  year,  he  was  called  on  to  render  ser- 
vice agreeably  to  draughfted  numbers  and  serv'^ed  a  tower  of  3 
months  under  Capt.  Irby,  Lieut's  name  not  recollected,  was 
marched  to  Petersburg,  Va.,  from  there  to  Cabbin  point,  thence 
to  Markeys  mills  thence  to  Nancem.ond,  thence  to  a  place  not 
recollected,  and  returned  to  Nancymun,  he  then  interted  (can't 
make  this  word  out)  in  the  calvary  under  Chas.  Irby,  for  during 
(can't  make  this  word  out)  the  War,  upon  condition  that  he 
could  procure  a  horse,  was  priviledged  to  go  home  &  get  a 
horse  &  return  to  camp,  &  in  the  event  he  could  not  get  a 
horse,  his  absence  was  to  be  counted  as  on  furlow;  when  he  got 
home  it  being  inconvenient  to  procure  a  horse  and  a  young  man 
in  the  neighborhood  by  the  name  of  Elisha  Gunn  being  called 
on  to  join  (jenl.  Greene  in  opposition  to  Lord  Comwallice,  the 
said  Gunn  and  himself  changed  towers,  and  being  organized 
he  marched  under  Capt.  Overstreet  and  joined  headquarters 
on  troublesome  Crealc,  N.  C.  After  various  marches  they  met 
the  British  and  had  a  severe  Battle  at  Gilford  Courthouse,  after 
marching  to  deep  river,  at  ramsey's  mills,  Chatham  County, 
N.  C,  he  was  honourably  discharged,  by  Brigadier  General 
Lawson  of  the  Va.  troops,  after  which  he  returned  to  Amelia 
county,  Ya.  There  he  reniained  until  the  5'''  day  of  Jan.  18U1 
at  which  time  he  removed  to  Wake  Co.  N.  C,  where  he  has 
remained  ever  since,  &  being  on  a  visit  to  friends  in  Pitts.  Co. 
Va.,  avails  himself  of  the  opportunity  to  make  his  declaration, 
having  it  more  in  his  power  to  establish  his  sendees  here  than 
in  N.  C,  serving  as  a  Militiaman  there  was  no  wiitten  discharge 
given  to  such. 

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James  X  Nance. 

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the  Couil  o(  the  Cdiuun-  of  ri((s\  h  aui.i  now  :.i(liii>;,  Win    I  >f\\:., 


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a  resident  of  said  Co.,  aged  SO  yrs.  who  being  first  duly  sworn 
according  to  law,  doth  on  his  oath  make  following  declaration — 

That  he  enlisted  in  the  Amiy  of  the  U.  S.  in  the  month  of 
Feb.  1776  for  two  yrs.  with  Lieut.  Henderson  in  Cap'  Walkers 
Company,  then  stationed  at  Charlottesville  in  the  County  of 
Albemarle,  Va.  On  the  15"'  day  of  that  month  this  company 
left  Charlottesville  &  marched  direct  to  Gloucester  Court 
HoiK^e,  Va.  &  from  there  they  marched  to  Chesapeake  Ba)', 
anil  v,-ent  across  to  the  County  of  Northampton  &  was  there 
attached  to  the  9*''  Reg't  of  the  Va.  line  under  the  Command  of 
Col.  George  Matthews  and  Major  Ivins.  That  they  were  sta- 
tioned in  said  Co.  of  Northampton  untill  about  the  19"'  or  20"' 
of  Dec.  1776,  when  they  were  marched  from  there  to  Momstown 
in  New  Jersey  and  joined  the  army  under  Gen'l  George  Wash- 
ington at  that  place  in  January  J 777,  where  he  had  taken  up 
Winter  Quarters. 

Early  in  the  Spring  following  a  picked  Company  was  made 
up  from  the  different  regiments  and  Placed  under  the  command 
of  Lieut.  Henderson  who  acted  as  Ca])t.  of  which  he  said  Vnn. 
Dews  was  one.  This  Company  was  put  under  Col.  Daniel 
M(;rgan,  who  commanded  a  Rifle  choir  and  was  with  him  in  three 
engagements.  On  one  day,  first  at  Brunswick  where  the  British 
had  wintered,  the  'J''  and  third  near  the  same  place,  that  he  con- 
tinued with  Col.  l\h)rgan  Several  months  until  he  was  ordered  to 
Albany.  That  he  left  Col.  Morgan  near  Smnmerset  C.  H., 
New  Jersey,  and  returned  under  the  command  of  Lieut.  Martin 
to  the  said  9*''  Reg'  under  Col.  Matthews  and  was  stationed  at 
the  Cross  Roads  near  Philadelphia  when  the  British  airived  at 
the  head  of  Elk  River.  He  was  placed  under  the  Command  of 
Col.  Richard  Parker  and  v.'as  Vv-ith  him  in  the  Battle  of  Brandy- 
^vine  on  the  11"'  of  September  1777.  Soon  after  that  he  was 
again  transferred  to  the  0"'  Regim.ent  with  Colo.  Alattheus  and 
was  with  him  in  the  Battle  of  Germantown  when  his  Regiment 
was  defeated  by  the  British  and  he,  said  Dews,  was  taken 
Prisoner  on  the  4"'  of  October  1777  and  carried  to  Philadeli^hia 
and  put  in  Jail,  kept  there  about  eight  months  and  was  then 
carried  by  the  British  to  New  York  and  kept  under  guard  18 
days.     Then   exchanged   at    Elizabeth    River   about    the    17"' 


•    KKVOLUTIONARY   PENSION  DECLARATIONS  159 

July  1778,  then  murcbed  to  the  White  plains  in  the^State  of 
Ne\^'  York  and  there^/discharged  about  the  last  of  the  same 
month.  The  whole  o;  the  service  rendered  under  this  enlist- 
ment including  the  time  of  his  being  a  prisoner  with  the  British 
is  two  yrs.  and  about  0  months.  His  discharge  was  destroyed 
by  the  British  in  the  town  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  soon  after  he 
obtained  it,  but  the  service  rendered  is  proved  by  the  affidavits 
of  David  Street  and  Dudley  Calloway,  who  were  regular  soldiers 
\\'ith  him  in  the  revolutionary  War.  That  he  resided  in  the 
county  of  Albemarle  when  he  entered  the  service  of  the  U.  S. 
in  the  yr.  1776.  After  his  discharge  from  said  service  in  yr. 
1778,  he  resided  for  some  time  in  the  town  of  Petersburg,  Va. 
He  now  resides  and  has  lived  in  the  Co.  of  Pittsylvania  for 
about  50  years.  Thereby  relinquishes  every  claim  whatever  to  a 
pension  except  the  present  and  declares  that  his  name  is  not  on 
the  Pension  Roll  of  any  agency  of  any  State. 

j  his 

William  X   Dews. 

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I,  Dudley  Callowa}'  of  the  Town  of  Lynchburg  in  the  Co.  of 
Cainpbell  and  State  of  Va.,  do  hereby  certify  and  do  Solemnly 
Swear  that  I  enlisted  a  Soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  Revolution 
in  the  year  177G  and  Sened  m  the  5^^  Regiment  of  the  Va.  line 
f(jr  about  10  mo.  when  he  was  detached  from  said  5***  Reg't  & 
put  under  the  command  of  Col.  Daniel  Morgan,  who  command- 
ed a  Rifle  Choir  and  Ser\'ud  with  said  Morgan,  that  he  then  be- 
came acquainted  with  V/m.  Dews  of  Pitts.  Co.,  Va.,  who  was  a 
regular  Soldier  in  the  9"'  Reg't  under  Col.  Matthews,  that  he 
the  said  Wm.  Dews  was  also  detached  from  9"'  Reg't  and  was 
put  under  Col.  Morgan  and  served  with  me  under  said  Morgan 
several  m.onths,  when  he  was  put  back  with  said  Col.  Matthews 
of  the  said  9^''  Regiment,  and  I  was  infonned  that  said  Dews 
was  in  Battle  of  Germantown  and  taken  pirsoner  by  the  British 
and  kept  several  m.onths.  That  I  believe  the  said  Wm.  Dews 
enlisted  for  two  years  and  sen'cd  faithfully  as  soldier  in  the 
Army  of  the  Revolution.  Given  under  my  hand  &  seal  this 
14*''  day  of  August  1832. 

Dudley  Calloway.      (Seal) 


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William  M.  Nance. 
William  M.  Nance,  aged  72  years,  Sept.  17,  1832,  personally 
appeared    in    open    court    in    Pitts.    Co.   &  made  following 
declaration — 

That  he  was  bom  on  the  18^''  January  1760,  in  County  of 
Amelia,  now  Nottoway,  Va.,  according  to  his  father's  register 
which  is  not  in  his  possession,  that  he  entered  the  service  of  Lhe 
U.  S.  as  a  substitute  for  Wm.  Mitchel  in  the  year  1777  under 
Capt.  Gabriel  Fowlke,  Jno.  Knight,  Lieut.  &  Wm.  Brookin, 
Ensign,  at  the  Court  House  of  Amelia  Co.,  Va.,  and  marched  to 
Williamsburg  &  joined  the  Regiment  under  the  Corrmiand  of 
Col.  Vivian  Brookin  and  after  remaining  there  a  short  time 
was  ordered  to  Hampton  where  he  joined  the  anny  under  the 
command  of  General  Tho""  Nelson,  where  he  ser\^ed  several 
,j  months,  the  particular  time  not  recollected  but  thiiik  it  was 

J  not  less  than  3  months  and  was  disbanded  by  Col.  Brookin  at 

Hampton  without  any  regular  discharge  and  returned  home 
v.'here  he  remained  until  early  in  the  month  of  Feb.  1779  when 
lie  was  drafted  and  marched  under  Capt.  Wm.  Fitzgerald, 
Lieut.  Charles  Irby  to  Halifax  Town,  North  Carolina  where  he 
joined  Col.  David  ]\Ia.son  and  marched  thro'  Hillsborough, 
vSalsbury,  N.  Carolina  and  joined  Gen.  Lincoln  at  Stone  Camp, 
South  Carolina  &  fought  a  hard  Battle  with  the  British  on 
the  20"'  of  June  1779  in  which  he  was  engaged  from  the  Com- 
mencement to  the  end  after  which  he  marched  back  to  Camp 
where  he  remained  some  time.  Knew  Count  Pulaskie,  Genl. 
Parsons,  etc.,  and  from  thence  was  marched  to  Camden,  S. 
Carolina  and  disbanded  in  August  1779,  after  ser\dng  a  tour 
of  6  months,  during  v\'hich  time  he  was  orderly  sergeant  &  was 
disbanded  by  Col.  Mason.  Returned  to  Amelia,  Va.,  where 
he  remained  till  Dec.  1780,  when  he  removed  to  County  of 
Pitts.,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since  and  in  the  year  1781  he 
was  drafted  and  marclicd  from  the  county  afr"^  under  Capt. 
Chas.  Williams,  Lieut.  Dix  or  Hunt,  he  does  not  recollect 
which,  to  York  Town,  \^a.,  where  he  was  regularly  engaged  in 
iho  siege  until  tlie  Sui  render,  2  days  after  w^hich  he  with  the 
other  sick  uf  tlie  Troops  of  Pitts,  was  discharged  by  General 
Stephens  which  discharge  is  lost  or  mislaid. 

Wm.  M.  Nance. 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND.  161 

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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


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(Contributed  by  Leo  Culleton,  92  Picadilly,  London,  W.,  and 
the  late  Lothrop  Withington.) 


Robert  Hunt  of  the  parishe  of  Heathfield  in  the  Countye  of 

Siissex,    Gierke,    Vicar  of   the   said   parishe. 
Dated  20  Nov.  IGOG.  Proved  14  July  1608. 

To  Grace  Kyne,  my  nowe  Servant  and  to  Elizabeth  Milies,  my 
late  Servant,  10s  eatch. 

To  Elizabeth  my  daughter,  £30,  to  be  paide  to  her  when  she 
shall  corne  to  eighteene  yeares. 

Also  one  Tenement  with  five  acres  of  lande,  late  being  part  of 
the  waste  or  common  called  Highdoune  in  Heathfeilde,  which  I 
bought  of  Thomas  Pankerst  nowe  or  late  of  Retherfield. 
To  my  Sonne  Thomas,  £10,  to  be  paide  him  at  the  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  Also  one  tenement  and  twelve  acres  of  land  being 
in  the  parish  of  Warbleton  and  belonging  unto  Air.  Thomas 
Pellam  his  Mannor  of  Burwashe  which  Coppyhold  Tenement 
and  Landes  I  bought  of  W'illiam  Stace  of  Heathfield. 
Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole  Executrix:— Elizabeth  my  Wiffe. 
Overseer:  Mr.  Tristram  Siclemore. 

Provided  alwaies  yf  Elizabeth  my  said  wiffe  shall  committ  the 
act  of  incontinency  or  slialbe  be  defamed  or  suspected  of  anye 
suche  acte,  during  my  life  or  if  after  my  death  before  the  proving 
of  my  will  she  stale  and  abide  in  the  same  house  or  other  place 
whatsoever  together  with  John  Taylor  tlie  eldest  Sonne  of  John 
Taylor  of  the  parish  of  Heathfeild.  Then  she  shall  be  exclude 
from  being  my  Executrix  and  shall  loose  all  other  benefitt  of 
this  my  will,  and  in  her  place  I  appoint  Elizabeth  my  daughter 
to  whom  the  residue  of  my  Goods  etc.     And  I  then  make  my 


162  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  ^^''i 

Brother  Steven  Hunt,  now  or  late  of  Reculver,  co.  Kent,  yeoman 

the  oneHe  Overseer  of  trust. 

Thomas  Boreman,  Roe?  Noe  Taylor,  Witnesses. 

Proved  14  July  1608  by  EHzabeth  the  ReHct  and  ExecutriK 

named. 

[It  .^eems  almost  certain  that  this  is  the  will  of  Robert  Hunt,  the  mini- 
ster ot  the  first  settlement  of  Virginia.  From  1594  to  1G02,  when  he  re- 
signed, he  was  vicar  of  Reculver,  Kent,  a  noble  church  torn  down  by  a 
vandal  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  early  in  the  Nineteenth  Century. 
From  that  date  to  1600  we  know  nothing  of  his  history;  but,  if  this  is  his 
will,  lie  became  in  1602,  vicar  of  Hcathfield.  John  Smith  says  that 
while  the  Virginia  fleet  was  lying  in  the  Downs,  Master  Hunt  was  not 
more  than  10  or  12  miles  from  his  habitation.  Heathfield  is  about  that 
distance  from  the  coast.  It  would  be  desirable  to  ascertain  how  long 
Robert  Hunt  was  Vicar  of  Heathfield;  but  the  only  work  accessable  at 
this  time,  Dallaway's  Sussex,  does  not  cover  the  whole  county  nor  in- 
clude Heathfield.  The  will  was  dated  Nov.  20,  160G,  and  the  expedition 
for  Vir.:4inia  sailed  from  Blackwall  exactly  a  month  later.  Mr.  Hunt  of 
Va.  died  sometime  in  160S.  The  dates  agree  well;  but  the  copy  of  the 
probate  (which  may  not  be  a  full  one)  does  not  say,  as  would  be  expected 
"died  beyond  seas."  A  year  or  two  ago  Mr.  H.  Dwelly  of  Heme  Bay, 
Kent,  kindly  traced  the  signature  of  Robt.  Hunt  from  the  Reculver 
parish  books.  It  is  intended  to  compare  this  signature  with  that  to 
the  original  of  the  will  printed  above.  All  the  writers  of  all  the  fac- 
tions in  Virginia  agree  in  praising  Robert  Hunt  as  a  most  godly  and 
exemplary  minister  and  man,  and  no  doubt  he  was  influenced  by  the 
highest  motives  in  coming  to  the  colony;  but  motives  are  often  mixed. 
If  this  is  the  will  of  the  Virginia  minister  we  have  again  the  old  cherchez 
lafemme.  An  unhappy  home  life  made  it  easier  for  him  to  undertake 
the  hardships  of  the  settlement.  The  reference  to  a  brother  living  at 
Reculver  makes  another  point  in  favor  of  identification.  It  is  hoped 
that  this  may  ultimately  be  made  positive,  for  no  better  man  came  to 
America  than  Robert  Hunt.] 


John  Beaitchamp  of  London,  Gentleman. 

Dated  15  June  1654.  Proved  9  Sept.  1654. 

And  whereas  by  an  obligation  bearing  date  4  Aprill  1653  I 
stand  bound  unto  John  Harvey  Cittizen  and  Merchant  Taylor 
of  London  in  £1600  for  the  true  performance  of  severall  promises 
and  as.Tecments  I  doe  now  confirme  and  ratify  the  same  and 
charge  my  Executors  to  perform  thasaid  Obligation. 
To  Margarett  my  Wife,  £100  also  the  household  stuffe  and  other 
thingos  which  shall  be  remayning  in  my  lodging  Chamber  and 
in  the  Closset  att  the  further  ende  of  the  Parlour  of  my  now 
dwelling  house  in  the  Parish  of  Buttolpli  without,  Aldersgate; 
London. 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND.  163 

To  my  Sonne  John  Beauchampe,  £300. 

To  my  Daughter  Johane  Wilkinson,  the  Wife  of  Edward  Wilkin- 
son, £200. 

To  my  three  Grandchildren,  the  daughters' of  my  said  Daughter 
Joahane  [sic],  £10  apeece,  to  be  paid  att  the  accomplishment 
of  their  ages  of  one  and  twentie  yeares. 

To  the  poore  of  the  parish  of  Buttolph  without  Aldersgate, 
London,  50s. 

To  my  freinde  Master  John  Harvey  aforesaid  £5. 
Residuary  Legatee  and  wSole  Executor,  my  said  Sonne  John 
Beauchamp. 

For  as  much  as  my  said  sonne  John  Beauchamj)  is  now  remaining 
in  Partes  beyond  the  Seas  I  will  that  all  my  goods  etc.  which  I 
shall  leave  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  if  my  said  sonne  shall  not 
then  be  returned  into  England,  shall  remain  in  the  Custodie 
of  my  said  wife. 
Proved  9  Sept.  1654  by  the  Sole  Executor  named. 

[The  mention  by  the  testator  of  a  son  John  "now  beyond  the  seas," 
would  seem  to  make  it  certain  that  he  was  father  of  John  Beauchamp, 
merchant,  of  London  and  Virginia,  who  died  in  1G6S,  and  who.se  vvill  was 
printed  in  this  Magazine  XVI,  192.  But  the  latter  had  three  brothers, 
William,  Abel,  and  Richard,  and  a  sister  Mrs.  Mary  Sampson,  and  those 
names  do  not  agree  at  all  with  those  in  the  will  above.  Possibly  John, 
the  son  of  the  testator  was  the  father  of  John,  who  died  in  1668.] 

George  Argent  of  Hoxton,  parish  of  St.  Leonard,  Shoreditch, 
CO.,  Middx.,  Gentleman. 

Dated    1(1    Aug.    1053  Codicil   27   Feb.    1653-4 

Proved  23  April  1654. 
To  be  buried  in  the  Parish  Church  of  St.  Leonard,  Shore- 
ditch,  as  neere  unto  my  late  wife  and  Sonne  William  Argent  as 
may  be. 

To  my  Daughter,  Elizabeth  Porter,  that  Messuage  or  Tenement, 
situate  in  Oxton,  where  I  now  dwell,  to  my  said  daughter  and  to 
the  heires  of  her  bodie,  and  for  want  of  such  issue,  to  my  sonne 
George  Argent  and  to  his  heires  for  ever. 

To  my  Cousin  William  Argent  my  Watch  and  to  my  Cousin 
Mistris  Mary  Riggden,  40s. 
To  the  poore  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Leonard,  Shoreditch,  £3. 


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164  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

To  my  servant  Rebecha  Coltman,  my  Trunck  bound  with  yron. 

To  my  daughter  Mary  Hodges,  that  Messuage  or  Tenement, 

■wherein  Master  Morrel  Gouldsmith  dwelleth,  situate  in  Oxton, 

during  her  life  and  after  her  decease,  to  my  said  sonne  George 

Argent  and  to  his  heires  for  ever. 

To  my  daughter  Mary  Hodges,  my  great  gylt  standing  Cupp. 

All  the  rest  of  my  plate  I  give  as  follows:  to  my  Sonne  George 

Argent,  Jane  Steward  &  Elizabeth  Porter,  three  fourth  parts 

thereof  and  the  other  fourth  part  to  the  Children  of  my  late 

daughter  Anne  Ivie,  deceased,  which  were  borne  in  Virginia 

where  she  died,  to  be  equally  devided  betweene  them,  according 

to  the  Will  of  Jane  Baker,  deceased  theire  Grandmother. 

To  my  Grandchild  Anne  Ivie,  my  Chest,  that  standeth  in  the 

greate  Chamber  and  the  Sum  of  £200  upon  Condition  that  she 

doe  not  marrie  without  the  Consent  of  my  Executors.     In  Case 

she  marr}'-  v/ithout  Consent,  then  the  said  bequest  unto  all  the 

rest  of  my  Grandchildren  whether  they  shall  be  in  England  or 

out  of  England,  equally  amongst  them. 

To  my  freinde  Thomazine  Earle,  50s  to  buy  her  a  Ringe. 

The  Residue  of  my  Goods  etc  I  bequeath  as  follows :  tw^o  third 

parts  to  my  said  sonne,  George  Argent  and  to  my  daughter 

Jane  Steward,  to  be  devided  between  them  and  the  remaining 

third  part  to  such  of  the  Children  of  my  late  daughter  Anne  Ivey 

as  were  borne  in  Virginia,  to  be  devided  amongst  them,  to  be 

paid  unto  them  when  they  shall  accomplish  theire  ages  of  one 

and  twenty  yeares. 

To  my  sonne  in  La  we  Henry  Potter,  my  Yron  Chest. 

I  forgive  my  sonne  in  Law  Thomas  Steward  the  thirty  pounds  he 

owes  me. 

To  my  freinde  Master  Robert  Earle,  a  suit  of  mourning. 

Executors:  my  Cousins  Master  John  Langley  &  Master  John 

Glascock. 

Rebecha  Coultman,  her  marke,  Robert  Earle,  scrv.,  Thomas 
Page,  scrv.,  Witnesses. 
Mem  27  Feb.  1653-4 
To  my  Cousin  Glascock  one  of  my  Exors,  £10. 


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John  Glascock,  Anne  Ivey,  the  marke  of  Rebeccha  Coultman 
Witnesses. 
Proved  23  April  1654  by  the  Executors  named. 

[In  16(13  the  Court  of  Lower  Norfolk  County  certified  that  Thomas;  anrl 
George  Ivy  were  the  sons  of  Thomas  Ivy  (who  was  a^ed  30  in  T run  nn  i 
died  1603-4)  and  Ann  his  wife  "who  was^  th°  daugSe^  of  ZlSco^t 
Argent  I  ivemge  about  London.  England,  as  she  often  reported  "  Thom 
as  Ivy  the  son,  died  in  1684,  leaving  a  will.  His  leeatei  were  hi.  .^^' 
Alice,  sons  Thomas,  Ludford  and  Anthony,  fnd  dfuSerT  KaU  erine 
1,%^'^''  ^V^^es,  Frances  and  Elizabeth.  The  other  sorOeorge  d  ed  "^ 
10S9,  leavmg  a  will  His  legatees  were  his  wife  Hannah  sons  A  Wander 
George,  bamuel,  Thomas,  John  and  Joseph,  and  daughter  ELabeth 
1  he  name  has  been  numerously  represented  down  to  the  present  day  J  " 

Peter  Ashton,  of  Grantham  co.,  Lyncolne    Esqr 
f^^^^^  Sept  1653.  Proved:  9  June"  1654. 

And  whereas  I  have  formly  given  unto  my  Sonne  John  all  my 
Lands  and  Tenements  in  Fishkerton  in  Co.  Lyncolne  and  the 
Lease  of  the  lands  I  hold  from  the  Deane  and  Chapter  of  Peter- 
borough, I  doe  heerby  Confirme  the  same. 
To  my  Datighter  Audley,  £100. 
To  my  Grandchild  Elizabeth  Audley,  £20. 
And  whereas  my  Wife,  deceased,  did  deliver  unto  the  handes  of 
my  Mother  m  lawe,  the  Lady  Ellis  and  my  Sister  Adams  the 
Sum  of  £50  which  since  her  decease  they  have  given  to  my  two 
daughters  Jane  Audley  &  Elizabeth  Diamond  £20  each  I  doe 
hereby  Signify  that  I  am  Contented  ^^ith  the  same 
Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole  Executor:  my  sonne  James  Ashton 
Margarett  Adams,  William  Ellis,  Thomas  Adams,  Jonas  Mar- 
tin, William  Bellamy,  Witnesses. 
Proved  9  June  1G54  by  the  Sole  Executor  named. 
tei?t°h'  rrn't"  :f''^^°^  emigrated  to  Virginia  about  the  middle  of  the  Seven- 

inj,  in  liu.).      1  his  last  named  may  have  been  the  Virginian.] 


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]()()  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINID. 

Thomas  Baker,  Cittizen  and  Apothecary  of  London. 
Daied  13  Dec.  1653.  Proved  9  May  1654. 

All  my  Goods  and  Chattels  to  be  devided  into  three  equall 
partes  whereof  one  third  part  unto  my  Wife  Sarah  Baker,  one 
other  third  parte  unto  my  five  Children,  Thomas  Baker,  William 
Baker,  Mary  Baker,  Francis  Baker  &  Sarah  Baker  equally 
amongst  them.  My  Sonne  Thomas  bein^  of  full  age  his  parte 
p's'ntly  payable,  my  Sonne  William's  parte  to  be  paid  when  he 
shall  have  accomplished  the  age  of  twenty  one  and  all  my  daugh- 
ters at  same  age  or  da  ye  of  marriage.  And  the  other  third  parte 
of  my  Estate  I  reserve  to  myself  to  pay  my  legacies  etc. 
To  the  Poore  within  the  Parish  of  St.  James  Clarkenwell  where 
I  am  a  Parishoner,  50s. 

To  my  sister  Abigail  Fitzhugh,  20s.  and  to  my  Sister  Frances 
Hinde  40s.  and  to  my  Kinsman  Master  George  Smyth,  20s.  and 
to  my  Ferinde  Master  Thomas  Jenny,  203.  to  buy  them  Ringes. 
To  my  eldest  Sonne  Thomas,  and  my  wife,  my  now  dwelling 
House  in  Clarken  Well  close.  And  to  my  sonne  William  my 
other  House  next  adjoining  with  the  appurtenances  thereunto 
belonging  as  it  is  now  in  the  Occupation  of  my  said  Kinsman 
Mr.  George  Smyth. 

Residuary  Legatees:  my  Sonnes  Thomas  &  William  and  my 
Daughters  Frances  &  Sarah. 

Executors:  my  Sonne  Thomas  and  my  Wife  Sarah. 
Overseers:  my  said  Kinsman,  Master  George  Smyth  and  my 
freinde  Master  Thomas  Jenney. 

Mem  before  the  sealing  and  publishing  of  these  presents  I  doe 
give  imto  my  brother  Richard  Baker  now  in  Virginia  if  he  live 
to  come  again  into  England,  30s  to  buie  him  a  Ring.  To  Heath, 
"now  grave  maker"  of  this  parish  10s. 

John    Mathewes,   Thomas   Palmer,    Edward   Gregory,    Scr. : 

Witnesses. 
Proved  9  May  1654  by  Sarah  Baker  the  Relict  and  one  of  the 
Executors  named,   Thomas  Baker  the   sonne  and  the  other 
Exor  renouncing. 

[On  March  18,  16G2,  Patrick  Jackson  and  Richard  Baker  were  granted 
1500  acres  of  land  in  Charles  City  County  (now  Prince  George)  back  of 
and  adjoining  Merchants  Hope,  and  adjoining  the  lands  of  Richard 
Craven,  and  "the  old  town,"  now  the  property  of  Mr.  Richard  Tye. 
This  land  was  granted  to  Richard  Jones  March  10,  1655,  and  by  him  sold 
to  Jackson  and  Baker.  Of  course  it  is  not  certain  that  this  is  the 
Ricliard  Baker  of  this  will.] 


SUSSEX    COUNTY    WILLS.  167 


SUSSEX  COUNTY  WILLS. 

From  organization  in  1754  to  1804  (some  later). 

(Compiled  by  W.  B.  Cridlin) 

(Continued  from  Vol.  XXI,  27()) 

[The  names  beginning  "with  M,  N  and  P  in  this  instalment  were 
accidentally  omitted  in  making  the  original  copy.] 

Moore,  Joseph,  1823,  L  337. 

(Also  widow's  renunciation.) 
Moore,  John.  O.  18G4,  471. 
Moore,  Pylatthew,  1849,  P.  288. 
Moore,  Mary,  185G,  O.  598  (Oct.). 
Moore,  John  H.,  1848,  P.  305. 
Mims,  Elizabeth,  1821,  L  150. 
Mason,  Lucy,  1829,  L.  174. 
xMassenberg,  Wm.  E.,  1825,  K.  246. 
Moore,  PrisCilla,  1821,  L  178. 
Moore,  Peggy,  1828,  L.  93. 
A'loore,  Polly,  1854,  0.  452. 
Mangram,  Samuel,  1828,  L.  61. 
Mitchell,  Barham,  1820,  I.  100. 
Moore,  Barham,  1820,  I.  103. 
Magee,  Nancy,  1816,  H.  251. 
Mason,  Frederick,  1823,  I.  434. 
Moore,  Charles  W.,  1858,  R.  65. 
Malone,  Robert,  1826,  K.  344.  (Invt.). 
Moore,  Richard  H.,  1841,  N.  403. 
Nev.'som,  James  S.,  1847,  P.  87  (Invt). 
Niblctt,  James  W.,  1859,  R.  144. 
Niblett,  James  N.,  1864,  S.  603. 
Niblett,  James  D.,  1896,  No.  1.,  730. 
Newsom,  Bn,'ant,  1827,  L.  5. 
New,  Boiling,  1845,  0.  340. 


108  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

Niblett,  Benjamin  D.,  1872,  S.  GIO. 

New,  Richard,  1839,  N.  177. 

Nebiett,  Robert  P.,  1862,  R.  455.  ''' 

Newsom,  David,  1821,  I.  182,  377. 

Norvell,  William,  1764,  B.  14  (Invt.).  ' 

New,  William,  1833,  L.  507  (Invt.). 

Nebiett,  Wm.  H.,  1870,  P.  1. 

Niblett,  Pamela  A.  E.,  1867,  S.  173. 

Northcross,  Sally  W.,  1842,  N.  432. 

Niblett,  Nat.  B.,  1895,  No.  1.,  689. 

Neanes,  Henry  A.,  1838,  N.  49  (Invt.). 

Niblett,  Harrison,  1880,  F.  315. 

Niblett,  Frances,  1845,  O.  341. 

Nebiett,  Thomas,  1860,  R.  26. 

Nicholson,  Amy,  1857,  R.  3. 

Owen,  Green,  1833,  L.  477.  (Act.). 

Owen,  Joshua,  1835,  M.  186. 

Owen,  Sally,  1839,  N.  173  (Oct.).         '■''■•  '    '''' 

Owen,  Elizabeth  P.,  1854,  Q.  330.  „  ..   .^    • 

Oliver,  Booker,  1844,  O.  193  (Act.).     ''  '''  ''■  ''''^ 

Owen,  Willis,  1857,  Q.  773. 

Parham  (S),  William,  1834,  M.  73. 

Peters,  Wm.,  1837,  M.  431. 

Phillips,  Susanna,  1833,  L.  491. 

Pennington,  Thomas,  1831,  L.  374. 

Parsons,  Henry,  1831,  L.  372. 

Pair,  Mason,  1839,  N.  229. 

Parham,  Peggy,  1832,  L.  445. 

Pope,  John  W.,  1833,  L.  483  (Acot.). 

Pennington,  1832,  L.  448. 

Pond,  Benj.  M.,  1843,  O.  27. 

1833,  Pope,  Jno.  W.  Acct.  L  483 

1781,  Pennington,  David  Will  C  390 

1783,  Pennington,  David  Will  D  210 

1832,  Pennington,  David  Will  L  448 

1783,  Pleasants,  George  Will  D  115 

1S08,  Parham,  George  Will  G  148 

1797,  Portlock,  Chas.  Will  F  79 


SUSSEX    COUNTY    WILLS.  109 

1807,  Pate,  Cordy  Inv  &  Apt  G  65 
1824,  Potts,  Chas.  Inv  &  Apt  K  136 
1828,  Parham,  Caesar  Will  L  35 

1783,  Poarch,  Israel  >  Will  D  168 

(Will  contested  being  only  a  letter) 

1800,  Pettway,  Lucy  Will  F  211 

1805,  Parham,  Lewis  Will  F  459  " 

^Mentions  Lewis  Thomas  P  in  acct.    Acct.  I  315 

1801,  Phipps,  Benj.  Will  F  219 

1824,  Pretlow,  Benj.  Inv  &  Apt  K  78 

1825,  Parham,  Booth  Will  K  280 
1843,  Pond,  Benj.  M."  •  Inv  &  Act  O.  27 
1809,  Pennington,  Frederick  Will  G  206 

1817,  Parham,  Frances  Will  H  389 
1754,  Rose,  Richard  Will  A  8 

1708,  Rose,  Richard  Will  B  151 
1773,  Rainer,  Robert  Winn  Inv.  C  06 

(Est.  in  Bruns\vick) 

1795,  Rollins,  Richd.  Will  E,  361  '■"' 

1802,  Rose,  Robt.  Will  F  297 

1814,  Rogers,  Richd.  Will  H  96 

1815,  Rives,  Rebecca  Will  H  163 
1834,  Richardson,  Randolph  Will  M  104 

1808,  Rix,  Edward  Will  G  130 

1813,  Roberson,  Eliz.  I.  Will  H  35 

1814,  Redding,  Elizabeth  Will  H  73 

1818,  Ray,  Eldridge  Inv  &  Apt  H  443 

1818,  Richardson,  Eliz.  Will  H  506 

1754,  Randolph,  Mary  Will  A  13 
1817,  Raines,  Mary  H.  Will  A  127 

1819,  Rix,  Mike  (Org.  2-11-54)  Inv  &  Apt  I  36 
1822,  Rowland,  Mary  Gdn  Ace.  I  272 

(Orph  of  John  Rowland) 

1824,  Robinson,  Martin  L.  Inv  &  Apt  K  56 

1799,  Rogers,  David  Acct  F  146 

1755,  Rawlings,  Gregory  Will  A  38 
1768,  Robinson,  George  Will  B  180 

1709,  Rawlings,  Gregory  Will  B  193 


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1772,  Randall,  George  Inv  &  Apt  C  3 
1795,  Rives,  George  Will  E  325 

1818,  Randolph.  George  Acct  H  514 
ISIO,  Rives,  George  Will  N  249 
1757,  Rawlings,  Hannah  Will  A  73 

1827,  Robinson,  Hix  Inv  &  Apt  K  471 

1834,  Rochell,  Henchen  Will  M  71 

1807,  Robinson,  Isaac  Inv  &  Apt  G  91 

1759,  Rochell,  John  Will  A  142 

1700,  Roland,  Joseph  Inv  &  Apt  A  184 

1701,  Roland,  John  Inv  &  Apt  A  226 
J  703,  Reeks,  John  Inv  &  Apt  A  250 
1704,  Rawlings,  John  Inv  &  Apt  B  0 
1771,  Ray,  John  Inv  &  Apt  B  295 

1773,  Richardson,  John  Will  C  49 

1774,  Rivers,  John  WiU  C  141 
1770,  Rives,  John       '  Inv  &  Apt  C  215 
1784,  Rowland,  Joshua  Inv  &  Apt  D  223 
1793,  Robertson,  James  Will  E  208 
1800,  Rowland,  John  Inv  &  Apt  F  534 
1810,  Rogers,  John  Will  H  310 

1819,  Rose,  James  Inv  &  Apt  I  3 

1820,  Randolph,  James  Will  K  334 
1833,  Rochell,  Jemima  Will  M  52 

1 701 ,  Roe,  Cannon  Inv  &  Apt  A  21 8 

1773,  Rives,  Christoi)her  Inv  &  Ajit  C  77 

1795,  Rose,  Chas.  Will  E  353 

1814,  Roberts,  Catharine  Will  H  120 

(widov/  of  Ben  R.) 

1820,  Rives,  Chas.  B.  Inv  &  Apt  I  101 

1825,  Raines,  Chas.  B.  Will  K  205 

1707,  Roberts,  Willett  Will  B  118 

1709,  Rainey,  Wm.  Will  191  B 

1770,  Rogers,  Wm.  Will  B  271 

1778,  Rogers.  Wm.  Will  C  297 

1778,  Rives,  Wm.  Will  C  298 

1779,  Roberts,  Willett  Will  C  325 
1781 ,  Roland,  Webb  Acct  C  420 


SUSSEX    COUNTY    WILLS.  171 

1782,  Rainey,  Wayne  Will  D  6 

1792,  Rose,  Wm.  Will  E  117 

1802,  Richardson,  Wm.  Acct  F  285 

181 1 ,  Roberts,  Willet  Will  G  307 

1823,  Roe,  Wm.  Will  I  335 

1767,  Rosser,  Thos.  Inv  &  Apt  B  135 

1785,  Rogers,  Thos.  '  .  Inv  &  Apt  D  150 

1810,  Rives,  Timothy  Acct  G  2ol 

1819,  Rowland,  Thos.  Inv  &  Apt  I  10 
1832,  Rives.  Thos.  E.  Inv  &  Apt  L  419 
1825,  Ramsey,  Zilpah  \Vill  K  246 
17(57 ,  Rottenberry,  Susanna  Will  B  146 

1780,  Robinson,  Seymour  Will  C  336 

1782,  Roberts,  Sarah  Will  C  438 

1820,  Roberts,  Sarah      "  Will  I  106 

1821,  Rosser,  Sarah  Will  I  200 
1770,  Rives,  Frances  '""■.  '  Will  B  229 
1773,  Roberts,  Faithy  Will  C  34 

1791,  Randolph,  Frances  Will  E  66 
1839,  Rose,  Fielding  Will  N  216 

1783,  Raney,  Nathaniel  Inv  &  Apt  D'  130 

1792,  Rochelle,  Nathaniel  Will  E  149 
1775,  Richardson,  Arthur  Inv  &  A  C  172 
1798.  Richardson,  Amey  Will  F  81 
1801,  Ramsey,  Anderson  Inv  &  A  F  271 
1813,  Richardson,  Archibald  Will  H  24 
1815,  Roberts,  Archibald       ^  Will  H  146 

1781,  Raney,  Phoebe              '^''^^''^''       Will  C  424 
1780,  Randolph,  Peter  Will  D  412 
1818,  Raines,  Polly  Will  H  93 
1778,  Rogers,  Benj.  Will  C  283 

1782,  Rowland,  Burwell  Inv  &  A  D  67 
1785,  Richardson,  Benj.  Will  D  360 
17i.3,  Rogers,  Benj.  I  &  A  E  159 
1810,  Roberts,  Benj.  Will  G  239 
1795,  Smith,  Isham  Will  E  327 
1782,  Sturdivant,  Mathew  Will  D  14 
1785,  Simmons,  Martha  Will  D  300 


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1788.  Stewart,  Mourning  Will  D  480 


181G 
1821 
1782 
1804 
1754^ 
1751 
1764^ 
1777^ 
1797: 
1800 
1809 
1816 
1816, 
1823, 
1757 
1772 
1814 
1822 
1758 
1764 
1764 
1765 
1766 
1766 
1773 
1777 
1781 
1783 
1783 
1790 
1791 
1807 
1818 
1825 
1759 
1764 
1776 
1776 
1782 


Smith,  Margaret  Will  H  326 

Sturrock,  Mary  Will  I  197 

Seaborn,  Benj.  •  Will  D  10 

Smith,  Benj.  I  &  A  F  433 

Shands,  Thos.  WiU  A  19 

Stafford,  Thos.  Will  A  212 

Smith,  Thos.  I  &  A  B  3 

Stoakes,  Thos.  I  &  A  C  242 

Speede,  Thos.  Will  F  22 

Sledge,  Thos.  I  &  A  F  202 

Scott,  Thos.  E.  I  &  A  G  191 

Shands,  Thos.  E.  Will  H  251 

Sturdivant,  Thos.  Will  H  265 

Spain,  Thos.  Acet  I  397 

Sturdivant,  Holam  Will  A  82 

Sturdivant,  Henry  Will  B  348 

Sampson,  Henry  Will  H  128 

Seaborn,  Howell  I  &  A  L  204 

Shands,  John  I  &  A  A  99 

Smith,  John  Will  B  4 

Stokes,  John  Will  B  7 

Sammons,  Jas.  Will  B  64 

Southworth,  John  I  &  A  B  81 

Sammons,  John  Will  B  90 

Speed,  Jas.  I  &  A  C  44 

Sturdivant,  John  Anderson  Will  C  281 

Sammons,  Jas.  Will  C  400 

Scott,  John  Will  D  182 

Spain,  John  Will  D  200 

Smith,  Joseph  Will  E  64   ' 

Stuart,  John  Will  E  71 

Spain,  James  Will  G  85 

Spires,  John  Acct  H  445 

Stith,  John  I  &  A  K  250 

Shands,  Wm.  Will  A  135 

Sanders,  Wm.  Will  A  336 

Sykes,  Wm.  I  &  A  B  12 

Shands,  Wm.  Will  C  221 

Smith,  Wm.  Will  D  43 


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1791,  Seaborn,  Wm. 

Will  E  70 

1811,  Scoggin,  Wm. 

I  &  A  G  343 

1815,  Stewart,  (Stuart)  Wm. 

Will  H  200 

1764,  Smith,  Samuel 

Will  A  320 

1766,  Stokes,  Sylvanus 

Will  B  74 

1769,  Sanders,  Sarah 

Will  B  195 

1771,  Stokes,  Samuel 

Will  B  301 

1784,  Stacy,  Simon 

Will  D  253 

1804,  Sturdivant,  Selah 

Will  F  360 

1810,  Smith,  Samuel 

I  S<  A  G  233 

1812,  Sturdivant,  Susanna 

Will  G  416 

1764,  Shands,  Nazareth 

Will  A  324 

1815,  Sledge,  Noah 

Will  H  144 

1832,  ShewsbeiTy,  Nancy 

Will  L  424 

1815,  Stephenson,  Yvon 

Will  H  171 

1765,  Sturdivent,  Anber 

I  &  A  B  34 

1799,  Sturdivent,  Allen 

Will  F  136 

1799,  Smith,  Arthur 

Will  F  137 

1812,  Sturdivant,  Ann 

Will  G  422 

1814,  Shands,  Augustine 

Will  H  68 

1833,  Sledge,  Augustine 

Will  M  1 

1771,  Sledge,  Chas. 

I  &  A  B  293 

1786,  Stokes,  Cecelia 

Will  D  426 

1817,  Sturdivant,  Celia 

I  &  A  H  384 

1777,  vShearman,  Ebenezer 

I  &  A  C  247 

1804,  Stacy,  Edward 

Will  F  379 

1804,  Stone,  Edmund 

Will  F  425 

1806,  Soesberry,  Eliz. 

Will  F  548 

1812,  Sledge,  Eliz. 

Will  G  389 

1816,  Southward,  Eliz. 

Acct  H  292 

1801,  Smith,  Patience 

Will  F  230 

1816,  Sampson,  Peter 

I  &  A  H  234 

1779,  Scoggin,  Rich'd 

I  &  A  C  328 

1792,  Seat,  Robt. 

Will  E  135 

1798,  Stewart,  Richd. 

Will  F  117 

1804,  Smith,  Rebecca 

Will  F  432 

1794,  Smith,  Lawrence 

Will  E  277 

1795,  vSoloman,  Lewis 

Will  E  321 

1807,  Sturdivant,  Lucy 

I  &  A  G  40 

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174  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  IV'' 


EXTRACTS  FROM  KING  WILLIAM  COUNTY  RECORDS. 


(Contributed  by  W.  B.  Cridlin,  Richmond,  Va.) 

(Contiliued) 

[The  records  of  this  County  have  been  through  seveial  fires  and 

the  remaining  fragments  have  been  collected  and  arranged 

in  several  volumes.] 

1705.  Henry  Nelson  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  of  King  and 
Queen,  to  Morgan  Swinney  and  Stephen  Terry  of  King  William. 
Land  patented  by  Nelson  (2  deed).     (P.  45:46.) 

1705.  Thomas  Ellett  of  King  William  to  beloved  son-in-law 
John  White  and  Mary  hik  wife.  Deed  of  gift.  Witnesses: 
Joseph  Bickiey,  William  Cough,  John  Breeding.     (P.  48,  49.) 

1705-6.  Joseph  Brown  to  son-in-law  John  White  and  Mary 
his  wife.     Land  bought  of  Joseph  Norman.     (P.  50,  51.) 

1705.  Isabella  Madison  wife  of  John  Madison  appoints 
Henry  Madison  her  attorney  to  convey  land  sold  by  her  hus- 
band to  George  Purchase.     (P.  51.) 

1705.  John  Madison  to  George  Purchase,  Deed.  Witnesses: 
John  Walker,  Ed.  Eastwood,  Henry  Webber.     (P.  52.) 

1705.  Joseph  Bickiey  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  relict  of  Rich'd. 
Gissedge,  to  Wm.  Noyes.  Land  ])urchased  of  Capt.  Mallory. 
(P.  53.) 

1705.  Thos.  Carr  Sr.,  gent.,  to  son  Thos.  Carr  Jr.  Witnesses 
William  Carr  et  als.     (P.  54.) 

178().     John  Gravett  to  Thos.  Adams,  Deed.     (P.  56.—) 

1785.  Robert  Cowne  of  Culpeper  to  John  Anderson  of  King 
William.     Deed.     (P.  57,  58.) 

1799.  Wm.  Harris  to  John  Robinson  and  Beverley  Robin- 
son of  Caroline  County.     Deed.     (P.  61,  62.) 

1800.  Wm.  Dabney  and  Hannah  his  wife  to  Wm.  Cock, 
Deed.     (P.  199,  200.) 


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1800.  John  and  Wm.  Butler,  ex'rs  of  Josiah  Butler,  de- 
ceased, to  Richard  Cockran.     (P.  200.) 

1801.  Falvey  Frazer  and  Lucy  his  wife  to  Wm.  Fowler, 
Deed.     (P.  20o") 

1801.  John  Fox  and  Fanny  his  wife,  to  James  Fox,  Deed. 
(P.  201,  202.) 

1801 .     John  Holcomb  to  Walter  Evans,  Deed.     (P.  207,  208.) 

1792.     Wm.  Bingham  and  Ann  his  wife  to .    (P.  301,  302.) 

1795.  Tunstall  Banks  and  Sarah  Banks  to  Jno.  McNabb, 
Deed.     (P.  340.) 

1722.  Robert  Farish  to  Edward  Hemdon  of  St.  Stephens 
Parish,  King  William.     Land  purchased  in  1718.    (P.  345,  346.) 

1700.  John  Hampton  and  Thomas  Mallory,  Bond  as  ad- 
m'rs  of  the  estate  of  Mary  Sellers,  deceased.     (P.  402.) 

1706.     Mary  Bell,  adm'x  of  Edward  Bell,  deed.     (P.  402.) 

1706.  Henry  Eyrenshaw  [?  Crenshaw]  wid.  [?]  admst.  Isaac 
liyrenshaw,  deceased.     (P.  413.) 

1706.  James  Peterson,  deceased.  Inventory  by  George 
Heriott  and  Robt.  Cockes. 

1705.  Henry  Nelson  and  Eliza,  his  wife,  of  St.  Stephens 
Parish,  King  and  Queen  to  Thos.  Baker.  Land  patented  1703. 
Witnesses:  Henry  Webber,  Jno.  Hewitt,  Martin  Palmer,  Jr. 
(I'.  404,  405.) 

1705.  George  Janson  of  Abingdon  parish,  Gloucester  Co., 
gent.,  to  John  Baylor,  atty.  for  Chillion  White  of  same  parish 
and  Ann  his  wife,  her  right  of  dower  in  King  WiUiam.  (P.  409, 
410.) 

1706.  Edmund  Smith  to  Henry  Kirby,  of  South  Famham 
l)arish,  Essex  Co.,  Deed.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Chadwick,  Benj. 
Arnold,  Caleb  Saunders.     (P.  406,  408.)  ''• 

1705.  Deed  Chillson  (or  Chilson)  White  to  Janson.  His 
wife  was  Ann  Fox  of  King  William.  She  appoints  John  Butts, 
her  attorney,  to  relinquish  dower  in  land.  Witnesses:  W. 
Smith,  Richd.  Towns,  Richard  Hygason.     (P.  411,  412.) 

1705.  Henry  Webber,  power  of  attorney  from  Sarah,  wife  of 
John  Hurtt,  right  of  dower.     (P.  412.) 

1706.  John  Hurtt  to  Robt.  Townley,  Bond  and  Deed. 
Witnesses:  Alex  Bennett  et  als.     (P.  413,  414.) 


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1706.  Chilson  White  and  wife  of  Gloucester  to  George 
Janson,  gent.,  land  in  King  William,  Joseph  Brown,  attorney 
for  White.     Witnesses:  Adam  Rutherford  et  als.     (P.  414,  415.) 

1705.  Sarah  wife  of  John  Hurtt  power  of  attorney  to  Henry 
Webber.  Dower  relinquishment.  Land  sold  to  John  Yar- 
brough.     (P.  4.) 

1798.  Archibald  Lipscomb  and  Mary  his  wife  to  David 
Powers,  Deed.     (P.  422,  423.) 

1705.  Griffith  Williams  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  to  Valentine 
Winfree,  Bond.     (P.  476,  477.) 

1705.  Henry  Fox,  gent.,  to  Charles  Satterwith,  Deed. 
Witnesses:  John  West,  John  Annsley.     (P.  476.) 

1705.  John  Mask  to  John  Monroe  of  King  Wm,  Deed.  (P. 
478,  479.) 

1798.  John  Bickley  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  and  Roger 
Gregory  of  Henrico  Co.,  Va.  to  Nathaniel  Gregory,  at  King 
Wm.  C.  H.,  for  maintenance  and  support  of  his  wife  Mary  Ann 
and  children  Wm.  Bickley  Gregory,  Thos.  West  Gregory,  and 
Richard  Claiborne  Gregory.     (P.  7.) 

1798.  Bartholomew  Lacy  and  Mary  his  wife,  to  Edward 
Pye  Chamberlayne  of  King  Wm.     (P.  8.) 

1722.  Hugh  Owen  of  King  Wm.,  planter,  to  Robert  Jennings 
of  Hanover,  now  residing  in  King  Wm.,  Land  patented  by  John 
Pottiver.     (P.  9,  10.) 

1722.  John  May  and  Susannah  his  wife,  to  Wm.  Thompson, 
Deed.     (P.  10.) 

1797.  John  Drewry  and  Sarah  his  wife  to  Thos.  Black-well, 
Deed.     (P.  19.) 

1797.  Robert  Lipscomb  to  Bernard  Lipscomb,  Bond.  Wit- 
nesses: Samuel  Meredith,  Francis  Neale,  et  als.     (P.  20.) 

1722.  EHzabeth  Butler  to  daughter  Mary  Butler,  Deed  of 
gift.     (R50.) 

1722.     John  Lucas  to  Ambrose  Day,  Bond.     (P.  51.) 

1722.  Wm.  W.  [?]  Yarbrough  to  Martin  Chandler,  Deed. 
J  as.  Cox  atty.,  relinquishes  dower  of  Eleanor,  wife  of  Wm.  W. 
Yarbrough.     (P.  53.) 

1722.  Timothy  Johnson  and  EUenor  his  wife  to  Jacob  Sellers. 
Deed  for  land  patented  by  John  Sutton  and  Henry  Yarbrough. 
(P.  54,  55.) 


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EXTRACTS   FROM  KING   WILLIAM  COUNTY  RECORDS  177 

1722.     Richard  Maulclen  to  Richard  Rooks,  Deed.     (P.  54.) 
1799.     Levan  W.  Blake  and  Mary  his  wife  to  James  Lips- 
comb, Deed.     Part  of  land  owned  with  Philip  Lipscomb      (P 
100,  101.) 

1797.  John  Quarles  and  Frances  his  wife  to  Daniel  Lips- 
comb, Deed.     (P.  101.) 

1797.  John  Perrin  of  Gloucester,  son  and  heir  of  John  Pemn. 
deceased,  to  John  McNab  of  Kini,^  Wm.  Land  in  Kin"  Wm' 
(P.  102.) 

1797.  Thomas  Taylor  to  Wm.  Fleet  of  King  and  Queen, 
Deed,  Land  in  King  Wm.     (P.  103.) 

1797.  Robert  Hill,  of  the  first  part;  Thomas  Walker,  Joseph 
Gwathmey  and  Mary  his,  wife,  John  Hillyard  and  Ann  his  wife, 
Agnes  Hill,  and  Susannah  Hill,  of  the  second  part,  and  John 
Hill  of  the  third  part.  John  Hill,  late  of  King  Wm.,  gent.,  de- 
ceased, father  of  the  said  Robt.  Frances  Walker  late  wife  of 
Thos.  Walker,  deceased.     (P.  104.) 

1796.  Sterling  Ruffin  and  Alice  his  wife  to  Robt.  Slaughter 
(P.  101,  102.) 

1722.  Thomas  Clements  to  George  Clements,  of  King  Wm., 
Deed.  Land  adjoining  Major  Aylett  and  John  Dov/ney  Tr' 
(P.  155,  156.) 

1721.  Wm.  Mullins  and  Catherine  his  wife,  to  John  Almond 
and  Edward  Almond,  Deed.     (P.  172.) 

^  1794.  Richard  Gwathmey  and  Charlotte  his  wife,  and  Robert 
Tombes  and  Judith  his  wife  to  Thomas  Patterson  Deed  (P 
173.) 

1794.  Wm.  Clayton  of  New  Kent  to  John  Warren  of  King 
Wm.,  Deed.  Land  purchased  by  Robt.  Clemens  Warren  of 
Jno.  Syme  and  Samuel  Pearson,  both  of  Hanover,  conveyed  to 
said  Syme  and  Pearson  in  1770  by  Jeffrey  Gusley  and  Mary 
his  wife.  R.  C.  Wan-en  died  in  1780  and  land  seized  for  taxes 
(P.  173.) 

1794.     Gary  Mitchell  and  Frances  his  wife  to  Jas.  Mitchell 
(P.  175,  176.) 

1794.     Dmry  Ragsdale  to  Frederick  Noell,  Deed.     Witnes.ses 
John  McNabb,  John  Fox,  Richard  Fox. 

1794.     Baylor  Hill  and  Mary  his  wife  to  Henn^  Fleet,  Deed 
(P.  194.) 


178  VIRGINIA   HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 


r;y 


1794.  John  Peers  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  of  Goochland,  to 
Manning  Lipscomb  of  King  \Vm.     (P.  179.) 

1794.  Dmr>'  Ragsdale  to  George  Percy,  Deed.  (P.  180, 
181.) 

1794.  Thos.  Row  to  Betsy  Row,  his  daughter,  Deed  of  gift. 
(P.  180,  181.) 

1794.  Wm.  Dandridge  Claiborne  to  Philip  Claiborne,  Deed. 
pa-(      (P.  181.) 

1794.  Ralph  Wonnley  of  Middlesex  and  Eleanor  his  wife, 
to  Wm.  Dabney  (son  of  Isaac)  of  King  Wm.     (P.  182.) 

1794.  Wm.  Dabney,  Jr.  to  Ralph  Wormley  (states  he  was 
son  of  Isaac  Dabney).     (P.  182,  183.) 

1793.  Robert  Pollard  of  King  Wm.  to  John  Madison  of 
King  Wm.,  Bond. 

1794.  Manning  Lipscomb  to  John  Lipscomb,  Mortgage. 
Land  purchased  from  Thos.  Littlepage.  Is  mentioned  as  adm. 
of  Mrs.  Frances  Quarles'  estate. 

1794.  Bernard  Neal  to  Francis  Neal,  Deed.  Land  in- 
herited jointly  from  father.     (P.  185,  180.) 

1792.  Jas.  Johnson,  Jr.  and  Lucy  his  wife  to  AVm.  Palmer, 
Deed.     (P.  187,  188.) 

1794.  Wm.  Hickman  and  Wm.  Harris,  to  Thos.  Walker, 
Lease.  Witnesses:  Benj.  Temple,  Jos.  Tuck,  Robt.  Hill,  Jr., 
J.  H.  Burns,  Temple  Gwathmey,  Robt.  Pollard.  Land  willed 
by  Wm.  Warde,  deceased.  This  land  leased  in  1722  by  Ed- 
mund Jenings  and  Thos.  Corbin  from  Col.  John  Hickman  for 
500  years.  The  lease  was  inherited  by  Warde  and  sold  in  1768 
to  John  Shermer,  and  on  Shermer's  decease  repurchased  by 
Warde  and  he  dying  1789,  his  executor,  Dudley  Richardson, 
conveyed  to  Wm.  Hickman  and  Wm.  Harris.     (P.  188,  190.) 

1794.  Robert  Sharj)  to  Nancy  Dabney,  widow  (her  dower 
by  first  husband,  Thos.  Baker,  deceased).  Said  Robt.  Sharp 
had  man-ied  Nancy  daughter  of  Nancy  Dabney  and  only  sur- 
viving child  of  Thos.  Balcer,  deceased.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Dab- 
ney, Jr.,  Thos.  Fox.     (P.  191.) 

1794.  Drury  Ragsdale  to  Elihaj  Leftwich,  Deed.  By  power 
of  attorney  from  John  Perrin  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  of  Glou- 
cester.    (P.  192,  193,  20G,  207.) 


EXTRACTS   FROM  KING    WILLIAM  COUNTY   RECORDS  179 

1793.  Byrd  Chamberlayne  to  his  daughter  Evelyn  Byrd 
Chamberlayne.  Deed  of  Gift.  Witnesses:  Pamela  Madison, 
Thos.  Quarles.     (P.  193.) 

1793.  Mathew  Fowler  and  Nancy  his  wife  to  John  Howard  •  ^^ 
Deed.     Witnesses:  Nath.  Fox,  John  T.  Bagwell,  Jane  K.  Han- 
cock.    (P.  194,  195.) 

1794.  Bernard  Lipscomb  to  Peter  Bowden,  Deed.  Land 
purchased  from  Thos.  P.  Madison,  deceased.     (P.  195,  196.) 

Book  XI. 
1702.  Edward  Burgess  of  King  Wm.  Will.  To  Wm. 
Handbridge  son  of  Catherine,  my  wife,  land  bought  of  Mr. 
(George  Chapman.  To  John  Olliver,  Jr.  To  Elizabeth  Fowler, 
god-daughter,  and  wife  of  Mathew  Fowler.  To  loving  wife 
Catherine.     (P.  189.) 

1702.     Will  of  Isaac  Earnshaw  (payment).     (P.  191.) 
Book  VI. 

1701.  Thos.  Burgess  of  King  and  Queen.  Will.  To  Eliza- 
l)cth  Fowler.  To  godson  John  OUiver.  To  lo^dng  wife  Eliza. 
10  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Fowler. 

1702.  Simon  Harding  of  King  Wm.,  Will  (Fragment). 
1702.     Unity  West  and  Thomas  West,  of  King  Wm.     Bond 

of  adm'x  of  Peter  Stratton,  deceased. 

1702.  lilizabeth  Brightwell  qualified  as  adm'x  of  Reynold 
l^rightwell,  deceased. 

1702.  Reynold  Brightwell  of  King  Wm.  Will.  To  sons 
Thomas,  Reynold  and  John.  Daughter  Rebecca  Grackvv'itt, 
daughters  Eliza,  Mary,  and  Ann,  wife  Eliza. 

1703.  Richard  Johns  of  King  Wm.  Will.  To  wife  Jane. 
Sons  Richard,  Arthur,  John,  William,  Thomas  and  Robert. 
Daughter  Eliza,  wife  of  James  Adams,  daughter  Mary  wife  of 
John  Randle,  daughter  Jane  wife  of  Josias  Randle,  daughter 
Martha  (then  under  18  years).  Jane,  the  widow,  qualified  as 
adm'x,  with  Henry  and  John  Fox,  securities. 

(To  be  Concluded) 


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180  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE, 


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EXPENSES  OF  VIRGINIA  BOYS  AT  ETON  IN  THE 
EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY. 


(From  the  original  account  presented  by  the  late  Dr. 
A.  G.  GrinncMi.) 

''  In  1760  Alexander  and  John  Spotswood,  sons  of  Col.  John 
Spotswood,  of  "Newpost,"  Spotsyh^ania,  Va.,  were  sent  to  Eton 
by  their  guardian  Bernard  Moore,  of  "Cheslea,"  King  William 
County.  Their  father  was  dead  and  their  mother  married 
again  to  a  j\Ir.  Camjjbell.  For  two  years  their  exj^enses  were 
promptly  j^aid;  but  after  tliat  no  remittances  were  sent,  and  the 
boys  were  left  penniless.  Various  suras  were  paid  for  them  by 
Mrs.  Campbell  of  Lf)ndon,  mother  of  their  stej^father;  but  her 
m.eans  were  limited.  A  great  aunt,  Mrs.  Brayne,  and  an  uncle, 
Francis  Dandridge,  lived  in  London;  but  declined  to  aid  them. 
It  is  probable  that  the  Spotsv.ood  estate  in  Virginia  had  become 
involved.  Finally  in  1764,  the  boys  were  sent  back  to  Virginia. 
Soon  after  their  return  Alexander  Spotswood  remitted  the 
amount  due  to  Wm.  Hunter,  a  merchant,  of  London;  but  about 
the  time  it  was  received  Hunter  became  bankrupt,  and  the 
generous  Mrs.  Young,  w*ith  whom  they  boarded  at  Eton  re- 
ceived nothing.  Mrs.  Young's  heirs  made  earnest  attempts 
to  collect  the  debt,  and  sent  to  Va.  the  itemized  bills  printed 
below;  but  when  Alexander  Spotswood,  was  called  on  in  1788 
for  payment,  he  refused,  claiming  he  had  already  remitted  the 
amount.  The  bill  was  never  paid.  It  was  a  shabb}'  business 
unworthy  of  the  stock  to  which  the  boys  belonged.  Alexander 
Spotswood  became  a  brigadier-general  in  the  Revolution  and 
John  a  captain.  For  a  more  detailed  account  see  the  William 
and  Mary  Quarterly  II,  113-120.  It  is  curious  that  one  of  the 
few  remaining  accounts  of  a  boy's  expense  at  Eton  in  the  Eigh- 
teenth Century  should  have  been  found  in  Virginia. 


VIRGINIA    BOYS  AT   ETON. 


181 


An  account  for  the  two  Mars.  Spotswoods  Board  etc.  at  Eton 


for  half  a  year 

iji 

Endin-  July  8'''  1762        '''^'^'' 

.!'i        ::,        'i 

£ 

s 

d 

Candles                           .                                                    1 

0 

0 

Scholelire                      '   " '"                                            0 

3 

0 

Schole  s\vee[)ing                                                                0 

1 

4 

chapel  clerk                                                                          0 

0 

8 

Oave  the  postman  at  Xmas                                            0 

2 

0 

Do.  the  bellman                                                                  0 

1 

0             ' 

Letters— P-3^— a  parcel  d"^                '                             0 

1 

9 

Hair  cutting                                                                      0 

6 

0            ' 

Shoes  mending                                                                     0 

8 

10 

Errands  to  Windsor  when  ill                                             0 

1 

3            ' 

Making  &  mark'g  6  Handks.                                           0 

1 

0 

a  nurse  12  days                                                                    0 

12 

0 

Her  diet                                                                             0 

12 

0 

Post  chaise  to  Windsor  when  ill  of  whooping  cough     0 

f) 

0  "    ! 

The  post  boy                                     ...                        0 

0 

G    -       ' 

Pictures  for  painting  W'n  ill           ^  "^     '                      0 

0 

G    '       ^' 

Coach  hire  at  Easter                                                        0 

7 

0  '■      ' 

In  pocket                                                                              0 

5 

0   [       ^ 

April  8^" 

t. 

P''  Mrs.  Lee  for  their  board  etc.  when  ill  of  whooping 

cougji                                                                               12 

9 

2    '       ' 

P^  for  markg.  12  shirts                                                       1 

10 

0    '"      '' 

Gave  the  serv*«  for  them  for  Xmas,  as  usual  pr.  order  0 

12 

6     .    ■ 

Wine  for  whey  etc.                                                           0 

1 

6    ■" 

Coach  hire  after  Easter                         ....           ,      0 

3 

0 

For  seeing  Johnson                                   ,  ^^  *'^'*.^.             0 

2 

0 

Coach  hire  at  Election                            ^        '^'''            0 

8 

0 

In  pocket                                                         ^                    0 

5 

0 

Waterman                                                                         0 

2 

0 

Their  weekly  allowance  from  Jan'ry  IV^  16"^  a  week 

to  April  17                                                                     0 

15 

0 

Do.  to   May  3-^  IQ'i  a  week                    x   1-                  ^^ 

3 

0 

Do.  to  July  26'*'  Is  a  week                     ''  '  '''  "^  '             1 

4 

0 

Fire  in  chamber  since  Xmas                                             1 

10 

0 

m 


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0       1       0 


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182  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


islend'g  Linen 

1 

0 

0 

•      Their  Board  due  as  abo\x' 

,!» 

25 

0 

0 

49 

14 

0 

P''  for  2  p'^  of  shoes 

1 

0 

9 

0 

r'^                                                               .  &    •:    <;t    ;V 

Canned  over    . 

ft 

50 

3 

0 

Brought  over 

50 

3 

0 

^        To  Dr.  Dampier 

IJ 

4 

4 

0 

_       To  Mrs.  Foster                    .^^,,, 
The  \vriting  Master 

\ 

\ 

8 
2 

8 
8 

0 
0 

2  aecompt  Books 

! 

0 

4 

0 

The  cobler  cleaning  shoes 

0 

8 

0 

The  Bookseller 

2 

8 

0 

The  Shoemaker 

•-■■• 

2 

4 

0 

Clothes  mend'g  etc. 

, 

2 

9 

I 

The  bills  for  Hats  etc. 

1 

12 

7 

The  dancing  master,  li  ^  year  April  1762 

4 

4 

0 

The  drapers  bill 

14 

5 

() 

A  key  to  bureau 

2 

0 

1 

0 

Ivory  comb 

.0 

0 

2 

0 

Large  do.  &  Brush 

0 

1 

o 

Buckles  &  Buttons 

, 

0 

17 

2 

The  Apothecary 

14 

7 

11 

Total  '  108       8       0 

An  account  for  the  two  Master  Spotsvvoods  Board  etc.  at  Eton 
for  half  a  year  ending  Jan'ry  8"'  17()3 

Candles 

Schole  Candles,  3\  Fire  there,  [V 

Schole  sweeping 

Chapel  clerk 

P''  for  their  being  at  a  lodging  8  days  on  account  of 

Mrs.  Campbells  saying  they  had  the  Itch. 
Coach  hire  after  Election 


c 

s 

d 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

0 

8 

1 

1 

0 

0 

3 

0 

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vt.V."" 

lO'» 

Errands  while  they  were  at  their  lodging       ,f  \ ; 

.«  .     0 

3 

6 

for  the  o^"^  fonn                    *•  '•  i::;.i 

0 

1 

0 

Shoes  mending 

0 

() 

8 

Hair  cutting 

0 

0 

0 

P'l  for  cleaning  4  suits  of  clothes 

0 

14 

0 

Letters  J  «-6^  Parcels  6^ 

0 

2 

0 

Their  staying  at  Eton,  a  week  &  3^  of  the 

Xmas 

holidays,  at  10'  6'^  a  week  each 

1 

11 

() 

Fire  and  candles  for  that  time 

0 

5 

() 

Coach  hire  after  that  to  London 

0 

8 

0 

In  pocket 

0 

5 

0 

Their  v/eekly  allowance  to  Dec""  20*'' 

I 

14 

0 

Fire  in  cham''  to  Xmas 

1 

10 

0 

Mending  linen 

1 

0 

0 

Their  l)nard  due  as  above 

25 

0 

0 

Can-ied  over 

35 

19 

2 

£ 

s 

d 

Brought  over 

35 

19 

2 

To  Dr  Dampier             ; ' 

4 

4 

0 

To  Mrs.  Foster 

8 

8 

0 

The  writing  master                                            • 

2 

8 

0 

The  Cobler  cleaning  shoes 

0 

8 

0 

The  Bookseller 

1 

17 

7 

The  Shoemaker 

1 

15 

4 

The  Bill  for  Hats  etc. 

0 

18 

4 

The  (lancing  master  lo  year  Oct"^        -.l    \h  ■-, 

4 

4 

0 

Combs  and  Brush 

0 

2 

i; 

Keys  to  Bureau  and  Cupboard 

0 

2 

8 

The  serv**  for  Elec'n  last  p'  order 

0 

12 

() 

Asses  Milk  omitted  before 

0 

4 

0 

for  washing  waistecoats 

0 

10 

(■) 

The  dancing  master  a  qua"'  to  Jan'ry  1763  Omitted  2 

2 

0 

()3 

17 

2 

By  the  Bill  end'g  July  8*''  1702 

103 

8 

0 

Total 


172     5 


0 
0 
0 

I 

1 
I 

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184 


VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


K% 


July  29^'^  1763  Rec'd  by  Mrs.  Young,  of  Mrs.  Camp-      " 

bell  in  part  of  this  accompt  04       9       7 


Remains  due  on  this  account 


107  15 


An  account  for  the  2  master  Spotswoods  Board  etc.  at  Eton  for 
half  a  year  ending  July  8"'  1763 

Candles 

Schole  fire 

Schole  sweeping 

Chapel  Clerk 

Coach  hire  after  Xmas 

The  postman 

The  bellman 

Car  of  trunk 

Letters  P-6''  Parcels  P 

Shoes  mend'g 

Hair  cutting 

making  stocldngs  etc.     ,tj 

Coach  hire  at  Easter 

In  pocket 

Coach  hire  after  Easter 

Errands  to  Windsor  when  ill 

Salt  m,oney 

Montem  Poles 

Ala:     A  man  &  horse  to  Egham  to  Mrs.  Campbell 

when  ill 
Ma;     A  nurse  a  fortnight 
Her  diet 

Wine  for  whey  at  several  times     ■  Xr^is 
Gave  them  pr.  order 
Air:     for  the  3''  Fomi 

Ma:     Knife  and  Fork  ; 

Scouring  2  suits  Cloaths 
Watemian 
Staying  a  week  &  half  of  Xmas  Holidays,  at  Eton  as 

iisp.al  1     1 1 


£ 

s 

d 

1 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

1 

4 

0 

0 

8 

0 

3 

0 

0 

o 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

6 

0 

o 

6 

0 

9 

4 

0 

8 

0 

0 

1 

6 

0 

8 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

4 

0 

1 

1 

0 

u 

14 

0 

0 

1 

6 

() 

5 

U 

0 

1 

0 

(J 

1 

3 

0 

4 

6 

0 

2 

U 

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0      0      I 


0 


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t 

0 

8 

0 

S 

0 

0 

0                                                tsiet,: 

0 

0                                           Hi  noffv/  10 

S 

0 

0. 

0 

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0 

' 

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0 

1 

^ 

It 


VIRGINIA    BOYS  AT  ETON. 


185 


Fire  and  candle  for  that  time 

Post  chaise  at  Election 

In  pocket 

Their  weekly  allowance  to  Auj^' 

Fire  in  chamber  since  Xmas 

Mending  Linen 

Their  Board  due  as  above 


Share  of  Montem  dinners  omitted  above 

Carried  over 

Brought  over 

To  Dr.  Dampier 

To  Mrs.  Foster 

The  Writing  master 

The  Cobler  for  cleaning  shoes 

The  Bookseller 

The  Shoemaker 

The  Taylor  omitted  in  last  bill 

Mr.  Charter's  bill 

The  dancing  ma""  l^  a  year  each 

Gave  the  serv'*  at  Xmas 

The  Bill  for  Combs,  Buckles  etc. 

Key  to  Bureau  etc. 


0 
0 

4 

18 
5 

0 
0 
0 

pt 

3 

0 

0 

1 

10 

0 

1 

0 

0 

»ii! 


25      0      0 


, 

:"■> 

0 

6 

8  , 

40 

2 

9  \ 

(, 

£ 

s 

d    ., 

J 

40 

2 

9  , 

,1 

4 

4 

0  ^ 

*• 

8 

8 

0  / 

ti 

2 

8 

0 

•  <i 

0 

8 

0 

1} 

2 

16 

0 

3 

10 

8  ■ 

1 

11 

6 

27 

7 

9  . 

*) 

4 

4 

0  ., 

0 

12 

6  [ 

0 

0 

17 

2  '; 

.'■,) 

0 

1 

6  . 

71 

11 

10  , 

'  ■' 

107 

15 

7  ', 

s 

Due  on  the  bills  ending  Jan'ry  8"'  1763 


179       7       5 
Theii-  staying  at  Eton  a  week  &  half  at  Xmas  1762, 

charged  by  mistake  a  second  time  111       6 


Total 


177     15     11 


J']^      I T) 


J       6       0 
"       0       ?. 

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Q 

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t^     i^ 

i) 

s;i    0 

s: 

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a 

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III. 


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186  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 

An  account  for  the  Masters  Spotswoods  board  etc.  for  half  a 
3'ear  ending  Jan'ry  8"',  1704 


€ 

s 

d 

Candles 

J 

1 

0 

0 

Schole  candles 

0 

3 

0 

Schole  Fire 

0 

3 

0 

Schole  sweeping 

0 

1 

4 

Chapel  clerk 

0 

0 

8 

Coach  hire  after  election         ^ 

0 

3 

0 

Letters  P,  parcel  6'^ 

0 

1 

() 

vShoes  mending    •     ■  '  ■  ^w  > 

0 

8 

() 

Hair  cutting 

0 

4 

0 

Marking  stockings 

0 

1 

0 

Omitted  in  last  bill  a  nurse  with  iVlaior 

0 

3 

0 

Each  a  knife  &  fork 

0 

2 

0 

Coach  hire  at  Xmas 

0 

^; 

0 

In  pocket 

0 

0 

a 

0 

Their  weekly  allowance  to  Dec^  12^'^ 

(,.' 

1 

10 

0 

Fire  in  chamber  to  Xmas 

«? 

1 

10 

0 

1\ lending  linen 

(■ 

1 

0 

0 

I'licir  board  due  as  above             '"  ^■''       '■> 

'■...  <^> 

25 

0 

0 

(>■ 

32 

4 

0 

To  Dr.  Dampier 

t) 

4 

4 

0 

To  Mr.  Foster 

8 

8 

0 

The  writing  master              '  ''•^'   *  "     -i'\'  - 

.'!-''* 

2 

8 

0 

The  Cobler 

0 

8 

0 

The  Bookseller                     "    '  "^''"-  '■    ' 

2 

I 

9 

The  Shoemaker                               '•'''•         "^ 

0  ■ 

1 

8 

8 

The  Taylor  for  clothes  mend'g 

{) 

0 

12 

10 

Mr.  Charters 's  bill 

0 

() 

(i 

■^yi 

The  dancing  Master 

i. 

4 

4 

0 

Gave  the  serv*''  at  Election 

i 

0 

12 

() 

Combs  &  Brush 

0 

3 

8 

Knee  Buckles 

0 

1 

0 

The  apothecary 

3 

15 

0 

Washing  waistcoats 

0 

1 

3 

GO 

ID 

(if2 

Due  on  their  bill  to  July  8"^  1703 

177 

15 

11 

Total 

238 

15 

51-:. 

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VIRGINIA    BOYS   AT  ETON.  187 

An  account  for  Masters  Spotswood's  board  etc.  at  Eton  for  halt 
a  year  ending  July  8*''  1764 


£ 

s 

d 

Candles              ■..f 

I 

0 

0 

Schole  fire 

0 

3 

0 

vSchole  sweepin^^ 

0 

1 

4 

chapel  clerk 

0 

0 

8 

Coach  hire  after  Xmas 

0 

3 

0 

Gave  the  ixDstman          ,    ,,,.Kr        $■■ 

0 

2 

0 

Do.  the  bellman 

0 

1 

0 

Parcels— P-6'i— Letters  in  Feb'y 

0 

8 

0 

Hair  cutting 

0 

4 

0 

Shoes  mending 

0 

7 

2 

Coach  hire  to  Lon:  in  Feb'y 

0 

8 

0 

In  pocket 

0 

o 

0 

Coach  hire  Fm.  Lon:  in  Feb'y  then 

0 

3 

0 

mark'g  Stockings 

0 

1 

u 

gave  them  p"  order 

0 

5 

0 

Ala:     Coach  hire  at  Easter                 ■,"»  iTu-i,  . 

0 

4 

0 

Li  pocket 

0 

2 

() 

Ma:     Share  of  horses  &  man  out  twice  with  him  a 

.t 

Easter                                          .,.^.,  ^ 

0 

7 

0 

Gave  him  then 

0 

1 

0 

Gave  him  more  p""  order 

0 

7 

() 

Their  weekly  allowance  from  Jan'ry  9  to  Aj^ril  23^ 

1 

12 

0 

ma:     Coach  hire  after  Easter 

0 

4 

0 

ma:     Share  of  man  and  horse  after  him  to  London 

0 

7 

(> 

ma:     Coach  hire  to  L<jndon  Avhen  he  left  scliole 

0 

4 

0 

In  pocket 

0 

2 

(i 

Their  weekly  allowance  from  April 

0 

4 

0 

Fire  in  cham''  since  Xmas 

I 

10 

0 

mending  linen 

1 

0 

0 

Their  board  due  as  above 

25 

0 

0 

Carried  over 

34 

£ 

34 

If) 

11 

,1 

Brought  over 

s 
10 

(1 

11 

To  Dr.  Dampier 

4 

4 

0 

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188  VIRGINIA    HIS'.  1RICAL   MAGAZINE. 

To  Mr.  Foster 

The  writing  Master        ,  ,,^„.,  ^.  \,.  j,,,,  j.,;.  r,,,.  p,,_ 

The  Cobler 

The  Bookseller       -i .Av  :>-'''  i:u.(\  i 

'J'hc  Shoemaker 

Clothes  mend'g  at  y*^  Taylors 

Mr.  Charters 's  bills 

The  dancing  Master 

Gave  the  Servants  p''  order 

Combs  &  Brushes 

Buckles  .,_,,()  f/j;.,,  V I. '-.>.-  -  ■  '''i 

A  key  to  cupboard 

P^  their  debt  pr.  order: 

i^''  Mrs  Jones 

I^^  Simon  Bath 

I'''  three  bovs 


G2       2       5 

By  their  account  ending  Jan'ry  8'''  1764,  as  sent  to 

Col.  Moore  238     15  53^ 

April  24'i'  1704— Rec'd.  of  Mrs.  Campbell,  by  Mrs. 
Youngs  draft  to  Mr.  Benwell  on  part  of  this  ac- 
onmt  30       0       0 

270    nioK, 

Over  charged  in  the  Taylor's  bill  to  DeC^  5*^^  0       2       0 


8 

8 

0 

2 

8 

0 

,     0 

8 

0 

n.      2 

3 

3 

2 

10 

0 

0 

12 

1 

0 

(3 

5 

4 

4 

0 

0 

12 

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0 

0 

8 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

8 

0 

5 

6 

0 

t 

2 

0 

7 

3 

270     15101.2 
Fire  &  candles  for  Xmas  Holidays  1702  charg'd  by 

mistake  a  second  time  0       4       0 


Total  due  270     111034 

Extracts  from  the  Books  of  the  late  Mary  Young  deced. 

The  Two  Master's  Spotswood  came  first  to  Eton  Jan'r\-  8"^ 
1700. 

It  was  agreed  that  they  should  pay  £       s       d 

P^or  board,  each  25       0       0 

pr.  Ann:     Candles  Do  10       0 


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'•■'j''   -  ■:-     . 


•''H:  VIRGINIA    BOYS  AT  ETON.  189 

Fire  Do  1  10  0 
Mending  linen  10  0 
&  that  Mrs.  Youn.i^  should  charge  in  her  bill  for  en- 
trance each  t)  <>  0 
The  first  3^  yr.  end'g  July  8"'  1760  ]  10  15  0 
Second,  end'g  Jan'ry  1701  60  14  6 
Third  end'g  July  1761  .t>v-..  :x.  v  ,,■■.  v..  '.V,  88  17  0 
Fourth  cnd'g  Jan'ry  1762  '                 64  5  11 

Total  ^"     '  \  '■  . 

Fur  the  iirst  end'g  July  1760  Mrs.  Young  rec'd 
The  second  rec'd 
The  third  rec'd 
The  fourth  rec'd 

Total 

The  two  last  sums  Mrs.  Young  rec'd  by  her  draft  to  Mr. 
Benwell  on  Mr.  Usher. 


330 

12 

11 

110 

15 

6 

66 

14 

() 

88 

07 

0 

64 

5 

11 

330 

12 

11 

mi 


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190 


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,   NOTES  &  QUERIES. 


Index  to  Virginia  Wills. 

Mr.  William  Claylon  Torrence,  Curator  of  the  Valentine  Museum, 
Richmond,  Va.,  has  almost  ready  for  the  press,  an  index  to  all  the  wills 
in  Virginia,  and  the  older  West  Viiginia  counties  from  the  earliest  dates 
to  1800.  Mr.  Torrence  compiled  the  "Spotsylvania  County  Records" 
for  the  series  published  by  the  late  W.  A.  Crozier,  is  one  of  the  editors 
(jf  the  "William  and  Mary  Quarterly,"  and  is  otherwise  well-known  for 
his  very  wide  and  accurate  knowledge  of  Virginia  Records.  This  work 
(which  may  be  truly  styled  a  gigantic  task)  will  be  indispensable  to  all 
interested  in  Virginia  history  and  genealogy.  The  price  is  $5.00,  though 
it  is  understood  that  Mr.  Torrence  does  not  wish  any  money  to  be  re- 
mitted until  the  book  i';  ready.  There  sliould  l)e  u  dc-inand  which  sliould 
c'xhaiist  tin-  edition  snuii  after  it  appears. 


Copy  of  a  Letter  from  Sir  Peyton  Skipwitii  of  Prestwolld,  Mecklen- 
bURc:  Co.,  Va.  to  Jean  Miller — 7th  September  1788. 

Prestwould  7th  Sepr  1788 
My  dearest  Jean 

I  inclose  with  infinite  satisfaction  a  letter  from  the  Revd.  Mr.  Jno 
Cameron  to  Mr.  Scot.  Mr.  Cameron  is  a  Man  of  great  caution,  good 
understanding,  and  as  favorably  thought  of  as  any  Clergyman  in  the  State 
ot  V  irginia.  I  therefore  hope  his  opinion  will  have  the  weight  with  You, 
1  wish  it  to  have,  and  determine  you  imediately  to  compleat  a  Union  on 
which  my  future  happiness  so  much,  &  so  imediately  depends.  I  have 
letters  to  show  you  from  the  most  eminent  Characters  in  the  Law  equally 
favourable  to  our  purpose. 

Mr.  Scot  in  consecjuenee  o[  information  from  various  persons,  will  not 
1  believe  hesitate  one  moment  to  join  our  hands.  Very  soon  it  will  be  in 
my  power  to  take  my  departure  foi  Corotoman,  &  if  my  dearest  Girl,  1 
can  prevail  1  will  be  accompanied  by  Lady  Skipwith  and  not  Miss  Miller. 
I  send  Juba  over  immediately,  with  [will?]  my  dearest  Miss  Miller,  allow 
me  to  mention  to  my  dear  Daughter,  the  probability  of  my  being  accom- 
panied by  her  Mother  &  not  her  Aunt.  I  pray  tell  me  what  I  shall  say 
to  her  upon  the  subject,  it  will  have  the  effect  of  producing  a  letter  from 
her,  to  you  of  va  ery  agreable  nature.     Consider  my  dear  Jean,  we  are 


i(5«  ^ihi'd: 


■,■,_;_  NOTES   AND   QUERIES.  191 

loosing  time  and  if  you  have  any  regard  for  my  liappiness,  such  a  union 
must  take  place,  an(*^^e  sooner  the  better. 

1  am  truly  and  affectionately  yours 

Peyton  Skijjwilh 
1   missed  my  Fever  last  niizhl  and  shall  accompany  his  Reverence  to 
t^hurch. 

(The  letter  is  addressed) 
Miss  Miller 
I'hnhilj 
by  Harry 

[Sir  Peylon  Skipvvith,  Bart.,  of  Prestwould,  Mecklenburg  Co.,  married 
l.t  Ann,  d.uightcr  of  Hugh  Miller,  and  secondly  her  sister  Jean  Miller. 
i;\  idcnlly  the  question  of  marriage  with  a  deceased  wife's  sister"  had 
been  rais(  il  by  the  clergyman.  Sir  Peyton's  eldest  son,  Sir  Grey,  was 
barn  Sejjt.  17,  1771,  and  was  devised  a  considerable  estate  in  England  by 
a  tlistant  kinsman.  He  removed  to  that  country;  but  all  of  his  brothers 
and  sisters  remained  in  Virginia.  Sir  Peyton  Skipwith's  daughter,  Lelia, 
married  C}eorge  Carter  of  "Corotoman" — hence  the  reference  to  the  visit 
to  that  place.] 


John  Tayloe  II  AND  His  Children. 

July  11th,  1747,  Hon.  John  Tayloe  II  married  Rebecca  Plater  of  "Sot- 
tenberg,"  Md.,  Daughter  of  Hon.  George  Plater  II  of  "Sotterley"  (who 
was  Secretary  and  Deputy-Governor  of  Maryland).  They  had  eight 
daughters  and  only  one  son: 

1.  Elizabeth  Tayloe,  b.  March  6th,  1750;  m.  Nov.  19th,  1767,  Hon. 
Col.  Edward  Lloyd  IV  of  "Wye  House,"  Md. 

2.  Rebecca  Tayloe,  born  1752;  m.  Francis  Lightfoot  Lee  (brother 
of  Richard  Henry  Lee),  Va. 

3.  Anne  Coibin  Tayloe,  b.  1753;  m.  Maj.  Thomas  Lomax  of  Port 
Tobago,  Va. 

4.  Eleanor  Tayloe,  b.  1756;  m.  her  cousin,  Hon.  Ralph  Wormeley  of 
"Rosegill,"  Va. 

5.  Mary  Tayloe,  b.  1759;  m.  her  cousin  Hon.  Mann  Page  of  "Manns- 
field,"  Va. 

6.  Catherine  Tayloe,  b.  1761;  m.  Col.  Landon  Carter,  of  "Sabine 
Hall,"  Va. 

7.  Sarah  (Sally)  Tayloe,  b.  1765;  m.  Col.  Wm.  Augustine  Washington 
of  "  Hayfield,"  Va. 

8.  Jane  Tayloe,  b.  1774;  m.  Col.  Robert  Beverley,  of  "Blandfield,"  Va. 
Hon.  John  Tayloe  III,  only  son  and  heir  of  "Mt.  Airy."     Born.  Sept. 

1771;  m.  Anne  Ogle,  daughter  of  CJov.  Samuel  Ogle,  of  Maryland  and 
Anne  Tasker,  his  wife.  He  had  a  number  of  sons  but  left  "Mt.  Airy", 
his  family  estate  to  his  second  son: 


■H  vff 


192  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  ]<i:) 

William  Taylor  II  of  "Mt.  Airy"  who  married  his  cousin  Henrietta 
Ogle,  the  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Benjamin  Tasker  Ogle,  son  of  Cjov.  Sam- 
uel Ogle  and  Anne  Tasker  his  wife. 

Henry  Augustine  Taylor,  only  son  and  heir  of  "Mt.  Airy,"  married 
lyGO,  Courtenay  Chinn  of  Va.,  and  his  family  are  now  the  occupants  of 
this  celebrated  and  beautiful  "Old  Homestead." 

X 


Morris,  Northumberland  County. 

Nicholas  Morris  was  a  Justice  of  Northumberland  County  as  early  as 
1G52.  The  list  of  Justices  for  the  county  in  attendance  at  their  regular 
meeting,  January  20,  1653,  includes  the  names  of  Col.  John  Mottrom,  Lt. 
Col.  Geo.  Fletcher,  Mr.  Thomas  Speke,  Mr.  John  Trussell,  Mr.  William 
Presly,  Mr.  Nicholas  Morris,  Mr.  vSam.  Smyth,  Mr.  Walter  Brodhurst, 
Mr.  John  Hallowes. 

Nicholas  Morris  was  born  in  1605,  as  a  deposition  made  .\'ovember  21, 
1653,  gives  his  age  as  48  years.  His  wife,  Martha  Morris,  suued  in 
Soi)tember  1055,  that  she  was  46  years  of  age.  Their  children  were 
-Anthony  and  Jane  and  to  the  former,  Mr.  Nicholas  Morris  assigned  500 
acres  of  land  on  January  20,  1655.  Jane  Morris  became  the  wife  of  John 
Haynie. 

The  name  of  Nicholas  Morris  appears  many  times  in  the  early  records 
(if  the  County  and  he  is  shown  to  have  been  one  of  the  able  men  who  so 
(juickly  made  an  orderly  community  of  the  "swarming  settlers"  from 
England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  Wales  and  Holland.  Not  the  least  of  their 
troubles  in  Northumberland  County  was  to  keep  peace  with  the  several 
small  tribes  of  Indians  already  living  there  v/hen  the  settlers  foimd  this 
land  of  so  much  promise. 

An  instance  of  this  is  found  in  a  record  of  January  20,  1657,  when  the 
Court  appointed  Mr.  Geo.  Colelough,  Mr.  Nicholas  Morris,  Capt.  Rich- 
ard Budd  and  Capt.  John  Rogers  to  make  inquiry  of  the  complaint  of  the 
Machoatick  Indians  concerning  Mr.  Isaac  Allerton's  seating  upon  their 
land. 

Nov.  20,  1658.  Geo.  Colelough  who  married  Ursula,  the  widow  of  Col. 
John  Mottrom  delivered  from  this  estate  "unto  Nicholas  Morris  1  mare 
for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  Jane  Haynie,  daughter  of  said  Morris  and 
now  wife  of  John  Haynie  of  said  parish  (Wicomico),  Northumberland 
Co.,  Va."     Witness:  Peter  Ashton,  Richard  Flynt. 

Many  records  associating  the  family  of  Nicholas  Morris  and  that  of 
Col.  Mottrom  would  indicate  some  sort  ot  relationship,  Init  of  this  the 
writer  has  no  direct  proof. 

The  will  of  Mr.  Nicholas  Morris  was  dated  November  21,  1600,  and 
was  proved  January  20,  1664.     He  gave  to  his  son,  Anthony,  550  acres  of 


?nr 


NOTES    AND    yUERiiiS.  '  193 

land  on  which  he  lived.  To  wife,  Martha,  among  other  bequests  "yc 
Island,"  containing  506  acres,  at  the  head  of  the  river.  He  also  men- 
tioned <laughtcr,  Jane  Haynie,  his  grandchildren,  Martha,  Elizabeth 
and  Richard  Haynie. 

The  witnesses  were  Samuel  and  JeflFrey  Gouche. 

In  1(>G5,  Martha  Morris  married  Thomas  Lane,  a  large  landowner  of 
Northuiiibcrland  County. 

Befon  her  marriage,  she  made  a  deed  of  gift  to  her  son  Anthony  as 
follows: 

U)05,  July  15.  Deed  of  gift  from  Martha  Morris  of  Northumberland 
County,  widow  of  Nicholas  Morris,  lately  deceased,  to  her  son  Anthony 
Morris.  (A  list  of  stock  and  household  goods  follows.)  The  record 
further  v>  cites  "likewise  at  his,  the  said  Anthony's,  day  of  marriage  or 
the  dete.-ise  of  the  said  Martha,  1  bed  covering  with  Queen  Elizabeth's 
Amies  Ihcreon,"  etc.     Witness:  Nicholas  Parrish,  John  Haynie. 

( )n  th  •  same  day,  Thomas  Lane  bound  himself  "that  by  reason  or  cause 

ot  marriage  with  the  said  Martha  Morris  within  mentioned 1  will  not 

at  any  Lime  either  by  myself  or  my  heyres clayme  or  demand  any  of 

the  premises,  goods  or  chattels  within  given  to  her  son,  Anthony  Ivlorris. 

There  are  many  records  of  sale  of  large  tracts  of  land  by  Thomas  Lane 
for  several  years  and  in  1G70,  January  18,  the  following  interesting  ab- 
stract connecting  him  with  Scotland. 

"Derd  from  Thomas  Lane  and  Martha,  his  wife  of  Great  Wicomoco 
parish  to  David  Whitford,  merchant  of  Edinburg,  Scotland,  for  half  of 
water  mill  on  the  branch  of  a  creek  issuing  out  of  Great  Wicomoco  river, 
called  Mrs.  Dameron's  Creek." 

The  children  of  (1)  Nicholas  Morris  and  Morris,  his  wife  were:  (2) 
Anthony;  (3)  Jane. 

Anthony  was  evidently  not  married  on  July  15,  1665,  according  to  his 
mother's  deed  of  gift,  but  probably  married  soon  after  this,  a  daughter 
of  Mr.  Robert  Kinge  and  Hanna,  his  wife.  He  married  secondly  Dor- 
othy, possibly  Sanford.  Anthony  Morris  died  in  1GS2.  Dorothy  Morris, 
the  widow,  was  granted  administration  of  his  estate  on  January  3,  1083, 
and  she  married  Cuthbert  Span,  in  the  same  year. 

A  record  of  November  1  states  "At  the  last  Court  it  was  ordere<i  that 
Mr.  Richard  Harrington,  Mr.  John  Wornum,  Dennis  Eyse  and  Clement 
Latimore  should  divide  the  estate  of  Anthony  Morris,  deceased,  between 

Dorothy  the  relict  and  Jane,  the  Heyrc  of  said  Morris and  possess 

Cuthbert  Spann  in  the  behalf  of  the  said  Dorothy,  his  wife,  with  such 

part  or  parts  which  she  shall  chusc  according  to  law and  that  they 

forthwith  di-liver  unto  Capt.  Haynie  the  said  Jane  her  part." 

On  1  ).eember  20,  1083,  it  is  stated  the  last  Court  ordered  the  estate  of 
Anthony  Morris  should  be  divided  between  Jane,  the  daughter  and  Dor- 
othy, the  relict  of  said  Morris.  An  account  thereof  being  brought  b;' 
Capt.  John  Haynie his  wife,  being  sister  to  the  said  Anthony  Morr;  ,. 


194  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE. 


Eventually  William  King,  uncle  of  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Anthony,  was 
appointed  her  guardian. 

(3)  Jane  Morris,  the  second  child  of  Nicholas  and  Martha  Morris,  as 
has  been  said,  married  John  Haynie.  On  October  29,  1670,  John  Haynie 
and  Jane,  his  wife,  made  9  deed  to  James  Nipper,  and  Jane  was  evidently 
living  at  the  time  of  her  brother  Anthony's  death. 

John  Haynie  was  active  in  the  public  life  of  the  County  for  nearly 
forty  years,  holding  the  offices  of  Burgess,  King's  Attorney,  County 
Surveyor  and  Justice.  He  was  also  a  commander  in  the  Susquehannah 
war  of  1G7S,  and  from  that  time  was  known  as  Capt.  John  Haynie. 

The  Ivnown  issue  of  Capt.  Haynie  and  Jane  Morris  Haynie  were:  Martha 
Hlizabeth,  Richard,  Anthony,  John,  Jr.,  and  Ann. 

Mrs.  O.  A.  Keach, 

Wichita,  Kansas. 


Confederate  St.'Mes  Debt. 

"Upon  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion,  the  Federal  Government  de- 
clared the  entire  debts  and  liabilities  of  the  Confederate  Government 
cancelled.  These  very  very  considerable,  the  funded  debt  on  the  1st 
October,  1864,  amounting  to  £107,870,000,  and  the  unfunded  liabilities 
to  £120,000,000  more,  nominal  value. 

The  only  portion  of  this  debt  held  in  this  country  was  tlie  7  per  cent. 
Cotton  Loan,  the  prospectus  of  which  stated: 

The  Bonds  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  7  per  cent,  per  annum,  in 
sterling,  from  March  1st,  1S63,  payable  half  yearly  in  London,  Paris, 
Amsterdam,  or  Franlcfort. 

The  Bonds  exchangeable  for  cotton  on  application,  at  the  option  of  the 
holder,  or  redeemable  at  par  in  sterling  in  twenty  years,  by  half-yearly 
drawings,  commencing  March  1st,  1864. 

Agents  for  the  Contractors  in  London, 

IMessrs.  J.  HENRY  SCHRODER  &  CO., 
145  Leadenhall  Street. 

'I'his  loan  has  been  contracted  with  Messrs.  Emile  Erlanger  and  Co., 
bankers,  of  Paris,  by  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica, and  is  specially  secured  by  an  undertaking  of  the  Government  to  de- 
liver cotton  to  the  holders  of  the  Bonds,  on  application  after  sixty  days' 
notice,  on  the  footing  after  mentioned. 

The  nature  of  the  arrangement  is  fully  set  forth  in  Article  IV.  of  the 
contract  made  with  Messrs.  E.  Erlanger  and  Co.,  which  is  as  follows: 

"Each  bond  shall  at  the  option  of  the  holder  be  convertible  at  its 
nominal  amount  into  cotton  at  the  rate  of  6d.  sterling  for  each  pound  of 
cotton,  say  4000  ll)s.  of  cotton  for  each  bond  of  £100,  or  2500  francs,  and 
this  at  any  time  not  later  than  six  months  after  the  ratification  of  a 
treaty  of  peace  between  the  i)r<.'sent  belligen'nts." 


NOTES    AND    QUERIES.  195 

It  is  at  the  same  time  provided,  that  holders  who  do  not  convert  their 
Ijonds  into  cotton  shall  be  entitled  to  retain  their  bonds,  and  receive 
interest  at  the  rate  of  7  per  cent,  per  annum  in  sterling,  paj'^able  half 
yearl3'-  in  London,  Paris,  Amsterdam,  or  Frankfort,  at  the  option  of  the 
holder,  until  repayment  of  the  principal  at  par. 

An  annual  sinking  fund  of  5  per  cent,  is  provided  for,  whereby  2\4  per 
cent,  of  the  bonds  unrcdemmed  by  cotton  shall  be  drawn  by  lot  half 
yearly;  the  first  drawing  to  take  efTect  on  the  1st  of  March,  18G4,  and 
to  be  continued  on  the  1st  of  September  following,  and  on  the  1st  of  March 
and  1st  of  September  in  every  succeeding  year,  so  as  finally  to  extinguish 
the  loan  in  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  the  first  drawing. 

The  Bonds  to  be  issued  at  90  per  cent. 

No  interest  has  been  paid  on  these  bonds  since  March,  18(55,  and  a 
commiUee  of  the  holders  was  formed  in  1866,  which  reported  that  bonds 
to  the  full  amount  of  £3,000,000  had  been  issued,  of  which  £376,000  had 
been  exclianged  for  cotton  certificates,  and  £204,600  cancelled  by  the 
operation  of  the  sinking  fund,  leaving  in  circulation  bonds  to  the  amotint 
of  £2,418,000.  It  was  argued  that  the  separate  States  forming  the  Con- 
federacy were  liable  for  this  loan;  and  an  endeavour  was  made  to  have  it 
included  as  one  of  the  claims  to  be  settled  under  the  Treaty  of  Washing- 
ton, along  with  the  Alabama  claims;  but  the  Government  refused  so  to 
include  it,  and  nothing  further  has  since  been  heard  of  Confederate  Cotton 
Loan  Bonds." — Fenn  on  the  English  and  Foreign  Funds,  12th.  Edi.  Effing- 
ham Wilson,  London,  1874,  Pages  490  and  497. 


Indian  Rekerences  found  in  Surveyor's  Notes— Pittsylvania  Co. 
(Contributed  by  Mrs.  N.  E.  Clement,  Chatham,  Va.) 

Oct.  1743.  William  Buttrom  enters  for  400  acres  on  North  side  of 
Smith's  River  beginning  at  the  lower  end  of  an  Indian  Field. 

Sept.  1746.  Major  Richard  Booker  enters  for  400  acres  beginning  below 
the  Great  Indian  Fields  of  Ready  Creek  of  Irwin  River. 

Nov.  1746.  Robt.  Jones,  Jr.,  Wm.  Wynne  and  others  by  Order  ol 
Council  for  3000  acres  beginning  on  Irwin  River  below  the  Great  Bent 
at  a  place  commonly  called  the  Indian  Grove. 

Ap.  1747.  Tucker  Woodson  enters  for  400  acres  beginning  at  the 
mouth  of  a  branch  that  comes  into  Pig  River  on  the  South  side  near  the 
Indian  Town. 

Ap.  1747.  Wm.  Hill  enters  for  400  acres  on  both  sides  Blaclcwater 
River,  beginning  about  four  miles  above  the  Indian  Fields. 

July  1747.  Wm.  Gray  and  others  by  Order  of  Council  for  5000  acres 
begimiing  at  the  foot  of  Indian  fields  Mountains,  running  on  the  branches 
of  Irwin  River. 


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lOMi 


iS6  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  «^'^'' 

1738.  Jno.  Leonard  enters  for  400  acres  on  Stanton  River  beg.  at  first 
bold  branch  above  Seneca  (Creek). 

1747.  Henry  Stone  enters  for  400  acres  on  North  fork  of  Mayo  above 
Piney  Mount  be}.;inning  at  the  lov.er  end  of  an  Indian  Old  Field. 

Ap.  1748.  Roger  Turner,  jr.,  400  acres  beg.  at  the  Indian  fort  3  or  4 
miles  above  the  mouth  of  Hatchet  River  on  Pig  River. 

Ap.  1748.  Daniel  Rion  200  acres  beginning  at  the  Indian  Town  on  the 
South  Branch  of  Otter  Creek. 

1718.  James  Terry  enters  400  acres  Beginning  where  Nicholas  Scott's 
Path  crosses  Shocko  Crcik. 

July  1748.  James  Terry  enters  400  acres  br)th  sides  Indian  Fort  Creek, 
beginning  at  Benton's  lower  line. 

1718.  Paul  Carrington  400  acres  on  iMiddle  Fork  of  Mayo,  near  an 
Indian  Old  Field. 

July  1753.  VVm.  Wynne  had  leave  4th  May  1753  to  take  up  2000  acres 
joining  the  Lines  of  his  survey  Land  on  Dan  River  Beginning  at  a  Branch 
below  the  old  Indian  Fort,  running  up  Rutledge's  Creek. 

1754.  David  Healy  400  acres  Beginning  at  a  place  called  the  Indian 
Grove  on  Smith  River. 

1762.  Major  Gibson  400  acres  on  Potter's  Creek  at  the  Big  Fork  above 
the  Indian  Fields. 

I7u2.  David  Liles  400  acres  on  Mayo  River  Beginning  against  the 
Cane  Brake  above  the  fort. 

17G2.  John  Harris  400  acres  on  Sycamore  Creek  including  the  Indian 
old  Fields. 

17G3.  \Vm.  Codings  400  acres  on  Potter's  Oeek  beginning  at  the 
Upper  line  of  the  Indian  Field. 

17G6.  Waters  Dunn  400  acres  on  So.  side  Smith  River  beg.  at  Ran- 
dolph's Corner  just  above  the  Indian  Grove. 

1769.  Thotnas  Smith  400  acies  on  the  head  of  the  Camp  Branch  & 
towards  Smith's  Spring  br.  Including  the  Indian  Camping  place. 


Relationship  Between  Governor  Berkeley  and  the  Ludwells. 

I  chanced  the  other  day  to  di.scover  the  Gov.  Wm.  Berkeley's  grand- 
father's sister  Jane,  married  Philip  Cottington  of  Bruton,  and  that  her 
daughter  Jane  married  Tli'-,a.  Ludv/e!l,  the  father  of  Thos.  and  Philip 
Ludwell  of  Va.  1  do  not  think  it  is  known  that  Gov.  Berkeley  and  the 
Ludwell's  were  second  cousins,  and  thought  that  the  discovery,  if  it  is 
one.  would  interest  vou. 


ll«0, 


NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 


197 


Jane  Berkley--=Philip  Cottington 


(A  sister  of  Sir 
Maurice  Berkele}' 

o!'  Bruton 
Will  proved  1581) 


of  Bruton,  Som- 
LTst'tsliin.' 


H<-i 


Thos.  Lii(lvvell=Jane  Cottington 
ol  Jhulon        I       of  Bruton 


ONV.T.   S:\V. 


Philip=rLacy  dau.  of    Mary     Margaret      Sarah     Jane 


Thomas 

of  Bruton 

Robt.  Higginson 

of  Brutou 

&  Va. 

(and  widow  of 

in  Va.  1(112. 

Maj.  Lewis  Burwell 
&  Coll.  Wm.  Bernard 
II.   Frances  Culpepper, 
widow  of  Governor 
Sir  Wm.  Berkeley, 
and  wife  of  Maj. 
Samuel  Steppens  of 
Mulberry  Island, 
Va. 

H.   J. 


[Governor  Sir  William  Berkeley's  grandfather  was  not  Maurice;  but 
Henry.  .Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  of  Bruton,  who  died  in  1581,  was  his  great 
grandfather.  This  Sir  Maurice  Berkeley,  in  his  will,  names  four  daugh- 
ters, neither  of  them  named  Jane.  Jane,  who  married  Philip  Cottington, 
must  have  been  a  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Berkeley  of  Stoke  Gifford,  who 
died  in  1514.  Thos.  Ludwell  who  emigrated  to  Virginia  was  born  in  1628. 
This  was  114  years  after  the  death  of  Sir  Richard  Berkeley,  making  a 
very  long  period  for  the  two  intervening  generations.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  our  valued  correspondent  may  be  able  to  clear  up  any  doubtful 
points  in  this  interesting  descent.] 


Cffutt. 

I  would  be  veiy  grateful  for  the  insertion  of  the  following  query  in 
some  early  issue  of  the  Magazine: 

Wanted  to  know  anything  definite  concerning  the  parentage  and  an- 
cestry  of   Fllzabeth   Offutt.     Her   hrst  marriage   about    174G,    was   to 


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198  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  **^'' 

Stephen  Lewis  and  both  are  said  to  have  been  of  Fairfax  Co.  Va.  Her 
second  marriage  was  to  Colonel  William  Douglas  of  "Garrallan"  Lou- 
doun Co.,  Va.     She  had  five  Lewis  children  and  five  Douglas  children. 

George  C.  Downing, 
'  '    '  Principal  Frankfort  (Ky.)  High  School. 


Note  on  thr  Caui-er  ok  Colonel  Willj.\.\i  Tatham. 

In  ihe  October  1916  issue  of  the  William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly, 
appears  the  very  interesting  obituary  notice  of  William  Tatham  (d. 
1819),  drawn  from  the  Richmond  Enquirer.  The  meagre  information 
in  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  of  American  Biography  might  have  been  long 
since  supplemented  by  the  extended  article  in  the  Dictionary  of  National 
Biography  which  is  based  on  the  same  materials  as  those  used  by  the 
Enquirer. 

William  Tatham's  history  supplies  another  item  in  the  voluminous 
documents  falling  under  the  head  of  Calamities  of  Pioneers.  Tatham 
was  actively  identified  with  three  of  our  states,  besides  his  native  Eng- 
land. Coming  out  to  Virginia  in  1709  he  was  employed  as  clerk  by 
Carter  and  Trent,  "merchants  on  James  River."  Thence  he  removed 
about  1775  to  the  Watauga  Settlement,  Tennessee,  where  John  Carter 
was  from  the  first  an  important  figure.  Was  John  Carter  of  Watauga  the 
Carter  of  Carter  and  Trent?  In  1770  the  petition  of  the  Watauga  settle- 
ment to  be  annexed  to  North  Carolina  was  signed  by  John  Carter  as 
Chairman  and  William  Tatham  as  Clerk.  [North  Carolina  Colonial 
Records  X,  708-710;  Ramsey,  ?Iistory  of  Tennessee,  133-13S].  Having 
served  in  the  Revolution,  William  Tatham  found  himself  in  North  Caro- 
lina. In  1787  he  was  a  member  of  the  North  Carolina  House  of  Com- 
mons, from  Robeson  County,  being  nominated  dxiring  his  term  for  elec- 
tion to  the  Continental  Congress.  In  1788  he  was  named  Trustee  of 
Lumberton,  in  Robeson  County,  of  which  he  is  reckoned  the  foimder. 
In  Spain  and  England  for  ten  years  after  179i5,  Tatham  was  during  1806 
engaged  in  a  survey  of  the  North  Carolina  Coast.  April  1,  1806,  Repre- 
sentative J.  Clay  presented  in  Congress  propositions  "for  the  purchase  by 
the  government  of  William  l^atham's  collection  of  books,  manuscripts, 
maps,  (S'c,  relating  to  the  topography  and  public  economy  of  the  United 
States,  to  form  the  basis  of  a  department  of  works  and  public  economy," 
submitting  a  letter  from  Tatham  to  explain  the  objects  of  his  investiga- 
tions, with  a  descriptive  schedule  of  his  collection  and  a  view  of  the 
benefits  which  government  miglit  derive  from  the  establishment  of  an 
institution  of  works  and  public  economy.  Also  submitted  a  letter  frcjm 
James  Monroe  certifying  to  Tatham's  scientific  re[)utati<)n.  Again  in 
1817  Tatham  offered  to  sell  his  collection  (jf  toi)ograi)hiea)  documents  to 


861 


NOTES   AND    QUERIES.     <.u;*.v,wk  199 

the  UniLcd  States  government,  mentioning  his  services  in  laying  the 
foundiitidii  of  a  topographical  establislmient,  and  emphasizing  the  im- 
portance of  the  data  furnished  in  the  collection  to  the  adjustment  (jf 
boundaries  with  Great  Britain.  [Ninth  Congress,  1st  session;  Four- 
teenth Congress,  2nd  session,  of  Poore's  Index.] 

Tathaiii  had  eaiMy  begun  to  form  jilans  for  a  general  topographical 
survey.  In  1791  the  Genei-al  Assembly  of  Virginia  passed  an  act  author- 
izing him  to  raise  by  way  of  lottery  a  sum  of  money,  not  exceeding  four 
tliousand  pounds,  to  enable  him  to  complete  the  geographical  work  in 
wliich  Ik:  \vas  then  engaged.  [Ilening,  XllI,  318.1  After  the  refusal  by 
Congress  Lo  approjiriate  $5000  in  1817  for  the  purchase  of  Colonel  Tath- 
am's  top(ji;raphical  documents,  an  act  passed  the  general  assembly  of 
Virginia,  under  which  additional  managers  v/ere  appointed  to  carry  into 
elTrel  thi  art  of  1791,  regarding  the  Tatham  lottery.  February  9th,  1819, 
was  th.  (late  of  this  act.  February  22nd,  Colonel  Tatham  was  killed 
(possibly  a  suicide)  in  the  Capitol  Square  at  Richmond.  March  11th 
following,  it  was  resolved  by  the  General  Assembly  that  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  be  empowered  to  purchase  such  of  the  books,  maps,  charts 
and  mathematical  instruments  belonging  to  the  late  Colonel  William 
Tatham,  as  they  might  deem  proper — sum  not  to  exceed  five  hundred 
dollars. 

It  would  probably  be  difficult  now  to  find  a  complete  set  of  Colonel 
Tatham's  published  works,  regarding  Tennessee  and  the  West;  Virginia; 
the  Commerce  and  Agriculture  of  the  United  States;  English  canals  and 
internal  navigations,  &c.  To  the  lists  given  in  the  Dictionary  of  Nation- 
al Biography  and  in  Appleton's  Cyclopaedia  should  be  added  an  "Address 
to  the  Shareholders  and  others  interested  in  the  Canals  of  Virginia. 
Pamphlet  Svo.  Richmond  1794."  (see,  Allibone,  and  Library  of  Con- 
gress Printed  Catalogue,  1840,  p.  549).  This  item  is  of  especial  interest 
as  showing  that  Colonel  Tatham's  mind  was  occupied  with  Canals  before 
his  return  to  England  in  179G.  A.  J.  Morrison. 


Tuii:  Wilson  F.\mily  of  Piuncess  Anne,  Norfolk,  &c. 
Thomas  Wilson,  the  Emigrant  from  the  Island  of  Great  Britain, inter- 
married with  a  Miss  Willis  [There  is  no  record  evidence  for  Thos.  Wilson 
or  his  wife]  and  settled  in  Princess  Ann  Co.,  at  or  near  the  Poplar  Grove, 
where  he  raised  a  numerous  family  of  sons  and  daughters.  John  the  elder  is 
understood  to  have  early  moved  up  the  Chesapeake  bay  and  most  likely, 
settled  on  the  waters  of  the  Potomac.  Solomon  and  Willis  intermarried 
in  the  Neighbourhood  of  their  birth  and  raised  large  families  of  childu'n. 
Samuel  the  third  son,  intermarried  with  a  Miss  Mason  and  died  in  Nor- 
folk, about  the  year  1710,  leaving  his  wife  pregnant,  who  bore  him  a  son 
named  Willis,  who  came  into  the  care  of  his  Uncle  Solomon  Wilson.  He 
was  a  clerk  to  one  of  the  County  Courts  of  that  Section  of  the  Country. 


200  VIKOINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE.  'Am 

Willis  having  been  instructed  in  the-  art  of  navi,<?ation  which  was  a 
favorite  pursuit  of  the  family  made  himself  vvhat  was  at  that  day  termed 
a  soa  captain.  In  his  voyage  up  James  River  he  became  accjuainted  with 
a  Miss  Goodiich,  with  whom  he  intermarried  about  the  year  n?t2  and 
had  or  left  an  only  son  by  the  name  of  Benjamin,  born  2()th  Dec.  1733  at  or 
near  the  mouth  C)f  the  Chickahominy  River,  the  patrimonial  estate  of 
his  grandfather  Benjamin  Goodrich  who  left  two  dauj.;hters  Elizabeth 
the  wife  of  Willis  Wilson  and  the  wife  of  Samuel  Boush  of  Norfolk.  Willis 
WJ] sxn  died  in  the  year  1740,  a  member  of  the  Huuse  of  Burgesses,  his  son 
Be  ijamin  being  disappointed  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  patrimionial  estate 
from  his  father  and  mother,  she  having  married  a  second  husband  trans- 
ferred his  interest,  with  her  own  to  him,  and  his  great  uncle  Solomon 
WiLsun,  who  raised  his  father,  had  dissipated  what  belonged  to  him,  so 
that  Benjamin  had  very  slender  means  with  which  he  moved  at  an  early 
age.  and  settled  on  tlie  Willis  River  in  the  County  of  Cumberland,  about 
the  year  1750. 

lie  intermarried  with  ."^nne  Seay  daughtc  r  of  James  Seay  a  Hugeunot 
family  from  the  waters  of  York  River  and  had  issue  seven  sons  and  si.K 
daughters,  Alary,  l'"li<Labeth,  Willis.  Benjamin,  Anne,  James,  Mason, 
Samuel,  Mathew,  Ale.xandL-r,  Goodrich,  Mantua  and  Unity. 

Benjamin  Wilson  died  the  27th  Oct.  1811,  and  Anne  his  wire  on  the  26th 
of  April  1811,  having  lived  together  m.an  and  wife  si.xty  years,  the  wife 
being  one  year  the  youngest. 

This  record  was  made  by  Willis  Wilson  in  his  family  Bible  He  died 
at  Bonbrook,  his  residence  in  Cumberland  Co.  Feb.  10th  1822. 

Alary,  oldest  daughter  of  Benjamin  Wilson  and  Anne  Seay  married 
Thomas  Munford  of  Cumberland  Co.,  their  onh'  child  Mary  Thomas 
Mi.nford  married  Joseph  Hobson  of  Cumberland  and  they  lived  at  the 
Bl'nheimEstat(!  in  I'owhatanCo.  and  had  the  following  children:  Pho?be 
.\nru',  Josjpii  Virginius,  Thomas  Ludwill,  Maria,  Mary,  John  (^aleb, 
i-avinia,  Sarah  Booker,  and  Willis  Wilson. 

Phoebe  Aime  married  Hilary  Harris  of  Buck  Hill,  Louisa  County. 
They  lived  at  Mill  Quarter,  Powhatan  Co.  and  had  the  following  child- 
n.'n:  Alary  Maria,  Joseph,  Anne  kavinia,  John  Wilson,  Hilary  Valentine, 
Christiana,  Abner,  Sarah  Octavia,  Willis  Overton,  Martha  Pryor  and 
Fanny  Morton. 


GENEALOGY.      '        M  \(..A'iJ3NI!..  201 

GENEAI.OGY.  !  ^ 


Yeardley — Flowerdewe — West. 
Notes  from  English  Records  in  reference  to  the  Yeardley,  Flow 

EKUEWE    ANU    WeST    P^AMILIES.      FURNISHED    FROM    ENGLAND    AT    THE    IN 

siANtE  oi'^  Mr.  Guikfin  C.  Callahan,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

(.Continued)       ,  ,  -,,  ,-y 
Lichfield 

Vv'il)  of  John  Yerdley  of  the  Wood,  in  the  par.  of  Audeley,  co.  vStafFord, 
husbandman,  dated  IG  June  1.591. 

[Abstract] 

I  desin,'  to  be  buried  in  Audeley  churchyard.  I  give  to  my  eldest  son 
John  Yerdley  12d.  To  my  son  RonduU  12d.  To  my  daughter  Ales 
Meredeth  20s.  To  James  Cooton  40s.  To  my  wife  Ales  my  term  in  a 
pasture  called  Tiddursley,  &  the  third  part  of  my  goods.  To  William  & 
Richard  my  younger  sons,  and  to  Elnor  &  Anne  my  dauj^hters,  the  residue 
oi  my  goods. 

Executors.     Ales  my  wife  &  William  my  son. 

Overseers.    John  Yerdley  my  son,  &  Roger  Sparrie. 

Witness.     Roger  Sparrie,  John  Bromely.  : 

Proved  22  September  1591. 


Lichlield 

Will  of  James  Yeardley  of  Awdley,  co.  Stafford,  black.smith  dated  29 

August  1592.         -  - 

(AbstractJ 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  Awdeley  Churchyard.  I  give  to  William  & 
John,  sons  of  Raphe  Sa.xon,  (is.  8d.  each.  To  Margaret  Alger  26s.  8d.;  to 
Raphe  Noden  (5s.  8d.,  to  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Noden,  13s.  4d.;  to 
William,  sun  of  Robert  Vernon  6s.  Sd.  To  the  five  daughters  of  John 
Bromall  (is.  8d.  each.  To  Ales  Heathe,  my  illegimate  daughter,  28s. 
To  John  Yardley,  my  illegitimate  son,  all  my  ironware  in  Whitchurche 
&  Nantwiche,  and  a  mare  &  cow.  To  Margaret  &  EUene  Yeardley, 
daughters  of  John  Yeardley,  a  coffer  each.  I  bequeath  the  residue  of 
my  goods  to  my  said  son  John. 

Executor.     My  said  son  John. 

Overseers.     Thomas  Noden  &  Thomas  Addams. 

Witnesses.     Roger  Sparry,  Thomas  Noden.  ■     ' 

Proved  10  October  1592. 


I!    :  1.  . 


■  )  (liW 


202  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.  •'  •  < 

Lichfield 

Will  of  Rondnll  Yardley  of  Audeley,  co.   Stafford,  yeoman,   dated  24 
AlUTust  1G09. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  Audeley  Churchyard.  1  bequeath  to  James 
Cotton,  my  sister's  son,  £6,  and  some  household  goods.  To  Edward 
Betchson,  my  servant,  a  ewe  &  lamb.  I  give  the  residue  of  my  goods  to 
Kllen  my  wife.     I  owe  £5  to  my  brother,  John  Yeardley. 

Executrix.     Ellen  my  wife. 

Witnesses.  George  Audeley,  gentleman,  Roger  Sparrie  &  Margerie 
Piggett. 

Proved  7  November  IGO'J. 

The  inventory  of  RonduU  Yardley's  goods  was  valued  by  George 
Audeley,  Roger  Sparrie  &  William  Yerdeley. 


Lich  field 

Will  of  John  Yeardley  of  Myles  Greene  in  the  parish  of  Audeley,  cu. 
Stafford,  husbandman,  dated  11  July,  1612. 

[Abstract] 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  Audeley  churchyard.  1  give  to  my  son  John 
1-d.  To  my  daughter  Elline  12d.  To  my  daughter  Anne  12d.  I  be- 
I  lueath  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  Anne  my  wife  &  Ridhard  my  son,  my 
.said  son  to  have  no  interest  or  title  in  the  said  goods  during  the  life  of  his 
mother.  I  beciueath  to  John  &-  Anne,  the  children  of  William  Motter- 
shawe,  3s.  4d.  each. 

Executors.     My  wife  Anne  &  my  son  Richard. 

Overseer.     Roger  Sparry. 

Witnesses.     William  Shillitoe  [?J  &  others  [unnamed.] 

Proved  27  NovL-mber  1012. 


Lichfield 

Will  of  Raphaell  Yardley  of  Awcote,  co.  Warwick,  dated  29  November 
IGLL 

[Abstract] 

I  beciueath  to  Amye  my  wife  all  my  goods  and  chattels  whatsoever 
fur  her  sole  &:  proper  use  during  her  life,  and  after  her  death  to  be  dis- 
tributed amongst  my  children  [unnamed]  at  her  discretion. 

[Executrix.     My  wife  Amye. 

Witnes.     Henry  Baron.  '    •■'•  I'v  - '"."  »•»  i»ty  k»»"<-i- 

Proved  6  June  1G15. 


Lichfield 

Will  of  Ellin  Yardley  of  Woore,  co.  Salop,  widow  dated  15  May  1620. 

[Abstract] 

I    l)equi-ath   to  my  niece  Anne   Whilmore  some  household  goods.     I 


it 


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give  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  my  daughters  Margery  Aiuilcy.  I  give 
to  my  nephew  Thomas  Audlcy  certain  debts  due  to  me  from  William 
Cotton,  John  Welch,  Roger  Sparrey  &  John  Sillito,  blacksmith.  1  make 
ray  son  in  law  George  Audley  my  lawful  attorney  to  recover  the  said 
debts  to  the  use  of  my  said  nephew,  Thomas  Audley. 

Executor.     My  son  in  law  George  Audley. 

Witnesses.     Erasmus  Rogers,  Thomas  Whitmorc  and  John  Hansan. 

Proved  1G23,  July  8th. 

[N.  B.     1'he  calendar  gives  her  as  Ellen  Yardley  of  Muckleston.| 


kichfield 

Will  of  Margaret  Yardley  late  of  Audcley,  now  of  Bowers  in  Staiuidon 

parish,  co.  Stafford,  spinster,  dated  15  December  1G29. 

[Abstract] 

I  give  to  my  brother  Richard  Yardley  40s.;  to  my  sister  Margery 
Hurlebutt  -lOs.;  to  my  sister  Anne  Garrat  £6;  to  my  sister  Johane  Worth 
£G;  to  my  sister  Elizabeth  Hilditch  £10  &  a  featherbed;  to  my  sister 
Eilenor  Stevenson  £10;  to  William  son  of  my  sister  Elizabeth  Hilditch 
.)s.,  &  to  her  other  children  20s.  between  them.  I  give  20s.  each  to  my 
brother  William  Yardley's  children,  and  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth  a 
Ijot.  To  my  sister  Anne's  children  5s.  each.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish 
ofAudeley  lOs.  I  bequeath  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  mj' brother  Will- 
iam Yardley 

Executor.     My  brother  William  Yardley. 

Witnesses.  Frauncis  Broughton,  W^illiam  Lynne,  Johane  Macliin, 
ICllenor  Braddocke,  Mary  Yardley  William  Radhinfi'l 

Proved [1629]. 


Lichfield 

Will   of  Rolxrt   Yardley  of  Radford,   co.   Warwick,  yeoman,  dated    10 
February  163S-9 

[Abstraet] 

I  bequeath  to  my  wife  Mary  the  close  called  Waters  Close  &  two  roonis 
in  my  dwelling  house.  I  give  to  my  eldest  son  Joshua  the  rest  of  my  lands 
to  him  &  his  heirs  forever.  To  my  youngest  daughter  Margarett  Yardley 
L'lO.  To  iny  son  Robert  Yardley  £S.  To  the  poor  of  Radford  5s.  To 
the  church  of  Radford  20s.  I  desire  my  wife  to  pay  each  of  my  grand- 
children 1 2d. 

Executor.     Joshua  Yardley. 

Overseer.     George  Browne  Esq. 

Witnesses.     Robert  Yardley  the  younger,  Thomas  Barker. 

Proved  18  November  KMO. 


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Registers    of    St.    Marttn,    Luugate 
Searched  from  1539  to  1G03  inclusive.  ■'' ^ 

Marriages. 

1570  Maye.  The  .same  day  [the  28th)  was  marryed  John  Grene  and 
Lcv.ce  Yearley,  maid. 

Baptisms. 

1510-1.     Februarii  .\vi  die     Edmond  Erly  filius  Johis  Erly. 

1513.     Augusti  24  day.     Bartholomeus  Erly  filius  Joannis  Erley. 

1544.     October  21  day.     Johannes  Erly  filius  Johannis  Erley. 

1545-6.     Martii.  10  day     Richardus  Erley  tilius  Joannis  Erley. 

1517.     July  23  day     Rychardus  Erley  filius  Joannis  Erley. 

1569-70.  Andro,  son  of  William  Wynd,  merchant- taylur,  was  christ- 
ened on  January  15th,  Andro  Yearley  being  one  of  the  godfathers. 

1570.  6  August,  William  son  of  Thomas  Moone  was  christened.  Will 
iam  Yeardley  was  godfather. 

1570.  October  the  22nd  day  was  crystened  Margret  Yeardley,  the 
dan?,hter  of  Wyllm  Yeardley. 

1570-1.  Januarii,  the  25th  day  was  chrystened  Edward  Yearley,  the 
snne  of  Thomas  Yearley. 

1571.  No\('mber,  the  25th  day  was  chrystened  Anne  Yeardley,  the 
dau;,^hter  of  Wyllm  Yeardley,  clarke. 

1573.  June  the  2 lib  day  was  chrystened  John  Yeardley,  the  sune  of 
Wyllm  Yeardley. 

1575-6.  Januarii.  The  fyrste  day  was  chrystened  Esabeth  Yeardley, 
the  daughter  of  Wm.  Yeardley,  dark. 

1578-9.  March.  The  Sth  day  was  chrystened  Josue  Yeardley,  the 
sune  of  Wyllm  Yeardl'.-y,  clerki. 

15S0-1.  Februarii.  The  vth  day  was  chrystened  Jesper  Yeardley, 
the  sune  of  Wyllm  YeardK^y,  lawyer. 

15S3.  November.  The  same  day  [the  4thJ  was  chrystened  Marye 
Y.^ardley,  the  daughter  of  Wyllm  Yeardley,  lawyer. 

Burials. 
1543  '■'< 

.Xugust  21  day  Johon  Erley. 

Au:^ust  20  day  Edward  Erley.  .-.:', 

1516 

.\pril  2  day  Eyehard  ErUy,  infant.  ; 

15  !7 

JLilii  26  day  Agnes  l-^rley,  vxor. 

julii  2S  day  I-Jyehardus  Erley,  infans. 
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t\'bruary  the  25  day  was  buryed 

Rychard  Erley,  presoner  of  Ludgate 
l.>3 

October  The  xxxlli  day  was  buryed  Wyllm  Yeardley,  lawyer. 


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1st  Report 

In  Brown's  Genesis  of  the  United  States  is  the  following;  slatenienl: 
Ralph  Yardley  citizen  &  merchant  taylor  of  Bionshaw  I.anr,  London, 
married  first,  on  May  the  15th  1575,  Agnes  Abbot;  she  died  on  Dec.  18th, 
1576,  S:  he:  married  secondly  Rhoda . 

In  Hallen's  London  City  Registers,  Vol.  I  St.  Mary  Woolchureh  Haw. 
London 

Marriages 

15  May  1575.  Rafe  Yarlie  &  Agnes  Abbott 
Burials 
18  Dec.  157(i.  Agnes  wife  of  Rafe  Yearlie  of  St.  Olave's  in  Southwark. 
With  reference  to  the  above,  a  prolonged  search  in  Stow's  Survey  of 
London  has  failed  to  locate  Bionshaw  Lane,  neither  is  any  mention  made 
of  it  in  "An  Alphabetical  Index  of  the  Streets,  Squares,  Lanes,  &c.," 
contained  in  the  Plan  of  the  Cities  of  London  &  Westminster  &  Borough 
of  Southwark  engraved  by  John  Pine  Bluemantle  Pursuivant  at  Arms. 
Printed  1747. 

The  information  derived  from  Hallen's  Registers  is  chiefly  that  at  the 
time  of  his  first  wife's  death,  Ralf  Yardley  was  living  in  the  parish  of  St. 

Olave's  Southwark,  and  also  the  fact  that  his  marriage  to  Rhoda 

must  have  taken  place  between  1577  and  1582,  as  doubtless  Raphe  Yard- 
ley  his  son  was  of  full  age  by  Feb.  1601. 

Unfortunau  ly  the  registers  of  St.  Olave's  Southwark  do  not  begin  till 
16S5.     A  search  in  the  Exchequer  Lay  Subsidies  for  vSouthwark  does  not 
shew  Raplif  Yardley  living  in  S.  Olave's,  but  in  A.  T).  1593  he  is  paying 
taxes  in  S.  Saviour's  [see  notes  enclosed.] 
Even  if  he  were  living  in  Southwark  at  the  time  of  his  second  marriage, 

quite  probably  Rhoda was  living  in  some  difTerent  part  altogether, 

&  the  marriage  would  probably  have  been  celebrated  in  her  parish. 
[Enclosed  is  a  list  of  printed  Registers  searched  in  the  hope  of  finding  the 
marriage.] 

Exeh.  Lay  Subsidy.     Surrey      186 
349 
(A.  D.  1593]     Indenture  dated  the  21st  August  35  Elizabeth  conceniing 
the  collection  in  the  Borough  of  Southwark  of  the  subsidy  granted 
|A.  1).  1593)     by  parliament  on  the  19th  of  February  35  Elizabeth. 

St.  vSaviour's  Parish 
Ralf  Yardeley viij     li xxjs.     nijd. 

186 
Lay  Subsidy.     Surrey       — 

370 
[A.  D.  15981     Indenture   dated   the  31st   of  August   40  Elizabeth   con- 
cerning the  collection  in  Southwark  of  the  subsidy  granted  on  the 
(A.  D.  1597]     24th  of  October  39  Elizabeth. 


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Raphe  Yardley viij     li xxjs.    iiijd 


''^  .Searched 

Marriage  Licenses  issued  from  the  Faculty  Office  of  the  Archbishop 
1  of  Canterbury  1543-1869.     Marriage  Licences  issued  by  the  Bishop  of 

!',  London  1520-1828. 

,  Marriage  Licences  issued  by   the   Dean  &  Chapter  of  Westminster 

1558-1099. 
'  2nd  Report 

In  the  1st  report  the  efforts  which  have  been  made  to  ascertain  the 

'  surname  of  Raphe  Yardley's  second  wife,  Rhoda  ,  were  set  out  in 

detail. 
'  With  reference  to  the  surname  of  Temperance, Lady  Yardley,  the  chance 

»■  of  finding  what  family  she  belonged  to  seems  very  small.     As  her  mar- 

riage took  place  in  Virginia  there  is  no  hope  of  accidentally  finding  that 
f'  recorded  here.     It  is  probable  that  she  was  a  child  in  1G08  when  accord- 

ing to  Hotten  she  went  to  Virginia  in  the  Faulcon.  A  careful  search 
<  i'i.i.-t.f  through  the  whole  of  his  Lists  of  Emigrants  (index)  failed  to  shew  any 
Temperance  with  a  surname  which  might  have  been  hers  before  her 
marriage.  It  does  not  seem  possible  to  connect  her  with  Sir  Sam.uel 
Argall.  If  she  had  been  closely  related  to  him,  his  will  (an  abstract  of 
which  is  enclosed)  would  surely  have  made  some  reference  to  her.  In 
V  an  article  in  Notes  &  Queries  on  the  Yardley  Families,  written  in  March 

1883  by  C.  H.  E.  Carmichael,  is  the  following  sentence:  "Sir  George 
I'  Veardley,  the  husband  of  the  fair  lady  from  beautiful  English  Sussex, 

''  pictured  in  the  Christmas  number  of  Our  Continent  for  1882,  is  recorded 

''  as  chosen  to  be  Governor  of  Virginia  1()18,"  Sec,  &c. 

K  Notes  &  Queries,  6th  Series,  Vol.  VII,  p.  174. 

'V  John  Pory,  in  a  letter  to  Sir  Dudley  Carleton  says:  "This  Sir  George 

>■»  Yeardley  hath  married  my  cousin  German,  and  infinitely  desires  my 

company." 

S.  P.  bom.  Jas.  I.  Vol.  103,  No.  111. 

With  regard  to  Sir  George  Yardley's  ancestry,  in  the  extracts  sent 
l.y  the  Merchant  Taylors'  Company,  it  is  stated  that  on  the  6th  Sept. 
1583,  "Raffe  Yearly  made  free  Arthur  Yearly."  It  seemed  probable 
that  Arthur  might  be  RafTe's  brother,  but  although  Arthur's  will  has 
been  found  in  the  Commissary  Court  of  London  [abstract  enclosed]  it 
contains  no  family  information. 

Alexander  Hickes'  will  was  also  looked  at  [note  enclosed]  in  the  hope 
ihat  he  might  make  some  mention  of  Rauf  Yardley  as  lie  made  him  fn-e 
<if  the  Company. 


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A  certain  John  Yardley  paid  a  yearly  rent  of  £4  to  the  Merchant 
'J'aylors'  Company  for  a  messuage  in  Ludgate  from  1554  to  1557.  A 
search  in  llie  i.ay  Subsidies  shews  Jolin  Yardley  in  15-14  being  taxed  in  the 
parish  of  St.  Martin,  Ludgate  [note  enclosed.] 

In  Stow's  Survey  of  London,  edited  by  John  Strype,  Book  III.  p.  176, 
is  the  following — 

I  Farringdon  Ward  within 

S.  Martin's,  Ludgate  Hill. 
A  monumental  inscription  to  the  memory  of  William  Yeardley,  gentle- 
man, and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  sometime  of  this  parish.     He  died  on  the 
28th  of  October  1523.     She  died  the  20th  July  1593. 

This  is  quoted  in  Notes  &  Queries,  6th  Series  Vol.  V.  p.  377,  which  gives 
the  date  of  Elizabeth's  death  as  1533.  The  other  date,  1593,  is  probably 
a  misprint. 

It  seems  possible  that  a  thorough  search  in  the  registers  of  St.  Martin's 
Ludgate  Hill,  (they  begin  1539)  might  connect  Raphe,  the  father  of  Sir 
George,  wiih  the  John  Yardley  who  paid  rent  to  the  Merchant  Taylors' 
Company.  LTnfortunately  time  did  not  permit  of  this  clue  being  followed 
up. 

CertificaLes  of  residence  have  been  searched  but  have  produced  no  in- 
formation. 

An  abstract  of  the  will  of  Richard  Hinde  husband  of  Anne  Yardlye  is 
enclosed,  but  gives  no  information. 

Report. 

The  cjuesLion  as  to  the  parentage  of  Temperance,  wife  of  Sir  George 
Yardley,  is  at  last  settled  by  the  enclosed  papers.  The  only  clue  that 
offered  itself  was  the  statement  made  by  Edmund  Rossingham  to  the 
Privy  Council  that  Sir  George  Yardley  was  his  uncle.  Fortunately  his 
litigation  with  Ralph  Yardley  disclosed  the  fact  that  Lady  Yardley  was 
his  aunt.  A  further  search  in  Chancery  Proceedings  produced  the  suit 
Rossinghaiii  v.  Knevett  &  this  gave  the  maiden  name  of  Mrs.  Rossingham 
&  Lady  Yardley.  However  the  matter  would  not  have  been  absolutely 
certain  if  Edmund  Rossingham's  grandmother  Martha,  who  by  the  time 
she  made  her  will  had  changed  her  name  by  a  second  marriage  from 
Flowcrdew  to  Garret,  had  not  bequeathed  her  signet  ring  to  hei  daughter 
Temperance  Yardley,  otherwise  Flowerdew.  A  rough  pedigree  &  the 
papers  necessary  to  prove  this  are  enclosed. 

No  success  has  attended  the  search  for  the  parents  of  Ralph  Yardley, 
merchant  taylor.  A  pedigree  copied  from  Harl.  M.  S.  1167  is  enclosed. 
At  first  sight  this  seemed  hopeful,  as  Ralph  certainly  had  a  brother 
Thomas  &  [jrobably  a  brother  Arthur.  But  if  the  pedigree  is  correct  in 
stating  that  he  married  Amicia  Harman  that  ends  the  matter.  Also  an 
article  on  the  Yardley  family  in  Notes  &  Queries  6th  Series  VII  p.  212 
says  that  the  Ralph  in  this  pedigree  had  a  daughter  named  Sibella,  who 


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married  in  1598  Rowland  Greisbrooke.  It  also  states  that  this  Ralph 
Yardley's  will  was  proved  at  Lichtield  in  June  1615.  Harman,  Fulvvood, 
<1  Greisbrooke  wills  at  Somerset  House  have  been  examined  with  no 
result.  The  difficulty  lies  in  the  fact  that  practically  all  the  wills  of  the 
Vardleys  of  Staffordshire,  Warwickshire  &:  Cheshire  v.'ere  proved  at 
Lichfield.  A  list  of  37  Yardley  wills  proved  there  is  enclosed.  It  seems 
quite  probable  that  amongst  these  might  be  the  wills  of  some  near  rela- 
tives of  the  Ralph  Yardley  who  is  being  sought  for. 

Pediguke  of  Yardley 

i  (Visitation  of  Warwickshire,  1619) 

(Altered  from  chart  form] 
Thomas'  Yardley  of  Gorcott  Hall,  Co.  W^arwick,  married  Margaret 

)..■  dau.  of  Wm.  Guiton  of  Sutton  Coldheld,  Co.  W^arv/ick,  and  had  issue: 

1.  John^,  of  Gorcott  Hall,  son  and  heir,  married  Anne  daughter  of  John 
Harman  of  Morehall,  Co.  Warwick;  2.  Raphe-,  of  Ancott,  Co.  Warwick, 
married   Amicia,   dau.   of  John   Harman   of  Morehall;   3.     Arthur-;   4. 

y  Mathew^;  5.  Thomas^  of  Sutton  Coldfield;  6.  Kenelow-,  of  Sutton  Cold- 

ti'jld,  married  Anne,  dau.  of  Bennet  of  Dostel,  Co.  Warv\ick;  7.  Jocosa^, 
Uiarried  John  Tulwood  of  Clayhill,  Co.  Warwick. 

Kenelon'^  and  Anne  Yardley  had  issue:  1.  John^,  of  Sutton  Coldfield, 
son  and  heir  in  1619,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thos.  Vincent  of  Thing- 

\  don,  Co.  Northarts  (and  had  a  son  Christopher-*,  aged  one  year  in  1619); 

,  2.  Thomas'^;  4.  William'^;  5.  Margaret'^  married  W^illiam  Corbin  of  Whit- 

ton,  Co.  Stafford. 

[It  has  been  proved  that  the  Raphe  Yardley  of  this  pedigree  was  not 

'  the  saMie  man  as  Raphe  or  Ralph  of  London.) 


Pedigree  of  Flowerdew. 


John*  Flowerdew,  esq.  of  Hathersett,  Co.  Norfolk,  married ,  and 

had  issue:  1.  Edward-  Flowerdew,  of  Stanfield,  Co.  Norfolk,  a  Baron  of 
the  Exchequer,  married  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Wm.  Foster,  of  Windham;  2. 

William^,  married ;  3.  Edmund-;  4,  etc.     Other  sons.  William^  and 

( — )   Flowerdew  had   issue:   1.   Anthony^,   mariied   Martha  • ,   who 

married  secondly,  Capt.  Godfrey  Garret.  Anthony''  and  Martha  Flow- 
erdew had  issue:  1.  Daughter'^,  who  married  Thomas  son  of  Sir  Robert 
Shilton,  knight;  2.  Stanley^,  died  1620,  without  issue;  3.  Mary'*,  married 
Dyonis  Rossingham,  gent  (&  was  mother  of  Edmund  Rossingham);  4. 
Tempcrence-^  married  (1st)  Sir  George  Yeardley,  (2d)  Francis  W^est. 
By  the  first  marriage  she  was  mother  of  Argoll,  Francis  and  Elizabeth 
Yeardley. 


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P.  C.  C. 

7S  Soane 

Will  of  Stanley  Flowerdewe  of  Scottowe  co.  Norfolk,  {,'entleman  dated 
10  May  1620. 

[Abstract] 

I  bequeath  all  my  goods  to  my  kinsman  Hamond  Claxton  of  Gray's  Inn, 
CO.  Middlesex  esquire,  to  be  disposed  of  by  him  for  the  better  mainten- 
ance of  my  mother,  so  that  no  part  comes  into  the  hands  of  her  husband 
niy  father  in  law  Captain  Godfrey  Garrett.  And  whereas,  I  have  mort- 
g;i[,ed  certain  lands  in  Hether.sett  co.  Norfolk  to  my  said  father  in  law 
for  £300.  I  will  that  my  heirs  at  the  common  law  shall  pay  him  the  money 
<lue  for  the  redemption  of  the  said  lands,  and  then  to  have  the  said  lands 
to  tliem  aii'l  their  heirs  forever. 

Executor.     My  kinsman,  Hammond  Claxton. 

Witnesses.  Cha.  Walker,  Richard  Jarvis,  Elizabeth  Walker,  Anne 
Jarvis,  John  Dyson,  public  notary. 

Proved  im  the  IGth  of  August  1020  by  Hammond  Claxton,  the  executor. 

P.  C.  C. 
1 19  Hele. 
Will  of  Martha  Garrett  of  Scottow  co.  Norfolk,  dated  d  February  1625-6. 

[Abstract] 

I  bcqucuLli  to  Edmund  Rossingham  my  grandson  all  my  messuages 
and  lands  in  Scottow  or  elsewhere  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  and  to  his 
heirs  for  ever.  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Temporaunce  Yardlie  alias 
Flowerdevvc  my  seal  ring  of  gold.  I  give  to  my  kinswoman  Mary  Clax- 
ton, wife  to  Hamon  Claxton  of  London  esquire,  my  black  cloak  and  fan 
of  white  feathers.  To  my  goddaughter  Amy  Hardye  20s.  To  the  poor 
of  Scottuv,-  -lOs.  To  Mr.  Burton,  minister  of  Olton  10s.  to  preach  my 
funeral  sennon.  To  my  servants  named  various  bequests.  To  the 
s:tid  Edmund  Rossingham,  the  residue  of  my  goo'ls. 

Executor.     My  grantlson,  Edmimd  Rossingham. 

Witness.     William  Hardye. 

Proved  on  the  4th  of  December  1626  by  the  executor  named  in  the  will. 

P  C.  C. 
23  Windsor. 

Will  of  Edward  Flowerdew  of  Stanfilde  Hall,  co.  Norfolk  dated  15  June 
1583. 

The  testator  mentions  the  will  of  his  father  John  Flowerdew.  He  be- 
queaths to  the  daughters  of  his  nephew  Anthony  £10  each  to  be  paid  to 
them  on  their  wedding  days. 

Proved  (in  the  5th  of  May  158G. 

N.  B.     This  is  a  short  note  of  a  very  long  will. 

P.  R.  O. 

Chancery  Inejuisition  post  mortem.  Series  11. 
[Abstract]  Vol.  210     No.  132. 

A.  D.  1586 


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210  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  '^'^  ^ 

Inquisition  taken  at  Harlston  in  co.  Norfolk  on  the  12th  of  October  28 
Elizabeth,  after  the  death  of  Edward  Flowerdew  late  of  Hetherset,  es- 
quire, one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer.  The  jurors  say  that  the  said 
Edward  was  seised  in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  of  and  in  the  manor  of  Stand- 
feild  Hall  and  other  lands  in  Norfolk,  which  by  his  deed  dated  the  14th 
of  December  A.  D.  1573  16  Elizabeth  he  settled  upon  himself  &  his  wife 
Kli.^-ibcth  and  upon  his  own  heirs  &  assigns. 

'J  he  jurors  also  say  that  the  said  Edward  was  seised  in  his  demesne  as 
of  fee,  of  and  in  a  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Hethersett  in  co.  Norfolk,  and  of 
lands  in  Wymondham  in  the  said  county. 

The  said  Edward  Flowerdev.-e  died  on  the  31st  of  March  A.  D.  15SG  last 
past.     Elizabeth  his  wife  survives  him. 

Anthony  Flowerdewe  is  his  next  heir,  being  the  son  &  heir  of  William 
FTowerdow,  brother  &  heir  of  the  aforesaid  Edward.  The  said  Anthony 
is  aged  twenty  nine. 

(To  be  Continued) 


The  Webb  Family  of  New  Kent  County. 
(Continued) 
It  should  have   been  noted   that  George   Webb,   the  emigrant,   was 
author  of  "The  Office  and  Authority  of  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,"  published 
in   Williamsburg    in    1736   commonly   known   as   Webb's    Justice.     The 
author  states  in  his  "Address  to  the  Reader"  that  it  is  "the  first  of  its 
kind  produced  in  these  parts  of  the  world."     On  page  100  George^  Weljb 
should  be  Naval  Commissioner,  not  Commander, 
issue  of  Foster^  and  Sarah  (Shore)  Webb: 

(13)  Conrad*,  a  son  born  on  Sunday  the  15th  Feb'y  1778  at  5 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  baptized  the  9th  day  of  May  1778 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Semple. 

(14)  John  Shore*,  son,  born  21st  Feb'y  1780  at  half  an  hour  after 
nine  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  baptized  May  the  13th  1780 
by  the  Revd.  Mr.  James  Semple. 

(15)  Elizabeth,  a  daughter,  born  Thursday  ...  of  April  1782  at 
eight  o'clock  in  the  Evening,  baptized  20th  July  1782  by  the 
Revd  Mr.  James  Semple,  Died  on  Saturday  12  o'clock  P.  M. 
26th  of  October. 

(16)  Lucy  a  daughter,  born  Thurs.  .  .  .  178-1  at  about  10  o'clock 
in  the  Evening,  baptized  11th  June  by  the  Rev'd  Mr.  James 
Semple.     She  departed  this  lite  the  20th  July  1784. 

(17)  Sally  a  Daughter  born  Thursday  the  9th  of  June  1785,  about 
nine  o'clock  in  the  evening.  She  departed  this  life  on  Sun- 
day afternoon  the  IS  Day  of  September  17.S.5. 

(18)  Mary  Shore,  a  Daughter,  born  ilh  October  1786,  between 
4  lX;  5  o'clock  in  the  mcirniiig. 


GENEALOGY .       >  » '    ■  -  =  ■-  *  -' ' ^  <  i  21 1 

(19)  Thomas'*,  a  son,  born  the  25th  of  Febriutry  1789.  He  de- 
parted this  life  on  I\londay  nii^ht  at  0  o'clock  the  21  of  Nov- 
ember 1796. 

(20)  Henry',  son,  born  25  July  1790  at  three  o'clock  in  the  moni- 

(21)  ..  .',  son,  born  18th  August  1792.  Departed  this  life  Sat- 
urday September  6,  ISOu  at  3  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

(22)  .  .  .4,  son,  born  24  December  1794. 

(These  entries  are  copied  from  a  somewhat  worn  record  in  another 
Family  Bible). 

(8)  J(jiiN-^  Webb,  born  1740,  may  have  married  and  left  descendants; 
but  if  so  we  have  no  account  of  them. 

(11)  CIkorge*  Webb  Jr.,  of  "Rock  Castle,"  Goochland  County, 
married  in  1785,  Judith,  daughter  of  Tarleton  Fleming  of  Goochland 
County.  ''Mr.  George  Webb  died  on  the  9th  day  of  April  1S03  in  the 
City  of  Is  ichmond  after  a  lingering  illness  vvhicii  he  bore  with  much  forti- 
tude, and  firmness, much  lamented  by  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  an  ac- 
quaintance and  more  particularly  by  his  affectionate  wife,  three  sons  an 
four  dau<^hters." 

An  obituary  (without  date  however)  cojiied  in  the  Family  Bible  states 
that  Mrs  Judith  Webb  died  at  the  age  of  83  years. 
Issue  (known): 

(23)  Thomas  Tarltorr^ 

(12)  Foster*  Webb  Jr.,  born  Jan.  13,  1756,  died  Dec.  9,  1812  {Family 
Bible),  'i  he  Foster  Webb  who  v/as  Paymaster  General  of  the  Va.  State 
Line  17Si,  was  no  doubt  the  elder  man  of  the  name,  the  uncle  of  Fester 
V.\bb,  Ji.;  but  the  latter  may  have  been  the  member  of  the  House  of 
Dc  legal'.  -  in  17S4  and  1787.  He  married  Sept.  22  1785,  Theodosia,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Fleming  Cocke.  She  was  born  Feb.  19,  1765  and  died  Oct. 
28,  1S31. 

Issue  (known): 

(21)     Pleasant  Fleming^. 

(14)  CUNR.VD'  Webb  of  "Hampstead,"  New  Kent  County,  a  very 
handsome  house  he  built  about  1820.  He  married  (1st)  Lucy  Osborne, 
>)f  Chi'storiield  County  and  had  an  only  child,  Osborne  Webb,  who  died 
May  4,  1820,  aged  16.  Conrad  Webb  married  (2d)  Georgiana  Braxton, 
granddaughter  of  the  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence;  but  had 
no  issue. 

(15)  Henry'  Webb,  married  Susan,  daughtei  of  Dr.  Thomas  Gordan, 
of  Tappahannock,  Va. 

Issue: 

(25)     Gordon^,  of  "Hampstead,"   who  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Col.  Randoljjh  Harrison,  of  Williamsburg,  Va.,  and  had 
two  daughter;  (26)  Alexander^,  and  others. 
(14)     Major  John  Shore'  Webo,  married ,  and  died  at  "Hamp- 
stead" May  4,  1,820. 


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Issue:  ■•  ■■    -"•-' ■■         '•■■--        •  ■■        •■ 

(27)     John^,  removed  to  Alabama;   (28)  Conrad^,    removed    to 

Alabama,  married  Mrs.  Eliza  Read,  a  widow,  and  had  issue: 

(a)  John",  (1))  Tenny**,  (c)  ]Mrs.  (jeorge  Judkins^,  of  Wet- 

umpka,  Ala.,  (d)  Mrs.  J.  W.  Preston'',  of  Johnstown,  Pa., 

(e)  Daughter. 

One  of  the  other  sons  of  Foster  and  Sarah  (Shore)  Webb,  whose  name 

(from  the  partly  illegible  record  in  the  Bible)  was  not  given,  was  Dr. 

Samuel  Wel:)b,  who  tlird  unmarried. 

(To  !)(•  Continued) 


TltK   GOKSUCH   .\ND    Lo\  Kl.ACE    F.XMIUES. 

(Continut-d) 
(By  J.  H.  P.,  Baltimon-,  Md.) 

Anna*  Goksdch  and  iue  Todd  Family  oi  Virginia  and  Maryland.* 

(Continued) 

8.  Thoinas«  Todd.  (Thon^as'^  Todd;  Anna\  John^  DanieP,  Will- 
iam' Ciorsueh).  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas^  Todd  and  Elizabeth 
Bernard,  and  the  third  of  the  name.  The  exact  date  of  his  birth  is  not 
known  but  appears  to  have  been  about  1680.  He  was  old  enoui^h  to  wit- 
ness a  Baltimore  Co.  deed  c.\:  cuted  by  his  father  October  9,  IGDo.  (Balto. 
Co.  Det  ds  R  M. :  H.  S. ;  479).  He  was  probably  sent  by  his  father  to  occupy 
th:'  Maryland  plantations  on  the  Patapsco  somewhere  about  the  year 
1710.  As  his  name  does  not  appear  among  the  taxables  in  the  lists  from 
1G99  to  1707,  tin;  only  lists  of  this  pjeriod  which  have  been  preserved,  he 
doubtless  came  into  Maryland  after  that  date.  He  appears  as  a  vestry- 
man of  St.  Paul's  parish  Baltimore  County  in  1711.  The  destruction  of 
the  vestry  records  of  this  parish  in  the  Baltimore  fire  a  few  years  ago, 
makes  it  impossible  to  determine  when  he  first  became  a  member  of  the 
vestry.  The  transcripts  of  the  Fulham  Palace  records  in  the  Library  of 
Congress  relating  to  the  church  in  the  colonies  (Fulham  Palace  MSS- 
Maryland  Box  No.  133)  show  that  Thomas'*  Todd  took  the  leading  part 
in  prosecuting  the  charges  against  the  notorious  William  Tibbs,  for  many 
years  rector  of  St.  Paul's,  who  in  numerous  ways  disgraced  the  church 
with  which  he  was  connected.  Mr.  Thomas  Todd,  September  7,  1714, 
brought  nine  charges  against  Tibbs  before  the  vestry  and  November 

*Correclions— Two  imj)ortant  errors  were  made  in  the  last  number  of 
the  Magazine  (Vol.  XXV;  p.  91(.  Anne"  Todd  (Thom.as^)  i.s  stated  to 
have  married  Mordnai  Cooke;  she  really  married  John  Cooke.  Eliza- 
beth'* Todd  (Thomas'*)  is  stated  to  have  married  George  Seaton;  she 
really  married  PP.  nry  .Seaton.  In  each  case  througli  a  clerical  error  the 
name  of  the  eldest  son  was  substituted  for  that  of  the  husband. 


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Kith  was  joined  by  John  Downe,  another  vestryman,  in  making  additional 
charges.  The  vestry,  February  loth  1714-15  petitioned  the  governor 
tu  liave  TibLs  removed.  This  petition  was  sij;ned  \)y  tiie  followins^  ves- 
trymen: Jt.ihn  13owne,  Jno.  Wilhnott,  Junr.,  TIkjs.  Todd,  Junr.,  l^eter 
Eond,  Jr.o.  Hillen  and  Jno.  Gill.  A  commission  composed  of  Henry  Hall 
of  St.  James,  Anne  Arvindel,  Thomas  Cockshutt  of  All  Saints,  Calvert, 
Joseph  Colbatch,  of  All  Hallows,  Anne  Arundel  and  Jacob  Henderson 
of  St.  Paul's,  Prince  George's,  four  clergymen  of  the  province,  was  ap- 
pointed  to  investigate  the  charges.  Tins  comm.ission,  while  finding 
Tibljs  guilty  of  mostof  the  charges,  reconmjended  that  he  be  retained 
after  being  admonished  to  mend  his  waj's,  and  .severely  censored  the 
n. ember.',  of  the  vestry,  especially  Thomas  Todd  for  "contempt  of  sacred 
and  civil  authority,"  on  the  ground  that  the  vestry  had  no  authority  to 
criticise  or  attempt  to  eject  their  spiritual  head.  As  a  matter  of  fact 
1  ibbs  rem.ained  rector  of  St.  Paul's  lor  several  years.  Doubtless  as  a 
ri  suit  of  this  episode  we  ftnd  Thomas'*  Todd  imm.ediately  afterwards 
taking  an  active  part  in  welcoming  a  Presbyterian  minister  to  the  Patap- 
sco.  The  Proceedings  of  the  Baltimore  County  Court  (Liber  1  S  No.  B: 
Gns  009)  cuntain  the  petition  of  Thomas"  Todd  at  the  March  1714-15 
term  which — "humbly  prays  that  his  house  may  be  licenced  for  a  Pres- 
byterian minister  to  preach  in,  which  petition  the  Justices — granted, 
provided  said  minister  qualifies  himself  by  taking  the  oaths  by  (?)  act 
of  assembly."  Thomas'*  Todd  died  almost  immediately  afterwards, 
his  will  dated  January  11th  1714-15  and  presented  in  court  June  3rd  1715, 
indicates  tliat  he  probably  died  late  in  May.  As  will  be  shown  later  his 
widow,  FJli;-.abeth,  married  Hugh  Conn,*  the  Presbyterian  minister  who 

*lhe  R(  \'.  Hugh  Conn,  the  Presbyterian  minister,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth, the  widow  of  Thomas^  Todd,  was  probably  asked  to  come  to  Balti- 
more County,  largely  on  account  of  the  general  disgust  of  the  more 
respectable  residents  with  the  performances  of  the  Rtv.  William  Tibbs, 
rector  of  St.  Paul's  Parish,  Patapsco  River,  who  for  many  years  dis- 
graced the  established  church  which  he  represented  here.  It  is  learned 
from  WelisLer's  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Chuich  in  America  (p.  351) 
that  Hugh  Conn  was  bom  in  Ireland  about  IGSo  and  graduated  at  the 
University  of  Glascow.  The  trade  from  th't  Patapsco  to  Great  Britain 
gave  rise  to  a  Presbyterian  congregation  in  Baltimore  County,  who  ap- 
plied to  the  London  merchants  for  a  minister.  In  response  to  this  call 
Hugh  Conn  came  over.  In  September  1715  Mr.  James  Gordon  presented 
a  call  for  him  from  the  people  of  Baltimore  County.  The  Presbytery 
approved  this  call  and  he  was  ordained  in  October,  and  installed  Pastor 
of  the  congregation  of  Patapsco  by  the  Rev.  James  Anderson,  of  New 
Castle,  George  Gillespie  of  White  Clay  Creek,  aiul  Daniel  McGill  of 
Bladensburg,  three  Scotchmen.  In  September  1711),  he  was  dismissed 
from  his  c-harge  on  account  of  "the  ])aucity  of  his  llock."  He  immediate- 
ly accepted  a  call  to  the  Bladoiish'ir:^  Church,  and  remained  there,  until 
his  death  in  1752.  We  have  already  shown  the  first  Presbyterian  ser- 
vices in  l:ialtimore  County  were  probably  held  early  in  1715  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Patapsco  at  the  house  of  Thomas"  Todd,  one  of  the  vestymcn 
of  St.  Paul's  Parish,  who  took  an  active  part  in  trying  to  secure  the  recall 
of  the  discredited  rector,  William  Tibbs.     Through  the  researches  of 


214  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE  " "" 

was  called  to  Baltimore  County  at  this  time,  and  who  will  be  referred 
to  more  fully  later.  It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  Thomas^  Todd's  son 
Thomas',  4th,  was  a  member  of  the  established  church. 

It  seems  certain  that  Thomas^  Todd  received  the  Patapsco  plantations 
by  gift  from  his  father  Thomas-'"',  as  he  wills  it  before  the  death  of  his 
father,  although  there  is  no  deed  on  record  conveying  them  to  him  or  to 
his  son  Thomas'^,  who  afterwards  possessed  them.  This  Thomas'^  Todd 
died  about  May  1715,  ten  years  previous  to  the  death  of  his  father  Thom- 
as5  Todd  of  Toddsbury,  who  died  January  16,  1728-5.  What  little  we 
know  of  Thomas'*  Todd,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  learned  largely  from 
his  will  which  was  probated  not  only  in  Maryland  but  also  in  Essex  Co. 
Virginia  where  he  also  owned  lands.  Thomas°  Todd  married  about  170G 
his  wife  Elizabeth,  as  his  eldest  child  Thomas  was  born  in  that  year. 
Her  family  name  is  not  known.  There  seems  no  question  that  he  man  ied 
her  in  Virginia.  The  fact  that  their  son  Thomas''  Todd  sold  June  18,  1734, 
a  tract  of  650  acres  in  Essex  which  "came  to  him  as  Iieir  at  law  of  his 
father"  for  the  nominal  sum  of  5  shillings  to  William  Roane  of  Essex, 
planter,  suggests  a  possible  connection  with  the  purchaser.  (.Essex  Deed 
Book;  20;  fol.  127).  In  this  deed  the  grantor  is  described  as  of  Baltimore 
County,  Maryland,  gentleman,  and  the  land  as  part  of  a  tract  of  5100  acres, 
patented  Oct.  4,  1625  and  again  Mar.  19,  1627  by  Mr.  Henry  Aubery  and 
as  bounding  on  Hoskms  Creek  and  the  lands  of  Gouldman,  the  widow 
Gordon  and  others.  The  land  conveyed  was  not  only  the  650  acres  but 
an  "equal  moiety  of  all  other  lands  included  in  the  aforementioned 
patent." 

The  following  abstract  is  from  the  will  of  "Thomas  Todd,  the  younger, 
of  Baltimore  County,  gentleman,"  dated  January  11,  1714-15,  presented 
in  court  June  3rd,  1715  and  probated  June  It,  1715  (Annapolis,  Md.  Wills 
14;  fol.  152;  and  Essex  Co.  Va.  D.  Bk.  fol.  392).  To  my  son  Thomas  Todd 
and  his  heirs  ail  my  lands  in  the  Neck  [Patapsco  Neck]  where  I  now  live 
below  the  head  of  Bare  Creek  and  the  heads  of  Back  River,  but  in  default 
of  heirs  then  to  my  son  Robert,  then  to  my  brother  William,  then  to  my 
brother  Philip,  then  to  my  brother  Christopher,  but  if  any  of  the  above 
have  refused  to  live  on  it  within  three  years,  except  he  be  under  21  years, 
then  to  the  next  male  heir  who  v/ill  live  on  it.  To  my  son  Robert  Todd 
and   his  heirs  the  tract  Shawan  Hunting  Ground,   1500  acres,   on  the 

Mr.  William  B.  Marye  the  actual  location  of  what  was  certainly  the 
first  Presbyterian  church  building  in  Baltimore  County  is  learned. 
August  Court,  1715:  "upon  the  petition  of  Hugh  Conn  a  presbyterian 
minister  that  a  house  lately  built  on  the  land  of  John  Frizell  on  the  south 
side  of  Patapsco  river  at  the  head  of  Curtis  Creek  may  be  recorded  for  a 
Presbyterian  Meeting  House  *  *  *  *  it  is  ordered  accordingly."  (Balto. 
Co.  Court  Proc.  Liber  G.  I^I.  folio  55).  The  obituary  notice  of  Plugh  Conn 
in  the  Maryland  Gazette  July  9,  1752  states  that  he  fell  dead  in  his  pulpit 
on  Sunday  the  2Sth,  while  preaching  to  his  congregation  in  Bladensburg, 
Prince  George's  County.  The  will  of  Hugh  Conn  recorded  at  Annapolis 
shows  that  he  left  a  large  family.  The  writer  has  made  no  effort  to  learn 
the  name  of  his  second  wife  or  to  trace  his  descendants. 


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draughts  of  the  Gunpowder  River.  My  lands  in  Virginia,  except  the 
tract  1  lived  on,  to  be  sold  within  ten  years  of  my  decease  and  the  pro- 
duce given  to  my  wife  and  children.  The  tract  that  I  lived  on  in  Virginia , 
to  be  held  of  him  that  my  father  shall  give  his  dwelling  plantation  in  the 
same  right,  on  condition  that  my  father  gives  what  personal  estate  he 
hath  in  Maryland  over  and  above  an  equal  part  of  his  estate  that  he 
p.jssesses  elsewhere,  to  me  or  my  heirs,  but  if  he  refuse,  the  tract  to  be 
Bold  and  the  produce  applied  as  above.  To  my  son  Thomas  all  my  rings, 
sword,  plate,  books  and  surveying  instruments.  To  Richard  Colgate 
and  Jami,s  Phillips  and  Jonathan  Hide  each  £I0  as  executors.  To  my 
brother  William  Todd  and  his  wife  Martha  each  a  ring  at  25  shillings. 
Refers  to  a  joint  account  with  Henry  Offley  on  a  cargo.  Mentions 
servants  and  slaves.  To  my  wife  and  children  the  remainder  of  my  es- 
tate. My  lather  at  any  time  he  wills  to  take  my  two  sons  Thomas  and 
Robert  and  do  with  them  as  he  wills.  E.xecutors  for  my  estate  in  Mary- 
land, Richard  Colgate,  James  Phillips,  and  my  wife;  for  my  estate  in  Vir- 
ginia and  the  settlement  of  my  accounts  in  England  "my  bror's  William 
Todd  and  Jonathan  Hide."  Witnesses  Richard  Ruppe,  Paul  Philpotts 
and  Jacob  Bull. 

His  "living  plantation"  on  Patapsco  Neck,  which  Thomas^  Todd  left 
to  his  son  Thomas",  meant  the  tracts.  North  Point,  Denton  and  Old  Road 
later  apparently  together  known  as  "North  Point."  vShawan  Hunting 
Grounds  afterwards  known  simply  as  Shawan,  located  about  15  miles 
north  of  Baltimore  on  the  Shawan  Cabin  Branch  of  the  Gunpowder  and 
left  to  his  son  Robert'',  also  passed  into  the  hands  of  Thomas^  as  the  heir 
of  Robert^,  who  died  in  childhood.  The  name  Shawan  was  a  not  un- 
common contraction  ot  Shawanee.  As  there  is  no  known  copy  of  Thomas^ 
Todd's  v.'ill  in  existence,  nor  any  Virginia  deed,  whether  the  father  took 
advantage  of  the  offer  of  exchange  provided  for  his  son's  will  or  if  he  did, 
to  which  of  his  several  sons,  the  plantation  of  the  younger  Thomas'* 
in  Virginia  passed,  is  not  certainly  kncnvn.  Whether  the  land  in  Essex 
sold  1734  by  Thomas'  Todd  4th,  of  Baltimore  County  to  William  Roane 
of  Essex  for  o  shillings,  was  the  plantation  referred  to  in  Thomas'^  Todd's 
will  is  not  known,  (see  Thomas^,  post).  It  would  also  be  interesting  to 
know  with  certainty  whether  Thomas^  took  his  two  grandsons  Thomas' 
and  Robert^  to  live  with  him  in  Virginia  as  he  was  empowered  to  do  under 
their  father's  will.  As  their  mother  Elizabeth  remarried  almost  im- 
mediately after  her  husband's  death,  and  died  herself  shortly  afterwards, 
it  seems  quite  probable  that  he  did  take  the  two  grandsons  and  their 
sister  Frances''  to  Toddsbury,  especially  as  Thomas'',  the  elder  of  the 
two  boys,  married  a  Virginia  girl  as  his  first  wife.  Jonathan  Hide,  ap- 
{;ointcd  one  of  Thomas^  Todd's  Virginia  executors  and  referred  to  as  his 
"brother,"  lived  in  Middlesex  County,  Va.  His  will  dated  Dec.  15,  1718 
and  proved  Mar.  3,  1718-19  shows  that  he  had  married  a  sister,  unnamed, 

of  Thomas"  Todd,  and  that  she  was  then  dead  (see (Todd)  Hide, 

post). 


216  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

A  prolonged  dispute  arose  in  connection  with  the  settlement  of  Thomas« 
Todd's  estate  as  a  result  of  the  widow's  remarriage  to  the  Rev    Hu"h 
Conn.     Richard  Colegatc  and  James  Phillips,  the  Maryland  txecuLors 
III  the  tmie  of  filing  the  will  June  3,  1715,  by  direction  of  the  widow,  en- 
tered her  renunciation  of  the  personal  estate  left  her  and  made  demand 
t.)r  her  thirds.     (Test.  Proc.  22;  4G4).     Phillips  and  Cole^ate  resi  'ned 
Nov.  o,  1715  as  executors,  but  the  latter  July  21,  1716  consented  to  be 
pn;3ent  at  the  appraisal  and  to  make  an  inventory  "for  the  sake  of  the 
children."     (Balto.  Wills;  1,  23()j.     The  widow  remarried  a  few  months 
atl.T  her  husband's  death,  probably  betorc  tlie  end  of  the  year  1715.     The 
I:sm:x  County  Virginia  Order  Book  shown  that  Sep.  23,  1715.  Elizabeth 
'i>'dd,  the  executrix,  presented  the  \\ill  of  'i'homas  Todd  which  was  or- 
<l  £1(1  recorded,  and  that  she  filed  a  bond  with  William  Todd  of  King 
and  Queen,  and  Jonathan  Hide  of  Gloucester  her  sureties.     The  Essex 
Order  Book  also  shows  that  soon  afterwards  a  suit  of  Elizabeth  the  widow 
and  administratrix  of  Thomas  Todd  against  William  Compton  was  dis- 
contmued  (O.  Bk.  5.  fol.  6).     Elizabeth  Conn,  the  executrix  of  Thomas 
1  odd  jur,  July  9,  171(;  filed  her  administration  bond  for  £2000  with  I^oct 
Patt.  Hepburn  and  Doct.  Jn.  Rattenbury  her  sureties;  and  Nov.  13,  1710 
she  filed  an  inventory  of  her  husband's  estate.     (Md.  Test    Proc    '^3- 
01  &  76).     June  3,  1718  Hugh  Conn  "who  married  the  executrix  of  Thonms 
1  odd"  filed  an  account  (idrm  194).     It  is  known  that  his  wife  was  then 
dead.     William  Todd  Oct.  12.  1719  files  his  testamentory  bond  as  executor 
of  Thomas  Tood  with  James  Phillips  and  John  Cromwell  his  sureties  and 
an  mventory  Sept.  0,  1720  (idem  24;  92  &  2i5).     Again  March  1720-1,  ap- 
praisers  of  the  estate  of  Thomas  Tood  were  appointed,  and  Dec.  10,  1722 
another  inventory  totaling  £792;  10;  3  was  filed  (idem  24;  321    26-  S"") 
Hugh  Conn  of  Baltimore  County  Feb.  2,  1722-3  in  the  Prerogative  Court 
prayed  a  citation  against  William  Todd,  administrator  de  bonis  non  of 
Thomas  Todd,  Jr.  and  April  1723  William  Bueknall  [Buckner]  was  entered 
as  attorney  for  William  Todd.     A  commission  was  is.sued  June  1 1  to  Major 
George   Brackston.   Mes.ses  Joseph   Smith,   John  Madison   and   James 
W  oddall  of  King  and  Queen  County,  Virginia  to  take  William  Tudd's  oath 
to  his  answer  (idem  20.  102,  1.30,  154).     In  reply  William  Todd  under  date 
of  June  9.  1724  states  that  he  is  a  resident  of  Virginia,  that  after  hi.s 
i-rother's  death  the  care  of  the  estate  was  committed  to  James   Phillips 
and  Richard  Colegate  both  now  deceased,  and  since  their  death  to  Will- 
iam Buckner,  and  that  Conn  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  died  soon  after 
h  ^r    marriage,    had   mismanaged    the   estate.     He   further   states    that 
Thomas  Todd  had  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  three  children.  Frances,  Thomas, 
:'-rul  Robert,  and  that  Robert  die.l  an  infant  at  seven  years.     Hugh  Conii 
filed  a  very  voluminous  complaint  May  17,  1727  against  William  Todd, 
executor,  in  which  he  demanded  an  accounting  of  the  one  third  portion 
of  the  estate  to  which  his  wife  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Todd  was 
entitled.     He  states  that  liis  wife  is  now  dead  and  that  as  one  of  her  heirs 
he  ,s  entilh  d  to  an  aeeounl  i„;r,  as  he  believes  that  Todd's  personal  estate 


'/Ah  GENEALOGY.  ,:  ,r'.ar.»j«-  217 

is  in  excess  of  £792  shown  by  the  inventory.  The  Court  decided  that 
William  Todd  must  rxiake  a  small  settlcnient  with  Conn,  but  in  1730  we 
tind  Conn  a'^ain  p^'titioning  the  Court  to  enforce  a  settlement,  (idem 
28;  2-10).  There  is  on  file  in  Essex  County,  Virj^inia,  a  power  of  attor- 
ney executtd  July  25,  1718  by  Thomas  Todd  of  Gloucester,  appointinj.^ 
Robert  Beverley  to  act  on  his  behalf  as  administrator  of  the  estate  of  his 
son,  Thomas  Todd  of  Baltimore  County,  deceased,  in  any  of  the  courts 
of  Virginia  or  Maryland. 

By  her  second  husband,  Hugh  Conn*,  Elizabeth  the  widow  of  Thomas" 
Todd,  appears  to  have  had  but  one  child,  a  daughter,  died  in  infancy  in 
1717,  the  mother  dying  about  the  same  time.  The  old  Todd  grave-yard 
at  North  I'oint,  Palapsco  Neck,  contains  a  tombstone  bearing  the  in- 
scription: H(  re  lyeth  the  Body  of  Elizabeth  Conn  late  wife  of  Hugh  Conn 

who  deparlt  d  this  life — —1717  in  ye  27th  year  of  her  Age Daughter 

E— — Conn this  life 22 1  year  and  12  days.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion that  taking  her  infant  with  her  to  visit  her  parents  in  England,  they 
both  died  on  the  return  passage  when  almost  in  sight  of  home,  and  that 
their  bodii  s  were  landed  and  buried  in  the  Todd  graveyard  (Ridgeley's 
Historic  Gruves  of  Maryland,  etc.,  1908;  114-5).  If  there  is  any  basis 
for  the  story  at  all,  it  seems  much  more  probable  that  she  had  been  on  a 
visit  to  her  Virginia  home. 

Children  of  Thomas^  Todd  (Thomas-^)  and  his  wife  Elizabeth. 

i.  Thomas^  Todd  (Thomas^,  Thomas^).  Born  1706*.  He  was  the 
fourth  of  the  name.  He  inherited  the  North  Point  planta- 
tions under  the  will  of  his  father,  and  lived  there.  He  was  a 
justice  of  Baltimore  County,  1733-1738,  and  when  appointed 
is  referred  to  as  "Capt.  Thomas  Todd"  (Commission  Book; 
Md.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.)  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners,  to- 
gether with  Capt.  Thomas  Sheredine,  Capt.  Robert  North 
[who  married  his  aunt  Frances^  Todd],  Mr.  Jolin  Cockey  and 
Capt.  Jolin  Boreing,  appointed  by  the  Assembly  July  1732, 
to  lay  out  Jones's  Town  or  Old  Town  as  it  is  commonly 
called, afterwards  incorporated  with  Baltimore  Town.  (First 
Records  of  Baltimore  Town  and  Jones's  Town  1729-1797; 
Balto.  1095;  10-11).  He  was  appointed  Aug.  27, 1735,  Captain 
of  the  Foot,  Lower  Patapsco  Hundred,  Baltimore  County 
(Balto.  Deeds.  H  WSno.  M,  313).  Mention  has  already  been 
made  of  the  fact  that  June  IS,  1734  this  Thomas''  Todd  con- 
veyed 650  acres  in  Essex  County  Virginia  to  William  Roane  of 
Essex  which  had  come  to  him  as  the  heir  at  law  of  his  father 
(see  Thomas^  Todd  ante).  He  married  twice.  His  first 
wife  was  Lettice  Thacker,  the  daughter  of  Henry  Thacker 
of  Middlesex  County,  Virginia.  Their  marriage  June  7, 
1728,  is  recorded  in  the  register  of  Christ  Church,  Middlesex 
(Parish  Register  of  Christ  Church,  Middlesex  Co.  Va.;  1807; 


218  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE.        '^'* 

p.  166).  The  same  register  records  the  birth  February  2(>Lh 
A   1.  1704-5  of  Lettice  Thacker,  daughter  of  Henry  Thacker  of 

r  Middlesex   County  and   his  wife   Elizabeth   (idem   p.   73). 

Henry  Thacker  was  High  Sheriff  of  Middlesex,  1703,  and 
.   •'  Justice    1706.     (Haydcn's    Virginia    Genealogies:    p.   236). 

;  '  There  is  on  record  in  King  George  County,  Virginia  a  deed 

dated  1728  from  Thomas  Todd  of  Baltimore  County  and 
/',4.  Lettice  his  wife,  conveying  to  Col.  Nicholos  Smith,  of  King 

George  County,  112  acres  which  said  Lettice  had  inherited 
i  from  her  father  (W.  M.  Gary  MSB:  Va.  Hist.  Soc).     The 

1  register  ot  St.  Paul's  Chtirch,  Baltimore  contains  this  entry: 

"Lettes  wife  of  Thos.  Todd  at  North  Point  deTjartcd  this 

this  life  June  10,  1730."  By  his  first  wife  Thomas^  Todd 
i,  appears  to  have  had  only  one  child,  Lattice**,  whose  birth 

V:'  June  4th  1730  is  recorded  at  St.  Paul's.     As  she  is  not  men- 

*  tioned  in  her  father's  will  (1738)  and  as  her  mother  died  a 

few  days  after  her  birth,   she  doubtless  died   in  infancy. 

Capt.    Thomas''    Todd,    3d,    married    secondly    Eleanor, 

daughter  of  Caleb  Dorsey  of  Baltimore  County. 

*The  date  1706  of  Thomas  Todd's  birth  is  taken  from  the  notes  of  the 
late  Dr.  Christopher  Johnson.  As  he  married  172S,  this  date  is  probably 
correct. 


Thomas^  Todd  died  between  December  9,  173S,  the  date  of  his 
vv'ill  and  April  2,  1739,  the  date  of  probate  (Balto.  Wills  1; 
304).  He  divided  his  personal  estate  between  his  only  son 
Thomas  and  his  four  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Eleanor,  Frances 
and  Mary.  To  his  youngest  daughter  Mary  he  left  the  four 
tracts,  Todd's  Industry,  Thirles  [Thurrell's]  Neck,  Cucold's 
Point  and  Todd's  [Hooper's  or  Hart]  Island,  while  he  di- 
vided his  tract  Shawan  Hunting  Ground  on  the  headwaters 
of  Gunpowder  Falls  among  his  other  three  daughters.  His 
executors  were  his  wife  Eleanor,  Bazell  Dorsey  and  Caleb 
Dorsey,  Jr.  His  principal  plantations  North  Point,  Denton 
and  Old  Road  on  Patapsco  iNeck,  together  known  as  North 
Poinf*  in  regard  to  which  he  died  intestate,  of  course  passed 
to  his  son  Thomas**.  His  estate  appraised  June  23,  1739  was 
valued  at  £1874:  14:  0;  and  the  executors  state  that  "they 
know  no  other  relations  the  deceased  hath  in  the  Province 
except  Robert  North  who  signed  the  inventory"  (Balto. 
Inv.;  5;  313).  Another  inventory  dated  Aug.  4,  1741  was 
signed  "Elenor  Linch  [Lynch]  late  Elenor  Todd"  (idem;  6; 
300).  His  widow  Eleanor  married  secondly  Sept.  6,  1740 
William  Lynch  of  Baltimore  County  (St.  Paul's  Balto. 
Register)  by  whom  she  also  left  is.sue  (idem  q.  v.)     By  his 


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second  wife  Eleanor  Dorsey,  he  had  issue,  as  shown  by  his 
will,  one  son  Thomas  Todd'^  and  four  dau!;hlers,  Elizabeth^, 
Eleanor^,  Frances^  and  iVIary**,  although  the  St.  Paul's 
Register  gives  only  the  birth  record  of  Thomas^  and  Eliza- 
beth^. It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  the  descendants  oi 
Thomas'"  Todd  and  his  wife  Eleanor  Dorsey  bearing  the 
name  Todd,  still  (1917)  own  and  occupy  the  Patapsco  Neek 
plantation.  North  Point,  making  a  continuous  occupancy 
of  over  two  hundred  and  fifty  years.  The  will  of  Elinor 
I.ynch  dated  July  23,  1760  and  proved  Oct.  IG,  17G0  mentions 
her  son  Thomas  Todd,  and  her  daughters  Elizabeth  Crom- 
well, Elinor  Ensor,  Frances  Risteau  and  Mary  Worthington, 
as  well  as  her  sons  William  and  James  Lynch  and  her  daugh- 
ters Sarah,  Deborah,  Kelly,  Sinah,  and  Anne  Lynch  (Balto. 
Wills).  There  are  on  record  deeds  of  partition  of  Shawan 
Hunting  Ground  between  the  daughters  Elizabeth,  Eleanor 
and  Francis,  dated  1757,  showing  that  they  had  married 
respectively  John  Cromwell,  John  Ensor  and  George  Risteau 
(Balto.  Deeds;  B.  no.  G.,  93-4). 
Issue  of  Thomas^  Todd  (Thomas^,  Thomas^)  and  his  1st  wife  Lettice 
Thacker. 

(1)  Lettice**  Todd  (Thomas'^,  Thomas«,  Thomas^).     Born  Feb. 

2Gth  1704-5.     Apparently  died  in  infancy. 
Issue  of  Thomas"  Todd  (Thomas**,  Thomas^)  and  his  2nd  wife  Eleanor 
Dorsey. 

(2)  L^homa.s**  Todd  (Thomas7,Thomase,ThomasS).     The  fifth 

of  the  name.  Born  Nov.  27, 1738  (St.  Paul's  Reg.).  Died 
Sept.  1,  179S.  Married  Sarah  daughter  of  Robert  Wilkin- 
son of  Baltimore  County.  Lived  at  North  Point.  Left 
seveial  children.  The  present  owner  of  the  North  Point 
plantation,  Thomas  Todd,  is  a  direct  descendant. 

(3)  Elizabeth^  Todd   (Thomas^,  Thoma.s",  Thomas^).     Borii 

Dec.  13,  1732  (St.  Paul's  Balto.  Reg.).  Married  John 
Cromwell  of  Anne  Arundel  County.     Left  issue. 

(4)  Elinor**  Todd  (Thomas'^,  Thomas*"',   Thomas''^).     Marrieci 

Mar.  G,  1753  John  Ensor,  Jr.  of  Baltimore  County  (St. 
Paul's  Reg.).     Left  issue. 

(5)  Frances**  Todd  (Thomas^,  Thomas",  Thomas^).     Married 

Aug.  17,  1759  George  Risteau  of  Baltimore  County.     Left 
issue. 
(G)     Mary**   Todd    (Thomas^,   Thomas*^,   Thomas'*).     Married 
John  Worthington  son  of  William  and  Hannah  (Cromwell) 
Worthington.     Left  issue. 
ii.     Robert''   Todd    (Thomas*^,   Thomas'^).     Died   aged   7  years, 
sometime  prior  to  1724.     (Test.  Proc.  28;  2-10). 


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220  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

iii.  Frances''  Todd  (Thomas",  Thomas^).  Probably  bom 
about  1710.  Living  1724  (Test.  PrGC.2S;  2-10).  vSubscquent 
history  unknown. 

*PhiIip  Jones  and  John  Rattenbury,  who  had  been  appointed  to  look 
into  the  condition  of  the  North  Point  Plantation,  reported  to  the  March, 
17-13,  Court  that  the  buildings  were  then  in  bad  condition,  and  a  similar 
report  was  made  by  Henry  Say  tor  and  Nicholas  Kaile  in  regard  to 
vShawan  Hunting  Grounds  to  the  June,  1744:,  Court  (Balto.  Co.  Court 
Proc.  1743;  fols.  1G7  &  231.) 

5.  Richard"  Todd  (Thomas^  Todd;  Anna^,  John^,  Daniel-,  William* . 
Ciursuch).  He  was  apparently  the  second  son  of  Thomas^  Todd  and 
filizabeth  Bernard,  if  the  order  given  in  the  Fontaine  IMSS  is  correct. 
Richard  Todd  married.  The  name  of  his  wife  has  not  been  learned. 
Richard  Todd  and  Christ.  Todd  appear  as  witnesses  of  a  power  of  attor- 
ney recorded  in  Essex  from  [their  father]  Thomas  Todd  to  Robert  Bever- 
ley, dated  July  25,  1718  in  Gloucester,  appointing  Beverley  to  act  as  ad- 
nanistrator  of  Todd's  son  Thom.as  Todd's  estate  in  Maryland  or  Virginia. 
The  following  reference  to  his  father's  will,  1722-3,  from  Heruiing's 
Slatutes  may  indicate  that  he  was  survived  by  his  father.  This  is  found 
in  an  act  of  Februrary  1745  of  the  Virginia  Assembly,  breaking  the  en- 
t:iil  of  certain  lands,  lying  near  the  North  River  Bridge  containing  GOO 
acres,  left  under  the  will  of  Thomas  Todd  late  of  the  County  of  Glou- 
cester, gentleman,  dated  March  4,  1722-3  to  his  grandson  Bernard,  the 
son  of  Richard  Todd,  with  a  contingent  reversion  to  his  grandson  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Richard,  and  then  to  the  next  son  of  Richard's  right  line;  in 
default  of  heirs  of  his  son  Richard,  the  lands  to  pass  to  the  male  heirs 
of  his  son  William,  then  to  the  male  heirs  of  his  son  Philip,  and  then 
to  the  male  heirs  of  .his  son  Christopher.  The  Act  goes  on  to  recite 
that  sometime  after  the  testator,  Thomas  Todd,  died,  his  grandsons 
Bernard  and  William  died  without  issue,  and  that  the  land  then 
passed  under  the  terms  of  the  will  to  Thomas  Todd,  the  eldest  son 
and  heir  at  law  of  the  testator's  [i.  e.  Thomas^]  son  of  William.  (Hen- 
ning's  Va.  Stat.  5;  395).  This  Act  to  which  further  reference  will  be 
made  later  (see  William"  post)  would  rather  indicate  that  Richard" 
Todd,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  probably  dead  when  his  father 
Thomas^  made  his  will  in  1722-3  and  definitely  proves  that  all  of  Richard's 
male  descendants  had  died  prior  to  1745  the  date  of  the  Act,  but  leaves 
us  in  doubt  as  to  whether  Richard  may  not  have  left  one  or  more  daugh- 
ters. 

Children  of  Richard"  Todd  (Thomas^). 

i.  Bernard^  (Richard",  Thomas'^)  Todd  died  prior  to  1742  ap- 
Iiarcntly  without  issue,  certainly  without  male  issue.  A 
p^  tition  to  the  House  of  Burgesses,  May  28,  17G2  shows  that 
Bernard'^  Todd  was  then  dead  (Jour.  House  Burgesses-Va. 
7,41). 


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ii.  William^  (Richard",  Thomas'"'')  Todd  died  prior  Lo  1742  ap- 
1  arciitly  without  i.ssiu-,  certainly  witliuut  male  issue,  (sei- 
Hernard^  Todd,  ante). 

6.  William''  Todd  (Thomas^  Todd;  Anna^,  John-*,  Daniel-,  William^ 
(iorsuch).  He  was  apparently  the  third  son  of  Thomas^  Todd  and  Eliza- 
beth Bernard  Trom  the  order  in  which  he  is  named  in  an  act  breakinj.^  the 
entail  of  lands  left  to  the  heirs  of  his  father,  Thomas^  Todd,  is  correct, 
ffe  was  probably  born  about  the  year  1CS5.  He  lived  in  King  and  Queen 
(  ounty,  app;i;i  ntly  at  Falmouth  on  the  north  side  of  the  Rappahannock. 
V/illi:un  Tod  i,  June  9th,  1730,  protested  against  a  bill  introduced  in  the 
Virginia  House  of  Burgesses  to  establish  a  town  on  his  land  at  Falmouth 
and  appears  to  have  been  successful  in  preventing  its  passage  (Jour. 
House  Burgcsses-Va.;  6;  72).  From  a  casual  mention  of  him  February 
Gih  1/27  it  is  known  that  he  was  then  a  Justice  of  King  and  Queen  County 
(idem  0;  9).  Ife  is  described  in  a  Spotsylvania  County  deed,  1743  (Croz- 
icr's  V'a.  County  Rec.-Spotsylvania  Co.;  162),  and  in  the  will  of  his  son 
ill  law,  'Jhoiiias  Edmundson,  1757,  as  "Col.  William  Todd"  (see  post). 
I^rec^uent  reK  renees  have  already  been  made  to  William''  Todd  in  con- 
i:ection  with  tlie  settlement  of  his  brother  Thomas"  'i'udd's  estate  (see 
Thomas*'  anle).  Fie  married  apparently  in  1709,  Martha  the  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Vicaris  of  Gloucester  County.  He  died  between 
September  10th  1736,  the  date  of  a  petition  by  him  to  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses in  re;.;ard  to  his  Falmouth  warehouses,  and  June  7th  17-10  when 
[his  widow]  Martha  Todd  is  referred  to  as  the  projirietor  of  these  ware- 
houses (Jou,  .  House  of  Burg.-Va.  6;  295,  421,  425).  No  copy  of  his  will, 
which  we  it  urn  from  an  Act  of  the  Virginia  Assembly,  October,  1764  (sf  e 
ijosl ),  was  dated  January  12lh  1736,  is  in  e.xistence.  His  widow  was  living 
January  2-'.rd  174S,  when  as  Martha  Todd,  widow,  of  King  and  Queen 
Coi\nty,  she  et)nveys  land  in  King  George  County,  patented  April  10, 
1678  by  her  lather,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Vicaris  of  Gloucester,  and  devised 
to  her  when  an  infant  by  her  father  The  names  of  certain  of  the  child- 
ren of  Col.  William-^  Todd  and  his  wife,  Martha,  are  learned  from  several 
acts  jjassed  I>y  the  Virginia  Assembly  lireaking  the  entail  of  various 
tracts  of  land  in  his  descendants,  to  permit  of  the  purchase  of  additional 
slav(  s  to  work  various  other  entailed  estates.  The  possibility  of  there 
being  other  children  than  those  mentioned  in  thesi'  several  acts,  will  be 
discussed  )at(  r. 

So  much  <o, .fusion  exists  as  to  the  descendants  of  Col.  William^  Todd, 
and  so  much  which  is  probably  incorrect  has  been  written  in  regard  to 
them,  it  ;;e.  ins  desirable  to  [>resent  here  all  the  established  evidence 
which  has  any  bearing  ujjon  his  line  and  then  to  mention  certain  family 
traditions  of  descent,  which  bear  the  earmnrks  of  truth.  One  sourci^  i,{ 
error  and  coiifusion  is  due  to  the  fact  that  thi're  was  another  individual 
bearing  the  name  of  William  Todd*,  aj^parently  unrelated  to  the  Todd 
family  which  here  concerns  us,  living  in  King  and  Queen  County  at  the 


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222  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

end  of  the  seventeenth  century,  who  also  left  descendants,  which  havt; 
ai)j)arcnily  in  sonie  instanct  s  been  confused  with  the  descendants  of  the 
subject  t;f  ihis  sk'.-teh. 

♦Reference  has  already  been  made  by  the  writer  (ante  24;  427)  to  a 
William  Todd,  apparentl}'  of  Gloucester  County,  living  May  7,  1G6G,  who 
died  prior  to  September  1,  1G74  leaving  at  least  one  son,  Robert,  and  who 
does  not  a])pear  to  be  related  to  the  Todd  family  with  which  we  are  con- 
cerned. It  is  learned  from  the  Kini;:  and  t^)ueen  County  land  patents  that 
a  William  Todd  who  patented  lands  there  in  1G91  and  1G93,  died  prior 
to  ]G9j  leavinsj  issue.  Although  this  William  Todd  cannot  be  identified 
with  certainty,  it  seems  more  than  possible  that  he  was  the  son  of  Will- 
iam and  the  brother  of  the  Robert  Todd  just  mentioned.  The  ICing  and 
Queen  land  patents  are  as  follows:  (1)  Mr.  William  Todd,  patented  Oct- 
ober 20,  1G91,  1278  acres  in  King  and  Queen  County,  land  formerly  granted 
to  Stephen  Berbridge,  April  23,  IGSS,  and  by  him  deserted  and  now  grant- 
ed to  William  Todd.  (2)  William  Todd  patented  April  29,  1G93,  400 
acres  in  Stratton  Major  Parish,  King  and  Queen,  adjoining  Davis  Brain's 
old  line  on  the  Pianketank  Swamp,  formerly  granted  to  George  Berge 
and  by  him  deserted,  then  granted  to  Henry  Waring  and  by  him  deserted 
and  now  granted  to  William  Todd.  (3)  Margaret  and  Frances  Todd 
orphans  of  Mr.  William  Todd,  deceased,  patented  October  25,  1G95,  500 
acres  in  Stratton  M.ajor  Parish,  adjoming  Davis  Brain's  old  line  granted 
to  William  Todd,  April  29,  1G93.  (4)  Thomas  Todd,  October  29,  1696, 
333  acres  in  Stratton  IMajor  Parish  granted  to  John  Everitt  October  25, 
1694,  and  now  assigned  by  him  to  Thomas  Todd  and  now  patented  by  the 
latter  October  29,  1696.  It  would  appear  from  these  patents  that  this 
William  Todd  of  King  and  Queen  Coanty,  died  about  1694  or  1G95  and 
left  at  least  two  daughters,  Margaret  and  Frances.  Possibly,  Thomas 
Todd,  1695,  just  mentioned  was  also  a  child.  There  may  have  been  other 
children.  There  were  several  individuals  bearing  the  name  Todd  living 
in  Gloucester  and  in  King  and  Queen  during  the  early  part  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century  who  cannot  be  certainly  placed  among  the  descendants 
of  'I'homas^  Todd  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Bernard,  who  perhaps  should 
be  placed  here.  There  is  in  Orange  County  the  tomb  of  Mrs.  Jane  Scott, 
born  1G99  died  1731.  She  married  John  Seott  of  Orange  County  and  her 
descendants  state  that  she  was  a  daughter  of  William  Todd.  She  cer- 
tainly was  not  the  daughter  of  Maj.  William  Todd,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  Bernard  Todd,  as  Maj.  William  Todd  was  certainly  not  born 
until  1GS5  and  did  not  marry  until  about  1709.  It  is  at  least  possible 
that  Mrs.  Scott  was  the  granddaughter  of  that  William  Todd,  died  about 
1G94-1G95  who  belongs  somewhere  in  this  other  line. 
(To  be  Continued) 


BOOK    REVIEWS.     ;,;    .li     MAOA/i  22.S 


BOOK  REVIEWS. 


HisiokY  OF  Wkstern  Ohio  and  Auglaize  County  with  Illustrations 

AND  ]i((.'C.uApnic\L  Sketches  of  Pioneers  and  Prominent  Puijlk: 
Men.     By  C.  W.  Williamson,  Columbus,  Ohio.     Press  of  W.  M. 
Linn  a  Sons,  1905,  pp.  StiO. 
A  valuable  account  of  the  Indian  and  Pioneer  history  of  Western  Ohio 

precedes  a  model  county  history.     This  book  is  evidently  the  result  of 

long  and  thoruu'^h  investigation. 

Sally  C.\itv,  A  Long  Hidden  Romance  of  Washington's  Life.  By 
Wilson  Miles  Cauy.  With  Notes  by  Another  Hand.  Pri- 
vately Printed.  The  DeVinne  Press,  New  York,  1916,  pp.  101, 
with  a  portrait  of  Sally  (Cary)  Fairfa.x. 
The  book  i:>Vilector  or  library  receiving  a  copy  of  this  handsome  little 
volume  is  lucky.  Mr.  Cary,  unfortunately,  led  too  busy  a  life  to  pre- 
serve in  permanent  form  his  vast  ma.ss  of  infornialion  in  regard  to  Vir- 
j.ania's  past.  It  is  therefore  very  fitting  that  this  charming  account  of 
an  episode  iu  the  life  of  one  of  his  kinsfolk,  should  have  been  printed  as  a 
memorial  of  the  lamented  author.  Washington  has  ahvays  been  said  to 
have  been  thi  disappointed  lover  of  Mary  Cary;  but  the  author  gives  a 
new  view  and  says  the  object  of  Washington's  love  was  Sarah  Cary,  the 
wife  of  Geor;  e  William  Fairfax.  Except  in  words  the  affair  was,  uf 
course,  nicrdy  platonic.  There  is  ariiple  evidence  that  Washington 
ahvays  retained  a  v.arm  affection  for  Mrs.  Fairfax;  but  sometimes  men 
Tnake  flatteririg  speeches  to  pretty  married  women  without  being  actually 
at  all  in  love  It  is  presumptuous  however,  to  question  Mr.  Gary's 
opinion  about  matters  in  regard  to  which  he,  far  belter  than  any  one 
else,  was  capable  of  forming  an  accurate  judgment,  and  the  true  state  of 
the  case  must  be  left  to  the  ojiinion  ot  those  who  are  fortunate  enough  lu 
be  able  to  read  the  book. 

HisioRY  OF  ICE  Hume,  Kennedy  and  Brockman  Families.     In  Three 
Parts.     Ey   William   EverjlTt   Brockman,    Vv'ashington,    D.    C. 
191G,  pp.  272,  with  40  illustrations. 
This  bool:  is  a  work  of  immense  industry  and  will  be  of  interest  to  all 
persons  of  the  families  named.     The  account  of  the  Humes,  descended 
from  George  Hume  or  Home,  of  Weddeiburn,  who  came  to  Va.  in  1721  is 
very  full.     The  author  states  that  John  Hume,  ancestor,  of  many  per- 
sons named  in  the  account  is  only  "thought  to  be"  the  son  of  William 
Hume,  son  of  the  emigrant.     The  Kennedy  family  included,  begins  with 
several  brothers  livinn  in  Louisa  Co.,  Va.,  about  the  time  of  the  Rcvolu- 
lion      The  Brockman  line  in  America  is  begun  with  a  Henry  Brockman 


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224  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE. 

of  Maryland  (1674  &c.),  though  no  proof  is  given  for  the  identification 
with  Henry  Brockman  ol  Kent,  Enj^^land.  Nor  is  there  the  slightest 
proof  to  connect  this  Henry  Brockman  of  Md.,  with  his  alleged  cli^ildren 
vvlK.se  names  ar-.^  found  in  records  in  Willi  am  sburi?  (1C9G),  Spotsylvania 
(:<..  (1711)  and  King  and  Queen  (,17C2).  The  descendants  of  Samud 
brockman  are  well  worked  out. 

TuE  Teaching  of  Government.     Rei-ort  ro  the  American  Political 

Science  Association  by  the  Committee  ox  Instkvciion.     New 

York,  The  MacMillan  Company,  1910,  pp.  281. 

The  Committee,  composed  of  some  of  the  most  distinguished  American 

V-.:..    ;      teacheis,  was  appointed  in  1911  "to  consider  the  methods  of  teaching  and 

studying  government  now  pursued  in  American  schools,  colleges  and 

universities,   and  to  suggest  means  for  enlarging  and  improving  such 

j^,  instructions."     The  result  of  this  work  makes  a  book  which  should  be 

in  the  hands  of  all  teachers  of  the  .subject,  indeed,  makes  a  far  wider 

ap{>jal. 

CiROPE  IN  THE  Nineteenth  Century.  An  Outline  Hisiory.  By  E. 
Lipson,  M.  A.,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  Author  of  "An  In- 
troduction to  the  Economic  History  of  England,  Middle  Ages." 
With  eight  portraits  and  four  maps.  A.  &  C.  Black,  Ltd.,  4,  5  and 
6  Soho  Square,  London  W.  1010.  (The  MacMillan  Company.  Amer- 
'•■, :  ican  Agents),  pp.  298. 

The  author  has  discarded  the  traditional  method  of  writing  European 
History  from  the  standpoint  of  international  politics  in  favor  of  a  method 
of  treatment  which  gives  a  concise  and  connected  account— analytical 
raihei-  than  narrative— of  the  internal  devehjpement  of  the  chief  Euro- 
V,  ■  pean  states  after  the  fall   of  Napoleon.     Tliis  method   treated   in  the 

scholarly  way  it  is  here,  makes  a  book  of  unusual  value. 

The  Early  History  of  Cura,  1492-1580.  Written  from  Okginal 
Sources.  By  L.  A.  Wright.  New  York,  The  MacMillan  Com- 
pany, 1916,  pp.  390. 
"This  book  is  the  history  of  Cuba  from  its  discovery  bv  Columbus  in 
1192  through  the  year  15S6  when  Sir  Francis  Drake  in  sailing  along  the 
/.orth  shore  of  the  island  after  his  successful  raid  on  other  Spanish  settle- 
nicnts  of  the  West  Indies  closed  the  first  era  of  the  Colony's  history. 
The  author  has  drawn  her  material  largely  from  documents  in  the  Ar- 
chive of  the  Indies  at  Seville,  Spain,  where  she  has  found  wtll  preserved 
manuscripts  of  the  letters  and  reports  of  the  island's  governors,  of  her 
royal  officials,  of  her  Bishops  and  less^^r  clergy,  of  her  municipal  and 
ecclesiastical  councils,  of  her  distinguished  and  even  her  humbler  citi- 
icens.  These  important  papers  have  rarely  been  consulted  by  either 
.student  or  historian;  Miss  Wright's  work,  going  back  then  as  it  docs  to 
these  Sources,  is  possessed  of  a  very  special  value  and  significance." 


ul 


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■\  vr«Vf  vh  V'  Mr  \\\ 


Mot' 


Virginia  Magazine 

OF 

HISTORY  AND  BIOGRAPHY. 


Vol.  XXV.  July,  1917.  No.  3 


MINUTES   OF  THE   COUNCIL  AND   GENERAL  COURT 
1622-1629.*       .  , 


From  the  ori'nnals  in  the  Library  of  Con^Tess. 


(Continued.) 


''All  erasures  in  the  originals  are  here  printed  in  italics. 


[229.] 

¥*•  is  ordered  y'  Georg  Medcalf  shall  inioy  John  Dennis 
who  is  boimde  tmto  him  by  Indentures,  and  y'  he  shall  pay  to 
Mr  John  Mays  at  or  before  the  se\-en  and  twent'eth  daye  of 
tliis  present  moneth  of  ffebruar\'  one  hundred  and  twentie  jjound 
weight  of  the  best  merchantable  Tobacco  in  leafe  stript  or 
twelve  pound  iippon  the  hundred  allowance  for  ye  satis  *  *  * 
[letters  illegible]  to  Ijc  jjaid  at  James  C\'ttye  (subpoena)  of 
[or?]  to  forfeit  80  li.  of  Tobacco. 

Y^  is  ordered  y'  John  Webb,  John  Greene,  and  Wm.  ffoster 
shall  pay  each  of  them  twenty  li.  weight  of  the  Ijest  merchant- 
able Tobacco  (halfe  thereof  towards  those  things  y'  were  taken 
out  of  Edward  Nevells  Cabbin  And  the  other  halfe  t 'wards 
the  seacke  [sack]  y'  was  dranke  yere  owt.  And  whereas  the 
said  three  men  do  appeach  others  y'  is  ordered  they  shalbe 
examined  at  Elizabth  Cyttie  by  Capt.  Tucker  and  the  rest 
and  an  order  made  as  shall  appeare  by  proof. 


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226  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  f*l 

Thomas  Ramshee  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y  *  Mr  Westone 
was  owner  of  the  Sparrow  and  did  sett  her  out  at  his  charge 
from  London  to  Virginia  &  laded  divers  goodes  into  her. 
And  y'  Maunder  cam  as  purser  of  her,  and  this  deponent 
knoweth  of  no  goodes  y'  Maunder  had  in  the  shipp  of  his 
oune  beinge  a  very  poore  man  &  had  not,  as  Maunder  himselfe 
confest  to  this  deponent  m.oney  to  buy  himselfe  necessaries 
for  setting  himselfe  fourth  to  sea  but  y*  he  was  faine  to  borow 
of  the  said  Mr.  Weston. 

\^  is  ordered  y  ^  M  r.  John  Baynham  shall  bringe  the  accoumpts 
to  Mr.  Weston  and  deliver  unto  him  such  goodes  and  depts 
as  \  e  said  John  Baynham  by  order  from  Maunder  hath  received 
in  this  County,  And  y*  Mr.  Weston  shall  bringe  in  a  right 
hnentorie  of  all  ye  said  de])ts  and  goodes  by  ye  last  d'ye  of 
March  now  next  cumeinge  into  this  Courte. 


[230.] 
flfebruary  the  XXI IP''  1G25 

James  Blackbounie  sworne  and  examined  before  the  Go\'- 
ernor  sayeth  that  he  did  heere  Capt.  Warde  say  that  Chri.s- 
to])her  Baker  came  over  with  him  into  this  Countrey  to  ser\'e 
hirn  fower  yeeres.  And  this  deponent  uppon  his  knowledge 
deposeth  that  the  said  Christo]jher  Barker  hath  faithfully  and 
fully  served  Capt.  Warde  the  said  fower  yeeres. 
ffebruary  the  XX VIP''  1C25 

George   Allen(I)    sworn   and   examined  sayeth   y*   Thomas 

Bunthome  his  m'r  [master]  when  this  deponent  was  to  com 

u]jp  to  serve  Mr.  John  Woolrich,   bidd  this  deponent   (who 

then  was  greaved  with  the  fflux)  That  he  should  conceale  his 

sickness  from  "Mr.  Woolrich,  And  to  sett  a  good'  face  uppon 

The  matter  as  though  he  were  in  good  health,  and  further  this 

^P°^A.^^Z^i^  yl_^^  was  Jjrcivedjw 'th  J^  some  two 

(1)  The  name  of  George  Allen,  like  that  of  Christopher  Baker,  lust 
preceding,  does  not  appear  in  the  Census  of  1624-5,  though  they  seem  to 
have  been  livmg  m  Virginia  at  the  time.  Thomas  Dunthorne,  his  wife 
and  b  servants  were  then  living  at  Elizabeth  City.  The  name  of  John 
Woolrich  does  not  apjjcar  in  the  Census  though  he  evidently  lived  in  the 
Colony  at  that  tnne.  These  and  other  instances  which  have  been  <dven 
slu)\v  that  the  Census  is  not  quite  complete. 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  227 

months   before   Thomas   Dounthorne   his   m'r   sent   him  upp 
to  Mr.  Woolrich. 

March  ye  seconde  1625  '''' 

John  Tyus(2)  sworne  and  examined  before  the  Governor 
sayeth  that  he  harde  Mr.  Swyft  saye  that  Thomas  Haule 
sliould   keepe   the   two   ban-ells   of   come   w'ch   was   William  ,;• 

Bynckes  And  that  Mr.  Swyfte  said  y^  he  could  satisfie  William  j,,. 
Byncks  two  baiTells  of  corne  for  the  said  two  barrells  that  .  i 
Thomas  Haule  had. 

Thomas  Chambers  sworn  and  examined  the  same  tyme 
Ijy  the  Governor  sayeth  as  much  as  John  Tyus  foiTnely  saide 
&  to  the  same  effect. 


[231.] 
March  the  6th  1625 
Richard  Taylor(3)  sworne  and  examined  before  the  Governor 
sayeth    that  Joane   Vincent   should   reporte,    That   there   was 
iTowertecn  women  in  the  church  and   that  seven  of  them  were 

Thomas  Harris  his 

[The  same  witness  quotes  another  statement  by  Joan  Vincent 
chargin,;-  Thos.   Harris  with  an  offence  of  similar  kind.] 

(2)  Jojiu  Tyus  or  Tyos,  who  came  in  the  Bona  Nova  in  1020,  lived  at 
tlie  Treasurer's  Plantation,  James  Citv,  ni  lG2t-5.  Richard  Binks  and 
his  wife  Ann,  who  came  together  in  the  G:org-,  then  lived  at  the  Main, 
which  was  the  territory  on  the  mainland  immediately  behind  Jamestown 
Island.  IMiomas  Chambers,  age  24,  who  came  in  the  Southampton,  1(321 
was  one  of  Abraham  Perseys  servants  at  Per.sey's  Hundred  in  1624-5. 

(3)  Riciiard  Taylor,  age  50,  who  came  in  the  Mary  Margaret  in  Sept- 
temlwr  IGOS,  Dorothy  his  wife,  age  21,  who  came  in  the  London  Mtrchant, 
H)20,  Mary  their  child,  age  three  months,  and  a  servant,  Christopher 
Browne,  age  18,  who  came  in  the  Dutv  in  May  1G20,  lived  at  the  Neelc  of 
Land  m  Charles  City  1624-5.  The  place  was  the  present  Jones'  Neck 
not  far  irora  Henricopolis  (Dutch  Gap).  William  Vincent,  age  39,  who 
came  m  th.-  Mary  and  James,  and  Joanna  his  wife,  age  42,  also  lived  there. 
Thomas  Harris,  who  was  then  or  soon  afterwards  commamler  of  the 
plantation  there,  was  aged  38,  and  had  come  in  the  Prosperous  in  IGll 
and  his  wife  Adria,  aged  23,  who  had  come  in  the  Marmadiik:'  in  Nov. 
1G21,  were  also  a  neighboro  of  theabove.  He  was  long  a  man  of  prominence 
and  was  a  Burgess  in  1G23,  1639  and  1G47.  Sec  this  Magazine  IV,  248, 
249.  Joan  Vincent  was  one  of  the  foul-mouthed  viragos,  of  whom  other 
examples  have  occurred  in  these  minutes.  The  Church  was  that  at 
Henrico  or  Henricopolis,  now  Dutch  Gap. 


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[232.] 

A  Courte  heald  the  XIIP''  of  March  1625,  beinge  present 
S'r  ffrancis  Wyat,  Knyght,  Govenor  &c,  Capt.  ffrancis  West, 
Capt.  Smith  Mr.  WilHam  Cleyboume. 

Thomas  Bagwell(4)  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  That 
aljotit  January  1624  Ahen  Kemptone  came  to  this  deponent 
and  requested  him  to  speake  to  Richard  Peerce  y'  he  might  be 
discharged  from  him  for  the  Time  he  had  to  serve  him  and 
he  would  give  him  reasonable  satisfactione  for  y*  tyme.  And 
this  deponent  sp.oke  to  Richard  Peerce  about  it  and  Richard 
Peerce  was  contented  that  if  Allen  would  give  him  a  barrel! 
of  Corne  he  Vsould  discharge  him  for  tlie  Tyme  he  had  to  ser\-e 
him,  w'ch  barrell  of  corne  the  said  Allen  did  promise  lo  ])ay 
Richard  Peerce  in  Aprill  following. 

Jam.es  Playse  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  that  on  the  sea\-enth 
d  'ye  of  March  1625  Air.  Thomas  Allnut(5)  and  his  man  Roger 
Reades  beinge  in  the  neck  of  lande,  fell  in  question  in  w'ch 
numeth  Easter  fell  and  for  this  }cere  Mr.  Allnut  assuming  it 
v;as  in  March,  Roger  repl)'ing  it  was  not  &  after  many  rci^Iies 
]\lr.  Allnut  offered  to  lay  a  yeares  service  with  him,  w'ch 
Roger  accepted.  And  there  hinge  An  Axe  uppon  the  ground 
Mr.  Allnut  had  Roger  take  the  axe  saying  I  give  thee  this  axe 
as  a  co\enant  betwixt  us  and  this  boye  vidlt,  the  deponent, 
sl:.all  be  a  witness  to  the  bargaine,  w'ch  was  y'  if  Easter  fell 
out  in  March,  then  Roger  was  to  ser\'e  him  two  yeeres  and  a 
halfe,  w'ch  was  a  yeere  m^ore  than  his  tyme  and  if  not  in  March 
then  Mr.  Allnut  was  to  loose  a  yeeres  seivice,  whereuppon 
this  deponent  tooke  up  the  axe  and  gave  it  to  Rogers  hands 
and  asked  Mr.  Allnut  and  the  said  Roger  whether  they  were 
Contented,  they  said  yes. 

[233.] 

Roger  Roades  sworn  and  examined  affimieth  the  oath  Taken 
by  James  Playse  is  a  trew  oath,  and  y'  it  was  the  trevve  Bar- 
gaine  betwixt  Mr.  Allnut  and  him. 

^AV-  '^''^°'"''^  Bagwcfniwd~atTlTe^N«?iroIl::i^(r^i^e^ 

lvi^4-o.     Alk-n  Kniiston^,  who  came  in  the-  Margartt  &  Johti,  lived  at 

Pashbehayes,  a  short  di.stancc  above  Jamestown  1G21-5. 

(5)  Thomas  Alhuit,  who  came  in  llie  Gift  and  his  wife  wlio  came  in 
the  Muryguhl,  hved  at  James  City  1G24-5.  Ilis  servant  Roger  won  ihe 
1j(  t  and  Jus  year  of  freedom. 


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Richard  Perce  sworn  and  examined  sayeth  y'  John  Osborne 
was  to  paye  the  one  halfe  of  a  ban-ell  of  Corne  w'ch  he  had  of 
Allen  Kewstone  as  is  expressed  in  the  will  under  theire  handes 
and  scales. 

It  is  ordered  y'  John  Osborne (G)  shall  paye  Allen  Kewstone 
a  barrel  of  ears. 

It  is  ordered  y*  Richard.  Peerce  shall  paye  Allen  Kewstone 
a  l^arrell  of  ears  and  one  bushell  of  come  w'ch  barrell  of  ears 
w'ch  Allen  Kewstone  was  to  pay  Richard  Peerce  upon  an 
agreement  as  by  the  oath  of  Thomas  BagAvell  appeareth. 
And  tliat  Richard  Peerce  is  to  paye  a  hundred  pound  weight 
of  good  merchantable  Tobacco  i)r'sentlie  to  ye  said  Allen  Kew- 
stone w'ch  the  said  Richard  Peirce  confesseth  to  be  dewe. 
It  is  ordered  y'  Richard  Peerce  shall  pay  to  Doctor  Pott  one 
hundred  weight  of  good  merchantable  Tobacco  and  one  barrel 
and   two  boushells  of  corne  presently. 

Christopher  Reighnalls(7)  sworne  and  examined  sayeth 
that  he  did  see  and  read  Peter  Collins  Indentures  and  that  by 
y*  Indenture  he  was  bounde  to  serve  Mr.  Bennett  fower  years. 


1234.1         "'■""•;  ^  ' 

It  is  ordered  w'th  the  consent  of  Capt.  fifrancis  West  y' 
he  as  admiinistrator  of  Capt  Croshaw(8)  shall  pay  two  hundred 
weight  of  Tobacco  to  IMr  Gill  to  the  use  of  Mr  William  Coun- 
stable,  And  that  Robert  Wright  shall  pay  one  hundred  and 
fyfteene  weight  of  Tobacco  to  Mr  Gill  for  the  use  of  Mr  Coun- 
stable  beinge  the  remainder  of  a  debt  dew  from  Cai)t.  Croshaw 
and  Robert  Wright  as  by  two  bills  p'duced  in  Court  by  iVIr 
Gill  appeareth. 

(6)  John  Osborne  and  Mary  his  wife  lived  at  James  City  l()24-5. 

(7)  Christopher  Reynolds  who  came  in  the  John  &  Francis,  1G"22,  was 
one  of  Edward  Bennett's  servants  at  Warrosquoiacke  1G24-5.  Peter 
Collins,  who  came  in  the  Adam,  1G21,  was  a  fellow  servant. 

(8)  Captain  Raleigh  Croshaw,  a  member  of  the  London  Company, 
had  been  a  very  prominent  man  in  the  Colony  from  his  arrival  in  IGOS. 
See  this  Magazine  I,  84.  This  order,  for  the  first  time,  gives  an  approxi- 
mate date  of  his  death. 


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Leonard  Moore  (9)  sworn  and  examined  sayeth  y*  before 
michellmas  last  was  twelve  month  John  Watson  bought  from 
Mr  Blayney  six  yardes  of  cloth  and  delivered  it  to  Mathcw 
Edlowe. 

Lieut.  Thomas  Osbome(lO)  sworn  and  examined  sayeth  that 
about  Christmas  last  was  Twelve  months  Mr  Bla3'ney 
being  at  Harihatox  caled  this  deponent  to  be  a  witness  y' 
he  discharged  Mathew  Edlowe  of  depts  and  reckonings  dew 
unto  him  from  ye  said  Tvlathew  Edlowe  having  no  pen  or  Inke 
to  Wright  him  a  discharge.  Whereas  William  Vincent  hath 
p 'cured  a  waiTant  against  Thomas  Harris  and  his  wiefe  and 
John  Chambers  as  a  wdtnes  who  have  accordinglie  appeared 
at  the  d'ye  required  And  William  Vincent  as  complaynante 
hath  not  appeared,  The  Courte  doth  order  that  Thomas  Harris 
and  his  wife  shalbe  discharged,  for  ye  warrantt,  And  y^  ye  said 
Wm  Vincent  shall  paye  to  each  of  them  thirtie  pound  weight 
of  Tobacco  in  lieu  of  their  charges  and  loss  of  tyme,  Vidlct : 
to  Tho.  Harris  his  wife  and  John  Chambers  each  of  them  thirtie 
pound  weight. 


[235.] 
A  Courte  held   the  XX *'^  day  of   March   1G25,   beinge  present 
S'r  llrancis  Wyatt  Knight,  Governor  &c,  Capt  ffrancis  West, 
Capt  Roger  Smith. 

John  Chew,  merchant,  sworne  and  examined  says  the  y'  the 
account  p'duced  by  him  in  Courte  between  him  and  Mr. 
Bolton(ll)  is  a  trewe  Accompt,  and  no  more. 

(9)  Leonard  Moore,  who  came  in  the  Bo7ia  Nova,  lived  at  the  College 
Land  (Henrico),  1G24-5.  John  Watson,  who  came  in  the  Willuini  te^ 
Thomas,  also  lived  here.  Edward  Blayney  was  appointed  to  the  Councli 
1()2(5. 

(10)  Lieut.  Thomas  Osborne  came  to  Virginia  in  November  1G19,  and 
settled  at  Coxendale  on  James  River  in  the  present  Chesterfield  County, 
(close  to  Hcnricopolis)  about  102.").  He  was  Commander  of  the  College 
Land  plantation  1G24-5,  and  afterwards  for  several  years  a  member  of 
the  House  of  Burgesses.  He  has  many  descendants.  See  this  Magazine 
IV,  247,248.  Harihatto.x  or  Harrihattocks  was  on  the  north  side  of  the 
river  extending  upwards  from  a  point  ojjposite  Henricopolis. 

(11)  Rev.  Francis  Bolton  came  to  Virginia  with  Governor  Wyatt, 
and  was  first  in  charge  of  the  church  at  Elizabeth  City;  but  in  1023, 
was  minister  of  the  Eastern  Shore.  Later  (Neill  says)  he  appears  to 
have  succeeded  Hawte  Wyatt  at  Jamestown;  but  as  the  record  shows 
he  was  also  minister  for  Warrosquoicoke,  where  Edward  Bennett'.^  plan- 
tation was  situated. 


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It  is  ordered  y*  Mr  Lodowick  Pearle  shall  paye  thirtene 
boushells  of  Indyan  come  beinge  a  remainder  for  those  Tithes 
dew  to  Ur.  Bolton  for  Mr  Bennett's,  Plantaccne  at  Wans 
Coke   two   years   past. 

It  is  ordered  y*  James  Larimore  havinge  referred  his  pe- 
ticone  to  this  Courte  shall  have  his  pass  to  goe  for  his  countree, 
The  rather  for  that  he  is  an  old  man  and  at  this  tyme  diseased. 
And  his  labor  decreased  whereby  he  may  rather  be  a  charge 
to  your  country  than  otherwise. 

It  is  ordered  y*  Randall  Holte(l2)  uppon  his  peticone  p'fered  in 
Courte  shall  serve  and  remain  with  Doctor  Pott  his  m'r  until 
Christmas  next— com  twelve  moneths.  And  the  Doctor  Pott 
his  m  'r  to  deliver  up  his  Indentures  and  make  him  free,  and  to 
gi\-e  him  one  suit  of  aparell  from  head  to  foote  and  three  bar- 
rells  of  corne. 


[23G.] 
A  Courte  held  the  XXVII'^  of  March   162G  beinge  pr'sent 
S'r  ffrancis  Wyatt,    Knyht,   Governor,   Capt.   ffrancis   West, 
Capt.  Rojer  Smith,  Capt.  Ralph  Hanor. 

Thomas  Bunn(13)  swome  and  examined  sayeth  that  about  the 
moneth  of  July  last  past  Mr  William  Atkin  beinge  sick  at  his 
howse  and  this  deponent  findinge  him  to  be  ver\'  wealce  and 
sick,  did  ask  him  how  he  meant  to  dispose  of  his  Estate,  To 
w'ch  Mr  Atkins  replied.  That  he  wold  lea\^e  all  that  he  had 
heere  in  Virginia  to  the  disposing  of  his  Cozen  Air  Luke 
Boyse  to  pay  all  such  debts  as  he  did  owe  heere  in  Virginia 
and  to  send  home  the  remainder  to  his  wife  and  cliildren  in 
England. 
Thomas  iMarlott(14)_swome  and   examined    sayeth    y^   about 

M^^  Randall  Holt,  aged  18,  who  came  in  the  George  in  IG^oTwas  oi^e 
ot  Dr.  Pott  s  servants  at  The  Main  1G21-5.  After  the  expiration  of  his 
indentures  he  married  Mary,  daughter  and  heiress  of  John  Bayly  and 
acquired  with  her  a  large  and  valuable  tract  of  land'on  Hog  Islan.i 
He  has  many  descendants.     See  this  Magazine  V,  542,  &c. 

(13)  Thomas  Bunn  was  a  physican  and  surgeon. 

(14)  Tliomas  Marlott,  Marlett  or  Marloe,  Gent.,  lived  at  the  College 
Land  162.>,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Census  of  1024-5,  lived  at  The  Main 
Jersey  City.  Thomas  Bunn  and  his  family  lived  near.  Thomas  Swin- 
how,  who  came  in  the  Diana,  his  servant  Lawrence  Smallpage,  aged  20 
who  came  m  the  Abigail;  John  Carter  who  came  in  the  Prosperous,  and 
IJavid  i-  lis  and  Margaret  his  wife,  who  came  in  the  Margaret  &•  John, 
also  lived  at  the  Main. 


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two  d  'yes  before  Mr  Atkins  died  he  was  desirous  to  make  his 
will,  w'ch  was  be^^unne  but  not  finished.  And  further  this 
dq.unent  sa)'elh  y'  Mr  Atkins  used  the  same  speeches  in  effect 
w'ch  Mr.  Bunn  hath  fonnerly  deposed. 

Nathaniel  Jefiereys  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y*  Mr  Atkins 
ui,ed  the  same  woordes  as  Mr  Bunn  and  Mr  Mariott  formerl)- 
deh\'ered  or  to  the  same  effect. 

John  Carter  swome  and  examined  sayeth  y'  one  Saturday 
la^t  past  was  senni^^iit  beinge  the  XVI1P'>  of  March  1(;23 
Mr.  Thomas  Swinliow  beinge  sick  said  to  this  dejvonent  >* 
if  ]ie  should  die  before  he  camie  home  into  England,  That  then 
]je  \\ould  give  to  this  de]jonent  and  to  Da\id  Ellis  and  his  wife  to 
and  child  each  of  theni  being  of  **  peace,  And  y*  he  would  give 
this  deponent  his  suite  of  aparell  and  small  Tmnlce  two  blanketts 
one  pillow,  1  pare  of  hose  and  shews  &  two  shirtes,  And  further 
he  sa\eth  y'  T\lr.  vSwinhow  said  that  if  he  should  die  before  he 
recea\-ed  payn.cnt  for  his  man  Lawrence  that  then  he  shoukl 
be  made  free. 


[237.] 
And  further  this  dejjonent  sayeth  y'  Mr.  Swynhowe  did  sa>-e 
y  ^  lie  vv-ould  give  Mr.  Gill  a  hundred  gilders  w  'ch  was  ten  pounds 
sterling  for  to  make  the  most  of  his  Tobacco,  And  this  deponent 
and  liis  brother  David  Ellis  to  see  y'  the  most  should  be  made 
of  his  Tobacco,  And  that  after  his  legacies  were  paide,  Tliat 
then  the  remainder  of  his  goodes  should  be  delivered  to  hi.s 
brother  in  London  and  tliat  yf  his  brother  in  London  were  dead 
Tliat  then  it  should  be  sent  to  his  two  brothers  in  the  Countre)-. 
Margarett  Ellis  swome  and  Examined  sayeth  y'  she  did  heere 
Mr.  Swinhow  saye  y'  he  would  give  Mr.  Gill  a  hundred  gilders 
to  make  the  most  of  his  Tobacco,  And  that  John  Carter  and 
this  deponents  husband  should  also  se  y^  the  most  should  be 
made    of    his    Tobacco. 

y  is  ordered  y'  Randall  Smallwood  shall  have  the  charge  of 
all  such  goodes  of  Mr.  Thomas  Swinhow  as  are  yett  nott 
dis];osed  of  and  to  send  a  true  Accompt  therof  unto  his  brother 
in  London.     And  that  Mr.  Swinhow's  n:an  Lawrence  ma}-  dis- 


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MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  233 

pose  of  himselfe  unlill  fourther  order  com  from  Mr.  Swinhow 
from  London  for  and  concerninge  any  fourther  ser\ace  to  be 
demanded  of  him. 

Whereas  I\lr.  Alichaell  Marshatt  doth  confess  himselfe  indepted 
to  Mr.  Gin  in  the  smne  of  two  thousand  weight  of  Tobacco  & 
uii\vards  and  for  default  of  payment  his  goodes  movable  and 
immovable  have  been  already  forfeited,  and  Mr.  Gill  is  contented 
to  respitt  him  untill  the  eight  of  Aprill  now  next  ensuinge.  The 
Coiute  doth  order  y'  Yf  default  be  made  in  payment  in  & 
upjjon  that  daye,  That  then  Mr.  Gill  shall  have  present  Exe- 
cution of  all  his  goodes  and  servants  by  vertue  of  this  order  of 
Gourte. 


"   {238.]  -  - 

The  Courte  uppon  the  Peticione  of  Mr.  Michaell  Marshatt 
is  contented  to  give  him  leave  to  trade  with  w'ch  those  con- 
sines,  That  Lieut.  Peppett(15)  or  some  other  y*  shalbe  approved 
by  the  Governor  and  Councell  w'th  14  sufficyent  shott  armed 
complete  And  that  he  sell  to  Such  in  the  countrey  as  shalbe 
in  want  of  come  two  hundred  and  sixtie  boushel  of  come  not  ex- 
ceeding tlie  rate  of  seaven  pound  of  Tobacco  the  bushel.  And 
that  he  deliver  besides  into  the  publique  store  sixtie  boushell 
of  Corne  extra  to  be  employed  uppon  PubUque  uses  by  the 
Governor  and  Councell. 

W'ch  the  said  Michaell  Marshatt  hath  beene  present  in  Courte 
engage  himselfe   to  p'fonne. 

March  the  XXIX'''  1G26.  ^. 

William  vSpencer  sworne  and  examined  before  the  Governor 
sayeth  y'  in  the  yeare  Ano  Dono  1620  he  did  oversee  the  la- 
bours of  six  or  seaven  men  belonginge  to  Capt.  William  Peerce 


(15)  Lieut.  Gilbert  Peppett  lived  at  Flowerdew  Hundred  in  1623' 
was  a  member  of  the  Assembly  of  1625,  and  in  1627  patented  250  acres  on 
the  south  side  of  Warwick  River;  but  is  not  named  in  the  Census  of  1624-5. 
His  wife  x-^lice  came  in  the  Jonathan  in  1619. 


234  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

(10)  who  planted  in  the  maine,  And  that  thear  cropp  for  y* 
yeere  Amounted  to  the  stime  or  quantitie  of  three  or  fower 
thousand  pound  weights  of  Tobacco,  And  that  Mr.  John 
Rolfe  receaved  all  the  said  sume  of  Tobacco  from  the  hands  of 
this  Examinate,  And  disposed  of  But  for  ye  p'ticulars  this 
de])onent  doth  not  now  precisely  remember,  But  sayeth  y' 
at  that  tym^e  y'  is  to  say  at  that  cropp  he  this  deponent  delivered 
a  p'ticular  note  and  accom])t  of  the  said  Tobaccos  to  Air.  John 
Rolfe  written  by  Edward  Britt  one  of  Capt.  Pearces  sen-ants, 
And  y'  after  uppon  the  cominge  in  of  Capt.  Peerce  this  de- 
ponent delivered  another  note  to  the  same  effect  unto  Capt. 
Peerce. 

And  further  this  deponent  sayeth  y'  there  were  two  of  Air. 
ffranks  men  w'ch  after  Mr.  iTrancks  decease  were  put  into  ye 
mayne  to  woorke  \>''th  them,  And  farther  he  sayeth  y'  is 
[word  illegible]  up  the  chief e  of  theire  worke,  Tlie  men  were 
ci.manded  a^^•ay  to  woorke  over  the  \Aaterbv  Air.  John  Rolfe, 
some  tymes  niore  some  t\-mes  fewer,  so  mucli  as  Amounted  to 
one  hundred  dayes  woorke  for  a  single  m.an  And  further  this 
deponent  sayeth  y'  in  March  1622  There  ])lanted  over  the  water 
at  Mr.  Rolfes  Plantation  XXX  persons,  whereof  some  belonged 
to  Mr.  Rolfe,  somic  to  Capt.  Peirce,  some  to  Mr.  Ev*^yns  and 
some  to  this  deponent,  each  of  w'ch  men  had  to  theire  single 
sliare  one  hundred  weiht  of  Tobacco  and  one  baiTell  of  Come, 
of  w'ch  number  of  men  before  menconed,  two  only  Isclcnged 
to  Mr.  Rolfe  (Vidlt)  Robert  Davis  and  William  Rohiett. 


[240.] 

Thom.as  Min  [?]  swome  and  examined  before  the  Go\'emor 
and  Mr.  Abraham  Persye  Esquire  Counsellor  of  estate  for  Vir- 
ginia, sayeth,  That  he  was  at  the  makinge  of  a  smalle  Shallop 

(16)  Capt.  William  Pierce,  member  of  the  Council  1631,  was  father 
of  the  third  wife  of  John  Rolfe.  At  the  time  referred  to  Pierce  was 
evidently  in  England  and  Rolfe  was  managins^  his  affairs  in  Virginia. 
"Over  the  Water"  was  the  country  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  ojjposite 
Jamestown  and  near  the  present  Scotland  Wharf.  In  this  neighborhood, 
later,  John  Rolfe's  son  Thomas  owned  "vSmith's  Fort,"  and  other 
land  "given  to  him  by  the  Indian  King." 


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MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  235 

at  James  Cytie  by  ye  direction  of  Capt. Thomas  Barwick  (l7)  for  *"' 
the  Company  and  Adventurers  of  the  Shipwrghts,  And  afterwards 
this  boate  was  sold  to  Capt.  Wm.  Eppes  for  200  pound  weight 
of  good  merchantable  Tobacco,  And  as  yett  to  this  deponents 
memory  the  aforesaid  debt  of  200  li.  weight  of  Tobacco  is  not 
Satisfied  unto  any  man,  And  further  this  deponent  sayeth 
That  upon  the  death  of  ye  saide  Tho  Barwick  he  delivered  u]) 
to  Mr.  George  Sandys,  There 'on,  a  liste  of  the  depts  y*  were 
owinge  by  divers  planters  in  this  Colony,  whereof  Capt.  Wm. 
Eppes  his  dept  is  as  beforesaide  was  one,  And  further  this 
deponent  sa3'eth  y*  he  knoweth  that  Mr.  George  Sandys 
being  then  Therea'r  had  order  from  the  Company  to  receave 
uijp  all  the  accounts  and  estate  y*  Capt.  Banvick  was  possest 
of  beinge  dew  and  Accomtable  to  the  Company  aforesaid. 


[241.1 
A  Courte  held  the  Thirde  daye  of  Aprill  1626,  beinge  present 
S'r  ffrancis  Wyatt,  Knight,  Governor  «S:c,  Capt.  firancis  West, 
Capt.  Raljjhe  Hamor,  Mr.  Abraham  Persye. 
Randall  Smallwood  Provost  Marshall  swome  and  examined 
.sayeth  that  he,  this  deponent  and  Nathaniell  Reynolds  beinge 
chosen  for  the  praysinge  of  the  movable  goodes  of  Mr.  Richard 
Buck,  minister,  deceased,  they  praysed  all  the  said  mo\able 
goodes  at  the  rate  of  three  shillings  p.  ]J0unds  in  Tobacco 
Mr.  Bucks  hberary  of  Books  (18)  only  excepted,  w'ch  liberary 
of  bookes  were  praysed  afterwards  b}'  Mr.  John  Prentis  and 
this  deponent  and  Nathaniell  Reynolds  at  the  rate  of  three 
shillings  the  pounde  in  Tobacco. 

Uppon  the  deposition  of  Randall  Smallwood  before  taken  the 
Courte  conceiveth  it  reasonable,  That  ^^hereas  the  Gardians 
have  putt  in  securitie  for  ye  payment  of  three  hundred  and 


(17)  Capt.  Thomas  Barwick  was  .sent  to  Virginia  in  1622  to  build 
houses,  ships  &c;  but  soon  died.  Tho  "Company  of  Shipwrights,"  was 
one  of  the  subordinate  organizations  within  the  Virginia  Company. 

(18)  This  is  the  second  minister's  library  of  which  there  is  record. 
That  of  Ronert  Hunt  was  destroyed  by  fire  at  Jamestown.  Doubtless 
other  ministers  had  books;  but  we  have  no  details  regarding  them. 


fits        rsiuoD  AH 


230  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

twentie  pounde,  meaninge  in  Tobacco  at  three  shillings  p. 
pounde,  Consideringe  y'  is  not  felt  y*  the  stock  of  the  Children 
sliuuld  rest  so  longe  in  their  hands  to  be  p.aid  in  Tobacco  w'th 
then  we  know  not  of  w't  value  it  may  be  The  Courte  con- 
ceaves  it  reason  y*  the  Gardians  doe  putt  in  securitie  for  the  tme 
pa}'ment  of  halfe  the  value  of  their  several  bondes  to  be  paid  in 
la\'>'full  money  of  England  w'ch  is  agreeable  and  accordinge 
the  praysinge  of  the  goods. 


^»;i..H.  :  [242.] 

I "  ^^'h•creas  at  the  request  of  IMr.  John  Gill  who  hath  been  ymployed 

hiilier  into  this  Country  divers  tymes  in  necessary  supplies  for 

f'^  \L-  Countrey  &  doth  heere  in  Courte  p'mise  to  plant  heere 

and  to  bringe  in  servants  for  y'  purpose,  The  Courte  for  his 
better  Encouragement  doth  graunte  him  he  shall  have  his 
freedom  granted  granted  him. 

^^'hereas  by  reason  of  the  casualties  happening  to  the  Or- 
phants  of   Mr.   Richard   Buck,   Theire    doth    and   often   may 

'  fall    owt    divers    varyances    between    the    overseers    and    the 

Gardians  of  \e  said  Mr.  Buck,  and  dangers  of  loss  of  the  stock 

^-  to   \-e  orphants,  The  overseers  have  moved  the  Courte  that 

'  bdili  for  theire  case  and  the  gardians  and  the  good  of  the 

;  oi-i)hants  That  they  make  agreement  w'th  the  Gardians  for  a 

certen  number  of  cattle  to  be  dewe  to  the  orphants  at  the 
se\  erall  ages  of  twentie  one  yeers  according  as  may  be  probably 
su].posed  might  ari.se  uppon  the  increase.  And  because  that 
agreement  doth  nott  seeme  principalie  to  agree  w'th  the  Lore 
of  the  will,  They  desire  that  their  Acts  may  receave  strength 
b.\-  the  approbation  of  this  Courte.  To  w'ch  the  Courte  doth 
wiliinglie  Consent  as  finding  it  the  best  and  most  convenient 
for  both  p'ties  being  made  in  y'  manner  as  is  proposed  in 
cor.rie  the  said  Overseers  or  Gardians. 


[243.] 
A  Courte  held  the  XX"'  daye  of  Aperell  1G26  beinge  present 
S'r  ftVancis  Wyatt,  Knight,  Governor,  &c  Capt.  ffrancis  West, 
Cant.  Roger  Smith. 


MIXUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  237 

Whereas  Richard  Biggs(l9)  of  West  &  Shirley  hundred  in  Vir- 
ginia late  deceased  did  give  and  bequeath  all  his  goodes  anii 
chattells  to  Sara  Biggs  his  wiefe  and  Richard  Biggs  his  sone  w  'cli 
goodes  beinge  solde  to  the  best  valew  heere  in  Virginia, 
Amounteth  all  charges  being  deducted,  To  five  thousande  hxe 
hundred  and  eighteen  pounde  of  Tobacco,  besides  two  heifers 
left  here  in  the  countrey  w  'ch  said  Tobacco  is  now  sliipt  abourdc 
the  good  shipp  caled  the  Temperance  now  bound  for  England, 
And  the  full  p'ceeds  of  the  saide  goodes  as  by  the  oath  of  the 
saide  Sara  Biggs  taken  in  Court  api:)eareth. 

In  regard  the  full  and  entire  moyetie  of  the  said  Tobacco 
accordinge  to  the  tre\^^e  interest  and  meaninge  of  the  said 
Richard  Biggs  his  will  may  come  and  Accrew  to  the  said  or- 
phant  Richard  Biggs,  The  Courte  doth  order  that  the  said 
Sara  Biggs  and  Samuel  Sharpe  \A"h'm  the  said  Testator  by 
^^'ord  of  mouth  appointed  overseer  of  his  will  and  Testam.ent, 
shall  enter  into  bonde  of  three  hundred  pounde  lawfull  money 
of  England,  that  w'thin  two  moneths  next  after  it  shall  please 
god  they  shall  arrive  in  Englande  They  shall  Take  out  of  tlie 
Prerogati^■e  Courte  of  Canterbury  in  England  A  letter  of 
Administration,  And  within  such  a  reasonable  Tyme  after 
they  m.ay  make  sale  of  the  Tobacco  to  bringe  in  a  trew  accompt 
of  the  p'ceedes  thereof  in  money  into  the  saide  prerogati\e 
Courte,  To  ye  ende  the  one  moyetie  thereof  may  redounde 
to  the  orpliant  Richard  Biggs  sone  of  ye  said  Richard  Biggs 
deceased. 


[244.] 
Yt  is  ordered  that  whereas  Richard  Biggs  left  a  howse  and  nyne 
Acres  of  land  w'ch  by  his  last  will  &  Testam.ent  he  gave  and 
bequeathed   to   Sara   Biggs  his  wiefe   and   Richard   his   sone. 

CIO)  The  will  of  Richard  Biggs  was  printed  in  this  Magazine  X I , 
300,  3(31.  He  was  a  yeoman,  probably  of  moderate  means  when  he  came 
to  Virginia,  and  the  estate  he  left  shows  what  an  industrious  man  could 
do  even  in  those  early  and  disturbed  days.  In  addition  to  the  amount  left 
his  wife  he  gave  his  sister  Rebecca  Rose  six  acres  of  land  and  Samuel 
Sharpe  300  lbs  tobacco.  The  amount  the  wife's  share  realized,  5518  liis 
tobacco,  would  be  worth  at  the  usual  rate  at  this  time  of  thre.i  shillings 
a  pound,  about  £800.  It  is  not  likely  that  the  value  was  as  much;  init 
still  it  was  a  good  result  for  the  work  of  a  small  farmer. 


238  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Y'  is  ordered  that  the  said  Sara  Biggs  shall  have  the  Gardian- 
ship  of  the  body  and  landes  of  the  saide  Richard  Biggs.  To 
be  accomptable  for  the  moyetie  of  the  yeerely  rent  and  p'ffit 
thereof  to  the  said  Orphant  Richard  Biggs  when  either  he  shall 
come  to  adge  of  twenty  one  yeeres  or  otherwise  of  yeers  of 
discretion   to   Chouse   his   Gardian. 

V  is  ordered  y'  such  wearing  Cloothes  as  Mr.  John  Bates(20) 
died  seased  of  shallbe  solde  to  the  best  advantage  w'th  A 
Tmnk  marked  with  his  owne  marke  Towards  the  payment 
of  his  depts  and  whereas  John  Southern  p'senteth  in  Courte 
one  bill  of  dept  under  the  hand  and  scale  of  Mr.  John  Bates 
for  70  pound  of  Tobacco,  and  one  bill  of  dept  of  Michael  Graves 
[':]  for  25  pound  of  Tobacco  y^  is  ordered  y'  John  Southern 
sliall  have  Mr.  Bates  his  trunlc  and  those  things  y»  are  therein 
(\idet)  a  Coate,  a  canvas  doublett  and  one  old  Ruff  bande  in 
satisfactione  of  tlie  said  two  debts. 

"    '[24or 
A  Courte  held  The  XXV">  of  Aprill    1G2G  being  present   S'r 
liVancis   Wyatt,    Knight,    Governor   S:c   Capt.    ftVancis    West, 
Capt.   Roger  Smith,   Capt.    Samuel    Mathewes,    Mr.   William 
Cleyboume. 

\ '  is  ordered  y'  George  ffyer(2l)  ftaylinge  in  the  fullfilling  of  his 
rwnventents  w'th  Robert  Wright  shall  pay  the  charge  of  his 
Iiiprisonment  and  one  liundred  and  fyftie  pound  weiht  of  good 
r.ierchantable  Tobacco  for  damages.  And  one  hundred  weihte 
of  Tobacco  and  &  [':]  for  three  weekes  woorke  &  y'  Robert 
\\'right  and  his  man  did  woorke  w'th  George  ffyer. 
I^lr.  Thomas  Bun  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y^  the  bill  he 
]/auced  in  Courte  for  physick  and  surgerie  for  Andrew 
Waters  Mr.  Richard  Stephens  man  is  a  trew  bill  and  due  bej^t 
inito  him. 

Y'  is  ordered  y'  John  Southern  shall  pay  the  said  bill  to  Mr. 
Bunn  out  of  Mr.  Stej^hens  goodes. 

(To  be  continued.) 

(20)  John  Bates,  a^'cd  24,  who  came  in  the  Southampton,  1G2I,  was  in 
lb24-o  a  "servant"  to  Archibald  Persey  at  Persey's  Hundred;  but  he 
was  evidently  a  hired  employee  as  soon  afterwards  he  was  styled 
"merchant.  ' 


(21) 
ime  in 


George  Fyes  was  probably  the  George  Fries  of  the  Census, 
the  William  of  Thomas,  and  who  with  his  wife  Ursula,  who  c 


who 
ame 


;n  the  London  Merchant,  was  living  at  Pashbihayes  on  the  Main  in  1024-5. 
k'.lK-rt  Wnglit  aged  45,  who  came  in  the  Swan,  IGOS,  was  one  of  Anthony 
iJ'Huill  s  "Muster",  at  Elizabeth  City,  l()2t-5. 


J(.;*i  >  . 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  239 


VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


(Contributed  by  Leo  Culleton,  92  Piccadilly,  London,  W.,  and 
the  late  Lothrop  Withington.) 


Thomas    Dangerfield,    of    the    parishe    of    WickwaiTe,    co. 

Gloucester,  Clothier. 
Dated  30  April  3  Jas.  Admon  30  May  1605. 

i\ly  bod\'  to  be  buryed  in  the  churchyarde  of  \Vick\\^arre. 
To  my  eldest  sonne,  John  Dangerfield,  £100.  To  my  eldest 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  £100.  To  my  younger  daughter, 
Marie,  £100.  To  my  sonne,  Edwarde,  £120.  To  my  mayde 
servaunte  Edith  Roch,  20s.  To  my  sister  Alice,  wife  of 
Richard  AIabbet,  £3.  To  my  sister  Jone,  £20.  To  my 
sister  Marie  Chaundler,  40s.  To  my  brother  in  lawe  Ed- 
ward Chalndler,  one  suite  of  my  apparrell.  And  to  his  sonne 
Richard,  one  cowe,  and  to  his  two  daughters,  20s.  a  peece. 
To  m)-  sisier  Katheryne,  £4.  To  my  Joumy-man,  Anthony 
Houlder,  20s.  To  my  apprentyce  Edwarde  Merret,  10s. 
To  m\-  brother  John  Trotman,  two  suits  of  api)arell.  And  to 
h:s  sonne  Jolm,  408.  To  the  poore  of  Wickwar,  2()s.  And  to 
the  Higli  wayes  there  10s.  Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole  execu- 
cutor,  my  sonne  TiiO.\L\s  [sic. J 

Overseers: — Robert   Hale,   of  Alderley  in   the  Co.   of  Glou- 
cester, esquire,  my  father  in  lawe  Edwarde  Trot.man 
of  Haukesbury,  and  my  brother  in  lawe  Tho.mas  Trot- 
man  of  Cromwell  and  John  Cooper,  Minister,  of  the 
Church  of  Alderly. 
My  will  is  that  my  eldest  sonne  John  and  my  eldest  daughter 
Elizabeth,  be  delivered  to  the  tuition  and  keeping  of  Mr. 
Hale,  my  daughter  Marie  to  the  keeping  of  my  Father  in  lawe 
Edward  Trotman  and  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  my  sonne 
Thomas  to  the  tuition  of  mv  brother  in  lawe  Christopher 


,  i«ohT 
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240  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

.;  .\,>    ■    Trotman,    of   Wynterborne,    co.    Gloucester,    and   my    sonne 

Edward  to  be  trayned  up  at  the  descretion  of  Mr.  Hale  and 
r.    -r  ,:  my  father  in  lawe. 

Money  owing  to  me : 
^'.   .    from  John  Connynga.m,  of  Bristol! _ £11. 

from  Thomas  Jewell,  of  Bristoll _... £5. 

from  Roberte  Webbe  of  Wickwarre _ £5. 

:!    .        from  George  Chaikdi.er,  merchant  at  London £102.10. 

Edward  Trotman      — 
Thomas  Trotman       — Witnesses 
John  Cooper  — 

Administration  30  May  1605  granted  to  Christopher  Trot- 
man, during  the  minority  of  Tho;uas  Dangerfield  the  Exor 
,f'Ji'     named. 

P.  C.  C.  36  Haves. 


Thomas  Dangerfield,  Citizen  and  Haberdasher,  of  London, 
intending  very  shortlie  to  travell  over  beyond  the  Seas 
abowte  m^^  affaires  and  buisynes. 
Dated  29  March  1612.  Proved  17  Feb.  1618-19. 

All  my  Goods  chattells,  readie  money  and  Debtes  whatso- 
ever to  be  divided  into  three  equal  partes.  Ellen,  my  wife  shall 
have  one  third  part,  one  other  third  part  unto  my  Children, 
viz.,  Thomas,  William,  Joseph,  Robert,  Rebecca  &  Eliza- 
beth equalh'  ainongst  them,  to  be  paid  unto  my  sonns  at  suche 
tyme  as  they  shall  atteyne  to  the  age  of  twentie  one  yeares  and 
to  my  daughters  at  like  age  or  be  severally  marr3^ed.  And  the 
other  third  part  I  reserve  to  my  selfe.  Out  of  which  I  bequeath 
tl-ic  follcjwing. 

To  my  mother  a  ringe  of  Golde  of  the  valewe  of  30- 
To  my  freind  Haunce  [?Hannce]  Mus  of  Lubycke,  a  ringe  of 
golde,  of  same  valewe. 

To  my  sister  Cowdall  and  also  to  my  sister  Annyon,  20-  to 
each  of  them  for  a  ringe. 

To    Hannce    Philipp    Stamler,    Marchant    straunger,    my 
freind,  a  ringe  of  golde  of  40-  valewe. 


>    ajHsq 


\nri 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND  241 

To  Anne  Sysoll,  of  Lubyck,  a  ringe  of  golde,  of  the  valevve  of 
30s. 

The  re-.idue  of  my  own  third,  to  be  divided  amongst  mv  Chil- 
dren. 

"I  entreate  my  wife  to  be  good  and  kind  to  my  brother  Wil- 
liam Dangerfield  yi  he  become  a  good  husband." 
Sole  Executrix:     Ellen  my  wife. 

0\erseers:  -my  brothers,  Richard  Cowdall  &  Richard  Lee, 
and  my  freind  Mr.  John  Bridges. 

John  Vv'aj^en,  Scr.  

Edmond  Jeffery  —Witnesses 

George  Waters,  Ser\'ant  to  the  said  Scrivenor      — 

Proved  17  Feb.  1G18-19  by  the  Sole  Executrix  named. 

P.  C.  C.  24  Parker. 
[It  is  evident  that  these  Dangerfields  were  prosperous  clothiers  and 
merchants,  probably  coming  originally  from  Gloucestershire.  The 
Londoner  evidently  did  business  with  Lubeck  and  other  contmental 
cities.  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family  of  this  name  which  has  been 
oi  prommence  from  the  first  settlement,  was  William  Dangerfield  who 
patented  land  on  the  Rappahannock  in  1GG7  and  died  before  1G71.  His 
^:on  John  was  born  in  1(531  so  the  emigrant  might  well  have  been  the 
son  Wdham  named  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Dangerfield  of  London  Of 
course  this  would  have  to  be  proved  by  farther  research.  For  an 
ficcount  of  the  \'irginia  family,  see  Wm  &  Mary  Quarterly,  VIII  and  IX 
Vvhatever  the  English  descent  of  the  Virginia  family  it  can  disclaim 
any  connection  with,  the  notorious  scoundrel,  Thomas  Dangerfield  the 
nifonner,  of  the  time  of  Charles  IL  He  was  bom  at  Waltham,  Essex 
alxiut  1(),-jO,  and  was  a  considerably  younger  man  than  John  Daneer- 
ncld,  son  of  the  emigrant  to  Virginia.] 


William  Downeman,  of  Plymouth,  co.  Devon. 
Merchant. 
Dated  21  April  1607.  Proved  12  March  1609-10 

To  the  poore  of  Plymouth,  £5. 

To  James  Downeman,  my  sonne,  two  closes  of  Land  conteyn- 
ing  five  acres  called  Fryars  Pricks  within  the  borough  of  Ply- 
mouth, in  the  tenure  of  Christofer  Wilkins  as  in  the  right 
of  Lear  his  now  wife.  Provided  that,  Alice  my  wife  injoye 
the  same  during  her  life.  ' 


242  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  ^^,y.^ 

To  Christopher  Downeman,  my  sonne,  one  tenement  with 
two  Closes  of  Land  thereto  belonging,  now  in  the  tenure  of 
RoC:ER  CooMYN,  within  the  town  of  Plimpton  iXIorris,  in  the 
said  Co.  of  Devon.  And  one  other  tenement  lyeing  in  Mill- 
strecte  in  Plimpton  Mary  also  two  Closes  of  land  to  the  said 
Tenement  belong  in  Plymipton  Underwood  in  the  said  Co.  in 
the  tenure  of  Francis  Derrant. 

To  Zachary  Downeman,  my  sonne,  one  Tenement,  one  Or- 
chard and  one  Garden,  now  in  the  tenure  of  John  Vosper  lye- 
ing within  the  borough  of  Liskeard,  co.  Cornwall. 
To  Robert  Downeman,  my  sonne,  one  tenement  wherein 
Jai^ies  Knapp  new  dwelleth,  scytuate  within  the  Burrough  of 
Plymouth  in  TrevUl  streate,  and  also  one  Close  of  land  con- 
teyning  by  estimation,  one  Acre,  now  in  the  tenure  of  Chris- 
tofer  Wilkins  as  in  the  right  of  Loar  his  wife,  scituate  in 
tlie  Burrough  of  Plymouth  neere  the  Horsing  poole.  And  also 
one  parcell  of  land  in  Fursball,  in  Plymouth  neere  a  \Aace 
sometimes  called  Larry  ]\ lilies  now  in  the  tenure  of  the  said 
Christofer  Wilkins. 

To  Prudence  Downeman,  my  daughter,  £100.  To  Judith 
Dov/neman,  my  daughter,  £100.  To  John  Downeman,  my 
son  £20.  To  Anne,  my  daughter,  after  the  death  of  Alice 
my  wife,  my  best  sylver  goblett.  Residuary  Legatee  and  Sole 
Executrix:  the  said  Alice  my  wife. 

Overseers:  my  freinds,  John  Philips  and  Thomas  Payne, 
merchants. 

Thomas  Payne  — 

George  Jones  — Witnesses 

Walter  Glubb  — 

Proved  12  March  1009  by  the  Sole  Executrix  named. 

P.  C.  C.  27  Wingfield. 
[In  an  old  paper  preserved  by  descendants  of  the  Virginia  Dovvnman 
faniily  it  is  stated  "My  father's  great  grand  father  Gave  Great  assist- 
ance lo  the  building  up  of  a  Cathedral  Church  in  plemouth  (Plymouth) 
his  name  is  set  in  the  wall.  William  Downeman  a  Great  rememberer 
of  the  poor  *  *  my  grandfather  went  to  perbodus  (Barbadoesi  and 
lived  at  a  place  called  Spiheres  my  father  was  left  his  Estate  a  youth," 
and  is  added  in  another  part  "Raleigh  Downeman  the  young  son  *  *  * 
moved  to  Bermuda,  thence  to  Lancaster  County  Va,  1G53."  This  is  a 
vague,  crude  tradition.  The  nanie  Raleigh  certainly  does  not  appear  in 
the  family  until  after  its  arrival  in  Virginia,  but  the  tradition  may  cun- 


w- 


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VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  243 

lain  a  ckic  as  to  the  true  line  of  descent.  John  Downeman  was  bom  in 
15^2  and  canie  to  Virginia  in  the  Jokn  &■  Frances,  1614.  His  wife  Elizabeth 
w'lo  was  born  in  1519,  came  in  the  Warwick,  1621.  At  the  time  of  the  census 
of  1624-5  they  lived  at  Elizabeth  City.  John  Downeman  was  appointed 
a  Commissioner  (justice)  for  that  county  March  1628-'J,  and  was  a  Bur- 
gess October  1629.  Another  emigrant  was  "William  Downeman,  gent," 
wiio  came  in  1608.  The  first  of  the  present  Virginia  family  of  the  name 
was  William  Downman  who  lived  in  Lancaster  County  in  1052,  and  who 
died  in  1651),  leaving  a  widow  Dorothy.  They  were  no  doubt  p'arents 
of  William  Downman  who  married  about  1679,  Million,  daughter  of 
Raleigh  Travers  of  Lancaster  County,  and  died  in  1712.  See  Wm  &  Alary 
Quart  rly,  XVIII,  138-141,  and  Hayden's  Virginia  Cencalogiss.  Wni. 
Downman,  who  died  in  1765,  or  his  brother  Raleigli  who  died,  a  very 
old  man,  in  1781,  may  have  been  the  writer  of  the  old  paper  referred  to. 
Tlicy  were  grandsons  of  William  and  Million  Downeman.  It  will  be 
noted  that  ihe  family  tradition,  as  given  in  this  paper,  traces  to  a  resi- 
dent of  Plymouth.] 


John  Downes,  Citizen  and  Merchanttaylor  of  London. 

Dated  7  Feb.  1610-17.  Proved  20  May  1617. 

My  goods  and  chattels  to  be  divided  into  three  equall  parts,  to 
Ann  my  wife,  one  part,  one  other  parte  unto  my  three  Chil- 
dren, John,  Ann  and  Margarett,  to  be  divided  and  paid  unto 
them  at  their  ages  of  Twentie  and  one  yeares  or  daye  of  mar- 
]-iage,  the  other  third  part  as  follows : 

To  my  father  and  mother  EdxViond  &  Joane  Downe,  £20.  To 
my  lorother  George  Downe  and  to  my  Sister  his  bedfellowe, 
to  each  lOs.  to  make  them  a  Ring.  To  Roger  Claxton  and 
to  my  sister  Alice  his  wife,  lOs.  to  make  them  Rings.  To 
Hugh  \'yoll  and  to  my  sister  Ellen  his  wife  10s.  to  make 
them  Rings.  To  my  sister  Joane  Downe,  £5.  To  my 
brother  Nicholas  Downe,  a  peece  of  "brode"  Clothe.  To  my 
three  overseers,  hereafter  named  20-  each,  to  make  them 
Rings.  To  Mr.  Anes  Preacher,  xxijs.  To  the  poore  of  the 
]*arish,  x;:s. 

Residiiarv'  Legatee  and  Sole  Executrix:  Ann  my  wife. 
r)\erseero:  John  AIothe,  and  Nicholas  Hooker,  Citizens 
and  Goldsmiths  of  London  and  my  brother  Nicholas 
Downe  and  my  freind  George  Turseman  mchanttaylor. 
And  concerning  my  lands  in  Eastham  neere  Crewkerne  in  the 
Co.  of  Somerset  I  bequeath  the  same  unto  Ann  my  wife,  her 
heires  and  assigns  for  ever. 


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244  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Edward  Romeny,  Scr.  — 

Thoimas  Houghton,  Scr.  — Witnesses. 

& 

Edward  Cooke.  — 

Proved  20  May  1(')17  b}'  the  Sole  Executrix  named. 

P.  C.  C.  48  Weldon. 
IThe  Nicholas  Downes  named  as  brother,  may  have  been  Nicholas 
Downes,  of  London,  Esci.,  whose  will  was  printed  in  this  Magazine 
XXII,  26,  and  who  had  a  niece  Jane  Downes  in  Virginia.  George 
Downe  or  Downes  was  a  Burgess  for  Elizabeth  City  Co.,  Va.,  1G31  and 
1()32,  and  may  have  been  the  brother  George  named  in  the  will.  In 
tiiis  case,  as  in  many  others,  the  wills  are  printed,  as  affording  good 
clues  for  further  work.] 


Dorothie  Duke  within  the  precinct  of  the  Cathedrall  Churche 
of  the  Holy  Trinity  of  Norwiche,  the  v.-idowe  of  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Duke  of  Benhall  in  the  Countie  of  Suit.  Esq. 
Dated  20  Jan.  1011.  Proved  23  May  1614. 

My  body  to  be  bur^-ed  in  Benhall  Churche.  To  my  sonne 
in  Lawe  Sr.  John  "^Bluenerhasset,  Knighte,  one  guilte  Cupp 
(;t  iiij£.  To  my  daughter  his  wife,  the  best  Bedd  and  Bed- 
stead. To  theire  sonne  and  heire  Henry  Blenerhasset,  £40, 
to  be  paid  him  when  he  comes  to  the  age  of  one  and  twentie 
yeares.  To  my  sonne  Samuel  Bluenerhasset  of  Lowdham, 
Esquire,  one  silver  Cupp  of  iiij£.  To  my  daughter,  his  wife, 
one  gould  Rynge.  To  my  goddaughter,  Dorothie  Bleuner- 
hasset,  £50.  To  my  sonne  in  lawe.  Mr.  William  Webb, 
gent,  One  silver  Cupp  of  iiij£.  To  my  daughter,  his  wife,  one 
Go'de  R^-nge.  To  her  daughter,  Anne  Webb,  one  silver  boll. 
To  my  sonne  Sydnor,  my  silver  Boll  that  is  used  every  daye. 
To  my  Brother  Sr.  Robert  Jermyn,  a  golde  rynge.  To  his 
Ladye,  a  golde  rynge.  To  my  Brother,  William  Jermyn,  a 
golde  rynge.  To  Mrs.  Corbet,  one  little  square  quishion.  To 
my  brother  Sidnor,  a  golde  rynge.  To  my  god  sonne  William 
SiDNOR,  twoe  silver  spoones.  To  my  goddaughter  Dorothie 
Sidnor,  twoe  silver  spoones.  To  my  Ladie  Ashefield,  one 
white  taffata  quishion.  To  my  godsonne  Edward  Duke,  one 
guilt  Cupp  and  one  Crimson  velvet  quishion  "wroughte  with 


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VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  245 

the  Dukes  &  Jermyns  Armes."  To  1113^  Cosin  Mrs.  Jane 
TuRRELL,  twentie  shillings.  To  my  Cosin  Theiston  [?Thirs- 
tonJ  of  Hexton,  one  gould  rynge.  And  to  his  wife  a  golde 
rynge.  To  my  goddaughter  Mrs.  Franncys  Archdale,  my 
Canopie.  To  her  sonne,  my  godsonne,  twoe  silver  spoones. 
To  William  Fugill,  Clarke,  10s.  To  my  Cosin  Nicholas 
Edgar,  one  golde  ringe.  To  my  Cosin  S.mithe  his  daughter, 
my  goddaughter  Dorothie,  one  peece  of  plate,  of  20s.  price. 
To  my  goddaughter,  Dorothie,  the  daughter  of  Sr.  John 
Tarsboroughe  one  peece  of  plate,  of  20s.  price.  To  Mr. 
Thomas  Corbetts  sonne,  my  godsonne,  one  peece  of  plate  of 
20s.  price.  To  my  Neiphue,  Edward  Elmes,  V£.  To  my 
Cosin,  EvEREDS  sonne,  my  godsonne,  one  peece  of  plate,  of 
20s.  price.  To  my  Neece  Katherine,  the  wife  of  William 
Snowdyne,  V£.  To  my  Neiphue  Percey,  one  Teaster  of  a 
Bedd  of  Tawney  coulor  Damaske.  To  my  Servant,  George 
TooGOOD,  10s.  To  my  man,  Thomas  Ashlie,  10s.  To  Anne 
Createmore,  one  featherbed.  To  the  Cannons  and  Singing 
men,  10s.  to  be  devided  amongst  them.  To  the  poore  of  Catton, 
10s.  To  my  servant,  Emm,  Vs. 
Residuary   Legatee  and  Sole  Executor: — my  sonne  Thomas 

Dl'KE. 

Theordore  Goodwyn,  &  William  Fugill,  Clerke  &  Mary 

Goodwyn  wife  of  the  said  Theodore,  Witnesses. 

Yt  is  my  intent  that  whatsoever  I  have  given  unto  my  daughter 

Elizabeth  Webbe,  yf  she  dye,  then  her  daughter  Anne  shall 

"have  them." 

Proved  23  May  1614  by  the  Sole  Executor  named. 

P.  C.  C.  33  Lawe. 


Ambros  Duke  of  Benhall,  co.  vSuff.,  Esquire. 
Dated  22  Oct.  1610.  Proved  2  Feb.  1610-11. 

To  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  all  my  Manners,  Lands,  tenements 
and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  scituate  within  the  counties  of 
SuiMk  and  Norfolk  And  also  all  the  rentes,  fines,  profitts. 
and  Commodities  whatsoever  wch  shall  arise  or  be  levied  or 
taken  by  calls  or  force  of  a  grant  and  assignment  made  by  John 
Holland,  esq.  unto  William  Webbe  &  Thomas  Goodwyne, 


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of  the  Manor  of  Benhall,  with  the  appurtenances  which  is 
n^ade  to  them  in  truste  unto  my  proper  use  and  benefitt  for 
divers  years. 

And  r  will  that  after  all  my  debts  are  paid  the  profitts  of  my 
aUjve  said  xMannors  and  Lands  wch  I  late  purchased  of  Thomas 
Kpi.e  of  Arrundell  Thomas  Erle  of  Suffolk  and  William  Lord 
Hgv/ard,  shalbe  yearlie  collected  and  taken  by  my  wife  untill 
my  *sonne  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  six  and  twentie  yeares 
lor  and  towards  the  benefitt  of  Anne  Duke  &  Elizabeth  Dike 
my  daughters. 
■*Not  n.'imed. 

I  will  that  Thomas  Duke,  my  brother  shall  have  his  borde  and 
lodgmge  at  the  charges  of  my  wife  for  himself  and  his  Man,  and 
also  pasture  for  his  two  geldings. 

To  my  goddaughter  Jane  Bleunerhasset,  one  of  the  daughters 
of  Samuel  Bleunerhasset  esqr,  and  Marie  his  wife,  mv  sister, 
£'100.     To  my  brother  in  lawe,  William  Webb,  and  to  my 
sibter  his  wife  and  to  Anne  Webb  their  daughter,  £5  each.    To 
my  godsonne  Ambros  Bleunerhasset,  the  sonne  of  Sr  John 
Bleunerhasset  Knight,  £20.    To  Dorothy  Duke,  my  mother, 
Thomas     Duke,     my    brother      *1William    Sidnor,     (sic) 
gent  my  brother  in  lawe  and  unto  Margaret  his  wife,  my  sisterj 
and  unto  Thomas  Goodwyn,  my  brother  in  law,   unto   e^-erie 
of  them  a  peece  of  plate  of  the  valew  of  £5. 
To  William  Barnes,  of  Benhall,  my  servant,  40s.  yearlie.     To 
John  Johnson,  my  Man,  two  suites  of  apparrel.     To  Robert 
Corbould   and   Robert   Feveryeere,   my   servants,    40s.    a 
peece.     To  John  Barnes,  my  sen^ant,  £3.     To  John  Cozen 
my  ser\'ant,  40s.     To  Elizabeth  Forman,  40s.     To  the  i)oore 
of  Benhall,  40s.  and  to  the  poore  of  Saxmondham,  20s.     the 
poore  of  Snape  30s.,  the  poore  of  Sweflinge,  20s.,  anrl  to  the 
poore  of  Farnham,  10s.     To  Thomas  Edgar,  gent  of  greate 
'Glemham  my  kinsman,  a  Sylver  Cupp 
Sole  Executrix,  the  said  Elizabeth  my  wife. 
Super^nsor:— Sr.  Henry  Glemham,  knight. 

^^>^'l".r^■  ""^l^'^  'u  ^^t  ^^'^'-'^     "^^'^  ^^^S^^y  to  Mr.  SIDNER  and  his 

er  h[^   1    f         ^^-^  ^^"^  rru^^""' ^y  reason  that  h:s  .said 

in  bracket    1   ^    ^^  '  ^^"^  ^'^'"'^  ^^''^'^  ^^^^^  ^^'^'^^  P""^'-"^^   h^'^*^ 


virginia  gleanings  in  england  247 

Thomas    Goodwin,    John    Sherwood,    Ed.mond    Cole.\l\n, 
Francis  Coleman,  &  Robert  Spacham  Witnesses.  f 

Proved  2  Feb.  IC 10-11  by  the  Executrix  named. 

P.  C.  C.  14  Wood. 
*;Glemham  in  Suffk.] 


Abstract  of  the  Will  of 
Elizabeth  Duke,  of  Benhall,  co.,  Suff.,  widdowe,  the  late  wife 
of  Ambrose  Duke,  Esq.,  deceased. 

Dated  22  Dec.  9  Jas.  Proved  21  Jan.  1611-12. 

Whereas  the  foresaid  Ambrose  Duke  did  give  all  his  Man- 
ners, lands  tenements,  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  scituate 
within  the  Counties  of  Suff.  and  Norff.  And  also  all  rents  fines 
and  ]"^rcfitts  whatsoever  which  should  in  any  wise  be  due  or  be 
levied  or  taken  by  Color  or  force  of  a  grant  or  assignment  made 
by  John  Holland  Esqr.  unto  William  Webb  and  Thomas 
GoDWYN  esquires,  of  the  Mannor  of  Benhall.  To  have  during 
my  life,  Provided  that  I  paye  all  the  debts  of  the  said  Ambrose 
and  paie  all  his  legacies  and  "keep  upp"  all  his  children.  And 
after  all  his  debts  were  paid,  then  the  profitts  which  could  be 
raysed  should  be  yearly  taken  by  me,  my  executors  and  as- 
signes,  during  my  life,  or  untill  his  sonne  Edward  should  ac- 
complish tlie  age  of  six  and  twenty,  fur  and  towards  the  benefitt 
of  the  daughters  of  the  said  Ambrose.  And  for  that  I  have 
taken  uppon  me  the  execution  of  tlie  said  will  I  doe  stande 
bound  and  one  Robert  vSparham  with  m.e  in  fouer  severall 
c>bligacons  for  the  payment  of  £300  or  thereabouts.  And 
whereas  I  finde  myself  much  subject  to  sickness  *  *  * 
Therefore  "I  discharge  of  myself  and  the  foresaid  debts  and  of 
the  said  Robert  Sparham,"  and  for  the  preformance  of  my 
said  husband's  Will,  doe  hereby  bequeath  all  the  said  Manners 
etc  to  my  Executors. 

And  whereas  it  has  pleased  our  Sov.  Lord  the  Kings  Matie,  with 
the  advice  of  the  master  and  Councell  of  his  highnes  Court  of 
Wards  and  liveries,  to  commit  and  grant  unto  me  the  Custodie, 


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248  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    }*IAGAZIXE        .   ' 

wardshipp  and  marriage  of  my  said  Sonne  Edward  Duke,  his 
highnes  Ward  and  onlie  sonne  and  heire  of  my  said  liusband 
And  also  to  grant  unto  me  the  third  part  of  the  said  Mannor 
Lands  To  hold  the  same  from  the  2Gth  Nov.  in  the  '"eight" 
yere  of  his  JMats.  reign  during  the  minority  of  the  said  ED^^•ARD. 
And  whereas  son^e  of  my  friends  have  ingaged  themselves  for 
me  in  divers  somes  of  money  b}'  their  special  bonds  Therefore 
for  the  discharge  of  ni\'  conscience  and  their  discharge  which 
ha\'e  soe  ingaged  thenvseh-es  I  desire  the  IMaster  and  Councell 
of  the  said  Court  to  pennitt  m^y  Executors  to  inioye  the  l^en- 
efitt  of  the  said  grants  ''  *  *  And  after  my  said  Execu- 
tors have  satisfied  and  paid  m.y  said  freinds  soe  bound  etc.  then 
the  overplus  to  my  Sonne  Edward  to  be  paid  him  att  his  age 
of  twentie  yeares.  And  as  for  the  benefitt  to  be  raysed  for  the 
preferment  of  my  daughters  and  their  education  and  bringing 
upp  I  refeiT  the  same  \^'hollie  unto  the  discretion  of  my  execu- 
tors. 

To  Eme,  the  now  wife  of  the  said  Robert  Spariiam,  £5,  and  to 
Edward  Holmes,  gent.,  my  late  husband's  "Kendisir.an," 
i'G.13.4.  And  to  my  sister  Webb  her  daughter  Axne.  £1U. 
And  to  the  W^iddowe  Soyer,  20s  to  the  Goodwife  Artis,  4Us. 
and  unto  Mris  Hardier,  40s.  And  to  Elizabeth  my  mayde 
servant,  X3  to  my  mayde  Diana,  30s.  to  Robert  Feavery- 
eare,  my  man  servant,  20s.  to  Elizabeth  Beart,  10s.  Roisert 
Corbould  20s.  Jarmeye  Blttolf  20s.  and  John  Man,  30s. 
all  my  seiwants.  And  to  Mr.  Dayves,  the  preacher,  40s.  And 
to  Edmond  Coleman  of  *Hacheston  gent.,  40s.  And  to  Mrs. 
Dorothe  Duke  my  mother  in  lawe,  40s.  to  buy  her  a  ringe. 
Also  to  Mr.  Thomas  Edgar  gent.,  40s.  to  buy  him  a  Ring.  Also 
to  Francis  Coleman,  the  Sonne  of  Edmond  Coleman,  gent., 
of  Hacheston,  10s.  Also  to  my  two  daugditers  Anne  &'  Eliza- 
beth, five  payer  of  Sheets  etc  to  either  of  these.  And  the 
residue  of  my  thrid  parte  to  be  devided  amongst  the  Children 
of  Edward  Doyle,  esquire  by  Marie  now  his  wife  and  Richard 
GooDRiCK,  esquire  by  Margarett  nowe  his  wife. 
Executors:     the  said  Thomas   Goodwyn   &  Thomas    Duke, 

gent  my  late  husband's  brother. 
Suijervisor:     William  Jer.myn,  esquire. 


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VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  249 

Edmond  Coleman,  Francys  Coleman,  George  Hatfield,  his 

ir;arl:e,  John  Aldriche,  William  Gouldes,  his  marke, 

JoHis  Aldriche,  Witnesses. 

Proved  21  Jan.  1611-12  by  the  Executors  named. 

P.  C.  C.  5  Fenner. 
*In  Suffk. 

[These  wills  are  of  the  family  of  Duke,  of  Benhall,  Suffolk,  ancestors 
of  f^lizabtth,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Bacon,  "the  Rebel."  The  pedigree 
begins  witli  Richard  Duke  who  was  sheriff  of  London  in  the  reign  of 
Richard  I.  His  descendants  for  a  number  of  generations  were  people 
of  position  in  Suffolk.  Edward  Duke,  Esq.,  of  Brampton  and  Shading- 
field,  Suffolk,  purchased  Benhall,  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir 
Ambrose  Jennings,  of  Rushbrook,  SutTolk,  and  died  1598.  His  widow's 
will  is  printed  above.  As  Dorothy  Duke  makes  no  bequest  to  any 
Duke  children,  it  would  seem  that  in  this,  as  in  other  cases,  the  will 
corrects  the  printed  pedigree,  and  that  she  was  step-mother  to  Ambrose 
Duke,  her  husband's  successor.  Edward  Duke  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  Ambrose  Duke,  Esq.,  of  Benhall,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
and  co-heiress  of  Bartholomew  Calthrop.  of  Suffolk,  and  died  in  1610. 
His  will  and  that  of  his  wife  are  printed.  It  will  be  noted  that  he 
calls  Dorothy  Duke  "my  mother."  Ambrose  Duke  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Edward  Duke  of  Benhall,  who  was  first  knighted  and  was  cre- 
ated a  Baronet  in  1661.  He  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  John  Panton, 
of  Brunslip,  Derby,  and  among  his  mnnerous  children  was  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Nathaniel  Bacon.] 


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2.G0  VIRGINIA    HISTOPICAL    MAGAZINE  ^^j,^ 

LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD  FIRST. 

(^From  his  letter  book  in  the  Collection  of  the  Virginia  Historical 

Society.) 
(I   i  ,  ■ 

(Contimied.) 

To  Perry  and  Lane. 

Virga  ffeb^y  y^  12"^  168G. 

Gen' 

My  last  to  you  was  i^  Hall,  who  I  am  told  run  on  ground 
6':  lost  ab*  10  days  time,  however  hoi.e  by  this  time  hee  may  bee 
Safe  in  England;  this  acconipany's  the  Culpepper,  20''^  120 
II'''*  of  Tobacco  &  5  of  furs  C'r;  Wee  have  had  Some  dispute 
ab*  his  fraight,  &  I  thinke  it  hard  y^  wee  (who  have  allways  as- 
sisted him  in  his  necessity)  should  pay  more  than  others  that 
ship  inconsiderable  parcdls,  &  thougli  a  Charter  Pty  is  pre- 
tended yet  Some  whose  names  are  thereon  indorsed,  have  af- 
firmed, they  never  gave  Orders  or  desired  any  Such  thing,  &  I 
know  most  others  who  are  under  my  circumstances  have  re- 
fused to  take  bills  of  Ladeing,  &  allthough  I  have,  yet  I  wholly 
leave  it  to  you,  &  doubt  not,  but  shall  bee  used  as  kindly 
others.  The  Byrd  I  hope  may  bee  ready  some  time  next 
moneth.  Audeley  hath  (much  adoe)  promised  mee  ab'  150 
HJ«  &  I  know  not  but  I  may  goe  w^'^  him,  if  I  can  procure 
fraight,  w'''^  I  yet  want  for  near  300  H''^  the  Turky  merchant 
being  gone  for  Yorke  hath  wholly  disappointed  us;  So  that  wee 
none  to  expect  but  Tibbets  &  Hasted,  &  fear  they  will  bee  both 
late;  IVIy  Service  to  all  friends  &  please  to  accept  the  same  from 
Gen^ 

Yo'  reall  fr'^  &  Ser\'* 
W.  B. 
To  mess"  Pen-y  &  Lane  —  ^.Cul]jepi.er. 


LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD         K'-'  251 

To  Mr.  North. 

Vir-a  ffeb-^y  y-^  12'*^  1686 

This  vServes  to  accompany  Cap^  Ruds  w'^  70  H'^  of  Tobacco 
Sz  Six  of  furs  &  skins  \\&  I  hope  will  come  Safe  to  yo""  Hands. 
I  am  now  in  great  want  of  fraight,  Burrell  being  gone  to  Yorke 
River,  hath  disappointed  us  here,  &  have  none  now  to  Expect 
but  Tibbets  &  Hasted  both  wc''  I  fear  will  bee  late;  Ab*  y« 
latter  End  of  Aprill  or  begining  of  May  I  hope  to  see  you  & 
therefore  shall  not  trouble  you  farther  at  present  but  with  best 
respects  &  Service  to  all  where  due  I  remain 

S' 

Yo''  assured  frd  &  Serv* 
W.  B. 
To  m^  North  ^  Ruds. 


To  John  Thomas  &  Company,  Barbados. 

Virga  ffeb^y  12*1'  1686. 
Gen* 

Yo''*  by  Wynne  I  last  weeke  reed,  allso  yo''  generall  letter 
C'a  Since  w"''  I  have  not  had  oppertunity  to  discourse  the 
Gen*^  concem'd,  but  Suppose  they  are  (upon  the  fair  Acco'  }-ou 
have  given  of  yo'  just  proceedings)  now  better  Satisfy 'd;  I 
have  not  yet  reed  any  goods  from  on  board,  but  daily  expect 
them;  tlie  ship  hath  been  hindred  by  bad  weather;  but  now 
hope  shee  will  bee  Suddenly  unloaden,  &  ready  to  take  Wheat 
in  for  Madera's,  whither  (God  willing)  shee  is  design'd  &  from 
thence  you  may  expect  her  to  Barbados;  where  I  shall  not  in 
y*  least  doubt  yo'  diligence  for  her  dispatch:  The  Pipe  Staves 
mentioned  in  my  fonner  m""  Perry  will  i)ay  mee  for. 

I  designe  (God  willing)  for  England  this  Spring,  but  doubt 
not  before  I  goe  to  have  an  oppertunity  to  exi.)resse  my  Selfe. 
Gen^ 

Yo'  assured  friend  &  Servant 
W'°.  B. 
To  Mess'^  Jno.  Thomas  &  Comp^ 
In  Barbados. 


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252  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

(..  .        To  John  Thomas  &  Company,  Barbados   ' 
K  -.  '  '. 

i. ,    .  Virginia  Aprill  y«  IG"'  1(388 

Gen* 

Last  yeare  (1)  when  I  was  goeing  out  of  the  Country  I  wrote 
to  you  but  I  find  itt  miscaryed  &  that  I  had  no  goods  from  you 
by  Wynne  Last  voyage  &  Since  my  arrivall  here  I  find  two  let- 
ters from  you  whearein  you  mention  the  £118  due  from  me  to 
3-ou  for  Last  goods  I  had  w*^"^  Mess''^  Perry  &  Lane  tould  mee 
you  cliarged  to  them  as  allso  a  considerable  sum  charged  by 
Wiiine  for  the  Last  Ladeing  both  w'^''  when  I  was  in  the 
do\\nes  comeing  awa}'  was  demanded  by  AP  Daulby  Thomas 
,  of  AI"'  JMicajah  Perr}'-  as  hee  wrote  me  word;  the  £118  I  owned 

to  M''  Perry  to  be  due  for  such  a  Cargoe  sent  mee  but  I  wondered 
to  lind  I  had  not  Cred'*  given  mee  for  what  I  had  in  your  hands 
I  suppose  },'ou  may  have  advised  of  the  allowance  theareof  befor 
this  Comes  to  your  hands  w*^^  will  bee  well  enough  for  haveing 
no  Barbados  goods  by  Wi'nne  last  voyage  in  my  absence  the 
^  Gcn^  concerned  have  lent  mee  Severall  p'cells  b}'  w*"^'  means  I 

owe  a  considerable  Quantity  of  yo""  Commodity  &  tharefor  I 
;  have  sent  inclosed  an  Livoice  for  what  goods  I  would  have  you 

i;  send  mee  by  Wynne  or  if  otherwise  you  find  a  Convenience  by 

I.  any  other  ship  or  Vessel  that  comes  for  James  River  before  him. 

1,  I  desire  you  to  send  mee  att  least  halfe  the  Sugars  and  Mel- 

v  lasses  thereby  but  no  Rum  but  by  Wynne     M'"  Sadlein  was 

very  well  when  I  left  london  (w'=''  was  y®  weeke  before  Xmas 
&  may  be  I  suppose  ere  this  w"^  you  to  whom  my  Servis   w'^'' 
I  desire  you  all  to  accept  from  Gn'. 
Yo''  reall  freind  &  Servant 

W.  B. 

Whatever  these  goods  may  come  to  more  then  I  have  effects 
in  yu^  hands  I  will  pay  by  Mess"  Perry  &  lane  in  london;  only 
I  Deseir  you  would  please  to  send  mee  yo'^  acco*  that  all  things 
may  be  fairly  accommodated. 


il)     In  the  Sprin},'  of  1G87  l^yrd  wont  to  Kngland  and  returned  in  the 
■]>ring  of  the  next  year. 


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LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD  2o3 

Invoice  of  Sundry  goods  &  Merchandizes  sent  for  by  me  W""       '-nt, 
Byrd  to  Mess"  Jno  Thomas  &  Comp^  Merchants  In  Barbados 
for  my  pticuler  acco*  &  Risque  Viz: 

4000  Gallons  of  Rum: 

5000  of  Muscovaco:  sug""  or  rather  6000 

8  or  10  Tun  of  Malasses 

1  Barren  of  ab*  2tb  of  whitt  sug' 

Let  the  Rum  &  Shug""  &  Mellasses  be  all  in  small  Caske  &  if 
possible  Wynne  may  not  be  able  to  bring  all  thearefor  I  deseir 
you  would  send  at  Least  halfe  the  sugar  &  Mellasses  by  the  first 
Convenience  for  James  River  for  I  am  now  in  want. 

Virga  April!  y«  16*'^  1688     —  ^Wm  Byrd 

To  Mess"  Jno  Thomas  S:  Company 

In  Barbados 


To  Anthony  Horsmanden  (2) 

Virga  Aprill  the  16  1688. 
S' 

I  reced  one  from  you  att  Deale  w"-''  much  troubled  mee,  to 
finde  you  so  much  concemd  as  likely  to  Suffer  by  any  proceed- 
ings of  mine,  &  was  very  Sorry  you  were  not  pleased  to  let  me 
know  it  whilst  I  was  in  London  that  I  might  have  indeavored 
to  have  p'vented  any  Misunderstandings,  I  must  Confesse  I 
v^-as  Somewhat  moved  at  your  letter,  w'-'''  made  mee  write  to 
3'ou  so  freel3^  &  if  any  thing  was  amiste  therein  I  doubt  not  but 
your  goodnesse  (whereof  I  am  \-ery  Sensible)  will  Excuse  itt,  I 
did  allwa}'s  acquaint  you  w"'  w*  progresse  I  made  in  London; 
You  know  I  attended  my  L^*  Ch:  frequently  but  never  could 
have  y'^  Hon""  to  discourse  him,  3'ou  know  allso  very  well  (I'me 
sure  better  then  I)  what  was  promised,  &  on  what  Condicon; 
I  was  SoiT\'  I  could  not  hear  farther  from  vou  whilst  I  remained 


(2)  Anthony  Horsmanden  was  an  uncle  of  Mrs.  Byrd.  Her  first 
husband  (who  lived  but  a  short  time  after  their  marriage)  was  her 
cousin,  Samuel  Filmer,  third  son  of  Sir  Robert  Filmer,  of  East  Sutton, 
Kent.  He  left  his  wife  his  sole  legatee,  and  made  h.er  father  Warhain 
Horsmanden  and  her  uncle  Anthony  Horsmanden  "overseers"  of  his 
estate.  Probably  the  dihieulty  between  Byrd  and  Anthony  Horsmanden 
was  about  some  matter  relating  to  Filmer's  estate.  See  this  Mag- 
azine XV,  ISl. 


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att  Deale,  y*  if  y"  course  I  propos'd,  had  not  beene  Sufficient, 
Some  other  means  mi<^ht  have  been  Consider'd  to  pvent  any 
Inconveniency  to  you  or  my  self,  but  I  hope  all  thing  are  long 
since  accomodated,  &  you  reinstated  in  his  L*^  ships  favour,  for 
I  would  not  by  any  means  you  should  suffer  on  my  acco',  but 
I  hoi)e  all  pties  are  Sattisfyed,  &  there  onely  wants  my  ackowl- 
edgem'^  to  yo''  selfe  wc''  I  shall  allways  bee  ready  to  make  in 
such  nianner  &  measure  as  you  shall  reasonably  ppose:  pray 
give  my  humble  service  to  my  Aunt  Coz°  Judith,  &  all  yo"" 
Little  ones,  &  please  to  accei)t  y'.Same  yo^self,  \v"'  my  thanks 
for  all  3'o''  favours    I  remain 

Yo''  obliged  Kinsman  &  Sen,'ant. 
To  my  Uncle  Antony 


To  ThOMAs  Byrd. 

Virga  Aprill  y«  16^"^  1688 
Dear  Bro: 

I  wrote  to  you  from  y^  Downes  &  wonder  you  would  not  bee 
so  kind  to  lett  mce  hear  from  you  a  line  or  two  in  answer,  I  had 
a  pleasant  &  sliort  passage,  being  not  much  aVjove  a  Moneth 
from  Land  to  Land  I  gave  M"'  Hart  well  yo"'  Letter  I  hojje 
you  will  improN'e  yo''  time  &  acquaintance  be  just  &  fair  in  yo"" 
dealings,  for  now  is  yo''  time  to  get  Credite  or  never,  you  must 
be  diligent  &  carefull  now  to  gett  a  good  reputacon  &  I  will  as- 
sure you  I  will  not  bee  wanting  to  doe  you  all  y"  offices  of  lo\e 
&  service  y*  lyes  in  my  way.  I  thank  God  I  found  my  wife  & 
famiily  in  prety  good  health,  though  v/ee  had  a  Sickly  time 
pray  lett  me  hear  from  you  often  for  I  am  Sure  you  cannot  w  ant 
0])pertunity's,  Remember  mee  to  my  sisters  Robinson  Si 
Mary  I  ho])e  they'l  Excuse  ray  comeing  av*"ay  so  abruj.'tly 
you  know  y*^  Occation. 

j\Iy  Service  to  all  our  ffrds,  you  ma}'  assure  }'our  Selfe  I  am 

Dear  Bro 
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LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD  255 

'    "  To  Thomas  Gower. 

S^  Virga  Aprill  y«  16"»  1688 

This  is  onl\-  to  give  you  an  Acco*  of  my  Safe  arrivall  here  after 
a  short  &  ]3leasant  passage  of  little  more  then  a  Moneth;  yo"" 
Brother  (3)  here  seems  much  out  of  order,  complains  of  a  pain 
in  his  Side,  w"-'  hath  troubled  him  for  or  five  Moneths,  that  he 
is  not  able  to  ride  nor  walk  far;  I  believe  he  is  in  a  decaying 
condicon;  ]n-ay  if  you  have  m.ade  up  yo''  Acco*^  &  return'd  an 
Inventory  of  my  Mothers  &  Grandmothers  Estate,  please  to 
send  me  a  Co])py  of  tliem,  for  I  have  no  reason  to  quitt  my  claim 
to  y"  fonner,  you  know  some  concerned  therein  have  not 
oblidged  mee  so  much,  &  for  y"  latter  it  concerns  my  son,  who 
cannot  be  prejudiced  by  any  Lapse  during  his  Nonage.  Pray 
give  my  service  to  all  our  ffr''^  wee  have  frequently  drank  yo"" 
good  healths  but  not  yett  disposed  of  y*^  token,  However  wee 
Intend  a  returne  by  this  Ship;  Remember  mee  to  aU  fif'''^*  at 
Ldminton  -X:  honest  Dick  ffaucett  w"*  my  Coz"  Seabright  ^ 
Cozn  Hesther,  &  accept  of  my  hearty  Service  to  yo""  selfe  w'*" 
tlianks  for  all  yo""  favo''  I  am 

s-- 


Yo' 
To  m''  Tho:  Gower 


.,  r       To  Jacob  Bobert  (4). 
S--  Virga  Aprill  yMG''^  1688 

I  must  beg  yo'  pardon  y'  I  did  not  answer  yo"  at  London, 

(3)  The  brother  was  Abel  Gower,  who  was  a  justice  of  Henrico  County, 
Va.,  1677-85,  Sheriff  IGSl,  and  a  member  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  1679. 
His  will  was  dated  Dec.  2.5,  168S,  and  proved  June  16S9.  He  gave  his 
wife  Jane  his  plantation  for  life,  and  then  to  his  daughter  Tabitha,  and 
if  she  died  without  issue,  to  Priscilla  and  01)edience  Branch.  Mrs.  Jane 
Gower  had  been  a  widow  Branch.  On  Oct.  20,  1700,  license  was  issued 
for  the  marriage  of  Richard  Grigg  and  Tabitha,  orphan  of  Abel  Gower. 
Tabitha  possibly  died  without  issue,  as  in  March  1711,  Richard  Dennis 
and  Mary  his  wife  petitioned  as  heirs  at  law  of  Abel  Cower.  Tlie.se 
Cowers  were  probably  of  an  old  Worcestershire  fanily  of  tlie  name  in 
which  Abel  frequently  appears  as  a  Christian  name. 

(4)  Jacob  Bobart  was  keeper  of  the  botanical  gardens  at  Oxford 
1680,  &c.,  and  Sherardian  professor  of  botany  from  1684  until  his  death  in 
1719.  William  Byrd  seems  to  have  had  some  knowledge  of  botany, 
and  his  interest  in  trees  and  plants  was  no  doubt  heightened  by  his 
friendship  with  his  not  distant  neighbor,  John  Banister,  the  naturalist, 
who  is  stated  In  the  postscript  to  have  just  married  a  young  widow. 
Evidently  Byrd  had  been  at  Oxford  during  his  visit  to  England. 


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considering  what  a  Noble  psent  it  brought  mee,  but  I  hope  yo"' 
goodnesse  will  Excuse  mee  considering  w'  a  Hurry  a  man  thats 
so  great  a  Stranger  as  I  am  in  England  must  bee  in,  when  he  is 
just  parting  w*''  all  his  ffriends,  &  bound  to  this  other  world, 
all  y*^  trees  &  Shrubs  came  in  Extraordinary  well  by  yo''  great 
care  in  packing  of  them.  I  doe  not  doubt  their  growth;  & 
now  should  bee  happy  did  I  know  w<^*'  way  Sufficiently  to 
acknowledge  your  Extraordinary  kindnesse,  I  wish  I  might 
any  way  bee  Serviceable  to  you  here  whatever  lyes  in  my 
power  you  may  freely  Command 
S^  Yo--  ObHdged 

I  gave  yo"^  Token  to  m"'  Banister  who  is  marryed  to  a  Young 
Widow  I  did  Expect  him  at  my  house  last  weeke,  but  hear  since 
hee  was  not  very  well.  I  suppose  hee  hath  or  will  w^ite  to  you 
him  selfe,  my  humble  Service  to  all  our  fE'''^^  at  Oxon.  To  m"" 
]a.  Bobert. 


,  To Rand. 

Virga  Aprill  y«  16*^  1688 
Dear  Bro: 

After  I  parted  from  you  at  Deale  on  Thursday  wee  had  fme 
calm  weather  y'  Night  &  friday,  but  then  y-'  wind  comeing 
Easterly  wee  parted  w"^  y-'  lands  End  by  Monday  Noon,  & 
twenty  Eight  days  after  wee  made  this  Continent,  but  were 
kindred  2  or  3  day's  by  a  Norwest  Winde  before  wee  gott  in. 
However  wee  had  a  pleasant  8c  short  passage  as  I  should  ever 
desire;  haveing  y"  happinesse  of  enjoying  yo''  good  compan}' 
so  long,  &  so  Easy  a  voyage  afterwards  was  a  blessing  I  could 
liardly  Expect;  Neither  doe  I  kow  how  sufficiently  to  acknowl- 
edge yo'"  abundant  kindnesse  dureing  my  abode  w"'  aou  w'^'' 
did  not  leave  mee  then,  but  I  enjoy 'd  it  at  Sea  in  the  Oranges 
you  sent,  &  still  have  some  of  Jack  V/ard's  Ale,  to  drink  yo"" 
health  though  it  hath  not  kept  so  well  as  I  Expected,  it  beeing 
now  Something  hard,  I  must  beg  you  to  accept  my  Most  hearty 
thankes  for  all  your  kindnesse,  allso  to  give  my  scr\'ice  to  all 
our  ffriends  &  acquaintance,  assuring  you  I  shall  allway's 
remain 

Dear  Bro: 
To  Bro:  Rand  Yo'  oblidged 


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LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD  257 

To  Capt.  Dudley  St.  Leger  (5). 

Virga  Aprill  y<^  16*'^  168S 
Honest  Dudly 

Tlie  Extraordinary  kindnesse  &  civilities  I  reed  from  you, 
dureing  my  aboad  at  Deale,  would  tax  mee  for  Ingratitude  if 
I  did  not  at  least  retume  you  &  my  Coz"  my  most  hearty  thank 
for  all  yo''  favo''%  w'^''  I  reed  so  plentifilly  whilst  I  rem.ain'd  w'** 
you,  &  truly  did  our  Country  afford  any  thing  I  thought  might 
bee  acceptable  to  you,  I  would  Endavo"'  y*  v^-ay  to  acknowledge 
yo""  ffavours;  but  since  wee  have  nothing  but  vStinlcing  Tobacco 
S:  3'et  not  worth  a  ffarthing,  I  hope  you  will  accept  my  thankes; 
I  will  not  bee  unmindfull  to  gett  my  Coz"  Ned  Some  Snake- 
root,  &  what  Else  I  can  finde  fitt  for  his  use  against  Next  Year 
I  hope  you  will  Excuse  me  now,  being  not  yett  settled  at  Home, 
I  had  a  short  &  pleasant  passage  &  thank  God  I  found  my  wife 
;5o  family  in  good  health.  Pray  give  my  Service  to  good  m"" 
Aram,  Honest  Jack  Tennant  8:  all  our  ffrds  &  accept  the  Sam.e 
lo  yo""  selfe  Coz**  Winny,  Coz"  Ned  c''a  from 

Yo^  Oblidged 
If  you  see  Honest  Phill  Shales  pray  give  him  my  hearty  service 
my  wife  gives  you  all  her  best  respects  &  service. 
To  Cap*  Dudly  S*  Leger 


To  Daniel  Horsmanden  (G). 

Virga  Aprill  y«  16*''  168S 
Dear  Bro: 

Next  after  y^  Happinesse  of  injoying  3'o'■^  my  sister  Rands, 
,yth  ye  j.g5|-  Qf  Q^j.  friends  good  Company  at  Deale  all  I  could 

(5)  Sir  Warham  vSt.  Leger,  of  Ulcomb,  Kent,  had,  in  addition  to  a 
daughter  Ursula,  who  married  Rev.  Daniel  Horsmanden,  and  was 
grandmother  of  Mrs.  Byrd,  a  son  Dudley  St.  Leger.  Capt.  Dudley  St. 
Leger  was  probably  a  descendant  of  his,  and  a  near  kinsman  of  Mrs. 
Byrd. 

(0)  Tliis  was  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Byrd's,  who  was  M.  A.  (Oxford) 
1679,  rector  of  Purleigh,  Essex,  1G80,  and  of  Little  Warley  1684.  "Little 
Wary,"  was  Warham  Byrd,  who  died  in  childhood.  It  might  be  sup- 
posed that  the  English  children  with  whom  Byrd  was  comparing  his 
own  were  those  of  Daniel  Horsmanden,  but  the  latter  did  not  marry 
until  May  29,  1090,  when  he  married  Mrs.  Susanna  Bowyer,  of  Wool- 
wich, Kent,  widow.  Sec  this  Magazine  XV,  314,  &c.  Sir  Charles  Tyrrell 
or  Terrell  was  probably  the  baronet  of  that  name,  of  Springfield-Barney, 
Essex,  who  married  Martha,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Charles  Mildmay, 
Esq.,  of  ^\  oodham-Mortimer  Hall,  Essex,  and  died  in  1714,  age  54. 


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desire  was  a  good  passage  home,  w'=^  I  thank  God  I  had  a 
pleasanter  &  shorter  then  I  could  Expect,  whereto  I  doubt  not 
your  good  wishes  did  contribute,  &  I  must  confesse  I  fmde 
myselfe  bound  to  you  by  so  m.any  obligacons,  y*  I  can  never  be 
able  sufficiently  to  acknowledge,  &  therefore  must  beg  yo'  ac- 
ceptance of  my  Devoir;  I  am  sure  you  ha\'e  my  dayly  prayers 
for  yo'  prosperity;  I  thank  God  my  Wife  &  Children  I  found 
in  good  Health,  &  my  family  indifferent,  Little  Warry  thrives 
amain,  S:  is  allmost  able  to  match  his  Coz"  Nordage  in  all  his 
good  qualities,  &  ]\Iolly  would  outdoe  little  Suliee.  Pray  gi\-e 
my  most  Hum.ble  service  to  S''  Charles  Tirrell  &  his  Lady,  and 
if  I  niight  any  way  oblidge  either  of  them,  by  any  thing  this 
Country  affords,  lett  mee  know  what  may  be  most  acceptable, 
<5j  I  \\  ill  indeavor  to  send  itt ;  you  may  blame  me  for  not  doeing 
itt  now,  but  I  hope  you  will  consider  I  am  Scarcely  settled  att 
Hom.e;  Pray  give  my  Humble  Sennce  to  prety  little  m''^ 
M.  J.  &  if  you  talie  her  into  Essex  remember  yo''  promise:  I 
V.  i<h  both  Her  &  you  all  Happiness  your  hearts  can  desire;  Her 
Beauty  &  innocence  promise  more  sattisfaccon  &  quiet  to  you, 
then  the  Widows  more  talkati^'e  Humor  could  afford,  my  service 
to  good  m"  Knowles  &  all  y*  family.  When  you  goe  to  Can- 
terbury pray  give  my  service  to  y''  D""  &  his  Lady,  w*^**  worthy 
Coll  Lee  if  you  see  him,  remember  mee  to  Honest  Phill  Shales, 
cv'  least  I  tire  you  pray  give  my  reepects  &  service  to  all  \\  here 
due,  &  accept  of  my  most  unfeigned  Love  &  Ser\dce,  w"'  most 
hearty  thanlres  for  all  yo"'  favours  I  remain  Dear  S"" 
Yo''  most  Oblidged  Bro 
Tomy  Bro:  Danll 


To  \\''arham  Horsmanden. 

Virga  Aprill  y^  16*^>  IGSS 
Worthy  S^ 

This  is  chiefly  to  acquaint  you  of  miy  Safe  arriveall  heither 
after  a  short  &  pleasant  passage,  haveing  had  y-'  happinesse  of 
injoying  my  Bro;  &  Sister  Rands  w*^  my  Bro.  Danlls  good 
con-:];iany  in  the  Downes  till  Xmas  was  Over,  on  y''  19"'  of 
Jan'i'  in  y^  e\-cning  I  went  on  board,  on  y^  23 ■'^  wee   left   the 


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Lands  End,  Sc  in  28  dayes  wee  Saw  our  owne  American  shore, 
l)Ut  was  in  all  33  days  before  wee  got  in  to  our  Anchor,  I  thanke 
God  wee  had  pleasant  weather,  I  thought  (though  it  was 
winter)  yet  wee  had  none  but  Halcyon  days,  Wee  were  about 
100  souls  on  board,  &  no  body  sicke  all  y*-'  voyage.  I  found  my 
wife  &  children,  w"'  the  family  (I  thanl<:  God)  Indifferently  well, 
though  it  hath  been  a  Sickly  time  here,  ever  since  Xmas,  but  now 
I'lessed  bee  God  all  are  pretty  healthy.  I  waited  on  our  Gov- 
ern" at  my  first  an-iveall  who  reed  me  w'''  a  great  deal  of  re- 
sj.ect,  I  find  no  dispute  ab'  my  place  here  only  m""  Aud:  Bacon 
claimes  y  perquisites  this  year  it  being  now  allmost  expired, 
wee  are  to  have  our  Assembly  to  19'''  instant,  Sc  Coll  Ludwell 
is  chosen  a  Burgesse.  I  believe  hee  had  been  more  prudent  to 
have  waved  it;  M^^  Lady  (7)  is  very  well;  My  blessing  to  the 
girls,  whom  I  have  writ  to  m'"  Perry  to  put  to  Hackny  if  you 
think  convenient  at  Whitsuntide. 

My  best  respects  &  Service  to  all  where  due,  &  please    to 
accept  of  my  duty  w"'  hearty  thanks  for  all  yo""  favours  to 
Worthy  S^ 

Yo"'  obedient  Son 
To  my  ffatlier  Honsmanden 


To  Perry  and  Lake. 

Virga  June  y«  IG'''  1688 
Gen^ 

When  I  was  in  England  I  acquainted  you  that  here  was  (as 
I  had  been  informed)  good  Christall  (8),  &  I  was  told  if  any 
Rocks  thereof  might  bee  found,  it  would  bee  valuable:  Since 
my  comeing  in  I  have  indeavored  for  some  to  have  Sent  hv 
James  River  Ships,  but  was  twice  disappointed  by  the  fearful- 
ness  of  y"  Indians,  &  they  are  now  returned  the  3"*  time,  w"'  not 
much  better  Success,  the  Rocke  they  have  found  but  its  much 

(7)  "My  Lady"  was  Lady  Frances  Berkeley,  widow  of  Sir  William, 
and  now  wife  of  Phillip  Ludwell.  She  was  one  of  the  Kentisli  Culjiepers, 
and  seems  to  have  been  related  to  Mrs.  Byrd.  "The  girls"  were  Byrd's 
two  daughters  then  in  England,  who  were  to  be  put  to  school  at  Hackney. 
This  is  the  last  of  the  friendly  letters  of  acknowledgment  for  hospitality 
received  in  England.  They  show  how  pleasant  a  trip  "home"  could 
be  lo  the  c^jlonist  f,ith  friends  and  relativ^es  there. 


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!»-(]'•!•■  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^y  tools  they  had  &  none  but  massy  Rocks  there, 
so  they  brought  mee  onely  ab*  101,  in  Small  pieces,  Such  as  they 
could  force  from  the  top  of  y^  Rocke;  within  its  much  harder  & 
Ciearer.  I  ha\e  sent  you  a  little  box  of  itt,  &  desire  you  would 
inquire,  What  y«  value  thereof  may  bee  &  whither  itt  may  bee 
vorth  while  to  undertake  itt  or  not;  I  am  confident  it  must  bee 
of  value,  but  whither  sufficient  (considering  its  above  forty 
miles  beyond  the  Xtian  inhabitants  &  what  charge  must  bee 
for  cutting  of  itt)  or  not  I  know  not  but  earnestly  desire  you 
fully  to  infonp.e  yourselfe  in  this  affair,  &  please  to  retume  mee 
an  Answer  by  the  first  convenience,  for  I  have  thoughts  of 
takeing  up  the  Land  forthwith.  I  have  inclosed  a  letter  to 
m^  Charles  Howard,  w"^'"  I  desire  you  would  Send  him,  as  allso 
Some  of  the  Stone  that  I  may  have  his  opinion  herein,  the 
whitish  Stone  is  the  top  of  the  Rocke  as  you  may  perceive  by 
the  injuries  of  the  fire  &  weather,  &  y*^  clearer  underneath  I 
shall  write  farther  to  you  by  this  oppertunity  from  my  L^^^ 
where  I  thinke  to  bee  y«  20"'  instant  (God  willing.)  My 
numble  SerA-ice  to  all  friends,  &  please  to  accept  y*^  Sam.e  yo"" 
tehes,  w"'  hearty  thankes  for  all  your  favours  I  take  leave 
Gen' 
■     -■.       •'■  Yo^f^'&Servt 

W.  B. 
Pray  send  mee  by  the  first  convenience  1  p'  of  Gudgeons  for  a 
grist  Mill,  &  if  you  find  the  Christall  worth  while  I  would  desire 
you  to  Send  mee  Some  steel  pecks  &  Wedges  or  what  other 
tools  you  shall  find  most  convenient  for  y*'  getting  of  itt. 
To  m".  Perry  &  Lane  ^  Burrell 


To  Hon.  Charles  Howard. 

Virginia  June  yM6'''  1668 
Hon^  S' 

I  have  made  bold  to  trouble  you  twice  allready  Since  my 
arriveall,  &  hope  yo'  goodness  will  please  to  excuse;  I  sent  you 
by  my  first  Some  Small  pieces  of  Christall :  Since  w'=''  a  greater 
quantity  is  come  to  my  hands,  but  I  suppose  of  no  value  being 
in  Small  pieces,  &  the  top  or  outside  of  the  Rocke,  I  imployed 


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LETTERS    OP    WILLIAM    BYRD  2G1 

I  he  Indians  to  gett  mee  Some  large  pieces  but  it  proves  too  hard 
tor  their  tools,  the  rocks  being  very  large  &  within  the  outer 
cioist  very  clear  &  hard:  Now  I  humbly  beg  the  favo"'  of  you 
to  lett  mee  know  whither  itt  may  bee  of  any  considerable  value, 
&  if  it  is,  w^''  may  bee  the  best  way  to  worke  them,  the  Rocks 
are  about  40  miles  from  any  English  inhabitants  &  but  a  trouble- 
some way  to  them;  I  most  humbly  beg  pardon  for  this  trouble 
Assuring  you  if  I  can  here  any  way  Serve  you  I  shall  bee  ready 
to  the  uttennost  of  my  power,  &  ever  remain 

Hon^  S^ 

Yo""  most  Oblidged  &  Humbly 

devoted  Serv' 
'"  W.  B. 

To  y^  Honbl«  Cha:  Howard,  Esq^ 


To  John  Ford 

Virga  June  y«  Ifi"'  1688 
S^ 

This  is  onely  to  inclose  the  Second  bill  of  Ladeing  for  31  H'^* 
of  Tobo  W''  I  consigned  to  you  by  the  friends  Agreement 
Thomas  Lcache  Com:  I  wish  they  may  find  a  good  market  & 
if  you  can  give  mee  any  incouragement  that  way  I  shall  give 
you  a  farther  trouble  in  the  interim,  I  hope  you  will  excuse 
this  By  ni\-  last  I  desired  you  to  Send  mee  what  my  Tobacco 
would  fetch  in  Serges  or  what  other  Commodity  your  Country 
afforded  fittest  for  our  trade,  &  consigne  them  to  mee  in  the 
upper  parts  of  James  River,  I  shall  not  trouble  you  farther 
but  with  kind  respects  take  leave,  hopeing  to  hear  from  you  as 
oppertunity  will  pmitt  I  remain 

Yo"  to  serve  you 

W.  B. 
To  mr.  Jno.  fiford  m''ch* 
in  Biddiford 


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,s>    ,       To  A.  &  Allen. 
S^  ■  Virga  July  y«  SO*'^  1688 

I  have  been  lately  very  Sicke  w*''  a  violent  feaver  &  am  yett 
very  weake,  but  I  blesse  God  have  lost  my  faevo""  4  or  5  dayes 
Since  &  am  able  to  walke  aboiit;  Since  my  last  to  you  Giles 
Webb  (9)  hath  bought  a  tract  of  Land  ab'  700  acres  of  m"^  Jno 
Pleasants,  there  is  three  plantations  Seated  on  itt  hee  hath  allso 
22  head  of  Cattlell  &  ab*  60  or  70  Hogs,  for  \\'^  hee  paves 
100£  '^''g  for  w*-"''  I  have  pass'd  my  note,  as  allso  for  50 £  more 
to  Colo.  James  Powell  for  two  Negroes.  I  have  allso  p'^  £21 
more  for  a  Negro  Girle  ab^  15  year  old;  Inclosed  is  one  of  the 
receipts  Signed  &  Sealed  according  to  m''  Tho  Webbs  desire  so 
that  I  hope  they  will  forthwith  pay  30U  the  money  for  my  Acco*^ 
for  I  get  not  one  farthing  by  itt ;  You  '1  find  y *  I  have  allready 
pd  £31  more  than  y^  £200,  my  reason  was  that  m'  Thomias 
Webb  told  m^ee  Giles  should  have  £100  more  (w^'^  was  his  due) 
paid  him  when  he  settled  Himiselfe,  &  hath  writt  the  same  to 
Giles  Webb  himjselfe;  Now  Giles  being  wooeing  one  of  Colo. 
S^vans  Daughters,  &  they  inquisitive  what  Giles  may  be  worth 
I  have  promised  Giles  the  other  £100,  for  w''  hee  hath  prom- 
ised mee  his  bills  of  Ex'a  w''''  you  miay  intimate  to  his  brother; 
I  shall  gett  nothing  by  all  this  onely  paying  mony  out  one  way 
and  receiving  it  another  therefore  I  hope  m''  Tho:  Webb  ^^ill 
not  miake  any  Scruple  of  payment  of  y  other  100£  when  Giles 
dra\AS  on  him,  itt  being  purely  for  his  advancement,  I  believe 
I  must  draw  Som.e  bills  on  you  for  Some  of  these  things  Shortly; 
Wee  have  a  great  crop  of  Tobacco  on  the  ground  just  now  ready 
ior  y^  house.  God  Sertd  Seasonable  weather,  itt  may  bee  good 
if  so  I  will  venture  on  a  considerable  quantity,  if  its  naught  I 
thinke  not  to  buy  one  Hogh'^ 

m'"  Paggen  hath  now  ratled  the  planters  by  a  late  letter  had 
they  taken  that  course  3  year  agoe  it  might  have  been  2  or  3000£ 
in  their  way  &  some  Ilundreds  in  mine.  I  have  not  reed  a 
letter  from  you  since  my  arriveall,  but'Suppose  all  well  hearing 
nothing  to  y^  contrary  from  m'^  Perry  or  others  Pray  gWe  my 
humble  Service  to  all  our  friends  wishing  you  all  health  &  hap- 
piriess  I  rem.ain 

S^     Y'  frd  &  Serv^ 
To  m'  A  &  Allen 


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To  T.  &  Allen. 

Virga  July  30«'>  1G88 
Gen' 

Yo'^  of  jTeb''y  &  March  last  via  Barbados  &  Maryland  came 
Safe  to  hand  &  I  am  [^lad  to  hear  of  all  your  wellfare,  though 
must  w"'  others  bee  extreamely  concerned  at  the  dreadfull  Acco' 
wee  daily  receive  of  our  Tobacco,  when  it  Vv'ill  mend  God  knows, 
here  is  a  Mighty  Crop  this  year  If  God  sends  good  weather 
to  house  itt,  there  will  bee  a  great  deale  of  good  Tobacco,  if  so 
I  will  (God  willing)  venture  to  ship  good  Store;  if  it  proves 
naught  I  will  ship  Httle:  I  suppose  wee  m.ay  dispatch  the  Salt 
Ship  betimes,  Sc  Wynne  too,  if  please  God  hee  arrives  Safe;  I 
hope  you  have  not  given  over  Bulke  Tobacco  My  L*^  Effing- 
ham in  liis  letter  to  y*-'  Coimcell  laid  a  good  foundation  for  you 
to  prosecute:  M}^  L^  Baltemore  doth  not  Act  fairly  I  fear  in 
that  buisinesse,  hee  haveing  given  no  direction  in  his  province 
about  itt  in  may  Last:  I  have  lately  been  very  ill  w**'  a  feavor, 
l.;ut  am  now  I  thank  God  much  better,  8z  hope  on  a  fair  way  of 
recovery  I  omitted  one  thing  in  my  Last,  that  you  would  goe 
to  m""  E  lath  waits  at  the  Plantation  Ofhce  at  Whitehall,  &  in- 
quire for  m''  Jno  Povey  (to  whom  &  m""  Blathwait  both  I  ha\-e 
wrote  Se\  erall  times  this  year)  who  will  informe  you  whither 
m''  Ayleway  hath  made  any  Stir  about  his  Patent  (10)  or  not, 
or  whither  hee  bee  in  Towne  if  hee  is  whither  hee  will  Sell  his 
Patent,  &-  whither  m"'  Blathwait  (to  whom  I  wrote  to  give  100 
Guineas  for  itt)  hath  offer'd  him  anything  or  not;  If  m''  Blath- 
wait hath  made  any  bargain  I  desire  you  would  please  to  pay 
the  mony  or  if  m'  Ayleway  bee  in  Towne  I  desire  you  would 
discourse  him  yourselves:  I  have  promised  m''  Povey  a  yearly 
gratuity  so  I  suppose  hee  will  bee  free  with  you,  &  by  him  you 
may  understand  whats  necessary  in  my  buisinesse  on  that  Side, 
you  may  acquaint  m""  Povey  when  our  James  River  ships  come 
by  whom  I  shall  most  readily  receive  Letters.  I  have  Some 
Skins  &  tlurres  by  mee  but  no  hopes  of  Sending  them  till  next 
sliipping;  I  hope  they  will  rise  for  New  York  trade  is  quite 
Spoiled  by  the  fTrench  warring  with  their  Indians,  I  hope 
Audeleys  ships  Ladeing  proved  better  then  you  expected;  all 
concerned  here  are  well  Satisfy'd  hee  is  gone  for  Holland  &  wish 


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Bradley  had  gone  with  her.     Wynne  wee  hope  will  hr'iw/,  scmt 
news  what  becomes  of  both  their  Loadings. 

My  best  respects  &  Service  to  all  friends  I  take  leave  Gen* 
Yo"'  most  Humble  Serv^ 

WB    ■ 
Please  to  Send  mee  these  things  underwritten 
One  do  of  Shoes  for  my  wife  of  y"  Same  Size  Last  year 
1  ])''  slippers  for  my  Selfe 

3  or  4  do  of  Boy's  &  Girles  shoes  from  3  year  Old  to  G  or  7 
1  ilo  of  shoe  bmshes 

1  do  Brushes  for  Clothes 

2  Voyders  for  table  Linnen  ;.  't-. 
2  Horse  Collers  &  traces 

2  do  of  files  for  my  Steel  mill  Saws     Ben  Bradley  charges  mice 
a  do  last  year  but  not  one  could  ever  bee  found 

W  B 
To  IMess^^  T  &  Allen 

(To  be  Continued.) 


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VIRGINIA  IN  1680-1681. 


(Abstracts  Ijy  W.  N.  Sainsbury,  and  copies  in  the  McDonald 

and  Dejamette  Papers,  Virginia  State  Library.) 

(Continued.) 


Letter  from  the  Privy  Council  to  the  Lord  Culpeper. 
(Copy.) 

After  our  very  hearty  Commendations  unto  Your  Lordships 
we  have  received  two  Letters  from  Your  Lordslii]j  to  M"" 
Coventry  dated  the  2"*^  May  and  the  8""  July  last,  together 
with  divers  Laws  which  have  l^een  lately  Enacted  in  Virginia 
and  we  are  well  pleased  to  find  Your  Lordship  has  been  so  suc- 
cessful in  passing  the  Three  Laws  (1)  transmitted  by  His  IVla''^ 
under  the  Great  Seal  of  England,  and  upon  consideration 
thereof,  we  have  only  disai)proved  of  the  last  proviso  in  the 
Act  for  raising  a  public  Re\'enue;  whereby  the  Virginia  Owners 
are  freed  from  paying  the  Duty's  imposed  by  the  Act  which  We 
esteem  ver\'  iiTCgular  and  imfit  to  be  allowed  of,  not  only  in  as 
much  as  it  derogates  from  the  Act  transmitted  by  His  Ma''^' 
wliich  ought  to  have  passed,  in  teiTninis,  but  because  it  is  very 
unequal  that  greater  Encouragement  should  be  given  to  Shii^s 
belonging  to  Inhabitants  of  Virginia  than  to  ships  that  are 
belonging  to  other  of  His  Ma*'*^^  subjects,  there  being  no  such 
difference  put  upon  the  Shi])s  of  Virginia  OAvners  here  in  Eng- 
land and  which  in  time  may  frustrate  the  End  of  this  Act  in 

(1)  These  acts  were:  An  act  of  tree  and  general!  pardon,  indemnitie 
and  oblivion:  an  act  for  naturalization,  and  an  act  for  raising  a  publique 
revenue  for  the  better  support  of  the  government  of  this  his  majesties 
colony.  (Henlng  II,  [158—169.)  These  bills  had  been  sent  over  with 
Lord  Culpeper,  with  instructions  that  they  be  passed  by  the  Va.  As- 
sembly. It  is  believed  they  are  the  only  ones  ever  so  sent  to  Virginia. 
The  first  two  acts  passed  unanimously;  Imt  the  revenue  act  the  Bur- 
gesses rejected  in  its  original  form,  and  added  two  provisos,  with 
which  the  act  was  adopted  by  the  General  Assembly.  As  is  shown 
in  the  text  tlie  English  go\ernment  agreed  to  the  first  proviso;  but 
rejected  the  last.  From  1091  onward,  however,  there  were  many  acts 
exempting  Virginia  owned  shi[)s  from  duties. 


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case  they  should  possess  themselves  of  so  many  Ships  as  to 
(.:port  the  whole  i)roduet  of  Vir^Hnia  or  a  considerable  part 
t!ure(;f.  And  therefore  upon  a  Rei)ort  made  by  Us  in  Council 
liis  Ala^y  has  thought  fit  to  express  his  disallowance  of  that 
Proviso  and  hath  commanded  us  to  transmit  the  signification 
of  his  pleasure  therein  to  you  as  we  do  by  the  enclosed  Order  in 
Council  to  the  End  that  Your  Lordship  or  the  Comm.ander  in 
Chief  of  Virginia  for  the  time  being  do  forthwith  make  pul>lica- 
tion  thereof,  and  take  care  that  no  such  exemption  or  i)ri\ilcge 
be  admitted  or  allowed  by  the  Collector's  and  Officers  ap- 
!)ointed  to  receive  the  Duties  imposed  by  the  Act  transmitted 
'  ly  His  Ma^y  wherewith   His    Ma'^  expects  a  punctual  com- 

•  pliance  without  any  resen^ation  or  exemption  whatsoever. 

'  We    are    daily    expecting    Your    Lordshi]3s    Letters    by    the 

•  iSiephen  and  Edward  together  with  a  narrative  of  all  your 
transactions  and  State  of  the  Country  which  we  find  so  ntces- 
sar}-  to  be  transmitted  to  Us  from  time  to  time  for  Our  Ijetter 

^  information  that  His    jNIa'^    has  thought  fit  to  Order.     That 

i'  Each  Governor  jointly  and  in  one  body  with  their  res]3ective 

Council  do  keep  a  Journal  of  all  important  occun-ences  to  be 

•  transmitted  quarterly  with  their  observations  and  o}>inions 
how  each  Colony  may  be  improved  from  time  to  timxC  as  \'our 

'  •  Lordship  will  have  more  fully  understood  by  a  particular  Letter 

from  Us  (a  duplicate  whereof  is  here  inclosed)  in  pursuance  of 

J  His   A'lat''^^   express  Commands    in  this  behalf.     And  whereas 

each  Council  hath  a  Secretary  appointed  by  His  Ala^'^''  Let- 
ters Patents  through  whose  Office  the  Public  Orders  and  Pai^ers 
of  importance  do  pass  which  are  necessary  to  be  regis'^ered 
there  and  are  fit  to  come  under  our  knowledge  It  is  further 
Ordered  by  His  Ma'^  that  each  of  them  do  communicate  the 
same  unto  Us.  And  that  the  Clerk  of  every  Assemibly  do  in 
like  manner  transmit  unto  Us  a  Journal  of  their  proceedings. 
X^'otes,  &  Bills  according  to  the  directions  given  them  by  esjje- 
cial  Letters  from  Us.  And  it  is  withal  His  JNIa*'''^  pleasure 
that  notwithstanding  these  Informations  which  we  are  to  re- 
ceive from  other  hands  each  Governor  do  remain  under  their 
former  obligation  of  con-espondency  and  do  not  hold  themselves 
excused   from   transmitting  unto   Us  bv  all   conve\-ances   the 


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same   Information   and   PuVjHc  matter  as   if   these   particular 
Orders  had  not  been  given. 

And  whereas  we  have  represented  unto  His  Ma*^  the  incon- 
venience which  the  Government  of  the  Plantations  hath  suf- 
fered in  the  matter  of  Piiblic  Offices  which  ha^'e  been  sometimes 
unduly  obtained  and  possessed  by  persons  not  fitly  qvialified  to 
exercise  the  same  His  Ala^y  has  therefore  empowered  us  to 
make  a  full  inspection  into  all  places  of  trust  which  are  under 
His  Ma''*'**  im^mediate  Governm.ent  in  America,  to  the  End  we 
nmy  thereupon  distinguish  which  of  them  ought  to  be  left  to 
the  disposal  of  the  Governor  from  such  as  may  be  more  proper 
for  His  Ma*y  to  grant  by  His  especial  Order.  We  do  there- 
fore desire  Your  Lordship  to  send  us  with  all  speed  a  particular 
account  (2)  of  all  public  Offices  and  places  of  trust  within  Your 
Govemn}ent  by  whom  the  same  are  possessed,  by  what  Autlior- 
ity,  for  what  term  and  Estate  and  how  necessary  and  expedient 
it  may  be  tliat  the  same  be  disposed  of  by  His  iMa*^  or  His 
Government  together  with  cojnes  of  all  Establishments  and 
grants  of  such  Offices  as  Your  Lordship  is  likewise  directed  b}' 
Your  Commission.  And  we  are  further  to  signify  unto  Your 
Lordshi]3  his  Ala''<^^  Commands  that  no  Office  or  place  within 
Your  Governm^ent  be  disposed  of,  for  the  consideration  of  gain, 
but  that  the  same  be  given  to  persons  fitly  quallified. 

Lastly,  We  have  Received  His  Ma^'*-'*'  Command  to  signify 
His  pleasure  that  as  it  is  our  especial  Duty  incumbent  on  Your 
Lordshi]3  to  take  care  of  the  Church,  so  Y''  Lordship  do  forth- 
with (if  the  same  be  not  already  done)  give  Order  that  ever^^ 
Minister  ^^'ithin  Your  Government  be  one  of  the  Vestry  in  his 
respective  Parish  and  that  no  Vestry  be  held  without  him, 
except  in  case  of  sickness,  or  that  after  notice  of  a  Vestry  sum- 
moned he  absent  himself.  And  so  not  doubting  of  Your  Lord- 
ship's performance  hereof  We  bid  you  very  heartily  Farewell 
from  the  Council  Chamber  in  Whitehall  this  14'*^  day  of  Octo- 
ber  1680. Your  Lordships  very  loving  friends. 

(2)  This  list  of  public  officers  in  Virginia  was  published  in  this  Mag- 
azine I,  225-252,  though  through  a  blunder  in  the  make-up,  it  is  mixed 
with  another  for  1G99.  Pages  225,  and  nearly  all  of  22G,  242-244,  and 
from  "Isle  of  Wight  County,"  p.  246  to  the  end  , relate  to  1680.  The 
report  for  1699  begins  at  the  bottom  of  p.  226  and  continues  to  and  in- 
cludes p.  241,  begins  again,  with  "Board  of  Trade"  on  p.  244  and  ends 
at  "Isle  of  Wight  County,"  p.  216. 


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268  virginia  historical  magazine      .^k? 

Whitehall,  Oct.  14,  1680 
Order  of  the  King  in  Council  Confirming  an  Act  for 
Raising  a  Public  Revenue  for  the  better  support  of  his 
Maj'.  Colony  of  Virginia  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  said  Colony 
but  disallowing  a  proviso  in  said  Act  whereby  the  Virginia 
Owners  are  freed  from  paying  the  duties  imposed  by  the  Act. 
(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80,  pp.  392-394.) 


Vv''hitehall,  Nov.  3,  IGSO. 

Order  of  the  King  in  Council.  That  no  Governor  or 
Commander  in  Chief  of  his  IVIaj.  Plantations  presii^ne  hence- 
for\\-ard  upon  any  pretence  whatsoever  to  com^e  into  England 
from  the  places  of  their  respective  Government  without  first 
ha\'ing  obtained  leave  for  so  doing  fromi  his  Maj.  in  Council. 
His  Maj.  hereby  declaring  that  his  \-crbal  lea\-e  or  other  per- 
mission whatsoever  except  such  leave  in  Council  shall  not  be 
esteemed  a  sufficient  \^arrant  for  the  samic.  And  all  Go\'ernors 
i5c  Cum.manders  in  Chief  are  to  confonn  themselves  hereimto 
U]  L.n  pain  of  his  Maj.  highest  displeasure. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  97.  pp.  82-3.) 

N.  B.  This  Order  in  Council  is  referred  to  in  the  Virginia 
Pajjers — notably  in  the  case  of  Gov.  Lord  Cul|;ei:er  who  was 
dc};.rived  of  his  Govern'  of  Virginia  for  ha\ing  come  to  Eng- 
land in  direct  violation  of  said  Order.  W.  N.  S. 


Whitehall,  Nov.  16,  1680. 

The  King  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia — To  direct  the 
Na\  al  Officer  within  his  Government  to  make  due  entries  and 
keejj  particular  accounts  of  all  Imports  and  Export,  and*of  the 
shipping,  burthens,  guns,  &  from  whence  they  come  and 
whither  bound;  said  accounts  to  be  transmitted  to  Lords  of 
Trade  quarterly.     Power  to  appoint  fit  Officers  for  the  same. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  pp.  403-3.)  -Another  Copy  in 
Colonial  Papers. 

Nov.  20,  1680. 
^Major  General  Smith  (3)  to  the  Twenty  Colonels  in 

(o)  Robert  Smith,  of  "Brandon,"  Middle.sex  County,  was  a  member 
of  Council  1063,  was  Major  General  of  Viru'inia  militia  IGGG,  an^l  died 
ir».7.     See  this  Maj'azine,  I.  4:5J. 


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viRGixNiA  IN  1680-1681         .AXi'v'rt         269 


\'iRGixiA — His  Majesty  having  by  Commission  ai:)pointed  him 
Lfajor  General  of  all  his  Alaj.  forces  in  Virginia  it  is  his  duty 
yearly  to  ijifonn  his  Alaj.  of  the  true  strength  of  the  Country. 
Requests  them  to  observe  these  under  written  orders.  An- 
nexed Copy  of  the  orders  to  the  several  Colonels:  to  list  all 
Housekeepers  &  freemen  able  to  bear  anr.s  Sz  dispose  them  into 
companies  of  foot  and  troops  of  horse — the  foot  companies  to 
consist  of  GO  soldiers  besides  Officers,  and  the  Troopers  of  40 
Troopers  besides  Officers,  which  at  convenient  times  are  to  be 
called  together  and  instructed  &  exercised  in  tlie  use  of  their 
arms — with  Mem.— That  the  whole  number  of  Foot  of  the 
settled  j\Iilitia  or  Trainbands  is  7268 — and  the  number  of 
Horse  1300.  "Scarce  one  half  of  these  are  anned  especially 
the  horse — The  ammunition  very  little." — 1  p. 
(Colonial  Papers.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  13,  1680. 

Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. — In 
reference  to  se\'eral  papers  lately  received  from  Virginia  con- 
taining the  Laws  lately  passed  there  and  the  proceedings  of  the 
Assembly— also  two  letters  of  9  July  and  20  Aug.  last  from  the 
Secretary  of  Virginia;  request  of  the  Assembly  for  a  cessation 
from  planting  tobacco  in  1081  and  information  of  a  Mutiny 
like  to  haijijen  in  one  of  the  foot  companies  sent  over  by  his 
Maj.  to  be  submitted  to  his  Maj.  in  Council  and  whether  their 
Lordships  shall  defer  the  consideration  of  the  other  papers  until 
Lord  Culpeper's  arrival  who  is  said  to  be  landed  in  Ireland. 

(Col.  Eniry  Bk.  No.  lOG.  pp.  237-8.) 


Whitehall,  Dec.  15,  1680. 

Order  of  the  King  in  Council — referring  to  the  Lords  of 
the  Treasury  two  letters  from  the  Secretary  of  Virginia  to  the 
Earl  of  Sunderland  dated  9  July  and  20  August  last  touching 
a  cessation  from  planting  tobacco  for  the  year  1081,  for  their 
report  thereon. 

(Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  80.  p.  399.) 


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1G80 

Copy  of  an  Act  of  Free  and  General  Pardon,  Indemnity 
AND  Oblivion. — "This  Act  was  past  in  Virginia  in  IGSO  upon 
occasion  of  Bacon's  Rebellion." 

(Colonial  Papers  9  pp.)  "^"^     ^'' 


Petition  of  the  General  Asse.mbly  of  Virginia  to  the 
King. — They  have  embraced  with  hearty  thanks  his  Maj.  Act 
of  General  Pardon  and  Obli\-ion  and  passed  the  second  Act  of 
Naturalization — as  also  for  raising  a  public  re\cnue  for  the 
better  support  of  the  Govern'  with  some  necessary  provisoes  all 
of  ^^  hich  they  pray  m.ay  be  confirmed :  and  also  that  the  place 
of  Auditor  .may  be  first  supplied  by  the  recommendation  of  the 
Governor  to  his  JVlajesty — Are  grateful  that  the  Grant  of  same 
sun-eptitiously  obtained  b\'  Robert  Ayleway  was  Ijy  Lord  Cul- 
peper's  application  rejected  by  the  King. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp.)  ,     -.  ^^  ., 


Custom  House,  London,  Jan.   10,   lGSO-81. 

Report  of  the  Com:\hssioners  of  Customs  to  Lords  of 
Trade  and  Plantations  on  the  Order  of  Council  touching  a 
Cessation  from  planting  Tobacco  in  Virginia  in  the  year  IGSL 
That  in  fonner  years  when  there  have  been  like  reports  of  great 
cro]js  of  tobacco  they  have  found  sufficient  vent  for  the  same. 
Most  parts  of  Christendom  are  furnished  from  hence  with  to- 
bacco of  the  growth  of  \^irginia — if  there  be  a  cessation  it  may 
occasion  the  increase  of  planting  tobacco  in  the  Spanish  French 
S:  Dutch  Plantations  whereby  the  m.arkets  from  Europe  may 
be  supplied  &  so  the  trade  from  Virginia  be  irrecoverabl}'  lost — 
that  his  Maj.  revenue  from  a  m.edium  of  3  years  of  tobacco  from 
Virginia  amounts  to  about  £100.000  per  ann:  &  if  there  be  a 
cessation  the  greatest  part  of  the  same  may  be  lost,  besides  the 
loss  of  the  navigation  of  this  kingdom  there  being  so  great  a 
numiber  of  shipping  employed  in  this  trade. 

(Colonial  Papers  2  pp..) 


VIRGINIA  IN  1580-1681  271 

Virginia,  May  13,  1081. 

Nicholas  Spencer,  Secretary  of  Virginia  to  Secretary 
SiR  Leoi.inx:  Jenkins.— Affairs  peaceable  and  the  Indians 
qiULt,  tliC  gamsons  at  the  heads  of  the  rivers  keeping  a  con- 
sianl  awe  upon  them — Their  greatest  enemy  to  be  feared  is 
their  Povert}'  thro'  the  small  or  no  value  of  their  tobacco, 
unless  the  King  give  his  assent  to  a  cessation — a  check  to  all 
othicr  manufactories — tlieir  greatest  hope  in  flax,  in  vvh.ich  they 
are  still  very  unskilful. 

(Colonial  Papers.  2  pp) 


Virginia,  June  IS  &  July  25,  1G81. 

Extracts  of  Two  Letters  from  Virginia  received  from 
Lord  Culpeper  the  12th  Oct  1681  and  read  in  Council  the  same 
day.  In  reference  to  the  fears  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  extrcTiie 
l^arts  of  the  Country  caused  by  the  late  injuries  done  by  the 
Senecas  in  jjassing  and  re-passing  from  the  North^vard  to  the 
Southv^ard — tlieir  houses  being  robbed  and  their  hogs  and 
cattle  maliciously  and  wantonly  killed — and  the  depredations 
of  the  several  tribes  of  Indians  in  those  parts.  3  pp.  indorsed 
as  above. 

(Colonial  Papers.) 


Virginia,  Jlne  29,  16S1. 

Nathaniel  Bacon,  John  Page,  and  Otho  Thorp  to  Geo. 
Richards. — That  if  their  ship  the  Planters  Adventure  cannot 
be  sold  for  £500  sterling  he  present  to  Lord  Culi)eper  their 
petition  to  continue  to  them  their  privilege  as  Virginia  owners 
so  long  as  she  may  be  fit  to  go  to  sea. 

(Colonial  Papers.) 


Whitehall,  June  30,  1681. 
The  King  to  the  Lord  Culpeper  Governor  of  Virginia — 
That  it  is  a  matter  of  the  greatest  importance  and  highly  neces- 
sary for  the  good  of  his  Maj.  subjects  that  all  rents  revenues  and 
jjrofiLs  belonging  to  the  King  should  be  more  closely  inspected 


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t'  and  brought  into  a  more  certain  method  and  direct  way  of 

»■■  account;    the  King  has  therefore  constituted  Wm.   Blathwayt 

■'  Esq.  Our  ,Sur\'eyor  and  Auditor  General  of  all  our  Revenues  in 

America.  The  Governor  of  Virginia  is  strictly  commanded  to 
add  it  as  a  principal  instruction  to  those  he  has  already  re- 
ceived that  he  gi\-e  the  said  Wm.  Blathwayt  and  those  employed 
by  him  all  such  assistance  as  may  tend  to  the  more  easy  execu- 
tion of  his  duty;  and  tliat  the  Gov.  issue  out  his  warrants  from 
tiir.e  to  time  for  payment  of  the  salary  assigned  to  said 
Blathwayt  out  of  the  public  monies  raised  or  to  be  raised  within 
"cair  said  island."  3  pp. 
'"'!  (Colonial  Entrv  Bk.  No.  DO.) 

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Whitehall,  Jlly  5,  1G81. 

]MiNUTES  OF  A  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations. — 
?c\eral  laws  ]jassed  in  Virginia  by  Lord  Culpeper  read,  viz. 
An  Act  for  continuation  of  fortifications — Their  Lordships  ob- 
serve that  the  stile  of  the  laws,  viz.  By  the  Kings  most  excel- 
lent Majesty  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  General  Assembly 
is  not  agreeable  to  Lord  Culpeper's  first  Commission  dated  8 
July  1675  but  to  be  altered  for  the  future  to  Governor  Council 
tc  Assembly.  An  Act  for  cohabitation  &  encouragement  of 
a:  trade  and  manufacture  read  &  refen-ed  to  Commiss'"^  of  Cus- 

1.  toms  for  their  report.     Orders  of  Assembly  of  8  July  1680  read 

1  ^^  herein  the  Assembly  declare  &  appoint  the  power  of  sheriffs 

upon  the  water  &  direct  the  setling  of  a  parish,  their  Lordp* 
think  these  proceedings  not  proper  for  the  Assembly'  who  have 
orily  power  to  make  Laws  with  the  consent  of  the  Governor  & 
Council,  and  have  not  power  to  dispose  of  any  money  raised 
by  the  late  Act  of  Revenue  of  8  June  1680 — though  they  have 
disposed  of  divers  sums  out  of  the  revenue  of  2*  per  hogshead. 
2  pp. 

(Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp.  268-270). 


Council  Chamber,  July  12,  1681. 
[W.  Blathwayt]  to  M''.  Guy. — The  Lords  Committee  for 
Trade  and  Plantations  desire  that  the  inclosed  Act  of  Virginia 
[for  cohabitation  and  encouragement  of  Trade  and  Manufac- 


VIRGINIA  IN   IGbO-lGSl  273 

ture]  be  bent  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs  for  their 
report  \\]('n  same  &  particularly  upon  the  two  Clauses  concern- 
ing the  tirnj  wherein  said  Act  is  to  take  place  for  the  landing  of 
goods  and  for  the  shipping  of  tobacco  and  that  some  of  them 
attend  the  Committee  with  said  Report  on  the  20th  Inst. 
(Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  SO.  p.  40;>.) 


Tkeasury  Chamber,  Wiiitkhall,  July  12,  1G81. 

Henry  Guy  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs — In- 
closes, by  order  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  an  Act  of  Vir- 
ginia for  their  report  to  the  Lords  Committee  for  Trade  and 
Plantations  and  particularly  upon  the  two  clauses  concerning 
the  time  wherein  said  Act  is  to  take  place  for  the  landing  of 
geods  and  for  the  shipping  of  tobacco,  with  which  som.e  of  thier 
nuniber  are  to  attend  the  Com.rnittee  on  the  20th  inst. 

(^Colr^nii.l  Pai^ers.) 


July  21,   1081. 


Petition  of  William  Fisher,  Merchant,  to  the  King 
A^  D  I'Rivv  Council — Setting  forth  his  having  shipped  in  ]ulv 
\-]7r,  a  c.ir;j;o  of  merchandize  value  £12000  sterlg  on  board  the 
iloeiiix,  Leonard  Hayes,  Master,  through  v/hose  wicked  de- 
^:igns  con:bined  with  one  John  Bellamy  and  Peter  Delling  the 
tliip  was  cast  av.ay  in  Cherry  Stone  Creek  in  Virginia  for  tlie 
j.'urpose  of  enibezzling  th.e  goods  which  fell  into  their  hands 
and  into  the  hands  of  Col.  Stringer,  Col.  Kendal,  Col.  Waters, 
I\Iajor  Spencer,  Capt.  Foxcraft,  Col.  Thos.  Ballard  &  several 
others.  That  altho'  Sir  Wm.  Berkeley  recovered  about  £4000 
of  said  goods,  when  petitioner's  Agent  arrived  in  Virginia  said 
goods  were  so  dispersed  &  gotten  into  such  powerful  hands  that 
with  four  years  law  &  continued  solicitations  he  has  not  been 
able  to  obtain  one  penny  satisfaction.  Prays  that  Lord  Cul- 
peper  may  be  directed  to  examine  into  the  matter  and  report 
his  opinion  thereon  to  his  Alaj.  for  jjetitioners'  relief.     2  pp. 

( Colon i id  Papers.) 


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274  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 


Virginia,  July  22,  1G81. 


"Extract  of  Letters  from  Virginia." — In  reference  to 
the  Senecas  and  what  is  to  be  apprehended  from  them.  All 
articles  of  peace  made  with  those  Indians  are  openly  violated 
so  that  our  neighbor  Indians  v\ill  not  treat  with  those  Northern 
Indians— Maryland  no  less  infested  with  them  than  this  Gov- 

,,  ernment — their  depredations  about  a  fortnight  since  joined  by 

son:e  Susquehannas — Proposal  to  the  Govern''  of  Maryland 
by  an  escaped  Mattawom.an  Indian  that  the  Senecas  would 
deliver  up  all  the  Susquehannas  for  a  small  satisfaction — Ap- 
prehensions of  trouble  in  Maryland  from  several  protestant 
gentlemen  under  bail — the  elections  there — A  troop  of  horse  in 
Potom.ac  preserving  the  frontier  inhabitants  against  the  In- 
dians refused  to  m.arch,  their  Captain  being  a  papist.  Doubtful 
whether  the  murders  in  Maryland  were  committed  by  Indians 
beirig  in  a  part  thick  seated— all  the  murdered  peoples  throats 
cut  and  their  bodies  stabbed,  a  way  of  killing  never  known  from 

y,  Indians.     Indorsed,  "Received  from  Col.  Ludwell  and  read  in 

I  Council  12  July  (sic  Oct.  ?)  1681.  1  p. 

(Colonial  Papers.) 

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PAPERS    FROM    THE    VIRGINIA    STATE    AL'DITOR'S 
OFFICE,  NOW  IN  THE  STATE  LIBRARY. 


[In  191o  a  great  mass  of  papers,  which  had  been  inaccessible 
to  the  pubHc,  was  removed  to  the  State  Library.  There  are 
between  000,000  and  700,000  pieces,  inckiding  10,000  records 
in  book  form.  The  vast  majority  of  these  papers  are  not  of 
earlier  date  than  about  the  beginning  of  the  Re^'olution,  though 
some  of  earlier  date  are  also  to  be  found.  Mr.  Earl  G.  Swem, 
who  has  done  so  much  valuable  vrork  in  the  Library,  made  a 
report  on  them  in  1914,  and  has  sorted  them  into  packages. 
An-angement  and  cataloguing  are  i)rogressing,  but  much  time 
will  be  needed  to  complete  the  work.  The  following  papers  are 
taken  from  two  or  three  packages.] 

William  Aylett  (l)   to  William  Lee. 

Williamsburg,  Va.,  Dec.  11,  1777. 
William  Lee,  Esq., 
Dear  Sir.  '  >  - 

Since  I  wrote  you  by  this  opportunity  I  have  laid  your  letter 
before  the  Governor  and  Council,  who  have  appointed  you 
Agent  for  this  State  in  France,  his  Excellenc}'  has  wrote  to  you 
on  the  occasion  to  which  refer. 

The  Brigg  Greyhound  is  addressed  to  Mess"  J.  GruU  &  Com- 
pany, for  reasons  mentioned  in  my  last  tho  subject  to  your 
contract,  there  will  some  other  vessels  shortly  follow  her. 

I  have  desir'd  JVless"  J.  Gruil  &  Company  to  pay  you  a 

sum  of  mone}'  to  purchase  a  Great  Seal  for  the  use  of  this  State, 

but   one  has  been   since  procur'd   therefore  tlie  necessity  for 

troubling  you  ceases.     I  remain  with  great  respect  and  esteem 

Your  mo  Ob  Servt  William  Aylett. 

N.  B. — I  shall  this  day  resign  my  office  of  Agent  to  Mr.  Thos 

Smith  who  will  write  you  by  this  opportunity. 

(File  "Aud.  no.") 

(1)  William  Aylett,  was  son  of  Philip  and  Martha  (Dandridge)  Aylett, 
of  "Fairfield,"  King  William  County.  He  was  appoiuted  Deputy  Com- 
niissary  General  of  Stores  for  Virginia  April  27,  1776,  and  Deputy  Com- 
missary General  of  Purchases  June  18,  1777.  Heitman  says  he  served 
to  July  24,  1782,  but  a  i,'enealogical  account  of  the  family  which  has  been 
pul)lislied  -,t;ites  that  lie  dwd   m  service  at  Yorktov.n  17S1. 


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sr's,  Patrick  Henry(2)  to  William  Lee. 

Virginia,  December  IS*"*,   1777. 
Sirs 

The  several  metHods  we  have  hitherto  taken  for  supi)lying 
the  army  and  navy  of  this  State  with  necessaries  have  proved 
ineffectual  for  that  purpose,  so  we  are  at  present  without  a 
pnjbability  of  being  niore  effectually  supplied  in  future.  I 
have  therefore  in  behalf  of  this  State  with  the  advice  of  the 
Council  adopted  the  follov/ing  plan  to  be  pursued  in  future. 
Vie  propose  to  send  all  the  vessels  we  are  able  to  fit  out  proper 
for  the  European  Trade  to  Nantz  loaded  v^'ith  Tobacco  where 
we  shall  direct  both  vessels  and  cargoes  to  be  sold,  &  the  pro- 
duce after  purchasing  and  fitting  out  one  swift  sailing  anr.ed 
vessel  to  be  laid  out  in  the  necessaries  we  want  to  be  shiped  in 
French  vessels  and  as  French  property  to  Cape  Francoise  Sz 
there  reshiped  in  swift  sailing  pilot  Boats  which  we  shall  jjro- 
vidc  to  some  of  the  safest  ports  to  the  Southward  of  our  Caj^es 
l;ut  as  from  the  scarcity  of  vessels  and  seamen  here  it  v/ill  be 
imjiracticable  by  this  m.ethod  to  export  commodities  sufficient 
to  jAirchase  all  v.e  may  want  we  propose  to  endeavor  to  pro- 
cuie  a  credit  with  somic  merchants  in  France  for  what  may  be 
further  necessary  to  be  shiped  in  the  same  i^lace  for  which  we 
pro]:)ose  to  pay  by  shiping  Tobo  on  our  own  account  in  any 
French  vessels  they  may  charter  for  that  purpose.  We  propose 
to  have  such  charter'd  vessels  Loaded  with  salt  at  Nantes  on 
our  account  also,  and  expect  to  pay  a  generous  freight,  both 
for  the  salt  delivered  here,  &  for  conveying  the  Tobo  to  Nantz 
and  to  have  them,  both  ensured  if  it  can  be  done  at  a  reasonable 
premium. 

We  further  propose  to  export  what  produce  we  can  in  our 

small  vessels  to  Cape  Francois,  and  to  direct  our  Agent  there 

(•_')  Patrick  Henry  was  then  Governor.  With  the  important  excep- 
tion that  lives  were  lost  only  in  actual  combat  the  English  na\  al  vessels 
and  privateers  made  the  carrying  of  supplies  across  the  Atlantic  almost 
as  difficult  as  the  U-boats  do  now.  Another  difference  was  that  the 
enemy  had  an  immense  merchant  fleet  at  sea,  at  which  the  .'\mericans 
and  French  could  strike  effectively.  Other  letters  and  papers  on  the 
subject  of  the  importation  of  supplies  during  the  Revolution  have  been 
printed  in  this  Magazine  XV,  15(),  157,  288,  289,  291,  292;  XVI,  163-170; 
XVIII,  (53-70;  XIX,  365-309. 


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277 


to  charter  such  vessels  as  he  can  to  bring  Salt  here  &  convey 
Tobacco  from  hence  either  to  Cape  Francoise,  or  to  Nantes  as 
he  can  agree  which  will  be  added  to  our  remittances  after  pur- 
chasing the  few  necessaries  we  may  want  in  the  West  Indies 
but  as  tis  necessary  for  rendering  this  m.ethod  effectual  that  we 
should  have  a  proper  agent  at  Nantz  to  act  for  us  I  being  lately 
inform.ed  of  your  residence  there  I  have  with  the  advice  of  the 
Council  thought  proper  to  apj^oint  you  Agent  for  this  State  to 
superintend  and  direct  all  our  affairs  in  France,  and  on  our 
behalf  to  enter  into  any  contract  or  agreement  necessary  for 
effecting  our  purposes,  not  doubting  but  your  zeal  for  the  cause 
of  Freedom,  and  regard  for  this  your  native  Country,  will  be 
sufficient  inducements  for  you  to  exert  those  abilities  you  are 
so  well  known  to  possess  and  all  your  endeavors  for  our  service. 
I  make  no  doubt  but  you  may  readily  procure  any  assistance 
in  the  ]:)Ov/cr  of  Mess^"*  Franklin  &  Deans  and  hojje  you  will 
avail  yourself  of  it  as  far  as  it  is  necessary,  I  should  hope  the 
trade  of  this  State  thus  confined  to  certain  Ports  would  be  an 
object  wortliy  the  attention  of  the  French  Ministry  who  might 
easih^  afford  it  some  extraordinary  protection;  our  mercantile 
transactions  at  Nantz  have  hitherto  been  confined  to  the  house 
of  Mess"  J.  Gruil  &  Co.  who  I  wish  still  to  have  the  preference 
in  that  way  provided  we  can  certainly  be  supply'd  by  them  in 
the  ternis  we  propose,  or  in  as  good  as  any  other  offer  to  them 
We  shall  continue  to  address  our  vessels  until  we  hear  from  you, 
and  shall  gi\'e  them  notice  of  your  appointment  as  our  Agent 
&  the  teiTTis  on  which  we  expect  to  Ije  supplied  in  future,  and 
direct  them  to  apph'  to  you  for  instructions  on  whatever  tliey 
ma}  be  at  a  loss  &  to  follow  such  directions  as  y</a  n^ay  think 
necessary  to  gi\-e  them  respecting  any  of  our  affairs.  I  must 
beg  the  fa\(jr  of  you  to  make  the  necessary  engagements  for 
supplying  us  with  them,  or  any  other  person  you  think  ])roper 
as  soon  as  possible,  and  give  me  the  earliest  notice  of  it  & 
attend    to    their   execution. 

I  am  Sir  your  PIble  Ser\'ant        P.  Henry. 

I^.  S.     Since  writing  the  within  it  has  been  reported  to  the 
Council   tliat  the  Brigg  Greyhound  is  a  ver>'  swift  saihng  vessel 


27S  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Upon  which  they  have  determined  that  she  had  better  return 
here  with  a  load  of  salt,  than  be  sold.  It  also  appears  that 
Mess"  J.  Gruil  &  Co.  have  agreed  with  Mr.  John  King  (who 
had  power  from  this  State  to  make  the  contract)  to  furnish 
them  with  a  quantity  of  goods  to  be  shiped  on  their  account, 
and  that  another  House  have  agreed  to  send  a  vessel  loaded 
with  vSalt  for  the  use  of  this  State,  which  shows  that  contracts 
of  the  nature  we  wished,  may  be  made  at  Nantz,  these  contracts 
Ave  hope  to  comply  punctually  with  and  that  it  wall  always  be 
in  your  power  to  make  such  others  as  are  necessary  fur  us. 
Mess"  J.  Gruil  &  Co.  have  without  any  directions  frcni  us, 
fitted  out  the  Brigg  Liberty  as  an  armed  vessel  &  altho  she  may 
be  improper  for  it,  yet  it  malces  it  unnecessary  for  us  to  have 
cinother,  you  will  therefore  be  pleased  to  disregard  our  request 
for  having  one  fitted  out.  P.  Henr\'. 

(File  "Aud.  116.")        

accoi'nt  from  archibald  ritchie   (s). 
Dr.     William  Avlett  &:  John  Hawkins  Esq.  for  the  State 
OF  Virginia. 
1775 

October  12'*'     To  1000  Bushells  Salt  at  2x16 £125-0-0 

1778 
INiarch  12''^     To  a  Warehouse  for  ditto  from  October 
12*''  1775  to  this  time  where  the  Salt  yet  re- 
mains at   40s  p  month 58-0-0 

177G  C^  ~T8.V0-0 

March   lO'*'     By  cash  ac  W.   Aylett 

Esq^ £120-0-0 

Ballance  due  A.  Ritchie 63-0-0 

183-0-0 

En-ors  Excepted 
(File  "Aud.  116.") Archibald  Ritchie.  (3) 

(,3)  Archibald  Ritchie,  a  Scotch  merchant  of  Tappahannock.  He 
Stems  to  have  gotten  into  trouble  with  one  of  the  associations  in  1706, 
and  was  charged  with  disloyalty  during  the  Revolution,  but  this  was 
denied  by  his  noted  son  Thomas  Ritchie,  editor  of  the  Richmond  Enqtdrer. 
Archibald  Ritchie  was  long  one  of  the  principal  merchants  of  \'irginia. 
He  married  in  1753,  Mary  daughter  of  Wm.  Roane,  of  Essex  Co.,  and 
died  in  1784.  Another  one  of  his  sons  was  Captain  John  Ritchie,  U.S.A., 
v>ho  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Lundy's  Lrau. 


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Raleigh  Colston  (4)  to  Benjamin  Day.         ,  ,  ,. 

Cape  Francois,  Sep^  27"'  1781 
Eenjainin  Day,  Esq: 
h-^ir, 

I  wrote  you  from  Curacoa  advising  you  that 
your  bill  of  Exchange  on  Mess"  Brassier  &  Co.  had  been  issued. 

(4)  The  iirat  of  the  Colston  family  was  William  Colston,  said  to 
have  been  a  native  of  Bristol,  who  came  to  Virginia  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  17th  century  and  settled  in  that  part  of  the  old  county  of  Rap- 
pahannock County,  now  Richmond  County.  He  was  clerk  of  Rappa- 
liannock  1G85-1692,  and  of  Richmond  1G92-1701,  and  was  a  member  of 
House  of  Burgesses  1692  and  1G99.  Among  the  records  of  Rappahannock 
is  the  following  entry:  "At  a  Court  held  for  Rappahannock  County 
August  7,  16S9,  upon  the  humble  petition  of  William  Colston  who  mar- 
ried and  for  and  on  the  behalf  of  Kirs.  Ann  Beale,  relict  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Beale,  deceased,  &c."  She  was  a  daughter  of  Major  William  Gooch 
of  the  Council.  The  v/ill  of  William  Colston,  was  dated  Oct.  27,  1701, 
and  proved  Dec.  1701.  His  legatees  were,  his  daughter  Susanna  £150, 
son  William  all  his  silver  plate,  son  Charles  640  acres  of  lami  and  son 
William  all  rest  of  estate.  Mr.  Rawleigh  Travers  and  son-in-law  (step- 
scm)  Mr.  Thomas  Beale,  executors.  The  inventory  of  William  Colston 
was  recorded  in  1701.  It  included,  "In  the  closet  by  ye  chimney  in 
yc  Hall  one  hundred  books  of  all  sorts,"  and  among  other  items  "money 
&  rings,  29  shillings  in  old  dipt  money;  in  Spanish,  English  and  Gold 
£.}7,16.9,  twelve  plain  gold  rings,  3  single  stone  rings,  one  picture  of 
Mother  oi  Pearle,  1  Load  Stone,  plate,  m  the  dwelling  house,"  &c. 

Issue:     2.  William;    3.  Charles;    4.  Susanna,  born  Dec.  8,  16S6. 
2.  William-  Colston,  was  bom  ,  and  died  1722.     He  mar- 
ried Mary  .     His  will,  dated  May  10,  1721,  and  proved  in 

Richmond  Co.,  Jan.  3,  1721-2.  He  made  beriuests  to  each  of  his  daughters 
(not  naming  them)  and  to  his  Vv'ife  Mary.  There  is  a  deed  dated,  R.ich- 
mond  Co.,  April  21,  1757  from  John  Smith,  gent,  of  Richmond  county 
and  Mary  his  wife,  to  his  son  John  Smith,  of  Northumberland  Co., 
conveying  1000  acres  in  Northumberland,  granted  to  John  Robinson 
July  24,  1665,  and  which,  b}'  several  conveyances  vested  in  William  Col- 
ston, father  of  the  said  Mary  Smith.  An  act  passed  1702  (Hening  VU, 
636),  gave  the  names  of  Wm.  Colston's  two  children. 

Issue:  5.  Mary  married  John  Smith,  of  Richmond  County;  6. 
Frances  niarried  Joseph  Morton,  of  James  City  County. 

3.  C.A,PT\iN  Charles-  Colston,  of  Richmond  County,  born  March  9, 
1691,  died  Oct.  1724.  He  married  in  May  1713,  Rebecca,  widow  of  John 
Ta\'ener,  of  Richmond  Co.,  and  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  Travers. 
Her  uncle  Raleigh  Travers  in  his  will,  dated  Nov.  24,  1700,  left  "Exeter 
Lodge,"  Northumberland  County,  after  the  death  of  his  wife  to  his 
"Cousin"  (niece)  Rebecca  Travers,  and  this  estate  remained  for  several 
generations  in  the  Colston  family.  Chas.  Colston,  died  intestate, 
but  his  inventory  was  recorded  in  Richmond  Co.,  Nov.  25,  1724.  His 
personal  estate  was  valued  at  £'^99.17.9^4.  It  included  books  valued  at 
£37.1.10;4,  a  silver  hilted  sword,  a  writing  desk,  silver  spoons,  &c. 
Rebecca  Colston  in  her  will  dated  1720  and  proved  1727  leaves  her 
land  in  Northumberland  called  The  Lodge  to  her  son  Charles,  with 
reversion  to  son  Travers. 


^^^  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    ilACAZlNI 


Son  aime  after  my  arri^■al  here  I  prevailed  on  them  to  pav  the 
money  &  accordmgly  wrote  you  on  tl^e  subject  in  May  last— 
Havm-  received  no  answer,  I  determined  to  remit  vou  the 
amo;,nt  by  the  first  favorable  opportunitv-\A'ith  respect  to 
i  rodnce  it  is  not  on!)-  E>xcssive  hi-h  Init  freight  cannot  l)e 
obtained  for  it,  for  less  than  y^  &  K>  in  Good  bottoms-I  there- 
fore concluded  to  vest  the  mone}-  in  such  articles  as  were  most 
Is^ac:  7  Trayers^;  8.  Chal•]es^  die^l'jan.'25r]727-' 9  Susanna-  m" 
Ehzahcih,  died  Jan.  12,  1727;    11.  Winifred,  died  Jan    20    1727  ' 

born  firiflTU  Hf/''";-?  "^'^''''  ^  °<^^"-^'"  Northumberland  Co., 
•berhnd  1739'  -^  ,d  ;.  h  -■  ?^t  '''"'  ^!'P°'"^^''i  ^  justice  of  Xonhun,: 
Derland  1/dJ,  anci  was  shenn  ot  that  county  1745.  He  married  l<t  \liee 
Corbm,  oauc^hter  of  Col  Thomas  GriMm'of  Richmond  Co  md'nd 
Susan)ia  widow  ot  Col.  Rodliam  K.enn.r,  and  dauLditer  of  John  Ouk 
His  ^.,•dl  was  dated  March  4,  17I9  and  proved  Kov  12,  1751  He  e  t 
IS  son  Vilham  al  the  p  ate  that  had  the  coat  of  arms  on  ^U-  •  )e4cv 
T  •  u;'^n  R^4ef  r'^  P'f "  ^^'^^T=  ^"  ^°"  ^awleigh,  to  son  SanSl 
I  h-i  ?v  ,n,f^  i-  a  p  antat,on  at  the  head  of  h^amham  Creek,  "v.hieh 
o.  n  n  ^  V     ?^  'r^'''     ^"i-  ""^^"^  -^^^  ^r^\\^;,^-n  was  heir  to  the  ostal  • 

0  Darnel  Hornby,  deceased;  to  son  Charles;  Lindsoy  son  of  Mr   I  iru  tv 
(Jpie     lo  be  educated  and  suitably  maintanie<l  durmTfour  years      to 
Dani-f  H.'n.h'"''  now^ dwelling  plantation,"  with  the^Forit' C^'l-t.: 
had  m-.Ii?.  /  A"'  "r"",^^"''   "^   '.'Hornby  Manor,"  Richmond  Co.,   v.h 

ad  married  Winifred,  sisler  ot  Mrs.  Rebecca   (Travers)  Colston    but 

1  ad  no  chddren    m^ade  h,s  will,  dated  Oct.  13,  1740,  and  proved  A   , 
,-'  ^^'^^■'^  h^^  ^l^-^lt'  ^'^t£^*^e  real   and  personal    (besides  cer'am 
bequests)  to  Travers  Colston,  Jr..  wuh  reveil.on  ^Jcc  s^'e^  to  V 

•Se  7^"^-^  R  "'r^"'  r^  ^V,i"--  Beale,  Jr.     Est^t'Jcl'b'inde; 

?rin,manvf^?Tw"','^,  ^^^^resses  earnest  desire  that  Wm.  Nash  be 
P^  L  ,  '    V-^  employed  to  carry  on  his  merchandizing.     To  Mr.  Tra%ers 

.ar.jley,  Jr..  iJO.  Robert  rumlin,  Jr.,  £20.  Winifred  Eeale  IT.n 
-A  i^atm  master  to  be  en^doyed  for  Travers  C,  Iston  Jr  who  sh  d i 
)e  obliged  to  teach  ten  scholars  for  £20  a  vear  (nan  es  Voire  of  the 
boys   who   are    to   be    taught).     Charles  ColsCon   a   ring.     Ca^     W, 

Villi-r  .^'fienf "  ^"^  ^rn""  \}'-  '^'^^''''^^^  ^^°'^^^"  ^is  wfaring  a.pa  J  " 
Wilha.n  Beale,  son  of  Capt.  William  Beale.   £500  .laicii. 

1    fi"'^^    ri-      ''^''-''"^  Colston:   (1st  marria-e):  12.  Charles^-      r^      pii-/ 

riale)^"\"n''-  VTc""'^'  "^"^^  ^^•°^^-   ^O'  l'-^^'  d,>d  ;oung;   (^rd  mar-" 

1-^^  Ch\  ^/.  Jr  =  ^^'  Rf^^'l^-i!?h^  !'■  Pamuel,^  born  Nov   21,  174!) 

1        Chaklls^  Colstox  born  May  31,  173G,  died .     fPr-^bablv 

the  records  of  Northumberland  could  give  the  date).  There  is  o,i  record 
in  Nortnuraberland  Feb.  9.  1759.  the  marriage  contiJt  of  Ch'r  1 
S^    rvr^o'^^^c^'^!!^^-  "^5^-«-\J-ntleroy.  deceased.     A  UnJ 


w  .J  \-  <r  I  -y'"^'  ■=''""=  '-"'iL  uic}  naa  men  hecn  married.  There 
Grah^;," InTlS^^^^  ^""""l'^  ''^^'^  ^^^^^^  ^P-'  1^-  ^^^5,  from  V.-illian 
which  "v-vt-^S  ^'\  .^^■^f'^-.,f!"^-^'>i"g  land  called  Exeter  Lodge. 

Chir^  -.nVi  Cols  on,  by  his  wdl  Aiarch  4,  1749-50,  gave  to  hi.  Ton 
d.  :  ,h, '  '^  ^^"  ■'^'■'''^r''  ^^  ^'^'-^  ^°"  Charles  descended  to  his  (Charles' 

of  ^^hu^;;.el^i:l;:;^c5:r  i9:v^hL:^.^^- i^  Sr  ^^-'-"' 


PAPERS.  -•  .i,     ■.,  ...',..:■;-;,!:.  281 

uscfull  to  the  publick,  as  cloth  for  the  soldiers  and  linen  either 
fc^r  tent  cloth  or  lij^^ht  sales — The  cloth  has  been  laid  in  at  50 
I)ci  (ni  tlie  first  cost  in  France,  having  seen  the  original  In- 
voices— Inclosed  you  have  bill  of  lading  Invoice  &  Acct.  Cur- 
rerit — You  will  find  tliat  those  gen'"  would  pay  no  more  than 
what  they  made  the  ba^  in  the  Acct  cur.  furnished  you — There 
having  been  no  vessels  here  from  your  State  since  my  return  I 

15.  WiLMAM'*  Colston,  of  "Hornby  Manor,"  Richmond  Co.;  born 
Oct..  10,  1744,  died  1781.  He  married  Nov.  10,  1775,  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Col.  Landon  Carter,  of  "Sabine  Hall,"  Richmond  Co.  His  will  was 
dated  Oct.  5,  1780,  and  proved  in  Richmond  Co.,  Jan.  1781,  naming  son 
William  Travers  and  daughters  Susanna  and   Lucy. 

Issue:  20.  William  Travers^;  married  Sept.  10,  1802,  Elizabeth  B., 
daughter  of  Henry  Armistead — no  information  as  to  issue,  if  any.  He 
was  a  Justice  of  Richmond  Co.,  1791),  S:c.;  21.  Susanna.  22.  Elizabeth. 

16.  R.A.VLKiGH  or  R.XLKK.H''  CoLSTOX  was  born  at  "Exeter  Lodge," 
May  11,  1747,  and  died  at  "Honcywood,"  July  2(),  182;$.  When  quite 
young  he  entered  into  business  in  V\  illian.slnirg  as  a  li.erehant,  and  later 
studied  law.  During  the  Re\-olution  he  was  appointed  a  commercial 
agent  for  the  State  of  Virginia  at  Cape  Francois,  San  Domingo.  Here 
he  rendered  good  service  to  his  country  and  engaging  in  private  busi- 
ness made  a  considerable  fortune  for  himself.  He  relurned  to  Virginia 
in  1784,  and  settled  first  in  Frederic!:  County;  but  m  1801  removed 
to  "Iloneywood,"  Berkeley  Co.  He  married  (let.  15,  17K5,  Elizabeth, 
sister  of  Chief  Justice  John  Marshall.  She  was  liorn  m  1756,  and  died 
in   1842. 

Issue:     23.  Edward^;    24.  JMary  Isham,  born  June  23,  1789,  died  Dec. 

11,  IS  14,  married  Oct.  5,  1809,  J.  Hanson  Thomas,  of  Maryland. 

25.  Susanna,  born  Nov.  27,   1792,  married  Benj.  Watkins  Leigh, 

eminent  lawyer  and  U.   S.   Senator  from  Vir^nnia;    26.  Thom.as 

Marshall;     27.  Raleigh''"';     28.  Lucv    Ann,    born    Sept.    15,    1798, 

died  unmarried;    29.  John  Marshall\  born  July  15,  1802,  died  at 

sea  1S25,  while  on  his  return  from  a  trip  to  Europe. 

23.     FiDWAKD^  Colston,  of  "Honcywood,"  Berkeley  Co.,  born  Dec. 

23,  17i:;,  di'-  1   Voril  23,  1S51.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Va.  House  of  iJele- 

gatcs  ISKi,  1S21,  1323,  1825,  IS.'o,  1S27,  1S34,  and  probably  other  years, 

arvl  M.  C.   1S17-19.     In  the  War  of   1812  he  served  as  a  lieutenant  at 

Norfolk  and  elsewhere.     He  married  1st  on  May  1,  1S14,  Jane  Marshall 

(who   dieil    without    issue),    and    secondly    May    2,    1825,   Sarah   Jane, 

daughter  of  Judge  William  Brockenborough. 

Is^sue:  30.  Elizabeth  M.,  born  Oct.  24,  1827,  married  in  May  1849, 
Robert  A.  Willians.  of  Richmond,  Va.,  afterwards  Major  C.  S.  A.; 
31.  J.ane;  32.  Mary  W.,  born  Feb.  1832,  married  Oct.  24,  1854, 
Lieut.  William  Leigh,  U.  S.  N.;  33.  Raleigh  Tho-nas",  born 
Feb.  IS,  1S3L  Lieut.  Col.  C.  S.  A.  (2nd  Va.  Infantry),  died  Dec.  23, 
1S33,  iron  a  wound  received  at  Mine  Run;  51.  William  Brocken- 
borou','h";  55.  Anne;  5G.  Lucy,  born  March  9,  1842,  married 
June  19,  1866,  Col.  Betmett  Taylor,  of  Albemarle  Co.;  57.  Ed- 
ward'*, of  Cincinnati,  born  April  22,  1844,  married  (1st)  Oct.  19, 
1875,  Sally  Co'es,  daughter  of  Hon.  J.  W.  Stevenson,  (U.  S.  Sena- 
tor and  Governor  of  Kentuclv-y),  and  (2nd)  Mary  White  Steven- 
son, sister  of  his  first  wife,  and  had  issue  (by  1st  marriage),  a. 
fuditi;  Braxton;  b.  Mrs.  Sally  Coles  Stevenson  [Mitchell]. 


282  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  'i^V^ 

am  an  Entire  stranger  to  your  internal  affairs — I  addressed  a 
letter  to  Gouvemour  Jefferson  in  April  last  making  a  tender  of 
a  quantity  of  coarse  woolens  &  Linnens  I  have  on  consignment 
fit  for  the  use  of  the  ariTi}'' — I  have  not  been  favoured  with  an 
answer  but  have  lately  heard  that  that  gen'mn  is  no  longer  in  the 
Government — If  the  State  is  in  want  it  is  in  my  Power  to  fur- 
nish it  pretty  extensively,  of  which  I  shall  thank  you  to  advise 
the  proper  departmicnt — Either  Flower  (Super  fine)  or  Tobacco 
would  make  a  good  remittance — or  if  French  navy  bills  were 
sent  out  I  would  receive  them  for  the  woolens,  as  tliey  v.ould 
answer  the  purpose  of  mj^  correspondent  in  that  branch.  I 
have  on  hand  about  1000  joes,  worth  of  that  article,  consisting 
of  cloth  fit  for  clothing  &  making  blankets  also  a  large  quantit\' 
of  Linnens  fit  for  the  tents  and  light  sales — which  I  should  siu.j- 
pose  would  be  much  in  demand — As  I  liave  no  doubt  from  tlie 
account  we  have  received,  that  your  Ijay  is  again  open  I  tlatier 
myself  I   shall  again  have  the  pleasure  of  hearing  from  m)' 


26.  Thom.\s  M.\rshallS  Colston,  bom  Nov.  11,  179-1,  died  April  30, 
1840,  married  May  2.5,  1820,  Elizaljeth  J.,  dr.ughter  of  George  and  Anne 
(Ambler)  Fisher. 

Issue:  5S.  Raleigh'^;  59.  Anne  Fisher,  b.  Jan.  3,  1827,  died  Sept. 
23,  1SS3,  married  Mareh  12,  1859,  Prut".  John  B.  Minor,  of  the 
University  of  \'irginia;  GO.  Susan  L.,  born  Feb.  1835,  married 
Jan.  1856,  Charles  M.  Blackford,  of  Lynchburg,  V'a.,  afterwards 
Major  C.  S.  A. 

27.  Dk.  R.\leigii  T.'^  Colston,  born  Oct.  23,  1796,  died  Sept.  21, 
1881,  married  1st,  about  1820,  in  Paris,  !\iarie  Theresa,  Duehess  of 
Valmey    (no    issue);    2d.    Marie    IJ'eGrand.      By    the    second    marriage 

there  were  two  daughters,  >Jarie  Julie,  married  ,  Rogers,  and 

Alice. 

54.  William  Bkocicenbrough'^,  of  Martin.sburg,  W.  Va.,  born  April 
22,  1S36,  Captain  C.  S.  A.,  married  Mariail,  daughter  of  Dr.  R.  Sumrucrs, 
of  rjartinsburg. 

Issue:     01.  Sara  E.;  62.  Jane  B.,  63.  EHza  M.;  64.  Sophie  H. 

58.     R.\LF,i Gil t^  Colston,  of   Richmond,    Va.,    born   March    13,    182], 

died— ,   married  May   25,    1845,   Gertrude,   daughter  of   Humijhrey 

B.  Powell,  of  Loudoun  Co. 

issue:  65.  Eliza  Fisher,  married  Prof.  B.  L.  Gilderslee\'e;  66. 
Annie    B.,   married    Robert   Camm;    67.  Jane,   married    Conway 

R.    Howard;     68.  Thomas   M.'^;     69.  Laura   H.,    married • 

Royall. 
Beniannn   Day  to  wliom    the  letter  was   written  was  Adjutant   2nd 
Va.  Regiment  1777,  but  at  this  time  seems  to  have  been  a  commercial 
ag(.nt.     He  v/as  later  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Virginia. 


S3S 


PAPERS,    p     1    r.:-,..\.'.fN>.  283 

friends — If  I  can  render  them  any  service  during  my  continu- 
ance here  I  shall  do  it  with  great  pleasure. 

I  have  the  Hon.  to  be 
Sir,  your  Mo.  Ob.  Sv» 

Rawleigh  CoHson 
Octo.  5'-''  Cap"  Young  being 
at  a  loss  in  v/hat  manner 
lie  sould  recover  his  freight  .  :  ■     :  .; 

in  case  he  went  to  Phila  which 

it  is  probable  he  may  be  forced  to  do — or  even  in  case  of  his 
arrival  in  Baltimore — I  have  paid  him  here  and  directed  my 
correspondents  in  Baltimore  &  Philadelphia  to  receive  the 
Bal^  No.  3  on  my  acct — which  after  adding  to  it  10  pet.  for  tlie 
freight  Sz  5  pet.  com.  will  bring  things  nearly  to  a  balance — If 
the  goods  should  be  landed  in  Virginia  I  beg  you  to  sell  that 
bal*=  on  my  acct  for  Bills  or  hard  money  &  remit  me  the  sanic 
without  loss  of  time. 

I  am  yours  Etc 

R.  C. 
(File  "Aud.  11(3.") 


Raleigh  Colston  to  Patrick  Hentry 

Winchester  July  15"'  178() 
Sir, 

I  had  the  honor  of  receiving  your  Excellencys  letter  b\-  Air. 
Wright  and  forwarded  the  inclosures  to  Mr.  Parsons  a  few  da\s 
after — You  were  pleased  to  refer  me  to  Mr.  Wright  for  the 
decision  of  the  Council  in  respect  to  my  claim  on  the  State 
which  a|jpears  to  be  involved  in  some  mystery  that  I  cannot 
comprehend — He  says  the  Council  v»'as  of  opinion  the  sum  was 
so  very  large  that  it  was  presumable  that  if  the  demand  had 
been  just  it  could  have  been  called  for  long  before — I  have 
transacted  business  for  the  State  whilst  agent  to  very  consider- 
able extent  &  I  trust  with  as  much  attention  to  its  interest  as  any 
person  in  its  service  and  so  far  from  having  my  accounts  dis- 
puted was  rewarded  over  and  above  my  commissions  on  a  final 


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284  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  -'"^'' 

settlement  made  in  1779  when  I  resigned  my  appointment — 
Being  about  to  depart  for  the  West  Indies  again  in  the  begin- 
ning of  1780  Mr.  Day  delivered  me  a  bill  of  exchange  drawn 
on  a  house  at  the  Cape  for  the  nett  proceeds  of  a  prize  captm'ed 
by  Ca])"  Stratton — which  bill  I  remitted  from  Curacoa  for 
payment  and  had  it  returned  under  ])rotest,  under  the  false 
pretext  of  their  having  made  themselves  liable  to  the  prize 
nia^ter  alone — Many  months  after,  happening  to  go  to  the 
Cape  I  demanded  a  sight  of  their  books,  detected  the  falsehood 
of  L]:eir  assertion,  &-  threatened  to  com])lain  to  the  Gouvem- 
mcnt  if  the  mone}^  was  not  paid— as  soon  as  it  was  received 
and  an  opportunity  offered  I  vested  it  in  such  goods  as  I  con- 
ceived were  wanting  for  the  use  of  the  State  &  remitted  them 
to  Mr.  Day — for  further  particrJars  I  refer  your  Excellency 
to  tlie  Invoice  &  account  cur.  inclosed  on  v.'hich  you  will  find 

there  is  a  bal.  due  me  of  1180  lbs.  8s.  6d Some  short  time 

afttr  my  return  in  '84  I  was  informed  by  a  member  of  the  house 
that  there  was  a  claim  of  mine  enumerated  in  the  list  of  debts 
from  the  commercial  agents  books  which  he  expected  would  be 
])ro\  ided  for — -indeed  I  aftenvard  conceived  it  was  placed  on 
the  footing  of  foreign  debts,  to  be  discharged  by  the  sales  of  the 
Gosport  land.  When  the  money  was  received — indeed  in  the 
dejireciated  state  of  publick  securities — I  scarcely  thought  it 
an  object  worth  attention — Mr.  Wright  informs  me  that  the 
bal.  on  the  agents  books  appears  to  be  very  considerable — 
how  this  can  happen  I  know  not — all  m}'  accounts  with  the 
public  were  closed  in  '79,  and  this  is  the  only  transaction  I 
have  had  with  it  since  in  which  I  could  not  suppose  there  could 
be  any  disagreem.ent  as  the  accounts  must  have  been  growing 
on  my  acct.  cur.  transmitted  Mr.  Day — copy  of  which  is  sent 
for  the  satisfaction  of  the  Council  who  I  hope  will  make  pro- 
vision for  the  pa3'ment  with  interest. 

I  have  the  Hon.  to  be 
Your  Excellencys  Mo.  Ob'' 

Rawleigh  Colston. 
(File  "Aud.  llC") 


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David  Jameson  (5)  to  Juyndal  &  Co. 

Wmsburg  Virga  Nov.  29,  1777 
Gent 

I  have  rec'^  your  favour  of  the  25^''  of  August  by  the  Sloop 
Congress,  and  am  sorry  to  find  the  memo  I  sent  you  for  some 
Family  goods  to  be  ship'd  on  my  acco'  had  not  got  to  your 
hands.  I  lodged  three  copies  at  Mr.  Aylets  office  one  of  which 
I  was  told  went  by  the  Brig  Liberty  but  it  seems  it  did  not — • 
One  I  know  was  delivered  to  Cap.  Cooke  of  the  Speedwell 
who  did  not  get  out — her  \^oyage  has  been  since  altered.  I  still 
depend  on  your  sending  the  goods  as  soon  as  you  recei\'e  an 
Invoice  and  in  the  manner  they  were  directed  to  be  ship'd. 
If  there  is  no  war  between  France  and  England  goods  ship'd 
by  you  to  Cape  Francois  in  French  Bottoms  and  as  French 
Property  will  be  safe  and  will  be  insured  at  a  low  premivtir. — 
When  tl'.e  goods  arrive  at  Cape  Francois  and  are  delivered  to 
our  Agent  there  Rawleigh  Colston  Esq''  he  will  send  them  in  our 
fast  sailing  Boats  into  the  waters  of  North  Carolina  at  very 
little  risk  and  they  will  be  safely  conveyed  inland  to  Virginia. 

)  I  am  gent  ,j 

Your  m.o.  hb  Ser\^' 

(File  "Aud.  IIG.")  David  Jameson. 


(5)  Davi  J  Jameson,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Yorktown  was  member 
of  the  Council  of  State  1777,  Lieutenant  Governor  17S1,  and  member 
of  the  State  Senate  17S3,  6:c.  Ke  died  in  York  County  1793.  He  married 
Mildred,  drai|^hter  of  Edmund  Smath,  of  York,  and  her  tomb  remains 
at  Temple  Parn\  near  Yorktown,  with  arms  (Janieson)  az.  a  saltier  con- 
lonrd  with  4  ships  under  sail,  ar.,  impaled  with  (Smith)  as.  a  chevron  be- 
tiodn  three  acorns  Icaiud  and  slipped,  ar.,  and  this  epita])h: 

"Underneath  this  Marble  lies  the  Body  of 

Mildred  Jaipcson, 

wife  of  David  Jameson, 

and  Daufjhter  of 

Edrnund  and  Agnes  Smith. 

She  departed  this  life 
the  11th  Day  December,  1778 
In  the  Forty-Sixth  Year  of  her  Age." 


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286  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  ^'       ' 

(7) 

Distribution  of  the  General  Assembly's  Bounty  to  the 

Officers  Who  Were  on  the  Expedition  to 

St.  Augustine. 

By  order  of  the  Governor  &  Council. 
Allowance  to  the  Drowned  Men  viz — .— 

Cai.t.  Spicer ..._ £10 — ,, — 

John  Turner,  Joseph  Johnson,  Franc  Lisard  &  Simon 

Cooper,  £5  each 20 — ,, — 

Ofi'iCers  viz- — 

Thomas  Williams,  Master. 15  "  — " — 

Abraham.  Dewitt,  M^^ _ _ 15  "  — "— 

?.ion<!;o  Rodham,  miate... _ 10  "  — " — 

—£70  "  — "— 

Oflicers  and  Men  on  board  y^  Ranger 

.     Midshipmen —  '"* 

Jolin  Johnson,  Extra  Allowance 1  "  10  " 

Ord'ny     Allowance.. .._._ 2  "  11  "  8     4  "  1  "  8 

John  Glegg,  the  same.... 4  "  1  "  8 

Peter  !\Iinchell  the  same 4  "   1   "  8 

Charles  Whitford  the  same .4  "   1   "  8 

Josei^h  Foster  the  same 4  "  1  "  8 

Boatswain's  Alate 

John  Chip  Extra  Allowance —  "   10  "  — 

Grd'ny  Allowance 2  "   11   "  8      3  "   1   "  8 

Commion  Sailors  viz 
Humfrey  Hasham,  Harry  Lavoe,  Jno.  Knight,  Wm. 
Leopard,  Jno.  Young,  Wm.  Strong,  Tho'.  Pearson, 
Alex.  Bohannon,  James  Kenvier,  Stephen  Bailey, 
Jasper  Pascho,  Wm.  Norris,  Patrick  Bohannon, 
George  Clark,  Thos.  Sherman,  Jno.  Arrington,  Peter 
Pitchwell,    Andw.    Bcntlev,    Israel   Tomkins,    Wm. 


(.7)  In  May  1740  ihc  Va.  Assembly  passed  two  Acts  appropriating 
money  to  pay  the  expenses  of  a  \'irginia  force  in  the  war  then  being  waged 
with  Spain  '(Plening  V,  92-9(),  121-123).  The  payments  recorcJed  here 
were  doubtless  under  these  acts.  This  is  evidently  only  an  imperfect 
list,  as  no  oflicers  or  soldiers  of  the  land  forces  are  named.  Four  hun- 
dreil  men  formed  the  Virginia  cjuota,  and  Governor  Gooch,  who  had 
been  in  the  army,  commanded  all  the  Colonial  forces.  It  was  the  im- 
suceessful  Carthagena  expedition. 


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PAPERS.         ij'.. -.  287 

Screen,  Thos.  Bolton,  Thos.  Wilson,  Thos.  Eglinby— 
23  n^en  ai   }:2  lis  8d  each  amounts  to..... 59 

152~ 

Orticers  :-c  Men  on  board  the  Ship  &  vSloop— 
:\Jidshipmen: 

Alex.  Campbell,  Extra  Allowance £1  "  10 — 

Ord'ny  allowance 1  "  18 — 9    £3 

JoliH  Lewis  the  same.._ 3 

Ouarteniiasters: 

John  Walker,  Extra  Allowance —  "   10  "— 

Ord'ny  Allowance .....1   "   18  "  9      2 

Thos.  Povey,  the  same 2 

Cornron  Sailors: 
Daniel  Weblx^r,  Wm.  Beck,  George  Spa^'in,  Jno. 
Worley,  Robt.  Francis,  Wm.  Shanl-:s,  Wm.  Adams, 
Jno.  Turner,  Roljt.  Harrod,  LaW^^  Ryen,  Jno. 
Ennse}'.  Robt.  Gurney,  Thos.  Kent,  Thos.  Cook, 
Thos.  Ross,  Wm.  Brown,  Jacob  Fallard,  Owen 
Sci[)io— ISmenat  £1  "  IS  "  9  each  ..amounts  to  34  "   17  "  6 

4()  "  12~"  6 

Tlic  accon:]  it  on  the  other  Side.. 152  "   18  "  4 

To  be  paid  to  the  Messenger  who  bro'  up  the  List 9  "  2 

£200""^^^^^^^^ 

The  abo\e  acco*  paid  as  follows 
B)-  a  vv'arrant  on  the  Treasurer  for  the  n:en  drown 'd 

to  be  lodged  in  Mr.  William  PeiTy's  hands £30  "  — "— 

Included  in  same  Vv'arr' 
By  a  warrant  to  Cap'  Martin  for  Capt.  Daniell  & 

Capt.  Lewis's  allowance 18  "     8  "     9 

By  a  warr'  to  Cap'  Jno.  Martin  for  his  5  men  viz 

Israel  Tomkins,  Wm.  Screen,  Thos.  Bolton,  Thos. 

Wilson,  Thos.  Eglinby. 12  "   18  "     4 

By  a  wan-'  to  Cap'  Tho'^  Whowood  for  paying  liis 

Officers  &;  36  commion  Sailors  according  to  the 

above  distribution 138  "  12    "   U 

£200''^^"'"'  — 
Proportioned  according  to  the  direction  of  the  Governor  and 
Council.  Wm.  Robertson,  Ck.  Con- 

Package  mostly  before  1770";. 


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288  virginia  historical  magazine 

Contract  to  Carry  Troops  from  Virginia  to  South 
Carolina  (8). 

Articles  of  Agreement  concluded  and  made  the  twentj'-first 
day  of  July  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  fifteen  Between  tlie  Pion'ble  Alexander  Spotswood  His 
Majestys  Lieutenant  Govenior  &  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Colony  &  Dominion  of  Virginia  of  the  one  part,  and  William 
Dandridge,  of  the  County  of  Elizabeth  City  Gent'  of  the  other 
part— 

Whereas  the  above  named  William  Dandridge  hath  by  one 
certain  writing  bearing  even  date  with  these  presents  covenanted 
and  agreed  to  cause  to  be  transported  from  the  Port  of  Ham-pton 
in  Virginia  to  Charles  Town  in  South  Carolina  in  the  Sloop 
William — whereof  he  is  owner,  the  number  of  thirty  men  being 
part  of  the  forces  raised  in  Virginia  for  the  assistance  of  the 
Province  of  South  Carolina.  It  is  hereby  covenanted  and 
agreed  by  and  betvveen  the  partys  to  these  presents  that  the 
said  William  Dandridge  shal  forthwith  put  on  board  the  said 
Sloop  such  a  quantity  of  good  wholesome  provisions  of  beeff  or 
Pork,  and  also  of  Biskett,  and  Pease  as  shal  be  sufficient  for 

the  subsistence  of  the  said  Thirty' men  during  the  said 

voyage  from  Virginia  to  Carolina,  That  is  to  say  from  the  time 
of  their  Embarkation  to  the  time  of  their  being  landed  and  p'Ut 
on  sliore  at  Charlestown — 

In  consideration  whereof  the  said  J^.lexander  Spotswood  dotli 
covenant  promise  and  agree  to  and  with  the  s'd  Vvllliani  Danti- 
ridge  that  he  the  said  Alexander  Spotswood  shal  well  and  truly 
pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  the  said  William  Dandridge  or 
his  assigns  Out  of  his  Matys  Revenues  of  Virginia  so  much  cur- 
rent money  as  the  several  Invoices  of  provisions  furnished  by 
the  s'd  William  Dandridge  and  expended  for  the  subsistence 
of  the  said  men  during  the  afores^  voyage  shal  cost  according 
to  ye  rates  thereof  current  in  the  country  And  for  the  better 

(8)  In  1715  South  Carolina  being  in  great  danger  from  the  Indians 
applied  to  Virginia  for  aid  and  men  and  arms  were  sent.  William  Dan- 
dridge, then  apparently  a  merchant  and  ship-owner  at  Hampton,  was 
afterwards  a  captain  in  the  English  navy  and  a  member  of  the  Council. 
Perfectly  preserved  seals  bearing  the  Spotswood  and  Dandridge  arms 
are  attached  to  the  signatures. 


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ascertaining,^  the  quantity  of  provisions  expended  during  the 
s'd  voya^^e  It  is  hereby  mutually  a^'reed  that  an  account  shal 
be  taken  and  signed  by  the  AP  of  the  s'd  Sloop  Sc  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  s'*  men  of  the  quantity  of  provisions 
]Hit  on  Ixiard,  and  of  the  quantity  thereof  remaining  at  the 
determination  of  the  voyage  And  that  if  any  part  of  the  pro- 
\'isions  so  remaining  shal  be  sold  by  the  s**  Wiliam  Dandridge 
at  a  less  ])rice  than  ye  same  cost  in  Virginia,  the  s'*  Alexander 
vSi)otswood  for  and  in  behalf  of  the  Government  of  Virginia 
doth  promise  and  agree  to  make  good  such  loss  to  yes^'  W'm. 
Dandridge  or  his  assigns  In  witness  whereof  the  parties  to 
these  presents  their  hands  and  seals  have  sett  the  day  and  year 
first  above  written. 

.,;  A.  Spotswood       (Seal) 

Wm.   Dandridge  (Seal) 
Signed  Sealed  &  Delivered 

In  presence  of  Jno.  Holloway 

Francis  Kennedy 

("Package  mostly  before  1776"). 

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2^0  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


EXTRACTS  FROM  KING  WILLIAM  COUNTY  RECORDS. 

(Concluded.) 

1792.  George  Peay  and  Ann  his  wife  to  John  Lukherd  of 
King  and  Queen.     Deed.     (311-312.) 

1793.  Same  to  Wm.  Powell.     Deed.     (315-316.) 

1793.  Benoni  Lipscomb  to  Wm.  Alvey.  Deed.  (317-318.) 
1805.  Mary  Lipscomb  to  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Fisher 
deed  of  gift.  Witnesses:  Daniel  Powers,  Jas.  W.  Lipscomb' 
Wm.  B.  Lipscomb,  Thos.  A.  Lipscomb.  (319.) 
^  1805.  Thos.  Batchelder  &  Catherine  his  wife,  to  Catherine 
Spiller,  land  adjoining  estate  of  Wm.  Spiller.    Deed.     (319.) 

1805.  Mary  Lipscomb  to  grandson  Jas.  Fisher.  Deed  of 
gift.     (320.) 

1805.     Nathaniel  Reynolds  to  Wm.  Cottorel.    Deed.    (320.) 
1803.     Hannah  T.  Dabney,  relict  of  Wm.  Dabney  Jr.,  "lie- 
ceased,  to  Richard  Dabney.     Deed.     (321-322.) 

1805.     Robert  Temple  and  Eliza  his  ^^'lfe  to  Henry  Timber-  ' 
lake.     Deed.     (322-324.) 

1805.  Richard  Byrd  and  Sarah  his  wife  to  Robt.  Pollard- 
Deed.  Land  adjoining  Robert  A.  Byrd,  John  Hickman,  de- 
ceased. Rev.  James  Elliott,  and  John  Newman. 

1805.     David  L.  Smith  to  Nathaniel  Fox  and  Richard  Bayn. 
ham.     Bond.     W^itnesses:    J.  M.  Houchins  et  als.     (325-326.) 
1805.     Nathaniel  Fox  and  Mary  his  wife  to  Wm    Dansie 
Deed.     (326.) 

1805.  Francis  Neale  and  Mary  his  wife,  to  Madison  Lips- 
comb.    Deed.     (327.) 

1805.  Bartlett  Lipscomb  &  Polly  his  wife  to  Madison  Lips- 
comb. Deed.  Witnesses:  John  C.  Courtney,  Reuben  Mad- 
ison  &   Daniel   Lipscomb.     (328.) 

1805.  Leonard  Gatewood  &  Clary  his  wife  and  George  T. 
Fox,   to  John   Lipscomb.     Whereas  John  Gatewood,   late  of 


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EXTR.\CTS    FROM  KING  WILLIAM  COUNTY   RECORDS  291 

Kentucky,  devised  &c,  among  12  children,  and  died  in  the 
County  of  Jefferson,  Kentucky,  and  whereas  Leonard  Gatewood 
has  purchased  9  of  the  shares,  and  George  T.  Fox  has  pur- 
chased the  share  devised  to  Sally,  wife  of  Reuben  Burnett,  &c, 
"Witnesses:  Temple  Elliott,  and  John  Fox,  and  Walker  Hawes, 
gentlemen,'  Justices  of  King  William.     (329-330.) 

1805.  Wm.  Dandridge  &  wife  to  Mary  Southerland.  Deed. 
(330.) 

1804.  Thos.  Dew  &  Sarah  his  wife  to  Wm.  Newman.  Deed. 
(3  31-332.) 

1804.  Fendall  Southerland  Trimyer  &  Grace  his  wife,  to 
John  Edmonds  of  Amelia.  Deed.  Land  devised  by  John 
Trimmer,  his  father,  deceased.  Elizabeth  Pollard,  who  was 
widow  of  John  Trimmer,  signs  release  of  dower.     (331.) 

1804.  Owen  Dabney  and  Richard  Dabney  to  Diana  Dab- 
ney.  Deed.  Land  called  Dubhn,  adjoining  estate  of  Joseph 
Hiilyard  and  Mary  Hillyard.     (333-334.) 

1803.  George  Fox  and  Ann  Banlvs  Fox  his  wife  to  John 
King  Jr.  Deed.  Witnesses:  John  Willeroy,  Wm.  Dudley, 
Chas.  Neale,  Jas.  B.  Lipscomb,  Robert  F.  Degge.     (335,  330.) 

1801.  Wm.  Nelson,  of  King  Wm,  to  Richard  Broaddus,  of 
Caroline.  Mention  of  Burwell  Starke  as  guardian  to  Caroline 
Lt-wis.     520  acres  in  King  Wm.     (337,  338.) 

1804.  Proof  of  gift  from  Capt.  Thos.  Nelson,  deceased,  to 
liis  son,  Thos.  Gary  Nelson.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Nelson,  John 
Anderson.     (338.) 

1804.  Thos.  P.  Ellett,  and  Sally  T.  his  wife,  of  Hanover  Co., 
to  Ambrose  Edwards.  Deed.  Land  devised  Sally  by  her 
father,  Wm.  Neale,  deceased.     (339,  330.) 

1795.  John  Wan-en,  of  King  Wm,  to  Robt.  Warren,  acting 
administrator  of  James  Warren,  deceased,  of  New  Kent.  Bond. 
Witnesses:  Edward  Wan-en,  Henry  R.  Christian,  John 
Christian.     (341,  342.) 

4  1803.     Bernard   Lipscomb   &   Mary   his   wife,    to   Tunstall 
Quarles  of  Kentucky.     Land  in  Kentucky  in  district  set  apart 
for  officers  &  soldiers  of  the  Va.  Militia  [sic].     (341.) 
j.   1803.     Francis  W.  Quarles  &  Lucy  D.  his  wife,  to  John  Pen- 
dleton.    Deed.     (342.) 


EXTRACTS   FROM   KING   WILLIAM  COUNTY   RECORDS  2;)3 

1703.  John  Warren  to  John  Christian.  i\lort<iage.  Wit- 
nesses: Robert  Warren,  Henry  Finch  Jr.     (207,  208.) 

1703.  Samnel  Squires  Rice,  Phihp  R.  Rice,  Wm.  Rice  and 
James  Rice,  to  Wm.  F.  Gaines.  Deed  under  will  of  Samuel 
Rice,  deceased,  dated  1783.  Mentions  son  Mitchell's  widow, 
grandson  Samuel  Squires  Rice,  son  PhiHp  Russell  Rice,  son 
Wm.  Rice,  son  James  Rice.     (309-314.) 

1703.  Thomas  Moore  and  Martha  his  \vife,  to  Daniel  B. 
Lii)scomb.     (359-362.) 

1793.  George  Peay  &  Ann  his  wife,  to  John  Luckherd  of 
King  and  Queen.     (30 1.) 

1793.  John  Stubbs  to  Thos.  Fox.  Deed.  Witnesses: 
David  Valentine,  Benj.  Timberlake.  Mentions  lien  of  John 
Hickman,  deceased.     (363,  364.) 

1793.  Wm.  Banl<s  to  Wm.  Jones.  Deed.  Witnesses: 
Richard  &  Joseph  Gwathmey,  et  als.     (365,  366.) 

1803.  Wm.  Dabney  of  King  Wm.,  to  Humphrey  Dabney, 
of  Richmond.  Deed.  Witnesses:  Temple  Dabney,  Richard 
Dabney.     Security  on  bond  signed  by  Humphrey  Dabney. 

1803.  Owen  Dabney  and  Wm.  Dabney  Jr,  to  Richard  Dab- 
ney. Bond.  Witnesses:  Benj.  Catlett,  Isaac  Dabney  & 
Nancy  Dabney.     (368-370.) 

1802.  Philadelphia  Frazer  to  Peter  Deffarges.  Deed.  Wit- 
nesses:  Wm.  Gregory,  et  als.     (369.) 

1S03.  Frances  Quarles,  Margaret  Butler,  Betty  H.  Quarles, 
Francis  Quarles  Jr,  and  Mary  M.  Quarles,  of  King  WiUiam, 
to  Thomas  Hill.  Land  conveyed  by  John  Quarles,  Gent.,  to 
John  Quarles  Jr.  Adjoining  land  of  Aaron  Quarles,  deceased. 
Witnesses:  Cole  Digges,  Wm.  Fleming  Butler,  Charles 
Bosher.     (371,  376.) 

1802.  Nicholas  Johnson  and  Ann  Barber,  his  mother,  to 
Lain  Jones  Moring.  Deed  of  gift.  Said  L.  J.  Moring  son  of 
Ann  Barber  Johnson  by  a  former  husband.  Land  inherited 
from  Lain  Jones,  her  father.  Witnesses:  Edwin  Poindexter, 
et  als.     (371-374.) 

1802.  Richard  Willeroy  and  Ann  Barber  Archer  Willeroy 
his  wife,  to  Reuben  Dugan.     Deed.     (375.) 


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(Concluded.) 

1792.  George  Peay  and  Ann  his  wife  to  John  Lukherd  of 
King  and  Queen.     Deed.     (311-312.) 

1793.  Same  to  AVm.  Powell.     Deed.     (315-31().) 

1793.     Benoni  Lipscomb  to  \Vm.  Alvey.    Deed.      (317-318.) 

1S05.  Mary  Lipscomb  to  granddaughter  Elizabeth  Fisher, 
deed  of  gift.  Witnesses:  Daniel  Powers,  Jas.  W.  Lipscomb, 
Wm.  B.  Lipscomb,  Thos.  A.  Lipscomb.     (319.) 

1S05.  Thos.  Batchelder  &  Catherine  his  wife,  to  Catherine 
Siiiller,  land  adjoining  estate  of  Wm.  Spiller.     Deed.     (319.) 

1805.  Mary  Lipscomb  to  grandson  Jas.  Fisher.  Deed  of 
gift.     (320.) 

1805.     Nathaniel  Reynolds  to  Wm.  Cottorel.    Deed.    (320.) 

1803.  Hannah  T.  Dabney,  relict  of  Wm.  Dabney  Jr.,  de- 
ceased, to  Richard  Dabney.     Deed.     (321-322.) 

1805.  Robert  Temple  and  Eliza  his  wife  to  Henry  Timber- 
lake.     Deed.     (322-324.) 

1805.  Richard  Byrd  and  Sarah  his  wife  to  Robt.  Pollard- 
Deed.  Land  adjoining  Robert  A.  Byrd,  John  Hickman,  de- 
ceased, Rev.  James  Elliott,  and  John  Newman. 

1805.  David  L.  Smith  to  Nathaniel  Fox  and  Richard  Bayn. 
ham.     Bond.     Witnesses:     J.  M.  Houchins  et  als.     (325-326.) 

1805.  Nathaniel  Fox  and  Mary  his  wife  to  Wm.  Dansie. 
Deed.     (326.) 

1805.  Francis  Neale  and  Mary  his  wife,  to  Madison  Lips- 
comb.    Deed.     (327.) 

1805.  Bartlett  Lipscomb  &  Polly  his  wife  to  Madison  Lips- 
comb. Deed.  Witnesses:  John  C.  Courtney,  Reuben  Mad- 
ison  &   Daniel   Lipscomb.     (328.) 

1805.  Leonard  Gatewood  Sc  Clary  his  wife  and  George  T. 
Fox,   to  John   Lipscomb.     Whereas  John   Gatewood,   late  of 


EXTRACTS    FROM  KING   WILLIAM  COUNTY   RECORDS  291 

Kentucky,  devised  &c,  among  12  children,  and  died  in  the 
Coimty  of  Jefferson,  Kentucky,  and  whereas  Leonard  Gatcwood 
has  purchased  9  of  the  shares,  and  George  T.  Fox  has  pur- 
chased the  share  devised  to  Sally,  wife  of  Reuben  Burnett,  &c, 
"Witnesses:  Temple  Elliott,  and  John  Fox,  and  Walker  Hawes, 
gentlemen,-  Justices  of  King  William.     (329-330.) 

1805.  Wm.  Dandridge  &  wife  to  Mary  Southerland.  Deed. 
(330.) 

1804.  Thos.  Dew  &  Sarah  his  wife  to  Wm.  Newman.  Deed. 
(331-332.) 

1804.  Fendall  Southerland  Trimyer  &  Grace  his  wife,  to 
John  Edmonds  of  Amelia.  Deed.  Land  devised  by  John 
Trimmer,  his  father,  deceased.  Elizabeth  Pollard,  who  was 
widow  of  John  Trimmer,  signs  release  of  dower.     (331.) 

1804.  Owen  Dabney  and  Richard  Dabney  to  Diana  Dab- 
ney.  Deed.  Land  called  Dublin,  adjoining  estate  of  Joseph 
Hiilyard  and  Mary  HiUyard.     (333-334.) 

1803.  George  Fox  and  Ann  Banks  Fox  his  wife  to  John 
King  Jr.  Deed.  Witnesses:  John  Willeroy,  Wm.  Dudley, 
Chas.  Neale,  Jas.  B.  Lipscomb,  Robert  F.  Degge.     (335,  330.) 

1801.  Wm.  Nelson,  of  King  Wm,  to  Richard  Broaddus,  of 
Caroline.  Mention  of  Burwell  Starke  as  guardian  to  Caroline 
Lewis.     520  acres  in  King  Wm.     (337,  338.) 

1804.  Proof  of  gift  from  Capt.  Thos.  Nelson,  deceased,  to 
his  son,  Thos.  Gary  Nelson.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Nelson,  John 
Anderson.     (338.) 

1804.  Thos.  P.  Ellett,  and  Sally  T.  his  wife,  of  Hanover  Co., 
to  Ambrose  Edwards.  Deed.  Land  devised  Sally  by  her 
father,  Wm.  Neale,  deceased.     (339,  330.) 

1795.  John  Warren,  of  King  Wm,  to  Robt.  Warren,  acting 
administrator  of  James  Warren,  deceased,  of  New  Kent.  Bond. 
Witnesses:  Edward  Warren,  Henry  R.  Christian,  John 
Christian.     (341,  342.) 

L^  1803.     Bernard   Lipscomb   &   Mary   his   wife,    to   Tunstall 
Quarles  of  Kentucky.     Land  in  Kentucky  in  district  set  apart 
for  officers  &  soldiers  of  the  Va.  Militia  [sic],     (341.) 
■(,   1803.     Francis  W.  Quarles  &  Lucy  D.  his  wife,  to  John  Pen- 
dleton.    Deed.     (342.) 


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1802.  Edward  Hill  to  John  Segar.  Deed.  Witnesses:  L. 
M.  Noel,  Philip  Pendleton,  L.  Lord,  et  als.     (375,  376.) 

1802.  Wm.  D.  Claiborne,  Bernard  Lipscomb  &  Nathaniel 
Fox,  to  his  Excellency  John  Page,  Esq.,  Governor  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Virginia.  Bond  of  Claiborne  as  Sheriff  of  King 
Wm.     (377,  378.)' 

1S02.  Thos.  Dew  &  Elizabeth  his  wife  to  John  Neill.  Deed. 
(379.) 

1801.  Luke  Lipscomb  of  Halifax  Co.,  to  John  Neill.  One 
sixth  of  tract  of  land  he  inherited  from  George  M.  Lipscoml), 
deceased,  in  common  with  Jane  Hornet,  Benoni  Lipscomb,  & 
Jane  Lipscomb.  Jane  Hornet  was  widow  of  George  M.  Lips- 
comb, deceased.  Deed.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Newman,  et  als. 
(380.) 

1801.  Bartholomew  Harvey  to  Thos.  King.  Deed.  Wit- 
nesses: John  C.  Courtney,  Wm.  Britwell,  et  als.     (380.) 

1803.  John  Taliaferro  &  Ann  his  wife,  of  Hanover,  to  Wm. 
F.  Gaines.  Deed.  Land  adjoining  Mrs.  Mary  Elliott,  James 
Powell,  Wm.  Campbell  &  Thos.  Tignor.  Possessed  by  dower 
by  Elizabeth  Taliaferro.     (381,  382.) 

1802.  Wm.  Inge  8:  Elizabeth  his  wife  to .     Witnesses : 

Corbin  Grifiln,  Wm.  Griffin.     (382.) 

1802.  James  Johnson  &  Lucy  his  wife,  to  Wm.  Collins. 
Deed.  Witnesses:  Christopher  Moore,  Christopher  Johnson, 
Bernard  Lipscomb.     (383,  384.) 

1804.  Samuel  Garlick  &  Fleming  Gaines,  &  Wm.  Fleming 
Gaines,  to  Willeroy,  administrator  of  Samuel  Garlick,  deceased. 
Purchase  of  land  owned  by  estate.     (385,  386.) 

1802.  Wm.  Hargrove  &  Jeney  his  wife  to  Montague  Wil- 
liams.    Deed.     (386.) 

1802.  James  Dabney  &  Judith  his  wife,  of  Louisa,  and  Wm. 
Daljney  &  Sarah  his  wife  of  King  Wm,  to  Yancey  Lipsconilj. 
Land  inherited  from  their  father  George  Dabney,  deceased, 
in  1795. 

1802.  James  Pannill  to  John  Pannill.  Deed.  Share  of 
land  inherited.  Witnesses:  John  Blake,  Jennings  Foster, 
Robert  Figg.     (390.) 


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1803.  Thomas  B.  Chamberlayne  to  Pamela  Madison.  Deed. 
Witnesses:     Wm.  Abraham,  et  als.     (391-393.) 

1803.  Robert  Warren  Montgomery  Frazer  &  Mary  his  wife. 
to  Peter  Deffarges.  Land  deeded  by  Wm.  Frazer  deceased, 
father  of  R.  W.  M.  Frazer.     (391.) 

1803.  Wm.  Nelson  &  Lucy  his  wife,  Thos.  Nelson,  and  Wm. 
Penn  of  Kin<^  William  to  John  Temple.  Mill  &  land  fonnerly 
property  of  Thomas  Nelson,  deceased,  &  devised  to  Wm., 
Thomas  &  John  Nelson.     (393,  394.) 

1803.  Mary  Reynolds  to  Ann  B.  Mitchell.  Deed  of  gift. 
(394.) 

1790.  Wm.  Banks  to  Richard  Gwathmey.  Deed.  AVit- 
nesses:  Joseph  Gwathmey,  Benj.  Isbell  et  als.     (347,  348.) 

1793.  Dmry  Ragsdale  to  Robt.  Crowe.  By  power  of  At- 
torney from  John  Perrin  &  Elizabeth  his  \\ife  of  Gloucester 
Co.     (349-352.) 

1793.  Mary  Terry  to  Solomon  Quarles  Terry  &  Ann  Ed- 
wards 'I'erry.  Deed  of  gift  to  her  two  children.  Witnesses: 
Thomas  Quarles,  Walter  Quarles.     (350.) 

1794.  Drury  Ragsdale  to  James  Leftwich.  By  power  of 
attorney  from  John  Perrin  &  Elizabeth  his  wife  of  Gloucester 
Co.     Deed.     Witnesses:     Turner  Redd  et  als.     (351,352.) 

1793.     Susanna  Powers  to  Daniel  Powers.     (351,352.) 

1792.  John  Lambeth  to  James  Hill.  Bill  of  sale.  'Apt- 
nesses:    Temple  Elliott,  Henry  B.  Murjjhy  et  als.    (353,  354.) 

1793.  Holt  Richeson,  Richard  Turner,  &:  Martin  Slaugliter 
Gent.,  to  Jaquelin  Ambler,  Escp,  Treasurer  of  Virginia.     Bund. 

1793.  Thomas  Frazer  to  Nathaniel  Gregory.  Bill  of  sale. 
(354.) 

1792.  Daniel  Lipscomb  to  Jane  Frazer.  Marriage  settle- 
ment. Witnesses:  Wm.  Alvey  Sr.,  Benoni  Lipscomb,  Am- 
brose Lipscomb.     (355,  356.) 

1793.  Hickman  Bagwell  &  Catherine  his  wife,  to  Nathaniel 
Fox.     Deed.     (357,  358.) 

1793.  Tips  Jackson  to  Amy  Moore  by  Daniel  Lord. 
Marriage  settlement.  Witnesses:  Wm.  Riddile,  Thos. 
Butler,  et  als.     (357-3G0.) 


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1801.  Wm.  Henry  Quarles  of  the  town  of  Dunkirk,  King 
&  Queen  Co.,  John  Bowers,  Francis  West  Quarles,  James  B. 
Crosbie,  of  Dunkirk,  and  Beverly  Robinson  of  King  William, 
to  Philip  Pendleton  &  Benj.  Pendleton  of  King  William.  Men- 
tions father  Major  James  Quarles,  deceased,  and  land  where 
Col  James  Quarles,  deceased,  lived,  and  land  purchased  by  W. 
H.  Quarles  of  Henry  Graves  and  Mary  his  wife.     (395-397.) 

1803.  Richard  Dabney  &  George  William  Smith  to  Cor- 
nelius Dabne}',  administrator  of  Owen  Dabney,  deceased.  Deed 
of  trust.     (397-399.) 

1797.  Charles  Knight  &  Patty  his  wife,  to  Edward  Casey 
luck.     Deed.     Witnesses:     Wm,  McGeorge  et  als.     (400-402.) 

1803.  Wm.  Brooke  to  Wm.  Ah-ey.  Deed,  Witnesses: 
Wm.  Gregor\',  George  Perkins,  Wm.  Alvey  Jr.     (403,  404.) 

1803.  Miles  King  Sz  Mary  his  wife  to  John  Fox,  Deed. 
(105,  400.) 

1803.  Elizabeth  Allen  to  John  Lord.  Deed.  Witnesses: 
Rev.  B.  Lijjscomb,  Laetitia  Lord.     (407.) 

1803.  Robt.  Slaughter  &  Rachel  his  wife  to  Henry  Slaugh- 
ter.    Deed.     (408.) 

1797,     John  Raines  to  Benj.  Temijle.     Deed.     (909,  910,) 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

THE  WAR. 

At  a  recent  meeting  the  Executive  Committee  of  this  Society  invested 
all  the  available  portion  of  its  endowment  in  Lilierty  Bonds.  It  is  not 
probably  known  to  many  of  the  present  members  of  the  Society  that 
the  Executive  Committee  of  1S61-G5,  invested  the  whole  of  the  then 
existing  endowment,  about  $8,000.00,  in  Confederate  bonds.  If  there 
should  be,  during  the  present  war,  a  suflieiently  pressing  need  of  money 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  Committee  will  lend  the  whole  of  our  present 
endowment  to  the  Government.— Ed. 


GEORGE  THORNTON. 


We  are  indebted  to  ISIr.  Leo  Culleton,  of  London,  for  the  following 
copy  of  the  epitaph  of  a  young  Virginian  who  died  in  England,  whither 
he  had  jjrobably  gone  for  an  education.  He  was  son  of  William  Thorn- 
ton 0""i>  Dec.  14,  lOSO,  died  1742  or  1743),  who  was  a  Burgess  from 
King  George  Co.  1723,  and  172G. 

Parish  of  Almondsbury,  Co.  Gloucester  (England). 

Cicorge  Thornton,  a  native 

of  Virginia,  the  beloved  Son  of 

William  Thornton,  of  Rhapahanock  River, 

in  the  County  of  King  George, 

was  l:)orn  19th  Dec.  1724. 

He  came  to  this  place  November  last 

and  died  the  19th  day  Dec.  1740, 

having  that  Day  fully  completed 

the  16th  year  of  his  age 

Notice  of  a  tombstone  inscription  in  Bigland's  Hist,  of  Glouc,  Vol. 

I,  p.  47,  191,  f.  1,  2. 


ROBERT  HUNT. 

Rol>ert  Hunt,   A.   M.,   became  Vicar  of  Hcathheld,   Susipx,   in   1('.02, 
and  was  succeeded  in  1608  by  Robert  vSay,  A.  M. 

(Sec    Chichester  Diocese    Clergy  Lists,  compiled  by  Rev.  George  Hcn- 
nes.sy,  B.  A.,  1900;   page  82.) 

C.  H.  M.wo, 
Gillingham,  Dorset, 
England. 
See  the  Virginia  Magazine,  Vol.  XXV,  No.  2,  April,  1917,  p.  162. 


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Natur.ai.  Conditions  in   Pittsylvania  County  as  wShown  by  Early 
Land  Grants  fko^i  an   Old  Surveyor's  Book. 

(Contributed  by  Mr.  N.  G.  Clement.) 

1741— James  Parish  enters  for  400  acres  on  Sandy  Creek  at  the  Upper 
Buffalo  Lick. 

Al.-^o  -ino  acres  on  Terrible  Creek  at  the  first  BufTalo  Lick. 

1342-1713— Wni.  Maclain  enters  for  400  acres  on  the  Ridge  between 
Difficult  6L-  Stewarts  Creek,  beginning  al)out  a  mile  above  the  old 
Buffalo  Path. 

1744 — Thos.  Hilton  enters  400  acres  on  lower  siile  of  Banister  River, 
beginning  at  the  Elk  vShoals. 

1744— Rich.  Smith  enters  for  400  acres  on  both  sides  Falls  Creek,  l)e- 
ginning  at  an  old  Wolf's  Den. 

1745 — John  Coles  enters  for  400  acres  on  the  head  of  Terriljle  Creek, 
thenie-  down  the  old  Buffalo  Path. 

1745 — John  Donelson  200  ac.  on  north  side  Banister  River  beginning  at 
the  mouth  of  Panther  Creek. 

1715 — Matthew  Talbut  400  acres  on  South  side  Staunton  River  begin- 
ning at  the  Cattamount  Shoals. 

1715 — Henry  Morris  400  acres  on  So.  side  Irv.m  River  beginning  at  a 
Poplar  that  was  felled  for  a  Bear. 

1747 — Tucker  Woodson  enters  for  400  acres  on  South  side  of  Staunton 
River,  beginning  at  the  mouth  of  a  Ijold  braneli  that  comes  in  a  little 
below  the  Goose  Pond. 

1747— Robert  Hughes,  Jr.,  enters  for  400  acres  on  both  sides  Main 
south  Fork  of  Chestnut  beg:  at  the  Buffalo  Lick. 

1747 — John  Talbot  enters  400  acres  at  some  steep  hills  below  main 
fork  Cain  Creek,  at  a  great  Buffalo  Lick. 

174S— Mack  Cole  400  acres  on  main  Fork  of  Chestnut  Creek  Beg  at 
a  Poplar  that  was  felled  for  a  Bear. 

174S— David  Griffith  &  Robert  Walton  each  400  acres  on  little  So. 
fork  Chestnut  Creek.    Beginning  at  a  Buffalo  Path. 

174S — John  Donelson  400  acres  begin  at  an  old  Lick  on  Whitethorne 
Creek. 

1748 — John  Nicholas  400  acres  on  Sycamore  Creek  beg.  at  a  white 
oak  that  was  felled  for  a  Bear. 

1748— Isaac  Cloud  400  acres  on  Tomahawk  Creek  beg:  at  a  Red  (kil; 
Blazed  3  Ways  by  a  Buffalo  Lick. 

174G — Joseph  Cloud  enters  for  400  acres  on  Mill  Creek  at  a  ijlaee 
called  Buffalo  Camp. 

174G— Thomas  Finny  enters  for  400  acres  on  the  Middle  Br.  of  W\'nn's 
Creek  Beginning  at  the  Buffalo  Bed.  Transferred  to  Wm.  Hams  of 
Finnywood. 

1746 — Abel  Lee  enters  for  400  acres  Beginning  at  a  Great  Cain  Brake 
about  G  miles  above  Russel's  on  the  creek  Russel  Li\'es  an. 


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1746 — Liikc'  Smithsun  of  Obadiah  400  acres  Beginning  at  a  Lick  on 
Allen's  Creek  just  below  Banister  Path. 

174G-7 — Martin  Brown  enters  200  acres  on  south  side  Banister  River 
Beginning  Ml  a  Fish  Dam  about  a  mile  above  the  mouth  of  Bradley's 
Creek. 

17i()-7 — ]'^]>hraim  Sizemore  200  acres  on  Wynn's  Creek  beginning  at  a 
Black  Walnut  near  a  Beaver  Pond. 

1747— Stephen  Coles  enters  ^100  acres  on  both  sides  Story  Creek,  a 
Br.  of  Pig  River,    Begin,  at  Upper  Beaver  Dam. 

1753 — Charles  Burns  400  acres  on  head  of  South  Fork  of  Terrible 
Creek,  begin;  at  a  Wolf's  Den. 

1754 — Robert  Pusey  400  acres  on  ye  Head  of  Otter  Creek  of  Irwin 
River  Begin;  at  Forked  Poplar  with  a  Hole  near  the  Root  made  to  take 
out  a  Bear. 

1762— John  Noble  400  acres  Beg:  at  the  Beare  house  on  the  uiriR-r 
fork  of  Little  Creek  of  Birrher's  Creek. 

1762 — David  Liles  400  acres  on  Mayo  River  against  the  Cane  Brake 
al)ove  the  fort. 

1766— Neal  O  Neal  400  acres  on  the  head  of  a  north  branch  of  Flat 
Creek,  where  the  Surveyor  &  Camp  started  a  Bear. 

1740 — Andrew  Moorman,  jr.,  400  acres  begin:  below  the  2nd  fork  of 
tlic  No.  fork  of  Difficult  Creek,  above  the  old  Beaver  Pond. 

1745 — Rich.  Green  200  acres  on  both  sides  Sandy  River  begin:  at  the 
lower  end  of  Bear  Garden  thence  up. 

1746— Petrr  Winston  &  Others  enter  1200  acres  on  Wynn's  Creek, 
Bc>_;:  at  ui)]ier  end  of  'I'hom.  Pinny's  Entry  that  begins  at  the  Buffalo 
Bed. 

1748— Isaac  Cloud  400  acres  on  Tomahawk  Creek,  Beg:  at  a  Red 
Oak  Blaz'd  3  Ways  near  a  Beaver  Pond. 

i\lso  400  acres  begin  at  a  Hollow  Chestnut  Tree  in  which  s'd  Cloud 
and  Smith  ns'd  to  camp  on  the  Grounds  between  a  Br.  of  Banister  and 
Turkey  Cuck  Creek.  ;  ..^,. 


Crockett's  Virginia  F.arm  Journ.\l. 

There  is  some  evidence  that  about  1820  there  was  published  in  Vir- 
ginia a  journal  with  the  above  title.  Any  information  relative  to  this 
journal,  or  its  Editor,  will  be  greatly  valued  by  the  undersigned. 

A.  J.  Morrison, 
Hampden  Sidney, 
Prince  Edward  Co.,  \'a. 


Herodoujs.— 1  have  an  old  copy  of  Herodotus  that  I  picked  up  in  a 
second-hand  book  shop,  that  has  pencilled  in  it  on  the  fly-leaf  the  fol- 
lowing:, 


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Herodotus  Class 
Walton  Styles,  (leorj^ia, 
J.  T.  Brown,  Virginia,  '"  " 

R.  Bollin-,  Vir;^,inia, 
J.  M.  i3ollmK,  Virginia.  ■  •'" 

'  Left  the  Class  for  Xen. 

J.   M,    Bollin-, 
Get.  2Sth. 
The  first  name  on  the  list  has  heeoine  dim;    it  may  be  either  Walton, 
or  Wallace,  or  Waller.     Xo  indication  of  year  is  given,  but  the  book  was 
printed  in  1838. 

If  you  will  kindly  ])ublish  the  above,  will  you  please  say  that  if  this  is 
seen  by  any  descendant  of  one  of  the  ab(n-e,  v^'ho  would  like  to  have  the 
biii,k,  he  is  quite  welcome  to  it. 

Yours  very  truly, 

B.  L.  Ancell, 
'■""•■•'     '  ■  '  ■'       ^  '•"  ^'"■»''-         Mahan  School,  Yanc;chow,  Chma. 


York  County  M.\kri.\ges. 


(C.jntributed  by  W.  B.  Cridlin.) 

John  Birdsong  Hunt  to  Sarah  Langston,  July  7,  1785,  by  Re\-.  Jno. 
])a\'enport. 

William  Hendrick  U>  Anne  Gcjodwin,  (.)ct.  1,  1785,  by  Rev.  Jno.  Daven- 
port. 

I'Vancis  Charlton  to  Mary  Powell,  Feb.  20,  178G,  by  Rev.  Sam'l  Sheild. 

John  Moss  to  Mary  Holmes,  Felj.  25,  178G,  by  Rev.  Sam'l  Sheild. 

Thos.  Wilkins  to  Elizabeth  Mitchell,  Mar.  30,  178(i,  by  Rev.  Sam'l 
Sheild. 

John  Mo<idy  to  Mary  Dickinson  Chapman,  A})ril  13,  178(1,  by  Rev. 
Sam'l  Sheild. 

Jas.  Stevens  toRebeccah  Baptist,  April  20,  17SG,  by  Rev.  Sam'l  Sheild. 

Peter  Atkins  to  Mary  Morill,  Sept.  17,  178G,  by  Rev.  Sam'l  Sheild. 

Claudius  Vial  to  Rosey  Lilly  Powell,  Sept.  28,  1780,  l^y  Rev.  Sam'l 
Sh<-ild. 

John  Doughlas  to  Mary  Hobday,  April  17,  178G,  by  Rev.  Jno.  Daven- 

IMUl. 

Jas.  Dixon,  Junr.,  to  Elizabeth  Cary  Mills,  Dec.  24,  178G,  by  Rev. 
Jno.  Davenport. 

Johnson  Mallory  R(jss  to  Mary  Lester,  Dec.  31,  17SG,  by  Rev.  Jno. 
I  )avenport. 

Wm.  Moore  to  Frances  Baptist,  Sept.  1,  1787,  by  Rev.  Jro.  Davenport. 

Wm.  Banks  to  Patty  Maeklin,  Sept.  8,  1787    by  Rev.  Jno    Davenport. 

.\(lam  Craig  to  Mary  Mallory,  July  8,  1787,  by  Rev.  Jno.  Da>.  eniiort. 


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Rcubrn  Gillett  to  Winniford  Macklin,  July  12,  1792,  by  Rev.  Jas.  Hi'ii- 
(iurson,  R ft.  lor  of  Yorkhampton  Parish. 

Henry  Hulvird   to  Nancy  Miles,  Dec.  25,  1792,  by  Rev.  Jas.    Hender- 
sun.   Rector   of  Yorkhampton  Parish. 

Wm.  Haynes  to  Mary  Davis,  Jan.  26,  1793,  by  Rev.  Jas.  Henderson, 
Rector  of  Yorkhampton  Parish. 

John  Chapman  to  Mary  Harwood,  Mar.  31,  1793,  by  Rev.  Jas.  Henrler- 
son,  Rector  of  Yorkhampton  Parish. 

Jeremiah  Barton  to  Jane  Hunt  (wid.  of  Chas.  Hunt,  d'cd.),  Feb.   19, 
1798,  by  Rev.  J.  Bracken. 

Wm.  Emory  to  Elizabeth  A.  Denbree,  May  IS,  1S19,  by  Rev.  Joshua 
Peatherstun. 

Smith    Bunting    to    Nancy   To])])ing,    July    13,    1819,    by    Rev.    Joshua 
Ptatherstun. 

George  C(xx  to  Elizabeth  Holloway,  May   17,    1S19,   by  Rev.   Francis 
A.  Ward. 

(}l^o.  B.  Lu'htfoot  to  Mary  Ann  Weathers,  Dec.  1.  1S21,  by  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Cannin. 

Chas.  IroniiKjngcr  to  Rebecca  Hogg  (widow),  Sept.  20,  1S22,  by  Rev. 
Wm.  Morgan. 

Ino.  R.  Fox  to  Catherine  M.  Moss,  Dec.  31,  1821,  by  Rev.  Francis  A. 
Ward. 

Wm.  Nel-^MU  to  Catherine  M.  Fox  (widow),  Oct.  9,  1827,  by  Rev.  Thos. 
(Airier. 

Jiio.    Freeman   to  Martha   Watkins,   Feb.   7,    1823,   by   Rev.    Waddill 
[(^hnson. 

Armiger  I^arsons  to  Elizabeth  Holloway,  June  3,  179^,  by  Rev.  Thos. 
Camm,  Rector  of  Charles   Par. 

John  H.  Pur-die   to  Anne  Moore,  Dec.  27,  1794,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Camm. 

John  Dewberry  to  Mary  Sanders,  Jan.  27,  1795,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Camm. 

John  Presson   to  Polly  Lilburn,  Feb.  28,  1795,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Camm. 

Will  Dunsford,  Jr.,  of  James  City,  to  Sarah  Kirby,  Feb.  28,  1795,  by 
Rev.  Thos.  Camm, 

Wm.  Kerby  to  Sarah  Kerby,  Aug.  26,  1795,  by  Rev.  Thos.  Cannn. 

Chas.    Leavitt    to   Mary   Robinson,    Sept.    12,    1795,    by   Rev.    Thos. 
Camm. 

Cheley  Ross  to  Jane  Stores  (both  of  E.  City  Co.),  Dec.  12,  1795,  by 
Rev.  Thomas  Camm. 

William   Moss  to   Elizabeth   Goodwin,  Jan.  23,  1796,  by   Rev.  Thos. 
Cainm. 

Wm.  Morrow  to  Mary  Shield  Kerby,  Feb.  23,  1796,  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Camm. 

Miles  Cary  to  Martha  Sclater,  Feb.  27,  1796,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Camm. 

Aaron  Dennis  to  Polly  Roberts,  Nov.  19,  1796,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Camm. 

Benj.  Presson  to  Elizabeth  Drewry,  Dec.  22,   1795,  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Camm. 

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The  Gorsuch  and  Lovelace  Families.  ,[ 

(Continued.) 

(By  J.  H.  P.,   Baltimore,  Md.) 

Anxa"*  Gokslch  and  the  Todd  and  Baylor  Families  of  Virginia 

AND  Maryland. 

(Continued.) 
6.  William'^  Todd  (Thomas^  Todd;  Anna^  John^  Daniel",  William^ 
Gorsuch)— Continued.  There  are  four  Acts  in  Hening's  \'irginia 
Statutes  which  contain  valuable  data  in  regard  to  the  descendants 
of  Maj.  William'^  Todd.  (A)  Act  of  February  1745  breaking  the 
entail  of  lands  now  vested  m  Thomas,  the  eldest  son  of  William 
Todd.  This  Act  recites  that  Thomas  Todd  of  Gloucester  County, 
gentleman,  by  his  will  dated  March  4,  1723  left  a  tract  of  GOO 
acres  near  the  North  River  Bridge  to  his  grandson  Bernard  Todd, 
son  of  Richard  Todd,  then  to  William  Todd  son  of  Richard,  then 
lo  Richard's  other  mule  issue  if  any,  then  to  the  heirs  of  the  testator's 
.sua  William  Todd,  then  to  the  male  heirs  of  testator's  son  Philip  and  then 
to  male  heirs  of  testator's  son  Christopher.  It  is  further  recited  that 
Bernard  Todd  and  his  brother  Richard  Todd,  dying  without  issue,  the 
said  land  has  now  passed  to  Thomas  Todd  the  eldest  son  and  heir  at  law 
of  William  Todd,  son  of  the  testator.  (Hening  Va.  Stat.  5;  395).  (B) 
Act  of  November  1761  breaking  the  entail  of  lands  now  in  possession  of 
William  Todd.  The  Act  recites  that  Thomas  Todd  of  Gloucester 
County,  gentleman,  by  will  dated  March  4,  1723  left  a  large  tract  on  the 
Mattapony  River,  Drysdale  Parish,  King  and  Queen  County  to  his  sons 
William  and  Phillip  Todd  to  be  divided  equally  between  them,  with 
moiety  to  their  male  heirs  and  with  cross  remainders  to  the  survivor. 
The  Act  further  recites  that  Phillip  died  without  male  issue,  that  William 
then  becam.'  s  'izcd  of  the  wiiole  tract,  leaving  issue  Thomas  Todd,  his 
eldest  son  and  heir,  who  is  also  now  dead,  and  that  the  lands  have 
ilescended  to  and  are  now  in  the  possession  of  William  the  eldest 
son  and  male  heir  of  the  last  mentioned  Thomas,  (idem  7;  483-485). 
(C)  Act  of  October  1764  breaking  the  entail  of  lands  now  vested  in  Rich- 
ard Todd.  The  Act  recites  that  William  Todd  of  King  and  Queen  County 
gentleman,  was  seized  of  a  large  tract  in  St.  Thomas  Parish,  Orange 
County  and  by  his  will  dated  January  12,  1736,  devised  part  of  said  tract 
to  his  daugliters  Dorothy  and  Betty  and  to  his  grandson  William  Gordon 


GENEALOGY  303 

and  Ricliard  Barber,  and  all  the  residue,  1835  acres,  to  his  son,  Richard 
Todd  and  his  heirs  and  for  want  of  heirs  to  his  son  Thomas  Todd.  The 
Act  further  recites  that  William  Todd  died  soon  afterwards  and  that  his 
son  Richard  then  entered  into  and  is  now  in  possession  of  said  residue. 
Richard  Todd  is  allowed  to  sell  his  portion  of  the  Orange  tract  in  order 
to  purchase  slaves  for  an  entailed  tract  of  400  acres  in  King  and  Queen, 
(idem  S;  5i)j.  (D)  Act  of  February  17712,  breaking  the  entail  of  lands  in 
the  possession  of  William  Todd,  etc.  The  Act  recites  that  Thomas  Todd 
of  Gloucester  Coimty,  gentleman,  deceased,  possessed  among  other  large 
holdings  two  tracts:  (a)  a  large  and  valuable  tract  on  the  Mattapony 
River  in  King  and  Queen;  (b)  another  tract  of  1000  acres  on  Dragon 
Swamp,  St.  Stephens  parish,  King  and  Queen  County.  The  Act  recites 
that  Thomas  Todd  by  deed  poll  dated  March  16,  1709  gave  to  his  son, 
William  Todd  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  begotten  of  Martha  V^icaris  his 
intended  wife,  500  acres  of  the  first  mentioned  tract  (a)  on  Mattapony 
River  laid  out  convenient  to  the  said  William  Todd's  plantations.  The 
Act  further  recites  that  Thomas  Todd  by  his  will  dated  Alarch  4,  17"23 
gave  [the  remaining]  j^art  of  this  said  tract  (a)  on  the  Mattapony  Ri\  er 
to  his  two  sons  William  and  Phillip  Todd  as  tenants  in  common  in  tail 
male  with  cross  remainders  between  them.  The  Act  further  recites 
that  by  the  same  will  Thomas  Todd  gave  the  second  mentioned  tract  (b) 
on  Dragon  Swamp  unto  his  son  Richard  and  heirs  male  and  in  default 
to  his  son  William  and  heirs  male.  It  is  further  recited  that  by  the  death 
of  both  Pliillip  and  Richard  without  male  heirs  the  whole  of  the  two  tracts 

(a)  and  (b)  became  vested  in  William,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  have  now 
descended  to  William  Todd  of  King  and  Queen  County,  gentleman,  the 
grandson  and  heir  of  William  Todd  the  elder  and  Martha  Vicaris.  The 
Act  further  recites  that  it  will  be  to  the  advantage  of  William  Todd, 
grandson  of  William  Todd,  the  elder,  to  sell  the  above  mentioned  tract 

(b)  on  Dragon  Swamp  to  which  Harry  Todd  the  next  brother  and  male 
heir  presumptive  of  said  William  Todd  consents.  It  is  further  recited 
that  as  the  boimds  are  uncertain  o^  the  500  acres  portion  of  the  tract  (a) 
on  Mattapony,  which  is  the  only  part  of  the  above  mentioned  lands  which 
will  pass  to  William  Todd's  heirs  who  are  now  only  daughters,  it  not  being 
likely  that  he  will  now  have  sons,  the  said  William  and  his  brother  Harry, 
the  next  remaining  man,  have  agreed  upon  certain  boimds  to  avoid  future 
disputes  (idem  8;  631-635) 

It  appears  from  an  examination  of  the  above  four  acts  that  Col.  Will- 
iam^ Todd  had  at  least  two  sons,  Thomas"  and  Richard^,  and  that 
Thomas^,  who  was  the  elder  inherited  the  entailed  lands.  From  the 
following  it  seems  possible  that  there  may  have  been  a  third  son  William. 
In  the  Essex  County  Court  records  is  to  be  foimd  an  order,  May  175:.', 
under  which  Thomas  Todd,  orphan  of  William  Todd,  of  Essex  County, 
deceased,  aged  eleven  years,  was  bound  over  to  William  Edmundson  of 
Essex.  It  will  be  shown  later  that  Dorothy^  Todd,  a  daughter  of  Col 
William'^    Todd,    married'  Thomas    Edmundson    of    Essex.     It    would 


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111: TL-for  seem  not  iinj^robabU'  ihnt  ilu-  orjjhan,  Thomas  Todd, 
vvlio  was  bound  over  lo  William  Edmundscm,  was  a  connection 
of  ihe  latter.  We  only  have  positive  proof  that  Col.  William'* 
Todd  had  two  daughters,  although  there  v.<.re  probably  others. 
The  Act  of  October  17G4  refers  to  a  tract  in  St.  Thomas  l'ari;h, 
Ctrange  County  left  under  the  will  of  William  Todd,  1736,  "to  his  daugh- 
ters Dorothy  and  Betty  and  to  his  grandson  William  Gordon  and  Richard 
Barber."  It  is  uncertain  from  the  wording  of  the  act,  whether  this  is 
intended  to  mean  that  William  Cordc>n  v.'as  a  son  of  Dorothy  and  that 
Richard  Barber  was  a  son  of  Betty.  It  will  be  shown  presently  (see 
liti.'iabeth'''  and  Dorothy'^  i)ost)  that  if  this  is  the  correct  interpretation, 
Dorothy'  married  twice,  as  she  is  known  to  haxc  been  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Edrnundson.  There  is  independent  evidence  however  that  Elizabeth" 
(BiLty)  Todd  married  James  Barbour,  and  had  a  son  Richard  Barbeiur. 
The  possibility  of  this  Elizabeth  Todd  having  made  still  another  mai- 
ria.;e  to  Benjamin  Hubbard  will  also  be  discussed.  There  is  also  a 
possibility  that  Col.  William'*  Todd  had  a  third  daughter.  Sarah,  as  it 
is  stated  in  a  sketch  of  the  Barbour  family  in  Green' s  History  of  Culpeper 
Ci'iinty  (Vol,  II,  p.  13.5)  that  James  Barbour  after  the  death  of  his  first 
wife.  Elizabeth  Todd,  "married  secondly  Sarah  Todd  of  a  most  respect- 
able family,  probably  a  sister  of  the  first  wife."  In  addition  a  Lucy  Todd 
who  cannot  be  placed  elsewhere,  appears  as  the  witness  of  a  deed  exe- 
cuted May  28,  1730,  by  Col.  William  Todd  for  land  in  Spotsylvania 
(Croziers  Va.  Rec. -Spotsylvania  Co.;  113).  Tliis  Lucy  Todd  may  have 
be  en  still  another  daughter  of  Col.  William  Todd.  The  whole  question 
is  most  involved.  The  writer  prefers  to  number  definitely  as  the  daugh- 
tt  rs  of  Col.  William^  Todd  however  only  Dorothy^  and  Elizabeth",  con- 
side  ring  it  most  probable  that  Dorothy  married  first  a  man  named  Gor- 
don and  secondly  Thomas  Edrnundson,  although  it  is  ciuite  possible  that 
it  was  still  another  daughter  of  unknown  name  who  married  a  Gordon 
and  became  the  mother  of  William  Gordon.  The  leader  is  referred  lo 
Green's  History  of  Culpeper  for  detailed  information  in  regard  to  the 
children  of  James  Barbour  and  his  wives  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Todd, 
where  a  copy  of  the  will  of  the  latter  dated  May  19,  1781  and  pro\-ed 
May  IS,  17SS  in  Culpeper,  is  given.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  among 
her  grandchildren,  Sarah  Barbour  mentions  a  Lucy  Todd.  It  seems 
possible  that  Sarah  Todd  may  have  been  a  widow  Todd  when  she  mar- 
riv:d  James  Barbour. 

Children  of  William'*  Todd  (Thomas^)  and  his  wife  Martha  Vicaris. 
i.  Thomas^  Todd  (William<*,  Thomas^).  He  is  referred  to  as  the 
eldest  son  in  several  of  the  acts  just  cited.  He  was  probably 
born  about  1710.  He  lived  in  St.  Stephens  Parish,  King  and 
Queen  County.  It  is  known  that  he  married  Elizabeth 
Waring  daughter  of  Thomas  Waring  of  Essex,  probably 
about  the  year  1744.  This  may  have;  been  a  second  marriage 
however  as  there  is  some  evidence  that  his  eldest  son,  Wil- 


GENEALOGY  305 

liaiii^  was  of  age  in  1701.  The  wrilcr  is  indebted  to  the  editor 
of  the  Magazine  for  the  following  Waring  notes  from  the 
Essex  records.  There  is  an  Essex  deed,  dated  1742,  \\hii.-h 
recites  that  Col.  Thomas  Gouldman  by  will  left  to  MoUie 
and  Betty  Waring,  daughters  of  Thomas  Waring  and  Eliza- 
beth his  wife,  certain  slaves,  and  that  MoUie  was  then  tlie 
wife  of  Henry  Robinson.  From  this  and  other  evidence  it 
appears  that  Elizabeth,  the  wife  ot  Thomas  Waring  was  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Gouldman.  There  is  another  deed 
dated  1744  from  Thomas  Waring  the  elder,  on  the  lirst  part, 
and  Thomas  Todd  of  King  and  Queen,  Francis  Waring  and 
Thomas  Waring,  the  younger,  of  Msse.x.  on  the  second  pan, 
to  secure  certain  obligations  [possibly  Betty's  wedding 
portion].  It  therefore  seems  probable  that  Thomas'"  Todd, 
married  Elizabeth  Waring  between  1742  and  1744.  The  will 
of  Thomas  Waring  of  Essex,  dated  June  9,  1748  and  proved 
January  1751,  names  his  sons,  Frani/is  and  Thomas,  and 
daughters,  Anna  Waring,  Betty  Todd  and  MoUie  Robinson, 
and  makes  his  two  sons  [sons- in-law]  Thomas  Todd  and 
Henry  Robinson  executors. 

This  Thomas''  Todd,  May  28th  1742,  petitioned  the  House 
of  Burgesses  to  dock  the  entail  of  600  acres  of  land  left  by  [his 
grandfather]  Thomas  Todd,  to  the  latter's  grandson,  Ber- 
nard Todd  [son  of  Richard**  Todd]  but  now  vested  in  the 
petitioner  by  the  death  of  [his  cousin]  Bernard  without  male 
heirs  (Jour.  House  of  Burg.-Va.;  7;  41).  It  was  not  until 
February  1745  that  an  act  to  this  effect  was  passed  (see 
William*'  Todd  ante).  'J'homas''  Todd  died  sometime  prior 
to  1761,  when  the  act  of  November  17()1  shows  that  he  was 
then  dead,  and  that  certain  entailed  lands  were  then  in  the 
possession  of  his  eldest  son,  William'*  Todd.  Betty,  the 
widow  of  Thomas^  Todd  was  living  December  10,  1762  when 
she  and  William'*  Todd  petitioned  the  House  of  Burgesses 
against  laying  out  a  town  at  Todd's  Warehouses  on  the 
Mattapony  (Jour.  House  Buig.-Va.;  10;  143,  148).  That 
this  Thomas'''  Todd  had  at  least  two  sons,  William-  the 
eldest,  and  Henry**  (Harry)  the  next  eldest,  living  February 
1772,  is  learned  from  tiie  act  of  that  date  (see  William*"  Todd 
ante),  while  the  wording  of  the  act  indicates  that  there  were 
other  sons.  There  was  at  least  one  other  .son  Bernard^ 
Todd,  who  lived  in  Charlotte  County.  The  editor  of  the 
Magazine  informs  the  writer  that  he  has  seen  conclusive 
proof  of  this,  although  at  the  moment  he  is  unable  to  place 
his  hand  upon  it.  Indirect  evidence  also  .supports  this 
statement.  Thus  the  name  Bernard  points  to  his  descent 
from  Thomas^  Todd  and  Elizabeth  Bernard,  and  by  exclu- 


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sion  Ihr  only  place  that  can  l)c  found  for  him  is  here.  His 
daughter  Betty  is  said  to  have  had  Waring  as  her  middle 
name,  pointing  to  the  fact  that  she  was  named  for  her 
father's  mother  Betty  Waring.  As  will  be  shown  latei  this 
Bernard'*  Tudd  in  17S<J  conveyed  land  to  William  Meri- 
wether, and  it  appears  that  |his  brother]  HarryS  Todd 
■rl  married  Aphia  Meriwether  (see  post).     Whether  Thomas- 

Todd  and  Betty  Waring  had  other  sons  or  anv  daugliteis 
is  not  known.  There  was  a  Dr.  George  Todd  living  in  Caro- 
line, December  17,  1770  (Va.  Mag.  20;  319)  who  has  not 
been  identified  and  who  may  possibly  be  another  son  of 
Thomas^.  There  was  also  an  unidentified  Richard  Todd 
and  his  wife  Margaret,  living  in  Spotsylvania  who  deeded 
land  there  in  1791  and  1791,  who  may  possibly  belong  here. 
(Crozier's   Va.  Rec. -Spotsylvania  Co.;  4()S,   ISS). 

issue  of  Thomas'  Todd  (William«,  Thomas^)  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
\\  a  ring. 

(1)  William^  Todd  (Thomas',  William",  Thomas-).  He  is 
known  from  the  acts  of  November  1761  and  February 
1772  to  have  been  the  eldest  son,  although  there  is  some 
uncertainty  as  to  whether  his  mother  was  Elizal:)elh  War- 
ing or  a  former  wife.  He  was  apparently  of  age  prior  to 
17(11.  The  only  facts  known  in  regard  to  him  are  h  arned 
from  the  act  of  February  1772  in  which  it  is  recited  that 
his  only  children,  then  living,  were  daughters  and  that 
J  it  was  unlikely  that  he  would  have  a  son.     The  reader  is 

referred   to  this  act   which  has  already  been  fully  dis- 
cussed (see  WilliamS  Todd  ante).      The  name  of  William« 
•  Todd's  wife  has  not  been  learned  nor  have  any  of  his 

.   •  children  been  traced.     He  appears  to  have  been  living 

in  King  and  Queen  County  in  1772.  It  is  doubtless  this 
William  Todd  who  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of 
Safety  of  King  and  Queen  Co.  Dec.  12,  1774. 
(2)  Harry«  Todd  (Thomas^,  William",  Thomas'^).  The  act  of 
February  1772  shows  that  Harry«  Todd  was  then  the 
second  living  son.  Whether  he  was  the  child  of  his  fath- 
er's wife,  Elizabeth  Waring  or  the  son  of  a  prior  marriage 
is  uncertain.  The  only  facts  known  in  regard  to  him  are 
learned  from  a  petition  dated  May  24th  1774presented  by 
Harry  Todd  and  his  wife  Aphia  to  the  House  of  Burgesses 
requesting  that  they  be  authorized  to  sell  certain  entailed 
lands  to  Walker  Tomlin.  It  is  here  recited  that  Harry 
'i'odd  in  the  right  of  his  wife  Aphia,  is  seized  of  et  rtain 
lands  under  the  will  of  Nicholas  Meriwether,  gentleman, 
d._-eease(l,  33.>  acres  lying  in  St.  David's  parish  King  \Vil- 


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liam  County,  he  and  his  wife  having  agreed  to  sell  the 
same  to  Walker  Tomlin,  who  married  the  sister  of  the  said 
Aphia  Todd   (Jour.  House  Burg.-Va.   13;  124).      He    was 
a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  of  King  and  Queea 
Co.   Dec.   12,   1774,  and  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Delegates  from  the  same  county  in  1784. 
(3)         Bernards    Todd     (Thomas',    William'*,     Thomas^).      The 
evidence  that  he  was  one  of  the  younger  sons  of  Thomas''' 
and  Elizabeth  (Waring)  Todd  has  already  been  presented. 
There  is  a  Charlotte  County  deed  dated  March  1,  1783, 
under  which  Bernard  Todd  of  King  and  Queen  County 
purchased  land  in  Charlotte.     There  is  a  Hanover  County 
deed,   December  22,    1789,   by   which  Bernard  Todd    of 
Charlotte    conveys    to    William    Meriwether    of    Louisa 
County  a  warrant  for  land  in  Hanover  (William  &  Mary 
C.  O.,  23;    117).     There  is  another  Charlotte  deed,  dated 
Oct.  1,  1792,  from  Bernard  Todd  and  his  wife  Elizabeth. 
Bernard  Todd^  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates 
from  Charlotte  17S9-1791.     It  is  stated  that  he  married 
Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  William  Pollard  of  Hanover. 
The  will  of  Bernard  Todd  dated  June  20,  1810,  was  proved 
Nov.  7,  181 1  in  Charlotte  County.     He  names  his  children 
Thomas,  Mary,  William,  Christopher,  Bartlett,  Joseph, 
Belly  and  Philip.     Certain  provisions  of  the  will  were  not 
to  go  into  effect  until  his  yoiuigest  son  was  of  age  and  his 
youngest  daughter  married,  showing  that  in  ISIO  some  of 
his    children    were    still    minors.     The    late    Dr.    B.    H. 
Walker  of  King  and  Queen  is  the  authority  for  the  state- 
ment  that   the   daughter   Betty's  full   name   was   Betty 
Waring  Todd.     It  is  said  of  the  children  of  Bernard^  and 
Elizabeth     (Pollard)     Todd    that:     (a)  Thomas'-*    Todd 
man  led  Eliza,   daughter  of  Col.  Henry  Pendleton;     (b) 
Mary9  married  a  man  named  Buster;    (c)  William^  mar- 
ried  and   had   one   son   and   two   daughters.     He   was   a 
clergyman;     (d)   Christopher^*   married  and  had  a  large 
family.     He  removed  to  Tennessee  and  lived  to  be  over 
ninety;     (e)  Bartlett";     (f)  Jo.seph^;     (g)  Betty  Waring^ 
married  Temple  Walker  of  King  and  Queen;  (h)  Phiiipy. 
ii.     Richard"   Todd  (William^,  Thomas^).     He  is  referred  to  as 
the  younger  brother  of  Thomas^  Todd  in  several  of  the  acts 
just  cited.     Very  little  is  known  with  certainty  in  regard  to 
this  Richard"   Todd.     What   we   know   is  derived  largely 
from  tradition  and  from  family  papers  belonging  to  the  late 
Dr.  Charles  H.^"  Todd  of  Owensboro,  Kentucky,  a  grand- 
son of  Justice  Thomas^  Todd  of  the  United  State  Supreme 
Court,  the  youngest  son  of  Richard^  Todd.     These  family 


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notes  and  the  published  bioi^raphies  of  Justice  Todd  state 
that  Richard^  Todd  married  Elizabeth  Richards  of  Vir- 
i;inia.  This  marriage  must  have  taken  place  prior  to  1750. 
It  is  said  that  Richard^  Todd  died  when  his  son  Thomas, 
who  was  born  in  17Go,  was  only  eighteen  months  old. 
Richard  Todd,  June  7,  1743,  purchased  from  Thomas 
Todd  of  vSt.  Stephen's  Parish,  King  and  Queen,  a  lot  in 
Fredericksburg,  devised  to  Thomas  Todd  by  his  father 
Col.  William  Todd  (.Crozier's  V'a.  Rcc. -Spotsylvania  Co.; 
lt)27.)  There  is  an  act  of  tlu'  assembly  dated  October  17G4, 
which  has  bicn  already  referred  to,  permitting  Rich- 
ard^ 'l\)(ld  to  sell  tlie  pcjrtiun  of  the  tract  in  St.  Thomas 
,,•;•  •,..  Parish  in  Orange  County  left  to  him  and  his  heirs  under  the 
will  of  his  father,  William  Todd,  dated  January  PJth  1736, 
•  I,  ,  and  to  purcha.sc  in  its  place  slaves  to  work  upon  his  King  and 

Queen  County  tract  of  404  acres  of  which  he  is  seized  in  fee 
simple,   these  slaves   to  be  entailed   in  his  childrtn.     The 
family  must  have  suffered  iinancial  reverses,  as  we  find  the 
",:  ,  ;.'  widow  of  Ricliard"  Todd  owning  a  tavern  in    Chisteriield 

'  .         County,  Virginia,  a  few  years  after  his  death.     The  editor 

y,  of  the  Magazine  has  called  the  writer's  attention  to  the  will 

i  of  Betty  Todd,  the  widow,  1777,  and  to  a  deed  executed  by 

r         her  in  1772,  recorded  in  Chesterfield.     The  deed  dated  July 
;.  11,  1772,  from  Betty  Todd  of  Manchester,  mothei  of  Richard 

I  Todd,  to  secure  a  debt  to  James  Lyle,  conveys  the  tavern 

.,;  in  Manchester  known  as  Todd's  Tenement,  purchased  by 

,  her  from  Johnson  and  Wood,  together  with  four  half  acre 

,,,  lots  and  twelve  negroes.     It  would  appear  from  this  that 

the  mother  had  been  called  upon  to  pay  her  son  Richard's" 
debts.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Betty  Todd  of  Chesterfield  Coun- 
ty, dated  October  30th,  1777,  and  proved  the  same  year, 
names  as  hei  legatees  her  son  W'illiam  Todd,  her  grand- 
daughter Betty  Todd,  her  son  Thomas  Todd,  her  daughter 
Milly  Todd  and  her  son  Richard  Todd.  William  Dan- 
dridge  of  Henrico  County  and  Dr.  William  McKenzie  of 
Chesterfield  County  are  named  as  executors.  The  inven- 
tory dated  November  5th,  1777,  showed  a  personal  estate 
valued  at  £1519  ;  S  ;  1,'  2,  and  uuluded  in  additicjn  to  various 
household  belongings  a  mare  at  William  Todd's  in  Pitt- 
sylvania Coimty.  Frcjm  this  point  we  are  entirely  de- 
pendent upon  the  family  paiters  of  Dr.  Charles  H  Todd, 
Collins'  Historical  Sketches  of  Kentucky,  and  MarshdU's 
Historic  Families  of  Kentucky,  18S9,  for  inlormation.  Ac- 
cording to  these  statements  Richard^  'i'odd's  eldest  son 
was  William**  Todd,  afterwards  High  SheritT  of 
Pittsylvania,      and     his     youngest     son      was      Thomas** 


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Todd  who  became  justice.  The  names  of  other  sons  are 
not  given  in  these  published  biographies,  but  there  is  a  mar- 
ginal note  by  Dr.  Charles  H.  Todd  in  his  copy  of  Collins 
which  refers  to  the  second  son  Richard'*  Todd:  "Richard 
Todd  was  a  brother  of  Justice  Thomas  Todd — Thomas  Lank- 
ford  was  the  brother  of  Mary  Lanlcford,  wife  of  Richard 
Todd,  of  King  and  Queen  County,  who  [i.  e.  Lankford] 
was  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  horse — Judge  Todd  brought 
the  widow  and  her  four  children  to  Woodford  County, 
Kentucky,  about  1786 — the  brother  Thomas  Lankford  was 
coming  to  Kentucky  to  see  his  sister  when  he 
was  killed."  The  a>:-eount  in  Marshall's  History  of 
Kentucky,  as  a  matter  oi'  fact,  in  interpreting  the  act 
of  February  1772,  confuses  VVilliain**  Todd,  the  son  of 
Thomas'  Todd  (William*^,  Thomay'"')  with  William*  Todd, 
the  sheriff  of  Pittsylvania  in  17S3  and  the  son  of  Richard^, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  The  will  of  Betty  Todd  just 
cited  shows  that  there  was  a  daughter  Milly. 
Issue  of  Richard^  Todd  (William*^,  Thomas-'')  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
Richards. 

(1)  Williams  Todd.  (Richard^,  William^,  Thomas^).  He  is 
said  by  Dr.  Charles  H*".  Todd  to  have  been  Sheriff  of 
Pittsylvania  County,  Virginia,  1786.  The  inventory  of 
his  mother's  estate  indicates  that  he  was  living  there  in 
1777,  and  her  will  that  he  had  a  daughter  Betty'-*  (Eliz- 
abeth). Could  she  have  been  the  Elizabeth  Todd  wlio 
married  Benjamin  Hubbard?  (See  Elizabeth"  Todd 
post).  This  William  Todd  has  not  been  traced.  There 
was  a  William  Todd,  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Transylvania  Seminary  in  1787  (Wm.  &  Mary  C;  1.'2; 
263-265).  The  editor  of  the  Magazine  writes  me  that  a 
William  Todd  ai)i)ears  in  1767  as  an  appraiser  in  Pittsyl- 
vania Co. 

(2)  Richard^  Todd.     (Richard",  William'',  Thomas^).    Refer- 

ence has  already  been  made  to  a  memorandum  by  Dr. 
Charles  H.  10  Todd  that  this  Richard"*  Todd  married  Mary 
Lankford,  the  brother  of  Thomas  Lankford,  and  that  after 
the  death  of  Richard  Todd,  the  widow  and  her  four  chil- 
dren, about  1786,  were  brought  to  Kentucky  by  her  brother 
in  law,  Justice  Thomas**  Todd.  The  deed  executed  by 
his  mother  in  1772  suggests  that  Richard**  was  living  with 
her  in  Manchester,  Chesterfield  County,  in  1772,  and  that 
she  had  become  financially  involved  through  him. 
i3)  Thomas**  Todd.  (Richard',  William",  Thomas^).  Family 
papers  state  that  he  was  born  in  1765  in  King  and  Queen 
County.     During  the  closing  days  of  the  Revolution  he 


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served  in  the  army.     He  went  to  Kentucky  with  the  family 
of  Harry  Innes  about  1784-17SG.     He  took  an  aclivc  part 
in  politics,  and  held  various  political  and  judicial  posi- 
^^  tions.     He  was  appointed  by  Jefferson,  a  Justice  of  the 

United  States  Supreme  Court,  holding  this  jjosiiion  until 
his  death  in  1S2G.  He  married  twice.  His  first  wite  was 
Elizabeth  Harris.  He  married  secondly,  Lucv  Payne, 
the  widow  of  Major  Stcptoe  \Vashiiii<ion.  justice  Todd 
left  issue  by  both  wives. 
(4)  Milly«  Todd  (Richard',  William",  Thomas'^.  The  will  of 
her  mother  shows  that  there  was  a  dauj^ditcr  MUh-,  li\-ing 
and  apjjarently  unmarried  in  1777. 
iii.  Dorothy^  Todd  (William^,  Thomas"').  She  was  apparently 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Col.  William''  Todd  and  his  wife 
Martha  Vicaris.  vSlie  is  known  to  have  married  TlKjmas 
Edmundson,  of  Esse.x,  as  his  lirst  wife.  The  will  ui  Thomas 
Edmundson,  dated  I^ecembcr  2Gth,  1757.  and  jjr.Aid  De- 
cember 19th,  1759,  is  a  very  lengthy  one.  Hr  mentions  his 
sons,  James,  William  and  John  and  his  tlaughter,-,  Judith, 
Sarah  and  Dorothy,  and  refers  to  his  wife  Har.nah  and  his 
sister  Elizabeth  Hays.  The  wording  of  the  will  indicates 
that  most  of  his  children  were  under  age.  Tiion.as  Ed- 
mundson married  as  his  second  wife  Hannah  I'hilips.  'Ihere 
is  on  record  in  Essex  County  a  marriage  contract  dated  1749 
between  Thomas  Edm.undson,  Jr.,  and  Hannah  Phili[,s.  In 
this  contract  provision  was  made  for  his  four  sons,  )(>hn, 
William,  Thomas  and  James.  He  leaves  to  his  son  William 
all  the  land  in  Orange  County  left  to  his  former  wife 
Dorothy  by  her  father  Col.  William  Todd,  hi  his  will  he 
provided  that  his  wife  Hannah  maintain  his  daughter, 
Sarah,  until  she  was  fourteen  years  old.  Dorolliy  was 
almost  certainly  a  child  by  Dorothy  Todd.  Of  his  sewn 
children  Judith  is  the  only  one  whose  natther  is  not  eer- 
tainly  known,  although  it  is  proljable  that  she  was  also 
a  child  of  his  first  wife,  Dorothy *".  It  seems  probable 
from  the  following  evidence  that  Dorothy^  Todd  was 
the  widow  of  a  man  named  Gordon  when  she  married 
Thomas  Edmundson.  It  will  be  recalled  that  the  act 
of  October,  17(i4  (see  William''  Todd  ante),  recites  that 
Col.  William  Todd,  under  his  will  dated  March  IJtii,  17;5(i, 
left  a  certain  tract  in  (Jrange  County  to  "his  dau.Lditirs 
Dorothy  and  Betty,  and  to  his  grandson  William  Cordon 
and  Richard  Barber."  As  Elizabeth^  Todd  had  a  son 
Richard  Barbour,  it  would  seem  from  the  wording  of  the  act 
that  William  Gordon  was  the  son  of  Dorothy^.  It  is  inter- 
esting to  note  that  Thomas"  Todd  (Thomas^,  Thomas-),  of 


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Maryland,  June  18th,  1731,  sold  land  in  Essex  bounding  "on 
the  widow  Gordon,"  which  he  had  inherited  from  his  father 
l,see  Thomas  ^  Todd  antej. 

i\-.     Elizabeth^    Todd    (.William^,    Thomas^).     It    is    stated    in 
Green's  History  of  Culpepper  County  (Vol.  II,  p.  135),  that 
James  Barbour,  2nd,  of  Culpepper,  married  as  his  first  wife, 
Elizabeth  Todd,  and  had  by  her  one  child,  a  son,  Richard, 
who   died   without   issue,    and    that   he   married   secondly 
Sarah  Todd,  supposed  to  be  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  leaving' 
by  his  wife  Sarah   several   children.     The  phraseology   of 
the  act  of  October,  1704,  cited  in  the  last  paragraph  (see 
Dorothy'^  Todd  ante)  indicates  that  Betty  Todd  had  mar- 
ried prior  to  1736  a  man  named  Barber  (Barbour)  and  had 
then  living  at  least  one  child,  a  son,  Richard.     There  would 
therefore  seem  to  be  little  room  for  doubt  that  this  Eliza- 
beth'' Todd  married  James  Barbour,  2nd,  and  was  outlived 
by  her  husband.     It  is  therefore  diiiicult  to  explain  the  fol- 
lowing definite  statement  by  Dr.  Charles  H.  Todd  in  the 
William  and  Mary  Quarterly  (Vol.  XXI,  p.  203);    "Benjamin 
Hubbard  married  Elizabeth  Todd,  daughter  of  Major  Wil- 
liam Todd  and  Martha  Vicaris,  of  King  and  Queen     *     *     * 
their  daughter,  Ann  Hubbard,  married  Col.  James  Taylor, 
and  was  the  mother  of  General  James  Taylor,  of  Newport, 
Kentucky."     Dr.  Todd  goes  on  to  say  that  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
(Todd)  Hubbard  was  the  sister  of  Richard'''  Todd,  father  of 
Justice'  Thomas**    Todd,    and   gives   other   family   details. 
While  it  is  possible  that  Elizabeth''  Todd  married   as  her 
first  husband  Benjamin  Hubbard,  and  as  her  second  Jamt-s 
Barbour,  it   seems   more   probable   to   the  writer  that  Dr. 
Todd  may  have  confused  the  generations,  and  that   Mrs. 
Hubbard   was   the   granddaughter  of  Col.  William**  Todd, 
and  the  daughter  of  Thomas^  (William'')  or  the  daughter 
of  William**  (Richard^  William")— see  ante. 
7.  Philip6  Todd.     (Thomas^  Todd,  Anna^,  John*,  Daniel^  William^ 
Gorsuch).     He  was  apparently  the  fourth  son  of  Thomas^  Todd  and 
Elizabeth  Bernard.     He  is  mentioned  in  his  brother  Thomas"  Todd's 
will,  1711.     In  Spotsylvania  County  there  is  a  deed  dated  Sept.  30,  1727, 
from  Philip  Todd,  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish,  King  and  Queen  County,  for 
500  acres  patented  by  him  June  30,   1720.     No  wife  joins  in  this  deed 
(Crozier's  Va.   Rec.   Spotsylvania  Co.,   100).     Again  Gctober  7,    172!), 
William  and  Martha  Todd,  of  Drysdale  Parish,  King  and  Queen  County, 
deed  2000  acres  in  Spotsylvania  to  Philip  Todd,  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish, 
King  and  Queen  County,   (idem.  109).     The  act  of  the  Virginia  Assembly, 
Nov.  1761,  (see  ante)  breaking  the  entail  of  land  on  Mattaponty  River, 
Drysdale  Parish,  King  and  Queen  County,  recites  that  Thomas  Todd, 


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of  Gloucester,  by  his  will  dated  War.  4,  1723,  left  the  above  tract  to  his 
sons  William  and  I'hilip  equally,  with  a  moiety  to  their  male  h(  irs  and 
ei-oss  remainders  should  either  die  without  heirs.  It  furth('r  recites  that 
Philip  Todd  died  without  male  issue;  the  entire  tract  passed  to  his 
brother  William,  descending  lo  William's  oldest  son  Thomas,  and  tmally 
to  the  latter's  oldest  son,  \\illiani,  the  entail  in  whom  the  act  docks. 
(Hciung's  Va.  vStal.  7;  4S;>-o).  As  to  whetlier  Philips  Todd  m.arricd 
and  left  female  heirs  or  not,  we  arc  Icfi  in  the  dark.  That  he  died  bil'ore 
his  lirotlicr  Williani*J  is  certain. 

S.  Christ. ;phcr''  Todd.  (Thomas^  Todd;  Anna*,  JohnS  Uanii4-, 
William'  Gorusch).  The  ins(ri])tion  on  liis  tombstone  at  Toddshury 
sl:.vi  .s  that  he  was  b<,rn  April  2nd,  KiDO,  and  died  March  2Gth,  1743  (Wm. 
^v  Mary  C.  Q.  .H;  Hi)).  From  the  order  in  which  he  is  mentioned  in  the 
F(jntaine  MSS  he  would  appear  lo  have  been  the  hfth  and  youngest  son 
(aril.  ;  25;  8!)).  Christopher''  Todd  lived  at  Toddsbury.  Thai  the 
family  seat  should  have  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  youngest  son  seems 
at  tiist  sight  rather  stranj^e.  Sometime  prior  to  his  father's  iKalli, 
ho'.cvcr,  two  (jf  Christoj^lur's  elder  brothers,  Thomas''  and  William'', 
ha  i  established  themselves  elsewhere,  the  former  taking  the  valuable 
Miii'yland  estates,  and  the  latter  aeciuirinj.;  lar.L;e  jjroperty  interests  in 
Ki.,;,'  and  Queen,  where  he  became  a  man  of  prominence.  Of  his  two 
other  elder  brothers,  it  is  known  that  Phili];'^  died  without  male  issue, 
an'i  that  Richard's''  two  sons  died  youn,^.  It  does  not,  therefore,  stem 
unruuural  that  Christopher",  who  a]jparently  remained  at  Toddsbury 
with  his  father,  should  have  finally  come  into  possession  of  the  place, 
prob:J)ly  under  the  ti  rms  oi  his  father's  will. 

\'ery  little  is  known  in  rej,'ard  to  Christopher''  Todd.  His  tombstone 
refers  to  him  as  "Ca]it.  Cliristo])her  Todd."  He  married  between  Jan- 
uary 20th,  171S,  and  September  13th,  1721,  Elii:abeth,  the  daughter  of 
Feimiel  Mason.  The  writer  is  indebted  to  Mr.  W.  C.  Torrence,  of  Rich- 
mond, for  an  abstract  of  a  Princess  Anne  County  deed  from  which  this 
information  has  been  obtained.  In  this  deed,  dated  September  13,  1721, 
Cliiistopher  Todd,  of  Gloucester  Co.,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  one  of  the 
dau^'Iiters  of  Lemuel  Mason,  merchant,  late  of  the  county  of  Norfolk, 
deceased,  convey  to  Lemuel  Mason  [her  brother]  all  her  share  of  a  tract 
Great  Plantation  on  the  west  side  of  Lynnhaven  River,  late  the  property 
of  Lemuel  Mason,  and  also  her  share  of  an  adjoining  tract,  patented  Jan. 
2(lth,  1718  by  tile  said  I::iizabeth  and  her  sister  Tabitha,  under  the 
nanu  s  of  Elizabeth  and  Tabitha  Mason,  it  is  thus  learned  that  l.Vw.u- 
betli,  the  wife  of  Christopher''  Todd,  was  the  daughter  of  Col.  Lenniel 
Ma.-.e/n,  a  prominent  man  in  lower  .\orfolk  County.  That  Lemuel  Masnu, 
the  younger,  was  his  son,  is  well  known.  Owing  to  the  destruction  of  the 
Gloucester  records  we  do  not  know  with  certainty  how  many  children 
Cliristopher'^  Todd  had.  From  chance  sources  it  is  known  that  he  luul 
at  1  ast  three,  viz:  Thomas^,  Lucy'^  and  Mary^.  The  tombstone  of 
'J'he>mas^  Todd  (J721-1794)  at  Toddsbury,  gives  his  parentage  (see  this 


GEKEALOGY  313 

Thomas'^  Todd,  post).  Lucy'  Todd  married  Edward  Tabb,  wc  learn  from 
the  family  records  of  the  Tabbs  of  Toddsbury  (see  Lticy^  Todd,  post). 
Thai  Elizabeth''  Todd  married  John  Wyatt,  is  learned  from  Wyatt  family 
records  (see  Mary^  Todd  post).  There  were  other  individuals  bearing  the 
name  Tudd  living  in  Gloucester  County  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eij^h- 
lecnth  t  ..ntury,  v/ho  were  probably  descendants  of  Christopher**  and  Eiiz- 
abeih  To<ld.  If  the  tradition  in  the  Tabb  family  is  true,  that  Thomas''' 
Todd,  son  of  Christoi^her*',  died  without  heirs,  it  seems  quite  probable 
that  Christopher"  and  Elizabeth  had  another  son  or  sons.  There  was  a 
Christopher  Todd*,  of  Gloucester,  who  was  a  student  at  William  and 
Mary  College  between  1770  and  1773,  probably  identical  with  the  Vir- 
ginia clergyman  of  the  same  name,  who  may  well  have  been  a  grandson 
of  Christopher**  Todd.  It  also  seems  possible  that  Dr.  James  Todd, 
whose  daughter  Catherine,  born  Februarj'  9th,  1750,  married  1764  Dr. 
James  Ware,  of  Gloucester,  Va.,  was  a  son  of  Christopher"  Todd.  (Hay- 
den's  Va.  Geneal.  p.  41).  There  were  also  one  or  two  other  unidentified 
individuals  in  Gloucester  County  at  this  date  bearing  the  name  Todd, 
who  may  possibly  belong  to  this  line.  When  it  is  remembered  thai  of 
the  five  sons  of  Thomas''  and  Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd,  the  male 
descendants  of  Thomas'',  Richard"  and  Philip''  are  known  with  absolute 
certainly,  and  that  the  descendants  of  William'',  about  which  there  is 
somewhat  less  certainty,  are  largely  identified  with  King  and  Quei-n,  for 
the  reasons  given  above  the  possibility  of  descent  of  unidentified  indi- 
\  iduals  in  Gloucester  bearing  names  common  ip  the  Todd  family,  from 
Christopher"  must  always  be  kept  in  mind. 
Issue  of  Christopher''  and  Elizabeth  (Mason)  Todd. 

i.  Thomas"  Todd  (Christopher'^,  Thomas'^).  His  tombstone  in- 
scription at  Toddsbury  reads:  Thomas  Todd,  son  of  Eliza- 
beth and  Christopher  Todd.  Born  November,  1724.  De- 
parted this  life  18th  February,  1794  (Va.  Mag.  3;  82).  Tradi- 
tion in  the  Tabb  family  states  that  he  died  without  leaving 
is.sue.  This  may  be  true,  but  we  really  know  nothing  aljout 
him.  The  tradition  that  he  owned  Toddsbury  and  live  d 
there,  does  not  seem  to  be  open  to  question.  The  as- 
sumption, however,  that  because  after  his  death  Toddsbury 

*The  Journal  of  the  Meetings  of  the  President  and  Masters  of  William 
and  Mary  College  shows  that  Mr.  Christ'r  Todd  was  admitted  as  a  stu- 
ilent  January  23rd  1770  and  remained  enrolled  until  June  24th  1773  (Wm. 
I.V:  Mary  Col.  Quart.  Vols,  .\iii-xiv).  Dr.  Lyon  G.  Tyler  informs  the 
writer  that  he  was  enrolled  from  Gloucester  Co.  In  Pother  gill's  A  List 
of  Emigrant  Ministers  to  America — 1690-1811  (p.  59),  appears:  "Christo- 
pher Tcdd,  Virginia,  May  9,  1775;  Money  Book  53-172."  It  seems 
highly  probable  that  Christojjher  Todd  after  leaving  William  and  Mary, 
went  to  England  and  took  orders,  returning  to  Virginia  just  before  the 
outbreak  of  the  Revolution. 


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was  in  the  possi  ssion  of  the  descendants  of  his  sistc  r  Lne-y" 
Tal<b,  lu-cLSsarily  means  that  he  died  without  issue,  is 
entirely  unjustifiable  because  of  our  ignorance  of  the  terms 
of  the  will  of  his  father  and  grandfather  disposing  of  'J'odds- 
bury  and  the  abolition  of  the  laws  of  primogeniture  and 
entail  before  his  death.  He  may  very  well  have  sold 
Toddsbury  to  his  sister  or  some  of  her  Tabb  descendants 
prior  to  his  d-.-ath.  Certainly  it  is  entirely  unwarranted 
to  assume  because  Toddsljury  passed  to  the  Tabbs.  that 
Thomas'"  Todd  left  no  hi'irs,  or  that  he  n:;ay  not  have  had 
brothers,  wIkj  left  heirs. 
ii.  Lucy^  Todd  (Christopher'',  Thomas-^).  Her  tombstone  at 
Toddsbury  reads:  Lucy  Tabb  daughter  of  Christopher  and 
Elizabeth  Todd.  Born  November  20th  1771.  Died  Feb- 
ruary 18th  1791  (Wm.  &  Mary  C.  O.  3;  119).  In  a  sketch  of 
the  Tabb  family  it  is  stated  that  Edward  Tabb  of  Ciloucester 
County  (son  of  John  Tabb),  who  was  born  FeVjruary  ^Ird 
1719,  and  died  January  29th  1782,  married  November  llth 
1749  Lucy,  the  daughter  of  Christopher  Todd  of  Toddsbury. 
Edward  Tabb  is  buried  at  Toddsbury,  the  date  of  his  birlh 
and  death  being  found  on  his  itanbstone  there.  Although 
buried  at  Toddsbury,  it  is  not  certainly  known  whether  this 
place,  which  later  belonged  to  his  eldest  son  PhiliiJ^  Tabb, 
was  ever  actually  in  the  pos.session  of  Edward  Tabb.  The 
reader  is  referred  to  this  account  of  the  Tabb  family  for  tic- 
tailed  information  in  regard  to  the  descendants  of  Edward 
and  Lucy"  (Todd)  Tabb.  (Wm.  &  Mary  C.  Q.  18;  IGOet  seq.) 
Issue  of  Edward  Tabl^  and  his  wife  Lucy^  Todd,  (Christopher*^, 
Thomas^). 

(1)  Philips    xabb    (Lucy^    Todd,    Christopher*^,     Thoii^as^). 

His  tombstone  inscription  at  Toddsbury  states  that 
he  was  born  N'ovember  (ith  1750  and  di<  il  Felj- 
ruary  25th,  1822.  He  lived  at  Toddsbury,  and  became 
the  ancestor  of  the  Tabbs  of  Toddsbury.  He  married 
December  7th  1780  Mary  Mason  Booth,  the  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Wythe  Booth  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  They 
left  five  children: 

(2)  Lucy«  Tabb  (Lucy~  Todd,  Christopher'^,  Thomas^).    Born 

March  25th  1753.  Married  Mr.  Cary  who  went  to  C.eor- 
gia  and  left  numerous  descendants. 

(3)  Thomas'*   Tabb    U-ucy^    Todd,    Christopher'-,    Thomas"'). 

Born  September  2Gth  1755. 

(4)  Martha^   Tabb.   (Lucy^    Todd,    Christopher"',    Thomas-^). 

Born  October  21st  1757.     Died  September  IG,  1821. 
Married  Rev.  Armistead  Smith.     They  left  six  children. 


JOHN    BAYLOR 

1-705-1772 

When  at  Putney  Grammar  School. 


GENEALOGY         .    .  ,    .  315 

■^  '  ^       A  '.(  A'.l„ 

(5)     Elizabeths  Tabb  (Lucy^  Todd,  Christopher^,  Thomas''). 
Born  Ju]y  31st  17G0.     Married  John  Patterson  of  "Poplar 
Grove,"  Matthe^Ys  Co.     They  left  descendants. 
(G)     Pauline"    Tabb  (Lucy^    Todd,    Christopher^,    Thomas"'). 
Born  1766.    Died  April  Gth  1794.     Married  George  Wythe 
Booth,  and  died  without  is.sue. 
iii.     Mary''   Todd   (Christopher'^,   Thomas'"' )■     In  an  account   of 
the  Wyatt  family  (Wm.  &-  Mary  C.  O.  10;    GO)  it  is  stated 
that  there  is  a  Bible  record  that  John  Wyatt,  born  May  15, 
1732  and  died  January  5th  1S05  married  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  Capt.  Christopher  Todd  of  Toddsbury,  and  left  issue: 
(,1)     William  E.^  Wyatt  (Mary^  Todd,  Christopher^,  Thomas-^). 
Born  1762.     Died  Septtmbcr  2Gth  1802.     He  was  a  physi- 
cian.    He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Graham,  February  8th,  1781  and  left  issui'  (Wm.  &  Mary 
C.Q.;     3;  37,  74.) 

9.  Anne'i  Todd  (Thomas'^  Todd;  Anna-*,  John'*,  Daniel^,  William^ 
Gorsuch).  She  is  the  first  daughter  of  Thomas'^  and  Elizabeth  (Bernard) 
Todd  enumerated  in  the  Fontaine  MSS,  (ante  p.  30),  indicating  that  she 
was  the  eldest  daughter,  the  reference  to  her  merely  being:  "Anne,  who 
married  a  Cooke."  Her  tombstone  states  speeitically  that  she  was  the 
eldest  daughter.  In  Stiibb's  Descendants  of  Mordecai  Cooke,  1893,  and 
in  the  William  and  Mary  Quarterly  is  given  the  inscription  upon  her  tomb- 
stone at  Wareham,  the  old  Cooke  family  seat  in  Gloucester,  which 
shows  that  she  was  born  Nov.  9,  1G82  and  died  July  18,  1720.  The 
inscription  reads  as  follows:  "Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Ann  Cooke 
wife  of  Mr.  John  Cookt?  and  eldest  daughter  of  Capt.  Thomas  and  Eliz- 
abeth Todd.  Born  m  the  Parish  of  Ware  9lh  day  Nov.  11)82.  Died  July 
18,  17:^0  '  (See  also  Wm.  &  Mary  C.  Q.,  2,  224;.)  Th<-  following  state- 
imul-,  :.'.<  derived  entirely  frr^rn  the  Stuhb' s  gf  ncalogy  to  which  the 
rcad'T  v.  reff-rrfd  for  furthf-r  ir.forn.ation  m  r(;'arri  to  Anne^  (Todd) 
CniMf'  II' ■•,(■<  ndant.',.  )ului(>jok«-,  iIk- son  of  Mordtrai  Cooke  the  found- 
er of  the  distinguished  Cooke  family  (.f  Virginia,  imirried  twice.  His  lirst 
wife  was  Anne"  Todd.  He  married  .secondly  Mary  Smith.  Her  tomb- 
stone, also  at  Wareham,  shows  that  she  was  born  in  Ware  Parish  Ai<r. 
11,  IG9I,  and  died  Mar.  15,  1721  and  tliat  she  was  the  el.lest  daught'  r  of 
Joliii  and  Eiizalulh  Sniitli.  Stnbbs  .stab  s  by  that  Anne''  To.ld,  hi:>  first 
wile,  Ji,liii  C(M.kc  of  Wareham  left  but  one  ehiiil  Mordi  eai' ,  allhougli  no 
I'vid.li.  •    IS  givru  to  pr<.vr  lliat  Wmv   iii;iy  net  liav(   Imoi  oilur  ehildrm. 

issue  of  John  Cooke  an<l  his  wife  Anne"  'i'mld  ('i'iioma.s"-  Todd.) 

i.  Mordecai^  Cooke  (Anne",  Thomas-^'  Todd).  Born  1708.  Died 
1751.  Married  Elizabeth  Whiting  (born  1713;  died  17G2). 
Mordecai"  and  Elizabeth  (Whiting)  Cooke  left  issue.  (See 
Stubb's  descendants  of  Mordecai  Cuoke.) 

10.  Lucy"  Todd  (Thomas''"'  Todd;  Anna"*,  John-*,  Daniel^,  William^ 
Gorsuch.)     In  enumerating  the  daughters  of  Thomas-"'   and  Elizabeth 


310  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

(Bernard)  Todd,  the  Fontaine  MSS  (ante,  p.  89)  follows  the  name  of 
Annt-s  Todd)  Cooke  immediately  with  that  of:  "Lucy,  who  married 
first  a  man  named  O'Brien;  secondly,  John  Baylor,  and  became  the 
inoihir  of  Col.  John  Baylor  of  Caroline."  To  the  writer  it  seems  quite 
Pos-.i1)1l-,  however,  if  the  date  of  her  marriage  as  given  below  is  correct, 
that  Luc>  "  w  as  ohU-r  than  Anne''.  Before  the  discovery  of  the  Fontaine 
MSS,  ii  was  slated  in  an  account  of  the  Baylor  family,  written  by  Dr. 
John  koy  Baylor,  of  Newmarket,  first  published  in  1S57  in  Meade's  Old 
Churches  and  Families  in  Virginia  (see  edition  1900;  11;  404  et  seq.), 
thai  ii  a]jpears  from  an  old  paper  at  Newmarket,  the  family  seat  of  the 
Baylcjrs'  in  Caroline  County,  that  John  Baylor  of  Gloucester  County  was 
iiiarri^  d  to  Lucy  Tt)d  (J'Brien  of  New  Kent  in  1G9S.  Apart  from  the  con- 
clusive evidence  afforded  by  these  two  entirely  independent  and  appar- 
enti\  authentic  sources  of  information  based  upon  old  family  records, 
the  V,  riter  has  bei'u  unable  to  secure  further  corroborative  evidence  from 
the  public  records  of  this  Baylor-Todd  marriage.  The  sketch  of  the 
Baylor  family  in  Jileade  above  referred  to,  gives  the  issue  of  John  and 
Lucy''  (Todd)  Baylor  as  two  children,  Col.  John  Baylor  of  Newmarket, 
born  May  12,  1705.  "and  anothir  whose  fortunes  we  have  no  means  of 
folL'v.ing.     The  Essex  family  of  the  same  name  originate  here." 

Tilt  writer  has  recently  had  the  opportunity  of  examining  a  manu- 
scni'l  history  of  the  Baylor  family  now  (1917)  in  the  possession  of  a  Balti- 
more descendant  of  Co\.  John"  Baylor  of  Ni  wmarket,  Caroline  Ctjunt}', 
l)as(  d  upon  additional  notes  dictated  by  Dr.  John  Roy^'*  Baylor,  who 
was  fourth  in  descent  from  John  and  Lucy''  (Todd)  Baylor.     This  manu- 

serijit  reads:    "'J'o  John  Baylor and  Lucy  his  wife,  were  born  three 

children,  John  born  May  12,  1705,  at  Walkerton  in  King  William  County, 
another  son  whose  fortunes  we  have  no  means  of  following,  and  a  daughter 
Frances  who  tradition  says  died  on  her  wedding  day  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen." This  family  record  also  states  that  "John  Baylor  in  1G9S  mar- 
ried a  widow  named  O'Brien  of  New  Kent  County,  whose  maiden  name 
v.as  Lucy  Tod."  (See  also  the  Virginia  Magazine  VI.;  198,  307,  et  seq.) 
It  i.-  learned  from  this  source  that  John  Baylor  who  married  Lucy'' 
Todd  was  the  third  of  that  name  in  Virginia,  his  father  and  grandfather 
having  both  emigrated  to  this  colony. 

John  Baylor,  3d,  who  married  Luey^  Todd,  was  a  prominent  planter, 
ship  owner  and  merchant,  and  amassed  a  large  fortune  for  that  day.  He 
lived  first  in  Gloucester  which  he  represented  in  the  House  of  Burgesses 
in  liil)2,  and  afterwards  in  King  and  Queen  which  he  represented  in  1718. 
(V'a.  i^lag.  VI;  198.).  The  destruction  of  theTccords  of  those  counties 
niak(  s  us  largely  dependent  upon  family  records  for  information  in  re- 
gard to  him  and  his  descendants.  There  is  complete  and  authentic  in- 
formation in  regard  to  the  line  of  his  son  Col.  John  ^  Baylor,  4th,  froin 
whom  the  Baylors  of  Newmarket,  Caroline  County,  are  descended.  ( Va. 
Mag.  VI;  197  &  317).  Nothing  certain  is  known  in  regard  to  the  daughter 
Fraiiees,  who  is  saiil  to  have  died  on  her  wedding  day.     There  is  a  record 


;.U7 


JOHN    BAYUOR 

1  700-1  eoB 

When  a  Student  at  Caius  College.  Cambridge 


GENEALOGY  317 

in  an  old  family  Bible  belonging  to  the  Walker  family  that  John  Walker 
of  King  and  Queen  County,  married  a  Miss  Baylor  of  Essex  Nov.  1735, 
and  had  issue  three  children,  Baylor,  Susannah  and  Elizabeth  Walker. 
(Va.  Mag.  4;  358).  It  is  possible  she  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Lucy** 
(Todd)  Baylor.  Dr.  John  Roy  Baylor's  statement  that  there  was  an- 
other son  who  became  the  founder  of  what  he  calls  the  Essex  family  of 
Baylor,  brings  up  a  question  as  to  the  ancestry  of  Col.  Robert  Baylor 
who  was  prominent  in  King  and  Queen  County  about  the  middle  of  the 
eighteenth  century  and  whose  descendants  (i.  e.,  the  descendants  of  his 
son  Gregory)  later  attained  prominence  in  Essex.  Dr.  John  Roy  Baylor 
while  stating  that  the  Essex  family  was  descended  from  a  son  of  John 
and  Lucy'*  (Todd)  Baylor,  also  refers  to  a  tradition  that  this  family 
descended  from  another  Robert  Baylor,  an  uncle  of  John  Baylor  3d, 
although  this  tradition  is  not  credited  by  him.  From  a  study  of  the 
available  evidence  it  appears  to  the  writer  most  probable  that  the 
Robert  Baylor  of  King  and  Queen  from  whom  the  Essex  family  is  de- 
scended was  the  yoimger  son  of  John  Baylor  3d,  and  his  wife  Lucy  Todd. 

In  addition  to  tradition,  reference  in  the  public  records  indicate  a  close 
connection  between  the  family  of  Col.  John  Baylor,  3d,  of  Newmarket, 
and  that  of  Col.  Robert  ^  Baylor.  Col.  John'^  Baylor,  4th,  under  his  will 
dated  February  19,  1770,  appoints  together  with  several  other  "friends," 
Gregory  Baylor  [son  of  Col.  Robert  Baylor]  his  executor  and  the  guardian 
of  his  younger  children  (Va.  Mag.  24,  237).  This  Gregory  Baylor  was 
also  one  of  the  trustees  appointed  under  an  act  of  the  Assembly,  1772,  to 
sell  certain  lands  entailed  in  the  heirs  of  Col.  William'^  Todd,  [a  brother 
of  Mrs.  Lucy6  (Todd)  Baylor!  (Henning's  Va.  Stat.  8,  031-5).  Robert 
Baylor  and  [his  wife]  Frances  were  witnesses  of  a  deed,  February  5,  1727, 
under  v/hich  a  tract  of  land  in  Spotsylvania  County  was  conveyed  to  the 
heirs  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth^  (Todd)  Moore  [who  was  the  sister  of  Mrs.  Luey*^ 
(Todd)  Baylor.]      (.Crozicr's  Va.  Ree.— Spotsylvania  Co.  101). 

In  addition  to  their  son  John^  and  their  daughter  Frances^,  upon  the 
above  evidence  it  would  seem  justifiable  to  include  tentatively  among 
the  children  of  John  Baylor  and  his  wife  Lucy®  Todd,  Robert'^  Baylor  of 
King  and  Queen  County.  There  does  not  seem  to  be  sufficient  evidence, 
however,  to  include  as  another  daughter  the  "Miss  Baylor"  who  mar- 
ried John  Walker  in  1735,  although  it  is  quite  possible  that  she  should 
come  in  here.  So  much  has  been  written  in  regard  to  John^  Baylor,  4th, 
of  Newmarket  and  his  descendants,  that  it  seems  unnecessary  to  the 
writer  to  give  more  than  a  brief  survey  of  his  line;  the  reader  is  referred 
to  an  excellent  account  which  has  already  appeared  in  this  Magazine  for 
further  details.  (.Vol.  6,  page  198,  et  seq.;  p.  307  et  seq.)  As  but  little 
has  appeared  in  regard  to  Robert^  Baylor  and  his  descendants,  it  has 
seemed  advisable,  however,  to  include  all  the  data  obtainable  in  regard 
to  his  line,  although  it  must  be  kept  in  mind  that  absolute  proof  of  this 
Robert's  descent  is  lacking. 


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Issue  of  John  Baylor  and  his  wife  LucyO  (Todd)  O'Brien  (Thomas^ 

Todd.)      (Order  uncertain.) 

i.  John^  Baylor  (LucyC,  Thomas^  Todd.)  According  to  the  manu- 
script history  of  the  Baylor  family  already  referred  to  he  was 
born  May  12,  1705  at  Walkerton  in  King  William  County. 
He  was  educated  in  England  at  Putney  Grammar  School  and 
at  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  and  married  at  Yorktown, 
Va.,  January  2nd  1744,  Frances  Walker,  the  daughter  of 
Jacob  Walker  of  Elizabeth  City  County.  In  1726  he  moved 
to  "Newmarket"  then  in  King  and  Queen  County,  occupy- 
ing a  tract  patented  by  him.  In  the  following  year,  1727, 
Cai-oline  County,  was  formed,  "Newmarket"  lying  within 
the  bounds  of  the  new  county.  This  John''  Baylor,  com- 
monly known  as  Colonel  John  Baylor  was  with  Washington 
at  Wmchester.  He  represented  Caroline  County  in  the 
House  of  Burgesses  from  1740  to  1705.  He  is  said  to  have 
spont  his  winters  in  Caroline-  and  his  summers  in  Orange 
County  where  he  owned  a  tract  of  over  30,000  acres.  In 
1752  he  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  of  Orange.  A  por- 
trait painted,  when  he  was  a  boy  of  sixteen  or  seventeen 
while  at  school  in  England,  is  still  in  existence.  The 
writer  is  fortunate  in  being  able  to  reproduce  a  photograph 
of  this  portrait.  Col.  Baylor  was  greatly  interested  in 
thoroughbred  horses,  importing  many  from  England.  He 
died  April  0th  1772.  His  will  dated  February  19th  1770, 
proved  May  16th,  1772,  has  been  recently  published  in  full 
in  this  Magazine  (24;  307-373).  In  this  will,  which  is  a 
lengthy  one,  the  testator,  who  refers  to  himself  as  John 
Baylor  of  New  Market,  disposes  of  a  large  estate. 

Issue  of  John^  Baylor    (Lucyt^,  Thomas^  Todd)   and   his  wife  Frances 
Walker. 

(1)  Courtney**  Baylor  (John^  Baylor;  LucyC,  Thomas^  Todd). 

She  was  educated  in  England  at  Croyden,  Kent.  Married 
Jasper  Clayton  and  had  four  children  viz;  (a)  Arthur'-* 
Clayton  who  married  his  cousin  Jane  Hatley  Baylor,  (b) 
Baylor^  Clayton,  (c)  Caroline^  Clayton,  (d)  Courtney^ 
Baylor  who  married Harris  of  Nelson  Co.  Va. 

(2)  Lucy«  Baylor  (John"  Baylor;   Luey^,  Thomas^  Todd).   She 

was  educated  in  England.  Married  John  Armistead.  Col. 
George' 0  Armistead  who  <listinguished  himself  in  the 
defense  of  Fort  MeHenry  when  Baltimore  was  attacked 
during  the  War  of  1S12,  was  a  grandson. 

(3)  Frances**  Baylor  (John'   Baylor;    Lucy'',  Thomas-'"'  Todd). 

She  was  educated  in  England.    Married Nicholson. 

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(4)  Elizabeths  Baylor  (John^  Baylor;  Lucy»,  Thomas''^  Todd). 

She  was  educated  in  England.     Unmarried.     Is  said  to 
have  lived  to  an  advanced  age. 

(5)  johnS   Baylor    (John^    Baylor;     LucyO,    Thomas^    Todd). 
'  Born  at  Newmarket  September  4th  1750.     Educated  at 

Putney   Grammar   School   and   at   Caius   College,    Cam- 
bridge.    There  is  a  portrait  of  him  in  cap  and  gown  taken 
while   at   Cambridge,   which   is   supposed   to  have   been 
painted  by  Benjamin  West.     He  inherited  "Newmarket." 
He  married  while  in  England,  at  St.  Olave's,   London, 
Frances    Norton    of    London.     She    was    a    daughter    of 
Courtney  Walker,  his  mother's  sister,  and  her  husband, 
John  Norton.     He  died  Feb.  5,  1808.     He  left  is.sue  (a) 
John^  Baylor  who  married  Maria  Roy,  daughter  of  Mongo 
Roy  of  Caroline  Co.  Va.     Their  descendants  own  New- 
market,    (b)  George  '■>  Baylor  who  married  Miss  Lewis 
of   Warner   Hall.     From    this   marriage    the    Baylors   of 
Petersburg  are  descended,     (c)  Lucy^  Baylor  who  mar- 
ried Horace  Upshaw.     (d)  Louisa^  Baylor,  who  married 
John  H.  Upshaw.     (e)  Courtney"  Baylor,  who  married  a 
Miss  Fox.     (f )  Susanna"  Baylor  who  married  John  Sutton, 
an  Englishman,  and  had  only  one  son,  who  died  young. 
(6)     George«  Baylor  (John"  Baylor;    Lucy'',  Thomas^  Todd). 
Born  at  Newmarket  January  12th  1752.     He  was  first  aid 
to  Washington  at   the  battle  of  Trenton.     Col.   Baylor 
served  throughout  the  Revolution  and  commanded  a  Vir- 
ginia cavalry  regiment  bearing  his  name  at  the  battle  of 
Yorktown.     He  married  May  30,  1778,  Lucy,  the  daughter 
of  Mann  Page  of  Mannsiield  near  Fredericksburg.     They 
Ifft  but  one  child,  John  Walker^  Baylor  who  had  several 
daughters.     Col.  George**  Baylor  died  in  the  Barbadoes 
1784. 
{7)     Walker^  Baylor  (John-    Baylor;    Lucy*'',  Thomas^  Todd). 
He  was  a  captain  m  the  Revolution  and  was  wounded  at 
Germantown    or    Brandywine.      He    married    Jane,    the 
daughter  of  Joseph  Bledsoe  and  left  several  descendnats. 
(8)     Robert^  Baylor  (John^  Baylor;    Lucy'',  Thomas''^  Todd). 
He  married  Miss  Gwynne  of  Gwynne's  Island. 

ii.  Robert  Baylor^.  (Lucy",  Thomas-'  Todd.)  On  the  above 
evidence  (see  Lucy''  Todd,  ante)  he  is  believed  to  be  the  son 
of  John  and  Lucy  (Todd)  Baylor.  He  appears  first  Sept. 
10.  1727,  wlien  a  tract  of  lanil  in  Spotsylvania  County  is  de- 
scribed as  adjoining  the  land  of  Robert  Baylor  and  Richard 
Gregory,  and  again  October  5,  1731,  describing  himself  as 
of  King  and  Queen  County,  as  the  purchaser  with  William 


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Lea  of  land  in  Spotsylvania  County.  (Crozier's  Va.  Rue— 
Spotsylvania  Co.  100,  120j.  Robert^  Baylor  \\as  a 
Justice  of  King  and  Queen  County  1727  (Wm.  &  Mary 
C.  Q.  22;  54).  It  would  seem  from  the  following 
evidence  that  he  married  t\\ice  and  had  at  least  five 
children.  He  is  generally  referred  to  as  Col.  Robert 
Baylor.  It  is  stated  in  an  account  of  the  Morton  family 
,    _   ^  that  George  Morton,  a  Justice  of  King  and  Queen,  who  was 

p    ''"'"  h^-rn  August  17,  1717,  and  whose  will  was  dated  July  8th, 

"'■;  '  1^^5,   married  October  23rd   1742,   Lucy,   the  daughter  of 

Robert  and  Frances  Baylor  (see  LucyS  Baylor  post;  also  \^a. 
Mag.  11;  340;  17;  313).     In  an  account  of  the  Brooke  lamily, 
based  on  family  documents,  are  traced  the  descendants  of  a 
Dr.  Robert  Baylor,  who  is  stated  to  have  been  the  son  of 
Col.  Robert  Baylor  and  his  wife  Hannah  Gregory,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Gregory,  an  Englishman,  and  it  is  also  stated 
here  that  this  Dr.  Robert  Baylor  married  "Mary  or  Ann 
Whiting"   (Va.  Mag.   Iti;  103.)     It  would  also  appear  from 
this  same  sketch  of  the  Brooke  family,  that  this  Dr.  Robert 
Baylor  was  probably  born  some  time  prior  to  1728,  as  one  of 
his  children,  Frances,  is  said  to  have  been  born  in  1749.     It 
is  also  stated  in  this  same  account  that  Col.  Robert  Baylor 
had  a  daughter  Frances,  who  married  Col.  Humphrcv  Hill. 
The  Spotsylvania  County  records  show  that  |Dr.]  Robert 
Baylor  [the  son  of  Col.  Robert^]  at  the  time  of  his  death 
[which  occurred  about  1761 J  was  possessed  of  tv>'o  tracts  of 
land  which  had  descended  to  him  from  his  brother  Richard 
Baylor    (Crozier's   Va.   Rec— Spotsylvania  Co.;   221,   226, 
207).       Gregory   Baylor  is  generally  stated  to  have  been 
another  son  of  Col.  Robert  Baylor,  nor  is  this  to  be  ques- 
tioned.    He  was  of  course  named  for  his  mother  Hannah 
Gregory.     Gregory  Baylor  and  his  wife  Mary  of  King  and 
Queen  County  and  [his  brother  Dr.]  Robert  Baylor  and  his 
wife  Molly  of  King  and  Queen,  June  2nd  1760.  jointly  convey 
1000  acres,  in  Spotsylvania  Co.  to  Henry  Chiles  (idem.  215), 
[which   they   had  ajjparently   inherited    jointly).     Gregory 
Baylor  and  George  Brooke  were  executors  under  the  will  of 
[Dr.]  Robert  Baylor,  died  about  1761,  as  shown  by  a  Spot- 
sylvania deed,  April  13,  1769  (idem  267.). 

The  above  evidence  seems   to  show  that  Col.   Robert^ 

Baylor  had  two  wives:  (1)  Frances .   Could  this  have 

been  the  Frances  Baylor  who  witnessed  a  Spotsylvania 
deed  February  5,  1727?  (idem  101):  (2)  Hannah  Gregory, 
the  daughter  of  Richard  Gregory.  Of  Col.  Robert^ 
Baylor's  children,  Lucy«,  probably  named  for  his  mother 
Lucy*'  Todd,  is  definitely  stated    to  be  a  child  of   his   wife 


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Prances.  It  also  seems  probable  Uiat  his  other  daughter 
Frances**  was  a  child  of  his  wile  by  the  same  name.  His 
son  Robert*^  is  stated  to  have  been  a  child  uf  HannaJi 
Gregory.  His  son  Gregory*^  was  almost  certainly  a 
child  of  Hannah,  and  it  also  seems  most  probable  that  Rich- 
ard** was  a  child  of  Hannah  and  named  for  his  grandfather 
Richard  Gregory.  Col.  Robert'^  Baylor  may  also  have  had 
other  children. 
Issue  of  Robert''  Baylor  (Lucy*^,  Thomas^  Todd)  and  his  1st  wife 
Frances  (order  uncertain). 

(1)  Lucy**  Baylor  (Robert^  Baylor;    Lucy**,  Thomas''  Todd). 

Probably  born  before  1725.  Married  October  23  1742. 
George  Morton,  a  Justice  of  the  peace  of  King  George 
County,  Virginia.  His  will  was  dated  July  8th  1765. 
Issue  (a)  John9  (b)  George^  (c)  Robert'-*  (d)  Joseph^  (e) 
Prances^  married Hodgeman  (Va.  Mag.  17,  313). 

(2)  Frances*  Baylor  ^Robert^  Baylor;   Lucy**,  Thomas^  Todd). 

Married  Col.  Humphrey  Hill.  Had  issue  at  least  one 
child,  Col.  Edward'-*  Hill,  who  married  his  first  cousin, 
Prances'*  Baylor,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert**  Baylor  and 
Molly  Brooke,  his  wife.  (Va.  Mag.  IG,  103). 
Issue  of  Robert^  Baylor  (Lucy''',  Thomas^  Todd)  and  his  2nd  wife 
Hannah  Gregory  (order  uncertain). 

(3)  Robert**  Baylor  (Robert^  Baylor;   Lucy",  Thomas^  Todd). 

Born  about  1728.  Died  between  July  29,  1760,  when  he 
purcha.sed  land  in  Sjjotsylvania  County  (Crozier's  Va. 
Roc;  Spotsylvania  Co.;  221),  and  April  6th,  1762,  when 
John  Semple  refers  to  himself  in  a  deed  as  the  surviving 
partner  of  Robert  Baylor,  gentleman,  deceased  (idem 
226).  He  is  also  referred  to  as  Dr.  Robert  Baylor.  In  both 
these  deeds  he  is  referred  to  as  of  King  and  Queen  County. 
There  is  a  reference  in  the  Spotsylvania  records  in  a  deed, 
April  13,  1769,  to  a  decree  in  a  King  and  Queen  County 
suit  against  John  Baylor,  son  and  heir  of  Robert  Baylor, 
deceased,  Gregory  Baylor,  and  George  Brooke,  executors 
of  the  said  Robert  Baylor,  late  of  King  and  Queen  County, 
gentleman,  deceased,  defendants,  which  recites  that  Rob- 
ert Baylor  was  in  his  life  time  possessed  of  two  tracts  in 
Spotsylvania  which  had  descended  to  him  from  his 
brother  Richard  Baylor,  deceased,  and  that  Robert  Bay- 
lor in  his  will  had  directed  this  land  to  be  sold  by  his 
executors,  viz:  his  wife  Molly  (who  had  renounced), 
Gregory  Baylor  and  George  Brooke.  It  is  recited  that  the 
plaintitTs  are  Molly  Baylor,  wife  of  Robert,  and  Frances 
Baylor,  Molly  Baylor,  Elizabeth  Baylor,  Hannah  Baylor 
and  Ann  Baylor,  the  younger  children  of  Robert  Baylor 
deceased  (idem.  267). 


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The  writer  on  the  Brooke  family  states  that  Dr.  Robert* 
Baylor  married  Mollie  Brooke,  a  daughter  of  Humphrey 
Brooke,  Sr.  of  King  William  County,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth Braxton,  and  had  issue  John,  Mollie,  Ann  and  Frances 
in  regard  to  whom  the  details  found  below  are  given.  This 
writer  states  that  the  daughter  Mollie  was  born  in  1748, 
placing  the  date  of  Dr.  Robert  Baylor's  marriage  some 
time  prior  to  this.  ^'a.  Mag.  16;  103).  From  the  Spot- 
sylvania deed  and  the  Brooke  family  data,  we  have  the 
following  in  regard  to  the  issue  of  Robert^  and  Mollie 
(Brooke)  Baylor;  (a)  John"  Baylor.  Captain  in  Col. 
Georges  Baylor's  (John"  Baylor)  Regiment  of  Horse,  17S0. 
Apparently  unmarried.  Tradition  says  that  he  was  killed 
in  action,  (b)  Frances'-'  Baylor.  Born  174S;  died  April 
10th,  1802;  married  her  first  cousin  Col.  Edward^  Hill, 
son  of  Col.  Humphrey  Hill  and  her  aunt  Prances'*  (Baylor) 
Hill.— (See  Courtney  s  Hill  Family  of  Virginia.)  (c)  Mary" 
("Mollie")  Baylor.  Born  about  1747,  died  August  7th, 
1820;  married  Col.  Benjamin  Temple,  son  of  Jeseph  and  Ami 
,  (Arnold)  Temple  and  left  descendants  (Va.  Mag.  IS;  89). 
(d)  Elizabeth^  Baylor,  (e)  Hannah'-*  Baylor  (f )  Ann'-'  Bay- 
lor married  Sep.  30,  1774,  Temple  Gwathney  of  King  and 
Queen  County,  son  of  Owen  and  Hannah  Gwathnt)',  and 
left  numerous  descendants  (idem.  IG;  213). 
Gregory^  Baylor.  (Rol^ert'  Baylor;  Lucy«^,  Thomas-"'  Todd.) 
K.  <)  Lived  in  King  and  Queen  County.     Married  before  1760 

Mary  (or  Maria)  Whiting.     Gregory  Baylor  and  his  wife 
Mary,  Jime  2nd  1760,  jointly  with  Robert  Baylor  and  his 
wife  Molly,  executed  a  Spotsylvania  Co.  deed  (See  Robert'' 
..    !.^,ii»  Baylor  ante).     In  a  genealogy  of  the  Robinson  family  it 

. .  ■  is  stated  that  Lucy«  the  daughter  of  Gregory  Baylor  and 

;.  his  wife  Mary  Whiting,  married  May  10th  1788  John  Rob- 

,-.-.•  insonof  King  William  Co.  Va.,  the  son  of  Henry  Robinson, 

and  left  numerous  children.  (Va.  Mag.  18;  449.)  In  addi- 
tion to  (a)  LucyO,  there  appears  to  have  been  at  least  four 
other  children  of  Gregory  Baylor  viz:  (b)  William'-', 
(c)  Richard^,  (d)  Elizabeth^  and  (e)  Robert^  Baylor.' 
The  names  of  the  first  three  were  learned  from  a  letter, 
seen  by  the  writer,  dated  September  14th  1894,  from 
the  late  William  L.  Wilson  of  Virginia  to  Dr.  John 
Roy  Baylor.  Mr.  Wilson  writes  that  he  is  a  grandson  of 
Elizabeth  Baylor,  the  daughter  of  Gregory  Baylor,  who 
married  William  Lyne,  Jr.  of  King  and  Queen.  He  also 
states  that  his  grandmother  had  two  brothers,  William 
Baylor  who  married  a  (Lowry.>),  and  Col.  Richard  Baylor 
who  married  (Mrs.?)  Garnett,  and  that  they  both  lived  in 


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Jefferson.  The  manuscript  history  of  the  "Newmarket" 
Baylors  statca  that  Gregory**  Baylor  had  a  son  Robert'-* 
Baylor  who  married  twice  and  that  it  was  from  this  Rob- 
ert Baylor  that  the  Baylors  of  Kinloch,  Essex  Co.  Va. 
sprung . 
(5)  Richard^  Baylor.  (Robert^  Baylor;  Lucy^,  Thomas'^ 
Todd) .  Living  N  ovember  1st,  1748,  when  Robert  Stubbe- 
field  and  Ann  his  wife  conveyed  to  Richard  Baylor  of 
King  and  Queen  County  merchant,  four  hundred  acres  in 
St.  George's  Parish,  Spotsylvania  County.  (Crozier's  Va. 
Rec. — Spotsylvania  Co.;  179).  This  may  be  one  of  the 
tracts  which  the  heirs  of  his  brother  Robert  Baylor  con- 
veyed April  13th  17G9,  the  deed  reciting  that  the  land  had 
V  descended  to  Robert  Baylor  from  his  brother,  Richard 
Baylor  (idem;  267  &  see  Robert**  Baylor  ante).  It  would 
<  appear  from  this  that  Richard  Baylor**  probably  died  un- 

h         married.   Nothing  further  is  known  in  regard  to  him. 


Yeardley — Flowerdewe — West. 

xMoTEs  FROM  English  Records  in  Reference  to  the  Yeardley,  Flow- 
erdewe AND  West  Families.  Furnished  from  England  at  the  In- 
stance OF  Mr.  Griffin  C.  C.\llahan,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

(Continued.) 
P.  R.  O.  Chancery  Proceedings,  Charles  I. 

Bundle  R.  20.     No.  22. 


Edmund  Rossingham  of  London,  gentleman,  plaintiff, 
v. 
Ralph  Yardley,  of  London,  apothecary. 
[Abstract.!  Bill  dated  1  March  1629-30. 

The  plaintiff  shews  that  he  was  persuaded  by  Sir  George  Yardley  to 
a<lventure  with  him  into  Virginia,  when  the  said  Sir  George  was  governor 
of  that  i)lantation.  He  went  the  more  willingly  because  the  said  Sir 
George  was  then  married  to  the  sister  of  the  plaintiff's  mother.  He 
made  many  journeys  into  England,  Holland  &  elsewhere  on  Sir  George's 
behalf,  and  also  left  with  Sir  George  in  Virginia  a  stock  of  cattle  which 
were  of  the  proper  goods  of  the  plaintiff,  for  all  of  which  he  ought  to 
have  received  £400  at  least.  Nothing  was  paid  during  the  lifetime  of 
Sir  George  Yardley,  &  after  his  death  about  three  years  ago  in  Virginia, 
administration  of  his  estate  was  granted  to  his  brother,  the  defendant. 
He  utterly  declines  to  make  any  payment  to  the  plaintiff  for  the  said 
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awarded  £200  out  of  Sir  George's  estate,  which  sum  the  defendant  utterly 
refuses  to  pay.  He  prays  that  a  writ  of  subpena  may  be  directed  to  the 
the  said  Ralph  Yardlcy. 

Answer  dated  10  March  1629-30. 

The  defendant  believes  that  Sir  George  Yardley  married  the  sister 
of  the  plaintiff's  mother,  but  he  does  not  think  that  he  was  persuaded 
by  Sir  George  to  go  to  Virginia  to  assist  him  in  his  affairs,  but  thai  he 
went  there  in  the  hope  of  advancing  himself  by  his  own  endeavours. 
He  believes  that  Sir  George  employed  the  plaintiff  to  sell  his  tobacco 
in  Holland,  but  he  has  often  heard  Sir  George  complain  that  he  had  very 
much  prejudiced  him  in  that  employment.  The  plaintiff  told  this 
defendant  that  Sir  George  had  paid  him  £100  for  his  pains.  He  d'HS 
n(;t  know  that  the  plaintiff  ever  left  any  stock  of  cattle  in  Virginia  with 
Sir  George,  but  about  Christmas  1G25,  Sir  George  being  then  in  this  de- 
fendant's house  in  London  he  heard  the  pllf.  superficially  ask  Sir  George 
how  his  stock  did  in  Virginia,  who  said  that  he  had  been  informed  tliat 
his  cow  had  a  calf.  Whereui^on,  the  plaintiff'  being  then  indebted  to 
this  defendant  seven  pounds  for  lodging  &  physic,  &  estimating  that  the 
calf  might  be  worth  so  much,  he  entreated  Sir  George  to  pay  this  de- 
fendant the  said  debt  in  lieu  thereof,  which  he  did,  though  he  then 
affirmed  that  he  would  by  no  means  have  meddled  therewith  had  it  not 
l)een  that  this  defendant  was  his  brother.  The  defendant  knows  of  the 
order  made  by  the  Privy  Council,  but  before  the  said  order  was  entered 
he  petitioned  to  inform  the  Council  of  the  equity  of  the  cause  on  behalf 
of  Sir  George's  children — ArgoU,  Francis  &  Elizabeth  Yardley,  and  it 
was  agreed  between  him  &  the  plaintiff'  that  the  plaintiff  should  prefer 
his  bill  into  this  Court.  If  the  plaintiff  can  prove  that  the  money  is 
really  owing  to  him,  the  defendant  will  pay  it  to  his  uttermost  ability. 

P.  R.  O. 

Chancery  Proceedings.     Charles  I.     Bundle  R.  63.     No.  108. 

Edmond  Rossingham  of  the   Inner  Temple,   London,   gen- 
tleman, plaintiff, 

V. 

Thomas  Knevett  of  Ashfield  Thorpe  co.  Norfolk,  esc|uire, 

defendant. 

[Abstract.)    Bill  dated 1640. 

The  plaintiff  shows  that  in  or  about  the  year  1580  Anthony  Flower- 
dewe  late  of  Hethersett,  co.  Norfolk  esq,  and  Martha  his  wife  were 
seized  in  their  demense  as  of  freehold  for  the  term  only  of  their  natural 
lives,  and  the  life  of  the  longer  liver  of  them,  the  reversion  or  remainder 
ex])ectant  to  the  first  son  of  the  said  Anthony  and  to  the  heirs  male  of 
such  first  son,  and  for  want  of  such  issue  to  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  the 
said  Anthony  and  for  want  of  such  issue  then  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said 
Anthony,  of  or  in  one  capital  messuage  called  Thickthorne  and  divers 


^S8 


'iL  Lru 


GENEALOGY  325 

other  lands,  woods,  etc.,  containing  about  400  acres  being  in  the  town 
&  parish  of  Hethersett  aforesaid.  The  aforesaid  Anthony  &  Martha 
his  wife  are  both  dead,  and  Stanley  Flowerdcwe  the  only  son  of  the  said 
Anthony  is  dead  also  without  direct  heirs,  so  that  the  aforesaid  messuage 
&  lands  ought  to  descend  to  the  plaintiff  by  virtue  of  the  said  entail  in 
remainder  upon  the  aforesaid  Anthiny  Flowerdewe  and  the  heirs  of  his 
body,  he  being  son  &:  heir  of  Marie  Rossingham  the  wife  of  Dyonis 
Rossingham,  gentleman,  and  daughter  &  heir  of  the  said  Anthony  Flow- 
erdewe. The  plaintiff  further  shows  that  Edward  Flowerdewe  of  Stan- 
lield  CO.  Norfolk,  formerly  one  of  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  being  a 
near  kinsman  of  the  said  Anthony  was  entrusted  by  him  with  all  the 
deeds,  court  rolls  &  evidences  concerning  the  premises  and  concerning 
other  lands  belonging  to  the  said  Anthony,  for  want  of  which  deeds  the 
plaintiff  although  heir  in  tail  to  the  said  messuage  &  premises,  being 
now  out  of  possession,  is  entirely  prevented  from  recovering  the  same. 
All  the  said  deeds  &  evidences  have  come  into  the  hands  of  the  de- 
fendant, whose  grandfather  Sir  Thomas  Knevett  was  executor  to  the 
said  Edward  Flowerdcwe  to  whom  they  had  been  entrusted  by  the  said 
Anthon3^ 

Answer  dated  the  27th  November  1G40. 

The  defendant  says  that  he  does  not  know  of  what  lands  the  plaintiff 
was  seised,  or  whether  he  is  heir  to  the  said  messtiage  &  lands.  Neither 
does  he  know  whether  his  grandfather  was  executor  to  Baron  Flower- 
dewe, or  if  the  said  Baron  was  entrusted  by  Anthony  Flowerdewe  with 
his  deeds.  But  this  defendant  has  in  his  custody  divers  evidences  & 
deeds  which  were  in  the  custody  of  his  grandfather  Sir  Thomas  Knevett 
concerning  the  premises  named  in  the  bill,  and  he  believes  they  formerly 
belonged  to  the  Flowerdews.  He  is  quite  willing  to  deliver  the  said 
deeds  to  the  plaintiff,  as  he  thinks  they  may  be  of  much  advantage  to 
him  in  clearing  his  title  to  the  premises  in  case  he  shall  prove  to  be  the 
heir  as  is  alleged  in  the  bill. 


CALENDAR  OF    LlCHKIKLD   WiLLS — I51(j-1G52. 

1534,  James  Yerdley;  1542,  John  Yardley,  admon.;  1543,  Nicholas 
Yardley;  1543,  Hugh  Yerdley;  1544,  Robert  Yerdley;  1546,  John 
Yardley;  1557,  John  Yardley;  1557,  John  Yardeley;  1558,  Humphrey 
Yardley;  1559,  John  Yardley;  1559,  Robert  Yardley;  15G7,  John  Yard- 
ley;  1572,  Richard  Yardeley,  admon.;  1577,  John  Yardeley;  1577, 
Ralph  Yardeley;  15S6,  Thomas  Yardley,  admon.;  1588,  William 
Yardley,  admon.;  1588,  Ralph  Yardley;  1591,  John  Yardley;  1592, 
James  Yardley;  1592,  Henry  Yardley,  admon.;  1592,  John  Yard- 
lej',  admon.;  1593,  Alice  Yardeley;  1599,  James  Yardley,  admon.; 
imS,  Joan  Yardley;    1G09,  Ralph  Yardley;    1G12,  John  Yeardley;    1G13, 


'jrij  9d  (/} 


326  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Robert  Yardley,  admon.;  1615,  Raphael  Yardley;  1623,  Ellen  Vardly; 
1629,  Simon  Yardley,  vacat.;  1629,  Margaret  Yardley,  Audley;  1629, 
John  Yardley,  Shuttington,  inv.;  1630,  William  Yardley;  1638,  Raphael 
Yardley,  admon.;  1640,  Robert  Yardley,  Radford;  1647,  John  Yardley, 
Wisliaw,  admon. 


ExcH.     Lay  Subsidy.     London 

144 

lA.  D.  1544.]  

[.\.  D.  1542-43.]  123 

Indenture  dated  the  4th  of  April  35  Henry  VIII,  made  between  the 
Commissioners  deputed  for  executing  the  first  payment  of  the  subsidy 
granted  to  the  King  in  the  34th  year  of  his  reign  on  the  one  part  and  the 
potty  collectors  of  the  said  subsidy  on  the  other  part. 

The  Ward  of  Faringdon  Within. 
St.  Martin's  Parish  Within  Ludgate. 


John  Yardeley  in  goods 50  li. — 33s.  4d. 


.'  "      Commissary  Court  of  London.    1595.   fol.  258.  '. 

Will  of  Arthur  Yardley,  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Martin  in  the  Vintry,  mer- 
chant taylor,  dated  9  June  1595. 


I  leave  my  goods  to  be  equally  divided  between  Hellen  my  wife  & 
Arthur  my  son. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Hellen. 

Witnesses.  John  Bateman,  parson  of  the  said  parish  church  &  Thomas 
Hill. 

Proved  on  the  11th  of  July  1595  by  Hellen  relict  &  executrix. 


P.  C.  C.     08  Leicester. 


Will  of  Alexander  Hickes,  Citizen  &  merchant  taylor  of  London  dated 
10  August  1589. 

Mentions  his  wife  Anne  Hickes;  his  sons  John,  Thomas  &  Francis;  & 
his  four  daughters. 

Proved  on  the  25th  of  August  1589  by  the  proctor  of  Anne  Hickes,  the 
relict  &  executrix. 


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GENEALOGY  327 

P.  C.  C.  wi  t;, 

138  Clarke 

^Vill  of  Richard  Hynde,  of  St.  Saviour's,  Southwark,  citizen  &  saltcr  of 

Lon(k)n,  dated  2G  November  1625. 
[.\bstraci) 

I  bec[iKath  to  my  sons  John,  Richard  &  William  Hynde  £40  each.  I 
j;ive  the  residue  of  my  goods  to  my  wife  Anne. 

Executrix.     My  wife  Anne. 

Overseers.  My  friends,  Stephen  Streete  of  London,  grocer,  and 
Ralph  Yardley,  of  London,  apothecary. 

Witnesses.     Nicholas  Kinge,  Peter  Newsam,  scrivener. 

Proved  on  the  12th  of  December  1625  by  Anne  Hynde,  relict  &■  execu- 
trix. 

Calendar  of  State  Papers.     Domestic  Series. 
■   "'  Committee  for  Compiounding  &c.   1643-1060. 

Part  IV.     P.  3048. 

Claimant  on  the  Estate  of  Francis  Yardley.  22  Sept.  1652.  Raljjh 
Yardley,  citizen  of  London,  begs  the  benefit  of  the  Act  of  I'ardon.  In 
1044,  had  £560  belonging  to  Francis  Yardley  of  Virginia,  which  he  paid 
him  at  Christmas  1644  and  got  his  discharge.  The  late  Commissioners 
at  Camden  House,  on  false  information  of  delinciuency  against  Yardley, 
sent  for  petitioner  to  stop  the  said  money  in  his  hands;  on  answering 
that  it  was  paid,  he  was  dismissed,  but  lately  the  present  Commission- 
ers of  London  sitting  at  the  Wardrobe  have  required  him  to  pay  it, 
alleging  that  it  was  stopped  in  his  hands,  as  appears  by  an  entry  in  the 
late  Coinmittee's  books.  Well  remembers  that  he  was  not  summoned 
before  the  said  Committee  till  after  the  money  was  paid.  Begs  relief, 
no  delinquency  being  proved  against  the  said  Francis  Yardley. 

22  Sept.     Di-scharged  accordingly. 


Will  of  Samuel  Argall,  of  London,  Knight,   Dated  23  May  102." 


"Being  now  prest  to  serve  his  Majesty  in  a  voyage  intended  by  sea," 
I  bequeath  to  my  three  sisters.  Lady  Filmer,  my  sister  Batherst  &  Latly 
Fleetwood,  £20  each.  I  bequeath  to  Anne  wife  of  Samuel  Percivall 
of  London,  chandler,  £100.  To  my  r^iece  Sara  Filmer,  my  nephews 
Samuel  Batherst  &  Sir  Robert  Filmer's  son,  &  my  niece  Katherine  Bar- 
ham's  son,  £10  each.  To  my  friend  Richard  Fowler,  £100.  To  the 
master  &  Fraternity  of  Trinity  House,  whereof  I  am  a  brother,  a  piece 
of  plate  with  my  name  &  arms  upon  it.  To  my  friend  Nicholas  Hawes 
£100  &  my  sword.  To  Judeth  Buckhurst  widow  of  Thomas  Buckhursl, 
late  of  Stapelherst  co.  Kent,  gent.,  £40  a  year  to  be  paid  out  of  my 
capital  messuage  &  lands  called  Lowhall  in  Walthamstowe  co.  Essex, 
with  other  bequests.     As  I  am  to  pay  my  sister  Lady  Argall  £45  yearly 


'•lo  jjtV/ 


328  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  i'-\J 

out  of  my  manor  of  Lowhall,  1  will  that  it  shall  be  paid  out  C)t'  the  lands 
lea  od  to  John  Benfielder.  1  bequeath  to  Dorothy  Buckhurst,  one  of 
the  daughters  of  Judeth  Buckhurst,  &  to  her  direct  heirs,  certain  of 
my  lands  &  tenements  })arcel  of  the  demense  lands  of  the  said  manor 
of  Lowhall;  and  to  Anne  Buckhurst  another  daughter  of  the  said  Judeth, 
othi  r  lands  &  tenements  parcel  of  the  said  manor.  I  bequeath  to  my 
nephew  &  godson  Samuel  Argall,  son  of  my  brother  John  Argall  esq,  & 
to  his  hfcirs,  the  manor  of  Lawehall  &  the  rest  of  the  demense  thereof, 
&  all  other  my  lands  &  tenements  whatsoever  &  wheresoever;  the  said 
Samuel  IS  under  ihe  age  of  21.  1  am  bound  to  pay  my  brother  John 
Arg;ill  £500,  at  the  dcaih  of  my  sister  the  Lady  Argall.  I  give  to  the 
afore'-aid  Anne  Percivall  all  my  lands,  tenements  &  goods  in  \'irginia. 
I  biciueath  £10  to  the  poor  of  East  Sutton  co.  Kent  to  be  distributed 
by  my  brother  in  law  Sir  Edward  Filmer;  &  £10  to  the  poor  of  Wal- 
thauii^towe.  'I'o  my  servant  John  Carter  £20.  To  Josias  Wroih  who 
now  attends  iipon  me  £30.  To  my  brother  in  law  Edmond  Randolf 
esq.   £20. 

Executors.  My  brother  John  Argall  &  my  friend  Nicholas  Hawes. 
If  they  shall  not  perform  my  will  within  one  year,  after  my  death,  then 
I  appoint  the  said  Edmonde  Randolph  &  Edward  Batherst  brother  to 
Jiidith  Buckhurst  aforesaid,  to  be  my  executors. 

Witnesses.  Jo.  Brownlowe,  Henrie  Frowicke  junior,  Thomas  Danies, 
John  Barrington,  Nath.  Commyn. 

.    T-roved  on  the  21st  of    March   1G25-6    by   Nicholas  Hawes.     Power 
reserved  to  John  Argall.     P.  C.  C.  09  Hale. 
(To  be  Continued.) 


Johnson  of  King  and  Qukic.n',  Louis.\,  &c. 

The  first  of  this  family  in  Virginia  was 

1.  Col.  Richard'  Johnson,  of  Bilsby,  Lincolnshire,  England,  v.ho 
came  to  Virginia  and  settled  in  what  is  now  King  and  Queen  County. 
Tile  e.\act  year  of  his  arrival  in  Virginia  is  unknown;  but  in  1()79,  as 
"Capt.  Richard  Johnson"  he  was  living  in  New  Kent  (from  which  King 
and  Queen  was  formed).  In  1G80  he  was  J.  P.  for  New  Kent  and  Captain 
of  horse  in  the  militia  (Va.  Mag.  I,  248).  He  was  appointed  to  the 
Couneil  in  KiOG  and  died  in  1G98.  As  the  records  of  New  Kent  and  King 
and  Oueen  h:iw  been  destroyed,  but  few  details  can  be  learned  in  regard 
to  him.  He  e\idently  bought  land  from  private  owners  as  he  ownetl 
mucii  more  than  that  embraced  in  his  one  patent.  This,  dated,  (At. 
25,  11)95,  and,  for  some  reason  unknown,  surrendered  Oct.  15.  1090, 
granted  to  Col.  Richard  Johnson  3285  acres  in  King  and  Queen  Co.;  in 
Pamunkey  Neck  (now  King  William  Co.)  The  head-rights  were: 
Richard  Johnson,  Jane  Johnson,  Richard  Johnson,  Susanne  Johnson,  &-c. 
These  evidtmtly  included  Col.  Johnson  and  his  children  and  probably 
his  v.ife. 


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GENEALOGY  329 

In  the  absence  of  contemporary  records  it  is  difficult  to  speak  posi- 
tively as  to  his  marriages.  Richard  Chapman,  also  a  Lincolnshire 
n.an,  who  came  to  Virginia  and  married  Col.  Johnson's  grand  daughter, 
says,  in  a  letter  and  memorandum  book  still  extant,  that  Richard  John- 
son married  a  lady  in  England  and  by  her  had  a  daughter  Judith, 
?,ho  was  educated  at  a  boarding  school  in  Lincoln,  and  who,  about  1700, 
married  Sir  Hardoff  Wastneys.  This  is  confirmed  by  Burke's  "Extinct 
Sr  Dormant  Baronetage,"  which  says  that  Sir  Hardoff  Wastneys  mar- 
ried Judith,  daughter  and  heir  of  Col.  Richard  Johnson  of  Bilsby. 

Richard  Chapman  farther  says  that  Col.  Johnson  came  to  Virginia, 

and  by  a  later  marriage  had  several  sons  and  daughters.     He  intimates 

that  there  was  .some  irregularity  about  this  marriage.     What  was  its 

nature  does  not  appear  and  probably  will  never  be  known.     At  Old 

Church,  King  and  Queen  County,  is  a  tomb  with  the  following  epitaph: 

"Here 

Lyeth  Interred  ye  Body  Of  Susana 

Daughter  Of  Wm.  Dvmcomb  Of 

Holbeach  In  Ye  County  of  Lincoln.  Esq. 

and  Wife  Of  Collo.  Richard  Johnson 

Esq.  Who  Departed  This  Life  Much 

Lamented  The  8th  of  August  Anno 

Domini  1680,  Aged  Twenty-Two 

Years  and  Three  Months." 

Hen  Hen 

^  *****  jacet 

viro 

^  Matri  gaudium 

Fratri  lactitia 

Hilaritas  Amicos 

At  nimc  mortua  reddit 

virum  moestum 
Matrem  lacrymosum 
Fratrem  lugubbriem 
triestes  amicos 
Ab  quid  dixi  mortua  est 
Nequaquaquam 

Mens  alta  spirat  'i;ri«     •, 

Quae  placide  exhuavit." 
Susanna  Duncomb  could  not  well  have  been  the  mother  of  Col.  John- 
sun's  three  sons.  That  there  was  some  irregularity  in  the  marriage 
with  the  mother  of  one  of  them  is  indicated  by  an  act  of  Assembly  (Hen- 
ing  V,  114,  &c),  which  recites  that  Richard  Johnson  Esq.,  late  of  King 
and  Queen  Co,  by  his  will  dated  April  S,  1098,  left  to  "one  Thomas 
Johnson"  a  tract  of  land,  750  acres  in  the  parish  of  St.  John,  King  Wil- 
liam Co.,  describing  it  as  all  his  land  in  Pamunkey  Neck,  and  also  left 
divers  lands  and  hereditaments  to  Richard  and  William  Johnson,  broth- 


yoo.»Aa«au 


330 


VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


ers  of  the  said  Thos.  Johnson.     Tn  those  days  of  strict  adherence  to  legal 
U.hrucah  :es  U  was  no  doubt  deemed  best  not  to  leave  any  weak  pom 
in  an  act  docking  an  entail.  ^  ^ 

(To  be  Continued.) 


(29) 


Werb  Family  of  New  Kent  County. 

(Concluded) 
(23)    Commodore  Thomas  Tarlton^  Webb  was  born  June  23   1796  and 
died  at  Norfolk   Va.,  Apnl  11,  1S53,     He  entered  the  United  States  Navv 
a.  midshipman  Jan.  1,  1808;    was  promoted  to  lieutenant  Dec.  19    IS 

^^M^^r^^W^'  °'  '''-  T'^'  '"  '''^'  "^^-donian-  1815-18  dung 
the  Algerian  War;    promoted  master-commandant  March  8.   1831     and 
Captain  March  8,  1841.     He  married  Feb.  28.  1818,  Harriet  ,  dau-due 
ol  Augustine  Davis,  of  Richmond  City.  aau.ntci 

Issue: 

Virgmia.  born  Aug.  1,  1819,  married  Admiral  John  Randolph 
Pucker,  U.  S.  N.  and  C.  S.  N.;  (30)  Martha  Ann,  born  Dec 
4      820    married.    1843,  John   Purccll,   of  Richmond,    \'a  ■ 

In  '^,\'^;',^"^"''^'  ^°'"  ^'""-  ^'  1822,  married  Thomas 
Keilly;  (32)  Wilham  Augustus",  born  July  27.  1824,  died  D.c 
1,  1881,  was  an  officer  U.  S.  N.;  resigned,  commissioned  In 
lieutenant  C.  S.  N.  June  10,  1861.  promoted  lieut.  com- 
mander, commanded  with  great  gallantry  the  gun-boat 
Jeaser  m  the  action  in  Hampton  Roads,  promoted  to  Com- 
mander May  13,  1863,  and  on  June  17,  1863,  commanded  the 
Atlanta  m  Mobile  Bay.  She  grounded,  and  after  being  al- 
most shot  to  pieces  by  an  overwhelming  Federal  force  wa^ 
surrendered,  and  Commander  Webb  became  a  prisoner  '  He 
married  his  cousin  Elizabeth  Anne  Fleming;  (33)  Lewis 
^\arrlngton^  born  Sept.  28.  1826.  married  (1st)  Miss  Jami- 
son, daughter  of  Commodore  Jamison,  U.  S.  N  (•>nd)"l  uc  v 
Bigger;  (34)  Delia  Ann,  born  Nov.  2d,  182*  [illecnblei 
married  (1st)  Richard  Sheppard,  (2d)  Oscar  Cranz;  (35,' 
George  Fleming  Sheild,  born  Feb.  1,  1832,  married  Miss 
Royall  no  issue;  (36)  Mary  Randolph,  born  June  3,  1831 
married  Admiral  James  A.  Greer.  U.  S    N 

had  ssu'!-''-rp,''''''r'"  ''^'■'''  ^"^  ^^'^^'^^^^  Ann  Fleming  his  wife 
had  issue,  ol  Heming^,  married  Mollic  Newberry;  52.  Elizabeth 
Fleming  married  John  Fitzhugh  X^aughan;  53.  Mary  Rebecca,  marrld 
b.  O.  von  Gennmgen;  54.  Virginia,  married  Albert  W.  Dickens-  55 
^illiam  marned  Ro.sa  Cheatwood;  56.  Harriet  Coles;  57  Jessie 
married  John  N.  Sevman.  ^'-jessic 

maSed  mI?  ^//'^^'."^°f   ^''^'^  had  issue:     (1st  m.)    58.   William^ 

Rus    S    m    f  '"=    ^^-  ^"^"^''    ^'^'^   >'°""g'    (2d   marriage);    60 

RussellS;  61.  Lucy  married  Elias  Jones. 


088 


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GENEALOGY  331 

(34)     Pleasant  Flf.ming^  Webb,  was  born  Dec.   12,   1791,  rernovfii 

from  Va.  to  Lowndes  Co.,  Ala.,  in   1S31,  and  died  .     He  married 

Francis  Fitzhugh  Egmon  (born  July  23,   1794),   daughter  of  Corneliiis 
and  Martha  (Fitzhugh)  Egmon. 
Issue: 

37.   Foster   Cornelius^;     38.  William   Fleming*^,    born  July 
20,  1815,  married  Elizabeth  Mings,  and  about  1SG6,  removed 
to  Texas.     He  had  one  son  William'^  Webb,  of  Texas;    39. 
'  *"  Martha  Fitzhugh,  born  Oct.  7,  1817,  married  (1st)  Alexander 

Watson,  (2d)  Rev.  William  C.  I\larsh;  40.  Theodosia 
Cocke,  born  Sept.  26,  1819,  died  Oct.  28,  1831;  41.  Pleasant 
Fleming^,  born  March  3,  1821,  died  aged  17;  40.  Sarah 
Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  9,  1822,  married  Pugh  Haynes,  >.>i 
Dallas  Co.,  Ala.;  42.  Frances  Fitzhugh  Egmon,  born  Aug. 
26,  1824,  married  George  Harmon;  43.  Edwin  Boyd*^,  born 
July  8,  1826,  died  in  infancy;  44.  Mary  Bickerton,  born 
March  15,  1828,  married  John  Robertson,  of  Lowndes  Co.; 
45.  Lucy  Ami  Eldridge,  born  March  15,  1828,  married  John 
Tucker,  of  Collirene,  Dallas  Co.,  Ala.;  46.  Virginia  Anja- 
nctte,  born  July  16,  1833,  married  John  Coleman,  of  Hickory 
Grove,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ala. 
35.  Dr.  Foster  Cornelius  Webb,  born  in  Charles  City  Co.,  \'a., 
Jan.  25,  1814,  removed  with  his  father  to  Alabam.a  (Lowndes 
Co.),  and  in  1865,  removed  to  Greenville,  Butler  County. 
He  represented  Lowndes  Co.,  in  the  Alabama  House  of 
Representatives  1853-54,  and  in  1855-56  was  in  the  State 
Senate.  He  married  Caroline  Eliza  Watson,  of  Lowndes 
Co.,  (formerly  of  Dallas  Co.),  and  died  April,  1888. 


Issue: 


46.  Alexander  Fleming^,  died  unmarried  about  1905;  47. 
Ann  Caroline,  married  W.  V.  Evans;   4S.   Dr.  Orren  Foster", 

died  1895.     He  married -,   (and  had  issue:     (a)  Poster 

Cornelius^,  of  Georgiana,  Ala.,  married  Bernice  Rhodes; 
(b)' Mrs.  Claude  Panne;  (c)  Mrs.  Frederick  Gafford);  49. 
Ella  Theodosia,  married  James  Berney  Stanley,  of  Guen- 
ville,  Ala.;    50.  Emma  Sue,  died  young. 


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The  Life  of  John  Marshall.  Volume  One,  1755- I7SS;  Volume  Two. 
1789-1801.  By  Albert  J.  Be\eridge.  Houghton,  Mifflm  Co, 
Boston  aad  Ne  \v  York.     1017. 

Former  Senator  Albert  J.  Beveridge's  Life  of  John  Marshall  di. serves 
much  more  than  the  average  comment  passed  on  historical  works,  for  it 
is  a  book  of  singular  importance.  Many  accounts  have  been  given  of  the 
formative  period  of  American  history — that  is  from  1787  to  1833 — but 
it  is  safe  to  say  that  Mr.  Beveridge's  volumes  will  compel  a  re-treat- 
ment of  the  whole  subject. 

American  history  has  been  more  written  about  than  written.  Until 
a  short  time  ago  the  underlying  meaning  of  our  history  was  little  appre- 
hended; this  is  so  true  that  even  such  a  scholarly  and  admirable  work 
as  James  Ford  Rhodes'  "History  of  the  United  States,"  finished  re- 
cently, too,  seems  already  almost  out  of  date.  Now  that  the  fog  of 
war,  tlie  battle  smoke  of  the  Confederate  conflict,  has  finally  dispersed, 
we  are  beginning  to  lind  our  historical  bearings.  We  are  on  scientific 
ground  at  last. 

This  fact  is  evident  from  the  rapidly  dwindling  importance  of  the 
slavery  issue  in  the  narrative  of  American  life;  we  see  now,  as  we  could 
not  see  before,  that  slavery  was  but  a  surface  phenomenon  instead  of 
a  deeply  moving  cause.  The  figures  that  strut  and  fret  their  hour  on 
every  stage  are  fast  falling  into  oblivion;  the  vital  few  are  at  last  emerg- 
ing in  their  true  proportions.  Thus  we  see  that  Thomas  Jefferson  is 
incomparably  the  greatest  figure  in  American  history.  Nay  more- 
he  is  the  founder  of  Americanism  as  we  understand  it.  That  Jefferson 
was  right  in  his  main  dogmas  almost  the  whole  world  now  acknowledges; 
his  philosophy  is  held  up  as  the  force  that  moves  the  Allies  in  the  present 
war.  Where  are  the  opponents  of  Jefferson — those  who  maintained  that 
the  people  are  not  to  be  trusted  with  power,  that  government  is  the 
function  of  a  specially  prepared  class? 

But  it  should  be  remembered  that  Jefferson  taught  two  great  doctrines, 
which  came  to  have  somewhat  divergent  tendencies — Democracy  and 
Stales'  Rights.  In  Jefferson's  own  South,  after  the  dwindling  of  his 
immediate  influence.  Democracy  steadily  lessened  as  States'  Rights 
grew,  until  finally  the  Southern  nation  came  into  existence.  Our  so- 
called  Civil  War  was  in  reaiily  a  sLrugs^le  of  two  nations  joined  in  a  dual 
re])ublic,  and  il  (.-ndcd  in  llie  defeat  of  the  smaller  nation  and  its  incor- 


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poration  in  the  larger.  States'  Rights,  the  means  by  which  the  smaller 
nation  had  conserved  its  position  in  the  Confederacy,  ended  in  utter 
ruin,  but  Democracy,  which  Jefferson  exemplified  with  matchless  power, 
continues  profoundly  to  influence  the  woild  in  which  we  live  today. 

John  Marshall  was  Jefferson's  great  antagonist.  This  was  realized 
to  a  certain  extent  before  the  publication  of  Senator  Beveridge's  book, 
but  the  book  has  clearly  and  powerfully  presented  the  fact  to  the  world. 
The  rivalry  of  Jeft'erson  and  Marshall  is  the  main  theme  in  American 
history;  the  two  men  are  the  Ormuzd  and  Ahriman  of  our  politics;  their 
duel  is  our  drama.  When  Story  wrote  his  Constitutional  Law,  when 
Webster  spoke  in  thundering  tones  for  the  "Union,  one  and  inseparable," 
when  Lincoln  used  armed  force  against  the  seceded  States,  they  one  and 
all  aided  in  carrying  to  its  logical  conclusion  the  life-work  of  John  Mar- 
shall. 

Marshall's  early  career  and  political  associations  bred  in  him  a  hatred 
of  Jeft'erson's  easy-going  democracy  and  a.  liking  for  strong  government. 
He  was  anti-states'  rights,  a  nationalist,  a  eentralizer,  an  opponent  of 
political  localism  in  any  form.  When  he  became  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  in  1801,  he  had  already  formed  certain  political  concej)- 
tions  which  were  at  variance  with  the  terms  of  the  Constitution  and 
the  spirit  of  the  American  people.  His  position  as  a  mere  interpreter 
of  the  law  might  have  seemed  powerless,  but  Marshall  possessed  one 
of  the  most  masterful  wills  in  history.  By  imagination,  by  initiative, 
by  audacity  almost  unequalled,  by  crystalline  and  forceful  reasoning, 
Marshall  altered  the  Constitution  and  the  destinies  of  the  American 
peo[)]e.  If  Adams  had  not  made  him  Chief  Justice  in  the  closing  period 
of  his  reign — if  Jefferson  could  have  appointed  Spencer  Roane  instead- 
American  history  must  have  been  greatly  diff-erent  from  what  it  is.  In 
almost  all  of  the  great  stresses  of  history  the  Bench  has  bowed  to  the 
executive  will  or  to  popular  opinion,  but  it  was  all  otherwise  with  Mar- 
shall. Wholly  out  of  sympathy  with  executive  and  legislature,  he 
nevertheless  molded  the  law  as  he  saw  fit;  Jefferson  and  Jefferson's 
Congress  were  unable  to  prevail  over  him. 

It  thus  happened  that  Marshall  transformed  the  whole  scheme  of  our 
Union  as  a  Confederation  of  States  having  certain  definite  powers  of 
sovereignty;  and  when  the  break  came  in  1861,  it  was  evident  that  his 
ideas  had  become  the  ideas  of  a  great  majority  of  the  American  people. 
The  Southerners,  in  spite  of  their  far  stronger  historical  case,  saw  the 
right  of  secession  denied  as  "treason"  by  the  millions  who  had  come 
under  IVlarshall's  sway. 

It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  Mr.  Beveridge  has  made  Marshall  a 
great  historical  personage — has  put  him  in  his  proper  niche  in  history. 
And  besides  he  has  performed  the  much  more  diflficult  task  of  trans- 
forming the  legal  oracle  into  a  human  being.  With  rare  skill  he  turns 
the  lining  of  Marshall's  life  and  shows  us  the  backwoods  boy,  the  soldier, 


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the  poetic  lover,  the  man  of  the  world,  the  politician,  and,  finally,  the 
statesman.  The  two  volumes  which  are  yet  to  come  will  depict  the 
judge,  whose  decisions  have  had  a  greater  effect  on  the  life  of  mankind 
than  those  of  any  other  justiciar.  The  work  is  done  with  a  rigidity  and 
depth  of  research  never  surpassed  in  our  history-writing.  Indeed  Mr. 
Beveridge  deserves  great  credit  for  his  mastery  of  the  tools  of  historical 
research;  it  is  not  often  that  a  man  who  has  passed  years  in  active 
public  life  is  able  to  enter  so  difficult  a  field  as  history-writing  and  beat 
the  professors  at   their  own  game. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Beveridge  ranks  with  the  first  Amer- 
ican historians.  This  is  true  not  only  as  regards  research,  but  also  in 
the  equally  important  matter  of  expression.  He  understands  the  art 
as  well  as  the  science  of  history  writing.  The  whole  school  of  American 
historians  might  profitably  learn  from  him.  We  have  done  a  good  deal 
in  this  country  to  advance  historical  research,  but  American  historians 
know  little  of  the  art  of  history-writing.  Our  university  monographs 
invite  yawns  for  their  prosiness  as  much  as  they  compel  admiration  for 
their  learning.  But  we  read  Senator  Beveridge's  pleasant  pages  with 
enjoyment  as  well  as  increase  of  knowledge. 

American  biography  is  most  particularly  afflicted  with  tiresomeness. 
Our  biographies  are  frequently  monumental  in  their  learning,  but  they 
commonly  err  either  in  overwhelming  the  hero  with  the  scenery  and 
stage  accessories,  or  e-lse  in  dwarfing  the  world  by  expanding  the  dress- 
ing-room details  of  the  hero's  life.  The  latter  is  much  the  method  of 
Nicolay  and  Hay's  Life  of  Lincoln,  which  is  sometimes  referred  to  as 
the  great  American  biography.     It  is  in  size. 

As  a  matter  of  fact  there  are  only  two  American  biographies  in  which 
exhaustive  research  is  combined  with  genuine  literary  art.  One  is  Mr. 
Villard's  remarkable  book  on  John  Brown,  and  the  other  is  Mr.  Bever- 
idge's Marshall.  But  Mr.  Villard  labors  under  the  extreme  disadvan- 
tage of  having  selected  an  unworthy  object  for  his  labors.  After  the 
long  lapse  of  years  John  Brown  has  shrunk  in  popular  interest  as  Rider 
Haggard's  occult  character  of  She  shrinks  in  the  fire  of  eternal  life. 
John  Brown  is  seen  today  as  but  one  of  those  small  and  accidental  per- 
sonages which  derive  their  whole  importance  from  a  brief  connection 
with  mighty  events. 

Mr.  Beveridge,  on  the  other  hand,  has  selected  a  cause  instead  of  an 
occasion.  He  has  taken  as  a  theme  the  man  who  is  responsible,  more 
than  any  one  else,  for  the  consolidated  nation  of  our  times.  And  he  has 
drawn  his  portrait  in  the  grand  style.  The  whole  life  of  the  American 
jx-nple  in  those  fateful  last  years  of  the  eighteenth  century  is  thrown 
on  the  canvas  with  a  wealth  of  detail  and  a  splendor  of  color  which  no 
otlier  American  historian  has  quite  managed  to  equal.  Professor 
McMaster  has  worked  in  the  same  field,  but  no  great  character  domi- 
nates McMaster's  narrative  as  Marshall  dominates  the  present  work. 
In  fact  Mr.  Beveridge  has  performed  a  rare  literary  feat — he  has  pre- 


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s.  nted  the  history  of  a  period  without  overshadowing  the  man.  If 
anything,  Marshall  stands  out  the  clearer  for  the  vast  and  vivid  back- 
ground behind  him.  The  effect  is  that  of  one  of  Henry  Irving's  great 
productions  of  Shakespearian  masterpieces,  when  the  actor  moved 
amidst  splendid  stage  settings  but  nevertheless  was  always  the  center 
of  the  scene. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  Life  of  John  Marshall  will  speedily 
take  its  place  as  one  of  the  finest  classics  in  our  historical  literature. 
Mr.  Beveridge  has  succeeded  in  writing  a  great  book 

H.   J.    ECKENRODE. 

Confederate  Literature. — A  List  of  Books  and  Newsp.\pers,  Maps, 
Music,  and  Miscellaneous  Matter  Printed  in  the  South 
During  the  Confederacy,  now  in  the  Boston  Athenaeum. 
Prepared  by  Charles  N.  Baxter  and  James  M.  Dearborn,  with  an 
introduction  by  James  Ford  Rhodes.  Printed  from  the  income 
of  the  Robert  Charles  Billings  Fund.  The  Boston  Athenaeum. 
1917.  213  pp. 
At  the  close  of  the  War  Between  the  States,  the  trustees  of  the  Boston 
Athenaeum  authorized  their  Committee  on  Library  to  make  a  special 
effort  to  collect  Confederate  literature.  Through  representatives  ot 
this  committee  who  came  to  Richmond  soon  after  its  capture,  and 
through  correspondents  in  different  parts  of  the  South,  a  large  collec- 
tion was  brought  together,  containing  not  only  the  official  documents 
of  the  Confederate  Government,  and  of  the  several  States,  but  also 
tracts,  music,  maps,  broadsides,  newspapers  and  periodicals,  and  books 
of  a  miscellaneous  character  printed  in  Southern  cities  during  the  period 
of  the  war.  The  collection  is  representative  of  the  politics,  the  religion 
and  the  education  of  the  South  in  the  four  years  of  war,  and  is  well  worthy 
such  a  volume  as  this,  printed  in  a  superior  manner  on  excellent  pa])er, 
with  large  type  and  with  a  generous  spacing  of  titles.  The  transcrip- 
tion and  proofreading  of  titles  have  been  done  with  unusual  accuracy. 
In  the  arrangement  adopted  there  is  some  room  for  difference  of  opinion. 
It  would  have  been  more  in  keeping  with  historical  bibliography  of  this 
nature  to  have  placed  the  titles  of  the  provisional  congress  of  the  Con- 
federate States  before,  instead  of  after  the  titles  of  the  permanent  con- 
gress. The  use  of  the  two  terms  Department  of  Justice,  and  Judiciary 
Department  for  the  same  bureau  is  confusing  (pp.  16,  17).  In  the  list  of 
Virginia  publications  on  page  71  appears  "Documents  Called  Session, 
1864,"  and  on  page  72  "Documents,  Session  of  1861-65."  A  note  to  the 
effect  that  these  documents  belong  to  one  and  the  same  session  would 
have  prevented  some  misunderstanding;  one  group  is  a  list  of  House 
documents,  and  the  other  of  Senate  documents  of  the  same  session. 
In  this  connection,  it  is  well  to  observe  that  there  is  in  the  Boston  Athen- 
aeum, the  largest  collection  of  documents  of  the  session  of  1864-65,  of 
which  the  reviewer  knows;    this  session  adjourned  a  short  time  before 


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the  capture  of  the  city,  and  some  of  the  documents  may  never  have  been 
printed,  or  if  printed,  the  supply  burned  in  the  general  destruction  of 
tlie  city  below  Main  street.  No  laws  of  this  session  are  known  to  be 
extant,  either  in  printed  or  manuscript  form;  nor  is  any  Senate  Journal 
known,  and  the  only  fragment  of  the  House  Journal  known  is  that  listed 

\  •  on  p.  75,  containing  9G  pagis. 

\,  The  index  has  been  prepared  with  care  and  adds  much  of  value  to  the 

book.  It  is  to  be  regretted,  however,  in  so  comprehensive  a  biblio- 
graphy as  this,  printed  in  such  permanent  and  serviceable  form,  that  the 
titles  were  not  numbered  consecutively,  and  the  references  in  the  index 
made  to  such  numbers,  instead  of  pages.  This  would  have  been  in  keep- 
ing with  the  best  modern  bibliographical  practice.  Few  readers  will 
disagree  with  the  writer  of  the  introduction,  Mr.  James  Ford  Rhodes, 
in  his  unsympathetic  attitude   toward   those   historical  students   who 

V.)?  struggle   with  manuscript   sources,   when   the   identical  material  is   in 

accessible  printed  form.  There  would  perhaps  be  fewer  of  such  mis- 
:..niidcd  students,  if  libraries  having  special  collections  of  books,  would 

I*]  i  follow  the  example  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  and  print  their  titles  in  as 

attractive  and  useful  a  form  as  the  volume  under  review. 

E.    G.    SWEM. 


Six  Addresses  on  the  St.\te  of  Letters  and  vScience  in  Virginia. 
Edited  b'V  A.  J.  Merkiman.  The  Stone  Printing  and  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  Roanoke,  \'a.     1917. 

The  addresses  were  in  most  instances  delivered  before  the  Literary 
and  Philosophical  Society  of  Hampden-Sidney  College  between  the 
dates  1824  and  1835  They  were  made  by  Jonathan  P.  Cushing,  John 
Holt  Rice,  William  Maxwell,  Jesse  Burton  Harrison,  James  Mercer 
Garnett  and  Lucian  Minor.  All  of  them  throw  interesting  light  ofn  the 
slate  of  education  in  Virginia  in  the  second  quarter  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  and  that  of  John  Holt  Rice  is  particularly  important  and  should 
be  read  by  every  person  interested  in  Virginia  history.  Dr.  Rice  was 
among  the  ablest  men  that  have  lived  in  Virginia— a  spiritual  and  intel- 
lectual leader  of  great  force.  What  he  has  to  say  by  way  of  observation 
carries  the  weight  of  a  singularly  strong  and  ardent  mind. 

The  editor,  Dr.  Morrison,  has  left  nothing  to  be  wished  in  his  presenta- 
tion of  the  addresses;  he  is  indeed  an  inspired  editor.  Within  the  com- 
pass of  a  comparatively  few  pages,  a  deal  of  information  al)Out  Hampden- 
Sidney  College  and  the  personalities  of  the  speakers  is  given.  The 
trustees  of  Union  Theological  Seminary  should  commission  Dr.  Morrison 
to  write  a  life  of  John  Holt  Rice.  No  man  is  better  fitted  for  the  task 
ilian  Dr.  Morrison,  and  few  Virginians  are  more  deserving  of  a  really 
fiuthoritative  biography  than  Dr.  Rice. 

H.   J.    ECKENRODE. 


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1624-1629. 


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((Continued.) 

[246.] 

A  Coiirto  lield  the  ti'ir.st  day  of  May  1626,  beinge  present 
Sir  ffraiuis  Wyatt,  laiiylit,  Goveriior,  &c.  Capt  ffrancis  "West, 
Capt  Eoger  Smith. 

Y't  is  ordered  y't  Yiv.  Jolm  liov»'(l)  sliall  give  securitie  to 
V/illiam  Upton  for  ye  ])ayment  of  sixtee  pound  weiglit  of 
yo  best  mardiantable  Tobaeeo  at  or  before  the  Xth  of  Novem- 
ber nov.'  next  enseuinge,  Provided  y't  yf  it  be  proved  y't  tlie 
dept  of  fiftie  five  sliillings  tenn  pence  hath  been  formerly 
paide  to  Pu^bert  Low  [or  Lee]  Then  Mv  How  to  be  freely  dis- 
charged from  the  payment  of  the  said  weight  of  Tobaeeo 
Y't  ih  ordered  y't  whereas  it  appeareth  by  a  bill  p'duced 

(1)  Joliii  How«,  afterwards  a  juytiee  of  Aceomnc  HVM,  and  a  inein- 
l)('r  of  tlio  House  of  Burgesses  for  that  county  ]o;;2  ami  16;!2-3  See 
this  Magazine,  II,  178. 


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'■'  ill  Coiirte  y't  Lewke  Adint(2)  is  indcpted  to  Peeter  Courtney 

'    ■  ill  the  some  of  six  pouiide  &  fowerteeiie  shillings,  That  tlie 

-^''"'  cominge  by  tlie  saiil  Lewk  Eadt-n  in  tliat  country  beinge  first 

iua*  .1  paid^  the  said  six  pounde  fowerteene  shalbe  next  paid  out  of 

•  '*''  ■'  the  remainder  of  liis  estate 

•  ilaye  the  5th  1626 

"  Nieliobis  Comnyn(o)   sworne  and  Examined  before  the  Gov- 

'•'■■'  eriior  sayeth  that  lie  was  in  place  where  Thomas  Hitchcock 

■•'■"    ''  did  paye  to  Mr  Thomas  Swyfte  eight  hundred  pound  weight 

•  '"  ■  of  Tobacco  for  ye  use  ol  Mv  Tlircar'r  w'ch  was  in  lewe  of  his 
' ''■"  '  ii'redome,  And  furtlier  sayeth  y't  he  herde  when  I\Ir  Swyfte 
■'  •  •  did  tell  Mr  Threar.  that  he  had  receaved  the  Tobacco  of 
;     ■'  Thomas  Ilit.-hcock 

•  ■ '  Martin  Towner  sworne  and  examined  deposeth  as  mutch  as 
Nicholas  Comyn  on  his  oath  deposed. 


'  'f'i  •  [246— duplicated  no.] 

"**'  '  Y't   is   ordered    y't   j\Ir    Thomas    IIor\vood(4)    havinge   one 

''^''*'"'  hundred  acres  of  land  dewe  to  him  for  the  transportation  of 

'''•^'  him  .sell'e  and  a  man  servant  luimed  Jo.  Allen  into  this  Coun- 

"•■  ■  trey  shall  have  the  said  one  hundred  acres  of  lande,  sytuate 

^  and   beinge   w'tliin   the   mouth    of   Blunt   poynte    Creeke   & 

^-  bounded    Westerly    one    the    said    Blount    poynt    Creeke    & 
Easterlv   one    a    branch    of   the   said   Blunt    poynt    Creeke, 


(2)  Luke  Adin,  or  Eilt'ii,  was  living  at  Elizal)etli  City,  I^c)).,  162:5. 
Peter  Courtney  apparently  did  not  live  in  Virginia.  The  name  looks  like 
Devonshire. 

(3)  Nicholas  Comyn,  Coniin  or  Comon,  lived  at  "The  Plantation 
over  against  James  City,"  in  ll)2.),  and  was  one  of  (ieorge  Sandys' 
servants  at  the  Treasurer's  Plantatioji  1024-5.  He  had  come  in  thb 
Guiffte  m  1022.  One  TJiomas  Ilitclieock  was  living  at  the  Maine  near 
Jamestown  102:5,  and  another  on  the  Eastern  Shore  at  the  same  time. 
He  does  not  api)ear  in  tlie  Census  of  102  4-5. 

(4)  Thomas  Horwood,  or  Ihuwood,  came  to  Virginia  about  1020  as 
commander  of  Martin's  Hundred.  He  was  member  and  speaker  of  the 
House  of  Burges.ses  and  member  of  the  Council.  lie  has  many  descend- 
ants. See  this  Magazine,  II,  IS.'J  &c.  Blunt  Point  in  AVarwi'ck  County 
on  James  River  not  far  lielow  the  Warwick  Eiver.  From  170U  to  ISOO 
it  wus  the  name  of  the  estate  and  residence  of  the  Roscoe  family  and  the 
tomb  of  "William  Eo.scoe,  gentleman,"  of  Blunt  Point,  still  remaiua 
tiicre. 


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MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  339 

beinge    a    neck    of    lande    to    [so?J    measured    and    bounded  ^ 

between  the  said  Creeke  &  the  braneli  of  the  said  Creeke 
Pro:  IvidedJ  y't  he  plant  ye  said  hind  w'thin  seaven  yeares 
next  aiier  the  date  hereof  ..., 

James  Porter  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y't  Edwarde 
Eade  did  covenant  to  serve  i\Ir  Robert  Gyer(5)  five  yeeres  ^^ 
in  Virginia  &  bound  him  sclfe  servante  by  takinge  six  pence 
in  money  of  Mr  Gyer  to  p 'forme  the  said  tyme  of  service. 
Mr.  Hubert  Gyer  sworne  and  examined  sayeth  y't  ye  tyme  of 
ye  beyiuinge  of  Edward  Eade  liis  five  yeeres  service  was  to 
beginiie  at  our  La:  day  now  hist  past  before  the  date  hereof 
and  t!iri-eui}pon  he  gave  the  said  Edward  Eade  six  pence  to 
bind  hiui  servante. 

Y't  is  ordered  y't  S'r  ffrancis  Wyatt,kniglit, Governor  &c  shall 
liave  live  hundred  acres  of  lande  to  liim  and  his  heyres  for 
ever  dewe  unto  him  for  ye  Transportation  of  tenn  servants 
and  scytuate  about  a  myle  belowe  Waters  Creeke  towards  ye 
land  of  Newport's  News (6)  &  abutting  esterly  one  a  great 
oake  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  distant  from  ye  land  of 
Morice  Thompson  and  thence  extending  westerlie  two  hun- 
dred a.'id  fyftie  j^oles  &  bounding  southerly  u})j)on  the 
maine  river  &,  northerly  uppon  the  maine  lande,  Provided  y't 
he  phint  ye  same  w'thin  seaven  yeei'cs  next  after  ye  date 
therof 


[247] 

Y't  i^  ordered  w'th  the  consent  of  the  Courte  y't  Mr  Wm 
Cleybourne  shall  take  upp  five  hundred  acres  of  land  scytu- 

(5)  On  Nov.  4,  1620,  Rol)ert  Guyer  and  others,  adventurers,  with 
Capt.  Chrlstoj)her  Lawiie,  deceased,  petitioned  the  Virginia  (!uriijiany  for 
a  re<,^r!uit  of  their  former  patent  for  "The  Isle  of  Wi^lits  Phniitation. " 
In  162;j-l  he  and  John  White  wore  engaged  in  a  dispute  with  Capt.  John 
Harvey. 

(C)  Here  as  elaewliere  in  tlie  early  records  tlie  name  of  this  place  is 
written  "  Newi.ort 's  News."  The  conjectures  as  to  tlio  name  being 
"Newport  Ness"  are  without  foundation.  Maurice  Tiiompson,  an 
eminent  London  merchant,  lived  for  some  time  in  Virginia.  See  this 
Magazine,  I,   ISS   &(i. 


ui 


t^niul 


li'Mill 


w.'.-'it 


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ate  towardes  tlie  liead  of  Blount  poynt  River  and  abuttinge 
southerly  one  the  land  of  John  Baynum,  extendinge  north- 
erhe  two  hundred  &  fiftee  poles  toM-ard.s  the  head  of  the  said 
river,  Provided  y't  he  plant  the  same  w'thin  seaven  yeeres 
next  after  the  date  therof. 

Y't  is  ordered  y't  James  Parker  for  y't  he  hath  been  heerto- 
fore  a  well  wisher  to  this  colony  in  bringinge  in  iiecessarie 
eomodities  and  servants  into  tdiis  eoinitry  as  also  that  he  hath 
p'mised   to  eontinew  the  like  his  love  and  affection  to  this 
colony  shall  have  his  freedome  granted  him. 
Y't  is  ordered  y't  John  Southern  shall  have  for  ye  Trans- 
portation of  a  man  servant  in  the  George  ano  domini  1622 
named  William  «oane  shall  have  tlyftie  acres  of  lande  to  be 
taken  upp  i]i  any  ])laee  not  already  taken  upp,  Provided  y't 
he  plant  uppon  the  same  w'thin  this  seaven  yeeres  next  en- 
seuinge  the  date  heerof  w'eh  land  tenn  acres  therof  is  to  be 
taken  up  in  James  Cyttie  Island  &  40  acres  at  Blunt  poynte 
Abraham  Porter(7)  sworne  and  examiiied  sayeth  y't  he  cam  to 
SL-rve  Uv.  Buck  in  December  ano  d'moni  1G22  and  sayeth  after 
this  defendants  eominge  to  Uv  Buck's  service  John  Dyers  did 
drench  Mr  Bucks  cattle,  Mr  Buck  beinge  then  livinge 
Y't   is   ordered   y't   Mv   Kichard    Kingsmill  (18)    ovei'seer   to 
Mr  Buck's  will,  slmll  pay  to  S'r  ffrancis  Wyatt,  knight,  gov- 
ernor, fortie  shillings  lawfull  english  money  for  a  dcpt'dewe 
to  John  Dyers  from  Mr  Buck,  deceased 


[247— duplicated  no.] 

A^  Courte  held  the  Vlirth  day  of  May  1G26,  beinge  present 
.^  r  hrancis  Wyalt,  knight,  governor,  Capt.  ffrancis  West 
Capt.  Boger  Smith,  Capt  Samuel  Matthews,  Mr  William 
Clej'bourne. 


(cS)      For  note  on  Rid.ard  Kiii-smiU  sec  this  Ma-azino,  XIX,  L'.'i.l,  2?A. 


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MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  341 

Whereas  Mr  lloiiry  Soiitlioy(9)  arrived  in  this  coimtrey  on 
tile  good  shipp  ealed  tlie  Soiitliauiptoii  Alio  domini  IG'22  w'th 
liis  ^\■il'fe  aud  six  eliil^lren  and  teiiii  servants  y't  is  ordered 
y't  his  heyre  Henry  Southej'  shall  have  nyiie  hundred  aeres 
of  lai;de  and  to  he  taken  in  any  place  (not  already  ehosen  and 
taken  np)  w'th  the  aprobation  of  tlie  Governor  and  Connsell. 
■\Yheras  Thomas  Carter  (10)  an  old  Planter  hath  assio'ucd 
one  hundred  &  fiiftie  acres  of  laud  to  ^h'  Richard  Kingswell 
and  jiis  heyeres,  y't  is  ordei-cd  y't  Ihe  hnndred  acres  of  land 
deVvC  to  the  said  Carter  for  his  p'sonall  adventure  Leinge 
and  ol(i  planter  sfiall  renuiin  to  the  said  ?.Ir  Eichard  Kings- 
mill  &  liis  heyres,  as  also  one  hundred  acres  of  land  uu)re 
made  u\er  unto  him  l;>y  Capt.  IJalph  Ilamor  by  an  order  of 
Courie  dated  the  xxiiith  of  January  1G24  w'ch  said  two 
hundred  aeres  of  lande  ye  said  Eiehard  Kingsmill  &  his 
heyrc^i  shall  have  added  to  his  fformer  Pattent  of  three  hun- 
dred aeres  laide  owt  aud  begin  to  be  planted  by  him  at 
Archers  Hope  Provided  that  he  seate  and  plant  uppon  the 
same  betwixt  tliis  and  the  yeere  of  our  Lorde  God  1630,  or 
also  y't  it  nmy  be  free  for  any  other  to  take  upp  the  said  two 
hundred  acres 


(i))  At  a  mooting:  of  tlie  Viryjiuia  Company,  Jan.  16,  1(121,  it  uaa 
stateil  tijat  one  ]\Ir.  Henry  Southey,  a  Somorsotsliire  yeutlemau,  desired 
a  patent  I'or  a  plantation  in  Yiri;inia,  to  him  and  liis  assoeiatos,  nnder- 
taking  to  transport  one  hundrod  persons  thither  (having  sent  some 
already.)  On  Jan.  21,  the  ])atent  was  granted  to  "Henry  Southey  of 
Eompton,  Somersetshire."  Tlie  Vir^^inia  diseases  almost  extinjiuislicd 
his  far  lily.  In  IVl).,  1023,  "Mrs.  Sothey"  and  "Ann  Sotliey "  lived 
at  James  Oit3\  And  at  the  same  time  it  was  stated  that  Henry,' Thoniaa, 
Mary,  and  Elizabeth  Sothoy  had  died  since  April,  1022-3.  At  the 
Census  of  lfJ2-l-5  Mrs.  Hlizabeth  Sothey  and  her  daughter  Ann  were 
living  at  James  City.  Tlie  daughter  Ann  married  lirst  Charles  Harmer 
and  secondly  Nathaniel  Littleton.     See  this  Magazine,  XVIII,  20,  21. 

(10)  This  is  another  instance  of  omission  from  the  Census  of 
162-1-5.  An  "old  planter,"  he  must  have  come  in  or  before  the  time 
of  Sir  Thomas  Dale."  Thos.  Carter  living  in  Virginia  before  and  after 
the  Cei.sus  does  not  aj-pear  in  it. 


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V't    is   ordei-od    y^t    Sara    Ma.yeoek(l])    for    fowcr   servants 
brought  over  in  tlu>  Abi,aill  KJ,,  „pp„,  ^he  a<rompt  of  Mr 
''  ■  bamuell  Maycoc-k  sIk.II  have  two  kun.hvd  acres  of  lande  to  be 

|-  .  taken  npp  by  her  in  any  plaee  not  formerly  taken  upp. 

'=  ^~  Jolin  Sontliern  sworne  and  .^xalnined  saveth  y't  John  Dyers 
now  deceased  eamt-  unto  Jiini  f.n-  to  malce  him  this  ch-'T)oiu.ut 
and  requested  him  for  to  nu.ke  him  a  bill  for  fortie  six  .hillin-^s 
oi-ht  penee  w'eh  Mr  Ki.-hard  Buck,  n.inister,  deceased  did 
..  ,  owe  Inm,  at  whose  request  this  deponent  did  wri-^ht  the  said 
I'lll  ior  Inm,  And  further  this  deponent  sayeth  y't  John 
):.ers  when  he  iu.d  the  Bill  went  w'lh  it  to  Mi- Bucks  to  haye 
''•^  I'aiiue  unto  it,  &  ])rcsciitly  after  the  said  John  Dvers  eame 
»ac.:e  apm  to  this  dcp'ts  bowse  and  then  requested  liim  to 
J^^ope  the  said  bill  untill  ho  cam  to  Towne  a^aine,  savin^e 
y  t  he  had  eouu-  at  Mr  iiuek's  bowse  but  eould  not  speake 
w  th  Inm  ^ 

J<hn    Jaeksone    bci„<,o   one   of   the    Oardians   of   Mr   Buck's 
.^luldrcn  amrmeth  y't  he  ],ath  seen  the  said  Jolni  Tyers  about 
^r  Bu^-ks  cattle  pown   ( pound]   but  what  worke  he  did  unto 
ih^ni  he  ki.ou-etb   not,   l,nt   he  well   knoweth   v't  he  w.^  ;  one 
tliat  di.l  drench  and  luoke  to  cattle  about  the  Towne.  .V-,  further 
be  sayeth  y't  he  herde  Mary  Landrnm  save  y't  she  herde  John 
Dyers  say  y't  Mr  Buck  did  owe  him  some  rooncv 
Y't  IS  or<lered  y't  seeli.ge  Mr  Thon.as  Swinbo^,  is  ('cad  and 
Ru-  Smallwoo.l  in  no  way  prepared  to  pallizado  Doctor  ]'ott 
his   bowse   according   to    Mr    Swinbow    his   <-ovcnent    y't    the 
b.nallwood    shall    pay    to    Do.-tur    b'.at    towai-ds    th.^   Vdli-i 
<1(Mrge  of  the  said  bowse  one  b.nidrcd  ponnde  wei-bt  of  -ood 
nierchantal)le  Tol;aeco 

ni   what   M.s  calloa  "Mastor  Maic-oc-k'.   l)ivi,  c  U  ''      I„   ,  Vltti       !    ? 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  343 

Y't  is  ordered  y't  Adam  Dixsoiie  sliall  have  for  y't  trans- 
Ijortatiou  of  him  selfe,  Agnes  his  wicfe,  Elizal)et.h  his  daugh- 
ter &  John  IMartiii  his  servant  as  appeareth  in  the  list  of 
passengers  in  The  IMargarett  and  John  two  iinndrcd  acres  of 
lande  in  any  phiee  not  allreadie  taken  npp,  Pi'ovided  y't  lie 
seate  and  plant  nppon  the  same  w'thin  seaven  yeeres  or  ells 
it  shalbe  free  for  any  other  to  take  upp  ye  same 


[248— duplicate  No.] 

A  Courte  held  the  4tli  of  June  Id-G  beinge  present  S'r  George 
Yardley,  knight,  Governor  and  Capt.  geneiall  cce,  Cant 
ffraneis  AVest,  Doeter  l^tt,  Gapt  Smith. 

At  this  eourte  Thomas  IIayk'(12)  aged  21  yeeres  being  ye 
sone  of  Symon  llayle  of  the  p'sh  of  Set.  ilary,  SumerKctt, 
in  Lonck)n,  Porter,  was  indiete;!  and  aianger  uppon  ye 
severall  indictments  for  ye  rai)e  and  ra\-isument  of  fewer 
Mayden  children  for  w'ch  his  olience  he  was  found  guilty  by 
the  judge  and  had  Judgment  of  death  pronounced  against 
him  aceordinge  to  the  \n\yc.  The  examiimcons  and  proceed- 
ings vvliLiof  remaine  in  rt'cord  at  large 

Also  at  ihis  Gourte  C'liarh's  ilaxcy  for  an  olLencc  by  liim 
comitted  unto  Dorothie  llai'ris  liie  dauglder  of  John  lia.rris 
aged  seaven  .^'eeres  or  theraliouts.  as  by  the  examinacon  of 
Dorothea  Harris  mother  to  the  said  Doruthie  and  herself  ap- 
peareth 

Y't  is  at  this  Gourte  ordered  y't  the  said  Gharles  T.Iaxoy 
for  y't  his  oll'eJice  shall  do  execution  upp(jn  the  bod\e  of 
Thoums  Haj'le,  nov/  condcmpncd  at  this  Gourte,  after  -w'ch 
execution  To  be  whipt  heere  at  James  Gyttie  And  after  that 
to  be  V, hipped  at  Shirley  Hundred  where  he  connnitted  the 
oft'enee  (/or  example  to  otiiers) 

(12)  Thomas  Hale  or  Ilayle,  aj^od  20,  who  came  on  tlie  George, 
October,  1G2:J,  \\as  a  sorviuit  of  Koliert  Partiii  at  West  &  Shirley 
Iluiulred  1G24-5.  In  1G2(J  John  Harris  owned  100  acres  in  the  Cor- 
l)oration  of  Charles  City.  In  1U2;],  he  with  his  wife  Dorothy  and  two 
children  lived  at  We-,t  k  Shirley  Hundred;  but  their  names  do  not  appear 
in  the  Census  of  1G24-5. 


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344  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

At  this  Coiirte  John  Shelley  (13)  and  Natlianiell  ffloyde  for 
.stealinge  away  a  niaiJe  sei-vaiit  from  Capt.  It'rancis  AVest  were 
censured  to  .sitt  two  liowers  in  the  stocks  aiul  each  of  them  to 
paye  200  wei-ht  of  T(;ljacc(j  to  be  ymployed  to  puljlicke  nses 
and  to  re:.tore  and  dclivee  hack  tlie  ;.aide  maide  servant  a<xain 
to  Capt.  AVc.st  Av'tli  all  coiiveiiieut  speede  at  their  further 
p'ill   [peril J  fiom  vduMiee  they  stole  her  away. 

,  ^^  r^49.T 

Y't  is  also  orderetl  y't  wheras  Dorothie  Harris  ye  daughter 
of  John  Harris  hath  formerly  been  eorected  by  her  motlier 
for  y't  her  fault  a;jd  foi-  y't  thei'e  appcarcth  in  her  a  signe 
of  more  grace  and  gricfe  for  her  offence,  y't  is  ordered  y't 
her  mi/ihei-  ^;hall  corect  her  once  more  for  such  her  fault. 
And  y't  Ann  Ushci'  and  Avis  l^nti)i  shalbe  openly  whii^ped  in 
the  forte  at  Jameii  Cytiie  for  theire  ofl'ence  not  exeedinge 
fortie  Etripes. 

Y't  is  ordered  y't  i\rr  AViU'm  Fcrrar  shall  take  the  examina- 
cous  of  the  wiefe  of  Kobert  Partin  at  the  how>,e  of  John 
Collins  and  her  maide  and  goodwife  Blaekmau  and  y't  j\Ir 
Feri'ar  send  tho.se  exanauations  down  to  the  Governor  and 
(Jouiu;ell  at  James  Cyttie  with  the  first  convenience 
[End  of  the  Volume.] 

[The  next  volume  has  the  following  on  a  partially  torn 
title-page  :] 

A  Courte  Book 
begunne  the  xxiii  the 
daye  of  Julye 
1626 
[And  lower  on  the  page:] 
The  4th  January  36  *  *  *  *  * 
there  was  a  Avager  betwixt  *  *  *  *  * 

*  *  *  Capt.  John  Martin  that  he  *  *  * 

*  *  *  one  hundred  inhabitants  *  *  * 


(i;;)  Jolin  Bliellcy,  aj^vil  2:1,  who  tame  in  tlie  Bona  Nova,  and 
Natliuiiicl  Floiil,  aged  21,  who  i-arne  in  the  .same  ship,  wero  aiiion^'  "tlie 
iLilv/ard  Rlayiicy's  men"  over  tiie  water  from  Jamt-stown  Ui24-5."p]oyd 
o..-cui)ica  some  of  the  land  of  Capt.  Samuel  Matthews  in  AVarwick 


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*■  [Original  unminibered— 1.]  .     •   ' 

A  eouvic  held  the  2Sth  daye  of  Julye  1626,  present  S'r  George 
Yardl-y,  knight,  Gouv  *  *  *  *  *,  Capt.  AVest,  Doctor  Pott, 
Capt  Siiuth,  Capt.  *  *  *  *  and  :Mr  William  Cleybourne. 

1.  Y't  I'i  ordered  y't  there  he  a  proehunatione  puhlished  that 
Lippoii  tiie  arrival  of  any  sliipp  or  sliipps  before  some  that 
are  especially  aatliorized  have  been  abourde,  least  y't  by  any 
forraine  Enemy,  w'eh  M'e  nuist  now  daylie  expect,  there  be 
some  Mirpryse  whereby  there  may  be  nnich  danger  and  in- 
convenience happen  to  tlie  Colonye.  [Some  words  have  evi- 
dently lieen  omitted  in  this  order.  It  is  intended  to  forbid 
any  one  going  aboard  newly  arrived  ships  until  some  one 
prop(M!y  autboi'ized  has  done  so.] 

2.  Also  tluit  there  be  a  Prochunation  published  enioyne  all 
mastei'S  of  shipps  not  to  breake  l)ulke  before  they  come  to 
James  ('yttie,  w'thout  specyall  leave  from  the  Governor  & 
Counce-ll  for  that  purpose. 

'i.  Y't  is  ordered  that  a  commissione  be  granted  to  Capt. 
John  Stone  to  trade  w'tli  those  Indyans  one  the  Easterne 
Shore,  w'eh  Capt  Epps  shall  enforme  him  to  be  our  friendes, 
ej'ther  for  eorne  furrs  or  anj'  other  Comodities,  Provided  he 
exceeds  not  the  ordinance  rate  for  eorne. 
4.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  a  prochnnatione  l)e  sent  to  every  plan- 
tatione  that  the  comander  and  Church  wardens  thcrof  do 
take  a  list  vt  ti;e  naiiics  of  men.  wumcn  and  cliiKht-n  in 
theire  .-.■•.crall  i"iaris]ies.  a^id  do  see  y't  the  service  of  Gud  be 
dewly  p 'formed  and  yf  any  be  fouml  delin(juent  to  be  pun- 
ished accordinge  to  the  statute  in  y't  case  p'vided  by  ye 
general  assembly. 


[2.] 
5.  And  that  whosoever  cometh  w'thout  his  amies  fixed  and 
in  good  order  shall  receave  the  like  punishment  as  yf  he  had 
staide  away,  and  that  every  m'n  of  a  faniilie  cale  his  people 
together  to  prayer  Twyse,  or  once  a  daye  at  the  least,  and 
that  a  list  of  all  delinquents  Ijc  given  upp  to  the  Governor 
and  Councell  at  every  quarter  eourte 


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6.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  a  proelamatione  be  renewed  concern- 
inge  privatt  parley  Av'tli  the  Indyaiis. 

7.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  the  proelamatione  againste  drunkenness 
and  swearinge  be  renewed,  and  that  two  sworne  men  be 
chosen  in  every  Plantatione  to  give  informatione  of  such  as 
shall  oit'ende  that  they  may  reeeave  punishment  aeeordinge  to 
the  act  of  ye  gvnerall  assembly,  And  also  that  the  Comander 
of  every  Plantation  be  very  cai'efiiU  that  no  p'sone  of  evill 
Government  do  buy  any  greate  (juantitie  of  wyne,  or  yf  they 
shidl  soe  have  done  w"1hont  his  kuov/ledg  and  comitt  any 
di  u}-dey  Then  shalbe  lawfull  for  him  to  take  it  from  tliem 
and  to  cawse  them  spende  it  moi'e  moderately 


A  Cowrie  held  the  7th  ^i  8th  dayes  of  Auguste  1G2G  being 
pii'.i'ut  .S"r  (ieorge  Yjirdley,  knight.  Governor  &n%  Doetor 
P(.tt.  Capt.  Smith,  ('apt  Mathewes,  I\Ir  Abraham  Persie,  Capt. 
Tucker,  Uv  AVm  Ferrar 

1.  Y't  is  oi'dered  y't  no  planter  shall  remove  from  ye  plan- 
tatione wheron  he  is  seated,  To  se:;t  him  seli'e  uppon  any 
other  w'thout  sp(M-y;dl  consent  from  the  Govenuii'  and  S(mie 
p'te  of  the  Councell  uppon  iMMialtie  and  forfecture  of  ;500 
li.  v/eight  of  Tobacco  to  be  paide  unto  the  publitjue  Treasury, 
a;id  to  returne  and  seat  himselfe  uppon  his  former  Planta- 
tione yf  the  Governor  &  Councell  shall  tliinke  it  titt. 

And  that  no  p'sone  uppon  any  pretext  or  couler  of  his  privat 
oceasiones  sliall  absent  liim  sell  from  his  plantatione  w'thout 
coirsent  and  approl'iitione  of  the  comander  of  the  Plantatione 
upi'on  paine  and  foriVctnre  of  25  li.  of  Tobacco  for  every  24 
h(»\cers  absence 

2.  Wheras  dohn  Joyse  -ei'vant  to  Ensign  il['raneis  Epps 
havinge  lately  I'unne  away  fium  his  m 'r  mIio  carved  av/ay 
w'lh  him  two  snaiicliance  pieces  w'th  powder  and  ^:hott, 
together  w'th  a  canov,-  w'ch  in  li!:e  urr.nu'r  he  stole  away  from 
Symou  Sturgis,  was  heeiv  attaehed  at  dames  Cyttic,  and 
beinge  l)rought  before  the  Governor  and  ('oinicell  after  two 
examinations   of   the   cause   of    his   runnange   awaye    {,]    y't 


MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  317 

aijcretli  by  tlie  Testimony  of  Grevell  Pooly,  uiiiiister,  and 
Synion  Sturgis,  The  saide  John  Joyse  had  no  other  cause 
eyther  for  coreetione,  want  of  victualls  or  any  other  canse 
wherof  lie  hath  compla.yned  but  that  tliis  acte  of  his  liath 
p  "ceded  from  a  stubborne  and  ill  despositione  of  him  selfe, 
antl  not  b\'  any  iust  oeasione  offered  by  liis  m'r. 


2.  Y't  is  thernppon  ordered  y't  saide  John  Joyse  for  this  ]iis 
ofi'enee  shalbe  severly  wliijjt,  and  to  reeeave  thirty  stripes, 
and  shalbe  retonrned  npp  aji'aine  into  the  hands  of  liis  m'r, 
and  .sha.ll  ser\'e  out  his  tyme  w'th  him,  and  lialfe  a  ycere 
more.  Ai  the  expii'atione  wherof  his  m'r  shall  deliver  him  to 
the  Govcruor  and  Couneell  to  serve  the  Colonye  at  the  dis- 
I)using-e  of  the  Governor  and  Couneell  for  live  yeerrs  or  as 
tlie.y  shall  otherwyse  determine  therof. 

o.  Y't  i>.  furtlu'i'  oriK'i'ed  that  shalbe  insertetl  into  the  Procla- 
nuitioiu^  to  be  sent  downe  to  Kit-kotan  againste  breakinge 
bulke,  ''i'hat  no  p'sone  whatsoever  shall  putt  awaye  any 
servants  that  shalbe  Trausported  over  before  the  Governor 
and  Coiiiucll  are  lirst  made  aiMpiainted  therewith. 
4.  Y't  is  ordered  that  a  eommissioue  he  granted  by  tlie  Gov- 
ernor to  ('apt.  Tueker,  That  uppon  the  ar'vall  of  any  shipp 
or  shipi's.  he  fourth  w'lh  ma.n  out  a  light  shallopp  fitted 
with  ma  ti!  sayle  and  oares  w'tli  a  sufficient  iiumber  of  good 
sliott,  and  so  to  goe  fourth  as  farr  as  ])oynt  Comfort  or 
fourther,  so  that  he  tlo  not  engage  hims(lf  &  his  company 
but  allways  to  Icei'pe  the  winde  of  them  till  he  liath  made 
a  full  diiioveiy  of  them,  and  yf  they  i)ro\'e  Enemyes  Then 
lie  shall  retoui'ue  w'th  all  speede,  and  give  the  alarm  to 
the  Plaiitatione  tluit  they  may  p'vide  for  theire  owne  safety, 
&  yf  ffrieiids.  Then  to  go  abonrde  ami  ])ublish  such  proelama- 
tiones  &  instructions  as  he  shall  reeeeve  from  the  Governor 
and  Couneell. 

f),  Y't  is  (u-dercd  that  the  Governor  w'th  his  best  convcniency 
shall  gi\'e  commission  to  s(nne  iSufficyent  man  in  every  Flan- 
tatione  foi-  the  comand  and  Government  therof 


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6.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  the  Proclamation  againste  druukeness 
and  sweariiige  islialbe  in  force  aceordijige  to  the  act  of  assem- 
bly (14)  w'th  an  aditione  of  givinge  bonde  to  their  good  be- 
haviour. 

7.  Y't  in  ordered  y't  whera.s  the  Governor  is  to  take  a  general! 
j               rmi.ster(15)  tlirouwout  the  Colony,  aecordinge  to  the  Lords  of 

his  Lla'ties  nio;.t  llon'ble  prive  Couneell,  That  yo*' (iovernor 
,  ,  sliall  supi)lie  liim  selfe  in  all  places  goiiige  iipp  and  downe 

v.\h  a  suiiicyent  number  of  men  and  boats. 

8.  Y't  is  ordered  that  an  order  be  sent  to  the  comander  of 
every  Plantatione  y't  aecordinge  to  the  aete  of  ye  late  Gen- 
erall  Assend)ly,  some  decent  house  or  fittinge  roome  be  erected 
and  builte  for  the  service  of  God  in  theire  severall  Planta- 
tiones  and  y't  it  be  scfiuestered  for  that  purjiose  only  and 
not  for  any  other  use  or  purpose  w'tsoever.  Likewise  y't  a 
place  be  stronglie  paled  or  fenced  for  the  buriall  of  the 
dead  and  these  things  to  be  eai'cfully  accomplished  in  all 
places  by  our  Lady  day  now  next  ensuing(%  and  for  de- 
fault therof  eveiy  Plantatione;  to  i)aye  five  lunulrcd  pound 
weight  of  Tobacco  to  the  publique  Threasurer. 

9.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  aecordinge  to  another  act  of  ye  Lite 
generall  assembly,  There  be  an  uniformitie  in  our  churdi 
]:ept  as  neae  as  may  be  to  the  Canons  of  England  both  in  .sub- 
stance and  circumstance,  and  y't  all  p'sones  yield  dew  obedi- 
ence to  them  uppon  paine  of  censure 

10.  Y't  is  ordered  aecordinge  to  another  acte  of  ye  late 
generall  assembly,  That  the  XXIUh  day  of  March  (16)  be 
yeerly  Solemnized  as  holy  day  and  all  hollidays  except  Avheii 
tliere  fall  two  together  betwixt  the  ffeast  of  the  Annuncia- 
tion of  the  Vii'gin  Mary  and  Set  Michaell  the  Ardiangell 
then  but  one  to  be  kept  in  regard  of  our  necessities. 

"  (W)  Tiie~As^'mhly~Teferred  to"  was  tliat  of  Maieh,  1G23-4. 
[lleniiig,   I,   121-129.] 

(15)  So  far  as  is  known  the  returns  of  tlie  census  to  lie  taken  under 
tiiib  order  lu'ne  not  l)eea  preserved.  It  was  stated  in  1(J2S  tlint  there 
were  3,000  people  in  tlie  Colony  (Va.  Mtuj.  Hist.  &  Biol,  XVIT,  ?,),  and 
in  16.30  Governor  Harvey  estimated  there  were  upwards  of  2,500  (ib. 
YIT,  381). 

(16)  Tills  was,  of  eour;e,  to  eoninieniorate  the  yreat  Indian 
massacre. 


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[6.]  ■    '  -■^'  :  ■  ^"^ 

11.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  yeerly  after  every  harvest  when  the 
minister  is  to  receave  his  meanes(17)  of  his  p'rishioners  that 
all  luen  do  bringe  siieh  payments  as  the[y]  are  to  make  unto 
him,  to  the  eomanders  liowse  of  the  Phintatione  who  sliall 
see  y't  ye  same  shalbe  of  the  best  sorte,  or  otherwise  to  be 
biirnte  before  theire  faees  and  the  p'tie  forced  to  paye  of  the 
very  besl. 

12.  Y't  is  ordered  aeeordinge  to  an  act  of  ye  late  generall 
assembly  y't  there  shalbe  courtes  kei)t  monthly  at  Charles 
hundred  and  Elizabeth  Cyttie  for  the  tleterniininge  of  pettie 
controversies  not  exeeedinge  tlie  valeiie  of  200  li.  of  Tobaeco 
and  for  punishinge  of  pettie  (^fi'enees  w"th  reservation  of 
apj)eals  after  sentenee.  To  the  (Joverncjr  &  CovuK'ell  and 
whosoever  shall  appeale  and  shalbe  there  easte  in  suite,  shall 
pay  douljle  damages  Sentejiee  to  be  given  in  those  eouuties  by 
the  maior  f major]  p'ties. 

Comiuissioners  nominated  for  Elizabeth  Cyttie  Couites 
Capt.  Tucker(18)  Capt.  Martin,  JMr  Jonas  Stogden,  Lieut. 
Purfrey,  Mr  Edv/ard  Waters,  Ur  Jolin  Baynum,  J\rr  Salford, 
Commissioners  for  the  U{")per  p'ties,  ]\Ir  "William  Ferrar(19), 

(17)  'i'!'is  sliuws  tliat  diiiliiL,'  the  early  eoloiiiul  j-orioil,  iiiiniLiti.n-.s, 
like  tho.;e  of  the  Church  of  Euylaiul,  \Yero  entitle<l  to  tithes.  In  lu.'JS 
an  aet  requiring:  tithes  of  i-iihes,  kids  ami  I'i'.;;-',  v.as  reii;';>k\l.  After 
this  their  salaries,  j^lelie,  fees,  etc.,   were   in   lieu   of   all   tit  lies. 

(IS)  Notes  on  Capt.  Wni.  Tucker,  C^ajit.  ,]ol:n  Martin,  Rev.  Jonas 
Stogden,  oi-  Stockdeii,  Thomas  I'urfro}-,  or  Purefoy,  ami  Eihvard  Waters 
have  heei.  ]iuldis]ied  in  tiiis  Jd;i,'4azine.  "Mr.  Jolin  Baynum,"  or  Hayn- 
Imia,  a;.; el  54  years,  ^vho  oame  iii  the  Susan  in  IGIO,  and  Elizal-eth 
Ii,;uum,  a  .  d  415,  v.ho  eame  in  the  L'o.ki  Xaca  1G20,  were  livinn^,  together 
with  sev(i.:l  of  their  servants,  in  Eli/ahetli  City  H;i!4-5.  "Mr.  Roi.ert 
Salford,"  a'>ed  56,  who  came  in  tlie  JaJin  and  Francis  IGll,  Jolm 
S:  Ifoid,  a<:.eii  24,  who  came  in  the  George,  161(3,  and  Mary  Salford,  ai;ed 
24,  wlio  came  in  t!;e  Bona  Nuvii,  1620,  together  with  tlieir  two 
men-servants,  lived  at  Elizabeth  City   1624-;"). 

(19)  Notes  oji  Eerrar,  or  Earrar,  I'avdett,  Eppos  and  Harris,  have 
been  printed  in  this  :Ma.;;azine.  NatJianiel  Cawsey,  who  cauie  in  the 
Pluicnix,  1G07,  and  his  wife  Thomasine,  who  came  in  the  Ljion,  1(!()9, 
Avith  theii-  live  servants  live.l  at  Jordan's  Journey  lG24-r).  His  idauta- 
tiun  was  n.-mied  Causey's  Care,  or  Cave.  He  was  a  niemher  of  the 
House  of  Buroesses  Jilarch  162."{-4.  In  l(>'^^)  Governor  Harvey  prantcnl 
to  ThonuH  Causey  luO  in  the  neif^hhorhood  where  Nathaniel  Causey, 
or  Causy,  had  lived.  He  \\as  ]irol>al)ly  a  son.  Eiisi<;ii  Isaac  Chaplain, 
wi;o  came  in  the  Starr,  1610;  Mary  his  wife,  who  came  in  the  James, 
1622,  and  John  Cliaplain,  "his  kin-man,"  ageJ  15  years,  wlio  came  in 
the  James,  lived  in  1624-5,  at  Chaplain's  Choice,  in  the  present  Prince 
George  County.  Isaac  Chaplain  was  a  memljer  of  the  House  of  Bur- 
gesses March,  162;i-24. 


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350  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Mr.  Thomas  Pawlett,  Ensign  Ei)ps,  Ensign  Chaplen,  Ur 
Cawsey,  Thomas  Harris. 

]o.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  the  montldie  eourtes  to  be  kept  above 
Persies  hundred,  slialbe  kept  at  the  diseretione  of  Mr  Wm 
Forrar  one  of  his  Ma 'ties  Counsell  of  state  either  at  Jonnhaies 
Journey  or  ShiHey  Inmdred 


[7.J 
11.  Y't  is  oi'dered  y't  aecordinge  to  the  aet  of  the  late  generall 
assembly,  That  no  man  goe  or  .send  abroatle  either  uppon 
fi'owlinge,  fhshinge  or  otherwise  w'tosoever  w'thout  sulTieyent 
p'tie  of  men  well  armed  and  provided  of  nuuntione,  uppon 
peualtie  of  undergoiiige  severe  eensure  of  purdshment  by 
the  Governor  and  C'ouneell. 

If).  Y't  is  ordered  aeeordiiige  to  the  saide  assembly  that  noe 
man  in  tlie  Colony  goe  out  to  his  worke  *i:  hdjor  w'thout 
Ihoire  armes  &  a  eertinell  uppon  them 

16.  Y't  is  ordered  aeeoi-dinge  to  tlie  said  generall  assembly 
that  the  eomanders  of  every  IMantatione,  take  eare  that  there 
be  suriieyerd  of  powder  and  nnuiilione  w'thin  ye  Plantatione 
under  Jiis  eomande  and  theire  peeees  tixt  and  tiieire  armes 
complete. 

17.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  there  be  dewe  wateh  kept  by  nyght  in 
all  plaees  and  Plantations  throw  out  the  Colonye,  The  neglect 
wherof  to  be  punished  at  the  diseretione  of  the  Comander 

18.  That  no  Comander  of  any  Plantatione  do  either  himselfe 
or  suffer  others  to  expend  powder  unnecessarily  in  drinkinge 
]]ntertayinnents  or  the  like,  up])on  paine  of  lUKlergoinge  such 
eensure  as  by  the  Governor  and  Councell  shalbe  inflicted,  and 
the  eonunider  to  give  informatione  to  ye  Governor  and  Coun- 
cell of  all  such  as  shall  therin  ofende,  uppon  penaltie  of  be- 
inge  censured  by  the  Governor  and  Councell  him  selfe 

19.  Y't  is  ordered  y't  the  whole  Bodie  of  the  Councell  shall 
meete  together  at  James  Cyttie  for  the  managing  of  the 
Publique  service  of  the  Colony,  (puirterly  as  followeth 
(vidlet)  The  :\ronday  scmught  next  aftei-  the  ffcast  of  Set 
?.Iic!uu^ll,  The  Moudaye  seinnght   next  after  the  feast  of  the 


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MINUTES  OF  THE  COUNCIL  AND  GENERAL  COURT  351 

nativitie  of  Christ,  The  ]\Ionday  semiiglit  next  after  the  As- 
sumption of  the  Virgin  Mary,  And  ye  Monday  sennight  after 
ya  feast  of  St  John  Baptist. 
[Order  20  omitted  in  record.] 

21.  Y't  is  further  ordered  y't  there  be  a  Proelamatione  pub- 
lished tiiro\vout  the  Colony  That  noe  persone  w'tsoever  unles 
those  eliosen  p'sones  shall  go  abourde  any  sJiipp  or  shipps 
aiivinge  in  this  Colonic  w'thoiit  leave  of  the  Governor  or 
any  two  of  the  Councell  uppon  ])aine  of  censure,  nor  to 
bring  any  coinodities  w'tsoever  either  abourde  or  ashore 
u])poji  penaltie  to  forfeit  the  goodes  so  brought  and  to  pay 
500  li.  weight  of  Tobacco  into  the  Publique  Treasury. 

22.  Y't  is  also  ordered  y't  uppon  every  holiday  y't  is  to  be 
kept  and  solemnized  as  holiday.  The  Comander  of  every  IMan- 
tation  do  drawe  his  men  together  in  amies  and  to  exereyse 
and  drill  tliem,  wherby  they  maj^  be  made  more  fitt  for  ser- 
vice uppon  any  occasione. 

(To  be  continued.) 


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352  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  i.^i 

LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD,  FIRST 

(Prom  his  Letter  Book  on  the  Collection  of  the  Virginia 
Historical  Society) 


(Continued) 


To  Arthur  North 

Virg'a  Xba-  ye  11 'th  1688 
S'r 

Yo.-'rs  p  Tregany  &  BracUy  I  rec'd  though  that  p  East  not 
yctt  come  to  Hand  nor  ]iiy  Goods  from  Bradly,  I  hope  wee 
^liall  give  him  a  reasonal»le  dispatch,  although  Tob'o  proves 
as  bad  this  year  as  ever  kuowne  being  generally  hous  burnt 
or  Sweat  so  much  that  its  Husky,  i\Iy  last  to  you  by  Allen 
I  tind  you  had  not  rcc'd  w'th  m'r  Giles  AVebbs  ree't  for  £200 
but  I  hear  Allen  was  safely  arrived  in  the  "West  of  England, 
ere  those  ships  come  a^vay,  so  I  suppose  the  rec:'t  may  com.e 
safe.  Inclosed  is  a  bill  of  Ex:'ca  from  Giles  AVcbb  charged 
on  your  selfe  for  100  St  :'g  w  :'ch  I  hope  you'l  give  mee  Creditt 
for,  Giles  telling  mee  hee  had  advice  from  his  Bro :  to  draw 
on  you  &  hath  Showne  mee  his  Bro:  Letter  wh(>re  hee 
promiseth  him  itt  shall  l;ce  p'd  All  I  gett  by  itt  is  to  Serve 
yo:'r  friciid  so  I  hope  I  may  not  suiter  by  itt,  Aly  humble 
service  to  all  our  friends,  tell  Tom  Gower  his  Bro:  Abi>ll  is 
Dead,  &  please  to  acquaint  m'r  Bassauo  &  m'r  Ilcrjuir  I 
shall  not  bee  \nim.indfull  of  their  businesse 
l'rote:,t  come  apace  on  E  V>  theivfore  if  you  have  anything  to 
S;'y  its  time  to  Looke  out,  l^Iy  Avife  (who  hath  been  ill  ;,ome 
moneths^  give  her  service  to  your  selfe  &  good  m'rs  North 
&  So  doth 

S'r 

Yo'r  fr'd  &  Serv't 
To  m'r  Arthur  North  W  B 

p  Wynne 


i   -rm  i6 


A  oT 


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LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD  353 

To  Perry  AND  Lane  (lu/'k  .-Ui   i     5 

Virginia  Xb'r  y'e  ll'th  IGSfJ  i,,,,. 

Tliis  aeeompanys  Cap't  Wynne  \v:'th  36  11 'ds  Tobacco  as        .■,,,, 
]}  inclosed  bill  of  ladeing  he  hatk  prouiised  me  to  take  in  two 
li.):\ls   of   Fnrres  &   skins   and   to   give   M'r   Perry   bills   of 
L;i(leing  for  them  who  will  inclose  y'm  to  you     I  have  put      rk:,'\\ 
fM)  Il'ds  of  Tobacco  on  board  Brome  &  truly  he  hath  been 
wry  nulvind  liaveing  promised  me  any  time  this  i^  year  to  ,. 

liike  me  in  4  11  \ls  of  skins  &  hath  now  left  y'm  all  out  as  to 
Crops  we  had  y'e  mostt  promising  this  year  I  ever  knew  but  ; 

was  generally  Spoiled  by  some  thicke  close  weather  in  7'br 
soe  that  now  Tobacco  is  (for  y'e  greatest  part)  either  House 
burnt  or  hath  sweat  so  much  that  its  become  (as  you  call  it) 
Husky  though  I  dare  say  y't  if  mine  on  board  Winne  and 
Brome  will  not  pass  for  good  you  must  expect  none  this  yeare 
either  from  Virginia  or  Maryland  w'eh  has  made  as  bad 
Tobacco  this  year  as  we  They  have  had  an  assembly  lately 
ill  iMaryhuul  about  Bulk  for  w'eh  of  late  my  Lord  Baltimore 
hiith  sent  orders  but  what  they  have  done  1  know  not 
A\'e  were  all  surprized  on  Wynns  ari-ivall  w'th  acco'ts  from 
Barbados  where  we  find  all  our  effects  sent  thither  (after  soe 
Long  ex[>ectation  of  aeeo'ts)  comes  to  just  nothing  Wynn  I 
hiid  hatli   Charged  bills  for  iL'2A(j  st'g  on  my  acco'ts  w'eh  I  ^ 

hope  you   will   pay   however  our  hard  j\Ieasure      Our  firest  { 

AVinds[  ■]    coming  to  soe  little  in  Barbailos  we   could   wish  ;. 

he  luul  bought  y'e  lastt  hither  I  am  shure  they  would  have 
yeilded  a  double  price  to  what  we  can  now  expect,  (goods  I 
desire  fjom  Barbados  are  1600  Gall'ns  Rum  4000  1.  Muse: 
Siig:'r  ab't  2't  Loaf  Sug'r)  [written  on  margin.]  Wynne 
saitli  he  saw  M'r  Dalby  Thomas  on  y'e  Exchange  a  day  or 
two  befoi-e  he  eome  away  and  that  he  told  him  of  his  readi- 
nesse  to  saih*  and  ]\I 'r  Thomas  told  him  he  had  no  business 
only  wished  him  a  good  Voyadg  where  y'e  fault  ly(\s  1  know 
not  but  i1  appeares  there  was  a  grosse  error  some  where,  what 
to  doe  now  w'th   y'e  ship  we   know  not,   some   propose  she 


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354  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE  ''■*■:' 

should  saile  Round  by  Ireland  whilest  others  think  she  had 

better  saile  directly  to  Barbados  w'th  Letters  of  Creditt  or 

pec  8/8  either  I  am  contended  witii  and  Leave  it  to  you  whate 

i.      you  judg  mostt  sensible  all  y'e  p'es  concerned  seem  much 

i  di.ssatisfied  w'th  M'r  Thomas  &   Sadlier  as  I  suppose   you 

\'.  ill  heare  more  at  Lar^e  from  others  therefore  if  Wynne 
comes  by  Barbado.se  I  shall  desire  these  goods  in  y'e  ilargent 

.>'.| ',-;r       8c  refer  y'e  Method  wlioly  to  yo'r  selves  who  liaveing  rec'd 

■V'l,  a'ivice  from  all  y'e  p'tys  concerned  may  Act  accordingly 
,..!(;  Yo'rs  by  Endjerly  Hall  &  Bradley  latel}'  come  to  hand  but 
have  not  yett  rec'd  y'e  goods  I  shall  indeavour  vrhat  may 
bo  Halls  dispatch  of  w"ch  I  think  there  is  no  question  of 
^v'ether  P'mitt  though  Tobb.  being  generally  so  bad  occasions 
some  ditiiculty  Jack  Wynn  complaines  that  he  is  denyed  y'e 
previledge  of  a  Tun  freight  w'ch  is  allowed  to  all  Mas'ters  of 
small  Vessells  I  told  him  I  knew  nothing  of  it  but  if  itts  his 
due  I  am  contended  to  allow  it  he  alsoe  tells  me  of  1.  23  stg 

Tf.  \  mony  charged  to  him  w'ch  should  a  been  Charg  y'e  owners 
and  would  p'suade  me  that  he  must  have  1.  46  sd  money  for 
it  but  his  discourse  is  not  alwaj's  to  clear  as  to  me  to  be 
intelligable  so  in  y'e  name  by  liis  consent  we  have  refered 
it  to  M'r  Per'r  [ Peter f)  Perry  to  whome  he  hath  promised 
to  produce  all  his  papers  w'ch  he  had  not  here  w'th  him 
I  have  charged  on  y'ou  1.  G5  to  Wynne  for  freight  w'ch  I 
desire  you  to  pay  inclosed  is  Mr  Ed :  Braines  on  your  selves 
for  1.  24  w'ch  I  hope  youle  give  me  Creditt  for  By  y'e  firestt 
opportunity  I  desire  you  to  send  me  20  lb  of  Grape  shot  w'ch 

\  I  fear  I  shall  want  also  some  malt  w'ch  you  or  I  forgott 

My  service  to  all  friends  my  blessing  to  y'e   Child "n  with 
best  respects  and  service  to  good  Mrs  Perry  Mr  Kich'd  and 
please  accept  y'e  same  from 
Gent 

Your  friend  &  servant 
W  B 
Duplicate.     One  sent  p  Wynne  &  one  p  Brome 
To  Mess :  'rs  Perry  &  Lane 


To- 


Yirg'a  Jan'ry  y'e  23' th  1688 
S'r 

This  serves  onely  to  accompany  the  James,  Cap't  Emberly 
by  whom  have  Sent  yo'u  2  11 'ds  ffurs  &  skins  as  p  bill  of 
Ladeing  *5c  Invoice  will  appear.  My  Last  to  you  was  by  Jn'o 
AVyn,  by  whom  I  sent  you  Giles  Webbs  bills  of  Ex:'ea  on  yo'r 
Selfe  for  100 't  w'eh  I  hope  you  will  give  mee  Creditt  for,  as 
allso  the  200  1.  Sent  p  rec:'t  y'e  Quaker  Ketch,  w:'ch  you  as 
well  as  m'r  Webb  ingaged  to  See  mee  rep'd.  I  find  Some 
mistakes  in  yo'r  Invoice  &  Acco:'t  but  being  now  from  home 
cannot  bee  P'ticular  nor  inlarge  Am  heartily  Sorry  to  hear 
of  y'e   (Icstractioiis   of   juy   Native   Couiitry(l).      Cod    Send 

(I)  Ti,.-  ;irl,ilr;ii7  mc;iHii.rM  (,!'  .I;u,i<-i  II,  wl.i.'h  l.^l  |u  tlii<  Kov'uliil  icii, 
were  Tii  I  I,,  ((.iriiii;,'  well  lunnvii  iii  Viiyjii'in.  Ail  ii  LuiMldin'r  l>yii\  wild 
juohiihly   ;,    goo.i    Wliig. 


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LETTERS    OF    WILLIAM    BYRD  355 

To  Perry  and  Lane  ^  y,,,.      ,.,.,„  ^^^ 

''  Virg'a  Jan'ry  y'e  23'th  1690(?) 

Gen 't 

These  are  onely  to  acquaint  you  of  o'r  wellfare  &  y't  I 
have  reeVl  yo'rs  by  Jeffrjs,  Arnall,  Ruddes,  «S:c  I  am  ^ 
heartily  sorry  to  hear  of  y'e  troubles  w'th  you,  Pray  God 
give  a  good  issue  to  them  I  have  a  considerable  quantity  of 
skins  by  mee  but  dare  not  venture  them  till  I  hear  farther, 
Bim  Hall  is  a  little  behind  by  reason  of  some  inconvenient 
riotes  &  y'e  AVett  Weather,  yet  hope  hee  may  Saile  herewith, 
1  have  Order 'd  what  Tob'o  hee  now  wants  to  fill  him  up  by  the 
River  Side,  so  y't  hee  assures  mee  hee  will  Sail  next  weeke, 
Wyn  &  Brome  I  hope  may  bee  now  with  you,  Pray  God  Send 
all  Safe  home  &  you  all  peace  &  prosperity    I  am  Gen't 

Yo'r  Humble  Serv't 

W  B 

To  Mess'rs  [P.  &  L.  in  monogram]  p  Emberly 


H]  fert'«5i9M  oT 


356  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE       7 

all  our  ships  Safe  home  &  Seud  us  Peace,  &  you,  your  Lady 
w'th  all  friends  all  happiness  is  the  Prayer  of 

S'r 

Yo'r  Humble  Serv't 
WB 
Cap't   Bradly   I   hear   designes  to   Saile 
lierewith,  by  whom  hope  to  write  farther 


i   \>.''i    ^!'     '.  :    a'-s.::        '    t-.'  Virg'a  Jan'ry  28'th  1688 

h-   ;■  S'r 

'i':v'.  These  come  w'th  Cap't  Bradly,  w'th  100  H'ds  Tob'o  I  wish 

all  safe  to  you  I  wrote  3  days  Since  by  Emberly  by  whom 

'  ' '  •  Sent  you  two  II  'ds  ffurres.     I  wonder  I  have  not  heard  from 

J  yo:'u  siiice  Ruddes,  This  day  am  going  to  Cap't  Randolphs 

J  to   drink  yo:'rs   &   all   friends   healths,   where   expect    Cap't 

Bradly  or  one  from  him,   for  y'e  letters  So  cannot  inlarge. 

!!•■>;  i-.  You  charge  mee  in  your  Acco't  19  1:  16 's:  9'd  for  Haber- 

dashery as  p  Birdseye  bill  of  whom  I  had  none,  for  y'e 
Haberdashery  sent  p  y'e  Sam '11  is  charged  in  your  Invoice 
11  1 :  12's:  8'd  &,  p  note  S 'tl  to  bee  bought  of  Jn 'o  Lardner  in 

}'  •  •'.  Cateater  Street     You  also  charge  Some  things  Sent  to  m'r 

Perry  w'eh  I  never  heard  of,  but  shall  Say  no  more  att  pres- 
ent,  by  Ruddes  hope  to  have  time  to  inlarge   in   the  mean 
time  I  wish  you  &  all  our  friends  health  peace  &  prosperity 
•  ,.  &  remain 

S'r 

.;  Yo'r  Humble  Serv't 

W.  B. 

•I  The  6  Swords  &  Belts  not  charged  att  all  nor  no  note  for  them 


To  Perry  and  Lane. 

Yirg'a  Jan'ry  y'e  28 'th  1688 
Gen't 

I  wrote  to  you  five  days  Since  by  Cap't  Emberly  &  have 
not  time   to   adde   anything  this   onely   being  to   accompany 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM  BYRD  357 

Bradly  &  to  cover  the  inclosed.  Hall,  I  hope  may  accom- 
pany this  I  am  now  goeing  to  Cap't  Randolphs  to  meet  him 
S;  take  my  bills  of  Ladeing :  Pray  God  send  all  safe  home ;  I 
have  taken  what  care  possible  this  year  iu  receiving  of 
Tob:'o  &  tliough  what  I  have  cannot  bee  Said  to  bee  reall 
good,  yett,  I  hope  itt  may  appear  as  well  as  any  this  year, 
Mr  Paggcns(2)  people  receiving  so  little  hath  made  more 
choice  of  Tob'o  in  these  P'ts  then  otherwise  would  have  been, 
I  shall  have  a  considerable  quantity  on  board  Cap't  Morgans 
I  wish  itt  may  answer  our  trouble,  skins  &.ti  I  thinke  to 
keep  till  safer  times  w'ch  pray  God  Send,  B  Bradly  hath 
abused  mee  notoriously  these  2  years  in  y'e  files  for  my 
Mill  Saws,  In  M'r  Norths  Aec't  A'o  cop  hee  charges  mee  1 
do'n  files  for  Steel  i\iill  Saws  (when  he  put  up  none)  as  p 
Bradly 's  u\vn  note  may  appear  how  hee  Sends  2  do'n  not  wor 
a  farthing  for  my  use,  being  not  ^^4  Large  enough,  but  of 
y't  more  hereafter  My  Humble  Service  to  all  fr'ds  &  bless- 
ing to  y'e  Child 'n  I  am 

Gen't 

Yo'r  Humble  Serv't 

W  B 
To  P.  &  L.  Pr  Bradly  '  '       '' 


To  NORRELL   BaSSANO 

Virg'a  Jan'ry  y'e  29:'th  1688 
S:'r 

This  by  (Jap't  Bradly  Serves  onely  to  cover  y'e  inclosed  I 
abated  12's.6'd  of  3'0'r  due  &  tooke  them  att  So  long  time 
ratlier  then  Stay  till  Aprill,  I  hope  you  will  be  Satisfyed  for 
I  acted  as  for  my  Self,  &  yo'r  haveing  the  Bills  in  time,  I 
thought  might  more  bee  to  your  advantage,  then  y'e  time 
they  are  charged  att  can  prejudice  you.  Yesterday  &  this 
are  Sacrificed  to  our  friends,  to  drinke  yours  &  all  our  friends 
healths,  My  Service  to  m'r  Harpur,  assure  him  I  am  not 
unmindfull  of  his  buisinesse  in  Aprill,   I  shall  come  to  a 

(2)  Peter  Paggin,  a  London  merchant,  who  did  very  extensive 
trade  with  Virginia. 


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M  uT 

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V:B 

358  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Tryall  w:'tli  Littleton  &  doubt  not  but  nrr  Ilarpur  will  find 
all  Justice,  Pray  give  my  Service  to  all  o'r  friends 
I  am  S  'r 

Yo'r  frd  &  Serv:'t 

W  B 
To  m'r  Norrell  Bassano  p  Bradley  w'tli  E   B's  I'st  bill  of 
Ex'er  for  34  1. 


ii.v.  .,  :i.,'i-,;l.  '         '               To  Perry  and  Lane, 

,  '                                     Virginia  Jan: 'ry  y'e  29 'th  1688 

.1)  Gen't 

r  This  p  Ben:  Hall  Serves  onely  to  cover  the  inclosed  w'ch  I 

i  hope  will  gett  Safe  to  yo:'r  Hands;  I  hope  to  write  more  at 

{  Large  but  for  fear  I  misse  an  Oppertunity  to  Send  my  Let- 
ters, have  given  you  this  trouble.     My  Service  to  yo'r  good 

„.  Ladys,  m'r  Piich'd  &  all  our  friends 

r  I  am  Gent 

(,.]     V  .  I,    IS    v.-   •.,•.  f     ■' :w*    .->/        Yo'r  Humble  Serv't 

ToP  &  L.:  P  y'e  Byrd 

I'st  Bills  of  Ex:'ea  Sent  hereto 
;V  PP  for...  Ill: 

F   E 5:1 

WR   ..      ..5:    12  .  I  ./..    ^ 


21:     13 
all  charged  on  y'urselves 


To 


Virg'a  Ult'o  Jan'ry  1688 
Gen 't 

I  wrote  to  you  by  ILall  &  Bradly  within  these  2  or  3  days, 
&  believe  this  may  overtake  them,  for  I  hear  they  are  like 
to  find  a  Small  Stop  ere  they  gett  out.  Pray  God  Send  all 


LETTERS  OF  WILLIAM   BYRD  359 

Safe  liome,  inclosed  is  a  list  of  Some  Small  bills  Sent  you 
by  the  s  'd  ships,  charged  on  your  selves  &  m  'r  North ;  1 
desire  that  for  all  bills  of  Ex:'er  I  send  you,  you  would  give 
mee  Creditt  on  my  Acco't  as  Audito:'r  &  not  intermix  my 
Pi-ivate  Acco:'ts  w:'th  the  Public,  I  thinke  Suddenly  to 
visitt  Some  of  the  Collectot'rs  &  then  you  may  expect  Some 
considerable  Suunnes :  I  am  in  some  perplexity  not  knowing 
M'hat  to  doe  w:'th  my  furres  &  skins,  but  w:'th  Some  impa- 
tience expect  Burrell,  by  whom  wish  to  receive  some  better 
news,  tliougli  can  Scarce  hope  itt,  God  send  all  for  the  best. 
Your  Accor't  I  rec 'd  p  Arnall,  &  am  concerned  to  find  the 
Ballance  So  considerable  for  had  the  old  Tob'o  been  burnt,  or 
tllro^vne  overboard  at  first  itt  had  Saved  mee  some  pounds 
I  wish  Tob'o  may  mend  now,  or  else  its  high  time  to  leave  of: 
I  find  in  yo'r  Acco't  15  Xb'r  A  D'o  1GS7  my  Selfe  charged, 
w:'tli  3  Articles  att  Sevcrall  times  for  money  p'd  towards 
my  1/16  p't  of  Cap't  Morgans  new  Ship  att  Shoreham.  Viz't 
£12:10's  2d  in  Aug:  15  1:  12 's:  6'd,  &  y'e  Last  28  1:  2's: 
6d,  w'ch  is  y'e  oiiely  Sum  yo'u  give  mee  Creditt  for,  & 
charge-  mee  227  1 :  19's:  4'd:  w'ch  is  the  full  Price  of  my  1/16 
P'te,  therefore  1  ought  to  have  Creditt  for  the  other  two 
sunniies  w'ch  amount  to  £28.02s.0d  I  have  had  little  time 
Since  the  rec:'t  of  y'e  Acco:*t  haveing  Scarce  been  att  my 
owne  House  two  day's  since  y'e  rec't  of  yo'r  Letters:  I  have 
borrowed  40  Pioundlets  of  Sliott  Viz't  20  lb.  of  Goo.se  shot  of 
Cap't  Roger  Jones,  hee  desired  mee  to  write  to  you  to  Ship 
So  much  on  my  Acco:'t  &  Send  itt  to  him  by  the  first  con- 
venience, w'ch  I  hope  you  will  p 'forme.  Since  I  was  like  to 
want  tliat  commodity,  had  not  liec  lent  itt  mee,  I  acquainted 
yo'u  w'th  p  Bradly  w'ch  his  brothers  mistake  about  ye  files, 
hee  charges  mee  by  his  note  to  m'r  North  of  July  12  :'th  1C87  ; 
w'th  2  doz  whip  saw  files  9s  &  for  100  London  ditto  at  10s: 
w:'ch  last  was  never  put  up,  &  those  sent  now  are  of  no  use 
to  mee,  being  much  too  small;  I  desire  therefore  that  hee 
would  put  mee  up  at  Least  a  do'ii  Large  rounde  files  for  my 
Steel  Mill  Saws,  &  procure  mee  6  Steel  Saws,  of  Vi  Same  di- 
mensions of  those  formerly  Sent,  &  y't  1  may  have  them  by 


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360  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE  --j 

tlie  first  convenience;  lu  Aprill  when  my  L'd  \v:'th  the  Coun- 
cell  meets,  I  will  propose  the  matter  about  y'e  Irish  &  West 
Country  Bills,  &  doe  my  iiuleavor  itt  nuiy  bee  answer'd;  Kitt 
I\Iorgan  &  Jn"o  Ruddes  will  8ail  Long  before,  by  whom  you 
shall  hear  farther:  My  humble  Service  to  all  friends.  My 
blessing  to  y'e  Child  :'n  Wishing  you  all  peace  &  prosperity 
1  remain 

Gen't 
,,     .  „  ,  Yo'r  Humble  Servant 

\V:'mB 

Postscript 
I  rcc'd  p  Hall  an  Ann.  of  Rhenish  wine  mentioned  in  your 
Package  bill  &  bill  of  Ladeing  but  no  where  charged  mee, 
tiierefore  desire  to  knov\'  on  what  Accoi't  it  is  Sent  mee  that 
I  may  give  my  thankcs  accordingly.  I  am  Sorry  you  were 
not  fuller  about  y'e  Chirstall  what  Sent,  I  know  was  foul,  & 
full  of  flaws,  but  1  gave  ^'ou  the  reason  being  on  the  Surface 
of  the  earth  the  injury's  of  y'e  fire  &  weather  made  itt  foul, 
«S:  L>eing  rudely  broke  of,  by  the  Indians  Hatchetts,  might 
well  make  itt  full  of  iiaws,  but  1  also  writt  tlmt  if  Stones  that 
were  large,  without  flaws,  &  as  clear  as  the  best  of  them  were 
\  alueable,  I  know  itt  might  very  well  answer  expectacon. 
I  am 

Gen't 

Yo'rs 

WB 

A  List  of  Bills  of  Ex:'ea 

Sent  you  p  Wynne  Hall  &  Bradly 

p  Wyiin  y'e  I'st  bill.  2'd  p  Brome 

1  s  d 

Pd'r  Edw'd  Brains  on  yo'r  selves  for  p  Bradly,  .24  —  — 

Ditto  Branis  on  Ditto  for 0:} :  01  — 

Cap't  P'r  Periy  on  Ditto  for OG  :  01  — 

m'r  Jami's  Blair  on  m'r  North  for 02  :  19  — 

Cap't  ifras  Epcs  on  (.lit to  ft)r 03 :  .01  — 

Cap't  Wm.  Randolph  on  ditto  for 05  :  10  — 


ml) 


LETTERS   OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  361 

p  Hall         '  -■■■  ^'-^^-^  -^^>^«  I'-    '■- 

Cap't  P'r  Perry  on  yourselves  for   11 :     00:  00 

Cap 't  ft'ras :  Epes  on  ditto  for 05 :     01     — 

Cap't  Win  Ivandolph  on  Ditto  for   05:     12     — 


68       05 
W  B 


To  John  Thomas  &  Co.,  Barbadoes 

Virg'a  20  ffeb'ry  1688 
Gen 't 

I  beg  your  pardon  that  I  have  not  written  to  you  ere  this, 
my  abode  being  So  remote  from  Shipping  I  rarely  hear  of 
any  boinid  for  your  parts,  The  Goods  by  y'e  Effingham  & 
Wyn  I  rec  'd ;  though  very  much  damage  by  y  'e  Last  by 
reason  of  bad  Caske  all  the  Goods  (especially  the  Melasses) 
thought  by  all  extravagantly  dear,  the  Caske  very  bad  & 
Small,  Scarce  one  had  above  25  Gall'ns  in  itt  8  of  those  to  a 
t.iTx  is  very  hard,  others  within  a  moneth  of  y:'t  had  in  great 
Caske  320  Galh'ns  to  y'e  tun  att  y'e  Same  price:  though 
Small  Caske  are  most  convenient  here  for  Sale,  yet  no  man 
would  loose  above  1/3  for  that  conveniency,  &  those  Small 
Siig'r  Caske  w:'th  y'e  otlier  p'd  as  much  fraight  as  if  they 
had  been  as  big  again;  I  find  all  p'sons  here  extreamly  dis- 
satisfyed  w  :th  your  proceedings  If  Wynne  had  as  he  promised 
Sold  the  j\Iadera  Wine  for  4  or  5  1.  P'r  pipe  wee  had  all  been 
well  Satisfyed,  for  wee  should  have  been  certain  of  our  Losse, 
w  :'ch  now  wee  cannot  guesse  att,  When  y'e  Last  was  left,  you 
were  pleased  to  write,  that  you  could  have  10  or  12  1.  p  pipe, 
though  I  thinke  none  of  us  clear 'd  what  it  cost  at  first  in 
Madera's  w'th  the  ifreight,  Now  it  was  worth  nothing,  w'th 
you,  &  if  you  had  Sent  itt  hither,  wee  doubt  not,  but  wee 
could  have  doubled  what  you  allowed  us  for  y'e  Last,  w'thout 
the  Charges  upon  itt,  I  have  given  Mess:'rs  Perry  &  Lane 
an  Acco't  of  y'e  bills  Wynne  charged  on  my  Acco:'t  &  doubt 
not  but  they  are  allowed :  I  find  itt  impossible  for  us  to  con- 
tinue or  Trade  to  your  parts,  otherways  then  by  ready  mony 


Ji  BAMOiiT  Vino  I  oT 


3G2  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  '"  " 

A  or  bills  of  Ex:'ea.  AVyinie  is  gone  before  Xmas  for  England 
if  hee  arrive  Safe  I  have  left  my  part  to  ni.-'rs  Perry  &  Lane 
to  Send  him  hither  again  by  Barbados  or  what  else  they  may 
vi  Judge  most  eonvenient  or  the  Least  Losse,  times  being  So 
'.  unsettled  wee  know  not  what  to  resolve,  God  Send  all  for  y'e 
i  best,  I  hope  when  you  have  disposed  of  y'e  Wine,  you  will 
'  Send  us  an  Aeeo:'t,  that  1  may  See  in  what  State  my  i)'tieular 
i         is,  &  Satisfy  if  I  remain  D  :'r  on  y'e  BallaiiL-e  I  am 

!w.  Gen't 

'"■  '■-      '■■"■"  .'^♦mmii    ;;,>  Yo'r  most  Humble  Serv't 

W  B. 
To  Jn'o  Thomas  Esq'r  &  Comp.  in  Barbados 


J  ,  

•f^  ■  To  Perry  and  Lane 

Virg'a  Ult'o  ffeb'ry  16S8 
!■•       Gen't 

This  serves  onely  to  Cover  the  iuL-losed  bills  of  Ex'e  & 
acquaint  you  that  his  ExeelU-ncy  my  L'd  Effingham  (by  whom 
this  eomes)  now  goeing  for  England,  I  have  charged  bills  of 
<»'■  Ex:'ea  on  you  payable  to  his  L'dship  for  607  1.  04 's  w'ch  I 
■  desire  you  to  pay  Accordingly  and  place  to  my  Acco:'t  as 
Audito:'r,  allso  to  give  mee  Creditt  for  all  the  bills  I  send 
you  on  the  s'd  Acco:'t  &  not  mix  them  w:'th  my  private 
concernes,  I  hope  to  write  more  att  Large  by  Cai)'t  I^.Iorgan 
who  I  expect  will  Sail  herewith  therefore  Av:'th  best  respects 
now  take  Leave  I  am 

Gen't 

Yo'r   Humble   Serv't 
W  B 
To  Mess:'rs  Perry  &  Lane  p  my  L'd  Effingham 


To  Perry  and  Lane. 

Virg'a  5  March  1688 
Gen't 

I  wrote  to  you  last  wecke  from  Rapahanocke  by  my  Lord 


eas 


M    ri 


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W        'f'.ilt 

LETTERS   OF   WILLIAM  BYRD  363 

Effingham,  wherewith  I  sent  you  a  p'cell  of  bills  of  Ex  :'ea  the 
2'(1  bills  are  inclosed,  as  allso  Some  2'(1  bills  of  Halls  & 
Brad  13^ 's,  &  a  l:'st  Bill  of  m'r  Secretary's  for  20  1.  liee 
desired  me  not  to  Send  itt  before  this  moneth  (though  I  have 
had  itt  some  time,  by  mee)  w:'oli  makes  itt  of  so  old  a  date, 
I  allso  then  acquainted  you  that  I  had  charged  a  bill  of 
Ex:'oa  on  you  payable  to  my  L'd  Effingham  for  607  1.,  w'ch 
I  hope  you  will  readily  honor  for  Govern  :'s  must  not  Stay 
for  their  money,  there  coidd  not  att  this  juncture  bee  any 
tiling  done  about  tlic  West  country  &  irish  bills:  the  best 
way  (if  please  God  things  Avere  Settled  in  England)  would 
bee  to  promote  the  matter  there.  &  proeui-e  Orders  from  the 
Treasury,  to  the  Collectors  here  to  oblidge  all  persons  to  pay 
his  i\lajesty's  duty's  by  bills  of  Ex:'ea  for  London,  but 
must  refer  that  to  a  more  Seasonable  time. 
Wee  are  in  great  expectation  to  hear  of  affairs  out  of  Eng- 
land, God  in  mercy  Send  all  for  y'e  best,  All  y'e  ships  in  this 
river  full  &  now  ready  to  Saile,  a  great  deale  of  Tob-.'o  left 
behind.  w:'ch  might  be  purchased  reasonably  but  no  freight 
to  be^'  lijid,  I  wish  wee  had  not  oeeasion  to  repent  Shipping 
what  wee  have,  for  Tob'o  is  generally  very  bad  &  Light,  but 
I  ho]ie  our  parts  may  answer  as  well  as  any,  If  you  have  any 
trade,  Sure  Wyiuie  &  Brome  (if  they  gott  well  liome)  may 
come  to  Some  thing:  I  shall  keep  a  great  p'cell  of  Skins 
&e :  by  mee,  not  knowing  what  to  doe,  &  for  goods  I  know 
not  what  to  Say,  being  unwilling  yet  to  send  for  any,  1  have 
a  great  part  of  this  years  by  mee,  most  I  want  is  plain 
Shoes  &  Iloes,  So  I  suppose  it  may  bee  time  enough  to  Send 
p  next  fieet,  who  are  designed  to  Sail  about  y'e  10 'th  of  ]\Lay, 
when  1  Suppose  I  may  send  you  a  considerable  p'cell  of  bills, 
and  hope  there  will  never  bee  occasion  to  anticipate  any 
mon}  (»n  y'e  Acco't  of  y'e  Revenue,  &  though  j'ou  have  Some 
West  country  Bills,  j^et  you  will  have  as  many  (I  believe) 
on  your  Selves,  I  fear  m'r  Secretary's,  &  Col'o  Custis  will 
bring  most  West  Country  or  irish  bills,  but  Col'o  Custis  his 
Collection  is  inconsiderable,  &  the  Secretary's  (I  thinke)  none 
of  the  biggest,  I  desired  you  by  one  of  y'e  Last  of  Jan  :'ry  to 


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iiq  yd  iil^ifa  fio':v/  .(auilod 


364  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Send  to  Roger  Jones  40  Rundlets  id  est  20  1.  of  Goose  Shott, 
w:'cli  I  borrowed  of  him  this  winter  therefore  hope  you  will 
Send  them  liim  by  the  first  oppertunity  on  my  Acco:'t  as 
allso  to  bee  mindfull  of  my  files  &  ]\Iill  Saws  Cap't  Morgan 
now  Stays  for  this,  therefore  w:'th  best  respects  &  Service 
to  all  where  due,  I  take  Leave 

Gen't 

Yo'r  Humble  Serv't      WB 
To  Mess :  'rs  Perry  &  Lane  p  ]\Iorgan 


To  Thomas  BIethwold. 
K  \[  S  'r  Virg :  'a  March  y  'e  5  :  'th  1688 

In  Oetob'r  last  I  rec'd  a  list  of  some  Seeds  &  Nuts  from  my 
L\l  Ei'fingham,  who  desired  mee  to  procure  them  for  you  & 
though  nothing  could  liave  obliged  my  diligence  more  then 
to  serve  you,  yet  the  Seaso'n  of  y'e  year  being  past  itt  was 
imijossible  for  mee  to  procure  them,  Onely  Some  Walnuts  & 
Ilickery  Nuts  of  both  kinds  w'th  the  Pishamin  Seed  w'ch  I 
hav<;  sent  herewith  in  a  barrell  m'rked  M  &  ordered  to  bee 
delivered  to  m'r  ff ra :  Lee 

ifor  y'e  remainder  I  designee  (God  willing)  to  procure  against 
the  next  fall,  &  then  intend  to  Send  them  you  by  the  l:'st 
ships  from  these  parts 

I  would  know  wo't  m'r  Loudon  means  by  Cyperus  w'th 
leaves  like  Acacia  if  it  is  not  our  Cyprus  I  know  not  what  hee 
intends 

By  this  fleet  his  Excellency  my  L'd  Effingham  comes  for  Eng- 
land I  pray  God  Send  his  L'dship  a  good  Voyage  &  Safe  to 
Hale  House  where  hee  may  find  all  things  to  his  desire 
I  sludl  not  give  you  any  farther  trouble  att  present  but  w'th 
my  most  Humble  Service  to  jMadam  jMethwold  &  all  y'e  little 
ours,  &  my  hearty  thankes  for  all  y'e  fav'rs  I  rec'd,  I 
Hiniibly  take  Leave 

Hon'd  S'r 
Yo'r  most  oblg'd  Humble  Serv't 
To  Tho  i\Iethwold  Esq:'r  W  B 

(To  be  continued) 


'IB   rp'-r  «^'»frt   >.^rt   f(';'l'  T 


VIRGINIA  IN   1681.  365 


VIRGINIA  IN  1681 


(Abstracts  by  W.  N.  Sainsbury,  and  copies  in  the  IMcDonakl 

and  De  Jarnette  Pai^ers,  Virginia  State  Library.) 

(Continued) 


(Received)  July  26,  1681 
Humble  Address  op  the  Council  and  Burgesses  op  the 
General  Assembly  op  Virginia  to  the  King  Sets  forth  their 
reasons  and  pray  for  a  total  cessation  from  planting  tobacco 
this  next  year  1681  in  Virginia,  Maryland  and  Carolina,  the 
method  &  manner  thereof  they  present  in  a  Bill  for  his  Maj. ' 
assent  and  confirmation.  Also  implore  his  Maj.'  to  remit  I'd 
per  lb.  to  inhabitants  shipping  their  own  tobaccoes  to  the 
plantations  and  i/2'J  per  lb.  when  sent  to  England,  for  seven 
years;  and  for  his  consent  to  iidiance  25  per  ct.  upon  his 
]\fa.je.stys  and  all  foi-eign  coins  imported  hence  above  their 
value  and  that  the  impost  of  2s  })er  hogshead  &  castle  duties 
be  paid  in  sterling  money  as  formei'Iy.  Signed  by  order 
of  the  Council  by  Nicii.  Spencer,  Secretary,  and  Tiiomas 
Ballard.  Speaker. 

Indorsed— "  Received  26  July  1681." 
{Colunial  Papers.) 


Virginia,  July  30,  1681 
Extract  op  a  Letter  Received  prom  Colonel  Ludwell — 
All  their  affairs  are  peaceable,  the  several  Indians  drawn  ofF, 
but  not  without  appreliensions  of  their  returning,   as  they 
express  dissatisfaction  with  their  own  Government  as  well  as 
that  of  Maryland — In  our  ill  condition  of  defence  to  stand  any 
attack — Intestine  distractions  of  Maryland. 
Indorsed  "Read  12  Oct.,  1681. 
{Colonial  Papers.) 


306  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  jy 

u..!„,  Whitehall,  Aug.  10,  1G81 

i!...  Minutes   of  a   Committee   op   Trade   and   Plantations. 

'   iii    Agreed  to  report  that  no  Grants  do  pass  fur  the  future  fur 
the  Quit  Rents  of  A'irginia  to  any  person  whatsoever  b\it  that 
the  same  be  applied  to  tlic  support  of  the  Government. 
{Colonial  Eniry  Bk.  No.  lOG.  p.  274.) 


Whitehall,  Aug.  IG,  1G81 

I.IlNUTES    OF    A    Co.xmiTTEE    OF    TrADE    AND    PLANTATIONS — 

LcTter  to  be  written  to  Col.  Norwood  reciuiring  him  to  give  an 
account  of  his  receii)ts  and  miuiagement  of  tlie  Quit  Rents  of 
Virginia  to  the  year  IGGD— Also  that  tlie  Surveyor  General 
return  surveys  of  all  lands  that  are  patented  and  sent  out 
and  of  the  Quit  rents  payable  for  them — Address  of  the 
A.s.-embly  cuncerning  the  Auditor's  place,  presented  by  Lord 
Culpeper,  desiring  it  may  be  left  to  the  nomination  of  the 
G<Jvernor,  but  their  J.urdships  tldnh  fit  that  the  patent 
granted  to  Win.  Blathwayt  of  the  ])lace  of  Surveyor  &  xVudi- 
tor  General  of  the  Revenue  in  the  Plantations,  be  punctually 
complied  with  in  Virginia,  and  that  it  is  most  conducing  to 
his  Maj.  service  tliat  Blathwayt 's  Deputy  be  appointed  by  the 
Lords  of  the  Treasury,  according  to  said  Patent.  1  p. 
{Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  lOG.  j^p.  275-27G.) 


Order  and  Report  Concerning  Virginia 
(Copy) 
At  the  Court  at  Whitehall  the  17th  August  1681 
By  the  Kings  most  Excellent  Ma'ty  in  Council 
Whereas  there  was  this  day  read  at  the  Board  a  Report 
from    the    Right    llon'ble   the   Lords   of   the    Committee   for 
Trade  and  Foreign  Plantations  eonceridng  thS* Report  of  the 
Petitioner  in  the  words  following. 
May  it  Please  Your  Ma'ty 

Upon  Consideration  of  several  papers  concerning  Virginia 
presented  to   Us,  by  the  Lord  Culpeper  and  particularly  in 


:;.\.y  Virginia  in  1G81.  367 

Relation  to  Your  Ma 'ties  Revenues  there,  We  liumbly  offer 
that  the  Loi-ds  Coiumissioners  of  the  Treasury  may  consider 
of  the  best  means  for  bringing  tlie  Quit  Rents  of  that  Phm- 
tation  into  Your  Ma 'ties  hands  according  to  Your  gracious 
promise  made  to  the  Assembly,  And  Whereas  for  the  preven- 
tion of  the  like  abuses  which  have  been  formerly  practised 
in  the  management  and  disposal  of  the  several  parts  of  Your 
Ma 'ties  Revenue  arising  in  that  Colony  Your  JMa'ty  was 
pleased  by  Your  Royal  Letters  dated  the  30th  June  16S0  to 
signify  Your  especial  Commands  and  directions  in  that  be- 
half unto  Your  Governor  and  Oflicers  of  the  Revenue  which 
iiave  not  l^ceii  yet  obeyed.  We  are  humbly  of  oj)inion  that 
by  the  fehips  now  bound  thither  Your  ]\la'ty  do  renew  Your 
foi-mer  Orvhr  strictly  charging  and  recpiiring  all  persons  <.'on- 
cerned  thtixin  to  pursue  your  Ma 'ties  pleasure  in  the  execu- 
tion of  their  duty  and  in  rciulering  true  and  regular  accompt 
under  the  Commissioners  of  Your  JMa'ties  Treasury  of  all 
Moneys  rai.-^ed  and  expended  for  Your  Ma 'ties  service  in  the 
support  of  the  Government. 

All  whicii  is  humbly  submitted. 
Council  Chamber  /.      '^"^' 

the  16th  August  1681 

Memorainlum 

That  a   Letter  from  His  Ma'ty  '-' 

to  the  GoNcrnor  of  Virginia  to  this 
effect  is  entered  in  the  Book  of  the 
Revenue,    j).  92. 

His  Maj  'ty  was  pleased  to  approve  the  said  Report  and 
to  Order  as  it  is  hereby  Ordered  that  One  of  His  JMa'ties 
Principal  Secretaries  of  State  do  prepare  Letter  for  his  Royal 
Signature  uuto  the  Governor  of  Virginia  and  other  Officers 
of  the  Revenue  there,  pursuant  to  the  said  Report. 

A  true  copy  teste 

W:  Davis. 


368  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE  ;^;j*:i 

Whitehall,  Sept.  17,  1681 
Minutes  of  a  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations — 
Letter  read  from  Col.  Norwood  in  answer  to  one  written  by 
order  of  the  Committee  concerning  the  Quit  Rents  of  Vir- 
^nnia.  That  he  stands  acquitted  of  all  arrears  whatsoever 
by  Lords  Arlington  and  Culpeper  to  whom  said  Quit  rents 
were  granted  by  patent  dated  25.  Feb.  1672 — but  their  Lord- 
ships taking  notice  that  the  arrears  of  Quit  rents  are  only 
granted  from  8  INIay  1669  Col.  Norwood  is  ordered  to  give 
an  account  of  the  Quit  rents  accordingly, 
(Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  106  p.  282.) 


Oct.  1,  1681 
The  King  to  the  Governor  of  Virginia — Taking  notice  of 
delays  that  have  been  used  in  relation  to  the  Office  of  Sur- 
veyor and  Auditor  of  the  Revenue  [held  by  William  Blath- 
wayt]  and  rcciuiring  all  obedience  to  be  given  thereunto  and 
a  true  account  given  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  according 
to  the  rules  and  methods  afore  mentioned. 

(Colonial  Papers,  see  20  Nov.  1679.)     Another  copy  is  in 
Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  99. 


Oct.  18,  1681 
Governor  Lord  Culpeper 's  Proposals  Concerning  Vir- 
ginia presented  to  the  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations — 
To  encourage  the  building  of  Towns  by  all  possible  means, 
that  being  the  only  visible  way  to  make  that  Coloiiy  flouri-sh 
and  will  at  once  be  a  remedy  to  all  persons  and  grievances — 
The  constant  and  p\inctual  payment  of  the  soldiers'  Quar- 
ters &c.  with  all  arrears — the  opening  of  a  free  trade  for 
]\luscoe[vy]  if  possible — the  uniting  all  his  ]Maj.  subjects 
in  America  to  assist  each  other,  in  case  of  Foreign  enemies, 
rebellions  or  Indians.— An  exact  and  speedy  encjuiry  to  be 
made  of  the  present  disturbances  in  ]\Iaryland  and  in  the 
meantime  all  Offices  Civil  and  Military  to  be  only  in  Protes- 
tant hands,  also  the  arms  lately  sent  thither.     2  pp. 

(Colonidl  Papers.)     Another  copy  is  in  Colonial  Entry  Bk. 
No.  80.  pp.  405-407.) 


VIRGINIA    IN    1681.  369 

Whiteliall,  Oct.  18,  168 J 
ArhxiTRS  OF  A  Committee  of  Trade  and  Plantations — A 
lia{u'r  uT  proposals  prescutod  l)y  LoihI  Culpeper  read — Tliat 
the  Ijinldiiig  of  Towns  in  Virginia  be  encouraged,  wliieli  is 
jrieed  to — That  Soldiers  Quarters  be  duly  paid — Lord  Cul- 
])eper  to  give  his  reasons  why  the  two  Companies  sliould  not 
be  <lishii;ided— That  a  free  trade  be  opeiUHJ  to  ]\Iuscovy :  this 
to  be  lida'ii  into  fui'ther  consideration — The  4th  and  Htli  Arti- 
ch's  foi-  the  conjunction  of  his  Maj.  subjcels  against  tlic  In- 
Llians  and  concci'inng  the  disturhanecs  in  ^laryland.  to  be 
fdi'thcr  iiHiuiretl  into  and  considei'ed. 
{Colonial  Kiitnj  Bk.  No.  lOii.  p.  'J92. ) 


Oct.  25,  1G81 
Tho:^3.  Lord  Culpeper's  Eeasons  for  (Ontiniunc  the 
Smali  forces  (two  Companies)  the  King  now  hath  in  V^ir- 
ginia  {ireseiited  to  the  Committee  for  Trade  and  Plantations 
in  pursuance  of  their  Lordships  commands  of  the  18th  inst. — 
The  exli'eme  apiu-ehension  of  our  invasion  and  war  with  the 
l'\)reigii  Indians  i)articnlarly  the  ISeneeas,  who  are  well 
armed,  valiant,  cunning  and  mnnerous — the  north  part  of 
Caroliiia  al\\'ays  dangei'ons  to  \'irginia.  Ix'ing  the  resort  of  tlic 
scum  inid  refuse  of  An.eriea  and  as  yet  almost,  without  the 
faee  (jI'  (Government — the  unsi'tllcd  condition  of  Maryland, 
any  di-^turbance  there  affecting  \'irginia  as  nnicli  as  if  in 
\'irginia  itself,  there  being  only  a  rivt'i'  bctwt'en  tliem — the 
extren.c  low  price  of  tobacco,  tin'  oidy  i)roduct  of  their  lands 
and  the  remembrance  of  the  late  IJebcHi(ai  which  cost  the 
Iving  nbove  £100.000— the  remoteness  of  habitation  tlierc 
makes  the  militia  less  useful  &  when  used  very  chargeable. 
"l^uMd   25  Oct.   1G8L" 

{Colonial    I'aijcrs.)      Another   copy    ,"5    pp.    is    in    Colonial 
Entry  Ilk.  No.  80.  pp.  407-409.) 


Whitehall,  Oct.  25.  1G81 

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370  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  ,iVl 

that  at  his  coming  from  Virginia  the  two  Companies  waiiteJ 
but  four  men  to  make  them  complete  and  that  the  people 
are  in  a  very  nnquiet  and  unsettled  condition  by  reason  of 
tiicir  extreme  poverty — Lord  Culpeper's  reasons  against  the 
two  Companies  now  in  Virginia  being  disbanded  to  be  further 
eoii^,idered  wlieii  the  chief  Merchants  &  Planters  of  Virginia 
are  to  attend,  and  the  occasion  for  sending  over  the  two 
Companies  to  be  inquired  into  and  represented  to  the  Com- 
mittee. 

{Colonial  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp-  294-5.) 


Oct.,  1681 
An  Account  of  all  sorts  op  Merchandizes  exported  to 
Ills  Maj.  Plantations  from  the  Port  op  London  in  the 
mouth  of  October  1681,  abstracted  out  of  a  book  received 
from  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs — This  refers  also  to 
Virginia.  Also  a  Sinular  Account  of  Imports. 
{Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  97.  pp.  78-80.) 


Council  Chamber,  31  October,  1681 
William  Blatiiwayt  to  Lord  Culpeper — The  Lords  of 
Trade  and  Plantations  desire  he  will  give  them,  with  all 
convenient  speed,  an  entire  state  of  the  Government  of  Vir- 
ginia both  Civil  and  JMilitary  and  of  the  condition  it  is  in  at 
present,  as  to  the  security  or  insecurity  thereof,  also  an  ac- 
count of  moneys  received  by  his  Lordship  as  Goveriun-  of 
Virginia  &  how  same  has  been  expended  in  the  support  of 
the  Government. 

{Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  S2.  p.  1.) 


Letter  to  Lord  Culpeper 
(Copy) 

Council  Chamber,  Oct.  31,  1681 
My  Lord 

The  Right  Ilono'ble  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Trade 
and  Foreign  Plantations  desire  your  Lo'p  to  give  them  with 
all   convenient  speed   an  entire  state  of  the   Government  of 


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VIRGINIA    IN    1681.  371 

Virginia  both  Civil  and  Military  and  of  the  condition  it  is  in 
at  present  as  to  the  security  or  inseenrity  thereof.  As  also 
a  particular  aecompt  of  all  moneys  received  by  your  Lord- 
ship as  Governor  of  Virginia  or  upon  any  establishment 
payable  of  y'e  Excheq'r  in  relation  thereunto,  and  how  the 
same  have  been  expended  in  the  support  of  the  Government 
I  am  &e.         W.  B. 

A  true  copy  teste 

J.  W.  Greenwood. 


Rei^out  Touching  Companies  of  Foot  in  Virginia 
(Copy) 
ulay  it  please  Yo'r  Ma 'tie 

We  have  taken  into  our  consideration  the  present  state 
of  Virginia  ami,  having  been  attended  by  Merchants  and 
others  well  accpiainted  with  that  Plantation,  wee  are  in- 
formed that  the  Country  is  in  great  danger  of  disturbance 
as  well  out  of  an  apprehension  of  the  Indians,  as  by  reason 
of  the  extreme  poverty  of  the  People  occasioned  by  the  low 
price  of  Tobacco  which,  tis  fear'd  may  induce  the  servants 
to  plunder  the  Stores  of  the  Planters  and  the  Ships  arriv- 
ing there  and  to  commit  other  outrages  and  disorders  as  in 
the  late  Rebellion.  And  therefore  we  are  humbly  of  opinion 
That  the  two  foot  Companies  at  present  maintained  by 
Your  iMa'ty  there  ought  to  be  continued  and  well  paid  in 
order  to  prevent  or  suppress  anj^  Insurrection  that  may 
otherwise  happen  during  the  necessitous  unsettled  condition 
of  the  Colonic. 

All  w'ch  is  most  humbly  submitted 

Anglesey.  C.  P.  S.  Clarendon 

L.  Jenkins  E.  Seymour, 

Council  Chamber 
;{1.  Oct.  1681. 

A  true  Copy  Teste 

J,  W.  Greenwood. 


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Order  for  Paying  Two  Foot  Companies     .;. 

(Copy) 

At  the  Court  at  Whitehall 

llie  22  of  November  IGSl. 

Present 

The  King's  most  Excellent  JMa'tie  in  Council. 

It  is  this  clay  Ordered  by  his  ^la'tie  in  Council  That  the 
payments  made  out  of  the  Kxche<iu('i'  for  the  i\Iainteiuince  of 
the  two  Foot  Companies  now  in  \^irg'"a  as  well  Officers  as 
privat  Soldiers  with  the  Cunsmiths  and  tM'O  Mates,  Engineer, 
Chirurgeon  and  Chaplain  belonging  to  the  said  Comp'ies  shall 
cease  and  determine  at  Christmas  next  and  that  they  bee 
then  Disbanded  by  the  Loi-il  Culpeper  His  ]\Iajesties  Gov- 
ernor or  y'e  Connuanik'r  in  Chief  of  \'irginia  for  the  time 
being,  miless  the  (Jo\ernor.  Covnicil  and  Asscmbl\'  shall  de- 
sirt;  to  ])ay  them  out  of  the  Kt-vcnue  i-aised  or  to  bee  raised 
thei-e  for  that  i)nri)Ose.  11  is  Maj<'stie  being  willing  to  con- 
sent thereunto. 

And  It  is  further  Ordered  That  the  Eight  Ilono'ble  the  liOrds 
Counuissioners  of  the  Treasury  doe  take  care  that  the  Arreai-es 
which  shall  bcf  d\U'  to  the  said  Com])aiiies  at  Chi'istuuis  afore- 
UKMitioned  bi'e  satislii'd  to  that  time.  And  the  Right  llono'ble 
the  Loi'ds  of  the  Coiinuittce  of  Trade  and  plantations  are  alsoe 
directed  to  inspect  the  Kevenue  arising  within  that  Colonic, 
to  th'  end  that  all  abuses  in  y'e  management  and  disposal 
thereof  may  be  prevented. 

A  True  Copy  Teste  J.  W.  Greenwood. 


AYhitehall  Oct.  31,  1681 
i\IiNUTES  OF  A  Committee  of  Tilvde  and  Plantations — The 
Connnittee  being  met  to  coii>/uler  of  the  state  of  Virginia  and 
whether  it  be  neces.sai-\-  to  rontinue  tlie  two  Companies  of  Foot, 
].oi-d  Cidpeper,  Col.  Ludwell.  Aldei'inan  Jcll'rics  and  Caj.t. 
j\l(,rris,  Lieut  of  one  of  the  Companies  arc  called  in — Aid.  Jef- 
fi'ies  says  that  Virginia  is  at  pi'csciit  i)ooi-er,tho'more  jxtpulous 
tlian  ever — That   there  is  gi'cat  ai)pr('hcnsion  of  an   insurrec- 


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VIRGINIA  IN  1G81  373 

tion  of  the  servants  by  reason  of  their  ^reat  necessities  and 
Nvant  of  clotlies  and  that  they  may  be  apt  to  plunder  the 
storelioases  and  ships,  wlierefore  lie  tiiinks  it  more  necessary 
tliuii  ever  to  maintain  one  or  two  Companies  in  Virginia 
besides  that  they  are  in  continual  fear  of  the  Indians i^That 
lie  knows  not  any  means  to  I'aise  the  price  of  Tobacco  except 
the  malung  a  less  quantity-Capt.  Morris  says  the  servants 
are  very  poor  and  ready  to  plunder  their  Masters;  that  he 
believes  there  are  80  or  100.000  souls  in  Virginia— The  Com- 
mittee a-ree  to  report  that  the  two  Companies  may  be  con- 
tinued .vc  well  paid-Lord  Culpeper  ordered  to  present  ae- 
c-ount  in  writing  of  his  procee.linos  iu  Virginia  &  tiie  present 
condition  of  the  Country  also  of  all  mmiic-s  received  by  him 
-  pp. 

{Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  lOG.  pp.  297-8.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  19,  1681 
Minutes  op  a  Committee  op  Trade  and  Plantations— 
Lord  Culpeper  attending,  petition  of  the  Owners  of  the  sliip 
Phinters  Adventure  is  read  for  exemption  from  the  Impost 
oi   2s.  per  hogsiiead  but  tlieir  Lordships  taking  notice  of  an 
Order  in  Council  of  14  Oct.  1G80  confirming  the  late  Act  of 
^'irgilli:l    for   levying   tliat    duty   &   disallowing   the    proviso 
exempting   Virginia  owners  from   payment   of   it  and   of  an 
Act  of  Assembly   of   ]G77   whieli   takes   away  lliis  privilege, 
tlicir    L.udshii.s   are   of   opinion    petitioners    cannot    pretend 
to   the   exemption   (U'sire.l    by  tliein;   but   that   the  Assembly 
iray  present  Draught  of  un  Aet  to  the  King  to  exempt  such 
ships  as  are  built  in  Virginia  and  do  really  belong  to  Vii-inia 
ov/ners-Lord    Culpeper    ivpresenls    the    great    abuses    n.m- 
nnttcd  lii  Virginia  on  that  score  by  .blasters  <.f  ships  that  make 
talse  em  lies  to  avoitl  tlie  duty  :  he  is  to  state  the  matter  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Treasury  in  order  to  an  effectual  remedv— His 
Lordship  proposes  thai   the  King  .send  the  value  of  £200  or 
£■■500  W(n1h  of  Flax  seed  to  Virginia  to  encourage  the  plant- 
ii'g  of  that  commo.lity;   agreed   to  rei^ort  to  his  Maj.— New 


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374  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Commission  to  be  prepared  for  Lord  Ciilpeper — Councillors  to 
be  named  in  the  Instruetioiis.     2  pp. 

{Colonial  Eittrij  Bk.  No.  lOG.  pp.  305-7.) 


■  !'»■  -  (Read)     Nov.  19,  1G81 

Petition  of  Nathaniel  Bacon,  John  Page,  Ortho  Thorp 
AND  George  Poindexter,  Owners  of  the  ship  Planters 
Adventure  of  Virginia,  to  Governor  Lord  Culpeper — That 
his  Lordship  will  intercede  with  tlie  King  that  petitioners 
piivilege  of  being  free  from  payment  of  the  2s.  per  hogshead 
and  castle  duties  may  be  continued — though  it  is  aflirmed 
tliut  the  Connnittee  for  Foreign  Plantations  have  made  ob- 
jection against  a  proviso  exempting  Virginia  owners,  there 
being  but  two  ships  of  this  kind,  petitioners  &  Thos.  Gervas.' 
"Read  19  Nov.  1G81."  1.  p.   {Colonial  Papers.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  22,  1681 
Order  of  the  King  in  Coi'NCIl — That  the  payments  made 
out  of  the  Exchequer  for  the  nuiintenance  of  the  two  foot 
Companies  now  in  Virginia  shall  cease  at  Christmas  next 
and  that  they  be  disbanded  by  Gov.  Lord  Culpeper.  unless  the 
Governor,  Council  and  Assembly  shall  desire  to  pay  them 
out  of  the  Revenue  raised  or  to  be  raised  there  for  that  pur- 
pose. The  arrears  due  to  the  said  Companies  to  be  satisfied 
up  to  Christmas  as  aforesaid. 

{Col.  Entry  Bk.  No.  82.  pp.  2-o.) 


Whitehall,  Nov.  22,  1681 
Minutes  op  a  Co.mjhttee  op  Trade  and  Plantations — 
Ordered  that  Draught  of  new  Instructions  for  Lord  Culpeper 
be  prepared  like  to  those  given  to  Sir  Thomas  Lynch  and  Sir 


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VIRGINIA  IN  1681  -•  375 

Kiehard  Button — His  ]\Iaj.  being  come  to  the  Council,  tlio 
report  concerning  the  two  Companies  of  Virginia  is  read — 
Ordered  that  payment  be  continued  to  tliem  till  Christmas 
when  they  shall  be  disbanded  unless  the  Gov.  Council  »&  As- 
sembly desire  to  pay  them  out  of  the  revenue  raised  or  to 
be  raised  in  Virginia  for  that  purpose:  the  Lords  of  the 
Treasury  to  take  care  that  the  arrears  due  to  the  Comi)anies 
at  Christmas  be  satisfied  at  that  time — The  Lords  Committee 
to  inspect  the  revenue  arising  within  that  Colony  to  tiic  eiul 
that  all  abuses  in  the  maiuigement  thereof  may  be  preveiited. 
[Col  Entry  Bk.  No.  106.  pp.  308-9.) 


376  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 


PAPERS  FROM  THE  VIRGINIA  STATE  AUDITOR'S 
OFFICE,  NOW  IN  THE  STATE  LIBRARY 

(Continued) 


MixuTKS  OF  Council,  1697 
At  a  Coiincill  lield  at  Jauies  City  y"(.'  11th  of  June  1697. 


Present  His  Exeelleney 

■■     ■  .  William  liyiul  Edin'd  Jennings 

^    ■  Cli'i-  Woruieley  liieh'd  Jolmson 

i       ,-,  .  EdwaiMt   Hill  Jn'o  Liylitfoot,  Escjrs. 

.,  Ills  Excellency  Layinji'  lid'ore  y"e  Coiuudll  a  Eetter  from 
y'e  liight  litMriilc  y'e  Lords  of  y"e  Couiicill  of  Trade  of  y  "e 
'J7'tli  (d"  Aujiiist  Last  comaiidiu^'  a  proclamation  Issued  ]>y 
their  Excel leii.'ies  y  V  Lords  -Justices  of  Eiiylaiul  for  apjjre- 
lieuding  oiu'  lieiiry  Every  als.  the  Lridg'e  man  and  divers  other 
privateers  to  he  jiuhli  !:cd  to^jcther  with  a  Copy  of  y'e  said 
Proelanudiou  ordered  th.tt  copies  of  the  said  Proclamation 
be  Sent  to  y"e  respecti\e  ,Shei'i-ifs  of  the  Several  Counties 
ami  by  them  jjublished  as  usual. 

iiis  Excellency  Laid  before  y'e  Couiu-ill  a  Letter  from  }'e 
K't  llon'ble  y'e  Lords  of  Couiicill  of  y'e  21::'tli  of  St'}jtendjer 
l6!)ii  relatiii^u'  to  the  State  of  N'ii'yinia  and  a  letter  from  y'e 
said  Lords  of  y'e  liivd  of  Leb'y  1696-7  relating  to  other  mat- 
ters in  \irginia.  as  al^-o  a  Letter  from  v''e  Lords  of  y'e  Ad- 
mLjlly  of  \ 'e  L'6'lh  of  .la.n'ry  last  ( 'oiieeriiing  the  Liipi-e  ;s 
of  men  fiir  f ui-uishiii;^;  his  'daj.'s  Shi[)  which  were  read  at  a 
COijiicill  jjoard. 

lii-,  i'lvc'lieiiey  ac(puruitiiig  this  boai'd  that  not  withstand- 
ing loi'Uicr  (.rd"s  of  (\miieill  to  the  Coiitraiy  the  Pilots  at 
v'e  [/loutli  of  dames  Ki\i'r    (as  he  is  informed  in  these  times 


PAPERS.  377 

of  vvai'i'  and  danger)  upon  arrivall  of  any  Ships  upon  y'e 
Coast  Ho  oft'  to  bring  in  y'e  said  Ships  without  Ever  acquaint- 
ing any  of  the  King's  Magistrates  therewith  ordered  that 
lu'fore  any  Pilot  or  other  persons  go  oft'  to  any  Ship  upon 
lier  an  i^alI  lie  give  notice  tliereof  to  the  next  Magistrate,  and 
of  the  icport  of  the  boats  Crew  Sent  on  Slioar  from  the  Said 
Ship 

His  Excellency  was  pleased  to  call  for  the  List  of  Coroners 
in  this  Country  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Councill  Supplied 
I  he  A^icant  names  thereof 

Mr.  (Jcorge  Williamson (1)  Survey 'r  of  Surry  and  Isle  of 
Wight  Counties  according  to  order  of  Councill  of  the  *  *  *  of 
Aprill  last  having  Shewed  a  Comission  under  the  hand  and 


(1)  Ituhert  Williamson,  "Doctor  in  Pliysiek,"  was  a  nieiiilier  of  tlie 
House  oi'  Burgesses  for  Isle  of  Wight  (Jouuty  at  the  sessions  of  Sep- 
tenilier,  ](i(J;!,  and  October,  IGGG.  On  Juno  G,  lliGG  lie  i)atented  3,850 
:ures  on  P.laekwater  Swamp  and  had  other  grants.  His  will  was  dated 
Feb.  1(5,  JiiGt).  Legatees :  Wife  Jane  or  Joan,  eldest  son  Robert,  sons 
(leorge,  Arthur  and  Francis.  Before  1G72  his  widow  married  Mr.  Robert 
Burnett.  Roliert  Williamson,  the  eldest  son,  probably  died  without  issue. 
There  i.s  in  Isle  of  Wight  a  deed,  Aug.  4,  1G72,  from  Richard  [Robert] 
Williamsdii  of  Surry  County,  son  and  heir  of  Roltert  Williamson,  of 
Lsle  of  Wight  County;  deceased;  and  in  the  same  county  (Thle  of 
Wiglit),  ill  October,  ]GSS,  in  inventory  of  the  estate  'of  Robert 
Wdliam  uii,  a  deed  was  presented  by  his  brother  Ceorge.  George  Wil- 
r.runson  of  isle  of  Wight  and  his  wife  Hester,  made  a  deed  March  29, 
170;),  eon-. eying  land  winch  he  had  inherited.  Tlie  will  of  George 
William-un  of  Isle  of  Wight  (son  of  Dr.  Robert)  was  dated  July  ;J1, 
171';!,  ai';>roved  October  2i),  17'2.'>.  liis  legatees  were  his  sons  George, 
Fol  ert,  .loiin  and  Thonms,  grandson  John  Dardon  and  daughters  Mary, 
I'atienci',  Flizalieth  and  Juliana.  A  deed,  about  17;!(),  show.s  that 
I'atience  had  married  Robert  Exum,  Elizabeth, — Joyner,  ami  that  JolJana 
(  unmarric.i)  John,  Thonuis  and  George  were  tlien  living.  In  17;!G  George 
\villiani,  >)n  of  Henrico  (evidently  the  son  of  George  who  died  17L';{) 
conveyed  to  Arthur  Crocker,  200  acres  in  Isle  of  Wight,  part  of  500 
acres  paienteil  by  Robert  Williamson  October  30,  IGSG,  ami  on  July  S, 
17;i7,  George  Williamson,  of  Henrico,  conveyed  to  Lewis  Burwell  250 
acres  in  Jsle  of  Wight,  i)art  of  500  acres  patented  Octolier,  1GG2,  by 
L'obert  Williamson,  uncle  of  the  said  George.  One  portion  of  this  land 
liad  been  sold  in  1G91  by  George  Williamson,  brother  of  said  Robert, 
1  nd  fatlnr  of  George  of  Henrico.  It  is  uncertain  whether  George 
AVilliamson  left  descemlants,  as  tlie  later  Williamsons  of  Henrico  are 
stated  to  be  descended  from  John  Williamson,  an  emigrant,  who  was 
\esiryman  of  Henrico  parisli  fiom  17;!5  to  his  de.ath  in  1757.  No  doubt 
the  Williamson  of  Isle  of  Wight,  Southampton  and  adjoining  counties 
trace  to  Dr.  Robert  Williamson. 


If 

irf^^\   juiq/. 


d/8  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

Seal  of  John  Srait]i(2)  Survey 'r  Geii'tt  and  not  having  any 
wa^es  cleared  himself  for  taking  Entries  of  Land  in  the 
Blackwater  Contrai'y  to  instructions  and  orders  of  Councill 
frtnu  time  to  time  and  also  taking  doulile  Entries  of  one  and 
the  Same  pareell  of  Land  to  tiie  great  disturbance  of  tlie 
Iidiabitants  of  the  Said  Counties  and  appearing  otlierwise  a 
person  insuftieient  and  iiiniualitied  for  Sueh  an  office  aiul  trust 
it  is  the  opinion  of  the  Councill  that  he  be  Suspended  from 
the  Said  office  of  Survey 'r  and  that  the  Trustees  of  y'e  Col- 
ledge  (3)  have  notice  thereof. 

Upon  petition  of  John  Carroll  Setting  fourth  that  ilaj'r 
Lr\\  is  Biirwell  and  ^Maj'r  Arthur  Allen  without  any  Survey 'r 
or  patent  to  direct  them  Came  forcealjly  upon  the  pet'er  Land 
whieli  he  hath  long  and  peaceal)ly  injoyed  and  marlvt  the 
trees  therenpon  and  tooic  y'e  Same  into  the  Said  Burvrelle 
posession  disis.suing(  ■ )  y'e  i)et'r  being  a  poor  man  ordered 
that  they  the  Said  liurwell  and  Allen  ai)pear  before  y'e 
next  Councill  to  Answer  y'e  Same 

Cap:'t  Andrew  Douglas  Comand'r  of  his  ]\Iaj's  Ship  the 
Harwich  Iniving  represeiited  unto  his  Excellency  tliat  on 
his  voyage  to  ^'irg'a  in  y'e  Said  Ship  he  took  a  fly  boat  Called 
y'e  St.  Igiuice  belonging  to  y't  port  of  Bayone  in  Pi-ance 
bound  thence  to  N(>wfoundland  y'e  master  and  all  the  Com- 
pany the  Erench  King  Snbjects  and  her  clearing  from  y'e 
admirall  of  Prance  &  brought  her  into  James  Piiver  and 
prayed  a  Spedy  proceeding  for  condemnation  accordingly  and 
his  Excellency  Laying  the  Same  before  this  Councill  is  the 
opinion  and  advise  of  the  Councill  that  there  being  no  Court 
of  Admiralty  Erected  in  this  Government  his  Excellency  may 
and  ought  to  give  Comissions  under  y'e  Seal  of  the  Colony 
appointing  a  Judge-Registar  INIarsludl  and  other  officers  neces- 
sary for  the  tryall  of  the  Said  Prize— 

('J)  Jolui  Smith,  of  (lloiu-estcr  County,  son  of  Col.  Lawiciiee  Sinitii, 
\v;us  appoiiitcil  to  the  Council  1704,  Surveyor  General  (luidor  ai)point- 
ment  by  AVilliain  and  I^Iary  College j,  and  died  1719-20.  See  TFrn.  & 
Mary  Qiairtaiy,   IX,  42,  6:l-. 

(.'.)  William  and  T^Iary  Colle<,'o  was  given  authority  to  appoint  all 
surveyors  in  Virginia,  who  had,  in  return,  to  i)ay  certain  fees  to  the 
College. 


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The  ]2'th  June  1697  His  Excellency  Present 

William  Byrd  Edni'd  Jennings 

!\:  I    '    cij'i.  Wormeley  Eich'd  Johnson 

Edward  Hill  Jn'o  Lightfoot  Esqrs 

Nich.  S|)encer,  Esq'r  producing  a  commission  to  him  granted 
by  the  C'om'rs  of  his  Jlaj's  Customes  in  Lon'd  dated  y'e  20 'th 
of  NoA'emb'r  Last  to  be  Collect,  in  South  Potoemuck  River  of 
his  filaj 's  dues  on  y'e  Enumerated  Comodities  by  y'e  25 'th 
Act  of  Car '2d  took  y'e  oaths  according  to  Law  for  y'e  due 
execution  of  tlie  Same — 

Peter  Ilcyman(4)  Es(i'r  produced  a  Comission  to  him 
grantc(]  l^y  the  Com'r  of  his  ]\Ia j 's  customs  in  London  dated 
the  oiu^  and  twentieth  of  November  last  to  be  Collect 'r  in 
y'e  L,i\,er  district  of  James  Piver  of  his  j\Iaj's  dues  on 
Eimmcrated  Comodities  by  y"t  25 'th  of  Car.  2  having  be- 
fore his  Excelkmcy  taken  y'e  oaths  according  to  Law  for 
y'e  due  Execution  of  Same — 

Peter  Jenings(5)  Esq'r  producing  to  this  board  a  Comis- 
sion from  the  Principal  1  Com'es  of  y'e  Prize  office  dated  the 
]9't]i  of  Novemb'r  Last  relating  to  Maryland  and  to  Liquire 
after  Concealments  and  Lnbeslements  of  Prizes  Since  y'e  year 
1G69  there,  or  in  any  other  place  or  places— upon  y'e  Con- 


(4)  Peter  lloynian,  is  stated  in  liis  ejiitapli,  formerly  of  Ilainptou, 
Va.,  to  lirive  lieen  a  yraiidsou  of  Sir  Peter  llcyiiiaii  of  Simimerfield  in 
Kent.  Ou  April  IS,  1C92,  lie  was  a[)])ointed  one  of  the  depot  postmaster- 
generals  for  tlie  Colonies.  lie  was  killed  Ajiril  29,  170U,  on  board  the 
ship  Rhuieham  in  an  action  with  a  pirate  in  Lynnhaven  Bay.  See  this 
Magazine,  XI,  158,  159. 

(5)  Peter  Jenings  may  have  lieen  a  son  of  Col.  Peter  Jenings,  born 
about  ll).'!l,  who  is  stated  to  have  "faithfully  served"  Charles  I,  was 
Attorney  General  of  Virginia  1GG2,  again  appointed  to  that  oflice 
Sept.  IG,  1670,  and  the  Conncil  Oct.  12,  1G70.  He  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Lunsford  (she  married,  secondly,  Ealph  Worm- 
ley)  and  died  in  1071.  The  following  children  of  Peter  and  Sarah 
Jenings  are  recorded  in  the  Register  of  Alnngdon  parish,  Gloucester 
County;  viz.:  Philip  baptized  April,  1(378,  Elizabeth  born  Feb.  2:5, 
1GS4,  Tliomas  baptized  Feb.  20,  1GS(3,  and  RelK^cca  ])aptized  May  18, 
1G90.  Tlie  father  of  these  children  may  have  l)een  the  person  named  in 
the  text,  and  may  have  been  a  son  of  Col.  Koliert  Jenings;  but  if  so, 
lie,  together  with  all  his  children  must  have  died  before  1710,  as  the 
will  of  Wm.  Jenings  of  London  dates  that  year,  states  that  he  was 
sole  heir  to  Col.  Peter  Jenings,  "Years  ago  deceased."  See  this 
Magazine,  XIX,  188,  1S9. 


380  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  i'y; 

tinent  of  America  or  Islands  thereunto  belonging,  ordered 
that  the  Said  Comission  be  Entered  upon  y'e  Couneill  Books, 
and  incouragement  and  assistanee  upon  all  oeasions  Cliven 
liiui  the  Said  Peter  Jeiiings  in  y'e  Execution  and  perfornuaiee 
thereof  Accordingly — 

William  Trevethaii(6)  Esq'r  produceing  a  Comission  to 
liim  granted  by  the  Com'es  of  his  Maj's  Customes  in  London 
dated  y'e  2'd  day  of  December  Last  to  be  Survey 'r  of  his 
Maj's  dues  on  the  Enumerated  Comodities  by  y'e  25 'th  of 
Car.  2d.  in  the  Eliz.  River  took  y'e  oaths  according  to  law 
for  y'e  due  Execution  and  performance  of  y'e  Same — 

His  Excellency  upon  receipt  of  a  letter  j^csterday  of  y'e 
fourth  of  June  Instant  from  the  Gov.  of  Maiyland — with 
proceedings  of  a  Committee  of  the  Couneill  &  Burgesses  con- 
foi-iued  thei'c  relating  to  the  Piscatonay  and  Accokeek  Indians 
was  i)leascd  to  lay  the  Same  then  before  this  board — which 
being  duly  Considered,  the  Couneill  doth  not  understaiui  the 
m(  ailing  thereof  but  if  any  miscarriage  hath  been  by  any 
Indians  in  tliis  Government  are  of  opinion  that  it  ought  to 
ha\\-  been  first  signified  to  tiie  Gov'r  for  orders  therein  before 
any  proceedings  against  any  Indians  in  this  Government 

iiis  Excellency  by  atlvise  in  Couneill  was  pleased  to  pass 
under  his  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the  Colony  a  Comission  ap- 
j)oiiiting  Edward  JliU  Escj'r  Judge  of  y'e  Court  of  Admiralty 
foi'  Tryall  of  the  Prize  St.  Ignace  of  Ba>'(me  in  Pranee  brought 
in  i^3'  Comodor  Douglas  anil  all  otiier  maiU-rs  that  sliindd  be 
brought  bcfi)re  him  terminate  y'e  bS'tli  instant  and  also  a 
Com 'on  t(j  Kobert  Bevei'ley  (Jent.  aj)pointing  him  Ixegister 
of  y'e  Said  Court  and  aiKjtlier  to  Edward  liose  Gent  j\Iar- 
sh;ill  who  were  all  three  Sworn  aceoidingly  after  having  taken 
y'e  oaths  to  his  .Maj's  proscribed  by  law  and  the  Tt-st 


(())  William  1'iT'vcthaii  nay  lia\u  Ihhmi  :i  kiiisiiiaii  of  Saiii]i.soii 
Tivvotlia.'i  wlio  lived  lur  soji.l^  years  (KiDi)  &e.)  in  Lower  X,n-folk 
C'ouioy  (v.hicli  Eli/.al.eth  Ki\er  Hows  tlirou-li);  Imt  wl-.o  in  171;")  lia-l 
retmae.i  I.;  IJiK'ian.l  .w.A  wa.s  liviu-  a1   Lara-' n,  I'eiizauce,  r,.riiv,all. 


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Monday  June  14 'th  1697 
Present  His  Exeelleiiey 

Wm.  Byrd  EdmVl  Jennings 

Ch'r.  Wormeley  Rieh'd   Johnson 

Edw'd  Hill  John  Lightfoot 

Esqs. 
(File  "Before  1776") 


Proclamation  in  Rkuard  to  ^Military  Stores 
By  II is  Excellency 
Whereas  there  are  I'eiiiaining  in  y'e.  t'ower  Several  Garrisoiis, 
att  y'r  heads  of  y 'e  Great  Kivei's  several  Swords  belts.  S\vi\els, 
Carbines,  Pistolls,  Saddles,  Holsters,  ^Musijuets,  Long  Cuns, 
Potts  t!i  Kettles,  Amniuuition,  Provision  and  otiu-r  utensils, 
belonging  to  y'e  Counti'v.  and  forasniueh  as  y'e  Soldiers  are 
now  disbanded,  1  do  tlierefoi'e  hereby  order  and  Connaand, 
that  evcvy  respective  C'oniniander  of  y'e  Saiii  disbanded  Gar- 
rison doo  forthwith  ileliver  or  cause  to  be  delivered  to  y'e 
Commander  in  Cheife  of  y'e  Country,  Avhere  such  Garrisons 
are  all  Such  Swords,  Belts,  Swivels,  Holsters,  iMusquetts  Long 
Guns,  Pots,  Keltles.  Aniniunition,  I'rovisiou  and  oilier  uten- 
sils, as  iwe  now  in  or  did  In-long  to  y"e  said  (Jarrisons  and  y'e 
Couiuiander  of  such  resjx'd  ivi'  County  is  oi-dered  and  retinii'cd 
to  reeei\e  y'e  same,  and  to  give  an  accoiuit  thereof  to  me  and 
y'e  Coiunuuider  of  y'e  said  Garrisons  and  Lvery  of  them  are 
liereby  lequired  to  ta!:e  a  re^-eipt  from  y'e  Commander  of  y'e 
Count.\-  to  whom  he  shall  deliver  any  of  y'e  amies  or  other 
thiiigs  liefore  mentioned,  and  y'e  same  to  return  to  nu-,  and 
what  i'rovisions  Shal  l)e  now  in  any  of  y'e  said  Garrisons 
and  are  to  be  delivered  to  y'e  Commanders  in  Cheif  of  y'e 
Countie.->  aforesaid,  such  Commanders  of  y'e  Counties  are 
hereby  iiiii)owered  to  sell  and  dispose  of  y'e  same,  for  y'e  use 
of  y'e  Couidry  and  to  give  an  account  thereof  to  me  as  afore- 
sai(L 

Given  under  my  hand  this  2'i\]  day  of  X'ber  1682 

Thos.  Culpeper 
(File    'Before  1776") 


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382  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  f^fjj 

The  Account  of  His  Majesties  Revenue  op  Two  Shil- 
lings   PER    IIOGSHKAD    &    xVrrIVING    WITHIN    THIS    COLONY    OF 

Virginia  from  the  25 'th  day  of  October  1715  To  the  25th 
DAY  OF  Aprill  171(i 

The  Koee'r  Gen '11  doth   Charge  himself  with  the  Reeeipt 
of  the  Said  Iveveuue  as  follows — 
The  Aeco't  of  the   Upper  Distriet  of  James 

River     £     75.     0.     0 

The  Aeeo't  of  the  Distriet  of  York  River 301.   17.     4 

The  Aeeo't  of  the  Distriet  of  Potomaek  River.      150.     3.     2 
The  Aeeo't  of  the  Distriet   of   Rappahanoek 

River     453.     7.     0% 

The  Aeeo't  of  the  Lower  Distriet  of  James 

River   93.     3.     6 

The  Aeeo't  of  the  Di.striet  of  Aeeoinaek 13.     7.     6 


£108G.  18.     G'-^A 
The  Aeeo't  of  Sumlry  Rights  for  Land  Sold.  .      102.  15.     0 
The  Aeeo't  of  Sundry  Fines  and  forfeitures 
due  to  His  Majesty  in  the  County  of  King  and 
Queen     wliieli     amounts     to     700 'ds     Sweet- 
Seented    Tob'o    Sold    at    27f^p'et    and     10/. 

Currt  money  of   A'irg'a    8.   17.     B^/^ 

Fines  and  forfeitures  Ree'd  of  Philip  Smith 

late  Sherrif  of  Gloeester  County  12.  17.     8 

£1211.  08.  111/4 
The   Rece'r    Gen '11    doth    also    Discharge    himself    by    the 
payment  of  the  following  Summs 

By  ballanee  of  the  last  Aeeompt £1999.  2.  3 

By  half  a  years  Salary  to  the  Governor 1000.  0.  0 

By  half  a  years  Ilouserent  to  the  Governor..        75.  0.  0 

By  half  a  years  Salary  to  the  Couneill 175.  0.  0 

By  half  a  years  Salaiy  to  the  Auditor  of  the 

riantations     50.  0.  0 

By   half   a   years   Salary   to   the   Solicitor   of 

Virginia    50.  0.  0 


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By    half    a    years    Salary    to    the    Attorney  ''■'■' 

Cieiierall    20.     0.     0  •'' 

By  hall  a  years  Salary  to  the  Clerks  of  the  • ' 

Couueill     50.     0.     0  —i 

By  half  a  years  Salary  to  the  Gunner  of  James  '■ 

Towne    5.     0.     0 

By  half  a  years  Salary  to  the  Arinourer 6.     0.     0 

By  a  Warrant  to  the  Judge  and  Oilicers  of  the 

Court  of  Oyer  &  Terminer  in  June  Last 100.     0.     0 

By  a  Warrant  to  Sundry  Ministers  attending 

our  generall  court    5.     0.     0 

By   a   Warrant    for   Listing   &    Transporting 
Souldiers  to  South  Carolina  &  other  Contingent 

Charges 186.     8.     0 

By  Salary  to  the  Navall  Officers  at  £10  p'eent 

on  £1080.  18.  G%   108.  13.  101/4 

By    Salary    to    the    Auditor    at    £5    p'eent 

£1102.  15.  1     55.     2.     9 

By  Salary  to  the  Receiver   Generall  on  the 

Same  Sum 55.     2.     9 


So  that  tlie  whole  Sum  Disbursed  amounts  to. £3940.     9,     lY^ 
And  there  will  remain  due  to  Enable  the  Re- 
ceiver   (icnerall    to    Discharge    this    Accompt 
(lie  Sum   of    2729.     0.     8 


£1211.     8.  111/ 


Nath'el  Harrison  D:  Rec'r  Gen '11 

Certificate  of  the  Governor  and  Auditor 

I  have  carefidly  Examined  the  witliin  accompt  of  His 
Majesties  Revenue  Commencing  the  25 'th  of  October  1715 
and  ending  the  25 'th  of  April  1716.  And  Compar'd  Every 
Article  with  its  proper  voucher  produced  by  Nathaniel  Har- 
rison Esfi'r  Deputy  Receiver  Generall,  and  find  the  charge 
duly  Stated  Amounting  to  One  Thousand  Two  Hundred  and 
Eleven  pounds  Eight  Shillings  and  Eleven  pence  farthing 


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Sterling.  And  Likewise  the  Discharge  of  His  Majesties  Reve- 
inie  which  amounts  to  Three  Thousuiicl  Nine  Hundred  and 
Forty  Pounds  Nine  Sliillings  and  Seven  pence  fartliing  Sterl- 
ing for  which  proper  vouchers  have  been  Likewise  i)roduced 
by  tlie  Said  Deputy  Receiver  Generall,  So  that  thci-e  will 
remaine  due  to  Enable  the  Receiver  Generall  to  Discharge 
this  Accompt  the  Sum  of  Two  Tiiousand  Seven  Hundred  & 
twenty  nine  i)0unds  and  Eiglit  pence  Sterling. 

Philip  Ludwell,  Audit 'r 

The  Foregoing  Accompt  Stated  and  Swoi'ne  to  by  the 
Deputy  Receiver  Generall  Compar'd  and  Examined  by  Philii) 
Ludwell,  Esq'r  Deputy  Auditor  I  have  received  the  Same 
and  believe  it  to  be  a  true  charge  and  Discharge  of  the 
Revenues  for  the  Said  time — 

A.  Spots  wood 

(File  '-Before  177G") 


Rei'Out   op    Committee   on    Laws   On    TonAC'ro(7) 
Kuv.  the  14 'th  17i;5 

Att  a  Committee  ap[)()iiited  to  inspect  &  Collect  all  the 
Laws  in  fonn'  rchitiiig  to  Tol)acco  &  to  Report  tiie  Same 
with  their  Opinion  theiein  And  also  to  Report  what  Pro- 
po^.alls  they  think  may  be  for  the  Liiprovement  &  atlvantage 
of  the  Tobacco  Trade 

Present  Mr.  Holloway  Mr.  AVilliam  Robinson  Mr.  Chi-is: 
Robinson  'Mv.  Buckner 

The  Connnittee  did  In.^pect  the  Act  of  Asseip.bly  imulv  at 
a  Gen'U  Asseud)ly  begun  at  James  Citty  the  '24 '1h  day  of 
Septen^ber  in   the  year  1696  Lititled  an    Act  for  the  l)ett<n- 

(7)  The  tolmcro  ai-t  jiasaed  at  the  session  of  AssemMy  of  Xovcinlier, 
171:'.,  aj-iioais  in  Ilctiii;/  (IV,  ;;7)  only  by  its  title.  On  the  inai'  in  is  a 
si:;1ciiieiit  that  it  was  repeah^d  liy  j)roi4aniati(Mi  Noveniljer  iL".  1717.  In 
this  instalment  is  printed  a  smnniaiy  of  former  hnvs  on  the  -ulijcit, 
:tud  in  the  next  will  be  gi\en  the  bill  proposetl  by  the  Committee.  The 
Journal  shows  that  the  Committee  was  tomjMJsed  of  John  llulloway, 
William  I^obinson,  Christopher  IJobinson  and  William  Biukner.  On 
Nov.  L';:d  a  bill  was  rei.oite.i,  and  on  the  LiCth  tlie  bill  witli  several 
limendinnits,  uas  p:i->e.|.  On  the  last  day  of  tlu-  ses-icu  it  was  np 
]. roved  by  tlie  ( !o\criior.  All  tob.acco  h\L;islation  is  an  important  ]iai-t 
or    onr    history,   and   this   aet    is    preser\ed    nowhei-e   in    this   c^.aijirv. 


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,-..:.  PAPERS.  ,,     .  385 

Support  and  Maintenance  of  the  Clergy  in  which  Sd.  Act 
amounyhst  other  things  it  is  Enacted  in  the  words  or  to  tin' 
eiiV'L't   following 

That  all  &  Every  ]\Iinister  &  Ministers  in  all  &  Eveiy 
pa.rish  lv  parishes  in  this  Dominion  incumbent  in  Sd.  Parisli 
or  Parishes  &  therein  ofliciatiug  as  Minister  or  Ministers 
tSiiall  lia\e  &  receive  for  his  or  their  maintenance  the  Summ 
of  Sixteen  thousand  pounde  of  Tobacco  besides  their  lawfidl 
percpiisites  and  that  it  Shall  and  may  be  lawfnll  for  tlie 
vestry  or  vestiys  of  any  Parisli  or  Parishes  &  they  are  by 
virtue  of  this  Act  authorized  &  impowered  to  raise  &  Levy 
the  Same  in  their  respective  parish  or  parishes  as  also  to 
Levy  five  per  cent  for  the  collecting  and  paying  the  Sd. 
To])av:ro  convenient  And  that  it  Shall  and  may  be  lawfull 
for  the  vestry  or  vestrys  of  all  and  Every  parish  oi-  pai-ishes 
to  apjtuint  the  Church  Wardens  or  whom  they  tliiidi  fitt  to 
colleet  &  receive  the  Ministers  or  other  Parisli  dues  &  the  Sil. 
{)erson  or  persons  So  qualified  as  aforesd  Shall  be  &  are  im- 
powered in  ease  of  non  payment  to  make  Disstress  for  the 
Same 

And  iilso  an  Act  made  at  a  Generall  Assembly  begun  at  the 
Ciipitol  tlie  twenty  tliird  day  of  October  in  the  year  ITO-'i 
lilt  it  led  an  Aet  eoncerrn]ii,'  tlie  Collection  of  the  publiel:  <i; 
County  Levys  &  for  the  better  i)a.yment  of  the  Same  to  tlie 
Respeelive  Creditors  therein  concerned  in  which  Sd  Act 
amouughst  other  things  it  is  Eiuicted  in  the  words  or  to  the 
Eifect  following  That  tlie  Court  of  Each  County  Shall 
admitt  the  Slierriff  before  any  other  poi'son  to  collect  the 
j)ubli;;k  and  County  Levys  provided  he  will  give  bond  with 
Security  in  double  the  Summ  the  Levys  amount  to  honestly 
to  collect  &  pay  the  Same  to  the  respective  Creditors  &  on 
failure  to  give  Such  bond  the  Sd  Court  may  committ  the 
collection  of  the  Sd  Levys  to  any  other  person  who  will  give 
Such  bond 

That  the  Sherriff  or  other  Collector  Shall  allow  Eight  per 
cent  for  Cash  of  all  Levys  &  Secretarys  Clerks,  &  Sherriff's 
Fees   received   in   Cask   under  the   peiudly   of   One   humlred 


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38G  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  •^^"'•' 

pounds  of  Tobacco  for  Every  Eiglit  pounds  of  Tobacco  due 
ior  ('ask  wliirli  he  Shall  refuse  to  allow 

That  no  Sherill"  or  C'ollcL'tor  Sliall  Seize  any  liogshead  of 
Tobaeco  paid  away  &  marked  if  other  go(jd  Tobacco  Sulii- 
ei;nt  to  })ay  the  Levys  or  fees  be  oU'erd  him.  Tliat  if  any 
Siierrili:'  or  Collector  shall  seize  a  hogshead  of  Tobacco  in 
Which  there  shall  be  more  than  will  satislie  the  debt  distrained 
tor  he  shall  let  the  debtor  take  out  the  overplus  or  make  him 
immediate  satisfaction  for  the  same  That  if  any  Sherrilf  or 
Collector  hath  a  demand  for  Levys  of  any  Publick  or  County 
Cicditor  he  Shall  discount  that  Credit  in  the  first  place 
wilhout  any  allowance  for  the   Same 

That  E\eiy  Sherrili  or  Collector  Shall  pay  the  publick  & 
County  Lev}-s  to  tlie  respective  Creditors  l)efore  the  Court 
ci;iy  held  in  March  next  after  the  Collection  put  into  his 
1  .uuls  or  on  failure  thereof  upon  complaint  to  tlie  Court 
Such  Creditor  Shall  have  Judgment  with  Costs  against  Such 
^heniii'  or  Collector  &  his  Surety  for  what  Shall  be  due  But 
ii'  the  Coiupluiid  be  nuide  to  any  Court  Succeeding  ^lardi 
Cw:irt  i:-  the  ShcrrilL  he  absent  he  Shall  be  ordered  to  an.swer 
tlii:;  complaJid  at  the  then  next  Court  wherein  if  lie  fail 
Julgmeut  Shall  be  granlctl  as  aforesd  That  if  the  Shcrrijf 
oi'  Collector  Shall  give  ten  days  notice  to  any  public-k  or 
(.'ounty  C'l'cdltor  that  the  Tobaco  to  him  due  is  readdy  & 
SuL'h  Creditcn'  Shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  receive  the  Same 
the  Slierrilt  or  Collector  Shall  then  have  liberty  to  make  a 
tender  of  Sm-h  Tobacco  to  Such  Creditor  according  to  Law 

And  also  one  other  Act  made  at  the  Same  Assembly  at  the 
Capitol  Intitled  an  Act  for  improving  the  Staple  of  Tobacco 
&  for  liegulateing  the  Size  &  Tare  of  Tobaco  Hogsheads  in 
which  Sd  Act  anioungh<t  other  things  it  is  Enacted  in  the 
words  or  to  the  I'lVect  following 

That  if  any  jjerson  tends  any  Seconds  for  Tobacco  he  Shall 
forfeit  oOO'L  of  Tobacco  for  every  Tithable  upon  the  IMan- 
tation  where  Suidi  Secoiuls  are  tended  And  if  the  Plantation 
be  ur.der  the  care  of  an  Overseer  who  is  free  he  Shall  ])ay 
the  jieiudty     That  all  Tobaco  Shall  be;  fairly  packed  of  equal 


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PAPERS.  387 

goodness  in  every  part  without  trash  ami  if  any  person  Shall 
pay  away  or  put  to  Sale  or  offer  to  pay  away  or  put  to  Sale 
any  ho^^shead  of  Tobacco  otherwise  packed  he  Shall  forfeit  for 
every  hogslicad  1000 'L  of  Tobacco 

That  Avhen  a  Suit  Sliall  be  bi'oa«ilit  for  false  paekeing  of 
Tobaccti  tlie  Court  Shall  appoiiit  two  or  tliree  Skillfull  men 
to  view  the  Sd  tobaco  &  their  rei)ort  upon  oath  Shall  be  good 
Eviilence  in  the  Tr}all  That  five  jiounds  weight  &  no  more 
be  allowed  in  one  huy.sliead  for  Santl  dust  tt  mean  Tobacco 

Tluit  it'  any  Creditor  Shall  omitt  to  demand  or  receive  a 
Tobaco  l)el)t  by  the  last  of  January  the  Debtor  may  at  any 
lirae  in  i'\bruary  apply  himself,  or  two  Justices  to  make  a 
tciider  of  the  Tol)aeo  he  owes  Avhich  Justice  Shall  appoint 
ihi'ee  Neighbours  on  their  oaths  to  view  the  Tobacco  who  if 
they  fnd  it  merchaidable  v^^:  fairly  packed  Shall  weigh  & 
nsaik  11/  Same  for  tlic  use  of  the  Creditor  at  ^^■huse  hazard  it 
Shall  ;  L'terward  lye  ^v  ui>Oii  i)r()(luetMrig  a  Cei-tificate  from 
the  Sd  Jii.stice  of  llic  Sd  tender  to  the  next  Court  the  Debtor 
Shall  be  discharged  from  tlie  Sd  Debt  Provided  the  tender 
v/as  made  according  to  Specialty  &  that  the  Debtor  En- 
dea^'oui'  to  ])reserve  the  Tobaco  as  if  it  wei'e  Still  his  own 
That  the  Debtor  Shall  ])ay  the  ehai'ge  of  the  Tender  And 
tliat  Ea.eli  viewi'r  Shall  be  jiaid  twenty  i)0unds  of  Tobaco 
\i>v  Every  day  that  the  Buyer  or  Receiver  of  Tobacco  in 
Cask  Shall  take  the  Same  at  the  Tare  thereon  Sett  &  allow 
thirty  jjound.s  of  Toboco  for  Eacli  hogshead  n(jtwithstanding 
any  bill  bond  or  conti'act  Expressing  the  Same  to  be  paid 
with  ca-iv  on  penalty  of  IGO'L  of  tobaco 

That  Lessees  pa3dng  rent  in  Tobacco  may  be  obliged  by 
agreement  to  pay  Cask  That  the  Slierriffs  &  Collectors  of 
publick  dues  Shall  allow  for  all  pidjlick  Tobacco  paid  in 
liogsheatls  to  the  person  paying  the  same  Eight  per  cent  for 
Cask  instead  of  the  thirty  pounds  of  Tobacco  per  hogshead 

And  (.n  due  consideration  of  the  Sd  Acts  are  of  opinion 
That  the  Laws  now  in  force  relating  to  Tobacco  are  not 
Sufficiciit  for  the  improvement  &  Advantage  of  the  Tobacco 
Trade  And  that  the  method  now  Established  by  Law  for 


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discliargiug  Debts  is  Subject  to  many  frauds  &  Abuses  not 
provided  against  by  any  Law 

And  the  Com 'tee  haveing  duly  Considered  the  Low  State 
of  the  Staple  Comodity  of  this  Colony  occasioned  by  the 
carelessness  &  deceipt  of  the  Planters  &  by  the  negligence 
&  fraud  of  the  Receiver  thereof  by  whicli  the  reputation  of  the 
Virginia  Tobacco  botli  at  liome  &  abroad  is  allmost  lost  And 
the  credit  of  the  Country  in  Generall  ruined  for  this  raiseing 
&  retreiveing  whereof  &  for  the  better  preventing  the  frauds 
&  Regulateing  the  Abuses  in  the  Tobacco  Trade  Do  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  Order  of  this  House  humbly  Propose 
(To  be  continued) 


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VIRGINIA  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 


(Contributed  by  Leo  Culleton,  92  Picadilly,  London,  W.,  and 

the  late  Lotlirop  Withington.) 

(('(Jiitiniied.) 


Makcuet  Barnard.  Will  proved  1  April  1623.  My  five 
.'.luij'i's  iii  tlie  Soniei'  Islands  to  my  brother  Henry  Barnard 
iind  heirs.  Chests  of  linen  and  silver  left  at  Mr.  Caswell's  to 
ray  two  <  hildren  Joarie  and  Elizabeth  eqnally.  The  suite  of 
Tent  Stick  with  j\lr.  Wilkinson  with  40  lbs  of  pewter  and  a 
v/armiiig  pan  to  said  daughters.  The  book  of  ]\Iartirs  with  an 
Irish  rngg  to  them  also.  My  husband's  cloak  to  Mr.  Henry 
Waller.  The  Bible  be(iucathed  to  me  by  William  Baispoole 
to  Mrs.  Wilkinson.  My  goods  and  stock  of  money  in  maga- 
zines of  the  Homer  Islands  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth.  iMy 
daughter  Joan  is  pi'uvided  in  England  Legacies  of  articles 
to  servants  and  articles  to  said  daughters.  To  iMary  Baynain 
bedding  and  apparel  To  goodwife  Michell  apparel.  To  Henry 
Bonld  ai'tieles.  The  clothing  my  husband  wore  to  Nathaniel 
Prudden.  To  George  Duncombo,  to  Thomas  Tanner,  Daniel 
Deweese,  Patrike  Wingate  articles  of  apparel.  To  my  cosen 
Nicholas  Barnard  my  books  here  in  the  Somer  Islands.  My 
scarfe  to  Margaret  Barnard  my  goddaughter  Standing  cup 
with  cover  to  Nathaniel  liarnard  my  cosen.  To  Kebecca 
Barnai->1  a  beer  bowl  of  silver.  All  the  rest  of  my  plate  to  my 
two  daughters.  To  Church  of  St.  Georges  an  Altar  Cloth 
There  is  48  pence  and  12  halfpence  in  the  little  trunk  these 
to  be  devided  between  the  wives  of  my  brothers  William  and 
Nicholas.  To  Mrs.  Wood  a  gold  ring.  To  Mr.  Wood  the 
girdle   hangers  and  sword.     ]\Iy  husband's   Colours  leading 


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staff  and  Drnmme.  To  Captain  Fely:ate  a  sword.  "My  hus- 
band's seal  ring  to  my  daiif^liter  Joane.  My  daughter  Joanne 
Tanner  to  care  of  luy  brother  Nieliohis.  Residue  to  uiy  two 
daughters.  ]\Iy  eoseu  Nathaniel  and  ^Ir.  AVood  executors. 
Witnesses:  Nathl  Barnard,  Roger  "Wood.    Swann,  'u). 

[Margaret  Barijaril  was  tlie  Vvlilow  ol'  ('apt.  Joliu  lianiar.l  or  Bernard, 
who  was  a])i)oiiiteJ  Covenior  of  Beriuiula  in  1G22.  She  was  liNiiiu'  tliere 
when  the  will  was  matle.  Tliis  must  be  one  of  the  very  earliest  wills 
of  a  resident  of  the  Islau.h  Cai.taiu  I'el-ale  was  Toliias  Fel-ate,  who, 
for  a  time,  li\cd  in  Virj^inia.J 


Ambrose  Bennett  of  London  Es(iuire.  Will  18  December 
1629;  proved  28  INIarch  10:^1.  To  be  buried  in  St.  Bennetts 
Finkes  near  the  Exchange  in  London.  To  Sister  Dame  ]\Larie 
Crooke  now  wife  of  Sir  George  Crooke  knight  one  of  his 
I\Iaiestics  Justices  of  his  Court  of  Kings  Bench  f.lO.  To  godson 
Ambrose  Bennett  son  of  my  Brother  John  Bennett  £600  when 
21,  if  he  die  before  to  his  brother  John  Bennett.  To  my 
uncle  John  Taylor  the  elder  £6.  ^'■h.  4d.  To  eosen  John 
Taylor  the  younger  son  of  said  John  Taylor  the  elder  £G.  18s. 
4d.  To  Dorothie  Taylor  daughter  of  John  the  elder  £6.  i;3s.  4d. 
To  servants  of  my  brother  John  Bennett,  if  I  die  in  his  house 
20  marks.  To  cosen  Rieluird  Purke  vintner  £10.  To  cosin 
]\larie  Norton  widov/  £5.  To  cosen  Frances  Freeman  wife  of 
Thomas  Freeman  now  dwelling  in  Wallingford  £10.  To  my 
cosen  Arthur  Burt  carrier  of  Worcester  £10.  To  Brollier  in 
law  George  Lowe  Esc}  £50.  To  cosen  fJeorge  Lowe  son  of  my 
brother  George  £50.  To  i\Ir.  Thomas  Ihimpson  Es(i  £G.  13s.  4d. 
To  Mr.  Brownlow  my  kinsman  £10.  To  cosen  the  Lady  T^Iarie 
Dutton  wife  of  Sir  Raphe  Dutton  knight  £5.  To  servant 
Ambrose  Hall  £100  if  dwelling  with  me  at  my  decease.  To 
my  brother  Sir  Symon  Bennett  Knight  and  Bai-ronct  £^>0  and 
to  his  wife  £50.  To  sister  in  law  floan  now  wife  of  my  brother 
John  Bennett  £50  and  to  two  of  hei-  sisters  viz. — — Muncke 
widow  and  Joan  Heather  40s.  each.  To  cosen  IMarie  Wood- 
ward 40s.  To  Bridgett  IMasemore  sometime  servant  to  my 
father  £10.  To  cosen  JMarie  Turvyji  wife  to  William  Turvyn 
£20.     To  Mr.   John   Bancks  mercer  £6.   13s.   4d.     To  cosen 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND  391 

Dorotliie  Dun  widow  40.s.  To  my  Barber  Ricliard  Hersey  40s. 
To  loving  friend  Mr.  Watson  attorney  20s.  To  Edward  Wors- 
Ity  n)y  fathers  servant  20s.  To  Poor  of  St.  Olave  Old  Jury, 
St.  Lawrence  Old  Jury,  St.  Stephen  Coleman  Street,  St. 
Stephen  AValbrook  £10.  To  Cosen  IMarie  Grimston  one  of 
tlie  dangliters  of  my  Bi-other  in  law  Sir  George  Crooke  £5 
and  to  Elizabeth  and  Frannees  Crooke  two  other  of  the 
daughters  £80  each  when  21.  To  Thomas  son  of  Sir  George 
Crooke  £25.  To  widow  Surby  late  wife  of  John  Surby  of 
^Yapping,  Mariner  deceased  £3.  To  Godson  Ambrose  Strug- 
ncll  son  of  John  Strugnell  Citizen  and  Pewtcrer  of  London 
£.").  Residuary  Legatees  and  Exeeutors:  Brother  Sir  George 
Crooke  and  my  sister  Marie  and  Brother  Bennett  (Brotlier 
John  to  have  half  the  residue)  Witnesses:  Hum:  Dyson, 
notary  P\iblic,  Jero :  Smith,  Will:  Filtonn  and  Jos:  Ferret 
servant  \  iito  the  said  notary.  An  annuity  of  £350  out  of  the 
manors  of  Saultoii,  Braby,  Estone,  and  Beach  and  other  lands 
in  county  York  to  Brother  Sir  Symon  Bennett.  My  half  of 
lands  in  Redreth,  county  Surrey  bequeathed  me  by  my  father 
Sir  Thomas  Bennett  who  owns  the  other  half  All  my  lands 
in  Redriff  county  Surrey  purchased  of  Mr.  Gardener  to  the 
relief  of  the  poor  as  follows  £9  to  parish  of  St.  Bennett  Fink 
Bread  Street,  Waterstocke,  county  Oxon  £S,  Redreth  £9,  Cal- 
verton  county  Bucks  20s.  to  be  paid  yearly  to  Churchwardens 
on  demand  at  my  Brother  John  Bennetts  dwelling  house  in 
the  Barge  Court  in  Bucklesbury,  St.  Stephen  Walbrook. 
dated  21  May  1030.  Witnesses  :  Hum :  Dyson,  notary  Publiq  : 
Jero :  Smith  on  25th  ]\Iay  this  was  ratified  in  Presence  of 
Rich  Smith,  Hum:.  Dyson  notary  publique  and  John  Strug- 
nell, Ambrose  Hall,  The,  Dyson,  William  Filtonn  and  Jos 
Ferrett  servants  unto  said  notary.    aS^^.  John,  29. 


John  Bennett  of  London  gent.  Will  26  November;  proved 
1631  11  May  1031.  To  my  wife  Jone  Beiniett  £500  and  the 
use  of  £1000  during  her  life  and  at  her  death  to  my  daughter 
Llary  Bennett  if  she  die  to  such  child  as  shall  be  born  after 


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tlio  20  November  16)^0,  for  want  of  such  issue  to  my  sons 
Joiui  and  Ambrose.  To  ilaughter  j\Iary  Bennett  £1000  when 
21  or  married.  My  dwelling  house  in  Barge  Yard  to  my 
wife  Jone  for  life  and  then  to  son  Ambrose.  To  eldest  son 
Ji.hn  Bennett  £.100.  To  son  Ambrose  £2000  Avhen  they  are  21. 
To  parson  of  St.  Stephen  AValbrook  for  preaching  my  funeral 
■strnion  20s.  and  £5  for  the  gromid  wherein  my  body  shall  be 
buried  i;i  the  Chancel.  To  Brother  Ambrose  £20  if  he  be 
Uvii.'g  in  house  with  me.  To  .si.sler  Dame  ]\Iary  Crooke  wife 
of  Sii'  Oeor;,;e  Ci'ooke  £10  for  a  ring.  To  eosens  ]\lrs.  Ainie 
liaiiii)son,  I\Iris  Elizabeth  l^rownlowe,  and  Dame  ]Mary  Dut- 
iou  40s.  each  for  rings.  To  goddaughter  Eebecja  Ilampson 
20:;.  To  wives  sister  Alice  iMonck  £10.  To  Jane  Heather 
{■nother  sisttr  to  my  v.'ife  £10.  To  my  miele  John  Taylor  20s. 
To  Cosen  Jvlary  Woodwai'd  20s.  To  Margaret  Jenkijison  £5. 
To  each  of  luy  servants  -10s.  Executrix:  AVife  Jone  Bciniett. 
(nei'scers:  Bi'dtln'i"  in  law  Sir  George  ('roolre  and  nd  Brother 
f-n,"  Symon  Beiuiett  Bai'unt  t  £:]0  each  'flie  residue  to  such 
eiiildren  as  sh;ill  be  born  after  20  November  llioO  Witnesses: 
,KMo:  Siiiiih.  Biiv'liard  Warner,  Yv'altcr  Warson.  Coilieil  dated 
21  April  Itio'l.  £-100  to  be  expended  on  funeral.  To  wife 
Joan  lieuneit  coach  aud  coach  horses.  Kevokes  legacy  of  £500 
to  son  John  Bennett  and  gives  it  to  my  wife.  To  Sir  Ileneadge 
I'yncli,  liidght,  Recorder  of  the  City  of  London  £5.  To 
servant  Jerome  Smith  £5.  Itevokes  bequest  to  ]\Iargaret  Jenk- 
inson  and  rest  of  Kservants  and  gives  them  £4  each.  To  poor 
hy  direction  of  wife  Joan  and  J\Ir.  Aaron  Wilson  is  to  be 
by  direction  of  wife  only.  To  .such  child  wherewith  my  wife 
is  now  co)iceived  and  which  she  now  goeth  withall  £1500.  Wit- 
nesses: Hum:  Dy.son  Notarie  Publi(iue.,  William  Fittonn, 
John  Barlram.  dos:  Ferrctt.  servants  vnto  the  said  Notary, 
(hi  :  iAU'vri'ell,  4(-i'o:  Suiith.  A  second  proof  2G  ]\lay  10:>u  to 
l!i(_'hard  Bennett  and  Thomas  HampsoJi  two  of  the  executors 
luiiaed  in  will  of  Joan  Wright  als  Beiniett  during  mhiority 
of  Ambrose,  I\Iary  and  Eliza1)eth,  the  children  of  deceased. 
iSt.  John,  5-1. 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  393 

[Edv.ard  Bennett,  merchant,  of  Loudon,  was  a  member  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Company  and  was  for  a  time  Deputy  Covernor  of  tlie  English 
merchants  at  Delft,  Holland.  On  Nov.  21,  1621,  the  Virginia  Company 
granted  to  Edward,  Kiehard  and  Robert  Bennett  and  others  a  large 
tract  of  hind  in  Virginia.  This  settlement  was  made  within  the  x^reseut 
Isle  of  Wight  County,  and  Edward  Bennett  for  some  years  continued  to 
carry  on  an  extensive  trade  with  the  Colony.  The  date  of  his  death 
is  unknovin  nor  has  his  will  yet  beon  found  in  England.  The  Council 
and  Ceiieral  Court  minutes  show  that  he  had  a  sun  Ivlchard,  who  died  in 
Virginia  about  1025,  while  his  fatlier 's  agent  in  the  Colony.  In  1664, 
1500  acres  of  land  in  Virginia  was  divided  between  Silvester,  wife  of 
Nichola.s  Hill  of  Isle  of  Wight  County,  and  ,Mary,  wife  of  Thomas 
Bland,  h.oirs  (proliaidy  daughters)  of  Edward  I5ennett.  Stith  says, 
doubtless  quoting,  as  usual,  old  records,  that  Kichard  Bennett,  Clovernor 
of  Virginia,  w.-is  a  nej-hew  of  Edward  Bennett.  Thomas  Ludwell, 
Secretary  of  State  of  Virginia,  writing  to  Henry  Bennett,  Lord  Arling- 
ton, in  lt)G6,  says  tliat  he  Ijclieves  Governor  tiichard  Bennett  "is  of 
your  lord.diip's  fnmily, "  and  that  his  arms  are  the  same.  This,  and 
other  eirciimsta;u-es,  make  it  almost  certain  that  Edward  Bennett  was 
a  memi.tr  of  tJie  family  of  the  name,  se\eval  of  \\liose  members  were 
euiineut  London  niercliants  and  from  wliich  ranie  several  families  of 
baronet^,  the  Earl  of  Arlington  and  the  Earls  of  Taukcrville.  Other 
Bennett-!  iii  Virginia  were  L'oliert  Bennett,  said  to  be  a  lirother  of 
Edward  Bennett,\in<l  his  agent  in  162;i-4;  Philip  Bennett  v,-ho  in  164S 
was  ad;iiinistrator  of  liulicrt  Bennett;  Ambrose  Bennett,  wlio  was  a 
"he.ad-ri;'ht"  in  a  imtejit  to  Bichard  Bennett,  in  1635,  and  wlio,  him- 
self, patiMilcd  land  in  Jsle  oL^  AVight  in  16;]8,  and  Tliomns  Bennett,  aged 
;)8  in  1624-5,  wlio  came  to  Virginia  in  161S  and  later  lived  near  Edward 
Bennett's   i.laiitati(m. 

The  V.111S  printed  above  will  be  of  service  in  beginning  an  investigation 
of  tiie  family.  Collins  (under  "Earl  of  Tankerville' ')  has  an  account 
of  the  l-iennetts  of  Lon(U)n,  whitdi  is  far  from  complete  or  correct. 
Thomas'  Bennett,  Bsq.,  of  Clapcot,  Berkshire,  had  several  sons,  among 
them,  Richard",  the  eldest,  and  Thomas-,  3d  son.  Richard-  I'ennett  was 
the  fatiHM-  of  Ralpli^  (who  left  male  issue)  ;  Sir  John-',  who  died  in  1627 
and  was  tlie  ancestor  of  the  Earl  of  Arlington  and  of  the  Earls  of  Tanker- 
ville, anil  Thomas^,  Ahierman  of  Lon(h)n,  who  is  said  by  Collins  to  have 
had  two  tons,  Richard'  and  Thomas'',  wlio  was  created  a  baronet  in  1662. 
The  Avill  of  Alderman  Thomas'  Bennett,  proved  1620  (pri.ited  in  J.  II. 
Lea's  Abstracts)  names  the  two  sons,  Richard  and  Thomas,  and  also 
brothers  Ralph  and  Edward  (a  son  of  Richard-  Bennett  not  jiomed  by 
Collins,  and  ^^  ho  may  have  been  the  Edward  Bennett  of  the  Virginia 
Company).  The  will  also  names  Sir  Thomas  Bennett  (uncle  of  the 
testator),  Ambrose,  John,  Richard  and  Symon,  sons  of  Sir  Thomas, 
and  "cousin"  David  Bennett  and  his  wife. 

Thomas^  Bennett,  3d  son  of  Thomas',  of  Clapcot,  was  sheriff  of  London, 
1594,  Lord  Mayor,  1603,  and  knighted  in  that  year.  He  married  Mary, 
daugiiter  of  Robert  Taylor,  sheriff  of  London,  and  had  issue  (according^ 
to  Collins)  1.  Symon'',  created  a  baronet,  1627;  2.  RichanB,  an  eminent 
merchant  of  Lomlon,  who  married  Elizabeth  Craddork  and  liad  at  least 
one  son  Simon',  of  Beeclianipton,  Bucks,  Esq.;  3.  John^  (said  by  Collins 
to  have  died  witliout  issue — a  statement  which  his  will,  jirinted  above, 
shows  to  be  incorrect)  ;  4.  Ann,  married  William  Duiicomb,  of  Brickhill, 
Bucks;  5.  Margaret  married  Sir  George  Crooke,  Justice  of  tlie  Conunon 
Pleas.     Collins  omits  a  fourth  son,  Ambrose^,  whose  will  is  printed  above 


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Jolm^  Bennett  (will  al.ove)  had,  in  lo',!!,  two  sons,  John^  and  Aml.rose' 
both   minors       Tlus   la.t    nanaM    An,l,rose    Jiennett    may    have    1-een    the 

f'I.T.i  '  •  "i''';o'  :'■'";•  '''''''^  "^  ^'"■^^^">'^-  ^'  ^'^  1"^  ^■^^f-"^'<i  to 

I^n-la.ul,  as  m  h.-l9  Aml.rose,  son  of  John  Bennett,  Esq.,  of  London, 
was  api-ointed  hy  the  Parliamentary  visitors  a  fellow  of  University  C<d- 
leae  Oxford  A^  as  AM.  1052,  and  a  harrister-at-law  of  Gravs  Inn  IGGl 
(lostcr  s  Alumm  Oj-o,ncn,r,).  Riehard  Bennett,  of  London,  j^ent., 
at  Ar'J'on  r,."^  KKd.ard  Bennett,  of  London,'  gent,  n.atricndatod 
at    Menton    Co  leoe,    June    3,    1GU3,    ayed    IG,    and    was    a    student    at 

E'd  .M.d"\^  '  ,  ;  "•  T  '"i  ^r''^''^'  ^'"^■"  ''''^  '^^''^  -'t  have  he  n 
f:l'r''^.,^f""^^  '  =^^  the  latter -s  son  Sir  John  was  a  student  at  Oxford 


TiiOMAS  BowiaoR  in  the  parish  of  St.  Gregorics,  London 
Will  15  May  IGIO;  jn-ovca  2  Mardi  IG-lO/l.  I  .oi.nnend  my 
spirit  nito  the  lian.les  of  Jesus  Christ  my  Saviour,  faithfully 
beleevnio.  he  wij],  after  this  life  ended  make  me  partaker  of 
his  evorlastino-  kino-dome.  As  for  Ihe  worldly  riehes  where- 
with yt  hath  pleased  God  of  his  g'oo.lness  to  enrieh  me,  I 
devise  in  manner  following:  I  will  that  my  nephue  John 
Bowker  shall  enjoy  my  tenement  in  Tiiekerton,  wherein  John 
Russell  lately  dwelled,  for  see  many  yeare.s  as  he  may  live, 
with  remainder  during  the  tei'me,  to  his  sonne  Jolin,  to 
Thomas,  my  late  brother  AVilliam's  soinie,  and  to  his  brother 
William,  for  soe  longe  as  they  shall  live  sueeessively.  To  my 
nephew  John  Bowker 's  sonne  John  £100  when  heeometh  to 
the  age  of  W  .yeares.  To  Thomas  my  brother  William's  sonne 
my  lease  whieh  T  hold  of  the  Right  Honourable  Robert,  Vis- 
count Cholmely  in  Minshull,  in  the  tenure  of  Arthur  \var- 
buiton,  and  I  will  that  the  said  Thomas  shall  pay  2s.  yearly 
to  the  said  V'iseount  besides  the  rent  of  ISs  a  yeare  reserved 
in  the  said  lease.  To  AVilliam  Bowker,  his  brother  £200.  To 
my  said  nephues  Thomas  and  AVilliam  £220  to  .see  it  bestowed 
to  the  be.st  proffitt  of  their  sister  Doi'othie  in  res])eet  of  her 
marriage.  I  give  £r,0  more  to  my  s;ii<l  nephues,  to  best  owe  on 
their  sister  Anne  to  her  best  benefitt.  To  their  mother  £10. 
To  my  nephue  John  Bowker \s  wife  £20,  ami  unto  his  mother 
£5.  To  my  eosen  Amy  Bressy  £G.  l.'js.  4.1.,  and  the  like  summe 
to  her  son  Hugh  i^ivssy.  To  every  other  of  her  foure  sonnes 
Tkomas   Bressy,   l{irli;.rd,    Ilugli,   and   James,   40s.    ai)ieee   to 


VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  395 

buy  thiuii  ringC'S.  To  my  coseii  Kaiulall  Pal)!!  of  Eaton,  £6. 
i;ls.  4'\.  To  his  brother  Thomas  Nettles  50s.  To  my  loving: 
friend  Edward  Bosdon  of  the  Middle  Temple,  London,  esquire. 
£6.  los.  4d.  To  my  loving  freudes  Mr.  John  Povall  and  his 
Sonne  £6.  13s.  4d.  half  to  the  father  and  the  other  half  to  the 
Sonne,  to  buy  them  ringes.  To  my  cosen  Thomas  Bnekly  and 
to  my  eosen  Handle  Palyn  of  Bicker  50s.  apeeee  to  buy  them 
ringe.'i.  To  my  eosen  Kobert  Buekly  and  liis  brother  "William 
£6.  l:5s.  4d.  to  be  devided  betwixt  them.  To  my  coseii  Richard 
Heath  oOs.  to  buy  him  a  ringo,  and  unto  Anne  his  wife  £5  to 
buy  her  a  silver  bolle.  To  my  eosen  William  Dodd,  my  table 
diamdiul  ring,  and  unto  Anne  liis  wife,  50s.  to  make  her 
another  ring,  to  his  sonne  John  and  his  wife  £20.  To  my  eosen 
Thomas  Cowpcr  40s  and  I  remit  the  debts  he  owetli  unto  me. 
To  njy  coseii  Caleott  of  Calcott,  40s.  to  make  him  a  ringe. 
To  evi  ry  ehilde  of  old  John  j\rad(hu'ke  of  Agtoii,  and  of 
Thomas  Maddocke,  his  brother  wliich  are  nowe  living  20s. 
To  the  poorc  of  JMalpas,  Biekerton  and  llartill,  to  each  towne 
£3.  (js.  8d.  To  my  loving  frend  John  Minshill  of  Minshull, 
es(piir<\  the  Author  uppon  the  five  bookes  of  Moses  and  Doctor 
Case  uppon  Aristotles  Pliisickes  and  Ethickes.  To  the  young 
Mr.  'IMiomas  Cholmely  of  Vale  Pioyall  my  Alphonsus  Testatus 
workcs  being  thirteene  volumes  to  begin  a  library  at  the  place 
aforesaid.  Item,  I  give  unto  Thomas  Bowker  of  Buckley  £5. 
To  my  nepliue  Thomas  Bowker  my  scale  ringe.  To  his  brother 
William  my  rubie  ringe.  I  hereby  constitute  my  said  three 
uepliu:s  John,  Tliomas  and  William  Bowker  my  executors 
To  thi'iii  I  devise  all  my  tenement  in  Wimbersley  and  Church 
Minshull,  which  I  late  purchased  from  Thomas  Cotton  of 
Cotton  esquire,  and  Thomas  Wilkinson  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife,  to  be  sould  for  the  better  performance  of  this  my  last 
will.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  to  be  divided  equally  among 
my  executors,  according  to  the  likeing  and  allowance  of  Jolin 
Minshull,  Thomas  Cholmely  the  father  and  Edward  Bosden 
aforesaid  esipiires,  whom  I  appoint  overseers  of  this  my  last 
will.     Published  in  the  year  abovcsaid  in  the  presence  of  us, 


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GilluTt  Gayiic,  Willm  Sommer,  James  Ely.  31st  July.    Proved 

by  the  executors  named.    Evelyn,  32. 

[Rev.  James  Bowker,  niinister  of  St.  Poterri,  New  Kent,  and  Rev. 
Ralpli  BoAvker,  minister  of  St.  Stephens'  King  and  Queen,  at  tlie  be- 
ginning of  the  18th  century,  liad  a  Ijrotlier  Edward  Bowker,  of  London. 
The  will  of  Rev.  James  Bowker  was  published  in  this  Magazine  XT,  313. 
Rev.  Ralph  Buwker  left  descendants.  The  family  was  ap]»arently  of 
Cheshire  origin  and  the  will  printed  above  will  give  suggeiitions  for 
farther  researtdi.] 


IiU-iiAKD   EvEKACD  of  :\Iueh   Waltluim,   co.   Essex,   Gent. 
Dated  10  June  1C16.  Proved  1  Augt.  1G17 

Sentence  2  Dee.  1617 
idy  ])odie  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  Mucli  Waltham  as 
net  re  unto  the  lefte  syde  of  my  late  wife-  as  nuiy  be.  To  the 
re]  iiracdiis  of  the  stoolos  in  the  Church  of  Waltham  40s 
Towiirds  the  meiidiiige  of  the  liighway  leading  from  AValtham 
Burve  to  JMesliye,  5  nuuks.  To  HUGH  EVERAPxD,  my 
soinic,  my  Tenement  called  Caprons  and  one  garden  and  two 
pc(!1.5  of  pasture  belonging  and  one  Tenement  called  "Shrynes 
..0!  rtimc  of  WILLI A:\I  BAPtNARD"  all  seituate  in  Muche 
\\';:i;ham,  ui;o]i  Condicon  that  he  pay  xiijs.  iiijd.  to  the  poore 
of  .\iaeh  AVaUham  ycrely,  on  Good  Fi-iday,  in  the  Church  of 
Mucli  Waltham,  for  ever,  accordiiige  to  the  WILL  of  RICH- 
ARD EVERARD,  my  grandfather,  decea.sed.  To  JOHN 
EVERARD,  my  Soinie,  £100.  To  IMARY,  my  Daughter,  £200. 
To  RICHARD  WISEMAN,  TIIEOPHILUS  WISEMAN, 
JOSEPH  WISE^IAN  and  to  ELIZABETH  WISEMAN, 
CLEMENCE  \Y1SEMAN  and  :\IARY  WISEMAN,  the  chil- 
dren of  the  said  ilARY,  my  Daughter,  Tenn  pounds  a  peece. 
To  my  Cosyn  ANNE  Ladye  ^lAYNARD,  my  silver  Jugge. 
To  MARY  the  wife  of  the  said  HUGH,  my  sonne  and  to 
URSULA  the  wife  of  JOHN  my  sonne,  a  Ringe  of  Golde,  a 
peece.  To  RICHARD  EVERARD  and  CLE:\IENCE 
EVERARD,  the  Cidldren  of  the  said  HUGH  my  soime  and  to 
RICHARD  EVERARD  the  sonne  of  the  said  JOHN  my 
Sonne.  Tenn  pounds  apeece.  To  my  Bi'ethren,  ROGER 
GOODYAE  and  RICHARD  GOODAYE,  and  to  my  Cosin 
THOMAS   WISEMAN,   a   Ringe   of   golde   apeece.      To   Mr. 


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VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  397 

GOFFE,  10s.  To  the  poore  of  Mnehe  AValtham,  £xiij.  viijd. 
To  tlie  poore  of  Chelmiyford  and  Mowlsliani,£v.  To  the  poore  of 
Retteiidon,  h.  To  the  poore  of  Broinefeild  and  little  Waltliam, 
xls.  ^^o  the  poore  of  Pleshye,  £iij.  To  the  poore  of  Goodster, 
xxs.  To  the  poore  of  ]\Iasl)bury,  xxs.  To  the  poore  of  Rayue, 
xls.  To  JOHN  HOWELL,  sometimes  my  servant,  liijs.  iiijd. 
To  WILLIAM  AYLAIH)  and  THO.MASIN  his  wife,  20s. 
each.  To  WH.LlAiM  SANDFORD,  my  kinsman,  £lo'.  To 
JOHN  GLASCOCKE,  my  servant,  £v.  To  JOHN  kSERICH. 
my  servant,  fonre  marks.  To  THOilAS  BEVYSE,  my  ser- 
vant, 20s.  To  WILLIAM  BEVYSE,  my  servant,  xxv.  To 
AGNES  DEWEDEN  and  CLEMENCE  GARTER,  my  ser- 
vants -lOs.  each.  Residnary  Legatee  and  Sole  Executor,  my 
said  Sonne  HUGH  EVERARD. 
THOMAS  SORELLl 

&  [-Witnesses. 

THOiAIAS  BYRD      J 

Proved  1  Augt.  1617  by  the  Sole  Executor  named.  82  Wcldon 
P.  C.  0.  12-1  Weldon. 

RICHARD  EVERARD,  gent. 
2  Dec.  1G17. 
Sentenci'  pronndgated  in  a  suit  between  HUGH  EVERARD, 
son  and  Executor  of  the  Will  of  RICHARD  EVERARD,' 
late  of  (jreat  Waltham,  co.  Essex,  gent.,  deceased,  of  the  one 
part  a. Hi  Dame  ANN  MAYNARD  AIs  EVERARD,  grand- 
daughter, by  the  son  and  next  of  kin  of  deceased,  beinf 
claughtcr  of  Sir  ANTHONY  E\'ERARD.  late  of  Great  WaL 
tham  deceased,  son  of  said  RICHARD  of  the  other,  pro- 
nouncing for  the  sanity  of  deceased  and  for  the  validitv  of 
the  Will  produced  by  the  said  HUGH,  the  rightful  executor. 
From  the  Latin. 


Anthony  Ent^rard,  of  Much  Waltham  in  the  County  of 

Essex,  Knight. 

Dated  1  Oct.  1614.  Proved  27  Jan.  1614-15. 

Sentence  27  Jan.  1614-15. 
My  carkas  I  will  to  be  disposed  of  accordinge  to  a  direction 
under  my  owne  hande  left  with  my  sister  WISEMAN. 


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Touehingc  all  my  Laudos  and  Hereditaments.     I  leave  them 
wholly  to  my  daughter  ANNE,  and  the  heires  of  her  body. 
Sole  Legatee  and  Exeeulrix:  the  .said  ANNE  E\'ERAKD. 
JOHN  SMITH  1 

&  [witnesses. 

JUDITH   SMITH     J 

Proved  27  Jan.  loll- 15  by  the  Sole  Executrix  named.  6  Rudd 
Sir  ANTHONY  EVERAKD,  Knight. 
1^7  Jan.  1014-1."). 
Sentence,  i)roiuulgated  in  a  suit  ht'tween  Lady  ANNE 
EVERAIH),  Vv'idov/,  relii:t  oi  deceased,  of  one  part,  and 
ANNI]  EVEFvARD.  daughter  of  deceased,  testatrix  of  the 
Will  of  Sir  ANTHONY  Evl]RARL),  late  of  Walthani  Holy 
(Jross,  County  Essex,  Kuight,  deceased,  i)i'onounciug  for  the 
Vvill  piO(hu:ci]  by  the  said  Executrix  and  for  the  sanilx-  of 
deceased.    G  Undd 

jTlie  l-';i'ii;iv  (,f  EviTfir.l  is  traccl,  l.y  IVarke,  to  Ralph  Evcrara,  living 
ill  tho  Tc.'a' ui  IIomv  III.  I?i^-har.i  Kverar.l,  wlio.-:e  will  is  ].riute(l 
al.ovo,  u.r-i  or  Laii-l'L-v.-i,  Miirli  Wallhani,  Es-ex.  His  grau.li'atlier, 
liicliai-a  Kvrrai-,!,  Esq.",  oi!  l.an-lnv,  :\Iucli  Walt'iain,  iiiarrK  ^  iirst 
Elizal.c-th,  (laa;;l.l(T  oV  i;:rL;.r.f  Stoplic-iis,  Kont.  (and  lia.l  it'clianl, 
father  of  lie  n-latoi-),  and  :  .■.  oihlly  A-iies  Ui.chor  or  T'].sluir  (.'vrthur 
Up.-^hur,  e.iii;,raiit  auec^lor  of  the  A'ir.iriiiia  family  of  that  liaise,  T.aa 
a  native  of  Esscxj.  IucImiiI  lOserard  died  Dee.  129,  IGdl,  and  was 
succeeded  I>y  h:.s  !;r:n'd::on,  lllcliard  (the  te  ta.tor).  The  last  iiaTiied 
Uieliard  married  ('leiiieiiti.i,  daughter  of  John  "Wiseman,  Esq.,  of  Great 
Cunfiold.  He  ainl  ids  \/ue  lived  to-ether  liflv-three  years.  SI  e  died 
September,  1011,  a.nd  he  July  25,  1017.  They  had  issue:  1.  Sir 
/inthony,  knighted  KiOii,  who  left  an  only  daughter  and  heiress,  Anne, 
who  married  Sir  Henry  Maynard,  afterwards  Lord  Maynnrd;  2.  ^lalhew, 
a  s.  p.;  3.  Iluyh,  -who  succeeded  his  brother  Sir  Anthony;  4.  John; 
5.  Llary  married  John  Wiseman,  Esq.  Hugh  Everard  died  in  l(j:'.7, 
and  was  sm-oecded  by  his  son  Richard,  wlio  was  created  a  baronet  in 
1C29,  and  ^^lio  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Erancis  Harrinj^ton,  and  a 
descendant  of  CcorL;e,  Duke  of  Clarence.  Sir  IJichard's  p:reat-^;rand••on, 
Sir  Richard  Everard,  Dart.,  was  Governor  of  North  Carolina  and  ■uas 
the  father  of  Susanna  Everard,  who  married  David  Mcadi-,  of  A'ir^lnia.] 


Glorge  Eitzjeofferie  of  breakers  in  the  parish  of  Barforde, 

in  the  Count ie  of  Bedd.,  Knighte. 
Dated  28  Nov.  1018.  Proved  7  Alay  1019. 

To  be  buried  in  my  "Pue  or  seate  in  Barforde.''     To  KATH- 
ERTNE  FITZJEOPEERYE,  my  ehlest  daughter.  £100.     To 


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VIRGINIA    GLEANINGS    IN   ENGLAND  399 

UESUl.A  FlTZJEOFFEIill^  luy  *tlii)-(l  daughter,  £:]00.  to 
be  paid  imto  her  by  WILLIAM  BEECIlEll  Esq.  £30.  by 
Mr.  MOORETON  oi'  Cranfeikl,  gent  £130.  And  by  one 
RICKAllDS  al.s  RICIIAKUSON  of  Bedford,  nierec-r"  £30. 
by  WALTER  SPENCER,  gent.,  and  ROBERT  SCOTT,  £30. 
To  JUDITH  ErrZJEOEEERlE,  my  fourth  .hiuglder,  £;J00. 
To  MAKCIARET  EITZJEOEFRYE,  my  "fifte"  daugliter, 
£;]00.  To  JOANE  riTZ.JEOFi' I-yjUE  n.y  "sixt"  daugliter, 
£l100.  And  wliereas  1  liave  reservrd,  to  dispose  of  by  this  my 
Will,  out  of  the  Jovidure  of  my  wife  L'ame  ANNE  FITZ- 
JEOFi-'ERiE.  one  anmiity  of  £100  to  be  yssuingc  of  my 
Mann-ji-  llowse  in  Cj'eai-:ers,  Now  for  the  better  mayntennce 
of  my  younger  Sonne's  'i'IIO:dAS  FITZJEOFFERYE  and 
ST.  JOHN  FITZJEOFr'ERYE,  my  AVill  is  that  my  wife 
shall  luive  tlie  use  and  oeeupation  of  all  su'lu-  lands  Tenements 
and  IL-reditaments  whereupon  the  said  Auiudty  sludbe 
yssuiu-e.  To  my  fthird  soinie  OLH^ER  FITZCEOFFRIE, 
£200  to  remain  in  llu'  hands  of  my  exeeutrix  during  his  life  in 
regards  of  his  impoteiu-ie.  To  my  Kinswoman  FRANC LS 
TEARLE,  my  sister's  daughtei-,  £20.  To  my  KiiLsmau 
GEORCi^  FrrZJEOFFERY,  in  respeet  of  his  lamenes,  an 
Annuiiie  of  £].  To  Mris.  SCROGGS,  -lOs.  To  the  poorc  of 
Barfor.L-.  £1. 

To  the  i/oore  of  ^\''ilden*•*  and  Rhenold.  40s.  to  eitlier  parishes. 
Residuary  Legatee  ami  Sole  Exeeutrix:  ANNE  my  wife. 
Ovcrsec;rs:— my     brethren,     JOHN     OSBORNE,     Esq.     and 
THOMAS    ANSTELL,    Esq    and    my    Kinsinan    OLIVER 
IIARVIE,  Esq. 
RICIIARDE  FRANCKE,  ] 

[Witnesses. 
GEORGE  FITZJEOFFERIE    J 
Proved  7  May  1G19  by  the  Sole  Executrix  named.  37  Parker 

[*a   ".socoml"    daugliter   not   iiioiitiojKMi.] 

[feldor"  sons  not  mentioned.] 

**Co.   not   jriven. 

Tliere    is    Wilden    in    Eedds. 

There   is    lien  hold   in    IJedds. 

[George  Fitzgeft'rey,  "of  Ilowton  Conquest  in  Redl'ordsliire,  gent.," 
and  Williura  Fit/.geffrey,  "of  Staple  Inn,  gent.,"  eanie  to  Vir^iinia  iu 
1623.] 


QQT, 


400  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 


NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 


Virginia  State  Library,  Archives  Department 

The  past  twelve  months  have  most  prohal'ly  been  the  most  auspicious 
siniihir  period  that  the  Arcliivcs  liave  ever  known.  During  tliat  period, 
the  old  wooden  shelving  and  its  contents  of  bound  volumes  of  magazinea 
has  been  entirely  removed  from  three  sides  of  the  Archives  Eoom;  and 
in  its  place,  we  now  liave  the  metal  shelving  and  furnishings  provided 
for  liy  an  apiirojiriation  by  the  General  Assemldy  of  191G.  This  equip- 
ment niahea  it  possitde  to  now  lovate  any  desired  classilk-ation  of  material 
in'jtaiitly,  and  we  are  gradually  working  into  the  Archive  Room  as  much 
of  the  material  as  possil)le,  with  the  ultimate  object  of  assembling  all 
anhival  material  in  one  room,  which  will  be  a  real  "workshop"  ^nd 
into  which  all  users  of  nianu^vript  will  be  rcijuired  to  come  for  the 
examination  of  suth  ilocuments.  A  decided  step  toward  this  ultimate 
is  the  fact  that  the  old  wooden  "counter"  with  its  contents  of  bound 
ncws2)apers  will  be  removed  from  the  room  as  soon  as  we  can  secure 
carpenters,  after  which  tables  and  chairs  will  be  installed,  in  order  that 
the  user  of  the  archives  may  have  the  material  right  at  his  elbow,  as 
well  as  the  assistance  of  the  Archivist  in  the  matter  of  explaining,  or 
of  the  location  of  additional  material. 

During  the  collegiate  session  just  closed,  the  senior  history  students  of 
Richmond  and  VVesthampton  Colleges  had  the  privilege  of  working  Avith- 
ont  compensation,  as  "archival  apprentices,"  in  return  fur  the  practical 
experience  gained.  Tliis  experiment  was  most  satisfactory,  and  we  are 
expecting  a  develo])ment  of  this  class  of  assistance  dui-ing  the  coming 
session,  at  which  time  the  same  privilege  will  also  be  availal;]e  to  the 
senior  history  students  of  Kandolph-Macon  College. 

The  Archivist  has  just  completed  the  chronological  arrangement  of  the 
Legislative  Petitions  from  177G  to  1805,  so  far  as  they  were  assembled 
in  that  fde.  He  is  now  assembling  other  petitions  of  this  classification 
which  have  strayed  into  the  other  fdes  of  papers.  Once  this  is  done,  these 
petitions  will  be  checked  against  the  Journals  of  the  House,  after  wiiich 
tliey  will  be  indexed  in  such  a  niaJiner  tliat  it  will  be  possible  to  at  once 
hand  the  investigator  every  petition  in  regard  to  any  subjevt,  county, 
or  locality. 


mi  AiMioarv  001 


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As  a  ro-sult  of  an  ai>proi)riation  for  binding  by  the  Assembly  of  19!<), 
tl.cie  are  now  available  in  bound  form  the  personal  property  boohs  of  tlio 
Counties  from  Aecoinac  tlirough  Craiy  in  alplialjctical  order, — tlie-<' 
bi'ii^y  a  part  of  the  documents  deposited  in  the  Lilirary  by  tlie  Auditor 
and  listed  in  our  BULLETIN  of  January,  1913.  They  are  now  bound 
and  hit(i.  1  in  alphaljetieal  and  serial  order,  in  addition  to  liein;; 
cl:roanlo-ii:illy  lettered  under  each  county,  so  that  the  desired  volume 
is  instantly  available,  wliether  for  tlie  genealogical  pi, rjio.se  of  locatin-- 
an  individr.al  in  a  county  in  a  certain  yc^ar,  or  I'or  forming  a  proper 
estimate    of    tlie   economic    and    linancial    standing    of    the   county    under 


ideration. 


Morgan  P.  IJolnnson,  Archivist. 


Phillips  and  Anderson  Family  Biule  Record 

Marriages. 

Iv'cliard  I'lilllips  and  Katherine  iSmith  vere  married  August  8th,  1727. 
V.'illijun  iMiillips  and  Frances  Gregory  were  married  ^Nlarch  10th,  175tJ. 
Francis   Anderson   and  Lucy  Phillii)s  were  married   July   12th,   lS'i2. 
Josei)hus  "\V.  Anderson  and  Sarah  C.  Campbell  were  married  A])ril  27th, 

IS.jS. 
Eichard  (1.  Anderson  and  Susan  Ann  Elizalieth  Yates  were  married  Oct. 

27th,   183G. 
C.  W.  Ch;unblin  and  Mary  F.  Anderson  were  married  Itli  Jany.,  1805. 
E.  W.  Aiiderson,  Slate  of  Colorado,  was  nuirried  to  Miss  Lenora  Knight 

of  Cohu-ado  on  the  21st  Octr.,  187G. 

Births. 
William   Phillips  was  born  August   i'.nl,   1728. 
Anna  Phillips  was  born  Feliy.  5tli,  1729. 
Richard   Phillips  was  born  April  14th,   17;J2. 
Elizabeth  Phillips  was  l;orn  June  2uth,  1737. 
Susanna  Phillips  was  born  March  25th,  1742. 
Thomas    Phillips   was   born    Sept.    lOtli,   1744. 

Frar^cis  Anderson   was  1/orn   on   the   lir-t   ilay   of   I-'ebruary,   1780. 
Richard  Gregory  Anderson,  sou  of   Francis  Anderson  and  Lucy  his  wife 

was  born  on  Tuesday  night,  June  17th,  180G. 
Josepluis    Waslnngton    Anderson,    son    of    Francis    Anderson    and   Lucy 

his  wife  was  ])orn  on  Sunday  nigld,  July  31st,   1S09. 
Eliza    Dehuvare    Anderson,    daughter    of    Francis    Anderson    and    Lucy 

his  wife  was  born  on  Sunday  the  14th  day  of  June,  1S12. 
Richard  Phillips  was  born  January  12th,  1757. 
Elizal>eth    I'hillips  was  l>orn   Feby-   17th,  1758. 
Anna  V/.  Pliillips  was  born  Sept.  7th,  1701. 


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AjJiies  West  Phillips  was  born  May  otlij  17()5. 

William  Ballard  PliilHiis  was  I,oni  April  L'Dtli,   17GS. 

Catharine  Smith   Phillips  was   hum  Sept.   loth^   177u. 

Susanna  Philli])s  was  hurn  Ajnil  Dth,  177.;. 

l.ue^-  Phillijis  was  horn   July  L'9th,   177G. 

Ann  Elizabeth  Anderson,  daughter  of  Kidid.  G.  and  S.  A.  E.  Anderson, 

Mas  liorn   Nov.   P2th,   Ls:;7. 
Mary  Praiues  Amlerson,  daugliter  of  Kicdid.  G.  and  Susan  A.  E.  Andcr- 

soiij  was  born   Feb.  27th,   ls-15. 
I'-oswell  P.  Anderson,  son  of  Richd.  G.  and  Susan  A.   E.  Anderson,  was 

born   August   l.'itli,  1847. 
i;iohard   T.  W.  Anderson,  son  of  Pichd.  G.  and   Susan   A.  E.  Anderson, 

was  born  Sept.  Dth,  I8u;i. 
C'icira  G.  Anderson,  youngest  daughter  of  R.  G.  &  Susan  A.  E.  Anderson, 

was  born  19th  November,  18G0. 
Rii^h.   Win.   Chand)lin,  son   of  C.   W.  &   M.   F.  Chamblin,  was    born   27t]i 

October,   1SG5. 
Sarah   C.    Camiiljell,   dauj>hter   of   Edward    and    Sarah    C.    Cainiibell,   was 

born   November  I'Sth,   Ls;;7. 
John  Wesley  An<lerson,  sou  of  Josephus  W.  and  Sarah  C.  Anderson,  was 

born   Saturday  morning,  Mandi  2Gth,   ls.")9. 
Ida  Wills  Anderson,  daughter  of  Jobepiius  W.  and  Sarah  C.  Anderson, 

was   born    Wednesday   morning,    18th    July,    1860. 
Ada  Pittleton  Anderson,  daugliter  of  Josepluis  W.  and  Sarah  C.  Ander- 
son, was  born  Tliursday  morning,  October  2-ith,  1861. 
Franeis  Ivlward  Anderson,  son  of  Josephus  W.  and  Sarah  C.  Amlerson, 

was  born    Friday  morning,  llUth  Septend)er,  1SG4. 
Charles  Carter  Anderson,  son   of  Josephus   W.   and   Sarah   C.   Anderson, 

was   born    Friday   morning,    Sept.   20th,    1867. 
The  above  named   persons   are   cdiildrcn   of   Josephus    W.    Anderson    and 

Sarah  C,  his  wife. 


Deaths. 

Eliza    Delaware    Anderson    departed    this    life    on    Thursday    night,    12 

o'clock,   Nov.    12th,    1812. 
Josephus    W.    Anderson    departed   this   life   at    Gordonsville,   Va.,   on    the 

uO   day   of  Augt.,    1871,  25   minutes  aftt'r  9   o'clock  A.   Isl. 
liichard  G.  Anderson  departed  this  life  in  North  Garden  20th  of  July, 

6  o'clock  in  the  morning,  1887. 
John   Wesley  Anderson   departed  this  life   Friday  morning,   April   15th, 

1859. 
Ida  Wills  Anderson  departed  this  life  Friday  evening  27th  July,   i860. 


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Mary  Frances  Chamlilin,  daugliter  of  Eic-hd.  G.  aiul  Susan  Anderson  his 

wile  departed  this  life  in  Fairfax  co.,  Va.,  on  the  12tii  day  of  Augt., 

lfeio4.     Aged  39  years,  5  nios.  and   IG  (hays. 

She  lived  and  died  a  follower  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Clara  Caiues  Anderson,  infant  daughter  of  li.  G.  and  Susan  Anderson, 

departed  this  life  May  26tli,  1SG2,  aged  IS  mos.,  19  days. 
Lucy  Anderson,  widow  of  Fraueis  Anderson,  departed  this  life  Thursday 

evcuiiio-    Feliv.   2{ith,   18(5,]. 


"An  .^.ccorxT  op  the  Time  oe  the  Bhith.s  op  the  Children  op 
William  and  Eliz'a  Randolph. 

Beverley    horn    the    tweaty    seventh    of    Deeendier    1710    &    dyed    on    the 

fir,  1   day  of  January   17F1 
William   was  liorn  the  fourteenth  day  of  February  1711.  &  dyed  at  sea 

on  liis  voyage  to  England  loth  day  of  Sep 'r  1722 
Beverley  was  born  the  twelfth  day  of  Novendjer  1713 
Eliza! leth  was  horn  the  24th  day  of  October  1715 
Mary  was  born  the  twenty  second  ilay  of  July  1719 
Peter  was  born  tiie  twentieth  day  of  Octol.'er  1717 
Williaui   was  born   tlie  22d   day  of  Novend)er   172;! 

Flizabeth    Randolph    mother    of    the    aforenamed    seven    cduldren    &    a 

dear   wife  to  the   unfortunate   William   Randolph   dyed  the  26th   of 

Deiciiiber    172:'>    at    twelve   a   Clocke   in    the   night,   and   was   buryed 

the    ;id    of    January    following.      She    was    boiai    the    tirst    day    of 

Jaiiaary    lfi91." 

This   ai  count,   wliich   nuiy   well   be  of  value,  has  been  copied  off  from 

the    tly    l.-af    of    the    lirst    volume,    small    folio,    "Works    of    the    Most 

Reverend    Dr.    John    Tillotson,    late    Lord    Archbishop    of    Canterbury" 

&e  &c.     l.oiulon.  1712.     This  excellent  edition  of  Tillotson  was  presented 

to  the  library  of  Hamjjden  Sidney  College,   (wliere  the  books  now  are), 

by    the    Kev.    Dr.    Benjamin    Mosliy    Smith    (1S11-1S93),    of    Powhatan 

County,    for    many    years    Professor    in    the    Theological    Seminary    at 

Hampden  Sidney. 

It  had  been  thought  that  Dr.  Smith  secured  these  books  in  Germany, 
where  he  was  a  student  in  his  youth.  But  a  closer  examination  led 
to  the  finding  of  the  Record  given  above  which  was  certainly  the  work 
of  no  German;  and  besides,  written  beneath  Dr.  Smith's  bookidate, 
appear  the  words  "Presented  by  my  aunt  Nicholas."  And  within  the 
same  \olume  are  pencilled  the  names  "  R.  C.  Nicholas"  and  "John 
Nicliolas. "  Everything  proves  the  descent  of  tliis  rather  extraordinary 
Tillotson. 

The  writing  of  the  record,  on  tlie  fine  paper  of  1712  and  good 
ink  of  the  period  used,  is  about  as  clear  now  as  then.  In  pencil  after  the 


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404  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

account  ending  in   1723  are  tlie  liurdly  dociplierablo  words:      "Williii 
Randolph,  father  ot'  the  aliove  ae\fn  (diUdroii  and  Kushaiid  of  Eli/alie 

Randolph  died  about  the  19tli -1742  in  tlie  yixty-hrt;t  year  of  his  ai;e. 

A.  J.  ilorrison. 


WiLKIXS 

Jolin  Wilkins  died  1649  ayed  aliout  57  years  leaving  his  wife  v.hose 
true  name  seems  to  h;ive  been  Anne  and  several  children.  Tlie  widow 
married  a  man  named  Voss  who  scon  left  her  a  widovr.  In  a  deed  bear- 
ing date  April  30,  IGuU  Anne  Voss  "late  wife  of  John  AViUiiiis  of 
Northampton  county  deceased"  states  that  lier  husl^and  John  AVilldns 
in  liis  last  will  and  testament  bearing  date  Dec.  3,  1649  did  give  me 
ami  his  cliildren  liis  estate  etc.  now  therefore  for  the  natural  love  and 
affection  1  liear  for  them  do  give  my  two  s(jiis  two  plantations,  granted 
unto  my  said  deceased  husbantl  liy  patents,  one  bearing  date  1640  being 

600  acres v.liich  I  give  to  my  son  John  Vv'^ilkins.  Ye  other 

patent  bearing  date  of  Marcli  10,  1637  being  500  acres  of  land  on 
Kings  creek,  I  give  to  my  son  Isathaniel  Wilkins. 

Deeds  and  Wills  1657-66,  jiage  66  Northampton  Co.  Va.  Records. 

Tlie  above  deed  was  sujiijlemented  by  a  deed  dated  Oct.  5,  1665  as 
follows.  John  Wilkins  son  and  heir  of  John  Wilkins  late  of  Northamp- 
ton (.'o.  Va.  deceased. 

AVhereas  my  mother  Anne  Voss  widow  has  given  my  brother  Nathaniel 
Wilkins  one  dividend  of  land  containing  500  acres  on  Kings  creek  etc. 

Deeds  &  Wills  1657-66  i^ago  231,  Nortliampton  Co.  Va.  Records. 


Claypoole 


Can  any  one  tell  us  if  the  Virginia  records  show  whether  James 
Clayjioole  or  his  son  John  or  his  grandson  John  fougiit  in  the  Ann'rican 
Revolution  i 

This  James  Claypoole  moved  from  Sussex  county,  Delaware,  to  Rock- 
ingham county,  Virginia,  lietween  the  years  1745  and  1753,  and  after- 
wards located  in  Hardy  county,  ^'irginia  (now  West  Virginia)  ^vhere 
he  died  in  1789.  Hence  ho  and  presumably  his  children  lived  in  Vir- 
giin.-i   during  the  Revolution.  V.   B. 

I  The  cnayiH)I("s  t<Jok  an  active  part  in  a  Tt)ry  insurrection  in.  Ilamp- 
shiie  county  iji  1781,  whicli  was  subdued  liy  Ceneral  Morgan.  Peter  Hog, 
writing  to  tlie  (io\eriior  in  support  of  John  Clayjiole 's  petition  for 
jiardon,  says  that  there  were  in  Ilampsliire  John,  the  father,  five  sons, 
and  numy  grandchihlrcn,  "who  by  intermarriage  were  connected  with  the 
most  consiileralde  families  on  those  waters."  See  Calendar  of  Virginia 
Sti'lc  Fuprrs  II,  284,  6S2,  683.] 


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Mr 


Epitaph  of  Col.  John  Cauteu,  Cih;i,st  Chuucii,  Lancaster  Co.,  Va. 

"Here   lyetli   buried   y'e    body    of    Johu 

Carter  Esq'r  wlio  died  y'e  lO'tli  Day  of  Jan. 

Anno  Domini  1GG9  &  also  Jauc  y'e 

Daughter  of  Mr  ]\Ior^aii  filyii  &  George 

licr  son  &  Ele.;nior  Carter  "'■"'■ 

&  Ann  y'e  dau;;liter  of  :Mr  Cleve 

Carter  &  Sarah  y'e  Daugliter  of  Mr 

Gabriel   Ludknve   &   Sarali  her  Daugliter 

Avliii'h    ware    all    his    wives    sue- 

sively   &    dyed   before   him. 

Blessed   are   y  'e    dead,    -whitli    die    in    y  'e    Lord ' ' 


■\ViLL  or   Fi;akc[.s  and  Jon::   Epes,   Ami^lia   County 

Will  i,t  I'raneis  Epes  of  Nottoway  parish,  Amelia  eounty,  to  Kon 
Johu  E;  ■•!  the  i.lantatiou  wliere  I  live,  4U0  ac  res,  given  me  by  my 
nithcr,  ;-iinl  also  liUO  aeres  adjoining  wdiich  I  bou,->ht  of  Henry  Bo:,ton, 
also  101  acres  called  Gamllir.s,  I  jmrchased  of  AV'in  Ganiblin;  but 
l)at-eiited  in  my  own  name,  al;:u  ;;L)7  acres  adjoinin;^',  I  purcliased  of  ^Ir 
Thomas  Eowery,  also  3S7  acres  in  Amelia  to  wife  Mary.  Brother  J'eter 
Epcs,  Stephen  Cocke  and  Ivichard  Jones  Jr  son  of  Col  Richard  Joaea 
i>xecutois.  £10  annually  to  mother.  Dated  Jan  29,  1772,  proved  iti  Amelia 
Co.   April   21,   17.S9 

"Will  !'i'  John  Ei.es  of  Nuttoway  County,  To  wife  Frances  IT.  Epos  &  to 
chihlrai  (whom  he  does  n^^t  n:ime)  Dated  Jan 'ry  2G,  tSlG,  proved  in 
Xotto',;.  /  Nov  7,  IbIG 

ITh::.  i  raiicis  J:i-es,  the  te,-,tator,  was  the  Eram-is,  brother  of  Col. 
I'cter  l:;i.;3  nan.ed  in  tliis  ^lUK.azine  III,  400.  Other  documents  .^liow 
tliat  ti.J  motl:er  to  ivhoai  he  benueathed  an  annuity  was  named 
Sarah,  a  his,  to-Lti:er  vltli  the  ^^^d\  of  Martha  lidwards  (ill,  :;9<)) 
prove.;  l!.:it  I'eter  i^  Eram-is  were  sons  of  Frances  Epea  &  iSarah 
his  wife,  of  I'rince  George,  who  made  a  deed  in   174IJ.] 


IvIATTiii:\V  FONTAirCE  LIAURY  ASSOCIATION,  Richmond,  Virginia 
President,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Jloiiitt,  luM  West  Franklin  atrcet;  recor<liug 
secretary,  Mrs.  Beverley  T.  Crump,  1401  Ilanovcr  avenue;  correspond- 
ing secretary,  Gaston  Lichtenstein,  2527  Stuart  avenue;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Herbert  W.  Jackson,  1014  West  Franklin  street. 

Advlt'oiij  Board— lion.  Henry  C.  Stuart,  (Jovcrnor  of  Virginia;  W. 
Gordon  McCabe,  president  Virginia  Historical  Society;  IMward  V. 
Valentine,   sculptor;    John   Hart. 


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Honorary  president,  Miss  ilaria  Blair,  The  CliesterfieM ;  vice-presi- 
dents: Miss  Jane  Riitliorfoonl,  Tlie  Ci;esterfi(.lil ;  Mrs.  Decatur  Axtell, 
912  West  Franldin  street;  ]Mis.  John  II.  Soutliali,  114  East  Franklin 
street;  Mrs.  Thomas  CatesWy  Jone.s,  li  North  Second  t,treet;  Mrs.  :\ratin 
S.  Valentine,  918  West   Franklin  street. 

Tliis  Association  was  organizoil  May  11,  1915,  for  the  jiuri-osc  of 
honoring  Maury   in  his  own   country. 

Its  tirst  efL'ort  was  to  have  liis  name  jdaccd  in  the  Hall  of  Fame  in 
New  York,  among  those  of  other  great  Americans.  The  election  to  this 
place  occurs  only  every  live  years  and  this  Association  believes  tliat  its 
efforts  have  not  lieen  in  vain,  and  that  his  name  will  lie  enrolled  in  1920. 

The  next  undertaking  was  to  induce  the  Htafe  Board  of  Education  to 
api.oint  the  14tii  of  January  (Maury's  l.irthday)  as  Maury  Day  in 
the  schools;  this  was  done  on  June  27,  191(3,  and  put  into  the  form 
of  an  amendment  to  section  5,  page  i;i,  of  the  school  Law  of  Virginia. 

The  next  undertaking  is  for  the  erection  of  a  bronze  statue  in  the 
city  of  Richmond,  to  whicii  it  is  desirable  that  every  citizen  of  Virginia 
contribute  in  a  general  ajipreciation  of  the  many  inestimable  benelits 
which  Maury  conferred  upon  mankind,  benelits  whicli  lay  upon  the 
citizens  of  the  Commonv.-ealth  the  sacred  duty  of  voicing  for  America 
that   gratitude  which   thus   far   has   found   no   adequate   expression. 

Those  to  whom  the  aliove  statement  of  facts  nuiy  ai)peal,  and  who 
may  desire  to  help  the  ol)jects  of  tlie  Association,  should  send  in  at  once 
their  application  for  membershi[i.  The  apiilication  sliould  be  accom- 
panied with  a  clieck  for  one  (h>Uar,  mach'  jiayal.le  to  tlie  Treasurer,  the 
membership  ilues  for  one  year,  or  for  ten  dollars,  to  cover  tiie  dues  of 
life  membersliip. 

The  Matthew  Fontaine  Maury  AtsociATiON. 


McClanahan — If  we  only  knew  all  of  the  facts  as  well  as  all  the 
foot-prints  relating  to,  and  made  by,  the  person  we  are  tracing,  the 
errors  in   family   histories  would   be   but   few. 

In  Va.  Mag.  Vol.  XIX,  No.  ;i,  pp.  ;;u8-;i09,  is,  "  Paxton 's  'Marshall 
FaniJly' — McClanahan    Correcrion, ' '      l<y    Mr.    J.    Adger    Stewart. 

In  History  of  Linn  County,  Missouri,  at  p.  541,  is  biographical 
sketch  of  William  S.  McClanahan,  and  I  gi\e  lieluw  my  brief  notes  taken 
from  same: 

William  S.  McClanaiian,  great  nei)hew  of  Col.  Thomas  :Marshall,  b. 
Buvrljon,  Co.  Kij.,  5  miles  from  Paris,  Dec.  18,  1800.  His  father, 
Thomas  McClanahan,  was  early  settler  of  Ky.  &  had  l)een  a  soldier  in 
Rev.  War,  under  Col.  Thomas  Marshall,  las  uncle.  The  mother  of  Wni. 
S.  McClanahan,  was  Nancij  Grtcn,  wiujse  father  came  from  England. 
8he  married   Tliomas   McClanaiian   and   was   with   him    in    Boone's    Fort. 


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NOTES    AND    QUERIES  ,  407 

I.ssiie: —  deven  children,  ilirce  sons  and  six  dauylitors  were  raised  to 
maturity,  and  lost  one  son  and  one  dau.  in  tlieir  youth.  William  8. 
Mc-Clanahan  was  next  to  last  child.  When  William  was  two  years  old, 
(1802)  his  father  moved  to  Logan  Co.  and  settled  in  what  is  n(jw  Simp- 
son Co.  Ky.  William  was  educated  there  and  in  Sept.  1822,  he  went  to 
W.  Va.  and  settled  on  farm  in  Nicholas,  (now  Braxton)  County,  where 
he  married,  Mch.  18,  182:5,  Elizabeth  M.  Triplett,  dau.  of  Hedgeman 
Trijilett,  of  Nicholas  Co.  He  sold  out  in  May  1836  and  moved  to  Boone 
Co.  Mo.,  where  he  lived  till  1S4S;  purchased  laud  in  Linn  Co.,  Mo.  in 
1849,  and  moved  to  it  in  Fel).  1850,  was  County  surveyor  and  sorve<l 
as  County  Clerk  9  years,  1862-71.     Issue — nine  children. 

Henry  Strother,  Fort  Smith,  Ark. 


Parham 

Mrs.  Louise  T.  Hodges,  of  Decatur,  DeKalli  county,  Ga.,  desires  to 
communicate  with  any  of  the  descendants  of  Capt.  William  Parliam  of 
Virginia,  who  died  ahout  1758.     Capt.  Parham  married  Ann  Stith. 

Mrs.  Hodges  would  be  glad  to  correspond  also  with  any  one  who  can 
give  information  regarding  the  genealogy  of  James  Thereatt  |Thweatt] 
who  married  Sarah  Stndevant,  John  Thereatt  [Thweatt]  who  married 
Eel)ecca  Peterson  or  of  any  of  the  Thereatt  [Thweatt]  family.  Also 
with  any  one  who  can  give  information  bearing  on  the  lineage  of 
John   Ingr:ini   who  married    I'rances   Collier. 

Mrs.  Hodges  is  herself  a  descendant  from  the  persons  mentioned 
above  and  desires  to  complete  a  record  of  their  families  which  she  is 
compiling. 

Address 

Mrs.   Louise   Tlneete   Hodges, 

50  Clairmont  Ave., 

Decatur,  Ga. 


LILBURNE— RANDOLPH— JEFFERSON 

[The  will  of  Isham  Randolph,  of  "Dungeness,"  Goochland  County, 
dated  April  6,  17-11  (Abstract  in  this  JMagazine  XIV,  22G),  contained 
this  clause:  "Wheras  I  have  in  possession  (in  right  of  my  wife)  certain 
leasehold  estate  of  yearly  value  and  a  certain  sum  of  money,  jointly  with 
her,  by  a  decree  in  Chancery  chargeable  on  Kenton,  the  estate  of  William 
Lilburn,  Esq.,  deceased,  in  the  Bishojirick  of  Durham,  and  also  another 
sum  of  money  the  legacy  of  Elizabeth  Lilburn,  to  be  paid  by  her  ex- 
ecutors when  the  estate  of  Kenton  is  sold,  which  money  my  wife, 
I   apprehend,   has   a  right  to   without   my   bequest."      Isham    Randolph 


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married  Jane  Uo^^^crs,  of  Shiuhvell,  Eiij^land.  Slie  was  probaMy  the 
(lau-liter  of  Charles  Ku-vrs  au.l  his  wife  Jane,  dau-hter  of  William 
l.ilhiirii,  named  in  the  paper  pri.iti'd  heluw.  The  famous  radical  "J^ree- 
boni"  Jo!m  Lillurn  was  a  native  of  the  eoimty  of  Durham,  and  it  ^vas 
remarked,  when  Isliam  ];andul],h's  will  was  printed  tiiat  it  would  l,e 
an  interewtiny  fact  in  heredity  if  a  relationship  l)etweeu  John  Lilhurn 
and  Thomas  Jeller-ou  (-raud-ou  of  Isjiani  &  Jane  Randolph )  eould 
lie  idiGwn.  We  are  indclded  to  :\ir.  Leo  Calletou  92  Pieeadilly,  l.oudon, 
W.,   for   tlie   interesting   dorument   printed   helow.] 


The  accompanying  Cliancery  suits  shew  now  W 'ni.  LiUainie  bceiune 
pu:>sossod  of  the  Kenton  property  and  I  presume  Jane  Rogers  the  Avife 
of  J  sham  Randolph  was  the  dau-hter  of  Charles  Rogers  and  Jane  Lil- 
1,1. rne,  and   -randdau-!der  of  W  "jn.   LillAirne. 

I  have  ni;:de  out  a  cliart  to  illustrate  liuw  the  families  of  ]sh;;m, 
Ran>lolpli,  i.'.ll.nriie  ainl  Ko-crs  were  connected.  The  i>articulars  of  the 
two  former  families  are  from  sources  which  you  will  rcoogniiie.  Thry  are 
not  of  my  con. piling-. 

'i'iie  Ce-.'.;e  l.ilburne  suit  has  reference  to  tb.e  uncle  of  Robert  l.il!  urne 
tl..->  i7e-lcide.  T!;ere  is  no  indicatiujt  as  yet  of  a  connection  bet\;een  the 
two  families. 


Cha'iccry    l'roc(>edingy  Ibl.iges  017/00. 

'2-2  Jane  16ti7 
.  C.^riplaint  by  CEORCE  LlidlURXE,  of  Sunderland  by  tlie  sea,  co. 
Darha.n,  gent.,  thai  he  was  drawn  in  by  one  (iEOb'CE  II  VSW  iil.L.  of 
C';.r,;:tor  in  (he  street,  in  the  ;-aid  county  in  a  bond  l)earie.g  date  7  Nov. 
1(:  Chas.  JI.,  of  iilUi)  under  cundition  to  ].ay  £200  to  one  I'E'i'Eii 
OiibH/WICiv,  of  \\':v  lilngton,  co.  Durliam,  gent.,  before  lU  Hay  next 
or.:.ui;ig,  which  v.a.,  the  pr..p*r  .lebt  of  the  .-.aid  GEORGE  ]IAyWi:LL. 
Tb.i  said  GEOKGE  llASV.'Ll.L  has  since  died  leaving  tlie  debt  unpaid 
and  left  MAliV  11  ASWbiLL,  his  reli<-t,  a  very  considerable  cMate, 
si;;li-.,mt  to  di-ej.arge  all  her  hn-1  and's  debt-;,  liut  now  the  said  PETliR 
Si'DCWlCK  has  combined  with  .MARY  liASWELL  and  one  Y/Il.LTAM 
JIAjL.  to  lay  the  whole  burden  on  complainaait  and  have  commenced  a 
si.it  a;^;ain  t  him  at  ctannion  law.  Eeing  void  of  all  remedy  at  common 
la\.-,  to  his  gre.at  juejudice  he  desires  that  \Arits  of  subpoena  may  be 
is  aed  to  t]:e  sai.l  I'ETlil;  SliJX i WICK,  MARY  IIASWELL  Sc  ^VIL- 
L1..J1    ]1.\LE,  cau.lng  them   to  appear   to  answer  the  premises. 


mh 


;'i(M    rf';.-i!it.Ti  j'ii'!    xv.')   :: 


•Uu  KOTES    AND   QUERIES  409 

'•.      .,     ,  LiLBURNE. 

Chancery  Proc.  Bridges.     Bund.  617/97. 

21   Oct.  170   [;;  or  5]    [illegible] 
OoinpLiliit  by  WILLIAM  LILBURNE,  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  geut., 
eldest  sou  and  heir  of  WILLIAM  LILBURNE,  late  of  the  ^anie  jilace, 
Esq'r.,  deceased,  tbat  tlie  latter  in  Jiis  liictinic  lieing  seised  in  fee  of  the 
moiety  of  the  ujanor,  lordsliip  or  townshi])  uf  Kenton,  eo.  Northuinlier- 
land  and  t!ie  eoabnines  there,  by  his  last  WILL  dated  7  January  l(isl-2 
after    certain    le;',aeies    lieqiieatljed,    h.'l't    tlie    re^idue    iucduding    tlie    said 
real   eslate  to   his   three   sons,  tiie   coniplainaiit,   ROBEKT   LILBURNE, 
one  of  the  defendants  and  BENJAMIN  LILBURNE,  since  deceased,  to 
be  equally  divided  anionyst  Ihem.     The  said  WILLIAM  died  very  t;oon 
after  uiahintj  his  WILL,  leaving  complainant  very  young  in  the  guardian- 
ship of  Ins  mother  ELIZABETH  LILBURN'E,  v.iio  managed  the  estate 
and  educated  complainant  until  his  full  age.     After  complainant  camo 
of  age,  one  WILLIAM  CARU,  of  Newcastle  on  Tync,  E:  ip-.,  one  of  tiie 
deienda.ils  re(jue.sted  to  have  a  lease  of  tlie  collieries  and  coalmines  at 
a  rentni  of  i'LMl)  a  yei'r  and  entoved  into  the  same  on  1   May   1G91  nad 
an   In(!:-;dure  was  made   1-t   Au-ust,  ij   William   and   Mary   between   the 
said    C.iaplainant,    ELIZABETH    LILBURNE,    widow    and    rei'et    of 
WILLIAM  LILBURNE,  ELEANOR  LILIUTRNE,  JANhl  LILBURNE, 
ELIZA  L'.ETH  LILBURNE,  daughters  of  the  said  WILLIA:\I,  deeea^cd, 
of  the  one  part  and  the  said  WILLIAM  CARR,  Alderman  of  New<-,astlo 
upon  Tyne,  leasing  tlieir  moiety  of  the  said  coalmines  and  collieries  to 
tlie  said  WILLIAM  CARi{  for  21  years  at  the  said  yearly  rental.  Sliortly 
after   A^MLLIAM   CARR   demised   tiie   said  premises  to   Sir  WILLIAM 
I'.LAC:a;TT,  of  Newcastle,  Bart.     Soon  alter  executing  the  sal.l  lense 
to  the  ,\:iid  CA1\R  .several  suits  at  law  in  this  court   arose  letvreen  the 
said  Elizabeth  LILIiUIlNE  complainants'  mother,  the  complaiuaat 
and  ROBERT,  ELEANOR,  JANE,  ELIZABETH  MARY  &  ANN  LTL- 
BURNi;,  (hiu'dders  of  d.rea>;ed,   touLddng  an   account   of  the  profits  of 
the  Keht.Jii  lands  aiul  colliery  Touching  the  daughters  portions.     Tlio  said 
OARR    .lad    one    i\Ir.    JOHN    DOUOLAR    advised    complainant    and    his 
brother  i;(Jl5ERT  to  go  into  tiie  Army  to  avoid  and  delay  tlie  said  suits 
and  in   the   interim   CARli   &   DOUC.LAS    would   receive   the   rents   etc. 
Complainant  not  being  willing  to  go  into  the  Army  alleged  he  had  not 
the  money  to  take  him  from  Newcastle  to  London,  whoreuiion  WILLIAM 
CARR  offered  tiiat  if  conijdaiuant  would  jnit   him   in   pos  oj'xion   of  the 
Kenton   lands,   which   are   worth   about  £200  a  year,  he   would   advance 
him  £100   and  help   him  to  some  good  preferment   in   the  Army.     Com- 
plainanl    licing  vi'ry  young,  accepted  and  was  pcisnadcd  to  enter  into  ;i 
bond  to;  'ther  with  his  brotiier  to  repay  tlie  same  wit!i  interest  <'Oiiveying 
the  said  lands,  in  default  of  payment,  and  entered  into  a  counter  bond 
with   his   said   brother.      He   went   into   the    Army   and    remained    in    the 


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410  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

West  Indies  several  years.  Now  the  said  WILLIAM  CARR  eoinldning 
witli  ROBEIJT  LILBUIJXE  and  JOHN  DOUGLAS  and  other  unknown 
persons  is  endeavoring  to  defraud  complainant  of  the  sums  due  to  liim 
from  the  said  lands  and  colliery  an<l  the  said  ROBERT  is  suing  him  for 
£4()(l  the  jienaity  of  the  counter  liond  and  they  j.retend  that  only  tinall 
sums  an>  due  to  him.  Clomidainant  allixes  a  schedule  of  the  sums  he 
considers  due  to  him  (amounting  to  £7;Jl:0:lVo)  and  desires  the  said 
WILLIAM  CARR,  ROBERT  LILBURNE  and  JOHN  DOUGLAS  may 
be  called  upon  to  appear  to  answer  the  iiremises. 

LiLKUKXE. 

Chanc.    Proc.   Bridges. 

Bund.  ()17/95.  28  April  1709. 

Complaint  hy  ELIZABETH  LILBURNE,  widow  and  executrix  of  WIL- 
LIAM LILBURNE,  late  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  deceased,  AVILLTAM 
LILBURNE,  ROBER'T  LILBURNE,  ELEANOR  LILBURNE, 
CHARLES  ROGERS  &  JANE  his  wife,  ALICE,  ISABEL,  MARV  & 
ANNE  LILBURNE  (ELEANOR,  JANE,  ALICE,  ISABEL,  MARY  & 
ANNE  being  daughters  of  WILLIAiNI,  deceased)  that  one  TRISTRAM 
FENWICK,  late  of  Kenton,  co.  Northundierlaiul,  gent.,  deceased,  being 
seised  of  certain  lands  and  a  colliery  in  Gunnerton,  co.  Northumberland, 
having  occasion  for  .tl.j^Ud  ditl  in  l(i78  apply  to  tlie  said  WILLIAM  LIL- 
BURNE, who  lent  it  to  iiim  wiio  by  Indentures  ilated  127  August  1G78 
conveyed  the  lands  aiul  colliery  in  Kenton  ami  Gunnerton  to  the  said 
WILLIAM  and  his  heirs  with  tlie  proviso  that  on  rei)ayment  of  the  said 
£4,50U  with  interest  the  said  conveyance  should  be  void.  So  being  entitled, 
the  said  WILLIAM  LILBURNE  died  in  1681  having  made  his  WILL 
on  17  January  1681  appointing  his  wife  ELIZABETH  executrix  and 
bequeathing  his  colliery  lands  to  his  sons,  WILLIAM  &  ROBERT  LIL- 
BURNE &  BENJAMIN  (now  deceased),  subject  to  the  payment  of 
various  sums  to  his  daughters.  Tlie  said  ELIZABETH  brought  eject- 
ments against  the  said  TRISTRAM  FENWICK  and  got  possession  of 
the  premises,  whereupon  the  latter  in  Michaelmas  Term,  16s4  brought 
a  suit  in  this  court  against  complainants  to  show  accounts  of  the  rents 
and  jnolits  of  the  said  mortgaged  lands  and  colliery  to  which  they  put 
in  their  answer  and  the  cause  was  heard  on  7  July  'AG  Chas.  II.,  and  was 
leferriHi  to  a  Master  to  take  an  account  of  what  was  due.  On  17  Dec. 
1686  tlie  Master  made  his  rejiort  wliereby  £8,01)8.19.6.  was  due  to  com- 
plainants for  money  lent  to  TRISTRAM  FENWICK  on  various  accounts 
and  TRISTRAM  was  ordered  to  pay  tlie  same  and  failing,  his  bill  was 
dismissed  out  of  Court  Tiiey  claim  they  are  entitled  to  the  said  premises, 
having  been  in  possession  thereof  above  20  years,  but  now  ELIZ.VBETH 
FENWICK,  widow,  TRISTRAM  &  LANCELOT  FENWICK  with  other 


NOTES   AJS'D    QUEMhS  411 

unkaoviH  persons,  allege  they  are  entitled  to  a  rent  cliarge  of  £40  u  year 
out  of  ihe  said  mortgaged  lands,  \'\hich  they  deny  and  tlierefure  desire  tlie 
said  EIJZABETH,  TRISTRAM  &  LANCELOT  may  lie  directed  to 
aitpear  to  answer  the  premises  22  June,  8  Anne.  Answers  of  I'jLlZA- 
BETII,  TRISTRAM  &  LANCELOT  FENWICK,  allJrming  their  right 
to  the  said  £40  a  year,  wliieli  had  been  granted  to  the  father  and  grand- 
father of  the  said  TRISTRAM  FENWICK,  deceased,  in  a  former  mort- 
gage,    [details  of  which  are  set  forth.] 

LlLBUKNE. 

Chanc.  Proc.  Bridges. 

(ri7/94.  2  July   1707. 

Complaint  by  ELIZABETH  LILBURNE  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne, 
Widow,  Relict  and  Executrix  of  WILLIA.AI  LILIiURNE  Esqr.,  deceased. 
That  she  exhibited  her  Bill  of  Complaint  into  this  Court  against  WIL- 
LIAM &  ROBERT  LILBURNE,  ELINOR  LILBURNE,  JANE,  ALICE, 
&  R0P.I;RT  LILBURNE,  ELINOR  LILBURNE,  JANE,  ALICE, 
ISABELL,  MARY  &  ANNE  LILBURNE  and  likewise  against  WIL- 
LIAM CARR  Esq.,  Sir  WILLIAM  BLACKETT,  Bart,  deceased,  GEORGE 
CUTIIBERTSON  &  JANE  his  wife  to  be  relieved  touching  tiie  several 
matters  therein  contained  and  the  said  defendants  being  duly  served 
with  process  appeared  and  put  in  their  Answers  to  the  said  Bill.  And 
that  soon  after  the  said  WILLIAM,  ROBERT,  JANE,  ALICE,  ISABEL, 
MARY  &  ANNE  did  exhibit  their  cross  Bill  against  complainant  to 
which  she  put  in  her  Answer.  17  Nov.  1699  the  causes  were  heard  and  it 
was  ordered  that  the  said  Sir  WILLIAM  BLACKETT  should  come  to 
an  account  before  Sir  LACON  WILLIAM  CHILD  and  subsequently 
transferred  to  Sir  JOHN  FRANKLIN,  Knt.  Before  the  said  Account 
was  settled,  the  said  WILLIAM  BLACKETT  died  wliereby  the  said 
suits  abated  having  first  made  his  will  and  appointed  WILLIAM 
DAVISON  Esq.,  JOHN  WILKINSON,  Gent.,  Joint  executors  who 
have  proved  the  same  in  the  P.  C.  C.  and  stand  in  the  place  of  the  said 
Sir  WILLIAM  BLACKETT. 

Complainant  therefore  desires  a  Writ  of  subpoena  may  be  directed  to 
the  said  WILLIAM  DAVISON  &  JOHN  WILKINSON,  Commanding 
them  to  appear  in  this  Court  and  to  shew  Cause  why  the  said  Bills 
should   not   stand   revived. 


BOLLING. 

Issue   of    Warner    Tahh    Balling    and   Harriet   Smith. 

Warner  Tabb  Boiling,  born  Petersburg,  Va.  1S00,  died  Tennessee 
1859,  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Gen.  (Jeo.  Stirling  Sniitii  of 
Gloucester  County,  Va.,  in  Nnsiiville,  Tenn. 


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412  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

I     George',   born   Ilimtsville,  Ala.   1825,  married   Elizabetli   Strat- 
toa  of  Nashville.     Issue  three  daughters. 
II     Euhcrt  Fcyton\  boru  Iluutsville,  Ala.  1827,  died  1SS3,  married 
Mary  Wlieless  of  Clarksville,  Teiui. 

III  Seigiiora'. 

IV  Warner   Throckmorton'   born   Greensljoro,  Ala.   1S17   died   1913. 
V 

Issue  of  liohcrt  Peyton  BoUimj  and  Mary  Whelcss. 

I     Susie   Wlieless,   born   Nashville,    Tenn.   Jan.   19,   1S51,   married 
Robert  Pendleton  Sibley  of  Au-U:,ta,  Ga. 
II     Ella,    born    ilomphis,    Tenn.    ISd.!,    died    1891,    married    John 
Poston 
III     Roliert,  died  in  infancy. 

IV     llary  Lou,  boru  Menixjliis  1865,  married  W.  P.  Chapman. 
Issue  of  Susie  Boiling  and  Bohcrt  P.  Sihlry 

I     Boiling,  born  Aug.  20,  1873,  married  Erie  Beasley  1903 
IT     Prances  Wlieless,  Jan.  2,  1875,  married  M.  IT.  Lorenz  1911 

III  Josiah,  born  ilay  12,  1877,  married  Adeline  Welilj,  190(5 

IV  George  Koyal,  Pel>.  8,  1S79,  married  INlaud  Maynard  1907. 
V     Poljert,    :\lareh    28,    I8sl,   married    Catherine    Stone,    IDOl. 

YI     IlerLort,  Oct.  13,  1885,  droAvned  Aug.  1904. 
[Warnur  Tabb  Polling  vras  son  of  Tlios.  Tabb  and  Scignora  (Peyton) 
];   ibng  of  Petersburg.     See  "Pri.-.tol  Pari:;li,"  ^x  lllj.] 


ROBERT  HUX^fT 


(Contributed  by  Leo  Culleton,  92  Piccadilly,  London,  W.,  England) 

The  Dictionary  of  National  Biography,  drawing  its  information  from 
"Athenae  Cantabrigenses"  makes  Koliert  Hunt  of  Eeculver  fatlier  of 
P.;l,ert  Hunt  of  Heathfield.  Tlie  former  was  aged  28  or  thereabouts  in 
1.397  when  he  married  Elizabetli  Edwards,  of  St.  Margarets,  Canter l.ury. 
If  the  vicar  of  Heathfield  was  tlie  eldest  child  by  the  marriage  he  would 
have  been  aged  8  when  he  made  Lis  v.-ill  in  1000.  These  two  are  un- 
doubtedly the  same  jjerson. 

Robert  Hunt  was  instituted  to  tlie  Vicarage  of  Reculver  (and  Iloath) 
CO  Kent  18  January  1591.  1  ha\e  not  found  wlieu  his  succe:-sor  was  in- 
stituted iit   Reculver. 

lie  was  instituted  to  the  Vicarage  of  Iloathfleld,  co  Sussex  5  Oct. 
45  (sic)  Eliz.  according  Bishops  Certilicates  First  Fruits.  I  imagine 
thi.i  must  mean  tlie  44th  year  of  Elizabeth,  1602,  for  the  45tli  year  of 
her  reign  was  from  17th  Nov.  1602  to  24th  March  1603  when  she  died. 
You  will  note  the  bracketed  "anno  reg  nupcr  Begin  Eliz.  quadregesimo 
(jubito".  He  had  a,  daughter  baptized  at  Heathfield  G  Feb.  1602-3. 
His  successor  at  Heathlield,  Robert  Say,  was  instituted  and  admitted  14 
Sept.   6  Jas.    (1609). 


♦'••^  NOTES    AND    QUERIES  413 

Roheit  Hant  signed  every  page  of  IleathfieUl  Register  from  1G02  to 
1GU5,  ill  that  year  Lib  last  entry  is  2;i  June  1G05.  Tlie  cessation  of  liis 
bignatiue  at  tliat  dale  would  suggest  that  his  connection  with  Ileatlifield 
came  to  an  end  in  June  1605,  but  in  his  will  drawn  up  in  Nov.  IGOCI  he 
still  styles  himself  Vicar  of  Ileatlifield.  The  probate  Act,  U  July  lUOS, 
has  no  mention  about  his  dying  abroad,  but  there  is  no  entry  of  his  burial 
at  Heathfield,  neither  is  there  any  monumental  inscription.  I  Inive  ob- 
tained tracings  of  his  signature  from  the  Heathfield  register,  also  from 
las  (original)  will.  These  I  send  attached  to  a  working  pedigree  of  two 
generations.  You  will  be  able  to  compare  these  signatures  \vith  the  one 
vou  have  from  the  Reculver  or  Heath  register. 


^1;'  //--/ 


/ 

From  Will 


T-^Ht^ 


.     ■  -'From  Hca:hiicld  Rcyibtcr 

He  may  lie  identical  with  Robert  Hunt  of  Hampsldre  I'orn  circa  15G9, 
who  matriculated  at  Magdalen  Hall,  Oxford,  li  Feli.  15.SS-9,  then  aged 
20,  B.  A.  1502,  M.  A.  1595,  but  I  have  made  no  elTorts  to  prove  this. 

The  Bishops  Registers  should  contain  something  about  liiin,  perliaps 
his  ordination  papers;  his  transfer  from  one  diocese  to  another.  The 
Archbisliop  of  Canterliury 's  records  niiglit  mention  him  in  connection 
with  the  Reculver  as  that  place  was  under  tlie  "i*eculiar"  Jurisdiction 
of  the  Archliishop  of  Canterl>u]-y. 


A.  C.  C.  I'ru.  Act  Book  14  July  ICUS.  Probate  of  the  Will  of  Robert 

1G08  Hunt    of    Heathfield    in    County    Sussex, 

deceased   by   Elizalteth,   relict   and   Execu- 
trix   named. 
The  Will  says :  ' '  Robert  Hunt  of  the  Parish 
of  Heathfield,  Co.  Sussex,  Clerk  and  Vicar 
of  the  S  'd  parishe.  " 
No  other   place  mentioned. — Leo  C. 


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414  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

LIBER  CONSTITUTIONUM.     Series  A.  Vol.  5. 

Soiu-clKa:    ]  556-1 UOO.— nil 
Under  Sussex : 

Ileathlield  Vic.  22  July   1619,  Fran.  Killinbeck. 


£10-0-0 


Notliing    furtlier    given. 


Exchecquer   First   Fruits 

Index   to   Conjjiusit 'n   Book.      Series   III.      Vol.   II. 
Kolicrt  Hunt  does  not  appear. 
Searched:   Conip 'n.  Books  for  1602  &  1603— nil. 
Bishops  Certificates  of  Institutions:   First  Fruits 
Eliz.  to  1S62.     Kolls  1,  2,  'A  &   i,  searched. 


Exchequer  of  Account  \v       ■  . 
First   Fruits. 

Bishojjs  Certificates  i-   .;    ■  .  ■    , 

Chichester.  ,.v 
No.  ;;. 

Heathfield  Ro})ert    Hunt,    clerk,    Master    of    Arts    v^as 

Vicar  in  the  instituted  to  the  aforesaid  Vicarage  5  Oct. 

Archd.  of  Lewensem  45.      Eliz.     (anno    reg.    Nuper    Eegin    Eliz. 

&  Dean  of  Dallington  Quadragesimo  Quinto) 


Note.  L.  C.  Queen   Elizal^eth   died   24  March   1603   in   the  45th   year 

of  her  reign  which  conunenced  in  Nov.  155S.     The  45th 
year  of  her  reign  was  from    17  Nov.   1602  to  24   March 
1603.     The  5   Oct.   45   Eliz.   would   Ije   5   Oct.    16o3,   but 
James  1   was  then  King. 
Note  that  the  eiitry  says  nuper. 


X    oH 


•>.a  .9K'y, 


Ex.  of  ALct  's. 

F.  I'ruits. 
ChichestiT. 
No.  4. 


NOTES  AND   QUERIES  415 

BISIIOI'  'S  CERTIFICATES 


Heathfiekl  vie.  in  the  Eolant  Say,  Master  of  Arts 
Arch,  of  Lewis  &  Dean;  was  admitte.l  to  the  aforesaid 
of  Darlington.  viearage    II    Sept.    6    Jas.    1. 


Note         Admitted    two    months    after     date    of    Robert    Hunt's    will. 

Leo  C.  Robert  Say  evidently  held  it  till  1619  wlien  Frank  KillinbeLk 
was  instituted.  There  is  no  other  entry  between.  Roljert 
Say  does  not  appear  in  "Lilicr  Constitutioneni  Bks., "  only 
Bishop  's  Certificates. 


Notes  on  Searches       LIBER   INSTITFTTONUM 
Leo  C.  Series  A.  \'ol.  ;j. 

l.JGO-lGdU 
Com.  Kent.  Westbeare  D. 

Reculver  vie 

18  January  Rol>tus  Hunt. 

i:iM2-;JVo  1594. 

Ilothe  capella. 

18  January  Robtiis  Hunt. 

£3-14-21/2  1394. 

(Nothing  further  given.     Leo  C.) 
Note       lloath   (Holy  Cross)      ....     Tiie  living  is  annevo<l  to  the 
Leo  C.      Vicarage  of  Reculver,  in  the  Peculiar  J  urlsdUiion  of  the  JivIl- 
hlshup    of    Canterbury.      Hence    not    in    Bishops'    CertiJicates 
etc.  etc. 

Probably  in  the  Register  Books  in  tiie  Library  at  the  Cathedral 
of  Canterbury. 
Vol  1. 


VALOR    ECCLESIASTICUS 
p.  .'502. 
2G  Hen.  VIII  Hen.  VIII.   (15,'!4-5) 

Cantaria,  Radulphi  E  'pi  ad  altate  Sancti  ]\antaleonia. 
Robert   Hunt   capellanus  cantarie   il)in   vidclt   in   pecunys   numatis   per 
deo3  decanum  et  capitulum  annuatini  solut — IXs. — 


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Parpetual  cliantrys  founded  iu  the  CH.   of  chichester. 

This  is  only  soiuethiii^r  noted  while  searcliiny,  on  accuuut  of  th.e  name 
Rdiiert  Hunt  &  tlie  See  of  Chielicster:  too  early;  o)ily  a  coincidence. 
Leo  C. 

HUNT 


I 
Robert  Hunt=Elizabeth  Ed-watids, 
of  St.  Margarets,  Can- 
terl.ury,  Lorn  ci'/Cd 
loSl  ;  niarr.  lie.  0 
March  1597  at  St. 
Bredin,  Canterbury 
proved  her  husband  's 
will  in  IGOS. 


born  circd  1569;  vicar 
of  Eceulver  in  Kent 
(archdeaconry  &  dio- 
ce,-e  of  Canterbury) 
1594-1C02;  married 
1597  then  described  as 
aiied  28  and  clerk  of 
Eeculver. 

Afterwards  Vicar  of 
Ileathfield,  co.  Sussex 
(Lewes  archdeaconry 
&  Chicliester  diocese) 
^\■ill  20  Nov.  IGOG, 
J. roved  14  July  IGOS 
I  P.  C.  C.  72  'Winde- 
banck].  Xot  buricl  at 
Ileathfield,  no  M.  I. 
tliero. 


Stephen  Hunt= 
of  Minster  in  Thornet, 


y  00 


\[d.   in 


brother's  will  IGOG  as 
"now  or  late  of  Ee- 
culver. ' ' 

Was  living  in  IGIS 
when  his  daughter 
married. 


I  I 

TiiOMA.s  Hunt  Elizabeth  IUtnt^IIenry  Eose 
ider  21  in  iGOG        married    3    Nov.     of  Cluslet, 
1  G 1 S     at     St.     yeoman 
Margaret's, 
Canterbury. 


Elizadjetii  Hunt 
1  i  \  i  n  g  in  IGOG,  in 
fatlier's  will,  then  un- 
der  IS. 

hu]:t.  6  Feb.  1C02-3  at 
Ileathficld. 

[The  readers  of  this  Magazine  are  greatly  obliged  to  '^Iv.  Culleton 
for  his  researches  in  regard  to  Ro])ert  Hunt.  The  information  now 
furnished,  together  with  what  was  given  with  liis  will  (this  Magazine 
XXV,  IGl,  1G2J  makes  it  almo^,t  certain  that  he  was  tlie  devoted 
minister  at  Jamestown.  I'nfortimately  the  tracings  of  ];ol  ert  limit 's 
signature  for  the  register  at  KccuLi'r,  which  were  scut  to  the  Swcirty  Ijy 
Ml.  Dwelly,  have  been  misplaced.  Other  tracings  will  be  obtained  if 
po^sillU■  and  fac-similes  printed.  Would  not  Roljert  Hunt  have  needed 
tie  permission  of  his  bishop  liefore  leaving  his  English  vicarage 
to  come  to  Virginia.'  If  so  there  sliould  be  some  entry  in  tlie  records 
of  the  Diocese  of  Chichesti'r.  AVlnglield,  in  his  "Disconr>e  of  Vir- 
ginia," says  that  he  consulted  the  Arclibishop  of  Canterbury  about  the 
right  choice  of  a  spiritual  pastor  to  take  to  Virginia. — Ed.] 


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NOTES  AND  QUERIES  417 

Major  John  Harris,  Northumberland  County. 

John  Hirris  of  Wicomoco  Parish,  married  Grace,  relict  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Hi/bbon.     Order  Book  lG78-9U-p-!3. 

1G72  April  4.  John  Harris,  Richard  Dennis,  John  \Vadd_v  and  Baili- 
olonu;w  IjaTneron  ordered  l)y  couri  u>  appraise  eslalc  of  Ji.;hn  Barber, 
dcc'd. 

1680  Meh.  17.     Thomas  Morris  indebted  to  John  Harris. 

1G81  Apr.  IH).     Geo.  Bledsoe  vs  John  Harris. 

1G79  June  7.   Order  for  raising  men  for  Fort  on  Potomac.  John  Harris  4. 

ItJSU.  Governor  orders  Mr.  Sam'l  Goth,  Mr.  John  Harris  and  John 
Nicholls  to  a[)praise  "the  Barque  Mary  of  Carolina." 

ICSO  Nov.  14.     Mr.  John  Harris  vs  Thomas  Flynt. 

U)S1  Mar.  17.  Mr.  John  Harris  vs  Josias  GasKoyne  about  land  bound- 
aii  s. 

1682  May  17.  Mr.  John  Harris  objects  to  .survey  of  Mr.  Edw.  Conway 
and  produces  in  court  one  made  by  Capt.  John  Haynie  which  is  accepted 
by  court. 

16S3  Ai)r.  ID.  Member  grand  jury — Mr.  John  Harris,  Wieocomoco 
Parish. 

1677  Nov.  21.  Capt.  John  Haynie  and  Mr.  John  Harris  give  bond  for 
Wm.  Flowers. 

1GS9  Apr.  17.     John  Harris  witness  1o  will. 

1698  Mch.  IS.  John  Harris  administrator  of  David  Whitford.  John 
Harris  and  Richard  Haynie  "Joyntly"  oblige  themselves  for  20,000 
pounds  tolj. 

1(';',)1  June  21.  John  Harris  and  Anthony  Haynie,  members  of  jury. 

1690  July  15.  Mr.  John  Harris  250  acres  of  land  for  headrip;hts. 
1697  May   19.     Mr.  John  Harris  appointed  to  take   "tythabks"  for 
Wicomico  Par. 

1699  Jan.  IS.  Mr.  Jcjhn  Harris  one  of  the  Justices  of  Northumberland 
County. 

1699  Apr.  19.     Mr.  John  Harris  to  take  tythables  in  Wiccomoco  parish. 

1701  May  22.     Mr.  John  Harris  sworne  High-sheriil. 

1702  Apr.  15.  Mr.  John  Harris,  Mr.  Hancock  Lee,  Mr.  John  Waddy 
and  Mr.  Bartholomew  Sehreever  ajjpointed  to  divide  the  estate  of  Mr. 
Georc;e  Daineron. 

1702  June  17.  Mr.  John  Harris  sworne  High-sheriff  and  Richard 
Robinson  .sub-sheritY. 

170-5  May  19.  Mr.  Jolui  Harris  sworne  High  sheriff  and  John  Conway 
sub- sheriff. 

1701  Nov.  18.     Northumberland  Co.  Debts: 

To  Mr.  John  Harris  for  Burgess  Charges. 
To  Caj)t.  Richard  Haynie  for  Burgess  Charges. 
1705  Jan.  17.     To  Mr.  John  Harris  for  Burgess  charges. 
1705  Feb.  20.     Majijr  John  Harris,  Cai)t.  Maurice  Jc^nes,  Sworn  Justices. 


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1705  May  17.     Major  John  Harris  appointed  to  take  tythables. 
1701)  Jan.  1(3.     Court  huld  for  Xorthumbeilond  County. 
Justices  present 
Col.  Geo.  Cooper  Capt.  John  Cralle 

Major  John  Harris  Mr.  Peter  Contanceau 

Capt.  Christopher  Neale  Mr.  Jas.  Waddy 

Capt.  Richard  Haynic. 
170S  July  22.     Mr.  John  Harris,  Justice. 

i  709  June  15.  Maj.  John  Harris,  Mr.  Jarnes  Waddy,  Mr.  John  Steptoe 
and  Capt.  John  Howson  ap])ointed  to  take  "lysts  of  tythabk-s"  in  lower 
p;iri  of  this  Co. 

1713  June  18.  Will  of  John  Harris  dec'd,  presented  in  court  by  Sarah 
liaynic  and  Ceo.  IJali  his  executors. 

1713  July  15.  Mis.  Sarah  Haynic  and  Mr.  Geo.  Ball  executors,  of  Jolin 
Harris  gentl.  dec'd  exhibited  an  inventory. 

1715  Feb.  17.  Mrs.  Sarah  Haynie  acknowledges  a  deed  of  Indiiiture 
for  land  unto  Geo.  Ball  t^ant.     ( »r(kr  Book  1713-1719  p  9S. 

1715  Mch.  10.  Mr.  Francis  Waddy  and  Sarah  his  wife  acknowledge 
d^.d  of  Indeniure  of  lease  for  land  unto  (]eo.  Ball  gentl.  p.  100. 

[.\ntliony  Haynie,  the  son-law  of  Maj.  John  Harris  and  whose  dau. 
Grace,  married  Ca[>t.  Gcor;je  Ball  was  the  brother  of  Capt.  Ricb.ard  and 
Juha  Haynie,  all  sons  of  Capt.  John  Haynie.  who  settled  in  Xorthum- 
berland  Co.  in  about  1050,  His  identity  is  [)erfectly  established  by  rec- 
ords extant  at  the  CounhrHise  in  Heaths'.illu,  \'a.] 

Ncli'S  of  otlicr  Earris  Names. 

.    H)Sl  Apii!  21.     A  man  servant  assigned  by  Mrs.  Mary  Harris. 
luS5  Jan.  2.     Chas.  Harris  witness  to  will. 
10S5  July  15.     Chas.  Harris  Atty  for  Christopher  Xeale. 
lOSG  May.     Mr.  Chas.  Harris  atty  for  Robt.  Bradley. 

1096  May  25.  Attachment  award  Presly,  Hack  .tnd  Chas.  Harris 
executors  of  tlie  will  of  Richd  Hull  dec'd  during  minority  of  Richd  Hull 
a  minor,  vs  Tarloe  Connor. 

]o90  I\Iay  25.     Chas.  Harris  overseer  of  High-ways. 

1099  June  21 .  Mr.  Chas.  Harris  doc'd  aee(,r.nts  auditted.  [Mrs.  Anne 
Chewning  in  behalf  of  Jane  Harris  dau.  of  GInne  Harris  d^^c'il,  grand 
daughter  to  said  Anne  Chewning  for  administration  one  state  c;f  Chas. 
Harris  dec'd.     Order  Book  1099-13.     Page  US.] 

1097  Jan.  20.     Hugh  Harris  witness  to  will. 

Chas.  Harris  was  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish  and  was  several  times  asso- 
ciated with  Cai)t.  Richard  Haynie  in  suits  before  the  court. 

John  Harris  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish  who  made  his  will,  which  was 
proved  in  Korlhuinberland  Co.,  May  20,  1719,  m.  Hannah  Hull  widow  of 
i  ieh.  Hull  who  afterwards  married  Thomas  Cralle.      inot  Crabbe). 


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1719  May  20.  Upon  motion  of  Hannah  Crallc  execiit:  U  of  John  Harris' 
doc'sd,  Tho.  Gill,  John  Haynie,  John  Cotrell  and  Samuel  Span  api)oinlud 
by  court  to  appraise  estate  of  sd  John  Harris. 

1719  Aug.  20.  Thos.  and  Hannah  Cralle  executors  of  John  Harris' 
d^  c'd  arresti'd  at  suite  of  Peter  Bond  for  Sum  of  £8  12s.  6d.  due  by  a  pro- 
tested bill  of  exchange  bearing  date  anno  1718.  Said  Thos.  and  Hannah 
niji  appearing  to  answer  an  order  is  granted  unto  sd.  Bond  vs  Richard 
Kenner,  security  for  the  same. 

1719  Nov.  18.  Thos.  Lucas  adm.  of  Thos.  Lucas  dec'd  confesses  judge- 
uK-nt  to  Tlios.  and  Hannah  Cralle  administrators  of  Richd.  Hull  dcc'd. 

1720  Jan.  20.  Judgement  granted  Thos.  and  Hannah  Cralle  executors 
of  John  Harris  dec'd  vs  the  estate  of  Josias  Long. 

1720  Jan.  21.  Judgement  granted  Col.  Peter  Presly  vs  Thos.  and  Han- 
nah Cralle  executors  of  Richd.  Hull  dec'd. 

1720  Feb.  IS.  The  persons  that  appraised  the  estate  of  Richard  Hull 
g -Lt.  dec'd  are  appointed  to  divide  the  sd  estate  unto  three  parts.  Han- 
nah Cralle  formerly  Hannah  Hull  to  have  her  lirst  choice  and  Sara  Hull 
orphan  of  -.d  Richard  Hull  the  next. 


■  f.   •  ...  '.V I     Christian. 

Dr.  Mk  haf.l  Christian-  and  his  brother  William  Christian  came  to 
i'','orthar,;pion  County  frurn  Ireland,  but  v/erc  natives  of  Scotland. 

l)v.  Micha'l  Christian  married  Rose  Powell,  daughter  of  John  Powell 
and  Sarah  Vcardley,  a  son  of  Walter  Powell  of  Somerset  Co.,  Md.,  who 
moved  there  from  Va.  and  his  son  John  Powell  returned  to  Va.  to  reside. 
Sec  "Will"  at  Annapolis,  Md.  and  also  iMrs.  Helen  Dorsey  Richardson's 
"Side  Lights  in  Maryland  History."  .Michael  Christian,  son  of  Dr. 
Islichael  Christian  and  Rose  Powell  married  Patricia  Michael,  and  their 
only  son  Michael  Christian  die<l  unmarried.     Their  daughters  were: 

1.  Peggy  Christian,  m.  1st.  Mr.  Thomas  Fisher  and  2nd, .     Left 

no  descendants. 

2.  Susan  Christian,  m.  Elison  Armistead  of  Lancaster  Co.,  Va.,  left 
descendants. 

3.  Nancy  Christian,  m.  Col.  John  Hays  of  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va..,  had 
descendants. 

4.  Rose  Christian,  m.  Col.  Edward  Snead  of  Accomac  Co.  Va.,  had 
an  only  son  Charles  Snead  and  one  daughter  Sally  Christian  Snead,  m. 
Mr.  John  Winder. 

5.  Est(;r  Christian,  married  Col.  John  Darby  and  had  an  only  daugh- 
t>:r  to  live  to  be  married,  Harriet  Burleigh  Darby,  m.  John  Andrew^ 
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York  County  Marriages. 
(Continued  from  Page  301) 

Wm.  P.  Vass  to  Bertha  H.  Druinmond,  June  15,  1811,  by  Rev.  Wm.  M. 
Dennis. 

Butts  Roberts  to  Nancy  Robinson,  May  29,  1817,  by  Rev.  Thacker 
Muirc. 

John  Foster  to  Lucy  Jordan,  Jan.  29,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Edward  Burches  to  Frances  Russell,  Mar.  26,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Wm.  Hopkins  to  Fanny  Ironmonj^er,  A\ir.  14,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Sam'l  Robins  to  Elizabeth  Wilson,  Ajjril  27,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Anthony  Dixon  to  Mary  Huffington  (widow).  May  17,  1825,  by  Rev. 
Cyrus  B.  James. 

Rich'd  CfUis  to  Eli7.a  Riggin,  May  23    1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Wm.  G.  Barnes  to  Jane  Smith  Smelt,  June  22,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

John  Mai  tin  to  Sarah  Messick,  July  27,  1825,  by  Rtv.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Augustine  King  to  Mary  Hunt,  Sept.  27,  1825,  b)^  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Edmund  L.  Thomas  to  Elizabeth  Moss,  Nov.  9,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus 
B.  James. 

Thomas  Warnham  to  Ellen  Hopkins,  Dec.  19,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Edward  Patrick  to  Mary  Wright,  Dee.  20,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Thomas  Dixon  to  Polly  Phillips,  Dec.  23,  1825,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

James  Bureher  to  Elizabeth  Stroud,  Jan.  11,  182(),  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
James. 

Wm.  Hogg  to  Sarah  Hogg,  Jan.  10,  182(i,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

John  Bowen  to  Margaret  Mancy,  Feb.  4,  1820,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

John  Charles  to  Jane  Jeater,  Mar,  20,  1820,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Henry  Speed  t(5  Martha  Drakes,  Mar.  30,  1826,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

John  Cox  to  Mary  Waymoulh,  Apr.  7,  1826,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

James  Howell  to  Jane  Black,  Aug.  21,  1827,  by  Rev.  John  Bud. 

Wm   Smart  to  Louna  Gibbons,  Feb.  22,  1820,  by  Rev.  W.  D.  Carim. 

Wm.  H.  Delk  to  Lucy  Jean  Slaughter,  Oct.  22,  1826,  by  Rev.  W.  Mc- 
Pherson. 

(.\bt)ve  ceremony  solem.nized  at  home  of  Maj.  Wm.  Farange,  Camden 
Co.,  N.  C.  in  record  of  York  Co.  Clerk  he  spells  the  britle's  name 
Lucy  Jane  Selater.) 

John  Caldwell  to  Mary  Pierce,  Apr.  19,  1821,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

Wm.  R.  Topping  to  Hannah  Morris,  Dec.  27,  1824,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 
Tames. 


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Jno   Kn.Uts  to  Sarah  Sanders,  Oct.  5,  1824,    by  Rev.  Cjrus  B.  James 
James'  '''  '"  ''"  ^^'"°'^'  ^''-  -^'   '^'-^'  ^>'  R<^--  ^i^rB; 

^  A  Ws  Su  iney  to  Mary  Eiiza  Cosby,  Dec  20,  1824,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B. 

B^jZe^^'  '"  ^"""''  ^    ^^^"'"-^Ser,  Dec.  28,  1821,  by  Rev.  Cyrus 
^^  James  Fmney  to  Frances  Barham,  Aug.  20,   1827,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B 

n '-l;  Jr"'  'n  '^^^.^^^f  ^'  ^^--  '^'  1^^' -  '-y  Hev.  Cyrus  B.  James. 

James!  "' ""'  ^"'^"^'  ^^■'-  ''■  ''-''  '^^  R^'    ^V-s  B. 

Wn,.  T:.L!.  to  Mary  Eaton,  Feb.  23,  1828,  by  Rev.  Cyrus  B   James 

luf  S!^!:;  Mm!^ '^"^^'^^  ^   ™''  ''-''■  '''  '''''  'y  ^-■-  I^--  Ams. 

(A'aj.  in  ;i2n,l  Va.  Rert.,  and  Judj^e  it  Kli..  City.  Co  ) 
Us^m!^:;::  '°  '^"'  '''''^'  '^'^'^-  ''•  '''''  '^y  ^^-'-  ^'^^-  A-^ne,  Bap. 
Ai;S°^,-I^:pU:';;;^I,^^^^^^  ^^-^^-^'  ^P^-  ^^-  1«^«-  ^y  ^ev.  rotor 
Baptist  Mnnsten"  ^^'''  ^'''"''  '^^'-  "''  ^^^^'  ^^  ^"^^  ^^^^^^  A"^^'*'^' 
B-^Ust  MmCer"  '"'"''  ^"""■"'  ^'"^  '''   '^'''  '^^'  ^^^'^  ^^^^  ^'^l-' 

Am:!;::  Ba!>;;:;  mL^^:- '^  ^'^-  ''°^^-^'^"'  ^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^y  ^^-^-  ^^•^- 
ii.'B;,:^s;t;  •;[!,;;;"  '-^-^  '■  "■'^^^'  '^•^^^-  ^^^  ^^^^-  ^>-  ^--  ^^--  -^■- 

M?mste^"  ''  "'""  ''^^''"'  ''''•  '•  '''''  ""y  ^^^'-  ^^-^^  Ai-1-.  Bapt.st 

E:'!tSln;:- IJ^  ''""'  ''  '"^^"'  ''°^'-  ^^'  ^^-^'  ^'>-  ^^-'-  I'^-t-  Ainslie. 

J.^hn  T    Hall  to  Polly  Cecn  (ui.low),   Dec.  23,   1828,  by  Rev    Peter 
Amshe,  B^.;.■Ust  Minister.  yi^ev.   icur 

Pu.r''^^7''  Charles  to  Nancy   Chapman,    Dec.   27,    1828,    by    Rev 
Peter  Amslie,  Baptist  Minister.  ^ 

Clan^MIle  Booth  to  Sarah  Brooks,  Mar.  5,  1831,  by  Rev.  Wm.  S  Peyton 

H^™-^;:;^;M'H'r "  ''^"'^  ^""  ""''^^''  ""-■ '''  ^^^-'^^^^°"- 


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Wm.  M.  King  to  Maiy  Ann  Kemp,  Jan.  IS,  1834.  by  Rev.  Madison 
Pettis  (.Eapt.) 

Edward  Ecll  to  Harriett  Wri-ht,  Jan.  25,  1832,  by  Rev.  Henning  W. 
Kelly  (M.  E.) 

Hinds  R.  Jones  to  Xancy  I.  Presson,  June  11,  1839,  by  Rev.  Thos. 
Curtis. 

Franklin  Chandler  to  Clarissa  MUler,  Dec.  23,  1S41,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Hodges  (Epis.) 

James  Hudgins  to  Hariet  Miller,  Mch.  25,  1S42,  by  Rev.  Wm.  Hodges 
(Epis.) 

John  Poe  to  Betsy  Banks,  Sept.  — ,  1812,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  T.R.  Walsh 
(Ref.  Bapt.) 

Edmund  Bowcn  to  Cliarlotte  Jackson,  Dec.  — ,  1842,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
Hodges. 

Sam'l  Sheild,  Jr.,  to  Louisa  H.  Newman,  Dec.  15,  1842,  by  Rev.  Edwd 
S.  Amory  (Bapt.) 

Edmund  Curiis  to  Louisiana  Hay,  Mar.  1,  1S13,  by  Rcv.  Edv.-d  S. 
Amory  (Bapt.) 

Sam'l  Topping  to  IMartlia  Sarah  Patrick,  Dee.  27,  1844,  by  Rev.  Edwd 
S.  Amory  (Bapt.) 

Richard  Hugg  (Gloucester)  to  Mrs.  Eliz.  Patrick,  Dec.  27,  1844,  by 
Rev.  Edwd  S.  Amory  (Bapt.) 

Robt.  Augustus  Armstead  to  Ann  Eliza  Smith,  Jan.  G,  IS  14,  by  Rev. 
Edwd  S!  Amory  (Bapt.) 

Thomas  Mason  to  Charluttc'  Thomas,  May  8,  1851,  by  Rev.  Geo.  1.1. 
Trimyer  (M.  E.) 


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GENEALOGY  423 


GENEALOGY. 


Johnson  of  King  William,  Louisa,  &c. 
(Continued.) 

(N.  B.  In  spite  of  the  most  .strenuous  efi'orts  of  the  compilor  aiul 
editor,  tiie  printer  turned  the  "lu'u,  lieu"  in  tlie  Latin  epitajjh  on 
page  32;t,  into  "h(Mi,  lien."} 

1.  Col.     IJiciiaud'    Joii.xson    had    issue:       2.     Thomas^;     3.    Rleiiard^; 

4.  William-. 

2.  Tho:ias'   Johnson   was   a   member   of   the   House   of   Burgesses   for 

King  and  Queen  County  at  the  sessions  of  .\pril  17] 8,  and  for 
King  "William  at  the  sessions  of  November  1720,  and  May  1722. 
He  lived  in  Hanover  County  at  the  time  of  his  death  which 
Occurred  about  17r>4.  In  the  only  remaining  old  record  book  of 
Haiiover  are  the  following:  (1)  Bond,  February  1734,  from 
Ann  Johnson,  widow  of  Thomas  Johnson,  as  guardian  of 
Eicliard,  Jane,  Ann  and  Thomas  Johnson,  orphans  of  Thomas 
John:  on,  deceased;  (2)  Deed,  December  1734,  from  Ann  Johnson 
to  her  son  Nicholas  Johnson;  (3)  Deed,  January  1734,  from 
Nicholas  Johnson  of  King  William  County,  to  his  sisters  Jane 
and   -Vnn  Johnson 

Thiiuias-  Johnson  nuirrled  Ann,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Meriwether 
and  had  ii^sue: 

5.  NJchoLas';  6.  Richard';  7.  Jane\  married  in  1740,  Richard 
Chapman,  of  King  AVilliam  County;  8.  Anu^,  married  John  Bos- 
well;    9.   Thomas";    10.   William" 

3.  ElciiAKD^   Johnson,   was   a  member   of  the   Ilou'.e   of   Burgesses   for 

King  and  Queen  County  at  the  sessions  of  May  1723,  and  May 
1720.  He  died  without  i.-sue,  and  probably  unmarried.  By  his 
will,  dated  Dec.  1.3,  1733,  he  left  27G5  acies  in  Caroline  County 
to  his  nephew  Thomas  Johnson,  and  1000  acres  in  King  and 
Queen  to  his  nephew  Richard  Johnson  {IIcniii(j  VII,  159,  VIII, 
455) 

4.  William^  Johnson  is  mentioned  in  an   act  in  Ucning   V,  114,  and 

on  :^L^y  2,  1705,  received  a  re-grant  of  4900  acres  on  Godwin  or 
Moulcwen  Swamp,  which  had  been  given  him  by  the  will  of 
Col.  Tliehard'  Johnson.  He  probably  lived  in  King  and  Queen 
County,  and  may  have  been  ancestor  of  Philip  Johnson  of  King 
and    Queen    who    removed   to    James    City    County    and    became    a 


i'St  YacxiAaviaa 


.      ...    ...      .  r''^-  -'S/i'I 


i'/.liov;)VjM   •:.  :iUi;itj;I.   .n.iA    ^oi'UCJii   i<t'«iu!oL  -■i'...M(uiiT 

Inj,-!i>iU    /.'^TI     iii    ij-uvtum    ,' kicI,     T     r'Ljr.ilif'/]     .'a     i'anu>i!-,i7;    .r. 
-noil   iiilc".   !'Kiif;if«  y'-aaJ).   .?    ;  {Iiuu'' ■ 


,\Vi  a   ,^«-i   «*>■'*    \3iiuAjii>    auKritioo   }.im)!>t?i    wftmjoii   eiii  ul    koih^ 


424  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    IV.'AGAZINE  «^-" 

nienil.er  of  tl,e  House  of  Burgesses  for  that  County.  Tlie  records 
of  King  &  Oueeu  County  liave  Iieeu  deytroyeil  and  there  is  no 
"  trace  of  tliis  William  Jolin:-on  in  the  records  of  Louisa,  unless 
it  is  in  a  suit  there,  May  -7,  174G,  to  have  the  estate  of  Will 
Johnson  di\idc>l,  and  also  another  a-aiiist  Sarah,  widow  of  ^Yil- 
liani   Joliuson. 

Issue:    (rrohal.ly):    11.   David' 
5.    Nicnor.As'    Jonxsox    is    named    in    two    deeds    in    Hanover    County, 
.'    '       17:;4,  whiidi   have  l.cen   referred   to.     In   an  act   of  Asseiahly,  :May 
17-Ifl    (which    h:is    heen    referred    toj    tlie    entail    is    docked    on    I'M 
acres   in    Kin-    William  County,  which   i;e!on,ued  to   Nicliolas  John- 
sou,    eldcot    son    of    Thomas    Joliusoa,    deceased,    and    in    its    stead 
(300    acres    in    the   parish    of   Ht.    Martin 's,    Hanover    County,    (400 
acres  of  which  had  heen  j'iven  said  Nicholas  and  his  brother  Eichard 
by  their   grandfather   Nicholas   Meriwether)    and   14   ncAroes   were 
.,  •  ,       entail-d.      It    is   probalde   t!ii:t    at   this   tinic   Nicliolas   John.'on    re- 
',  niu'.ed   i'rom   King  Vv'llliani  to  that  part   of  Hanover  Vi-hidi  is  now 

'     '        Louisa.      There    il    a    deed    June    2:1,    1757    from    John    Cosby    and 
Ann  his  wife  of  Lcaiisa,  to  Nicholas  Join-on  of  Loui.a  and  Tlnmias 
,,,,  Johnson    of    Caroline    lounty,    couveyi.i-    land    i>ntented    by    Ann 

(\;sby    (by  the  name  of  Ann  Johnson)    in   17;!9.     In   l?.".!  Nicholas 
,,..|       made  a  deed  to  his  sisters  and  tiiereiore   was  of  a-e  at  that  time. 
.,,;,'■'       Cn    June    0,    17;;!,    by    deed    lecurde  1    in    Lunixi,    Nicholas    Johnson 
coM\e:ed    1o    d.n.u    i;e^-.,ell    l;..:d    in     boii^^a    wlc.-li    taid    Nicholas 
;  an<l   lbs   wii'e   i:n;ai!  eih,  d:.u-liter  of  Cliarles   Hudsini,   Innl   reeclved 

,',  fri.m  said  Hud  ,&n's  estate.  The  inventory  of  the  estate  of 
Nlcl.idai  ,JuI:i:.-.ja,  .leeea.-,ed,  wa-i  recordcil  in  Loui'^a  in  17v;4. 
TLonniS  Jchn3cn  Jr.  came  into  Court  and  nmde  oath  tlied  he  be- 
lieved Niciiohis  Johnsoii  died  iiite^tate,  ami  was  :ip]ioiided  ad- 
ininistiaior.  Nicholas  JolniL-on  nmrried  b^lizabeth  d:uejl.ter  of 
Charles  Hud.son.  Issue:  1:2.  Thonms';  bJ.  Mary  i.mrried  bichard 
Anderi^on    (and   po. sildy    oti.ci'sj 

C).  bliCH.VHi)''  Joii.N'SON  received  1000  acres  in  King  and  Oueen  umier 
the  will  of  his  iincde  IJichard  Johnson.  P.y  an  act  in  17!;()  (Tl,  nii\g 
VllI,  4Zrj)  the  entail  in  this  land  was  docked  and  400  acres  in 
Louisa  :.nd  1  t  nc'jroes  entailed  in  its  ^tead.  In  the  act  tlie  ilower 
ri;n.ts  of  his  wife  Dorolliy  are  proieeted.  It  is  stated  in  an 
accoust  by  a  member  of  the  family  tliat  lier  Himann^  was  bowers— 
probably  Power.  There  is  on  record  in  L(niisa  a  suit,  liegun  Aug. 
12,  17G6,  between  liichard  Anderson,  liichard  Johnson  and  John 
Hoswell,  Pets.  vs.  Thonnas  Johnson,  administrator  of  Nicholas  John- 
Kon.  Nicholas  Johmson  was  J.  P.  for  Louisa  1742,  and  qualilied 
as  Colonel  of  Militia  of  the  County  ,Ian.  1742.  Whetlier  ho 
lanl    i.  sue    is    uiibiioun    to    thi>    comiiiler.      He    removed    to    il;im-ver 


I'SJ^ 


:i>  ;!   t..  TMMi 


•12'  GENEALOGY  425 

and  was  the  Col.  Richard  Johnson  of  New  Castle,  Hanover,  who 
died  iu  1771  {Viryinia  Gazette).  There  is  a  deed  in  Louisa,  1772, 
from  Dorothy  Johnson  of  Hanover,  widow  of  Col  Ricliard  John- 
son, deceased 

(To  be  continued) 


YeARDLEY lYOWEKDEWE WeST 

Notes  frnin  English  Records  in  Reference  to  the  Yeardley,  Flowerdewe 
an(i   "West   Families.      Furnished   from   Fuyland   at  tlie  instance 
>,  of   Mr.   Gritliu    (Callahan,   Philadelphia,  Pa.) 

V  (Continued) 

'   ■•    1^ . 

ji  »•''•,.' ,)■,«      f.i  Report     .,.-,••    \:,"\i.\  oi      ,■    ■   .      . 

The  poiisiMe  clue  to  Ralph  Yardley's  parentage  throujjh  the  will  of 
Humphrey  Yardley  of  L)IHn;;ton  has  proven  a  failure.  The  result  of 
a  visit  paid  to  Lillington  is  enclosed.  The  l)aptir-ins  of  the  live  sons  and 
three  daii'Jiters  mentioned  in  his  will  arc  all  recorded  in  the  parish 
re[>ister  there,  but  unfortunately  with  the  excejition  of  Anne,  the  names 
fail  to  a>!ree  with  the  family  of  Raljih  Yardley  the  merchant  tailor. 
In  his  will  he  mentions  a  l)rother  Thomas  and  sister  Anne,  and  most 
]irol)abiy  the  Arthur  YartUey  whom  he  made  free  of  the  Merchant  Taylors 
Company  was  al  o  his  lirother. 

Previ<  us  to  the  actunl  seaiidi  at  Lillington,  a  search  vd\\\  regard  to 
that  duo  liiid  bct'ii  iimde  in  London,  the  result  of  which  is  also  enclosed. 
The  Lny  t-Uil.sidics  for  tlie  Iviii  •l.tllow  Hundred  of  AVarwJckshire  show 
ii  coar.id  r:J  le  nund.er  of  Yaidlcvs  living  there  at  that  time.  The 
family  at  Radford  Beniele  .seem  to  have  been  long  established  at  that 
place,  and  the  Lillington  Yardleys  v/ere  proliably  a  liranch  of  it. 

Chancery  Proceedings  Series  II  have  been  examined  &  a  list  is  en- 
closed.    Tliey  do  not  throw  nuich  light  on  the  subject. 

If  Ralph  Yardley  came  to  London  from  the  midlands  he  nnist  have 
done  so  al  an  early  age.  Neilher  liis  will,  nor  his  si.-ter  Ann  I'ahner 's, 
mr.he  any  reference  to  an  old  home,  as  was  often  done  at  that  time. 

If  the  connection  between  the  Yardleys  and  Yerwoods  could  be  dis- 
covered it  v/ould   be  of  great   assistance. 


Chancery  Proceedings.     Series  II.     A.  D.  1558  to  1660. 
Bundle  3  No.  45.     Jane  Austin  v.  Roljert  Yardley.     Middlesex 
(Short  abstract   sent)    Bundle   Vlf6{).     Thomas  Bulkeley  v.  John   Yard- 
ley.     Chester. 

Bundle  26/53.     Bickerstaffe,  John,   v.   John   Yardley  &  Alice  his   wife. 
Chester. 


42G  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE  S-Jl 

12    Fel).    1559-GO.      Tlie   plaintiff   accuses   tlio   defendants    of   unlawfully 

taking   from    liini   land   in    Farndon   co.    Chcsti-r. 

P.undle  215/S8.     William  Pearce  v.  Thomas  Yardley,  of  Stroud,  co.  Kent, 

aie  a  riirht  of  way. 

llundle  2;i7/9.     Anthony  Dyot  v.  John  Yardley  of  Gorcot  Hill,  co.  War- 

wirk,    -eatlcinan    and    another. 

Lands  in  Sticlihrooke  co.  Stafford.     Bill  dated  1594/5. 

Mentions    a    deed    dated    20    Elizahoth    [A.    D.    l.j.s;;/4]    made    to    the 

I)laintiff  by  John   Yardley. 

l)U/idle    255/21.      Kichai'd    Atiierton    v.    IJlchard    Yarwood    and    others. 

Middlesex   1599. 

Mentions  the  dwelling  liouse  n  Southwark  of  Andirose  Fydler  and  Tlichard 

Y''arwoodd,    grocers.       Gives    no    information     concerning    tlic    Yarwood 

family. 

Bundle  255/88.     Jano  Awsten  v.  Kohert  Yardley  of  Baldocke,  co.  Herts. 

Bundle    30S/1.      Thos.    Fiehl    v.    William    Yardlie    of    Gruhlds    A^h,    co. 

Stafford,  yeoman.     1G19. 

Bundle  ;550/Gl.     William  Fitche  v.  John  Yardlie,  citizen  and  fisli:nonger 

of  London,  Essex  llJ24. 

Bundle  401/2.     Humphrey  Ilackctt  v.  Henry  Yardley.     Lincoln. 

Bundle  ;i9G/-ll     Josias  Berners  and  Mary  his  wife  v.  John  Yardley.  re 

"The  lied  Lion,"  Whitcchapel  Street,  Middlesex. 

iV.  B.     Thete  Chancery  I'roecedings  have  1  eon  looked  at,  hut  throw  no 

light  on  the  parenta-e  of  Ralph  Yardley,  the  merchant  tailor. 


Chancery  Proceedings.     Series  IL  Bundle  12.   No.   39. 
,_       ',,  [A.  1).   1558-1579  J 

Bulkeley  v.  Y^ardelcy 

Bill    [undated] 

[Short  AhstractJ  The  plaintiff,  Thomas  Bulkeley  of  London,  yeoman, 
shews  that  his  late  father,  Thomas  Bulkd'y  of  Farndon  co.  (!lie  ter 
yeoman,  was  seised  in  his  lifetime  of  nu^-iuai^es  cc  lands  in  Fa.rndon  & 
Churton  i'.o.  Chester.  Ami  lieing  seised,  ahout  twenty  years  hefore, 
he  mortgaged  the  said  promi.-es  to  one  John  Y^ardeley  of  Farndon, 
father  of  the  defendant.  The  plaintiff  states  that  he  has  often  offered 
to  redeem  the  mortgage,  hut  the  defendant  has  always  refused  to  accept 
the  money. 

Answer    [  undated] 

The  defendant  John  Yardeley  denies  tl'.at  the  premises  in  question 
were  mortga-ed  to  his  fatlN'r,  l.ut  a-s>'it.^  that  they  were  sohl  to  him. 
By  his  dee<l  of  feoffnu  at  dated  the  ICtii  of  Decemher  [A.  I).  1547] 
3  Edw.  VI.,  Thos.  Bulk.'lvy,  the  father,  remised  all  claim  to  the  said 
premises  to  J.)hn  Yard.hy  tlie  f;ither.  After  tiie  drath  of  his  said 
father,  the  premises  desc-enihd  to  the  defen.hmt  as  of  rigiit  they  ought. 


'^'^  GENEALOGY  .:  '■   '  427 

Exchequer  Lay  Subsidy.  192/120  l-i-15  Henry  VIIT. 
War\Yickshire 
[A.  IX  1524]  The  indenture  dated  the  14th  of  April  15  Henry  VIII 
wituesseth  tliut  William  Feldyng,  Williani  Brown^  William  Eoughton, 
Thomas  Silencer,  Roger  Wigston  &  Edward  C.'ivo  have  been  appointed 
Commit^si oners  for  collecting  tlie  kiir;'s  t^ulisidy  in  the  hundred  of 
Knightlou',  and  contains  not  only  the  names  of  all  ]jersons  chargeable  to 
the  said  subsidy,  but  also  the  best  value  of  tlieir  lauds  &  goods,  and  the 
rate  that  they  are  assessed  at. 

Asshoo 

John    Yardcley   in   goods iij    ti xviij    d         ■ 

Lemyngton   Priors 

Jamys  Yardeley  in  goods xts xij   d 

I\adforde   semele 

Henry  Yardeley  in  goodes viij  ti iiij  s 

John  Yardeley  in  good, vij  ti iijs  vjd 

Keuilworthe 

Jone   Yardeley  in   lande iij   ti iij    s 

Hew  Yardcley  in  lande iiij  niarlies ijs  viiij  d 

llaff  Yardeley  in  goodes xx  s iiij  d 

Lelyngton 
[No  Yardeley  was  assessed  here  at  this  date] 
Exchequer  Lay  Subsidy  192/129     14-15  Henry  VIII. 
[A.   D.   1524]      Certificate   dated   12  December   IG   Henry   VIII. 
Warwickshire.     Hundred  of  Knightlow. 

Kyllyngworth   [Kenilworth] 

Haigh    Yanlley    in    lauds xl.s ijs. 

[N.   B.      The   otlicr    Yardley   entries   on   this   roll   are   the   same   as   on 
Roll  192/120] 

Exch.  Lay  Subsidy  192/ 181  35  Henry  VIII. 
[A.  D.  1545]  Tills  indenture  dated  the  IGth  of  November  37  Henry 
VIII  iiiude  between  the  Commissioners  at^si-ued  to  the  hundred  of 
Knightlowe  in  the  county  of  Warwick  for  the  taxation  of  the  subsidy 
granted  to  the  king  in  the  parliament  held  at  Westminster  the  12th  of 
January  [A.  D.  1542-3]  34  Henry  VTII  on  the  one  part,  and  Cutbert 
Wren  high  collector  assigned  by  the  said  Commissioners  for  the  collection 
of  the  last  payment  of  the  said  subsidy,  on  the  other  part.  Witnesseth 
that  the  said  Cutbert  Wren  hath  received  the  nameSj  sirnamcs  &  sums 
of  money  of  all  persons  hereunder  written,  taxed  of  their  lands, 
eions  &  goods. 

Lyilyugton 

Humfrcy    Yardley    16  d. 

Kenelv.  orth 
John   Yardley    2d. 


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H    .Vt] 


428  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL   MAGAZINE 

Kadford   Seniyly 

Heny   Yardley    10  d. 

Robert    Yardley    4  d. 

Long  Ilyeliyugton 
Randell    Yardley £10    in    goods 3  s.  4  d. 


Exeh.  Lay  Subsidy  192/174a.     37  Henry  VIII. 

Hundred   of   Knightlow  in   co.    Warwick 

[A.    D.    1545-6]      Indenture    dated    19    ^[areli    37    Henry   VIII. 

Radford 

Robert    Yardley    3  s.  4  d. 

Kellyngworth    (Duediy) 
Mergery  Yardley    6  s. 


Exvli.  Lay  Sul)sidy  192/178. 

[A.  D.  1547]      Indenture  dated  the  ]Stli  April  1  Edw.  VI. 

Hundred  of  Knightlow. 

Long  Icdiini',ton 

Raiulull   Yardley    £5 3  a.  4  d. 

Radford 

Rol)ert    Yardley    £5 3  s.  4  d. 

Keuelwortlie   Doehery    (Ducdiy) 

John  Yardley    £5 3  s.  4  d. 

LelynCjton 

Iluinfrey    Yardley    £5 3  s.  4  d. 

Kenelworth  diignientation 
Margery  Yardhy  in  kui<ls.  .  .  .£3 6  s. 


Excdi.  Lay  Subsidy  193/206  1.3  Elizabeth 
[A.   D.   1571]      Certilicate  of  the  Couiuussioaers  appointed   to  collect 
the  first  payment  of  the  subsidy  granted  to  the  Queen  in  the  13th  year 

of  her  reign,  dated  the day  of  September  13  Elizabeth,  and 

the  names  of  all  i)ersons  cluugeable  to  the  said  subsidy  iu  the  hundred 
of  Knighlow,  co.  Warwick. 

Lylyngton 

[No  Yardley] 

Rugbye 

Thomas  Yardley  for  £3  in  goods    5  s. 

Radford  Seuieley 
John  Yardley  for  40s.  in  lands   5  s.  4  d. 


Exch.  Lay  Subsidy  193/233  35  Elizabeth 

[A.  D.  1594]     Indenture  dated  the  30th  of  September  36  Elizabeth 

Hundred  of  Knightliow 

Lyllyngton 

[No  Yardley  assessed  here] 


SMISAC  .7  l^i 


•fc  *  ,*  £ '•  .,.^:i 

.«  8  'igtoM 

.1/  -w/.  [TRf  .a  A] 

.ft  it  ^  xoii>».v/  iJ.ijbii«a 

J>  ^  .e  £  . 

.b  *  .8  6  .  

Ji  ^  .B  t  '    x-jtSauiU 

m 

IK-i  y)  [,•♦;  !T?.r   .CI    /  I 


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-^^1 


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GENEALOGY.  ■  429 

KadiOrde   Semelej' 
Robert  Yanlley  in   laiuls 40   s 8  b. 


Exeh.  Lay  Subsidy  19;{/l24;5  ;if)  Elizaljeth 

[A.  D.  1509]     Indenture  dated  the  24th  of  Septemlier  41  Elizabeth 

Hundred  of  Kniglitlow 

Railiord   SL-emloy 

Uobort   Yardley   in  lands 40   s 8   8. 

Lillinyton 
[No  Yardley  assessed  here] 


Exch.   Lay  Subsidy  193/246 
[A.  D.  159SJ     Indenture  dated  the  Lird  of  October  40  Elizabeth 
I    ■.    .  Hundred  of  Knightlow 

Eadf ord  Seemeley 

Eobert  Yardley  in   lands 40   s 8  s. 

[No   Yardley  assessed  in   LyllinytonJ 


Court  Kolls  i'ortfolio  207,     No.  42. 
Keuilworth  View  of  frankpledj^e  with  the  Courts  Baron  of 

in  CO.  Warwick  our  Lord  King-  Henry  the  eighth,  held  there  on 

[A.  D.  1547]  Thursday  the  29th  of  January  38  Henry  VIII. 

[sic] 

X  X  X  X  X 

As:-hoo  John  Yardeley,  tithing  man  there,  being  sworn, 

presents  that  Oliver  Facokener,  John  Fewer  & 

Thomas   Burljage  are   tenants  of  this  lord.ship. 

And   further  all   is   well. 

Leniyngton  \'icw  of  frankidedge  with  tlie  Court  Baron  of 

with  Lillyngton  the   King,   htdd   there   on   Tuesday   the    18th   of 

[A.   D.    1547]  January   38    Hen.    VIII. 

X  X  X  X  X 

The  homage  Ilumfrey   Yardeley  John   Nicholles 

in  Lillyington  Thomas  Pieiudie  William  Rotley 

liirliard    Jlewett  William   Crenewey 

Lemyngton  Viea'  of  frankpledge  witli   Court   l!;iroti   of  llm 

with  Lillington  King,    held    there    ou    Thursday    the    l.ilh    of 

[A.  D.  1547]  Octolier  1   Edw.   VI. 

^  X  X  X  X  . 

Lillyngton  AfTeerers  Thomas   Thwold  sworn 

Humfrey   Y'ardeley 
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Lemyngton  View   of   frankjdedge    with    Court    Baron    held 

with    Lillyngton  there  on  the  5th  of  April  2  Edw    VI 

[A.  D.  1548] 

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Lillyngton 

Leniyngton 
with  Lillyngton 
D.   1549] 


Ilunifrcy  YarJeley  is  one  of  the  homagers. 
View   of   fiaiiki)le>ige   &c.   held   there   ou   Mon- 
day, the  21bt   of  Oetol.er  A   Edw.   VI. 


Homage   in  Ilumfrey   Yardley  &  others  named. 

Lyllyngton  Jolm  Nicols 

William  Westeley 
Stray  2  s.  Who  lieing  sworn  say  upon  their  oath  that  the 

titliingmen  have  presented  well  &  truly.     Item 
they  present  that  one  ewe  sheep,  lieing  a  stray, 
-  •'■   .  is  worlh  tAvo  Shillings  and  remains  with  Ilum- 

frey  \ardeley. 
At   the   courts   held   on    8th    A))ril    i    Edw.   VI.    [A.    D.    IG.IO.]    the    I5th 
October   5   Edw.    VI    [A.   D.    1551]    and   on   the   :^6th   June   5    Edw.    VI. 
[A.  D.   1.551]    Ilumfrey  Yardley  was  one  of  the  homagers. 


'      ■    ■'     ■  Lillingtou    CO   Warwh;k    Parisli   Register. 

542.     Willyam    Year.lley   haptyzed  tlie   1:5   of  June. 
51i.     Anne  Yearddcy   liaii(y;'ed   the   1(3  of  Septendier. 
5-14.     Anne   Yt'ardh-y   l^apty/cl   the  16  of  Septemljer. 
545.     Sut^an   Year.lky  haptyzed  tlie  ILI   of  Julye. 
54G.     Edward  Yeardley  baptyzed  the  ;i  of  April. 
547.     Roljert  Yeardley  ^\as   l.aptyzed  the  li  of  June. 
54i).     Symon  Yeardley   was  liaptyzed  the  10  of  November. 
555.     OUyver  Yeardlie   P.aptyzed  the  G  of  Julye. 

557.     Margarett    Yeardley    was    baptyzed    the    11th   day   of    November. 
557.     T^Iargarett   Yeardley  was  buried  the   lOtli  day  of  Nove)nlier. 
557.     Ilumfrye   Ye;adlie   v/as   Euryed   the    llLliid    day   of   December. 
5G5.     Annea   Yeardley    was   liaidized  the   14th    day   of   October. 
505.     Annes   Yeardley   was   Ijuridl   llie   L'ltli   day   of   Octolicr. 
5CG.     Anne  Yeardlie  was  baptized  tiie  2nd  d:iy  of  September. 
567.     Anne    Yeardlie    was    lairied    the    12th    day    of    Octol^er. 
575.     Ivobert  Yardlye,  husl'andnian,  and  EJlynor  Morgan  were  marryed 
tiie  ;iutli  day  of  Januarye. 

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Tllli  GORSUCH  AND  LoVliLACE  FAMILIES. 

(Continued.) 

(By  J.  H.  P.,  Baltimore,  Md.) 

Anna'*  Corslch  and  thr  Todd,  Si£\tun,  Mookt,  Hide  and  Nokth 
Families  ok  \'iiu;in:a  and  JvIalyl^.nd. 

(Continued. J 

11.  Elizubeth*^  Todd  (Thomass  Todd;  Anna*,  Jolm^,  Daniel",  Wil- 
ianii  Corsucli).  The  Fontaine  MSS.  (ante,  80)  plaeeb  her  as  tliC  third 
daughter  of  Thomas^  and  Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd,  and  refers  to  her 
a.~:  "Elizabeth  -who  first  married  a  Scotchman,  named  Seaton  and  second- 
ly iny  [i.  e.  Col.  Jolm  Spotswood  .Skyrtn's)  great-^;randfather  Col.  Ati- 
gustine  IMoc/e."     (See  ante  2.5;  80:  Wm.  .'c  Mary  C.  O.  I'J;  177-181). 

Flizabeth''  Todd  married  first  Henry  Seaton  prol;ably  al>out  1710. 
Conlinr.ati.iy  proof  of  this  niarriaj;e  i.-,  to  be  found  in  a  Siiotsylvania 
County  deed,  dated  February  5,  1727,  from  James  'i  aylor  of  Kinj,'  and 
Queen,  and  his  wife  Martha,  conveying  12S0  acres  on  both  sides  of  East 
North  Eost  River  in  St.  Geor;'.e's  Parish,  Spotyslvania  County,  for  the 
use  cjf  (]eori,e  Seaton,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Seaton  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, now  tlie  wife  of  Augustine  Moore  of  King  and  Queen,  gentleman, 
and  in  the  fault  of  heirs  to  Lucy  Moore'and  her  heirs,  then  to  Bernard 
Moore  and  heirs,  the  daughter  and  son  of  A.ugustine  and  Elizabeth 
Moore,  and  ia  the  fault  of  heirs  to  the  other  heirs  of  Augustine  Moore. 
Witnesses  Iv^/bert  Baylor,  George  Moore,  Frances  Baylor  and  Thomas 
Griffith  (Cruzier's  Va.  Rec. -Spotsylvania  Co.;  101).  The  will  of  Col. 
Au'aistine  Moore,  the  husband  of  Elizabeth"  Todd,  dated  January  20, 
ni'2-?>,  mcnlions  his  son-in-law  [stepson]  George  Seaton.     (See  post). 

Tlie  folhjwing  statements  in  regard  to  Idenry  Seaton  and  his  de- 
scendants, unless  other  references  are  given,  have  been  taken 
froin  a  liie  of  William  Winston  Seaton,  editor  and  ov.ner  of 
tlie  National  Intelligencer,  and  a  great-grandson  of  IJenry  Seaton 
and  Elizabeth''  Todd  (William  Winston  Seaton;  A  Biographical 
Sketch;  Boston,  1871;  pp.  5-1 1):  Henry,  the  eldest  son  of  John  Seaton* 
of  Gair-miltoun,   East   Lothian,  who  emigrated  to  Gloucester  County, 

*While  the  writer  rather  hesitates  to  question  the  tradition  that 
Henry  Seaton  was  the  son  of  John  Seaton  of  Scotland,  and  the  first  im- 
migrant t(j  Virginia  in  1G90,  it  seems  possible  that  this  Henry  Seaton 
may  really  have  been  the  son  of  a  George  Seaton,  who  died  in  V^irginia 
prior  to  1C70.  and  that  the  Scotch  connecticjn,  if  true,  came  in  at  an  ear- 
lier date.  The  will  of  Hugh  Nevett,  dated  July  27,  1G73,  appoints 
Mr.  Georgr  Seaton  and  Mr.  John  Throckmorton,  executors,  but  an  alTi- 
davit  filed  at  the  time  of  probate,  October  5th,  1080,  sliows  that  both 
executors  v.x  re  then  dead,  Seaton  having  died  prior  to  Fel'ruary,  1(578-9. 
(\'a.  Mag.  14;  208).  Nevett,  Seaton  and  Throckmorton  lived  in 
Gloucester. 


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Virginia,  had  been  forced  to  leave  .Scotland  on  account  of  his  active 
support  of  the  cause  of  the  vSluarls.  He  manied  Elizabeth  Todd.  He 
was  a  vestryman  of  Petsworth  parish.  He  settled  first  on  the  Pianka- 
tank,  later  moving  to  the  IMattapony,  where  his  only  child  (George  was 
born  in  1711. 

Issue  of  Henry  Seaton  and  his  wife  Elii:abeth'^  Todd  (Thomas^  Todd): 
i.  George^  Seaton  (Elizabeth*^  Todd,  Thomas'^-  Eorn  1711. 
Died  1730.  Married  1734,  Elizabeth  Hill,  dau-hter  of 
Leonard  Hill,  gentleman,  of  King  William  County.  He 
lived  in  King  and  Queen  County.  The  inventory  of  his 
personal  property  has  been  ln•eser^•ed  by  his  descendants. 
While  the  biography  of  William  Winston  Seaton  refers  to 
only  two  children  of  this  George  Seaton  viz:  j\ugustine  and 
Elizabeth,  whose  descendants  are  there  traced,  it  seems 
possible  that  a  "George  Seaton,  gent"  appointed  in  177G  to 
sign  the  Virginia  paper  currencj'  notes  may  be  another  son. 
Elizabeth,  the  widow  of  George  Seaton,  was  living  Septem- 
ber 23rd,  1700,  when  as  Betty  Seaton,  widow,  she  and  her 
son  Augustine  of  King  and  t}ucen  County  fur  £135,  convey 
000  acres  on  East  North  East  Ri\er  to  Edward  Casson 
(Crozier's  Va.  Rec.-Spotsylv:inia  Co.  21S). 
Issue  of  George''  Seaton  (Elizabeth'*  Todd,  Thomas^),  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  Hill: 

U)  Augustine-'*  Seaton  (Ge..r;>e"  Seaton;  Elizabeth''  Todd, 
Thomas"').  He  inherited  his  father's  estates  in  l-'ing 
and  Queen.  He  married  in  1776,  Mary,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Samuel  Winston,  of  Louisa  County.  Will- 
iam Winston  Seaton,  Ijorn  January  11,  17S5,  was  a 
child  of  this  marriage.  Reference  has  already  been 
made  (see  Elizabeth"  Todd,  ante)  to  an  accimr.t  of 
his  life  said  to  have  been  written  by  liis  d,  u  liti  r, 
although  published  anonymously:  Willi.un  Winton 
Seaton;  A  Biographical  Sketch:  Boston;  IS71. 
(2)  Elizabeth'^  Seaton  (Cforgo^  Seaton;  Flizabeth'''  Todd 
Thomas''').  The  biography  of  Willinm  Winston 
Seaton  and  the  Encyclopaedia  of  Virginia  Biography 
both  state  that  Eliz;;l)eth,  the  dau  liter  of  Cieorge 
Seaton,  married  Col.  Jolm  West  of  West  P.iii.t,  York 
River,  \'irginia.  The  Encyclopaedia  states  that  this 
Thomas  West  died  in  17  !3,  and  that  he  vas  a  son  of 
Capt.  Thomas  West  of  King  William  County.  The 
Seaton  biography  states  that  the  marriage  took  place 
1741.  There  is  obviously  an  error  here,  either  in  dates 
or  as  regards  thi'  identity  ui  the  Elizabeth  Seaton  who 
married  Col.  John  West,  as  George  Seaton,  the  father, 
did  not  marry  until  173 1. 


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GENEALOGY    'TiiC  ...     '  433 

Mrs.  Elizabeth^  (Todd)  Scaton  married  secondly  about  1714,  Col. 
Augustine  Moore  of  "Chelsea",  King  William  County,  Virginia.  The 
Juurnal  of  j  ohn  Fontaine  is  said  to  show  that  this  marriage  had  taken  place 
soniL-  time  prior  to  November  9th,  1715,  which  was  soon  after  the  death 
of  Col.  Moore's  first  wife  Mary,  whose  tombstone  at  "Chelsea",  shows 
th.it  she  (lied  in  1713  (Wm.  <S:  Mary  14;  2G7).  According  to  the  family 
records,  Cul  Augustine  Moore  was  born  in  England  about  1CS5,  and  emi- 
grated to  Virginia  about  1705.  He  is  said  to  have  been,  on  his  paternal 
sill',  of  tin'  same  family  of  Moore  as  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London  of  this 
n::me  in  tlic  time  of  Charles  11.  The  Moore  coat  of  arms  is  still  at  Chel- 
sea. His  mother's  maiden  name  was  Grace  Cresacre  More  and  she  is 
said  to  h:.\'e  been  a  lineal  descendant  of  Sir  Thomas  More,  the  author 
of  "Utopia".  Col.  Aui^ustinc  Moore  was  a  very  rich  planter.  He  mar- 
ried while  on  a  tiip  to  England  about  1710,  Mary  Gage,  who  died  at  the 
birth  of  her  first  child,  she  and  her  infant  being  both  buried  at  Chelsea. 
(Wm.  ^:  Mary  11;  2GG  and  19:  177  et  seq.)  Col.  Augustine  Moore  died  Sep- 
teip.liei  '2S,  1734.  A  copy  of  his  will,  found  among  the  family  papeis  of 
Col.  Willi;;iii  Aylctt  (Wm.  &  Mary  14;  2GG)  has  been  published  in  Charles 
Campbell' s  Genealogy  of  the  Spolswood  Family,  Albany;  1868.  This  will 
is  dated  January  20th,  1742-3,  and  was  proved  August  18,  1743,  in  King 
William  County.  It  is  very  lengthy  and  disposes  of  a  large  estate  of 
personal  i>reperly  and  lands  lying  in  King  William,  Gloucester,  Caroline 
and  Spot.ivlvania  Counties.  He  mentions  by  name  his  wife  Elizabeth 
Moore,  his  three  sons,  Bernard,  Thomas  and  Augustine,  his  two  daugh- 
ters Elizabeth  Macon  and  Lucy  Robinson,  his  son-in-law  John  Robinson 
and  his  son-in-law  [step-son]  George  Seaton,  his  daughter-in-law  Ann 
Moore,  'Wife  of  his  son  Bernard,  and  his  three  grandeliildren,  Elizabeth 
Macon,  Luey  Robinson  and  John  Robinson.  The  witnesses  are,  Mary 
Bramble,  Betty  Todd,  Robt.  Tapscott  and  John  Woolfolk.  The  Fon- 
taine MSS.  (ante  89)  names  the  issue  of  Col.  Augustine  Moore  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  Todd  in  the  order  given  below. 

Issue  of  Augustine  Moore  and  Elizabeth"^  (Todd)  Scaton  (Thomas^ 
Todd),  his  wife: 
i.  Elizabeth"  Moore,  (Elizabeth''  Todd.  Thomas^),  bom  about 
171G;  died  aftei  September  10th,  1779.  She  is  referred  to  as 
the  eldest  daughter  and  was  ijrobably  the  eldest  child.  The 
family  papers  of  Col.  William  Aylett,  her  son-in-law,  of 
Fairfield,  King  William  County,  state  that  she  married 
first  Lynn  Lloyd,  gentleman,  who  was  living  1737,  although 
there  is  no  mention  of  issue  by  her  first  husband.  The. 
editor  of  the  Magazine  writes  that  he  thinks  this  is  an  error 
and  that  he  believes  Elizabeth^  Moore  really  married 
Lyonell  Lyde,  son  of  Cornelius  Lyde  of  King  William 
County,  who  died  Januaiy  20,  1737.  She  married  secondly, 
between  1737  and  1742,  Col.  James  Macon,  as  her  father's 
will,  dated  1742-3,  mentions   his  granddaughter  Elizabeth 


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Macon.  Col.  Macon  was  born  October  28,  1721,  and  died 
between  July  22  and  December  15,  17C8.  In  a  copy  of  Mrs. 
Iilizabeth  Macon's  will,  fonnd  among  the  Aylett  papers, 
dated  September  10,  1779,  allhough  the  date  of  probate  is 
not  given,  published  in  the  William  and  Alary  College  Quar- 
terly, she  describes  herself  as  Elizabeth  Macon  of  St.  John's 
Parish,  King  William  County.  She  mentions  her  dauj^'hter 
Mary  Aylett,  her  grandchildren  Philip  and  Elizabeth 
Aylett,  and  her  son-in-law  William  Aylett;  her  grand- 
daughter Anne  Claiborne  and  "her  present  husband,"  and 
Anne  Claiborne's  father  Partholomew  Dandridge.  She 
appoints  her  sons-in-law  Barlholomew  Dandridge  tind  Will- 
iam Aylett,  executors.  The  Ayk-tt  family  papers  further 
show  that  Bartholomew  Dandridge  married  first  Elizabeth 
Macon,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Col.  James  Macon,  and 
secondly,  Mary  Burbidge,  ■  the  daughter  of  Julius  'iCing 
Eurbidge  (Wm.  &  Mary  14;  2a5-207j.  It  would  th.rdore 
appear  that  Col.  James  Macon  and  his  wife  Elizabelh^ 
Mooie,  had  only  two  children,  Elizabeth'^  and  Mary*'. 

Issue  of  James  Macon  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth^  Moore,  (Elizabeth^ 
Todd;  Thomas^): 

(1)  Elizabeth'^    Macon     (Elizabeth^    Moore;    Elizabeth^ 

Todd,  ThomasS).  Born  before  17-12-3.  Died  befoie 
177'J.  Married  Bartholomew  Dandridge  and  had  at 
hast  one  dau-.hler  Anne  Dandridge,  who  married 
William  Dandridge  Claiborne.  (Wm.  &  Mary  13- 
2GG-2G7). 

(2)  MaryS  Macon   (Elizab(>th''  Moore;  Elizabeth^  Todd, 

ThomasS).  Married  Col.  William  Aylett  of  Fairlield, 
King  William  County,  Virginia.  lie  was  a  son  of 
I'hilip  A\lett  who  died  April  17S0.  She  was  living 
D71).     TliL-y  left  descendants. 

ii.  Augustine'  Moore  (E.lizabcth«  Todd,  Thomas^).  Apparently 
did  not  n-.a;ry.  Ceitainly  left  no  descendants,  as  a  S];ols- 
syhania  di-  d  dated  September  29,  17C)0,  from  his  brother 
Tliomas"  IMoorc-  of  King  William  County,  ge;ul'.n:an,  and 
wife  Joanna  to  his  brollier  liernard^  Moore,  gentleman, 
ot  the  same  coiuily,  lecites  that  ec  rtain  land  left  to  Augustine 
Moore,  Jr.,  und:r  the  v.-ill  of  his  father  Augustine  Moore, 
dated  Januaiy  (i,  17 ;2,  with  reversion  to  his  brothers  Ber- 
nard and  Thomas,  had  become  vested  before  the  making 
of  tliis  died  in  l';(.r..ard  and  Thon-.as,  by  the  death  of  their 
Ijroilier  Augusiine  v,ith(,iit  issue  (Crozier's,  Va.  Rec- 
Spotsylvania  Co.\  21S). 


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iii.  Lucy7  Moore  (Elizabeth'^  Todd,  Thomas^).  Probably  born 
about  1720.  Married  at  least  as  early  as  1740,  John  Robin- 
son, as  her  father's  will,  dated  January  20,  1742-3,  refers 
to  his  daughter  Lucy  Robinson,  her  children  Lucy  Robinson 
and  Jolin  Robinson,  and  her  husband  John  Robinson.  Her 
husband  was  John  Robinson  (1704-1700),  of  King  and  Queen 
County,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses,  and  Treasurer 
of  Virginia  from  1738  to  17G5.  Speaker  Robinson  married 
three  times.  His  first  wife,  whom  he  married  November  8, 
1723,  was  Mary  Storey,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  died  in 
infancy.  Lucy^  Moore  was  his  second  wife.  She  died 
sometime  previous  to  December  21,  1759,  when  he  married 
his  third  wife  Susan  Chiswell.  A  writci  on  the  Robinson 
family  (Va.  Mag.  17;  31S  et  seq.  429  et  seq.)  states  that 
nothing  certain  is  known  in  regard  to  the  children  of  John 
and  Lucy  (Moore)  Robinson,  nor  whether  there  were  more 
than  these  two  children,  John  and  Ivlary,  mentioned  in 
Augustine  Moore's  will.  Tradition  says  one  of  Speaker 
Robinson's  daughters,  unnamed,  manied  a  Col.  Boyd  and 
that  their  descendants  moved  to  the  South,  but  does  not 
state  of  which  of  the  last  tv/o  wives  she  was  the  daughter. 
It  seems  certain  that  John'^,  the  son  of  Lucy'''  Moore,  died 
young,  for  the  Virginia  Gazette,  January  27,  1774,  records 
the  death  of  "Master  John  Robinson,  only  son  of  the  late 
Speaker,"  who  was  certainly  a  younger  son  of  the  same  name 
.  by  his  third  wife  Susan  Chiswell.  Speaker  Robinson  had 
by  his  third  v.-ife,  a  daughter  Su.san,  v>ho  m.arried  Robert 
Nelson  of  Henrico  County  and  left  descendants. 

Issue  <:){  John  Robinson  and  his  second  wife  Lucy"  Moore: 

(1)  John«    Robinson     (Lucy    Moore";    Eli^abethO    Todd; 

Tho!-iias5;.     Born    before    1742-3.     .\ppartntly    died 
young. 

(2)  Lucy**    Robinson    (Lucy    Moore";    Elizabeth'^    Todd; 

Thomas'').     Born   before  1742-3.     It  may  have  been 
she  v.ho  married  a  Col.  Boyd  and  wliose  descendants 
moved  to  the  South, 
iv.     Bernard'  Moore  (Elizabeth"  Todd;  Thomas'"').     Born  about 
1720.     Manied    Anne    Catherine    Spotswood,    the    eldvst 
dau;;htrr  of  Major  General  Alexander  Spotswond,  govt  rnor 
of  Virginia,  between  April  19,  1740,  the  dale  of  Gov.  Spots- 
wood's  will,  and  January  20,  1742-3.     Col.  Bernard^  Moore 
lived  at  "Chelsea",  King  William  County,  which  he  had 
inherited  from  his  father.     He  was  a  justice  of  King  Will- 
iam County   and  a  colonel  of   militia.     He  represented  this 
county  in  the  House  of  Burgessts  fiom  1744-17.'j8  and  again 
from    1701-1772,   when   his   eldest   son,   Augustine**   Moore, 


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succeeded  him  as  Burgess.  Bernard''  Moore's  name  also 
appears  frequently  in  the  recoids  of  Spotsylvania  County, 
where  he  owned  large  tracts  of  land.  The  exact  date  of  his 
death  has  not  been  learned.  His  wife,  who  was  born,  1725, 
died  March,  1802.  The  wiiter  is  indebted  to  the  published 
accounts  of  the  Spotswood  family  for  the  following  data  in 
regard  to  the  descendants  of  Col.  Bernard  Moore,  as  he  has 
been  unable  to  verify  this  data  from  the  public  records. 
(See  Wm.  &  Mary  C.  Q.  19;  177-184;  Charles  Campbell's 
Genealogy  of  the  Spotswood  family;  Albany:  ISGS.  Brown- 
ing's Americans  of  Royal  Descent.) 
Issue  of  Bernard^  Moore  (Elizabeth'^  Todd;  Thomas^),  and  his 
wife  Anne  Kathciine  Spotswood: 

U)  Augustine*  Moore  (Bernard^  Moore;  Elizabeth^  Todd, 
Thomas^).  Married  Sarah  Rind.  His  will  dated 
January  20,  1777,  was  proved  in  Essex  County,  March, 
1777.  He  was  a  Burgess  from  King  and  Queen  County 
in  1772-1774  and  in  1775-1770.     He  left  descendants. 

(2)  Thomas*  Moore    (Bernard^  Moore;   Elizabeth^  Todd; 

Tliomas^).     He  died  unmarried. 

(3)  Bernard*  Moore  (Bernard^  Moore;  Elizabeths  Todd; 

Thomas^).  He  married  Lucy  Ann  Hebbard  Leiper, 
the  daughter  of  Dr.  James  Hamilton  Leiper  of  Chester 
County,  Pennsylvania,  and  his  wife  Elizalxth  Small- 
wood,  sister  of  Gen.  William  Smallwood,  Governor  of 
Maryland.  In  another  account  of  the  Leiper  family, 
hov/ever,  it  is  statt  d  that  this  Dr.  James  Hamilton 
Leiper  settled  in  Prince  George's  County,  Maryland, 
before  1703,  and  in  his  will  dated  November  15,  1771, 
and  proved  December  2,  1771,  styles  himself  "surgeon 
and  resident  of  London",  and  mentions  his  daughter 
Lucy  Ann  Hebbard  Leiper.  (The  Thomas  Book. 
By  L.  B.  Thomas,  New  York.  1890.  pp.  435  430). 
Bernard  Moore  and  his  wife  ]':iizabeth  left  several 
children. 

(4)  Elizabeth*  Moore  (Bernard^  Moore;  Elizabeth^  Todd, 

Thomas^).  Married  about  1704,  Dr.  John  Walker  of 
Belvoir,  Albemarle  County,  Va.  Both  died  in  1809. 
They  left  descendants. 

(5)  Anne    Butler*    Moore    (Bernard^    Moore;    Elizabeth^ 

Todd,  Thomas^).  Married  prior  to  1771  Charles 
Carter  of  Shirley.  They  had  several  children,  among 
others  Ann  Hill''  Carter,  born  1771,  who  married 
July  18,  1793,  as  his  second  wife,  Major-Gcneral  Henry 
Lee,  and  became  the  mother  of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee  . 
(G)  John*  Moore  (Bernard^  Moore;  Elizabeth^  Todd; 
Thomas-^).  Married  his  cousin  Anna  Dandridge. 
They  left  descendants. 


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(7)  Alexander  Spotswood**  Moore  (Bernard'^  Moore;  Eliza- 
j^',  beth"    Todd;    Thomas^).     Married    July    19,     1787, 

Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  Col.  William  Aylett  of 
Fairfield,  King  William  County,  \'a.  They  left  de- 
scendants. 

(8)  Lucy«   Moore     (Bernard"    Moure;    Elizabeth"    Todd, 
■      ■      .,  Thomas'-).     Married  the  Rev.  Henry  Skyren.      They 

left  descendants.      (Wm.  &  Mary  c'.  O.  19,  179.) 
V.     Thomas  Moore   (Elizabeth"  Todd;  Tlionias'^).     lie   lived  in 
King  William  County.     \'ery  little  has  been  learned  in  re- 
gard  to  him.     He  married  prior  to   November   29,    1700, 

Joanna    ,     but    what    descendants,    if    any,    they 

had,  has  not  been  learned.  There  is  a  Spotsylvania  deed 
dated  November  19,  17C0;  from  Thomas  Moore  of  King 
William  County,  gentleman,  and  his  wife  Joanna, -conveying 
to  his  brother  Bernard  Jsloore  of  the  same  county,  gentleman, 
land  which  they  had  acquired  throu;..,di  the  death  of  their 
brother  Augustine  (see  Augustine"  Moore  ante). 

12.    — 6  Todd  (Thomass  Todd;  Anna*,  John'S  Daniel^,  William' 

Gorsuch).  Thomas^  Todd  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Bernard,  had  a 
daughter  whose  Christian  name  has  not  been  learned,  who  married 
Jonathan  Hide  of  Middlesex  County,  Virginia.  This  is  learned  from  the 
will  of  her  brother  Thomas"  Todd  of  Baltimore  County,  Maryland, 
1715,  and  from  the  will  of  Jonathan  Hide,  1718.  As  has  previously  been 
shown  (ante  p.  215)  Thomas^  Todd  of  Maryland  appointed  under 
his  will  daled  January  11,  1714-15,  and  proved  June  11,  1715,  as  the  ex- 
ecutors "for  my  estate  in  Virginia  and  the  settlement  of  my  accoimts  in 
England  my  bror's  William  Todd  and  Jonathan  Hide".  The  will  of 
Jonathan  Hide,  dated  December  15,  1718,  and  proved  March  3,  1718-19 
(Middlesex  Co.  Va.  Wills,  Book  B.  F.  110),  an  abstract  of  which  follows, 
shows  conclusively  that  the  testator  had  married  the  daughter  of 
Thomas^  Todd.  I,  Jonathan  Hide,  in  Christ  Church  Parish  in  the 
county  of  Middlesex,  being  sick  and  weak,  etc.,  do  make  my  last  will, 
etc.  I  give  unto  Eliza  Davis,  my  housekeeper,  £30  towards  the 
maintenance  of  herself  and  her  daughter,  Eliza  Davis.  I  give  to  my 
executors  and  executrix  20  shillings  each  to  buy  them  rings.  I  give  to 
my  loving  daughter,  Ann  Hide  and  her  heirs  all  the  remainder  of  my  real 
and  personal  property,  at  marriage  or  at  eighteen  years  of  age;  if  she 
die,  my  estate  to  be  divided  equally  between  George  wSeaton  and  Lucy 
Moore,  the  son  and  daughter  of  Eliza  Moore,  and  the  eldest  son  of  Will-' 
iam  Todd.  His  loving  brothers-in-law,  William  Todd  and  Augustine 
Moore,  his  sister-in-law,  Eliza  Moore,  and  his  daughter  Ann  Hyde,   are 

appointed    executors.     The   will   was   witnessed  by  Matt    x     Buwden, 

mark 

Mary    x"^  vSaunders  and  Elizabeth    x"^   Bulliard.       Will  Stanard,  clerk. 

mark  mark 

The  will  was  proved  by  Mr.  Augustine  Moore,  March  3d,  1718-19. 


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From  the  above  evidence  there  wo-jkl  appear  to  be  no  question 
that  Jonathan  Hide  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas^  Todd  as 
Mrs.  Elizabeth^  Moore,  Thomase  Todd  and  WilliamC  Todd 
were  the  children  of  Thomas^  Todd.  A  search  of  the  Middlesex 
County  deeds  would  probably  sliow  the  name  of  his  wife,  who  had 
died  prior  to  the  date  of  the  will,  and  would  also  probably  show 
what  became  of  his  only  child  Ann  Hide.  Nothing  further  is  known 
by  the  writer  in  regard  to  Jonathan  Hide  except  that  causal  references 
to  him  in  connection  with  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of  James  Phillips 
of  Baltimore  County,  Maryland,  one  of  the  executors  of  ThomasO  Todd 
of  Baltimore  County  for  the  latter's  estate  in  Maryland,  indicates  that 
Hide  was  a  merchant. 

Issue  of  Jonathan  Hide  and  his  wife «  Todd  (Thomas^  Todd)  • 

1.     Ann7   Hide    ( c   ^odd;   Thomas-^0.     Unmarried   and 

:.  under  eighteen  years  of  age,  1718.  when  she  inherited  her 

father's  estate.     Nothing  further  is  known  in  repard  to  her 
13.     Frances^  Todd   (Thomas^  Todd;  Anna',   John^  Daniel'^    Will- 
mmi   Gorsuch).     The  Fontaine  MSS.  refer  to   her  last  in  enumerating 
the  children  of  Thomas^  and  Elizabeth  (Bernard)  Todd  as:  "Another 
daughter,  whose  name  I  do  not  remember  just  now,  mariied  a  man  named 
North."     Confirmation  of  the  marriage  of  FrancesO  Todd  and  Robert 
North  IS  to  be  found  in  the  Robert  North  Family  Bible.     This  contains 
the  entry:  "Robert  North,  son  of  Thomas  &•  Ellin  North  of  the  Parrish 
ot  \\'hittington  in  the  County  of  Lancashire  in  Great  Britain  \Nas  mar- 
ried to  Frances  Todd,  Daughter  of  Thomas  &  Elizabeth  Todd  of  the 
Colony  of  Virginia,  the  second  day  of  July  Anno  Domini  1729  &  had 
Issue."     The   enumeration   of   their  is.sue   which   then  follows   will   be 
considered  later.     This  Bible,  the  first  entries  of  which  are  in  the  hand- 
writing of  Robert  North  was  in  the  possession  of  his  great-grandson 
George  North  Moale  of  Baltimore  County,  at  the  time  of  the  latter's 
death  a  few  years  ago.     Still  another  confirmatory  reference,  and  this 
from  the  public  records,  is  to  be  found  in  the  inventory  of  Thomas^  Todd 
(Thomas«,  Thomas-"')  of  Baltimore  County,  filed  by  Bazill  Dorsey  and 
Caleb  Dorsey,  Jr.  [brothers-in-law  of  the  testator),  two  of  the  executors, 
who  make  oath  in  regard  to  the  appraisement  August  13,  1739,  that  "they 
know  no  other  relations  the  deceased  hath  in  the  Province  except  Robert 
North  who  signed  the  inventory".     Of  course  this  statement  as  to  "no 
other  relations"   was  not   intended   to  apply  to  the   testator's  young 
childivn.     Robert  North  had  married  the  testator's  aunt  Frances"  Todd'! 
The  inscription  upon  the  tombstone  of  Frances"  (Todd)  North,  in  the 
churchyard  of  old  St.  Thomas's  or   Garrison    Forest    Church,'  Green 
Spring  Valley,  Baltimore  County,  reads:    "Frances  North  wile  of  Robert 
North  died  July  25,  17 15  in  her  36th  year."     This  would  place  her  birth 
about  1709.     The  North  Bible  also  gives  the  date  of  her  death  as  July 
2o,  17-10.  although  it  does  not  state  her  age.     She  is  not  to  be  confused 
with  an  elder  sister  of  the  same  name  who  died  in  childhood,  and  whose 


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tombstone  at  Toddsbury  records:  Frances  Todd  born  Apr.  12,  1CG2; 
died  Nov.  5,  1703. 

Family  tradition  asserts  that  Frances'^  (Todd)  North  was  quick 
witted  and  the  possessor  not  only  of  a  large  suit  of  brilliant  red  hair, 
but  of  a  very  high  temper.  The  story  is  told  that  one  Christmas  m.orning 
as  she  rode  into  St.  Paul's  churchyard  on  horseback  wearing  a  green 
bonnet,  she  overheard  the  taunting  remark  of  another  prominent  young 
matron  to  a  group  of  bystanders:  "Whoever  saw  carrots  with  green  tops 
at  Christmas?",  a  remark  which  was  promptly  rebuked  with  a  blow  of 
her  riding  whip  and  the  routing  of  the  enemy.  What  would  seem  to  be 
conlirmation  of  this  old  story  has  recently  been  found  by  the  writer  in 
the  Baltimore  County  Court  Proceedings  (Lib.  1733;  fol.  13),  for  in  1731, 
Frances  the  wife  of  Robert  North  was  haled  before  the  justices  of  the 
county  court  and  fined  100  pounds  of  tobacco  because  "she  did  then  and 
there  wiih  force  of  arms,  assault,  beat,  wound  and  bully  Jane  Partridge, 
wife  of  Buckler  Partridge,  chirurgean".  No  clue  to  the  cause  of  the 
attack  is  found  in  the  record,  but  if  the  old  story  of  the  cause  of  the  fracas 
be  true,  the  court  evidently  took  the  view  that  the  punishment  inflicted 
to  avenge  offended  vanity  was  a  trifle  too  severe.  Capt.  Robert  North 
probably  married  Frances"  Todd  in  ViT^nia.  Family  tradition  asserts 
that  as  a  young  man  he  was  a  sea  captain.  He  may  therefore  have  m.et 
her  on  some  of  his  trips  through  the  (Chesapeake. 

The  North  family  is  identifidd  with  the  parish  of  Whittington,  Lan- 
casliire,  where  they  have  been  lords  of  the  manor  since  the  fourteenth 
century,  and  is  still  (1915)  represented  there  by  Col.  Bordrigge  North 
North,  the  present  lord  of  the  manor  of  Newton,  Whittington.*  Lack  of 

*The  Norths  were  a  typical  Lancashire  County  family  of  the  minor 
gentry.  There  is  no  known  connection  between  the  Norths  of  Whitting- 
ton and  the  family  to  which  the  celebrated  Lord  North  of  Kirtling  be- 
longed. A  progenitor  of  Robert  North,  Richard,  as  head  of  the  family 
furnished  his  cjuota  of  men  and  served  at  Flodden  Field,  1531,  under  his 
overlord,  Edward  Stanley,  later  Lord  Alontcagle,  made  immortal  by  Scott 
in  Marmion,  in  the  lines: 

"Charge,  Chester,  charge!  On,  Stanley  on!" 
Were  the  last  words  of  Marmion. 
John  North,  head  of  the  family  two  generations  later,  was  fined  in  1631- 
1632  for  refusing  the  honors  of  knighthood,  although  like  the  great  ma- 
jority of  tlie  old  Lancashire  gentry,  a  stanch  royalist  and  apparently  a 
Catholic.  He  appeal  s  to  have  died  in  Lancaster  Castle  while  imjirisoncd 
there  for  espousing  the  ca?ue  of  Charles  T.  His  son  Richard,  a  Catholic, 
later  had  to  compound  with  the  Parliamentary  Commission  for  his  con- 
fiscated estates.  After  his  death,  however,  the  successive  heads  of  the 
North  family  of  Whittington  appear  as  memlxTS  of  the  Established 
Church.  The  Norths  of  Whittington  intermarried  with  the  families  of 
Tunstall,  Carus,  Eskridge,  Brabin  and  others.  The  aims  of  the  Norths 
of  Whittington  are:  Arms — 1st  and  1th,  per  pale,  azure  and  sable,  a 
lion  passant  between  the  chief  two  fluer-de-lys  and  in  base  a  cjuatrefoil 
or.  Crest — a  dragon's  head  erased  sable  guttee  d'or  and  collared  and 
chained  or,  in  front  three  mascles  intei laced  fessways  (Ri'C  Victorian 
History  of  Lancashire;  Vol.  VIII.  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  8th  edit., 
1891;  Vol.  II,  pp.  1102-5.) 


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space  prevents  an  extended  notiee  of  the  «enealoj-y  of  the  Xorth  family  in 
the  present  connection.  Complete  verification  of  the  Robert  North  Bible 
entry  as  to  his  parentage  has  been  obtamed  by  the  writer  from  the  Whit- 
in-ton  Register,  Lancashire  wills,  and  oIIkt  public  records,  as  well  as 
from  old  family  deeds  and  papers  now  belont;int,'  to  Col.  Bordri"-e  North 
North,  which  he  has  been  allowed  to  examine.  Robert  Norlh^  the  im- 
migrant, was  the  son  <,f  Thomas  North  of  Newton  in  VVhittin-ton  genlle- 
man,  and  lus  wife,  r:ilin  Lonsdale.  The  Whittington  Register  shows 
thai  he  uas  baptized  Oct.  20,  lU-jS,  (Lancashire  Parish  Register  Society 
vol.  o).  I  he  wills  ot  both  his  father  and  mother  are  in  existence  and 
re:er  to  "Robert  North  of  Maryland"  and  his  children.  The  connec- 
tions ot  this  Thomas  N..rlh  with  the  main  North  line  have  also  been 
clearly  established. 

Robert  North,  the  immigrant,  made  his  first  purchase  of  land  in  Balti- 
more County  in  172L  acquiring  Coxc's  Fancy,  100  acres,  from  F.dv.ard 
Cox  (Balto.  Deeds  IS:  G,  2(i3).     He  became  a  very  extensive  land  owner 
m  this  county,  and  was  a  man  of  wealth   and  prominence.     He  was   a 
justice    of     the     Jialtiinore     Cnnity     Court     173-1-1735.     He    was    one 
ot  the  commissioners  appointed  by  the  Assend.ly  in  1732  to  lay  out  Jones's 
Town,  or  "Old  Town,"  united  in  1745  with  Baltimore  Town.     Robert 
North  was  bving  on  Bear  Creek,  Patapsco  Neck,  March,  1732.     At  the 
Max-eh,  1731-2,  session  of  the  county  court  he  presents  a  petition  that  he 
is  now  an  mhabuant  of  Patapsco  Neck  on  Bear  Creek  and  complains 
that  the  road  leading   to  his  plantation  and   the  plantation  of   Patrick 
Lynch  and  the  widow  Bowen's  through  that  of  John  Eaglcstone  has  been 
unlawfully  elo.sed.     (Balto.  Co.  Court  Proc.  1730-2,  fol.  229).     He  took  up 
several  lots  in  both  Baltimore  Town  and  Jones's  Town.     He  appears  to 
have  lived  at  one  time  in  Jones's  Town.     The  records  show  than  January 
19,  1729,  he  took  up  in  Baltimore  Town  among  others,  the  lot  now  Ijound'd 
by  Baltimore,  Calvert  and  Fayette  Streets  and  now  occupied  in  part 
by  the  Hotel  Emerson  and  the  Equitable  Building,  but  forfeited  hisri'dit 
to  It  by  his  failure  to  erect  thereon  within  the  eighteen  months  prescribed 
by  law,  a  house  which  should  cover  at  least  400  square  feet.     (Records  of 
Baltimore   Town;   1729-1797;   Balto.    1905.)     Among  his  land   holdings 
was  a  magificent  tract  of   1000  acres  at   the  head  of  the  Green  Sprin- 
Valley,  bought  by  him  from  Christopher  and  Nathaniel  Gist.     Much 
of  this  land  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by  the  descendants  of  his  daugh- 
ter Elhn7  (North)  Moale.   He  also  owned  500  acres  of  the  1500-acre  tract 
Shawan  Hunting  Grounds,   purchased  from  his  nephew  Thomas^  Todd 
(ThomasS  Thomas^).     Other  tracts  owned  by  him  were:     The  Plains 
300  acres;  Hooker's  Chance,  150acrcs;  Sheridan's  Grove,  200  acres;  Low's 
Range,  100  acres;  Brown's  Chance,  150  acres;  Chevy  Chase,  200*  acres 
The  North  Bible  gives  the  date  of  the  death  of  his  wife  Frances  as  July 
25,  1745,  but  does  not  mention  Robert  North's  second  marriage      He  re- 
married however  soon  after  his  wife  Frances's  death.     Under  his  will 
dated  March  20,  1748,  his  wife  Catherine  is  left  the  tract  Phillip's  Ad- 


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dition  in  Patapsco  Neck  for  life,  but  received  none  of  his  personal  estate, 
explained  by  the  existence  of  a  marriage  settlement,  disclosed  in  the 
administration  account  of  his  estate  filed  by  Alexander  Lawson,  July  13, 
1751,  in  the  entry:  "sundries  paid  by  this  accountant  to  Madam  North 
of  yedec.d,  agreeable  to  the  contract  of  marriage,  £555  S-0."  (Balto. 
Adni.  Accts.  5;  225).  The  family  name  of  his  second  wife  has  not  been 
leaniL'd.  He  evidently  left  no  issue  by  her.  Katheiine  North  ap];ears 
as  a  witness  of  the  will  of  Robert  North's  son-in-law,  Christopher  Carnan, 
dat.d  Dec.  8,  1709  (Balto.  Wills  3;  133).  The  inventory  of  the  estate  of 
Callierine  North  of  Baltimore  County  was  filed  by  Mary  Stansbury, 
her  administratrix,  Feb.  7,  1773  (Balto.  Inv.  11;  145).  There  was  a 
"Benjamin  North,  late  of  Baltimore  County,  marriner,"  whose  estate 
was  administered  upon  Jan.  31,  17G1,  by  Robert  North's  sons-in-law 
Chi  i  lopher  Carnan  and  John  Moale,  who  sign  as  "next  of  kin"  (Balto. 
Inv.  7;  193).  The  Whittington  Register  shows  that  Benjamin  North 
was  a  younger  brother  of  Robert  and  that  he  was  christened  July  9,  1713. 
Robert  North  died  March  24,  1748-9,  and  his  tombstone  describing  him 
as  "Capt.  Robert  North",  is  at  St.  Thomas's.  (Bible  and  tombstone 
inscription.)  The  Norths  were  originally  buried  in  old  St.  Paul's  church 
yard,  Baltimore,  but  the  remains  were  removed  about  a  century  ago 
to  Sl.  Thomas's.  Robert  Nc-th's  will,  dated  March  20,  1748,  was  proved 
April  5,  1719.  He  leaves  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth  North,  500  acres 
of  the  Guist  [Gist]  tract  at  the  head  of  Jones  Falls  in  Green  Spring  Valley, 
his  lot  No.  16  in  Jonestown  with  the  houses  thereon,  and  certain  slaves. 
To  his  daughter  Ellin  North  he  leaves  500  acres  of  the  Green  Spring  tract, 
being  "that  poition  upon  which  Nathaniel  Guist  lived,"  two  lots  No.  8 
and  No.  9  in  Jonestown  with  the  houses  thereon,  £25  sterling  left  her 
as  a  legacy  by  her  grandmother  Ellen  North  in  my  hands,  and  £100 
sterling  to  be  laid  out  and  expended  upon  her  education.  To  his  son 
Thomas  he  leaves  a  number  of  his  tracts  of  land  which  he  mentions  by 
name,  as  well  as  £200  sterling.  He  directs  that  the  remainder  of  his 
lands  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  equally  divided  between  his  three  child- 
ren Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Ellen.  He  leaves  to  St.  Paul's  Parish 
£12-10-0  to  purchase  silver  plate  for  the  communion  table.  Alexander 
Lawson  and  his  son  Thomas  North  were  appointed  executors.  One  of 
the  witnesses  was  [his  brother]  Benjamin  North.  (Balto.  Wills  1;411). 
Thomas  North,  the  son,  dying  Feb.  27,  1750-1,  aged  18  years  (North 
Bible),  his  share  of  the  estate  passed  to  his  two  sisters. 

Issue  of  Robert  North  and  his  wife  Frances^  Todd  (Thomas^) : 

i.  Elizabeth'^  North  (Frances''  Todd,  Thomas^).  Born  June  7, 
1731.  (St.Paul'sReg.and  North  Bible).  She  married  lst,June 
13,  1751,  Christopher  Carnan  (idem)  and  2nd,  Samuel  John- 
ston (North  Bible).  Christopher  Carnan  was  the  son  of 
Charles  and  Prudence  Carnan  of  Reading,  Berks,  Eng- 
land and  afterwards  of  London  (see  tombstone  inscription 


442  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

of  his  sister  Cecil  (Carnan)  Gist,  St.  Thomas's,  Baltimore 
Comity  (Ridgcly's  Historic  Graves  of  Maryland).     Chris- 
topher Carnan  appears  as  one  of  the  managers  of  the  Phila- 
delphia  "Assembly  Balls",  1749  (Watson's  Annals  of  Phila- 
delphia 1854:  I;  2S4).     Says  an  old  family  record:  "He  was 
well  known  in  Baltimore  where  he  married  Elizabeth  North, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Capt.  Robert  North,  who  preferred 
him  poor  and  handsome  to  the  richest  man  in  the  Province. 
They  received  1500  guineas  on  their  wedding  day  and  went  on 
a  trip  to  England  where  Mrs.  Carnan  was  received  by  her 
family      Their  eldest  son  Charles  was  born  on  the  voyage 
home."    Christopher   Carnan  is  buried  at  St.  Thomas's. 
His  tombstone  bears  the  quaint  inscription:  "Christopher 
Carnan-Who   Lived   and   Died  an  Honest  Man, -On   the 
30th  of  December  17G9-Agcd  39  years"     (Ridgcly's  His- 
toric Graves  of  Maryland).     His  will,  dated  Dec.  S,  17b9, 
and  proved  Jan.  12,  1770,  makes  a  small  bequest  to  his  sister 
Cecil,  wife  of  Mordecai  Gist,  and  gives  the  remainder  of  his 
estate  to  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  is  appointed  executrix. 
Witnesses  Ran.   Hulse,   Katherine  North  and  E.    Dorsey. 
(Balto.  Wills  3,  133).     His  widow  Elizabeth  married  sec- 
ondly  Samuel  Johnston  of  York.   Pennsylvania.     By    her 
f^rst  husband  Christopher  Carnan,  she  had  two  children 
both  sons,  viz:     Charles  North«  Carnan  and  Robert  North« 
Carnan.     By  her  sccuiid  husband  Samuel  Johnston  she  ap- 
pears to  have  had   no  issue.      Her    tombstone    is    at    St. 
Thomas's:  Elizabeth  Johnston,   wife   of   Samuel  Johnston, 
died  Dec.  3,  1805.     (Ridgeley's  Historic  Graves  of  Mary- 
land).    A  portrait  of  her  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Johnston  of  Baltimore. 
Issue   of    Christopher   Carnan   and   his   wife    Elizabeth'     North 
(Frances*^  Todd,  Thomas^): 

(1)  Charles  North^  Carnan  (Elizabeth^  North;  Frances" 

Todd;  Thomas"').  Born  June  23,  1752.  Died  January 
19,  1S09.  Married  first,  Mary  Boyce  (1750-177G). 
Second,  Sarah  Johnston.  Issue  by  his  seeond  wife, 
three  daughters. 

(2)  Robert  North^  Carnan  (Elizabeth^  North;  Frances«, 

Thomas^  Todd).  Born  Aug.  8,  175G.  (St  Thomas's 
Reg.)  Died  May  12,  1837.  Married  first  Katherine 
RisM;eau.  Second,  Mrs.  Ennals,  n^e  Goldsborough. 
Issue  by  his  first  wife  seven  children.  He  named  his 
eldest  daughter  Frances  Todd  Carnan. 
ii  Thomas^  North  (Francis"  Todd  Thomas=^).  Born  Feb.  16. 
1732-3.     (St.  Paul's  Reg.  and  North  Bible).     Died  Feb.  27, 


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Mi;.s.  John   Mo.m.k   (  Kll.n  Nurtli,    1741-1.S2U),  J);iu;,hter  of  (Japt.   KoUit 
Xurlli  a:  .1   ]1  s   WitV    liaiui's  To.1.1. 


Frcin  puiiidit   in   pos:  v.i.sinii   af   Mr.s.  Jaiviti  ,S'j 


Ba'timvre 


GENEALOGY  443 


1751.  (North  Bible.)  Under  the  will  of  his  father  he  re- 
ceived a  large  amount  of  land  in  Baltimore  County.  He 
died  intestate,  when  eighteen  years  old,  his  entire  estate 
passing  to  his  sisters  Elizabeth''  and  EUin'^. 
iii.  EUin^  North  (Frances"  Todd,  Thomas^).  Bom  April  29, 
17-10.  (St.  Paul's  Reg.),  or  according  to  another  record, 
April  29,  1741  (North  Bible).  Married,  May  25,  175S, 
John  Moale,  "at  Mr.  Christo.  Carnan's  in  Baltimore  Town 
by  the  Rev.d  Mr.  Thomas  Chase"  (St.  Thomas's  Reg.  and 
North  Bible).  Col.  John  Moale,  wlio  married  Elkn 
North,  was  born  in  Baltimore  County  Jan.  1,  1730-1,  and 
was  the  son  of  John  Moale,  Sr.*  and  his  wife  Rachacl  Ham- 
mond. He  was  a  man  of  prominence.  He  was  foi  many 
years  the  presiding  justice  of  the  County  Court,  and  also 
represented  Baltimore  Town  in  the  Assembly  17G1-1771. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Rcvolulicn,  being  an  influen- 
tial member  of  the  Committee  of  Corrcs])ondence.  He  was 
appointed  Sept.  12,  1777,  colonel  of  the  Baltimore  Town 
Battalion  of  Militia,  the  writer  liaviri'j  lus  original  com- 
mission signed  by  Governor  Thomas  Johnson.  He  was  se- 
lected to  deliver  the  address  of  welcome  to  Washington, 

*John  I\loalc,  Sr.,  according  to  his  tombstone,  was  the  son  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  Moale  and  was  born  in  Kenton  Parish,  Devonshire, 
England,  Nov.  30,  1G97,  emigrating  to  Baltimore  County  about 
1719.  (See  also  Ridgely's  Historic  Graves  of  Maryland).  He  re- 
presented this  county  in  the  Assembly  1734,  '30,  '37,  '39,  and  '40. 
The  stoiy  repeated  by  Griffith,  Rcharf,  and  other  local  historians  that 
he  opposed  the  selection  in  1728  of  his  plantation  at  Moale's  Point,  on 
the  soutli  side  of  Spring  Gardens,  just  0])posite  what  is  now  South  Balti- 
more, as  the  site  of  the  proposed  Baltimore  Town,  on  account  of  the  pres- 
ence of  iron  ore  upon  the  property,  which  he  thought  would  prove  of  more 
value  than  town  lots,  may  or  may  not  be  true,  but  it  certainly  is  not 
true,  as  stated  by  tlicm,  that  he  luirried  to  Annapolis  and  taking  his 
seat  in  the  Assembly,  used  his  influence  to  defeat  the  measure.  The 
simple  fact  is  that  he  did  not  become  a  member  of  the  Assembly' until 
1734,  or  six  years  later,  retaining  his  seat  imtil  his  death.  He  was  a 
merchant,  a  very  extensive  land  owner  and  a  man  of  wealth.  He  lived 
at  Moale's  Point,  where  he  was  buried,  his  remains  being  removed  Sept. 
2,  1826,  from  the  family  burial  ground  there  to  St.  Thomas's.  He  died 
May  10,  1740.  He  mairied  Apr.  17,  1723,  Rachel,  daughter  of  John  and 
Anna  (Greenberry)  Hammond.  This  John  Hammond  was  the  son  of 
John  H;in;mond,  Sr.  (l()13-]707)  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  major  (1094), 
colonel  (1099)  and  later  (1707)  major-general  of  the  militia  of  the  Western 
Shore;  iiu.mber  of  the  Assembly  (]("'.)2-]()97)  and  of  the  Council  of  Mary- 
land (1C)97-1707);  judge  of  the  Provincial  Court  (1091)  and  judge  of  the 
Vice  Admiralty  (1702-1707).  Anna  Greenberry  was  a  daughter  cjf  Col. 
Nicholas  Greenberry  (1027-1097)  of  Anne  Arundel.  Col.  Greenberry 
was  captain  of  the  foot  of  Anne  Arundel,  1GS9,  and  colonel,  1091.  He 
was  a  justice  and  a  member  of  the  Assembly  from  Anne  Anindel.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Council,  1G92-1G97,  and  chancellor  and  keeper  of 
the  Great  Seal,  1094.  He  v/as  president  of  the  Council  and  acting  gov- 
ernor 1093-4. 


444  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

whfn  he  visited  Baltimore  in  1781.  Col.  Moale  died  July  G, 
1798.  His  wife  Ellin^  (North)  Moale  was  a  woman  of 
forcible  personality  and  occupied  a  very  prominent  position 
in  the  social  life  of  the  community.  There  are  in  existcrice 
five  portraits  of  her  painted  at  various  periods  of  hei  life. 
The  one  reijroduced  here  by  the  Hnj;lish  painter,  John  Woll- 
aston,  while  in  America,  said  to  have  beenx^ainted  wlien  blie 
was  only  fourteen  years  old,  still  hanj^s  in  the  old  Green 
Spring  \'al]ey  house,  once  owned  by  her  father  Robert 
North,  and  now  by  her  descendant  Mrs.  Jervis  Sijcncer. 
Mrs.  Moale  died  March  23,  1825,  in  her  eii^hty- fifth  year. 
Col.  Moale  and  his  wiie  made  their  home  in  Baltimore,  but 
sy.cnt  their  summers  at  their  Green  Spring  \'alley  planta- 
tion, inherited  from  Robert  North.  They  had  fifteen 
children,  twelve  sons  and  three  daughters,  the  majority 
reaching  adult  life  and  marrying.  There  arc  very  num.ercus 
descendants. 
Issue  of  John  Moale  and  his  wife  Ellin^  North  (Frances^  Todd, 
Thomas^): 

U)  Elizabeth''*  Muale  (Ellin"  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas'^).  Born  September  8,  1759.  Died  x\o- 
vember  20,  1822.  Married  March  11,  1794,  Richard 
Curson,  Jr.,  of  Baltimore,  the  son  of  Richard  Curson 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Becker.  They  had  issue:  (a) 
SamueP  Curson,  born  Jan.  9,  1795,  died  Aug.  12,  1800; 

(b)  Elizabeth  Rebecca  Becker'-'  Curson,  born  May  5, 
179G,  died  Mar.  15,  1880,  married  May  7,  1824,  Samuel 
Hoflman  of  Baltimore,  by  whom  she  had  six  children; 

(c)  Anna  Maria°  Curson,  born  Sept.  1,  1797,  died  Sept. 
•                4,   1798;    (d)  Ellin  Moale**  Curson,  bom  Oct.  26,  1799, 

died  Dec.  5,  1880;  married  Sept.  30,  1828,  Samuel 
Poultney  of  Baltimore,  by  whom  she  had  six  children. 

(2)  Johns  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Frances^  Todd,  Thomas^). 

Born  May  17,  17(Jl.  Died  Nov.  6th  1809.  Married 
Oct.  2,  1790,  Lucy  Morton.  They  left  one  daughter, 
Ellin^Moale  who  married  John  B.  Bemabue.the  eldest 
son  of  Chevalier  Bemabue.     She  died  without  issue. 

(3)  Rebeccas    Moale    (Ellin^    North;        Frances"    Todd, 

Thomass  Todd).  Born  March  15th,  1703.  Died  Oct. 
4th,  1840.     Married  Oct.  19th,  1780,  Thomas  Russell. 

(4)  Richard"    Moale      (Ellin^     North;     Frances"     Todd, 

Thomas^).  Born  Jan.  25th,  1765.  Died  June  22nd, 
1802.  Married  Apr.  10th,  1797,  Judith  Carter  Arm- 
istcad.  She  was  a  daughter  of  William  Armistcad 
of  "Hesse",  Gloucester  (now  Mathews)  County, 
Virginia,  and  his  wife  Maiia,  daughter  of  Charles 
Carter  of   "Cleve,"  King  George   County,   Virginia. 


GENEALOGY. 


445 


She  was  born  Dec.  29th,  1774,  and  died  Jan.  13th,  1863. 
She  k-ft  issue  John  Caiter"  Moale,  William  Armi- 
stcads  Moale  and  Richard  Iknry^  Moale.  She 
manied  secondly,  Robert  Riddull,  and  thirdly,  Rich- 
ard Carroll. 

(5)  Thomas«  Moale  (Ellin'  North;  Frances'^  Todd, 
Thomas^).  Born  Sept.  22nd,  1700.  Died  Nov.  25th, 
1822.  Married  March  21th,  17'J3,  Eleanor  Owings, 
leaving  issue  by  him. 

(,6)  William«  North  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas^).  Born  Nov.  1st,  1738.  Died  Feb.  2nd, 
17(19. 

(7)  Robert"  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Frances^'  Todd, 
Thomas-"^).  Born  Oct.  10,  17G9,  and  died  the  same 
day. 

(S)  Robert  North**  Moale  (Ellin"  North;  Frances"^  Todd, 
Thomas^').  Eom  Jan.  22nd,  1771.  Died  Oct.  31st, 
1S52.  Married  July  2nd,  1801,  Frances  Ov.-ini;s,  leav- 
in5<  issue,  one  daughtci,  Ellin  North'-*  Moale,  who 
married  George  Hov.ard  Elder  of  Baltimore  County. 

(9)  Sanniel«      Moale      ^Ellin'      North;      Prances'^     Todd, 

Thomas-'').  Born  Jan.  -iLh,  1773.  Died  Feb.  21st,  1857. 
Married  first,  Ann  M.Howard,  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
H.  Howard  of  Annajjolis.  Married  second,  Anne  G. 
White  the  daughter  of  Abraham  White  of  Baltimore. 
He  left  issue  by  both  wives. 

(10)  Rachel"  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas-''').  Born  Feb.  5th,  1775.  Died  Feb.  17th 
1770. 

(11)  Frances"  Moale  (Ellin''  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas-').  B(jrn  Feb.  10th,  1777.  Died  Feb.  19th, 
17S1. 

(12)  William"  Moale  (Ellin"  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas^).  Born  Jan.  14th,  1779,  and  died  the  follow- 
ing day. 

(13)  George"  Washington  Moale  {VAUrJ  North;  Frances^ 
Todd,  Thomas^).  Born  Jan  19th,  1780.  Died  March 
19th,  1799. 

(14)  Randle"  Hulse  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Fiances^  Todd, 
Thomas-'^).  Born  Jan.  2Gth,  1782.  Died  July  Uth, 
1864.  Married  Elizabeth  Smith  Peck,  the  daughter 
of  Nicholos  Peck  of  Bristol,  R.I.  They  left  several 
children. 

(15)  Mary"  North  Moale  (Ellin^  North;  Frances"  Todd, 
Thomas^).  Born  Sept.  5th,  1783.  Died  Aug.  2nd, 
1787. 

Frances''    North    (Frances^    Todd,    Thomas^).     Born    Nov. 
1st,  1743.     Died  Sept.  24th,   1743. 
(To  be  Continued.) 


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44:0  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

BOOK  REVIEWS. 


CHKCNiCLr.s  OF  THE  C.vPE  Feak  River  16(30-1916.  James  Spkuxt, 
Second  Edition,  Raleiuii.  E.lwards  &  Broughtoii  Printing  Com- 
pany, 1916,  pp.  XI,  7;:i',  witli  portrait  au,l  se-veral  maps. 
Tlie  lirst  edition  of  tliis  valual.le  book  met  witli  surh  a  j^ratifying 
rec-ejition  that  LIr.  Rp'riint  lias  lieen  ijuhu-ed  to  i;-siie  another  with 
many  additions  and  sutdi  corrections  as  uere  needed.  Tlie  worii  gives 
in  great  detail  and  in  a  most  interesting  manner  the  history  of  the 
Cape  Fear  region,  including  tlie  early  explorations,  the  Indians,  the 
settlements  and  their  growth,  pre-Revolutionar3-  agitation,  the  Revolution, 
and  the  later  history  d(,\vn  to  the  present  day.  The  narrative  history 
is  throughout  enlivened  Ly  biographical  notices,  studies  of  social 
conditions  and  other  information  necessary  to  a  full  and  vivid  picture  of 
the  hi  tory  of  the  section  a.id  of  its  j.eople.  The  liook  has  an  ijilerest 
exteniiiig  far  beyond  the  ("ajie  Fear  Section  or  the  State  of  North 
Carolina. 


A    Hi;, TORY    OF    T]IE    UXITKD    SXATK.S.       Lv    Ed\VAI;D    ChAKXING,    VoL.    IV, 

17S0-lil3.     Xev/   Vork.     The  ]\Iacuiillan   Company,  1917,  pp.  575, 

with  live  mans. 
The  merits  of  Dr.  Channing':;  history  are  by  this  time  so  well  known 
that  it  is  only  necest.ary  to  note  the  appearance  of  this  volume.  The 
period  it  covers — fiom  the  inauguration  of  AVashington  to  the  Tre;.ty  of 
(Ihent— was  the  most  critical  in  our  history,  a'.id  its  story,  tu!d  as  Dr. 
Channing  teils  it,  can  ne\er  fail  of  absorbing  intere  t.  The  last  })ages, 
treatii.g  of  the  Ilarti'oid  C!ou',enlion,  are  of  especial  intere.-,t  at  this 
time.  V.'llh  esC'i  the  n.iM.-t  sialen.ent  of  its  aitiim,  it  does  not  ^eeiu 
to  the  i;ian-in-the-;itreet  that  tlie  members  v.ere  much  less  enemies  lo  their 
countiy  than  tiie  cru\td  of  Si'ci;;li^ts  and  .Viiarcbists  uliicii  recently 
me!  i,,  Chica-'  . 


ADD;n>;.sES    o.\     Several    Occasion.s.     By    Jame.s     Keith     FAigriER. 
Privately  jirinted,  1917,  Richmond,  Va.,  jip.   ,S7,  with  portrait. 
N.I    man    in    \'irgiuia    is    more    beloved    and    iiouored    by    his    fclhnv- 
citizv'iis  tlian  the  author  of  these  addresses,  and  no  man  has  served  his 


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BOOK    REVIEWS.  447 

State  more  honorably  in  peace  and  war.  As  a  soldier  in  the  famous 
BhiL'k  Horse  Troop,  as  a  legislator,  a  lawyer  at  the  bar,  and  as 
President  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  Virginia  (a  position  from  wliicli  he 
has  recently  retired),  Judge  Keith  lias  lived  a  long  life  full  of  honor 
and  usefulness.  His  friends  knowing  the  value  of  the  addresses  he 
has  from  time  to  time  made  have  begged  for  their  publication. 


Nakrative  op  Prison  Life  at  Baltimore  and  John.son's  Island, 
Ohio.  By  IIenuv  E.  Shei'IIkrd,  :\r.  A.,  LL.  1).,  Author  of  "The 
Life  of  Eobert  E.  Lee"  [.Jcc.J,  1917.  Commercial  Printing  and 
St:!tionery  Co.,  Baltimore,  pp.  L'2,  with  a  portrait,  and  a  view  of 
Jolnisou's  Island  prison. 
iJr.   Shepherd,  who  was  captured  at  Gettysburg,  gives  an   interesting 

;u-i.ouut  of  his  experiences  in  pjison. 


Fi;ovTn;i:  Advances  on  the  Ufpeu  Ohio,   1778-1779.     Edited  with  In- 
troduction   and     Notes     by     Loui-e     Plielps     Kellogg,     Wisconsin 
Ilibtorieal  Sociefy.     Publications  of  the  State  Historical  Society 
of  V/isconsin.     CtdUu  lions,   Vol.  XX 111.     D.ajicr  Series,  Vol.  IV. 
I'ublislied  \>y  the  Society,  Madison,  PJIU,  ilhistratcl,  ].p.  509. 
The  A'/isconsin  Historical  Society  again  draws  on  that  great  treasury 
of  Western  history,  the  Draper  Papers,  for  documents  illustrating  history 
along  tho   Upjier   Ohio  about   the  middle  of   the   devolution.     With   its 
predecessors  this  );Ouk  is  iudisiiensalde  to  students  of  our  history. 


-VDDITIONAL   BaSKEKVJLLE   OENEALOtiY.      A   SUPPLEMENT  TO  THE  AuTHOR'S 

Genealogy    of    the    Ba.skei:vh.le    I'amilv    oe    lbl2.      Being    a 

Miscellany    of    Additional    Notes    and    Sketches    from    Later    Li- 

formalion,  imluding  a  Study  of  tlie  F:,mily  lliaUuy  in  Normandy. 

By   P.   Hamilton   Ba.diervill,   A.   M.    (U.   of   Va.),   Bichmoml,   Va^ 

of  the   Tweuty-lir.;t  Geaeration   in   Direct   iMale  Line.     Pichmond, 

Va.,  Wni.  Ellis  Jones'  Sons,  Inc.,  1917,  pp.  179,  witli  19  illu.stru- 

tioiib. 

I'ursuiiig   further   his   researches   into   the   history   of   the   Baskerville 

far.iily  the  author  not  only  uuikes  considerable  a.lditions  to  the  account. 

of  tlui  American  family  and  its  coiiiiectioiis,  Init  goes  far  into  the  ])ast, 

beginning  with  a  study  of  the  life  of  the  Norsemen  in  their  original 

homes,   and  following  this   with  several   carefully  jirepared  chapters   on 

the    Baskorsllles    of    Nuiinandy,    and    of    English    Baskervilles    prior    to 

lli()6.      Like    all    of    the    author's    genealogical    work    this    book    shows 

thorough   research. 


^JlTluiU'i. 


4:48  VIRGINIA    HISTORICAL    MAGAZINE 

History  of  the  Jews  of  Kiciimond  from  17G9  to  1917.  By  Herbert 
T.  Ezekiel  and  Gestou  Lieliteiisteiii.  Eicliiiioiiil,  Va.,  Herlicrt  T. 
Ezekiel,  Printer  and  Publisher,  1917,  pp.  ;i74. 
In  Eichniond  as  in  luactically  every  otlier  city  in  this  country,  the 
Jews  liave  for  generations  held  a  prominent  place  in  l)usiness  and 
public  life.  Here,  as  v\-as  too  often  the  case  everywiiere,  the  liistory  of 
this  ancient  people  has  been  so  greatly  neglected  that  even  its  nienibers 
did  not  in  the  least  know  what  a  considerable  part  tiieir  race  really  had 
taken  in  the  life  of  our  city.  This  neglect  (which  is  one  of  which 
gentile  historians  of  Richmond  as  well  as  the  Jews  themselves  deserve 
censure  for)  has  now  l)een  corrected  through  the  long  and  most  thorough 
researches  of  the  autliors  of  this  book.  It  is  hard  to  imagine  any 
possible  sources  for  history  of  the  Jeus  of  Richmond  tliey  ha\e  not 
examined.  The  result  is  a  work  of  great  value,  not  only  as  a  history 
of  the  Jews,  but  as  a  large  contribution  to  the  history  of  Richmond. 


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GENERAL  INDEX 


TiiLES  OF  Separate  Articles  are  Indicated  by  Small  Capitals. 


Abbot,  liO") 

Abigail,  vShip,  231,  342 

Abingdon  Church,  8S 

Abingdon  Parish,  175,  379 

Abney,  iv,  vi 

Abraham,  295 

Acconiark  Co.,  G4,  77,  84,  337,  380, 

382,  401,  419 
Acquia  Creek,  xxxi 
Adams,  G8,  70,   105,   174,  201,   287 

292,  333,  iii,  iv,  ix 
Addison,  iv 
Adelaide,  xli 
Adin,  338 
Adkins,  iv 

Admiralty  Court,  380         •  •'      • 
Advance,  111 
Agton,  395 
Ahriman,  333 
Ainslie,  421 
"Airfield,"  79 

Alabama,  75,  195,  212,331,412 
Albany,  158,  433 
Albemarle  Co.,  08,  159,  436 
Alderley,  239 
Alderman,  393 
Aldersgate,  1G2,  1G3 
Aldriche,  249 
Alexander,  78,  iii,  iv,  xlv 
Alexandria,  83 
Alger,  201 
Algerian  War,  330 
All  Saints  Parish,  M<1.,  213 
All  Hallows  Parish,  Md.,  213 
Allen,  220,  202,  203,  204,  290,  338, 

352,  378,  iv 
Allen's  Creek,  299 
Allerton,  192 
Alley,  421 
AUibone,  199 
Allnut,  228 


Almond,  177 

Alvey,  290,  272,  295,  290 

Ambler,  282,  295,  iv,  xxi 

Ambrose,  392 

Amelia  Co.,  150,  157,  100,  291,  405 

America  Bar  Association,  vi 

America  Merchant,  Ship,  45 

Amherst  Co.,  154 

Amicia,  208 

Amory,  422 

Amsterdam,  111,  194,  195 

Ames,  iv 

Anecll,  300,  iv 

Anderson,   70,   174,   213,   291,   401, 

402,  403,  i,  iv,  vi,  Iii 
Anderson    Bible    Record,    401,    et 

seq. 
Andrews,  iii,  iv,  112 
Ancott,  208 
Anes,  243 
Anglesey,  371 
Ann,  300 

Annapolis,  92,  214,  419,  443,  445 
Anne  Arundel  Co.,  85,  213,  219,  443 
Anngier,  57 
Annsley,  176 
Ann  yon,  240 
Anstell,  399 
Antrim,  iv 
A])pomattox,  xxviii 
Appomattox  C.  H.,  xxxi 
Aram,  257 
Arehdale,  245 
Argall,  200,  327,  328 
Argall,    Sir   Samuel,    Will,    (1025) 

327 
Argent,  103,  104 
Argent,   George,   Will   (1654)   with 

note,  103 
Arkansas,  75,  407 
Arlington,  73,  77,  308 


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Index 


Arlington,  Lord,  393 

Armour,  GS 

Arms,  205 

Armistead,  2S1,  31S,  419,  421,  422, 

444 
Arnold,  71,  175 
Aniall,  355,  359 
Arrington,  5G,  57 
Art  is,  24S 

Artmdel,  Earl,  of,  246 
Ashe,  vi 
Ashbum,  William,  Epitaph  (1773) 

75 
Ashefield,  244 
Ash  en  den,  55 
Ashfield,  Tliorpc,  324 
Ashlock,  70 
Ashlie,  245 
Ashton,  105,  192 
Ashton,    Peter,    Will    (1G54)    v.ith 

note,  1G5 
Assembly  of  Va.,   Petition  to   the 

King,  IGSl,  270 
Ai^embly  of  Va.,  Answer  to  Cul- 

peper Spceeh,  IGSO,  141 

Asshoo,  427 

Atiierton,  426 

Atkins,  231,  232,  300,  iv 

Atkinson,  iv,  \i 

Atlanta,  (Boat),  330 

Atlar.tie  Coast  Line  Pv.  xl,  viii 

Auljery,  214 

Auburn,  K.  Y.,  x 

Audley,  10 J,  lOG,  lOS,  1G5,  201,  202, 

203,  250,  2G3,  32G 
Auditor  General,  23,  112 
Auditor  of  Va.,  Letter  of  King  to, 

IGSO,  142 
Auglaize  Co.,  223 
Augusta,  412 
Augusta  Fort,  153 
Austin,  421,  425         .      ,     ,   . 
•  Austin,  Leigh,  iv       ' 
Austen,  4 26 
Av.vote,  202 
Awdcley,  201 
Axicll,  406  iv 
Ax  ton,  G7 
A>lard,  307 
Ayar.ste,  51 
Aylett,  67,  GS,  177,  275,  278,  2S5, 

433,  431,  437 
Aylett,  V.'illiau!,  Note  on,  275 
Aylett,  William,    to   William    Lee, 

1777,  275 
Ayleway,  2G3,  270 


Bachelder,  290 

Back  River,  86,  90,  91,  92,  93,  97, 

214 
Bacon,  100,  145,  146,  249,  259,  271, 

274,  iv 
Bacon's  Rebellion,  72,  xvi 
Bacon,  Nat,  Ancestry  of.  Wife  of, 

249 
Badnalle,  105 
Bagby,  iv 
Bagnell,  iii 

Bagwell,  179,  229,  228,  295 
Bailey,  2SG 
Baispoole,  389 

Baker,  175,  1G6,  164,  179,  iv,  226 
Baldocke,  426 
Baldwin,  141 
Balkan    Wars,    1912-13,    by    J.   G. 

Schurman,  Review,  110 
Bale,  98 
Ball,  418 

Ballard,  141,  365,  iv 
Ballentme,    Go 
Baltimore,  217,  9G,  93,  94,  353,  283, 

31S,  302,  215,  L,  83,   14G,  431, 

415,444,  447,  443,  440 
Baltimore  Co.,  214,  212,  213,  215, 

216,  214,  437,  445,  412,  443, 439, 

440,  441,  217,  218,  220.  219,  85, 

SG,  90,  91,  92,  93,  95,  96,  97,  438 
Baltimore,  Lord,  263 
Bancks,  300 
Bangley,  108 
Banister,  255,  256,  299 
Banister,  John,  Naturalist,  255,  25G 
Banister  River,  156,  289,  299 
Banister  Path,  299 
Banks,  175,  293,  295,  300,  422,  iii 
Baptist,  300 
Barbadoes,  60,  131,  133,  141,  251, 

252,  253,  263,  319,  354,  333,  361, 

3G2 
Barber,  310,  301,  303,  417,  iii 
Barbour,  304,  310,  311,  ;v 
Bare  Creel:,  214 
Barforde,  398,  399 
Barge  Ward,  301 
Barge  Court,  391 
Bargrave,  118 
Barham,  421,  iv,  viii 
Barker,  111,  203,  226 
Parksdale,  iii,  vi 
Barnard,  3.n9,  390,  396 
Barnard,    Margaret,    Will    (1G23) 

with  note,  3s9 
Banies,  246,  420 


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451 


Baron,  202 

Barratt,  iii,  vi 

Barrington,  32S,  398  "-    "'      " 

Barry,  115,  421 

Barton,  301,  iv 

Barwich,  235 

Baskerville,  109,  110,  447,  iv,  xlv 

Baskerville  Genealogy,  Additional, 
P.  II.  Baskervill,  Review,  447 

Bass,  Basse,  114,  116 

Bass,  Nat.,  note  on,  114 

Basses  Choyce,  11(5  „,        , 

Bassano,  357,  3S8,  352      "'    -•" 

Bates,  238,  iv 

Bateman,  32G 

Bath,  188 

Bathurst,  328,  327 

Baylor,  P.'J,  91,  175,  302,  314,  310, 
317,318,319,320,321,322,323, 
431 

Baylor  Family,  315  et  seq. 

Baylor,  John,  (1705-1772),  Por- 
trait, 314a 

Baylor,  John,  (1750-1808),  Por- 
trait, 31  Ga 

Baylor,  Jolm,  (1750-1808),  Por- 
trait, 318a 

Bayly,  231 

Bayn,  290 

Baj'ne,  iv 

Baynain,  389 

Baynard  Rush  Hall,  111 

Baynhani,  220,  3 19 

Baynuni,  319,  310 

Baxter,  335 

Beadles,  00  •" 

Beads,  135 

Eeale,  279,  280 

Bear  Garden,  299 

Eeart,  248 

Beasley,  412 

Beauchamn,  John,  WillXl'JjI)  with 
note,  102 

Beaver  Dam,  299 

Beaver  Pond,  299 

Beck,  287 

Becker,  444 

Beckley,  OG 

Beckett,  iv 

Pedd,  3i)S 

Bedford,  County,  59,  79 

Bedford,  399 

Dedfordsliire,399 

P.edds,  309 

Dedwortli,  105 

Beecliaaipton,  393 


Beecher,  399 

Beer,  iv 

Beirne,  iv 

Belew,  153 

Bell,  175,  422,  iv 

Bellamy,  1G5 

Belle  Isle,  xxxiii 

"Belmont,"  iv,  xlvi 

Belt,  iv 

Belvoir,  430 

Bel  voir,  Fauquier,  ix 

Bemerside,  xxi 

Benche,  429 

Benfielder,  328 

Bennett,  117,  150,  175,  208,  229,  230, 
390,  391,  392,  394,  iv 

Bennett,  Ambrose,  Will,  (1031) 
with  note,  390 

Bennett,  Family,  note  on,  393,  394 

licnnett,  John,  Will,  (1031)  with 
note,  391 

Bentley,  2S0 

Benton,  190 

Benwell,  18S,  189 

Bcnhall,  244,  215,  2-lG,  247 

Berljridge,  222 

Berkeley,  GO,  67,77,88,  114,110,140, 
141,  196,  197,  259,  273,  vi 

Berkeley  and  Ludwell,  Relation- 
ship, 196 

Berkeley  Co.,  281 

Berkshire,  393 

Berkeswell,  88 

Bermuda,  242 

Bernabue,  444 

Bernard,  79,  85,  87,  88,  89,  197,  212, 
220,  221 ,222,305,31 1,390,437,438 

Bernard,  William,  note  on,  S7,  88 

Berne,  x 

Bcrners,  420 

Berrv  Family,  81  et  seq. 

Berry,  81.  82,  S3,  iv 

"Berry  Plains,"  81 

Besson,  SG 

Best,  iv 

Betchson,  202 

Bettes,  107 

Beveridge,  :  32,  334,  335,  iv 

Beverley,  191,  217,  220,  380 

P.evyse,  397 

Bicker,  395 

BickerstalTc,  425 

Bickcrton,  99,  100,  391,  395 

I^ickley,  70,  17-1,  170 

Biddiford,  201 

Biddle,  vi 


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452 


Index 


Bi dwell,  vi 

Biggs,  237,  238 

Biggs,  Richard,  note  on,  237 

Bii,'ger,  330 

Bigland,  297 

Billings,  iii 

Bilsby,  328,  329 

Binks,  227 

Bingham,  175,  292 

Bircher  Creek,  299 

Birdseye,  330 

Black, "420 

Blackbourne,  117,  118,  22G 

Blaekett,  409,  411 

Blackford,  282 

Blackhurst,  104 

Blackman,  344 

Blacksiock,  iv 

Blackball ,  102 

Black  Walnut,  299 

Blackwater,  378 

Blai  kwater  River,  19,o 

Blackwater  Swamp,  377 

Blackwell,  05,  176,  iii 

Bladensburg,  213,  214 

Blair,  02,  04,  300,  400,  iv 

Blake,  177,  274 

Bland,  393,  107 

Blandfield,  191 

Blany,  123 

Blathwayt,  02,  139,   140,  203,  272, 

300,  30S,  370 
Blayney,  123,  230,  344 
Bledsoe,  417 
"Blenheim,"  200 
Blcnnerhasset,  244,  246 
Blockhouse,  153 
Blorc,  108 
Blow,  iv 
Blue  Ridge,  151 
Blunt,  85 
Blunt  Point,  338 
Blunt  Point  Creeke,  338 
Blunt  Point  River,  340 
Boatwright,  iv 
Bobert,  255,  256 
Bol)art,  Jacob,  note  on,  255 
Boddie,  iv 
Boliannon,  2S6 
Boisseau,  70,  iv 
Bold  Adventure,  96 
Bolingbrook,  xiv 
Boiling,  78,  79,  300,  412,  iv 
Boiling,  note,  411 
Bolton,  78,  108,  230,  231,  287 
Bolton,  Rev.  Francis,  note  on  230 


Bona  Nova,  (Ship),  116,  118,  227, 

230,  314,  349 
Bonaventure,  (Ship),  121  '' 

Bonall,  238 
"Bon  Brook,"  200 
Bond,  213,  292,  419 
Bondurant,  iv 
Booker,  iv 
Books,  12,  103,  215,  235,  279,  280, 

xvii 
Bcx)K  Reviews 

Mt.  Vernon,  Washington  Ilon.e 
109 

Hamilton  of  Burnside,  X.  C, 
109 

N'irginia  Counties,  Roliinson,  110 

Balkan  Wars,  1912-13,  Tlie  110 

Social  Life  in  Englaml,  111 

Ryerson  Genealogy,  111 

Johnson,  Andrew,  Military  Gov- 
ernor of  Tenn.,  Ill 

Kew  Purchase,  The,  111 

Europe,  Modern,  A  Political  and 
Socia   History  of  Hayes,  112 

United  States,  Brief  History  of, 
Andrews,  112 

History  of  Western  Ohio  and 
Auglaze  Co.,  By  C.  W.  Will- 
iamson, 223 

Hume,  Kennedy  an<l  Brockman 
Families,  By  W-  F-  Brockman, 
233 

History,  The  Teaching  of,  224 

Europe  in  the  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury, 224 

Cuba,  Early  History  of,  L.  A. 
Wright,  224 

Marshall,  John,  Life  of.  By  A.  J. 
Beveridge,  332 

Six  Addresses  on  Virginia 

Confederate  Literature  in  Bos- 
ton Athenaeum,  335 

Cape  Fear  River,  Chronicles  of 
the  Spnint,   11th  Edition,   446 

United  States,  History  of,  Bv 
Edward  Channing,  Vol.  IV,  446 

Keith,  Judge  James,  Addresses, 
446 

Ohio,  Upper,  Frontier  Advances 
on,  447 

Prison  Life  at  Baltimore  and 
Johnsons  Island,  Shei^herd,  447 

Baskerville  Genealogy,  Addi- 
tional,  Baskerville,   447 

Jews  of  Richmond,  History  of, 
Ezekiel  and  Litchtenstein,  448 


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Index 


453 


Boone,  93,  xxiv 

Boone,    Daniel,    at    Limestone, 

1786-87,  et  seq. 
Boone  Co.,  407 
Boone  Fort,  406 
Booth,  99,  314,  315,  421 
Booth,  (Ship),  134 
Boreing,  93,  217 
Boreman,  1G2,  iv 
Bosden,  395 
Bosher,  293,  iv 
Boston,  143,  405,  431,  432 
Boston  Athenaeum,  335,  336 
Boswell,  65,  423,  424 
Botany,  255 
Bought  on,  427 
Bould,  389 
Boulton,  108 
Bourbon  Co.,  406 
Bourgeoise,  iv 
Boumheades,  59 
Bowsh,  200 

Bowden,  179,  437        .  , 
Bowen,  420,  422 
Bowers,  203,  296 
Bowker,  394,  395,  396 
Bowker,     Thomas,     Will,      (1671) 

with  note,  394 
Bowles,  iv 

Bowling,  iv 

Bowman,  122 

Bowyer,  58,  257 

Boyce,  412  ,,    , 

Boyd,  435 

Boykin,  iv 

Boyle,  iv 

Boyles,  130 

Boyse,  231 

Boyse,  Luke,  note  on  34 

Brabin,  439 

Braby,  391 

Bracken,  301 

Bradford,  96 

Braddocke,  203 

Bradshaw,  iv 

Brafferton  Hall,  xvni 

Bradley,  126,  130,  134,  136,  137,  138 
153  264,  352,  354,  356,  357,  358, 
359,  360,  363,  418 

Bradley's  Creek,  299 

Bradley,  Daniel,  Pension  Declara- 
tion, 153 

Brady,  82 

Braine,  128,  129,  222,  354,  360 
Bramble,  433 

Brame,  292 
Brampton,  249 


Brampton   Hall,   87 

Branch,  155,  iv 

Brandywine,  158 

"Brandon,"  Middlesex  Co.,  265 

Brassier,  279 

Braxton  Co.,  407 

Braxton  (Brackston)  216 

Brayne,  180 

Bread  St.,  391 

Breeding,  174 

Brenan,  65 

Brent,  82,  83 

Brcssy,  394 

Briarfield,  433 

Brickhill,  393 

Bridges,  241,  409 

Bridges,  (Wharves),  119 

Brightwell,  70,  179 

Brisbane,  xli 

Bristol,  210,  279 

Bristol!,  Church  of,  59 

"Bristol  Parish",  412 

Bristol,  R.  I.,445 

Britt,  234 

Britwell,  294 

Brockcnbrough,  281 

Brockman,  223,  224 

Broddus,  291 

Brodhead,  iv,  xiv 

Brodhurst,  192 

Brodnax,  134,  137 

Bromall,  201 

Brome,  S-l,  355,  360,  363 

Bromeficld,  397 

Bromely,  201  „  „    .^^ 

Brooke,  54,  83,  100,  296,  320,  322, 

iv,  V 
Brooker,  195 
Brookin,  160 
Brooks,  421 

Broughton,  203  ^.   ,no 

Brown,  Browne,  54,  74,  78,  174,  176, 
203,  205,  227,  287,  299,  300,  334, 
42 1'  427,  V,  vi 
Brown's  Chance,  441 
Brownlow,  328,  390,  392 
Broxton,  322 

Bruce,  v,  vi,  viii,  xiu,  xxni,  xxiv 
Bi-uce, Philip  A,Protrait  Presented, 

viii,  Aiiril  Magazine 
Brunslip,  249 
Brunswick,  158,  169 
Ih-uton,  196  ,    .   i-- 

Bryan,  i,  iii,  v,  xxvi,  xxxv,  xlvi,  lu 
Bryan,  St.  George  Tucker  Coalter. 
In     Memoriam.       President's 
Report 


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454 


Index 


Bryant,  C7,  i  i 

Bryce,  78,  79 

Brydon,  vi 

Buck,  340,  342 

Buck,  Rev.  Richard,  235,  236 
)       Buck,     Rev.     Richard,      Library, 

•  '  235 

'       "Buck  Hill",  200 
; .  ,  Buckhurst,  327,  328 

.     Buckingham,  Duke  of,  li 
■  :     Bucklesbury,  391 
. :     Buckley,  150,  395 
'       Buckner,  81,91,  216,  384 

Bucks,  391,393 

Bucks  County,  59 

Bud,  420 

Budd,  192 

Budlong,  V 

Euftalo  Bed,  299 
,      EulTalo  Camp,  298 

Buffalo  Lick,  20S 

BuiTalo  Path,  29S 

Bukey,  v 

Bu  keley,  425,  420 

Bullard,  273,  437,  v 

Bullitt,  V 

■  Bun,  421 

^     Bunker    Hill    Monument    x\ssocia- 
tion,  vi 
Bunn,  231,  232,  238 
,     Burbage,  429,  434 

■  Burcher,  420 
Burfoote,  122 
Burgess,  70,  179,  194,  v 
Burke,  65,  329,  397 

■  Burnett,  150,  291,  377 
,     Bums,  178,  209 

Bumside,  109,  110 

Burrell,  137,  359 

Burrows,  113,  122 

Burrows,  09,  v 

Burstock,  127 

Burton,  104,  209,  vi 

Burwashe,  101 

Burwell,   08,  87,  88,  251,  200,  377, 

378,  V,  x.\i 
Bur  ye,  390 

Buslmell,  iii,  vi,  xiii,  xxiv 
Bu.slt  River,  97 
Buster,  307 

Butler,  OG,  175,  176,  292,  293,  295 
Butler  Co.,  331 
Butt,  119 

Buttolph,  162,  163,  248 
BuLts,  175 
Buttrom,  195 


Byrd,  62,  63,  64,  66,  128,  134,  227, ^ 
250,  252,  253,  254,  255,  290,  355, 
376,  379,  381,  397,  v,  xiv,  xvi 

Byrd,  Ship,  250,  358 

BVUD,  WiLLI.AM,  AlT)ITOR  GEN- 
ERAL, Account,  62,  et  sccj. 

Byrd,  William,  First,  Letters  of 
43  et  seq.,  128  et  seq.,  250  et 
seq.,  352  et  seq. 

Cabinpoint,  157 

Cabell,  iii 

Cadzow,  109 

Caius  College,  310,  318,  319,  xvii 

Cain  Creek,  298 

Calcott,  395 

Caldwell,  420 

Ca  lahan,  77,  101,  201,  323,  425,  v, 
vi 

Callcnder,  vi 

Callery,  v 

Call  is,  420 

Calloway,  Dudley,  Pension  Decla- 
ration, 159 

Calthorp,  249 

Calvert  Co.,  213,  391 

Caman,  441,  442 

Cambridge,  310,  318,  319,  342 

Cambridge  Univcrbity,  xvii 

Cambridge,  County  of,  50,  57 

Camden,  153,  156,  160 

Camden  Co.,  420 

Camden  House,  327 

Cameron,  190,  v,  xxvi 

Cameron,  George.  InMemoriam. 
xxxvii,  xciv,  April  Magazir.e 

Camm,  301 

Camp,  299 

Cam])  Douglas,  83 

Campbell  Co.,  82,  180,  182,  184, 153, 
153,  159,  188,  294,  401,  402,  433, 
436,  V 

Camj)dcn,  154 

Campeau,  iii 

Campfield,  287 

Camin,  338 

Cane  Brake,  190,  299 

Caniield,  Great,  398 

Cannon,  301,  v 

Canterbury,  118,  162,  206,  403  412, 
413,  415,  416 

Cape   Fear    River,     Chronicles 

OF   THE.      SpRUNT,    2d   EDITION. 
Rives,  440 
Cape  Francois,  277,  276,  279,  281, 
284,  285 


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455 


Caper  ton,  v 

Capitol  Square,  Richmond,  199 

Capps,  V 

Caprons,  396  .  .    ,. 

Cargill,  V 
Carini,420 
Carlisle,  73,  74 
Carlton,  111,  206 
Carman,  443 
Carmichael,  206 
Carnegie  Institute,  vi 
Carney,  120 

Caroline  Co.,  69,  81,  82,  89,  174, 
291,  306,  316,  318,  319,  423,  424, 
433,  xvii 
Carolina,  88,  365,  309,  417 
Carpenter,  v 

Carr,  67,  68,  09,  174,  409,  410,  411 
Carrin^'ton,  190,  v 
Carroll,  96 

Carter,  m,  69,  87.  88,  191,  198,  281, 
231,  232,  301,  328,  341,  397,  405, 
436,  444,  V 
Carter,  Col.  John,  Epitaph,  (1669) 

405 
Carter's  Ferry,  150 
Cartlia^ena,  280 
Cartri<,;ht,  v 
Carus,  439 
Cary,  67,  68,  88,  223,  301,  314,  v, 

i.x,  U 
Cary,  Wilson  Miles,  Papers  ot  Pre- 
sented, ix,  April  Magazine 
"Carysbrook,"  xxviii 
Case,  395 

Cash,  V  •-..  . 

Casson,  432 
Castillion,  124 
Caswell,  389 
Caswell  Co.,  78 
Catawba,  149 
Catehpole,  112 
Cateater,  356 
Cat'ett,  293,  v 
CalUns,  292 

Cattamount  Shoals,  298 
Calton,  245 
"Cavaliers,"  139 
Cave,  427 

Cawsey,  120,  349,  350 
Causey's  Care  or  Cave,  319 
Census  of  1624-5,  incomplete,  226 
Census  to  be  taken, 1626.  348 
Chaderton,    165 
Chad  wick,  175 

Chamberlayne,    59,    66,    176,    179 
295,  V 


Chambers,  227,  230 
Chamblin,  401,  402,  403 
Champlin,  iii 
Chancey,  421 

Chandler,  67,  422,  176,  239,  240,  v 
Chancy,  Abraham,  Pension  Decla- 
ration, 151 
Chapin's  Farm,  xxxiii 
Chapman,    70,    179,  300,  301,  329, 

412,  421 
Chaplain,  319,  350 
Chaplain's  Choice,  349 
Charles,  420,  421 
Charles,  I,  115,  179 
Charles,  II,  40S,  410,  433 
Charles  County,  81 
Charles  City  County,  64,   66,   78, 
139,  140,  165,  166,  227,  331,  313 
Charles  City  Co.,  Church  in  39,  et 

seq. 
Charles  Hundred,  349 
Charles  Parish,  301 
Charleston,  55,  1 
Charles  Town,  288 
Charlesworth,  66 
Charlotte  Co.,  305,  307 
Charlotte,  C.  II.,  150 
Charlotte,  149,  155 
Charlottesville,  80,  158 
Charlton,  300 
Charter,  185,  186,  188 
Chase,  443 
Chatham,  149,  195 
Chatham  Co.,  157 
"Chatterton"  165 
Chauncy,  v 
Cheat  wood,  330 
"Chelsea",  180,433,  435 
Chemisford,  397 
Cheraw  Hills,  155 
Cherrystone  Creek,  273 
Chesapeake  Bay,  199,  158,  439,  xui 
Chesecome  Haynes,  60 
Cheshire,  208 
Chester,  408,  425,  426,  439 
Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  436 
Chesterfield  Co.,  75,  211,  2.30,  308 
Chesterfield,  C.  H.,  153 
Chestnut  Creek,  298 
Chevy  Chase,  4-10 
Chew,  2  0 
Chewning,  418 
Chichester,  414,  415,  416 
Chicheley,  56,  57,  5S,  146,  147 
Chichlcy,  Sir  Thomas,  Will,  (1616) 
witli  note,  56 


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450 


Index 


Chicliley,    S'r    Henry,     note     on, 

57 
Chickahominy  River,  200 
Child,  411 
Childers,  iii 
Chiles,  63,  68,  320 
Chilham,  57 
Chilton,  V 
China,  300 

Chinn,  192  tii:    vrj    (M     '< . 

Chip,  286 
Chirstall,  360 
Chiswell,  435 
Chwhiiely,  394,  395 
Chowninj^,  446,  v         >^    • 
Choy.e,  124 
Christ  Church,  405 
Christ  Church,  Middlesex,  217 
Christian,  06,  291,  293,  419 
Chkistian  (E.  Shore),  419 
Christy,  81 

Charles,  70,  139,  140,  227,  2';0 
Churches,  70,  139,  140,  227,  230 
Churchill,  Henry,  Will  (1654),  with 

note,  58 
Churton.  426 

Claiborne,  67,  70, 117,  123, 124, 178, 
228,  23S, 294, 339, 340, 3i5, 434, v 
Clapcot,  393 
Clarence,  39S 
Clarendon,  371 
Clarke,   Clark,   67,    150,    151,    153, 

2S6,  327,  V,  vi 
Clarksville,  412 
Clarken  Well,  166 
Ciaxlon,  209,  213 
ClayhiU,  208 
Claypoole,  404 
Clayton, 177,  318 
demons,  vi 

Clement,  149,  195,  298,  iii,  v,  xvi 
Clements,  67,  08,  152,  177 
Clerkc,  161 
"Cleve",  4:4 
Cleveland,  149,  150 
Cliflon,  59 
C  in  ton,  129,  130 
Cloud,    9S,  299 
Cluslel,  416 
Clyde,  V 
Coaches,  xxiii 
Coats  of  Arms,  141,  280 
Coats  of  Arms — 

Colston,  280 

Dandridge,  288,  289 

Jameson,  285 


North,  439 
Smith  (York),  285 
Spotswood,  288,  289 

Cobb,  V 

Cobbett,  60 

Cock  Fightinj^,  14 

Cocke,  174,  175 

Cockey,  211,  217,  331,  405 

Cockran,  65,  171 

Cockshutt,  213 

Codd,  William,  Will  (1608),  53 

Codd,    James,    Will    (1611),    with 
note,  54 

Codrin^ton,    Robert,    Will    (1619) 
with  note,  59 

Coe,  132 

Coffin,  V 

Coke,  104,  V 

Colbatch,  213 

Coldfield,  208 

Cole,  298 

Colegate,  215,  216 

Coelough,  192 

Coleman,  151,  247,  248,  249,  331,  v 

Coles,  298,  299,  330,  v 

Cole's  Bank,  97 

Cole's  Harbor,  86,  91,  94,  95,  96 

College  Land,  230 

Collett,  98 

Collier,  67 

Collings,  196 

Collins,  229,  292,  294,  308,  309,  3-14, 
393,  391,  407 

Collirene,  331 

Colorado,  401 

Colston,     Raleigh,     to     Benja- 
min Day,  1781,  279  et  seq. 

Colston,    Raleigh,     to    Patrick 
Henry,  1786,  283  et  seq. 

Colston  Family,  279  et  seq. 

Colston,  Arms,  280 

Colston,  V 

Coltman,  161 

Columbia  University,  112 

Combs  or  Comes,  115 

Communion  Plate,  441 

Commyn,  328,  338 

Comjiton,  216 

Comrie,  100 

Confederate  State  Debts,  75 

Confederate  States  Debt,  194 

Confederate  bonds,  297 

Confederate       Literature       in 
Boston    Athenaeum.    Review, 
335 

Conn,  213,  214,  216,  217 


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Index 


457 


Connor,  418 

Connyngham,  240 

Conquest,  Richard,  76,  77 

Comiuest,  399 

Constable,  Wi  Ham,  note  on,  115 

Constable,  116,  229 

Contanceau,  418 

Convicts,  12,  19 

Conway,  417 

Cook,   Cooke,  65,  06,  89,  91,   212, 
214,  285,  287,  315,  310,  iii,  v 

Coolidge,    V 

CoomVjcs,  115 

Coniyn,  242 

Cooper,  129,  240,  286,  418 

Cooton,  201 

Cople,  GO 

Corbet,  244,  245,  v 

Corb  n,  100,  178,  208,  iii,  v 

Corbould,  24'],  2  8 

Coi-nishe,  121,  122 

Coroners,  377 

Corotoman,  190,  191 

Cornwall,  242,  380 

Comwallis,  150,  155,  157 

Cosby,  421 

Cottington,  196,  197 

Cotton,  202,  203,  395 

Cotrell,  419  -•■'    " 

Cottorel,  290 

Coudert,  vi 

Council    and     General     Court 

Minutes  1024-29,  32  et  seq.,  113, 

et  seq.,  225,  et  seq.,  337  et  seq. 

Council  Minutes  1097,  373  eL  seq. 
Council        Papers        1098-1702, 

02  et  seq. 
Council  and  Burgesses  of  Va.,  to 

The  King,  1088,  305 
Courts,  Monthly,  Established,  1020 

349,  350 
Courtney,  290,  294,  322,  338,  v 
Coultinan,  104,  105 
Coventry  Co.,  105 
Condall,  240 
Cowne,  174 
Cow  pens,  155 
Cowpcr,  395 

Cox,  67,  176,  301,  420,  440,  i  i,  v 
Coxendale,    230 
Cozen,  246 
Cozzens,  v 
Cral)be,  112 
Craddock, 393 
Crafton,  292 
Craig,  300  401,  iii,  v 


Cralle,  79,  418,  419 

Cram,  v 

Cran  eild,  399 

Cranz,  330 

Crashaw,  Raleigh,  note  on  2i9 

Craven,  100 

Creakers,  398,  399 

Createmore,  245 

Creed,  70 

Creffield,  87 

Crenshaw,  05,  175,  v 

Crewkeme,  243 

Cridlin,  05,  107,  174,  300,  v,  xx 

Crimes,  343 

Criminal  Trials  in  Va.,   1752  and 

1755,  12  et  seq. 
Cripps,  114 
Crispe,  125 
Crittenden,  v 
Crocker,  v 
Crockett,  108,  299,  v 
Crocketts,  Va.  Farm  Journal,  299 
Cromwell,  80,  210,  219,  239 
Crooke,  390,  391,  392,  393 
Crosbie    290      C{C'-AC.^^^   Xjf[ 
Crosdailc,  v 
Crowe,  295 
Croxton,  00 
Croyden,  318 
Crozier,  190,  300,  304,  308,  311,  317, 

320,  321,  323,  431,  432,  434 
Cruce,  100 
Crump,  405,  v 
Cuba,    Early    History    of,    by 

A.  Wright.     Review,  224 
Cueolds  Point,  218 
Culleton,  53,  101,  297,  389,  408,  412, 

413,  v,  xvii,  xix,  xx 
Culpeper,  Lord,  205,  208,  270,  271, 

272,  273,  XVI 
Culpeper,  Lord,  Governor  of  \''a., 

22  et  seq. 
Culpeper,    Lord,    Proposals    Con- 
cerning Va.,  1801,  308 
Culpeper,    Tmos.,    Lord,    to    W. 

Blathwayt,  1080,  139 
Culpeper,    Lord,    Proclamation   of 

July  8,  lOSO,  142 
Culpeper,  71,  73,  74,  114,  135,  139, 
140,  141,  142,  143,  145,  110,  LW, 
154,  155,  174,  197,  259,  300,  308, 
309,  370,  372,  373,  374 
Culpeper  Co.,  301,  311 
Culpeper,  .Siii]),  49,  250 
Cumberland  Co.,  150,  153,  200 
Cui)ps,  123 


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Index 


lulO' 


Curacoa,  279,  2S4 
Cur  son,  414 
Curtis,  421 
Curtis  Creek,  214 
Cushing,  S3,  330 
Cu^tis,'77,  422 
Cuthberlson,  411 


Dabney,  Co,  66,  78,  137,  138,  174, 

178,    290,   291,  293,    294,    290, 

V,  xxxiii 
Dallas  Co.,  331 

Dale,  341  ,  I 

Dallaway,  102  ''  '■  ''''  J 

Dallington,  414,  415  ! 

Dameron,  193,  417 
Dampier,  182,  lb3,  185,  ISO,  187 
Dance,  v 
Dandridge,   78,   99,   150,   ISO,   275, 

288,  289,  291,  308,  434,  430,  v 
Dandridge  Anrs,  288,  2S9 
Dangerfield,  Thomas,  Will   (1019) 

with  note,  240 
Dangerfield,  Thomas,  Will   (1005) 

with  note,  239 
Dangerfield,    Wm.,     Emigrant    to 

Va.,  241 
Dangerfield,  239,  240,  v 
Danies,  328 
Daniel,  431,  287 

Dan  River,  150,  190  , 

Dansie,  290  i 

Danville,  150  :  ' 

Darby,  419  •    -■.'  t 

Darden,  377 
Darling,  v 

Davenport,  68,  69,  300,  v 
Davis,  70,  74,  145,  147,  234,  330,  331, 

367,  437,  v,  viii,  xxjciii 
Davison,  411 
Davye,  102,  103 
Daw  (or  Dare),  126 
Dav,  170,  279,  282,  284 
Dayton,  81 
Dayves,  248 
Deale,  253,  254,  256,  257 
Deddington,  59 
Deans,  277,  414,  415 
Dearborn,  335 
Deats,  iii 
Decatur,  407 

Deep  River,  150,  155,  157 
Deffrages,  292,  293,  295 
Degge,  291 
DeGrand, :  82 


Dejarnette,  139,  205,  305,  xvi 

DeKalbCo.,  407 

Delamaior,  124 

Delaware  Indians,  xiii,  xiv 

Delft,  393 

Delk,  420 

Delling,  273 

Delph  Island,  97 

Denant,  242 

Denbree,  301 

Denham,  v 

Dennis,  225,  301,  417,  420 

Denson,  v 

Denton,  93,  215,  218 

Deputie,  110 

Derbyshire,  249 

Dessarges,  69 

Devonshire,  241,  242,  33S,  443 

Dewberry,  301 

Deweden,  397 

Dev.ecse,  3S9 

Dew,  157,  158,  159,  291,  294 

Dewitt,  280 

Dews,  William,  Pension  Declara- 
tion, 157 

Diamond,  1C5 

Diana  (Ship),  231 

Dickins,  78,  112,  330 

Diekev,  v 

Difilcult  Creek,  298,  299 

Digges,  57,  05,  293 

Dix,  150,  100 

Dixon,  300,  343,  420 

Dobson,  xxii 

Dochcry,  428 

Dodd,  395 

Dodson,  152 

Doggett,  58 

Donaldson,  151,  152 

Done! son,  152,  298 

Donnan,  xlvii 

Dooley,  iii 

Doolittle,  V 

Doran,  v  vi 

Doremus,  v,  vi 

Dorsey,  218,  219,  438,  442 

Dorset,  England,  297 

Dostel,  208 

Douglas,  198,  300,  378,  380,  409,  410 

Dowlis,  292 

Downe,  213,  243,  244 

Downes,  213,  244 

Dowies,  John,  Will  (1017)  with 
note,  243 

Downey,  177 

Downenian,  241,  242,  243,  iii 


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Index 


459 


Downeman,    William,    Will   (1010) 

with  note,  241 
Downmans  in  Va.,  243 
Downing,  198,  v 
Doyle,  248 
Dragon  Swamp,  303 
Drake,  224 
Drakes,  420 
Draper  Papers,  447 
Drayton,  104 

Drewry,  GO,  09,  170,  301,  vi 
Drev.ry's  Bluff,  xxxiii 
Dnmimond,  420 
Drunkenness,  Order  in  Regard,  to, 

1G2G,  340 
Drysdale  Parish,  302,  311 
"Dul-lm"  291 
Dv.dley,  428 
Dudley,  78,  291,  421 
Dugan,  GO,  393 

Duke,  244,  245,  240,  247,  248,  249,  v 
Duke,  Dorothy,  Will  (1014)  with 

note,  214 
Duke,  Elizabeth,  Will  (1G12)  with 

note,  247 
Duke,  Ambrose,  Will  (1011)  with 

note,  245 
Dun,  391 
Dunbar,  03 

Duncomb,  329,  389,  393 
"Dunrcness",  407 
Dunkirk,  290 
Dunthonie,  226,  227 
Dtum,  07,  190,  v,  xxxviii,  xxx'x 
Dunstord,  301 
Dupont,  V 
Durliam,  407,  408 
Dutch  Gap,  227 
Dutch  Ship,  113 
Dutton,  375,  390,  392 
Duty  (Ship),  121,227 
"Duty  Boys",  121 
DuVal,  05,  V 
Dwelly,  162,  416 
Dwight,  V 
Dyer,  117 
Dyers,  340,  342 
Dyson,  209,  391,  392 


Eagon,  V 
Earle,  164 
Earnest,  iii 
Earnshaw,  179 
Ears,  Cutting  off,  32 
Eade,  339 


Eadcn,  123,  124,  338 

Easley,  v 

East,  vi 

Eastham,  243 

East  Lothian,  431 

East  Nolling,  55 

East  North  East  River,  431,  432 

East  Peckham,  53 

East  Ouartcr,  109 

East  Sutton,  253,  328 

Eastville,  84 

Eastwood,  174 

Eastern  Shore,  117,  230 

Eaton,  421,  345,  vi 

Eckenrode,  335,  336,  vi 

Eden,  33 > 

Edgar,  245,  240,  248 

Edgecon.be  Co.,  78 

Edinburg,  193 

Edlowe,  230 

Edmonds,  291 

Edmundson,  221,  303,  304,  310 

Edmonton,    255 

Education,   15,    18,   20,  44,  48,  70, 

ISO  et  seq.,  224,  259,  314,  310, 

318,  xvii,  xlvi,  xlix 
Edward,  vi,  429,  430 
Edwards,  68,  69,  291,  364,  405,  412, 

410 
Eff":ngham,  Lord,  263,  361,  362,  303 
Effingham,  Ship,  361 
Egham,  184 
Eglinby,  280 
Egmon,  331 
Elder,  445 
Eldridge,  331 

Elizabeth,  205,  207,  428,  429 
Elizabeth  City  Co.,  C4,   113,   118, 

119,  12G,  225,  230,  23S,  243,  214, 

28-8,  301,  33S,  349,  421 
Elizabeth  City  Church,  230 
Elizabeth  River,  158,  3S0 
Elizabeth  River  Parish,  77 
Eliz.\beth's,  Queen,  Arms,  Bed- 

coveking  with,  193 
Elizahclh  of  London  (Ship),  119 
Elk  River,  158 
Elk  Shoals,  298 
Ellett,  05,  174,  291,  292 
Ellington,  vi 
Ellis,  G8,  165,  231,  232,  vi 
Elliott,  290,  291,  294,  295 
Ellyson,  vi 
Elm  Iloye,  GO 
Elmes,  245 
Ehnira,  N.  Y.,  xl 


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460 


Index 


Eltonhead,  57 

Ely,  3()G 

Emberly,  355,  350 

Emory,  301 

Empie,  vi 

Embrcy,  vi 

English,  Wm.,  note  on,  35 

English,  vi 

Englishes  Ferry,  152 

Ennals,  442  ^        V.  i.l 

Ennsey,  287 

Ensor,  219 

Eppes,  Epes,  Epps,  78,    117,    US, 

123,  124,  140,  235,  345,  34G,  319, 

350,  360,  301,  405 
Epes,  Francis  and  John,  Wills,  405 
Epitaphs: 

Ashlmrn,  William,  (1773)  75 
Carter,  Col.  John,  (10()9)  405 
Jameson,  Mildred  (1778),  285 
Johnson,  Susanna  (1080),  329 
Thornton  George  (1740),  297 
Webb,  Lucy  (1750),  99 
Erlanvrer,  194 
Erley,  204 
Eskridge,  439,  vi 
Essex  Co.,  64,  214,  215,  216,   217, 

220,  278,  303,  304,  305,  310,  311, 

310,  317,  323,  327,  390,  397,  42() 
Essex,  Eng.,  257,  258,  xv 
Estcort,  00 
Estone,  391 
Esthiekes,  395 
Eton,  ISO,  181,  182,  184,  1S5,  187, 

188 
Eton,   Virginia   Boys  at  in  the 

Eighteenth  Century,  Expen- 
ses OF,  180  et  secj. 
Europe  in  the  Nineteenth  Cen- 
tury, E.  Lipson.     Review,  224 
Europe,    Modern,    A    Political 

AND  S(X!AL  History  of,  hy  C. 

J.  H.  Hayes.     Review,  112 
Eustace,  vi 
Eutaw  Springs,  153 
Evans,  00,  175,  331 
Evelyn,  390 
Everard,  Family,  Will  (1017)  with 

note,  398 
Everard,  Richard,  Will  (1017)  with 

note,  390 
Everard,  Sir  Anthony,  Will  (1015) 

with  note,  397 
Evered,  245 
Everett   222 
Every,  370 


Ewyne,  115 

Ewvns,  234 

Exliall,  105 

"Exeter  Lodge",  279,  280,  281 

Eysc,  193 

Eyrcnshaw,  175 

Ezekiel,  448 


Facokener,  429 
Fairfax,  109,  223 
Fairfax  Co.,  198,  403 
"Fairfield",  88,  275,434,437 
Faison,  \-i 
Fairfax,  Lord,  li 
Fallard,  287 
Falls  Creek,  298 
Falmouth,  221 
Farange,  420 
Faringdon,  326 
Parish,  175 
Paris,  70 
Farley,  55 
Parndon  Co.,  426 
Famham  Creek,  280 
Parrar,  349,  vi 
Farthing,  152 

Fast,  Proclamation  for,  1755,  10 
Faucett,  255 
Paulcon,  200 
Faulkner,  vi 
Pauntleroy,  280 
Pancjuier  Co.,  83,  440,  ix 
Feathcrstun,  301 
Feaveryeave,  248 
Pelgate,  390 
Feldhauser,  vi 
Peldyng,  427 
Fenar,  3H,  349 
Fenner,  249 
Ferguson,  78,  149,  151 
Ferguson,  Robert, Pension  Declara- 
tion, 149 
Fenwick,  410,  411 
Ferrar,  115,  340,  349 
Ferrell,  vi 
Ferrett,  391 
Ferry,  83 

Feveryeere,  246  !■ 

Field,  09,  420,  vi 
Fife,  vi 
Figg,  294 

Filmcr.  327,  328,  253 
Finch,  82,  293,  420 
Finney,  298,  299,  421 
Finny  wood,  298 


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Index 


461 


Fish  Dam,  299 

Fisher,  122,  273,  282,  290,  419 

Fisher,   Wm.,   Petition  to  King, 

IGSl,  273 
Fishkcrton,  1G5 
Filtorui,  391,  392 
Five  Forks,  xxxii 
Fitzj^crald,  loG,  160 
Fitzhuj^h,  1G6,  vi 
FitzjcaiTcrie,     Sir     George,     Will 

(1019)  with  note,  398 
Flani_li?rs,  xv 
Flat  Creek,  299 
Fleci,  177 
Fleete,  Edward,  Will,  (1648)  with 

note,  60 
Fleetwood,  327 
Fleming,  100,  211,  330,  331 
Flemmj'  Fan-iilv,  xxi 
FletclKT,  192,  vi 
FlodiU  n  Field,  439 
Florida,  75 
Flowerdcwe,  101,  201,  207,  208,  209, 

210.  323,  324,  325,  425 
Flowerdewe  Familv,  207-210 
Flowcrdew  Hundred,  233,  342 
Flowers,  417 
Floyd,  70,  344 
Flusliiii'^ ,  115 
Flying  hart  (Ship),  115 
Flynl,  192,  417 
Fontaine,  89,  220,  310,  431,  433,  438, 

vi 
Fontaine  MSS.,  312,  315 
Ford,  261 

Forest  Quarter,  2S0 
Forke.l  Popular,  299 
Forman,  240 
Fort  Pitt,  xiii 
Fort  Smith,  407 
Forts,  71,  272 
Fortune,  86 
Foster,  99,  100,  119,  182,  183,  185, 

186,  188,  208,  225,  292,  286,  294, 

394,  420 
Fothergill,  313 
Fountain,  vi 
Fowler,  175,  179,  327 
Fowlke,  160 
Fox,  65,  6(),  69.  175,  176,  177,  178, 

179,  290,  291,  295,  296,  301,  319, 

421 
Foxcrol't,  273 
France,  378 
Frances,  vi 
F'rancis,  287 


Francis  (Ship),  349 

Francke,  399 

Frankfort,  Ky.,  194,  195,  198 

Franklin,  277,411 

Franklin  Co.,  152 

Franks,  234 

Frazer,  69,  175,  292,  293,  295 

Fredericksburg,  83,  308,  319 

Frederick  Co.,  2S1 

Freen  an,  103,  301,  390,  vi 

French,  vi 

Frewen,  xvii,  xviii 

Friday's  Fort,  153 

Fri'nds  Agrccnunt  (Ship),  261 

Fries,  238 

Frizell,  214 

Fry,  59 

Fugill,  245 

Fuleher,  tiO 

Fulham  I'alace,  212 

Fuller,  oo 

Fullerlove,  69 

FuUwood,  208 

Furlow,  vi 

Furs  and  Skins,  43,  50,  132,  250,  251, 

353,  355,  357,  359 
Fursball,  242 
Fydler,  426 
Fyer,  238 
Fynch, 392 
Fvsher,  114 


Gadsden,  131,  134 

Gafford,  331 

Gage,  433 

Gaines,  293,  294,  vi 

Gair-Miltoun,  431 

Gale,  125 

Gamblins,  405 

Gambo,  133 

"Garallans",  198 

Gardener,  391 

Garland,  vi 

Garlick,  294 

Garloek,  67 

Gamer,  vi 

Gamett,  83,  322,  336,  421,  xxxvi 

Garrat,  Garrett,  203,  207,  208,  209 

Garrison  Forest,  438 

Gary,  iii 

Gaskoyne,  417 

Gassowav,  97 

Gates,  154 

Gatewood,  69,  290,  291 

Gay,  xv 


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402 


Index 


Gayne,  396 

Geny,  123,  124 

Gency,  \Vm.,  note  on,  33 

Geology  of  Richmond,  80 

George,  340 

George  (Ship),  227,  231,  313,  349 

Georgia,  75,  300,  314,  407,  412 

German,  200 

Germany,  403 

Germantown,  158,  159 

Gernett,  lOG 

Gerveyes,  124 

Gettysburg,  xxxvi 

Gibbons,  420 

Giljbs,  iii 

Gibson,  82.  85,  96,  97,  9S,  196,  vi,  xiv 

Gibson,  Miles,  96  ct  seq. 

Gibson's  Marsh,  97 

Gibson's  Park,  97 

Gifford, 197 

Gift,  Ship,  228 

Gilbctt,  301 

Gilderslecve,  282 

Gill,  213,  229,  232,  233,  236,  419 

Gillent,  07 

Gillespie,  213 

Gilliam,  421 

(iilline'liam,  297 

Gilmer,  100 

Gissedge,  174 

Gist,  440,  441,  442 

Glascock,  104,  165,  397 

Glegg,  2S6 

Glemham,  246.  247 

Glenn,  292 

Gloucester,  County  of,  GO,  87,  88, 
90,  91,  97,  175,  176,  177,  178, 
195,  216,  217,  220,  221,  222,  240, 
302,  303,  312,  313,  314,  315,  378, 
379,382,411,431,  433,414 

Gloucester,  C.  II.,  158 

Gloucester.shire,  England,  239,  241, 
297 

Gluvcr,  vi 

Cdubb, 242 

Glyn,405 

Godwin,  423 

Goilwyn,  247 

Goffe,  396 

(]uldsboroui^h,  442 

Goldsmith,  98,  122 

Gooch,  79,  80,  193,  279,  286 

Gooch,  Richard  R.,  79,  SO 

Goochland  Co.,  100,  178,  211,  407 

Good,  vi 

Goodrich,  200,  248 


Goodster,  397 

Goodwin,  247,  300,  301,  vi 

Goodwin,  245,  246,  vi 

Goodyae,  396 

Gookin,  115 

Goose  Hill,  124 

Goose  Pond,  298 

Gorcott  Hall,  208 

Gorcot  Hill,  426 

Gordon,  211,  213,  214,  302,  304,  310, 

311,  i,  vi,  hi 
Gordonsville,  402 

GORSUCH   AND    LoVEL.\CE   FAMILIES 

85  et  seq.,  212  et  seq.,  302  et 

seq.,  431  et  seq. 
Goth,  417 
Gough,  174 
Gouldes,  249 
Gouldman,  214,  305 
Government,   The  Teaching  of. 

Review,  224 
Graham,  292,  315 
Grandy,  iii 
Grant,  xxxi,  xxxviii 
Grantham,  165 
Grantown,  xxxviii 
Granville  Co.,  155,  xlv 
Gratz,  iii 

Graves,  155,  238,  280,  296,  421 
Gravctt,  67,  174 
Grav,  79,83,  157,  195,  vi 
Gray's  Inn,  209,  391 
Great  Bent,  195 
Green,  Greene,  105,  133,  150,  151, 

153,  155,  156,  157,  202,  201,  225, 

299,304,311,406,421,  iii 
Greenberry,  443 
Green  Spring  Valley,  142,  145,  438, 

410,441,  414 
Greenville,  331 
Greenewey,  429 
Greenwood,  371,  372 
Greer,  330 
Gregory,  OG,  176,  292,  293,  295,  29G, 

319,  320,  321,  401,  vi 
Greisbrooke,  208 
Grene  Pellves,  lOG 
Grey,  191 

Greyhound  (Ship),  275,  277 
Grigg,  255 
Griflin,  280,  291,  425 
Grinith,  298,  431,  413 
Griinston,  391 
Grinnan,  LsO,  i,  vi,  xxix,  Iii 
Groon^',  vi 
Gower,  255,  352  ' 


Tee 


Index 


463 


Gower,  Abel,  note  on,  255 

Grubbis  /^sh,  4L'G 

Gruil,  275,  277,  27S 

Guilford,  C.  IL,  155,  157 

Gjiijie,  (Ship),  338 

Guiton,  208 

Gunn,  157 

Gtinpov;der  Falls,  218 

Gunpowder  River,  215 

Gunpowder  Hundred,  93 

Gurnev,  2S7 

Guslev,  177 

Guthrie,  vi 

Guy,  272 

Guver,  339 

Gwathn.ev,  153,  177,  178,  293,  295, 

322 
Gwinn,  152 
GwyniH-,  87,  88,  319 
Gyer,  339  '  '      '■ 

HacheiUwn,  2-lS  "       •  ■  .' 

Hack,  41 S 
l!ackiu,426       " 
Ilaekncv,  259      " 

lia-pard,  33-t       >    • 

Haile,  220 

IlauK)!-,  t)7,  341 

Hansan,  203 

Hairsli'ji,  vi 

Hale,  :JS,  313 

Halo  l!.,use,  304 

Hales,  104 

H:dif.r:  Co.,  150,  152,  291 

Halifax  Town,  15(;,  IGO 

Hall,  111,  134,  135,  187,  150,  213, 

230,  351,  355,  358,  3G0,  3G3,  390, 

40:i,  421 
Hallcn,  205 
Hallgrave,  70 
Hallo'.vay,  384 
Hallowes,  192 
HamiUon,  vi,  xxvi,  109,  110 
HAwrLiOM,  Alexan'dkr.     In  Mem- 

oriam,  xliv,  li,  April  Maj;azine 
Hamii.ions   of   Burnside,  Xoktu 

Carolina,  and  their  Anxes- 

TOlIri      AKD      I^ESCENDANTS,    Hy 

P.   H.   Baskervill.    Review, 

109 
Hanmond,  -113 
Hamor,  231,  235 
I-Iampdfn  Sidney  Collej,'o,  SO,   S3, 

299,  33G,  430 


Hampsfield,  Lancashire,  113 

Hampshire,  -104,  413 

Hanipson,  390,  392 

"Hampstead,"  211 

Hampton,  1(10,  175,  288,  379 

Hampton  Roads,  330 

Hancoek,  07,  179 

HandbridL^e,  179 

Hankins,  vi 

Hanna,  iii 

Hanover  Co.,  06,  78,  99,  100,   150, 

170,  177,  291,  294,  307,  423,  424, 

425 
Hanover  Parish,  81 
Harbison,  S3 
Hardeley,  430 
Hardier,  218 
Harding,  179 
Hardy,  vi 
Hardye,  209 
Hargrove,  294 
Harihatox,  230 
Harley,  xiv,  xv 
Harlston,  210 
Harmer,  311 
Harman,  207,  208 
Harpel,  vi 

Harrington,  vi,  57,  58,  193 
Harris,  vi,  174,  17S,  190,  200,  227, 

230,  298,  310,  318,  313,  314,  350, 

417,  41S,  419 
Harris,     Major    John,     North- 

UMiiERiANU  Co.,  417  et  secj. 
Harrison,  iii,  vi,  viii,  ix,  02,  03,  83, 

134,  211,  338,  383 
Harrod,  287 
Harryman,  92,  93 
Hart;  iii,  \i 

Hartford  Convention,  440 
Hart  Island,  218 
Ilartwell,  134,  254 
Harpur,  357,  358 
Hartill,  395 

Harvard  College,  xviii,  xix,  82 
Harvey,  114,  102,  103,  291,  339,  348. 

319,  399 
Harvie,  xxvi 
Ilanvich  (Ship),  378 
Harwood,  118,  119,  301,  338 
Hasham,  280 
Hasted,  250,  251 
Haswell,  408 
Hatch,  121,  122 
Hatchet  Ki\-er,  19G 
Hatfield,  219 
Hatfield  Fort,  152 


464 


Index 


Hathersett,  208 

HaukerilxTry,  239 

Haule,  119,  120,  121,  227 

Haw,  205 

Hawcs,  vi,  291,  327,  32S 

Hawkins,  27S 

Haworth,  xxii,  xxiii,  xxiv 

Hay,  422 

Hayden,  iii,  218,  243,  313 

Hayes,  lOS,  112,  12G,  225,  240,  273, 

310 
"Hay  field,"  191 
Hayle,  343 

Haynes,  301,  331  ' 

Hays,  92,  120,  419 
Haynie,  192,  193,  194,  417,  4 IS,  419 
Hazelwood,  97,  9S 
Healy,  IpO 
Hearst,  iii 

Heath,  vi,  166,  201,395 
Heather,  392 
Heathfiel.l,  161,  297,  412,  413,  414, 

415,  416 
Hcathey,  390  ^ 

Healhville,  418      v.,-,   ■„;    •,;:•..    I 
Heatwole,  vi 
Hedf^eman,  321 
Henipstonc,  vi 
Henderson,  vi,  158,  213,  301 
Hcndrick,  300 
Hcninj^,  179,  199,  220,  302,  312,  317, 

329,  348,  384,  423,  424 
Henly,  63 
Hennessy,  297 
Henrico  Co.,  64,  78,  134,  176,  230, 

255,  292,  308,  377,  435 
Henricopolis,  227,  230 
Henrico  Church,  227 
Henry,  iii,  viii,  99,  100,  276,  278,  283 
Henry  VIII,  King,  326,  427,  428,  429 
Henry,  Patrick,  to  Wm.  Lee,  1777, 

276 
Hepburn,  216 
Herbert,  vi,  135,  136,  138 
Heriott,  175 
Herndon,  vi,  175 
Heme  Bay,  162 
Herodotus,  299,  300 
Herpur,  352 
Herring  Run,  86 
Hersey,  391 
Herts,  426 
"Hesse,"  444 

Hethersett,  209,  210,  324,  325 
Hewett,  116,  175,  176,  429 
Heyer,  vi 


Heyman,  Peter,  note  on,  379 

Hickes,  206,  326 

Hickman,  178,  290,  293 

Hickmate  or  Ilickmot,  121,  122 

Hickory  Grove,  331 

Hibhett,  vi 

Hide,  90,91,  215,437,438 

Higgins,  vi,  66 

lligginson,  87,  88,  89 

Highdowne,  161 

Hilditih,  203 

Hill,  vi,  xxi,  xxxii,  67,  79,  103,  107, 

177,  178,  195,  370,  379,  380,  381, 

432 
Hillen,  213 
Hillsborough,    152,    154,    155,    156, 

160 
Hillyard,  177,  291 
Hilton,  298 
Hinde,  166,  207 
Hine,  vi 
Hinke,  iii,  x 
Hinton,  58 
Hoath,  412 
Hobday,  300 
Hobson,  iii,  200,  417 
Hodge,  83 

Hodges,  164,  407,  422 
Hoes,  iii 
Hoflman,  444 
Hog,  401 

Hog  Island,  116,  231,404 
Hogg,  31)1,  420,  421,  422 
Hogshead,  145 
Holbeach,  329 
Holconib,  175 
Holder,  57,  58 
Holland,  iii,  xiii,  61,  136,  192,  245, 

247,  263,  323,  324,  393 
Holland,  116 
HoUaday,  vi 
Holliday,  67 
Holling,  70 
Holloway,  289,  301 
Holmes,  vi,  06,  67,  82,  248,  300 
Holston,  152 
Holt,  vi,  154,  231 
Holy    Days,    Order  in  Regard  to, 

1626,  348 
Home,  223 
Honely,  107 
"Honey wood,"  281 
Hoods,  57 
Hooker,  243 
Hooker's  Chance,  440 
Hooper's  Island,  218 


Index 


405 


Hope,  311 

Hopewell  (Ship),  126,  141 

Hopkins,  154,  156,  4l20 

Hopkins,  James,  Pension  Declara- 
tion, 154 

Horace,  xv,  xvii 

Hord.  vi 

'•Hornby  Manor,"  280,  281 

Honibyi  280 

Hornet,  294 

Horses,  xxiii 

HorslcA',  V 

Horsing'  I'ool,  212 

Horsmaiiden,  253,  257,  258,  259 

Hoskins  Creek,  214 

Hutch.kiss,  iii 

Hotten,  200  ,, 

Houch.  r.s,  290      , 

Hou-4h,  (j6     . 

Huui^hton,  244 

Houldcr,  239 

Houston,  vi 

How,  124,  337 

Howard,  vi,  179,  246,  200,  261,  2S2, 
421,  445 

Howe,  337  -> 

Howell,  VI,  397,  420      .-      •/,! 

Hewlett,  75 

Howson,  418 

Hoxton.  1G3 

Hubard,  301,  304,  309,311 

Hubbard,,  81,  99,  100,  421 

Hudiiinos,  422 

Hudsorf,  424 

Huff 'ngt(.'n,  420 

Huj^dies,  298,  iii,  vi 

Hull,  41 S,  419  .."; 

Hulse,  442 

Hurne,  223 

Hume,  Kennedy  and  Brocknian 
Families,  History  of.  Review, 
223 

Hunt,vi,  160.101,102,297,300,301, 
412,  413,414,415,416,420 

Hunt,  Rev.  Robert,  235,  412  et 
seq.,  Minister  at  Jamestown, 
102;  Note  on,  297;  Si;,maLures, 
413;  Will  (160S)  with  note,  161 

Hunter,  vi,  xxxiv,  l.NO 

United  St.a.tes,  History  or.  By 
Edward  Chanmng,  Vol.  iv, 
Review,  440 

Huntington,  iii,  87 

Hunton,  vi 

Huntsville,  412 

HurlebuU,  203 


Hurst,  96 

Hurt,  vi 

Hutchinson,  vi 

Hutcheson,  ^'i 

Hutchins,  vi 

Hutchings,  151 

Hychyngton,  428 

Hyde,  iii,  vi 

Hygason,  175 

Hyll,  107 

Hynde,  Richard,  Will  (1025),  327 


Ichington,  428 

Indian,  Fort  Creek,  196;  Grove, 195, 

196;  Trade,  1685;  51,  52 
Indian  Reiekences  in  Sur\  evor's 

Notes,  Pittsylvania  Co.,  195 

et  seq. 
Indiana, 111 

Indians,  Trade  with,  1626,  3!5 
Indians,  xi,  1  et  seq.,  31,  129,  144, 

152,  192,  234,  263,  271,  274,  346, 

348,  365,  369,  440 
Inge,  294 
Ingram,  407 
Inncs,  310 

Invernesshirc,  xxxviii 
Irby,  156,  157,  100 
Ireland,  115,  192,  213,  354,  419 
Irving,  335 

Ironn-:onger,  301,  420,  421 
Irwin  River,  195,  298,  299 
Isbell,  295 
I  sham,  78 
Isle  of  Wii{ht  Co.,  64,  78,  87,  114, 

377,  393 
Isle  of  Wight's  Plantation,  339 
Ivins,  158 
Ivy,  161,  165 


Jackson, 111, 166, 175,  295,  342,  405, 
422,  xxxi 

Jackson,  T.  ].  ix 

James,  78,  134,  135,  355,  420,  421, 
v,  vi 

James  (Ship),  139,  349,  355 

James  I,  414 

lames  II,  355 

James  City,  62,  63,  113,  116,  121, 
122,  125,  141,  145,  225,  228,  229, 
231,235,  279,301,338,  3U,  342, 
343,311,315,350,376,384 

James  City  Co.,  423 


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Index 


James  City  Island,  124,  340 
Jan;es  River,  75,  119,  130,  150,  200, 

230,  252,  253,  259,  261, 203,  376, 

378,  379,  382 
Jamestown,  70,   121,   125,  126,  151, 

228.  230,  234,  235, 338, 383,  41G, 

440,  441 
Jamestown  Island,  120 
Jameson,  285,  vi 
Jameson,  David,  note  on,  285 
Jameson,    Mrs.   Mildred,    Epitaph 

(1778),  285 
Jameson,   David,   to  Juyndal    & 

Co.,  1777,  285 
Jameson,  Arms,  285 
Jamison,  330 

Janson,  176  .  ,,;■'     •*lty  ",;]-. 

Jannan,  vi 
Jarvi^  209 
Jeater,  420 
Jecock,  106 
JeiTress,  vi 

JelTryes,  65,  139,  232,  241,  355,  372 
Jefferson,  282,  310,  323,  332,  333, 

407,408,  xxi 
Jefferson  Co.,  09 
Jefferson  Co.,  Ky.,  291 
Jenkins,  371,  vi 
Jenkinson,  392 
Jenings,  176,  178,  249,  271,370,379, 

381 
Jcnings,  Peter,  note  on,  379 
Jenny, 166 

Jormyn,  244,  245,  248 
Jericho  Ford,  xxxi 
Jewell,  240 
Jewelry,  279,  280 
Jewett,  vi 
Jews  on-  Richmond,  from  17G9  to 

1917,  History  of,  H.  T.  Eze- 

kiel    and    g.  lichtenstein. 

Review,  448 
Jolin,  425 
John  (Ship),  349 

John  and  Francis  (Ship),  229,  349 
jolin  Hill,  292 
Johns,  179 
Johnson,  65,  67,  68,  86,  90,  96,  111, 

176,178,  181.286,293,204,301, 

308,  328,  329,  330,  376,  379,  381, 

423, 424, 425, 443,  vi 
Johnson,    of    King   and    Queen, 

Louisa,  &c.,  328  et  seq.,  423  et 

seq. 
Johnson,  Susanna  (Duncomb),  Epi- 
taph (16861,329 


Johnson,  Andrew,  Military  Gov- 
ernor OF  Tenn.  By  C.  R. 
Hall.     Review,  111 

Johnson|s  Dock,  93 

Johnson's  Island,  447 

Johnston,  218,  448,  vi 

Johnstown,  Pa.,  212 

Jonathan  (Ship),  233 

Jones,  65,  66,  69,  86,  93,  91,  95,  98, 
99,  109,  122,  139,  140,  166,  188, 
195,  220,  242,  292,  293,  330,  359, 
364,403,  406,  417,422,  iii,vi 

Jones,  Robert,  Petition,  1680,  139 

Jones  Chance,  86 

Jones  Falls,  441 

Jones'  Neck,  227 

Jones'  Town,  96,  217 

Jordan,  420 

Jordan's  Journey,  319,  350 

Joyner,  377 

Joyse,  346,  347 

Judah,  iii 

Judkins,  212 

Junk  in, 

Juye,  60 

Juyndal,  285 


Kable,  vii 

Kansas,  194 

Kantz,  xl 

Keach,  194,  vii 

Keane,  iii 

Keiley,  xl 

Keim,  vii 

Keith,  67,  446,  iii 

Keith,  Judge  James,  Addresses. 

Review,  446 
Kellogg,  447 
Kelly,  422,  vii 
Kellyngworth,  428 
Kemp,  56,  422 
Kemper,  vii 
Kempthome,  228 
Kendrick,  vii 
Kendall,  273 

Kenil worth,  107,  427,  428,  429 
Kenistone,  228 
Kennedy,  289,  223 
Kenmer,  286 
Kent,  57,   162,  287,  318,  327,  328, 

415,  416,  i,  vii,  lii 
Kent,  County  of,  (Md.),  53,  54,  55, 

379,  412 
Kent,  EnL^.,  224,  253,  257 
Ketch,  355 


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Index 


467 


Kenton,  407,  40S,  409,  410 

Kenton  Co.,  82 

Kenton,  Devonshire,  443 

Kentucky,  09,  S2,  19S,  'J91,  307,  308, 
309,310,  311,400,  407,  xxiv 

Kewston,  229 

Kickotan,  114,  125,  3-17 

Killinbcck,  414,  415 

Kimball,  vi 

King,  07,  G9  ,81,  193,  194,  278,  291, 
294,  296,  327,  420,  422 

King  to  the  Govjcrnor  of  Va., 
IGSO,  141,  146,  258 

King  to  Lord  Culpeper,  16S1,  271 

King  in  Council,  Order  of,  1080, 
268,  209 

King  George  Co.,  81,  83,  105,  218, 
221,  297,  321,444 

King  and  Oueen  Co.,  63,  69,  90,  175, 
177,  179,  216,  221,  222,  224,  290, 
293,  296,  302,  303,  301,  305,  306, 
307,  303,  309,  311,  312,  313,  316, 
317,  318,  319,  320,  321,  322,  323, 
328,  329,  382,  423, 421, 431,  432, 
435 

King  William  Co.,  65,  06,  67,  69,  70, 
174,  175,  176, 177, 178,  179,  ISO, 
275,  290,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295, 
290,  316,  318,  322,  328,  329,  423, 
432,  433,  434,  435,  437,  xx 

King,  William  County  Records, 
Extracts  FROM,  65  et  seq.,  174 
et  seq.,  292 et  seq. 

Kingsrnill,  340 

Kingsthorpe,  87 

Kings v.'ell,  340,  341 

Kinioch,  323 

Kinsolving,  iii 

Kirby,  175,  301 

Kirby- Underwood,  165 

Kirk,  vii 

Knapp,  242 

Knevett,  207,  324,  325 

Knight,  107,  160,  286,  296,  401 

KnightOow  Hundred,  425 

Knightlow,  427,  428,  429 

Knotts,  421 

Knowles,  258 

Kyllvngworth,  427 

Kyne,  101 


Lacy,  176 
Lamb,  vii 
Lambard,  76 
Laniliert,  vii 


Lambeth,  292,  295 

La  Monte,  vii 

Lamport,  53,  54 

Lanarkshire,  xlv 

Lancaster,  i,  v,  vii,  Iii 

Lancaster  Co.,  87,  88,  242,  243,  405, 
419 

Lancaster  Castle,  439 

Lancashire,  113,  165,  438,  439,  440 

Landrum,  342 

Lands  End,  259 

Lane,  115,  131,  132,  134,  135,  136, 
193,  205,  250,  252,  259,  260,  353, 
354,  355,  356,  358,  301,362,364 

Langhonie,  83 

Langleys,  164,  398 

Langman,  340 

Langston,  300 

Lankford,  309 

Lanne,  339 

Lansdale,  105 

Laragon,  380 

Lardner,  350 

Larimore,  231 

Larry,  Miles,  242 

Lathrop,  xxvi 

Latimore,  193 

Lavoe,  280 

Lawe,  245 

Laws  to  be  Revised,  (1678),  72 

Lawson,  150,  151,  157,  441 

Lawton,  vii 

Lay,  205,  326 

Lea,  320 

Leach,  261,  vi 

Leadenhall  St.,  194 

Leake,  vii 

Leamington,  103 

Leavitt,  301 

Lebum,  421 

Lecky,  vii 

Ledbetter,  vii 

Lee,  96,  126,  181,  191,  240,  258,  275, 
276,  298,  337,  417,  421,  436,  447, 
iii,  vii,  viii,  xxxi,  xxxii 

Lee,  R.  E.,  vii,  viii 

Lee,  William,  Letiers  to,  1777, 
275,  et  seq. 

Leftwich,  178,  295 

Leicester,  125,  326 

Leigh,  281,  vii 

Lcighton  Buzzard,  59 

Leiper,  436 

Lcmington,  429,  430 

Leonard,  196 

Leopard,  286 


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Index 


Leroy,  154 

Lester,  300 

Letcher,  xxxi 

Levy,  vii 

Lewensen,  414 

Lewis,  78,  99,  169,  198,  287,  291,  319, 

415,410,  vii,  xiv 
Lexington,  Va.,  xxxvii 
Leyngton,  427 
Leystcr,  125 
Liberty    Bonds,    bnu.t,'lit    by    Va. 

Hist.  .Society,  297 
Library  of  Congress,   113,  199,  vi, 

vii,  ix,  xiii 
Lichfield,   100,  201,  202,  203,  208, 

325 
LicUtcnstein,  405,  448 
Lightfoot,  301,  370,  381,  vi 
LiLiiL'KNE — Raxuoli'ii— Jefferson 

407  ct  sec  1 . 
LiU'S,  190,  299 
Lilliii-ton.  425,  430 
Lincoln,  150,  100,  105,  329,  333.  334, 

400,  420 
Lincohishire,  105,  328 
Linn  Co.,  407 

Lipscomb,  05,  170,  177,  178,  179,  221, 
290,  291,  292,  293,  294,  295,  290 
Licjuors,  Duties  on,  71 
Lisard,  280 
Liskcard,  242 
Litchiield,  103 
Little  Creek,  299 
Littlepage,  178 
Littleton,  341,  358 
Livemge,  105 
Liverpool,  75 
Ljungstedt,  83,  vii 
Locke,  vii 
Lodge,  vii 
Logan,  151 

Logan,  Beniamin,  note  on,  2 
Logan  Co.,  407 
Lomax,  191,  xxvi 

London,  53,  80,  87,   110,    119,  121, 
130,  101,  102,  103,  10:-,,  KiO,  180, 
187,  194,  195,  205,  200,  207, 208, 
209,  220,  232,  240.  241,  213,  219, 
''52   253,  270,  297,  319.  323,  321, 
32g',  327,  339,  303,  313,  304,  370, 
379,  380,  389,  390,  392,  393,  394, 
395,  403,  408,  409,  425,  420,  xli. 
London  Company,  229 
London  Merchant  (vShip),  227 
Long,  92,  419,  vii 
Londsale,  440 


Lord,  294,  296 

Lorenz,  412 

Lorton,  vii 

Lottery,  16 

Loudoun  Co.,  198 

Louisa  Co.,  200,  223,  294,  307,  328, 

423,  424,  425,  432 
Louisiana,  75 
Louisville,  xli 
Lovelace,  85,  98,  302,  431 
Low,  Lowe,  337,  390,  xxvi 
Low,   Setii,   In  Memoriam,   xxvii, 

April  I\Iagazine 
Low's  Range,  440 
Lowdham,  244 
Lowhall,  327,  328 
Lowndes  Co.,  331 
Lowry,  322 
Loyall,  vii 
Loyd,  70 
Lloyd,  191,433 
Lubeck,  240,  241 
Lucas,  154,  170,  419 
Luckherd,  293 
Ludgate,  204,  207,  320 
Ludgate  Hall,  207 
Ludlowe,  405 
Ludwell,  88,  190,  197,  259,  274,  305, 

372,  384,  393  i 

LUDWEIX     AND     BekKELEV,_  ReLA- 

TU;NiiUi?,    190 
Lukeman,  vii 
Lukhcrd,  290 
Lumberton,  198 
Lundy's  Lane,  278 
Lunn,  119 
Lunsford,  379 
Lusitania,  ix 
Lyle,  99,  433 
Lyle,  308 
Lyllakur,  105 

Lylyngton,  105,  428,  429,  430 
Lynch,  217,218,374    ,.  .  ,_. 
Lynchburg,  159 
Lyne,  322,  viii 
Lvnnhavcn  River,  312,  379 
Lynne,  203 
Lyons,  7S 
Lyon  (Ship),  341 


Mabbet,  239 
"Macedonian,"  330 
Machin,  203 
Machoalick,  192 
Macklin,  300,  301 


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469 


Mack. in,  29S 

Macon,  433,  434 

Waddocke,  395 

Madelev,  104 

Madeiras,  133,  251 

Madison,  C7,  08,  174,  178,  179,  210, 

290,  295 
Magazine,  The,  1025,  123 
Magdalen  Hall,  413 
Magee,  167 
Magatty  Gap,  151 
Main,  The,  231,  234 
Mallory,  70,  82,  174,  175,  300,  vii 
Malone,  107 
IMalpas,  395 
Malton,  56,  57 
Manassas,  xxxii 
Manchester,  308,  309 
IMancy,  420 
Mangram,  107 
Mangum,  vii 
Man,  248 
Mann,  70 
Manning,  178 
"Mannsfield,"  55,  191,  319 
Marcock,  312 

Maigarct  and  John  (Ship),  228,  231 
Markes,  116,  120,  157 
Markham,  vii 
Marine,  231 
Marlott,  231,  232 
Marmaduke,  (vShip),  227 
Marmiun,  439 
Marriages,    York    County,    300 

el  seq. 
Marsh,  331 
Marshall,  58,  281,  308,  309,  332,  333, 

335,  337,  338,  380,  406 
IVIarsiiall,  John,  Life  ok.    By  A. 

J.    Beveriuge,    Review,    332 

et  seq. 
Marshatt,  233 
Martin,  154,  158,  105,  287,  338,  343, 

344,  349,  420 
Martins'  Brandon,  118 
Martcnse,  111 
Marye,  92,  214 
Marigold,  (Ship),  115,  228 
Mary  and  James,  (Ship),  227 
Mary  Margaret,  (Ship),  227 
Maryland,  55,  85,  80,  87,  89,  90,  91, 

90,  113,  191,  212,  214,  215,  216, 

217   224,  263,  274,  28],  302,  311. 

312,  353,  365,  368,  369,  379,  3S0 

419,  431,  437,  438,  440,  442,  443 
Masen-.ore,  390 


Maslibury,  397  ''-■'    '■"''     "- '     " 

Mask,  176 

Mason,  76,  91,  156,  160,  167,  199, 

312,  422,  iii,  viii 
Mason  Co.,  66 
Massenberg,  167 
Massie,  330,  vii 
Masten,  122 
Mahewes  3  16 
Mathews,   117,  120,   158,  159,  166, 

238,  340,  344,  vi,  vii 
Mathews  Co.,  315,  444 
Mattaponv   River,    302,   303,    305, 

311,  432 
Mattawonian,  274 
Maulden,  177 
Maunder,  226  ■ 

Maury,  I^I.  F.  Association,  405 
Mawburge,  55 
Maxev,  343 
Maxwell,  83,  336 
May,  119,  176 

Maycock,  Samuel,  Note  on,  342 
Maydes,  107 
Maynard,  390,  397,  412 
Mayo,  115,  197,  297,  vii 
Mayo  River,  190,  299 
McAllister,  vii 
i\IcAneny  xxxiii 
McBryde,  vii 
McCabe,  i,  iii,  v,  vi,  vii,  xlvi,  Iii, 

405 
McCabe,  W.    Gordon,    President, 

Annual  Report,  April  Magazine 
McClan.\iian,  400,  407 
McClung,  vii 
McClurg,  xxii 
McConnell,  vii 
McCormick  iii,  vii 
McDonald,  139,  205,  305,  xvi 
McDonnel,  vii 
IMcFadden,  vii 
Mc George,  296 
McGill,  213 
McGraw,  151,  vii 
McGuire,  i,  vi,  vii,  Iii 
McHenry,  318 
Mcllwaine,  vii 
Mcintosh,  70,  77,  vii,  xiv 
Mcintosh,  Fort,  Treaty  of,  2 
McKenny,  vii 
McKenzie,  308 
McKim,  vii 
McMaster,  334 
McNabb,  175,  177 
McNeil,  vii 


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Index 


McPearson,  420 

Mead,  81 

Meade,  316,  398 

Meares,  70 

Mecklenburg  Co.,  78,  154,  155,  190, 

191,  xlv 
Mecldenbur^,  N.  C,  xlv 
Mcdcalf,  12G,  225 
Mcem,  78 
Melbourne,  xli 
Memphis,  412 
Merger,  vii 
Mrrcbant,  20G,  207 
Mir  liams  Hope,  16(5 
Mcrrhant  Taylors  Co.,  425 
Meredith,  67,69,  176,  201,  i,  vii,  lii 
Meriwether,  68,  306,  307,  423,  424 

vii 
Mcrret,  239 
]Mcr\'ill,  vii 
Merrin^.an,  336 
Messick,  420 
Merton  Colleee,  394 
Melhwold,  364 
Meux,  100 

Mcver,  vii 

Me'vnell,  108 

Miehael,  914 

Miehcll,  68,  79,  x,  xi 

Middlesex    County,    04,    141,    178, 
215,  217,  218,  268,  425,  42(5,  437 

Mildway,  257 

Miles,  301,  421 

Militia,  22 

Militia,    Va.,    in    the    Revolution, 
149,  et  seq. 

Militia  in  1680,  208,  209 

Military   Stores,    Puoclam.\tion 
Regarding,   1682,  381 

Mdl,  05,  292 

Mill  Creek,  298 

"Mill  Quarter,"  200 

Miller,  190,  191,  422,  iii,  vi,  vii 

Mills,  161,  300 

Mims,  167 

Mississijipi,  75 

Missouri,  406,  407 

Minehell,  2.S6 

Mine  Run,  281 

Mings,  331 

Minis,  118 

Ministers,  212,  213,  230,  235,  342, 
349,  385,  et  seci 

Minnigerode,  vii 

Minor,  83,  282,  330,  vii 

Mindiull,  394,  395 


Mitchel,  79,  160,  167,  177,  281,  295, 

300,  iii,  vii 
Moale,  438,  440,  441,  443,  44-1 
Moale  Family,  443  et  seq 
Moales  Point,  443 
Mohle,  1 
Mobile  Bay,  330 
Mobiaek  Bay,  87 
Moflitt  405,  vii 
Monek,  392 
Monroe,  176,  198 
Montague,  vii 
Montcagle,  Lord,  439 
Montenav,  92 

Montenay's  Xeck,  92,  94,  95,  96 
Montgoniery,  152 
Montgomery  Co.,  331 
Moody,  300 
Moone,  204 
Moore,  89,  91,   100,   167,   170,   188, 

230,  293,  294,  295,  300,  301,  317, 

431,  433,  438,  vii 
Moore  Family,  433  et  seq. 
Mooreficlds,  97 
Moorman,  299 
Mooreton,  399 
More,  433 
Morehead,  vii 
Morehall,  20S 
Morg.m,  136,  153,  155,  158,  159,  301, 

357,  359,  362,  404,  430,  vii 
Moriarty,  iii 
Morill,  300 
Moring,  293 
Morlen  Hill,  150,  151 
Morris,  67,  192,  193,  194,  298,  369, 

372,  417,  420 

MOKKIS,      NoKTUt.'.iBEKLAM)      Co., 

192  et  seq. 
Morrislown,  158 

Morrison,  80,  84,  199,  299,  330,  404 
Morrow,  301 
Morse,  iii 

Mortgage,  Real  Estate,  1624,  119 
Morton,  153,  279,  320,  vi,  vii 
Moryson,  131,  140 
MOKVSOX,  r^KAXCIS,  TO  \Vm.  Bl.mh- 

WAYT,    16S0,    140 

Mosquito  Creek,  98 

Moss,  300,  301,  420 

Mossom,  99,  100 

Mothe,  243 

Mottershawe,  202 

Mottrom,  192 

"Mt.  Airy,"  191,  192 

"Mt.  Erin  Towers,"  xlii,  xliii 


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Index 


471 


Mt.  Verxon,  Washington's  Home. 
By  Pa ul  Wilshatch .  Review, 
100 

Mowlsham,  397 

Mucklcston,  203 

IMuire,  4L'0 

Mulberry  Island,  197 

Mullins,  177 

Muncke,  390 

Muiiford,  200,  vii,  viii 

]\kmne.s,  118 

Murphy,  295 

Murry,  66  ,    ,  ,,.», 

Mus,  210  ,.,,      ,_    ' 

Muscovy,  3G9  ''  '  " 

Myers,  vii 

Ivlyles  Grove,  106 

Natwiche,  201 

Nash,  vii,  280 

Nashville,  411,412 

Nance,  156,  157,  IGO 

Nance,  James,  Pension  Declaration 

150 
Nanscniund,  Gl,  157 
Nantes,  270,  277 
Napoleon,  224 
Neale,  65,  68,  152,  1G8,    176,    178. 

290,  291,  292,  299,  418 
Neblett,  167,  IGS 
Neck  of  Land,  228 
Neck  of  Land  in  Charles  City,  227 
Negroes,  12,  13,  14,  19,  50,  133,  134, 

2C2 
Neill,  204 
Neilson,  vii 
Nelson,  vi,  68,  160,  174,  175,  291, 

295,  301,  435 
Nelson  Co.,  318  „, 

Nettles,  395 
Nettleslead,  53 
Nevell,  121,  125,  225 
Nevett,  431 
New,  167,  168 
Newberry,  330 

New  Castle,  213,  409,  410,  411,  425 
Newce,  115 
Newfoimdland,  378 
New  Jersey,  158 
New  "Kent  Co.,  03,  66,  99,  177,  328, 

330,  396 
Newkirk,  vi 

Newman,  67,  68,  290,  291,  294,  422 
"Newmarket,"   xvii,  xl,   314,  316, 

318,  319,  323 


Newport,  81,  311 
Newports  News,  339 
"Newpost,"  LSO 

New  Purchase,  (The),  or  Seven 
AND  A  ILvLE  Years  in  The  Far 
West.      By   Robt.    Carlton, 
Review,  111 
New  River,  152 
Newsom,  167,  168,  327 
Newsom's,  viii 
Newton,  \ii 

Newton,  Whittington,  439,  440 
New  York,  1,  158,  159,  2G3,  406 
Nicholas,  298,  403,  407,  429 
NichoUs,  vii,  70,  417 
Nicholson,  iii,  vi,  xi,  xiv,  318 
Nicolay,  334 
Nicols,  430 
Nipper,  194 
Nixon,  vii 
Noble,  209 
Noden,  201 
Noell,  177,  294 
Noltin},',  iv,  viii 
Norfolk,  XX i,  XXX,  208,  209,  312,  324, 

325,  330 
Norfolk  Co.,  64,  76, 77,  165,  312,  3S0 
Norfolk,  Eng.,  210,  245,  247 
Norman,  174 
Nonr-ent,  66,  70 
Norris,  286 

North,  80,  91,  128,  130,  132,  135, 
138,151,217,352.357,438,439, 
440,  4.41,  442,  4-13,  444 

North  Family,  438,  et  seq. 

North  Anna,  xxxi 

Northampton  Co.,  G4,  78,  84,  158, 
404,  419 

Northamptonshire,  87,  208 

North  Aston,  59 

North  Carolina,  xlv,  G8,  75,  77, 
109,  110,  149,  150, 156, 157,  160, 
198,  285,  308,  420,  446 

North  Carolina  in  1681,  369 

Northcross,  168 

North  Garden,  4C2 

North  Point,  87,  90,  93,  215,  217, 
218,  219,  220 

North  River,  87,  302 

North  River  Bridge,  220 

Northumberland,  165,  192,  193, 
279,  280,  409,  410,  417,  418 

Norton,  319,  390 

Norwell,  vii,  168 

Norwich,  244_ 

Norwood,  366,  368 


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Index 


Notes  and  Queries,  75  et  seq.,  190 
ct  seq.,  297  et  seq.,  400  et  seq. 
Nottoway  Co.,  1.56,  159,  405 
Nottoway  Indians,  vii 
Noyes,  174 


Oakes,  67,  70 

Obadiah,  299 

O'Brien,  89,  91,  310,  318 

O'Connell,  vii 

Offley,  215 

Officers,  Public,  of  Va.,  1080  and 
1099,  note  on,  207 

OlTutt,  197 

Ogle,  191,  192 

Ohio,  223 

Ohio  River,  447 

Ohio,  Western  and  Auglaze  Co., 
History  of,  By  C.  W.  William- 
son, Review,  223 

Ohio,  Upper,  Frontier  Adv.\n- 
CEs  ON,  Review,  447 

Olantigh,  57 

Old  Church,  329 

"Old  Homestead,"  192 

"Old  Road,"  90,  215 

Old  Road  Creek,  80 

Oldton,  95 

Old  Town,Md.,  217,  440 

Oliver,  108,  179 

01  ton,  209 

Opie,  280 

Orange  Co.,  xvii,  69,  95,  222,  302, 
303,  30-1,  308,  310 

Orkston,  109 

Ormuzd,  333 

Osborne,  vii,  75,  114,  211,  229,  230, 
899 

Otter  Creek,  196,  299 

Outerbridge,  vii 

Overstreet,  157 

"Over  the  Water,"  234 

Overton,  96 

Owen,  vii,  70.  168,  176 

Owensboro,  307 

Owinj^s,  445 

Oxford,  Eng.,  xv,  255,  256,  257,  394 

Oxford,  (Ship),  139 

Oxfordshire,  59 

Oxon  Co.,  391 

Oxton,  163,  104 

Oyer,  383 


Padgitt, 


Page,  119,  164,  191,  271,  294,  319, 

374,  vii 
Paggen,  262,  357 
Pair,  168 
Palmer,  98,  166,  175,  178,  425,  vii, 

lii 
Palyn,  395 
Pamlin,  155 

Pamunkey  Neck,  32S,  329 
Panckas,  54 
Pankerst,  Kil 
Panne,  331 

Pannill,  07,  69,  151,  152,  292,  294 
Panther  Creek,  298 
Panton,  219 
Parham,  168,  169,  407 
Paris,  194,  195,  406 
Parish,  298 

Parker,  158,  340,  399,  419,  vi,  vii 
Parkh.ead,  109,  xlv 
Parrish,  193 

Parsons  156, 160, 168,  2S3,  301 
Partin,  343,  344 
Partridge,  439 
Pascho,  280 
Pashbchayes,  228,  238 
Pasniowie,  120,  121 
Patapsco,  87,  90,  91,93,  94 
Patapsco  Keek,  214,  215,  217,  218, 

219,  441 
Patajisco  Himdred,  217 
Patapsco  River,  212,  213,  214 
Pate,  109 

Patrick,  420,  421,  422 
Patterson,  177,  315 
Patteson,  i,  viii,  lii 
Pawlett,  349,  350 
Paxton,  viii 
Payne,  242,  310,  viii 
Payne  Family,  78,  79 
Pea,  70 
Peace,  70 
Pearce,  82,  426 
Pearle,  118,  231 
Pearson,  177,  286 
Peartree  Hill,  58 
Peay,  69,  290,  293 
Peedec  River,  155 
Peerce,  228,  233,  234 
Peers,  178 

Pegram,  viii,  xxxii,  xlii 
Pelham,  161 
Pemberton,  292 
Pendleton,  291,  294,  296,  307 
Penn,  425,  viii 
Pennie,  118 


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473 


Penninoion,  IGS,  1G9 

Pennsylvania,  201,  436,  442 

Penrice,  118 

Penrose,  119 

Penzance,  380 

Peppitt,  Gilbert,  note  on,  233 

Perce,  2J9 

Percivall,  327,  328 

Percy,  17S,  245 

Perkins,  29G 

Perrin,  177,  178 

Perry,  54,  55,    131,   132,   134,   135, 

130,  250,  251,  252,  259,  2()0,  2(12, 

287,  353,  354,  355,  350,  358,  3G0, 

3G1,  302,  3G4,  xlv 
Persev,  117,  120,  227,  234,  235,  238, 

340 
Persey's  Hundred,  227,  238,  350 
Persininxm  Point,  97 
Person  Co.,  78 
Pescud,  viii 

Peterliorough,  1G5  ); 

Peterkin,  viii 
Peters,  168 
Petersburg,  157,  159,  319,  411,  412, 

xxxviii,  xl,  et  secj. 
Peterson,  175 
Petsworth  Parish,  432 
Pcttigrew,  viii 
Pettis,  421,  422,  viii 
Pettway,  109 
Pewer,  429 

Peyton,  191,  412,  421,  vi 
Peytonsburg,  151 
Pheljjs,  viii 
Philadelphia,  77,  101,  158,  170,  201, 

283,  425,  442,  1 
Phillips,  Philips,  60,  70,   110,   IGS, 

215,  216,  242,  310,  401,  402,  420, 

438 
Phillii)s  Addition,  440 
Phillips  Birle  Record,  401  et  sccj. 
Philpolts,  215 
Phipps,  104,  109 
Phisickes,  395 
Phoenix  (Ship),  273,  349 
Piankatank,  432 
Pianketank  Swamp,  222 
Piccadilly,  53 
Pickett,  xxxvi 
Pierce,  234,  420 
Pigott,  57,  58,  202 
Pig  River,  195,  190,  299 
Pillory,  122 
Pillsbury,  iv 
Pinchebacke,  58 


Pinckard,  viii 

Pinckncy,  viii 

Pmey  Mount,  190 

Pirates,  373 

Piscatonay,  380 

Pitchwell,  2SG 

Pirrington,  2SG 

Pittsvlvania  Co.,  149,  150,  151,  152, 
lo3,  154,  150,  157,  159,  IGO,  195, 
298,  30S,  309,  xvi 

Pittsylvania  Co.,  Natural  Con- 
ditions IN,  298  et  seq. 

Pittsylvania  County,  Revolu- 
tionary Pension  Declara- 
tions IROM,  149  et  seq. 

Pittsylvania  Co.,  Surveyors 
Notes,  Lndian  Rei-erences, 
IN,  195  et  seq. 

Plains,  The,  Md.,  440 

Plainfield,  N.  J.,  viii 

Planters  Adventure  (Ship),  271 

Plate,  215,  279,  280 

Plater,  191 

Playse,  228 

Pleasants,  108,  viii 

Fleshye,  390,  397 

Plimpton  Morris,  242 

Pluminer,  viii 

Plumpton  Mary,  242 

Plymouth,  241,  242,  243 

Plmypton  Underwood,  242 

Poarch, 109 

Poe,  422 

Poindexter,  293,  374,  viii 

Point  Lookout,  xl 

Pole,  104 

Pollard,  05,  OS,  178,  290,  291,  307, 
viii 

Pond,  lOS,  109 

Poolcy,  Rev.  Grevell,  and  Thos. 
Pawlett,  38  et  seq. 

Pooley,  340 

Poore,  179 

Po])e,  108,  xiv,  XV,  xxi 

"Poplar  Grove,"  199,  315 

Population  of  Va.,  1028  and  1039, 
348 

Population  of  Virginia,  1681,  373 

Population  of  the  Colonies,  1755,  18 

Porter,  163,  164,  339,  340,  343 

Portlock,  108 

Port  Royal,  97 

Port  Tabago,  191 

Ports,  147 

Portsmouth,  70 

Pory,  200 


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474 


Index 


Poston,  412 

Potomac  River,  1G5,  199,  382,  417 

Pott,   125,  229,  231,  342,  343,  345, 

346 
Potter,  Cuthbert,  note  on,  141 
Potter  Creek,  195 
Pottiver,  176 
Potts,  1C9 
Poultney,  444 
Pountis,  235 
Pove)',  263,  287 
Powell,  117,  262,  282,  290,  292,  294, 

300,  419,  viii 
Powers,  176,  290,  295,  424 
Powhatan  Co.,  260,  403 
Poythress,  138 
Praed,  xxii 
Prentiiis,  viii 
Presbvterians,  213,  214 
Presk'v,  192,  419 
Presscn,  301,  422 
Preston,  70,  152,  212 
"PrcstwouM,"  190,  191 
Pre  t  low,  169 
Pricharde,  125 
Pride,  100 
Prineeton,  111,  xxii 
Princess  Anne  Co.,  04,  197,  312 
Prince  Edward  Co.,  84,  150,  299 
Prince  Edward,  C.  II.,  150 
Prince   George   Co.,   78,    118,    IGO, 

310,  405 
Prince  GeorL^c  Co.,  213,  214 
Princes  Risborow,  59 
Prior,  XV 
Prison   Life  at   B.\ltimore  and 

JouNsoxs  Island.  H.  E.  Shep- 

hiiRD,  Review,  447 
Privy  Council,  207 
Privy    Council  to  Lord  Culpeper, 

I'JSO,  265  et  seq. 
Proclamations,  1026,  345  et  sec|. 
Proctor,  105 

Prosperovs  (Ship),  227,  231 
Prudden,  389 
Pryor,  xiv 

Pulaski  Co.,  156,  160 
Pultney,  105 

Punishments,  32,  121,  122 
Puplett,  55 
Purcell,  330 
PuRCEi.L,  John  B.     In  Memoriam, 

XXX,  xxxvii,  April  Mat^azine 
Purcell  Battery,    C.  S.  A.  Notice, 

xxi,  xxxii,  April  Magazine 
Purchase,  67,  174 


Purdie,  301 

Purefoy,  349 

Purke,  390 

Pumell,  150 

Pusey,  299 

Putuam,  x 

Putney  Grammar  School,  314,  318, 

319,  xvii 
Pynes,  292 
Pytslocke,  104 


Quaker  Ketch  (Ship),  355 
Quarles,  65,  66,  67,  69,  177,  178,  179, 

291,  293,  295,  296 
Quiscnljcrry,  vi 
Quit  Rents,  145,  366,  308 


Raborg,  iv 

Racehorses,  xvii 

Radford,  106,  203,  326,  427,  428 

Radford  Co.,  107 

Radford  Semeley,  425,  428,  429 

Radhin,  203 

Radiden,  131 

Ragsdale,  177,  178 

Raine,  viii 

Raines,  169,  170,  296,  viii 

Rainer,  I(;9 

Rainey,  170,  171 

Raleigh,  N.  C,  416 

Ramsey,  171,  198 

Raniey,  viii 

Ramseys  Mill,  150,  157 

Ramshee,  226 

Rand,  256,  258 

Randall,  170 

Randle,  179 

Randolph,  78,   133,   138,   109,   170, 

171,  196,  328,  356,  357,  360,  3(il, 

403,  4ai,  407,  408,  i,  viii,  xxix, 

lii 
Randolph,  Children  of,  Wm.  and 

Elizabeth,  103 
Randolijh-Macon  College,  400 
Ranev,  171 
Ranger  (Ship),  286 
Rajjpahannock,  143,  362,  382 
Rappahannock  River,  221,  241 
Rappahannock  Co.,  279 
Rastell,  116 
Rattenbury,  216,  220 
Kawlings,  69,  70,  169,  170 
Ray,  169,  170 
Raynberde,  117 


Index 


475 


Rayne,  397 

Read,  Rcade,  87,  212,  228 

Reading,  Eng.,  441 

Ready  Creek,  195 

Reculver,  162,  410 

Red  Oak,  Blaz'd,  299 

Redd,  295 

Redding,  169 

Redman,  viii  ■     '  ''' 

Redreth,  391  .':'*.,,    „ 

Reed,  viii  '      ' '■"'•    '''*'   "* 

Reeks,  170 

Reeve,  9G,  130 

Reilly,  330 

Religion,  16,  30,  38  et  seq.,345,  348, 
385  et  seq. 

Renhold,  399 

Rettendon,  397 

Retherlield,  161 

Reve,  104 

Revenue,  142,  145,  2G5,  268,  272 

Revenue,  Mem.  Concerning,  1680 
140 

Revenue  of  2  Rhji.lings  Per 
Hogshead,  1716,  382  et  seq. 

Revolution,  447 

Revolution.vky  Pension  Decla- 
rations, Pittsylvania  Co.,  149 
et  seq. 

Revolution,  Va.,  Militia  in  149 
et  seq. 

Revolution,  English,  1688,  355 

Revolution,  Trade  During,  275  et 
sec[. 

Revolution, Supplies  Imported  Dur- 
ing, 257  et  seq. 

F^eyner,  126 

Reynolds,  116.  229,  235,  290,  295 

Rhenish,  360 

Rhenold,  399 

Rhoda,  206 

Rhodes,  331,  332,  335,  336 

Rice,  66,  83,  293,  335,  336 

Richards,  271,  308,  309 

Richardson,  66,  169,  170,  171,  178, 
295,  399,  i,  iv,  viii 

Richmond,  Va.,  150,  174,  190,  199, 
211.  293,  312,  330,  400,  405,  406, 
448,  iii,  xxxiii,  xxxiv,  xli,  xlvii, 
1,  Hi 

Richmond  Co.,  279,  280,  281 

Richmond  Enquirer,  198,  278 

Richmond,  Geology  of,  80 

Richmond  Howitzers,  xxviii 

Ridgeley,  217,  442,  443,  viii 

Riddell,  445 


Riddile,  295 

Ridley  78 

Riggden, 163 

Riggin,  420 

Ring,  66 

Rion,  196 

Risteau,  219,  442 

Ritchie,  278 

Ritchie,  Archibald,  note  on.  278 

Rives,  169,  170,  171,  iv,  vii 

"Rives  House,"    xl 

Rivers,  170 

Rix,  169 

Roodes,  228 

Roane,  66,  68,  78,  214,  215,  217,  278, 

333 
Roane,  \Vm.  H.,  Obituary,  78 
Roanoke,  336 
Roanoke  Ri\-er,  155 
Ro  Bards,  viii 
Rol)crson,  169,  viii 
Robeson  Co.,  198 
Roberts,  170,  171,  301,  420,  viii 
Robertson,  100,  170,  2.S7,  331,  viii 
Robins,  420,  421,  vi,  viii 
Robinson,  66,  77,  84,  100,  110,  169, 

170,  171,  174,254,279,296,301, 

305,  322,  384.  401,  417,  420,  433, 

435,  i,  iv,  viii,  Iii 
Rochelle.  170,  171 
Rochester,  53 
"Rock  Castle,"    100,  211 
Rockbridge  Co.,  419 
Rockwell,  viii 
Rodham,  286 
Roe,  170,  171 
Rogers,  169,  170,  171,  192,  203,  282, 

295,  408,  410 
Rohoda,  205 
Rohman,  1  U 
Roland,  170 
Rolfe,  234 
Poller,  viii 
Rollins,  169 
Rolnett,  234 
Ronieny,  24-1 
Romney  Creek,  98 
Rompton,  341 
Rooks,  177 
Rootes,  87 
Roscoe,  33S 
Ro.se,  169,  170,  171,  237,  380,  416, 

viii 
"Rosegill,"   57,  191 
Ross,  62,  287,  300,  301,  iii 
Rosser,  171,  iv 


47G 


Index 


Rossingham,  20S,  209,  323,  324,  325 

Rottenberry,  171 

Rotley,  429 

Row,  Rowe,  69,  178,  421 

Rowland,  109,  170,  171,  ix,  xxvi 

Rowland,    Kale    Ma^on,    Bequest 
from  ix,  April  Ma^razine 

Roy,  319 

Royalist  Emigrants,  139 

Royall,  2S2,  330,  395 

Rudd,  135,  251,  355,  350,  300,  39S 

Ruffm,  00,  177 

Rugby,  428 

Rugebey's  P^lills,  154 

Rum  ley  Creek,  97 

Rupjie,  215 

Rushbrook,  249 

Russell,  394,  421,  4r44,  xxi 

Rulherfoord,  406 

Rutlierford,  176 

Ru Hedge  Creek,  196 

Rvan,  viii 

Ryder,  104 

Ryen,  2S7 

Ryerson  Genealogy.     By  A.  W. 

Ryerson,  Review,  111 
Rueker,  iv 


"Sabine  Hall,"  191,  281 

Sadlier,  252,  354 

Sailors  Creek,  xxviii 

Sainsbury,  139,  265,  305 

St.  Augustine,  280 

St.  Augustine  Expedition,  As- 
sembly's Bounty  for,  286  et 
seq. 

St.  Bennetts  Finkes,  390,  391 

St.  Bredin,  416 

St.  David's  Parish,  300 

St.  Georges  Church,  3S9 

St.  George's  Parish,  323,  431 

St.  Gregories,  394 

St.  Ignace  (Ship),  378,380 

St.  James,  Clarkcnwell,  166 

St.  James  Parish,  Md.,  213 

St.  John's  Parish,  58,  329,  391,  39'^ 
434 

St.  Lawrence,  Old  Jewry,  391 

St.  Leger,  257 

St.  Leonard,  163 

St.  Louis,  81 

St.  Margaret's,  412,  416 

St.  Martin's  Parish,  204,  207,  326 
424 

St.  Mary,  343 


St.  Olave,  205,  319 

St.  Olave,  Old  Jewry,  391 

St.  Paul's  Parish,  sT 

St.  Paul's,  Baltimore,  212,  213,  218. 

219,  239,  441 
St.  Peter's,  396 

St.  Savior,  205,  206,  327 

St.  Stei)hen,  Coleman  Street,  391 

St.  Stei'hen's  Day,  Church  Service 
on,  39 

St.  Stei)hen's  Parish,  175,  303,  304, 
30S,  311,  418 

St.  Stephen,  Walbrook,  391,  392 

St.  Thomas  Parish,   302,  304,  338, 
341,  441,  442,  -143 

Salford,  349 

Salisbury,  149,  153,  155,  156,  100 

Salmons  Polygraphice,  130 

Salop,  202 

Sammons,  172 

Sampson,  103,  172,  173 

S.\MPsox  (Ship),  118 

Sands,  viii 

Sanders,  118,  126,  172,  173,  301,  421 

Sandford,  82,  397 

San  Domingo,  281 

Sandy,  146,  299,  338 

Sandy  Creek,  298 

Sandys,  74,  114,  235 

Santee,  153 

Satterwith,  17G 

Saulton,  391 

Saunders,  70,  SO,  105,  175,  437 
Savage,  viii 
vSavannah,  1 
Saw  Mills,  50,  357,  359 
Saxon,  201 
Saxmundham,  246 
Saytor,  220 
Sav,  412,  415 
Schaaf,  443 
Scherr,  viii 

School,  Bequest  for,  1704,  70 
Schouler,  viii 
Schreever,  417 
Schroder,  194 
Schurman,  110 
Schwartz,  viii 
Sclater,  301,  420 
vScipio,  287 
Scoggin,  173 
vScotch  Lake  Fort,  153 
Scotland,  xxxvii,  192,  193,  419,  432 
Scotland  Wharf,  234 
Scott,  iv,  viii,  xx,  S3,  172,  190,  22-> 
399 


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Index 


477 


Scottowe,  209 

Screen,  287        ^ 

Scroggs,  399 

Scroi.e,  107 

Scudaiiiore,  85,  92,  93 

Scudamore,  Thomas,  note  on,  92 

Seaborn,  172,  173 

Seabrijiht,  255 

Seat,  173 

Seaton,  89,  91,  100,  212,  431,  432, 
433,  437 

Seay,  200 

Seayres,  66 

Secretary  of  State,  30 

Sedgwick,  40S 

Segar,  294 

Selhcrst,  55 

Sellers,  vi,  175,  176 

Sen-;])lc,  210,  321 

Semn^es,  xxvi 

Seneca  Creek,  196 

Seneca  Indians,  271 

Seneca  Indians,  IGSl,  294 

Serich,  397 

vServants,  12,  14,  15,  17,  19,  20,  35, 
116,  117,  118,  122,  120,  226,  227, 
228,  229,  231,  234,  236,  33S,  339, 
340,  343,  344,  346,  347,  373 

Setting,  378 

Seulle,  224 

Seven  Pines,  xxxi 

Seyn^an,  330,  371 

Shackleford,  65,  68,  292 

Sha.ling field,  249 

Sliadwell,  408 

Shall  )cnain,  122 

Shaler,  82 

Shales,  257,  258 

Shands,  172,  173 

vShanks,  287 

Shannon,  82 

Sharp,  178 

Shaw,  93 

vShawan  Cabin  Branch,  215 

Shawan  Hunting  Ground,  214,  215, 
21S,  219,  220,  440 

Shearer,  viii 

Shearman,  173 

Shellev,  344 

vShelton,  151 

Shendans  Grove,  440 

Shepherd,  viii,  447 

Sheijpard,  330 

Sherald,  70 

Sheredine,  86,  217 

Sheres,  vi 


Sherman,  vi,  286 
Shermer,  178 
Sherwood,  247 
Shewsberry,  173 
Shield,  300,  330,  422 
vShillitoe,  202 
Shilton,  208 
Shine,  viii 
Shippcn,  viii 
Ships,  43,  265 
Ships,  Abigail,  231 

American  Merchant,  45 

Bona  Nova,   118,    227,    230, 
344,  349 

Eyrd,  250,  358 

Culpeper,  49,  250 

Diana,  231 

The  Dutch,  113 

Duty,  227 

Elizabeth  of  London,  119 

ElLngham,  301 

Friends  Agreement,  261 

George,  113,227,231,313  349 

Gift,  22S 

Grace,  118 

Golden  Fortune,  139 

Greyhound,  275,  277 

Harwicli,  378 

Hired  James,  139 

John  and  Francis,  229,  349 

Jonathan,  233 

London  IMerchant,  227 

Margaret  and  John,  228,  231 

Marigold,  115,  228 

Marn-aduke,  227 

Mary  and  James,  227 

Mary  Margaret,  227 

Oxford,  139 

Planter's  Adventure,  271 

Prosperous,  227,  231 

Phoenix,  273 

Quaker  Ketch,  355 

Ranger,  286 

St.  Ignaie,  378 

Sampson,  118 

Southam.pton,  238 

Sjjarrow,  226 

Susan,  349 

Turkey  Merchant,  250 

Unity,  130 

William  and  Thomas,  230 
Ships,   Orders  in  Regard  to,  1020, 

345,  347,  351 
Ships,  Virginia  Owned,  148 
Shipp,  76 
"Shirley,"    292,  436 


({^S 


IV, 


s-n': 


478 


Index 


Shirley,  Hundred,  343,  350 

Shoes,  128 

Shore,  100,  210,  212 

Shoroditeh,  1(33 

Shorebain,  359 

Shoreham  (Ship),  379 

Shott,  3(11 

Shuttington,  320 

Sibley,  412 

Sibsey,  77 

Sicleniore,  161 

Sidnor,  240 

Sim,  viii 

Simmons,  171 

Simpson  Co.,  407 

Sinclair,  100,  130 

Sitterding,  viii 

Srx  Addresses  o\  Letters,  &c., 
IN  Va.     Review,  330 

Sizemore,  299 

.Sherme,  134 
,-■  Skipwith,  97,  190,  191 
^      Skidmore,  92 

^-     SiiiPWiTii,    Sir   Peyton,    to  Jean 
Miller,  17SS,  190 

Skyren, 431, 437 

Sky  ring,  292 
■     Slaughter,   xxvi,   60,   69,    177,   292, 
295,  296 

Slaves,  133 

Sledge,  172,  173 

Sniallpage,  231 

Smallwood,  117,  232,  235,  342 

Smart,  420 

Smelt,  420 

Smith,  viii,  xxxiv,  79,  81,  83,  114, 
117,  120,  124,  162,  1G4,  171,  172, 
173,  175,  195,  196,  216,  218,  228, 
230,  231,  236,  238,  245,  268,  275, 
279,  285,  290,  296,  298,  314,  315, 
337,  340,  342,  313,  345,  346,  378, 
382,  391,  392,  398,  401,  403,  411, 
422 

"Sm.iths  Fort,"  234 

Smith,  Major  Gener,\l  Robert, 
Letter,  1680,  268 

Smith,  (York  Co.,)  Arms,  285 

Smithwick,  viii,  78 

Smithson,  299 

Smithsonian  Institution,  vi 

Smyth,  104,  166,  192 

Snape,  240 

Snawood,  118 

Snead,  419 

Snclling,  127 

Snevde,  108 


Snode,  119 

Snowdyne,  245 

Soane,  209 

Social  Life  in  England,  1750-1850 

By  F.  J.  F.  J.ACKSON,  Review 

111 
Soesberry,  173 
Somer  Islands,  389 
Somerset  Co.,  60,  343 
Somerset  House,  208 
Somersetshire,  196,  241,  243 
Sommer,  396 
"Sotterley,"    191 
Sottenberg,  191 
Sorell,  397 
South,  103,  165 
Southall,  viii,  406 
Southampton,  101,  377 
Southampton  (Ship),  238,  341 
South  Carolina,  75,  149,  154,  155, 

150,   160,  288,  383 
South    CaroUna,    Troops    sent    to 

from  Va.,  1715,  288,  289 
Southerland,  67,  68,  291 
Southern,  238,  340,  342 
Southey,  Henry,  note  on,  341 
South  Farnham  Parish,  175 
South  Fork,  299 
South  Potoinack  River,  379 
Southward,  173 
Southwark,  205,  327,  426 
Soyer,  248 
Spacham,  247,  248 
Spain,  172,  286,  287 
Spain,  War  with,  1740,  Virginia's 

quota,  287  et  seq. 
Spann,  193, 419 
Sparry,  201,  202,  203 
Sparrow  (Ship),  226 
Speed,  ix,  172,  420,  421 
Speer,  01 
Speke,  192 
Spence,  82 
Spencer,  viii,  xxvi,  68,  141,  143,  145, 

146,  147,  233,  271,  273,  365,  379, 

399,  427,  444 
Spencer,  Nicholas  to  Secretary 

Coventry,   1680,   143  et  seq., 

146 
Spesutia  Hundred,  98 
Spcy,  xlii 
Spicer,  286 
Spillcr,  290 
Spillman,  viii,  124 
Spires,  172 


\'J.   .-.n.iri'  ' 


LIf.  ,fl8S  ,£t' 


8V* 


Index 


479 


Spotswood,   78,    180,  181,  182,  184, 

180,  187,  188,  288,  289,  384,  433, 

435,  436 
Spotswood,   Alexander  and  John, 

at  Eton,  180  et  seq. 
Spotswood  Arms,  288,  289 
Spotsylvania   Co.,    ISO,    190,    221, 

224,  304,  30G,  308,  311,  317,  319, 

320,  321,  322,  323,  431,  432,  433, 

434,  436,  437 
Sprint^field  Barney,  257 
Spring  Gardens,  Md.,  443 
Spmnt,  446 
Squares,  205 
Stace,  161 
Stacy,  173 
Stafford  Co.,  108,  165,  172,  201,  202, 

203,  208,  426 
Staffordshire,  208 
Stanard,  i,  vi,  vii,  viii,  lii,  437 
Stanfield,  105,  208,  325 
Standfield  Hall,  209,  210 
Stanley,  101,  125,  331,  439 
Stanslun-y,  92,  441 
Stapclherst,  327 
Staple  Inn,  399  -.  \>  • 

Starke,  66,  291 
Starr  (Ship),  349 
Staton,  viii 
Staundon, 203 
Staunton,  vi 
Staunton  River,  196,  298 
Staroler,  240 
Stearnes,  viii 
Steeple  Claydon,  58 
Steiger,  viii 
Stephen,  150 

Stephens,  114,  151,  160,  238 
Stephenson,  173 
Steppens,  197 
Steptoe,  79,  418 
Stettinius,  viii 
Steuben,  151 

Stevens,  iv,  v,  vi,  viii,  154,  300 
Stevenson,  203,  281 
Stewart,  viii,  164,  173,  406 
Stewarts  Creek,  298 
Steyll,  104 
Stichbrooke,  426 
Stiles,  viii 

Stith,  78,  172,  393,  407 
Stires,  iv 
Stockden,  349 
Stogden,  349 
Stokes,  172,  173 
Stone,  vi,  viii,  153,  173,  190,  312,  345 


Stone  Inlet,  149 

Stone  Camp,  156,  160 

Stoney  Creek,  152,  299 

Stores,  301 

Storey,  435 

Stow,  205,  207 

Stratton,  284,  412 

Stratton  Maior  Parish,  222 

Street,  159,  205,  327 

Strmger,  273 

Strong,  286  ;/i    ifiw,  l.?!. 

Strother,  viii,  407 

Stroud,  420  i,,': 

Stryken,  89 

Strype,  207  •-.,•!  i'' 

Strugnell,  391 

Stuart,  172,  405,  432,  viii 

Stubb,  315 

Slubbs,  IV,  293 

Stulibleiield,  323 

Sturdivant,  171,  172,  173 

Sturgis,  346,  347  •    m, 

Sturrock,  172 

Styles.  300 

Suffolk,  Eng.,  244,  245,  247 

Suffolk,  Earl  of,  246 

Summerfield,  379 

Summerset,  C.  H.,  158 

Summers,  282 

Sunderland,  141 

Sunderland,  Earl  of,  269 

Surrey,  Co.,  64,  205,  377,  391 

Surveyors,  299,  378 

Sus.\N  (Ship),  347 

Susquehannah, 97,  194,  274 

Sussex  Co.,  161,  102,  167,  206,  412, 

414,  416 
Sussex,  Eng.,  297 
Sussex  County   Wills,  (I>fDEx), 

167  et  seq. 
Sutton,  165,  176,  319 
vSutton  Valence,  55 
Sutterton,  165 
Swain,  262 
Swaine,  115 
Swarzey,  iv 
Swamp,  423 
Swan,  69,  280 
Swane,  340 
Swan  son,  iv 
Sweet,  iv 
Swefiinge,  246 
Swem,  xxiv,  275 
Swcney,  vi 
Swiby,  391 
Swincy,  421 


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Index 


Swinbow,  231,  232,  342 

Swinney,  17-1 

Sv.inyards,  134 

Switzerland,  x 

Swyft,  114,  124,  227,  338 

Sycamore  Creek,  lt)G,  29S 

Sydnor,  244 

Sydney,  xli 

Sykes,  172 

Syme,  177 

Symington,  viii 

Symson,  105 

SysoU,  241      ■ 

Svtuat,  121 


Tabb,  88,  89,  313,  314,  315,  412,  421 

Talbot,  298 

Talbot  Co.,  95,  97 

Talcott,  iv 

Talke,  108 

Taliaferro,  82,  294,  viii 

Talley,  GO 

Tankerville,  393 

Tanner,  287,  389,  390 

Tappahannock,  278,  xxxvi 

Tapscott,  433 

Tarlton,  155 

Tarpley,  280 

Tarris,  349 

Tarsborouj>h,  245 

Tasker,  191,  192 

Tatham,  Col.  Wm.,  Career  of, 

198  et  seq. 
Tavener,  279 
Tayloe,  191 
Tayloe,  John  II,  and  Children, 

191 
Taylor,  66,  81,  82,  83,  161,  162,  177, 

192,  206,  207,  227,  281,  311,  390, 

392,  393,  431,  viii 
Taylor's  Ferry,  155 
Tearle,  399 

Teaser  (Gunboat),  330 
Temperance,  206,  207 
Temple,  65,  178,  290,  295,  296,  322, 

394 
Tennant,  257 
Teimessee,  75,   198,   199,  307,  411, 

412 
Terhnne,  viii 
Terrible  Creek,  298,  299 
Teriminer,  383 
Tervy,  67,  149,  174,  196,  295 
Texas,  75,  83,  331 


Thackeray,  112,  xxii 

Therratt  or  Thweatt,  407 

The  Plains,  91 

Thickthome,  324 

Thin-don,  208 

Thirles  Neck,  218 

Thacker,  217,  218,  219 

Thomas,  82,  83,  251,  252,  253,  281, 
353,  354,  361,  3G2,  422,  432, 
viii 

Thomason,  397 

Thompson,  67,  93,  99,  100,  120,  176, 
339,  viii,  xxvi 

Thompsons  Fort,  153 

Thomson,  70 

Thornbcrry,  97,  113,  118,  119 

Thombcrry,  Thuinas,  note  (jn  113 

Thornloy,  82 

Thornton,  297,  viii,  ix 

Thornton,  George,  Epitaph,  (1710) 
297 

Thornet,  416 

Thorou'.jhgood,  118,  119 

Thorpe,  271,  374 

Throckm.orton,  431,  ix 

Thunell's  Neck.  218 

Thurston,  97,  98,  245,  vi,  ix 

Thurston,  Thomas,  note  on,  97 

Thwold,  429 

Tibbs,  212,  213 

Tibbets,  250,  251 

Tidball,  ix 

Tidcastle,  ix 

Tiddwisley,  201  .    ,      .;. 

Tiffany,  ix 

Tignor,  294 

Tilghman,  vi 

Tillotson,  403  * 

Timberlake,  82,  290,  293 

Tithes,  349 

Tobb,  354 

Tobacco,  28,  33,  35,  36,  37,  40,  41, 
42,  43,  45,  50,  51,  114,  121,  123, 
124,  125,  126,  129,  130,  131,  132, 
134,  135,  136,  137,  141,  143,  144, 
145,  147,  225,  229,  232,  233,  234, 
235,  236,  237,  238,  250,  252,  261, 
262,  263,  269,  273,  276,  277,  337, 
338,  353,  354,  355,  356,  363,  373, 
xxxvi ii,  xli,  xli i 

Tobacco,  Cessation  of  Planting, 
143 

Tobacco,  Report  on,  1681,  270 

Tobacco,  iNcts  Kegarding,  384 

Tobacco,  Report  of  Committee 
on,  1713,  384 


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Index 


481 


Todd,  85,  86,  87,  88,  89,  90,  91,  92 
93,  94,  95,  90,  302,  303,  304,  305 
300,307,308,309,310,311,312 
313,  314,  315,  31G,  318,  319,  320 
321,  431,  432,  433,  435,  437, 438 
440,  441,  439 

Todd  Family,  85  et  seq . ,  212  et  seq . , 
302  et  seq 

Todd's  Island,  218 

Todd's  Industry,  218 

Todd's  Ran<;c,  93,  94,  95,  96 

"Toddsbury,"  87,  88,  89,  90,  91, 
215,  312,  313,  314,  315,  439 

Tomahawk,  299 

Tomahawk  Creek,  298 

Tombes,  177 

Tomlin,  306,  307,  280 

Tompkins,  68,  286,  287,  vi 

Townley,  175 

Toogood,  245  ,,    ^, , 

Topping,  420,  422 

Torrence,  190,  312,  ix 

Torkesy,  88 

Tory,  149.  404 

Tucker,  xlvii 

Towner,  124 

Townes,  71,  134,  175,  338 

Townsend,  59 

Trabue,  82 

Trabey,  ix 

Trade  between  Va.  and  England, 
lOSO,  126  et  seq.,  250  et  seq. 

Trade,  1685,  &c.,  43  et  seq. 

Trade  to  Va.,  1622-25,  115 

Trance,  380 

Transylvania  Seminary,  309 

Travers,  243,  279,  280,  291,  ix 

Traylor,  ix 

Tree  Hill,  78 

Tregany,  352 

Trent,  198 

Trenton,  319 

Trew,  65 

Trevethan,  380 

Trevill  Street,  242 

Trigg,  65 

Triplett,  407 

Trippe,  ix 

Trimmer,  291 

Trimycr,  291,  422 

Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  224 

Trinity  House,  327 

Treasurer's  Plantation,  227 

Trotman,  239,  240 

Trussell,  192 

Tryall,  358 


Tuck,  61,  178,  296 

Tucker,  119,  225,  330,  331,  346,  347, 

349,  ix,  xxii,  xxix,  xlvi 
Tulwood,  208 
Tun  St  all,  439,  ix 
Turkey  Cock  Creek,  299 
Turkey  Merchant  (Ship),  250 
Turner,  67,  196,  285,  286,  ix 
Turrell,  245 
Tursman,  213 
Turwyn,  390 
Tye,  166 

Tyler,  70,  87,  313,  i,  ix.  Hi 
Tyne,  409,  410,  411 
Tyrrell,  257,  25S 
Tyus,  Tyos,  227 


Ulcomb,  257 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  336 

Unites  States,  Brief  History  of, 

By  M.  p.  Andrews,  Review, 

112 
University  of  Va.,  xxviii 
Upcher,  398 
Upshaw,  319 
Upshur,  77 
Usher,  189,  344 
Upton,  337 
"Utopia,"  433 


Valentine,  293,  405,  406,  i,  ix,  lii 

Valentine  ^■luseum,  190 

Valmey,  Duchess  of,  282 

Vance  Co.,  N.  C,  xlv 

Vandeventer,  78  .-«''/ 

Van  Home,  vi 

Vass,  420 

Vaughan,  78,  330 

Venditia,  132 

Vernon,  106,  108,  201 

Vestries,  30 

Vial,  300 

Vicaris,  91,  221,  303,  304,  310,  311 

Victor,  ix 

Villard,  334 

Vincent,  208,  227,  230,  ix 

Vintry,  326 

Virgil,  xvii 

Virginia  Company,  115,  339,  341 

Virginia,   Proposals  in  regard   to, 

'l678,  71  et  seq. 
Virginia  in  1679-80,  22  et  seq. 
Va.,  Queries  Relating  to,  1680,  Ur, 
Virginia  in  1680,  i;»  et  seq. 


482 


Index 


Virginia  in  1G80-16S1,  266  et  seq. 
Virginia  Troops  in,   1681,  369-371  1 

et  seq. 
Virginia  in  16S1,  365  et  seq.  ! 

Virginia  and  England,  Trade,  1686,  j 
&c.,  250et  seq.  | 

Virginia     to     South     Carolina, 
Contract  to  Carry  Troops, 
1715,  288,  289 
Virginia  Gazette,  1752-1755,  Ex- 
tracts from,  12  et  seq. 
Virginia    Militia    in    the    Revolu- 
tion, 149  et  seq. 
Virginia  and  England,  Exchange  of 

Gifts,  between,  129 
Virginia  Auditor's  Office  Papers,  | 
275  et  seq.,  384  et  seq.  j 

Virginia  Gazette,  425,  xx 
Virginia  State  Library,  vi,  xiv,  xvi, 

xxiv 
Virginia  Bar  Association,  vi 
Virginia  Military  Institute,  xxxiv, 

xxxvi,  xlvi,  xhx 
Virginia    Counties,    Those    Re- 
sulting from  Virginia  Legis- 
lation.    By  M.  p.  Robinson. 
Review,  110 
Virginia  Historical  Society,  Pro- 
ceedings OK  Annual  Meeting 
March  17,  1917,  April  Magazine 
Virginia      Historical      Society, 
Officers  and  Members,  Jan- 
uary, 1917,  January  Magazine 
V^irginia    Historical     Society, Pur- 
chase of  Liberty  Bonds  by,  297 
Virginia  Gleanings  in  England: 
Argent,  George,  (1654),  163 
Ashton,  Peter,  (1654),  165 
Barnard,  Mat^aret,  (1623),  389 
Beauchamp,  John,  (1654),  162 
Bennett,  Ambrose,  (1631),  390 
Bennett,  John,  (1631),  391 
Bowker,  Thomas,  (1641),  394 
Chichley,  Mary,  (1617),  57 
Chichlev,  Sir  Thomas,  (1616),  56 
Churchill,  Henry,  (1654),  58 
Codd,  Tames,  (1611),  54 
Codd,  William,  (1608),  53 
Codrington,  Robert,  (1619),  59 
Dangerfield,  Thomas,  (1605),  239 
Dangerfield,  Thomas,  (1619),  240 
Downeman,  William,  (1610),  241 
Downes,  John,  (1617),  243 
Duke,  Ambrose,  (1611),  245 
Duke,  Dorothy,  (1614),  244 
Duke.  Elizabeth,  (1612),  247 


Everard,  Sir  Anthony,  (1615),  397 
Everard,  Richard,  (1617),  396 
Fitzgefferie,  Sir  George,  (1619), 

398 
Fleete,  Edward,  (1648),  60 
Hunt,  Rev.  Robert,  (1608),  161 

Von  Genningen,  330 

Vosper,  242 

Vygurs,  108 

Vyoll,  243 


Waddy,  417,  418 
Waggener,  ix 
Waites,  92 
Wake,  119 
Wake  Co.,  157 
Waldon,  244 
Wales,  192 

Walker,  77,  78,  174,  177,  178,  209, 
287,  307,  317,  318,  319,  436,  ix, 
xxxii 
Walkerton,  318 
Wallace,  300 
Waller,  65,  300,  389,  ix 
Walling,  ix 
Wallingford,  390 
Walsh,  422 
Walters,  xlviii 
Waltham,  241,  396,  397,  398 
Waltliam  Holy  Cross,  398 
Walthamstowe.  327,  328 
Walton,  106,  298,  300,  ix 
Wanless,  ix 
War,  The  Great,  297 
Warburton,  394 
Warbleton,  161 
Ward,  117,  118,  178.  207,  226,  256, 

301 
Ward,  Capt.  John,  note  on,  118 
Ward's  Creek,  118 
Ware,  67,  313,  ix 
Ware  Church,  75 
Ware  Parish,  90,  315 
Warehouses,  71 
Wareham,  315,  420 
Waring,  222,  SW,  305,  306 
Warner,  392 
"Warner  Hall,"  319 
Warren,  177,  241,  291,  293,  vi 
Warrington,  60,  330 
Warrosquoiacke,  116,  229,  230,  231 
War  son.  392 

Warwick  Co.,  CA,  88,  105,  106,  107, 
202,  203,  208,  338,  344,  426,  427, 
428,  429 


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Index 


483 


Warwick  Parish,  430 

Warwick  River,  102,  233,  33S 

Warwickshire,  208,  425,  427 

Washbumc,  ix 

Washington,  81,  158,  191,  195,  223, 

310,  319,  329,  443,  440,  viii,  xxii, 

xxiii 
Washington  Co.,  408 
Washington   and    Lee    University, 

xlvi 
Watauga,  198 
Waterman,  iv 
Waters,  113,  118,  126.  238,  241,  273, 

349,  ix 
Waters  Close,  203 
Waters  Creek,  339 
Waterstocke,  391 
Watkins,  301 
Watnngberv,  53,  54 
Watson,  230.  331,  391,  442,  iv 
Watts,  ix 
Wayland,  ix 
Way  mouth,  420 
Weathers,  301 
Webb,  99,  100,  126,  155,  225,  244, 

245,  240,  248,  262,  330,  352,  355, 

412,  iv,  XXX 
Webb  Family,  (New  Kent),  99  et 

seq.,  210  et  seq.,  330  et  seq. 
Webb,  Giles,  262 
Webb,  Lucy,  Epitaph,  (1750,)  99 
V.'ebber,  60,  174,  175,  176.  280 
Webster,  213,  333,  ix 
Weddell,  ix 
Wedderburn,  223 
Weldon,  397 
Welch,  203 
Wellford,  ix 
Wells,  93^ 
Wendy,  57 
Wertenbaker,  ix 
Wesley,  112 

West,  67,  OS,  70,  101,  102,  103,  114, 
120,  176,  179,  201,  208,  228,  229, 
230,  231,  235,  230,  238,  319,  337, 
340,  313,  345,  421,  425,  432 
West  and  Shirley  Hundred,  237,  343 
West  Indies,  224,  277,  410 
West  Point,  432 
Westbeare,  415 
Westhaminon  College,  400 
West  Malvnge,  54 
Westminster,  205,  200,  427 
West  River,  97 
West  Va.,  190,  404,407 
Westerley,  430 


Weston,  125,  226 

Wharves,  33 

Wheat,  251 

Wheeler,  95 

Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  viii 

Wheless,  412 

Whitechapel,  420 

Whitchurch,  201 

White,  05,  79,   114,  153,   157,   174, 
175,  170,  292,  339,  445,  ix 

White  Clay  Creek,  213 

Whitehall,  148,  268,  209,  272,  273, 
206,  268,  3G9,  372,  373,  374 

White  Plains,  159 

Whitford,  193,  286,  417 

Whitehead,  67,  68,  69,  70,  105,  106, 
107 

Whitethorne  Creek,  298 

Whiting,  315,  320,  322 

Whitmore,  202,  203 

Whitney,  ix 

Whitridge,  ix 

Whitton,  208 

Whittington,  438,  441 

Whittington,  Lancashire,  439,  441 

Whitty,  vi,  ix 

Whitworth,  67,  292 

Whorwood,  2.S7 

Wickham,  iv 

Wicomico,  192,  193,  194,  417 

Wickwarre,  239,  240 

Wier,  149 

Wigginton,  79 

Wight,  ix 

Wigston,  427 

Wilden,  399 

Wilkins,  241,  242,  300 

WiLKIKS,  404 

Wilks  Court  House,  i49 

Wilkinson,  1G3,  219,  389,  411 

Willard,  ix 

Willeroy,  291,  293,  294 

William  III,  xi,  xiii,  xv 

William  and  John,  (Ship),  115 

William  and  Thomas,  (Ship),  230 

Wm.  and  Mary  College,  100,  313, 
378,  viii,  xi,  xvii,  et  secj. 

Wm.  and  Mary  College,  Boyle  Be- 
quest to,  xvii,  xix,  April  Maga- 
zine 
Wm.  and  Mary  Quarterly,  180, 
190,  198,241,243,307,309,311, 
312,314,315,320,431,434,430, 
xxiii 
Williams,  62,  66,  OS,  82,  122,  150, 
151,  160,  176,  286,  iv,  ix 


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484 


Index 


Williamsboro,  xlv 

Williamsburg,    IGO,   211,    2l'4,   275, 

281,  285,  viii,  xi,  xxii 
Williamson,  06,  223,  377,  ix,  xxxvi 
Williamson  Family,  note  on,  377 
Willis,  199 
Willis  River,  200 
Willouyhby,  70 

Wills,  Va.,  Gekeral  Index  to,  190 
Wills,  Argall,  Sir  vSamuel,  (1025), 

327 

Hynde,  Richard,  (1025),  327 
Wills,  421 

Wilmington,  N.  C,  xli 
Wilmott,  213 
Wilshatch,  109 
Wilson,  118,  195,  287,  322,  392,  420, 

ix 
Wilson  Family,   Princess  Anne, 

Norfolk,  &c.,  199  ct  seq. 
Willson,  ix 
Wimbcrslcy,  395 
Wimjile,  53,50,  57 
Winch,  100 

Winchester,  101,  102,  318,  283 
Windcbanck,  416 
Winn,  Winne,  150,  353 
Winder,  419,  xvi 
Windham,  70 
Windsor,  181,  184,  209 
V/infrcc,  170 
Winfrey,  07 
Wingate,  389 
W^ingfield,  242,  410 
Winslow,  iv 

Winston,  79,  82,  100,  299,  432,  ix 
Winter's  Run,  97 

Wiscou:.m  JKi;  torical  Society,  447 
Wise,  82,  vi,  ixT-v^ii 
Wiseman,  39u,  39. ,  39S 
Wishaw,  320 
Witcher,  149 
Withers,  ix 

Withington,  101,  389,  ix,  xix 
Wren,  Wrenn,  427,  ix 
Wright,  105,  224,  229,  238,  283,  284, 

392,  420,  422,  iii,  ix 
Wroth,  328 
Wolfrey,  101 
Wolfs  Ten,  299 
Woolaston,  4+t 
Woddall,  210 
Wood,  55,  201,  247,  308,  3S9,  390, 

421 
Woodford  Co.,  309 
Woodham,  Mortimer  Hall,  257 


Woodhull,  ix 

Woodson,  78,  195,  29S,  iv 

Woodward,  390,  392 

Woolfolk,  433 

Woolrich,  220,  227,  257 

Woore,  202 

Worcester,  390 

Worcestershire,  255 

Worley,  287 

Wormley,  78,  178,  191,  370,  379,  381, 

141 
Wonuim,  193 
Worthington,  219 
Wortham,  ix 
Worsley,  391 
Worth,  203 
Worsley,  114 
Woton,  105 
Wyatt,  117,  120,  122,  123,  124,  228 

230,  231,  235,  230,  238,  313,  315, 

337,  339,  340,  ix 
"Wye  House,"  191 
Wylde,  104 
Wynd,  204 
Wyn,  Wynn,  Wynne,  131,  132,  133, 

195,  190,  251,  252,  203,  352,  353, 

354,  355,  300,  301,  303,  ix 
Wynn's  Creek,  298,  299 
Wynterbome,  240 
Wysor,  ix 

Yoakum,  ix 

Yarbrough,  00,  170 

Yarlie,  205 

Yarwood,  420 

Yates,  401 

Yangchow,  300 

Yeardley,    Flowerdewe,    West, 

101  et  see].,  201  et  seq.,  233  ct 

seq.,  323  et  seq.,  425  et  seq. 
Yerwood,  425,  420 
Yonge,  i,  ix,  Iii 
York  Co.,  03,  87,  88,  285,  300,  391, 

420 
York  Co.  Marriages,  300etseq., 

420  et  seq. 
York,  Pa.,  442 

Yorktown,  100,  275,  285,  318,  319 
York  River,  200,  382,  432 
Yorkhampton  Parish,  301 
Yorkshire,  xviii 
Young,  01,  139,  184,  188,  189,  283, 

421,  vi 


Zinimer,  ix