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1. Eliza J. Stith, born 1891. She was the daughter of 2. John Crittendon Stith and 3. Lucinda R. Roach.

2. John Crittendon Stith, born Feb 1865 in Ky; died 18 Nov 1943 in Spokane, Wa. He was the son of 4. Jesse Stith and 5. Eliza Jane Hatton. He married 3. Lucinda R. Roach.

3. Lucinda R. Roach, born 29 Jan 1872 in Grenleaf, Meeker, MN; died 06 May 1941 in Couer de Alene, Kootenai, Id.. She was the daughter of 6. Michael Alex. Roach and 7. Sarah Jane Wynn.

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Children of John Stith and Lucinda Roach are:

i. John O. Stith, born 1888.

ii. Dora Stith, born Jun 1889 in Mn.

1 iii. Eliza J. Stith, born 1891.

iv. Samuel W. Stith, born 1894 in Brainard, Mn.

v. Ada M. Stith, born Apr 1895 in MN.

vi. Sarah F Stith, born 1898 in Mn.

vii. Jessie Stith, born 1900 in Mn.

viii. William McKinley Stith, born 25 Jul 1903 in Mn; died Jan 1974 in Couer de Alene, Kootenai, Id; married Doris Muriel Hudson; born 19 Jan 1910 in Neb.; died 10 Mar 1981 in Post Falls Kootenai, Id.

ix. Earl E. Stith, born 1905.

x. Hazel I. Stith, born 1909 in Id.

 

4. Jesse Stith, born Abt. 1813 in ,,,Va; died 1877. He was the son of 8. John Stith and 9. Bathany Anna Newman. He married 5. Eliza Jane Hatton.

5. Eliza Jane Hatton, born 1827 in Mn; died 1875 in Mn. She was the daughter of 10. Johnston Campbell Hatton and 11. Cynithia Spurlock.

Notes for Jesse Stith:

Jesse served as a river pilot on the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers During the war, Operated big log and timber fleets. After the war he brought his family north. On April 26th, 1866, Jesse reached St. Paul on the maiden trip of the steamer "Phil Sheridan". With him was his family and son Perry Stith. They went by boat up the river past Ft. Shelling and Shakopee to Carver County. From there with seven horses, they moved overland by way of Young America to Glencoe. In the fall of 1866 they moved to 80 acres on section 24, Stockholm township, Wright County. The tract was covered with woods and had no roads. They bought a yoke of oxen for #175.00 to clear the land. Jesse served as justice of the peace for many years, and a school officer for many years.

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Burial: Wright Co. Cem, Wright, Mn

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Burial: Wright Co. Cem, Wright, Mn

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Children of Jesse Stith and Eliza Hatton are:

i. William Henry Stith, born 1844 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv.; died 1853.

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ii. Christopher Columbus Stith, born 1845 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv.; died 15 May 1927; married (1) Louise Martin in ,Brandenburg, Meade, Ky; married (2) Virginia Louisa Caldwell 03 Mar 1870 in ,,Mcleod, Minn; born 1851 in ,,,W. Va.; died 06 Jul 1872 in ,,Mcleod, Minn..

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Census: 1880, Victor, Wright, Mn.

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iii. Commodore Perry Stith, born Abt. 1846 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv.; died 1923; married Amanda A Dean 11 Feb 1873 in ,Howard Lake, Wright, Mn; born 12 Apr 1853 in Clark, Mi.; died 16 Oct 1917 in Swanville, Todd, Mn.

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Census 1: 1900, Swanville Village, Morrison, Mn.age 52

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Notes for Amanda A Dean:

Note: Came to Minnesota in May 1866. Resided in Howard Lake, Minnesota until 1897, when they moved to Swanville, Todd, Minnesota.

 

 

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Census 7: 1900, Swanville Village, Morrison, Mn.age 47

iv. Sarah Frances Stith, born 1850 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv; married James Martin.

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v. Frances Susan Stith, born 1850 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv.

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vi. Johnson "Jack" Damascus Stith, born 1852 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv.; died 1940; married Bazilla Cox; born 1856; died 1944.

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vii. Oliver Hazzard Marion Stith, born 1856 in Hubbards Town, Raleigh, Wv; married (1) Lisa E; born 1856; married (2) Julia Gavin.

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viii. Samuel Warren Stith, born 07 May 1857 in ,,,Ky; died Feb 1880 in McLeod, Mn; married Lavinia Custer; born 27 Aug 1861 in Logansport, Cass, In; died 30 Mar 1933 in Roseville, Placer, Ca.

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2 ix. John Crittendon Stith, born Feb 1865 in Ky; died 18 Nov 1943 in Spokane, Wa; married Lucinda R. Roach.

 

6. Michael Alex. Roach, born Dec 1824 in Rockridge, Va; died 1900 in Mn. He married 7. Sarah Jane Wynn.

7. Sarah Jane Wynn, born Jan 1825 in Haven, In.; died 20 Jan 1916 in Meeker, MN. She was the daughter of 14. Isaac Wynn and 15. Dorcas.

Child of Michael Roach and Sarah Wynn is:

3 i. Lucinda R. Roach, born 29 Jan 1872 in Grenleaf, Meeker, MN; died 06 May 1941 in Couer de Alene, Kootenai, Id; married John Crittendon Stith.

 

8. John Stith, born 1789 in Henry, Va; died 1881 in Va.. He was the son of 16. Jesse Stith and 17. Amy Williams. He married 9. Bathany Anna Newman.

9. Bathany Anna Newman, born Abt. 1792.

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Children of John Stith and Bathany Newman are:

i. Levi Stith

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ii. John Stith, married Elizabeth Buchannan.

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4 iii. Jesse Stith, born Abt. 1813 in ,,,Va; died 1877; married Eliza Jane Hatton.

iv. Garlon Stith, born 1814 in ,,,NC; died 1877; married Eliza Pottenger Spurlock Phoebe 1844 in Lawrence Co., Ky, Box 3; born 1825 in Va; died 1873.

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Burial: Howard Lake Cem., Minnesota.¹

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v. Elias Eli Stith, born 1816 in Tabors Fork, Cabell, Va.; died 21 Oct 1866 in Lawrence, Ky; married (1) Narcissus Hatton Brumfield 28 Sep 1837 in Lawrence, Oh; born 1816 in Sandusky, Oh.; married (2) Jane Peery 08 Nov 1858 in Wayne, Va; born 12 Oct 1835 in Cabell, WV; died 22 Jun 1926 in Lawrence, Ky.

Notes for Elias Eli Stith:

Note: There must have been an epidemic of some sort in 1866 as my Great Grand M other Jane Peery Stith Second wife of Elias Stith lost 5 Children 2 boy s and 3 girls and Her husband Elias. My Grandmother Mary Ann Stith was t he only child of this union to survive. It has been told to me that tha t was the reason WML Stith left this area. He was afraid of losing his f amily like his Father did. -- Doris Nicholas Speck

 

 

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vi. James M. Stith, born Abt. 1818 in Wayne, WVa.; died 11 Jan 1900 in Wayne, Wv; married Surilda Gilkerson 25 Feb 1839 in Lawrence, Oh; born 24 Oct 1826 in Cabell, Va..

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Burial: Little Hurricane, Wv

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vii. William Stith, born 1821; died 1853; married Cynthia Hatton Perry.

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viii. Rebecca Stith, born 1822; married Clay Evans 16 Aug 1862 in ,,Wayne, W Va.

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ix. Eli Stith, born 1824; married Jane Precy.

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10. Johnston Campbell Hatton, born 1809 in Wayne, WV.; died 12 Apr 1849 in Lawrence, Ky.. He was the son of 20. Samuel Hatton and 21. Nancy Campbell. He married 11. Cynithia Spurlock 1824.

11. Cynithia Spurlock, born 03 Feb 1810 in Kanawha, Va; died 21 Dec 1873 in Wayne, Va.. She was the daughter of 22. William Spurlock and 23. Frances Morris.

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Children of Johnston Hatton and Cynithia Spurlock are:

i. Nancy Hatton

ii. Irene Hatton

iii. Alvin E. Hatton, born 1829.

iv. Sarah Frances Hatton, born 14 May 1832 in Wayne, Va.; died 18 Dec 1911 in South Point, Lawrence, Oh.

v. Samuel Warren Hatton, born 19 Sep 1836 in Wayne, Va.

vi. Evaline Hatton, born 12 Feb 1839.

5 vii. Eliza Jane Hatton, born 1827 in Mn; died 1875 in Mn; married Jesse Stith.

 

14. Isaac Wynn, born Abt. 1785 in Fayette, Pa. He married 15. Dorcas.

15. Dorcas

Children of Isaac Wynn and Dorcas are:

7 i. Sarah Jane Wynn, born Jan 1825 in Haven, In.; died 20 Jan 1916 in Meeker, MN; married Michael Alex. Roach.

ii. Isaac Wynn, born 1813 in Pa; married Hannah; born 1817.

 

16. Jesse Stith, born 1760 in Charles City, Va; died 09 Nov 1811 in Henry, Va. He was the son of 32. 4th John Stith and 33. Rebecca Cocke. He married 17. Amy Williams 09 Oct 1786 in Bedford, Va.

17. Amy Williams, born 23 Oct 1764 in Bedford, Va; died 01 Jan 1836 in Pleasant, Fairfield, Oh.. She was the daughter of 34. Thomas Williams.

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Children of Jesse Stith and Amy Williams are:

i. Judith Stith, married John Monie Johnson.

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ii. Richard Stith, born 1787 in Bedford, Va; married Elizabeth.

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8 iii. John Stith, born 1789 in Henry, Va; died 1881 in Va; married (1) Bathany Anna Newman; married (2) Jane McMahan Buchannon 29 Nov 1859 in ,Wayne, Wayne, W Va..

iv. Jordan Stith, born 1790.

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v. Joshua Stith, born 1791 in Stokes, NC; married (1) Mary Peterson; married (2) Emily Michael 16 May 1847; died 13 Jun 1897 in ,Rockville, Ind.

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vi. James Stith, born 1793 in Danbury, Stokes, NC; died 1822; married (1) Jane Cyrus; born 1806; married (2) Tabitha Tucker 11 Jul 1816 in Adams, Oh; born 1790; died 1862.

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vii. Jesse Stith, born 04 Apr 1795 in Danbury, Stokes, NC; died 24 Feb 1875 in Pleasant, Fairfield, Oh; married Mary Graham 14 Feb 1813 in Cabell, W. Va; born 22 Jan 1793 in Ky; died 17 Sep 1873 in Pleasant, Fairfield, Oh..

Notes for Jesse Stith:

The Rev. Elder was born in North Carolina, and was only in his nineteenth year when his son John was born, on a farm bordering on the Reservoir in Walnut Township. Elder Stith and his wife became Baptists when quite young, and their devotion to the church often impelled them to travel on foot from Walnut township to the Pleasant Run Church, and carry their children, then too small to be left at home. Their sons were John, Henry, James, Jesse and William Baker Stith: the daughter were Amy Trovinger, now a widow, and Nancy Grey, now dead. The sons are all living except Jesse, who volunteered in the army and fell a sacrifice on the bloody field of the Wilderness while a member of the one hundred and twenty-sixth regiment, and the Sixth Corps, whose gallantry won unfading laurels.

John was married to Delilah, daughter of the venerable Isaac Hite, Stember 6, 1835. Her mother was Magdalena, daughter of John and sister of the late Henry Bretz, who were of the early settlers, and distinguished not only for their thrift, but for their picty and respectability in Fairfield county. After six years residence on the "Refugee," Etna Township. Licking county, John purchased the famous farm where he and his dutiful wife now reside, in Richland, Fairfield county, since 1842. In 1880 their house took fire and burned to the ground, the insurance covering only a part of the loss. In a few days not less than twenty teams were in line from Pleasantville loaded with material for the grand country, which now adorns the premises, and these were only twenty testimonials of Sympathy for a deserving neighbor and an honest man.

Grandfather Stith began to preach before he could read his text, but he soon not only could read, but rose to the front rank as a speaker in his church, while his sons and daughter all grew to be men and women, noted for their success in life and for the generous hospitality, which kindles happiness around the old Baptist hearthstone.

 

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Burial: Pleasant Run Cem. Fairfield, Oh.

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Burial: Pleasant Run Cem. Fairfield, Oh.

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viii. Martha Stith, born 10 Mar 1798 in Danbury, Stokes, NC.

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ix. Elizabeth Stith, born 1800 in Danbury, Stokes, NC.

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x. Amy Stith, born 1802 in Danbury, Stokes, NC.

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xi. Rebecca Stith, born 1803 in Danbury, Stokes, NC.

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xii. Osborn Stith, born 1804 in Danbury, Stokes, NC; married Magdelena Spitler 24 Mar 1825; born 1803 in Va.

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xiii. Mary Stith, born 05 Dec 1809 in Danbury, Stokes, NC; married Christiam Spitler 05 Jan 1797 in ,,Shenandoan, Va; born 23 Jun 1798.

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20. Samuel Hatton, born 1771 in Loudoun, Va.; died 1857 in Prichard, Wayne, WV.. He was the son of 40. Samuel Hatton and 41. Roisanna Queen. He married 21. Nancy Campbell 1801 in Cabell, Va..

21. Nancy Campbell, born Abt. 1773.

Children of Samuel Hatton and Nancy Campbell are:

i. Parthenin Hatton, born Abt. 1805.

ii. Amelia Polly Hatton, born 1806.

iii. Juliane Hatton, born 1807.

iv. Noah Hatton, born 23 Oct 1808.

10 v. Johnston Campbell Hatton, born 1809 in Wayne, WV.; died 12 Apr 1849 in Lawrence, Ky; married Cynithia Spurlock 1824.

vi. Warren Hatton, born Abt. 1811.

vii. Jonah Hatton, born Apr 1811.

viii. Mitilda Hatton, born Abt. 1814.

ix. Allen Hatton, born Abt. 1820.

 

22. William Spurlock², born Abt. 1784³. He was the son of 44. John Spurlock and 45. Mary Harbour. He married 23. Frances Morris.

23. Frances Morris⁴, born Abt. 1788⁵. She was the daughter of 46. Levi Morris and 47. Margaret Jarrett.

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11 i. Cynithia Spurlock, born 03 Feb 1810 in Kanawha, Va; died 21 Dec 1873 in Wayne, Va; married (1) Johnston Campbell Hatton 1824; married (2) Johnston Campbell Phoebe 1824; married (3) William Stith 08 Dec 1852 in Lawrence Co., Ky, Box.

 

32. 4th John Stith, born 1723 in Charles City, Charles, Va; died 1813. He was the son of 64. 3rd John Stith and 65. Elizabeth Anderson. He married 33. Rebecca Cocke.

33. Rebecca Cocke, born 1753; died 05 Apr 1787.

Notes for 4th John Stith:

Tax assessment in 1782 shows John Stith taxed for 1400 acres of land, 47 slaves, 17 horses, 10 cattle and 4 wheels. It is believed that John Stith was twice married. However there are no known records to verify that he was married to a first wife by the name of Lucy who died. His second wife is believed to have the name of Rebecca. This John Stith probably moved to Georgia or further south prior to his death

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16 i. Jesse Stith, born 1760 in Charles City, Va; died 09 Nov 1811 in Henry, Va; married Amy Williams 09 Oct 1786 in Bedford, Va.

 

34. Thomas Williams

Child of Thomas Williams is:

17 i. Amy Williams, born 23 Oct 1764 in Bedford, Va; died 01 Jan 1836 in Pleasant, Fairfield, Oh; married Jesse Stith 09 Oct 1786 in Bedford, Va.

 

40. Samuel Hatton, born 25 Oct 1749 in Buckinghamshire, London, Eng.; died 20 Aug 1839 in Roundbottom, Prichard, Wayne, WV.. He married 41. Roisanna Queen Abt. 1772 in Loudoun, Va..

41. Roisanna Queen

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Burial: Hatton-Burk Cem, Prichard, Wayne, WV.

Children of Samuel Hatton and Roisanna Queen are:

i. Mary Hatton, born Abt. 1767 in Hampshire, WV.

ii. John Hatton, born 1769 in Loudoun, Va.; died 11 Jun 1836 in Cabell, Va; married Mary Cunningham 1791 in Hampshire, Va.

20 iii. Samuel Hatton, born 1771 in Loudoun, Va.; died 1857 in Prichard, Wayne, WV; married Nancy Campbell 1801 in Cabell, Va..

iv. Asa Hatton, born 1775 in Loudoun, Va.; died Abt. 1830 in In.

v. Levi Hatton, born 1778 in Loudoun, Va.

vi. David Hatton, born 01 Oct 1781 in Hampshire, WV.; died 09 Dec 1866 in Audrain, Mo.

vii. Jonah Hatton, born 01 Oct 1781 in Hampshire, WV.; died 1852 in Ia.

viii. William Henry Shannon Hatton, born 1784 in Hampshire, WV.; died 15 Jul 1866 in Wayne, WV.

ix. Phillip Hatton, born 20 Jun 1785 in Hampshire, WV.; died 18 Jun 1872 in WV; married Jane Cartmell; born 15 Jun 1788 in Va.; died 23 Jun 1871 in Wayne, WV.

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Burial: Hatton-Burk Cem, Prichard, Wayne, WV.

x. Margaret 'Polly' Hatton, born Abt. 1786 in Hampshire, WV; married William Hill Abt. 1805.

xi. Charles Hatton, born 1790 in Hampshire, WV; married Nellie Mitchell.

xii. Nancy Hatton, born 1792 in Hampshire, WV.; died 1871 in WV; married William Colgin.

xiii. Elijah Hatton, born 1796 in Loudoun, Va.; died Oct 1871 in Prichard, Wayne, WV.

xiv. Eliza Hatton, born 1799 in Hampshire, WV; married Joseph Effingham Abt. 1819; born Abt. 1797.

 

44. John Spurlock He married 45. Mary Harbour.

45. Mary Harbour

Child of John Spurlock and Mary Harbour is:

22 i. William Spurlock, born Abt. 1784; married Frances Morris.

 

46. Levi Morris He married 47. Margaret Jarrett.

47. Margaret Jarrett

Child of Levi Morris and Margaret Jarrett is:

23 i. Frances Morris, born Abt. 1788; married William Spurlock.

 

64. 3rd John Stith, born 1712 in ,,Charles City, Va; died 1758 in Charles City, Va. He was the son of 128. Jr. John Stith and 129. Mary Randolph. He married 65. Elizabeth Anderson Abt. 1715 in ,,Northampton, Va.

65. Elizabeth Anderson, born 1700 in Westover, Pittsylvania, Pa; died 1774 in Surry, Va,. She was the daughter of 130. Charles Anderson and 131. Frances.

Notes for 3rd John Stith:

Like his brother Drury, He acquired a considerable amount of land in Prince George County. 13th July 1719 Richard Smith, of Prince George County, conveys to John Stith, of Charles City County, 370 acres of land on sappony Creek (Prince George County, 1., 352) Again 8th October 1`723, Robert Bolling of Prince George County, and Anne, his wife, convey to John Stith, of Charles City County, 1,019 acres on Sappony Creek adjoining the tract on which Drury Stith, Jr., lives (ibid., 1,646). In 1725, a chapel is to be built on the plantation of John Stith upon Sappony Creek (Chamberlaine's Bristol Par., p. 23) Hew was Burgess forCharles City County 1718, 1723, 1726 (Col. Va. Reg. ) and in may 1737, he took the oath as Lieut. Colonel of Charles City County (Order Book, 1737-50, p. 2) On account of the Fragmentary condition of the records the date of Col. John Stith's death dose not appear, but he was living in 1740, and was certainly dead in 1759. He married Elizabeth, daughter and cohier of Rev. Charles Anderson, rector of Westover Parish, Charles City County., 1694-1718, as appears by the following extract from the Charles City Order Book, 1737-50 (p. 152); March cxourt 1740 a bond from John Stith and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughter andCohier of Rev, Charles Anderson of Westover, and his wife Frances. to Thomas Pinkard and Frances his wife, Jane Anderson (afterward second wife of Ellyson Armistead) and Charlotte Anderson, also daughter and cphiers of said deceased, proved on the oath of Wm. Stuart and John Hales, and ordered to be recored.

In 1759, James Pleasants has a suit against Anderson Stith (son of John Stith, of Charles City County,) and Booth Armistead, one of his executors, may have been his son-in-law (see Wm & Mary Quarterly, VII,. p.182). In any case, Lieut. Colonel John Stith and Elizabeth (Anderson) hos wife had, with probably other issue

Will of John Stith

Will- Written- 30 January 1762 Codicil -24 May 1762

Presented and continued for further roof 7July 1762 Charles City Co. Va.

Proven 4 April 1764

I John Stith of Charles City county & parish of Westover being in perfect health & sen(torn) do make this my last will & Testament this 30th day of Jamuary 1762, after my bodsy (torn) decently buried without any unecessary expense and just debts paid if any

Imprimis I give the plantation whereon I now live to my son Anderson Stith & his heirs forever and thereby confirm an absolute title to the mulatto boy Dick to my son William Stith and his heirs forever.

Item, My will & desire is that all the rest of my estate of what kind soever be equally divided according to its value by the sale of it by agreement between themselves or indifferent honest gentlemen to be by them chosen, between my four daughter, Frances, Jane, Anne & Charlot and Their heirs forever.

And lastly I appoint my two sons Anderson & William Stith, Mr. Booth Armistead & Mr William Westwood Jun Exors of this my last will & Testament without Bond & security & in Witness Whereof I have Here unto set my hand & seal the day & year above

John Stith (Seal)

Signed sealed & Delivered as his last will & testament before us.

Susanna Hardyman

Juditrh Stith

May 24th 1762. It is my will & desire that my mulatto slave Joe be excepted out of the devise above (All the rest of my estate & c.) & I do hereby give & bequeath the said slave Joe to my son Anderson Stith to him and his heirs forever.

Witness my hand

John Stith

Sign'd & acknowledged before

James Hardyman

John Hardyman

Litt Cocke

At a court held for Charles City county Wednesday the 7th day of July 1762 The last will and Testament of John Stith (sic) Gent decd. was presented in court by Anderson Stith and Both Armistead two of the Exors. therein named who made oath thereto the same being proved by the oath of Susanna Hardyman one of the witnesses thereto & is continued for further proof. A Codicil to the said will was proved by the oaths of John Hardyman & Littlebury Cocke two of the witnesses thereto is ordered to be recorded and on motion of the said Anderson Stith & Booth Armistead Certificate is granted for obtaining a probat of the said will & Codicil in due from they giving securlty therupon thet together with Littlebury Hardyman & John Hardyman their securities entered into & acknowledged their bond in the penalty of two thousand pounds current money with such condition as the law in this case directs at a court held for Charles City County Wednesday the 4th day of April 1764 this will was further proven by the oath of Judith Stith the other witness thereto & ordered to be Recorded and is Recorded

Teste

Mordecai Debnam C.C.C.

Charles City County Court Records 1762-1764, pp.313/314

Vriginia Historical Magazine Vol. 59, p. 105/106-1951

Burgesses and other prominent persons p. 331

Stith, John, son of John Stith and Mary Randolph, had large tracts of lqand in Charles City and Prince George counties. He was burgesses for Charles City county, 1718,1723, 1726 and in May 1737, took the oath as Lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He married Elizabeth Anderson, a daughter of Rev. Charles Anderson. of westover, and died about 1758.

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Children of John Stith and Elizabeth Anderson are:

i. Mary Stith, born 1730; married Thompson.

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ii. Jane or Charlot Stith, married John Hardyman; born 1725 in Chesterfield, Charles City, Va; died 28 Oct 1796 in Oglethorpe, Ga..

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iii. Elizabeth Stith, married Booth Armistead; born 1693; died 1727.

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32 iv. 4th John Stith, born 1723 in Charles City, Charles, Va; died 1813; married (1) Rebecca Cocke; married (2) Lucy Gibson.

v. Judith Stith, born 1728 in ,,Charles City, Va; died in Halifax, Va; married John Maynard 1745; born in Mecklenburg, Va.; died in Halifax, Va..

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vi. Anderson Stith, born 1730 in ,,Charles City, Va; died 1768 in ,Powunkey, King William, Va; married Joanna Bassett 1764 in ,Eltham, New Kent, Va; born Abt. 1739 in ,Elthan, New Kent, Va; died 1817.

Notes for Anderson Stith:

Anderson Stith, son of John Stith and Elizabeth Anderson, married Joanna Bassett, before 1765, a daughter of William Bassett and Elizabeth Churchill per supplement to Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolph by Jefferson Anderson, Savannah, Ga. published in Genealogies of Virginia families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

As stated by Dr. Johnston (21 Quarterly, p. 191) Practicing Lawyer in Charles City County in 1755, and he qualified as Major of the county militia 10th April 1756 (Charles City Co. Records) He married 1765 in Eltham, New Kent Co. Va. some time before the year 1766, Joanna Bassett Churchill, who was the second wife of Commissary William Dawson and died in 1768 in King William County, His executrix, Joanna advertised for sale his late dwelling place on the Pamunkey, in the Virginia Gazette, 3rd, March 1768. His widow, Joanna was living in 1774.

Joanna Bassett older sister Elizabeth Bassett was the wife of Benjamin Harrison, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the ancestor of the Harrison Oresidents (Keith's Ancestry of Benjamin Harrison p. 30) A younger sister of Elizabeth and Joanna Bassett married Rev. Thomas Dawson, Brother of Rev. William Dawson, and himself a President of William and Mary College. William Bassett of Eltham, was the son of William Bassett, and his wife Joanna Burwell, daughter of Lewis Burwell and his wife Abigail Smith (2nd. .36)

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vii. Richard Stith, born 1737 in ,,Bedford, Va.

Notes for Richard Stith:

Stith, Richard, Surveyor of Bedford county, was a justice of the peace in 1758 and a burgess for bedford in 1756 and 1757. He was probably a son of Lieutenant-colonel John Stith, of Charles City county and Elizabeth Anderson, his wife. In 1772 he was still living in Bedford.

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viii. William Stith, born 1738 in Brunswick. Va.; died 17 Mar 1799 in Georgetown, Wilkes, Ga; married Katherine Stith 24 Sep 1756; born Abt. 1733 in Prince George, Va; died 03 Jun 1786 in Governors Mansion, Augusta, Ga.

Notes for William Stith:

William was in college in 1754. Tax Assessmentin 1782 for 1722 acres of land in Brunswick County, Virginia.William Stith is the son of John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Stith is gleaned from a letter written by Mrs. F. E. Harrell, of Cisco, Texas, dated april 13, 1929, to Armistead C. Gordan and published in "Genealogy of Virginia families from the William & Mary Quarterly" Vol. 4 p. 613. The letter, in part says, "I have my line to William Stith who married his cousin, Catherine Stith, in Brubswick county, Virginia, Sept. 24, 1756." In another letter, dated April 20, 1929, Mrs. Harrell says that William Stith had four sons, Peyton, Anderson, John and Willoim Jr. and three daughters, Frances, Susan, and Catherine. She adds that she has a letter written by William's son, John, dated March 19, 1799 stating that "A William Stith died March 17, 1799, in Georgetown, Wilkes county, Georgia, " and she adds that " Georgia's civil records show William Stith was Chief Justice, 1786 - 1787; House of Representatives, Wilkes County, 1792; and a Delegate to the Constitutional convention, 1789. "

Mrs Herrell also says, "Chief Justice William Stith's daughter, Frances, married Thomas Haynes in 1782; his daughter, Susan married Hamil; his daughter, catherine, married in 1790, and was the second wife of Thomas Cobb. Catherine Stith and Her husband Thomas Cobb, had one son, William Anderson Cobb; and he had a son, Peyton B. Cobb. Mrs. Catherine Cobb died August 17th, 1832, age 66 years."

 

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Notes for Katherine Stith:

Katherine and William grew up in Virginia during a period of early development of the counties of Brunswick,Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg. Katherine's father, Drury, patented thousands ofr acres of land in those counties. They both descended from prominent famiiles of working gentlemen with strong backgrounds of military and political affiliation.

William attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia during the years of 1753 to 1755. Katherine and William were marrkied in Brunswick county on September 24, 1756, He waws an attorney in Brunswick copunty, Virginia until 1784 and was commissioned Gentleman Justice on that county in 1765. He was a Major in the Brundswick county Militia in 1770 and a Colonel in 1772.

The severe depression that befell the country during a nd after the revolutionary War left many able countrymen in criticsal financial difficulty. Many Brunswick county residents were heavily indebted to local merchants. Court records suggest that monetary reverses after the Revolutionary War induced William Stith to sell all of his property in Virginia, including the land that had been given to him by his father just before he and Katherine weremarried. He had served in the Continental lin e during the Revolutionary War and claimed land in Georgia as a settlement of his war record. After he moved to Georgia he soon gained a place in Georgia history, Katherine died shortly after they moved. It was repoprt in the Georgia Gazette on July 2, 1786 that she died of smallpox on June 3, 1786 at the Governers, in Augusta. William doied on March 17, 1799 in Georgetown, Wilkes county.

Emulating their forefathers, man y of the Georgia Stiths became4 prominent attorneys, Judges, Cloerks and Politicians.

The birth date of Katherine is not enrolled in the Bristol Parish Register. He brother, Griffin, John, Bathurst and Thomas are all listed in the Register. Her two oldest brother, Drury and Buckner were born before Drury moved to Prince George County. He parents moved Brunswick County in 1732 when Drury was appointed County Clerk and then became a member of St. Andrews Parish. A logical birth date for Katherine would be about 1733, two years after the birth in 1731 of her brother, Thomas. This date would make her age 16 when her uncle, John Buckner, mentions her in his will, and age 23 when she married William Stith in 1756.

The fact that Katherine is the daughter of Drury and Elizabeth (Buckner) Stith is proven in the will of Elizabeth's brother, John Buckner. The will written April 27, 1748 and proven in Stafford County, Va. on July 12, 1748, States, "I give unto my beloved niece Katherine Stith, four negro girls named Pegg, Mary & Bridgett; Pegg being at Griffin Stith's & Betty at Drury Stith's the other two in York County." With the exception of bone bslave named Sarah, John Buckner gave all of his estate to his "beloved Nephew Drury Stith," "beloved Nephew Buckner Stith," "beloved Nephew John Stith," "beloved Nephew Griffin Stith," and his "beloved Niece Katherine Stith. " Katherine's brother, Thomas Stith and Richard Stith, are not mentioned.

The proof that William Stith is the son of John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Stith is gleaned from a letter written by Mrs. F. E. Harrell, of Cisco, Texas, dated April 13, 1929, to Armistead C. Gordon and published in Genealogy of Virginia Families from the William & Mary Quarterly" Vol. 4, p. 613. The letter, in part, says, "I have my line to William Stith who married his cousin, Catherine Stith, in Brunswick County, Va. Sept. 1756." In another letter, dated April 20, 1929, Mrs. Harrell says that William Stith had four sons, Peyton, Anderson, John, and William Jr. and three daughter, Frances, Susan, and Catherine. She adds that she has a letter written by William's son, John, dated March 19, 1799, stating that "William Stith died March 17, 1700, in Georgetown, Wilkes County, Ga." and she adds that "Georgia's civil records show William Stith was Chiel Juistice, 1786-1787; House of Representatives, Wilkes County, 1792; and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1789."

Mrs Herrell also says, "Chief Justice William Stith's daughter, Frances, married Thomas Haynes in 1782; his daughter, Susan, married Hamil; daughter Catherine, married in 1790, and was the second wife of Thomas Cobb.Catherine Stith and her husband Thomas Cobb, had one son, William Anderson Cobb; and had a son Peyton B. Cobb.died Aiugust 17th. 1832, age 66 years,"

Mr Gordon's account of the Stith Family says, " ...little or nothing appears to have been here tofore known in Virginia of the distinguished career of Chief Justice William Stith of Ga. Subsequent to his removal from Brunswick County where Col. Wilson Miles Cary states he was living in 1782. His nephew, Major John Stith, a son of Anderson Stith and his wife, Joanna Bassett, also moved from Virginia to Georgia." Armistead C. Gordon and Col.Cary researched the Stith family in the early 1900's. Armistead Gordon descends from Major Anderson Stith, brother of Judge William Stith.

Lt. Col. John Stith, who married Elizabeth Anderson, was a cousin to Petton Randolph, son of Sir. John Randolph. John Stith's Mary Randolph, was Sir John Randolph's sister. Elizabeth was the daughter of Rev. Charles Anderson and his wife, Frances. The will of John Stith, written January 30, 1762, with a codicil added, May 24, 1762, was presented in court, Charles City, Va. July 7, 1762 and names his sons Anderson and William Stith, his executors.

More knowledge of the life of Judge William Stith is expressed in several letters written in 1896 by 1896 by C.H. Andrews, Midgeville, Ga. to R. A. Brock, Secretary Virginia Historical Sociiety, Eichmond, Va.

In a letter dated November 19, 1896, Mr Andrews writes, "William Stith lived between the James & Roanoke & Appomattox River.probably in Mecklenburg County, Thomas Haynes, My Great-grandfather married his daughter." He notes that tradition in his family is that this William Stith was the one who was President of William and Mary College an d the author of a History of Virgoinia. This tadition is inaccutrate but one must keep in mind that Mr. Andrew's letter was written in 1896. It is now a known fact that Rev. William Stith, President of the college, was the son of John Stith and Mary Randolph and that he had only three daughters, who left bno descendants. "Judge" William Stith was a "Nephew"

of Rev. William Stith. He continues his letter by saying that William "Rose to the rank of Colonel in the Continental Army. As he removed to Augusta, Ga. after the Revolution, he may have been among the Virginia troops who fought at Augusta. After moving to Georgia he became Judge of our Superior, or Circuit Courts, embracing his own--Richard coun ty-- and a number of the other counties in this state, by marriage he was related to the Meade's and the Randolph." He describess Judge Stith as "Tall Spare make, Swarthy complexion with straight black hair." In a letter dated November 23, 1896, referring to the Haynes family, He writes, " I have a record, coming down from father to son, in their andwriting, of the Haynes' - My Mother family running back to 1650, in London, Eng. Thomas Haynes married a daughter of Judge William Stith & Immediately after the Revolution moved to Columbia, Ga." Another letter dated December 3, 1896 says, "Our family tradition has it that My Great, Great Grandfather, Wm Stith, and one, if not two of his sons were in the Continental Army. His oldest to oldest son was named John..." He writes that he descends from Judge William Stith through his maternal grandfather, Charles EDaton Haynes who was born in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, April, 1783, the son of Thomas Haynes (born 1748 sic) and Frances Stith, daughter of Judge William Stith. He notes that Charles Eaton Haynes represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress from 1825-1831 and 1835-1839.

Mr Andrews writes, "My Great Grandfather used to say that he moved from Virginia to get out of the way of traveling Methodist Preachers, but when Bishop Asbury came to Georgia, in the first establishment of the Church, he inquired for Thomas Haynes, found his home in the Northern part of Columbia County, and told the old mans wife (Frances Stith) that he did not intend to leave until he had converted her husband and took him to church, and he succeeded."

Wilkes County, one of Georgia's first counties, was created in 1777, This county included the area now occupied by the present counties as follows: the southern tip of Clarke, Oglethrope, the southeastern tip if Madison, Wilkes, Lincoln, Columbia, McDuffie, Glasscock, Warren, all but the west fourth of Taliaferro, and a small peice of the east corner of Greene. Until the first Court house was built, court was held in a convenient log house. In the early days, when there was no room for the jury to occupy during their deliberations, they would go into the woods and sit on fallen trees. The first court house was completed and examined at the spring session of the Superior Court in 1785. When the new courthouse was inspected, Hon. William Stith was Chief Justice. He was a man of Great dignity, and one of the first things hedid was to establish rules to govern the court. One rule was that lawyers practicing in court should wear gowns. He also ordered that the sheriff should wear a gown and badges of office. He upheld an old English custom whereby the Sheriff would precede the Judge into court holding up a drawn sword.

Much of the following recorded data agrees with information contained in the letters of Mrs. Herrell and Mr. Andrews, and "The Story of Wilkes county Georgia," by Eliza A. Bowen.

-1753-1755 William Stith is Registered at William and Mary College.

-1756-June 24- John Stith, of Charles City County, Va. deeded a tract of land on the north side of Shining creek in Brunswick county, Va. to this son, William, "...More Especicially for and in Considertion of natural love and affection..."

-1756- Sept 24- Katherine Stith and William Stith were married in Brunswick County, Va

-1765-Wm. Stith is commissioned Gentleman Justice, Brunswick County, Va.

-1766-William Stith, Jr. undersheriff, Brunswick county, Va

-1767-William Stith, Attorney, Brunswick County, Va.

-1768-William Stith, Jr undersheriff, Brunswick. Va.

-1770-William Stith, Maj. Brunswick County Militia

-1772-William Stith, Col.Brunswick County Militia

-1775-1784-The Revolution started at Lexington and concord on April 19, 1775 and the surrender of cornwallis at Yorktown in October, 1781, ended the fighting. The treaty of Paris, signed Sept 3, 1783, was ratified by congress on January 14, 1784.

-1776-Thomas Haynes, Cpt. revolutionary War, Brunswick County,

-1782-Frances Stith m Thomas Haynes, Brunswick Co. Va. (23 Apr. 1782)

-1783- February 17- act passed which gave William Stith, who served in the Continental linre, 230ac- Washington Co. Ga. on the Oconee River

-1783-William Stith, Jr., Cpt. Brunswick Co, Militia.

-1783-Through 1784- William and Katherine soldseveral properties in Brunswick Co. Va. Including the "Shining Creek" property given to William in 1756 by his father, John. They were still living in Brunswick Co. on june 23, 1783 when Thomas Stith and Drury Stith were made trustees by William Stith and placed in charge opf selling land in Brunswick Co. The contract was establishede for the trustees to sell property and pay debts and return the surplus to William. One Document, May 25, 1784, refers to land on "Shining Creek" where William Stith "now lives." The grantor is termed "William Stith, Esqr." This deed vis recorded in Brunswick Co. Will Book 2, Page 334. (The reason these indentures were recorded in the Will Book is because there was a period of time during and after the Revolutionary War that new court record books were not available and the County clerk recorded ordes in any book that had empty pages)

-1784-William Stith, Attorney, Brunswick Co.Va.

-1785-July 4- Wm. Stith, 200 acres, Georgia, on Big McBean (own Headright)

-1787-May 15-Wm Stith 100 acres, Georgia, Mcbeam Creek (Heasdright of self and 15 negroes

-1787-May 15- Peyton Randolph Stith, (headright on Uchee Creek)

-1787-Aug 6-Wm. Stith, Wsq. 1000 acres Georgia - 500 in the name of Peyton Randolph Stith and 500 in the name Thomas Haynes (on Sandy Run) (in Lieu of warrant on headright) (Present Columbia, Georgia

-1787-Aug . 6 John Stith 200 acres, Georgia (on Sandy Run) (old Warrant issued Habbakkuk wright on headright) (present Columbia Co. Ga.

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ix. Ann Stith, born Abt. 1739 in ,,Charles City, Va; married William Westwood; born 11 Jan 1716/17 in Bromsgrove, Worcester; died 24 Mar 1790.

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128. Jr. John Stith, born 1658 in Charles City, Va.; died Bef. 1724 in Charles City, Va.. He was the son of 256. Sr. John Stith and 257. Jane Drury. He married 129. Mary Randolph Abt. 1712.

129. Mary Randolph, born 1686 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.; died 19 Oct 1742 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.. She was the daughter of 258. William Randolph and 259. Mary Isham.

Notes for Jr. John Stith:

John Stith like his father, acquired a large amount of land (around 2,000 acres) near the Chickahominy River in James City County.

He had patents, 29th April, 1692 for 470 1/2 acres in Charles City County made out to "Capt. John Stith Jr. (Va. Land Patents Book 8, P. 240), and (of same date) for 595 acres on the south side of Chickahominy River, in James City County (ib., p. 237) addressed to "John Stith, Jr. 21th April 1695 "Capt" John Stith" had a patent for 595 acres on the south side of Chickahominy River (ib., p. 110) probably a confirmation of the preceding patent issued 29th April, 1692 Capt. Stith was high Sheriff of Charles City County in 1691 (Palmer's Calender, 1., 27), and was a Burgess for the county 1692-1693 (Col. Va. Register). The date of his death is uncertain. He was living in 1714 (W.&M. Quarterly, V. 178 and according to the statement of the Rev. Hugh Jones. he died before 1724, when his widow was matron at William and Mary College. Capt. John Stith Married 1707 Mary, daughter of Col. William Randolph and Mary Isham, of Turkey Island, Mary had eleven brothers and one sister. Mary Randolph brother was the Grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson which made John and Mary Grand Uncle and Aunt pf president Thomas Jefferson. While John's linage was quite talented and prominent in Virginia it seems to have ended with only two generations after his own to carry the Stith name.

After John death Mary became marton at William and Mary College. Their son William was Chaplian for the house of Burgesses and leter the third president of William and Mary College 1752- 1755.

Burgesses and other prominent persons page 331

Stith, John, son of Major John Stith (q, v. 1 had in 1692 a patent for land on the south side of Chickahominy river, in

James City mCounty. He was captain of the militia in 1692. sheriff in 1692. and burgess for Charles City county in 1692-93. He married Mart Randolph daughter of William Randolph of Turkey Island, and Mary Isham his wife. He died before 1724, leaving issue; 1 Rev. William Stith, president of William and Mary (q.v.) 2. John Stith. 3. Mary Stith, married William Dawson, president of William and Mary College.

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Notes for Mary Randolph:

Mary Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, 1692 Married (1712) Capt. John Stith, Their only son, Rev. William Stith, was the 3rd. president of William and Mary College and historian of Va.He wrote his "History of Virginia" in 1740: died at William and Mary college, 1755. He married (Feb 1744) Judith Randolph, of Tuckahoe. Mary Stith, daughter of Capt, John Stith and Mary, nee Randolph, married Rev. William Dawson D.D. second president of William and Mary college.

5 Mary had eleven brothers and one sister. Her brother were John who marrird Susanna Beverley, William who married Elizabeth Beverley sister of Susanna, Thomas who married Judith Fleming, Isham, Richard, Henry, William, Edward who married Graves, Thomas who married Judith ChurchiIl, Isham who married Jane Rogers and was Thomas Jefferson Grandfather. Richard who married Jane Bolling, her sister Elizabeth married Richard Bland.

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Children of John Stith and Mary Randolph are:

i. William Stith, born 1707 in Charles City, Henrico, Va; died 19 Sep 1755 in Williamsburg, James City, Va; married Judith Randolph 13 Jul 1738 in Tuckahoe, Henrico, Va; born 1716 in Tucahoe, Goochland, Va.; died 1745.

Notes for William Stith:

Historian, Minister, and third president of William and Mary college. He attended the grammer bschool attached to William and Mary College. It is probable that both William and his brother, John attended the Grammar school but there appearsto be no record of the attendance of John. He had seveal Randolph cousins who were attending the school during this same period

Rev. William Stith entered Queen's College, Oxford, England on May 21, 1724 when was 17 years old. He registered as the son of John Stith of the Virgin Islands. (Roster's Alumni Oxonienses). He received the degree of BA.., 27th February, 1727/28, and that of MA. 20th November, 1730 (ibid) After his return to Virginia, he was elected Master of the Grammer School of William And Mary College in 25 October 1731. Concomitantly with this position he acted as chaplain to the House of Burgess. The foundation of the President's house at the college was laid on July 31, 1732. The president, (Reverend James Blair), Mr. Dawson, Mr. Fry, Mr. Stith and Mr Fox liad the first five bricks of the foundation. In July 18, 1736, he received as Minister parish of Henrico, County, His salary was 16,000 pounds of tobacco.

He married his cousin Judith Randolph, Daughter of Thomas Ramdolph of Tucahoe on July 13, 1738. In June, 1738, he was called to the parish of Henrico, in Henrico, county, and while residing at the parsonage there, near Varina he wrote his "History of Virginia," which was printed and bound in the city of Williamsburg. In August, 1752, he was elected President of William and Mary College, over which he presided until his death on september 19, 1755. He was an historian, Minister and third president of William and Mary College, The second president was William Dawson, a Brother-in-Law of William Stith.

In 1739, under guidance of Rev. Stith, a plan for building a new church in Richmond was formulated St. John's Church was built and entered for worship on June 10, 1741. It was in this church during the 1viginia Convention of 1775 that the great orator, Patrick Henry, arose and spoke the long remembered words, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

While living at Varina, in Henrico County, Rev. Stith wrote "The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia," In the preface, dated December 10, 1746, he writes" ... I at present enjoy a perfect leisure and retirement, and am not burthened with any publick post or office... "The book was printed and published at Williamsburg in 1747 and is still used today as a valuable source of American history. The Publication's exceptional exactness gave its author the reputation of being "the accurate Stith." Varina had been the home of John Rolfe and his bride Pocahontas. The name of the Plantation was derived from the name of the tobacco that Roife raised. It was the same type as the Varina from Spain. The original house was small and built of brick. Today Varina house is a two-story brick house. A wing, which is probably part of the old house, is attached by a passage to the present mansion.

Later in 1751, having been chosen Minister of St. Ann's Rev. Stith resigned from Henrico Parish, but before his resignation became effective he succeeded his brother-in law, William Dawson, as president of William and Mary College. Durning his presidency he served also as minister of York-Hampton parish in York County.

In August 1752 he was elected as the third president of William and Mary College, over which he presided until his death. The second President was William Dawson a brother-in-law of William Stith A Sketch of his life will be found in "The Vestry Book of Henrico Parish," editor, R.A. Brock (p.180)

In Early 1753 Rev. Stith successfully spearheaded a movement in opposition to Governor Dinwiddie's Pistole levy for sealing land patents, a tax levied upon Virginians without their consent. Stith declared. "This attempt to lay taxes upon the people without Law is certainly against law & an invasion of property." By November 1753, resistance to the Pistole fee was so widespread that when the house of Burgesses convened the governor was requested to discontinue the unpopular tax. Because of his antagonistic position, Rev. Stith was not appointed Commissary to the Bishop of London and Member of the Governor's council as his predecessors had been. During this controversy Rev. Stith was described by Rev. James Blair (first president of the college) in a letter to the Bishop of London as having a "Hot & Violent temper"

In 1754, durning a meeting of the clergy at the college. Rev. Stith proposed a plan which resulted in providing a fund for the families of deceased Clergyman. Stith is noted for several sermons spoken before the House of Burgess. One of them was "The sinfulness and pernicious nature of Gaming." That same year, on September 14, 1752, at a meeting of the President and Masters of William and Mary College, President Stith signed an order that no scholar, "what age, rank, or quality soever, "belonging to any school in the college could keep any race hors at the college, in the town, or anywhere in the neighborhood. He order that every race horse be dispatched immediately and never again be Brough back.

Rev. William Stith is one of the most prominent Stith ancestors. During his short life he stirred the wrath of powerful men, but he was respected and esteemed by many. Although many members of the Stith family have claimed to be descendants of this illustrious gentleman, it is not possible. Two of his daughter did not marry and the third had one son who died young. Rev. Stith died only three years after his appointment as president of William and Mary College when he was fifty-eight years old. See also "old church and families of Virginia," Campbell's History of Virginia: William and Mary Quarterly, 1, 136,V. 244; v1., 127 etc.

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Stith, William, Eductor, was born in Virginia in 1689; Son of John and Mary (Randolph) Stith; grandson of Col. William (Isham) Randolph. Col Randolph (1650-1711) came from Warwickshire, England, to Turkey Island, Va., in 1674; was a member of the house of burgesses, 1684, and a founder, trustee and visitor of William and Mary college. William Stith, Attended Oxford, England, A.B. 1727-28., 1730; subsequently stuied theology, and ordained to the ministry of the chirch of England. He was master of the William and Mary grammar school, 1731; chaplain of the virginia house of burgesses, 1738; rector of Henrico (Va.) parish, 1736-52, and president of William and Mary college, 1752-55, serving also as rector of York-Hampton parish, York county, Va. He was married to his cousin, Judith, daughter of Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe, Va. and granddaughter of William Ranolph, making his home near "Varina" Henrico county. He published: The history of the first discovery and settlementof virginia (1747); new ed., 1866 and The nature and Extent Christ's redemption, a sermon (1753). He died in Williamsburg, Va. sept 27, 1755

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A Chronicler, Also A Patriot

THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA, Being

An Essay towards a General History of this Colony, By

William Stith, A. M. . . . Williamsburg edition of 3747, reproduced by The Reprint Company of Spartanburg,

S. C. $15,00.

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William Stith (1707-1755) was a grandson of William Randolph of Turkey Inland, a colonial minister, and the third president of the College of William and Mary.

He served Henrico and other Virginia parishes. Payments made to him in 1740 for preaching, by the vestry of Bristol Parish, appear to mean that he served Die parish as supply minister following the death of the Rev. George

Robertson and that as such he probably preached in the Brick Church more recently known as Old Rlandford Church. If the detail does not quite make him a local

boy, the association nevertheless is one which holds some interest. He is remembered as a Virginia historian. In view of the works of Smith, Beverley, and others, he hardly could be called the first historian of Virginia, but he was the first to attempt a detailed review of the development, of

the then 140-year-old colony in anything like the modern manner. He drew not only upon the writings of Smith and Beverley but also upon the collection of his Uncle, Sir John Randolph, and the library of Colonel William Byrd.. He was not objective or dispassionate, and indeed lie was most interesting when he slipped over into the first person singular, but lie relied upon documents and made a serious effort to ascertain facts. He undertook the chore as an elegant occupation for his vacant hours, and also in awareness of the patriotic aspect. In terms of his plan he did not get very far. His volume carries the story only through the first administration of Sir Francis Wyatt and

the dissolution of the London Company in 1624. Lack of interest discouraged his enterprise. That might be called a typical Virginia instance. In any case, the one volume,

although it is a secondary source, has some of the qualities of a primary source. Stith's work has been criticized as inelegant and as too minute, following the less than perceptive comments of Thomas Jefferson upon it. Perhaps elegance has ceased to be a desideratum of

historiography. As for the minuteness, we could use a great deal more of the details which must -have been stored in the brain of the author and were not put upon paper. Documents have come to light which bear upon the period covered, but in the main Stub's treatment was sound and has greatly influenced the writing of Virginia history. He gave his good grades to Captain John

Smith, Sir Edwin Sandys, the Earl of Southampton, Governors Yeardley and Wyatt, and to the Company itself—"one of the noblest, most illustrious, and publickspirited -Societies that ever yet engaged in such an Undertaking." If Stith reflected the Company point of view, that did not keep him from admiring Smith, who was no great partisan - of the same. As for Smith's writings, Stith found them excellent but confused and most reliable when dealing with the time which he himself was in the colony. It is a just appraisal. Of course, Stith lived and wrote in a day when a person writing about the early years of the colony did not feel morally bound to wander off into long disquisitions on the veracity of John Smith or the virtue of Pocahontas.

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Critics who have found Stith lacking in animation must have

overlooked his passages on King James I. Invoking MIC precedents of Roman historians writing about dead emperors, the scholarly Virginia polished off "the wisest foo] in Christendom" with some enthusiasm. History

bears him out well enough on (hat one. Even so, Stith and

James probably could have had a cosy chat about tobacco, which the latter attacked at length and which the former, for all the importance of the staple lo the Virginia colony, called "a stinking, nauseous, and unpalatable Weed."

The present volume, reproduced in offset from the 1747 "Williamsburg edition, makes available a rare book which, as noted is a secondary source not far removed from a primary source. It reproduces also the elaborate and invaluable index prepared by Morgan P. Robinson together

with some bibliographical information.

.If Jefferson had read Stith with more appreciation, he would have recognized a spiritual ancestor as well as a blood cousin . Charles Campbell wrote of Stith: "He was of exemplary character and catholic spirit, a friend of well-regulated liberty, and a true patriot."

The work is interesting for its point of view as well as for its

information. The manner in which ancient material'was treated shows that the spirit of freedom, liberty, or whatever you wish to call it, was alive in the Virginia colony in the mid-18 th century, before Bland put together

his constitutional arguments and before Henry fanned

the flames.—E.A.W.

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Author: History of Virginia

Educated: 21 May 1724, Oxford, Eng.

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Graduation 1: 27 Feb 1727/28, Queen's College, Oxford, Eng. with a BA

Graduation 2: 20 Nov 1730, Queen's College, Oxford, Eng. with a MA.

President: Bet. 1752 - 1755, third Pres. Of William & Mary College

Rector: Of Henrico Parish, Va.

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ii. Mary Randolph Stith, born 1711 in ,,Charles City, Va; married William Dawson 1733; born 1704; died 1752.

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Notes for William Dawson:

William Dawson son of William Dawson, She was his first wife. Commissary Dawson's second wife was Elizaberh Churchill the widow of William Bassett of Etham, Daughter of William Churchill, the emigrant, and his wife, "Madam Elizabeth Wormeley (nee Armistead) by her first marriage with William Bassett. Elizabeth Churchill had a daughter, Joanna Bassett, who married Anderson Stith, son of Lieyt-Col. John Stith and his wife Elizabeth Anderson.

William Dawson was son of William of Aspatria, Cumberland, pleb. Queen's Cottage, Matric 11 March, 1719-20 B.A. 2 Feb. 1724-25 M.A 1728 D.D. by Diploma 10 Feb. 1746-47 then president of William and Mary College in Virginia. "Foster's Oxford Matriculations.

Commissary for the Bishop of London in Virginia and Member of the Council per Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs by Jefferson Randolph Anderson, Savannah, Ga.

More About William Dawson:

Fact 1: 1st Cousin 9 times removed (BM)

Occupation: 2nd. Pres. of William and Mary College

64 iii. 3rd John Stith, born 1712 in ,,Charles City, Va; died 1758 in Charles City, Va; married Elizabeth Anderson Abt. 1715 in ,,Northampton, Va.

iv. Ann Stith, born 1713; married William Parham; born 1697 in Va; died 1758 in Sussex, Va.

More About Ann Stith:

Fact 1: 1st Cousin 8 times removed

More About William Parham:

Fact 1: 1st Cousin 8 times removed (BM)

v. Elizabeth Stith, born 1714.

More About Elizabeth Stith:

Fact 1: 1st Cousin 8 times removed

 

130. Charles Anderson, born Bef. 1660 in ,,Charles City, Va; died 07 Apr 1718. He was the son of 260. Thomas Anderson. He married 131. Frances 1704.

131. Frances, born 1670; died 1737 in Charles City, Charles, Va.

More About Charles Anderson:

Ancestral File Number: 4BB0-3C

Burial: Apr 1718, Westover Parish, Churchyard,

More About Frances:

Ancestral File Number: 4BB0-4J

Children of Charles Anderson and Frances are:

i. Ann Anderson⁶, married William Westwood.

ii. Charlotte Anderson, married Henry Taylor Abt. 1742.

iii. Frances Anderson⁶, married Thomas Pinkard Sep 1697 in ,,Charles City, Va⁷.

iv. Charles Anderson⁸, born 1670 in ,,Charles City, Va⁹; married Frances; born Abt. 1672 in ,,Charles City, Va⁹.

v. Jane Anderson, born Abt. 1700 in ,,Charles City, Va; died Abt. 1767 in York, Va; married Ellyson Armistead Abt. 1742 in York, Va; born 1690 in York, Va; died Bef. 19 Dec 1757 in York Co., VA.

More About Ellyson Armistead:

Record Change: 04 Jul 1999⁹

65 vi. Elizabeth Anderson, born 1700 in Westover, Pittsylvania, Pa; died 1774 in Surry, Va,; married (1) Matthew Liggon Bef. 1710; married (2) 3rd John Stith Abt. 1715 in ,,Northampton, Va.

 

256. Sr. John Stith, born 1625 in Kirkham, Lancashire, Eng; died 03 Apr 1694 in Westover Parish, Charles City, Va. He was the son of 512. Robert Stith and 513. Mary Townsend. He married 257. Jane Drury Bef. 27 Oct 1656 in Charles City, Henrico, Va.

257. Jane Drury, born 1624; died Aft. 1686. She was the daughter of 514. Robert 'Gentleman of Docking' Drury and 515. Mary Radciliffe Sturman.

Notes for Sr. John Stith:

Although John came as a "headright" it appears he had money. by 1663, he and Samuel Eale acquire 500 acres for the transport of 10 people.

It seems that all Accounts point to Immigrant John Stith (1638-1693) as the father of the Stith Family in America. The Mother's Name was Jane her Maiden name will probably be a mystery forever as early Records that might have contained a clue, were destroyed. All blood line Stith's in America owe their being to this courageous and adventurous man. Some might say that there's nothing daring or adventurous about a farmer, however, few farmers today have to cross a vast ocean to a savage wilderness in order to find free and open land. The writer (Charles Stith) firmly believes that each blood line Stith in America owes a great deal of respect to the name of that distant ancestor, John Stith, who gave his descendants the opportunity to live in a free and greatly prosperous country. Dr. Christopher Johnston (1856- 19??) of Baltimore, Md. (himself a Stith Descendant) stated as follows in an article written in Vol. 21 W. (1), William and Mary Quarterly "The Stith family appears to have been long settled in the parish of Kirkham, in Lancashire and both the parish registers and the wills show that the Stith's were quite numerous in that locality. A carful Search, however, fails to show any unmistakeable trace of the Virginia immigrant, and it is probable that his immediate family had moved elsewhere, perhaps to London. "Dr, Johnston was an amazing man himself in that he was not only a Physician but also a very highly esteemed master of Oriental languages. If these achievements were not enough, he was also a historian and contributed to a historical rendition on England. The writer (Charles Stith) has seen a collection of these works in the home of a personal friend, Joseph H. Williams, Major (Retired) who resides in Jacksonville, Fl. Dr. Johnston gives the folling historical and genealogical account of the Early Virginia Stith's.

Major John Stith, born about 1621 in Kirkham, Lancashire, Eng. Died 1692 in Va. was an early immigrant to the Colony of Virginia. He married Jane (Gregory) (Parsons) and settled on the north side of the James River on a branch of Herring Creek in the county of Charles City.

The population of the Colony of Virginia at the time of Stith's arrival in the mid 1600's was about 22, 000. The Virginia Colony was originally divided into four political divisions, or "Burroughs". They were Jamestown, Charles City, Henrico and the Burroug of Kiccowtan (later Elizabeth City). By 1634, these four corporations were divided into eight counties. The Original names remained, but the areas were smaller. Charles City County, one of the original divisions, lay on both sides of the James River. This is the area where John Stith settled.

John Stith was imported as a headright by Howell Pryse, of Charles City County, as recorded on September 16, 1657. Mr Pryse was a lawyer and had migrated to Virginia in 1635.

John Stith's wife Jane, and her first husband, Thomas Gregory, were imported as headrights by Fernando Austin, of Charles City County, as recorded in 1653. On March 4, 1656, in Westover Court, Jane Gregory was granted administration of the estate of her husband Thomas Gregory.

The arrival of John Stith to Virginia, prior to March 4, 1656, is proven by a court record dated June 6, 1656, when he is a witness in a claim by "Wm Fisher" against the estate of Thomas Gregory. Stith stated in a deposition in Westover court, Charles City County, that he had "often" passed by the plantation of Thomas Gregory, dec'd.. and had seen Fisher working. Accordingly, it would appear that Stith lived near the Gregory's at that time.

Many immigrants came to the Virginia Colony by means of a system of "headrights" Through this system, when any person paid for the transportation of an immigrant to the colony, that person was granted fifty acres of land by the commonwealth of England. These immigrants were frequently bound for several years as "indentured Servants" to the person who imported them. The length of service usually varied from three years to seven years, There were men, including some who formed companies, who imported large groups of people, When the immigrants arrived in the Colony, their papers were sold and they became "headrights" of the new owner. Often it was several years after the immigrant was imported that the land was patented, therefore the date of the arrival is speculative. There were some land patents claimed for the importation of persons transported from England who appear to have been in the Colonies previously. This is not true in the case of John Stith, but there are earlier records of transportation of other men named "Thomas Gregory"

Although Howell received fifty acres of land for importing John Stith, Mr. Stith evidently came with ample resources, because he had been in the colonies only a few years when in 1663, He and Samuel Eale acquired 500 acres for the transfer of ten persons, on the north side of the James River, in Charles City Co. 15th Feb. 1663 (Va. land rec. book 5, p. 268). Stith patented 550 acres for the transportation 11 persons in 1664. He acquired 636 acres in 1675 for the importation of 13 people. In 1683, he patented 263v acres for the transportation of 5 persons. All of this and was located on the north side of the James River on Herring Creek in Charles City, Va. Approximately 2000 acres of land are known to have been owned by John Stith, although there may have been more land patents that have been lost through mutilation of records during several wars.

It is very probable that John Stith fell in a category other than an indentured servant. Early records show that he was a lawyer, but they do not show whether he held that position when he came to the colonies or whether he, perhaps served as an apprentice under Howell Pryce, who was a lawyer. Whatever the circumstances were, he appear to be of comfortable means. In 1656, according to fragments of the Charles City county records, he was a lieutenant in the Charles City County Militia. It is questionable that he would have attained that rank in such a short time if he was apprentice.

As mentioned previously, John Stith lived in the same area as Thomas Gregory and his wife Jane. The Gregorys were the parents of a son, Thomas, as proven in a Charles City Court record, October 1656. The record states "...Joseph Parsons did in his lifetime appoint to the use of Thomas Gregory, son of Thomas Gregory dec'd, one roan mare..." After the death of Mr. Gregory, Jane had married Joseph Parsons. Mr. Parsons had at least one child, Judith, before he married Jane, as proven in an abstract from a court held at Charles City, June 3, 1661, which says that says that Edward Mosby is ".. Guardian of Judith Parsons one of the orphanes of Joseph Parsons dec'd..."

John Stith and Jane Parsons were married before October 27, 1656, when an order at Westover Court states, "It is ordered that John Stith who married the relict of Jos: Parsons dec'd do give a full and true inventory of the sd. dec'd estate... according to the will".

In a document signed on July 6, 1662, and recorded in Charles City County in December 1664, John Stith released all claims of "..a mare and her increase... for the use of Thomas Gregory Sonne of Thom:Thomas Gregory dec'd... " It is probable that Thomas Gregory, Jr. had reached the legal age of twenty-one. This record would suggest that Jane was in her thirties when she married John Stith. It would indicate that her birth date was about 1620.

John Stith was a captain in the Charles City county militia in 1676 and was actively on the government's side during Bacon's Rebellion. Nathaniel Bacon, a young leader who led the colonists in a rebellion against Governor Berkeley, founded a partisan government and passed laws under the auspices of "Bacon's house". In June 1676, a Partisan act passed by Bacon's house disabled Stith and his neighbor, Edward Hill, from holding any office, either civil or military, They were charge with using their positions as officers and magistrates to create misunderstanding between the governor and the people, and were accused of causing oppressive taxes. one of the accusations was mishandling the restructuring of the court house. On August 3, 1659, at a court at Westover, Edward Hill and John Stith had been ordered to complete the courthouse at Westover, According to the agreement with the court. At an inquiry of the charges, Edward Hill claimed in a rebuttal that Bacon's men had treated his family brutally, forcing his wife and children from their home and causing them extreme hardship. All of the acts of this partisan assembly were later repealed by the Kings instructions and proclamation.

In May1677 John Stith was one of the persons commissioned to take depositions in regard to the grievances of the people of Charles City County.

By the year of 1680, John Stith was a Major in the Charles City County Militia. He was a magistrate and lawyer. He represented Charles City County in the House of Burgess of Virginia in 1685-1686. This was a governing body which had been established in 1618 by Sir George Yeardley, governor, in accordance with instructions of The Virginia Company of London. The first General Assembly convened at Jamestown on July 30, 1619, and each "borrough" was represented by two Burgesses. Thereafter, as counties were formed , each county was represented in a like manner.

On two specific occasions, Mr. Stith is shown to be very vocal. On one ocvasin, record in Westover Court on August 3, 1657, the court had favored a judgement against him for 12,000 pounds of tobacco. He obviously showed verbal displeaure with the judgement rendered. because on that same date a record states, "...John Stith is publiquely abmonished and fined according to law for rash profane swearing in open court.

Another time, in February, 1663, he ws involved in a lawsuit with a man named "Anthony Gasse". Mr. Gasse had sold an indentured servant called "Wm Rogers" to John Stith. Im a deposition, Gasse states that he sold Rogers to Stitrh for no more then thre years. Another witness, Richard Wale stated in a deposition that he saw" ...Anthony Gasse deliv'r unto John Stith one pare of Indentures and the sd Gasse sd here are Wm Rogers Indentures and that the sd Stith tooke that sd Indenture w'ch the sd Gasse del'redhim and tore them in pieces and further sweareth that the sd Wm Rogers was bound for no more in England then three Y'rs, and also that the sd Stith when he had torne them sd let me alone I will make him serve five y'rs and further saith not. Gasse said the reason Stith gave, was that he heard that the indentures had been left in England, but he meaning Gasse, had given Rogers a copy. There was a judgement rendered in this case against Stith for 7970 pounds of tobacco. The real loser seems to be "Rogers", because two and a half years later in October, 1665, in Westover court it is recorded it is recorded that"... William Rogers, Servant to John Stith, Having served the time he came in for.. "is free

There is recorded in the Charles City County Court Orders, July 25, 1664, a disagreement between Mr. John Stith and Mrs. Anna Pery, Widow of Capt. Henry Pery. This disagreement is over the first land patented by Mr. Stith and Samuel Eale. During the course of surveying the land, Stith had trespassed on the Widow's property. several depositions were introduced into court, each claiming that Mr. Stith and his surveyor, Maj. Harris, were warned that the property they were "stretching their chaijns over" had been the land that Capy. Henry Pery had always claimed as is, and that it now belonged toMrs. Pery. During the Course of their surveying they had met with Mr. Bland, who asked Mr. Stith if he were not a tenant to Mrs. Pery and Stith said no and that" ..he hadpd a greate deale of tobbo for the Kings land and he had entered a caveatt forit." The verdict was in favor of Mrs. Pery, Mr Stith was proven guilty of Trespassing and was ordered to pay 200 pounds of tobacco plus court costs.

There are several court records referringn to John Stith from the middle to the late 1600's in Charles City. They speak of small matters nand large matters. They tell a story about a man of a diversified nature. He collected an allowance of 200 pounds of tobaccom for killimg a wolf, provided ervive as an attorney, and later years repesented his county in the Virginia House of Burgesses, with may circumstances between. He was involed in many lawsuits over small things, such as one which ordered Robert Lucy to 'forthwith pay John Stith one pare of good cart wheeles". He was often the plaintiff and often the defendent in lawsuits. He Served on jures and he served as witness on several occasions. court records portray the immigrant as industrious, persevering leader.

Major John Stith died after October 3, 1693, when he added a codicil to his will and April 3, 1694, when the will was recorded in Charles City County. Jane was stilkl living when her husband will was recorded.

On April 29, 1692, "John Stith" patented 470 1/2 acres of land of escheat patent, which means "the reverting of property to the lord of the manor". Technically, John Jr. wpould not be "Lord of the manor" if his father was still living. The codicil written in 1693 proves that John Sr. was still alive when this patent was filed. This confusing document may have a clue to the parents of Jane (Gregory) (Parsons) Stith. Later this land was granted by William Stith, son of John Stith Jr. to Benjamin Harrison, father of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the declaration of Independence.

By Wanda Stith Hagen

Major John Stith wrote his will dated 11-13-1690, with a codicil added on 10-3-1693. the will was proved 4-3-1694, and is found in Charles City Wills & Deeds 1689- 1694, pp. 185-187, on record at the Virginia State Library. It is abstracted as follows:

I, John Stith, Sr. of the parish of Westover, in Charles City county in Va gent, being well in body.. , I give and bequeath to my oldest son John Stith all the land, houseing & appurtenances there unto belong whereon I now live as alsoe my _____ mill by me lately built exepting all ethat tract:

or parcell of land that is mine lying on the northside of the eastern branch of Herin Creek, which with the house & every the Apurtenances therwith belonging I give unto my son Drury Stith & to his heyrs forever.

I give & bequeath to my daughter Jane, the now wife of Capt. Daniel Lleuellin the sum of 5 pounds sterling...

I give & bequeath to my daughter Ann, the now wife of Mr. Robert Bolling, the sum of 10 pounds sterling...

I give & bequeath to my daughter Agnes, the now wiofe of Mr. Thomas Wynn, thje sum of 15 pounds sterling, in full of all that she may or can claime as a child's part in mine estate.

After debts & Legacies paid, I give the remainder of my personall estate to be equally divided between my loving wife Jane Stith & my sd two sonns John & Drury Stith. and my will is that my son Drury shall take his share in my Estate out of those goods & chattells being at the plantcon before bto him bequeath as far as the same shall amount.

I doe hereby make & ordain my sd. wife Jane & my sd two sons John & Drury Stith joynt executors mof this my last will & testament.

Lastly, I give to my loveing friend Hugh Davis 20 shillings Sterling to buy him a ring. Hugh Davis to compose any differences which migt arise in settlement of will.

Codicil: Drury has already recived his third share after his marriage, and therefore remaining part of estate to be divided between Jane and John.

will witn. witeressed by : James Batty, john gary, Frances F. H. Batty, Hugh Davis

Codicil witnessed by :William Cole, John Jones, Thomas Grig.

Burgesses and other prominent persons p.331

Stith, John, came to Virginia before 1656 and settled in Charles City County. In 1656 he was a lieutenant of Militia, in 1676 a captain. and in 1680 a major, He was also a merchant, a lawyer and a justice of the peace. He was va prominent supporter of Sir. William Berkeley during Bacon's rebellion in 1676. In 1686 he was a burgess for Charles City County. He left issue John Stith. Drury Stith Anne married Colonel Robert Bolling

More About Sr. John Stith:

Codicil: 03 Oct 1693

Fact 1: No. 1024 & 1072 8th. Great Grand father 10 times removed

Fact 2: 8th Great Grandfather of GWB

Fact 3: Bet. 1685 - 1693, House of Burgess

Fact 4: 11TH Great Grandfather of LBJ

Fact 5: 1691, Sheriff of Charles City, Va.

Will Proven: 03 Apr 1694, Charles City, Va.

Will written/leg.: 13 Nov 1690

Notes for Jane Drury:

He wass an early immigrant to the colony of Virginia, He married Jane, (Gregory) (Pasrsons), and settled on the north side of the James River on a branch called Herring Creek, in the county of Charles City.Charles City was one of the original divisions. He was imported as a "headright" of Howell Pryse 16 sep 1657 .... being at least 37 years of age! Mr. Pryse was a Lawyer.

Jane first married Thomas Gregory, and they were imported as headrights of Fernando Auston, recorded 1653. On 4 March 1656 Westover Court, Jane Gregory granted administration of the estate of her Husband Thomas Gregory.

Jane Gregory had a son Thomas.... the record states "Joseph Parsons did in his lifetime appoint to the use of Thomas Gregory sone of Thomas Gregory, one roan mare...

In a court record dated 6 June 1656, John Stith is a witness to a claim of William Fisher against the estate of her husband Thomas Gregory. It would appear he lived near them

Jane Drury was born in England, probably around 1625. While still in England, she married Thomas Gregory. sometime in the late 1640s or around 1650, the Gregorys emigrated to Charles City County Virginia, following (or accompanied by Jane's brother Thomas Drury. Not long after they arrived, Thomas Gregory died, leaving no known children. Jane then married Joseph Parsons, whose wife, thought to have been a daughter of Edward Mosby, had brecently died. ane and Joseph had one daughter, Judith Parsons, Then Joseph died, in 1656.

Jane had no money for his funeral, so the county court ordered Thomas Drury and Edward Mosby to split the charges, Edward Mosby was named the guardian of Judith Parsons. Twice widowed now, Jane was still very early in her thirties. She took a third hisband, John Stith. He had money, so Thomas Drury ask for and got a court order transferring his share of the funeral expenses to John Stith However, Edward remained the guardian of Judith Parsons until Mosby died in 1663: then Stith took over the guardianship. He also struck a deal with Richard Mosby, who was evidently Edward Mosby's son and heir, providing that Richard Mosby was to pay half of Judith's inheritance in 1665 and the other half in 1666

Speculation has it that Jane's surname may been Drury or Drewry, because the given name of "Drury" was passed on for many generations, not only through male descendants, but also through female descendants. It has been suggested that Thomas Drewe may have been the father of Jane and that the name "Drewry" was derived from "Drewe". This is disproved by a Charles City County court order, Vol. 13, P. 599 as follows: Deed of gift, 11Nov. 1665. It. Col. Thomas Drewe gave six Negroes to his"... dear and onely (Sic) child Dorothy Drew....." It Says that if she dies before marriage they go to his".. brother George Drew, Exqr. of the realme of England...."

It has also been suggested that Jane's surname may have been "Mosby"; however this is not probable, since none of her children were named either "Edward" or "Mosby". A reasonable probability would be that Edward Mosby may have the father of the first wife of Joseph Parsons, and therefore would be the would be the grandfather of Judith Parsons. After the death of Jane's second husband, Joseph Parsons, "Edward Mosby" had been made guardian of Joseph's daughter. Judith Parsons. By an order in Westover Court, October 27, 1656, Edward Mosby was ordered to pay "Tho Drewe" for the expenses of the funeral Of ...Joseph Parsons and other dues...." In another court order it is ordered that" ... John Stith pay to Edd Mosby 3/8 Sterl' pd. by him to Mr. Thomas Drew for nesecaris for the funeral of Joseph Parsons..." When John Stith and Jane Parsons were married, Edward Mosby retained guardianship of Judith. The marriage had taken place about October, 1656, and it was seven years later on December 3, 1663, only after the death of Mosby, That John Stith was granted guardianship of the girl. In a Westover Court record of April 12, 1664, it is mentioned that the orphan of Joseph Parsons had been"... in the care of Edd Mosby, Dec'd...." Judith was probably about sixteen to eighteen years of age at this time, because in Westover court, October 18, 1664, there is an agreement between John Stith and Richard" Mosby, concerning the estate of Judith Parsons, whereby Mosby is to pay Stith half of the estate of "Ed" Mosby by Christmas, 1665 and other half by Christmas, 1666. It states that in the case of marriage of the orphan, the payment is to be made to her husband, therefore she may be near the marrying age. "Richard" may have been the son of Edward Mosby and for some reason the estate of Judith Parsons had become a part of his father's estate. In another abstract, recorded at about this same time and dated October 3, 1665. Richard Mosby gave a deposition in a Lawsuit (not relative to this family), and his age is listed as "about 39". This would be a probable age for him to be Judith's uncle. Judging from many court records which involved John Stith, he was not a man who bargained easily. therefore this contract suggests that these people were all part of his family or his wife's family. For Children see The Stith Family Page 1

More About Jane Drury:

Fact 1: No. 1025 & 1073 8th. Great Grandmother 10 times removed

Fact 4: 8th Great, Grandmother of GWB

Fact 5: 11th Great Grandmother of LBJ

Children of John Stith and Jane Drury are:

i. Jane Stith, born Abt. 1656 in Charles City, Va; died Bef. 1709; married III Daniel Lewellyn Abt. 1660 in ,,Henrico, Va; born 1641 in ,,Henrico, Va; died 19 Jun 1712 in Charles City, Charles, Va..

More About Jane Stith:

Fact 1: 8th Great Aunt 9 times removed

More About III Daniel Lewellyn:

Fact 1: 8th Great Uncle 9 times removed (BM)

Will Dated: Nov 1710

ii. Agnes Stith, born Abt. 1658 in Charles City. VA; died Bef. 01 Jan 1720/21 in Charles City, Va; married Captain Sr. Thomas Wynne 1675 in ,,,Va; born 1657 in Charles City. VA; died 1718 in ,,Surry, Va..

Notes for Agnes Stith:

`Agnes Stith Wynne's father was Maj. John Stith (b 1630), a magistrate and lawyer and she had a brother named Lt. Col. Drury Stith (1670-1741), a brother John Stith (1653-1724) who m Mary Isham Randolph, d/o Mary Isham and William Randolph, who were great-grandparents of President Thomas Jefferson.

Many researchers have Agnes ____, or Agnes Tucker: (e.g. 19 p. 109) however the Charles City Co. Va. will of John Stith, Sr. dated 11-13-1690 with codicil dated 10-3-1693 and proved 4-3-1694 clearly states: "I give and bequeath to my daughter Agnes, the now wife of Mr. Thomas Wynne, the sum of 15 pounds sterling, in full of all that she may or can Claim as a child's part in mine estat" (Charles City County, Va. Wills & Deeds 1689 - 1694, pp 185-187, Printed copy from Photosats in Va. State Library, 3-10-1977.

Many Malone and Wynne Reseachers have not been aware of this will and its resulting impilications. Agnes Stith Wynne's father was Major John Stith (b. 1630) and she had brother named Lt. Col. Drury Stith (1670-1741). She also had a brother John Stith (c1653-1724) who married Mary Isham Randolph, Daughter of Mary Isham and William Randolph. Her brother Isham Randolph was the Grandfather of Thomas Jefferson.

More About Agnes Stith:

Burial: Jones Hole Swamp, Surry Co., Va.

Fact 1: 8th Great Aunt 9 times removed

Notes for Captain Sr. Thomas Wynne:

Thomas Wynne married Agnes Stith. Many researchers have Agnes ____, or Agnes Tucker; (e.g. 19 p. 109) however the Charles City Co. Va. will of John Stith, Sr. dated 11-13-1690 with codicil dated 10-3-1693 and proved 4-3-1694 clearly states: "I give and bequeath to my daughter Agnes, the now wife of Mr. Thomas Wynne, the sum of 15 pounds sterling, in full of all that she may or can claim as a child's part in mine estate" (Charles City County, Va. Wills & Deeds 1689-1694, PP 185-187, printed copy from photosats in Va. State Library, 3-10-1977

Many Malone and Wyne Researchers have not been aware of this will and its resulting impilications. Agnes Stith Wynne father was Major John Stith (b. 1630) and she had a brother named Lt.n Col. Drury (1670-1741). She also had a brother John Stith (c1653-1724) who married married Mary Isham Randolph, daughter of Mary Isham and William Randolph. Her brother Isham Randolph was the grandfather of Thomas Jefferson) She had a sister Anne Stith who married Robert Bolling as his second wife, His first wife was Jane Rolfe a granddaughter of Pocahontas the wife of John Rolfe and daughter of Great Werowance the Indian Chief. Thomas Wynne was the older son of Robert Wynne II and Mary Frances Slomon, b 1657 Charles City Co. VA. Her first husband was Francis Poythress the mother and father of Jane Poythress the wife of Thomas Rolfe the son of John Rolfe and Pocahontas and father of Robert Bolling frist wife Jane Rolfe.

In 1678 he inherited substantial property in England from his father, but he continued to live in VA. Thomas and his brother Joshua were appoint Indian interpreters to accompany the Nottoway and Meherren Commissioners on their trip through the north to make peace with the Seneca Indians. on 4-24- 1703 the council. upon reading "a petition of the King and Great men of the Nottoway and Meherrin Indians praying that Thomas be appointed their interpreter in the place of Thomas Blunt with whom they have experienced dissatisfaction, and he was accordingly appointed Interpreter to those two tribes and also the Nansemonds." [Executive Journals, Council of Coloniel Virginia Vol. II p. 315]

following this he "acted to prevent certain colonists from settling on Indian lands around Bear Swamp and other places belonging to them and for a time pacified their 'dissatisfactions and uneasiness', but after a time they petitioned for another interpreter on the grounds that he was 'remiss and negligent". {Executive Journals, Council of Colonial Virginia Vol. III P. 304}

. In 1703 the Nottoway and Meherrin Indians petitioned that he be named their interpreter, and he acted to prevent colonists from settling on their land around Bear Swamp.

8 Jan 1688 Charles City County Court Orders p41 --- goods now in Capt. Emberlys' ship, belonging to Thos. and Joshua Wynne.

1693 tax levy, Charles City Co. VA --- Thomas Wynne, 800 lbs. tobacco

Sep 1699 Surry Co. VA Court Records, part 2 p128 --- Thomas Wynne 200 acres

In 1701 Thomas Wynne patented 200 acres on the south side of the Bl.lackwater in the part of Charles City Co. which became Prince George Co. in 1702

Thomas Wynne was listed on the 1704 Quit rent Rolls as "Capt. Thomas Wynne", 400 acres in Princes George Co.

27 Jan 1707 Surry Co. VA Deeds p371 --- Thomas Wynne witnessed sale of land by Joshua Wynne and wife Mary.

4 Nov 1707 Surry Co. VA Deeds p377-8 Thomas Wynne to daughter Mary Malone 98 acres on south dide of Jones Hole Swamp. Thomas Wynne and wife Agnis to son Robert Wynne 208 Acres on south side of Jones Hole Swamp. He is referred to in some records as "Capt Thomas Wynne" (19 P. 304) and was justice of the peace in the early 1700's in Surry Co. ("Tyler's Quarterly," Vol. 12 PP 174-175)

on 11-30-1707 he entered 500 acres on Cabin Shick Swamp on the South side of the Nottoway and asked the Council to have it surveyed to find whethewr it was in Surry or Prince George Coynty.

18 Feb 1716 Wills and proved 5-21-1718 (ASurry Co. Va. Deeds & Wills 1715-1730) Administrations of Surry Co. VA p183 Thomas Wynne to son Thomas 200 acres, horses and gun, to wife, a gold ring, negro for her life, horse, etc., to granddaughter Loweresy one cow, To granddaughter Martha one cow, wife Agnes, son Robert executors. He did not name all his children in the will, some recieved deeds of gifts beforehand, such as the Malone ancestor Mary Wynne Malone the will is Briefly abstracted as follows:

Pecifies certain negroes and land which are to be sold to pay debts and burial expenses, etc

to son Thomas Wynne 200 Acres on stony, a horse and a gun

to son Robert Wynne his seal ring

to granddaughter Lucretia and Martha Wynne, "heifers"

to loving wife Agnes Wynne negroes, a gold ring, a horse with initials "G.B." on it furniture, a feather bed, etc.

rest of estate to be equally divided amomg all my children, Robert Wynne to be sole executor

 

1 Nov 1722 sale of land in Martins Brandon Parish, being a tract taken up by Thomas Wynne in 1686.

More About Captain Sr. Thomas Wynne:

Burial: Jones Hole Swamp, Surry, Va.

Fact 1: 8th Great Uncle 9 times removed (BM)

Occupation: Indian Interpreter

128 iii. Jr. John Stith, born 1658 in Charles City, Va.; died Bef. 1724 in Charles City, Va; married Mary Randolph Abt. 1712.

iv. Anne Stith, born Abt. 1659 in James City, Va.; died 1709 in Charles City, Va; married Col. Robert Bolling 1681 in Kippax, Kippax, Culpeper, Va; born 26 Dec 1646 in All Hallows Barking Parish, Essex Eng.; died 07 Jul 1709 in Kippax, Charles City, Va.

Notes for Anne Stith:

Became, in 1681, the second wife of Robert Bolling of "Kippax" (sometimes called "Farmingale") Prince George Co. Va. The founder of the family in Va.

More About Anne Stith:

Fact 1: No. 1037 & 1085 8th Great Grandmother 10 times removed

Fact 2: 7th great Grand Mother of GWB

Fact 3: 8th Great Aunt 10 times removed

Fact 4: 10th Great Grandmother of LBJ

Fact 13: my 8th great Grandmother and 7th. Great Grandmother of Booker Taliaferro Washington

Notes for Col. Robert Bolling:

Robert Bolling, son of John and Mary (Carie) Bolling, of the Bollings of "Bolling Hall" who lived in the parish of Allhalloway or All Hallows, Barking Parish, Tower Street, London, the first of the name who settled in Virginia was born in that city December 26, 1646; arrived in virginia, October 2, 1660, at the age of fourteen years. was Justice of Charles City County before 1698; high sheriff, 1699; surveyor, 1702: Colonel and county Lieutenant 1705-09. Married 1st in 1675, Jane Rolfe, the daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Rolfe and his wife, Jane Poythress Rolfe, and the only grand-daughter of the Princess Pocahontas (wife of John Rolfe), whose father was Powhatan, the Indian Emperor, Jane Rolfe Bolling, wife of Robert died in 1678 and he married in 1681, Anne Stith. He lived and died at "Kippax", a fine seat on James river, below Petersburg, now in ruins.

until a few years ago when the fragments were removed to a family burial vault in Petersburg, the broken tomb of Colonel Robert Bolling, the immigrant, remained at "Kippax' , Prince George County, Virginia. It bore the Bolling Arms and the following epitaph: "Here lyeth interred in hope of a joyful ressurrection, the boby of Robert Bolling, the son of John and Mary Bolling, of Allhallows, Barkin Parish, Tower Street, London, England. He was born the 26th of December in the year 1646, and came to Virginia, October the 2d, 1660 and departed this life the 17th day of July 1709, aged sixty-two years, six months and twenty-one days".

as these dates show, Robert Bolling was only fourteen years of age when he came to the colony and was doubtless, in the care of some friend. In early manhood he engaged in trade as a merchant, and the firm of "Robert Bolling and Company" is referred to in the records of several counties, showing that their business was extensive. He was also a planter and acquired large tracs of land, His residence was in Charles City County, Virginia. on the south side of James River in what is now Prince George County, Virginia, The name of the plantation where he lived, "Kippax" did not probably orginate with, as he had, so far as is known, no reson for giving the name.

The first public office which he held was doubless, that of justice of Charles City County, Virginia, and hev was sheriff of that county in 1692 and 1699 (Va. Mag. Hist. and Biog. I. 234). I 1702 he was still a justice. He was ember of the House of Burgesses for Charles City at the sessions of April 1698, April 1692 and April 1699 and for Prince George, April 1704 (Va. Mag. Hist. and Biog. XV, 332, 438, 441 and Colonia Virginia Register). In 1705 he is styled, in a land patent, "Col. Robert Bolling" which indicates that he was colonel of the prince GGeorge militia. Col. Bolling probably acquired much land by purcxhase, as his grants March 1700-1702, from Stephen Cocke to Robert Bolling, mercant of Bristol parish, Charles City County, conveying 240 acres north of the Appomattox River, part of a plantation called Ol Town. His greants comprised about 1760 acres in Bristol Parish, 50 acres in Henrico, County, and 1973 acres in Prince George on Moccasoneck Creek and Nottoway River. The last grant dated May 6. 1706 was to "Collo. Robert Bolling". His first grant was in 1682 to "Robert Bolling, Gent."

There is in the Virginia State Library as old volumes of the Laws of Virginia known as "Purvise's Collection", which once belonged to Robert. A fly leaf contains an entry which gives the dates of his birth and arrival in Virginia as they appear on his tomb and continues, "& in the year 75 married Jane, the daughter of Thomas Rolfe, gent. by whom he had one son, John Bolling, born ye 26th day of January 1676. She dying (in 1676- Bolling Memoirs) he married a second venture Anne ye daughter of Major John Stith in ye year 1681,

In 1858 His remains were removed from "Kippax" to the masolum, at Blandford Cemetery, erected by his great grandson:

More About Col. Robert Bolling:

Burial: Jul 1709, Blandford Cem, Blandsburg, Va.

Christening: 26 Jan 1646/47, All Hallows, Barking Parish London, England

Fact 1: No. 1036 & 1084 8th Great Grandfather 10 times removed

Fact 2: Great, Great, Great,Great, Great,Great,Great, Great,Grandfather of GWB

Fact 4: 10TH. Great Grandfather of LBJ

Lived in: London, England came to Virginia, Oct. 1660

v. Sr Drury Stith, born Abt. 1660 in Charles City, Henrico, Va; died Jan 1740/41 in Charles City, Henrcio, Va; married Susannah Bathurst Abt. 1694 in Charles City, Va; born 1674 in ,,New Kent, Va; died Aft. 1745 in Va..

Notes for Sr Drury Stith:

His mother and father were married in the fall of 1656, Drury was born about 1660, joined brother John Jr. and a teenage half-brother, Thomas Gregory. He also had three sister Jane, Anne, and Agnes, Judith Parsons, daughter of Joseph Parsons, second husband of his mother, may have been living with Drury's parents

By the time Drury was about five years old, his father, a lawyer and magistrate in Charles City County, had acquired almost two thousand acres of land on the banks of Herring Creek, north of the James River. The era in which Drury grew up was a period of social and political unrest. The Indians, Who had been friendly when the colonist first settled in Virginia in the early 1600's had become discontented. Enraged by the unjust treatment they were receiving and settlers and burning their homes. Sir. William Berkeley was Governor of the Virginia Colonies Durning this tumultuous period in history. He had Originally been governor of the colony of Virginia in 1641. During the civil wars in England he had kept Virginia loyal to the king, but in 1651, the English Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, sent a fleet to depose him. Although he was removed as Governor and forced to acknowledge Cromwell's rule, he remained in Virginia. At the Restoration in 1660, Charles I, King of England. commissioned Him again to the office. because of his policy of forced trade with English firms at prices established in England and high import duties, he had become increasingly unpopular with the colonists. His monopoly of fur trade with the Indians and the refusal to furnish protection against the uprising compounded the feeling of dissatisfaction.

During the height of the discontent in the colony, in 1673, young Nathaniel Bacon, settled in Virginia. He had been born in Suffolk, England in 1647 and was educated at the University of Cambridge. The colonists welcomed a strong leader to guide them in their opposition to the obstinate Governor Berkeley.

Bacon organized the colonial farmers, formed an Army of three hundred, led them against the Indians and defeated them, and occupied Jamestown, capitol of the Colony. Berkeley was forced to dissolve the assembly that he had formed to support him in 1662 and under, duress, commissioned Bacon, as a Major General founded a partisan government and passed laws under the auspices of "Bacon's House."

Drury's father, John, was a Captain in the Virginia Militia durning this chaotic era. Captain Stith, caught between two opposing forces, was in an extremely difficult position. As an officer in the Militia he was sworn to defend the commonwealth of Virginia, but as a local magistrate of Charles City County, he was morally bound to assist the colonists. In June, 1676, Bacon's house passed a partisan that they were using their offices to create misunderstanding between the Governor and the people.

The situation became increasingly worse. The Stith family lived only about thirty miles from Jamestown when, on September 17, 1675, Bacon's forces again marched, and burned the city. The following month, while marching to meet a hostile force sent against him by the Governor, Bacon died of malaria and his rebellion collapsed. Governor Berkeley was forced to resign and return to England. That same year all of Bacon's partisan acts were repealed. John Stith Sr. was commissioned by the government to take depositions in regard to the grievances of the people.

This must have been a very stressful time for the Stith family. Although they were undoubtedly concerned for their own welfare, they also related to the problems that the Indians were exeriencing. The families of Bolling, Randolph, and Stith were entangled with the descendants of the great Indian Chief Powatan, who had once welcomed the colonists to his native land. Only four years after the Bacon Revolt. Drury's Sister, Anne married Robert Bolling. [7] Bolling's first wife was Jane Rolfe, Granddaughter of Pocahontas, who was the daughter of Powatan. When Jane (Rolfe) Bolling died, she left a young son, John Bolling, who Anne raised along with seven she had by Robert Bolling. Richard Randolph, who was a brother to Mary (Randolph) Stith, the wife of John Stith Jr. married Jane Bolling. Granddaughter of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe.

Shortly after the Bacon Revolt, and the instituting of new government leaders in Virginia, John Stith Sr, was commissioned Major in the Militia. He was Charles City County Representive to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1685\6.

In 1683, the immigrant, Lancelot Bathurst, settled in the neighboring county of New Kent. Lancelot was a younger son of Sir. Edward Bathurst of Lechlade Gloucestershire, England. Sir Edward was Knighted in 1643. In 1689 he was burgess, representing New Kent County, and in 1698 was sheriff of that county. He was also a Colonel in the Militia [8] Perhaps the families of John Stith and Lancelot Bathurst became acquainted through political, because in about 1694, Drury Stith married Susannah Bathurst, daughter of Lancelot and his wife Susanna.

Susanna had one brother who died 29 Dec 1704. She had two sister's Elizabeth who married twice, First Wm. Tomlin, second Wm. Daingerfield. Mary who married three times first Francis Meriwether, second Reuben Welch, third John Robinson.

Drury's father, John, died in the winter of 1693\94. His will, written November 13 1690 was proven, April 3, 1694. (Charles City County Deeds and Wills, 1692-1694 pp. 185-187)

On April 23, 1701, Drury patented 445 acres of land neighboring his fathers early plantation here his brother, John Jr. was now living. This land, on the banks of Herring Creek, was the plantation where Drury and Susannah raised a family of three sons, Drury, Jr. John, and William, and two daughter, Jane and Mary. [9] Drury's brother, John Jr. had married Mary Randolph, the daughter of William Randolph of Tuckey Island. The families of these two men grew up as neighbors in an environment of moderate wealth, both on and near the land which their father had patented. Their sister, Ann (Stith) Bolling, and her husband Colonel Robert Bolling, lived a short distance away, south of the James River. Drury and John, Jr. were active socially and politically and by 1705 they were both Captains in the Charles City County Militia.

A friend and neighbor of the Stith Families was William Byrd II, who lived on Westover Plantation, north of the James River and South of the Area here the Stith Families lived. Mr. Byrd's mother and father had been early immigrants to the colonies, but had sent their son back to England to be educated. When his father died, William II having inherited land in Virginia from his father and his Uncle, returned to Virginia Mr Byrd kept in which he wrote of the daily happenings of his family. Friends, and neighbors. [10] The first entry which refers to the Stiths is on February 20, 1709, shortly after Byrd had returned to Virginia, in which he writes, "After church Drury Stith and his wife and Captain Llewelly come and dined with us. Daniel Llewellyn, Jr. who as the husband of Drury's sister, Jane, was the son of Daniel Llewellyn, Sr. and his wife Ann Matthews widow of 1st. John Price and 2nd. Robert Hallom). They had attended church at Westover Parish. Drury and Susannah lived about three miles north of Westover Parish Church, at this time church was located about a quarter of a miles west of the Byrd plantation on the north bank of the James River. Many times over the years, Mr Byrd walked with his quest to his home after Sunday services. William Byrd, Colonel Hill, and Drury Stith, Among others, were vestrymen of this parish.

On February 26, 1709 Byrd writes that Colonel Bolling is very ill of the Dropsy, "however he was cheerful and though he talked of dying it seem,ed to be in jest." An entry dated July 17, 1709, notes that Colonel Bolling died that morning after a long sickness.

Mr. Byrd wrote often about the Stiths and commented favorably about Drury and Susannah in an entry Friday, June 10, 1710, when he wrote "...about 10 o'clock Captain Stith and his wife came to make us a visit, not withstanding it was very hot. I was glad to see them because I think them excellent people... "He attended political, Military, and Church affairs with both Drury and write of serious concerns for their illness. He show his obvious concern for his friend in an entry date August 20, 1710.

He had been to church on Sunday and heard that Drury Stith was sick. In the next entry, dated August 21, he write, "I rose at 5 o'clock and rode to see Drury Stith who I found with a small fever and his wife and child with great colds. I ate some milk and stayed there about an hour and then returned home... "(This unusual entry deviated from the typical opening. Almost without exception, his daily entries opened with, "I rose at 5 o'clock (or another specific time) and read two chapters of herbrew (or another specific book)" and then exercised. If he didn't read, He commented on the reason. Therefore it would appear that when he awoke his total concern was the health of his friend, so he arose and left Immediately.)

The following weeks he visited the sick family again and found Drury well "and his family Likewise." The gentle side of these two men is demonstrated when Byrd writes that "Mr Stith and I went to look for some flowers in the woods..." In September of 1710, Officer of the Charles City County Militia readied their troops for a review by Governor Alexander Spotswood. Captain Stith, Colonel Hill, Mr Anderson and several other of the Milia officers dined with the Governor at the home of William Byrd on Thursday, September 28, Governor Spotswood presented Mr. Byrd to the people as their Colonel and Commander in Chief. Durning the following days, the militia continued to exercise and perform for the Governor. The following Monday, Mr. Byrd went with the Governor to Captain Stith's home. Where they dined at noon before the Governor left.

During the winter months the diary mentioned various happening which included the time Mr. Byrd sent Drury some Maderira and Drury returned the favor by sending Byrd some peach brandy. Byrd also mentions that his daughter was "....Taken with a pain in her side and a violent fever..." He" ...sent for Drury Stith to let her blood and he was so kind as to do it..." (The practice of blood-letting. opening a vein to remove blood, was believed to be a cure for almost any disease, including colds, Miscarriages, Andmalaria.)

Byrd often mentions the health of the Stith Family as he did on February 24, 1711. when he writes that although the weather threatened rain or snow, Drury visited him on his way over the river to see his sister, Anne, who was sick. Another entry was on March 23, when Johnny Randolph brought a letter to Bryd from the Governor and said that Captain Stith had the Dropsy, This was Provably the beginning of an illness that was to take the life of Drury's brother, John, at a young age. "Johnny" Randolph, who later in life became "Sir John Randolph," was a brother to Mary (Randolph) Stith, Drury's sister-in-law.

The last part of August Produced a serious of French invasion of the Virginia Colonies. This was a period during the later years of the war of the Spanish succession (1702-1713), or Queen Ann's War as it is known in America, a conflict of the colonists with both Spanish and French Forces.

As Commander In Chief of the Militia, it was Byrd's duty to call out this volunteer army of Henrico and Charles City County for this emergency. On Thursday, August 23, Mr Byrd received a letter from the Governor telling him that two french men- of- war and several privateers had arrived and ordered Him to send twenty- five gunners out of each county to work on the battery at Jamestown. (A privateer was a privately opened and manned armed ship, Commissioned to attack and capture enemy ships, especially merchant ships.) The next day Byrd sent for guns and ammunition from Appomattox and "...sent away the plate and several things of value to Captain Drury Stith's that place being more secure." Throughout the next two days, several officers of the Militia reported and many neighbors came to see Mr Byrd for news of the invasion and to seek assurance that their plantations would be defended.

On Saturday, Mr Byrd writes in his diary that his sloop had come. He says, "The people of my sloop told me there was news that our fleet was taken. "On Sunday, there was a rumor that fifteen man-of-war ships were within the cape and that several other ships had landed several thousand men on the Eastern Shore.

On Monday, the Governor sent an express which said that seven ship were coming up the James River and the Militia of James City had been order to Williamsburg. Byrd order all the Militia of Charles City County to the lower part of the county, which would have been the banks of the James River. Both Captain Drury Stith and his brother Captain John Stith, would have been part of this army. Alarm spread through Henrico and Prince George county and the frightened colonists were all in arms.

On Tuesday evening, Mr Byrd received a letter revealing the scare to be only a rumor. The message said that the seven ships, supposed to be French, which had entered the James River. , were English. As soon as received this news he sent expresses to the militia telling them that they might go home. On Wednesday he sent one of his servants to Drury Stith's to pick up his things.

By Thursday, things seemed to be back to normal. The scrare of the invasion had ended. Drury Stith, Mr. Anderson, Colonel Hil, Mr Byrd, and several other gentlemen of the vestry went to church and appointed people to positions of the church.

Winter came and went with the usual church, political and military affairs. January, Drury Stith and other vestrymen of Westover church met and agreed to make a well in the church yard. On April 22, 1712, John Stith was appointed sheriff of Charles City County. This was a position that both brother desired as noted in Byrd's diary on April 3, when he writes," ...I called at Drury Stith's and let him know that the Governor had promised his brother to be sheriff and my Petition came too late for him.

On June 19, 1712,. Drury's brother-in-law, Daniel Llewellyn, died The Funeral was held on the following Thursday. Mr. Byrd writes, "It was very cool, that my wife and I Resolved to go to the funeral of Captain Llewellyn. We had wine and biscuits according to custom."

By 1714, John and Drury were both Justices of Charles City County. John was also coroner and their nephew, Robert Bolling, Son of Anne, was surveyor. [11] The minister of Westover Church was Charles Anderson [12] Plantations were developing and redeveloping around Drury Stith's land near the branches of Herring Creek. John Roper and Thomas Christian lived northeast of his land. Other neighbors besides his own brother, John Stith, were John Roach, Richard Llewellen, and William Featherston, who was first a Headright and then a land owner. Others were the Spencers, Hickmans, and Brooks. [13]

The Life of Drury Stith's friend, William Byrd, took a tragic turn when his wife Lucy, contracted small-pox and died while she was in England in 1716. Except for the years of 1720 and 1721, when he returned to his home at Westover, Byrd spent the next eight years in England, but during the period of time he was in Virginia he continued to write the events of each day in his diary. One very important entry was on February 15, 1720, which proves that Drury Stith had a son named "John" Byrd writes in part. ".. I put several things in order till about 12 o'clock and then came Drury Stith and his son John Stith and Colonel Eppes to dine with me, But In told them I was to dine with Mrs. Harrison and them to go with me which they all did except John Stith ...."

Various researchers have disagreed as to whether "John Stith" was the son of Drury or the son of his Brother, John. The fact is that they each had a son named "John," and many genealogists have combined information which should have been designated to separate people. John Jr. (Son of John) stayed in Charles City County and John (Son of Drury) moved to Prince George County. where he lived as neighbor to his brother. Drury, Jr. [14]

Drury and Susannah's children were growing up and marrying Jane married Thomas Hardaway, son of John Hardaway, and Presented Drury and Susannah with a grandson Thomas Hardaway, Jr. and as the years passed, four more grandsons and two granddaughters. [15]

In about 1717, Drury, Jr. married Elizabeth Buckner of Neighboring York County, Her father, Major William Buckner, was a merchant with extensive business in the Colonies and England. In about 1718 Drury, Jr. and Elizabeth had a son and passed the name of "Drury' To the Fourth Generation of Stiths in Virginia {16}

On August 18, 1720, Mary Stith was married to Buller Herbert at the home of her parents, Drury and Susannah. There were many people at the wedding, including Mary's Aunt, Anne Bolling Mary and Buller had three children, John and Ann Who died as infants, and Mary Herbert, who was born in the late 1720's [17]

By the early 1720's part of Drury and Susannah's children were beginning to move from Charles City County, as were the children of Anne and Robert Bolling and the Hardaway's. Drury's brother John had died and his Widow, Mary (Randolph) Stith was living in Williamsburg where her son, William, attended the Grammer school attached to William and Mary College. [18] John and Mary (Randolph) Stith's other son, John Jr. Had married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of the late Reverand Charles Anderson, Rector of Westover Church and was living in Charles City County. [19]

Drury, Jr. and his brother John had purchased land in Prince George County from their cousin, Robert Bolling, Mr. Byrd notes in his diary on May 17, 1720, that he had dinner at Mrs Anderson's and that "Jack Stith" and his wife were there. Drury, Jr. was also there and after dinner took two of the guests to see his plantation at "Saponey"

Saponey Creek branched off the Nottowar River and was located south of Richmond and southeast of Charles City County in Prince George County

In 1734, a new church was built and the congregation of Westover Church moved to a new site. It was still living on the same plantation and were probably involved in the planning and building of the new church, which was now located only about a mile south of their home. [20]

In June, 1740 Drury and Susannah's Drury, Jr. died in Brunswick county. The following winter, Drury, who would have been almost eighty years old, died in Charles City County and his will was presented at January Court in Charles City County by his wife and their son, William. [21]

Susannah was still living on April 7, 1746, when she was the godmother at the Baptism of her Great Grandson, Herbert Claiborne. Herbert was the son of Mary Herbert and Augustine Claiborne and grandson of Mary (Stith) and Buller Herbert. [22]

Drury and Susannah Stith lived long and productive lives. They were born when Virginia was a young colony. Although they patented land in their own right, the early Hardships of settling new territory had been the undertaking of their fathers. As the Stiths grew older, the war-weary natives had fallen to defeat of had gradually given up their homeland and had been driven westward. The days of fighting Indians in the area where Drury lived had passed. Although their children chose to settle new land to the west, Drury and Susannah remained in Charles City County where they had raised their family.

Wanda Stith Hagan

Drury had a patent 24th. April 1703 for himself and Samuel Eale, for 680 acres in Charles City County (Patents Book 9, p.539) He was one of the Justices of the county in 1714 (Va Magazine 11, 3) was high sheriff 1719, 1724-1725 (Palmer's Cal., I., 195-6 Va Magazine 111,251) and was commissioned count surveyor 1th. March 1720 (Palmer's Cal, 1, 198) Susanna's brother Lawrence Bathurst mentions in his will (dated 29th. December 1704, Proved 11th Februaey 1705 his brother-in-law William Tomlin, Francis Meriwether and Drury Stith. The Order Book of Charles City County. has the following: "January court 1741: The last will and testament of Lieut. Col. Drury Stith. deceased, was presented in court by Susanna Stith and William Stith two of the executors therein named and was proved by the oaths of Witnesses" etc. Evidently the will no longer exists, having been lost through the destruction and spoliation of the Charles City County records during the civil war. Mrs Susanna Stith is mentioned in the Charles City Records in 1744 and in 1745 (Order Book, 1737-1750, pp. 310, 352)

 

It was Drury who kept the Stith name going until the present day, as it was his brother John's misfortune to have his Stith names carry through only two Generations after his own. {1354769. FTW}

Virginia Biography Burgesses and other prominent persons p. 330

Stith, Drury, was son of Major John Stith of Charles City county. and patented land in 1703, He was one of the justices of the county (1714), sheriff 1719, 1714-1725 and county surveyor 1720. He was Lieutenant-colonyh of the militia and in 1704-05 burgess for Charles City county. He married Susanna Bathurst, daughter of Lancelot Bathurst. of New Kent county. his will was presented in court in 1741 He left issue.

More About Sr Drury Stith:

Burial: Abt. 1741, ,,Charles City, Va

Fact 1: No. 512 & 536 7th Great Grand Father 9 times removed

More About Susannah Bathurst:

Fact 1: No. 513 & 537 7th Great Grand Mother 9 times removed

 

258. William Randolph, born 1651 in Moreton - Morrell, Warwick, Eng.; died 11 Apr 1711 in Turkey Island, Henrico, VA. He was the son of 516. Richard Randolph and 517. Elizabeth Ryland. He married 259. Mary Isham Abt. 1680 in Henrico, Va.

259. Mary Isham, born Abt. 1653 in Bermuda, Hundred, Henrico, Va.; died 29 Dec 1735 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.. She was the daughter of 518. Henry Isham and 519. Katherine Banks.

Notes for William Randolph:

William Randolph purchased 'Turkey Island' about five years after immigrating to VA (ca 1673), from the government - having been confiscated as a result of Bacon's Rebellion. 'Curles Neck Plantation', adjacent to 'Turkey Island' had been confiscated at the same time from Nathaniel Bacon, but lay idle for twenty years before being purchased by William for the sum of 50 pounds. Curles Neck Plantation was inherited by his son Richard.

Richard married Jane Bolling, great-great-granddaughter of Pocahantas.

More About William Randolph:

Burial: Turkey Island, Henrico, VA

Christened: 07 Nov 1650, Moreton - Morrell, Warwick, Eng.

Immigration: Abt. 1660, Va.

Occupation: Member of the Va. House of Burgesses

Children of William Randolph and Mary Isham are:

i. Elizabeth Randolph, born 1680 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.; died 22 Jan 1719/20 in Jordan's Point, Marion,W. Va; married Richard Bland 11 Feb 1700/01 in ,Henrico, Va; born 11 Aug 1665 in Berkeley Plantation, VA; died 16 Apr 1720 in ,Williamsburg, James City, Va.

ii. William Randolph, born 06 Dec 1681 in 'Turkey Island', Henrico, VA; died 19 Oct 1742 in 'Turkey Island', Henrico, VA; married (1) Elizabeth Peyton Beverley 22 Jun 1709 in ,,Henrico, Va; born 01 Jan 1690/91; died 26 Dec 1723 in ,Turkey Island, Henrico, Va; married (2) Mary Jones Bef. 30 Mar 1715 in ,,Dinwiddie, Va⁹; born Abt. 1668 in ,,Charles City, Va; died Aft. 12 Aug 1718.

Notes for William Randolph:

'Turkey Island' was a plantation named for a neck of land that juts into the James River. It was discovered by Capt. Newport in 1607 who named it for a great flocl of wild turkeys roosting there. The land was confiscated from James Crews by Gov. Berkeley in 1676 after he was hanged for his part in Bacon's Rebellion. William's father, William, the immigrant, purchased it in 1678.

In 1814, the plantation was purchased by George Pickett, father of General George Pickett who led the last Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

More About William Randolph:

Burial: 19 Oct 1742, ,Turkey Island, Henrico, Va⁹

Occupation: Bet. 1718 - 1723, Member of the Va. House of Burgesses

iii. Thomas Randolph, born Jun 1683 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va; died 19 Jan 1741/42 in 'Tuckahoe', Goochland, VA; married Mary Judith Fleming 16 Oct 1712 in St. Peter's Par. New Kent, Va; born Nov 1689 in St. Peter'S Pari, New Kent, Va.; died Aft. 24 Dec 1733 in Goochland Co., VA.

More About Mary Judith Fleming:

Fact 1: 5th Great Anut 8 time removed

iv. Col. Isham Randolph, born 24 Feb 1684/85 in Turkey Island, Henrico, VA; died 02 Nov 1742 in Turkey Island, Henrico, VA; married Jane Lilburne Susan Rogers 25 Jul 1717 in White Chapel Parish, London, Eng; born Abt. 1695 in Shadwell, Middlesex, Eng.; died 05 Dec 1760 in Shadwell, London, Eng..

Notes for Col. Isham Randolph:

Grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson

 

More About Col. Isham Randolph:

Burial: Turkey Island, Henrico Co., VA

Probate: 21 Dec 1742

Will Dated: 06 Apr 1741

129 v. Mary Randolph, born 1686 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.; died 19 Oct 1742 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va; married Jr. John Stith Abt. 1712.

vi. Col. Richard Randolph, born 02 May 1686 in 'Turkey Island', Henrico, VA; died 17 Dec 1748 in Bath, Eng.^10,11; married Jane Bolling Abt. 1714; born 1703 in Cobbs, Henrico, VA; died 04 Mar 1766 in ,Curles, Henrico, Va.

More About Col. Richard Randolph:

Will Dated: 18 Nov 1747

Will Recorded: Jun 1749

Notes for Jane Bolling:

Great-Great-Granddaughter of Pocohantas.

 

More About Jane Bolling:

Fact 1: 1st cousin 8 times removed

Will Dated: 02 Mar 1766

Will Recorded: 01 Jun 1767

vii. Henry Randolph^12,13,14, born 10 Oct 1686 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.; died 1798 in Eng.

viii. Sir John Randolph¹⁵, born Apr 1693 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.; died 06 Mar 1736/37 in Williamsburg, VA; married Susanna Beverley 1718; born 1690¹⁶; died 15 Mar 1736/37 in Williamsburg, Va¹⁶.

Notes for Sir John Randolph:

He was speaker of the house of Burgesses in Va. He was member of the House of Burgesses representing William and Mary College in Va. He resided in 'Tazewell Hall', Va. He was Attorney General of the Colony of Va. He was Treasurer of the Colony of Virginia. He was Knighted by the King in 1730.

More About Sir John Randolph:

Burial: Chapel of William & Mary College, Williamsburg, James City, Va

Occupation: Clerk of the Va. House of Burgesses

ix. Edward Randolph¹⁷, born Oct 1695 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va.¹⁸; married (1) Grosvenor; married (2) Elizabeth Graves 1717.

More About Edward Randolph:

Occupation: Abt. 15 Oct 1710, Sea Captain

 

260. Thomas Anderson, born 1637 in Gloucester, Va; died 1660 in Charles City, Charles, Va. He was the son of 520. Thomas Anderson and 521. Frances Jones.

Children of Thomas Anderson are:

i. Henry Anderson

ii. Martha Anderson¹⁹

130 iii. Charles Anderson, born Bef. 1660 in ,,Charles City, Va; died 07 Apr 1718; married (1) Elizabeth Churchill Abt. 1689 in ,,Charles City, Va; married (2) Frances 1704.

 

512. Robert Stith, born Abt. 1606 in Kirkham, Lancashire, Eng; died 1654 in Charles, City, Va.. He was the son of John Styth and Ann Alenson. He married 513. Mary Townsend.

513. Mary Townsend, born Abt. 1610 in Charles, City, Va.; died 1668 in Charles, City, Va.. She was the daughter of Thomas Townsend and Mary Newgate.

More About Robert Stith:

Burial: Charles City, Henrcio, Va

Fact 1: No. 2048 & 2144 9th Great Grand Father 11 times removed

Notes for Mary Townsend:

for children see The Stith Family p. 1

More About Mary Townsend:

Burial: Charles City, Henrcio, Va

Fact 1: No. 2049 & 2145 9th Great Grandmother 11 times removed

Child of Robert Stith and Mary Townsend is:

256 i. Sr. John Stith, born 1625 in Kirkham, Lancashire, Eng; died 03 Apr 1694 in Westover Parish, Charles City, Va; married Jane Drury Bef. 27 Oct 1656 in Charles City, Henrico, Va.

 

514. Robert 'Gentleman of Docking' Drury, born Bef. 1578 in Docking, Norfolk, Eng; died Abt. 1624 in Norwick, Norfolk, Eng. He was the son of John Drury and Eleanor Sidney. He married 515. Mary Radciliffe Sturman.

515. Mary Radciliffe Sturman, born Abt. 1570 in Essex, Eng. She was the daughter of John Radcliffe.

More About Robert 'Gentleman of Docking' Drury:

Fact 1: N0. 2050 & 2146 9th. Great Grandfather 11 times removed

More About Mary Radciliffe Sturman:

Fact 1: No. 2051 & 2147 9th. Great Grandmother 11 times removed

Children of Robert Drury and Mary Sturman are:

i. John Drury

ii. Thomas Drury

iii. Ann Drury

iv. Audrey Drury

v. Elizabeth Drury

vi. Parnell Drury

vii. Catherine Drury

viii. Hevingham Drury

ix. Robert Thomas William Drury, born Bet. 1603 - 1645 in Docking, Norfolk, Eng; died Abt. 1702 in Md.

x. William Drury, born Abt. 1604.

257 xi. Jane Drury, born 1624; died Aft. 1686; married (1) Thomas Gregory; married (2) Joseph Parsons; married (3) Sr. John Stith Bef. 27 Oct 1656 in Charles City, Henrico, Va.

 

516. Richard Randolph^20,21,22,23, born 21 Feb 1620/21 in Little Houghton, Northampton, Eng.; died 02 May 1678 in Dublin, Ire.. He was the son of William Randolph and Dorothy Lane. He married 517. Elizabeth Ryland Abt. 1647²⁴.

517. Elizabeth Ryland^25,26, born 1625 in Morton, Morell, Warwickshire, Eng²⁷. She was the daughter of Richard Ryland.

Children of Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland are:

i. Richard Randolph^28,29, born Abt. 1645 in Morton Hall, Warwickshire, Eng³⁰; died in dsp.

ii. Dorothy Randolph^31,32, born 01 Apr 1647 in Moreton-Morrell, Warwickshire, Eng.,.

More About Dorothy Randolph:

Christening: 01 Apr 1647³³

iii. Mary Randolph^34,35, born Abt. 02 Nov 1648 in Moreton-Morrell, Warwickshire, Eng.,; died in Moreton-Morrell, Warwickshire, Eng.,.

More About Mary Randolph:

Christening: 02 Nov 1648³⁶

258 iv. William Randolph, born 1651 in Moreton - Morrell, Warwick, Eng.; died 11 Apr 1711 in Turkey Island, Henrico, VA; married Mary Isham Abt. 1680 in Henrico, Va.

v. Thomas Randolph³⁷, born Abt. 03 Feb 1650/51; died in dsp.

vi. John Randolph³⁷, born Abt. 20 Jul 1653 in Moreton-Morrell, Warwickshire, Eng.,.

vii. Elizabeth Randolph³⁷, born Abt. 01 Jan 1654/55.

viii. Margaret Randolph³⁷, born 25 Feb 1656/57 in Moreton-Morrell, Warwickshire, Eng.,.

 

518. Henry Isham^{38,39,40,41,42,43}, born Abt. 1628 in Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England; died 01 Feb 1678/79 in Bermuda, Hundred, Henrico, Va.. He was the son of Willian Isham and Catherine. He married 519. Katherine Banks 1656 in Henrico, Va.^44,45.

519. Katherine Banks^45,46,47,48, born 1627 in Canterbury, Kent, England^49,50; died 01 Oct 1686 in Henrico, Virginia^51,52. She was the daughter of Christopher Banks.

More About Henry Isham:

Christened: 01 Mar 1626/27, Wold Northa, Eng.

Notes for Katherine Banks:

!"Stevens-Davis and Allied Families"p.314.

!Will Book, Henrico County, VA, Vol.1677-1692, p. 392.

!"Cook-Heard and Allied Families" Tressie Cook, Farmer Genealogy Comp any,

Dallas TX 75214. p. 169.

More About Katherine Banks:

Burial: Bef. 01 Dec 1686, Presquisle Isle, Henrico, Va.

Children of Henry Isham and Katherine Banks are:

259 i. Mary Isham, born Abt. 1653 in Bermuda, Hundred, Henrico, Va.; died 29 Dec 1735 in Turkey Island, Henrico, Va; married William Randolph Abt. 1680 in Henrico, Va.

ii. Henry Isham, born Abt. 1656 in Henrcio Parish, VA; died Bef. 13 Nov 1678.

iii. Anne Isham, born 1665 in King and Queen, Va.; died 1718; married Francis 'Frank' Eppes 1685 in Shirley Hundred, Va; born Abt. 1659 in ,Shirley Hundred, Henrico, Va; died Jan 1717/18 in ,,Henrico, Va.

More About Anne Isham:

Ancestral File Number: 964R-8N

Burial: 1718⁵³

 

520. Thomas Anderson, born 1616 in London, Eng; died 1650 in Gloucester, Va. He married 521. Frances Jones.

521. Frances Jones, born 1617 in Durham, Eng; died in Eng.

Children of Thomas Anderson and Frances Jones are:

260 i. Thomas Anderson, born 1637 in Gloucester, Va; died 1660 in Charles City, Charles, Va.

ii. Reynard Anderson, born 1640 in Charles City, Charles, Va; died 1690 in Charles City, Charles, Va.

 

 

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