A list of parishes in Virginia 1680 - Benjamin Doggett minister of Christ's Church, White Chapple in Lancaster County
First Census of the United States, 1790, Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia
Amelia County - 1782
Robertson, Bridgewater - 6 white, 0 black
Robertson, George - 4 w, 3 b
Robertson, James - 6 w, 2 b
Robertson, Henry (estate) - 8 w, 16 b
Robertson, Maryann - 4 w, 8 b
Robertson, John - 8 w, 5 b
Robertson, John - 4 w, 22 b
Robertson, George - 5 w, 4 b
Robertson, James - 6 w, 31 b
Cumberland County
Robertson, John - 4 w, 3 b
Robertson, David - 8 w, 0 b
Robertson, Jeffrey - 6 w, 8 b
Fairfax County - 1782
Robertson, John - 6 w, 0 b
Robertson, John - 7 w, 13 b
Robertson, George - 5 w, 2 b
Frederick County - 1782
Brill, Herman - 5 w
Wolfe, Lewis - 7 w
Wolfe, Jacob - 5 w
Brill, Henry - 8 w
Brooks, Thomas - 10 w
Shepherd, Mercer - 5 w
Shepherd, Thomas - 3 w
Hanover County - 1782
Robertson, Samuel - 10 w, 4 b
Brooks, Richeson - 6 w, 2 b
Mecklenburg County - 1782
Robertson, John - 4 w
Robertson, John Jr. - 9 w
Robertson, William - 8 w, 8 b
Robertson, James - 4 w
Robertson, Alexander - 6 w, 1 b
Pittsylvania County
Fitzgerald, Edmd. - 5 w, 1 b
Fitzgerald, John - 9 w
Amherst County - 1783
Robertson, Robert - 4 w, 1 b
Robertson, John - 12 w, 6 b
Chesterfield County - 1783
Robertson, James - 6 w, 10 b
Robertson, George - 11 w, 11 b
Robertson, George Sr. - 2 w, 5 b
Robertson, James - 7 w, 2 b
Robertson, George - 7 w
Robertson, Sarah - 3 w, 4 b
Robertson, Mills - 9 w, 1 b
Robertson, William - 10 w, 8 b
Robertson, Nicholas - 8 w, 8 b
Middlesex County
Brooks, Thomas - 5 w, 1 b
Brooks, John - 6 w
Shenandoah County - 1783
Saltsman, William - 5 w
Odell, Jonathan - 9 w
Odell, Elizabeth - 2 w
Odell, Ann - 2 w
Odell, James - 10 w
Odell, Leah - 5 w, 1 b
Overall, John - 8 w
Overall, William - 8 w
Typton, William - 8 w
Wolf, John - 8 w, 1 b
Stout, John - 7 w
Robertson, John - 5 w
Wolf, George - 3 w
Tipton, Jonathan - 10 w, 4 b
Tipton, Sam'l. - 2 w
Hampshire County (West Virginia now)
Woolf, John - 9 w, 1 dwelling
Shepherd, John - 9 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Shepherd, James - 2 w, 1 dwelling
Denton, Thomas - 8 w, 1 dwelling
Denton, Jane - 2 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Tevalt, John - 1 w
Tevalt, John Sr. - 10 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Albemarle County
Brooks, James - 10 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Amelia County
Robertson, Christopher - 5 w, 1 dwelling, 20 outbuildings
Robertson, Matthew - 10 w, 2 dwelling, 4 outbuildings
Robertson, James - 7 w, 1 dwelling, 3 outbuildings
Robertson, John - 8 w, 2 dwellings, 4 outbuildings
Robertson, Nathaniel - 5 w, 2 dwellings, 7 outbuildings
FitzGerald, Frances - 7 w, 3 dwellings, 2 outbuildings
Robertson, John - 4 w, 1 dwelling, 6 outbuildings
Robertson, George (Chesterfield) - 6 w, 1 dwelling, 3 outbuildings
FitzGerald, William - 8 w, 3 dwellings, 13 outbuildings
Robertson, Edward - 3 w, 1 dwelling
Robertson, Edword - 3 w, 1 dwelling
Robertson, James - 7 w, 1 dwelling, 7 outbuildings
Robertson, George - 1 w, 3 dwelling, 4 outbuildings
Amherst County
Robertson, Arthur - 11 w
Halifax County - 1785
Robertson, William - 6 w, 7 outbuildings
Robertson, George - 5 w, 1 dwelling, 5 outbuildings
Robertson, Christopher - 4 w, 1 dwelling, 7 outbuildings
Morehead, James - 1 w, 2 dwellings
Robinson, James H. 8 w
Brooks, James - 7 w, 1 dwelling
Foster, Ambrose - 11 w, 3 dwellings, 1 outbuilding
Brooks, *--oody - 2 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Harrison County - 1785
Breeding, Peter - 4 w, 1 dwelling
Woolf, Jacob - 3 w, 1 dwelling
Wilson, William - 4 w
Wilson, John - 4 w, 1 dwelling
Wilson, George - 2 w
Wilson, Benjamin - 9 w, 2 dwellings, 5 outbuildings
Stauts, Elijah - 5 w, 1 dwelling
Stout, Daniel - 4 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Stout, Jonathan - 6 w, 2 dwellings, 1 outbuildings
Stout, Caleb - 6 w
Stout, Thomas - 4 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Harbert, Samuel -6 w, 1 dwelling
Robinson, William - 9 w, 1 dwelling
Runyan, William - 8 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Runyan, John - 7 w, 1 dwelling
Runyan, Elijah - 4 w, 1 dwelling
Runyan, Henry - 6 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Lancaster County - 1785
Chilton, William Jr. - 6 w, 2 dwellings, 4 outbuildings
Doggett, Ann - 2 w
Doggett, William, Sr. - 9 w, 1 dwelling, 5 outbuildings
Doggett, William, Jr. - 5 w, 1 dwelling
Chilton, Henry - 3 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Doggett, Elmour - 1 w, 1 dwelling, 4 outbuildings
Doggett, Maryann - 4 w
Chilton, Stephen - 5 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Doggett, John - 5 w, 1 dwelling, 4 outbuildings
Orange County - 1785
Taliaferro, William - 2 w, 1 dwelling, 10 outbuildings
Robertson's, William (Place) - 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Shepherd, Andrew - 8 w, 1 dwelling, 12 outbuildings
Taliaferro, Francis - 5 w, 1 dwelling, 15 outbuildings
Taliaferro, Hay - 2 w, 1 dwelling, 11 outbuildings
Breeding, Abner - 9 w, 1 dwelling
Taylor, William - 2 w, 1 dwelling
Taylor, James (son of Charles) - 8 w, 1 dwelling
Taylor, Charles - 9 w
Taylor, James - 6 w, 1 dwelling
Foster, Anthony - 10 w, 1 dwelling
Pittsylvania County
Fitzgerald, Edmond - 6 w, 4 outbuildings
Foster, Robert - w, 2 outbuildings
Prince Edward County - 1785
Foster, Richard - 10 w, 1 dwelling, 4 outbuildings
Foster, Robert - 8 w, 2 dwellings, 3 outbuildings
Foster, William - 8 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Brooks, Joel - 8 w, 1 dwelling
Brooks, Thos. - 6 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Brooks, Isaac - 6 w, 1 dwelling
Shenandoah County - 1785
Robertson, William - 12 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuildings
Coomer, Philip - 3 w, 1 outbuilding
Coomer, Augustine - 3 w, 2 outbuildings
Coomer, Martin - 12 w, 2 dwellings, 1 outbuildings
Coomer, Adam - 3 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Coomer, Frederick - 10 w, 1 dwelling, 2 outbuilding
Grove, Christian - 12 w, 1 dwelling, 1 outbuilding
Howbert, Nicholas - 4 w, 2 outbuildings
Robertson, Thomas - 12 w, 1 dwelling
Jackson, Ronald, David Schaefermeyer & Gary Teeples, ed. Virginia 1810 Census Index, Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., nd.
Includes map of Virginia & West Virginia counties in 1810.
Males -10/10-16/16-26/26-45/45+
Females -10/10-16/16-26/26-45/45+
Number of free persons in that family except Indians not taxed
Number of slaves in the household
Breeden, Edwin - Wythe Co., 10100-00100-00
Breeden, Enoch - Spotsylvania Co., 20011-22110-00
Breeden, Jonathan - Hanover Co., 20010-11010-01
Breeding, Bryant - Wythe Co., 00000-40101-00
Breeding, Preston - Rockingham Co., 30010-10010-00
Brill, George - Shenandoah Co., 11201-32001-00
Brill, Henry - Bedford Co., 11010-21010-00
Brill, Henry - Hampshire Co., 32001-21010-00
Brill, Henry, Sr. - Frederick Co. - 10001-10011-00
Brill, Jacob - Rockingham Co. - 10110-10100-00
Brill, Michael - Frederick Co. - 00001-01110-00
Brill, Thomas - Rockingham Co. - 12010-21010-07
Cornwall, Payton - Culpeper Co. - 32010-20010-00
Cornwell, Anne - Fauquier Co. - 10001-00201-00
Cornwell, Fielding - Fauquier Co. - 00010-10100-00
Cornwell, Jacob - Fauquier Co. - 44001-21002-03
Tevalt, Peter - Frederick Co. - 22001-30010-00 probably our grandfather
Tevault, Andrew - Hampshire Co. - 00201-01011-00
Tewalt, Jacob - Monongalia Co. - 01010-20010-00
Tewalt, John Jr. - Frederick Co. - 10100-10101-00
Tewalt, John Sr. - Frederick Co. - 01101-01101-00
Jackson, Ronald. Virginia 1830 Census Index, Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., nd
List of Virginia counties with date of organization, parent and progeny counties.
King, George, ed. The Registers of North Farnham Parish 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish 1783-1800 Richmond County, Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1966
Picture of North Farnham Parish Church built 1737
Map of Essex & Richmond Counties showing locations of churches
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia was founded about 1693.
The original parish registers of North Farnham and Lunenburg are not known to be in existence. Instead we have two alphabetical arrangements which are of Eighteenth Century origin and these have been referred to at times as the "original registers," but they obviously are not. A few late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century entries have been made in the North Farnham Parish Register (1663-1814).
The surviving North Farnham Parish Register volume is approximately two hundred years old and some of the pages have disintegrated in places, one of the leather bound covers is missing and many pages separated from the binding spine. Unfortunately, several persons at varying times have numbered the pages haphazardly with ink, lead pencil and blue crayon and these paginations are not always identical. Recently the volume was restored by the lamination process at the Virginia State Library and as som eof the pages were obviously out of place, a few pages were again shuffled before the volume was rebound - all of which has forced me to despair of citing the page number for the entries here as my data cards were made before the volume was rebound.
When the North Farnham Parish Register (1663-1814) opens, there was no such parish; it was simply Farnham Parish and covered both sides of the Rappahannock River in Old Rappahannock County. In 1684 Farnham Parish was subdivided into North Farnham Parish and South Farnham Parish and the Rappahannock River served as a natural boundary. In 1692 when Old Rappahannock County became defunct and became the parent of two new counties, South Farnham Parish fell into Essex County and North Farnham Parish fell into Richmond County. For further detail in regard to the formation and history of the parishes in these two counties, I refer those interested to the scholarly article by the late George Carrington Mason (1885-1955), Historiographer of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, entitled "The Colonial Churches of Essex and Richmond Counties," in The Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Volume 53, pages 3-20.
Bruce, William, son of Henry & Mary Bruce, 31 Oct. 1689. Depositions of said Henry Bruce, aged 48 and his wife Mary Bruce, aged 47, taken 7 May 1712 and recorded in Richmond County Miscellaneous Record Book 1699-1724, page 69.
Bruse, Mary daughter of Henry & Mary Bruse b. 3 April 1692
Bruce, Betty daughter of Hencefield & Sarah Bruce b. 29 Dec. 1727
Bruce, William son of Hencefield & Sarah Bruce, 20 December 1727
Bruce, Sarah daughter of Hencefield & Sarah Bruce b. 10 May 1730
Bruce, Mary daughter of Hencefield & Sarah Bruce b. 2 July 1732
Bruce, Joseph md. Katherine Taylor 30 April 1728
Bruce, John died 4 December 1731
Bruce, Betty, daughter of Thomas & Sarah Bruce b. 10 May 1754
Bruce, Lucey Marks daughter of Benjamin & Hannah Bruce b. 25 Jan. 1790
Bruce, Leroy son of Benjamin & Hannah Bruce b. 23 Jan. 1792
Bruce, Nancey daughter of Benjamin & Hannah Bruce b. 1 Oct. 1795
Bruce, William son of Benjamin & Hannah Bruce b. 16 March 1798
Doged / Doggett, Margaret md. George Dodson 30 April 1726
Doggett, Isaac md. Elizabeth Churchwell 11 December 1729
Doggitt, Ann daughter of John & Mary Doggitt b. 4 Oct. 1725
Doged, John son of Isaac Doged b. 4 December 1730
Doged, Samuel son of Isaac & Elizabeth Doged b. 9 June 1733
Doged, Thomas son of Richard & Ann Doged b. 2 Sept. 1731
Draper, Richard md. Elizabeth Man, 12 Sept. 1680
Draper, Elizabeth daughter of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 7 Oct. 1711
Draper, Judith daughter of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 5 Dec. 1713
Draper, William son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 1 Nov. 1715
Draper, Mary daughter of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 25 March 1718
Draper, Joseph son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 23 March 1719
Draper, Joshua son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 25 March 1721
Draper, James son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 15 Feb. 1723/4
Draper, Kathrine daughter of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 21 Sept. 1728
Draper, Elizabeth md. Robert Gibson Jan. 26, 1730/1
Draper, Soloman son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 20 May 1731
Draper, Thomas son of Thomas & Sarah Draper b. 2 Sept. 1733
Draper, Thomas died 10 May 1735
Draper, Mary Ann md. Parmenus Palmer 30 March 1741
Draper, Judy daughter of William & Catherine Draper 20 Feb. 1742
Draper, John son of William & Katherine Draper b. 14 March 1745
Draper, Winny, daughter of William & Kathrine Draper b. 14 Feb. 1746/7
Draper, Katharine d. 9 June 1763
Draper, William d. 16 Oct. 1765
Draper, Virtue daughter of James & Sarah Draper b. 18 Oct. 1746
Draper, Caty daughter of John & Leanna Draper b. 7 April 1767
Draper, John son of John & Leanor Draper b. 21 July 1775
Draper, Polly daughter of Leanor Draper b. 11 Sept. 1783
Fitchgarrell, Edward d. 19 Jan. 1722/3
Fitchgarrell, Mary d. 10 March 1725
Fitchgarrell, Alice d. 10 Nov. 1732
Morgan, Charles son of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. 28 Sept. 1680
Morgan, Bridgett daughter of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. 14 Sept. 1682
Morgan, Anny daughter of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan 14 March 1684
Morgan, Anthony son of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. 20 Nov. 1686
Morgan, Barbara daughter of John & Barbara Morgan b. 23 July 1686
Morgan, John son of John & Barbara Morgan b. 27 Dec. 1687
Morgan, Elizabeth daughter of William & Anne Morgan b. 20 March 1691
Morgan, William son of William & Anne Morgan b. 2 May 1715
Morgan, Thomas, son of William & Anne Morgan b. 1 June 1716
Morgan, Anne daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 20 Sept. 1718
Morgan, Lambert son of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 11 May 1720
Morgan, Joshua son of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 10 Nov. 1720 (sic)
Morgan, Betty, daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 21 May 1722
Morgan, Leannah daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 14 Aug. 1722
Morgan, Joyce daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 24 Jan. 1724
Morgan, Judith daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 5 Oct. 1724
Morgan, Elizabeth, daughter of William & Elizabeth Morgan b. 24 Feb. 1727
Morgan, Lorane d. 4 Dec. 1726
Morgan, William d. 12 Dec. 1726
Morgan, William d. 28 April 1727
Morgan, Peter son of David & Winifred Morgan b. 26 March 1728
Morgan, David son of David & Winifred Morgan b. 25 Aug. 1736
Morgan, Elizabeth md. Joseph Hall 21 April 1729
Morgan, John md. Elizabeth Hammock 21 Aug. 1729
Morgan, William son of John & Elizabeth Morgan b. 10 Dec. 1730.
Morgan, John son of John & Elizabeth Morgan b. 13 November 1732
Morgan, Nanny, daughter of John & Elizabeth Morgan b. 11 Sept. 1735
Morgan, Elizabeth md. William Askins 23 Dec. 1729
Morgan, Andrew md. Sarah Dawson 13 Nov. 1730
Morgan, David son of Andrew & Sarah Morgan b. 3 Feb. 1730
Morgan, Andrew, son of Andrew & Sarah Morgan b. 16 March 1732
Morgan, Andrew d. 29 June 1734
Morgan, Daniel son of Andrew & Sarah Morgan b. 25 June 1735
Morgan, Margaret daughter of Andrew & Sarah Morgan b. 5 Feb. 1737
Morgan, Benjamin son of Andrew & Sarah Morgan b. 11 Feb. 1753
Morgan, Elizabeth Samford daughter of Lamberth & Mary Morgan b. 15 June 1744
Morgan, Winny daughter of Lambert & Mary Morgan b. 11 April 1750
Morgan, Ann daughter of Lambert & Mary Morgan b. 17 Nov. 1753
Morgan, Samuel son of Lambert & Mary Morgan b. 22 March 1755
Morgan, Elizabeth daughter of Lambert & Mary Morgan b. 19 Feb. 1758
Morgan, Winifred a bastard child of Abigail Morgan b. 14 March 1750
Morgan, Polly daughter of Andrew & Winifred Morgan b. 12 July 1791
Robertson, William son of Anne Robert b. 18 Jan. 1725 - Major William Woodbridge (1668-1726) of Richmond County handsomely provided for this bastard child and his mother by his last will and testament - Richmond County Will Book 5, p. 27; King George County Deed Book 1, p. 279
Robertson, Mary daughter of Margarett Robertson b. 24 May 1731
Robinson, Anne daughter of William & Anne Robinson b. 25 Aug. 1679
Robinson, Elizabeth daughter of William & Anne Robinson b. 4 Dec. 1681
Robinson, Barbara daughter of William & Anne Robinson b. 4 Dec. 1683
Robinson, Frances daughter of William & Anne Robinson b. 10 Nov. 1684
Robinson, Hannah daughter of Elias & Hannah Robinson --- Dec. 1688
Robinson, Elizabeth daughter of Elias & Hannah Robinson b. 13 Sep. 1691
Robinson, James md. Margaret Connelly 29 July 1739
Robinson, Mary daughter of James & Margaret Robinson (Roberson) b. 5 Sep. 1739
Robinson, William Martin son of James & Judith Robinson b. 18 Dec. 1772
Robinson, Thomas Poe son of James & Judith Robinson b. 2 March 1774
Robinson, James son of James & Judith Robinson b. 14 August 1776
Roberson, Ann md. William Hastie 17 Sept. 1730
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti, ed. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia, no imprint, nd
Orange County 1810 map
TLC Genealogy. Richmond County, Virginia Deeds, 1734-1741, Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, 1991.
p. 667, Jan. 23, 1740 Anthony Morgan of NF in Richmond to Capt. Willoughby Newton of the Parish of Cople in the County of Westmoreland, for £50 and 1600 pounds of tobacco, one water grist mill and mill dam and 40 acres of land adjoining the mill, on the side where Wm. Wyate lived, together with 1 acre of land on the other side of the mill next to the said Morgan's dwelling house, to be laid off convenient & adjoining to said mill. Signed - Anthony Morgan. Wit: Alexander Burnham, Solomon Redman, Danie (This mark) Wyate (Wyatte), Thos. Moore. Recorded May 4, 1741. Anthony Morgan gave bond of £250 sterling money of Great Britain to Willoughby Newton to insure the fulfillment of this deed.
TLC Genealogy. Richmond County, Virginia, Deeds & Bonds, 1721-1734, Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, 1991
Detailed abstracts of 524 documents recorded in Richmond County Deed Book 8, the majority dated between 1721 and 1734. Dates are from the Julian calendar, old style where March 1 was the first day of the year.
Includes map of Richmond County, Virginia
p. 398 Bond per guardianship. We, Hugh Lambert and Daniell Hornby of Richmond, bind ourselves to the Richmond Justices of Peace in the sum of £100 sterling this March 1, 1726, to insure that Hugh Lambert pays William Morgin Jr. his estate as soon as he shall attain to lawful age or when required by the Court. Signed - Hugh (H his mark) Lambert, Danll Hornby. Wit: none, Recorded March 6, 1726.
p. 410. Bond. We, Elizabeth Morgan and Hugh Lambert of Richmond bind ourselves to the Richmond Justices of Peace in the sum of £100 sterling this May 3, 1727, to insure that Elizabeth Morgan, Admx., makes an inventory of the goods, chattels and credits of William Morgan Jr. dec'd. Signed - Elizabeth (A her mark) Morgan, Hugh (H his mark) Lambert. Wit. - none. Recorded Aug. 2, 1727.
p. 416 Lease and Release. Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1727 from Richard Doggitt and Ann, his wife, of North Farnham Parish and Richmond, (Ann being the only daughter of Thomas Ascough of Richmond), to Marmaduke Beckwith of North Farnham Parish and Richmond, for and in consideration of said Beckwith conveying to them by lease and release, one certain tract of land which he bought of John Talbot (excepting 2 acres which said Beckwith is to have adjoining his Mill Dam, and also excepting a little house where the millers now live) containing about 70 acres lying in Westmoreland County and Richmond and joining said Beckwith's Mill pond, Doggitt has granted Beckwith all that tract of land of about 100 acres in North Farnham Parish and Richmond, and bounded by Luke Thornton's plantation, said Thornton's foot path to the County Road, Megline Barrett, the bounds of the patent which this land lies in (which was granted to Colo. John Walker for 900 acres of land dated Sept. 7, 1667). Also, one other tract of land which lies in the patent, containing about 50 acres bounded by a Sandy Valley in the County Road, the Main Swamp. The first mentioned 100 acres was by Bryan Hodgson and Mary, his wife, sold to Christopher Ascough, grandfather to the said Ann Doggitt, by deed acknowledged in Rappahannock County on May 14, 1687. The other 50 acres was by the said Hodgson and his wife, sold to John Eles and Lewis Fardo by deed acknowledged in Rappahannock County on May 14, 1687. The said Ann Doggitt exempts a burying place out of the 100 acres of land mentioned in this deed. Signed - Richard (R his mark) Doggitt, Ann (\/ her mark) Doggitt. Wit - Charles Spoe Jr. Recorded Nov. 1, 1727.
Doggitt gave bond of £150 sterling to Beckwith to warrant the fulfillment of this deed.
page 420. Lease and Release. Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1727 from Marmaduke Beckwith of North Farnham Parish in Richmond to Richard Doggitt and Ann, his wife, of North Farnham Parish and Richmond, for and in consideration of said Richard Doggitt and Ann, his wife, deeding to him about 100 acres where Leonard Dozier now lives and one other tract of about 50 acres formerly belonging to John Eles and Lewis Fardo and adjoining the 100 acres, both tracts lying in North Farnham Parish, Beckwith has granted to the Doggitts all the tract of land of about 70 acres in Westmoreland and Richmond Counties, and joining said Beckwith's Mill pond, of which 50 acres is part of a patent granted to William Loyd, and by the said Loyd sold to Richard Wood, and by the said Wood sold to Robert Whiterow by deed dated Aug. 1, 1688, and acknowledged in Rappahannock COunty, and by the said Whiterow sold to John Talbott and acknowledged in Westmoreland County on Sept. 24, 1712. The land is bounded by the outside line of the 200 acres of land bought by the said Richard Wood of the Said William Loyd and joining upon the line of Colo. William Peirce and the said William Loyd, and the outside line of the said Richard Wood. The remaining 20 acres the said Robert Whiterow bought of John Champe by deed dated July 8, 1698 and acknowledged in Westmoreland County, and is bounded by said Champe, the main branch next to the aforesaid 50 acres into Pantico [River], and joining the 50 acres. Signed - Marmaduke Beckwith. Wit - Thos. Gearing. Recorded Nov. 1, 1727.
Beckwith gave bond of £150 sterling to the Doggitts to warrant the fulfillment of this deed.
page 457. Jan. 8, 1727 from James Thomas of Cople Parish in Westmoreland County, to Anthony Morgan of North Farnham Parish in Richmond, for £40 sterling and for divers other good causes, all that parcel of land except 2 square perches of land, it being the burying place. The land is in Richmond containing about 100 acres, being part of 729 acres formerly granted to said James Thomas by a deed from the proprietors Office dated Sep. 17, 1707, it being the plantation where John Thomas lately lived, and now being in the occupation of the said Morgan, and bounded by the main run of the Marshey Swamp in the line of the land formerly Cott. Hull, now the Honorable Robert Carter's Esq. near the place called Sandy Marsh, a small island in the swamp commonly called Hogg Island, Clarks spring swamp. Signed - James Thomas. Wit - John (I his mark) Weire, Sarahann (+ her mark) Simons, James Thomas Jr., Mary Collier. Recorded July 3, 1728. Sarah Thomas, the wife of the said James Thomas, appeared in court and relinquished her right of dower.
page 509. Lease and Release. Nov. 4-5, 1729 from Richard Doggitt and Ann, his wife, of the Parish of Cople and County of Westmoreland, to John Champe Jr. of the County of King George, for 3500 pounds of good, sound, merchantable tobacco, all that tract of land of about 70 acres in Westmoreland and Richmond Counties, and adjoining Mr. Marmaduke Beckwith's Mill pond. Fifty of the 70 acres is part of a patent which was granted to William Loyd, and by said Loyd sold to Richard Wood, and by said Wood sold to Robert Whiterow by Rappahannock County deed dated Aug. 1, 1688, and by said Whiterow sold to John Talbott and acknowledged in Westmoreland County Court on Sep. 24, 1712. The 50 acres is bounded by the outside line of 200 acres bought by the said Richard Wood of the said William Loyd and adjoining the line of Colo. William Peirce and the said William Loyd, and the outside line of the said Richard Wood. The remaining 20 acres, bought by the said Robert Whiterow of John Champe by Westmoreland County deed dated July 8, 1698, is bounded by a white oak near the outside line of said Champe, the aforesaid 50 acres, Pantico [River]. Signed - Richard (R his mark) Doggitt, Ann (\P her mark) Doggitt. Wit. - William Jening, Edmund Hazell, Elias (I his mark) Fennell. Recorded Nov. 5, 1729.
Doggitt gave bond of £50 sterling to Champe to warrant the fulfillment of this deed.
TLC Genealogy. Richmond County Virginia Court Orders 1721-1752: An Every Name Index, Miami Beach, FL: TLC Genealogy, nd
Index to every name mentioned in Richmond County Order Books 9, 10, 11, 12. It includes people from surrounding counties including burned record counties of Caroline, Charles City, Gloucester, Hanover, James City, King & Queen, King William and Stafford.
Doged - Isaac 10:173
Doggett - Ann 9:138; Isaac 11:371; Richard 9:131, 138, 140
Doggitt - Ann 9:125, 383; Isaac 10:92; Richard 9:125, 383
Dove - Thomas 10:453, 465, 532, 554 & 579; Thomas (mariner) 10:507; Thomas (of London, mariner) 10:458
Morgan - no name 11:219, 272, 506
Andrew 9:21, 42, 222, 242, 259, 275, 280, 294, 300-301, 312, 331, 359-360, 369, 382, 385, 414, 429, 447-448, 10:208, 11:315, 358, 12:217
Ann 9:372, 381, 392, 414, 442, 444, 518, 532;
Anthony 9:17, 48, 117, 131, 159, 206, 220, 243, 253, 388, 411, 417, 442, 444, 451, 458-459, 471, 479, 493, 495, 511, 518, 524, 532, 535, 540, 551, 554, 560, 562, 568-569, 576, 586, 616, 627, 629, 637, 10:13, 48, 70, 210, 240, 264, 309, 319, 344, 366, 372, 384, 408, 411, 419, 437, 439, 540, 545, 557-558, 560, 582, 588, 621, 659, 672, 674, 679, 698, 11:29, 51, 72, 75, 106-107, 113, 171, 189, 218, 249, 440, 12:75, 166, 217, 225, 253, 322, 329
Anthony (mulatto) 10:394
Anthony Jr. 10:698, 11:77, 393
David 9:484, 10:58, 105, 208, 301, 428, 545, 557, 613, 674, 679
Elizabeth 9:14, 322, 362-363, 372-373, 381, 383, 390, 392, 411, 414-415, 427, 435, 447, 449, 456, 11:232, 279, 335
George 9:193, 210, 224-225, 288
Henry 9:464, 10:125, 132, 163, 175, 205, 327, 488, 503, 528, 553, 586, 609
John 9:373, 381, 392, 415, 10:43, 163, 207-208, 236, 259, 287, 321, 343, 374, 428, 547, 599, 625, 665, 685, 11:253, 267, 288, 298, 303, 311, 329, 331, 333, 335, 359, 366, 374, 404
Joshua 10:547, 625, 665, 685, 11:367
Lambert 9:620, 10:625, 11:219, 272, 448, 490, 12:197, 353-354
Lamberth 12:124-125
Mary 11:448, 12:253
Mary (Westmoreland Co., 14 miles) 9:626
Mintee 11:433, 12:11, 20, 46
Mintee (Northumberland Co., 30 miles) 11:433
Robert 9:347, 390, 418, 431, 448, 494
Thomas 9:348, 363, 383, 411, 427, 447, 456, 10:625
William 9:3, 14, 123, 151, 177, 234, 253, 322, 335, 362-363, 371, 373, 381, 383, 392, 395, 411, 414-415, 427, 446-447, 456, 458-459, 479, 495, 510, 10:512, 535, 625, 11:451, 12:209, 217-218, 225, 271
William Jr. 9:99, 142, 185, 197, 372, 375, 620
Morgin - Andrew - 11:359; David 9:339; John 11:359-360
Warner, Thomas. History of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692, Tappahannock, VA: Pauline Warner, 1965.
Map of Old Rappahannock region.
Charles River County was the most northern of the original Virginia counties. In 1642 its name was changed to York County. As settlements sprang up north of the York River, the political domain of the county was extended. By 1642 land was being patented within the territory that later became Rappahannock County. In 1649 quit rents were being laid there. The territory lying between York and Rappahannock rivers was called, in 1642, Chesapeakus or Chespekus Parish. This large and sparsely settled country was too far from York County courts to have much part in the political life of the county.
The territory lying near Chesapeake Bay and between the Rappahannock and the Potomac rivers, perhaps ten miles up, was loosely designated Chicacoon. This also seems to have had no definite bounds, nor political organization, though after the formation of Northumberland County lands lying in the lower end of the Northern Neck were sometimes referred to as being in Chicakoon or Chicacoon. The name was derived from early Indians of that section.
The Northern Neck peninsula along the Potomac and opposite St. Mary's appears, as fomerly stated, to have been settled by emigrants who left the Catholic colony of Maryland, established a more or less independent organization, but became part of Northumberland County when it was formed.
By 1652 Lancaster County was organized and included lands on both sides of the Rappahannock River. This new county was found to be too long, In December 1656, there was presented to the General Assembly by Captain Moore Fantleroy a petition of some of the inhabitants of Lancaster County showing their vast distance from the county courts and setting forth their desire that the county be divided. This the Assembly ordered; and the bounds of the existing parishes were fixed as the bounds of the new counties; viz, -- the upper part of Mr. Bennet's land known by the name of Naemcock on the south side and the easternmost branch of Moratticoook Creek on the north side of the river by the lowermost bounds of the upper county, the lower county to retain the name of Lancaster and the upper county to be called Rappahannock County, and not withstanding this division both counties to be liable to the burgess charge of the present assembly. (Hening I, p. 427). This is the first mention of Rappahannock County.
This the seventeenth county, formed in 1656, soon became one of the foremost counties of the colony. It endured as Rappahannock County for thirty-six years, during which time the Indians were subdued, a few paths widened, and travel made more practicable by land than by water. These developments, and the fact that during storms the river proved too treacherous to cross to the regular county courts ultimately led to the division of the count in 1692.
The County of old Rappahannock embraced the Rappahannock River valley upward from Moraticco Creek until 1664 when Stafford was carved from the upper part of Rappahannock and a part of Westmoreland which paralleled it on the Potomac side. The bounds of Stafford and Westmoreland for that period are not definitely known, though patents in Rappahannock County continued to be recorded as high up as the falls. We do know that in 1652 old Lancaster, before Rappahannock was carved from it, extended to the head of the river on both sides, and back to the ridges between the rivers on both sides. (Lancaster Co. Book 1, pp. 63-65), and that the Rappahannock River side of the present King George and Westmoreland counties was a part of the old county of Rappahannock, since that portion of King George was carved out of Richmond County in 1721, and that of Westmoreland in 1722. Just where the lower bounds of Stafford were it is hard to say.
The people did not directly choose any of the county officials. The only public officers elected by them were their representatives in the House of Burgesses at Jamestown. The county court was composed of prominent citizens who were chosen and appointed by the governor to serve indefinitely, usually for life. New appointees were made on recommendation of active members of the court. (Hening 1, p. 276).
Through most of the history of Rappahannock County, there were two courthouses in the county, one on each side of the river. These were established to help reduce the distance men had to travel to court. Even with this arrangement, court, on its second day, would meet by eight in the morning or even as on a February day in 1688, by seven A.M., in order that it might close early and "people be able to reach their distant homes by night fall."
If jurors failed to appear in court they were fined - sometimes as much as three hundred pounds of tobacco. The court was, however, very considerate, for in Orders 2, page 183, it revokes a fine imposed on a man when it heard that he was sick and could not appear.
The only real executive officer of importance in the county was the high sheriff. The senior member of the commission was automatically, in his order raised to this position to serve for one year.
The county had its land surveyor who in the beginning was commissioned by the Royal Governor, but later the county surveyor came under the control of the Surveyor General of the colony, who also held the position of dean of the College of William & Mary. The first clerk of Rappahannock Coutny was also the surveyor, but this was not usual. The county surveyors were men who were "learned in the art of measuring land." They were among the more scholarly citizens, and occasionally rendered their countrymen valuable services with little profit to themselves.
For each parish in the county two justices of the county were commissioned coroners by the governor. These coroners usually held office for life. As for the compensation of this office, Beverly tells us that a coroner was allowed one hundred and thirty-three pounds of tobacco for an inquest on a corpse.
There were in the county at all times three or more commissioned militia officers. These were usually justices of the county court, and their presence did not excite the people.
In each county there were one or more parishes. The parishes were further divided into precincts. In each precinct the court appointed a constable and a surveyor of roads. The constable's duties were limited to his precinct and the single justice court. The surveyor of roads was not a land surveyor, but was one who surveyed or viewed the condition of the roads in his precinct and supervised the repairing and maintaining of them.
There existed also a parish court, but little appears in our records concerning it. This court looked after the daily routine of discipline for the church, such as most cases of fornication, profanity, cursing and the like. It was also charged with the welfare of orphans, widows and the poor.
With its two courthouses and one court sitting alternately on each side of the river, the custom was to continue a case on the same side of the river on which it was opened. This so seriously deferred the execution of justice that in 1686 cases were ordered to be tried at the next succeeding court. This program, maintained for two years, in turn worked such a hardship on those who had to cross the river, that on August 1, 1688, the clerk of Rappahannock County wrote in behalf of the local court representing that, as by custom, cases commenced had been tried on the same side of the river, he pleaded that the practice might be revived. (Orders 2, p. 103 and 107). On October 18, 1688, the General Council restored the "practice in Rappahannock County, after two years trial otherwise, that cases opened on one side of the river be tried on the same side as hath been their custom in former years. (Executive Papers of the Colony of Virginia, Vol. I, pp. 98-99). This delay of law enforcement was not regarded with favor by the legislators, and on April 16, 1691, it is again ruled that cases be taken across the river.
This dual problem of hardship in travel and delay in justice was the immediate reason for the division of the county, when the General Assembly met James City, April 16, 1691, and passed the act dividing it (Hening 3, p. 104).
"Whereas sundry inconveniences attend the inhabitants of Rappahannock County and all others who have occasion to prosecute law suits there, by reason of the difficulty in passing the river; Be it therefore enacted by their Majesties' Lieutenant Governor, Council & Burgess of the present General Assembly and the authority thereof and is therefore enacted that the county of Rappahannock be divided in two distinct counties so that the Rappahannock River divide the same, and that part which is on the north side thereof be called and known by the name of Richmond County and that part which is on the south side thereof be called and known by that name of Essex County, and for the administration of justice that the records belonging to the County of Rappahannock be kept in Essex County."
About 1655, Cromwell sent over a large number of Irish prisoners whom he caused to be sold as slaves. These were among a very few white men ever held as slaves in Virginia, and they were ordered set free after serving, usually, six years. Charles II, in like manner, sent to Virginia many political prisoners who were sold into servitude. Soon their term of service expired; they became free; and in nearly all cases acquired land, thus becoming free-holders and voters. They were, for the most part, of sturdy, middle class English stock of the type that was willing to fight and to die for an abstract principle, for religious freedom, and for the rights of the Saxon English. Their descendants married the descendants of the Cavaliers and produced a type which combined the dash and gallantry of the latter with the unswerving devotion to right of the former; and men who, clinging to their rights and freedom as Englishmen, fought the American Revolution and established a free country, the ideals of whose institutions they have since defended and preserved with their lives.
In old Rappahannock were the Zacharys and the Taylors, ancestors of a fourth president, descended from the early settlers of this county. Through Zachary Taylor as president the addition of Texas to the United States was possible.
Recorded in Lancaster County Records, Deed Book I
1653 - Wm. Tignor brought over James Markmun, Thos. Smith, Elizabeth Harwood, Wm. Cockman, Hugh Jones, and Mary Rawles, p. 43.
1654 - Wm. Clapham, Jr., brought over Jno. Cooke, Fran. Sewell, Marga. Malle, Eliza Carnish, Jno. Carnish, Sara Carnish and Xpher Harford, p. 143.
1654 - A certificate of land is granted Geo. Taylor for bringing over Geo. Adams, Eliza Shaw, Columbus Cloyd, and August Cloyd, p. 162.
1655 - John Eyers brought over John Taylor, Joan Eyers, Elnor Gill and Henry Peeters, p. 208.
1655 - J. Bagnall brought over David Rooe, Alice Longworth, Baro. Harris, Wm. Ratcliff, Jonnathan Williams, Rise Powell, Ed. Foster, Chas. Peksbury, Thos. Halle, Mart. Cooke and Mary Gladen, p. 203.
1656 - Andrew Gillson brought over Sarah Smart, Eliza Winslow, Anne Thornton, Anne Miles, Katherine Golding, Anthony Edwards, Wm. Bruce, John ----, Thos. Pool, Edw. Paggett, Charles Blurteend and john Sherrine, p. 290.
1656 - Cuthbert Potter brought over Richard Holt, Robert Newby, Richard Robinson, Anth. Barley, Wm. King, Tho. Knowles, Jo. Allen, Constant Minchaw, and Giles Robinson, p. 286.
The names of several blacksmiths and wheelwrights have survived. Among them William Morgan, 1688.
Farnham Parish, at the lower end of Old Rappahannock County, embraced all that part of the county lying on both sides of the Rappahannock River and extending easterly from what is now known as Mount Landing Creek on the south side and from Rappahannock (Cat Point) Creek on the north side to the present county lines of Middlesex and Lancaster. Separated by a river over a mile wide, it must have had two places of worship. The courthouse at Bushwood may have served for a few years as it was well located. There is no reference to any very early church on the north side of the river, only the fact that Charles Grimes patented a place near the head of Morattico Creek. It may be that Grimes settled and spent his last years there after the arrival of William Johnson, clerk, into the upper section of the parish.
The first reference to the existence of Farnham Parish is in Patent Book 5, page 216, where we find that John Walker and William Moss patented 238 acres of land described as lying in Farnham Parish and on the north side of Occupacia Creek. This shows that in 1662 the parish bounds were not yet finally established. The patent was dated February 20, 1662. The second reference to it is found in Deed Book 2, page 312, October 7, 1663. And though these are the only references to Farnham Parish that pre-date the swearing-in of the vestry in 1665, they would indicate that the parish was completely organized as a complete unit. The fact that the parish was named for the plantation, Farnham, the place of Col. Moore Fantleroy, burgess of Rappahannock County, would strongly suggest that it was formed while Colo. Moore Fantleroy was the leading citizen of the county, during the time of the Commonwealth in England, rather than after his disfranchisement by the Burgesses when Berkeley returned to power in 1660.
The names of the Gent. of the vestry of Farnham of Rappa. County as they were sworn the third day of November 1665. Viz.
Mr. Francis Doughty, minister
Lt. Colo. Thomas Goodrich
Thomas Button
James Sampford
Robert Bayley
Thomas North
Thomas Robinson
John Grigory
John Williams
Recorded this 4 die 9 bris 1665 Pr. Robert Davis, Cl. Cur.
An early record of the existence of a church on the south side of the river and in Farnham Parish is a reference in 1673 to a road known as "Church Road" running along the north side of Piscataway pocoson. (Deed Book 5, p. 255).
Little is known of the early northside church, but there are two records that clearly indicate that there actually was a church. One is a deed given by John Partridge when he sold land to Joseph Davis in 1690, stating that the land was near farnham Church and at the head of Richard's Creek. T he other is the purchase in 1688 by Richards of land defined as two miles from Totuskey Creek, adjoining the land of John Partridge and facing on Farnham Church Road. (January 5, 1688, Deed Book 8, p. 94). The fact that the old name is employed in both cases, even though the parish had already been divided into north and south, implies that the building of the church pre-dated the division of the parish. The old church was southeasterly from the present town of Emmerton. The east branch of Richard's Creek was called Church Spring branch.
About 1684 North Farnham Parish was carved out of Farnham Parish. This date is cited because on November 22, of that year, the county court ordered a free election of the vestry for the parish of North Farnham to be held at the church of the parish on November 22, "---- In the election of the said vestry the one half to be chosen of persons living in the upper parts of the said parish above Totuskey and the other half to be chosen from the lower parts of the parish." (Order Book 1, p. 76). The next mention of the parish is in 1686, when the court ordered the vestry of North Farnham Parish to lay the levy for the year (Order Book 1, p. 190). It embraced all that part of old Farnham parish on the north side of the Rappahannock River and lying between the east branch of Morattico Creek and Rappahannock Creek. Some years after creating of North Farnham Parish Totuskey Creek became the upper boundary of that parish, and the lower church was then built at what is now Farnham, Virginia.
Farnham & North Farnham Parish Register - preserved by the Circuit Court of Richmond County at Warsaw, Virginia. The records prior to 1692 were made in Old Rappahannock County.
Families:
Adams, Algar, Allen, Alloway, Answorth, Appleby, Arnolds, Aspall
Bailey/Bayley, Bamham, Barber, Barrick, Battin, Baylis, Beal, Bedwell, Bendoll, Benjamin, Bennett, Berneham, Billington, Bodkin, Bonner, Bowls/Bowles, Brad, Bradley, Brasser, Bridger, Brockenborough, Brooks, Bruse, Bryant, Burk/Burt
Canaday, Canes, Clark, Cole, Colevick, Collee, Colston, Colvert, Cooper, Creswell, Crutcher
Dalton, Davis, Dodson, Dowman, Downing, Draper, Dukeshell, Durham, Dye
Elliott, Ellis, Ellit, Elmore, Evans, Everet
Fann, Fleming, Foushee, Fowler, Freshwater, Fristow, Fryer, Fuller
Gayton, Gladman, Glascock, Glen, Goare, Gower, Green, Greenwood, Griffin, Grimes, Grimston, Gwin
Hammock, Hammond, Hanks, Harding, Hargrove, Harman, Harrison, Hart, Hartley, Hawford, Hazell, Hinds, Hodson, Holland, Homes, Howard, Howell, Hudnell, Hugell
Ingoe
Jackman, Jacob, Jacobus, Jasper, Jeffrys, Johnson, Jones
Ken, Killingsby, King
Lewis, Lucas, Lunn
Major Man, Marke, Marsh, Massings, Mathews, McCarty, Mercy, Mills, Morgan, Morris
Nethercutt, Oneal
Partridge, Paxen, Peachey, Phillips, Polling, Polly, Pool, Powell, Pritchard, Pursell
Quintilion
Read, Reeves, Richards, Richardson, Robinson, Rolls, Russell
Samford, Sampson, Sanford, Settle, Shaw, Sherman, Sisson, Smith, Smoot, Southern, Steel, Stevens, Stewart, Suggett, Swan, Swindall
Tarpley, Taverner, Tayloe, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Thrift, Tillery, Tomlin, Traverse, Trock, Tune, Turner
Underwood, Ungwin
Wade, Walker, Warring, Wasscole, Webb, Webster, Wells, Wharton, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Woolard
Yeats/Yeates
John son of Rotherwick & Mary Jones born May 16, 1689
Anne daughter of Rotherwick & Mary Jones b. June 16, 1685
Edward Jones md. Alicia Lunn, Aug. 27, 1679
Mercy, daughter of Edward & Alicia Jones b. May 13, 1682
Samford son of Edward & Alicia Jones b. April 13, 1684
John son of Edward & Alicia Jones b. Aug. 20, 1680
Austin son of Edward & Priscilla Jones b. May 10, 1682
Hannah daughter of Edward & Priscilla Jones b. March 20, 1686
Roger son of Wm. & Alicia Lun b. Feb. 28, 1676
Mary daughter of William & Alicia Lun b. Sept. 12, 1673
Elizabeth daughter of Wm. & Anne Morgan b. March 20, 1691
Bridget daughter of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. Sept. 14, 1682
Charles son of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. Sept 28, 1680 - grandpa
Amy / Anny daughter of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. March 14, 1684
Anthony son of Anthony & Elizabeth Morgan b. Nov. 20, 1686
Barbara daughter of John & Barbara Morgan b. July 23, 1686
John son of John & Barbara Morgan b. Dec. 27, 1687
John son of Wm. & Ann Tayloe b. Feb. 15, 1687
Elizabeth daughter of William & Anne Tayloe b. July 26, 1686
Sarah daughter of Simon & Elizabeth Taylor b. Sept. 28, 1692
No comments:
Post a Comment