Ahnentafel #482 - (--?--) Bruce

(--?--) Bruce

Born: Unknown
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Unknown

Records / Possibilities:

1656 - Lancaster Co., VA - Andrew Gillson brought over Sarah Smart, Eliza Winslow, Anne Thornton, Katherine Golding, Anthony Edwards, William Bruce, John (--?--), Thomas Pool, Edward Paggett, Charles Blurteend, John Sherrine - too early to be definitive connection

1692 - April 3 - Mary Bruse, daughter of Henry & Mary Bruse, born. 

1712 - May 7 - Richmond Co., VA - Depositions of Henry Bruce aged 48 and his wife Mary aged 47, recorded in Richmond Co., Had son William Bruce born 31 Oct. 1689. 


1735 - September - Orange Co., VA - first county grand jury met and certified the following charges:

• David Bruce, absenting himself from his parish church, later convicted and ordered to pay 10 shillings to parish church 
• John Bruce for failure to register as a tithable as required by law. He was convicted by a jury and fined 100 pounds of tobacco. 

1783 - Culpeper Co., VA - John Wigginton's tax list includes 

• James Bruce
• William Bruce - owned slaves Punch and Patience

Tax rate was 10 shillings per tithe, same rate for blacks and whites; horses 2 shillings, cattle 3 pence, wheels 5 shillings.

Virginia Publick Claims, King George County, compiled and transcribed by Janice Abercrombie & Richard Slatten: 

• William Bruce, 425 pounds, warrant to Bailey Washington
• Joel Bruce 375 pounds
• Joseph Bruce 600 pounds

George Bruce Family of Northern Neck, VA

1668 - George Bruce first appears in Northern Neck records

I. George b. 1640 - may have had brothers or uncles Walter & William who also migrated to Virginia. lived in old Rappahannock County.  He died 1715 Richmond Co.  May have married a Settle as Francis Settle deeded land to George Bruce's children George & Jane. May have married a Jeffries as Edward Jeffries deeded land to George Bruce's children: George, Hensfield, Elizabeth, Charles, William & John.  He may have been married to the daughter of Captain Hensfield. 

IIa. George, d. ca. 1742 in Westmoreland Co.

IIb. Jane

IIc. Hensfield

IId. Elizabeth

IIe. Charles of King George Co., b. before 1690, d. 1754 md. Elizabeth Pannill, daughter of William & Anne (Morton) Pannill. 

IIf. William 

IIg. John died before 1741 without issue 

IIIa1. William

IIIa2. George

IIIa3. Charles

IIIa4. Koziah

IIIa5. Hannah

IIIa6. Jane - married Jacob Jordan

IIIa7. Christian - married John Young

IIIe1. Charles of Soldier's Rest, Orange Co., - not our grantdfather

IIIe2. William b. 1714, may have married a Banks

IIIe3. Frances - married Gerard Banks, Jr.

IIIe4. Elizabeth - married F. Bronaugh

IIIe5. Suzannah - md. Anthony Ficklin

IIIe6. Mary - md. Thomas James

IIIe7. Margaret - d. 1765, never married

IVe2a. Mary - not married

IVe2b. Milly - not married

IVe2c. Betsy - not married

IVe2d. Margaret md. Wm. Hay

IVe2e. Lucy md. (--?--) Laing 

IVe2f. daughter

IVe2g. daughter 

IVe2h. daughter

IVe2i. Robert md. 1) Roberta Carey, 2) (--?--) Young - six children - moved to Caroline Co., died at age 30

IVe2k. Charles Carey md. 1) Nancy Kenyon & 2) Sarah Mason - eight children

IVe2l. William Jr. md. 1) (--?--) Campbell & 2) (--?--) Gravatt) - seven children; William served in American Revolution and died in in prison

IVe2m. George

Ve2j1. Charles b. 1771, d. 1848, had a son and several daughters

I. Walter Bruce -  landowner in Richmond Co. as early as 1651, purchased land from Epaphroditus Lawson in 1651. Bruce's purchase began at the mouth of Hole creek, and was bounded by Lawson's bay, etc. In all conveyances, wherever recorded, he speaks of himself of "Chuckeytuck Parish" (Nansemond County). Walter was a man of education, for he could write his name, an accomplishment to boast of in in that illiterate age.  He was a gentleman, for in all the references to him in the records, he is spoken of as Mister.  He was a man of property, as records of such counties as old Rappahannock, Surry, Lower Norfolk, Isle of Wright, etc. He married Elizabeth (--?--) Sayer widow of Thomas Sayer between 1660 and 1666.  Walter was living in 1668, but died some time previous to 1690. 

IIa. Abraham - eldest son, lived in Nansemond Co. md. Ann, sole heiress of Thomas Brown

IIb. Nicholas md. (--?--) 

IIc. John md. daughter of William Keele

I. William Bruce b. by 1633 d. before Dec. 14, 1683, probably lived in Nansemond Co., owned land in old Rappahannock Co. 

II. Henry md. Mary Morton, daughter of Andrew of Northumberland Co..  His will was recorded June 7, 1727, Richmond Co., VA. 

IIIa. Andrew

IIIb. John

IIIc. Joseph

IIId. Benjamin

IIIe. Mary

IIIf. Elizabeth 

Children:

Jane