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Southside Virginia Families
Source: John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, Volume 2 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991).
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WORSHAM-MARSHALL of CHESTERFIELD
William and George WORSHAM patented 400 acres in Henrico Feb. 15, 1652, “200 acres lying at Olde Towne at Appomattox … and 200 acres being part of a patent granted to Wm. CLARKE, decd., May 6, 1638 and by CLARKE sold to Seth WARD who sold to William WORSHAM Nov. 2, 1640.” (C.P.-239, 556) John WILSON patented 100 acres in Henrico June 6, 1666, bought of Seth WARD. This land lay next to the above patent, and WILSON’s patent recites that the said 100 acres began at the river side … running along an old known fence” being the line parting said WILSON and the ORPHANTS OF GEORGE and WILLIAM WORSHAM. (C.P. 556) It seems that George WORSHAM, died before June 6, 1666, and had a son, George WORSHAM, Jr., for a jury was called in Henrico on May 15, 1678, to determine the dividing line between John WILSON and the land of “Mr. George WORSHAM”, evidently one of the orphans of 1666. (BK.2, p. 48) George1 WORSHAM was Justice for Henrico in 1656 and his son, Captain George2 WORSHAM of Henrico, born in 1648 (deposition) married, Mary, daughter of John PIGOTT of that county, who may have come from Norfolk County, Va. Captain George was a Justice in 1707. (See 33 V 185 for descendants.)
William WORSHAM was deceased several years before May 15, 1678, for his widow married Colonel Francis EPES, who died in 1678, and had three children by him.
It is said that Mrs. Elizabeth WORSHAM EPES was a widow before she married Mr. WORSHAM. She made two wills, one dated July 28, 1678, and the other one dated Sept. 23, 1678. The WORSHAM children were, ELIZABETH KENNON to whom she gave a stone ring, her black gown, green silk petticoat, green satin bodice and ¼ of her money in the hands of Samuel CLAPHAMSON in London; to grandaughter Mary KENNON a stone ring “given me by my sister KING; to daughter MARY WORSHAM, ¼ of her money; to daughter Mary EPES” a new suite which came this year”; to sons JOHN and CHARLES WORSHAM each ¼ of her money. In her second will she describes herself as the widow of Colonel Francis EPES. What estate was given her by his verbal will she wishes divided between her EPES children, viz., William, Littlebury and Mary when they come of age. Executors, Francis EPES, (step-son) and Richard KENNON, son-in-law. (33V-185)
Children of William and Elizabeth WORSHAM:
I. John WORSHAM, m. Mary WYNNE. (See later)
II. Charles WORSHAM, d. 1719.
III. Mary WORSHAM, m. before Apr. 1, 1680, Richard LIGON, b. 1657; d. 1754; (LIGON Book-329)
IV. Elizabeth WORSHAM, m. Richard KENNON of “Conjuror’s Neck”.
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John2 WORSHAM was a Justice in Henrico in 1685 and later; also Sheriff for Henrico 1696-97. He held 1104 acres in the Quit Rents of 1704 for Henrico. He married Mary WYNNE, daughter of Major Joshua WYNNE, and his wife Mary JONES, daughter of Major Peter JONES, and Margaret WOOD, daughter of Major Gen. Abraham WOOD. Margaret WOOD JONES married secondly Capt. Thomas COCKE. (See S.V.F. Vol I, p. 221)(V.H.G. p. 180, “daughter,” Margaret JONES should read “granddaughter”)
Captain John WORSHAM died in 1729. A copy of his will was not furnished, but according to pages 185-86, 33 Virginia Magazine, his children were as follows:
Children:
I. John of Henrico; m. Agnes OSBORNE, widow; d. 1745.
II. William of Henrico; married; d. 1748.
III. Daniel of Henrico, married and died before 1729.
IV. Elizabeth; m.(1) Thomas LIGON; (2) Alexander MARSHALL. (See later)
V. Mary, m. ROBERTSON.
VI. Martha, m. WARD.
VII. Anne; m. OSBORNE.
VIII. ; m. POYTHRESS.
IX. Elizabeth; m. William EPES. (See Francis EPES Lineage, by Clarke, p. 224)
Elizabeth WORSHAM, daughter of Captain John WORSHAM, married Alexander MARSHALL of Henrico as her second husband. She is mentioned as “my daughter, Elizabeth MARSHALL…” in Captain WORSHAM’s will.
Alexander MARSHALL was born in 1676 and died May 3, 1743 at the age of 67. His wife Elizabeth was also born either 1676 or 1677 as she died in February 1743/44, aged 67 years. On August 10, 1706, in a proceeding in the Orphans Court of Henrico, “Alexander MARSHALL, who lately married Mrs. Elizabeth LIGON”, was given the care and custody of Lodowick TANNER. (Vol.1694-1739, p. 48) The inventory of the estate of Thomas LIGON was filed May 7, 1705 by John WORSHAM.
Alexander MARSHALL received large grants of land in Henrico. On Jan. 7, 1725, he patented 2000 acres of land on the north side of Appomattox River, and the south side of Butterwood Creek. The land fell in Goochland and on Sept. 28, 1730, he patented 3000 acres of land in Goochland, including the 1000 acres of his former patent and in the same locality. Goochland was cut off Henrico in 1728. Alexander, however, re-patented, on June 3, 1731, 2528 acres on Swift Creek in Henrico, adjacent to Wm. PRIDE, James ATKINS, Francis FLOURNOYS and John WOODBRIDGES; 628 acres heretofore granted June 2, 1721. (PB11-71; 12-334; 14-152) On July 31, 172[photocopy illegible] Henry WALTHALL and Phoebe, his wife, of Henrico, deeded land called “Powell’s Tract” which land they had from their father, Thomas LIGON, to Alexander MARSHALL. (BK 1-192). James ANDERSON and Elizabeth, his wife of Prince George County, deeded Alexander MARSHALL lands called “Powells” which their deceased father Thomas LIGON held. (BK 1-192) These two deeds to Alexander MARSHALL were from the surviving children of his wife Elizabeth, formerly the wife of Thomas LIGON. Two other children were unmarried.
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Alexander MARSHALL was a vestryman in Bristol Parish, 1723-24.
Mr. MARSHALL and his wife are buried on the left bank of the Appomattox River near its mouth, upon a highland which belonged to Mr. Richard EPPES. A double head stone still stands there (1955) with the following inscriptions:
| “Here lyeth th Body of | Here lyeth the body of |
| Mr. Alexander MARSHALL | Mrs. Elizabeth MARSHALL |
| who departed this life | who departed this life |
| May 3rd. 1743, | Feb. 1743/44 |
| Aged 67 years. | Aged 67 years. |
Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia
Source: Virginia M. Meyer and John Frederick Dorman, editors, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 3rd edition (Richmond: Dietz Press, 1987).
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[MUSTERS of the Inhabitants of Virginia 1624/5.]
[4] Neck-of-land Charles City
THE MUSTER OF THOMAS HARRIS
THOMAS HARRIS aged 38 yeares in the Prosperous in May
ADRIA his wife aged 23 yeares in the Marmaduke in November 1621
ANN WOODLASE theire kinswoman age 7 yeares
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SERVANTS
ELIZABETH aged 15 yeares in the Margaret & John 1620
PROVISIONS: Corne, 7½ bushells; Pease, 1 bushell. ARMES & MUNITION: Powder, 11 lb.; Lead, 2; Peeces fixt, 3; Armour, 1; Coat of Male, 1; Sword, 1. CATTELL & POULTRIE: Cattell young and old, 11; Poultrie, 30.HOUSES AND BOATS: Houses, 2; Boats, 1.
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HARRIS (Thomas)1
+*1. THOMAS1 HARRIS, Gent., subscriber to the Second Charter issued 23 May 1609,2 came to Virginia before 1616 and is believed to have arrived, 1611, aboard the Prosperous “in May.” Listed as an Ancient Planter, he was settled, 1623/4, with his wife at Neck of Land, Charles City.3 His muster there, 1624/5, listed him as aged 38, his first wife *Adria, aged 23, who came in the Marmaduke, Nov. 1621, and Ann WOODLASE, “their kinswoman aged 7.”
1 William Glover Stanard, Chart of Some of the Descendants of Captain Thomas HARRIS of Henrico County who Came to Virginia in 1611 (Richmond, 1893); William Daniel LIGON, The LIGON Family and Connections (n.p., 1947), pp. ix, 306-83, 844; V IV. pp. 248-49; V VII, p. 204; Malcolm Hart Harris, “Three William HARRISes in Hanover County,” The Virginia Genealogist, XXII, pp. 187-93; William R. Taylor, “Evidence of the Descent of William4 HARRIS of Goochland Co., Va., and his Father William3 HARRIS of Henrico, New Kent, Hanover and Louisa Cos., Va., from Maj. William2 HARRIS son of Capt. Thomas1 HARRIS of Jamestown,” The Virginia Genealogist, XXII, pp. 261-70.
2 Br. Gen. p. 913.
3 Hotten, p. 170; CP I, p. xxxiv.
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Land originally assigned HARRIS within Diggs Hundred (later Bermuda Hundred), of record 11 Nov. 1635 for 750 acres, lay “southward upon the land of Edward VIRGANY [GURGANEY] and thence extending Northward upon the land of Joane his [second] wife…,” 100 acres due him as being an Ancient Planter on order of the late Treasurer and Company, 18 Nov. 1618, and 650 acres due for transportation of 13 persons.4
Thomas1 HARRIS came into possession of the GURGANEY land by 2 May 16365 and repatented the 700 acres included in this tract in Henrico, 12 July 1637, “called by the name of Longfield, with swamp and marshes … southeast towards Bremoes devident … 400 acres granted unto Edward GURGANEY by order of the Court, 1 October 1617 … and bequeathed by Ann GURGANEY, widdowe of the said Edward, to Thomas HARRIS as by her last will dated 11 February 1619 [1619/20].”6 In a second renewal of the patent for “Longfield,” 25 Feb. 1638/9, HARRIS claimed 100 acres in the name of his “first wife Adry HARRIS, being an Ancient Planter.”7 These facts suggest that Adria perhaps was the daughter of Edward and Ann GURGANEY and that her passage, 1621, on the Marmaduke,8 was a return trip to Virginia rather than an initial voyage. Adria had died by 11 Sept. 1626 when Rebecca GRAYE testified in court that Goodwife WRIGHT, a suspected witch, had told Thomas HARRIS he “should burie his first wiefe being then betrothed unto him (which cam so to pass).”9
HARRIS served as Burgess for the Neck of Land, 1624, for Henrico, 1640, 1647-48,10 was appointed, Aug. 1626, as one of the “Commissioners for the Upper Parts,” which included Henrico, and in Dec. 1640 was Commander of Henrico County.11 His will, now lost, was made about 1649.12
He married (1) Adria, perhaps GURGANEY, and (2), after 1625, Joane —-.13
Issue: (by 1) 2. MARY2; (by 2) 3. WILLIAM2.
4 Patent Bk. 1, p. 304.
5 Ibid., p. 337.
6 Ibid., p. 438.
7 Ibid., p. 615.
8 The Marmaduke brought over, 1621, a number of “maids for wives,” but Adria was not listed among them.
9 MCGC, p. 111.
10 Leonard, pp. 5, 18, 26.
11 MCGC, pp. 106, 476.
12 Waverly K. Winfree, The Laws of Virginia (Richmond, 1971), pp. 344-47. This Act of Assembly passed at the session of 21 May-9 July 1730 to break the entail on part of the land “formerly called Longfield but lately called and known by the Name of Curles,” states that Thomas1 HARRIS left an only daughter, Mary, wife of Thomas LIGON, and an only son, William HARRIS, and details the LIGON descendants.
13 LIGON, op. cit., p. 843, without citing proof, states that she was Joane OSBORNE.
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2. MARY2 HARRIS (Thomas1) deposed 2 Dec. 1684 that she was aged about 64.14 She married, by 1649,15 Thomas LIGON, who was baptized 11 Jan. 1623/4 at Sowe, Warwickshire, the eldest son of Thomas LYGON (about 1577-1626) and his (2) wife Elizabeth PRATT (1602-1631).16 He came to Virginia in the 1640s, was Burgess for Henrico, 165617 and was lieutenant colonel of militia and surveyor of Henrico County until his death.18 Thomas LIGON left a will, now lost, 10 Jan. 1675/6-16 March 1675/6.19 Mary made an agreement with her brother Maj. William2 HARRIS that he should have the “whole profits of the surveyor’s place” until her eldest son should come of age and half of the profits thereafter. Testimony as to this agreement was recorded 1 Nov. 1679.20 By deed of gift, 29 April 1691, Mary2 (HARRIS) LIGON conveyed to her “loving sons, Richard LIGON and Hugh LIGON,” 200 acres lying in Curles, Henrico County, “being part of a greater divident granted unto Captain Thomas HARRIS deceased and given by will of said Thomas HARRIS to his daughter Mary LIGON,” to be equally divided between them.21 Mary LYGON, Senr., left a will 18 April 1703/3-1 Feb. 1703/4.22
Issue: [LIGON]23 4. Thomas3, born about 1651, died before 20 Aug. 1678, unmarried;24 5. WILLIAM3; 6. JOHAN3; 7. RICHARD3; 8. Matthew3, born about 1659, died before 1 May 1689, without issue:25 9. Hugh3, born about 1661, held 150 acres in Henrico County, 1704, married (1), 1688-89, Elizabeth WALTHALL, orphan daughter of William WALTHALL,26 and (2), between June 1711
14 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, p. 107. Since she was not named in the muster, 1624/5, she was probably closer to age 60.
15 Winfree, op. cit., p. 345.
16 Michael J. Wood and Gary Boyd Roberts, “Four Thomas LYGONs,” The Virginia Genealogist, XXII, pp. 253, 255.
17 Leonard, p. 33.
18 Ligon, op. cit., pp. ix, 306-18.
19 Henrico Co. Order Bk. 1678-93, p. 167; Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 35.
20 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 109.
21 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, pp. 231-32. The title to this land was finally settled, 1 Nov. 1706, by equal division between Matthew4 LIGON, son of Richard, and William4 LIGON, as heir of his brother Thomas4, son and heir of William3 LIGON (Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1706-09, pp. 4-7).
22 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1697-1704, p. 366.
23 The mother’s will names sons Richard and Hugh, deceased son William, daughters Johan, wife of Robert HANCOCK, and Mrs. Thomas FARRAR and some grandchildren. Children Richard, Matthew, Hugh and Mary are mentioned 20 Aug. 1678 (Henrico Co. Orphans Court Bk. 1677-1739, p. 3). Sons Thomas, William, Richard and Hugh are mentioned, 1730 (Winfree, op. cit., p. 345).
24 Henrico Co. Orphans Court Bk. 1677-1739, p. 3.
25 Henrico Co. Order Bk. 1678-93, p. 369.
26 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, pp. 97, 158; Malcolm Elmore WALTHALL, “The WALTHALL Family” (typewritten; Richmond, 1963), p. 7.
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and Dec. 1713,27 Jane (PEW) PRICE, widow of 6. John3 PRICE (see PRICE), but had no known issue; 10. MARY3.
3. WILLIAM2 HARRIS (Thomas1), born about 1629, was heir to “Longfield,” later known as “Curles.” His inheritance of the plantation is established through a suit, John BROADNAX against William SOANE, 1 Oct. 1700, to clear title to the land and establish boundaries.28 He served as a justice of Henrico, Burgess for Henrico, 1652, 1653, 1656, 1658,29 and major of militia of Henrico and Charles City. On 3 Oct. 1670 he was ordered paid £25 “for his Srvice in the Westerne discovery.”30 He left will 20 April 1678-1 Feb. 1678/9,31 but was dead by 7 Oct. 1678 when the inventory of his estate was ordered made.32
He married (1) —– and (2) Alice —–, whose (2) husband, George ALVES (died 173433), of New Kent County, in a suit, April 1683, concerning her son’s indenture, is named as having married the “relict of Major William HARRIS deceased.”34 Alice took her sons to New Kent County.
Issue: (by 1) 11. Thomas3, unmarried, left will 10 Feb. 1678/9-2 June 1679;35 (by 2) 12. WILLIAM3; 13. EDWARD3; 14. Love3.
5. WILLIAM3 LIGON (Mary2 HARRIS, Thomas1), born about 1653, was a major of militia. On 2 April 1682 he “set up his name at the Court Door and thereby published his intentions for England.”36 He married Mary TANNER, daughter of Joseph TANNER and his wife Mary (who later married Gilbert PLATT). On 1 April 1679 Mrs. PLATT made a deed of gift to her daughter Mary, wife of Mr. William LYGON.37 Mary PLATT’s will, dated 10 March 1699/1700,38 named daughter Mary LIGGON and grandchildren Thomas, Joseph, Phebe and Lucretia LIGGON.
27 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1710-14, pp. 189-90, will of John3 PRICE; ibid., p. 115, deed from Hugh and Jane LIGON to John4 PRICE.
28 Henrico Co. Order Bk. 1694-1701, p. 286.
29 Leonard, pp. 30-31, 33-34.
30 JHB 1658/9-1693, p. 55. Lt. LIGGON, not identified by given name, was ordered paid £10.
31 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 68.
32 Ibid., p. 107.
33 Hanover Co. Record Bk. 1733-35, p. 203, reference, 4 March 1734/5, to George ALVES, “lately deceased.”
34 Henrico Co. Order Bk. 1678-93, pp. 137, 139.
35 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pp. 90-91. The will was witnessed by Alice HARRIS, his step-mother, and by Richard3 LIGON and his wife Mary, and named “cozen Richard LIGON” a legatee. The HARRIS land “at the Ware [Weir]”, left to Thomas3 by his father, was devised to “my sister-in-law [half-sister] Love HARRIS.” This was part of a patent for 1202 acres, 7 Sept. 1671, to Maj. William2 HARRIS (Patent Bk. 6, p. 496).
36 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 241.
37 Ibid., p. 87.
38 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1697-1704, p. 202.
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William3 LIGON left will 21 Jan. 1688-1 Aug. 1689.39 His widow Mary and daughter-in-law Elizabeth (as widow of the heir at law) were jointly charged with 1341 acres on the 1704 quit rent roll of Henrico County. Mary (TANNER) LIGON married (2), 1707, as his (2) wife 5. William2 FARRAR (see FARRAR).
Issue: [LIGON] 15. Thomas4, died before 2 April 1705 when administration of his estate was granted to his wife,40 married, 2 Feb. 1697/8,41 Elizabeth WORSHAM who married (2), by 20 Aug. 1706,42 Alexander MARSHALL; 16. William4, aged 59 in Oct. 1741,43 of Prince Edward and Amelia Counties, left will 22 Oct. 1759-27 Sept. 1764,44 married Elizabeth BATTE;45 17. John4, married —–; 18. Joseph4; 19. Sarah4, married 32. Henry4 LIGON; 20. Mary4, married (1), 15 July 1698,36 William ANDERSON, and (2), by 1 Jan. 1716/7,47 Peter ROWLETT of Bristol Parish who left will 5 Jan. 1749/50-4 May 1750;48 21. Phebe4; 22. Lucretia4, posthumous.
6. JOHAN3 LIGON (Mary2 HARRIS, Thomas1) deposed 1 Oct. 1683 as wife of Robert HANCOCK that she was about 30 years old.49 HANCOCK received a deed of gift from his mother-in-law Mrs. Mary LIGON, 2 Feb. 1684/5,50 and held 860 acres in Henrico County, 1704. He left a will, 18 Oct. 1708-1 March 1708/9,51 and Johan HANCOCK left a will, 22 Sept. 1726-7 Nov. 1726.52
Issue: [HANCOCK] 23. William4; 24. Robert4, living 1729,53 married, by 2 Feb. 1712/3. Margaret —–;54 25. Sarah4, married, 1688-89,55 Arthur MOSELEY, Jr., born 1655, who held 450 acres in Henrico County, 1704, married (2) 16. Elizabeth (COX) JAMESTON (see COXE) and left will 22 Feb. 1728/9-6 July 1730;56 26. Mary4, married, by 1 June 1708 when her father deeded them 100 acres,57 John HATCHER who held 215 acres in Henrico County, 1704, and
39 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, p. 75.
40 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1697-1705, p. 450.
41 Henrico Co. Deeds &c 1697-99, p. 96.
42 Henrico Co. Orphans Court Bk. 1677-1739, p. 49.
43 R.T. Barton, Virginia Colonial Decisions (Boston, 1909), II, p. B150.
44 Amelia Co. Will Bk. 2X, p. 75.
45 Prince George Co. Wills & Deeds 1713-28, pp. 471, 485.
46 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1697-1705, p. 124.
47 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1714-18, p. 137.
48 Chesterfield Co. Will Bk. 1, p. 45; Order Bk. 1, p. 44.
49 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 254.
50 Ibid., p. 296.
51 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1706-09, p. 152.
52 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1725-37, p. 70.
53 Ibid., p. 234.
54 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1710-14, pp. 186, 189.
55 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, p. 97.
56 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1725-37, p. 272.
57 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1706-09, p. 94.
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was living on Pamlico River, Edgecombe Co., N.C., 25 June 1736, when he sold land deeded to him by his father Edward HATCHER;58 27. Johan4, given 200 acres by her father, 1 June 1708,59 married, 5 April 1700,60 Samuel HANCOCK, carpenter, who held 100 acres in Henrico County, 1704, and left will 1 Sept. 1760-6 Feb. 1761;61 28. Phoebe4, married (1) Thomas BAILEY of Varina Parish who held 251 acres in Henrico County, 1704, and left will dated 21 Dec. 1723,62 and (2) Nicholas GILES;63 29. Elizabeth4, married 23. John Sutton4 FARRAR (see FARRAR).
7. RICHARD3 LIGON (Mary2 HARRIS, Thomas1), deposed 1 Dec. 1693 he was aged 26 or 27.64 Upon coming of age he assumed his father’s place as surveyor of Henrico County, according to the agreement made with his uncle. On 8 May 1704 he petitioned the Assembly requesting that he be restored to the place of surveyor, from which he had been suspended, 26 Aug. 1703, and again, 19 April 1705, he petitioned the Assembly for an allowance for surveying the land (5,040 acres) appropriated for the use of the French refugees at Manakintown who had come to Virginia, 1700.65 He held 1028 acres in Henrico County, 1704. His will, now lost, was presented by his executor, Mathew LIGON, 2 March 1723/4.66
He married, between 20 Aug. 1678 and 1 April 1681, Mary WORSHAM, daughter of William and Elizabeth (?LITTLEBURY) WORSHAM.67
Issue: [LIGON] 30. Matthew4, of Cumberland County, left will 1 April 1764-14 Sept. 1764,68 married Elizabeth ANDERSON;69 31. Richard, Jr., to whom with Matthew4 LIGON a patent for 290 acres in Henrico County was signed in the General Court, Oct. 1706, under survey of 15 March 1705/6;70 32. Henry4, of Prince Edward
58 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1725-37, p. 664.
59 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1706-09, p. 94.
60 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1697-1704, p. 220.
61 Chesterfield Co. Will Bk. 1, p. 377; Order Bk. 3, p. 112.
62 Henrico Co. Miscellaneous Court Records 1650-1807, II, p. 576.
63 Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1737-46, p. 330, sale, 6 Dec. 1747, of Phoebe’s dower in the land of Thomas BAILEY, her late husband.
64 Henrico Co. Deeds & Wills 1688-97, transcript, p. 450.
65 JHB, 1702-1712, pp. 78, 89.
66 Henrico Co. Minute Bk. 1719-24, p. 318.
67 Henrico Co. Orphans Court Bk. 1677-1739, p. 2; Wills & Deeds 1677-92, p. 164; V XXXV, p. 48.
68 Cumberland Co. Will Bk. 1, p. 299.
69 Prince George Co. Wills & Deeds 1713-28, p. 232, will of Mathew ANDERSON, Jr., 25 Feb. 1717/8-10 June 1718.
70 Louis des Cognets, English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records (n.p., 1958), pp. 82, 85. The patent now of record is dated 22 Jan. 1718/9, however (Patent Bk. 10, p. 409).
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County, left will 10 Nov. 1759-14 Dec. 1769,71 married his cousin 19. Sarah4 LIGON, who left will 2 July 1784-Jan. 1785;72 33. Sarah4, married, by 1 June 1708,73 Richard GRILLS, who moved to North Carolina and left will 1 Feb. 1719/20-4 April 1720;74 34. Mary4, married Capt. John COLEMAN who, Dec. 1688, chose his brother Robert as his guardian,75 owned 200 acres in Prince George County, 1704, which he and his wife Mary sold 8 May 1725,76 purchasing, 13 May 1725, 185 acres on Whipponock Creek,77 which fell into Dinwiddie County, 1752.
10. MARY3 LIGON (Mary2 HARRIS, Thomas1), born about 1663, married 6. Thomas3 FARRAR and died before 1686 when he remarried.
Issue: see FARRAR….
71 Prince Edward Co. Will Bk. 1, pp. 52-53.
72 Ibid., pp. 351-53.
73 Henrico Co. Order Bk. 1707-09, p. 46.
74 J. Bryan Grimes, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills (Raleigh, 1910), p. 144.
75 Charles City Co. Order Bk. 1687-95, p. 180.
76 Prince George Co. Wills & Deeds 1713-28, p. 834.
77 Ibid., p. 798.
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SWANN
William SWANN who, 5 Nov. 1635, patented 1200 acres in James City County on the south side of James River, west from Smith’s Mount to the half way Necke,1 naming among the headrights Jon. SWAN and Edwd. SWAN, and died 28 Feb. 1637/8 in his 52nd year,2 has been stated to be identical with a Mr. William SWAYNE who was listed, 23 June 1620, along with Messrs. Arthur, Thomas and William SWAYNE, as allowed each a share of stock in the Virginia Company which had been transferred to them by Sir Thomas GATES.3 In 1621 Mr. Arthur SWAYNE and associates were arranging to transport and settle 100 persons in Virginia and, 20 Dec. 1624, the arrival in Virginia of the Flyinge Harte of Flushing, sent out by Mr. Arthur SWAYNE, William CONSTABLE and others, was announced.4
Although the name of Arthur SWAYNE is once written in the records of the Virginia Company as SWANN, no evidence is known to establish that William SWANN who patented land in Virginia in 1635 is identical with a William SWAYNE who held a share in the Virginia Company. Since there is a difference of five years between the age at death of William SWANN as stated in the family register and the baptismal record of William SWAYNE who was a member of the Virginia Company, identity with that man seems unlikely. If there were two William SWAYNEs who were members of the Virginia Company, the possibility that the other man was the Virginia settler exists, but no connection between the SWAYNEs, who were London merchants, and the SWANN family of Southfleet and Denton, Kent, has been established. The son and grandson of William SWANN of Virginia used the arms of this Kentish family.
William Glover Stanard in listing members of the Virginia Council5 stated that Thomas SWANN of “Swann’s Point,” Surry County, was born in Virginia. No evidence has been found to confirm this statement, and thus to establish that William SWANN was in Virginia
1 Patent Bk. 1, p. 293. This patent was renewed, 10 March 1638/9, by Thomas SWANN as due in right of “his late father William SWAN” (ibid., p. 625).
2 Family record, compiled by Samuel SWANN (1653-1707), owned in 1919 by a descendant in North Carolina, V XXVIII, pp. 30-32. He was buried at “Swann’s Point,” Surry County, beside his (1) wife.
3 R, Va. Co. I, p. 372; III, p. 61. Whether the two William SWAYNEs were the same or different persons is not indicated. The last three apparently were the William, baptized 11 Feb. 1581/2, Thomas, baptized 1 Jan. 1587/8, and Arthur SWAYNE, baptized 21 Nov. 1591, sons of Edward SWAYNE, whose marriage to Elizabeth METHWOLD occurred 3 April 1581 (A.W. Hughes Clarke, ed., The Register of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, 1538-1676, pt. 1 [London, 1940], pp. 18-19, 21, 23).
4 R, Va. Co. I, pp. 534, 561; IV, p. 567.
5 William Glover Stanard, Virginia Colonial Register (Albany, N.Y., 1902), p. 38.
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at the time of the birth of his son Thomas in May 1616. Additional evidence is needed to prove William SWANN’s residence in Virginia before 1625.
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