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rogers/edwardsID: I136
Name: Robert BEVERLEY
Given Name: Robert
Surname: Beverley
Sex: M
Birth: 1647 in ,Yorkshire,Eng
Christening: 17 Feb 1647 Aberford,Yorkshire,England 1 2
Death: 15 Mar 1687 in Jamestown,Middlsex,Va
Burial: 19 Mar 1687 Jamestown,Middlesex,Va
LDS Baptism: 9 Oct 1937
Endowment: 27 Jan 1938
Ancestral File #: 8MZ6-KB
Change Date: 14 Apr 1998 at 10:16:57
Note: Ancestral File birth\christening date: 5 jan 1643\45, St. Mary's Lowgate, Hull, York, England.
PEDI: birth
Sealing Child: 22 May 1969 Temple: LOGANFather: Peter BEVERLEY b: Abt 1610 in Hull,York,England
Mother: Susanna HOLLIS b: 1613 in Hull,Yorkshire,EnglandMarriage 1 Margaret BOYD b: 1 Mar 1637 in of,Hull,Yorkshire,England
Married: Abt 1666 in Jamestown,Middlesex,Virginia
Children
Peter BEVERLEY birth b: Abt 1667 in Jamestown,Middlesex,Virginia
Harry BEVERELY birth b: 1669 in ,Middlesex,Virginia
Robert BEVERLEY birth b: 1673 in ,Middlesex,Virginia
Mary BEVERLEY birth b: Abt 1677 in Jamestown,Middlesex,Virginia
William BEVERLEY birth b: Jan 1680 in ,Middlesex,Va
John BEVERLEY birth b: Jan 1680 in ,Middlesex,Virginia
Thomas BEVERLEY birth b: Abt 1682 in <,Middlesex,Virginia>
Catherine BEVERLEY birth b: Abt 1686 in <,Middlesex,Virginia>
Christopher BEVERLEY birth b: 19 Feb 1686 in ,Middlesex,VirginiaMarriage 2 Catherine ARMISTEAD
Married: 28 Mar 1679 in ,Middlex,VaSources:
Author: L D S Church
Title: Igi
Author: Genealogical Pub Co
Title: Virginia Will Records
Repository:
Name: Snowflake Family History Center
Snowflake, Az 85937Call Number: US Va 5213
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Name: Robert BEVERLEY
Given Name: Robert
Surname: Beverley
Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1641 in Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng.
Death: 15 Mar 1687 in Jamestown, Middlesex, VA
Title: Major
Christening: Bet. 5 Jan 1643 - 1645 St. Mary Logate, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Burial: 19 Mar 1687 Jamestown, Middlesex, VA
Emigration: 1663 Jamestown, VA from Yorkshire, Eng.
Occupation: 1670 Clerk of the House of Burgesses, Middlesex Co., VA
Occupation: 1673 JUSTICE of Middlesex Co., VA
Note:
ROBERT BEVERLEY, the Immigrant, (of Middlesex) became known in Virginia
history as "Major" , and was probably the son of Peter Beverley, of the
City of Hull and his wife Susannah Hollis. He came to Virginia in 1663
and settled in Middlesex County. It is obvious that he had acquired a
good education for he was a lawyer and a surveyor. (Source: ESSEX
COUNTY HISTORICAL, ESSEX COUNTY BICENTENNIAL, Tappahannock, Virginia,
article from Vol II, dated May 1977, titled "Major Robert Beverley and
His Three Sons: Peter, Robert and Harry." (Death date varies re files
of Richard Peltway Winslow stated 1687.) At the time of his death,
through patents and purchase, he had become the largest landowner to that
date in Virginia, over 38,000 acres of land. (Ref: Above mentioned
article.)
"John Beverley, of England, adhered to Charles I, and at the Restoration
his name appears in the list of those on whom it was intended to confer
the Order of the Royal Oak. Maj. Robert Beverley (d. 1686),
Lawyer; settled in Lancaster Co., VA; Justice, 1673; clerk House of
Burgesses, 1670; married first, Mary
Koeble (Keeble), widow (d. 1678). Capt. Harry Beverley (1669-1731), his
son was justice, Middlesex Co. 1700, surveyor King and Queen and King
William counties, 1702-14; burgess, 1705-06; commanded the "Virgin",
1716, which was captured by the Spanish man-of-war; he escaped and came
to VA 1717; was presiding Justice Spotsylvania Co., ca 1720; married ca
1700, Elizabeth Smith." (Family Group Records of Mary Ruth C. Spencer,
Carmel, CA.)
"Robert Beverley, who subsequently became known as MAJOR BEVERLEY, came
to Virginia in 1663. There is no doubt about the date because he wrote
in the plea he hoped to make in court in 1683, "My abode in this country
hath now been twenty years", (See Henings Statutes, Vol. II, p. 559.) He
settled in Middlesex County about twenty miles from Jamestown and soon
became prominent in the colony. He must have had a good education
because in addition to growing tobacco, he was a lawyer and a surveyor.
He further said in his plea, "From the year 1668 to the year 1676, I
served his Majesty in military and civil offices of trust with fidelity
and approbation". He was elected Clerk of the House of Burgesses in 1670
and 1673, he was a Justice of Middlesex County. (See VIRGINIA HISTORICAL
MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p. 405.)
The following chapter on MAJOR ROBERT BEVERLEY is taken from THE BEVERLEY
FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, by John McGill, Dec. 1951):
"Whether or not he had done any military service against the Indians or
in colony prior to the Bacon Rebellion is not known but he acquired the
title of Major in that controversy and showed marked qualities of
leadership and decision.
"This not the place to argue the rights or wrongs of the Bacon
Rebellion. As in most such matters, there was probably some right on
both sides. From the outset, Robert Beverley was a hearty supporter of
Governor Berkeley and Bacon named him in his proclamations as one of the
"wicked and pernicious councellors aiders and assistors (of Berkeley)
against the Commonality in these our Cruell Commotions". (See VIRGINIA
HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p. 405.)
"It will be recalled that Nathaniel Bacon was a young man of
unquestionably great qualities as a leader and orator who after only
about a year of residence in the colony, led an expedition against the
Indians, defeated them, and then quarreled with Governor Berkeley and
defeated him and burned Jamestown, and died of fever a few days
thereafter. When Jamestown was burned, Governor Berkeley with such
forces as he had, fled to the Eastern Shore, Accomack and Northampton
Counties.
"Whether or not Robert Beverley had any part as a leader while Bacon was alive is not known. If so, neither he nor any other of the Berkeley men were able to make head against him. But after Bacon's death, Major Beverley was sent back from the Eastern Shore with a command and was very active and successful in suppressing the insurgents. On the 13th of November, 1676, Governor Berkeley gave him a commission appointing him Commander of all his (Berkeley's) forces. It begins: Whereas by many frequent and successful services to his Sacred Majesty, this country and me, his Majestie's Governor of it; Major Robert Beverley hath approved himself to be most Loyal, circumspect and courageous in his Majestie's service for the good of his country, and the suppressing of this late horrid Rebellion began by Bacon, and continued since his death by Ingram. Lawrence, Hansord and others, the last of which he, the said Robert Beverley, with courage and admirable conduct, never to be forgotten, this day brought to me." (Hening Vol. III, p. 567.)"At that time, Major Beverley was operating with a little band of about forty men and with these he captured the opposing leaders, Hansford, Harris, Wilsford and others and their bands.
"When the rebellion was over, the bitterness stirred up by it continued. King Charles had sent over Commissioners with Governor Jeffreys to take the place of Governor Berkeley and these arrived in Virginia after the rebellion was over.
Governor Berkeley had undoubtedly been very cruel and ruthless in his treatment of the followers of Bacon and the bitterness of the feeling toward him and toward his chief commander, Robert Beverley, was intense. He appointed Beverley a Member of Council which was a great honor in the colony, and the Burgesses elected him their Clerk, but like very many men before and since, he was destined to find political office no bed of roses. Largely through Major Beverley's influence, the House of Burgesses supported the old Governor, and the Commissioners and the new Governor Jeffreys were soon in violent opposition to Governor Berkeley, who went to England to answer charges against him.
"The many charges, arrests, and counter charges relating to Major Beverley are not here set out. They may be found in Mr. Stanard's well documented article on Major Beverley and his descendants in the VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p.405, et seq. Therein Mr. Stanard says, "Beverley, Ludwell, Ballard and others maintained after his (Gov. Berkeley's) death, a contest for the lawful independence of
the colony against the corrupt tribe of creatures of Charles and James, and on this account are entitled to respect"."The three offenses with which Major Beverley was charged and which incurred the ill will of King and Council, were his refusal to surrender the records of the Burgesses, his efforts to curtail the production of tobacco and his opposition to the Effingham unjust tax. It may be pointed out that all of these offenses, if they can be deemed such, were of a political nature and none of them was he serving a purely personal cause and in all, he had the support of the House of Burgesses who continued to the last, to elect him as their Clerk.
"Major Beverley's neighbor, Sir Henry Chickley, said the Council could "allege nothing material against him except some idle words let fall in his cups, on which occasions he is not compos mentis and Governor Lord Culpeper said, "I could find no evidence against him except for general sauciness".
From these quotations we may infer that drunk or sober, the old man was not afraid to speak his mind, a trait he passed on to some of his descendants."In April, 1677, the Commissioners ordered Major Beverley to give up the journals of the House of Burgesses but this he refused to do without their consent and thereby brought down on his head the wrath of Governor Jeffreys and the Commissioners at Jamestown and of the managing Board in London. The Burgesses, however, continued to support and elect him as their clerk.
"In 1682, the price of tobacco had gone down to such an extent that there was great dissatisfaction in the Colony and petitions were up for the calling of an Assembly to restrict the growing of tobacco in the Colony, but this Assembly was dissolved without action and riotous groups went about cutting down the
tobacco plants. Robert Beverley was accused of being a chief promoted in this "plant cutting" and was
imprisoned without trial on a ship in the Rappahannock River. On June 17, 1682, King James, in council, acting on reports sent from the Colony, ordered that Robert Beverley be put out of any office he held. These offices are referred to as pleading as an attorney and practicing the mystery of a surveyor besides Clerk of the Assembly and Deputy under the Auditor General."For several years, the controversy went on and it seems to have centered chiefly around Robert Beverley. At one time, the old man, for such he had now become, was so broken in spirit as to abjectly ask for pardon, but the Burgesses again chose him as their clerk and when Governor Lord Howard of Effingham endeavored to levy a tax called the Effingham tax without the consent of the Burgesses, he had enough spirit left to incite the Burgesses to refuse it. As a result of this King James on August 1, 1686, wrote his Governor "Whereas Robert Beverley, Clerk of the House of Burgesses, appears to have chiefly occasioned and promoted those disputes and contests, our will and pleasure is that he be declared incapable of any office or public employment within our colony of Virginia". The order further directed that he be prosecuted to the utmost severity of the law.
"But his old staunch friend, Colonel Philip Ludwell, of the days of Bacon's Rebellion, stood by him and contrived to have his oldest son, Peter Beverley, given the father's place as surveyor, described as "the best in the country".
"On the 15th of March, 1687, Major Beverley died largely as a result, historians think, of the persecutions to which he had been subjected. Mr. Stanard of the Virginia Historical Society wrote of him that he was "a man loyal to the King, yet an ardent supporter of the liberties of the colony of Virginia and
of the House of Burgesses, of which he was long a faithful and useful officer; a courageous and active soldier, a true and staunch friend, and the possessor of very general popularity and influence among the people." (VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. II, p.412.)"Nearly a hundred and fifty years after his death, there was found at "Blandfield", now and for over two hundred years a home of the Beverleys, a very old bundle of papers dealing with this long controversy. These, the old man believing in the justice of his cause, had handed down to his children and his children's children. They have been printed in Hening's Virginia Statutes, Vol. III, p. 548. Among them is the return he prepared for the trial he demanded but was never given. In it he says among other things: "My lord, I believe it lyes heavy on every loyall mind, to apprehend himself under his Majestie's disfavour, I am sure 'tis to me so great a burden as would sinke me to the ground, had I not the prop of an innocent conscience."
"How my heart hath been filled from my youth up with loyalties to my King and duty to his ministers, and still continues soe to be, the All-knowing God I call to witness, and appeale to." (Hening Vol. II. p. 565.)
"Anyone who examines these records will come to the conclusion that he was a very earnest and probably a much wronged man.
"This writer regrets that he cannot give a picture of Major Beverley or at least a description of his life in the colony. Of course, no picture has survived, and we have felt that it was best to write the simple facts and let each reader picture as best he can, the man in his surroundings and with his difficulties.
"One of the Bacon sympathizers referred to him as "the hard faced old Beverley", and he doubtless was so to those who were opposed to him. There is no doubt that he was a member of the Church of England. The Bruton Parish Church records, 1674-1683, have the listing "Attorney of the Vestry, Major Robert Beverley" and a further notation "June 5, 1679, the Vestry appointed Major Robert Beverley their lawful attorney to answer the suit of George Marable and to procure judgment for carrying out his agreement".
"In addition to his military and political activities, Major Beverley was a planter and acquired very considerable property and in his Will disposed of some thousands of acres of land evidently acquired through tobacco planting and trading.
"Those of his descendants who go to Jamestown Island and especially to the old remnant of a church still standing will perhaps be able to picture to themselves that far off day when he attended church there and later with other Berkeley supporters, sought to defend Jamestown from the Bacon forces. but very little of the record has been left.
"Major Robert Beverley was married twice after he came to Virginia. The first time was to Mrs. Mary Keeble, widow of Mr. George Keeble of Lancaster, and his second marriage was to Mrs. Catherine Hone, widow of Major Theophilus Hone and sister of Col. John Armistead of Gloucester County. (See VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. III, p. 169.) There is some evidence as hereinafter set out that he may have been married in Hull, England, and lost his wife just before coming to Virginia.
"The best record of his married life with Mrs. Mary Keeble Beverley is the inscription on her tomb found a few years ago under the floor of Christ Church, Middlesex, VA. It is almost a model of concise information and shows her to have been a fit wife for a man who was destined to have thousands of descendants. It reads:
"Here lyeth interred the Body of
Mrs. Mary Beverley, wife of
Major Robert Beverley
Mother of nine sons and three daughters
Who departed this Life the 1st Day of
June 1678 aged forty-one years and three
Months, having been married to him
12 years and 2 months - and was
A careful Mother teaching Vertuous Life
Happy and making happy when a wife
Religious to Example, may all strive
To imitate her vertues whilst alive.""It is fairly certain that Mrs. Mary Beverley had one or more children by her first husband.
"The children of Major Robert and Mary Beverley who survived them were Peter, Robert, Harry and Mary. The three sons, Peter, Robert and Harry, were very prominent in the colony and they and their many descendants are dealt with later in this book.
"Major Beverley having lost so good a wife doubtless felt the necessity of replacing her as soon as possible. However that may have been, ten months after her death he married Mrs. Catherine Hone on the 28th of March, 1679.
"Major Robert and Catherine Beverley had issue William, John, Thomas, Christopher and Catherine. The last of these married Hon. John Robinson, member of Council and Speaker of the House of Burgesses.
"Origin of Beverley Family in England: The exact place, date of birth and ancestry of Robert Beverley, the Immigrant, have never been definitely determined although there is considerable evidence thereabout. There is no doubt that he came from Yorkshire, England, because such is the entry in the Parish Register made at the time of his death; just where in Yorkshire is uncertain, probably from the town of Beverley or Hull or Selby.
"The surname Beverley doubtless was taken originally by someone who had lived in the town of Beverley as surnames were acquired in that way. For instance, John of Beverley became John Beverley so the name is very frequent in Yorkshire.
"The following additional facts may be mentioned as indicating possible origin: In 1597, Robert Beverley of the Parish of Fiskertonn in the County of Nottingham, Gent, married Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax of Bilboro, County of York, and in 1598, Henry Fairfax named his son-in-law Robert Beverley trustee under his Will. In 1650, William Beverley, the grandson of Robert Beverley, the Immigrant, went to England with his wife and his son and daughter and Mrs. Beverley's nephew, Robert Munford and William Henry Fairfax, son of Col. William Fairfax of Belvoir of the Lord Fairfax family in Virginia. The brief diary kept by William Beverley on this trip shows that they visited the Fairfax home "Toulson" in Yorkshire and that they later went to the city of Hull where they met a cousin, Mrs. Pheobe Beverley, and received a letter from another cousin, a William Beverley, then living in Norwich.
"William Beverley (who made the trip to England as aforesaid) was named by Lord Fairfax as one of his commissioners in Virginia in the great Northern Neck land controversy and the association of the families appears to have been very close, leading to the surmise that Major Robert Beverley may have been descended from the Robert Beverley who married Frances Fairfax.
"There were at least two Peter Beverleys living in Yorkshire in about 1640, one in Hull and one at Rillington, and either of them might have been the father of the Immigrant, who named his first son Peter. It was customary then to name the first son for the father or grandfather.
"Perhaps the most probable line may be through Peter Beverley of the city of Hull, a man of humble origin who married Susannah Hollis in 1634. He was elected a Free Burgess of St. Mary's Parish in the Borough of Hull. He appears to have had a son, Robert Beverley, who was baptized in 1635. Susannah Hollis seems to have been the daughter of Robert Hollis who in November of 1626, was a member of the Society of Merchant Adventurers of Hull, and in 1647, was Assistant to the Governor of the Company.
"In the Parish Register of St. Mary's, Bourough of Hull, there is a record of the death of Elizabeth, wife of Robert Beverley, in 1663. There is also a record on the 14 of September 1680, of the burial of Thomas, son of Mr Robert Beverley of Virginia. This was evidently one of the sons sent back for schooling.
"These facts would appear to be quite conclusive if it were not for the frequencey of the names Robert Beverley and Peter Beverley in the Yorkshire area.
"William Beverley of the fifth generation in Virginia, was sent to school in England and never came back to Virginia. He married Mary Midgely, an heiress, and was Mayor of the town of Beverley in 1806. His son Robert McKenzie Beverley became Lord Scarborough and he may have determined the origin of his ancestor, the Immigrant, but if he did, he left no record of it.
"In about 1915, Mr. Edward Simons Lewis of St Louis Missouri, a descendant of the Immigrant, became interest in genealogy and believed the descent of Major Robert Beverley could be traced to the well known Beverley family of Selby and Great Smeaton in Yorkshire by identifying Major Robert Beverley who came to Virginia as the third son of Thomas Beverley of Selby and Great Smeaton in Yorkshire and Elizabeth Vincent and thence, through John Beverley and Phillipa Mechum to King Henry III, and so to Charlemagne. Mr. Lewis was a prominent Lawer and we do not mean to cast doubts on his findings and conclusions, but a study of the Selby family, dates, etc., shows that if such a descent exists, it must be through a younger son whom we have not been able to identify.
"Burke's Landed Gentry says the Beverleys sold their land in Yorkshire to the Pennymen family about the time Robert Beverley came to Virginia.
"The Immigrant sent at least three of his sons back to England to school and as above stated, according to the Parish Register of St. Mary's in Hull, his son Thomas died there and was buried on the 14th of September, 1680.
"From the position the Immigrant soon took in the Colony, and the offices he held, it is evident he was well educated for those days and a man of culture and attainments but so far as we know, the above fairly well sums up the evidence of his origin.
Children born to Robert and Mary Keeble were:
1. Peter Beverley, b. 1668, d. 1728
2. Robert Beverley, Jr., b. 1673, d. 1722
3. Harry Beverley, b......d. 1730
4. Mary Beverley, b.........d. 1694 William Jones of King and Queen Co., No issue.Second marriage, 3-28-1679, Catherine Hone, dau. of Theophilus Hone of James City Co.
5. William Beverley, bapt. 1-4-1680
6. John Beverley
7. Thomas Beverley, b..........d. 9-10-1686
8. Christopher Beverley, bapt. 3-19-1686
9. Catherine BeverleyIn "The Beverley Family of Virginia" by John McGill, he states that "he was a member of the Church of England." The Bruton Parish Church records, 1674-1683, have the listing "Attorney of the Vestry, Major Robert Beverley" and a further notation "June 5, 1679 the Vestry appointed Major Robert Beverley their lawful attorney to answer the suit of George Marable and to procure judgment for carrying out his agreement."
He was buried at Jamestown. The many old inscriptions on the tombs there, however, are almost impossible to read, and his may have been one of the graves that was encroached upon by the river."
WILL OF ROBERT BEVERLEY, of Middlesex County in Virginia, Gentl. 16th August 1686. Item I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Peter Beverley...all my land in Gloucester County Lying upon Peanketank River betwixt the creeks called Cheesecake Creek and Hoccadies alias Bayles Creek and adjoining to and including in a patent with 500 acres which (were) formerly by me sold and passed away to Mr. Mann of Gloster County by deed under my hand & seal but in case my said son Peter should happen to die without heirs of his body, my will is that the ...lands above (should go) to my second son Robert Beverley...Item I give to my second son Robert Beverley...my plantation & Devident of Land on Poropotank Creek Glouster County...920 Acres...To Harry Beverley 1600 acres in Rappahannock...To John 3000 acres in Rappahannock & New Kent...on the run commonly known...by the name of Beverley Park..to William Beverley 1 land in Middlesex on Rappahannock River...called Griffin's Neck adj. Mr. Robert Smith and Col. Christo; Wormeley & purchased of Mr. Thos. Elliot...To wife Catherine during her natural life...my plantation in Middlesex County...on Peankatanke River whereon I live...now called Old plantation 165 acres according to patent. Also all one half parte of 100 acres of Land & plantation in Gloster County or the whole if I happen to purchase same before my death commonly called and known by the name of North River quarter and now held in partnership betwixt by Brother Coll John Armistead...Provided by wife...accept same in full of...right of dower...After wife's decease I bequeath all the 3 sd plantations to...my daughter Catherine Beverley...I give to the child my wife now goes with be it male or female...all my other lands & plantations...not household goods at my dwelling plantation...for her life...then to daughters Mary and Catherine...all other property to be disposed in equal parts...betwixt my wife and children either in specifical kind or in money sterling...Wife Catherine executor. Signed, Robert Beverley; witness, Ralph Wormley, Robert Smith, Willm Kitts, Walter Keeble, Thomas Ballard. Recorded, Middlesex, 4th April 1687."
Father: Peter BEVERLEY b: Abt. 1610 in City of Hull, York, England
Mother: Susanna HOLLIS b: 1613 in Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandMarriage 1 UNKNOWN ELIZABETH b: in England
Married: Bef. 1663 in St. Mary's, Hull, Yorkshire, EnglandMarriage 2 Mary KEEBLE b: 1 Mar 1637 in Hull, Eng.
Married: 1 Apr 1666
Children
Harry BEVERLEY b: 1669 in Middlesex County, VA
Peter BEVERLEY b: Abt. 1668 in Middlesex, VA
Robert, Jr. BEVERLEY b: 1673 in Jamestown, Middlesex, VA
Mary BEVERLEY b: Jun 1678 in Jamestown, Middlesex, VAMarriage 3 Catherine Hone ARMISTEAD b: 1643 in Middlesex Co., VA
Married: 28 Mar 1679 in Christ Church, Middlesex, VA
Children
John BEVERLEY b: 4 Jan 1687 in Middlesex Co., VA
William BEVERLEY b: 1680 in Blandfield, Middlesex, VA
Thomas BEVERLEY b: 1686 in Middlesex, VA
Christopher BEVERLEY b: Abt. 1686
Catherine BEVERLEY b: 1686 in Middlesex, VAMarriage 4 Margaret BOYD b: 1 Mar 1637 in Of, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Married: Apr 1666 in Jamestown, Middlesex, VA
ID: I9516
Name: George E. ESKRIDGE
NSFX: Jr.
Title: Jr.
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1699 in of,Westmoreland,VA
Death: 1731 in ,Westmoreland,VA
IDNO: > 9516 INF
Note:HISTORY: GHOTEF p. 9
George Eskridge, Jr. died before father's will. Court order for taking inventory
of George Eskridge, Jr., dated Nov. 29, 1732; inventory returned May 29, 1733,
George Eskridge, Gentleman, (His father), administrator. Items included "1
Sattin Gown, and a silk apron", which might be taken to indicate that his wife
predeceased him. The will of Col. George Eskridge, 1735, leavves to the four
sons of son George, deceased, each four slaves, when 21 years of age; also
leaves part of a tract at Flatlick", Prince William, later Fairfax Co., to be
equally divided among the children of my Son George & the daughter of My
Daughter Margaret Kenner & their heirs.
Married (probably) Hannah Rust, daughter of Samuel and Martha Rust. Hannah Rust
was single at the date of her father's will Aug. 16, 1715, but is called Hannah
Eskridge in will of her mother, Nov. 3, 1726, at which date Hannah was still
living.p. 44 The will of Francis Spencer, of Dec. 3, 1715, probated July, 1720, leaves
one negroe to George Eskridge, Jr., whether through relationship or friendship
is not known.
Change Date: 9 FEB 2000 at 19:03:23Father: George ESKRIDGE b: 1660 in Wales,Lancashire,,England
Mother: Rebecca BONUM b: 1665 in ,Westmoreland,VAMarriage 1 Hannah RUST b: Abt 1703 in of,,VA
Children
Samuel ESKRIDGE b: 15 JUL 1723 in ,,VA
George ESKRIDGE b: 8 AUG 1724 in ,,VA
Rebecca ESKRIDGE b: Abt 1725 in of,,VA
Thomas ESKRIDGE b: Abt 1726 in ,Westmoreland,VA
William ESKRIDGE b: Abt 1727 in ,Westmoreland,VA
Name: Samuel Eskridge
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Personsson of Colonel George Eskridge, was a burgess for Northumberland county in the assemblies of 1769-1771 and 1772-1774, but died before the last session, and Peter Presley Thornton took his place. He married Jane Steptoe.
Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia. Article LX. "Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of Mrs. Sarah Newton, daughter of George Eskridge, and late wife of Captain Willowby Newton, of Westmoreland county, who, after having justly established the character of a dutiful child, a faithful friend, an affectionate mother, and sincere Christian, departed this life on the 2d of December, 1753, in the 46th year of her age."
Full Context of Virginia, Prominent Families, Vol. 1-4
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Chapter III Washington.
Col. John Washington.III. Col. James Steptoe, vestryman Cople Parish. Married (1755) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of George Eskridge by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth and Anne Eskridge. Elizabeth married, first, Philip Ludwell Lee; second, P. R. Fendall. Anne married, first, Willoughby Allerton; second, Samuel Washington.
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America STEPTOE FAMILY page 484 COL. JAMES STEPTOE, M. D., (4--3), of "Homany Hall," Westmoreland Co., Va., b. 1710; d. about 1778; a staunch supporter of the Established Church, and a Vestryman of Cople Parish; a much beloved physician and an influential citizen; he m. (first) Hannah Ashton; (second) about 1745, Elizabeth (Eskridge) Aylett, wid. of Col. William Aylett, and dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Eskridge, of "Sandy Point." (The descendants of Col. James Steptoe and Col. William Aylett, are often confounded; Col. William Aylett, m. (first) Ann Ashton, dau. of Col. Henry and Elizabeth (Hardidge) Ashton; (second) Elizabeth Eskridge, dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Esk-ridge, of "Sandy Point." His wid. m. secondly Col. James Steptoe, M. D., of "Homany Hall.") Issue by first marriage:
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Chapter III Washington.
Col. John Washington.III. Col. James Steptoe, vestryman Cople Parish. Married (1755) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of George Eskridge by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth and Anne Eskridge. Elizabeth married, first, Philip Ludwell Lee; second, P. R. Fendall. Anne married, first, Willoughby Allerton; second, Samuel Washington.
Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia. Article LX. Although no vestry-book of this parish has come down to us from which we might give a connected list of the vestrymen, yet we are glad to present to our readers the result of two elections which were held in this parish,--the one in 1755, and the other in 1785. Those chosen in 1755 were John Bushrod, Daniel Tibbs, Richard Lee, Benedict Middleton, Willowby Newton, Robert Middleton, George Lee, John Newton, Samuel Oldham, Robert Carter, Fleet Cox, James Steptoe. Those chosen in 1785--thirty years after--were Vincent Marmaduke, Jeremiah G. Bailey, John A. Washington, Samuel Rust, John Crabb, Richard Lee, George Garner, George Turberville, Patrick Sanford, John Rochester, Samuel Templeman.
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America STEPTOE FAMILY page 484 COL. JAMES STEPTOE, M. D., (4--3), of "Homany Hall," Westmoreland Co., Va., b. 1710; d. about 1778; a staunch supporter of the Established Church, and a Vestryman of Cople Parish; a much beloved physician and an influential citizen; he m. (first) Hannah Ashton; (second) about 1745, Elizabeth (Eskridge) Aylett, wid. of Col. William Aylett, and dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Eskridge, of "Sandy Point." (The descendants of Col. James Steptoe and Col. William Aylett, are often confounded; Col. William Aylett, m. (first) Ann Ashton, dau. of Col. Henry and Elizabeth (Hardidge) Ashton; (second) Elizabeth Eskridge, dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Esk-ridge, of "Sandy Point." His wid. m. secondly Col. James Steptoe, M. D., of "Homany Hall.") Issue by first marriage:
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Chapter III Washington.
Col. John Washington.III. Col. James Steptoe, vestryman Cople Parish. Married (1755) Elizabeth Eskridge, daughter of George Eskridge by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth and Anne Eskridge. Elizabeth married, first, Philip Ludwell Lee; second, P. R. Fendall. Anne married, first, Willoughby Allerton; second, Samuel Washington.
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America STEPTOE FAMILY page 484 COL. JAMES STEPTOE, M. D., (4--3), of "Homany Hall," Westmoreland Co., Va., b. 1710; d. about 1778; a staunch supporter of the Established Church, and a Vestryman of Cople Parish; a much beloved physician and an influential citizen; he m. (first) Hannah Ashton; (second) about 1745, Elizabeth (Eskridge) Aylett, wid. of Col. William Aylett, and dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Eskridge, of "Sandy Point." (The descendants of Col. James Steptoe and Col. William Aylett, are often confounded; Col. William Aylett, m. (first) Ann Ashton, dau. of Col. Henry and Elizabeth (Hardidge) Ashton; (second) Elizabeth Eskridge, dau. of Col. George and Margaret (Borunn) Esk-ridge, of "Sandy Point." His wid. m. secondly Col. James Steptoe, M. D., of "Homany Hall.") Issue by first marriage: