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     John Beauchamp Esq. was born circa 1592 at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, England.^1,7,2 He married Alice/Alicia Freeman, daughter of Edmund I Freeman and Alice Coles, on 27 December 1615 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England,
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MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^8,9,2,10
John Beauchamp Esq. died circa 1652 at England.^1,7
     GAV-10.

; This is what appears to be John's participation with the Plymouth Plantation

Before 1625 Plymouth sent one of their own, a Mr. Allerton, to London. While there he contacted a Mr. Sherley who was a goldsmith. Goldsmiths were the bankers of the day. They were who you saw when you needed a loan. Mr. Sherley in turn contacted a Mr. Andrews and a Mr. Beauchamp to invest in the Plymouth Plantation. Beauchamp paid £1127 and Andrews 1136. It is said "Mr. Sherley pretendeth that hee did alsoe add the some of £1190 for his share." As part of the agreement Sherley would receive shipments of skins and sell them. Then he would share profits with Beauchamp and Andrews. He would also pay the bills of the Plymouth colonists. These treaties were signed in 1625, 26 and 27.
In 1636 there was a plague epidemic. Everyone who could was spending as much time as possible outside of the city. Sherley would only spend 1 day a week there. It was during this bout of pestilence that Sherley received a shipment of beaver skins. What would in good times fetch up to £24 per pound was now less then £8. So Sherley decided to sit on the skins till the market went up. In the meantime he had to pay some bills run up by the colonists. He was owed money by a Mr. Hall who was out of town. When contacted he said he could not pay. So Sherley went to see Beauchamp and Andrews. He told them they should each pay a third. They both refused. This all comes from a letter from Sherley to Plymouth.
In Plymouth the colonists were worried because in the 10 years of doing business with Sherley he had never once sent them an account of what he had been doing. They decided to halt all shipments till they got a full account. After doing so they received letters from Beauchamp and Andrews complaining about not receiving and furs and being £1100 in the hole. The colonists were shocked, they wrote back that they had been sending furs for a long time, and that they should see Sherley about their share.
Sherley refused to pay up. Apparantly he was mad about their refusal to pay the bills earlier. Beauchamp sued Sherley in Chancerie but apparantly lost. Andrew and Beauchamp again wrote to the colonists and blamed them. The colonists took all their furs and sent them to Beauchamp and Andrews. They sent 1325 pounds to be divided equally among them. Beauchamp made £400, apparantly over the £1127 he invested. Andrews however was still dowd £40. This was in 1637.
Apparantly Sherley had been receiving furs for a long time and had been pocketing the profit without giving any to Beauchamp or Andrews. Finally in 1641 the colonists became so fed up with the lying cheating Sherley and tried to terminate their contract with him. On Oct 15, 1641 they wrote up a termination contract and had it sent to each of the three merchants, Sherley, Andrews and Beauchamp.
Beauchamp refused to accept their terms believing he was owed more. He demanded either an extra £400 or £400, I'm not clear on this. In April 7, 1643 Sherley sent a letter to the colonists arguing against Beauchamps claims. Apparantly what happened was that when the coalition fell apart each man tried to get as much out of it as he could and Sherly and Andrews turned on Beauchamp.
Finally in 1645 Beauchamp received £210 10s and I guess was satisfied. He was the last person to whom the colonists owed money. From this point on they were in the black. He apparantly had no further dealing with Plymouth.
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A letter sent by John Beauchamp. A photocopy of this letter was in the book "Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford, Gov. I am not sure what the circumstances around the letter were.

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Mr Stuckey procured me to lend yor Brother my money and therefore I used him as much as I could to get any Interest & Principall when I needed. but at last he fayled in both, and for what I did for himself. But I remember nothing that might make me concede him or Mr Perkins to be engaged to yor Brother except as a Taylor for his Costome But if I can by my best enquiry discover any such thing I shallbe as dilligent to enforme your as I desire by your next and speedy supplying me with my due Debts to be continued
Little Brittaine Yor servicable friend
Aprell 3, 1649 Jo. Beauchamp."⁷

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MilesFiles cites:

; Was a major stockholder in the company that financed the "Mayflower."⁷

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Per MilesFiles:
John Beauchamp was a merchant of London and Surrey, England and an active member of the Plymouth Company; and traded largely with the Plymouth Colony. Deeds and other documents prove that Edmund Freeman, pioneer of the Freeman family of Massachusetts, and brother-in-law of John Beauchamp, acted as his agent in New England. Mary Turpin Layton quotes a letter from John Beauchamp to his nephew, William Paddy of Massachusetts, on brother-in-law Edmund Freeman of Sandwich - "Cousin William Paddy: Loving Cousin, your health desired, with your wife and all yours, with the rest of your friends. Cousin, my son Dogget sent cloth and some Bibles to you and desire you to put on sale, and to make returns in corn, wheat, rye, pease, barley and oats, at as reasonable rate as you can get it, by the first. Cousin, I pray you, tell your father, my brother Freeman, that I have received the box of writing he sent with the letter of attorney and other writings to give to my brother Coddington for his discharge which I gave him; and my brother William Freeman did make his account ..." I pray you to remember my love to your wife and all the rest. We are all in health still, blessed be God; the wife's mother is in good health and lives with me at Rygate. The ship was going to Gravesend and by chance I met with one going to Gravesend, which makes me write in haste at a stop where I met him in London, and have write in great haste. I end and rest, your loving cousin, John Beauchampe. To my loving cousin Mr. William Paddy, merchant in Plymouth.
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 17 (Beauchamp Family) citing "Edmund Beauchamp of Maryland," Daugthters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 66, No. 4 (1932) by Mary Turpin Layton, 2201.²

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Per MilesFiles:
Will - Named in Mother-in-laws will     13 Nov 1650      Ryegate, County Surrey, England [3]
In her will Alice Freeman mentioned son Edmund Freeman and wife; William; sons Edmund and William to whom she left my house in Pulborough, bedstead, etc. To son John Coddington and his wife Elizabeth. To daughter Elizabeth and daughters Alice and Elizabeth Coddington, certain goods. To grandchild Edmund Beauchamp £40. Mentioned grandson Richard Beauchamp, grandson George; grandchildren Alice Doggett, Mary Woolsey and Alice Beauchamp her daughters. To son William Freeman's children that he had by his last wife, the bed their mother fetched out of my house in Pulborough. Mentioned William Fisher and poor of Pulborough Parish. Balance to John Beauchamp of Reygate, Surrey, Esq and Alice his wife and they to be Extrs.
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 17 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.²
In Alice Coles's will dated 13 November 1650 at Ryegate, co. Surrey, England, John Beauchamp Esq. was named as executor;
Per MilesFiles:
Will - Named in Mothers will     13 Nov 1650      Ryegate, County Surrey, England [1]
In her will Alice Freeman mentioned son Edmund Freeman and wife; William; sons Edmund and William to whom she left my house in Pulborough, bedstead, etc. To son John Coddington and his wife Elizabeth. To daughter Elizabeth and [grand] daughters Alice and Elizabeth Coddington, certain goods. To grandchild Edmund Beauchamp £40. Mentioned grandson Richard Beauchamp, grandson George; grandchildren Alice Doggett, Mary Woolsey and Alice Beauchamp her daughters. To son William Freeman's children that he had by his last wife, the bed their mother fetched out of my house in Pulborough. Mentioned William Fisher and poor of Pulborough Parish. Balance to John Beauchamp of Reygate, Surrey, Esq and Alice his wife and they to be Extrs.
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^9,11,12

     Alice/Alicia Freeman was born circa 1595 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England; date of baptism.^1,4,2 She was baptized on 15 April 1601 at co. Sussex, England.⁴ She married John Beauchamp Esq., son of Thomas Beauchamp and Dorothy Clarke, on 27 December 1615 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England,
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MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^1,4,8,2
Alice/Alicia Freeman died circa 1640 at Preston, co. Suffolk, England.⁹
     GAV-10.
Alice/Alicia Freeman is mentioned in the will of Edmund I Freeman on 30 May 1623 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England;
Per Jacobus [1960:24] "His will, dated 30 May 1623, provides for his wife; daughter Alice Beauchamp; son John Freeman; youngest daughter Elizabeth; grandchildren (unnamed); "my sister Harte"; servants, George coles, "my wives brother"; two eldest sons, Edmund and William Freeman, executors and residuary legatees, overseers, Nicholas Bell of Arondell and George Coles of Amberley"

Per MilesFiles:
"30 May 1623      Pulborough, County Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
In his will Edmund Freeman of Pulborough, Sussex, yeoman, was to be buried at Pulborough Church. To wife £200 and benefit of Copyhold wherein I dwell, and thirds of my land for life. To daughter Alice Beauchamp £50. To son John Freeman 3 tenements in Pulborough. To youngest daughter Elizabeth. To my 7 grandchildren £20 apiece. Bequesthals to sister Hart, the poor. To Abe Lee and other servants, 5 shillings apiece. To Geo. Wate 10 shillings. To John Lee 40 shillings. To Searam Fluster £5. To George Coles, my wife's brother, £5. Extrs 2 eldest sons Edmund and William. To High Church at Chichester. Overseers: Nicholas Bell of Arronderl and George Coles of Amberly."
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^4,10
In Alice Coles's will dated 13 November 1650 at Ryegate, co. Surrey, England, Alice/Alicia Freeman was named as executor;
Per MilesFiles:
Will - Named in Mothers will     13 Nov 1650      Ryegate, County Surrey, England [1]
In her will Alice Freeman mentioned son Edmund Freeman and wife; William; sons Edmund and William to whom she left my house in Pulborough, bedstead, etc. To son John Coddington and his wife Elizabeth. To daughter Elizabeth and [grand] daughters Alice and Elizabeth Coddington, certain goods. To grandchild Edmund Beauchamp £40. Mentioned grandson Richard Beauchamp, grandson George; grandchildren Alice Doggett, Mary Woolsey and Alice Beauchamp her daughters. To son William Freeman's children that he had by his last wife, the bed their mother fetched out of my house in Pulborough. Mentioned William Fisher and poor of Pulborough Parish. Balance to John Beauchamp of Reygate, Surrey, Esq and Alice his wife and they to be Extrs.
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^4,10,11 She witnessed the death of Alice Coles in 1651 at Ryegate, co. Surrey, England;
Per Jacobus [1960:24] she died in the home of her daughter Alice.
Per MilesFiles: Following the death of her husband Edmund Freeman, the widow Alice resided with her son-in-law, John Beauchamp at Ryegate, where she died in 1651.
Milesfiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^4,11

     Thomas Beauchamp was born circa 1570 at Crosgrove, Northamptonshire, England.^1,2 He married Dorothy Clarke, daughter of Edward Clarke, circa 1592
; Milesfiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^4,5
Thomas Beauchamp died after 27 December 1613 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.⁶
Thomas Beauchamp died circa 1619 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.¹
     GAV-11.

Thomas Beauchamp left a will on 15 December 1613; Testament Thomas Beacham de Cosgrove
In the name of God Amen the XVth day of december anno dei 1613

I Thomas Beacham of Cosgrove in the countie of Northton yeoman being sicke in bodie but thanked by God of perfect memorie In praies? (AN ODD FORM OF PRAISE?) I commit my soul to Allmighty God My maker and redeamer and my body to be buride in the parish church or churchyard of Cosgrove aforesaid.

Item I give and bequeath to my sonne Edward all my lands and close called by the name of Burks? Bryos? within the fields and parishes of Cosgrove Northe and East Surrie wot I purchased of John Goodman, Ellis Emerson and John Whittmoald to him and his homes forever giving and paying to my sonne Richard one hundred pounds of good and lawful money of England within five years after my decease

Item I give and Bequeath to my son Thomas my house and coppyhold land in Downham in the Isle of Elie in the countie of Cambridge

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margarott my house in Wolverton in the county of Buckingham wot I purchased of my Brother Robte Beacham and three score and ten pounds whereof forty pounds at the daie of her marriage or within ten daies after and the other thirty pounds at the age of twenty and one years

Item I give and bequeath to my sonne John Beacham my estate right title and Interest in my house in Sisam with the petenance or els foure score pounds of good and lawfull money of England

Item I give and bequeath unto Antony Mylgate of Wolverton and to Richard Windmill of the same VI S VIII P (SIX SHILLING EIGHT PENCE) betwixt them that is to ether of them III S IIII P (THREE SHILLING FOUR PENCE. IN OLDER TIMES THEY WOULDN'T ABREVIATE IV FOR IIII)

Item I give to my sonne Edward three garners with all the hovill post and timber belonging to them with the tables and settles in the house with all boards and timber for building with all pallis? and hedge mounds

Item I give to each of my godchildren XII P and to James ---- XII P

Item I give to --- --- --- my --- --- and to --- --- --- XII P to Marie Bird XII P

Item I give to the repair of the parish church of Cosgrove III S IIII P

Item I ordain that if any of my foure younger children depart this naturall life before the above said portions and legacies to them by my bequeathed to be due and paiable to remaine to the proper use and behest of the other that remaine living

Item I give to my sonne Edward my worser cart and plough and harrowe and my browne gelding wot I bought of William Emerson and one redd Hereford

Item I give to my sonne Edward my one half of land and housing with which my fathers parte at the next fallow, paying the rent due to my Father at St. Thomas' day come twelve month and till then my wife to pay it

My legacies a performed, my debts paid, my funeral expenses discharged, all my other goods moveable and unmoveable unbequeathed I give to Dorothie my wife whom I make and ppoint my sole executrix of this my last will and testament.

I ordain and appoint William Ellis of Thropp and my brother Christopher overseers of this my will, and for their pains either of them 2s

In witness hereof I have set to my hand and seal this day and year first written. Thomas Beacham. Signed and sealed in the presence of Arthur Emerson, Christopher Beacham, John Maywood, Robert Bagnell.

NOTES

close: In the line starting "church of churchyard" he does say my lands and close called by the .. Back then close could mean "an enclosed place, especially land surrounding or beside a catherdral or other building. In the Thomas' era it could also mean a narrow lane or alley. Coppyhold: Coppyhold does appear to be a word he uses. Surprisingly enough there is a word copyholder it's a person or a thing that holds the copy so that the copier can copy it. Important before movable print. But I don't think that's what it means.⁶

     Dorothy Clarke was born circa 1570 at Roden, Northamptonshire, England.^1,2 She married Thomas Beauchamp, son of John Beauchamp I, circa 1592
; Milesfiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^1,2
     GAV-11.

     Edward Clarke was rebaptized;
Milesfiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.²
Edward Clarke died at Roade, Northamptonshire, England.³ He was born circa 1545 at Roden, Northamptonshire, England.^3,2
     GAV-12.

     Edmund I Freeman was born circa 1565 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England.^1,3,4 He married Alice Coles, daughter of George Coles, on 1 January 1591 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England,
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Milesfiles says m. ca 1590, citing
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[S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^5,2,4,6
Edmund I Freeman died before 6 June 1623 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England; Per MilesFiles 6 June 1623 is the date he was buried.^1,2,4
Edmund I Freeman was buried on 6 June 1623 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England.⁴

His estate was probated on 18 June 1623.²

     GAV-11.

Edmund I Freeman left a will on 30 May 1623 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England;
Per Jacobus [1960:24] "His will, dated 30 May 1623, provides for his wife; daughter Alice Beauchamp; son John Freeman; youngest daughter Elizabeth; grandchildren (unnamed); "my sister Harte"; servants, George coles, "my wives brother"; two eldest sons, Edmund and William Freeman, executors and residuary legatees, overseers, Nicholas Bell of Arondell and George Coles of Amberley"

Per MilesFiles:
"30 May 1623      Pulborough, County Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
In his will Edmund Freeman of Pulborough, Sussex, yeoman, was to be buried at Pulborough Church. To wife £200 and benefit of Copyhold wherein I dwell, and thirds of my land for life. To daughter Alice Beauchamp £50. To son John Freeman 3 tenements in Pulborough. To youngest daughter Elizabeth. To my 7 grandchildren £20 apiece. Bequesthals to sister Hart, the poor. To Abe Lee and other servants, 5 shillings apiece. To Geo. Wate 10 shillings. To John Lee 40 shillings. To Searam Fluster £5. To George Coles, my wife's brother, £5. Extrs 2 eldest sons Edmund and William. To High Church at Chichester. Overseers: Nicholas Bell of Arronderl and George Coles of Amberly."
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^2,7

     Alice Coles was born circa 1570 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England.^1,2 She married Edmund I Freeman, son of John Freeman, on 1 January 1591 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England,
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Milesfiles says m. ca 1590, citing
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[S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^1,3,4,2
Alice Coles died in 1651 at Ryegate, co. Surrey, England;
Per Jacobus [1960:24] she died in the home of her daughter Alice.
Per MilesFiles: Following the death of her husband Edmund Freeman, the widow Alice resided with her son-in-law, John Beauchamp at Ryegate, where she died in 1651.
Milesfiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^3,2

Her estate was probated between 5 March 1651 and 1652.³

     GAV-11. Alice Coles was also known as Alice Cole.²
Alice Coles is mentioned in the will of Edmund I Freeman on 30 May 1623 at Pulborough, co. Sussex, England;
Per Jacobus [1960:24] "His will, dated 30 May 1623, provides for his wife; daughter Alice Beauchamp; son John Freeman; youngest daughter Elizabeth; grandchildren (unnamed); "my sister Harte"; servants, George coles, "my wives brother"; two eldest sons, Edmund and William Freeman, executors and residuary legatees, overseers, Nicholas Bell of Arondell and George Coles of Amberley"

Per MilesFiles:
"30 May 1623      Pulborough, County Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location [1]
In his will Edmund Freeman of Pulborough, Sussex, yeoman, was to be buried at Pulborough Church. To wife £200 and benefit of Copyhold wherein I dwell, and thirds of my land for life. To daughter Alice Beauchamp £50. To son John Freeman 3 tenements in Pulborough. To youngest daughter Elizabeth. To my 7 grandchildren £20 apiece. Bequesthals to sister Hart, the poor. To Abe Lee and other servants, 5 shillings apiece. To Geo. Wate 10 shillings. To John Lee 40 shillings. To Searam Fluster £5. To George Coles, my wife's brother, £5. Extrs 2 eldest sons Edmund and William. To High Church at Chichester. Overseers: Nicholas Bell of Arronderl and George Coles of Amberly."
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^3,5

Alice Coles left a will on 13 November 1650 at Ryegate, co. Surrey, England;
Per MilesFiles:
Will - Named in Mothers will     13 Nov 1650      Ryegate, County Surrey, England [1]
In her will Alice Freeman mentioned son Edmund Freeman and wife; William; sons Edmund and William to whom she left my house in Pulborough, bedstead, etc. To son John Coddington and his wife Elizabeth. To daughter Elizabeth and [grand] daughters Alice and Elizabeth Coddington, certain goods. To grandchild Edmund Beauchamp £40. Mentioned grandson Richard Beauchamp, grandson George; grandchildren Alice Doggett, Mary Woolsey and Alice Beauchamp her daughters. To son William Freeman's children that he had by his last wife, the bed their mother fetched out of my house in Pulborough. Mentioned William Fisher and poor of Pulborough Parish. Balance to John Beauchamp of Reygate, Surrey, Esq and Alice his wife and they to be Extrs.
MilesFiles cites: [S2201] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 12, (Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2005), p. 16 (Beauchamp Family), 2201.^3,5,2

     GAV-12.

     George Coles was born circa 1550 at Cowlford, Pulborough, co. Sussex, England.²
George Coles died circa 1612 at Cowlford, Pulborough, co. Sussex, England.²
     GAV-12.

     Ambrose Dixon I was born circa 1620.^8,9 He married Mary Wilson after 29 June 1647 at Northampton Co., Virginia, USA,
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MilesFiles cites:
Ambrose Dixon I died on 12 April 1687 at Annemessex Meeting Burial Ground, Annemessex, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.^12,7,8,9
Ambrose Dixon I was buried after 12 April 1687 at Family graveyard on "Dixie's Choice" (about a mile west of Marion P. O.), Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.¹
     He was Quaker.¹

; From Ancestor Lineages: "Indian Fighter, surveyor, Founder Annmessex; MD."⁸

; That Ambrose was son of William is not certain.⁷

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Per MilesFiles:
Anecdote     1649      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [7]
     Ambrose Dixon appears in 1649 as having been transported to Virginia by Richard Bayly, of Northampton County; and it is certain that he became a resident of Northampton County, for in March, 1651/2, we find that he signed "The Engagement tendered to ye Inhabitants of Northampton" by which promise was made "to bee true and faithfull to the Commonwealth of England as now Established without Kings or House of Lords."' In 1652 we find a Mary Dixon transported into the colony of Virginia by Ambrose Dixon and Stephen Horsey, of Northampton County. This was evidently Ambrose Dixon's wife, whose baptismal name we know to have been Mary. Ambrose Dixon was a "caulker" by trade,' no doubt finding extensive demand upon his abilities in a section of country where watercraft were so numerous. However, his life was evidently a quiet one, given to the pursuit of his trade, until the exercise of his religious principles brought him into conflict with the colonial authorities, and thence quite prominently into the records.
     Ambrose Dixon, with the rise of Quakerism in Virginia, gave whole-hearted allegiance to the faith of the "Inner Light," whose guidance brought him to the insurmountable barricade of the Virginia law against Quakers. In November, 1660, Ambrose Dixon, Thomas Leatherbury, Henry White, Henry Voss, and Levin Denwood, were brought before the court of Northampton County for breach of the law concerning Quakers. Ambrose Dixon was arraigned for having met with and spoken amongst the people called Quakers, while fearlessly (and perhaps stubbornly) he "acknowledged the same." Leatherbury and White also in conflict with the authorities "for breach of ye law concerning Quakers" were "found guilty." Voss, while professing to be transporting Quakers out of Virginia and "up ye Bay (i. e. to Maryland) delusively causes ye sd Quakers to be sett ashore at Nuswattocks (in Northampton County)." The court proved the charge against Voss. Denwood was also brought in for "breach of ye law concerning Quakers." The tender-hearted court "remitted executing ye rigor of ye law" and for the present discharged Dixon, White and Leatherbury from payment of sheriff's and clerk's fees in the cause, but "left them to ye Marcy of ye Honble: Govr & Council for ye present." Voss, for his offence was "referred to ye Censure of ye Hon Govr." Denwood was ordered to give security for his good behavior in the future and to pay sheriff's and clerk's fees "and for further Censure is referred to ye Hon' ye Govr & Council."' So it was that Ambrose Dixon had the distinction, for "conscience sake," of being before the highest tribunal of a temporal power there to "witness" to his faith in the supremacy of the "King of Kings." That Ambrose Dixon (with his fellow religionists) was carried before "ye Honble: Govr & Council" of Virginia there can be no doubt; but the nature of "ye Marcy," or lack thereof, extended by that highest court of the colony to these offending religionists does not appear as the records of the General Court for the period have long since disappeared. No doubt, however, the censure which Dixon (and his companions) received was, in quality, thoroughly in keeping with the law against Quakers, and the spirit of a tribunal thoroughly in sympathy with the terms of that law. As early as November, 1658, Ambrose Dixon, in company with Levin Denwood, Captain William Mitchell, and Stephen Horsey, were subjects of an order of vestry in Northampton County demanding that they pay to the Reverend Mr. Teackle, minister of the parish, the usual dues. The refusal of these persons to do this had caused Mr. Teackle to complain of them to the court which granted him judgment against them, except in the case of Captain Mitchell, "who pleads his privilege as a Burgess."
MilesFiles cites: [S224] Clayton Torrence, Torrence, Clayton - Old Somerset, (Regional, Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, 1966), p. 302-306 (sketch of Abrose Dixon), 224.⁹

Reference:
MilesFiles cites: GAV-10.

; Received in an e-mail from Lygia Cutts
" 1. AMBROSE2 DIXON (WILLIAM DIXON OF1 LONDON) (Source: A Family History - Wright-Lewis-Moore & Connected Families by John Wright Boyd, pg. 43-47.) was born in London, England, and died April 12, 1687 in Annamessex, Somerset Co., Maryland. He married MARY WILSON PADDINGTON.

Notes for AMBROSE DIXON:
Source for the following information was pages photo copied from a book sent to me by another Beauchamp/Dixon researcher, the name of the book is unknown:
Ambrose was transported to Virginia by Richard Bayly, of Northampton County in 1649 and became a resident. In 1652, his wife Mary, was transported into the colony of Virginia by himself and Stephen Horsey, of Northampton County. Because of his religion, Quakerism, Ambrose left Northampton County, Virginia, along with Stephen Horsey and others and migrated to Maryland before January 1661/2. They came to the settlement at Annemessex on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ambrose made his home on "Dixon's Choice, on the south side of the Great Annemessex River, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (in later years Somerset County) with his land adjoining Stephen Horsey's Plantation, "Colebourne", and was the center for Quaker activities in this area at the time of its settlement. During the course of his life he amassed a large property in Somerset County in fertile land and several negros. He spent his time devoted to farming and his religious interests. For years, "Dixon's Choice remained in the Dixon family and in the graveyard, where he lies to rest, many generations of the Dixon connection have been buried. The graveyard is located about a mile west of Marion P.O., in Somerset County.

Notes on the family of Ambrose Dixon, taken from the "Cottingham Genealogy" web site (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prarie/5597)

The first mention of Ambrose DIXON is in Accomack/Northampton County Court Records dated 7 Sept. 1640. Here are the exact words and spellings:

Forasmuch as it hath appeared unto this Court this present day that there is certen wages due unto Ambrose DIXON and unto some others For theire service and Labour done and performed [on board the] Pinnace called the Accomack which as yet remayneth unsatisfied It is thereupon thought Fitt and soe ordered By this Courte that as well the said Ambrose DIXON as allsoe
the rest whose wages are remayninge behind and unpayed shall Bee satisfied and discharged unto them and eyther of them By and out of the Cargoe that lately came in the said Vessell called the Accomack as afforesaid fiz. For soe much as they and eyther of them shall justly make appeare to bee Due

29 Aug. 1642 The deposition of Thomas Savage taken in open Court. This deponant saith that att March last was twelve month Ambrose DIXON owed unto Richard Hudson the quantitye of two barrells of Corne, And the said DIXON haveing not the said Corne came to this deponant and desired him to pay it for him which this deponant promised the said Hudson to doe, which Corne neither the said Hudson nor his Assignes came to fatch in three Months after Whereupon this deponant did give them notice divers tymes to fatch the said Corne which they never did, soe this deponant disposed of the said Corne, And further this deponant saith that Ambrose DIXON promised to give this deponant thirty shillings sterling in Goods as they Cost the first penny when Capt. Stone his Pinnace came from New England (no doubt this is the Accomack, the pinnace that DIXON was caulker/carpenter on - the court decides the same day that DIXON owes the debt plus court charges)

1 Feb. 1643/44 (they used the old calendar in those days)
Bee it Knowne unto all men by these presents That I William Scott of the Cittie of London Marriner have made constitutided and Authorized my true and loveing Friend Ambrosse DIXSON in the Countye of Northampton shipp Carpenter to bee my true and lawfull Attourney for mee and in my name place and stead all such goods debts Merchauntdizes as I have belonging to my selfe or Lawfull Attourney And to make such Returnes of the same as I shall give further order, Giveing and by these presents graunting unto my said Attourney full power and Authority to doe and deale as effectually in the promisses As I myself might or could effect (and so on) In witnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this 18th September 1643 28 July 1645

The deposition of Ambrose Dixson taken in open Court.
This deponent saith that when hee and his mate had made an end of the boate which they built for Randall Revell Thomas Harrison asked them saying have you done And sayde I did write a noate (etc about Harrison's noate and Revell's misusing it - DIXON finishes his deposition with) And further not the marke of Ambrose Dixson

Ambrose DIXON married the widow Mary Peddington, their first 6 children are born in Northampton Co. starting with Mary DIXON c1650, Thomas DIXON c1651, Sarah DIXON c1653, Ambrose DIXON c1655 (died young), Elizabeth DIXON c1657, and Grace DIXON c1659.

In 1651 he joined Edmund Scarburgh and several others in riding against the Indians in defiance of the law. A Court Order of 10 May 1651 says:
Whereas Mr Edmund Scarburgh, Mr Thomas Johnson, Mr Richard Vaughan, Captain John Dollinge, John Robinson, Toby Norton, Richard Baily, Ambrose DIXON, Richard Hill, Jenkin Price And divers others Inhabitants and free men in the Upper parte of the parish in the Countie of Northampton Did in a Hostile manner (contrary to the knowne Lawes of Virginia And the League made with the Indians) upon the 28th day of Aprill last past Rayse a partie of men to the number of fiftie persons with Armes and ammunicon And upon the aforesaid daie marched amonge the Indians with a Resolucon to take or kill the Queene of Pocamoke, shott att Indians, slashed and cut [can't read], Took Indyans prisoner, And bound one of them with a Chayne, which said Accons caused the Indyans To Invade the Countie, to the great danger of our Lives and Estate, It is therefore ordered That the Sherriff shall forthwith Arrest the Bodies of all the abovesaid parties... (goes on to say they are to remain in custody until they post bonds to appear in person at James Citty to answer the Governor and Council on 21 May) The same year, 1651, Ambrose DIXON is among those that signed the Oath of Fidelity to the Commonwealth (The king had been beheaded and the monarchy dissolved, Cromwell was in power)

12 Oct. 1652 Ambrose DIXON and Stephen Horsely (Horsey) patent 600 acres in Northampton County for transportation of 12 persons among whom is Mary Dixon.

29 Oct. 1655 - Whereas it appeareth to ye Courte that a dogg and bitch of Ambrose DIXON followed one Tho: Ward and was by a servant of Mr Jno Tilnage found aworrying of two sheep of ye said Tilnage which dyed of the biting of ye said dogge and bitch It is ordered that ye said Tho: Ward shall forthwith make payment unto ye said Mr Jno Tilnage 360 lbs tob. and caske with court charge It is further ordered if any man or woman for further time shall walk with a dogge or bitch that shall kill any sheep that it be thereby charged that the party soe offending shall pay the full value of the sheep worried or killed

This is from Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Torrence:
page 299 - "As early as November, 1658, Ambrose Dixon (and 3 others) was before Northampton Court at the suit of the Reverend Thomas Teackle, rector of Hungar's Parish, for non-payment of minister's and church dues, having been formerly ordered by the vestry to pay them. The court sustained the vestry's order."
page 303-304 - " In November, 1660, Ambrose DIXON (and 4 others) were brought before the court of Northampton County for breach of the law concerning Quakers. Ambrose DIXON was arraigned for having met with and spoken amongst the people called Quakers, while fearlessly (and perhaps stubbornly) he "acknowledged the same."... "In January 1661/2, when the delinquents in payment of minister's and other parish dues, in Hungar's Parish, were ordered by the Northampton Courtto make payment of amounts that appeared to be due by them from the year 1654, Ambrose DIXON was among those who were returned by the authorities as non est inventus (he had left Virginia and could not be found)."DIXON moved into Maryland, settling in Annamessex in 1661. Resentment was very strong in Virginia over the encouragement the governor of Maryland was giving to people to come and settle in Somerset County. Col. Edmund Scarburgh swore that this part of the Eastern Shore really belonged to Virginia. In 1663 he took some of the commissioners and 40 horsemen and invaded the newly formed county with an eye to forcing the inhabitants to swear loyalty to Virginia, not Maryland. The party reached Annamessex on Sunday night, the 11th of October. The next day they went to the house of one of the commissioners, Stephen Horsey, and demanded he swear his obedience to Virginia. Horsey said he could not because he could be hanged by the governor of MD. The broad arrow of confiscation was placed on his door and he was arrested. The party next proceeded to the house of Ambrose DIXON. Two other Quakers who had fled Virginia were there with him. Scarburgh again demanded submission, but DIXON refused. In Scarburgh's own words DIXON was, "a caulker by profession that lived longe in ye lower parts, was often in question for his quaking profession, removed to Anamessicks, there to Act what hee could not be here permitted, Is a prater of nonsense, and much led by ye spirit of Ignorance, for which he is followed, A receiver of many quakers, his house ye place of their Resort, and a Conveyor of our ingaged persons out of the County, averse to Government, for which hee stands arrested, and ye broad arrow on his doore, but bids defiance until severer course reforme him." Scarburgh then proceeded to Manokin where all but 2 of the inhabitants subscribed alligance to Virginia. In all of the about 50 freemen living in the area only 8 refused to give in to the colonel. He then left feeling that he had secured the area for Virginia. On the 10th of November 1663 the Court at Accomack sent on officer to rally the subscribers to come together and defend themselves against the Quakers. By June, 1664 Governor Calvert complained to Governor Berkeley of Virginia of Scarburgh's invasion, beating and imprisoning the people of Annamessex and Manokin. Berkeley replied that Scarburgh had no authoriy and had acted alone. The boundary was finally settled at a later date, and even later Scarburgh was finally reprimanded for his actions. The high regard in which DIXON was held was shone when he was named in 1666 one of the first surveyors of the highways for the county. The same year he was elected to represent the county as a delegate in Annapolis. He did not go, however, perhaps because as a Quaker he could not be sworn in. Quakers refused to "swear". At a later date they were allowed to "affirm" where swearing in would be required of non-Quakers.

Since coming into Annamessex, Ambrose and Mary DIXON had had 2 more children - Alice born 14 Feb. 1663/64 and Hannah (who died young) born 9 Sept. 1666. From then until his death in 1687, DIXON appears 14 more times in the court record for various reasons. That he remained defiant and independent-minded into his old age can be seen in a court case in was involved in in 1677.

Ambrose remained an independent thinker all of his long life. When he was in his late 50's he again got into trouble with the authorities. It seems that he disposed of tobacco that the Aunder-sheriff had confiscated on his property to pay his overdue rents and taxes. The "broad arrow" that is mentioned here is the same mark that was put on the door of his house by Col. Scarburgh in 1663. Since almost no one could read in those days, a sign that everyone understood was used. The "Broad arrow" was the sign that property had been confiscated by the authorities and no longer belonged to the previous owner.

In 1677 (from Judicial Records 1675-1677) it says:
Whereas complaint hath this day beene made to me against Ambrose DIXON of the county of Somerset planter did in or neare about in month of ffebruary last past at ye tobacco house of ye said DIXON upon his plantation after ye marke and dispose of 5 hogsheads of tobacco which was by William Stevens undersheriff to Captain Thomas Waller of Somerset County marked with an broad arrow and intended to be weighed and received of him ye said DIXON towards defraying of his publick dues and his lordships rents and that when ye said William Stevens did accordingly goe about to weigh ye same and to take an exact accompt thereof both for his owne satisfaction and for ye satisfaction of him ye said DIXON that then ye said DIXON (in contempt of ye power and authority of ye said Stevens) did openly and violently by force of armes and divers threatening and abusive speeches withstand and oppose ye said undersheriff and would not suffer him to execute his office but disposed of ye said tobacco aforesaid If therefore ye said DIXON shall not attend ye next county court to bee held in ye said county repaire to it ye said court and therefore before ye commissioners of ye same openly and in public view of ye whole court prostrate himselfe upon his knees and acknowledge his great error to his said Lord Proprietor and crave pardon and forgiveness for ye same promising ammendment for ye same and ye future then and you are hereby strictly willed and required to have ye body of him ye said DIXON at ye next provincial court to bee held att St Maries on ye 19th day of June next to suffer such punishment for ye same as his said Lordships Justices shall think fitt to inflict upon himAmbrose DIXON openly and in publique view of ye whole court did acknowledge his great error and humbly craves pardon and forgiveness for ye same DIXON had clearly gotten in over his head this time and the justices were quick to make an example of him. Whether they then sent him to St. Marys is never said, but probably they made do with his apology.

Ambrose DIXON wrote had his will written the 7th of April 1686:
Dau Elizabeth wife of Robert Dukes one negro woman Called Betty Ginney and her increase also 1 horse
grandchild Thomas Potter sonn of Henry Potter 1 cow and calf 1 mare and her female increase 1 young female negro
Thomas Potter to be put to scoole there to learne reading and writting and arethmatik
son in law Edmund Beauchamp 1 cow and calf 1 young black mare called Ginney ye Younger
Elizabeth Willson ye wife of George Willson mare of ye bay coller with a white star in her forehead called by ye name of Jinney wifes son HenryPenington one negro girl about 10 years old
James Brown 1000 lbs of good Merchantible tobacco in cask
rest to wife Mary Dixon except part Thomas Dixon lives on
son Thomas Dixon, son in law Thomas Cottingham, son in law Edmund Beauchamp, son in law Robert Dukes, son in law John Richards, son in law Henry Potter
after decease of Wife to be equally divided
if Mary intermarry she is to injoy and posess 1/3only
promised to make over to friends 1 acre of land for ye consideration of 12 pence in money received where meeting house now is
Mary Dixon executrix
Signed with his marke A
codicil - if any of my said children and sons in law shall in any way trouble or molest illegaly my beloved wife, my executrix Mary Dixon in or about or concerning this my last will and testament their shares to be void
Ambrose Dixon
AD
his marke

1688 (on August 14) the appraisers of his estate took their inventory room by room. Here it is, let's take the tour:
In Ye Hall
Ambrose Dixon's bed and furniture (that means blankets, sheets, pillows, etc)

13 yards of single serge (fabric)
8 3/4 of course kearsey (more fabric)
1 small carpett, 3 cupboard clothes
12 old turkey worked chairs (meand tooled leather)
6 old leather chairs
5 small pieces of old pewter
1 pair of iron doggs (you lay logs on them in fireplace)
1 warming pann (to warm the bed before you get in)
1 small round table and cupboard
3 old chests In ye Closset adjoining to ye Hall
1 match coat (heavy wool coat)
1 chest and 8 botles
1 ild baskett and a littel yarneIn the other little closset
15 nailes (these were very valuable)
1 little sauce pann and skilettIn ye Kitchen
1 old chest and table 1 bread tray and sifter and pillian
(as you can see this was a winter kitchen - in August and during hot weather
all cooking was done in the negroes quarter as you can tell from the inventory
there.)
In ye Milke House
3 peuter dishes one little bason
1 frying pan
5 narrow axes and 1 grubbing how
1 box and 8 botles
(hard to tell if this was a shed attached to the house as they often were or a
separate building. My money's on shed because it's listed in the middle of the
listings of rooms in the house. This concludes the downstairs, then then went
upstairs)
In the Porch Chamber
1 feather bed and furniture
1 feather bed and furniture
2 diaper table clothes 14 napkins 2 towells (diaper was a type of cloth)
1 small parcell of silke
1 chest and box
3 chaimber potts
(the word chamber always meant an upstairs room, in this case we know he
had a porch because this chamber was over it...also you'll notice Dixon's own
bed was downstairs, again because it was summer and it would be cooler
downstairs)
In ye Wainscott chaimber
1 old feather bed and furniture
In ye Chaimber adjacent
1 old small feather bed
6 diaper napkins
3 pewter dishes 10 plates
1 head of a still and 6 spoons
1 iron box with heaters with several trifling things
(the "iron box" was a box iron with heaters used to iron material - wondering
why only spoons? forks were not in use in America at this date. There were a
few in England but they hadn't made it to the colonies yet)
In the nigroes quarter
8 iron potts
3 old kettles
2 racks
2 spitts
5 paire pott hooks
1 brass mortar and pestle
1 old tankard
4 wedges
1 driping and 1 frying pan
1 peicher (pitcher) basin and 2 pr tongs
1 old caske
1 broken kettle 1 gring stone
1 broken iron pott
1 white servant his time 1 year
1 nigroe man named Watt
1 nigroe woman and 3 children
1 nigroe woman and 5 children
1 hand mill and 2 old gunns
(so 11 people all slept in the quarter and you'll notice there are no beds)
Without Doors
1 mare, 1 colt, 1 horse, 3 yearlings, 1 two-year old
3 cowes and calves
3 cowes and yearlings
2 drought oxen
28 young cattele
8 sheep
1 parcel of hoggs
1 cart and wheeles
sum 328-3-0 (pounds-shillings-pence) This was a well-to-do amount

Are you wondering why he had 18 chairs, but only "1 small round table"? In those days boards were usually laid across chests or cross-bucks and covered with a cloth for meals. Also children were usually expected to stand during meals while adults sat. The large number of chairs are because Quaker "meetings" were held at his house although a meeting house had recently been built on an acre of ground near DIXON's own house.

Remember in the will that Ambrose DIXON wrote he added a codicil stating that if any of the children or sons-in-law bothered his wife in any way they would forfeit their part of his estate? It would seem their son Thomas DIXON did not want to take any chances. About 6 years after his father's death Thomas had drawn up the following "obligation" to make it clear to the law that he had done all he could to make his mother comfortable in her old age. The understanding was that he could then run the plantation on his own and not be accused of "troubling or molesting her".

>From Judicial Records 1693-1694
Know all men that wee Thomas Dixon and John West both of Somerset County and Province of Maryland doe acknowledge and confess our selves to owe and are indebted unto Mary Dixon relict of Ambrose Dixon the just sum of 300 pounds sterling money of England which we promise to pay the said Mary

28 July 1694
The condition of this obligation is such that if ye above bound Thomas Dixon doe forthwith build or cause to be built one sufficient good 20 foot square house or room with a chimney therein well fitted and furnished by all consement speed at ye proper cost and charge of him the said Thomas Dixon which said house or room to be for ye proper use and benefit and behoof of her ye said Mary Dixon during her natural life as also ye said Thomas Dixon shall find and allow to the said Mary one sufficient servant to attend her the said Mary during her life as said with sufficient of entertainment of meate drinke washing lodging apparell or other neccessaries fitting and convenient for the said Mary during her natural life as also the said Thomas Dixon doe well and truly perform the last will and testament of the said deceased Ambrose Dixon so far as is to be fulfilled and the Law require then the said obligation to be void and of none effect signed Thomas Dixon J. West (In other words Mary either got her room, servant, etc. for the rest of her life or they forfeited 300 pounds sterling to her and Thomas lost his inheritance. I have a feeling she had a very comfortable old age.

Known children of Ambrose and Mary Dixon were:
1. Mary Dixon, b. c1650, d. ?; mar. (1666) Thomas Cottingham
2. Thomas Dixon, b. c1651, d. 1720; mar. (12 Aug.1672) Christianna
Potter
3.Sarah Dixon, b. c1655; mar. 11 Jun. 1668 Edward Beauchamp
4. Ambrose Dixon, b. c1655, died young
5. Elizabeth Dixon, b. c1657, d. 28 Feb. 1687/8; mar. (1674) Robert Dukes
6. Grace Dixon, b. c1659; mar. (1676) John Richards
7. Alice Dixon, b. 14 Peb. 1663/4; mar. (1679) Henry Potter; mar. 2nd
Randall Minshull
8. Hannah Dixon, b. 9 Sep. 1666, d. Oct. 1667

More About AMBROSE DIXON:
Burial: Family Graveyard located on "Dixie's Choice" (about a mile west of
Marion P.O.)¹

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Per MilesFiles:
Court - named in order     7 Sep 1640      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [3]
For as much as it hath appeared unto this court this present day that there is certain wages due unto Ambrose Dixon and under some others for their service and labor done and performed on board the Pinnace called the Accomack, which as yet remained unsatisfied. It is thereupon thought fit and so ordered by this court that as well the said Amborse Dixon as also the rent whose wages are remining behind and unpayed shall be satisfied and discharge unto them and either of them by and out of the cargo that lately came in said vessell called the Accomack as aforesaid.
MilesFiles cites: [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p 16 (7 Sep 1640 Court), 2038.⁹

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Power of Attorney received     18 Sep 1643      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [4]
Be it known to all men by these presents that I, William Scott, of the City of London, marriner, have made, constituted and authorized my true and loving friend Ambrose Dixson in the county of Northampton, ship carpenter, to be my true and lawfull attorney.
MilesFiles cites: [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p. 322 (20 Dec 1643 Court), 2038.⁹

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Deposition     28 Jul 1645      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [5]
This deponent saith that when he and his mate had made an end of the boat which they built for Randell Revell, Thomas Harrison asked them, saying have you done. . . Signed by the marke of Ambrose Dixson.
MilesFiles cites: [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p. 447 (28 July 1645 Court), 2038.⁹

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Court - named in order     28 Oct 1647      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [6]
It is ordered that Ambrose Dixon (who married the relict & admrx of the estate of Henry Peddenton dec'd) shall pay unto Richard Jacob 145 lbs tobacco due under the hand of Peddenton
MilesFiles cites: [S2134] Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene A. Groves, Mackey, N'hamp Co Record Bk 03, 1645-1651, (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 2000), p. 225 (28 Oct 1647 Court), 2134.⁹

Ambrose Dixon I immigrated in 1649 to Northampton Co., Virginia, USA.^1,9

Ambrose Dixon I lived between 1649 and 1661 at Virginia, USA.¹

; In a census for the Virginia East Shore.¹

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Oath to England - they made an oath to England     30 Mar 1651      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [8]
He took the oath of allegiance to hereby engage and promise to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords.
MilesFiles cites: [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 34 (Oath to be faithful to the Commonwealth of England), 497.⁹

; Immigrated to Maryland with his children Ambrose, Elizabeth, Thomas, Grace, Mary and Sarah.⁷

Ambrose Dixon I lived between 1661 and 1687 at Maryland, USA.¹

; Returned to VA with children Thomas, Grace, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah, leaving Ambrose in MD.¹

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     In January, 1661/2, when the delinquents in payment of minister's and other parish dues, in Hungar's Parish, were ordered by the Northampton Court to make payment of amounts that appeared to be due by them from the year 1654, Ambrose Dixon was among those who were returned by the authorities as (ITAL:)non est inventus.(:ITAL) Before this January, 1661/2, when he was returned to the court as (ITAL:)non est inventus,(:ITAL) we believe that Ambrose Dixon had made his exit from Northampton County in Virginia through the open door of the province of Maryland's toleration of such dissenters and religious rebels, and had entered, with his companion, Stephen Horsey, the settlement at Annemessex on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. At any rate, we henceforth find Ambrose Dixon living at "Dixon's Choice" in Annemessex, loyal and undaunted in his spirit of Quakerism.
     Ambrose Dixon's home on "Dixon's Choice," on the south side of the Great Annemessex River, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (in later years Somerset County), was the center for Quaker activities in this area at the time of its settlement. Dixon was "a receiver of many Quakers his house ye place of their resort and a Conveyor of our ingaged persons out of the County (i. e. Northampton-Accomack)," writes the caustic Colonel Scarburgh.
     Ambrose Dixon was truly the guide and guard of his brother "Friends" seeking refuge in Annemessex. He was a rugged soul, absolutely loyal to the faith which he embraced and an imcomparable leader among the Quakers in the Annemessex settlement, and later in Somerset County. The "Inner Light" unquestionably led him by a steep and rough way through this earthly life. Let us hope that "beyond this life" the Light guided him to more pleasant paths.
     It is interesting to note that what was evidently the first Quaker "Meeting House" erected in Somerset County was built on Dixon's land (see (ITAL:)ante,(:ITAL) page 91) and that in the "God's Acre" surrounding it Dixon's body was interred when his earthly journey came to an end. "Ambrose Dixon, Senr died and was buried at the meeting house in Anemessix the 12`11 day of Aprill Annoq Dom one Thousand Six hundred eighty & Seaven."7
     Ambrose Dixon married Mary (whose surname is now unknown), who was evidently a widow Pedington, as Dixon, in his will (dated April 7, 1686) devises property to "my wife's son, Henry Pedington."
     Ambrose Dixon and Mary, his wife, together with their children, lived at "Dixon's Choice" on the south side of the Great Annemessex River, and adjoining Stephen Horsey's plantation, "Colebourne." For years "Dixon's Choice" remained in the Dixon family and in the old graveyard on the place many generations of the Dixon connection have been buried. This old graveyard, which has been carefully preserved by the family up to the present time (1935), is located about a mile west of Marion P. 0., in Somerset County. Ambrose Dixon, during the course of his life, amassed a comfortable property in Somerset County in fertile lands and several Negroes. He evidently devoted his time to farming and his religious interests, avoiding political and official life.
     In November, 1666, Ambrose Dixon appears as one of the first "surveyors for ye highways" in Somerset (see (ITAL:)ante, (:ITAL)p. 72).
     In November, 1666, Ambrose Dixon, Ambrose London, Paul Marsh, and Roger Woolford, were elected delegates to represent Somerset County in the Lower House of the General Assembly of the province to be convened March-April, 1671. However, when the Assembly met only Marsh and Woolford appeared as Somerset's delegates.' No explanation has been found as to why Dixon and London did not attend and qualify as members of the Assembly.      Ambrose Dixon and Mary, his wife, had issue:
MilesFiles cites: [S224] Clayton Torrence, Torrence, Clayton - Old Somerset, (Regional, Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, 1966), p. 302-306 (sketch of Abrose Dixon), 224.⁹

; Returned to MD with children Thomas, Grace, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah and wife Mary.¹ He was was mentioned in a land transaction by Robert Dukes on 15 August 1675 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, from Fleet [1988:II:241]: "Deed Book MA.06 p. 742. Dated 15 August 1675. [Somerset County, Maryland]. George Wilson and Elizabeth his wife of Somerset County, sell land to Robert Dukes, land granted in 1666 to Ambrose Dixon, and the said land alienated by Ambrose Dixon and Mary his wife to Geo. Wilson of Somerset County."^13,14

Ambrose Dixon I left a will on 7 April 1686 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA;
Per MilesFiles:
Will     7 Apr 1686      Somerset Co, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location [9]
To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Robert Dukes. To grandchild Thomas, son of Henry Potter. To son-in-law Edmund Beachamp. To Elizabeth, wife of George Wilson. To wife's son Henry Pedington. To James Browne. To wife Mary plantation and Extr. To son Thomas. Mentions George Wilson Sr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Samuel Horsey and John Atkins. Codicil - To son and sons-in-law: Thomas Dixon, Thomas Cottingham, Edmund Beachamp, Robert Dicks, John Richards, Henry Potter. Witt: Stephen Horsey, John Heath & James Browne. Will was probated 10 Aug 1688.
MilesFiles cites: [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 30 (will of Ambrose Dixon, wife Mary), 2081.⁹

     Mary Wilson was born circa 1625.^2,3 She married Henry Peddington I circa 1640
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His 1st of 2 wives
MilesFiles cites: [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 20 (adm of Henry Peddenton (or Peddington), widow Mary), 497.^4,3,5 Mary Wilson married Ambrose Dixon I, son of William Dixon I and Katherine Berkeley, after 29 June 1647 at Northampton Co., Virginia, USA,
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Mary Wilson died in 1688 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.²
      ; Received in an e-mail from Lygia Cutts, a descendant of Ambrose Dixon and Mary Wilson
"Ambrose Dixon marries a widow named Mary whose first husband was Henry Peddington (Pedenden, Pedlington and other varied spellings). Her husband had died by 1647, leaving her with one son - Henry Jr. As Mrs Peddington she appears twice in the early court records:

26 Nov. 1638 - Whereas Henry Peddenden made it appeare unto this court that there is 200 acres of land dew to him for the transportation of 4 persons into the Country (can't read) give him a small neck of land lyeinge in Hungars (for transportation of) Henry Peddenden, Mary his wife, Christopher Bryan, James Hardyn [so Mary was already married to him when they arrived]

20 Sept.1644 - The deposition of Thomas Clifton taken in open Court This deponent saith that Mrs Pedenden (later Mary DIXON) lost a peece of Ribbandine which goodwife Weede Boy found and gave it to Anne Smyth Mrs Pedenden seeing the sayde Anne have it upon her head tooke her into the house by the arme and toore it out of her haire, John Hinman came to Mr Pedendens house and Fell into words of greate distaste, Whereupon the said Mr Pedenden told the said Hinman saying I never inform"d the Court with an untrust (goes on about their arguement) It is assumed by many that Mary Peddington DIXON was born Mary Wilson, sister of George Wilson. She married Peddington (or Pedenden, Pedlington, etc) in England and both migrated to Virginia where Henry died by 1647 and remarried DIXON by 1649. Her brother George Wilson later joined them in settling in Somerset Co.About 1649."⁴ GAV-10. She was the executor of Henry Peddington I's estate on 29 June 1647 at Northampton Co., Virginia, USA;
Per MilesFiles:
Administrator of an estate     29 Jun 1647      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [3]
It was on this date that administration on the estate of Henry Peddenton (or Peddington) was granted to Mary Peddenton, widow of the dec'd. Appraisers: John Browne, Levin Denwood, Garrett Anderson, Richard Bayly. (Notes: The relict and admtx of the dec'd married Ambrose Dixon. A later reference shows Henry Peddington Jr., the son of Henry Peddington dec'd.
MilesFiles cites: [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 20 (adm of Henry Peddenton (or Peddington), widow Mary), 497.³ Mary Wilson was was mentioned in a land transaction by Robert Dukes on 15 August 1675 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, from Fleet [1988:II:241]: "Deed Book MA.06 p. 742. Dated 15 August 1675. [Somerset County, Maryland]. George Wilson and Elizabeth his wife of Somerset County, sell land to Robert Dukes, land granted in 1666 to Ambrose Dixon, and the said land alienated by Ambrose Dixon and Mary his wife to Geo. Wilson of Somerset County."^7,8
In Ambrose Dixon I's will dated 7 April 1686 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, Mary Wilson was named as executor;
Per MilesFiles:
Will     7 Apr 1686      Somerset Co, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location [9]
To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Robert Dukes. To grandchild Thomas, son of Henry Potter. To son-in-law Edmund Beachamp. To Elizabeth, wife of George Wilson. To wife's son Henry Pedington. To James Browne. To wife Mary plantation and Extr. To son Thomas. Mentions George Wilson Sr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Samuel Horsey and John Atkins. Codicil - To son and sons-in-law: Thomas Dixon, Thomas Cottingham, Edmund Beachamp, Robert Dicks, John Richards, Henry Potter. Witt: Stephen Horsey, John Heath & James Browne. Will was probated 10 Aug 1688.
MilesFiles cites: [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 30 (will of Ambrose Dixon, wife Mary), 2081.⁶

     James Curtis was born on 7 November 1666 at Annemessex, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.¹ He married Sarah Hall, daughter of Charles Hall I and Alice/Ellis Lane, on 2 February 1685/86 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777
     Name:     Sarah Hall
     Father's name:     Charles
     Spouse's Name:     James Curtis
     Marriage Date:     2 Feb 1685
     Marriage County:     Somerset
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Barnes, Robert, compiler. Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1975.^4,5,6
James Curtis died in 1721 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.¹

     Sarah Hall was born on 26 May 1668 at Annemessex, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Children of Charles and Alice (LNU) HALL:
     "Charles Hall - Children's Births. Posted 26 Jun 2011 by wendyhall53
     "Early Vital Records (1666-1699); Somerset Co., MD - [Part 2 of 4] Pages 56-142 Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Osiris Johnson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/mdfiles.htm
     "Page 104 ----------
     "Sarah Hall the daughter of Charles hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex the 26th day of May Ao Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and eight"

Ancestry.com - Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
     Name:     Sarah Hall
     Gender:     Female
     Birth Date:     26 May 1668
     Birth Place:     Annemessex, Somerset, Maryland
     Father's name:     Charles Hall
     Mother's name:     Alce
     FHL Film Number:     14416
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1600–1995." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.^1,7,2 She married James Curtis, son of Daniel Curtis and Mary Green, on 2 February 1685/86 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777
     Name:     Sarah Hall
     Father's name:     Charles
     Spouse's Name:     James Curtis
     Marriage Date:     2 Feb 1685
     Marriage County:     Somerset
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Barnes, Robert, compiler. Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1975.^1,8,2
Sarah Hall died before 18 April 1720 at Northampton Co., Virginia, USA;
MilesFiles cites: [S3181] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) laien@aol.com, Ancestors of Nicholas P. Cudnik, (Email to M.K. Miles, 8 Feb 2022), 3181.²
     GAV-9.
In Charles Hall I's will dated 9 June 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, Sarah Hall was named as an heir; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743
     Name:     Charles Hall
     Will Date:     9 Jun 1695
     Will Place:     Somerset, Maryland, British America
     Probate Date:     13 Aug 1695
     Death Year:     Abt 1695
     Text:     Hall, Charles,Somerset Co.,9th June, 1695; 13th Aug., 1695. To wife Alice, extx., and hrs., 50 A., “Hopkin's Destiny,” on e. side Chesapeake Bay, and 1/3 of personalty. To 5 child., viz., Sarah Curtis, Alice Roah, Rachell Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and son-in-law William Planer, personalty. Test: Stephen Horsey, Nich. Fountaine, Mary Fountaine. 7. 129.
     Original Source Name:     Land Office
     Original Source Location:     Annapolis, Maryland, USA
     Original Source Series:     Will books
     Original Source Book:     7
     Original Source Page:     129
     Source Citation: Volume: II, Wills from 1685 to 1702
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
     Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, MD, USA: Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1904-1928.

Per MilesFiles:
Will     26 May 1695      Somerset Co, Maryland [4, 5]
To my wife 50 acres of Hopkins Destiny on the east side of Chesapeake Bay and 1/3 personalty. To my five children Sarah Curtis, Alice Roach, Rachael Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and my son-in-law William Planner, personalty. Wife Alice Extr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Nicholas Fountaine & Mary Fountaine.
MilesFiles cites:

1. [S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, (Reprinted by Colonial Roots with permission from MyFamily.com), Will of Charles Hall, 2200.
2. [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 22 (will of Charles Hall, wife Alice), 2081.^9,4

     Charles Hall I was born circa 1635 at England.² He married Alice/Ellis Lane, daughter of Edward Lane and Olive Eaton, before 1664.^3,4,2,5

Charles Hall I died between 9 June 1695 and 13 August 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Died between date of will and date of probate.^1,6

His estate was probated on 13 August 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.⁷

      ; Children of Charles and Alice (LNU) HALL:
     "Charles Hall - Children's Births. Posted 26 Jun 2011 by wendyhall53
     "Early Vital Records (1666-1699); Somerset Co., MD - [Part 2 of 4] Pages 56-142 Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Osiris Johnson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/mdfiles.htm
     "Page 104 ----------
     "Charles Hall the sonne of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 22th day of ffebruary Annoq Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and five
     "Sarah Hall the daughter of Charles hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex the 26th day of May Ao Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and eight
     "Katherine Hall the daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 20th day of June Ao Dom one thousand six hundred and seaventy
     "Alce Hall the daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 2d day of June Annoq Domini one thousand six hundred seaventy & three
     "Mary Hall ye daughter of Charles Hall was borne att Annamessex of Alce his wife ye sixteenth day of August Anno Dominy one thousand six hundred seaventy & ffive
     "Rachell Hall ye daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife in Annamessex ye third day of July Annoq Dominy one thousand six hundred seaventy seaven."⁸

Reference: Charles Hall Research Notes - Posted 26 Jun 2011 by wendyhall53
     "Charles and Alice probably came to Manokin, Somerset County, MD directly from England in 1661. On 20 Jan 1664/65, Charles Hall was credited with having transported into the colony of Maryland, Ellis (Alice) Hall, Mary Freake and John Walker. On 6 June, he patented "Hall's Choice" of 300 acres. In 1685, Charles and son-in-law William Planner were among the commissioners named to lay out the towns in Somerset County. These two were named, among others on 8 Nov 1692, to divide the county into parishes. They were among the Church of England families. In his will, he bequeathed to his wife 50 acres called "Hopkin's Destinyon the north side of the Annemessex River. Witnesses were Stephen Horsey and Nicholas and Mary Fontaine.
     "Source: Patrick Mancini gedcom posted to RootsWeb World Connect 29 March 2005, database: 307490."⁹ GAV-10.

Reference:
MilesFiles cites:

1. [S200] Matthew M. Wise, Wise, Matt - Boston Family, 2nd Ed, (Delmar Company, Charlotte, NC, 1986), 200.
2. [S958] James R. Revell Sr., Revell, James R. Sr. - Randall Revell, (Penobscot Press, 2007), p. 120 (Second Generation), 958.
3. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 138 (will of Lt. Col. William Waters), 497.
4. [S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, (Reprinted by Colonial Roots with permission from MyFamily.com), Will of Charles Hall, 2200.
5. [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 22 (will of Charles Hall, wife Alice), 2081.²

Charles Hall I immigrated in 1661 to Manokin, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
     Name:     Charles Hall
     Arrival Year:     1665
     Arrival Place:     Maryland
     Primary Immigrant:     Hall, Charles
     Source Publication Code:     8510
     Annotation:     Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.
Source Bibliography:     SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.
     Household Members:     
     Name     Relation
     Charles Hall     --     
     Source Citation: Place: Maryland; Year: 1665; Page Number: 202
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
     Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.⁶
Charles Hall I was mentioned in a land transaction on 20 January 1665
Memo: Torrence [1935:473]: "The following persons were entitled to 50 acres of land each for coming into Maryland to settle."
Torrence [1935:478]: "January 20, 1665 Charles Hall, himself, Ellis (Alice) Hall, Mary Freake, John Walker."¹⁰

;
Per MilesFiles:
Biography     20 Jan 1664/65
On 20 Jan 1664/65 Charles Hall was credited with having transported into the Colony of Maryland Ellis (Allice) Hall, Mary Freake, and John Walker. (The Boston Family of Maryland, p. 395).²
Charles Hall I was mentioned in a land transaction on 6 June 1665 at "Hall's Choice", Somerset Co., Maryland, England,
Memo:
Per MilesFiles:
On 6 Jun 1665 he patented "Hall's Choice," 300 acres. (The Boston Family of Maryland, p. 395).²

Charles Hall I appeared in the census of 1678 at Cattle Marks, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
     Name:     Charles Hall
     State:     MD
     County:     Somerset County
     Township:     Cattle Marks
     Year:     1678
     Page:     NPL
     Database:     MD Early Census Index
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census, 1772-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.¹¹ He and William Planner were
Per MilesFiles:
In 1685 Charles Hall and William Planner were among commissioners named to lay out towns in Somerset Co, MD. (The Boston Family of Maryland, p. 395). in 1685 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.²

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Per MilesFiles:
Will - Mentioned in a will     8 Oct 1685      Northampton County, Virginia, USA [3]
Lt. Col. William Waters named cozens Charles Hall and Thomas Tull to care for my plantation and stock (his son Edward was left land in Somerset Co). When my son Edward attains to lawful age and my estate is divided, then Thomas Browne, Benjamin Stratton and Charles Hall to take my 3 youngest sons and their estates into their custody until then can shift for themselves.
MilesFiles cites: [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 138 (will of Lt. Col. William Waters), 497.²

Charles Hall I left a will on 9 June 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743
     Name:     Charles Hall
     Will Date:     9 Jun 1695
     Will Place:     Somerset, Maryland, British America
     Probate Date:     13 Aug 1695
     Death Year:     Abt 1695
     Text:     Hall, Charles,Somerset Co.,9th June, 1695; 13th Aug., 1695. To wife Alice, extx., and hrs., 50 A., “Hopkin's Destiny,” on e. side Chesapeake Bay, and 1/3 of personalty. To 5 child., viz., Sarah Curtis, Alice Roah, Rachell Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and son-in-law William Planer, personalty. Test: Stephen Horsey, Nich. Fountaine, Mary Fountaine. 7. 129.
     Original Source Name:     Land Office
     Original Source Location:     Annapolis, Maryland, USA
     Original Source Series:     Will books
     Original Source Book:     7
     Original Source Page:     129
     Source Citation: Volume: II, Wills from 1685 to 1702
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
     Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, MD, USA: Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1904-1928.

Per MilesFiles:
Will     26 May 1695      Somerset Co, Maryland [4, 5]
To my wife 50 acres of Hopkins Destiny on the east side of Chesapeake Bay and 1/3 personalty. To my five children Sarah Curtis, Alice Roach, Rachael Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and my son-in-law William Planner, personalty. Wife Alice Extr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Nicholas Fountaine & Mary Fountaine.
MilesFiles cites:

1. [S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, (Reprinted by Colonial Roots with permission from MyFamily.com), Will of Charles Hall, 2200.
2. [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 22 (will of Charles Hall, wife Alice), 2081.^7,2

     Alice/Ellis Lane was born circa 1646 at England.^2,3 She married Charles Hall I before 1664.^1,2,6,3

Alice/Ellis Lane died before 23 April 1724 at Manokin, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA;
Date her willl was probated.^1,2,3
     GAV-10.

Reference:
From "Old Somerset Co., MD and Sussex Co., DE":
     From Old Somerset Liber IKL:
      Charles Hall the sonne of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 22th day of ffebruary Annoq Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and five
      Sarah Hall the daughter of Charles hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex the 26th day of May Ao Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and eight
      Katherine Hall the daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 20th day of June Ao Dom one thousand six hundred and seaventy
      Alce Hall the daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 2d day of June Annoq Domini one thousand six hundred seaventy & three
      Mary Hall ye daughter of Charles Hall was borne att Annamessex of Alce his wife ye sixteenth day of August Anno Dominy one thousand six hundred seaventy & ffive
      Rachell Hall ye daughter of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife in Annamessex ye third day of July Annoq Dominy one thousand six hundred seaventy seaven
      James Curtis & Sarah Hall the daughter of Charles Hall were maried by Mr. William Traile minister the second day of Feby one thousand six hundred eighty & five
     Charles Hall had surveyed for him and patented land in old Somerset as one of the first settlers (survey date shown):
      (1) Mar 23 1663: "Halls Choice" for 300a on the north side of the Annamessex River
      (2) Feb 4 1680: "Halls Adventure" for 250a on the north side of the Annamessex River
      (3) Dec 22 1680: "Halls Hummock" for 100a on the north side of the Annamessex River below the mouth of Halls Creek
      (4) Jul 2 1688: "Halls Pasture" for 100a on the north side of the Annamessex River below "Halls Hummock"
     These four patents encompass a total of 750a and lie in a line adjacent to each. On the modern map, they are located on the road from Westover to Frenchtown/Rumbley, MD about halfway from US13 to Rumbley. "Halls Adventure" includes the small village of Upper Fairmount and "Halls Choice", "Halls Hummock" and "Halls Pasture" connect with each other, respectivly to the south. "Halls Pasture" is primarily swampland/marsh and is probably named as a pasture because it was dedicated for use of Charles Hall's livestock. Hall's Creek called out in the 1680 "Halls Hummock" survey is still named as such in the modern day (2017).
     On Jan 29 1695 (new style), Charles Hall Sr. and his wife Alice convey the land to Charles Hall Jr. as a deed of gift probably because the elder Charles was dying and they made the transfer ahead of any probate (SoLR-L1:257). Very soon afterwards, Charles Hall Jr. deeds 1/3rd of the land back to his mother Alice Hall to fulfill her dower rights while she is still living (Ibid:299). On Jul 22 1709, Charles Hall Jr. bequeaths this land to his sons Richard and Charles Hall (SoW-EB5:147).
     Charles married Alice Lane. (Alice Lane was born about 1646 in England and died about 1724 in Somerset Co., MD.)⁷

Reference:
MilesFiles cites:
In Charles Hall I's will dated 9 June 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, Alice/Ellis Lane was named as executor; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743
     Name:     Charles Hall
     Will Date:     9 Jun 1695
     Will Place:     Somerset, Maryland, British America
     Probate Date:     13 Aug 1695
     Death Year:     Abt 1695
     Text:     Hall, Charles,Somerset Co.,9th June, 1695; 13th Aug., 1695. To wife Alice, extx., and hrs., 50 A., “Hopkin's Destiny,” on e. side Chesapeake Bay, and 1/3 of personalty. To 5 child., viz., Sarah Curtis, Alice Roah, Rachell Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and son-in-law William Planer, personalty. Test: Stephen Horsey, Nich. Fountaine, Mary Fountaine. 7. 129.
     Original Source Name:     Land Office
     Original Source Location:     Annapolis, Maryland, USA
     Original Source Series:     Will books
     Original Source Book:     7
     Original Source Page:     129
     Source Citation: Volume: II, Wills from 1685 to 1702
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
     Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, MD, USA: Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1904-1928.

Per MilesFiles:
Will     26 May 1695      Somerset Co, Maryland [4, 5]
To my wife 50 acres of Hopkins Destiny on the east side of Chesapeake Bay and 1/3 personalty. To my five children Sarah Curtis, Alice Roach, Rachael Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and my son-in-law William Planner, personalty. Wife Alice Extr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Nicholas Fountaine & Mary Fountaine.
MilesFiles cites:

Alice/Ellis Lane left a will in July 1717 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA;
Per MilesFiles:
Will     Jul 1717      Somerset Co, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location [3]
To 2 grandchildren Richard Hall & Charles Hall, land. To grandson Richard Hall. To granddaughter Alis Hall (under 14). To daughter Alis (under 20). To granddaughter Sarah Roach. To granddaughter Alis Revell. To 2 daughters Alis Roach & Mary Bannister, Extrs. To son-in-law John Roach and daughter Alis Roach tract Hopkinses Destiny. Witt: John Tull & John Trahearn.
MilesFiles cites: [S2124] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1667-1748, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 23 (will of Alice Hall), 2124.³

     Charles Hall II was born on 22 February 1665/66 at Annemessex, Somerset Co., Maryland, USA;
Children of Charles and Alice (LNU) HALL:
     "Charles Hall - Children's Births. Posted 26 Jun 2011 by wendyhall53
     "Early Vital Records (1666-1699); Somerset Co., MD - [Part 2 of 4] Pages 56-142 Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Osiris Johnson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/md/mdfiles.htm
     "Page 104 ----------
     "Charles Hall the sonne of Charles Hall was borne of Alce his wife at Anamessex ye 22th day of ffebruary Annoq Dom one thousand six hundred sixty and five."^2,5,1 He married Martha Davis, daughter of Richard Davis and Elizabeth Berry, on 31 October 1693 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.^6,1,7

Charles Hall II died between 8 December 1708 and 22 July 1709 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA; Presumably died between dates of will and date of probate thereof.^8,9,1

His estate was probated on 22 July 1709 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA,
;
From "Early Colonial Settlers":
     Hall, Charles, planter, Somerset Co., 8th Dec., 1708; 22nd, July, 1709.
     To wife Martha, extx., dower rights in lands and personal estate.
     To 2 sons, Richard and Charles, and hrs., all lands .
     To young. sons William and ohn, personalty and lands afsd., should either or both elder sons die without issue. Sd. young. 'son to be sent to school at 15 yrs. of age.
     To 4 child. afsd. and dau. Alyes, residue of estate.
     Overseers: James Curties, John Roch, Richard Waters.
     Test: London Walstone, Dan'll Mackelary, Mary Stocks. Part 2-12. 1.83.⁹
      ;
MilesFiles cites:

1. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 498 (Carsley Family), 887.
2.¹
In Charles Hall I's will dated 9 June 1695 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA, Charles Hall II was named as an heir; Ancestry.com - Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743
     Name:     Charles Hall
     Will Date:     9 Jun 1695
     Will Place:     Somerset, Maryland, British America
     Probate Date:     13 Aug 1695
     Death Year:     Abt 1695
     Text:     Hall, Charles,Somerset Co.,9th June, 1695; 13th Aug., 1695. To wife Alice, extx., and hrs., 50 A., “Hopkin's Destiny,” on e. side Chesapeake Bay, and 1/3 of personalty. To 5 child., viz., Sarah Curtis, Alice Roah, Rachell Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and son-in-law William Planer, personalty. Test: Stephen Horsey, Nich. Fountaine, Mary Fountaine. 7. 129.
     Original Source Name:     Land Office
     Original Source Location:     Annapolis, Maryland, USA
     Original Source Series:     Will books
     Original Source Book:     7
     Original Source Page:     129
     Source Citation: Volume: II, Wills from 1685 to 1702
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Maryland, Calendar of Wills, 1635-1743 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
     Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, MD, USA: Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1904-1928.

Per MilesFiles:
Will     26 May 1695      Somerset Co, Maryland [4, 5]
To my wife 50 acres of Hopkins Destiny on the east side of Chesapeake Bay and 1/3 personalty. To my five children Sarah Curtis, Alice Roach, Rachael Revell, Mary and Charles Hall, and my son-in-law William Planner, personalty. Wife Alice Extr. Witt: Stephen Horsey, Nicholas Fountaine & Mary Fountaine.
MilesFiles cites:

1. [S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, (Reprinted by Colonial Roots with permission from MyFamily.com), Will of Charles Hall, 2200.
2. [S2081] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Som Co, MD Wills 1770-1777 & 1675-1710, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 22 (will of Charles Hall, wife Alice), 2081.^10,3

Charles Hall II left a will on 8 December 1708 at Somerset Co., Maryland, USA.⁹

Family	Martha Davis b. 3 Apr 1676, d. b 22 Jul 1709
Children	Richard Hall9,1,11 b. 25 Oct 1694, d. b 16 Dec 1777 Charles Hall III9,1 b. c 1696, d. bt 4 Jan 1739 - 25 Mar 1740 John Hall+9,1,12 b. 1696, d. b 21 Feb 1769 William Hall9,1 b. c 1698, d. c 1760 Alice (Alyes) Hall9,1,13 b. c 1705

Citations

1. [S5890] M. K. Miles: MilesFiles 23.0: Hundreds of Eastern Shore Families from Charlemagne to the Present, online <https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php>, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Charles Hall, II 1666 - Bef 1709: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5165&tree=1. Hereinafter cited as MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families.
2. [S782] e-mail address, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=trishaann&surname=Beauchamp%2C+Curtis, E. Parker Todd (unknown location), downloaded update 8 Sept 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=trishaann&id=I19879
3. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Charles Hall, I Abt 1635 - Bef 1695: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5168&tree=1
4. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Alice 'Ellis' Lane Female Abt 1646 - Bef 1724: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5169&tree=1
5. [S2354] Ancestry.Com Web Site, online http://search.ancestry.com/, Charles Hall - Children's Births seen on Ancestry.com on 15 Aug 2018 at: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/7651390/person/-1057811640/media/4d2df250-10cf-433d-bf05-084b0b398e21?_phsrc=OQU2626&usePUBJs=true. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Web Site.
6. [S782] e-mail address, update 8 Sept 2001, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=trishaann&id=I19880
7. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Martha (13) Davis 1676 - Bef 1709: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5166&tree=1
8. [S2338] Ancestry.Com Family Trees, online http://trees.ancestry.com/, Hubbard Family Tree - Charles Hall: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/19519723/person/20406725223/facts. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.Com Family Trees.
9. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I069559&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
10. [S3213] FamilySearch.Org Website, online <https://familysearch.org/>, Will and Probate record seen on FamilySearch.com on 15 Aug 2018 at: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3250&h=1627&ssrc=pt&tid=7651390&pid=-1057811640&usePUB=true. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch.Org Website.
11. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Richard (26) Hall 1694 - Bef 1777: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5175&tree=1
12. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. John (29) Hall 1696 - Bef 1769: https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I3251&tree=1
13. [S5890] MilesFiles 23.0 - E. Shore Families, online https://espl-genealogy.org/index.php, Accessed on 30 June 2025. Alyce (30) Hall Abt 1705 - : https://espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I5178&tree=1