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     Lucy Hudson was born before 1724 at Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia, USA.⁵
Lucy Hudson died between 24 July 1756 and 2 September 1756 at Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia, USA; Died between date of will and of probate.^1,5

Her estate was probated on 2 September 1756 at King George Co., Virginia, USA.⁵

     Lucy Hudson left a will on 24 July 1756 at King George Co., Virginia, USA; Per Bodine [2010]: "Lucy Hudson, also left a will, written 24 July 1756 and proved 2 Sept 1756 wherein she named as her heirs, brother William Hudson, sisters Ann Housley, Martha Peril and Elizabeth Allan, and cousins Samuel Peril and Pine Housley. [Will Book A, p. 52-53]"

Per Early Colonial Settlers:
"1752-1780 King George County, Virginia Will Book A; [Antient Press]; Page 52-53
Will of LUCY HUDSON. I LUCY HUDSON of parish of Hanover in the county of King George .. give and bequeath to my cousins SAMUEL PERIL & PINE HOUSLEY all my money & the money of a Thousand Weight of Crop tobacco which Capt. JOSEPH STROTHER hath to sell for me.
To my Sister ANN HOUSLEY my Mothers green cloak & the Country Cloth that is at the weavers Vizt. CATHERINE ANDERSONS where being four shilling already paid towards it at Four pence a yard; to my sister MARTHA PERIL the half of all my wearing apparrel & she to have first choice. The other half of my wearing apparrel I bequeath to my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN. All the rest of my Estate I give to be equally divided between my Brother WILLIAM HUDSON & my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN whom I appoint Executor & Executrix .. this 24th day of July 1756.
Presence of John Stevens, Lucy x Hudson
Ann x Stevens, John x Hammit
At a court held .. 2nd September 1756 .. will presented into court and admitted to record."^1,5

     Anne Hudson married Unknown (?)
; Her 1st husband.¹ Anne Hudson was born circa 1715 at Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia, USA.^1,5,2 She married Thomas Owsley II, of Fairfax Co. in 1732/33
; her 2nd husband.^1,5,2
Anne Hudson died after 24 July 1756 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2
     Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
1752-1780 King George County, Virginia Will Book A; [Antient Press]; Page 52-53
Will of LUCY HUDSON.
I LUCY HUDSON of parish of Hanover in the county of King George .. give and bequeath to my cousins SAMUEL PERIL & PINE HOUSLEY all my money & the money of a Thousand Weight of Crop tobacco which Capt. JOSEPH STROTHER hath to sell for me.
To my Sister ANN HOUSLEY my Mothers green cloak & the Country Cloth that is at the weavers Vizt. CATHERINE ANDERSONS where being four shilling already paid towards it at Four pence a yard; to my sister MARTHA PERIL the half of all my wearing apparrel & she to have first choice. The other half of my wearing apparrel I bequeath to my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN. All the rest of my Estate I give to be equally divided between my Brother WILLIAM HUDSON & my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN whom I appoint Executor & Executrix .. this 24th day of July 1756.
Presence of John Stevens, Lucy x Hudson
Ann x Stevens, John x Hammit
At a court held .. 2nd September 1756 .. will presented into court and admitted to record. at Citation. She was living in 1756; per Bodine [2010]: "She was named Ann Housley in the 1756 will of her sister Lucy Hudson which is the latest date that can be established for certain that she was living.¹
Anne Hudson is mentioned in the will of Lucy Hudson on 24 July 1756 at King George Co., Virginia, USA; Per Bodine [2010]: "Lucy Hudson, also left a will, written 24 July 1756 and proved 2 Sept 1756 wherein she named as her heirs, brother William Hudson, sisters Ann Housley, Martha Peril and Elizabeth Allan, and cousins Samuel Peril and Pine Housley. [Will Book A, p. 52-53]"

Per Early Colonial Settlers:
"1752-1780 King George County, Virginia Will Book A; [Antient Press]; Page 52-53
Will of LUCY HUDSON. I LUCY HUDSON of parish of Hanover in the county of King George .. give and bequeath to my cousins SAMUEL PERIL & PINE HOUSLEY all my money & the money of a Thousand Weight of Crop tobacco which Capt. JOSEPH STROTHER hath to sell for me.
To my Sister ANN HOUSLEY my Mothers green cloak & the Country Cloth that is at the weavers Vizt. CATHERINE ANDERSONS where being four shilling already paid towards it at Four pence a yard; to my sister MARTHA PERIL the half of all my wearing apparrel & she to have first choice. The other half of my wearing apparrel I bequeath to my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN. All the rest of my Estate I give to be equally divided between my Brother WILLIAM HUDSON & my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN whom I appoint Executor & Executrix .. this 24th day of July 1756.
Presence of John Stevens, Lucy x Hudson
Ann x Stevens, John x Hammit
At a court held .. 2nd September 1756 .. will presented into court and admitted to record."^1,6

     Martha Hudson was born before 1710 at St. Mary's Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia, USA.² She married William Pearle before 1726.^1,3,2

Martha Hudson died after 1785 at Fauquier Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
1752-1780 King George County, Virginia Will Book A; [Antient Press]; Page 52-53
Will of LUCY HUDSON.
I LUCY HUDSON of parish of Hanover in the county of King George .. give and bequeath to my cousins SAMUEL PERIL & PINE HOUSLEY all my money & the money of a Thousand Weight of Crop tobacco which Capt. JOSEPH STROTHER hath to sell for me. To my Sister ANN HOUSLEY my Mothers green cloak & the Country Cloth that is at the weavers Vizt. CATHERINE ANDERSONS where being four shilling already paid towards it at Four pence a yard; to my sister MARTHA PERIL the half of all my wearing apparrel & she to have first choice. The other half of my wearing apparrel I bequeath to my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN. All the rest of my Estate I give to be equally divided between my Brother WILLIAM HUDSON & my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN whom I appoint Executor & Executrix .. this 24th day of July 1756.
Presence of John Stevens, Lucy x Hudson
Ann x Stevens, John x Hammit
At a court held .. 2nd September 1756 .. will presented into court and admitted to record.
===
Abstracts of Fauquier county, Virginia, Wills, Inventories & Accounts 1759-1800
William Pearl (Will) date written 24 May 1785, proved 25 July 1785, by oaths of Reuben Strother & Benjamin Strother, the 3 executors named in Will, were granted certificate to obtain probate.
mentions: grandson William Pearl son of son Samuel Pearl;
daughter Sarah Smare and her children;
daughter Margaret Fields wife of John Fields and her children;
daughter Martha Evins and her children;
daughter Mary Murry,
daughter Elizabeth Cundiff alias Ellitt and her son Elijah;
grandchildren - William Weadon, Mary Weadon, Elizabeth Weadon & Anne Weadon;
son William;
son Richard;
wife Martha Pearl;
executors: wife Martha Pearl, Samuel Pearl & Ralph Murray
signed: William (X) Pearl
witnesses: Reuben Strother, Daniel Brown, Benjamin Carpenter, Benjamin Strother & Reuben Ellitt
===
Fauquier Co Va Minute Book 1767-1769; [Antient Press]
Fauquier County Court 24th of Oct 1768; page 348
- Indentures of Lease &Release between WILLIAM Pearl and MARTHA his Wife of the one part and JOHN FRENCH of the other part and a receipt on the Release endorsed were acknowledged by the said WILLIAM PEARLE and MARTHA his Wife, at Citation.²
Martha Hudson is mentioned in the will of Lucy Hudson on 24 July 1756 at King George Co., Virginia, USA; Per Bodine [2010]: "Lucy Hudson, also left a will, written 24 July 1756 and proved 2 Sept 1756 wherein she named as her heirs, brother William Hudson, sisters Ann Housley, Martha Peril and Elizabeth Allan, and cousins Samuel Peril and Pine Housley. [Will Book A, p. 52-53]"

Per Early Colonial Settlers:
"1752-1780 King George County, Virginia Will Book A; [Antient Press]; Page 52-53
Will of LUCY HUDSON. I LUCY HUDSON of parish of Hanover in the county of King George .. give and bequeath to my cousins SAMUEL PERIL & PINE HOUSLEY all my money & the money of a Thousand Weight of Crop tobacco which Capt. JOSEPH STROTHER hath to sell for me.
To my Sister ANN HOUSLEY my Mothers green cloak & the Country Cloth that is at the weavers Vizt. CATHERINE ANDERSONS where being four shilling already paid towards it at Four pence a yard; to my sister MARTHA PERIL the half of all my wearing apparrel & she to have first choice. The other half of my wearing apparrel I bequeath to my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN. All the rest of my Estate I give to be equally divided between my Brother WILLIAM HUDSON & my Sister ELIZABETH ALLAN whom I appoint Executor & Executrix .. this 24th day of July 1756.
Presence of John Stevens, Lucy x Hudson
Ann x Stevens, John x Hammit
At a court held .. 2nd September 1756 .. will presented into court and admitted to record."^1,6

     William Pearle married Martha Hudson, daughter of William Hudson Sr. and Sarah Woffendall, before 1726.^1,2,3

William Pearle died between 24 May 1785 and 28 July 1785 at Virginia, USA; Died betwen date of will and of probate.²

His estate was probated on 28 July 1785 at Fauquier Co., Virginia, USA.²

     William Pearle left a will on 24 May 1785.²

     Unknown (?) married Anne Hudson, daughter of William Hudson Sr. and Sarah Woffendall,
; Her 1st husband.¹

     John Owsley I was born in 1733/34.²

     Thomas Owsley II, of Fairfax Co. married Anne Hudson, daughter of William Hudson Sr. and Sarah Woffendall, in 1732/33
; her 2nd husband.^1,2,3
Thomas Owsley II, of Fairfax Co. died in 1750.¹

     William I Rush died between 1689 and 1704 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; from document seen on Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     "William died after deed of gift, 22 July 1689 to son, William Rush..."²
     GAV-9.

; per Bodine [2010]: "Two men named William Rush are known to have come to America in the first half of the 17th-century. The first William Rush arrived in 1635 aboard the Matthew when he was 20 years old. The second William Rush was transported in 1650 by Sir Thomas Huntsford, Bnt. It seems likely that one of these men was the father of..." William Rush II.¹

William I Rush immigrated on 21 May 1635 to USA; Ship "Matthew of London"
from document seen on Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     "One William Rush aged 20 seen on the ship "Matthew of London", (a copy enclosed with Francis Grey's documents) The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700 from Records of her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, by Hotten, John Camden, 1874.ReprintGen. Pub. Co., Baltimore, Md. 1983,pp. 80-81.
     21 Maij 1635 The under-written names are to be transported to St. Christophers, imbarqued in the MATTHEW OF LONDON, Richard Goodladd Mr. p warrant from ye Earle of Carlisle. including: Willm Rush aged 20.

[NB: This record for Ancestry seems to be for a William Rush arriving on St. Christopher Island of St. Kitts, not Virginia.]
Ancestry.com - U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
     Name:     Willm Rush
     Birth Year:     abt 1615
     Arrival Year:     1635
     Arrival Place:     St. Christopher
     Age:     20
     Source Publication Code:     3283
     Primary Immigrant:     Rush, Willm
     Annotation:     Standard work. Includes lists of ships to Bermuda, Barbados, and continental North America. Indexes family names. Names of Jews are excerpted in Adler, no. 61. Care should be taken when using Hotten. There are two versions, one with accurate text and inde
     Source Bibliography:     HOTTEN, JOHN CAMDEN, editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. With Their Ages, the Localities Where They Formerly Lived in the Mother Country, the Names of the Ships in Which They Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars. From MSS. Preserved in the State
     Page:     81
     Source Citation: Place: St. Christopher; Year: 1635; Page Number: 81
     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.^2,3

; from document seen on Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     "He appears in the 1650s in Westmoreland Co., Va. court records which means that he was born as late as 1630. One early record is found in Va. Colonial Abstracts, Vol., 23, Westmoreland Co., Va. (1653-1657) Fleet, Beverley, Richmond Va. p. 56 of Fleet on p. 66 of court record. Wm Rush and Henry Causham record their mark for hogs and cattle, 1 Nov. 1656". Note: This probably means the brand to identify their cattle."² He was was mentioned in a land transaction by William II Rush on 22 July 1689 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, per Bodine [2010]: "Three generations of William Rush’s are attested to in the following lease and release of land recorded in Westmoreland County Deed Book 8-2, p. 145-147:
     William Rush of Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va. to Rev. David Stuart, of St. Paul’s Parish, Stafford Co., Va., being 100 acres purchased from Robert Howson by William Rush, the grandfather of the above mentioned grantor and lesser, and granted by deed of gift to William Rush his son, the father of the above grantor, as by deed bearing date the 22 July 1689, relation thereunto being had, may more at large appear, and now descended by inheritance to William Rush, the grantor thereof, the grandson to the above William Rush, the first purchaser hereof, the which tract was re-patented and granted to William Rush the first purchaser aforesaid the 10th January, 1704."
William I Rush and William II Rush were mentioned in a land transaction on 22 July 1689
Memo: from document seen on Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     "(This was prob. recorded in the missing will and deed books of 1678-1690) this deed is mentioned in: Va. Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742, Bk. 3, p. 75. by Gray, Gertrude E. "William Rush,of Westmoreland Co., Va., son and heir of William Rush, deceased is in possession of 100 acres by deed of gift from his father 22 July 1689. Father purchased of Robert Howson. Grant to William Rush, adj. Horse Rd., Berryman's Mill. Thomas Sharp, widow Cossum., Howson's Dam, John Sharp 10 Jan 1704." This refers to the same deed as seen in Virginia County Court Records, Deed & Will Abstracts of Westmoreland County, Virginia 173-1734 (This is part of Westmoreland Co. Deed & Will Book 1723-173 8) Sparacio, Ruth & Sam, Antient Press, McLean, Va. 1995, pp 61-62.
     "In body of deed from Wiliam Rush the grandson of the original purchaserer to David Stuart of Stafford Co. it mentions that "100 acs more or less was sold by Howson to William Rush the grandfather of the above mentioned Grantor and Lessor & granted by Deed of Gift to WILLIAM RUSH, his son, the FATHER of the above Grantor as by deed bearing date the 22nd day of July 1689. And now descends by inheritance to WILLIAM RUSH the Grantor hereof and Grandson to the above mentioned WILLIAM RUSH the first purchaserer thereof. This was repatented by and granted to WM. RUSH the first purchaserer the tenth day of January in the y ear of our Lord God 1704, etc."

     Francis Gray I was born before 1616 at co. Surrey, England.^1,3 He married Alice Moorman circa 26 November 1638
;
per Bodine [2010]: "On 26 Nov 1638, Francis Gray applied for a license to marry Alice Moorman, which license was issued (Archives of Maryland, IV, p. 51)."
     Per "Early Colonial Settlers...": "Provincial Court Marriage Licenses (1638-1643); Maryland
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Andrea K. Haga
26 November 1638 Francis Gray Alice Moreman groom is a carpenter."^1,3,4
Francis Gray I died between 7 June 1667 and 31 July 1667 at Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Died between date of wil and date of probate.¹

His estate was probated on 31 July 1667 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.¹

      ; N. B.: Many Ancestry family trees link this Francis GRAY/GREY to the GREY family of England, but I have been unable to find any proof of this link. Francis may or may not be related to the Thomas GRAY/GREY who settled in Jamestown, but I have found no proof of this link. It seems to be based on just the circumstantial evidence that both were early VA settlers. Others link Francis to a father name Thomas, but not necessarily he of Jamestown.
     Furthermore, the next link in to the English family relies on Thomas, father of Francis, being a son of Sir Edward GREY, of Howick (1550-1627) and Catherine LE STRANGE. However, the most reliable sources that I have consulted for Sir Edward (such as Leo Van de Pas's Genealogics) show no son named Thomas by this marriage.⁵

Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "WILLS OF Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 BY AUGUSTA B. FOTHERGILL: Pg 9
GREY, FRANCIS, 7 June 1667; 31 July 1667. Wife Alice; son Francis; dau. Anne the wife of William Rush; Anne (Mary??) Launcelott the wife of John Launcelott.
     "Charles County Circuit Court, Liber B,14 Nov 1662, Page 25
Francis Gray demands warrant against William Heard as admn. to Samuell Parker; action of debt
Francis Gray demands warrant against William Robisson in action of debt
Francis Gray demands warrant against John Waltham; action of debt
Francis Gray demands warrant against James Lee; action of debt
Francis Gray demands warrant against Garret Sennet; action of debt
     "Charles County Circuit Court, Liber B, 17 Dec 1662, Page 42, 43, 44
Francis Gray, Plt; William Heard, admn. to Samuell Parker, Def; Heard, admn. of Joane Parker, wife of Samuel Parker, dec'd, demands 425# of principal tobacco and cask; bill of debt binding Samuell Parker and Henry Lilly to pay Richard Stearman 420# of tobacco; 6 Jun 1656; /s/ Samuel Parker, Henry Lilly (mark); wit. Thomas Broughton, John Martine
Letter of atty.: Richard Stearman who married the relict widow of Edmond Brent, dec'd, appoints Mr. Francis Gray his atty; 17 May 1660; /s/ Richard Stearman; wit. Thomas Pope, Ralph Elstone; defendant request non-suit; granted;
petition entered by William Heard showing that Francis Gray in action of debt and never demanded it; court orders payment to Heard of 140# of tobacco
Francis Gray, Plt., William Robisson, Def; petition of Francis Gray atty. of Capt. Bainham shows that William Robisson stands indebted to petitioner for 25 arms lengths of Roanoke by order of the court in Westmoreland County
Plaintiff produced copies of order of the court under Mr. John Rynes, then clerk of the court in Virginia as follows
At a Court held in Westmoreland County 31 Mar 1657
Present: Lt. Col. Nathaniell Pope, Maj. John Hollowes
Mr. Gerrard Fowke, Mr. Walter Brandhurst,
Mr. John Hiller, Mr. James Baldendge
Whereas Capt. Giles Brent arrested William Robisson for taking away of a canoe of his which cost 35 arm lengths of Roanoke and the said Robisson not appearing the court does order that Capt. Bainham sheriff En default; order shall pass against him for the payment of the 35 arm lengths of Roanoke; /s/ John Rynes, clerk
At a Court held in Westmoreland County 20 Oct 1657
Commissioners Present: Col. Thomas Speake,
Lt. Col. Nathaniell Pope, Mr. Walter Braudhurst,
Mr. John Dodman, Mr. James Baldrige, Capt. Alexander Bainham
regarding court order of 31 Mar 1657; Charles County Circuit Court, Liber B, 4 Nov 1662, Page 45 Capt. Benham, then sheriff, did not bring Robisson to court; therefore Benharn ordered to pay Brent; /s/ John Rynes, clerk; mentions deposition of Francis Maylard;
Petition and arrest not agreeing, the defendant craves non-suit; granted
Francis Gray, Plt; James Lee, Def ; petition regarding debt of 2000# tobacco with cask; bond for person's appearance at court at a time, when there was no court; bond void and out of date; plaintiff non-suited and to pay costs
     "James Hughes 2005-10-14 20:58:00
Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly January 1637/8-September 1664 Volume 1, Page 104
A Certificate from the hundred of Saint Georges
23d July 1641
This is to Certify your worships that with the Consent of the hundred we have made choice of Geo Pye in Francis Grays place
David Wickliff John Ellin
Wm Marshall Randell Revell
Thos Hebden John Gy
Thos Petit Richard Nevill
Robert Cager Richard Cole
Richard Loe Richard Hills
Nicholas Cosin Ralph Beane
Arthur la Hay Henry Lee
     "Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666, Surnames, G-H, Page 134 (genealogy.com):
Gray, Francis and Alice, his wife, (transported) 1656, by Tho. Salsbury, Northumberland Co.
     "Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
Name: Francis Gray went at an early day from England to Maryland. In 1637 he was living in St. George's Hundred, Maryland, which he represented that year in the general assembly. By trade a carpenter. He was a Protestant and was compelled on account of his opposition to Lord Baltimore to emigrate in 1647 across the Potomac to Machodoc, in Westmoreland county. He died in 1677. He was ancestor of the Grays of Caroline and Culpeper counties.
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
URL: http://www5.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/texis/find/search30/?query=wills+o f+westmoreland+county%2C+virginia+james+monroe&db=online&areas=10&head=onl ine&booknum=&category=&words=wills+of+westmoreland+county%2C+virginia&firs t=james&last=monroe&cmd=context&i
URL title: The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 167
Note: Westmoreland County Deeds, Wills, Patents,
&c. from 1661 to 1662, p. 46 dorso]:
     "APPOMATTOX VESTRY. Wee whose names are here underwritten were made Choice of as Vestry men by ye Parish of Appomattox & have taken ye oath of Alegiance & Supremacie & doe subscribe ye following words: as, I doe Acknowledge my self a true sonn of ye Church of Engld so I doc beleeve ye Articles of faith there professed & oblige myself to bee Conformable to ye Doctrine & Dicepline there taught & established. Dated this 3d. of July 1661
JOHN DODMAN ANDREW MUNROE JOHN WASHINGTON HERBERT SMITH DANIELL LISSON RICHARD GRIFFIN WILLIAM FFREKE JOHN TURNER FFRANCIS GREY WILLIAM WEBB HENRY BROOKES NATHANIEL JONES
     "1650-1652 Deed-Will Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 70
KNOW ALL MEN by those presents that I FRANCIS GRAY of tho County of Northumberland in ye Colony of Virginia for divers good causes & consideracons me hereunto moveing & more especially for the true & ardent love I bears unto ALICE GRAY, my loveing Wife, have given & granted and doe by these presents freely give and grant unto the said ALICE GRAY my loveing Wife one browne Cow cropt on the left eare & an overkeeled on the right eare & a browne cow calfe with the same marke wth: their increase: To have & to hold the said Cow &Calfe with their increase to her & her heires forever; In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the 18th of Decem: 1651
Witness hereof JO. ROSIER, Clef: FRANC: GRAYE
Recorded 30 Decem: 1651
     "1653-1657 Westmoreland County, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol XXIII; Abstracted by Beverley Fleet
p.72. Francis Gray sells Vincent Young 2 cows. Signed Francis Gray.
Wit: Edmund Brent. Rich Browne. Ack and Rec 31 March 1657.
     "Northumberland County Record Book 1652 -1658: ©Peter's Row - 2002
Thomas Baker his deposition
The deposition of Thomas Baker aged 26 or there abouts being sworn saith that being by accident at Francis Grayes there being Francis Gray and Mr. Hampton hearing Mr. Hampton say to Francis Gray, Gossip Gray I have lived with you a long time you never gave me anything what will you give, Francis Gray replying I will give you a heifer calf Mr. Hampton giving him thanks saying so freely as you give it me I will give it to you son Joshua further the depon't saith that as he was coming at another time from Thomas Boys's to Francis Grays house at Goodwife Foords house plantation hearing Mr. Hampton say this is the calf that I gave to my Godson Joshua further saith not.
Thomas Baker his mark
Recorded 25 November 1652
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 3; Pg 231
FRANCIS GREY, 750 acs. Chas. City Co., 24 Nov. 1653, p. 9. Being a middle ground bet. the heads of Mr. Sparrow, Jon. Wall & Jon. Hackers land, bounding S. E. on land of Mr. Sparrow, E. on the head of John Hacker & N. E. on Marke Averies land, N. on land of Joseph Johnson, and N. W. on the head of John Walls land. 300 acs. by bill of sale from John Wall, 4 Jan. 1649; & 450 acs. by order of the Govr. & Councell 24 Nov. 1653 as also for trans. of 9 pers: Grace Singleton, Fra. Loveday, Robt. Lawrence, Ant. Allen, Mary Cesar Mortice Sinckler, Tho. Southern.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 3; Pg 288
FRA. GREY, 1,000 acs. on S. sideof of Potomeck Riv., 16 July 1654, p. 264. 675 acs. on the head of Rosyers Cr., abutting land of Tho. Bowyer & Mr. John Hillier; 250 acs. N. E. upon sd. Riv., & S. E. upon sd. Cr. Trans. of 20 pers: Giles Tavemor, Marke Provo, John Patlyon, Nich. Reman, Peter Sneed, Nich. Hama, Hen. Robinson, Wm. Bolton, Marg. Wood, Edwd. Bowles, John Lawren, Robert Morley, Margaret Robinson, Humphrey Meares, Ann Meares, Conninghan Banton, Richard Pitts, One Negro, John Lee, George Rush.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 336
THOMAS SALSBURY, 650 acs. Northumberland Co., 4 June 1656, p.
1, (83). 300 acs. on S. side of great Wicocomico Riv., N. N. E. upon Vulcans Cr. & E. S. E. upon land of Henry Weeker; 300 acs. along the head of sd. Weeker to Hulletts, to Faucett, Free- mans & Conowayes land, thence to land of Thomas Kedby sold to Tho. Bales (or Boles). 300 acs. granted sd. Salsbury 13 Oct. 1653 & 350 acs. due for trans. of 7 pers: Francis Gray, Alice his wife, Mary Gray, Joshua Gray, Ann Gray, Wm. Butler. Note: Said Salsbury gave 300 acs. first mentioned to his son Thomas, who had a patent for the same dated 28 Jan. 1662 & 350 acs. the residue to Andrew Pettigrew, who married Salsbury's widow.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 351
MR. WILLIAM PRESLY, 1000 acs. in Petomeck freshes about 3 mi. above land called Mr. Robert Clerke's land, Ely. upon sd. river, Sly. upon land of Mr. Francis Grey & John Lancelott. 15 July I657, p. II6, (I72). Trans. of 20 pers: Roger Bell, James Arden, Ro. Rodes, Tim. Lawrence, Bernard Nash, Jno. Vamell, Edd. Cooper, Law. Seines, Dan. Armstronge, Hugh Davis, Tho. Madrin, Nich. Peake, Rand. Jackson, Tho. Beale, Peeter Hughes, Mary James, Martha Hiller, Judith Chroshaw, Wm. Batty, Corl. May.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 432
GEORGE WEADING (Wading), 600 acs. W'moreland Co., 23 Mar. 1664, p.113, (611). Running S. W. to land of Wm. Courts, E. by S. &c. to Francis Grays line &c. to E. side of upper Machoatick Riv. &c. Trans. of 12 pers: John Watts, John Carpenter, John Hayle, Joane Charles, Tho. Floyd, Joane Powell, Sibill Press, Mary Smith, John Green, John Daby, Tho. Biggs, Martin Fisher.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 5; Pg 483
FRANCIS GREY, 374 acs. W'moreland Co., 16 Nov. 1664, p. 275, (224). Bounded N.E. with land of Capt. Jno. Ashton, Wm. Northall, Garrard Foard & his own land. Trans. of 8 pers: Wm. Jones, Wm. Rastell, John Barber, Jane Gassy, Tho. Bright, Tho. Ipley, Mary Hart, Jno. Farr.
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 5; Pg 501
FRANCIS GREY, 1000 acs. on S. side of Petomake Riv., 18 Mar. 1662, p. 330, (328). 675 acs. on the head of Rosiers Cr., running N.E. to the round hill, abutting land of Mr. Tho. Boyer & Mr. John Hillier; 250 acs. N.E. upon sd. Riv., S.E. upon sd. Cr., 75 acs. Ely. upon sd. 250 acs., Wly. upon sd. 675 acs. & Sly. upon sd. Cr. Renewal of patent dated 16 July 1654.
     "URL (Click on link)
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Grant
Title Brown, David.
Publication 4 December 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck
Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 440 acres escheat land. William Courts
died seized of 440 acres of land being part of a tract of 660 acres granted to the sd. Wm. Courts and Robert Hutchinsonn by patent dated March 18th 1662.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 66 (Reel 288).
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Title Court, William.
Publication 18 March 1662.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Court, William and Hutcheson, Robert.
Description: 660 acres nigh to upper Matchotick Creek, adjoining land of Francis Gray.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 53 (Reel 5).
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Title Gray, Francis.
Publication 16 November 1664.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Related See also the following surname(s): Greay, Grey.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 374 acres adjoining land of John Ashton William Northall, Gerrard Fawke, and said Gray.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 224 (Reel 5).³

; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree - Background on Francis Gray (attached.)

Reference: Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly.Vol. II. Cobb-Hay (republished as a databse on Ancestry.com), pp. 807-10. Images attached.⁶ Francis Gray I was also known as Francis I Grey. GAV-9.

Francis Gray I immigrated before 1637 to Maryland, USA; One of the first immigrants to Maryland.¹

Francis Gray I lived in 1637 at St. George's Hundred, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA; per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree - Background on Francis Gray: "In 1637 three years after the arrival of Leonard Calvert and his emigrants at St. Mary's, he (Francis Grey) was
living at St. George's Hundred, which he represented that year in the GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND. He (Francis Grey) continued to be elected annually till 1643, as the representative from St. George's. Reference: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. XVII, 1903-1904, p.267-271.^1,7 He was per Bodine [2010]: "he served St. George’s Hundred in the General Assembly of Maryland and was reelected annually until 1643."
     per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree - Background on Francis Gray: "Francis Gray's service is also referred to in the Historical Atlas of Westmoreland County, Va. Patents, by Eaton,
David W. Dietz Press, Richmond, Va. 1942, p. 43. Francis Gray was in the General Assembly of Maryland.
(This article also describes Francis Grey's patents, his name as first member of vestry which later became Washington Parish, and his family.) between 1637 and 1643 at St. George's Hundred, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA.^7,1

Francis Gray I and Alice Moorman lived in 1647 at Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "From The William and Mary Quarterly, XII [1904], p. 267-8: Owing to the disturbances in Maryland occasioned by William Clayborne and the differences between Catholics and Protestants, several settlements were formed about 1638 on the south bank of the Potomac, at Machodoc and Chicacoan, under the government of Virginia. Francis Gray took an active part in these troubles against Lord Baltimore, and finally found it more agreeable to settle in Virginia. He sold his cattle in Maryland in 1647, and removing to Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Va."¹
Francis Gray I was mentioned in a land transaction on 16 July 1654
Memo: per Bodine [2010]: "Francis Grey patented 1000 acres in Westmoreland County on 16 July 1654 for transporting 20 persons to America, including one George Rush, which patent was renewed 18 March 1662."
     Bodine [2010] cites: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 3, p. 288 and 5, p. 501.^1,8 He was a mentioned with Anne Gray on 4 June 1656 at Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA;
From "Early Colonial Settlers...": CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 336
THOMAS SALSBURY, 650 acs. Northumberland Co., 4 June 1656, p.1, (83). 300 acs. on S. side of great Wicocomico Riv., N. N. E. upon Vulcans Cr. & E. S. E. upon land of Henry Weeker; 300 acs. along the head of sd. Weeker to Hulletts, to Faucett, Free- mans & Conowayes land, thence to land of Thomas Kedby sold to Tho. Bales (or Boles). 300 acs. granted sd. Salsbury 13 Oct. 1653 & 350 acs. due for trans. of 7 pers: Francis Gray, Alice his wife, Mary Gray, Joshua Gray, Ann Gray, Wm. Butler. Note: Said Salsbury gave 300 acs. first mentioned to his son Thomas, who had a patent for the same dated 28 Jan. 1662 & 350 acs. the residue to Andrew Pettigrew, who married Salsbury's widow.⁹
Francis Gray I was mentioned in a land transaction on 20 November 1658 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Bodine [2010]: "The following deed, written 20 Nov 1658, was recorded in Westmoreland County on 28 Nov 1658 (Deeds & Wills, Vol. 1, p. 78):
     Francis Gray of Appamattox, Westmoreland Co. to William Rush for many and sundry considerations me there unto moving as well as the tender affection I bear unto my daughter, Anne, have and doe by these presents freely give, make over and bestow upon and unto William Rush, husband unto my said daughter, a tract of land containing 100 acres, being part of a tract owned by me lying in the county aforesaid, and being at a place commonly called the Round Hills, nigh unto the Machodick river—to William Rush and his heirs by the body of my said daughter, forever. The said William Rush yielding and paying unto me and my heirs for an acknowledgement, one pepper corn an annum, the said pepper corn to be paid at or upon the feast of St. Michael, the archangel.
     The aforesaid 100-acre tract was in turn given on 3 Jan 1673/4 to Joshua Hudson upon his marriage to William Rush’s daughter Elizabeth (refer to the above account of Joshua Hudson)."^1,10
Francis Gray I was mentioned in a land transaction on 16 January 1664 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Bodine [2010]: "He patented another 374 acres on 16 Nov 1664."
Bodine [2010] cites: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Books 3, p. 288 and 5, p. 501.¹

Francis Gray I left a will on 7 June 1667 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "Therein he referred to his loving wife Alice Grey, son Francis Grey, daughter Anne Rush, the wife of William Rush, and Ann Lancelott, the daughter of John Lancelott. His widow, Alice Grey, was appointed as executrix. (Westmoreland Co. Deeds and Wills, 1653-1671, p. 312-313.)"

     William III Rush was born in 1661 at Gloucestershire, England.^4,3 He married Elizabeth Perrie, daughter of William Perrie, circa 1688 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 1st husband.^4,3,5
William III Rush died before 26 January 1708/9 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "it was Joshua Hudson who was one of his creditors (Westmoreland Co. Deeds and
Date of probate of will (inventory). Pills, Book 4, p. 165.)^1,3 "

His estate was probated on 26 January 1708/9
;      At Court on 26 January 1708/09 Elizabeth Rush was granted Administration of the estate of William Rush III, deceased. "Peter Skinner and Cossum Bennett her Securitys for 50,000 pounds of tobacco for her due administration" - quite a large sum. [48] The Inventory of Rush III’s estate was presented at Court and recorded on 23 February 1708/1709. The total value of his estate was appraised at 19260 pounds of tobacco and included:
     ".....two feather beds and furniture...one bed with furniture...three chests...one trunk...one flock bed and covering...one table and five chairs...two old tables...6 flagg chairs...one small horse...one large mare...2 horses...three cows...one heifer...2 steers...1 bull 3 years old...four 2 year old heifers...six yearlings...four sheep...two lambs...16 barrows and sows two years old...29 pigs - 5 months old...one new saddle and bridle... one old saddle and bridle...cooking utensils...6 pewter porringers...2 tankards...26 old spoons...2 iron candlesticks...12 iron skures...1 flesh fork...1 brass kettle...3 iron pots and pott hooks...spinning wheel and cards...2 old Bibles...one Old Testament...yards of linen, surge, thread, woolen...1 parcel carpenter’s tools...one sett wedges...2 guns...". [49]
     This was a handsome estate at a time when 40% of families did not have even one table in their estate’s inventory. [50] Perhaps of even greater interest was the comment that Elizabeth Rush made at Court as recorded by the Clerk, James Westcomb: "Elizabeth, relic of William Rush , deceased, returned into Court an Inventory of her deceased Husband’s Estate (upon her solemne protestation according to Law) shee professing to bee a Quaker....." [51]
     The final accounting of the payments and disbursements against the estate of William Rush III didn’t occur until March, 1712. The payments included: "600 pounds tobacco to Joshua Hudson, 2007 pounds tobacco to Burditt Ashton, 1500 pounds tobacco to John Pratt", etc. And then the final family settlement: "To Will. Rush , eldest son to William Rush , dec’d, being his part of his father’s estate, according to appraisement....5448 pounds of tobacco.....Elizabeth Rush third part of estate....5448 pounds of tobacco.....Funerall charges.....1000 pounds of tobacco...". [52] This suggests that the final third of the estate went to a second son, Benjamin Rush Sr., who would have been a minor at this date and therefore not mentioned.
Milam cites:
[49] Commonwealth of Virginia, Westmoreland County; Wills and Deeds Book 4 (23 Feb 1708 / 09), 165.
[50] Lois Green Carr and Lorena S. Walsh, "Inventories and Analysis of Wealth and Consumption Patterns in St. Mary's County, 1658 - 1777", Historical Methods, XIII, 1980, 81 - 104.
[51] Commonwealth of Virginia, Westmoreland County; Court Order Book (23 Feb 1708/09), 113a.⁴
     ; The William Rush Family of Westmoreland County, VA - A History of Their First Century (1650 - 1750)
     In this section I provide a detailed history of the Rush family of Westmoreland County including the influence of the Quaker, William Duff, and his nephew, Robert Green (Orange County Virginia Burgess 1736). This history is documented by numerous Citations (link) from county court and parish records. The chronologies of the lives of William Rush (link) and his brother, Benjamin Sr. (link),as found in court records are also provided.
     The William Rush Family
     My oldest known ancestor, Thomas Milam, married Mary Rush in Orange County ca 1737 in the Dominion and Colony of Virginia. I provide extensive evidence for their marriage here . Mary’s father, William Rush IV, and his younger brother, Benjamin Rush Sr., were born and raised in Westmoreland County which at the time was bounded on the north by the Potomac River and on the south by the Rappahannock River. Thus it was in the heart of the Northern Neck Proprietary (link) of Lord Thomas Fairfax. In the late 17th century, Westmoreland was perhaps the wealthiest county in Virginia and was populated by the roots of such prominent Virginian families as the Carter(s), the Lee(s), the Marshall(s), the Mason(s), the Monroe(s) and the Washington(s). [34]
     William Rush II and Francis Gray
     Image of Land Plats of Francis GrayWilliam Rush II married Anne Gray, the daughter of Francis Gray, a successful carpenter [125], farmer and a Vestryman for Appomattocks Parish along with the immigrant John Washington, Andrew Monroe, John Dodman, etc. [120, 151] On 20 November 1658, Francis Gray gave them 100 acres described by Gray as "being part of a tract owned by me.....and being at a place commonly called the Round Hills, nigh unto the Machodick Creek....". [36] The 100 acres was a portion of a tract of 1000 acres granted to Francis Gray by patent in 1654. [45] This is a map (image) of early Westmoreland County patents which shows Gray’s 16 July 1654 patent 0f 1000 acres and his 16 November 1664 patent of 374 acres, the Upper Church at the Round Hills where he was a Vestryman and the mill of the emigrant John Washington (built 1662) on Rozier's Creek. Near the top of the map the frequently mentioned Upper Machodoc River is shown.
     The life of this Francis Gray is fascinating since he was one of the earliest settlers of the Province of Maryland, being a representative from St. Mary's Hundred to the first Maryland General Assembly held on 25 January 1637/1638, less than three years after the first settlers arrived on the Ark and the Dove on 25 March 1634. The first Assembly minutes state in part: "The Acts of the First Day:.... ffrancis Gray of St maries hundred, carpenter". [154] You may find more information on Gray's life in Colonial Maryland and his role in Ingle's Rebellion against Lord Baltimore (1645 - 1646) [177] by clicking here (link) . And on his migration across the Potomac River to become among the earliest white settlers of the Northern Neck of Virginia; and on his election as a founding Vestrymen of Appomattocks Parish along with John Washington and Andrew Monroe [192] by clicking here (link).
     The Will of Colonel Lawrence Washington, grandfather of our first President, dated 11 March 1697/1698 states: "To my son, John Washington, the seat of land where I now live and that tract of land lying from the mouth of Machodack extending to a place called the Round Hills, with the additions I have thereunto made of William Rush and William Webb". [35] This was hardly Rush’s only encounter with the Washington family since the immigrant John and eventually John's sons, Lawrence and John Jr., were Justices of the Peace and often at the monthly Court. William Rush II was frequently at the Westmoreland Court to register the marks for his hogs and cattle [128]; as an appraiser of estates, a plaintiff, a defendant, a witness or a juror; and for recording Deeds. He represented several persons with their Power of Attorney. For example, on 23 May 1670 the county Deed Book specifically notes that William Rush II and his wife, Anne, acknowledged a Deed to Robert Howson "before John Washington". [37] And on 17 September 1672 William Rush and Henry Cossum swore to the appraisal they had made of Francis Lewis' estate inventory before John Washington. [228] Other Justices of the Peace for Westmoreland County during this early time were Captain George Mason, Andrew Monroe, Colonel Vallentine Peyton and after 1680 Lawrence Washington, the immigrant John's eldest son.
     The earliest Westmoreland County record for a William Rush was a deed of gift to him of 100 acres from Captain Thomas Davis of Warwick River County on 20 October 1654. [38] On 24 February 1663/1664, the Westmoreland Court granted Rush II 300 acres in exchange for six Headrights which he received for the transportation of 6 men into the Colony. [39] Rush acquired more land when he and Henry Cossum (Causham) bought 600 acres from Robert Howson on 14 January 1664 /1665 "adjoining land of Cossum.....and adjoining 100 acres lately (12 January 1664/1665) sold by Robert Howson to William Rush ". [40] In April 1670 Causham and Rush agreed with regard to the 600 acres which they jointly owned to "neither take an advantage of the death of the other…”. [41]
     William and Anne Gray Rush II had two daughters: Elizabeth and Mary. After the marriage of Elizabeth to Jossua Hudson in 1674, William gave them the "same 100 acres that Francis Gray gave William Rush II and Anne Gray on 25 Nov 1658". [42] Anne Rush’s brother, Francis Gray Jr., and John Ashton were witnesses to this deed. Four years later after the marriage of Mary Rush to Philip Peyton (Payton), her father gave them 200 acres of "plantation land lying on the Beaver Damms of Upper Machodix .....commonly called The Newland.....". [43] William and Anne also had a son, William Rush III, born about 1665. On 22 Jul 1689, William Rush II gave his son 100 acres on the "south side towards the head of Upper Machodoc Creek" through a deed of gift. This land was purchased from Robert Howson by William Rush II on 12 Jan 1664/65. [46] The next definitive Court record for William Rush III occurred seven years later on 24 Feb 1696/1697 when he and his wife, Elizabeth, proved the nuncupative Will of William Menthorur along with John and Elizabeth Giles. [44] There are several court entries for William Rush between then and Rush III’s untimely death in January 1708/1709 - most obviously refer to William Rush II, especially those having to do with the estate of William Rush I.
     William Rush III
     On 31 May 1699, there is an interesting entry in the Westmoreland County Order Book on page 37. Seven Grand Jurors including a William Rush refused to render a decision: "they severally appeared and obstinately refused so to do in great contempt of his Majestie’s Laws and the Court then sitting.....Each fined 200 pounds tobacco for their default." Six jurors remained on the Grand Jury and they found “Sara Newstubbs be summoned to answer to a presentment.....for having a bastard child”. [47] I suspect this is yet another example of a Quaker couple being harassed for not marrying in the Church of England which could be the reason seven jurors including William Rush refused to prosecute her. We know William Rush III’s wife, Elizabeth, was a devout Quaker and presumably William was also. Therefore it is most reasonable that this entry refers to William Rush III. [51] Compared to his father, Rush II, who was very active at court, there are few records for Rush III perhaps because he was a devout Quaker.
     At Court on 26 January 1708/09 Elizabeth Rush was granted Administration of the estate of William Rush III, deceased. "Peter Skinner and Cossum Bennett her Securitys for 50,000 pounds of tobacco for her due administration" - quite a large sum. [48] The Inventory of Rush III’s estate was presented at Court and recorded on 23 February 1708/1709. The total value of his estate was appraised at 19260 pounds of tobacco and included:
     ".....two feather beds and furniture...one bed with furniture...three chests...one trunk...one flock bed and covering...one table and five chairs...two old tables...6 flagg chairs...one small horse...one large mare...2 horses...three cows...one heifer...2 steers...1 bull 3 years old...four 2 year old heifers...six yearlings...four sheep...two lambs...16 barrows and sows two years old...29 pigs - 5 months old...one new saddle and bridle... one old saddle and bridle...cooking utensils...6 pewter porringers...2 tankards...26 old spoons...2 iron candlesticks...12 iron skures...1 flesh fork...1 brass kettle...3 iron pots and pott hooks...spinning wheel and cards...2 old Bibles...one Old Testament...yards of linen, surge, thread, woolen...1 parcel carpenter’s tools...one sett wedges...2 guns...". [49]
     This was a handsome estate at a time when 40% of families did not have even one table in their estate’s inventory. [50] Perhaps of even greater interest was the comment that Elizabeth Rush made at Court as recorded by the Clerk, James Westcomb: "Elizabeth, relic of William Rush , deceased, returned into Court an Inventory of her deceased Husband’s Estate (upon her solemne protestation according to Law) shee professing to bee a Quaker....." [51]
     The final accounting of the payments and disbursements against the estate of William Rush III didn’t occur until March, 1712. The payments included: "600 pounds tobacco to Joshua Hudson, 2007 pounds tobacco to Burditt Ashton, 1500 pounds tobacco to John Pratt", etc. And then the final family settlement: "To Will. Rush , eldest son to William Rush , dec’d, being his part of his father’s estate, according to appraisement....5448 pounds of tobacco.....Elizabeth Rush third part of estate....5448 pounds of tobacco.....Funerall charges.....1000 pounds of tobacco...". [52] This suggests that the final third of the estate went to a second son, Benjamin Rush Sr., who would have been a minor at this date and therefore not mentioned.
     William Duff and Robert Green
For the descendents of Thomas Mylam, we come to perhaps the most interesting part: Mary Mylam’s father, William Rush IV; William’s brother, Benjamin Rush Sr; and the marriage of their mother, the widow Elizabeth Rush. Genealogists believe that William Duff and the former Elizabeth Rush were married around 1715.
     William Duff and his young nephew, Robert Green, are the keys to understanding the future lives of Mary’s father, William Rush IV, and his brother, Benjamin Sr.. Authors place the arrival of Duff and Green in Westmoreland County from 1710 to 1715. Robert Green, said to be age 15 upon his arrival in the Colony of Virginia, was the son of Duff’s sister, Eleanore Duff, and William Green. Duff in his Will of 1741 refers to a cousin, John Duff of the Kingdom of Ireland, so they are believed to be Scotch-Irish - Duff or MacDuff and Green being common Scottish names. [58] My research found a 27 February 1705/1706 Westmoreland County Court record for the "importation" of William Duff. [61] Two years later in February 1707/1708 Duff is a witness for a land purchase by Isaac Arnold. [62] By May 1712, Duff was acquiring land. His first purchase was 248 acres in Washington Parish on the south side of Rosier’s (Attopin) Creek Dam for 7000 pounds of tobacco. This map (image) of Westmoreland plats shows Rosier Creek at the bottom right and the dam is noted to the left of Washington's Mill. In this record Duff’s occupation is given as "taylor"; the above mentioned Isaac Arnold is a Witness. [59] In January 1714/1715, Duff purchased 170 acres adjacent to the first which extended into Richmond County where the deed was recorded on February 2nd for 8000 pounds "of good, sound, merchantable leafe tobacco in casque" - again Duff is referred to as a "taylor". [63] Later in the 1720s and 1730s as he acquired more land, not only adjacent to his original property near Rosier’s Dam but also in other counties, property deeds referred to Duff as "planter".
     Two facts are certain: William Duff was a devout Quaker and he was a successful farmer and land speculator. By the time of his death in 1745, Duff owned thousands of acres of land in five Northern Neck counties and as far West as the Shenandoah Valley. Sometime in the 1730s he became a partner of two men from Chester County, in Pennsylvania Colony: the German Lutheran Joiste Hite and the Scotch-Irish Quaker Robert McCay of Nottingham Meeting of Friends who had acquired a grant from Lieut. Governor William Gooch in October, 1731 for 100,000 acres of land south of Winchester in the Shenandoah Valley. [64] Shortly before, they had acquired 40,000 acres north of Front Royal from John and Isaac VanMeter. In March 1743/1744 a year before Duff’s death, he "appointmy Nephew, Robert Green, Gent., of St. Mark’s Parish, County of Orange my true and Lawful Attorney.....likewise act in relation to a parcel of Land in the Countys of Augusta & Frederick in which I am concerned with Juste (Joiste) Hite & Robert McCay....and do hereby Impower him to grant Leases on my Land in the County of Orange....& likewise on my Land in Countys of Augusta & Frederick, Prince William and King George and Westmoreland...."[65] Later Green County, Virginia, would be named for this Robert Green, Gent., and his son, Col. John Green, who commanded the 10th Virginia Volunteers and who bravely fought throughout the Revolutionary War.
     William Duff’s 1741 Will probated on 2 August 1745 demonstrates his devotion to the Society of Friends, Quakers. In it he specifies that the lands in King George and Westmoreland Counties were, after the death of his second wife, Elizabeth Rush Duff, "lend to my kinsmen William Duff of the Colony of Virginia and John Duff of the Kingdom of Ireland and to the Friends of the Monthly Meeting at West River in Maryland called Quakers, in Trust that it shall be for the use of such traveling publick Friends as shall come to visit us and have a Meeting among the people here....and if at any time they shall slight or neglect the publick Friends that come to visit us then my will is that the whole Trust shall be in the Monthly Meeting aforesaid...." [58] In The Friendly Virginians, Jay Worrall Jr. writes that Duff held the monthly Rappahannock Meeting of Friends. [60] Later Worrall records:
     "Quaker ministers criss-crossed and knit together the Quaker world on both sides of the Atlantic in those days. The first minister to reach the Valley was Joseph Gill, 60, of Dublin, Ireland. He visited the Meetings in "old" Virginia during the summer of 1734 and then came across the trackless Blue Ridge, accompanied by Samuel Jordan and William Duff, Virginia Friends. Joseph Gill wrote cheerfully in his journal that he found the Valley Friends in a thriving way, with divers young ministers appearing among them." [66]
     Perhaps it was on this visit to the Shenandoah that William Duff agreed to join McCay and Hite’s land company because afterward he made several land sales in King George and Prince William Counties in the summer and fall of 1734. The very first Virginia Land Office Patents for Hite [140] and McKay [141] were in August and October 1734 around the time of Duff's visit. Proof of Duff's involvement is the Virginia Land Office Grant of 26 Mar 1739 to Robert McKay, Jost Hyte, William Duff and Robert Green for "7009 acres in Orange County on the West side of the Blue Ridge of Mountains.... a branch of the North River of the Shenando...." . [142] This map (image) illustrates the vast size of Orange County and how it stretched to western limit of the Colony of Virginia.
     William Rush IV and his brother, Benjamin Rush Sr.
     Image of Land Plats of William Rush IV and Benjamin Rush Sr.Let me summarize the Rush family about 1715: Although his Will and estate’s inventory - which should have been sizeable - are missing, William Rush II apparently died about this year. William Rush I died in late 1691; William Rush III died in late 1708; William Rush IV was about 24 years old and had inherited Rush III’s land and 1/3 of his assets; and Benjamin Rush Sr. was about 20 years old, probably living with his widowed mother, Elizabeth, in anticipation of inheriting his 1/3 at maturity. About this time (1715), William Rush IV married Mary Hudson, daughter of John Hudson who had died in 1708. Benjamin Sr. would marry Amy (Amee), the widow of James Elkins sometime after Elkins’ death in March 1716/1717. [67, 68]
     Both William IV and Benjamin Sr. would continue to live in Westmoreland County for a number of years. After Benjamin's marriage he and Amy (Elkins) lived on 150 acres of her late husband's, James Elkins', farm which fell into King George County when it was designated in 1720. On the same day, 11 May 1726, Rush III’s sons, William and Benjamin, received Land Office Patents adjacent to each other’s farther west in Spotsylvania County on the south side of the Robinson River. [69, 70] According to their Patents, William was "of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County" and Benjamin was "of Hanover Parish, King George County" - these Parishes were actually side by side. William obtained 400 acres and Benjamin obtained 387 acres. This map shows their adjoining land plats (image) in relation to Thomas Mylam’s. Please note that the stream which courses along the southern border of William Rush’s property is named Quaker Run. Interestingly, a 1728 patent of land adjoining Benjamin's by Richard Maldin reads: "813 acres....in St. George Parish....upper fork of the Robinson River....adjacent to William Duff..." [229] These facts suggested to Robert Vernon that "the land was surveyed for William Duff and later patented in the names of his stepsons". [71] Thus the wealthy Duff, a Quaker, gave Elizabeth’s two sons these properties and the name, Quaker Run, to the stream since it is mentioned in the Rushs' 1726 patents. In Duff’s 1741 Will he also gave "to the three younger sons of William Rush .....all the remaining tract that I took up at the Ragged Mountain to be equally divided between them according to the approbation of Robert Green of Orange County". [58] These sons were Mary Mylam’s brothers. In October of 1732 Duff had at least 2000 acres "under Ragged Mountain" since his improvements to those acres were "valued" at that time. [72] A March 1742/1743 court record involving Duff and his nephew, Green, showed that Marry's oldest brother, William Rush , had use of 400 acres in Orange County located "on Huses River on the south side.....under the foot of the Ragged Mountains". [99]
     William Rush IV
     Photo of Wm Rush IV LandThe very first, definite record for William Rush IV was his 1726 patent of 400 acres in Spotsylvania County on the south side of the Robinson River, as mentioned above. [70] Compared to William Rush II or even to his younger brother, Benjamin Rush Sr., there are few court records for Mary Mylam’s father, William Rush IV. As you will learn below, his brother was more active in civic affairs becoming a Constable and then a Deputy Sheriff of King George County by 1727. Benjamin appears more like his grandfather, Rush II, while Rush IV seems to be more like his father and William Duff - keeping their distance from the all pervasive court and only attending when they must. This may have been their personalities or the degree of their devotion to the Quaker religion. After his father’s death in late 1707, Rush IV as the eldest son inherited 100 acres of his father’s homestead in Westmoreland County. In November 1728, the court asked him "to divide the Negroes belonging to the Estate of the said John deceased that are in Westmoreland County and set a part 1/3 for the Dower of the said Margaret ". [103] While he may have had tenants farming the Spotsylvania land, he continued to live in Westmoreland County until the Summer of 1733 when he Leased 100 acres "now in the tenure and occupation of said William Rush" to the Reverand David Stuart of St. Paul’s Parish, Stafford County. [95] This Deed is exceedingly important because it clearly delineates the relationship of this William Rush IV to his grandfather, Rush II and to his father Rush III. This 100 acres of land on the Upper Machodoc Creek was purchased by his grandfather, Rush II, from Robert Howson in January 1664/65 [96] and it adjoined the 100 acres which his grandfather was given by Thomas Davis in October 1654. [97]
     "....Robert Howson.....of which the hundred acres....above bounded was sold by Howson to William Rush , the Grandfather of the above mentioned grantor and lessee, and granted by deed of gift to William Rush , his son, the Father of the above Grantor, as by deed bearing date the 22 July 1689; And now descended by inheritance to William Rush , the Grantor hereof, and Grandson to the above mentioned William Rush , the first purchaser thereof...." [95]
     On 27 November 1733, Rush IV acknowledged his Release of the 100 acres to Rev. David Stuart for "8500 pounds of good legal tobacco and 5 £ of current money of Virginia.....And Mary, the Wife of said Rush, (she being first privately examined) personally relinquished her right of Dower and Thirds of, in and unto the Lands by the Deed conveyed. Recorded 2 January 1733/1734." [95] Sometime between the date of Lease and the recording of the Deed, William and his wife, the former Mary Hudson, moved their family west to his 400 acres in Spotsylvania County, soon to be Orange County - not far from Thomas Mylam’s future farm. Here (image) is a photo of his Spotsylvania land with Double Top Mountain in the left background. His brother, Benjamin Rush Sr.’s, property is in the distance on the right. This is a picture of the Robinson River (image) at the northern edge of Rush’s land.
     On 7 May 1734, having only lived in Spotsylvania a few months, William Rush IV was appointed Constable "at the great Mountains in the fork of the Rappahannock" in place of Michael Holt [100, 116 ] probably through the influence of Robert Green, Gent., the nephew of William Duff, who had moved to the county by 1724 [101] ; was a substantial land owner, Justice of the Peace, Church Vestryman, Captain of a Company of Footmen (Feb 1730/1731) [117]; and in 1736 and 1738 would be appointed to the Virginia House of Burgess. Ironically, the same day in court William’s brother, Benjamin Rush Sr. (deputy sherriff of King George County), sold his entire 387 acres adjoining William to Anthony Strother. [102] In the Fall, William sold through Lease and Release "100 acres of his original 400 acres to Peter Weaver for 10 £ currant money of Virginia.....and Mary the wife ye said William after being privately examined, acknowledged her right of Dower in the said land". [104, 105]
     A major duty of a Constable was to inspect all the tobacco farms in their Precincts to make certain that no more than 2000 tobacco plants were planted per person in each household. And after the harvest, they were to inspect for second growths, commonly referred to as "suckers", growing from the cut plants and to destroy them. The Constables were paid 1 pound of tobacco for each tithable involved in growing tobacco. Thus they prepared a list of tithables for their precinct each year. At the 1 October 1734 court, Rush reported 156 tithables in his precinct. [106] You may read more about other Constable's duties here .
     The total number of tithables for each county was used to proportion the poll tax which funded each county; its Church of England parishes; and the Colony of Virginia. There were a total of 2015 tithables that year in Spotsylvania County and the poll tax was established at 20 3/4 pounds of tobacco per tithable. [107]
     It’s important to understand that Spotsylvania County at this time extended West across the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley to the Appalachian Mountains and included all the land in present day Orange, Culpeper, Madison, Green, Page, Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham and Augusta Counties - a vast frontier. See how counties were added in this album: County Photo Album (image) - click on an image to open the album. In the 1720s, there were virtually no settlers in the Shenandoah. Only after Hite, McCay, Benjamin Borden and others began to actively urge Germans and Quakers to immigrate from the Colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1731 did the population grow. The main criteria for the division of a county was when it was inconvenient for several Justices to attend the court - usually more than one day's horseback ride to the court. Such a petition in May 1730 failed. But with the increased settlement west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a second petition in July 1734 was successful and the Court sent it to the General Assembly in Williamsburg for consideration. [108] Orange County was separated from Spotsylvania in early 1735 and was now the western frontier (map). The first court for Orange was held on 21 January 1734/1735 at William Robertson’s house. Robert Green, Gent. was among the first Justices for Orange County. The court ordered "that the....Constables that were in those Offices before the dividing of the county continue in said Offices" including William Rush. [109] At the February court Joist Hite (see above) and the Quakers, Benjamin Borden and John Smith, from the Shenandoah Valley were added to the names of Justices. [110] In the Fall 0f 1735 there were only 1111 tithables in Orange County; the poll tax was set by the Justices at 15 pounds of tobacco. [111] Most of these inhabitants were still east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in present day Orange, Culpeper, Madison and Green counties.
     In July 1735, the Orange County court ordered William Rush IV and Jacob Cragle....."to view the land of Susanna Criglers for Michael Claure’s water grist mill...". [112]
     The final court records for Mary Mylam’s father concerned his estate. William Rush IV apparently died in January leaving no Will. On 17 February 1735/1736, William’s wife, "Mary Rush and Robert Green, Gent., (her security) in and before Court acknowledged this their bond, for Mary’s faithful and true administration of the estate of William Rush , deceased, which is admitted to record." [113, 114] Robert Green, Gent. provided the 500 £ Sterling bond for her administration. On 21 July 1736, Whichell Glover, William Lucas and Henry McCoy returned the Inventory of Rush IV’s estate with a total value of 31 £, 16 Shillings and 6 Pence which included:
     "...6 cows and calves...23 shoats...7 horses and mares...15 hogs...2 saddles...2 guns...3 beds and furniture...2 potts...skillets and iron mortar...2 chests... Cooper’s tools...carpenter’s tools...1 cross cut saw...rasping hooks...pewter... stilders...old frow...frying pan...sadle and flesh fork...spoon mould...books and glass..." [115].
At Orange County court on 24 September 1736, it was ordered that "John Micalls be appointed Constable at the Great mountains in the Fork of the Rappahannock (River) in the room of William Rush , deceased". [116]
     Children of William Rush IV
      William (V) (abt 1715 – by 1743?)--William Duff sold William (V)'s 400 acres to Robert Green, Gent., Mar 1743 [297]; not mentioned in grandmother’s Will, Oct 1746 [27]
      Benjamin (abt 1716 – 1760+) --- married Rachel ____
      Crafford (abt 1717 – 1750+) --- married Mary Briles
      John (abt 1718 – bef Jun 1789) -- married Elizabeth ____
      James (abt 1719 – Dec 1788)
      Elizabeth (abt 1720 – 1798) --- married Finley McColester (McAllister)
      Mary (abt 1721 – 1775+) --- married Thomas "Milam" (d. 1775)
      Ann Margaret (abt 1722 – 1750+) --- married John Kelly
      Sarah (abt 1723 – 1750+)
     Rush IV’s children are known from his mother’s Will. [27] Ann was apparently sometimes referred to Court Orders as "Nannie" Rush and as Margaret Rush.
     My Chronology of Court Records for William Rush (link) has 79 records for William Rush I through William Rush V dating from October 1654 until William Rush V’s Deed to sell the remainder of his father’s 400 acres in Spotsylvania County in December 1755.
     This was the Rush family into which Thomas Mylam married.
     Benjamin Rush Sr. and Benjamin Rush Jr.
     A careful review of the court records for Westmoreland, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Orange, Caroline and Richmond Counties (image) demonstrates that Benjamin Rush Sr. never lived on his 387 acres in Spotsylvania County. The earliest record for Benjamin Rush Sr. is on 3 April 1717 in Richmond County when he and Joseph Alssup made a Performance Bond for Amee (Amy) Elkins, recent widow of James Elkins, assuring that she as Administrix would prepare a "true and perfect Inventory" of her late husband’s estate. [67] By 1722 they were married and living on 150 acres of her former husband’s land. Richard Elkins, a brother of James Elkins, was living on the remaining 100 acres. After King George County was formed in 1720, this land fell into Brunswick Parish then Hanover Parish of King George. In May 1723 Benjamin Rush was appointed a Constable for King George [73] and in July 1727 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff. [74] In that capacity he did appear at the Spotsylvania County court on two occasions: 2 September 1729 when he "made return of Richard Bryants & c." [75] and 2 March 1730/31 when he " returned John Grave , Gent." [76] In early May 1734, Benjamin Rush Sr. "of King George County" sold his 387 acres in Spotsylvania County to Joseph Strothers. [77, 78] Ironically, on the same day at Spotsylvania court his older brother, William Rush IV, was appointed a Constable in place of Michael Holt. [79] The remaining Spotsylvania Court entries for a "Benjamin Rush" appear to be William Rush IV’s second son and Mary Mylam's brother, Benjamin.
     Amy and James Elkins previously had at least one son, Joseph, who was a minor and who at age 16 chose Benjamin Rush Sr. to be his guardian. [80] Joseph as the eldest son would at majority inherit his father's entire 250 acres. Benjamin Rush’s sale of his Spotsylvania property and removal to Prince William County may have been prompted by this Joseph's decision to sell the land that Amy and Benjamin Rush Sr. lived on in King George County to James Jones, a bricklayer, in August 1732. [81] However, Amy Elkins Rush did not give up her right of Dower in this property until 5 July 1734 - shortly after Benjamin’s Spotsylvania land sale. [82] In September 1735, Benjamin Rush Sr. purchased through Lease and Release 112 acres in Prince William County which extended to the "Occoquan River......upon Marompsco Creek". [83, 84] Benjamin Sr. did not become either a Constable or Deputy Sheriff in Prince William County and his court appearances significantly decreased. Almost twenty years later, in May 1753, a license was granted him "to keep an Ordinary at his home". [85]
     Four years earlier in June of 1749, Benjamin Sr. had purchased 640 acres of land in Granville County, later Bute County, Colony of North Carolina. [86] He died there in December 1766 and his Prince William County Will was approved at Bute County court in January 1767. [87, 88] It is not clear from Virginia records when exactly he relocated to North Carolina. My best guess for the time frame of his move is from the date of the last Prince William County court record identifying Benjamin Rush "Senior" on 5 May 1762 [89] until 7 March 1763 when his son, Benjamin Jr., was granted a license to keep an Ordinary. [90] I chose the latter date because Benjamin Jr. completed the sale of all of his land in Prince William County in December 1762 perhaps in preparation to take over his father’s Ordinary after Benjamin Sr. relocated to North Carolina. [91] After this time, Prince William County court records no longer add the suffix "Senior" or "Junior" following their name suggesting that there was only one Benjamin Rush in the county, Benjamin Rush Jr.
     Benjamin Rush Sr.’s estate inventory submitted in Bute County by his son and excutor, Benjamin Rush Jr., in August 1768 was significantly larger than his father’s, William Rush III, and was impressive wealth for the time. Owning an Ordinary must have been quite profitable. In part, the inventory included:
     "To cash in house 20 £ of Virginia Currency.....63 hogs....18 cattle...8 sheep...2 hogshead of tobacco... 4 ploughs...4 axes...a crop of corn, fodder, pease, beans and potatoes...3 feather beds and furniture...14 tables...11 plates...4 pewter dishes...8 tin pans...5 wooden plates...14 pewter spoons...4 butcher knives...5 table knives and 7 forks...4 butcher knives....1 ladle and flesh fork...1 frying pan...6 pair of sizzors......1 earthen cream pot...1 pewter chamber pot...a small spit to roast fowl...a small pocket pistol...1 gun...1 man’s saddle...1 woman’s saddle...2 bridles...1 off riding chair and harness...2 tables and chests...1 small trunk....1 safe.... 2 Bibles.........4 shoemakers awls....marking irons...1 pair sheep shears...6 padlocks...8 fish hooks...1 trowel...1 cooper’s axe...1 joyner...1 pair spectacles...1 smith’s bellows...3 pairs of tongs...3 hammers...1 wool wheel... one tobacco box...3 small snuff boxes...2 copper compasses...one ink pot...etc. Recorded. Teste: Ben McCulloch, Clerk of Court [92]
     The 14 tables and 14 pewter spoons probably indicates that he again had an Ordinary (tavern) in North Carolina and makes the point that most people ate with spoons since food typically was prepared in large pots over an open fire in a fireplace i.e. porridges, soups, stews, etc. Frying and grilling of meat was reserved - as today - for better, more tender cuts of meat which most persons couldn’t afford. In fact, eating with a fork didn’t become fashionable in the courts of Europe until the 1760s and later for common folks. The Rush family did own one frying pan perhaps used occasionally when cooking for themselves. The collection of tools for carpentry, shoemaking, cooper’s axe and blacksmith’s bellows indicates the trades that Benjamin Sr. and his sons could perform. In fact, a May 1761 Dellingen Parish church Indenture in Prince William County records the following: "Benjamin Thomas, Orphan of William Thomas, deceased, age 11 bound until age 21 to Benjamin Rush. To be taught the art, mystery and occupation of cooper, and to read and write." [93] I also found a July 1755 Dellingen Parish Indenture for Benjamin Jr. for teaching an orphan blacksmithing: "William Fewell, an Orphan boy, age 10 on March 18 next; bound until age 21 to Benjamin Rush, Jr., Blacksmith. To be taught the trade, art or mystery of blacksmith and to read and write English." [94] These Parish records also demonstrate that they were members of the Church of England’s Dettingen Parish, Prince William County.
     Children of Benjamin Rush Sr.
      Benjamin Rush Jr. (3 Feb 1717 - 23 May 1801) ---married Alice Grigsby
      Catherine (3 Jul 1719 - after 1750) ---
      Amie (1 Feb 1721 - after 1750) ---married ___ Grigsby
      Elizabeth (13 Sep 1723 - after 1750) ---married Joshua Perry
      Jane (5 Feb 1725 - after 1750) ---married George Bledsoe
     My Chronology of Court Records for Benjamin Rush (link) has 110 records for him and his son, Benjamin Jr., dating from April 1717 until Benjamin Sr.'s Bute County, North Carolina, estate inventory of August 1768.
     William Rush I
     Lastly, let me summarize William Rush I for completeness sake. Most of the late 17th century Westmoreland County records can be definitively related to William Rush II who married Anne Gray, daughter of the wealthy planter, Francis Gray. There are a couple of Court records where the person is unclear and may relate to Rush I. The first definite William Rush I record occurs in August 1686 when "William Rush as marrying Dorothy, the relic and Executrix of Christopher Thomas, doth petition that, having paid order of this Court and Clerk’s and Sherriff’s Fees beyond assets, he humbly desires Quietus." [53] The Court accepted his petition. By January 1691 / 1692, Rush I had died and his widow, Dorothy, petitioned the Court for her right of Dower. The Court "ordered that William Horton and John Pratt do lay out and divide the land of William Rush together with housing and orchard..... into three equal parts and that, after division, the Sheriff do immediately put Dorothy Rush into possession of what 1/3 part she shall elect and make choice of....." [54] Ironically, the genealogical connection between this William Rush and the other William Rush(s) mentioned in Westmoreland County records is established by a Petition of this Dorothy for more Dower rights on 27 May 1702 after marrying yet again to William Bennett: "Upon petition of William Bennett and Dorothy, his wife, late widow of William Rush praying 100 acres of land given by her husband during the coverture betwixt them to his son, William Rush , without the privity or consent of Dorothy, maybe divided into three equal parts and that they may bee possest of 1/3 thereof as her Dower....." [55] Nine months later in February 1702/03, William Bennett died and William Rush II along with his son-in-law, Jossua Hudson, and John Lilly were appointed to appraise Bennett’s property. [56] This time "Dorothy relinquished all manner of Claim or title of his estate". The estate by his Will was left to his young son, Cossum Bennett, and Daniel Field was appointed "to be trustee for the good of son". Bennett’s Inventory and appraisal were submitted to Court by William Rush II et al on 20 April 1703 and recorded. [57] I am still looking for a Rush I’s Will and Inventory.
     Acknowledgements
     When I learned that Robert Vernon thought that Thomas Mylam had married Mary Rush, I contacted Robert M. Wilbanks IV to ask what he thought. Robert Wilbanks had already deduced the connection with the Rush family in 2003 and had an email conversation with Gaynelle Jenkins Moore who graciously shared her extensive knowledge of the William Rush families.
     Ms. Moore also shared her information with me and helped immensely in clarifying the relationships of the five generations of William Rush (s). Ms. Moore is the author of The Rush report: the descendants of William Rush, Westmoreland Co., Virginia (1615-??) and descendants of Henson Rush, Adair Co., Kentucky (abt 1794-1848) and Miller Co., Missouri published in 2003 by Historical Data Services.
     I am very indebted to each of them.⁴

Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "Westmoreland County, Deeds & Wills Book 5 (1712-1716), page 32: 16
26 Mar 1712: William Rush. Estate Account. 1709.
Payments made to James Westcomb, Jno. Wheeler, Joshua Hudson, John Popham, Tho. Weedon, Peter Skinner, Burdett Ashton, Robert Richards, John Pratt, Samll. Duchmen, James Ohary, James Ohary by Neal Macan[?], John Baker, Joseph Weekes, Nathll. Pope, Richard Thomas.
To Will Rush, eldest son to Wm. Rush, being his part of his father’s estate 448 [pounds of tobacco]
To my third part of the estate due to me by law 448 [pounds of tobacco] Eliza. Rush
26 Mar 1712. At the motion of Eliza. Rush the account was admitted to record.
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK, 1707-1709 : pg 74
Westmoreland County Court 23rd of February 1708/9
- RUSH's Inventory returned ELIZABETH RUSH, Relict ofWILLIAM
RUSH, deceased, returned into Court an Inventory ofher deced. Husband's Estate (upon her solempne protestation according to Law) she professing to bee a QUAKER
     "WILLS OF Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 BY AUGUSTA B. FOTHERGILL: Pg 46
RUSH, WILLIAM, 6 April 1712.
Inventory returned by Elizabeth Rush; son William
     "James Hughes 2005-09-22 16:30:06
Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 43
HUDSON, JOHN, 22 April 1708; 28 July 1708. Daughter Margaret plantation I live on; daughter Mary plantation where Edward Maning lives; uncle William Rush and brother Joshua Hudson exrs; daughters of age at 16 years and all my estate equally divided.
Westmoreland County, Court Order Book (1707-1709), page 116a:
24 Feb 1708/09: [Ducheman v Hudson’s Executors] Judgment is granted Samuell Ducheman against the Estate of John Hudson, deceased, in the hands of William Rush and Joshua Hudson, Executors of the Last Will and Testament of John Hudson, for the sume of four hundred forty six pounds of tobacco due by account and proved by the Oath of Samuell Ducheman. Ordered they pay the same with costs als Execution.
Westmoreland County, Deeds & Wills Book 5 (1712-1716), page 32: 16
26 Mar 1712: William Rush. Estate Account. 1709. Payments made to James Westcomb, Jno. Wheeler, Joshua Hudson, John Popham, Tho. Weedon, Peter Skinner, Burdett Ashton, Robert Richards, John Pratt, Samll. Duchmen, James Ohary, James Ohary by Neal Macan[?], John Baker, Joseph Weekes, Nathll. Pope, Richard Thomas. To Will Rush, eldest son to Wm. Rush, being his part of his father’s estate 448 [pounds of tobacco] To my third part of the estate due to me by law 448 [pounds of tobacco] Eliza. Rush 26 Mar 1712. At the motion of Eliza. Rush the account was admitted to record.
Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA: RUSH, WILLIAM, 6 April 1712. Inventory returned by Elizabeth Rush; son William.
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY WILLS
HUDSON, JOHN, 22 April 1708; 28 July 1708. Daughter Margaret plantation I live on; daughter Mary plantation where Edward Maning lives; uncle William Rush and brother Joshua Hudson exrs; daughters of age at 16 years and all my estate equally divided.
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK, 1707-1709 : pg 54
Westmoreland County Court 28th of July 1708
- JOHN HUDSON's Will proved The Last Will and Testament ofJOHN
HUDSON, deceased, was proved by the Oaths of all the witnesses thereto subscribed a Probat thereof granted WILLIAM RUSH and JOSHUA HUDSON, Executors therein named, and the Will ordered to bee recorded; It is also ordered that the Executors return a true and perfect Inventory of the Decedent's Estate upon Oath to the next Court to bee held for this County, and that JOHN PRATT, JUNR., JOHN LILLY, DANIELL FIELD and COSSOM BENNETT or any three of them being first sworn before some ofher Majtie;s Justices for the sd County do some tyme before the next Court value and appraise the Estate and return their valuation to the sd next Court
     "http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=74&last=&g_p=G3&col lection=NN Grant
Title Rush, William.
Publication 10 January 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 100 acres escheat land. bounded viz. with the Horse Road that comes out of the forrest to Berryman’s Mill.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 74 (Reel 288)." He was was mentioned in a land transaction by William II Rush on 22 July 1689 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, per Bodine [2010]: "Three generations of William Rush’s are attested to in the following lease and release of land recorded in Westmoreland County Deed Book 8-2, p. 145-147:
     William Rush of Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va. to Rev. David Stuart, of St. Paul’s Parish, Stafford Co., Va., being 100 acres purchased from Robert Howson by William Rush, the grandfather of the above mentioned grantor and lesser, and granted by deed of gift to William Rush his son, the father of the above grantor, as by deed bearing date the 22 July 1689, relation thereunto being had, may more at large appear, and now descended by inheritance to William Rush, the grantor thereof, the grandson to the above William Rush, the first purchaser hereof, the which tract was re-patented and granted to William Rush the first purchaser aforesaid the 10th January, 1704."

     Alice Moorman was born in 1622 at England.² She married Francis Gray I circa 26 November 1638
;
per Bodine [2010]: "On 26 Nov 1638, Francis Gray applied for a license to marry Alice Moorman, which license was issued (Archives of Maryland, IV, p. 51)."
     Per "Early Colonial Settlers...": "Provincial Court Marriage Licenses (1638-1643); Maryland
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Andrea K. Haga
26 November 1638 Francis Gray Alice Moreman groom is a carpenter."^1,3,2
Alice Moorman died after 1690 at Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
Children of Francis Gray and Alice Moorman are:
     i. Grace Gray, born Aft. 1638; married Henry Aldy.
     ii. Elinor Gray, born Aft. 1638; married Robert Wyard.
     iii. Anne Gray, born Bef. 1639 in St Georges Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died Bef. 1690 in Washington parish, Westmoreland, Virginia; married William Rush in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
     iv. Joshua Gray, born 1642.
     v. Mary Gray, born Abt. 1646 in prob. MD; married John Lancelot Bef. 16601009; born Bef. 1640 in ENG; died Abt. 1671.
Notes for John Lancelot: Will probated 29 February 1671/1672.
     vi. Francis Gray, born 1646 in St Georges Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died 1687 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; married Sarah Jones; born in Westmoreland County, Virginia; died 1702.

     1650-1652 Deed-Will Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 70
KNOW ALL MEN by those presents that I FRANCIS GRAY of tho County of Northumberland in ye Colony of Virginia for divers good causes & consideracons me hereunto moveing & more especially for the true & ardent love I bears unto ALICE GRAY, my loveing Wife, have given & granted and doe by these presents freely give and grant unto the said ALICE GRAY my loveing Wife one browne Cow cropt on the left eare & an overkeeled on the right eare & a browne cow calfe with the same marke wth: their increase: To have & to hold the said Cow &Calfe with their increase to her & her heires forever; In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the 18th of Decem: 1651
Witness hereof JO. ROSIER, Clef: FRANC: GRAYE
Recorded 30 Decem: 1651
     CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 336
THOMAS SALSBURY, 650 acs. Northumberland Co., 4 June 1656, p.
1, (83). 300 acs. on S. side of great Wicocomico Riv., N. N. E. upon Vulcans Cr. & E. S. E. upon land of Henry Weeker; 300 acs. along the head of sd. Weeker to Hulletts, to Faucett, Free- mans & Conowayes land, thence to land of Thomas Kedby sold to Tho. Bales (or Boles). 300 acs. granted sd. Salsbury 13 Oct. 1653 & 350 acs. due for trans. of 7 pers: Francis Gray, Alice his wife, Mary Gray, Joshua Gray, Ann Gray, Wm. Butler. Note: Said Salsbury gave 300 acs. first mentioned to his son Thomas, who had a patent for the same dated 28 Jan. 1662 & 350 acs. the residue to Andrew Pettigrew, who married Salsbury's widow.² GAV-9.

Alice Moorman immigrated in 1637 to Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "Alice Moorman had been brought to Virginia in 1637 by Capt. Thomas Cornwallis, one of the Council of Maryland (Neill’s Founders of Maryland, p. 78)."¹

Alice Moorman and Francis Gray I lived in 1647 at Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "From The William and Mary Quarterly, XII [1904], p. 267-8: Owing to the disturbances in Maryland occasioned by William Clayborne and the differences between Catholics and Protestants, several settlements were formed about 1638 on the south bank of the Potomac, at Machodoc and Chicacoan, under the government of Virginia. Francis Gray took an active part in these troubles against Lord Baltimore, and finally found it more agreeable to settle in Virginia. He sold his cattle in Maryland in 1647, and removing to Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Va."¹ Alice Moorman was a mentioned with Anne Gray on 4 June 1656 at Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA;
From "Early Colonial Settlers...": CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 336
THOMAS SALSBURY, 650 acs. Northumberland Co., 4 June 1656, p.1, (83). 300 acs. on S. side of great Wicocomico Riv., N. N. E. upon Vulcans Cr. & E. S. E. upon land of Henry Weeker; 300 acs. along the head of sd. Weeker to Hulletts, to Faucett, Free- mans & Conowayes land, thence to land of Thomas Kedby sold to Tho. Bales (or Boles). 300 acs. granted sd. Salsbury 13 Oct. 1653 & 350 acs. due for trans. of 7 pers: Francis Gray, Alice his wife, Mary Gray, Joshua Gray, Ann Gray, Wm. Butler. Note: Said Salsbury gave 300 acs. first mentioned to his son Thomas, who had a patent for the same dated 28 Jan. 1662 & 350 acs. the residue to Andrew Pettigrew, who married Salsbury's widow.⁴
In Francis Gray I's will dated 7 June 1667 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, Alice Moorman was named as executor; per Bodine [2010]: "Therein he referred to his loving wife Alice Grey, son Francis Grey, daughter Anne Rush, the wife of William Rush, and Ann Lancelott, the daughter of John Lancelott. His widow, Alice Grey, was appointed as executrix. (Westmoreland Co. Deeds and Wills, 1653-1671, p. 312-313.)"

     Francis Gray II was born in 1646 at St. George's Hundred, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA.⁴ He married Sarah Jones, daughter of Nathaniel Jones, before 1675 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 1st husband.^2,4
Francis Gray II died circa 1687; died without will.²
Francis Gray II died in 1687 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.⁴
     He was a mentioned with Francis Gray I; Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly.Vol. II. Cobb-Hay (republished as a databse on Ancestry.com), pp. 807-10. Images attached.⁵

Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
URL: http://www5.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/texis/find/search30/?query=wills+o f+westmoreland+county%2C+virginia+james+monroe&db=online&areas=10&head=onl ine&booknum=&category=&words=wills+of+westmoreland+county%2C+virginia&firs t=james&last=monroe&cmd=context&i
URL title: The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 167
Note: Westmoreland County Deeds, Wills, Patents,
&c. from 1661 to 1662, p. 46 dorso]:
APPOMATTOX VESTRY. Wee whose names are here underwritten were made Choice of as Vestry men by ye Parish of Appomattox & have taken ye oath of Alegiance & Supremacie & doe subscribe ye following words: as, I doe Acknowledge my self a true sonn of ye Church of Engld so I doc beleeve ye Articles of faith there professed & oblige myself to bee Conformable to ye Doctrine & Dicepline there taught & established. Dated this 3d. of July 1661
JOHN DODMAN ANDREW MUNROE JOHN WASHINGTON HERBERT SMITH DANIELL LISSON RICHARD GRIFFIN WILLIAM FFREKE JOHN TURNER FFRANCIS GREY WILLIAM WEBB HENRY BROOKES NATHANIEL JONES
     "Quoting from the William and Mary Quarterly: (From the Internet (not proven)
"Francis Gray, son of Francis Gray, the emigrant, lived at Machodoc in Westmoreland County, VA. He married Sarah, one of the three daughters of Nathaniel Jones, a justice of Westmoreland County (see Land Grants and Westmoreland County Records). He died about 1687, when Thomas Kerton brought suit against Thomas Kitchen, "who married the relict of Francis Gray."
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK 1676-1679; John Frederick Dorman; Page 137 [11 Dec. 1678]
Richard Jones stands indebted to Francis Gray 200 pounds of tobacco. The Court doth order that Jones make payment.
The cause between Rich: Jones and Fra: Gray referred to a jury. Verdict: We find for the plaintiff damage 100 pounds of tobacco. It is the judgment of this Court that Fra: Gray make payment.
     "URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=691&last=&g_p=P6&co llection=LO Patent
Title White, Daniel.
Publication 30 May 1679.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 600 acres on the eastward side of Matchotick River adjoining land of Francis Gray.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 691 (Reel 6).
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 200
MR. DANIELL WHITE, 600 acs., W'moreland Co., 30 May 1679, p. 691. Adj. William Courts; & Francis Gray; on the W'wd side of Machotockc River. Granted to George Weading 23 Mar. 1664, deserted, & granted sd. White by order. &c. Trans. of 12 pers.*."⁴
Francis Gray II is mentioned in the will of Francis Gray I on 7 June 1667 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; per Bodine [2010]: "Therein he referred to his loving wife Alice Grey, son Francis Grey, daughter Anne Rush, the wife of William Rush, and Ann Lancelott, the daughter of John Lancelott. His widow, Alice Grey, was appointed as executrix. (Westmoreland Co. Deeds and Wills, 1653-1671, p. 312-313.)"
Francis Gray II was mentioned in a land transaction on 27 April 1707
Memo:
The father/son relationship between Francis II and Nathaniel is shown by "...a deed from Francis Gray to Thomas Burlter, James Butler and Elizabeth Butler (the said James and Elizabeth being a son and daughter of said Thomas Burtler) for land "formerly leased to said Thomas Butler by Francis Gray, father to said Nathaniel Gray," dated 27 April, 1707."⁶

     Mary Bennett was born circa 1682 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.³ She married John Hudson, son of Joshua Hudson Sr. and Elizabeth Rush, on 31 December 1703 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.³

Mary Bennett died before 22 April 1708 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.³

     William Bennett married (?) Cossum.²
William Bennett was born circa 1650.¹

     Margaret Hudson was born between 1703 and 1708 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3 She married John Price Settle before 1744 at Virginia, USA.^4,3

Margaret Hudson died circa 1780 at King George Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3
     Margaret Hudson is mentioned in the will of John Hudson on 8 June 1704 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; There seem to be two different sets of dates for the will and probate of John Hudson, one in 1704 and a second in 1708.
bodine [2010] cites Deeds and Wills, 1707-09, p. 137-8
per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree: Margaret " Named in will of father, John Hudson, son of Joshua & Eliz Rush(dau Wm)) as underage of 16 daughter to receive plantation that Her father John Hudson lives on. Underage sister Mary to receive the other plantation girls to share equally the rest
per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     Will of Joshua Hudson, 6 June 1704 probated 26 July 1704, Deed and Will Book 3, 1701-1707, Page 246 Westmoreland Co., VA
     I give to my son John Hudson the plantation he now lives on with all the lands belonging to it to him and his heirs or assigns or Executors forever.
     I give unto Joshua Hudson one hundred acres of land that i now live upon to him an his heirs.
     I give unto Caleb Hudson and Rush Hudson the remainder part of my land.
     I give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hudson all the remainder of my estate moveable and immoveable which hath pleased God to endow me with.^5,1,6

     John Price Settle died at King George Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place.¹ He was born circa 1700 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place.¹ He married Margaret Hudson, daughter of John Hudson and Mary Bennett, before 1744 at Virginia, USA.^1,2

     Mary Hudson was born in 1708 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place.²
     In John Hudson's will dated 8 June 1704 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, Mary Hudson was named as an heir; There seem to be two different sets of dates for the will and probate of John Hudson, one in 1704 and a second in 1708.
bodine [2010] cites Deeds and Wills, 1707-09, p. 137-8
per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree: Margaret " Named in will of father, John Hudson, son of Joshua & Eliz Rush(dau Wm)) as underage of 16 daughter to receive plantation that Her father John Hudson lives on. Underage sister Mary to receive the other plantation girls to share equally the rest
per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     Will of Joshua Hudson, 6 June 1704 probated 26 July 1704, Deed and Will Book 3, 1701-1707, Page 246 Westmoreland Co., VA
     I give to my son John Hudson the plantation he now lives on with all the lands belonging to it to him and his heirs or assigns or Executors forever.
     I give unto Joshua Hudson one hundred acres of land that i now live upon to him an his heirs.
     I give unto Caleb Hudson and Rush Hudson the remainder part of my land.
     I give unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hudson all the remainder of my estate moveable and immoveable which hath pleased God to endow me with.^3,4,5

     Margaret Hudson was born circa 1678 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place.¹
     ; per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree: "Daughters of Josh: Hudson from Dakman 1705
     27 Jan 1705 • Westmoreland County, Va.
     Joshua Hudson Will 6 Jun pro 26 Jul 1704 wife Eliz Exec & son, Joshua. Ch: John, Joshua, Caleb, RUSH. Daughters not named in will. CHAPMAN DAKE Deed 27 jan 1705"daus of Josh Hudson, late, deceased: Sarah, Anne & Margaret under 17 Elizabeth 17."²

     Joyce Field was born circa 1695 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.³ She married Joshua Hudson Jr., son of Joshua Hudson Sr. and Elizabeth Rush, before 17 April 1720 at Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
; Early Colonial Settlers says m. ca 1713.

Ancestry.comn - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
     Name:     Joshua Hudson
     Marriage Date:     Abt 1720
     Spouse Name:     Joyce Field
     Marriage Location:     Virginia, United States
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.^1,2,3,5
Joyce Field died after 1724 at Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.³
     Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
FIELD, DANIEL, 2 Feb. 1732; 28 March 1733.
My land to Margaret Gerviss; Mary daughter of Alice Beckwith land in Prince William; wife Mary one-third of estate; Daniel Hutson.
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1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 71
FIELD, DANIEL, 17 April 1720; * * *; July 1720. 2 plantations and 1 negro to dau. Joyce Hudson; Emma Price; sons Abraham and Henry my still and worm; son Henry 50 acres of land and the land in the fork of Rappahannock River to Abraham and Henry; son John Wheeler exr; Evan Price land in Stafford county; son Daniel Field land on Popes Creek. at Citation.³
In Daniel Field's will dated 17 April 1720 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA, Joyce Field was named as an heir; Ancestry.com - Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
     Name:     Daniel Field
     Description:     Decedent
     Date:     17 Apr 1720
     Notes:     Field, Daniel, 17 April 1720; -- July 1720. 2 plantations and 1 negro to dau. Joyce Hudson; Emma Price; sons Abraham and Henry my still and worm; son Henry 50 acres of land and the land in the fork of Rappahannock River to Abraham and Henry; son John Wheeler exr; Evan Price land in Stafford county; son Daniel Field land on Popes Creek.
     Prove Date:     Jul 1720
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
     Original data: Lineages, Inc., comp.. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800. Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of wills for this locality.

Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree - Text of Daniel Field 1720 will:
     "from http://www.luciefield.net/danwillwest.html
     In the name of God Amen April 17th 1720, I Daniel Field of Westmoreland County am extream sick at thes point expecting to die and do ordain this my last Will and testament revoking and avoiding; all other wills and testament
     first I bequeath my soul to the hands of the Almighty God trusting in the merritts & redeemer of our blessed saviour to have full pardon of all my sins as for what estate it pleased god to send me in this world I give advice & bequeath in manner and informed as followeth.
     Item I give and bequeath to my eldest son Dan Field all his holy living wherein he now lives within and without and all the land belongeth to me about Popes Creek to him and his heirs forever
     Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Joyce Hudson one negro named Jey & 3 plantacons the Taylor Wilkersons and John Edwards to her and her heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my son Henry Field a large still and copper with the worm & materials belonging to it One large brrass kettle a spitt & a iron pottrack being at my lower plantacon in Stafford County going by the name of William Ports to him and his heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Field the plantacon called Simeon Luckens & all the lower part of the land joyning to the lower branch near the plantacon called Taylors Wilkinson to him and his heirs forever
     Item I give to my son Henry One little plantacon containing 50 acres which Charles Ricklings lives on to him and his heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my sons Abraham and Henry all my other estate in the fork of the Rappahannock river in what manner of Kind soever & four negroes Will, Geb, Sam and Peter; one white servant called Catrine Simons
     as for my personal estate at my lower houses One half to be conducted into this and the other to Evan Price.
     Item I construct & impower my son John Wheeler and Evan Price to be my exs of this my last Will & testament & in comformacon hereof I the said Daniel Field hereunto set my hand & seal the day above written. Daniel Field (seal)
     Witness:      Robert Duncan      Roger Abetman      Ann Betman      Joseph Parkes
     Westmoreland Co.- At Ct held for the said County the 29th day of June 1720 the last Will & testament of Daniel Field decd. was presented in to Court by Evan Price one of the Executors who made oath thereto and being proved by the Oaths of Robert Duncan, Roger Abetman & Joseph Parke three of the Witnesses thereto is admitted to record, and upon the motion of the sd PRICE and his preforming what is usial in such Cases Certificate is granted for Obtaining a probate thereof in due form John Wheeler the other exr in Open refusing to undertake the burden thereof
Test: Tho: Sorrel Clu. Com. D Record date (no date) July 1720
     Daniel Field was the son of Abraham Field of Westmoreland County, Virginia. His mother is unknown. He married Mary Alday. Thier son was Capt. Abraham of Culpeper County, Virginia, through whom this line continues.
     Daniel's will was scanned from text by Bob Hopkins: BOBHOP@aol.com. We have made minimal changes in spelling and wording to be consistent with other wills of the early eighteenth century. For example, some words were spelled with an "rn" that should have been an "m". This was probably a scanner mistake. The word "Item" was written "I Term." Bob Hopkins had a "sic" after the very first instance it was used. It is entirely possible that it was spelled that way in the original. We do not, as yet have a copy of the will.^6,7

     Daniel Field was born in 1663 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Mary (?) in 1691/92 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
His 1st wife.^3,2 Daniel Field married Mary Alday, daughter of Henry Alday and Grace Grey, before 1702 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.²
Daniel Field died between 17 April 1720 and 31 July 1720 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Died between date of wil. and date of probate, probably in Westmoreland Co., VA.^4,2

His estate was probated in July 1720 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.⁴

     Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
He married (1) Mary Aft. 1692 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. She died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Alday Bef. 1702 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, daughter of Henry Alday and Grace Grey. She was born 1661 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and died Bef. 7 April 1720 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 71
FIELD, DANIEL, 17 April 1720; * * *; July 1720. 2 plantations and 1 negro to dau. Joyce Hudson; Emma Price; sons Abraham and Henry my still and worm; son Henry 50 acres of land and the land in the fork of Rappahannock River to Abraham and Henry; son John Wheeler exr; Evan Price land in Stafford county; son Daniel Field land on Popes Creek.
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1674-1677 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 1, Part 3; [John Frederick Dorman];
Pages 202a-203. Will of Abram Feild, being verry sick and weake, dated 16 June 1671.
Unto my two eldest sonnes Abraham and Daniell all my land that I now injoy when they come of adge to be equally devided betwixt them, Abraham to have his first choyce. If either of them dye without issue then to fall to the next eldest brother.
Unto my sonne Abram Feild one horse colt branded with my owne marke and one heifer marked with a hole and cropt on the right eare and cropt and overkeeled on the left.
Unto my sonne Daniell one young heifer marked with crop and a hole in the right eare and underkeeled and overkeeled and cropt on the left care.
Unto my sonne Henry one yong heifer called Mealynose marked on my own marke.
Unto my sonne Jno. Feild one yong heifer which I bought of Jno: Hill.
Unto my daughter Elianor Feild one yong iron grey gelding being branded with my owne mark; also one cow calfe marked with a swallow forke on the right eare.
Unto my daughter Margarett Feild my grey mare, it being her full portion.
Unto my loving wife Mary Feild one black mare, six cowes, one cow marked with a swallow forke on the right eare and underkeeled on the left, one yong cow on my own marke, four cowes marked with cropt and slitt and underkeeled on both eares, one steere of 4 yeares old on my own marke, one bull of the same adge and marke, one feather bed and furniture, two chests, one cupboard, one warming pan, two iron potts and pott-hooks, 1 pr. pothangers, one pewter bason and all the stock of hoggs that is due to me from Wm. Mason, with one barrow that runnes at James Scott's, one small trunke and short muscott.
Unto my good freind Jno. Watts and Patrick Spence each a barrow of six year old to buy them a ring a peece.
Unto my sister Spence a pair of gloves.
All the rest of my personall estate be sold at an outcry for the best advantage of my five children heere mentioned to be equally devided betwixt Abram, Dann. Henry, John and Elianor.
My loving wife Mary Feild executrix and also guardian to my
children. My three eldest sonnes at .he adge of fifteene be bound out to some trade, Abram being now 13 years II, Dann.11 years 1/2, Henry 3 years old.
My freinds Patrick Spence and Jno. Watts to assist my wife in her business.
Abram Feild
Wit: Edwd. (X) Conney, Jno: Watts, Patrick Spence.
26 Aug. 1674. Proved by Mr. Jno: Watts and Edwd. Coney.
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1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 34
BENNETT, WILLIAM, 2 February 1702-3; 24 February 1703.
Son Corscomb; dau. Margaret plantation in Stafford; dau. Mary plantation adjoining home plantation; my wife and her son Christopher; my two sons in law John and Thomas Christopher; friend Daniel Field Trustee.
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1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; [John Frederick Dorman-1801 transcript];
Page 8a. 23 Nov. 1691. Daniel Field of Westmoreland County, planter, to Tobias Butler, planter, of same. For a valuable consideration.
One half of the tract of land belonging to the said Daniel Field and Abraham his brother, left Jointly to them by Abraham Field their father, since divided by the two brothers, being that which Daniel Field liveth upon. Daniel Field do bind myself in the forfeiture of 1500 pounds of tobacco unto Tobias Butler, peaceably to enjoy it without any trouble from the claims of any person.
Daniel Field
Wit: Abraham Field, Thomas Howes.
29 Nov. 1691. Acknowledged.
Mary Field wife to Daniel Field do appoint Mr. Patrick Muckleroy attorney to acknowledge my thirds of the plantation my husband and I do live [on), being in Washington Parish, to Tobias Butler.
Mary (X) Field
Wit: Thomas Howes, Abraham Field, Thomas Garlick.
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1692-1694 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 2 [John Frederick Dorman];
Page 112 [29 Nov. 1693 ]
Daniel Feild acknowledged an assignment of land from him to Tobias Butler and the lands to be the just right and inheritance of Tobias Butler. Patrick Muckleroy by vertue of a power from Mary Feild wife of Danll. Feild proved by Nathll. Butler, relinquished her right of dower and thirds.
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1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; [John Frederick Dorman-1801 transcript];
Page 9. 23 Nov. 1691. Tobias Butler of Westmoreland County, planter, to Daniel Field, planter, of same. For a very full and valuable consideration. 720 acres upon the branches of Pope's Creek joining to the land of Morris Neales and Ambroes Baxter. Tobias Butler, do bind myself in the forfeiture of 7500 pounds of tobacco to Daniel Field peacably to enjoy it without any trouble.
Tobias Butler
Wit: Abraham Field, Thomas Howes.
29 Nov. 1691. Acknowledged.
Ann Butler, wife to Tobias Butler, of Washington Parish, planter, do appoint Mr. Patrick Muckleroy of said parish to acknowledge my thirds of land sold by my husband to Daniel Field.
Ann (X) Butler
Wit: Thomas Howes, Abraham Field.

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1694-1698 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 3 [John Frederick Dorman];
Page 183 [27 June 1695]
Daniel Feild was attached to answer Jno, Waugh, Clerk, and Thomas Elsey, executors of the last will of Dr. Edwd Maddocks of a plea of debt. The executors by Alexander Webster their attorney complains that Feild became indebted to the testator in his life tyme in the summe of 900 pounds of tobacco by bill 29 Oct. 1690. Daniel Feild saith that he oweth not the 900 pounds of tobacco. It appeared to this Court by the oath of Tobias Butler that he by order of Maddocks paid the summe and Feild also makeing oath that hee never stood indebted to the plaintiffs any other tobaccoes, it is considered that the plaintiffs take nothing by their bill.
Tobias Butler being summoned to give his evidence on behalf of the defendant and haveing attended two dayes, it is ordered that Daniel Feild doe pay him 80 pounds of tobacco.
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1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; [John Frederick Dorman-1801 transcript];
Pages 68-69. 28 Jan. 1695 (1696]. Partrick Muckleroy of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, to Tobias Butler and Daniel Field, both of same. For 9000 pounds of tobacco. 200 acres in said parish, purchased formerly by John Bell from Capt. John Lord, late of this county, deceased, and by Bell given in his last will to his wife Mary, and by her and her husband Alexander Gallant sold to Mr. Partrick Spence, Senr., and by Spence given to his son Partrick by his last will, and by Partrick Spence junr. sold to Partrick Muckleroy ... joining upon the land of Captain John Lord, deceased, and upon the land of John Butler and upon the land of Terrell Knight.
Partrick Muckleroy
Wit: James Taylor, Joseph Barber, Nathaniel Butler.
19 Feb. 1695 [1696]. Acknowledged by Partrick Muckleroy before William Pierce, Gent., and William Bridges, Gent., justices.
25 March 1696. Acknowledged by Partrick Muckleroy.
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1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; [John Frederick Dorman-1801 transcript];
Page 69. 28 Jan. 1695/6. Partrick Muckleroy of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, to Tobias Butler and Daniel Field of same. For valuable consideration. All my houshold goods, servants whatsoever both Negroes and white, with all cattle, horses and mares and hoggs, water mill and hand mill, with debts due by bill, bond or accounts and all tobacco due unto share of the crop at home, with all the corn, with all bidding [bedding], potts and kettles and gun, utensils and tools.
Partrick Muckleroy
Wit: James Taylor, Nathaniel Butler.
25 March 1696. Recorded per request of Patrick Muckleroy.
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1694-1698 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 3 [John Frederick Dorman];
Page 199 [25 March 1696]
Patrick Muckleroy of this county who married the relict &c of Humphrey Pope late of this county and by meanes thereof became possessed with Popes estate having for some considerations made over to Daniel Feild, and Tobias Butler both of this county all or most part of his estate, which Feild and Butler have sithence sold (or so much as they have thought fitt thereof) at an outcry Wm Paine of this county, merchant, who married one of the daughters and orphants of Hump: Pope on behalf of himself and as guardian to the rest of the orphants of Hump: Pope moved to this Court that the case of the orphants might be taken into their consideration and an expedient found for securing the payment of the same to the several' orphants at their respective age. Whereupon Feild and Butler on behalf of Muckleroy offered to this Court a list of the several' judgments confessed to them at the outcry and other debts due to them and prayed the Court would make choyce of soe many as would amount to the full value of the orphants parts of their fathergs estate and acouitt Patrick Muckleroy from the same.
It being thought most reasonable that the estate should be comitted to Wm. Paine in respect of his relation thereto, Paine doth accept the same and haveing had perusal of the judgments and debts made choyce of 70 pounds of tobacco which Feild and Butler assigned to Paine.
Francis Wright and Simon Robins both of this county, Gent., assume with Wm. Paine for the true payment of the respective portions of the orphans as they severally attaine to their respective ages.
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1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; [John Frederick Dorman-1801 transcript];
Pages 114a-116a (115-115a skipped in numbering). 28 Sept. 1697. Tobias Butler of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, assign all my interest in the within bill of sale, for a valuable consideration, unto Daniel Field of same. I and my wife Ann Butler will make our acknowledgment.
Tobias Butler
Anne Butler
Wit: James Taylor, John Lord.
29 Sept. 1697. Acknowledgment by Tobias Butler of assignment of 200 acres. James Taylor by virtue of a letter of attorney from Anne Butler relinquished her right of dower.
"N.B. The bill of sale for this assignment is recorded in the early part of this book."
28 Sept. 1697. Daniel Field assign my interest of the within pattent unto Tobias Butler of Westmoreland County.
Daniel Field
Wit: James Taylor, John Lord.
"N.B. The pattent hereby assigned may be found in the preceeding Record Book."
29 Sept. 1697. Acknowledged by Daniel Field.

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VA NN Grants 1, p. 26
Library of Virginia Digital Collection:
Land Office Grants, Northern Neck Series

Marguritte Lady Culpeper Thomas Lord ffairfax and Catherine his Wife proprietors of ye. Northern Neck of Virginia To all to whom this present Writing shall come send Greeting in Our Lord God Everlasting Whereas Daniell ffield of Westmorland County [hath] sett forth to Our Office that he the said ffield and Mary his Wife late ye. Wife of Edward Wheeler of [ye. said] County are in possesion of Two hundred Acres of Land lying in ye. said County formerly purchased [by ye] said Wheeler of John Lord of ye. said County being part of six hundred Acres of Land [escheated?] by ye. said Lord from Edward Prescott as by ye. said Lords Deed to Wheeler bearing Date ye. 13th day of ffebruary / 1685 Appears And by him ye. said Wheeler by his last Will given to his son & Heir but ..... ye. said John Lord nor ye said Edward Wheeler never had nor Obtain'd from Our Office any Deed [for ye] said Land Whereby ye. said Two hundred Acres is still Lyable to be Granted by Us, And Whereas [ye sd?] Daniell ffield hath Constantly paid ye. Rents of ye. said Land, and hath now undergone ye. [Charge?] in [sueing?] Out Our Deed and Alledging also that the said Mary his Wife is a Near kinswoman to ye. sd. Edwd. Prescott and that ye. said Escheate in Right Ought to have bin Granted in her Name and moving thereupon for a Grant of ye. said Land to himself and ye. said Mary his Wife During their Naturall Lives & afterwards to ye. heirs of ye. said Wheeler by ye. sd. Mary and for want of such heirs to ye. said Mary and her heirs Know yee Therefore That Wee for and in Consideration of ye. Composition to Us paid & the Annuall Rent hereafter Reserved have Given and Granted and do by these presents Give & Grant unto ye. said Daniell ffield and Mary his Wife all our Right Title and Interest of in and to ye. said Two hundred Acres of Land to Us belonging or Appertaining for & During their aturall Lives, The said Land Scituate lying and being in ye. said County of Westmorland upon ye. Bever Damns of Upper Machotique Including that plantation which Richard Hurst formerly Lived on and Bounding upon ye. Line of Mr. Richard Chapman The said Two hundred acres of Land being part of a Devident of six hundred Acres the Moyety or half of Twelve hundred Acres formerly Granted unto John Williams and Stephen Norman by pattent Dated July ye. 16th. 1654 and by ye. said Norman sold and Assigned unto ye. said Edward Prescott Together wth. all Rights Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging Royall Mines Excepted and the full third part of all Lead Copper Tinn Coles or Iron Mines that shall be found thereon To have and to hold The said Two hundred Acres of Land Together wth. all Rights Profitts and Benefitts to ye. same [belonging] or in any wise Appertaining Except before Excepted to them ye. said Daniell ffield and Mary his Wife During their Naturall Lives and Afterwards to ye. Heirs of ye. said Wheeler by ye. said Mary and for want of such heirs to ye. said Mary and her heirs for ever The said Daniell ffield and Mary their heirs & Assigns and every of Them therefore Yeilding and paying to Us Our heirs or Assigns or to ye. Certain Attorney or Attorneys of Us ye. said proprietors or to ye. Attorney or Attorneys of Our heirs or Assigns [proprietors] of ye. said Northern Neck Yearly and every Year on ye. feast of St. Michaell ye. Arch Angell ye. fee Rent of One Shilling sterling Money for every ffifty Acres of Land hereby Granted Provided that if ye. said Daniell ffield & Mary their heirs or Assigns or any of Them shall not pay ye. before Reserved Annuall Rent soe that ye. same or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid for ye. space of Two whole Years after ye. same shall become Due if Lawfully Demanded that then it shall and may be Lawfull for Us Our heirs or Assigns Certaine Attorneys or Agents into ye. above Granted premises to Re Enter and hold ye. same soe as if this Grant had never passed Given at Our Office in Lancaster County wth.in Our said Proprietory under Our Seale Wittness Our Agent and Attorney fully Authoriz'd thereto Dated ye. twenty seventh Day of March ~ In ye. Third Year of ye. Reigne of Our Sovereigne Lady Ann by ye. Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Queen Defendr. of ye. faith &c. Anno... Domini 1704
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press];p. 414
Know all men .. I DANL. FIELD of county Westmoreland for a valuable consideration but more especially for the consul of the composition & all other charges in hand already paid according to the true intent & meaning of the within mentd grant I do freely and clearly assign over unto HENRY WHEELER & JOHN WHEELER all my right Title and interest in the within grant to be shared in Quantity and Quality according to the true intent of their Fathers Will .. this 12th day May 1708.
Test. John Sharp, Daniel Field
Francis Waddington
This assignment of land was acknowledged .. 12th day May 1708 .. and ordered to be recorded & is recorded.
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page. 261- 264 This Indenture made 30th day March 1705 between WILLIAM BALTROP of county Stafford of the one part & DANL. FIELDS of county Westmoreland Planter .. by deeds of lease and releaee .. Witnesseth for sum 5000 pounds of good Tobacco have sold tract of land containing 460 acres lying on East side of Michot. near the head of the Creek in county Stafford beginning at a marked oak standing on South side of a Creek & extending East with the lands now in possession of THOMAS KITCHING North with the said Kitchings land North-west with the land now in possession of Mr. FRANCIS THORNTON North East upon the said Thorntons back line unto the lands now in possession of Major WILLIAM BUCKNER thence NW=80 poles to a marked oak thence WSW 240 poles unto a branch of the Beaver Darn of the said Creek thence S by E down the said branch Dam & Creek 450 poles to the first beginning the land being part of a tract of 5200 acres of land granted Mr. GERVASE DODSON by pattent bearing date 1657 and by the said Dodsons attorney JAMES POPE sold and acknowledged unto NATHL. JONES deced by sale bearing date 1660 which said land the said Nathl. Jones deced did pattent in his own name which pattent bears date 1660 & the afsd Nathl. Jones deced did in his Last Will & Testament give & bequeath unto his daughter MARGT. JONES Mother of afsd William Baltrop all his land to her and her heirs which by descent falls to Wm. Baltrop party to these presents ..
Presence Jonah Revet, Willm. Baltrop
Robert Richards
At a Court held 11th day April 1705 Wm. Baltrop in person acknowledged his deeds of lease & release of land to Danl. Fields & was ordered to be recorded & is recorded.
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page. 433-435
pp. To all Christian People .. I DANL FIELD of county Westmoreland Gent. this 22d day Decr 1708 .. Now know ye for consideration of 25 t 2s lawful money of England paid by Collo. RICE HOOE of Stafford County .. have bargained and sold all that parcel of land lying in Stafford County & wills well executed in Court settled in Danl. Field being bounded .. beginning at the mouth of a swamp below the said aloe Mill then down the dam to the mouth of the next large branch on the upper side of the land seated by RALPH WALKER being part of the same land to a small white oak standing in the mouth of that branch so up that branch the several courses along a Iine of marked trees to the forks of that branch then up the South Eastermost fork till it meets with Majr. WM. BUCKNERS line made by the last Jury and stands now recorded on the General Court records then along that line to the land of JOHN WITHERS thence along the land of JOHN KELLY to the land of Rice. Hooe then down that land to the place first began att according to Mr. THOMAS GREGG'S last Survey for me ..
Test. Dade Massey, Danl. Field
Isaac Whitting
At Court held 9th March 1708 Daniel Field acknowledged this sale of land & livery & seisin unto Rice Hooe Gentl. .. which is ordered to be recorded and is duly recorded.
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=26&last=&g_p=G3&col lection=NN Grant
Title Field, Daniell.
Publication 27 March 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Field, Daniell and Field, Mary his wife.
Description: 200 acres.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 26 (Reel 288).
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=26&last=&g_p=G3&col lection=NN Grant
Title Field, Daniell.
Publication 27 March 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Field, Daniell and Field, Mary his wife.
Description: 200 acres escheat land. On the Bever damns of upper Machotique including that plantation which Richard Hurst formerly lived on.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 26 (Reel 288).
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=25&last=&g_p=G3&col lection=NN Grant
Title Field, Daniell.
Publication 27 March 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Field, Daniell and Field, Mary his wife.
Description: 150 acres lying in the Counties of Westmoreland and Stafford. Beg.g &c. on the south side of Machotique dam being a corner tree to this land and the land of John Jones.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 25 (Reel 288).
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=25&last=&g_p=G3&col lection=NN Grant
Title Field, Daniell.
Publication 27 March 1704.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Field, Daniell and Field, Mary his wife.
Description: 150 acres.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 3, 1703-1710, p. 25 (Reel 288).
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1710-1719 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 10; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 99
DANIEL FIELD & HENRY FIELD, of Westmoreland Co; 850 acs. (N. L.), Essex Co., in St. Mary's Par; in the fork & on' S. side of Rappa. River; beg. against up. end of an Island; crossing the Mountain Run; 11 July 1719, p. 419. 4 Lbs., 5 Shill.

Sources: Descendants of Abraham Field, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1636-1674. by Lucie Catherine Field, Eugene Allen Field & Miriam Grasz Field © August 2004 Patterson California All rights reserved. at Citation.

Daniel Field left a will on 17 April 1720 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Ancestry.com - Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
     Name:     Daniel Field
     Description:     Decedent
     Date:     17 Apr 1720
     Notes:     Field, Daniel, 17 April 1720; -- July 1720. 2 plantations and 1 negro to dau. Joyce Hudson; Emma Price; sons Abraham and Henry my still and worm; son Henry 50 acres of land and the land in the fork of Rappahannock River to Abraham and Henry; son John Wheeler exr; Evan Price land in Stafford county; son Daniel Field land on Popes Creek.
     Prove Date:     Jul 1720
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
     Original data: Lineages, Inc., comp.. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800. Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of wills for this locality.

Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree - Text of Daniel Field 1720 will:
     "from http://www.luciefield.net/danwillwest.html
     In the name of God Amen April 17th 1720, I Daniel Field of Westmoreland County am extream sick at thes point expecting to die and do ordain this my last Will and testament revoking and avoiding; all other wills and testament
     first I bequeath my soul to the hands of the Almighty God trusting in the merritts & redeemer of our blessed saviour to have full pardon of all my sins as for what estate it pleased god to send me in this world I give advice & bequeath in manner and informed as followeth.
     Item I give and bequeath to my eldest son Dan Field all his holy living wherein he now lives within and without and all the land belongeth to me about Popes Creek to him and his heirs forever
     Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Joyce Hudson one negro named Jey & 3 plantacons the Taylor Wilkersons and John Edwards to her and her heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my son Henry Field a large still and copper with the worm & materials belonging to it One large brrass kettle a spitt & a iron pottrack being at my lower plantacon in Stafford County going by the name of William Ports to him and his heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Field the plantacon called Simeon Luckens & all the lower part of the land joyning to the lower branch near the plantacon called Taylors Wilkinson to him and his heirs forever
     Item I give to my son Henry One little plantacon containing 50 acres which Charles Ricklings lives on to him and his heirs forever.
     Item I give and bequeath to my sons Abraham and Henry all my other estate in the fork of the Rappahannock river in what manner of Kind soever & four negroes Will, Geb, Sam and Peter; one white servant called Catrine Simons
     as for my personal estate at my lower houses One half to be conducted into this and the other to Evan Price.
     Item I construct & impower my son John Wheeler and Evan Price to be my exs of this my last Will & testament & in comformacon hereof I the said Daniel Field hereunto set my hand & seal the day above written. Daniel Field (seal)
     Witness:      Robert Duncan      Roger Abetman      Ann Betman      Joseph Parkes
     Westmoreland Co.- At Ct held for the said County the 29th day of June 1720 the last Will & testament of Daniel Field decd. was presented in to Court by Evan Price one of the Executors who made oath thereto and being proved by the Oaths of Robert Duncan, Roger Abetman & Joseph Parke three of the Witnesses thereto is admitted to record, and upon the motion of the sd PRICE and his preforming what is usial in such Cases Certificate is granted for Obtaining a probate thereof in due form John Wheeler the other exr in Open refusing to undertake the burden thereof
Test: Tho: Sorrel Clu. Com. D Record date (no date) July 1720
     Daniel Field was the son of Abraham Field of Westmoreland County, Virginia. His mother is unknown. He married Mary Alday. Thier son was Capt. Abraham of Culpeper County, Virginia, through whom this line continues.
     Daniel's will was scanned from text by Bob Hopkins: BOBHOP@aol.com. We have made minimal changes in spelling and wording to be consistent with other wills of the early eighteenth century. For example, some words were spelled with an "rn" that should have been an "m". This was probably a scanner mistake. The word "Item" was written "I Term." Bob Hopkins had a "sic" after the very first instance it was used. It is entirely possible that it was spelled that way in the original. We do not, as yet have a copy of the will.^4,5

     Ann Hudson died at King George Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place. She was born after 1694 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place. She married Frances Slaughter on 11 July 1711 at Richmond Co., Virginia, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
     Name:     Ann Hudson
     Marriage Date:     Abt 1711
     Spouse Name:     Francis Slaughter
     Marriage Location:     Virginia, United States
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.^1,2
     ; per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree: "Daughters of Josh: Hudson from Dakman 1705
     27 Jan 1705 • Westmoreland County, Va.
     Joshua Hudson Will 6 Jun pro 26 Jul 1704 wife Eliz Exec & son, Joshua. Ch: John, Joshua, Caleb, RUSH. Daughters not named in will. CHAPMAN DAKE Deed 27 jan 1705"daus of Josh Hudson, late, deceased: Sarah, Anne & Margaret under 17 Elizabeth 17."³

     Sarah Hudson was born circa 1696 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree gives no sources for date or place.¹
     ; per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree: "Daughters of Josh: Hudson from Dakman 1705
     27 Jan 1705 • Westmoreland County, Va.
     Joshua Hudson Will 6 Jun pro 26 Jul 1704 wife Eliz Exec & son, Joshua. Ch: John, Joshua, Caleb, RUSH. Daughters not named in will. CHAPMAN DAKE Deed 27 jan 1705"daus of Josh Hudson, late, deceased: Sarah, Anne & Margaret under 17 Elizabeth 17."²

     Mary Rush was born in 1655 at Gloucestershire, England.³ She married Philip Peyton in 1675 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3,4

Mary Rush died after 1700 at Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.³
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS; page 44
At a Court held for Stafford County the eleventh day of September 1700.
Know all meu that I PHILIP PAYTON of Stafford County in Virga. have
sold unto JOHN TRAMMILL of the same county one certain parcel of land with a plantation lying and being in Stafford County near the head of Potomack Creek on the South side Potomack Run bounding .. beginning at a marked pine standing at place known by the name of Looked Point thence by a line of marked trees southwest into the woods near the Plantation where the said Payton now lives unto a small marked white oak a corner tree thence East unto a line that parts this land & the land of THOMAS WALLIS thence northerly or thereabouts unto a marked white oak by a deep valley thence down the same valley unto a marked each standing by a branch of Potomack Run thence down the branch to a spring which is near the old house belonging to the Plantation thence Northwest as near as may be unto a small gut or Pound that comes out of the main run thence up the run to the first station .. to have and hold as is expressed in the pattent this land hear mentioned supposing to be 80 acres be it more or less .. I Philip Payton and MARY his wife do freely make over .. unto John Trammill .. he paying the Quit Rents when demanded .. 11th day September 1700.
Presence Andrew Salisbury, Philip Payton
Edwd. Mountjoy, Thos. Ellzey Mary x Payton
Philip Payton & Mary his wife came in proper person into Court and acknowledged the deed .. and desired it be recorded whereupon it is recorded the 11th day September 1700.
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & WILLS. No. 8. Part 1; 1723-1738 : pp 183-184
THIS INDENTURE made the Twenty fifth day of September in the Sixth year of Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Brittain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith &c., And in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Thirty two, Between THOMAS SHARP of the Coty: of STAFFORD, Planter, of one part and the Reverend DAVID STUART of the said Coty:, Clerk, of the other part;
Witnesseth that THOMAS SHARP in consideration of the sum of five shillings good & lawful! money of Great Brittain to him in hand paid by DAVID STUART, the receipt whereof & himself therewith: fully satisfied & paid doth hereby acknowledge, hath and by these presents doth bargain sell demise & to farm let unto DAVID STUART & assignes one certain tract plantation of land lying on the Beaver Damms of Upper MATCHODIX in Washington Pish & Coty: of Westmorland, formerly known & commonly called by the name of THE NEWLAND & containing by estimation Two hundred acres be the same more or less, the which tract of land was formerly granted & conveyed by WILLIAM RUSH, late of Westmorld. Coty, to one PHILIP PAYTON, his Son in Law, who imtermarryed with MARY, the Daughter of sd. WM: RUSH, as by Deed bearing date the twenty third day of Aprile in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & seventy eight may appear, And afterwards by PHILIP PAYTON conveyed & made over to JOHN PRATT, late of Westmorland Coty. as by two Assignmts., the one bearing date the fifteenth day of Decr. in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & eighty six & the other the twenty first day of sd. Decr. in the aforesd. year, relation unto them may more fully appear; And afterwards given granted & conveyed by JOHN PRATT in Exchange for the moiety of another tract of land consisting of three hundred & sixty five acres to JOHN SHARP of sd. Coty., the Father of abovementioned THOS: SHARP, as by Deed bearing date the twenty fifth day of Febry, in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & eighty seven may appear, and finally descended by inheritance in fee simple to THOMAS SHARP, the Grantor hereof, and is bounded; Beginning at a corner marked Locust standing on the South side of the aforesd. Beaver Damms of Upper MATCHODIX & being a corner tree of the land of one RICHD. CHAPMAN, & formerly belonging to JOHN WILLIAMS, and extending up the sd. Damms South West Westerly to the mouth of a Branch that falls into the sd. Damms, thence up the Branch which lyeth below the House & Plantation to a white Oak that standeth upon a Point in the fork of the sd. Branch, thence by a line of marked trees South East Easterly crossing the Horse Road untill it comes unto the line that parts this Land & the Lands of HENRY COSSUM, thence along the line of sd. COSSUM until it comes to the line of the land of the aforesd. RICHARD CHAPMAN, finally along the line of sd. CHAPMAN unto the first statiion; with all houses orchards, together with royalties of hunting hawking fishing & fowling; To have and to hold the demised premises unto DAVID STUART or assignes during the term of three years fully to be compleated, paying therefore yearly on the tenth day of Decr. to THOMAS SHARP or assignes one grain of Indian Corn if lawfully demanded to the intent that by virtue of these presents & of the Statute for transferring uses into possession DAVID STUART may be in actual" possession of the premises and be thereby the better enabled to accept a grant of the inheritance thereof; In Witness whereof the sd. THOMAS SHARP hath hereto set his hand & seale the day & year above written Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
HENRY WASHINGTON, _ THOS: SHARPE
FARQUHAR MATHESON,
WILLIAM PERKINS
Then received on the day & date within written the sum of Five shillings, I say reced. by me. THOS: SHARPE
Westmorld. ss, At a Court held for the sd. County the 27th day of September 1732 THOMAS SHARPE personally acknowledged this Deed of Lease of Land by him passed to the Reverend DAVID STUART, Clerk, together with the Receipt for five shillings, the consideration money thereon endorsed, to be his proper act and deed, which at the instance of the said STUART is admitted to Record
Test G. TURBERVILE, C. C. W.
Recorded the Nineteenth day of October 1732, pr. G. T., C. C. W."³

     Philip Peyton was born in 1644 at Bisley Parish, Gloucestershire, England.² He married Mary Rush, daughter of William II Rush and Anne Gray, in 1675 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3,2

Philip Peyton died in 1730 at Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "son of Philip Peyton and Elyzabeth Gibbes.
Philip Peyton came to Va. Aug. 30, 1665 from Bristoll, Gloucester, England. His children, at least the older ones, were born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Philip was given 200 acres of land by William Rush who called Philip Peyton his son in law who had intermarryed with his daughter, Mary Rush.
This William Rush had been given land by father in law Francis Grey/Gray and his wife Alice Mooreman (to Maryland first) to William Rush son in law who had married the beloved daughter Anne of Francis Grey.
     "1665-1669 Order Book Northumberland Co Va; Antient Press: Pg 23
Northumberland County Court 20th of October 1667
Whereas by ye Complaynt of PHILIP PEYTON, & ye Testimony of some of ye Neighbours, it appeares yt: PHILIP PEYTON & NATH: GARNER, Servants to RICH: NELMES, have grievious sores on his leggs & are very much neglected by their sd. Master, who taketh noe care to see ye sd. sores cured. It is ordered yt: ye sd. NELMES forth wth: indeavr: to get ye sd. Servants sores cured & if ye next Vestry helde for this Parish, Mr. WILLIAM WILDEY and Mr. WILLIAM DOWNINGE (who are by this Cort: desired to inquire into ye sd, businesse) shall then give their reports yt: ye sd. NELMES hath been remisse in ye effectual p:formance of what here ordered, yt: then ye Cort: to bee farther courses therein
     "Stafford County Court Records, 1680; THE ANTIENT PRESS
pp. 9-(18) - 10 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I PHILIP PAYTON have bargained sold enfeoffed and confirmed and bargain seall and confirme with ye consent of my Wife, MARY, from moe my heirs Executors Administrators or assigns one parcell of Land unto PAUL LITTLEFIELD his heirs Executors Administrators or assigns and beinge a part of ye same Land which WILLIAM BUCK made over unto PHILLIP PAYTON boundinge as followeth, beginning at RICHARD CHAPMANs Corner marked white Oakc standinge att ye head of a branch on ye East side of ye HORSE RHOADE from ye said PAYTONs Plantation, from thence down ye said branch, ye run of water beinge the bounds until! itt tomes to ye line that partes this land and ye land of HENRY COSSAM deceased, then Westerly along ye lyne of ye said COSSAM until itt comes to ye lyne of ye land of ye aforesd. RICHARD CHAPMAN, then Southerly along ye same lyne unto ye first station; To have and to hold all ye land that PHILL; PAYTON have within ye bounds above said bee itt more or less supposed to be Fifty acres bee itt more or less with all woods underwoods and waters with all profitts in any wise appertaining to ye said land manner to all intents as usually granted by Pattent in this Colony, yeildinge and payinge ye accustomed Quitt Rents att ye accustomed tyme. And furthermore I ye said PHILLIP PAYTON doe hereby warrant for mee and my heires this Sale of Land unto ye said PAUL LITTLEFIELD his heires or assignes forever from any persons claiming from by or under me; In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this last day of May Anne Dom: 1679, and in the thirty one yeare of ye Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord King Charles the Second
Signed Sealed and delivered in ye presence of us
RICHD, CHAPMAN, PHILL: PAYTON
WILLIAM PARSONS
This Sale of Land was by Capt. ANTH; BRIDGES acknowledged and recorded ye 5th of November 79, in WESTMORELAND County Court;
I PAUL LITTLEFIELD doe assigne all my right title and interest of this within mentioned unto EDWARD POWELL, Wittness my hand this xxix of October 1679 Teste PHILL, PAYTON, PAUL LITTLEFIELD
WILL HEAD
I EDWARD POWELL doe assigne all my right and title of this within mentioned sale unto ZACHARIAH HAYNES, Wittness my hand ye fourth day of September 1680 Teste WILLIAM STARKE, EDWD, POWELL mrke.
ROBERT KINGE
This Sale of Land was acknowledged in ye County Court of Stafford by RICHARD AYLIFFE Attorney of ye sd. EDWD, POWELL unto ZACHARIAH HAYNES ye 7th day of 7br; Ano: 1680: and then recorded
I EDWARD POWELL doe by these presents constitute appoint & ordaine RICHARD AYLIFFE my true and lawfull Attorney to acknowledge unto ZACHARIAH HAYNES a certaine piece of land lying in WESTMORELAND County giving and granting to my said Attorney my full & whole power and authority about ye pre misses. As Witness my hand ye Sixth of September 1680
Testis JAMES WHITE EDWD: POWELL mrke . WILL. MUITON
Recordatr; in Cur: Cora. Stafford 8 die Septembrs 1680
p. 10(18) I RICHARD AYLIFFE doe assigne all my right and tytle of ye Two hundred and fifty acres of land more or less mentioned the other side unto JOSEPH HADNUTH of WESTMORELAND County and to his heirs; To have and to hold forever, for a valluable consideration already received, And I doe oblige myselfe to have it recorded to him in Court att any time when itt shall be required by him. In Wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hand the 14th day of February 1679/80.
Sealed and delivered in presence of us JACOB GREGORY. RICHARD AYLIFFE his marke. MATHEW BUSH, his marke
This Assignment of Land was acknowledged in ye County Court of Stafford by ye sd, RICHARD AYLIFFE unto ye sd JOS: HADNUTH and recorded ye 8th of Septembr: Ano: 1680. This Assignment bath relation to a Bill of Sale made from ANTHONY HOGATT unto RICHARD AYLIFFE, dated ye 19th day of March 1674, which was acknowledged in Stafford Court by Mr. ROBERT HOWSON, ye Attorney of ye said ANTHONY HOGATT, unto ye said RICHARD AYLIFFE ye 8th of December 1675 and was then recorded
I JOSEPH HADNUTH doe assign all my right and title of halfe ye land I bought of RICHARD AYLLIFFE in WESTMORELAND County unto JNO: SIMPSON of Stafford County, and to his heires, To have and to hold forever, for a valuable consideration already received, And I doe oblige myself to have itt recorded to him in Court att any time itt shall be required by him; In Witness whereof 1 have hereunto sett my hand this 24th day of July Anne Dom 1680
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of us
RICHARD FLENN. JOSEPH X HADNUTH his mrke LAURENCE X SUDDARTH his mrke
This Assignment vas acknowledged in ye County Court of Stafford by ye said JOSEPH HADNUTH unto ye said JNO: SIMPSON ye 8th day of Sepembr; 1680 et Recordatr.
     "STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS; page 44
At a Court held for Stafford County the eleventh day of September 1700.
Know all meu that I PHILIP PAYTON of Stafford County in Virga. have
sold unto JOHN TRAMMILL of the same county one certain parcel of land with a plantation lying and being in Stafford County near the head of Potomack Creek on the South side Potomack Run bounding .. beginning at a marked pine standing at place known by the name of Looked Point thence by a line of marked trees southwest into the woods near the Plantation where the said Payton now lives unto a small marked white oak a corner tree thence East unto a line that parts this land & the land of THOMAS WALLIS thence northerly or thereabouts unto a marked white oak by a deep valley thence down the same valley unto a marked each standing by a branch of Potomack Run thence down the branch to a spring which is near the old house belonging to the Plantation thence Northwest as near as may be unto a small gut or Pound that comes out of the main run thence up the run to the first station .. to have and hold as is expressed in the pattent this land hear mentioned supposing to be 80 acres be it more or less .. I Philip Payton and MARY his wife do freely make over .. unto John Trammill .. he paying the Quit Rents when demanded .. 11th day September 1700.
Presence Andrew Salisbury, Philip Payton
Edwd. Mountjoy, Thos. Ellzey Mary x Payton
Philip Payton & Mary his wife came in proper person into Court and acknowledged the deed .. and desired it be recorded whereupon it is recorded the 11th day September 1700.
     "STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS PP. 297-299 his indenture made 14th day June 1705 between PHILLIP PAYTON of Stafford County in Colony of Virgo. Pit. of the one part and VALENTINE PAYTON of Stafford County Planter .. witnesseth for the sum 5s Sterling paid him by Valentine Payton .. also for settling & Establishing all the premises with the appurtenances hereafter mentioned & expressed in the Blood & Posterity of the said Phillip Payton (as long as it shall please God to continue the same) & for other divers good causes & weighty considerations .. hath given granted bargained & sold 50 acres of land on the South side Potomack Run being part & parcel of the land where Phillip Payton party to these presents lives on & ad-joining thereto the land of Capt. WILLIAM DOWNING & JOHN CRALLY on ye East & West sides thereof the afsd Run commonly called & known by the name Potomack Run & Phillip Payton's land being on the North & South sides thereof Beginning upon Capt. Downings land on the East side & running up the said Run to the ad John Crallys land on the West part from thence to the N=side of Phillip Paytons plantation there extending in length to the sd Downings land from thence to -the beginning on Potomack Run ..
Presence John Murfe sign Philip Payton
John Allen Sign, Phillip. Powell
At a Court held by adjournmt. the 13th day Sept. 1705
Phillip Payton in person acknowledged this deed of gift of land to his son which is ordered to he recorded & is recorded.
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & WILLS. No. 8. Part 1; 1723-1738 : pp 183-184
THIS INDENTURE made the Twenty fifth day of September in the Sixth year of Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Brittain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith &c., And in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Thirty two, Between THOMAS SHARP of the Coty: of STAFFORD, Planter, of one part and the Reverend DAVID STUART of the said Coty:, Clerk, of the other part;
Witnesseth that THOMAS SHARP in consideration of the sum of five shillings good & lawful! money of Great Brittain to him in hand paid by DAVID STUART, the receipt whereof & himself therewith: fully satisfied & paid doth hereby acknowledge, hath and by these presents doth bargain sell demise & to farm let unto DAVID STUART & assignes one certain tract plantation of land lying on the Beaver Damms of Upper MATCHODIX in Washington Pish & Coty: of Westmorland, formerly known & commonly called by the name of THE NEWLAND & containing by estimation Two hundred acres be the same more or less, the which tract of land was formerly granted & conveyed by WILLIAM RUSH, late of Westmorld. Coty, to one PHILIP PAYTON, his Son in Law, who imtermarryed with MARY, the Daughter of sd. WM: RUSH, as by Deed bearing date the twenty third day of Aprile in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & seventy eight may appear, And afterwards by PHILIP PAYTON conveyed & made over to JOHN PRATT, late of Westmorland Coty. as by two Assignmts., the one bearing date the fifteenth day of Decr. in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & eighty six & the other the twenty first day of sd. Decr. in the aforesd. year, relation unto them may more fully appear; And afterwards given granted & conveyed by JOHN PRATT in Exchange for the moiety of another tract of land consisting of three hundred & sixty five acres to JOHN SHARP of sd. Coty., the Father of abovementioned THOS: SHARP, as by Deed bearing date the twenty fifth day of Febry, in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred & eighty seven may appear, and finally descended by inheritance in fee simple to THOMAS SHARP, the Grantor hereof, and is bounded; Beginning at a corner marked Locust standing on the South side of the aforesd. Beaver Damms of Upper MATCHODIX & being a corner tree of the land of one RICHD. CHAPMAN, & formerly belonging to JOHN WILLIAMS, and extending up the sd. Damms South West Westerly to the mouth of a Branch that falls into the sd. Damms, thence up the Branch which lyeth below the House & Plantation to a white Oak that standeth upon a Point in the fork of the sd. Branch, thence by a line of marked trees South East Easterly crossing the Horse Road untill it comes unto the line that parts this Land & the Lands of HENRY COSSUM, thence along the line of sd. COSSUM until it comes to the line of the land of the aforesd. RICHARD CHAPMAN, finally along the line of sd. CHAPMAN unto the first statiion; with all houses orchards, together with royalties of hunting hawking fishing & fowling; To have and to hold the demised premises unto DAVID STUART or assignes during the term of three years fully to be compleated, paying therefore yearly on the tenth day of Decr. to THOMAS SHARP or assignes one grain of Indian Corn if lawfully demanded to the intent that by virtue of these presents & of the Statute for transferring uses into possession DAVID STUART may be in actual" possession of the premises and be thereby the better enabled to accept a grant of the inheritance thereof; In Witness whereof the sd. THOMAS SHARP hath hereto set his hand & seale the day & year above written Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
HENRY WASHINGTON, _ THOS: SHARPE
FARQUHAR MATHESON,
WILLIAM PERKINS
Then received on the day & date within written the sum of Five shillings, I say reced. by me. THOS: SHARPE
Westmorld. ss, At a Court held for the sd. County the 27th day of September 1732 THOMAS SHARPE personally acknowledged this Deed of Lease of Land by him passed to the Reverend DAVID STUART, Clerk, together with the Receipt for five shillings, the consideration money thereon endorsed, to be his proper act and deed, which at the instance of the said STUART is admitted to Record
Test G. TURBERVILE, C. C. W.
Recorded the Nineteenth day of October 1732, pr. G. T., C. C. W."²
Philip Peyton and William II Rush were mentioned in a land transaction on 23 April 1678 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: per Joan Allen Peyton & Kircherr Family Tree:
     "by 23 Apr 1678 Westmoreland County, Va.
land given Philip Peyton by William Rush for the love he bore his daughter Mary deed for 200 acs of land. This deed was rec in the lost deed book but mentioned in 1723 deed"
     "Westmoreland Co., Va. Deeds & Wills includes names of all former owners down to John Sharp who is leasing with intent to sell to Stuart including William Rush who deeded this property to one Philip Peyton, his son in law who intermarryed with Rush's daughter, Mary Rush that deed dated 23 Apri 1678. Philip Peyton deeded this property by two assignemtns one on 15th Dec & other on 21 Dec 1686 to Pratt. The above is included in Deeds & Wills Westmoreland Co., Va. Deed Bk No. 8, Part 2 1723-1738, pp 181-182. The original Westmoreland County, Va., Deed Book this deed and the deed by Rush to his son, Wm. Rush, is missing. The deed to Joshua Hudson, husband of his daughter, Elizabeth is still in existence. This deed was used along with other documents for Wm Rush & Anne Gray, Francis Gray & Alice Moreman to join a hereditary organization by P Allen using Francis Gray's service in the Council of Maryland to join."^4,5

     Elizabeth Perrie was born circa 1665 at Virginia, USA.² She married William III Rush, son of William II Rush and Anne Gray, circa 1688 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 1st husband.^1,4,2 Elizabeth Perrie married William Duff circa 1712 at Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 2nd husband, His 1st wife.⁵
Elizabeth Perrie died in 1750 at Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "Westmoreland County, Deeds & Wills Book 5 (1712-1716), page 32: 16
26 Mar 1712: William Rush. Estate Account. 1709.
Payments made to James Westcomb, Jno. Wheeler, Joshua Hudson, John Popham, Tho. Weedon, Peter Skinner, Burdett Ashton, Robert Richards, John Pratt, Samll. Duchmen, James Ohary, James Ohary by Neal Macan[?], John Baker, Joseph Weekes, Nathll. Pope, Richard Thomas.
To Will Rush, eldest son to Wm. Rush, being his part of his father’s estate 448 [pounds of tobacco]
To my third part of the estate due to me by law 448 [pounds of tobacco] Eliza. Rush
26 Mar 1712. At the motion of Eliza. Rush the account was admitted to record.
     "1749/1750
Pages 234 - 235 WILL OF ELIZABETH DUFF
In the Name of God Amen. I Elizabeth Duff of the Parish of Hannover in the County of King George being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
Item: I leave to my son Benjamin Rush four pounds in cash and to his three youngest daughters, vizt Elizabeth, Jane, Alis eight pounds
cash to be divided between them equally.
Item: I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Catherine Rush my second best bed and furniture and my safe that stands in my room and four milch cows.
Item: I give and bequeath to Jane Brown, a kinswoman of William Duff, Deceased, one iron bound chest and one small trunk.
Item: My desire is that the great table may remain in its place for the use of William Green and desire that he may not let it be made use of in an Ordinary.
Item: I give and bequeath to Benjamin Rush the son of William Rush, deceased, one feather bed and furniture and all my iron carpenter's tools, one coopers ax.
Item: I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Mc Colester one feather bed and furniture.
Item: I give and bequeath to Crafford Rush & John Rush & James Rush & Sarah Rush three new pewter dishes, two basons and three plates to be equally divided between them.
Item: I leave my stock of cattle and hogs and the remainder part of my pewter (only one pewter limrick) and one spice morter and two skillets and my meal sifter and one small brass kettle and my iron pots to be equally divided between eight of William Rush's children and one of Benjamin Rush's children named as followeth: Benjamin Rush, Crafford Rush, John Rush, James Rush, Elizabeth Mc Colester, Mary Rush formerly so called, Anne and Sarah being the sons and daughters of William Rush and Amey Grigsby being the daughter of the said Benja Rush.
Item: I give and bequeath to my grandson Benjamin Rush, the son of Benjamin Rush, all the remainder part of my estate and what pro-fits shall arise therefrom from the date of this will only that he pay his Father and sisters the above mentioned money and also that he lets his sister Amey have the first fold of a certain black mare that is the first after my decease.
Item: I do hereby disanul and make void all former will or wills by me heretofore made and do acknowledge this to be my last Will & Testament and do constitute and appoint my grandson Benjamin Rush, the son of Benjamin Rush, Executrix (sic) and Evan Price Executor to this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have affixed my hand and seale this Twenty seventh day of October Anno Dom: 1746.
Signed Sealed in Presence of)
His
Wm [X] Robeson Mark
Thos [X] Robeson Mark
Thomas Macey
Her Elizabeth an unknown date Duff Mark
*******
*Seale*
*******
     "pages 179 - 182 WILL OF WILLIAM DUFF
In the Name of God Amen. I William Duff of the Parish of Hanover in the County of King George being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will & Testament in manner following.
Item: I leave to my Loving Wife Elizabeth Duff during her natural life all my lands in the Countys of King George and Westmoreland with all my houshold goods and stock of what kind soever which shall be there at the time of my decease and likewise all the Negroes and Servants which shall be there at the time of my decease, and after her decease, I lend it to my kinsmen William Duff of the Colony of Virginia and John Duff of the Kingdom of Ireland and to the friends of the Monthly Meeting at West River in Maryland called Quakers in trust that it shall be for the use of such travelling publick friends as shall come to visit us and have a meeting among the people here being recommended by this meeting to which they be-long as such who are in unity with them and likewise for to produce a guide to conduct them either to Chesterfield or else to the Cliffs in Maryland over Patuxen River and to pay their ferriage and to keep the Meeting House in repair (and also to do their endeavour towards keeping good the stock of Negroes upon the said plantations) and what profits shall arise from it more than will repay the charges aforementioned, to be equally divided between my kinsmen William Duff and John Duff and that they keep the houses on the said Planations in good repair and that my kinsman William Duff live upon the said land in the house where I now do and if at any time they shall slight or neglect the publick friends that come to visit us then my will is that the whole trust shall be in the Monthly Meeting afore-said and they shall appoint whom they think fit to come and take possession thereof but if my kinsmen William Duff and John Duff act conformable to this my will in every respect that then the said lard and Negroes to descend and go to the heirs male of William Duff and John Duff but if the said William Duff and John Duff die without Sign'd Sealed In Presence of
Benjamin Strother
William Marders
James Maxwell
At a Court held for King George County on Fryday August the 2d 1745
The Last Will & Testament of William Duff, Deceased, was presented into Court by Robert Green his Executor who made oath thereto and the same was proved by the oaths of Benjamin Strother and William Marders and admitted to record, the said Robert Green having with Majr John Champe
     "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK, 1707-1709 : pg 74
Westmoreland County Court 23rd of February 1708/9
- RUSH's Inventory returned ELIZABETH RUSH, Relict ofWILLIAM
RUSH, deceased, returned into Court an Inventory ofher deced. Husband's Estate (upon her solempne protestation according to Law) shoo professing to bee a QUAKER
     "Prince William County, Virginia Deeds : Liber A; 1731 - 1732
Pages 340-343. May 5, 1732. William Duff of Parish of Hannover in King Geroge Co. to John Arnold of Pr. William Co., planter.... for 50 lbs. currant money....100 a....on south side of Tinnpott Run...part of patent granted to William Duff dated May 25, 1727... upper corner of patent. Deed of lease and release.
Willm. (W) Duff
Wit: Isaac Arnold, Willm. Sarjant.
At court Sept. 20, 1732 William Duff acknowledged this deed of release to John Arnold.
Elizabeth Duff the wife of William Duff who made the deed, do of my own free will relinquish all my right of Dower and thirds
to 100 a. of land. May 4, 1732.
Pages 343-344. William Duff of Parish of Hannover in King George Co. am bound unto John Arnold of Pr. William for sum of 100 lbs. currant money and dated May 4, 1732. The condition of above written obligation is such that William Duff hath conveyed unto John Arnold 100 a. Willm. (W) Duff
At court Sept. 20, 1732, William Duff acknowledged this bond to John Arnold and wit. by Isaac Arnold, Willm. Sarjant.
     "1743-1752 King George County Deed Book 3 (Antient Press); pp 61
King George County. To the Worshipfull Court ELIZABETH DUFF Widdow of
WILLIAM DUFF late of this county Deceased humbly Sheweth that the said
William dyed Testate but that she is not Satisfied with the provision made for her by the sd Will it being as she conceives greatly to her Prejudice & therefore she hereby declares she will not .. take the Legacies ..
but hereby renounces all benefit .. & therefore prays that proper persons may be appointed to set apart her lawfull part of all her sd husband's estate .. Presence Benj. Strother,
William Marders (C O P Y) Elizabeth Duff
At a court held 2nd August 1745 .. Deed of Writing recorded.
     "Prince William County, Virginia Deeds : Liber B; 1732-1735;
Pages 288-291. July 15, 1734. William Duff of King George to Joseph Minter of Spot. Co.....for sum of 80 lbs, currant money of Virginia.....213 a. on both sides of south run of Broad Run part of a greater tract of 774 a. Deed of lease and release.
William (WD) Duff
Wit: Zach. Taylor, Robert Green, George Neavill.
July 16, 1734 rec. of Joseph Minter 42 lbs., 11 shillings and 8 pence half penny.
At court July 17, 1734 William Duff acknowledged this release with receipt endorsed as also a bond for performance of covenants.
Pages 291. William Duff of King George am held and firmly bound unto Joseph Minter of Spots. Co. in sum of 200 lbs. curr. money July 16, 1734. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bounden William Duff hath sold unto Joseph Minter 213 a. on south run of Broad Run and whereas Elizabeth the wife of William not careing to go to court to acknowledge her right of Dower to said Joseph Mintor and if so be that she shall after the decease of William Duff disturb the said. Joseph Minter or any other person or persons then holding the land, then this
obligation to be void and of non effect otherwise to remain in full force power and virtue.
At court July 17, 1754 William Duff acknowledged this bond to Joseph Minter."² She was "a devout Quaker."¹

     Sarah Jones was born circa 1650 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.² She married Francis Gray II, son of Francis Gray I and Alice Moorman, before 1675 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 1st husband.^1,3 Sarah Jones married Thomas Kitchen in 1687 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA,
;
Her 2nd husband.⁴
Sarah Jones died between 1716 and 1733 at St. Paul's Parish, Stafford Co., Virginia, USA.²
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "WILLS OF Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 BY AUGUSTA B. FOTHERGILL: Pg 6
INMAN, ABRAHAM, 18 April 1662; 20 August 1662. Legatees; Sarah and Margaret daus. of Nathaniel Jones; Daniel White, Michael Phillips and Nathaniel Jones.
     "STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1699 - 1709; THE ANTIENT PRESS pp. 473-475
This Indenture made the 20th day of Augt 1709 between THOMAS KITCHING of parish St. Pauls in county Stafford Yeoman of the one part and NATHL. GRAY of Washington in county Westmoreland yeoman Witnesseth that said Nathl, Gray in consideration the sum of five shillings of true and lawful money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by Thomas Kitching .. hath sold half part of a certain parcel of land containing 460 acres as per deed of sale duly Executed from JARVIS DODSON to NATHL. JONES bearing date 31st day August 1660 may more fully appear .. by said NATHL. JONES given and bequeathed to his daughters by his last will and testament dated the third of July 1682 to be equally divided amongst his said daughters which one of his said daughters named SARAH JONES & from the said Sarah Jones the said half part of the said land came & descended to me the said NATHANIEL GRAY Eldest son & heir to said Sarah Jones and since divided and laid out by agreement by THOMAS GREGG Surveyor of the County of Stafford and the half part allotted and laid out at the lower end of the said 460 acres my part belonging to me lying in St. Pauls Parish in county Stafford and bounded .. beginning at a marked beech standing on the East side of Machatick Crock toward the head thereof thence 120 pole along the line of another parcel of land that belongs to the said Nathl. Jones thence No. 148 po: to a markt hiccory the NW by a line to a Locust post thence West to a hiccory to Berrymans mill dam finally down the dam or creek to the first mentd station or beginning it being the half part of said 460 acres of land according to the Division on Platt drawn by Mr. Thomas Gregg Surveyor Presence Thos. Gregg,
Thos. Waller
This lease of land was acknowledged in Stafford County Court the 14th day September 1709 .. and the same is ordered to be recorded and is recorded
     "URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=173&last=&g_p=P5&co llection=LO Patent
Title Jones, Elizabeth.
Publication 18 March 1662.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Related See also the following surname(s): Joanes.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Grantee(s): Jones, Sarah; Jones, Margaret; Jones, Judith and Jones, Elizabeth.
Description: 100 acres.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 173 (Reel 5).
land given to 4 daughers in 1662 will land previously patented by Nathaniel Jones 16july1654
     "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 5; Pg 473
SARAH, MARGTT., JUDETH & ELIZ JONES, 100 acs. W'moreland Co., 18 Mar. 1662, p. 246, (173)• S.Ely. upon upper Machotix Riv., N.EIy upon land of Mr. Xtopher Boyce, S.Wly. upon land formerly patented by sd. Jones &c. Granted to Nathaniell Jones, dec'd., 16 July 1654 & by will given to the abovenamed."²

      ; A justice of Westmoreland County.¹

     Nathaniel Gray (Sr.) was born before 1675 at Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Mary Beard before 1705 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2,3

Nathaniel Gray (Sr.) died between 26 March 1743 and 26 April 1743 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA; Presumably died between date of will and date of probate thereof.⁴

His estate was probated on 26 April 1743 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.⁴

     He was a mentioned with Francis Gray I; Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly.Vol. II. Cobb-Hay (republished as a databse on Ancestry.com), pp. 807-10. Images attached.⁵

Reference: Per Early Colonial Settlers:
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS & WILLS. No. 9; 1742-1745 [Antient Press]; Page 303
IN THE NAME OF GOD, Amen. I NATHANIEL GRAY, SENR., of County of Westmoreland & Parish Washington being sick and weak but of perfect mind and memory do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testment in manner and form following,
Imprs. I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of Almighty God not doubting but at the General Resurrection to same to receive again by Almighty power, And my body I give to the Earth to be buryed at the discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned, And as for my worldly Estate, I give in manner following;
Imprimis. I give to my Son, NATHANIEL GRAY, all my Land in STAFFORD County and to the male heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten, in failour of such heir, the said Land to be and remain at his my said Son's disposal; And all the rest of my Estate in STAFFORD County of what kindsoever that am in any wise Intitled to, I give unto my said Son, NATHANIEL GRAY, and to his disposal. I give unto my Son, NATHANIEL GRAY, one fourth part of the new goods and that to be his full part or portion of my Estate;
Imprs. I give to my Son, GEORGE GRAY, half that land in the IRISH NECK that he now lives in his own possession to be divid by the Old Road;
Imprs. My will and pleasure is that my said Son, GEORGE GRAY, shall have the use and occupation of that Land where he now liveth bounded as followeth: Begining at WASHINGTON's MILL along the Main Road to the Land of Old JOHN WHITE, deceased, thence to the Land of BERNARD and along BERNARD's line to WHITE's MILL, thence from the said Mill along Dam to the corner tree, THOMAS CHANCELLER, along CHANCELLER's line to the aforesaid WASHINGTON's MILL for him my said Son, GEORGE GRAY, to occupy and possess during his natural life and then to fall to my Grandson, NATHANIEL GRAY. and to the heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten and in failour of such heirs to fall to the next male heir of my Son, GEORGE GRAY, lawfully to be begotten, and in failour of such heirs to fall to the right heir of me, NATHANIEL GRAY;
Imprs. I give to my said Son, GEORGE GRAY, all that part of that personal Estate that is now possessed with thats to say seven Negroes, Sam, Aaron, Joe, Little Peter, Old Cate, Young Cate and Old Peter; I give to my Son, GEORGE GRAY, one fourth part of the new Goods, and that to be his full part or claim to any part of my Estate;
Imprs. I give unto my Daughter, SARAH STROTHER, Five thousand pounds of Crop Tobacco to be paid her immediately after my decease;
Imprs. My Will and pleasure is that my Daughter, SARAH, shall be no ways disturb'd nor mislested of or from that place where she now dwell during her natural life;
Imprs. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter, MARGARET GRAY, all the furniture thats down at the New House in what kindsoever. I give to my Daughter, MARGARET, two new father beds and furniture with eight cows and calfs and one persil of new pewter called Peggy's Puter, and one Chest of Draws, one Horse call'd Spright & Saddle. My Will and pleasure that she may be paid fifty pounds cash formerly given by Deed to uses; I give to my Daughter, MARGARET, fifty pounds cash more, I give to my Daughter, MARGARET, one Negroe girl called Nan, and one Negroe Boy called Ben, when they can be spared by or from my Wife and that to be her full part of my Estate, excepting a fourth part of the new Goods
Imprs. I give to my Son, FRANS: GRAY, that part of Land in the IRISH NECK from the Old Road to the River to him and his lawfull disposal if he departs life before he arive to the age of twenty one years or in failour of male heirs lawfully to be begotten, the said Land to fall to my Son, GEORGE GRAY, and the male heir of his body lawfully to be begotten,
Imprs. I give to my Son, FRANCIS GRAY. all this part land where I now dwell from the corner tree of THOMAS CHANCELLER to WASHINGTON's MILL so along the Main Road to WHITE's line (alias BLACKMORE), along the said line to antien corner tree of THOMAS BOYCE, from thence along the line of WILLIAM TYLER and JARRTT, FOARD, along FOARD's line to include all the land bought of JOB SYMS and every part and persil, thence up ROSIERS CREEK several courses and meanders of the said Creek to the begining Corner; I give to my Son, FRANCIS GRAY, Nine Negroes, thats to say, Negroe Mingoe, Teany, Team, Tom, Jackes, Winny and her three Children, wch: is Prince, Doll and Will.
Imprs. I give to my Son, FRANCIS GRAY, the rest of my personall Estate not already mentioned in my Will, Horses, Hoggs, Cattle & house furniture of all kind, old pewter and new pewter as it now stands he paying my Daughter, MARGARET, that is already mentioned to her (two feather bode and furniture & eight cnw and calves and One hundred pounds cash). My Will and pleasure is the Cash and Cash Debts is safly to be kept under the care of my Loveing Wife and my Son, FRANCIS GRAY, for the support of her my Loveing Wife, provided she makes use of any but towards her own maintainence or support. My Will and pleasure is that my Loving Wife may not be hindered or debarr'd of an handsom maintainance according to her own likeing and that she may have the use and command of every thing belonging to this Plantation where she now lives dureing her natural life and after her decease every part and persil to fall to my Son, FRANCIS GRAY, as aforementioned;
Imprs. I appoint my Loving Friend, WILLIAM STROTHER, whole & sole Executor to this my Will and Testment; As Witness my hand and seal this Twenty six day of March Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and forty three Sign'd Seal'd & delivered in the presence of
G. BLACKMORE, SAML, DAVIS, NATHANIEL GRAY
JEAMES his mark MARSHALL
Westmorland Sct. At a Court held for the said County the 26th day of April 1743
This Last Will and Testament of NATHANIEL GRAY, deceased, was presented into Court by WILLIAM STROTHER, his Executor in the said Will named who made Oath thereto, and being proved by the Oaths of GEORGE BLACKMORE, SAMUEL DAVIS and JAMES MARSHALL, witnesses thereto, is admitted to Record; And upon the motion of the said Executor and his performing what is usual in such cases, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probate thereof in due form
Recorded the Third day of May 1743, pr. G. L, C. C. W.
Test GEORGE LEE, C. C, W.

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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; p. 240 At a Court held for the said County the llth day &. 12 day of October 1704 Know all men .. that I NATHANIEL GRAY of Washington in the County of Westmoreland Planter do for valuable consideration .. from THOMAS KITCHING of the parish of Saint Paul county of Stafford Planter .. have sold my right Title & interest of a certain piece of land situate lying & being in the parish of St. Pauls in county Stafford it being land now lying undivided between WILLIAM BALTROP of the parish & county aforesaid and Nathanl. Gray aforesaid and now under the tenure and occupation of the said Thomas Kitching by estimation 510 acres be it more or less which by Pattent may more at large appear and is bounded .. beginning at a marked Oak on the East side & towards the head of upper Nachotick Creek standing by the Creek and extending along the land line of a parcel of land belonging to NATHANIEL JONES and so on as by Pattent may more at large appear this 11th day of October 1704.
Nath. Gray
Presence Charles Dark,
Jos. Weeden
Acknowledged in Cur by Nathaniel Gray in proper person the 11th day October1704 & ordered to be recorded.
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1699-1709 Stafford County, Virginia Deed & Will Book; [Antient Press]; Page. 473-475
This Indenture made the 20th day of Augt 1709 between THOMAS KITCHING of parish St. Pauls in county Stafford Yeoman of the one part and NATHL. GRAY of Washington in county Westmoreland yeoman Witnesseth that said Nathl, Gray in consideration the sum of five shillings of true and lawful money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by Thomas Kitching .. hath sold half part of a certain parcel of land containing 460 acres as per deed of sale duly Executed from JARVIS DODSON to NATHL. JONES bearing date 31st day August 1660 may more fully appear .. by said NATHL. JONES given and bequeathed to his daughters by his last will and testament dated the third of July 1682 to be equally divided amongst his said daughters which one of his said daughters named SARAH JONES & from the said Sarah Jones the said half part of the said land came & descended to me the said NATHANIEL GRAY Eldest son & heir to said Sarah Jones and since divided and laid out by agreement by THOMAS GREGG Surveyor of the County of Stafford and the half part allotted and laid out at the lower end of the said 460 acres my part belonging to me lying in St. Pauls Parish in county Stafford and bounded .. beginning at a marked beech standing on the East side of Machatick Crock toward the head thereof thence 120 pole along the line of another parcel of land that belongs to the said Nathl. Jones thence No. 148 po: to a markt hiccory the NW by a line to a Locust post thence West to a hiccory to Berrymans mill dam finally down the dam or creek to the first mentd station or beginning it being the half part of said 460 acres of land according to the Division on Platt drawn by Mr. Thomas Gregg Surveyor Presence Thos. Gregg,
Thos. Waller
This lease of land was acknowledged in Stafford County Court the 14th day September 1709 .. and the same is ordered to be recorded and is recorded
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1707-1709 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 2 [Antient Press]; Page 58
Westmoreland County Court 29th of September 1708
- NATHANIELL GRAY's Ackowledment to BUTLER NATHANIELL
GRAY acknowledged a Deed of Feoffment from him to THOMAS BUTLER, JAMES BUTLER and ELIZABETH BUTLER, to bee his proper act and deed, And NATHANIELL POPE by a Power from MARY GRAY, Wife of sd NATHANIELL, relinquished her Right ofDower to the lands and premises mentioned
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1712-1714 Westmoreland County, Virginia Order Book, Part 4 [Antient Press]; Page 36
Westmoreland County Court 28th ofJanuary 1712/13
- BUTLER's Will proved
The Last Will and Testament of JOHN BUTLER, deced., was presented into Court by KATHERINE, his Relict and WILLIAM BUTLER, Executors therein named, whoe made Oath thereto and being proved by the Oath of NATHANIEL GRAY, one ofthe wittnesses thereto, ia dmitted to Record; and on motion of the Executors and their performing what is usuall in such cases, Certifycate is granted them for obtaining a Probat thereofin due form, and they areordered to return an Inventory ofthe Decedent's Estate to the next Court upon Oath.It is also ordered that NATHANIEL GRAY, NICHOLAS DOWNTON, GARRAT FORD and THOMAS PRICE or any three ofthem being first sworn before ofher Majties Justices for this County, doe some tyme before the
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1723-1726 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Will Book 8, Part 1 [Antient Press]; Page 136
IN YE NAME OF GOD Amen. I DAVID BROWN of Westmoreland County being of perfect mind & memory thanks be to God for it, and calling to mind ye mortalytie of my body and knowing yt: it is appointed for all men to dye, doe make and ordaine this to be my Last Will and Testamt. as followeth, viz.
Imprs. I give and bequeath my Soul into ye hands of my heavenly Father that gave it, nothing doubting but ye same to receive again at ye general! Resurrection by his Almighty power and my body I give to ye Earth my Mother to be decently buryed at ye discretion of my Exectrs: hereafter nomynated and appointed;
km I give to my Grand Son, ORIGINALL BROWN, one hundred and fifty acres of land lying on the Southside of COVENTREE RUNN to him & his heirs lawfully begotten for ever, butt in case of no issue, then to fall to my Son, ORIGINALL BROWN and his heirs, And I desire that my Daughter, MARY BOWLING, may quietly possess ye sd, land until my Grand Son, ORIGINALL BROWN comes of age;
Itm, I give to my two Sons, JNO: and WM: ye land I now live on in MACHOTIQUE, being already devided by a line of marked trees begining on ye land of JOHN WEEDEN and runing South East to a red Oak on ye line of NATHL: GRAY & the North side to my Son, JNO: & ye South side to my Son, WM., to them and their heirs for ever; And if either of them should dye without heir, then ye other or his heirs to Injoy ye sd. land for Ever, And in case they should both dye without heir, then to fall to my Son, ORIGINALL BROWN, and his heirs for ever;
Itm. I give to my Son, WM: one Dutch Chest and one Gunn;
Itm. I give to my Son, ORIGINALL, Six yards of narrow Cloth and triming suitable to ye same;
Um. I give to my Daughter, MARY BOWLING, five hundred pounds of tobbo: to be paid by my Executr: hereafter named:
Itm. I give all ye rest of my p:sonall Estate, my lawfull Debts being first paid, to be equally devided without appraismt. between my two Sons, JNO: and WM;
Itm, I ordaine and appt. my two Sons, JNO: & WM: to be ye Executrs: of this my Last Will and Testamt. revoaking and disanuling all former Wills by me made, As Wittness my hand and seal this 8th day of July 1727
Sign'd Seal'd & Did. in presence of JARRTT, FORD DAVID BROWN
JEMIMA NORMAN,
EDMD COMASKEY
Westmorld. ss. At a Court held for the sd. County the 26th day of August 1730
This Last Will and Testament of DAVID BROWN, deced., was presented into Court by JOHN and WILLIAM BROWN, his Sons and Executors therein named, who made Oath thereto, and being proved by the Oath of JARRTT. FORD and EDMUND COMASKEY, two of the witnesses thereto, is admitted to Record
Test G. TURBERVILE, C. C, W.
Recorded the fifteenth day of September 1730 G. T., C. C. W.
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1723-1726 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Will Book 8, Part 1 [Antient Press]; Page 168
Parish of Washington in County of Westmorland, Planter, sendeth Greeting; KNOW YE that the sd. NATHANIEL GRAY in consideration of the natural love & affection which he hath and beareth unto his Children, NATHANIEL, GEORGE, FRANCIS, MARY & MARGARET GRAY, and for their better provision and advancement in this World; And also in consideration of the sum of Five shillings of lawfull money to him in hand paid by JOHN PRICE of the Parish and County aforesaid, Planter, the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, said NATHANIEL GRAY hath and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto JOHN PRICE all those nine Negro slaves commonly called or known by the names of Gloster, Grace, Rose, Peter, Kate, Tom, Great Nan, Footman and Isaac; And also thirty head of black Cattle, three hundred weight of new Pewter, three brass kettles containing sixteen gallons each, nine iron potts, six ovall tables, four dozen & an half of English Cain and Rushia Leather Chairs, six feather beds and bolsters with curtains valiance quilts blankets Boulsters and sheets to each bed, three large looking glasses, one large new trunk, two Chest, three hundred yards of brown linen, three hundred yards of dowlas, three hundred yards of fine Scotch and Irish linen and one hundred pounds current money, all which Negros, goods, Chattles and money are now in the possession of NATHANIEL GRAY; To have and to hold the Negros, goods, chattles and money hereby sold or intended to be sold unto JOHN PRICE In Trust, and for the several uses and purposes herein after exprest; that is to say, In Trust to permit and suffer NATHANIEL GRAY to occupy possess and enjoy the Negros goods chattles andmoney during his natural life and after the decease of NATHANIEL GRAY then the nine.. Negro slaves and all other the goods and chattles herein mentioned (except the one hundred pounds current money) In Trust and for the sole use of NATHANIEL, GEORGE and FRANCIS GRAY, Sons of the said NATHANIEL GRAY, party to these presents to be equally divided among them; And as to the one hundred pounds In Trust, to and for the proper use of MARY and MARGARET GRAY, Daughters of NATHANIEL GRAY, party to these presents to be equally divided between them; But in case it shall happen that NATHANIEL, GEORGE, MARY and MARGARET GRAY or either of them shall depart this life before they attain the age of twenty one years, Then as to the part of the said Negros goods chattles and money of said Child or Children so dying, In Trust, and forthe proper use of FRANCIS GRAY, and to no other use; and NATHANIEL GRAY for himself his heirs doth covenant and agree with JOHN PRICE by these presents that NATHANIEL GRAY the Negro slaves goods chattles and money hereby sold to JOHN PRICE against all persons shall warrant and for ever defend by these presents; In Witness whereof NATHANIEL GRAY hath to these presents sett his hand and seale the one and Thirtieth day of May in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith &c., And in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Thirty two
Sealed and Delivered in presence of
JOHN WATTS, NATHANIEL GRAY
EDW. BARRADALL
Westmorld. ss, At a Court held for the sd. County the 31st day of May 1732
NATHANIEL GRAY personally acknowledged this Deed of Gift of Negros Cattle &c by him passed to JOHN PRICE in Trust, and to and for the uses of the Children of him the said
NATHANIEL in the sd. Deed named to be his proper act and deed, which at his instance is admitted to Record Test G. TURBERVILE, C. C. W,
Recorded the first day of June 1732, pr. G. T., C. C. W.
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=32&last=&g_p=G5&col lection=NN Grant
Title Grey, Nathaniel.
Publication 9 January 1714/1715.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 572 acres beg.g &c. upon the N. Wt. side of Attopin Creek, commonly called Rosier’s Creek.
Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 5, 1713-1719, p. 32 (Reel 289).
Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants No.5 1713-1719. (reverse).
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http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=4&last=&g_p=GA&coll ection=NN Grant
Title Gray, Nathaniel.
Publication 15 February 1722/1723.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Westmoreland County.
Description: 100 acres escheat land formerly belonging to Daniel Sullivant, being part of a patent granted to John Beard, dated 1666.
Source: Northern Neck Grants A, 1722-1726, p. 4, folio (Reel 290).
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1724-1730 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Order Book, Part 4; [Antient Press];
Spotsylvania County Court 2d of September 1729; Page 341
- On petition of ABRAM FIELD Gent. to have a Dedimus Potestatem issue for the taking of NATHANIEL GRAYs Evedence of WESTMORELAND COUNTY (he being very ancient & unable to attend this Court) being the materiall Evedence for him in ye Tryall depending between him & JERIMIAH BRONAUGH JUNR. & ROSE his Wife, Admrs. with the Will annexed of JOHN DINWIDDIE deced, the same is granted & ordered that the Clerk do issue and direct one to BIRDINE ASHTON and JOHN ELLIOTT Gentn. to examine ye said GRAY (giving the Plantiff notice) and for them to make report thereof to the next Court at Citation.² Nathaniel Gray (Sr.) was was mentioned in a land transaction by Francis Gray II on 27 April 1707
The father/son relationship between Francis II and Nathaniel is shown by "...a deed from Francis Gray to Thomas Burlter, James Butler and Elizabeth Butler (the said James and Elizabeth being a son and daughter of said Thomas Burtler) for land "formerly leased to said Thomas Butler by Francis Gray, father to said Nathaniel Gray," dated 27 April, 1707."⁶

Nathaniel Gray (Sr.) left a will on 26 March 1743 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA;
"Named children, Nathaniel, George, Sarah, married, first, Weedon and had George Weedon; second William Strother; Francis, Margaret. He mentions his grandson George Weedon, faughter Sarah Strother, and leaves to his son George Gray land at Washington's Mill for live, and then to his grandson Nathaniel Gray."
Ancestry.com - Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
     Name:     Nathaniel Gray
     Description:     Decedent
     Date:     6 Mar 1743
     Notes:     Gray, Nathaniel, 6 March 1743; 26 April 1743. To son Nathaniel land in Stafford; son George land in Irish Neck and at his death to grandson Nathaniel Gray son of George, and 7 negroes; dau. Sarah Strother 5000 lbs. tobacco; grandson George Weedon 1 negro; dau. Margaret Gray furniture at new house, 8 cows and calves and £50; son Francis land and 9 negroes; my wife use of plantation and handsome maintenance for life; friend William Strother exr.
     Prove date:     26 Apr 1743
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
     Original data: Lineages, Inc., comp.. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800. Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of wills for this locality.^1,4