PART 1 NANCE RECORDS CHAPTER 1 EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY THE FIRST AMERICAN NANCE WAS RICHARD, WHO CAME FROM ENGLAND PRIOR TO 1639. THE WRITER HAS CHECKED ALL AVAILABLE EARLY PASSENGER LISTS, BUT COULD NOT FIND THIS NAME LISTED. IN "EMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA" WE FIND ALICE NANCE, EMIGRANT TO VIRGINIA IN 1639, CONSIGNED TO HER NOW HUSBAND, RICHARD NANCE, VIRGINIA COLONY. THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED TRADITION IS THAT WE ARE FRENCH HEUGENOTS AND FLED FRANCE TO ENGLAND DURING THE HEUGENOT PERSECUTIONS. THE NANCE MEMORIAL BY GEORGE NANCE ELABORATED ON THIS SUBJECT BY PUBLISHING SEVERAL LETTERS WRITTEN BY NANCES LIVING IN ENGLAND DURING THE 19th CENTURY. IF THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT, THEN THE NANCE FAMILY EXISTED IN ENGLAND SOME 500 YEARS PRIOR TO THE HEUGENOT EXODUS FROM FRANCE. IT IS POSSIBLE WE COULD BE NORMANS, AND OF SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN. AT THIS WRITING, THERE ARE MANY EUROPEAN, AS WELL AS AMERICAN, MYSTERIES YET UNSOLVED REGARDING THE NANCE FAMILY. IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT FUTURE NANCE GENERATIONS WILL CONTINUE THE SEARCH AND SUCCESSFULLY TRACE OUR LINEAGE TO OUR EUROPEAN ANCESTORS. --------------------------------------------------- "EXHIBIT A" QUOTATIONS FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY ELIJAH NANCE, PODSTOW, CORNWALL, ENGLAND, IN 1856, TO W.E. NANCE, CARDIFF, WALES, AS PRESENTED IN NM. DEAR COUSIN (I PRESUME): IN REPLY TO YOUR INQUIRY RESPECTING THE ORIGIN OF THE NANCE FAMILY, I DOUBT THAT I SHALL GIVE YOU THAT PERFECT PEDIGREE THAT YOU SO ANTICIPATE, BUT BRIEF AS IT MAY BE IT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE FROM WHENCE MY FAMILY SPRUNG. MY BRIEF ACCOUNT ONLY INCLUDES SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY YEARS. IN THE YEAR 1066, WILLIAM THE BASTARD, WELL KNOWN BY THE NAME WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, BEING PROMOTED BY THE POPE OF ROME, WILLIAM SOON COLLECTED AN ARMY AND LANDED THEM IN SAFETY AT THE PLACE CALLED HASTINGS, IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX. KING HAROLD, THE THEN KING OF ENGLAND, MANAGED IN HASTE TO GIVE HIM BATTLE, AND ENCAMPED ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM THE NORMAN ARMY WHEREIN WAS ONE OF MY FOREFATHERS AS GENERAL, AND ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1066, A BLOODY BATTLE BEGUN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND LASTED UNTIL NIGHT WAS CLOSING IN, AND THE NORMANS WERE MUCH WORSTED, WHEN A NORMAN ARCHER SHOT AN ARROW WHICH WENT THROUGH HAROLD'S SKULL AND KILLED HIM AT ONCE. HIS ARMY SEEING THEIR KING AND COMMANDER DEAD TOOK FLIGHT IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND THE NORMANS MADE GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THE RETREATING ARMY, SO THAT FROM ONE BATTLE THE NORMANS BECAME MASTERS OF ALL ENGLAND IN DUE TIME. AFTER THAT BATTLE DETACHMENTS OF THE ARMY WERE SENT INTO ALL PARTS OF ENGLAND TO TAKE AND CONFISCATE WHAT PROPERTY THEY THOUGHT FIT, AND GENERAL PRIDEAUX CAME TO PADSTOW, IN CORNWALL, AND MY FOREFATHER ESTABLISHED HIMSELF OF THE BARTON OF QUANDRADU, SO THAT THE NAME OF NANCE AND PRIDEAUX HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS AT PADSTOW FOR ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY YEARS LAST PAST..................... NEARLY FORTY YEARS SINCE I WAS AT THE STEWARDS HOUSE OF THE ESQUIRE PRIDEAUX, THAT GENTLEMAN ASKED ME WHERE MY FAMILY CAME FROM, I TOLD HIM FROM NANTES, IN NORMANDY, AND THAT MY FAMILY WERE ADVENTURERS WITH THE PRIDEAUX FAMILY, HE SAID HE BELIEVED IT, FOR HE SO FREQUENTLY MET WITH THE NAME OF NANCE IN THE WRITINGS OF THE PRIDEAUX. N. B. - BE IT REMEMBERED WITH YOU THAT WHEN THE NORMANS CAME TO ENGLAND THEY HAD BUT ONE NAME (A CHRISTIAN NAME), BUT THEY TOOK TO THEMSELVES A SURNAME, AND MY FOREFATHER, AS HE CAME FROM NANTES, IN NORMANDY, WROTE HIS NAME NANCE, AS I SUPPOSE, BEING A MILDER WAY OF PRONOUNCING THE NAME CORRECTLY. AS TO ALL THE NANCE FAMILY THEY WERE GENERALLY ENDOWED WITH A GENIOUSNESS AND ABILITY BEING BROUGHT TO LEARNING IN ARTS AND SCIENCE THAT THEY WERE BROUGHT TO TRADES SUCH AS TAILORS, CARPENTERS, BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, HATTERS, ROPE MAKERS, WOOL STEPLERS, FARMERS, ETC.. THEN THERE WAS AN ESQUIRE NANCE MENTIONED IN THE HISTORY OF CORNWALL THAT WAS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM IN THE COUNTY. AGAIN ANOTHER ESQUIRE NANCE THAT LIVED NOT FAR FROM BODMIN AT A SEAT CALLED TRENGOFF, IN THE PARISH OF WARLIGGAN, ABOUT SEVEN MILES FROM BODMIN, HE SOLD HIS ESTATE FOR NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE YEARS BUT RETAINED TRENGOFF TO HIS WIDOW AS A DOWER. AGAIN, MY UNCLE ANDREW NANCE, BEING A HATTER, SETTLED HIMSELF DOWN IN PORTSMOUTH. HE KEPT A SHOP THERE AND ANOTHER AT PORTSEA. HE GOT WEALTHY AND HIS OFF-SPRING WEALTHY. THEN MY UNCLE, GEORGE NANCE, A TAILOR, SETTLED AT BATH AND LIVED IN GREAT OPPULANCE THERE, AND HAVING BECOME A MERCHANT TAILOR WAS EMPLOYED BY THE NOBILITY THAT VISITED THAT CITY, BUT POOR ELIJAH NANCE NEVER MET WITH SO GOOD LUCK AS MY PREDECESSORS, BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK ON THE OTHER SIDE AND EXAMINING MY PEDIGREE YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT I MUST BE POSSESSED WAS SOME OF THE BLOOD OF SOME OF THE HIGH RANK PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, AND NOT A FAMILY IN ALL WALES CAN PRODUCE SUCH A PEDIGREE. MY GRANDFATHER, IN HIS DAY, BECAME A HEIR AT LAW TO THE ESTATE OF WM. PARKER, ESQUIRE, IN ST. MABYN, CORNWALL, AND WAS UNDER THE NECESSITY TO GET IT TO PROVE HIS TITLE TO IT AND SUE FOR IT IN CHANCERY, AND AS HE DID HE WAS OBLIGED TO PRODUCE HIS PEDIGREE. (BEING UNABLE TO FIND ONE WHO COULD INTERPRET THE COURT OF CHANCERY RECORDS, THE AUTHOR HAS OMITTED THE PEDIGREE.) WHEN, IN LONDON, SIX YEARS SINCE, A GENTLEMAN BEING INFORMED THAT A PERSON CALLED NANCE WAS IN LONDON, CAME FROM GRAVESEND, A DISTANCE OF THIRTY MILES TO SEE ME AND ENQUIRE TO MY PEDIGREE, AND THE PEDIGREE OF THE NANCE FAMILY, HE PROVED TO BE A SON OF MY COUSIN, WALTER NANCE, YOUR GREAT UNCLE. HE WAS IN BUSINESS AS BOOT AND SHOEMAKER AT GRAVESEND. SUCH IS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY FAMILY, AND SUCH IS MY PEDIGREE I AM IN POSSESSION OF TO SEND UNTO YOU. EXHIBIT "B." (HOME ADDRESS) EAST FARNDON RECTORY, MARKET HARBOROUGH, W.E. NANCE, ESQUIRE, CARDIFF, WALES. DECEMBER 15, 1899 DEAR SIR: - I REMEMBER SEEING YOUR SON IN OXFORD, AND HIS ASKING ME ABOUT MY FAMILY. I FEAR I CAN THROW BUT LITTLE LIGHT ON THE FAMILY HISTORY, THOUGH I AM MUCH INTERESTED MYSELF IN IT, AND HAVE PAID VISITS TO WARLIGGON, ILLOGAN, AND CREED TO INSPECT REGISTERS. MY NAME OF "TRENGOVE," IS MISLEADING. IT IS THE BELIEF OF OUR FAMILY THAT WE DO BELONG TO THE WARLIGGON NANCES, BUT WE CANNOT TRACE THE EARLY CONNECTIONS. MY FATHER GAVE ME THE NAME IN THAT BELIEF, BUT I AM THE FIRST ONE IN OUR BRANCH OF THE FAMILY THAT HAS HAD IT. THE NAME IS HELD ALSO BY MY NEPHEW NOW AT BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD. OUR FAMILY LIVED AT CREED, NEAR GRANPOUND, IN CORNWALL, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL GENERATIONS THERE IN REGISTERS. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, REV. WM. NANCE (EXCETER COLLEGE, OXFORD), WAS CURATE OF CREED. HE MIGRATED INTO KENT, AND MY FATHER MIGRATED INTO STAFFORDSHIRE. MY GRANDFATHER WAS FELLOW OF WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD, AND MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO TRACE THE GENEALOGY. HE HAD THE REGISTERS AT WARLIGGON COPIED AND SENT TO HIM. THE OLD COUNTY HISTORIES OF CORNWALL SAY THAT BOTH THE ILLOGAN AND WARLIGGON BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY HAVE BECOME EXTINCT. I HAVE VISITED ILLOGAN ALSO. THE FARM HOUSE AT NANCE IN THAT PARISH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AN ECCLEASIASTICAL HOUSE BEFORE THE REFORMATION, AND IT HAS STILL SOME WOODEN PANELS PAINTED WITH THE TWELVE APOSTLES. I HAVE SEARCHED THE REGISTERS THERE AND EXTRACTED ALL THAT BELONGED TO THE FAMILY. YOU WILL FIND MOST OF THE OLD RECORDS OF THE FAMILY IN VIVIAN & DRAKE'S VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL, WHICH YOU WOULD FIND IN ANY FIRST-CLASS LIBRARY. BELIEVE ME YOURS TRULY, J.T. NANCE. (FROM NM "THE OLD RECORDS SPOKEN OF ABOVE, BEING IMPERFECT, ARE OMITTED.") --------------------------------------------------- EXHIBIT "C." STANLEY LODGE, MONMOUTH, JUNE 12, 1903. DEAR SIR: - AS I UNDERSTAND YOU INVITE COMMUNICATION FROM EVERY "FELLOW-KINSMAN" (TO USE YOUR GRAPHIC PHRASE), ALLOW ME TO MAKE MYSELF KNOWN AS A DESCENDANT OF YOUR MALE STOCK, VIZ., THE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON OF RICHARD EUSTIS, OF SAINT IVES, CORNWALL, BY HIS WIFE MARGERY NANCE, OF THE SAME TOWN, WHO WERE MARRIED 1729. * * I AM THE AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF SAINT IVES TO WHICH YOU MAKE REFERENCE. I ENCLOSE PARTICULARS OF MY NANCE DESCENT. YOURS FAITHFULLY, JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS. SOLICITOR ARCHIVIST TO THE CORPORATION OF CARDIFF. GEO. W. NANCE, ESQUIRE. MARGERY NANCE, 1729-RICHARD EUSTIS. MARY EUSTIS-JASPER WILLIAMS. JASPER WILLIAMS-MARY STEVENS. HONOR WILLIAMS-JOHN MATTHEWS. JOHN THOMAS MATTHEWS-EMMA HOBSON. JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS, b. 1858-ALICE MARY GWYN-HUGHES. JOHN VIVIAN GWYN-HOBSON MATTHEWS, 1897. FROM A DOCUMENT AT THE LONDON RECORD OFFICE I GATHER THAT THIS PARTICULAR NANCE FAMILY WERE KNOWN IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES BY THE ADDITIONAL SURNAME "MOLKIN," MEANING BALD ACCORDING TO BORLACE, A PERSONAL NAME EQUIVOLENT TO THE WELCH "MAELGWN." THEY WERE, I BELIEVE, ORIGINALLY OF NANCE IN LELANT, BUT ACQUIRED SOME ESTATE IN EAST CORNWALL, WHETHER BY MARRIAGE OR PURCHASE, I DO NOT KNOW. THEY BORE ARMS: ARGENT, A CROP HUMETTEE SABLE. YOURS FAITHFULLY, JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS. --------------------------------------------------- EXHIBIT "D." FROM HISTORY OF SAINT IVES, ETC., BY MATTHEWS. NANCE. - THIS IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SAINT IVES FAMILIES. THE NAME, WHICH IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CORNISH WORD NANS, A VALLEY, INDICATES THAT THE ANCESTOR WHO FIRST ASSUMED THIS COGNOMAN, WAS A DWELLER IN SOME INLAND DALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE YEAR 1327, THERE WAS A GENERAL SUBSIDY LEVIED UPON ALL ENGLAND, AND THE LISTS OF THE PERSONS TAXED FOR IT ARE THE EARLIEST ROLLS IN EXISTENCE. "LUCA de NANSE" THUS APPEARS. IN 1523 THOMAS NANSE HAD GOODS, ETC., ALSO IN 1524. IN 1573 JOHN NANSTE WAS A BURGESS OF SAINT IVES. IN 1578 HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EQUIPMENT OF THE TRAINED BAND FITTED OUT AGAINST THE SPANIARDS. IN 1590, CAPTAIN JOHN NANCE. IN 1595, JOHN NANSE CAPTAINE, ETC. 1534, SYMON NANC. 1592, MR. TRENANCE. JOHN NANCE, JO NANCE, WM. NANCE, RIO NANCE, GEFFRIE NANCE, WM. NANCE, WM. NANCE, CHURCH WARDEN, AND OTHERS APPEAR ALL ALONG UP TO ABOUT 1700. MARRIAGES, 1667, JOHN NANCE AND ELIZABETH STEVENS. 1701, ALIEN NANCE AND WELMOT THOMAS. 1711, THOMAS KEMPTHORN AND ELIZABETH NANCE. 1729, RICHARD EUSTIS AND MARGERY NANCE. FROM JOHN WESLEY'S DIARY THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TAKEN: "VISITED SAINT IVES A SECOND TIME APRIL 3, 1744. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED AT ENTERING JOHN NANCE'S HOUSE, BEING RECEIVED BY MANY, WHO WERE WAITING FOR ME, WITH A LOUD, THOUGH NOT A BITTER CRY." AGAIN, "WENT WITH JOHN NANCE TO ROSEMARGAY, IN ZENNOR, ETC." AGAIN. "BUT BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT THE MOB CAME THE BEST JOHN NANCE'S HOUSE. JOHN NANCE AND JOHN PAYNTER WENT OUT, AND STOOD BEFORE THE DOOR; THOUGH THEY WERE QUICKLY COVERED WITH DIRT. THE CRY WAS, BRING OUT THE PREACHER. PULL DOWN THE HOUSE." AND AGAIN, "ON SUNDAY, 30, ABOUT SIX IN THE EVENING, I BEGAN PREACHING IN THE STREET NEAR JOHN NANCE'S DOOR." CONCERNING HIS TWENTY-FIFTH VISIT, ON AUGUST 26, 1785, WESLEY WRITES: "IN THE EVENING I PREACHED IN THE MARKET PLACE AT SAINT IVES, TO ALMOST THE WHOLE TOWN. THIS WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN CORNWALL WHERE WE PREACHED AND WHERE SATAN FOUGHT FIERCELY FOR HIS KINGDOM; BUT NOW ALL IS PEACE. I FOUND THAT OLD JOHN NANCE HAD RESTED FROM HIS LABORS. SOME MONTHS SINCE, SITTING BEHIND THE PREACHER, IN THE PULPIT, HE SUNK DOWN, AND WAS CARRIED OUT, AND FELL ASLEEP." MANY OTHER QUOTATIONS MIGHT BE MADE FROM THIS WORK, BUT THESE ARE GIVEN NOT BECAUSE OF ANY REAL VALUE, BUT TO GIVE SOME IDEA AS TO THE AGE, NUMBER AND PROMINENCE OF THE FAMILY. --------------------------------------------------- EXHIBIT "E." BELFAST STREET TRAMWAYS TRAMWAYS OFFICE, SANDY ROW, COMPANY. BELFAST, AUGUST 14, 1879. ANDREW NANCE, MANAGER. GEO. W. NANCE, ESQUIRE. MY DEAR SIR: - I WAS AWAY ON MY VACATION WHEN YOUR LETTER ARRIVED, AND SO IT HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED AS SOON AS I COULD HAVE WISHED. YOUR LETTER VERY MUCH SURPRISED ME FOR TWO REASONS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS OF OUR NAME WHO ARE KNOWN TO YOU IN AMERICA, IS ASTONISHING, AND THE SIMILARITY OF TRADITIONS WITH REGARD TO THEM FOR MY OWN PART I DO NOT TAKE ANY INTEREST IN ANCESTRY, NOR SHOULD I TAKE ANY TROUBLE ABOUT IT. MY UNCLE WILLIAM, HOWEVER, WHO WAS A LAWYER, TOOK A WORLD OF TROUBLE AND SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY IN INQUIRIES. I HAVE AT SOME TIME WHEN A YOUNG MAN, EITHER READ OR WAS TOLD WHAT HE DISCOVERED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT EXISTS NOW, NOR IF IT WAS EVER WRITTEN, OR WHERE IT WOULD BE IF IT DID EXIST. FIRST, HE FOUND OUT THE "COAT OF ARMS" OF THE FAMILY. I SEND IT ON THE PAPER ENCLOSED. THE MOTTO IS THE SAME AS THAT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, AND I'M TOLD THAT IT INDICATES THAT THE ROYAL BLOOD OF FRANCE IS IN OUR VEINS, WHETHER LEGITIMATELY OR NOT I CANNOT SAY. MY UNCLE, WILLIAM, APPEARS TO HAVE SATISFIED HIMSELF THAT TWO HUGUENOT BROTHERS NAMED ANDREW AND CLEMENT, WERE OBLIGED, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, TO FLEE FROM FRANCE AT THE TIME OF THE HUGUENOT PERSECUTION. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AN ARISTOCRATIC AND NOBLE FAMILY, AND THE NAME NANCE WAS A TERRITORIAL NAME, AND PROBABLY WE COULD ALL RIGHTLY CALL OURSELVES DeNANCE, IF WE SO DESIRED. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE LANDED IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND ABOUT THAT PERIOD, AND THE ELDER BROTHER, ANDREW SETTLED THERE, AND CLEMENT DISAPPEARED. YOU HAVE EXPLAINED WHAT BECAME OF HIM IN YOUR LETTER. MY UNCLE, WILLIAM, WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT HIM. AS I TOLD MR. J. NANCE, A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SPEND A SUMMER IN THE SCILLY ISLANDS, FOUND THAT ON ONE ISLAND, ALL, OR NEARLY ALL, THE PEOPLE WERE NAMED NANCE. I AM TOO OLD TO GO AND SEE INTO THE MATTER, AND IN TRUTH IT IS NOT OF ANY INTEREST TO ME. IT APPEARS THAT ANDREW NANCE LIVED IN OR ABOUT CORNWALL, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OD NANCES THEREABOUTS DESCENDED FROM HIM. EVERY ELDEST SON WAS NAMED ANDREW. I AM THE TENTH ANDREW, THE ELDEST BORN OF EACH GENERATION. MY ONLY CHILD DIED IN INFANCY AND MY BROTHER, WALTER, NAMED HIS ELDEST BOY ANDREW. SO HE WILL BE THE ELEVENTH, AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE WHAT FEW DOLLARS I POSSESS WHEN MY WIFE IS DONE WITH THEM. THE SEVENTH ANDREW CROSSED TO NORMANDY FROM CORNWALL AND LIVED THERE. IN NORMANDY THE EIGHTH ANDREW WAS BORN. THIS EIGHTH ANDREW WENT TO KENT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TWENTY-ONE, AND I BELIEVE THE SEVENTH ANDREW AND HIS WIFE, MARTHA, DIED THERE. THE EIGHTH ANDREW SOON LEFT KENT WHEN HIS PADSTOW DIED, AND CAME TO PORTSMOUTH AND SET UP AS A HATTER. HE WAS A MOST ENTERPRISING MAN. HE BOUGHT THE "FOUNTAIN" AND "BLUE PORTS" HOTELS. HE MARRIED A LADY NEAR PORTSMOUTH; HAD A LARGE FAMILY AND DIED THERE. THE NINTH ANDREW (MY FATHER), ALSO LIVED ALL HIS LIFE AT PORTSMOUTH, AND HIS WIFE (MY MOTHER), IS NAMED MARTHA, THE SAME AS HIS GRANDMOTHER. THAT IS WHOLLY ALL I KNOW AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS ANY MORE. NO DOUBT A SEARCH IN FRANCE WOULD REVEAL THE HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY FROM THE FIRST. TRULY, ANDREW NANCE. --------------------------------------------------- EXHIBITS A,B,C,D, AND E HAVE BEEN COPIED EXACTLY AS THEY APPEARED IN THE NANCE MEMORIAL BY GEORGE W. NANCE. 1904. pp. 333-337. --------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER 9, 1610 - RICHARD, SON OF MR. JOHN NANCE, BAPTIZED AT KAVARNE (CORNWALL, ENGLAND). FROM VISITATION TO CORNWALL IN THE YEAR 1620 BY VIVIAN AND DRAKE. LONDON. 1874. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THIS IS RICHARD, AMERICAN EMIGRANT BEFORE 1639, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE ENGLISH NANCES WERE FOUND IN CORNWALL. THIS RICHARD AND THE EMIGRANT RICHARD SEEM TO BE NEAR THE SAME AGE AND THE NAME JOHN IS MOST COMMON AMONG AMERICAN NANCES. CHAPTER II NANCE RECORDS THESE RECORDS REPRESENT A LARGE PORTION OF ALL LEGAL NANCE TRANSACTIONS PRIOR TO THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES AND SHOULD HOLD MANY CLUES FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR A LINK BETWEEN THEIR FAMILY AND THE EARLY NANCE SETTLERS IN AMERICA. DR. ROBERT B. NANCE OF RADFORD COLLEGE, VIRGINIA, HAS SPENT MANY YEARS IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA SEEKING ALL AVAILABLE COURT RECORDS CONCERNING THE NANCES, AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN PART I. WITHOUT DR. ROBERT'S HELP, THIS PORTION OF OUR BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. MARRIAGE RECORDS WERE NOT RECORDED PRIOR TO THE REVOLUTION; HOWEVER, DEEDS, WILLS, AND COURT MINUTES HAVE BEEN USED TI IDENTIFY MANY OF THE SPOUSES NAMES. THE DATE WHICH APPEARS ON THE MARRIAGE BOND WAS THE DATE OF ISSUE. SOME TIMES THE CEREMONY WAS NOT PERFORMED UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS LATER; IN SOME CASES, SEVERAL WEEKS. CENSUS RECORDS WERE NOT KEPT UNTIL 1790, AND THE 1790 VIRGINIA CENSUS WAS LOST AND HAS BEEN SUPPLEMENTED BY THE 1782 TAXPAYERS LIST. NO DOUBT MANY MORE NANCE FAMILIES LIVED IN VIRGINIA AT THIS TIME. MOST OF THE LATER CENSUS RECORDS (1810-1860) WERE TAKEN FROM MICROFILMED COPIES. THESE RECORDS WERE ALL WRITTEN BY HAND, AND DUE TO THIS AND TO THE POOR QUALITY OF SOME OF THE FILM, IT WAS SOMETIMES HARD TO DECIPHER THE AGE AND SPELLING OF SOME OF THE NAMES. --------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACTS OF VIRGINIA RECORDS AMELIA COUNTY (FORMED IN 1734 FROM BRUNSWICK AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES) 1738 - SEPTEMBER 12 LAND PATENT TO RICHARD NANCE, 400 ACRES IN AMELIA COUNTY, NORTH SIDE HORSEPEN CREEK IN THE FORK OF NOTTOWAY RIVER ADJOINING MILES THWEATS, SAMUEL JORDAN, AND ALS. NO. 18, p. 104. 1754 - APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT OF JANUARY 24. JOHN NANCE OF NOTTOWAY PARISH IN AMELIA COUNTY BINDS HIS SON, JAMES NANCE, TO JOHN ANDERSON 5 YEARS TO SERVE AS CARPENTER'S APPRENTICE. Bk. 5, p. 101. 1764 - JANUARY 3 AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN NANCE TO MARY HOLLAND. REFERS TO HIS SON GILES AND DAUGHTER ELIZABETH, CONVERSATION WITH MITHELL HOLLAND ABOUT 1756. Bk. 8, p. 314. 1786 - MARCH 7 WILL OF WILLIAM CRENSHAW LEAVES GIFTS TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN DAVID, WILLIAM, SUSANNAH, MARY, AND ELIZABETH NANCE, CHILDREN OF DAVID NANCE, DECEASED. 1840 - OCTOBER 10 WILL OF WILLIAM NANCE, PROBATED JUNE 22, 1840. TO WIFE CHRISTIANA ENTIRE ESTATE. WIT: GEORGE ROBERTSON, JOHN ROBERTSON AND CHAS. A. COUSINS. Bk. 16, p. 309. 1850 - CENSUS LISTS CHRISTIANA NANCE, AGE 77, bn. VA., NO FAMILY. 1858 - JANUARY 12 WILL OF CHRISTIANA NANCE, PROBATED AUGUST 26, 1858. TO MY FRIEND JAMES BOISSEAN HAMLIN, MY WHOLE ESTATE AND APPOINT HIM EXECUTOR. WIT: THOMAS HAMLIN AND RICHARD WILLIAMSON. CODCIL: WISH ALL MY PROPERTY SOLD EXCEPT MY NEGROES AND REQUEST THE MONEY BE GIVEN TO THEM IN SMALL AMOUNTS. MARRIAGES 1786 MARY TO LEONARD YOUNG 1787 LETT TO CATHY PHILLIPS 1789 ELIZABETH TO THOMAS YOUNG BEDFORD COUNTY (FORMED IN 1753 FROM ALBEMARLE AND LUNNENBURG COUNTIES) 1780 - MARCH 25 DEED OF RICHARD NANCE LEAVES ENTIRE ESTATE TO THOMAS NANCE FOR "NATURAL LOVE AND AFFECTION". Bk. 6, p. 407. 1782 - BEDFORD TAX PAYERS - THOMAS NANCE. 1802 - DECEMBER 16 THOMAS NANCE DEED TO HIS WIFE SARAH AND THE HEIRS OF ARCHIBALD NANCE DECEASED. TO NANCY, HIS WIDOW AND HIS CHILDREN, THOMAS, PASCHAL, POLLY AND ALLEN NANCE. WIT: PETER NANCE, SALLY NANCE. BK 11, p. 723. 1805 - ARCHIBALD NANCE. INVENTORY Bk. 3, p. 70. 1816 - JUNE 8 WILL OF BENJAMIN ESTES. TO MARTHA NANCE'S CHILDREN. Bk. 4, p. 253. 1819 - WILLIAM FIRTH'S ALLOTMENT TO JOEL NANCE AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE. Bk. 5, p. 129. 1820 - ARCHIBALD NANCE. ACCOUNT OF HIS ESTATE BY DANIEL SAUNDERS, GDN. TO PASCHAL NANCE, POLLY NANCE, AND ALLEN B. NANCE, WHO ARE MENTIONED AS LEGATEES. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT BY THE GUARDIAN. Bk. 5, p. 216. 1840 - JUNE 22 WILL OF MARY NANCE. GIVES UP ALL PROPERTY IN HER HAND OF WILLIAM HOARD TO HER FIRST CHILDREN. ALL THAT I NOW HAVE TO BE DIVIDED AMONG MY LAST CHILDREN - PETER NANCE, THOMAS NANCE, JOHN NANCE, HAWKINS NANCE, PASCHAL NANCE, MOURNING BOCOCK, AND MARY RYAN. Bk. 10, p. 256. 1846 - OCTOBER 3 WILL OF JOHN NANCE. TO WIFE MARTHA, TO SON THADDEUS G., DAUGHTER CELIA ANN BURNETT. TO CHILDREN EDWIN T., SPOTSWOOD I, ALBERT F., BENJAMIN E., THORP H., JOHN T., ELIZA JANE, SARAH MARGARET, MARTHA, EMELINE FRANCES. Bk. 12, p. 293. 1896 - FEBRUARY 14 WILL OF ELISHA D. NANCE. WIFE SALLIE J. TO LELIA E. LAZENBY, ERASTUS L., THEDDEUS C., BENJAMIN H., HATTIE, EMMA S., ANN H., WALTER. WIT: THOMAS W. NANCE. Bk. 29, p. 525. 1900 - WILL OF BERTA F. NANCE. HUSBAND D.L. NANCE GETS ALL. WIT: W.A. NANCE. PROBATED 28 MAY 1900. Bk. 30, p. 491. 1905 - WILL OF MARIA WARWICK NANCE. Bk. 32, p. 339. 1909 - FEBRUARY 9 WILL OF JOHN F. NANCE. TO WIFE LUCY; CHILDREN WILBER A., ROBERT E., ALBERT W., MARY E. LEFTWICH, SARAH E. BRADLEY. WIT: JAMES F. NANCE, McHENRY NANCE. Bk. 33, p. 262. 1916 - WILL OF T.C. NANCE. TO WIFE MAGGIE V., CHILDREN KATHLEEN, ZULA B., MARY V., RICHARD C., GLADYS, McKINDRED. WIT: D.L. NANCE, W.S. NANCE, J.F. NANCE. Bk. 35, p. 16. 1917 - WILL OF THOMAS W. NANCE. SON J.T. NANCE. GRANDCHILDREN: W.L. PETERS, OREN THAXTON, ELMER RAMSEY, NANNY HOLDREN, MAGGIE SAUNDERS, VERGY HUDDLESTON. Bk. 35, p. 193. 1922 - WILL OF SARAH PORTER NANCE. TO DAUGHTERS JULIA A FLORENCE... TO HAVE ALL THAT PLEAS AND I POSSESS. SIGNED SARAH PORTER NANCE AND W.P. NANCE. Bk. 37, p. 320. 1930 - LENA R. NANCE WILL. HUSBAND HAWARD. SONS McHENRY, HUBERT B., FRANCIS, BILLY. Bk. 39, p. 554. MARRIAGES 1784 WILLIAM TO MRS. MARY "HOARD" HOWARD. THOS. NANCE SEC., MARCH 3. 1794 ALLEN B. TO NANCY WILLIAMS. ISAAC WADE SEC., MARCH 10. 1794 WILMOUTH TO WM. GIBBS. PASCHAEL NANCE, SEC., NOVEMBER 24. 1800 ELVIRA TO WASHINGTON TAYLOR. NOVEMBER 15. 1802 POLLY TO THORNTON PRYOR (SON OF JOSEPH PRYOR), JANUARY 20. 1802 PASCHEL TO JOHANNA WITT, AUGUST 26. 1804 NANCY TO WILLIAM HUDNALL. 1805 SALLY TO JOHN PRYOR (SON OF SAMUEL PRYOR), MAY 1. 1811 JOHN TO MARTHA ESTES (DAU. OF BENJAMIN ESTES), MAY 1. 1812 ELIZABETH TO JOSEPH CREW, JANUARY 7. 1813 POLLY TO JOHN RYAN, DECEMBER 27. 1817 JOEL TO ELIZABETH FRITH (DAU. OF RODA FRITH HUFF), MAY 26. 1817 POLLY TO JOHN DEARREN, DECEMBER 22. 1819 PASCHEL W. TO PATSEY CREASY (DAU. OF MARY CREASY), MARCH 22. 1824 POLLY TO AMOS BAYSE, OCTOBER 24. 1830 THADDEUS TO SALLY JOHNSON (DAU. OF THOMAS AND SALLY JOHNSON), DECEMBER 20. 1832 MARY (DAU. OF JACK AND MARTHA) TO ISAAC WADE. JOHN NANCE, SEC., DECEMBER 17. 1834 CELIA TO WILLIAMSON BURNETT, NOVEMBER 11. 1836 LUCINDA TO ALEXANDER WADE, JR., NOVEMBER 30. 1846 BENJAMIN E. TO ELIZABETH TINSLEY (DAU. OF SAMUEL J. TINSLEY), DECEMBER 15. 1849 MARTHA E. TO JOEL WRIGHT, AUGUST 27. 1850 NANCY TO SILAS G. WADE, JANUARY 29. 1851 ALBERT T. (SON OF JOHN AND MARTHA "ESTES") TO JANE G. WITTENS (DAU. OF JOSEPH AND BETTIE WITTENS). JANE G. NANCE DIED 1886, AGE 53. 1863 ELISHA D. (SON OF THADDEUS C. AND SALLY) TO SALLIE J. HANCOCK, 20. 1870 WILLIAM PLEASANT, 28 (SON OF T.C.) TO SARAH p. CHEATAM, 22. 1875 McHENRY, 23 (SON OF T.C.) TO MILDRED PETERS. 1886 SAMUEL, 27 (SON OF ARCH) TO SUSAN E. ADAMS, 24. 1887 ALBERT W. (SON OF JOHN F.) 21, TO FLORA CREASEY, 20. 1888 ALBERT S. (SON OF ALBERT T.) 26, TO DOLLIE M. WILLS, 19. 1888 WILLIAM A. 28 (SON OF ALBERT F.) TO LILLIAN V. WHORLEY, 19. 1897 BENJAMIN H. (SON OF ELISHA) 18, TO HATTIE B. WHORLEY, 17. 1897 JAMES F. (SON OF ELISHA), TO ADA BURROUGHS, 28. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LISTS 1806 PASCHAL MARY PETER 1807 PASCHAL MARY 1808 (MISSING LISTS) 1809 PASCHAL MARY PETER JOHN THOMAS 1810 MARY PETER JOHN 1811 MARY JOHN WILLIAM 1812 MARY JOHN WILLIAM 1813 MARY JOHN WILLIAM 1814 MARY JOHN 1815 JOHN 1816 PASCHAL MARY PASCHAL JOHN 1817 PASCHAL MARY PASCHAL W. JOHN JOEL 1818 PASCHAL MARY PASCHAL W. JOHN JOEL 1819 PASCHAL PASCHAL W. 1820 PASCHAL (SON WICON OR POSSIBLY WILSON) 1821 PASCHAL PASKEL W. JOHN ALLEN 1822 PASCHAL PASKEL W. JOHN ALLEN 1850 CENSUS 1) BENJAMIN E., 21, bn. VA., wife ELIZABETH, bn VA., 20, TOTAL 4. 2) PASCHAL W., 53, bn. VA., wife MARTHA, bn. VA., 45, TOTAL 7. 3) EDWARD T., 29, bn. VA., wife DOLLY, bn. VA., 20; CHILDREN: MARY T., 5, ELIZABETH F., 3, bn. VA. 4) THORP H., 20, bn, VA., wife SARAH E., bn. VA., 18; LIVING WITH THEM - ELIZA J. NANCE. 5) THADDEUS, 38, bn. VA. wife SARAH, 37, bn. VA.; CHILDREN: THOMAS D., 18; ELISHA D., 15; SARAH A., 14; WILLIAM p., 10; EMELINE, 15, bn. VA. --------------------------------------------------- BOUTETOURT COUNTY (FORMED IN 1769/70 FROM AUGUSTA COUNTY) 1785 - COURT MINUTES. JAMES AND WILLIAM NANCE EACH FINED FOR NOT ATTENDING TO SERVE AS JURYMEN. 1801 - MARCH 9, PETER NANCE MARRIED MARY PRYOR (DAU. OF JOSEPH PRYOR, SR.) --------------------------------------------------- BRUNSWICK COUNTY (FORMED IN 1720 FROM PRINCE GEORGE, SURRY, AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES) 1726 - JULY 7 LAND PATENT TO JOHN NANCE, OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, 142 ACRES SOUTH SIDE OF NOTTOWAY RIVER, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, BEGINNING AT THE INDIAN COMPANY'S UPPER CORNER UPON THE RIVER, &c. NO. 12, p. 518. 1732 - NOVEMBER 2, DANIEL NANCE WITNESSED DEED OF JOHN NAPER, Bk. 1, p. 22/23. 1735 - DANIEL NANCE PROCESSIONS LAND (ST. ANDREWS VESTRY BOOK). 1737 - SAME. 1737 - AUGUST 15 LAND PATENT TO DANIEL NANCE AND EDMUND HALL, 385 ACRES BRUNSWICK COUNTY, BOTH SIDES OF JENETO CREEK. NO. 17, p. 383. 1739 - DANIEL NANCE APPOINTED SURVEYOR OF ROANOKE RD., ORDERS Bk. 1, p. 56. 1740 - DANIEL NANTZ VS. BEDDENFIELD, ORDERS I, p. 308. 1741 - DANIEL NANCE, SAME AS 1739. 1743 - WILLIAM NANCE OF BRUNSWICK SELLS TO JOHN INGRAM FOR œ7, 129 ACRES OF LAND PAT. TO WILLIAM NANCE IN 1741 - WIFE ANN RELINQUISHES DOWREY - WIT: DANIEL NANCE. BK 2, p. 337. 1746 - LUNNENBURG COUNTY FORMED FROM BRUNSWICK. 1746 - AUGUST 28 LAND GRANT TO JOHN NANCE, 400 ACRES BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOTH SIDES OF MEHERRIN RIVER. Bk. 24, p. 398. 1746 - JANUARY 12 LAND PATENT TO WILLIAM NANCE, 318 ACRES BRUNSWICK COUNTY ON SOUTH SIDE OF JENETO CREEK. NO. 25, p. 239. 1746 - JANUARY 12 LAND PATENT TO DANIEL NANCE, 244 ACRES BRUNSWICK CO. ON AVENTS CREEK. NO. 25, p. 569. 1747 - WILLIAM NANCE PROCESSIONS LAND (VESTRY BOOK). 1748 - WILLIAM NANCE ON POLL TAX LIST 26 w (1) 62-64. 1750 - DANIEL NANCE OF SURRY COUNTY SELLS LAND TO JOHN BROWN. 244 ACRES ON AVENT'S CREEK (BOTH SIDES) PATENT GRANTED JAN. 12, 1746, TO DANIEL NANCE. WIT: WILLIAM NANCE. 1751 - DANIEL NANCE SELLS LAND TO JOHN BROWN. Bk. 5, p. 37. 1753 - FEBRUARY 5 LAND PATENT TO DANIEL NANCE, 278 ACRES BRUNSWICK CO., ON BRANCHES OF AVENTS CREEK. NO. 32, p. 24. 1756 - JUNE 16 LAND PATENT TO JOHN NANCYS, 846 ACRES, BRUNSWICK COUNTY. NO. 33, p. 19. 1758 - BRUNSWICK MILITIA. ROBERT NANCE - THOMAS NANCE TWICE ON SAME LIST. (FROM HENNING, VOL, VII, p. 212). 1770 - NOV. 7 WILL OF WILLIAM NANCE. PROBATED FEBRUARY 1771. SONS: REUBEN, ISHAM AND JOHN. SON-IN-LAW JOHN LANIER. LEAVES LAND IN MECKLENBURG TO SONS ADJOINING DRURY MALONE. DAUGHTERS: TABITHA NANCE, ELIZABETH GLOVER, MARY LANIER AND SARAH LANIER. EXECUTORS: HIS THREE SONS. WIT: JOSEPH FLOYD, JOHN NIPPER, BENJ. WATKINS. 1760 - AUGUST 20 LAND PATENT TO DANIEL NANCE, 332 ACRES BRUNSWICK CO., NO. 34, p. 694. 1771 - DANIEL NANCE OF THE PARISH OF ST. ANDREW SELLS TO ROBERT NANCE OF THE SAME 1 10 LAND ON AVENTS CREEK PAT. TO DANIEL 1760. 1779 - MAY, BENJ. EZELL SELLS TO ROBERT NANCE 200 ACRES IN MECKLENBURG ADJOINING JOHN BUGG. Bk. 5, p. 491. 1780 - ROBERT NANCE SELLS LAND TO DAVID MOSS. 1866 - ISHAM L. NANCE. INVENTORY BOOK 19, p. 215. MARRIAGES 1790 ROBERT TO FATHIA PENNINGTON. FEBRUARY 4. 1839 MILDRED TO WILLIAM DRUMWRIGHT. JANUARY 25. --------------------------------------------------- CAMPBELL COUNTY (FORMED IN 1781 FROM BEDFORD COUNTY) MARRIAGES 1832 DELILY TO WILLIAM FARRISS, AUGUST 23. 1, 55. 1842 LUCY A. TO OBEDIAH REID. DELIAH FARRIS. 1, 136. 1842 FRANCES TO JAMES REID. DELIAH FARRIS. 1. 136. 1846 MARY ANN TO JOHN REID. 1, 136. 1866 C. NANCE, 20, SINGLE, CHARLES AND LUCINDA NANCE; md. C. BURROUGHS, w., 30, p. BOOTHE AND JUDY TURNER; 2, 94 NOVEMBER 4. 1925 - LULA p. NANCE AND J.C. NANCE LEGATEES OF R. LAYMAN CARROLL. Bk. 23, p. 553. 1938 - ALBERT SIDNEY NANCE, SR. WILL, Bk. 29, p. 1515 TO A.S. NANCE, JR.; DOTTIE NANCE; NELLIE W. NANCE. 1939 - HEIRS OF SAMUEL H. NANCE IN WILL BOOK #27, p. 90. --------------------------------------------------- CHARLES CITY COUNTY (ORIGINAL SHIRE) 1665 - RICHARD NANCE VS. DANIEL LLEWELLYN (COL. ABSTRACTS) 1665 - ORDERED THAT NATHANIEL TATEM AND JERVIS DIX BE PAID AS WITNESSES FOR RICHARD NANCE. (COL. ABSTRACTS) 1771 - DECEMBER 23 WILL OF ZACHARIAH NANCE, PROBATED 4 MARCH 1772. TO SONS JAMES, JOHN AFTER HIS MOTHER'S DEATH, WILLIAM, ZACHARIAH. DAUGHTERS: ELIZABETH AND SUSANNAH. EXECUTORS: JAMES NANCE AND HENRY SOUTH. WIT: CHARLES PEARSON, HENRY ANNISTRAND AND WM. VAUGHN. 1772 - WILL OF ROBLEY VAUGHN. ONE LEGATEE - DAU. NANCY NANCE. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX LIST 1782 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH 1883-93 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH 1794 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES 1795 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH 1796 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH ZACHARIAH, JR. 1797 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES WILLIAM, JR. 1798 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES WILLIAM, JR. 1799 JOHN WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES 1800 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES WILLIAM, JR. JOHN, JR. 1801 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES 1802 JOHN EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JOHN, JR. 1803 EATON WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES, JR. 1804 WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES 1805-06 JOHN WILLIAM ZACHARIAH JAMES 1807-09 ZACHARIAH JAMES HENRY S. 1810-14 ZACHARIAH JAMES 1810 CENSUS ANN NANCE - 1 FEMALE 26/45, 1 FEMALE 16/26, 3 MALES 5/10, I MALE 16/26. ZACHARIAH - 1 MALE 25/45, 2 MALES 5/10, 1 FEMALE 26/45, 1 FEMALE 5/10. JAMES - 1 MALE 26/45, 1 FEMALE 16/26, 1 FEMALE 45/-. 1830 CENSUS JAMES - 1 MALE 40/50, 1 MALE 10/15, 1 FEMALE 0/5, 2 FEMALES 30/40. WILLIAM G. - 1 MALE 40/50, 1 FEMALE 30/40, 1 FEMALE 50/60. ZACHARIAH - 1 MALE 40/50, 1 MALE 5/10, 2 MALES 10/15, 1 FEMALE 0/5, 2 FEMALES 10/15, 1 FEMALE 15/20, 1 FEMALE 20/30, 1 FEMALE 40/50. 1850 CENSUS BERRYMAN, 27, bn. VA., w. SUSAN E., 27, bn. VA., TOTAL FAMILY 4. ZACHARIAH, 70, bn. VA., w. MARY, 67, bn. GA., TOTAL FAMILY 4. ZACHARIAH, 33, bn. VA., w. MARY, 32, bn. VA., TOTAL FAMILY 5. --------------------------------------------------- CHARLOTTE COUNTY (FORMED IN 1764/65 FROM LUNNENBURG COUNTY) GENERAL INDEX TO ORDER BOOKS 1765-1827 (REEL 27) BOOK 1, 52 THOMAS NANCE - ORDER FOR ATTENDANCE 1, 84 THOMAS NANCE VS. WRAY 1, 99 THOMAS NANCE - ORDER FOR ATTENDANCE 1, 154 THOMAS NANCE VS. SULLIVANT AND ALLEN 2, 109 THOMAS NANCE - ORDER FOR ATTENDANCE 115 481 496 4, 10 THOMAS, WILLIAM, AND FREDERICK NANCE - ORDER FOR ATTENDANCE 14 18 6, 191 NANCE FROM NANCE DEED 7. 195 NANCE VS. PUGH 7, 205 NANCE VS FOSTER 8, 247 NANCE VS. CRENSHAW JUDGEMENT 9, 109 HOOD NANCE - ATTENDANCE 140 164 CHARLOTTE DEEDS: GRANTOR AND GRANTEE 1766 - WILLIAM TO JOHN SKELTON, SEPTEMBER 17. Bk. 1, p. 288. 1767 - NATHANIEL TO RICHARD FOSTER, JUNE 1. Bk. 1, p. 272. 1769 - FREDERICK FROM THOMAS TABB, MAY 25. Bk. 2, p. 217. 1772 - WILLIAM TO ROBERT SMELT, DECEMBER 7. Bk. 3, p. 177. 1783 - WILLIAM, JR. FROM GEORGE WALTON, Bk. 5, p. 76. 1800 - CAMPBELL FROM MARTHA WALTON. Bk. 9, p. 84. 1807 - CAMPBELL FROM LEVI BLANKENSHIP. Bk. 11, p. 46. 1808 - CAMPBELL FROM HOOD NANCE. Bk. 11, p. 105. 1811 - CAMPBELL FROM WILLIAM MULLINS. Bk. 12, p. 20. 1811 - CAMPBELL et ux TO WILLIAM MULLINS. BK 12, p. 20. 1814 - CAMPBELL et ux TO ANDERSON ELAM. BK 13, p. 54. 1814 - TAVNER TO FRANCIS STOKES. Bk. 13, p. 95. 1824 - CAMPBELL TO JOHN L. PALMER. Bk. 17, p. 35. 1824 - ELIZABETH R. TO JOHN L. PALMER. BK 17, p. 35. 1825 - CAMPBELL FROM MOSES ENDAILY. Bk. 17, p. 117. 1809 - JAMES AND HOOD NANCE APPOINT LEVI NANCE ATTORNEY CONCERNING LAND IN CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES. Bk. A, PP.229 - 231. 1818 - DIVISION OF ESTATE OF HOOD NANCE, DECEASED. JANUARY COURT. CHILDREN: 1) CAMPBELL, 2) POLLY DISMUKES, 3) REBECCA COMER, 4) ELIZABETH WINGO, 5) NANCY GREEN, 6) FRANCES LAWTON, 7) SALLY COMER, 8) LEVY, 9) SUSANNAH STIGALL, 10) LUCY. Bk. 22, PP. 97 - 98. 1787 - 1800 - TAXPAYERS LIST - HOOD NANCE. 1798 - CAMPBELL NANCE ON TAXPAYERS LIST. MARRIAGES 1785 FRANCIS TO GEORGE COMBS, NOVEMBER 12. WM. NANCE SEC. 1808 LEVY TO JUDITH LIGON (DAU. OF THOMAS LIGON), DECEMBER 3. 1809 ELIZABETH TO HORATIO MITCHELL WINGO, OCTOBER 3. 1838 NANCY TO WILLIAM GREEN, NOVEMBER 13. 1810 CENSUS CAMPBELL NANCE 26/45, 1 MALE 5/10, 1 FEMALE 16/26. 1820 CENSUS CAMPBELL NANCE 26/45, 1 FEMALE 26/45, 4 FEMALES 5/10. ELIZABETH NANCE (WIDOW), OVER 45, 1 FEMALE 16/26, 1 FEMALE 26/45. --------------------------------------------------- DINWIDDIE COUNTY (FORMED IN 1752 FROM PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY) 1765 - MARCH 18 DEED. PETER NANCE AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, OF DINWIDDIE CO. TO ALEXANDER GIBBS OF PRINCE GEORGE CO. FOR œ70 CURRENT MONEY ...100 ACRES WEREON PETER NANCE NOW DWELLS ...IN BENJAMIN DABNEY'S LINE ...RICHARD NANCE'S LINE ...BY THE CAT TAIL TO EPPES LINE ...ALONG GRAVELY RUN. WIT: p. McQUAID, STEPHEN DANCE, THOS. CARDWELL. 1782 - FREDERICK NANCE ON VA. TAX LIST. 1819 - MARRIAGE BOND - MARY NANCE TO JOEL HITCHCOCK. 1820 CENSUS WILLIAM NANCE, 1 MALE 26/45, 1 FEMALE 26/45. REBECCA NANCE, 26/45, 1 MALE 10/12, 1 FEMALE 5/10, 1 FEMALE 10/16. 1830 CENSUS WILLIAM NANCE, 50/60, 1 FEMALE 50/60. REBECCA NANCE, 30/40, 1 FEMALE 0/5, 1 FEMALE 5/10. --------------------------------------------------- ESSEX COUNTY 1720 - OCTOBER 15 - JOHN NANCE WITNESSED AND PROBATED WILL OF MARY SHEPPEY (WIDOW). 1722/3 - JANUARY 15 - JOHN NANCE GIVEN LICENSE TO KEEP AN "ORDINARY" AT HIS DWELLING HOUSE AND THAT HE WILL PROVIDE WHOLESOME AND CLEAN LODGING AND "DYET" FOR TRAVELLERS AND "STABALAGE", FODDER AND PROVENDER OR PASTURAGE AS THE SEASON SHALL REQUIRE FOR THEIR HORSES. SHALL NOT SUFFER UN-LAWFUL GAMING NOR ON THE SABBATH SUFFER ANY TO TIPPLE OR DRINK MORE THAN IS NECESSARY - FOR 1,000 POUNDS OF TOBACCO. SECURITY - JOHN MOTHEY AND RALPH ROWZE. 1722 - OCTOBER 16 BOND OF JOHN NANCE AS GUARDIAN OF BENJAMIN ROWZE. 1728/9 - JOHN NANCE RECEIVES LEGACY IN WILL OF DR. HENRY OSWALD. 1731 - FEBRUARY 22 WILL OF JOHN NANCE TO WIFE MARY AND GOD-SON NANCE HENRY MOTHEY AND ELIZABETH GAINES. PROBATED 21 MARCH 1731. WIT: D. GAINES, THOMAS TILLER, EDW. HEWES. EXECUTOR: WIFE. 1739 - APRIL COURT - NANCE VS. ROY. JOHN NANCE POSSESSED OF THE SLAVE IN QUESTION AND OTHERS, BY HIS WILL OF 1731, GIVES TO HIS WIFE ALL HIS ESTATE BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND MAKES HER HIS SOLE EXECUTRIX. AFTERWARDS HE DEVISES A WAY A NEGRO GIRL AND OTHER SMALL LEGACIES, BUT MAKES NO FURTHER DISPOSITION OF THE ESTATE GIVEN HIS WIFE. THE WIFE IS DEAD, HAVING IN HER LIFETIME GIVEN THE NEGRO IN QUESTION TO A PERRY, FROM WHICH THE DEFENDENT PURCHASED SAID SLAVE. THE PLAINTIFF SAYS HE IS HEIR OF LAW OF THE TESTATOR. (FROM COLONIAL DECISIONS BY BARTON, VOL. II, p. 279. NO MENTION MADE OF GIVEN NAME OF PLAINTIFF NANCE NOR HIS RELATIONSHIP TO JOHN NANCE.) ---------------------------------------------------