PART 3 SOME ALLIED FAMILIES & PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR CHILDREN'S ANCESTORS --------------------------------------------------- {NOTE: PHOTOGRAPHS NOT AVAILABLE IN COMPUTERIZED VERSION - MN} --------------------------------------------------- LIST OF PHOTOGRAPH NOT SHOWN: 1. CARY WHITAKER POPE (B. 1782/83 - GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, SEE POPE FAMILY. 2. JUDITH EMILY "POPE" NANCE, HUSBAND THOMAS CLINTON NANCE, MADE 1838 - SEE POPELINEAGE, ALSO BK. IV - NANCE FAMILY. 3. SEATED: ROBERT MACK NANCE, MARTHA JANE "MATHIS" NANCE, CHILDREN - BACK ROW: THOMAS ARTHUR, MARTIN LUTHER, KELCIE, JASPER DeWITT, FRONT ROW: GERTIE, ROBERT LEE, DELLA MAE, PICTURE MADE BEFORE THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA OLA & MARTHA. (SEE OPOE LINEAGE) (NANCE BK. IV) 4. CATHERINE "GORE HOFFMAN, (1822 - 1895), (WIDOW OF NATHANIEL HOFFMAN) 5. WHITFIELD MOORE (1820 - 1900), SEE MOORE LINEAGE 6. GEORGE DOUGLAS HOFFMAN (1851 - 1922), SEE HOFFMAN LINEAGE 7. MARY CATHERINE "MOORE" HOFFMAN 1857 - 1946), DAUGHTER - MERLE, SEE MOORE LINEAGE. 8. JOHN WADDELL TOMLINSON - WIFE, PARMELIA JANE (GIBBONS) TOMLINSON. 9. DAUGHTERS OF JOHN PARMELIA (GIBBONS) TOMLIONSON, LEFT - BELIEVED TO BE LAURA, RIGHT - FANNIE RICE (TOMLINSON) COWAN - MARRIED XENOPHEN COWAN. 10. XENOPHEN COWAN 1854 - 1923. 11. CHILDREN OF JAMES & ELIZABETH "COWAN" HOFFMAN, L.R. - ELIZABETH, MARIAM, JAMES, BEN. GRANDCHILDREN OF XENOPHEN & FANNIE COWAN. 12. FLORENCE ELIZABETH "SMITH" NANCE, (1879 - 1960) (MD. 1899). 13. MARTIN LUTHER NANCE (1876 - 1946) 14. ELIZABETH CAROLINE "COWAN" HOFFMAN (1891 - 1925) 15. JAMES HOGG HOFFMAN (1890 - 1948) 16. JAMES MARTIN NANCE (1944), CHARLES MARTIN NANCE (1965), VIOLET DENTON "WEST" NANCE (1944) 17. ROBERT HOFFMAN NANCE (1945), ROBERT DOUGLAS NANCE (1966), CAROLYN KAY ROBERSON (1947), SEE ROBERSON LINEAGE. 18. WILLIAM SMITH NANCE (1945) 19. LINDA SUE (SUSIE) NANCE (1952) 20. SEATED: XENOPHEN COWAN (1854), FANNIE RICE "TOMLINSON" COWAN (1861), CHILDREN: (LEFT TO RIGHT), THOMAS LINCOLN (1880), ELIZABETH CAROLINE (1891). XENOPHEN JR. (1887), CATIE (1885), WILLIAM EDWARD (1889), JOHN STUART (1882); BACK: (AUNT) CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE WAS BORN A TOMLONSON SLAVE. WHEN SHE WAS OFFERED HER FREEDOM AT THE TIME OF EMANCIPATION, SHE PREFERRED TO REMAIN WITH THE TOMLINSON CHILDREN TILL DEATH.) (PHOTO MADE 1893) --------------------------------------------------- PART III CONTENTS SOME ALLIED FAMILIES SECTION I - AMERICAN ALLIED FAMILIES CHAPTER I - THE POPE FAMILY (LINEAGE AND RECORDS) CHAPTER II - THE McKINNIE (MACKQUINNEY) FAMILY (LINEAGE AND RECORDS) CHAPTER III - THE WHITAKER, CARY, ELTONHED, AND GOUGH FAMILIES. CHAPTER IV - THE MATHIS, RAY, AND JEANS FAMILIES. CHAPTER V - SMITH, KILLINGSWORTH AND GAFFNEY FAMILIES. CHAPTER VI - THE HOFFMAN, MOORE, COWAN, REED, EPPES, TOMLINSON, GIBBONS, AND CALVERT FAMILIES. CHAPTER VII - THE CASTO, WEST, AND ROBERSON FAMILIES. SECTION II - BRITISH AND EUROPEAN FAMILIES. CHAPTER VIII - BOUCHIER AND BOHUN FAMILIES. CHAPTER IX - MAGNA CHARTA BARONS AND ROYAL FAMILIES. --------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE WITH NANCE DESCENDANTS, THE COMPILER HAS DISCOVERED THAT OTHER NANCES SHARE SOME OF THESE SAME FAMILIES AS COMMON ANCESTORS. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT MANY MORE NANCE DESCENDANTS COULD PROBABLY TRACE THEIR ANCESTRY TO ONE OR MORE OF THESE ALLIED FAMILIES. FOR THIS REASON I HAVE INCLUDED MY ALLIED FAMILIES IN HOPE THAT SOME JOINT EFFORT MAY BE FORMED IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE A MORE THROUGH RESEARCH ON SOME OF THESE. MOST OF THE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THIS PORTION OF THE NANCE REGISTER HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES. 1. "ANCESTRAL ROOTS OF 60 COLONISTS WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN 1623 - 1650" BY FREDERICK LEWIS WEIS, 1950. SUPPLEMENT 1952. 2. "THE MAGNA CHARTA SECURITIES 1215" BY ARTHUR ADAMS AND FREDERICK LEWIS WEIS. 1955. 3. "A CAROLINA- VIRGINIA GENEALOGY" BY YORK WILSON. 1962 4. "OUR CHILDREN'S ANCESTORS" BY SARAH CANTEY WHITAKER ALLEN. 1935. 5. "ANCESTRAL RECORDS AND PORTRAITS" BY GRAFTON. VOL. I. 6. "SOME PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILIES" BY PEQUET de BELLET. VOL. II. 7. "HILLS OF WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA" BY LODWICK HILL. 8. OFFICIAL COURT RECORDS. --------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER I THE POPE FAMILY GEN. I - WILLIAM POPE, WIFE MARIE CHILDREN: 1) WILLIAM (B. 15 AUGUST 1662) 2) HENRY (B. 30 NOVEMBER 1663) MD. SARAH WATTS (SEE GEN. II) 3) ALSE (FEMALE) (B. AUGUST 1667) 4) JOHN (B. 6 AUGUST 1670) GEN. II - HENRY POPE (B. 30 NOVEMBER 1663 - D. 1728) MD. SARAH WATTS, DAUGHTER OF JOHN WATTS AND ALICE ENGLISH (DAUGHTER OF JOHN ENGLISH. SEE WATTS AND ENGLISH WILLS) CHILDREN: 1) WILLIAM 2) HENRY 3) RICHARD 4) JACOB MD. MORNING POPE, COUSIN 5) JOHN MD. MOURNING McKINNIE (SEE GEN. III AND McKENNIE FAMILY) 6) MARY MD. ? WILLIAMS 7) JANE MD. ? BRASSOLE 8) JOSEPH 9) MORNING 10) THOMAS 11) SAMUEL --------------------------------------------------- GEN. III - JOHN POPE MD. MOURNING McKINNIE, DAUGHTER OF COL. BARNABY AND MARY McKINNIE (FIRST WIFE). SEE McKINNIE FAMILY. CHAPTER II. CHILDREN: 1) HENRY 1ST MD. ?, 2ND MD. TABITH BRADFORD 2) JOHN MD. ELIZABETH "JEFFERYS" BODDIE, WIDOW OF JOHN BODDIE (SEE GEN. IV) 3) WINNIFRED, DIED SINGLE. (SEE WILL) 4) BARNABY MD. ? NORMAN 5) LEWIS 1ST MD. ANN FORT, 2ND MD. JEMINA ? 6) JESSE MD. MARY ? --------------------------------------------------- GEN. IV - JOHN POPE (B. ca1722/23, EDGECOMBE, NORTH CAROLINA - D. AFTER AUGUST 1791, GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA) MD. ELIZABETH "JEFFERYS" BODDIE OF BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, WIDOW OF JOHN BOBBIE (D. GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA), DAUGHTER OF CAPT. SIMON AND ELIZABETH POTTLE JEFFERYS (SHE DAUGHTER OF JOSHUA POTTLE) CHILDREN: 1) OSBORNE (B. GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - D. BEFORE FEBRUARY 1812) SINGLE. 2) JOHN MM ANN WHITAKER (SEE GEN. V) OSBORNE'S WILL MENTIONS BROTHER JOHN. THE FOLLOWING FEMALES WERE ALSO RECIPIENTS AND ARE PROBABLY SISTERS. TEMPERANCE BLACKWELL, JANE NICHOLSON AND PENELOPE WEATHERS. JOHN POPE, WIFE ELIZABETH, DEEDED HIS ENTIRE ESTATE TO OSBORNE POPE, PROBABLY YOUNGEST SON FEBRUARY 1791. WILLED ENTIRE ESTATE TO BE SOLD (EXCEPT SLAVES). PROCEEDS TO BE DIVIDED TO ABOVE FOUR. THUS I BELIEVE THESE WERE SISTERS. PN GEN. V - JOHN "PARSON" POPE (B. 11 JULY 1762, GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - D. 1829, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE) 1ST MD. ANN WHITAKER (SEE WHITAKER AND CARY FAMILIES), DAUGHTER OF RICHARD WHITAKER AND ELIZABETH CARY, 2ND MD. 21 FEBRUARY 1798, GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ANN LUCAS CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE: 1) CARY WHITAKER MD. ? (SEE GEN. VI) 2) THOMAS (B. BEFORE 1794, NORTH CAROLINA) 3) CHARLES (B. BEFORE 1794, NORTH CAROLINA) 4) JOHN WHITAKER (B. 1 OCTOBER 1793, NORTH CAROLINA - D. 6 NOVEMBER 1839) MD. 29 APRIL 1823, ELIZABETH W. CAMPBELL. 5) WINGFIELD (MALE, B. BEFORE 1794, NORTH CAROLINA) 6) JERIMIAH (B. BEFORE 1794) MD. 5 APRIL 1914, POLLY SIMMS 7) MARTHA (B. BEFORE 1794, NORTH CAROLINA) MD. 15 APRIL 1815, FANDALL CRUMP. CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE: 8) WINNIFRED (B. 30 NOVEMBER 1798, NORTH CAROLINA - D. 8 JULY 1835, MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE) MD. 27 FEBRUARY 1823, THOMAS JONES PARHAM. WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 9) AMARILLA (B. 1810 - D. 1834) MD. 9 MARCH 1828, WILLIAM BAUGH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 10) CANDICE MD. 25 MAY 1830, MATTHEW W. DeGRAFFENNED, WILLIAMSON COUNTY. 11) ELIZABETH MD. ? ANDREWS 12) JANE C. DIED SINGLE, WILL PROBATED 1833. 13) GUSTAVIUS, WILL PROBATED 1844, NO MENTION OF WIFE OR CHILDREN. 14) WILLIAM ROUSE 15) MARY C. (SINGLE 1834) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. VI - CARY WHITAKER POPE (B. ca1783, GRANVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - D. ? WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE) MD. ?. LIVED ON BUFFLO RIVER. CHILDREN: 1) BETSY MD. CLAYTON THORPE 2) MARTHA MD. M. CLEMMONS 3) LEMUEL MD. AGE 45 ?. 4) MARY (POLLY) (B. 1814, GEORGIA) MD. WILEY BIRD NANCE 5) JUDITH EMILY MD. THOMAS CLINTON NANCE (SEE GEN. VII) 6) NANCY, NEVER MARRIED. NOTE: COUNTY RECORDS OF WAYNE, TENNESSEE, PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR ARE UNINDEXED. ACCORDING TO THE 1820 CENSUS, WAYNE COUNTY, THERE WERE TWO OTHER BOYS IN THIS FAMILY. THE ABOVE INFORMATION GIVEN TO ME (PN) BY MY SECOND COUSIN LIZZIE ROGERS OF OLNEY, TEXAS. HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN 1835 AND MUST HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM MOTHER. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. VII - JUDITH EMILY POPE (B. 11 SEPTEMBER 1820, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE - D. 7 OCTOBER 1874, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI) 1ST MD. THOMAS CLINTON NANCE (B. 11 SEPTEMBER 1812, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE - D. 30 DECEMBER 1856, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI), SON OF CAPTAIN BIRD AND SARAH LOUISE "MACK" NANCE. THEY WERE MARRIED 3 MARCH 1838 IN WAYNE COUNTY, 2ND MD. MR. MONROE. CHILDREN ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE. CHILDREN: 1) MARTHA ANN (B. 2 MARCH 1839, TIPPIAH COUNTY - D. 6 JUNE 1924) MD. 16 FEBRUARY 1866, WILLIAM BERRY JOHNSON 2) MARY JANE (B. 8 APRIL 1840 - DIED IN INFANCY) 3) CARY DEWITT (B. 16 FEBRUARY 1842 - KILLED CIVIL WAR), SINGLE. 4) THOMAS L. (B. 3 JANUARY 1844 - KILLED CIVIL WAR), SINGLE. 5) LOUISA PALMARIA (B. 18 JANUARY 1846 - DIED IN YOUTH) 6) LEMUEL JASPER (B. 22 JANUARY 1848 - D. 8 FEBRUARY 1885) MD. 4 NOVEMBER 1868, HANNAH CORDELIA GARRETT 7) WILLIAM (WILLIE) THOMAS (B. 5 OCTOBER 1850 - D. 24 FEBRUARY 1935) MD. 25 JANUARY 1877, JOHN ELLA REEVES 8) ROBERT MACK MD. MATTIE MATHIS (SEE GEN. VIII) 9) SARAH F. (B. 17 OCTOBER 1857 - DIED YOUNG) 10) JOHN WESLEY (B. 8 APRIL 1857) MD. APRIL 1879, LUCY SYDLE OF RED RIVERCTY, TEXAS. MOVED BACK TO MISSISSIPPI. NOTE: FROM FAMILY BIBLE OF THOMAS CLINTON NANCE, OWNED BY MRS. ELIZABETH "NANCE" ROGERS, OLNEY, TEXAS (AGE 90) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. VIII - ROBERT MACK NANCE (B. 25 OCTOBER 1845, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - D. 26 SEPTEMBER 1922, DALLAS, TEXAS, BURIED CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS) MD. 23 DECEMBER 1875, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MARTHA JANE (MATTIE) MATHIS (B. 14 SEPTEMBER 1856, MISSISSIPPI - D. 28 DECEMBER 1903, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, BURIED CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS), DAUGHTER OF ARTHUR THOMAS MATHIS AND MARTHA JEANNES RAY (SEE MATHIS FAMILY) CHILDREN: 1) MARTIN LUTHER NANCE MD. FLORENCE SMITH (SEE GEN. IX) 2) THOMAS ARTHUR (B. 23 JULY 1879, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - D. 1954) MD. 16 DECEMBER 1903, ADDIE FARMER 3) KELCIE (B. 18 JULY 1881, TIPPIAH COUNTY - D. JULY 1932) MD. 9 JANUARY 1907, MARY BRYANLY 4) JASPER D. (B. 11 NOVEMBER 1885, TIPPIAH COUNTY - D. 1965) MD. SARAH LOUISE WOOSLEY 5) GERTHIE (B. 12 AUGUST 1887, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - LIVING 1966) MD. 30 DECEMBER 1908 COLUMBUS "LUMMIE" WHITEMAN. 6) ROBERT LEE (B. 2 DECEMBER 1889, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS - D. 14 DECEMBER 1918) MD. 14 DECEMBER 1910, NELL WADDELL. 7) DELLA MAE (B. 20 MAY 1892, R.R. COUNTY - LIVING 1966) MD. 8 JANUARY 1913, PERRY GARTEN. 8) VIRGINIA OLA (B. 22 SEPTEMBER 1894, R.R. COUNTY) MD. 14 MAY 1922 PERCY PORTER. 9) MARTHA (B. 1 SEPTEMBER 1900, R.R. COUNTY) MD. 7 JUNE 1923, MORRIS BUSBY. 10) LORRENE (B. 24 AUGUST 1883, TIPPIAH COUNTY - FELL IN SPRING AND DROWNED 28 SEPTEMBER 1888, R.R. COUNTY, TEXAS) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. IX - MARTIN LUTHER NANCE SR. (B. 13 SEPTEMBER 1876, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI - D. 2 NOVEMBER 1943, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, BURIED FOREST PARK CEMETERY, SHREVEPORT) MD. 24 MAY 1899 FLORENCE ELIZABETH SMITH (B. 24 OCTOBER 1878, RED RIVER COUNTY, YOU - D. 27 OCTOBER 1960, MONROE, LOUISIANA, BURIED FOREST PARK CEMETERY, SHREVEPORT), DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS SMITH AND MARY KATHERINE KILLINGSWORTH. SHE 2ND MD. A.F. WHITE. CHILDREN ALL BY FIRST MARRIAGE: (SEE SMITH FAMILY) CHILDREN: 1) AMANDA GAFFNEY (B. 1 APRIL 1900, CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS) MD. 26 JULY 1926, BERT EDWARD NETTLES. 2) ROBERT DAVIS NANCE (B. 26 AUGUST 1903, CLARKSVILLE) 1ST MD. 25 NOVEMBER 1923, MARY PONDER, 2ND MD. MARCILLE CALLIHAN, IN 1945. 3) DOUGLAS SMITH (B. 27 JULY 1907, CLARKSVILLE) MD. 11 JUNE 1932, KATHERINE HERRIN. 4) RUSSELL SHULL (B. 22 JULY 1910, HUGO, OKLAHOMA) MD. 30 JUNE 1944, DOROTHY RICHERT, 5) MARTIN LUTHER NANCE JR. (PETE) (B. 22 SEPTEMBER 1913) MD. ELIZABETH ANN HOFFMAN (SEE GEN. X) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. X - MARTIN LUTHER "PETE" NANCE (B. 22 SEPTEMBER 1913, PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS) MD. 22 JANUARY 1937, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, ELIZABETH ANN HOFFMAN (B. 25 NOVEMBER 1915, HAYWORTH, OKLAHOMA), DAUGHTER OF JAMES HOGG HOFFMAN AND ELIZABETH CAROLYN COWAN (SEE HOFFMAN FAMILY) CHILDREN: 1) ELIZABETH ANN (B. 14 SEPTEMBER 1937, SHREVEPORT (CADDO), LOUISIANA), MD. 24 AUGUST 1957, THOMAS JEFFERSON CASTO. (SEE CASTO FAMILY) CHILDREN: A) STEVEN NANCE (B. 9 FEBRUARY 1959) B) NANCI ANN (B. 19 APRIL 1965) 2) JAMES MARTIN (B. 5 JUNE 1944, SHREVEPORT) MD. 3 JULY 1964, VIOLET DENTON WEST. (SEE WEST FAMILY) CHILDREN: A) CHARLES MARTIN (B. 28 FEBRUARY 1965) 3) ROBERT HOFFMAN (B. 14 SEPTEMBER 1945, SHREVEPORT) MD. 23 JUNE 1965, CAROLYN ROBERSON (SEE ROBERSON FAMILY) CHILDREN: A) ROBERT DOUGLAS (B. 4 MARCH 1966) 4) WILLIAM SMITH (B. 14 SEPTEMBER 1945, SHREVEPORT) 5) LINDA SUE (ADOPTED, BORN 10 JULY 1952, SHREVEPORT) --------------------------------------------------- POPE RECORDS FROM HILLS OF WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA. ON LETTER, 22 APRIL 1910, BY DR. GEORGE L. POPE, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY TO MR. JAMES MARTIN, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, WE FIND: "GEN'L JOHN POPE AND ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY MADE A TRIP TO ENGLAND SOME AGO.....THEY HAD A COPY OF THE COAT OF ARMS GRANTED TO SIR THOMAS POPE, GUARDIAN AND CUSTODIAN OF ELIZABETH, AFTERWARDS QUEEN ELIZABETH. THE MOTTO ON IT, "MIKI TIBI", MEANING JUSTICE "TO AND TO YOU". "THE ARMS ARE: TWO CHEVRONS GULES, A CANTON AZURE. CREST: A CUBIT ARM ERECT, HABITED GULES, CUFFED ARGENT, HOLDING IN THE HAND PROPER A PAIR OF SCALES OR MOTTO: MIHI TIBI. THE ARMS GRANTED TO SIR THOMAS: PARTY PER PALE OR AND AZURE, ON A CHEVRON BETWEEN THREE GRYPHON'S HEADS ERASED FLEURS-DE-LIS ALL COUNTERCHANGED. CREST: TWO GRYPHONS ERASED. (FROM A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY FRANCES M. SMITH - ELEANOR LEXINGTON") "ONE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF HENRY VI WAS THOMAS POPE...SIR THOMAS POPE RESIDED WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH DURING HER MINORITY AT HATFIELD HOUSE, AND ....WAS AUTHORIZED BY HER TO DECLINE THE KING OF SWEDEN'S OFFER OF MARRIAGE... REMEMBERED FOR HIS ENDOWMENT OF TRINITY COLLEGE, WHERE HE IS BURIED... THE LEGEND ENGRAVED UPON HIS TOMBSTONE... "WHATEVER YOU WISH UNTOLD TELL NO MAN". "ROBERT PARGITER, OF GRYLWORTH, WILL, 4 FEBRUARY 1557. MY SON WILLIAM AND ANNE, MY WIFE, SHALL HAVE MY FARM, ...WHICH I HOLD BY INDENTURE OF SIR THOMAS POPE, KNIGHT.... LAWRENCE WASHINGTON MY SON-IN-LAW TO BE SUPERVISOR OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. A CENTURY LATER WE FIND THE POPE AND WASHINGTON FAMILIES TRANSPLANTED IN VIRGINIA, HAVING THE SAME FAMILY NAMES, SOCIALLY INTIMATE AND INTERMARRYING. --------------------------------------------------- MARCH 11, 1655, WILLIAM POPE PATENTED 200 ACRES IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA (GRT. BK. 4, P. 31) THE COMPILER THINKS THIS IS AN ERROR. OCTOBER 8, WILLIAM POPE RECEIVED GRANT FOR 190 ACRES IN NANCEMOND COUNTY, ADJOINING CAPT. THOMAS GODWIN'S LAND (GRT. BOOK 4, P. 89) 30 OCTOBER 1662, WILLIAM POPE RECEIVED GRANT FOR 200 ACRES IN NANSEMOND COUNTY (GRT. BK. 4, P. 406) 25 JULY 1665, WILL POPE GRANT FOR 950 ACRES IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY (GRT. BK. 5, P. 114) I FEBRUARY 1706/07, SON WILLIAM SELLS 200 OF THE 950 ABOVE ACRES IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY (ISLE OF WIGHT BOOK 1704-1715, P. 48) WILLIAM POPE WAS PROBABLY A BROTHER OF NATHANIEL POPE WHO APPEARS FREQUENTLY IN EARLY VIRGINIA RECORDS. HE REVISITED ENGLAND IN THE 1690'S, AND DIED IN NANSEMOND COUNTY VERY SOON AFTER RETURNING HOME. REFERENCE TO THIS VISIT AND HIS DEATH APPEAR IN THE NANSEMOND COUNTY RECORDS. THE "SOUTHERN HISTORY ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS, VOL. 6 P. 508" GIVES THE FOLLOWING: "WILLIAM POPE AND MARIE HIS WIFE, THEIR CHILDREN'S NATTIVITTIES CORDED AS FOLLOWETH: WILLIAM POPE, SON OF THE AFORESAID WILLIAM AND MARY WAS BORN THE 15TH OF THE 8TH MONTH 1662; HENRY POPE SONN OF THE AFORESAID WILLIAM AND MARY WAS BORNE THE LAST OF THE 11TH MONTH 1663; ALSE POPE DAUGHTER OF THE AFORESAID WILLIAM & MARY WAS BORNE... OF THE 8TH MONTH 1667; JOHN POPE SONN OF THE AFORESAID WILLIAM AND MARY WAS BORNE 6TH OF THE 8TH MONTH OF 1670." WILLIAM POPE IS RECORDED AS PRESENT AT SEVERAL QUAKER MARRIAGES. WILLIAM POPE THE SON WAS LIVING IN FEBRUARY 1706/7, AS EVIDENCED BY HIS DEED TO THOMAS PRICE, PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO. --------------------------------------------------- WILL OF JOHN WATTS (ISLE OF WIGHT BOOK 1661-1719, P. 386 HEIRS ARE JOHN WATTS, SARAH POPE, THREE YOUNGEST CHILDREN. JOHN WATTS, SON, AND HENRY POPE, SON-IN-LAW, ARE MADE SOLE EXECURORS. PROBATED 9 FEBRUARY 1697/8, MD. 20 JANUARY 1697/8. WILL OF JOHN ENGLISH (ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA) HEIRS ARE: DAUGHTERS, FRANCES ILIS, ELIZABETH CHURCH, ALICE WATTS, MARY SARAH, AND MARTHA ENGLISH. GRANDSONS JOHN ILIS AND JOHN WATTS. SON-IN- LAW JOHN WATTS. JOHN WATTS AND FRANCES ILIS MADE EXECUTORS. MADE 13 AUGUST 1678. PROBATED 9 OCTOBER 1678. 8 FEBRUARY 1685/6. HENRY BOXMAN DEEDS 200 ACRES OF LAND FOR 99 YEARS TO HENRY POPE AND HIS HEIRS (ISLE OF WIGHT DEED BK. 1662-1715, P. 584) 9 JANUARY 1727 - WILL OF WILLIAM FAIRCLOTH, ISLE OF WIGHT BK. 3, P. 96, LEAVES SARAH POPE, WIFE OF HENRY "THE GRINDING TOLE FROM ALL THE CORN SHE BRINGS FOR HER FAMILY'S USE TO THE MILLS DURING HER NATURAL LIFE TO HAVE THAT LIBERTY WHENEVER THE MILL SHALL GRIND". WILL OF HENRY POPE (WILL BK. 3, P. 127, ISLE OF WIGHT, VIRGINIA) I, HENRY POPE BEING AT PRESENT WEAK IN BODY, BUT PERFECT IN SENSE AND RIGHT IN MIND, CALLING TO MIND THAT IT IS ONCE APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN TO DYE, THINK FIT TO MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT WHEREIN I GIVE AND BEQUEATH MY LANDS AND OTHER ESTATE WHICH IT HAS PLEASED ALMIGHTY GOD TO BESTOW UPON ME IN THIS WORLD IN MANNER AND FORM AS FOLLOWETH: ITEM 1. I GIVE UNTO MY SON WILLIAM POPE FIVE SHILLINGS CURRENT MONEY HE HAVING HAD HIS PART BEFORE. ITEM 2. I GIVE UNTO MY SON HENRY POPE FIVE SHILLINGS CURRENT MONEY HE HAVING HAD HIS PART BEFORE. DEED OF GIFT, 3 DECEMBER 1717, ITEM 3. I GIVE UNTO MY SON RICHARD POPE FIVE SHILLINGS, HE HAVING HAD HIS PART BEFORE. DEED OF GIFT, 22 JULY 1717. ITEM 4. I GIVE UNTO MY SON JACOB POPE FIVE SHILLINGS, HE HAVING HAD HIS PART BEFORE. ITEM 5. I GIVE UNTO MY SON JOHN POPE 5 SHILLINGS, HE HAVING HAD HIS PART BEFORE. ITEM 6. I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER, MARY WILLIAMS, ONE COW AND CALF, SHE HAVING HAD HER PART BEFORE. ITEM 7. I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER, JANE BRASSOLE 1 COW AND CALF, SHE HAVING HAD HER PART BEFORE. ITEM 8. I GIVE UNTO MY SON JOSEPH POPE MY TRACT OF LAND UPON BLACK CREEK TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. LIKEWISE TWO COWS, ETC. ITEM 9. I GIVEN UNTO MY DAUGHTER MORNING POPE MY TRACT OF LAND LYING UPON MEHERRIN RIVER ON THE NORTH SIDE UNTO HER AND HER HEIRS FOREVER, ALSO THREE COWS AND CALVES, ETC. ITEM 10. ....SON THOMAS POPE MY PLANTATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MURRATTOCK RIVER... ITEM 11. ....SON SAMUEL POPE MY PART OF A TRACT OF LAND WHICH I SUPPOSE TO BE 300 ACRES ....MADE OVER TO HIM THAT IS IN MY SON JOHN POPES NAME PATENTED ....ALSO MY WILL THAT IF EITHER OF MY THREE YOUNGER SONS DIE WITHOUT HEIR THAT THE OTHERS MY HAVE ALL OF HIS PART. ITEM 12. ...MARY CLOTHER 1 COW AND CALF AT HER FREEDOM FROM MY WIFE. ITEM 13. I ALSO LEAVE UNTO MY SON JOHN POPE MY PART OF THE STOCK OF CATTLE WHICH IS IN HIS HANDS NOW PROVIDED HE WILL PAY HIS TOBACCO THAT I AM BOUND FOR AND HAVE IN POSSESSION FOR MY COUSIN EDWARD AND JOHN POPE AND IF HE SHALL REFUSE THEN TO TURN THE CATTLE INTO MY ESTATE. ITEM 14. I GIVE AND ....MY BELOVED WIFE SARAH POPE ALL THE REST OF MY ESTATE BOTH OUT OF DOORS AND IN DOORS TO HER BEHOOF, AND I APPOINT HER AND MY SON JOHN POPE MY WHOLE AND SOLE EXECUTOR AND EXECUTRIX ...28 MAY 1728. RECORDED 28 OCTOBER 1728. --------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM, JACOB, JOHN AND THOMAS POPE PATENTED LANDS IN 1723 AND 1728, ON SOUTH SIDE OF MORRATUCK RIVER. (LAND BOOK 3, PP. 179, 153, AND 232) JOHN POPE, B. CIRCA 1699; D. INTESTATE, IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1745; MD. MOURNING McKINNIE, D. BETWEEN 1741 AND 1753, DAUGHTER OF COL. BARNABY McKINNIE SR. 1673 - 1740, AND HIS FIRST WIFE MARY. JOHN POPE WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR AND WITHIN EDGECOMBE PRECINCT CHOWAN COUNTY, 16 MAY 1732 (C.R.N.C., VOL 3, P. 417); ON 6 MARCH 1739 WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF PEACE WITH BARNABY McKINNIE, ET AL. (C.R.N.C., VOL 4, P. 346), WAS A CHURCH WARDEN FOR BERTIE COUNTY PRIOR TO 1740 (N.C.H.&G. REG. 2-2-303); WAS ADDED TO LIST OF JURYMEN FOR BERTIE AND EDGECOMBE FEBRUARY 15, 1739/40 (C.R.N.C., VOL 4, P. 521); MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM EDGECOMBE 15 MARCH 1742, 22 JULY 1743, 24 FEBRUARY 1743-4, 15 NOVEMBER 1744, 9 APRIL 1745 (C.R.N.C., VOL 4, PP. 621-2, 723, 774). ON APRIL 1745 JAMES CASTELLAW REPORTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (HOUSE OF BURGESSES) THAT JOHN POPE ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM EDGECOMBE WAS DEAD (C.R.N.C., VOL 4, P. 744) DEED FROM HENRY POPE OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO HIS SON JOHN POPE OF BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (BERTIE COUNTY BOOK B, P. 107), 1726. DEED FROM JOHN TO HIS FATHER HENRY (BERTIE COUNTY BOOK A, P, 162), 15 AUGUST 1722. 1729 - JOHN AND MOURNING POPE SELL WILLIAM BENNETT 200 ACRES OF LAND PATENTED BY JOHN POPE IN 1728. (BOOK "C", P. 136, BERTIE COUNTY) 1741 - AUGUST 19, JOHN POPE SELLS 200 ACRES TO JOHN POPE (NO DOUBT HIS SON) EDGECOMBE COUNTY (HALIFAX COUNTY DEED BOOK 1, P. 396) 1741 - AUGUST 18 - JOHN AND MOURNING POPE DEED 200 ACRES TO AARON ETHERIDGE OF VIRGINIA (HALIFAX COUNTY DEED BOOK 1, P. 398) 1734 - 10 JANUARY - JOHN POPE DEEDS 200 ACRES TO WILLIAM KINCHEN. CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (NEWBERN) DEED BOOK 2, P. 382. --------------------------------------------------- JOHN POPE, SON OF JOHN AND MOURNING POPE, WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF THE PEACE OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY ON 27 JUNE 1746 (C.R.N.C., VOL 4, P. 812), JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, EDGECOMBE COUNTY ON 11 OCTOBER 1749 (IBID, P. 966) AND SHERIFF OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY FOR THE YEARS 1753-1755 (C.R.N.C., VOL 6, P. 211). PORTIONS OF THIS McKINNIE DATA SUBMITTED BY MRS. NANCY FERGUSON, 1312 DIXIE TRAIL, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ALSO A DESCENDANT OF GEORGE NANCE OF WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. SEE PART II, BOOK V, DIVISION I. THE McKINNIE FAMILY GEN. I - MICHAEL MACQUINNEY IN HIS WILL, WHICH WAS WITNESSED BY JEREMIAH EXUM LEFT PROPERTY TO SON JOHN, WIFE ELIZABETH AND "YOUNG SON BARNABY". HIS WILL IS DATED APRIL 15 1686, AND IS RECORDED IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN DEED BK 2 P 254. WILLIAM AND MARY QUART, SER 1 VOL 27 HAS AN ARTICLE ON "THREE EARLY LANDOWNERS OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA: THE THREE BEING JEREMIAH EXUM, MICHAEL MACKQUINNEY, WILLIAM POPE. SOME AUTHORITIES GIVE THE FATHER OF MICHAEL AS "SIR BARNABY McKINNEY" ONE OF THE LORDS OF THE ISLES. THE NAME IS SPELLED MACKINNEY, MACKINNING, MACHINVEN, MACKQUINNEY. LATER IT IS SPELLED McKINNE, MacKINNEY, McKINNIE. THE HISTORICAL SPELLING IS USUALLY McKINNIE. IT IS SAID THE McKINNIES WERE OF THE CLAN McKINNON WHICH MEANS "BELOVED SON" (SEE THE CLANS, SECTS AND REGIMENTS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS, BY FRANK ADAMS). --------------------------------------------------- GEN. II - BARNABAS McKINNE (B. ca1673 - D. 1740, EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA) 1ST MD. MARY ?, 2ND MD. MARY "EXUM" RICKS MURPHY AFTER 1715. HE WAS HER THIRD HUSBAND, SHE BEING TWICE WIDOWED AND THE DAUGHTER OF JUDGE JEREMIAH EXUM. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY LINEAGES PUBLISHED CONCERNING DESCENDANTS OF COL. NARNABY McKINNIE THAT HAVE THE EXUM-LAWRENCE LINES IN THEIR LINEAGES. THE FOLLOWING RECORDS INDICATE THAT COL. BARNABY NcKINNIE WAS MARRIED TWICE, 1ST TO MARY ?, 2ND TO MARY "EXUM" RICKS MURPHY, WIDOW OF JACOB RICKS AND OF WILLIAM MURPHY JR. 1) ISLE OF WIGHT DEED BK. I, P. 341 - BARNABY McKINNIE AND WIFE MARY SIGN DEED 9 DECEMBER 1701. 2) QUAKER RECORDS - JACOB RICKS LIVING IN 1703, 6 MARCH. JACOB RICKS DIED 5 MAY 1703/4. 3) DEED BK. A, P. 594 - REC. 28 APRIL 1715. APPRAISAL OF ESTATE OF WILLIAM MURPHY JR., SIGNED BY MARY MURPHY. COULDN'T HAVE MARRIED BARNABY McKINNIE. 4) ACCOUNT OF SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF WILLIAM MURPHY JR. 22 FEBRUARY 1719/20. SIGNED BY BARNABY McKINNIE AND WIFE, MARY McKINNIE ADMINISTRATORS. (ENGLISH LAW AUTOMATICALLY MADE A NEW HUSBAND CO-ADMINISTRATOR.) 5) ISLE OF WIGHT BK. P. 19, WILL OF ANN EXUM (WIDOW OF JEREMIAH). TO DAUGHTERS ELIZABETH EXUM, MARY McKINNIE, JANE OUTLAND, MOURNING SCOTT, CHRISTIAN NOSWORTHY. GRANDCHILDREN: 1. ANN MURPHY, 2. JEREMIAH LAWRENCE, 3. EXUM SCOTT, 4. RICHARD EXUM OUTLAND. THE AGES OF BARNABY'S CHILDREN INDICATE THAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE CHILDREN WERE OF THE FIRST MARRIAGE. BARNABY McKINNIE'S WILL IS DATED 1737 (COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA VOL. V 25, P. 975) HE PETITIONED VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY IN 1702 FOR PERMISSION TO BUILD A GRIST MILL IN ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, LATER SOUTHHAMPTON COUNTY. AFTERWARD MOVED TO EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN: 1) BARNABY McKINNE JR 2) WILLIAM 3) RICHARD 4) JOHN 5) ROBERT 6) ANN MD. WILLIAM MURPHY 7) MOURNING MD. JOHN POPE (SEE POPE FAMILY) 8) PATIENCE (B. 1715) MD. JOSEPH LANE IN 1730. 9) CHRISTIAN 10) MARY JANE MD. ? BROWN 11) SARAH BARNABY McKINNIE ASSISTANT JUSTICE, GENERAL COURT OYER & TERMINER ASSEMBLED AT EDENTON 1724-26 (COL. REC. VOL. 11, PP. 543, 545, 655), GRAND JUROR 1725 (COL. REC. V 11, P. 583), ASSISTANT JUSTICE 1727 AND 1728 (IDEM. VOL 11, PP. 685, 830), ON VESTRY OF NORTHWEST PARISH OF BERTIE PRECT. (COL. REC. V 25, P. 200), JUSTICE OF GEN. COURT, 1723 (IDEM. V 2, P. 473), IN GEN. ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1734-1735 (IDEM. V 4, P. 115), JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 1739 (IDEM. V 4, P. 346) 1713 - BARNABY McKINNEY PUBLISHED FOR A PATENT TO LAND IN BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (COL. REC. OF NORTH CAROLINA, VOL 2, P. 501) 1729 - 1752 QUIT RENTS, BERTIE PRECINCT. HE PAID FOR 5 YEARS ON 4045 ACRES AND PAID FOR 5 YEARS ON 200 ACRES. DEEDS OF BARNABY McKINNIE 1720/1 - 50 ACRES FROM NATHANIEL AND JEAN HOLLY IN CHOWAN COUNTY (BK. C, NO. 1, P. 271) 1721 - POWER OF ATTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SALE AND RELINQUISH DOWER TO 200 ACRES LAND SOLD JOHN POPE, JULY 1721, ADHERRON SWAMP WHERE JOHN POPE NOW LIVETH. (B.F., P. 185) 1720 - ARTHUR DAVIS AND WIFE TO BARNABUS McKINNE, 640 ACRES (BK. F., NO. 1, P. 42) 1720 - JULY 20 - FROM NATHANIEL AND JEAN HOLLY, 615 ACRES (BK. F., NO. 1, P. 41) TEST SM. MURPHY, DAVID McKINNE 1720 - 350 ACRES FROM ARTHUR DAVIS AND WIFE (BK. C, NO. 1, P. 278) 1720 - SM. MURPHY TO BAR. McKINNE 530 ACRES. (BK. C, NO. 1, P. 277) 1722 - MARCH 28 - DEED GIFT FOR 100 ACRES TO ISAAC RICKS, SON-IN-LAW. (BK. C, NO. 1, P. 272). TEST BARNABY McKINNE JR., R. JACKSON. CHAPTER III THE WHITAKER, CARY, GOUCH, ELTONHED FAMILIES WHITAKER (QUITACRE) TAKEN FROM "ANCESTRAL RECORDS AND PORTRAITS, VOL. I," BY GRAFTON AND A "CAROLINA- VIRGINIA GENEALOGY" BY WILSON. 1962., AND "OUR CHILDRENS' ANCESTRY" BY SARAH CANTEY WHITAKER ALLEN, 1935. GEN. I - THOMAS WHITAKER OF HOLME, ENGLAND, 1431 GEN. II - ROBERT WHITAKER, ESQ. GEN. III - THOMAS QUITACRE OF HOLME (B. 1458 - D. 1529) GEN. IV - RICHARD WHITAKER OF HOLME (LIVING IN BURNLEY 1543) GEN. V - THOMAS WHITAKER (BURIED 22 AUGUST 1598) MD. 1530 ELIZABETH NOWELL (BURIED 18 OCTOBER 1606), DAUGHTER OF JOHN NOWELL ESQ. AND ELIZABETH KAY. GEN. VI - REV. WILLIAM WHITAKER (B. 1548 - D. 4 DECEMBER 1595) 1ST MD. ? CULVERWELL, 2ND MD. THE WIDOW OF DUDLEY FENNER. "THE MOST FAMOUS PURITAN DIVINE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OF HIS DAY". HE WAS DISTINGUISHED AS A PREACHER AND A SCHOLAR. HIS LIBRARY WAS SO LARGE AND WELL SELECTED THAT AT HIS DEATH, QUEEN ELIZABETH DESIRED TO PURCHASE IT. CHILDREN: 1) ALEXANDER (UNMARRIED) WAS IN HENRICO, VIRGINIA IN 1609/10. HE WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO THE COLONIES OF RECORD. CALLED "THE APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS". THERE ARE MANY RECORDS CONCERNING THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE EARLY EPISCOPAL CHURCH HISTORY. HE BAPTIZED POCAHONTAS. PERFORMED HER MARRIAGE CEREMONY TO JOHN ROLFE. 2) RICHARD A. (LEARNED BOOK SELLER AND PRINTER OF LONDON) 3) SAMUEL 4) SUSANNA MD. ? LOTHRUP 5) MARIE MD. ? CLARKE 6) FRANCES 7) JABEZ (SEE GEN. VII) GEN. VII - JABEZ WHITAKER (B. SHORTLY AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH WHICH WAS 4 DECEMBER 1595), MD. MARY BOURCHIER DAUGHTER OF SIR JOHN AND DAME ELIZABETH BOURCHIER (SEE BOURCHIER LINEAGE). HE EMIGRATED TO JAMESTOWN COLONY, VIRGINIA IN 1620/21 ACCORDING TO THE VIRGINIA COMPANY RECORDS. JUNE 23, 1620 REFERENCE TO JABEZ WHITAKER IN VIRGINIA CO.'S RECORDS. "HEE HAVEINGE RECEAVED NOTICE OF THE GOOD CARRIAGE OF SOME PSONNS IN VIRGINIA WAS SPECIALLY TO RECOMMEND UNTO THEM ONE M'IABEZ WHITTAKERS LEIVETENNAT OF THE COMPANIES MEN WHO HAD GIVEN A GOOD ACCOUMPT OF THE TRUST REPOSED IN HIM." (RECS. OF THE VIRGINIA CO., VOL. i, P. 370) "FFOR SO MUCH AS ITT APPEARED Y M WHITTAKERS HAD OBEYED THE COMPANIES ORDERS IN BUILDINGE A GUESTHOUSE FOR ENTERTAYNMENT OF SICKE PSONNS AND FOR Y RELEIFE AND COMFORTE OF SUCH CASES AS CAME WEAKE FROM SEA AND HAD ALLSO BEGUNN TO PLANT VINES, CORNE AND SUCH GOOD COMODITIES AND RAYLED IN 100 ACRES OF GROUND, ITT WAS MOVED Y THE COURT WOULD PLEASE TO BESTOWE SOME REWARD OPPON HIM FOR HIS BETTER ENCOURRAGMENT IN SOE GOOD A COURSE. WHEREOPPO ITT WAS AGREED AND ORDERED THAT HEE SHOULD HAVE TWO BOYES SENT HIM WHEN THE COMP SHALBE ABLE AND THAT THE REWARD OF TOBACCO ALLOWED HIM BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA SHALL BE CONFIRMED ONTO HIM." (RECS. OF THE VIRGINIA CO., VOL. i PP. 508-513) BRUCE (IN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, VOL i, P. 216) SAYS THAT THIS REFERENCE TO JABEZ WHITAKER'S RAILED LAND IS THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE USE OF THE "RAIL FENCE" NOW SO WELL KNOWN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES, WHICH MET MARCH 5, 1623-1624, AND A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL 1626. HE HAD AT LEAST ONE CHILD, AS IS SHOWN BY THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION FROM RECORDS OF VIRGINIA CO., VOL ii, P. 50, JUNE 19 1622. "SIR JOHN BOURCHIER'S REQUEST BY LETTER FOR HIS SONN WHITTAKERS RETURNE FOR ENGLAND WHO (AS HE SAITH) INTENDETH NOT TO STAYE HERE ANY LONGER FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILD, WHOM HE MEANS TO LEAVE BEHIND HIM, THAN HE CAN FURNISH HIMSELFE WITH NECESSARIES". --------------------------------------------------- GEN. VIII - CAPTAIN WILLIAM WHITAKER (B. ENGLAND - D. AFTER 1662 IN VIRGINIA). HE FIRST APPEARS AS "VIEWER OF TOBACCO CROPS." WARWICK RIVER COUNTY, 1639. FROM 1649 - 1659 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES AT ALL OF ITS MEETINGS FROM JAMES CITY COUNTY. HE SERVED ON SEVERAL OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT COMMITTEES. IN 1659 HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. HE IS REFERRED TO AS LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, 1655, AND AS CAPTAIN 1658, AND LATER. THERE ARE LAND- GRANTS TO HIM IN JAMES CITY COUNTY, JUNE 5, 1656, NINETY ACRES; AND MARCH 16, 1662, NINETY ACRES. HE REFERRED TO AS AN EARLY RESIDENT OF MARTIN'S HUNDRED, AND AS SPONSOR FOR EDWARD THRUSTON'S SON, DECEMBER, 1668. A WILLIAM WHITAKER IS GRANTED FOUR HUNDRED ACRES, PART IN JAMES CITY COUNTY AND PART IN YORK COUNTY, APRIL 20, 1689. ONLY ONE SON KNOWN. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. IX - RICHARD WHITAKER RECEIVED LAND GRANT OF 135 ACRES 28 OCTOBER 1666 AND STOOD SPONSOR FOR A THRUSTON CHILD. RICHARD WHITAKER WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES, NOVEMBER, 1685, 1688; APRIL, 1691, AND SEPTEMBER 1696 FROM WARWICK COUNTY; A CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICER OF WARWICK COUNTY, 1680, AND SHERIFF OF WARWICK COUNTY, 1696. IN 1676 HE WAS DENOUNCED BY NATHANIEL BACON AS BEING ONE OF THE SUPPORTERS OF GOVERNOR BERKELEY. ONLY ONE SON KNOWN: --------------------------------------------------- GEN. X - JOHN WHITAKER (LIVED IN WARWICK COUNTY - D. BEFORE 1750) MD. MARTHA GOUGH (SEE GOUGH FAMILY). SHE LATER IN 1750 MD. JOHN DREWERY. CHILDREN: 1) RICHARD MD. ELIZABETH CARY (B. 1696) (SEE CARY FAMILY) 2) GOUGH MD. MARTHA CARY 3) JOHN MD. OLIVE TAYLOR 4) ROBERT MD. SARAH ? 5) JAMES MD. MARY ? 6) WILLIAM 7) DUDLEY 8) MARTHA MD. THOMAS CARY JR. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XI - RICHARD WHITAKER (LEFT WILL DATED 8 OCTOBER 1789, PROBATED NOVEMBER 1797) MD. ELIZABETH CARY (SEE CARY FAMILY). CHILDREN FROM WILL. CHILDREN: 1) JOHN 2) CARY MD. PENELOPE CARTER, DAUGHTER OF KINDRED CARTER. 3) RICHARD MD. NANCY PEETE 4) ANN MD. JOHN POPE (SEE POPE FAMILY AND GEN. XII) 5) MARY 6) ELIZABETH CARY WHITAKER ALSO NAMED ONE GRANDSON IN WILL - WILSON WHITAKER CARTER --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XII - ANN WHITAKER MD. JOHN PARSON POPE (SEE POPE FAMILY, GEN. V) --------------------------------------------------- CARY GENEALOGY FROM "SOME PROMINENT VIRGINIA FAMILIES", VOL II, BY PEQUET de BELLET. "THE FIRST OF THE NAME ON RECORD WAS ADAM CARYE, OF CARYE CASTLE IN DEVON, ENGLAND, ESQ., WHO LIVED IN 1208 AND MARRIED AMY, DAUGHTER OF SIR WILLIAM TREWIT, KNIGHT. THE DEVONSHIRE HERALD'S VISITATIONS OF 1620 GIVES FOURTEEN GENERATIONS OF HIS DESCENDANTS. HIS GRANDSON'S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON WAS SIR JOHN CARYE, KNIGHT, CHIEF BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER IN THE REIGN OF KING HENRY IV, WHO WAS BANISHED INTO IRELAND FOR POLITICAL OFFENSES. HIS SON, SIR ROBERT CARYE WAS A FAVORITE OF KING HENRY V. `IN HIS TIME CAME OUT OF ARAGON A LUSTY GENTLEMAN OF ENGLAND, AND CHALLENGED TO DO FEITES OF ARMY WITH ANY ENGLISH GENTLEMAN WITHOUT EXCEPTION. THIS ROBERT CARYE HEARING THEREOF, MADE SUITE FORTHWITH TO THE PRINCE, THAT HE MIGHT ANSWER THE CHALLENGE ...AT THE TIME AND DAY PREFIXED BOTH PARTIES AND DID PERFORM SUNFRIE FEITES OF ARMS, BUT IN THE END ROBERT DID GIVE THE FOILS AND OVERTHROW THE ARAGON KNIGHT, DISARMED AND SPOILED HIM. THIS SO WELL PLEASED THE PRINCE THAT HE RECEIVED HIM UNTO GREAT FAVOR, CAUSED HIM TO BE RESTORED TO THE MOST PART OF HIS FATHER'S LANDS AND WILLED HIM, ALSO FOR A PERPETUAL MEMORIE OF HIS VICTORIE, THAT HE SHOULD HENCEFORTH GIVE THE SAME ARMS, AS THE ARAGON KNIGHT, WHICH BOTH HE AND ALL HIS SUCCESSORS TO THIS DAY ENJOYED WHICH IS - ARGENT, ...BEND SABLE, THREE ROSES ARGENT - FOR BEFORE THEY DID BEAR BULES CHEVRON ENTRIES, THREE SWANS ARGENT.' (REF. "VISITATION OF DEVON". 1620)" "THE ARMS OF THE CARYS OF BRISTOL AND VIRGINIA ARE IDENTICAL WITH THOSE OF SIR ROBERT CARY, OF DEVON, JUST REFERRED TO. THERE IS A TRADITION IN VIRGINIA THAT SIR HENRY CARY, KNIGHT, A ROYALIST LEADER, WHO WENT INTO EXILE AFTER THE DEFEAT OF CHARLES I, CAME TO VIRGINIA AND SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF MILES HAVE CLAIMED DESCENT FROM HIM." "DESCENDED FROM ADAM CARYE, ABOUT THE TENTH GENERATION, WAS: WILLIAM CARY, LORD MAYOR OF BRISTOL, BORN ABOUT 1490. HE WAS MADE SHERIFF OF BRISTOL IN 1532, AND MAYOR IN 1546, AND WAS BURIED IN ST. NICHOLAS PARISH, BRISTOL. MARCH 28, 1572. MD. 1ST ?, HAD TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS: CHILDREN: 1) RICHARD CARY, OF BRISTOL 2) WILLIAM CARY, OF LONDON 3) AGNES, MD. 1543 HUMPHREY COOPER, 2ND MD. THOMAS DICKINSON 4) ANNE MD. WILLIAM LACY BY HIS SECOND WIFE, ?, HE HAD A SON RICHARD CARY THE YOUNGER WHO DIED (S.P.) IN 1569. --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XI - RICHARD CARY (THE ELDER), SON OF WILLIAM, WAS A MERCHANT OF BRISTOL, BURIED AT ST. NICHOLAS, JUNE 17, 1570, 1ST MD. ANNE, HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS AND: 1) RICHARD (B. 1542), NO RECORDS 2) WILLIAM MD. THREE TIMES (SEE GEN. XI) 2ND MD. JOAN, SISTER OF ROBERT HALTES CHAMBERLAIN, OF BRISTOL, HAD 5 DAUGHTERS AND: 3) CHRISTOPHER, SHERIFF OF BRISTOL IN 1612 4) RICHARD (BORN AND DIED IN 1591) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XII - WILLIAM CARY (BAPTIZED AT ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH 4 OCTOBER 1550 - BURIED AT ST. NICHOLAS 1 MARCH 1632), MERCHANT OF BRISTOL, SHERIFF OF BRISTOL, 1599; MAYOR OF BRISTOL, 1611; WAS MARRIED THE TIMES. 1ST MD. ELIZABETH ?. CHILDREN: 1) WILLIAM CARY (B. 1576 - D. 1638) TWO SONS 2) RICHARD 3) JOHN (SEE GEN. XIII) CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE, ALICE GOODWIN, TWO DAUGHTERS AND SONS 4) WALTER (B. 1588 - D. 1634) 5) ROBERT (B. 1589) 6) THOMAS (B. 1596) MD. JOAN WILNER 7) JAMES MD. ELINER HACOKINS AND MOVED TO CHARLESTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1639. CHILDREN BY THIRD WIFE, MARY, DAUGHTER OF GREGORY LEWELLYN OF SOMERSET 8) HENRY (B. 1625) --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XIII - JOHN CARY OF BRISTOL, (BAPTIZED AT ST. NICHOLAS, APRIL 10, 1583) MD. ALICE HOBSON, DAUGHTER OF HENRY HOBSON, ALDERMAN AND MAYOR OF BRISTOL, AND HIS WIFE ALICE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM DAVIS. CHILDREN: 1) HENRY 2) MATTHEW 3) RICHARD 4) MYLES (SEE GEN. XIV) 5) ALICE 1ST MD. THOMAS HAGMAN, 2ND MD. WILLIAM PAYNE 6) HONORE 7) MARY --------------------------------------------------- IT IS WELL HERE TO CORRECT SOME STATEMENTS MADE REGARDING THE CARY FAMILY IN "AMERICAN FAMILY ANTIQUITIES", BY WELLESLY, PRESENTING SOME FACTS WHICH CAN BE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE RECORDS OF WARWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. IN SEPTEMBER 1851, MR. EGGLESTON FOUND ON A FARM CALLED "BENSALLS", NEAR WARWICK INN, THEN OCCUPIED BY MR. LUCAS, A DILAPIDATED TOMBSTONE IN FIVE FRAGMENTS. PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER, IT WAS FOUND TO BEAR A COAT-OF-ARMS AND THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION: `HERE LYETH YE BODY OF MILES CARY, ESQ. ONLY SON OF JOHN CARY AND ALICE HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF HENRY HOBSON OF YE CITY OF BRISTOL. ALDERMAN, HE WAS BORN IN YE CITY AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 1667, ABOUT THE FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF HIS AGE, LEAVING FOUR SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS (VIZ:) THOMAS, ANN, HENRY, BRIDGET, ELIZABETH, MILES AND WILLIAM.' THE WILL OF "MYLES CARY" (RECORDED IN BOOK A, P. 448, JUNE 21ST 1667) CORROBORATES THE STATEMENT OF THE EPITAPH. THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE ORIGINAL COLONIST IS REPRESENTED ON ARTICLES HANDED DOWN FROM EARLY DAYS, WITH THIS MOTTO: "SINE DEO CAREO." GEN. XIV - MILES CARY, ESQ. (B. 1620 - D. 1667) CAME TO VIRGINIA IN 1640 OR 1646 AND SETTLED IN WARWICK COUNTY WHERE HE MARRIED ANNE, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS TAYLOR, ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS. HE LIVED ON AN ESTATE KNOWN AS "MAGPIE SWAMPS", OBTAINED FROM HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, CAPT. TAYLOR, WHICH HE DEVISED TO HIS SON, THOMAS CARY. HE MENTIONED IN HIS WILL TWO HOUSES IN ENGLAND, PRESUMABLY IN BRISTOL, ONE ON BALDWIN STREET, THE OTHER IN ST. NICHOLAS STREET, TO BE SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS DAUGHTERS. HE OWNED TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND, WELL STOCKED; NUMEROUS SLAVES, A MILL AND A STORE. HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN IN 1645 TO 1666: CHILDREN: 1) THOMAS CARY MD. ANNE MILNER (SEE GEN. XV) 2) ANNE CARY 3) HENRY CARY (B. 1650 - D. 1720) 4) BRIDGET CARY 5) ELIZABETH CARY MARRIED EMANUEL WILLIS 6) MILES CARY (B. 1656 - D. 1708/09) MD. MARY WILSON 7) WILLIAM CARY --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XV - THOMAS CARY OF MAGPIE SWAMP (B. AFTER 1645 - D. 1708) MD. ANNE MILNER, DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS MILNER. HIS WILL IS IN BOOK 1, P. 23. CHILDREN: 1) THOMAS (SEE GEN. XVI) 2) JAMES 3) MILES 4) ELIZABETH --------------------------------------------------- GEN. XVI - THOMAS CARY, THE "ELDER" OF WARWICK COUNTY (B. 1670 OR 1690 - D. 1764) WILL IN BOOK O, P. 488. CHILDREN: 1) THOMAS (BOOK E, 1774) 2) ELIZABETH MD. RICHARD WHITAKER (SEE GEN. XII, WHITAKER FAMILY) 3) A DAUGHTER, MD. G. WHITAKER.