WEATHERFORD Agnes

Notes:

Died:
Death : died shortly after the birth of her child who was raised by her sister Eunice McDowell

Agnes married CUMBEY Thomas on 12 Jan 1804 in Halifax County, Virginia. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: Jim Haney's Mom has his will
• Alt. Birth: 1735
• Religion: 1761; Began to Preach
• Religion: 1773, Chesterfield County, VA; Jailed for Preaching

Notes:

Rev. John was the son of Major Weatherford, b. 09 Jun 1700 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent, VA and d. 01 Aug 1774 in Lunenburg,
County, VA. He married 26 May 1740 in Lunenburg, Mary Edwards. Major was the son of another William Weatherford & Susanna Waller.

Major son of William, son of John, son of Thomas, son of William
More info if you need it.

Mary Ellen Ahlstrom
meahlstrom@aol.com


Family Bible says he was in his 98th year when he died

Children, Sex, Birth
Drusilla Weatherford F 13 Aug 1767
John William Weatherford M 1774 in Albermarle Cty, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Weatherford F 1778 in Virginia, USA
Agnes Weatherford F 1780 in Virginia, USA
Louisa Weatherford F 1782 in Virginia, USA
Charles Anderson Weatherford M 1783 in Bedford, Virginia, USA
Martha Patsy Weatherford F 1784 in Virginia, USA
William W Weatherford M 1786 in Charlotte, Virginia, USA
Eunice A Weatherford F 1788 in Albermerle, Virginia, USA

Weatherford Baptist Church in Richmond named and dedicated to him

This state historical marker is found on VA 640 just south of the VA 57 intersection, at the entrance to Shockoe Baptist Church.

One of Pittsylvania County 's most significant roles in American history is that of a birthplace of religious freedom. Before the American Revolution the Anglican Church was tax-supported, and "dissenting" Christian groups were discouraged and often persecuted. The dissenting Baptists found fertile ground for church-planting and church growth in Pittsylvania County, thanks to the efforts of such men as Dutton Lane, who founded Virginia's first Separate Baptist church here in 1760. Samuel Harris of Pittsylvania, a former Anglican vestryman, member of the House of Burgesses, and Colonel of the militia, became the leading figure in the Baptist movement in Virginia. Because of the depth of Baptist sentiment in Pittsylvania, it is understandable that this county became home to the beloved Baptist preacher John Weatherford during his last 10 years. Weatherford had suffered more persecution than most for his preaching, carrying scars to the grave. While imprisoned for preaching in 1773 in Chesterfield County, he had continued to preach to large crowds through the jail window, his hands extended through the bars. His extended hands proved a tempting target for knife-wielding ruffians who slashed his hands.
Eventually Patrick Henry secured Weatherford's release from jail, and paid his fines, acts for which Weatherford was ever after deeply grateful. (When Weatherford sent 5 pounds currency to Henry in payment for his services, it was returned.) Henry's admiration for the Baptists greatly affected his own personal philosophy and devotion and also his public life. (Later, in 1787-88, Henry apparently experienced a deep Christian conversion experience during a revival which spread from Hampden-Sydney College, and became an active personal evangelist during his later years.) It is through the influence of first Patrick Henry and later Thomas Jefferson that the principles of religious freedom became foundational to the U.S. Constitution.
In 1872 Chatham physician Dr. William White recalled that as a boy he had attended Weatherford's funeral 39 years earlier and seen the famous Chesterfield County scars. He said, "I was barely tall enough to look into the coffin. The hands of the veteran minister lay ungloved upon his breast with palms downward. I saw white and rigid seams extending across the back of each hand…."
For many years the grave of John Weatherford lay neglected and almost forgotten. Area Baptists in 1906 erected a monument nearby in the Shockoe Baptist church graveyard (Weatherford served as Shockoe's pastor during his last years), eloquently stating:
"Elder John Weatherford, Baptist Minister. Born in Charlotte County 1740. Lay in jail in Chesterfield County in 1773 five months for preaching. Moved to Halifax in 1813; to Pittsylvania in 1823; died January 23, 1833.
"Erected in 1906 by Churches of the Roanoke Association.
"A sufferer for Conscience Sake.
"An Earnest and Faithful Minister of the Gospel."
A state marker was placed on the nearest roadside in 1959. The grave itself, about a quarter of a mile west of Shockoe Church, is now maintained by the church.
John Weatherford again proved to be an endearing character in June 1987 as played by Col. Joseph H. Cosby (President Emeritus of Hargrave Military Academy) in the production of the musical "All Men Shall Be Free," written by Frances Hallam Hurt, and sponsored by the Pittsylvania Historical Society. Weatherford's descendant the Rev. T. Anthony Pollard of Danville played the role of Samuel Harris in the same production.
More detailed information concerning John Weatherford and the early Pittsylvania County Baptists is found in Maude Clement's History of Pittsylvania County (available for purchase from the Pittsylvania Historical Society), and in Lewis Peyton Little's book Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty in Virginia (available for circulation from the Pittsylvania County Public Library).

Several years ago, standing by the grave of Patrick Henry, the youngest son, Mr. Henry informed me that while Elder John Weatherford was in Chesterfield jail, in 1773, he learned that, on the other side of the James River, there was a lawyer who had become distinguished as a friend of the persecuted Baptists. He secured a messenger, and, by him, sent £5 in gold-all the money he could raise-with the request that this lawyer would appear at the the next term in his defence. Patrick Henry did appear, and having secured his release, returned him the £5, wrapped up in the same handkerchief, just as it had been sent to him.

Does anyone know the genealogy of the Reverend John Weatherford. He was a Baptist minister that was jailed for 5 months in Chesterfield County, Va for preaching. It seems vestrymen of the Church of England were trying to stifle the Baptist movement. The Reverend continued to preach from his jail cell. His jailers built a 12 foot high wall around the jail to prevent him from preaching to people congregated outside the jail. One person claims they even had a drummer drumming when he preached to try and drum out the sound of his voice. Eventually Patrick Henry came to his defense and engineered his release from jail for which he did not charge fee from the Reverend.

On the site of the old jail in Chesterfield is a ganite shaft bearing the inscription.
On this spot were imprisioned 1770-1774 John Fanner, David Finsley, Joseph Anthony, Augustine Castin, Jeremiah Walker, John Weatherford, Apostles of Religious Liberty.

I believe he was pastor for a short while of the Cubb Creek Baptist Church in Charlotte. If this church still exists they would surely have good information. I know that in his later years he moved to a farm farther west in Virginia owned by his son. I believe he died there.

There is a long detailed article on John Weatherford in the Virginia Baptist Register, No 8 pp 356-374 (1969) entitled "John Weatherford (1743-1833) The Man Behind the Legends" by John S. Moore.

"Elder John Weatherford was very successful in his ministry. His success roused the resentment of his Episcopal enemies, and he was soon thrown into prison, where he remained five months. But "his courage forsook him not. The love of Christ constrained him. He preached at the door of the prison as long as allowed the privilege; when refused that, he preached through the grates of the window. But such determined opposition did he meet, that an effort was made by his enemies to put a stop to that also. For this purpose, they built an outer wall above the grate. But Weatherford devised means to overcome the obstacle. A handkerchief, by the congregation, was to be raised on a pole above the wall, as a signal that the people were ready to hear. His voice being very strong, he could throw it beyond these impediments, and convey the words of life and salvation to the listening crowd…"
John Weatherford [is] Remembered as Unstoppable Dissenting Preacher at the following URL (The state historical marker found on VA 640 just south of the VA 57 intersection, at the entrance to Shockoe Baptist Church, is shown, as is the monument, erected in 1906 by the Pittsylvania Baptist Association, found in the Shockoe Baptist Church graveyard. Weatherford's actual gravesite is a quarter of a mile farther west. ):
"John Weatherford, instrumental in bringing the "Great Awakening" to southside Virginia, was the first notable Baptist minister in the County. He and his family lived in the upper Cub Creek section of Charlotte County. Both parents were Presbyterian and his father, Major Weatherford, was an elder in that church. John found that the preaching of Elder Samuel Harris agreed with his own religious convictions so he left his parents' religion and joined the Baptists..."

This monument, erected in 1906 by the Pittsylvania Baptist Association, is found in the Shockoe Baptist Church graveyard. Weatherford's actual gravesite is a quarter of a mile farther west.
For many years the grave of John Weatherford lay neglected and almost forgotten. Area Baptists in 1906 erected a monument nearby in the Shockoe Baptist church graveyard (Weatherford served as Shockoe's pastor during his last years), eloquently stating:
"Elder John Weatherford, Baptist Minister. Born in Charlotte County 1740. Lay in jail in Chesterfield County in 1773 five months for preaching. Moved to Halifax in 1813; to Pittsylvania in 1823; died January 23, 1833.
"Erected in 1906 by Churches of the Roanoke Association.
"A sufferer for Conscience Sake.
"An Earnest and Faithful Minister of the Gospel."
A state marker was placed on the nearest roadside in 1959. The grave itself, about a quarter of a mile west of Shockoe Church, is now maintained by the church.
John Weatherford again proved to be an endearing character in June 1987 as played by Col. Joseph H. Cosby (President Emeritus of Hargrave Military Academy) in the production of the musical "All Men Shall Be Free," written by Frances Hallam Hurt, and sponsored by the Pittsylvania Historical Society. Weatherford's descendant the Rev. T. Anthony Pollard of Danville played the role of Samuel Harris in the same production.
More detailed information concerning John Weatherford and the early Pittsylvania County Baptists is found in Maude Clement's History of Pittsylvania County (available for purchase from the Pittsylvania Historical Society), and in Lewis Peyton Little's book Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty in Virginia (available for circulation from the Pittsylvania County Public Library).

Bible Records in the Archives of the Library of Virginia
> Weatherford Family, Prince Edward County 1802-1938. Virginia State
> Library Accession #26644. Other names: Bugg, Elam, Harris, Newman,
> Riggins
>
> Page One:
> William Weatherford was born July the 19th, 1802 and died Nov. 30, 1896
> Elizabeth Weatherford was born the 13th of July 1807
> John Blair Richards Weatherford was born July the 10th 1829
> James Samuel Weatherford was born October the 22nd day on friday 1830
> Halearnd Washingting was born the 30th day of June 1833 on Sunday
> Gehue Nelson Weatherford was born 21st of March 1835
> Whitfield Wadkins was born the 4th of June 1837
> Martha Ann Hall, Weatherford was born the 3rd day of October 1838
> Roan Elizabeth Weatherford was born June the 17th 1847
> Susan Arabella Weatherford was born the Sixth of March 1844 and died Apr
> 3rd 1906
> Luiza Allen Weathrford was born the 30th of July 1846 & died Feby 12th
> 1938. Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
>
> Page Two
> Virginia J. Weatherford was born the first day of April 1849
> My Little Son John Blair Richards Weatherford departed this Life the 18th
> of June 1830 at Eleven Months and ten days
> My Little Son James Samuel Weatherford departed this Life May the 15th
> 1832
> The Revnd John Weatherford departed this Life February 22nd 1833 in the
> ninety Eighth year of his age
> My little daughter Virginia Jackson Weatherford departed this life 6th of
> Oct ber 1859 Ten years Five months and Eight days old Born 1849
>
> Page Three
> William T, Z, or J] Weatherford and Elizabeth his wife was married
> February 20th 1828 By John B. Smith
> John Elam and his wife Susan was married September 24th 1829 By John B.
> Smith
> [Habarn ?] William Riggins And his Wife was married the 14 of March in
> 1854 By Rev. R. Granbery
> Albert Harris And Martha his wife was married the 6 of March in 1856 By
> R. Granbery
> H. W. Weatherford was married the 5th of July 1865 to Miss Mary F. Bugg
> By the Revd W. A. Smith
>
> Page Four
> Robert Lee Newman and Anna his wife was married January 21st in 1897.
> John William Newman and Lelia his wife was married October 13th in 1898.
> Wylie Jones Newman and Pattie his wife was married January the 31 in 1900
> Lewis Nelson Newman and Fannie his wife was married April 24th 1902 By
> Rev. R. S. Baughan
> David Towns Newman and Lillie his wife was married March 28th in 1903
> Heigh Hunt Newman and Essie his wife was married May 16th in 1903
> Clarence Nelson Newman was born May 5th 1906. Son of Lewis N. and Fannie
> B. Newman

Religion:
Baptist minister.

Religion:
continued to preach from the jail window.

Died:
Died near Chatham, Va

Buried:
burial: Owen Burying Ground 1/2 mi west of Shockoe Church in Pittsylvania

36.81224N 79.27299W

PITTSYLVANIA CO., VA - CEMETERIES \endash Shockoe Church Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Shockoe Church graveyard: 1937 Feb. 4 Research made by Mabel Moses Cemetery Location: Take Route 57 from Chatham, Virginia, go east 10 miles, turn into Route #702 on the south side, thence down same route about .25 mile to Shockoe Church, Virginia, on the west side of the road. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia DATE: 1833 OWNERS: Shockoe Church DESCRIPTION: [blank] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: In the church yard at Shockoe Church is laid to rest John Weatherford, who suffered much persecution in his day. The following inscription was taken from the tombstone marking his grave. Elder John Weatherford a devoted Baptist Minister Born in Charlotte Co. 1740 Lay in Jail in Chesterfield Co., in 1773 five months for preaching. Moved to Halifax in 1813, to Pittsylvania 1823 Died Jan. 23, 1833 A sufferer for conscience sake An earnest and faithful minister of the Gospel Erected in 1906 by churches of the Roanoke Association.

Gene,

Thanks for the call today. It was nice to talk to you. As promised, I'm going to get your line out there for some of our folks to see who are in the Weatherford Family Association. I'm sure you will be getting some responses about joining the Weatherford Family Association and perhaps a copy of our current newsletter. It's good that you live right here in the Richmond area because our next reunion will be here and those who have the genealogy information can connect with you when they come here.

As for you and I, we are both descendents of Rev. John Weatherford, but as he had several sons, I am a descendent of Charles Anderson Weatherford, and you are a descendent of John William Weatherford.

The latitude and longitude of John Weatherford's grave are: 36.81224N 79.27299W

On 5/30/2002, Todd Weatherford wrote and gave me the following directions to the grave:
You drive to the left of the church (Shocco Baptist Church, Chathan, VA), past the cemetary in back (note the is a memorial stone in that cemetary next to the road. Follow the dirt road back past an old house and barn, and there is a large field in front of you. Between the folk across the field is a clump of small trees, with a tall double hickory in the middle. His grave is under the hickorys. The road forks, and is more travelled on the right, you go left and about 100 yds just before entering the woods, go right in the field, and you can barely see a right of way (more weeds) between the haycrop thru the field to the clump of trees. All of those trees is a cemetary, where JW's is the largest stone, all of the others are under the vegetation. I marked with orange tape a path into JW's gravesite, a small tree by the big hickorys, and his stone.

When my wife and visited the site, we restored it, so it may not look exactly as Todd describes here. I've attached photos of the restoration. Glad we could restore your grandfather's grave while restoring ours. J

I've attached a dated copy of the membership of the Weatherford Family Association.

John married SUBLETT Martha Patsy on 1 May 1775 in Charlotte County, VA. Martha (daughter of SUBLETT Abraham, III) was born in 1752 in Charlotte County, VA; died in 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for Abraham Sublett, IV son of Pierre Lewis

Revolutionary War Veteran

From Icle Smith: Abstracts of Pension Applications. Virginia Soldiers. Sublett, Abraham, S31397
One Abraham applied for in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1832. In his application he said that he was living seven miles from Charlotte County Courthouse at the time of the Revolution. He declared he enlisted January 9, 1778, served 3 months in Capt. Richard Gaines' Company, Col. Charles Fleming's Regiment of Virginia. That he enlisted again in July 1781, served 3 months in Captain Gideon Spencer's Co., Col. Tucker's Virginia Reg. and was in the siege of Yorktown. He moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1798 or 99 where he was living at this time, age about 76 years in 1832. His application was approved.

Husband: Abraham Sublett, III

Born: 1726 at: Virginia

Married: 1751 at:

Died: BET 13 JUN 1781 AND 6 MAat: Parish of Cornwall, Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Father: Pierre Louis Soblet

Mother: Marte Martain

Other Spouses:

NOTES

Wife: Elizabeth Swanna Keirsey **********************Most trees have Elizabeth Unknown or Elizabeth DUPUY
Jayne Schrimsher

Born: at:

Died: BET 1791 AND 1805at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Father:Thomas Keirsey

Mother: Lucy

CHILDREN

Name: Martha Sublett

Born: 1752 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: at:

Spouses:

Name: William Sublett, Sr

Born: 1754 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 2
Married: at:

Died: BET 16 DEC 1811 AND 6 JAat: Charlotte County, Virginia 1 Spouses: Susannah Keirsey
NOTES

Name: Abraham Sublett, IV

Born: 1756 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3
Married: 9 MAY 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: 1 MAR 1844 at: Lincoln County, Kentucky (?) applied for pension

Spouses: Celia Sublett
NOTES

Name: Sarah Sublett

Born: 1758 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: BEF 1805 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Spouses: Samuel Pugh

Name: Elizabeth Sublett

Born: 1760 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 3 JAN 1781 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Campbell Daniel

Name: Jean Sublett

Born: 1764 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 1 APR 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Edward Eanes

Name: Nancy Sublett

Born: 1770 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3 Married: 24 OCT 1785 at: Charlotte County Virginia 4
Died: at:

Spouses: Caldwell Wood
NOTES

SOURCES

1) Charlotte County, Virginia

2) 1810 Census Charlotte County Virginia

3) Revoluntionary War Pension Application File

4) Virginia Marriages

Notes:

Children Sex Birth William Weatherford M 1737 in Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Weatherford F 1740 in James City, Virginia, USA
John Weatherford M 1743 in Hanover, Virginia, USA
Major Weatherford M 1745

Major married EDWARDS Elizabeth on 26 May 1760 in Lunenburg County, Va. Elizabeth (daughter of EDWARDS William) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for Abraham Sublett, IV son of Pierre Lewis

Revolutionary War Veteran

From Icle Smith: Abstracts of Pension Applications. Virginia Soldiers. Sublett, Abraham, S31397
One Abraham applied for in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1832. In his application he said that he was living seven miles from Charlotte County Courthouse at the time of the Revolution. He declared he enlisted January 9, 1778, served 3 months in Capt. Richard Gaines' Company, Col. Charles Fleming's Regiment of Virginia. That he enlisted again in July 1781, served 3 months in Captain Gideon Spencer's Co., Col. Tucker's Virginia Reg. and was in the siege of Yorktown. He moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1798 or 99 where he was living at this time, age about 76 years in 1832. His application was approved.

Husband: Abraham Sublett, III

Born: 1726 at: Virginia

Married: 1751 at:

Died: BET 13 JUN 1781 AND 6 MAat: Parish of Cornwall, Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Father: Pierre Louis Soblet

Mother: Marte Martain

Other Spouses:

NOTES

Wife: Elizabeth Swanna Keirsey **********************Most trees have Elizabeth Unknown or Elizabeth DUPUY
Jayne Schrimsher

Born: at:

Died: BET 1791 AND 1805at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Father:Thomas Keirsey

Mother: Lucy


CHILDREN

Name: Martha Sublett

Born: 1752 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: at:

Spouses:

Name: William Sublett, Sr

Born: 1754 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 2
Married: at:

Died: BET 16 DEC 1811 AND 6 JAat: Charlotte County, Virginia 1 Spouses: Susannah Keirsey
NOTES

Name: Abraham Sublett, IV

Born: 1756 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3
Married: 9 MAY 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: 1 MAR 1844 at: Lincoln County, Kentucky (?) applied for pension

Spouses: Celia Sublett
NOTES

Name: Sarah Sublett

Born: 1758 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: BEF 1805 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Spouses: Samuel Pugh

Name: Elizabeth Sublett

Born: 1760 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 3 JAN 1781 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Campbell Daniel

Name: Jean Sublett

Born: 1764 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 1 APR 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Edward Eanes

Name: Nancy Sublett

Born: 1770 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3 Married: 24 OCT 1785 at: Charlotte County Virginia 4
Died: at:

Spouses: Caldwell Wood
NOTES

SOURCES

1) Charlotte County, Virginia

2) 1810 Census Charlotte County Virginia

3) Revoluntionary War Pension Application File

4) Virginia Marriages

Notes:

Children Sex Birth John Weatherford M 9 Jun 1700 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Richard Weatherford M 1708 in Virginia, USA
William Weatherford M 7 Feb 1702 in New Kent, Virginia, USA
Lucy Weatherford F 1705 in King Queen, Virginia, USA
Major Weatherford M 1710 in Hanover, Virginia, USA

William married Susannah Waller on 28 Sep 1728 in Virginia. Susannah (daughter of WALLER Thomas John and KEATE Anne) was born in 1680 in St. Peters, New Kent, VA; died in 1758 in Lunenburg County, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: Henrico County, VA; Land Grant 285 acres

Notes:

Notes for Abraham Sublett, IV son of Pierre Lewis
He was one of the Hugenots at Manaking Towne, Va.

Pierre's second wife Anne was the daughter of ABRAHAM SOBLET⁴⁹ and SUSANNE BRIAN SOBLET. They, too, were Huguenot refugees but from Sédan, in Champagne. Here religious toleration survived the longest in France because from medieval times until 1685 Sédan functioned as an independent principality within France. It may even have had a majority of Protestants. Abraham was born in Sédan on December 4, 1648, and was baptized there two days later; Susanne was born about 1652. Abraham and Susanne were married in Sédan on March 31, 1674.⁵⁰The Soblets took a quite different route to Virginia than the Chastains did. This family had arrived in Sédan only in 1637 (their original domicile is unknown). They fled to Protestant Germany sometime between 1681 and 1686; here they lived in Mannheim and then in Wesel. Abraham joined the army of the Dutch sovereign, William of Orange. William's army invaded England at Torbay in Devon and won a quick victory over King James II, after which William of Orange was crowned King William III of England in what is known as the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. Soon afterwards, Abraham Soblet sent for his family to join him in England, where they lived in Littlebury on the outskirts of London.⁵¹ Abraham and two of the children left for Virginia aboard the Mary and Ann with the Chastain family in April 1700, but his wife and some other children \endash including Anne \endash sailed later (on September 20, 1700) aboard a second ship called the Peter and Anthony. In Virginia, Abraham plied \endash perhaps first had had to learn \endash his trade as an ouvrier en tabac, a "worker in tobacco." He too was prominent in the leadership of the Anglican church the Huguenots founded at Manakintown, like Pierre serving as a church warden. Abraham Soblet died in Manakintown sometime between 1716 and 1719.⁵²We know something about the lines of both of Anne SobletChastain's parents. Her mother Susanne was the daughter of JACQUES BRIAN and SUSAN GERARD BRIAN, who were married on October 6, 1637. Susan was born about 1612 and died in Corcy, France, on April 10, 1659. We know her parents were named JEAN GERARD and JEANNE D'ORLEANS GERARD but nothing more about them. Jacques Brian was the son of PIERRE BRIAN and MARIE POUPART BRIAN, who were married on August 6, 1609.⁵³ Pierre had been born about 1581 and died in February 1641. He was the son of GUILLAUM BRIAN. Marie was the daughter of a man named MATHIAS POUPART. We do not know the mothers of either Pierre or Marie.Anne's father, Abraham, was the son of JEAN SOBLET and JUDITH LOMBARD SOBLET. Jean, born in Beaumont, France, was the son of ELIE SOUBLET and SUSANNE RENAUDIN SOUBLET. Jean died in Virginia. We know nothing more about the Soublet line, but Susanne was born about 1590 and died in Sédan on February 7, 1653.
More history
Originally submitted by starrangel85 to Kopischke Mollenhour Family Tree on 30 Mar 2007
Abraham Soblet and his brother Jean Soblet both moved their families from Sedan, France, to Mannheim, Germany, before Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A decade later, Abraham Soblet moved his family again to Wesel, Germany, where his son Pierre Soblet was born on August 15, 1695.
Many of the Huguenot refugees immigrating to England were skilled craftsmen and merchants, and there was increasing concern among the English workers about the foreigners taking their jobs. There were also differences in the Anglican Protestant church and the French Reformed religion of the Huguenots.
Many French refugees wanted to find a permanent home for the Huguenots in the American colonies, including the Marquis Olivier de la Muce, who, with his partner Charles de Sailly, had spent nearly a decade trying to get King William's support for a Huguenot colony in America.
Several influential landowners from America submitted proposals to have the Huguenots settle on their land. Dr. Daniel Coxe offered de la Muce and de Sailly land on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida, but King William rejected that location as being indefensible. Coxe then offered land in Norfolk County, Virginia, near North Carolina. William Byrd, whose land was on the James River, at the Western frontier of Virginia, offered his land for settlement, and had the support of Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson. Ultimately, though, the English government selected Coxe's Norfolk land, and King William approved funding for food, supplies, and ships to transport the Huguenots to their new home.
On April 19, 1700, the first of four ships, the Mary and Ann, left England with over 200 French and Swiss passengers, and would arrive that summer in Virginia. Among the passengers listed were Abraham Soblet and two children; also aboard that ship was Pierre Chastain, his wife and five children.
When the ship reached the mouth of the James River, it was met by Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson, who redirected the Huguenot settlers to William Byrd's land up the James river, rather than their intended destination on Dr. Coxe's Norfolk land.
Byrd's land included an old Indian village recently abandoned by the Monacan tribe. The land was fertile, but was in the remote Virginia wilderness, far from any established towns. This made transporting food, water, and supplies extremely difficult. Since many Huguenots were urban artisans and merchants, not farmers, life in this frontier land would be challenging.
The second ship, the Peter and Anthony, arrived in Jamestown in October 1700; included on that ship were Abraham's wife, Susanne Soblet, and their three remaining children.
By the time the third ship arrived later in the fall, word had spread about the hardship in the new settlement called Manakintown, and many Huguenots on the ship settled elsewhere.
That first year, despite illness and supply shortages, the Manakintown settlers managed to construct a church and establish King William Parish. That winter, with severe illness and food shortages, expedition organizer Olivier de la Muce appealed to Governor Nicholson for assistance. The governor, along with William Byrd and others, donated food, livestock, supplies and money to the Huguenot settlers to help them through the winter. In the spring of 1701, Byrd advised them to plant crops in order to sustain themselves.
When the fourth ship from England, the Nasseau, arrived in March 1701, most of the passengers settled near the York River, with only a few continuing to the Manakintown settlement. Over the first few years, many settlers would abandon Manakintown, seeking an easier life elsewhere, but those who remained eventually were able to establish a self-sustaining colony.
After the death of his first wife, Pierre Chastain married Anne Soblet, the daughter of Abraham Soblet and Susanne Briant. Together they would have eight children and dozens of grandchildren.
Abraham Soblet's son, Pierre Louis Soblet, married Marte Martain, and they would have several children as well. Pierre Louis Soblet's brother, Jacques Soblet, had a son, James, who would have many descendants. Abraham Soblet's youngest son, Robert Soblet, born in London, would die in childhood, and his son Abraham Soblet, Jr., also would have no descendants.

THE FRENCH HUGUENOTS - written by Icle (Johnson) Smith
The Protestants of France were called "Huguenots" during the period from 1640 to 1700, whether from one of their obscure religious or from one Hugh, King of France, is uncertain. This period was one of the bloodiest ages for France. Many of them were punished for their religious beliefs, many Kings were dethroned and the kingdom taken by imposters.
In 1584, Henry of Navarre became heir to the throne of France. He soon formed a league with the Pope of Spain with avowed intention of exterminating the Huguenot Heresy". This resulted in the "war of the Three Henries". After much fighting and the assassination of a number of the claimants to the Crown, Henry ascended to the throne as Henry IV.
The Edict of Nantes, issued on April 13, 1593, became one of the most important decrees ever issued by any member of the French Kings. By it religious freedom was guaranteed with certain limitations. In the mean time, Henry IV had gone over to the Catholics in order to maintain his hold on the French throne. Throughout the sixteenth century and until late in the seventeenth century there was continual conflict. Finally, on October 23, 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edit of Nantes.
This act of revocation was followed by horrible persecutions, executions of the ministers, murdering of innocent women and children, and the closings of their convents. Many Protestants sought refuge in Germany, Holland, and England. Long before this many Huguenots had settled in America. Some in New York, a few Virginia and quite a few in the Carolinas.
Now with this group so badly scattered, it became necessary that an effort should be made to found a colony for themselves in the New World. With this in mind, a group organized at Littleberry, England, for the purpose of establishing a colony in Virginia. To this end, they petitioned the Crown of England for permission to settle in Virginia. The Crown readily gave them a charter.
Having perfected their organization they set about final preparations. Three vessels were chartered for trip. The following receipt, copied from the Douglas Registry will explain the movement.
Jamestown, Virginia July 31, 1700
Received of Marquis de LeMuce and Charles de Le Sailly ye sum of nine hundred forty five pounds in full for ye passage of two hundred five persons aboard the ship "Mary Ann" bound for Virginia. I say received this sum the 19th day of April, 1700.
Geo. Hawes. Witness Alexander Cleere.
This "Mary Ann" was the first of three ships. Following this receipt was a list of the families the number in each. Among was the following names: Chastaine, Tuly, LeVerne, Saye, Perry, Chambures, Ligon, Mullon, Debort, Bernard, Soblet, LeFavour, Aubry, before, Farcy, Remy, Boshard, Outartro, Dupu, Martin, Dibrell, Trabue, and Jordins.
Then group went on up the James River to the upper part of what was then Henrico County but soon became known as Goochland County and were settled "between the creeks". There they organized the village known as "Manakin Town". No doubt the name was chosen from the Indian tribe of Manaccins that occupied the region.
In this organization was Abraham Soblett, by now spelled sublet, and his son Jacque or James H. In the incorporation charter Abraham is named as one of the Parish vestrymen and J.H. as the clerk of the Parish.
Before any crops could be planted, the colony ran into a "Starving Time" similar to the John Smith starving time. The Colony of Virginia came to the rescue by furnishing foods for a time. The record shows that they were furnished "one Bu. Indian corn meal per head per month". Abraham Sublett was given supplies for "Himself, wife, and three male children". This establishes that his family consisted of only three sons in 1700.
Soon after this better days came and they began to be encouraged. The Virginia House of Burgesses granted them "The Full Rights of Citizenship". Since this narrative has to do only with the Subletts, we will now drop the others , try to tell only of the Subletts except where they are intermarried with the other French settlers.
Abraham resided at nearby Saint-Menges. He fled France by 1681 for Mannheim, Germany and by 1693 he was residing in Wesel where the family continued to grow. He took his family and migrated to Holland and then Littleberry, England where their youngest son, Littleberry, was born, and from there to Virginia in 1700. He and his wife Susanne traveled separately to the new world. Abraham made the trip first along with his two oldest sons while Susanne cared for their three youngest children.
From Ed Crabtree, "Thus, on a quiet summer's day, July 23, 1700, Capt. George Homes' ship the "Mary and Ann" dropped anchor at Kickotan, the harbor for colonial VA at the mouth of the James River. The vessel had left London on March 24th and after an uneventful passage of 13 weeks reached its destination. On board the "Mary and Ann" came the first contingent of America bound Huguenot refugees under the leadership of Oliver de la Muce and Charles d Sailly. The ship's complement consisted of 207 French exiles (the first muster accounted for 59 women, 38 children, 110 men. Brock, Huguenot Docts.. 12;; dat of departure from London is given in Mrs. H.D. Pittman, ed. American of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors, 2 vols. St. Louis, 1903-07, 1, 181.) Among the passengers aboard the "Mary and Ann" who sought this New World domicile was one Abraham Soblet, accompanied by his two eldest sons, Abraham Jr., and Jacques. On the following September 20th, 1700, when Capt. Danew Perreau's ship "Peter and Anthony", disembarked it's company of refugees in the second emigrant expedition led by Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, came Susanne Soblet, his wife, with the other three children, Pierre Louis, Littlebury, and Anne. Happily, the family was then reunited at Manakin Town (Muster taken at Jamestown, July 31, 1700 R[obert] A. Brock, ed. Miscellaneous Papers, 1622-1865 (Collections of Virginia Historical Society, New Series) [Richmond, 1887], VI, 633-6; muster taken by Capt. Perreau, Jamestown, September 20, 1700 and by the Rev. Benjamin de Joux, December 1, 1700. Brock, Huguenot Docts. 14,24; Samuel A. Sublett, A Partial History of the French Huguenots by Name Soblets...(Richmond, 1896), t, 8. There is an error in an entry made by William Byrd November 10, 1701, wherein, he lists the entire Soblet family as coming in the first refugee ship. Brock, Huguenot Docts. 46; Pitman, 1, 181."
95+% of all Americans & Canadians are descendents of
Abraham Soblet...who arrived with his family in Virginia
in the year 1700
Source - The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and His Descendants, Rev. B.H.Dupuy, (Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1908), p 263: Abraham and Susanna escaped from France to Germany, 1685, with their sons, Abraham and James, thence they went to Holland, where their daughter, Anne, was born, and thence to Littleberry, England, where their youngest son, Littleberry, was born. Abraham Sublett with his sons, Abraham and James, left London, March 24, 1700, on the ship, "Mary Ann", commanded by Capt. Homes, and arrived at Jamestown, VA, June 23, 1700. His wife and the other children, Peter Lewis, Littlebury, and Anne, whom he left in England, Arrived at Jamestown, VA., September 20, 1700, in the ship, "Ye Peter and Anthony", Galley of London, commanded by Capt. Daniel Perreau. They settled in King William Parish, VA. The land which they settled is still known as "Sublett's Post Office". Seven of the Virginia Subletts were in the Richmond Howitzers, CSA. Those descendants who went West were early pioneers of the country and became noted Indian Fighters.
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Henrico County, Patent Book 10, p 267
March 23, 1715, Abraham Soblet, 88 acres in Henrico County, on S side of the James River being part of the 1st 5,000 acres of land surveyed for Franch refugees.
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The Vestry Book of King WIlliam Parish, Goochland Co, Virginia, lists the following Tithable Persons:
Abraham Soblet, l'aine - 1709, 1710, 1711, 1712 (pere), 1713, 1714, 1715

Abraham listed as a Church Warden at the December 10, 1707 , vestry meeting
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Henrico County, VA Court Records, June 6, 1720, p 26
Will of Abraham Soblet presented by Mary Soblet, executrix and proved by Thomas Brian and Peter David, witnessess and English translation sworn to by Daniel Duerrant; Thomas Brian and Peter David, Security


Revolutionary War Veteran

From Icle Smith: Abstracts of Pension Applications. Virginia Soldiers. Sublett, Abraham, S31397
One Abraham applied for in Lincoln County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1832. In his application he said that he was living seven miles from Charlotte County Courthouse at the time of the Revolution. He declared he enlisted January 9, 1778, served 3 months in Capt. Richard Gaines' Company, Col. Charles Fleming's Regiment of Virginia. That he enlisted again in July 1781, served 3 months in Captain Gideon Spencer's Co., Col. Tucker's Virginia Reg. and was in the siege of Yorktown. He moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1798 or 99 where he was living at this time, age about 76 years in 1832. His application was approved.

Husband: Abraham Sublett, III

Born: 1726 at: Virginia

Married: 1751 at:

Died: BET 13 JUN 1781 AND 6 MAat: Parish of Cornwall, Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Father: Pierre Louis Soblet

Mother: Marte Martain

Other Spouses:

NOTES

Wife: Elizabeth Swanna Keirsey **********************Most trees have Elizabeth Unknown or Elizabeth DUPUY
Jayne Schrimsher

Born: at:

Died: BET 1791 AND 1805at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Father:Thomas Keirsey

Mother: Lucy


CHILDREN

Name: Martha Sublett

Born: 1752 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: at:

Spouses:

Name: William Sublett, Sr

Born: 1754 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 2
Married: at:

Died: BET 16 DEC 1811 AND 6 JAat: Charlotte County, Virginia 1 Spouses: Susannah Keirsey
NOTES

Name: Abraham Sublett, IV

Born: 1756 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3
Married: 9 MAY 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: 1 MAR 1844 at: Lincoln County, Kentucky (?) applied for pension

Spouses: Celia Sublett
NOTES

Name: Sarah Sublett

Born: 1758 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: at:

Died: BEF 1805 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 1
Spouses: Samuel Pugh

Name: Elizabeth Sublett

Born: 1760 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 3 JAN 1781 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Campbell Daniel

Name: Jean Sublett

Born: 1764 at: Charlotte County, Virginia

Married: 1 APR 1782 at: Charlotte County Virginia

Died: at:

Spouses: Edward Eanes

Name: Nancy Sublett

Born: 1770 at: Charlotte County, Virginia 3 Married: 24 OCT 1785 at: Charlotte County Virginia 4
Died: at:

Spouses: Caldwell Wood
NOTES

SOURCES

1) Charlotte County, Virginia

2) 1810 Census Charlotte County Virginia

3) Revoluntionary War Pension Application File

4) Virginia Marriages

Died:
King Williams Parrish, Cumberland County, Va

Family Data Collection - Deaths
about Pierre Louis Soblet
Name:Pierre Louis Soblet          
Death Date:24 Nov 1754          
County:Cumberland          
State:VA          
Country:USA          

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Pierre-Louis Soblet
Name:Pierre-Louis Soblet          
Gender:Male          
Birth Year:1686          
Spouse Name:Marte Martain          
Spouse Birth Place:VA          
Marriage Year:1722          
Marriage State:VA          
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