BINFORD Mary

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1731, Prince George County, VA
• Land: 1735, New Kent County, VA
• Land: 1752, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

The earliest civil record we have of the presence of Friends in Surry County, Virginia, is from a Militia list of 1687, which names the following as being Quakers and available as "horse soldiers" and "foot soldiers". The first group is: William Seward, Thomas Partridge, William Bartlett and John Barnes. The second group is: Thomas Wolves, George Morrell and Robert Lacy. We can thus prove there were Quakers in Surry before 1687 and had organized a Monthly meeting by 1702. Little Surry was the center of Quaker activity during most the time they were in Surry.
From 1752 until the Meeting closed in the 1807 we have the minutes of the Blackwater [Surry] Meeting. Many names are very familiar as their descendants are still in Surry today.
During the Revolutionary War period, houses and property of Quakers were plundered, "chiefly for military requisitions". Twenty Quakers recorded as having "suffered for refusing the test or to contribute for the support of the war". The Blackwater Monthly meeting was more persistent on the tax and test issue than others and consequently suffered more. The monthly meeting books describe this as a " time of calamity and close trial". Examples are:
     April 4,1806, Exum Bailey reported taken from him by William Harrison, one hat and a gun under the militia law.
     April 4, 1780, Chappell and Peter Binford reported taken from them, 1 mare, 3 barrels of corn, 1 bed and some furniture for refusal to take "the test" and contribute to the support of the war.

Residence:
per marriage records

Land:
BINFORD FAMILY GENEALOGY
some of the county records. And the Quaker records at Baltimore on which we depend for much of the family history do not go back quite that far. We have from the Land Patent Office that Peter Binford was granted 400 acres of land in 1735. "William Gooch George II in Eleventh year of his reign deeded to Peter Binford 400 acres of land in New Kent Co. The deed was made at Williamsburg, the seat of the Dominion of
Va., not the County seat, 400 acres for 40 shillings of good and lawful money. The deed says he shall pay a fee rent of one shilling for every 50 acres or proportionate part thereof, every year upon the feast of St. Michael, the archangel. Also he shall cultivate 3 acres out of every 50 within the next three years after the
land is granted or the land reverts back to King George." Grant was signed over Jan. 2,1737.
This, we think, was our Peter and Rebecca, the ancestors of a large branch of us. We believe Peter, John and Thomas were brothers every reason justifies the belief although we have not the positive statement. Our grandfather belonged to John's family, our stepgrandmother to Peter's. We remember them well. They always said they were cousins, this ...

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Died:
SUPPLEMENT TO BINFORD FAMILY GENEALOGY
6. Peter Binford, d. Jan. 24, 1782, age 81 yrs. Rebecca d. same yr., age 70 yrs.

Peter married CHAPPELL Rebecca on 3 Jul 1731. Rebecca (daughter of CHAPPELL Thomas and HUNNICUTT Hannah) was born in 1712 in Prince George County, VA; died in 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
SUPPLEMENT TO BINFORD FAMILY GENEALOGY
6. Peter Binford, d. Jan. 24, 1782, age 81 yrs. Rebecca d. same yr., age 70 yrs.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 4 Mar 1703, Charles City County, VA

Notes:

BINFOED FAMILY GENEALOGY
On -March 4, 1703, Queen Ann and William Kandolph granted a patent to James Binford for 261 acres of land south of James River in Prince George County at the price of 2 Ibs. of tobacco per acre. This patent was made at the
court house in Charles City County on the above date and was signed over by Alexander Spotswoodj Lieutenant-Governor of the Dominion of Virginia, at Williamsburg 6th mo. 16th, 1714. Later James Binford is granted 150 acres. This James Binford fits in nicely to be the son of Anthony, the brother of Huldah and he father of John, Thomas and Peter. Charles City County included all of Prince George County before 1703 and their records were burned during the Civil War, so we lose out on some of the county records. Charles City now has a lot of Quaker records at their Genealogy Center at the Courthouse (sic Gene Harris)

Land:
James Binford [Bruner's #2] was granted 261 acres of land on 4 Mar 1703 by Queen Anne and William Randolph. This land was 'at 2 lbs. of tobacco per acres'. It was located south of the James River in what was known as Charles City Co. (but in 1703 it was changed to Prince George Co.). This deed was made in the court house of Charles City Co., but on 16 Jun 1714 was 'signed over by' Alexander Spotswood at Williamsburgh. James had three children, John, Thomas [Bruner's #5], and Peter.

[Adapted from Bruner, Mary L., Binford Family Genealogy. Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.: Greenfield IN (nd). pp.17f.].

James married BINFORD Elizabeth --LNU-- about 1695 in Charles City County, VA. Elizabeth was born about 1670; died after 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker
• Will: 1690, Charles City County, VA; Will
• Land: 25 Apr 1701; Land Patented
• Religion: 1710, Prince George County, VA; Converted to Quaker when he married
• Land: 19 Jun 1722, Prince George County, VA; Land Sold from will
• Land: 24 Mar 1725, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Land Patented

Notes:

His children's records are from Quaker records.
If he could speak to us today, Robert Chappell I might describe his life as follows.
I was born about 1680 to Thomas Chappell and Elizabeth Jones. Most records of Prince George County where we lived are missing so I can say little about myself. At least the will I made 3 February 1723/4 still remains. It reveals that I was hands-on planter, married to Sarah, and that I was then the father of 6 minor children. "Sick in body, but of good and perfect memory, thanks to Almighty God," I was dead within a year. After my widow, Sarah, married William Crawley, she and the children settled in Amelia County. Chappell women liked horses. I left Sarah a sidesaddle in my will, and 37 years later she left a sidesaddle to her daughter Ann Neal. Billy Crawley was wealthy so I am sure it was not the same one. Our son James Chappell directed the executors of his will to buy new sidesaddles for his wife and all his daughters. Among my descendants was James Chamberlayne Jones, congressman and governor of Tennessee.
We have yet to identify Robert's wife, Sarah Chappell . Nor do we do not know anything about her family. Robert help inventory the estate of William Epes 7 April 1711.

Will:
The Thomas Chappell³, now referred to, was of the fourth generation, reckoning Captain John Chappell as the first, and was the third in succession in America to bear the name Thomas. He was the son of Thomas the second and his wife, Elizabeth (who was the daughter of James Jones), and a "grandson of the immigrant, Thomas¹. I have been thus particular in designating him, as there were many Thomas Chappells in the family, especially in the first five or six generations. Without this precaution, the continued repetition of the same name would become so confusing that it would be impossible for the reader to distinguish one from another. The truth is, the entire vocabulary of Christian names among the early Chappells for several generations seems to have been confined to Thomas, Samuel, Robert, James, and John, all of which have been perpetuated even down to the present generation. This custom of perpetuating family names, which has prevailed among the Chappells for centuries, is a praiseworthy one. May it be continued in generations yet unborn.*
Thomas Chappell³ was born in Charles City County, Virginia, between 1680-1690, and the first account we find of him is in his grandfather Jones' will, in which, it will be remem-bered, the following bequest was made:
*For the purpose of distinguishing different individuals of the same name, but of different generations, I have adopted the plan in vogue in most genealogical works, of placing a numeral over the Christian name, thus indicating the order of the individual in line of descent.

"Item. I give to my grandson, Thomas Chappell one hundred acres of land lying in Surry County from the Swamp south; joining upon William Cocke, above the outline; to him and his heirs forever."
On June 19,1722, as shown by the following deed, recorded in Surry County, Thomas sold this tract of land to William Cocke, whose land it adjoined:
"This indenture made the 19th. day of June, in the year of our Lord 1722, between Thomas Chappell, of the county of Prince George, Planter, of one part, and William Cocke, Planter, of the other part. Witiiesseth. That the said Thomas Chappell for and in consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds, current money, to him in hand paid, the receipt of the said sum whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained, sold and enfeofed a certain tract of land, containing one hundred acres, on the south side of Maine Blackwater Swamp in the Parish of Southwark in the county of Surry. The same being a part of Six hundred and forty acres patented by and granted to James Jones of the county of Prince George, now deceased, and by the last will of the said Jones devised unto the said Thomas Chappell.*
(Signed) '"Thomas Chappell"

Land:
994 Acres

Land:
On June 19,1722, as shown by the following deed, recorded in Surry County, Thomas sold this tract of land to William Cocke, whose land it adjoined:
"This indenture made the 19th. day of June, in the year of our Lord 1722, between Thomas Chappell, of the county of Prince George, Planter, of one part, and William Cocke, Plant-er, of the other part. Witiiesseth. That the said Thomas Chappell for and in consideration of the sum of Fifteen Pounds, current money, to him in hand paid, the receipt of the said sum whereof he doth hereby acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained, sold and enfeofed a certain tract of land, containing one hundred acres, on the south side of Maine Black-water Swamp in the Parish of Southwark in the county of Snrry. The same being a part of Six hundred and forty acres patented by and granted to James Jones of the county cf Prince George, now deceased, and by the last will of the said Jones devised unto the said Thomas Chappell.*
(Signed) '"Thomas Chappell"

Land:
On March 24, 1725, Thomas Chappell patented three hundred and forty-five acres of land on the south side of Notto way River, in Surry County, in the same neighborhood in which his brothers, Samuel and James, located, about that time. (Land Book, Vol. XII., p. 150.)
About 1710, Thomas Chappell married Hannah Hunnicutt, the daughter of a Quaker, and renounced the Established Church, in which he had been brought up, and to which his relatives belonged, and, as has been often the case, connected himself with the church of his wife's folks, a society of Quakers, who, a few years before, had established a "meeting," as their churches were called, in Prince George, known as "White

'*This tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, was patented by Jones, August 17, 1715. It was located on the north side of, Maine Blackwater Swamp, in Surry County, and adjoined the lands of'Thos. Griffin. (Land Book, Vol. XII., p. 416.) He patented several other tracts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1710; Quaker

Notes:

Married:
About 1710, Thomas Chappell married Hannah Hunnicutt, the daughter of a Quaker, and renounced the Established Church, in which he had been brought up, and to which his relatives belonged, and, as has been often the case, connect el himself with the church of his wife's folks, a society of Quak-ers, who, a few years before, had established a "meeting," as their churches were called, in Prince George, known as "White

Notes:

BINFORD HISTORY
James Binford of Biehmond, Virginia, found in the English Blue Book, one Joe Binford came to America on a certain vessel from England in 1635. This is the first Binford we find mentioned in the records in the United States. All the Binfords came from England. They lived in Kent County. Some have come over long since the first ones came.

In the Land Patent Office of the State House in Richmond, Virginia, I find one Anthony Binford received 320 acres of land in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, from Governor Berkeley on Nov. 5, 1665. The same books show that John Ladd received 7,524 acres in Lower Norfolk County Sept 24, 1667. Thus early in history do we find the Binfords and Ladds living side by side and becoming warm friends. The marriages between the two families are so numerous that it is almost as one blood. On 4th mo. 7th, 1700, at a Monthly Meeting held at William Porter's, William Ladd\emdash a son of John, who entered the 7,524
acres\emdash and Huldah Binford proposed their intentions of marriage with each other for the ...
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Anthony married DYE Elizabeth on 9 Jul 1676 in Middlesex, England. Elizabeth was born in 1658; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: Charles City (later Pr.George Co) Grant Book 8, p.77
• Reference Number: 600
• Alt. Birth: 1642
• Land: 21 Apr 1690, Charles City County, VA; granted 904 acres
• Land: 3 Jun 1702, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Deeded some of the Surry Land
• Alt. Death: Aft 1702
• Alt. Death: Abt 1703, Charles City County, VA
• Alt. Death: 1704, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Thomas was the son of Thomas the immigrant

Burial: Surry Co. Deeds 1715-30, p.295 (from Boddie's Book)

If he could speak to us today, Thomas Chappell III might describe his life as follows.
I was born about 1660 in that part of Charles City County south of the James that became Prince George County in 1702. I can relate little of my own life because records for both counties are mostly missing. In 1688 my servant Thomas Hughes ran off costing me 391 pounds of tobacco. After the court made him reimburse me and extended the term of his employment by twice the length of his absence, the sheriff gave him 21 lashes on his bare back.
Although Elizabeth Jones and I brought up 4 sons in the Anglican Church, Thomas became a Quaker. He, James, and Samuel settled in present-day Sussex County, while Robert stayed in Prince George. James had some land also in Isle of Wight County next to a reservation for the Nottoway-Iroquois Indians that was a circle 6 miles in diameter containing about 18,000 acres. To encourage settlement of the Colony, the governor gave 50 acres for each new arrival. In 1694 I got 423 acres for paying the passage of "Negroes" Buck, Doe, Santall, Mungo, Gerald, Moreton, Sarah, Abell, and Sue. Of course, these were not their given names. I was living in June 1702 when I deeded land to my brother-in-law, but was dead by 22 June 1704 when Elizabeth agreed to marry Thomas Taylor. I made a will, but it burned with the others. I know of 5 members of Congress and about 20 state legislators among my descendants.
Notes We know Thomas had a will because on 13 Feb. 1721/2, his nephew-in-law, Charles Williams sold 200 acres to James Gee for £9. The indenture called the land "part of a patent granted Thomas Chappell and by him devised to his grandson Charles Williams, in fee simple."

Land sales The few remaining records of Prince George County reveal that Thomas Chappell deeded 100 acres each to brothers John Scott and Drew Scott 12 Nov. 1693. John Scott mentioned this land when he gave half to his daughter 20 Jan. 1710/11. & This was evidently the portion that had belonged to Drew Scott, which fell to John Scott after his brother's death. Chappell's son of the son of the same name quitclaimed the 100 acres that went to John Scott and the 100 acres now belonging to Scott's daughter in July 1712.



THOMAS CHAPPELL THE SECOND
Thomas Chappell, who was, as far as we have any knowledge, the only son of Thomas the immigrant, was born in Charles City County, Virginia, about 1650. He grew to manhood and married Elizabeth, the daughter of James Jones, by whom he had four sons and a daughter. The sons, each of whom will be referred to hereafter, were named Samuel, Thomas, James, and Robert; the daughter, whose given name is unknown, married John Williams. Thomas Chappell² lived out his days in that part of the county lying south of the James, and died between 1694 and 1700; only a year or two before the organization of Prince George (1702). Hence whatever record was left of him in the counties must have been in Charles City, and as the records in that county, during the period in which he lived, have been lost, we have no information of him from that source.
The following has been found in the Land Office in Richmond, and is a patent granted to a tract of land, which was doubtless the plantation on which he lived and died.
Patent Granted to Thomas- Chappell, Jr. "To all &c, Whereas &c. Now Know ye that I the said S^r Edmond Andros, Knt. Governo¹' &c. doe with the Advice and Consent of the Council of the State, accordingly give and grant unto Thomas Chappell four hundred and twenty three acres of Land lying and being in the County of Charles Citty on the South side of James river, on the Otterdam Swamp. Viz. beginning at a corner pine on the said swamp, being the corner of the land of Thomas Smith, and runneth on his line. North North East Three fourths East, Eighty five poles to a corner White Oak. Thence North West two hundred and two poles. Crossing a great branch to a corner White oak on the North side of the Said Branch. Thence up that Branch, as it wendeth its way, to a corner Black Oak. Thence North West forty poles and South West one hundred and forty six poles, crossing Otterdam Swamp to a certain Live Oak, thence up the Otterdam Swamp, as it wendeth its way, to a corner Pine by a small meddow, thence South West by South seventy eight poles to a corner pine. Thence East South East two hundred and thirty two poles to a Corner Pine &c." (The description is too lengthy to be copied entire.)
"The said land being dew unto him the said Thomas Chappell by and for the transportation of nine head rights, all of whose names are in the records Mentioned under this Patent. To have and to hold &c. Yielding and Paying &c. Provided &c. Dated ye 20th. day of Aprile, A. D. 1694.
"E. Andros, "GoV. &c.
"Head-rights*-Buck, Doe ; Santall, Mungo, Gerald, Mor-ton, Sarah, Abell and Sue. All being African Slaves." (Patent Book VIII., p. 371.)
These negroes had' evidently been bought by Thomas Chappell from some slaveship which came up the James direct from Africa with her cargo of living freight. Having bought them, he was entitled to the head-rights-fifty acres of land for each person-which he located as above described, and for which he received this patent. At this time-the last decade of the seventeenth century-"a. likely negro fellow" was worth about 4,000 lbs. of tobacco, or in sterling money £30, a sum equal to $150 in the present currency. So that the nine negroes and 423 acres of land cost about |1,350. It must be continually borne in mind, however, that money, at this time, owing to its great scarcity, was much more val-uable than it is now, and had a far greater purchasing power.
The number of African head-rights during this period shows a notable increase. It had become the custom to raise more tobacco to buy more negroes, and to buy more negroes to raise more tobacco. The white servants were gradually giving way to the African slaves, and their numbers had so increased, under the irresistible economic law, that nothing could check it until the whole svstem vanished in the conflagration of a civil war. In numerous cases at this time pat-ents were granted for as many as eighty head-rights, all of whom were imported slaves. Generally, however, as in the patent granted to Thomas Chappell, the number was re-stricted to nine or ten. At first all vessels engaged in the slave trade sailed under the English, Spanish, or Dutch flag; but after 1660, and from that time to the close of the sev-enteenth century, New England ships became engaged in the traffic, and by far the greater number of slaves brought to Virginia came in New England bottoms.
It will be observed that among the negroes included in this list of head-rights were some who bore unique names. They, of course, had no names when brought to this country, except those they bore in their native land, and as these could not be pronounced by the English tongue, it became necessary to rename them. Hence we find the names "Buck" and "Doe," and the plain, old-fashioned English names of "Sue" and "Sarah." While the two former were no doubt appropriate, for the poor creatures were little less wild than the animal after which they were called, it does seem that more human names should have been bestowed on them than "Buck" and "Doe."
In this age the negro was thought to occupy a place in the human family but little removed from that of the ordinary brute. He was a wild animal, and it is interesting to observe the social status assigned him when the question of Christian-izing him came to be considered. If he belonged to the brute creation, then it were better that he should not be Christian-ized, for as long as he remained un-baptized he was not re-sponsible to God for his acts. If, on the contrary, he was a human being and had a soul, then it was the duty of hi& Christian master to have him baptized and taught the Chris-tian religion. It was a puzzling question, indeed, and one which was difficult at first to solve.*
The genealogist is again balked through the almost entire loss of the records of Prince George County, for, as was the case in Charles City, these priceless volumes have been destroyed by the ravages of war. Only one book of any value has been preserved-a large volume of more than a thousand pages-in which were recorded wills, deeds, settlement of estates, and orders of the court for a period extending from* 1714 to 1728. (No record is found from the organization of the county (1702) down to 1714, nor after 1728 to the close of the century.) This old relic, however, contains much valu-able data, and throws light on a period in the history of our ancestors which except for it would have remained en-shrouded in darkness; the information obtained from it has been invaluable, and has enabled us to trace the history of our people a hundred years farther back than we would other-wise have been able to trace it. ; The first document found is the will of James Jones- the father-in-law of Thomas Chappell²-which, owing to its interest to his descendants, as the first will found of their . ancestors, and its value on account of its antiquity, will be transcribed verbatim.
*Bruce's "Economic History of Virginia."


Will of James Jones.
"In the name of God. Amen. I James Jones being weake and sick but of sound and perfect mind and memory, praise be therefor given to Almighty God, doe make and ordain this my present Last Will and Testament in manner and form fol-lowing, that is to say. First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping through the merritts; Death and passion of my savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting Life; and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor, here-after named, and as touching the Disposition of all such Tem-poral estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as fallows:
"First. I will that my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid and discharged.
"Item. I will that my loving wife have the Labour of four negroes during her natural life, they are named Will, Robin, Maria and Betty. Provided they are not removed off from the plantation I now live upon, if they are, then Imediately to return to my executor, which plantation I will my wife shall live Upon during her life.
"Item. I give my wifes two sons* two negro children, one named James, the other unborn, the first child that either Betty or Maria shall bring to be the other, which two negro children to be Disposed of to my wifes two sons as she shall think fitt, the unborn and the born child James to be and remain with their mothers till they come to the age of two years and a half year.
"My will is Likewise that my wife have during her life what household stuff my executor shall see fitt and that she have a reasonable maintaiiiance yearly out of my stock.
"Item. I give to my daughter Mary Dardin my negro man Jo-during her life.
"Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth a negro named Hanna to be at her disposal to do as she sees fitt. * "Item. I give to nvy daughter Hanna one negro named Jack to be at her disposal at her death or before as she sees fitt.
"Item. I give to my daughter Rebecca two hundred acres of land, lying in Surry county, beginning from the Swamp up by the Spring, South, to the outline, that to be the head line, to her and her heirs forever.
"Item. I give to my Granddaughter Eliza Glover one hundred acres of land on the south side of Pond Runn, to her and her heirs forever.
"Item. I give to my grandson James Jones, this my plan-tation I live upon- after my wifes Decease and all my_ land in Prince George county, after his father and mothers De-cease, to him and his heirs forever.
"Item. I give to my Grandson Thomas Chappell one hun-dred acres of land lying in Surry county from the Swamp South, joining upon William Cocke above the outline, to him and his heirs forever.
"Item. I give to my Granddaughter Jane Cock , daugh-ter of John Cocke, one negro named Amy to her and her heirs forever as also one feather bed and bolster, one rug and one blanket, and if the ticke be bad Lett a new tick? be bought, as also two young cows, one young mair t One Iron Pot, two Pewter Dishes and one Doz. of Spoons.
"All the rest and Residue of My personal Estate, goods and chattels whatsoever, I do give and bequeth to my Loving son James Jones, full and sole Executor of this my last Will and testament and I do hereby revoke, disanull and make void all former wills and Testaments by me heretofore made.
"In Witness whereof I the said James Jones to this my last will and testament do set my hand and seal this the 6th. day of April A. D. 1719.
"James Jones. [Seal] (Sealed with wafer.)
"Signed and sealed in presence of
"Gilbert Hay "Edward Prince "Thomas Temple.
"At a Court held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George County on the second Tuesday, in May, being the twelfth day of saicf month, A, D. 1719, the above written last will of James Jones, deceased, was exhibited in Court by James Jones, his Executor, who made oath thereto and it being proven by the oaths of the witnesses thereto a certificate was granted the . said James Jones for obtaining a Probate in due form.
"Teste-Wm. Hamlin "Clerk/¹
The following letter was presented to the court and or-dered to be recorded.
"Worthy Sirs. Having seen and heard read the Last Will of my late husband, James Jones, deceased, I therefore think fitt to acquaint your W. p. T. that I think myself justly dealt by therein and to prevent further disputes I desire the will probated, I being willing to rely on the Legacy left me in
said will.
"Given under my hand and seal this 20th. Aprile 1719.
Her
"Sarah X Jones. [Seal]
Mark.
^Teste. . (Sealed with red wafer.)
"E. Goodrich To the Worshipfull: His Majesty's
"Mary Loyd. Justice of the Peace for Prince
George County."
*Probably sons by a former husband.

(56 A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE
s *"
James Jones was doubtless an old man when he died; probably 80 years of age; and if so was born about 1640. He belonged to a numerous family in Prince George, one of whom, Major Peter Jones, founded the city of Petersburg in 1733, which was named for him. Descendants of the same family afterwards (about 1740) removed to Amelia County, where one of them, another Peter Jones, married Katy, the youngest daughter of James Chappell. Governor James C. Jones, of Tennessee, was a son of this couple. (See Chapter X.)
The land devised in the will of James Jones was acquired by him under a patent dated October 28, 1702, from Sir Francis Nicholson, Governor. It contained 640 acres. It was for thirteen head-rights, and from the names the persons imported seem to have been redemptioners, and not slaves. The land, it seems from the description in the patent, laid partly in Prince George and partly in Surry counties.
Elizabeth Chappell did not long remain a widow, for among the records has been found a unique and peculiar document, the meaning of which was for a time difficult to understand. It proved, however, to be a bond given to James Jones, in the nature of an ante-nuptial contract, by one Thomas Taylor, the prospective husband of his widowed daughter, Elizabeth Chappell. I transcribe this
Marriage Contract.
"Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Taylor, am held and firmly bound unto James Jones, Indr., his heirs and Executors, in the sum of four hundred and forty two pounds and eight shillings, of lawfull money of England, to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators. Sealed with my seal and dated this 22nd. day of June 1704. The condition of this obligation, is such that if the above bonded Thomas Taylor, shall from time to time, and at all times, forever hereafter, suffer and give liberty to Elizabeth Chappell, the widow and Relic of Thomas Chappell, deceased, to give and dispose to her children, how, when and as she thinks fitt, any and all sums of money, or its value in country commoditys, or personal property of which she may be possessed, then the above written obligation to be void, null and of no effect; otherwise
to stand in full force and virtue.
"Thomas Taylor. [Seal]
(Sealed with red wax.) "Signed sealed and delivered in presence of "William Harris on "Rebecca Harrison.
"At a court held at Merchant's Hope for Prince George county on the second Tuesday in February, being the eighth day of said month, A. D. 1725-6 The above written bond (sealed) was proven by the oath of Rebecca Harrison and ordered to be duly recorded.
"Teste. William Hamlin "Clerk."
It will be observed that while this bond was given in June, 1704, it was not recorded or presented to the court until February, 1725 - twenty-one years after it was executed, and probably as long after the marriage was entered into. It is also probable that it was not presented until the death of Thomas Taylor, who must have died about this time, for in the same record book is found a power of attorney executed by Elizabeth Taylor, who was evidently then again a widow, and an old woman, to Charles Fisher, master of the ship Mary Gailye, dated November 2, 1725, empowering him to sell her tobacco and transact other business for her in London. The amount of the bond given by Thomas Taylor, at a time of great scarcity of money in the colony, would indicate that Thomas Chappell had left a good estate to his widow and children. The amount would be equal to $2,150 in the currency of to-day and in present value to about $12,000.
The following deed, found in Prince George County, while too long to be transcribed in full, is of sufficient im-portance to be mentioned:
"This indenture made the 13th. day of February A. D. 1721 between Charles Williams, son of John Williams, Deceased, and Annie, his wife, of the county of Prince George, of the one part, and James Gee, of the county of Surry of the other part. Witnesseth: That in consideration of the sum of Nine Pounds, current money, to them in hand paid by James Gee, do grant, bargain and sell to him the said James Gee, the following parcel of land containing two hundred Acres, part of which is situated lying and being in the county of Surry and the other part in the county of Prince George (a description of the land follows). It being a part of a patent granted unto Thomas Chappell and by him devised "by will to his; grandson Charles Williams, in fee simple. * * * * *
(Signed) "Charles Williams. "Annie Williams" (Sealed with wafers.)
This deed establishes the fact that Thomas Chappell² died testate, his will no doubt having been destroyed with the records of Charles City County. It also establishes the fact that he had a daughter who married John Williams, and that his plantation, as has been heretofore stated, was in the east-ern part of Prince George County, not far from Merchant's Hope-the same neighborhood in which his father had settled when he came to the colony in 1635, and where many of his descendants lived for three or four generations. In fact, there are many Chappells living in this section of Virginia to-day, especially in Prince George and in the adjoining counties of Surry and Sussex. Several members of the Virginian branches descendants of Thomas Chappell² were among those in attendance at the Chappell family reunion which was held in Richmond r Va., July 3, 1896. They have never left the "old stamping-ground."

Land:
Later this was Prince George County
Grant Book 8, pg. 77

Land:
Deeded some of his Sury lands to his Brother-in-Law James, Jones, Jr, who later conveyed it to his son, Robert Jones (Surry D. & Wills, 1715-30, pg. 295)

Thomas married JONES Elizabeth about 1670 in Charles City County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of JONES James, Sr. and LEWIS Sarah) was born about 1649 in Prince George, VA; died after 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 601
• Alt. Death: 19 Oct 1736, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Still Living
• Alt. Death: 19 Nov 1736

Notes:

Father's Will: Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth a negro named Hanna to be at her disposal to do as she sees fitt.

REF/AFN/Custom: 00246 / /
Name: *Elizabeth /JONES/
Sex: Female
Modify Date:
Death: "The Chappell Family in Early South Carolina"p9, 4
Father: Abt 1640, *James /JONES/ [05594], (b. Abt 1640, founder of Petersburg, VA), (d. 6 Apr 1719, will - "The Chappell Family in Early South Carolina"p9, 4)
Mother: Abt 1642, *Sarah /LEWIS/ [15830], (b. Abt 1642, ), (d. , )
Birth: 1660, Charles City, VA (Prince George Co?)
Marriage: 1677, *Thomas (3rd gen.) /CHAPPELL/ II, m. 1677, Charles City County, VA
Son: 1678, Thomas (4th gen) /CHAPPELL/ III, Quaker [11349], (b. 1678, Charles City Co., VA), (d. 1726, Prince George Co., VA)
Son: Abt 1680, Robert /CHAPPELL/ I [00243], (b. Abt 1680, Charles City County, VA), (d. Bef 12 Feb 1723, Prince George Co., VA - "The Chappell Family in Early South Carolina"p5)
Daughter: 1682, Mary Ann /CHAPPELL/ [15831], (b. 1682, Charles City Co., VA - Zimmerman record), (d. , )
Son: 10 May 1694, James (4th gen) /CHAPPELL/ [11363], (b. 10 May 1694, Charles City Co., VA . "The Chappell Family in Early South Carolina"p10, 5), (d. 12 Feb 1769, Sussex Co., VA - age 74)
Son: 1696, Samuel /CHAPPELL/ , Sr. [11350], (b. 1696, Prince George Co., VA > Surry Co. 1722), (d. 1748, will - "The Chappell Family in Early South Carolina"p9, 4, 81)
Marriage: Bef 22 Jun 1704, Thomas /TAYLOR/, m. Bef 22 Jun 1704, Merchant's Hope, Prince George Co., VA
Son: Abt 1705, John /TAYLOR/ [20583], (b. Abt 1705, ), (d. , )
Son: Abt 1707, Thomas /TAYLOR/ [20584], (b. Abt 1707, ), (d. , )
Daughter: Abt 1709, Elizabeth /TAYLOR/ [20585], (b. Abt 1709, ), (d. , )
Daughter: Abt 1711, Katherine /TAYLOR/ [20586], (b. Abt 1711, ), (d. , )

Will of Elizabeth Chappell, Sussex Co., WBA 1754-1764, p. 196, 10 March
1761 - 20 March 1761
In the name of God Amen, March the Tenth one Thousand seven Hundred and sixty
one, I Elizabeth Chappell of the Parish of Albemarle of County of Sufsex
being sick in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God
for the same I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to
say First I give my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my
Body to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion
of my Executor whom I shall hereafter mention, and as for such Worldly Estate
as it hath pleased God of his goodness to bless me with in this life I give
and bequeath in manner and form as followeth.
Item I give to my son Drury Ten pounds cash & one feather bed and furniture.
Item I give to my daughter Anne eight pounds cash one feather bed &
furniture & one chest.
Item I give to my son Robert after all my Lawful debts and funeral charges
are paid all the residue of my Estate be it of what kind or quality soever &
Finally I do appoint my son John whole and sole Executor of this my last Will
and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the
day and Year first above written. her
Signed Sealed & Declared Elizabeth
////Chappell
in presence of Jas. Chappell Junr., James mark
Chappell minor, Mary (her mark) Chappell
At a Court held for Sussex County the 20th Day of March 1761, The afore
written last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Chappell dec'd was presented in
Court by John Chappell the Executor therein named who made oath hereto
according to Law and the same was proved by the oaths of James Chappell
junior and James Chappell, minor two of the witnesses hereto and by the Court
ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executor Certificate is
granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.
Teste

Elizabeth Chappell did not long remain a widow, for among the records has been found a unique and peculiar document, the meaning of which was for a time difficult to understand. It proved, however, to be a bond given to James Jones, in the nature of an ante-nuptial contract, by one Thomas Taylor, the prospective husband of his widowed daughter, Elizabeth Chappell. I transcribe this Marriage Contract:

"Know all men by these presents that I, Thomas Taylor, am held and firmly bound unto James Jones, Indr., his heirs and Executors, in the sum of four hundred and forty two pounds and eight shillings, of lawfull money of England, to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators. Sealed with my seal and dated this 22nd. day of June 1704. The condition of this obligation, is such that if the above bonded Thomas Taylor, shall from time to time, and at all times, forever hereafter, suffer and give liberty to Elizabeth Chappell, the widow and Relic of Thomas Chappell, deceased, to give and dispose to her children, how, when and as she thinks fitt, any and all sums of money, or its value in country commoditys, or personal property of which she may be possessed, then the above written obligation to be void, null and of no effect; otherwise
to stand in full force and virtue.
"Thomas Taylor. [Seal]

She and Thomas Taylor were still living in Surry County on Oct 19, 1736 (Surry Deed & Wills, 1730-38, Pg. 628)

Father's Will: Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth a negro named Hanna to be at her disposal to do as she sees fitt.

Notes:

Married:
Family Source