BOOTH Stephen S., Jr.

Family/Spouse: GATES Mineva J.. Mineva was born on 20 Dec 1819 in North Carolina, USA; died in 5/2/1/1880 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BOOTH Henry Clay was born on 16 Aug 1836; died on 9 Apr 1923 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN.
2. BOOTH Elizabeth P. was born on 10 Feb 1838 in Tennessee; died on 3 Oct 1920 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN.
3. BOOTH Stephen Guthrie was born on 11 Jun 1844 in Gibson County, TN; died on 18 Mar 1919 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN.
4. BOOTH Evelyn was born on 28 Nov 1847 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee; died on 13 Jun 1922 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived(s) In: 1790, Pendleton District, SC
• Lived(s) In: 1807, Tennessee
• Lived(s) In: 1816, FRANKLIN COUNTY, North Carolina
• Land: 24 Oct 1816, Bedford Co, TN
• Lived(s) In: 1820, Bedford Co, TN
• Land: 1825, Bedford Co, TN
• Lived(s) In: Abt 1830, Haywood County, TN

Notes:

Stephen S. Booth (possible middle name was Shaybe), my fifth great grandfather, was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1765 to John and Mary Smith Booth. He was very much the middle child as four children were born to the family before him and three after.

Four years after they were married, around 1790, Stephen and Penelope traveled along with a large group including his sister and bother-in-law, Benjamin and Agnes Booth Clardy, from Virginia to South Carolina to make a new home. The group settled in an area called Pendleton District, SC. According to "The Clardy Family History," the group also included Benjamin's three daughters and son-in-laws; John and Mary Clardy, David and Nancy Clardy Spearman and Jimmy and Sally Clardy Fleming. Other's who were have said to join them included Joab Clardy, Ellsworth Clardy, Henry Spencer, Polly Gambrell and others.

We know from her obit below that, in 1816, Agnes and Benjamin migrated to Franklin Co., TN.

Another story about the family and migration come from from J.B. Guthrie of Pelzor, SC who is a descendent of David and Mary Guthrie.

According to verbal family history, David Guthrie went to South Carolina to visit his brother-in-law, Stephen Booth (who married his sister Penelope). While he was down there he purchased 1,000 acres of land for $1,000.00, then returned home to Virginia for his wife, Mary Booth Guthrie, and their children. They loaded everything they could take on an ox cart and headed for SC. When they left, her wife's parents, John and Mary Smith Booth cried because the knew they would never see her again.

Not long after David and Mary Booth Guthrie moved to SC, Stephen and Penelope Guthrie Booth decided to move their family to Bedford Co., TN. According to family history, he tried to talk David into moving also but David told him he wished he had never left Virginia.

John and Mary Smith Booth did get to see their daughter again. David and Mary Booth Guthrie made a trip back to Virginia on horseback. They had to leave their children with a relative and since the trip took six months, when they finally returned, one of their smaller children did not know who they were.

Lived(s) In:
Four years after they were married, around 1790, Stephen and Penelope traveled along with a large group including his sister and bother-in-law, Benjamin and Agnes Booth Clardy, from Virginia to South Carolina to make a new home. The group settled in an area called Pendleton District, SC. According to "The Clardy Family History," the group also included Benjamin's three daughters and son-in-laws; John and Mary Clardy, David and Nancy Clardy Spearman and Jimmy and Sally Clardy Fleming. Other's who were have said to join them included Joab Clardy, Ellsworth Clardy, Henry Spencer, Polly Gambrell and others.

Another story about the family and migration come from from J.B. Guthrie of Pelzor, SC who is a descendent of David and Mary Guthrie. According to verbal family history, David Guthrie went to South Carolina to visit his brother-in-law, Stephen Booth (who married his sister
Penelope). While he was down there he purchased 1,000 acres of land for $1,000.00, then returned home to Virginia for his wife, Mary Booth Guthrie, and their children. They loaded everything they could take on an ox cart and headed for SC. When they left, her wife's parents, John and Mary Smith Booth cried because the knew they would never see her again.
Not long after David and Mary Booth Guthrie moved to SC, Stephen and Penelope Guthrie Booth decided to move their family to Bedford Co., TN. According to family history, he tried to talk David into moving also but David told him he wished he had never left Virginia.

Lived(s) In:
Stephen and Penelope Booth were living somewhere in Tennessee by 1807 because that was listed as Stephen's residence in his father's will.

Lived(s) In:
We know from her obit below that, in 1816, Agnes and Benjamin migrated to Franklin Co., TN.

Land:
On 24 Oct. 1816 Jonathan Ward deeded to Stephen Booth, 70 acres on the waters of Alexander Creek in Bedford County, TN. The land was originally part of a 3,000 land grant to Ebenezar Alexander.

Lived(s) In:
By 1820, 56-year-old Stephen and his family were living in Bedford County, TN. I believe his older sons Benjamin, Henry and James (my direct ancestor) had farms of their own nearby.

Land:
In 1825, Stephen Booth, Sr. gave his son James Booth and Samuel Clay Booth, 100 acres in Bedford Co., TN, on waters of Wartrace Fork.
Stephen S. Booth is listed as an early settler of the area.

Lived(s) In:
It appears that by 1830, Stephen, along with his sons James and Benjamin had moved further west to Haywood County, TN, near present day Alamo, to an area that would later become Crocket County.
Stephen S. Booth is listed as an early settler of the area.
Stephen S. Booth shows up in a jury in Haywood County in September 1831.

Stephen married GUTHRIE Penelope on 13 Sep 1786 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA. Penelope (daughter of GUTHRIE Henry and JOHNSON Penelope) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850

Notes:

Census:
In the 1850 census Penelope is living with Stephen B. and Mary Burns in District 11 of Haywood County. The Burns family was farming 1,000 acres. Stephen B. Burns was Penelope's grandson and one of the sons of her daughter Charlotte who married Robert W. Burns.

Notes:

Married:
On 13 Sept 1786, at the age of 22, he married Penelope Guthrie in Franklin County, Virginia. On the same day Stephen married Penelope, his sister Mary married Penelope's brother, David Guthrie.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Mar 1782, Bedford County, VA
• Will: 6 Aug 1807, FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA

Notes:

When John Booth was born on September 29, 1735, in Amelia, Virginia, his father, Thomas, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 20. He married Mary Smith and they had one daughter together. He then married Elizabeth Cobb in 1763 in Virginia. He died on December 7, 1807, at the age of 72.

John Booth was born 29 Sept 1735 in Amelia County, Virginia. He was the youngest of five sons of Thomas Sr. and was born on his father's plantation on Sweathouse Creek. Amelia County was created from Prince George and Brunswick Counties and was actually begun the same year John Booth was born. In 1757, in his early 20s, John married Mary Smith. Mary's sister Temperance married John's older brother Nathaniel.
It appears Mary Smith was born around 1730 in Lunenburg, Virginia to Richard Smith (b. 1695, m. 1711, d. 1759) and Agnes Cocke (b. 1691, m. 1711, d. 1773). Mary's parents had three sons and nine daughters and her mother, Agnes, was a daughter of Stephen Cocke and Martha (Batte) Bannister, granddaughter of Thomas Cocke, and great-granddaughter of Richard Cocke and his probable first wife, Temperance Baley. Temperance's mother, Cecily (my 11th great grandmother) had arrived in Jamestown on what was likely the 17th ship bringing in settlers. She and her family were give the title of "ancient planters."
Mary's father, Richard, owned a plantation on Spring Branch in the parish of Cumberland. In his will, which was proved in 1760, he left his daughter, Mary Booth "one silver spoon." Since Mary Smith had married John Booth just a few years earlier, it's likely she received any major gifts of land or belongings at that time.
John and Mary's children's names
Richard Cocke, my 10th great grandfather, was an original settler to the Colonies. He was born in Pickthorn, Shropshire, England around December 13, 1597 when he was baptized. He arrived in Virginia in 1627, obtained large grants of land, and settled at "Bremo," on James river, in Henrico county. He was lieutenantcolonel of his county, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1632 from Weyanke, and in 1644 and 1654 from Henrico county. He owned three plantations named Curles, Bremo, and Malvern Hills. These totaled over 7,000 acres of land. The plantations that Richard Cocke had built would remain in the family for generations.
He died in 1665. When Richard Cocke wrote his last will and testament in 1665, he asked to be buried in his orchard near his first wife (Temperance). For more, were Richard, Thomas, Peter, John Jr., Stephen (my fifth great grandfather), Mary, Benjamin, and Agnes Clardy. Two sons, Richard and Peter, served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. During the Revolutionary War, John furnished the army's commissary twice with 1,025 pounds of beef, 16 diets(?), 12 pecks of corn and pasturage on the first occasion, and 325 pounds of beef on the second. After the Yorktown victory in 1781, those who furnished supplies registered (for compensation?) with their county court. John Booth is recorded in Bedford County Court Order Book Number 6 on page 341 for March 23, 1782 and page 347 on March 25, same year. I hav not confirmed it but a post by Richard Booth on 1 May 2000, states that John Booth meets the
requirements and has become a registered patriot ancestor by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A. R.) and the Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.) effective October 1993. Any adult descendent of John Booth can become a member of either the D.A.R. or S.A.R. by showing their lineage to him.
John died in his late 70's on 7 Dec 1807 in Franklin County, VA.
Mary likely died before John since she is not mentioned in his Will.

Birth:
John Booth was born 29 Sept 1735 in Amelia County, Virginia. He was the youngest of five sons of Thomas Sr. and was born on his father's plantation on Sweathouse Creek.
Amelia County was created from Prince George and Brunswick Counties and was actually begun the same year John Booth was born.

Military:
During the Revolutionary War, John furnished the army's commissary twice with 1,025 pounds of beef, 16 diets(?), 12 pecks of corn and pasturage on the first occasion, and 325 pounds of beef on the second. After the Yorktown victory in 1781, those who furnished supplies registered (for compensation?) with their county court. John Booth is recorded in Bedford County Court Order Book Number 6 on page 341 for March 23, 1782 and page 347 on March 25, same year.

Will:
John Booth's Will:

In the name of God, Amen. I, John Booth of Franklin County and State of Virginia, being weak in body, but of disposing mind and memory, do make this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, to-wit,
First I desire all my just debts shall be paid,
secondly I desire my Daughter Agness Clarady and my sons Richard Booth, Peter Booth, John Booth, Stephen Booth and my daughter Mary Guttry shall have one shilling sterling apiece,
Thirdly I give my son Benjamin Booth the tract of land I now live on containing four hundred acres by survey also Forty Six Acres of land lying in Bedford County on the north side of Staunton River to him and his heirs forever, and
fourthly I give to my son Thomas one feather bed and furniture the rest of my Estate both real and personal I desire shall be held in Trust by Peter Booth of the State of Virginia or by Stephen Booth of the State of Tennessee and the profits thereof to be applied to the use of Thomas Booth during his life and after his death to be equally divided among three of his children to-wit, Frances, James Thomas and I do hereby appoint my two sons Peter Booth and Benjamin Booth Executors of this my Last Will and Testament revoking all others.
Desire that this may be received as such. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seven.
Signed Published and his declared in the presence John x Booth (Seal) of John Forbes, Frances mark Blayds, Aquilla Mitchel
Will Book No. 1, Page 332. Rocky Mt., VA Source: Ancestry.com

John married SMITH Mary in 1757. Mary (daughter of SMITH Richard and COCKE Agnes) was born about 1730 in Lunenburg County, Va; died before 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Mary's parents had three sons and nine daughters and her mother, Agnes, was a daughter of Stephen Cocke and Martha (Batte) Bannister, granddaughter of Thomas Cocke, and great-granddaughter of Richard Cocke and his probable first wife, Temperance Baley.

Notes:

Married:
In 1757, in his early 20s, John married Mary Smith. Mary's sister Temperance married John's older brother Nathaniel.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 1765, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Penelope and David were just two of the 12 children of Henry Guthrie and Penelope Johnson Guthrie whose marriage initially seemed to have created a lot of drama in her Quaker community.

On September 22, 1777 Henry signed the oath of allegiance required by the General Assembly of Virginia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Land:
Henry Guthrie owned land on Newton's Creek in Amherst County in 1765

Henry married JOHNSON Penelope in 1755 in Louisa County, VA. Penelope and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Penelope and David were just two of the 12 children of Henry Guthrie and Penelope Johnson Guthrie whose marriage initially seemed to have created a lot of drama in her Quaker community. Cedar Creek Meeting House Marker.

The Guthries, my sixth great grandparents, were married in Louisa County in 1755. The Quaker records of the Cedar Creek Meeting House contain these entries:
January 11, 1755: Penelope Johnson disowned for marrying contrary to discipline.
February 8, 1755: Agness Johnson condemned for entertaining her daughter on the day of her marriage, which was contrary to the advice of the Friends.
According to the source, these two entries likely meant that Henry was not a Quaker, and even though Penelope was disowned for marrying him she could have asked for and received reinstatement. This was quite common during this time.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Planter
• Property: Abt 1730, Amelia County, Va
• Land: 1749, Amelia County, Va
• Will: 15 Sep 1758, Amelia County, Va

Notes:

When Thomas Booth was born in 1705 in Surry, Virginia, his father, George, was 26 and his mother, Mary, was 25. He had one son with Elizabeth Cobb in 1735. He died in 1766 in Amelia, Virginia, at the age of 61.

The book, "Booth Family History: One Lineage from Thomas, Sr. (1705-1767) of Amelia County, Virginia to Present" includes some very helpful research on Thomas and his descendants. The book was written by Timothy Douglas Booth (1948-2002) of Centreville, VA who was a descendant of Thomas Booth.

"On his last visit in April 1993, he was accompanied by two other Booths also descended
from Thomas, but from a different son. They video-taped their visit and the author has a
copy of the tape. According to Carlson, Thomas obtained first part of his land in 1724. He
built a brick house in 1725 using bricks which came over from England as ballast in the boats.
Also, the house was constructed from locally made bricks from reddish clay. Both kinds of
brick are found on the property and are shown in the videotape. On the original site, there now
stands a wooden house constructed about 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Ben

According to the book, Thomas was a "planter" who, at the height of his success, owned 2,000 acres with a plantation on which he farmed and raised livestock. At the time, only one planter in ten had an estate of more than a thousand acres so he was considered quite wealthy. His plantation was located in Southside Virginia in present-day Amelia County about 23 miles west-northwest of Petersburg and 27 miles southwest of Richmond. He lived most of his adult life in this area.

Thomas and Elizabeth had seven children; five were sons and two were daughters.

ILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY 259
BOOTH FAMILY.
Some Descendants of the Gloucester Booths. By MRS. WIRT JOHNSON CARRINGTON.
That the Southsidc Booths and the Gloucester Booths are entirely different families seems to be clearly proven by the following records: First, their coata-of-arms are entirely dissimilar; also their family names, though it is a peculiar coincidence that a family of Southside Booths bought and settled in Amelia County on land on Swe;ithouse Creek, that had formerly belonged to Thomas Booth, the elder, by patent bearing date September 29, 1735'971,554 acres which the aaid Thomas Booth, Sr., had willed to hia respective sons, which he mentions in his will, recorded in Amelia County, September 15, 1758.
From family tradition we have it that George Booth of Gloucester was the father of Thomas of Prince George County, and following this Thomas Booth up we find that he was the Thomas Booth of Amelia County who received the patent of 1,554 acres on Sweathouse Creek, Prince George County [Amelia was formed from Prince George in 1734].
We will begin with George Booth of Gloucester.
In the Land Office of Richmond, Va., Book (II), page 102, to George Booth of Surry, 202Vi, acres on Turkey Kgg Creek in Prince George County, June 27, 1722. Book (13), page 203, to Thomas Booth of Prince George, 300 acres, Cove of Wallace's Creek, Prince George, October 13, 1727. Book (13), page 204, to Thomas Booth, of Prince George County, 150 acres, October 13, 1727.
Thomas Booth, died in Amelia County; married Elizabeth ---------. Will dated September 15, 1758. John Booth
(son of Thomas, son of George) "leaves to his wife, Elizabeth (Cobb) Booth, for life." See will in this article, as recorded at Amelia Courthouse Will Book (5), page 39, dated July 15, 1793; leaving his son, John C. Booth, one of his executors.

Occupation:
According to the book, Thomas was a "planter" who, at the height of his success, owned 2,000 acres with a plantation on which he farmed and raised livestock. At the time, only one planter in ten had an estate of more than a thousand acres so he was considered quite wealthy. His plantation was located in Southside Virginia in present-day Amelia County about 23 miles west-northwest of Petersburg and 27 miles southwest of Richmond. He lived most of his adult life in this area.

Property:
According to court records such as deed books, and his
will, it is known that the location of Thomas' land was on
both sides of Sweathouse Creek which runs into Deep
Creek. Deep Creek flows a few miles north into the
Appomattox River which flows eastward into the James
River at Hopewell. Waterways were important to farmers
because it gave them a way to transport crops and people
to markets.
An ancestor of Thomas Booth, Carlson Fitzhugh Booth,
has visited his land in Amelia County. From the Booth
Family book by Timothy Douglas Booth: The family of Thomas Booth's mother-in-law, Mary Shield, is well documented in " Colonial Families of The Southern States of America "
by Stella Pickett Hardy. Mary's father was James Shields, of Williamsburg, VA who was "one of the early ordinary keepers of the Colony." His descendants would include an early surveyor for York County, a Governor of Virginia and a President of the United States. He was my 9th great grandfather. More about James Shield:

"On his last visit in April 1993, he was accompanied by two other Booths also descended from Thomas, but from a different son. They video-taped their visit and the author has a copy of the tape. According to Carlson, Thomas obtained first part of his land in 1724. He built a brick house in 1725 using bricks which came over from England as ballast in the boats. Also, the house was constructed from locally made bricks from reddish clay. Both kinds of brick are found on the property and are shown in the videotape. On the original site, there now stands a wooden house constructed about 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haigwood (Hogwood?), who live there, hosted Carlson and his two Booth cousins."

Thomas later divided his land among his five sons. His four older sons received their shares in 1749, totaling 1,210 acres of the 1554 acres. His youngest son, John, my sixth great grandfather, was willed his share of 338 acres when Thomas died.

Land:
Thomas later divided his land among his five sons. His four older sons received their shares in 1749, totaling 1,210 acres of the 1554 acres.

According to court records such as deed books, and his will, it is known that the location of Thomas' land was on both sides of Sweathouse Creek which runs into Deep Creek. Deep Creek flows a few miles north into the Appomattox River which flows eastward into the James River at Hopewell. Waterways were important to farmers because it gave them a way to transport crops and people to markets.

An ancestor of Thomas Booth, Carlson Fitzhugh Booth, has visited his land in Amelia County. From the Booth Family book by Timothy Douglas Booth:     
The family of Thomas Booth's mother-in-law, Mary Shield, is well documented in "Colonial Families of The Southern States of America " by Stella Pickett Hardy. Mary's father was James Shields, of Williamsburg, VA who was "one of the early ordinary keepers of the Colony." His descendants would include an early surveyor for York County, a Governor of Virginia and a President of the United States. He was my 9th great grandfather. More about James Shield     

"On his last visit in April 1993, he was accompanied by two other Booths also descended from Thomas, but from a different son. They video-taped their visit and the author has a copy of the tape. According to Carlson, Thomas obtained first part of his land in 1724. He built a brick house in 1725 using bricks which came over from England as ballast in the boats. Also, the house was constructed from locally made bricks from reddish clay. Both kinds of brick are found on the property and are shown in the videotape. On the original site, there now stands a wooden house constructed about 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Haigwood (Hogwood?), who live there, hosted Carlson and his two Booth cousins."     

Thomas later divided his land among his five sons. His four older sons received their shares in 1749, totaling 1,210 acres of the 1554 acres. His youngest son, John, my sixth great grandfather, was willed his share of 338 acres when Thomas died. John was just 23 and possibly living at home with his widowed father and together they were farming the land John would later inherit. John had married Mary Smith the previous year.     

Will:
Will Book 2X, page 290 Amelia County, Virginia

In the name of God, I, Thomas Booth Sr of the County of Amelia, being of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, vis:
First and principally I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it hoping through the merits of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ to obtain full remission of my sins and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named.
First: I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid.
Item: I will and bequeath to my son THOMAS one shilling sterling to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I will and bequeath to my son GEORGE one shilling sterling to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I will and bequeath to my son WILLIAM one shilling sterling to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I will and bequeath to my son NATHANIEL one shilling sterling to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I will and bequeath to my daughter JOICE one shilling sterling to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter ANN two negroes, viz Agge and her daughter named Lucy, also her choice of a feather bed and furniture as it stands to her and her heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son JOHN the land and plantation whereon I now live containing three hundred and thirty eight acres to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son JOHN all the rest of my estate both Real and Personal to him and his heirs forever.
And my will is that my estate be not brought to appraisement.
I also constitute and appoint my Son JOHN whole and Sole Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1758.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Thomas Booth (SEAL)
In presence of:
John Chappell
Robert Chappell
Joseph Chappell

At a Court held for Amelia County the -- day of June 1766 This will was proved by the Oaths of John Chappell and Robert Chappell, two of the witnesses whereto and at another Court held for the said County the 22nd day of June 1769 the same was sworn to by John Booth, the Executor therein named and ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of the said Executor who entered into and acknowledged bond with George Hightower his security as the Law directs certificate was granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form.

Thomas married COBB(S) Elizabeth in 1728. Elizabeth (daughter of COBB Thomas and SHIELDS Mary) was born in 1715; died in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When Elizabeth Cobb was born in 1715, her father, Thomas, was 26, and her mother, Mary, was 23. She had one son with Thomas Booth in 1735. She died in 1758 at the age of 43.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 1760, Cumberland, VA
• Will: 1760, Cumberland County, VA

Notes:

Land:
Mary's father, Richard, owned a plantation on Spring Branch in the parish of
Cumberland. In his will, which was proved in 1760, he left his daughter, Mary
Booth "one silver spoon."

Will:
Mary's father, Richard, owned a plantation on Spring Branch in the parish of Cumberland. In his will, which was proved in 1760, he left his daughter, Mary Booth "one silver spoon."
Since Mary Smith had married John Booth just a few years earlier, it's likely she received any major gifts of land or belongings at that time.

Richard married COCKE Agnes in 1711. Agnes was born in 1691; died in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Cecily

Notes:

Temperance's mother, Cecily (my 11th great grandmother) had arrived in Jamestown on what was likely the 17th ship bringing in settlers. She and her family were give the title of "ancient planters."

Richard Cocke, my 10th great grandfather, was an original settler to the Colonies. He was born in Pickthorn, Shropshire, England around December 13, 1597 when he was baptized. He arrived in Virginia in 1627, obtained large grants of land, and settled at "Bremo," on James river, in Henrico county. He was lieutenant-colonel of his county, and was a member of the house of burgesses in 1632 from Weyanke, and in 1644 and 1654 from Henrico county. He owned three plantations named Curles, Bremo, and Malvern Hills. These totaled over 7,000 acres of land. The plantations that Richard Cocke had built would remain in the family for generations. He died in 1665. When Richard Cocke wrote his last will and testament in 1665, he asked to be buried in his orchard near his first wife (Temperance).

Parents had three sons and nine daughters and her mother, Agnes, was a daughter of Stephen Cocke and Martha (Batte) Bannister, granddaughter of Thomas Cocke, and great-granddaughter of Richard Cocke and his probable first wife, Temperance Baley.