CHAPPELL Thomas, III

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]

Notes:

Married:
Family Source

1. CHAPPELL Thomas was born in 1678 in Charles City County, VA; died before 1726 in Prince George County, VA.
2. CHAPPELL Samuel was born in 1680 in Charles City County, VA; died in 1749 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.
3. CHAPPELL Robert was born in 1680 in Charles City County, VA; died on 12 May 1724 in Prince George County, VA.
4. CHAPPELL Mary Ann was born in 1682 in Charles City County, VA; died in 1749.
5. CHAPPELL James was born on 10 May 1694 in Charles City County, VA; died on 12 Feb 1769 in Sussex County, VA; was buried in Sussex County, VA.

Thomas married JONES Mrs. Sarah about 1693 in Sussex County, VA. Mrs. was born about 1672 in Charles City County, VA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
This marriage has not been confirmed. Info received from LDS records

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 603
• Residence: Settled in the Merchant Hope/Westover area
• Land: 20 Oct 1665, Charles City County, VA; Granted 80 acres

Notes:

Settled in the Merchant Hope/Westover area which was part of Charles City County until 1702 when Prince George County was cut off and organized with Merchant Hope as County Seat

My father was just 23 when he left Gravesend, England, 23 June 1635 on America. I do not know much about him because most records of Charles City County where we lived are lost. I do remember my father dying in 1658. Having written no will, he invited Mr. Edward Fitzgerald and Mr. Ferdinando Austin to our home to tell them that he wanted each of my brothers and sisters to have two breeding cattle, and that I, the eldest son, should receive his land. Of course the remainder of what my father owned went to Mother who was married to Walter Darnham by 13 September 1658, the day the Charles City County court at Merchant's Hope ordered Darnham to give me my inheritance and for Mr. Aston to see that my brothers and sisters were educated. I never heard what happened to any of them.I obtained a patent for 80 acres next to lands of John Tate in Charles City County 20 October 1665. My plantation was in Weyanoke Parish, near Kittewan Creek, north of where the town of Weyanoke is today. I once served on a coroner's jury-about a dozen upright citizens whom our county coroner would summon when someone died of unusual causes. We concluded on 7 May 1665 that when infant Katherine Lanier fell from her bed, the rail caught her head and she smothered in the bed clothes. I was dead by October 1689 when my widow, Huldah, sold 100 acres that I had given her.
We have been unable to identify more about Huldah whose 1689 deed was acknowledged by Thomas Chappell and his wife, Elizabeth.


A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CHAPPELL FAMILIES
CHAPTER III.
THOMAS CHAPPELL THE IMMIGRANT (1635).-CHARLES CITY COUNTY.-WESTOVER.-MERCHANT'S HOPE.-LOST RECORDS. -THOMAS CHAPPELL THE SECOND.-JAMES JONES.-JONES* WILL.-THE SONS OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH CHAPPELL.- THE NEGRO SLAVE.
Thomas Chappell, the youth who sailed from Gravesend, England, June 23, 1635, on the ship America, William Barker, master, for the colony in Virginia, became the progenitor of the family of Chappells whose history and genealogy will appear on these pages. He was 23 years old when he sailed from England, as appears from the clearance papers of the ship, and hence was born in 1612. That he was the son of Captain John Chappell, master of the Speedwell, there are good reasons to assume, although there is no positive proof to establish the. correctness of this conclusion. The name "John" has been from the beginning the favorite Christian name in the Virginia branch through every succeeding generation, and when we remember that it has been an invariable custom among the Chappells always to perpetuate their family names, we must conclude that the evidence is at least persuasive that voung Thomas was a son of the old mariner.
The conditions "which prevailed, both in England and in Virginia, in 1635, were such as to invite the enterprising young man who desired to better his condition to embark for the New World. England was overcrowded with a dense population. In the colony there was plenty of room. The "starving time" was only remembered as a horrible dream of the past; the terrible massacre of 1622 had driven the Bedman far into the interior, and had left an open space on the frontier ready for the plow of the English immigrant. All along the James, from the mouth to Dutch Gap, might be seen the thrifty little settlements, called "hundreds," in which the tobacco-fields shone beautiful and green in all their primeval luxuriant growth. All was peace and prosperity, and there was not, perhaps, on the face of the globe a more inviting field for. an energetic, enterprising young man than Virginia was at that time.
The population of the colony had increased in the last two decades, until it now numbered, according to a census taken that year, 4,914 souls. In the previous year (1634) it had been divided into eight shires or counties, viz.: James City, Henrico, Charles City, Warwick, Warrasquoake, Charles Eiver, Elizabeth City, and Accornac. All of these counties were located along the James of the sea coast, although the territory of some of them extended far into the interior without limit, as England claimed at that time all the country as far west as the Mississippi Kiver.
The America probably reached the mouth of the James about the 1st of August, 1635, and as the law then forbade the breaking of bulk before arriving at Jamestown, she doubtless came directly up the river and first cast anchor at that place. Thomas Chappell could have remained at Jamestown but a few days, for, as will appear, he proceeded shortly about thirty miles up the river and located on the south side, in Charles City County, opposite Westover, at the mouth of a creek named for him- "Chappell's Creek."
The first record found which throws any light on Thomas Chappell after his advent into Virginia is a land patent granted to William Barker, the captain of the ship America, on which he came over. This patent was issued November 26, 1635-four months after the landing of the America-and was for eight head-rights imported by Captain Barker on a previous voyage, made in July, 1634. The following is a verbatim copy of The Land Patent to William Barker.
"To all to whom these presents shall come. I Capt. John West (note: kin to the West side of the Horne Family), Esqr. Governor &c. Send Greeting in Our Lord God Everlasting. Whereas by letters bearing date thee two and twentieth day of July 1634, A. D. Now Know ye that I the said Capt. John West, Esq. Governor, doe w^th y^e consent of y^e Council of State give and grant unto William Barker, Mariner, four Hundred acres of Land scituated, lying and being in Charles Cittie County and bounded upon a creek called Chappell's Creek, south into the woods. East along the River (James) adjoining upon Merchant's Hope. The said fower Hundred acres of land being due unto him the said William Barker, Mariner, as followeth. Viz: fiftie acres of the said fower hundred acres for his own personell adventure into the Colony and three hundred and fiftie acres by and for the transportation into this Colony at his own proper charges and Costs of seven persons whose names are in the records mentioned under this Patent. To have and to hold the said fower hundred acres of Land with his due share of all Mines and Minerals therein contaigned &c. To be held of our Sovereign Lord the King his heirs and Successors as of his Man- now &c, yielding and paying unto our said Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors for ever unto his or their Eent gatherers.
"Provided alwaise that if the said William Barker, his heirs or assigns shall not seate or plant, or cause to be planted &c. Given at James Cittie under my hand and sealed wth ye seale of j^e. Colony y^e 26th. day of November 1635 and in y^e XI yeare of y^e Reigne of y^e Sovereign the King &c.
"John West, Govn.
"Head-rirflits:-William Barker, Richard Hitchcox, Wil-liam Low, William Wall, Tho. Bridges, Jon. Field, Tho. Hooper and Auther Browne." (See Gen. Land Books, Vol. I., p. 321.)
This description fixes definitely the location of the spot where Thomas Chappell settled on his arrival in the colony, for the land-marks designated in the patent can still be found. James River is still there and flows on just as it did 265 year; ago. Old Merchant's Hope Church is there and Chappell's Creek is there, although, of course, all else is changed.
What relationship existed between Captain Barker and "Thomas Chappell can never be known. It is certainly a strange coincidence that within four months from the time of their landing we find the young man located at one of the most favored spots in Virginia; the stream on the banks of which he had settled named for him, and the older man patenting large tracts of land in the same locality. As will be seen, Capt. Barker had made previous voyages, one at least in 1634, and the most plausible theory is that he then owned land in that locality, which he sold to Thomas Chappell. That Thomas acquired land in the vicinity by purchase from the patentee will hereafter be shown.
On the same day-November 20, 1035 - that Capt. Barker received the foregoing patent, there was also issued to him and his associates, Richard Quiney and John Saddler (merchants), another patent for 1,200 acres of land, being twenty-five head-rights, in the same locality. This was not unusual,, for many of the masters of ships, instead of selling the head-rights of persons whom they .had brought into the colony, located them themselves, and very often settled j>ermanently in Virginia and became wealthy planters.
In an old record book of Charles City County, the only one preserved containing any record previous to 1790, have-been found two records referring to Thomas Chappell. The first is an order of the county court, made at Westover, then the county-seat, April 9, 1601, in which he is ordered to give a bond as guardian for his daughter for some cattle¹ be queathed to her by Lieut. John Banister. This order is as follows (verbatim):
"Att a Cor't liolden at Westover April 9, 1661, Thomas Chappell acknowledged in Cor't to have received of Jaims Wallis who married y^e relict of Lt. John Banister, dec'd, one Legacy given by y^e said Banister to y^e said Chappell's child by will and discharged by y^e said Wallis fully from y^e bond, Being three cows and one heyfor. It is ordered by y^e Cor't, that Thomas Chappell give bond to y^e Cor't for y^e Cattle bequeathed to his child by y^e last Will and Testament of Lt. John Banister and by him received for her use; being three Cows and one Heyfor." (Charles City Co. Order Book, p. 271.)<
Lieut. John Banister was no doubt related to Thomas Chappell's wife - probably her father. Such bequests of cattle were* common in Virginia during this period. They required no feeding or attention, and generally by the time the child arrived at maturity the number had increased, especially if the little herd at the beginning were females, as was the case in this legacy, until the bequest was not an insignificant one. The old wills in Virginia are full of such bequests, for they had little else to give.
There are no means of determining who this Lieutenant Banister was. The family was a prominent one in Charles City and Prince George counties for several generations, and there was a John Banister in each generation.* John Banister of Charles City County bought African slaves from a Spanish ship which came up the James in 1638. He was probably the father-in-law of Thomas Chappell and the testator of the will in which this bequest was made. (Brace's "History of Virginia.") Another John Banister, of a later generation, owned land adjoining Robert Chappell in Prince George County. (Deed from Abram Cocke to Robert Chappell, December 13, 1725, Chap. VIII.) Banister River, which flows through the northern part of Halifax County, Virginia, was named for a member of the same family.
The only other record found of Thomas Chappell is in a list of the names composing a "Jury of Enquest," what would now be called a grand jury, which served at Westover on May 8, 1665. Thomas Chappell was a member of this Jury. (Charles City Order Book.)
While no patent has been found in the land books issued to Thomas Chappell previous to 1665, the fact that he was a land-owner, and owned a plantation near Merchant's Hope, which he bought from the patentee, is fully established by the following patent granted to him October 20, 1665, in which it is stated that the tract of land patented at that time adjoined a tract which he then owned. The following is a verbatim copy of this
Patent Issued to Thomas Cliappcll.
"To all &c. Whereas &c, now Know ye that I the said Sir William Berkeley, Knight, Governor &c., give and grant unto Thomas Chappell Eighty acres of Land scituated in the county of Charles Citty on the South side of James River and on the north side of Kittawan creek. Beginning at a line that parts John Tate and the said Thomas Chappell's present land, and extending into the Woods. North half West four hundred Poles, West half South thirty two poles, South Tialf East four hundred Poles and East half North thirty two Poles to the place aforementioned. The said Land being due and confirmed unto the said Chappell by order of y^e General Court dated y^e Sixteenth of September one thousand six hundred and sixty three.
*Bristol Parish Register and Bishop Meade. CHAPPELL, DICKIE AND OTHER KINDRED FAMILIES. 55

"To have and to hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding and paying &c. Provided &c. Dated y^e 20 day of October 1665.
"Sir William Berkeley
(Land Book, V., p. 520.) "Governor."
The description of the land conveyed in this patent is peculiar, and the shape of the tract is also.unusual. It will be observed, by those familiar with surveying, that the courses, instead of being described by degrees, are described J)j the points of the compass, indicating that the surveyor had been a sailor, and was more familiar with boxing a compass than with his table of logarithms, perhaps. The tract was in the shape of a parallelogram, the courses running at an angle of forty-five degrees from a meridian line-a very peculiar - shape in a country where land was as abundant and cheap as it was in Virginia at that time.
Thomas Chappell made no mistake in selecting the location for his future home, for the country around Westover and Merchant's Hope was the garden of the lower James. Besides, there are but few localities in the United States around which cluster so many events of historic interest. Charles City County, which embraced this locality, extended to both sides of the river and included the territory far to the southward and westward, out of which were subsequently carved the counties of Prince George, Dinwiddie, Amelia, Nottaway, Prince Edward, Brunswick, and others. Westover was the county seat. In 1702, that part of the county lying south of the river was cut off and organized into Prince George, and Merchant's Hope became the county seat of the county of Charles Citty on the South side of James River and on the north side of Kittawan creek. Beginning at a line that parts John Tate and the said Thomas Chappells present land, and extending into the Woods. North half West four hundred Poles, West half South thirty two poles, South half East four hundred Poles and East half North thirty two Poles to the place aforementioned. The said Land being due and confirmed unto the said Chappell by order of y^e General Court dated y^e Sixteenth of September one thousand six hundred and sixty three.
"To have and to hold &c. To be held &c. Yielding and paying &c. Provided &c. Dated y^e 20 day of October 1665.
"Sir William Berkeley
(Land Book, V., p. 520.) "Governor."

So that it will be understood that while Thomas Chappell lived on the south bank of the river-which is here two miles wide-his counly town was Westover, he having died before the new county was formed. Hence all records of him would have been left in Charles City County. Neither Westover nor Merchant's Hope were towns, as might be inferred, but were simply landings on the river. In fact, there was no town in Virginia in the seventeenth cen-tury, excepting Old Jamestown, and even that place was never more than a small village, although for a century it was the capital of the colony.
I have twice visited this famous locality, so rich in historic associations. It is not only a grand old country today, but is doubly interesting to me from the fact that it was the home of my first American ancestor. Westover is simply an* old Virginia mansion on what was once a magnificent plantation. It is built in the colonial style of architecture, of brick imported from England, and stands on the north bank of the James, about a hundred yards from the water's edge. It is still in a fair state of preservation, although a relic of a bygone age. It was probably settled by Theodorick Bland, of London; at least, he is buried there, and a great slab, in-scribed with his name and coat-of-arms, rests over his grave. Westover was afterward owned by the Byrd family-father and son - the elder of whom was always supposed to have been a son of George I. of England. It was one of these same Byrds who, when on a visit to Edenton, North Carolina, wrote the very uncomplimentary description of the people of that town which will be found in Chapter XIII.
The present house was built by Col. Wm. Byrd in 1737. It is rich in historic reminiscence, for here in days gone by have occurred some of the most important events in the annals of this country. In the Indian massacre of 1622,. thirty-three persons perished on this plantation. During the American Revolution the traitor Arnold had his headquar-ters in this house on his route to Richmond with his British troops. Cornwallis crossed here-swimming his horses - on his march to Yorktown, and stabled his cavalry in the parlors of the mansion. During the War of 1812 it was frequently the scene of contests between the contending armies. Coming down to the Civil War, General Pope and other Federal generals occupied the mansion, and their soldiers almost destroyed the magnificent oak carved wainscoting which adorned the parlors.
The story of the beautiful Evelyn Byrd, whose tomb is near the house, is one of the most pathetic in the history of colonial Virginia. The fair lady died of a broken heart, because she was not permitted to marry the lover, of her choice. One of the most interesting features about the old place is a subterranean tunnel which extends from the house to the river, and which was built, it is supposed, to enable the inmates to escape in case of a sudden attack by the Indians. '
The land patented to William Barker and his associates, Kichard Quiney and John Saddler, November 26, 1635, under patent No. 2£5, embraced the identical spot on which Mer-chant's Hope now stands. Quiney and Saddler were merchants in London, and were doubtless part owners of the ship America with Capt. Barker. Besides the tracts mentioned, they patented, in 1638, 600 acres adjoining the 1,200 acre tract near Merchant's Hope, and as early as 1684 were lessees of a tract of 500 acres in the same vicinity. Richard Quiney was a brother of Thomas Quiney, of London, who, on February 10, 1616, married Judith, the youngest daughter of William Shakespeare.
In 1656, the London and Virginia Company built the church on this tract of land that stands there today. It is still called "Merchant's Hope Church," and has been faithfully kept in repair. During the Civil War the Northern troops were quartered in the building and removed the stone paving from the aisles, with which they constructed a stable. The church silver-communion service - which was given to it by Queen Anne shortly after her accession to the throne, in 1702, bears on it an inscription stating that "Her Majesty the Head of the Church gives this service to Merchant's Hope Church." During the Civil War this silver was buried and it escaped the grasping fingers of the vandal.
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The old church is located about a mile from the James and near the bank of Chappell's Creek. It stands there solitary and alone, surrounded by the old pines whose branches have sheltered it for two and a half centuries. The old building is of brick with an arched roof and unusually thick, heavy walls. No other building now remains, but Major F. P. Leavenworth, of Petersburg, who for many years has been the county surveyor of Prince George County, recently, at the request of the compiler, made an examination of the old locality, and discovered the spot on which the old court-house (built in 1702) once stood, from the ruins of the brick walls and foundation. No gravestone or monument now remains in the little churchyard, except a few broken fragments, even these having been sacrilegiously appropriated in the construction of the stable, when the old church was used as a picket station in 1864, by "our friends, the enemy."

Chappell's Creek flows dnto the James between the old church and the ruins of the former court-house, and nearly opposite Berkeley's. It is an insignificant stream, but it marks a spot sacred to the memory of an ancestor whose descendants, now numbered by the thousands, are scattered over every State in the South and West.* Just across the river and almost in sight is Malvern Hill, where in July, 1862, was fought one of the most desperate engagements of the Civil War. Among the brave Confederates who fell there were many descendants of Thomas Chappell, who had come from their distant Southern homes to meet death at the very spot where their first ancestor settled 227 years before.
The genealogist who attempts to trace the history of an old Virginia family during the early colonial period is continually confronted with almost insurmountable obstacles. There are no traditions extending back to so early a period, and the few remaining records have become so mutilated and effaced, through the ravages of time, that but little information can be gleaned from them. Tidewater Virginia has been three times devastated by war, and invading- armies have overrun every part of the country along the James. First in 1776, again in 1812, and the last time in the Civil War, have the waters of this noble stream been lighted up by the lurid gleam of burning mansions along its banks. Many of the old courthouses, also, have been burned, and with them every record. In other cases, while the buildings themselves have escaped the red torch of the invader, the records, now valuable for their antiquity, if for nothing else, have been pur-loined and taken away by the human hienas who always accompany an invading army.
These fragments of court records, a few old vestry books and parish registers, and the land books in the General Land Office in Richmond-which fortunately have escaped and are preserved intact for the entire colonial period-furnish the only sources of information from which the antiquarian can trace the footsteps of these early settlers or glean any knowledge of their history.
In Charles City County all records, prior to 1790, were destroyed or stolen during the Civil War. Only one - the order book to which I have referred, and from which were copied the two records referring to Thomas Chappell - has been recovered. Doubtless had these records been preserved, there would have been found there the wills of Thomas Chappell the immigrant, and/also that of Thomas his son, who will be referred to hereafter; the latter of whom, at least, having died testate, as is shown by other records. These two wills are the only missing links in the entire genealogical chain from 1635 to the present time, and could they be found, the genealogy of the many branches descended from Thomas Chappell the immigrant could be established by indisputable recorded evidence down through eleven generations, a most remarkable instance of the successful prosecution of genealogical research, when it is remembered that no authentic written history of the family has ever been preserved.
Thomas Chappell had only two children of whom any trace can now be found - the little daughter to whom the legacy was bequeathed by Lieut. Banister, and a son named Thomas. Thomas, Sr., was 53 years old in 1665, and probably lived but a few years longer. His ashes, no doubt, rest in the little cemetery at the old despoiled church of Merchant's Hope, and there fill an unmarked grave.

*In Vol. II., p. 217, "Surveys of Prince George County," are the field-notes of a survey made February 19, 1813, of a tract of land on Burchee's Swamp and Seven Spring Branch, called Chappell's. It is still known by that name to-day. (Major Leavenworth.)

Thomas Chappell II, in his own words If he could speak to us today, Thomas Chappell II might describe his life as follows.
My father was just 23 when he left Gravesend, England, 23 June 1635 on America. I do not know much about him because most records of Charles City County where we lived are lost. I do remember my father dying in 1658. Having written no will, he invited Mr. Edward Fitzgerald and Mr. Ferdinando Austin to our home to tell them that he wanted each of my brothers and sisters to have two breeding cattle, and that I, the eldest son, should receive his land. Of course the remainder of what my father owned went to Mother who was married to Walter Darnham by 13 September 1658, the day the Charles City County court at Merchant's Hope ordered Darnham to give me my inheritance and for Mr. Aston to see that my brothers and sisters were educated. I never heard what happened to any of them. I obtained a patent for 80 acres next to lands of John Tate in Charles City County 20 October 1665. My plantation was in Weyanoke Parish, near Kittewan Creek, north of where the town of Weyanoke is today. I once served on a coroner's jury-about a dozen upright citizens whom our county coroner would summon when someone died of unusual causes. We concluded on 7 May 1665 that when infant Katherine Lanier fell from her bed, the rail caught her head and she smothered in the bed clothes. I was dead by October 1689 when my widow, Huldah, sold 100 acres that I had given her.

We have been unable to identify more about Huldah whose 1689 deed was acknowledged by Thomas Chappell and his wife, Elizabeth.
John Chappell of Petherton and Capt. John Chappell Also arriving in America within a month of Thomas was John Chappell, of Petherton, Somersetshire, England. At age 38 he set sail on the Assurance 24 July 1635. If John and Thomas were closely related, we doubt they would have traveled separately to America. Although some have suggested Thomas was the son of John Chappell, the captain of the Speedwell that made one trip to America in 1635, there is no proof.
Another Thomas Chappell? Thomas Chappell was a headright for Richard Tye and Charles Sparrow for 2,500 acres in Charles City County 12 Aug. 1659. Further, Anthony Wyatt paid passage for a Thomas Chappell for which he received a certificate 6 June 1664. This suggests another Thomas Chappell in the community. Indeed one Thomas Chappell had been a servant to John Richards. When Richards died, the court of 4 Feb. 1665/6 ordered that corn and clothing customarily paid to indentured servants be given Chappell. We have yet to identify Samuel Chappell who left a now-lost will in Prince George County that Ann Bolling, executrix, presented 9 Feb. 1713/14. &
Lt. John Banister (-1661) Lt. John Banister left 3 cows and one heifer to a daughter of Thomas Chappell in April 1661. Although many have presumed that Thomas Chappell married a daughter of John Banister, later patent records show Banister died without heirs. Banister's wife, Jane, was a midwife who, with Jane Thomas and Dr. John Jacob, testified in 1658 that Fortune Bayley had not been raped. Jane married 2nd James Wallace. For more on James Wallace, see John Butler. Some have incorrectly reported that Lt. John Banister was the ancestor of Rev. John Banister, the naturalist, who married Martha Batte .

Chappell Creek Chappell Creek, named in a patent for William Barker, the captain of the America, in Nov. 1635, is said to have been named for Thomas Chappell, who was in the Colony no earlier than Aug. 1635. Considering the lengthy process for securing a patent, the creek is likely named for Merchant's Hope chapel located nearby.
Thomas Chappell II, in his own words If he could speak to us today, Thomas Chappell II might describe his life as follows.
My father was just 23 when he left Gravesend, England, 23 June 1635 on America. I do not know much about him because most records of Charles City County where we lived are lost. I do remember my father dying in 1658. Having written no will, he invited Mr. Edward Fitzgerald and Mr. Ferdinando Austin to our home to tell them that he wanted each of my brothers and sisters to have two breeding cattle, and that I, the eldest son, should receive his land. Of course the remainder of what my father owned went to Mother who was married to Walter Darnham by 13 September 1658, the day the Charles City County court at Merchant's Hope ordered Darnham to give me my inheritance and for Mr. Aston to see that my brothers and sisters were educated. I never heard what happened to any of them. I obtained a patent for 80 acres next to lands of John Tate in Charles City County 20 October 1665. My plantation was in Weyanoke Parish, near Kittewan Creek, north of where the town of Weyanoke is today. I once served on a coroner's jury- about a dozen upright citizens whom our county coroner would summon when someone died of unusual causes. We concluded on 7 May 1665 that when infant Katherine Lanier fell from her bed, the rail caught her head and she smothered in the bed clothes. I was dead by October 1689 when my widow, Huldah, sold 100 acres that I had given her. &
We have been unable to identify more about Huldah whose 1689 deed was acknowledged by Thomas Chappell and his wife, Elizabeth.
John Chappell of Petherton and Capt. John Chappell Also arriving in America within a month of Thomas was John Chappell, of Petherton, Somersetshire, England. At age 38 he set sail on the Assurance 24 July 1635. If John and Thomas were closely related, we doubt they would have traveled separately to America. Although some have suggested Thomas was the son of John Chappell, the captain of the Speedwell that made one trip to America in 1635, there is no proof.
Another Thomas Chappell? Thomas Chappell was a headright for Richard Tye and Charles Sparrow for 2,500 acres in Charles City County 12 Aug. 1659. Further, Anthony Wyatt paid passage for a Thomas Chappell for which he received a certificate 6 June 1664. This suggests another Thomas Chappell in the community. Indeed one Thomas Chappell had been a servant to John Richards. When Richards died, the court of 4 Feb. 1665/6 ordered that corn and clothing customarily paid to indentured servants be given Chappell. We have yet to identify Samuel Chappell who left a now-lost will in Prince George County that Ann Bolling, executrix, presented 9 Feb. 1713/14. &
Lt. John Banister (-1661) Lt. John Banister left 3 cows and one heifer to a daughter of Thomas Chappell in April 1661. Although many have presumed that Thomas Chappell married a daughter of John Banister, later patent records show Banister died without heirs. Banister's wife, Jane, was a midwife who, with Jane Thomas and Dr. John Jacob, testified in 1658 that Fortune Bayley had not been raped. Jane married 2nd James Wallace. For more on James Wallace, see John Butler . Some have incorrectly reported that Lt. John Banister was the ancestor of Rev. John Banister, the naturalist, who married Martha Batte .
Chappell Creek Chappell Creek, named in a patent for William Barker, the captain of the America, in Nov. 1635, is said to have been named for Thomas Chappell, who was in the Colony no earlier than Aug. 1635. Considering the lengthy process for securing a patent, the creek is likely named for Merchant's Hope chapel located nearby.
Descendants of Thomas Chappell II Information about the children of Thomas Chappell II, their descendants, and allied families previously found at Virginians.com is now available as Southside Virginia Genealogies. Learn more Names found in this topic include the following. Thomas Chappell III (c.1660-c.1703), Sarah (Chappell) Binford, James Binford, William Randolph , Robert Bolling , Huldah Binford, William Ladd, Elizabeth Hamlin, Thomas Murrell Sr., Thomas Murrell Jr., John Pleasants, William Grice, John Crew, Pugh Price , Amos Ladd, John Leed, James Ladd, Judith Ellyson, Gerard Robert Ellyson, William Torborn, Mary Ladd, Aquilla Binford , Agnes Ladd, Shadrach Stanley, Lydia Ladd, Thomas Charles, Elizabeth Charles, Samuel Hargrave, Thomas Hargrave, Sarah H. Hubbard , Elizabeth Ann Hargrave, Anna Hargrave, Lemuel Crew , Margaret E. Crew, Samuel H. Crew, Walter Crew, Tarleton Crew, Deborah D. 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Hubbard, Exum S. Hubbard, Amos Ladd Hubbard, Sarah H. Hubbard, Thomas Hargrave , Robert Hubbard, Elizabeth D. Hubbard, Matthew P. Terrell, Mary Ann Hubbard, Lemuel Hargrave , George Hubbard, Sarah Ladd, Ebenezer Maule, Amos Ladd, Mary Bell, Nathan Bell, Elizabeth Ladd, Samuel Pleasants Parsons, Samuel Parsons, Sarah Pleasants, Elizabeth M. Crew, Thomas Crew, Margaret - , Susanna Ladd, Deborah Ladd, Joseph Ladd, Mary Binford , William Ladd , Sarah Ladd, Betty Kinsey Ladd, William Ladd, Creed Haskins, John Ladd, Hannah (- ) Ladd, Thomas Ladd, Mary Crowder, Judith Ladd, John Ladd, Jane Cleaton, Amos Ladd, Elizabeth Crowder, Joseph Ladd, Noble Ladd, Mary Rottenberry, Sarah Ladd, Nicholas Hutchins , Huldah Ladd, Peter Peebles, William Peebles, Susanna Butler , Huldah Peebles, Butler Peebles, Huldah Ladd Peebles, Anna Peebles, Susanna Peebles, William Hollowell, Peter Peebles, Mourning Hargrave, William Hargrave, Sarah - , Mordecai Peebles, Abigail Brock, James Brock, Sarah Bailey, Deborah Simmons , Josiah Peebles, Mary Hargrave , Elizabeth Hunnicutt , William Ladd Peebles, Sarah Peebles, Burwell Rawles, Peter Peebles, Sarah Peebles, John Sears, James Hunnicutt, Barnaby Nixon , Paul Sears, Huldah (Ladd) Simmons , Miriam Sears, Crafton, Elizabeth Sears, John Maddox, Huldah Sears, John Sears, Sarah Sears, Francis Walthall , Martha Sears, James Brock, Samuel Sears, Peter Sears, Anna Doudna, Ann Sears, Exum Bailey, Sarah Ladd, Robert Hunnicutt Jr. , Miriam Hunnicutt, Joseph Butler , Sarah Butler, John Andrews, Jane Hunnicutt, Joseph Wilson, Joseph Andrews, Mary Hunnicutt, Ann Maria Binford , Robert Andrews, Martha Andrews, Robert Binford , Elizabeth Andrews, Robert Hunnicutt , John Andrews, Edna Crew , Daniel Andrews, Sarah Crew , William Butler, Margaret Butler, Jeremiah Hubbard, Robert Hunnicutt Butler, Micajah Butler, Ann Chappell, Samuel Butler, Edward Butler, Martha Butler, Joseph Butler, Charlotte Ann Binford, James Binford , John Hunnicutt, Margaret Hunnicutt, Benjamin Crew, Andrew Crew, Robert Hunnicutt Crew, Sarah Crew, Margaret Crew, Isaac Ratcliff, William Ratcliff, Martha Ratcliff, Elwood Ratcliff, Mary Ratcliff, Miriam Crew, John Crew, Eleazer Crew, Edna Crew, John Andrews Jr. , John Hunnicutt Crew, Miriam H. Crew, Aquilla Binford , Sarah Crew, Daniel Andrews , Elizabeth Crew, Samuel Ladd, Jesse Ladd, Samuel Whitfield Ladd, Margaret Ladd, Joseph Binford , Michal Ladd, Snelling, Jesse Ladd, Elizabeth Ladd, Joshua Ladd, Joseph Ladd, Benjamin Crew, Hannah Crew, Hunnicutt, Joshua Crew, Benjamin Crew, Sarah Wright, Thomas Wright, Sarah - , Narcissa Crew, Sarah Crew, Hannah Crew, Eliza Jane Crew, Sarah Hunnicutt, Barnaby Nixon, Mary Copeland, Aquilla Binford , Samuel Nixon, David Nixon, Huldah Hunnicutt, William Simmons, Edmund Bailey, William Hunnicutt, Mary Binford, Jesse Hunnicutt, Susanna Hunnicutt, Benjamin Hunnicutt, Robert Wyke Hunnicutt, Priscilla Binford , Elizabeth Ladd, Matthew Ellyson, Robert Ellyson, Andrew Crew Jr., Andrew Crew, Joseph Crew, Mary McMannus, Clary Crew, Andrew Crew, Mary Crew, Raney Crew, Elizabeth Crew, Nance, Joseph Crew, Ezra Crew, Benjamin Crew, Mary Ladd , Chappell Crew, Rebecca Crew, Ladd, Exum Crew, Daniel Crew, Deborah Ladd , Isaac Crew, Andrew Crew, Mary Binford , Hannah Crew, James Binford , Elizabeth Crew, John Binford , Lydia Ladd, Ellyson Crew, John Crew, Agatha Ellyson, Ruth Crew, Thomas Binford , Ann Crew, James Crew , Elisha Crew, Jacob Crew, Isaac Crew, Henry Crew, John Crew, Judith Crew , Charles Crew, Martha Crew, Caleb Crew, Joshua Crew, Ellyson Crew, Mary Crew, Joseph Patterson, William Ladd, Ursula Ellyson, Thomas Binford, Benjamin Foster, Elizabeth (- ) Binford, John Binford, Susanna Ellyson, Robert Ellyson, Robert Binford, Thomas Binford, Margaret - , Mary Binford, Andrew Crew , John Binford, Martha Binford, Sarah Binford, Amos Ladd , Mary Binford, Joseph Ladd , Thomas Binford, Judith Ladd , Thomas Binford, Jesse Binford, Sarah Harrison, Robert Harrison, James Binford, Hannah Crew , Joshua Binford, Micajah Binford, Angelina Binford, James Ladd Binford, Mary Ladd , Benajah Binford, John Binford, Elizabeth Crew , Martha (- ) Binford, Elizabeth Binford, Keziah Binford, Judah Binford, James Binford, Priscilla Binford, Benjamin Watkins, Benjamin Watkins, Jane Watkins, Robert Watkins, Mary Osborne, Edward Osborne, Edward Osborne Watkins, Harriet Tabb Trevillian , Benjamin Watkins, Anna Riddle, Thomas Riddle, Thomas Binford Watkins, Nancy Ragland, Elizabeth Watkins, Elijah Johnson, Ashley Johnson, Martha Woodey, Sarah Watkins, Mary Watkins, William Johnson, Jesse Johnson, Elizabeth Watkins, Elizabeth Kinsey Binford, William Binford, Martha (- ) Binford, William Binford, William Hulme, John Binford, Agnes Mosby, Edward Mosby, Joseph Mosby, Mary Binford, Joseph Ellyson, Robert Ellyson, Mary Ellyson, Robert Jordan, Benjamin Jordan , Lydia Pleasants , Agnes Ellyson, Moore Bell, George Bell, Rebecca - , Martha Bell, Rebecca Bell, Clark, Susanna Ellyson, Thomas Jordan, Agnes Binford, Benjamin Chappell , James Binford, Martha Chappell , John Binford, Sarah - , William Gunn, Ambrose Day, James Binford, Agnes Binford, Mary Binford, Peter Binford, Rebecca Chappell , John Hamlin, Charles Irby, William Binford, Mary (Barker) Peebles, Joseph Peebles, Robert Hunnicutt, John Hunnicutt, Sarah Binford, James Ladd , Priscilla Binford, Robert Wyke Hunnicutt , Robert Hunnicutt , Samuel Hunnicutt, Pharaby Brock, James Brock, Sarah Bailey, James Hunnicutt, Rachel Wright, Thomas Wright, Sarah - , James Binford, Elizabeth Simmons, Anderson Simmons, Ann Pretlow, Samuel Pretlow, Gulielma Binford, Mary Binford, Daniel Hunnicutt, Jane Walthall , Sarah Binford, Benjamin Harris Ladd , James Harris Ladd, Samuel Ladd, Elizabeth Binford Ladd, Nancy H. Ladd, Matthew Jones Hargrave , Unity Ladd, James Hubbard , Benjamin Franklin Ladd, John Milton Ladd, Thomas Elwood Ladd, Isaac Newton Ladd, Rebecca Binford, Gulielma Maria Binford, Staunton Butler , Jonathon Binford, Chappell Binford, Martha Hunnicutt , John Chappell, Samuel Binford, Mary Hunnicutt, Lemuel Binford, Robert Binford, Martha Andrews , Elizabeth Cook, Josiah Cook, Peter Binford, Chappell Binford, Jane Binford, Martha Binford, Ann Maria Binford, Joseph Andrews , Elizabeth Binford, Staunton Butler , Gulielma Maria Binford , Peter Binford, Martha Fowler, Simmons Fowler, Elizabeth Sears, Martha Brock, James Brock, Sarah Bailey, Aquilla Binford, Penelope Hare, Penelope Watkins, John Hare, Miriam H. Crew , Mary Binford, Micajah Peebles, John Peebles, Mary - , Peter Binford, Martha Binford, Robert Hunnicutt , Mary Hunnicutt, James Binford, Peninah Peebles, John Binford, Michal Binford, Timothy D. Johnson, Samuel Binford, David Binford, Joseph Binford, Margaret Ladd , Samuel Alfred Binford, Aquilla Binford, Mary Ladd , Thomas Binford, Ruth Crew , Robert Hunnicutt (c.1675-), John Hunnicutt, Margaret Wyke, Peter Wyke, John Lanier, William Peebles, Thomas Chappell , James Jones , Elizabeth Duke, Cornelius Cargill, John Holloway, Robert Bolling , Peter Peebles , Thomas Chappell , Thomas Chappell IV , Thomas Chappell V , Margaret Hunnicutt , Huldah Ladd, Huldah Hunnicutt, Francis Newby, William Hunnicutt, Miriam Murdaugh, John Pleasants, Margaret Jordan , Mary Woodson, Jesse Hunnicutt, Robert Hunnicutt, Thomas Hunnicutt, Miriam - , Elizabeth Peebles, John Peebles, Mary - , Sarah Hunnicutt, Mary Hunnicutt, Micajah Bailey, Edmund Bailey, Elizabeth Womble, Deborah Hunnicutt, Thomas Hunnicutt, Mary Linn Hunnicutt, Miriam Hunnicutt, Margaret Hunnicutt, Jonathon Terrell, Elizabeth Terrell, Chiles Terrell, Nanny Terrell, John Terrell, Miriam Terrell, Matilda Terrell, Caleb Terrell, Thomas Terrell, Ann Hunnicutt, Joseph Hunnicutt, John Hunnicutt, Peter Hunnicutt, Sarah Haig, Robert Hunnicutt, Ann Simmons, William Simmons, Huldah Hunnicutt , Mary Hunnicutt, William Ladd , Martha Hunnicutt, Chappell Binford , Jane Hunnicutt, Jane Hunnicutt, Hatch, Peter Hunnicutt, Elizabeth Hunnicutt, Sarah Hunnicutt, Thomas Hunnicutt, Mary - , James Hunnicutt, William Hunnicutt, Mary Butler , Wyke Hunnicutt, Sarah Glaister, James Gee , Sarah Hunnicutt, Samuel Bailey, Anselm Bailey, Glaister Hunnicutt, Jane Pleasants , Mary Hunnicutt, Robert Hunnicutt, Ruth Hunnicutt, Anselm Bailey Jr., Robert Hunnicutt, Priscilla Binford , Wyke Hunnicutt, Ann Bailey, Anselm Bailey, Margaret Hunnicutt, Thomas Chappell , Robert Hunnicutt, Sarah Ladd , John Hunnicutt, Elizabeth (- ) Hunnicutt, John Hunnicutt, Mary Butler, Elizabeth Hunnicutt, Edward Hunnicutt, Ephraim Hunnicutt, Ruth Hunnicutt, Daniel Hunnicutt, Mark Hunnicutt, Robert Hunnicutt, Sarah Hunnicutt, Robert Hunnicutt, Martha Hunnicutt, Mary Hunnicutt, James Hunnicutt, Rebecca Pretlow , Elizabeth Hunnicutt, James Bates, Mary Hunnicutt, Jesse Newby,


Selected sources Boddie, John Bennett. "Chappell of Surry" Southside Virginia Families. Redwood City, Cal.: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1955(2):66-72. Family of Thomas Chappell . Cabell, James Branch. "The Hunnicutts of Prince George." Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982(3):92-112. Includes the family of Robert Hunnicutt . Chappell, Joseph M. A Genealogical Outline of the Chappell and Kindred Families. Salem, Or.: The Joseph M. Chappell Family, 1995. Corrects and extends the work of Phil Chappell, beginning with Thomas Chappell . Chappell, Phil E. A Genealogical History of the Chappell, Dickie, and Other Kindred Families of Virginia, 1635-1900. Kansas City, Missouri: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1900. A very early work on the family of Thomas Chappell including his son, Thomas Chappell , and grandson Robert Chappell . Although it errs in the early generations, it contains some very useful information on subsequent generations of the Chappell family. Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives (Ryves). Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Company, Inc., 1929:454-455. Excursus devoted to family of Thomas Chappell .
Notes This topic, which represents .82% of all the family history material at Virginians.com, includes 664 citations and the names of 1,004 individuals.

Pg. 418 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE: (From Phil E. Chappell)

Robert Chappell patented 100 acres of land January 26th. 1663, book 5, page 24·
Samuel Chappell patented 78 acres July 4th, 1664. book 5, page 24-
Thomas Chappell patented 80 acres October 20th, 1665, book 5, page 120.
Zachariah Chappell patented 175 acres April 6th, 1684.
Thomas Chappell, probably of the next generation, patented 423 acres April 20th, 1694. Thomas Chappell patented 994 acres (20 headrights) April 25th, 1701.
Samuel Chappell patented 218 acres October 29th. 1696.
There were found in the eighteenth century, between 1720 and 1750, many additional entries, some of large tracts. Many of these were issued to John Chappell and James Chappell, who seem to have become large land owners. The latter was called in his patento; .. gentleman ...

There may be other records of land patents of which I have no account.

Among the partially preserved records of Charles City county, the following fragment was found: "Att a Cor'tt holden in Westover April 9, 1661, Thomas Chappell acknowledgeth in Cor'tt to have received of
James Wallis, who married ye relict of Lieut. John Banister dec'd, one legacy given by 'ye said Banister to ye said Chappell's child by will and discharged by ye said Wallis fully from ye bond, being three cows and one heyfer. It is ordered by ye Cor'tt that Thomas Chappell give bond to ye Cor'tt for ye cattle bequeathed to his child by ye said last will and testament of John Banister and by him received for her use." Order book, page 271.

This is the only record found among the partially preserved records of Charles City county, I am informed, referring to anyone named Chappell. The records have been almost entirely lost in that county.

Besides the above, the parish registers furnish some light as to the Chappell family in the Colony during' that period.

The original register of Albemarle parish, Surry and Sussex counties, which I believe is on file in the Virginia Historical Society, at Richmond, refer to a family of Chappells, doubtless descendant.; of
one of the immigrants of 1635, who lived in that parish between 1739, 1772. Among the names mentioned are James, Howell, Henry, John. Robert, Thomas, and Samuel. In the register of Bristol parish, Prince George and Dinwiddie counties, are found the following entries: "Ann, d. of Rohert and Mary Chappell, b. Feb. 18, 1721; Absalom, son of Robert and Elizabeth (probably his second wife), b. May 6, 1729; Robert, son of Robert and Elizabeth, b. April 2, 1732." This Robert was probably
hrother of my great-great-grandfather, who certainly lived in the same parish at the time these children were bom. My branch of the family, while evidently closely related to the Surry and Sussex branch. cannot from the dates have sprung from them. The above is the only record I have been able to find in Virginia previous to 1746, referring to my ancestors, and they, while furnishing almost positive proof of our descent from John or Thomas Chappell, the immigrants of 1635, do not determine from which one we sprang nor the connection of the subsequent generations, previous to 1746.

The Chappells were numerously represented in England between 1500 and 1600. The name is often found in Northamptonshire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire, and several members of the family attained great eminence, among whom was one William Chappell, who was at one time Bishop of Cork and a professor of Cambridge. He was born in 1582, and died May 13, 1649. He had a younger brother named John who died before him. was buried at Mansfield, and left a family. He may have been the same John Chappell who was captain of the ship Speedwell in 1635. The father of these sons was named Robert. You will observe these family names John. Robert, Samuel and Thomas. Names which have come down in the different branches of the family for three centuries and a half. and which are yet connected with the name .. Chappell," as the favorite names, wherever it is found.

My theory is that the Chappells of the colony of Virginia. now a numerous family in the Southern States. all sprung from Thos. Chappell, the young immigrant of 1635. who came over in the America. and that
he settled in Charles City county, which was organized the year previous. I also think he was the same individual referred to in the records of that county in connection with the legacy given his child by John
Banister. It was probably his sons. Robert. Thos. and Samuel. who patented land from 1663 to 1665. and his grandsons. of the next generation, who patented lands at the close of the century (1694-1701) whose names also were Thomas and Samuel. I believe that among their sons was the Robert referred to in the register of Bristol parish, and the old merchant of Petersburg, who was my great-great-grandfather. the first husband of Sarah Crawley, whose will I found in Amelia county, I think, including Thomas. the immigrant, and the merchant of Petersburg, there must have been five generations from 1635 to 1744, a period of a century or more, There is no entry of land by anyone named .. John Chappell" in the seventeenth century, and for this reason it is prohable that John Chappell. who came O'er in the Assurance,' in 1635, died without issue. It is not probable that the mariner. John Chappell,
ever settled in the colony. He prohably returned to England on his ship and died there; nor is there any evidence, so far as I can learn, that he ever made any other voyage to the colony than the one made in
1635.

This theory. as to the descent from Thomas Chappell. and that he <420 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.> settled in Charles City county, are more than ever impressed on me from two statements I find in Bruce's /:Economic History 0f Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. On page 75, Vol. II, there is a reference to John Banister, who obtained head rights about 1643. This was probably
the same Lieutenant John Banister, perhaps a kinsman, who left the legacy to Thomas Chappell's child.

Again, on page 521, Vol. II, it is stated that Wm. Barker, a mariner. obtained a patent in 1635 for 400 acres of land (eight head-rights) in Charles City county. It will be observed that Thos. Chappell came
over in the same year on the same vessel, the America, of which Wm. Barker was captain, and it would seem located in the same county in which he (Barker) patented land. While Captain John Chappell, Thos. Chappell, and John, who came in the Assurance, were doubtless all of the same family in England, they may not have been closely related, or else they would not have come over, so near at the same time, in different vessels. I have given as briefly as possible all I know of the history of my people in the colony from 1635 to 1746. It is incomplete and not satisfactory, from the fact that owing to the absence of their wills and settlements of their estates no connection or descent from one generation
to another can be traced, as it can be subsequent to 1746.


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John Banister, Thomas Foote and John Boarham had a patent, dated November 25, 1653, for 350 acres on Horn Harbor creek (Gloucester county), adjoining the lands of Mrs. Morrison, Mr. Armistead, Mr. Hall, Henry Singleton, John Trage, and Edward Morgan. Mrs. Elizabeth Banister had a grant of land in Gloucester in 1679. In the grant reference is made to her son John Banister and her deceased husband John Banister. It might have been supposed that the son was John Banister the naturalist, who lived in Charles City county, were it not for the fact that a fragment of the records of that county has an entry showing that on April 9, 1661, Thomas Chappell appeared in the court of Charles City and acknowledged that he had received from James Wallis, who had married the relict of Lieutenant John Banister, deceased, a legacy which had been bequeathed in Banister's will to a child of Chappell's.]

Thomas married BANNISTER Mary in 1638 in Merchants Hope, Prince George, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Lt. BANNISTER John L. and BOLLING Elizabeth) was born in 1615 in South Hampton, England; died in 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: Early, Georgia
• Alt. Birth: 1622
• Alt. Death: 1661, Merchants Hope, Prince George, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Alt. Death:
Unconfirmed since husband died in Virginia

Notes:

Married:
Married at the Merchant's Hope Plantation

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Death: Hopewell, VA
• Reference Number: 604
• Alt. Death: 1655, Charles City County, VA
• Alt. Death: 1658, Charles City County, VA
• Court: 3 Jun 1673, Charles City County, VA; Relict's next husband to pay bill
• Alt. Death: Bef 1689, Charles City County, VA

Notes:

He is the 1st immigrant. Age 23 sailed June 23rd, 1635, for Virginia, on the ship AMERICA, William Barker, master. The AMERICA sailed from Gravesend, England. He took the oath of Allegiance"

Left his lands to his oldest son, 2 breeding cattle to each of his other children, and the rest of his estate to his wife. No names are mentioned. (Charles City Order Book, 1655-1665, pg. 159.

The widow Chappel then married Walter Vernham (Id. pg. 158).

"Southside Virginia Famlies" by John Bennett Brodie

Alt. Death:
Walter Tyler Lott Jr Web Site

Thomas married CHAPPELL -- Unknown Wife -- about 1645. -- and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Fletching, Sussex, England
• Alt. Death: 3 Jun 1678

John married BOLLING Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1595; died in 1678 in Charles City County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 605

Notes:

Captain John Chappell, of London, master of the ship SPEEDWELL, sailed Mai 28th, 1635, from Southampton, England, for the colony in Virginia. Note: May was spelled Mai in the original record.

CAPTAIN JOHN CHAPPELL.
On the 28th of May, 1635, there weighed anchor at Southampton, England, a diminutive little ship called the Speedwell, which sailed away for the colony in Virginia. The master of this ship was John Chappell, and there is but little doubt that when he went ashore at Jamestown he was the first of the name to set foot on the soil of Virginia. That he was the father of young Thomas Chappell, who came to the colony in the same year, who will be referred to hereafter, and hence was our first American ancestor, seems probable, although there is no positive evidence to establish this fact. Neither is there any reason to believe that Captain Chappell remained permanently in Virginia. On the contrary, being a skillful navigator engaged in a profitable trade, as he was, he probably continued on the ocean, or may have returned to England and died there.
The only record found of Captain Chappell is in Hotten's list, and is the clearance papers and passenger list of this voyage.
These papers, verbatim et literatim, are as follows:
"The under written names are to be transported to Virginia imbarqued in y^e ship Speedwell of London, John Chappell, Master, from Southampton. Being examined by y^e minister of Gravesend of their conformitie to y^e orders and discipline of ye Church of England and have taken ye oath of allegiance.
"Mai, 28. 1635."
In addition, it is presumed, to the usual cargo of freight, she carried the following List of Passengers.
"Henry Burr, age 24, Richard Morris 19, William Shipman 22, Nathaniel Fairbrother 21, Jo. Gilgate 22, Richard Rowland 20, C. Metcalf 19,* Rich'd Brown 19, Robt. Parker 21, Thomas Willis 19, Thomas Childs 30, Thomas Roney 19, Chris Peddington 18, Thomas Smith 22, John Mason 22, William Spencer 17, Joseph Spencer 21, Thomas Bates 18, John Barker 22, William Williams 19, Thomas Oliver 19, John West 30, Nick Tetloe 31, William Pasford 19, Jo. Watson 22, Robert Spynk 20, James Lowder 20, Jerry Burr 20, Wm. Appleby 32, Win. Cary 21, Wm. Stamper 22, Jo. Carden 22, Jo. Harris 20, Edmond Clark 16, N. Sylvester 25, Richd. Boyd 22, John Jones 18, Wm. Brown 22, Robt. Spence 24, Joseph Mason 18, Christ. Morton 22, William Kemp 22, Rewbin Lemon 18, John SwanIt), John Flood 24. John Goodson IS, Henry Dawkes 27, William Matts 20, George Foster 26. (Women:) Katharine Perkins 10, Elizabeth Biggs 10, Dorothy Wyncott 40, Elizabeth Pew 20, Christine Reynolds 24, Judith Green 20; Maria Sedgwick 20, Ann Wyncott 16, Frances Longworth 25. Elizabeth Luthill 25, Phillipi Higgs 6 months.'' Total, 49 men, 9 women, and 2 children. ^v

*The figures indicate the ages. All old records copied are exact copies.

The Speedwell was a 60 ton ship , the smaller of the two ships (along with Mayflower ) intended to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to North America . A vessel of the same name and size traveled to the New World seventeen years prior as the flagship of the first expedition of Martin Pring .
The Leiden Separatists bought the ship Speedwell in Holland , and boarded it at Delftshaven . They then sailed to Southampton , England to meet the Mayflower, which had been chartered by the merchant investors. In Southampton they joined with other Separatists and the additional colonists hired by the investors.
The two ships began the voyage on 5 August 1620 , but the Speedwell was leaky and returned to Dartmouth to be refitted at great expense and time. On the second attempt, Mayflower and Speedwell sailed about 100 leagues beyond Land's End in Cornwall the Speedwell was again found to be leaky. Both vessels returned to Plymouth where the Speedwell was sold.
101 people from the Speedwell boarded the Mayflower, leaving 20 people to return to London . For a third time, the Mayflower headed for the new world. She left Plymouth on 6 September 1620 and entered Cape Cod Harbor on 11 Nov. 1620 . The Speedwell eventually followed, arriving at Plymouth Colony exactly one year later on 10 Nov. 1621 .

*The size of a ship is measured, not by weight, but by burden (the amount the ship can carry). The term "ton," as used to measure the burden of a ship, derives from the word "tun," a large cask used for storing wine as it was being shipped.
At one point, the ship's main beam cracked and had to be repaired using a large iron screw. When the passengers sighted Cape Cod, they realized that they had failed to reach Virginia, where they had permission to settle.

From the journal of William Bradford...The Pilgrims safe arrival at Cape Cod aboard the Mayflower :
"Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye vast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper elemente. And no marvell if they were thus joyefull, seeing wise Seneca was so affected with sailing a few miles on ye coast of his owne Italy; as he affirmed, that he had rather remaine twentie years on his way by land, then pass by sea to any place in a short time; so tedious & dreadfull was ye same unto him.
But hear I cannot but stay and make a pause, and stand half amased at this poore peoples presente condition; and so I thinke will the reader too, when he well considered ye same. Being thus passed ye vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembred by yt which wente before), they had now no friends to wellcome them, nor inns to entertaine or refresh their weatherbeaten bodys, no houses or much less townes to repaire too, to seeke for succoure. ..
Let it also be considred what weake hopes of supply & succoure they left behinde them, yt might bear up their minds in this sade condition and trialls they were under; and they could not but be very smale. It is true, indeed, ye affections & love of their brethren at Leyden was cordiall & entire towards them, but they had litle power to help them, or them selves; and how ye case stode betweene them & ye marchants at their coming away, hath already been declared. What could not sustaine them but ye spirite of God & his grace? May not & ought not the children of these fathers rightly say : Our faithers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this willdernes; but they cried unto ye Lord, and he heard their voyce, and looked on their adversitie…"

On July 22, 1620, the Pilgrims boarded the ship Speedwell in Delfthaven, Holland, and said their tearful good-byes to their friends and church-members whom they were leaving behind. In fact, they were leaving the majority of their church congregation behind--even their pastor, John Robinson, was not coming with them. But the intent was to send these first few men and women to establish the colony: then the rest of the church would be able to come over later. Pastor Robinson preached a sermon on Ezra 8:21. As the time to depart arrived, Pastor Robinson fell to his knees and "with watery cheeks commended them with most fervent prayers."
The Pilgrims sailed on the Speedwell from Delfthaven, Holland to Southampton, England, where they met up with the Mayflower that had just come down from London. The Mayflower had a number of other passengers from England that the Pilgrims did not really know yet--they were friends or investors that had become interested in the voyage while the Pilgrims were trying to raise enough money to undertake the trip. In Southampton, the ships were loaded with food and supplies for the voyage: but the Pilgrims were so short of money they had to sell off most of their oil and butter before they could leave. The Mayflower and Speedwell departed for America on August 5 from Southampton, but after just a short time sailing through the English Channel they were forced into Dartmouth because the Speedwell was leaking. They were delayed several weeks, but finally headed off to America from Dartmouth on August 24. They Mayflower and Speedwell cleared the English channel, and were nearly 300 miles into the Atlantic when word came that the Speedwell was again leaking, and would have to turn back. The two ships returned to Plymouth, England, where it was decided that the Speedwell was not capable of making the voyage. About 20 passengers, most quite frustrated with the voyage and very happy for an excuse to quit, were sent home to England and Holland. The remaining passengers and cargo were transferred from the Speedwell over to the Mayflower.
Finally, after a month of delays and problems, the Mayflower put to sea again, leaving Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620, with 102 passengers (three of which were pregnant women), and a crew of about 30. For the first half of the voyage, the Mayflower had good winds and weather. The of the passengers were troubled by sea-sickness, but they would get used to it. A young boy, Oceanus, was born to Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins.
One of the sailors on the voyage was remembered as having been very vulgar and rude. He used to laugh at the passengers sea-sickness, and told everyone he hoped to throw half of them overboard after they had died, and then take all their possessions for himself. He cursed and swore terribly. In the end, though, he ended up being the first to get sick, and soon died of a very painful disease, and was in fact the first person thrown overboard. The Pilgrims saw the hand of God in his death, as Bradford wrote "Thus his curses light on his own head, and it was an astonishment to all his fellows for they noted it to be the just hand of God upon him."
Unfortunately for the passengers, the smooth sailing came to an end about half-way across the ocean. The Mayflower was hit with many strong storms and cross-winds, and the ship was so badly shaken that she became very leaky, with water dripping and falling down upon the passengers that were living between the decks. The storms were often bad enough that the Mayflower's crew had to take down the sails, and just let the storm blow the ship wherever it wanted. During one of these bad storms, one of the main beams of the ship bowed and cracked, causing some of the crewmembers and passengers to fear the ship would not be able to continue the voyage. After consulting with the master, Christopher Jones, it was decided the ship was sturdy, and had a good history of surviving such storms, so a great iron screw was used to raise the main beam back into place.
During another storm, passenger John Howland happened to come above deck, and was swept off the ship into the ocean. He just managed to grab ahold of the topsail halyards, and held on long enough for the Mayflower's crew to rescue him with a boathook. William Bradford noted, "though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both of church and commonwealth". Howland is an ancestor to many people, including Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and George Bush, actor Humphrey Bogart, and founder of the Mormons Joseph Smith.
Finally, the passengers and crew began to sense they were getting close to land. Three days out, a young boy, William Button, who came on the Mayflower in the custody of doctor Samuel Fuller, died. He was the first passenger to die, and the only passenger to die while the ship was at sea. On the morning of November 9, after more than two months at sea (not to mention a month of delays on board the ships back in England), they spotted land, which they later found to be Cape Cod. After 2750 miles, traveling at an average speed of just under 2 mph, the voyage was nearly over.
The Pilgrims were planning to build their settlement around the mouth of the Hudson's River near present-day Long Island, New York; but when the Mayflower turned south, she nearly shipwrecked in some difficult shoals off the coast of Cape Cod. The Pilgrims decided not to risk another attempt, but instead to explore the region around Cape Cod. They anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor on November 11, 1620. Since they were no longer going to settle where they had thought, and did not technically have the permission of the King of England, the Pilgrims drew up the so-called "Mayflower Compact," to give themselves the authority to establish a government there--it was a temporary solution, until an official patent could be obtained.
With the voyage having come to an end, the Pilgrim men set out to explore Cape Cod and gather firewood, while the Pilgrim women were brought ashore to do the laundry.

The Speedwell Voyage
(This column was first published in the January 20, 2000 ArtVoice of Buffalo, NY)
It is easy for readers of those 18th and 19th century sea stories that are so popular today -- the fictions of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester and the non-fiction accounts of Captain Cook's voyages and Admiral Nelson's battles, for example -- to be misled. We gain from them the impression that sea captains of that time were almost without exception strong men, intrepid leaders who gained the loyalty of their stalwart crews and led them to carry out remarkably successful voyages and campaigns in the face of undeniably ferocious hardships. With, of course, a single blot on this litany of success: Captain Bligh of the Bounty.
To place those accounts in proper perspective it is only necessary to read Kenneth Poolman's THE SPEEDWELL VOYAGE: A TALE OF PIRACY AND MUTINY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY (Naval Institute Press). Here we see the darker side of the picture. By carefully sorting out two opposing accounts, Captain George Shelvocke's self-justifying Cruise on the Spaniards with His Majesty's Commissionand the response by one of his ship's officers, William Betagh's A Voyage Round the World...relating the true historical facts of the whole affair,Poolman has pieced together a remarkable tale of 3 1/2 years of misfortune, calamity, privation, disaster, adversity -- you name it in the way of catastrophe.
Substituting for that old map inscription "Here be dragons!" here be shipwrecks, terribly fought sea battles, rotten leadership, infighting among officers and crews, betrayal of owners, piracy, marooned sailors, mutinies, drunkenness, cowardice, sickness, starvation and desertion. No one in this story comes off well but the original leader of this English raiding expedition, George Shelvocke, is at least a survivor. He makes a terrible start: he is rightly downgraded to second in command by the owners for drunkenness and profligacy less than a week after he takes command. But he slowly gains our acceptance if not our respect and, by the end of the voyage, even the regard of his disreputable crew, at least among those few still alive.
It is entirely appropriate for the Naval Institute Press of Annapolis to publish this book for it is about leadership. Poolman tells us, "In ships so far from home, with little chance of help or rescue, leadership was all-important. Such an expedition could succeed or fail by the strengths and weaknesses of its commander. That fine seamanship mattered went without saying. Equally important was the overall commander's ability to manage men, in this case two ships' companies of illiterate, superstitious sailors, sullen landsmen, jail scrapings, gallow's meat, and malcontents, needing only a common grievance, real or imaginary, and the machinations of some 'sea lawyer' to touch off mutiny. Magellan and Drake had been such men." Unfortunately no Magellan or Drake or Hornblower or Aubrey or Cook or Nelson inhabits this story and the results are spectacularly awful.
In February 1719 two privately owned ships, Speedwell and Success,set out on a raiding expedition. Their charge was to capture and loot Spanish treasure ships carrying Peruvian silver along the west coast of South America. The English had just declared war with Spain and the ships carried letters of marque, which gave them official status but outside the British navy.
Shelvocke, newly assigned captain of Speedwell,was a farmer's son who had joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman when he was 15. During two long wars with France and Spain he worked his way up to become sailing master and finally second lieutenant of a flagship. But when the war with France ended in 1713, he was beached without even the support of half-pay and when given this assignment, he was living in poverty.
Success's captain, John Clipperton, had an unsavory reputation. On a similar previous voyage he had deserted his commander to strike out on his own. Despite that, because of Shelvocke's bad start, Clipperton was made senior officer of this expedition. Needless to say, bad blood developed immediately between the senior officers and whenever the two ships were together problems arose.
And the sea lawyer Poolman warned of did organize the Speedwell's Levelers -- members of a political movement that sought to "level men's estates." They not only mutinied, gaining all their demands, but they argued with Shelvocke about every decision and often refused to carry out necessary duties.
Not a good setting for the death-defying passage around Cape Horn, where the killing of an albatross by a crew member would provide the basis for Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Nor for sea battles in which Shelvocke's seamanship did prevail. Nor for another desertion by Clipperton who left Shelvocke and his ship's company with little food and ammunition weeks from any port. Nor for shipwreck on the same island where George Selkirk had been marooned and was to serve as model for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Remarkably Shelvocke got his crew to build a frail new ship out of the wreck of Speedwell.With it he managed to capture the Spanish Sacra Familia,which he sailed on around the world to England, capturing prizes along the way. He did not return to London a hero as Clipperton had arrived before him to condemn Shelvocke to the owners. They had him jailed for various abuses including fraud.
But in a final turn for the better, the captain was exonerated, wrote his story of the voyage and achieved both honor and wealth. And the rebuttal to his book was so shrill and clearly unbalanced that it did Shelvocke no great harm.

John married BARKER Mary about 1612. Mary was born in 1594 in Gravesend, , Kent, England; died in 1616 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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