Col. LEWIS Robert, III

Notes:

Robert Lewis was born on May 4, 1702, in Gloucester County, Virginia, the child of John and Elizabeth. He married Jane Meriwether and they had one son together in 1735. He then married Elizabeth Thornton in 1757 in Louisa County, Virginia. He died on January 10, 1765, in Albemarle County, Virginia, at the age of 62, and was buried in Rivanna, Virginia.

Children
John LEWIS b: 31 AUG 1726 in "Chemokins", St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia
Jane LEWIS b: 1 Jan 1727/8 in Hanover County, Virginia
Elizabeth LEWIS b: 1729 in Hanover County, Virginia
Anne LEWIS b: ABT 1731 in Virginia
Mary LEWIS b: ABT 1732 in Virginia
Nicholas LEWIS b: 19 Jan 1733/4 in "Belvoir", Hanover County, Virginia
Charles LEWIS b: Between 27 Apr 1734 and 1 Sep 1736 in Virginia
William LEWIS b: ABT 1735 in Virginia
Mildred LEWIS b: 1 SEP 1737 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Robert LEWIS b: ABT 1739 in Virginia
Sarah LEWIS b: ABT 1745 in "Belvoir", Albemarle County, Virginia
Isabella LEWIS

There is Lake Meriweather there, possible named for her family

Colonel Robert Lewis married Jane Meriwether, the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether II and Elizabeth Crawford, and established a new estate at Belvoir. This was the first of 11 intermarriages between the Meriwether and Lewis families. Robert Lewis amassed a large amount of land in Goochland and Albemarle Counties throughout his life, which he later divided among his children. He acquired the land in Ivy Depot, VA in 1740. Locust Hill, the childhood home of Meriwether Lewis, was built on this land, and Meriwether's father was the first Lewis to inhabit it. (Meriwether, 1964)

Col Robert Lewis
Birth: May 4, 1702 Gloucester Co., VA
Death: Jan. 10, 1765 VA

Robert Lewis was the third son of Col. John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner. He was born at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, the family home of his mother. He married Jane Meriwether (1705-1757), the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crafford. They had eleven children. Robert Lewis had land in Gloucester but he deeded that to his eldest son, John Lewis of "Halifax" and opted, along with his father-in-law, Nicholas Meriwether, to push out to unoccupied lands in the Piedmont area of Virginia. "Both took out grants for themselves of thousands of acres, being good judges of fertile, well watered selections." (Anderson, p. 62) In 1736, he obtained a grant for 4,000 acres on the Hardware River, and in 1740, he took a grant for 6,500 acres on Ivy Creek. Along with other grants, he accumulated a total of 21,660 acres, enabling him to bequeath land to all of his children. He also held an interest in 100,000 acres in Greenbrier County (now West Virginia). He built his home, "Belvoir," in the part of Louisa County that joined Albemarle County in 1761, apparently near the location of this cemetery. He served in the House of Burgesses 1744-1746 and was County Lieutenant for Louisa County. After his wife's death, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth Thornton in 1761, grandmother of Meriwether Lewis. Elizabeth's 1st husband Thomas was a son of Jane Meriwether's brother David.
Family links:
Parents:
John Lewis (1669 - 1725)
Elizabeth Warner Lewis (1672 - 1720)
Spouses:
Jane Meriwether Lewis (1705 - 1757)
Elizabeth Thornton Lewis*
Children:
Anne Lewis*
Nicholas Lewis (1734 - 1808)*
Mary Lewis (Cobbs) Thomson (1735 - 1812)*
William Lewis (1748 - 1779)*
William Lewis (1748 - 1779)*
Siblings:
John Lewis (1692 - 1754)*
Charles Lewis (1696 - 1779)*
Catherine Lewis (1702 - 1705)*
Isabella Lewis Clayton (1706 - 1742)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Belvoir Family Cemetery Rivanna, Albemarle Co., VA
Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining
Record added: Jan 15, 2006

Robert Lewis of "Belvoir" (1702 - 1765) & Jane Meriwether
Robert Lewis was the third son of Col. John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner. He was born at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, the family home of his mother. He married Jane Meriwether (1705-1745/55), the daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crawford. They had eleven children. Robert Lewis had land in Gloucester but he deeded that to his eldest son, John Lewis of "Halifax" and opted, along with his father-in-law, Nicholas Meriwether, to push out to unoccupied lands in the Piedmont area of Virginia. "Both took out grants for themselves of thousands of acres, being good judges of fertile, well watered selections." (Anderson, p. 62) In 1736, he obtained a grant for 4,000 acres on the Hardware River, and in 1740, he took a grant for 6,500 acres on Ivy Creek. Along with other grants, he accumulated a total of 21,660 acres, enabling him to bequeath land to all of his children. He also held an interest in 100,000 acres in Greenbrier County (now West Virginia). He built his home, "Belvoir," in the part of Louisa County that joined Albemarle County in 1761. He served in the House of Burgesses 1744-1746 and was County Lieutenant for Louisa County. Of their eleven children, two played key roles in Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks' life:
William Lewis of "Locust Hill" was Lucy's first husband.
Nicholas Lewis, who inherited "The Farm" from his grandfather Nicholas Meriwether, married Lucy's first cousin, Mary Walker, daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker and Lucy's aunt, Mildred Thornton
Of the remaining nine children, six of them married other Lewises.
After his wife's death, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth Thornton, Lucy's mother, in 1761.

At the time he made his Will, he was living in Fredericksville Parish,Louisa County. In the document, he named sons John, Nicholas, Robert,Charles, and William; daughters Jane Meriwether, Mary Cobbs, MildredLewis, Sarah Lewis, Ann Lewis (wife of John Lewis), Children "nowliving" were named as John Lewis, Jane Meriwether, Aaron Lewis,Nicholas Lewis, Mary Cobbs, Mildred Lewis, Robert Lewis (infant),Charles Lewis, William Lewis, Sarah Lewis. A daughter ElizabethBarrett was referred to as deceased. The absence of his wife fromthis document indicates she was also already deceased.

Robert married MERIWETHER Jane in 1725 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Col MERIWETHER Nicholas, Jr. and CRAWFORD Elizabeth) was born about 1705 in Greensville County, Virginia; died before Sep 1757; was buried in Cismont, Albemarle County, VA ("Belvoir"). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Jane died before Sep 1757 in Albemarle County, probably at "Belvoir." About 1758, Robert Lewis married Elizabeth (Thornton) Meriwether, widow of Jane's nephew, Thomas Meriwether. There were no children by this marriage and Robert died before December 1765, when his will was proved. (Robert was the paternal grandfather and Elizabeth was the maternal grandmother of Capt. Meriwether Lewis. The Meriwethers & Lewises of the day liked to keep family connections close.)

1. LEWIS Anne was born about 1731 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; and died.
2. LEWIS John was born on 31 Aug 1726 in New Kent County, VA (Saint Peter's Parish, Chemokins); died on 21 Jan 1788 in Caswell, North Carolina.
3. LEWIS Jane was born on 1 Jan 1727 in Hanover County, VA; and died.
4. LEWIS Elizabeth Lewis was born in 1729 in Hanover County, VA; and died.
5. LEWIS Mary was born about 1732 in Hanover County, VA; and died.
6. LEWIS Nicholas was born on 1733-19 Jan 1734 in Hanover County, VA ("Belvoir"); died on 8 Dec 1808 in Albermarle County, Va.
7. LEWIS Charles was born between 27 Apr 1734 and 1 Sep 1736 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; and died.
8. LEWIS William was born about 1735 in Locust Hill, Albemarle, Virginia; died on 14 Nov 1779 in Cloverfields, Albemarle, Virginia.
9. LEWIS Mildred was born on 1 Sep 1737 in North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Sep 1780 in Chemokin, New Kent, Virginia, USA.
10. LEWIS Robert was born about 1739 in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Nov 1780 in Granville, NC.
11. LEWIS Sarah was born about 1745 in Albemarle County, VA ("Belvoir"); and died.
12. LEWIS Isabella and died.

Notes:

John Lewis II, called Councilor John due to his service on the King's Council in 1715, married his first cousin, Elizabeth Warner-the woman who would later become the great aunt to George Washington. They gave birth to 14 children: Catherine, Elizabeth, Col. John Lewis III, Col. Charles Lewis, Col. Robert Lewis III, Elizabeth, Isabella, and Ann. The names of the other children remain unknown.

John married WARNER Elizabeth about 1691 in Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of WARNER Augustine and READE Mildred) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Lewis II, called Councilor John due to his service on the King's Council in 1715, married his first cousin, Elizabeth Warner-the woman who would later become the great aunt to George Washington. They gave birth to 14 children: Catherine, Elizabeth, Col. John Lewis III, Col. Charles Lewis, Col. Robert Lewis III, Elizabeth, Isabella, and Ann. The names of the other children remain unknown.

Notes:

Major John Lewis. William died without having any children, so John inherited 33,333 1/3 acres from his father.
John Lewis married Isabella Warner, and they settled "Warner Hall" which was named for Isabella. They had a son, John Lewis II, born in 1669.

John married WARNER Isabella. Isabella and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1628, Virginia

Notes:

The ancestry of the Warner family and the identity of Mary, wife of the first Augustine Warner, were completely unknown until comparatively recently. This always seemed odd, because the name Augustine Warner was distinctive, he obviously came from an educated class, he used a coat of arms, and it seemed reasonable to expect to find records.

It remained for a very able scholar, Mrs. Mary Derrickson McCurdy, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to notice a clue in Raine's edition (2883) of Dugdale's 1664-5 Visitation of ?Lancaster. Mrs. McCurdy had been studying the Townley family, and came across a chart in this visitation of a branch of the Townley family which included the marriage of a Mary Townley to an Augustine Warner. Proceeding from here, she developed a magnificent Assay in the July, 1973, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, which gives Augustine Warner's ancestry, identified his wife as Mary Townley, and shows several other connections of the Townleys with the Warners and other early Virginia families. It is from Mrs. McCurdy's article that the account of Bacon's invasion of Warner Hall is copied (supra).(John A. Washington, Feb 2001)

Augustine Warner
Augustine Warner (November 28th, 1610 - December 26th, 1674), was born in Norwich, Norfolk, to Thomas Warner and Elizabeth Sotherton. He was the progenitor of the Augustine Warner Family, who arrived in Virginia in 1628 at the age of seventeen, one of a group of thirty-four brought in by Adam Thoroughgood. His first land acquisition came 7 years later when he patented 250 acres (1,000,000 m2).
Continuing the typical pattern of seventeenth-century success in Virginia as a merchant, investor in land, and statesman, he rose through the colonial hierarchy to become a member of the House of Burgesses in 1652 and then in 1659 a member of the King's Council, which he held until his death. About 1657, he moved across the York River to Gloucester County, where he settled and built the first house at Warner Hall.
Augustine Warner died in 1674, at sixty-three, and was succeeded at Warner Hall by his only son, Augustine Warner, Jr. (1642-1681). After his English education in London and at Cambridge, the younger Augustine Warner returned to Virginia, and soon, by 1666, became a member of the House of Burgesses, and then Speaker of the House in 1676. In 1677 he took his seat on the King's Council, but his career was cut short by his early death in 1681 at the age of thirty-nine.
Besides the son Augustine Warner the second, the first Augustine Warner (1610-1674) had at least two daughters. One married David Cant, and the other, Sarah, married Lawrence Townley, and was the ancestor of General Robert E. Lee.
It is recorded that the second Augustine Warner (1642-1681) had three sons, all of whom died unmarried, and three daughters, who inherited the Warner property and left huge progenies.
The three were; (a) Mary Warner, who married in 1680 John Smith of Purton, they were the ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II through the Bowes-Lyon ancestry of the Queen Mum (Queen Elizabeth II's mother); (b) Mildred Warner, who married about 1690 Lawrence Washington (1659-1698), ancestors of George Washington, and (c) Elizabeth Warner, who married about 1691 to John Lewis, and kept the Warner Hall house itself in the division of the Warner properties after the brothers' deaths. Elizabeth and John Lewis were the grandparents of Fielding Lewis, who married first George Washington's cousin and second his sister, both ladies also being grandchildren of Mildred Warner. Additionally Elizabeth and John Lewis were the ancestors of Meriwether Lewis of the Corps of Discovery fame.
Warner Hall stayed in the eldest male line of the Lewis family, through a succession of eldest sons named Warner Lewis, until 1834, when it was finally sold by a daughter of the last of them, another Elizabeth Lewis.
Warner Hall is still known by this name and the Lewis descendants became known as the Warner Hall Lewises. A non-profit DNA Project LEWIS Surname DNA Project is actively seeking descendants from this paternal line. In some cases a scholarship may be offered.
SOURCE: Wikipedia, online @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_Warner

Col Augustine Warner, I
Birth: 1610
Death: Dec. 24, 1674
Aged 63 Yeares 2 Mth 26Ds. Came to Virginia about 1628, and finally settled in Gloucester Co., on an estate called "Warner Hall." He was Burgess from York in 1652, and from Gloucester in 1658. He was a member of the King's Council, 1659-74. He is the 4th great-grandfather to Gen Robert E Lee.
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From "Warner Hall Story of a Great Plantation" by David Brown & Thane Harpole, pub. DATA Investigations Inc., 2004 p. 64
Inscriptions on the Warner Hall Tombstones
These fourteen inscriptions are taken from Lyon G. Tylers 1894 article in the "William and Mary Quarterly". There is some confusion about the tombs, since Mildred Reade Warner has no legible inscription, and the stone of James J. McClanahan was moved to Abingdon Parish Church.
2. Augustine Warner Deceased
ye 24th of December 1674,
Aged 63 Yeares 2 Mth 26Ds.
Thos dead whilest most men live he canot dy
His name will live fresh in their memory
True worth is highly shown in liveing well
When future ages of his power shall tell
[Virginia Founder]
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Towneley Warner (1614 - 1662)*
Children:
Susan Warner Towneley*
Augustine Warner (1642 - 1681)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial: Warner Hall Graveyard Naxera, Gloucester Co., VA

Immigration:
ugustine Warner I (1610-1674) and Warner Hall
Augustine Warner I was born on November 28, 1610 in Norwich, England. He was one of the first Virginia Immigrants to sail to the New World under Captain Adam Thouroughgood in 1628.
The Warner family settled along the Piankatank River. As some of the Warners moved into Maryland Augustine Warner I, who received the earliest known land grant in Gloucester in 1635, was most influential in establishing a Gloucester settlement, later to become Gloucester County by 1651. Augustine's wife Mary Townley immigrated to Virginia in 1638 by The Charles River Company. As Augustine's acquisition of land increased, so did his political influence in the area. He became important in government and a man of respect in the county. In 1642 Augustine Warner's wife gave birth to their second child on July 3, Augustine II.
By the 1650's, Augustine Warner had acquired over one thousand acres through land grants spanning Virginia, it has been rumored that he was granted nearly 33,333 acres total throughout Gloucester County. This may have included land covering the entire North side of the Severn River, out to the Mobjack Bay Finally, he became politically influential. Captain Warner was a member of the King's Council of the Royal Governor of Virginia until his death. This included being Justice and Burgess of York and Gloucester Counties between 1652 and 1658. This enabled him to advise the Governor on many important matters. He was named Speaker of the House and known as Speaker Warner at this time. He became Captain of the Virginia Militia and received commission from the Governor "Gentlemen." He aided the Dutch with the attacks on the Virginia Fleet of Hampton Roads. Augustine Warner was also famous for giving handsome service of communion plate to Abingdon Parish as well. He was considered an important man of the county as "Mister" was a term of respect. "Ordinary people had no handle on their names."
Augustine Warner I is the great grandfather of George Washington, as well as ancestor to Robert E. Lee, Capt. Meriwether Lewis and the Queen of England.
Warner Hall was built in 1674 on the land granted to Augustine Warner thirty plus years before. It was the first brick home built North of the York River, which included a brick stable with three chimneys, the only one in the history of Gloucester County. Warner Hall surpassed all other homes as a monument of extreme wealth and culture, as Gloucester County has always been distinguished in Virginia as the residence of a large number of families of wealth, education and good birth. It was the home of George Washington's great grandfather, Augustine Warner I as well as his grandfather, Colonel Warner II. Betty Washington's husband, Fielding Lewis, was even born there.
Warner Hall is set on the northern shore of the Severn River. It reveals three centuries of architectural development on the site. Through its history several fires have damaged or destroyed the home. The first fire in 1841 destroyed the five room house and in 1845/49, the central part of the mansion burned down leaving only the two wings. These two fires were only a fraction of the amount of destruction that has happened to the house since it was first built. The house has been restored as closely as possible to the original structure and design.
The first house on the site was built in 1674, although there may have been a house or a wing on this site earlier in the 17th century; a later house was certainly built about 1740. The circa 1905 Colonial Revival core of the expansive dwelling is attached to two colonial wings, original free standing dependencies, that remain from an 18th century house which burned circa 1940. The 18th century west wing was enlarged and remodeled ca. 1840s probably to house the family after the center portion was destroyed by fire. It is likely that this section of Warner Hall occupies the site of the 18th century dwelling which burned. The center portion of Warner Hall is underpinned by brick and sits on a full basement, there are no basements under the wings. Four giant Ionic columns support the steep pediment. The three center bays are closed by Ionic pilasters. Greek Revival moldings are used almost exclusively throughout the structure. Laid entirely in Flemish bond, the wing was raised from its original 1-1/2 stories to two stories. The north door lost its transom during this enlargement to allow for the installation of the stair. A dwarf portico shields the center bay of the north elevation. The wing has a beveled water table, and the first floor windows are capped by gauged brick jack arches. Corbeled interior end chimneys (one original, one rebuilt) terminate the gable ends. A box cornice with returns and unmolded entablature runs the length of the north and south elevations. This single pile, center passage structure has retained much of its interior fabric. Interior walls are laid in English bond and were originally plastered. The studs with lath were probably added during the 1840s rebuilding. The center passage contains the open string, dog-leg stair which has a carved newel and handrail and two square balusters per tread. A three light transom caps the south door, and both the south and north doors are Colonial Revival replacements. Fireplace openings have been rebuilt to facilitate the installation of stoves.
Three dependencies of note, a smokehouse, dairy, and stable, are associated with Warner Hall. The 19th century smokehouse is laid in seven course American bond and is utilized for storage. Partially constructed of 18th century brick with shell mortar, the dairy shows evidence of 19th century rebuilding. Its small windows and spatial division indicate that it may have been used as a stable. The large 18th century brick stable was enlarged with a frame addition in 1903 designed by the Richmond firm Noland and Baskervill. Exterior walls of the original section are laid in Flemish bond, while interior walls are English bond. The windows were originally like those on the dairy. A beveled water table circles the structure. Notches in the plate evidence an addition, now removed.
Warner Hall remained in ownership of the Warner family and its descendants until the last century when another family bought it to preserve the old home. The land around Warner Hall today includes the house, three dependencies and a circa 1900 tenant house. The total acreage is approximately thirty eight acres.
Also adding to Warner Hall's historic interest is the potential archaeological significance of the site. Artifacts from the 17th and 18th centuries, if they are preserved on the property, could yield valuable information about the settlement and expansion of early Virginia as well as important clues to the cultural history of Warner Hall. In the vicinity of the present 20th century structure are possibly the remains of a mid 17th century house, a dwelling built by John Lewis in the 1690s, the house built by John Lewis II for Priscilla Carter Lewis in the mid 18th century, and subsequent buildings erected on the site during the 19th century. The grounds were tested for archaeological evidence by the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology in the spring of 1980, and various l8th century artifacts were unearthed. As of 1980, no full scale archaeological investigation has taken place.
Today Warner Hall with its magnificent center frame construction having columnar fronts toward the land approach and toward the Severn, and two brick wings stands as majestically as ever in its grove of centuries old trees.
Colonel Augustine Warner II (1642-1681)
Colonel Augustine Warner II succeeded his father and became political friends with Nathaniel Bacon, who was educated at Oxford and a Barrister in London. Bacon staged the first actual American Revolution in 1676, as he organized an army of three hundred to four hundred pioneers to cope with the Indians North of the York River. He was involved in a private fur deal spanning the entire Virginia frontier. By the end of the decade, Bacon's troops had taken care of all the Indian tribes. They marched on Jamestown as Governor William Burkeley fled, and sailed to the Eastern Shore. Nathaniel Bacon and his troops soon set up their headquarters at Warner Hall after the burning of Jamestown in 1676. This Virginia Colony was in charge of matters North of the York to the Potomac River. Beyond the Potomac, lay the Maryland Colony. It was at Warner Hall, where he sent notices for the people to assemble to take the "Oath of Fidelity" of his fellow countrymen. Bacon contracted Malaria and died within a year his troops then fleeing the Colony.
Augustine Warner II inherited Warner Hall at the death of his father in 1674. He married Mildred Reade, the daughter of George Reade, founder of Yorktown, and after her death, Elizabeth Martian. Augustine II was speaker of the House of Burgesses during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, and also was a member of the Council.
When Augustine Warner II died, he left three daughters his son dying June 19, 1681. Mary became the wife of John Smith, of Purton, on the York, and their son Augustine Smith was said to have been one of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe with Governor Spotswood, on his famous expedition across the Blue Ridge in 1716. Mildred, another daughter of Augustine Warner II, married Lawrence Washington, of Westmoreland, and her second husband was George Gale. Her three Washington children were John, who built Highgate, Augustine, father of George Washington (first President of the United States), and Mildred. Augustine Washington married Mary Ball, and named his son George for his great grandfather, George Reade, who founded Yorktown.
Elizabeth, the third daughter of Augustine Warner II, became the wife of John Lewis and inherited Warner Hall. Their son, John Lewis II was a member of His Majesty's Council, and was prominent in the county. For generations the Lewises lived here, and members of the family emigrated to all parts of the United States. Their descendants built Belle Farm, Eagle Point, Abingdon, Severby, and Severn Hall, all in Virginia. Elizabeth and John Lewis I's grandson, Colonel Fielding Lewis, of Belle Farm, married Catherine Washington, and after her death married Elizabeth Washington, also known as Betty, sister of George. He built beautiful Kenmore for her, in Fredericksburg.

Augustine married READE Mildred. Mildred (daughter of Col. READE George and MARTIAU Elizabeth) was born on 2 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia; died on 20 Oct 1694 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635, Gloucester County, VA; Arrived on the ship "Blessing"

Notes:

Some historians claim that the Welsh Lewis family descended from the French line of monarchs (Louis). However, the oldest known Lewis from the explorer's family was Ben Robert Lewis of Wales.
The patriarch of the Virginia Lewises came in 1635 on a ship called the "Blessing." Robert Lewis II served as an officer in the British Army and arrived to claim a land grant in a part of York County that is now in Gloucester, VA. He married a woman named Elizabeth before emigrating, and once in Virginia, they parented two children, William and Major John Lewis. William died without having any children, so John inherited 33,333 1/3 acres from his father.

Immigration:
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Robert married LEWIS Elizabeth --Unknown--. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Jan 1637
• Living In: Abt 1655, Yorktown, VA

Notes:

George was the original immigrant from England to Virginia

VIII.
16. Mildred Reade (See item 14), died December, 1694, was the daughter of George Reade, and Elizabeth Martieu, or Marthian. (See item 17).

Colonel George Reade of Lincoln Holt Parish, Hants, England; came to Virginia in January 1637. He was then unmarried and lived with Governor Harvey at Jamestown for a year or two. Was Deputy-Secetary of the Colony in 1640-1642; member of the House of Burgesses 1644 and again in 1640, from James City, and voted for the act declaring that the excution of Charles I was treasonable and that his son Charles was the rightful air to the Crown. In 1652 he was also a Burgess and submitted to the English Commonwealth; was a member of the county Court from 1655 to 1657; member of a committee to revise the statutes in 1656-1657, and Councillor from 1657 to his death in 1671, and at all times supported Governor Berkeley's administration. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Martieu, before 1649. He moved to Martieu's home at Yourktown about 1655 and his wife afterwards having fallen heir to Martieu's homestead, he made that his home for the remainder of his life.
George Read was the great-grandfather of George Washington and the Great-grandfather of General Thomas Nelson, and Mildred Wyndebank (was a daughter of Sir Thomas Wyndebank and Frances Dymoke and thourgh the latter Mr. Browning traces Georges Reade's lineage to thirtheen of the signers of Magna Charta 1215 and back to Alfred the Great. This Mildred Wyndebank furnishes the earliest appearance in this genealogy of Mr. Trumbull's mother's name, "Mildred", but we fine it many times since).
Mildred Wyndebank's brother, Sir Francis Wyndebank, was appointed Secretary to King Charles in 1633 on the recommendation of Archbishop Laud and this position he held until the King left London in 1641, never to return, except as a prisoner and to death.
When Governor John Harvey went to England in 1635 to answer charges preferred against him by the Virginians, after having been thrust out of the governorship, he met George Reade who was then visiting his brother, Robert Reade, who was Secretary to Secretary Wyndebank, his uncle. When Harvey returned to Virginia in 1637, Colonel George Reade came with him and stayed with him for a year at Jamestown.

George Reade, a native of London, came to Virginia 1637 in Sir John Harvey's party. Harvey was returning to Virginia to assume the office of Governor of the Colony. Reade was appointed Secretary of State, pro tem of the colony in 1640 and served as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Harvey. He was a member of the House of Burgesses and a member of the Colonial Council until his death. His will, no longer extant, is documented in a York County 18th century land transaction.

York Co, VA Deeds & Bonds Book 5 pp 3 - 6
This Indenture made the sixteenth day of May in the fortieth year of the Reign of our Sovernge Lord George the Second King of Great Britain and in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred & forty one between James Mitchell of the Town & County of York and Janet his wife of the one part and Richard Ambler of the same Town & county aforesaid . Whereas George Reade late of the sd county of York Esq decd being siezed in fee of a certain tract or parcel of land lying & being in the said County of York containing by Estimation Eight hundred & fifty acres did by his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the twenty ninth day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred & Seventy devise the same by the name of all that Tract of Land wherein he lived to his wife during life and after her decease to be equally divided between his sons, George & Robert and the heirs of their bodies but and fault of such heirs in either or both of them or in case either or both of them should dye during their minority then he gave and devises his and their parts of the land aforesaid to his sons Francis and Benjamin and the heirs of their bodies with other remainders over as by the said Will duly proved in the General Court of this Colony being thereunto had may more at large appear and whereas the said George Reade one of the sons of the Testator dyed many years ago without issue and after his death the said Francis & Benjamin Reade intend into one ninety or half part of this premises to as afore devised and afterwards the said Robert Reade, Francis Reade & Benjamin Reade by Deed bearing date the twelfth day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand and six hundred & eighty eight made partition of the premises aforesaid .........

George Reade married Elizabeth Martiau, daughter of Nicolas Martiau (Father of Yorktown). Their daughter Mildred, wife of Col. Augustine Warner, was the g-grandmother of George Washington.

George Read, the son of Robert Read of London and his wife Mildred Windebank, was one of the about one hundred colonists, who emigrated to the colonies from England and Wales before the end of the 17th century, known to have legitimate descent from a Plantagenet King of England.

The illustrious ancestry of George Reade is documented nicely in Colonial Records during the period of 18 January 1638/9 - 11 December 1641. The file includes letters from the Colonial Governor, Secretary of State and George Reade to Sir Francis Windebank and/or Windebank's personal secretary Robert Reade (George Reade's brother.) The correspondence file is quite interesting, alluding to the politics behind George Reade's appointment as Secretary of State during Richard Kemp's sojourn in England. It also includes personal requests from George Reade to his brother for servants and money. Earlier correspondence puts a personal face on George Reade's life. "Sir John Harvey to Robert Reade, 17 Nov. 1637. Hopes to employ Reade's brother against the Indians. He is well and stays at the writer's house." "George Reade to Robert Reade, his brother, 26 Febr. 1637/8. Does not think much of Mr. Hawley. Thanks to the support of the Governor and Mr. Kemp, the writer has survived. Mr. Menephe has brought many servants. Mr. Hawley has promised the writer that the next lot of servants coming to Virginia would be for him but he does not believe it as Hawley is in Maryland."

"Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families" published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: "His and his wife's gravestones were discovered during street excavations in Yorktown in 1931. The inscriptions on both were recut with errors. George Reade's stone now states he died Oct. 1674, "he being in the 66th yr of his age." Since the date should be 1671 (per his will), either the age shown, or his year of birth, is in error as well....The gravestone of Elizabeth (Martiau) Read now states she was born in 1625 and died in 1696, "being in ye 71st yeare of her age." Since the year of death should be 1686 (per her will), again the age or year of birth is in error. Since Nicholas Martiau claimed...his daughter Elizabeth as headrights...it would appear Elizabeth was born prior to his arrival in Virginia in 1620...and that Elizabeth's birth occurred in 1615 rather than 1625."

The graves of George Reade and his wife Elizabeth were discovered while excavating on Buckner Street in Yorktown. In 1931, descendant Letitia Pate Evans had the tablets restored and moved to the church yard of Grace Episcopal Church. The Reade tablets sit adjacent to the plots of Gov. Thomas Nelson (Declaration of Independence signer), his father, and grandfather (who married a George Reade descendant.)

Born in Linkenholt, England to Robert & Mildred (Windebank) Reade. He married Elizabeth Martiau in 1641 in York Co., Virginia. George was the Secretary of the Colony and Acting Governor of Virginia (1638-39); member of the Council of Virginia; member of the House of Burgesses from James City Co.,VA in 1649 and frequently thereafer. He became a member of the Governor's Council on 13 Mar 1657-58, which office he held until his death in 1671. Father of Mildred (Warner).
Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families" published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: "His and his wife's gravestones were discovered during street excavations in Yorktown in 1931. The inscriptions on both were recut with errors. George Reade's stone now states he died Oct. 1674, "he being in the 66th yr of his age." Since the date should be 1671 (per his will), either the age shown, or his year of birth, is in error as well....The gravestone of Elizabeth (Martiau) Read now states she was born in 1625 and died in 1696, "being in ye 71st yeare of her age." Since the year of death should be 1686 (per her will), again the age or year of birth is in error. Since Nicholas Martiau claimed...his daughter Elizabeth as headrights...it would appear Elizabeth was born prior to his arrival in Virginia in 1620...and that Elizabeth's birth occurred in 1615 rather than 1625."


Lionel, Duke of Clarence, married Lady Elizabeth de Brugh, and their only daughter, Lady Philippa Plantagenet, married Edward Mortimer, Earl of March; their daughter, Lady Elizabeth Mortimer, married Sir Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, first Earl of Northumberland, b. 1366; killed at the battle of Shrewsbury. His son, Henry Percy, second Earl of Northumberland, married Lady Eleanor Nevil, and was killed at the battle of St. Albans, 1455. His son, Henry Percy, third Earl of Northumberland, married Lady Eleanor Poynings. Their daughter, Lady Margaret Percy, married Sir William Gascoigne. Their daughter, Lady Elizabeth Gascoigne, married Sir George Telboise, who was descended from Ivo de Tailleboise, a Norman Knight, and follower of William the Conqueror. Their daughter, Lady Anne Telboise, married Sir Edmond Dymoke, "Hereditary Champion of England," and Master of Scrivelsby Court. His daughter, Frances Dymoke, Aug. 20, 1566, married Sir Thomas Windebank, "Clerk of the Signet, to the good Queen Bess." Their daughter, Mildred Windebank, married Robert Reade, Esq., of Yorkshire. Their son, George Reade, Hon., married Elizabeth Martain, daughter of Capt. Nicholas Martain; and their daughter, Mildred Reade, married Speaker, the Hon. Augustine Warner, of Warner's Hall, Gloucester Co., Va.

The Hon. George Reade came to Virginia in 1637, settled in York Co.; one out of five or six other children of Andrew Reade, of Linkbout, Hampshire. Will proved, Oct. 24, 1623.     
    
I. Andrew, mentioned in House of Lords calendar, as "Andrew Reade, D. D., of Lugershall Hall, Wiltshire."     
    
II. William.     
    
III. Dr. Thomas Reade, b. Linkenholt, 1606; admitted student, New College, Oxford, Dec. 10, 1624; Fellow, Jan. 15, 1626; LL. D., 1638; Principal Med. Hall, Oxford, 1643. In 1642, he volunteered in the King's army and saw some service in the decline of the royal cause. He went to France and became a Catholic priest. In 1659, he published a work in defense of Catholicity. He returned to England at the restoration of King Charles II, and died, 1669.     

IV. Robert, private secretary to his uncle, Sir Francis Windebank; Secretary of State to Charles I. March, 1641, he went to Paris with Secretary Windebank, to escape prosecution by Parliament. He was living in 1669.     

V. George((1)), who came to Virginia. There was a Benjamin Reade, probably of the same English family, who came to Virginia about the same time, and is supposed to have been a son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank, but his name is not included in any definite record of relationship I have seen.     

Mildred Windebank was the daughter of Sir Thomas Windebank, of Harnes Hill, parish of Hurst, Berkshire (Clerk of the Signet to Queen Elizabeth and King James I), who married, Aug. 20, 1566, Frances, daughter of Sir Edmond Dymoke, Hereditary Champion of England.     

George Reade came to Virginia in 1637. He was a friend and adherent of Governor Harvey, and Secretary Kemp, and when Kemp went to England, in 1640, George Reade was appointed Secretary of State, pro tem., and acted as governor, when Harvey was absent. He was burgess for James City County in 1649, and again in 1656; then probably for Gloucester Co. He was a member of the Council, appointed March 13, 1658, and reappointed, May 3, 1658, and held the office until his death, in 1671. On Nov. 20, 1671, the will of Col. George Reade was admitted to probate in the General Court.     
    
George((1)) Reade married Elizabeth Martain, daughter of Captain Nicholas Martain, born in Belgium, and came to Virginia with her parents. Capt. Nicholas Martain represented Kent Island, York, and Chiskiack, in the House of Burgesses, in 1632. They had issue:     
    
I. George((2)) Reade, to whom Sir William Berkeley, Governor, gave a bay mare, in 1665. This son died without issue.     
    
II. Mildred((2)) Reade, married, about 1665, Colonel Augustine Warner, of Warner's Hall, Gloucester Co., Va.; Speaker of the House of Burgesses, in 1675, and member of the Council until his death, June 19, 1681.     
    
III. Elizabeth((2)) Reade. Married Capt. Thomas Chisman.     

IV. Robert((2)) Reade. Married Mary, daughter of John Lily.     

V. Francis((2)) Reade. Married, first, Chisman; married, second, Ann -.     
    
VI. Benjamin((2)) Reade. Married Mary Gwynn.     
    
VII. Thomas((2)) Reade. Married Lucy, daughter of Edmund Gwynn.     

Mildred((2)) Reade (George((1))) married Colonel and Speaker Augustine Warner, of Warner's Hall, Gloucester Co., and had six children:     

A son, Augustine Warner, b. June 17, 1666; died, unmarried, March 17, 1687.     
    
A son, George Warner, died young; unmarried.     

Buried:
Here lyeth intered Coll George Read Esqr who was born ye 25th day October in ye yeare of our Lord 1608 and deceased October 1674 he being in the 66th yr of his age.
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"These Ledgers in Memory of Colonel George Read and his wife Elizabeth Martiau Read Discovered while excavating on Buckner Street, Yorktown Were restored and preserved by their descendant Letitia Pate Evans 1931 The graves of George Reade and his wife Elizabeth were discovered while excavating on Buckner Street in Yorktown. In 1931, descendant Letitia Pate Evans had the tablets restored and moved to the church yard of Grace Episcopal Church. The Reade tablets sit adjacent to the plots of Gov. Thomas Nelson (Declaration of Independence signer), his father, and grandfather (who married a George Reade descendant.)
Yorktown, Va.

Headstone Details
     Cemetery name Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery
     Name on headstone George Read and Elizabeth Martiau Read
     Birth
     Death

George married MARTIAU Elizabeth in 1641 in Yorktown, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. MARTIAU Nicolas and BERKELEY Elizabeth Jane) was born on 12 Dec 1625 in Elizabeth City, VA; died on 10 Feb 1685 in Yorktown, VA; was buried in Yorktown, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]