 Abt 1674 - Bef 1742 (~ 68 years)
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| Name |
ARMISTEAD Capt. Robert |
| Birth |
Abt 1674 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
20 Feb 1715 |
York County, VA  [2] |
| Agent for Row's storehouses |
- Commissopned by the Hon the Governor to succeed his brother William (deceased) as agent for Row's storehouses on Pocosin River, York County. Thomas Booth and Samuel Pond were his securities.
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| Death |
Bef 19 May 1742 |
Elizabeth City County, Virginia [1] |
| Will |
19 May 1742 [3] |
| Will Proved |
3 May 1748 |
Elizabeth City County, Virginia [2] |
- William and Mary Quarterly, pg 21 shows will proved 5/19/1742
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| Occupation |
York County, VA [2] |
| Justice |
| Occupation |
York County, VA [2] |
| Sheriff, |
| Reference Number |
957 |
| Notes |
- 1st wife was Elizabeth Booth, Daughter of Robert Booth, II and Ann Bray. Katherine was the 2nd wife.
Named in his brother's (Anthony) will and also his mother Hannah's will.
84. (Captain)' .Robert· Armistead (will proved in Elizabeth City .County, May 19, 1742), son of 5, .Captain. Anthony Armsitead, is named in the will of his brother, 8S, Anthony, and of his mothert Hannah. On Febtuary 26, 1715, he was commissioned . by "the Hon, the Governor" to succeed his brother. 82, William, deceased, as agent for Row's storehouses on Pocosin River, York county. Thoms Booth and Samuel Pond were· his securities. He was. at times , justice and sheriff of York county. He married, 1st : Miss Booth, daughter of Robert Booth (son of Robert Booth, clerk of York county, and Frances, his wife) and Anne Bray, daughter of James Bray, councilor and Angelica, his wile. He married 2ndly, Katherine Nutting (will proved in Elizabeth City county, May 3, 1748). daughter of Captain Thomas Nutting, justice of the peace, and Elizabeth Booth, danghter of William Booth (perhaps a brother of Robert Booth, first named). Issue by 1st wife: 212,
. Ellysonj ; 213. t Booth, died in 1727. Thomas Booth left him a. legacy of £200, (Said Booth married Mary. sister of Stevens Thompson; the Attorney-General of Virginia. She married ,2d1y, Graves Packe, justice of the peace, York county Issue by second marriage (H 214., .Robert"; 215, Booth ; 216 Angelica..
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
LYON GARDINER TYLER
Published 1915, in New York, by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company. This work is in five volumes. The fourth and fifth volumes are numbered as if they were one, and the index to both is in the fifth volume:
[Page 173]
Armistead, Robert, son of Anthony Armistead, and Hannah Ellyson, his wife, and grandson of the emigrant, William, was a burgess for Elizabeth City county in 1714, succeeding Nicholas Curle, who died; in 1715, agent for Row's warehouse on Poquosin river; justice and sheriff of York county; married (first) Miss Booth, (second) Katherine Nutting, and his will was proved in Elizabeth City county, May9, 1742. He left issue \emdash Ellyson Armistead and others.
[Page 173]
Armistead, Robert, son of Anthony Armistead, and Hannah Ellyson, his wife, and grandson of the emigrant, William, was a burgess for Elizabeth City county in 1714, succeeding Nicholas Curle, who died; in 1715, agent for Row's warehouse on Poquosin river; justice and sheriff of York county; married (first) Miss Booth, (second) Katherine Nutting, and his will was proved in Elizabeth City county, May9, 1742. He left issue \emdash Ellyson Armistead and others.
[Page 173]
Armistead, Robert, was burgess from Elizabeth City county in the session of May 12, 1726. He was son of Maj. William Armistead; married Ann, daughter of Rev. James Wallace, who came from Error, in Perthshire, Scotland. In 1737 the trustees for Eaton's Free School land rented him a portion of the land, for the natural lives of his sons, Robert, William and James, conditioned on his building two tobacco houses, planting and caring for an orchard of 200 winter apple trees and paying to the trustees the annual rent of six pounds current money. Robert Armistead was for many years church warden of his parish, and colonel of the militia. His will is dated July 28, 1771 and was proved Nov. 24, 1774.
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| Person ID |
I1455 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
28 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
ARMISTEAD Anthony, b. 1645, Elizabeth City County, Virginia d. 26 Oct 1726, Elizabeth City County, Virginia (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
ELLYSON Hannah, b. Abt 1650, Greenville, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 19 Dec 1728, Elizabeth City County, Virginia (Age ~ 78 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1] |
| Family ID |
F612 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
BOOTH Elizabeth, b. Abt 1682, York Parrish, VA d. Abt 1704, York County, VA (Age ~ 22 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1674 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F605 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Mar 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S251] Gary Lewis Family Tree, Gary Lewis Family Tree.
- [S164] William & Mary Quarterly...on file, pg. 21 (Reliability: 3).
- [S164] William & Mary Quarterly...on file, pg. 21 (Reliability: 2).
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