CHETWODE Anne

Anne married BRAY John Giles in 1597 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. John (son of BRAY Edmund and TRACY Dorothy Ann) was born in 1585 in Barrington Magna, Gloucestershire, , England; died in 1667 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: James City County, Virginia; Wealthy Ship owner and merchant
• Reference Number: 925
• Occupation: 5 Apr 1670, James City County, Virginia; Council Member
• Occupation: 6 Dec 1677, James City County, Virginia

Notes:

Genealogies of Virginia Families, William and Mary Quarterly, Vol 1, p.447: James Bray of James City County was living in Virginia in 1658, was a member of the Council in 1670, and died at Middle Plantation, Oct 24, 1691(York County Records and Bruton Parrish Register),
His shattered tombstone still rests in Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg. He married Angelica, and in 1658 received a certificate from York Court on account of the importation of his wife 'twice into Virginia'

WMQ Vol XIV:
JAMES1 BRAY,of James City county, Was living in Virginia in 1658, was a member of the Council in 1610, and died at Middle Plantation, October 24, 1691. (York County Records and Bruton Pariah Register.) His shattered tombstone still rests in Bruton Churchyard, Williamaburg. He married Angelica , and in 1658 received a certificate from York Court on account of the importation of his wife twice into Virginia." He had issue: (Hening, Statutes at Large, IV., 370 ; VI., 412)
Thomas Bray.
James Bray.
David Bray.
Anne Bray.

Name: James Bray of James City county, was living in Virginia as early as 1666, and, on April 15, 1670, was sworn a member of the council. He retained his seat until 1676, when during Bacon's rebellion, he seems to have been an active supporter of Gov. Berkeley. He signed the proclamation of Aug. 11, 1676, calling an assembly to meet in the following September. The commissioners sent to suppress the rebellion reported, on Dec. 6, 1677, that Mr. James Bray was a great loser in his estate by that uprising, but they were evidently not favorably disposed towards him, for the English board of trade and Plantations, on Dec. 6, 1677, pronounced him to be a "rash and fiery fellow," and, on Feb. 10, 1678-79, the same body directed that he be put out of the council. He was too friendly to Berkeley to suit the tastes of the royal commissioners. His wife, Mistress Angelica Bray, will always be remembered as one of the "guardian angels of the rebel camp," as the ladies whom Bacon stood in front of his men at Jamestown to protect them while they were throwing up fortifications, were called. Her maiden name is not known. Col. Bray was a wealthy merchant and ship owner in Virginia. He died Oct. 24, 1691. He had three sons who left issue and a grandson, Col. David Bray, who was also councillor for a few months. III--Colonial Councillors of State

BRAY. James City county.
Arms: Azure a chevron between three eagles legs erased a la
Cuisse sable, armed gules.
Crest: An ounce ppr.
James Bray, J. P., of James City county 1666; member of the
Council, 4 March, 1674-5; married Angelica i They had
issue, (1) Thomas; (2) James, J. P., of James City county, in 1710, vestryman of Bruton parish; sheriff in 1717; married about 1698, Mourning, widow of Col. Thomas Pettus. (3) Col. David Bray, J. P., of James City county, 1710; vestryman of Bruton parish; had issue David, born 1699, member of the Council; died 1731; married Elizabeth, dau. of John Page of Gloucester. (4) Angelica, married Mingo Inglis of Williamsburg. The Bray arms are on the tombs of the first and second David Bray in Bruton churchyard. They correspond with the arms of Bray in the Visitation of Nottingham in 1614.

From William & Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, p. 266:
BRAY FAMILY.
JAMES1 BRAY, of James City county, was living in Virginia in 1658, was a member of the Council in 1670, andHe married Angelica , and in 1658 received a certificate from York Court on account of the importation of his wife "twice into Virginia." He had issue: (Hening, Statutes at Large, IV., 370; I., 412) 2 Thomas Bray, 3 James Bray, 4 David Bray, 5 Anne Bray.
Of James City county, was living in Virginia as early as 1666, and, on April 15, 1670, was sworn a member of the council. He retained his seat until 1676, when during Bacon's rebellion, he seems to have been an active supporter of Gov. Berkeley. He signed the proclamation of Aug. 11, 1676, calling an assembly to meet in the following September. The commissioners sent to suppress the rebellion reported, on Dec. 6, 1677, that Mr. James Bray was a great loser in his estate by that uprising, but they were evidently not favorably disposed towards him, for the English board of trade and Plantations, on Dec. 6, 1677, pronounced him to be a "rash and fiery fellow," and, on Feb. 10, 1678-79, the same body directed that he be put out of the council. He was too friendly to Berkeley to suit the tastes of the royal commissioners. His wife, Mistress Angelica Bray, will always be remembered as one of the "guardian angels of the rebel camp," as the ladies whom Bacon stood in front of his men at Jamestown to protect them while they were throwing up fortifications, were called. Her maiden name is not known. Col. Bray was a wealthy merchant and ship owner in Virginia. He died Oct. 24, 1691. He had three sons who left issue and a grandson, Col. David Bray, who was also councillor for a few months.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
III--Colonial Councillors of State

Occupation:
sworn member of council and retained his seat until 1676 until Bacon's Rebellion where he appears to be on the wrong side

Occupation:
English board of trade and plantations pronounced him to be a "rash and fiery fellow" and asked that he be removed from the Council

Died:
died at Middle Plantation, October 24, 1691. (York County Records and Bruton Parish Register.) His shattered tombstone still rests in Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg.

Buried:
died at Middle Plantation, October 24, 1691. (York County Records and Bruton Parish Register.) His shattered tombstone still rests in Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg.

From William & Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, p. 266:
BRAY FAMILY.
JAMES1 BRAY, of James City county, was living in Virginia in 1658, was a member of the Council in 1670, and died at Middle Plantation, October 24, 1691. (York County Records and Bruton Parish Register.) His shattered tombstone still rests in Bruton Churchyard, Williamsburg. He married Angelica , and in 1658 received a certificate from York Court on account of the importation of his wife "twice into Virginia." He had issue: (Hening, Statutes at Large, IV., 370; I., 412) 2 Thomas Bray, 3 James Bray, 4 David Bray, 5 Anne Bray.

James married GIBSON Angelica in 1658. Angelica was born in 1634 in James City County, Virginia; died in 1663 in Williamsburg, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1025

Notes:

WMQ Vol XIV pg. 266:
Col. THOMAS BRAY (James1) lived. in New Kent county, and was dead before 1732 (Hening, Statutes, IV, pg. 310). He married Sarah Fenn, daughter of Samuel Fenn, of Middle Plantation, Williamsburg (who gave two acres for a church), and widow of Capt. Thomas Claiborne, of King William County (Va. Mag., I., pg. 317j QUARTERLY. IIl., pg.77). Hia wife, Sarah. Bray, founded a scholarhip at William and Mary College. "Madam Sarah Bray departed. this life October 18, 1716" (St. Peter's Register, New Kent county).'
They appear to have left no issue.

The Bray School opened in 1760 and operated until 1774. This was the year the school's mistress Ann Wager died. What do the records tell us about the fourteen years of the school's existence? What type of instruction did the students receive? Did Franklin visit and keep track of its progress?
We know an extraordinary amount about it, thanks to a documentary edition by John Van Horne of the correspondence of the London charity that saw to the establishment of the school. The charity was called the Associates of Dr. Bray and was one of a number that the Reverend Thomas Bray set up or inspired to see to the Christian education of heathens. The Bray Associates were particularly interested in the religious education of blacks in the colonies, free and enslaved, and the charge of the school was to teach the children the tenets of Anglican Christianity, which Mrs. Wager did, from the Bible and a variety of texts sent to the school from London. But the children were also taught general deportment and good behavior and the girls were instructed in sewing and needlecraft. The children were to be taken in an orderly way to divine services\emdash that would have been in Bruton Church, not too long a walk from the school itself.
The Associates were assiduous in seeking accounts of the school, not just for the expenditure of the funds they provided but also of the numbers of children and the degree of success in their education. They were fortunate to find excellent trustees for the school, especially Robert Carter Nicholas, a powerful official in the Colony's government, who oversaw it closely and wrote meticulous letters concerning its successes and its difficulties. The frustrations were that students didn't always stay as long as they might have benefited from. With enrollment constantly changing, documenting success was not easy.
One measure might not have pleased everyone, by the way. None of the education was intended to question slavery as a system\emdash indeed a well instructed and religious slave would learn of God's divinely organized hierarchy in which some people were placed by divine will as masters and others as slaves. All would learn to respect that divine order and not rebel against it. Yet some of the black children in the Bray School, according to local black tradition, became "the first black teachers in Virginia," and took the skills of reading and writing back to members of Williamsburg's free black community. In the nineteenth century, still according to oral tradition, members of the free black community were then able to use those skills to help forge papers for slaves escaping from further South\emdash they would be put on the boat at Jamestown to make their way to Baltimore. That would make the Bray School somehow involved in the Underground Railway, at least after its demise. I don't know of any other evidence of that, but it's an interesting example of the unintended consequences that education can have.
Ann Wager, hired to run the "Negroe school," was a private instructor in the homes of prominent Williamsburg citizens before her appointment at the Bray School. What do we know about Anne Wager's life?
As far as actual life facts, we don't know as much as we'd like to. Anne Wager was the widow of a man who had some standing apparently. Their son became a justice of the peace and a member of the House of Burgesses. We know that she was born about 1716, and died in 1774, which would make her about 44 when she took on the Bray School. We know that she was recruited to be its school mistress by the original Williamsburg trustees of the Bray School, one of whom was the President of the College of William and Mary. Wager had been a highly regarded teacher of white children, including at the plantation of Carter Burwell, a magnificent plantation not far from Williamsburg called Carters Grove. She had no home of her own in Williamsburg and appears to have been entrusted with a sum and allowed to find and lease a house that would serve both her need for a home and for a school for day students.
Which house she leased is at the heart of the uncertainty about whether the structure I've found did serve as the school. Independently, the question had come up over the decades when the house was thought to no longer exist and Colonial Williamsburg researchers had made the link, as early as a half century ago. But the complexity comes in a document that mentions Mrs. Wager's leasing the house from a "Colonel Dudley Digges." There were a surprising number of "Dudley Digges" at the time. Only one was generally known as "Colonel," from Yorktown, and he seems to have been already liquidating his earlier property in Williamsburg. But we are also learning more about another Williamsburg Digges. He may have been a colonel too. Still, the matter is not yet fully resolved and will need some further attention.
You note that as many as thirty slave and free black students attended the Bray School at any given time and that many Williamsburg citizens placed their black slaves there in the years before the American Revolution. What more do records reveal about the identity of the students who attended the school? Do we know the total number of students enrolled there? And what sources led you to find out about them?
We have several lists of the children. In the Van Horne edition I mentioned, thirty are listed in 1762, with their owners' names\emdash everyone from the wife of the President of the College to high-ranking individuals involved in the affairs of the Colony of Virginia like Peyton Randolph, John Randolph, and Robert Carter Nicolas, to more middle class folks. Three of the children, Mary Anne, Mary Jones, and Elisha Jones, are listed simply as "a free negroe" or "free." In 1769 we have another list of some thirty children, again a list pretty varied by owners' class. Two of these children, John and Mary Ashby, are described as "free"\emdash I'm told that their parents were local free blacks. These were perhaps the students who became "the first black teachers in Virginia" that I mentioned. There is a William and Mary masters thesis on the Williamsburg Bray School by Jennifer Oast, who was able to follow through on the children and develop more information about them and their subsequent appearances in colonial records.
Benjamin Franklin's interest in the Williamsburg school was part of a much larger vision by a London-based philanthropy called the Associates of Dr. Bray, which hoped to finance schools for slaves throughout the English colonies. Dr. Bray believed that African slaves and freedmen were as worthy of religious instruction as whites. What can you tell us about Dr. Bray and what one historian has called his "radical Anglican humanitarianism"?
Dr. Thomas Bray (1658-1730) has to go down in history as one of the most successful philanthropic entrepreneurs ever, directly or indirectly responsible for several organizations active in Christian evangelizing especially in the new world, even to being involved in the establishment of the colony of South Carolina. He was a good friend of James Blair, William and Mary's first president\emdash both were Commissaries, or representatives, of the Bishop of London, Blair in Virginia and Bray in Maryland, though Bray was actually in Maryland a relatively brief time. But both men took very seriously the Bishop of London's responsibilities for the Christian instruction of blacks and Indians in the new world. Blair's great accomplishment was of course the founding of the College of William and Mary, with its charter as in part a kind of Anglican seminary, in part a university for the liberal arts and sciences, and of course in part, through the Brafferton school, a center to educate Indians. Bray's accomplishments were through the charities he organized or inspired for Christian education.

Family/Spouse: FENN Sarah. Sarah (daughter of FENN Samuel) died on 18 Oct 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1026

Notes:

Wm & Mary Quarterly: James Bray, son of James Bray, was a Burgess from James City County in 1702. He was grandfather of Elizabeth Bray, who married Colonel Phillip Johnson. Note: the wife of Governor Edward Diggs was a Bray.

WMQ: Vol XIV:
JAKES BRAY(James) was a member of the House of Burgesses from James City county in 1688 and 1702, and married about 1697 Mourning, widow of Thomas Pettus, of "Littletown" (York County Records). He died November 25, 1725, and his wife, Mourning, January 6, 1711 (Bruton Parrish Register).
Issue:
Thomas.
James.
Elizabeth.

Apprentices of Virginia
Master: Bray, James     
Beginning date: 02/19/1705     
[p.12] Sex: male     
Source: Christ's Hospital Register (London)     
James City Co.     
Occupation: merchant     
Ending date: unspecified     
Race: white     

All Virginia Old Churches, Vol. 1 results for James Bray
Hon. Daniel Parke, Colonel John Page, James Besouth, Robert Cobb, Mr. Bray, Captain Chesley, Mr. Aylott, Hon. Thomas Ludwell, Hon. Thomas Ballard, James Vaux, William Korker, George Poindexter, Thomas Whaley, Captain Otho Thorpe, Captain Thomas Williams, Martin Gardiner, Daniel Wyld, Thomas Taylor, Christopher Pierson, Gideon Macon, Robert Spring, George Martin, Abraham Vinckler, Samuel Timson, John Ownes, Captain Francis Page, Thomas Pettus, Colonel Thomas Ballard, Ralph Graves, Captain James Archer, George Norvell, John Dormar, Edward Jones, Thomas Thorp, Daniel Parke, Jr., Hon. Edmund Jennings, Hugh Norvell, William Pinkethman, Henry Tyler, John Kendall, Baldwin Mathews, Philip Ludwell, Jr., Robert Crawley, Timothy Pinkethman, Joseph White, James Whaley, Hon. John Page, Jr., William Hansford, William Timson, Frederick Jones, David Bray, James Bray, Ambrose Cobb, James Hubard, Nathaniel Crowley, Matthew Pierce, John Custis, Henry Carey, John Holloway, Archibald Blair, Michael Archer, Baldwin Mathews, John Clayton, Lewis Burwell, David Bray, Jr., Thomas Jones, Samuel Timson, Sir John Randolph, George Nicholas, William Robertson, Hon. John Blair, Sen., Thomas Cobbs, Ralph Graves, Edward Barradale, James Barber, Daniel Needler, James Bray, Jr., Henry Tyler, Jr., John Harmer, James Wray, Matthew Pierce, Edward Barradale, Jr., Benjamin Waller, William Parks, Peyton Randolph, William Prentiss, William Timson, Jr., John Holt, William Graves, Armstead Burwell, John Palmer, Pinkethman Eaton, Robert Carter Nicholas, Thomas Everard, Nathaniel Shields, Frederick Bryan, George Wythe, John Prentiss, John Power, William Eaton.

James married PETTUS Mourning about 1697. Mourning died on 6 Jan 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1027
• Occupation: 1692, James City County, Virginia; Justice of James City
• Occupation: 1705, James City County, Virginia; Sheriff
• Occupation: 1710, James City County, Virginia; Vestryman
• Alt. Death: 1717
• Alt. Death: 21 Oct 1717

Notes:

Col. DAVID BRAY (James1), of Wilmington Pariah, James City county (born 1666; died October 21, 1717 - tombstone in Bruton Churchyard) was Justice of James City in 1692, Sheriff in 1705, and vestryman 1710; married Judith -- (born 1676, died 0ctober 26, 1720), and had issue:
David (Va. Historical Collection, XI, pg. 80).

BRAY. James City county.
Arms: Azure a chevron between three eagles legs erased a la
Cuisse sable, armed gules.
Crest: An ounce ppr.
James Bray, J. P., of James City county 1666; member of the
Council, 4 March, 1674-5; married Angelica i They had
issue, (1) Thomas; (2) James, J. P., of James City county, in 1710, vestryman of Bruton parish; sheriff in 1717; married about 1698, Mourning, widow of Col. Thomas Pettus. (3) Col. David Bray, J. P., of James City county, 1710; vestryman of Bruton parish; had issue David, born 1699, member of the Council; died 1731; married Elizabeth, dau. of John Page of Gloucester. (4) Angelica, married Mingo Inglis of Williamsburg. The Bray arms are on the tombs of the first and second David Bray in Bruton churchyard. They correspond with the arms of Bray in the Visitation of Nottingham in 1614.

Alt. Death:
David was a Justice in 1692, Sheriff in 1705, and a Vestryman in 1710. He died October 21, 1717, and his wife Judith died in 1720. They are both buried in the Bruton Churchyard, Bruton Parish, Charles, Virginia. His tomb is inscribed: COLONEL DAVID BRAY 1717 together with the Bray coat-of-arms.

Alt. Death:
Date on tombstone in Bruton Parish Churchyard

We have also the monuments of the ancient and excellent family of Brays:-
"Here lyeth the body of Col. David Bray, of this parish, who died 21st of Octo., 1717, in the 52d year of his age, and left his wife Judith and son David Bray, by "whom this monument was erected, in memory of him."
On the same is the following:-
.. Under this tomb, with her husband, lyeth )Mrs. Judith Bray, who departed this life the 26th day of October, 1720, in the 45th year of her age."
There is also a large marble monument, on one side of which is the following:
"Hie depositum quicquid habuit mortale Elizabeth Bray, una cum
marito desideratissimo ,qure langueti morbo consumpta animan resignavit
22 die Aprilis, aono 173? , ?etatis 32.. .Equanimiter, Fortiter, Pie."
On the other side as follows:
"David Bray, armiger, vir forma, ingenio, morum suavitate.....
serenissimo reji Georgia Secundo, Concilii in Virginia constitutus, tamen
ante munus susceptum, florente faetate lmorteabreptus, Elizabetham Johannis
Page armigeri filiam nutu primam, et sine prole maerentem reliquit, Octo. 17, aetate 32."

Buried:
The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct., 1893), pp. 78-86

pp. 79. So. Mr. Brock in his notes correctly rep-resents the Bray arms, as inscribed upon the tombs in Bruton churchyard.

We have also the monuments of the ancient and excellent family of Brays:-
"Here lyeth the body of Col. David Bray, of this parish, who died 21st of Octo., 1717, in the 52d year of his age, and left his wife Judith and son David Bray, by "whom this monument was erected, in memory of him."
On the same is the following:-
.. Under this tomb, with her husband, lyeth )Mrs. Judith Bray, who departed this life the 26th day of October, 1720, in the 45th year of her age."
There is also a large marble monument, on one side of which is the following:
"Hie depositum quicquid habuit mortale Elizabeth Bray, una cum
marito desideratissimo ,qure langueti morbo consumpta animan resignavit
22 die Aprilis, aono 173? , ?etatis 32.. .Equanimiter, Fortiter, Pie."
On the other side as follows:
"David Bray, armiger, vir forma, ingenio, morum suavitate.....
serenissimo reji Georgia Secundo, Concilii in Virginia constitutus, tamen
ante munus susceptum, florente faetate lmorteabreptus, Elizabetham Johannis
Page armigeri filiam nutu primam, et sine prole maerentem reliquit, Octo. 17, aetate 32."

Family/Spouse: BRAY Judith --?--. Judith was born in 1676; died on 26 Oct 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 924

Notes:

ANN BRAY(James1) married three times: first, Capt. Peter Temple (son of Rev. Peter Temple, of York Parish). who died - in 1692; second, Robert Booth (son of Robert Booth, Clerk of York county.-Land grant), died in 1695, by whom 30, a daughter, who married Robert Armistead, and had issue Booth Armistead (married Mary Thomson, and died in 1827), and Captain Ellyson Armistead (QUARTERLY,V., 117; VI., 88); third, Mungo Inglis (forty-five in 1702, according to his deposition in York county), grammar master of William and Mary College, and had issue: 31 Mary, died March 22, 1710; 32 Ann, died November 12, 1710; 33 David, died 1714; 34 James, clerk of Isle of Wight (1729-1732), who married Anne Marot, daughter of Jean Marot, and bad Judith Bray Ingis who married William Armistead and had Henry Armistead, of Charles City county
(born January. 8, 1753). Henry Armistead died there in 1813, and his son Henry moved to Louisiana.

The Bray arms, as shown on the tombstones in Bruton Churchyard, are: Az. a chevron between three eagle legs erased a la cuise sa. armed gu. Crest: An ounce ppr.

Notes from the Records:

November 24, 1693. Capt. Peter Temple as intermarrying with Mrs. Ann Bouth, widd. of Mr. Robert Bouth, deceased, and Daughter of James Bray, Esq., likewise deced, having summoned Mrs. Angelica Bray and Capt. Thomas Bray, Executor of y^e said James Bray, deceased, to this court, declaring against them for one hundred and 50 pounds pounds sterling, due to him as aforesaid, being a legacy given to her, y^e said Ann, by y last will and Testament of her said deceased husband, Mr. Robert Bouth, y^e said Legacy to become due payable to her, which now appring to this "crt" in all just Reight, due to y^e said Peter Temple as intermarring with
Ann, the legatee aforsaid, She having survived her said husband, Robert Bouth, Itt is therefore order^d that y^e said Angelica and Thomas Bray, as executrix and executor, aforesaid, forthwith pay y^e said Peeter Temple y^e aforesaid Legacee of one hundred fifty pounds sterkling, with costs als ex - York County Records.
In the records of the General Court is this entry: 11 NOV, 1672, ordered that Robert Bouth, son and heir of Robert Bouth, pattent in his own name 1000 acres in New Kent , granted and seated by said Robert Bouth, deceased.

See PDF file for more complete info: WMQ Combined.pdf

Ann married BOOTH Robert, Jr. between 1670 and 1675 in York County, VA. Robert (son of Dr. BOOTH Robert and GIDEONS Francis (Frances)) was born about 1633 in Gloucester, VA; died in Mar 1692 in York County, VA; was buried in York County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married TEMPLE Capt. Peter on 24 Nov 1693 in York County, VA. Capt. (son of Rev. TEMPLE Peter) died in 1692 in York County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married INGLIS Mungo about 1695. Mungo was born in 1657; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CoL THOMAS BRAY (James, James1) lived at "Littletown," on James river, next to Kingsmill. He married Elizabeth Meriwether, born June 20, 1703 (died January 4, 1732), daughter of Col. Nicholas Meriwether, of New Kent, and died August 2, 1751 (Quarterly, VII., 151).
Issue: Elizabeth.

Family/Spouse: MERIWETHER Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 30 Jun 1703; died on 4 Jan 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JAMES BRAY JOHNSON'(Elizabeth, Thomas, James, James) married in 1773 Rebecca Cocke (Marriage Bond, Va. Mag., V., 82), daughter of Colonel Littlebury and Rebecca Hubberd Cocke, of Westbury, Charles City county.
Issue:
Elilazabeth Johnson

Notes:

Elizabeth Bray (Thomas, James, James) married Col. Phillip Jolmson, of King and Queen county, afterwards of Vauxhall, York County. She died in 1765 and left issue:
James Bray Johnson,
William Johnson,
Elizabeth Johnson,
Thomas,
Rebecca,
Martha,
Anne
(Hening, Statutes, VIII, 460-464).

Family/Spouse: Col. JOHNSON Phillip. Phillip and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1028
• Land: 1705
• Land: 1730, Fredericksburg, VA
• Occupation: 1731, York County, VA; Appointed to Council

Notes:

Genealogies of Virginia Families, Wm & Mary Quarterly: Was a member of the Council in 1699.

Was appointed to the council in 1731 and died 1731.

WMQ:
DAVID BRAY(David l, James1), born 1699, Was appointed to the Council in 1731, and died October 5, 1731 (tombstone in Bruton Churchyard, Va. Historical Coll. XI, pg. 80). He married Elizabeth (born 1702, died. April 22, 1734), eldest daughter of John Page, nephew of Col. John Page.

According to the biography found in the Encycloepdia of Virginia Biography, Vol 1&2, Colonial Councillors of State, page 131, David Bray, Col, is the Grandson of James Bray 1611 to 1691. James, born 1611, and his wife Angelica, born 1611, would have marrried for the first time at about 18 to 20, or 1629 to 1631. Angelica baby-birthing would have been finished about 40, or 1651. The biography states they had three sons. Off-spring of James and Angelica should have birthdays between 1630 and 1650. This reinforces the statement that David is a grandson of James. Now the question remains, who were the 3 male offspring of James (1611) If James (junior,, born about 1640) is one, two are unknown.//FRRoss 12 Aug 2008//
Name: David Bray of James City county, a son of Col. David Bray of the same place, and (great) grandson of Councillor Bray, was born in 1699. He was a man of large estate and, in 1631 (typo; actually 1731), on the recommendation of Gov. Gooch, appointed a member of the council. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Page, of Williamsburg, but died Oct. 5, 1731, without issue.
Several entries in the St Peters Parish Vestry book confirm Thomas Bray Jr, born About 1701, as a member of the parish. The parish records establish That Thomas Bray (born about 1654) was a wealthy and influential person elected to the vestry of the old original wooden church near New Kent, Virginia, and that he was called Colonel Thomas Bray. The records also report that he died sometime prior to the 13 January 1701 vestry meeting. We find 3 additional records in the book concerning Col Thomas Bray, dated April 30 1734, May 26 1734, and May 2 1738, dealing with births and deaths of slave children. These entries may only relate to Thomas Bray , junior, born about 1701, who also made the rank of Colonel in the Virginia Militia. Also noteworthy are the entries for Colonel Thomas Bray Senior, which ended with his death, continuing entries for Madam Sarah (Fenn) Bray, who assumed his estate duties ending with her death is 1716, then entries concerning Colonel David Bray, dated from 1724 through 1734. One must assume that Colonel David Bray assumed custody of the plantation after his mother's death, although this does leave an eight year lack of entries under the Bray Name. The last entry for David Bray is 3 April 1734, while the first entry for Thomas Bray is April 30, 1734. Are we to assume that David Bray either died or sold his younger brother the Plantation?//FRRoss 26 Sep 2008//

We have already confirmed by parish records that Captain Thomas Bray Sr (born about 1654) was a wealthy and influential person elected to the vestry of the old original wooden Saint Peters Parish Church near New Kent, Virginia. The records also report that he died sometime prior to the 13 January 1701 vestry meeting.
Several entries in the Vestry book of Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia confirm the existance of Thomas Bray Junior, born about 1701. We find three records in the book concerning a Colonel Thomas Bray, dated April 30 1734, May 26 1734, and May 2 1738, dealing with births and deaths of slave children. These entries may only relate to Thomas Bray, junior, born about 1701, who made the rank of Colonel in the Virginia Militia.
The order of the dated entries seem to confirm that Colonel Thomas Bray is the son of Captain Thomas and Sarah Bray. Noteworthy are the entries for Captain Thomas Bray Senior, which ended with his death, continuing entries for Madam Sarah (Fenn) Bray, who assumed his estate duties ending with her death is 1716, then entries concerning Colonel David Bray, dated from 1724 through 1734. One must assume that Colonel David Bray assumed custody of the plantation after Sarah's death, although this does leave an eight year lack of entries under the Bray Name. The last entry for David Bray is 3 April 1734, while the first entry for Thomas Bray is April 30, 1734. What transpired here?
My first impression is to assume David Bray is the older brother of Thomas Bray and that he may have died leaving the plantation to the younger brother, but this would not generally have been the case. If David was the oldest son, then he probably would have inherited the plantation. Surley, Colonel David Bray would have been married; in which case his wife and children would inherited when he died.
After much thought, considering the similarities between these events and another David Bray already researched, I considered the other documented Colonel David Bray, acting as estate manager untill Thomas is old enought, experienced enough, and/or free from other commitments to manage on his own. Thomas was only 15 when his mother died, and never really knew his father Thomas Senior. That Colonel David Bray, James Bray of 1611's grandson, whose grave lies in the Bruton Parish Church graveyard in Williamsburgh, Virginia, however died in 1716 also. His son David Bray Junior.died suddenly in 1731, so it could be neither of these David Bray'. I am left to assume Thomas Bray Senior had another son, David Bray, who was also a Colonel. //FRRoss 28 Sep 2008//

Land:
Page 1 of a grant of 6500 acres of land in Essex and King and Queen counties to David Bray, Richard Wharton, Henry Lightfoot and Robert Ambrose data 2 May 1705. The land was held in escheat, having been deserted by the original owners. It is interesting to note that the Escheator for York county at this time was John Lightfoot.

Buried:
We have also the monuments of the ancient and excellent family of Brays:-
"Here lyeth the body of Col. David Bray, of this parish, who died 21st of Octo., 1717, in the 52d year of his age, and left his wife Judith and son David Bray, by "whom this monument was erected, in memory of him."
On the same is the following:-
.. Under this tomb, with her husband, lyeth )Mrs. Judith Bray, who departed this life the 26th day of October, 1720, in the 45th year of her age."
There is also a large marble monument, on one side of which is the following:
"Hie depositum quicquid habuit mortale Elizabeth Bray, una cum
marito desideratissimo ,qure langueti morbo consumpta animan resignavit
22 die Aprilis, aono 173? , ?etatis 32.. .Equanimiter, Fortiter, Pie."
On the other side as follows:
"David Bray, armiger, vir forma, ingenio, morum suavitate.....
serenissimo reji Georgia Secundo, Concilii in Virginia constitutus, tamen
ante munus susceptum, florente faetate lmorteabreptus, Elizabetham Johannis
Page armigeri filiam nutu primam, et sine prole maerentem reliquit, Octo. 17, aetate 32."

Translated from Latin inscription: "Here lies buried David Bray, Esquire, a man, handsome, able, and affable and charming in manner. A Justice appointed to the Council in Virginia by the most serene King George the Second, he was snatched away by death before entering office, in the prime of his life. He had joined to him in matrimony Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of John Page, Esquire, most closely joined to him by mutual affection, and he left her childless and grieving October 5th, 1731, aged 32." She put up this monument as a final tribute to their love.

From Geaneological Dictionary of Virginia:
Name: David Bray of James City county, a son of Col. David Bray of the same place, and (great) grandson of Councillor (James) Bray, was born in 1699. He was a man of large estate and, in 1631 (typo; actually 1731), on the recommendation of Gov. Gooch, appointed a member of the council. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Page, of Williamsburg, but died Oct. 5, 1731, without issue.
From A Guide to the Memorials of Bruton Parish Church, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2006 Edition:
Grave #38 (West Face) original in latin, translation reads "Here lies buried David Bray, Esquire. A man handsome, able, and affable and charming in manner. A Justice Appointed to the Council in Virginia by the most serene King George the second, He was snached away by death before entering office, in the prime of his life. He had joined him in matrimony Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Page, Esquire, Most closley joined to him by mutual affection, and he left her childless and grieving October 5th, 1731, aged 32 years. She set up this monument as a final tribute to their conjugal love." and
(East Face) original in Latin, Translation reads "Here are laid the mortal remains of Elizabeth Bray together with her most beloved husband, consumed by a wasting disease, she gave up the ghost on the 22nd day of April, 1734, in her 32nd year, serenely, courageously, piously."

Family/Spouse: PAGE Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of PAGE John and PAGE Elizabeth --LNU--) was born in 1702; died on 22 Apr 1734; was buried in Williamsburg, VA (Bruton Parish Churchyard). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Lenora Angelica Booth

Notes:

Note:
This person has shown up in several databases, but link has not been proved beyond doubt or even at all as of 2/22/07

Lenora married ARMISTEAD Robert in 1687 in York County, VA. Robert was born in 1674 in Elizabeth City, VA; died on 19 May 1742 in Elizabeth City, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 958

Notes:

Died Issueless


The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Apr., 1897), pp. 230-240 :
Mr. Thomas Booth, in Gloucester county, a justice of the peace for many years and considerable merchant. Nov. 5.

It is unfortunate that no will of Robert Booth can be found. But by comparing the depostiion of Thomas Booth in 1705 (William and Mary College Quarterly, old series, by Tyler, Volume XVI, p. 192) with the reference to Mungo Inglis' "son-in-law" (step-son) on page 183 of the same volume it seems certain that Thomas Booth was his son. A sister undoubtedly was first wife of Captain Robert Armistead, for Thomas Booth, dying without any children, left large legacies in money and real estate to her son Booth Armistead (See Tyler's Quarterly VI, pp. 260-263) which, upon Booth Armistead's premature death in 1727 descended to his brother Capt. Ellyson Armistead. Among the children of the latter, suggestive of descent, were Robert Booth Armistead (whose only daughter Mary Marot Armistead married John Tyler) and James Bray Armistead.

Brother of Mary Inglis , James Inglis , David Inglis , Ann Inglis , Lenora Angelica Booth , Elizabeth Booth , Robert Booth and Moss Booth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 959

Elizabeth married ARMISTEAD Capt. Robert about 1674. Capt. (son of ARMISTEAD Anthony and ELLYSON Hannah) was born about 1674; died before 19 May 1742 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Other Birth
• Lived(s) In: Lightwood Swamp
• Military: Va Militia
• Political Office: Nottoway Parrish, Southampton County, VA; House of Burgess
• Occupation: Nottoway Parrish, Southampton County, VA; Planter
• Alt. Birth: 1690
• Land: 1723, Isle of Wight County, VA
• Lived(s) In: 1723-1746, Southampton Co., VA.
• Will: 1757; will made and recorded 1757
• Alt. Birth: 21 Sep 1759

Notes:

Both Robert Booth, Senior and Junior lived in the area of the Lightwood Swamp and Corrowaugh Swamp lived in this area for a long time. Beverly Booth was
also born in this area. It should be noted that the Lightwood Swamp extends into Sussex County also.
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Ancestors and Descendants of Jesse Macon Lawrence Jr. NOTE: THIS IS MY ENTIRE FILE AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. IF YOU CAN ADD AND CORRECT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU

ID: I55393 Name: Robert Booth Given Name: Robert Surname: Booth Suffix: 3Rd. Title: 3Rd.
Sex: M Birth: Abt 1685 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634
Death: Jan 1760 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia Reference Number: 55393
Change Date: 17 May 2000 at 14:35 Note:
Robert gave to his son Shelly one hundred acres of land where he (Shelly) lived and which he bought from John Drew. He also gave him 400 pounds of tobacco in consideration of a survey made by him.
Shelly's will was made in 1771. BOOTH, Shelly. Leg.- son Phillip; son John; daughter Patience the wife of John James. D. August 17, 1771. Re. Sept. 12, 1771. Wit. Moses Wood, William Booth, Charles Briggs. Ex., son John Booth. Page 434
Robert Booth married Sarah (--?--) probably between 1689 and 170. Her birth name may have been "Shelly". Sarah was identified in the record of a law suit in Surry County, Virginia, as "Sarah, wife of Robert Booth" which indicates that she was appearing in the suit and thus must have had an interest in her own right in the outcome of the lawsuit. The suit had been filed against Sarah, the wife and the Executrix of Philip Shelly, deceased. Sarah Wakefield Shelly, the executrix, became the wife of Christopher Smith during the administration of the will of the estate of her deceased husband Philip. This court record and her son named "Shelly" are indications that Sarah's birth name might have been "Shelly". In addition, Sarah Booth's grandson Philip Booth (the son of Shelly Booth) may have been a namesake of Philip Shelly of Surry County, Virginia.
Robert Booth received a tract of land from the English crown on 1723.2.20 situated in Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia. The terms of the grant were:
"Know ye that for diverse good Causes and Considerations But more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of thirty ffive Shillings of good and lawful money for our use paid to Our Receiver General of Our Revenue in this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed And by these presents for us Our heirs and Successors do give grant and confirm unto Robert Booth of Isle of Wight County one certain tract or parcell of Land containing Three hundred and Twenty Acres lying & being on the South East Side of the Lightwood Swamp in the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth (to witt) Begining at a pine by the Side of the Said Swamp a
Corner of Robert Hart Junr his Land Then by his Line South ffifteen Degrees East One hundred and Eighty pole to a black Oak Then North Sixty Degrees East Two hundred and Nine pole to a white oak Then North ffifteen Degrees East One hundred and Ninety Three pole to a pine by the Side of the Lightwood Swamp aforesaid and up the various Courses of the Arm of the Said Swamp to the Begining With all etc. To have hold & to be held etc. Yielding & paying etc provided etc In Witness etc. Witness our Trusty and Well loved Hugh Drysdale Esq our Lieut Govrer at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Twentieth day of ffebruary one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Three in the Tenth Year of our Reign[signed] Hugh Drysdale."<1>
Robert Booth received a tract of land situated in the Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia, from the English crown on 1727.6.16. The text of the patent was: "George etc. To all etc. Know ye that for diverse good Causes and Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty ffive Shillings of good and lawfull Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenue in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and Confirmed and by these presents for us our heirs and Successors do give grant and Confirm unto Robert Booth of Isle of Wight County one Certain Tract or parcell of Land Containing Two hundred and ffifty acres lying and being on the South Side of the Main Blackwater Swamp in the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth (towit) Begining at a Maple on the West Side of the Lightwood Swamp thence South West by West one hundred and fifty four pole to a Black Oak then South five degrees West fifty four pole to a pine then South thirty five degrees East seventy two pole to a Black Oak then South eighty five degrees East eighty seven pole to a pine then North eighty degrees East one hundred and thirty two pole to a pine by the Side of the Lightwood Swamp aforesaid and up the various Courses of the River of the Said Swamp to the begining With all etc to have hold etc to be held etc Yielding and paying as provided In witness etc witness our Trusty and well beloved Robert Carter Esqr president of our council and Comander in Christ of our Said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Sixteenth day of June one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Seven in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign
[Signed] Robert Carter.<2> Robert Booth received a tract of land situated in the Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia, on 1746.1.12. The text of the grant was:
"George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith etc To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that for fiverse good Causes and Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Thirty five Shillings of good and lawful Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give grant and confirm unto Robert Booth one certain Tract or parcel of Land containing three hundred and twenty acres lying and being in the County of Isle of Wight on the south side of the Lightwood Swamp and bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a pine a Corner of Edward Windham's Land thence by the said Windhams Line south thirty five degrees west one hundred and seventy three poles to a pine thence south seventy two degrees west thirty five poles to a Black Oak a corner of Thomas Delochs Land thence by the said Delochs Lines west north west forty eight poles to a pine and south seventy degrees west one hundred and eighteen poles to a red Oak thence north west one hundred and twelve poles to a Lightwood post in Allen Warrens Line thence by the said Warrens Lines north eighty five degrees east nineteen poles to a red oak north east one hundred and twenty poles to a red oak and sixtye degrees west eighty poles to a pine in the Line of Robert Booths other Land thence by the said Booths own old Lines north sixty degrees east one hundred and thirty four poles to a white oak thence south twenty nine degrees east twenty poles to a white oak and south five degrees west twenty seven poles to a pine and south thirty five degrees east sixty six poles to a black oak and south eighty five degrees east one hundred and fifty two poles to a red oak and then south twenty Degrees east sixteen poles to the Beginning With all Woods Underwoods Swamps Marshes Lowgrounds Meadows floodings and his Due Share of all veins Mines and
Quarries as well discovered and not discovered within the Bounds aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of three hundred and twenty acres of Land and the Rivers Waters and Water Courses therein contained together with the privileges of Hunting Hawking ffishing ffowling and all other profits Comodities and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining To have hold possess and enjoy the said Grant Tract or parcel of Land and all other the before grantes promises and every part thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Robert Booth and to his heirs and assigns forever To the only use and behoof of him the said Robert Booth his Heirs and assigns forever To be held of us our Heirs and Successors as of our [illegible phrase] of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and common [illegible phrase] Yielding and paying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of Land unto us proportionally for a lesser or greater quantity than fifty acres the fee Rent of one Shilling yearly to be paid upon the ffeast of Saint Michael the archangel and also cultivating and improving three acres part of every ffifty of the Tract above mentioned within three years after the Date of these presents Provided always that if three years of the said ffee Rent shall at any Time be in arrear and unpaid or if the said Robert Booth his Heirs or assigns do not within the Space of three years next coming after the Date of these presents cultivate and improve three acres part of every ffifty of the Tract abovementioned then the Estate hereby granted shall cease and be utterly Determined and thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to grant the same Lands and premises with the appurtenances unto such other person or persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit In Witness whereof we have issued these our Letters patent to be made Witness our trusty and welbeloved William Gooch Esq. our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburg under the Seal of our said Colony the Twelfth Day of January one thousand seven Hundred and forty Six In the twentieth year of our Reign.
[Signed] William Gooch.<3>
Robert Booth executed his will on 1757.10.6 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The text of the will:
"In the name of God Amen I Robert Booth of the parish of Nottoway & County of Southampton do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner Following towit - Imprimis I give unto my son Arthur Booth & his heirs forever the upper part of the Land I bought of Robert Barham whereon my son now Lives according to the following Bounds Beginning at a gum on the south side Lightwood swamp thence along a Line of mark'd Trees near the Road made by myself to a Red Oak or Corner Tree of my said Sons Land that he Bought of Allen Warren Containing about Two hundred acres be it more or Less Item I Give Unto my son Robert Booth & his heirs forever all that part of my Land that Lyes Below the Line made [by?] my son Arthur & the mouth of the More Branch thence up the Branch to the head thereof thence along a line of mark'd trees made by myself to a Red Oak a Corner Tree of his Brother Arthurs Land that he Bought of Allen Warren & the same same tree my son Arthurs Join to that I made him Containing two hundred & Twenty acres be the same more or Less - I further Give unto my son Arthur & his heirs forever all that part of my Land that Lyes on the south side of the Long Branch the same being about one hundred acres be the same more or Less I also give my son Three pewter Dishes Item I give unto my Grandson John Booth [Note: this was either Moses Booth's son or Shelly Booth's son.] my wearing Clothes I also give unto Grandsons James Booth & Beverly Booth Twenty Shillings Each towards their Schooling Item I give unto my son Shelly Booth & his heirs forever one hundred Acres
Land whereon he now Lives which I bought of John Drew. I further Give my said Son Four hundred pounds Tobacco in consideration of a Survey made by him which I promised to pay for adjoyning the Land given him
Item I Give unto my son Moses Booth & his heirs forever the plantation whereon I now Live & all my Land adjoyning the same not already Disposed of There being about Three Hundred & seventy acres be the same more or Less I Further give unto my son Six negros towit Harry Peter Billy Joney Ephraim & Ben to him & his heirs forever - Item I Give unto my Daughter Faith Booth my negro Girl Rose Three Cows & Calves a feather Bed & Furniture three pewter Dishes a Chest three Chairs an Iron Pott & Twenty pounds Current Money Item I Give unto my Daughter Sary Booth three Cows & Calves a feather Bed & Furniture three pewter Dishes a Chest three Chairs one Iron pott & Thirty pounds Current money Item I give unto my Daughters Faith & Sary all my Cards Spinning Wheels Loome & Furniture Belonging to it to be Eaququally Divided Between Them
Item I Give Unto my Granddaughter Sarah Booth a young Heifer
Item I Give unto my Granddaughter Patience Booth [This was Shelly Booth's daughter.] a young Heifer
Item I Give unto my son Moses Booth after my Debts & Legacyes are paid all the Remainder of my Estate of what nature soever --And Lastly I do hereby Constitute & appoint my son Moses Booth my whole & sole Ex[ecut]or of this my Last Will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 6th day of October 1757
Robert his B mark Booth
Sign'd Seald published &
delcared in presence of
J Gray
Mary X her mark Hase
Barnaby Bailey."<4>
Robert Booth probably died in 1759 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. Although Robert Booth's will was dated 6 October 1757, it was not presented to the court for probate until the 10th of January in 1760. It appears likely therefore that he died sometime in late 1759.<5>
Robert Booth's will was probated on 1760.1.10 in Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The Southampton Court stated: "At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 10th day of January 1760 This Will was presented on Court by Moses Booth the Exor therein named proved by the oaths of Joseph Gray & Barnaby Bailey two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of the said Exor who made oath according to Law Certificate was Granted him for obtaining a probat [sic] hereof in due (last line illegible) Test R Kello."<6>
Robert Booth's estate was the subject of an inventory dated 1760.2.7 and filed by executor Moses Booth the 13th of March in Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The record of the inventory stated: "A true Inventory of the Estate of Robert Booth deced given with under my hand 27th day of February 1760 as followeth -- 4 Beads of Furniture 3 Chests 3 Tables 12 Charis 2 Trunks 2 Looking Glaces 12 dishes 18 plates 4 Basons 12 Spoons 1 Loom & ___? 3 Spinning wheels 4 pair of Cards 4 pails 2 Tubs 5 potts 2 Kettles 2 Skillets & Gun 2 pr of Steelyards 18 Bottles 3 muggs & Spice morter 1 frying pan 1 Saddle & Bridle & housing 10 ____? Casks 1 Barrel of a Brancy 8 sides of Leather 2 Candlesticks 25 head of Cattle 40 head of hoggs 1 horse 7 head of Sheep 1 Cart & wheels 18 hoes 5 Axes 1 pair money Scales 1 Box Iron & heators 3 Iron Wedges 1 pr fire tongs 2 Butter potts 8 Negros Harry Peter Jone Bet Ephraim Ben Rose & Daniel oe53 Cask 2600 pounds of Tobo 213 Bars Corn
Father: Robert Booth b: Abt 1633 in York County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Renamed in 1643 from Charles RiverCounty)
Mother: Anne Bray b: Abt 1633 in Virginia

Marriage 1 Sarah Shelly b: Abt 1685
     Married: Abt 1707 in South Hampton, Richmond County, Virginia
     Change Date: 2 Jul 1999
Children
Shelly Booth b: Abt 1721 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia
Moses Booth b: Abt 1709
Arthur Booth b: Abt 1711
Robert Booth b: Abt 1719 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia
Faith Booth b: Abt 1713
Sarah Booth b: Abt 1715
Sources:
Abbrev: Jane Turner
Abbrev: Marilyn Symonds

Heir to lands in New Kent County patented by his father

Southampton County, Virginia, Will Book I, Parts 1 & 2, 1747 - 1762, pages 318, 319, 323, 393

Alt. Birth:
Several Datbases state he was born in Isle of Wight County

Lived(s) In:
Both Robert Booth, Senior and Junior lived in the area of the Lightwood Swamp and Corrowaugh Swamp lived in this area for a long time. Beverly Booth was
also born in this area. It should be noted that the Lightwood Swamp extends into Sussex County also.
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Land:
Robert Booth received a tract of land from the English crown on 1723.2.20 situated in Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia. The terms of the grant were:

"Know ye that for diverse good Causes and Considerations But more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of thirty ffive Shillings of good and lawful money for our use paid to Our Receiver General of Our Revenue in this our Colony & Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed And by these presents for us Our heirs and Successors do give grant and confirm unto Robert Booth of Isle of Wight County, Virginia one certain tract or parcell of Land containing Three hundred and Twenty Acres lying & being on the South East Side of the Lightwood Swamp in the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth (to witt) Begining at a pine by the Side of the Said Swamp a Corner of Robert Hart Junr his Land Then by his Line South ffifteen Degrees East One hundred and Eighty pole to a black Oak Then North Sixty Degrees East Two hundred and Nine pole to a white oak Then North ffifteen Degrees East One hundred and Ninety Three pole to a pine by the Side of the Lightwood Swamp aforesaid and up the various Courses of the Arm of the Said Swamp to the Begining With all etc. To have hold & to be held etc. Yielding & paying etc provided etc In Witness etc. Witness our Trusty and Well loved Hugh Drysdale Esq our Lieut Govrer at Williamsburgh under the Seal of
our Said Colony the Twentieth day of ffebruary one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Three in the Tenth Year of our Reign
[signed] Hugh Drysdale."<1>
Robert Booth received a tract of land situated in the Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia, from the English crown on 1727.6.16. The text of the patent was "George etc. To all etc. Know ye that for diverse good Causes and Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty ffive Shillings of good and lawfull Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenue in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and Confirmed and by these presents for us our heirs and Successors do give grant and Confirm unto Robert
Booth of Isle of Wight County one Certain Tract or parcell of Land Containing Two hundred and ffifty acres lying and being on the South Side of the Main Blackwater Swamp in the County aforesaid and bounded as followeth (towit) Begining at a Maple on the West Side of the Lightwood Swamp thence South West by West one hundred and fifty four pole to a Black Oak then South five degrees West fifty four pole to a pine then South thirty five degrees East seventy two pole to a Black Oak then South eighty five degrees East eighty seven pole to a pine then North eighty degrees East one hundred and thirty two pole to a pine by the Side of the Lightwood Swamp aforesaid and up the various Courses of the River of the Said Swamp to the begining With all etc to have hold etc to be held etc Yielding and paying as provided In witness etc witness our Trusty and well beloved Robert Carter Esqr president of our council and Comander in Christ of our Said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh
under the Seal of our Said Colony the Sixteenth day of June one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Seven in the Thirteenth Year of Our Reign
[Signed] Robert Carter.<2> Robert Booth received a tract of land situated in the Lightwood Swamp, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia, on 1746.1.12. The text of the grant was: "George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith etc To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that for fiverse good Causes and Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of Thirty five Shillings of good and lawful Money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given granted and confirmed and by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give grant and confirm unto Robert Booth one certain Tract or parcel of Land containing three hundred and twenty acres lying and being in the County of Isle of Wight on the south side of the Lightwood Swamp and bounded as
followeth to wit Beginning at a pine a Corner of Edward Windham's Land thence by the said Windhams Line south thirty five degrees west one hundred and seventy three poles to a pine thence south seventy two degrees west thirty five poles to a Black Oak a corner of Thomas Delochs Land thence by the said Delochs Lines west north west forty eight poles to a pine and south seventy degrees west one hundred and eighteen poles to a red Oak thence north west one hundred and twelve poles to a Lightwood post in Allen Warrens Line thence by the said Warrens Lines north eighty five
degrees east nineteen poles to a red oak north east one hundred and twenty poles to a red oak and sixtye degrees west eighty poles to a pine in the Line of Robert Booths other Land thence by the said Booths own old Lines north sixty degrees east one hundred and thirty four poles to a white oak thence south twenty nine degrees east twenty poles to a white oak and south five degrees west twenty seven poles to a pine and south thirty five degrees east sixty six poles to a black oak and south eighty five degrees east one hundred and fifty two poles to a red oak and then south twenty Degrees east sixteen poles to the Beginning With all Woods Underwoods Swamps Marshes Lowgrounds Meadows floodings and his Due Share of all veins Mines and Quarries as well discovered and not discovered within the Bounds aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of three hundred and twenty acres of Land and the Rivers Waters and Water Courses therein contained together with the privileges of Hunting Hawking ffishing ffowling and all other profits Comodities and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining To have hold possess and enjoy the said Grant Tract or parcel of Land and all other the before grantes promises and every part thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Robert Booth and to his heirs and assigns forever To the only use and behoof of him the said Robert Booth his Heirs and assigns forever To be held of us our Heirs and Successors as of our [illegible phrase] of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and common [illegible phrase] Yielding and paying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of Land unto us proportionally for a lesser or greater quantity than fifty acres the fee Rent of one Shilling yearly to be paid upon the ffeast of Saint Michael the archangel and also cultivating and improving three acres part of every ffifty of the Tract above mentioned within three years after the Date of these presents Provided always that if three years of the said ffee Rent shall at any Time be in arrear and unpaid or if the said Robert Booth his Heirs or assigns do not within the Space of three years next coming after the Date of these presents cultivate and improve three acres part of every ffifty of the Tract abovementioned then the Estate hereby granted shall cease and be utterly Determined and thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to grant the same Lands and premises with the appurtenances unto such other person or persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit In Witness whereof we have issued these our Letters patent to be made Witness our trusty and welbeloved William Gooch Esq. our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburg under the Seal of our said Colony the Twelfth Day of January one thousand seven Hundred and forty Six In the twentieth year of our Reign.

Lived(s) In:
Near the Sussex County Line (poss Lightwood Swamp Area)

Will:
Robert Booth executed his will on 1757.10.6 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The text of the will:
"In the name of God Amen I Robert Booth of the parish of Nottoway & County of Southampton do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner Following towit - Imprimis I give unto my son Arthur Booth & his heirs forever the upper part of the Land I bought of Robert Barham whereon my son now Lives according to the following Bounds Beginning at a gum on the south side Lightwood swamp thence along a Line of mark'd Trees near the Road made by myself to a Red Oak or Corner Tree of my said Sons Land that he Bought of Allen Warren Containing about Two hundred acres be it more or Less Item I Give Unto my son Robert Booth & his heirs forever all that part of my Land that Lyes Below the Line made [by?] my son Arthur & the mouth of the More Branch thence up the Branch to the head thereof thence along a line of mark'd trees made by myself to a Red Oak a Corner Tree of his Brother Arthurs Land that he Bought
of Allen Warren & the same same tree my son Arthurs Join to that I made him Containing two hundred & Twenty acres be the same more or Less - I further Give unto my son Arthur & his heirs forever all that part of my Land that Lyes on the south side of the Long Branch the same being about one hundred acres be the same more or Less I also give my son Three pewter Dishes Item I give unto my Grandson John Booth [Note: this was either Moses Booth's son or Shelly Booth's son.] my wearing Clothes I also give unto Grandsons James Booth & Beverly Booth Twenty Shillings Each towards their Schooling Item I give unto my son Shelly Booth & his heirs forever one hundred Acres
Land whereon he now Lives which I bought of John Drew. I further Give my said Son Four hundred pounds Tobacco in consideration of a Survey made by him which I promised to pay for adjoyning the Land given him
Item I Give unto my son Moses Booth & his heirs forever the plantation whereon I now Live & all my Land adjoyning the same not already Disposed of There being about Three Hundred & seventy acres be the same more or Less I Further give unto my son Six negros towit Harry Peter Billy Joney Ephraim & Ben to him & his heirs forever - Item I Give unto my Daughter Faith Booth my negro Girl Rose Three Cows & Calves a feather Bed & Furniture three pewter Dishes a Chest three Chairs an Iron Pott & Twenty pounds Current Money
Item I Give unto my Daughter Sary Booth three Cows & Calves a feather Bed & Furniture three pewter Dishes a Chest three Chairs one Iron pott & Thirty pounds Current money
Item I give unto my Daughters Faith & Sary all my Cards Spinning Wheels Loome & Furniture Belonging to it to be Eaququally Divided Between Them
Item I Give Unto my Granddaughter Sarah Booth a young Heifer
Item I Give unto my Granddaughter Patience Booth [This was Shelly Booth's daughter.] a young Heifer
Item I Give unto my son Moses Booth after my Debts & Legacyes are paid all the Remainder of my Estate of what nature soever --And Lastly I do hereby Constitute & appoint my son Moses Booth my whole & sole Ex[ecut]or of this my Last Will & Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 6th day of October 1757
Robert his B mark Booth
Sign'd Seald published &
delcared in presence of
J Gray
Mary X her mark Hase
Barnaby Bailey."<4>
Robert Booth probably died in 1759 in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County,Colony of Virginia. Although Robert Booth's will was dated 6 October 1757, it was not presented to the court for probate until the 10th of January in 1760. It appears likely therefore that he died sometime in late 1759.<5>
Robert Booth's will was probated on 1760.1.10 in Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The Southampton Court stated "At a Court held for the County of Southampton the 10th day of January 1760 This Will was presented on Court by Moses Booth the Exor therein named proved by the oaths of Joseph Gray & Barnaby Bailey two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of the said Exor who made oath according to Law Certificate was Granted him for obtaining a probat [sic] hereof in due (last line illegible) Test R Kello."<6>
Robert Booth's estate was the subject of an inventory dated 1760.2.7 and filed by executor Moses Booth the 13th of March in Southampton County, Colony of Virginia. The record of the inventory stated "A true Inventory of the Estate of Robert Booth deced given with under my hand 27th
day of February 1760 as followeth -- 4 Beads of Furniture 3 Chests 3 Tables 12 Charis 2 Trunks 2 Looking Glaces 12 dishes 18 plates 4 Basons 12 Spoons 1 Loom & ___? 3 Spinning wheels 4 pair of Cards 4 pails 2 Tubs 5 potts 2 Kettles 2 Skillets & Gun 2 pr of Steelyards 18 Bottles 3 muggs &
Spice morter 1 frying pan 1 Saddle & Bridle & housing 10 ____? Casks 1 Barrel of a Brancy 8 sides of Leather 2 Candlesticks 25 head of Cattle 40 head of hoggs 1 horse 7 head of Sheep 1 Cart & wheels 18 hoes 5 Axes 1 pair money Scales 1 Box Iron & heators 3 Iron Wedges 1 pr fire tongs 2 Butter potts 8 Negros Harry Peter Jone Bet Ephraim Ben Rose & Daniel oe53 Cask 2600 pounds of Tobo 213 Bars Corn

Robert married SHELLY Sarah about 1725 in Isle of Wight County, VA. Sarah was born about 1702 in Isle of Wight County, VA; died about 1757 in Southampton County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 962
• Occupation: 1729-1732, Isle of Wight County, VA; Clerk of Isle of Wight

Notes:

James Inglis who was clerk of Isle of Wight County from 1724 to 1732

Family/Spouse: MAROT Anne. Anne (daughter of MAROT John and MAROT Unknown) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ARMISTEAD Robert. Robert and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]