| |
|
Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
|
 |
|
Matches 12,901 to 12,936 of 12,936
| # |
Notes |
Linked to |
| 12901 |
_UID81369D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979B209 | Family (F2347)
|
| 12902 |
_UID8FD5F08E1162FE4988EEDC6EDC4DE044A9AB | Family (F7333)
|
| 12903 |
_UID99349D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979C86B | Family (F2346)
|
| 12904 |
_UIDC5329D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979F20D | Family (F2354)
|
| 12905 |
_UIDC9329D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979F64D | Family (F2352)
|
| 12906 |
_UIDCB359D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979FB9A | Family (F2348)
|
| 12907 |
_UIDE3349D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A979120B | Family (F2355)
|
| 12908 |
_UIDE7600444B0D29E4D8CFC78F9A787C06D50F2 | Family (F7336)
|
| 12909 |
_UIDEB349D1ADCB0D51199618B655571A9791A8B | Family (F8100)
|
| 12910 |
_UIDFFA2BE10C16BE74A834E6663CE7C15EAAF34 | Family (F7335)
|
| 12911 |
_________________________________________________________
Mathew and Susannah's known children were:
1. John - b 9 Nov 1702
2. Philip - b 5 Jan 1705
3. Susanna - b 6 Feb 1707, ca 1745 m Robert Whitely, m/2 Taylor
5. Mathew, Jr - 1709-1770, md Rachel Howard - 1714-1789.
6. Eleanor - b 1 Dec 1711, m John Slye
7. Sarah - b 24 Mar 1714, m John Parker
8. Samuel - b 19 May 1716, (WB 1765 Charles Co 33.280)
_________________________________________________________
Mathew and Susanna purchased land called Manchester from Abel Wakefield in 1705 for 5000 pounds of tobacco, Mathew being listed at that time as a cooper, or maker of barrels.
On May 29 1713, in Charles County, Matthew named as son of John Compton in will proved Mar 5, 1718. Mathew received one-third of his father's real, and one third of his father's personal estate, whereas, John's eldest son, John, received two-thirds interest. The real estate lay in both Charles and St. Mary's Counties. No other children mentioned.
On 9 March 1722, Mathew received land from his father, John. This was his 1/3 share of 200 acres called Boswell and 80 acres called Boden. By 20 March 1737, Mathew Sr sold his son Mathew Jr. 90 acres of the Boden and Boswell property from his father, including dwellings, out-buildings, gardens and orchards.
Mathew Sr wrote his will on 19 March 1744,witnessed by George Briscoe and William Howard. His son, Samuel, was to receive all land he owned in Virginia and 2 shillings sterling, daughters Susanna Whitely & Elender Slye receive 2 shillings each, grandson Mathew Compton Parker 2 shillings and son Mathew all the rest of his property, both real and personal, with son Mathew being executor. Wittness: George Briscoe, William Howard. Will probated 5 Sept 1747. According to Bible record found actual death date was 9 Aug 1747 and wife, Susannah, died 12 Jan 1739.
_________________________________________________________
SOURCES:
- All above info provided by James L Compton, 6 Jul 2015.
- Maryland Deponents, 1634-1799 (Parentage).
- Charles Co Wills L 25, f 150 (Will Written).
- Maryland Libary, L 25 f 150 (Will Probated).
- Bible, Maryland Historical Society Library.
- Notes of Sarah Browder to James L Compton, 12/15/2003.
_________________________________________________________
The Compton Coat of Arms is officially documented in Burke's General Armory. The original description of the arms (shield) is as follows:
"D'arg, a la fasce mebulee de bu.: au chef du meme, ch. d'un casque de profil d'or entre deux tetes de lion du meme."
(translated as follows):
"Silver with a red fess, the lines of diversity of which are undulating, under a red chief charged with a profiled, gold helmet between two gold lions' heads."
Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as: "A naturally colored beacon."
Leeman Worldwide Web.ged
Entries: 7837 Updated: Sat Aug 25 14:38:10 2001 Contact: Carol Leeman
ID: I2004 Name: Matthew COMPTON Sex: M Birth: 1671 in MD Death: 1747 in St. Mary's Co., MD Change Date: 20 JUL 1999
Father: John COMPTON
Mother: Mary Clark DOUGLASS b: in Maryland
Marriage 1 Sussana BRISCOE
Children
Matthew COMPTON b: 1709
Susanna COMPTON
Stephen COMPTON
Samuel COMPTON
Samuel COMPTON
Zacharah COMPTON
Margaraurate COMPTON
Elizabeth COMPTON
Matthew COMPTON
Phillip COMPTON
John COMPTON
Barton COMPTON
Alexander COMPTON
Edmund Howard COMPTON | COMPTON, Matthew (I10063)
|
| 12912 |
·"His remarkably long ancestry has been preserved in the ancient Welsh records." event BEF 0125, in Stanmere, England. ·erected a monumental Stone in memory of a victory over the Picts. Called Coel Hen, Brought Corn Into Britain. Titled Prince of Siluria. Built Colchester. Hen of Camelot. | BRITAINS, King Coel Hen "Old King Coel" Of The (I24424)
|
| 12913 |
·a remarkably beautiful girl, intelligent, she spoke well, and in all respects was well behaved, the people thought well of her, and particularly the king, an excellent woman event ·learned the truth of her parentage from Queen Alof, that she was Alof's daughter by Helge, her new husband, and on this returned to Sweden and King Adlis, with her son Rolf, where she spent the rest of her days event ·taken captive by Helge, son of King Halfdan, and married to him in Leidre | SAXLAND, Yrsa Of (I546)
|
| 12914 |
·a remarkably beautiful girl, intelligent, she spoke well, and in all respects was well behaved, the people thought well of her, and particularly the king, an excellent woman ·learned the truth of her parentage from Queen Alof, that she was Alof's daughter by Helge, her new husband, and on this returned to Sweden and King Adlis, with her son Rolf, where she spent the rest of her days ·taken captive by Helge, son of King Halfdan, and married to him in Leidre | HELGASSON, Yrsa Of Saxland (I28758)
|
| 12915 |
·allied militarily with King Hamecus of Thuringia and King Arabius of Saxony | SICAMBRI, King Cassander Of (I5136)
|
| 12916 |
·became king of the Swedes after his father event ·a wise man, who made great sacrifices to the gods; but being no warrior, he lived quietly at home † death ·The answer from Odin on the sacrifice of his second son was that he should live as long as he gave him one of his sons every tenth year, and also that he should name one of the districts of his country after the number of sons he should offer to Odin. When he had sacrificed the seventh of his sons he continued to live; but so that he could not walk, but was carried on a chair. Then he sacrificed his eighth son, and lived thereafter ten years, lying in his bed. Now he sacrificed his ninth son, and lived ten years more; but so that he drank out of a horn like a weaned infant. He had now only one son remaining, whom he also wanted to sacrifice, and to give Odin Upsal and the domains thereunto belonging, under the name of the Ten Lands, but the Swedes would not allow it; so there was no sacrifice, and King On died, and was buried in a mound at Upsal. Since that time it is called On's sickness when a man dies, without pain, of extreme old age. Thjodolf tell of this: -- "In Upsal's town the cruel king Slaughtered his sons at Odin's shrine -- Slaughtered his sons with cruel knife, To get from Odin length of life. He lived until he had to turn His toothless mouth to the deer's horn; And he who shed his children's blood Sucked through the ox's horn his food. At length fell Death has tracked him down, Slowly, but sure, in Upsal's town." event·attacked by Olaf the Bold, son of Friedlief, and nephew of Halfdan, who deposed him event ·again fled to West Goterland while Olaf the Bold ruled in Uppsala for twentyfive years, until he was killed by Starkad "the Old" event ·deposed from Uppsala by Halfdan, son of Frode the Peaceful, son of Dan Mikellati, following twentyfive years of ruling Uppsala, and fled to Wester Gotland where he ruled another twentyfive years event ·returned to Uppsala, when he was sixty years of age, on Halfdan's death event·made a great sacrifice, and in it offered up his son to Odin. He got an answer from Odin, that he should live sixty years longer; and he was afterwards king in Upsal for twenty-five years event returned again to Uppsala following the death of Olaf the Bold, and again sacrificed to Odin, and offered yet another son for another twentyfive years of rule | JÖRUNDSSON, King Aun Gamli Of The Swedes (I28768)
|
| 12917 |
·gave his name to "Britain" ·exiled out of Italy for having caused the deaths of both his parents ·sailed to the British Isles via Greece and the Mediterranean with a group of Trojan captives whom he freed from King Pandrasus ·came across another group of Trojans led by Corineus, who were likewise escaping abroad from their captors | DARDANIAN, King Brutus The (I278)
|
| 12918 |
·is sometimes identified with Pan or one of the Satyrs | LATIUM, King Faunus Of (I285)
|
| 12919 |
·Killed in a war expedition. | HALFDANSSON, King Helgi The Skjolding Of The Danes (I549)
|
| 12920 |
·King Egil was a great hunter, and often rode into the forest to chase wild animals. Once he rode out with his men to hunt in the forest. The king had traced an animal a long while, and followed it in the forest, separated from all his men. He observed at last that it was the bull, and rode up to it to kill it. The bull turned round suddenly, and the king struck him with his spear; but it tore itself out of the wound. The bull now struck his horn in the side of the horse, so that he instantly fell flat on the earth with the king. The king sprang up, and was drawing his sword, when the bull struck his horns right into the king's breast. The king's men then came up and killed the bull. The king lived but a short time, and was buried in a mound at Upsal. Thjodolf sings of it thus: -- "The fair-haired son of Odin's race, Who fled before fierce Tunne's face, Has perished by the demon-beast Who roams the forests of the East. The hero's breast met the full brunt Of the wild bull's shaggy front; The hero's heart's asunder torn By the fell Jotun's spear-like horn." event·succeeded as king in Sweden after his father's death event ·no warrior, but sat quietly at home event ·rebelled against by a slave of his late father's named Tunne, who'd taken Aunn's treasure and buried it, and when Egil withheld the respect he felt he'd deserved, he unearthed the treasure and used it to gather about him men to pillage and maraud King Egil's lands, and Tunne won every battle they fought and eventually forced Egil to flee to Denmark event ·assisted against the usurper Tunne by King Frode the Bold of Denmark, who provided men, in exchange for the promise of a tax from Egil, and Egil therewith recovered Uppsala event ·did not fulfill his promise of paying tax to Frode, but managed to remain friends with the king anyway | AUNSSON, King Egill Of Uppsala (I28767)
|
| 12921 |
·raised an army in her father's kingdom of Cornwall, killing her husband, Locrinus, who had taken another wife for Queen, in the ensuing battle event 1066 B.C. , in circa. ·abdicated in favor of her son, Maddan, | TROJAN, Queen Gwendolen The (I273)
|
| 12922 |
·sacked Gaul ·founded the city named after him, Kaerbrauc, which the later Romans were to Latinize as Eboracum, present-day York, | BRITON, King Ebraucus The (I269)
|
| 12923 |
·succeeded his father to kingdom event ·long time king, became very rich, and went also for several summers on viking expeditions † death 1 .in Uppsala, Sweden. ·King Adils was a great lover of good horses, and had the best horses of these times. One of his horses was called Slongve, and another Raven. This horse he had taken from Ole on his death, and bred from him a horse, also called Raven, which the king sent in a present to King Godgest in Halogaland. When Godgest mounted the horse he was not able to manage him, and fell off and was killed. This accident happened at Omd in Halogaland. King Adils was at a Disa sacrifice; and as he rode around the Disa hall his horse' Raven stumbled and fell, and the king was thrown forward upon his head, and his skull was split, and his brains dashed out against a stone. Adils died at Upsal, and was buried there in a mound. The Swedes called him a great king. Thjodolf speaks thus of him: -- "Witch-demons, I have heard men say, Have taken Adils' life away. The son of kings of Frey's great race, First in the fray, the fight, the chase, Fell from his steed -- his clotted brains Lie mixed with mire on Upsal's plains. Such death (grim Fate has willed it so) Has struck down Ole's deadly foe." event ·attacked by King Halfdan's son Helge, who ruled at that time over Leidre, who came to Sweden with so great an army, that King Adils saw no other way than to flee at once event ·went, one expedition, to Saxland with his troops. There a king was reigning called Geirthjof, and his wife was called Alof the Great; but nothing is told of their children. The king was not at home, and Adils and his men ran up to the king's house and plundered it, while others drove a herd of cattle down to the strand. The herd was attended by slave-people, churls, and girls, and they took all of them together. Among them was a remarkably beautiful girl called Yrsa, whom he took back with him to Sweden, but not as a slave, for it was soon observed that she was intelligent, spoke well, and in all respects well behaved event in Värmland, Sweden.·had many disputes with a king called Ole of the Uplands (his Uncle, Ali, of Uppland in Sweden); and these kings had a battle on the ice of the Venner lake, in which King Ole fell, and King Adils won the battle (There is a long account of this battle in the "Skjoldunga Saga") | O'TTARSON, Adils (Aðils) (I28757)
|
| 12924 |
·succeeded his father to the kingdom of Uppsala ·a great warrior, and often lay out with his warships; for the Swedish dominions were much ravaged then by Danes and East-country men † death in Stein, Estland. ·One summer he went with his forces to Estland, and plundered at a place called Stein. The men of Estland came down from the interior with a great army, and there was a battle; but the army of the country was so brave that the Swedes could not withstand them, and King Yngvar fell, and his people fled. burial 1 . ·He was buried close to the seashore under a mound in Estland; and after this defeat the Swedes returned home. Thjodolf sings of it thus: -- "Certain it is the Estland foe The fair-haired Swedish king laid low. On Estland's strand, o'er Swedish graves, The East Sea sings her song of waves; King Yngvar's dirge is ocean's roar Resounding on the rock-ribbed shore." . ·made a peace with the Danes; but betook himself to ravaging the East country in return | EYSTEINSSON, King Yngvarr Of Uppsala (I28755)
|
| 12925 |
·succeeded his father, and ruled over the Upsal domain event a great warrior, and went far around in different lands burial ·The Swedes took his body and burnt it at a river called Skytaa, where a standing stone was raised over him. event ·took up his winter abode in Finland with Snae the Old, and got his daughter Driva in marriage event ·left Driva behind in the spring, and did not return after three years as he'd promised | SVEGDASSON, Vanlandi (I28785)
|
| 12926 |
·Taken as a spoil of war on his defeat of her father, Pandrasus | GREECE, Ignoge Of (I276)
|
| 12927 |
·There was a sea-king called Solve, a son of Hogne of Njardo, who at that time plundered in the Baltic, but had his dominion in Jutland. He came with his forces to Sweden, just as King Eystein was at a feast in a district called Lofond. Solve came unexpectedly in the night on Eystein, surrounded the house in which the king was, and burned him and all his court. event 1 . ·succeeded his father to the kingdom of Uppsala | ADILSSON, King Eysteinn Of Upsalla (I28756)
|
| 12928 |
·went to Jotunheim, and bore four sons to a giant, and transformed them into a yoke of oxen. She yoked them to a plough, and broke out the land into the ocean right opposite to Odins, this land was called Sealand, and there she afterwards settled and dwelt event ·sent by Odin across the sound to the north to discover new countries event ·given a ploughgate of land by King Gylve | Geifon (I564)
|
| 12929 |
·While hunting, he was separated from his companions and eaten by wolves. event 1 . ·a noted tyrant who abandoned his wife in pursuit of unnatural vices, and generally misruled the kingdom | BRITON, King Mempricius The (I271)
|
| 12930 |
Æneas signed the bond of Manrent given by the Chief of Mackintosh in 1609, by the heads of the various banches of the Clan Chattan.
---
Bean was succeeded by his son, Angus, who signed the Band of Union among Clan Chattan in 1609 as "Ay mac Bean vie Robert of Tordarroch, for himself and taking the full burden of his race of Clan Ay." As already mentioned, the fact of his signing this band, in common with the chieftains of the other clans forming the confederacy of Clan Chattan, shows that the Shaws of Tordarroch had already attained the position of a distinct sept under their own chieftain, who was directly subordinate to the chief of Mackintosh, the head of the whole confederacy. --- Angus also appears— as Angus Mac Bean— in a Stent Boll of the Parish of Inverness dated the last day of March 1634, in which he is rated at 25 merks for each plough of his lands of Knocknageal. In addition to Tordarroch he was proprietor of part of the Leys in the parish of Inverness, and in a Valuation Boll of 1644 his holding in this parish is valued at £110 3s. 4:d. Scots, while Tordarroch in Dunlichity Parish is set down as worth only £61 6s. 8d. Scots. Wester Leys continued in possession of the Shaws down to the beginning of the present century. | SHAW, Angus mac-Bean vic-Robert 3rd in Tordarroch - Wadsetter (I594771771)
|
| 12931 |
Æthelwulf was the son of Egbert and a sub-king of Kent. He assumed the
throne of Wessex upon his father's death in 839. His reign is
characterized by theusual Viking invasions and repulsions common to all
English rulers of the time, but the making of war was not his chief claim
to fame. Æthelwulf is remembered, however dimly, as a highly religious
man who cared about the establishment and preservation of the church. He
was also a wealthy man and controlledvast resources. Out of these
resources, he gave generously, to Rome and to religious houses that were
in need.
He was an only child, but had fathered five sons, by his first wife,
Osburga. He recognized that there could be difficulties with contention
over the succession. He devised a scheme which would guarantee (insofar
as it was possible to do so) that each child would have histurn on the
throne without having to worry about rival claims from his siblings.
Æthelwulf provided that the oldest living child would succeed to the
throne and would control all the resources of the crown, without having
them divided among the others, so that he would have adequate resources
to rule. That he was able to provide for the continuation of his dynasty
is a matter of record, but he was not able to guarantee familial harmony
with his plan. Thisis proved by what we know of the foul plottings of
his son, Æthelbald, whileÆthelwulf was on pilgrimage to Rome in 855.
Æthelwulf was a wise and capable ruler, whose vision made possible the
beneficial reign of his youngest son, Alfred the Great. | WESSEX, Aethelwulf King Of England (I5962)
|
| 12932 |
† death 0378.·Died in the time of Emperors Valens and Gratian (375-378). event 0361.·able to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Romans||He did this by taking Cambray, killing many Romans in the process, entered Gaul and annexed much of it to his dominions. Reigned 18 years | FRANCS, King Clodius V Des (I213)
|
| 12933 |
† death in Lake Mälaren, Uppsala, Sweden. ·King Ingjald was at a feast in Raening, when he heard that King Ivar's army was in the neighbourhood. Ingjald thought he had not strength to go into battle against Ivar, and he saw well that if he betook himself to flight his enemies would swarm around him from all corners. He and Aasa took a resolution which has become celebrated. They drank until all their people were dead drunk, and then put fire to the hall; and it was consumed, with all who were in it, including themselves, King Ingjald, and Aasa. Thus says Thjodolf: -- "With fiery feet devouring flame Has hunted down a royal game At Raening, where King Ingjald gave To all his men one glowing grave. On his own hearth the fire he raised, A deed his foemen even praised; By his own hand he perished so, And life for freedom did forego." event·was made infamous for his treachery against his own nobles following the death of his father || "When a king died, his successor was supposed to attend the funeral feast and there sit at the foot of the throne. A huge beaker was brought in. The heir had to pledge to do some might deed of valor, and then drain the beaker to the bottom. After this ceremony, he was led to the throne and proclaimed king. When Igjald planned the funeral of his father Anund the Cultivator, he invited all the petty kings and jarls of the neighboring areas to attend the feast. There he stood up, made a vow to increase his kingdom by half on every side, and drained the beaker. He then allowed his guests to become drunk. At this point he left the hall, surrounded it with his men, and set it on fire, thus killing all his potential rivals. For his treachery he became known as Ingjald Illräde" event ·ordered a great feast to be prepared in Upsal, when Ingjald took the dominions and the kingdom of his father, and intended at that feast to enter on his heritage after King Onund his father || He had a large hall made ready for the occasion -- one not less, nor less sumptuous, than that of Upsal; and this hall was called the Seven Kings Hall, and in it were seven high seats for kings. Then King Ingjald sent men all through Sweden, and invited to his feast kings, earls, and other men of consequence. To this heirship-feast came King Algaut, his father-in-law; Yngvar king of Fjadryndaland, with his two sons, Alf and Agnar; King Sporsnjall of Nerike; King Sighvat of Aattundaland: but Granmar king of Sodermanland did not come. ... Now when the guests had become drunk towards evening King Ingjald told Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves and their men, as had before been settled; and accordingly they went out, and came up to the new hall, and set fire to it. The hall was soon in a blaze, and the six kings, with all their people, were burned in it. Those who tried to come out were killed. Then King Ingjald laid all the dominions these kings had possessed under himself, and took scatt from them. event ·is said to have been the last fey-born pagan sacrol "peace king" associated with human sacrifice in his own family event ·attending a mid-winter festival with his father, and King Yngvar had also come there with his sons. Alf, King Yngvar's son, and Ingjald, King Onund's son, were there -- both about six years old. They amused themselves with child's play, in which each should be leading on his army. In their play Ingjald found himself not so strong as Alf, and was so vexed that he almost cried. His foster-brother Gautvid came up, led him to his foster-father Svipdag the Blind, and told him how ill it appeared that he was weaker and less manly than Alf, King Yngvar's son. Svipdag replied that it was a great shame. The day after Svipdag took the heart of a wolf, roasted it on the tongs, and gave it to the king's son Ingjald to eat, and from that time he became a most ferocious person, and of the worst disposition | ONUNDSSON, King Ingjaldr Illraoa Of Uppsala (I532)
|
| 12934 |
† death ·After his son's had left him, they began again with enchantments and witchcraft, to try if they could destroy their father. The sorceress Huld said that by witchcraft she could bring it about by this means, that a murderer of his own kin should never be wanting in the Yngling race; and they agreed to have it so. Thereafter they collected men, came unexpectedly in the night on Visbur, and burned him in his house. So sings Thjodolf: -- "Have the fire-dogs' fierce tongues yelling Lapt Visbur's blood on his own hearth? Have the flames consumed the dwelling Of the here's soul on earth? Madly ye acted, who set free The forest foe, red fire, night thief, Fell brother of the raging sea, Against your father and your chief." event married the daughter of Aude the Rich, and gave her as her bride-gift three large farms, and a gold ornament event ·confronted in Uppsala by his first two sons, when the one was twelve and the other thirteen years of age, and they desired to have their mother's dower; but he would not deliver it to them. Then they said that the gold ornament should be the death of the best man in all his race, and they returned home | VANLANDASSON, Visbur (I28784)
|
| 12935 |
† death·As they were going across a river at a place called Skjotan's [the Weapon's] Ford, a labouring thrall came running to the river-side, and threw a hayfork into their troop. It struck the king on the head, so that he fell instantly from his horse and died. In those times the chief who ravaged a country was called Gram, and the men-at-arms under him Gramer. Thjodolf sings of it thus: -- "What news is this that the king's men, Flying eastward through the glen, Report? That Dag the Brave, whose name Is sounded far and wide by Fame -- That Dag, who knew so well to wield The battle-axe in bloody field, Where brave men meet, no more will head The brave -- that mighty Dag is dead! "Varva was wasted with the sword, And vengeance taken for the bird -- The little bird that used to bring News to the ear of the great king. Varva was ravaged, and the strife Was ended, when the monarch's life Was ended too -- the great Dag fell By the hay-fork of a base thrall!" event ·succeeded his father, and was so wise a man that he understood the language of birds event ·had a sparrow which told him much news, and flew to different countries. Once the sparrow flew to Reidgotaland, to a farm called Varva, where he flew into the peasant's corn-field and took his grain. The peasant came up, took a stone, and killed the sparrow event ·ill-pleased that his sparrow did not come home; and as he, in a sacrifice of expiation, inquired after the sparrow, he got the answer that it was killed at Varva. Thereupon he ordered a great army, and went to Gotland; and when he came to Varva he landed with his men and plundered, and the people fled away before him. King Dag returned in the evening to his ships, after having killed many people and taken many prisoners | DYGGVASSON, King Dagr Spaka (I28776)
|
| 12936 |
•
PAUL BUNCH born possibly about 1652– 58, married by 1679, and died shortly before 16 November 1727, when his will was proved. He spent his earliest years in Virginia, in counties where most of the records have been lost for the period he lived.58 The first surviving reference to Paul is in 1695, when he purchased 150 acres near Sweet Hall Road from John Claiborne on 29 July 1695.59 Paul Bunch was taxed on 150 acres in King William County in the 1704 quit rent. His land was near Cohoke Creek where it flows into the Pamunkey River and just east of the Pamunkey Indian Reservation.
Paul Bunch does not appear to have been literate, because he signed with a mark on every record we have where he would have signed, including two in Virginia: as a witness to a deed by John Claiborne on 20 May 1704, and also when he purchased a mulatto named John Russell from John West, gentleman, on 27 January 1700/1 and immediately assigned him over to Elizabeth Russell.
The Virginia Assembly had made it difficult to manumit slaves in 1691 by requiring that freed slaves had to leave the colony shortly after obtaining their freedom. Rather than freeing John Russell outright, granting his custody to someone else avoided an additional fine of £10.
Paul Bunch settled southward in Hanover County by 17 "9br" [November] 1711, when his land became part of a district in St. Paul's Parish to be processioned. His neighbors included Emanuel Richardson, Nathaniel Hodgkinson, Captain Roger Thompson, John Richardson, James Whitlock, Widow Clough, Thomas Graham, and Thomas Lacy.This represents a completely different group of neighbors than those listed four years later, apparently indicating that Paul Bunch moved from one location to another in Hanover County between 1711 and 15 "9br." [November] 1715.
On 8 March 1715/6 (when Paul Bunch's land was called "Paul Bunch's Quarter"), Francis Clark, John English, John Venable, John Corley, Samuel Sperring, William Webb, Paul Bunch, Thomas WetherfordGilbert Gibson, William Thacker, tephen Ragland, and John Hart (and all their male tithables) were ordered to help clear the road from Stony Run to Half Sink Road. This would normally represent the landowners who lived near that road. Paul Bunch was described as owning land adjacent to Gilbert Gibson on 11 July 1719 when Gibson patented 224 acres in New Kent
County (now Hanover County), Virginia. Gibson's patent was described as beginning on Sunter's corner patent line, bordering Captain Dangerfield's line, a branch, bordering on Paul Bunch's line, and following his line back to Stephen Sunter's line to the beginning. William Timothy Sullivant, and others.
Paul Bunch patented 400 acres in Hanover County on 9 July 1724, apparently some distance west of his residence. This tract was on both sides of Black Haw (Swamp) in Hanover County. This was a few miles west of Paul's residence next to Gilbert Gibson. He probably turned around and sold the land soon after in preparation for leaving Virginia to settle in North Carolina, but the deeds of Hanover County are missing for this period.
Paul was granted 265 acres on the south side of Morattock River in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, on 1 January 1725/6 joining land owned by Simms, Gideon Gibson, Wilkins, and Quankey Pocoson (recall that Paul Bunch was Gilbert Gibson's immediate neighbor in Hanover County as well). The yDNA results of some living Gibson descendants also indicate they have the E1b1a haplotype.71 It would make sense that mixed-race descendants of early African-Americans in Virginia who spoke the same language and had the same cultural background would stay together, move together, and probably intermarry.
Paul died soon after he moved to North Carolina. He made his will on 16 November 1726. He stated that he was of sound mind and perfect memory (the usual preamble, but hopefully accurate). First, after ordering that his debts and funeral charges be paid, he gave his son John Bunch "that part of this Land I now live on which he now lives on" up to a line of marked trees, with "one Negro fellow named Dick" and one iron pot. Paul gave the other part of his plantation to Fortune Holdbee for life, remaining after her death to Keziah Holdbee and Jemima Holdbee, to be equally divided between the two sisters, but "if these two Children die without Heirs lawfully begotten [of their bodies]" then it was to revert back to John Bunch.
The special favor Paul Bunch showed to Fortune and the two Holdbee children might indicate that Fortune was Paul's common-law wife. A late marriage for Paul to a woman of white race was forbidden in Virginia and outlawed in North Carolina in 1715. One might argue that a tenuous bequest to children illegitimate in the eyes of the law would require Paul to give something (even one shilling) to his other surviving children, so they could not dispute his wishes.
In his will, Paul continued his bequests, giving Fortune Holdbee two feather beds and half the household goods (the other half to go to Joseph Meacham— a grandson?), and half of Paul's stock (the other half to Joseph Meacham), except two cows and calves that were to be given to Thomas Holdbee. Paul gave Fortune one Negro named Frank as long as she lived single (unmarried). Paul bequeathed "my Negro fellow named Daw" to Fortune Holdbee and Joseph Meacham to "help and assist [them] one as much as the other" and gave "one Mullatto Wench name Pegg" to Keziah Holdbee, to be kept in the care of her mother until Keziah reached age eighteen or got married. Paul gave Jemima Holdbee "one Negro Girl named Betty" on like terms, and gave Joseph Meacham "one Negro Wench named Moll and her child Fortune and one Negro Wench [named] Rose and all my Land that I have over Roanoke River" belonging to the plantation that Paul Bunch purchased from Thomas Wilkins. In addition, Paul gave "one Survey of Land only 100 Acres" to Thomas Holdbee. He gave his son John Bunch "one Buckaneer Gun." Paul Bunch appointed Joseph Meacham and Fortune Holdbee his executors, the residue of his estate to be equally divided between them. The last statement in his will reads, "I give Eliza Bunch one Shilling Sterling and my Daughter Russell I give one Shilling Sterling[,] this I appoint
my last Will and Testament as Witness my Hand and Seal this 16th Day of Novr 1726." Paul Bunch signed with a mark, as he did in the records we have of him in Virginia.77 Andrew Ireland and John Cotton witnessed the will, and the name Henry Irby is appended (he became Fortune's next husband).
Fortune Holdbee sold the plantation upon which she lived (and that was formerly Paul Bunch's plantation) to William Little for £15 "silver money" on 5 July 1727. Fortune sought out better opportunities far away from Bertie and Chowan, moving to New Hanover County, North Carolina, the southernmost point in the colony on the Atlantic Ocean. Her petition to patent 640 acres there was recorded in 1735.
Fortune had already married again— or at least had taken another husband— and gave birth to two more children by 1733. Henry Irby, innholder, of Brunswick on Cape Fear, North Carolina, made his will on 30 January 1733/4. He declared that he was very sick and weak in body. He gave his son William Irby, a minor living in Virginia, £40 when he reached age twenty-one. He gave his daughter Ann Irby the same amount at age 18. He gave his son Henry Irby [there was a second son of the same name] "born of the body of Fortune Holderby" £40 at age twenty-one. He gave his daughter Elizabeth Irby, also his child by Fortune, the same amount at age eighteen. He gave Fortune, Henry, and Elizabeth, his house and lot at Cape Fear and made Fortune his executrix.
Henry Irby's first wife, Hannah Irby, who was still living, was none too pleased about his bequests, but there was not much she could do except sue for her dower rights, even though she declared that Henry had "deforced her" [sic, divorced her]. On 6 February 1733/4, Hannah Irby (by her attorney David Osheal) sued for the third part of one messuage and one tract of land that had been assigned to her as dower by Henry Irby ("in times past her husband"). Two days later, order was made to the Provost Marshall to command the officer of Edgecombe Precinct to render the widow her dower and appear before the General Court at Edenton. A note dated 15 March 1734/5 states that Henry refused to deliver the dower (if there had been a legal divorce she might not be entitled to dower).
Henry Irby did not settle all his accounts before his demise. Fortune Holdbee "of Onslow Precinct," as executrix of Henry Irby, was sued by William Wadill on 1 February 1734/5 and 21 August 1735 (for £30). Hugh Campbell, merchant, sued Fortune Holdbee (then of New Hanover) on 26 May 1735 for £100. On 14 August 1738, the entry calling her Irby was crossed out ("Fortune Holderby alias Irby") and it was stated that
Fortune had since married Thomas Brown, so the court summoned him (once married, a woman and her goods were the right of her husband
during his lifetime). The suit continued on 13 November 1738.83 John Hodgson brought suit against her for £50 as executrix of Henry Irby on 26 June 1736 when her residence was described as Bladen Precinct. Again, it was stated that she had since married Thomas Brown, who was duly summoned. This case was continued until at least 20 November 1739.84 Records of New Hanover, Bladen, and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, all suffered heavy losses from courthouse fires.
Thomas Brown, of Wilmington, North Carolina, made his will on 16 July 1748; it was proved 10 May 1749. Being "very Sick and weak in Body," he gave his wife Fortune 400 acres on the sound and two slaves ("Petter & Old Betty"), gave his daughter Isabella Brown the plantation where he formerly lived and part of the land he purchased from Richard Quince, gave his daughter Elizabeth Brown the plantation he purchased from William Salter (the plantations | BUNCH, Paul (I594766055)
|
|
|
|
