Charles SLEDGE

1650 - 1721  (71 years)

• Name	Charles SLEDGE
  Birth	1650	Shropshire County, England
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LRLH-3L8
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  _UID	C2FA549B1EC34E30A2979FD24BE5AA28B61E
  Death	1721	Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I18965	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard SLEDGE,   b. 1634, Balcombe, Somerset, England d. Abt 1699 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Ann,   b. Bristol, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1648	Evercreech, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F9148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Rebecca CLARKE,   b. 1640, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 1728, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Martha SLEDGE,   b. Abt 1690, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. 1794, Halifax County, North Carolina (Age ~ 104 years)   2. Judith SLEDGE,   b. 1693, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown   3. Rebecca SLEDGE,   b. 1696, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown   4. John I. SLEDGE,   b. 1698, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  ENDENTURED SERVANT SOURCES: SON OF RICHARD AND ANN SLEDGE WHO CAME TO AMMERICA ON THE ALITHEA IN 1681. Notes for CHARLES (*) SLEDGE: Charles Sledge came from England to the Jamestown Colony in Virginia in 1686. Charles received a land grant November 7, 1710 for 50-acres of land for importation of himself into this colony. Surrey County order book 1691 - 1713, page 353. Charles received two land grants on August 1716, 100 - A and 150 - A, south of the Blackwater River, now Sussex County. Recorded Surrey County, Land Grant Book, 10. "Will and Admos. Surry County, VA 1671-1750" DAR Library and in my own library. States: Sledge, Charles: leg. - To son-in-law, John Ellison 75 acres for his life, this land on Pigin Swamp, where he now dwells; and at his decease, to my granddaughter, Judy Ellison. To my son, John Sledge, 100 acres of land in Surry, bounded by Samuel Chappell's land on one side and Col. Wm Randolph's land on the other side. To my daugher, Rebecca Ivy, one cow. To daughter Martha Sledge, one cow. To grandaughter Judy Ellison one cow, Rest to wife. Will made - 3 Nov 1725. Prob. Feb 15, 1725. Book 7 - Page 623. IN BRISTOL, ENGLAND THEY NAMED PENFORD AS THEIR OLD HOME-PLACE. SOURCES: Title: HISTORICAL SOUTHERN FAMILIES Publication: VOL. XV Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: P. 174 SOURCES: Title: VIRGINIA HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES Author: BODDIE, JAMES Repository: Call Number: Media: Book SOURCES: Title: SURRY CO., VIRGINIA ORDER BOOK Author: PROOF OF IMPORTATIONS Publication: 1691-1713 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: P. 353