| |
GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES
DESCENDANTS
of
ROBERT BRASSIEUR, Sr.
(ABT 1584 - 4 December 1665)
|
G0500A:
Robert BRASSIEUR (Sr.) [010]
Birth: ABT 1584, France
Death: 4 December 1665, Nansemond
County, Virginia, British North America
Marriage: BEF 1620, France
Spouse: Unknown UNKNOWN
Child 1: Benois ("Bennet,"
"Benjamin") BRASSIEUR (BEF 1620, France - BY 24
February 1663/64, "The Clifts," Calvert County,
Maryland, British North America) [M]: m. Mary
<RICHFORD (RICKFORD)> (died in 1668), BEF 1645,
Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America
Child 2: Mary BRASSIEUR I (ABT 1622,
France - BY 1636, <Warrisquicke County>, Virginia,
British North America) [F]
Child 3: John BRASSIEUR (ABT 1624,
France - ?, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North
America) [M]: m1. Mary COCKE: m2. Mary PITT, 1672
Child 4: Thomas BRASSIEUR (BRASHER)
(ABT 1626, France - BEF 9 March 1709, Cecil County,
Maryland, British North America) [M]: m. Catherine
UNKNOWN (? - BEF 17 June 1709)
Child 5: Perside ("Persie")
BRASSIEUR (1628, France - 1665) [F]: m. <John
COBREATH>
Child 6: Robert BRASSIEUR (Jr.),
"The Elder" (ABT 1630, France or Isle of
Thanet, County Kent, England - 5 December 1665, Calvert
County, Maryland, British North America) [F]: m. Florence
<REY>
Child 7: Katherine
("Cabell") BRASSIEUR (1632, France or Isle of
Thanet, County Kent, England - AFT 27 October 1687 and
BEF 6 March 1688/89) [F]: m. <Mark CLARE>, 30
January 1665/56
Child 8: Martha BRASSIEUR (ABT 1636,
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British North America -
?) [F]: m1. Capt. William MOSELEY (ABT 1628 - AFT 13
December 1675), BEF 21 January 1658/59: m2. George TAYLOR
Child 9: Margaret BRASSIEUR (17 July
1642, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British North
America - 7 December 1706, Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond
County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: Thomas
Fleming JORDAN (Jr.) (7 July 1635, Isle of Wight County,
Virginia, British North America - 8 December 1699,
Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia, British
North America), 23 March 1658/59, Nansemond County,
Virginia, British North America
Child
10: 
 Mary BRASSIEUR II
(3 January 1645/46, Isle of Wight County, Virginia,
British North America - AFT May 1713 and BEF 2 September
1713, Richmond County, Virginia, British North America)
[F]: m1. James BIDDLECOMBE (Sr.) (BEF 1634,
<England> - BY 1670, Rappahannock County, Virginia,
British North America), ABT 1664 [See G0499A:
James BIDDLECOMBE (Sr.) in Descendants
of James Biddlecombe, Sr. (BEF 1634 - BY 1670).]: m2.
Samuel PEACHEY (Sr.) (ABT 1646, Milden Hall, County
Suffolk, England - AFT 24 June 1711 and BEF 4 June 1712,
Richmond County, Virginia, British North America)
Note 1: According to Nell Marion
Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, vol. 1 (1934),
p. 41, Robert BRASSIEUR renewed his promissary note in
Warrisquicke County, Virginia on 1 June 1636. This
suggests that, by 1636, Robert BRASSIEUR had been in
Virginia sufficiently long as to borrow money, acquire
land, and have a note come due. Also see Charles Brashear
and Shirley Brasher McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family
History, vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears
in America (of eight proposed volumes), p. 41.
Robert BRASSIEUR, a Huguenot, appears to have fled
France, with his family, in the aftermath of Cardinal
Richelieu's suppression of the Huguenots in 1628.
In Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of
Members of the National Society of Colonial Dames: 1915 -
1975 (with Supplement 1, 1975 - 1979, and Supplement
2, 1979 - 1988), it is said that Benois BRASSIEUR, the
son of Robert BRASSIEUR, arrived from France by way of
the Isle of Thanet (no longer an island since the channel
separating it from the rest of Kent was drained and
canalised) on the northeast extremity of County Kent,
England and west of the River Stour. The family may have
resided on the Isle of Thanet for several years before
immigrating to Virginia. It was the Huguenots who, in the
seventeenth century, brought to County Kent the recipe
for cherry brandy now (2004) served at the Crown Inn at
Sarre, near Birchington, in County Kent.
Note 2: On 24 November 1637, a
land-lease contract was registered for Robert Parkin. The
land is said to be bounded "West on the land of
Robert BRASHEARE." [Virginia Land Patents, Book I,
p. 503]
Note 3: On 24 February 1638/39,
Robert BRASSIEURE (BRASSURE) registered his patent in
real estate:
| |
"To all to whom these presents shall
come: I, Sr John Harvey, Kt,
Governor, &c., send &c., whereas
&c.Now know yee that I, the said Sr
John Harvey, Kt, doe with consent of
the Councell of State accordingly give and grant
unto Robert BRASSURE and Peter Rey six hundred
acres of land scituate, lying, and being in the
upper Countie of New Norfolke [land now in
Nansemond County, Virginia] lying north east and
south west along the south side of a Creeke upon
the head of the said Creeke and butting upon
Nansemund river, alias Matrebers river. The said
six hundred acres of land being due unto them,
the said Robert BRASSURE and Peter Rey, by
assignment from Peter Johnson to have and to
hold, &c. dated 24th of Ffebruary 1638."
[Virginia Land Patents, Book 1, p. 622]
|
Note 4: On 14 April 1653 a patent in
real estate was registered for "Benjamin
Brafseure" (that is, Benois BRASSIEUR) for three
hundred acres on "at the head of a Creeke called
Indian Creeke being a branch of the western branch of
Nancemond river . . . joining the land of M. John
Ganat." This grant was made for paying the cost of
transporting six persons into the Colony. These
transportation costs gave the patentee
"headrights" to fifty acres for each person
transported. Although the patent itself was dated at 12
April 1633 it wasn't registered until 14 April of 1653.
The patent was signed by Edward Diggs Esq. [VA Land
Patents, Book 3, p.33]
Also on 14 April 1653, a patent was issued for
headrights "Robert BRASSEUR with Florence BRASSEUR
his wife, and Mary BRASSEUR, Persid(e) BRASSEUR, Kathe
BRASSEUR and Bennett (Benois) BRASSER" furnishing a
total of twelve hundred acres [VA Land Patents, Book 3,
p.33]
Note 5: Benois BRASSIEUR, in 1658,
settled in Prince George County, Maryland. Later, he
settled in Calvert County, Maryland on "The
Clifts."
In 1660, Benois BRASSIEUR's name appears in a summons
as Benjamin BRASHEERS. His widow, Mary, wrote her Will,
dated 25 May 1663, in which she refers to herself as the
"widow of the Clifts" and names her sons
Robert, Benjamin (died in 1675), and John (under the age
of 21), and her daughters Mary, Anne, Susanna, Martha,
and Elizabeth.
Note 6: About Benois BRASSIEUR, from
Ron Ulrich:
| |
"Had many different
spellings for his name - Benois (Benoit, Bennet,
Benjamin) BRASSEUR (BRASHIEUR, BRASHEARS,
BRASHEAR). Was born in France, probably about
1620 and was transported (as a child) to
Virginia. The first records found that mention
him are in Virginia, 12 April 1653, when he
appears as a headright on Robert BRASSEUR's land
grant and at the same time received a grant for
300 acres on Indian Creek for transporting six
persons. If he was born in 1620, he was about 33
years old. In 1658, Benjamin (Benoit) contracted
to buy a large tract of land from Richard
Bennett. He moved his family from Virginia to
Calvert County, Maryland and settled on the land
called "Upper Bennett" which overlooks
Chesapeake Bay in an area known as "The
Clifts" just south of present-day Chesapeake
Beach. Lord Baltimore, in order to encourage
people to settle in Maryland, offered fifty acres
to anyone who moved or transported a person
there. These rights were separate from the
headrights of Virginia and therefore allowed a
person who had already claimed headrights in
Virginia to move to Maryland and claim another
fifty acres." [See Charles Brashear and
Shirley Brasher McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family
History, vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of
Brashears in America (of eight proposed
volumes).] |
Note 7: About Benois BRASSIEUR, from
Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, Brashear Story: A
Family History (1963), p. 3:
| |
"The given name of
Benjamin's wife was Mary, but her maiden name has
not been established. It is possible, however,
that she was Mary RICHFORD, whose passage to the
new World is known to have been paid by
Benjamin." |
Note 8: About Benois BRASSIEUR,
paraphrased from Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, Brashear
Story: A Family History (1963), p. 6:
| |
Benois BRASSIEUR, in 1658, moved
to Calvert County, Maryland. He settled on an
1150-acre plantation, known as "Upper
Bennett," that had been surveyed for Richard
Bennett, a devout Puritan and merchant in
Virginia. This estate was one of several reserved
for Puritans under Bennett's guidance. |
Note 9: The earliest record in
Maryland, of Benois BRASSIEUR [Provincial Court
Proceedings, 1660: Maryland State Archives, vol. 41, p.
419]:
| |
Seuerall warrants issued to the
respective Sherriffes of the Counties hereafter
mentioned to retourne members to a Grand Jury,
who retourne as followeth vizt The
Sherriffe of St Maryes County
| |
Mr
Robert Cole
Mr Richard Lloyde
Beniamen BRASHEERS
Hugh Stanley
|
Mr
John Waran
Mr Wm Browne
Calvert County
Mr Thomas Trueman
Mr Arthur Ludford
|
Mr
Richard Bennett
Mr Walter Pakes
Mr William Ewens
George Peake ret. lame
|
|
|
Note 10: Benois BRASSIEUR, in 1661,
was selected for the office of Justice of the Peace.
Note 11: The denization of Benois
BRASSIEUR, 4 December 1662 [Council Proceedings, Hall of
Records of Maryland, Liber HH, ff. 157 - 158]:
| |
CAECILIUS, absolute Lord and
proprietary of the Province of Maryland &
Avalon Lord Barron of Baltemore, &c, TO
ALL PERSONS to whome these presents shall come,
GREETINGE in our Lord God Everlasting:
WHEREAS, Benois Brasseuir, late of Virginia
and Subject of the Crowne of France, having
transported himeselfe, his wife, and children
into this Province here to inhabite, hath
besought us to grant hime, the said Benois
Brasseuir, leave here to inhabite, and, as a free
dennizen, freedome land to hime and his heires to
purchase; KNOWE yee that wee, willing to give due
encouragement to other subjects of that Crowne,
doe hereby declare them, the said Benois
Brasseuir, his wife and children, as well those
allready borne as those therafter to bee borne,
to bee free dennizens of this our Province of
Maryland; and doe further for us, our heires
& successors straightly enjoyne, constitute,
ordeine and command the said Benois Brasseuir be
in all things held, treated reputed, and esteemed
as one of the faythfull people of us, our heires
and successors, borne with this our Province of
Maryland, and likewise any lands, tenaments,
revenues, services, and other heriditam'ts
whatsoever with our said Province of Maryland,
freely, quietly, and peaceably have and possess,
occupie, and enjoy as our faythfull people, borne
or to bee borne with our said Province of the
Maryland , without the lett, molestatione,
vexacon, trouble, or grievance of us, our heires,
and successsors, any custome to the contrary
hereof of any wise not withstanding.
GIVEN at St. Marys, under the Greate Seale of
our said Province of Maryland, this fourth day of
Decemb'r, in the one and thirtyth yeare of our
dominion over the said Province, Annoq Domini one
thowsand six hundred sixty-two.
WITNESS our deare son and heire, Charles
Calvert, Esq'r, our Leiuetenn't of our said
Province of Maryland.
Signed Charles Calvert
|
Note 12: About Benois BRASSIEUR, from
Ron Ulrich:
| |
"Benjamin died (suddenly?)
soon after his Naturalization, at about the age
of 42, if we take 1620 as his birthdate. We have
found no will. In the Hall of Records, Annapolis,
Maryland, is 'An Inventory of the goods and
chattalls of Benjamin BRASSEAR, gent., late of
Calvert County, and appraised by us James Thomas
and John COBREATH, this 24th day of February,
1663/64. [Inventories, Book 1E, p. 92.] "Soon
after Benjamin died, Mary m.2. about 1 Aug 1663,
Thomas STERLING. She died soon after, for her
will entered probate in 1668." [Charles
Brashear and Shirley Brasher McCoy, A
Brashear(s) Family History, vol. 2,
Robert C. Brashear of North Carolina and Some
Descendants of Tn, Ky, Mo, Tx, etc., p. 13]
|
Note 13: Mary, the widow of Benois
BRASSIEUR, completed the purchase of "Upper
Bennett." [Maryland State Archives, vol. 49, pp. 178
- 179]:
| |
Know all men by these prsnts that
I Richard Bennitt of Virgeina merchant doe hereby
Alien Sell and Conueigh unto Mary BRASSEUR widdow
of the Clifts in the prouince of Maryland and to
her heires for euer all my right title and
Intrest in that parcell of land on which she now
liues being eleauen hundred and fifty acres more
or lesse, together with all the Stock of Seruants
Cattle hoggs and whatsoeuer else thereupon or
thereunto any wayes belonging or appertayning for
and in Consideracon of two hundred and twenty
hoggsheads of tobacco to bee paid according to
speciality undr her hand and Seale bearing date
with these prsents all which land wth the
Seruants Cattle &c aforesaid were formerly
treated and bargained to bee sold unto Mr Benois
BRASSEUR in his life time which became uoid by
reason of a defect and dislike in relacon to the
said land in point of quantity and because hee
the said BRASSEUR neuer had any liuery and Seison
thereof from mee nor neuer paid any thinge att
all to me for it in which regard — haue now
bargained sold and deliuered the said Estate of
land &c unto the aforesaid Mary BRASSEUR and
her heires as aforesaid, And doe promise and
binde my selfe my heires Executors and
Administrators to make such further Conueighance
and assurance of the prmisses as is requisite and
as it lyes in my power to doe, whensoeuer the
same shall bee demanded or required — The
Seruants name are as followeth (uizt)
Thomas Smyth, Geo: Dauison, William Whitehead,
Thomas ffrost, and Sarah a negro Woman —
I doe allso hereby giue unto the said widdw
BRASSEUR full quiett possession of the aforesaid
land Seruants Cattle hoggs &c with warrantee
agst all or any person or persons whatsoeuer
clayming any right thereunto by from or under mee
or my heires.
In wittnes whereof I haue hereunto sett my
hand & seale the 17th clay of Aprill 1663
Locus
Richard Bennett Sigilli
Sealed Subscribed and deliuered in prsence of
Thomas STIRLING, Robert BRASSEUR
Vppon the backside of a Pattent for One
thowsand One hundred and ffifty acres of land
Granted to Richard Bennitt Esq bearing date the
18th day of August in the Seauen and twentyth
yeare of his Lordsps Dominion in the yeare of Our
Lord God One thowsand Six hundred fifty eighte,
was this ensueing assignment following (uizt)
—
The land belonging unto mee by this Pattent I
doe hereby Alien Sell make ouer and Conueigh unto
Mary BRASSEUR widdow and her heires for euer all
my right title Intrest and Claime thereunto or to
any part thereof acknowledging to bee fully
Sattisfyed Contented & paid for the same
according to a bill of Sale and a bill Obligatory
for payment of twp hundred and twenty hhgs of
tobacco bearinge date with this Assignment
Wittnes my hand this 17th day of Aprill 1663
By mee Richard Bennett —
|
Note 14: The Name of Mary BRASSIEUR I
appears first in the patent registered for Robert
BRASSIEUR on 14 April 1653.
Note 15: Mary COCKE, the first wife
of John BRASSIEUR, was the daughter of Thomas COCKE. Mary
PITT, the second wife of John BRASSIEUR, was the daughter
of Robert PITT (ABT 1607 - 16 June 1672, Isle of Wight
County, Virginia, British North America) and Elizabeth
STEVENS.
John BRASSIEUR became a Quaker and, in Virginia, was
for some years a member of the House of Burgesses.
Note 16: About Thomas BRASSIEUR
(BRASHER), from Ron Ulrich:
| |
"Thomas is in Isle of Wight
County, Virginia, records in 1649 as Thomas
BRASEE; if 21 at the time, he was born in 1628 or
before. Since he wasn't the eldest son in 1667
(John was) he was probably born about 1626."
[See Charles Brashear and Shirley Brasher McCoy, A
Brashear(s) Family History, vol. 1, The First Two
Hundred Years of Brashears in America (of
eight proposed volumes)] |
Note 17: About Robert BRASSIEUR, Jr.,
from Ron Ulrich:
| |
"His Will styled him to be
"Robert BRASHEUR, the Elder" to
distinguish himself from Robert, son of
Benois." [See Charles Brashear and Shirley
Brasher McCoy, A Brashear(s) Family History,
vol. 1, The First Two Hundred Years of Brashears
in America (of eight proposed volumes)] |
Note 18: Capt. William MOSELEY, the
husband of Martha BRASSIEUR, was the son of William
MOSELEY and Susannah BARNET.
Note 19: Thomas Fleming JORDAN, Jr.,
the husband of Margaret BRASSIEUR, was the son of Thomas
JORDAN (ABT 1600, Wiltshire, England - ABT August 1644,
Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America) and
Lucy CORKER (ABT 1604, Wiltshire, England - ABT 1700,
Virginia, British North America) who were married about
1628 in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia.
Note 20: About Thomas Fleming JORDAN,
the husband of Margaret BRASSIEUR, from Ron Ulrich:
| |
"Thomas Jordan, born 1634,
Isle of Wight County, Virginia; died 8 December
1699, Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County,
Virginia; married 1659, Nansemond County,
Virginia to Margaret BRASSIEUR (born 1642, Isle
of Wight County,Virginia). He became a very
ardent Quaker in Nansemond County, 1660, and
records indicate that he was a principal Quaker
leader in that county. He was a member of the
House of Burgesses for Nansemond County, 1696-97.
He made his Will in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia." [See Judge Zelma Wells Price, Of
Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise,
Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville,
Mississippi: 1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), p.
309.] |
____________________________
____________________________
G0499A:
 Mary BRASSIEUR II [009]
Birth: 3 January 1645/46, Isle of Wight
County, Virginia, British North America
Death: AFT May 1713 and BEF 2 September
1713, Richmond County, Virginia, British North America
Father:
Robert BRASSIEUR (Sr.) (ABT 1584, France - 4 December
1665, Nansemond County, Virginia, British North America)
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN
Marriage: ABT 1664
Spouse: James BIDDLECOMBE (Sr.) (BEF
1634, <England> - BY 1670, Rappahannock County,
Virginia, British North America) [See G0499A:
James BIDDLECOMBE (Sr.) in Descendants
of James Biddlecombe, Sr. (BEF 1634 - BY 1670).]
Child 1: Elizabeth BIDDLECOMBE (ABT
1665, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County,
Virginia, British North America - BEF May 1713, Richmond
County, Virginia, British North America) [F]: m.
Christopher JONES, ABT 1683
Child 2:
Mary
BIDDLECOMBE (ABT 1667, Sittingbourne Parish,
Rappahannock County, Virginia, British North America - 16
December 1718, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia, British North America) [F]: m. James TARPLEY I
(1659/60, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia, British North America - AFT 12 December 1712
and BEF 5 August 1713, North Farnham Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia, British North America), 1687, King and
Queen County, Virginia, British North America [See G0498A:
Mary BIDDLECOMBE in Descendants
of James Biddlecombe, Sr. (BEF 1634 - BY 1670) and
see G0498A:
James TARPLEY I in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 3: James BIDDLECOMBE (Jr.) (ABT
1669, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County,
Virginia, British North America - BY 3 May 1716, Richmond
County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m.
Elizabeth KIRK, BY 1693
Other Marriage: ABT 1670
Spouse: Samuel PEACHEY (Sr.) (ABT 1646, Milden
Hall, County Suffolk, England - AFT 24 June 1711 and BEF
4 June 1712, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America)
Child 1: Samuel PEACHEY, Jr. (died
AFT 22 March 1671/72) [M]
Child 2: William PEACHEY (died AFT 22
March 1671/72) [M]: m. Phebe SMITH (died AFT 22 March
1708/09 and BEF 10 April 1710 in Essex County, Virginia,
British North America) or Winifred GRIFFIN
Note 1: James BIDDLECOMBE
(BEDLECOMBE), Sr., in York County, Virginia, witnessed
George Ludlowe's addition of a codicil to his Will. The
codicil is dated 23 October 1655. In order to serve as
witness, James BIDDLECOMBE would have been 21 years of
age or older.
Note 2: In 1659/60, James
BIDDLECOMBE, Sr. witnessed the deed transferring real
estate, 200 acres in Lancaster County, Virginia, from
Will Thatcher to Arthur Clarke. [Fleet's Colonial
Abstracts, Lancaster County, vol. 1, p.353]
Note 3: On 15 June 1664, for planting
tobacco, James BIDDLECOMBE, Sr. purchased 400 acres of
land on Totuskey Creek (Rappahannock County; Richmond
County after 1692). On 29 September 1665, he purchased
250 acres from James Tune. On 3 July 1668, James
BIDDLECOMB and wife Mary sold 200 acres of land to
Anthony Lancaster.
Note 4: On 8 January 1683/84, a deed
filed in Rappahannock County mentions "land
belonging to the heirs of James BIDDLECOMBE." James
BIDDLECOMBE, therefore, was deceased previous to 8
January 1683/84.
Note 5: Elizabeth KIRK, the wife of
James BIDDLECOMBE, Jr., was the daughter of Thomas KIRK
of Essex County, Virginia.
Note 6: Abstract of the Will of
Samuel PEACHEY, dated 24 June 1711 and proved 4 June 1712
in Richmond County, Virginia:
| |
PEACHEY, Samuel. 24 June 1711 - 4
June 1712. Nephews and nieces viz: the
sons and daughters of Nathaniel PEACHEY and
Sarah, his wife, and sons and daughters of
William DEBAMORE and Ann, his wife, being William
and Anne named and also the sons and daughters of
John WILLIAMS and Jane, his wife - 3 Spoons
apiece they all being in England, and said spoons
to have my name engraved upon them; grandson
Samuel PEACHY my great silver tankard and my
sealed gold ring having both my coat of arms; and
negro to Kathrine DOBBINS; James BIDDLECOMB,
Robin HOOD, Sen., William DOBBINS and Charles
DOBBINS, Thomas THORNE; the eldest daughter of
James TARPLEY and Mary, his wife; to said
grandson all my books; sister Jane WILDMAN; gold
rings to his friends Col. Willoughby ALLERTON;
Capt. Daniel MCCARTY, and Mr. Daniel DOBBINS and
Capt. Thomas BEALE and their wives; to grandson
Samuel PEACHEY the plantation I now live on and
the plantation that joynes upon the same which I
bought of Mrs. Slaughter; to grandson Samuel all
my lands and tenement; to be sent to school and
to the College of William and Mary to be
improved. Ex: grandson Samuel PEACHEY, Col
Willoughby ALLERTON, Capt Daniel MCCARTY, Daniel
DOBYNS, and Capt Thomas BEALE; to be trustees,
grandson to be of age at 18.
Wits: Thomas THORNE, Thomas BOWLES, Edward
JONES.
[William and Mary College Quarterly
Historical Magazine, vol. 17, no. 3 (October
1909), pp. 177 - 178. Richmond County Will Book
No. 3]
|
Note 7: About Samuel PEACHEY, from William
and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 3, no.
2 (October 1894), pp. 111 - 113:
| |
Samuel Peachey, the immigrant,
was the son of Robert Peachey, of Milden Hall in
Suffolk County, England, and Anne Hodgskin, his
wife. As a youth, he accompanied his uncle,
William Hodgskin, to Virginia in 1659. The
following letter is from the records of Richmond
County, Virginia:
| |
|
| |
BROTHER WILLIAM: My love with your
Sisters to you presented and desiring God
to (bless) keep both you and my son Samll
which is sent to go with you, and have
gott his mother's Good will and blessing
to go along with him but Brother Shee and
I desire according as you promised me
that you would be a father rather than an
unkle to him to lett him be to you as
indeed he Is a kinsman, and not a slve
you shall Recve by Beecraft
the Carrier of Norwich a Trusse with your
Turkey and rapier in itt, Directed to Mr.
Edward Addenbrook as you directed me, so
as formerly with our prayers to God to
bless and keep you and I rest your
Loveing brother to his ability. Milden
hall Octor y 24th
'59. Robert PEACHEY
I pray lett us heare from you as Soone
as possible of your arrivall,
To his Loveing ffriend Mr. Wm. Hodgskin
these presents with
Recordatr Test: James
Sherlock, Cl. Cur.
|
According to the record of the deposition of
Mr. Edwd. Adcock, who heard Mrs. Eliz. Dobbins
say, "Samuel's mother was own sister of Mrs.
Eliz. Dobbins, and Mr. William Hodgskin was their
brother; Mrs. Eliz. Dobbins was wife of Mr.
Daniel Dobbins."
By Mrs. Phebe Slaughter's deposition, made
July 7, 1703, Mr. William Hodgskin was her first
husband, her brother being Mr. Henry Smith [and
she a daughter of Col. Toby Smith, of
Rappahannock.] That on a visit to England she saw
Mrs. Anne Peachy, mother of Mr. Sam. Peachey, and
heard Mr. Hodgskin call her "sister."
That Martin Hodgskin was brother of Mr. William
Hodgskin, and Mrs. Anne PEACHEY was their eldest
sister, and Samuel Peachey her eldest son.
This is confirmed by the family Bible of
Thomas Griffin Peachey (In the Richmond County
Records, the name is always spelt with an
"e" before the las letter.), from which
the following is a literal transcription:
| |
"Thomas
Griffin Peachy, son of Samuel &
Winifred Peachy was born December 23,
1734 & was married to Elizabeth, the
Eldest Daughter of Mr. John Gilliam,
October 12, 1758, Elizabeth Gilliam, born
March 26, 1741, departed this life the
27th day of May 1781 [T. G. Peachy
departed this life March 6, 1810.] "Thomas
Griffin, son of Thomas Griffin &
Elizabeth Peachy, born January 9th, 1760:
departed this Life the 2d day of January
1781.
"John Tayloe, 2d son of Thos.
Griffin & Eliza Peachy, born December
19, 1761; departed this Life the 31st day
of December, 1785.
"William Samuel, 3rd son of Thos.
Griffin & Eliza Peachy born November
9th, 1763, and departed this Life the 3d
day January 1802. Married Mary Monro
"Thos. Griffin Peachy was married
to Elizabeth Mills, widow of Mr. Mills of
Urbanna, in the country of Middlesex,
September 22d, 1783. {Elizabeth, the
second wife of Thos. Griffin Peachy,
departed this life October 3d, 1795.]
"Samuel Peachy, the father of
Thos. Grifffin Peachy was son of William
Peachy, who was the son of Samuel Peachy,
who was the son of Robert Peachy of
Milden-hall, in the county of Sufffolk,
in England, from which place the last
named Samuel Peachy emigrated with his
family to Virginia about the latter part
of the seventeenth century, and purchased
lands and settled himself on the banks of
the river Rappahannock in the county of
Richmond.
"Winifred, the mother of Thomas
Griffin, was the eldest daughter of
Thomas Griffin and Elizabeth (Lee), his
wife. The ancestors of this family also
emigrated from England about the latter
part of the seventeenth century, and
purchased lands and settled themselves on
the Rappahannock and Potomack
rivers."
|
[The above is copied from an old Bible leaf,
and is in the handwriting of Thomas Griffin
Peachey, the first named, save the parts included
in brackets which are in another hand.]
Samuel Peachey, the immigrant, was justice of
Richmond County, and in 1704 Lt. Colonel. He died
about 1712, and his will (dated 29th January,
1711-'12, proved 4th June 1712) disposes of a
large estate: Legacies to his nephews and nieces,
the sons and daus. of Nathaniel Peachey, and the
sons and daus. of Will. Delamere and Anne, his
wife, and also the sons and daughters of John
Wildman and Jane, his wife; to grandson, Samuel
Peachey, "my great Silver Tankard and my
sealed Gold Ring, having both my coate of Armes,
and the horse I lately bought, with the Saddle
and Furniture, as holsters and Pistolls,"
&c.; to grandson "all my bookes";
Sister Jane Wildman to have some necessary
clothing for the poor of the Parish; gold rings
to Col. Willoughby Allerton, Capt. Daniel
McCarty, Mr. Daniel Dobbins, and Capt. Thomas
Beale; requests that his grandson, Samuel,
"be sent to the Colledge of Williamsburgh,
to be improved as much as he is capable of
attaining unto;" other legacies to Katherine
Dobbins, James Biddlecomb, Robin Hood, Senr.,
William Dobbins, Charles Dobbins, Thomas Thorne,
Elizabeth Lynch, dau. of Steven Lynch and
Elizabeth, his wife, Thomas Burly, &c.
William Hodgskin, who was justice of
Rappahannock Co., mentions in his will, proved in
1673, the sons of his nephew, Samuel Peachey, Samuel and William.
[See below, Editorial
Note.]
About this time lived Mary Peachey, whose will
(May 1713; - 2d September, 1713) mentions
daughter Mary Tarpley, grand-daughters Mary and
Elizabeth Tarpley, and appoints the residue of
her estate to be divided between James
Biddlecomb's children and daughter Elizabeth
Jones's children.
| |
Editorial Note:
Abstract
of the Will of William HODGSKIN,
dated 22 March 1671/72 and proved in 1673
in Rappahannock County, Virginia:
| |
|
| |
HODGKIN, William
22 March 1671/72 of Rapp'a in
Virginia being bound for England
. . . . To my kinsman Samuel
PEACHEY, Sr., 2000 pods, etc.
To his eldest son, Samuel
PEACHY my Godchild one Ewe and
Lamb.
To his youngest son, William
PEACHY one three year old heifer
and one ewe & lamb.
To my Brother-in-law Henry
SMITH my bay mare.
To my servant John BOOLER . .
. .
To Mr Thomas PEENIE (?) . . .
.
To my loving wife, Phoebe
HODGKIN all the remainder of my
whole Estate in Virginia both
personall and reall my debts
being first paid.
Appoints his wife to be his
Executrix.
Wit: Richard BRAY, Ralph
GREAYDON.
|
|
|
Note 8: About
William PEACHEY and Phebe SMITH, from William and
Mary Historical Quarterly Magazine, vol. 5, no. 4
(April 1897), p. 277:
| |
PEACHEY. - Vol. III, pp. 111,
209, 132. The will of Phebe Slaughter (daughter
of Col. Toby Smith, of Rappahannock, and widow,
first of William Hodgskin (died 1673), and second
of William Slaughter) names daughter Phebe
Latané, and grandson Samuel Peachey. So that it
seems William Peachey (p. 113) married Phebe
Slaughter, who married subsequently Rev. Lewis
Latané. (See Phebe Slaughter's Will, proved in
Essex, April 10, 1710; Lewis Latané's proved
April 17, 1733.)
| |
|
| |
Editorial Note: The
Will of Phebe SLAUGHTER is dated 22 March
1708/09. She was the daughter of Toby
SMITH and Phoebe FAUNTLEROY who were
married on 1 September 1675. The family
Bible of Thomas Griffin PEACHEY
identifies the wife of William PEACHEY as
"Winfred." See above, Note
7. |
|
Note 9: Abstract of the Will of Mary
PEACHEY (née BRASSIEUR), dated May 1713 and
proved 2 September 1713 in Richmond County, Virginia:
| |
PEACHEY, Mary. May 1713 - 2
September 1713. Grand-daughters Mary TARPLEY,
Elizabeth TARPLEY; daughter Mary TARPLEY; one
half of property to daughter Mary TARPLEY and her
children and the other half to James BIDDLECOMB's
children and daughter Elizabeth JONES's children.
Presented by Mrs. Mary TARPLEY, and proved by
John TARPLEY, gent., who wrote the will by Mrs.
PEACHEY's direction. [William and Mary
College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol.
17, no. 3 (October 1909), pp. 178 - 179. Richmond
County Will Book No. 3]
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Persons contributing to this web page are
not responsible for the use which its author has made of
their information or points of view. All such errors as
may be found herein are entirely the fault of the author
of this web page.
Also see: Elroy
Christenson's Family Records
GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES: TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES: HOME
This Web site is always under
construction. For entries preceded by an
asterisk (*), further information is forthcoming. Persons wishing to contribute information to
this Web site, or who wish to make inquiries, may do so
by addressing their e-mail to:
In your initial message, please do not send
attachments with your email.
Because of spam [unsolicited commercial
email], viruses, and internet pornography, some email
domains are blocked. If your message to this web site is
returned as undeliverable or seems not to have been
delivered, please obtain a free email account at Hotmail
or Yahoo!
and send your message from there. No messages sent to
this web site through Hotmail or Yahoo! will ever be
blocked.
In order to maintain security
in data communications, the pages on this Web site are
best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer enabled for
Javascript.
Some of the pages on this Web
site are rather large. Please allow them time for
loading. As necessary, please reload.
This Web site was created 11
November 1998.
|
