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The Family Garden
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John COGGIN
John Coggin married first Ann Powell and they had seven children. Other then our ancestor, Nancy Ann, the other children were:
John Jr, born abt 1745, died abt 1793.
Matthew, born abt 1750, died before 1792.
George Sweet, born abt 1750, died abt 1792 in NC.
Martha, born abt 1753.
William, born abt 1759 in Northhampton, NC
Patience, born abt 1759 in NC. She married Pleasant Epps. John Coggin married second Allyss Elizabeth Benson abt 1761 in NC. They had 12 children:
Simon Riley, born 7 May 1762, died 27 May 1813.
Sarah, born 24 Feb 1764, died Oct 1822.
Joshua, born 27 Feb 1766.
Burrell, born 2 Mar 1768, died 20 Oct 1814.
Suzanna, born 28 Apr 1770 in NC. Susana married William Kelso abut 1790 in Rowan Co, NC.
Zachariah, born 17 May 1772, died 6 Apr 1834.
Jeremiah, born abt 1774, died abut 1839.
Jordan C, born abt 1776, died Apr 1867.
Prudence L., born abt 1777.
Jonathan, born abt 1780, died abt 1850.
Sarah Elizabeth, born abut 1783 in NC. She married Nathan Cranford on 4 Nov 1804 in Davidson Co, NC. She died 5 Nov 1850 in Eldorado, Montgomery Co, NC and was buried 7 Nov 1850 in Coggin Cemetery, Blaine Rd., Montgomery Co, NC.
John, born abt 1785. LAND GRANTS:
There has been much thought given to the question of when John Coggin arrived in the area of Rowan and Montgomery Counties (NC). My guess would be around mid 1770's. There is much recorded evidence that John and at least two of his sons, William and Matthew, worked together to obtain land in both Rowan and Montgomery Counties in the mid 1770 time frame. A genealogical map of Montgomery Co., recently printed, indicates John Coggin was a land owner in this county by 1779. It is also recorded that he was in the process of acquiring 300 acres in Rowan Co, by 1779. This land grant was approved in Nov 1792 and was probably occupied several years earlier by John Coggin and his family.
WILL OF JOHN COGGIN
In the name of God, Amen!. I John Coggin, of Rowan County and State of North Carolina, through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, too weak of body but of sound ad perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament and desire that it be received as such. Imprimis, I humbly bequeath my soul to God and my body to the earth, to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors and my dear wife, who, I doubt not, will manage it with all requisite prudence; as to my worldly estate, that it has pleased God to give me, I will and order that all my just debts be paid. Item: I give to my dear and loving wife, for term of her life, the house and plantation where I now live, also two feather beds and furniture; two cows yearlings; two pewter dishes, two basons and half a dozen plates and a horse, bridle and saddle. And after her decease, the land to be equally divided between my two sons, Jeremiah and Jonathan. The movable property I bequeath to my loving wife and after her death to be equally divided between my son and two daughters, (viz) Jordan, Susanna and Elizabeth.
I give to my son Zechariah, a horse colt two years old, one cow and yearling, three pewter plates and one bason, to be delivered on demand.
To my daughter Suzanne one feather bed and furniture, to be delivered at my death or at my pleasure before.
Item: I give unto my sons John, William, Burrell, Simon, one shilling to each of them.
I give to my daughter, Nancy Merritt, one shilling.
I give to my daughter, Martha Clements, one ewe and lamb.
I give to my daughter Prudence one shilling.
I give to my daughter Sarah Kennedy one heifer.
I give to my daughter Patience Epps one cow.
I also give and desire all my stock of hogs to the use of my wife to raise the small children and constitute and appoint my dear loving wife Allyss Elizabeth, with my trusty son, Zechariah, executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I here unto set my hand and seal, this 26th day of January, 1793.
Signed and declared under the presence of: James Daniel; Jordan Coggin, John Coggin.
LAND GRANT TO JOHN COGGIN, 7TH NOVEMBER 1792
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
To all to whom these presents shall come GREETINGS. Know ye, that we, for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY SHILLINGS for every hundred acres, hereby granted paid into our Treasury by JOHN COGGIN have given and granted and by those presents do give and grant unto the said John Coggin a tract of land containing Three Hundred acres, lying and being in the County of Rowan, on both side of Beaver Dam. BEGINNING at a White Oak, above the mouth of Ceder Fork and about half a mile from the fork of Montgomery County thence West (at twenty nine chains crossing All Fork) forty chains to a stone, then fifty links to a Post Oak between two rocks thence East at nine chains crossing Beaver Dam, forty chains to a Hickory then South to the beginning as by the plat hereunto annexed doth appear together with all woods, waters, mines, minerals, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining.
TO HOLD to the said John Coggin his heirs and assigns forever. Yielding and paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may direct. Provided always that the said John Coggin shall cause this grant to be registered in the Registers Office of our said county of Rowan within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect.
In testimony whereof we have caused these letters to be made patent and our grant seal to be hereunto affixed. witnesseth Alexander Martin, Esquire, our governor Captain General and Commander-in-Chief at Newbern the 7th. day of November in the year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two.
Alex. Martin By His Excellency Com J. Glasgow, Secretary JOHN COGGIN 300 acres Rowan County Recorded in the Secretary's office, J. Speight, Clerk.
DEED BOOK 18, Page 109 Rowan, NC
Notes for sons Matthew and George: both born around 1750, Roy J. Coggin states: "I believe that Matthew and George were sons of John and Ann Powell, and were born between 1746-51 at the time John and Ann Coggin were getting ready to move from VA to NC. This is based on the fact that Matthew and George showed up on the NC records for the first time at the same place that John and Ann were with other members of their family. This is very difficult to be exact about, because not only were the families moving frequently but the county borders were being constantly changed and new counties being formed almost daily, specifically, the area around Northampton, Warren, Granville, Rowan and Moore Counties. John recognizes all living children born to his two marriages, Ann Powell and Allyss Elizabeth Benson, in his Last Will and Testament, dated 26 Jan 1793." (p.9) With Roy J. Coggin's notes, we see John Coggin and Ann Powell moved after the birth of Matthew and George (between 1746 and 1751) and before Martha was born in 1753. The Coggin's book list 7 children for John Coggin and Ann Powell, the last being William, born about 1758, and guessing at Ann's death between 1758 and 1760 and a marriage date for John and Allyss Elizabeth Benson at 1761, their first child being born May 7, 1762. They had 12 children
*Source: The Descendants of Coggin (Cogan), John by Roy J. Coggin - updated April 2001
Ann POWELL
Last Will of Thomas Powell, dated 28 February 1750, father of Ann Powell, in part quote:
"Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Coggin (Cogan) five shillings. I give it to her and her heirs forever"
Source: Isle of Wright Co, VA, Will Book 5, p. 402
George HACKWORTH
He was born abt. 1720 in England and died 1797 in Virginia. It is said that George moved from Carolina County, Virginia to Bedford County, Virginia sometime after 1749. George served limited service in the Bedford County militia during the French and Indian War.
The first records of Hackworths in the New World are records from the Virgina Land Office, Richmond (Patent book#1 part 2 page 628) show actions as of Spt. 26, 1636 which assigns a tract of land in James City County to a man who supplied passages for Thomas Hooker and John Hackworth. The transaction is signed by Captain John West who happened to be the Governor of the colony at the time. On June 12, 1664, another man received grants in Accomac County Virgina for transporting a group which included a Richard Hackworth. The next official record including the name Hackworth is - George Hackworth a sergeant member of the Crown Colony Militia in action against the French and Indians in 1775. Hennins Statutes, Vol. VII page 206 lists George as eligible to receive land bounty certificates for service of defence of the Kings Frontier. In muster rolls or companies defending the frontier of Captain Butain Bufords Company of Volunteers from Bedford County lists in 1774 Augustin and William Hackworth. John Hackworth (1743-1826)
The Virginia Taxpayers list from 1782-1787 Bedford County holds list George, George Jr, and John Hackworth. John hackworth was born 1743 in Virginia and was a private in the company of Captain John Trigg, Col. Pilly Trigg. That he volunteered at Bedford County, Virginia and served two terms of three months each. He was at siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis. In 1789 he was a widower with five children. He then married Mary Preston in Richmond County, Georgia. They lived there for a year and their moved back to Bedford County, Virginia for several years then to Floyd County, Kentucky. They had at least one child, Thomas John Hackworth. John died August 20, 1826. Mary Preston Hackworth died at the age of 97 in 1852 at Lawrence County, Ohio.
*Source of all the above: Internet
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Hackworth Family of Floyd County
This is a local surname, "of Hackworth", that is, the worth of the farmstead of Hake. The family is of English extraction and was seated in England in very early times as is evidenced by the Hundred roll which bears the names of Peter de Hakeworth and John de Hakeworth, County Devon, 1273. Members of the family emigrated from England to Virginia in early colonial days and were numerous in Bedford County, Virginia. That colony in the middle 1700s. In Virginia they defend the colony in all its wars and supported the cause of American Independence.
Augustine Hackworth and William Hackworth had service in Thomas Buford's Company of Bedford County, Virginia militia and were in the battle at Point Pleasant (Oct. 10, 1774) between the Virginia troopers under General Andrew Lewis, and a strong Indian Army led by the Shawnee chief, Cornstalk. Thomas Hackworth had service in the Rev. War in Capt. Trigg's company of militia.
*Source: Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky.
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George Hauckworth (Hackworth) member of Crown Colony Militia in action against French and Indiana 1755. Henning's Statues. Vol. Vii, p. 206, lists George as eligible to recieve land under the King's Proclamation of 1763 granting land boundy certificates for services & defense of King's frontier.
*Source: Bedford County Militia, 1758 (part 1)
Transcribed from: Hening, William Waller, 1820 The Statutes at Large; Being A Collection Of All The Laws Of Virginia, From The First Session Of The Legislature In The Year 1619. Volume VII. Franklin Press, Richmond, Virginia.
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September 1758 - 32d George II.
CHAP. 1.
An Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, for the better protection of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers of this Colony, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
XXII. And whereas divers companies of the militia of the several counties of Prince William, Fairfax, and Culpeper, were lately drawn out into actual service for the defence and protection of the frontier of this colony, against the incursions and depredations of the French, and their Indian allies, whose names and the time they respectively continued in the said service, are contained in a certain schedule to this act annexed, and it is just and necessary that they should be paid for such their service, by the public, and also that the several sums of money in the said schedule charged for provisions, found for the use of the said militia, should be paid to the persons respectively entitled to the same, according to the said schedule; and for an encouragement to the militia of this colony to go out freely for the defence of their country in all times of danger, with a certain assurance of being paid for their services: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of this colony do, within six months after the passing of this act, pay in treasury notes, to be emitted by virtue of this act, to the several officers and private soldiers, particularly named in the said schedule, the several sums of tobacco to which they are respectively entitled, at the rate of ten shillings per hundred, and also the several sums of money charged in the said schedule, for provisions found for the use of the said militia, to the persons thereby respectively entitled to the same, and also the several tobacco claims, for provisions found for the said militia, to be discharged at one penny per pound, any thing in the acts relating to invasions and insurrections to the contrary notwithstanding.
The SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.
To the Militia of the County of Bedford, and for Provisions furnished by sundry Inhabitants of the said county, viz.
To William Morgan
Jesse Bryan
Barnabas Arthur
GEORGE HACKWORTH
Merry Carter
Daniel Richardson (Ð0.8.0 each).
Ann LEFTWICH
Note: There is a great deal of controversy about whether Ann's last name was actually Lefwich. It seems to have been accepted by many genealogists for years, but as far as I can tell, no one has any primary source documentation to prove it. Here for research only.
Edward MAXEY
He was one of eight persons who had been imported into the Colony of Virginia by William Byrd, Esquire, for which Byrd was due 400 acres of land. He arrived by 24 Mar 1691.
*Source: Charles City Co., Va., Court Orders, 1689- 1695, p. 394.
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The earliest reference to Edward and Susannah Maxey is in Henrico County, Virginia. It was recorded in the county minute book in December 1720 that Edward was paid 100 pounds of tobacco for one wolf's head killed by his negroes.
Edward Maxey patented 400 acres on 24 March 1725 on the south side of James River on Matthews Branch in Henrico County: Full context of above deed from Virginia Patents, Book 12, p. 398
George [er] To aller Know Ye that for diverse good Causes and Consideration but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of fforty Shillings of good and lawfull 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 Edward Maxey one Certain Tract or parcell of Land containing ffour hundred Acres lying and being on the South Side of James River on Matthews Branch in the County of Henrico and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at a Corner poplar on Mathews Branch Tence west Thirty degrees North thirty Six Chains to a Corner Black Oak Thence South ffifty degrees west one hundred and ffifty ffour Chains to a Corner Butterword on a branch on John Woodsons Line Thence on the Line South Sixty Eight Chains to a Corner White Oak Thence East Thirty degrees South fforty ffour Chains to a Corner white oak Thence North fforty degrees East one hundred and ffifty Eight Chains to a ff_a__s James's Line and on his Line fforty Two Chains to Mathews branch to a Corner poplar thereon Thence down the Branch according to its Meander to the place began at With aller To have hold er To behold er Yielding and paying er provided er In Witness er witness our Trusty and wellbeloved Hugh Drysdale Esq Our Lieut Gover at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Twenty ffourth day of March one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty ffive in the Twelfth Year of our Reign Hugh Drysdale
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Then, on 17 August 1725, Edward Maxey and Edward Maxey Jr. each patented 400 acres of land. Patents 12, page 252. Edward Sr.'s land is described as being on the south side of James River in the County of Henrico and bounded on one side by John Radford's Land on Jones Creek. Edward Jr.'s land is also in Henrico County and bounded by John Radford's land on a branch of Jones Creek and the Line of Edward Maxey Sen. :
George [er] To aller Know Ye that for diverse good Causes and in Consideration but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of fforty Shillings of good and lawfull money for our use paid to Our Receivor 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 Edward Maxey Jun one Certain Tract or parcell of Land containing ffour Hundred Acres lying and being in Henrico County and bounded as followeth (to wit) Beginning at a Corner Beech of John Radfords Land on a Branch of Jones Creek thence on Radfords Line and the Line of Edward Maxey Sen South Two hundred Chains to a Corner Oak Thence East Eighty Chains to a White Oak Thence North Two hundred Chains to a Corner Oak Thence west to the place began With aller To have hold er To behold er yielding and paying er provided and In Witness er witness Our Trusty and wellbeloved Hugh Drysdale Esq. Our Lieut Gov.er at Williamsburgh under the Seal of our Said Colony the Seventeenth day of August one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty ffive in the Twelfth Year of Our Reign
Hugh Drysdale This land is later described in other deeds. In a deed dated 12 April 1748 in Goochland County, Book 5/400-401, it is referred to as "* * * a Trect of Land Patent in the name of Edward Maxey deceased bearing date the Seventeenth Day of August one thousand Seven hundred twenty five * * *"; in an indenture made 20 August 1757 in Cumberland County, book ___420-423, it is referred to as "* * * a Tract of Land formerly granted unto xxxxxxx [sic] Edward Maxcey as a Patent bearing date the twenty fourth day of March 1725 lying and being on the South side of James River on Matthews Branch* * *on the North Branch of Jones Creek thence to the Mouth of School House Branch * * * down the Main Branch * * * "; and in a deed in Cumberland County, book 3/350-351, 7 December 1762 as "* * * a Tract of Land x x x x [sic] granted Edward Maxey by Patent bearing Date the seventeenth Day of August one thousand seven hundred & twenty five and left to be divided between Walter Maxey party to these Presents and Silvanus Maxey by the last Will & Testament of Edward Maxey * * *." Cumberland was created from Goochland in 1748 which in turn was created from part of Henrico in 1728. Henrico was an original 1634 county.
Goochland County, Virginia
Book 5, p 400-401 This indenture maid this twelvth day of April one Thousand Seven hundred and forty eight Between Silvanus Maxey of the County of Albermall of the one part and Walter Maxey of the County of Goochland of the other part Witnesseth that the sd Silvanus Maxey for divers goods causes and Considerations him theirunto moving but more Especially for the Valliable Concideration of thirty two pounds Currant Money of virginia to him in hand paid the Recept whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and himself therewith fully Sattisfied Contented and paid hath given granted Bargained Sold aliend Enfeoffd and Confirmd and by these presents doth give grant bargin Sell alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Walter Maxey his heirs Executors administrators or asigns one Certain Trect of Land Statute lying and being in the County aforesaid which sd Trect or percell of Land lying and being South side James River and on both sides Jones' Creek Containing two hundred Acres more or less it being part of a Trect of Land Patent in the name of Edward Maxey deceased bearing date the Seventeenth Day of August one thousand Seven hundred twenty five it being the East most part of the said Tract and devided from the Residue by a line of new markt Trees deviding between he the sd Walter Maxey and the Silvanus Maxey and from thence Wm Blackburns line from thence to Nathanil Bassits line thence to Edward Maxeys Junr Line thence along the sd Line to John Radfords line thence along John Radfords line to the deviding line TO HAVE AND TO HOLD porsess and Enjoy the said Trackt or passel of Land with all the appertenances therunto Belonging unto the said Walter Maxey his and asigns for ever to the onley proper use of him and his hairs for Ever and the said Silunus Maxey Doeth fourthe agree with the said Walter Maxey that he will for Ever herafter Warrant and for ever Defend the aforesaid Land premisseis from himself his Hairs Executors administrators and from aney other person or persons whatsoever Lawfully haveing Claining or Rightfully pertening to have aney Right Title or Intruest Clame or Demand into or out of the said Tract or parsall of Land IN WITNESS whereof the aforesaid Silvanus Maxey haeth hereunto Set his hand fixed his Seal the Day and year above written
Signed Seal and Delivered Silvanus Maxey
In presences of us Elizabet Maxey
Test John Radford William Maxey Nath Maxey Cumberland County, Virginia
Book 3, p 350-351
Film 30746 This Indenture made this tenth Day of December in the Year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven and sixty two Between Walter Maxey ____ the County of Cumberland of the one part and Creed Haskins of the s___ County of the other part Witnesseth That the said Walter Maxey for and ___ consideration of the Sum of three hundred and ninety Pounds ___ Shilling Current Money of Virginia to him in hand paid by the said Creed Haskins the receipt hereof the said Walter Maxey doth hereby acknowledge Hath given granted bargained and sold and by these Presents doth give grant bargain and sell unto the said Creed Haskins his Heirs & Assigns forever on certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing by Estimation four hundred Acres be the same more or less lying and being on the South side James River in the County of Cumberland & bounded as followeth to wit Beginning at a corner white Oak of John Radfords Land on Jones's Creek thence South one hundred chains to a corner black oak in a Bottom of Fighting Creek thence East one hundred and sixty Chains to an Oak thence North on hundred Chains to a corner Oak on Radfords Line thence on Radfords Line on hundred and sixty Chains to the Beginning it being a Tract of Land x x x x granted Edward Maxey by Patent bearing Date the seventeenth Day of August on thousand seven hundred & twenty five and left to be divided between Walter Maxey party to these Presents and Silvanus Maxey by the last Will & Testament of Edward Maxey bearing the date the eighteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven Silvanus Maxey's part conveyed to Walter Maxey part to these Presents by Deed bearing date the twelfth day of April one thousand seven hundred and forty eight Together with all Houses Woods Waters and all other the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining To have and to hold the said Land and all and xxxx every of the appurtenances unto ----- Creed Haskins his Heirs & Assigns forever And the said Walter ----- himself and his Heirs Covenant and agree ----- he the said Walter Maxey and his H ----- mises with all and every of the ----- Haskins his Heirs and assigns ---- and forever defend ---- set his hand
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Edward Maxey's will (1740) is found in Goochland County, Deeds and Wills 3/298-299, as follows:
"In the name of God Amen. I Edward Maxey of Goochland County being at this present Writing in perfect Senses and memory and Knowing the uncertainty of this mortal life do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth:
"First I bequeath my Sole into the hand of Almighty God from whom I receiv'd my first Breth and my Body to the Earth from whome I was first taken to be buried at the discrection of my Executors heareafter named and as to what tembral estate God hath been pleased to besto on me I give and bequeath as followeth "First I give unto my Son John Maxey one parsal of Land lying on the North branch of Jones Creek as a line Struck as followeth Beginning at the bark line a corner Clark oak, a Corner pine and a pick hikeey (?) from thence to the mouth of Schoolhouse branch to a Corner pobler and a black Gume from thence down the maine branch to a Corner Clark Gume I give and Bequeath to the foresaid John Maxey in dureing his life and after his Desese to his two Sons Samson Maxey and Edward Maxey the sons of John Maxey and Sarah his Wife and in case one of them dyes the other to poses the hole parcel of Land otherways to be Equal Devided between them two them and thare ares for ever.
"I give to my Sone William Maxey the remaner of that track of Land it Joninge uppon William Sansdon and John Smith to him and his ares for ever. "I give to my Loveinge Wife Susannah the Land She now lives upon and plantation during her mortal life after hur Descese the hole track to be Devieded Between my two Sons Walter and Silvanus to them and thare ares for ever my Will is that thay may live on the said Land not me listingue my Wife aforesaid my Son Walter to have that part Joining upon John Radfords line which was William Barnes, "I give to my Son Nathaniel one fether bed and bolster. "I give my Grandaughter Susannah Ratford won fether bed and bolster. "I give to John Dunkin a young mare of three years old when the said John Dunkin doth come of age. "And all the other of my Estate both reull and parsoul after my Deats and feneril Charges paid I give to my loveinge Wife and to hur Disbosinge and I make an Consecute my Loveinge Wife Susannah and my Sone Willim Excetors of this my last Will and in Witness whareof I have set to my hand and fixed my Seale yd 18 day of April 1737. John Capper, Henry Bryon, Joh Mossom, Edward Maxey
"At a Court held for Goochland County May 20th 1740 "This Will was proved by the Oaths of John Mossom and John Capper to be the act and Deed of Edward Maxey Desed which was ordered to be recorded.
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Inventory of Estate:
At a Court held for Cumberland County 28th March 1769. This Indenture and the Memorandum of Livery and Seizure endorsed were acknowledged by Walter Maxey a party thereto and by the Court ordered to be recorded and Mary Wife of the said Walter being privily examined relinquished her Right of Dower in and to the Land and Premises conveyed by the said Indenture. Test Thompson Swann Clk Henrico County, Virginia
1714-1737 book, pages 123-124
Film 31765
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An Inventory of the Estate of Edward Maxey Deceased [Paten] December the 10th 1726
L 8 [?]
1 feather bed furniture & bedstead " 2 " __ " __
1 bed and furniture " __ " 5 " __
a parcell old Cloaths " __ " 18 " 9
a parcell old Iron " __ " 4 " __
2 Gun barrells " __ " 2 " 6
1 Spining wheel " __ " 2 " 6
a parcell Carpenters & Coopers tools " __ " 14 " __
2 narrow axes 1 weeding hoe [little] " __ " 8 " 6
1 parcell auls tacks & Hammer & bulletmolds " __ " 1 " __
1 frying pan " __ " 2 " 6
2 in 5d nailes " __ " 7 " __
2 " pd wool " __ " __ " 2 " 6
1 Gun " __ " 10 " __
1 old saddle & bridle " __ " 3 " __
15 Hobs & 6 Shofes " 6 " 6 " __
1 Shoat " __ " 1 " __
1 Bay Gelding " 4 " __ " __
13 cattle " 13 " __ " __
1 old mare & 2 Colts " 1 " 10 " __
13 Spoons " __ " 1 " __
19 1/3 b pewter " 1 " 1 " 9
17 b Cotton in the Seed " __ " 5 " __
2 ____ Sifters " __ " 1 " 6
1 parcell old lumber " __ " 12 " __
2 Iron pots & pot Hooks " __ " 6 " __
1 box Iron & Clamps " __ " 5 " __
24 Shots " __ " 3 " 12
(continued on page 124)
2 Hogs " __ " 16 " __
1 old Cow bell " __ " 1 " 6
1 bay gelding " 4 " "
" 49 " 14 " 6
The above Inventory or the goods therein contained was appraised by the Subscribers herein first Sworn of John Woodson December the 10th 1726
William Easley Francis James William his x mark Howel Elizabeth Maxey came before me the 26th June 1727 & made oath that the above was a true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of Edwd Maxey Deceased Wm Mayo
At a Court held for Henrico County July 3d 1727
This Inventory was presented in Court and ordered to be recorded Test. Henry Wood Clerk
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Fled from France following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. After a sojourn in England of indeterminate duration they arrived in the Colony of VA prior to 1700. They settled c1700 in Henrico Co., VA
*Source: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Tree #2839
Note: see below for a refutation of this claim
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Extracts from the introduction to Edythe Maxey Clark's book:
"Some Maxeys have sustained a tradition that their forebears were Huguenots; but that belief is incorrect. Early Maxeys did, however, marry into many of the French refugee families who settled in Manakin Town, west of Richmond, about 1700, on land granted to them by the English king. Some of those Huguenot spouses were Bondurants, Chastains, Sallees, Agees, Subletts and Fords. The Maxey name is no longer acceptable for membership into the Huguenot Society.
To be sure, there is a town of Maxey in France. But the first person by that name in England was said to have been Organ Maxey of Cheshire, who was probably there by the 11th century. There is also an ancient town of Maxey in the county of Northamptonshire, England. According to The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex by Philip Morant, published in London in 1816, the Maxeys of Saling and Bradwell Halls in Essex County, England, from the 15th to the 18th centuries were descended from the family originally of Cheshire and of the Maxey castle (no longer standing) in the county of Northhamptonshire. There were also Maxeys in East Anglia, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and London.
We have not discovered where our progenitor, Edward Maxey, was born or when he arrived in this country; but he was definitely English-speaking and probably came from the British Isles. The earliest record that has been located for Edward is dated 1720, in Henrico County, Virginia. However, some of Henrico's earlier records are missing. Edward may have moved inland to that county, but many of the early records of the Virginia coastal counties also have been destroyed.
The Maxey name has been found in various documents spelled also Maxe, Maxcey, Maxcy, Maxy, Maxi, Maxie, Macksie, Macksey and even McSey. Some branches today use the spelling Maxcy, Maxie and Maxcey. But the names Massey and Massie are other families, not of the Maxey lines.
The registers of Virginia parishes where the earliest of our Maxeys lived are no longer extant. Even before the Revolution the dominant church in Virginia -- Episcopalian -- had begun a decay. Churches were stripped of their utilitarian trappings and allowed to crumble and be consumed by the forest. Graveyards were recaptured by brambles, and stone markers were used as pastry boards in farm kitchens, their legends being imprinted repeatedly on pie crusts and bread loaves -- never mind the alarm of a guest who might be offered a slice from a loaf inscribed Rest in Peace! Battles fought on Virginia soil during the Revolution and the Civil War also took a toll of early tombstones; and then much of what vandalism didn't destroy "progress" did.
Beyond that, fires in many of the county courthouses in the areas where Maxeys lived destroyed all or part of their early documents. Research was hampered by the fact that 110 years of records were destroyed in a fire at the Buckingham County, Virginia, courthouse in 1868. The land and personal property tax books survived and helped fill a serious void. Other counties in our sphere of interest where all or part of the early records are missing --burned, stolen or ravaged by time -- are Henrico (mentioned earlier) and Nottoway in Virginia...
An awareness of the formation of some Virginia counties is helpful; Goochland was created from a part of Henrico in 1727; Albemarle from part of Goochland in 1744; Cumberland from part of Goochland in 1748; Chesterfield from part of Henrico in 1749; Halifax from part of Lunenburg in 1752; Buckingham from a section of Albemarle in 1758; Powhatan from parts of Cumberland and Chesterfield in 1777; and Franklin from portions of Bedford and Henry in 1785.
This redrawing of counties occurred in other states as well. Thus it happens that a person may have been born in one county, married in another and died in a third, without ever moving.
Our ancestors were not very careful record keepers. Birth and death records from different sources, i.e., censuses, death certificates, county birth and death records, obituaries, family Bibles, tombstones, etc., often conflict. Family historians must also confront fading documents, poor handwriting, and phonetic spelling of names.
Every effort has been made to be as accurate as possible in compiling The Maxeys of Virginia. And accuracy imposes an obligation of honesty to the reader, which is violated if relevant facts are intentionally omitted to obscure an indelicate episode. As early American author and feminist Mercy Otis Warren put it: "The faithful historian delineates characters truly, let the censure fall where it will."
*Source: Edythe Maxey Clark, The Maxeys of Virginia: A genealogical history of the descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, (Baltimore: Gateway Press; 5002 Alta Vista Rd., Bethesda, MD, 20814: E.M. Clark [distributor], 1980).
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Source of children and birthdates: Edythe Maxey Clark Book as noted above.
Susannah GATES
Susannah's will was probated Sept 20, 1743 in Goochland Co. Va and is recorded in Goochland County, will book 4/212-213 and reads as follows: "This Will made in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and forty three in the Sixtenth yeare of the Raine of our moste Souvrane Lord King George by the Grase of God King of Great Bretain France and Ireland Defender of the faethe. In the name of God Amen I Susannah Maxey being very sick and week of Body tho of parfick sense and memarey God be prased for it I doo willing and heartily Give and queue my Sole to God hoo gave it me and hoom I hope will recive it and my Body to the Earth from whense it Came there to be Desently Buried at the Descretion of my Executors.
"Item I give to my Son John Maxey one pound one shilling and six pence and half a dossen putor plates. "Item I give to my Son Wilam Maxey One pound one shilling and six pence and half a dosson puter plates. "Item I give to my Son Nathanel Maxey the feather Bed and furniture "Item I give to my Datter Elizibeth Radford my Trunk and all my wearing Cloes. "Item I give to my Grandatter Susanah Epperson my Side Saddel. "Item I give to my Son Walter Maxey my other fether bed and furneture and two dishes. "Item I give to my Grandson James Barns one heffer of two years old. "Item I give to my Granson Charles Maxey one young mare of One year old. "Item I give my Son Silvanus Maxey all the Rema___er of my Estate and I desire that my Estate should not beprased. "and I doo apint and Constetne Silvanus Maxey to be my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereunto I sett my hand and Seal this 31 day of May 1743. James Gates, Thomas Sraging, Susanah Maxey Elienner boyef"At a Court held for Goochland County Septem 20 1743 James Gates and Thomas Spraggin proved this writing to be the last Will and Testament of Susanna Maxey which was ordered to be recorded."
*Source: The Maxeys of Virginia -- A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey", by Edythe Maxey Clark, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1980
Please note - Gates is not the proven name of Susannah - it has been suggested it could be Gaites, or could be something entirely different.
Some facts that may support Susannah's maiden name being Gates:
One of the witnesses to Susannah Maxey's will was James Gates, probably the son of John Gates, both of whom were mentioned in a court petition of William Bradshaw directed to Susannah's son, Edward Maxey, Jr., in 1724.(3) This link between the Gates and Maxey families gives credence to the claim of some genealogists that Susannah's maiden name was Gates. *Sources: Henrico Co.,Va.,Minute Bk. 1719-24,p.335 and Clark, op.cit., p.1.
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*Note, the individuals below are possibly related to Susannah Gates, wife of Edward (note, Gates is not her proven name, thus there is no known relationship to these folks, just posted in my data base for further research).
James Gates:
Born: Between 1702-1723 in Virginia
Married: Unknown in Virginia
Died: Circa 1769 in North Carolina (possibly Guilford County)
James and his brother, William, were minors in when their father died. He left them to a Charles Snugs in his will. When Charles Snugs died, a William Bradshaw claimed the boys because he inherited Charels' things. A Edward Maxey contested this and won on April 6, 1724. Edward Maxey was the husband of Susannah Gates, believed aunt of James and William.
Parent of James Gates:
John Gates:
Born: Before 1700 in Virginia
Married: Unknown
Died: Before 1724
Nothing much is known of this ancestor. He may have lived in Henrico county, Virginia. He died before 1724, leaving his two minor sons to a Charles Snugs. Susannah Gates, who married Edward Maxey, is believed to be a sister. A brother may have been named James, who died in 1740.
Family legend tells us that the originator of our American Gates line was Thomas Gates who arrived in Jamestown in 1609 aboard the Swan. This was not the Sir Thomas Gates of that time, but another, who was an "Ancient Planter" and married a woman named Elizabeth who arrived in Jamestown aboard the Warwick in 1620. However, I have not been able to trace or prove this connection.
*Source: http://www.kcnet.com/~denis/gates/gates-22.htm, work of Dennis Graham
Susannah MAXEY
She married William Barnes. They had 5 children: John Maxey, Catherine, Susannah, Mar, Francis and Jimey (James?). She died sometime before 1740, when her husband and second wife sold land. In her husband's will, dated 15 Mar 1760, the left 100 acres of land to his wife Elizabeth and the rest to be divided among two of his sons from his marriage to Susannah -- Francis and Jimey -- and three daughters of his second marriage....... He left only a shilling to his oldest son, John Maxey Barnes, and his oldest daughters, Catherine, Mary and Susannah. (It is assumed -- although not proven, that the 3 yonger daughers were Elizabeths children and that the others were Susannahs. The will of Susannah's mother mentioned her grandsone James Barns). *Source: Extracts from The Maxeys of Virginia, a Genealogical History of the Descendents of Edward and Susannah Maxey, by Edythe Maxey Clark, p. 80, repository: Dallas County Library, Dallas, TX, pp. 1 and 78-79
Walter Justinian MAXEY
Walter Maxey, a son of Edward and Susannah Maxey, had no original
patent land of his own, but by the terms of his father's will, received after the death of his mother, one-half of the Virginia plantation on which they lived in Goochland County (later Cumberland County). In 1748 his brother Sylvanus, who had moved over to Albemarle Co., Va., deeded the remaining 200 acres of the patent to Walter. He lived on this land until 10 December 1762 when it was sold to Creed Haskins for 390 pounds. 2. This important deed reads, in part, as follows: .....400 acres of land ...on the south side of James River...beginning at a
corner white oak of John Radfords land on Jones' Creek thence South 100 chains to a corner black oak in a bottom of Fighting Creek thence East 160 chains to an oak thence North 100 chains to a corner oak on Radfords line thence on Radfords line 160 chains to the beginning it being a tract of land granted Edward Maxey by Patent bearing date of 17th day of August 1725 and left to be divided between Walter Maxey ...and Sylvanus Maxey by the last will and testament of Edward Maxey bearing date the 18th day of April 1737 Sylvanus Maxey's part conveyed to Walter Maxey ... by deed bearing date the 12th April 1748. Walter then moved with his family to that part of Bedford Co., Va., which in 1785 became the county of Franklin. The terrain in this area of Virginia is quite different from the original Maxey settlement on relatively flat country west of Richmond, the former being rocky and mountainous and quite verdant, reminding the compiler somewhat of the Welsh countryside. Walter purchased from Samuel and Grizel Smith 528 acres on the west side of the Staunton River and the north side of the Blackwater River for which he paid 420 pounds in two separate transactions on 20 Aug. 1763. Walter was the last surviving child of Edward and Susannah and without
question left the largest number of descendants, many of whom still reside in the area. The original copy of his will (text follows this sketch) as well as other records relating to the probate of his estate are still on file at the courthouse in Rocky Mount. Note 4. An amusing item in one of the accounts of executor Jeremiah Maxey in 1798 was a charge for a quart of whiskey "for the use of my mother". The children mentioned in Walter's will were Josiah, Jessie, Walter, Jeremiah, Lucy Cowden, Mary Adde, Susannah Syllivan (t) , Jane Craghead (dec'd), and Esther Camp (Kemp). On 8 May, 1798, seven years after the death of Walter, and perhaps right
after his widow's decease, a suit was brought into court by the children and heirs of Walter in order that a commissioner be appointed to dispose of 130 acres on the Staunton River owned by Walter at his death . A settlement of Walter's estate was further complicated by the fact that Josiah, a son, had died two years after his father, leaving a large family. In 1799 commissioners appointed by the court -- Jeremiah Maxey, John Craghead (husband of Jane Maxey), and Thomas Kemp ( husband of Esther Maxey) -- sold the above 130 acres to Thomas Leftwich for 400 pounds, and the proceeds were then distributed to the heirs. We have nothing to corroborate some earlier genealogists' claims that Walter had more than one wife. We note that the name of his wife in 1763 (when she relinquished her right of dower to the land in Cumberland County) was Mary; that was also the name of his wife when he wrote his will in 1791.
*Source: Edythe Maxey Clark, The Maxeys of Virginia: A genealogical history of the descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, (Baltimore: Gateway Press; 5002 Alta Vista Rd., Bethesda, MD, 20814: E.M. Clark [distributor], 1980). by Edythe Maxey Clark
Dr. Giles MOODY
He was french and his name was Gyles Modé, later anglized to Giles Moody.
Humphrey MOODY
Humphrey Moody, the just older brother of Philip, had a daughter named Elizabeth. She was still mentioned as Elizabeth Moody as late as 1719. (Humphrey also had 2 wives, the second one an Elizabeth). The 1719 date is from the will of Edward Powers, very likely the second husband of the widow of Humphrey Moody.
*Source: Extracted from the research of Bill Adams
Edward FOILIOTT
Database: Full Context of Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I-IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons:
Son of Sir John Folliott and Elizabeth Aylmer, daughter of John
Aylmer, Bishop of London, was born in 1610, matriculated at Hart
Hall, Oxford, April 13, 1632, and was rector of Alderton,
Northamptonshire, in 1634 and until it was sequestered by parliament. He came to Virginia before 1652. In 1660 he was minister of Marston parish in York county, and afterwards of York parish. He left two daughters: 1. Elizabeth Folliott who married (first) Josias Moody, and
(secondly) Captain Charles Hansford. 2. Mary, who married (first)
Dr. Henry Power, and (secondly) John Seal.
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1655 Listed in Colonial Clergy of York County, Virginia
1655 Church was forerunner of Bruton Church which is preserved at Williamsburg, Virginia
*Source: Carol Zangerl
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"I, Edward Foliott of Hampton Parish in York Co, Clerke, and Josias Moody, of same, Gent., acknowledge bond to his Majesty's Justices of York Co. _May 1675
Said Edward Foliott is appointed guardian to Phillipp Moody, son of Gyles Moody, dec'd, by order of York Court April 26th last past, and was ordered possessed of the estate by Mr. Joseph Ringe, Adm'r. of Dr. Francis Haddon, dec'd, late quardian of said Phillipp. The bond is that they are to pay to said Phillipp Moody at age 21, his estate."
Edward Foliott, Josias Moody
Wit: John Baskervyle, Cl. Cur.
*Source: Research of Lee Crockett
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