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Cumberland County Marriage Bonds

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1.
(Jul., 1911), pp. 21-30

                    CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARRIAGE BONDS.

   June 23, 1755, Benjamin Clopton & Agnes Morgan.
   Oct. 16, 1751, Richard Povall & Tabitha Hudspeth, spinster.  Sec.
Benjamin Childrey.  Letter of Tabitha Hudspeth:  "This is to certify
I have agreed to join in wedlock with Richard Povall."  Teste: Benja.
Childrey, Mary Childrey.
   Francis McGraw, and Mary Woodson, dau. ofJohn Woodson.  Sec. Thompson
Swann; witnesses; G. Macon, John Woodson, Sept. 18, 1752.
   May 29, 1753, John Colquit & Elizabeth Hendrick, orphan of William
Hendrick, dec.
   Feb. 26, 1753, Vallentine Allen & Ann Arnold.
   April 27, 1752, John Winfrey & Mary Walton.  Sec. Isaac Hughes.
   Aug. 29, 1753, Joseph Mosby and Sarah Bedford, dau. of Stephen Bedford.
   Feb. 19, 1752, John Carlyle & Frances Netherland.  Sec. Benjamin 
Netherland.  George Carrington's letter to Rev. Robert


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McLaurine or any other orthodox minister of the Church of England to
join toegther John Carlyle and Frances, dau of Wade Netherland.
   Sept. 27, 1756, Joseph Crimpton & Mary Barns, widow.  Sec. James
Aken.
   Feb. 19, 1752, Samuel Marshfield & Anne Smith.  Sec. James Smith.
   Nov. 26, 1750, Joseph Freemason & Sarah Harris, spinster; consent
of her guardian, Wade Netherland.
   Aug. 28, 1756, John Burch & Charity Woodson, widow.  Sec. Benjamin
Childrey, of Goochland.
   Feb. 1762, Tucker Woodson, of Goochland, & Mary Netherland of
Cumberland.  Sec. Wade Netherland.
   Nov. 27, 1751, Peter LeGrand & Mary Woodson, spinster.  Sec. Jacob
Mosby.
   June 26, 1756, William Hudspeth & Lucy Povall.  Sec. Richard Povall.
   July 25, 1768, Paul Michaux & Judith Willmore, dau of Daniel
Willmore.
   July 28, 1755, John Morgan & Mary Barnes, widow.  Sec. John Woodson.
   Nov. 24, 1755, Lawrence Smith & Martha Thompson.  Sec. Robert 
Thomas.
   Sept. 26, 1761, Leonard Ward & Anne Eggleston, dau. of Richard
Eggleston of this county.  Sec. Richd. Eggleston.
   Feb, 1762, Charles Scott and Frances Sweney.  Sec. John Scott.
   ----27, 1754, John Harris & Ob--- Turpin, dau. of Thomas Turpin.
   May 22, 1749, Bowker Smith & Judith Cox.  Sec. Jacob Mosby.  Letter
to Mr. George Nicholas, Clerk of Cumberland Co., from her mother,
Judith Cox.
   Sept. 27, 1750, Alexander Trent, jun. & Frances Scott, spinster.
Sec. John Dobie.  Wit: James Claiborne
   May 22, 1749, George Walton & Martha Hughes, spinster, Sec. R.
Walton.
   Sept. 24, 1750, Thos. Bedford & Mary Ligon Coleman.  Sec. Micajah
Mosby.

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   May 3, 1751, Samuel Ridgeway & Phebe Seay.  Sec. Jacob Mosby.
   Oct. 6, 1750, Abraham Parker and Hannah Mosby, widow.  Sec. Micajah
Mosby.
   Jan, 29, 1750, John Railey & Elizabeth Randolph, spinster.  Sec.
Ste. Hughes.
   April 2, 1750, Drury Mims & Ann Ridgway.  Sec. Samuel Ridgway.
   June 17, 1752, Thos. Merryman & Phebe James, Sec. Jacob Mosby.
Letter of consent from Fran. James & May, James parents.
   Nov. 26, 1763, Thomas Wilks & Margaret Blackwelder.
   June 12, 1750, John Pleasants, Jr., & Anne Scott, wid.  Sec. John
Scott.
   Jan, 4, 1764, Lewis Jackson & Frances Richardson, with consent of
Henry Cox, guardian.  Witnesses: Mary Richardson, Samuel Vawter, 
Powell Hughes, Lewis Jackson, Frances Richardson.
   Dec. 23, 1761, John Raines and Keziah Cocke, widow.  Sec. Chisley
Daine.
   May 29, 1762, Peterfield Jefferson & Elizabeth Allen.  Sec. John
Jefferson.  Samuel Allen's letter of consent to dau.'s marriage.
   Nov. 24, 1760, Samuel Hobson & Sarah Spoval, spinster, of Cumber-
land.  Sec. Richard Povall.
   April 9, 1753, Henry Clay son of Henry Clay, & Rachel Povall.
Bond given by John Netherland and Richard Povall.
   Feb. 15, 1758, Parson Anderson & Mary Cocke.  Sec. Thomas Cocke.
Charles Anderson's letter of consent to son Parson's marriage.
   Feb. 27, 1769, William Holland, Jr., & Mary Moss, spinster.
   Nov. 28, 1775, John Morgan & Mary Rogers.  Sec. John Woodson.
   Feb. 1, 1750, John Netherland and Mary Anne Mosby.  Sec. James
Claiborne.
   July 26, 1762, Thos. Hulcher and Sarah Porter, daughter of Thomas
Porter.  Witnesses: William Porter & Anne Porter.

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   July 26, 1762, Joseph Royall Farrar & Phebe Harris.  Sec. Thos.
Prosser.
   June 15, 1762, Gideon Thomas, of Raleigh Parish, Amelia County,
& Hannah Clay, of Cumberland, daughter of William Clay.
   Sept. 4, 17--, Bartholmew Stovall, Jr., & Tabitha Moss.  Consent of
Bart. Stovall to son's marriage and of William Moss to daughter's
marriage.
   June 13, 1756, Frederick Hatcher & Sarah Woodson.  Sec. John Woodson.
   March 25, 1754, Benjamin Wilson & Mary Ann Seay.  Sec. Thomas Tabb,
consent of James Seay.
   March 28, 1768, William Daniel & Patty Field Allen, dau. of Samuel
Allen.
   Dec. 27, 1767, Letter from Joseph Williams, of Lunenburg, consenting
to marriage of son, John Williams to Miss Frances Hughes, daugher of
Robert Hughes, decd, of Cumberland.  Sec. John Woodson.
   Feb. 27, 1767, William Stone & Lucy Lockett.  Sec. Cobb Stone.
   Aug. 24, 1752, John Burton & Agnes Merryman.  Letter of consent from
John Merryman.
   June 25, 1759, George, son of Thomas Walton & Margaret Tabb, daughter
of Thomas Tabb.
   April 17, 1759, William Hudspeth & Mary Stamps.  Sec. Robert Thompson.
   May 24, 1756, Nathan Glenn & Lucy Coleman.  Sec. Stephen Davenport.
   Nov. 30, 1768, Joseph Taylor & Judith Gilliam, dau. of Jas Gilliam.
   March 9, 1761, Richard James & Mary Turpin, dau. of Thomas Turpin.
   May, 1760, Simon Gentry & Susanna Brown.  Sec. John Brown.
   Dec. 20, 1763, Josiah Bradshaw & Elizabeth Armistead, dau. of John
Armistead of Cumberland.

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   December 25, 1762, John Butterworth Colvard & Judith Merryman, with
consent of John Merryman.
   November 19, 1763, Philip Allen & Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Coleman.
   Oct. 25, 1762, Robert Scott & Judith Chastain, spinster.  Sec. John
Chastain.

   Dec. 8, 1762, William Bass & Rebecca Haskins.  Sec. Chas. Haskins,
father of Rebecca.
   Aug. 3, 1762, John White X Mark & Hannah Picket, dau. of Henry
Pickett, dec.
   Dec. 4, 1759, Thomas Moseley & Jane Stonar.  Sec. John Woodson.
   Feb. 18, 1761, Henry Martin & Elizabeth Bowles.
   Nov. 6, 1769, Moorman Ballard & Minerva Bulloch.
   Dec. 21, 1763, William Cox & Francinia Cannon, dau. of Benjamin
Cannon.
   June 7, 1765, Henry Cox & Ann Harris, infant dau. of Benjamin Harris,
sister of Joseph Harris.
   April 23, 1764, Thomas Ligon & Betty Povall, spinster, dau. of
Richard Povall.
   May 20, 1763, Robert Smith & Elizabeth James.
   Nov. 28, 1768, Nathaniel Chaffin & Elizabeth James.
   May, 1769, Jesse Pleasants & Elizabeth Smith, daughter of William
Smith.
   Nov. 22, 1753, Mathew Woodson & Elizabeth Villian.  Sec. Jacob
Woodson.
   Aug. 6, 1753, Joseph Starkey & Elizabeth Jones, widow.  Sec.
Thomas Prosser.
   Jan. 28, 1760, Henry Watkins, & Temperance Hughes.  Sec. Robert
Hughes.
   Nov. 26, 1759, William Martin & Jane HOleman, dau. of James
Holeman.
   Aug. 25, 1752, Joseph Epperson & Martha Peace.  Consent of Martha
Peace and Elizabeth Chambers.
   Sept. 5, 1758, Robert Brown & Mary Tabb. Sec. Thomas Tabb.
   Aug. 28, 1758, Peter Gottie and Sally Tschefeli.  Sec. John Woodson.

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   Nov. 9, 1757, Benja. Haskins and Phebe Haskins.
   Nov. 17, 1757, John Cox & Phebe Williamson.
   Aug. 30, 1757, Josiah Thomson & Mary Swann.  Sec. Thomas Swann.
   Dec. 12, 1758, William Elam & Frances Cox.  Sec. John Cox.
   July 27, 1754, William Clarke & Martha Meredith.
   June 4, 1759, James Barnes & Janette Stevenson.
   Dec. 4, 1758, John Coles & Jane Hughes.  Sec. Paul Michaux.
   Jan. 8, 1759, Robert Moore & Anne McGee.
   Nov. 15, 1759, James Smith & Mary, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth
Kastie.
   Nov. 5, 1759, John Porter & Sarah Watkins, dau. of John Watkins.
   May 22, 1760, Charles Royster & Elizabeth Moseley.
   May 25, 1756, Isaac Winfree & Sarah Brown.  Sec. Samuel Brown.
   March 27, 1750, William Edwards and Grisell Coleman, dau. of
Daniel Coleman.
   Jan. 1750, William Hobson & Elizabeth Merryman, spinster.  Sec.
John Merryman.
   July 24, 1749, James Meredith & Martha -------, spinster.  Sec.
George Nicholas.
   May 29, 1762, James Meredith & Ann Oglesby, daughter of Thomas
Oglesby.  Sec. Isaac Crewe.
   June 23, 1755, Thomas Poindexter & Susannah Hughes.
   Sept. 20, 1769, William Gay & Frances, dau. of Alexander Trent.
Consent of Neill Buchanan, Jr., to Gay's marriage.
   Feb. 1755, William Moseley & Mary, dau. of John Watkins.
   Dec. 19, 1764, James Coleman & Anna Cocke, dau. of John Cocke.
   July 30, 1676, John Bernard & Henningham Carrington, dau. of John
Carrington.
   Sept. 26, 1774, Royall Farrar & Mary Gaines.
   Dec. 15, 1758, Anthony Martin & Sarah Hollman, dau. of James Hollman.

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   Dec. 3, 1759, Daniel Stoner's letter of consent to the marriage of
his dau. Jane to Thomas Moseley.  Test: Jacob Woodson, John Wright.
   Nov. 22, 1784, Thomas Miller & Joana Armistead.  William Armistead's
letter of consent.
   Sept. 25, 1770, Peter Bailey & Frances Winfree, dau. of John Winfree.
   June 23, 1773, William Turpin & Scary, d. of William Harris.
   April 26, 1772, Silas Watkins & Phebe Watkins.  Consent of Joel
Watkins to son Joel's marriage.
   Oct. 22, 1770, William Bradley & __________Rowton, dau. of William
Rowton.
   Sept. 26, 1774, Daniel Mosby & Elizabeth Mosby, dau. of Joseph
Mosby.
   Feb. 27, 1775, Allen Burton & Mary Burton, dau. of William Allen
Burton, dec.

   Nov. 26, 1774, Francis Goode & Alice, dau. of William Harris.
   Feb. 20, 1774, Samuel Short & Elizabeth Le Suer.
   April 5, 1774, William Stevens & Martha Moseley.
   Feb. 15, 1774, Thomas Miles & Nanny Patteson, dau. of Gideon
Patteson.
   Aug. 27, 1770, Joseph Taylor & Sarah Moseley, dau. of Richard
Moseley.
   Jan. 28, 1771, Charles Hundley & Dorothy Nelson, dau. of Mathew
Nelson.
   June 2, 1770, Job Johnson & Sarah Mosby.  Sec. Thomas Hobson.
   Sept. 8, 1773, Edward Linthicum & Mary Terrill. Sec. Wm. Terrell.
   Dec. 26, 1774, Benjamin Watkins & Agnes Hatcher, dau. of Benjamin
Hatcher.
   Nov. 22, 1773, John Bowker Hoy & Madaline Mosby, widow.  Sec. James
Mosby.
   Nov. 1, 1773, William Minton X & Ann Scruggs, dau. of Drury Scruggs,
Sen.

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   Oct. 13, 1773, Thomas Linthicum & Sarah Bennett.
   Oct. 25, 1773, James Stewart & Sarah Harris, dau. of Charles Harris.
   Sept. 27, 1773, Charles Wade & Elizbeth Anderson, dau. of Charles
Anderson.
   Oct. 9, 1770, Richard Baskerville & Martha Goode, dau. of Bennett
Goode.
   Sept. 25, 1775, William Richardson & Phebe Scruggs.  Sec. Henry X
Scruggs.
   June 10, 1773, Henry Bell & Rebecca Harrison.  Sec. Cary Harrison.
   July 24, 1773, Letter of Abraham Sandifur for George Stovall Smith
to marry his daughter Frances.
   Dec. 8, 1794, Catherine Brooke, letter of consent for a marriage
license to marry Peter Francisco.  Certificate of Humprey B. Brooke,
John Wilcox, and ------ Nathaniel, that Catherine Brooke is upwards
of 21.
  Nov. 26, 1804, John Woodson & Polly B. Sandidge, dau. of William
Hobson.
   Dec. 9, 1784, Field Robinson & Keziah Scruggs.
   July 26, 1773, George Stovall Smith & Frances Sansifer.  Sec.
John Dupie.
   Feb 14, 1772, John Wilson & Priscilla Trent, dau. of Henry Trent.
   Oct. 1, 1774, William Powell & Martha Cox, dau. of Stephen Cox,
dec.
   June 18, 1771, Jas Bowles & Sarah Walden.  Sec. T. Swann.
   June 7, 1773, Francis Harris & Ann Dinguid.
   Nov. 23, 1772, John Skipwith Harris & Sarah, dau. of Warren Walker.
   Sept. 25, 1775, Thomas Atkinson & Elizabeth Dixon.  Sec. James Dupie.
   Oct. 18, 1771, John Higgason & Ann Scruggs.
   Feb. 22, 1779, James Corley & Temperance, dau. of George Brown.
   Feb. 10, 1779, John Kennon & Elizabeth Woodson.  Sec. John Woodson.
Witness:  George Carrington, Jr.,

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   Feb. 17, 1779, Alexius Mader Forster & Ann Glenn.  Consent of Gideon
Glenn.
   May 4, 1779, Nathienal Wade & Mary Ann Brown, dau. of John Brown.
   Jan. 26, 1782, Philip King, of Charlotte, & Elizabeth Booth.
   April 25, 1774, Thos. Woolridge & Anne Powell.
   April 2, 1775, L. Mosby's consent to Mr. Robert Hughes to marry
his dau. Molly.  Teste: John Mosby, and Littleberry Mosby, Junior.
   April 14, 1773, Moore Lampkin & Ann Woodson, dau. of John Woodson.
Witness:  John Woodson.
   July 8, 1774, Joseph Palmore & Sally Price, dau. of Joseph Price.
   Oct. 24, 1774, Stark Smith & Tabitha Cox, dau. of Stephen Cox, dec.
   Aug. 22, 1774, Edward Woolridge & Betty Watkins.  Sec. Samuel
Watkins.
   March 6, 1775, Edmund Vaughan & Sally Michaux.  Sec. John Woodson.
   February 21, 1775, Daniel Allen & Joana Hill.
   June 27, 1774, Francis Marshall, Jr., & Phebe Hatcher.
   March 7, 1775, Burwell Baugh & Anne Netherland.
   March 20, 1775, Peter Parish & Sophia Thomas, dau. of James Thomas.
   April 23, 1770, Thomas Clay & Susanna Watkins.
   -------, 1770, William Taxton, & Lucy dau. of Charles Clay.
   Nov. 5, 1772, John Woodson & Anne Davenport.  Letter of her father
Thomas Davenport, Jr., of Littleton Parish, witnessed by Henry Daven-
port, & Thos. Davenport, 2d junior.
   Dec. 21, 1772, John Moseley & Patty Povall.  Sec. Charles Childrey.
   Oct. 23, 1775, John Noel & Mary, dau. of Robert Smith.
   May 8, 1776, Francis Armistead & Hannah Price, dau. of Joseph Price.
   Dec. 27, 1773, Isaac Johnson & Judith Woodson, dau. of Drury Woodson.
   Nov. 23, 1772, Charles Moseley & Mary Povall.

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   Sept. 24, 1770, Edward Moseley & Hinson Wager Harris, dau. of
Benjamin Harris.
   June 25, 1773, John Ford, Jr., & Frankey Pryor.
   April 11, 1773, John Gannaway & Pattie Woodson, dau. of John Woodson.
   March 26, 1770, Drury Williams, son of Wm. Williams and Tabitha, dau.
of William Marshall, dec.
   April 16, 1772, Nicholas Cabell, Jur., & Hannah Carrington.  Sec.
Jos. Carrington.
   Sept. 5, 1774, Law Smith & Catherine Montague.  Sec. Thos. Montague.
   July 26, 177-, Samuel Watkins & Elizabeth Goode.  Sec. John Goode.
   Jan. 6, 1786, William Evans & Martha Hendrick.
   Dec. 25, 1785, William Allen & Sarah Slaughter.  Sec. Larkin Smith.
   Jan. 18, 1786, Charles Lee, Jr., & Susanna Pearce, daughter of Jesse
Pearce.