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Marriage Bonds in Goochland County

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 7,
No. 2. (Oct., 1898), pp. 98-106.

Page 98.

             MARRIAGE BONDS IN GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

   October 3, 1739.  Peter Jefferson to Jane Randolph; security,
Arthur Hopkins; witness, H. Wood.
   July 1, 1733.  Joseph Dabbs to Nanny Hoggett; sec., Anthony
Hoggett; witn,. H. Wood.
   July, 1751.  William Meriwether to Patty Wood; sec., Valentine
Wood; witn., H. Wood.
   January 27, 1747.  Jno. Smith, Jr., to Elizabeth Hopkins; sec.,
H. Wood; witn., Sally Prior.
   April 2, 1748.  Samuel Flournoy to Elizabeth Harris; sec., H.
Wood; certificate of consent from John Harris, father of Elizabeth,
April 1, 1748, John Harris, Wm. Harris.
   January 8, 1746.  William Roughten [X] to Elizabeth Price; sec.,
Joseph Price; witn., H. Wood.
   November 26, 1751.  Daniel Scott to Anna Randolph; sec., John
Woodson; witn., Valentine Wood.
   March 20, 1748.  William Bernard to Mary Fleming; sec., Nicholas
Davies; witn., John Fleming, Jr.
   June 27, 1730.  Giles Allegre to Judith Cox; sec., John James
Flournoy; witn., Henry Wood.
   June 20, 1739.  Daniel Stoner to Catherine Brooks; sec., Thos.
Turpin; witn., Henry Wood; certificate of consent from Peter Brooks,
father of Catherine.
   January 18, 1749.  Clayborne Rice to Susanna Walton; sec., John
Martin; witn., Henry Wood; certificate of consent from Edward Rice,
father of Clayborne; witn., Charles Bellew, Wm. Hix.
   June 20, 1744.  Benjamin Bowles to Mary Webber; sec., Philip
Webber; witn., H. Wood.
   November 25, 1745.  Wm. Diuguid to Anne Moss; sec., Constant
Perkins; witn., James Meredith; certificate of consent from Alexander
Moss; witn., Francis Amoss and John Barnes.
   May 22, 1740.  William Megginson to Mary Goode; sec., Arthur
Hopkins; witn., Joseph Dabbs.

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   June 1, 1758.  Thomas Lewis to Susanna Ellis, daughter of John
Ellis; sec., Joseph Ellis; witn., Valentine Wood.
   October 27, 1747.  William Pryor to Sarah Wood; sec., Valentine
Wood; witn., Henry Wood.
   April 3, 1744.  Willaim Cannon, Jr., to Elizabeth Lewis; sec.,
John Lewis; witn., H. Wood; certificate of consent from Elizabeth's
father, Charles Lewis; witn., John Lewis and Robert Morgan [X].
   April 19, 1742.  James Cocke, Jr., to Mary Anne Chastain; sec.,
Henry Wood; witn., Joseph Dabbs and Isaac Bates.
   March 4, 1742.  George Watwood to Mary Taylor; sec., James
Robinson; witness, Henry Wood.
   October 11, 1755.  Thomas Riddle to Agnes Mims; sec., Wm.
Robards; witn., Valentine Wood; certificate of consent from David
Mims; witn., Hezekiah Puryear and Drury Mims.
   August 21, 1753.  Abraham Sallee to Elizabeth Woodson; sec., John
Woodson; witn., Anthony Christian, Alexander Grant.
   July 1, 1742.  Samuel Ridgeway to Mary Bellamy; sec., Charles
Lewis; witn., H. Wood.
   November 20, 1753.  Joseph Dawson [X] to Judith Dudley; sec.,
James George; witn., David Murray.
   April 28, 1753.  Benjamin Bradshaw [X] to Anne McBride; sec.,
John McBride; witn., William Pryor; certificate of consent from
John McBride; witn., Agnes Lane, Elizabeth McBride.
   July 3, 1743.  Edmund Gray to Mary Mayo; sec., Geo. Dabbs; witn.,
H. Wood; certificate of consent from William Mayo; witn., George
Carrington, Joseph Scott.
   January 17, 1736.  John Williamson to Prudence Cox; sec., Charles
Turnbull; witn., H. Wood.
   December 19, 1733.  Nicholas Davies to Judith Randolph; sec.,
Middleton Shaw; witn., H. Wood.
   May 17, 1738.  William Stith to Judith Randolph; sec., Nicholas
Davies; witn., Will Randolph.

   March 16, 1742.  Hutchings Burton to -------; sec; William Allen;
witn., H. Wood.
   December 8, 1734.  Joseph Scott to Sarah Mayo; sec., John Barnit
[X]; H. Wood; certificate of consent from William Mayo, father of
Sarah; witn., James Marye and William Allen.
   November 20, 1751.  Guy Smith to Anne Hopkins; sec., Will Pryor;
witn., H. Wood.
   September 14, 1747.  Thomas Massie to Susanna Holland; sec., Henry
Martin; witn., H. Wood.

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   April 13, 1756.  George Webb, Jr., to Hannah Fleming; sec.,
Josias Payne, Jr.; Witn., Henry Wood.
   October 1, 1757.  Robert Burton to Judith Leforce; sec., John
Smith; witn., Francis Bickley; certificate from Judith Leforce [X]
that she was upwards of twenty-one years old; witn. by William
Stamps and William Burton.
   -------, 1749.  William Mitchell to Agnes Payne; sec., James
Gresham; witn. H. Wood.
   October 28, 1751.  John Woodson to Dorothea Randolph; sec.,
Tarleton Woodson, Jr.; witn. H. Wood.
   November 2, 1739.  Samuel Ridgway to Elizabeth Woodson; sec.,
H. Wood; witn. Valentine Wood, Christopher Hardwick [X].
   August 27, 1746.  George Holland to Sarah Ford; sec., Michael
Holland; witn., Valentine Wood.
   March 27, 1756.  Benjamin Mitchell to Anne Massie, widow of David
Massie, deceased; sec., Wm. Perkins; witn., Val. Wood; certificate
of consent from Anne Massie to her own marriage; witn., William
Moseley, Susanna Robards.
   January 1, 1762.  Gideon Moss to Susannah Richardson; sec.,
Robert Richardson [X]; witn., Val. Wood.
   March 17, 1752.  Robert Burton to Sarah Jordan; sec., Charles
Jordan; witn., Val. Wood.
   December 23, 1744.  Robert Easley to Hannah Bates; sec., Roderick

Easley, witn., James Bates and Henry Woods; certificate of consent
from Susannah Woodson, mother of Hannah Bates; witnesses, Roderick
Easley, James Bates.
   January 1, 1753.  Alexander Trent to Eliz. Woodson; sec., John
Woodson; witn., Will Pryor, H. Wood; certificate of consent from
Charles Bates, guardian for said Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen
Woodson, deceased; witness, Matthew Woodson, Samuel Branch.
   October 18, 1752.  Joseph Cabell to Mary Hopkins; sec., John
Hopkins; witn., Val. Wood; certificate of consent from William
Cabell, father of Joseph; witnesses, W. Cabell, Jr., John Hopkins.
   February 18, 1746.  Joseph Chetwin to Fanny Bassett; sec., Thomas

Bassett; witn., Joseph Dabbs.
   March 18, 1741.  Tucker Woodson to Sarah Hughes; sec., John Cannon;
witnes, H. Wood; certificate from Stephen Woodson, guardian to
Tucker Woodson, and stating her father, Robert Hughes, is agreed;
witn., John Cannon, John Woodson.
   February 23, 1756.  William Perkins to Susannah Massie, widow of
Thomas Massie, deceased; sec., Benjamin Mitchell; witn., Val.

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Wood; certificate of consent from Susannah Massie to her marriage.
   February 18, 1744.  Samuel Jordan to Judith Ware; sec., Thomas
Ballard Smith; witn., Val. Wood, Hen. Wood.
   August 29, 1758.  Richard Oglesby to Elizabeth Curd, widow of
John Curd; deceased; sec., Stephen Perking; witn. Val Wood.
   December 24, 1757.  William Robards to Elizabeth Lewis; sec.,
George Payne; wint. Val. Wood; certificate of consent of Joseph
Lewis, father of Elizabeth; witn., Wm. Lewis, James Cocke, John
Lewis.  [This Lewis family came originally from Henrico county.
Lewis Robards, one of the fruits of this marriage, married Rachel
Donelson, who married, secondly, President Andrew Jackson.]
   June 3, 1761.  Callam Bailey to Betty Rountree, daughter of
William Rountree; sec., William Rountree; witn. Val. Wood.
   January 11, 1763.  James Kennedy, of Augusta county, to Sarah
Hodges, daughter of Wellcome William Hodges; sec., John Norvell;

witn., Val. Wood; oath made before William Meriwether that Kennedy
is above twenty-one years of age.
   May 27, 1761.  Constant Perkins to Mary Allen; sec., Booth
Napier; witn. Jesse Payne.
   November 7, 1760.  Carter Henry Harrison to Susanna Randolph,
daughter of Isham Randolph, dec'd, gent.; sec. Wm. Meriwether;
witn. Nich. Meriwether.
   December 22, 1754.  George Payne, Jr., to Agatha George; sec.,
Wm. Mitchell; witn. Randall  Holbrook.  Certificate of consent
from James George, father of Agatha, and Josias Payne, father of
George Payne.  Witnesses to first consent, Will Mitchell and George
Lovell; to second, Will, Mitchell and Josias Payne, Jr.
   August 6, 1766.  George Barclay to Mary Cole, daughter of James
Cole, gent.; sec. William Thurston; witn, Val. Wood.
   October 20, 1769.  James Holeman to Sarah Miller, daughter of
William Miller; sec., Anthony Martin; witn. Val. Wood. Anthony
martin certifies that James Holeman is twenty-one years of age.
William Miller's certificate of consent to the marriage of his
daughter, Sarah.  Witn., Anthony Martin and William Miller, Jr.
   November 13, 1766.  George Richardson to Elizabeth Miller,
daughter of William Miller, gent.; sec. Stephen Eubank.  William
Miller's certificate of consent to daughter's marriage.
   June 1, 1768.  Hugh Moss to Jennie Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford;
sec. Wm. Ford; witn. Val. Wood.  Thomas Ford's letter of consent;
witn. Wm. Ford, Absalom Howle.

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   October 29, 1768.  George Meriwether to Martha Meriwether; sec.,
William Meriwether.
   July 21, 1762.  Edward Redford to Ann Curd, daughter of Richard
Curd; sec., Stoakes McCaul; witn. Val. Wood.  Richard Curd's letter
of consent; witn. by Richard Ogelsby and Edward Curd; oath that
Redford is upwards of twenty-one years.
   August 24, 1755.  Josias Payne, Jr., to Eliz. Fleming; sec., 
Thomas Riddell; witn. Val. Wood.  Letter of consent from Josias
Payne, father of Josias, Jr.,; witn. Thomas Fleming, Wm. Mitchell.
   November 25, 1767.  James George, Jr., to Mary Swift, daughter
of Wm. Swift; sec., James Adams of Albemarle; witn. Val. Wood.
Marriage contract signed by James George and Mary Swift; witnessed by
James George, Sr., Sarah Swift, Margaret Swift; addressed to Col. Val.
Wood, clerk of Goochland court; William Swift's letter of consent to
his daughter, Mary Swift's marriage; same witnesses.
   August 27, 1760.  Samuel Pryor to Frances Meriwether, widow of
Nicholas Meriwether; sec. William Meriwether; witn. John Burnley.
   March 18, 1760.  John Woodson to Mary Mimms, daughter of David
Mimms; sec. Charles Christian; witn. Val. Wood.
   January 27, 1763.  Zachariah Haden to Elizabeth Poor, daughter of
Thomas Poor; sec. Obediah Daniel; witn. Val. Wood; affidavits that
both are upwards of 21.
   August 31, 1760.  Robert Lewis, Jr., of Louisa to Frances Lewis,
daughter of Col. Charles Lewis; sec. Robert Lewis; witn. Val. Wood;
Charles Lewis, Jr.'s, letter of consent to marriage of his daughter
Frances; witn. John Lewis, Robert Lewis; letter of consnet of Robert
Lewis, father of Robert, Jr., and uncle of Frances Lewis.
   February 19, 1760.  Robert Lewis to Jane Woodson; sec. Thomas
Bolling.
   June 21, 1761.  William Heale to Susannah Payne, daughter of
Josias Payne, the elder; sec. George Payne; witn. Bourn Price; letter
of consent of George Heale, of Lancaster, to his son William's
marriage.
   July 20, 1762.  Robert Payne, Jr., to Ann Burton, daughter of
Robert Burton; sec. Josias Payne; witn. Val. Paine.
   September 6, 1760.  James Meriwether to Elizabeth, daughter of
Joseph Pollard; sec. William Meriwether; witn. William Colyard.


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   March 12, 1761.  William Clarkson to Martha Pledge; sec. William
Rutherford.
   September 2, 1765.  Thomas Hall to Frances Williams, daughter of
William Williams.  Letter of consent to son Thomas Hall's marriage
from William Hall, of Amelia county; witn. John Gooch, John Todd.
   March 9, 1763.  Jesse Ellis to Sarah Woodson, daughter of Joseph
Woodson, who writes letter of consent; sec. John Crouch; witn.
Hezekiah Holland.  Thomas Ellis' letter of consent for his son Jesse.
   November 2, 1763.  Charles Burton to Mary Holland.  Letter of
consent from Robert Burton, father of Charles, who was born January,
1740.
   June 17, 1760.  John Laprade to Susanna Wadlow; sec. William
Miller.  Letter of Thomas Wadlow, father of Susanna.
   May 19, 1762.  James Clark, of Amelia county, to Susanna Bibb,
daughter of John Bibb; sec. William Bibb.  John Bibb's letter of
consent; witn. John Bigger, Will Bibb, John Bibb, Jr.
   December 30, 1769.  Joseph Woodson, Jr., to Mildred Redford,
daughter of Mildred Redford; sec. David Maddox; Joseph Woodson's
letter of consent to his son's marriage.
   February 12, 1762.  Thomas Poindexter to Elizabeth Pledge,
daughter of Wm. Pledge; sec. Wm. Robards; William Pledge's letter
of consent.
   April 9, 1767.  Wm. Wadlow to Mary Womock.  Letter of Rev. Wm.
Douglas certifying to marriageable ages of contracting parties:
witn. by Meredith Price and John Laprade.
   June 16, 1762.  Richard Pleasants, Jr., to Ann Laprade, daughter
of John Larade; sec. Josias Payne, Jr.; witness, Val. Wood.
   January 15, 1763.  Thomas Pollard to Sally Harding, daughter of
William Harding; sec. Wm. Meriwether; Wm. Harding's letter of
consent; witnessed by George Downing and George H. Opie.
   February 8, 1760.  Robert Cawthon to Zulina Laforce; sec. Matthew
Nightingale; witn. Val. Wood.
   May 25, 1756.  John Ware to Ann Harrison, daughter of Andrew
Harrison; sec. Will Pryor; witn. Val. Wood.  James Ware's letter of
consent to son's marriage.
   January 23, 1760.  John Wales to Elizabeth Skelton, widow of
Reuben Skelton; sec. Martha Wood.

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   February 5, 1768.  Thomas Harrison to Mary Kannon, daughter of
Elizabeth Kannon and orphan of Wm. Kannon; sec. Wm. Harrison.
   March 17, 1763.  Peyton Smith, Jr., of Henrico County, to Judith
Wadlow, daughter of Thomas Wadlow; sec. John Farrar and Robert
Cauthorn.
   August 19, 1767.  Samuel Cosby to Mildred Poor, daughter of
Thomas Poor; sec. Christopher Wood; witn. Val. Wood.
   August 14, 1764.  Edmund Pendleton, Jr., of Caroline county, to
Milly Pollard, daughter of Joseph Pollard, gentleman; sec. Jesse
Payne; witn. Val. Wood.  John Pendleton's letter of consent to son's
marriage; witnessed by John Madison and Wm. Campbell.
   December 13, 1768.  William Trice, of Amherst county, to Molly
Green, widow of Forester Green, Jr., deceased; sec. Charles Rice.
   April 26, 1769.  Robert Mosby to Anne Lewis, daughter of Joseph
Lewis; sec. William Robards.  Joseph Lewis' letter of consent.
   September 22, 1762.  James Scruggs to Susanna Poor, daughter of
Thomas Poor; sec. Zach. Williams.
   February 20, 1767.  Stephen Giles Letcher to Elizabeth Perkins;
sec. Joseph Perkins; witn. Val. Wood.
   December 30, 1760.  Nicholas Merriwether to Margaret Douglas,
daughter of Rev. Wm. Douglas, who writes his consent.  Letter
witnessed by Nicholas Douglass, Margaret Huddlestone.
   June 10, 1747.  Micajah Mosby to Maudlin James; sec. Stephen
Bedford.
   November 27, 1768.  John Bowles, of Hanover, to Mary Redford,
orphan of Wm. Redford, deceased; sec., John Cannon.  Elizabeth
Bowles certifies that her son John was 21 last May.
   December 26, 1763.  Wm. Harrison to Anna Payne, daughter of
Josias Payne; witn. Val. Wood.
   September 28, 1763.  Drury Murrell to Dorcas Rountree, daughter

of Wm. Routree; sec. William Rountree; witn. Val. Wood.

   January 3, 1763.  John Watkins to Sarah Turner; sec., Welcume
William Hodges [X].
   October 21, 1762.  John Yarbrugh to Bershaba Harris, daughter of
William Harris; sec. Wm. Meriwether; letter of consent of Thomas
Gregg yarbrugh to son's marriage.

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Wood; John Woodson's letter of consent, witnessed by Josiah Woodson,
Isham Woodson.
   January 5, 1775.  Thomas Baily Eddes [X] to Elizabeth Rutherford,
daughter of William Rutherford; sec. William Rutherford; witn.
Samuel Pryor.
   June 28, 1770.  Burgess Ball, of Lancaster county, to Mary
Chichester; sec. Archer Payne; witn. Val. Wood; James Ball's letter
of consent to his ward's marriage; witnesses, Andrew Robertson, Jesse
Ball; John Payne's letter of consent to Miss Chichester's marriage.
   October 9, 1777.  John Stephen Woodson to Anna Woodson; sec.
Joseph Woodson; witn. Joseph Watkins; Matthew Woodson's letter of
consent to son John Stephen's marrige and from Col. John Woodson,
father of Anna.
   January 15, 1772.  Leonard George to Jennie Poor, daughter of
Thomas Poor; sec. James George, George Payne, Jr.
   August 18, 1772.  John Shelton to Mary Payne, daughter of George
Payne, the elder; sec. Will Lewis.
   June 12, 1777.  Samuel Woodson to Elizabeth Payne, daughter of
George Payne, the elder; sec. Nathaniel G. Morris.
   November 16, 1771.  William Jordan, son of Charles Jordan, to
Elizabeth Woodson, daughter of Joseph Woodson; sec. Matthew Jordan;
Joseph Woodson's letter of consent; Charles Jordan's letter of
consent.
   May 17, 1779.  Daniel Hawes to Margaret Miller; sec. Thomas
Miller, witn. Val. Wood.
   November 15, 1779.  Peter Pollock to Mary Poor, sec. Thomas
Miller; witn. Val. Wood.
   January 21, 1778.  Daniel Johnson to Anne Broughn; sec. Elisha
Leake; witn. Val. Wood.
   January 27, 1778.  John Redd to Mary Willis; sec. Pleasant Willis;
witn. Val. Wood.
   September 1, 1779.  Benjamin Johnson to Anna Norvell, sec. John
Johnson; Joseph Johnson's letter of consent to son's marriage; James
Norvell's letter of consent to daughter's marriage.

                      (To be continued.)