Goochland County, VA - Register of St. James Northam Parish; Wm. & Mary Qtrly. Vol. 15, No. 4 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 4. (Apr., 1907), pp. 249-255. Page 249. REGISTER OF ST. JAMES NORTHAM PARISH, GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Extracts. (Continued from page 123). BIRTHS. Will Smith and Mary Rhodes, Clifton Rhodes, b. April 12, 1784. Will Pryor and Elizabeth Hughes, William, b. Jan. 21, 1784. Stephen Yancey and Jean Bond, John, b. May 29, 1784. Edward Herndon and Betty Minor, George, b. Sept. 12, 1784. Pomphrey Gooch and Mary Thomas, John, b. Nov. 2, 1784. Aaron Fontain and Barbara Terrell, Patsy Minor, b. March 13, 1785. Page 250. Ben Robinson and Catherine Parker, Ann Parker, b. March 22, 1785. Col. Garret Minor and Mary Terrell, son James, b. April 18, 1785. Major Thomas Johnson and Ursillia Row, Lucy, b. July 14, 1781. Macon Biggars and Christian Glissage, Huldah, b. May 17, 1783, and Betsie Smith, b. April 22, 1785. Joseph Nelson and Lucy Tate, Sarah, b. April 1, 1785. Will Jordan Morton and Martha Pryor, Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1781; Rebecca, b. May 21, 1783; Frances, b. March 9, 1785. George Underwood and Elizabeth Curd, William, b. January 23, 1784. Joseph Nelson and Agatha Winston, Catherine Winston, b. Sept. 30, 1785. Garland Cosbie and Molly Poindexter, Nicholas, b. Feb. 22, 1785. Stephens Thomson and Mary Armistead, Armistead Thomson, b. Aug. 4, 1785. Robert Cobb and Ann Given Poindexter, Jo: Poindexter, b. May 27, 1785. Jo: Nelson and Lucy Robinson, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1785. Richard Anderson and Caty Fox, Charles, b. May 7, 1781, Susanna, b. Oct. 1, 1782, Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1784, Nancy, b. Nov. 22, 1785. Isham Railey and Susanna Woodson, John, b. July 18, 1785. Jo: Maddison and Mary Biggars, Nancy, b. August 6, 1785. Will Biggar and Martha Richardson, Landie, b. Sept. 20, 1785. Col Jo: Anderson and Susannah Daniel, Jo: Daniel, b. May 3, 1786. Armistead Brown and Sally Daniel, Henry, b. May 10, 1786. Edmund Curd and Elizabeth Crogwell, Sam Hawes, b. July 10, 1796. Jos. Nelson and Rebecca Wooduffe, John, b. May 4, 1786. Thos. Johnson and Betsy Merriwether, Ann Merriwether, b. Oct. 10, 1786. Jo: Poindexter and Elizabeth Thornton Johnson, Nicholas, b. Sept. 17, 1786. Aaron Fontaine and Barbara Terrill, Sarah, b. March 17, 1787. Richard Cole and Sarah Sansum, William, b. Oct. 5, 1786. Page 251. Ch. Barret and Elizabeth Clough, Will Torrence, b. Feb. 29, 1787. Richard Johnson and Susanna Garret, Kitty, b. Dec. 18, 1786. Chas. Thomas and Frances Armistead, James, Nov. 13, 1786. Stephen Southall and Martha Wood, Mary Wood, b. April 9, 1787. Archer Payne and Martha Dandridge, America, b. Nov. 5, 1786. George Underwood and Eliza Curd, John Curd, b. Jan. 25, 1786. George Quisenbury and Jane Danile, George, b. Sept. 23, 1786. Col. Garret Minor and Mary Overton Tyrrhill, Louisa, b. Aug. 13, 1787. James Chiles and Susanna Graves, Jeanie, b. January 29, 1788. Will Armistead and Mary Knuckles, Rebecca, b. January 11, 1788. Sam Cole and Elizabeth Cosby, Lydia, b. Oct. 22, 1787. Pumphrey Gough and Mary Thomson, Rolling, b. Oct. 31, 1787. Claiborn Googe and Milly Thomson, Unie, b. Sept. 13, 1787. Caleb Lindsay and Sally Stevens, Sally Montague, b. June 2, 1787. Ed. Dudley and Roxanna Smith, Ballard Smith, b. Sept. 11, 1789. Armistead Brown and Sally Daniel, Sally Beverley, b. Oct. 3, 1792. Benjamin Robinson and Catharine Parker, Eliz. Winston Parker, b. June 6, 1789. Jo: Poindexter and Elizabeth Hunter Johnson, Lucy Jones, b. Feb. 2, 1789. Caleb Lindsay and Sally Stevens, Landon, b. May 25, 1789. Col. Garret Minor and Mary Overton Terrill, Sam Overton, June 13, 1790. Robt. Cobb and Nancy Poindexter, Dec. 25, 1789. Samuel Newton and Agnes Chiles, Samuel, b. Oct. 7, 1789. Ed. Dudley and Roxanna Smith, Ann Meriwether, Sept. 27, 1792. Aaron Fontaine and Barbara Terrill, William Maury Fontaine, b. Jan. 16, 1793. Oct. 5, 1792. Richard Terrell and Lucy Carr married. July 17, 1793. Richard Terrell and Martha Jefferson, married Aaron Fontain and Barbara Terrell, Barbara Carr, b. Dec. 25, 1794; Ann "Overton", b. April 19, 1796. Armistead Brown and Sally Daniel, Edwin Jones, b. July 23, 1794. Page 252. FUNERAL SERMONS. June 12, 1759, Capt. Holman; April 23, 1770, Booth Napier; May 29, 1755, Tho: Massie; July 18, 1760, Mr. Goodwin; May 5, 1763, Mrs. Tilman in Albemarle; May 31, 1769, Noel Burton; July 23, 1773, Rev. Mr. McLaurin's in Cumberland, once my scholar for many years. Nov. 4, 1774, Mrs. Massie's; Dec. 12, 1775, Mrs. Woodson's; June 9, 1777, Col. Pryor's; Booth Napier, Jr., April 23, 1770; Dec 12, 1775, Mrs. Tucker Woodson; Nov. 4, 1774, Nat Massie; Sept. 19, 1782, Col. Anderson's wife (Louisa county); March 13, 1772, Mrs. Cobbs; July 18, 1760, Mrs. Goodwin's, in Albemarle; May 29, 1755, Tho: Massie's wife; May 5, 1763, Tho. Tilman's wife in Amherst; July 5, 1773, died Rev. Mr. McLaurin of Cumberland; Dec. 21, 1761, Rev. Mr. Will Proctor of Amelia, my most serious companion. Col. Jo: Smith, in goochland, died 1775; Capt. Jo: Watts in West- moreland died May 19, 1753; Mrs. Grayson, Col. Monroe's sister died Nov., 1752. Jan. 20, 1758, Col. Turner and Harry Ashton died last fall. Feb. 5, 1767, Jo: Monroe ye Colonel's son died, a pious young man. Dec. 2, 1789, Col. Jo: Woodson in Goochland died. Jan, 2, 1790, Col. Jo: Wilson died aged 47 in Louisa. Dec. 2, 1791, Mr. Joseph Pollard died. Dec. 19, 1790, Mr. Robt. Armistead died aged 60; July 27, 1790, Rev. Jo: Todd died; July 12, 1793, Col. Beverly Winslow died aged 60; Nov. 20, 1793, Mr. Tho: Randolph of Tuckahoe died; July 29, 1784, Col. Jo: Payne in Goochland died; Dec. 2, 1789, Col. Jo: Woodson in Goochland died; Feb. 2, 1784, Doro- thea Randolph his wife died; Oct. 23, 1794, Mat. Woodson died; Dec. 2, 1795, Dr. George Gilmer died; Jan. 7, 1758, Allan Ram- say died; Aug. 28, 1788, Rev. Charles Wesley, Methodist, died; May 2, 1791, Rev. John Wesley, his brother, died; Sept. 30, 1770, Mr. George Whitfield died, aged 56; Jan 2, 1790, Col. Jo: Nel- son died in Louisa, aged 48; Feb. 2, 1794, Mrs. Bethia Woodson died; Oct. 23, 1794, Matt Woodson died. Col Tho. R(andolph) of Tuckahoe and Ann Carey, William, b. June 15, 1770, Archibald, b. Aug. 24, 1771. Page 253. Judith, b. Nov. 24, 1772, Ann, b. July 25, 1774, Jean, b. Dec. 17, 1776. Tho. Mann, b. Oct. 1, 1778. Archibald Bryce and Mary Mitchell married July 21, 1769: July 31, 1770, Mary Gilchrist, baptized by Douglas. Jan. 3, 1773, Agnes, baptized by Cr. Coats, died. Mch. 14, 1775, Will, baptized by Mr. Selden, died Feb. 3, 1780, Ann. March 9, 1782, Elizabeth. May 3, 1784, John, baptized by Mr. Buchanan. June 15, 1796, Charlotte, baptized by Mr. Buchanan. Dec. 19, 1742, Capt. Jo: Cole & Mary Wills had a child called Margaret. George Barclay and Mary Cole were married Aug. 7, 1766, Issue: Patrick, born October 18, 1770; Catie, born July 22, 1772; Lucy Martin, born Mar. 15, 1776. Capt. Ja: Cole died, aged 42, Mar. 1767. July, 1770, Mrs. Mary Cole died. Feb., 1778, Ja: Dickerson & Mary Cole als. Barclay married. Issue: Susanna Robinson, born March 21, 1779; Nancy Roscow, born May 31, 1780; Oct. 5, 1767, Geo. Barclay & Mary Cole had Mary, who married John Boxley, April 18, 1789. Mr. Sam Cole & Eliz. Cosbie's children: Barbara, Elizabeth, John, Richard, Mary, William, Lydia, Sally, Thomas, Rebecca, Louisa, Samuel. Charles Cosbie & Eliz. Sydnore married Dec. 14, 1759. (Once here in Louisa, now in Goergia). Issue: Sydnor, born Oct. 7, 1762; Robert, born Sept. 26, 1765; Fortunatus, born Dec. 30, 1767; Richmond, born Dec. 14, 1772; James, born Oct. 20, 1774; David, born -------, Charles Scott; Patsy, born Feb. 13, 1764; Judith, born Oct. 12, 1769; Polly his 3d. daughter, born March 16, 1771; Barbara, 4th. daughter; Lucy, 5th daughter, born March 5, 1783. Page 254. Christopher Clark, once in Louisa, now in Georgia, an account of his family, June, 1791: Milly Tyrell his wife; Micajah, oldest son married; Christopher age 30; David aged 28; Morning, aged 26 - has five daughters; Judith, married aged 24 - one child; Rachel about 22, has 3 boys -- a widow now; Agathy about 20; Molly about 18 married; Samuel, 16; Joshua, 14; Milley, 12; Chiles Tyrell died aged 2 months; Suckie, 9; Lucy, 5. Register of Henry Bibb & Sarah Meed, his wife: Robert, Mary, John, Minor, Ann, Susannah, Henry, Hartwell, Sarah, David, Patsy & Elizabeth. Mrs. Barbara Tyrel Mrs. Fountain, was born Sept. 3, 1756. Nov. 30, 1756, Mr. Aaron Fountain born, & Married May 19, 1772. Register of their children: Peter, born Dec. 15, 1774; James Tyrel, born Nov. 19, 1776; Mary Ann, born Oct. 14, 1778; Elizabeth, born Sept. 15, 1780; Matilda, born Sept. 13, 1782; Patsie Minor, born March 14, 1785; Sallie Sarah, born March 17, 1787; Moriah, born Feb. 15, 1789; America, born March 10, 1791; Will Maury, born Jan. 16, 1793; Barbara Ker, born Dec. 25, 1794; Ann Overton, born April 19, 1796. Col. Jo: Nelson's Family, Feb. 18, 1789: Jo: Nelson & Fanny Armistead were married; Sept., 1765; Frances Anderson yr daughter was born. Jo: Nelson & Rebecca Woodley were married. Issue: Sarah, Philip, Ann, Hephzibah, Rebecca Woodley, Mary, Elizabeth, Mary, now dead, Lucy Eppes, William, Catherine Griffin, John, Solomon Hughes. Sept. 1753, Old Stephen Sampson & Sarah Johnson were married. Jan., 1757, Sarah Sampson was born; Sept., 1759, Eliz. Sampson was born; June 11, 1763, Ann Sampson was born; Jan. 13, 1765, Will Sampson was born; Feb. 7, 1768, Jean Sampson was born; Oct. 8, 1769, Stephen Sampson was born; Jan. 9, 1772, James Johnson was born; Dec. 12, 1773 Their old very honest grandfather Stephen Sampson was buried, & c. Page 255. March, 1753, Jo: Atkins & Sarah Brockman in Orange were married: April 4, 1754, their son Frankie was born; May 27, 1755, Joseph was born; Feb. 4, 1757, John was born; March 3, 1759, Susannah was born; Sept. 18, 1760, Jonathan was born; July 4, 1762 Ann was born; May 17, 1764 Hezekiah was born; May 12, 1767 Mary was born; May 11, 1769 Sarah was born, May 17, 1771 Martha was born; June 27, 1773 Sarah Lydia was born; July 4, 1775 Rhodie was born; Aug. 23, 1778 Rebecca was born; In all 13 children.