Abstracts from Princess Anne County Marriage Licenses, William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2-2 ************************************************************************ 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 *********************************************************************** William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 2. (Oct., 1893), pp. 73-77. by Edward W. James Page 73 Abstracts from Princess Anne County Marriage Licenses. ________ MADE BY EDWARD W. JAMES ________ 1765. Leml Newton(1) with Anne Nicholas Leml Newton, John Lovett, Jr., Robt Ballard. Feby 20th, James Murdaugh(2) with Molly Walks. James Murdaugh, Charles Williamson. June 13th, John Moseley with Frances Lamount John Moseley, Edwat Lamount. June 23d, Wm Gray with Elizabeth Moseley William Gray, Henry Cooper. Oct. 18th, George Durant(3) Corprew with Letitia Old. Leml Newton, Geo. Durant Corprew, John Lovitt, Jr., Thomas Old. Oct. 21st, Thomas Ewell with Elizabeth Woodhouse. Thomas Ewell, Lemuel Newton. Oct. 30th, Hillary Moseley(4) with Eliza Whitehurst. Hillary Moseley, Leml Newton, James Carraway. Page 74 Oct. 31st, John Bayns with Sarah Moore. John Bayns, Natha Newton, Richd Jones. 1766. Dec. 5th, Jacob Hunter with Elizabeth Nimmo. Jacob Hunter(5) Frederick Boush(6) Dec. 26th, James Wilson with Sarah Gray. James Wilson, Benja Dingly Gray. Dec. 31st, Wm Wishart with Mary Haynes Will Wishart, John Lovett, John Kenline. It may be of interest to append the form of a marriage certificate: "Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Hunter & Frederick Boush, are held & firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs and Successours in the Just Sum of Fifty pounds Cur- rent money of Virginia to the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourSelves our Heirs & Successours firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seal and dated this 5th December, 1766 The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Jacob Hunter hath obtained a Marriage Licence in Conjunction with Elizabeth Nimmo Now know ye that if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the obligation to be void otherwise to be in full Force and Virtue Sealed and Delivered In Pres0} Jacob Hunter, ence of } Frederick Boush." [Transcribed from the original by Edward W. James.] Page 75 (1) Lemuel Newton, son of Nathaniel Newton, was the deputy clerk of the Court of P.A. County under Robert Bal- lard, from whom he received the appointment on the 20th of April, 1763, was a merchant, and was a Justice of the peace from June 9th, 1774, to April 19th, 1776. His wife, Anne, was a daughter of John Nicholas by Yates Smith, his wife, who was at the time of their marriage the relict of John Boli- thoe. His will was made in 1782, and he left several chil- dren, Nathaniel, Elizabeth who married Thomas Walke, Yeates who married John Hancock, Jr., and Anne who mar- ried Charles Fisher. Nathaniel Newton died in 1767. He married Elizabeth Sayer, daughter of Charles Sayer, Clerk of the Court, and was the father of two children, Lemuel, and Anne who married Robert Ballard. He was a Justice from Oct. 6th, 1736 to August 5th, 1741, and from August 7th, 1745 to 22nd May, 1765, Sheriff from August 5th, 1741 to September 1st, 1742, Coroner from October 3d 1739 to No- vember 3d 1742, and Vestryman of Lynhaven Parish from October 15th, 1739 to 13th October, 1766. being Church Warden from October 23d, 1756 to October 15th, 1757. (2) Thomas Walke, merchant, from Barbadoes, settled in Virginia during the last quarter of the 17th century, married Mary, daughter of Colonel Anthony Lawson, and left three children, Thomas, Anthony and Mary. Thomas married Katherine --, died in 1723, and left sons, Thomas & Anthony, and daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1714, was appointed agent for the Newtown storehouse in 1715, and was a church-warden for Lynhaven Parish the same year, and was a justice from January 4th, 1715 to July 3d, 1723. He was the Lt. Colonel of militia, and was by profession both merchant and planter. Thomas, his son, also a merchant, was married twice, first to Margaret, sister to Captain John Thorowgood. He died in 1761, and left son Thomas, and daughters Elizabeth who married Charles Williamson, Molly James Murdaugh of Nan- semond County, Fanny Wright Westcott, Peggy John Cal- vert, Nancy John Willoughby, the daughters of all being by the first wife. He was Major of the Militia, Justice from Novem- 8th, 1739 to April 20th 1743, and from October 16th, 1751 to May 20th, 1752, and from April 16th 1755 to November 9th, 1756. Was appointed Sheriff Aug. 3d, 1743. Was a memeber of the House of Burgesses in 1756, and a member of the Vestry for Lynhaven Parish from July 13th, 1748 to Page 76 September 29th, 1760, being church-warden from Oct. 29th, 1750 to Oct. 1st, 1753, and from Oct. 23d, 1756 to September 29th, 1760. In his will, made November28th, 1760, among other be- quests he left 25 acres of land "for the use of the poor Or- phans and disabled people of the Parish of Lynhaven to- wards the educating and maintaining of them for the Vestry or Church of the sd Parish to erect Houses thereon for the Reception of such Poor Orphans and others if they cannot get a more convenient place, but, if they can elsewhere pro- vide themselves better then I desire the said Vestry or Church Wardens or their Successours may sell and dispose of the said Land and Swamp and the moneys arising from said Lands, &c. be by them laid out as soon as possible for breed- ing Negroes for the use of or uses aforesaid, that is for the better help schooling and support of the said Orphans &c: from Time to Time, as the Vestry or Church Wardens of the Parish shall think proper." (3) George Durant Corprew was married twice. His first wife was Letitia Old, daughter of Thomas Old, Senior; his second, Julia Simmons. He died in 1803, and left Julia, his widow, and sons George Durant, John, Thomas, Joshua, Jonathan Durant, David, and daughters Sarah Wilson, Let- ticia and Nancy Durant. He was a vestryman of Lynnhaven Parish from November, 1776 to November 25th, 1784, and from November 23d, 1785 to April 27th, 1786, and from No- vember 4th, 1791 to March 19th, 1796, and from December 8th, 1800 to July 18th, 1801, and from April 23d, 1803 to the time of his death. Was a Justice from August 9th, 1782 to November 9th, 1803, and was appointed by the County Court, September 13th, 1782, to ascertain the losses sustained by the people of Black Water precinct from the British. (4) Hillary Moseley, son of Tully, son of Edward, Junior, son of Arthur, son of William Moseley, merchant of Rotterdam, Holland, who settled in Virginia in 1649, was born in 1739 and died in 1793. He was married three times, 1st, Mary Murray, 2nd, Eliza Whitehurst, daughter of Enoch White- hurst, 3d, Agnes Edmonds, He left sons, Tully, who married Amy Thorowgood, Christopher, Hillary and John, and daugh- ters Molly, wife of John Hunter, and Blanny, wife of William Hunter, and Frances. Tully and Molly and Blanny were by the second wife and John and Frances by the 3d. (5) Jacob Hunter died in 1780. He was a son of Joh Page 77 Hunter, who was a vestryman of Lynhaven Parish from March 1st, 1739, to October 13th, 1748, who was a son of Doctor William Hunter, who was in Virginia in 1678 and died in 1718 or 1719. He was a captain in the militia, and was a member of the county committee of Safety in 1775. By his first wife Susannah Moore, daughter of Captain Henry Moore, he was the father of two sons, Jacob, who died young, and John who married first Euphan, a daughter of Colonel Josiah Wilson of Norfolk county, and then Molly Moseley, a daughter of Hillary Moseley. By his 2nd, Elizabeth, widow of Gershon Nimmo, sister of Frederick, and daughter of Maximiliam Boush by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Major James Wilson of Norfolk County, (his first wife was Sarah, a daughter of Captain Horatio Woodhouse) he was the father of Elizabeth and sons James, Jonathan who married Frances James, daughter of Captain John James by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Lemuel Cornick, William, and Josiah Wilson Hunter, who married first, Mary Moseley, daughter of Tully Moseley, Senior, and then Mary Moseley, daughter of Tully Moseley, Junior, son of HIllary, who was a brother of Tully Moseley, Senior. (6) Maximilian Boush was the Lt. Colonel of the County Militia, a Justice from May 2nd, 1733 to June 5th, 1734, and from July 7th, 1736 to October the same year, Sheriff from from July 5th, 1734 to May 5th, 1736, and vestryman of Lyn- haven Parish from October 5th, 1733 to Aug. 2nd, 1736, and was appointed surveyor of Norfolk County in 1733 by Peter Beverley, the Surveyor General of the Colony. He was a son of Maximilian Boush by his wife Mary, relict of the Reverend Jonathan Saunders, who married the relict of Thomas Ewell. He was in Viriginia at the close of the 17th century, and was a nephew of Samuel Boush, the first Mayor of Norfolk. He was Lt. Colonel of the Militia, Queen's Counsel for the coun- ties of Princess Anne, Norfolk, and Nansemond in the reign of Queen Anne, and King's Counsel for Princess Anne and Nor- folk Counties in the reign of King George the first, was a member of the House of the Burgesses in 1710, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and church-warden of Lynhaven Parish in 1715, 21, 22, and from Nov. 1723 to February 2nd, 1726. He left two sons, Samuel and Maximilian, and in his will written August 15th, 1727, and ordered to be recorded April 3d, 1728, he left "unto ye church-wardens of Lynhaven parish five pounds currt money to purcharse a silver salver and do order that my name and Coat-of-Arms be engraved thereon."