Richmond Co., VA - ABSTRACTS FROM COURT RECORDS (Order Books 1-5) RICHMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1692-1708 Source: William and Mary College, Quarterly Historical Magazine Vol. XVII, October, 1908, No. 2 Transcribed by Linda R ussell L ewis and submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives ORDER BOOK NO. 1 May 5, 1692, Present: Capt. George Taylor, Mr. William Underwood, Capt. William Barber, Mr. James Scott, justices. May 12, 1692 - Col. John Stone, sworn sheriff. June 1, 1692 - Capt. George Taylor, Capt. William Barber, Capt. Alexander Swan, Mr. William Underwood, Mr. James scott, Mr. Thomas Glasscock, Mr. John Deane, Mr. Alexander Doniphan. Thomas Glasscock, son of Gregory Glasscock, arrived full of age. October 5, 1692 - Order dividing the estate of David Stern, deceased, between the widow Agatha, who married Nicholas Smyth & Stern's two children. October 2, 1692 - Stanley Gower being now dead, Angell Jacobus, who married Elizabeth, aunt to the orphans by their mother's side, to perform all the trust given Stanley Gower by the will of Francis Gower. Capt. William Taylor and John Taverner mentioned. February 1, 1692-3 - Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, executrix of the will of Mrs. Lloyd, proved the will by oath of Mr. John Taverner, one of the witnesses. 1693 - Mr. John Lloyd, executor of Col. William Lloyd. April 6, 1693 - Stanley Gower, infant son of Francis Gower, summoned to answer the bill of James Orchard. April, 1693 - Capt. Richard Newsom, as executor of Mr. George Spencer, who married Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes. Page 73 December 7, 1693 - John Craske as marrying Elizabeth, one of the daughters of William Moss, Sen., late of this county, complains vs. William Browne, who married Frances, one other of the daughters of said William, recites the will of William Moss, Sen., who gave his son William, &c. March 7, 1693-4 - John Lloyd showing that his late wife Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John Carter being lately dead, order of administration granted him on the estate. Robert Carter, next of kin to the said Col. John Carter, enters a caveat, which is overruled. Said Elizabeth was sole executrix of Col. John Carter. April 4, 1694 - Dennis McCarty by his will proved in court nominated two of his children, viz., Daniel & Katherine, minors, his joing executors, &c. April 4, 1694 - Administration granted mary, widow of Mr. James Scott, deceased. August 2, 1694 - William Barber, the younger, & Joyce, his wife, complain of William Thornbury, who married Christian, widow of Thomas Robinson, deceased, who gave his property to be equally divided between his wife, and two children, Joyce and John Robinson, and afterwards by will gave one moietie of his cattle at Rappahannock unto the said Joyce, wife of Mr. William Barber, then an infant, and daughter of said Robinson, &c. ORDER BOOK NO. 2 John Barrow's will was proved in Rappahannock court by which he left his lands to his three sons -- Jonathan, Moses & Alexander & his two daughters, Honor & Ciseley. Feburary 6, 1694 - David Ridley in behalf of his wife Catherine, widow of William Fauntleroy, attaches Thomas Ridley. Alexander Spence married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Evan Browne, and James Taylor, late of this county now of Westmoreland did marry the widow of Evan Browne, deceased. August 5, 1696 - Peter Presley, Capt. Peter Hack, and Charles Page 74 Harris, guardians of Richard Hull, an infant, executor of the will of Richard Hull, deceased. October 7, 1696 - Mr. Hennemeldge Robinson, one of the executors named in the will of Mr. Maximillian Robinson, deceased, by his attorney, Mr. Arthur Spicer, presenting an authentic copy of said will appearing to be duly proved in the ecclesiastical court of the Diocese of London. William Tomlin as marrying Anne, executrix of George Hazlewood, vs. John Lloyd, executor of Col. William Lloyd. August 5, 1697 - Judgment of James Bowker, clerk, vs. William Underwood, one of the churchwardens of Sittenburn Parish. October 7, 1697 - Ann Redman, a mulatto woman, born of one Jane Redman, an English woman, free from slavery; discharged from the service of Col. William Lloyd, deceased, and his son Thomas Lloyd. June 1, 1698 - Col. William Peirce qualified on the will of John Peirce, late of this county, gent. The petition of William Parnell and Frances, his wife, that William Mills, formerly of Rappahannock, had land which descended to Ann, his daughter, and wife unto John Burkett, now deceased, and Elizabeth, mother of the said Frances, now said Elizabeth's sole heir. March 3, 1698-9 - Order against John Taverner and Sarah Taverner, executors of John Taverner. June 7, 1699 - The will of Col. John Stone, presented by Mrs. Ann Metcalfe, who is also granted administration on the estate of her deceased husband, Mr. Richard Metcalfe. June 7, 1699 - Mrs. Elizabeth Newton, administratrix of Dr. William Bruce. the bounds of land of Mr. John Grymes, 1,000 acres near Rappahannock Creek, patented by Mr. Charles Grymes, his father, on November 22, 1661. August 3, 1699 - Upon petition of David Gwin, gent., and William Colston, surviving attorneys of John Lloyd, gent., that Thomas Lloyd, of this county, gent., lately deceased, dying intestate, they are allowed as by law is allowed to Page 75 each person as have titles granted them by the prerogative courts in England. Capt. George Taylor, Mr. John Deane, Mr. David Gwyn, Mr. John Baker, Mr. Rawleigh Travers, Mr. Francis Slaughter, justices. ORDER BOOK NO. 3 June, 1699 - Thomas Dew, guardian and father of Elizabeth and Ann Dew, complains of Charles and Lucy Barber, executors of William Barber, gent., deceased, who, in his will proved June 2, 1699, gave Elizabeth Dew 1,000 pounds of tobacco -- there was a granddaughter -- Elizabeth Dew. Arthur Bayley, Esq., and Company, merchants in London, complain of David Gwyn, gent. June 5, 1700 - John Waugh, minister; William Thompson, clerk; Mr. Samuel Baily, justice; Mr. Samuel Peachey, sheriff. William Hayberd and his mother Ann, the grandson and daughter of William Freak, deceased. March 6, 1700 - David Gwyn and William Colston, church wardens of Farnham Parish vs. Samuel Peachey, administrator of Alexander burnett, late minister of Farnham Parish. May 25, 1701 - Capt. John Tarpley, sheriff. John Lloyd, Esq., administrator of Thomas Lloyd, gent. May 6, 1702 - Mr. William Downman, sheriff. May 19, 1703 - Justices: Col. William Tayloe, Col. George Taylor, Mr. Samuel Peachey, Capt. John Deane, Capt. John Tarpley. John Lloyd, Esq., as marrying Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, executrix of Madam Elizabeth Lloyd. 1703 - Simon Miller (died in 1684) late of this county, deceased, did by virtue of a survey give the same by his will, dated February 16, 1679, to John Miller and Margaret Miller, children of said Simon. Action by Nathaniel Pope 'als' Bridges of Westmoreland, late of Richmond County. Page 76 ORDER BOOK NO. 4 September 5, 1705 - Petition of Hugh French, son of Hugh French. Margaret, the widow, married 2dly John Somervale. Hugh, the son, is over 16. Katherine, Mercy and Thomas Baylis, children of Thomas Baylis, deceased. 1705 - Justices: Col. William Tayloe, Lieutenant Col. Samuel Peachey, Major William Robinson, Mr. Jushua Davis, Capt. Nicholas Smith, Mr. Edward Barrow, Mr. Francis Slaughter. William Stone and Elizabeth Stone, two of the children of William Stone, deceased, vs. Sarah, executrix of said deceased. 1706 - Col. William Tayloe and Major William Robinson voted their burgesses expenses, each 9,980 pounds tobacco. February 5, 1707 - The jury finds that Col. John Washington being seized of 1,400 acres of land in Rappahannock county (since Richmond) by his last will gave the same to Anne, his daughter, who married Francis Wright, gent., by whom he had a son, John, and we find that said Francis conveyed 200 acres to Lawrence Washington. George Eskridge and Daniel McCarty, attorneys for the King. August 6, 1706 - Deed of Philip Stone (& Sarah his wife) as heir of his father, William Stone, deceased. August 31, 1706 - Deed of Francis Thornton, of Stafford county parish of St. Paul's, to his daughter Sarah, wife of Lawrence Taliaferro. March 3, 1706-7 - George Glasscock and Million, his wife, deed of land devised by the will of Thomas Glasscock. Christopher Robinson, of Middlesex, and Judith, his wife, late widow of Corbin Griffin. May 27, 1707 - Marriage contract of Dr. Joseph Bellfield and Mary Wilson. Trustee, John Wilson. June 10, 1707 - Deed of gift from Francis Stone to Sarah Page 77 and Katherine Key, daughters of his wife, Mary Stone, by her former husband, James Key. ORDER BOOK NO. 5 February 7, 1710 - Present: Samuel Peachey, John Tarpley, Charles Barber, William Woodbridge, William Thornton, justices. Upon the motion of Mr. John Tayloe, adminstration is granted him on the estate of his father, Col. William Tayloe, late of the county, deceased. March 2, 1708 - The jury find that Frances, wife of William Robinson, is the only daughter of Samuel Bloomfield, that Elizabeth, his widow, married Archer Spicer and had son John, that Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Jones. 1710 - John Cralle' and his wife Ann. John Lloyd gave a power of attorney to Griffin Fauntleroy for 117 negro slaves and 237 head of black cattle as also sundry hogs, horses, &c. Afterwards he conveyed the same to Micajah Perry and Francis Willis, of London. William Robinson attended at the assembly in November, 1713. William Thornton, gent, the other burgess. ************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************