Historical and Genealogical Notes; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 3, No. 4, 1895 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 *********************************************************************** Historical and Genealogical Notes William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 4. (Apr., 1895), pp. 273-281. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES. HARPER. - III., p. 204. William Harper, son and heir of William Harper, was living in Cittenburne Parish, Essex county, in 1699. Will of Solomon Harper mentions brother, Thomas Harper, and William and John Harper, sons of brother John, proved in 1699. John Harper and Lydia, his wife, grant in 1699 to Mrs. Sarah Nicholls land (formerly pantented by Thomas Harper). - Essex County Records. John Harper was a linen draper in Bristol, England, in 1671. - Isle of Wight County Records. William Harper died in York county March 24, 1734. - Bruton Register. TIMSON. - III., p. 208. 7. CAPT. WILLIAM TIMSON (b. May 3, 1678, died in 1718), J.P. of York county, etc., m. Anna Maria, dau. of Rev. Roland Jones, first pastor of Bruton Church. Issue: 11, William, will proved dec. 19, 1726, d.s.p.; 12, John; 13, Samuel, died before his father, s.p.; 14, Juxon, died an infant shortly after his father; 15, Mary; 16, Elizabeth. 12. JOHN TIMSON, m. Elizabeth, dau. olf Capt. Matthew Pierce (she died Aug. 27, 1735, aged 22). His will was proved Aug. 21, 1738. Page 274. Issue: 17, Anna Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1832, d. July 23, 1734; 18, William, b. Oct. 21, 1734, d. July 23, 1736. 8. JOHN TIMSON, gentleman student at William and Mary from 1694 to 1700, died without issue in the parish of St. Mary, Woolnorth, London. Will proved in York court, 25th July, 1709; mentions god children, William and Elizabeth Timson, Aunt Elizabeth Milner, Uncle Walter Whitfield and Aunt Sarah Whitfield, Uncle William Juxon, kinswomen Ann and Mary Whitfield, gives to Bruton Parish, in York county, Virginia, a legacy of money due him from his cousin, William Baker, his two brothers, William and Samuel Timson, and brother-in-law Thomas Barber. 9. SAMUEL TIMSON, born in 1686, will proved May 19, 1740, mar. 1st, ------, who died in 1710; 2nd Dorcas, who died in 1717, and Jane (perhaps a Crawley), who survived him. Issue: 17, Mary, m. ----- Buckner; 18, Samuel; 19, John; 20, Nathaniel; 21, William; 22, Elizabeth; 23, Anne. It appears that Nathaniel, William, Elizabeth, and Anne Timson were children by the last wife. Their father, Samuel Timson, was, at the time of his death, the male heir of the whole family. The Timson residence, now called "Travis's Point", was known as "Vaux Hall", and was patented by Robert Vaux, sold by him to Rev. Peter Temple, who sold it to George Richards, merchant of London, who conveyed it to Samuel Timson. (Deed recorded Feb. 26, 1693). PASTEUR. - 1. JEAN PASTEUR was a native of Geneva and came to Virginia in 1700, in the Huguenot emigration, with "Charles Pasteur and sa femme." - Virginia Historical Collections, Vol. V., New Series. He settled at Williamsburg, Va., and practiced his profession of surgery, calling himself "barber and wigmaker". "In the seventeenth century the medical man, or, as he was termed, the practitioner of physic, was required to serve his time as 'an apprentice and servant' for seven years, under a physician or in the apothecary's company. Nor could any one practice surgery until he had served a like apprenticeship in the barbers-surgeons' company, where the making of wigs was a part of his training, with cupping, leeching, and the healing of wounds. Sir Astley Cooper, the eminent English surgeon, was an apprentice to his company. On the continent the same law prevailed. Ambrose Pare', the great French surgeon (1517-1590), began life as apprentice to a barber-surgeon. In the Prussian army early in the eighteenth century it fell to the regimental surgeon to shave the officers." - Hayden. But the times change and we change with them. Once Page 275. everybody considered the post of justice of the peace an office of first re- spectability, now it is viewed with a kind of good-natured contempt. 1. JEAN (OR JOHN) PASTUER married 1st Mary(1) -------, died March 25, 1727; 2d, Martha Harris, and had issue: 2, Mary, born in 1706, mar. Mark Cosby; 3, Magdalene, md. Samuel Bosby; 4, Lucretia, married Mathew Shields; 5, John, Jr., died June 2, 1727 - Bruton Register; 6, John, Sr., died 1728. - Ibid.; 7, John James, "perukemaker, eldest son of Jean Pasteur", lived in Norfolk in 1746. - Deed in York County Court. 8, Sarah, died Dec. 17, 1734 - Register. 9, James, "Died Jan. 24, 1774, Rev.James Pasteur, rector of St. Bride's Parish, in Norfolk County." - Virginia GAzette. 10, Blouette; 11, William; 12, Martha; 13, Anne. Jean Pastuer's will was proved in York court, Nov. 16, 1741, and mentions 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. It does not mention 7, John James Pasteur. 11, 12 and 13 were children by last wife. 9. DR. WILLIAM PASTEUR lived in Williamsburg, and was partner with Dr. George Gilmer, as surgeon and apothecary. He was highly esteemed J.P. of York county, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Stith, President of William and Mary College, and had 12, William Stith Pasteur, b. Nov. 12, 1762, and perhaps others. In 1785, Dr. Pasteur advertised for sale 630 acres on King's Creek, having on it "a large elegant, two story brick house, with nine rooms and ten closets", suitable "for a large, opulent family." It had been sold to him in 1773, by John Wormeley, of Lancaster county, who inherited it from his mother, Elizabeth Wormeley, of Middlesex. - York County Records. CALLAWAY, COL. RICHARD. Collins's Kentucky (Vol. III., p. 203), gives some notice of the Callaways. There is some account of the family, also, in the Richmond Standard, Vol. III. No. 17. Among those who furnished supplies or served in the militia in 1755, '56, '57 and '58 (the French and Indian War), the following were from Bedford county, Va.: James Callaway, Lieutenant Richard Callaway, William Callaway. - Hening's Statutes, Vol. III., pp 204, '7, '8, '10, '11. There was also a Capt. Thomas Callaway from Halifax county, Va., Ibid, p. 219, and a William Callaway from Accomac county, Ibid., p. 203. - R. A. Brock, Richmond, Va. KENNON, RICHARD, and wife Celia Ragland. - Vol. III., p. 203. I ______________________________________________________________________________ (1) Probably daughter of Daniel Blouette, a French Huguenot, who came to Virginia in 1701 with his wife and seven children and died in Williamsburg, February 6, 1719. Jean Pasteur had a son named Blouette. Page 276. have had correspondence as to this with the querist, Prof. Joseph J. Casey, during several years past. For a quarter of a century fully, I have been gathering data as to my maternal ancestry, my mother being a daughter of Fendall and Sarah (Nelson) Ragland, and a great-granddaughter of John and Anne (Beaufort) Ragland, from Glamorganshire, Wales, who settled in that portion of New Kent which was subsequently Hanover county, about 1720, and who, it is claimed, were the ancestors of all of the name Ragland in the Southern States. I am confident that I have more accurate data regarding the family than any one else. I have no information of Celia Ragland, or of her marriage, as stated, but that offered by Prof. Casey, although I have made inquiry. - R. A. Brock, Richmond, Va. MARTIN, ROBERT. - Vol. III., p. 203. Capt. John Martin had grant of 4,550 acres, "Martin's Brandon", in Charles Cittie county. His heirs sold this land August 5, 1643. - Virginia Land Registry, No. 1, p. 910. Geo. Martin and Lewis Walden, 160 acres, and Geo. Martin singly, of 460 acres in New Kent county, September 22, 1682. No. 7, p. 192. John Martin 307 acres in Charles City county, October 28, 1697. No. 9, p. 125. John Martin 400 acres in Henrico county, July 11, 1719. No. 10, p. 458. John Martin 120 acres on Beverly Run, St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen county, February 21, 1720. No. 11, p. 51. John Martin, Jr., 190 acres, do., July 9, 1724, No. 12, p. 60. These may give some clue to the ancestry of Robert Martin, as requested. R. A. Brock, Richmond, Va. JENINGS. - Vol. III., p. 205. The delusive quest of the Jenings' estate in England, appears to have been instituted in the United States as early as 1835, if not earlier. I have some notes from Saybrook, Con., of that year. By degrees the South was informed; a family convention of the Jenings Heirs was appointed to be held at Nashville, Tenn., September 15, 1849. There was some literature attendant, but it presented, I believe, chiefly extracts from the publications of British Attorneys. There were doubtless newspaper advertisements of the period, giving some genealogical facts. The Richmond, Va., Whig, of August 18, 1852, and possibly other dates, contains a lengthy "notice to the heirs of Miles Carey," etc., signed Anderson Demandville Abraham, Buckingham C.H., Va., June 14, 1852. This contains much genealogical information. R. A. Brock, Richmond, Va. Page 277. BATCHELDER - VALENTINE. - SAMUEL BATCHELDER'S will was proved in Middlesex county August 10, 1742, m. Katharine ------. Issue: 1, Joseph; 2, Jacob; 3, Benjamin; 4, James; 5 Samuel, and 6, Henry. 5, SAMUEL married and had Elizabeth who md. Jacob Valentine (marriage bond in Richmond county, 29th September, 1762, witnessed by SAmuel Batchelder). JACOB VALENTINE'S will is dated 9th March, 1774, and constitutes his four sons, John, Batchelder, Jacob and James, exors. - Chancery Papers in Williamsbury, 1797. BLAND. - That Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Bland, of Jordan's, married Wililam Beverley, is, I t hink, too well attested by the contemporary evidence of the Bland pedigrees in the "Bland Papers", and "Familae Minorum Gentium", Vol. II, to be affected by the mere style of a letter. See p. 233, note 2. ANDREWS. - Robert Andrews, of east Orange, N.J., sends a neat pamphlet on the "Andrews family". He states that "the geneaology is complete as far as the lineage of my part of the family is concerned", and is based on "records which have been handed down from oldest son to oldest son". "In my great grandfather's papers, Dr. John Andrews (page 16)," he continues, "he mentions his brother Robert, who was a professor at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, and was associated with Dr. Madison in determining the boundary line between Virginia and Pennsylvania". Prof. Robert Andrews of William and Mary College was, ac- cording to this pamphlet, descended from Anthony Andrews, of Alexton, Leicester- shire, and of Pisbroke, county Rutland, who was born in 1530, and received a grant of Arms in 1583. John Andres4 (Edward3, Edward2, Anthony1) was born at Alexton, but emigrated to Maryland in 1654. He m. Mary ----, and had issue: John, Edward, Anthony, Thomas, Nathaniel, Marcus, Elizabeth and Maria. Of these, John m. Alice Greenhill, and had Moses, John, James, William, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Eleanor and Joan. Of these Moses m. Letitia Cooke, and had issue: Moses, John, James, Robert1, and Polydore. Of these, ROBERT ANDREWS was professor in William and Mary College during the Revolution, private secretary to Gen. Nelson, appointed with Presdient Madison to define Pennsylvania and Virginia boundary line, and by Gov. Henry to survey a canal to connect the heads of the North Carolina and Virginia rivers. He married Elizabeth ------, and had Robert and Elizabeth, twins, born March 7, 1778; Ann, who m. William ________________________________________________________________________________ (1) Can any one state whether Robert and John, sons of Prof. Andrews, left descendants? Page 278. Randolph, of Wilton; Catharine, who m. Joseph Wilkerson, and John. William Randolph, of Wilton, and Anne Andrews, his wife, had Robert and Catherine Randolph. - Bruton Register, and Chancery Papers (1823) filed in Williamsburg. LOCKEY - COLLIER - CARY. Edward Lockey, of York county, Va., was a brother of John Lockey, grocer of London, and of "Elizabeth Friend als. Lockey", whose daughter, True, was wife in 1667 to Richard Walton, citizen and merchant of London. Edward Lockey married Elizabeth, widow of John Hansford, and died s.p. about 1667. He left his property to his cousin Isaac Collier, Jun., and to Mary and Anne Lockey, daughters of his nephew Edward Lockey, deced. If Isaac Collier, Jun., should die without issue, his share was to go to Francis Carter, the son of William Carter, and if Francis be dead or unheard of, then to Judith Lockey, sister of Mary and Anne. In 1671 Isaac Collier, Jun., being dead, and said Carter not turning up, the general court adjudged Isaac's share to Henry Cary, who had married Judith Lockey, excepting the land which which was adjudged "to the brother of said Isaac Collier". Mr. John Myhill married Mary Lockey, and was ordered December 7, 1668, to pay 310 pds. of tobacco to Dr. Francis Haddon for physick and attendance ad- ministered to Mary's uncle, Mr. Edward Lockey. - York County Records. SEAWELL. - 1. THOMAS SEAWELL patented 400 acres on Pocoson River, in York county, in 1635. In 1642 he patented in Gloucester county. Abigdon Register shows that 2, THOMAS, perhaps a grandson of 1, Thomas, had issue by Mary, his wife, 3, THOMAS, born November 8, 1680; 4, John, born June 3, 1683; 5, "Anne, the daughter of Thomas and Anne Seawell, was baptized September 4, 1703". In 1757, 6, John, and 7, Joseph Seawell were living in Gloucester county. - Register. They were brothers. - Mrs. Maria Edwards's Family Account. 6. JOHN SEAWELL, probably a grandson of 3, Thomas, married Jane Boswell, sister of Dr. Thomas Machen Boswell. She was a widow Thornton and aunt of Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley and of Mrs. Boswell Roy. 6. John Seawell built the ouse at "Gloucester Place", near Gloucester Point. He was a large importing merchant. "The American and French troops at one time camped in the field on the left hand side as you go up to the house, and fed to their horses and destroyed a fine crop of corn." JOHN and Jane (Boswell) Seawell had issue: 8, John, born 6th February 1760. - Parish Register. Died, aged 46. - Mrs. Edwards' MS. 9, Elizabeth; 10, Jenny; 11, Dolly - Ibid. Page 279. HOBSON'S CHOICE. - The phrase is trite. It may be of interest to note some- thing as to its adoption as an expressive phrase outside of the place of its birth. It has been somewhat rightfully and righteously claimed (mayhap), that the English language has been better preserved etymologically, and by intonation in Virginia, than in the staunch "Mother Country" itself. However this is, really, irrespective of a waywardness and the indiscriminate use of the "broad a", it may be made to appear by the records of the "Old Dominion" that not only was English, as written and spoken, rendered in the most attractive and refined manner, but is expressive idioms and best forms were cherished among the trans- planted "salvages". The origin of the phrase "Hobson's Choice" is thus given in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, p. 409: "Tobias Hobson was a carrier and inn-keeper in Cambridge, who erected the handsome conduit there, and settled 'seven lays' of pasture ground toward its maintenance. He kept a stable of forty good cattle, always ready and fit for travelling; but when a man came for a horse, he was led into the stable where there was great choice, but was obliged to take the horse which stood nearest to the stable door; so that every customer was alike served, according to his chance, and every horse ridden with the same justice". Spectator, No. 509: "Milton wrote two quibbling epitaphs upon this eccentric character." Why is the greatest of free communities reduced to 'Hobson's Choice'?" - The London Times. It appears from Allibone's Dictionary of Authors, Vol. I., p. 38, that the Spectator made its appearance (the initial number) March 1, 1711. Now, what I yesterday discovered in genealogical investigation (probing the invaluable treasury, the most priceless in the United States, the Records of Land Grants in our State Capital, unbroken to date from 1620) should be of interest, as I have with probable necessary prolixity prefaced. On November 30, 1682, there was issued to John Stokeley and Benj. Ayers, 175 acres of "sand hills and marshes" in "Accomacke county", called "Hobson's Choice." - Book, No. 7, p. 195. Conjecture may be of curious interest as to how valuable this "Hobson's Choice" in Virginia may have proven, and what or where now may be, or its present value, this allotment shared in by the representatives of prominent names. R. A. Brock, Richmond, Va. March 19, 1895. Page 280. THROCKMORTON. - "I note an error in Quarterly, Vol. III, p. 194, 3d, 2d, and 1st lines from the bottom. The second wife of Major Mordecai Throckmorton was Sarah McCarty, dau. of Bernard Hooe and Mary Symes Chichester. (S. Mc.H., b., July 8, 1793, died in May, 1860.) See tombstone at 'Meadow Farm', also 'Virginia Genealogiies', by Horace E. Hayden, p. 788". - C. W. Throckmorton, 343 Broadway, New York. COWLES. - Information wanted in reference to the descendants of Edmund Cowles, who patented land in Charles city county in 1666, formerly owned by Richard Cowles, as by bill of sale in 1614; also in reference to the descendants of Edmund, Philip and Charles Cowles, who patented in James City county the same year. - Eugene Cowles, 215 6th St., Louisville, Ky. [Thomas Cowles was Justice of James City county in 1699-1702. Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. In the Va. Gazette for September 8, 1774, is the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Thomas Cowles, of Charles City county, to Miss Elizabeth Carwley, of Williamsburg. Numerous representatives of this family still exist about Williamsburg, but the family history is hard to determine, owing to the loss of records. - Editor]. GRAVES. - Information desired as to the year Col. Richard Graves represented either New Kent or James City county in the Legislature. - Jas. D. Hancock, No. 106 N. Lombardy St., Richmond, Va. BYRD. - What connection, if any, exists between the Byrds of the Eastern Shore and the family of the Westover Byrds? - L.C. NEVILLE. - James Neville in 1662 patented 100 acres in Northumberland county. John Neville patented in 1674 100 acares in Gloucester county. George Neville lived in Prince William county. Information wanted as tot he latter's parentage. - William F. Boogher, 1339 F. St. N.W., Washington, D.C. THORNTON. - Information wanted as to the Thornton family - D. F. S. [An account of the Thornton family will appear in the Quarterly at some early period]. CURIOUS COIN. - Dr. Geo. A Hankins, physician to the college, has a coin of the Commonwealth of England, which was picked up by a colored man on the Doctor's place, near Toano, in James City county. On one side in the circumference are the words: "The Commonwealth of England", within are two branches crossed, en- closing two shields, one charged with a cross and the other with a harp. On the other side are similar shields, charged the same, and the numerals underneath XII. Above the shields on this side Page 281. in the circumference are the words, GOD WITH VS, 1653. The milling is uneven, and the coin is about the size of a silver 50-cent piece. THRUSTON, CAMM, BOOKER, SMITH, etc. Want of space alone prevented notice of these families in the present issue. COMPLIMENTS TO THE QUARTERLY. - The last number of this periodical was the recipient of many kind words, in magazines, newspapers and private letters, but the editor takes especial delight in the opinion of the veteran and distinguished historian and genealogist, Dr. R. A. Brock, of Richmond, Va. He writes: "Your Quarterly is one of the best published in this country and equal to any published anywhere. It is the most valuable to Virginians and those deriving from the Old Dominion, and with due interest in her, of any of its character published anywhere".