Lamb Family; Wm. and Mary Quarterly; Vol. 3, No. 2, 1894 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 *********************************************************************** Lamb Family William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2. (Oct., 1894), pp. 126-128. LAMB FAMILY. ANTHONY LAMB (died Dec. 29, 1700) was an early resident of Poquoson parish, York county, Va. Inventory of personal estate, L22, and 12 cattle. He married 1st, Mary -----, who died Jan. 3, 1677; married 2dly Hannah -----, and had (1) John, b. Aug. 22, 1679; dead before 1734. (2) Anthony, b. Feb. 12, 1681; d. Nov. 15, 1734. (3) William, twin to preceding, b. Feb. 12, 1681; d. Sept. 30, 1698. (4) Ursella, b. March 11, 1683. (5) Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1686. (6) Hannah, b. Sept. 25, 1690. (7) Daniel, b. Feb. 12, 1692; d. July 4, 1744. 1. JOHN, d. March 28, 1733; married Frances ------, and had 8, Anthony, b. Oct. 7, 1720; d. March, 1758; 9, Hannah, b. July 30, 1723. 2. ANTHONY, married Sarah -----, and had 10, Martha, b. July 24, 1720; 11, John, b. July 19, 1723; 12, Daniel, b. Sept. 2, 1728; 13, Anthony; b. Dec. 21, 1731, bound to a trade in 1744; d. April 19, 1750. 7. DANIEL. Will proved in York court November 19, 1744, and mentions wife Abigail: sons John and William; daughter Elizabeth; nephew Anthony, son of Anthony Lamb, deceased. Per- sonal estate inventoried at L336, 9, 6. He md. Abigail, and had 14, Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1713; d. September 10, 1713; 15, John, Page 127. b. June 11, 1717; 16, William, b. March 26, 1722; 17, Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1724; 18, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1726-'27; Hannah, b. July 10, 1729; 19, Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1735. 8. ANTHONY. Will proved 20th March, 1758; mentions sons John and Anthony, and daughter Elizabeth; John Presson, of Elizabeth City, executor. Personal estate valued at L171, 6, 2. He married 1st Rachel, daughter of John(1) and Mary Hay. She was born Aug. 8, 1720; died May 31, 1750. By first marriage Anthony Lamb had; 20, John, b. Nov. 8, 1742; 21, Anthony, b. Dec. 18, 1744; he married 2dly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Presson(2); she died Feb. 25, 17?7. By her he had 22, Eliza, b. Jan. 25, 1757. JOHN. Probably 15, married Mary -----, and had 23, William, b. Jan. 1, 1743; 24, Thomas, b. May 27, 1746, d. Oct. 6, 1746; 25, John, b. Oct. 12, 1747. [The above entries are taken from the Parish Register.] 21. ANTHONY. He resided in Charles City county, and married Betty Emory, b. May 9, 1751; d. Dec. 18, 1808, and had 26, Sally Lamb, b. Aug. 13, 1772; 27, Rachel, b. Nov. 8, 1773; d. Nov. 25, 1773; 28, Rachel Betsy, b. Oct. 31, 1774; 29, Robert, b. Oct. 30, 1777; d. May 16, 1810; 30, John, b. May 8, 1780; d. Dec. 5, 1844; ______________________________________________ (1) Capt. William Hay, J.P., of York county, sheriff, burgess, etc., was born in 1613, and died January 23, 1668. He md. 1st, Margery, widow of John Griggs (1655); md. 2ndly, Elizabeth Bray, wodow of Edward Mihill and of Robert Sheild (1661); 3rdly, Bridget -----, by whom he had William, b. Oct. 3, 1665, and died July 5, 1666; and Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1667, "sole heiress of Capt. Hay", who married Samuel Snignell; but she leaving no children, the property descended, under the will of Capt. Hay, to Robert Hay, son of Capt. Hay's "kinsman", John Hay, of York county, and Mary, his wife, dau. of Armiger Wade (died Jan. 28, 1676). ROBERT HAY, b. 19th May, 1663; died April 12, 1717. Inventory of personal estate, L192, 5s 5d. He md. 1st, Rachell, and had John, b. March 28, 1697; d. Nov. 21, 1755; Robert, Elizabeth, William, James; Married 2dly, Hannah Hind, and had Dorothy. JOHN, his son, married Mary -----, and had Rachel, b. June 17th, 1720; baptized July 15, 1720; she married Anthony Lamb; and had John, Mary, Robert and James. I believe George Hay, the celebrated lawyer, was of this family. Anthony Hay, to whose house in Williamsburg the Burgesses, in 1769, adjourned when dissolved by Lord Botetourt, was also of this family. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Penman, and left Thomas and other children. Will proved Dec. 17, 1770. Dr. Peter Hay, one of the most eminent physicians of Virginia, died in 1766, and left a widow, Grissell, and children, David, Robert, Lydia, Helen, and Mary. His will speaks of his brother, David Hay, of New York. (2) Will of John Presson, proved in York county 21st Dec., 1767. Page 128. 31, Anthony Lamb, b. Aug. 5, 1782; d. Aug. 3, 1784; 32, Fanney mayo, b. May 24, 1785; d. July 27, 1795; 33, William, b. Sept. 27, 1789; d. Oct. 11, 1789; 34, Anthony Hay, b. Jan. 16, 1790. 26. SALLY. Married Henry Edloe and had 34, Anne Cocke, b. Sept. 10, 1794, and 35, Henry, b. March 7, 1796. 34. ANTHONY HAY. Married Ann S. Morecock, Feb. 21, 1822, and had 35, William B., b. Feb. 17, 1823; d. Oct. 10, 1824; 36, Ann Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1828. [The above entries are contained in an old parchment bound book in the possession of James C. Lamb, judge of the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond, son of Rev. Lycurgus Lamb and grandson of 30, John Lamb.] Hon. Daniel Lamb, one of the founders of the State of West Virginia, chairman of the convention who formed the State, and the original draughtsman of the State Constitution, who was found a few months ago dead in his bed at the age of 82, must have come from this family. Col. William Lamb, of Norfolk, is descended from Richard Lamb, a wealthy merchant of that place before the Revolution.