Personal Notices from the "Virginia Gazette", Feb. 12, 1779 - Dec. 25, 1779 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 *********************************************************************** Personal Notices from the "Virginia Gazette" William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 1. (Jul., 1903), pp. 25-28. PERSONAL NOTICES FROM THE "VIRGINIA GA- ZETTE." (February 12, 1779 - December 25, 1779.) Deaths - Mrs. Rebecca Newton, of Princess Anne, formerly of Norfolk. February 12. (Date of issue.) Died - Miss Jane Finnie, daughter of Mrs. Joanna Finnie, of Prince George county, in her thirteenth year. February 19. Marriages - John Banister, Esq., of Dinwiddie, to Miss Nancy Blair, of this city. February 26. Capt. Edward Travis of the navy, to Miss Clarissa Waller, of this city. February 26. Died - Mr. William Salter, of Surry county. March 12. Marriages - Harrison Randolph, Esq., to Miss Betsey Starke, of this city. March 19. Death - Lewis Burwell, Esq., of Gloucester county. March 19. Death - Southy Simpson, of Accomack county, and Senator from that District. March 26. Death - Mr. John Ware, of King and Queen, in the fifty-second year of his age. April 2. Robert B. Dudley and Thomas Dudley, executors of Capt. Thomas Dudley, of King and Queen county, mentioned. April 9. Marriages - Mr. Francis Dandridge, of King William, to Miss Lucy Webb, of New Kent. April 16. Capt. Addison Lewis, of the Light Horse, to Miss Sukey Fleming. April 16. Death - At Etham, in New Kent, Mrs. Elizabeth Dawson, relict of the late Rev. and Hon. William Dawson, in the seventieth year of her age. April 16. Mr. Alexander Purdie, of this city, printer to the commonwealth. Interred in the churchyard of this city. Mr. Archibald Williamson, a native of North Britain. April 16. Last Wednesday, married, Rev. James Madison, President of William and Mary College, to Miss Sally Taite, of this city. May 1. Death - John Armistead, Esq., at his seat, in New Kent. May 8. Deaths - Jasper Clayton, Esq., of Gloucester county; Mrs. Elizabeth Camm, relict of the late Rev. and Hon. John Camm, Page 26. deceased; Claudius Peter Cary, fencing master; Lemuel Newton, in Princess Anne county. May 22. Marriage - Dr. James McClurg of this city, to the amiable Miss Selden, of Hampton. May 22. Marriage - Samuel Beall, Esq., merchant of this city, to Miss Nancy Booth, of Frederick county. June 12. Armistead Russell, Esq., of New Kent county, to Miss Elvy Clayton, of same county. June 12. Death - James Holt, Esq., Senator from the District of Princess Anne, Norfolk and Nansemond. Capt. Edward Dixon, of Port Royal. June 12. Richard Taliaferro, Sen., of James City county, in the seventy-fourth year of his age, with the gout. July 3. Mrs. Margaret Burwell, relict of Col. Nathaniel Burwell, at her home in King William county. July 3. Mrs. Jane Baird, wife of John Baird, Esq., of Greencroft. July 3. William Wiatt advertises for a large sum of money lost near Charlottes- ville. July 10. Death - Bartholomew Thompson, formerly of Norfolk, taken by the British; died of jail fever. July 17. William Clayton,e xecutor of Capt. Jasper Clayton, of Gloucester county, deceased, advertises sale of deceased's estate. July 17. Mr. Robert Ayland, door-keeper to the General Assembly. July 31. Death - Mr. John Briggs, of this city, a native of Liverpool. August 14. Died - Edward Champion Travis, Esq., in the fifty-ninth year of his age. August 21. Deaths - Mr. Thomas Eppes, of Prince George county. Hath devised most of his portion to Mr. William Poythress, an officer in the Continental Army. Sept. 25. Died - Mr. Robert Tucker, of Norfolk county. Sept. 25. Died - Rev. William Dunlap, rector of St. Paul's, in Hanover. September 25. On 11th instant, died in child bed, spouse of John Bowdoin, Esq., Northampton county. Sept. 25. Page 27. Died - Mrs. Anne Burwell, relict of late James Burwell, Esq., of York county. Mr. Ferdinando Leigh, near Petersburg, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. October 30. Marriage - Mr. William Starke, of Dinwiddie, to Sukey Edwards, of Brunswick county. November 6. Marriage - Mr. William Rowsey of this city, to Miss Fanny Tabb, of Yorktown. November 14. Death - Anthony Walke, Sen., Esq., of Princess Anne. Nov. 14. Marriages - Mr. Robert Donald, of Petersburg, to Miss Nancy Osborne, of Chesterfield. Nov. 27. Capt. William Murray, of Prince George, to Mill Bolling, of Chester- field. Nov. 27. Deaths - Mr. James Bray Johnson, of Charles City. Mr. Thurmer Hoggard, of Princess Anne. Sept. 25. Died - John Wilson, Esq., of Norfolk county. Mr. Richard Charlton, of this city, died at Richmond, on his way from the Springs. Oct. 2. Capt. William Bibb, of Prince Edward county to Miss Sally Wiatt, of New Kent. Dec. 4. Death - Mr. Joshua Storrs, of Hanover. Dec. 11. Mr. William Turney, late of this city, merchant. Dec. 18. The Year 1780. Died - Major Thruston James, of James City county, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. Feb. 5, 1780. Estate of Capt. James Cole, late deceased, of Goochland county, ad- vertised by William Cole and John Cole. Feb. 5. Died - Matthew Thrift, Esq., of Norfolk. Feb. 26. Died - Mrs. Sarah Pierce, of Hanover, at an advanced age. March 4. Marriages - Capt. Nathaniel Burwell, of the artillery, to Miss Patty Digges, daughter of Hon. Dudley Digges, Esq., of this city. March 11. Died - Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, of Jamestown. March 25. The Virginia Gazette was in April printed in Richmond. Married Jacob Rubsamen, of Manchester, to Miss Lucy bland, daughter of the late Hon. Richard Bland, Esq., of Jordan's, in Prince George county. May 31. Death - Mrs. Lucy Stith, at Wilton, spouse of Capt. John Stith, of Baylor's Dragoons. May 31. Page 28. Died - Mrs. Mary Bentley, wife of Mr. Samuel Bentley, of Amelia county. June 2. Mr. John Batte, of Prince George county, to Miss Polly Poythress, daughter of Col. Peter Poythress, of same county. June 28. Died - Mrs. Barbara King, widow of Mr. Miles King, at Hampton. Lt. Richard Coleman, of Spotsylvania, killed 29 May, at Waxsaw's, in South Carolina. June 28. Elegy on Capt. Adam Wallace, killed at Waxsaw's, South Carolina. July 12. Married - Col. Robert Ballard, formerly of the Continental Army, to Miss Plowman, of Baltimore. Aug. 2. Death - Mr. Edward Parker, of this place, tanner. Aug. 2. Mr. James Purdie, eldest son of the late Mr. Alexander Purdie, printer. Aug. 2. Lines to Mis Nancy Finnie, dec'd. Aug. 2. Died - Mrs. Ann Cocke, spouse of Col. Allen Cocke, of Surry. Aug. 9. Died - Mrs. Martha Waller, spouse of Hon. Benjamin Waller, Esq., Aug. 9. Died - John Lewis, Esq., of Spotsyvania, one of the first laywers in America. Oct. 4. Lt. Thomas Powell, of the State Artillery, at his father's, in Yorktown. Oct. 4. John Lennard, of Henrico, died of a fall from his horse. Capt. William Harwood, of Warwick county. Oct. 4. Mr. Robert Gates, of Berkeley county, only son of Gen. Gates. Oct. 4. Died - At Portmouth, Capt. John Willis, late of Bermuda. November 4, 1780. Deaths - Mrs. Susan Ritcheson, wife of Col. Holt Ritcheson, of King William county. Dec. 16, 1780. Col. Allen Cocke Whig, for many years a representative from Surry county. Dec. 16, 1780. Married - Herbert Claiborne, Esq., to Miss Polly Browne, of King William. March 3, 1781. Died - John Tazewell, Esq., of Williamsburg. April 7, 1781. Died - Mr. Thomas Archer, Sen., of Yorktown. April 7, 1781. William Wiatt, of Fredericksburg, mentioned. May 19, 1780.