Sussex County, VA - Notes from Albemarle Parish Register 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 *********************************************************************** Notes from Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County, Va. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1. (Jul., 1905), pp. 1-6. Page 1 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. VOL. XIV. JULY, 1905. NO.1. NOTES FROM ALBEMARLE PARISH REGISTER, SUS- SEX COUNTY, VA. Amy, daughter of Robert Hicks and Mary his wife, born 7 April, 1742. Absalom, son of Joseph Harwood and Sarah his wife, born 2 August, 1743. Benjamin, son of Willet Robards and Faith his wife, born October 9, 1749. Edward, son of Hartwell Marable, christened October 2, 1774. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Collier and Lucretia his wife, born August 23, 1734. George, son of Benjamin Wyche and Elizabeth his wife, born March 7, 1759. Hannah, daugher of Clement Hancock, and Anthony his wife, born February 14, 1741. Goodwynn, son of John Woodward, Jr., and Susanna his wife, born November 25, 1766. Herbert, son of Augustine Clairborne and Mary his wife, born April 7, 1746. Godfathers: Leonard Claiborne, Wm. Willis. Godmothers: Susanna Stith and Elizabeth Willis. James, son of William Hicks and Mary his wife, born September 3, 1735. John, son of Thomas Eldridge and Martha his wife, born April 22, 1741. Godfathers: Wm. Eppes, Wm. Willis. Godmothers: Ann Bolling, Ann Elldridge. James, son of Edward Ruffin and Anne his wife, born July 23, 1741. Kinchin, son of Joseph Stacy and Faith his wife, born January 18, 1763. Page 2. Nathan, son of Robert Hicks and Mary his wife, born November 6, 1743. Nathan, son of Samuel Harwood and Agnes his wife, born November 14, 1752. Philip. son of Philip Harwood and Rebecca his wife, born August 13, 1742. Robert, son of Robert Tucker and Dinah his wife, born August 22, 1727. Robert, son of John Goodwin and Winnifred his wife, born March 15, 1739. Rolfe, son of Thomas Eldridge and Martha his wife, born December 29, 1744-'45. Susanna, daughter of Augustine Claiborne and Mary his wife, born November 29, 1752. Charles Augustine, son of Wm. Claiborne and Mary his wife, born February, 1777. Godfathers: Augustine Claiborne and William Leigh. Godmother: Hannah claiborn. William, son of Goodrich Hatton, born April 23, 1753. William, son of Thomas Pennington and Rebecca his wife, born July 11, 1753. William, son of William Shands, Jr., and Priscilla his wife, born September 22, 1755. William, son of William Shands, Jr., and Priscilla his wife, born September 5, 1757. William, son of Henry Faison and Lucy his wife, christened November 2, 1760. Benjamin, son of Wm. Brodnax and Mary his wife, born August 28, 1772. Bathurst, son of Augustine Claiborne and Mary his wife, christened April 6, 1774. Eliza Power, daugher of Henry Brodnax and Anne his wife, born March 2, 1765. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Walker and Lucy his wife, born May 9, 1766. Godfather: David Walker. Godmothers: Eleanor Nobbs, Ann Wilson. Robert, son of John Walker and Hannah his wife, born October, 1771. Richard Bland, son of Henry Faison and Lucy his wife, born January 30, 1772. Page 3. William, son of Benjamin Wyche and Elizabeth his wife, christened February 28, 1762. William Smith, son of Charles Collier and Susanna his wife, born May 26, 1762. William, son of Henry Brodnax and Anne his wife, born March 3, 1762. Augustine Claiborne, son of Richard Cocke and Anne his wife, born November 20, 1771. Godfather: Augustine Claiborne. Godmothers: Betty Claiborne and Susanna Claiborne. Christopher Tatum, who had been forty years clerk at Nottoway Church, died Janaury 16, 1750. Certified by John Tatum. John Stokes dies of the small-pox, February 23, 1750-'51. Certified by John Knight. George Pasmore, aged 100, died July 15, 1751. Certified by Matthew Gibbs. This old man came into ye country a soldier in the time of brave Mr. Bacon being in arms for his country. Ann Clack died August 21, 1752. Benjamin Hyde and Mary his wife and three children, all murdered by their own negro man, January 14, 1754. Daniel Eppes, aged eighty-one, died June 6, 1753. Certified by Edward Eppes. James Wyche, a child, died September 2, 1753. Thomas Eldridge died December 4, 1754. Mary Brown died February 15, 1755. Abraham Brown's second wife. Capt. John Mason died September 3, 1755. Certified by Capt. John Mason. Clement Hancock died November 16, 1758. Certified by Clement Hancock. Judith Eldridge, aged sixty-seven, died October 14, 1759. Certified by William Eldridge. Capt. James Gee, aged sixty-five, died October 28, 1759. Certified by Henry Gee. George Booth, aged eighty-four, died August 14, 1763. Certified by George Booth, his grandson. Elizabeth Mason, wife of John, died August 21, 1763. Certified by Major John Mason. Edward, son of Henry Faison and Lucy his wife, born May 10, 1767. Page 4. Elizabeth Mason, wife of John, died August 21, 1763. Certified by Major John Mason. Eliza Green, daughter of William Hancock and Rebecca his wife, born October 27, 1766. Godfather: David Jones. Godmothers: Mary and Sarah Jones. Sarah Capel, aged 102, died September 19, 1763. Certified by Moses Johnson. John, son of John Hancock and Mary his wife, born August 6, 1751. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Ellis and Hannah his wife, born January 22, 1752. Godfathers: William Ellis, Thomas Poem. Jemima, daughter of Robert Hancock and Elizabeth his wife, born December 9, 1753. Mary, daughter Richard Hill and Margery his wife, born April 15, 1760. Mary, daughter of John Power and Elizabeth his wife, born March 27, 1759. Susanna, daugher of Charles Collier and Susanna his wife, born February 27, 1761. Sara, daughter Benjamin Hancock and Jane his wife, born April 6, 1747. Robert Jones, son of Robert Jones of this parish, Attorney-General of North Carolina, in the forty-ninth year of his age, died October 2, 1766. Jean Wyllie,* my niece, in her twentieth year, died September 16, 1767. She came into the country at the beginning of June last. Mary, wife of Hartwell Marable, died December 26, 1770. Mr. George Nicolas, clerk of Dinwiddie county. "I preached his funeral sermon, 20 March, 1771; d. March 9, 1771." Certified by Mr. John Ruffin, Jr. Henry Tyler aged seventy-three, died January 2, 1774. Certified by John Tyler. Capt. Henry Harrison died January 28, 1772. This gent. was taken ill on Saturday, the 25th of this month. George Randall, clerk of St. Mark's Parish Church, died February 8, 1772. Certified by Nathaniel Dunn. _________________________________________________________ *Rev. William Willie was minister of this parish during the period of this Register, 1738-1776. Page 5. Capt. William Eldridge died April 7, 1772. Major Edward Pettway died February 13, 1773. Mary, wife of Charles Harrison, died July 25, 1775. Certified by Cole Claiborne. Richard Jones, in his seventy-second year, died February 18, 1774. Ann, his wife, in her sixty-sixth year, died February 21, 1774. Certified by Hamilton Jones. Hannah, wife of Capt. James Jones, died January 25, 1774. Certified by Thomas Jones, her son. James Brown -- this young man was married to Mary, daughter of Capt. James Jones, 12 April last -- died February 18, 1774. Col. Richard Blunt died April 13, 1774. He was in his thirty-sixth year, born January 4, 1739. Henry Harwell Marable died September 17, 1774. Robert Jones, in his eighty-first year, died February 14, 1775. Mr. Jones was born in November, 1694. William Brodnax died March 13, 1775. Certified by William W. Wyche. Samuel, son of William Brodnax and Mary his wife, born March 24, 1774. William Cole, son of William Claiborne and Mary his wife, born August 13, 1773. Godfathers: Ferdinand Leigh, Thos. Moore. Godmother: Eliza West. Capt. Wm. Parham died of the flux May 16, 1775. Certified by Peter Randall. Henry Briggs, died October 25, 1739. Sarah Wyche, died December 29, 1739. Certified by George Wyche. Thomas Eldridge, died November 4, 1740. Certified by Thomas Eldridge. Elizabeth Eldridge, died September 15, 1745. Certified by Thomas Eldridge. Capt. Richard Hill, died July 9, 1775. Martha Eldridge, born October 23, 1749. Certified by Thomas Eldridge Ann Ruffin, died October 26, 1749. Certified by Edmund Ruffin. Page 6. Ann Ruffin, a child, died November 3, 1749. Certified by Edmond Ruffin. Col. Thomas Cocke, of Southwark Parish, died December 2, 1750. Certified by Capt. Lemuel Cocke. Capt. Howell Briggs, in his sixty-sixth year, died April 21, 1775. Certified by Gray Briggs. Capt. Matthew Parham, in his eighty-first year, died April 18, 1772. Certified by Gray Briggs. Rev. Alex. Finnie, M. A., rector of Brandon Parish in Prince George, forty-six years, in the seventieth year of his age, died November 17, 1770. Certified by John Austin Finnie, his son. Sylvanus Stokes died February 6, 1748-'49. Certified by Jones Stokes.