John's decendants do not agree on his wife's name. Some say he married Margaret Crawford, while others maintain he married Mary Margaret Sitlington.
"The Compendium of American Genealogy" lists his wife as "Mary Margaret Sitlington, born 1729, died 1797, daughter of Robert and Mary "Polly" (Feamster) Stilington."
John was a landowner, merchant, tanner, constable, road overseer, and was Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was Captain of a Militia under his uncle, General Andrew Lewis, in theBattle of Point Pleasant. He served with the Augusta County, Virginia troops during the Revolution. He served with Colonel John Boyer's Regiment, and in Campbell's Brigade under LaFayette, and was with Col. Robertson when Tarlton plundered Charlottesville. Later he was made a Major.
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John's decendants do not agree on his wife's name. Some say he married Margaret Crawford, while others maintain he married Mary Margaret Sitlington."The Compendium of American Genealogy" lists his wife as "Mary Margaret Sitlington, born 1729, died 1797, daughter of Robert and Mary "Polly" (Feamster) Stilington."
John was a landowner, merchant, tanner, constable, road overseer, and was Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was Captain of a Militia under his uncle, General Andrew Lewis, in theBattle of Point Pleasant. He served with the Augusta County, Virginia troops during the Revolution. He served with Colonel John Boyer's Regiment, and in Campbell's Brigade under LaFayette, and was with Col. Robertson when Tarlton plundered Charlottesville. Later he was made a Major.
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The earliest BRATTON immigrants in the mid-Atlantic area show up on the eastern shore of Maryland in the mid-to-late 1600s. Offshoots of
this group comprise some of the Pennsylvania BRATTON lines. There are numerous BRATTON immigrants prior to 1800 and most are unrelated to each other.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of published material on the surname which includes undocumented family tradition, not supported by any documentation located to date.Robert Bratton did not have a middle name. In none of the Virginia records is he named anything other than just "Robert Bratton."
He is not a son of Andrew Bratton of Pennsylvania. The ages and dates are not consistent with that relationship, and that Andrew is one
who probably connects back to the BRATTONs of Maryland. The name of "Audrea" as wife of Andrew is a mis-reading of "Mrs. Andrew
Bratton"[One of my pet peeves is the use of "Mrs. ______ _____" when the wife's name is unknown. It provides no useful information and
confuses many inexperienced researchers!]If you are working on the line of Robert or James BRATTON of Virginia, please contact me for a comprehensive research report on the
family.
Birth: ABT 1712
Note: In 1773 court papers contain the statement "Robert Bratton, aged 60 years, 20 May 1772."
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Death: BEF 18 OCT 1783 in Augusta Co., VA
Note:
Will: 10 MAY 1783 Augusta Co., VANote:
In his will he mentions wife, Ann, sons James, George, John and
Adam, daughters Agnes (husband William Givens) and "unhappy daughter" Mary.
Son John named trustee of 200 designated for support & maintenance of dau Mary. Proved 18 Oct 1785 by John Poage & John Dunlap.2
Event: Robert Davis for detaining part of Archibald Crockett's estate sued 21 MAY 1752 Augusta Co., VACaptain in the French and Indian War. Member of the Council of War for the protection of the Virginia Frontier, 1756, the owner of 2284 acres of land in Augusta county and elsewhere. married in 1745 to Anne MacFarlane Dunlap, widow of Capt. Alexander Dunlap. Anne had at least four children by her 1st marriage and at least 6 children by her marriage to Capt. Robert Bratton who was a Captain of Foot in the French and Indian Wars, and maintained that rank the remainder of his life, serving in the VA state militia. He also served on the Council for the Protection of the Virginia Frontier during the Franch and Indian Wars. Family search shows birth in Ulster, Ireland
Siblings:
William, Samuel, James
Birth could be Pennsylvania or Augusta, Vir
Death could be 1798
Note: A Centennial History of Alleghany County, by Oren F. Morton, p. 199. Capt. Bratton married Ann McFarland Dunlap, widow of Capt Alexander Dunlap; he was also administrator of the estate of Capt. James Dunlap, a close relative of Alexander Dunlap.Annals of Bath County VA by Oren F. Morton, 1917, p. 187: William Bratton, one of the picked men of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803, was a grandson of Robert Bratton of the Calfpasture. A monument stands over his grave in Indiana giving his services in that famous expedition.
Annals of Bath County VA by Oren F. Morton, 1917, p. 189: Robert Bratton was one of four brothers. Samuel remained in Pennsylvania, James settled in Montgomery County, and the sons of the fourth went to South Carolina. Robert married the widow of Alexander Dunlap. His sons, James and Adam, remained here, two sons going to Kentucky.
Robert Bratton is listed as a Revolutionary War ancestor by the Sarah Murray Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Warm Springs, Vriginia. Source: The New History of Highland County, Virginia, 1983, published by The Highland County Historical Society, Inc. p 266According to email from Cherie Haskins, Capt. Robert Bratton was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Batton family later went to Ohio, Indiana, then Missouri.
Military Service: 1756 Militia Captain of Foot during the French and Indian Wars.
Military Service: BET. 1774 - 1783 Captain during the Revolutionary War.Will written 5/10/1783, probated 10/18/1785 in Augusta Co. VA. Is in Will book 6 pg 492.
Captain in the French and Indian War. Member of the Council of War for the protection of the Virginia Frontier, 1756, the owner of 2284 acres of land in Augusta county and elsewhere; by Frederick Virkus, "Comendium of American Genealogy" Vol 2, page 337
***************************************************As listed in 1965 DAR Magazine and "The Roots Tracer", Winter Vol. 7, # 2 Edited for BBS use by THE LEARNING PLACE BBS the following is found under the Bratton name:
BRATTON, Pvt. William: B 1778 Augusta Co, VA of Irish parents; a blacksmith & gunsmith; m in 1819; 8 sons & 2 daus. D 1841 in Waynestown, IN.The Captains of the expedition, and particularly Clark, were unconcerned about spelling the names of their men correctly, and, others tried to join in the notoriety, thus a true roster can never be learned.
From above, Captain Robert Bratton was probally not a member of the expedition.
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Antrim County
The earliest BRATTON immigrants in the mid-Atlantic area show up on the eastern shore of Maryland in the mid-to-late 1600s. Offshoots of
this group comprise some of the Pennsylvania BRATTON lines. There are numerous BRATTON immigrants prior to 1800 and most are unrelated to each other.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of published material on the surname which includes undocumented family tradition, not supported by any documentation located to date.Robert Bratton did not have a middle name. In none of the Virginia records is he named anything other than just "Robert Bratton."
He is not a son of Andrew Bratton of Pennsylvania. The ages and dates are not consistent with that relationship, and that Andrew is one
who probably connects back to the BRATTONs of Maryland. The name of "Audrea" as wife of Andrew is a mis-reading of "Mrs. Andrew
Bratton"[One of my pet peeves is the use of "Mrs. ______ _____" when the wife's name is unknown. It provides no useful information and
confuses many inexperienced researchers!]If you are working on the line of Robert or James BRATTON of Virginia, please contact me for a comprehensive research report on the
family.
Birth: ABT 1712
Note: In 1773 court papers contain the statement "Robert Bratton, aged 60 years, 20 May 1772."
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Will: 10 MAY 1783 Augusta Co., VANote:
In his will he mentions wife, Ann, sons James, George, John and
Adam, daughters Agnes (husband William Givens) and "unhappy daughter" Mary.
Son John named trustee of 200 designated for support & maintenance of dau Mary. Proved 18 Oct 1785 by John Poage & John Dunlap.2
Event: Robert Davis for detaining part of Archibald Crockett's estate sued 21 MAY 1752 Augusta Co., VACaptain in the French and Indian War. Member of the Council of War for the protection of the Virginia Frontier, 1756, the owner of 2284 acres of land in Augusta county and elsewhere. married in 1745 to Anne MacFarlane Dunlap, widow of Capt. Alexander Dunlap. Anne had at least four children by her 1st marriage and at least 6 children by her marriage to Capt. Robert Bratton who was a Captain of Foot in the French and Indian Wars, and maintained that rank the remainder of his life, serving in the VA state militia. He also served on the Council for the Protection of the Virginia Frontier during the Franch and Indian Wars. Family search shows birth in Ulster, Ireland
Siblings:
William, Samuel, James
Birth could be Pennsylvania or Augusta, Vir
Death could be 1798
Note: A Centennial History of Alleghany County, by Oren F. Morton, p. 199. Capt. Bratton married Ann McFarland Dunlap, widow of Capt Alexander Dunlap; he was also administrator of the estate of Capt. James Dunlap, a close relative of Alexander Dunlap.Annals of Bath County VA by Oren F. Morton, 1917, p. 187: William Bratton, one of the picked men of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803, was a grandson of Robert Bratton of the Calfpasture. A monument stands over his grave in Indiana giving his services in that famous expedition.
Annals of Bath County VA by Oren F. Morton, 1917, p. 189: Robert Bratton was one of four brothers. Samuel remained in Pennsylvania, James settled in Montgomery County, and the sons of the fourth went to South Carolina. Robert married the widow of Alexander Dunlap. His sons, James and Adam, remained here, two sons going to Kentucky.
Robert Bratton is listed as a Revolutionary War ancestor by the Sarah Murray Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Warm Springs, Vriginia. Source: The New History of Highland County, Virginia, 1983, published by The Highland County Historical Society, Inc. p 266According to email from Cherie Haskins, Capt. Robert Bratton was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Batton family later went to Ohio, Indiana, then Missouri.
Military Service: 1756 Militia Captain of Foot during the French and Indian Wars.
Military Service: BET. 1774 - 1783 Captain during the Revolutionary War.Will written 5/10/1783, probated 10/18/1785 in Augusta Co. VA. Is in Will book 6 pg 492.
Captain in the French and Indian War. Member of the Council of War for the protection of the Virginia Frontier, 1756, the owner of 2284 acres of land in Augusta county and elsewhere; by Frederick Virkus, "Comendium of American Genealogy" Vol 2, page 337
***************************************************As listed in 1965 DAR Magazine and "The Roots Tracer", Winter Vol. 7, # 2 Edited for BBS use by THE LEARNING PLACE BBS the following is found under the Bratton name:
BRATTON, Pvt. William: B 1778 Augusta Co, VA of Irish parents; a blacksmith & gunsmith; m in 1819; 8 sons & 2 daus. D 1841 in Waynestown, IN.The Captains of the expedition, and particularly Clark, were unconcerned about spelling the names of their men correctly, and, others tried to join in the notoriety, thus a true roster can never be learned.
From above, Captain Robert Bratton was probally not a member of the expedition.
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Died Single.
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Die year after arriving in Rockbridge County, VASource: Earliene Kaelin Alexander Dunlap GenForum Posting 4/2/98
Moved to Augusta County, VA in 1743Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Postings 7/19/98,5/19/98
Resided in Orange and Augusta Counties in Virginia
"...a man of some means, was appointed a captain of horse in 1743...succeeded in this position by William Jameson."
Explored the Bluegrass region of Kentucky in 1776 with James Gay, Jr.Source: Nila Tyrrel, nila9@maplecity.com - Nila provided documents called Ancestors of Robert Dunlap, Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Gay, Descendants of Alexander Dunlap and Descendants of John Risk, Sr., that I used information from to supplement the data I already had from the above sources. I didn't change any information that she listed that conflicted with what I already had. The following was also included:
Came from Ireland to Augusta County, VA, now Rockbridge County, VA, along with William, Captain James and Hugh Dunlap, all related. Hugh Dunlap was the first merchant in Knoxville, TN. Alexander was Captain of Horse, 1743; first settler oof the Calfpasture region of the Valley of Virginia frontier.
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Source: Whitlock Family Association 1/99
Die year after arriving in Rockbridge County, VASource: Earliene Kaelin Alexander Dunlap GenForum Posting 4/2/98
Moved to Augusta County, VA in 1743Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Postings 7/19/98,5/19/98
Resided in Orange and Augusta Counties in Virginia
"...a man of some means, was appointed a captain of horse in 1743...succeeded in this position by William Jameson."
Explored the Bluegrass region of Kentucky in 1776 with James Gay, Jr.Source: Nila Tyrrel, nila9@maplecity.com - Nila provided documents called Ancestors of Robert Dunlap, Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Gay, Descendants of Alexander Dunlap and Descendants of John Risk, Sr., that I used information from to supplement the data I already had from the above sources. I didn't change any information that she listed that conflicted with what I already had. The following was also included:
Came from Ireland to Augusta County, VA, now Rockbridge County, VA, along with William, Captain James and Hugh Dunlap, all related. Hugh Dunlap was the first merchant in Knoxville, TN. Alexander was Captain of Horse, 1743; first settler oof the Calfpasture region of the Valley of Virginia frontier.
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Calfpasture 125 acres 1760 Dunlap Creek, Bratton's Run"The will of John Dunlap, written in 1804, provides a sum to build a gallery for the negro worshippers." of the Lebanon Church, organized in 1784 in the home of William Hodge. First meeting house stood close to the Augusta line; the second, half-mile to the south and in Rockbridge.
In 1776 visited Ohio & acquired 7000 acres in Ross county, including old Shwnee town of Chillicothe. Also 1436 in Kentucky. Was the largest landholder in Rockbridge.
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Calfpasture 125 acres 1760 Dunlap Creek, Bratton's Run"The will of John Dunlap, written in 1804, provides a sum to build a gallery for the negro worshippers." of the Lebanon Church, organized in 1784 in the home of William Hodge. First meeting house stood close to the Augusta line; the second, half-mile to the south and in Rockbridge.
In 1776 visited Ohio & acquired 7000 acres in Ross county, including old Shwnee town of Chillicothe. Also 1436 in Kentucky. Was the largest landholder in Rockbridge.
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Killed at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781.
Owned two plantations in Rockbridge County, VA.Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Fought at Point Pleasant and was an ensign in the Battle of Guilford. It is said he refused to obey an order of retreat. Owned Aspen Grove in Rockbridge. Widow married James CourseySource: Nila Tyrrel, nila9@maplecity.com - Nila provided documents called Ancestors of Robert Dunlap, Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Gay, Descendants of Alexander Dunlap and Descendants of John Risk, Sr., that I used information from to supplement the data I already had from the above sources. I didn't change any information that she listed that conflicted with what I already had. The following was also included:
Ensign Robert Dunlap of Aspen Grove, Rockbridge County, VA, furnished money to the McConnells to found McConnells' Station, located in what is now Lexington, KY, for which he was to receive 500 acres of present site of Lexington, but this estate was lost to grandchildren by decision of Court of Appeals of Kentucky in 1805. Ensign at Battle of Guilford Courthouse in which he was lost or killed because he refused to obey orders to retreat given by his half-brother.
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Source: Whitlock Family Association 1/99
Killed at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781.
Owned two plantations in Rockbridge County, VA.Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Fought at Point Pleasant and was an ensign in the Battle of Guilford. It is said he refused to obey an order of retreat. Owned Aspen Grove in Rockbridge. Widow married James CourseySource: Nila Tyrrel, nila9@maplecity.com - Nila provided documents called Ancestors of Robert Dunlap, Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Gay, Descendants of Alexander Dunlap and Descendants of John Risk, Sr., that I used information from to supplement the data I already had from the above sources. I didn't change any information that she listed that conflicted with what I already had. The following was also included:
Ensign Robert Dunlap of Aspen Grove, Rockbridge County, VA, furnished money to the McConnells to found McConnells' Station, located in what is now Lexington, KY, for which he was to receive 500 acres of present site of Lexington, but this estate was lost to grandchildren by decision of Court of Appeals of Kentucky in 1805. Ensign at Battle of Guilford Courthouse in which he was lost or killed because he refused to obey orders to retreat given by his half-brother.
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Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Immigrated from Ireland in 1718.In Augusta County, VA, before 1750; possibly came from
Lancaster, PASettled near Warm Springs. Their cabin home was located on the
Jackson River in what is now Bath County, VA. They died there
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died after 1782
Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Immigrated from Ireland in 1718.In Augusta County, VA, before 1750; possibly came from
Lancaster, PASettled near Warm Springs. Their cabin home was located on the
Jackson River in what is now Bath County, VA. They died there
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Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Lieutenant of Augusta County VA militia in 1780
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Death from exposure while returning from a barn raising.
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Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Death from exposure while returning from a barn raising.
Fought in the Indian Battle at Point Pleasant in 1774, wounded having his eye knocked out by an Indian arrow. Fought in the Revolution, Indian fighter, and Captain of his company in case of Indian raids.
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Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact
Wounded at Point Pleasant 10/10/1774 under the command of Colonel Andrew Lewis
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First settler on the Calfpasture.Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact (1970s)
Came to Calfpasture with wife, four children, and indentured servant, Abraham Muishaw. Cabin stood near the spot now occupied by the Alleghany Inn. Lot 1, 625 acres, $68.69 295 acres sold to Robert Dunlap in 1761 for $333.33; owned 90 acres in 1769, Calfpasture above Jameson."Geographically distinct from the rest of Rockbridge, and not properly a part of the Valley of Virginia, is the secton of the county west of North Mountain and bove the lower Goshen Pass. In the very dawn of settlement it became known as the Calfpasture, or simply as "the Pastures", because it already comprised a large area of open ground. Its leading watercourses were first known as "the Great River of the Calfpasture" and "the Little Riber of the Calfpasture". It will thus be seen that the valley named the streams and not the streams the valley. In what manner the names Calfpasture, Cowpasture, and Bullpasture came into existence is not clearly known. The Cowpasture was first known as Clover Creek and the Bullpasture as Newfoundland Creek. Great and Little rivers head in Augusta and Mill Creek in Bath. but the larger and more important share of the Calfpasture basin lies in this county, and with respect to the pioneer families it will be treated as a whole. In the timbered and sparsely peopled vally of Bratton's Run is the reort of Rockbridge Alum Springs. At the mouth of Mill Creek is the town of Goshen. A little above is Panther Gap, utilized by the first railroad to cross the Alleghanies in this latitude. On Great and Little Rivers is a considerable area of low-lying land, somewhat thin, but otherwise well-suited to agriculture. Why this section of the Pastures should ahve been included in Rockbridge is not at this day very obvious. It was doubtless the work of influential men. We do know that some of the inhabitants did not like being place din this county. We also know that when the people of the Bath area began moving for a new county in 1777, they wished the Calfpasture to be a part of it. The people of the Pastures seem to have about evenly divided on that question."
Buried at Red Oak Presbyterian Church, Ohio
Settled in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky
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Source: Whitlock Family Association 1/99
First settler on the Calfpasture.Source: Sue Lloyd, Coursey & McFarland GenForum Contact (1970s)
Came to Calfpasture with wife, four children, and indentured servant, Abraham Muishaw. Cabin stood near the spot now occupied by the Alleghany Inn. Lot 1, 625 acres, $68.69 295 acres sold to Robert Dunlap in 1761 for $333.33; owned 90 acres in 1769, Calfpasture above Jameson."Geographically distinct from the rest of Rockbridge, and not properly a part of the Valley of Virginia, is the secton of the county west of North Mountain and bove the lower Goshen Pass. In the very dawn of settlement it became known as the Calfpasture, or simply as "the Pastures", because it already comprised a large area of open ground. Its leading watercourses were first known as "the Great River of the Calfpasture" and "the Little Riber of the Calfpasture". It will thus be seen that the valley named the streams and not the streams the valley. In what manner the names Calfpasture, Cowpasture, and Bullpasture came into existence is not clearly known. The Cowpasture was first known as Clover Creek and the Bullpasture as Newfoundland Creek. Great and Little rivers head in Augusta and Mill Creek in Bath. but the larger and more important share of the Calfpasture basin lies in this county, and with respect to the pioneer families it will be treated as a whole. In the timbered and sparsely peopled vally of Bratton's Run is the reort of Rockbridge Alum Springs. At the mouth of Mill Creek is the town of Goshen. A little above is Panther Gap, utilized by the first railroad to cross the Alleghanies in this latitude. On Great and Little Rivers is a considerable area of low-lying land, somewhat thin, but otherwise well-suited to agriculture. Why this section of the Pastures should ahve been included in Rockbridge is not at this day very obvious. It was doubtless the work of influential men. We do know that some of the inhabitants did not like being place din this county. We also know that when the people of the Bath area began moving for a new county in 1777, they wished the Calfpasture to be a part of it. The people of the Pastures seem to have about evenly divided on that question."
Buried at Red Oak Presbyterian Church, Ohio
Settled in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky
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Samuel Given was born in Antrim County, Ireland in 1680 and died in Orange County, VA in 1740. He married Sarah Cathay in Ireland in 1718.
The family came to Orange County VA in 1738. An item of importance is the following: in Deed Book III, p. 13, is the following order: "Deed (or release) dated Sept. 28, 1738, William Beverly of Essex county, Virginia, Gentleman of the first part, and Samuel Givens, of Orange County, farmer, of the other part, - for and in consideration of seven pounds, ten shillings, and six pence, - deeds 311 acres of land known as Beverly Manor." This was duly signed by William Beverly. This deed was recorded Sept. 28, 1738.
This became home of Samuel Givens and his family, and here he lived and died, his death occurring in the Fall of 1740.
Samuel appeared in Orange County Court, February 28, 1739, to swear that he had imported himself, Sarah (his wife), and his children - John, Samuel, James, Martha, Elizabeth, William, Margaret, Sarah, and Jane, from Ireland to Philadelphia and thence to Orange County, VA at his own expense. His importation papers are dated August 23, 1739. This affidavit was necessary for him to hold property.
Samuel's will was dated October 22, 1740 and is recorded in Will Book I, Orange County, VA. The will was probated May 28, 1741.
In this will Samuel provides for all his children - John, Samuel, James, William, Martha, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Jane and "if it happens the child my wife goes with proves a manchild, my four male heirs must purchase the child if it lives to come to age, three hundred acres of land to him and his heirs forever. This was a manchild, born after his death, viz: George Given, who became a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
On May 28, 1741, James Cathay and Robert Turk appeared before Jonathon Gibson, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, and made oath as to the facts in the will. A test-copy was furnished by Katherine Brown, deputy clerk of Orange County, Virginia.
In Order Book B, p. 47 is another item of interest. At a court held for Orange County, on Thursday, August 23, 1739, Samuel Given and John Lewis, Gentlemen, having taken the oath appointed by act of Parliment to be taken instead of the oath of alligiance and supremacy and the oaths of abduration and subscribed that test, afterward severally took the oath of Justice of the Peace for this county accordingly.
Samuel Given was born in Antrim County, Ireland in 1680 and died in Orange County, VA in 1740. He married Sarah Cathay in Ireland in 1718.
The family came to Orange County VA in 1738. An item of importance is the following: in Deed Book III, p. 13, is the following order: "Deed (or release) dated Sept. 28, 1738, William Beverly of Essex county, Virginia, Gentleman of the first part, and Samuel Givens, of Orange County, farmer, of the other part, - for and in consideration of seven pounds, ten shillings, and six pence, - deeds 311 acres of land known as Beverly Manor." This was duly signed by William Beverly. This deed was recorded Sept. 28, 1738.
This became home of Samuel Givens and his family, and here he lived and died, his death occurring in the Fall of 1740.
Samuel appeared in Orange County Court, February 28, 1739, to swear that he had imported himself, Sarah (his wife), and his children - John, Samuel, James, Martha, Elizabeth, William, Margaret, Sarah, and Jane, from Ireland to Philadelphia and thence to Orange County, VA at his own expense. His importation papers are dated August 23, 1739. This affidavit was necessary for him to hold property.
Samuel's will was dated October 22, 1740 and is recorded in Will Book I, Orange County, VA. The will was probated May 28, 1741.
In this will Samuel provides for all his children - John, Samuel, James, William, Martha, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Jane and "if it happens the child my wife goes with proves a manchild, my four male heirs must purchase the child if it lives to come to age, three hundred acres of land to him and his heirs forever. This was a manchild, born after his death, viz: George Given, who became a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
On May 28, 1741, James Cathay and Robert Turk appeared before Jonathon Gibson, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, and made oath as to the facts in the will. A test-copy was furnished by Katherine Brown, deputy clerk of Orange County, Virginia.
In Order Book B, p. 47 is another item of interest. At a court held for Orange County, on Thursday, August 23, 1739, Samuel Given and John Lewis, Gentlemen, having taken the oath appointed by act of Parliment to be taken instead of the oath of alligiance and supremacy and the oaths of abduration and subscribed that test, afterward severally took the oath of Justice of the Peace for this county accordingly.
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