Francis Thornton

Francis married Mary Frances Gregory about 1734 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia. Mary was born in 1720 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 22 Jan 1790 in Stafford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Thornton was born about 1740; died on 30 Apr 1781.
2. Francis Thornton was born on 17 May 1743 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia; died in Mar 1795 in Spotsylvania Co, Virginia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1735, Essex Co, Virginia

Notes:

Other-Begin:
One of the excrs. to Charles Taliaferro's will was Francis Thornton, husband of Mary (Taliaferro) Thornton--the sister of John Taliaferro of "Snow Creek" and a niece of the decedent.

Francis married Mary Elizabeth Taliaferro on 3 Sep 1703 in Snow Creek, Essex Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Colonel John "The Ranger" Taliaferro and Sarah Smith) was born about 1685 in Powhattan Plant, Essex Co, Virginia; died after 1758 in of, Essex Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The TALIAFERRO Family in Legend and History.
The TALIAFERRO family has since near the beginning of the history of the Virginia Colony been an influential and cultured family. The name is pronounced as though it were spelled "TOLIVER."
The legend as to the beginning of the family name is that Julius CAESAR, while inspecting the Roman military camp at Gaul at twilight, was surrounded by hostile Gaelic warriors. CAESAR's bravery caused the leader of the band to spare his life. In the course of time that leader, himself a captive of CAESAR, was freed and made a personal attendant of CARSAR. Although Romans only were permitted to bear arms, an exception was made for that Gaelic leader, and he became known by the latin names of "telum" or dart, and "ferro" which means "to bear."
[NOTE] The family has been prominant for many years; the favorite wife of King John of ENG was Isabel, daughter of County Aymer de TAILLEFER, the swordsmith. And to get to the ancestry we can trace, we have to move forward only about three hundred years.

Francis married Alice Savage in 1678 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. Alice was born about 1653 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died after 1700 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 21 Jun 1715, Essex Co, Virginia; written

Notes:

lieutenant of rangers against the Indians, Justice of Essex, Sheriff, and in 1699 member of the House of Burgesses

John married Sarah Smith in 1682 in St. Carolines Parish, Essex Co, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Major Lawrence Smith, (desc of Wm I "the Lion" of Scotland) and Mary Debnam) was born in 1661 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1720 in Essex Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 1666, Gloucester Co, Virginia; Richard White
• Property: 1666/7, "Taliferro's Mount," Old Rappahannock, Essex Co, Virginia

Notes:

He apparently "came to Virginia in 1645. He was a man of prominence; he and his sons holding high state and church offices in the Colony. He owned large tracts of land, including one of 6,500 acres which he patented jointly with Major Lawrence Smith. His children and grand-children were related by blood and marriage to the first families of Virginia; their names being mentioned in 'The Genuine Aristoc of Virginia' and in The Richmond Critic as 'The First Families of Virginia.' Robert Taliaferro was married to Sarah Grymes, daughter of Rev. Charles Grymes, of 'Brandon,' then of Gloucester County, now of Middlesex County. Robert Taliaferro and Maj. Lawrence Smith, being great friends and intimately associated in business, were drawn closer together by the intermarriage of their children, John Taliaferro and Sarah Smith. The terms of the Treaty of Yorktown were arranged in the Moore House which, at one time, belonged to Maj. Lawrence Smith, and at this time was owned and occupied by his great-granddaughter, Lucy, the wife of Col. Augustine Moore. Nicholoas Taliaferro, the great-great-grandson of Major Lawrence Smith, was present when the treaty was made. This estate is now known as 'Temple Farm.' [citations omitted.]"
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Property:
A collection of P. 79: DEED
RICHARD AND ADRIA WHITE to ROBERT TALIAFERRO, 1666 Richard (Witnesses) Richd X White John Catlett Adria X White
Tho: Goodrich Tho: Hawkins _________

Property:
1666/7, he moved to the place that came to be called ?Taliaferro?s Mount? on the Rappahannock River in Old Rappahannock/Essex/Caroline County, near the site of the present town of Port Royal.

Robert married Catherine Debnam in 1658 in York Co, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)) was born in 1628 in Kent, England; died in Nov 1672 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

daughter of Rev. Charles Grymes, of 'Brandon,' then of Gloucester County, now of Middlesex County.

note: It was long ago believed that the wife of Robert Taliaferro, Sr., was "Sarah Grymes," supposedly a daughter of the Reverend Charles and Katherine Grymes. Later it was found that Mrs. Robert Taliaferro's name was Katherine, not Sarah, and thus for a time she was given as "Katherine Grymes." Finally, more thorough research established that the wife of Robert Taliaferro was Katherine Debnam, a daughter of Katherine (Unknown) Debnam Grymes by her marriage to William Debnam, and thus a step-daughter, not daughter, of the Reverend Charles Grymes. No Sarah or Katherine Grymes is documented as a child of Katherine (Unknown) Debnam and Charles Grymes. The only child proven for them was a son, John Grymes I, an account of whom appears later in this report.

Few matriarchs in Virginia history produced so notable a progeny as Katherine (Unknown) Debnam Grymes, and one cannot help wondering at the mystery of her own name and origin. It is likely that she belonged to a gentry family in England, one already well known to the families among whom her children and descendants married in Virginia. While it has been supposed that she came to Virginia with her parents, or was born in Virginia, the possibility must be considered that she may have arrived from England with a husband prior to William Debnam. Until further facts are obtained, her early life remains a matter of conjecture. (Her identity was likely recorded with her marriage in the earliest and now evidently lost records of New Poquoson Parish, Charles River/York County.)

KATHERINE (UNKNOWN), born probably by 1620, may have been born in Virginia or may have come to Virginia as a member of her parents? family, whose surname is unknown, or with a first husband, whose name is now lost. The circumstances of her presence in the colony before 1637/8 are not established. Her first known husband, William Debnam, is documented. (Variations of his family name include Dedman, Deadman, Debman, Debenham, and others; the present writer believes the name was likely Debingham and that it was contracted by English usage into "Debnam."

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From: Jeff Duvall
Subject: Re: CADWALLADER JONES
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:00:40 -0500
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2001-01/0980985640

There are several well-documented sources for information on this Cadwallader Jones. Perhaps the most important are a series of articles which appeared in *The Virginia Genealogist* in the mid-1990s beginning with Henry G. Taliaferro's "Who Was Catherine, The Wife of Colonel Cadwallader Jones of Virginia?" (vol. 38, no. 3, July-Sept, 1994). Taliaferro makes a very persuasive case for identifying Jones' wife Catherine as Catherine DEBNAM, daughter of William and Catherine Debnam and widow of Robert Taliaferro. This is of particular interest since another daughter of William and Catherine Debnam is thought to be Mary, wife of Maj. Lawrence SMITH (a descendant of William I "the Lion" of Scotland).

Notes:

The children of Robert and Katherine (Debnam) Taliaferro were: (1) Robert Taliaferro, Jr., died 1688, married Sarah Catlett, daughter of Colonel John Catlett, Sr., and his wife Elizabeth (Underwood) Taylor Slaughter, later Butler (see later, Catlett Excursus), and lived at ?Church Neck,? Essex County; (2) Francis Taliaferro, died 1710, married Elizabeth Catlett, sister of Sarah Catlett (see Catlett Excursus), and lived first at the head of Ware River in Gloucester County, and later at ?Taliaferro?s Mount,? Essex County; (3) Colonel John
Taliaferro, known as ?The Ranger? for his military service to Virginia, died 1719, member of the House of Burgesses for Essex County in 1699, married his first cousin Sarah Smith, daughter of Colonel Lawrence and Mary (Debnam) Smith (see under 5, below; two of Colonel John Taliaferro?s great-grand-daughters, both named Mildred Thornton and first
cousins to one another, married Colonel Samuel Washington and Charles Washington, both full brothers of President George Washington); (4) Richard Taliaferro, died 1715, married Sarah Wingfield and died in Richmond County (he lived out of Virginia from 1688 to 1704, during which time he was a ship captain and owner and was Chief Judge and member of the Royal Council of the Bahaman Islands, 1699-1703, during the Bahamian governorship of his step-father Colonel Cadwallader Jones; Richard was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1704, and returned late that year to Virginia, King George County [Henry G. Taliaferro, ?John Taliaferro of the Mount,? under Sources]); (5) Katherine Taliaferro, died c.1699, married as his first wife, Colonel John Battaile I, from whom all the Virginia Battailes descend (member of the House of Burgesses, 1693 and 1696-97), a native of Essex, England, who lived in Essex County, Virginia, and who married second, Katherine Taliaferro?s first cousin Elizabeth Smith (see under 5, below); (6) Charles Taliaferro, died 1735, married Mary Carter, and lived in Essex/Caroline County (the writer has been unable to identify this Mary Carter, but others have assumed that she was related to the ?Corotoman? Carters of the Northern
Neck).

Katherine (Debnam) Taliaferro and her second husband, Colonel Cadwallader Jones, evidently had only one child, a daughter, Frances Jones, who married Robert Slaughter (died 1726) of Essex County.
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Notes:

The main article identifying Lawrence Smith's ancestry is "The Townleys and Warners of Virginia and Their English Connections" by Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

The book "Early Virginia Immigrants" lists Lawrence Smith arriving from England in 1652. "Imported" by Capt. Augustine Warner who was married to Mary Townley, sister of Elizabeth Townley, Lawrence's mother. They were daughters of Lawrence Townley, the grandfather of Lawrence Smith. Lawrence Towneley is also the direct ancestor of both George Washington and Robert E. Lee through Mary Townley, wife of Augustine Washington.
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According to "Bacon's Rebellion - 1676" by Thomas J. Wertenbaker, Clearfield Co., Inc. & reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1993, 1994, 1998, pg. 48, Lawrence was a resident of Gloucester county, Virginia, and in March, 1675-1676, he commanded a fort at the head of Rappahannock river. In Bacon's rebellion he sided with Governor Berkeley, and after Bacon's death led the Gloucester "trained hands" against Ingram, but they deserted him. He was surveyor for the counties of Gloucester and York in 1686, and in 1691 laid out Yorktown. In 1699 the governor recommended him as suitable for appointment to the council. He died in 1700. From his coat-of-arms Major Smith appears to have belonged to the Smiths of Totne, County Devon, England. He was father of Colonel John Smith, of the Virginia council.
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Robert Taliaferro and Maj. Lawrence Smith, being great friends and intimately associated in business, were drawn closer together by the intermarriage of their children, John Taliaferro and Sarah Smith.

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Major Lawrence Smith father was Christopher Smith b. March 18, 1595 England d. 1638 England. Mother was Elizabeth Townley Halstead. They married May 3, 1624 she died 1679, she was the widow of Richard Halsted (poss cousin). She had 3 children with Richard, John Halsted, Ellen Halsted, Elizabeth Halsted.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Lawrence Townley who died in 1654 in Stonehedge, England, and Jennett Halsted, daughter of John Halsted who died 1601 in England.
Elizabeth Townley Halsted Smiths sister Mary Townley was the wife of Captain Augustine Warner, who imported his nephew, Major Lawrence Smith to Virginia in 1652.
Christopher Smith and Elizabeth Townley Halsted had the following children.
Richard Smith b. 1635 England
John Smith b. 1624
Major Lawrence Smith
Thomas Smith b. 1637
Christopher Smith.

Christopher Smith (father of Lawrence) he bore the Coat of Arms of the Smiths of Tottne, County Devon, England. Arms: Azure a Chevron between three acrons slipped and leaved.

Major Lawrence Smith was married 1st to Mary Debbanor September 28, 1651 daughter of Wiliam and Katherine Debbanor.
Major Lawrence's home was "Temple Farm" which he bought in 1680.
Isuee: of Major Lawrence Smith
Mary Smith b. 10-24-1652 england
John Smith
Colonel Lawrence Smith
Sarah Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Captain Charles Smith
Captain William Smith
Augustine Smith

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Deed, September 28, 1682, from Francis Taliaferro, of the County of Gloucester, Gent., son and heir apparent of Robert Taliaferro, to his bother John, 1,000 acres as an advancement on account of his marriage to Sarah, dr. of Lawrence Smith. The deed recites that said Robert Taliaferro and Lawrence Smith had on the 26th of March, 1666, surveyed and patented 6,300 acres, in what is now Essex County, Virginia.

Sources:
-Lewis, Merriwethers, and Their Kin, by Sarah Lewis Anderson, first published 1938, p. 214
-William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, Jul 1893, p. 3-21
-Genealogy of Virginia Families, 1991 by Genealogy Publishing, Baltimore County, Maryland, vol. V, p. 330
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Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 7 - 1682-1686; pg 11-13
TO ALL XPIAN People to whom these presents shall come I FRANCIS TALLIAFERRO of the County of GLOUCESTER in Collony of Virginia Gent., Sonn and heire apparent of ROBERT TALLIAFERRO, late of County of Rappa. in the Collony aforesaid deced send Greeting in or: Lord God everlasting. Know yee that for as much as my deced Father, ROBERT TALLIAFERRO, joyntly with LAURENCE SMITH of the County of GLOUCESTER Gent. on the 26th day of March in ye yeare of or: Lord One thousand Six hundred Sixty and six take up and Patent Six thousand & three hundred acres of land being in the aforesaid County of Rappa: Beginning at the mouth of SNOW CREEKE on the South side of Rappa. River and thence running the several courses and distances in the sd Pattent set down and expressed as by said Pattent relation had may appeare and further forasmuch as my said deced Father and the said LAURENCE SMITH by their joynt writing under their hands dated the 16th day of May 1667 and duly acknowledged and recorded in GLOUCESTER COUNTY COURT the same day did mutually agree that if either of them should die before division of the said lands that then & in such case the heires of him soe dying should have equal! right with the Survivors of and unto the said Six thousand three hundred acres of land by them Pattented as by ye records of said Deed may appeare Now Further Know yee that I the said FRANCIS TALLIAFERRO for the good will Natural love and affection which I bear unto my well beloved Brother, JOHN TALLIAFERRO, of the aforesaid County of Rappa., Gent. and for ye future advancemt. of my said Brother (he being now intended by the prmission of Almighty God to marry with SARAH the Daughter of said LAURENCE SMITH) and for divers other causes me thereunto moving have given and by this my prsent indented Deed of Gift doe freely and absolutely give unto my said Brother, JOHN TALLIAFERRO, his heirs, One thousand acres of land being part of the abovesaid Divident and to be laid out and bounded with lines of marked trees as followeth (that is to say) To begin at the Fork of SNOW CREEKE BRANCH by or near the PATH that leads to the FORT and from thence runing West North West for the breadth and South West and by West into the Woods for length to the extent of the Pattent and all the right and demand which I the said FRANCIS TALLIAFERRO now have unto the said land To have and to hold unto my said Brother, JOHN TALLIAFERO, and to his heirs To have and to hold to the use and enjoy without the lawfull lett of the said FRANCIS TALLIAFERRO my heirs or any other persons claiming under me and further I the said FRANCIS TALLIAFERRO either in person or by my lawfull Attorney will make acknowledgment of these prsents in
Rappa. County Court upon request of my said Brother In Witness whereof I have sett my hand this 28th day of September 1682
Sealed and Delivd. in the prsence of us
JOHN MAINE, FRAN: TALLIAFERRO
LEWIS BURWELL,
HENRY CLERK
RICHARD BROOKE
Recognitr in Cur Rappa 7 die Febry Anno 1682 et Recordatr xiiii die
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1690-1694 Middlesex Co Va Order Book; Antient Press: (Page 541)
Court 1st of February 1691/92
- Mr. CHR: ROBINSON, Assignee of Coll. LAUR: SMITH, ye Exr. of RICD, DEWES, bringing his accon to this Court agt. Mr. JNO: SMITH & PHEBE his Wife, ye Admrx. of Mr, GEORGE REEVES, for four hundred forty five pds, swt. sented tobo: due by Bill & ye Defendts. by Mr. TODD, their Attorney, pleading yt: ye sd. Bill being dated ye 27th June 1685 is out of date. It is the oppinion of this Court yt: ye Defendts. plea is good upon which ye sute is dismist
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 364
LAWRENCE SMITH, 119 acs. Gloster Co., II Feb. I657, p. 170, (253). Upon the head of a branch issuing into Ware Riv. in Mockjack Bay, running along trees of Lt. Col. Jno. Walker &c. Trans. of 3 pers: Geo. Musick, Rob. Cooper, Roger Greene.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 5; Pg 548
ROBERT TALIAFRO (Tallifro) & LAWRENCE SMITH, 6300 acs. Rappa. Co., 26 Mar. 1666, p. 481, (587). In the freshes, on S. side & about 4 mi. above Waire Cr., beg. on the E. side of Snowe Cr., running up sd. river on the N. side of sd. Cr. &c. to a vale nere the mouth of Nusaponucks Cr. Stc. Trans. of 126 pers: Samuell Ratcliffe, Nathaniell Mott, William Lobb, Danll. Anderton, Robt. Thruston, Thomas Morgan, Samll. Burgis, Edward Sadler, Edward Graves, Jno. Seniore, Tom - Negro, Wm. Trewin, Robt. Hull, Arthur Poell, Ambrose Hamon, James Walker, Xtopr. Tharnam, Richd. Mould, Abram Watts, Wm. Brett, Giles Lovell, Benj. Hall, Jno. Edwards, Thomas Jackson, Jno. Griffen, 8 Negroes; Jno. Jackson, Peter Malborne, Jno. Gore, Mary Williams, Thomas Hix, Jno. Burby, Georg Young, Georg Baker, Mary Parker, Robt. Merham, Ann Hardware (?), Jno. Davies, Dorcas, Young, Data Gouch (or Grouch), Eiz. Sharp, Wm. Gratwich, Georg Roke James Harrison, James Sewill, Thomas Bone, Wm. Pratt, Jno. Robertson, Leonard Cooke, 3 Negroes; David Jones, Jno. Motley, Jno. Hamerson, Jno. Lew- as, Peter Frissoll, Mary Bake, Eliz. Griffin, 5 Negroes; Henry Cassell Jno. Hayward, James Berkert, Henry Powell, Humphry Thomas, Wm. Greene, Jno. Hunt, Peter Cozon, (or Cozin), Thomas Cheny, Mary Cheny, Robt. Edwards, Blanch Harding, Xpr. Edee Arabella Singleton, Lawrence Smith, Tho. Edward, Jno. Edwards, Wm. Greene, Peter Smith, Wm. Thomas, Jno. Nutt, Eliz Humphries, Henry Johnson, Anthony Baker, Martha Jones, Susan Hunt, Anthony Jones, Mary Greefore, Ann Townsend, Jno. Frissell, Mursin Lilly, Jno. Jones, Margtt. Tompson, Jno. Wray, Wm. Wright, Robt. Pate, Jno. Kelly, Jno. Farrell, Griffetlf Pratt, Edwd, Hoyte, Danll. Adler (or Adlen), Eliz. Tooth, SamII. Baker, Arthur Skinner, Margtt. Tompson, Jno. Wray, Wm. Wright, Abram Stone, Martha Haimon (?), Wm. Batten, Wm. Stanly, Silvester Sparrow, Jno. Boucher, Wm. Thomas, Jonathan Nutt, Peter Wms. (Williams)
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 12
MR. LAWRENCE ,SMITH, 807 acs. Gloster Co., 18. Mar. 1666/7, p, '41. Beg. in the N. br. of Seavern Riv:, dividing this & land of Coll. Augustine Warner, Esqr. ,&c. to Thomas Graves' land, to Tymberneck Cr. .main swamp &c. to Mr. Burwell's line &c to br. parting this & land of Wm. Rawlings. 80 acs. granted to sd. Warner in 1653; 148 acs, granted to him 11 Feb. 1657. both of which he sold to sd, Smith, & 579 acs. for trans. cf 12 pers: Tho. Cooke, Geo. Ballentine, Jno. Cannida, Rich. West, Elizab. Lettsom, Elizab. Pain, Wm. Prickett, Mary Cooke, Rich. Tucker, Fran. Brion, Ann Brown, Elizab
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 6 page 36
MR. WILLIAM BOWLIN, 807 acs., Abbington Parrish, Gloster Co., 14 Apr. 1668, p. 131. Beg, at a small cr. dividing this & land of Coll. Augustine Warner, to Edwd. Wills, to Kerbye's w.o., to swamp dividing this & land of Mr. Law. Smith, &c. 750 acs. granted Mr. David Fox, in 1648 & assigned to sd. Bowlin; & 137 acs. for trans. of 3 pers: Jno. Cheney, Peter Hicks, Wm. Preston.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 6 page 39
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, 170 acs. Gloster Co.,. .20 Apr. 1668, p. 144. Adj. Xpofer; Robins, beg. at the head of a cr. or bay that runs to the N. side of Turtle poynt, crosse a cr. to Mockjack Bay side, &c. Trans. of 4 pers:
Wm. Davis, Tymothy Sisse, Edward Brookman, Ed. Preafe (or Prease).
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Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6, pg 61
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, 75 acs. Gloster Co., Abbington Par., betwixt land of Wm. Alsop, decd., Mr. Tho. Graves, Senr. & his own land; 15 Mar. 1668/9, p. 240. Nere the head of Timber Neck Cr. Trans. of 2 pers: John Fletcher. Jno. Winterbottome.
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Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6, pg 64
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, 75 acs. Gloster Co., Abbington Par., betwixt land of Wm. Alsop, decd., Mr. Tho. Graves, Senr. & his own land; 15 Mar. 1668/9, p. 240. Nere the head of Timber Neck Cr. Trans. of 2 pers: John Fletcher. Jno. Winterbottome
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 6
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH & ANTHO. BUCKNER, 716 acs., Rappa. Co., S. side the Riv., adj. Capt. Tho. Hawkins; 17 Mar. 1672/3, p. 444. Trans. of 14 pers: Richd. Gower, John Delton, Jno. Brookes, Hen. Hodges, Nich.
Bennett, Fra. Cosbrook; & 8 Negroes.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 6 page 139
JOHN BOWSEY, 1668 acs., in the freshes & on S. side of Rappa. Riv., opposite the falls; adj. Capt. Laurence Smith in the line of Capt. Hawkins; land of sd. Smith & Anthony Buckner, &c: 5 Nov. 1673, p. 492. Trans. of 34 pers: Gilbert Hancock, Jona. Grantam, James Strong, Jno. Roberds, Ric. Groves, Jno. Gray, Grace Trent, Robt. Blissed, Abra. Jnoson, Jno. Sturrop, Mary Grantam, Geo. Robbins, Ric. Griffin, Rachell Groves, Antho. Pristoe, Jacob Massy, James Trencher, Ric. Hayes, Roger Smith, Sam. Cheney, (?) Nurse, James Foster, Sarah Winter, Jonat. Turner, Wm. (a) frenchman, Volen. (?) Ostler, Oliver Sergeant,. Jasper Elvin, Ben. Finch, Jonah. Jervis, Sam. Johnson, Susan Turner, Xpher. Gosbin, Francis Wix.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 7 page 279
MR. AUGUSTINE SMITH & MR. WILLIAM SMITH, 6500 acs., in Rap- pa. & New Kent Co.'s; adj. 4600 acs. of Capt. Lawrence Smith; by the Bever damms, neere head of the Reedy Br., &c. 21 Apr. 1684, p. 386. Granted to Capt. Lawrence Smith & Capt. Robert Beverley, 16 Nov. 1674, deserted, & now granted by order &c. Trans. of 92 pers.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS; Patent Book 9 page 96
DAVID BRAY, RICHARD WHARTON, HENRY LIGHTFOOT, & ROBERT AMBROSE, 6500 acs., in Essex & K. & Q. Counties, 2 May 1705, p. 669. Adj. 4600 acs, of Capt. Lawrence Smith; beg. at the Beaver Dams near head of the reedy br., &c. Granted Mr. Augustin Smith & Wm. Smith, 21 Apr. 1684, deserted, & now granted by order, &c. Trans. of 130 pers: Isaac Jamart, Robt. Dale, Ruffeild, Bertrand, John Hurst, Richd. Lowder, Jane Scott, John Rice, James Mocke, John Rogers, Robt. Holman, Tho. Aymen, Peter Freese, Wm. Rea, Wm. Martin, Colem Mackemie, Tho. Amoir, Geo. Ruff, Francis Williams, Wm. Sugar, Sarah Taft, John Yeats, Wm. Casey, Phill. Litchfeild, Robt. Tolt, Patrick Whalin, Tho. Read, Edwd. Mackile, Margt. Mackdaniell, Edwd. Malahan, John Linch, Edwd. Rick, Peter Ineas, John Tandy, James Prad, Richd. Robinson, Fra. Dodson, Richd. Farrington, Marmad. Reddin, Tho. Thompson, Mary Hazleton, Richd. Robinson, Mary Manton, Dennise Cromer, Tho. Carrington, Wm. Williams, Tho, Hucklescott, Mary Simpson, Wm. a Scotch boy, Richd. Robinson, Wm. Miller, Edwd. Maxfeild, Sarah Grim- stead, Richd. Robinson, Robt. ___, Wm. Powell, Edwd. Hughes, John Alexander, Cornelius Moore, John Rochfort, Fra. Mathews, John Day, John Magore, Wm. Holly, Jeffery Adams, John Burgh, John Welbeloved, Abraham Hobden, Tho. Baily, Tho. Newsister, John Strange, Geo. Townsing, Tho. Searle, Martha Curtis, Joseph Cunningham, Cha. Cross, Wm. Loyd, Joseph Lane, John Francis, Tho. ___, Richd. Robinson, Junr., Martha Dag (or Day), John Thomas, John Martyr, Anne Martyr (or Marlyr), Jane Brown, Manuel Symon, Parare - (?), John Dolocroas (?), John Dingwell.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 38
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, 170 acs. Gloster Co., -,20 Apr. 1668, p. 144. Adj. Xpofer. Robins, beg. at the head of a cr. or bay that runs to the N. side of Turtle poynt, -crosse a cr. to Mock- jack Bay side, &c. Trans-. of '4 .pers: Wm. Davis, Tymothy' Sisse, Edward Brookman, Ed. Preafe (or Preafe).
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 61
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, 75 acs. Gloster Co., Abington Par., betwixt land of Wm. Alsop, decd., Mr. Tho. Graves, Senr. & his own land; 15 Mar, 1668/9, p. 240. Nere the head of Timber Neck Cr. Trans. of 2 pers: John Fletcher. Jno, Winterbottome,
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 93
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH, of. Gloster Co., 4972 acs., Rappa. Co., S. side & in the freshes of sd. Riv., on lower side of Nusaponocks Cr., adj. land granted sd. Smith & Mr. Robt. Talliafern; 25 May 1671, p. 356. Trans. of 99 pers: By assignment of Col. Warner 26 Negroes; Jno. Johnson, Jno. Watkins, Jno. Smith, Wm. Smith, Tho. Smith, Wm. Johnson, Jeremie Wilson, Geo, Hobbs, Jno. Crame (or Craine), Geo. James, Wm. Tibbs, Jno. Stevens, Wrn. Stevens, Roger Blackwell, Xtophr. Denny, Cornelius Mathews, Wm. Col- lawn; 12 Irish servts; Jno. Knowles, Wm. Denington, Geo. Brookes, Sam11, Tames, Symon Kingley, Xtophr. Dickens, Thomas Wheatly, Jno. King, Jno. Samp-son, Lawrence Smith twice, Tobyas Cely, Thomas Bood, Ambrose Hammond. Geo. Walter (or Walker), Richd. Mold, Samll. Baker, Jno. Ashton, Xtopher. Adly, James Corveen, Jno. Oyden, Eliz. Sharp. Jno. Read. Arth. .Read, Alexr. Hall, Cuth. Davies, Simon Eliott, Mar- ear. Parland, Wm. Cary, Ja. Scott. Rich. Taylor. Elizb. Spencer, Ellen Harris. Stephen Smith, Richd, Danes (or
Daves), Jno. Browne, Eliz. Harwood.
SAME. 719 acs. Gloster Co., 22 July 1662, p. 357. 119 acs. upon a br. of Ware Riv. in Mobjack Bay, adj. Lt. Col. Jno. Walker; 600 acs. on Beech Sw., neere Mr. Cooke's quarter, along Robin hoods Spring Br., &c. 119 acs. granted him 11 Feb. 1657; & 600 acs. for trans. of 12 pers: Edwd. Bewitt (or B,earitt). Jno. Goss, Nath. Mott, Susanna 'Jones, Mary Thwait, Jno. Lee, Jno. Pratt, Wm. Derrick, Peter Spray, Hannah Gold, Jo. Harbinger, Antho, Yates.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 123
MR. LAWRENCE SMITH & ANTHO. BUCKNER, 716 acs., Rappa. Co., S. side the Riv., adj. Capt. Tho. Hawkins; 17 Mar. 1672/3, p. 444. Trans. of 14 pers: Richd. Gower, John Delton, Jno. Brookes, Hen. Hodges, Nich. Bennett, Fra. Cosbrook; & 8 Negroes.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 160
CAPT. LAURENCE SMITH & CAPT. ROBT. BEVERLY. 6500 acs., Rappa. &c New Kent Co.'s; adj. 4600 acs. of sd. Smith; beg. by the Beaver Dams or near a head of the Ready Br., &c; 16 Nov. 1674. p. 547. Trans. of 130 pers: Hen. Bry, Math. Towers, Edwd. Gittes, Wm. Rowland, Jno. Conmark, Richd. Shay, Eliz, Harwood, Fra. Fox, Jerm. Parsons, Jno. Hall, Math. Robinson, Tho. Knight, Tho. .Hopkins, Wm. Givor (or Guyor), Jno. Linkehorne, David Bourne, Xper Bicks, Wm. Holliday, Mich. Hookam, Jo. Ecalet (or Erale), Ja. Couch, Jno. Yarrow, Hen. Chapman, Geo. Hawsone, Jno. Boyce, Jno. Smith, Rich, Williams, Jon. Gores (or Goods), Jno. Patten, Steph. West, Robt. Elson, Wm. Birdloe, Eliz, Knight, Elen Hitch, Ann Syra, M. Hutchson, Tho. Knell, Sam. Orkney, Geo. King, Richd. Presly, Tho. Mady, Susan Kerne. Eliz. Newty, Wm. Fuller, Ja. Newton, Oliver West, Edwd. Strong, Ja. Linsey. Wm Perry, Arth. Wright. Jane Luse, Wm Roberts. Amb. Neale, Phillip Carey. Jno Douding, Ann Wheatly, Wm. Howell, X per. Lewis, Joane Maynards, Rich. King; 4 Negroes.
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 161
CAPT. LAURENCE SMITH, 330 acs., Gloster Co.. Ahbinton Par., 6 Mar. 1674/5, p. 550. Adj. Col. Ludlow, dec'd., Mr. Jno. Banister, Abbott. Coleman & Edwd. Foster &c. to the hernes nest Pine, &c. Trans. of 7 pers
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 7; Pg 278
MR. AUGUSTINE SMITH & MR. WILLIAM SMITH, 6500 acs., in Rap- pa. & New Kent Co.'s; adj. 4600 acs. of Capt. Lawrence Smith; by the Bever damms, neere head of the Reedy Br., &c. 21 Apr. 1684, p. 386. Granted to Capt. Lawrence Smith & Capt. Robert Beverley, 16 Nov. 1674, deserted, & now granted by order &c. Trans. of 92 pers.*
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 8; Pg 373
MAJ. LAWRANCE SMITH (Smyth), 1200 acs., Gloster Co., in Abbington Par., 20 Oct. 1691, p. 212. S. side of Severne Riv. neare the head, along land of Col. Augustin Warner, dec'd; to Mr. Robert Bryan; along Vallentine Layne & Thomas Graves, to Abraham Broadley; neer dwelling house of William Graves; to land of Mr. Thomas Graves, dec'd; to Gillion White, near house of Robert Earbrough; to Jerimie Hoult, SE side of a Sw. of Timber Neck Cr; to land of Mr. Peters, dec'd; to Capt. Richd. Booker; along Mr. John Meggson; to Maj. Lewis Burwell; crossing the Church Path; &c. 882 granted sd. Smyth, viz: 807 acs. 18 Mar. 1666; 75 acs. 15 Mar. 1668; 318 acs. now taken, for Imp. of 7 pers: Eliza. Long, Robt. Colles, Eliza. Day, Tho. Fanch, Rich. Hust, Tho. Phipps, Hen. Cluthero

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Lawrence married Mary Debnam on 28 Sep 1651 in Old Rappahannock Co, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)) was born in 1633 in Gloucester Co, Virginia; died in 1670 in Essex, or York Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]