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The following notes on families of New Kent County, Virginia are from Sassy Tazzy. She also has a chart of people mentioned in land records there between 1686 and 1763. In addition she notes: “SSS Note: Some of these families are so intertwined that I had difficulty following them just from the notes, so I created a database to help me. Click here to view this WorldConnect database based on these notes.”

MERIWETHER

Nicholas Meriwether, I married Elizabeth Woodhouse. She apparently md 2) Browne. Nicholas Meriwether, II married Elizabeth Crawford, daughter of David Crawford, Sr., son of John Crawford (d. 1676). Jane Meriwether, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether, II, married Col. Robert Lewis. Their daughter, Mary Lewis, married first Samuel Cobbs and married second, Waddy Thompson, Sr., son of David Thompson and Elizabeth Waddy.

CRAWFORD

John Crawford, the emigrant, was killed in Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676. His son David Crawford, Sr. had three children: Capt. David Crawford, Jr. who married 1695 Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Crawford who married Nicholas Meriwether, II, and Sara Crawford who married Thomas Poindexter.

POINDEXTER

Thomas Poindexter, son of George, married Sara Crawford, daughter of David Crawford, Sr., and had John Poindexter who had lands adjacent to Benjamin Brown and Barbary Winston in Hanover Co., VA. John Poindexter married Christian Gossage and had John Poindexter, Jr. whose daughters married Robert Cobbs and Charles Slaughter; another son of John was Joseph Poindexter whose son James married Mary Thomson and son William married Judith Thomson; both daughters of Waddy Thomson, Sr., son of David Thomson.

ANDERSON

Robert Anderson married Cecilia Massie. They had one son, Nelson Anderson, Sr., whose daughter married Waddy Thompson, Sr., son of David Thomson. Another son of Robert Anderson was John Anderson who married Sara Waddy and their daughter, Ann, married David Crawford, III. Robert and Cecilia Anderson also had a son, Capt. Robert Anderson, Jr. who married Mary Overton, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Waters) Overton, and their son, David, married Elizabeth Mills. David and Elizabeth Anderson had a son, Richard, who married first Nancy Meriwether and married second 1779 Milly Thomson, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Waddy Thompson, Jr., son of Waddy Thomson, Sr. The marriage of Milly Thomson to Richard Anderson was secured by W. Thompson and John Thompson, Jr. Richard Anderson was in St. Martin’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA. Sara Anderson, widow of John Anderson of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA, conveyed to John Thomson 80 acres being land Samuel Waddy conveyed 1696 to John and Sarah Anderson. John Anderson married Sarah Waddy.

OVERTON

William Overton married Elizabeth Waters. Their daughter, Mary, married Capt. Robert Anderson. Another daughter, Temperance Overton, married Capt. William Harris. Another daughter, Barbara (Barbery) married James Winston and perhaps secondly William Winston.

WINSTON

Isaac Winston, Jr., had a son, James, who married Barbara Overton. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Capt. William Carr, and their daughter, Mary Carr, married Nicholas Crenshaw. Samuel Winston’s will of 1758 was witnessed by David Gentry, Moses Gentry, Waddy Thomson and Charles Cosby.

CARR

Edward Carr married Mary Jane Jennings. Their daughter, Mary, married Sir Thomas Carr and they had two sons: Major Thomas Carr who married Mary Dabney and William Carr who married Catherine. Major Thomas and Mary (Dabney) Carr had a daughter, Mary, who married Nicholas Crenshaw. William and Catherine Carr had a son, Gideon Carr who married Susan ___ and had two sons, Thomas Carr who married Ann Sanders and Gideon Carr, Jr., who married Ann Sandridge.

DABNEY

Cornelius Dabney married first, Edith. He married second, Susannah Swann, daughter of Thomas. She married secondly David Anderson. Cornelius and Susannah (Swann) Dabney had a son, Cornelius Dabney, Jr. who married Sarah Jennings. Their son, John Dabney, married Anna Harris. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Bernard Brown. Their daughter, Lucy Brown, married Nathaniel Thomson.

SWANN

Col. Thomas Swann married 4th Anne Browne, widow of Col. Henry Browne of 4 Mile Plantation who was granted headrights for importing Thomas Sowerby and William Thompson. Col. Thomas Swann married 5th Mary Mansfield and by this marriage had a son, Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of William Thompson. Thomas and Elizabeth (Thomson) Swann had a son, Thomas, whose daughter, Mary Ann (Polly) Swann, married Josiah Thompson in Cumberland Co., VA on 30 Aug 1757. Mary (Swann) Thompson’s brother, Thomas Thompson Swann married Jeanette Carson Blakely. Their daughter, Catherine, married Col. William Mays and their son, Thomas Thompson Swann, Jr. married Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Swann) Thompson.

WADDY

The rent roll of 1704 for New Kent Co., VA shows Symon Woody (Waddy) and John Woody (Waddy). John Waddy of Louisa Co., VA married 1770 Jane Cobbs, daughter of Samuel Cobbs. Waddy Thomson provided security for this marriage. His will of 2 Dec 1775 names his son, Samuel, and was ex. by Waddy Thompson of Louisa Co., John Lewis of Spotsylvania Co., and Nelson Thompson of Hanover Co. The will mentions, “my grandfather Anthony Waddy’s will.” In 1735, Anthony Waddy had lands adjoining David Thompson, David Anderson, Jr. and Abraham Fontaine. Samuel Waddy, Jr.’s will of St. Martin’s Parish, Louisa Co., VA, dated 2 Nov 1779, mentions sister, Ann Waddy, grandfather Anthony Waddy and uncle, William Craighill. The will was witnessed by Nelson Thompson; and executed by Nelson Thompson, William Waddy, and Charles Thompson. The widow, Jane Cobbs Waddy married David Crenshaw, son of William Crenshaw, Jr. and Susannah Carr. This wedding of 1777 was witnessed by Waddy Thomson. The will of Francis Waddy of St. Martin’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA was dated 30 Sep 1777 was executed by Nelson Thompson and Samuel Thomson and witnessed by Charles Thomson, John Winston and William Mills. A David Crenshaw married Elizabeth Hobson in Powhatan Co., VA on 5 Mar 1782.

COBBS

The 1704 rent roll of York County, VA shows Ambrose Cobbs and William Cobbs.

GENTRY

David Gentry was born ca 1724 and died 1812. He married second Mary Estes, daughter of Reuben Estes ca 1758. David Gentry listed in St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA from 1782 to 1812.

GARLAND

In 1785, John Garland’s tax return in St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA listed John Lewis, a minor. In 1786, it listed Peter Jefferson, a minor.

HARRIS

Major Robert Harris, son of William and Temperance (Overton) Harris, had a daughter, Anna, who married John Dabney, son of Cornelius and Sallie (Jennings) Dabney, Jr., and moved to Sumner Co., TN. Robert Harris also had another daughter, Lucy, who married William Shelton.

THOMPSON - THOMSON

Samuel Thompson, b. 31 Dec 169_, died 1753 in Louisa Co., VA, md 1) unknown; md 2) Mary McDonald, md 3) Temperance; living in Hanover Co., 1747; settled in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co. Children included:

Thomas Thompson, b. 1718, married Hannah McAllister, died 1774.

Samuel Thompson, Jr., b. 1734, married Anne Jennings, died 1779 in Amelia Co., VA, possibly a nephew of Waddy Thompson, Sr.; Samuel married Ann Jennings. His will is recorded in Amelia Co., VA 1 Sep 1779 and was executed by brother-in-law Joseph Jennings and son-in-law Christopher Robertson. Children included in will were: Jennings Thompson, Nancy Thompson; other children not named included Waddy Thompson, went to Kentucky. Waddy’s daughter, Mary Pulliam Thomson, married ???. They had Captain Ed Porter Thomson, who married his first cousin on his father’s side, Marcella Pitts Thomson. Their daughter, Elizabeth Thomson, married John Orr. Samuel Thompson of Hanover Co., VA, in 1747, deeded land to his son William Thompson. William Thompson, son of Samuel of Hanover, will was recorded in 1788 and mentions children: Rhodes Thompson, William Thompson, Clifton Thompson, Asa Thompson, John Thompson, David Thompson, Ann Thompson, Mary Thompson, Eunice Thompson, Lydia Thompson, Sarah Thompson.

William Thompson who married Elizabeth.
Sara Thompson, married Bradley Kimbrough
Elizabeth Thompson
John Thompson
Joseph Thompson, married Isabell
Robert Thompson, married Mary ___, died 1783

St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia:

Robert Thompson, died 1702, married Judith, died 1709, had the following children of record (Douglas Register):

Robert, son to Robert Thompson, bap. 24 Apr 1687
David, son to Robert Thompson, bap. 4 Sep 1690
Hannah, dau to Robert Thompson, bap. 22 Jan 1698/99
Susannah, dau to Robert Thompson, bap. 25 Feb 1696/97

Robert Thompson died 12 Apr 1702
Judith Thompson died 14 Mar 1709

David Thompson married Elizabeth Waddy, daughter of Anthony

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In the old 1901 book History of Ablemarle County in Virginia by the Reverend Edgar Woods (The Michie Company Printers, Charlottesville, Virginia), on pages 365, 366 and 367, there are listed the 206 names of Albemarle citizens who signed the Albemarle Declaration of Independence. The date it was signed by the citizens of Albemarle County was April 21st, 1779. The original document is proudly preserved in the rooms of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.

A number of the signers were men of an age too old to have fought for America’s freedom from tyranny in the Revolution, however, by signing, they too were putting their lives and property on the line. Anyone who can prove descent from these Virginia patriots is eligible for membership in CAR, DAR and SAR.

History of Ablemarle County in Virginia

Learn about the impact of King Philip’s War on the Pilgrims and on New England.

The Author writes about his book:

The oft-told tale of how the Pilgrims and the Indians celebrated the First Thanksgiving does not do justice to the history of the Plymouth Colony. Instead of an inspiring tableau of tranquil cooperation, the Pilgrims’ first half-century in America was more of a passion play in which vibrant, tragic, self-serving and heroic figures struggled to preserve a precarious peace — until that peace erupted into one of the deadliest wars ever fought on American soil. The English fatalities were catastrophic, but the rebelling Indians were virtually obliterated as a people. The promise of the First Thanksgiving had given way to the horror of total war.

A hundred years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this culminating event – King Philip’s War – brought into disturbing focus the issues of race, violence, religious identity, and economic opportunity that came to define America’s inexorable push west. But as the Pilgrims came to understand, war was not inevitable. It would be left to their children and grandchildren to discover the terrifying enormity of what is lost when two peoples give up on the difficult work of living together.

Richard M. Payton of Denver, Colorado has information about a PAYTON/PEYTON Surname Y-chromosome DNA Project at Family Tree DNA. Currently there are six participants, with two having received their test results.

The PAYTON/PEYTON Y-DNA Project is open to any male surnamed PEYTON or PAYTON descending from a PEYTON or PAYTON male. Women may find results by having a closely related male kinsman submit DNA for testing. Other spelling variants can be added; there is already one PAXTON participating. The variants Paton and Patton have their own project, however: see PATON Surname Project and PATTON DNA Project.

Aside from allowing Payton and Peyton families to compare their Y-DNA patterns and confirm documented relationships, there are other specific goals of the current participants, including:

• Confirming that a relationship exists between individuals descended from the Philip Payton who was indentured in England for four years and transported to Virginia from Bristol on 30 August 1665. (Editor’s Note: I have explained in my book, “Peytons Along the Aquia”, my doubts that this Philip PEYTON of Bisley Parish, Gloucester, England is the same Philip PEYTON who was found in Virginia Colony.)
• Investigate whether descendents of this Philip Payton share a Payton/Peyton ancestor with descendents of Henry Peyton of Lincoln’s Inn (1590-1656) by comparing the y-DNA of descendants from each line.
• Compare the y-DNA of the two lines above with that of descendants of Sir Edward Peyton (1578-1657), the 2nd Baronet of Isleham, to determine if the three lines of Virginia Peyton and Payton 17th century immigrants are connected.

Descendants of any other PAYTON or PEYTON immigrant to America, Canada or Australia, as well as lines that never left Great Britain are welcome. The 37 marker test is the current recommendation for many ongoing large surname projects.