TERRELL Richmond and other TERRELLs by Linda Sparks Starr JAN 1997 [I want to thank Susan Stewart, Kay Baganoff and especially Patricia Stanley for making this report possible. Most were com menting on my JULY96.asc file in which I mused about a possible earlier TERRELL connection to the CLARKs or JOHNSONs. I base my hypothesis on common given names for TERRELL children in VA -- Micajah, Penelope, Jonathan and Rachel. Going further, I pointed to a Richmond Terrell who signed the 1677 grievances list at Blis- land Parish with Thomas MOORMAN, Edward JOHNSON, Henry SNEAD and Thomas MIMS. According to a New Kent Co. history, the TERRELL Quakers of Hanover and Louisa County descended from the same line as this Richmond Terrell. To prevent confusion, be aware I cite two different TERRELL "booklets" plus two TERRELL genealogies. I'm also experimenting with footnotes; let me know if this is better for you than cita tions within text. LSS] Susan sent a two-page article [1] which provides the link for RICHMOND Terrell of New Kent Co. to his ancestral English home. The author (Coldham) writes: "The relationship of the New Kent Tyrrells was established beyond reasonable doubt by the loca- tion of the will of ROBERT Terrell of Reading, Berkshire, clothier, dated 1643." Robert names the following children in his will -- Robert, RICHMOND, William, Timothy, Maria, Margaret, John. He mentions unnamed children deceased; his wife Jane, (eldest) son John and brother-in-law Richard Hunt were appointed executors. The will of son JOHN Terrell of Reading, clothier, dated 3 MAR 1661/2 names brothers Robert, RICHMOND and William plus his uncles ___ Baldwin deceased and Richard Hunt. Patricia Stanley located another source [2] which highlights the family of this Robert Terrell. This contributor apparently researched parish records in England for she provides baptism and some death dates. I'm quoting from Patricia's notes on the ar ticle: "Robert TERRELL, Councellor of Reading, was married to Jane BALDWIN, daughter of Robert Baldwin and his wife Joane Pegion ... in St. Giles Parish, Reading, 29 JUN 1617 and had issue: 1. John of Reading, bapt 25 JUN 1618 d. 13 MAR 1661 2. Robert of London, b. 14 NOV 1619 d. 1677 3. Marie (or Mary) bapt. 1621 4. Margaret bapt 7 AUG 1623 5. Richmond (immigrated to VA 1656) 6. John bapt 5 APR 1626 d. 15 APR 1626 7. Charles bapt 9 NOV 1627 d. 28 SEP 1629 8. William bapt 22 JUN 1629 9. Timothy bapt 22 JUN 1631" Patricia adds the following information: "Robert Terrell, brother of Richmond and William Terrell, became a member of the Fishmongers Company, merchants of London. He carried on con siderable trade with the colonists of VA and made regular voyages to this country where he personally transacted business. There are several items in the York County, VA records in which he was a witness to deeds and other transactions, the earliest we have seen being dated 18 FEB 1646/7. There were others dated in 1647, 1650 and 1662." Roy Terrell [3] descends from the son Timothy "of Allhal lows, Broad Street, London", whose orphan of the same name, fol lowed his "near relatives" to VA. Timothy, son of Robert and Jane (Baldwin) married Dorothy Collard and had three sons: Avery b. 1647; William b. 1650 d. 1651 and Timothy b. 1656, christened 5 DEC 1656 at Allhallows, London after his father's death 20 AUG 1656. Timothy (the father) was a London merchant. Timothy, the son, married Elizabeth Foster and had Robert and Joseph. Kay Baganoff reminded me of another discussion of TERRELLs [4] in my possession. Anderson credits a 1910 genealogy [5] for the following: Richmond Tyrrell came to Virginia about 1656, bought lands, also had a grant of 640 acres in New Kent on the west side of the York River, November 28, 1658 and too another grant of land on Chickahominy River in New Kent, February 8, 1670." [6] There, he or his son by the same name, is found in 1677 in the midst of others we are studying. Kay provided data for marriages in VA between the brother William TERRELL's line and CLARK, MOORMAN, CHILES, MARTIN and even LEWIS families. The genealogies mostly agree on the above information; it's with the parents of Robert of Reading where they part company. Patricia Stanley came to my rescue again. Within his secton on Robert, son of Sir Edward and his wife, Elizabeth KINGSMILL, Dicken [7] writes: [Robert] "has been confused by some with his COUSIN Robert of Reading ..." Sure enough, going back a few gen erations, all these genealogies eventually re-connect to the same "Sir Somebody" -- either with George b. 1546 d. 1571 or his son Sir Edward, Knight of Thornton. I'll now try to back each line to the first common ancestor for the two "cousins" Robert. Anderson says ROBERT of Reading's father is William, son of GEORGE Tyrrell who married Eleanor (or Elizabeth) Montagu. This GEORGE is the son of HUMPHREY of Thornton who married Jane Inge. C. M. Terrell says this Humphrey [8] Tyrrell Esq. was born about 1523. His son GEORGE Tyrrell Esq of Thornton was born about 1546 d. 1571. George married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu. Thus we have agreement with these generations. It appears from Anderson that ROBERT of Reading comes from a second or later born son of GEORGE and Eleanor; his father WIL LIAM married _____ Richmond of Stewly, Bucks. Both C.M. and Roy Terrell follow the heir's line of George and Eleanor -- Sir ED WARD of Thornton and his second wife, Margaret ASTON/ASHTON, daughter of Thomas of Ashton, Cheshire -- and their son, Timothy. Although Roy Terrell claims this Robert is "of Reading", ap parently it's Robert, son of Sir TIMOTHY Terrell of Oakley in Bucks and his first wife Elizabeth WATSON who is "confused with cousin Robert of Reading". This "son" Robert was disinherited by his father -- ostensibly because he "would not adhere to the strict religious orthodoxy prevailing in England at this time." [9] I'm cynical enough to think of other reasons. In any event, the eldest son of Sir TIMOTHY's second marriage to Eleanor (or Elizabeth) KINGSMILL, daughter of Sir William of Sidmanton, Hants, was the heir of his father. It is this first son of the second marriage I want to turn to now -- a son named after his father: "Sir Timothy Tyrell, born about 1620, of Oakley, in Bucks, and of Shotover, County of Ox ford, was of the Privy Chamber to King Charles I. He held the rank of Colonel in the Royal Army; was Governor of Cardiff; General of Ordnance under General Lord Girard. He married Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Rev. Dr. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, a distinguished writer on Chronol ogy, author of a number of theological works etc. Sir Timothy had ..James...Charles...John...Usher...Elizabeth...Mary...PENELOPE... Eleanora...Bridget." [10] Please note that this Sir Timothy and Dr. Arthur Johnston were moving in the same circles, same time frame. C. M. Terrell follows only the line of Sir Timothy [II] son John: "Captain John Tyrrell, born about 1645, died in 1692, the third son of Sir Timothy, married Anne, a lady reputed to have been of very high descent and connections in Scotland and England. From old letters and papers in the family her family name was JOHNSTONE. The next generation gives but three names, and of these we know nothing of the history of James and Henry, except that they were younger than our immediate progenitor, David, who was born about 1670, and lived in Virginia."[11] The son, David Tirrell, Sr. [12], was "born in 1670, had seven sons and three daughters, viz: David Jr., Thomas, JONATHAN, CHILES, MICAJAH, Pleasant, Henry, a wealthy lawyer in VA, born about 1701, Mary, RACHEL and Susan." Although I don't see a connection, the name "Micajah" appears in an early CHILES line in Virginia. [13] I admit I'm on very shaky ground here; the reference to the JOHNSTONE / TERRELL marriage falls well within the area of "probably never able to corroborate" statements. And as much as I hate to add yet another undocumentable statement to our growing pile, I feel there is something here. We have a family whose ex tended cousins are "documented" as living in the same area and marrying into our MOORMAN, CLARK and JOHNSON lines. What's more, the given names we've come to associate with these latter families appear in at least one TERRELL line apparently AFTER a marriage to a JOHNSTON(E) "of very high descent and connections in Soctland and England." That description surely fits the Cas kieben JOHNSTONs, but might fit other JOHNSTON families too. My thoughts are racing with all sorts of possibilities -- at the forefront is "Micajah" being a JOHNSTON name rather than CLARK. Doesn't this suggest a closer look into Oxford, England records? Remember Dr. Arthur Johnston died in Oxford. Should we add CHILES to our growing list of surnames to search for clues? I'm eager to hear your comments; feel free to disagree with any of my conclusions. --------------------------------------------- 1. "Tyrrell of New Kent Co., Virginia", by Peter Wilson Coldham, F.A.S.G., in _National Genealogical Society Quarterly_, DEC 1984, vol. 72, No. 4, pages (not shown). This appears to be part of a larger article or in a section, "Genealogical Gleanings in England." 2. _Virginia Historical Magazine_, vol. XXXI, pages 175-180, un named article contributed by Mrs. Sarah Henderson Wiggins. 3. _A Genealogy Line of the Tyrrell, Terrell, and Terrill Family of Virginia and Texas_, by Roy Lee Terrell, Grass Valley, CA. 1934. This 10 page "booklet" is not paginated. 4. _Lewises, Meriwethers and Their Kin_, by Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, 1938, Dietz Press, Richmond VA, pages 418-425. 5. _Richmond and William Tyrrell_, compiled by Joseph H. Terrell of "Castleknock", Queen's Road, Twickenham, England. Published in England, 1910. 6. Anderson, page 420. 7. _Terrell Genealogy_, by E. Dicken, page 7. 8. page 4 _Genealogy of the Terrell Family_, compiled by C.M. Ter- rell, Lynchburg, VA: M.P. Bell Co. Printers, no copyright. This is an eight page "booklet". 9. Roy Terrell, no pagination. 10. page 5, C. M. Terrell. 11. Ibid. 12. page 6, Ibid. 13. pages 784-802, _Genealogies of Virginia Families, vol. 1, (Adams-Chiles), 1981. My notes say this particular article first appeared in "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography". This book is a compilation of family articles found in the three VA quarterlies; I THINK it was published by Gen. Pub. Co.