APRHDGPD APRIL HODGE-PODGE by Linda Sparks Starr MAY 1996 [I plan to concentrate on the e-mail before getting to letters from Doug Tucker, Dick Baldauf and English records sent by Dave Goodwin. As in previous things, I'll try to enclose my initialed personal comments within brackets where there might be doubt as to the author. Also, others deserve full credit for the contents of their messages; typos are entirely my doing. LSS] Dave Goodwin forwarded comments re: my MacKenney file from Rhoda Fone 7 APR: Rhoda pointed out that Roger Comeings (named brother-in-law of Alexander MacKeney in one deed) "could be his [Alexander's] wife's brother or could be his sister's husband..." [I THINK there's another possibility -- step families. LSS] Rhoda further identifies the TANDY daughters of John dec'd who Alexander gave land to: "I think, but no proof, that Anne Tandy married Sylvanus Walker who MIGHT have been a brother of my Mary Walker who m. Thomas Massie. The two deeds from Mackenny to the two Tandy girls were witnessed by Benjamin Clarke and Thomas Massie. Since this took place in 1693, I feel certain this is my Thomas Massie, son of Peter, the immigrant." Richard Hopper (8 APR) passed along information from Patricia Stanley that Lord Ashley-Cooper's three wives were: 1st Margaret Coventry d/o Thomas Lord Coventry; 2nd Frances Cecil, d/o David Cecil 3rd Earl etc.; 3rd Margaret Spencer d/o William (Spencer) 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormieighton. She indicated this informa tion came from Dr. L. Johnson. Here's an interesting connection I got off va-roots and checked it out in Anderson's _Lewises, Meriwethers & Their Kin_: Mary BATHURST b. VA d. 1740 married Francis MERIWETHER b. 1670 Va. She was the dau of Lancelot BATHURST b. 1646 (Gloucester, England) and his second wife, Susan Rich. This Fran cis is the son of Nicholas MERIWETHER and Elizabeth Woodhouse, thus brother of the Nicholas Meriwether closely allied with Xpher Clark. Alex. MacKeney rec'd land grant c1688 on certificate of E. Chilton and Lanct. Bathhurst dated 1687. [per Nugent] In 1682 George Gill sold 1,000 acres in New Kent Co. to Lancelot BATHHURST; the land was south of the Pamunkey and branches of Crumps Creek. [per _Henrico Co. Deeds_ abstracted by Weisiger] Mr. Edward CHILTON "apparently" was an atty/prosecutor in Henrico Co. In 1693/4 the appointment of his attys in Charles City Co. was witnessed by Eliza (X) JOHNSON and Banga Travers. [_Chas City Co. Court Orders_ abstracted by Weisiger] While working with Blisland Parish records, I wondered if the "Rees Hughes" who was the first signer of grievances in 1677 was the same person as "Rice Hooe", a name I remembered seeing in other records. Mary Stewart sent me an Ahnentafel which shows that a Rice Hooe _did indeed_ live in the vicinity. This Rice was married 1660 in Charles City Co., but was in Stafford Co. VA by 1689. That leaves a wide gap for ifs/whens did he move? That his daughter-in-law, Mary Dade b.1661 was married first to Capt. Robert MASSEY in 1677 is not any help since the only MASSIE to sign the 1677 grievance list is Peter. The contents of this en tire paragraph doesn't particularly matter -- the two MASSEYs may not even be kin -- I'm just including it in a growing list of pos- sible coincidences. Other neighbors and surnames which we probably should be paying more attention to include: Thomas BOWLES, William HOGG, MARTIN (although I've tried to avoid them as they are as numerous as JOHNSONs), SNEAD, MIMS, and WATKINS. The reason for these last three wil be evident when Baldauf's line is included in the mix. From _Tidewater VA Families_, vol. I, No. 4, FEB/MAR 1993, edited by Virginia Davis, pages 191-2 has a tithables List 1678 for Hen rico Co. Jno LEWIS and Henry WATKINS (3 tithables each) lived on Turkey Island with Mr. Rich. Cocke and Capt. Wm Randolph; Mr. Wm CLERKE (3 tithables) lived in Mr. Rich. Lygon's district; Robert CLERKE, John WATSON, Wm PORTER Sen. (with 4 tithables) and Charles MATTHEWS lived in John Millner's dist (the others had 1 tithable each). Several WOODSONs, Mr. Jn Pleasants, Lewis WAT KINS, lived in Mr. Ben Hatcher's dist. No other CLARK/ MOORMAN/ JOHNSON on the list, but it is Henrico Co., not New Kent. Here's another file pulled off va-roots -- this one from Chuck Johnson (johnson@mail.crosslink.net): George Eastham b. c1663 in Rappahannock Co. VA married Mary BIRD b. 1687 in King & Queen Co. VA. She was the dau of Robert Bird and Susannah CLARK who married in New Kent Co. c1685. Mary Bird inherited a plantation of 300 acres on the Mattaponi River. George & Mary Eastham had two daus -- Rachel b. c1695 New Kent Co m. John ROGERS grandfather of Gen. George Rogers Clark. John Rogers was b. 1680 and d. c1768 King & Queen Co. VA. John and Rachel Rogers' dau Anne b.c1728 married John CLARK, son of Jonathan CLARK and Elizabeth WILSON in 1749. John and Anne are parents of Gen. George and William Clark. Could this Susannah CLARK be the missing link between Xpher and the general's line? We've all ASSUMED it came through the gen'l's paternal line. David Goodwin mailed me the English CLARKE wills and the visita tion records in early May; he commented on these by e-mail 3 MAY: "At this point, I'm certainly not claiming that Clarkes of Exeter produced Clarkes of Barbadoes. It's background stuff right now. What's interesting ... is that a Moorman researcher in England last year sent me some material ... about his Devon ancestors. ... a MOORMAN married a DAVEY in South Molton Devon in the 1680s. This sounds unimportant and may well be so. But the DAVEY family (and I checked...the Christian (female) Davey of South Molton is connected to it) of Exeter is tied (twice) by marriage to the CLARKEs of Exeter. What's more, Arlene Anthony tells me there were ANTHONYs in South Molton. So I've sent for the South Molton parish records. This town is maybe 30-40 miles from Exeter. By the by, Arlene corrected one thing she'd told me about the Anthony who I said was doctor to Lord Shaftesbury as he lay dying in Holland ... He was the physician for Edwin Sandys, not Shaftsbury ... Sandys was Shaftsbury's right-hand man. This John Anthony, by the way, was the son of Dr. Francis Anthony of Lon don, a fascinating character in his own right, who promoted sort of a snake-oil cure, an elixer including gold, for various illnesses. He moved in high circles in London but eventually fell from favor..." In his letter to Dave Moorman 25 APR which he "forwarded" to me, Dave Goodwin goes into the MOLTON connection a bit more exten sively: "The Moormans...were in North Molton, Devon, in the 1640s (or before). One of them, William, was married in 1686 to Chris tian DAVEY. Well, two days ago, I found that John CLARKE, father of a Christopher Clarke of Exeter (and POSSIBLY tied to Clarkes of Barbadoes and MAYBE to Clarkes of Virginia) had married Elizabeth DAVEY in 1572 in Crediton, about 10 miles above Exeter. I already knew that the Davey family (aka Davie, etc.) was tied by marriage further down this Christopher Clarke's family line, so it was interesting to see that the two families had been tied even earlier. And now I see a MOORMAN-DAVEY tie in Devon. Now I'll have to go back into the films I was viewing and see if the name Christian Davey shows up on the Crediton births. (North Mol- ton is, I'd guess, 20 miles or so further north of Crediton...)" A "Big THANKS" goes to Dave Moorman for writing the Isle of Wight Family History Society and then sharing the results: The letter dated 15 APR 1996: "Thank you for your letter concerning the Moorman family. According to our latest Directory of Members' Interest there is only one person researching the name. She is Mrs. L. Gherashe, 22 Wilguy Crescent, Buderim, Queenslan (sic), 4556 Australia. The Directory is now rather out of date so you may find it worth your while writing to our Members' Interests secretary Miss Jean Lowe, 35 Marina Ave., Ryde I.O.W. PO33 INJ. There is no charge for a search but an s.a.e. or International Reply Coupon is re quired. I'm sure our editor would include an appeal in our journal. Her address is Mrs. L. Abraham, Kite Hill Farm, Kite Hill, Ryde, I.O.W. PO33 4LE. The next journal will not be out until August (deadline end of June). Sorry snail mail only for all of these! Good luck with your research. Janet Few." [Dave ended with] I'll write to Mrs. Gherashe, Miss Lowe, and Mrs. Abraham to see what more we can uncover." After receipt of my MacKENNEY file in late APR, David Goodwin wrote: "I have borrowed four of the Barbadoes record books by Joanne Sanders ... Re: the HILLMAN name: I found it in St. Michael's parish, Barbadoes, the same parish where a few MacKENNY names were found. A Sarah Hillman and a John Allen were m. there Sept. 17, 1700. A Sarah Hillman was b. July 18, 1692, an Alice Hillman was bapt. 13 Jan. 1697, to James and Sarah Hillman. In 1700 a Daniel McKenny and a Jane Doller were m. on Oct. 27. All this does is to put the two surnames in the same parish, but it may be of interest. By the way, the book _Barbadoes and America_, which I referred to in another response, was written by David KENT. (I later found you'd referred to this writer earlier this year but without the book title...) Back to the McKennys: I want to correct a spelling I gave you re Alexander MacKenny's will of 2 NOV 1681. A witness was Daniel Moerikell, as the Sanders book had it. In other parts of her books, I see the spelling Daniel Macrikell and Mackaell. What's interesting about this is that a Daniel whose will was proved in 1683 lists sons Markum, Daniel and John, plus a friend named Francis CLARKE. This was in St. Michael's parish, too. In addition in St. Lucy's parish, an Elizabeth MacKenney is shown as a witness in a will by Ellioner MacCollister (2 July 1693). A Daniel MacKenney of St. Lucy's is shown as a friend of Thos. MacKellister (16 July 1684) with a Gilbert MacKenny as a witness. Thomas' wife Ellenor is executrix. Thomas also lists his son John "of Castle Killcohee, Co. Anderness, Scotland". This makes me wonder if Mackellister (and maybe MacKenny) were connected with the Scots who were in King Charles' retinue who were known to have fled to Barbadoes in the 1640s. Re the Arthur Collins name found in the Alex. MacKenny will: ... Charle Collins had m. Margaret Clarke 'thought be be Capt. Christopher Clarke's grandmother'. I found that marriage date as Jan. 1, 1682 in Christ Church Parish ... A Charles Collins is also shown as having married a Sarah Payne on Apr 9, 1667, in Christ Church parish. In St. Michael's parish where McKennys were found, a 'Capt. Charles Collins' had a son, George, on April 10, 1669. (Wife's name not given). In Christ Church parish, Charles and Sarah Collins (see marriage above) had a daughter, Ann, on Dec. 20, 1670...." 7 MAY Elizabeth Harris asked: "What is the evidence that Chris topher and Francis [CLARK] are brothers rather than first cousins? Is there a possibility that Chris could be the son of Micajah (whence his son by that name) and Francis who married Cor- delia [Lankford] the son of Francis the brother of Micajah?" My answer was that there is no evidence they are brothers; most ear lier researchers just "assumed" they were. Does anyone have "proof" either way? 9 MAY Elizabeth continued: "Actually I now think John [CLARK] who married Ann Paulette may have been a grandson of Francis Sr. rather than a son. Doug's analysis suggests that John son of Francis Sr. married Ann Gibson and moved to NC, but that Thomas son of Francis stayed in VA. My current hypothesis is that "my" John may therefore be the son of Thomas rather than Francis himself, but the jury's still out on this one. You're right that Ann Paulette's husband isn't Edward, though. Unless there were two Ann Paulettes... I still haven't satisfied myself that there's only one Thomas Paulette in Hanover/Louisa Co. in this period. There's one who married Semiramis JOHNSON, whose father Thomas Johnson gave his daughter Semiramis Paulette 200 acres on Stone-horse Creek, Hanover Co. in 1734, and who is supposed to be the father of Ann who married John Clark. There is also a Thomas Paulette of Trinity Parish, Louisa Co., who figures prominently in Louisa Co. records in the 1750s-1760s and whose will 1771 names wife Elizabeth and wife's son John Christmas, in addition to quite a few of his own children, but NOT Ann Clark, who was definitely alive and already married at that time. One Thomas who first married Semiramis Johnson and then Elizabeth the widow (or unwed mother) Christmas? Or two?" And that's my e-mail messages to 14 MAY! I do, however, want to add a couple more items. One found in a folder while looking for something on another line -- _The Old Dominion in the Seven teenth Century_, edited by Warren M. Billings, 1975, pages 198 204 is an abstract of Jonathan Newell's Accounts, 1677 -- Debts Due the Estate arranged by counties. Names of interest in New Kent Co. include: William MOSSHILL (??? shortened to Moss); Nicholas AMOS's bill dated 1671; ditto Capt. Will. JONES; Howel ROGERS; John DAVIES; Thomas MINNS "per bill 19 JAN 1671 for 405 lb tobo -- (could this be MIMS ??); Charles Turner; Acct with Mr. AUSTIN to be settled; papers of Capt. BASSETT; Acct settled with CRUMP in 70 and 71 [?? Crumps Creek in 1682 Bathhurst deed]; Acct John WALKER to be settled. And then page 200 has list of hogshead of Tobacco received by David Crawford at various plantations-- "at John Jacksons house Nicholas AMOS neate 406 ... Mr. MOSSE neate 450 ... William MOSS neate 408". In James City Co. we find: Edward WALKER's bill dated 7 APR 1678 for 630; Richard DAVIS his noat (sic) at William COMANS 1671 for 60 [? kin to Roger Comeings, bro-in-law of A. MacKenney]; "No. 2 William PAULETT his account to be settled"; Thomas BALLARD Esq. his papers and accounts to be settled; [for Leslie only: John HAW- KINS his bill and account 1671 for 520 to be settled]. York County Debts: John LAWSON per bill 121 lb. porke and per another in tobacco 40; George JOHNSON Assigne per Cooper 106; Mr. Nicholas CLARKE per 330 gal. syder and 1/4 caske Quince pickles 270; Mr. John ROGERS undersheriff ... Glouster County Debts Mar 18 1671/2: Francis SYMONDS per bill; Richard AUSTIN per bill 100 lb. of potatoes and one peck of English flower and 40 lb. of Tobbacco per note charged per Mr. Ireland 40. And last from VA Gen. Soc. Newsletter -- vol. xxii, No. 2, April 1996, page 17: "A headright claim proves only that someone (probably...) entered the colony at some time prior to the is suance of the patent. Since headrights were traded like currency there was seldom any connection between the headright and the patentee nor between the county in which the patented land lay and the headright. If the headright were issued after 1642, a search of county orders might provide the original appearance in court by the headright or the person who claimed to have paid his passage. These orders sometimes provide additional details, will at least list the probable original owner of the list and are cer- tainly dated closer to the event." Except for Richard Hopper's recent message re: Patricia Stanley's research, I believe this is all the e-mail messages which should be sent out to the group. If you've sent one that wasn't in cluded here or in the previous "hodge-podge" file, please let me know. I probably filed it away in a "logical folder at the time" and haven't now thought to check that particular folder! JUST IN from Dave Goodwin: Has Doug Tucker "used the _Virginia Colonial Extracts_ (in several volumes) by Beverly Fleet, privately printed in 1941? ... In Vol. 10, page 17, I see the name of MICHAELL CLARKE (cq) as one of about 50 people 'imported' by a Howell Pryce. The importation document was recorded between 17 and 20 FEB 1656. I am certainly not up to his speed in track ing the VA Clarke movements so he may well have seen this item, but it is the first time I've seen a Michaell Clarke in VA. Also on the importation list was a Francis Fford, a name I've seen in Barbadoes records. Now, this same Pryce, on 16 NOV 1657, is shown as importing another large group of people (and getting 3850 acres of land). Included were these names (as spelled in the document): Jo. Makinney, Dunkon Makaney, Alex. Makinny and Dan. Macknane ..."