Armiger Wade

1. Susanna Wade, Christened 20 June 1641, at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminister, London, England, daughter of Armigeri and Dorothea Wade.(4) No further record of her has been found. She was not mentioned in his will, so she died without issue.

2. Armiger Wade, Christened 30 June 1642, at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminister, London, England, son of Armigeri and Dorotheae Wade. (5) Per court records of York County, Virginia, he died in 1708, leaving five daughters and no sons. His children are listed in the Charles Parish Register below.
York Co., Virginia, No. 13. 1706/10. pags. 172/174 , will dated 12 Aug 1708 Proved: 24 Nov. 1708 At York County, Virginia
Armiger Wade of Tinkershaws, York County.
To be buried at the discretion of my exor. To My son-in-law William Trotter my planation at Tinkershaws during his life, except 40 acres of the land bounding upon Mr. Anthony Robinson's land and Mr. Kirby's which I give to my son-in-law John Robinson, provided his father, Mr. Anthony Robinson, gives him the same complement of land adjacent; and after my son-in-law William Trotter's decease, the above sd land at Tinkershaws to be equally divided betweeen my two grandson, John and William Trotter, and in case they should die without issue to fall to my daughter Anne Trotter's other children successively. To my grandson William Trotter one negro man named Tom. To my grandson John Trotter one negro man named Harry, living at the lower plantation. To my daughter Ann Trotter on negrom woman named Nell. To my son-in-law Edmund Curtis and Mary his wife, the plantation I now live on with the land I bought of Stephen Pond, until such time that my grandson, Armiger Trotter, reaches 21, but if he should die in his minority then until my grandson Thomas Trotter, son of my daughter Ann Trotter, come of age. My will is that the pklatation I now live on with the land I bought of Stephen Pond, be equally divided between my grandsons Armiger Trotter and Thomas Trotter, when my grandson Armiger reaches 21. but in case either of them should die in their minority or without issuee, then the sd land to fall to the next succeeding heir of my daughter Anne Trotter. To my daughter Dorothy Parsons one negro man named Mingo and one negro girl named Hannah, with her increase. To my daughter Mary Curtis two negro women called Sarah & Jenny, with their increase. To my granddaughter Frances Curtis on negro girl called Sarah and her increase. To my daughter Frances Robinson one negro man called Jack and one negro girl called Frank and her increase, & the side saddle I lent her and one broken horse. To my grandson William Trotter, over and above what is already mentioned one negro boy named James. To my grandson Armiger Parsons one negro boy named Billy, and one old black mare with her colt. To my grandson James Parson a negro boy named Ausy, and the other black mare. To my son-in-law Edmund Curtis and Mary, his wife, one negro man called Great Harry and one young horse which my son-in-law Curtis is now breaking. To my daughter Anne Trotter one young mare about 16 months old. To my son-in-law John Robinson one white mare. To my daughter Elizageth Hayward one young horse about two years old. To my son-in-law Henry Hayward 18. To my son-in-law Humphrey Tompkins 30/-. To my son-in-law James Parsons Jr., 30/-. To my nephew Robert Hayward Sr., one negro woman named Abigail. The remaining part of my personal estate, viz: what money I have in England with the produce of what tobacco I have already shipped or is to ship, and alowhat money, goods, cattle and hogs I have in Virginia to be equally divided between my four daughters, Anne Troter, Dorothy Parsons, Mary Curtis and Frances Robinson. My son i-in-law William Trotter, exor; if he should die before probate of my will, then I constitute my son-in-law James Parson exor. Witnesses: Gerard Roberts, Anthony Lamb, Bennet Tompkins.
An interesting copy of his inventory is on the Colonial Williamsburg Site. Some of this suggests to me that he was was a merchant. http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=Probates%5CPB01721.xml

3. Mary Wade, married John Hay, died before Armiger's will in 1677. Her age is unknown. She is listed in her father's will.(6) She might have been born in England or Virginia. She had a number of children, starting in 1663 so she was probably older than Dorothy. Her children are listed in the Charles Parish Register below. The death dates of Mary and her husband, John Hay, are in the Charles Parish Register, page 220.

Mary Hay, wife of John, died 6 Decemnber 1675, John Hay, buried 7 January 1686.

4. Dorothy Wade, married John Lilly prior to 1669. Her age is unknown. She is listed in her father's will.(7) She might have been born in England or Virginia.

“Court of 24 June 1710. In the Ejectionae Firmae depending between Abel Dun, plaintiff, and William Trotter and Edmund Curtis, defendants, for the fifth part of six measures six outhouses, eight tobacco houses, two gardens, two orchards 600 acres of land, 600 acres of wood, 300 acres of pasture, 500 acres of marsh with appurtenances situated in the parish of Charles in the County of York, which one Henry Hayward, the younger and Elizabeth, his wife demised to the plaintiff for a term not yet expired, and for £50 damage by means of the defendants with force and arms entering upon the possession of the plaintiff and him therefrom ejecting, as in the declaration is expressed, to which the defendants pleaded No Guilty, whereupon a Jury by name Philip Moody, Aduston Rogers, John Doswell, John Doswell junior, John Drewrey senior, Nathaniel Hooke, John Gibbons, Thomas Hansford, Francis Callohill, John Chapman, Richard Kendall and John Aduston Rogers were impannelled and sworn to try the issue joined, the attorneys having drawn up and agreed to a special verdict, the jury returned this verdict viz: We find the will of Armiger Wade dated 15 January 1676/7 proved and recorded in York County Court. We find that Armiger Wade died seised of the lands in question and left only one son named Armiger, who died seised of the lands in question and left only five daughters vis: Anne, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Mary and Frances. We find that Henry Hayward, the younger, one of the lessors of the plaintiffs, married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Armiger Wade, the son. We find the will of Armiger Wade, the son, dated 12 August 1708 proved and recorded in York County Court, and if upon the whole matter the plaintiff hath title to the lands in question we find for the plaintiff and assess damages to the value of 2/-, if not, we find for the defendants, Philip Moody Foreman. The matter of law arising from the sd verdict is referred to the next Court to be argued.”

“York County Deeds, Orders, Wills &c 3, 1657-62, p. 157” — Meyer, Virginia M., and Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 150.

“On 13 August 1661 Christopher Calthorpe, ‘late of the New Poquoson and now of Carolina to the South of Virginia,’ gave power of attorney to Armiger Wade and William Harman of York County to execute a deed, confirmed by Ann Calthorpe.”[i]

“Pp. 156-157” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1659-1662, pp. 120-121.

“10 March 1661/2. I, John Harvey, Knt., Governor, grant to William Broceas, Esq., one of the Council of State, 600 acres in Charles River County on south side of New Poquoson, bounded by Rayes Creek on east toward Chesapeake Bay, due for transport of 12 persons. 13 Aug 1639.
Wit: Rich. Roberts John Harvey

“I, William Brocas, Esq., assign to Humphrey Loyd, Gent., of New Poquoson, all my right and title in above patent. 16 Feb 1641.
Wit: Augustine Hodges W. Brocas.

“I, Humphrey Floyd, heir and administrator of Humphrey Floyd, late dec’d, assign right & title in above to Robert Lucas of same place. 2 Feb 1641
Wit: George (X) Ford, Thomas Udall Humphrey Floyd

“I, Robert Lucas, of New Poquoson, York Co., assign above to Capt. Thomas Burbage. 16 Nov 1643.
Wit: William Oldis, William Freeman Robert (RL) Lucas

“I, Thomas Burbage, assign my right in above to Christopher Calthorpe. 20 April 1646.
Wit: Edward Windham, Ruth Oldis Tho. Burbage.

“In consideration of three servants received by Xopher Calthorpe from William Hay, Gent., I, Armiger Wade, by virtue of a commission of attorney from said Calthorpe, assign over to Capt. Hay the above 600 acres.

“To Worshipful Commissioners of York Co.: This day in court I surrendered my right to 600 acres in the Broken Islands purchased by my husband Col. Xopher Caltorpe of Col. Burbage, dec’d, taken up by Capt. Brocas. 23 Feb 1661. Ann (AC) Calthorp
Wit: Henrick Vandonerack, Tho. Watson, Arm. Wade

“I, Xopher Calthorp, late of New Poquoson in York Co., in Va., but now of Carolina, south of Va., appoint Armiger Wade, Gent. and William Harman, Gent., both of New Poquoson in York Co., my attornies to deliver a patent of 600 acres, late in occupation of Roger Lewis, and after his decease in occupation of Roger Lewis, and after his decease in occupation of Humphrey Tomkins, Executor of said Lewis, to William Hay, Gent. 13 Jan 1661/2 Chris. Calthorpe
Wit: Constantine (+) Mathews, Henrick Vandonerack”

“P. 164” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1659-1662, p. 128.

“23 April 1662. I, Anne Calthorpe of New Poquoson, York County, make Armiger Wade my attorney to petition the Court of York County for probate of the noncupative will of Mr. [sic] husband Col. Xopher Calthorpe, or if same insufficient or invalid, petition for administration.”

“P. 171” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1659-1662, p. 138.

“At an Orphans Court Held for York County, 10 September 1662 … It is ordered on petition of Mrs. Anne Calthorp, Adm’x of her dec’d husband, Col. Xopher Calthorpe’s estate, that same be appraised on 13^th Oct by Mr. Anthony Rooksby, Mr. Armiger Wade, Mr. John Hunt and Mr. Thomas Mitchell, being sworn by Capt. William Hay.”

“P. 179” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1659-1662, p. 148.

“10 Sep 1662 … Estate of Col. Xpher Calthorp, dec;d, produced by Anne Calthorpe, Adm’x.
Appraised by order of court of 10 Sep last by Mr. Armiger Wade and Mr. John Hunt, and by Mr. John Hay and Mr. Michael Taverner, appointed in place of Mr. Anthony Rooksby, being very sick, and Mr. Thomas Mitchell, being from home. Sworn by Capt. William Hay, 13 Oct 1662 [sic ?]”[v]

“P. 162” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1665-1672, p. 84.

“At a Court Held for York County, 24 January 1667/8 … Upon petition of Mr. James Calthorpe and his sisters Misses Ellinor, Barbary and Anne Calthorpe, it is ordered that the estate of their dec’d father and mother be equally divided between them by Mr. Armiger Wade, Mr. John Hunt, Mr. Thomas Foote and Mr. Humphry Tomkins.”

“P. 338 (238)” – Weisiger, Benjamin B. III, York County, Virginia, Records, 1665-1672, p. 137.

“10 March 1668/9 … List of estate of late deceased Col. Christopher Calthorpe and of Anne Calthorpe, widow, dec’d, his late wife, in obedience to order of York Court Jan 1667[/8], to: James, Barbary, Elinor and Anne Calthorpe. (Lists what goes to each of these 4 children.)

Now those last two records make it pretty clear that Dorothy Wade was not a daughter of Col. Christopher Calthorpe, but could she be a kinswoman? Which might explain why Armiger Wade was so involved… So I went hunting for Dorothy Calthorpes, and LO! I found some! It is also possible that Anne Calthorpe was a Wade.

The Armiger Wade records in Saint Martin of the Fields make this an interesting coincidence? Or not?:It is most likely that the two families had become friends and that they came to the colonies about the same time. This proves absolutely nothing, but it is thought provoking.

Dorothea Calthrope married Robert Renalds 21 December 1638 at Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England

Dorothie Caltharpe, daughter of Phillip Caltharpe, was born 14 March 1607 in Rusbrooke, Suffolk, England.

Miscellaneous Records

Genealogy.com Query dated 2003 [I don't know if any of this can be relied on. I certainly can't find a record of his being in Virginia by 1644, but I may have missed it or this could be a typo.]
ARMIGER WADE born 1590, died Jan 28, 1676. Will probated in York County, Va. Apr. 24, 1677. Was living in York Co. in 1644 - Justice of Charles Parish 1650 to 1655: Burgess of York Co. 1655-1656. He married Dorothy Moulson (born 1590, died May 25, 1667) dau. of Edward Moulson.

Response: I believe that this Armigel was the third child of Sir William Wade in his first marriage to Anne Browne who died during his birth. There is a lot of info about Sir William and his father Armigel Wade as both had positions in the Privy Councils of Henry 8th and Edward (Armigel) and Elizabeth 1 (William).

Question:
There is an article on Mary Lilly who married Robert Reade which says she was the heiress of Edward Mallson. There are a lot of people saying that Dorothy Wade was the daughter of Edward Mallson. However, I do not agree.
For more on this problem see Mary Reade:

The Wade Family by Stuart Charles Wade is available on line.
http://archive.org/details/wadegenealogybei00wade

I found this on Ancestry but forgot to gather in the name of the book.
John Langhorne, the second, of “Gambell,” was b. presumably about 1700. In 1727-8 he was Sheriff of Warwick Co., and in 1748 was Burgess from that county, and was a Justice of the Peace, 5th Mar. 1750. In 1756, he was still living, and 5th Aug. of that year acknowledged a deed of gift to his son, Maurice, before the Court of Warwick Co. He married Anne Wade, dau. of Armiger Wade of York Co. [Note: Armiger Wade junior]

I. William, of “Gambell,” Warwick Co., Va.
II. Maurice, b. circa 1719-21, later of Cumberland Co., Va.
III. Mary, who probably m. ——— WALLER.

…Hints of his possible ancestors can be found in a couple of the more reputable second-source publications, e.g.,

“Wade, Amiger, believed to have been descended from Armingall Wade, of Bellsize, near Hampstead, England, who was father of Sir William Wade, frequently mentioned in the progress of James I, and of whom there is a curious and interesting history in ‘Parke’s History of Hampstead.’ He was a justice of York county and burgess in 1656. His will was proved 24 April 1677. Issue: 1. Armiger. 2. Mary married Captain John Hay. 3. Dorothy married John Lilly.(8)

… and …

“Armigall Wade, Esq., of Bellsize Park, Hampstead, England, was the father of Sir William Wade, prominent at the time of Elizabeth and James 1^st. Park’s history of the family contains an account of the family. Armiger Wade is said to have been descendant of Sir Armigall Wade of Bellsize, near Hampstead, England. (See Hayden, 571, and William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. II, p. 161.) The will of Armiger Wade was proved 13 August 1708. (9) [Note: The Armiger Wade whose will was dated 1708, was the son of our progenitor Armiger Wade.]

The reader should notice that we are declared to be descendants of a notable family with no evidence whatsoever to make that connection, except the commonality of a name. If the above statements were known to be true, then the authors would provide the connectivity or information as to how they are related.

Sir William Wade, mentioned above, was a very interesting historical character. He is the subject of a book by Fiona Bengtsen titled Sir William Waad, Lieutenant of the Tower, and the Gunpowder Plot. Unfortunately, the book is an historical account, and not a genealogical one. For a brief synopsis of Sir William Wade, the following excerpt from the Sawston Village History Society is quoted:

“Towards the end of the reign of Elizabeth 1 there were numerous plots against her; perhaps the most notorious being the Essex Plot of 1601. William Waad, in his capacity of Lieutenant of the Tower of London, was the official investigator. He was required to find out everything about the plotters and what they were plotting. Needless to say, this entailed the application of various devices to help with the extraction of such information from people who found themselves detained at the Tower.

“William Waad was a devout Protestant and enjoyed the patronage of the powerful Cecil family. He had a hatred of Catholics, presumably because his cousin, Richard Waad/Ward was burnt during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary in 1555, when William was about nine. Like his father, he was appointed Clerk to the Privy Council during the later years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and then James 1. His career as an intelligence gatherer blossomed under the patronage of William Cecil, later Lord Burghley. Did he ever say, ‘the name is Waad, William Waad!’

“An important coup was his involvement in the provision of the fatal evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, which resulted in her execution in 1587. The chief intelligence gatherer was Lord Walsingham (W?) who set up what could be called a spy network, ably assisted by Waad. It was Waad who raided Mary’s bedroom, while she was called away on a pretext, and found numerous incriminating coded letters which were quickly deciphered. Mary’s fate was then sealed.

“An intriguing gift made to Waad was a large rhinoceros horn, in 1581, following his visit to Portugal as an ambassador. He married his second wife, Anne Brown in about 1598, some nine years after the death of his first wife. This was 2 years after the birth of their first child, and was followed by 14 more. Did the horn play a part in this fecundity?

“William Waad was responsible for the interrogation of the gunpowder plotters in November 1605 and was present at the interrogation of Guy Fawkes, amongst others. Another unfortunate was Nicholas Owen, famous for his expertise in the construction of priest holes; the one at Sawston Hall being the most well known example. Owen was asked to divulge the whereabouts of the priest holes he had constructed at various Catholic houses but he steadfastly refused and died horribly under torture. It is not known if Henry Huddleston was interrogated by Waad for his possible involvement in the Plot, as Nicholas Owen had previously visited Sawston Hall to construct the priest hole. We know Huddleston had to pay a hefty fine and had his Essex estates confiscated. As he had escaped being executed it has been suggested that he may possibly have had a hand in betraying the plotters.

“Waad retired to his house, Battles Hall, Manuden (north of Bishops Stortford) and carried out work locally as a JP. He died in 1623. His rhino horn can still be seen in the Tower of London and he has a monument in the church at Manuden.”

The same William Wade was one of the charter members of the Virginia Company responsible for the colonizing of Virginia:

“Articles, Instructions and Orders made, sett down and established by us, twentieth day of November, in the year of our raigne of England, France, and Ireland the fourth and of Scotland the fortieth, for the good Order and Government of the two several Colonies and Plantations to be made by our loving subject, in the Country commonly called Virginia and America, between thirty-four and forty five degrees from the œquinoctial line.

[From a MS. record book, in the Register's-Office of Virginia. −−− Book No. 2, pa. 1.]

“WHERAS wee, by our letters pattents under our great seale of England, bearing date att Westminster, the tenth day of Aprill, in the year of our raigne of England, France and Ireland the fourth, and of Scotland the 39th have given lycence to sundry our loving subject named in the said letters pattents and to their associates, to deduce and conduct two several collonies or plantations of sundry our loving people willing to abide and inhabit in certaine parts of Virginia and America, with divers prehiminences, priviledges, authorities and other things, as in and by the same letters pattents more particularly it appeareth, wee according to the effect and true meaning of the same letters pattents, doe by these presents, signed with our hand, signe manuel and sealed with our privy seale of our realme of England, establish and ordaine, that our trusty and well beloved Sir William Wade, knight, our Lieutenant of our Tower of London, Sir Thomas Smith, knight, Sir Walter Cope, knight, Sir Gorge Moor, Knight, Sir Francis Popeham, knight, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, knight, Sir John Trevor, knight, Sir Henry Montague, knight, recorder of the citty of London, Sir William Rumney, knight, John Dodderidge, Esq. Sollicitor General, Thomas Warr, Esq. John Eldred of the citty of London, merchant, Thomas James of the citty of Bristol, merchant, and Jame Bagge of Plymouth, in the county of Devonshire, merchant, shall be our councel for all matters which shall happen in Virginia of any the territories of America, between thirty four and forty five degrees from the æquinoctial line northward, and the Islands to the several collonies limited and assigned, and that they shal be called the King’s. (10)

There was an Edward Wade who preceded Armiger Wade to Virginia. Edward Wade (according to Internet sources, therefore unconfirmed) was “born 1611 in London, England, Immigrant on the ship Paule 7-2-1635; d. 1677 in Hampton Parish, York County…” Internet sources then go on to assert that Edward Wade was the son of Sir William Wade, and the brother of our Armiger Wade. Again, no evidence is provided for this assertion. I have seen many York County records mentioning this Edward Wade, but have seen nothing yet that could lead one to conclude that Edward was a brother of Armiger.

I have provided the above speculations and unsubstantiated assertions for my readers in the event that some breakthrough might be made in proving or disproving these assertions.