William
Lilly of
Gloucester County
Died 1781
Married Lucy Wynne
The date of birth for William Lilly is unknown. We
know he was the son of John Lilly IV because of the 1751 will of
Richard Billups. His first known child was born ca. 1755, so I
would
guess he was born sometime around 1725-1730. This is strictly a
guess.
He was the oldest son of John Lilly IV because he appears to
have
inherited the estate before the law of Primogeniture was
repealled. His
estate records suggest he died ca. 1781 in Gloucester County,
Virginia.
Marriage of William Lilly
According to this, William Lilly married Lucy Wynne.
John
Frederick Dorman, Adventurers
of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/5, Volume
3,
(Baltimore, Maryland:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007), 810.
Peirsey
Family.
Lucy
Hill (Thomas, John, Mary Peirsey,
Abraham) born about 1705, married (first) William Toplis as his
second
wife. She was granted administration of his estate, 20 July
1730, (York County Deeds,
Orders,
Wills Etc, 17m
1729-1732, p 77, 83-84), and as a widow, sold 100 acres at Essex
Lodge
and Miller's Plantation to Thomas Cary, Jr, 12-13 November 1730. (York
County
Deeds,
Orders,
Wills Etc, 4 p. 79-83)
She
married (Second) John Wynne of York County, who left a will 3
April
1772-17 August 1772. (York
County Deeds,
Orders,
Wills Etc, 22 1771-1783. p. 114-5)
Issue
includes: Lucy Wynne was the daughter of John
Wynne and Lucy Hill. She married
William Lilly who died 1781 in Gloucester County.
No date for the marriage of
William Lilly and Lucy Wynne is given. However, according to the
church
records, their first known child was born ca. 1755 so thay may
have
married ca. 1752-3.
Children
of William Lilly and Lucy Wynne
The information here on the children is
from the Kingston
Parish Register.
1. ____y
Lilly daughter of William and
Lucy, born 19 December
1755.
2. Ann
Lilly, daughter of William and
Lucy, born 4 January, baptized 5 February 1758. (page 16) John
Fowler and Ann Lilly of this
parish, Banns read 20 July 1776 (page 233)
3. John
Lilly, son of William
and Lucy, born 12 August 1761. (page 22)
4.
Thomas Lilly, son of William and Lucy, born 26 February 1765
(page 28)
5.
William Armistead Lilly, son of William and Lucy, born ___
April, 1767.
(page 32) See William Armistead Lilly.
6.
Richard Lilly, son of William and Lucy, born 14 February,
baptized 29
March 1772. (page 40)
Emma
Robertson Matheny and Helen K. Yates, Kingston
Parish
Register, Gloucester
and Mathews Counties, 1749-1827,
(Richmond, Virginia: E.R. Matheny and H.K.
Yates, 1963) The
page number in parenthesis refers to the page number of the
original
register.
Births, page 79
Ann
Lilly, daughter of William and
Lucy, born 4 January, baptized 5 February 1758. (page 16)
John
Lilly, son of William
and Lucy, born 12 August 1761. (page 22)
Richard Lilly, son of William
and
Lucy, born 14 February, baptized 29
March 1772. (page 40)
Thomas Lilly, son of William
and
Lucy, born 26 February 1765 (page 28)
William Armistead Lilly, son
of
William and Lucy, born ___ April, 1767.
(page 32)
____y Lilly daughter of
William
and Lucy, born 19 December
1755.
page
2 Marriages
John
Billups and Mary Lilly, married
21 March 1757 ( page 221)
John
Fowler and Ann Lilly of this
parish, Banns read 20 July 1776 (page 233)
Josiah
Dean of Norfolk County and
Roseanne Lilly of this parish, license dated 26 February 1774
(page 231)
Thomas
Billups married Mildred Lilly
16 June 1769 (page 227)
Robert F. and Isobel B.
Woodson, Virginia
Tithables from Burned Record
Counties, (privately
published by Isobel B. Woodson, September
1970.
page
69 [Number of acres was not
included in Gloucester County]
William
Lilly of Kingston Parish,
Gloucester County, 1774, 12 Tithables
William
Lilly of Kingston Parish,
Gloucester County, 1775, 12 Tithables
1782-87
Virginia Taxpayers other than
those Published by the Census Bureau, Augusta Fothergill, p 76
John
Lilly 1/- Augusta Co
Thomas
Lilly 1/8 York Co
Records
of Colonial
Gloucester County, Virginia,
(Newport News, Va. :: Mrs. G.C.
Mason,
1948)
Volume
1 page 98 "Tax
List of Gloucester County, Virginia, 1782"
Ware
Parish This
Thomas Lilly was in both the 1782 Gloucester tax list and in
the 1791
tax list of Mathews County after the division of the county.
There is a
question mark before the name. I don't know what that
refers
to.
Thomas
Lilly 350
acres 1 male, 19 "negroes", 9 horses, 8 cattle
Thomas
Lilly 350 acres
Thomas
Lilly 498 1/2
acres
Page
112: Henry
Hunley for Thos. Lilly 240 acres, 1 adult male, 5 negroes, 2
horses, 10
cows.1782 Gloucester tax list only.
page
114: Kingston
Parish, Gloucester County tax list and 1791 Mathews Tax List
John
Lilly 1782
Gloucester 160 acres 1 male 4 negroes 2 horses 7 cattle: He
is also in
the 1791 Mathews County tax list 160 acres, 1 male 4 horses
2 cattle
Lucy
Lilly Gloucester
County 7 negroes 2 horses 8 cattle
1782
Thomas Lilly 240
acres held by Hunley 1791 Mathews County, Thomas Lilly
Junior 240 acres
etc
Thomas
Lilly on all
three Gloucester lists: 498 1/2 acres
William
Lilly on 1770
list.
[Note:
Lucy was the
widow of the William Lilly who was in the 1770 tax list.
Hunley was probably holding the land for Thomas Lilly Junior
who
appears as an adult in 1791 in Mathews County. Since William
died
ca. 1781, he is probably the father of Thomas
junior.
There is another Thomas Lilly who owned 498 acres. I am not
sure who
this is. He appears to be older. I suspect he was a younger
son of John
Lilly IV. If so, he is not mentioned in the 1751
Billups will so
may have been a son of a second marriage.]
Records
of Colonial
Gloucester County, Virginia, Volume II,
(Newport News, Va. ::
Mrs. G.C.
Mason,
1948)
pages
74-76
1781
An account of the division of the
Estate of William Lilly Deceased agreeable to and Order of
Gloucester
County
Court dated Decbr 1781. He appears to have had sons: William,
Richard,
John, Thomas.
1806:
This probably was from when his
wife, Lucy, died. She had inherited part of the estate:
1806
William Lilly Estate account of
Richard Billups, Executor.
To
amount assigned....the widow as
dower
Negroes
Furniture
& live stock
James
Smith in right of his
wife
Eliza
Richard
Billups in right of his
wife
Lucy
John
Fowler in right of his
wife Ann
John
Lilly
Thomas
Lilly
William
A. Lilly
Richd
Lilly
administration
account of the estate
of William Lilly deced was this day ...recorded.
Copy
Mann Page C.C. Teste Mann Page
CI: Cur.
Page
70:
1771
ESTATE OF ELIZABETH LILLY
We
Rosanah Lilly and William Lilly
(the Administrators of the Estate of Elizabeth Lilly)
do
by these presents firmly agree that
John Billups and William Callis shall decide a difference
that is now
betwixt us
& If they cannot agree they are to choose and Umpire the sd
difference is as follows Viz. the sd Rosanah Lilly act. against
the
above Estate of Twenty four pounds ten Shillings wch Wm Lilly
Thinks
unjust we have hereto set
our
hands this
third day of May 1771....
Witness
James Callls [his Mark] Wm
Lilly
Elizabeth
Lilly, Rosanah Lilly
Robert F. Woodson, Isobel Baker,
compilers, Burned County
Records,
(published
by Isobel B. Woodson, September 1970), page 69:
"Virginia Tithables" William Lilly
of
Kingston Parish, Gloucester
County, 12 tithables same for 1774 and 1775.
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