Descendants of Immigrant Bro James and John Gordon

Third Generation

Family of Col. James GORDON (2) & Milicent CONWAY

6. Anne (Nancy) GORDON.[1],[5] Born on 29 Mar 1743 in Lancaster Co, VA.[1],[9],[2] [Bible entry: Ann Gordon born 29 March, 1743 between 11 and 12, Tuesday.]. Anne (Nancy) died in Lancaster Co, VA on 20 Apr 1766; she was 23.[9],[2] [Bible entry: My dear daughter (Ann) Chichester departed this life 20 April 1766 in the 23rd year of her age. She had an excellent sweet temper.].

Entries in the Journal of Col. James Gordon in which James refers to his daughter as Nancy:
Dec 31, 1758: Miss Flood and Nancy went to church. Family are pretty well.
Feb 18, 1759: Nancy went to Wmg. Church & dined at Col. Conway's.
April 15, 1759: My wife & Nancy went to Church. Nancy went from church to Mr. Chas. Carter's.
May 13, 1759: My wife went to Church with Silla Churchill & Nancy--came home to dinner.
June 3, 1759: Silla Churchill & Nancy to White Chapel Church & Mr. Criswell & Mr. Chichester came home with them.
June 9, 1759: This day my daughter Anne was married to Mr. Richd. Chichester about 11 o'clock forenoon; had a very agreeable company--viz.: Col. Conway, Mrs. C. & her children, Col. Tayloe, Dr. Robertson & his wife, Mrs. Chin, Mr. Armistead, Mr. Dale Carter & his wife, Mrs. Doget & Sally, Bridger Haynie, Col. Selden, & Miss Betty Selden, Richd. Spann, Robt. Hening. We invited several others who did not come. The Parson, Mr. Currie, went off first.
June 10, 1759: I went in our boat to Church with Col. Tayloe &c, my wife, Mr. Chichester & Nancy & the rest, in chairs. All came here to dinner except Col. Tayloe.
June 16, 1759: Nancy, Molly & Betty have the measles, & about ten of the negroes.
July 8, 1759: Mr. Chichester & Nancy went to Wmsb. Church & intend to dine at Col. Conway's & to visit their other relations.
July 17, 1759: Received a letter from Col. Conway, & one to Nancy upon religion, but in my opinion very little to the purpose. Thos. Carter rec'd one which displeased him very much. Col. Conway seems so great a bigot that people who are religiously inclined despise his advice.
Aug. 19, 1759: My wife & Nancy went to Wmg. Church. Mr. Orr came from Eastern Shore.
Sept. 28, 1759: Sent in the morning to have the seine drawn--they made several hauls & got good fish, viz: three drums, one of them large,--trouts, green fish, &c. Nancy yesterday went to see Mrs. Robertson, & about half an hour after she left her, she departed this life.
October 24, 1759: Barbee set off for Wmsburg & James River. Abel went with him to carry some silk for Nancy.
Nov. 28, 1759: Mr. Chichester rode out in the chair with my wife. Mrs. Watson came & pulled out one of Nancy's teeth.
Dec. 31, 1759: Cousin Sam. Hening, Mr. Criswell, Mr. Chichester, my wife & Nancy all dined at the mouth of Jonah's Cove on oysters. Very agreeably ended the old year, for which & all other mercies I adore & praise the Divine goodness, for He is good & His mercy endureth forever. Mr. Richd. Span ("Dickey") was married yesterday to Miss Priscilla Churchill ("Silla"), daughter of Col. Churchill. The weather prevented the marriage on Saturday, as was intended.
January 2, 1760: All our company went away except Cous. Sam. Hening. Killed two hogs. Mr. C. & Nancy went to their plantation & could not return for the rain.
January 10, 1760: Mr. C. & Nancy went home. My wife & I went with them. May the Almighty direct them in this world of trouble.
January 12, 1760: Went with my wife to see Mr. C. & Nancy. They seem comfortably settled. Blessed be our Great God.
Feb. 3, 1760: Nancy came to see us yesterday--went home after dinner.
July 24, 1760: Got to Mr. Chichester's about 3 o'cl. Nancy very disordered with the jaw ache.
Aug. 2, 1760: Went with my wife & Jamey to Mr. Chichester's; he & Nancy pretty well. Agreed on a place for the kitchen to stand.
Aug 13, 1760: Nancy Chichester here. Went down with her to the landing with my wife. Molly went home with her.
October 12, 1760: Went to meeting with my wife, brother, Mr. C. & Nancy & Mr. Spann. Heard a fine discourse & well delivered, by Mr. Hunt. I think we must have him for our minister if we can, as I believe he will give general satisfaction.
July 19, 1761: Nancy has been sick this two or three days past with ague & fever.
July 22, 1761: My wife went to see Nancy, who is still very ill. Venus very ill with a pleurisy.
July 24, 1761: Fast day--went to meeting--when we returned found my brother at our house, & in the eveg. Mr. C. & Nancy came & Mr. Hunt & Dr. Robertson & his wife, so that our house was pretty full.
May 29, 1762: Mr. Chichester & Nancy here. It gives us great comfort to have the happiness of seeing Mr. C. here once more.
December 17, 1762: Mr. Chichester, Nancy & Molly Garlington came before dinner.
December 18, 1762: Nancy very ill all night with a violent headache, but was so easy in the morning that she would go to meeting, though we persuaded her to stay at home, & I had sent for Col. Tayloe to bleed her, who came, but put it off until after sermon. In the evening she was blooded; about an hour after, she was taken with a blindness, & soon after a convulsion fit, which put us all into the greatest confusion. I wrote for Dr. Robertson, as I imagined Dr. Flood would not come. Dr. R. was desirous of me sending for Dr. Flood, as the case was so dangerous, so that I despatched Scipio with a letter entreating his coming. My poor child continued having fits all night--about 25--then she lay as if dying. Dr. Flood came in the morning through the rain, in an open chair, which was a greater favour than I expected, as he had declined visiting patients. He very much comforted us by telling us she was not dying. He ordered the blister Dr. R. had put on her neck to be taken off. About 12 o'clock she was delivered of a daughter, but with very little life, so that it soon died. Before night she seemed much recovered.
December 21, 1762: Dr. Flood left us. Dr. R. returned at night. Nancy is much better, but not yet come to her senses--neither can she speak.
Xmas Day. Nancy seems to recover but slow, which makes our Xmas not so comfortable as we could wish, but I hope the Lord will give us strength to bear up under any affliction He is pleased to lay upon us.
December 26, 1762: Nancy grows very restless, being difficult to keep her in bed. I wrote to Dr. Flood & desired he would visit her tomorrow.
December 27, 1762: Dr. Flood came about 1 o'clock. Nancy very ill, after he came, which might be owing to his not giving her medicine, or to the large company that came to see her, or both.
December 28, 1762: Dr. Flood let me know that Nancy is in great danger.
December 30, 1762: We are comforted by Nancy appearing much better.
December 31, 1762: I praise God, Nancy continues to recover. O Lord, Thou hast this year been a kind & benevolent Father unto us, & tho' Thou has been pleased to afflict us in some measure, it has been with compassion & tenderness, when at the same time we deserved the severest punishment.
January 2, 1763: Sunday. Nancy seems better to-day than she has been since she was taken sick. Sent Scipio to Dr. Flood to let him know. It snowed all day, yet Mr. Waddel & Mr. Criswell went to meeting, where there were about 30 people.
January 19, 1763: This day Nancy dined with us at table; blessed be the Lord for his mercies to her & us.
February 5, 1763: Nancy rode out in the chair by the little school-house, and seems pretty well.
March 13, 1763: The first time Nancy was at meeting since she was sick.[5]

On 9 Jun 1759 when Anne (Nancy) was 16, she married Richard CHICHESTER[1],[5], son of John CHICHESTER (?-1728) & Elizabeth SYME, in Lancaster Co, VA.[1],[2],[9],[5] [Bible entry: My daughter Ann was married 9 June 1759 to Richard Chichester of this county.].

Richard was of Lancaster County, Virginia. [1]

Entries in the Journal of Col. James Gordon regarding his son-in-law, Richard Chichester:
Aug. 10, 1759: ...Mr. Baker came to undertake Mr. Chichester's house, but did not agree.
Aug. 22, 1759: Set off early for Nothd. Called for Dicky Spann at the Court House Store--then went to Mr. Chichester's plantation--found affairs pretty well there; then to my own plantation near to his.
Sept. 1, 1759: Dr. Robertson here to see Mr. Chich, who continues much disordered with the Sciatica.
Sept. 5, 1759: Mr. Chichstr. very ill. My wife went to Bell's to get preacher.
October 18, 1759: Dr. Robertson went over with me to old Mr. Carter's to enquire about Mr. Chichester's affairs, & find by his brother's will he seems to have a right to the Eng. Estate.
March 19, 1760: Robt. Hening came from Mr. Chichester's & told us he is very ill. We are now afraid of a fever falling into his hip & thigh.
March 22, 1760: Left Mr. Chichester to come home with my wife, but met the Doctor near Mr. C's, & turned back with him. He thinks Mr. C's condition very dangerous. Agreed to send for Dr. Robertson only as a surgeon.
March 24, 1760: My wife & I to Mr. C's as his thigh is to be laid open today; but Dr. Robertson had performed it before we got there.
March 28, 1760: Went with my wife, Molly & Betty to see Mr. C. & Nancy. He seemed more cheerful, & I hope in a good way of recovery. A ship from South Carolina went past Mr. C's.
April 3, 1760: Went with my wife to see Mr. C. whose recovery is very much doubted.
April 12, 1760: Went over to see Mr. Chichester who don't seem any better. He has wrote for Dr. Symor.
April 20, 1760: Shadrock let us know that Dr. Symor had come to his master's. My wife & I set off before breakfast, got there about 8 o'c. Dr. Symor ordered his thigh to be further laid open--gives us great encouragement & comfort above what the others did.
May 6, 1760: I went over to Mr. Chichester's as there is some difference about him among the Doctors, which we got pretty well settled. Heard the disagreeable news of Col. Churchill's dwelling house & almost all his goods being burnt.
May 11, 1760: Mr. Chichester sent over early for us, as Dr. Symor was there. The conversation we heard from the Doctors was not agreeable.
May 23, 1760: Finished all my letters & papers & delivered them to the Capt. & Robt. Hening. It has been a busy time with me, with writing letters to my friends in Ireland & about Mr. Chichester's affairs & my own in England.
June 15, 1760: Went with my wife to White Chapel Ch. where we heard a very indifferent discourse. Dined at Mr. Chichester's, who is much recovered, praise be to the Most High.
June 25, 1760: This day Mr. Chichester's pain in his hip returned in a most violent manner. I sent immediately for Drs. Symor & Robertson. sent for Col. Tayloe & had him blodded. My wife gave him an opiate which eased him very much. Poor little Betty very unwell. How uncertain are our comforts in this life!...
June 27, 1760: Mr. C. continues to recover, but Betty's gums are very sore.
June 30, 1760: Mr. Wormley & Mr. Hodges dined here. Mr. Downman brought papers relative to Mr. Chichester's estate in England.
October 13, 1760: Sent for Dr. Watson to Mr. Chichester who is taken with a pain in his other side, & has given us great uneasiness.
October 29, 1760: Abel came to let us know his master is much worse; his pain is returned in the old place. Jamey better, I believe, by taking bitters with bark, camomile flowers & snake-root.
October 30, 1760: Went with my wife to see Mr. Chichester--found him better than the day before, so that I proposed his taking the vomit Dr. Watson had sent him. Mr wife thought in the morning h'd be better, but Nancy seemed desirous he sh'd take it then--so my wife gave it to him, but not above one-third of what the Dr. sent--which worked him so severely that he grew weak & faint & we were afraid it w'd kill him. Dr. W. came about an hour after he took it, and seemed as much frightened as any of us. Praise be to God, he is much recovered. Mr. Criswell very ill.
Nov. 25, 1760: Went with my wife to see Mr. Chichester; found him in a very low condition.
Nov. 28, 1760: Found Mr. Chichester very low--much reduced since I saw him--am much afraid he will not recover. Sent for Dr. Flood.
Jan. 17, 1761: Sent to see how Mr. Chichester was. Scipio returned with his letter & will enclosed & account of his poor state of health. May the Lord enable him to bear up under his great trials!
September 21, 1761: Went with my wife & sister Gordon to Mr. Chichester's. Mr. C. kilning bricks. Two ships came in to-day.
October 14, 1761: Went with Col. Tayloe & Mr. Dale Carter to Mr. Chichester to get his English papers ready to send to Wmsg. to have the Govr's. certificate & seal of the Colony.
March 20, 1762: Mr. Chichester sent to me about a difference between him & Capt. Armistead. We got it made up, & they agreed tolive in friendship, which may the Lord grant.
April 13, 1762: Went early to Mr. Chichester's land near Fairfield Church. Mr. Bell surveyed it. I was much fatigued attending the surveying.
May 8, 1762: Went to see Mr. Chichester's new house raised--dined there; soon after I got home some splinter got into my eye, which very much tormented me. My wife has a fever.
February 1, 1763: Mr. Chichester went to see his sister Glasscock, who must be in great distress.
February 4, 1763: Mr. Chichester returned from Richmond.
June10, 1763: Mr. Currie got to our house on his way to Mr. Chichester's to marry Mr. Criswell & Molly Garlington. Dr. Watson I had sent for to draw a tooth for my wife, who has been distracted with it. He got it out with great difficulty. We all set off, except my wife, to Mr. Chichester's, & about 8 o'clock the above pair were joined together. May the Lord give them every needful blessing!
July 17, 1763: Two fine sermons on keeping the Sabbath. After we got home a negro came from Mr. Chichester to let us know that he & Nancy are very ill. My wife & Mr. Smith went with me.
Sept. 7, 1763: Mr. Chichester sent Adam, his carpenter, to help about the meeting house.[5]

They had the following children:
i. Daughter[5]. Born on 18 Dec 1762 in Lancaster Co, VA.[5] Daughter died on 18 Dec 1762 in Lancaster Co, VA.[5]
ii. Milicent[1],[2]. Born on 13 Mar 1765 in Lancaster Co, VA.[9],[2] [Bible entry: Millicent Chichester, born 13 March 1765.]. Milicent died ? .

Milicent married Dr. Alexander VASS[1],[2].


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