Family Group Sheet

Name Thomas Prewitt34,11,12 Birth 1616, Wiltshire, Eng Death Charles City, York Co, VA Immigration May 1636, Indentured Servant To VA Christen 1636, Of, Charles River C., Virginia35 Religion Probably Quaker28
Spouse Unknown36,11,12 Birth BET. 1626 - 1629, Yorktown, York, VA11 Death VA
Children
1 M John Prewitt25,11,12 Birth abt 1648, Charles River, VA25
2 M William Prewitt25,11,12 Birth 1651, Charles River, VA25 Death 1748, Caroline Co., VA25
Spouse Mary
3 M Henry Prewitt25,11,12 Birth abt 1654, Charles City, York, VA Death bef 1722, Henrico, VA25
Spouse Ann Fields
Spouse Rebecca Ann Dabbs Marriage 20 Aug 1691, Henrico, VA21
Notes for Thomas Prewitt
1636- Early Virginia Immigrants, by G.C. Greer, Clerk of the Va. State Land Office, contains a list of some 25,000 persons who came to Virginia from 1623 to 1666, together with the patentee or person who brought them over. In this list is: Thomas Prewitt, 1636, by Joane Bennet, to Charles River Co.11
Notes for Henry (Child 3)
On April 25, 1679, Henry was listed with the heads of families in Henrico County, V irginia when he was tithable and assessed to support an army to defend against the Indians. In the same group of 40 neighbors was Col. William Byrd. Henry evidently owned land at that time since he was taxed. He was not a large land owner by comparison to the Carter's, Byrd's, Randolph's, or Washington's, who owned thousands of acres, but to be a land owner at age 25 was of some importance. In 1686, Henry was granted 220 acres on the north side of the James River in Henrico County, which tract he sold to Mary (Fields)Jones in 1697. On April 20, 1687, Henry Prewitt and John Fields were granted 440 acres of land in Varina Parish, Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, beginning at Almond Creek. Henry was involved with the Fields and Jones families throughout the records of Henrico County. Mary Fields, sister of Thomas and John Fields, married Edward Jones, and Henry Prewitt administered the estate of Edward Jones in 1695. On August 3, 1691, Henry Prewitt, supported by John Fields, was sued by William Byrd. The only connection found between the Prewitt and Byrd families is that they resided in the same area. Henry Prewitt's land on Almond Creek was about 20 miles up the James River from William Byrd's plantation "Westover". Many families followed the Byrds into southern Virginia, the Prewitts among them, settling in northern Halifax County in 1745. Henry Prewitt married Rebecca Dobbs in Henrico County, Virginia on 20 August 1691. According to depositions taken in court that month, Henry was age 37, so this may have been a second marriage for him. Henry may have first married a Field, or else John Field married a sister of Henry Prewitt. In 1711, Henry Prewitt, an over aged person, was exempt from paying poll tax. At the June Court, 1722, Henrico County, Rebecca Prewitt, widow of Henry, was summoned to administer the estate of her husband. Rebecca died in Henrico County, Virginia in 1748.11
Misc. Notes
1st-Wife: possibly Ann Fields21
Notes for Henry & Rebecca Ann (Family)
According to "Henshaw's Encyclopedia. of American Quaker Genealogy": Henry and Rebecca Dabbs Prewitt were members of the Henrico Monthly Meeting of The Society of Friends (Quakers).21

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