1600. John D. Landrum Sr. was born in 1665 in Turiff Aberdeeshire, Scotland. He died about 1707 in Essex County, Virginia. He married Sophronia Jane Evans about 1689 in Virginia. [Parents]
The first Landrums of record in America appear in Virginia in the 1600's. John and James Landrum appear in deeds and wills in old Rappahanock County which became Essex County, Virginia . Although the relationship between these two men is not conclusively proven, some people have make the assumption they were brothers. Additionally, it is assumed that these two men arrived from Scotland. The stories regarding the origin of the Landrum family can be traced to a book called "The Life and Times of Rev. John Hill Landrum" by H.P. Griffith, published in 1885. In this book , two relatives of John Gill Landrum recall family legends that the Landrums descended either from two brothers from Scotland or five brothers from Wales. Neither story has been conclusively proven , but most Landrums in American can trace their lineage to these two Landrums from Virginia that researchers refer to as John 1st and James 1st. There is also a reference in "The Landrum Family of Fayette County, Georgia" by Joel Shedd, published in 1972, that attributes the Landrum descent from Scotch-Irish blood. Shedd accepts the story that John and James Landrum were brothers who emigrated to American from Scotland. The most direct evidence of this is related by Dr. Samuel Landrum of Edgefield, SC, great-grandson of the first John Landrum. "The original Landrums were two brothers who came over from Scotland and Settled in Virginia: one named John, the other James." What is known is that there were Lendrums in Scotland and Ireland at the time John and James Landrum arrived in America. The Lendrums of Ireland are attributed to the Lendrums of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. I prefer to accept the most widely held theory that John and James Lendrum came from the Scot line. There is a reference to a John Lendrum being a deserter in Scotland in 1685. John Landrum I married Sofrononia Jane Evans and they had four children: Thomas born in 1690 , Elizabeth born in 1693, John II born in 1696, and Martha born in 1699. The name Sofronon is speculative based on the interpretation of the writing in the will.
John Landrum owned 160 acres of land on the southeastern side of the Occupacia River, south of the Rappahanock River in Essex County. He sold the land in 1695. He was listed in the quit rents rolls of Essex County in 1704 as owning 300 acres. He died 1707 or 1708, in Essex County, Virginia.
John Landrum II married a woman whose name may have been Mary Buckner, born in 1700. John and Mary had seven children: John Jr. (III), Charles, Benjamin, Thomas born in 1720, Reuben born in 1729, Joseph born in 1730, and Samuel born in 1737. In 1663, Charles II granted to eight English noblemen most of the land in what is now the southern half of the United States. In 1728, all of these Lord Proprietors surrendered their interests in this land to the Crown with the exception of John Carteret, soon afterward make Earl of Granville, who refused to surrender his one-eighth interest. In 1744, Lord Granville' s interest was satisfied by having surveyors cut out for him a strip of land sixty miles wide adjoining the Virginia border and extending from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the Blue Ridge mountains. It proved to be the most fertile part of North Carolina, and two-thirds of the population lived there. Orange County, North Carolina like Orange County, Virginia was named for the Prince of Orange who became King William during the reign of William and Mary. The earliest record pertaining to a Landrum in Chatham County, NC is a land grant by Lord Granville to John Landrum on August 28, 1754, covering 640 acres of land in the part of Orange County that subsequently became Chatham County. The 1755 tax list of Orange County, North Carolina contains the following entry: "John Landrum with sons and 1 Negro, 6 white, 1 Negro." In addition to the aforementioned land grant in 1754, North Carolina records show the following land grants by Lord Granville to the Landrums: Grant # Grantee Date Acres Location 8 John Landrum 10-2-1761 700 Not Shown 43 Benjamin Landrum 10-2-1761 640 Head of Mill Creek 112 Rueben Landrum 12-24-1762 379 Between Mill Creek 112 Joseph Landrum 12-24-1762 136 On Mill Creek The 1870 map of the county at the courthouse in Pittsboro, NC shows "Landrum's Creek" running from north to south into Rocky River at about the center of the county. This is where the Landrums lived during the approximately 20 years they resided in Orange, later Chatham County, North Carolina. Lord Granville set up a territorial system of land tenure under which his land office made grants of land to settlers who were required to pay a fee for having an "entry" of the land made in the land office records and in addition were required to pay "quit rents." This system proved to be grossly unsatisfactory, as Granville's land agents proved to be dishonest and inefficient. Their dishonesty and inefficiency led to riots by the settlers. The troubles in Granville district were not limited to the land agents, as there were complaints about extortion by county officers. The mutterings that led to the War of the Regulators started in Granville district and soon spread to Orange County. In March, 1768, an organization that came to be known as the "Regulators" started an era of force and violence when they agreed among themselves to forcibly resist payment of any taxes in excess of what they considered lawful. The Regulator movements were tied more closely to local discontent than they were to any widespread dissatisfaction with British rule. In fact, many of the Regulators later sided with the crown against the colonial ruling class that led the independence movement. The conflict in North Carolina came to a head around 1766 when small farmers in the back country protested against the inequitable and inefficient system of local government prevailing in their area. Charles and Rueben Landrum were two of the signers of a Regulator's petition from Orange County dated April 30, 1768, concerning grievances over taxes. Conflict between the Regulators' petition and Governor William Tyron continued for several years. Governor Tyron, instead of trying to address the grievances of the settlers, got the General Assembly to enact an ex post facto law making past acts of the Regulators a capital offense. On May 11, 1771, (subsequent to the enactment of the ex post facto law making prior acts of the Regulators crimes punishable by death) Rueben Landrum was indicted (along with many other s) for being a Regulator by a Special Court convened at Newborn, North Carolina.
Title: Askew.FTW Text: Date of Import: 19 Jul 1999
Title: Big.FTW Text: Date of Import: Jan 9, 2000John Landrum's Will
Essex County Deeds & Wills 1707-1711, Page 103-4
In the name of God, Amen. I John Landrum of the County of Essex and Parish of Sittingburn being very sick & weak but of perfect mind & memory calling to mind the uncertainty of man do make this my last will and testament Imprimis I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of God that gave it in sure & certain hope of a joyfull resurrection at the last day & my body to be buryed at the discretion of of my executors hereafter named Firstly My will is that all my just debts be first paid Secondly My will is that the rest of my estate be equally divided between my four children Thomas, Elizabeth, John and Martha Landrum to be delivered to them at the age of eighteen years Thirdly my will is that John Evans shall have my son John Landrum till he attaines the age of eighteen years Fourthly I order that my daughter Martha Landrum do stay & remain with her Aunt Gays (Keys?, Hays?) till she attains the age of eighteen years Lastly I make my son Thomas Landrum Executor of this my last will and Testament Witness my hand and seals this 24th day of December 1707.
Signed Sealed in presence of us John Landrum
John Hawkins his mark
Joseph Campian his mark
Proved by the oaths of John Hawkins & Joseph Campian the witnesses hereto in Essex Co. court the 10th day of May 1708 and was ordered to be recorded and is recorded.
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1601. Sophronia Jane Evans was born about 1667 in Virginia. [Parents]
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1602. Larkin Chew Sr. was born in 1678 in Maryland. He died on 4 Jun 1722 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He married Hannah Smith-Roy on 27 Dec 1696 in Herring Creek, St. Mary's, Maryland. [Parents]
Title: Burgess Member of Virginia Assembly 1723-26. Sheriff of Spottsylvania County, Virginia 1727-1728. Owned 17,000 acres of land in Spottsylvania County, Virginia
Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800; WILL BOOK A 1722-1749; page 2:
CHEW, LARKIN, d. May 11, 1728, p. Apr. 1, 1729. Wit. William Russell. Ex. son Larkin Chew. Leg. sons Thomas and John Chew; daughter Nan Johnson, wife of William Johnson; Larkin Chew Junr. son of Larkin and Hannah Chew, every part and parcel of my estate after my debts are paid; my wife Hannah Chew to have her first choice of my estate after the debts are paid, to maintain her and my mother Ruth Green, during their natural lives, afterwards to return to Larkin Chew, my natural son and executor. (Page 98)
JOSEPH BROCK, Gent., of Spotsylvania Co., VA, 7,467 acres in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co. (p. 141), bounded by a parcel of Larking Chew, deceased, John Walker, Gent., said Brock's fence, parcel gr. to Harry Beverly, Gent., deceased, John Robinson, Esq., James and Uriah Garton. Barne's Micou's c., Black Rock Swamp. Bluff Swamp. Samms & Talbert, James Stevens, Hawkins, Edward Herndon, Jr., Sander, N. side of Bush's Rd., upper side of Achilles Bridge. (p. 142) Willaim & Philip Branagin, Butler & Mr. Rice Curtis, Jr. L. is part of a parcel of 9,400 acres gr. Larking Chew, Gent., deceased, on 4 Jun 1722 and by him sold to Joseph Brock but 800 acres of the tract first gr. to said Larking Chew & Joseph Chew, Richard Buckner & John Sutton all now deceased, by two patents for 400 acres each dated 26 Apr 1712, afterwards included in that part of parcel for 9,400 acres sold to Joseph Brock & petitioned for by Rice Curtis, Jr., as lapsed for want of improvement. Thomas Chew is Heirs-at-Law of Larken & Joseph, Richard Buckner Heir at Law of the said Richard Buckner & Samuel Sutton, Heir-at-Law of the said John Sutton who obtained gr. for the same (p. 143). 12 Sep 1738.Larkin CHEW
BIRTH: 1676, VA; lived in Spotsylvania for many years but will was adm from Caroline
DEATH: Spotsylvania, Virginia
Father: Joseph CHEW Mother: Ruth LARKIN
Wife: Hannah ROY [different last name??]
MARRIAGE: 1700Ann CHEW
Joseph CHEW
Thomas CHEW
John CHEW
Larkin Jr. CHEWIn 1712 Alexander Spotswood granted to Larkin Chew 2143 acres of land "on the south side of a run issuing into the Mattapony from its north bank, about a mile above the lowest stones of the falls of said river." Also in 1712, Spotswood granted him 220 acres "above the falls of the Mattapony on the north side of the stream." In Spotsylvania County records, Larkin Chew is mentioned many times. He apparently lived in Spotsylvania for some time, alothough his estate was administeded from Caroline. His will is redorded in Will Book A, page 98 of Spotsylvania County.
Pollock gives this account of the Chew family in America. "The present family of Chews came from notable antecedents who constituted one of the longest settled families in America. "Their seat in England was about 15 miles east of the mouth of the Severn River, and a slightly greater distance south of Bristol in Chewton Township, Somersetshire, where the village of Chew Magna, containing the Manorial Manor, Chew Court is located. Not far to the south are the ruins of Chew Prioriy, established by Edward III in the 14th century. "John Chew, a younger son, is said to have beenin one of Captain John Smith's companies of adventures in 1607, but it is positively known that he came permanently to Virginia in 1621 in the 'Charitie," after he was married. With their servants, his wife, Sarah, followed a year later in the 'Seafloure.' He lived first on an island off James City (Hoggs Island) and built a house on the land deeded to him in 1624. He was a merchant in James City, and a member of the House of Burgesses in 1623, 24, 29, 42-44. In 1636 he had 1200 acres of land in York County, and was Justice of Yorktown in 1634 and 1652. In the Virginia House of Burgesses, he was notable for his interested attendance. He was secretary for 4 years and his minutes are still preserved in Yorktown. He was the only member who never missed a meeting for 8 years. "John Chew was a Colonel in the Provincial Forces; was Burgess for Hoggs Island in 1623-4-9l for York County 1641, 43, 44; then afterward moved to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was dead in 1688. "Samuel Chew, one of John's sons, headed the Delaware and Pennsylvania line of Chews. Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania for many years was one of his descendants."Burgess, member of Virginia Assembly 1723-26, Sheriff of Spottsylvania Co., VA, 1727-1728, where he owned 17,000 acres of land.
Described by his grandson JC 11675 as "having married into the respectable family of Roy".Research needed, no known connection:
1790 Kent Co., Maryland Federal Census
81 26 Chew John pg00080
Pg# Ln# Name Free White Males 16+ Free All other
81 26 Chew John 2 181 204 Chew Samuel pg00080
Name of Head of Family Free White Males Free All other inc. head White Free of family Females Persons Slaves 16 & under inc. head Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name upwards 16 of family
Pg# Ln# Name Free White Males 16+ 16- Females+head Slaves
81 204 Chew Samuel 2 2 5 19I hope your family tree is more enriched with this information. Hearing from you is always a pleasure.
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1603. Hannah Smith-Roy was born about 1680 in Caroline County, Virginia. She died about 1743 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Parents]
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1792. Nicolas Bouchard 1 was born 2 in 1637 in Audilly-les-Marais, Diocese of La Rochelle. He died 3, 4 on 16 Jan 1684 in Cap St. Ignace, Quebec, Canada. He married Anne LeRoy on 30 Sep 1670 in Ste. Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1793. Anne LeRoy 1 was born 2, 3 in 1655 in St. Hilaire, Sens, Bourgogne. She died 4, 5 on 1 Nov 1719 in Cap St. Ignace, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1794. Simon Fournier 1.Simon married Anne Catherine Rousseau on 12 Nov 1691 in Montmagny, Quebec.
1795. Anne Catherine Rousseau 1. [Parents]
1824. Pierre 3 Gagnon 1, 2 was born 3 on 3 Sep 1649 in Quebec, Canada. He was christened on 5 Sep 1649 in Notre-Dame, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He died 4 on 10 Aug 1687 in St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. He was buried on 11 Aug 1687 in Ste-Anne, de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. He married 5 Barbe Fortin in 1669 in Chateau-Richer. [Parents]
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3004. Pierre GAGNON <d32.htm> (2937) <fowsrc.htm> was born on 10 Aug 1646. He died on 10 Aug 1687 in Ste-Anne de la Pocatière, Québec. He was buried on 11 Aug 1687 in Beaupré, Québec. He was married to Barbe FORTIN in 1669 in Château-Richer, Québec. He signed a marriage contract on 6 Feb 1669.
3005. Barbe FORTIN <d203.htm> was born in 1654. She died on 27 Aug 1737
Gagnon Family website
1825. Barbe Fortin 1 was born 2 on 21 Oct 1654 in Quebec. She died 3 on 27 Aug 1737 in L'Islet. [Parents]
1826. Robert Caron 1, 2 was born 3 on 10 Feb 1646/1647 in Quebec. He died 4 on 29 Apr 1714 in Beaupre. He married 5 Marguerite Cloutier on 14 Nov 1674 in Chateau-Richer. [Parents]
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1827. Marguerite Cloutier 1 was born 2 on 15 Feb 1655/1656 in Quebec. She died 3 in 1727 in Beaupre. [Parents]
1920. Nicolas 2 Lebel 1 was born 2 on 9 May 1675 in Chateau Richer, Canada. He was christened on 12 May 1675 in Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada. He died 3 in 1720 in Kamouraska, Kamouraska, Quebec. He married 4 Marie-Madeleine Michaud on 23 Aug 1707 in Notre Dame de la Riviere Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1921. Marie-Madeleine Michaud 1, 2 was born 3 on 11 Feb 1691/1692 in Cap-St-Ignance, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1922. Guillaume Paradis was born in 1672 in Beauport. He died on 8 Jan 1727 in Kamouraska, Quebec. He married Jeanne-Catherine-Marguerite Hudon-Beaulieu on 6 Jun 1701 in Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1923. Jeanne-Catherine-Marguerite Hudon-Beaulieu 1, 2 was born on 4 May 1681 in Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. She was christened 3 on 2 Jul 1681 in L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1936. Gabriel Bouchard 1 was born 2 on 8 Nov 1675 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamarouska, Quebec, Canada. He was christened on 22 Jan 1676 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada. He died 3 on 1 Dec 1731 in LaPocatiere. He married 4, 5 Marie Francoise Josephe Lizot on 12 Jan 1701 in Riviere Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1937. Marie Francoise Josephe Lizot 1 was born 2 on 25 May 1681 in La Pocatiere, Quebec. She was christened on 24 Jun 1681 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
1938. Pierre Fortin 1.Pierre married Marie Gertrude Hudon. [Parents]
1939. Marie Gertrude Hudon 1, 2 was born on 8 Jul 1677 in Riviere-Ouelle, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]