I80700: Elizabeth CALLAWAY (ABT 1720

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Cosby, David Father: Cosby, John Mother: ? Birth Date: 1705.

David Cosby moved to Hanover County, which eventually became Louisa County. His will was proved Sept 10, 1770.

LDS Film # 0215617 ; Film # 873026 ; Film # 1036555 Pt. 27
In 1735 David Cosby was grantee of land on the North Fork of Elk Creek in Hanover Co., VA. In 1742 he was a vestryman in Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co., VA. His will was probated in Louisa Co. VA - Sep. 10, 1770.

Children:
2 Charles COSBY b: 1726 d: 1802 + Elizabeth WINGFIELD b: abt 1735 d: 1759+ Elizabeth SYDNER b: abt 1740
2 David COSBY b: abt 1728 d: 20 JUL 1803 + Mary JOHNSON b: abt 1738 + Susan WITTE
2 James COSBY b: abt 1730 + Jane DUDLEY b: abt 1736
2 William COSBY b: abt 1733
2 Elizabeth Betty COSBY b: 1736 + John MINOR b: 13 NOV 1735 d: 31 MAR 1800
2 John COSBY b: 16 DEC 1737
2 Overton COSBY b: abt 1739 d: 23 NOV 1806 + Overton COSBY b: 1732
2 John COSBY b: 19 SEP 1741 d: 1827 + Susannah WINGFIELD b: abt 1744
2 Mary COSBY b: 1745 + William Harry CALLIS b: abt 1742
2 Nancy Ann Overton COSBY b: abt 1746 d: 1790 + William TOMPKINS b: 1736 d: abt 1772
2 Jane COSBY b: abt 1750 d: 1790
2 Barbara Overton COSBY b: 11 FEB 1752 d: 1778 + Vivian MINOR b: 1730 d: 1798
2 William COSBY b: abt 1754 d: 1846 + Elizabeth HALL b: abt 1754

( William Cosby, thought to have died in Williamson Co, Tennessee in 1846(?).)

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"John Quisenberry, was a Royalist, born in England in 1627, and after the beheading of King Charles I, in 1649, fled from the persecutions of Cromwell and the Puritans, and came to Virginia and Settled in Westmoreland County. John Quisenberry's small unpretentious homestead continues to stand after more than two hundred years. It adjoins "Stratford Hall" the birthplace of General Robert E. Lee, and is still known as the "Old Quisenberry Place."

Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills
Quisenberry, John, 23 Nov 1714; 27 Nov 1717. Son William all land and if he die without issue to my son Humphrey to whom I leave one gun and horse; wife Ann rest of personal property. Witnesses. Frances Quisenberry, William Griffin, Humphrey Pope.

WILL JOHN QUISENBERRY
Written 23 Nov 1711
Proven 27 Nov 1717

In the name of God, Amen! I, John Quisenberry of the parish of Washington & County of Westmoreland, being sick of body but of perfect mind & memory doe make ordain & appoint this my last Will & Testament in manner following , evoking & disannulling all & every Will & Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made & declared either by word or writing & this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament & none other: & being penitent & sorry for my past sins & humbly praying forgiveness for them, I give my soul unto almighty God my saviour & redeemer & believe myself to be assuredly saved & that my soul with my body at the Generall Day of resurrection shall rise again with joy & Inherit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for his Elect; & my executors manner & form following:

It is my will that all my just debts be paid by my executors hereafter named.

I give unto my son William Quisenberry all my lands in generall to him & his heirs of his body lawfully begotten & in case of no such heir, then to my son HUMPHREY Quisenberry & to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten & in case of no such heir, then to the next heir at law.

I give unto my son HUMPHREY Quisenberry 1 gunn now in his possession & 1 horse, to him & his heirs forever.

I give unto my l loving wife Anne Quisenberry by whole & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seale this 23 November 1711.

ESTATE of JOHN
QUISENBERRY---INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT

Westmoreland County, ss-17 January 1717/18-In obedience to an order of said Court held for the said county 27 November 1717, the subscribers have mett at the home of John Quisenberry, dec'd, & being sumond & sworn before Augustine
Higgins, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said county, have valued & appraised the personal estate as followeth; to wit:.........

CHAPTER II.

THE QUISENBERRY FAMILY IN VIRGINIA.

Of course there is a tradition that the Quisenberry family in America originated from "three brothers" who came from England at an early date. All, or at least the great majority of American families, are traditionally descended from "three brothers" who originally came to these shores. In the case of the Quisenberry family, however, it is believed from researches among the records that all of them now in America are descended from John Quessenbury, who settled in Virginia at some time prior to 1651. The exact time of his coming is not known, and probably never will be known. It appears (see Appendix II, 1) that he had, in 1651, assisted in surveying the "Stratford" or Thomas Lee estate (then in Northumberland county, now in Westmoreland), and he afterwards (in 1666) bought one hundred acres of land adjoining that estate, when it was still the property of Thomas Pope, of whose heirs Thomas Lee bought it. John Quessenbury evidently owned other lands before he bought this hundred acres, but he had purchased them while Westmoreland was still a part of Northumberland. Westmoreland was formed from Northumberland in 1653, and the records of the last-named county were destroyed when the Courthouse was burned in 1710; and the records of the early land grants and patents in the land office at Richmond were also burned at the time of the surrender of the city to the Federal forces in 1865. Thus the evidences of his first purchases or entries of land in Virginia are forever lost.

In 1707, in a deposition given by this John Quisenberry before the Westmoreland justices, "being examined and sworn upon the Holy Evangelist," he testified that he was eighty years of age, and that fifty years previously he had assisted in surveying a plantation on the Potomac, in Westmoreland county, "since called Vaulxland, or Vaulx Quarter," for "old Mrs. Vaulx," whose husband (Page 15) was then in England; and he had offered to buy a portion of this plantation, "and she seemed willing;" but whether the trade was consummated the deposition does not state, and the records of Westmoreland county do not show. However, it does show that as John Quisenberry was eighty years old in 1707, he must have been born in 1627.

In the earliest records of Westmoreland county, now about two hundred and fifty years old, the name is invariably spelled Quessenbury; but as the years go on that is gradually changed into Quesenbury, Quisenbury, Quesenberry, and Quisenberry. The first record concerning John, the pioneer, is dated June 27, 1656, and is a record of "his mark of Hoggs and Cattle." (See Appendix II, 3.) The records also show that on January 16, 1666, he bought of John Butler, of Westmoreland county, one hundred acres of land (being part of a patent) "for a full and valuable consideration in hand paid," and a yearly quit-rent of two shillings "at the feast of St. Michael, the Archangel." On November 25, 1691, John Quisenberry, sr., bought of Malachi Peale his remaining interest of two hundred acres in a patent.

John Quisenberry, so far as is known, had but three children, all sons--John, William, and Humphrey. John, who had the distinction of engaging in a law suit in 1692 with Captain John Washington (Appendix II, 6), died in 1695, leaving no children, although he was married. The elder John Quisenberry died in 1717 at or near the age of ninety years. His will, dated November 23, 1714, was probated November 27, 1717, which was probably a short time after his death. (Appendix II, 17.) One of the witnesses of the will was Francis Quisenberry, of whom there is no other known record; but very probably he was the brother of the testator, and he must have died childless. Of Humphrey Pope, another witness to the will, a few words of what is considered well founded conjecture is here appropriate, perhaps. The fact that he witnessed John Quisenberry's will and went his security (Appendix II, 32) is prima facie evidence that the two men were upon the closest terms of intimacy; and in addition to this, the fact that one of John Quisenberry's sons was named Humphrey, all goes to suggest close relationship or connection; and the belief is warranted that John Quisenberry's wife, Anne, was the sister of Humphrey Pope.

SOURCE: Bibliographic Information: Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault. Genealogical Memoranda of the Quisenberry Family and Other Families. Washington, D.C.: Hartman & Cadick, 1897.

My Southern Family

Elizabeth CALLAWAY

ABT 1720 - ABT 1758

ID Number: I80700

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Charles R. (Randolph) CONEY

ABT 1848 - 11 Nov 1881

ID Number: I16800

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David COSBY

17 Jan 1705 - 1770

ID Number: I45325

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William James Bradley FLEMING

ABT 1830 - ____

ID Number: I72899

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Elizabeth GATEWOOD

ABT 1752 - ____

ID Number: I56978

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Abraham JOBE

22 Jun 1702 - 24 Aug 1750

ID Number: I68100

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Warner LEWIS III

ABT 1769 - ____

ID Number: I70529

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Anna Margarette PRICE

21 Sep 1713 - ____

ID Number: I54608

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John QUISENBERRY "the Immigrant"

1627 - 1717

ID Number: I29404

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Thomas REEVES

ABT 1730 - ____

ID Number: I93304

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Mildred Edith WHEAT

16 Mar 1851 - ____

ID Number: I95674

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James Watson WILLIS

20 Jun 1812 - 5 Aug 1875

ID Number: I47695

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