Mother: Nancy ELAM |
_William BASS III________+ | (1682 - 1753) m 1704 _William BASS IV_____| | (1707 - 1775) m 1747| | |_Mary or Margaret FAILE _+ | (1690 - 1717) m 1704 _Edward BASS ________| | (1754 - 1834) | | | _Henry WALTHALL _________+ | | | (1690 - ....) | |_Mary WALTHALL ______| | (1719 - 1791) m 1747| | |_Mary____________________ | (1690 - ....) | |--Richard BASS | (1780 - 1848) | _________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Nancy ELAM _________| (1756 - ....) | | _________________________ | | |_____________________| | |_________________________
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Lynn Page [[email protected]] supplied all the Edmunds
information.
Children:
2 James EDMUNDS Sr. b: 3 Apr 1743 d: 25 Jan 1826 + Sarah
LAVENDER b: 1744 d: 15 Jan 1787
2 John EDMUNDS d: 1783 + Mary
2 Elizabeth EDMUNDS b: 13 Mar 1731 + Thomas BALLEW
2 Samuel EDMUNDS b: 22 Nov 1735 d: 1812 + Mary ASTOR + Alice
2 Sarah EDMUNDS + Nathaniel WOODRUGH
From Robert Allen: "There is a long standing rumor (and
published account) that John Edmunds is the grandson of Howell
Edmunds who died in Surry County, VA in 1729 (Will written 24
Dec. 1728, proved 20 Aug. 1729) and his wife, Elizabeth Blunt,
through his reported son John Edmunds who married Rececca
Browne. Although John Edmunds who married Mary Watkins may have
some collateral kinship to Howell Edmunds and Elizabeth Blunt,
he is not his lineal descendant. First, Howell Edmunds did not
have a son, John, according to his will. His will mentions three
sons, Nicholas, Thomas and Howell, Jr. The will sometimes
abbreviates Thomas' name as "Tho" and undoubtedly somebody has
misinterpreted "Tho" to be John. Second, the John Edmunds who
married Rebecca Brown was the son of Thomas Edmunds and his
wife, Ann Simmons, grandson of Howell Edmunds who died in 1729.
His father, Thomas died an untimely death in Surry Co., VA in
1737 without a will. His son, John was involved in guardianship
proceedings in Surry Co., VA between 1744-1748. Rebecca Brown,
whose father, Henry Browne, also died an untimely death prior to
1744, was also involved in guardianship proceeding in Surry Co.,
VA between 1744-1748. So John Edmunds and Rebecca Brown married
no earlier than 1748. The earliest they could have had a child
was 1749, at least 18 years after my John Edmunds had his first
child. My John Edmunds was born about 1740, about 40 years
before the John Edmunds who married Rebecca Browne began having
children. The dates simply do not allow my John Edmunds to fit
in as a descendant of Howell Edmunds who died in 1729.
There is a Goochland Co., VA Court Order Book has the following
sequence of records:
1. May Court of 1736: "We present Anne Cole for a Bastard child,
John Edmunds for living in adultery with his maid Mary, and she
for having a Bastard child." "We" is referring to the Goochland
County Grand Jury.
2. Court Order Book 4, page 83: "Grand Jury vs Edmund - On the
presentment of the Grand Jury against John Edmunds and his maid
Mary it is ordered that they be summoned to appear at the next
court."
3. Court Order Book 4, page 384: "Church Wardens vs. Watkins -
On the information brought by the Church Wardens of St. James
Parish against Mary Watkins, the sheriff having returned the
summons executed, and the defendant failing to appear it is
ordered that an attachment do issue against the bondy of the
defendant and returned to the next court.
4. Court Order Book, June Court 1739 - "The Information of the
Church wardens of St. James's Parish against Mary Watkins is
dismissed - no proof".
On the above evidence, I have reached a logical assumption that
Mary Watkins was the mother of John Edmund's children. Whether
they were legally married when James Edmunds was born in 1743 or
not is not clear. In fact, they may have been married in the
eyes of the Quaker religion (the Watkins family is said to have
been of the Quaker faith) or of the French Huguenot religous
belief, however, no officially considered married according to
the established Church of England.
John Edmonds reveived a Land Patent of 200 acres in Albermarle
Co., on the South side of the Tye River on 10 March 1756.
John Edmonds wrote his will on 13 Dec. 1782 as a resident of
Amherst Co., VA and it was proved in Court in Amherst Co., VA on
7 June 1784. An Alexander Edmonds witnessed the will of John
Edmonds which was written on 13 December 1782 who is believed to
be his grandson, son of James Edmunds, born in 1763. John
Edmonds did not mention his son, John, in his will because his
son John predeceased him.
There is a 4 April 1782 Amherst Co., VA Court Order Book entry
showing that a John Edmunds and many others made a claim for
property impressed or taken for public service in support of the
Revolutionary War. I do not know whether this claim was made of
John Edmunds, Sr. who died in 1784 or his son, John Edmunds who
died in 1783. Whichever John Edmunds this applies to should
qualify for DAR or SAR entry."
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Mother: Martha Frances SMITH |
_Thomas William GAINES ____+ | (1738 - 1811) m 1768 _Henry Pendleton GAINES _| | (1779 - 1865) m 1811 | | |_Susannah Dabney STROTHER _+ | (1748 - 1811) m 1768 _William Martin GAINES _| | (1826 - 1911) m 1848 | | | ___________________________ | | | | |_Nancy SHIPP ____________| | (1790 - 1862) m 1811 | | |___________________________ | | |--Rebecca Ann GAINES | (1852 - 1930) | ___________________________ | | | _________________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Martha Frances SMITH __| (1833 - 1908) m 1848 | | ___________________________ | | |_________________________| | |___________________________
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Mother: Eleanor Long ELLIOTT |
_Anthony HARRISON Jr. "the Immigrant"_+ | (1605 - 1660) _Richard HARRISON ___| | (1630 - 1667) | | |______________________________________ | _Andrew HARRISON Sr.___| | (1648 - 1718) m 1684 | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Margaret BARBER ____| | (1615 - 1677) | | |______________________________________ | | |--William HARRISON | (1688 - 1742) | ______________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Eleanor Long ELLIOTT _| (1642 - ....) m 1684 | | ______________________________________ | | |_____________________| | |______________________________________
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