I8790: Edward James DENNIS (23 Sep 1877

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Spouse Unknown. Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 From: "Dolores C. Rutherford" To: [email protected] Message-ID: ([email protected])
Subject: [PAGE-L] Goochland PAGES......Part 1
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The earliest Goochland County record for the family named PAGE was dated 17 August 1742. From then onward, the name PAGE occur s often in the deed, court, marriage, probate and tax records.
The only clue to this family's origin before Goochland County was in a deed dated 21 December 1742 to John Page "of King and Queen County", Virginia. With the scarcity of records of King and Queen County, it has been difficult to document their existence there. All of the records of the adjoining and nearby counties have been checked for this name; but the early records of some of them have also been destroyed.
We are extremely fortunate that so many of the Goochland County records have survived the wars and courthouse burnings that have plagued so many of the other Virginia counties. By using the available records, we can either prove most of the PAGE lineages or use them to make rather convincing circumstantial arguments for family groupings.
From these records, it appears that there were three PAGE men of the same generation who came to Goochland County close to the same time---sometime between 1742-1753. They may have all come from King & Queen County, but only one was actually said to be from there. Many of the same family names associated with the Goochland County PAGE men also appear in King and Queen County and that is probably where they originated. All of the PAGE men and women in the records of Goochland County must have been related in some way.
Since no records of their birthdates or the birthdates of their children (except in one instance) have been found, their approximate birthdates must be calculated from the dates of their marriages and/or the dates of the births of their children. With the absence of probate records for some of these men, relationships must be surmised from tax records and the process of eliminating particular children from the other families.
Using available county information and building circumstantial evidence for the proven and probable lineages, one comes up with the following PAGE families in this county. Because these original PAGE men seem to be linked together in the records, we are led to believe that if they were not all brothers (and sisters), they were related in some way. Perhaps future family records will come forth to prove (or disprove) these lineages.

EARLIEST PAGEs in GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA
The earliest PAGE people in the Goochland County, VA records were:
(listed here in the order that they first appear in the records of this county)
Robert PAGE - first record was a deed dated 17 Aug 1742
John PAGE -first record was a deed dated 21 Dec 1742
Exolheath PAGE - first mentioned in a court record dated Nov 1753

Another man appears in these records first in the Feb 1755 Court orders and the 1757 Tithable Lists who could be added to this list or be the son of one of the above men. He was Joseph PAGE.

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Msg from Hildred to [email protected] 5 Jul 2003: "thought you might like to read an article entitled "The Two Ralph Sheltons" in Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazinge of History and Genealogy, Vo. 3, No. 4 Febrauary/ March 1995 , by Jeanne Brooks Gart, C. G.

The Ralph Shelton who married Mary Pollard was the son of Sarah Gissage, widow of Richard Gissage. On September 30, 1703 Joseph Bickley posted bond to secure certain personal property on behalf of this Ralph Shelton, a minor son of Sarah Gissage, whom Bickley
was going to marry. He also bond to guarantee 2 years of education for Ralph.

This "Other Ralph" Shelton was from King and Queen/King William Counties. In his children were Elizabeth, Mary, Richard, Jane, William and John. His will, dated January 1, 1743, was admitted to probate in King William County on March 21, 1744.

No one has ever found the marriage record fro Ralph of Middlesex and his wife, Mary. Her surname remains unknown.

I have never seen the name of Crispin Shelton given with a middle name of Eli or any other middle name. I have seen the original records in Amelia County and in Pittsylvania County. Christ Church Parish Register records his name only as Crispin." Hildred

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probate in King William March 21, 1744

My Southern Family

Edward James DENNIS

23 Sep 1877 - 25 Jul 1930

ID Number: I8790

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George HARNESS

2 Jan 1743 - 7 Apr 1823

ID Number: I99442

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Mary (Polly) Ann HUDNALL

21 Jun 1805 - 30 Aug 1845

ID Number: I30234

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ABT 1670 - ____

ID Number: I76667

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Ralph SHELTON

25 Sep 1698 - 1743

ID Number: I28688

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Mary O'Brien WATKINS

21 Sep 1828 - 9 May 1872

ID Number: I103174

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