Mother: Laetizia RAMOLINO of Naples |
Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain 1768-1844
Napoleon's older brother, Joseph was a good politician and
skillful diplomat, serving in the Cinq-Cents and as France's
ambassador to Rome.
In 1806, he was given a military command and then the crown of
Naples. Forced, by Napoleon, to relinquish the throne in favour
of Marshal Murat - Caroline Bonaparte's husband - he then became
King of Spain.
His enlightened views on governing were shattered by a
disastrous series of military campaigns in the Peninsula and,
after defeat at Vitoria, he fled for France.
After the 100 Days' Campaign, Joseph spent 17 years in America
before returning to Europe. He died in Italy.
Joseph Bonaparte
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joseph Bonaparte (January 7, 1768 - July 28, 1844) was the
eldest brother of Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him
king of Naples (1806-1808) and Spain (1808-1813).
He was born at Corte, Corsica and married Julie Clary on August
1, 1794 in Cuges-les-Pins, France. She bore two children:
Zénaïde Bonaparte
Charlotte Bonaparte
The Spanish people nicknamed him Pepe Botella ("Joe Bottle")
pointing to an alleged tendency to drunkenness. His supporters
were called josefinos.
Before becoming king, Joseph was a lawyer, diplomat, and
soldier. After the fall of his brother, he resided in
Bordentown, New Jersey, USA, for 17 years. He died in Florence,
Italy and is buried in Les Invalides, Paris, France.
Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's Home in America
By Tom Holmberg
A French law of 1816 banished the Bonapartes from France and
confiscated their property, income and took away their civil
rights. Many other countries of Europe also placed restrictions
on them, placed them under surveillance and generally harassed
them. Joseph Bonaparte sailed incognito aboard the American brig
"Commerce" to New York. Captain Misservey, who'd been paid
18,000 francs to carry Joseph's party, thought he was carrying
Lazare Carnot. From N.Y. Joseph proceeded to Philadelphia, where
Henry Clay offered him his hotel suite.
Joseph Bonaparte finally settled in New Jersey under the name of
the Count de Survilliers (Americans tended to call him Mr.
Bonaparte)—taken from his Mortefontaine estates—in early 1817.
He acquired title to over 1000 acres of land near Bordentown, on
the Delaware River. In part the money came from more than 5
millions in jewels Joseph had had the foresight to bury against
just such a contingency. The estate was known as "Point Breeze,"
but it also acquired the name "Bonaparte's Park." Trees were
planted and carriage drives laid out. A substantial house of
brick and wood was built.
Joseph Bonaparte's House at Point Breeze, New Jersey
This house was partly destroyed by fire in 1820 (local rumor had
it that a Russian lady set the fire)and a new house was erected
with an art gallery (with paintings by Murillo, Rubens,
Canaletto, Velasquez, and Da Vinci, as well as Gerard and
Vernet), library, state dining room and grand staircase. A large
lake with a causeway and arch was constructed. A building nearby
housed Joseph's daughter Zenaide and her husband Charles Lucien
(son of Lucien Bonaparte), an amateur ornithologist. Reportedly
underground passages linked various parts of the property which
raised all sorts of rumors locally.
In 1817, Gen. Mina, the former guerilla leader visited him and
reportedly offered Joseph the crown of Mexico. French
adventurers also offered to win him the Mexican throne. Joseph
refused. Many other famous figures from Napoleonic Europe
visited Joseph in America.
Joseph also purchased a large tract of "wilderness" in upstate
New York on the Black River. There is still a Lake Bonaparte
there. His neighbors for a time included Marshal Grouchy, Comte
Pierre-François Real, General Clausel and Lucien Murat. As his
wife did not accompany him to America (he did not see her again
for 25 years) Joseph took at least one mistress named Annette
Savage, who bore him a daughter. In 1832, Joseph, now the
Bonapartist pretender, moved to London to be closer to France.
In 1850, Point Breeze was purchased by the British consul at
Philadelphia who had the house pulled down and built another to
replace it.
Bibliography
Lee, Francis Bazley. "The Residence of Joseph Bonaparte in New
Jersey" American Historical Magazine March 1906 vol. 1, no. 2;
Pp 178-188
Connelley, Owen. The Gentle Bonaparte New York : Macmillan;
1968.
http://www.napoleonseries.org/articles/biographies/joseph.cfm
Biographies
Joseph Bonaparte's Sojourn in the United States
By Alan Hills
Joseph arrived in New York on the 29 July 1815, or the 27 August
1815 ( some difference in the sources) on the ship Commerce
under the pseudonym of the Comte de Survilliers and stayed at
the City Hotel. From here he went to Philadelphia where he
rented a house in the city centre (260 South Ninth Street). I
believe it is still standing. He also rented a house in
Fairmount Park called Lansdowne House, built by John Penn.
On 16 June 1816 he found a property at Bordentown, situated
between the Delaware River and Crosswick Creek, called Point
Breeze. The state of New Jersey passed a special law to enable
Joseph to purchase the estate. It consisted of 211 acres with
the house and cost $17,500. He enlarged the estate to 1,800
acres. The park was laid out with 12 miles of bridal paths and
drives, and a lake a half mile long was made. The main house was
in the federal style, and another house was also built for his
daughter Zenaide and her husband Prince Charles Lucien
Bonaparte. The two houses were connected by a tunnel with a
branch which led through the bluff to a landing stage. Both his
daughters Charlotte and Zenaide stayed there at sometime during
his sojourn in America. All told Joseph spent some $300,000 on
the estate. The house burnt down on Sunday 4th January 1820.
Whilst in America he was offered the Mexican throne but turned
it down. He also bought some 24,000 acres on the Black River
between Lake Ontario and the Adoirondacks. He rebuilt Point
Breeze in the colonial style on a site a little lower down than
the original house. One of his grandchildren was born there on
13 February 1824 and christened somewhat unoriginally, Lucien
Charles Napoleon. He had a mistress called Annette Savage from a
Quaker family. She bore him two daughters in 1821 and 1822. One
daughter died young, the other married a Colonel Zebulon Howell
Benton. Shortly after this, Annette left America with a handsome
pay-off from Joseph not to publish her memoirs.
Joseph left America in June 1832. He returned on 23 August 1837
and for two years he fought the railways who wished to run the
track through his estate. He won the case. He returned to Europe
in 1839 and died on 19 July 1844. In 1847, Joseph's'grandson
sold the American property to a Mr Thomas Richards of
Philadelphia who in turn sold it to an Englishman Henry Beckett,
who razed it to the ground and rebuilt the house in a less grand
style. The house changed hands many times over the years finally
being bought in 1970 by the Divine World Seminary. Only 242
acres of the estate remain, the only original structure is the
gardener's lodge at the entrance to Park Street. Joseph's final
resting place is in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris where his
body was laid on 14 June 1862 at Napoleon III's request
(Joseph's nephew).
Point Breeze: Joseph Bonaparte's American.(estate of former king
in New Jersey; art, furniture collections )
....Joseph Bonaparte died in Florence in 1844 with his faithful
wife beside him. He bequeathed Point Breeze to his grandson
Joseph Lucien Bonaparte (1824-1865), who sold it in 1847 to a
Thomas Richards. Several years later, Richards sold it to Henry
Beckett, formerly the British consul in Philadelphia. (32)
Beckett, a fervent Francophobe, tore down the mansion and built
a house that was lost in a fire in 1985. It was then replaced by
an institutional structure to house the Divine Word Seminary for
the training of Roman Catholic missionary priests......
Magazine Antiques, Oct, 2002, by Patricia Tyson Stroud
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1026/4_162/92545137/p1/articl
e.jhtml
Prince français (Imperial Highness) 1804, King of Naples and
Sicily 30 Mar 1806-6 Jun 1808, King of Spain and the Indies 6
Jun 1808-11 Dec 1813, assumed the title Cte de Survilliers 1815
(Corte 7 Jan 1768-Florence 28 Jul 1844) Lived from 1815-1841 in
the USA (new Jersey)
1. Marie-Julie Clary
Julie Joséphine Bonaparte
Princess Zenaide Bonaparte+
Princess Charlotte Bonaparte
2. Annette Savage
Pauline Bonaparte
Caroline Bonaparte
__ | __| | | | |__ | _CARLO Maria BONAPARTE ______| | (1746 - 1785) m 1764 | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--JOSEPH (Giuseppe Nabulion) BONAPARTE of Spain | (1768 - 1844) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Laetizia RAMOLINO of Naples_| (1750 - 1836) m 1764 | | __ | | |__| | |__
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Mother: Susannah "Sorrow" Gerard SLYE |
Will of PHILIP BRISCOE, Charles Co.; written 2 Aug 1750; probate
20 Oct 1750
To wife Casandra Briscoe, Negroes: Rachel, Sambo, Charity
To dau. Susanna Briscoe, Negroes: Isbile, Sarah and Mole
To wife and dau. Susanna Briscoe, remainder of estate
If wife died before dau. reaches age 16 then my bro. Robert
Briscoe should care and guardianship of dau. or if he has died
than my sister Presilla Anderson.
In case the plantation whereon I now live which of late belonged
to Capt. Samuel Chunn be adjudged a chattel appraisable in the
estate of the said Samuel Chunn, I delivered up to Acquilla
Chunn, eldest son of Samuel Chunn deceased at this coming to the
age of 21 years
To my bro. George Briscoe, set of surveyor instruments
Exs. Wife Casandra Briscoe and bro. George Briscoe"
_JOHN BRISCOE I__________________+ | (1610 - 1699) _Philip BRISCOE Gent. Sr._| | (1648 - 1724) m 1677 | | |_Elizabeth DUBOIS _______________ | (1620 - ....) _Edward BRISCOE Sr._____________| | (1685 - 1725) m 1698 | | | _Edward SWANN Sr.________________+ | | | (1630 - 1693) | |_Susannah SWAN ___________| | (1650 - 1740) m 1677 | | |_Susannah HEATH? ________________ | (1630 - ....) | |--Philip BRISCOE | (1710 - ....) | _Robert SLYE Sr. "the Immigrant"_+ | | (1627 - 1670) m 1652 | _Robert SLYE Jr.__________| | | (1655 - 1698) | | | |_Susannah GERARD ________________+ | | (1635 - 1681) m 1652 |_Susannah "Sorrow" Gerard SLYE _| (1680 - 1725) m 1698 | | _John GOLDSMITH _________________ | | (1640 - 1683) |_Priscilla GOLDSMITH _____| (1660 - ....) | |_Judith GERARD __________________+ (1640 - 1696)
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_____________________________ | _Nathaniel DAVIS I "the Immigrant"_| | (1645 - 1710) m 1675 | | |_____________________________ | _Nathaniel Robert DAVIS I_| | (1676 - 1771) | | | _Rice HUGHES "the Immigrant"_ | | | (1610 - ....) | |_Mary Elizabeth HUGHES ____________| | (1650 - ....) m 1675 | | |_Nicketti POWHATTAN _________+ | (1625 - ....) | |--Martha Hannah DAVIS | (1702 - 1765) | _____________________________ | | | _Hugh Ap LEWIS ____________________| | | (1660 - ....) | | | |_____________________________ | | |_Abadiah LEWIS ___________| (1680 - ....) | | _____________________________ | | |___________________________________| | |_____________________________
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Mother: Catherine TURNER? |
2 Dec 1729 [Chas Co]: John, son of Hatch and Ann Dent, born
10 Mar 1730/31 Chas Co: Hatch Dent and Ann his wife sold to
Matthew Barnes Jr their interest in tract "St Edmondsbury"
[located in Port Tobacco W Hd]
"22 Oct 1755 Trinity Par Chas Co: vestrymen and church wardens
met at newly built parish church, at which time a large number
of Protestant freeholders of the parish met according to notice
and declared their desire to have pews distributed through
lottery scheme proposed by parish vestry; those present
included: church warden Hatch Dent, and freeholders Thos Dent,
Michael Dent, Peter Dent, Benjamin Dent and John Dent Senr
"19 May 1781 Chas Co: in his will Hatch Dent Senr devised to his
son Hezakiah his dwelling plantation "Dent's Palace", with his
wife (unnamed) to enjoy use; to his son Hatch Dent four slaves;
to heirs of his son John a negro boy; to his granddaus Ann Dyson
and Margaret Dyson personalty; to his other children not already
mentioned all other moveable effects, with wife to have use; to
his dau Rody Turner a negro boy; appointed son Hezakiah sole
executor; witnesses were Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas
Dent
Death: [bef 10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: Hatch Dent died (date of
probate of will)]
10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: will of Hatch Dent Senr proved by oath of
Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas Dent; Thomas Hatch Dent,
heir-at-law {eldest son of Hatch's deceased eldest son John},
was present at probate
10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: letters testamentary on estate of Hatch
Dent Sr granted to Hezekiah Dent; he posted bond of £1000, with
Thomas Dent and Michael Dent as his sureties
26 Sep 1781 Chas Co: estate of Hatch Dent Sr appraised at
£286.7.9 by Bennett Dyson and James Simms, with Hatch Dent and
Peter Dent signing the inventory as next of kin, and Henry
Cooksey and Thos Swann signing as greatest creditors. 27 Oct
1781 Chas Co: inventory presented in court by Hezekiah Dent,
executor.
27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into
court additional inventory on estate of Hatch Dent Sr, amounting
to £0.10.0
27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into
court final account on estate of Hatch Dent Sr; payments made
out to Thomas Swann for making coffin, Dr Richd Brown, and Henry
Dent for schooling Margeret Dyson; final balance to be disposed
according to will was £394.17.81/2; sureties were Thomas Dent
and Michael Dent [both] of Chas Co
"Hatch Dent born (age 61 in Oct 1767 deposition, age 72 in Jun
1779 deposition [see below]); father John Dent, mother possibly
Catherine ------ (stated that his father was John Dent in 1767
deposition; see narrative article on John Dent {John1})]
===
Marr
[c1728-29 poss Portobacco W Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent married Ann
(Chapman) (date estimated from birthdate of first child; wife's
given name from Trinity Par Vestry Prcdgs (TPVP); maiden name
suggested from 1730 deed [see below], and from use of Chapman as
middle name for several of Hatch and Ann's grandchildren)]
===
Son
2 Dec 1729 [Chas Co]: John, son of Hatch and Ann Dent, born
===
10 Mar 1730/31 Chas Co: Hatch Dent and Ann his wife sold to
Matthew Barnes Jr their interest in tract "St Edmondsbury"
[located in Port Tobacco W Hd]
===
Dau
13 Apr 1732 [Chas Co]: Mary, dau of Hatch and Ann Dent, born
===
10 Mar 1732/33 Chas Co: John Dent {elder bro} conveyed to Hatch
Dent "in consideration of the natural love and brotherly
affection which he hath and beareth towards the said Hatch Dent"
144A of "Dent's Inheritance"
===
1733 "Newport West Side Lower Part" Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent on
tax list with 1 tithable
Dau
4 Nov 1734 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Catherine, dau of Hatch and
Ann Dent, born
Dau
7 May 1737 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Ann, dau of Hatch and Ann
Dent, born
Dau
22 Dec 1739 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Lydia, dau of Hatch and Ann
Dent, born
Dau
10 May 1742 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Esther, dau of Hatch and Ann
Dent, born
Dau
4 Nov 1744 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Rhoda, dau of Hatch and Ann
Dent, born
Son
2 Aug 1747 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Hezekiah, son of Hatch and
Ann Dent, born
===
21 Jun 1749: Hatch Dent received grant for "Dent's Gore" of 34A
Son
20 May 1751 [Newport W Hd Chas Co]: Hatch, son of Hatch and Ann
Dent, born
===
1753-56 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with part of "Dent's
Inheritance" of 145A and "Dent's Gore" of 34A
===
12 Nov 1753 Chas Co: John Dent sold to Hatch Dent for £30
sterling money of Great Britain 144A "Dent's Inheritance"; Mary
wife of John Dent acknowledged her right of dower
===
21 Jan 1754: Hatch Dent received warrant to resurvey 145A part
of "Dent's Inheritance", and "Dent's Gore" of 34A
===
22 Oct 1755 Trinity Par Chas Co: vestrymen and church wardens
met at newly built parish church, at which time a large number
of Protestant freeholders of the parish met according to notice
and declared their desire to have pews distributed through
lottery scheme proposed by parish vestry; those present
included: church warden Hatch Dent, and freeholders Thos Dent,
Michael Dent, Peter Dent, Benjamin Dent and John Dent Senr
===
29 Nov 1755 Chas Co: Hatch Dent of Chas Co sold to John Dent
{son of Hatch} of same county for £20 sterling money of Great
Britain part of "Dent's Palace" containing 100A; the same day
Hatch Dent acknowledged the deed [no mention of wife's
relinquishing of dower], and certified receipt of £20 from John
Dent Junr
===
31 May 1756 Trinity Par: 1/3 of pew no. 20 assigned to Thos
Dent, who paid £0.13.4; 2/3 of pew no. 20 assigned to Hatch Dent
and Peter Dent, who paid £1.6.8
===
1757-62 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's Palace"
of 209A
===
Aug 1760 Trinity Par: following were on list of parishioners
contributing to aid sufferers from Boston fire, with amounts
given: Hatch Dent, £0.11.3; John Dent Jr {son of Hatch}, £0.3.4;
Benjamin Dent, £0.7.6; John Dent, £0.7.6; Michael Dent, £0.7.6;
and Thomas Dent, £0.7.6.
===
1 Nov 1760 Chas Co: administration bond on estate of John Dyson,
decd, granted to Lydia Dyson, who posted bond of £200 with Hatch
Dent and John Dent {prob son of Hatch} as her sureties
===
31 Oct 1761 Chas Co: goods and chattels of Sarah Maddox decd
appraised by John Marshall and Henry Thompson, with Samuel
Turner and Hatch Dent signing inventory as kin
===
1763-66 Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's Palace"
of 109A
===
[c1766] Chas Co: goods and chattels of Andrew Hilton decd
appraised by Thomas Dent and Hatch Dent, with John Hilton and
Samuel Hilton signing inventory as next of kin
===
26 Apr 1766 Chas Co: John Dent (signed "John Dent Jr son of
Hatch") sold to Hatch Dent for £30 part of "Dent's Palace"
containing 100A
===
1767-[74?] Chas Co: debt books list Hatch Dent with "Dent's
Palace" of 209A
===
10 Oct 1767 Chas Co: Hatch Dent gave deposition to a commission
examining the bounds of tract "Oneals Desert", in possession of
Thomas Reed Cooksey; in deposition, declared himself to be about
61 years of age, and referred to his father John Dent, now
deceased
===
10 Aug 1773 Chas Co: goods and chattels of Justinian Cooksey Jr
decd appraised by Hatch Dent and John Dent son [of Hatch?], with
Justinian Cooksey and Thomas Rd Cooksey signing inventory as
next of kin
===
Early 1778 Newport W Hd Chas Co: Hatch Dent Sr on constable's
list
===-
21 Feb 1778 Chas Co: Hatch Dent and Michael Dent took oath of
fidelity to State of MD before magistrate John Parnham [of
Newport W Hd]
===
30 Jun 1779 Chas Co: Hatch Dent gave deposition to a commission
examining the bounds of tract "Oneals Desert", in possession of
Thomas Matthews, as follows: "Hatch Dent aged about seventy two
years being duly sworn ... deposeth and saith that about forty
years agoe he this deponent saith he was shewed the place where
he now stands or near it being on the east side of Gilbert Swamp
and within about fifteen yards of said swamp, there stood a
small white oak tree, which Thomas Dyson Senr John Dyson and
Henry Davis told him this deponent that the said tree was the
begining tree of a tract of land called Oneals Desert, and that
the said Thomas Dyson Senr John Dyson and Henry Davis told him
this deponent, that they had their information from Henry Norris
and [further] this deponent saith not." (signed by mark)
===
1779 Trinity Par: Hatch Dent Sr on list of subscribers to parish
from "[Newport] West Hundred"; listed for four subscriptions and
120 lbs of tobacco total contribution
===
19 May 1781 Chas Co: in his will Hatch Dent Senr devised to his
son Hezakiah his dwelling plantation "Dent's Palace", with his
wife (unnamed) to enjoy use; to his son Hatch Dent four slaves;
to heirs of his son John a negro boy; to his granddaus Ann Dyson
and Margaret Dyson personalty; to his other children not already
mentioned all other moveable effects, with wife to have use; to
his dau Rody Turner a negro boy; appointed son Hezakiah sole
executor; witnesses were Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas
Dent
Death
[bef 10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: Hatch Dent died (date of probate of
will)]
===
10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: will of Hatch Dent Senr proved by oath of
Bennett Dyson, Michael Dent and Thomas Dent; Thomas Hatch Dent,
heir-at-law {eldest son of Hatch's deceased eldest son John},
was present at probate
===
10 Sep 1781 Chas Co: letters testamentary on estate of Hatch
Dent Sr granted to Hezekiah Dent; he posted bond of £1000, with
Thomas Dent and Michael Dent as his sureties
===
26 Sep 1781 Chas Co: estate of Hatch Dent Sr appraised at
£286.7.9 by Bennett Dyson and James Simms, with Hatch Dent and
Peter Dent signing the inventory as next of kin, and Henry
Cooksey and Thos Swann signing as greatest creditors. 27 Oct
1781 Chas Co: inventory presented in court by Hezekiah Dent,
executor.
===-
27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into
court additional inventory on estate of Hatch Dent Sr, amounting
to £0.10.0
===
27 Jul 1782 Chas Co: Hezekiah Dent, executor, presented into
court final account on estate of Hatch Dent Sr; payments made
out to Thomas Swann for making coffin, Dr Richd Brown, and Henry
Dent for schooling Margeret Dyson; final balance to be disposed
according to will was £394.17.81/2; sureties were Thomas Dent
and Michael Dent [both] of Chas Co
===
MADDOX, SARAH (Hatch), Charles Co. 29 Apr 1760
17 Oct, 1761
To John Maddox, son of Notley Maddox,, of Charles Co.., dec'd,
all lands I possess, of which was -the land of my dec'd.
husband, John Maddox,, which are called Maddox's Trouble, 236
A.; Hatch, 100 A.; Hatton's Improvement, 30 A,; Bluff Point, 7
A, and Gore, 1-3/4 A.
The lands afsd. to Townley Maddox, son of afsd. Notley Maddox,
dec'd, and Samuel Maddox of St, Mary's Co., son of John Maddox,
to be divided between Townley and Samuel.
Also give John Maddox, son of Notley Maddox, dec'd, soma slaves.
To Sarah Hatch Maddox, dau. of the above mentioned John Maddox,
some slaves.
To Notley Maddox., son of Notley Maddox, dec'd., some slaves.
To Samuel Maddox, son of John Maddox, some slaves.
To Jane Warren wife to John Warren, some slaves.
To Richard Smoot, who served his time with my dec'd. husband,
John Maddox, some furniture, cattle and etc.
To Hatch Dent, some cattle.
To Lydia Turner, dau. of Edward Turner of St. Mary's Co.,
To Wm. Vincent, son of William Vincent.. dec'd., one slave now
at Sarah Vincent's mother of the sd. William Vincent.
To friend John Hanson, Jr., son of Samuel Hanson, dec'd., all
remaining pt, of estate,
Ex: John Hanson., Jr.
Wit: Han Thompson., Humphrey Warren, Thos. Hawton. 31. 485
===
Benjamin Wood 5.162 D CH £1011.8.6 May 17 1769
Sureties: William Posten, John Dent (son of Hatch Dent).
Distribution to: Widow (unnamed, 1/3). Residue to children:
Benjamin (1/6), Druscilla (1/6), John (1/12), Leonard (1/12),
Helena (1/12), Elisabeth (1/12)
Executors: Ann Wood, Benjamin Wood,"
___________________________________ | _John DENT I "the Immigrant"_| | (1645 - 1712) m 1670 | | |___________________________________ | _John DENT II________| | (1673 - 1733) m 1703| | | _John HATCH "the Immigrant"________ | | | (1614 - 1681) | |_Mary HATCH _________________| | (1647 - 1726) m 1670 | | |___________________________________ | | |--Hatch DENT I | (1706 - 1781) | _Arthur TURNER Sr. "the Immigrant"_ | | (1622 - 1667) m 1651 | _Edward TURNER ______________| | | (1652 - 1709) m 1685 | | | |_Margaret or Margeurite SMITH _____ | | (1630 - ....) m 1651 |_Catherine TURNER? __| (1685 - 1752) m 1703| | _Alexander SMITH __________________ | | (1610 - ....) m 1665 |_Mary SMITH _________________| (1667 - 1702) m 1685 | |_Elizabeth HUMPHREYS ______________ (1610 - 1674) m 1665
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Mother: Elizabeth GATEWOOD |
_________________________________ | _John HAILE "the Immigrant"_| | (1690 - ....) | | |_________________________________ | _Thomas HAILE _______| | (1710 - ....) m 1748| | | _________________________________ | | | | |_Mary_______________________| | | | |_________________________________ | | |--Gatewood HAILE | (1750 - ....) | _John GATEWOOD I "the Immigrant"_+ | | (1640 - 1706) m 1680 | _Thomas GATEWOOD ___________| | | (1688 - 1748) m 1716 | | | |_Amy "Amie" MCGRAW (MAGRAH) _____+ | | (1660 - ....) m 1680 |_Elizabeth GATEWOOD _| (1717 - 1764) m 1748| | _Richard DUDLEY III______________+ | | (1665 - 1716) m 1688 |_Elizabeth DUDLEY __________| (1692 - 1765) m 1716 | |_Elizabeth SAXE _________________+ (1670 - ....) m 1688
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Mother: Mary BROCK |
He was a graduate of the Univesity of Edinburgh and a lifelong
member of St. George's church and also a vestryman; he was also
a vestryman of Barbridge's church and Mattapony chapel.
He attended a meeting on June 1, 1774, in Spotsylvania, to take
action in regards the Boston Port Bill. The meeting was
adjourned until June 24th, at which time a resolution was
adopted declaring that, "the acts of the British Parliament are
unconstitutional, arbitrary and unjust," and "calculated for the
destruction of the rights of America; that the levies of
Parliament are the free gift of the people, granted by their
representatives"; that the British Parliament can have no power
of making laws for the government of the colonies, as they have
one of their own"; their allegiance to the Crown but that they
owed no obedience to any act of the British Parliament
respecting the internal policies of the colonies; that the acts
of the British Parliament in regardto the Province of
Massachusetts and the port of Boston are unconstitutional, and
that the duty on tea is against the rights and liberties of
America and ought to be opposed by the people; and, that the
best method of opposing the said acts will be to break off all
commercial connection with Great Britian until they are
repealed.
This is the first recorded opposition to the Crown by a legal
body of the colonies. Less than a year later, on April 28, 1775,
the famous Fredericksburg Resolutions were adopted, Joseph
Herndon being one of the signers. These resolutions, drafted by
Peyton Randolph and Edmund Pendleton, were adopted more than a
year before the Declaration of Independence was conceived. The
principles of these original resolutions were later incorporated
into the Declaration of Independence. Joseph, Edward and John
was elected at Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, on 17
November 1775. All three brothers were elected to the Committee
of Safety for Spotsylvania County, Virginia.2
ID: I5393 Name: Edward HERNDON (Edward m. Mary Waller, believe
this is in error she m. Joseph) N Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1742 in
Caroline Co., VA
Marriage 1 Nancy Mary MINOR b: 7 MAR 1741/42 in Caroline Co., VA
Married: 15 AUG 1765 in Caroline Co., VA.
_William HERNDON "the Immigrant"_+ | (1649 - 1722) m 1677 _Edward HERNDON I_____________| | (1678 - 1758) m 1698 | | |_Catherine DIGGES _______________+ | (1654 - 1727) m 1677 _Edward HERNDON II Gent._| | (1702 - 1759) m 1729 | | | _John WALLER I___________________+ | | | (1645 - 1723) m 1669 | |_Mary WALLER "the Immigrant"__| | (1674 - 1721) m 1698 | | |_Mary KEY _______________________+ | (1648 - 1735) m 1669 | |--Joseph HERNDON Sr. Of "Mattapony" | (1737 - 1810) | _________________________________ | | | _Joseph BROCK "the Immigrant"_| | | (1668 - 1742) | | | |_________________________________ | | |_Mary BROCK _____________| (1715 - ....) m 1729 | | _________________________________ | | |_Mary CLAYTON ________________| (1672 - 1769) | |_________________________________
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In May 1861, he enlisted in Co E, 11th Virginia Infantry; was
transferred to Co E, 7th Virginia Infantry, elected second
lieutenant, then promoted adjutant of the regiment. He was
wounded at Fraziers Farm, Howlett House, twice at Gettysburg,
and made prisoner in Rappahannock Co, VA, but escaped. Leading a
detachment of forty men in the battle of Drurys Bluff, he
captured the 27th Massachusetts Infantry, Col H C Lee, and four
stands of colors.
His brother, Thomas W Parr, was first lieutenant in the infantry
service, and his brother, James H Parr, served in Company E, 2d
Virginia Cavalry. George Parr, another brother, was killed at
Drurys Bluff. In 1865,
John H Parr cast his fortunes in with the people of Amherst Co,
and in this county, in 1882, he was appointed supervisor, and in
the following year, he was elected to the same office to serve
until 1885.
(Hardesty's "Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia," Special
Virginia Edition, page 443. H H Hardesty & Co, New York, 1884.)
He was killed in a duel which occurred on 04/18/1898. They lived
in Amherst Co., VA. He served in the Confederate States of
America Army. He was a merchant.
1880 United States Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace
Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John PARR Self M Male W 40 VA Dry Goods Merc. VA
VA
Bittie PARR Wife M Female W 33 VA Keeping House
VA VA
William PARR Son S Male W 9 VA VA VA
John H. PARR Son S Male W 7 VA VA VA
Lizzie H. PARR Dau S Female W 5 VA VA VA
Morris PARR Son S Male W 2 VA VA VA
Esther EUBANK Other S Female MU 30 VA Cook VA
VA
Lawson BROWN Other Male MU 25 VA Farm Laborer
VA VA
Source Information: Census Place Pedlar, Amherst, Virginia
Family History Library Film 1255353 NA Film Number T9-1353
Page Number 262A
[523410]
Bk 2, p. 181
__ | ____________________________| | | | |__ | _William PARR _______| | (1797 - 1870) m 1825| | | __ | | | | |____________________________| | | | |__ | | |--John Henry PARR C.S.A. | (1836 - 1899) | __ | | | _(RESEARCH QUERY) REYNOLDS _| | | | | | |__ | | |_Nancy Ann REYNOLDS _| (1810 - ....) m 1825| | __ | | |____________________________| | |__
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