Family

Richmond Terrell and Elizabeth Unknown

Married

Husband:   Richmond Terrell

Born: 1620
Died: 1680
Father: Robert Tyrrell
Mother: Jane Baldwin


Settled in Blisland Parish, New Kent Co., VA in 1656 (Hanover
County was created from New Kent Co.,) Reference "Terrell
Genealogy" by Emma Dicken, pub. by the Naylor Company, San
Antonio, TX page 112, Land Patent Book at Richmond shows that on
November 28, 1656, Richmond Terrell was granted 640 acres of
land for the transportation of 13 persons, among them was his
brother, Robert. Richmond is again listed among persons
transported by Charles Edmonds from England to Virginia in 1638,
so for business reasons must have made a return trip. It appears
that some persons who desired land grants were allowed to
advance money for the passage of new settlers, and were issued
certificates which were assignable, which gave them immediate
possession of the land, but were not given a permanent deed
until the passengers had actually arrived and their names
listed. This was evidently the case in the second grant to
Richmond Terrell, probably his brother. according to Dicken,
there is a strong possibility that Richmond may have had a
fourth son, Robert, who on April 20, 1682, was granted 170 acres
of land in New Kent Co., At that time, Robert, brother of
Richmond, was not alive. Nineteen years later there is another
grant to a Robert Terrill in Middlesex Co., VA. This Robert
married Mary and baptized a son, Robert on May 13, 1707 in
Middlesex County, VA.

Wife:   Elizabeth Unknown

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Male  Child 1:   William Terrell

Born: 1650
Died: 1744
Spouse: Susannah Waters
Children: David Terrell, William II Terrell, Mary Terrell, James Terrell, Joel Terrell, Betty Ann Terrell, Henry Terrell, Timothy Terrell, John Terrell


Lived in Hanover and Albemarle County, VA. His father is in
dispute... was either William Terrill or his brother, Richmond
Terrill. Emma Dicken in her book of some years ago, "Terrell
Genealogy", devotes the entire chapter 4 to William. She offers
convincing proof that he is the brother of Timothy and Richmond.
As always she quotes many sources in her research. She says that
he first appears in the Quit Rent Rolls of New Kent in 1704 as
owner of 400 acres of land, evidently in the section which
became Hanover in 1720 (on the Pamunkey River. A descendent,
John Dabney Terrill (1773-1850, son of Col. Harry Terrill, in
his last years wrote from memory of his line and stated that
William was the parent of his grandfather, Joel Terrill, and
William's son's were James, John, Joel and Timothy, and he had
also some unnamed daughters. Dicken says that William was "on
the south side of the Pamunkey River, just above or below the
junction of the North and South Anna Rivers, and not far from
the town of Hanover, in what was often referred to in those days
as "the forks". William is found in court records and in the
Vestry Book of St. Pauls Parish. His approximate year of death
is readily determined as he appears in the records in 1743 and
is mentioned as deceased in records in 1744. He may have had a
daughter, Susan or Susannah, who married John Brooks and went to
Bladen County, NC as early as 1735; their son Isaac Brooks
married Ruth Terrill, daughter of Timothy Terrill and family
tradition is that Isaac and Ruth were first cousins.
Timothy Terrill moved to Bladen County, NC about 1743 and he and
John Brooks were associated. It has been further suggested that
William and Susannah had another daughter, Mary, who married
Matthew Mills, as Henry Terrill and Matthew were associated in
some business and Matthe had a son, William Terrill Mills. There
are no records of the birth of any of William's children.
John Terrill Wayland Jr.

Male  Child 2:   Richmond Terrell

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Male  Child 3:   Timothy Terrell

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Male  Child 4:   Robert Terrell

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