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Ancestors of Mourning Smith

Generation No. 5

      16. John Smith I ²⁵, born 1614 in England ²⁶; died Aft. 1694 in Isle of Wight, VA. He was the son of William Smith and Ann Bassett. He married 17. Ann Jones Abt. 1640 in ?²⁶.

      17. Ann Jones, born Abt. 1620 in ?; died Aft. 1694 in ?. She was the daughter of Anthony Jones and Unknown Spouse.

Notes for John Smith I:
From Boddie's Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight VA:

Page 573:
John Smyth, planter, and wife Anne sell to Peter Best his plantation that he lives on 100 acres adj. Robert Coleman and his brother Thomas Smyth form the Cypress for a mile into the woods. July 31, 1675.

Page 578:
John Smyth and Anne his wife sold 500 acres land adj. Robert Coleman and Thomas Smith to Robert Coleman. 3 Nov 1677. Peter Best assigns this to Robert Coleman, 3 Nov 1677. James Tullaugh, Jno. Wingate. Anne Best makes Wm. Thompson of Nansemond her atty. to sigh deed to Robert Coleman.

Page 602:
John Smith and Ann Smith bequeath to John Mackmihill 20 acres of land bought of Capt. Wm. Oldis, late of Nansemond and Robert Ruffin of Surry adj. upon Capt. Geo. Norsworthy lat of the County of Nansemond and the other side of Mather Tomlin'sland. 9 Dec. 1689. Teste, John Brownne, Robert Lawrence.

Page 672:
Mr. Tristram Norsworthy, 670 acres Upper Norfolk Co, Dec. 6, 1645. In the main river behind Ragged Island Cr., down by a great marsh on Mount Lawsons Bay, to an oyster point on the Rich Island, and along New Town Haven River Bay crossing Canady Island Cr. Said land commonly known by the name of Ragged Islands. 100 acres hereof formerly granted to John Smith Aug 20, 1633 and purchased of said Smith; 50 acres pat. by Norsworthy May 10, 1638 and the residue for trans. 9 pers.


Child of John Smith and Ann Jones is:

John Smith II, born 1640 in Isle of Wight, VA; died 1683 in Isle of Wight, VA; married Elizabeth Ball 1680 in ?.

      20. Richard Jasper, born Bef. 1665; died Abt. 11 June 1698 in Richmond County, VA ²⁷. He was the son of John Lancelet Jasper and Sarah Sheppard. He married 21. Mary Unknown in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA²⁷.

      21. Mary Unknown, born Bef. 1665.

Notes for Richard Jasper:
In the reference by Nugent, "Pioneers and Cavaliers," Patent Bk. Part
II, page 277 is noted the "Transportation of ten persons, among which was
JOHN JASPER, who came on the Mary of Bristol in 1634." This is most likely
the first Jasper of our line to come to the United State, then only a
colony.

According to N. Roy, "We have NO PROOF that JOHN JASPER came from
Suffolk but we do know that in the middle 1800's certain Jaspers came to UTAH from Monmouthshire. It is probable that JOHN JASPER came from that area asMonmouth is much nearer the port of Bristol than Suffolk. Most of the
young unmarried male immigrants were between the ages of 16 and 25
years, but the age of JOHN must be a surmise as there are NO records.

"RICHARD JASPER, probable son of the immigrant, is the ONLY JASPER we
find in Virginia at this time who left a record. He appears to have been
born ca. 1636-1638. and to have married Mary, (surname unknown) about 1660. Shedied prior to 1680 when he married second, Sarah (surname unknown).
There were two children by the first marriage and four by the second."(Roy)

Will Book II. p. 60--Richmond County, Virginia (Richmond is one of the
counties made from Old Rappahannock) Will of RICHARD JASPER, dated
June 11, 1698, gives to his son, Thomas Jasper, and his legally begotton
heirs, "All the tract of land I now live on. To son Richard Jasper, Jr. and
his heirs, "the piece of land which I bought from Richard Dudley. To
daughter Sara, one feather bed, a rug and two blankets," and states that the
sons should maintain her until she is sixteen years old and afterwards
"that my sons should yearly pay her, the said Sara, each of them 250 pounds of Tobacco." Personal estate is to go to my two grandchildren, William
and Mary Dudley. "I give to my son Richard Jasper, Senr., one shilling."

Tes: Marks of Wm W. Lee his Mary M. Lee
Hen.
Hayes Richard R. J. Jasper Mark Probated: p. Sacrement Hen.
Hayes in Circuit Court Richmond, 3 tr. die mart ii. 1702 and Record r
Test: James Sherlock, Blk. Sur.

From this will, one can only surmise that either Richard's son who was
left only one shilling was "being punished" by being willed such a
pittance, or that he was wealthy in his own right and did not need the
inheritance, but his father felt a need to include him in the will for a
legal purpose.


Children of Richard Jasper and Mary Unknown are:

	10	i.		Richard Jasper, born Bef. 1685 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA; died Abt. 30 October 1722 in Chowan County, NC; married Sarah Unknown Unknown in ?.
		ii.		Mary Jasper, born Bef. 1685 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, VA²⁷

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