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Ancestors of John Franklin Bush, Sr.

      82. Lewis Markham⁶⁸, born Abt. 1660; died Bet. 1712 - 1713 in Westmoreland Co., VA⁶⁸. He was the son of 164. Lewis Markham and 165. Jane. He married 83. Elizabeth.

      83. Elizabeth⁶⁸, died Aft. 1713.

Notes for Lewis Markham:
25 May 1698 Alexr: Spence, Gent., justice, present at Court - This day received a Commission of the Peace from his Excellency Sir Edmund Andros, Knt., Governor &c, bearing date 26 Aprill 1698, which being read, Henry Rosse Gent., and Alexr: Spence Gent. by vertue of a dediums potestatem of the same date administred the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Test together with the oath of duly executing the office of Justice of the Peace to William Peirce Gent., Wm. Horton Gent., and Wm. Bridges Gent., who also administred the oaths and Test to Henry Rosse and Alexr. Spence and also to Lewis Markham Gent., and James Taylor Gent., justices of the peace by the Commission appointed.

15Page 130a [29 Oct. 1701]. His Majestie’s Commission of the peace for the County was published, beareing date 13 September 1701, together with a dedimus potestatem for administring the oaths, and Francis Wright, Alexander Spence, Lewis Markham, Caleb Butler, John Sturman, George Weedon, John Elliott, Andrew Munro, Henry Ashton and John Bushrod, Gent., were severally sworn to the oaths appointed to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy together with the oath of a justice of the peace and did also subscribe the Test and association. Present: His Majestie’s justices above names.

15Westmoreland Co., VA Order Book 1698-1705 (Part Two 1700-1701) by John Frederick Dorman

His will named the following persons as slaves, in two groupings: Sambo, Mary, Pender, Kate, Bess, Phill, Harry and Prince in one group, and Bess, Peg, Bob, Frank, and Betty at Pope's Creek quarter.

From http://ralphinla.rootsweb.com/mrkmvlew.htm

"2. Lewis2 Markham (Lewis1)(7) (#5823) was born in Virginia maybe around 1660. Lewis died early in 1713 at age 52.

He married Elizabeth (Markham). (Elizabeth (Markham) is #9040.) Elizabeth was born maybe around 1665.

9 Feb 1697/8 Lewis received a grant of 100 acres of land, adjacent to Richard Brown's property in Westmoreland Co, VA.(8) He was named to the Quorum of of Westmoreland County 8 June 1699.(9) He was named Sheriff of Westmoreland County 25 April 1702.(10) Lewis Markham was a Justice of Westmoreland County 8 July 1702.(11) On 1 Dec 1708 Lewis Markham "of Westmoreland Co. in Forest in said Co." was granted 151.5 acres on path to Nanjattico, adjacent property of Mr. Stark and William Baltrop.(12)

Lewis Markham wrote his will 15 March 1712/3 in Westmoreland Co, VA.(13) He made bequests to Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann, and to his eight children, of whom the only one named was William, who was to receive the plantation at Mattoax at the death of Lewis's wife Elizabeth.

Lewis's estate was probated 13 June 1713 in Westmoreland Co, VA.(14)

He was a prominent attorney in Westmoreland County."


Children of Lewis Markham and Elizabeth are:

	41	i.		? Markham, married Henry Ware.
		ii.		Elizabeth Markham, married John Marshall.

Notes for John Marshall:
Grandfather of the first chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall, which would make me a second cousin, five generations removed of the chief justice.

84. Caleb Lindsay⁶⁸, born Abt. 1664⁶⁸; died 1717 in Essex Co., VA⁶⁸. He was the son of 168. James Lindsay. He married 85. Clare.

85. Clare⁶⁸.

More About Caleb Lindsay:
Burial: Postbar [Potabor] Hall, St. Mary's parish, Caroline Co., VA⁶⁸

Notes for Clare:
This may be a Miss Clare, daughter of "Michael Clare."

Child of Caleb Lindsay and Clare is:

Joshua Lindsay, born Abt. 1698 in Essex Co., VA; married Polly Nichols.

86. George Nicholes⁶⁸.

Child of George Nicholes is:

Polly Nichols, born Abt. 1715; married Joshua Lindsay.

      92. Abraham Simpson^69,⁷⁰, died Bef. July 18, 1771⁷⁰. He married 93. Ann.

      93. Ann^71,⁷².

Notes for Abraham Simpson:
For the pros and cons of the argument favoring John Simpson and Elizabeth Naylor as the parents of Francis Simpson see http://va.genalogy.tripod.com/john_simpson.htm


Child of Abraham Simpson and Ann is:

Francis Simpson, died 1795 in Spotsylvania Co., VA; married Mary.

      96. Johann Adam Schauss⁷², born Abt. 1704 in Albisheim, Pfalz, Germany⁷²; died December 12, 1770 in Bethania, Stokes County, North Carolina⁷². He was the son of 192. Johann Conrad Schauss and 193. Anna Engel Conrad. He married 97. Maria Barbara Baum January 16, 1724/25 in Albisheim, Pfalz, Germany⁷².

      97. Maria Barbara Baum⁷², born January 08, 1706/07 in Albisheim, Pfalz, Germany⁷². She was the daughter of 194. Johann Philip Baum and 195. Anna Maria ?.

Notes for Johann Adam Schauss:
From http://www.fmoran.com/shouse.html

"The progenitor of the Shouse family in North Carolina was Johann Adam Schauss (ca. 1704-1770), who immigrated to America on the Harle in 1736, with his wife Maria Barbara Baum, d/o Johann Philip and Anna Maria Baum of Albisheim, Pfalz. Johann Adam was the son of Johann Conrad Schauss and Anna Engel Conrad of Albisheim. He settled initially in Pennsylvania, where he worked as a miller, and moved to North Carolina probably about 1754."

Child of Johann Schauss and Maria Baum is:

Heinrich Schauss, born 1741 in Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania; died September 26, 1825 in Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Kentucky; married Elizabeth Bone February 20, 1769 in Stokes County, North Carolina.

      98. John A. Bone, Sr.⁷², born 1727 in Chester Co., PA; died 1789 in Iredell Co., NC. He was the son of 196. William Bone II and 197. Margaret Houston. He married 99. Margaret Hill.

      99. Margaret Hill⁷². She was the daughter of 198. David Hill and 199. Jane ?.

Notes for John A. Bone, Sr.:
The first of Williams II's children to leave the area was in 1749. By 1765, only Henry and his family were left in the Chester County Area. John A. Bone, fourth child of William II, in 1749 took his wife Margaret and infant daughter, Elizabeth along with his good friends and neighbors Tom and Henry Potts and migrated to some newly opened land in the western part of North Carolina. John purchased three hundred acres of land in Bladen (became Anson in 1750) County on October 11, 1749. On April 4, 1750 he purchased three more acres and three years later again bought more acreage.He eventually accumulated around 1000 acres. The plat book of Rowan County shows that in 1800 William Bone (probably William IV, 1741-1828,) was one of the larger land owers in the area.

From http://www.geocities.com/johnd909/v/d56.htm:

"It was probably the 1760-61 epidemic which caused most of William II's family to migrate. The toll of the epidemic, evidently Typhoid Fever, was particularly high in Chester County. William II and his older brother John both died. The family of William II was very badly hit; among the victims were his daughter, Mrs. Jane Bone Gillespie, her infant son; two daughter-in-laws, wives of William III and James, and numerous grandchildren. Between 1761 and 1765 most of the Bones in the Chester-Lancaster area migrated, leaving only Henry Bone and a few other Bones.

"James Bone moved west with his motherless sons in 1762, settling in the western forests of Cumberland County. He remarried and had four children.

"A sizable caravan left Lancaster, Chester and York Counties in 1764-65 for the area of North Carolina, where John A. Bone had settled 15 years earlier. This group consisted of the Bone, Cannon, Gillespie,Hill, Ireland, Knox, Lanaden, Patts, Purviance, Stevenson and Wasson families. Among the BOnes were John II and his 15 year old son, John Crawford; William Bone III, a widower with his 7 children, aged 3-20, Thomas with his wife Mary and their 2 children (they had 6 more in North Carolina). It would appear that the Bones and their relatives belonged to the Presbyterian Church and histories of the church give some information about them. Before 1753 people met to worship at "stands" a board between two trees to hold the Bible, the Catechism, the tuning fork and a bucket of water and gourd for the servant of God while he read the scripture, taught the Catechism and raised the tunes.

"By the beginning of the Revolution, William Bone I's grandchildren were scattered. Some of Jame's family were in western Pennsylvania and northwestern Virginia; Henry's were still in the Lancaster, Chester, York and Burks counties area of Pennsylvania. The rest were in North Carolina.

"In 1768 when Governor Tyron began to enforce some of the British regulations throughout the colony of North Carolina, he ran into strong opposition from the Scot-Irish in the area where the Bones lived. Many of the group became ardent Rebels and strongly supported the revolutionary leaders against the government. In 1774 in an attempt to appease the Regulators, the colonial government appointed John A. Bone as Constable of the Mecklenburg District. John held the job throughout the Revolution, but by 1776 for the new Carolina government rather than the "old" royal one, which had fled. John held the position until 1789. It is believed he died that year.

"The group of families were then attacked by marauding Indians and men in many areas joined the armies and particiapted in battles and skirmishes to protect their families, especially in the "frontier areas". There is also a historical record connected with the Fourth Creek Presbyterian Church in 1781, where all the men in the congregation were said to have taken up arms and followed Rev. James Hall, their pastor, to Charlotte to fight Cornwallis. It is a matter of record that William Bone, John Bone, Thomas Bone and their families belonged to the Fourth Creek Church.

"The Presbyterians were the first to bring the gospel to the Cumberland Country. Atheism was quite common. The Presbyterians started with prayer meetings at the homes of Thomas and Abner Bone, two and one half miles southest of Statesville, Tennessee, about 1804. The area of Sumner, Wilson and Rutherford Counties became a mecca for the members of the Bone family and their kin between 1785-1806."

Child of John Bone and Margaret Hill is:

Elizabeth Bone, born 1748 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1779 in Rowan County, North Carolina; married Heinrich Schauss February 20, 1769 in Stokes County, North Carolina.

100. Edward Watts⁷², born Abt. 1704⁷²; died Aft. 1775⁷². He was the son of 200. Thomas Watts and 201. Esther Bledsoe?. He married 101. Elizabeth Downs September 14, 1737⁷².

101. Elizabeth Downs⁷². She was the daughter of 202. Henry Downs and 203. Unknown.

Notes for Edward Watts:
The first entry in deed records that I have found for Edward Watts is when he bought property at an execution sale in Orange co. in 1746, sold by sheriff William Russell to pay a judgment against James Dyer in favor of Henry Downs, Edward's father-in-law.

Edward first acquired his own land when his father, Thomas Watts, died 1748-1750. Thomas's will refers to "the plantation he now lives on," about 200 acres. His mother, Esther, decided not to take under the will of her husband. She left her property to Edward in 1768-1772, including the lands and plantation she formerly lived on. Meanwhile, in 1758, Edward and his wife Elizabeth participated in an exchange with William Johnson, probably the same person who was married to Elizabeth Cave.

In 1770 Edward Watts, William Strother, and Nicholas Porter make a 1000 acre purchase. This was obviously a real estate investment. In 1774 Edward and his wife sold 260 acres to Richard Graves. He also made sales of two parcels to Nicolas Porter, one of 50 and one of 452 acres. In 1775 he sold 74 acres to Thomas Johnson and 500 acres to James Robb.

William Strother also gave John Morton and his wife a lease for life on acreage in Orange county. I think it is through this connection that John Watts, Edward's son, met Frances Morton, John Morton's daughter.

FN. One of the witnesses to the will of Hugh Watts in Middlesex Co., Va., was John Pinnell. Hugh Watts had grandchildren named Agatha and John Watts. Agatha married a George and lived in Goochland county. John has not been identified, but I suspect he is the person who lived in nearby Cumberland Co. If so, it may be significant that William Strother married Samuel Bayly Pannill. This shows two early connections between the Strother family and the Watts family, because John Watts, father of James Watts married a Bailey. If this John Watts is the grandson of Hugh, there is a link. The Strother family provides a link to the Dabney and Willis families, which are found in the Morton and Hawkins lines as well.

Notes for Elizabeth Downs:
Jacob Castle sold Elizabeth Downs, wife of Edward Watts, 125 ac. of land on 9-23-1742. This may be the same tract on the mouth of Hawksbill of Shanando that she and her husband, then of Culpeper Co., sold to John Magret on on May 17, 1752.

Child of Edward Watts and Elizabeth Downs is:

John Watts, born Abt. 1749; married Frances Morton.

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