Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Alfred Lester Gunter
Ancestors of Alfred Lester Gunter
1218.William MooreHe married 1219. Sarah.
1219.Sarah
Child of William Moore and Sarah is:
609 | i. | Anne Moore, born Abt. 1645; died Abt. 1694 in Isle of Wight Co., VA; married John Williams, Sr. Abt. 1669 in Isle of Wight Co., VA. |
1232.John Boddie196, born Abt. 1605 in Mileham, Norfolk, England; died 11 August 1640 in Ingatestone, Essex, England.He was the son of 2464. Thomas Boddie and 2465. Mary Mildmay.He married 1233. Mary Haeward in Ingatestone, Essex, England.
1233.Mary Haeward196, born Abt. 1609 in England; died Aft. 17 May 1641 in Ingatestone, Essex, England.
Notes for John Boddie:
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Lived London and Ingatestone, Essex, England
More About John Boddie:
Burial: 11 August 1640, Parish church, Feyerning, Essex, England196
Children of John Boddie and Mary Haeward are:
616 | i. | William Boddie, born Abt. 1633 in Ingatestone, Essex, England; died Abt. 25 February 1716/17 in Isle of Wight, VA; married (1) Anna Abt. 1651 in England; married (2) Elizabeth Taylor Abt. 1683 in Isle of Wight, VA; married (3) Mary Hunt Aft. 1684 in Isle of Wight, VA. | ||
ii. | Mary Boddie, born 18 May 1635; married (1) Thomas Dixon; born Abt. 1630 in Isle of Wight, VA; died Abt. 1670 in Isle of Wight, VA; married (2) Henry Martin. | |||
iii. | Christian Boddie196, born 27 November 1636196 | |||
iv. | Elizabeth Boddie196, born Abt. 1638; died 1638196 | |||
v. | Margaret Boddie196, born 30 August 1640196 | |||
vi. | May Boddie196, born 17 May 1635196 |
1240.Richard Bennett, Sr., born Abt. 1625 in Isle of Wight, VA (of Blackwater); died 04 December 1709 in Surry Co., VA.He was the son of 2480. Thomas Bennett and 2481. Alice Pierce.He married 1241. Anne Barham Abt. 1659 in Upper Parish, Isle of Wight Co., VA.
1241.Anne Barham, born Abt. 1627; died Abt. 1709 in Ise of WightCo., VA.She was the daughter of 2482. Robert Barham and 2483. Katherine Filmer.
Notes for Richard Bennett, Sr.:
Richard Bennett (1625-1709) of Isle of Wight was probably a son of Thomas and Alice Bennett who were residing on the south side of the James River, near Lawne's Creek in 1624.
Source:Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight Co., Vol 1 pg 289
Richard Bennett, son of Thomas, is mentioned as "brother-in-law," in the will of Anthony Barham of Mulberry Island, 6th of Sept., 1641, as heretofore shown.He resided at Blackwater in the vicinity of the plantations of Justinian Cooper and Francis England, for in 1669 Thomas Wood, "son of Arthur Wood,and Sarah Wooten his mother, relict of Arthur deceased," deeded him land in the deed he is mentioned as "Richard Bennett of Blackwater."Col. Arthur Smith in 1666 made a deed to land at "Blackwater" inherited by his wife Sarah Jackson from her grandmother Alice Bennett."
Richard Bennett, Sr. died in 1709.He was then probably between eighty and eighty-five years of age as he had several sets of grandchildren.Fifteen years before his death he made a deed of land in to Ann Bell, a married granddaughter.He made his will as "Richard Bennett, Sr."on the 4th of December, 1709 and same was probated February, 1710
Source:Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight Co., Vol 1pg 294-296
1720 Will of Richard Bennett - I, Richard Bennett, of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight, give to son Richard 200 acres of land where he now lives; to my son James the other 200 acres where he now lives, it being conveyance of 40 acres taken out of Mr John Cofer’s patent of 1450 acres; to Jane Cofer and her two sons Robert and John Cofer, my plantation wheron I now live. It being part of the Land Which Was Bought of William Miles. Also to Jane Cofer a small trunk and a gold ring; to Richard Cofer my long gun. To Magdalen Cofer a great pewter dish and basin; to Frances Mangum, my granddaughter a feather bed and furniture; to dau. Silvester, dishes and plates. Jane Cofer and William Allen, exrs. My trusty friends, John and James Carter to be overseers. (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.300)
Richard Bennett resided at Blackwater in the vicinity of the plantations of Justinian Cooper and Francis England, in 1669 Thomas Wood, "son of Arthur Wood, and Sarah Wooten his mother, relict of Arthur deceased," deeded him land and in the deed he is mentioned as "Richard Bennett of Blackwater." (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.294)
1682, Richard Bennett patented 600 acres in the Lower Parish of Surry Co, bounded by the land of Francis Mason, William Edwards and the Hollybush Swamp, for the transportation of thirteen person, his name not being among those mentioned. As he did not receive any land for his own transportation it seems therefore that he was born in VA (Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Co, VA, by John Bennett Boddie, p.294)
Richard Bennett, ye elder of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight with the free will and consent of my wife Anne, have for a valuable consideration to me in hand paid before the sealing, grant unto George Morrell of Lawne’s Creek Parish in the County of Surry, 150 acres situatedon the west side of Pacatink Swamp in Surry, the same parcel of land being part of a patent for 630 acres to me granted the 22 July 1682 - near Mr Thos. Binns (Deed Book 2, p 30-31)
8/30/1694 Richard Bennett Sr of Isle of Wight made a deed of gift to Ann Bell, “the now wife of John Bell, Lately Ann Bennett, daughter of Richard Bennett, Jr., of Isle of Wight.” (Surry W & D Book 1693-1707)
Sep 4, 1694, Richard Bennett made a gift of 200 acres on the west side of Pocatink Swamp to his son James Bennett of the Lower Parish of Surry Co. (Deeds 1694-1709, p18)
5/25/1695 Richard Bennett Sr of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight Co, VA deeded 100 acres of land to John Mingham of the lower parish of Surry Co, VA. (The Mangums of VA, by John T Palmer, PhD, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 p. 3)
July 5, 1699, Richard Bennett of Upper Parish of Isle of Wight deed to his "son and heir"
Richard Bennett, Jr of the same parish "all right and title in land that belonged to Edward Jones then taking in plantation Richard Bennett now lives, being part of land bought of William Miles in 1656" (Book 1688-1704, p.2
(1)From Hotten's "Lists of Emigrants to America."
(2)Anthony Barham was member of House of Burgesses for Mulberry
Island, March, 1629-'30.An abstract of his will has been published in
the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.Among other
legatees are his mother Bennett, and brother-in-law, Richard Bennett.
Charles Barham was justice of Surry county about 1674.See Virginia
Magazine, Vol. III, p. 278
Children of Richard Bennett and Anne Barham are:
620 | i. | Richard Bennett, Jr., born Abt. 1660 in Isle of Wight, VA; died 23 May 1720 in Upper Parish, Isle of Wight, VA; married Anne??. | ||
ii. | Susanna Bennett, born Abt. 1660. | |||
iii. | Martha Bennett, born Abt. 1664. | |||
iv. | James Bennett, born Abt. 1668 in Southwark Parish, Surry, Va.; died Abt. 1752 in Southwark Parish, Surry, Va. |
1408.Captain/Dr. Robert Ellyson Allison197, born Abt. 1615 in England/Scotland(No record found)197; died Bef. 28 September 1671 in New Kent Co, VA.He was the son of 2816. Robert Ellyson Allison and 2817. Sarah Spence.He married 1409. Hannah Gerard Abt. 1640 in Maryland.
1409.Hannah Gerard197, born Abt. 1627 in Lancanshire, England; died 19 December 1716 in VA or St Mary's MD.She was the daughter of 2818. Dr. Thomas Gerard and 2819. Susannah Snowe.
Notes for Captain/Dr. Robert Ellyson Allison:
"Barber
Chirsurgeon", and High Sheriff in St Mary County, Maryland. He came back to James City County, Virginia in 1643.He was High Sheriff there and Burgess Captain 1656-1663. (N.Cooper)
Re:Member, House of Burgesses, Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 10, 1928-29, pp. 32, 33.
Robert Ellyson, Dr., Emigrant to Maryland:
DR. ROBERT ELLYSON of Maryland and Viginia. A probable Roman Catholic background may explain Doctor Ellyson's choice of Maryland as a place of settlement. The extent of his activities in Maryland indicates that he was probably in his late twenties when he settled there; no record of his birth has yet been found, however.
Robert Ellyson emigrated to St. Mary's County, Maryland, early in 1642; he is first mentioned in the levy on St. Mary's Hundred of August 2, 1642, when he was assessed thirty pounds of tobacco. In the records of the call for a General Assembly on September 5, he is listed as an absent freeman of Kent, indicating that he resided in St. Mary's County and also owned land in Kent.
Doctor Ellyson's treatments were probably confined to physic, which generally entailed bloodletting combined with purgatives and one or more medicinal remedies. The records of a suit against Nicolas Hervy show that these cures were quite long, often lasting several months. It is safe to assume that when he presented a bill for "pains & charge of chicanery," the chicanery did not involve a serious internal operation, if one at all. One other aspect of his practice deserves mention, which is his service at an inquest on February 1, 1644, when he again demanded payment for treating Ellen Stevenson.
Robert Ellyson migrated to York County, Virginia, sometime between 1644 and 1646. What caused him to change his residence and his profession is not known, but the change was certainly well rewarded, for he soon attained positions of considerable prominence. He was elected Burgess from James City County for the Assembly of 1655-56 and again for the Assemblies of 1659-1660. In addition, he served as one of the earliest justices of the peace for Gloucester County, which was separated from York in 1651, sitting on the first recorded court of the county of February 16, 1656/7, as Lt. Col. Ellyson.
The years 1655 to 1663 were the most active years of Robert Ellyson's life in Virginia. On March 19, 1655, he was appointed a member of the Committee for the Leavie, headed by Major Robert Holt of James City.
Capt. Robert Ellyson patented 577 acres in New Kent County in 1656. He came from Maryland and became high Sheriff of James City County and Burgess for James City County in Assembly of 1659- 60 assembled March 13, 1659; was Seargeant-at-Arms in 1659, 1659-60, 1660-61, and 1663 with rank of Captain.
He is Listed in The Register Of Qualifying Seventeenth Century Ancestors Of "The Jamestown Society" 1994, page24.
Captain Robert Ellyson, born 1615 in Scotland; died Bef. Sep 28, 1671 in New Kent County, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Of Newcastle Ellyson and Elizabeth Gray. He married Susannah Hannah Gerrard Abt. 1640.
Susannah Hannah Gerrard, born Abt. 1627 in New Kent County, Virginia; died Dec 19, 1728. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Gerrard and Susannah Snowe.
Child of Captain Ellyson and Susannah Gerrard is:
i. Hannah Ellyson, born Bef. 1660 in New Kent Co., Virginia; died about September 17, 1728 in Elizabeth City, Virginia; married Anthony Armistead Bef. July 18, 1698 in New Kent Co., Virginia.
ii. Gerard Robert Ellyson, born Bef. 1668 in prob. James City Co., Virginia; died about 1749 in Virginia; married (1) Anne Myhill about 1680 in New Kent Co., Virginia; married (2) Sarah Crew Bef. February 28, 1699/00.
She married Robert Ellyson, Dr., Emigrant to Maryland Bet. 1640 - 1664, son of Robert Ellyson and Elizabeth Gray. He was born 1615 in England, and died Bef. 1671 in James City Co., VA.
COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America
ARMISTEAD FAMILY
page 25
CAPT. ANTHONEY ARMISTEAD, (3--3), of Elizabeth City Co., Va., b. 1645; d. prior to 1728; served as a Burgess from 1693 to 1699; of Court Martial, under Sir William Berkeley, 1676, to try the Bacon insurgents; m. Hannah Ellyson, dau. of Dr. Robert Ellyson, of James City Co., Va., who formerly resided in St. Mary's Parish, Md., and served as High Sheriff of both counties, and as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Burgesses, 1657-58; and a Burgess, 1656 to 1663, with the rank of Capt.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I
IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
came to Maryland as "Barber Chirurgeon" before 1643, and after holding the office of high sheriff of St. Mary's county, emigrated to Jamestown, where he was high sheriff of James City county, and sergeant-at-arms of the house of burgesses in 1657-1658, and a leading burgess in 1656, 1660, 1661, 1663, with the rank of captain. He left a daughter Hannah, who married Anthony Armistead, and a son Gerard Robert Ellyson.
Source: Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial
Families, Sharon J. Doliante, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
Dr. Robert Ellyson, born C1615-20, no doubt in England, died C1671, in
James City Co.(?), Virginia; probably married in early 1650s, in
Virginia, Elizabeth (____).
Dr. Ellyson first lived in Maryland for about four years, where he was a participaing member of the community, but it was only after he removed to Virginia, that he really became politically active and prominent. We suspect this was due, at least in part, to an advantageous marriage. He really was rather an amazing man, for he was all of the following, sometimes simultaneously, physician (barber-surgeon), attorney, burgess, justice, twice high sherrif (in Md. and in Va.), sergeant at arms, militia officer, and member of a number of important legislative committees.
There is considerable confusion as to whom Robert Ellyson married.
The LDS Ancestral File indicates he married Susanna Gerrard. However, as explained in her notes, it is quite apparent that she married Robert Slye.
Tidewater Virginia Families, by Virginia Lee Hutchenson Davis further contributes to this confusion. That text says: There does not appear to be any conclusive evidence as to whom Robert Ellyson married. Most of the printed accounts state that it is generally assumed that he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard. However, Dr. Thomas Gerrard did not mention a daughter, Elizabeth, in his will, nor did he name an Ellyson grandchild. Elizabeth Gerrard was named as a headrightwhen Thomas took up land in Maryland, she was not named as a headright when he patented land in Virginia.
A printed account of the Gerrard family lists the names of Dr. Gerrard's children: Justinian (the oldest), Thomas, Susanna, Anne, Frances, Temperance, Elizabeth, Jane, John, and Mary (see Governor Garrard of Kentucky, 1962, pp. 184-185).
However, the William and Mary College Quarterly - Washington and his Neighbors does not include an Elizabeth.
Maryland and Virginia Colonials by Sharon J. Doliante, indicates the wife was Elizabeth ____ who until recently was thought to be Elizabeth Soanes, daughter of Henry (Speaker of the House of Burgesses, in 1660). However, this Elizabeth now appears to have married John Peterson, of Charles City Co.
For now, I will assume that either Susanna, Hannah or Elizabeth Gerrard is the wife of Robert Ellyson.
This is simply based on the fact that Robert's first male child is named Gerrard Ellyson and
the naming convention of the time would indicate he was named after the maternal grandfather.
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Excerpts of possible genealogical interest from
_Hening's Statutes_ Vol II (of XIII)
pp. 196-197, At an Assembly, Held at James City by Prorogation from
the __ of December [1662] to this 10th of September 1663, ...
The Honourable Sir William Berkeley Knt. Governor and Capt. General
of Virginia.
Captain Robert Wynne Speaker.
Burgesses present.
Henrico CountyCapt. Wm. Ferrar.
Capt. Wynne, Speaker,
Charles City.Mr. Stephen Hamelyn,
Capt. ffrancis Gray.
Capt. Robt. Ellyson,
James County.Mr. Walter Chiles,
Capt. Edward Rainsey.
Notes for Hannah Gerard: Hannah Gerard (See "Our Ellison kinfolks & Virginia Tidewater Families", p. 384, born in MD: died in VASUSANNAH SNOW was deeded "Bushwood" by her father 1654 At the christening of William Randolph, s/o Henry and Elizabeth Randolph on 12 Sept. 1658, Elizabeth "Ellison" was named as oneof the child`s sponsers in the record. Source:"Genealogies ofVa. Families- William and Mary uarterly" vol.4 pg. 229. So Dr. Robert was deceased by 1668 as Elizabeth marr. Nehemiah Blackiston 6 May 1669 and his property was mentioned as nearby in Dr. Thomas Gerrard`s will; Elizabeth 3rd marr. Ralph Rymer and 4th marr. Joshua Guilbert. ... per Janice Young, Metairie, Louisiana, [email protected], 11 Sep 2000, a descendant of Hannah Ellison Armistead. To: [email protected]; Subject: ELLYSON/GERRARD; From: Barbara Petty; Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:55:24 -0800 Hello ELLYSON cousins. Interesting conversation about Robert ELLYSON's wife being possibly a daughter of Thomas GERRARD. To add to the pot, I wrote to Sharon Doliante, compiler of Mary and Virginia Colonials about this and she sent me a copy of a letter from Br. Ambrose Carroll Moorman of St. Benedict, OR dated Jan. 31, 1992 to Ms. Doliante. In this letter he said the following: "Dr. Lorand V. Johnson, M.D. now deceased of Cleveland, Ohio wrote several books on the Johnson family and in 1976 he assured me that Sue Terrel of Rockcastle Farm, Lynchburg, Virginia had the old family bible of the SLYE family. Elizabeth Gerrard's sister, Susannah GERRARD, married by 1683, Robert SLYE (ca. 1628-1670/1) by whom she had four children as her first husband. At any rate the original SLYE family bible reads: `Baptized on ye 1st day of December, 1666 A.D., Thomas, infant son of Robert and Susanna Slye. The sponsor's being his uncle Justinian GERRARD and aunt Elizabeth ELLYSON.' Birth: BETWEEN 1625 AND 1630 in St Mary's Hundred, MD Father: Thomas Gerrard Marriage 1 Robert Ellison b: ABT 1625 in Virginia Married: ABT 1644 Children Gerrard Robert Ellison b: ca 1652-55 in New Kent Co VA Hannah Ellison b: ABT 1657 in New Kent Co VA |
Children of Robert Allison and Hannah Gerard are:
704 | i. | Gerrard Robert Ellyson Allison, born Abt. 1659 in New Kent County, Virginia; died 02 October 1749 in Nansemond, New Kent Co.,VA; married Anne Myhill in VA. | ||
ii. | Hannah Ellyson Allison, born Abt. 1657 in New Kent Co., NC; died 17 September 1728 in ElizabethCity, VA; married Anthony Armisted Bef. 18 July 1698 in New Kent Co., VA. |
Notes for Hannah Ellyson Allison: Hannah (Ellison) Ellyson, was born Abt. 1641, and died December 19, 1728 in Elizabeth Co., Va.. She married Anthony Armistead, Capt., Colonist of Virginia346,347,348, son of William Armistead and Ann Ellis. He was born 1645 in and lived in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, and died Bef. October 26, 1726 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia. COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE Southern States of America ARMISTEAD FAMILY page 25 CAPT. ANTHONEY ARMISTEAD, (3--3), of Elizabeth City Co., Va., b. 1645; d. prior to 1728; served as a Burgess from 1693 to 1699; of Court Martial, under Sir William Berkeley, 1676, to try the Bacon insurgents; m. Hannah Ellyson, dau. of Dr. Robert Ellyson, of James City Co., Va., who formerly resided in St. Mary's Parish, Md., and served as High Sheriff of both counties, and as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Burgesses, 1657-58; and a Burgess, 1656 to 1663, with the rank of Capt. Issue: |
Notes for Anthony Armisted: Capt. Armistead, son of an emigrant, resided in Elizabeth City County and was a member of Gov. William Berkeley's Court Martial in 1675 to try the Bacon Insurgents of Bacon's Rebellion. He was a Burgess (Sessions of September 24, 1696, November 2, 1720 and May 9, 1722) and a member of the committee to report the revision of the laws which were approved by the General Assembly. He was he was justice of the peace and captain of horse in 1680 and one of the committee in 1700 to report a revision of the laws which were approved by the General Assembly in 1705, and a Capt. of James City County Militia in Virginia. He is listed in Register Of Qualifying Seventeenth Century Ancestors of "The Jamestown Society" page 2. Child of Hannah Ellyson and Anthony Armistead is:Hannah Armistead, born Abt. 1679 in Elizabeth Co. VA; died Bet. 1718 - 1774. |