1. WILLIAM SENR.1 LAX was born in of Goochland, VA1.
Notes for WILLIAM SENR. LAX:
In correspondence dated 3 August, 1999, Darrell Rowlett of TX (CastawayDR@al.com) states: "...the earliest ancestor of the southern Lax/Lacks/Lakes family was William Lax, who was on a Lancaster, VA. tax list in the 1690s and is found as the "master" of a ship, the Ann & Mary, in 1705."
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On August 9, Mr. Rowlett states: "In 1730, William Lax patented 200 acres of land in Prince George County, VA. on the south side of the Appomattox River "below his house." Also in 1730, a Thomas Moreton of Henrico County, VA. patented 354 acres in Prince George's County on the south side of the Appomattox River "above William Lax's land." And even at that early date there was another William Lax living in Goochland County, VA."
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In looking through my research notes, I found a mention of information that had come from a fellow researcher, indicating that William Lax (Senr.) had married Anne Frankling. Unfortunately, the notation, dated 1996, did not name the source.
I also found the following query to the genealogy mail list for Goochland Co., VA:
"Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:41:19 -0700
From: "Anna L Wong" <ANNAW4@prodigy.net>
To: VAGOOCHL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [VAGOOCHL] Thomas Frankling, will 1727
Does anyone have any information on Thomas Frankling, Will is dated March
31, 1727? Names children: Thomas, Ann Lax, Edmund and John. Anyone have
information on his son, Edmund and whom he married? Anyone know whom the
father, Thomas Frankling married, etc.??
Anna - Phoenix, AZ - USA"
This warrants further research into the possibility of Ann Frankling as William's wife.
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Virginia Land Grant
10 Jan 1735
Goochland, VA;
GEORGE the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith TO CALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come Greetings KNOW YE that for divers good Causes and Considerations but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS of good and lawful Money for our use Paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia WE HAVE Given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do Give Grant and Confirm unto William Lax one certain Tract or Parcel of Land containing two hundred and fifty acres lying and being in the County of Goochland and on the South Side of the James River and bounded as followeth to wit BEGINNING at a Corner Maple standing on the East Side the main South Deep Creek just below the mouth of a small Branch Thence East two Degrees North one hundred and sixty Poles to a Corner white oak standing on Peter Legran's Line Thence on his line West five Degrees South seventy nine Poles to a Corner White Oak Thence South thirty Degrees West forty two Poles to two Corner Elms of the said Legran's on the East Side of the said Creek according to the meanders two hundred and forty eight Poles to the Place begun at WITHALL Woods under Woods Swamps Marshes Low Grounds Meadows Feedings and his due share of all Veins Mines and Quarries as well discovered or not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of two hundred and fifty acres of Land and the Rivers Waters and Watercourses therein contained together with the Privileges fo Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other Profits Commodities and Hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any Part thereof belonging or in any wise Appertaining TO HAVE HOLD Possess and Enjoy the said Tract or Parcel of Land and all the other before Granted Premises of every Part thereof with their and every of their Appurtenances unto the said William Lax and his Heirs and Assigns ______ of him the said Willliam Lax his Heirs and ______ HELD of us our Heirs and Successors as of our _______ in the County of Kent in free and common Soccage and ________ Knights Service YIELDING AND _____ us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty Acres of land and so ______ for a lessor or greater Quantity than fifty Acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling yearly to be Paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel_____ Cultivating and Improving three Acres Part of every fifty of the Tract ________ above mentioned within three years after the Date of these Presents ______ PROVIDED alway that if three years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in Arrears and unpaid or if the said William Lax his Heirs or Assigns do not within the Space of three years next coming after the Date of these Presents Cultivate and Improve three Acres Part of every fifty of the Tract abovementioned Then the Estate hereby Granted shall Cease and be utterly Determined and thereafter it shall and maybe lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to Grant the same Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other Person or Persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall thing fit IN WITNESS whereof we have caused these our Letters Patent to be made WITNESS our Trusty and Welbeloved William Gooch, Esq. our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh Under the Seal of our said Colony the Tenth Day of January one thousand seven hundred and thirty five in the Ninth year of our Reign.
William Gooch
(Blanks indicate where the document has crumbled from age.)
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Goochland County Will & Deeds 1736-1742
page 296
Matthew Ligon of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., planter to Theodorick Carter of same for
L21 [21 British pounds], 250 acres on branches of Fine Creek and Fighting Creek, granted to
said Ligon, bounded by the creeks John Radford, Samuel Allen, Jr., William Allen, said Ligon
and John Hails, with all houses, etc.
Wit. Jos. Woodson, Rich'd Levens, Wm Lax.
Elizabeth, wife of Matthew, relinquishes her dower right.
Recorded 05/20/1740
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As to William's progenitors, nothing definitive is known.
However, Willis W. Lake (2400 Brook Run, Birmingham, AL 35244 (205) 988-3093) said in a letter dated Dec. 7, 1984 that he was pursuing research on earlier ancestors:
" I am still attempting to connect William Lax I to John Lake of Gravesend, L. I. in 1643, some of whose children married Dutch people in New Amsterdam and their offspring sometimes spelled their name Laak, Laaks, etc. I have found a few in Maryland and am pursuing their trail in New Jersey and Delaware."
In the letter, Mr. Lake also mentions other Lakes families of early VA:
"...Fauquier County had numerous Lakes and Drews in the 18th and 19th centuries, but I have been unable to connect them to 'ours'."
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At a Lakes Reunion held in Berea, August 1996, I spoke with Spiffer (Moran) Lakes who cited research done by Willis Lake, with whom he has had personal contact (the above-mentioned 1984 letter was addressed to "Spiffer" and other family members). He said that Willis and other Lax/Lakes researchers believed that the Lax line had migrated thusly: American colonies<--- England<--- Wales<--- Isle of Man. On the Isle of Man (located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland) there is a town named Laxey. Could that be where our early Lax ancestors originated?
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At a genuki (genealogy of the UK) website, I found the following marriage record from Heightington, Durham, England (the given name Robert is common among our Lax lineage):
Marriages from the Heighington Registers (1570-1837)
12 May 1640 Robert Laxe = Jane Crosir
Further research of Durham records needed.
[from http://homepages.enterprise.net/pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Heighington/index.html]
Child of WILLIAM SENR. LAX is:
