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Notes for Susanna Peachey: I have some strong reservations that these daughters are all sisters, indeed that Thomas Walker and Susannah Peachey are their parents. There are many confusions in these early Walkers, including a(nother) marriage of Thomas Walker and Susannah Peachey in 1709, whose son was the celebrated explorer of Kentucky. Thomas Bledsoe, <bledsoe@housingpartnership.net> is also exploring these issues, and wonders whether Collins has it right. |
| 105 | i. | Mary Walker, born Abt. 1677 in Richmond, VA; died 09 January 1723/24 in Middlesex or King and Queen Co., VA; married Zachary Lewis Abt. 1692 in Spotsylvania Co., VA. | ||
| ii. | Sarah Walker597, born Abt. 1693 in Richmond, VA; died 18 January 1730/31 in Salem, MA; married William Fairfax 27 March 1723 in Nassau, Bahamas; born 18 October 1691 in Toulston, Yorkshire, England; died 03 September 1757 in Belvoir Plantation, Fairfax Co., VA. |
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Notes for Sarah Walker: That Sarah is Mary's sister is attributable to research lodged in the LDS files, but seems supported by other constructions, notes C. R. Collins. (I think the relationship between these two Walkers-- Mary and Sarah-- is suspect and needs work: first, I have seen most dates for Susanna Peachey as later, too young to have these girls, although she certainly had a Mary Peachey Walker-- who married George Gilmer of Ga. There was a Mary who married Zachary Lewis, and there is a Sarah who married Fairfax. I think these are all three different families.... but will carry for now as I show in the notes.) Thomas Bledsoe, <bledsoe@housingpartnership.net> is working to sort these issues, in January, 2004 |
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Notes for William Fairfax: William Fairfax (1691-1757) was born in Toulston, Yorkshire, England, the son of Henry and Anna Harrison Fairfax. He was a first cousin of Lord Fairfax. As a young man William served briefly in the British army and held a royal appointment in the Bahamas. While he was stationed there he married Sarah Walker, daughter of Major Thomas Walker of the British Army. In 1725 he received an appointment as collector of customs at Salem and Marblehead and moved to Massachusetts. Sarah died in 1731 and he then married Deborah Clarke of Salem. In 1734 Lord Fairfax's perennial dissatisfaction with his land agents in Virginia led him to offer the post to his cousin, who accepted and moved to Virginia in the same year. He subsequently built Belvoir about 1741 on the banks of the Potomac some four miles from Mount Vernon. Source: Library of Congress Website. (and courtesy of CRC, op.cit.) |
| iii. | Margaret Walker598, born Abt. 1695; married Thomas Wythe; born Abt. 1692. |
| i. | Elizabeth Iverson601,602, born Abt. 1640 in Gloucester Co., VA; married Charles Green; born Abt. 1635 in England. |
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Notes for Elizabeth Iverson: Peggy Cotton noted on the Iverson GenForum Board that "Capt. George Lydall received land in 1662 for the transport of 19 persons to VA. Among these were 'Abram Iveson' and 'Charles Greene.' Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham m. a Charles Green.... There were at least 2 children: Abraham, Jr. and Elizabeth, who married a Charles Green." Thanks Peggy! |
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Notes for Charles Green: Probably the transported Charles Green, see other notes. |
| 106 | ii. | Abraham Iverson, born Abt. 1645; died in Gloucester Co., VA. |
| i. | John (of Hat Creek) Irvine606, born Abt. 1699 in Ireland IR607,608,609; died 1791610; married Mary Boyd Abt. 1738611,612; born Abt. 1724 in Ireland IR613,614,615. |
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Notes for John (of Hat Creek) Irvine: This is John "of Hat Creek." Davis Reese, in his work finalized in January 2008, says: "...John Irvin came to the Hat Creek area, which is near current Brookneal in southeast Campbell Co., around 1736. L Boyd stated he came via Pennsylvania, but from where is not known. At that time, according to Rev. William Irvine, John's grandson, there was only one old white man within 30 miles. Thus, John was the true pioneer for the area. John married Mary Boyd and she delivered a son, Abraham, on the voyage across the Atlantic. John was a staunch Presbyterian, which influenced his actions. He allegedly obtained a large grant and sold parts of it over a number of years. (Note: No evidence supports Lucinda Boyd's allegation that John was the James of the seven brothers who came from Ireland about 1730. Further, at that time, only aristocrats were allowed to have two given names. Thus, it is virtually certain that John used the only name he had.)" I am currently carrying John Irvine as a son of William, but see this caution from Elizabeth Harris who is at <ncgen@mindspring.com>, June 15 2001: "John IRVINE married Mary BOYD and settled in what is now Hat Creek, Campbell County Virginia, probably about 1737. His children are well documented. What's seriously in question at this point is who his parents were. The one thing we do seem to be zeroing in on is that Alexander Irvine, father of the orphaned Christopher, was his brother. My web page on this family is at http://www.duke.edu/web/chlamy/irvine.html". Whatever this John's antecedents were, and I show those I believe most likely, he was the John who raised Christopher, my direct ancestor. When did John die? There has been some discussion, but Davis Reese's comment following closes the issue for me: "John Irvin's will.... Unfortunately, I cannot find my copy. However, as I recall, the last paragraph appears to be a second person and the shakiness of John's signature makes me believe he wrote it. There is no question it is dated 1791. Regardless of the purpose of that will (some say it was refiled), it is absolutely certain that John was alive when it was written. The 1788 and 1789 dates people give for his death are certainly wrong." In March 2006, Barbara McCoy <barbmccoy@bellsouth.net>, a friend of my cousin Nancy Bell, sent me an extract from the book "A FAMILY HISTORY: BOYDS and Connected Families" by John Wright Boyd. Subtitled: Early Settlers Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. Compiled and Published by John Wright Boyd, Tignall, Wilkes County, Georgia. Copyright 1980. Library of Congress No. 80-66759. Wilkes Pub Co., Washington, GA. On page 10 of this volume is a reference to an account attributed to R.H. Early's EMBRACING HISTORY OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1782-1926, pages 432 and 433, which note that John Irvine of Hat Creek was a native of Ireland and a Presbyterian. His wife Mary (Molly) Boyd was also from Ireland. They were married there. "They landed in Pennsylvania, where he acquired land and remained in that state for twenty years, and there all of their children were born." He went to Hat Creek and bought land, then returned to Penna. and brought his family south. This text gives their children: Abraham, William (a preacher in the Hat Creek meeting-house), Robin, John (a lieutenant in the War in 1780, and married Mary Anne, the daughter of Matthew Tucker [will 1796]), Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, Margaret (Peggy)( married 1793 James Black), Mary Ann, m. 1798 Paulett (sic) Clark, b 1771, James H., m 1812 Susanna Cobbs, Matthew Tucker. In November 2007, Deborah Briggs at <dbriggs806@comcast.net> kindly sent the note below: "Hello Pat, I saw your family tree for the Irvine family at the Rootsweb location. I have just purchased a cemetery book for Campbell County, VA. The title is Campbell County Virginia Church Cemeteries, Vol. II, 1997. This book is published by the Campbell County Historical Society. In the information provided on Hat Creek Church there is a description of the grave stones for this couple. There is one large stone marking three graves. The inscription on the marker reads: " 'Who in the year 1736 became the first settlers of this community on a grant of land of many thousands of acres conveyed to them by the King of England' "The three graves are for: Mary Boyd Irvine (No Dates) Wife of John Irvine Major John Irvine b. 1735 d. 1814 Son of John Irvine Mary Ann Tucker Irvine (No Dates) Wife of Major John Irvine "There is a DAR marker at the foot of the graves. (these burials are found on page 45 of the cemetery book) Next to this marker is the grave of: John Irvine b. 1700 d. 1788 "The only other Irvine I see in this cemetery is an infant: William Irvine, age 3 years, died November 12, 1852 (p. 44) the grave next to this one is for a Martha Carter, b. January 1837 and died 1875 (p. 44). There are a number of graves marked only with fieldstone around both of these graves and also a cluster around the Irvine burials above. Paulett Clark and his wife are also buried in this cemetery and their information is located on page 43 of the cemetery book." D. Briggs |
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Notes for Mary Boyd: I have estimated the dates of birth of her children and ordrered them as does the Boyd Family History by John Wright Boyd. Later, in December 2007, we have from the Irvin Study Group member Michael Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> in Brisbane, who says that Walter Boyd <WYBoyd@aol.com> sent him this: "I forgot to add that I have been following the Boyd/Irvine discussion in the Boyd Digest with great interest. I have always thought that the John and Mary Boyd Irvine family was related to George and Isabella. Here's a little unsourced tidbit I came across during my research and have been trying to verify: " 'George and Isabella Boyd probably had at least one, and probably more, daughters since all of their known children were sons. There is at least some circumstantial evidence that they had two daughters, one of whom was named Mary Margaret Boyd and the other Frances Boyd. Mary Margaret, who was called Molly, was probably born about 1710. She later married John Irvine. Frances was probably born later, perhaps around 1725. She married David Lawson. Both the Irvine and Lawson families were with the Boyds in County Antrim, and they probably came to Pennsylvania with them. Some of the Irvines and Lawsons also came to Halifax County, Virginia with the Boyds.' "I have asked Walter and the Boyd Net Group if anyone knows the source of the passage." Walter replies to Davis Reese who has moderated the Irvin Group: "I received your e-mail as well as those from Mike in Brisbane. Mike and I have corresponded in the past, but allow me to give you and the others a little background on myself. As Mike mentioned, I am a descendant of George and Isabella Boyd of Scotland/Ireland/Pennsylvania through his oldest son Patrick. My grandfather, William Jefferson Boyd, was born in Halifax County in 1888, and was the last in my immediate line to live there, but I have several close Boyd cousins who still live in and around South Boston (the site of Boyd's Ferry). I live 40 miles south of there in North Carolina, but I'm up there quite a bit. As you know, Patrick and at least three of his brothers are known to have come from Pennsylvania to what is now Halifax County, Virginia sometime between about 1742-44. (At least those are the dates that correspond with the earliest land records I can find on the Boyd brothers.) According to family lore, they came to Virginia in the company of several families, including Lawsons and Irvines. Most of the Boyds and Irvines left Halifax County after the Revolution. Some went west to the Tennessee-Kentucky area, and others went south into North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. My line is one of the few that remained in Halifax County. The Boyd and Irvine families ran ferries across Dan River, and it seems to have been a close-knit family business. John Boyd founded and ran the most famous of the ferries, but there were several. Even Patrick had a ferry of his own, although the story in the family is that he actually made the liquor (on Roger's Island) and floated it in kegs down the river to the ordinaries located at the ferry. The Boyds and Irvines didn't actually do the ferrying, but just managed the ferries. My grandfather's cousin Lightfoot Boyd, who lived in Halifax County, spent many years collecting family papers and writing up the family history. She was killed in an automobile accident in South Boston a few years ago, but I understand her papers are at the local museum. One of my cousins heads up the museum and is currently looking for them. When Frank Boyd and his brother were writing "The Boyds of Boyds Tank" about 40 years ago they used Lightfoot and my father's first cousin John as their sources of information on the Virginia Boyds. I believe it was John who told me that the Boyd brothers had at least two sisters--Mary Margaret "Molly" Boyd and Frances Boyd -- and he thinks he heard it from Lightfoot. Molly is the one who supposedly married an Irvine, and they settled in the Brookneal area a few miles north of Halifax County. As I understand it, William Byrd II envisioned establishing a large Scottish settlement on his lands in Virginia, but died before it got underway. His son, William Byrd III, a notorious gambler who later killed himself, wound up selling a lot of the land. When the Boyds and Irvines settled what is now Halifax County, it was part of Brunswick County, so the land records would be there. However, most of the old Brunswick County records were destroyed during the Civil War, and only a very few remain. Therefore, I'll look at the Lunenburg and Halifax County records as well. I'll keep everyone posted regarding my findings. I've been working on a book about George and Isabella and their descendants for a couple of years now, and I have some pretty extensive notes on all of the descendants, but the Boyds weren't very good about keeping records. Regards, Walter" He adds in a note to Davis Reese, "Dave, I looked for any Brunswick County marriage records a few years ago, but wasn't able to find any. There are some records for Antrim Parish in Halifax County, but most are missing. Certain portions of the vestry book still exist, but that's about it. I think most of the records for Antrim Parish were probably lost in the Dan River flood about 1800 which wiped out South Boston (and the church). I have all of the old Halifax County marriage records, as well as those from Lunenburg County, but I wasn't able to find a Boyd-Irvine marriage. There's about a 10-year gap in the records regarding the Boyds-Irvines, which makes me think they probably left Lancaster/Chester County, Pennsylvania about 1732 and lived somewhere else between then and about 1742. Two Boyds took out Blunston licenses in Pennsylvania (although I'm not sure they are the same as George's sons), so they may have moved farther west, or they may have settled for a while in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley (like many Scots-Irish and Germans from Pennsylvania did). However, the records for those frontier counties are few and far between. Walter " |
| 112 | ii. | Christopher Irvine, born 1701; died Bef. 26 July 1769 in Bedford Co., VA; married Mary. | ||
| iii. | Johannah Irvin, born Abt. 1704; died Abt. 1730 in Raloo, near Mounthill, Larne, Ireland. |
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Notes for Johannah Irvin: I do not recall the source of this name!! Is it John rather than that given? I perhaps got it from my grandfather's notes? |
| iv. | Alexander Irvin616, born Abt. 1706; died Abt. 1754 in Bedford Co. (?), VA617,618; married Unknown; born Abt. 1720; died Abt. 1754619. |
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Notes for Alexander Irvin: Reputedly, Alexander and his wife died the same day when their boys were young. Apparently, their boys were sent to be raised in Penna. Who was Alexander's father? Dave Reese: " (about)... Alexander. Although possible, I doubt he was son of William and Anne Craig (Irvin). A very old reference I have said that only two sons came with William: Christopher and David. Some have said Alexander was one of the 7 brothers, but it is more likely he was a son of one of the 7 brothers, or even a relative who came over later. Note: the original source for the William/Anne info is probably the Lucinda Boyd's "Irvines and Their Kin" written in 1896 but published a little later. I have never seen this book.... or the Asher manuscript of the 1960s covering the Hat Creek Church in VA where John Irvine, who supposedly raised Christopher, was a founding member.... I am not sure how the John Irvine fits---it seems unlikely he is the James of the 7 brothers as is alleged; but everyone wants to connect to the 7 brothers! Dave" I agree with Dave, but will carry Alexander here as shown for lack of a place to put him! |
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Notes for Unknown: But she might be the widow Irvine who later married Pitman. |
| v. | William Irvin, born Abt. 1708. |
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