My Family History:Information about Nicholas Gentry
Nicholas Gentry (b. Abt. 1661, d. Abt. 1736)
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Arrived in Virginia at time of Bacon's Rebellion in Jan 1677. He and brother, Samuel, were British soldiers discharged in 1683.[Gentry7.FTW]
Arrived in Virginia at time of Bacon's Rebellion in Jan 1677. He and brother, Samuel, were British soldiers discharged in 1683.Nicholas Gentry and his brother Samuel Gentry were among His Majesty's troops
sent to Jamestown, VA, to quell an indian uprising. When his duties were ended
he decided to stay in this new country. Early land records indicate they had
land adjacent to each other. No descendants of Samuel Gentry have been found.
The first authentic record we have found of the Gentrys is in the
register of St. Peter's Parish of New Kent County, VA, shows the baptism of
Peter Gentry, son of Samuel Gentry on 10 April 1687. No other trace of this
Peter Gentry has been found. St. Peter's Registry also shows the baptism of
Elizabeth Gentry, on 29 August 1687; Nicholas Gentry baptized 30 May 1697, and
Mable Gentry baptized 13 December 1702.[Woodmerge.FTW]
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COMMENTS:1) Per Gentry family society, Nicholas and his brother Samuel were
British soldiers.They came to America at the time of the Bacon Rebellion.
They landed at Jamestown VA in Jan 1677 and were paid off and discharged in
the Fall of 1683. Both were land owners in 1684.
2) "Per History of Albemarle County, Virginia," by Rev. Edgar Woods, Mirginia:
The Michie Company, Printers, 1901, p. 205, "The different Gentry families in
Albemarle seem to have sprung from the same head. Nicholas Gentry died in
1779, leaving eleven children, Moses, David, Nicholas, Mary Hinson, Robert,
Benajah, Nathan, Martin, Elizabeth Haggard, Jame Timberlake, and Ann Jenkins.
Moses bought land in 1778 from Samuel Gay on the old Lynchburg Road north of
Garland's Store. He was a ruling elder in the Cove Church. He died in 1810.
His children were Claiborne and Nicholas, who married sisters, Jane and Mary,
daughters of Bezaleel Maxwell, Frances, the wife of Thomas Fitzpatrick, and
Joanna, the wife of Joseph Walters. Addison, a son of Nicholas, married Lucy,
a sister ofo Shelton F. Leake."[Masters.FTW]
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Arrived in Virginia at time of Bacon's Rebellion in Jan 1677. He and brother, Samuel, were British soldiers discharged in 1683.[Gentry7.FTW]
Arrived in Virginia at time of Bacon's Rebellion in Jan 1677. He and brother, Samuel, were British soldiers discharged in 1683.Nicholas Gentry and his brother Samuel Gentry were among His Majesty's troops
sent to Jamestown, VA, to quell an indian uprising. When his duties were ended
he decided to stay in this new country. Early land records indicate they had
land adjacent to each other. No descendants of Samuel Gentry have been found.
The first authentic record we have found of the Gentrys is in the
register of St. Peter's Parish of New Kent County, VA, shows the baptism of
Peter Gentry, son of Samuel Gentry on 10 April 1687. No other trace of this
Peter Gentry has been found. St. Peter's Registry also shows the baptism of
Elizabeth Gentry, on 29 August 1687; Nicholas Gentry baptized 30 May 1697, and
Mable Gentry baptized 13 December 1702.[Woodmerge.FTW]
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COMMENTS:1) Per Gentry family society, Nicholas and his brother Samuel were
British soldiers.They came to America at the time of the Bacon Rebellion.
They landed at Jamestown VA in Jan 1677 and were paid off and discharged in
the Fall of 1683. Both were land owners in 1684.
2) "Per History of Albemarle County, Virginia," by Rev. Edgar Woods, Mirginia:
The Michie Company, Printers, 1901, p. 205, "The different Gentry families in
Albemarle seem to have sprung from the same head. Nicholas Gentry died in
1779, leaving eleven children, Moses, David, Nicholas, Mary Hinson, Robert,
Benajah, Nathan, Martin, Elizabeth Haggard, Jame Timberlake, and Ann Jenkins.
Moses bought land in 1778 from Samuel Gay on the old Lynchburg Road north of
Garland's Store. He was a ruling elder in the Cove Church. He died in 1810.
His children were Claiborne and Nicholas, who married sisters, Jane and Mary,
daughters of Bezaleel Maxwell, Frances, the wife of Thomas Fitzpatrick, and
Joanna, the wife of Joseph Walters. Addison, a son of Nicholas, married Lucy,
a sister ofo Shelton F. Leake."
More About Nicholas Gentry:
Date born 2: Abt. 1655, ESSEX, ENGLAND.1543, 1544
Date born 3: 1655, Essex, Sussex, England.1545, 1546
Died 2: Abt. 1736, HANOVER, VA.1547, 1548
Died 3: 1736, Hanover Co, Va.1549, 1550
Died 4: 1779, ,Albemarle Co., VA.1551, 1552, 1553, 1554
More About Nicholas Gentry and <Unnamed>:
Marriage: NEW KENT, VA.1555
More About Nicholas Gentry and Mabel Wood:
Marriage: Abt. 1684, Virginia.1555, 1556
More About Nicholas Gentry and Lucy Cornelius:
Marriage: Abt. 1686, New Kent Co VA [F849261-22].1557, 1558
Children of Nicholas Gentry and (Mrs Nicholas Gentry I) ? are:
- +Elizabeth Gentry, b. 26 Aug 1687, St. Peters Parrish,, New Kent Co., VA1559, 1560, 1561, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1570, 1571, 1572, d. Aft. 17321573, 1574.
Children of Nicholas Gentry are:
- +Elizabeth Gentry, b. 26 Aug 1687, St. Peters Parrish,, New Kent Co., VA1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1579, 1580, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, d. Aft. 17321589, 1590.
Children of Nicholas Gentry and Unknown are:
- +Elizabeth Gentry, b. 26 Aug 1687, St. Peters Parrish,, New Kent Co., VA1591, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, d. Aft. 17321605, 1606.
Children of Nicholas Gentry and Mabel Wood are:
- Joseph Gentry, b. 1685, New Kent, VA1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1611, d. WFT Est. 1686-17751612, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616.
- William Gentry, b. date unknown1617, 1618, d. date unknown1619, 1620.
Children of Nicholas Gentry and Lucy Cornelius are:
- Moses Gentry, b. WFT Est. 1676-1705, Virginia1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, d. WFT Est. 1755-17841625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629.
- +Elizabeth Gentry, b. 26 Aug 1687, St. Peters Parrish,, New Kent Co., VA1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, d. Aft. 17321644, 1645.
- Mary Gentry, b. 16911646, 1647, d. date unknown1648, 1649.
- Samuel Gentry, b. 1695, New Kent Co., Virginia1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, d. Abt. 1789, Parson County, NC1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658.
- +Nicholas Gentry, b. 30 Mar 1697, New Kent (Hanover) County, VA1659, 1660, d. 10 Apr 1779, Albermarle Co., VA1661, 1662, 1663, 1664, 1665.
- John Gentry, b. 16981666, 1667, d. date unknown1668, 1669.
- James Gentry, b. 1706, New Kent Co. Va.1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, d. 17651674, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678.
- David Gentry, b. 1708, New Kent, VA1679, 1680, d. Abt. 1764, Virginia1681, 1682.