I37976: George BISHOP Jr. (ABT 1710

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Will of George BISHOP Jr. of Onslow Co., NC planter..my loving brother Stoakley BISH0P...my sister Betty DUDLEY..my cousin Bishop DUDLEY..my cousin Hester DUDLEY..my brother James LEDBURY...my brother Woodman Stoakley LEDBURY...my cousin Comfort LEDBURY.. my cousin Moses LIEDBURY...to Jane MORGAN...to Morgan MORGAN Jr...my dear mother Elizabeth BISHOP...app't my dear father George BISHOP sole exec...Wit: Rice PRICE, Morgan MORGAN, James SMALLWOOD. Proved Sept Court 1744 P.35-6.

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JOHN CORBET

1366 - AFT 1430

ID Number: I93192

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Spouse: Elizabeth Mrs CORBET (AFN: 186V-VR1) Marriage: Abt 1393 Of Stanford, Shropshire, England

Sarah FOSTER

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I98559

John Preston MCDANIEL

14 Oct 1846 - ____

ID Number: I89276

Mary Elizabeth PAGE

ABT 1625 - 1691

ID Number: I41892

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"Of Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia. John Page was twenty-six years old in 1653 when he named Alice Page, Elizabeth Page and Mary Page as headrights in a land patent. Alice seems to have been his wife and Elizabeth was evidently his sister, as he later identified Elizabeth Diggs (the wife of Edward Diggs)[Nugent I:279] as his sister. The identity of Mary Page is not clear. Some have thought she may have been the wife of John's brother, Matthew. She could have been an early wife; however, in a land patent of Matthew Pagge (sic) on March 19,1662, the patent identified his wife at that time as Elizabeth Crump, the widow of John Crump." [L P Bk 6 298; Nugent II; 76].

Jordan PORTER

22 Dec 1807 - 11 Feb 1860

ID Number: I52126

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Known children of Jordan are:
Susan Porter {4471}, born 31 Mar 1827. She married Robert Porter {4470}.
Felix Porter born 12 Feb 1829, died 19 Jun 1913, married Matilda Ann Huddle 24 Aug 1848.
Samuel Porter born 25 Apr 1831, died 1 Jul 1833.
Robert Porter born 20 Jul 1833, died 28 Feb 1836.
John A. Porter born 17 Sep 1836, died 2 Feb 1892. He married Mary E. Pearman 6 Oct 1855.
Burton Sanders Porter born 17 Dec 1838, died 21 Sep 1861.
Eliza Jane Porter born 21 Feb 1841. She married Nathan Dyer 29 Dec 1872.
Harold Porter born 20 Jul 1843, died 1 May 1870. He married Melinda E. Davidson 26 Feb 1861.
Catherine A. Porter born 10 Jun 1846, died 8 May 1872. She married F.M. Barker 29 Sep 1864

Sarah SCARBOROUGH

ABT 1720 - ____

ID Number: I35606

Sir William SHERWOOD "the Immigrant"

ABT 1640 - AFT 1684

ID Number: I85955

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"Sir William Sherwood, of the parish of White Chappell, London, came to Virginia before Bacon's Rebellion; was sub-sheriff of Surry County in 1674; practiced law; became attorney-general in 1677, and was a burgess and Clerk of Assembly in 1684.

In 1675, he married the widow of Richard James, who had patented a part of the western portion of Jamestown Island (Land Register). In the Northern Neck land books, there is a grant, dated September 14, 1696, to William Sherwood, for Doeg's Island in Stafford County, Va., and 670 acres adjoining, originally granted to Col. John Mottrown, and by his son, John, sold to Richard James, Sen., of James City (by deed recorded in Stafford County, June 27, 1666), who died intestate, leaving one son, Richard, who died under twenty-one.

In the Stafford County records, there is a bond bearing date November 8, 1704, signed by Edward Jaquelin, of James City, 'who married the widow of William Sherwood,' to save harmless George Mason, who had purchased Doeg's Island from said Sherwood in 1696.

From an entry in the Calendar of State Papers (Vol. I, p. 56) Sherwood's widow was named Rachel, and she was perhaps a second wife. In 1690 William Sherwood received a grant from Sir Edmund Andros, for 308 acres of land lying at the west end of Jamestown Island, between 'Pitch and Tar Swamp,' and the Black River, confirming various purchases of small tracts made by him and including 150 acres patented by Richard James in 1657, and lately escheated."

From a deed in Middlesex County, dated October 24, 1698, it appears that William Sherwood made his will August 11, 1697, and left his lands and other property after the death of his wife, Rachel Sherwood, to Jeffrey Jeffreys, of London, England Edward Jaquelin succeeded to the land on the island, first by marrying the widow, and next by purchase.

There is a volume of the University History, presented recently by the Clerk of Surry County to the College Library, lettered, "Ex dono, William Sherwood 1691." It was doubtless originally given by him to the court for its laudatory resolutions in 1674, on his conduct as sub-Sheriff of Surry County, Va. He had been guilty as a youth of some offense in England, but his after life seems to have been highly honourable. In his letters to Sir Joseph Williamson, the Secretary of State, he expresses the deepest gratitude for the latter's indulgence of his trangressions, by which alone he had been able to wipe away the sad blot from his name and win an honourable reputation among men. (See Virginia Magazine of History and Biology, Vol. I, pp. 168, 456, Sainsbury Papers.) Upon his tombstone at Jamestown, he confesses himself "a great sinner," but in hopes of a joyous resurrection."

My Southern Family

George BISHOP Jr.

ABT 1710 - ABT 1744

ID Number: I37976

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JOHN CORBET

1366 - AFT 1430

ID Number: I93192

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Sarah FOSTER

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I98559

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John Preston MCDANIEL

14 Oct 1846 - ____

ID Number: I89276

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Mary Elizabeth PAGE

ABT 1625 - 1691

ID Number: I41892

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Jordan PORTER

22 Dec 1807 - 11 Feb 1860

ID Number: I52126

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Sarah SCARBOROUGH

ABT 1720 - ____

ID Number: I35606

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Sir William SHERWOOD "the Immigrant"

ABT 1640 - AFT 1684

ID Number: I85955

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Kittie SMITH

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I20068

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