Re: Maternity of Elizabeth Dale revisited

JeffChipman wrote:
The Maternity of Eliazabeth Dale, Pt. 2


I am constructing this thread because this discussion has spilled over
into many threads; people are telling me they have posted material
I'm having difficulty locating, etc.

As you have specified this thread, I hope others don't mind me placing this here. It is a post from Clark from the "son-in-law" thread:


Storm wrote:

> Jeff and others,
>
> I have lurked on this list for many years and the current flare up is the
> funniest of them all, which is saying something if you remember the
> entertaining exchanges between Mr. Hines and anyone who would respond.
> Hopefully, those interested in the Dale discussion will find the following
> information helpful. Each reference was found within twenty minutes of
> searching google. I heartily recommend the search engine to Mr. Chipman and
> suggest that he do his own research in the future, instead of demanding that
> it be provided from a group concerned with Medieval genealogy. By the way,
> if you did not know, 17th century Virginia is somewhat later than the
> Medieval period.
>
> I have no idea how accurate any of these are, but I would suggest they are a
> good starting point for *your* further research.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clark
>
> Elizabeth _____ who survived him [John Clay] to marry (2) John Wall and (3)
> John Tate. … In the Virginia Records is a "Deed of Gift", dated 3 October
> 1660, whereby John Wall conveyed 2 ewes to his "sonne in Law" (step-son)
> CHARLES CLAY; and at Westover Court, 1663, "Elizabeth Clay Wall", widow and
> Joseph Wall, son of John Wall, Dec’d., were authorized by Court to choose
> three or four persons from Martin’s Brandon to settle the estate of John
> Wall, according tot he provisions of his will. (Ref: Virginia County
> Records, Vol. II, pp 78 and 245, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C.).
>
> On October 3, 1660 a deed of gift for 2 ewes was made by John Wall "unto his
> son-in-law CHARLES CLAY" in Charles City County (Fleet, Virginia Colonial
> Abstracts, Vol. 11, Charles City County Court Orders, 1658-61, page 78)
>
> ---------
>
> There was also a ninth, perhaps posthumous, child named Aliffe, apparently
> named after Thomas Ivey’s mother. His widow, Alice Ivey, remarried to
> William Cornick, whose father Simon Cornick had received a patent in Norfolk
> County in 1653 for importation of 13 persons, among them his son William
> Cornick. On 9 January 1691/2, William Cornick made deeds of gift to his wife
> Alice’s children Lemuel Ivy and Aliffe Ivy and his sons-in-law (meaning
> stepsons) Ludford Ivy and Anthony Ivy. (Princess Anne Deed Book 1, p15.
> (Also see William and Mary Quarterly, Series I, Vol. 24, p 284.)
>
> ----------
>
> Thomas Southworth, brother of Constant Southworth, was probably born at
> Leiden ca 1616-1620. He came to Plymouth sometime after 1627, most likely
> living with his mother, Alice, and her husband, Gov. William Bradford. He
> married 1 September 1641 Elizabeth Reyner, daughter of Rev. John Reyner, and
> they had one child, Elizabeth, who married Joseph Howland. On 28 October
> 1641 William Bradford gave a house and land "unto my sone-in-law [stepson]
> Thomas Southworth". He died 8 December 1669. His will dated 18 November
> 1669, proved 1 March 1669/70, named his wife and his daughter Elizabeth
> Howland, and her husband Joseph, and left gifts to Thomas Southworth.
> (Plymouth Colony Wills, vol. III, p. 1.) *Not in Virigina*
>
> ----------
>
> According to Alvahn Holmes' "The Farrar's Island Family," Cecily (Reynolds?)
> Baley (Bailey) Jordan Farrar, after the death in 1637 of her third husband,
> William Farrar (age 43), may have married (according to some researchers)
> Peter Montague, whose wife Cecily was executrix of his will in 1659. If so,
> Cecily would have been his second wife. Lancaster Co., VA records show
> executors were "Cecily Montague, widow of Mr. Peter Montague, dec'd, and
> Peter Montague her sonne-in-law" (stepson or son-by-law).
>
> -----------
>
> Note on Morris Fitzgerald: One of the daughters was apparently the wife of a
> Fitzgerald, and the mother of the grandchild Morris Fitzgerald mentioned in
> Alice Ivey’s 1708 will. A Morris “Fegarrell" had patented 200 acres in Lower
> Norfolk on 26 April 1670 in right of his wife Katherine the relict of Roger
> Howard. The will of "Morris Fitsgarrall" was proved 16 January 1678/9,
> leaving his property to his wife Katherine. "Katheren Fitsgarrall" on the
> same date left her plantation and dwelling to her "sonne in law Henry
> Fitsgarrall" apparently meaning her stepson, Morris Fitzgerald’s son by a
> prior wife. (Norfolk County Will Book 4, p. 42.)
>
> ----------
>
> John Austin, the step-father of John Smoot, died in St. Mary's County, his
> will being proved on July 16, 1733. He bequeathed his "godson" Austin
> Sanford Smoot the dwelling-plantation, but in the event of his death during
> minority then to his "sons-in-law" John Smoot and William Harrison. His wife
> Eleanor, however, was to enjoy the use of the dwelling until his godson
> attained majority. The two sons-in-law were devised 1,000 acres of land on
> Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. His widow and John Smoot
> administered on the estate. (Newman, Harry Wright. The Smoots of Maryland
> and Virginia, p. 136) *a bit late for the ironclad period under discussion.*
>
> --------
>
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