8:8 Virginia Connections
William Mason
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William Mason married Margaret Llewellyn, the sister of Captain Daniel Llewellyn
On page 194-195 of Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800, Vol. 1 by Nugent are listed the names of all the people who were transported by Captain Moore Fantleroy to the South Side of the Rappahannock. Included in the names are Edmund Hammond, William Llewellyn, THOMAS GOLDING, WILLIAM MASON and THOMAS HILL. (Nugent, 1934, pp. 194-5)
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CAPT. MOORE FANTLEROY, 350 acres in Rappahannock River on South Side, running S.W. & Adj 200 acres formerly taken up by said Fantleroy, 22 May 1650 p. 229. Transportation of 7 persons: EDMOND HAMOND, John Cable, Richard King, WILLIAM LEWELLIN, Eliza Warren, Anthony Aston, John Till.
SAME. 5350 acres on North side of Rappahannock River, 22 May 1650 p. 230. 2600 acres lyeth on the upper side of Farnham Creek, adjacent land of Anthony Jackman; 2750 acres lyeth on lower side of said Creek, running nigh the mouth of the New Mencococond River. Transportation of 107 persons: John Shaw, JOHN PRICE, THOMAS GOLDING, Peter Swaine, Joseph Groomer, George West, John Wright, Andrew Bonner, Symon Taylor, George Atten (or Allen), Henry Bryan, Theo. Jones, Richard Greenwell, Richard Hooke, Maudlin Cartar, Jane Welch, Elizabeth Ranson, Mary Bayle, Joane Moore, Elizabeth Havant, Robert Garlick, Xtropr. Miller, John Welchman, Richard rice, Richard Jones, Richard Carrick, David Crisrall, Robert Thomas, Thomas Poulter, Henry Langley, Morgan Jones, Richard Dixon, Aotan Hoord, Andrew Nokes, Lewis Hutchins, WILLIAM MASON, John Mixon, Thomas Richardson, FRA. HILL, THOMAS HILL, John Smellock (or Mellock) Peter Wilson, Peter Wilson, Banill Harris, John Denton, Giles Lactins, Dom Lumby, John Skidd, Thomas Wariner, John Pope, Henry Fry, Step. Hall, James Weston, Ben. Hayfield, William Watts, George Walgrove, Peter Craner, John Murrey, Willaim Valer, Joseph Cowling, GEORGE PRICE, William Hownson, Richard Smith, Thomas Steler, Edward House, John Collins, Joner Sharper, Law. Chiles, Henry Grimes, Thomas Poultner, Andrew Holmes, William Nusum, Mary Porten, Elizabeth Rey, Matthew Whorson, ELIZABETH TURNER, Fra. Carpenter, John Holly, Thomas Harding, Robert Manker, Lawlin Rawkin, Alex, Camell, Thomas Mann, MARY HILL, Ann Dececry, Elizabeth Barker, Margaret Cripps, John Williams, Edward Barber, William Richards, John Gouge, Marke Wight and Robert Nuttall. (Nugent, 1934)
Thomas Hill is Captain Thomas Edward Hill, born 1 June 1610 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England and died 1 June 1661 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA. He married Mary Persey and their daughter was Mary Hill. In Virginia, US Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923 (Virginia US Extracted Vital Records 1660-1923, n.d., p. 3), is this information:
“Mary Persey, daughter of Abraham Persey and of Frances West, daughter of Nathaniel West, nephew of Lord De la Ware, married Thomas Hill in 1638 and had two children. The widow, Mary Hill, married Colonel Thomas Bushrod of "Essex Lodge", York County and John Hill was living on his farm at death." (Virginia Land Records: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents)
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The red marker shows where Farnham Creek is. This is on the other side of the Rappahannock from where John “of Burnham Essex” Goulding and Col. Thomas Goodrich were located, which was just to the south of Tappahannock.
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Who was Captain Moore Fantleroy?
On 22 May 1650, Moore is referenced as having received four patents for transportation of individuals in to the colony of Virginia. 1.) 350 acres on the Rappahannock for the transport of 7 individuals, (Ref: Patent Book 2, Page 229) 2.) 5350 acres on the Rappahannock for the transport of 107 individuals, (Ref: Patent Book 2, Page 230) 3.) 450 acres on the Rappahannock for the transport of 9 individuals, including George Underwood, Mary his wife and Anne Underwood (Ref: Patent Book 2, Page 231) and 4.) 1800 acres on the Rappahannock for the transport of 36 persons, including Thomas, Elizabeth, William, Sarah and Margaret Underwoode, adjacent to the land of William Underwood (Ref: Patent Book 2, Page 231) These transactions are also referenced in Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, pgs. 194-195. (Moore Fauntleroy, n.d.)
Moore Fauntleroy moved to the Northern Neck of the Virginia Tidewater in 1648, and settled on a tract of land at Naylor's Hole, on the north bank of the Rappahannock River, extending from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River in Lancaster County, Virginia. Of this large tract of land, five hundred acres was granted and confirmed by Act I, Grand Assembly of Virginia, March 23, 1660, in the twelfth year (reckoning from the execution of Charles on January 30, 1649) of the rein of King Charles II. This property was successively a part of Lancaster, Old Rappahannock, and Richmond counties. Moore Fauntleroy was justice and Burgher from Lancaster 1651, 1652, 1656, and from Rappahannock, 1656. He owned large tracts of land, many slaves, and several vessels, and transported many settlers from England. He died in 1667 at Crondall, a part of Naylor's Hole. He was buried there.
His second wife was Mary Hill, daughter of Thomas Hill of Rappahannock County, Virginia. The marriage occurred in 1648. The coat of arms was given to him on December 8, 1633. (Mixson, n.d.)
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"1661-1662 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 1; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 18 [15].
Deposition of Thomas Johnson aged forty yeares or thereabout that living at the house of Mr. Thomas Hill's in Stanly Hundred when Collonell Fanteleroy marryed the daughter of Mr. Hill,.." (Mixson, n.d.)
Thomas Johnson
29 Aug. 1660. Sworn in Court.
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Edmund Hammond – There was a Hammond family who were immigrants to Massachusetts but I can find nothing about Edmund Hammond who migrated to Virginia.
William Llewellyn – Assume he was of the Llewellyn family associated by marriage with the Halloms, but have not been able to find any information about him yet.
Thomas Golding – The only Thomas Golding I know of was Thomas Golding who arrived in Jamestown in 1623. THOMAS GOULDING – Thomas Goulding came to Virginia on the GEORGE in 1623 and on February 4, 1625 was living at Martin’s Hundred (7) where he was a 26-year-old servant in Ellis Emmerson’s house. In August 1638 Thomas Goulding secured a patent for a lot in urban Jamestown (1) (CBE 61: PB 1 Pt. 2:595). He was born about 1597, so in 1650 he would have been 53 years old. It’s certainly possible he could be the same person, but unconfirmed.
William Mason – He was connected to the family of Daniel Llewellyn
Thomas Hill – He was Captain Moore Fauntleroy’s father in law.
John Price – He must be John Price II. John Price was born about 1628 in Virginia. He died about 1662 at the age of 34. He was the son of John Price, Ancient Planter and wife Ann. It is believed that he married twice. There are numerous proposals as to the identity of these wives. (John’s wife / wives has no proved name at all - not a given name, not a surname.) John and his brother Daniel sold 150 acres in 1677, land which was originally patented to the first John Price in 1619. Their uncle Matthew patented land on 23 May 1638; land that was on Turkey Island Creek, bounded by Bremo and the lands granted to his late father John Price and in possession of his mother Ann Hallom, widow. This land was due Mathew in right of his father.
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A Deed in Henrico Co dated 18 Oct 1681 from Benjamin Hatcher to John Pleasants stated that he was selling a tract of land that had belonged to this father William Hatcher, which William Hatcher had purchased of Daniel & John Price in 1677. This land was known and called by the name of Turkey Island Pointe. A later deed made in Henrico Co in 1691 between John Gundry, son of John Gundry & Ann his wife who was a daughter of Robert Hallum and Ann Price Hallum, reveals Gundry was selling a tract which bounded on Turkey Island Creek, and with the land of John Pleasants, formerly belonging to John Price.
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New Mencococond River – Unknown. There is no modern listing for the name.
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The exact identity of William Mason is still unknown.
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References
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Mixson, L. (n.d.). Capt. Moore Fauntleroy. Retrieved from Mixsonian: A Mixson-Mixson Genealogy: http://www.mixsonian.com/genealogy/mixon-mixson/pg-006.html
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Moore Fauntleroy. (n.d.). Retrieved from Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I22540&tree=tree1
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Nugent, N. M. (1934). Cavaliers and Pioneers; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800 Vol 1 (Vol. 1). Richmond, VA, USA: Press of the Dietz Printing Company. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer00nuge/page/n11/mode/2up
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Stanard, P. b. (n.d.). Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents. Virginia Historical Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/4242023#metadata_info_tab_contents
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Virginia Land Records: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents. (n.d.). Retrieved from ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48438/images/VALandRecords-003412-527?pId=346040
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Virginia US Extracted Vital Records 1660-1923. (n.d.). Retrieved from ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61462/images/vavitalrecords-000236-3?pId=30004428
