Colonial Chesapeake Families British Origins and Descendants: Vol.2

By Harrison Dwight Cavanagh

Winner of the Maryland Historical Society's 2014 Sumner A. Parker Prize for the best genealogical work concerning Maryland families. The Sumner A. Parker Prize was established in 1946 by Dudrea Wagner Parker in memory of her late husband Sumner A Parker, a Baltimore architect and engineer. The prize is awarded each year by the Maryland Historical Society at its Annual Meeting in June.

British Origins and Descendants

Alexander, Bland, Beall, Berry, Blake,

Bocock, Bond, Bonderant, Boone, Bowie,

Bradford, BROOKE, Broome, Boyd, Butler,

CABELL-HORSLEY, Cadwalader, Carroll,

CAVANAGH, Chapman-Pearson, Clagett,

Claiborne, COLE, Compton, Cullen, Denwood-Covington,

DERING, Dorsey, Dunscomb,

DuVal, Eltonhead, Elzey, Eversfield, Ewell, FIELDER,

GANTT, Gittings, Glover, Graves,

GREENFIELD, Hall, Hay, Heighe, Hilleary, Holdsworth,

Keene, King, LEE-FEARN, Lewis, Mackall, Moore-Weems, Nelson,

PARKER, Parrott, Perkins, Reynolds, Roberts, Semmes,

Skinner, Smith (Highlands), Sprigg, STODDERT, Stoughton-Sloss,

Tasker, Tryon, Waring, WEEMS, Wheeler,

Wight (White), WILLIAMS, Winder,

Wortham, Worthington, Wood, Wright, Young-Smith (Halls-Creek),

with 57 Ancestral British Pedigrees.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493188079

Harrison Dwight Cavanagh

Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, M.D., attended MIT and went on to complete his A.B. and M.D. degrees at Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. at Harvard University. During a career spanning more than 46 years as an eye surgeon, visual scientist, and educator, Dr. Cavanagh has served on the medical faculties of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Georgetown, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He currently lives with his wife Lynn Gantt Cavanagh in Dallas, Texas, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Dr. Cavanagh has a lifelong interest in colonial history, genealogy, poetry, philosophy, Japanese culture, and Zen.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 11   American And English Families Allied By Marriage And Their Coats Of Arms

Chapter 12   Ancestral Pedigrees Of The Dering-Cole And Fielder Families Of Hampshire

CHAPTER 11

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH

FAMILIES ALLIED BY MARRIAGE

AND THEIR COATS OF ARMS

1. THE BROOKE FAMILY OF WHITCHURCH, HAMPSHIRE, AND ENGLISH ANTECEDENTS

Brooke Arms: Chequy or and azure, on a bend gules, a lion passant of the first (Crest: a demi lion rampant or, erased gules)

Twyne Arms: Argent, a fesse, embattled, sable in chief two estoiles of the last (Crest: a cubit arm, erect, holding in the hand proper two snakes, the heads contrariwise, the tails entwined and knotted around the arm, argent)

The VCH of Hampshire (4: 299-305) records that Whitchurch is a parish of 6,367 acres located in Evingar Hundred on the River Test about 13 miles from Newbury in Berkshire (notable site of two Civil War battles) and about 12 miles from Winchester. From medieval times the area has been noted for sheep and grain agriculture. The tiny town was a borough of Winchester and sent its first two elected representatives to Parliament in 1586. Until passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, it was known as a rotten borough with the members not elected but chosen by the nomination of an absentee landlord who had no residence in the community.

There were two manors in Whitchurch from ancient times (Whitchurch and Cole Henley), neither or portions of which were ever held by the Brooke family.

(1)   Richard¹ Brooke (1525-1594) gave his age as 50 years in a deposition given in Consistory Court on 11 February 1575 (viz Bridges v. Page, Winchester Consistory Court Depositions 1561-1602, selections; ed. Arthur J. Willis, 1960 Court Book 44, page 34). His funerary monument in All Saints Church records that he died 16 January 1594 after 41 years of wedded life to Elizabeth Twyne, sister and heraldic heiress of her brother John Twyne. For a superb and more detailed account of this, see Brooke by Ms. Marty G. P. Grundy, rootsweb.ancestry.com/paxson/ southern/brooke, which cites recent seminal contributions to the history of the Brooke family origins. In a pedigree held in the internal records of the College of Arms but not published in the Harleian Visitation Series dated 1622, Richard’s¹ grandson Thomas³ (Thos²) attested that Richard was the son of a Robert Brooke who was the third son of a Thomas Brooke of Leighton, Cheshire. Unfortunately, there is no evidence yet discovered to support this assertion, and the finding that the Brookes of Cheshire blazoned entirely unrelated arms (Brooke of Leighton: 1580: Cheshire Visitation: Quarterly 1, 4: or, a cross engrailed per pale Gules and sable (Brooke); and, 2, 3: argent, a chevron sable between three bucks heads caboshed gules (Parker) is strong and compelling evidence against the claim. Further research is required.

   What is beyond dispute is that after marrying the heiress Elizabeth Twyne in 1552, Richard Brooke first appears in the Hampshire records in 1561 as a gentleman. In his early, adult years he served as a steward to Sir Thomas White (1507-1566) M.P. (1547-1559), of South Warnborough, Hampshire, who was knighted in 1553; Sir Thomas served as the master of the Court of Requests (1553-1558). Prospering economically and documented in his will proved 6 May 1594 by his widow Elizabeth, Richard Brooke went on to acquire by leaseholds property in Winchester (freehold held by the Church of the Blessed Trinity), Knoll with woodlands in Chalgrove and Freefolk and the Manor of West Fosbury. He also owned and passed to his son Thomas in his will his lease of Parsonage Farm in Whitchurch, which was owned by the Monastery of St. Cross in Winchester, which held the freehold. Richard¹ also owned in his own right other freelands and tenements in Whitchurch and Freefolk, which he left to his wife Elizabeth (died 20 May 1599) for her lifetime. Their youngest son, Robert, a wealthy London goldsmith, erected an elegant funerary brass monument in All Saints Church to his parents’ memory. This monument clearly shows the Twyne arms impaling Brooke as heraldic evidence of their marriage and showing that Elizabeth was the heraldic heiress of her brother; the Brooke-Twyne arms are appropriately quartered, however, on the funerary monument of their second son Thomas² Brooke (1561-1612), located on a granite plinth in the church.

   Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke’s exact descent is not specified in either the Harleian Society Visitation of Hampshire or in William Berry’s County Families (1833; pp. 222-223). Using those sources as a starting point, however, the best working hypothesis as to her parentage is given as follows, and the matter will need further research.

1.1 TWYNE FAMILY

The name Twyne or Twine derives unambiguously from the old Saxon language Tweoxneam, meaning land between two rivers, in this case the narrow area between the rivers Stour and Avon on the coast of Hampshire.

1.   Sir Bryan¹ Twine (Twyne) of Longparish in Hampshire married a Miss Manston (?Manson)

2.   Nicholas² Twyne of Longparish married a Miss Buckland.

3.   John³ Twyne of Longparish married a Miss Manston.

4.   William⁴ Twyne of Bullington, Hampshire, married ca. 1500 Joane, daughter of William Pickering.

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Photo courtesy of Mr. Steve Hoffman through the kind office of Ms. MJP Grundy.

Parsonage Farm at Whitchurch, Hampshire, home of the Brooke family from about 1561; built first half in the 16th century as a typical Tudor-era timber-framed dwelling near All Saints Church, which was reclad and expanded in brick in the late 17th century and later rebuilt as a three-story hotel (King’s Lodge) in modern times (King Charles I was hosted by Richard Brooke [dsp] from 18-21 October 1644 while on his way to the Second Battle of Newbury in the Civil War). The original free-hold of the property was owned by monks of St. Cross in Winchester.

4.1   John⁵ Twyne (1505-1581) eldest son; schoolmaster and author was educated at New Inn (New College) and Corpus Christi Colleges at Oxford. He graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law degree on 31 January 1525 and 1524 married Alice (1507-1567) daughter and coheiress with her sister Eleinor, who married Francis Routhland of Mitcham, Surrey, of their father William and Alice (Tusnodern) Peper of Canterbury, Kent. John⁵ Twyne then took up the position of master of the Free Grammar School at Canterbury, which became famous under his administrative leadership and published scholarship. He served as sheriff of Canterbury, was an alderman in 1553, and in January 1554 represented the city in Parliament. He was mayor of Canterbury in 1554 where he died on 24 November 1581 with a brass monument in St. Paul’s Church.

   Issue:

4.1-1   Anne⁶ Twyne m. Lewes of Canterbury

4.1-2   Lawrence⁶ Twyne of Hardace, Fellow of All Souls College Oxford; B. Civil Law, married Anne Hoker of Hampshire and left issue. (John⁷; Anne⁷).

4.1-3   Thomas⁶ Twyne married Joane, daughter of Ponfrett.

4.1-4   John⁶ Twine noted Elizabethan poet; collector of incunabula tempus Eliz I.

4.1-5   Ellinor⁶ Twyne married Thomas Neame

1.1-6   Ellen⁶ Twyne married Mr. Langrish of Hampshire

4.1-7   Fourth son Nicholas⁶ Twyne

4.2   Mary⁵ Twyne married Henry Abdey of Canterbury.

4.3   Thomas⁵ Twyne (second son) of Grewell, Hampshire married Clemence, daughter of William Chapman

   Issue:

4.3-1   Thomas⁶ Twyne of Grewell married Alice, daughter of Thomas Dolmen of Newbury, Berkshire.

   Issue:

4.3.1-1   Thomas⁷; 4.3.1-2 Elizabeth⁷ (twins)

4.3.1-3   Anne⁷

4.3.1-4   Grace⁷

4.3.1-5   Joane⁷

4.3-2   Alexander⁶ Twyne

4.3-3   Oliver⁶ Twyne

4.3-4   Ann⁶ Twyne married James Style of North Warnborough, Hampshire.

4.4   William⁵ Twyne (third son) of Stoneham, Hampshire. This William is probably the father of (at least) John⁶ and Thomas⁶ Twyne dsp and his heraldic heiress sister Elizabeth⁶ Twyne, probably born about 1530, who married 1552, Richard Brooke (1525-1594) of Whitchurch. Her will was dated and proved 2 June 1559 by her son Thomas as executor in the PCC.

4.5   Agnes⁵ Twyne married John Wyclop.

   At some time in the second half of the 16th century, Richard and Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke lived in Whitchurch in a large house located just across from All Hallows Church, which probably served as the church rectory that they leased from the monks of St. Cross in Winchester who held the freehold, which was called Parsonage Farme. The house was never a manor, and at the present day is known as The Vicarige (All Hallows) and in 1953 was placed upon the British list of historical buildings (Grade II; ID #139384). The earliest portions of the house dated from late Tudor times, but there have been extensive renovations in the 17th and 19th centuries. The house has an old three-storied wing and old tile roofing, with a large two-sided half-octagon bay. The original wooden exterior was later bricked up (some Flemish bond; some English bond). There were two single-storied angular bays and a Tudor entrance doorway. In recent times, the house has been further enlarged and commercialized and is currently known as King’s Lodge because King Charles I spent the night of 19 October 1644 at the house of Mr. Richard Brooke of Whitchurch (Leyborne-Popham Mss. [Hist. Mss. Com.], page 14). Issue of Richard and Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke from their funerary brass monument and their wills (both recorded in the PCC):

1.1   Richard² Brooke eldest son; died 1606; married Sara—. Not mentioned in his father’s will. Mentioned as a farmer in Borghese, in All Saints Parish, nine miles south of Newbury in Berkshire.

(2)   1.2   Thomas² Brooke (1561-1612) next:

1.3   Robert³ Brooke extremely wealthy London merchant: member of the East India Company, the Merchant Great Adventurers, and the Goldsmith Guild. He paid for the monuments to his parents in All Hallows Church, Whitchurch.

1.4   Elizabeth³ Brooke probably died young; not mentioned in either parents will.

1.5   Barbara³ Brooke born after 1576: to receive (in 1599) 300 pounds sterling on date of her marriage with another 100 pounds payable upon also reaching 23 years of age.

1.6   Dorothy² Brooke to receive the second silver guilt tanker and 12 silver spoons. (father’s will 1594) and apparently still unmarried in 1599 upon her mother’s death.

2.0   Thomas² Brooke was born in 1561 at Whitchurch and was buried there on 17 Sept. 1612 in All Hallows Church. His funerary effigy and monument quarter The Arms of Brooke (1, 4) and Twyne (2, 3) indicating his mother Elizabeth was a heraldic heiress. He matriculated at 20 years of age on 24 November 1581 at New College, Oxford and received his AB on 4 May 1584 (Foster’s Alumni Oxonensis). He entered the Inner Temple, London, and reached the senior rank of bencher in the governing organization of the Inns of Court, and later rose to the high rank of autumn reader in 1611. He also served as an elected member of Parliament from 1604 to 1611.

In 1597, he married Susan Forster, daughter of Sir Thomas Forster of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, judge of the Common Pleas, and his wife Susan Foster of St. John St., London. Susan’s brother was Sir Robert Forster, chief justice of the King’s Bench for all England who died in 1663. The couple lived, died, and were buried in Whitchurch at All Hallow Church with elegant effigies later protected by the installation of granite supports by Thomas Willing Balch of Philadelphia in the early 1900s. Thomas² signed his Will 11 September 1612 (proved 30 November PCC) and was buried 17 September; his wife, who apparently died in childbirth, was buried beside him the next day. For her ancestry see FORSTER FAMILY.

Issue:

2.1   Thomas³ (1599-1665; dsp);

(3.0)   2.2   Robert³ see next

2.3   John³ b. 1605, matric Wadham College, Oxon 11 May 1621 age 16;

2.4   Richard⁴ dsp; entertained King Charles I;

2.5   William³

2.6   Humphrey³

2.7   Charles³

2.8   Susan³

2.9   Elizabeth³

2.10   Frances

2.11   Benjamin died young

3.0   Robert³ Brooke (second son) was born 3 June 1602 in London, and died in 1655 in Maryland; matriculated Wordham Coll, Oxon 28 April 1618; awarded AB on 6 July 1620 and the MA 20 April 1624 which qualified him to be a minister in the Anglican Church, but there is no evidence that he ever was ordained. He married firstly 25 February 1627, Mary, daughter of Thomas Baker, Esq. of Battel, Sussex, MD, and is wife Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Engham of Goodneston, Kent, and his wife Priscilla Honywood. For her ancestry see BAKER FAMILY. He married secondly 11 May 1635 Mary Mainwaring. On 30 June 1650 he arrived in Maryland in his own ship with his second wife, 10 children, 21 male servants, and 7 mayde servants allegedly along with the first pack of foxhounds on the North American continent. Issue: first marriage (Mary Baker):

3.1   Baker⁴ (1628-1679); 3.2 Mary⁴ Brooke (1630, died in England);

(4.0)   3.3   Thomas⁴ Brooke was born in Battle, Sussex, on 23 June 1632 and died testate 1676 in Maryland. About 1658, he married Eleanor Hatton, daughter of Richard (died in England) and his wife Margaret who immigrated with Eleanor to Maryland with the assistance of her brother-in-law Thomas Hatton, secretary of the Province of Maryland to Lord Baltimore. Converted by her brother-in-law Luke Gardner, Eleanor became a zealous Catholic, converting her husband, and three of her five sons became Jesuit priests. Thomas Brooke was commissioned as captain in the Calvert Co. Militia 15 June 1548. He was promoted to major on 11 February 1660 and was mentioned as Colonel Thomas Brooke in his older brother Baker’s will made 19 March 1678. He served in the Lower House (1663-1664, 1666, 1671-1675) and as a justice for Calvert County (1661-1674) and as sheriff (1669-1669). Thomas Brooke signed his will 25 October 1675 which was proved 29 December 1676. His widow Eleanor (d. testate 1725) married secondly Col. Henry Darnall, both of Prince Georges County, leaving issue by marriages. Thomas⁴ Brooke’s estate was large: 95, 910 pounds of tobacco, 10 slaves, 10 servants, and 7,742 acres of land.

   Issue:

4.1   Thomas⁵ (5.0) see next; 4.2 Robert⁵ (1663-1714), a Jesuit priest (1684); 4.3 Eleanor⁵ m. firstly her stepbrother Philip Darnall; secondly William Digges; 4.4 Mary⁵; 4.5 Ignatius⁵ (1670-1751), Jesuit priest (197); 4.6 Matthew⁵ (1672-1762), Jesuit priest (d. 1699); 4.7 Clement⁵ (1676-1737), left issue.

5.0   Col. Thomas⁵ Brooke of Brookfield was born ca. 1659 and was underage at his father’s death in 1676. As the eldest son and heir-at-law he was likely raised as a Protestant but at least became one publically by 1691 and specified in his will of 1730 that his sons-in-law Thomas Gantt II and Alexander Contee were to insure that none of his children became Catholics. He served in the Upper House (1692-1707) and in the Lower House in 1708 but was absent the whole session. He served again in the Upper House (1716-1722) and was dismissed for non-attendance at the end of the session in 1722 reorganized under direct Royal Rule. Lord Baltimore (having lost his proprietorship) nominated Thomas Brooke as a member of the new Royal Council where he served from 1691-1708 in the Upper House. In 1708, he was dismissed from office by the royal Governor John Seymour as a result of suspicion of too close Catholic ties since his three brothers (Robert, Ignatius, and Matthew) had become Jesuit priests. Interestingly, he was elected to the Lower House in 1708 but never attended any sessions. He was returned to the Upper House after Maryland was restored to proprietary rule by George I in 1716, serving to the end of 1722 when he was again dismissed for non-attendance. In 1620, he was acting governor and resident of the Council and held other important offices at various times: president of the Council and acting governor (1720), member provincial court (1693n1994), deputy secretary (1694-1886), commissary general (1699-1706 and 1722-1727), and surveyor general. He was also a member of the vestry of St. Paul’s Church from 1693-1697. Thomas⁵ Brooke died on 7 January 1731, leaving a large estate but even larger debts. His final estate balance was a negative 355 pounds of debt after large forced land sales and sale of 17 of 36 slaves, which were mortgaged.

Thomas⁵ Brooke married firstly by 1681-1682, Ann—; she was alive in 1687 when she witnessed a deed (Prov. Ct. Liber EI, no. 10, f. 265) but was dead by 4 January 1699 when his second wife, Barbara Dent, witnessed a deed (PGLR A:210) Issue first marriage:

5.1   Thomas⁵ Brooke (1683-1774)

5.2   Eleanor⁵ Brooke married firstly Thomas Tasker (d. 1711); secondly Charles Sewell (d. 1742)

5.3   Sarah⁶ Brooke d. 1724; married Phillip Lee (see LEE FAMILY).

5.4   Priscilla⁶ Brooke probably born ca. 1688; married at least by 1710, Thomas Gantt II (1686-1765).

   Issue second marriage:

5.5   Nathaniel⁶; 5.6 John⁶; 5.7 Benjamin⁶; 5.8 Baker⁶; 5.9 Thomas⁶ (1717-1768, unm.); 5.10 Jane⁶ d. 1779; married about 1720, Alexander Contee of Prince George Co., who died 24 December 1740; 5.11 Rebecca⁶ married John Howard of Charles Co. (d. 1742); 5.12 Mary⁶ d. 1758; married Dr. Patrick Sim of PG Co. who d. 24 October 1740: (her grandson, Thomas⁸ Sim Lee, was governor of Maryland 1779-1782 and 1792-1794; 5.13 Elizabeth⁶ married Col. George Beall (1695-1780); 5.14 Lucy⁶ married Thomas Hodgkin.

1.2 BAKER FAMILY

Arms: Argent, a tower, between three keys, erect, sable.

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Crest: On a tower, sable an arm, embowed, in mail, holding in the hand a flint-stone, proper.

1.   John¹ Baker, of Battel, Sussex 49 Edward III (1375).

2.   Simon² Baker of Battel, eldest son and heir tempus Richard II, married Joane—on 11th Richard II (1387).

3.   John³ Baker of Battel, eldest son, tempus Henry IV.

4.   John⁴ Baker of Battel, eldest son tempus Henry VI.

5.   John⁵ Baker of Battel, eldest son tempus Edward IV.

6.   Henry⁶ Baker of Battel eldest son tempus Henry VII.

7.   John⁷ Baker eldest son, of Ducking’s or Duckinghouse in Withyham, tempus Henry VIII.

8.   John⁸ Baker of Battel eldest son married Elizabeth, daughter of ?John or? Richard Isted of Morehouse in Mayfield.

9.   Thomas⁹ Baker of Battel, second surviving son called John in the visitation of Sussex in 1634 married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Engham of Goodneston, Kent (see ENGHAM FAMILY).

10.   Mary¹⁰Baker married Robert Brooke (1602-1655) of Whitchurch, Hampshire (see BROOKE FAMILY for descendants).

1.1 ENGHAM

Arms: Argent, a chevron sable between three pallets, on a chief gules a lion passant-guardant or.

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Crest: "Two lions’ gambs or, holding a grenade sable, fired proper."

1.   Mores’¹ Edingham or Engham, Esq. of Engham in the Parish of Woodchurche.

2.   Thomas² Engham of Engham, Esq. son and heir married Petronilla, daughter and heir of Thomas Plurenden of Plurenden, in Woodchurche.

3.   William³ Engham named Johanna, daughter and heiress of Thomas Plurenden of Plurenden Parish of Woodchurch.

4.   William³ Engham of Engham, Esq. married Avicia (Alice) daughter of—Home of Horn Place, Appledore, Esq.

5.   Vincent⁵ Engham of Goodneston, Kent married firstly Edith, daughter and heiress to William Goodneston of Goodneston, Kent.

6.   Thomas⁶ Engham, Esq. of Goodneston eldest son, married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Monins of Waldershare, Esq. First five generations need proofs.

7.   Sir Thomas⁷ Engham of Goodneston, born ca. 1546, Kent (Knight 1619) married Priscilla, daughter of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent, Esq.

8.   Mary⁸ Engham born ca.1571 in London or Middlesex married Thomas Baker of Battel, Sussex (see BAKER FAMILY for their descendants).

1.4 FORSTER FAMILY OF IDEN SUSSEX

Arms: Argent, on a bend engrailed sable, three bucksheads caboshed or.

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1.0   Thomas¹ Forster born tempus IV Edward; buried in the Parish Church of Borredg (Bored) in Sussex.

2.0   Thomas² Forster son of (1); of Iden in Sussex; born ca. 1500; died testate 1544 (PROB 11/30; 21 May 1544) with wife Joan; requested burial in All Saints Church, Iden.; mentions three sons said; to have married Ann (?Joane), daughter of Langton of Lancastershire (needs proof).

   Issue: from his will:

2.1   Goddard ³ Forster, gent of Iden, eldest son; died testate 1577 (PROB 11/59; 28 January 1577); married daughter of Potkin of Kent and left issue.

2.2   Thomas³ Forster (see next)

2.3   William³ Forster

3.0   Thomas³ Forster of St. Johns Street Clerkenwell, London (Middlesex), was buried 9 August 1589 in the Church of James, Clerkenwell. He married Margery, daughter of Hopkins of—in Worcestershire and his wife—Herword (Vis. Sussex 1562, 1634). They left two children:3.1 Constant⁴ Forster eldest son and heir, d.s.p.

3.2   Susan⁴ Forster survived her brother (heraldic heiress) and married 22 July 1575, Iden, Sussex, Sir Thomas Foster (Forster) judge of the Common Pleas of Hunsdon, Hertfordshire (1548-1612). Susan Forster was probably born about 1551 in London, and she died 3 April 1625. She and her husband were buried in St. Mary’s Church, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, with their monument showing her arms (Forster of Iden, Sussex) impaling his (Foster [Forster] of Hunsdon, Hert’s, and Adderstone [Estherstone], Northumberland). Since Susan⁴ was a heraldic heiress of the second son (Thomas³), her arms appropriately bear a crescent for difference whereas her uncle Goddard³ (eldest son) and his descendants do not add the crescent to their blazon. For the issue of Susan⁴ Forster and Sir Thomas Foster and his antecedents please see FOSTER (FORSTER) FAMILY of Hunsdon (Sussex) and Atherstone (Northumberland).

1.5 FOSTER (FORESTER) FAMILY OF HUNSDON, HERTFORDSHIRE

Arms: A chevron vert between three bugle-horns sable.

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1.   Gilbert¹ de Buckton died 1342 was known as Gilbert Forster due to his position as forester and gamekeeper to the bishop of Durham; lived at Buckston; Parish of Holy Island, Durham Co.

2.   John² Forster b. ca. 1316; succeeded his father Gilbert as forester and gamekeeper to the Bishop of Durham.

3.   John³ Forster son (2); resided at Buckton, Durham Co.

4.   Thomas⁴ Forster son (3); married Joan de Elmeden, daughter of Sir William Elmeden and his wife Elizabeth de Umfreville; resided at Buckton, Durham Co.

5.   Thomas⁵ Forster son (4); married Elizabeth de Etherstone of Etherstone Hall and resided at Etherstone; Northumberland.

6.   Thomas⁶ Forster son (5); resided at Etherstone, Northumberland; married Elizabeth Fitzhugh.

   Sir Roger⁷ Forster eldest son (6); was born at Bamberg Castle, Northumberland about 1502. He is said to have married Joan Hussey of Sussex,daughter of Sir John Hussey (1466-1536), 1st Lord Sleaford who was beheaded for treason by Henry VIII. Unfortunately, there is no primary documentation to support this claim. Both John Hussey and his second wife Lady Anne Grey (1543) left recorded Wills with no mention of Joan; and, when the family estate was restored by Act of Parliament in 1563, Joan’s name is not found in the list of his sons and daughters restored in blood by his second marriage to Lady Anne. Author’s note: The first seven and generations claimed in The Forster (Foster) pedigree should be treated as tentative and research.

7.   Thomas⁸ Forster eldest son (7); was born at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire on 10 August 1530 and died testate there on 11 October 1599. On 20 July 1545, he married Margaret Browning (b. ca. 1530; died 3 April 1625) of Chelmsford, Essex. They were buried in St. Mary’s Church, Hunsdon. Issue:

8.   Sir Thomas⁹ Forster eldest son (8); was born 10 August 1548 at Hunsden, Hertfordshire and died testate 18 May 1612 at age 63 in London with burial in St. Mary’s Church, Hunsden with armorial funerary monument for himself and his wife. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster and changed his name to Foster. The College of Arms confirmed his blazon in 1604. On 22 July 1575 he married at Iden, Sussex the heraldic heiress Susan (Susannah) Forster (b. 1551 at Iden, Sussex; died 3 April 1625 in London) who was the daughter of Thomas Forster of St. John St. London (see Forster of Iden family for her antecedents). Issue:

8.1   Susan¹⁰ (see next)

8.2   Robert¹⁰ d. 1663; was chief justice of the King’s Bench of England;

8.3   Thomas¹⁰

8.4   Susan¹⁰ Foster eldest child (9); buried at Whitchurch, Hampshire 18 September 1612 (died in child birth on the 17th); married 1597 Thomas Brooke (1561-1612) of Whitchurch. For their descendants and his antecedents See BROOKE FAMILY.

1.6 HONYWOOD

Arms: Argent, a chevron between three falcon’s heads, erased, azure beaked or.

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Crest: A Wolf’s head, couped, ermine

Author’s note:

Mr. Robert Barnes, in his notable two volumes on the British roots of Maryland families, has provided an authoritative and detailed account of the Honywood-Engham-Baker and Brooke of Maryland connections; a brief outline in summary only is appended here.

1.   William¹ de Honywood of Posting, Kent, lived in the reign of Henry I and died in that of Henry II.

2.   Thomas² de Honywood son and heir.

3.   Edwin³ de Honywood son of (2) and his wife Mabilia, daughter of Nicholas de Handlo.

4.   Pagan⁴ de Honywood son of (3)

5.   Alan⁵ de Honywood son of (4), tempus Edward III.

6.   William⁶ de Honywood son of (5), married Catherine, daughter and heiress of Thomas Caseborne of Caseborne in Chariton.

7.   Allan⁷ de Honywood son of (6)

8.   Thomas⁸ de Honywood son of (7) served in Parliament representing Hythe, Kent 20 Henry VI (1442) and died in the reign of IV Edward. He married Mary, daughter of Lancelot Lovelace of Belthersden (the Visitations and Berry say her father was William, but there is a generational gap problem; William was her brother.)

9.   John⁹ de Honywood son of (8) married firstly Agnes, daughter and heiress of Henry Martin; and secondly Alice Barnes of Wye. Issue (2)

10.   Robert¹⁰ Honywood son of John⁹ and his second wife Alice (Barnes) Honywood was born 1525 Henewood, Postling, Kent; d. 22 April 1576 at Pette in Chaning; February 1543 married Mary, daughter and coheir of Robert Atwater or Waters of Lenham and Royton, Essex. She was b. 1527 at Royton, Lenham, Essex, and obit on 16 May 1620, aged 93 years, and was buried at Markshall, Essex.

11.   Priscilla¹¹ Honywood daughter of Robert¹⁰ and Mary (Atwater) Honywood was born ca. 1548. Her marriage settlement to Sir Thomas Engham of Goodneston, Kent, born ca. 1546, was dated 31 October 1567. For their descendants see ENGHAM FAMILY.

1.7 LOVELACE

Arms: Gules, on a chief, indented, sables three martlets argent.

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Crest: On a staff raguly, lying fesseways, vert, an eagle displayed, argent.

1.   Richard¹ Lovelace of Queenside, London tempus Henry VI purchased the Manor of Bayford, Kent.

2.   Lance of² Lovelace of Bayford in Sittingborne, possessed the Manor of Hever in Kent; obit 1465; married—, daughter and heir of Eynsham (heraldic heiress): Eynsham: Azure, on a saltire, engrailed argent, five martlets sable.

3.   Mary³ Lovelace of Bethersden married Thomas de Honywood who served in Parliament for Hythe; Kent 20 Henry VI (1442) and obit in Edward IV. For their descendants see HONYWOOD FAMILY.

2. CABELL-HORSLEY

The Latin word Caballus is used for horse in the Norman Domesday Survey, and one Walter Cabel was present at the Norman Conquest of 1066 and obtained for his share the demesne of Radcliffe in Wiltshire, which he sold to Adman Turgot, a fellow Norman, who donated a demesne called Radeclind, previously bought of Walter Cabel to the Austin Priory of Bradenstone in Wiltshire, founded by Walter d’ Evseau, later Earl of Salisbury (Monasterian Anglican, new ed.; 6; 349 (Brit. Mus. 2062e). By 1350, a John Cabel son of John Cabel was located in neighboring Somerset County in the parish of Frome-Selwood. The ancient Church of St. John the Baptist in Frome is thought to date to AD 680 (St. Anselm, bishop of Sherborne), and contains a side chapel called the Chapel of Saint Nicholas, which was founded by John Cabell in 1517. The large north window of this chapel of six lights has modern stained glass, the originals having been removed by the Puritans 1649-1659; but the lower part of the two middle lights display four shields of arms, the armonial bearings of the founder of the Chapel John Cabell (see color photo). The correct modern Cabell arms derive from these panels and are:

Sable, a horse rampant argent, bitted and bridled, or, Crest: an arm in armor embowed grasping a sword, all proper; motto: Impavide"

LINEAGE

1.   Richard¹ Cabell I of Cayford and Frome, County Somerset was born ca. 1480, and bought lands in the area (deeds recorded 1510-1528); died in 1530 leaving issue.

2.   Richard² Cabell II of Cayford and Frome, eldest son and heir, deeds recorded from 1545-1557; the parish register of Frome begins in 1538 and on 2 May 1561 Richard Cabell, generous was buried there. He wife was Thomasin, surname unidentified. Issue

3.   Richard³ Cabell III of Cayford and Frome, eldest son and heir; 1562 elected to Parliament for the borough of Heytesbury in neighboring Wiltshire, which he represented from 11 Jan. 1564 to 2 Jan. 1568; and again from 2 April to 29 May 1571. He married ca. 1575 Susannah Peter (died 7 August 1597; buried at Buckfastleigh) daughter and heiress of John Peter of the Manor of Brooke in the Parish of Buckfastleigh, County, Devon. He died testate at Brooke Manor 17 Feb. 1613 (inq. p.m. 11 Jas., pt. I, no. 37); will dated 28 Aug. 1610 and probated 5 May 1613 and buried 4 March 1612 (old style) at Buckfastleigh (PCC, Cabell, 39).

   Issue:

(4)   3.1   Richard IV (see next).

3.2   Samuel⁴ Cabell dsp. Will dated 30 March 1638; probated 6 June 1638, PCC, Barrington 54.

3.3.   Bridget⁴ Cabell married Thomas Martin of Totnes.

3.4   Susan⁴ Cabell married Thomas Turgis of Buckfastleigh.

3.5   Anne⁴ Cabell married John Hele of Brooke.

4.   Richard⁴ Cabell IV was born at Brooke in 1582; died 24 August 1655; matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford 12 December 1600, son of Richard of Brooke, Devon; age 18 years. In 1604, he became a student of the Middle Temple, London; in 1618 he held the Manor of Maynebow in Warnecombe, Co. Somerset; in 1620 he gave in the pedigree of his family at the Heralds Visitation of Devonshire.

   In 1639 he lent 2,500 pounds sterling to Sir Henry Rosewell of Forde, County Devon, who was one of the original grantees in 1628 of the Massachusetts Bank Company and a banker to King Charles I. In the original deed he is styled Ricardo’s Cabell de Brooke, Co. Devonshire. In 1648, in the year of King Charles’s execution, he compounded for his estates in the sum of 1,430 pounds sterling. By license dated 4 Dec. 1618 at Exeter he married Maria, daughter of George Restwood of Whitcomb in the Parish of North Huish, County Devon, Esquire, and his wife the daughter of Sir Nicholas Martyn, Knight of Oxton who was MP for Devonshire in the Long Parliament. Sir Nicholas’s daughter Mrs. George Restwood in Watlin Street, London, concealed the five rebellious members of Parliament when King Charles followed them into the city. Sir Nicholas was knighted by King Charles I in 1625, and was sheriff of Devonshire in 1640. Richard⁴ Cabell IV of Brooke Manor, Esq., died 24 Aug. 1655 and was buried in the family sepulcher at Buckfastleigh. Issue:

4.1   Richard⁵ Cabell V born 1620; died 1677 married Elizabeth Fowell (baptized 6 Sept. 1611; died 17 Sept. 1686), second daughter of the Rt. Honorable Sir Edmond Fowell, Bart, of Fowell’s Comb, Ugborough Parish, Co., Devon; M.P. for that shire, by Margaret his wife, sister of John the 1st Lord Paulette of Hinton St. George, Co. Somerset; Richard⁵ V matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, 15 Nov. 1639, aged 10 years, son of Richard of Buckfastleigh; Devon, armiger. He studied at the Middle Temple 1640 and was sheriff of Devonshire (1658, 1664, 1670). His will was dated 6 May 1671; probated 9 March 1678 (PCC, Eure, 71)

4.1-1   Richard⁶ Cabell dsp

4.1.-2   George⁶ Cabell dsp

4.1.-3   Elizabeth⁶ Cabell born 12 Nov. 1656; heiress of her father and uncle Samuel; married August 1693, Cholmley D’Oyly (died 19 March 1700); no surviving issue; she married secondly Richard Fownes Jr., Esq. of Stapleton, Co., Dorset. In 1715, Richard Fownes, Esq., and Elizabeth Cabell his wife sold property in Frome-Selwood to George Hooper and others and on 20 Sept. 1721, by indenture, Dr. William Cabell the Virginia emigrant and his brother Joseph relinquished any claims which they might have had on this property.

4.1.3.-1   Thomas⁷ Fownes in 1739 and 1744 sold off the old Cabell estates for payments of his father’s debts, and in 1758 he sold to Sir Thomas Clarke, Master of the Rolls the Manor of Brooke Main Bow with the gift of Buckfastleigh and Button Churches.

4.2   Samuel⁵ Cabell baptized at Buckfastleigh 4 May 1623; dsp testate 1699; will made 16 March 1699, probated 22 April 1699 (PCC, Pett, 55).

4.3   George⁵ Cabell baptized at Buckfastleigh 15 Sept. 1628; buried there 8 March 1632.

(5.0)   4.4   William⁵ Cabell baptized at Buckfastleigh, Co. Devon 4 Jan 1631 (see next).

4.5   John⁵ Cabell baptized 27 Dec. 1636; living in 1671.

5.   William⁵ Cabell (Richard ¹-⁴) fourth son, born 1630 at Buckfastleigh, Devon; about 1664 removed to neighboring Wiltshire and settled at Bugley near Warminster; buried at Warminster 4 Sept. 1704; a copy of the inventory of his household goods valued at 321 pounds sterling is preserved in the private papers of the emigrant Dr. William Cabell. He married ca. 1650 Mary—who was buried with him at Warminster 5 Dec. 1704. Her will, dated 29 Sept. 1704, was proved in the Court of the Archdeacon of Sarum (Salisbury), and left remembrances to her children and grandchildren who survived her. Issue:

5.1   Willliam⁶ Cabell dsp unmarried Dec. 1, 1734

5.2   Anthony⁶ Cabell married two times; dsp;

5.3   Christopher⁶ Cabell baptized at Warminster 21 Feb. 1665; had a son John⁷ Cabell who in 1765 made some claim to Bugley then the property of Dr. William Cabell of Virginia (claim failed).

(6)   5.4   Nicholas⁶ Cabell married a Mr. Yeatman by 1734 when she was named administrator of her oldest brother William’s estate; she died Feb. 1740 and on 23 May 1740 Dr. William Cabell of Virginia, then in England, gave bond to administer on William’s estate, left unadministered on by Mrs. Elizabeth Yeatman.

6.   Nicholas⁶ Cabell (William⁵, Richard ¹-⁴), fourth son, was baptized at Warminster 29 May 1667 and died 30 July 1730, aged 64 years." He was buried at Warminster 2 Aug. 1730. His inventory was dated 11 Sept. 1730 and was valued at 375 pounds sterling; will dated 9 July 1730 was proved in the Court of the Archdeacon of Sarum 26 Oct. 1730. He married 15 Nov. 1697 at St. John the Baptist Church, Frome-Selwood, Somerset Co. Rachel Hooper, daughter of George Hooper of Frome-Selwood. She survived him and was buried at Warminster 27 Oct. 1737. She died intestate; inventory 11 Nov. 1737 taken by Dr. William⁷ Cabell of Virginia, then in England, who administered both of his parents’ estates. Nicholas⁶ Cabell’s landholdings consisted of Bugley (near Westminster, Co. Wiltshire) and a small property called Little College, certain houses and lands at Frome, Co., Somerset, and a small freehold estate at Road in the Parish of North Bradley near Frome, Co. Somerset Unlike his ancestors, Nicholas⁶ Cabell was a dissenter from the Church of England, and the births of his children are found on separate pages of the Anglican Warminster Parish registry under the heading births and baptisms of the Children of Dissenters.

6.1   William⁷ Cabell born 24 Aug. 1698; died 8 Dec. and buried 12 Dec. 1698 at Warminster.

(7.0)    6.2   Dr. Willliam⁷ Cabell the Virginia Emigrant (see next).

6.3   Joanna⁷ Cabell born 16 Feb. 1702; died 2 July 1728, unm.

6.4   Mary⁷ Cabell born 21 Dec. 1704; married Mr. Christopher Carter (died 1771) who corresponded with Dr. Cabell in Virginia.

6.5   Joseph⁷ Cabell born 14 March 1706 at Warminster; married firstly 9 Nov. 1730 Prudence Colton who died 22 Dec. 1737; married secondly 3 July 1738 Isabella Harris who died 4 Aug. 1740 sp; married thirdly Anne—who died Jan. 1777; he died 10 July 1762. Issue (1):

6.5.-1   (2) daughters (Issue 3)

6.5-3   William⁸ Cabell born 21 March 1746 in the Parish of North Bradley, Wiltshire; served as clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India 3 Sept. 1784 and chief clerk from 1794; died 23 May 1800; married firstly 22 Aug. 1768, Elizabeth Watts who died 24 Aug. 1773 with no surviving issue. He married secondly 22 Sept. 1774 Martha Scutt (born 11 Sept. 1748; died 19 June 1810) with whom he had 13 children. Surviving (4) issue:

6.5.3-7   Mary⁹ Turner Cabell born 15 March 1779; died 24 Jan 1821, married 19 May 1813 George Morrison

6.5.3-13    William⁹ Cabell (1784-1853) left issue

6.5.3.14    Thomas Scutt⁹ Cabell (1787-1847) left issue

6.5.3-16    Robert Davis⁹ Cabell born 17 Jan. 1791; served in the East India Co. died 31 Jan. 1817 at Calcutta, India and was buried there; married 16 April 1814, Elizabeth Jones (died 26 Nov. 1839). Issue:

6.5.3.16-1   Elizabeth¹⁰ Cabell born Calcutta, India 31 March 1816; died at sea 24 Feb. 1818.

6.6   Elizabeth⁷ Cabell born Warminster 5 July 1709; died 12 Oct. 1709

6.7   Sarah⁷ Cabell born Warminster 26 Dec. 1710; buried there 9 Aug. 1715.

6.8   Elizabeth⁷ Cabell born at Warminster on 30 Jan. 1713; died 1741; married a Mr. Davis.

6.9   Sarah⁷ Cabell born 6 Aug. 1715.

7.   Dr. William⁷ Cabell the emigrant (Nicholas⁶, William⁵, Richard¹-⁴) was born at Warminster, Co. Wilts on 9 March 1700; died in Virginia 12 April 1774. He is said to have been trained in England as a surgeon and to have served in the Royal Navy in that capacity prior to emigrating to Virginia about 1723-1724 where he settled in that part of Henrico Co., which was then successively divided into Goochland Co. (1728), Albemarle Co. (1745), and Amherst Co. (1761) during his lifetime, and later into Nelson County (1808); he served as under-sheriff of Henrico 1726; coroner for Goochland 1729; justice Goochland 1728-1745; served in the campaign against the Tuscaroras (Monacan Indians) 1730; captain Goochland Militia 1745; settled and named the town of Warminster, Virginia 1742; justice Albemarle 1745-1761; burgess Albemarle 25 March 1756-20 Sept. 1756; 30 April 1757-30 March 1758; burgess for newly erected Amherst 3 Nov. 1761-14 Jan. 1762; 30 March 1762-2 Nov. 1672, 19 May 1763-12 Jan. 1764, May 1765-Oct. 1765; died 12 April 1774. He married firstly 1726 Elizabeth Burks (born 1705; died 21 Sept. 1756) daughter of Samuel King Burks (born 1680; died 12 Feb. 1756) of Hanover Co., and his wife Mary Elizabeth Davis (born ca. 1685) daughter of Nathaniel Davis. He married secondly 30 Sept. 1762 Margaret Meredith, widow of Samuel Meredith Sr. of Hanover Co. (no issue).

   Dr. William Cabell’s father Nicholas died in England 10 Aug. 1730; his wealthy aunt Mrs. Joan Grant died in Feb. 1733 without issue, leaving her property to her relatives including four nephews in Virginia, and his father’s eldest brother and heir to Bugley William⁶ Cabell died in December 1734. Having a large financial interest in these estates Dr. Cabell sailed for England in Sept. 1735. While there his mother Rachel Hooper Cabell died in Oct. 1737 who was sole executrix of his father Nicholas’s estate. Then in Feb. 1739 his paternal aunt Elizabeth Cabell Yeatman died, and he administered her estate. This was followed by the death of his maternal aunt Elizabeth Davis Mayo in May 1740. All of these events conspired to keep him in England, and in June 1741 he sailed from the Port of Bristol and arrived back in Virginia late in Sept. or early in October after an absence of six years. He returned to assume a clear title to 7,952 acres with all fees paid. He settled soon after his return at the mouth of Swan Creek in present day Nelson Co. and erected dwelling houses, a mill, warehouse, naming the place Warminster. An unfortunate gun explosion blinded the sight of one of his eyes, but he constructed a private hospital for his patients near his residence and had an active surgical practice. The charge for amputation of a limb was 7 lbs. 10 shillings, but this rose to 12-15 pounds sterling if a cure was guaranteed. This provided the doctor with a cash income independent of planting which no doubt played an important role in his economic success in Virginia. Issue-first marriage:

7.1   Mary⁸ Cabell eldest child and only daughter was born 13 Feb. 1727. On 15 May 1739 her mother wrote to Dr. Cabell in England to send his daughter a prayer book, a red silk petticoat, a silver-laced hat, a pair of 17-inch waist stays, two pairs of fine shoes, a dozen pair fine stockings, one hoop petticoat, one pair ear rings, and other items of clothing fit for a gentlewoman of Virginia. About 1744 at age 17 she married a neighbor William⁴ Horsley (1700-1760) (see next for his lineage).

   Although William⁴ Horsley had property of his own in Hanover and Goochland Counties, the couple lived with her parents for the first several years, probably due to the young age of Mary with the associated mortality of early childbearing and the safety of the availability of a doctor during the first pregnancy and delivery.

   The couple afterward lived at Center Hill, which later was owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Dr. Cabell gave this tract to Mary Horsley, but having failed to record conveyance of the title in her lifetime, he gave her children a deed on 30 April 1763 after the death of their parents. William⁴ Horsley made his will on 24 June 1760 and was dead by 16 days later when it was recorded in Albemarle Co. on 10 July 1760. He named his brothers-in-law William and Joseph Cabell as executors. Mary Cabell Horsley’s last child died in infancy prior to 1760, and she was dead by 24 June when her husband’s will was made.

   Mary Cabell and William⁴ Horsley had six children, with four surviving infancy.

7.1.-1   William⁵ Horsley (see next)

7.1.2   Robert⁵ Horsley baptized by his godfather, the Reverend Robert Rose 27 March 1749; married 22 Aug. 1771 at Winston Judith Scott; resided at Center Hill; Lieutenant in the Revolution; died June 1786 sp.

7.1-3   Elizabeth⁵ Horsley born 22 March 1749; married prior to 2 Sept. 1768 at Union Hill, Nelson Co., Rodenick McCulloch, Esq.; died 7 April 1821 leaving issue.

7.1.-4   John⁵ Horsley baptized 15 Dec. 1752 by Rev. Robert Rose; private in Capt. Nicholas Cabell’s company of minutemen in 1775; sergeant in 1776; lieutenant of Militia 1778 and lieutenant in the Continental Line in 1781; resided on the estate on the James River below Center Hill and owned lands on both sides of the James River. By Act of the VA Assembly the town of Diuguidsville (modern Bent Creek) was established on his land on 10 Nov. 1792; will dated 22 Oct. 1804; proved 19 Sept. 1808; married about 1780 Fanny Starke and left issue.

HORSLEY LINEAGE

The name Horsley (Horsly, Horseley, Horsey, etc.) is derived from Saxon hors (Horse) and Leigh or Ley (open pastureland for horses). The earliest Horsey or Horsly was Howard Horsey, gent., who patented 1,400 acres in Henrico Co. 12 Feb. 1638, 1,000 acres of which had been granted by court order 6 June 1635. He never settled on this land but sold the patent to Jeremy Blackman, mariner, and disappeared from the land records.

There was a large and apparently distinguished group of Horsley’s on the eastern shore of Virginia in that part of Accomac Co. from which Northumberland Co. was formed. They all lived on contiguous tracts from Stephen Sr. (400 acres, 13 July 1647), Stephen Jr. (600 acres 12 Oct. 1652 and with William Johnson 500 acres 28 May 1655); Stephen Jr. living on his tract on 1 March 1676. Stephen Jr. may have had a brother or uncle Ralph who patented 495 acres in Northumberland 30 Oct. 1662 Northerly upon the Petomecke Riv, a renewal of a patent dated 16 Nov. 1652 and a brother or uncle Robert Horsley who patented land contiguous to that of Ralph Horsley on the south side of the Petomeck Riv., westerly upon Nomeny Bay on 6 Oct. 1655 in Northumberland Co. Ralph and Robert’s lands lay at the junction of the Checkakone River and the Potomac. Ralph transported (among others) Jane Horsley and Joseph Horsley (no relation stated).

There is no evidence yet found that any member of these families subsequently left the eastern shore and migrated into the Virginia interior. About 1670, a Stephen Horsey led a group of Quakers from Northumberland Co., Virginia, into Maryland. In those times, the Eastern Shore of Virginia became a world into itself, far removed from the commerce of the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James Rivers to the south.

There were two William Horsleys transported to Northampton Co. The first by 10 June 1658 and 1659 second by 1 May 1678, as well as a William Horsley transported to Lancaster County 1 May 1678. The dates for these arrivals seem too late to be considered as forbearers of the Cabell-Horsley family. Additionally, a Thomas Horsley was transported by 2 Feb. 1653 into Lancaster County.

1.   Robert¹ Horsley was of age, in Virginia and on 12 April 1640 with Thomas Gate witnessed an indenture from John Matron, Gent of Virginia to Nicholas Brooke the younger, merchant of Virginia; his plantation in Charles River County (which was renamed York Co. in 1643) on Capt. Wormeley’s Creek, purchased of Mr. Jarnew. This property was clearly commercial: "all buildings etc. except one house and 10 ft. of ground left to Mr. Harris, Master of the Ship Honour for 7 years to haile-up his boat, for 6 servants and a bever to be delivered at the next yeares’ shipping and 4 serts more the years after at the time of shipping" (Nugent I: 713).

   He may thus be identical to the Robert Horsley who died intestate in York Co. before March 1646/1647, whose administrators were Captain Joseph Johnson and Edward Prince. Support for this hypothesis needs further research.

2.   Rowland² (Roland) Horsley (ca. 1640-ca. 1722) probably son of Robert¹ above, was of age and in Virginia with no record of prior entry in the Patent Records, i.e., native born probably in the 1640s. On 8 Oct. 1672 and on 7 March 1676, Rowland Horsley and Robert Lancaster patented first 473 acres and then 294 additional acres in New Kent Co., VA. which was erected from York Co. in 1654 "at the lower side of the mouth of the Little Creek to Charles Bryan, along William Owens, near the Holly Spring, along David Grafford to John Pouncy, by Mattadegun Creek; 294 acres now taken on the north side of the Little Creek is Lancaster’s part; and land on the south side is Horsley’s."

   Robert Lancaster was a sea captain who made his will on 3 Jan. 1684 aboard the ship Unicorn. His legatees were his wife Ann; widowed sisters Anne Cooper and Rachel Parret; sister Mary Lewis; brother Edward, Cousin Baker; executrix, his mother, Anna Lancaster. By contrast, Rowland Horsley settled permanently on his plantation in that area of New Kent Co. which subsequently became part of Hanover County in Nov. 1720.

   4 May 1689 St. Peter’s Vestry Book for New Kent Co. records: "Pursuant to an Act of Assembly… every four years… mark off each resident of the Parish’s land… Rowland Horsley.

   15 August 1691 St. Peter’s Vestry Parish Register, New Kent Co., records the birth of Sambo, owned by Rowland Horsley.

   1691 (Titheables List) Rowland Horsley (neighbor of William Bassett) New Kent Co. St. Peter’s Parish

   1704 (Quit Rent Roll) Rowland Horsley

   New Kent Co.         250 acres

   The name of Rowland Horsley’s wife is unknown; he died about 1722 in New Kent County leaving (at least) one son, Robert³ Horsley.

3.   Robert³ Horsley was born about 1675 in New Kent Co.; died testate in 1733 in Hanover Co., Va. His will was made 5 Feb. 1733 and probated in Goochland Co. on 3 May 1734. He occupied the same tract as patented by his father Rowland (in New Kent Co. 1672) and in that part of Hanover erected from New Kent in Nov. 1720.

15 Sept. 1732 Jonas Losson (Lawson) of the Parish of St. James, Goochland Co., sold to ROBERT HORSLEY of the Parish of St. Paul’s, Hanover Co., for 5 shilling 200 acres with plantation in the Parish of St. James, Goochland, Co. "on the north side of the Little Bird Creek."

By the 1730s, Robert³ Horsley had removed to Goochland Co.: 26 June 1731 Martin King to Robert Horsley 400 acres, Goochland Co., north side of the Rivanna River above the mouth of Horsley’s Creek on Robert Horsley’s line for 40 shillings. Recorded 17 Sept. 1731.

About 1699, Robert³ Horsley married in New Kent Co. Frances Bassett who was born in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co. about 1676-1678 and died after her husband in 1733 in Goochland Co. Frances⁴ was the daughter of William Bassett, born ca. 1643 in York Co.; died before May 1724 in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co. who married Anne, surname not yet identified who was born about 1645. The vestry book of St. Peter’s lists the Bassett and Horsley families as neighbors so Robert and Frances may have known each other from childhood. William³ Bassett was sheriff of New Kent Co. in 1699 and was a member of the vestry of St. Peter’s, serving as churchwarden in August 1700.

Sheriff William³ was the son of Thomas² Bassett, born in England in 1617 and died about 1655 in York Co, Va. About 1642 he married Mary—, born ca. 1622 in England who died January 1677-1678 in York, VA. It is traditional in the BASSETT family that this Thomas² was the surviving child of William¹ Bassett who was born ca. 1590 in England and died in Jamestown, VA, in the Massacre of 1624. On 22 March 1623/1624 the record of the VA Company of London recorded that William Bassett was one of those massacred by the savages of Virginia. Notice to be given to his family in England that to the end that heyres may take heed for the property (College People, about 2 miles from Henry City, VA.); copy filed under VA. Prob. or Land and Prop. This claim requires further proof.

Will of Robert³ Horsley of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover Co., VA. made 5 Feb. 1734, Goochland, Co.

To son:   Rowland⁴ Horsley (after death of wife) testator’s tract of land in Hanover, Co.;

To son:   William⁴ Horsley, a mill and 200 acres lying on a branch of the Little Bird Creek in Goochland Co.;

To son:   Robert⁴ Horsley the lower 200 acres on the north side of Rivanna River in Goochland Co.

To son:   John⁴ Horsley the upper 200 acres as above

To daughter:   Elizabeth⁴ Horsley 200 acres upon Rocky Branch of Little Bird Creek in Goochland Co. being land purchased of Jonas Lawson and adjoins him.

To daughter:   Ann⁴ Horsley 200 acres on Little Bird Creek.

To daughter:   Mary⁴ Horsley 200 acres on the Little Bird Creek adjoining Ann’s land.

To nephew:   William Moore

To sons:   Rowland, William, Robert and John… negro slaves

To wife:   Frances Horsley slaves

To daughter-in-law:   Frances Houl (Herd) a feather bed and furniture The remainder of the Estate divided equally among wife and children, Wife Frances and son Rowland Executors, made 5 Feb. 1734/ proved 3 May 1734 (Goochland Co. Will BK, page 57 58)

Witness:   Jane Crumpton, Ealso Woods, John Ryan

21 Jan. 1735 Goochland Co., VA BK #2: 58 Appraisement of Robert Horsley’s Estate, Value 31 pounds by Wm. Cabell, Arthur Hopkins, Jonas Lawson, and Samuel Burk.

Comments: This will presents several important pieces of information about the Horsley family. First, all Robert² Horsley’s children were of age (ca. 18 females; 21 males) when the will was made. There were no orphans or guardian or when of age stipulations raised and, if Frances Bassett was born 1676-1678, and childbearing years extended to about 40 years, then all of these seven surviving children were born at least by 1714, and Frances Bassett herself was a widow and mother of Frances Fannie Hord (Houl) by a first marriage who married Richard Burks in 1739, brother of Elizabeth Burks Cabell, wife of Dr. William Cabell; issue: Roland Horsley Burks.

Secondly, traditionally the oldest male child is named for the father or grandfather of the male parent (here Robert) and the second son for the maternal grandfather (here William) and the youngest son remains at home, takes care of the widow unless she remarries, and eventually inherits the house/plantation. For a classic example of this see the second generation of the Lees of Virginia. In the case of the Robert³ Horsley family, there is no definitive data to establish an order of birth, but applying the hypothesis above we find the issue of Robert³ Horsley and Frances Bassett to be:

3.1   Robert⁴ Horsley born ca. 1700, apparently never married.

(4.0)   3.2   William⁴ Horsley born ca. 1704 (see next)

3.3   John⁴ Horsley born ca. 1706, New Kent Co., VA; untraced.

3.4   Elizabeth⁴ Horsley born ca. 1708, New Kent Co., VA

3.5   Ann⁴ Horsley born ca. 1710, New Kent Co., married ca. 1740 Paul Chiles, Issue:

3.5.1   Henry⁵ Chiles

3.5.2   Rowland Horsley⁵ Chiles

3.5.3   Paul Childes⁵ Jr.

3.5.4   Elizabeth⁵ Childes

3.5.5   Frances⁵ Chiles

3.6   Mary⁴ Horsley born ca. 1712 New Kent Co.

3.7   Rowland⁴ Horsley born ca. 1714 Hanover Co., VA.; inherited his father’s lands there; married Susannah Via; and died 1787 Albemarle Co., VA. Issue:

3.7.1   Isabel⁵ Horsley

3.7.2   Elizabeth⁵ Horsley born ca. 1744

3.7.3   Rowland⁵ Horsley Jr. born ca. 1755 VA; died 1846 Sumner Co., TN.; married 26 Aug. 1779 in Bedford Co., VA. Nancy Talbot (Elizabeth Talbot gave permission for the marriage and James Talbot was surety for the marriage bond). Issue:

3.7.3-1   William⁶ Horsley was born about 1780; married 26 March 1805 in Orange Co., VA. Lillie Nailor.

3.7.3-2   James⁶ Horsley was born about 1784 in Albemarle Co.; died 1834 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; will dated 15 June 1834 proved Nov. 1839 Sumner Co.; Married 4 Aug. 1809 in Orange Co., VA. Jane Childes (possibly related to the Paul Childes who married Ann⁴ Horsley). Issue (surviving in 1839):

3.7.3.2-1   James Rowland⁷ Horsley born about 1810; moved to Missouri by 1851.

3.7.3.2-2   Louise⁷ Horsley born about 1815 in TN.; died Sumner Co. before 1840; married 24 Dec. 1833 in Sumner Co. William Lockett Jr. who filed a lawsuit against his father-in-law’s estate in Sumner Co., October 1851. Issue:

3.7.3.2.2-1   James M. Lockett⁸

3.7.3.2.2-2   William Lockett Jr.⁸ born about 1816; resided in Sumner Co., TN; executor of his brother Robert’s estate.

3.7.3.2-3   John W.⁷ Horsley born about 1819 in TN. Resided in 1851 in Missouri.

3.7.3.2-4   Robert G.⁷ Horsley was born in TN about 1821; died before Oct. 1851, unm.

3.7.3.2.-5   Elizabeth F.⁷ Horsley was born about 1827 in Sumner Co., TN; died there unm. before 1851.

3.7.3-3   John⁶ Horsley (Rowland⁵,⁴, Robert³, Rowland², Robert¹) was born on 23 March 1785; died 28 March 1862.

3.7.3-4   Robert⁶ Horsley died unm.

3.7.3-5   Charles⁶ Horsley born about 1794; married 16 June 1819 in Sumner Co., TN. Lucinda Stovall.

3.7.3-6   Sarah⁶ Horsley born about 1795 in Sumner Co., TN; married there 19 May 1819 Joseph Irby.

3.7.3-7   Talbot⁶ Horsley died on 4 March 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri of wounds received at the Battle of Fort Donnellson on 15 Feb. 1862; unmarried.

4.0   William⁴ Horsley (Robert³, Rowland², Robert¹) William’s⁴ father Robert³ Horsley (ca. 1675-1734) of St. Paul’s Parish New Kent Co., VA. who later owned land in Hanover and Goochland counties was not a rich man. Among his seven surviving children (four sons, three daughters) he left approximately 200 acres of land to each; one Negro slave to each son, and two to his widow, and his whole estate was valued at 31 pounds sterling and divided equally among the seven children. Under such circumstances, a second or younger son would prudently make a fortunate marriage. In 1744, he married Mary, the only daughter of Dr. William Cabell, then about 17 years of age, and the couple initially resided in the Cabell household, removing to Center Hill about 1746-1747 after the birth of their first children. It has been traditionally stated or implied that William⁴ Horsley was a young man at this marriage. The age of his parents and the finding that he was of age by 1734, however, clearly indicates he was born by 1713, hence at least 31 years of age and likely older. The marriage to Mary Cabell could thus have been a remarriage for him, but there is nothing in the records yet found to support that possibility. Due to his financial situation, he simply married late and married well. Dr. Cabell gave the Centre Hill property to the couple and later confirmed the gift by formal indenture on 30 April 1763 to their children after the death of both parents. William⁴ Horsley made his will on 24 June 1760, and it was recorded in Albemarle Co. on 10 July following. His wife was then dead, and he named her brothers William and Joseph Cabell as his executors and guardian of their four young children.

   Issue:

(5.0)    4.1   William⁵ Horsley (1745-1791) see next.

4.2   Robert⁵ Horsley baptized 27 March 1749; married 22 Aug. 1771 Judith Scott; resided at Center Hill, Lieutenant in the revolution; died June 1786. Sp.

4.3   Elizabeth⁵ Horsley born 22 March 1749; married before 2 Sept. 1768 at Union Hill to Roderick McCullouch, Esq.; she died 7 April 1821; left descendants (see Brown: Cabell’s and their kin).

4.4   John⁵ Horsley baptized 15 Dec. 1752; served in the Revolution (Private (1775); Sergeant (1776); Lieutenant Militia (1778); Lieutenant Continental Line (1782); resided below Center Hill; will probated 19 Sept. 1808; married about 1780 Frances Starke and left issue.

5.0   William⁵ Horsley was born about 1745; will made 15 April 1791 was proved 5 Sept. 1791; justice Amherst Co. 1770-1775 (1776) (Rev. Govt.) and a lieutenant in the Revolution 1778-1781 inclusive. On 15 Feb. 1781, he received his four grants for military service of 300, 275, 245, and 250 acres (Colonel William Cabell’s diary); resided Center Hill; sheriff of Amherst in 1788; married prior to 13 Jan. 1768, Martha, daughter of Colonel William Megginson of Clover Plains, Amherst Co., VA., and his wife Martha Goode, daughter of John Goode of Falls Plantation; Chesterfield Co., VA. who was born about 1675 at Whitby (Whitly) killed by Indians about 1725. His father was John Goode the emigrant by Feb. 1678 whose parentage and English ancestry has been misstated in the classic account of