WATTS, David

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Buried at Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

David married ROSS, Nancy 23 Sep 1824, Ripley, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

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Mason was a soldier of the Revolution. Mason Watts married Deborah Riker and was the father of twelve children.
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Jefferson County: First Visitors and First Settlers
Copyright 2000 by Robert W. Scott
"The next documented visitor was George Logan in 1801, according to an 1885 publication. That same book also cites Col. John Ryker as the first permanent settler of Jefferson Co. in 1804 in the Eagles Springs area of what would become Rykers Ridge. According to John Smock, John Rykers sister Rachel and her husband Samuel Smock (John Smocks parents), sister Deborah and her husband Mason Watts, and their brother Samuel Ryker crossed the Ohio and Corn Creek and settled near Hanover in 1805. (Samuel Ryker may have moved back to Kentucky, returning in 1810.)"
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Before 1809, Mason Watts built a log cabin two miles north of the present site of Canaan, in present day Jefferson Co., Indiana. Mason appears on the 1830 census as living in Ripley Co., Indiana and in the 1840 census in Decatur Co., Indiana. Mason is buried at Brush Creek Cemetery, Campbell Township, Jennings Co., Indiana. Deborah is buried in the Mavity Cemetery in Ripley County, Indiana.
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MASON WATTS Born Fauquier Co., Va. 1765; died Ripley Co., Ind., March 2, 1850. He enlisted in 2nd State Regiment of artillery in 1778 in his home country. (Pension application S17760, see also Aaron Watts, supra). (Watts Family, p. 69)
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Mason Watts, born (???)1765; died at Jennings Indiana, March 2, 1850. He enlisted in the second State Regiment of Artillery in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1778., under Lieut. Blackwell and was in actual service, although only a boy. He applied for a pension from Campbell County, Kentucky, April 22, 1833, giving his address as Ripley County, Ind. Apparently he is the same Mason Watts who appears in Shelby County, Kentucky where he married Deborah Ryker, June 18, 1793. He was in the Fayette County, Kentucky tax records in 1794. In October, 1795 he appraised the estate of William Robux, Shelby County, Kentucky. With his wife, Deborah, he sold their land in Shelby County, Kentucky, November 4, 1806. His pension papers bore the name of Peter Watts and were witnessed by James Alexander Watts. (Rev. War Pension Application S. 17760).
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30 Petitioners for a Justice of the Peace In 1807 Original Petitions in the Archives Division Indiana State Library, Indpls, IN, October 24, 1807

Indiana Territory Clark County
To his excellency William Henry Harrison Governor of the aforesaid Territory The memorial sundry Inhabitants and citizens living in the aforesaid Territory and county.

Your petitioners humbly sheweth you that we are destitute of a Justice of the Peace amonguest us and are at the distance of twenty miles from any to administer the necessary duties of that office. We therefore pray that your wisdom may deem it prudent to send forward a commition for John Vawter as he is the choice of his fellow citizens in these parts as weill bee seen by the list of names hereto annexed done in presents of
Abraham Huff Esq. a resident of Illinois grant this 24th October 1807.

Gideon Underwood Jas. Vawter Jas. Underwood
Wm. Offall Jas. Edwards John Lively
Elzaphan Jackson Joshua Jackson Ralph Griffin
William Hall Jesse Vawter Esquire Hall
John Griffin John Davis James Robb
Mason Watts John Ryker Stephen Green
James Grissom John Hall Samuel Smock
Wm. Vawter Joseph Laine Peter Laine
Isaiah Blankinship Joel Jackson Colby Underwood
Bernard McKlain Robert Greer Isaac Green
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Early Settlers of JEFFERSON COUNTY, IN

Mr. Mason Watts also came to the county in 1808. He was the first white man who settled in Marengo township. He lived there for many years, but afterwards went to Ripley county. His wife made for herself the first loom made in the county, out of a white walnut tree, doing the entire work with her own hands, so says the authority for this sketch. Mr. Watts was a man noted for his great strength, and prowess as a hunter. He followed hunting as his profession.
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Mason married RYKER, Deborah 18 Jun 1793, Shelby, Shelby County, Kentucky. Deborah (daughter of RIKER, Gerardus and DEMAREST, Rachel) was born 23 Jan 1777, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died Abt 1837, Ripley County, Indiana; was buried , Near Rexville, Ripley County, Indiana (Unmarked). [Group Sheet]

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Deborah was baptized February 16, 1777 at Old Tappen, Bergen Co., New Jersey. She was buried at Mavity Cemetery, near Rexville, Indiana.

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Permission was granted for the marriage by step-father John Van Cleave and mother Rachel Van Cleave.

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Thomas Watts was named as the administrator of his father's estate September 23, 1754 and gave surety. Evidently he was then of age. He was the only child of Francis Watts named in his will. Whether there were others is unknown, for absence of the names is not in any sense proof.
1753, Thomas Watts was licensed to run an ordinary (hotel/pub) 12 miles north of where Delaplane now stands. It was kept by Thomas Watts who was granted a license by the Prince William Court for one year, no other record of license by Fauquier Court but the house remained a local landmark.
March 27, 1760, Minute Book 1759-63, Court held P. 51 Simon Miller (Capt) Geo Bennett (Lieut) Thomas Watts (Lieut) took the usual oath to his majesty and subscribed the test.
March 28, 1760, Minute Book 1759-63, P 58, Thos Watts failed to appear as witness for John Moffett fined 125 lbs tobacco unless he appears at next court and show reasonable cause.
1761, He was appointed surveyor of a road in Fauquier County, Virginia in and surveyed a road from Thos Watts to the head of Goose Creek and from Thos Watts to the top of Ridge on Manassas Road. (from "Fauquier During the Proprietorship" By H. C. Groone 1927 P 206).
June 28, 1764, Minute Book 1764-68 No page, Thos Watts one of appraisers of Munsod Ashbys estate.
July 20, 1764, D. B. 2, 221, Bill of sale on Negroes.
August, 1766, Minute Book P 22, Thos Watts fined for not appearing as a witness.
April 27, 1767, Minute Book P 262, Thos Watts appointed surveyor from Bartous old mill path to Goose Creek.
June 26, 1769, his widow, Lydia Watts, obtained letters of administration on his estate (Minute Book P. 101).
February 24, 1783, Minute Book, 1781-84 P 88, Mary Watts orphan of Thos Watts (deceased) choose Bennett Watts as guardian.
From the distribution of the slaves under the administration of his father's estate, we find reference to the following children of Thomas and Lydia:
Francis, John, Thomas, Margaret, Bennett, Mason, Mary, Sarah, She married Wm. Hansbrough, April 27, 1767.
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Watts Families Descended from Early Immigrants who Settled in the Tidewater Counties of Virginia by Charles Brunk Heineman, 1940.

Thomas Watts, born ____; died cira 1769. He married Lydia Thornton. The compiler believes her name was Lydia Thornton, because Thomas sued the executors of the Francis Thornton estate 10/25/1768.
Also Thomas Watts had a grandson named Thornton Watts.

Thomas Watts was named as the administrator of his fathers estate September 23, 1754 and gave surety. Evidently he was then of age. He was the only child of Francis Watts named in his will. Whether there were others is unknown, for absence of the names is not in any sense proof. He was appointed surveyor of a road in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1761, and was licensed to run an ordinary near where Delaplane, Virginia, now is located.

June 26, 1769, his widow, Lydia Watts, obtained letters of administration on his estate.

In 1753, Thomas Watts was running an ordinary 12 miles north of where Delaplane now stands. It was kept by Thomas Watts who was granted a license by the Prince William Court 1753 for one year, no other record of license by Fauquier Court but the house remained a local land mark.

Deed book 1759-63 pa. 58 3/28/1760 Thomas Watts fail to appear as witness for John Moffett fined 125 lbs tobacco unless he appears at next court and shows reasonable cause.

Thomas Wood surveyed in 1761 a road from Watts to head of Goose Creek and from Thomas Watts to the top of Ridge on Manassas Road. (from Fauquier During the Propreetorship by H.C. Groone, 1927 pa. 206).

Minute Book pa. 22 8-1766
Thomas Watts was fined fro not appearing as a witness

Minute Book pa. 262 4-27-1767
Thomas Watts appointed surveyor from Bartous old mill path to Goose Creek.

Minute Book 1781-1784 pa. 33
Mary Watts, orphan of Thomas Watts (deceased) chose Bennett Watts as guardian.

From the distribution of the slaves under the administration of his fathers estate, we find reference to the following children:

Frances Watts m. Sarah Foley, 16 Oct 1777 in Fauquier County
John Watts m. Agatha
Thomas Watts m. Hannah Bogges in Fauquier County in Sept 1768 or 1769
Margaret Watts
Bennett Watts
Mason Watts m. Debra Ryker on 18 Jun 1793 in Fauquier County
Mary Watts
Sarah Watts who m. Wm. Hansbrough, April 27, 1767

Thomas Watts was a son of Francis Watts and Ann.
Francis Watts was the son of Thomas Watts who is believe to have resided in Stafford County, VA
Thomas Watts father was also Thomas Watts who married Francis Norgrave.

Thomas married THORNTON, Lydia Abt 1744, Fauquier County, Virginia. Lydia (daughter of THORNTON, Francis and TALIAFERRO, Mary) was born Abt 1723, Fauquier County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas Watts, married Lydia Thornton. It is believed her surname was Thornton, because Thomas Watts sued the executors of Francis Thornton's estate October 25, 1768. Thomas Watts also had a grandson named Thornton Watts.
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Another source is the notation in a Watts family Bible which cites Charles Watts, grandson of Thomas Watts and Lydia Thornton. See below:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/thornton/messages/1509.html
(Our family has Bible starting with Charles Watts grandson of Thomas Watts and Lydia Thornton. I would be interested in your findings. (1772-1831). We come from the Jessie Boggs Watts and Margaret Smith Scott line thru Mary Ann Frances Watts and James Hill who were married 6-13-1858 ) Posted by Mary Jane.

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Gerardus Ryker served as Ensign (or Lieutenant?) in Col. Theunis Dey's Bergen County, Regiment of New Jersey Militia; also as Ensign in Major Mauritius Goetschius' battalion, NJ Militia
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Gerardus was married and before his father's death, removed to Kentucky. He has descendants living in Indiana. He lived near Bull Skin Creek, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky. He was killed at the "Long Run Massacre" at Bull Skin, Eastwood, Kentucky while fighting with Boone & Tyler, on September 15, 1781, at 40 years of age.
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Gerardus Ryker was listed as a cordwainer at the time of his marriage in New York in 1762. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1780 from Berkeley Co., VA and was part of the "Low Dutch Colony" in Shelby and Henry Counties in Kentucky. He was killed by Indians in the Long Run Massacre, also known as Floyd's Defeat, September 15, 1781 near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. From The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber (University Press of Kentucky, 1992): LONG RUN MASSACRE. The Long Run massacre was a major incident in the series of battles in which early settlers in Kentucky fought Indians and their British allies on the western frontier during the Revolutionary War. Long Run is located near Eastwood in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In September 1781 Maj. Bland Ballard discovered Indian signs near Squire Boone's Painted Stone Station, near what is now Shelbyville. He warned the settlers there and at Beargrass Station to move to Lynn Station, which was a more secure area. For unknown reasons, Boone's and several other families delayed moving for two days. When they finally left the station on September 14, 1781, they were surrounded at Long Run Creek by a large party of Indians reinforced by British soldiers under the command of Capt. Alexander McKee. An estimated sixty people were killed by the Indians; only a handful, including Squire Boone, escaped. See Lou Catherine Ciore, "Long Run Massacre,'' Register 10 (Jan. 1912): 75-6.
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While many of the Ryker families remained in the New York/New Jersey area, in about 1780 some 75 people, including Gerardus Ryker, Sr. and his family decided to "head west" under the leadership of Hendrick Banta. The particulars of their westward move- ment are shrouded in mystery, but it is likely that some of them floated 700 miles down the Ohio River to the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville, Kentucky) and came ashore there. Others, led by Samuel Duryea, came by wagon via the Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Road to the Mercer County area. Regardless of their mode of transportation, it is fact that a number of these families settled on a tract of land at the "Low Dutch Station on the Beargrass," about 15 miles from the Falls of the Ohio. In 1784 they purchased 10,000 acres of land from Squire Boone, brother of Daniel Boone, and commander of Painted Stone or Boone's Station, Kentucky. Gerardus Ryker, Sr. subsequently moved his family further inland from the Beargrass to Shelby County, around what is now Bullskin Creek, where he and his sons had a farm and where Gerardus, Sr. later met his death at the hands of marauding Indians.
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Gerardus married DEMAREST, Rachel 20 Nov 1762, Tappan, Bergen, New Jersey. Rachel (daughter of DEMAREST, Joost and MAYER, Maria) was born 9/09 Jan 1742/1743, Schraalenburg, Bergen County, New Jersey; died Between 1812 and 1814, Jefferson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

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Baptized on January 09, 1742/43 Schrealesburg, Bergen Co., New Jersey.

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From the will of Francis WATTS - 1753 - Craven Co., SC
... To son Thomas - "negro Woman Cate and her (increase to him and his heirs forever)"
... To wife Ann -- "girl Hannah she and her increase forever and upon my wife's death my Will and desire that the negro Girl and her Increase should succed to Ann DERGAN"
... To grandson Francis -- "negro boy James to him and his heirs forever"
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Will Book #1 Page 194 3-1770
Pursuant to an order of Fauquier County Court dated we the subscribers being assembled together the estate of FRANCIS WATTS Deceased as inventoried being produced to us by JOHN WATTS the admist. together with the will of the Deceased copied and certified accordingly we then proceeded to set apart the estate agreeable to the said will as followeth:
Viz:
To JOHN WATTS, Negro Moll at 50 lbs. the said John paying the devisee of the said Deceased as shall be defieient in their dividend. The sum of 16 lbs. 5 shillings.
To THOMAS WATTS Negro Caleb at 50 lbs. who also pays to the said Devisees who shall be deficient in their dividend the like sum of 16 lbs. 5 shillings.
To William Hansbrough, husband of Sarah, Granddaughter of the said deceased, Negro Muireah at 40 lbs. 5 shillings, who likewise pays to the devisees who are or shall be deficient in their dividend the sum of 6 lbs. 5 shillings.
To FRANCIS WATTS, Negro Eleanor 30 lbs. (a Negro James at 60 lbs. a legacy in the will) who receive the said devisees who are their proportion 3 lbs. 15 shillings.
To MARGARET WATTS, Negro Sam at 32 lbs. 10 shillings, who likewise receives of the aforesaid devisees who are overpaid their like proportion of the sum of 4 lbs. 5 shillings.
To BENNETT WATTS, Negro Jane at 35 lbs. who pays to the said deficient devisees 1 lb. 5 shillings.
To MASON WATTS, Negro Betty at 17 lbs. 10 shillings who receives of the said devisees who are over paid their proportion 16 lbs. 5 shillings.
To MARY WATTS, Negro Sukey and Alice at 15 lbs. who receives of the said devisee who are overpaid their proportion 18 lbs. 15 shillings.
JOHN MOFFETT
WILLIAM HARRISON
JOHN ASHBYOR ASHLEY
HEZEKIAH TURNER
Ordered Recorded 3-25-1772.

Francis married ANN Abt 1717, Virginia. was born Abt 1698, Fauquier County, Virginia; died 1756, Craven, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Francis was the first Justice of Caroline Co., VA. He was also a Justice of Essex County and was a Burgess for Spottsylvania Co., VA in 1723-27. Francis settled at Snow Creek, near the present Fredericksburg about 1703. Burgess from Spotsylvania, 1742-1747; and a Colonel of Militia, 1742; He was a member of Loyal Land Company, 1745-1749; and a member of Ohio Land Company, 1745-1749. He was one of the first explores of the Peidmont section.
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There is a recorded deed in Essex County, dated Mar 1703/04 from Francis Thornton of Stafford conveying to Francis Thornton, Jr., then of Essex Co., VA, a tract of about 700 acres at Snow Creek.
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On the way up to Fall Hill, one finds a large old water-worn stone called the Indian Punch Bowl and it is seated on the banks of the Rappahannock River. It was originally carved into the rocks by Indians who used it to brew their poison for the tip of their arrows. Francis Thornton, II found the bowl, cleaned it out and served tasty punch in it during his river parties. The date he carved (1720) and the initials of his guests can still be seen today. There he held a fish fry for his friends every year for forty years.
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The legend of the old Barbary pirate is included. His tongue had been cut out and Francis Thornton, III took pity on him and offered, when the pirate died, to burry him. The gold he reportedly had was never found. The Thornton family was destitute after the Civil War and the cook had a vision in which she saw the gold buried between two oak trees. There are many holes between oak trees at Fall Hill today, but the gold has never been found!
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Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, VA, p. 11
Culpeper county begins its career on historical ground. Its territory originally embracing what is now Culpeper, Madison and Rappahannock, was the subject of a protracted controversy, involving the title to several million acres of land...
1733... "There we took the depositions of Taliaferro, Thornton, and Russell, as follows:
John Taliaferro, gentleman, aged forty-nine years, being summoned, saith:--"About the year 1707 he came to live where he now lives, above Snow Creek, nine miles below the falls, and there were then but three settlements above his house, on the south side of the river. He had been acquainted with the fork of the river above twenty-four years, and that one of the forks was called South River until Governor Spottswood, about twenty years ago, named the south branch Rapidan, and it has ever since been so called.
" Francis Thornton, of Caroline, gentleman, aged fifty-three years and upwards, being sworn, declared:--"About thirty years ago he came to dwell where he now lives, on the lower side of Snow Creek, and there were but two settlements above his house, the uppermost of which was about four miles below the Falls. He had been acquainted with the forks of the river about twenty-seven years, and that one was called the South and the other the North Branch." William Russel, aged fifty-six years, being sworn saith:--"He has known the Great Fork of the Rappahannock River thirty-five years as a hunter, and one of the branches was always called South River until he heard Governor Spotswood name South River Rapidan, and the other river has been called Rappahannock; that the uppermost settlement thirty years ago was Montjoy's tobacco house, now Colonel Carter's quarter, on the north side of the river; that he saw some posts of the house on Mott's land, three or four miles above the Falls, which was said to have been burned by the Indians near thirty years ago."
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DEED BOOK A, 1722-1729
Francis Thornton and Mary his wife of Essex Co. and Anthony Thornton and Mary his wife of Stafford Co. to Elizabeth Tapp of Spts. Co. Dated Augt. 24, 1722: Recd. Septr. 4, 1722. 500 lbs. of tobacco. 450 a. of land in Spts. Co. "on ye ridge that lies between ye branches of Massaponnax and the branches of Mattapony river"--part of a tract granted Fran. and Antho. Thornton by patent April 19, 1720. Witnesses: Fran. Conway and Will. Strother.
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DEED BOOK A, 1722-1729
Francis Thornton and Mary his wife of Essex Co. and Anthony Thornton and Mary his wife of Stafford Co. to Elizabeth Tapp of Spts. Co. Dated Augt. 24, 1722: Recd. Septr. 4, 1722. 500 lbs. of tobacco. 450 a. of land in Spts. Co. "on ye ridge that lies between ye branches of Massaponnax and the branches of Mattapony river"--part of a tract granted Fran. and Antho. Thornton by patent April 19, 1720. Witnesses: Fran. Conway and Will. Strother.
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Decr. 25, 1723. Francis Thornton of Essex Co. and Anthony Thornton of Stafford Co., gentlemen, to Benjamin Morris of Spotsylvania Co., planter. 200 a. in Spts. Co., 530 lbs. of tobacco yearly for 99 years. Witnesses: Law. Battaille, Henry Martin. Rec. April 7, 1724.
Decr. 25, 1723. Francis Thornton of Essex Co. and Anthony Thornton of Stafford Co., Gentl., to James Sparks, planter. 200 a. of land in Spts. Co., 530 lbs. of tobacco yearly for 99 years. Witnesses: Henry Martin, Law. Battaille. Rec. April 7, 1724.
Decr. 25, 1723. Francis Thornton of Essex Co. and Antho. Thornton of Stafford Co., Gentl., to Leonard Night, planter. 140 a. of land in Spts. Co., 530 lbs of tobacco yearly for 99 years. Witnesses: Thos. Smith, John Mulkey. Rec. April 7, 1724.
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Octr. 31, 1724. Elizabeth x Tap of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Va., widow, to my two sons, William Tap and Vincent Tap, and my daughter, Charity Wood, wife of Bartholomew Wood, all of the said parish and County. 40 ster. To my son Wm. Tap the plantation whereon I now live with 175 a. adjoining, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my son, Vincent Tap, 175 a. of land St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. To my daughter, Charity Wood, 100 a. of land in the sd. parish and county--all the above mentioned land purchased by me of Francis Thornton and Mary, his wife; and Anthony Thornton and Winifred, his wife, as by deeds dated Augt. 5, 1722. Witnesses: Moseley Battaley, Richard Johnson, James Williams. Rec. Nov. 3, 1724.
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June 6, 1732. Francis Thornton and Francis Thornton, junr. Executors of the last will and testament of James Horsnale, decd. [See Will Book A.] and of St. Mary's Par., Caroline Co., to William Grayson of St. Bee's Par., Cumberland Co., in Great Britain. 50 ster., 300 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., purchased by James Horsnale of Augustine Smith. Witnesses: John Grame, John Bland, James x Roy. June 6, 1732.
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Sept. 4, 1733. John x Hadox of Spts. Co. to Francis Thornton of Caroline Co. 50 curr., 51 a. in fork of Rappk. River, and part of pat. formerly granted William Paton June 11, 1726, transferred by sd. Paton to John Kilgore, and from sd. Kilgore to sd. John Hadox, as by deeds June 3, 1729, etc. James Taylor, Robt. Stuart, John Red. Sept. 4, 1733. Dorothea, wife of sd. John Hadox, acknowledged her dower, etc.
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Decr. 15, 1737. Henry Willis of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Gent., to Francis Thornton of same par. and county, Gent. 25 ster. 150 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., part of a tract called Biranis. Witnesses, Jams. Belsches, John Gordon, Elisha Gordon. Mar. 7, 1737.

Francis married TALIAFERRO, Mary 3 Sep 1703, Snow Creek, Essex County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of TALIAFERRO, John Col. and SMITH, Sarah) was born 1686, Powhatan Plantation, Essex County, Virginia; died , Snow Creek, Frederick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Mary Taliaferro was born in Old Rappahannock County because Essex County was not formed until 1692 when she was 10 years old.
Her home "Powhatan Plantation" is just outside Williamsburg, and in James City County.
Mary Taliaferro, married Col. Francis Thornton II, born in 1682, of "The Falls", Stafford County, Va.
Children of Mary Thornton and Col. Francis Thornton:
(1) Sarah Thornton, married Thomas Slaughter.
(2) Alice Thornton, married first Lawrence Catlett and secondly Col. James Taylor.
(3) William Thornton.
(4) Mary Thornton, married Captain Nicholas Battaile of "Hays."
(5) Mildred Thornton, born March 19, 1721, and died November 16, 1778; married first Nicholas Meriwether and secondly, in 1741, Dr. Thomas Walker, of "Castle Hill", Albemarle County, Va.
(6) Elizabeth Thornton, married Thomas Meriwether.
(7) Eliza Thornton, married Capt. William Buckner.
(8) Col. John Thornton, married Mildred Gregory.
(9) Francis Thornton III, of "Fall Hill," married Frances Gregory.
(10) Reuben Thornton, married Elizabeth (Gregory) Willis, widow of Henry Willis, Jr., son of Col. Henry Willis and his first wife. After the death of Reuben Thornton his widow married thirdly Dr. Thomas Walker (mentioned above), and after his death she married as her fourth husband an English officer named Alcock. The three Gregory sisters married the three Thornton brothers.
(11) Lydia Thornton, married Thomas Watts.
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"It is interesting to note that one of the Excrs. to the Will of the elder Charles Taliaferro was Francis Thornton, whose wife was Mary, the sister of John Taliaferro of "Snow Creek," and a niece of the decedent; one of the witnesses to the Will was Thomas Slaughter, whose wife was Sarah, Francis Thornton's daughter."

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John Riker, son of Abraham, married Geertie, daughter of Teunis Wiltsee of Newtown, and after living some years at the latter village removed, in 1744, to Closter, then Rockland County, New York and now Bergen County, New Jersey where he had bought a farm. The next year he erected a house on the spot where his grandson, Jacob Riker, later resided. Mr. Riker and his partner were members of the Dutch church, and they yet live in the memory of their descendants as devout Christians. He survived his partner two years, and died in 1783, at over 90. He left issue:
1. Abraham,
2. John,
3. Gerardus,
4. Deborah, married Daniel Martine,
5. Margaret, married Cor. Blauvelt ,
6. Mary, married John Bell,
7. Elizabeth, married Abm. Blauvelt, and
8. Catherine, married John Lawrence and John Ryder.
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John, born Oct. 25, 1736, served both in the French War and as a patriot in the Revolution. At the age of fifty he married Margaret Blauvelt. He owned the paternal farm, was a kind and worthy gentleman, and died Oct. 6, 1828, at 92. His children were Jacob and Gertrude, twins and Abraham. Gertrude married Michael Hines. Abraham married Grace Gracie. Jacob, born Aug. 19, 1786, married Leah, daughter of Martin Paulas, and resides on the ancestral estate at Closter.
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The Will of John Rycken dated June 21, 1765 says it is the "Will of John Riker of Orangetown, New York".

John — WILTSEE, Geertruy. Geertruy (daughter of WILTSIE, Theunis Hendricksen and BARKMAN, Divertje Wilkes) was born 25 Apr 1698, Newtown, Queens County, New York; died 1781, Closter, Bergen County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

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Baptized in Flatbush, Newtown, New York, April 25, 1689 and buried in 1781 at Closter, Bergen Co., New Jersey.

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Baptized November 09, 1710 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
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He inherited from his father a farm near Hackensack. He was given the freedom of the City of New York Nov. 21, 1749, he had probably gone there to live. His widow joined the Schraalenburgh Church on confession 1751.
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He was buried September 14, 1750 in New York City, Kings Co., New York.

Joost married MAYER, Maria Abt 1732, Hackensack, New Jersey. Maria (daughter of MEYER, Jacob and KAMMINGA, Anna) was born 4/04 Jan 1715/1716, Of Paramus, Bergen, New Jersey; died Aft 1751. [Group Sheet]