Thomas "Turner" Lee Wilkerson (1758-1838)

When Thomas "Turner" Lee Wilkerson was born on April 14, 1758, in Henrico, Virginia, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Sarah, was 18. He married Chloe and they had six children together. He then married Mary Agnes Brooks and they had seven children together between 1803 and 1820. He died on March 19, 1838, in Smith, Tennessee, having lived a long life of 79 years.

Turner Wilkerson received a pension in TN for his service in Virginia during the Revolution. I have found a copy of his pension index, and according to one researcher he was called up three times between November 1775 to November of 1781, participating in the Battle of Great Bridge on 9 December 1775, and the Battle of Yorktown in the fall of 1781.

Battle of Yorktown
In August 1781, General George Washington learned that Lieutenant General Lord Charles Cornwallis' army was encamped near Yorktown, VA. After discussing options with his French ally, Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Ponton de Rochambeau, Washington decided to quietly move his army away from New York City with the goal of crushing Cornwallis' isolated force. Departing on August 21, the Franco-American army began marching south. As any success would be dependent upon the French navy's ability to prevent Cornwallis being resupplied, this movement was supported by the fleet of Rear Admiral Comte de Grasse. Arriving in the Chesapeake, de Grasse's ships assumed a blockading position. On September 5, a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves arrived and engaged the French. In the resulting Battle of the Chesapeake, de Grasse succeeded in defeating the British and leading them away from the bay. Disengaging, the French returned to the Chesapeake and resumed blockading Cornwallis' army. Arriving at Williamsburg, Washington met with de Grasse aboard his flagship Ville de Paris on September 17. After securing the admiral's promise to remain in the bay, Washington focused on concentrating his forces. As troops from New York reached Williamsburg, they joined with the forces of the Marquis de Lafayette who had been shadowing Cornwallis' movements. With the army assembled, Washington and Rochambeau began the march to Yorktown on September 28. Arriving outside the town later that day, the two commanders deployed their forces with the Americans on the right and the French on the left. A mixed Franco-American force, led by the Comte de Choissey, was dispatched across the York River to oppose the British position on Gloucester Point. In Yorktown, Cornwallis held out hope that a promised relief force of 5,000 men would arrive from New York. Outnumbered more than 2-to-1, he ordered his men to abandon the outer works around the town and fall back to the main line of fortifications. This was later criticized as it would have taken the allies several weeks to reduce these positions by regular siege methods. On the night of October 5/6, the French and Americans began construction of the first siege line. By dawn, a 2,000-yard long trench opposed the southeast side of the British works. Two days later, Washington personally fired the first gun. For the next three days, French and American guns pounded the British lines around the clock. Feeling his position collapsing, Cornwallis wrote to Lieutenant General Henry Clinton on October 10 calling for aid. The British situation was made worse by a smallpox outbreak within the town. On the night of October 11, Washington's men began work on a second parallel, just 250 yards from the British lines. Progress on this work was impeded by two British fortifications, Redoubts #9 and #10, which prevented the line from reaching the river. The capture of these positions was assigned to General Count William Deux-Ponts and Colonel Alexander Hamilton. After extensive planning, the attack moved forward on the night of October 14, with Deux-Pont's French troops seizing #9, while Hamilton's Americans captured #10. Immediately after the redoubts were captured, American sappers began extending the siege lines. With the enemy growing nearer, Cornwallis again wrote to Clinton for help and described his situation as "very critical." As the bombardment continued, Cornwallis was pressured into launching an attack against the allied lines on October 16.Led by Colonel Robert Abercrombie the attack succeeded in taking some prisoners and spiking six guns, but was unable to breakthrough. That night, Cornwallis shifted 1,000 men and his wounded to Gloucester Point with the goal of transferring his army across the river and breaking out to the north. As the boats returned to Yorktown, they were scattered by a storm. Out of ammunition for his guns and unable to shift his army, Cornwallis decided to open negotiations with Washington. At 9:00 AM on October 17, a single drummer mounted the British works and beat the long roll as a lieutenant waved a white flag.
Aftermath
The fighting at Yorktown cost the allies 72 killed and 180 wounded. British losses were higher and included 156 killed, 326 wounded. In addition, Cornwallis' remaining 7,018 men were taken prisoner. Meeting at the nearby Moore House, Cornwallis attempted to obtain the same favorable terms of surrender that Major General John Burgoyne had received at Saratoga. This was refused by Washington who imposed the same harsh conditions that the British had demanded of Major General Benjamin Lincoln the year before at Charleston. With no other choice, Cornwallis complied and the final surrender documents were signed on October 19. At noon the French and American armies lined up to await the British surrender. Two hours later the British marched out with flags furled and their bands playing "The World Turned Upside Down." Claiming he was ill, Cornwallis sent Brigadier General Charles O'Hara in his stead. Approaching the allied leadership, O'Hara attempted to surrender to Rochambeau but was instructed by the Frenchman to approach the Americans. As Cornwallis was not present, Washington directed O'Hara to surrender to Lincoln, who was now serving as his second-in-command. With the surrender complete, Cornwallis' army was taken into custody rather than paroled. Shortly thereafter, Cornwallis was exchanged for Henry Laurens, the former President of the Continental Congress. The victory at Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution and effectively ended the conflict in the American's favor.
American Revolution: Battle of Yorktown
By Kennedy Hickman

American Victory Southern theater, 1775-83

The Battle of Great Bridge was fought in the area of Great Bridge, which resulted in the end of British Colonial government of the colony. This battle was responsible for removing Lord Dunmore and any other vestige of English Government for the Colony of Virginia during the early days of the Revolutionary War. Shortly thereafter, Norfolk, at the time a Tory center, was captured and destroyed. A cannon ball fired from the English ship HMS Lord Dunmore was fleeing Virginia on is incased in the wall of St. Pauls Church in Norfolk. That cannon ball remains on display in its final resting place in the southeast wall of the church. The complete defeat of the British in the Virginia Colony at the Battle of Great Bridge, 7 months before the writing of the Declaration of Independence, was at the time called the Second Battle of Bunker’s Hill. It resulted in the capture of Norfolk by the Americans and the bombardment and complete destruction of Norfolk 3 weeks later on January 1, 1776. It ended the rule of the British in Virginia. Lord Dunmore, colonial governor of Virginia, has, in growing disfavor, retreated from Williamsburg but in Norfolk was considered a "nest of Tories", and Dunmore thought he was making headway against the rebellion by pillaging the plantations of patriots, winning slaves over to his side and seizing printing presses. With just 1 more regiment and a few more battalions, he wrote on the last of November, "I really believe we should reduce this colony to a proper sense of their duty." On the other side, Gen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, urged that Dunmore "should be instantly crushed" lest his forces grow. He wrote the president of the Continental Congress from New England: "I do not mean to dictate, I am sure they will pardon me from freely giving them my opinion, which is, that the fate of America a good deal depends on his being obligated to evacuate Norfolk this winter or not." According to contemporary accounts in the Virginia Gazette, Dunmore, after defeating the opposition at Kemp’s Landing moved ten miles south to Great Bridge on the South Branch of the Carolinas. Great Bridge was the shipping point to nearby Norfolk of shingles, tar potash and turpentine from the Carolinas. Finding resistance increasing, he built a stockade on the North (Norfolk) side, removed the bridge planking, destroyed 5 or 6 houses on the opposite shore and fortified the narrow causeway bridge approaches with two 12-lb. cannons. Col. William Woodford, in charge of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, was gathering forces at Great Bridge of minute men from Fauquier, Augusta and Culpepper Counties, in the western part of the Colony as well as volunteers from Princess Anne and Norfolk Counties. Woodford reported 250 Carolina men arriving under Colonel Vail "composed of regulars, minute men, militia and volunteers." The Virginia Gazette reported "150 gentlemen volunteers had marched to Virginia from North Carolina on hearing of Dunmore’s insolences and outrages." Dunmore, misinformed of the strength of the opposition, sent sailors from the Otter at Norfolk, "plus some 60 townsmen" on a surprise attack on Great Bridge. In the early morning hours, the column within 15 steps of the American forces before falling mortally wounded. Lt. Travis, in command of the American advanced breastworks, had ordered his handful of 25 men to reserve their fire until the British troops came within 50 yards. The staggered British were rallied under Lt. Samuel Leslie, who was later captured. Col. Woodard’s main group, moving through Great Bridge, received a heavy cannon barrage. It was all over, however, in half an hour’s time. Royal authority in the Virginia Colony was at an end. It was a complete rout. The loss of men to the British was reported as 102 killed or wounded, and only 11 of Fordyce’s grenadiers survived. The British retreated to Norfolk. By the time Washington had written the Continental Congress from New England, Col. Woodford was able to report to Edmund Pendleton, president of the Convention at Williamsburg, that he and Col. Robert Howe were in complete command in Norfolk with 1,275 men, and that the Tories and their families had removed themselves to Dunmore’s ship, HMS Otter , in the harbor.
http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/751209-great-bridge/
     

Built by Thomas Turner Lee Wilkerson in 1816

Photo by John Waggoner, Jr.

from Ancestry.com

Tennessee Property

Photo by John Waggoner, Jr.

from Ancestry.com

Thomas "Turner" Lee Wilkerson (1758 - 1838)

is our 4th great grandfather

Nancy S Wilkerson (1801 - 1880)

daughter of Thomas "Turner" Lee Wilkerson

Nancy S McDonald (1843 - 1869)

daughter of Nancy S Wilkerson

Martin Crenshaw Holland (1867 - 1940)

son of Nancy S McDonald

Ollie Florence Holland (1892 - 1969)

daughter of Martin Crenshaw  Holland

Margaret May Belle Bramblett (1911 - 1988)

daughter of Ollie Florence Holland



Captain Richard Owens Owings (1662-1716)

Flag of Wales

The period in Wales, from 1660 to 1689 has rightly been called 'The Heroic Age of Dissent '. In caves barns and stables Catholic priests were hanged, drawn and quartered, and Quakers were cruelly beaten and left to rot in stinking holes called prisons. Those who had sought to turn the world upside down during the revolutionary years found themselves forced on to the defensive and obliged to come to terms with the considerable hostility and resentment of their political enemies.

Refusal of Friends to swear the Oath of Allegiance and pay tithes brought them into direct conflict with established authority. The iniquitous Quaker Act of 1662 was especially damaging to Friends hopes for the future since it prohibited them from meeting together to worship and threatened those who offended thrice with transportation. Similarly, the Conventicle Act of 1664 was deliberately designed to cut the roots of a movement like Quakerism. From the spring of 1660 onwards, however, Montgomeryshire Friends faced considerable hostility with cheerful good humor and astonishing courage. By November, eight Friends were languishing in Welshpools 'old Crib, a wretched hovel in the hands of a foul-tempered and hard-hearted gaoler. Friends were forced to sleep on wet straw or cold floors, and were periodically showered with urine and excrement falling from a chamber above where common felons were housed. Like many of their brethren elsewhere in England and Wales, they froze during the cold months of winter and sweated profusely on hot summer days.

Unlike most of their fellow Dissenters, Friends made no effort to conceal their evangelizing activities or evade the rigors of the law. They were more liable than most, therefore, to be seized by bullying constables and beaten without mercy. Armed posses apprehended itinerant Quakers and left them to rot in overpopulated cells and dungeons. Those who publicly and faithfully maintained their testimony against tithes, oaths and. carnal weapons lived in constant peril. In 1660, soldiers armed with swords and staves burst into a meeting in Radnorshire, abused Friends, and 'one of them with his Sword struck a Friend on the Head, and cut his Hat almost through. In August 1660 groups of Quakers in Merioneth, many of them clad only in shirts and petticoats, were dragged from their beds by constables and driven, barefoot, to Bala.
 The spirit of vengeance was abroad in Wales after 1660, and landowners and churchmen were determined to launch and sustain a witch-hunt against erstwhile radicals.   Nursing bitter memories, loyalists in mid-Wales were determined to pay off old scores.

When constables and bailiffs came to distrain (confiscate) property and belongings, Friends stood back passively and watched as cattle, sheep, oxen, horses,. brass pots and pans, pewter dishes, iron bills and bars, books and bibles were carried away. 

Thomas Lloyd championed the cause of liberty of conscience and collaborated intimately with Richard Davies in a bid to shield Friends from the worst rigors of the law. His decision to join William Penn’s Holy Christian community in 1683 was a severe blow to the Quaker cause in Wales, for Lloyd had impressed his antagonists as a learned and courteous disputant and had inspired his colleagues with his vision of a world in which swords were beaten into ploughshares. Wales’ loss proved to be Pennsylvania’s’ gain, for Lloyd became one of the patrician pillars of the Quaker community in Philadelphia. 

http://www.angelfire.com/ut/humceltic/Welsh2.html

The Quakers of today are a far cry from the radicals of the seventeenth century.  We have a rich Quaker heritage, but our progenitors left their faith and converted to other religions and were stalwarts in fighting for our country.

Richard Owings was born about 1662. He was the fourth son of Owen Humphrey of Llwyn-du, gentleman, whose entailed estate was in the township of Llwyngwril in the parish of Llangelynin, county of Merioneth in North Wales. He (Richard) was paternally descended from Ednowain ap Bradwen of Llys-Bradwen (living in 1194) progenitor of the fifteen noble tribes of North Wales and Powis. He was named for Richard Davies, a Quaker minister and friend of Owen Humphrey (Richard’s father).

• Emigrated: to William Penn’s Pennsylvania and then to Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, before March 1685.

• Borrowed: from Christopher Randall, Bef 20 Mar 1685. A considerable amount owed by Richard Owings was listed in the estate inventory of Christopher Randall.

• Purchased: "Range" from Thomas Lightfoot and his wife Rebecca, 12 Sep 1685. "Range" was in Anne Arundel County about a mile from the head of the Anne Arundel River, by the line of Richard Warfield's land, by a tract called the "Marsh."

• Sold: 384 acres to Jabez Pierpont for 4500 pounds of tobacco, Fall 1686. Richard's wife released her dower right in it. Jabez Pierpont was a planter of Baltimore County.

• Had surveyed: "Owen's Adventure," 10 Oct 1694. This was 450 acres on the west side of the Patapsco, on the north side of Col. Taylor's land. The tract had originally been patented 10 November 1695.

• Served: as Captain in Maryland militia, 1695.

• Captain: of Rangers for the defense of Maryland Province, Abt 16 Oct 1697. Fifteen men were raised "to strengthen the Garrison and frontiers at Potomak."

• Signed: Receipt for arms and equipment received from the Governor, Abt 30 Oct 1697.

• Listed: Under the command of Col. Ninian Beale, 6 Feb 1699 to 6 May 1700. Paid 3/4d per day, for a total of £15.03.04.

• Patent for Owen's Adventure: granted to Richard by Lord Baltimore, 3 Apr 1700. Alternate spelling appears as "Owings Adventure."

• Conveyed: 225 acres out of the 450 in "Owen's Adventure" to Col. Edward Dorsey for £40, 13 Mar 1704. Transaction may have taken place in August 1704.

• Carpenter, 1 Jun 1708.

• Sold: 100 acres from "Owing's Adventure" to Richard Acton, planter, 1 Jun 1708. Richard's wife, Rachel, gave her consent.

• Land grant for "Owens Outland Plains": made to Capt. Richard Owings, 10 Sep 1725. Grant consisted of 480 acres in Baltimore County.

Jacks427 Ancestry.com

On his retirement Captain Owings settled, prior to Midsummer, 1702, in the Upper Part, North Patapsco Hundred, Baltimore County, where he had previously surveyed, on 10 October 1694, two neighboring plantations. These were "Long Acre", 225 acres, on the north bank of the Patapsco, halfway between Elk Ridge Landing and the present Ellicott City, and "Owings' Adventure," 450 acres, directly back in the woods and at or near the southeast corner of what is now Catonsville. On the former tract he built a small frame dwelling with brick chimneys at either end, a separate kitchen house, several tobacco barns, and other structures. Of the latter tract, he sold the northwest half to Col. Edward Dorsey, 13 August 1704.

Richard Owens Owings Capt. (1662 - 1716)

is our 7th great grandfather

Mary Eleanor Owings * (1706 - 1740)

daughter of Richard Owens Owings Capt.

John Long * (1724 - 1768)

son of Mary Eleanor Owings *

John Read Long * (1754 - 1819)

son of John Long *

Nancy Jane Long * (1779 - 1838)

daughter of John Read Long *

Levi Springer * (1810 - 1839)

son of Nancy Jane Long *

Mary Mariah Springer * (1840 - 1913)

daughter of Levi Springer *

Mary Lou Ella Stewart * (1883 - 1938)

daughter of Mary Mariah Springer *

Doran Edgar Lute * (1901 - 1982)

Edward Lawrence (1693-1786)

Edward Lawrence was born 29 September 1693 in Northumberland,Virginia and died 28 October 1786 in Fauquier, Virginia. His grandfather John Joseph Lawrence immigrated from England in about 1635 to Mass. His great grandfather, Henry Lawrence, soon followed. They were most probably Puritans.

Edward Lawrence supplied beef for the Revolutionary Army. Found in Fauquier Co. VA Will Book 2, page 82. Public Service Claims Certificates, #252-1 and 252-2, issued to Edward Larrance 28 Nov 1780 and 16 Sep 1781.  It appears four of his sons also fought in the Revolutionary war.



Edward Lawrence * (1693 - 1786)

is our 6th great grandfather

Peter Lawrence * (1740 - 1826)

son of Edward Lawrence *

Nancy Ann Lawrence * (1774 - 1856)

daughter of Peter Lawrence *

William Bramblett *Jr. (1785 - 1850)

son of Nancy Ann Lawrence *

Fielding Bramblett * (1814 - 1897)

son of William Bramblett *Jr.

George Edward Bramblett * (1851 - 1922)

son of Fielding Bramblett *

Walter Scott Bramblett * (1882 - 1978)

son of George Edward Bramblett *

Margaret May Belle Bramblett * (1911 - 1988)

daughter of Walter Scott Bramblett *



         

Captain Christopher Hussey (1599-1686)

Hussey Memorial Stone from Founder's Park, Hampton N.H.

Christopher Hussey was born & baptized in Dorking, Surrey, England. He was the son of John Hussey & Mary Wood. As a young man in Holland, he met Theodate Batchilder. Christopher, his new wife Theodate and her father & family Rev. Stephen Batchilder sailed for America in 1632 on the ship 'WILLIAM & FRANCIS'. Christopher was one of the first settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1639, Christopher Hussey was made Justice of the Peace. He also held office of town clerk & was a deacon in the church. He was one of the original "purchasers" of Nantuckett. Christopher Hussey was also a Sea Captain [and first whaler to take a sperm whale -- G.D.]. Christopher Hussey was the father of 3 boys and 3 girls.

SOURCE: The Internet website Heartland stated the following facts:

"He (Christopher) was admitted freeman in 1634 having journeyed to America aboard the William and Francis which arrived 5 June, 1632. In 1635 he was one of the first settlers in Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1639 her served as representative and again in 1658, 1659, and 1660. He was a provincial counsellor of New Hampshire and proprietor of Nantucket Island, Mass. Christopher died in 1685. He was married to Theodate, daughter of Rev. Stephen Batchelor."

Practical economic considerations motivated the early settlers. The first Nantucketers wanted to enhance their wealth and they chose the method that was currently most successful in England. The lifeblood of England was the wool textile industry. The geography of Nantucket was ideal for sheep raising. But sheep could not be raised profitably in most of New England because the land was heavily forested in the seventeenth century, and what land was cleared was needed for food crops. NANTUCKET ISLAND, however, was a natural sheep pasture.
The economic advantage of raising sheep on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard was seen in earliest colonial times by (missionary) Thomas Mayhew, a Watertown merchant who bought Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands from the original royal proprietor. Mayhew and his son set about Christianizing the Indians on the islands. In 1659, Mayhew sold Nantucket to nine defectors from the Bay Colony while keeping a tenth share for himself. In the same year ten other families were recruited to settle Nantucket (Island). This small company of less than 20 families determined to own the island in common, establish a society based on feudal property arrangements and develop a textile industry which they hoped would be as profitable as that in the old country. But unlike European feudal societies, which were church-ridden, the Nantucketers left their religion behind them in the Bay Colony. They were decidedly set against establishment religion and none existed on the island for the first half century. The ONLY practicing Christians were the Indians!
For the first half century of the island's history, there is little evidence of achievement. The homes that have survived from that period are modest and plain; they are totally lacking in ornament and luxury of any kind. ...Any hopes of developing a prosperous woolen industry on Nantucket were dashed in 1699 when Parliament passed an act that forbade the colonists to trade in woolen goods anywhere, including among themselves.
In 1712, a Nantucket whaler (HUSSEY) killed a sperm whale whose oil commanded a premium price. Soon the advantages of pursuing and harvesting sperm whales became evident. Homes that had been scattered for the most part in the western end of the island were taken apart and moved to the harbor area. ...By the third decade of the eighteenth century the Nantucketers had built a wharf to accommodate substantial vessels. A new industry was built whose raw material was taken from all the oceans of the world. Pioneering the oceans after the whale, Nantucket ships charted unknown waters, discovered Pacific islands and trade around the world.

Christopher Hussey* Captain (1599 - 1686)

is our 8th great grandfather

Stephen Hussey * (1632 - 1718)

son of Christopher Hussey* Captain

Batchelor Hussey * (1685 - 1737)

son of Stephen Hussey *

Christopher Hussey * (1706 - 1773)

son of Batchelor Hussey *

Amy Naomi Hussey * (1742 - 1818)

daughter of Christopher Hussey *

Enoch Cox * (1757 - 1840)

son of Amy Naomi Hussey *

Phoebe Hinton Cox * (1788 - 1848)

daughter of Enoch Cox *

Noah Stewart * (1828 - 1897)

son of Phoebe Hinton Cox *

Mary Lou Ella Stewart * (1883 - 1938)

daughter of Noah Stewart *

Doran Edgar Lute * (1901 - 1982)

son of Mary Lou Ella Stewart *





Elder Hatevil Nutter (1603-1675)

  ...quoted from the History of Dover, NH by John Scales... 
 Elder Hatevil Nutter was born in England in 1603, as appears from a deposition he made.  It seems he did not come over with the first lot of emigrants in 1633, but in 1637 he bought a lot of Captain Thomas Wiggin, which was rebounded in 1640, as follows: "Butting on ye Fore River, east; and on ye west by High Street; on ye north by ye Lott of Samewell Haynes; and on ye south by Lott of William Story."
     His house stood on the east side of High Street, about 15 or 20 rods from the north corner of the meeting-house lot.  An old pear tree stands (1923) in the hollow, which was part of the cellar.  He received various grants of land from the town, and had part ownership of a saw-mill at Lamprey River.  His ship-yard was on the shore of Fore River; the locality can be easily found by reference to the map.  He was one of the first Elders of the First Church, and helped organize it in November, 1638.  He remained a zealous and generous supporter of the Church.  When the Quaker Missionaries created disturbance in 1662, he vigorously opposed them, contending they had no right to come to Dover and make a disturbance.  The Quaker Historian, Sewell, speaks very harshly of the Elder.  He says: "All this whipping of the Quaker women, by the Constables (in front of the meeting-house), was in the presence of one Hate-Evil Nutwell (Nutter), a Ruling Elder, who stirred up the Constables (John and Thomas Roberts) to this wicked action, as so proved that he bore a wrong name (Hate Evil)."

In 1662 three young Quaker women from England came to Dover. True to their
faith, they preached against professional ministers, restrictions on
individual conscience, and the established customs of the church-ruled
settlement. They openly argued with Dover's powerful Congregational
minister John Reyner. For six weeks the Quaker women held meetings and services at various dwellings around Dover. Finally, one of the elders of
the First Church, Hatevil Nutter, had had enough. A petition by the
inhabitants of Dover was presented "humbly craving relief against the
spreading & the wicked errors of the Quakers among them". Captain Richard
Walderne (Waldron), crown magistrate, issued the following order: "To the
constables of Dover, Hampton, Salisbury, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, Wenham,
Linn, Boston, Roxbury, Dedham, and until these vagabond Quakers are carried
out of this jurisdiction, you, and every one of you are required in the name
of the King's Majesty's name, to take these vagabond Quakers, Ann Coleman,
Mary Tompkins, and Alice Ambrose, and make them fast to the cart's tail,
and driving the cart through your several towns, to whip their naked backs,
not exceeding ten stripes apiece on each of them, in each town; and so to
convey them from constable to constable, till they are out of this
jurisdiction". Walderne's punishment was severe, calling for whippings in
at least eleven towns, and requiring travel over eighty miles in bitterly
cold weather.
On a frigid winter day, constables John and Thomas Roberts of Dover seized
the three women. George Bishop recorded the follow account of events.
"Deputy Waldron caused these women to be stripped naked from the middle
upwards, and tied to a cart, and after awhile cruelly whipped them, whilst
the priest stood and looked and laughed at it." Sewall's History of the
Quakers continues " The women thus being whipped at Dover, were carried to
Hampton and there delivered to the constable...The constable the next
morning would have whipped them before day, but they refused , saying they
were not ashamed of their sufferings. Then he would have whipped them with
their clothes on, when he had tied them to the cart. But they said, 'set us
free, or do according to thine order. He then spoke to a woman to take off
their clothes. But she said she would not for all the world. Why, said he,
then I'll do it myself.. So he stripped them, and then stood trembling whip
in hand, and so he did the execution. Then he carried them to Salisbury
through the dirt and the snow half the leg deep; and here they were whipped
again. Indeed their bodies were so torn, that if Providence had not watched
over them, they might have been in danger of their lives." In Salisbury,
Walter Barefoot convinced the constable to swear him in as a deputy.
Barefoot received the women and the warrant, and put a stop to the
persecution. Dr. Barefoot dressed their wounds and returned them to the
Maine side of the Piscataqua River.

Eventually the Quaker women returned to Dover, and established a church. In
time, over a third of Dover's citizens became Quaker.
John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized the suffering of the Quaker women in
the following poem.
How They Drove the Quaker Women from Dover

The tossing spray of Cochecho's falls
Hardened to ice on its icy walls,
As through Dover town, in the chill gray dawn,
Three women passed, at the cart tail drawn,
Bared to the waist, for the north wind's grip
And keener sting of the constables whip
The blood that followed each hissing blow
Froze as it sprinkled the winter snow.
Priest and ruler, boy and maiden
followed the dismal cavalcade;
And from door and window, open thrown,
Looked and wondered, gaffer and crone.

[Amelia's note: The above John Roberts was Hatevil Nutter's son-in-law.]

Residence: 1633 Dover, New Hampshire ·  Note: was one of the first settlers 4 ·  Occupation: set up a sawmill on the Lamprey River which became a prosperous business. In 1659, he was elected the first Moderator of Dover 1647 4 ·  Religion: an influencial elder of the Dover church who persecuted Quakers and helped drive them out of Dover colony 1650 4  

Note: He was prominently identified with the early history and development of Dover, NH. He is presumed to be one of the "Company of persons of good estate and of some account for religion" who were induced to leave England with Capt. Wiggans in 1633 and to help Found on Dover Neck a compact town.

  Hatevil was a Puritan Elder who was active against the Quakers. He is listed as a puritan immigrant who came to America prior to 1640 on www.angelfire.com. He is listed in 1653 in Dover Extracts as a freeman.

 The following was submitted by Jan Nutter Alpert.

WILL OF HATEVIL NUTTER

 Dover 1674 I Hatevill Nutter of Dover in New England Aged about seventy one yeares at prsent weake in body but havinge in some good meashure (by gods blessinge) the use of my understandinge and memory, Do make this my last will and testament in maner and forme as followeth, hereby abrogatinge all former and other wills by me made, whatsoever Com'endinge my soule to my blessed god & saviour, my body to the Dust by christian buriall in hopes of a glorious resurection, I appoint and will my outward estate to be had and held as followeth viz: To my prsent wife Anne I will and bequeath (after my Debts payed and funerall expenses defrayed) the use and improvement of my prsent Dwellinge house barne orchard & land thereunto adjoininge, with all com'ons pastures priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonginge, as also the use & benefit of that marsh which belonges to me in the great Bay, at Harwoods cove, the other halfe whereof I have formerly given to my son, Anthony, this also descendinge to him at his mothers Decease, To her also I bequeath the use of two other marshes, the one of them lyinge on the easterne, the other on the western side of the back river, which both fall from her to my Daughter mary Winget To her also my said wife I bequeath the use of my houshold stuff cattle Debtes goodes & all other movables whatsover; that is to say the above bequeathed partes of my estate I bequeath to her use Duringe her widdowhood, but if she shall see meet to marry I appoint that at or before her Marriage, halfe the movables or assignes and that then my Daugher Mary receive the marsh on the eastern side of the back river. The other halfe of the movables, and the house & land & other marshes to continue in her handes and use duringe her life, and at her Decease to descend as followeth--To my sonne Anthony Nutter his heires and assignes I Bequeath (besides what I have formerly made over to him) my mill-grant at Lamprill River with all dues and Demands priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonginge to be had and held by him or them forever after my Decease. To him also I bequeath one third part of my movables as they fall from his mother at her marriage or Decease as above said. To him I also bequeath my prsent dwelling house barne orchard and land on dover neck with my right in the ox pasture calve pasture sheep pasture on the said neck as also one quarter part of my land graunted to be in the woodes above Cuchecha, with the priviledges and appurtenances belonginge to any and every one of them, to be had and held by him or them his said heires or assignes forever after the Decease of his mother. To my Daughter Abigail Roberts I Bequeath one halfe of my two hundred acres of Land granted to be in the woodes above cuchecha to be had & held by her her heires and assignes for ever after my Decease. Also to her I give one third part of my movables to be received as above said when they fall from her mother at marriage or Decease. To my Daughter Mary Winget her heires or assignes I bequeath the other quarter of the above said Land graunted to be above cuchecha to be had & held by her or them for ever after my Decease To her also I Give my marsh on the eastern side of the back river to be had & held by her her heires or assignes forever after the marriage, or Decease of her mother. To her also I give the other third part of the movables as they fall from her mother by mariage or decease as above said. Lastly I Do by these prsents Constitute and appoint, my wife Anne above said and my said sonne Anthony, joint executor and executrix of this my will, duringe their lives, and the longer liver of them solely after the Decease of either of them. In wittnes of the prmises I doe hereunto set my hand & seale this 28th day of Decembr Anno. D. 1674. Hatevill Nutter (seal)The word (mother) interlines betwene 40th & 41st Line before signing & sealinge Wittness Jno Reynr John Roberts (Proved June 29, 1675. See Court Records)Inventory, June 25, 1675; amount 398.7.4 pounds; signed by Henry Langstaff and Peter Coffin.

Source: The Nutter Home Page 

Hatevil Nutter * (1603 - 1675)

 is our 9th great grandfather

 Abigail Nutter * (1604 - 1674)

 daughter of Hatevil Nutter *

 Abigail Roberts * (1658 - 1700)

 daughter of Abigail Nutter *

 Abigail Hall * (1680 - 1751)

 daughter of Abigail Roberts *

 Christopher Hussey * (1706 - 1773)

 son of Abigail Hall *

 Amy Naomi Hussey * (1742 - 1818)

 daughter of Christopher Hussey *

 Enoch Cox * (1757 - 1840)

 son of Amy Naomi Hussey *

 Phoebe Hinton Cox * (1788 - 1848)

 daughter of Enoch Cox *

 Noah Stewart * (1828 - 1897)

 son of Phoebe Hinton Cox *

 Mary Lou Ella Stewart * (1883 - 1938)

 daughter of Noah Stewart *

 Doran Edgar Lute * (1901 - 1982)

 son of Mary Lou Ella Stewart *

Callaway Family

Early Callaway history is unclear.  Records indicate a William Callaway died in VA in 1642.We are interested in the story of the Joseph Callaway (1680-1732) and his family.  Joseph settled in Caroline County and had seven sons and two daughters.  The father, mother and a brother died of fever in a short period of time. The remaining family continued several years to live in the old homestead and then sold out and about 1740 settled in Brunswick County (the portion which ultimately became Bedford), locating on Big Otter River at the Eastern base of the Peaks of Otter. When the French and Indian War broke out in 1754 the country had become considerably populated and the people collected in forts which Washington occasionally visited. Three of the Calloway brothers held the commission of Captain, Thomas at Hickey's Fort, William at Pig River Fort and Richard at Blackwater Fort. The frontiers were constantly alarmed, marauding parties frequently pursued, and were sometimes overtaken and punished. For services in these engagements Richard and William were promoted to rank of Bedford Militia Colonels.

Colonel William Callaway

Our seventh great grand uncle.

William Callaway was the second son of Joseph and Catherine Ann (Browning) Callaway. He was born in 1714, probably in Caroline County, Virginia and became a prominent and wealthy land owner of that State, as he patented fifteen thousand acres of land in Lunenburg, Brunswick, Bedford, and Halifax Counties. William commanded militia in the French and Indian Wars that were waged between 1755, and 1761. He was commissioned a Colonel during his service, and also participated in the American Revolutionary War. He later presided at the first court held in Bedford County, but this was just the beginning of his civil service, because William remained in the Virginia House of Burgesses for thirteen sessions. In 1754, William Callaway, Gentleman, made a free gift of one hundred acres of land to the newly formed County of Bedford to be developed into a town called New London, the county seat. William first married on January 8, 1735, to Elizabeth Tilley, and after her death he married a second time, about 1752, to Elizabeth Crawford. Colonel William Callaway died in Bedford Virginia in 1777, and is buried in the Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery. His first son James buried near his father, was also a man of great wealth who fought in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War. James, a close personal friend of General George Washington also built the first iron furnace south of the James River. This furnace played a big roll in the production of military supplies used in the revolution.

Depiction of Fort Boonesborough

Settled by Colonel Richard Callaway with Daniel Boone and others.

Our seventh great grand uncle.

Richard Callaway (c. 1724 – March 8, 1780) was an early settler of Kentucky which was now a state in the United States. With Daniel Boone, in 1775 he helped mark the Wilderness Road into central Kentucky, becoming one of the founders of Boonesborough, Kentucky. There, he took part in organizing the short-lived colony of Transylvania.

Richard Callaway was commissioned to survey a road into Kentucky for the Henderson Company in Feb 1775 which he did in company with Daniel Boone and a party of thirty persons. He returned to VA and brought families to Boonesborough Sept 1775. He was a member of the first Transylvania convention which met under a tree near Boonesborough May 23, 1775 and was later elected to the VA house of Burgesses 1777-79 from Kentucky county. He was granted the ferry privilege across the Kentucky River at Boonsborough Oct 1779 and was killed by Indians while working on a ferry boat in 1780.

Richard Callaway was a man destined to play an important role in Boone's life during the next few years. Callaway had joined Henderson's enterprise at about the same time as Boone and was in charge of hauling the goods and supplies to treaty grounds. The  son of a powerful landowning family in the Shenandoah Valley of Va. Callaway was ten years Boones' senior.

Upon their arrival at the selected site on the Kentucky River, 1 Apr 1775, Boone, Callaway and the other men immediately began construction of a fort. Located on the south bank of the river, the fort was considered by Henderson to be inadequate to accommodate the settlers to follow. So, he elected a site near the river bank about 300 yards from the original fort. Though the dimensions of this second or main fort are not known precisely, it is estimated to have been about 240 feet long and 180 feet wide. The gate opened on the side away from the river. There were blockhouses on each corner and cabins all along the walls. In the courtyard were three structures built in a row and connected to each other. The house and gun shop of Squire Boone occupied two of these. The other was the house of Col. Richard Callaway.

"Upon leaving his attractive surroundings in Virginia to come to the wilderness that was to become Kentucky, he was simply continuing his habit of pioneering. By reason of his experiences in the French and Indian Wars, in constructing and defending outposts forts, in the clearance and cultivation of frontier lands, and in the settlement and founding of New London, Colonel Callaway was, perhaps, the best prepared man with the Transylvania Company for the work in hand. As Colonel Callaway is never spoken as a member of the Transylvania Company it may be assumed that he joined them as commander of the military escort and as consultant to Colonel Henderson in drawing the plans for the fort that was to be built. The fort at Boonesborough apparently was built upon the most approved style of the times, since it succeeded in withstanding the most terrific siege of the pioneer days. This was not the hasty lodge thrown up on  arrival. It was a carefully planned construction. And Colonel Callaway had the experience in such matters. The "big fort" at Boonesborough was begun on April 22, 1775, on the south side of the Kentucky River, in what is now Madison County. Collins says it was finished on June 14, and "by compliment it is called Boonebourg or Boonesborough." Other stations or block houses were built at Harrodsburg, Boiling Springs and St. Asaph's. Colonel Henderson and his party arrived at Boonesborough on Thursday, April 20, 1775. In his diary he notes: "Sunday 23d passed the day without public worship as no place is provided for that purpose. Monday proceeded with the assistance of Capt. Boone & Col. Callaway in laying off lots, finished 19 besides one reserved round fine spring." The Transylvania Company or the Henderson Company opened a land office at Boonesborough and deeds were issued by the company as "Proprietors of the Colony of Transylvania." At the call of Colonel Henderson, representatives chosen by the people of Transylvania met on May 23, 1775, at Boonesborough and agreed upon, says Collins, "a proprietary government, and pass nine laws-the first legislative body west of the Allegheny and Cumberland Mountains." irbdgs_1originally submitted this to Draime Family Tree on 20 Jul 2011

In 1776, two of his daughters, along with a daughter of Daniel Boone, were kidnapped outside Boonesborough by Native Americans. Callaway led one of parties in the famous rescue of the girls.

On Sunday, July 14, 1776, Indians captured three teenage girls from Boonesborough as they were floating in a canoe on the Kentucky River. They were Jemima, daughter of Daniel Boone, and Elizabeth and Frances, daughters of Colonel Richard Callaway. The Cherokee Hanging Maw led the Indians, a war party of two Cherokee and three Shawnee men. The settlement was thrown into a turmoil and a rescue party was organized by Callaway and Boone. Meanwhile the captors hurried the girls north toward the Shawnee towns across the Ohio River. The girls attempted to mark their trail until threatened by the Indians.
The third morning, as the Indians were building a fire for breakfast, the rescuers came up. "That's Father's gun!" cried Jemima, as one Indian was shot. He toppled into the fire and was seriously burned but not immediately killed. Two of the Native Americans later died from being wounded during the brief gunfight. The Indians retreated, leaving the girls to be escorted home.
Jemima soon married one of the rescuing party, Flanders Callaway. Elizabeth Callaway married Samuel Henderson and Frances, John Holder. The episode served to put the settlers in the Kentucky wilderness on guard and prevented their straying beyond the fort.

Elizabeth Callaway our seventh great grandmother married William Bramblett. William and Elizabeth were with the group that settled Boonesborough.   According to Reminiscences from the Life of Col. Cave Johnson (1760-1850), who was an eyewitness to the event, a rather large party was returning to VA from Bryant's Station, KY in the summer of 1779. The Rev. William (Bethel Baptist of Bedford) was mistaken for an Indian and shot by Aquila White  near the Cumberland River. KY Court records show William established Bramlett's Station 'on a branch of Stoner's Fork, a branch of Licking' this same year, 1779. There is a dearth of information on this family and some confusion as to which William Bramblett we are talking about.  Some accounts list Aquila White as William's son-in-law.  Some documentation on the Brambletts is lacking for this line.

Joseph James Callaway * (1680 - 1732)

is our 8th great grandfather

Elizabeth Callaway * married William Bramblett

daughter of Joseph James Callaway *

Henry, Sr. Bramblett * (1710 - 1756)

son of Elizabeth Callaway *

Reuben Bramblett * (1734 - 1807)

son of Henry, Sr. Bramblett *

William Bramblett * (1770 - 1818)

son of Reuben Bramblett *

William Bramblett *Jr. (1785 - 1850)

son of William Bramblett *

Fielding Bramblett * (1814 - 1897)

 son of William Bramblett *Jr.

George Edward Bramblett * (1851 - 1922)

 son of Fielding Bramblett *

Walter Scott Bramblett * (1882 - 1978)

 son of George Edward Bramblett *

Margaret May Belle Bramblett * (1911 - 1988)

 daughter of Walter Scott Bramblett *





Daniel Duval (1675-1717)

Daniel Duval was an honored Chevalier de France, a title equivalent to the present one of Knight in England. The earliest of the name that can be traced in Normandy France is one Richard DuVal, 1260, Sieur de France, a title of respect.

Daniel DuVal, Huguenot Refugee, landed in America on March 5, 1701. He settled in Ware parish, Gloucester County, Virginia. He came on the ship "Nassau" commanded by Captain Traian, leaving from Blackwell in London, Dec. 8, 1700 with 197 passengers, landing in York River, Va. "DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia, Margaret G. Buchanan.

"It seems that most French refugees settled at Manakin Towne on the James River, a tract of 10,000 acres, formerly belonging to the extinct tribe of Monacan Indians. We presume however, that Daniel DuVal brought enough money with him to settle elsewhere. Records show that he settled in Ware parish, Gloucester county, Va.

 Daniel DuVal soon became established as an architect and joiner.

 Daniel DuVal  was born about 1675 in Normandy, France; died about 1740 in Gloucester Co, VA. He married Philadelphia DuBois about 1700 in France.   Philadelphia DuBois, born 1677 in Brive, Correze, France; died 1715 in Gloucester Co, VA. She was the daughter of 1666. Jean DuBois and 1667. Marie Deyaget. Notes for Daniel DuVal I:Daniel DuVal came from Lorraine La Ville Remiremont in Normandy, France.

 As a Huguenot, he sought refuge from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nance. He sailed on The Nassau, an independent ship of Huguenots, at their own expense, from Blackwall, London, England, on December 8, 1700, landing in the York River on March 5, 1701. He is shown in records of Ware Parish, Gloucester County, VA, in 1704, practicing his profession as an architect and "joiner".

 Notes for Philadelphia DuBois: According to Margaret Buchanan, a DuVal descendant, Philadelphia married Daniel DuVal in France and under the protection of her uncle, Abbe' DuBois, she was advised to disguise herself as a courier of the King and escaped to England where she joined her husband who had been compelled by his convictions to give up his native home and sought refuge in friendly England. 

It features a Huguenot Cross, and the following inscription: "In Memory of Daniel DuVal. An architect and Huguenot refugee he immigrated to Virginia from England on March 5, 1701 aboard the ship Nassau and by 1704 was established in Ware Parish." Erected by the DuVal Family Association on the anniversary of his arrival 2001"         

Daniel Duval *Chevalier (1675 - 1717)

is our 6th great grandfather

Benjamin DuVal * (1709 - 1770)

son of Daniel Duval *Chevalier

Sally Duval * (1761 - )

daughter of Benjamin DuVal *

Rebecca Stockwell * (1789 - 1860)

daughter of Sally Duval  *

Nancy Springer * (1815 - 1915)

daughter of Rebecca Stockwell *

Mary Mariah Springer * (1840 - 1913)

daughter of Nancy Springer *

Mary Lou Ella Stewart * (1883 - 1938)

daughter of Mary Mariah Springer

Doran Edgar Lute * (1901 - 1982)

son of Mary Lou Ella Stewart *