Colonel Richard Johnson 
And his Descendants:  The Series

April 20, 2007

It will be necessary to read a series of articles in order to follow the descendants of Colonel Richard Johnson of King & Queen County, Virginia.  The Colonel had many descendants who eventually moved to the Deep South and west.  His descendants have generally been traced into the early 1800s.  Later articles may extend our knowledge of them further into the 1800s.

The advice, contributions & judgment of Lea Dowd, Rhoda Fone, Suzanne Johnson, Linda Sparks Starr, Suzanne Johnston & Karen Wood, was absolutely vital in producing these accounts and is very much appreciated.  Each provided crucial documents that made it possible to make firm connections between the various Johnsons discussed in this series.  In particular, Lea Dowd located and obtained several Johnson wills in England. 

They are all very experienced in genealogical research.   In addition, the difficult task transcribing of several seventeenth century wills was done by Linda Sparks Starr with the assistance of Lea Dowd and Jerry Starr.   Complete transcripts of long wills have been made available on Colonial Virginia Connections at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/html/colrichardjohnson.html

The heaviest reliance is on documentation, usually parish records and court documents such as deeds, wills, tax lists, etc.  Letters and newspaper accounts where available were also used.  Interpretations of the documents conform as closely as possible to what we know of the norms and laws of the colonies.  The contributors here are very familiar with colonial spelling and handwriting and also the laws of guardianship, land transfer, estate settlement, and other legal issues.  

Tracing Johnsons presents a particular difficulty.  There were so many of them in Colonial Virginia and they used such common names as John, James, Thomas, Richard, Mary, Elizabeth, Anne and Jane.  Not only were there many apparently unrelated Johnsons, but also DNA testing has demonstrated the lack of a genetic relationship in some widely published claims about family histories.   Descendants of these unrelated Johnson families occasionally moved together to different counties or states.  For example, Quaker John Johnson’s descendants moved to Amelia County and also to Louisa County.  In Louisa, they settled near Col. Richard Johnson’s descendants and thus might be thought related to them, but that is not the case. At least five different Johnson families have been identified in Louisa County.  The 1770 tithables list includes 18 Johnson men!  Even those Johnsons living adjacent to each other cannot be assumed to be related. 

Ages have generally been estimated from the earliest appearance of a name in the record. It has been my experience that those estimates are underestimates of age rather than over-estimates.  Birth order can be difficult to estimate, but again first appearance in a document or the marriage of a daughter can help.  

The truth has a kind of consistency to it and that is what is sought.  Even with diligent care, mistakes can and do happen, thus regular revision of the articles can be expected.  After all, truth is the daughter of time!

Colonel Richard Johnson of 
King William County, Virginia
by Bonnie Flythe 
fly1776@rcn.com
©

Richard Johnson of Bilsby (or Bilsley), Lincolnshire, England was born in 1629 according to his Virginia tombstone.  When he first arrived in Virginia from England is not certain, but it was at least by 1675.  Some of his children either migrated with him or were born in the new world and they will be traced in this series.  

The Colonel, his sons and some of their descendants lived in the burned counties of King and Queen, Hanover, and King William.  Tracing his activities requires strict attention to detail & I have included long abstracts of relevant documents in order to provide other researchers with the possibility of further exploration and research.  When documentary evidence about a family is extensive, the inclusion of so much detail is not really necessary. 

The 1667 estate of Mathew Huberd of York County, Virginia includes a debt owed to him by Mr. Richard Johnson of London. (Weisiger, York Co.…., 197)  This is probably Col. Johnson, later of Virginia.  He would have been about 38 years old at the time and may have already been involved in trade with colonists in Virginia.   Any marriage that he might have contracted in England at this time is undiscovered, but it seems unlikely that he would have stayed single for so long.

An early mention of Richard Johnson, a resident of the Parish of Stratton Major in New Kent County, appears in the records of York County, Virginia:
York County.  Richard Johnson.  By this letter of attorney on 24 Jan. 1675, before me Nicholas Heyward, Notary and Tabellion Publick, dwelling in London, appeared Mr. George Lee, Citizen & Grocer of London, who appoints Richard Johnson of New Kent County, in Va., Merchant, his attorney; but if he refuses or is not living, then William Cole of Warwick County, Esq., to be my attorney, to make over to Robert Spring of York co., Merchant, all of said George Lee’s plantation in Bruton Parish, York, Co. 350 acres, next to plantation of Daniell Parke, Esq, for 200 pounds.  Spring has paid 45 pounds and Lee to take bills of exchange of 154/17 (Weisiger, York Co…1672-1676.., 169)

York County.  I, Richard Johnson of New Kent County in Va. Merchant, by virtue of a letter to me from Mr. George Lee, Citizen & Grocer of London, have received bills of exchange drawn on several persons payable to Robert Spring, and by him endorsed and made payable to said Lee, whereof I have sold to said Spring all of said Lee’s plantation, 350 acres in Bruton Parish, York Co. 24 April 1676.  Signed: Rich: Johnson.  Wit: Theo Hone, Sam: Weldon. Rec. April 24, 1676 (Weisiger, York Co…1672-1676., 170)
From this, it is obvious that Richard Johnson was a merchant as well as plantation owner and, like most merchants, he probably made several trips to England on business.  At his death, he owned extensive tracts of land and was a wealthy and prominent Virginian.  

In April of 1679 Capt. Richard Johnson was providing defensive preparations for the colony: 
Capt. Richard Johnson appointed by Assembly to equip the store house and ammunition house to be built  Att the head of Mattopony, at or above the Indian townes, one store house or garrison with a small house for ammunition of the dimensions aforesaid, and that capt. Richard Johnson doe procure and provide the severall necessaryes above mentioned, for which he shalbe allowed by the publique in tobaccoes, to be paid in New Kent county at the rate of tenn shillings per hundred with caske.    (Hening's Statues at Large, Vol.  II p. 434) 
This would certainly conform to what might be expected of a Militia leader.  The Militia was required to assemble & drill once a month with each militia man providing his own weapon, horse and equipment.  

That same year, he patented land. These are the first known land acquisitions by the Colonel:
Mr. Richard Johnson 523 acs on NE side Matapony River May 1679 Beg at Mastecock Sw, To run of Pesticock  Sw granted to John Hume 1674 .. trans 11: (CPv.2, 199)

Mr. Richard Johnson.  270 acres, New Kent Co., on NE side of Matapony Riv., on br. of Aqumtanacock Sw: joining Wm Watts land that he lived upon 13 May 1679.  Beg At Chees Cake path, dividing this & land of Mr. Carleton; by Mr. Homes (Holmes) path; to Maj. Wyatt, & c.  Granted to Wm Watts, 18 Feb. 1673/4, deserted, & granted sd. Johnson by order & trans. of 6 pers.  (CPv.2, p. 199)

A few years later, he patented more land, this time in Rappahannock Co.:
[268] Col. Richard Johnson   20 Sep 1683, 150 acs  Rappa Co. on maine Sw of Piscaraway Cr p. 326.  Adj Thomas Harper & Robert Clements. Granted to James Baugham 27 Feb 1665/6 deserted & granted to Thomas Batts; assigned to James Baugham Jr who deserted; granted to sd Johnson by order 16 Apr 1680. Trans 3:  Garrett Hamon, Jon. Canady, Jon. Davis (CPv.2, 266)
Through an appointed agent, the Colonel quickly proceeded to sell this land.  
Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa 6th die Febry 1683/4 et reocrdatr xx8th die
Know All Men by these presents that I Richard Johnson of the Parish of Stratton Majr: in the County of New Kent Gent., authorize Wm: Leigh of the aforesaid County true and lawfull Attorney to signe and deliver and also to acknowledge in open Court a legall assignmt of a Pattent of One hundred and fifty acres of land Lying in Piscataway in the County of Rappa: as by the Pattent bearing date the twentieth day of September 1683 may appeare unto James Boughan of Piscataway in the County of Rappa: giving my said Attorney full power to act in every respect as if I myselfe being personally present could doe and although the matter may require more speciall then is herein comprised and I doe hereby warrant my said Attorney in soe doing.  In Testimony whereof I have sett my hand seale this seaventh day of June One thousand Six hundred eighty three. Wit: Joshua Story, Richard Gregory. Signed: Rich: Johnson
Recordatr 3 die Martii 1683/4  Test Wm. Colston, Cl. Cur (Sparacio, Old Rappahannock Co…..,87-88)

Know All Men by these presents that I William Leigh of the County of New Kent do (by virtue of a Letter of Attorney) from Col: Richard Johnson bearing date the Seaventh day of June in the yeare One thousand Six hundred eighty and three) assigne and make over in the name and behalf of the said Richd. Johnson have conveyed to Mr. James Boughan of Piscataway in the County of Rappah: his heires forever all the said Johnson’s Right to the within Pattent of One hundred and fifty acres of land with warranty against the sd Johnson or any persons that can lawfully lay claime under him.  In testimony whereof I have sett my hand and seale the fifth day of Decembr: 1683.  Wit: Wm. Colston.   Signed: Wm. Leigh, Attorney of Col. Richd: Johnson (Sparacio, Old Rappahannock Co….. pp. 87-88)
So by 1783, Richard Johnson had attained the rank of Colonel in the Militia. A relationship between George Lee, William Leigh and Col. Richard Johnson can be speculated about, but a merchant can have many interactions with others simply on the basis of business interests.  They are not known to be relatives. 
 
1683 was a very active year for the Colonel and he continued to acquire large tracts of land in Pamunkey Neck:
Apr 1683 Col. Richard Johnson & Mr. John Pigg, 1150 acs N side the freshes of Mattopany Riv beg at Mouth of Holly Poynt Cr adj land Robert Bagby; William Herendo & Mr. Richard Whitehead by an Indian field [See King & Queen Co.] (CPV2, 259)

The next year, Richard was mentioned in a letter to Arthus North by Wm Byrd: 
1684 February 25.  :…. Where Tom Pate and my selfe did not forget yours & Dick Johnson’s good health (The Correspondence of the Three William Byrds.)
Obviously, he was sufficiently acquainted with William Byrd to be called by an informal version of his Christian name. 
	
When Richard was about 57 years old, his wife, Susan Duncombe, died. Her tombstone states that this happened on August 8, 1686 when she was only twenty two years and three months old.   The date of Richard’s marriage to Susan is unknown although a Susan Duncombe was married in London on Nov. 8, 1684 (LDS site, IGI).  The husband’s name was not in the record so we cannot know for sure if this was Richard’s young wife.  
Susan, daughter of William Duncombe, was christened on June 3, 1664 in Godalming, Surrey, England. (FamilySearch.org, IGI)  The date of her christening easily fits her stated age in 1686. Her tombstone says that she was the daughter of William Duncombe of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England.  Apparently her father had moved to Holbeach some time after Susan was born. Richard and Susan could not have been married very long considering her age.  This hints at earlier marriage or marriages for Richard, probably in England, but the evidence for this has not been found. 

Richard Johnson was the father of at least three sons.  The birthdates of the sons are not known, but they have been proven to be Richard, William and Thomas.  Col. Richard Johnson’s King & Queen Co. will dated 1698 made provision for the death of any one of them before they attained the age of twenty-one or had not fathered children.  Therefore some of them were most likely born after 1677. One or more of them may have been a child of a wife previous to Susan.  There is no evidence at all that Richard remarried after Susan’s death. 

The son William showed up in the records of King William County as an appraiser in 1702, on the Quit Rent Rolls in 1704 and as a patentee on 1705.  He was probably born at least by 1681, most likely earlier.  Another son, Thomas, was the father of a child in 1713.  He therefore was born at least by 1691 (22 years earlier to allow for the marriage).  The son Richard’s birth is more difficult to calculate.  He married in 1716 so was born before at least before 1695.  According to David Hackett Fischer in Albion’s Seed, male members of the Virginia elite married at a mean age of 27 or over in the early 1700s. When the Colonel died, I do not believe that he was the father of three small children.  At least some of his sons were nearly of age. 
Richard was also the father of a daughter, Judith, who married in England & never left there.  According to the IGI files of the Family History Library, Judith was christened on Feb. 12, 1684/5 in Bilsby/Billsby, Lincoln, England.  They were using the old dating system so Judith’s christening date was Feb. 12, 1685 according to our current calendar.  The record came from the Bishop’s Transcripts. 
This Judith was also mentioned in the 1698 will of Col. Richard Johnson’s brother Thomas.  Thomas lived in Billsby, Lincolnshire, England apparently for his entire life.  The mother of the child was not mentioned in any known record.  The reading of 17th century handwriting and spelling was particularly difficult and we can not be sure of all the words in the will. A portion of Thomas’ will, transcribed by Linda Sparks Starr, is abstracted here: 
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.  I Thomas Johnson of Billsby in the County of Lincolne gent being sicke and infirme in body but of sound and perfect memory (praised be God) doe make this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following  

Imprimis  I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God trusting through the merrits of Christ to receive  remission and pardon for all my Sinns And my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred according to the Discretion of my Executrix hereinafter named in the Parish church of Billsby aforesaid And as to my temporall Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me I Dispose of the same as followeth

Item I give and bequeath unto my niece Judith Johnson Daughter to Mr. Richard Johnson of Virginiah Merchant All and singular my messuages cottages Lands Tenements and hereditaments lying and being in Sutton in the Marsh Mannby Manor  by ruin Chappell Loggsthlupe Oxby And all the Land I lately purchased of John Willerton [Millerton] in Christhorpe for and During the terme of her naturall life and to the Heires of her body lawfully begotten And for want of such Issue I give the same Lands Tenements and premises to my Sonn in Law William Duncumbe and his Heires for ever But my further mind will and meaning is that the profitts rents issues of the said Lands from the time of my decease my Executrix and Trustees hereinafter named shall be accountable to her for the same when or as soon as she attains the age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall first happen 

And as to all other my messuages cottages Lands Tenemants and hereditaments lying and being in Spittoste Billsby Thurlby  Hill [well] and Northorpe Spaynuby cum Mumby together with eighteen acres of pasture lying in Crustion Pr and purchased with Mumby Farme of Squire Don  I Doe give and bequeath unto my loving wife Judith Johnson for and During the terme of her naturall life and from and after her decease I give the same to my said niece and her Heires forever.   And for want of issue of her body lawfully begotten I give all and singular the said messuages lands tenements and premises to my said Sonn in Law William Duncombe and to his Heires forever All which said premises are situate lying and being in the said County of Lincolne

Item I give and bequeath unto my said Sonn in Law William Duncombe and to his Heires forever All that my close of pasture ground containing four acres be the same more or less lyeing in Mablethorpe in the said County
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Item I give and bequeath unto my said niece Judith Johnson the summe of fifteen hundred pounds to be paid her by my Executrix when she attaine the age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall first happen  

And my further will and mind is that my Executrix shall have the care tuition guardianship educacon and bringing up off my said niece till she shall attaine to the said age of one and twenty yeares or day of marriage which shall first happen. And provided my said Executrix shall depart this life before my said niece shall attaine the said age of one and twenty years or day of marriage then my will and mind is that Mr. Anthony Garley aforesaid and my said Sonn in Law William Duncombe shall have the

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whole Sole full and the same power as my Executrix now hath by this my last Will and Testament And if my said niece Judith shall marry or take or accept any person to be her husband contrary to the advise consent and approbacon of my said Executrix or of the said Anthony Garley and the said William Duncombe then she shall have only the sume of five hundred pounds to be paid her upon the day of her marriage and shall have not other benefit of this will.  

And if it shall happen that if the said Mr. Richardson (sic) ffather to my said niece shall at any time after my decease pretend to the Guardianshipp  educacon and bringing up of my said niece as being her ffather or otherwise or offer to take her away from my Executrix in her life time or from the  said Anthony or William after her decease or pretend  _sn __ form in order to obtaine or gett any part of the said porcon either Land or money then my mind and will is she shall only have the summe of five hundred pounds to be paid to her upon the day of her marriage. 

And if my said niece when she shall attaine the age of fourteen yeares shall offer to elect or choose any other Guardians than what are above named then my further mind and will is upon any such election she shall have noe benefit of this my will but only the said Sum of five hundred pounds to be paid as aforesaid and if he or she shall make any such defaults contrary to this my will then my Will and mind is that all the said Lands shall goe to the use and behoof of my said Sonn in Law William  Duncombe and his Heirs for ever 
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Item I give to my Coz Sussan Barrisford [Barristor] etc tenn pounds and my Cozen Wyld tenn pounds  To Mrs Wood a Guinea to buy her a Ring To Mrs Garley a Guinea to buy her a Ring twenty shillings apiece to such Servants as shall live with me at the time of my decease.
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All the rest of my goods and chattalls I give unto my loveing wife whom I make whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament revaking all all former Wills by me heretofore made. I doe hereby declare this to be my last Will In witness where of I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this Sixteenth Day of November Anno Dio one thousand
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Six hundred ninety eight.  Tho: Johnson     Sealed published and declared in the presence of with some interlinacons  Tho. Veale   Robert Hardy   John Johnson (Typescript by Starr, Linda Sparks & Jerry March 2007, Public Record Office)
It would appear that Susan Duncombe Johnson should be the mother of Judith Johnson.  However, Richard Chapman says otherwise.  He stated that Judith was the result of  “another venter in England” (see section on Richard Johnson, Jr.).    In addition, the child Judith was raised in England and never traveled to Virginia.  I doubt that Susan would have traveled to America with her husband, voluntarily leaving her small baby in England, never to see her again. 
Richard Johnson may have been married to Judith’s mother who died in childbirth or soon after.  He then may have very quickly married Susan.  This certainly implies that Susan could have been the mother of only one of the sons, but the wording used by Richard Chapman in his Letterbook does not imply that. 
Thomas Johnson also expended an effort in his will to prevent Judith and her father Col. Richard from having much to do with each other.  According to the provisions of his will, he was obviously concerned that the Colonel might attempt to take control of some or all of Judith’s property.  Judith was to be financially penalized if, at age fourteen, she selected as her guardian her father or any other person not designated by Thomas.  In addition, Thomas Johnson made his wife Judith Betts Duncombe Johnson a guardian of his niece Judith in the event of his death.  It is also interesting that Thomas Johnson did not mention his nephews William, Richard and Thomas in his will. They did not even receive a memento from him.  
Judith Betts married William Duncombe on Feb. 28, 1660 in London (IGI).  They were apparently the parents of Susan and William Duncombe and perhaps others.   Thomas Johnson had married the former Judith ________ Betts Duncombe, widow of William Duncombe about 1669 and they were the parents of Mary, Thomas, and Judith Johnson.  By the time Thomas Johnson wrote his will, these children were apparently deceased. According to the IGI, Judith was christened March 2, 1671 and died Dec. 7, 1683. Thomas Johnson, their son, was born on Sept. 7, 1672 and died two days later.  Lastly, Mary was born on August 5, 1675, but she is not mentioned in the will of Thomas Johnson and is assumed to have been deceased at that time.
When she was fourteen years old, Judith Johnson married Hardoff Westneys on April 30, 1699 in Bilsby, Lincoln, England (IGI).  The University of Nottingham holds the estate papers of the Eyre Family of Grove, Nottinghamshire and the catalog description states: 
Thomas Johnson of Bilsby (d 1699) held lands in Lincolnshire and Nottingham. On his death his lands passed to his stepson, who died soon afterward in 1703. Johnson's niece Judith, wife of Sir Hardolph Wasteney of Headon, inherited at this time. The lands then passed to Sir Hardolph's great niece, Judith Laetitia Bury, who married Anthony Eyre of Adwick le Street, Yorkshire in 1755. (U of Nottingham, RefNo. Ey)
Judith Johnson Westneys died in Newark, Nottinghamshire and was buried on Sept. 22, 1727 (FamilySearch.org, IGI).  Her husband, Hardolf Westneys, died on Dec. 17, 1742.  They did not have any children. 
There seems to be no easy or clearly documented solution to the puzzle of Col. Richard Johnson’s marriages or liaisons.  Was he married to Judith’s mother and then married very quickly to Susan?  He would have been marrying Susan (if the 1784 marriage is correct) probably while Judith’s mother was pregnant with Judith.  Who were the mothers of the sons?  The research, now in England, continues.  The wills of the Colonel’s other relatives and ancestors are sought along with their marriages & funerals.  Another article on the Johnsons in England will hopefully appear in the future.  

By 1689, the Colonel was a resident of the Pamunkey Neck region of St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County when he was included in a processioning order by the Vestry:
Vestry 4 May 1689 The inhabitants belonging to St. Peter's Parish in Pamanach Neck, viz: Mrs. Susana Page, Thos Spenser, Jno Borross, Mrs. Gooch, James Henderson, Wm Turner, Col. Johnson, John Davis, Robt King, Mr. Gideon Macon, Geo. Cox, Thos Carr, Bird Chastain, James Adams, Thos Nichols, Edm Smith, Hen  Dillon, Capt. Fran Page, Mr. Goodin –  (Chamberlayne ,  The Vestry Book & Register of St. Peter’s … , 18-19)
We also see evidence of Johnson’s troubles with arthritis.  Gout is somewhat hereditary and can be made worse by excessive consumption of meat and alcohol.  It was a complaint of the wealthy.
1689	Wm Byrd letter to North: I dranke your health the other day with Dick Johnson (who 
hath___ the gout) & Tom Bray.  (Johnson identified as “Col. Richard Johnson of K & Q co., a member of the Council 1695-1698 and Thomas Bray “of New Kent Co., son of James Bray of James City Co.) (The Correspondence of the Three William Byrds….., p. 102)

The Colonel may have wanted to be a member of the Council of Virginia and used his influence to gain that position.  We don’t know, but the following message is interesting: 
1691	November 16 Lord Howard of Effingham [in letter to] Council for Trade & Plantations Requests that Col. Richard Johnson's name be placed before that of Mr. Robinson's on the Council of Virginia, the former having been the longer inhabitant of the Colony.  (Public Record Office Class C.O. 5/1306.    Miscellaneous Correspondence between the Lieutenant Governor and the Committee for Trade and Plantations, Shipping and Customs Returns and Petitions.  1691-1692. f. 338] 
This implies that he was a member of the Council, but could also mean that he was on the list of recommendations that the Governor would use to draw names to send to London for approval.  

Richard Johnson had been a Colonel of the Militia since 1683. In 1692, George Anderson apparently tried to submit to the House a travel expense request involving Col. Richard Johnson. This request was rejected because it would set a precedent:
[165] April 19, 1692 "That part of the Claim of Geo: Anderson for two days Carrying Lettrs to Coll. Rich: Johnson from the Hono'ble Ralph Wormeley Esqre, conceived to be noe Country Charge by you, the said Ralph Wormeley Esq're declaring it was to Carry Ord'rs about the Militia, is conceived to be a Country Charge and therefore out to be allowed.

[169] April 26, 1692  "To the third about the Claime of Geo: Anderson ... The House are of Opinion the same is noe Country Charge, and ought not to be allowed, for that Coll Johnson is a militia Officer under the Comand and within the District of Ralph Wormeley Esq're, and that if carrying Lett'rs, Orders or Instructions from Superior to inferior Officers within the same district should be once admitted a publick Charge, the same would be of evill Consequence and accumulate the Charge Equivalent to maintaining of the Eleven Souldiers at the heads of the Rivers, to which the allowing this Claim would be a leading President (McIlweine, Legislative Journals….., p.165, 169)

In 1695, Johnson purchased more land in the Pamunkey Neck area:
Col. Richard JOHNSON 3285 acs K & Q Co. in Pamunkey Neck; both sides Goodwin or Monkewin Sw, next above Thomas Bray, Richard Gissedge & James Minge.  25 OCT 1695 p. 8, imp. 66:  Richard Johnson  .. James Johnson … Richard Johnson … Susana Johnson .. Note:  Surrendered in the Genll Ct. (CPv3, 2)
Some of the individuals mentioned in the importation list for this patent are of particular interest to Johnson researchers.  One of the Richard Johnsons may refer to the Col. himself, but the second Richard Johnson may be his son.  The implication of the listing is that James and Susanna Johnson may also be relatives of Col. Richard, but no proof of this has surfaced.  A James Johnson, son of David Johnson did purchase land in Pamunkey Neck near Nickate Wance Creek in 1702. 

The record indicates that he surrendered this patent for the College of William & Mary.  However, a later document shows that the Col. was able to reacquire the land. 
Col. Richd Johnson 3285 acs K & Q Co. in Pomunky Neck; both sides Goodwin Sw or Monkewin Sw; next above Thomas Bray, Richd. Gisadge & James Minge; 25 Oct 1695 p. 78. Imp 66:  Surrenderd as above 8 Oct 1696. Witnesses: Benj. Lillingston & Wm Harrison. Ack. At Genrll Ct 15 Oct 1696 by James Preston, his atty. (CP,v.3, 12)
By this time the Colonel had purchased 5108 acres of land and sold 150 acres of it. This calculation is based on his patents alone.  If he purchased other land by indenture, the records are lost.  Therefore, no summary of his entire land holdings can be made.  It is obvious, however, that he would be able to leave each of his sons a very good start in life!

Late in 1695, we see the confirmation of the Colonel’s membership on  the Governor’s Executive Council:. 
1695 October 16.  Mr. Richard Johnson was appointed to the Executive Council (McIlwaine,ed. Executive Journals……..Vol.III, p. 384)
He was present at Council meetings at James City in 1695, 1696 as Col. Richard Johnson.
"A seat on the Council was not an empty honor.  This small body functioned as the governor's cabinet, the upper house of the legislature and the colony's supreme court.  It controlled the distribution of land and the lion's share went to twenty-five families who held two-thirds of the seats in that body from 1680 to 1775" (Fisher, Albion’s Seed, 222)

However, his name was submitted again for appointment in 1697.  Perhaps he had been suspended as a member.  This could be done if a Councilor was absent from the meetings for a year.  At any rate he seems to have been appointed again:
1697, January 31.  Appointment Col. Richard Johnson & Col. Charles Scarbough to Council of Virginia (British State Papers: Entry Books, Public Record Office Class S.P. 44/163)

Richard Johnson supposedly died in May of 1699 according to his tombstone, but tombstones are like death certificates.  They are only as accurate as the memory of the person providing the information.  The tombstone may have been purchased and put in place decades after the Colonel’s demise and may not be quite accurate.  

At the time of this appointment, Richard Johnson was still living: 
1699	May 10 (Wednesday)  Appointment of a Joint Committee (from members of the House of Burgesses and the Councill) to Consider the Most proper Methods for Revising the Laws of the House included Rich'd Johnson, Edw'd Hill,  Benjamin Harrison, Edm'd Jenings and Math. Page. (H. R. McIlwaine, ed., Legislative Journals of the Council….., p. 261)
This committee never really functioned.  

The Colonel attended meetings on two other May dates: 
1699, Friday May ye 12th.  Present at the Council meeting---- Rich’d Johnson (McIlwaine, Legislative Journals….. Vol. I, p. 262)
And again:
1699	May 24.  Present: His Excellency, Richard Lee, William Byrd, Edward Hill, Richard Johnson, Charles Scarburgh, John Lightfoot, Matthew page, Benj’n Harrison Esq’rs.  (McIlwaine, Legislative Journals Vol. I, p. 439-440)
On May 16, 1699, Col. Richard Johnson was mentioned as absent from a Council meeting (McIlweine, Legislative Journals…..)  

This next entry is somewhat puzzling if we accept May as the month of Richard Johnson’s death: 
1699.	June 5.  Present: His Excellency, Richard Lee, William Byrd, Edward Hill, Richard 
Johnson, Charles Scarburgh, John Lightfoot, Matthew Page, Benj’n Harrision Esqr’s  (McIlwaine, Executive Journals… Vol. I, p. 446)
Likewise: 
1699.  June 7.  Present: His Excellency, Richard Lee, William Byrd, Edward Hill, Richard 
Johnson, Charles Scarburgh, John Lightfoot, Matthew Page, Benj’n Harrision Esqr’s  Esqr’s  (McIlwaine, Executive Journals… Vol. I, p. 448)
This may have been a record of the daily meetings of the same session.  The attendees are all called Esquires.  This title indicated a status below that of knight, but was applied to an individual of power, prestige & some wealth, especially in land.   The King’s Councillor Col. Richard Johnson died after June 7, 1699; and unless there were two “Richard Johnsons” who served near the very highest level of government for the colony, 
 the Colonel was still alive at the time this patent was recorded: 
6 Jun 1699 John Carleton 118 acs K & Q Co. p. 186. Beg at the Hon. Col. Richard Johnson; over Blake’s Springs Br, along Richard Bradford alias Homes’ to sd Johnson alias Jane Jefferys & trans 3 (CPv3, 25)
As has been stated, the Colonel probably owned more land than the amount indicated by his patents.  The best interpretation of the wording in the grant to John Carleton is simply that Richard purchased land from Jane Jeffries at some time prior to June 1699. 

Col. Richard Johnson’s tombstone in King William County has been damaged over the years, but does state:
Here Lyeth the Body of Collo Richard Johnson, late of his Majesties Honorable Council who departed this life May 1699, aged 70. [On the same tablet his son] here lyeth Major Richard [missing, missing] departed [missing] uary [missing and on same tablet] this stone lieth [missing] of M Oriana Tho [missing] Relict of Major Richard [missing] daughter of  M Will[missing].  This is believed to be Mrs. Oriana Thorpe Littlepage.  Another tablet reads:  Here Lyeth Interred ye Body Susan Daughter of Wm Duncombe of Holbeach in Ye County of Lincoln Esq and wife of Collo Richard Johnson Esq who departed this life much lamented the 8th of August Anno Domini 1686, aged twenty-two years and three months. Heu Heu  (TVF, Vol.4, #3, 169) 
The executors were William Noyes and John Walker.  Some accounts dealing with the settlement of his estate have survived, but his will has not. 
Mr. Wm Noyes admr of estate Collo. Richd: Johnson dec'd. (Sparacio, King Wm Co., VA Record Book …. 1702-1705)

A 1740 petition to the General Assembly, filed by Richard Chapman, future husband of a granddaughter of Col. Richard Johnson, referred to the Colonel’s April 8, 1698 will & some of its provisions.  Specifically, the petition stated that Richard: 
And by his said will, also devised divers lands and hereditaments to Richard Johnson, and William Johnson, brothers of the said Thomas Johnson; and declared his will to be, that if either of them the said Thomas, Richard, and William Johnson, should die before they came to the age of twenty one years, or without heir of  their bodies, that all the estate real given to him so dying, should be equally divided betwixt the two surviving brothers, with divers other limitations in the said will particularly mentioned, as by the said will, proved and recorded in the county court of King and Queen, relation being thereunto had, may more at large appear.
The Colonel continued to appear in various records after his death.  The 1704 Quit Rent Rolls for King William County show Col. Johnson’s Quarters having 600 acres and William Johnson with 300 acres.  This William was his son. 

The colonel’s estate was quite large and may have taken several years to settle.  He continued to figure in the documents of his neighbors. 
6 June 1699 Mr. Bartholomew Ramsey 1300 acs K & Q Co. p. 196. Adj Mr. Thomas Todd’s, formerly called Sawyer’s, land; on the Dragon Sw; land of Mr. Thomas Foster, alias James Williams; Wm Blake; Col. Richard Johnson & line of John Roberts, now Ramsey’s; down the Axell Sw, (CPv3, 27)
Dragon Swamp was very near the point where the lines of King and Queen and Essex meet. It's also the dividing line between Middlesex and King & Queen and then Middlesex and Gloucester until "Dragon Swamp" flows into the Piankatank.  This places it well east of the Colonel’s other land. 

25 Apr 1701 Charles Fleming 1184 acs K & Q Co. in Pamunkey Neck; on brs of Mahixon Cr adj. Col. Johnson; land of Bradley & Ralph Wormeley. p. 368. Imp 24:  James Austin, Giles West, Dorcas West … (CPv3, 48)
Mahixon Creek was very near what would become Caroline County. 

This following patent in King William Co. is of particular interest because the Arnold family was later involved in transactions with the Johnsons of Louisa Co.
23 Oct 1703 Thomas Thomason 150 acs King Wm Co. on brs of the Governor’s Sw beg at Col. Johnson’s plantation; to the old field near Thomason’s house p. 548. Part of land granted Benja Arnold, John Hurt & Ambros Smith 24 Apr 1703 who assigned to sd Thomason. Trans. (CP,v3, 74)
Another patent mentions the land of the deceased Colonel:
23 Oct 1703 Capt. Peter Kemp 600 acs King Wm Co. on both sides of North Wales Path betw brs of Perry’s Sw & moncuen Sw; in Col. Johnson’s line; p. 560. Trans 12:  (CP, v3, 76)
This land was also very near Caroline County, which would be formed in 1728.  It is clear from this and other documents that the Colonel had a definite impact on the people of this area and was remembered for quite some time.   His land holdings were extensive and quite scattered. 

Major Richard Johnson son of Col. Richard Johnson and ______________

I. Richard (Richard 1) 
Since this son is called Richard, he may be the oldest.  We cannot state that as a fact. Richard Johnson of Pleasant Hill could also have been married more than once, but there is no evidence of that.  

He did, however, participate in the same business as his father and traveled to England to further those efforts. On Sept. 20, 1716 at St. Michaels, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, a Richard Johnson married Oriana Attwood (FamilySearch.org, IGI).  Bristol was a major trading port for the English at the time.  

Oriana’s father was William Attwood and he mentioned her in his 1719 will:
Item I do give and bequeath unto the said Jeremiah Deverill and William Attwood the younger fifty pounds upon Trust to pay and apply the Interest thereof to the separate use of my Daughter Oriana the wife of Richard Johnson and with power to apply all or any part of the said principal money towards the use and benefit of my said Daughter Oriana Separate from her said Husband, as they or the Survivor of them shall think moot. (Email of Lea Dowd & Linda S. Starr, Feb. 24, 2007, Public Record Office)
Oriana’s father tied up her inheritance.  It would be controlled by Oriana’s brother William and Jeremiah Deverill, who had married one of Sir John Duddlestone’s daughters.  Oriana Attwood’s mother was another daughter of Sir John.   The reason for this provision in the will is not known.  Richard predeceased his wife Oriana & his estate settlement, including dower allotment, has not survived.  William Attwood’s will provided for his daughter and she was not completely dependent on her husband’s support.  

William Attwood, either the father or the son, visited King William County, Virginia years before Oriana’s marriage:
TO ALL TO WHOME these presents shall come, Know yee that I James Johnson of St. Johns Parish in King William County for and in consideration of the sume of Tenn thousand pounds  of sweet sented tobaccoe and casek to mee in hand paid by William Glover of (    ) 
v - 43. (95), have and doe by these presents bargaine and sell unto the said William Glover his heires and assignes for ever the within mentioned One hundred and tenn acres of Land ………..this the Fourteenth day of October in the yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and two and in the. first yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Lady Anne, Queen of England, &C.Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us: Robert Napier, Wm: (Mark) Attwood
Wm. (Mark) .Byrd
At a Court held for King William County the Eleventh day of March by Adjournment from the Tenth of the same month, 1702
Thomas Mackgeehee came into Court and by virtue of a Letter of Attorney from the above named James Johnson to him in that behalfe made, acknowledged this Assignment of the withn Patent unto the aforesaid William Glover upon whose motion the sd. Assignmt. the said Patent are admitted to Record.  Test Wm. Aylett, CI Cur.  James (mark) Johnson 
(Ruth & Sam Sparacio,King Wm Co, Va Record…. Abstracts 1702-1705.)
The specific relationship, if there was one, between James Johnson and Richard Johnson is not known.  James Johnson and the sons of Col. Richard Johnson did not have any connection in the few surviving King William court documents in the 1700s.  However, this document places a man by the name of Attwood in King William County in 1702, something that certainly could be expected of a family of English merchants. 

Many of the very wealthy in Virginia at this time were plantation owners and also merchants selling crops, particularly tobacco, in England & importing goods for the colonists.  There was no banking system in the colony at the time and wealthy merchants sold imported goods on credit. We see this in an Essex County document:
Power of Atty.  25 July 1717.  “John Becher Thomas Longman William Attwood and Innys all of the Citty of Bristoll Merchants and Rachaell Deverill of the same Citty Widow Relict and Exer’x of the last Will and Tstament of Benjamin Deverill late of Virginia Merchant ced’ed” to “Mr. Richard Johnson of York River in Virginia aforesaid and Mr. Samuell Skinker of Rappahannock River in Virginia” to “receive of and from Samuell Mathews of Rappahannock River” and other persons in Va., accounts contracted for or transacted by the said Benjamin Deverill deced.  signed John Becher, Tho: Longman, Wm Attwood, Jer: Innys, Rachell Deverill.  Wit:  John Darracott, John Twitt, Richard x Shingler, Mosely Battaley.  Proved in Richmond Co. Court 2 Oct 1717 by oaths of John Darracott and Mosley (Ruth & Sam Sparacio Essex Co. Deeds and Wills 1714-1717, p.95-A)

John Becher and William Attwood were both sons-in-law of Sir John Duddlestone of Bristol as this portion of Sir John’s 1715 will indicates:
Item I do give and Devise unto my Daughter Oriana Attwood now wife of  William Attwood of the said City, Merchant, the Summe of one hundred pounds
Item I do give unto the said Thomas Clements, William Attwood and John Becher of the City of Bristol Esqrs, Three of my Sons in Law the Summe of Twenty pounds Sterling.
Item I do give and Devise unto my other son in Law Jeremiah Devorall of the said City Chysurgeon the Summe of  Twenty pounds
Item I do give and Devise unto my very good friends Edward Parson, Grocer, and John Elbridge Merchant, both of the said City of Bristol the Summe of Twenty pounds Sterling a piece. (Dowd, Lea & Starr, Linda Sparks, email dated Feb. 14, 2007) 

Richard Johnson, Jr. married a granddaughter of Sir John Duddlestone.  Richard’s father-in-law, William Attwood, was part owner of one of the ships trading across the Atlantic. 
p. 506.  Power of Atty.  17 Sept 1715.  Henry Walter Esq (now Mayor of the Citty of Bristoll) John King, Samuell Hartnell William Attwood Jeremia Junys John Lewis and John Templeton all of the Citty of Bristoll afoesd merchants and owners of the Good Shipp or Vessell called the Rapahannocke whereof Walter King is now Master x x authorize and appoint x x the sd Walter King our true and Lawfull attorney x x to x x receive x x from Nicholas Smith and William Thornton both of Rappahannocke in Virginia Merchants x x all x x money Debts Goods Wares and Merchandizes whatsoever now due x x.  Signed  Jeremey Junys, Jno Lewis, Jno Templeton, Henry Walter, John King for Sam’ll Hartnell, Wm Attwood.  Wit:  Tho Hall, John x Williams, Jam Adams.  Tuesday 20 March 1715/16.  Proved by oaths of Thomas Hall and John Williams and recorded at the motion of Walter King. (Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I, Richmond County Records 1704-1724, by Beverly Fleet)

A section of Richard Chapman’s Letter Book contains some information about the three sons of Col. Richard Johnson that helps clarify the approximate dates of death of all three sons.  Chapman married Jane, a daughter of Thomas and Ann Meriwether Johnson:
Letter to Mr. Edward Athawes, Williamsburg Nov. the 2d. 1740: "I have just time to tell you that I am to be married this Month to a Grand Daughter of old Col. Meriwether, whose Fortune consisting chiefly in Land and Slaves will be some Addition to mine. And as the Estate I bought is very Valuable Land I expect next year to send you fine York River Tobacco of my own making ..."  
Richard Johnson Esqr Member of the King’s Council in this colony died here about one or two and forty years ago, Possess’d of a very considerable Estate in Lands, Slaves &c.  in several counties in Virginia.  The Land he devised in several parcels to Richard, Thomas and William Johnson and Heirs forever, and if either of them died before one and twenty, or without Heir of their Bodies the Estate of him or them so dying, to go to the Survivors or Survivor.  The Devisees enter into their several Parts, two of them die after their Majority leaving Issue, the Elder Brother Richard Surviving.  Then Richard dies without issue, devising his Estate in Tail to his Nephews.  It is a Doubt with our best Lawyers here, what Estate the Testator intended the several Devisees, in the first Place.  The Judgments of Our General Court have of late year run Pretty much in favor of Intails.  So having Purchas’d a very valuable part of the Testators Estate (on which I now live) of the Son of one of the Devisees, and there being no such thing as levying Fines or suffering common Recoveries in the King’s courts here, I got the matter Settled as to my Purchase by an Act of the Legislature of this colony, The Exemplification of which have been since Transmitted to the Lords Commissioner of Trade and plantations, and the Prinicipal Secretary of State, will I expect in a short time by the means of my Solicitor have the Royal Assent and Confirmation of His Majesty and Council, and then it will stand upon the foot of an Act of parliament. 

Chapman goes on to say that Richard Johnson left also a daughter “by another venter in England named Judith, who was educated at a boarding school in Lincoln under the care of her uncle, whom I suppose to be that Mr. Johnson I remember to have heard spoken of in our family.  She afterward was married to one Sir Hardoff Westneys or some such name.  It is probably Sir Hardoff and his lady are both dead, as it must be near forty years since they were married”.  In Burke’s “Extinct and Dormant Baronetage” it is stated that Sir Hardoff Westneys married Judith, dau. and heir of Col. Richard Johnson of Bilsby in the county of Lincoln, but died 17 December, 1742 when the Baronetcy expired.  He was son of Sir Samuel Westneys who married Catherine Sandys, great Granddau. of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York.  Sir Edmund was a nephew of Sir Hardolph Wastneys, of Co. Nottingham who married Anne, niece of Sir Henry Chicheley, governor of Virginia from 1678 to 1680. (Dowd, Lea email of Feb. 23, 2007. “Letters from the Letter Book of Richard Chapman”, W & M, Vol. 21, #2, 90-106) 
Richard Chapman was writing these letters close to the time of the events described and he personally knew some of the people described here.  His credibility therefore is quite high.  Additionally, as a future son-in-law of Thomas and Ann (Meriwether) Johnson, he was privy to family discussions that non-relatives would not hear.  Near the time of this writing, Chapman was involved in a request to the House of Burgesses that would enable him to dock the entail on the land he had just purchased from Richard Johnson son of Thomas Johnson, one of the Colonel’s three sons. 

Richard Johnson was a resident of Stratton Major Parish in King and Queen County till about 1733.  Stratton Major Parish was established in 1691 when King & Queen separated from New Kent Co. It forms the south-east third of King and Queen County.  He was a Vestryman there and provided supplies for the church or the Glebe.  He was also a processioner.  In addition, His rank in the local Militia can also be traced.  In 1729, he was a Captain, but that year he was promoted to Major. It seems that his last appearance at a vestry meeting was close to the time that he wrote his will:
[14]  Present at Vestry meeting at lower Church Wednesday 10 Oct 1733.  "To Majr Johnson for Glassing & Shutters to ye Windows & hanging two pew doors at the uper church  100 lbs."(Chamberlayne, Vestry Bk of Stratton Mj. Parish……..1-14)  
His will was dated Dec. 13, 1733, but the will has not survived.   

From:  Old New Kent County Some Account of the Planters, Plantations and Places in New Kent County, by Malcolm H. Harris.
Pleasant Hill.  The large tract of land lying on the Mattapony River which is known to this day as Pleasant Hill was probably included in an early patent to Story.  It is evident that Col. Richard Johnson, who was in King and Queen in 1680 and died in 1698 while a member of the Council of State, purchased the land.  It passed to his son Richard Johnson after 1698, and in his will made on December 12, 1733, he devised to his nephew Richard Johnson one thousand acres of land on the Mattapony River in King and Queen County, in Stratton Major Parish.  
Richard Johnson sold this tract of land to John Robinson in 1744, and this became the nucleus of the immense tract of land which John Robinson had title to at the time of his death.  John Robinson died on May 11, 1766.
The Richard Johnson mentioned by Harris was a son of Thomas Johnson.  This son also became a Militia Colonel & died in 1771. 

In 1757, many years after his death, Richard’s legacy to his nephew Thomas Johnson was the subject of a petition to the House of Burgesses (Hening 7:159 ff). The land in Caroline County left to Thomas was not entailed to Richard, but it was to Thomas.  This implies that this particular tract of land was purchased, by Richard not inherited from his father. 
Thomas the nephew wished to sell the land in Caroline County to Thomas Turner and attach the entail to some land in Frederickville Parish in Louisa County.  This was apparently approved. 

Major Richard Johnson, son of the immigrant Colonel, left no offspring.  His wife Oriana has not been located anywhere in the documents of King William or other nearby counties. The tombstone seems to indicate that Oriana died in 1742. Both of his brothers, Thomas and William were deceased by the time Richard wrote his will & Richard left his property to his nephews.  His brother William perhaps named his daughter Oriana after his brother’s wife. 

Each of the brothers is discussed in other articles.  They both had descendants, an advantage this Richard did not have.  

Descendancy Chart of Colonel Richard Johnson and Thomas Johnson, Gent.

Thomas (     -ca. 1699 Billsley, Lincolnshire)
  m. Judith ________  m. 1. Betts, 2. William Duncombe, 3. Thomas Johnson
	1. Judith (1671-1683)
	2. Thomas (1672-1672)
	3. Mary (1675- bef. 1699)

Richard (ca. 1629-1699K.Wm)
  m. _____________? 
  m. Susannah Duncombe (1664-Aug. 8, 1686)
	1.  Thomas (    -bef. 1733 K. Wm.)
	     m. Ann Meriwether (169_-July 11, 1784Lo.) m.#2 John Cosby
		A. Nicholas (Oct.10, 1713-June 4, 1766 Lo.Co)
		     m. Elizabeth Hudson, bef. 1740
			1. Thomas “Sheriff” (b. bef. 1740-1803 Lo.)
   			   m. Eliz Meriwether (    -1812 Lo)
				a. Nicholas
				b. Francis
					m. Barbara Hamilton Mitchell, Sept. 27, 1793 Lo.
				a. Mary (b.ca.1760-   )
					m. John Winston, Dec. 4, 1780 Lo.
				c. Elizabeth Thornton (Aug. 30, 1763-   )
					m. John Poindexter, Dec. 17, 1781
				b. David (b.bef. 1764- of Fluvanna)
					m. Mary Tinsley, 1785
				d. Rebecca (b.bef.1770-    )
					m. Joseph Winston, Nov. 15, 1790 Lo. 
				e. Lucy (Feb. 27, 1773-     )
					m. William Quarles, Dec. 20, 1793
				f. Sarah (b.bef. 1780-    )
					m. Richard Overton, Dec. 22, 1800
				g. Thomas (Nov. 14, 1783-    
				h. Ann Meriwether (Oct. 19, 1786-
					m. Charles Barrett, Apr.19, 1808
				   2. Mary (1735- bef. 1780) 
				       m. Richard Anderson, 
					a. Elizabeth Anderson(ca.1750-  )
					b. Richard Anderson.
					c. Judith Anderson (ca.1760.  
					    m.Blagrave Taylor, July 18, 1796Go.
 		d. Christian Anderson, (ca.1761-
					e. Frances Anderson, (ca.1762-     )
					       m. Christopher Holland.
		B. Col. Richard (July 7, 1715-Sept. 29, 1771Lo.)
		     m. Dorothy (Minor?) (    -March 1781)
			1. Richard (    -bef. 1803) 
2. William
			3. John Boswell 
			4. Nicholas Meriwether
			5. Elizabeth
			    m. Nicholas Syes
			6. Nancy (ca. 1755-May 26, 1788)
			    m. John Cunningham, April 15, 1774
			7. Jane
			    m. Dr. William Marshall  (    -bef. 1805)
			8. Dorothy (  -bef. 1771)
			    m. Anthony Thornton
				a. Boswell Thornton
9. Thomas, Jr., Minor (ca. 1750-1795Lo.)
			    m. Jane Chapman
				a. John Boswell (Sept, 14, 1771-1814 Sumner Co., TN) 
		 		   m. Eliz. Tomson, 1796
				b. Dorothy (1774-    )
				    m. Pat Michie
				c. Richard Chapman (1772-Dec. 1802 Lo.)
				d. Thomas M. (1777- Ky)
				    m. Polly Green
				e. John Chapman (1779-    )
				    m. Mary Ann Nicholson
				 f. William (1781-      )
				g. Jane 
				h. Ann
				j. Thomas
		C. Jane (ca. 1720-    )
		     m. Richard Chapman, 1740
			1. Richard Chapman

		D.  Major Thomas Sr. (March 3, 1722-1798 Lo.)
		      m. Elizabeth Ashton
1. Thomas (    -1791 Lo.)
			2. Richard (b/bef. 1754-1807Lo.)
			    m. Susanna Garret, ca. 1775
				a. Richard
				b. Peter R.
				c. Elizabeth
				    m. Peter Young
				d. Susanna (Nov.28, 1782-   )
				    m.Alexander Walker, bef. 1809
				e. Henry (Dec. 23, 1784-   )
				f. Kitty (Dec. 18, 1786-   )
				g. John (Oct. 20, 1788-   )
				   h. Ashton (aft. 1786-       )
			3. Henry Ashton (b.bef.1764-   )
			    m. Anne Meekie, Jan. 20, 1785
				a. Elizabeth (May 7, 1786-    )
b. Thomas (Jan. 7, 1788-      )
			4. George (b.bef.1763-   )
			    m. Jean Row, Oct. 22, 1784
				a. Sally (Mar. 16, 1786-   )
				b. James (Aug. 4, 1789-   )
with mistress Ursula Row
5. John
			6. William
			7. Robert
			8. James (of Buckingham) (Sept. 29, 1783-   )
			9. Jane
			10. Lucy (July 14, 1781-   )
			11. Alice (Jan. 25, 1785-   )
			     m. Uriah Harris, Dec. 20, 1807

		E. William (ca. 1734-    )
		      m. ?Martha Jones?
			1. Jane (ca. 1755-    )
			    m. John Wiley, 1775
				   a. Martha Jones
				   b. Ann Meriwether 
				    c. John (Nov. 12, 1783-   )
				    d. Scot (Jan.12, 1786-    )
			2. ?Elizabeth Barber (ca. 1758-   )
		
		F. Ann (   -bef. 1790Lo.Co.)
		     m. Major John Boswell
			
	2. Richard (bef. 1686-ca.1733 K&Q)
	    m. Oriana Attwood
	3. William (b.ca. 1684- 1733)
     m. Grissel ___________ (ca.1719 -ca. 1778York) m.2 Dr. Peter Hay (  -ca.
 1767York)
		A.. Oriana Thorp (Thornton?) (c.1716-ca.1742)
		     m. Richard Littlepage
			1. Oriana (1736)
		B. Philip (ca. 1719- 1789)
	4. Judith (_____________)
	    m. Hardoff Westneys, 1699

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