Philip
Sherwood Family
? England and Virginia
Philip Sherwood
b. c1642
d. before 4 Sep 1685 Old Rappahanock Co., VA
m. ? unknown
b.
d.
her father : unknown
her mother: unknown
his father: perhaps but not
documented Thomas Sherwood
(2)
his mother: unknown
| Children |
| Margaret "Mary" Sherwood |
b. abt 1661
|
d. after 1730 |
m. Francis James bef. 8 Feb 1685 (d.1721 King George Co., VA)
[Headley p. 198]
|
| Martha Jane Sherwood |
b. 1660/62 VA |
d. 4 Jul 1749 Culpeper Co., VA |
1m. Thomas Marshall by
1685
(d 1704 Westmoreland Co., VA) Culpepper Co., VA
2m. Alexander Thomason bef. 25 Jul 1705
|
| Sarah Sherwood |
b. 1665 |
d.
|
m. David Rossier 24 Nov, 1688 Headley p. 303]
|
| Ann Sherwood |
b. 1666 |
d. 1752 |
m. James Dabney- Apr 1690, Rap. Co. VA p. 279,
bk. 8, Essex Co., VA[Headley p.
97](son of Cornelius Dabney)
|
The earliest record of Philip Sherwood is a notation in the Old
Rappahannock
Co., Virginia order Book 1, (1683-1686), pp. 173-174. Although
this record lays out the girls of the family it does not give us a
wife's name. It also doesn't give a father's name.
4 September 1685: Whereas Philip Sherwood late of this County
dyed
seized and possessed in Fee of a certain tract of Land lying and being
on the north side of [the] Rappahannock River in the freshes therof
which
said land doth now lawfully come and Vest in Mary, Martha, Sarah,
and
Ann
the four daughters & coheirs of the said Philip Sherwood and
whereas Thomas Marshall who marryed Sarah one of the said
coheirs did
in right
of his wife bring this action in this Court against Francis James
who
marryed Mary the Eldest of the said daughters and shows that
the sd.
James did
marry contrary to law and without the mutual consent of the said
Sisters
and coheirs make division of the Land aforesaid. But it evidently made
appear that Mary and Martha the two eldest daughters of the sd
Philip
Sherwood
were of full age and did Consent to the division of the land and
seriously
weighing the matter have ordered that the division of the sd land
already
made to continue good and firme untill such time as the youngest Sister
daughter of the sd Philip Sherwood shall move for a new division
thereof.
[Old Rappahanock Co., VA , order Book 1, (1683-1686), pp. 173-174]
1688, Nov 23 - David Rossier of Sittenburne Parish, Rappahannock
Co.,
VA
and his wife Sarah Rossier, sold to Francis James the land formerly
belonging
to Philip Sherwood deceased. The whole property was situated in the
Parish
of Sittenburne adjoing in the land of William Jett.
1698/9- James Dabney's daughter Welthan is baptised, 8 Jan.
1698/9. [Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, p. 349]
1701- James Dabney is given "204 acres of land lying & being in St.
John's parish with Pamunkey neck in King and Queen County bounded thus
beginning on the North Side of Pamunkey river at ye mouth of Pounce
Swamp....for transportation of 4 persons into this colony.. "
1715, Apr 6 - David Rossier Jr. sold land which formerly
belonged to
Philip Sherwood, decd., out of Coleman's Patent, which descende unto
Philip
Sherwood's four daughters to Francis James of Sittenburne Parish,
Richmond
county. David had inherited the land from his mother's part of the
estate.
sources:
Ancestral Rolls, South Carolina Daughters of the American
Revolution, Compiled 1938 by Mrs E. T. Crawford, State Registrar.
Headley, Robert K. Jr. Married Well and Often, Marriages of Northern
Neck of Virginia 1649-1800. Genealogical Pub. Inc., Baltimore, MD. 2003
Mann, Col. Robt. Neville and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family
Hist., Vol. II, 1969
Mackenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of America..., NY
1907
Williams, E. Russ, Jr.The Kemp, Turner and Roberts Families on
Little
Silver Creek, Washington Parish Louisiana. 1992, Williams
Genealogical
Pub., 514 Cole Ave, Monroe, LA 71203
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