Retracing Our Family Legacy
A Collateral Line of Descent
Descendants of John Hardy, 2nd "Col."
Generation
No. 1
1. JOHN5 HARDY, 2ND
"COL." (*JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG "SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
1637 in Bedfordshire, England, and died Bef. June 09, 1677 in Isle of Wight
County, Virginia. He married (1) ALICE TUCKER. He married (2) ALICE BENNETT, "THE WIDOW JOHNSON" 1657 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS BENNETT and ALICE PIERCE. She was born Bet. 1615 - 1632 in
Bedfordshire, England, and died 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Notes for JOHN HARDY, 2ND "COL.":
*11. Capt. John Hardy, born in England about 1637, Will probated 1677,
came before 1654 to Virginia with his brother George Hardy. He was a member of
the House of Burgresses in 1668, and a Justice of the CountyCourt about 1675.
He married Alice Bennett, the widow Johnson, daughter of Thomas Bennett and
Alice, widow Pierce. Thomas Bennett was born in Wivelscombe, co. Somerset,
England, and died in Virginia after 1632 having come on the Neptune in 1618, a
member of the House of Burgesses from Mulberry Island in 1632. John Hardy and
Alice Bennett had, beside Lucy, No. 9 below), a daughter Olive, No. *10 next
below.
*Source: Magna Charta by
John S. Wurts, 1954, Brookfield Publishing Company pages 2133
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John Hardy’s will was dated
7 Oct 167_, and probated 9 June 1677. In this will he named his wife, Alice,
his daughters, Olivia Driver, Lucy Council and Deborah; his grandchildren,
Hardy Driver and others; alos his sons-in-law Giles Driver, Hodges Council,
Robert Burnett and William Mayo. He was a prominient citizen and churchman.
*Source: Hardy and Hardie Past and Present, H. Claude
Hardy and Rev. Edwin Noah Hardy, The Syracuse Typesetting Co., Syracuse, NY
1935, pp.236-237
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Will of John Hardy, of the
lower parish, in the Isle of Wright co., in Va.: Dau. Olive Driver, wife of
Giles Driver, dau. Lucy Council, wife of Hodges Councill, dau. Deborah Hardy;
gr. child Hardy Driver, dau of Giles D., Olive Driver's two children, Lucy
Councill's 3 children, wife's grand child John Johnson; wife Alice Hardy,
son-in-law Robert Burnett; to William Mayo all my silver clasps to breeches and
shirt. Dated 7 Oct., 167--; pr. 9 June,
1677.
Source: Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s,
Virginia Will Records, Will Abstracts from the Isle of Wright County, Family tree Maker, Broderbund Software,
Inc., Blue Banner Division, October 24, 1998
(See Scrapebook section for
a copy of abstract)
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WILL OF JOHN HARDY
In the name of God Amen, I
John Hardy of the Lower Parish in Isle of Wight Co, VA, being sick in body but
of perfect memory, praised be Almighty God for the same, do make this my last
will and testament in manner and form following:
Imprimis. I do hereby comit
my soul to my God and Savior Jesus Christ through whose merritts I hope to
obtain eternal salvation, and my body to be buried in a decent manner.
Secondly. I give and bequeath my dau. Olive Driver the wife of Giles Driver, a
parcell of land in the woods, being a part of a divident lying on the Northwest
side of the swamp by the house Eastward to the Procoson running up the side of
the Said swamp and running Westerly up along by a branch on the other side of
the house to another little branch called the Miory Branch and so extending to
the bounds of Matton Comlin's Market, and Wm. West on the other side, being a
part of a divident of land I took up by pattent which said parcel of land I do
hereby freely give unto her and such heirs as she shall be leased to give it
to, lawrully begotten of her body and their heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath
to my dau. Lucy Councill the wife of Hodges Councill one parcell or tract of
land on the Southeast of the said Branch or swamp that the former land is
joyned unto, extending in its full bounds to the line of William West's and so
running up the Pocoson to the said parcel of land. I do freely give and
bequeath to her and to any of her heirs lawfully begotten of her body and to
their heirs forever.
Item. I give my dau. Debora
Hardy one parcell of land lying and being about the bouse, beginning at the
swamp formerly spoken of and running down the swamp to William West's line and
so along the said line till it comes to Matton Comlin's Cross and so along the
said Comlin's line till it meets the land of my said daughter Olive Driver,
which said parcel of land with the houses and edifices thereon now standing. I
do freely give and bequeath unto her and either of her heirs lawfully begottne
of her body and their heirs forever. But in case my said dau. Deborah Hardy
should happen to dye without any issue lawfully begotten of her body that then
my will is and I do freely give the said tract of land with the houses and
edifices aforesaid unto my grandchild Hardy Driver the daughter of Giles Driver
and to either of her heirs forever.
Item. My will is and I do
hereby ordain and bequeath all the Pocoson that belongs to the devident to be
equally divided for the said tracts to find them timber for the furnishing the
several plantations thereupon, as occasion shall require, forever.
Item. I give to my son in
law Giles Driver one draft brinded (?) ox called Swan.
Item. I give my son in law
Hodges Councill a serge suit of my wearing apparall and my Back Sword.
Item. I give my
grandchildren, that is to say my daughter Olive Driver's two children, each of
then one ewe apiece, with their increase, and to the three children of my dau.
Lucy Councill each of them a ewe apiece with their increase to be delivered
unto them presently after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my wife's
grandchilde John Johnson one cow to be delivered unto him when he comes of the
age of seventeen. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved loving wife Alice
Hardy, my debts and funeral expenses being first paid and satisfied, all the
rest of my worlkly estate of what nature, quality, condition whatsoever, during
her life to be at her disposing, and after her decease to be equally divided
between my aforesaid three daughters and whom they think fit of their heirs,
making her my whole and sole executrix of this my last will and testament.
Item. I do give and
bequeath myto my son in law Robert Burnet my rapidr (?) and bolt, and unto Wm.
Mayo all my silver clasps to my breeches and shirt, whom I shall request to see
this my last will and testament performed. In witness whereof I have hereto set
my hand and seal this 7th day of October 1676.
(signed) John Hardy, Seal
Witnesses: Richard
Rennolds, Will Jenkins
Proved by Mr. Rennolds in
Court June 9, 1677
Teste: John Bromfield, Clk
Ct
*Source: Isle of Wight Co, VA, WB 2, p146
Note: I'd also like to
suggest a reading for some of the questionable terms in the text of the will.
For example, the "draft brinded (?) ox called Swan" that John leaves
to Hodges COUNCIL is probably "brindel" or brindled - tawny gray with
darker spots and stripes. The "rapidr (?)" he leaves to Robert
BURNETT is probably his "rapier" or sword, and the "bolt"
may be a small, hand-held crossbow, although it could also be something like a
cudgel or slapjack -- a club =shaped= like a short arrow or crossbow
projectile. Paul B Phelps, Alexandria,VA
Pauls web address for a discussion on this era of the Hardy Lineage
is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7241/john.html
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On February 10, 1706/07,
John Johnson, John Davis, and John Bidgood appraised the personal estate of
Nicholas Miller.10 On the same date, presumably, John Johnson brought in and
had recorded the undated inventory of John Hardy,11 who had died about thirty
years earlier.
*Source: *Source:
The Johnsons and Johnstons of Corrowauch in Isle of Wright County,
Virginia.
Author: Eddis Johnson and
Hugh Buckner Johnston, Call Number:
CS71.J7 pp.48
More About JOHN HARDY, 2ND "COL.":
Comment 1: 1668, Member of
the house of Burgess
Comment 2: 1675, Justice of
the County Court
Immigration: Bef. 1654,
From England to Virginia
Notes for ALICE TUCKER:
Sometime after Arthur
Allen's death intestate in 1670, his widow Alice married secondly John Hardy (a
widower with three children) who, in his will dated October 7, 1675, and
probated in Isle of Wight County on June 9, 1677, bequeathed; (1) to daughter
Olive Driver, wife of Giles Driver; (2) daughter Lucy Councill, wife of Hodges
Councill; (3) daughter Debora Hardy; (4) daughter Olive Driver's two children;
(5) daughter Lucy Councill's three children; (6) "to my wife's grandchild
John Johnson one cow when he comes to the age of Seventeen years"; (7) son-in-law
Robert Burnett; (8) William Mayo; and (9) wife Alice, executrix. Witnesses:
Richard Renalds and Will Jenkins.5
According to Hardy's will,
Alice's grandson John Johnson would have been born after October 7, 1658, and
is believed to have been the first-born child of Robert and Katherine Johnson,
and therefore born about 1663.
On May 11, 1681, in Isle of
Wight County, John Johnson and Hodges Council witnessed an instrument whereby
Alice A. Hardy appointed her son-in-law William May[o] as her attorney.6 He was
the brother-in-law of Hodges Council, husband of Lucy Hardy.
Alice's grandson John
Johnson was evidently the same who died testate in Isle of Wight County in
1707,7 predeceased by his first wife Mary (???), and survived by his second
wife Mary Thompson (relict of James Day)8 and four children by his first wife.
*Source: THE JOHNSONS AND JOHNSTONS OF CORROWAUGH IN
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, VOLUME
I, ROBERT JOHNSON, PLANTER HIS ANCESTRY
AND DESCENDANTS, 1616 - 1979, By
EDDIS JOHNSON and HUGH BUCKNER JOHNSTON Eddis Johnson, Publisher,
840 East Columbus Street,
Martinsville, Indiana 46151
[1979] Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number: 79-87778 Printed in the United States of America by
UNIGRAPHIC, INC., Evansville, Indiana PP. 3O-31
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On May 11, 1681, John
Johnson and Hodges Council witnessed a power of attorney by Alice (A) Hardy to
her [step]son-in-law William Mayo of Isle of Wight County.5
*Source: The Johnsons and
Johnstons of Corrowauch in Isle of Wright County, Virginia.
Author: Eddis Johnson and
Hugh Buckner Johnston, Call Number:
CS71.J7 pp.47
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ARTHUR ALLEN, Sr. m. ALICE TUCKER m.2
JOHN HARDY m.1 OLIVE ? (???)
c. 1608-1670
dau. of Capt. -1677 testate
d. intestate Wm. Tucker ?
Maj. Arthur Allen, Jr. m. Katherine Baker Olive Hardy m.1 Giles
Driver
d. 1710 testate m.2 John Bromfield
Elizabeth Allen m.1 Capt. Robert Caufield m.3 Lt. Col. John Pitt
-c. 1692 testate
m.2 Joseph John Jackman Deborah Hardy m. Bridgman Joyner,
son of Thomas Joyner, Sr.
Joan Allen m.1 Dr. Robert
Williamson d. 1671 testate d. 1719 testate.
m.2 Robert Burnett d. 1679 testate He m.2 Ann (???)
m.3 Reuben Proctor d. c. 1729 testate Lucy Hardy m. Hodges Council,
Jr. d. ca. 1699
Katherine Allen m. ca. 1662
Robert Johnson, Planter
c. 1645-c. 1693
of Isle of Wight Co.
(He m.2 Ann
(???) Children of
Lucy Hardy & Hodges Council
c. 1643-1733
John Johnson (the elder) m.1 Mary (???) 1. Hodges
Council III
c. 1663-1707 testate d. 1700 c. 1669-
m.2 Mary (Thompson) Day
Elinor Johnson (?) c. 1665- 2. Hardy Council m.
Susannah (???)
1677-1750 -1757
Catherine Johnson m. Robert Council (???) 3. Robert Council m. Catherine Johnson
c. 1668-
Priscilla Johnson m. John Council (???) 4. John Council
m. Priscilla Johnson
c. 1672
Mary Johnson (the elder) m. c1692 James Johnston 5. Christian Council m. Edward
Bryan
c. 1674- d.
1747
6. Lucy Council m. Richard Wooten
Humphrey Allen d. 1666 d.s.p.
Mary Allen m. Capt. Arthur Long of Surry Co. (circumstantial
evidence)
*Source: The Johnsons and
Johnstons of Corrowauch in Isle of Wright County, Virginia.
Author: Eddis Johnson and
Hugh Buckner Johnston, Call Number:
CS71.J7 pp.30
Notes for ALICE BENNETT, "THE WIDOW JOHNSON":
Apr...Justinian Cooper,
Gent.,to Alice Bennett, widow, for 1 calf and 1 barrel of corn...150 acres
between Castle Creek and Cypress Swamp and bounded by Stocker. Justinian Cooper
*Source: ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS
1647-1719, COURT ORDERS1693-1695 and GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS 1740-1767 abstracts by
William Lindsay Hopkins, p.1:2
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19 Jul 1647...Alice Bennett
to Mary Jackson and Sarah Jackson, the daughters of Richard Jackson...150 acres
of land. Alice(X)Bennett
*Source: ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS
1647-1719, COURT ORDERS1693-1695 and GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS 1740-1767 abstracts by
William Lindsay Hopkins
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Sarah Jackson (Elizabeth,
Alice Pierce) married Arthur Smith II, who with his wife gave to George Hardy
deeds for the land on Blackwater in Isle of Wight County, 1666, the deeds
reciting that Sarah, wife of Arthur Smith II and Mary the wife of George Hardy
were daughters of Richard Jackson and granddaughters of Alice Bennett.
*Source: R, Isle of Wight Co., W & D, #1 pp.69,
70, Val. pps. II 595
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John Hardy, will probated
1677, came before 1654 to Virginia with his brother, George Hardy. He was a
member of the House of Burgesses in 1668, and a Justice of the County Court
about 1675. He married Alice Bennett, the widow Johnson, daughter of Thomas
Bennett and Alice, widow Pierce. Thomas Bennett was born in Wilvescombe Co.,
Somerset, England, and died in Virginia after 1632, having come on the Neptune
in 1618, a member of the House of Burgesses from Mulberry Island in 1632.
*Source: Wurt’s Magna Carte, John S. Wurts,
Germantown, PA, 1947, p.2133
Children of JOHN HARDY and ALICE BENNETT are:
2. i. ANN6 HARDY, b. Isle of
Wight, Virginia; d. Bef. October 07, 1675, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
3. ii. LUCY HARDY, b. Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Bef. 1699, Isle
of Wight County, Virginia.
4. iii. OLIVE COUNCIL HARDY, "OLIVIA", b. Abt. 1657, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. May
31, 1725, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
5. iv. ISABEL HARDY, b. Abt. 1660; d. Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
6. v. DEBORAH HARDY, b. Abt. 1661; d. Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Generation
No. 2
2. ANN6 HARDY (JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
in Isle of Wight, Virginia, and died Bef. October 07, 1675 in Isle of Wight
County, Virginia. She married ROBERT BURNETT in Isle of
Wight County, Virginia. He died 1679.
Notes for ROBERT BURNETT:
Will of Robert Burnett, R
his mark: Dau. Ann
Burnett; brother William
Mayo; brothers, Mr.
Arthur Allen and Mr. Jno.
Bromfield. Witnesses,
William Mayo, Roger
Jones. Pro,. 17 July, 1679
----------------------Isle
of Wight County Records
Printed in William &
Mary College Quarterly
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Burnett, Robert - patent 7 July 1636 - no county, VA - 350 Ac. - PB1 p.371 ( Burnell ~ CARD 71 of 83: Being a neck of
land, lying neare a mile wth.in a Creeke called Sandy Creeke, being the 1st
Creeke to the Westward of Craney point).
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Burnett, Robert - patent 3 Apl 1641 - IoW Co., VA - 200 Ac. - PB1 p.751 ( Burnell ~ CARD 72 of 83: Lying upon a
branch of Seawards creek - adjoining the land of Nicholas Smith "This patt. was renewed &c. 29 Sep
1643 without any addition").
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Burnett, Robert - patent 29 Sep 1643 - IoW Co., VA - 200 Ac.
- PB1 p.914 ( Burnell ~ CARD 73 of 83:
Lying upon a branch of Seawards creek; adjoining the land of Nicholas Smith).
Child of ANN HARDY and ROBERT BURNETT is:
i. ANN7 BURNETT, b. Bef.
1679.
3. LUCY6 HARDY (JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1699 in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia. She married HODGES COUNCILL 1670 in
Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He was
born in England, and died 1699 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Notes for LUCY HARDY:
Lucy Hardy was
"daughter of John & Alice Hardy. John Hardy was the son of John and
Olive (Council) Hardy who were married between 1620 and 1630."
*Source: Worth S. Ray "The Bryan Family" as
quoted in "Bryant Backtrails" Kemma Publishing Co., Evansville, Ind.
vol. 2 #1&2 (Jan-June 1970), page 21
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1. In 1676 Lucy Hardy was
married and the mother of three children when John Hardy in his LWT identified
her and named her husband, Hodges Councill. (IOW WB2 p146). The three children
were later identified as Christian, Hodges Jr and Lucy.
2. Lucy's husband, Hodges
Council (Sr) b. c1653 based on the fact that he acquired land in his own right
in 1674 (IOW DB1, p.30). In 1674 a man could witness wills, deeds, etc, but was
considered a minor and could not own land until he reached the age of 21.
3. Lucy was probably about
3-4 years younger than her husband.
4. In 1703, Lucy's 2d dau,
Lucy Council b. c1675l m. Richard Wooten (Jr) (IOW DB 4 p98). Richard b. c1675
(between 1672-1680). Lucy Council Wooten was probably an infant when her
grandfather, John Hardy died.
Lucy Hardy d. 1682-1699.
She relinquished her dower rights to a gift of land deed to Lucy Vick, dau of
Joseph Vick in 1682 (IOW W&DB 1 p480), but was not alive when her husband,
Hodges Council, died in 1699 (IOW WB2 p419)
*Source: Conclusions of Martha Lackey as noted on John Hardy Discusson Page on March 7, 1999
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7241/john.html
Notes for HODGES COUNCILL:
LAND PATENTS &
TRANSACTIONS
Council, Hodges - Patent 20
Mar 1677/8 - IoW VA - 941 Ac. (Digital 006_0642 & 0643, Card 61 under
Couch) [ not in map ]
To All v; Whereas v; Now
know ye that I the said Robert (??????) Ye Governor
Give and Grant unto Hodges
Councill nine hundred forty one acres of Land being on the
Isle of Wight County on the
heads of the branches of Beaver Dam Joining to Robt.
Lawrence his Land.
Beginning at the side of the Beaver Dam at a marked (?ringo) being his
old Corner, thence running
N. by E. 320 pole to a a pine being a Corner Tree in his old
Land then E. by S. 320 pole
to a pine; then S. by W. 440 pole to a pine one of Wm. Collins
his marked line; then W.
300 pole by Collins his line to a pine; then N. ¼ E. 170 pole
to the first station. The
said Land being due by and for the Transportation of nineteen persons
into this Colony. To have
& to hold & to be held ????? Yeilding & paying as ordered.
Dated &c this 20th Day
of March 1677/8
William Russell Tho.
Willis? Ja? Manning Alexandr Mulhens? Chrif: Eison
Ann Green Arth: Spon?? Geo. Martin Kath. Thomas Tho: Davis
Edw. Thomas Arla Davis Hodges Council Jno. Bake Law.
Blandett
Jno. Gibbs Ann Cooke Wm. Clark Rebecca Field
[ NOTE: It appears that
Hodges Council claims a headright on himself. Apparently, this is the first
indication of him being in the Colony.]
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Later transactions
involving this parcel:
9 Aug 1699 - Will of Hodges
Council - Item. I give unto my daughter Christian, the wife of Edward Briand
200 acres on the S. W. side of the branch of my house & to that neck of
land between the two branches...I give unto my daughter Lucy Councill 200 acres
beginning at the corner tree...unto her & the heirs of her body & for
want of such heirs unto my son Hardy Councill & his heirs forever.
26 December 1723 - John
Briant, Yeoman of Barty Co in NC to James Briant, Yeoman, of the lower parish
of isle of W, 60 barrell of good merchantable tarr - 200 acs in IOW on the SW side of Hodges Council, being part of tract containing 941 acres formerly
granted to Hodges Councel the Elder by patten date 1677/8 and by sd Hodges
Councill the Elder given by will to his dau Christian Bryant the wife of Edward
Bryant WIT Hodges Councill, Thomas Walton, and Charles Fullgham
[[NOTE: later in the deed, John Briant is referred
to on two occasions as John Bryant Junr. He signs his full name as John
Bryant.]]
20 April 1731 - James
Bryan, Yeoman, of the lower Parish and wife Joan Bryan to Walter Bryan, Yeoman,
of the same..200 acres adj Hodges
Councill (being part of a patent dated 1677 which was granted to Mr.
Hodges Council Sr as 941 acres on 9
August 1699 he willed 200 acs of the patent to his daughter Christiana Bryan
the wife of Edward Bryan and her heir John Bryan Sr. Willed it to the said
James Bryan WIT John Bretten, John
Taylor, James (x) Bryan
19 Nov 1736 - Walter Bryan of IOW for divers causes and
for the natural love I have for my brother Samuel Bryant of same, give my
brother a parcel of land and plantation being part of a patent dated 1677 which
was formerly granted to Hodges Council Sr for 941 acs, be it the same plantation
of 200 acs given by said Hodges Council Sr by his will to his daughter
Christian the wife of Edward Bryant and the said land was conveyed by Jno
Bryant son and heir of said Christian Bryant to James Bryant and this James
Bryant to me Walter Bryant. To have and
to hold the said Samuel Bryan and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body and
in case such heirs should be wanting then the land to return to me signed with Mark - WIT Augustin Simon, Joseph Horten, John Lee
Isle of Wight Deeds, Book
5, p. 65; 19 Nov. 1736; Walter Bryan of the Lower Parish of Isle of Wight, to
my brother Samuel of same, plantation formerly granted Hodges Council in 1677 and given by will to his daughter
Christian Bryan, wife of Edward Bryan and the said land conveyed by John Bryan
son and heir of said Christian Bryan to James Bryant and by James Bryant to me
and by me to Samuel, 19 Nov. 1736
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Council, Hodges - patent 20
Apr 1682 - IoW VA - 320 Ac (card 62
from Couch - PB7 pg 133)
To All v; Whereas v; Now know
ye that I the said Sir Henry Chickaday Kn’t Deputy Governor Do with the advice
and consent of the Council aforesaid accordingly Give and Grant unto Hodges
Council of the Isle of Wight County three hundred and twenty acres of land
situate on Chowan River in the County aforesaid beginning at a Cyprus in the
mouth of a branch Thomas Mann’s corner tree, thence on his line East one
hundred sixty poles to Two White Oaks, then the same Course one hundred and
fifty pole more to a Pine, then South seaven Degrees Westerly (one?) hundred
sixty two poles to a small Maple sappling a corner tree betwixt the said
Council and Joseph (Rick?), thence west three hundred and twenty poles to the
river side and on up the river to the first station. The sd land being due to the
sd Council by and for Transportation of seven persons to have and to hold or to
be held and Yeilding & paying & consideration. Dated the 20th day of
April 1682.
(Names not mentioned)
Later transactions
involving this parcel:
2 Aug 1724...Hodges Councill,the
Younger, and wife Katherin Councill of the
lower parish of Isle of
Wight Co. to William Edmondson of the upper parish
of Nansemond County...120
acres in the lower parish on Blackwater River
adjoining Richard
Watters(?)(being part of a patent granted Hodges Council
the Elder on 20 Apr 1682
and who willed it to his grandson, the said Hodges
Council theYounger on 9 Aug
1699) Wit:Stephen Darden, William(X)Goling,
Hodges Councill, James
Holland Rec.28 Sep 1724 Catherine(X)Councill (Isle of
Wight Deeds, Wills--Great
Book Vol.2 1715-1726 pg.663
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Will of Hodges Councill
In ye Name of God Amen, I Hodges Councill of ye Isle of Wight
County, planter, being in good health & Body & ye sound mind & memory,
praised be therefore to Almighty God, do I make & ordain this my last will
and testament in manner & form following.
First and principally I commend my soul unto ye hands of
Almighty God, & hoping through ye merritts of my Savior Jesus Christ to have
passion for all my sins & my body to ye earth to be decently Buried by ye
hereafter named; & touching ye dispossing of all such temporall goods as it
has pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose of as follows:
Item. I will yt my debts & morall charges be
first paid & discharded.
Item. I give unto my eldest Hodges Councill 200
acres of land out of ye Pattent of three hundred twenty; yt joins upon
Blackwater, to him & heirs forever, & ye other 120 of forest tract or
Pattent I give unto my Grandson Hodges Councill ye younger, unto him & his
heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my son Jno.
Councill 150 acres being part of the land I bought of Robt. Lawrence & 50
acres more that joins that I last bought of said Lawrence, being all, 200
acres. I give to my son John & his
heirs of his body & for want of such heirs unto my son Robt. Councill &
his heirs forever.
Item. I give unto my daughter Christian, the
wife of Edward Briand 200 acres on the S. W. side of the branch of my house
& to that neck of land between the two branches...I give unto my daughter
Lucy Councill 200 acres beginning at the corner tree... unto her & the
heirs of her body & for want of such heirs unto my son Hardy Councill &
his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto son Robt.
Council 200 acres unto him & his heirs of his body forever... to him &
his heirs forever & and for want of such heirs unto my son Jno Councill
& his heirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my son Hardy
Councill all the rest of my land, Plantation I now live on being 290 acres,
unto my son Hardy Councill & his heirs of his body begotten forever &
for want of such heirs unto son Hodges Councill & his heirs forever. All the rest of my personal estate I leave
to be
disposed of by deed of
gift;
To my loving son Hardy
Councill I do make & ordain to be my sole Executor of this my last Will
& Testament. I do hereby revoke, and anull, and make void all former Will
& Testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness thereof I the said Hodges Councill to this my last will &
testament being contained in two sides of a sheet of paper set my seal &
hand the 9th day of Aug. in the year of our Lord 1699.
(Signed
by his HC mark)
Hodges
Councill Seal.
Published in open Court
Will Book Volumn 2, page 419. Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
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Hodges Council made his
will in Isle of Wight in 1699. He married Lucy, daughter of John Hardy, Justice
of the County Court, about 1675. He was possibly a son of John Council who
married, secondly, Mrs. Jeffries, the relict of Richard Jeffries, in 1666
Hardy Council, on of
Hodges' sons, made his will in 1749 in which he stated he was near the age of
71 years, making his birth date 1678.
Hodges Council, in his will
in 1699, mentions daughter Christian wife of Edward Bryan. An Edward Bryan, who
made his will in Newbern, Craven County, N. C., in 1746, an ancestor of a
distinguished North Carolina family, was evidently a grandson of the above
Edward Bryan, for he mentions his brother Hardy Bryan in his will.
*Source: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County
Virginia, by John Bennett Boddie, genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
Baltimore,1973. Originally published in
1938. pp.216
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It has been claimed that
John Councill first married Elizabeth Drake of Springfield, Devonshire,
England, and that she was a close relative of Sir Francis Drake, the first
Englishman to encircle the earth. The writer has not seen a published reference
to it. Hodges Councill acquire by grants from the Virginia Governors more than
1200 acres. From George Pierce he purchased 300 acres in 1674 (Deed Book 1,
p.30). During Bacon’s Rebellion, William West headed a force marching to take a
loyal fort. He was captured January 16, 1677. In October, Hodges Councill and
others signed a petition to the Commissioners for his release. (Calendar of
State Papers, Vol. 39, Folio 85). The public records of Isle of Wight County,
VA contain many references to Hodges Councill and his descendants.
January 7, 1915 Kinchin
Bascom Council wrote: “I am accumulating data that I hope will be of assistance
to some brave soul who will undertake to rescue from oblivion our early history
and traditions.” Much of the data contributed mentioned elsewhere was the
result of research by the late Kinchin Bascom Council, 1864-1931, of Bladen
Co., NC, a successful business man, civic leader and family genealogist... IN
substance he wrote: I have spent much time investigating the record of our
early settlers because of the satisfaction it gives. Bladen County records were
burned in 1765 and again in 1893. Some records are still to be found, though I
have not searched those of Robeson or Cumberland Counties. It would take a lot
of time to list all my findings, but I will say that all seem to be descended
from Hodges Council who came to VA about the time of Cromwell’s death, 1658.
Hodges Council was a son of John Council and his wife Elizabeth Drake of
Devonshire, England.
*Source: Hodges Council of Virginia and Descendants,
Judson Council, Baltimore, MD, 1941, pg
18, 59
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Edgecombe Co., NC was
formed in 1733 and was the mother of Halifax, Martin, Nash, Washington, etc.
The later were formed before the first census of 1790. There were several
families of Councils in this section. John, son of Hodges had descendants who
had lived there but moved to the Cape Fear Section with their Va. kin between
1742 and 1770. The Virginia invasion occurred between 1740 and 1770 when
hundreds of Virginians came down to NC because the Legislature passed a law
requiring all non-residents to acquire ten acres for each head of stock ranging
in the Colony or become citizens. Old John’s sons and grandsons had thousands
of cattle and it was cheaper to moved into the Wilderness than to buy it.
animosity existed between the stockmen and the authorities. The officials were
grafters and sought to exploit the settlers. Occasionally there was a decent
Governor before the Revolution. In 1726 John Council advised Sir Richard
Everhard, then Governor, that certain of his henchmen were slaughtering great
numbers of his cattle and gave notice that he would protect his property. The
succeeding governor, Burrington, in 1728 paid the settlers this compliment,
“the people of NC are neither to be cajoled or outwitted. Whenever a Governor
attempts to do anything by this mean he will lose his labors and show his
ignorance. The inhabitants are subtle and crafty, always behave, insolently to
their governors; others they have driven from the colony and at other times set
up a governor of their own choice by men under arms.” In 1728 the year the line
was established between NC and VA Col. Wm. Byrd one of the boundary
commissioners said the “borderers laid it to heart if their land was taken in
VA. They chose, much rather to belong to NC where they paid no tribute to God
or to Caesar.
*Source: Hodges Councill of Virginia and Descendants.
Judson Council, Baltimore, MD 1941 pg 60-61
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Hodges Council “, received
grants of 1200 acres from the Virginia Governors and purchased 300 acres. He
left two Wills on file in Isle of Wight County, VA, each recorded the same day
in 1699, with the same people mentioned in both, but with a different division
of land between heirs.
*Source: Wurt’s Magna Charta, page 2137
The Councils all had
magnificent estates. They were members of St. Lukes Church, near Smithfield,
called the “Old Brick Church”, and served as vestrymen.
*Source: Wurt’s Magna
Charta, John S. Wurts, Germantown, PA 1947, page 2137
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"Discovery in Pamlico
County, North Carolina...[found]in the Scotttstown area near Goose Creek in
Pamlico County...a 600 to 800 pound granite slab from an abandoned cemetery.
[inscription reads] "Edward Bryan, Born in London 1663, Emigrated to
Nansemond County, Virginia 1690, Moved to Craven County 1700. Died 1739.
Christiana, his wife, daughter of Hodges Council died 1743."
*Source: North Carolina Genealogical Society
"News" Vol. 17 #3,
page 30
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20 Apr 1731...James Bryan,
Yeoman, of the lower parish and wife Joan Bryan to Walter Bryan,Yeoman of the
same...200 acres adjoining Hodges Council (being part of a patent dated 1677
which was granted to Mr. Hodges Council,Sr. as 941 acres...on 9 Aug 1699, he
willed 200 acres of the patent to his daughter, Christina(Bryan)the wife of
Edward Bryan and her heir,John Bryan,Sr. willed it to the said James Bryan).
Wit:John Bretten, Edward(X)Taylor, James(X)Bryan, James(X)Bryan Rec 26 Apr 1731
Joan(X)Bryan
*Source: Isle of Wight Co.,Va Deeds 1720-1736 and
1741-1749 by Hopkins page 30
Isle of Wight Deed Book 4 1729-1736 page104
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COUNCIL, Hodges - attended
Old St. Lukes Church, "Old Brick Church". near Smithfield, VA
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Children of LUCY HARDY and HODGES COUNCILL are:
i. CHRISTIAN7 COUNCILL, b. Isle
of Wight County, Virginia; d. 1743, North Carolina; m. EDWARD BRYAN, Abt. 1700,
Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
ii. HODGES COUNCILL, 2ND, b. Isle of Wight, Virginia; d. Aft. October 08, 1720,
Isle of Wight, Virginia; m. KATHERIN (--?--), Aft. March 22, 1729/30.
iii. ROBERT COUNCILL, b. Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Isle of Wight
County, Virginia.
iv. JOHN COUNCILL, b. Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Bef. December
03, 1746, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; m. JOSIE WILLIS, Bef. 1747,
Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Notes for JOHN COUNCILL:
2 Dec 1710...John Councell
of Newport Parish to John Mackmiall of the same...300 acres in Newport
Parish(being land John Hardy of the lower parish willed to his dau.Lucy
Councell who was the mother of the said John Councell and left it to him) on
the southeast side of John Fulgram Swamp adjoining William Westray and William
Joyner. Wit: William Greene,Henry Pitt and John Councell Thomas Cutchan Rec. 26
Feb 1710
*Source: ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS
1647-1719, COURT ORDERS1693-1695, and GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS1740-1767 by William
Lindsay Hopkins p.100, IW DB 2 1704-1715 pg. 171
v. *LUCY COUNCILL, b. Abt. 1675, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Bet.
1730 - 1735, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; m. *RICHARD WOOTEN II, 1730,
Isle of Wight Co, VA; b. 1678, Beaver Dam Swamp, Isle of Wight, VA; d. November
1730, Isle of Wight Co, VA.
7. vi. *HARDY COUNCILL, b. 1678, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Aft.
February 22, 1747/48, Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
vii. ALICE COUNCILL, b. Bef. November 09, 1674, Isle of Wight, Virginia.
4. OLIVE COUNCIL6 HARDY, "OLIVIA" (JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
Abt. 1657 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and died May 31, 1725 in Isle of
Wight County, Virginia. She married (1)
GILES
DRIVER
1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Wifes 1st marriage. He was born
Abt. 1630, and died Bef. June 09, 1677.
She married (2) JOHN BROMFIELD 1679 in Isle of Wight Co, VA. He died Aft. 1678. She married (3) *JOHN PITT, "LT. COLONEL" 1702 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia (Olive's 3rd marriage). He was born 1634 in England, and died
January 09, 1702/03 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She married (4) REV. ANDREW MONRO Aft.
1705.
Notes for OLIVE COUNCIL HARDY, "OLIVIA":
"Olive Bromfield deposes, age 31, that in May last she was at
home with her husband at supper, also Robert Savage and his wife and Thomas
Ashe and Eliz. Ash.... this 9th day, 10th month, 1679"
*Source: Isle of Wight Court Orders
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John Pitt's wife was the
relict of Mr. Giles Driver, and gave
her dau. Hardy five sheep, one young mare &e, warrenting the sd. mare to
the sd Hardy Driver: 8 July, 1680
*Source: Virginia Land Records, (Balitmore
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. [1982]), p. 174.
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Olive Hardy, d/o John Hardy
named in her father's 1676 will as married to Giles Driver and mother of Driver
children was married 3X's. Olive Hardy m1 Giles Driver Children: Robert,
Charles, Giles Jr, John, and daug. Hardy Driver. Giles Driver's will was
probated on 9 June 1677, wife Olive was sole executrix. His nephew, John
Council, and newphew-in-law, Richard Wooten (husband of Lucy Council) appraised
Giles' estate. (W&DB 2, p.146) (IOW Great Bk, p.133-4). Olive Driver,
relict of Giles Driver m2 John Bromfield in 1677 (W&DB1, p.431 &
W&DB 2, p.454). They had a daug. Anne Bromfield (IOW WB2, p.225/appraisal
of Bromfield estate). Anne is identified in her step-father's, John Pitt's (IOW
W&DB 2, p.454). Olive Bromfield, relict of John Bromfield m3 Lt. Col. John
Pitt and had 7 children: Robert, Sarah, John Jr., Prudence, Henry, Mary and
James Pitt (Pitt's will proved on 9 Jan 1703)
More About OLIVE COUNCIL HARDY, "OLIVIA":
1st Marriage: 1675, to
Giles Driver (referred to as to Olive Hardy, daughter of John Hardy)
2nd Marriage: 1679, to John
Bromfield (referred to as Mrs. Olive Driver,
relict of Giles Driver)
3rd Marriage: 1702, to John
Pitt (referred to as Mrs. Olive
Bromfield, relict of John Bromfield)
Notes for GILES DRIVER:
Will of Giles Driver: Sons Robert, Charles, Giles, John: dau.
Hardy Driver. wife sole ex. dated 29 Dec., 1676; pr. 9 June, 1677.
*Source: Virginia Will Records. Will Abstracts from Isle
of1600s-1800s. p.165
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Driver, Giles - patent 12 Mar 1657 - IoW Co., VA - 200 Ac. - PB4 p.250 (Driskill ~ CARD 3 of 87 : Beg.g &c. on
the Cypress swamp being the corner tree of a patent of Land for 750 acs.
belonging to Ambrose Bennetts heir).
Driver, Giles - patent 12 Mar 1657 - IoW Co., VA - 100 Ac. - PB4 p.252 (Driskill ~ CARD 4 of 87 : Beg.g &c. in
the swamp which parteth Christopher Reynold's land and John Reynold's land at
the miles end of the said Johns land.
"The patt. above of 200 acs. in the name of Driver & this of
100 acs. were both joined together and granted to the said Giles Driver the
13th of Jany. 1661").
Driver, Giles - patent 21 Sept 1674 - IoW Co., VA - 930 Ac. - PB6 p.520 (Driskill ~ CARD 5 of 87 : 530 acs. part of
the said land, was formerly gtd. his by patt. dated Octr 26, 1662, Beg,g
&c. on the Cypruss swamp being corner tree of a patt. of 750 acs. belong.g
to Ambrose Bennetts heirs. The residue of the land bounded vis. adjoining his
former land &c.).
Driver, Giles, Jr. - patent 12 July 1718 - IoW Co., VA - 230
Ac. - PB10 p.382 (Driskill ~ CARD 6 of
87 : On the South side of the main Blackwater swamp. Beg.g &c. on the South
side of the myery branch a line tree of William Mayo's land).
typ patent
ref #149A VPB 10 p383
dat 12 July 1718
frm Alexander Spotswood
to Giles Driver Jr of Isle
of Wight County
con 25 shillings
re 230a on the S side of
the main black water Swamp
! in the aforesaid County
of Isle of Wight
loc 93120 256 F127 L0 P255
pt A) pine on the S side of
the myery branch
!a line tree of William
Mayo's land thence by Mayo's lines
ln S60W; 36P; William Mayo
pt B) hiccory
ln S15E; 38P;
pt C) dogwood and
ln SWxS; 90P;
pt D) hiccory and
ln SWxW; 11P;
pt E) red oak then
ln S80E; 160P;
pt F) pine then
ln NE; 113P;
pt G) pine then
ln S70E; 68P;
pt H) pine then
ln N75E; 68P;
pt I) red oak then
ln N40W; 106P;
pt J) pine near the head of
the myery branch
!and down the run of sd
branch to the first Station
lm ;; down Myery Br.
end
Notes for JOHN BROMFIELD:
John Bromfield, Clerk of
the Court, 1678
*Source: Virginia Land Records, (Balitmore
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. [1982], p. 172
Notes for *JOHN PITT, "LT. COLONEL":
LAND PATENTS AND DEEDS
On Blackwater
Bridger, Captn.
Joseph; Pitt, Colo. Robert; Burgh,
William - 21 Mar 1664 - Isle of Wight
Co., VA - 3000 Ac. - PB4 pg 614.
( Bricker ~ CARD 20 of
60: Pistol ~ CARD 41of 70 : Upon the
branch of the Blackwater. 1200 Acs. of
sd. land formerly granted Colo. Pitt & Mr. Burgh, dated 18 Feby 1664. 600 acs another thereof adjoined unto the
aforesaid 1200 acs. granted by patent dated 28th Feby 1664 & 1200 acs. the
residue &c.)
To all &c. Whereas
&c. Now Know ye that I the said Sir William
Berkeley Knight Governor
&c give and grant unto Col.o Robert Pitt
Captain Joseph Bridger and
Mr. William Burgh Three thousand
Acres of Land lying in the
Isle of Wight County upon the branch
Of the blackwater. Beginning at a Cypress by a Great branch
side
and runing up South and by
East 160 poles to a white oak
then East 104 poles to a
red oak, then Southeast by South 148
poles to a red Oak Then East 100 poles to a white oak then
North
East and by East 540 poles
to a red oak then East South
East 1/2 a point southerly
458 poles to a pine then North North
East 274 poles to a
pochikory, then NorthWest 68 poles then
West northwest 160 poles to
a red oak then West 120 poles to
a pochikory then North 36
poles to a white oak, then North
West 60 poles then
NorthWest by West 80 poles to a pine
[ bottom page 614 : top
page 615 ] then
then West 640 poles to a
red oak, then West by South 180 poles to an oak, then west by
North 140 poles to a pine,
then South 120 poles, and South and by East 80 poles to a red oak on
the brow of the Hill by the
first mentioned great branch side and so cross the branch
to the first Station 1200 Acres of the said land being formerly
granted Colo. Pitt and
Mr. Burgh by Patent dated
the 18th of February 1664. Six hundred
Acres another
part thereof adjoined unto
the aforesaid 1200 Acres granted by Patent dated 28th
of February 1664 and 1200
Acres the residue by and for the Transportation of twenty four
Persons &c. To Have and
To Hold &c. To be Held &c. Yielding and paying &c
Provided &c. Dated the
21st of March 1664 - - - - -
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*JOHN PITT, "LT.
COL." (*ROBERT, *WILLIAM, THOMAS, WILLIAM) was born 1634 in England, and
died in Isle of Wight
County, Virginia. He married OLIVE
HARDY, 1ST 1654 in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia, daughter of *JOHN
HARDY and OLIVE COUNCIL.
Notes for *JOHN PITT,
"LT. COL.":
John, Lt. Col. of militia,
made his will in 1702. (See will.) He
speaks of himself as Colonel John Pitt of
Bristol now living in Isle
of Wright and devises land left him by his father Col. Robert Pitt. He married
Olive Hardy, widow of Giles
Driver, who after his death married the Rev. Andrew Monro.
Children of *JOHN PITT and
OLIVE HARDY are:
i. ROBERT PITT,
3RD, b. Abt. 1653, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1711; m. SARAH SMITH, Abt.
1673.
ii. JOHN R. PITT,
2ND, b. Abt. 1655, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. 1734, Isle of Wright County, Virginia; m. MISS WILKERSON, Abt. 1680.
iii. PRUDENCE PITT,
b. 1657, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; m. CHARLES DRIVER,1ST., 1682, Virginia.
iv. MARY P. PITT, b.
Abt. 1659, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; m. GEORGE DRURY.
v. JAMES R. PITT, b.
Abt. 1661.
vi. *MARTHA PITT, m.
(1) *GEORGE NORSWORTHY, "COL."; m. (2) THOMAS BOYD.
vii. HENRY J. PITT,
3RD, b. Abt. 1666, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; d. 1715, Isle of Wright
County, Virginia; m. MARY CALLAWAY,
1685.
viii. WILLIAM PITT,
4TH, b. Abt. 1670.
ix. *SARAH D. PITT,
b. Abt. 1654, Isle of Wight County, Virginia;
*Source: John Bennett Boddie, "Seventeenth
Century Isle of Wright County Virginia,
(Originally
published Chicago [1938],
Reissued Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1973, copyright, 1938
by John Bennett Boddie
III), pg 509-11.
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Will of Coll. John Pitt, of
Bristoll, now living in the Isle of Wight Co. Virginia: my Father Coll. Robert Pitt, devises land in
Chunkatuck Creek, Newport, &c., in Isle of Wight Co. (devised by his
father) to his sons John, Henry, James; his death-head ring to his son John,
his seale ring to son Henry, to James Pitt his strong-water still and furniture
and silver tumbler marked J.P.; to Henry a silver tankard marked J. PMC; a
silver tumber marked S.P.; to son John my silver salt cellars. Dau Sarah
Nosworthy 5 shillings; Martha Nosworthy 5 shillings; dau Prudence Driver 2
cows; dau Mary Drury 5 shill; dau-in-law
Anne Bromfield 12 sheep w her mother
gave her more y what is due to her of
her father Mr. John Bromfield's estate.
John Pitt Exor. Dated 28 Nov. , 1702; pr. 9th Jan., 1702-3; Inv. by John Pitt, 163£, 9s, 4d-
*Source: Indexed by Judith McGhan, VIRGINIA WILL
RECORDS, (Balitmore, Genealogical Publishig Co., Inc. [1993]), Will Abstract Col. John Pitt,
p.178.
Children of OLIVE HARDY and GILES DRIVER are:
i. HARDY7 DRIVER, b. Bef.
1677, Isle of Wight, Virginia.
ii. CHARLES DRIVER, b. Isle of Wight, Virginia; d. Bef. April 09, 1700,
Isle of Wight, Virginia; m. PRUDENCE PITT, Isle of Wight, Virginia.
iii. GILES DRIVER, 2ND, m. MARY (--?--), Isle of Wight, Virginia.
iv. JOHN DRIVER, b. Isle of Wight, Virginia; m. VIOLET (--?--), 1702,
Isle of Wight, Virginia.
v. ROBERT DRIVER, b. Isle of Wight, Virginia; d. Bef. May 19, 1699,
Isle of Wight, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH (--?--), Isle of Wight, Virginia.
Children of OLIVE HARDY and JOHN BROMFIELD are:
vi. MARY7 BROMFIELD, b. Isle
of Wight, Virginia; d. Aft. August 31, 1741; m. ARTHUR SMITH III, Isle of
Wight, Virginia.
vii. ANN BROMFIELD, b. Isle of Wight, Virginia; m. THOMAS CALCOTT, Isle of
Wight, Virginia.
Children of OLIVE HARDY and *JOHN PITT are:
viii. JAMES R.7 PITT.
8. ix. MARTHA PITT.
x. HENRY J. PITT.
5. ISABEL6 HARDY (JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
Abt. 1660, and died in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She married WILLIAM MAYO Bef. 1677 in
Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He died
Bef. April 25, 1715 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Notes for WILLIAM MAYO:
William MAYO, b. 29 Jul
1629, d. 1713, will pr.
1715., m. Isabelle Hardy
James MAYO, m. Mary VALENTINE
Valentine MAYO, d. 1716
m. 1710, Anne
MICKELBURROUGH
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LAND PATENTS &
TRANSACTIONS
Mayo, William - patent 16
Apr 1683 - IoW VA - 366 Ac. (Published in open Court, Will book Volume 2, page
419)
To All v. Whereas v: Now
know ye that I the said Thomas Lord Culpeper Do
with the Consent of of the
Council accordingly give and grant unto
William MAYO three hundred
sixty six acres of Land Situate on the South
Side of Kingsale Swamp in
the Isle of Wight County Beginning at a Marked
Pine Richard BOOTH’S head
line; thence South fifty five degrees West one
hundred ninety four poles
to a Hickory in Hodges COUNCIL’S line. Then by
the said Council’s and
Joseph (VICK’S?) lines South seven degrees
Easterly one hundred twenty
Eight poles to a small white oak; thence,
South fifty two degrees
Easterly one hundred and fifty pole to a small
Cypress sapling by the run
of the Kingsale Swamp then up the Run of the
Said Swamp [East 50 Pole to
ye mouth of the Bever Dam Swamp], and so
up that Swamp North sixty
one degrees East one
hundred and eighty poles to
a pine Richard BOOTH’S Corner Tree, and so
by the Said Booth’s line
North fifty two Degrees West two hundred
Seventy five poles to a
Stooping Pine, and North twenty Degrees East
seventy five pole to the
first station, the said Land being (I??) and
for the transportation of
Eight persons into this Colony whose names are
mentioned in the Records
under this Patent. To have and to hold or to be
held by yeilding and paying
& provided and Dated the sixteenth day of
April one thousand six
hundred Eighty three.
(Wilmar?) Allingo Eliz.
Holt Rich’d: Needham Kathe:
Bridge
Mary Helmsly Mary Blander
Mary Manns Philip Russell
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Mayo, William - patent 20
Oct 1691 - IoW VA - 170 Ac.
To all &c whereas
&c now know ye that I the said Francis Nicholson
Esq Lt. Governer &c
give and grant unto Wm Mayo one hundred and seventy
acres of land Lying in the
Isle of Wight County beginning at a
Hickory John Knight corner
tree and running along the said Knights
Line of markt trees south
twenty degrees west two hundred pole to a
pine, thence north seventy
six degrees west nineteen pole to a dead
pine Gyles Lymscotts corner
tree in John Lawrences line, thence north
nine degrees and a halfe
west one hundred sixty and six pole to a
small white oake by a
branch, ye said Lawrences corner tree then eleven
degrees east one hundred
ninety and seven pole to a white oake -
of ye main blackwater
upon the bank ^ being
another corner tree of the sd Lawrence, then
along the sd black water
north seventy three degrees east fifty four
pole to a white oake Col
Bridgers corner tree thence south six ~
degrees and a halfe east
one hundred eighty and nine pole to ye place
of beginning. The said land being due unto the said Wm
Mayo by and for
the importation of four
persons &c To have and to hold
&c To be held &c
yeilding and paying
&c provided &c Dated the 20th ~ day of October
Ano Dom 1692
John ?ates
Owen Burns
Wm Calfe
Mary Nickoll
Note - the `eleven degrees
east' must be north eleven degrees east.
A William Mayo is listed in
the 1704 Quit Rents of IW county, owning 300 acres.
William Mayo died in 1715
in IoW and was married to Isabelle Council.
Seven children were mentioned in his will: William, James, John, Peter, Mary (m. Geo. Murrell), Margaret,
and Patience (m. John Beal).
Children of ISABEL HARDY and WILLIAM MAYO are:
i. WILLIAM7 MAYO.
ii. JAMES MAYO.
iii. JOHN MAYO.
iv. PETER MAYO.
v. MARY MAYO.
vi. MARGARET MAYO.
vii. PATIENCE MAYO.
6. DEBORAH6 HARDY (JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
Abt. 1661, and died in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She married BRIDGEMAN JOYNER, CAPT. Abt. 1680,
son of THOMAS JOYNER, SR.
Notes for BRIDGEMAN JOYNER, CAPT.:
LAND PATENTS &
TRANSACTIONS
Joyner, Bridgeman - patent 16 Apr 1683 - IoW VA - 300 Ac. Card
1 under Joyner PB7 pg 236
To all &c. Whereas
&c. now know ye that I the said Thomas
Lord Culpeper doe with the
consent of the Counsill of state
accordingly give an grant
unto Bridgeman Joyner three
hundred acres of land
scituate between Kingsale swamp and
the main blackwater in the
Isle of Wight County beginning
att a Pine Hodges Counsells
corner tree, thense north fifteene
degrees east three hundred
and ten pole to a pine, then west
one hundred and sixty pole
to a small Hickary in Thomas Mans
head line, and so paralel
to his first line three hundred and
ten poles by Thomad Man
aforsaid to two white oaks, and
then by Council East one
hundred and sixty pole to the
fist station, the said land
being due to the said Bridgeman
Joyner by and for the
transportation of six persons into this
collony, whose names are
mentioned in the roster under this
pattent. To have and to hold &c. To be held
&c. yeilding & paying &c.
Provided &c. Dated this
sixteenth day of April one thousand six hun=
=dred eighty three.
James Tyler, Mary Rhodes,
David Okley?, Roger Potter?
Robert Maller?, Robert
Toade?
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Joyner, Bridgeman -
patent 29 April 1692 - IoW VA - 600 Ac PB8 pg 222
To all &c whereas
&c now know ye that I the said Francis Nicholson
Esq ?? ?? Lieut. Governer
&c give and grant unto Bridgeman Joyner
six acres of land Lying in
Isle of Wight County beginning at a
markt pine neer Kingsale
Swamp James Brians Corner tree, thence
along by ye said - Brians
line of markt trees. west ten degrees
south three hundred and
eght pole to a markt hickory by ye run
of ye maine black water
swamp thence down ye said swamp by
Various courses to ye mouth
of King Sale swamp then up ye said Kingsale
swamp by various courses to
ye first station. The said land being
due
unto ye said Bridgeman
Joyner by and for yr transportation of twelve
???? &c To have and to hold &c To be held
&c. Yeilding & paying &c
provided &c dated ye
29th day of aprill anno Dom. 1692
Bridgeman Joyner William Walker Black Moll
Elizabeth Jones Phillip Rolford Jno Edmond
Jno Edmond Jno Edmond son Owen Ellis
Thomas Wright Mary Wilkinson Dorick Hone
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Later transactions
involving this parcel:
Henry Applewaight - 600 acs
IOW near Kinsale Swamp adj James Bryan - 15 October 1698
William West - 600 acs IOW
- near Kingsale Swamp adj James Bryan - this was same land that had been given
to Applewaight above and he deserted it.
2 Nov 1705 - for importing a number of people including Cornelius Bryant
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Bridger, Captn. Joseph
- 6 Jan 1668 - Isle of Wight Co., VA -
1000 Ac. - PB6 pg 207. ( On a swamp
that runs into the west branch of Nanzemond river. Formerly gtd. Thomas Harris March 2nd 1658 & renewed in his
name Mar 18, 1662 & by him deserted &c. See memo on the margin of the
Record.)
To all &c. whereas
&c Now know yee th ------
give and grant unto Capt
Joseph Bridger one thousand ac -----
in the Isle of wight County
on a Swamp that runs into the we ---
of Nanzemond River begining
at a marked oake on the Swamp S ---
runing ?? ENE 60 poles
thence NNW 200 poles, then --- ---
poles then downe the said
Swamp 120 poles, and then runing W by S
poles then S 304 poles to a
branch, that falleth into the said Swamp ---
-ing two fiteran? f?ed?
thence downe te Swamp to the first station
the said land being
formerly granted unto Thomas Harris by patt d ---
ing second of marc? 1659
and renewed in his name the ??
mar?? 1662 and by him
deserted and is now granted unto the said Cap??
Bridger by ord. of the Governor
and Councill bearing date november?
??d ?? first ??? due by and
for the Tans of Twenty p.sons &c To have &
to hold &c. To be held
&c. Yeilding & paying &c. Provided &c. Dated the
21th of 7ber 1668
[ names not transcribed ] [
Marginal note unreadable - date of 6 Jan is from the library card ]
Children of DEBORAH HARDY and BRIDGEMAN JOYNER are:
i. JOHN7 JOYNER.
ii. BRIDGEMAN JOYNER, JR.
iii. ELIZABETH JOYNER.
iv. JOSHUA JOYNER.
v. NATHAN JOYNER.
Generation
No. 3
7. *HARDY7 COUNCILL (LUCY6 HARDY, JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG "SIR."BL", *JOHN1) was born
1678 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and died Aft. February 22, 1747/48 in
Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He
married SUSANNAH (--?--) 1705 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
Notes for *HARDY COUNCILL:
LAND PATENT
Council, Hardy - patent 14
Dec 1726 - IoW VA - 2380 Ac. ( Couch ~ CARD 60 of 75)
George &c. To all &c. Know ye that for diverse good causes and
Considerations but more
especially for and in consideracion of the sum of Seven -
pounds five shillings of
good and lawful mony for our use? paid to our
Receiver General of our
Revenues in this our colony and Dominion
of Virginia WE HAVE given
granted and and confirmed and by these
presents ?? ?? our heirs
and sucessors Do give grant and confirm
unto Hardy Council of Isle
of Wight County Gent one certain tract
or parcell of land
containing two thousand three hundred and ~
eighty acres lying and
being on both sides of the beaverdam Swamp in
the county of Isle of Wight
aforesaid and bounded as followith (to wit)
Begining at a Maple stump
on the north side of the beaverdam
swamp aforesaid a corner
twixt John Council and Hardy Council thence
along a crooked line of old
markt trees north fifteen degrees East four
hundred and forty four pole
to a corner red oak * " = * " = * = " * =
* " = * then by a
crooked line of old markt trees south eighty two
degrees east five hundred
and twenty four pole to a white oak in the
room of a corner pine that
is down then by another crooked line of
old marked trees south by
west seven hundred and thirty pole to a
Black oak in the room of a
corner pine that is down then by another
crooked line of old markt
trees south eighty three degrees west three
hundred and seventy eight
poles to a Corner pine standing in John
Dawtry's old field then by
another crooked line of old markt trees North
five degrees west three
hundred and fifty poles to a red oak stump by
the side of the beaverdam
aforesaid on the south side thereof and
down the various courses of
the run of the said swamp to the begining
nine hundred and forty one
acres part therof being granted to Hodges
Council father of the said
Hardy Council by patent dated the twentieth
day of March one thousand
six hundred and seven and the residue
thereof being surplus land
found within the bounds of the said patent
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1-3-5-7-16-29. Hardy
Johnson, son of John Johnson, Jr., and wife Mary (???) was born in Isle of
Wight County, Virginia, about 1710 and died intestate in Southampton County,
Virginia, about 1770.
Perhaps about 1730, he
married Lucy Council, daughter of Hardy (1677-1750) and Susannah (???)(d. 1757)
Council. Lucy's paternal grandparents were Hodges Council, Jr. and wife Lucy
Hardy, daughter of John Hardy and first wife Olive (?) (???).
Hardy Council of Newport
Parish, in his will made in Isle of Wight County on February 22, 1748/49, and
probated on March 7, 1750, named wife Susannah, daughter Mary, daughter Ann,
daughter Martha, daughter Lucy, son Hardy, son Charles, son Michael, daughter
Susannah, daughter Christian and son Joshua.1
Susannah Council, in her will
dated April 19, 1756, and probated on October 6, 1757, named daughter Susannah,
daughter Christian Daughtry, daughter Mary Brantley, son Joshua, daughter
Martha Fowler, daughter Lucy Johnson, daughter Ann Lawrence, son Charles, son
Michael, granddaughter Selah Council, grandson Willis Council, granddaughter
Sarah Lawrence, and son Hardy.2
It is significant that,
according to Paul E. Daugherty, (1) Hardy Johnson, Sr. and wife Lucy Council
named one son Hardy and the other Council, (2) Council Johnson named his
daughter Lucy, and (3) Hardy Johnson, Jr., named a son Amos and had a
granddaughter named Susannah.3
On December 26, 1730, Hardy
and Susannah Council, Sr., Yeoman, of the Lower Parish of Isle of Wight County,
sold Hardy Johnson for œ7 current Virginia money, 200 acres in said Parish on
Long Branch, the patent line, and John Carr (from 2,380 acres patented by said
Hardy Council on September 14, 1726); witnessed by Richard (R) Johnson,
Benjamin (B) Johnson, and William (X) Stevens.4 In 1753, they sold this land
and bought land in Nottoway Parish, Southampton County, Virginia.
Original Source:
1 Blanche Adams Chapman,
Wills and Administrators of Isle of Wight County,
Virginia, 1647-1800, p.
166, citing Will Book 5, p. 319.
2 Ibid., p. 185, citing
Will Book 6, p. 294.
3 Paul E. Daughterty, May
25, 1975, and chart, April 21, 1975.
4 Isle of Wight County,
Virginia, records: Deed Book 4, p. 109.
5 Southampton County
records: Deed Book 1, p. 438.
6 Isle of Wight County
records: Deed Book 9, p. 135.
7 Southampton County
records: Deed Book 3, p. 105.
8 Ibid., Deed Book 4, p.
106.
*Source: The Johnson and
Johnston of Corrowauch in Isle of Wright County, Virginia. Pages 119-120
Author: Eddis Johnson and
Hugh Buckner Johnston. Call Number:
CS71.J7
This book contains the history and genealogy of the Johnson and
Johnston families of Virginia.
Bibliographic Information:
Johnson, Eddis and Hugh Buckner Johnston. The Johnson and Johnston of
Corrowauch in Isle of Wright County, Virginia. Privately Published. Indiana
1979.
Child of *HARDY COUNCILL and SUSANNAH (--?--) is:
i. LUCY8 COUNCIL.
8. MARTHA7 PITT (OLIVE COUNCIL6 HARDY, "OLIVIA",
JOHN5, *JOHN4, *RICHARD3, *MICHAEL2 DE HARDY, OF WETWANG
"SIR."BL", *JOHN1) She married (1) JOHN NOSWORTHY. She married (2) GEORGE NORSEWORTHY 1702
in Isle of Wight Co, VA.
Notes for GEORGE NORSEWORTHY:
...Colonel George
Norsworthy, mentioned in Bacon's Rebellion and a Captain of militia, afterwards
sheriff of Nansemond, who made his will February 1st, 1700, and same was
probated in 1705.
*Source: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County
Virginia, by John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore,
1973. Originally published Chicago, [1938], pp.237
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Colonel George Norsworthy,
mentioned in Bacon's Rebellion and a Captain of militia, afterwards sheriff of
Nansemond, who made his will February 1st, 1700, and same was probated in 1705.
Colonel George's children were ,
Juliana who Marie James Day; John who had daughters Elizabeth, Juliana and
Leah; George who is mentioned as being in England in 1705; Charles who made his
will in Isle of Wright in 1734 and left children (See will.); Thomas who was born in 1660 and died single
in 1720; and Martha. Colonel George's wife may have been of the Pitt family but
of this we are not certain. She
afterwards married Thomas Boyd.
*Source: John Bennett Boddie, "Seventeenth
Century Isle of Wright County Virginia,
(Originally
published Chicago [1938],
Reissued Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1973, copyright, 1938
by John Bennett Boddie
III), pg 509-11.
Children of MARTHA PITT and GEORGE NORSEWORTHY are:
i. JULIANA8 NOSWORTHY.
ii. GEORGE NOSWORTHY.
iii. CHARLES NOSWORTHY.
iv. THOMAS NOSWORTHY.
v. MARTHA NOSWORTHY.
