Re: Samuel Peachey & dau Jean - 1774 VA
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Re: Samuel Peachey & dau Jean - 1774 VA
Joanne Kartak 10/18/06
Joanne, Hope this helps - probably more than you need! Is your interest military or in the family as I have lots more?
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Descendants of William Peachey
Generation No. 1
1.COL. WILLIAM7 PEACHEY(SAMUEL6, WILLIAM5, SAMUEL4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, RICHARD1)1,2,3,4 was born 14 Apr 1729 in Farnham Parish, Richmond Co, Virginia5,6,7,8,9, and died 07 Jun 1802 in Milden Hall, Richmond Co. VA10,11.He married (1) MILLION GLASCOCK12,13 31 May 1748 in Richmond, Virginia14,15,16, daughter of WILLIAM GLASCOCK and ESTHER BALL.She was born 20 Feb 1728/29 in Indian Banks, Richmond Co, VA.16, and died 25 Oct 1750 in Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia17.He married (2) ELIZABETH GRIFFIN COLSTON18 176118, daughter of TRAVERS COLSTON and ALICE GRIFFIN.She was born 17 Mar 1735/36 in Virginia, and died Bef. 01 May 1824 in Virginia.
Notes for COL. WILLIAM PEACHEY:
"...eldest son and heir of Capt Samuel & Winnifred Peachey" - Marriages of Richmond County.
William's dob from page 437, Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982.
Date of birth also from William & Mary College Quarterly, p188.
a)Family Search Pedigree Resource File has a record of a Wm. Peachey being married to a Million Glascock on May 31 1748. (disc#33 Pin # 282960).
b)Wm's parents Samuel & Winnefred are also on disc #33 Pin 281488 and 281489 respectively.
c)Dates of Wm's siblings births from William & Mary College Quarterly, p188;also Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982..
d)Wm. Peachey's Military career. Deduced from the Washinton Letters & Diaries (Library of Congress).
Sept 17,1755Wm Peachy appointed Captain.
Nov 13,1755Col Stevens, Capt Wm P and others arrive Ft Cumberland with abt 100 recruits to join Geo Washington.
Dec 21,1755At Ft Cumberland Capt P is reported dangerously ill. By Dec 26 is "getting better".
Jan 9,1756Appointed (as opposed to being premoted) Captain of the Virginia Regt.14th Company (Peachy's) with Lt. Williams.
Aug,1756Wm P is a Captain at Ft Cumberland.
Sept 18,1757Wm P at Ft Loudoun
July 21,1758Major Peachy working on opening Braddock's Rd near Ft Cumberland.
Oct 9,1758Signs "Report of the Guard" Rays Town.
Nov 4,1758In a letter from Farquier to GW.William Peachey is refered to as a Major.
Oct 2,1760In a letter to GWWm P referred to as Lt. Col.
Oct,1764Col. Wm P is purchasing land in Fredricksburg, VA.
April 16,1776Ref. to "Col Wm P's battalion" (under General Charles Lee) in the Orderly Bk of Capt Stubblefield, 5th VA Reg't. Hdqtr'dWilliamsburg. (see note 1)
Dec,1776Involved in the suprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton.
Sept,1778The 5th (Peachey's, Scott's, Parker's & Bufford's) VA Reg't merged with the 3rd VA Reg't.
May 12,1785Mentioned by Geo Washington as Colo Wm P.
William Peachey, who served in Washington's (Virginia) Regiment in the French & Indian War (The Seven Years War) & was a Colonel in the 5th Virginia Regiment in the Revolution. He held the rank of Captain at the time of his marriage to Million (31 May 1748).[glasscockDescendants.ged).
The Virginia Regiment was formed Jan 9/1756 and disbanded in 1762. The Regiment consisted of only 16 Companies of which Captain Peachey's was the 14th, each Company was about 40 strong.
"William Peachey, gentleman, served as Lt Colonel commanding the Frontier Batallion in 1759 until same was properly discharged."Virginia Colonial Militia, Crozier, page 32.
The 5th Virginia Reg't was organisied 28 Feb 1776 at Richmond Court House it consisted of ten companies of sixty men each. Three companies were of riflemen and were to act as light infantry. The 5th under Peachey, based at the Richmond Court House, and the 3rd were assigned to security of the Potowmach (Potomac?)and Rappahannock area. In Sept 1778 the Virginia Line was reorganised and the fifteen Regiments were reduced to nine. The 5th was amalgamated with and became part of the 3rd.
e)From The Geo. Washinton Papers, Vol 2.Don Jackson editor, Virginia University Press, Charlottesville, VA.:"William Peachey had been a captain under George Washington in the Virginia Regiment and was now Adjutant General of Militia for the Colony's Middle District, the area between the James and Rappahannock Rivers east of the Blue Ridge (KEEPER, 38--41 n.33; Va. Gaz., P&D, 11 May 1769; R, 15 Feb. 1770; and R, 14 Feb. 1771). "(NB. no date given, possibly after he resigned from the 5th Reg't.)
f)The Peachey/Peachy conundrum.
I have found in the George Washington Papers and Diaries at the Library of Congress several references to Wm P. who served under him (GW) in the Virginia Regt..In the Scrapbook page for Wm P there are his signatures on military documents where he has spelt it with and without the second "e". The regiment was too small to have two Captain Wm P's.
Using the search feature of the GW records I came up with 11 hits under Peachey and 39 under Peachy. Reading thru the references it would seem that they refer to the same person.Also there is a reference to the copyist - Robert Lewis - making several spelling mistakes while copying the GW journals in 1784-85.
From this I think we can safely assume thatPeachey is synonomous with Peachy in this particular instance.
We seem to have the same problem with the Glascock/Glasscock family.
g)The Fredricksburg Gazette reportedthe marriage of " Mr John Mitchell, merchant, of Baltimore and Mary daughter of Col. Wm Peachey of Mildenhall, Richmond Co. on 26 April 1789".Could this be the unnamed daughter on Wm P's family page?
Following the end of the French and Indian War in 1760, Colonel William Peachy of Virginia was given a land grant by the British government for his loyal service. This two thousand acre tract was located at the point where the Kentucky River emptied into the Ohio River. (just west of Carrollton, KY. -JAB)
Source: Carrollton / Carroll County Tourism, P.O. Box 293, Carrollton, KY 41008. ph: 1-502-732-7036 or 1-800-325-4290
It should be remembered that Virginia was originally much larger, and ran west to the Mississippi and included what is now PA, OH, IN, Il, MC, MN,& WI. In 1792 nine counties separated to form present day Kentucky, and in 1863 fifty counties went to form West Virginia.
On 25 June 1788 Wm Peachey votes on the acceptance of the Constitution of the USA in the Virginia Legislature.
'Passage to Sharps' p. 40,gives Joseph Hanks as the Milden Hall Plantation overseer. (see article on the Peachey/Lincoln connection).
William died at Milden Hall and his obituary is in the Fredericksburg Virginia Herald of 14 June 1802. It took 20 years to wrap up William's estate by John Nicholson his son-in-law. Everything was sold off, the Milden Hall Plantation was 600+ acres in size plus he owned property in Fredericksburg and on the Ohio River at Carrollton, KY.
William's will dated July 30, 1798 was proved Sept 6, 1802.
NOTE #1 source: www.geocities.com/heartland/lake/9074/orderlybooktext.html
Ft Cumberland is 81 miles from Winchester which is 86 miles from Fredricksburg.
Ft Loudoun is present day Winchester, VA. - Site (about 2 blocks from present day Handley Library) is under excavation 2004. JAB(1944).
Raystown is unknown.
Place Names of the Northern Neck,
(Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1983), p. 99 & p. 143..
p. 99 - The village of Sharps was once called Milden. The word milden is from the Old English form "melda," and probably means "where orach grew," this being a plant often used as a substitute for spinach. Once a large tract, it was established by Samuel Peachey, who arrived in Virginia in 1659 and whose family and heirs lived here until 1824, at which time the tract consisted of 600 acres. It was subsequently owned by John Cox, Claus L. Clausen, D.W.C. Sharp, A. Russell Council, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Williamson. By that time it consisted of only thirteen acres. The original house is believed to have burned, as the present house dates from the early nineteenth century. At one time it was known as Slaughters. It is supposedly named for Mildenhall, a market town and parish in West Suffolk, England. (from where the Peacheys originally came from - JAB).
p. 143 - Sharps - The post office seems to have been established as Sharp's Wharf, probably on 4 June 1873 with DeWitt C. Sharp as postmaster. It was changed to Milton Wharf a few days later. In 1881, however, it was changed back to Sharp's Wharf, and finally to Sharps on 11 July 1901. It was named for the Sharp family, probably for the first postmaster. It has been a shipping point since early colonial days, and can boast of being the site of the first naval engagement of the War of 1812 in Virginia waters. It is now best known as an attractive riverside resort.
Milden Hall estate advertised for sale in Fredericksburg Virginia Herald of 1 May 1824.
William's will in Richmond Co. Will Book 9, p.186.
More About COL. WILLIAM PEACHEY:
Obituary: 14 Jun 1802, Fredericksburg Virginia Herald18
Notes for MILLION GLASCOCK:
Million born February 20, 1729; died 1761; married May 31, 1748 Capt. William Peachey, who served in Washington's Regiment in the French & Indian War & was a Colonel in the 8th Virginia Regiment in the Revolution.[glasscockDescendants.ged]
Should read 5th VA Regt. - JAB.
A different source - individual Record of Million Glasscock from Familysearch.Org - has dob 20 Feb 1728 in Lancaster Co.
Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982. page 435 shows a Million Glascock died 25 Oct 1750.
There is some doubt as to which Million died 25 Oct 1750 Million Glasscock or Million Downman her grandmother.
"There is an ancestral home of the Glascocks called "Indian Banks" in Richmond Co., VA on the Rappahannock River. Located where the Morattico Creek and Lancaster Creek flow into the Rappahonnock River in Virginia. The current owner, James Durham is a descendant of the Glas(s)cock family. He has restored the old Glascock homeplace and added to it. ....... The ancestral home of 'Indian Banks' bears a date of 1699. Possibly it was built as a wedding present to George and Million."
Source: Glascock Family Web site
(Indian Banks is about 4 miles down river from Sharps/Milden Hall.)
Million is not shown as a child of Wm & Esther in the Glascock genealogy unfortunately I did not photocopy the whole thing. to be checked on the next trip! - JAB.
Some Prominent Virginia Families does show a Samuel son of either Million or
More About MILLION GLASCOCK:
Burial: Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia19
Marriage Notes for WILLIAM PEACHEY and MILLION GLASCOCK:
Marriage date from Marriages of Richmond Co. p.156
More About WILLIAM PEACHEY and MILLION GLASCOCK:
Marriage: 31 May 1748, Richmond, Virginia20,21,22
Notes for ELIZABETH GRIFFIN COLSTON:
Register of St Stephens Parish,Northumberland Co. has record of Eliza Griffen Colston dau. to Alice and Francis born 23 Sept 1738. Not quite the same, unless his name was Francis Travers Colston.
Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982. page 437 shows Ann dau. Wm & ELIZABETH Peachey b. 15 Oct 1766.
"Some Prominent Virginian Families" (p. 110) omits Sam & Winni's son Wm Travers Peachey.
More About WILLIAM PEACHEY and ELIZABETH COLSTON:
Marriage: 176123
Children of WILLIAM PEACHEY and MILLION GLASCOCK are:
i. SAMUEL8 PEACHEY24,25,26, b. 16 Dec 1749, Indian Banks, Richmond Co. VA27,28; d. 1772.
Notes for SAMUEL PEACHEY:
Marriages of Richmond County p.156 states "Wm& Million P ... had only one child to survive infancy... Winnifred.."
2. ii. WINNIFRED PEACHEY, b. 08 Jan 1751/52, Richmond Co, VA.
Children of WILLIAM PEACHEY and ELIZABETH COLSTON are:
iii. ALICE8 PEACHEY29,30,31, b. 02 Jul 1762, Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia32,33,34; m. 1776, Richmond, Virginia.
Notes for ALICE PEACHEY:
This could be Milly b.nov 24, 1753.
Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982. page 437 shows ALICE dau. of Wm. & ELIZABETH Peachey b. July 2, 1752. AND on page 455 it is recorded as 1762.
3. iv. SUSANNA PEACHEY, b. 14 Sep 1764, Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia.
v. ANN PEACHEY35,36, b. 15 Oct 1766, St Stephen's Parish, Richmond Co, VA37,38.
vi. THOMAS GRIFFIN PEACHEY39,40,41, b. 10 Nov 1770, St Stephen's Parish, Richmond Co, VA42,43.
4. vii. WILLIAM TRAVERS PEACHEY, b. 07 Jan 1773, Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia; d. 1805.
viii. ELIZABETH PEACHEY44,45,46, b. 03 Dec 1775, St Stephen's Parish, Richmond Co, VA47,48; d. 05 Nov 1827.
Notes for ELIZABETH PEACHEY:
IGI Family Group Record has an entry for Elizabeth Peachey, (d.of Wm Peachey & Elizabeth Griffin Colston)born 3 Dec 1775, Milden Hall, Richmond, VA.
Clarke Co. Historical Proceedings vol 23, 1984 in an article "A beckoning Land"gives EGP dob as Oct 20 1761 & married June 17, 1787 These dates fit much better with what we know. The marrige location of Frederick Co. is questionable more likely in her parents home of Richmond Co. - but no documents either way.
Bonnie Chumley has her dob as 1752 - no source given.
Her place of burial is unknown - no record of it in Wyckliffe Register only a plaque on the Wickliffe Church south wall to her and JW, which gives her dates as 1752-1834, no physical evidence of it in North Farnham Parish or Milden Hall/Sharps village cemetery, church records yet to be searched..
The present day cemetery in Sharps Village is believed to be the same one used by the Peachey family. But on a visit in 2004 there were no signs of any old graves. In the book 'Passage to Sharps' by Ardyce & Don Kinsley, 1996;there is the story of a family crypt being built but with the instructions that it should be leveled when there were no more family members to look after it. The plantation was sold out of the family in 1824.
Elizabeth's will proved 5 Nov 1827. (vs. 1834 above)
Generation No. 2
2.WINNIFRED8 PEACHEY (WILLIAM7, SAMUEL6, WILLIAM5, SAMUEL4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, RICHARD1)49,50,51,52,53 was born 08 Jan 1751/52 in Richmond Co, VA54.She married HENRY ARMISTEAD55,56 14 Oct 1774 in Richmond, Virginia57, son of ROBERT ARMISTEAD.He was born 1750 in Richmond, VA, and died 1787.
Notes for WINNIFRED PEACHEY:
Source Virginia Vital Records, Judith McGhan, 1982, page 455, But this contrdicts Million's death of Oct 25, 1750 on page 435 of the same source!
dob elsewhere down as 1850 Indian Banks, Richmond, VA.
More About HENRY ARMISTEAD and WINNIFRED PEACHEY:
Marriage: 14 Oct 1774, Richmond, Virginia57
Children of WINNIFRED PEACHEY and HENRY ARMISTEAD are:
5. i. ELIZABETH BURGESS9 ARMISTEAD.
ii. WILLIAM BURGESS ARMISTEAD58, b. 10 Nov 1775, Richmond Co. VA59.
Notes for WILLIAM BURGESS ARMISTEAD:
dob from Farnham Parish register.
3.SUSANNA8 PEACHEY (WILLIAM7, SAMUEL6, WILLIAM5, SAMUEL4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, RICHARD1)60,61,62,63 was born 14 Sep 1764 in Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia64,65,66.She married JOHN NICHOLSON67 26 Apr 1789.He was born 1752 in Richmond Co, VA, and died in Henrico Co..
Notes for SUSANNA PEACHEY:
dob 1764 according to Passage to Sharps.
Marriages of Richmond Co states she was the daughter of Wm Peachey's second wife Eliz G Colston.
Virginia Vital Records, indexed by Judith McGhan, 1982. page 437 shows Susanna dau. Wm & ELIZABETH Peachey b. 14 Sept 1764.
Marriage Notes for SUSANNA PEACHEY and JOHN NICHOLSON:
Reported in the Fredericksburg Virginia Herald 14 May 1789.
More About JOHN NICHOLSON and SUSANNA PEACHEY:
Marriage: 26 Apr 1789
Children of SUSANNA PEACHEY and JOHN NICHOLSON are:
i. JOHN9 NICHOLSON67.
ii. WILLIAM PEACHEY NICHOLSON.
iii. ELIZABETH NICHOLSON.
iv. MARY ANN NICHOLSON.
4.WILLIAM TRAVERS8 PEACHEY (WILLIAM7, SAMUEL6, WILLIAM5, SAMUEL4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, RICHARD1)68,69 was born 07 Jan 1773 in Indian Banks, Richmond, Virginia70,71, and died 1805.He married PAMELA ......72.
Notes for WILLIAM TRAVERS PEACHEY:
According to "Passage to Sharps", p. 48Wm Travers moved to Baltimore before 1794 and had four children.
Records of St Paul's Parish (MD), vol 1, Parish Registers, has baptism of Elizabeth b. june 1794 and William b. 1 Oct 1795 both baptized on 3 April 1796, children of Wm T and PAMELA Peachey.Could Pamela and Amelia be the same - could have been a hard to decipher handwriting? A lot of similarity in the spellings.
VA Vital Records, Judith McGhan, 1982 Page 444, has a Wm Traverse son of Wm and Elizabeth born Jan 7, 1773.
Notes for PAMELA ......:
Records of St paul's Parish, Vol I, Parish Registers (Maryland) shows Both Elizabeth & William baptized3 April 1796. But mother is named as Pamela.
Children of WILLIAM PEACHEY and PAMELA ...... are:
i. ELIZABETH9 PEACHEY73, b. Jun 179473.
More About ELIZABETH PEACHEY:
Baptism: 03 Apr 1796, St Paul's Parish, Md.73
ii. WILLIAM PEACHEY74, b. 01 Oct 179574.
More About WILLIAM PEACHEY:
Baptism: 03 Apr 1796, St Paul's Parish, Md.75
Generation No. 3
5.ELIZABETH BURGESS9 ARMISTEAD (WINNIFRED8 PEACHEY, WILLIAM7, SAMUEL6, WILLIAM5, SAMUEL4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, RICHARD1)She married WILLIAM TRAVERS COLSTON76 1802, son of WILLIAM COLSTON and LUCY CARTER.He was born 25 Jul 1776, and died Bef. 1842.
Notes for ELIZABETH BURGESS ARMISTEAD:
Mentioned in Grandfather Peachey's will.
Marriage Notes for ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD and WILLIAM COLSTON:
marriage bond 10 July 1802 - Marriages of Richmond County, p42.
More About WILLIAM COLSTON and ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD:
Marriage: 1802
Children of ELIZABETH ARMISTEAD and WILLIAM COLSTON are:
i. WILLIAM10 COLSTON.
ii. ARMISTEAD COLSTON.
iii. LUCY L COLSTON, m. DR. JOSHUA H THOMAS.
iv. SUSAN P N COLSTON, m. JEFFERSON JENNINGS.
Endnotes
1.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
2.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), p. 315.
3.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
4.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
5.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
6.DAR Patriot Look-Up.. E-mail communication by JAB.
7.DAR Patriot Look-Up., Via e-mail to JAB.
8.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
9.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437.
10.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p. 156.
11.Ardyce Kinsley, Passage to Sharps.
12.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
13.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
14.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
15.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p. 155.
16.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
17.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
18.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p. 156.
19.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
20.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
21.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p. 155.
22.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
23.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p. 156.
24.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
25.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
26.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
27.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
28.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
29.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
30.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
31.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
32.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
33.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
34.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110. gives the same day & month but the year is given as 1762.
35.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
36.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
37.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
38.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
39.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 319.
40.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.438 & 455.
41.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
42.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.438 & 455.
43.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
44.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of September 25, 2003, Film #: 457686.
45.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.438 & 455.
46.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
47.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.438 & 455, Date of Import: Sep 29, 2003.
48.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
49.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 323.
50.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), P.455.
51.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
52.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p.156.
53.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
54.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.455.
55.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 323.
56.Marriages of Richmond County (VA)., p.156.
57.Glasscock Genealogical Charts, p.91.
58.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), 432 & 445.
59.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), 432.
60.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
61.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 323.
62.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
63.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
64.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
65.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.437 & 455.
66.Some Prominent Virginia Families,vol 2, ch IV., p.110.
67.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 323.
68.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003.
69.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Will Records,(1982), 323.
70.GlasscockDescendants.ged, "Electronic," Date of Import: Sep 28, 2003. the date given is 1755, but NO source.
71.indexed by Judith McGhan, Virginia Vital Records,(1982), p.444.
72.Records of St Paul's Parish, Md. Vol I, Parish Registers., p. 96.
73.Records of St Paul's Parish, Md. Vol I, Parish Registers., p.96.
74.Records of St Paul's Parish, Md. Vol I, Parish Registers., p. 96.
75.Records of St Paul's Parish, Md. Vol I, Parish Registers., p.96.
76.Richmond Co. VA - Wills book 3-7, RootsWeb.com.
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The History of The Fifth Virginia Regiment of the American Revolution
In December of 1775, the Virginia General Assembly voted to increase the size of the military forces from two regiments to nine regiments. These new regiments were to be comprised of ten companies of sixty men each, three companies to be riflemen and act as light infantry. On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress requested the Commonwealth of Virginia to furnish six battalions for use by the Continental forces. February 13, 1776 the nine Virginia regiments were accepted by the Continental Congress for Continental service.
The Fifth Regiment of the Virginia troops, under the command of William Peachy, along with the Third Regiment was assigned the area between Potowmach (?Potomac - JAB) and Rappahanoch for security. The Fifth Regiment was then stationed at Richmond Courthouse, where the activities of the Fifth Regiment from March 1776 until July 1776 are covered in the orderly book of the company of Captain George Stubblefield.May 7, 1776, Colonel William Peachey resigned and Colonel Scott was assigned as commander of the regiment.
From: www.fieldmusic.com/regiment/history.html
The Uniform of the Fifth Virginia
The uniform of the Fifth Virginia Regiment is based on the regiment, as they would have been seen in 1778. Brown wool regimentals coats, faced red, the facing is the cuffs and lapels. The drummers and fifers wear the reverse colors, red wool regimentals with brown facing. The buttons are marked ““USA””. Black felt cocked hats with black cockade on the left side. Smallclothes consisting of red wool waistcoat, white linen shirt, and white linen breeches. A black leather neck stock, black leather buckle type shoes with square toes, and gray stockings. Until the uniform is completed, a new member could wear a hunting shirt and black low cut military style shoes. The firearm used is the flintlock, smoothbore .75-caliber Brown Bess musket or the .69-caliber French Charleville musket.
LINEAGE
Authorized 28 December 1775 in the Continental Army as the 5th Virginia Regiment.
Assigned 27 February 1776 to the Southern Department.
Organized 28 February 1776 at Richmond Court House to consist of 10 companies from Lancaster, Richmond, Westmoreland, Spotsylvania, Northampton, Chesterfield, Henrico, Bedford, and Loudoun Counties.
Relieved 3 September 1776 from the Southern Department and assigned Stephen's Brigade, an element of the Main Army.
Relieved 22 May 1777 from Stephen's Brigade and assigned to the 1st Virginia Brigade, an element of the Main Army.
Reorganized 1 November 1777 to consist of 8 companies.
Consolidated 12 May 1779 with the 3d Virginia Regiment.
ENGAGEMENTS
Chesapeake Bay
Northern New Jersey
Trenton - Princeton
Defense of Philadelphia
Philadelphia - Monmouth
HISTORY.
In December of 1775, the Virginia General Assembly voted to increase the size of the military forces from two regiments to nine regiments. These new regiments were to be comprised of ten companies of sixty men each, three companies to be riflemen and act as light infantry. On December 28, 1775, the Continental Congress requested the Commonwealth of Virginia to furnish six battalions for use by the Continental forces. February 13, 1776 the nine Virginia regiments were accepted by the Continental Congress for Continental service.
The Fifth Regiment of the Virginia troops, under the command of William Peachy, along with the Third Regiment was assigned the area between Potowmach and Rappahanoch for security. The Fifth Regiment was then stationed at Richmond Courthouse, where the activities of the Fifth Regiment from March 1776 until July 1776 are covered in the orderly book of the company of Captain George Stubblefield. May 7, 1776, Colonel William Peachey resigned and Colonel Scott was assigned as commander of the regiment. It is unclear as to when the Fifth Regiment marched to join Washington’s forces, although, it is known they were part of Brigadier General Adam Stephen’s Brigade at the Battle of Trenton. Here it is reported that General Stephen jeopardized Washington’s Trenton raid by sending an unauthorized patrol across the Delaware River on Christmas Day. The patrol was led by Captain Richard Anderson of the Fifth Virginia Regiment.
January 1, 1777, found the Fifth Regiment under Colonel Scott Making up part of an outpost along Five Mile Run on the Trenton - Princeton Road. With the advance of the British from Princeton this outpost retreated in the direction of Trenton, finally reaching the main battle position south of Assumpenk Creek. It is not known what part the Fifth Regiment played during the Battle of Princeton on January 3,1777. April 1777, saw the Fifth Virginia, under the command of Colonel Josiah Parker, part of General Pete Muhlenburg’s Brigade, consisting of the 1st, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Virginia Regiments. The history of the Fifth Virginia Regiment from the period of April 1777 until December 1777 is reflected in the writings of General Muhlenburg in his orderly book.
In the Battle of Brandywine, 11 September 1777, the Fifth Virginia as a member of Muhlenburg’s Brigade, along with Weeden’s and Nash’s Brigade formed Greene’s Division. The extent of the Fifth’s participation in the Battle is unknown. Likewise, the performance of the regiment, as members of the Muhlenburg’s Brigade, at the Battle of Germantown, 4 October 1777, is also unknown. However, it is known that Muhlenburg led his Brigade in a bayonet attack that penetrated the British Lines and pushed 1000 yards to the rear. In his subsequent retreat to regain Greene’s main body, Colonel Mathew’s 9th Virginia, which lead the advance, was surrounded and captured.
During the winter of 1777 - 1778, the Fifth Virginia continued to be part of Muhlenburg’s Brigade and encamped with the rest of the Continental Line at Valley Forge.
Due to the lack of factual information, it is not known whether the Fifth Virginia participated in the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778. Records do show that sometime between May 1778 and July 1778, Colonel Joseph Parker was replaced by Colonel Abraham Buford.
In September 1778, the Virginia Line was rearranged, by reducing the fifteen regiments to eleven. The reorganization saw the Fifth Virginia Regiment (of 1775) redesignated the Third and the Seventh Virginia becoming the "new" Fifth Regiment. The Commander of the "new" Fifth was Colonel William Russell.
Little is written about the Fifth Regiment during the winter of 1778 -1779 In the reorganization of the Virginia Line in May 1779, the Fifth Regiment became part of General William Woodford’s Brigade. Following operations in the Northern Colonies, the Virginia troops were ordered south to join General Lincoln in defense of the Southern Colonies. These troops under General’s Woodford and Scott entered Charleston, South Carolina on April 7, 1780. On 12 May 1780, General Lincoln surrendered the city of Charlestown, along with the entire Virginia Line of Continental troops to the British.
Lineage taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright
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The Virgina Regiment.
From theGeorge Washington documents,Sept 15, 1755.
George Washington Esquire, is by His Honor Governour Dinwiddie, appointed Colonel of the Virginia Regiment, and Commander in Chief of all the Forces that now are, and shall be Raised &c. &c.
Captain Adam Stephen is appointed Lieutenant Colonel; and Captain Andrew Lewis, Major of the same Regiment. Captain George Mercer, of the Virginia Forces, is Appointed Aid de Camp to Colonel Washington.
Lieutenants John Savage, John Mercer, Joshua Lewis, and Henry Woodward, are promoted as Captains in the Virginia Regiment.
Mr. Robert Spotswood, Carter Harrison, Charles Lewis, William Peachy, David Bell, and Robert McKenzie, are appointed Captains in the same Regiment.
Regimental Dress:
Every Officer of the Virginia Regiment, to provide himself as soon as he can conveniently, with a Suit of Regimentals of good blue Cloth; the Coat to be faced and cuffed with Scarlet, and trimmed with Silver: A Scarlet waistcoat, with Silver Lace; blue Breeches, and a Silver-laced Hat, if to be had, for Camp or Garrison Duty.
Besides this, each Officer is to provide himself with a common Soldiers Dress, for Detachments, and Duty in the Woods.
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The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor.
Winchester, Friday, January 9, 1756.
Parole Versailles.
The Tour of Duty, mentioned in the Orders of the third instant, it to be done only by the Captains. A general Return is to be given in at ten o'clock, of all the Troops in this Town; except those that belong to Captain Stewart. The Commissary must also give in a Return of all the Kettles he has in Store here.
All the Officers now in town, are to hold themselves in readiness to attend Lieutenant Colonel Stephen to Fort Cumberland tomorrow; except Captains Stewart, Peachy and Bell.
The Virginia Regiment is now formed into Companies; and are (without a particular Order to the contrary) to remain, and be as followeth, viz.
1st. Company ... Captain Peter Hogg
Lieutenant George Frazier
Ensign William Fleming
2nd. Company ... Captain George Mercer
Lieutenant Thomas Bullett
Ensign George Hedgman (or Hedgeman)
3d. Company ... Captain Thomas Waggener
Lieutenant Walter Stewart
Ensign Nathaniel Milner
4th. Company ... Captain Robert Stewart
Lieutenant John McNeil
Ensign George Gordon
5th. Company ... Captain Thomas Cocke
Lieutenant William Starke
Ensign George Weedon
6th. Company ... Captain John Savage
Lieutenant John Blagg
Ensign Charles Smith
7th. Company ... Captain William Bronaugh
Lieutenant Hancock (Heindrick or Hendrick) Eustace
Ensign
8th. Company ... Captain John Mercer
Lieutenant John Lowry
Ensign
9th. Company ... Captain Joshua Lewis
Lieutenant John King
Ensign Buckner
[NoteEnsign Mordecai Bucknet, who also acted as quartermaster.]
10th. Company ... Captain Henry Woodward
Lieutenant Austin Brockenbrough,
Ensign
11th. Company ... Captain Robert Spotswood,
Lieutenant John Edward Lomax,
Ensign Thomas Carter
12th. Company ... Captain Henry Harrison
Lieutenant John Hall
Ensign Nathaniel Thompson
13th. Company ... Captain Charles Lewis
Lieutenant PeterSternbergen
Ensign Edward Hubbard
14th. Company ... Captain William Peachy
Lieutenant John Williams
Ensign William Dangerfield
15th. Company ... Captain David Bell
Lieutenant John Campbell
Ensign John Deane
16th. Company ... Captain Robert McKenzie
Lieutenant James Baker
Ensign Leonard Price
Each Captain is to receive his own, and his Subalterns Recruits upon his arrival at Fort
Cumberland: and the Soldiers that were in the late Companies of Captains Stephen, Hogg, Polson,
and Peyrounie; are to be equally divided among the promoted Lieutenants: Viz. The Captains
Savage, Bronaugh, Mercer, Lewis and Woodward: who are ordered to complete their
Companies, without further delay.
The new appointed Officers, who obtained their Commissions upon condition that they should raise their Companies: are hereby informed. That it is expected the terms will be complied with, with the greatest punctuality. And it is recommended to the Serious consideration of all the Officers, who value their appointments; to set about this Duty with the greatest alacrity and dispatch: for the terms on one side, will assurdly be observed. I have my instructions from the Governour.
The Balances of the Recruiting Accompts. are to be paid on demand, to Lieutenant Colonel Stephen. And it is again desired, that no Officer will pretend to charge for any men, but what have actually been received (as some have done at Fort Cumberland; not only contrary to their Instructions, but against a positive Order). It is also desired; that no Article may encumber the Recruiting Accompts., but such as have relation to them. The Officers pay, and pay for Sergeants, Drummers, &c. are Charges against the paymaster; of whom they will receive the money. All Subalterns who received Recruiting money from their Captains, are to account with them for it; as the Captain is to make out a General Accompt. for me, agreeable to a form herewith sent: they being answerable for the money. And as complaint has been made, that some Subalterns have expended the money without Recruiting Men equivalent: I do hereby Order that their pay be stopped; until their Captains have full and just satisfaction made to them.
And I do also declare; that if any Officer for the future shall apply the money delivered him for public uses; such as Recruiting &c. to his private purposes; that he or they shall answer it before a General Court Martial; and may depend upon suffering to the utmost rigour of their Sentence. The Officers who have not received are to draw upon the Paymaster for their own and Mens arrears for the months of January and February last; agreeable to the Order of the thirtieth of December: and to see that the men are duly paid while they are at Fort Cumberland. They are to take receipts from each particular man; which with a general accompt., is to be lodged with Lieutenant Colonel Stephen: and as Lieutenant Colonel Stephen has received part of most of their arrears; care must be taken that the Sums so received, are duly deducted. This Accompt. will be lodged in the paymasters hands for that purpose. The Officers who will be Ordered out Recruiting, will receive their instructions from Lieutenant Colonel Stephen.
[Note: From Winchester (January 9) Washington issued general instructions for the recruiting
officers of the Virginia Regiment. They are practically the same as those issued Sept. 3, 1755,
ante.]
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