Henry Rector 1736 father of Elizabeth Rector 1766
Is ther recent scholarship about the wife of Henry Rector / Rictor b 1736 who married Mary Hendren / Mary Glascock / Mary Gore b 1734?
Modified Register for Johannes Richter
First Generation
1. Johannes Richterwas born in 1606 in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.
1638 admitted to the Guild of Clock makers
Johannes married Cathrinbefore 1631 in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany. Cathrin was born in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i. Christopherl Richterwas born on 29 Jun 1631. He died after 1713.
Second Generation
2. Christopherl Richter(Johannes) was born on 29 Jun 1631 in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany. He died after 1713 in Trupbach, Siegen, Westfalen, Germany.
See this web page about the Germanna Colony in Virginia http://www.germanna.org/http://www.germanna.org/
Occupation: Christopher Richter was a clockmaker and a member of the guild of Steelsmiths and
Toolmakers, in Trupbach (a village near Siegen) or in the Freudenberg District.
This book probably has whole line: "Rector records: ancestors and descendants of John Jacob Rector and
Elizabeth Fischbach: 1714 immigrants from Trupbach, Germany to Germanna, Virginia." 1986. by Larry
King 474 pages.
B.C. Holtzclaw, John Jacob Rector and of Germanna and His Descendants,_(Germanna Record No. 4),
April 1963, Published by the Memorial Foundation of_the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc. p3. see
also Dr. William J. Hinke,_Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 41, p.41 ff.__VOCATION:
clockmaker, member of the Guild of Steelsmiths and Toolmakers.
Christopher married Anna Cathrina Beckerdaughter of Herman Becker and Ottilia in 1666 in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Westfalen, Germany. Anna was born on 14 Jun 1640 in Trupbach, Siegen, Germany. She was christened on 19 Jun 1640 in Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany. She died on 15 Jun 1713 in Trupbach, Siegen, Germany.
Children
Cathrin Richterb: 1667
Johannes Richterb: 1668
Freidrich Richterb: 1671
Johannes Richterb: 1672
John or Hans Jacob Richter or Rectorb: 10 Oct 1674 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Westfalen, DEU
Freidrich Richterb: 1676
Jacob Richterb: 1679
Hans Henrich Richterb: 1680
Christopher and Anna had the following children:
+ 3 M i. John Jacob Rectorwas born on 10 Oct 1674. He died on 7 Aug 1729.
Third Generation
3. John Jacob Rector(Christopher, Johannes) was born on 10 Oct 1674 in Trupbach, Siegen, Germany. He died on 7 Aug 1729 in Germantown, Fauquier, VA.
See this web page about the Germanna Colony in Virginia http://www.germanna.org/http://www.germanna.org/
John Jacob RECTOR, aka Hans Jacob RICTER or RICTOR.
The family began using the Anglicized surname of Rector instead of Richter after they moved to the
Germanna Colony in Virginia.
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born. per records of church of Siegen, Germany, Hans Jacob Richter in 1674, on the 12th Sabbath after
Trinity (presumably sometime in September).
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married. per records of church of Siegen, Germany, translated as "Married in Truppach the 17th day of
February, 1711, Hans Jacob Richter the legitimate son of Christopher Richter of Truppach to Elizabeth,
the Legitimate daughter of Phillip Fishbach.
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Hans was admitted to the Guild of Steelsmiths & Toolmakers in the Freudenburg District on Jan 7, 1712.
_Emigrated to Virginia in 1714 arriving in Apr of 1714. He was a member of the Spottswood German
colony which settled on the Rapidan River in 1714. Later this group founded Germantown, Fauquier Co.,
and here, it is said, organized thefirst German Reformed Church in America._Hans and Elisabeth
immigrated to America along with eleven other families to work in the iron mines of Virginia. The
settlement eventually became known as the Germanna Colony._1719, elder in the Reformed Church
established by the colonists in VA
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This line is covered in the History of the Descendants of John Jacob Rector, by Levi Brimmer Salmans,
1936, 385 pps.
Part of the German Migration of colonists of 1714 skilled iron workers from Prussian Westphalia, 30 miles
east of Cologne on the Rhine River. Came as a group with their pastor "Reformed" church as was
common at the time to escape religious abuse. They were promised 50 acres for each man, woman, and
child who settled. When the 12 German families arrived in England, they found the colonial promoter
who had made the arrangements was not there.When they finally found him, he had no money or
provisions for colonists, and recommended that they return to Germany. Instead they hired themselves
out as servants, and as no boat was available, remained in Maidstone, Kent, England, working to pay for
passage, finally sailing to arrive in Norfolk VA April 1714. VA Gov. Spottswood arranged for them to be
given a place in the dense northwest forests beyond the settlements to act as a bumper community
between the English settlement and the Indians. The Germans cleared land, built houses, opened iron
mines, built furnaces, and established an early perhaps a first self-sufficient ironworks in America. This
sub-colony was called Germanna, until other names proposed by the residents such as Maidstone and
Rectortown took hold (about 5 miles SW of Middleberg Rt 50).
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Hans Jacob Richter was born 10 Oct 1674 in Trupbach, Nassau, Siegen, Germany to Christophel Richter
and Anna Cathrin Becker . According to Mrs. Smart, he "was admitted to the Guild of Steel Steelsmiths
and Toolmakers of the Freundenberg District as a toolmaker June 7, 1712". On January 17, 1711, he
married Anna Elisabeth Fischbach. Clara Smart writes "In the summer of 1713, Hans Jacob Rector, his
wife Elisabeth and their son, Johannes, left Trupbach for the New World, along with the other 1714
immigrants from Nassau Siegen." He eventually owned 150 acres of land (Spottsylvania Will Book "A",
page 74) at Germantown, Virginia, the town founded by the 1714 Siegen immigrants about 15 miles
north of the original Germanna site, (more information can be found at The Germanna Colony
Germany to the New World, but their subsequent children were born in Virginia. Hans Jacob Rector was
an elder in the German Reformed Church at Germantown. He died in August 1729 at Germantown,
Fauquier County, VA.
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SOURCE: B.C. Holtzclaw, John Jacob Rector and of Germanna and His Descendants, (Germanna Record
No. 4), April 1963, Published by the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc. p 3.
Also known as "Hans Jacob Richter."__SOURCE: Willis Miller Kemper, Genealogy of the Fishback
Family in America, 1714-1914. p33. Library of Congress. CHRISTENED: 19th Sunday after Trinity,
1674.__VOCATION: Admitted to the Guild of Steelsmiths and Toolmakers of the Freudenberg District
as a toolmaker on 7 January 1712. King, p2.__RELIGION: Elder in the German Reformed Church at
Germanna Colony in Virginia, a Calvinist church now part of the United Churches of Christ. King, p2.
Kemper, p34.__SOURCE: Larry King, Rector Records, 1986. p1, no. 1-1. Library of Congress_No.
CS71.R3 1986. _"14 JOHN JACOB RECTOR (Hans Jacob Richter) is the ancestor of the families recorded
in this Work. He was born in 1674 at Trupbach, Germany and died about 1728/1729 at Germantown,
Virginia. His surname "Richter' (meaning judge) was Anglicized to "Rector" after one or two generations
of his descendants had been living in America. The "Hans' in his German name is an abbreviation of "
Johannes" and is equivalent to 'Jack." __John Jacob Rector and Elizabeth Fishback (Elisabeth
Fischbach) were married at Trupbach 17 Jan 1711. Details of their four children are given in the
following SECOND GENERATION CHAPTER under Record Numbers 2-1; 2-2; 2-3 and 2-4. Their
succeeding descendants thru twelve generations are likewise shown under numbered records of
applicable generation chapters. __Known ancestors of John Jacob Rector are: (1) Parents; Christopher
Richter, born about 1645, a clockmaker of Trupbach and a member of the Guild of Steeismiths and
Toolmakers, and Anna Catharina Becker daughter of Herman Becker of Trupbach; (II) Grandfather;
Johannes Richter of Siegen. born about 1605/1610. about 1638 admitted to the Guild of Hammersmiths
and Smelterers as a Reidtmeister (middleman). dealer in iron products and ironworks owner; (111) Great
Grandfather; Jacob Richter of Siegen, born about 1575; and probably (IV) Great Great Grandfather;
Hans Richter born about 1550 in Saxony. Siegen city records show that he (Hans Richter) paid the fee
for Siegen citizenship in 1585 being 'from the country near Meissen, from the city of Freiburg.' __
Elizabeth Fishback, wife of John Jacob Rector, was born about 1687 at Trupbach and died after 1760 in
Rectortown, Virginia. Her known ancestry is: (1) Parents, Phillip Fischbach, born Seelbach, Germany in
1661 and died in Virginia about 1715, and his wife Elizabeth Heimbach daughter of Johannes Heimbach
of Trupbach-, (11) Grandparents; Johannes Fischbach. 11, of Seelbach, born 1631; and (111) Great
Grand- father; Johannes Fischbach, 1, of Trupbach, born about 1600. The original ancestor of the
Fischbachs was a prominent "iron-master," Tiel Van Fischbach (otherwise called 'Von Holienstein') born
about 1415-1420 who was 'Schultheiss" of Freudenberg, or Chief Justice of the District Court and official
representative of the Court of Nassau-Siegen in that District. __Phillip Fishback/ Elizabeth Heimbach,
parents of Elizabeth Fishback, came to the Virginia Colony in America along with their seven children and
other relatives in 1714. Today (1986) they are the ancestors of thousands of descendants including the
following United States Governors: (1) Henry Massey Rector, sixth governor of Arkansas-see Record No. 5
-115 of this Work; (2) James Sevier Conway, first governor of Arkansas-see Record No. 5-116; (3) Elias
Nelson Conway, fifth governor of Arkansas; (4) James Lawson Kemper, governor of Virginia 1874/1878,
and (5) William Meade Fishback, governor of Arkansas 1893/1895. __During the governorship of
Alexander Spotswood from 1710 to 1722 iron ore deposits were discovered in what is now Northeast
Orange County, Virginia. Prior to this time there had been no iron ore mining and production of iron
products in the Colonies. All much needed items made of this metal were imported from England at
great expense. The Governor fully realized that if this newly found and valuable resource could be mined
and processed into farm implements, tools, household items, guns, etc. it would be of great benefit to
the Colony. __Swiss promoter/developer Baron Von Graffenreid was engaged by Governor Spotswood
to recruit immigrants from the old Principality of Nassau-Siegen area, now a part of Westphalia,
Germany to mine and process this newly found iron ore. This area of Germany, about forty-five miles
East of Bonn, was selected because iron ore had been mined, processed and iron products
manufactured there for centuries. __Twelve families, consisting of forty-two individuals, with a
knowledge of iron ore mining, processing and iron products manufacturing from the Nassau-Siegen area
were persuaded to immigrate to the New World. Subject John Jacob Rector, his wife Elizabeth Fishback
and their son John (see Record No. 2-1) were one of these families. __In the Summer of 1713 the
twelve families departed their German homeland for the New World. Their first stop was Maidstone,
England. On arrival they found their promoter was without money or provisions for the voyage to
America. During the Winter of 1713/1714 they worked to pay their own way and April 1714 landed not
far from Williamsburg, Virginia; the then seat of government.
John married Anna Elisabeth Fischbachdaughter of Philip Fischbach and Elisabeth Heimbach on 17 Feb 1711 in Trupbach, Germany. Anna was born on 15 Apr 1685 in Trupbach, Siegen, Germany. She died about 1761 in Germantown, Fauquier, VA.
Anna Elisabeth Fischbach was born on 15 April 1685 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany. She was the
daughter of Phillip Fischbach and Elisabeth Heimbach, who were also part of the first wave of settlers to
the Germanna Colony. She is referred to as Elisabeth Rector in deeds and court affidavits from the
Germanna period. Anna Elisabeth Fischbach Rector must have been a remarkably strong and resourceful
woman. She became a widow at age 44 with four fatherless children in the wilderness of Virginia
approximately 1729. Hans Jacob and Elisabeth immigrated to Virginia along with Elisabeth's parents,
brothers and sisters. So she must have had the support of family at Germantown after her husband died.
After his death she married an early settler named John Marr, who died in 1744. It's possible that John
Marr was the father-figure who raised Jacob Rector, since Jacob was such a young child at his father's
death. Elisabeth Rector Marr may also have married a Col. John Finlayson later in life. Anna died abt
1761 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia.
One version of the history of the Germanna Colony can be found at http://www.germanna.org/historyhttp://www.germanna.org/history.
html. There are other links which elaborate and update the current research into the Germanna settlers.
A search for "Germanna" on google will net links to this colony.
John and Anna had the following children:
+ 4 M i. John Rectorwas born on 1 Dec 1711. He died on 11 Mar 1773.
5 M ii. Harmon Rectorwas born about 1713 in prob, Germany or England. He died after 1772 in res, Fauquier Co, VA.
Harmon married Mary Nelsonin Farquier Co, VA.
Fourth Generation
4. John Rector(John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 1 Dec 1711 in Trupbach, Siegen, Germany. He died on 11 Mar 1773 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
Founder of Rectortown, VA
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born. per records of church of Siegen, Germany, translated as "Truppach. To Hans Jacob Richter and
Elsbeth, Johannes Fishbach acting as godfather, the child Johannes. The 1st of December 1711.
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Will. dated 5 Jul 1772. John Rector of Farquier Co, Colony of VA. To wife Catherine the plantation of 300
acres, the servants, the profits, household, kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, stock, for her life. To
son Henry 224 acre farm, plus the 300 acre plantation after Catherine dies. 2 servants valued at 50
pounds to be paid to son Daniel. To son Charles 201 acre farm and 2 servants. To son Jacob clock,
smith's bellows, anvil and tools and 1 servant. To son Benjamin a plantation of 160 acres and 2 servants.
To son Frederick 2 servants. To grandson John son of john 100 acre plantation on Cromwells Run. To
brother Harmon Rector 100 acres and dwelling on Licking Run. After wife Catherine dies, all the
household and kitchen furniture, stock, two distilleries, and utensils, to be sold at public sale and divided
into 8 equal parts, to sons John, Daniel, Jacob, Charles, Benjamin, Frederick, 1/8 to deceased dau
Catherine's children, 1/8 to dau Elizabeth's children. wife Catherine and son Henry co-executors. (his x
mark). Probate Fauquier Co, VA 22 Mar 1773. Will Book 1 page 205.
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This from Chuck Rector on rootsweb.
Fauquier County records show John Rector active acquiring large tracts of land, settling them in
communities then selling them. He sold land near Germantown before moving to the Northern part of
the County. founder of Rectortown, VA. Immigrated to VA in 1714. His brother Harmon mentioned will.
Some genealogist have John married in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA, to Catherine or Katherine Taylor,
pos born 2 Jul 1707 in North Farnham Parish, VA. This would make her the mother of all but the first one
to three children. If they were married abt 1737. as many as three would have been born to Anna, with
the rest born to Katherine. some genealogist also have found that a Mary Spilman was married into the
family, - still confusion on this family not sorted out- . Dates of the children by Mary Spillman conflict
with dates of other children by wives. Perhaps, from looking at the confusion, a John from New York,
came down to Virginia and married Mary. It seems that Hans translated John may have been part of
John's brother Jacob's name. Hans commonly given to more than one child in this family as a patron
saint. Common in German naming patterns, with the children going by their other middle name. Could
she actually have been married to Jacob? Jacob is married to a Mary that seems confused with Mary Hitt
unlikely being attributed to at least three of the Rector men in this family (dates of the children don't
allow a couple of the relationships, even though it was common enough for someone to marry back into
the same family at that time). More research needed on the proofs.
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will dated 11/5/1772, proved 3/22/1773, will book BI 205-7, Farquier Co, VA.
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his great- grandson, Henry Massey Rector, b Louisville KY, 5-1-1816 was Gov of Arkansas in 1860.
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John and Anna are the progenitors 7th great grandparents of Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the
moon.
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BUT SEE: there are others who say that CATHERINE TAYLOR was the mother of their children after
ANNA CATHERINA FISHBACK died. as follows"I descend from Frederick, brother of your Elizabeth. Their
mother was Catherine Taylor Robinson, rather than Anna Catherine Fischbach. The first Catherine,
whose mother was Agnes Haeger, apparently died after the first child (maybe two?) was born and our
ancestors at the end of the line descend from John Rector's second marriage, to Catherine Taylor
Robinson. I didn't want to believe this but it has been proved to me conclusively by John Blankenbaker
and John Alcock and they are certainly prime authorities on this subject!! (Thanks again, John and John,
for all your guidance.) It was Catherine, his daughter who married William Robinson and after his death
married John Rector. John Gott researched and wrote about the lawsuit in Fauquier that makes these
'facts' clear, although there were some blanks in the court records that someone has filled in, perhaps at
a later date, muddying the waters. Catherine had children from both Robinson and Rector. I'm very
interested in your parentage for Charles! Lila LNiemann"
John married Anna Catherina Fishbackdaughter of John Fishback and Agnes Hager in Mar 1731 in Germantown, Farquier, VA. Anna was born in 1714 in Germanna, Orange, VA. She died in 1775 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
per D. Richard Mauery, Washington, DC on rootsweb
her grandfather was Philip Fischbach, so husband John was a cousin
John and Anna had the following children:
6 M i. Jacob Rictorwas born about 1731. He died before 26 Oct 1795.
7 M ii. John Rictor 3rdwas born about 1733. He died before 1773.
John married Mary Ann Hitt .
+ 8 M iii. Henry Rectorwas born on 1 Mar 1736. He died on 26 Nov 1781.
+ 9 M iv. Daniel Rectorwas born on 8 Feb 1741/1742. He died on 1 May 1814.
10 M v. Charles Rectorwas born on 14 Apr 1742 in Germantown, Farquier, VA. He died in 1833 in Sevier Co, TN.
11 F vi. Catherine Rictorwas born about 1744 in Germantown, Farquier, VA. She died before 5 Nov 1772.
12 F vii. Elisabeth Rictorwas born about 1746 in Germantown, Farquier, VA.
13 M viii. Benjamin Rectorwas born on 24 Jan 1743/1744 in Germantown, Farquier, VA. He died on 2 Apr 1808 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
+ 14 M ix. Frederick Rectorwas born on 16 Jul 1750. He died on 24 Oct 1811.
Fifth Generation
8. Henry Rector(John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 1 Mar 1736 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA. He died on 26 Nov 1781 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
Henry Rector (1 Mar 1736 at Fauquier, VA, d. 26 Nov 1781 at Rectortown, VA). In 1765 he married Mary
Glascock (1734-1822) at Fauquier Co., VA. They had at least the following children: Frances Rector (1762
-1799); Elizabeth Rector (1766-1839); William Rector (1768-1834); Margaret Rector (1770-1833);
Catherine Rector (1772-1862); John Alexander Rector (1774-1855); Enoch Rector (1776-1816)
Henry married Mary (Hendren) Glascockin 1765 in Fauquier Co, VA. Mary was born on 30 Jul 1734 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA. She died on 27 May 1822 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
Mary married[1] Glascock, who died and left her a widow. she married [2] Henry Rector. She married
[3] Gore, and was known a "old Mother Gore" who d in 1820.
Children
Elizabeth Rectorb: 2 Jul 1766 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
William Rectorb: 15 Jul 1768 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
Margaret "Peggy" Rector b: 25 Mar 1770 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
Catherine Rectorb: 7 Apr 1772 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
John Alexander Rectorb: 1 Mar 1774 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
Enoch Rector b: Bet 22 May 1776 and 1778 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
Henry and Mary had the following children:
+ 15 F i. Elizabeth Rectorwas born on 2 Jul 1766. She died on 14 Oct 1839.
16 M ii. William Rectorwas born on 15 Jul 1768 in Rectortown, Fauquier,VA. He died on 24 Jan 1834 in Rectortown, Fauquier,VA.
William married Margaret Robinson"Peggy" on 23 Feb 1791 in Rectortown, Fauquier,VA. Margaret was born about 1770 in Rectortown, Fauquier,VA. She died on 19 Jul 1864 in Rectortown, Fauquier,VA.
17 F iii. Peggy Rectorwas born on 25 Mar 1770.
18 F iv. Catherine Rectorwas born on 7 Apr 1772.
19 M v. John Rectorwas born on 11 May 1774.
20 M vi. Enoch Rectorwas born on 22 May 1778.
9. Daniel Rector(John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 8 Feb 1741/1742 in Germantown, Fauquier, VA. He died on 1 May 1814 in Clark Co, OH.
His son Charles Rictor served in war of independence and Daniel is mentioned in his son's war record.
Daniel married Nancy Ann Oldham . Nancy was born about 1740 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
They had the following children:
+ 21 F i. Winifred Rectorwas born about 1765.
14. Frederick Rector(John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 16 Jul 1750 in Rectortown, VA. He died on 24 Oct 1811 in Oak Hill, Kaskaskia, IL.
m 2/7/1770 to Elizabeth Connor.
his grandson, Henry Massey Rector, b Louisville KY, 5-1-1816 was Gov of Arkansas in 1860.
John Rector>Frederick Rector>
Frederick married Elizabeth Connoron 7 Feb 1770. Elizabeth was born in 1755 in Norfolk, Norfolk, VA.
They had the following children:
+ 22 M i. Elias Rectorwas born about 1785. He died in 1822.
+ 23 F ii. Ann Elizabeth Rectorwas born on 22 Apr 1771.
Sixth Generation
15. Elizabeth Rector(Henry Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 2 Jul 1766 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA. She died on 14 Oct 1839 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
Children
Anna or Anne Shacklettb: 15 Feb 1783
Elizabeth Shacklettb: 13 Dec 1784
Mary Shacklettb: 20 Jun 1787 in Fauquier Co., VA
Edward Shacklett b: 30 Dec 1788
John (Snowden?) Shacklettb: 24 Sep 1790 in Rectortown, Fauquier Co., VA
Catherine "Kitty" Shacklettb: 5 Oct 1792 in Fauquier Co., VA
William E. Shacklettb: 25 Mar 1794
Benjamin Cook Shacklettb: 13 Jan 1798
Henry "Harry" Shacklettb: 24 Sep 1799
Margaret "Peggy" Shacklettb: 11 May 1801
Lucinda "Lucy" Shacklettb: 2 Mar 1803
Samuel Shacklettb: 31 May 1804 in Fauquier Co., VA
Robert Shacklettb: 14 Dec 1805
Hezekiah Shacklett b: 24 Sep 1807
George Washington Shacklett?b: 17 Nov 1809 in VA
Elizabeth married Edward Shacklett patriotson of Benjamin Shacklett and Catherine Tucker on 10 May 1782 in Fauquier Co, VA. Edward was born on 17 Oct 1758 in Fairfax Co, VA. He died on 23 Apr 1826 in Fauquier Co, VA. He was buried in Cool Spring Churchyard, Delaplane, VA.
per History of the descendants of John Jacob Rector. Authors: Salmans, L. B. 1936.
Fought in war of independence. after his death wife drew a pension.
1777 28 Jan. Age: 18 Military Virginia, Army - served as Corporal and Sergeant Military Service from 28
Jan 1777 to 10 Jan 1780 Cptn Nathaniel Burwell's company, 1st Regiment of State Artillery.
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This is from Turner W. Shacklett in 1925. Edward b October 17, 1758 d April 23, 1826 -68 years NOTE:
In same article it lists the tombstone records and it gives "Edward Shacklett died April 23, 1820 68 years
and 6 months- Here lies the loving husband's dear remains; the tender father and the faithful friend"
CHILDREN:_Ann 2-15-1783 -_Elizabeth 12-13-1784 -_Mary 6-20-1787 -_Edward 12-30-1788 -_John
9-24-1790 -_Catherine 10-5-1792 -_William 3-25-1794 -_Benjamine Cook 1-13-1798 -_Henry 9-24-
1799 -_Margaret 5-11-1801 -_Lucinda 3-2-1803 -_Samuel 5-31-1804 -_Robert 12-14-1805 -_
Hezekiah 9-24-1807 -_George W. 11-17-1809 -_------------------------------------------------------
His home is now a historic site.
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Yew
Hill
Shacklett’s Tavern.
Ashby’s tavern property was the first fee-simple land for Edward Shacklett, who had leased a lot from
John Marshall’s Oak Hill tract in 1793, where he was to build a twenty-four-by-sixteen-foot dwelling
house and a thatched or boarded thirty-by-sixteen-foot barn. It may be that he was living on this
leasehold earlier since his rent was to begin on the first of January in 1791. Edward was fully aware of
Robert Ashby’s Tavern since he lived in the neighborhood. Born in Fairfax County in 1758 to Benjamin
and Catharine Shacklett of French descent, Edward was a resident of Surry County on the James River
when he joined Capt. Nathaniel Burwell’s 1st Virginia Regiment of State Artillery where he achieved the
rank of sergeant and colonel. Discharged in 1780, Colonel Shacklett married Elizabeth Rector, the
daughter of Henry Rector and Mary Glascock of Rectortown in Fauquier County in 1782. All but two of
their fifteen children had been born between 1783 and 1805 by the time the family moved about a mile
and a half north into Ashby’s tavern. Five of the children were of an age to have left home. Daughter
Anne, born in 1783, had married her cousin Thomas Rector before December 1799, and the twenty-year-
old Mary wed William Hunton Hampton of Rockhill near The Plains in 1807. The 1810 census has Edward
Shacklett as the head of a household of seven males and two females under the age of twenty six, and
he held eleven slaves. Counting his wife, his seven-room Goose Creek home would contain about the
same number of family members as it had when Robert Ashby moved into the dwelling in 1760 or 1761.
No ordinary license in the name of Edward Shacklett has surfaced, so it cannot be stated with certainty
that the tavern use continued by him. However, no record has been found to show that Northumberland
County tavern keeper John Hughlett, Sr. obtained a license for Hughlett’s Tavern within the same time
period, as indication that Virginia tavern laws were not uniformly enforced.
evolution of the colonial ordinary from a one-and-one-half-story, country tavern into more spacious
nineteenth-century accommodations, three porches were added to the dwelling and two interior rooms
became one in circa 1808. full-width porches were constructed on the front and back. porches were
becoming popular on dwelling houses by the mid-eighteenth-century, earlier tavern keeper Robert Ashby
had resisted the trend. Nearly fifty years later, however, travel had greatly increased on the improved
roads, and the additional open sitting and sleeping areas provided quieter summertime comfort as they
relieved overcrowding inside the tavern. a front porch on a one-and-one-half-story, residential-building in
the first decade of the nineteenth century is significant, having another full-width in the rear is likely
associated with tavern keeping. Simultaneously, the partition and corner fireplaces in the south first-floor
portion of the building were removed, creating a full-depth room which would allow for a much larger
entertaining space. Shacklett’s enlargement of his tavern’s interior spaces was not uncommon
After 1750, Women were becoming more visible as guests, and with their male companions, required a
more genteel environment in which to socialize.
The year after Edward Shacklett died in 1826, his wife Elizabeth obtained the first of decades of nearly
annual licenses for a house of private entertainment at the family’s home. When she died in 1838, the
court issued licenses to her sons Hezekiah or George Washington Shacklett, but it was daughter
Catherine, better known as Kitty, who ran the tavern. Women tavern keepers were not uncommon
especially when widowed, and the income was even more relied upon without the husband managing
the plantation. cooking and homemaking skills made tavern keeping a logical occupation for Elizabeth
and Catherine on the well-traveled road.
Kitty and Hezekiah added a porch chamber within the front and back porches, creating two new
bedrooms in circa 1840 as the tavern evolved into a nineteenth-century inn.
Turnpike and railroad construction in the antebellum period maintained the popularity of the house of
private entertainment. Ninety-one years after construction, its prominent location remained
advantageous since Shacklett’s Tavern stood within walking distance of the new Piedmont Station Depot
for the Alexandria line.map of 1851 for the Manassas Gap Railroad showed "Shacklet’s Tavern" side-
gabled to the Winchester Road and at the present-day entrance off of the Gap Road.
During the Civil War, engineer J. Francis Gilmer used the tavern as a landmark on his map of upper
Fauquier, noting it as "Miss Kitty Shacklett’s," as all of her neighbors in the Piedmont community fondly
referred to the establishment. the passage was heavily traveled by Confederate and Federal troops. The
neighborhood was kept on edge by skirmishes, while soldiers took advantage of their fields for
encampments. In June of 1863, two of the Confederate army’s senior leaders were at Shacklett’s Tavern
as Gen. J. E. B. Stuart prepared for Gettysburg. Shortly after officially forming his Rangers at Rector’s
Cross Roads, John S. Mosby went searching for Stuart and found "his tent was in Miss Kitty Shacklett’s
front yard . This was not the only time Miss Kitty would welcome Confederate officers onto her property,
as Fielding Lewis Marshall of nearby Ivanhoe recalled CSA Gen. Bradley Johnson’s arrival in July of 1861:
At Shacklett’s Tavern, a roadside inn, before the Revolution, on the main road from Winchester to
Fredericksburg, via Warrenton, Miss Kitty Shacklett and her Brother ‘Kiah – lived and died. (Here you
may see the room Lord Fairfax occupied.) On the day of First Manassas, when Johnson’s rear guard
were on the march, and, hungry and thirsty, all day Miss Kitty cooked for them, officers and men alike.
And when, refreshed, they offered her gold in pay, her reply was ‘Go fight! I won’t have your gold!’ On
another occasion, she signaled from her upper window (at the risk of her life – for the Yankees had
swarmed into her house) to some of Mosby’s men at ‘Ashleigh’ that they were in danger. They thus
escaped capture or death. Her brother, ‘Kiah, suffered severe treatment from the Yankees, when he
refused to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. They took him out with a rope around his
neck and drew him to a tree. He still resisted, and they desisted; but poor ‘Kiah never rallied from the
shock.
Enraged by Mosby’s harassment of the Federals and his loyal countrymen who provided a safe haven for
him and his men in order to prevent their capture, Union General Sheridan ordered the destruction of
agricultural subsistence, the burning of all barns and mills and the driving of livestock from the
Shenandoah to the Bull Run Mountains. Many owners in the Crooked Run Valley suffered the loss of
slaughtered or stolen livestock, burned crops and outbuildings including the barn at Belle Grove and
Summerset’s stable and meat house. However, the Ashby-Shacklett threshing barn remarkably survived.
This is amazing considering Kitty’s documented assistance to Mosby and the Confederate cause, and the
Shackletts being "the most uncompromising Southrons."
Kitty was the daughter of Elizabeth Rector Shacklett (1766-1839) and Edward Shacklett (1758-1826).
Edward served in the Revolutionary War and has a DAR marker on his grave.
Edward and Elizabeth had the following children:
+ 24 M i. William Shacklettwas born on 25 Mar 1794. He died in 1830.
25 F ii. Catherine "Kitty" Shacklettwas born on 5 Oct 1792 in Fauquier Co, VA. She died in 1879 in Fauquier Co, VA.
Owner and manager of the national historic registry tavern, house on farm known as "
Yew Hill" near Delaplane, VA and Shacklett's Tavern. (Originally Ashby Tavern). near
Rectorville. Never married
26 M iii. Samuel Shacklettwas born on 31 May 1804 in Fauquier Co, VA. He died on 30 Jun 1886.
21. Winifred Rector(Daniel Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopherl, Johannes) was born about 1765.
Winifred married William Ross . William was born about 1765.
They had the following children:
+ 27 M i. Elijah Rosswas born on 6 Jul 1788.
22. Elias Rector(Frederick Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopherl, Johannes) was born about 1785 in Fauquier Co, VA. He died in 1822.
Elias married Fanny Bardella Thurstonin 1810 in Louisville, KY. Fanny was born on 7 Mar 1795. She died in 1822.
They had the following children:
28 M i. Henry Massy Rector Governorwas born on 1 May 1816 in Louisville, KY. He died on 12 Aug 1899.
Henry Massey Rector (May 1, 1816– August 12, 1899) was the sixth Governorof the
state of Arkansas. born near Louisville, Kentucky. Rector was educated by his mother
and attended one year of school at Louisville. He moved to Arkansas in 1835. Rector
served as U.S. Marshal after moving to Arkansas.
Arkansas state Senator from 1848 to 1850. He studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 1854. He served as U.S. Surveyor-General of Arkansas for several years. From
1855 to 1859, he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Rector also spent
one term as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Rector was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1860. During his term Arkansas seceded
from the Union and was admitted to the Confederate States of America. The
constitution of Arkansas was rewritten reducing the term of office for Governor to two
years. Rector left office in 1862 and served as a private in the state militia for the rest
of the war. Rector participated in the 1874 constitutional convention.
Rector was the first cousin of Representative Henry Wharton Conway, Governor James
Sevier Conway and Governor Elias Nelson Conway. Rector was also a third cousin of
General James Lawson Kemper. His grandson, James Rector, was the first Arkansan to
participate in the Olympic Games . His son, Colonel Elias W. Rector, ran for Governor
of Arkansas twice and served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for several
terms, served as Speaker of the House, and married the daughter of Senator James
Lusk Alcorn of Mississippi .
Henry Massey Rector died in Little Rock, Arkansas. The city's Rector Street — today, a
north-bound frontage road along Interstate 30 — bears his name.
The northeast Arkansas town of Rector is named for him. He was a first cousin of
fellow Confederate general Alexander E. Steen.
23. Ann Elizabeth Rector(Frederick Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopherl, Johannes) was born on 22 Apr 1771 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
Ann married Thomas C Conway . Thomas was born on 25 Jun 1771 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA.
They had the following children:
29 M i. James Sevier Conway Governorwas born on 9 Dec 1798 in Greene Co, TN. He died on 3 Mar 1855.
James Sevier Conway (December 9, 1798 – March 3, 1855) was a Democratic
Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor of the state.
born in Greene County, Tennessee. In 1820 he moved to Arkansas where he worked
as a surveyor. He formed a surveying business with two of his brothers. Conway's
company took over the land that would later become the city of Little Rock, Arkansas
and he is known as the founder of that city. Conway purchased a large cotton
plantation named Walnut Hill in what is now Lafayette County then part of Hempstead
County.
In 1832 Conway became the surveyor-general of the Arkansas Territory and served in
that position until 1836.
Conway became the first elected Governor of Arkansas when it became a state in
1836. His administration focused on developing schools and roads. He established a
state military to patrol the western frontier and worked to have a federal arsenal built
in Little Rock Arkansas. He worked to get funding for a state penitentiary. He pushed
for the establishment of a state library and university but was unsuccessful.
Conway left office in 1840 and returned to his plantation. He continued to be active in
public affairs. The city of Conway, Arkansas is named after him.
James S. Conway died from pneumonia on March 3, 1855. He is buried at the Conway
Cemetery Historic State Park at the site of the old Walnut Hill plantation, near Bradley,
Arkansas.
James Sevier Conway was the
brother of Arkansas Governor Elias Nelson Conway,
brother of Congressman Henry Wharton Conway,
first cousin of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier and
Governor Henry Massey Rector.
third cousin of Confederate General and
Virginia Governor James Lawson Kemper.
30 M ii. Elias Nelson Conway Governorwas born on 17 May 1812. He died on 28 Feb 1892.
Elias Nelson Conway (May 17, 1812 – February 28, 1892) was the fifthGovernor of
Arkansas.
Elias Nelson Conway was brother to James Sevier Conway the first governor of
Arkansas.
In 1833 Conway moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. He served as the state auditor from
1835 to 1849. In 1852 became Governor of Arkansas.
He formed the Chancery Courts and eased the state's financial problems. When
Conway left office in 1860 and the state treasury held a surplus.
first cousin to Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier and Governor Henry Massey Rector
31 M iii. Henry Wharton Conway Congressmanwas born on 18 Mar 1793. He died on 9 Nov 1827.
Henry Wharton Conway (March 18, 1793 – November 9, 1827) was a delegate to the
United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory.
born on March 18, 1793, near Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee. Ensign United
States Navyduring the War of 1812 promoted to Lieutenant 1813.
In 1817, Conway became a clerk in the U.S. Treasury and served in that position until
he moved to the Missouri Territory in 1818. In 1820, he moved to the Arkansas
Territory.
In Arkansas, he was appointed as receiver of public moneys and served in that
position in 1820 and 1821. He was elected as a delegate to the Eighteenth,
Nineteenth, and Twentieth US Congresses.
Conway was mortally wounded on October 29, 1827, during a duel near Napoleon,
Arkansas with Robert Crittenden who was Secretary of the Arkansas Territory. Conway
lingered for a couple of weeks after the duel and died of his wounds on November 9,
1827.
Conway County, Arkansas was named for him.
Seventh Generation
24. William Shacklett(Elizabeth Rector, Henry Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopher, Johannes) was born on 25 Mar 1794 in Rectortown, Fauquier, VA. He died in 1830 in Lexington, Fayette, KY.
per Rick Mauery on genforum. 7. Descendants of William Shacklett (1794-1830), m. 1814 Sarah Ann
Combs (1791-1831). (note: William left Fauquier County for Kentucky, where both he and his wife died
near Lexington. Their children then returned to Fauquier County, VA)._a. Mary Jane Shacklett (1816-
1896) m. 1836 David W. Arnold (minister) (1816-before 1896). Lived in Reisterstown, MD. Children:_1.
Henry Arnold, b. 1838._2. Sarah Arnold, b. 1840._3. Abner Arnold, b. 1847,_4. David Arnold, b. 1848.
William Shacklett served in the War of 1812 per the 1899 obituary of his son Abner
William married Sarah Ann Combsdaughter of Robert Ashby Combs patriot and Sarah Linton on 9 Oct 1814 in Fauquire, VA. Sarah was born in Mar 1791. She died in Mar 1831 in near, Lexington, KY.
per D. Richard Mauery, Washington, DC on rootsweb
William and Sarah had the following children:
+ 32 F i. Mary Jane Shacklettwas born in 1816. She died on 21 Apr 1896.
33 M ii. Abner Shacklettwas born on 27 Aug 1818 in Shelbyville, KY. He died on 8 Feb 1899 in VA.
Abner married Harriet Sheldon Glennon 21 Jan 1858. Harriet was born on 30 Nov 1836. She died on 30 Aug 1887.
34 F iii. Ann M Shacklettwas born in 1821. She died in 1885.
+ 35 F iv. Katherine Shacklettwas born in 1823. She died in 1862.
27. Elijah Ross(Winifred Rector, Daniel Rector, John Rector, John Jacob Rector, Christopherl, Johannes) was born on 6 Jul 1788.
Elijah married Mary Laws Houston . Mary was born on 5 Aug 1795.
They had the following children:
+ 36 M i. Lanson Everett Rosswas born on 15 Jun 1832.