The Fitzhugh Family (Continued)Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jan., 1900), pp. 317-319Published by: Virginia Historical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242268 .

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COLONEL WILLIAM FITZHUGH,

THE IMMIGRANT,

1698.

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GENEALOGY.

THE FITZHUGH FAMILY.*

(CONTINUED.)

To what has been said in regard to Colonel William' Fitzhugh, the immigrant, in the last number of the Magazine, may be added the fol- lowing from the British Public Record Office:

"June 14, I682. Minutes of Board of Trade and Plantations. The addresses of the Assembly and the Governor of Virginia, and several speeches of Mr. Fitzhugh were read, showing the people are extremely desirous of a cessation of planting tobacco."

In a letter dated April 22, i686, he describes his dwelling house: " Upon this same lanid is my own dwelling house, furnished with all

accommodations for a comfortable and gentle living, with rooms in it, four of the best of them hung [with tapestry], nine of them plentifully furnished with all things necessary and convenient, and all hQuses for use, furnished with brick chimneys, four good cellars, a dairy, dove cot, stable, barn, henhouse, kitchen and all other conveniencys, and all in a mnanner new, a large orchard of about 2,500 apple trees, most grafted, well fenced with a locust fence, which is as durable as most brick walls, a garden a hundred foot square, well paled in, a yard wherein is most of the aforesaid necessary houses pallisadoed in with locust puncheons, which is as good as is if it were walled in, and more lasting than any of our bricks."

Mr. Bruce in his admirable Economic History of Virginia, makes fre- quent use of the Fitzhugh letters-see the index of that work.

Colonel William,2 and Sarah (Tucker) Fitzhugh had surviving issue (named in his will).

9. William;3 jo. hIenry;I ii. Thomas;' 12. George; 13. John. 9. WILLIAM3 FITZHUGH ( William2), of "Eagles Nest," Stafford (now

King George county), was born , and died in the winter of 1713-14. He inherited under his father's will 18,723 acres of land in Stafford and Westmoreland; was residuary legatee of all lands not bequeathed, and rights to lands in Virginia, Maryland and England; eight negroes; I8 pieces of silver plate; ?200 sterling out of his father's money in England; half the household furniture; " my own and my wife's pictures, the other six pictures of my relations, and the large map in the study " (W. F.'s will),

* The portraits of Henry Fitzhugh. of Bedford, Eng., Wm. Fitzhugh the immigrant, Henry Fitzhugh his son, and of Mrs. Knox, wvhich will appear later are copies from the large atnd interestitng collection of ancestral portraits belonging to Mr. Douglas H. Thomas, of Baltimore.

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318 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE.

half his father's "study of books," &c. He was appointed clerk of Staf- ford counity, July i8, 1701, and was a member of the House of Burgesses for that county 1700, 1701 and 1702 -Stafford Records). Possibly he was a member in other years. On December 13, 171 1, the Lords of Trade and Plantations presented a representation to the Queen, recommending William Fitzhugh, Esq., as a person fully qualified to fill a vacancy in the Council, being a good estate, and being well affected towards her Majesty's government (Sainsbury Abstracts). The appointment made on December 19 and Fitzhugh took the oaths in Virginia, October s5, 1712 Council Journal). His tenure of office was short, for his last ap- pearance in Council was in November 8, 1713, and Jatiluary 27, 1713-14,

there is an entry in the Council Journal that he was dead. lBesides the offices named, Wim. Fitzhugh was a justice of Stafford, anid high sheriff in 1707. If he made a will it was doubtless recorded in Stafiord, but the books of that date have beeni lost. He married Ann, daughter of Richard Lee, Esq.,' of Westinoreland county (member of the Council). She married secondly, Captain Daniiel McCarty, of Westmoreland county, speaker of the House of Burgeses 1715-20. In her will dated November 7, 1728, probated WvVestmoreland county May 31, 1732, she names her son Colonel Henry Fitzhugh, brother Henry Fitzhughi, brothers Thomas, Henry and Richard Lee, her daughter Lettice, Elizabeth daughter of Major John Fitzhugh, her daughter Sarah Fitzhugh, &c.

Issue (Fitzhugh): I4. Henry,4 15. Lettice,' born July 15, I707, died February 1o, 1732, married, May 16, 1727, George Turberville, of " Hick- ory Hill," Westmoreland. Her tomh remains there, and its long inscrip- tion was printed in the William & Mary Quarterly, VIII, 95; i6. Sarah,' born 710, died October, 1743; married, January 5, 1735-6 (St. Paul's P'sh Reg.), Edward Barradall, Attorney-General of Virginia. They are buried in the same tomb in Bruton churchyard, Williamsburg, Va. The epitaph has been printed in Virginia Historical Society Collections.

The tomb bears the arims of Barradall and Fitzhugh empaled. IO. HENRY1 FITZHUGHI (Tk7lliam"), of ' Bedford," was born Jan. i5,

1686-7, died Dec. 12, 1758 (Fanily Bible). He inherited under his father's will 17, .s98 acres in Stafford, 7 negroes, 6 pieces of plate, ?1 20 sterling out of his father's money in England, half the books, &c., &c. He was highi sheriff of Stafford 1715. and member of the House of Bur- gesses for that county in 1736 ( Va. Hist. A%'egister, IV, 136). His por- trait has been preserved. He married Feb. 24, 1718, Susanna, daughter of Mordecai Cooke, of Gloucester Co. (wwho was a nmember of the House of Burgesses for that county in 1714).

Issue: 17. William', born Dec. 12-, 1719, died unbaptized; iS. Ann', born March 8, 1720-21, baptized by Rev. Giles Rannford, and had for sureties Mr. Henry Butler, Mrs. Elizabeth Berryman, and Mrs. Barbara Fitzhugh. She died April IS, 1789. She married Nov. 6, 1740, the dis- tinguished minister Rev. Robert Rose, of Essex, and afterwards of St.

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CAPTAIN HENRY FITZHUGH,

OF BEDFORD.

"Taken in his 6sth year by John Hesse]ius in z1751

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Anne's Parish, Albemarle. Her portrait has been preserved; ig. Henry'; 20. Thomas'; 21. John'; 22. William"; 23. Sarah ', born Aug. 21, 1729; twin with William; 24. Elizabeth4, born - 18, 1736.

i i. THOMAS a FITZHUGH, of Stafford Co.; clerk of that county in 1715. He married Ann, widow of William Darrall, and daughter of Col. George Mason (2di, of Staflord. He inherited under his father's will 4,334 acres, 7 negroes, 7 pieces of silver plate, ?X20 sterling, &c., &c. The will of Thos. Fitzhugh, of Stafford, proved in Richmond Co. 1719, names his wife Ann, daughter Mlary, and brothers George,. John and Henry Fitzhugh. But it is evident that a son was born after the will was madle, for in Richmond Co., Nov., 1723, Ann, widow of Thomas Fitzhugh, was appuinted guardian of Henry, his " youngerson and heir." None of the accounts of the family give any notice of his descendants, so it is probable that the son and daughter died young.

12. GEORGE 3 FITZHUGH, of Stafford, inherited under his father's will 5,975 acres, 7 negroes, 7 pieces of silver plate, ? 120 sterling, &c., &c. He was a member of the House of Burgesses for that county in 1718 (Va. Hist. Reg., IV, I8). He married Mary, daughter of Col. George Mason (2d) of Stafford (who in his will dated 1715 names his son-in-law George Fitzhugh), and died intestate about 1722 (Stafford Records .

Issu1e: 24. George 4, died unmarried (S/afford Records); 25. Wil- liam 4.

13. MAJOR JOHN 3 FITZHU1GH, of Stafford Co., inherited unider his father's will 2,273 acres of land, 7 negroes, 8 pieces of silver plate, ?120 sterling, &c., &c. He married on or before 1719, Anna Barbara, daughter of Daniel McCarty, Speaker of the House of Burgesses (by his ist marriage), and died Jan. 2 s st, 1733.

Issue: 26. William4; 27. Daniel, born June 27, 1733 (St. Paul Reg.); 28. Sarah, born April 30, 1727 (St. Paul Reg.); 29. Elizabeth4, named in will of Mrs. McCarty, 1728, as " daughter of Major John Fitzhugh 30. Barbara', married Feb. 6, 17x9 (St. Paul Reg-.) Rev. William Mc- Kay, minister of Hanover Parish, King George Co. The Va. Gazette, in a notice of the marriage, calls her " daughter of the late Major John Fitzhugh, of Stafford Co."; 31. John? (a John Fitzhugh, said to be " of the Marmiotn branch," married Jan. 31, 1760, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Harrison, of " Brandon," Prince George Co. He was cer- tainly not the soni of George 3, nior of Thomas ', nor was he the same as John Fitzhugh of " Belair, " son of Henry". So, from a consideration of all the evidence, it seems probable that he was a son of Major John Fitzhugh).

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

THE FARRAR FAMILY.

Few persons rendered more eminent services to the infant colony of

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