Kent, eng, and his wife thomazine bankes, was baptized, 15 may 1597, according to the register of the parish church of ashford. Francis eppes, as well as his wife and two young sons, must have returned to england a few years after coming to virginia as there is no record of him in virginia between march 1629 and february 1632. Francis eppes historical records and family trees myheritage. Sarah was not mentioned in the will of john worsham nor was she mentioned in the 1678 will of elizabeth eppes who was the mother of john worsham. In 1779 bute county was abolished and warren and franklin counties evolved.
From thomas jefferson to francis eppes, 19 january 1821. Eppes deceased deed book died dinwiddie county edmund eppes edward eppes elizabeth eppes eppes and wife eppes granted eppes3. Eva turner clark, francis eppes, his ancestors and descendants, richard r. After maria jefferson eppess death in 1804, john wayles eppes moved to his new plantation millbrook, located in buckingham county, accompanied by his young son francis and betsy hemmings. The common spelling is eppes, but epps, eps, epes and epse are also known. Epes eppes epps society of the descendants of francis epes i of virginia snippet view 1992 common terms and phrases. Government publication, state or province government publication. For interesting details of his life and provisions of his will, see ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia vol. Ancestor bibliography register the national society of. There is one source, however, that stands head and shoulders above the rest, and that is john frederick dormans ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epes. Sep, 2017 will of elizabeth worsham eppes, mother of elizabeth worsham kennon of old brick house.
Francis epes, his ancestors and descendants indiana state. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epes eppes epps. This grant in charles city was on the site of the present city point in prince george county, at the junction of the appomattox and the james rivers. Francis wayles eppes vii september 20, 1801 may 10, 1881 was a planter from virginia who became prominent near and in tallahassee, florida. Also, vol i of the book is available with a reduction in price. This article compiles the descendencies of the 44 u. Annette gordonreed speculated that elizabeths mothers name was parthenia, based on the wills of francis eppes iv and john wayles. The place of her birth is uncertain hemings said it was williamsburg, but by 1746 betty was recorded as the property of francis eppes iv of the bermuda hundred plantation. Bolling batte papers accession 35260 the library of. Tallahassee family of francis eppes caught in fsu statue.
Ii 735 pages of approximately half of the known descendants in generations six, seven and eight. Susan frances eppes 18391908 married 15 april 1861 tojohn armstrong craig with. Francis eppes involvement in the affairs of the country and his clear desire for social and political advancement were passed on to others in his family. Francis eppes iv 16861734 wikitree free family tree. Jan 27, 2019 francis eppes epes was born may 15, 1597 in kent, england, and died 1674 in charles city, virginia. Ingram homes locust grove, laurel hill lunenburg co. He traveled to virginia in the early 1600s and was later elected to the assembly held at james city in 1625. Francis married elizabeth eppes in 1661, at age 33 at marriage place, virginia. Abstracts of virginia land patents with added notes by the original author prepared by w. Society of the descendants of francis epes i of virginia, 1992. Eppes and jefferson also were close friends and, after jeffersons wife martha died in 1782, the newly widowed jefferson entrusted his two daughters, maria and lucy, to the eppes family while he served as minister to france.
Full text of genealogy of the cocke family of virginia. Her brother francis child, martha bolling epps17781836 married jerman baker. John bolling, whose descendants are also many and welldocumented in books about pocahontas descendants. Eppes came to leon county in 1829 with his wife mary and numerous slaves from virginia, including some descendants of betsy hemmings, his nurse and a matriarch of the slave community at his childhood home of millbrook. The item francis epes, his ancestors and descendants represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library. There was a book on the womack family at the joseph smith memorial building in salt lake city by c. The epes family which descends from francis epes i of virginia, like many other.
The geneanet family trees are powered by geneweb 7. Confirms above gifts to children of first husband william worsham, including john and charles. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epeseppesepps, volume one by john frederick dorman and a great selection of related books. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes of virginia epes.
Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia. Much of the foregoing from ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia. Francis spent much of his time at monticello, where jefferson sought to inspire in him a love of learning. Chris eppes and paul dubose, francis eppes s direct descendants, explain how they view his legacy wednesday, may 2, 2018. Descendants live in virginia, north carolina and throughout the united states. Eppes, francis the national society of the colonial dames of. The two families eppes and poythress became closely connected through the marriage of john hardyman to mary epes in 1690 in that county. One of his many descendants was francis epes 15971674 who was born in ashford, kent. She married 2 john hardeman jun 1685 in henrico co. Francis wayles eppes vii september 20, 1801 may 10, 1881 was a planter from virginia. This particular book traces the john epps descendants who went to north and south carolina, particularly williamsburg county, south carolina. Francis wayles eppes september 20, 1801 may 30, 1881 was the only surviving child of. Society of the descendants of francis epes i of virginia. Married 15 march 1837 to susan margaret ware, born 14 february 1815 augusta, richmond co.
Again leaving monticello and her hemings family, fourteenyearold betsy began a new life with the eppeses in chesterfield county. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Mayburymabry grandfathers name maybury and fathers mabry. Ahnentafel report for francis epes based mostly on letter dated 26 april 1990 from the college of arms, london, england to rob walker of oklahoma and provides the link to john epes or ips eps generation 1 1. He and his wife, marie, were the parents of at least three children. Ii 735 pages of approximately half of the known descendants in. As noted by historian philip alexander bruce, in discussing the seventeenthcentury henrico county gentry, such official positions as escaped the grasp of the ferrars, cockes, and randolphs. Madison hemings in his memoir said the surname of the captain was hemings. Francis epes or eppes, in later spellings was born c. There is no lack of epes family histories in the genealogical literature, and i will provide excerpts from some of these in the history to follow. He was baptized 14 may, 1597 in the parish church of ashford. The eppes took numerous slaves with them, among them grown descendants of betsy. Early virginia land patents in virginia genealogy trails. Study of the epes family of virginia by lou poole rootsweb.
John frederick dorman, ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia, volume one, society of the dscendants of francis epes i of virginia. Bibliography francis eppes, his ancestors and descendants, eva turner clark adventurers of purse and person, virginia 16071625, annie lash jeste r and martha woodroof hiden, order of the first families of virginia, 16071620, 1956. When the family returned to virginia, the senior francis eppes was able to claim headrights for his wife and three children by paying for their passages. Francis was at first an ensign, then captain, and later lieutenantcolonel of militia. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia book. Francis eppes and his descendants used the spelling eppes. John frederick dorman, ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia, volume one,society of the dscendants of francis epes i of virginia. In 1767 when catherine was 15, her father bought land on long branch just at the current southern border of the town of blackstone. The worshams were early settlers in the bermuda hundred area. Francis epes was the son of john epes of ashford england and his wife thomaszine banks fisher. The first documented story of an eppes family ancestor was alan epes yes the spelling changes from person to person and generation to generation. Francis wayles eppes 180181 was the only surviving child of tjs daughter maria jefferson eppes and his wifes nephew john wayles eppes. This branch of the family is especially difficult to trace because of the repeated use of the same given names, francis, william, john, peter, richard and thomas.
On 8 september 1630 thomas, the third son of francis eppes and marie, was born in london. Francis eppes an ownership of three hundred years in the same family. From 1754 to 1764 john anderson developed this property and acted as overseer for his brother jordans lands. The year of birth might suggest a previously unknown daughter of capt. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epes eppes epps book skip to main navigation skip to main navigation skip to search skip to search skip to content help help, opens a. Eppes, calendar of state papers, domestic, elizabeth, 15811590, ed.
He left his drum to francis eppes and made him the administrator of his will. Descendants of capt francis epes 1 capt francis epes b. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epeseppesepps alan epes d. In the valuable book on the descendants of roger jones, colonel thomas jones, clerk of northumberland county, 1781, in a letter to mr. From thomas jefferson to francis eppes, 19 january 1821 author jefferson, thomas recipient eppes, francis date 19 january 1821 reference cite as from thomas jefferson to francis eppes, 19 january 1821, founders online, national archives. Francis eppes to thomas jefferson, 2 september 1811. Eppes, vii was a grandson of martha wayles skelton jefferson and thomas jefferson. Through the years, the eppes family made an indelible mark on the world around them. After william worsham the immigrant died, his wife elizabeth maiden name probably littleberry married col.
Francis eppes 18011881 married 28 november 1822, albemarle co. Alan was the grandfather of francis eppes and had raised his family in the town of lydds in kent county, england during the mid1500s. Fsu panel recommends removal of eppes statue, roberts. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia epes, eppes, epps. Francis apparently arrived in virginia in 1617 according to a book virginia plantations in which he was referred to as a wealthy english businessman.
Epeseppesepps volume 1 of ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of. Francis epes son of john epse epes and thomasina banks fisher was born before 14 may 1597 in kent county, ashford, england. Francis epes 15971674 was born in ashford, kent, england. Various sources refer to the immigrant ancestor as a francis epes or eppes, who arrived sometime before he appears in virginia records in april 1625. The book ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia, edited by john frederick dorman and published by the society of the descendants of francis epes i of virginia 1992 is available by purchase from mrs herbert r.
Edward eppes ca1710 m mary anderson by patrick anderson january 03, 2003 at 08. Society of the descendants of francis epes i of virginia, 1992ocolc608647101. Much of the land around it is owned by direct descendants of the first col. Search 209 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. Eppington plantation was built in 1768 by francis eppes vi, brotherinlaw to thomas jefferson. The mysterious epps and poythress families phipps genealogy.
Francis eppes 18011881 married 15 march 1837 tosusan margaret ware 18151887 with. Captain william eppes, older brother of francis, and peter eppes, his younger brother were in virginia by 1623, but neither left descendants of record in the colony. Virginia, still under the charter of the london company of virginia and not yet a royal colony, was founded in 1607 by adventurers hoping to find gold. His maternal grandparents were president thomas jefferson and his wife martha. John 6 anderson james 5, thomas 4, thomas 3, thomas 2, richard 1 source. Ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia volume 1 description contains family genealogy of the epes, with the sections. Shirleys hundred island is now called eppes island. Francis epes, his ancestors and descendants indiana. He is listed among the jamestown colony individuals. William stone 1 1,800 acres, beginning at the blunt point between hungers and mattawamus creeks, and abutting westerly on the bay, due for his own personal adventure and for that of his brother, andrew stone, and for the transportation of 34. Francis eppes ii was the son of francis eppes i, the immigrant, and wife mary.
After the death of his mother in 1804, eppes spent much of his time at monticello, where tj sought to inspire in him a love of learning. Thomas paulets will is in byrds book of title and deeds, ms, which is in now in the holdings of the virginia historical society, richmond, va. Epes of county kent descendants of francis epes of virginia includes francis w eppes, who was a descendant of thomas jefferson illustrated with photographs 9 inches tall, 257 pages, hard cover published in 1992 by. Upon marias death, the property passed to her son, francis eppes, and was entrusted to his father until he came of age. Francis eppes was born on month day 1627, at birth place, to francis eppes and marie eppes. Francis epes later spelling eppes and his wife marie, our 10th greatgrandparents, were not our earliest ancestors to set foot on american soil when they arrived in jamestown, virginia, before 1623, but they were nearly so.
Francis wayles eppes september 20, 1801 may 30, 1881 was the only surviving child of thomas jeffersons daughter maria jefferson eppes and her husband, john wayles eppes, jeffersons nephew by marriage six months before francis was born, thomas jefferson took the oath of office as the third president of the united states. In 1764 these combined properties were sold to francis eppes. Named for a proposed city, the county is one of the oldest political units in america, the four incorporations into which settlements in va were divided in 1619. For reasons of clarity the spelling of eppes is used throughout this paper. Descendants of francis epes i of virginia vol ii is now available.
Documents and records relating to the province of new hampshire. Epes eppes epps volume 1 of ancestors and descendants of francis epes i of virginia. Epes of county kent descendants of francis epes of virginia includes francis w eppes, who was a descendant of thomas jefferson illustrated with photographs 9 inches tall, 257 pages, hard cover published in 1992 by society of the descendants of francis epes i of. Jerman baker, son of jerman and martha ward murray baker was born 1776 and died 1828suicide.
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