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386 VIRGINIA HISTORICAl, MAGAZINE GENEALOGY 387

UNDERWOOD FAMILY OF VIRGINIA

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L/ 27. GWYNNE PAGE" HARRISON,of "Longwood", born April 13, 1878,died August 12, 1914, married February, 1909, Virginia West­

to' water, of Ohio.- Issue:

219. Benjamin Harrison'·, born December 3, 1900./' 220. Mary Cary, born April 29, 1911.

221. Virginia Gwynne, born March 29, 1913.Mrs. Gwynne P. Harrison married secondly, Hugh Nelson,

of "Long Branch", Clarke County, now deceased, Ibut therewere no children by this marriage.

Margaret Underwood was here according to the deed cited, afterher marriage to Captain John Upton, in the year 1644, if that is theproper date which is on the deed in which they convey land to JohnMason of Isle of Wight County. It is somewhat dim. On the 13thof Xber 1665, Sarah Mason aged fifty seven years made a depositionto the effect that Philip Duell by computation of tyme is one and

~------- __ twenty_yearLould_being_b_orn_in_Warreslluick in November the lastMassacre year. (Rec. 1662-65, page 65). On the 8th day of the samemonth Philip Duell sold to John Feraryear a tract of 100 acres ofland which was purchased by his father Philip Duell from Mrs.lIargaret Upton lying at a great swamp and on Pagan Creek.(Rec. 1662-65, page 66).

The massacre of 1644 was quite a blow to the settlers on JamesRiver and many of them left for the upper country in order to beamong more friendly Indians as cited in a document of record inYork County.

It was certainly soon after this event that the settlement up theRappahannock began. Colonel John Mottrom had gone from Mary­land to the lands between the Potomac and Rappahannock Riverswhere many others soon followed him, then many of the people fromthe lower James River counties patented or purchased lands alongthe latter river where they seem to have lived more or less peace­ably with the aborigines.

Most of the earliest settlements being on the water courses the

means of transportation were boats mostly; one Matthew Caswellof Norfolk County seems to have made a business of carrying fam­ilies to their new homes up the Bay and rivers. There is a referenceto his transporting' Lewis Knight from Bridger's Creek near Nanse­mond River to Prices Island up the Bay in a sloop. (Vol. VI, page89, Norfolk Co.)

Mrs. Margaret Upton was styling herself as of Lancaster County inthe year 1656 50 had made her new home by that time, some of herchildren seeming to have preceded her while others followed her laterto the new home.

A patent from Governor Richard Bennett to Mrs. Margaret Uptonfor 700 acres of land lying in Lancaster County on the North side ofRappahannock River ,on the upper side of the land of John Edgcombnigh the river side to the creek which divides this land and that ofAnthony Jackman. For the transportation of fourteen persons intothis Colony: William Merrit, John Gill, Peter Ranen, Richard Player,Thomas Green, Edward, Godyal, Michael Emerson, Rohert Page,Thomas Holwell, George Shier, Henry Emery, Elizabeth Warring­ton and Thomas Walford. (Patents No. III, page 18.)

12 September 1656, Margaret Upton conveyed unto John Templea light roan or gray marc three years old next grass now runningat Chuckatuck. Witnesses William Moseley and Humphrey Dooth.(Rappahannock County Records 1656-64, page 10.)

On page 15 of the same volume is a very much mutilated docu­

ment which is indexed Fantleroy's acknowledgment to Upton, dated3d 7ber 1657. '" '" More Fantleroy's land'" '" western side of landof John Edgcomb '" '" '" was by me taken up for the use of mymotheriillaw "'-"'-"'.--------------------

Margaret Upton M V her mark of Lancaster County in Virgiuia,widow, conveyed to Humphrey Booth of the same county, merchant,a tract of land containing 700 acres with the patent thereof, lying onthe north side of Rappahannock River beginning on the upper side of

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\/209. HENRY HUNTINGTON1• HARRISON, born at "Berkeley", 'May 12,1848, married June 6, 1874, in Philadelphia, Margaret Bynl Page(born May 1, 1849, died December 21, 1918.

-v/lssue:215. William Byrd Page, 'born in Sussex County, Vir:ginia, March

30, 1875, died December 18, 1923.Samuel Davis, born in Sussex County, Virginia, Nov. 30,1876; married Mabel Godfrey, Feb., 1921.

Edith Page, born November 13, 1878, married May 11, 1898,in Philadelphia, A. Merritt Taylor.

\1218. Isabel Wurts, born in Clarke County, May 30, 1880, marriedNovemher 14, 1906, in Philadelphia, Dr. Robert C. Randolph,of Clarke County, Virginia.

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Rappahannock County among the head branches of Pepetick Creekof Assembly. Such cases p'viding our Indians not Committing any and Mr. Popes Creek, nigh the Rappahannock Path at the head ofTrespass ag' their Stocks. the land of Silvester Thacker, Thomas Whitlock and Thomas Wright.

Fourthly we the King & great men do hereby oblige ourselves that For the transportation of eighteen persons to this colony .. . . come amongst tiS the Indians for harbour be bro' in by tiS unto A review of the patents to William Underwood for the years 1650the aforesaid English ... and the Indian or Indians So bringing. in and 1656 for land lying on the north side of Rappahannock River and

any English fugitive as aforesaid ... length of roanoke or the value l Bushwood Creek and on 2 November, 1659, William Underwood as-thereof. ~ signed the upper half of the said land to Captain Richard Loes andFifthly that such young Indians as are ... shall not be ob .. ucted . Mr. Rice Jones. (Rappahannock Co. Record 1656-64, page 68).

they having covenanted in writing & the same Confirmed ... a Com- 2 November, 1659, "I Will Underwood of Rappahannock Countymiss' always provided that we the King & Great men may have with the consent of Mary my wife", for the sum of 120 poundspower ... at the time of ginell hunting ... Indians serving their Sterling money paid according to the tenor of a contract dated 30thtime according to agreement ... consideration therefore. May, 1659, conveyed unto Capt. Richard Loes and Rice Jones a planta-

Sixthly for as much as Divers offences & Trespasses ... by our tion lying on the north side of Rappahannock River ... uppermostIndians committed ag' the English & on the Contrary by the English half of a divident the lowermost half whereof I formerly sold untoag' our Indians therefore ... fully agreed upon by us the Militia and ... eads deced this land adjoining the land of Coil· Fantleroy knownCommanders aforesaid & we the King & Great men of Mattapony ... by the name Mangorick and on the eastermost side of Bushwoodany fresh trespass Shall happen ... Indians thereupon a summons Creek and runneth for length into the woods N E' and by E' and byfrom the house of Owmohowty we the King & Great men engage the River N WI and by WI, to hold the said plantation and landourselves to appear according ... of the said summons & to bring thereto with all houses out houses Edifices thereon erected (thebelonging to our town or the precincts ... to be Lyable & forfeit courthouse excepted), containing 650 acres or thereabouts, and allarms length of Roanoke & such other charges .•. on the Contrary gardens, orchards and fences with the appurtenances thereto apper-for •.. committed ag' us by the English making our complaint. taining unto the said Capt. Richard Loes and Rice Jones. Test

Others signing besides those listed at the beginning of this treaty John Catlett, Tho: Goodrich. (Vol. 1656-64, page 70.)were Mr. Richd Loe, Mr. Andrew Gilson and Mr. Humphrey Bopth. 5 November, 1659, Mary Underwood appointed ... to acknowledge(Vol. 1656-64, page 28, Rappahannock Co.) and yield up in Court her •.. in tract of land whereon the Court

15th of July, 1658, William Clapham and Elizabeth his wife of House of Rappahannock ... being 700 acres to Capt. Richard LoesLancaster County conveyed a tract of land to Capt. William Under- and ... Jones. (Page 69 of said volume.)wood of the County of Rappahannock in Virginia, lying on the North The next record found is dated 24 December, 1660, when as Willside of the River which was purchased of William Smart. Vlitnessed Underwood he, with his wife Mary, of Rappahannock County con-by Thomas Pritchard and Alexander Fleming. (Rccords 1656-64, p. 43.) veyed to Samuel Nicholls a tract of land containing 238 acres out of a

On page 46 of the same volume is a power of attorney from Mary !r~c~ of 1000. acres ~hich was ~ranted to the said .Underwood, ad-wife of William Smart to her friend Capt. William Underwood to JO.lI1mg the Ime. o~ '!.b£mas Whltl<.>.;k ~!:,~,$~~?'WItnessed by Johnrelinquish her dower rights 12 July 1658. Richards and WIlham U~ (Vol. 1660-63, page 170.)

S t b lOti 1658 G' S' I 1\' ttl t d t t f I did not find a will of William Underwood nor exact date of hisep em er 1, ,overnor amue 'la 1ews gran e a rac 0 •2784 f I d t M W'Il' U d dr" TI • death but the follow1l1g proves that he died before 28 February, 1662,acres 0 an 0 r. I lam n erwoo , ac JOll1l11g lOmas .WI 'tl k t R' I d C I 'r bit when Thomas Lucas Junr. stated that he had surveyed for Coil. V/II-11 oc, 0 IC1ar 0 eman s me, on some eaveI' cams, 0 a .b I t\' 'd t1 th t N tt' 1400 ' 112m Underwood a tract of 2561 acres of land for the finishing where-ranc 1 near 1e fiver Sl e, on 1e pa 0 ansa Icoe. aeres ...

was_granted_to_William_Smart_in_yeac1657_who_assignecLsame_to'--- t of he made two Journeys ,~herem gOlllg and. coming and perform-'nT"tr CI h J h . d tl t tl "d WOU" ance-o{-the-work-he-spent-etght-days:-The-satd-Thomas-Lucas-Junr.------n I lam ap am, 1'., W 0 asslgne 1e same un 0 le sal I lam .U I d TI .d f 1384 . d t1 . IUd d made a power of attorney to hIS honored father Mr. Thomas Lucasnc erwoo. 1e resl ue 0 acres IS ue Ie sal( n erwoo .

f tl t t t' f 28 . t tl' I (L I t Senr. to recover tobacco due hun for surveying the land for ColI.or 1e ranspor a IOn 0 persons 1110 lIS co ony. am pa ents W'II' U d d d d (1656 64N IV 344) I lam n erwoo ecease. -, p. 406.)o. ,page .

On, the same page of the same date is recorded another grant tothe said \Villiam Underwood for a tract of 882 acres of land lying in

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