Gc M. L. 929.2 B29184b 1548775 GENEALOGY COLLECTION 6c ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01145 4433 Vft rtjts 5s H » ^ ft 1<K { i % >i v. ' tot Jim ° -,^ <v \ ^% 1 4 r ^ « V-. v^ l> s 1 . t. -V \ t .« ^ '"'.'. attest K1.W. -A ~^ —'*• ; C V'\ T p v T O p V /r OF THE BASKERVILLE FAMILY AND INCLUpING ^ THE ENGLISH DESCENT FROM 1266 A. D. "He wco cares not whence he came cares not whither he goes."— Ben Jonsoa. w PATRICK HAMLTQN BASKERV1LL, RICHMOND. VA., Of the Twenty-first Generation in Direct Male Line. RICHMOND, VA. UM. ELLIS JONES" SONS. MC. I9i2. — 1548775 "Genealogy of the Baskerrille Family," of 1912 ADDITIONAL ERRORS. — Page 13—line n "elswhere" should be "elsewhere." Table A— "Rabiou" should be "Robiou." — Tables C and L and pages 57 and 61 "Dickerson" should be "Dickenson." Table F Contd. — "Anna 7 H. m. Reynolds", should be "m. H. C. Terrell." Table F Contd.—In "Mary T Eaton Hamilton" and "Mary8 Eaton Tarry, " "Eaton" should be "Etiphemia." Table F Contd.— "Wm. 8 Baskervill Tarry" should be Wm. s Burwell Tarry." Page 54 —line 6— "Baskevill" should be "Baskervill." Page 81 —line 23— "Allston" should be "Alston." — Opp. p. 89, Retro. Table "James Murray d. 1772, vestry 1742" should be "1764" and "1746." Opp p. 89, Retro. Table—"Wm. Baskerviil, b. 1763" should be "1756." Opp. p. 101, Eaton Table—Wm. Eaton, who married Senora Macon, was a son of Genl. Thomas Eaton. "Thos. Eaton m. Anna Boiling" should be "Anna Bland" ; right bottom "Elizabeth Frear m. Chas. 8 Baskervill" should be "Mar- garet Freear. — Opp. p. 117, Coleman and Embry Table "John Coleman, deeds 1714-25" should be "1784." — Opp. p. 117, Coleman and Embry Table "Henry Embry, Jr., d. 1756" should be "1753," "m. Priscilla Blount" should be "Priscilla Wilkinson," see Supplement. Page 120—line 6— "1448" should be "1748." Page 122—line 28—mark out "doubtless," and after "Coleman" add "born in 1764 or earlier was too young." CONTENTS PAGE Family Table, condensed, * English Descent: English Table, 8 English Gleanings, - - - - - - x 3 Some English Grandmothers, - - - - 32 Virginia Baskervilles: Tables A to L, after 38 First Generation, 39 Second Generation, - - - - - - 4-6 Third Generation, 47 Mecklenburg Branch, 5 2 Fourth Generation, ------ 54 Tennessee Branch, 60 Fifth Generation. 65 Sixth Generation, 7° Hamilton Family, 80 Cumberland and Pulaski Branch, - - - 84 Allied Families: Retrospective Table, 88 Introduction, ------- 89 Barber-Dennett Family, 9° Norvell Family, ..---- 96 Minge and Harrison Families, - 97 Eaton Family, - io1 iv contents. Allied Families: page Embry Family, 117 Coleman Family, 121 Gordon Family, 123 Murray Family, 127 Boiling Family, 133 Kennon Family, 147 Worsham Family, - 151 Rolfe Family, 155 Pocahontas and Powhatan, .... 167 Appendix: Early Conditions in Virginia, - - - - 179 Bostoke Lineage, - 185 Mainwaring Lineage, ----- 189 Winnington Lineage, 191 First Baskervyle Deed, ----- 193 Ancestors in Colonial Assemblies, - - - 199 Present Conditions at Old Withington, - - 201 ILLUSTRATIONS Extract from York County Records, - - Frontispiece Banquet Hall, at Dives, View i, - - Page 15 Same—View 2, showing Shield of Baskervilles, " 15 " Pen Sketch of Baskerville Shield, - 49 '* Entrance to Old Inn at Dives, - - - 129 to ii\t ^emorg of nqj ,3[ai{j£r, ^ont at ^Contbarbg Oirooc, fRetklenbuvQ CUo-, $Ja-, on ©ciober 14% 1817. -8t*>o at 207 gasi Jljrattkiut J&ireei, ^icfymono, £Ja-, on 3IaJtuar^ 14% 1900- Printed for Private Distribution. PREFACE This record has been written from time to time during several years, as the writer has been able to gather the in- formation from many sources, and as he may have had the time and inclination to do so. It has been a work of much interest and pleasure, and a fair amount of success has been gratifying. Family exaltation or glorification has not at any time entered into the writer's thoughts or intention, but it has been a gratification to find so long a line in direct male descent of a family always of ladies and gentlemen. The proverbial skeleton in the closet, often feared in such a search, has not appeared, and the record is clean and untarnished. The Baskerville family has always maintained a good and honorable position among the gentry of England. Its historical record is certain, definite, and continuous, and it is found in most standard English genealogical books. And a direct honorable lineage of twenty-two generations through unbroken male descent, from father to son, through more than six hundred and fifty years, is probably rather un- usual. The search and record has been chiefly retrospective, and no particular attempt has been made to enroll all the living members of the family. But any Baskerville descendant will doubtless find his lineage within one or two generations, and be enabled to trace the connection. Much of the information contained in this sketch is en- tirely new, as far as the writer knows. The English con- nection of the family seems never to have been accurately traced before. And the old Mecklenburg tradition that the first Baskerville settler in that county was an immigrant from X PREFACE. England, and possibly named John, was erroneous, as will be shown in the sketch. Apparently the Virginia family have never known before of the Cheshire connection. This sketch has been written for the writer's family with no thought of publishing it among other people, or that they would take any interest in it. Therefore it is more or less personal, and relates particularly to the writer's personal connection. It is printed chiefly for preservation. On the cover, the title page, and the headings the older spelling of the name with the final e is adopted, although the writer does not himself use it. The writer desires to express his thanks to Mr. Wm. G. Stanard, Secretary of Virginia Historical Society, to whom he is indebted for facts, which started the search, and for other help from time to time ; and also to Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, of Wil- liamsburg, who has kindly given important information sev- eral times. Richmond, Va., October ist, 1912. AUTHORITIES AUTHORITIES Ormerod's History of Cheshire. Earwaker's History of East Cheshire. Burke's Landed Gentry. Burke's Commoners of Great Britain. Dictionary of Family Names, Lower. The Virginia Magazine, (Va. Hist. Soc.) William and Mary College Quarterly. Records of York Co., Va. Records of Charles City Co., Va. Records of Goochland Co., Va. Records of Cumberland Co., Va. Records of Lunenburg Co., Va. Records of Mecklenburg Co., Va. Records of Prince George Co., Va. Records of Amelia Co., Va. Records of Granville Co., N. C. Records of the State of N. Carolina. Records of Brunswick Co., Va. Records of Halifax Co., Va. Records of Elizabeth City Co., Va. Records of Henrico Co., Va. Records of Surry Co., Va. Land books of the State of Va. Bristol Parish Vestry Book and Register. Bruton Church, Goodwin. Bristol Parish, Slaughter. Meade's Churches. Heads of Families, First Census of United States. Wheeler's History of North Carolina. XIV AUTHORITIES. Virginia Historical Collection. Original List of Emigrants, &c, Hotten. Brown's Genesis of America. Brown's First Republic of America. Virginia Heraldica, Crozier. Virginia County Records. National Encyclopedia of American Biography. North Carolina Colonial and State Records. Water's Gleanings. Hening's Statutes. Baskervill Famil) Bible. Abstracts of N. C. Wills, Grimes. Anderson's Hamilton Family. Family Genealogical Tables, private. Private Letters. Historical Registers of the Continental Army, Heitman. Virginia and Virginians, Brock. Harleian Manuscripts. And some others. \ \ — THE BASKERVILLE FAMILY AND SOME ALLIED FAMILIES CONDENSED TABLE A. D. 1066—Martels de Baskerville, came from Normandy as one of the leaders of William the Conqueror.—Burke. 1 109—Radulphus de Baskerville, "» mentioned in tax levy. Robertus de Baskerville, j —Burke. 1 52 1 —Robert de Buscheville, witness to a charter in the Cheshire records. Sir Robert Baskerville, Kt., of Erdisley, m. Agnes, gr. d. of Rees ap Griffith, Prince of South Wales. Burke. His son was 1154-1188—Sir Ralph de Baskerville, Lord of Erdisley. (Herefordshire). His son was Sir Roger de Baskerville, of Erdisley. His son was 1189-1199—Walter de Baskerville, of Erdisley. His son was 1216-1272—Walter de Baskerville, of Erdisley, and so on at Erdisley, Herefordshire—Burke. From some mem- ber of this family seemsto have come the following line of our ancestors, (Ormerod), viz.: 1 I. tSiR John de Baskervyle, Kt., grantee of Old With- ington, Cheshire, who married Matild , 1266. tThe names of our ancestors printed in Small Capitals. 2 Baskerville Genealogy. 2. John 2 de Baskervyle, of Old Withington, m. Nichola , records 1298-1334. 3 3. John de Baskervile, of Old Withington, records 1315- 1345- 4 4. Thomas de Baskerville, of Old Withington, m. Idonea Blurton, records 1366-1386. 5 5. William Baskeryyle, of Old Withington, records 1420- 1 446. 6. William 6 Baskeryyle, of Old Withington. 1464-1480. 7. Randle Baskervile, of Old Withington, m. Agnes Bos- tock, records 1477-1483. 8. William 8 Baskerville.* of Old Withington. records 1482-1513. 9 9. William Baskerville,* of Old Withington, m. Agnes Mainwaring, records 1483-1503. '""^.orge 10 Baskervile, of Old Withington, m. Cecily de Bradford, records 1517-1542. 11. William 11 Baskervile, of Old Withington, m. Eliza- beth Henshaw, records 1579. 12. Thomas 12 Baskervile, of Old Withington, m. Margaret Kinsey, d. 15S8. 13 13. Thomas Baskervyle, of Old Withington, m. Dorothy Adderly, b. 1566, d. 1625. 14. John 14 Baskeryyle, of Old Withington. "m. Magdaline Hope, b. 1599, d. 1662. 15 and l of Va 15. John - Baskeryyle, 5th son of last, b. 1637, d. 1679, emigrated to Virginia about 1662, m. Mary Barber. 16. George2 Baskeryyle, of York Co.