BOLLING

1. Robert Bolling, d. 1639, London, m. Ann Clarke, dau. of Thomas Clark.
1.1. John Bolling, m. Mary Carey, d. 1618.
1.1.1. Robert Bolling, m. 1. Jane Rolfe, granddau. of Pocahontas; 2. Ann Stith.
1.1.1.1. John Bolling (by Jane Rolfe), d. 1729, m. (1697) Mary Kennon, dau. of Richard Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham.
1.1.1.1.1. Jane Bolling (1703–1766) m. Colonel Richard Randolph.
1.2. Thomas Bolling, in Virginia bef. 1610.
1.2.1. Richard Bolling, of Norf. Co., d. 1669, m. Elizabeth Ellis.
1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Bolling, m. Richard Powell, as follows.

POWELL

1. … Powell.
1.1. John Powell. Capt. William Tucker, Elizabeth City Co., 20 Sept. 1624, 150 acs. upon land of Richard Bolton, made up a great SW parting it from land of John Powell & Co, (C&P, p. 29). This land was on Hog Island. John Powell was granted another 50 acre tract of land in Elizabeth City, adj. lands owned by William Morgan, on May 2, 1638.

All the Powell sons were born in Norfolk Co., VA.

‘Capts Ralph Hamer & Capt W Tucker stand bond for admin of widow Susan Bush, guardian of Sarah Spencer, 10 June 1624 (minutes, p. 42, of Council General Ct. of VA.). In 1612, Capt William Tucker & br., Thomas. each received a bequest of £10 from Henry Stevens, Citizen & Haberdasher of London (husband of Mary Harmor, dau. of Ralph Harmor).

1.2. Thomas Powell. 1625 Hog Island. It was probably this Thomas whose name appears in the Muster taken after the 1622 massacre. Thomas was listed as a servant of Capt. Ralph Harmor, then living at Hog Island. On 10 June 1637, Thomas patented 100 acs. on the south side of the Nansemond River (then in the Upper Co. of New Norfolk, formerly Elizabeth City Co.), ’50a. for his own and 50a. for the personal adv(enture) of a servt.’. On 13 Feb. 1654, he purchased 400 acres on the west side of the Nansemond River. Francis Hutchins held adjacent land, and proved the Will of Thomas Powell.
1.2.1. Nathaniel Powell, m. Lucretia (widow) Corbitt.
1.2.1.1. Thomas and Mary Powell convey to their son, Honorias Powell, 100 acres of land beginning at an ash standing ‘in the line of Colonel Catlett (forest land)’ on a branch adjoining Abraham Stepp’. (1694, Essex Co. VA).
1.2.2. John Powell, m. Mary Coghill, sister to Margaret, John’s 2nd wife.
1.2.2.1. Elias Powell. His wife, Mary, remar. shortly after his death, William Butler, who d. in 1748, in King George Co. VA.
1.2.3. William Powell, of IOW, was granted 257 acres on the Western Branch of the Nansemond River adjacent Thomas Pitt (B. 7, p. 16). His will was dated 12 Nov. 1695, and mentioned his wife, Elizabeth (Hutchins?); sons, Nathaniel, Jacob, William, and Thomas; and dau., Elizabeth. Witnesses were Thomas Powell, Thomas Gale, and Richard Hutchins. She was listed as ‘Widd’o’ Powell in the 1704 IOW Quit Rent Roll, with 480 acS. of land. Also listed were sons, Thomas and William, with 100 and 200 acs. William Powell Sr., with Thomas Gale Sr. and Robert Horning, purchased 168 ACS. on Indian Creek, a branch of Nansemond River, from JOHN Garrett; land formerly granted to John Brian, 13 Oct. 1652. On 23 April 1681, he received a grant for 400 acres on Blackwater, IOW, adjacent to John Watkins, for the transportation of 8 people.
1.2.3.1. William Powell, gifted (1733) to ‘my loving kinsman John Speight’, 50 acres adj. Richard Hutchins & Jacob Powell. (ibid., p. 230). William m. Mary Page, on 14 Feb. 1700.

1.3. Richard Powell, m. Elizabeth Bolling (her sister, Dorothy, m. (by 1673) Roger Bryant, who m. 2. Susannah Clement Powell); she m. 2. William Ellis, 3. John Ferrabee.
1.3.1. Richard Powell, d. bef. 16 June 1673, in Norfolk Co., m. Susannah Clements, dau. of William Clements, mariner, and Mary … Richard Powell left a legacy to his wife’s grandson Richard Creech, son of Henry Creech, d. NC, 1709, whose will named his son-in-law, John Daines. Bartholomew Highsmith, of Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., sold 95 acs. to Abraham Waston, witnessed by Henry Creech. (Crouch).
1.3.1.1. William Powell, Will probated Jan. 20, 1715, Norfolk Co.
1.3.1.1.1. Eleonor Powell, m. Bartholomew Highsmith.
1.3.1.1.1.1. ? Daniel Highsmith m. Ann Beck. Daniel Highsmith’s Will, proved 1 Feb. 1772, left his plantation to his wife Ann, afterward to be divided equally between his sons Daniel and James Highsmith.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Daniel Highsmith, m. Lucretia Parker.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Highsmith, m. Sarah Wood, bap. 21 April 1751, Morristown, NJ.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Highsmith, m. Asa Kirby.
1.3.2. George Powell m. Ann Connor, dau. of Lewis Connor and Elizabeth Daines, dau. of the nephew of Thomas Daines, who m. Mary (Stone) Tucker.
1.3.3. John Powell, m. Susannah Clements, widow of his br.; she m.3. Roger Bryant.
1.3.4. William Powell: ‘Wm. Powell of the Southern branch of Eliz. River in the County of Lower Norfolke … my wife Anne Powwell … my Execur … to my eldest daughter Mary Powell the plantation I live on with its fifty acres of Land as allso fifty acres of Land out of the one hundred & fifty acres that I bought of Mr Newton and that lying on the nearer Side Joyning on my father Williams his Line … unto my daughter Ann Powell one hundred acres of Land Called by the name of the Broad neck being the Remanderng part of the Said one hundred and fifty acres … unto my daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Keziah white back Stately and their calves … my wife being att prsent with Child … if my Said wife Should remajne a widdow Sixteene yeares and the said neger man faithfully Serve Soe Long my will is that hee bee then free … witnesses: Jn. Ferebee. Thomas Mercer’ (Will dated 18 June 1690, proved 17 June 1691. B. 5, f. 154).

HATHAWAY

1. Robert Hathaway, of Kingscote, Gloucestershire.
1.1. William Hathaway, m. Margaret Hutchins, 29 Nov. 1578, in Kingscote.
1.2. Thomas Hathaway, of Kingscote; 6 mls from both Avening and Tutbury, abodes of the Pitt family. He d. 18 April 1588, in Tutbury.
1.2.1. Thomas Hathaway, d. 1609.
1.2.1.1. Nicholas Hathaway, emigrated to Taunton, MA, in 1640.
1.2.1.1.1. John Hathaway, m. 1. Martha; m. 2. Ruth Dyer.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Isaac Hathaway, m. Mary Pitt, dau. of Peter Pitt and Mary Andrews, first wife of William Hodges, who was very likely to have been the son of William Hodges, churchwarden of Tutbury,in 1655.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Hopestill Hathaway, m. m. Richard Wood.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Wood, blacksmith, m. 2., at Morristown, NJ. Rebecca – d. after Sep. 19, 1756
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sarah Wood, bap. 21 April 1751, Morristown, NJ., m. Thomas Highsmith.

PARKER

1. Thomas Parker, Esq. of Holbeton, 9 miles south east of Plymouth, Devon
1.1. William Parker, of Holbeton, and of Shoreditch, in Middlesex, m. Dorothy, dau. of … Muttlebury, of Jordans, near Ilminster, Somerset,
1.1.1. Hugh Parker, of Taunton, Somerset, and Shoreditch, sixth son, fl. 1623, m. (in Over Stowey, Somerset, in 1605) Mary, dau. of Thomas Hutchins, alias Lawrence, of Holway, St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Taunton.
1.1.1.1. Hugh Parker, b. 1607, ‘his third son (his two elder brothers dec.) was heir to his father, and was an alderman of the city of London. He m. Rachel, dau. of … Brown, of Louth, in Lincolnshire, sans issue.
1.1.2. Henry Parker, Painter-Stainer, of Fleet Street, London, and Little Grove, East Barnet, Herts., d. 1670, m. Margaret, dau. of John White, of London.
1.1.2.1. Henry Parker, Esq., of Honington, d. 25 Oct. 1713, aged 74. m. Mary (d. 1729), da. of Alexander Hyde, bp. of Salisbury 1665–7, sis. of Robert Hyde, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) (The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002).
1.1.2.1.1. Hugh Parker Esq., b. 1673, eldest son, died in his father’s lifetime, obit. 2 Feb. 1712, aged 39.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Sir Henry John Parker, d. 1771, eldest son, m., 23 October 1728, Anne, dau. and heiress of Simon Barwell, Esq., of Leicester, who died, at the age of nineteen, in 1733, leaving two daus, Margaret, died single, and Anne. Sir Henry afterwards married Catharine, dau. of John Page, Esq. of Wandsworth, Surry. He sold Honington manor (1737) to Joseph Townsend, husband of Judith Gore, dau. of John Gore, Esq., of Bush-hill, Edmonton, Middlesex; where, on the floor of All Saints, is the tomb of Lawrence Parker, Esq., who was connected to this London family of Stafford: Stafford v Desbrowe. Plaintiffs: Mary Stafford, spinster of Edmonton, Middlesex (dau. of John Stafford, merchant deceased of London and Mary Stafford his wife). Defendants: Platt Disbrowe, gent, Laurence Parker, Esq of Bush Hill, Middlesex, Mary Stafford, widow, and Ellen Player widow. Nat. Arch. ref. C 11/1496/22. 1731. Bush Hill, Middlesex, three quarters of a mile S. W. from Enfield, in the parish of Edmonton, London.

Will of Laurence Parker of Edmonton, Middlesex, PROB 11/768/4. 1 February 1749. He was considerably wealthy, leaving his wife, Marie, a life interest on £16,000, at 5% p.a.; similar bequests to his daus., Sarah and Susanah; a bequest to his niece, Mary Stafford, dau. of his sister, Mary Stafford, wife of ‘John Stafford, merchant’. Laurence Parker stipulated a contingency to his bequest to his dau. Susanah; one of ‘if she dies before marriage’, suggesting Lawrence to be b. circa 1700., contemp. with Sir Henry John Parker, a probable cousin.

1.1.2.1.2. … Parker
1.1.2.1.2.1. Lawrence Parker. John Stafford, nephew of Lawrence Parker: Edge. Co (Halifax) D.B. 3, p. 350, deed dated 17 May 1748, recorded May Ct 1749. William Speight, Edge. Co in the Parish of Edgecombe to William Taylor, parish & county aforesaid, for 28 pds, 10 shillings VA, a tract of 100 acres which was conveyed to said Speight by Anthony Stafford being true and lawful attorney to of John Stafford of London (PA dated 29 May 1746), which said land was bequeathed by the Last Will and Testament of Wm. Murphey, late of Edge. Co aforesaid to Wm. Hurst and was formerly laid out and surveyed for Wm. Opie, signed William Speight,* wit. Saml Williams, Jr., John Bradford, Thomas Parker; whose dau., Rachel, m. Jacob Powell, exec. of his father-in-law’s Will.
1.1.2.1.2.2. Thomas Parker, d. 1782.

*As noted, William Powell gifted (1733) to ‘my loving kinsman John Speight’, 50 acres adj. Richard Hutchins & Jacob Powell.

It may be reasonable to assume that Francis Hutchins of Virginia was closely related to Thomas Hutchins, alias Lawrence, of Holway, St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Taunton, whose dau. m. Hugh Parker, of Taunton, Somerset.

The Powells were most likely of the branch residing in Taunton, Somerset, neighbours of the Hutchins.

The Highsmiths are difficult to trace in that their name is a standardised version of a north England name with many variations.

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