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1.1. Thomas Busby (headright of Arthur Bayly), m. Susannah Grey, dau. of Capt. Francis Grey, of Surry Co., and was br.-in-law of Peter Grey, and Anthony Allan (who had m. a sister of Sussanah and Peter Grey).

Anthony Allen’s son, Francis, was named as Thomas Busby’s nephew (B. 1, p. 162).
Peter Grey gave 300 ac. of Thomas Busby’s land in Chippoaks, as part payment of a debt of 760 lbs. of tobacco, to Thomas Drewe. (Charles City Co. Orders, p. 327). Thomas Drewe acknowledged in court to have received 2,500 pounds of pork from Thomas Busby in payment of a bond; see hereinafter.

“Knowe all men by these presents that I Thomas Busby of Virginia Planter freely sell unto Peter Grey, 800 ac. lying and on the Southerne Run of Chippoaks Creeke in ye County of Surry, adjoyning to the land now in the possession of Jno. Barker”.* Signed in the presence of Francis Grey, Anthony Allen. Nov. 10, 1660. *John Barker Jr., Thomas Busby’s son-in-law.

Others claimed as headrights of Arthur Bayley* on Jan. 16, 1637 were John Harris and William Barker, father of John Barker Sr. William Barker, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner, was a business partner of Francis Derrick Jr. (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I, vol. 10); b. in 1607 in Long Ashton, Somerset.

He bought 30 ac. from John Baker (Barker) and his wife, Dorothy, “daughter of the late deceased Sergeant John Harris”, belonging to the late deceased George Cawcott which was given to the said Dorothy by the last will and testament’, p. 113.

In the patois relevant to Somerset at this time, Cawcott is synonomous with Cockett: Silvester Thacker and Anthony Fulgham (of Pitminster, Somerset), 100 acs. IOW Co., Oct. 22, 1646, upon Pagan Point Bay, E. upon land of Mr. Thomas Davis and S. upon Mr. John Mahoone. Trans, of 2 pers: John Cockett & Sarah Robinson, p. 93. Henry Cockett and William Rose were headrights of Nicholas Meriwether, Nov. 16, 1653, p. 252.

(Baylie v Baylie. Plaintiffs: John Baylie. Defendants: *Arthur Baylie. Subject: property in Allington, Somerset. (juxta Taunton, 4 mls fr. Pitminster). 1654. (C 8/131/21). Arthur Bayley’s relict (a sister of Col. George Jordan and Arthur Jordan), m. Christopher Foster Sr., being stepmother of Christopher Foster Jr., ancestors of Millie Watkins, wife of Solomon Harris, as follows.

Thomas Busby’s neighbours: A list of the Tythables in Southwark parish in 1668, of 45 households, from Col. George Jordan’s upwards – Mr. John Barker (6) William Shorte (2) William Carpenter (2); Thomas Stephens (1) Mr William Rookings (3); William Heath (2) Francis Howgood (1); Thomas Greene (1); Mr William Norwood (2); Mr. Thomas Busby (3) … Mr. Benjamin Harrison (5), Mr. Henry Briggs (2); Ralph Creed (2); John King (1); Mr. Nicholas Meriwether (6); William Scarbrough, Robert Dennis (1) Robt House (2); Mr William Simmons to Parish Levy (2); Wm Newit and … Orchard (2). Taken by Mr. George Jordan. (William & Mary Quarterly, Series 1, Vol. 8-9, pp. 162, 163).

Jordan genealogies in Virginia are a welding together of various Jordan families, an wholly typical occurrence. The following disambiguation is suggested:

1. Thomas Jordan, b. ca. 1595, m. Thamsin Hollins, Jan. 21, 1618, in Stogumber, Somerset.
1.1. Thomas Jordan, b, ca. 1618, m. Elizabeth Greed(ie), July 3, 1638, in Stogumber.
1.1.1. Thomas Jordan, m. (1) Jane, dau. of Col. William Browne and Mary, dau. of Capt. Henry Browne. (2) Lucy Corker, who m. (2) William Rose.
1.2. George Jordan, b. ca. 1620.
1.2.1. Fortune Jordan, as follows.
1.2.2. George Jordan, m. Mary, dau. of Col. William Browne and Mary, dau. of Capt. Henry Browne. George Jordan’s sister was the wife of Arthur Bayley, whose headrights … etc.

Thomas Busby’s dau., Grace, m. John Barker Jr. (d. Oct. 9, 1713 in Chippoaks Creek, Surry), son of John Barker Sr. and a dau. of Thomas Drewe.

1. Grace Busby and John Barker Jr. had issue:
1.1. Sarah Barker (d. Sept. 20, 1744, in Tyrrell Co., NC), m. Robert Lanier Jr.
1.2. Elizabeth Barker, m. Christopher Foster Jr. 1.2.1. Ghristopher Foster, m. Alice Forte. 1.2.1.1. John Foster. 1.2.1.1.1. Sarah Foster, m. Walter Gilliam. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Lydia Gilliam, m. John Watkins. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Millie Watkins, m. Solomon Harris.
1.3. Josiah Barker, m. Faith Washington, Feb. 14, 1721, dau. of Richard Washington and Elizabeth Jordan (dau. of Arthur Jordan), and sister of Thomas Jordan, who m. (1) Jane Brown, sister of Priscilla Brown, who m. Thomas Blunt; (2) Lucy Corker, who m. (2) William Rose Jr. (A Bartholomew Owen connection).
1.4. Hannah Barker, d. Sept. 5, 1754, m. Walter Lashley. 1.4.1. Patrick Lashley. John Harris, d. in 1697/1698; his estate administered by John Barker Jr. and Patrick Lashley. John Harris was the likely brother of William Harris, whose relict’s estate was administered by her son, Henry Harris, and witnessed by John Barker Jr. R. June 16, 1711. (B. 6, p. 52).

Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr.

1. “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 acres … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”. 2. Ordered that Wm. Lee pay unto Richard Taylor 350 lbs of good tobacco and cask due per a bill of his predecessor, Thomas Felton. 3. Richard Taylor was the br.-in-law of John Barker Sr. 4. In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr. (per record of fine imposed on William Simmons Sr. after Bacon’s Rebellion). 5. John Barker Jr. m. a dau. of Thomas Busby Sr. 6. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr. 7. John Barker Jr. was the br.-in-law of John Harris, uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1729, whose land adjoined that of William Simmons Jr. A John Harris, on May 2, 1654, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton, as follows.

Thomas Busby’s land grant:

“Know ye that I Edward Diggs Esq, give and grant unto Thomas Busby Four Hundred acres of land Lying and being in Surry County on the south side of the western head of upper Chippoakes Creek beginning on Mr. Moseley line near the path that goes to Mr. Barkers; N. E. by E. 61 chains thence again on the said Moseleys line N. 115 chains and thence to John Barrowes Line; E. by N. 59 chains thence S. to the Southern run 10 chains thence on transverse up the Southern Run 188 chains to a corner marked here. Thence west to the said path 74 chains thence to the place it began. The said Land being due unto the said Busby by and for the transportation of eight persons, etc. Peter Spicer, Elizabeth Paine, William Gray, Joan Barker, Anthony Hulbrook, Thomas Busby, Richard Ballard, Cecily Morse. Sept. 16, 1657.

Mr. Robert Moseley sold his tract to Arthur Jordan Sr., on Oct. 28, 1657, who sold it to William Short Sr., ca. 1660:

1691. The Deposition of Mr. Thomas Busby, aged fifty nine yeares or theireabouts, being examined & sworne, saith: That thirty foure yeares agoe, or thereabouts, Robert Moseley, then liveing on the plantacon now in possession of Edward Green in the uper end of Surry County made an outcry of his whole estate as well (as) lands and other things & that the sheriffe of the county being absent, this deponent was cryer at the said outcry and that Mr. Arther Jordan then bought about eleavon hundred acres of land, the said land being that tract whereon the said Green now liveth, for which the said Jordan was to give tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & that one W. Short, then an inhabitant in Charles City County being at the said outcry, gave the said Jordan some advantage for his bargain, and discharged the said Jordan, and gave the said Moseley caution (Security) for the said land: and that the said Moseley in a very short time after the said outcry, went down to the house of Mr. Arther Allen and their sickened and dyd, and further this deponent saith that about two or three yeares after, Mrs. Short, her husband being then dead, sent down to Cabbin point about two thousand or two thousand five hundred pounds of porke *which this deponent delivered by her order as part of payment (to Thomas Drewe) for the said land, and further this deponent deposith that about two years after the payment of the said porke this deponent paid about six or eight hundred pounds of tobacco for the use of the said Mrs. Short, which to the best of his remembrances was the last payment for the said land. And further, this deponent deposith not. Tho: Busby September 1st 1691 Sworne to in Court. (B. 4, p. 228)

BLUNT

1. Thomas Blunt. Grant. Henry Brayne to his son Robert Brayne … all that little mansion next to the gate of the capital dwelling house of St. James … Witnesses: Walter Chester,* John Hollester, Thomas Lloyd, Thomas Blount. 1548. (Brist. Arch., 12276/1). 1.1. James Blunt. March 2, 1587. Lease; Thomas Colston, Langley and Cole now Aldermen to James Blunt, Baker. March 2, 1587. (Brist. Arch., P.AS/D/NA/83 a,b). 1.2. Thomas Blunt. Deed to lead the uses of a fine: (1) Edward Auflett and Mary his wife and Thomas Burkett, baker; (2) Henry Yate, soapmaker, Robert Smythe, hooper, Thomas Blounte and John Bilbye, gentlemen. Dec. 30, 1622. (B.A., 26166/206). 1.2.1. Thomas Blunt. Charter of Feoffment. Henrie Hobson, late Mayor; Thomas Hurte, grocer; surviving feoffees: to Richard Aldworth, mercer, et al. The gardens are now or late held by Pascall Garland and Thomas Blunt. March 24, 1633. (Brist. Arch., P.AS/D/OM/B/12). Thomas Blunt m. Jane Chambers (Jan. 10, 1610; Harl Soc. 27, Bath Abbey), sister of Robert Chambers, who m. Mary Stevens, Oct. 13, 1605, in Bath Abbey; probable sister of Elizabeth Stevens, who m. William Hodges, bur. June 5, 1615, on Nov. 29, 1610, in Bath Abbey, he of the Hodges of Wedmore, Somerset. 1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Blunt, m. John Thomas, linen draper, of Bristol. 1.2.1.1.1. William Thomas, b. 1613, chaplain to King James II. m, Blanche, dau. of Peter Semine, of Bristol. 1.2.1.1.1.1. John Thomas, m. Mary, dau. of William Bagnall, of Worcestershire. (Connection to the Izzards, etc.). 1.2.1.2. Thomas Blunt. Release of right, Thomas Blunt to John Knight (connection to Bartholomew Owen).* Dec. 13, 1656. (Brist. Arch., 4726/19).

1.2.1.2.1. Thomas Blunt, m. Priscilla Browne, relict of William Thomas, and sister of Fortune Flood.* 1.2.2. John Blunt. 1.2.2.1. Bridget Blunt, m. William Chester, of Bristol and Barton Regis (d. 1659), son of *Walter Chester, nephew of Thomas Chester, of Almondsbury, Sheriff then Mayor of Bristol, d. 1583. son, William Chester, of Almondsbury, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (d. 1607), who m. Catherine, dau. of Richard Dennys of Dyrham; sister of Frances Dennys, wife of John Gilliam, father of Captain John Gilliam, Jr.; father of Hinchea Gilliam, who m. *Fortune Flood, sister of John Flood, who m. Mary Blunt, dau. of Thomas Blunt, and sister of … Blunt, wife of Joel Barker (br. of John Barker Jr.).

*In ca. 1660, Thomas Busby bought a horse from “Mathew Battell, Cooper, in the county of Surry”, witnessed by Thos. Pittman, Barth. Owen. (B.1, p. 157). Thomas Busby traded in horses. “These presents shall engage us, William Lea and Alice Lea assignes to deliver to Thomas Busby one grey mare presently downe, for him to posess & his heires, greatly to enjoy for ever. And wee the said William & Alice Lea doe rattifie & confirme, by the virtue of this our act & deed, peaceable possession of the said Mare with her increase unto the said Busby & his heires as aforesaid. Further wee doe bind ourselves & our heires to warrant the sale of the said mare to defend forever in law and to acknowledge the sale to be lawfull in Surry County Court (Surry County Deeds, No. 1, , p. 162).

Returning to Thomas Busby’s in-laws:
Francis Grey was granted 750 ac. in Charles City Co., Nov. 24, 1653 (Nugent, p. 231), claiming Grace Singleton as a headright, whom some assume to be his wife. In 1665, Mrs. Grace Grey complained to the Charles City Co. Court about her husband’s ill-treatment of her. She stated that they had been m. for 24 years, and he had received a good dower, though he was poor, and that she had bore him 6 living children. From this, Grace can be assumed to have been born ca. 1620. Why she was claimed as an headright in 1653 under her maiden name is problematic, and it should be considered whether she was a sister of Mary, wife of William Short Sr., who, Thomas Busby, as overseer of her husband’s estate, was ordered to provide her maintenance for life. (B. 2, p. 106).

1. John Harris, bapt 1589/90, in Blagdon, who, it may be suggested, was he rec. Jan. 16, 1637 as “servant” of Arthur Bayly, as William Barker, aforesaid.
1.1. Dorothy Harris, sold land to Francis Derrick Jr., a cousin of James Derick, bapt. Feb. 14, 1620, in Blagdon, the stepson of Joan Harris, bapt. May I, 1603, in Blagdon, sister of John Harris, aforesaid.
1.2. John Harris, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654.*(“William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 acres … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”. In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr. May 2, 1654. Bond of Robt. Morsley to Jno. Felton. Wit. John Harris, Sack. Brewster. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31).
Sackville Brewster m. Elizabeth, relict of John Watkins, cooper, who d. in 1655. She was the stepmother of John Watkins (1708) husband of Elizabeth Spencer, orphan of Capt. Robert Spencer, who chose Thomas Jordan as her guardian, who had m. Robert Spenser’s relict, Jane. (Order Book 1671-1691, p. 265). Jane Browne was the dau. of Colonel William Browne and his first wife, Mary (Colonel William Browne m. (2) the relict of Nicholas Meriwether Sr.); and sister of:

1. Priscilla Browne, m. Thomas Blunt.
2. Mary Browne, m. George Jordan Jr. (br. of Thomas Jordan), having issue: George Jordan, who m. Sarah, dau. of William Hunt and Sarah Simmons (dau. of William Simmons Sr.); sister of William Simmons Jr.

William Hunt was the br. of Thomas Hunt, who m. (1, in 1665) Fortune, dau. of George Jordan Sr., (2) Elizabeth (dau. of Robert Judkins), and sister of William Judkins and Margaret Taylor (dau. of Margaret Taylor Harris), parents of Elizabeth and Hannah Judkins, the latter …

3. Jane Browne, m. Thomas Jordan, (who m. (2) Lucy Corker; she m. (2) William Rose Jr.; headright of Nicholas Meriwether in Westmoreland Co., June 1, 1654. William Rose Sr. had issue: (1) Jane Rose, b. bef. 1655, who m. Richard Avery, who departed from Bristol, in 1665. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, vol. 1, p. 56: Capt. Anthony Fulgham, 1600 ac. IOW, July 12, 1665, for transportation of 30 people, inc. Richd. Avery. (B. 5, p. 253). (2) William Rose, b. 1655, m. Lucy (Corker) Jordan, widow of Thomas Jordan. Thomas Jordan was the br. of Richard Jordan Sr., father of Richard Jordan Jr., whose Will was witnessed by Robert Owen, son of Bartholomew Owen. His executor was Josiah Proctor, Bartholomew’s son-in-law.
4. Ann Browne, m. Walter Flood
1. John Flood.
1.1. Walter Flood, m. Ann Browne
1.1.1. Fortune Flood, m. Hinchea Gilliam
1.1.2. John Flood, m. Mary Blunt, dau. of Thomas Blunt, and sister of … Blunt, wife of Joel Barker (br. of John Barker Jr.).
1. 2. Thomas Flood Sr. (Walter’s half-br.).
1.2.1. Thomas Flood Jr., m. Ann, dau. of William Rose Sr. COLLIER, John: Est. – 18 July, 1716. By Jane Collier, in 1718. Signed:Jane Lather and John Lather, admrs. Wit: Thomas Flood, Michael Harris, Nicholas Maggett. Book 7, p. 22. Children of John Collier and Jane Thomas were as follows:i John5 , born abt. 1714 in Surry Co. VA; deceased abt 1767 Surry Co VA. He married in Surry Co. VA, Lucy Mooring.
1.2.1.1. Jane Flood, m. a son of John and Elizabeth Spencer Watkins
1.21.1.1. Elizabeth Watkins, m. John Nicholson, p. 360.
1.2.1.2. Harry Flood, d. 1740, m. (2) Joyce Nicholson, relict of Robert Nicholson, d. 1719. His dau., Elizabeth, by his first wife, m. Robert Nicholson, son of his second wife, another son being John Nicholson (named in her will, pr. May 18, 1743, p. 433), wife of Elizabeth Watkins. Robert Nicholson’s son, Robert, m. Mary, dau. of Michael Harris of Surry Co.; his Will pr. Sept. 16, 1768, naminh his br.-in-law, John Harris, and sons, Michael, John, and Samuel.
5. William Browne, m. Jane, dau. of Nicholas Meriwether. On Oct. 8, 1677, Bartholomew Owen granted power of attorney to Nicholas Meriwether.
1.2.1. John Harris, estate admon by John Barker Jr. (1698). Thomas Busby, 475 ac. Upper Chippoakes Cr. Sept. 22, 1682; headrights: Robert Atkins, Elizabeth Bond; John Harris, Robert West, William West, etc. John Harris may have m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as John Barker Jr.

1.2.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr.
1.2.2.1. William Harris, m. Mary Short, dau. of William Short III., b. ca. 1665, whose Will, pr. Sept. 17, 1741, named dau. Mary Harris “the use of room in my dwelling house for life”; “grandson William Harris, son of William Harris, 150 ac. where his father now liveth”; “to grandson Thomas Harris, when 18 years old”. Kinsman Benjamin Heath. Wit. William Heath.

In 1714, a deed notes the land of William Heath in Prince George adjacent to Cotton, James Minge and Thomas Eldridge.
The will of Elizabeth Heath was filed in 1731 in Surry County Elizabeth (last name unreadable), widow, it would seem, of John Avery The appraisers were William Short, Mr. William Short, Jr. and William Harris.

1.2.2.1.1. William Harris. who received the 150 acres on which his father lived. William Harris, Surry County: Virginia State Land Office, Patents No. 34, 1756-1762.
1.2.2.1.2. Thomas Harris.
1.2.2.2. Henry Harris.
1.2.2.3. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; Will mentions br. Henry and son, Joshua.
1.2.2.3.1. Joshua Harris.
1.2.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. Sara Goodwin, dau. of Theophilus Goodwin and Elizabeth Wyche.
1.2.2.3.1.1.1. Solomon Harris, m. Millie Watkins, on March 11, 1778. The test results for a descendant (with Family Tree DNA) are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males.
To repeat: 1. Grace Busby and John Barker Jr. had issue: 1.2. Elizabeth Barker, m. Christopher Foster. 1.2.1. Ghristopher Foster, m. Alice Forte. 1.2.1.1. John Foster. 1.2.1.1.1. Sarah Foster, m. Walter Gilliam. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Lydia Gilliam, m. John Watkins. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Millie Watkins, m. Solomon Harris.

The road from Wiveliscombe to Bristol passed through Blagdon.

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