The following notes are based on research of existing records and prosopography – the investigation of the common characteristics of a historical group (like the Shropshire-Henrico migrants), by means of a collective study of their lives. So, instead of looking at the Potter family of Shropshire in isolation, they are considered within their association to the “Cocke-Harris-Ligon-Holland” cohort to provide validation of their origins: If family A (the Potters) and families B are connected in Sequence 1 (Shropshire), and their descendants (families A2 and B2) are connected in sequence 2 (Henrico), the statistical probability of their identity being a match increases exponentially.

Prosopography constructs a collective biography of a specific historical group by analyzing the common characteristics, social networks, and geographical movements of its members. The naturalistic paradigm supports this by studying individuals within their real-world, holistic contexts rather than relying solely on isolated, formal documents. By examining the patterns of an individual’s surrounding community—such as naming customs, shared migrations, occupations, and godparent choices—researchers can infer unrecorded family ties. This combined framework allows investigators to build a highly probable ancestral connection based on circumstantial, context-driven evidence rather than direct textual proof.

Hypothesis: The destruction of early parish records in late 17th-century Shropshire and the scarcity of early colonial Virginia church registers have traditionally obscured the origins of the Potter family of Goochland County. However, an analysis using the English Kinship system demonstrates that the Potters did not migrate as isolated individuals. Instead, they arrived as part of a multi-generational, tightly integrated kinship clan from the Shropshire/Anglo-Welsh border area (encompassing Ludlow, Cleobury Mortimer, Neen Savage, and Stottesdon) alongside the Norgrove, Holland, Cocke, and Harris families. The Sharratt/Norgrove/Potter Nexus was the foundation of the Potter family’s social and legal alliances of Ludlow, Shropshire, during the mid-17th century. On 2 February 1665, Roger Norgrove (baptised 13 October 1639 in Neen Savage, son of Humphrey Norgrove and Joan Greenhouse), married Margaret Sharratt (baptised 19 March 1636/7) at St. Lawrence’s Church, Ludlow – the sister of Martha Sharratt, who married Mr. Richard Potter (b. ca. 1638) of Ludlow. This dual marriage firmly bound the Potter and Norgrove families. Crucially, the Norgroves already possessed deep, centuries-old ties to the Cocke and Holland families in Shropshire. For example, the 2 November 1567 marriage in Stottesdon between Richard Norgrove and Joan Cocke (sister of Alice Cocke, who married Thomas Holland) linked the Norgroves to the immediate ancestors of Michael Holland of Pickthorne (almost certainly the great-grandfather of Michael Holland of Goochland, an highly probable ancestral connection.

What is also evidenced in thes notes is a denominator in common between families – a shared relationship as tenants to the same overlords, thus:

1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1430. Salop 16th Agust 13 Edward IV (1473). Letters of attorney. John Lestraunge knt, lord of Knokyn and of Mohun, has made John Olyver of the town of Salop, gentlemen, Thomas Potter of Midle, husbondman, and John Henckys of Balderton, husbondman, together, his attornies to deliver in John Lestraunge’s name to Thomas Bromeley and Katherine his wife, seisin of all his lands, tenements, rents and services with meadows, pastures and in the Grange of Slepe in the lordship of Midle. (Shrop. Arch.,DA4/999/1/3/1).

1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1460. Sir Thomas Blount grants to Thomas Wildecote and Elizabeth his wife a meadow called Lee Medowe lying on the bank of the Severn in the lordship of Alveley as now enclosed, in the tenure of Humffrey Fernehalls, clerk, which meadow Thomas Blount lately bought from Thomas Lee.To Thomas Wildecote and Elizabeth and the heirs of Thomas Wildecote forever, of the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses: Thomas Petye, Esq., John Pakyngton jnr., gent, Thomas Pigot, gent, Thomas Reynolds, Richard Palmer, John Persons and Thomas Potter. 10 Mar 1503. (Shrop Arch. 3950/11). Quitclaim by Richard Lone of Hyde next to Brewoode Whereas Thomas Wyldecote hold to him and his heirs of Richard Lone and his heirs a toft and half virgate of land and 1 noke of land in Alvethley called the Lee for the rent of 7s p.a. to be paid at the 2 usual terms, and after the death of each tenant 6/8 heriot, now Richard for 9 marks 6/8 from Thomas releases to Thomas all his right in the rent and heriot. Warranty Witnesses: Richard Wrottesley, Thomas Cresset, Esq., Richard Lone snr., John Gravenor, Humffrey Ferneall, chaplain, Thomas Reynolds, Thomas Potter. April 3, 18 Henry VII (1503). (Shrop. Arch., 3950/15).

BLOUNT

1. Sir Humphrey Blount (ca. 1423–1477) Sheriff of Shropshire. Elizabeth Winnington. 1.1. Sir Thomas Blount (ca. 1456–1524), Sheriff of Shropshire; knighted at the Battle of Stoke (1487), m. Anne Croft. 1.1.1. Sir John Blount, m. Catherine Peshall (heiress of Knightley), bur. in Alveley in August 1591. 1.1.1.1. Sir George Blount (1513–1581), m. Constance Talbot. He held significant lands in Alveley. Following a quarrel with his daughter, Dorothy, Sir George made his nephew, Roland Lacon, his heir. (Will dated 30 December 1580). 1.1.1.1.1. Dorothy Blount, disinherited by her father, m. John Purslow. This was his second marriage, his first being to Constance Newport, by whom: .Robert Purslow. 1.1.1.2. Agnes Blount, m. Sir Richard Lacon. 1.1.1.2.1. Roland Lacon,* heir of the Alveley and Kinlet estates. 1.1.1.2.1.1. Beatrix Lacon. Alveley is in Stottesdon Hundred, Shropshire, and is ca. 6 miles distant from Pickthorne, the home of Richard Cocke of Bremo, whose family were tenants of the Purslows. Richard Cocke’s second-cousin was the matriarchal stream from which flowed the Holland’s of Goochland. Alveley is ca. 14 miles E. of Sidbury (1 mile from Pickthornr)the baptismal place of Richard Cocke of Henrico.

The Potter family were tenants of the exact same estate-holding family as the Cockes. The prosopographical evidence directly establishes this shared landlord-tenant relationship through the generational devolution of the Blount family estates to the Purslow family. The historical and structural connection between these families within the Stottesdon Hundred relies on a clear chain of land ownership and estate management. The documentation outlines how the Potter family’s landlords became the Cocke family’s landlords: Sir Thomas Blount (1.1) held the lordship of Alveley. In March 1503, he granted Lee Medowe in Alveley to Thomas Wildecote. Thomas Potter acted as a primary legal witness to this transaction and a subsequent quitclaim regarding the same land (the Lee) in April 1503. This places Thomas Potter directly within the tenurial and legal sphere of the Blount estate in Alveley:

1.1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1490. Sciant presentes etc.” Henry Gravener of Alveley gives etc to Thomas Hayll & John Jurdan all his tenements, lands etc. in the realm of England to the use of Henry’s andMary Jurdan’s heors lawfully begotten. Witnesses – Giles Bylke, Thomas Potter & Humphrey his son. At Alveley, Aug 20th 16 Hen.VIII. Sea gone On permt Loan from Ald.How. 1524/1525. (Shrop. Arch., 6000/4215). Humphrey Potter was a tenant farmer in the parish of Alveley, Shropshire, whose family name is historically associated to the local landmark Potter’s Loade (harbour). In 1537, he rented a farm from Humphry Elcock. In 1542, he shared this lease with his brother, John Potter. Abbot of Haughmond v Kenaston. Plaintiffs: Richard, abbot of Haughmond. Defendants: Richard Kenaston and Humphrey Potter. Subject: Forcible ouster from a messuage mills and land in Ryton (ie Ruyton of the Eleven Towns) and Alveley. 1509 Apr 22-1547. Jan 28. ( STAC 2/35/15). Roland Gravenor of Brygenorthe and James Jorden of Alveley have given and confirmed to Humfrey Lowe all that land etc lying in le low within the parish of Alveley which they lately had by feoffment of Roger Lowe, to hold to Humfrey his heirs and assigns of the chief lord for the usual serviced Warranty. Witnesses:- Humfrey Lee, Giles Blyke, David Lawley, Thomas Potter, Humfrey Petter. 6 January 20 Henry VIII (1529). (Shrop. Arch., 2028/1/2/17). Feoffment to the uses of the marriage settlement, and counterpart. Description: William Wolryche to his trustees In consideration of the marriage settlement of April 24, 1564 (2922/3/9). The Manor and capital messuage of Dudmaston and the demesne and all messuages and lands belonging in Dudmaston, Presthope, Whitley Fields, Claverley, Cotton, Astley, Alveley and Quatt are settled to the uses of the settlement. Attornies for William Wolryche: Thomas Wolryche and Humphrey Potter. 26 April 1564 (Shrop.Arch.,2922/3/11-12).

1.1.2. John Potter. 1.1.3. William Potter. Dorse: Memo of livery of seisin in the messuage called the Hay 22 May 20 Henry VIII (1528) witnesses: Sir Humffrey Jurdan, Sir Richard Rydge, Clerks, John Lye, John Gravenor, Willm Dalley, Hugh Whyte, Humffrey Fernyall, Willm Potter, Thomas Potter, James Whyte, John Perys, Thomas Lee, George Lee, Willm Dalley, John Lowe, John Gravenor jnr., Humffrey Elcock, Thomas Dolman, Thomas Dalley, John Owen, Thomas Potter jnr. Haughton 13 May 20 Henry VIII (1528). (Shrop. Arch., 3950/17). 1.1.3.1. William Potter, b. ca. 1520. Hugh Councell of Harmondizworth co Hidd. gentleman and Robert Pyscor of London gentleman, for a certain sum, have enfeoffed Humfrey Mycolles of Alveley als Alwythley yeoman in a capital messuage called Bowells, and land – 100 acres land, 20 acres meadow, 60 acres pasture, 16 acres wood or underwood – in the parish of Alveley, which were part of the possessions of Francis Earl Lovell, lately attainted as traiter (Peter Nicolis) and came into the hands of the Queen and her progenitors by reason of that attainder; Acknowledged in Chancery 13 February Livery of seizin 8 February 12 Elizabeth (1570) given before George Blyke gentleman. Humfrey Jhons, John Howell, Humffrey Grove, Launcelot Baskerfeld, Petur Nicholes, William Potter, John Baskerfield, Launcalot Elcox, Homffrey Squere, 1570. (Shrop. Arch., 2028/1/2/56). 1.1.3.1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1550.. Thomas, son and heir of William Potter. Defendants: Humphrey Lowe and others. Subject: Messuage and land in Turley (in Alveley) and Alveley. Shropshire. 1544. (C 1/1051/32-33). Potter v Whorwood. Plaintiffs: Thomas Potter. Defendants: Thomas Whorwood and others. Subject: property in Alveley, Shropshire. 1581. ( C 3/215/48).

1.1.3.1.1.1. Roger Potter, b. ca. 1575. Lee v Nichols. Plaintiff(s): Lancelot Lee. Defendant(s): John Nichols, Henry Penny, William Perry. Subject of depositions: Manors of King’s Nordley (Shropshire), and Astley (Shropshire), the latter lying partly in the parish of Alveley. Metes and bounds. Customs of manors touching payment of heriots on alienation. The possessions of Gerrard Whorwood, Sir Francis Newport, Sir Thomas Whorwood, and … Throgmorton, sometime owners of King’s Nordley Manor, aforesaid, are mentioned]. County/place: Shropshire. Additional information: interrogatories and depositions taken 18 January 1625 at Enveild, Stafford. Deponent(s): George Oslande (2); Stephen James (2); John Whitmore (2); Oliver Whorwood; William Hubbold; Thomas Clemson; Francis Dobie; John White (2); James Jurden; William Shelborne, clerk; George Cantrell (2); Roger Potter; John Baskarvile; Humfrey Arden; Nicholas Jones; Anne Perry; William Lythall; Richard Perry. 1625 Jan 24-1625 Feb 12 (E 134/22Jas1/Hil18). Richard Newport, m. Dorothy, dau. of of Anthony Cave, having issue – Sir Francis Newport (d. 1623) of High Ercall, Shropshire; served as MP for Shropshire; m. Beatrix, dau. of Rowland Lacon. In the aforementioned case, Sir Francis Newport’s name likely appears because he (or his father) previously held or influenced rights over the manors. His family’s estates helped define customs (like heriots) or boundaries.

POTTER SUMMARY

*1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1430, Thomas Potter of Midle, husbondman, in the Grange of Slepe, 6th Agust 13 Edward IV (1473 (Shrop. Arch., DA4/999/1/3/1).
*1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1460, tenant of WSir Thomas Blount in the lordship of Alveley/Alvethley, April 3, 18 Henry VII (1503). (Shrop. Arch., 3950/15).
*1.1.1. *Humphrey Potter, b. ca. 1490. Thomas Potter & Humphrey his son witnessed a deed of Henry Gravener of Alveley, 26 April 1564 (Shrop.Arch.,2922/3/11-12).
*1.1.2. William Potter, recorded as having land in the the messuage called “the Hay”, in Alveley, 22 May 20 Henry VIII (1528). (Shrop. Arch., 3950/17).
*1.1.2.1 William Potter, b. ca. 1520, witness in a court case involving Hugh Councell of Harmondizworth, gentleman and Robert Pyscor of London gentleman, who enfeoffed Humfrey Mycolles of Alveley als Alwythley yeoman in a capital messuage called “Bowells”. 1570. (Shrop. Arch., 2028/1/2/56).
*1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1550.. Potter v Whorwood. Plaintiffs: Thomas Potter. Defendants: Thomas Whorwood and others. Subject: property in Alveley, Shropshire. 1581. (C 3/215/48).
*1.1.2.1.1.1. Roger Potter, b. ca. 1575, involved in the case of : Lee v Nichols. Plaintiff(s): Lancelot Lee. Defendant(s): John Nichols, Henry Penny, William Perry. Subject of depositions: Manors of King’s Nordley (Shropshire), and Astley (Shropshire), the latter lying partly in the parish of Alveley. Sir Francis Newport’s name likely appears because he (or his father) previously held or influenced rights over the manors. His family’s estates helped define customs (like heriots) or boundaries. 1625. (E 134/22Jas1/Hil18).
*1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Potter., b. ca. 1600. Recognizance that Thomas Potter of Ludlow on 27 August 1646 came before Thomas Niccolls, esq., a justice of the King would at the next session and gaol delivery bring an indictment against Elinor Smith alias Howle for stealing five flaxen sheets and other goods from him. 27 Aug 1646. (Shrop. Arch., doc. ref. 3365/2226/34).
*1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Mr. Richard Potter, b. ca, 1638. His family would have been well acquainted with the family of Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris of Ludlow, attending the same church. He m. Martha Sharratt.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Potter, bapt June 28, 1676.
*1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard Potter, b. ca. 1677, held land on the south side of John’s Hole Swamp, situated near the large patents of Michael Holland of Goochland (d. 1746), particularly around the Lickinghole Creek and Bird Creek watersheds. In this period, families from the same English parish frequently settled adjacent to one another to maintain social and legal alliances. Richard Potter and his sons appear as chain carriers and witnesses in the Lickinghole Creek area of Goochland, roles were almost exclusively filled by trusted kin or immediate neighbours. Lickinghole Creek Surveys (1730s–1740s): During the peak of Michael Holland’s land acquisition (patenting over 43,000 acres), Richard Potter Jr. and Thomas Potter appear in the field notes as chain carriers for tracts along Lickinghole Creek and Bird Creek (Virginia Land Patents Book 9 (1697–1706), and subsequent Goochland surveys (after 1728), which list Richard Potter as having land surveyed on the south side of Joan’s Hole Swamp. This tract was directly adjacent to the massive patents held by Michael Holland and Major William Harris in the Lickinghole Creek watershed.

The records of St. Lawrence, Ludlow, are decimated at this period, and the suggestion that Richard Potter Jr. as follows, was the son of his namesake, bapt June 28, 1676, and was he associated wih Michael Holland of Goochland in the 1730’s is based on a very probable ancestral connection based on circumstantial, context-driven evidence rather than direct textual proof, see intro. That is, the Goochland association of the Hollands and Potters was a continuation of very old associations, involving the family of Richard Cocke, neighbour in Henrico of Major William Harris, fellow congregant of this Potter family in Ludlow. Of course, relationships os successive generation might have been ones of cousinship – we do not know.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2 1. Richard Potter Jr, b. ca. 1700 . The Potters were “processioned” (officially boundary-checked) alongside the Hollands to ensure no encroachment occurred between their ancestral lines. In the 1730s, Richard Potter Jr.and Thomas Potter were frequently cited in the Surveyor’s Field Notes for Goochland. While a final patent often lists only the owner, the Goochland County Surveyor’s records (preserved at the Library of Virginia) provide the primary evidence for their roles. Goochland County Survey Book 1, p ages 42, 87, and 112 (1730s), records Richard Potter Jr. and Thomas Potter acting as chain carriers along Lickinghole and Byrd Creeks. *1.2.1.1. Thomas Potter, b. ca. 1700. Thomas Bayley’s March 24, 1725 land patent was for 229 acres in Henrico County (in an area that later became Goochland County two years later). His headright was Thomas Potter. (Virginia Land Patent Book 12, p. 433). See aforementioned.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Thomas Potter, Sr. (ca. 1700 – aft. Apr. 1, 1768 in Pittsylvania Co. ). Indenture made 21 August 1745 between Henry Reynolds of Brunswick County and John Owen of Goochland County, 290 ac, part of a tract of Land which was granted to the said Henry Reynolds by Pattent for 300 dated 30 August 1743. Witnesses: Thomas Potter, John Owen, Thomas Clark. Court September 5, 1745, Indenture, Memorandum and Receipt proved by oaths of Thomas Potter John Owen and Thomas Clarke and Elizabeth the wife of Henry Reynolds personally appeared and relinquished her Right of dower. Deed Book 3, Page 61. This land was on the Stanton River

Brothers William and Thomas Owen each had a son named John who in 1745 were both adults in Goochland. William Owen and his son John migrated to Halifax Co. 1747-1748, with land on Pigg River, where Thomas Potter, Sr., also acquired land. The will of John Owen son of Thomas, was made 24 Feb. 1767, Prince Edward Co., where he had land on Sandy River. In Halifax Co, VA, Thomas Potter was a witness to Lewis Jenkins’ purcahse of 4600 acres on Pigg River on 16 June, 1755. Thomas bought 400 acres from Lewis Jenkins on 17 Jul 1766. (Lewis Jenkins m. a dau of Richard Parker). Plea Book, Halifax Co 1752-1755, Pg. 158: July Court 1764. Page 392. Lewis Jenkins is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Snow Cr. to Bobbits Road, and it is ordered that he, with the male laboring tithables following: William Lucas, Sherwood Atkinson, Henry Atkinson, Thomas Potter, Benjamin Jenkins, Benjamin Potter, James Daniel, William Daniel, Thomas Potter Jr, William Hynes, Meshach Willis, Robert Large, William Mullins, David Kerby, and John Kerby, do clear and keep sd road in repair.

That part of Halifax fell into Pittslvania in 1767. April 1, 1768: Thomas Potter of one part and Lewis Jenkins of the other part, both of the County of Pittsylvania … for 60 pounds current money of Virginia .. land on both sides of Pigg River .. along order line to Benj. Jenkinses line and on his line to the River .. 100 acres all excepting one acre for a burying yard that where my Wife* is now buryed. Wit: Samuel Canterberry, John Law, Thos. Potter, junr. Signed: Thomas Potter. (Pittsylvania Deed Bk 1, p. 120. * The name of the wife of Thomas Potter, Sr. is unknown.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.1. Benjamin Potter b ca 1733, d. bef. 1820 in Lincoln County, Kentucky, m. Judith. Two of their many children married Kirbys in Pittsylvania. The Thomas Potter who m. Susannah Shockley in Jan 5, 1801 in Franklin Co. (formerly in Pittsylvania) was probably their son.

*1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2. Thomas Potter, Jr. (May 26,1746 – Dec 14, 1824 in Warren Co, Ky), m. Susannah bef. 1787, when she relinquished dower rights in a sale of land jointly by Thomas Potter and Frederick Rives to Harmon Cook, Sept. Court, Franklin Co. Thomas Potter took the oath of allegiance to Virginia September 13, 1777 and served in Capt. William Moseley’s Company, 7th Virginia Regiment, Morgan’s Rifle Co, and Thomas Posey’s Company in the 7th VA. This unit was with Washington at Valley Forge; however, Thomas Potter was on furlough during the terrible winter. 6 Nov. 1786 David Kirby and his wife Elizabeth (Tarrant) of Franklin sold 460 ac. to Ashford Napier, both sides of Pigg River, Rockey Branch, Mountain Creek and Painther Branch Adjs: Thomas Potter, David Woodall, John Woodall. Witnesses: John Dickerson, Alex Rivers, Joseph King. By 1789 he had migrated to Kentucky, first owning land in Madison Co. – I need to add the Madison Co. records. Sequence: Goochland, Pigg River, SC (briefly), Madison Co (briefly), Warren. Susannah d. Aug. 9, 1806. Thomas Potter Jr d. Dec 14, 1824. Both are buried in Potter Cemetery, junction of Plano and Matlock Rd, Warren Co.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.1. Lewis Potter (1766-1845 Warren Co.) m. (1787 in Franklin Co. Va), Nancy Hickerson.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2. William Potter (1772-1827), m. (Feb 12, 1798 in Warren Co.), Nancy. dau.. of Jesse Kirby and Sophia Choice.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.3. Betsy Potter (1779-1821) m 1800 in Warren Co Jacob Harrington.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.4. Elisha Potter (1768-1827) m. 1791 in Franklin Co, Va., Judah Dalton.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.5. Rachel Potter m. in 1801 Joseph Matthews.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.6.* Frederick Potter, youngest son (Aug 12, 1785 – Nov 8, 1868, Warren Co.), m. Elizabeth dau. of Jesse Kirby and Sophia Choice. Jesse Kirby was a descendant of William Owen. . They had 13 surviving children.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.6.1.* David Potter (Dec 9, 1811, Plano, Warren Co. – Apr 27, 1906, Bowling Green, Warren Co.), m. Jan. 15, 1835 in Warren Co., Deborah Hagerman, born 29 February 1816, dau. of Joseph Hagerman (of Dutch extraction), and Ruth Ricketts, on 15 January 1835, in Warren County, She d. 5 September 1873, in Bowling Green
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.6.1.1. *James C. Potter (May 8, 1837 – Oct. 14, 1913, Plano, Warren Co), m. Margaret Tranquelia Holland, granddau. of Hezekiah Holland and Frances Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.2.6.1.1.1. *Herschel Everett Potter (Aug 29, 1875, Plano, Ky – May 19, 1951, Louisville, Ky), m. Jan 12, 1897 in Erin, Houston Co. TN, Mary Emeline (Mayme) Harris (Oct. 1875 in Ky – Dec. 11, 1905, Louisville, Ky).

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.2.3. Adam Potter b. ca. 1735 d. 1801, Union District, SC., m. Anna d o Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Williams dau of John Williams of Goochland and Mary Wommack. Anna had m. 1 July 31, 1755 in Granville Co, NC, Daniel Williams b. July 2, 1736, Hanover Co. On July 28, 1788 Adam Potter sold 684 ac. In the Spartanburg and Union districts, SC, to Nehemiah Norton of Henry County, Va. (Pigg River), including the plantation where Charles Burton was living. This Charles Burton may have been the son of Hutchins Burton, or of his brother Nowell Burton, with the Robert Burton who migrated to Madison Co., Kentucky at the same time as Thomas Potter, Jr. and some kin (including Kirbys) probably the man of that name who was a son of Hutchins Burton. This branch of Burton of Henrico had earlier migrated to Pigg River, owning land on watercourses with the above-named families. Most of the children of Charles Burton of Union Dist., SC, later followed Thomas Potter, Jr. and his children to Warren Co, Kentucky, where they are recorded in continued association with the Potter and Kirby kin. The use of the given name Burton among the Warren Co. Potters has led to the theory that either the wife of Thomas Potter, Sr., or Susannah wife of Thomas Potter, Jr., was a Burton of one of the branches who went from Goochland to Pigg River. Between 1794 and 1799, Adam Potter systematically subdivided and sold off pieces of his Mill Creek/Pacolet River holdings to the Kirby brothers. Union County court minutes record him transferring deeds to: Richard Kirby (120 acres in 1794; 100 acres in 1797), Francis Kirby (124 acres in 1799).

KIRBYS OF SHROPSHIRE

In Noel Currer-Briggs’s 1986 genealogy book, The Search for Mr. Thomas Kirbye, Gentleman, she outlines a trans-Atlantic genealogical investigation tracking the English origins of Thomas Kirbye, gentleman, an early settler who arrived in Virginia during the 1620s, in which is mentioned Withyford as a likely ancestral stream. Withyford is recorded here: Hanmer v Kirbye. Plaintiffs: Mary Hanmer widow. Defendants: William Kirbye, Francis Kirbye, Thomas Jewson and William Jewson. Subject: property in Withyford Magna, Shropshire. 1649. (C 6/117/70). The salient point is, without going into detail, that the Potter and Harris families of Ludlow orbited the upper strata of the Shropshire political class (Corbets/Charltons/Talbots). The Corbets were the dominant gentry in the Shawbury parish, in which Withyford, and shared local tithes and political influence with the Charltons. While the Charltons held the title of Lord of the Manor, wealthy minor gentry families lived and managed the land, such as William and Francis Kirby of the 1649 deed.

These Kirbys were an educated family, which acted as the Charlton’s attorneys: Sir Phillip Eyton super Wildmore knight to Frauncis Charlton of Apley esq. Cons: certain lands and tenements assured or to be assured by Charlton by indentures of same date. Enfeoffment of Charlton in a messuage in Preston super Wildmore sometime the inheritance of John Sowdeley gent decd (late Richard Dodicott decd, now William Doddicott), a furlong of land (6a) in Preston at the Briddinge between land of Frauncis Charlton (N), William Steventon esq (S), parcel of the Briddinge at one end, land of Steventon at the other; doles of meadow (Margaret Eyton widow); advowson of church or free chappell of Preston; all commons etc belonging to the land. Covenant to give Charlton before Easter next the property and true copies of all deeds concerning it. Warrantly. Property free of all encumbrances except lease to William Dodicott at 16s rent and the life estate of Margaret Eyton. Sir Phillip and Dame Marie his wife will during the next 5 years give further assurance. Thomas Lloyde and William Kirbie appointed as attornies to take and give livery of seizin. Not witnessed. Shropshire Archives, doc. ref. 665/257. July 1620. From this it may be adduced that this William Kirbie was born ca, 1595.

It may further be summised that the Kirby family took their name from Chirbury, a historic village in western Shropshire near the Welsh border. The “Chir” prefix comes from the Old English cyrice (church), making it the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the Norse name “Kirby”. The lordship of Chirbury is a well documented subject, but one aspect of it may be of particular import – Hugh de Boulers, lord of Chirbury, “who on the death of John de Cherlton of Powis, in 1374, was found to be his tenantt” (i.p.m.).

Medieval lords frequently employed close family members and trusted members of their familia (household) as attorneys. Before the rise of a formal legal profession, reliance on blood relatives and personal staff for legal representation was standard, driven primarily by the need for absolute loyalty in an unpredictable feudal society

In 1374, the name “John de Cherleton of Powis” refers to two prominent Marcher lords—a father who died and his son who succeeded him. July 1374 marked the exact transition of the barony from the 3rd Baron to the 4th Baron Cherleton. The Francis Charlton, Esq. of Apley Castle (d. 1642), featured in that 1620 Shropshire property transaction. possessed a direct lineage tracing back through the Charltons of Apley, and ultimately connects back to the original John de Cherleton, 1st Baron Cherleton of Powis (1268–1353) who initiated the family’s rise.

1. Sir Alan de Charlton (d. 1360), younger brother of John Charlton, 1st Baron Cherleton of Powis, m. Margery Fitz Aer, the heiress of Aston Eyre.
2. Alan de Charlton (d. 1349), predeceased his father.
3. Thomas de Charlton (d. 1386), Inherited Apley Castle from his grandfather. He died sans issue.
4. Anne de Charlton, m. William of Knightley.
5. Thomas (Knightley) Charlton (d. 1460),inherited Apley Castle as a minor. By 1428, he legally assumed the Charlton surname to secure his mother’s ancestral holdings..
6. Robert Charlton (d. 1473), succeeded his father.
7. Richard Charlton (d. ca 1522), held the manor during the early Tudor transition.
8. William Charlton (d. 1532), succeeded father.
9. Robert Charlton (d. before 1533), predeceased his father or died shortly thereafter, m. Anne Stanley, dau. of Piers Stanley II and Constance Salusbury.
10. Francis Charlton (d. 1557), held the estate through the tumultuous mid-Tudor period, m. Cecily Fitton.
11. Andrew Charlton (d. 1617), continued hereinafter.
12. Andrew Kerby, m. Ann Hopton, Jan. 12, 1569, in Stanton Lacy, 3 miles from Ludlow. STAC 5/A52/6: Amyas v Kirby. Plaintiffs: John Almyas. Defendants: Andrew Kirkby and others. County: Shropshire. Subject not described. 18 Eliz. 1575-1576.

1. Andrew Kirby, b. ca. 1570. Plaintiffs: Philip Eyton esq. Defendants: Andrew Charlton esq., of Apley, JP, Francis Charlton his son, William Gest, Andrew Kirby, John Terington, Thomas Jesson, William Davie, William Hotchis, and others. Subject: Assaults on plaintiff Philip Eyton’s tenants and injury and driving of cattle in Horton Wood in said plaintiff’s manor of Eyton, destruction of fences, etc. Shropshire. Barnes category: officer’s misfeasance; assault; destruction of property; unlawful assembly. Jan. 1617. (STAC 8/135/7).

1.1. “William Kerby”, b. ca. 1595.

1.1.1. Francis Kirby. Hanmer v Kirbye. Plaintiffs: Mary Hanmer widow. Defendants: William Kirbye, Francis Kirbye, Thomas Jewson and William Jewson. Subject: property in Withyford Magna, Shropshire; an estate in Shawbury. 1649. (C 6/117/70). Francis Charlton owned the manor of Withyford Magna and of several farms there, tenanted by William Jewson and Francis Kirby, whose tenancies were due for renewal, with Francis Charlton requesting a down payment (ibid).

1.1.1.2. “Richard Kirbye”, bapt. March 11, 1620, Shawbury, Shropshire., “son of William Kerby”.

1.1.1.2.1. William Kirby, bapt. Nov. 23, 1642, Shawbury.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Richard Kirby, b. ca. 1675, m. bef 1698, Elizabeth. 8 Sept. 1730 granted 400 ac. in Goochland, N side James R. on branches of Lickinghole Cr., adj. Henry Atkinson, Philip Hoggatt & Joseph Scott. (Virginia Land Patent Book No. 14, p. 46). On 16 Feb 1742 Richard & Elizabeth sold this land in two parts, one to William Parrish and Philip Hoggat (Hockett), the other to Francis Kirby. Wits. for both deeds: John Parrish, James Parrish & Samuel Davis. On 25 July 1741 Richard Kearby was granted another 400 ac in Goochland on both sides of Cunninghams Cr on S side Rivanna R, bounded by Michael Holland and Raccoon On 14 Feb. 1743 Richard Earby, of St. James Parish, Goochland, bought 300 ac. N side James on Rockfish Cr. from Abraham Whitworth of same. He made a deed of gift of 100 ac to James Goldbey and wife Betty on 20 Aug 1744. In 1749 Richard Kearby was a tithable in Lunenburg Co. (later Halifax). In 1750 also in area of Little Reanoke up the fork. Last mentioned in record of S River Monthly Mtg 21 Apr 1759. John Kirby and wife Joanna (Owen) were received on the same date.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Francis Kirby On 21 Aug 1750 Francis exchanged land with John Payne, who with Josias Payne wit. another deed of his in Albemarle on Breamo Cr. Processioning records show his land in the same districts as that of John Kirby, Samuel Davis, William Lynch (of a family intermarried with Robert Adams’) in 1755; and with Leonard Tarrant, William Akins and Richard Shockley, in which the surveyors were uncertain whether Henry Chiles’ boundary figured.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2. John Kirby (b. 1698, d. 1772 in Pittsylvania, m. Joanna dau of William Owen of Goochland and Halifax (later, Pittsylvania). He received a grant for 44 ac. Dec. 1, 1740 on the branches of Byrd Cr., Goochland adj. William Martin, William Banks and Charles Massie. 20 Sept.1748 John and Joanna his wife, of Parish of St. James Northam, sold all of the 400 ac. To Thomas Massie and removed to Lunenburg. John and Joanna were received into the South River Monthly Meg 21 Apr. 1759 but were dismissed 16 May 1767 because they had joined the Baptist church. 12 July 1750 John Kirby patented 280 ac. S side of Pigg River, crossing Snow Cr. and Turkey Cr. His will, made 19 Nov. 1772, names wife Joannah and children Francis, John, David, Henry, Josiah, Mary Hubbard, Jesse and Susannah Thomson. John and Joanna’s son, the older Jesse Kirby (d. Aug, 1786, Franklin Co, Va), m. Dicey Estes, whose mother, Mary Munford, m. 1 David Walker son of David Walker of Goochland and his wife Anne Freeman, of a family later established in Warren Co.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1. David Kirby (1738 – 1811, Warren Co, Ky), m. Elizabeth dau. of Leonard Tarrant, Sr., 11 children, of whom son Asa Kirby m. Sep 5, 1799 in Warren Co, Martha Elizabeth Highsmith, sister of Nancy Highsmith, who m. William Harris in 1797.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Jesse Kirby (Oct 23, 1757- Dec 17, 1852), m. Mar 18, 1778 in Martinsville (Pigg River) Sophia Choice, dau. of Tully Choice and Ann Duff granddau. of the land speculator William Duff. Of their 11 children, 4 m. Potters. Jesse was a Revolutionary War veteran, claim W.9489. Following the war, a group of Kirbys and Tarrants left Va for SC, and in 1790 from SC to Warren and surrounding counties, resident on Drakes Creek by 1794. Jesse and Sophia are buried on the family farm near Alvaton, Warren Co., KY.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. Elizabeth Kirby (1790-1867). m. Frederick Potter. They had land on Drakes Creek, Green Co., KY.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. David Potter (Dec 9, 1811, Plano, Warren Co. – Apr 27, 1906, Bowling Green, Warren Co.), m. Jan. 15, 1835 in Warren Co., Deborah Hagerman, born 29 February 1816, dau. of Joseph Hagerman (of Dutch extraction), and Ruth Ricketts, on 15 January 1835, in Warren County, She d. 5 September 1873, in Bowling Green. David Kirby wrote his will on 26 April 1811, and it was proven in court on 1 July 1811 in Warren County, Kentucky (recorded in Warren County Will Book A, p. 286). It names his children: Jesse Kirby; Leonard T. Kirby; Samuel Kirby; Asa Kirby; Isaiah Kirby; Solomon Kirby; Agnes Tully; Sally Scroggans; Zeporah Pace, and Elizabeth Piles. A court memorandum was signed by the siblings appointing their brothers Jesse and Isaiah Kirby to act as executors. This document, also preserved in Warren County court records, is signed directly by Asa Kirby alongside his brothers Leonard, Samuel, and Solomon, and his brothers-in-law.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. James C. Potter (May 8, 1837 – Oct. 14, 1913, Plano, Warren Co), m. Margaret Tranquelia Holland, granddau. of Hezekiah Holland and Frances Harris.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Herschel Everett Potter (Aug 29, 1875, Plano, Ky – May 19, 1951, Louisville, Ky), m. Jan 12, 1897 in Erin, Houston Co. TN, Mary Emeline (Mayme) Harris (Oct. 1875 in Ky – Dec. 11, 1905, Louisville, Ky).

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Emeline (Mayme) Harris.

1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.2. Asa Kirby, married Martha Elizabeth Highsmith, sister of Nancy Highsmith, who m. William Harris in 1797; grandparents of Alexander L. Harris, father of the said Mary Emeline (Mayme) Harris, who m. Herschel Everett Potter.

Charlton continued:

12. Francis Charlton, Esq. (d. 1642) The 1620 deed explicitly notes that *William Kirby and Thomas Lloyd were appointed as attorneys “to take and give livery of seizin. Wealthy landowners like Francis Charlton rarely traveled to every minor parcel of land to perform these physical ceremonies. Instead, they legally appointed a local “attorney-in-fact” (an agent acting via power of attorney) to stand on the land and accept the property on their behalf. The Kirbys were not detached corporate lawyers; they were educated local professionals, legal agents, and significant tenants on the Charlton family estates. In this era, major landed gentry built multi-generational relationships with educated, literate families of the “yeoman” or lower “gentry” class to act as their bailiffs, estate stewards, and legal clerks. The Kirbys fit perfectly into this professional niche.

THE CONNECTION TO THE COCKE/HARRIS/HOLLAND KINSHIP NEXUS

13. William Charleton, m. Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Robert Leighton of Wattlesborough Castle, son of Sir Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Devereux. By his mistress, Ann Baker, Thomas had issue: Margaret Leighton, who m. John Harris, they being the ancestors of Mary Harris Ligon, and Major William Harris. This is not an hypothesis, please note. Margaret Leighton was thus, the paternal sister of Sir Robert Leighton, and aunt to Elizabeth, wife of William Charlton, whose father’s attorney was William Kirby, supra. As given in other notes, this family of Harris were intermarried with that of Michael Holland of Goochland; an they with that of Richard Cocke of Bremo. This Shropshire nexus shared the same overlords as a family of Potter of Alveley (10 miles from the birthplace of Richard Cocke; a branch of which settled in Ludlow and would have sat in St. Lawrence Church, alongside the Harris. Mr. Richard Potter was the ancestor of Frederick Potter, aforementioned.

KIRBY AND HOPTON

1. William Hopton, of Hopton (b. ca. 1415), m. … Eyton, dau. of … Eyton, of Eyton. 1.1. Nicholas Hopton, of Hopton, b. ca. 1440. Harl. 1241 makes Margaret Hevyn the wife of Nicholas Hopton and the mother of William. Margaret, dau of John Hevyn, of Cleobury Mortimer. Hevyn – Az., three boars’ heads couped close or., nine crosses crosslet fitchée argent.* Arms of John Hevyn, of Cleobury, Sheriff 1476. (Shropshire Arms and Lineages, p. 31, 1869). Blakeway’s Shropshire Pedigrees: Hevyn in the parish of Dilwyn* belonged at an early date to a family of that name which remained in Dilwyn till the close of the XVII cent., although the eldest branch had terminated long before in two coheirs, Margaret wife of Wm. Hopton and Anne wife of Hugh Shirley (4th son of John S. of Eatington, co. Warw.). *Haven is 1 mile W. of Dilwyn, Herefords. John Hevyn’s dau., Jane, m. Walter Broughton, having issue: Ann Broughton, who m. John de Doddington, having issue: Robert Detton (who m. Mary Kettleby); Alice Detton (who m. William Holland, ancestor of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1. William Holland, b. ca. 1460. 1.1. Thomas Holland, b. ca. 1490. 1.1.1. William Holland, of Burwarton, b. ca. 1520, bur. 1590, in Burwarton; m. Alice Detton. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Holland, of Pickthorne, m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke (second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Pickthorne (in Stottesdon), Shropshire, and Bremo, Virginia. 1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne, b. ca. 1581, d. 1655, m. (1) Jane, d. 1632. 1.1.1.1.1.1. John Holland, m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Hill, of Bickley, and Katherine (b. ca. 1582), dau. of John Purslowe, of Sudbury, and his second wife (m. Feb. 1576/7), Dorothy, dau. of George Blount, of Kinlet, and Constance Talbot, sister of Margaret Talbot, who m. (1) Sir Richard Ligon, of Arle, Madresfield, Worcestershire, son of William Ligon Eleanor Dennis, and brother of Thomas Ligon, who m. (Oct. 10, 1602), Elizabeth Pratt. Their son, Col. Thomas Ligon, m. Mary Harris, born in 1625, by deposition, sister of Major William Harris, of Virginia. By his first wife, Mary Russell, Richard Ligon had issue: Katharine Ligon, who m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. He m. (2) Mary Harris, second- cousin of the said Mary and William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer was a son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal); their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. This explains the very heart of this Harris kinship network. .

1.1.1.1.2. Francis Holland, b. ca. 1550. 1.1.1.1.2.1. Alice Holland, b. ca. 1573, m. Henry Baugh, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, in 1602. 1.1.1.1.2.2. William Holland, b. 1574, at Burwarton, and buried there in 1642 (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell), son of Thomas Holland, bur. (1612) at Stottesden, and Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled ‘of Pickthorne’, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, b. 1597, in Pickthorne, Stottesdon; bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665. His Will was witnessed by Col. William Randolph, aforementioned. 1.1.1.1.2.2.1. Alice Holland, m. Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, in 1632, in Ludlow, son of Arthur Harris, brother of Rowland Harris, grandfather of Mary Harris Ligon (1625) and Major William Harris (1627/8).

1.1.1. Richard Hopton,* of Hopton (b. ca 1490), m. Joane (b. ca. 1495), dau. of John Langford.

LANGFORD

1. John Langford (ca. 1380–1440), steward of Dyffryn Clwyd; Constable of Ruthin Castle (1403–1412). Patriarch of the Denbighshire line.
1.1. Edward Langford (ca. 1415–1480), maintained the primary Welsh landed estates at Trefalun (Allington) and Ruthin, m. Ellen, dau. of John Dutton.
1.1.1. William Langford Sr. (ca. 1450–1510), 2nd son who initiated the southward shift toward the Welsh Marches and Shropshire. (Brother of John Langford, whose dau. m. *Richard Hopton, supra.
1.1.1.1. Richard Langford of Shrewsbury (ca. 1480–1540), m. Anne Rogers, daughter of Walter Rogers
1.1.1.1.1. Richard Langford of Ludlow & Bristol (ca. 1515–1580), m. Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of John Roberts.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, Gent. (ca. 1540–1605), Bailiff of Ludlow, local attorney, and Churchwarden.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Jane Langford, bapt bapt. Oct. 10, 1567, m. Rowland Harris, Sept. 14, 1595, who was the brother of Arthur Harris, m. Jane Newton, of Prescot, Shropshire, having issue: Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, who m. (1632), Alice Holland, dau. of William Holland, bapt. (1574) at Burwarton, and buried there in 1642 (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell), son of Thomas Holland, bur. (1612) at Stottesden, and Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled ‘of Pickthorne’, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, b. 1597, in Pickthorne, Stottesdon; bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665.
.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, m Margaret Holland, dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, in Ludlow.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, in Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Major William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1627, in Ludlow. On June 22, 1663, acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. to Daniel Llewellin, E. upon the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304.

HOPTON continued:

1.1.1.1. William Hopton, of Hopton and Dounton (b. ca. 1515), m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Fox of Ludlow.
1.1.1.1.1. Richard Hopton, of Hopton, m. (b. 1549), dau. of Thomas Walker, of Stretton.
1.1.1.2. Joane Hopton (b. ca. 1520), m. Ralph Marston, church warden of Stanton Lacy in 1567.

1.John Marston, of Eyton, in Stanton Lacy, m. Mary Baugh, of Aldencourt. He was bur. in Stanton Lacy on March 2, 1565. Stanton Lacy is 3 miles north-west from Ludlow. 1.1. Thomas Marston, of Bitterly, d. 1584, m. Margaret, dau. of William Lucy, Captain of Calais, and heiress of Charlecote, of Warwick. 1.1.1. William Marston, m. (Ludlow, 5 March 1571), Katherine, the dau. of Thomas Blashfield of Ludlow, sister of Anne Blashfield, who m. Edward Lewis, who m. (2) Jane Langford Harris, grandmother of Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris. 1.2. Ralph Marston, m.Joane Hopton.

1.1.1.3. John Hopton, of Heyton (b. ca. 1520), m. Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Sharpe.
1.1.1.3.1. Thomas Hopton, of Heyton, (b. ca. 1545, fl. 1584), m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Baugh,* brother of Rowland Baugh, grandfather of William Baugh, who had land adjacent that of Major William Harris. Thomas Hopton was the brother-in-law of Andrew Kirby), and brother-in-law of Rowland Baugh, grandfather of William Baugh, who had land adjacent that of Major William Harris.

1. Edward Baugh, m. Margaret Stratford. 1.1. Rowland Baugh, of Twining, Gloustershire. 1.1.1. Edward Baugh, m. Constance, dau. of Thomas Foliot, Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Katherine Ligon, dau. of William Ligon, Esq., Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Eleanor Dennis. 1.1.2. William Baugh, m. Mary, dau. of William Wakeman, of Glouc. 1.1.2.1. William Baugh, of Virginia, received a grant of 577 ac. for the transportation of 12 persons, including his son, William Baugh, Jr., on the N. side of the Appomattox River. William Baugh, as given herein, had land adjacent that of Major William Harris. 1.2.* John Baugh, of Aldon Court, Shropshire, bur. Aug. 1577, in Bromfield. 1.2.1. Thomas Baugh, m. Dorothy, dau. of George Parkes, of Bromfield, on Nov. 26, 1576. 1.2.1.1. *Henry Baugh, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, m. Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, b. ca. 1550, of Burwarton, brother of Thomas Holland, who m. Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled ‘of Pickthorne’, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, b. 1597, in Pickthorne, Stottesdon; bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665. His Will was witnessed by Col. William Randolph, aforementioned. Thomas Holland was the father of Michael Holland of Pickthorne, ancestor of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1.1.1.3.2. Ann Hopton, m. Andrew Kerby, Jan. 12, 1569, in Stanton Lacy, 3 miles from Ludlow. STAC 5/A52/6: Amyas v Kirby. Plaintiffs: John Almyas. Defendants: Andrew Kirkby and others. County: Shropshire. Subject not described. 18 Eliz. 1575-1576.

The Kirbys of this account were as ingrained in the Harris/Holland kinship network as the Potters.

by m stanhope and B.T. SHANNON, copyright B.T. SHANNON 2026