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Laverne Levenstein
2. Lewis Hail, son of Richard Hail of Bedford County, Virginia. Richard Hail was the older brother of our Lewis Hale, and these Hails resided in adjacency of each other in Bedford County. Richard wrote his will in 1784, naming his son Lewis among a long list of heirs. However, many of these heirs, including Lewis himself, were not of age (meaning aged 21 years) when the will was written, hence we know that this Lewis Hail was not the Lewis who was the Grayson County forefather.
A court order in Rappahannock County shows that a woman, who was apparently already an indentured servant in service under Haile, was bound to Richard Haile for a longer term on 3 June 1691 for bastardy:
Know all men by these presents that I Samll. Griffin and Mary my Wife of county of Rappa. in Virginia, Ship Wright, for and in consideration of fifteen pounds Sterling already in hand received have sold unto James Fullerton of the aforesd County his heirs Two hundred acres of land being in the aforesaid County it being part of the land formerly belonging to James Fullerton and by the sd Fullertons Will given unto sd Mary Griffin, Daughter of the aforesd Fullerton, which two hundred ares of land I the sd Samll Griffin do bind myself my heirs unto the aforesd James Fullerton Jr. his heirs in the just sum of One hundred pounds Sterling to warrant the sd land from the claim of all manner of persons that may lay any clame and likewise to acknowledge this Deed in Rappa Court with my Wife when ever required by the aforesd Fullerton his heirs To the true performance of the same I bind myself my heirs unto the aforesd Fullerton junr. his heirs and assigns. As witness our hands and seales this 4th day of June 1690.
Samll. (his mark) Griffin
Mary Griffin
Eightly I make my well beloved friend, Thomas Gaines, my Executor till my Sonne, James attaine ye age of Sixteene yeares & then I appoint Thomas Gaines & my sonne James, Joynt Executors till my sonne James attaine ye yeares of one & twenty & then I appointe my sonne James, ye sole executor of this my last will and testament.
To all to whom these presents shall come Wee Tho: Gaines and James Fullerton of the county of Rappa: send Greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Now know yee that wee the aforesd Thomas Gaines and James Fullerton for diverse good causes but more especially for the consideration of two thousand pounds of merchantable tobacco and cask and six pounds Sterling to us paid by Stephen Benbridge of the County aforesd. by these presents have sold unto the aforesd Benbridge his heires forever all our right and Estate we have unto a parcell of land lying on the North side of Piscataway Creek being the land James Fullerton Senr. formerly lived on bounding by an Oake Swamp the land of Robert Young, Morris and the Creek To have and to hold the aforesd. parcell of land with all profits and priviledges whatsoever with all woods and waters in as ample manner as any land is held within this Collony engaging ourselves our heires that the sd Benbridge his heires forever to peaceably and quietly use and enjoy every part of the aforesd prcell of land without any hindrance of any persons that shall lay claime thereof and do further engage ourselves to acknowledge this our act and deed in Rappa: County Court to the aforesd. Stephen Benbridge at any time thereunto required In Testimony of the truth have hereunto put our hands and seals this 24th day of November One thousand Six hundred Eighty and five and in the first yeare of the Reigne of james the second &c.
In 1745, Mary Haile of Essex Co, VA, gave a deposition in a court case of James Taylor of King & Queen Co, VA. Given that she attested her age at being 67 years of age, she is most likely the Mary Haile, wife of our John Haile of this generation:
On 29 April 1790, a survey was made on 100 acres of land on Peach Bottom Creek and Elk Creek near the New River, on the north side of Point Lookout Mountain, which Lewis Hale purchased (Virginia State Library Arcives, Grants 37, p 510). This land lies along current US Highway 21, in between the Elk Creek community and Longs Gap. Later, on 15 October 1793, Hale purchased an additional 156 acres of land for 50 pounds along Indian Creek, a tributary of Elk Creek, from Richard and Elizabeth Hale in Grayson County (Grayson Co Deed Book 1, p 7).
Hale did not leave a will, and died intestate on 12 March 1802, probably suggesting that Hale died from a swift and quick illness or condition. His estate was, thereby, settled by partition of which his widow and Jeremiah Stone took care of; the Hale estate was inventoried and appraised by Jeremiah Stone, Peter Catron, and Martin Dickenson on 3 April 1802. The inventory consisted of (per Grayson Co Will Book 1, pp 14-16):
We have appraised the personal estate of Lewis Hail deceased as shown to us. An inventory of which is hereto annexed amounting in the whole to nine hundred ninety six dollars, thirty two cents. Given under our hands this 3rd day of April 1802.
7. Mary Hale, of whom very little is known of. Some have stated she married a John Hale in Wythe County (which would probably be too young to be her), while others have said she married James Atkins. Both merit deeper research.
Yes, I am related to two: one was the grandson of Wicks Howard Hale (see -10883). Another was also a great-grandson of Francis Marion Hale, but grandson of Thomas Burroughs Hale, and son of Jacob Lester Hale.
In response to #3 Cherokee in Grayson county, VA. I descend from the Parks family of Grayson county and I am 15% native american by DNA. Almost every Cherokee surname EVER mentioned by the Cherokee themselves, the US Govt/professional geneologists/historical accounts,or the occasional random individual comes back to me on Ancestry.com DNA matches. I have matches to Native American cousins on Ancestry, Gedmatch, Family123. So I reckon at least MY FAMILY STORY on my Grandmother being part Cherokee would be true. I also come back with Tussey cousins on Ancestry.com and Tussey was a french woman who married into the family of Annie Walker BURNS who is the author of Nancy Ward: Military and Geneological Records of the Famous Indian Woman of Tennessee. Please do not discourage others from researching their native american ancestry my Burns cousin! Family stories can be useful in geneological work. Tracey Parks
Tracy, would you mind sharing your GEDmatch kit number? Both my parents are from Grayson. 23andme has a smidge of North African in both of them, but as you are probably aware, 23andme does not include Cherokee (or other Eastern tribes) in its sample group for Native American.
Thanks, Anne Lineberry
Does anyone have information regarding the Pack family of Wythe County, VA? I am one of those whose family stories of Native American bloodlines were passed down through generations. Family photographs from the mid- nineteenth century show relatives who most certainly could be Native American, and facial features and bone structure of descendants are very similar to that of the regional tribes of southwest VA.
The Hooker family of Patrick County is supposedly part of my line, marrying Packs. Nancy Sarah and Martha Hooker are two names that pop up. Other family first names are Anderson Pack, Ballard, Samuel, and Jefferson Davis Pack.
All of my other lines seem to be Germans who came through western PA (Copenhaver, Wyrick, Umberger, Zinn), or English /Scots Irish (a great number of whom trace back to the early 17th century Jamestown and Yorktown immigrants.
I appreciate this study of the Haile family, both your conclusions and your meticulous sources. Have you spent any time looking at the connected Edmonson (various spellings) family? Mary (Haile) Edmonson and her potential nephews are my interest. Especially Richard Edmonson, who died 1788 in Franklin Co VA and whose daughter Elizabeth married Richard Haile, a son of Francis and Addara.
I wonder if you would email me with a definitive number of people in your group who have expressed an interest in a pitch on the field as I want to make sure that toilet provision is sufficient for the number of people coming. I will order the toilets for Wednesday 22nd August so if any one is coming early they wont be caught short!
Charge per pitch is 25 for the duration no matter what the camping accommodation is. Payment in cash is preferable, but if this is inconvenient cheques can be made out to Peter Smith. Payment will be collected on the evening of the day of arrival whichever that is.
Going north through Culford, Wordwell Hall is on the left just past a row of cottages and a small church. From the A11 crossroads turn down the B1106 towards Bury St Edmunds. Wordwell Hall is about 5 miles down the road on the right hand side a short way after the forest ends. I will make a sign to go on the roadside.
Vetting for the WEC starts at 2pm on Friday 24th at Euston Park. The ride starts at 7am on Saturday 25th August. There are two grandstands for spectators one alongside the vetting lanes, the other on the finish line. As you can imagine it will be a busy area!
The opening ceremony is by invitation only apparently and as yet we dont know who is on the invitation list sorry if I have given false info about this, but this information has only just been made available.
As you may know, planning has gone rather awry and we are trying to ensure that we are able to field at least one if not two teams from Wales for the above event. However to make it viable we need a few more team members in particular a Novice as we have none and a second junior would also be great. There are some spaces for longer distances too, particularly if we aim to field 2 teams as usual.
Please will anyone who would like to find out more or discuss if they are eligible in the first instance contact Sue Higgins, Email: sue.hi...@btinternet.com. I rode as the Novice last year and my daughter Whizz is riding as junior this year so any questions about those slots do feel free to ring or e mail me directly.
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