There are CLOPTONs in Hanover County, VA.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeannine Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Walkers of Goochland Co,VA


>You are so right, Ann.   The woods seem to be full of Williams of any given
>surname.
>
>Some wonderfully kind researcher gave me information  that my William
Walker
>was born 1640 and married Elizabeth Warren(?) in VA before 1681.  He had a
>son William who married Elizabeth Clopton.  Don't know any more about this
>William.  (The time is such that he could be your William?)  My William
died
>in 1723 in Lunenburg Co., VA.
>
>My husband is descended from his son Sylvanus, b. 1686.  He married Ann
>Tandy.  Their son Sylvanus, b. 1718, d. 1785 in VA, m. Martha Wade prior to
>1744.  They also had a son named William who died in Washington Co., MS -
>don't know when.
>
>Our descent is through Sylvanus and Ann's son Aurelius who married Nancy
>Turner prior to 1785; through their son Matthew, b. 1785, d. 1832. m. Sarah
>"Sally" Stone in 1809; through their daughter Martha, b. 1817 in VA, m.
Feb.
>20, 1840 to Irby Hudson in Hancock Co., GA; through their daughter Julia,
b.
>about 1846, who m. John Edward Jackson, Jr. January 1, 1862 - my husband's
>grandparents.
>
>I think I've about told you all I know about the Walkers.  Really need to
>get some dates and places nailed down on this line.
>
>Sylvanus, b. 1718, was a Captain in the American Revolution.
>
>Does anything here look familiar?  County lines have changed so much since
>early times that it is possible that Goochland Co. and Lunenburg Co. were
>one at one time.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Jeannine Jackson
>
>
>----Original Message-----
>From: ANN STORER <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:01 PM
>Subject: Walkers of Goochland Co,VA
>
>
>>i have not posted for awhile- getting very frustrated at these Goochland
>>Co,Va Walkers.
>>i have a Philip Walker born  abt 1700 i would guess- in his will there
>>was a son Philip Jr mentioned,
>>his son John is my line.
>>John Walker was born abt 1720- he married a Nancy ?- maybe Parrish.
>>also in the co at the same time are  a William  and a David both  in the
>>same generation i think.
>>i believe that Philip's father was a William Walker - sold him some
land-on
>>Castle Branch.
>>they also owned land on Licking Hole Creek there in Goochland Co.
>>there were so many William Walkers its hard to keep track of them.
>>       Ann
>>
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