Re: Greenwood
"The name of the plantation is
Greenwood and the plantation owner was Gideon
Brown. I learned more about him through the Rappahannock Library and a
book
I received about the Rappahannock area.
We were allowed to visit the
I know that there were many Brown's in old Culpeper Co. I have a
cousin who married a daughter of a Gideon Brown. He and I also descend
from the same Finks daughter. I have more information on descendants
of this line, many of whom remained in the area for a couple hundred
years. I've also included a little early Finks info. Let me know if
you want more.
s/o Christopher
Crigler and Catherine Finks
16. William
Crigler, b. June 28, 1778, Culpeper Co. VA and d. 2/28/1855, Culpeper.
He married Catherine "Kitty" Brown, February 18, 1805 by the
Rev. Rueben Finnell. She was b. 8/10/1783 and d. 8/28/1850, the
daughter of Dr. Gideon Brown and Elizabeth Roberts. The 1810 Culpeper
Co. Census lists two children for William. (All dates from
"Culpeper VA Births and Deaths: A Miscellaneous Collection"
by Robert A. Hodge, 1991)
William appears on the 1850 Culpeper census age 72. The text is hard
to read. Included in this family is granddaughter Sarah O. Crigler,
age 20, daughter Lucinda Fant, 36, granddaughter Josephine Fant,
(age undecipherable) and Evan Fant, 65, and Elizabeth Fant, 72.
WPA Report Culpeper County - Crigler Cemetery
The following is a transcription of the Works Progress Administration
(WPA) of Virginia Historical Inventory, Researched by: Margaret
Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia, June 16, 1937
2. LOCATION: 6.7 miles northwest of Culpeper, Virginia on Route #3;
thence north on Route #634 2.8 miles to Fant Place thence east 1 mile
across fields to farm of Jesse Settle thence north 300 feet to
cemetery.
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1. Mark Finks, Sr.,
b. 1700 Germany, d. 1764, Culpeper Co. VA, m. Elizabeth ?, b.
1717.
Mark Finks' (Sr.) importation has also been written in The
Virginia
Genealogist , April 1968, Vol. VI No. 2 on page 32 in an article
titled
"Orange County, Virginia Order Book 2 1739-1741: Importations."
On page 368
of Court Order Book 2 the following people made oath that they were
imported
from Great Britain and Ireland "immediately into this
colony...dated 29 May
1741...Mark Fink?" [sic] The question mark after his name isn't
explained.
The other surnames given with his were Kines, Hart, Appleby, McPheron,
and
Harris. I found this at the Allen Co. Library in Fort Wayne, IN.
Mark Finks (Sr.) was in Orange Co. as early as Nov. 1734 at which time
he
served on the first grand jury of Orange County which met at Mr.
Wm.
Robertson's house on Black Walnut Run.
Some Finks are found with other German families in the early 1700's in
the
settlement founded by William Millars on the Shenandoah River above
Front
Royal in what is
now part of Warren County. Some of the other families
there
were: Schumachers
(from Michelstadt), Koiners (from Winterlingen in
Wurttemburg), Benders, and Beckers. These families came down to settle
in the
valley after Spottswood and his Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
explored the
country west of the Blue Ridge Mts. Indian uprisings later led them to
seek
refuge in the more settled areas of Orange County.
According to Hank Z. Jones' book on the Palatines, some Finks also are
found
among the New York Palatines. Some have speculated the family may've
been
among those Germans who were in Ireland before emigrating to America
in the
early 1700's. There is no proof, but one of the early Finks in N.Y.
may have
been related to the Virginia Finks family. There is a record of an
Andreas
Fincks in New York in 1710. The German LDS records show an Andreas
Finks'
marriage 19 Feb. 1689 to Appolonia Fiescher (daughter of Hans).
Her
confirmation at age 14 in 1672 is mentioned also. The fact that Mark
Finks
(Sr.) had a son named Andreas and his son Mark married Eve
Fisher/Fiescher
the daughter of
Ludwig lends some weight to the speculation that the
Virginia
Finks were related
to the New York Palatine Finks....but alas, it is just
speculation. (Joyce Libes [log in to unmask])
Issue:
2. Catherine, m. Christopher Crigler (see Crigler Genealogy)
3. Mark, Jr., m. Eve Fisher, b. 1746 VA, d/o Louis L. Fisher and Anna
Barbara Blankenbaker
4. John, d. 1815, Culpeper Co. VA, m. Anna?
5. Mary, m. Adam Wayland, s/o Thomas Wayland and Mary ?
6. Andrew, m. Sarah ?
7. Christina, m. Christopher Blankenbaker, s/o Matthias Blankenbaker
and Mary ?
8. James
9. Elizabeth Eleanor, b. 1740, Culpeper Co. VA, m. Matheus Weaver, b.
1732, d. 1821, s/o Peter Weaver and Elizabeth ?
10. Hannah, b. abt 1755 m. aft 1773 Henry WAYLAND b.
1754/56
Cindy
Crigler