Under Sheriff Champness Terry

Notes:

1775 14 Sep Age: 35
probated: 96th Dist., SC
SC Records of Wills, Vol. 17, Book B, p. 373.

"In 1738 the Council of Colonial Virginia passed an Act whereby those people who would settle the land in the southern boundary of Virginia along the Roanoke River would be free from taxes for the next 10 years. The Council felt that the settling of that part of VA would add strength and security to the Colony of VA in general. If we follow the land patent records, we find that James TERRY, Daniel TERRY, Thomas TERRY, Joseph TERRY, Henry TERRY, and their children took advantage of this opportunity, leaving the Pamunkey Neck area of VA and moved southward."

From Hening's Statutes, vOL 5, P. 57.

Andrew Wade is the s/o Edward Wade and Prudence, of Buttolph Aldgate in London.
The Wades, who were early settlers in the area around Philadelphia, were Quakers, Edward Wade and his wife Prudence, of Buttolph Aldgate in London, came to America from England in the ship Griffin which was commanded by Robert Griffin, Master. They brought Nathaniel Champneys, Nathaniel Champneys, Jr., Joseph Ware, John Burton and Francis Smithey with them as servants. The Griffin arrived in the Delaware River on the 23rd of the fifth month [July] 1676. Edward and Prudence Wade were with the group on the Griffin that accompanied John Fenwick to New Jersey to claim the part of that colony which had been conveyed to Fenwick by John, Lord Berkeley. Robert Wade, John Wade and Samuel Wade also came with Fenwick. Jane Wade, wife of Samuel, came to America in the ship Henry and Anne. Samuel Wade who was the son of John Wade, was born in Northhampton England, in 1645 and married Jane Smith, d/o Thomas Smith, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, between his arrival on the 23rd of 9th month [November] 1675 and the birth of their son Samuel Wade, Jr. on the 1st of the 6th month [August] 1685. (THE WADE QUARTERLY, Volume 2, Issue 2; HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, 1881, reprinted Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN

Nathaniel Champness is the immigrant ancestor and likely involved with the Terry's and Wades closely related to the Terrys of early colonial Virginia. This researcher believes a marriage between the Terrys and Champness resulted in the name of Champness Terry, who is a near match in DNA to the Benjamin Terry clan.

http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TFHSEP82.pdf
"Virginia Gazette Jan 31, 1771-Purdie & Dixon Publishers pg 3, col. 2 'Pittsylvania, Jan 14, 1771 I intend to leave the Colony in February next. Champness Terry"

Hanover County, Virginia Court Records 1733-1735 Deeds Wills & Inventories
5 Jul 1734 p.96-8; George Brack of St Pauls Par. Hanover Co., to CHAMPNESS TERRY of St. Martins Par.; Lease and Release, pounds 30 curr. Money; 150 a and plantation in St. Martins Par. Beginning at Oak in Mountain Track in Capt. William Flemings line..near the main branch of Sedgey Creek...Mrs. Barbara Winstons corner ... part of a greater Tract granted to Ambrose Joshua Smith by patent 17 Aug 1725 and by himGeorge Brack Wit: Charles Yancey, Thos Dickenson, John Sutton. Also Jane, w/o sd. Brack relinquished her Dower.

Name:
Champness is said to have married Christian BIBB; Children named in his will include Henry who died in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Bet. 08 Dec 1783 - 19 Apr 1784, and who married someone named Margaret.

Champness married Christian Bibb. Christian was born Est 1705, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Henry H. Terry was born 1715, Louisa Co., Virginia; died 19 Apr 1784, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

Notes:

Is Benjamin Terry the son of James & Mary Diane Royall

THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA
CHAPTER V A PART OF HALIFAX COUNTY, 1752-1767
page 5859 The domain that later was to be Pittsylvania now lay within the bounds of the great new county of Halifax, and the courthouse, after several changes, was located in the eastern part of the county. As generally happens, the place of holding court drew settlers and tradesmen, and in 1759 100 acres belonging to James Roberts, the younger, and adjoining the courthouse were laid off into a town and named Peytons-burg. The trustees appointed for the town were James Roberts, Theop-helus Lacy, Robert Wade, Jr., and Nathaniel Terry. With the establishment of the courthouse and a duly constituted town in this (Pittsylvania) section, the inhabitants ceased to be so isolated and remote from the world of affairs. For the monthly court drew lawyers and men of property from other sections, bringing a touch of the outside world; while the ubiquitous trader was present at any gathering of people. The military organization of the county was effected at the courthouse, with its attendant musters to the music of fife and drum. All this added interest and color to the life of the inhabitants. [p.58] The justices of the peace appointed for the new county were William Byrd, William Wynne, Peter Fontaine, Jr., William Irby, James Terry, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, and Sherwood Walton. In the following year Thomas Dillard Thomas Calloway, Samuel Harris,Benjamin Clement,Peter Wilson and Robert Pusey were recommended to the Governor as fit and able persons to be added to the Commission of Peace, all of whom lived in that part of the county that later became Pittsylvania. Of these first gentlemen justices of [p.59] Halifax, William Byrd and Peter Fontaine, Jr., were of Charles City County; William Irby, William Wynne, and Sherwood Walton were of southside Virginia; Nathaniel and James Terry and Benjamin Clement from King William County; Samuel Harris from Hanover County; Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, Robert Pusey, Peter Wilson and Thomas Calloway were probably from Pennsylvania.

Birth:
Colonial Virginia, James Terry is found on the 1704 Quit Rolls of King William Co.

Name:
James Terry was an early settler and patented large bodies of land in this section. In 1757 he moved to Orange County, North Carolina. In 1764 (Halifax Deed Book) he sold to Nathaniel Terry, Hugh Innes, Robert Woodang, Thomas Dillard, Sr., Thomas Dillard, Jr., Ed. Booker, John Bates, James Dillard, Archibald Gordon, George Watkins, John Donelson, Thomas Tunstall, vestryman of Antrim Parish, for £350, 794 acres on Sandy Creek, where the said Terry formerly lived, for a Glebe for Antrim Parish.

James married Mary Diane Royall. Mary (daughter of Captain Joseph Royall and Mary Eppes/Epps) was born Est 1675, Henrico Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/56411815/person/40258295544
This Joseph Royall is the s/o another Joseph Royall (1600-10 Mar 1655) and Catherine Banks, (1627-1686) in Canterbury, Kent, England. Son of yet another Joseph Royall, Sr. (1550-1615) and Angeline ? (1550-1615) Joseph Royall b 1600 is the immigrant for this line.

Joseph married Mary Eppes/Epps Est 1669. Mary (daughter of Francis Eppes/Epps, II and Elizabeth Jane Littleberry) was born Est 1650, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died 1698, Henrico Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/56411815/person/40258280157
Mary Eppes Royall married 2nd John Hardyman 1 Aug 1685 in Henrico Co., Virginia and died in 1698 in Henrico Co., VA; John Hardyman (1654-1711)

Joseph married Elizabeth Katherine Banks Est 1645, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony. Elizabeth was born 1630, Canterbury, Kent, England; died 1 Dec 1686, Will Proved Henrico Co., Va. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children of Joseph Royall Sr. and Katherine Banks
Capt. Joseph Royall (1646-1732) m. Mary Archer
Sarah Royall m. John Wilkinson
daughter who married Mr. Dennis
daughter who married Mr. Maschell
Katherine Royall m. Richard E. Perrin, s/o Thomas Perrin

(Note: After the death of Joseph Royall, Sr., Katherine Banks Royall married Henry Isham (1628-1676), s/o William Isham and Mary Brett.

Notes:

http://www.angelfire.com/va/eriehome/eppsur.html

12 FRANCIS EPES 11 b.- c. 1628,
d.1678
sp-- (unknown)
121 FRANCIS EPES b.- c. 1657,
d.- 1720
sp-- ANNE ISHAM
1211 ISHAM EPES b.- c. 1681
1212 FRANCIS EPES
sp-- SARAH _______
1213 WILLIAM EPES
sp-- LUCY HAMLIN
1214 ANNE EPES
sp-- WILLIAM KENNON
1215 ELIZABETH EPES
sp-- HENRY RANDOLPH
1216 MARY EPES
sp-- WILLIAM RANDOLPH

(second husband of 1216 Mary Epes)

sp-- Dr JAMES THOMPSON
1217 SARAH EPES
sp-- WILLIAM POYTHRESS

(second wife of 12 FRANCIS Epes 11)

sp-- ELIZABETH LITTLEBURY(WORSHAM)
m.- 1661
122 WILLIAM EPES b.-1662,
d.- 16 Nov 1710
sp-- ELIZABETH ________
1221 FRANCIS EPES
sp-- SARAH HAMLIN(HATT)
12211 MARTHA EPES b.- abt 1726
sp-- WILLIAM EDWARDS
12212 FRANCIS EPES b.- 1728,
d.- abt 1789
sp-- MARY WILLIAMS
12213 PETER EPES b.- abt 1730,
d.- 19 Nov 1807
sp-- MARY POYTHRESS
12214 WILLIAM EPES b.- abt 1731,
d.- aft 1738
12215 HAKLIN EPES b.- abt 1732,
d,- Jun 1774
in Dinwiddie Co, Va.
sp-- REBECCA ________
12216 ELIZABETH EPES
sp-- FREDERICK JONES
12217 MARY EPES
sp-- CAPT. JOHN WORSHAM, JR.
12218 REBECCA EPES
sp-- JOSEPH ROYALL
12219 LUCY EPES
sp-- JOSEPH ROYALL (her cousin;
son of12313 Mary Epes)
1222 JOHN EPES d.- 1754
sp-- (unknown)

At this point records have not been found
to prove that 1222 John Epes ever married,
or that Joshua Epps was his son. Records
do indicate thatthis is the case)

Francis married Elizabeth Jane Littleberry. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Littleberry and Jane Marie Broughton) was born 22 Oct 1620, St. Botolph, Colchester, Essex Co., England; died Aft 23 Sep 1678, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.angelfire.com/va/eriehome/eppsur.html

12 FRANCIS EPES 11 b.- c. 1628, d.1678
sp-- (unknown)
121 FRANCIS EPES b.- c. 1657, d.- 1720
sp-- ANNE ISHAM
1211 ISHAM EPES b.- c. 1681
1212 FRANCIS EPES
sp-- SARAH _______
1213 WILLIAM EPES
sp-- LUCY HAMLIN
1214 ANNE EPES
sp-- WILLIAM KENNON
1215 ELIZABETH EPES
sp-- HENRY RANDOLPH
1216 MARY EPES
sp-- WILLIAM RANDOLPH

(second husband of 1216 Mary Epes)

sp-- Dr JAMES THOMPSON
1217 SARAH EPES
sp-- WILLIAM POYTHRESS

(second wife of 12 FRANCIS Epes 11)

sp-- ELIZABETH LITTLEBURY(WORSHAM) m.- 1661

122 WILLIAM EPES b.-1662,
d.- 16 Nov 1710
sp-- ELIZABETH ________
1221 FRANCIS EPES
sp-- SARAH HAMLIN(HATT)
12211 MARTHA EPES b.- abt 1726
sp-- WILLIAM EDWARDS
12212 FRANCIS EPES b.- 1728,
d.- abt 1789
sp-- MARY WILLIAMS
12213 PETER EPES b.- abt 1730,
d.- 19 Nov 1807
sp-- MARY POYTHRESS
12214 WILLIAM EPES b.- abt 1731,
d.- aft 1738
12215 HAKLIN EPES b.- abt 1732,
d,- Jun 1774
in Dinwiddie Co, Va.
sp-- REBECCA ________
12216 ELIZABETH EPES
sp-- FREDERICK JONES
12217 MARY EPES
sp-- CAPT. JOHN WORSHAM, JR.
12218 REBECCA EPES
sp-- JOSEPH ROYALL
12219 LUCY EPES
sp-- JOSEPH ROYALL (her cousin;
son of12313 Mary Epes)
1222 JOHN EPES d.- 1754
sp-- (unknown)

At this point records have not been found
to prove that 1222 John Epes ever married,
or that Joshua Epps was his son. Records
do indicate that this is the case)

Name:
Elizabeth Jane Littleberry was first married to William Worsham. Their 6 Children are:
Sarah Worsham (m. Abraham W. Womack)
William Worsham
Elizabeth Worsham (m. Richard Kennon, Sr.)
John Worsham (m. Phoebe unk)
Mary Worsham (m. Richard Ligon
Charles Worsham (m. Mary Beville).