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Col. Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III[1]

Male 1659 - 1718  (59 years)


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  • Name Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps 
    Title Col. 
    Suffix III 
    Born 1659  Shirley Hundred, Henrico Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jan 1718  Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I547451371  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2017 

    DNA Tests  1 person has linked a DNA test to Col. Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III 

    Father Francis Eppes/Epps, II,   b. Abt 1628, Charles City Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 23 Sep 1678, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane Littleberry,   b. 22 Oct 1620, St. Botolph, Colchester, Essex Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 23 Sep 1678, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F518495480  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham,   b. Abt 1665, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Francis Eppes/Epps, IV,   b. Abt 1686, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1734, Bermuida Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
    +2. William Eppes/Epps,   b. Abt 1688, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield Henrico, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1725, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
    +3. Martha Eppes/Epps,   b. 1695, Prince George Co., Colonial Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1766, Lunenburg Co., Colonial Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Ann Eppes/Epps,   b. 6 Jan 1689, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1777, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F518495478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Purse and Person
    Purse and Person
    Adventurers Purse and Person
    Virginia
    1607-1624
    Fourth Edition
    Compiled and Edited by
    John Frederick Dorman, C.G., F.A.S.G.
    Volume One
    Families A-F
    Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

    Documents
    Purse and Person
    Purse and Person
    Fourth Edition
    Compiled and Edited by
    John Frederick Dorman, C.G., F.A.S.G.
    Volume One
    Families A-F
    Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
    HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DEEDS 1677-1705  Giles Carter and Associates
    HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DEEDS 1677-1705 Giles Carter and Associates
    _Henrico CoVADeeds1607-1705.pdf
    Henrico County Virginia Deeds show transactions of residents of early families including CARTERS, POVALL, GREEN, VAUGHAN, RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON, WOODSON, BLAND, DAVIS, EPPES, SMITH and others.
    Henrico County Virginia Deeds show transactions of residents of early families including CARTERS, POVALL, GREEN, VAUGHAN, RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON, WOODSON, BLAND, DAVIS, EPPES, SMITH and others.
    _HenricoCoVADeeds-1706-1737.pdf
    1922 Newspaper Article Regarding the Francis Eppes Lineage
    1922 Newspaper Article Regarding the Francis Eppes Lineage
    EppesFrancis TheAtlanta Constitution Jan29,1922.jpg

    Histories
    Eppes Crest and
    Eppes Crest and
    EppesLine-TheBaltimoreSun-Jun3,1906.jpg

  • Notes 
    • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=selvage1&id=I39577

      Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 3, 281 & 394, 1896. In her will, Francis Eppes is given as the stepson of Elizabeth (Littlebery) Eppes, widow of Francis Eppes. He married Ann Isham, daughter of Henry and Katherine Isham. His children are listed (siblings) in the will of son Isham Eppes, who died in 1717. This reference gives additional information about the family. Francis Eppes served as a justice in Henrico County, as sheriff (1685, 1686, 1691, 1692, and 1710), and as Burgess 1702-1703 and April 1704.

      Henrico County Rent Roll, April 1705: Capt. Fra Epes, 2145 acres.
    • Children of Col. Francis Epps and Elizabeth Ann Isham are Elizabeth Eppes m. Henry Randolph 1714, Elizabeth left a will written 1775. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 3, 281 & 394, 1895 Named in the Will of her brother Isham who died in 1717.

      Daughter Anne also born after 1685 married William Kennon, having children, Richard and William Kennon estimated births around 1713.

      Other children Isham, Mary, Sarah and William are all estimated to have been born after 1685.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.kevindincher.com/files/Hemings1.pdf.
      Lt. Col. Francis Eppes II b. 19 Nov 1627, d. 1678
      Col. Francis Eppes III was born in 1659. He married Ann Isham, daughter of Henry Isham and Katherine (?), circa 1685. Col. Francis Eppes III died circa January 1718/19.
      Family
      Ann Isham b. c 1665, d. c 1718
      Children

      Col. Francis Eppes IV+ b. c 1686, d. Dec 1734
      Capt. Isham Eppes b. c 1688, d. 1717
      Elizabeth Eppes b. c 1690, d. Apr 1777
      Anne Eppes+ b. c 1691
      Nancy Anne Eppes+ b. 3 Feb 1694/95, d. 1 Nov 1765
      William Eppes b. c 1698, d. c 1725
      Sarah Eppes+ b. c 1702, d. Oct 1750
      http://edlers.org/notes/p88.htm
      Col. Francis Eppes IV
      M, b. circa 1686, d. December 1734
      Father Col. Francis Eppes III b. 1659, d. c Jan 1718/19
      Mother Ann Isham b. c 1665, d. c 1718
      Col. Francis Eppes IV was born circa 1686. He married Sarah Kennon, daughter of Sir Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham. Col. Francis Eppes IV died in December 1734.
      Family
      Sarah Kennon b. c 1689, d. c 1748
      Children

      Francis Eppes b. c 1710, d. 4 Feb 1736/37
      Martha Eppes+ b. 10 Apr 1712, d. 5 Nov 1748
      Richard Eppes+ b. c 1714, d. 1765
      Ann Eppes b. c 1716, d. 15 May 1787
      William Eppes b. c 1718, d. 1 Oct 1765

    2. [S127] Geni, http://www.geni.com/people/William-Eppes/6000000000806385223.
      William Eppes
      Born: 1686 - Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
      Death: 1725 - Henrico, Virginia
      Parents: Frances Littleberry Eppes, Anne Fitzhugh Isham
      Siblings: Mary Eppes, Francis Eppes, Francis Eppes, Frances Epes, William Eppes, Mary Eppes, Isham Epes, Isham Eppes, Elizabeth Epes, Elizabeth Randolph (born Eppes), Anne Epes, Anne Eppes, Lewellen Eppes, Edmund Eppes, Nancy Ann Epes, Nancy Anne Collier (born Eppes), Littlebury Eppes, James Eppes, William Epes, Mary Epes, Sarah Epes, Sarah Poythress (born Eppes), Richard Eppes,
      Wife: Phebe Eppes (born Worsham)