Under Sheriff Champness Terry^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Est 1700 - 1758  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Champness Terry
  	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.
  Title	Under Sheriff
  Born	Est 1700	Prob. Lunenburg, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Mar 1758	Louisa Co., VA
  Person ID	I6004	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Terry
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	James Terry,   b. Est 1666, King William Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1744, Orange Co., NC  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Diane Royall,   b. Est 1675, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Bibb,   b. Est 1705, Prince Edward Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Henry H. Terry,   b. 1715, Louisa Co., Virginia ,   d. 19 Apr 1784, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2015
  Family ID	F4081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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. 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"

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Robert 'Mike' Terry, http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TerryDNAProject/HaplogroupI_Lineage_I.htm. Probated Will: Terry, Champness - Fredericksville Parrish, Louisa County; sons: Thomas, Joseph, William; to Wm. 200 acres land which I purchased of my brother James, to be upper end at place called "the three lots", 200 ACRES IN EACH THE OTHERS LOTT HAVING ___ HUNDRED 79 ACRES; to Joseph first choice of those lots; son Thomas next choice and my rifle; SON HENRY NEXT CHOICE, son David the last lot. Admin: Thomas & Joseph. Mentions "wife & daughters" but no names. Written 18 Mar 1757; rec. 25 March 1758; witness Benjamin Bibb, Mary Bibb, William Thomson. [S40] Will, Champness Terry Will Bk. 1, p.42 & 43. Proven: May Court 1758. CHAMPNESS Terry was born Bef. 1727, and died 1758 in Louisa Co. VA. He married CHRISTIAN TERRY [nee Evans]. She was born Bef. 1740, and died Aft. 1785. The 1782 Tax List for Louisa Co. mentions "Christian Terry (widow of Champness Terry)" Louisa Co., Will Bk. 1, p.42 & 43. Proven: May Court 1758. SOURCE: "Terry Records of Virginia, by Edna Harris Bushnell, 1980" Probated Will: Terry, Champness - Fredericksville Parrish, Louisa County; sons: Thomas, Joseph, William; to Wm. 200 acres land which I purchased of my brother James, to be upper end at place called "the three lots", 200 acres in each the others lott having ___ hundred 79 acres; to Joseph first choice of those lots; SON THOMAS NEXT CHOICE AND MY RIFLE; son Henry next choice, son David the last lot. ADMIN: THOMAS & Joseph. Mentions "wife & daughters" but no names. Written 18 Mar 1757; rec. 25 Marc 1758; witness Bemjamin Bibb, Mary Bibb, William Thomson SOURCE: VA. Cty. Louisa Book: 1, Page: 36, Champness Terry, Type: Will, Date: 25-May-1758 SOURCE: Pittsylvania Co. Va. Deed Book 3, pg 212-217, mentions David, William, Thomas, and Joseph Terry as children of Champness Terry, dec'd 1758 in Louisa Co.; Also, Pittsylvania Co. Va. Deed Book 9, pg 37, 18 Oct 1790: David Terry and Eleanor, his wife of Louisa Co. .... it being part of 979 acres sold by James Terry to his brother Champness Terry, and Champness left 179 acres to his son David Terry..... The 1782 Tax List for Louisa Co. mentions "Christian Terry (widow of Champness Terry)" Children of CHAMPNESS TERRY and CHRISTIAN TERRY are: i. JOSEPH TERRY, b. Bef. 1754. ii. THOMAS TERRY, b. Bef. 1754. iii. WILLIAM TERRY, b. Bef. 1754. iv. Henry TERRY, b. Bef. 1754 v. DAVID TERRY, b. Bef. 1755; d. Bef. 1819 [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=Oio6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=Nathaniel+Champness+%2B+Terry&source=bl&ots=CuvyJEQLd2&sig=4WpOuPstP3pM4vj7Glh1U7L-vHM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRr46LvOTMAhXDCD4KHW8rDukQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=Nathaniel%20Champness%20%2B%20Terry&f=false. Description of Nathaniel Terry and Champness Terry Dispute involving Bates and Walter Coles This book describes exchanges between Champness Terry and Nathaniel Terry in July 1768. Champness Terry died in 1758; so this exchange in likely with a son named Champness. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monkeys&id=I50216. In 1770 the Virginia House of Burgesses had to step in to settle a squabble between Nathaniel Terry, Gentleman, Burgess from Halifax County, and Champness Terry, a cousin, brother-in-law, and first deputy to Nathaniel when he had been Sheriff of Halifax in 1765, over 35 Shillings and slander of a Burgess's character. Aside from the charges, counter charges and minutiae of the case--a tempest in a teapot by today's standards--a number of Terry family relationships were exposed. These were the principals and their witnesses: Nathaniel Terry, then Sheriff, the Defendant, cousin and brother-in-law to the Plaintiff. Champness Terry, First Under (Deputy) Sheriff, the Plaintiff, both a cousin and brother-in-law to the Defendant. (He was the son of James Terry), Sarah Terry Terry, wife of the Plaintiff, sister of the Defendant. Moses Terry, Under Sheriff, a first cousin to both the Plaintiff and Defendant. (He was Daniel Terry's son.) David Terry, a brother to the Plaintiff. Benjamin Terry, Under Sheriff, brother to the Defendant, cousin to the Plaintiff, and a lodger in the Defendant's home. Benjamin Terry, Sr., father of the Sheriff (Defendant) Under Sheriff Benjamin (witness), and Sarah Terry Terry (witness), and father-in-law to the First Under Sheriff (Plaintiff). In later years Moses Terry's eldest son Keeble married a daughter of Burgess and former Sheriff Nathaniel Terry. It was like that all over Terry Southside Virginia.