Martha Wayles

Notes:

MARTHA WAYLES SKELTON JEFFERSON
First husband:
18 years old, to Bathurst Skelton (June 1744 - 30 September 1768) planter, on 20, November 1766 likely at "The Forest" plantation; they lived at his Charles City County plantation for one year and ten months, the endurance of their marriage as Bathurst died in 1768.

Born:
1748, October 19 "The Forest" plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
Father: John Wayles, barrister and landowner, born 31 January, 1715 in Lancaster, England; died 23 May, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia
Mother: Martha Eppes Wayles, born 10 April, 1712 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield County, Virginia; married John Wayles on 3 May, 1746; died 5 November, 1748 When Martha Eppes married John Wayles, she brought with her, as part of her dowry, an African slave woman and the woman's half-black, half-white daughter. The woman, enslaved in Africa, sailed to Virginia on a slave ship commanded by an English sea captain with the last name Hemings. Captain Hemings impregnated the slave who gave birth to a daughter she named Betty. The slave and her daughter were sold to Francis and Frances Eppes, and they gave the young enslaved "Betty Hemings" to their daughter Martha Eppes family. When Captain Hemings learned that the newly married Wayles had inherited his concubine and their daughter Betty, he offered to buy the pair. Wayles refused to sell them. He would eventually have six children by her.
Martha Wayles Jefferson never knew her mother Martha Eppes Wayles since she had died two weeks and three days after giving birth to her.
After the death of his first wife, Martha Eppes (the mother of Mrs. Jefferson), John Wayles married two more times; he married secondly to Mary Cocke by whom he had one [name unknown] daughter who died young; John Wayles married a third time, on 3, January 1760 to Elizabeth Lomax, with whom he had three daughters. After the death of Elizabeth Lomax (28 May 1763), Wayles took the half-black half-white slave Betty Hemings as his concubine and had six children by her. Betty Hemings was mentioned in the will of John Wayles, thus providing evidence that she really was his mistress and not merely his slave. The first husband of Elizabeth Lomax was Reuben Skelton - he was the brother of Martha Jefferson's first husband, Bathurst Skelton; thus Martha Wayles Skelton's brother-in-law was her stepmother's first husband:

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biog
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Martha married Bathurst Skelton 20 Nov 1766. Bathurst was born Jun 1744, Williamsburg, Virginia; died 30 Sep 1768, Charles Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet]

1. John Skelton was born 7 Nov 1767; died 10 Jun 1771.

Martha married Thomas Jefferson 1 Jan 1772, near Williamsburg, Virginia. Thomas (son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph) was born 2 Apr 1743, Shadwell Estate Goochland, Virginia; died 4 Jul 1826, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha "Patsy" Jefferson was born 27 Sep 1772, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia; died 10 Oct 1836, Edgehill Estate, Albemarle County, Virginia; was buried , Monticello. Albemarle County, Virginia.
2. Mary "Maria" Jefferson was born 1778, Monticello, Virginia; died 27 Apr 1804, at her childhood home; was buried , Monticello, Virginia.
3. Jane Randolph Jefferson was born 1774, Charlottesville, Virginia (Monticello); died 1775, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia; was buried , Monticello Graveyard, Virginia.
4. Lucy Elizabeth (2) Jefferson was born 1782, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia; died 1785, Albemarle County, Virginia; was buried , Monticello Graveyard, Albemarle County, Virginia.

Notes:

http://www.geni.com/people/John-Wayles-of-The-Forest/6000000006582307070
About John Wayles
Attorney, slave trader, business agent for the Bristol-based tobacco exporting firm of Tarell & Jones, wealthy plantation owners in Charles City County, Virginia.

Her father was born in Lancaster, England and emigrated alone to Virginia in 1734, at the age of nineteen, leaving family in England. He became a lawyer. Martha's mother was a daughter of Francis Eppes of Bermuda Hundred and was a widow when Wayles married her. As part of her dowry, Martha's mother brought with her a personal slave, Susanna, who had an eleven-year-old daughter by the name of Elizabeth Hemings (Betty). John and Martha's marriage contract provided that Susanna and Betty were to remain the property of Martha Eppes and her heirs forever or be returned to the Eppes family should there be no heirs. This is how the Hemings' came into the custody of Martha Wayles. Martha's mother died when Martha was three weeks old.

A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart

http://books.google.com/books?id=TOae78XVP0kC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Susannah+Isham&source=bl&ots=CCXU44eoLG&sig=n3K1owaDwAyuI72NvTqCnrPjw7A&hl=en&ei=tOXQTPRyj8SwA9DdjMgL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=Susannah%20Isham&f=false

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Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
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John WAYLES, b. January 31, 1715, Lancaster, England; d. May 23, 1773, Charles City Co., Va., m. May 3, 1746, MARTHA EPPES, b. April 10, 1712, Chesterfield Co., Va. November 5, 1748, Va.
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Francis Eppes, b. 1685, Henrico Co., Va.; d. November 7, 1733 or 1734, Nottoway Co., Va., m. Sarah Kennon, b. 1689, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. 1746, Charles City Co., Va.
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Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.
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About John Wayles
attorney, slave trader, business agent for the Bristol-based tobacco exporting firm of Tarell & Jones, wealthy plantation owners in Charles City County, Virginia.
Her father was born in Lancaster, England and emigrated alone to Virginia in 1734, at the age of nineteen, leaving family in England. He became a lawyer. Martha's mother was a daughter of Francis Eppes of Bermuda Hundred and was a widow when Wayles married her. As part of her dowry, Martha's mother brought with her a personal slave, Susanna, who had an eleven-year-old daughter by the name of Elizabeth Hemings (Betty). John and Martha's marriage contract provided that Susanna and Betty were to remain the property of Martha Eppes and her heirs forever or be returned to the Eppes family should there be no heirs. This is how the Hemingses came into the custody of Martha Wayles. Martha's mother died when Martha was three weeks old.

A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart
http://books.google.com/books?id=TOae78XVP0kC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Susannah+Isham&source=bl&ots=CCXU44eoLG&sig=n3K1owaDwAyuI72NvTqCnrPjw7A&hl=en&ei=tOXQTPRyj8SwA9DdjMgL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=Susannah%20Isham&f=false
Pg.136-139
Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
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John WAYLES, b. January 31, 1715, Lancaster, England; d. May 23, 1773, Charles City Co., Va., m. May 3, 1746, MARTHA EPPES, b. April 10, 1712, Chesterfield Co., Va. November 5, 1748, Va.
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Francis Eppes, b. 1685, Henrico Co., Va.; d. November 7, 1733 or 1734, Nottoway Co., Va., m. Sarah Kennon, b. 1689, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. 1746, Charles City Co., Va.
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Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.

John married Martha Eppes/Epps 3 May 1746, Chesterfield Co., Virginia. Martha (daughter of Francis Eppes/Epps, IV and Sarah Kennon) was born 10 Apr 1721, Bermuda Hundred, Chresterfield Co., Virginia; died 5 Nov 1748, Prob. Charles City Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.totty-families.org/records/vahenri.html
1746 June 5th Patent-Deed [Transcribed by Birdie (Totty) McNutt, Patent #25, pg 80,81 of Land Office and Grants, Henrico Co., VA, from copy of original Patent] William TOTTY 408 acres. To wit: George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith To All to whom the Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that for divers good Causes and considerations but more especially an in Consideration of the Sum of Forty five shillings of good and lawful Money for our Use paid to our Revenue General of our revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give Grant and Confirm unto William TOTTY one certain tract or Parcel of land containing four hundred an eight acres lying and being in the County of Henrico on Appamattox River on the South side of Reedy Branch and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at a Corner Pine I George WORSHAMS line thence on his line North fifth three Degrees East Sixty three chains to a Branch of Reed Branch one hundred ad three chains to a Corner Pine of Col. Francis EPPES's Thence on his line South Thirty degrees East one hundred and twenty three chains to a Corner Pine of the said EPPES's Thence Leaving his line South Seventy four
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Degree?s West two hundred and ten chains to a Oak thence North Nineteen Degrees East eighty chains to a Corner Oak thence North fifty three Degrees East thirty Seven Chains to the first Station With All Woods and inward Swamps Marshes Low grounds meadows Feedings and his due for are of all Veins Mines and Quantities to well as discovered as not discovered with in the boundary aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of four hundred and eight acres of Land and the River Water and Waters and Water courses therein Contained_______ together with the Privileges of Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other Profits commodities and Heriditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in any wise________ appertaining TO Have Hold Posses and Enjoy the said Tract or Parcel of Land and Appurtenances unto the said William TOTTY his Heirs and Assigns forever. To the only use and behoof of him the said William TOTTY his Heirs and Assigns forever to be held in free and Common Soverign[?] and not ____? Or by the rights and Services Yielding and Laying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of Land and to Proportionally for a Successor Greater Quantity that fifty acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling Yearly to be Paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also Cultivating and Improving three Acres part of every fifty of the Tract above mentioned within three Years after the date of these Presents Provided always that if three Years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in Arrears and unpaid or if the said William TOTTY his Heirs or Assigns do not within the space of more Years next coming after the date of these Present Cultivate and Improve three Acres or part of every fifty of the Tract above mention Then the Estate hereby Granted shall Cease and be utterly Determined and therefore it shall and maybe lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to Grant the same Land and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other Person or Persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit In Witness well loved William GOOCH Esq. Our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion as William charge under the seal of our said Colony the fifth Day of June One thousand Seven hundred and forty six In the Nineteen Year of our Reign
Signed: William GOOCH
Transcribed by TOTTY researcher Birdie (Totty) McNutt©2000

Birth:
Justice of the Peace, Surveyor and Sheriff in Henrico County. Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.[1]
Trustee of the town of Bermuda at its establishment.

Francis married Sarah Kennon Abt 1708, Chesterfield, Virginia. Sarah was born Abt 1689; died Abt 1748. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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.


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.

Francis married Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham. Elizabeth (daughter of Captain Henry Isham and Elizabeth Katherine Banks) was born Abt 1665, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.e-familytree.net/F163/F163601.htm
Parents of Anne Isham are Henry Isham and Elizabeth Katherine Banks; Children of Francis Epps II and Anne Isham are Capt. Isham Eppes b 1688 at Henrico. VA, Elizabeth Eppes b 1690 at Henrico Co., VA d. Apr 1777 at Henrico. Elizabeth Epps married Henry Randolph III; William Epps b 1698 at Bermuda Hundred, VA d. 1725 at Henrico married Lucy Hamlin, Nancy Anne Epps b 3 Feb 1695 died 1 Nov 1765; Anne Epps b 1691 at Henrico d. 19 Jun 1711 at Henrico and married William Kennon; Mary Epps b 1692 d abt 1753 at Henrico and Sarah Epps b abt 1702 d abt 1750 and married William Phythress.