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Richard Eppes/Epps

Male Abt 1714 - 1765  (~ 51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1714, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia (son of Francis Eppes/Epps, IV and Sarah Kennon); died 1765, Chesterfield Co., Virginia.

    Richard married Martha Cocke Bowling. Martha (daughter of Robert Bolling, II and Mary Ann Cock/Cocke/Cox) was born Abt 1715, Virginia; died 10 Dec 1810. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Francis Bowling Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1747, Henrico Co., Virginia; died 4 Jul 1808, Henrico Co., Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Francis Eppes/Epps, IV was born Abt 1686, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia (son of Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III and Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham); died Dec 1734, Bermuida Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia.

    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
    [continued on next page of Patent]
    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]


  2. 3.  Sarah Kennon was born Abt 1689; died Abt 1748.
    Children:
    1. Martha Eppes/Epps was born 10 Apr 1721, Bermuda Hundred, Chresterfield Co., Virginia; died 5 Nov 1748, Prob. Charles City Co., Virginia.
    2. 1. Richard Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1714, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia; died 1765, Chesterfield Co., Virginia.
    3. Francis of Kennon Eppes/Epps was born 1710; died Abt 1737.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III was born 1659, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Virginia (son of Francis Eppes/Epps, II and Elizabeth Jane Littleberry); died Jan 1718, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony.

    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]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham was born Abt 1665, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia (daughter of Captain Henry Isham and Elizabeth Katherine Banks); died 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia.

    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.

    Children:
    1. 2. Francis Eppes/Epps, IV was born Abt 1686, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia; died Dec 1734, Bermuida Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia.
    2. William Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1688, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield Henrico, Virginia; died 1725, Henrico Co., Virginia.
    3. Martha Eppes/Epps was born 1695, Prince George Co., Colonial Maryland; died 1766, Lunenburg Co., Colonial Maryland.
    4. Elizabeth Ann Eppes/Epps was born 6 Jan 1689, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony; died 20 Apr 1777, Henrico Co., Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Francis Eppes/Epps, II was born Abt 1628, Charles City Co., Virginia (son of Capt. Francis Eppes/Epps and Marie Pawlett); died Aft 23 Sep 1678, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony.

    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]


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

    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).

    Children:
    1. 4. Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III was born 1659, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Virginia; died Jan 1718, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony.
    2. Littlebury Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1665, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia; died 1743, Charles City Co., Virginia.
    3. William 'Will' Eppes/Epps was born Abt 1662, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia; died 16 Nov 1710, Prince George Co., Virginia.
    4. Mary Eppes/Epps was born Est 1650, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died 1698, Henrico Co., Virginia.

  3. 10.  Captain Henry Isham was born Abt 1628, Northamptonshire, England ; died Abt 1676, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony.

    Henry married Elizabeth Katherine Banks. Elizabeth was born 1630, Canterbury, Kent, England; died 1 Dec 1686, Will Proved Henrico Co., Va. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Katherine Banks was born 1630, Canterbury, Kent, England; died 1 Dec 1686, Will Proved Henrico Co., Va.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children of Catherine Banks Royall and Henry Isham
    Anne Isham m. Col. Francis Eppes (m. 1685)
    Mary Isham (abt. 1660-1735) m. Col. William Randolph (1650-1711), s/o Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland
    Henry Isham, Jr. (?-1678) (died at sea)

    Children:
    1. Mary Isham was born 1652, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia; died 29 Dec 1735, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia.
    2. 5. Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham was born Abt 1665, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia.