Elizabeth Robertson

Elizabeth married William Walters Abt 15 Mar 1721, Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland. William was born 22 Sep 1699, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia; died 16 Feb 1763, Halifax Co., Colonial Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

As I understand the previous research on the William Walters families of the Colony of Virginia; no proof exists that this Elizabeth Robertson is the mother of the Walters children; however, consensus agreement on the identity of the Children, who are identified in numerous documents. -mfe

1. Thomas Walters, Sr. was born 16 Jan 1727, Prince George Co., Colonial Virginia; died 18 Apr 1796, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
2. William Walters was born Abt 1722, Bristol Parish, Brunswick Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Robert to Georgia Walters, Sr. was born 30 Sep 1731, Prince George Co., Colonial Virginia; died 9 Oct 1794, Franklin Co., Georgia.
4. John Walters was born Est 1728, Prince George Co., Colonial Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

Notes:

Regarding his association with Wm. Walters:
Land: BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS; VOL 1 1732-1745; Abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr.
263 (313) 7 Apr 1737. Same deed as following. Elizabeth the wife of sd William Walters was examined. Proved 17 Apr 1737. Drury Stith CC\
MISC. DEED ABSTRACTS OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA (DEED BOOKS 1-5)
Indenture made the 7th day of April, 1737, between William Walters of St. Andrews Parish and Drury Stith, Gentleman, for 20 pounds, conveying 240 acres on South side of Maherrin River.
Witnesses were M. Cadet Young, Willm. Jones, and Canduis Cargill.
Notes: THE VESTRY BOOK AND REGISTER OF BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA 1720-1789
Transcribed & published by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne; Richmond, VA. Privately Printed. 1898.
p.386 Tho. Son of Wm and Eliz. Walter Born 16th Janr 1727.
and
p.340
Vadrey s. of Wm and Susana Macbie [Mockoboy] Born 23 Decemr 1734 Bapt 19 Apr 1735.

Notes: Brunswick Co Road Orders; 1730-46; by Pawlett [sent by email from Bill Walters]
p.12; 7 Feb 1733 It is ordered that William Walters & Joseph Dunmon with their tyths be added to Maclins Order.
Brunswick Co VA Court Orders 1732-1737
p.152 William Walters & Elizabeth his wife acknowledge deed to Drury Stith, Gent. [see deed and her release of dower below]

Regarding his association with John Wall
http://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/wallloupoole.pdf
?In February 1745, all the county?s western territory was made into Lunenburg County... John Wall and Nicholas Edmunds were commissioned by the Brunswick Court to oversee and recruit help for the laying of Brunswick?s new western boundary. Drury Stith made the actual survey...?
?...By 1732, the population had so increased that the Council decided to allow Brunswick to set up its own magisterial system and stand on its own. ...?Whereas in pursuance of the Act of Assembly for erecting the County of Brunswick a Court House for the said county is now built & by the increase of
Inhabitants the said County judged is a Capacity to have Magistrates of its own. It is ordered that a Commission of the Peace be prepared for the sd. County, & that Henry Fox, Henry Embry, John Wall....William Machiln, Gent., be appointed Justices for the said County...
?Most of Brunswick?s troops were in the militia, and had been serving as early as 1741. Prior to this date, Prince George County, from which Brunswick was formed, had been responsible for the protection of the county?s frontier. According to existing records it appears that on 2 July 1741, Colonel Henry Embry was the first militia officer commissioned in the county. Also commissioned in July and August, 1741, were:
John Wall, Lieutenant Colonel; and Drury Stith, Major, in a Company of Horse...?
?In the early days of Brunswick County, when the Indians still lingered around the fort and the population was sparse, the church had little communication with its frontier members. ...the nearest minister was the Reverend John Cargill, of Southwark Parish. In 1724 he wrote the Bishop of London from his home on the James River, ?My Parish is twenty miles in width and one hundred in length, being a frontier Parish. It has 394 families. The school for Indians is on the borders of my parish. There are one church and two chapels and seventy or eighty communicants.?
?The Parish of St. Andrew had legally begun before Cargill wrote his letter. When Brunswick was founded in 1720, the order setting up the new county also designated the area as St. Andrew?s Parish and provided money to build a church. The church was not built immediately, but was in existence before 1732.
?The St. Andrew?s Parish, Vestry Book, kept in the County Clerk?s Office, begins with an entry in July, 1732. A vestry is the elected administrative body of an Episcopal church. The first recorded vestry consisted of Henry Embry, and John Wall as Churchwardens... They were all paid 1000 pounds of tobacco for their services.?


Died:
Probate Date

John married Jane Gregory Drury Bef 1660. Jane was born Est 1630, Charles City Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Children named in the Will of John Stith:
John, Drury, Jane, Elizabeth