Francis Bowling Eppes/Epps

Francis married Elizabeth Wayles. Elizabeth (daughter of John Wayles and Mary Cocke) was born 24 Feb 1752, Charles City Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Henrico Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Deacon John Wayles Eppes was born 19 Apr 1773, Chester County, Virginia; died 13 Sep 1823, His estate Millbrook, Buckingham County, Virginia; was buried , Eppes Cemetery, Curdsville, 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]

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]

Notes:

Name:
Robert also married 1st Anne Meriwether; no children are reported

Robert married Mary Ann Cock/Cocke/Cox 27 Mar 1706, Bristol Parish, Colonial Virginia. Mary (daughter of Richard3 of Bremo Cocke/Cox and Elizabeth Littlebury/Littleberry) was born Est 1686, Charles City Co., Virginia; died Abt 1749, Prince George Co., Virginia. [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.

Notes:

Colonel Robert Bolling (1646-1709) married Jane Rolfe, who was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Their only child, John Bolling was born at Kippax Plantation in 1676, and settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. While Jane's father Thomas Rolfe (1615-1675) never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there.

Desendants of Ann Stith are called White Bollings

Robert married Anne Meriwether Stith Abt 1680. Anne (daughter of John Drury Stith and Jane Gregory Drury) was born Est 1660, Brunswick Co., Virginia Colony; died 1709, Kippax, Charles City Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Children of Ann Stith are referred to as the White Bollings

Richard3 married Elizabeth Littlebury/Littleberry. Elizabeth was born Est 1670; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]