Elizabeth Gentry

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BIRTH: BEF 29 AUG 1687, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent
County, VA
DEATH: 1765, AL
BAPTISM: 29 AUG 1687, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent
County, VA
EVENT: Comment 1: (information from Mack and Alice Dickey,
Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS]
EVENT: Comment 1: The Fifth generation of the Gentry's had
settled in almost every Southern Territory, as well as in
Ohio, IN, IL and MO. The Gentry's have largely been an
agricultural people
EVENT: Comment 3: interested in their lands and in their
flocks and herds, and they were large slave owners until
the Civil War ended.
EVENT: Comment 4: They seem to have preferred their
plantations to commercial pursuits or political office Not
many of them achieved greatness or national reputations,
yet a large number of them have been prominent
EVENT: Comment 5: in their states and counties We find
Gentry's represented in the legislatures of IN, KY, NC, TN
and Misouri at various times.
EVENT: Comment 6: The Gentry's have been good, strong men,
honest and upright, good citizens, patriotic and true,
generally prosperous and many of them ministers, business
men and doctors of marked ability, wealthy an
EVENT: Comment 7: They have been an honest, conscientious,
religious, God-fearing people, loving their families and
providing for them well.

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Elizabeth married James Haggard 1707, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia. James (son of Anthony Haggard and Frances Mrs. Anthony Haggard) was born 1678, England; died 1770. [Group Sheet]

1. Granville Haggard was born Abt 1728, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died , Powell's Valley, North Carolina.
2. James Haggard was born 1709, Overwharton Parish, Staffford, Virginia; died Aft 1743, Prince William County, Virginia.
3. Richard Haggard was born 1711, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died Aft 1762, Fredericksville Parish, Louisa, Virginia.
4. William Haggard was born 1712, North Carolina; died , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia.
5. John Haggard was born , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died , Fredericksville, Louisa, Virginia.
6. Mary Haggard was born 1715, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Frank French Haggard was born 1716, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Nathanial Haggard
9. Edmund Haggard was born , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died 1811, Madison County, Kentucky U.S.A..
10. Zachariah Thomas Haggard was born 1730, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia; died Nov 1760, Southwest Territories, North Carolina.

Notes:

BIRTH: ABT 1656, Thaxted, Essexshire County, England
DEATH: 1736, Hanover County, VA
BURIAL: 1736, Hanover County, VA
IMMIGRATION: 11 FEB 1676/77, England to VA
IMMIGRATION: At age 19, Nicholas set sail for the American
colonies He boarded either the "Rose" or the "Dartmouth" on
December 3, 1676, and hey arrived in America, February 11,
1677.
EVENT: Residence 1: The original home of the Gentry family
was in the west end of New Kent on Totopotony Creek.
EVENT: Comment 1: 1720, In 1720 New Kent was cut in two and
made Hanover and Loucia Counties.
EVENT: Comment 1: It has been said that at one time,
Nicholas Gentry owned the lands on which the University of
Virginia are now located.
EVENT: Military service 2: BET 3 DEC 1676 AND 1682, When
they arrived in America, February 11, 1677, Nathaniel Bacon
was dead and the rebellion was over Nicholas and Samuel
were stationed at Mattapony Garrison
EVENT: Military service 2: and remained in service to the
British throne for another six years before being paid and
mustered out.
EVENT: Military service 1: BET 3 DEC 1676 AND 1682, He and
Samuel, his brother, were two of 1130 men sent by the King
to quell the "Bacon Rebellion". Among soldiers sent from
England to Virginia to cope with Beacon's Rebellion.
EVENT: Property 1: Early Land Records Indicate They Had
Land Adjacent To Each Other
EVENT: Comment 3: BET 1687 AND 1702, The First Authentic
Record We Have Found Of The Gentrys Is In The Register Of
Saint Peter's Parishish Of New Kent County, VA, Shows The
Baptism Of Peter Gentry, Son Of Samuel Gentry On 10 April
1687
EVENT: Comment 4: BET 1687 AND 1702, Saint Peter's Registry
Also Shows The Baptism Of Elizabeth Gentry, On 29 August
1687; Nicholas Gentry Baptized 30 May 1697, And Mable
Gentry Baptized 13 December 1702
EVENT: Comment 5: 1676, The Gentry's were of Old Germanic
Stock, and sprung from English families, they are
descendants of the Huguenots who escaped from France during
the time of persecution in the 16th and 17th centuries.
EVENT: Comment 6: 1676, The name Gentry originally meant
"Scribes" or learned people, and this was the name given to
the family when surnames were adopted Later in England the
name came to mean "Nobility".
EVENT: Comment 7: 1676, During the period of Roundhead
Parliament under Oliver Cromwell, no new Governors were
sent to the Virginia colony The people elected their own
government and exercised rights of universal suffrage
EVENT: Comment 8: 1676, They became accustomed to having
equality as British subjects and enjoyed self government
After the Restoration, King Charles II sent Lord Berkley to
Virginia to restore the authority of the throne.
EVENT: Comment 9: 1676, Berkley was a tyrant and imposed
harsh taxes and restrictions on commerce Self government
was abolished The people were aroused by the deprivation of
their liberty, and
EVENT: Comment 10: 1676, in 1676 they rallied behind
Mathaniel Bacon to overthrow the oppressive Berkley regime
EVENT: Comment 11: 1676, This time to prevent Berkley's
return, they burned Jamestown to the ground. The colonist
enjoyed liberty for a short time under Bacon's leadership,
but he took ill and died.
EVENT: Comment 12: 1676, The colonist could find no one to
replace him and Berkley once again regained control. He
instituted vengeful reprisals against the rebels, hanging
22 of their leaders.
EVENT: Comment 13: 1676, King Charles recalled Berkley and
replaced him with Lord Culpepper, who was as venal as
Berkley King Charles recalled Culpepper and declared
Virginia a royal providence.

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Nicholas married Lucy Cornelius Bef 1685, New Kent County, Virginia. Lucy was born , New Kent County, Virginia; died , Fort Nashboro, Davidson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Samuel married Margaret Draper 22 Aug 1655, Gret Dunmow, Essex, Thaxed, England. [Group Sheet]