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Family: Burgess Robert Wade, Sr. / Elizabeth Hampton (F1335)  [1, 2

m. 1720


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  • Father | Male
    Burgess Robert Wade, Sr.

    Born  20 Nov 1700  James City Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aft 17 Jun 1772  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  1720  Prob. Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Andrew Wade | F1343 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah, Mrs. Andrew Wade | F1343 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Elizabeth Hampton

    Born  Abt 1720  Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown  Antrim Parish, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  Capt. John Hampton, Sr. | F7643 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Martha Brown | F7643 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    + Hampton Wade

    Born  1729  Loudoun County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 24 Dec 1764  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Jane/Jean Ellis | F518495650 
    Married  19 Sep 1750  Amelia Co., VA  Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    + Robert Wade, Jr.

    Born  11 Oct 1736  Lunenberg Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 20 Jun 1765  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah Ann Stokes | F1341 
    Married  1749  Almond Grove, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Edward Wade

    Born  27 Jan 1749  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Apr 1776  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Mary [Hampton] WadeChild 4 | Female
    + Mary [Hampton] Wade

    Born  3 Sep 1736  Bedford Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1825  Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Memucan/Memican Hunt | F8125 
    Married  9 Mar 1754  Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf.
      his item was signed as received by
      John Frederick Miller

      It is quite probably that John Frederick's son, Haman, accompanied Captain Wade on various missions, if not the one to New River.
      An 1859 Map of Virginia, shows Goblin Town Creek, just north of the Koger (North)Creek area. The location of the fort, as deduced by Carol Wahl, as well as the placement as shown on the Wilkin's map, appears to be within the mileage limits mentioned in the excerpt from the journal. In Virginia Colonial Soldiers, we find the following items related to that expedition:
      (p. 168)Petition of Robert Wade who last August with his Company of Rangers Killed and Scalped 4 Shawnees in Augusta County. He applied for the rewards but was told there was no money in the treasury. 29 Sept, 1758...
      (p. 239) 26 Oct. 1758 (Calender of Virginia State Papers): John Echols swore that on 12 Aug. 1758 Capt. Robert Wade led a Party of men from Fort Mayo, that on 13 Aug. 1758 Francis New returned to the fort, and that on 18 Aug. Capt. Wade, William Hall, Adam Hermon and two or three others went out and left him in charge... Did George Washington ever visit the site of Mayo Fort? In correspondence from Washington to Governor Dinwiddie we read, Halifax, 10 October 1756. Sir, This day within five miles of the Carolina line, I was proceeding to the southernmost fort in Halifax, I met Major Lewis on his return from the
      Cherokees, with seven men and three women of that nation....they have built three forts here, and one of them, if not more, erected in my opinion in a very out-of-the-way place. This they call Fort Trial.. After his return from the inspection trip, Washington wrote to Lt.-Col. Stephen the following:
      Winchester, 23 October 1756. Sir: Last night I returned from a very long and troublesome jaunt on the Frontiers, as far as Mayo, where affairs seem to be in a dangerous situation...
      From these statements it is clear that Washington did indeed visit the fort built with
      and around John Frederick Miller's property, however brief that visit may have been.
      Washington was also well aware of the plight of those who lived in that section of Virginia. In correspondence concerning the militia, he wrote:
      These men afford no assistance to the unhappy settlers, who are drove from their plantations, either in securing their harvest, or gathering in their corn..

    2. [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html.
      Robert Wade, Sr
      Birth 20 Nov 1700
      James City County, Virginia
      Death 19 Apr 1770 (aged 69)
      Halifax County, Virginia
      Burial: Wade-Adams Family Cemetery
      Halifax County, Virginia
      Parents: of Robert Wade, Sr.
      James Andrew Wade,Sr.
      1665 New Kent County, Virginia Colony
      1740 Hanover County, Virginia Colony
      Mary Catherine Hampton
      15 may 1681 Gloucastor Va
      1729 New Kent County, Virginia Colony
      Married Elizabeth Hampton (1712-1770)
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161983539/elizabeth-wade
      Children
      Edward C. Wade, 1727?1790
      Hampton Wade, 1729?1779
      Mary Wade Hunt, 1736?1825; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49387231/mary-hunt
      Mary Wade 'Molly' married Memucan Hunt in 1754