Robert Wade, III^[1]

1752 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Robert Wade
  Suffix	III
  Born	1752	Amelia Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I14177	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Robert Wade, Jr.,   b. 11 Oct 1736, Lunenberg Co., Virginia ,   d. Bef 20 Jun 1765, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Stokes,   b. 11 Oct 1737, Lunenberg Co., Virginia ,   d. Bef 1772, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 34 years)
  Married	1749	Almond Grove, Halifax Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F1341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Family Histories, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/v/a/Mary-A-Evans/GENE1-0011.html#CHILD41. ROBERT5 WADE, JR. (ROBERT4, ANDREW3, EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born October 11, 1736 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died Bef. June 20, 1765 in Halifax County, VA. He married SARAH ANNE STOKES 1749 in Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA, daughter of DAVID STOKES and SARAH MONTFORT. She was born October 11, 1737 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died April 1775 in Lunenburg County, VA. Notes for ROBERT WADE, JR.: Executive journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia Robert Wade, Capt of a Company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758 Records of the Hought of Burgesses Petition of Robert Wade who late 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 Robert Wade and his company ought to be paid for killing Indians. 3 Oct 1758 Page 201 The following entries are taken from William Waller Hening's collection of the laws of Virginia. During the French and Indian War, the House of burgesses passed an act for the defense of the frontier of the colony on 14 September 1758. The soldiers mentioned in the schedule attached to this act appear below. Halifax County, Page 212 Capt. Robert Wade, Jr., for his pay and for that of his officers, and a company of militia, 475.8.6; to Col. Abraham Maury for pay to Capt. Dillard and his militia company, 414.11.4. History of Halifax County Page 344 1764 Jan 19 -- Will of Robert Wade Jr. To my daugher, Sarah Wade, land in Bedford County certificate of which being returned in my name by Edmund Booker of Amelia County; to my son, Robert Wade; son, Hampton Wade; daughter, Betty Wade; my beloved wife, Ann Wade. Executors: Paul Carrington, Clement Read, William Stokes, Memucan Hunt, Hampton Wade Witnesses: Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade, Jas McDanielHalifax County, Virginia, Will Book O, Page 201 Robert Wade, Jr. of Anheim Parish, Halifax County, died after he wrote his will on 19 January 1764 and before it was proved on 20 June 1765. He gave his wife Ann, during her widowhood, her choice of either the plantation on which he lived or that on which his father lived and bequeathed two slaves, his personal property and stock of cattle to her. He left 750 acres of land on Linvilles Creek in Bedford County, part of 1500 acres which was recorded jointly in his name and that of Edmund Booker, and also a slave to his daughter Sarah Wade. He bequeathed the plantation on which his father lived, after his father's deach, and a slave to his son Robert Wade. He left the plantation on which he lived and a slave to his son Hampton Wade. He gave a slave to his daughter Betty Wade. He instructed his executors Paul Carrington Clement, Memucan Hunt and Hampton Wade to sell the balance of his land and his stock of horses to pay debts, dividing the balance among his four children. Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade and James ??? witnessed his signature.Executive journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia Captain of a Company of Rangers, 1758. Robert Wade, Capt of a company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758 More About ROBERT WADE, JR.: Military service: Bet. 1746 - 1763, Major, Lunenburg & Halifax Co VA, (Source: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987) Probate: June 20, 1765, Halifax County, VA Will: January 19, 1764 Notes for SARAH ANNE STOKES: The Wade Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 1 Ann Stokes Wade died about 1775 when a probate record of her estate shows that William Wade received the legacy of his wife Sarah Wade More About ROBERT WADE and SARAH STOKES: Marriage: 1749, Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA Children of ROBERT WADE and SARAH STOKES are: 84. i. ELIZABETH6 WADE, b. Abt. 1750. 85. ii. ROBERT WADE, b. Abt. 1750, Lunenburg? or Halifax County, VA; d. 1815, Person County, North Carolina. 86. iii. SARAH WADE, b. Abt. 1750. 87. iv. HAMPTON WADE, b. March 22, 1757, Halifax County, VA; d. 1816, Christian County, KY. Mentioned in his father's Will; along with Hampton, a brother and Betty, a daughter; Wife Ann Wade.