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Frances Anne Anderson[1, 2]

Female 1715 - 1783  (68 years)


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  • Name Frances Anne Anderson 
    Born 1715 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1783  Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18152  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2018 

    Father Henry Anderson,   b. 1688, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Prudence Stratton,   b. Abt 1688,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Thomas of Chickahominy Swamp Watkins,   b. Abt 1714, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1783, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Francis of Poplar Hill Watkins, Sr.,   b. 15 Jul 1745, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, Poplar Hill, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +2. Lt. Col. Joel Watkins,   b. Abt 1750, Henrico, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1829, Henrico, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +3. Thomas Watkins, Jr.,   b. Abt 1738, Powhatan Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1778, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
    +4. Elizabeth Anne 'Betsey Anne' Watkins,   b. 31 Jul 1738, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1834, Smith Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     5. Sarah 'Sallie' Watkins,   b. Abt 1748, Chickahominy, Hanover Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F5756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas Redd,   b. Est 1730, Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1801, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Children 
    +1. John of Thomas Redd,   b. 11 Nov 1756, Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1840, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Charles Anderson Redd,   b. Est 1759, Grayson Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F6619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Memoir - McGee - Magby - McGeehee - Mockboy -  With Allied Lines of Anderson, Truman, Redd descending from Thomas Mockboy of Charles Co., Maryland AKA: James McGregor
    Memoir - McGee - Magby - McGeehee - Mockboy - With Allied Lines of Anderson, Truman, Redd descending from Thomas Mockboy of Charles Co., Maryland AKA: James McGregor
    Magby-McGeehee Memoir.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Frances-Watkins/6000000006846574695.
      Frances Ann Anderson m. Thomas Watkins
      Children
      Elizabeth "Betsy" Massie; Susannah Morton; Francis Watkins; Sally Spencer; Nancy Blakey; Mary Pankey; Prudence Royster; Joel Joseph Watkins; Thomas Watkins; Henry Edward Watkins and Jane Summers

    2. [S107] Family Histories, http://oursoutherncousins.com/watkins4.html.
      Thomas Watkins of ?Chickahominy? was born about 1714 and died Nov 1783 in Henrico Co, VA. It is thanks to the original 1852 work of Francis N. Watkins of Prince Edward County, Virginia, that so much is known about Thomas. Francis Watkins? work, entitled ?A Catalogue of the Descendants of Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy, VA? is one of earliest known examples of Virginia family histories written before the War. As cousin Eugenia says, it might not be 100% correct, but you can credit him with being one of those who started our modern genealogy work in the U.S.! The Catalogue is invaluable to those of us descended from this line. I won?t repeat, here, all that Francis says about Thomas, but it is transcribed in it?s entirety in the notes attached.

      Thomas Watkins lived on Swift Creek, Cumberland County, VA (part that was later cut off to form Powhatan Co.). He is said to have been the eldest son of Thomas Watkins ?of Swift Creek,? (the older children being daughters). ?Thomas farmed his father's land in southeastern Henrico County and he reached out for new lands in what are now Charlotte and Prince Edward Counties.?

      In 1735: Thos. Watkins, of Henrico parish, lands joined those of Joseph Woodson, Wm. Porter, Sr., Col. Harrison, Wm. Lewis, Thos. Binford, Edward Mosby and George Freeman, and were on the Chickahominy swamp.
      In 1746, Thomas and "Frances his wife" sold some land in Henrico County.
      In 1752, "Thomas Watkins Junr." bought 773 acres "on south side of Chickahominy Swamp."
      In 1768 he, with others, appointed to select a new site for Curl's Church - (St. John's Register). In the same year he was a vestryman of St. John's Church, Henrico.

      He would remain on that land in northeastern Henrico County close to the Bottom's Bridge crossing of the Chickahominy for the rest of his life.?

      The following quote, to me, seems to sum up Thomas Watkins: "Of Thomas Watkins, of Chickahominy," said Mr. Leigh, "I have heard very full accounts from my mother and from my uncle Thomas, both of whom knew him very well; he was a man of the highest respectability in every point of view, and in particular, a man of the most indefatigable industry. He reared a large family of children (four sons and seven daughters), with limited means, and when they entered upon the active duties of life, he seems to have made but little, if any advancements, to his sons at least, leaving them, either from necessity or prudential considerations, to depend mainly on their own energy and resources. I have seen his will, and find among the papers of his executors, in relation to its execution, evidences of a very affectionate regard among the children for the wishes of the father, and of their great integrity. There is a codicil attached to his will, in which he designed to devise real and personal estate, of a value I infer, equal to my bequest in the will to persons not members of his family. There was no proof of the execution of the writing, purporting to be a codicil to the will, and it never went to record. By the operation of the then existing law, the old man died intestate as to the property mentioned in the codicil, and the real estate descended to the eldest son, Henry, and the personal assets, by virtue of the will, went to the brothers and sisters. The sons, daughters, and sons-in-law appear to have been anxious to carry out the old gentleman's wishes, although it deprived them of interest of some value to them. There being infants interested (the children of Thomas Jr., who had died) some difficulties occurred in carrying out the intentions of the testator. The children not only relinquished to the intended beneficiaries their right and title to the property in questions, but made liberal contributions to the intended devisees."

      Thomas ?Chickahominy? Watkins married Frances Anderson (born about 1715, death date not known, but after 1750) the daughter of Henry Anderson and Prudence Stratton. Henry Anderson mentions his daughter, Frances Anderson, in his will which was proven in 1734, so Frances married Thomas Watkins after that date, (the exact date of their marriage is unknown). Also, the exact dates of birth for most of their children are not known, but they were obviously married after 1734/35, and their children began arriving by the late 1730?s.

      Thomas Watkins and Frances Anderson had the following children:

      1) Henry WATKINS (4th of the name) (b.Aft 1735-Prince Edward County,VA d.Abt 1798)
      | sp: Temperance HUGHES of Chesterfield, VA (b.1739 m.28 Jan 1760 d.Bef 1798)
      2) Elizabeth (Betsey) WATKINS (b.Abt 1739 d.Bef 1783)
      | sp: Nathaniel MASSIE
      3) Col. JOEL WATKINS (b.Abt 1737-Henrico County,VA d.2 Jan 1820-Charlotte County,VA)
      | sp: Agnes (dau of Joseph & Agnes) MORTON (b.26 Feb 1747-Charlotte County,VA d.1814-Henrico County,VA)
      4) THOMAS * WATKINS (called "Jr.) (b.Abt 1738/1741-Powhatan Co,VA d.1778-Henrico County,Virginia)
      | sp: Sarah "Sally" * WALTON (sister of signer) (b.1746-Swift Creek,Goochland/Cumberland County,VA m.8 Feb 1762 d.20 Nov 1805-Kentucky)
      5) Susan (Susanna) WATKINS (b.Abt 1744-Henrico County,VA d.Abt 1814-Charlotte County,Virginia)
      | sp: Col. William MORTON (b.27 Nov 1743-Charlotte County,Virginia m.29 Oct 1764 d.29 Nov 1820-Charlotte County,Virginia)
      6) Mary WATKINS (b.Abt 1742)
      | sp: Stephen, Jr. PANKEY (b.1742/1752 m.4 Jun 1788 d.1 Dec 1799-Campbell Co.,KY)
      7) Nancy WATKINS (b.Abt 1743)
      | sp: Smith BLAKEY of Henrico Co., VA
      8) Jane WATKINS (b.Abt 1744)
      | sp: Charles HUNDLEY
      9) Francis WATKINS (Sr.)of Poplar Hill (b.15 Jul 1745-Henrico County,VA d.1826-"Poplar Hill" Prince Edward County,VA)
      | sp: Agnes (dau of Richard & Ann Michaux) WOODSON (b.4 Oct 1748-"Poplar Hill",Henrico co.,VA m.9 Jan 1765 d.Jul 1820-Henrico County,VA)
      10) Prudence WATKINS (b.Abt 1745)
      | sp: William ROYSTER of Goochland (VA)
      11) Sally WATKINS (b.Abt 1748 d.Abt 1765-Charlotte County,VA)
      Will of Thomas Redd of PEC 17 Jan 1799, names Granddaughter Polly Watkins who would be the daughter of his Wife's 1st husband, Thomas Watkins.

    3. [S84] Rootsweb, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tsmith&id=I154488.

      "Chickahominy Tom" married Frances Anderson, daughter of Henry andPrudence (Stratton) Anderson of Wintopock Creek in what is nowChesterfield County.
      Thomas farmed his father's land in southeastern Henrico County and hereached out for new lands in what are now Charlotte and Prince EdwardCounties. In 1746, Thomas and "Frances his wife" sold some land inHenrico County. In 1752, "Thomas Watkins Junr." bought 773 acres "onsouth side of Chickahominy Swamp." He would remain on that land innortheastern Henrico County close to the Bottom's Bridge crossing of theChickahominy for the rest of his life,...

    4. [S100] Internet Source, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_families.html.
      LEIGH.
      The tradition is that Benjamin Watkins (the youngest brother of Thos. Watkins of Chickahominy), the first clerk of Chesterfield county, an office he held to the end of his life, and a man of genius, though with little education in the schools, cultivated his excellent understanding assiduously and was regarded as an excellent scholar. However much he cultivated his "excellent understanding," he did not comprehend that the course of true love is not to be thwarted even if the parent did not relish the idea of his daughter marrying a poor English clergyman.

      The Hon. Benjamin refused to accept the situation until the congregation of the Rev. William Leigh took the matter in hand and built a home and furnished it for the happy young couple; so in spite of father and fate, they started on life?s highway happy and unfettered with life?s financial cares.

      The Rev. William Leigh was a royal character, with lion-hearted antecedents, and not to be downed, as his father-in-law soon learned, and repenting him of his course, did the proper thing by his son-in-law and beloved daughter, and all the ambition he could ever have had for his daughter culminated in his two grandsons, Benjamin Watkins Leigh and his brother, Judge William Leigh, who lived in Halifax county. It was said of him that for almost a quarter of a century in which he had been the judge of the Halifax court he had discharged each and every duty with a fidelity and ability equal to any other man in Virginia, and had won by universal consent the title of a "just and upright judge."

      He was the friend and adviser of John Randolph of Roanoke, and the sole executor by his will of 1821, and he, with Henry St. George Tucker, were the final executors by the will of 1832.

      No character stands out more clearly in this county for acumen, probity and pureness than that of Judge William Leigh, and his descendants would do well to honor his memory by emulating his virtues, for we shall not see his like again.

      Two daughters of Thomas Watkins married the two Leighs. Mary Selden Watkins married Benjamin Watkins Leigh (his first wife), and Rebecca Watkins married William Leigh. Their sister, Hannah Cary Watkins, married Dr. John Barksdale, of Halifax. Their children were (1) Thomas W. Barksdale, (2) Alice S. Barksdale, (3) Benjamin Watkins Leigh Barksdale, and (4) Rebecca Barksdale.