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Judith Bowles Hone[1]

Female Est 1645 - 1700  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Judith Bowles Hone 
    • Daughter of Theophilus Hone and unknown wife
    Born Est 1645  Prob. Elizabeth City Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1700  Gloucester, Virginia Colony ? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21594  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2019 

    Family 1 Colonel John Armistead, Esquire,   b. Abt 1672, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1666  Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Robinson Armistead,   b. Abt 1672, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 13 Jun 1746, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +2. Judith Armistead,   b. 1665, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1699, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Armistead,   b. 16 Feb 1667, Gloucester County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1716, MIddlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F8083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William Churchhill,   b. 2 Dec 1649, North Aston, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1710, MIddlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1703  Middlesex County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children of William Churchhill and Judith Bowles Hone: Sarah (Churchill) Blakey, Susannah Churchill, Margaret Churchill, Mary Churchill, Armistead Churchill, Priscilla Bladen (Churchill) Lewis and Elizabeth (Churchill) Dawson
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F8088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Armistead-20.
      Col. Henry Robinson Armistead
      Born about 1672 in Gloucester County, Virginia
      Ancestors
      Son of John Armistead and Judith Bowles (Hone) Armistead
      Brother of Judith (Armistead) Carter, John Armistead [half], Elizabeth (Armistead) Churchill, William Armistead 3rd, Susannah (Armistead) Meriwether and Mary (Armistead) Rogers
      Husband of Martha Bacon (Burwell) Armistead ? married 1703 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia
      Descendants
      Father of Robert Burwell Armistead, William Burell Armistead, Lucy Burell (Armistead) Nelson and Martha Burell (Armistead) Digges
      Died after 13 Jun 1746 in Middlesex County, Virginia

      Judith Carter formerly Armistead aka West
      Born about 1662 in Hesse, Gloucester County, Virginia, British Colonial America
      Ancestors
      Daughter of John Armistead and Judith Bowles (Hone) Armistead
      Sister of John Armistead [half], Elizabeth (Armistead) Churchill, William Armistead 3rd, Henry Robinson Armistead, Susannah (Armistead) Meriwether and Mary (Armistead) Rogers
      Wife of Robert Carter I ? married 1687 (to 23 Feb 1699) in Virginia
      Descendants
      Mother of Sarah Carter, Elizabeth Burwell (Carter) Nicholas, Judith (Carter) Page and John Carter
      Died 23 Feb 1699 in Corotoman, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, British Colonial America
      Biography, Judith Hone
      Parents and Maiden Name Now Resolved

      Judith was born about 1646. This date is a guess, based on other approximate dates, such as children's births and marriages. Judith was the daughter of Theophilus Hone and his first wife (name unknown).[1] She may have been born in Elizabeth City County. Her father was a Burgess representing that county on 25 November 1652.[1]

      For decades, the ancestry of Judith, wife of Col John Armistead has been in question. Also the ancestry of her sister, Katherine, wife of 1) Robert Beverley, and 2) Christopher Robinson has been unclear.

      A great deal of the misunderstanding has centered around the wording of two wills which referred to Col. John Armistead and his wife, Judith. Their ancestry is particularly important because two of their descendants were Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.

      Robert Beverley's wife has been identified, erroneously, in several works, both old and new, as Katherine (Armistead) (Hone) Beverley. These include Lyon Gardiner Tyler's 1915 Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography and Darrell Rutman's 1984 A Place in Time: Middlesex County Virginia, 1650-1750. She has also been identified by Charles Penrose Keith and others as Judith (Bowles).[2] Other works have guessed correctly that she was a Hone, or have concluded her ancestry is unknown, but these were "without evidence or analysis," according to genealogist, Patricia L. Hatcher.[1]

      Genealogists have discussed the meaning of the terms, "sister," and "brother-in-law," in these two wills concerning Col. John Armistead. Remembering that these words did not have the specific meanings of today, and looking at other records, Patricia Hatcher concludes that Katherine Hone, daughter of Theophilus Hone, married twice, 1st to Robert Beverley, and 2nd to Christopher Robinson.

      Christopher Robinson wrote in his will of 27 January 1692/3:

      I give and bequeath to my loving [brother], Col. John Armestead and to my loving sister, Mrs. Judith Armistead to each of them a ring of twenty shillings value for a remembrance of me." Executors included my loving brother Mr John Robinson my loving brother in law Coll. John Armistead.[1]

      Note: The will of Christopher Robinson is in the possession of a descendant, and the meaning of the brackets around the word "brother" is unclear.[1] Possibly difficult to transcribe, Virginia Garber reads, "brother-in-law'' [italics hers] (p 30).[3]

      The 26 August 1686 will of Robert Beverley left his wife, Catherine,

      my one half part of the one hundred acres of land and plantation in Gloster Countie, for the whole if I happen to purchase the same before my death, commonly called and knowed by the name the North River Quarter and now held in partnership betwixt my brother Col. John Armistead and myself.[1]

      Additional records, including those of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia were studied by Patricia L. Hatcher in an effort to resolve the question for once and for all. Robert Beverley married on 28 March 1678 to "Mrs. Katherine Hone." Christopher Robinson married on 17 November 1687 to "Mad'm Katherine Beverley." Portions of their respective wills are quoted above.[1] Both Theophilus Hone, the elder and Theophilus the younger were living when Katherine married Robert Beverley, so she could not have been the widow of either of them.[1] Robert Beverley administered the estate of Theophilus Hone, the elder, when he died intestate, (also, Katherine and Robert named a son Theophilus). Clearly, she was the daughter of Theophilus Hone, and not the daughter or sister of John Armistead.

      This record from England puts to rest any question. In 1712, John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, England, submitted testimony to the College of Heralds that his brother, Christopher Robinson, had married, as his second wife, "Katherine, daur: of Theophilus Hone of Jamestown in Virginia, Relict of Major Robert Beverley."[1]

      Knowing this, the connections of Robert Beverley and Christopher Robinson to Col. John Armistead is clear. They were "brothers" through their respective marriages to Katherine (Hone) (Beverley) Robinson, and Judith (Hone) Armistead. Katherine (Hone) and Judith (Hone) were sisters. They were both daughters of Theophilus Hone (his mother was named Judith). Katherine married to 1) Maj Robert Beverley, 2) Christopher Robinson, and her sister Judith married to Col John Armistead.[1]
      Family

      Judith married say 1666 in Virginia to John Armistead, son of William Armistead.[1]

      Children:[1]

      Judith Armistead, oldest daughter, b ca 1669, d 23 Feb 1699; mar c. 1689 Robert "King" Carter, and he m 2) Betty (Landon) Willis
      Elizabeth Armistead b say 1667; mar 1) Ralph Wormeley, 2) William Churchill
      William Armistead b ca 1671; mar Anna Lee
      Henry Armistead b ca 1672; mar Martha Burwell

      Above are the only known children of John and Judith. Some include these additional children (without evidence or citation):

    2. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Churchill-279.
      William Churchill aka Churchhill
      Born about 2 Dec 1649 in North Aston, Oxfordshire, England
      Ancestors
      Son of John Churchill and Dorothy (Unknown) Churchill
      Brother of Catherine Suzannah (Churchill) Blakey
      Husband of Mary (Unknown) Churchill ? married 1667 in Middlesex County, Virginia
      Husband of Elizabeth (Armistead) Churchill ? married 5 Mar 1703 in Middlesex County, Virginia
      Descendants
      Father of Sarah (Churchill) Blakey, Susannah Churchill, Margaret Churchill, Mary Churchill, Armistead Churchill, Priscilla Bladen (Churchill) Lewis and Elizabeth (Churchill) Dawson
      Died 1710 in Middlesex County, Virginia Colony