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James Terry[1, 2]

Male Est 1666 - 1744  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name James Terry 
    • James Terry was an early settler and patented large bodies of land in this section. In 1757 he moved to Orange County, North Carolina. In 1764 (Halifax Deed Book) he sold to Nathaniel Terry, Hugh Innes, Robert Woodang, Thomas Dillard, Sr., Thomas Dillard, Jr., Ed. Booker, John Bates, James Dillard, Archibald Gordon, George Watkins, John Donelson, Thomas Tunstall, vestryman of Antrim Parish, for £350, 794 acres on Sandy Creek, where the said Terry formerly lived, for a Glebe for Antrim Parish.
    Born Est 1666  King William Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Colonial Virginia, James Terry is found on the 1704 Quit Rolls of King William Co.
    Gender Male 
    Died 1744  Orange Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3873  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Terry
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2017 

    Family Mary Diane Royall,   b. Est 1675, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Champness Terry,   b. Est 1700, Prob. Lunenburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1758, Louisa Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
    +2. Benjamin Terry, Sr.,   b. Abt 1703, Lunenburg Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1771, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +3. Joseph Terry, Sr.,   b. Abt 1717, Caroline, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1785, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +4. James Terry,   b. Est 1720, Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1774, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     5. Thomas Terry,   b. Est 1715, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2016 
    Family ID F5628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    The Story of Thomas Terry Williams, by Sam Barns
    The Story of Thomas Terry Williams, by Sam Barns
    TTWilliams_Story.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Is Benjamin Terry the son of James & Mary Diane Royall

      THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA
      CHAPTER V A PART OF HALIFAX COUNTY, 1752-1767
      page 5859 The domain that later was to be Pittsylvania now lay within the bounds of the great new county of Halifax, and the courthouse, after several changes, was located in the eastern part of the county. As generally happens, the place of holding court drew settlers and tradesmen, and in 1759 100 acres belonging to James Roberts, the younger, and adjoining the courthouse were laid off into a town and named Peytons-burg. The trustees appointed for the town were James Roberts, Theop-helus Lacy, Robert Wade, Jr., and Nathaniel Terry. With the establishment of the courthouse and a duly constituted town in this (Pittsylvania) section, the inhabitants ceased to be so isolated and remote from the world of affairs. For the monthly court drew lawyers and men of property from other sections, bringing a touch of the outside world; while the ubiquitous trader was present at any gathering of people. The military organization of the county was effected at the courthouse, with its attendant musters to the music of fife and drum. All this added interest and color to the life of the inhabitants. [p.58] The justices of the peace appointed for the new county were William Byrd, William Wynne, Peter Fontaine, Jr., William Irby, James Terry, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, and Sherwood Walton. In the following year Thomas Dillard Thomas Calloway, Samuel Harris,Benjamin Clement,Peter Wilson and Robert Pusey were recommended to the Governor as fit and able persons to be added to the Commission of Peace, all of whom lived in that part of the county that later became Pittsylvania. Of these first gentlemen justices of [p.59] Halifax, William Byrd and Peter Fontaine, Jr., were of Charles City County; William Irby, William Wynne, and Sherwood Walton were of southside Virginia; Nathaniel and James Terry and Benjamin Clement from King William County; Samuel Harris from Hanover County; Robert Hampton, Andrew Wade, Robert Pusey, Peter Wilson and Thomas Calloway were probably from Pennsylvania.

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/54040892/person/13708597672.
      The Father of James and Thomas Terry is James Terry b. 1665 d. 1744 who Married Mary Diane Royall, d/o Joseph Royall (b.1664) and Mary Eppes (1664-1698). Mary Eppes is the d/o ??

      Thomas Terry married Nancy Champion and produced (John Harrison Terry 1788-1849)Nancy Champion (1762-1850) is the d/o Benjamin Champion and Elizabeth Holloway.

    2. [S73] Deeds, Cumberland Co., Virginia.
      Deeds from 1745 for James and Joseph Terry are found in Cumberland Co., Va