Col. Francis Eppes/Epps, IV^[1]

Abt 1686 - 1734  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Francis Eppes/Epps
  Title	Col.
  Suffix	IV
  Born	Abt 1686	Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia
  	Justice of the Peace, Surveyor and Sheriff in Henrico County. Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.[1] Trustee of the town of Bermuda at its establishment.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Dec 1734	Bermuida Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia
  Person ID	I547451369	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Francis Littleberry Eppes/Epps, III,   b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Virginia ,   d. Jan 1718, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann Fitzhugh Isham,   b. Abt 1665, Shirley Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia ,   d. 1718, Henrico Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F518495478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Kennon,   b. Abt 1689,   d. Abt 1748  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	Abt 1708	Chesterfield, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Martha Eppes/Epps,   b. 10 Apr 1721, Bermuda Hundred, Chresterfield Co., Virginia ,   d. 5 Nov 1748, Prob. Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 27 years) + 2. Richard Eppes/Epps,   b. Abt 1714, Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia ,   d. 1765, Chesterfield Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 51 years)   3. Francis of Kennon Eppes/Epps,   b. 1710,   d. Abt 1737  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F518495477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Purse and Person Fourth Edition Compiled and Edited by John Frederick Dorman, C.G., F.A.S.G. Volume One Families A-F Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  		Henrico County Virginia Deeds show transactions of residents of early families including CARTERS, POVALL, GREEN, VAUGHAN, RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON, WOODSON, BLAND, DAVIS, EPPES, SMITH and others. _HenricoCoVADeeds-1706-1737.pdf
  		1922 Newspaper Article Regarding the Francis Eppes Lineage EppesFrancis TheAtlanta Constitution Jan29,1922.jpg
  		Eppes Genealogy EppesLine-TheBaltimoreSun-Jun3,1906.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Eppes Crest and EppesLine-TheBaltimoreSun-Jun3,1906.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.totty-families.org/records/vahenri.html 1746 June 5th Patent-Deed [Transcribed by Birdie (Totty) McNutt, Patent #25, pg 80,81 of Land Office and Grants, Henrico Co., VA, from copy of original Patent] William TOTTY 408 acres. To wit: George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith To All to whom the Presents shall come Greeting Know Ye that for divers good Causes and considerations but more especially an in Consideration of the Sum of Forty five shillings of good and lawful Money for our Use paid to our Revenue General of our revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia We have given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give Grant and Confirm unto William TOTTY one certain tract or Parcel of land containing four hundred an eight acres lying and being in the County of Henrico on Appamattox River on the South side of Reedy Branch and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at a Corner Pine I George WORSHAMS line thence on his line North fifth three Degrees East Sixty three chains to a Branch of Reed Branch one hundred ad three chains to a Corner Pine of Col. Francis EPPES's Thence on his line South Thirty degrees East one hundred and twenty three chains to a Corner Pine of the said EPPES's Thence Leaving his line South Seventy four [continued on next page of Patent] Degree?s West two hundred and ten chains to a Oak thence North Nineteen Degrees East eighty chains to a Corner Oak thence North fifty three Degrees East thirty Seven Chains to the first Station With All Woods and inward Swamps Marshes Low grounds meadows Feedings and his due for are of all Veins Mines and Quantities to well as discovered as not discovered with in the boundary aforesaid and being part of the said Quantity of four hundred and eight acres of Land and the River Water and Waters and Water courses therein Contained_______ together with the Privileges of Hunting Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other Profits commodities and Heriditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in any wise________ appertaining TO Have Hold Posses and Enjoy the said Tract or Parcel of Land and Appurtenances unto the said William TOTTY his Heirs and Assigns forever. To the only use and behoof of him the said William TOTTY his Heirs and Assigns forever to be held in free and Common Soverign[?] and not ____? Or by the rights and Services Yielding and Laying unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of Land and to Proportionally for a Successor Greater Quantity that fifty acres the Fee Rent of one Shilling Yearly to be Paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also Cultivating and Improving three Acres part of every fifty of the Tract above mentioned within three Years after the date of these Presents Provided always that if three Years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in Arrears and unpaid or if the said William TOTTY his Heirs or Assigns do not within the space of more Years next coming after the date of these Present Cultivate and Improve three Acres or part of every fifty of the Tract above mention Then the Estate hereby Granted shall Cease and be utterly Determined and therefore it shall and maybe lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to Grant the same Land and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other Person or Persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit In Witness well loved William GOOCH Esq. Our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion as William charge under the seal of our said Colony the fifth Day of June One thousand Seven hundred and forty six In the Nineteen Year of our Reign Signed: William GOOCH Transcribed by TOTTY researcher Birdie (Totty) McNutt©2000

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source, http://www.kevindincher.com/files/Hemings1.pdf. Martha Epps father was Francis Epps; see Purse and Person; she is the d/o Sarah Kennon and Francis (Eppes) Epes Jr http://edlers.org/notes/p88.htm Col. Francis Eppes IV M, b. circa 1686, d. December 1734 Father Col. Francis Eppes III b. 1659, d. c Jan 1718/19 Mother Ann Isham b. c 1665, d. c 1718 Col. Francis Eppes IV was born circa 1686. He married Sarah Kennon, daughter of Sir Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham. Col. Francis Eppes IV died in December 1734. Family Sarah Kennon b. c 1689, d. c 1748 Children Francis Eppes b. c 1710, d. 4 Feb 1736/37 Martha Eppes+ b. 10 Apr 1712, d. 5 Nov 1748 Richard Eppes+ b. c 1714, d. 1765 Ann Eppes b. c 1716, d. 15 May 1787 William Eppes b. c 1718, d. 1 Oct 1765