IMMIGRANT Capt. Francis Eppes/Epps^{[1, 2, 3]}

1588 - 1674  (86 years)

• Name	Francis Eppes/Epps  [4]
  	22 Oct. 1663-Charles City Va. Order Book Thomas Mudgett sells George Archer 125 acres in Henrico Co. WITS: James Crews, Daniel Llewellyn Francis Eppes pat land 1700 acres Hopewell, Va. His head right to get land for bringing 35 people (servants) in 1635 to Colony. one is George Archer. Francis Epes came to Va. in 1622, on the ship "Hopewell"
  Title	IMMIGRANT
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	15 May 1588	Ashford, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Sep 1674	Charles City Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I547451378	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

  Family	Marie Pawlett,   b. Abt 1590, England ,   d. Aft 1633, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	1625
  Children	+ 1. John Eppes/Epps,   b. 1626,   d. 16 Oct 1679, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 53 years) + 2. Francis Eppes/Epps, II,   b. Abt 1628, Charles City Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 23 Sep 1678, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 50 years)   3. Thomas Eppes/Epps,   b. Bef 8 Sep 1630, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F518495481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Purse and Person Adventurers Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624 Fourth Edition Compiled and Edited by John Frederick Dorman, C.G., F.A.S.G. Volume One Families A-F Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

  
  

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  		HENRICO CO., VIRGINIA DEEDS 1677-1705 Giles Carter and Associates _Henrico CoVADeeds1607-1705.pdf
  		1922 Newspaper Article Regarding the Francis Eppes Lineage EppesFrancis TheAtlanta Constitution Jan29,1922.jpg
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  		Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf

  
  

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  http://www.angelfire.com/va/eriehome/eppsur.html WILLIAM EPES b.- 1594/5, d.- 1642/3 (went to Virginia, West Indies and back to England) Souse: MARGARET ______ d.- c. 1673/4 (came from England to Va and married William Epes there in 1623 1 WILLIAM EPE 2 FRANCES EPES d.- 1643 FRANCIS EPES b.-1597 England, d.bef 1694, Charles City, Va (IMMAGRANT TO VIRGINIA) Spouse: MARIE PAWLETT d.- aft 1633/4 Henrico County Deeds: p. 522 20 Nov 1694 At Court at Varina, Presient: Mr. Thomas Cocke, Capt Peter Field, Mr. Richard Cocke, Capt. Francis Eppes, Capt William Randolph, Capt. William Farrar, R. jOHN WORSHAM. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Parents of Francis Eppes John Eppes, 1566 - 1627 Thomazine Banks or Fisher 1569 - 1625 http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6539674/person/611160080?ssrc= Francis Epps in the Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 Name: Francis Epps Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 1597 Baptism Date: 15 May 1597 Baptism Place: Kent

  
  

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  [S100] Internet Source, http://baker.canavancentral.com/Eppes.html. Captain William Eppes was from Ashford, County Kent, England, the same town where Customer Thomas Smythe, the father of Sir Thomas Smythe, Eppe's benefactor, retired. He was the older brother of the more famous Captain Francis Eppes, commander of what today is known as City Point, Virginia. William Eppes had first been sent to Virginia as the commander of Smythe's Hundred just above Jamestown in 1618. Smythe's Hundred was a plantation started by Sir Thomas Smythe, the Treasurer and Chief Executive Officer of the London Company of Virginia, a private organization of investors given the right to develop America by King James I. Ashford In Kent was only 3.5 miles from Brookland, the final home of "Customer Smythe", father of of Sir Thomas Smythe, Treasurer of the Virginia Company. Eppes had fought in the Low-Countries in 1616 and returned to Ashford in 1617, shortly before being assigned to Virginia. Our first John Baker married, as at least his third wife, Dorothy Harris, first cousin to Sir Thomas Smythe, Treasurer of The Virginia Company. Dorothy's father was Sargant John Harris, a resident and investor in the Virginia Company. The map shows the intimate little area of kent where Eppes, the Bakers of Brookland, and the Bakers of Sissinghurst lived. The younger brother of William Eppes, Captain Francis Epes, subsequently became the key military commander for the upper James River, and our John Baker settled immediately adjacent to his land at what we know today as City Point in Hopewell on the James River. By the time of his death, he sold his property which was located on a portion of Shirley plantation. Captain William Eppes (Born March 7, 1594 - will 1640) was the tenth son of John Eppes (Bc 1550-1627); and Thomasine Banks Eppes, of Ashford, near Cheriton, in County Kent, England. His sister Mary Eppes had married a William Roper, a name we later found in Virginia. Captain Eppes' father was a wealthy landowner. His grandfather was Alan Eppes of Lydd, son of John Eppes (Died 1525) of St. Clements in Old Romney. Captain William Eppes was the nephew of Thomas Eppes, the mayor of New Romney who had three children, Joanne, John, and William Eppes. Thomas Eppes, the mayor, had sons William Eppes and John Eppes. John Eppes (Circa 1560- 1603) of Brookland had a son named John Eppes (1602-1626) who left his land in 1626 to Katherine Baker, daughter of Robert Baker of Brookland. Witnesses were Robert Baker and <>Richard Baker of Brookland. John's daughter Catherine (Born 1582) married Edward Harwood, and we found a Nicholas Harwood, a cooper, adjacent to the Old plantation Creek fort in 1634. Another, Thomas Harwood, was mentioned adjacent to Baker's Point on Mulberry Island in 1624. The other son of Thomas, the mayor, was William Eppes (1554-1595) died in Brookland and had his will witnessed by Lawrence Baker of Brookland. The daughter Joanne Eppes married John Baker of Brookland, and they had six children; Thomas Baker, Thomasine Baker, and Margaret Baker born before 1571, and three others unnamed after 1571. We even found in Halteds a note (Vol 3 - 528) that a Thomas Baker (W1728) devised for benefit of poor out of rents formerly belonging to Mr Eps, lands in Old Romney and Medley. Land described as belonging to the Widow Coats. The Bakers and Eppes clearly were affiliated and the reason that we have often looked at a wedding in Ashford in 1628 between a John Baker and Eleanor Eppes. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.e-familytree.net/F257/F257109.htm#Note1. 1). Tradition says Francis Epes came to Virginia in the ship Hopewell , which name he gave to his plantation on the south bank of the James River. Francis was at first an Ensign, then Captain, and later Lieutenant Colonel of Militia. Shirley s Hundred Island is now called Eppes Island. Name: Francis Epes Note Born: Abt 1597 at Ashford, Kent, England Married: Abt 1625 at England, Kent Died: 30 Sep 1674 at Charles City, VA Father: John Epes Mother: Thomazine Fisher [S48] Ancestry Link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2174759/person/6971520966/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum. FRANCIS (EPES)3 EPPS (JOHN (EPPES)2 , ALAN (EPSE)1 ) was born May 15, 1597 in Kent, England, and died 1674 in Charles City, Virginia. He married MARIE PAULETTE. Notes for FRANCIS (EPES) EPPS: Notes for COL. FRANCIS EPPES:Francis Epes, son of John Epes of Ashford, Co. Kent, Eng, and his wife Thomazine Bankes, was baptized, 15 May 1597, according to the register of the Parish Church of Ashford; though his birth date is not given, it must have been shortly before his baptism. He came to Virginia before 1625, in which year he represented Charles City Co. in the General Assembly. He was at first an Ensign, then Captain, and later Lieutenant-Col. of Militia of that county. In 1635 he was granted 1700 acres of land (with renewal in 1638) in that part of Charles City Co. which then lay south of the James River, later Prince George, and in 1653 he received a further grant of 280 acres adjoining the larger grant, these grants being given for the transportation of a number of individuals into the Colony, includin g his three sons. In 1637, under Harvey's second administration, he was named one of four per son's resident in Virginia and fit to be called to the Council there." He was probably soon after made a member of the Council and continued to be until he death about 1658. It does not appear in extant Virginia records that Col. Epes returned to England at any time, except that the large number of head rights transported by him to Virginia would seem to have been sent from England under his personal direction. News of his father's death late in 1627 would have reached him a few weeks later. Though he was still in Virginia in March, 1628, when he was appointed to the "Commission for a monthly Court in the Upper Parts," it seems probable that he went to England some time in that year, partly for the purpose of collecting his inheritance under his father's will and partly for the purpose of gathering the company or immigrants who came to Virginia shortly after as his headrights. There is an entry in the register of the Church of St. Olave, in Hart Street, London, which says that, on 8 Sept 1630, Thomas son of Francis Eps and wife Marie, was born. This Francis Eps may have been a different person from the one under consideration but the entry is significant from the fact that in a deposition of 1665 Thomas Epes of Virginia, son of Col. Francis Epes gives his age as 35 years making his birth-year 1630, the same as Thomas Epes registered at St. Olave's. In the land patent granted Cap. Francis Epes (as he then was), for the transportation of sundry persons , including his sons John, Francis and Thomas. It is stated that all of them came over in a Spanish frigate in 1629. This is a date which conflicts with the fact that Thomas, born in 1630 , was brought to Virginia as one of his father's head rights. He must have come from England in order to qualify. His brothers may have been born in Virginia, and probably were, but could be counted as head rights by going to England and returning to Virginia. Since the deposition of Francis says he was born in 1628, it must have been in Virginia where his father was then living. It is a surmise, but seems logical, that the broad statement that "all of th em came over in a Spanish frigate in 1629," means that Captain Francis Epes and his immediate family, who followed a year or so later. There is no reference to Captain Epes in Virginia records so far discovered from March 1628, when he was appointed a Commissioner of Justice in "the Upper Parts," until 1631, when he was appointed a Commissioner for the counties of Charles City and Henrico, giving an interval of two years or more which he could have spent profitably in England in organizing his expedition of immigrants. If it was essential for him to accompany this group, he could have left his wife and small children in England and returned to them after seeing his head rights safely landed in Virginia. Besides the work entailed by the organization of the expedition, we can imagine that Cap. Epes found other work to do in London. As a person familiar with conditions in Virginia, so recently taken over by the Regal Government from the London Company, under which he had first served, his knowledge of conditions in the newly settled country would have been useful to Colonial officials living in London and would have found himself frequently in consultation with them. From the will of Cap. Thomas Pawlett, dated 12 Jan 1643/44, we know that Francis Epes' wife accompanied him to Virginia. Capt. Pawlett bequeathed his lands to his brother, the second Lord Pawlett; to Captain Epes, one of the overseers of his will, he gave his drum; to Mrs. Epes, he gave his Bible and twenty shillings for a ring; and to their son Francis, who was his godson, he gave some silver plate. The virile characteristics of Francis Epes, energetic, courageous Kentish man, were transmitted to his two older sons, who in their generation, filled places in their communities similar to the position he had hewened for himself in the primitive colonial life of early Virginia with its sparse population, the difficulties of obtaining food and other necessaries of life, and constant danger from unfriendly Indians. The third son , Thomas, was living in 1665, as we know by his deposition, but we have no later information about him. Of Francis Epes' wife, we know no more than we learn in the will of Captain Thomas Pawlett, unless we conclude that she was Marie, wife of Francis Eps, whose son Thomas' s birth was registered in 1630 in the Church of St. Olave, London. Even that gives little additional information. There is no evidence that there were other children of this marriage than those named at head rights, since individuals of whom we have knowledge in the third generation can easily be accounted for as children of the two eldest sons of Francis Epes. There may have been daughters (whose family name would have been lost in marriage) of whom we can learn nothing about without records. The mortality rate was high in those early days of Virginia, as it was elsewhere, even in England, and it seems reasonable to conclude that only two of the children of Francis Epes left children to continue the name. The Church of St. Olave, in Harts Street on the east side of Mark Lane and near the Tower of London, is interesting as having survived the Great Fire of 1666. The picturesque interior contains a number of curious old tombs, including those of Samuel Pepys (died 1703) and his wife. The skulls over the gate of the churchyard in Seething Lane are said to commemorate thew fact that many per sons who died of the plague in 1665 are buried here, but this tradition is not supported by t he burials-register of the church. Tradition says Francis Epes came to Virginia in the ship Hopewell, which name he gave to his plantation on the south bank of the James River. Hotten gives sailings of the Hopewell in 1622, 1623 and 1624, but does not list Francis Epes among the passengers. However, Hotten's Lists are admittedly incomplete. Maude Pirtle Taylor Notes: Lt. Col. Francis Eppes, died 1656. Said to have been of an armorial family; from England to Prince George Co., VA 1625; patented 1700 acres in Charles City Co., 1635; received head rights for transportation of himself, 3 sons and 30 servants; settled on lands at junction of James and Appomattox Rivers still held by family; commr., 1632; burgess, 4 terms; justice for Charles City Co., VA., 1639-1645; Capt and Lt. Col . Virginia troops; member Royal Council, 1652; m. in England. (Ref : Compendium of Am. Genealogy, Vol VII p. 849). Ref. Compendium of American Genealogy, VOL VII p. 101 Francis Eppes see above John (d. 1680) of Charles City, Co., VA m. Mary Daniel (probably son of John) Daniel (1672-1753, of Surry Co., V A, m. Mary 1676-1755 Edward d. 1780, of Sussex Co., VA.; m. ca 1738 Mary Anderson b. ca 172 1; James 8, m Mary, dau of Geo. Jordan of Surry Co. VA Anne b. 1743 m Thomas Gibbons 1734 -1809 or Charles Parish, York Co. , VA and Hawkins Co., TN see Vol. VI Elizabeth b 1774, Ma j James Chisholm 1774- 1835 Capt Elijah6) Mary Ann 1795-1853, m 1810 John Johnson 1790-185 2 Lavinia Johnson, m. John D. Thomas; Paris, Lmar Co. TX Mattie Thomas, m. Travis C. Henderson Fanny Henderson, m. Geo. A. Russ, Jan 8 1903 at Austin TX The above is copy of records of Mrs. Fanny Henderson Russ, of Eureka Springs, AR These notes were copied from the work of Patrick Anderson, via internet: Notes for Francis Eppes: Francis came to Virginia with two brothers, William and Peter before 1625. He was a burgess from Charles City County in the assembly of 05/10/1625. Member of the Virginia Council in 1637. His original patent was at City Point, Virginia called Appomattox Manor. Is now a National Park, the ranger can be reached as RangerTB@aol.com. Francis Eppes 08/26/1635 1700 acres Charles City County On the Appomattox River. Bibliography "Francis Eppes, His Ancestors and Descendants" , Eva Turner Clark "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1625", Annie Lash Jeste r and Martha Woodroof Hiden, Order of the First Families of Virginia, 1607-1620, 1956. "Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia", Volume One, Edited by, John Frederick Dorman, Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, 1992. http://www.2fools .net/book-1/0009-0005.html#CHILD5 Child of FRANCIS EPPS and MARIE PAULETTE is: i. JOHN4 EPPS, b. 1626, Kent, England; d. 1679. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://genforum.genealogy.com/epps/messages/1726.html. Epps Family Genealogy Forum Re: Mary Epps of Henrico Co Va Posted by: Robert Thomas (ID *****9946) Date: September 06, 2012 at 06:48:31 In Reply to: Mary Epps of Henrico Co Va by ollie clarke of 1752 The year of birth might suggest a previously unknown daughter of Capt. Francis Epes. I know of only 3 boys: John, Francis, and Thomas. I haven't seen his will. Descendants of Capt Francis EPES 1 Capt Francis EPES b: 15 May 1597 in Ashford, Kent ENG d: Aft. 04 Oct 1668 in Charles City Co. VA .. +Marie PAWLETT b: Abt. 1605 in ENG m: Abt. 1626 d: Aft. 1643 in VA ........ 2 Lt. Col John EPPES b: 1626 d: Aft. 16 Oct 1679 in Charles City Co. VA ............ +Mary KENT b: Aft. Jan 1625 in Prince George Co. VA m: Abt. 1645 in Charles City Co. VA Father: Humphrey KENT Mother: Joane unknown ................... 3 William EPPES b: 1644 in Prince George Co. VA d: 1704 ....................... +Elizabeth unknown b: Abt. 1655 ................... *2nd Wife of William EPPES: ....................... +Sarah WALPOLE b: Abt. 1648 in Prince George Co. VA ............................. 4 Sarah EPPES b: Abt. 1671 ................................. +James PACE b: Abt. 1670 in Charles City Co. VA m: Abt. 1704 d: 1727 in Bertie Co. NC Father: Richard PACE Mother: Mary KNOWLES ................... 3 Francis EPPES b: 1646 d: 1673 ................... 3 John EPPES b: Abt. 1648 d: Bef. 11 Jun 1722 ................... 3 Edward EPPES b: 1656 in Henrico Co. VA d: Aft. 28 Apr 1730 ....................... +Mary GREEN b: Abt. 1652 in VA m: Bef. 03 Aug 1692 d: Bef. 03 Aug 1692 ................... 3 Daniel EPPES b: Abt. 1671 in Surry Co. VA d: 06 Jan 1753 in Surry Co. VA ....................... +Mary JORDAN b: Abt. 1676 in VA d: 13 Jun 1755 ........ 2 Lt. Col Francis EPPES b: Abt. 1628 in Henrico Co. VA d: 02 Dec 1678 in Henrico Co. VA, bur. Shirley Hundred Island VA ............ +Elizabeth LITTLEBERRY b: 19 Nov 1627 in Essex ENG m: Abt. 1659 in Henrico Co. VA d: 23 Sep 1678 in Bermuda Hundred,Henrico Co. Colonial VA Father: Robert LITTLEBERRY Mother: Jane Marie BROUGHTON ................... 3 Col Francis EPPES b: 1659 in Shirley Hundred, Henrico VA d: Jan 1718 in Henrico VA ....................... +Anne ISHAM b: 1665 in King and Queen Co. VA m: 1685 in Shirley Hundred, Henrico VA d: 1718 Father: Henry ISHAM Mother: Katherine BANKS ............................. 4 Elizabeth EPPES ............................. 4 Isham EPPES ............................. 4 Mary EPPES ............................. 4 William EPPES ............................. 4 Francis EPPES b: 1686 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield VA d: Dec 1734 in Henrico VA ................................. +Sarah KENNON b: 1689 in Conjuror's Neck, Henrico Co. VA m: Abt. 1709 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield VA d: 1748 in Charles City Co. Colonial VA Father: Dr Richard KENNON Mother: Elizabeth WORSHAM ............................. 4 Ann EPPES b: 1702 in Conjuror's Neck, Henrico VA ................................. +Col William KENNON b: 1685 in Conjuror's Neck, Henrico VA m: in Conjuror's Neck, Henrico VA d: 1735 in Bristol, Henrico VA Father: Dr Richard KENNON Mother: Elizabeth WORSHAM ............................. 4 Sarah EPPES b: 1702 in Henrico Co. VA ................................. +William POYTHRESS b: 1694 in Charles City Co. VA m: Abt. 1725 in Prince George Co. VA d: 18 Jan 1763 in Dinwiddie Co. VA, bur. Blandford Cem. Petersburg Father: John POYTHRESS Mother: Christian PEEBLES ................... 3 Mary EPPES b: Abt. 1660 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield Virginia Colony d: 1698 in Henrico Co. Virginia Colony ....................... +Capt Joseph ROYALL b: 1646 in Henrico Co. Virginia Colony m: Abt. 1681 in Henrico Co. VA d: Bef. 07 May 1722 in Henrico Co. Virginia Colony Father: Joseph ROYALL Mother: Katherine BANKS ................... 3 William EPPES b: Abt. 1662 ................... 3 Littleberry EPPES, Lt. Col. b: Abt. 1664 in Henrico Co. VA d: 1743 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield VA ....................... +Elizabeth Angelica LLEWELLYN b: Abt. 1670 m: Abt. 1690 in Charles City Co. VA Father: Daniel LLEWELLYN, Capt Mother: Jane STITH ............................. 4 Llewellen EPPES ........ 2 Thomas EPPES b: Bef. 08 Sep 1630 http://genforum.genealogy.com/epps/messages/1726.html