Marie Pawlett^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1590 - Aft 1633  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Marie Pawlett
  Born	Abt 1590	England
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1633	Charles City Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I547451379	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family	Capt. Francis s/o Alan Eppes/Epps,   b. 15 May 1588, Ashford, Kent, England ,   d. 30 Sep 1674, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1625
  Children	+ 1. John [Pawlett] Eppes/Epps,   b. 1626,   d. 16 Oct 1679, Charles City Co., Virginia  (Age 53 years) + 2. Francis [Pawlett] 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 [Pawlett] Eppes/Epps,   b. Bef 8 Sep 1630, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F518495481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Lineage of Francis Eppes I547451378 FrancisEppes.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  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

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.angelfire.com/va/eriehome/eppsur.html K1127x WILLIAM EPES b.- 1594/5, d.- 1642/3 (went to Virginia, West Indies and back to England) sp-- MARGARET ______ d.- c. 1673/4 (came from England to Va and married William Epes there in 1623 K1127x-1 WILLIAM EPES K1127x-2 FRANCES EPES d.- 1643 K1127a FRANCIS EPES b.-1597 England, d.bef 1694 in Charles City, Va (IMMAGRANT TO VIRGINIA) sp-- MARIE PAWLETT d.- aft 1633/4 "Hundreds" in Early Colonial Virginia In the early days of the Virginia colony, it was hard to recruit settlers to leave England and travel to Virginia. Life in the New World was hard. Most immigrants were dying in the new colony - about 90% over the "Starving Time" winter of 1609-1610. The Spaniards had experienced a New World with easy-to-steal gold and silver, but by 1614 it was clear that tobacco was the most-profitable export to come from Virginia's earth... and tobacco farming was hard, hard work. The Virginia colony was a private venture, managed by the Virginia Company with the blessing of King James I. After the initial promises to make the investors rich did not pan out, the company was unable to sell new shares of stock to raise capital for shipping more people/equipment to Virginia. The labor of indentured servants was essential to tobacco production - and if most settlers died, it just meant the colony had to work even harder to recruit more people. The Virginia Company shifted gears, recognizing that one item was the most effective inducement to attract new settlers. It began to offer land, a commodity which the company had in abundance, as the incentive to recruit new laborers. Anyone paying their own expenses to Virginia, or the expenses of someone else, would receive a warrant authorizing them to survey and "patent" 50 acres of land free. In an even better offer, new investors could assemble a whole group of new settlers and start a "particular plantation" away from Jamestown. These plantations were allowed more self-government, an added inducement for a new investor to risk ("venture") their capital. (References in the early 1600's to "adventurers" are comparable to references today to "venture capitalists.") The company's chief manager in Jamestown (the governor) had control over the company's settlements. The new plantations had some autonomy, even before the formation of the first General Assembly in 1619. The new plantations were called Hundreds, reflecting an old Norman term used to divide England into administrative units after their conquest of the island. The districts (in Norman Conquest time) were sized so each could provide 100 soldiers upon command, but by the time of James I the settlements in Virginia were closer to 100 people - including women and children. Each immigrant brought to Virginia, no matter what their age or sex, entitled the investor paying their way to 100 acres of land. Bermuda Hundred was started in 1613, after the English settlers made peace with the Virginia natives - in part with Pocahontas' help. It was named after the traumatic shipwreck of the "Third Supply" bringing reinforcements to Virginia in 1609. The leaders of that expedition were shipwrecked in Bermuda and had to take their wrecked ship apart and build two smaller ships to finally get to Virginia. Shakespeare incorporated the tale into a play, The Tempest. Bermuda Hundred was initially intended to include several "hundreds" upstream and downstream of the Appomattox River. Just north of the mouth of the Appomattox, Bermuda City was founded. It was renamed Charles City to honor the king in England (hey, flattery matters...). City Point is the last remnant of that name south of the James River. The Bermuda settlements were attacked severely in 1622, when the natives abandoned their efforts at peaceful coexistence. Bermuda Hundred never gained prominence again until 1864 when a Union Army occupied it. The Federal troops came very close to capturing Petersburg and ending the Civil War, before being bottled up on the peninsula.

  
  

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  [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. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/i/p/Robin-Lipford-NC/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0361.html. John Eppes (b. 1626, d. 1679) John Eppes (son of Francis Eppes and Marie Pawlett) was born 1626, and died 1679.He married Mary Kent. Children of John Eppes and Mary Kent are: +Edward Eppes, b. Bet. 1645 - 1665. Edward Eppes (son of John Eppes and Mary Kent) was born Bet. 1645 - 1665.He married Mary Green. Children of Edward Eppes and Mary Green are: +Mary Eppes, b. Bet. 1703 - 1710, d. Aft. 1774. Mary Eppes (daughter of Edward Eppes and Mary Green) was born Bet. 1703 - 1710, and died Aft. 1774.She married John Traylor on Abt. 1726 in VA, son of William Traylor and Judith Archer. More About Mary Eppes and John Traylor: Marriage: Abt. 1726, VA. Children of Mary Eppes and John Traylor are: +Francis Traylor, b. 1730, Probably in Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., VA, d. Aft. 1810, Prince Edward Co., VA. [S170] Family Tree DNA, https://www.familytreedna.com/my/family-tree/share?k=4TVWeFk5ltiqNxxaQFOwDA%3d%3d#tp_77408879&mode=0&tp_=146542359. 1618 VA. There were 2 passenger lists with Thomas Powell, both arriving in 1618. One said Thomas Powlett, age 40 was aboard the Samson, the other said Thomas Powell was on the Neptune. Whichever, he apparently returned to England within a short time. 1621 VA. Has been identified as Thomas Powell; could be Pawlet, as in Mary Pawlet who married Francis Eppes. [S100] Internet Source, Virginia Heraldica. EPPES. Charles City county. Arms: Per fesse gules and or, a pale counterchanged, three eagles displayed of the last. Crest: On a chaplet vert flowered or, a falcon rising of the last. The above arms are on documents in the possession of the Eppes family and is also engraved on old silver which has been in the family for many generations. The arms correspond with Eppes of Canterbury. Lieut.-Col. Francis Eppes was in Virginia In 1635, bringing with him three sons, John, Francis and Thomas. The Eppes of Prince George are descended from Thom.7,s, through Col. Peter Eppes, and the Nottoway branch also descend from Col. I Peter. Francis Eppes, son of the immigrant, settled in what is now I Chesterfield. He was born about 1625 and died in 1678. He married Elizabeth, widow of William Worsham of Henrico county, by whom he had four children. The descendants of Col. Francis Eppes are very numerous in Virginia. [S160] Correspondence, Jun 21, 2024. Hi Mary Frances, Thank you so much for responding. I found your tree so helpful and wanted to show my appreciation through a donation. I started my tree 11 years ago and it was a slog, as you know. It must have taken me 20 hours to build it and I had to quit because life got in the way. I'm now getting back into it and found the technology completely changed. However, there is a lot more information out there and I'm using your tree as a baseline for finishing mine. My tree name is: Epps Family Tree_current and my user name is m_atwaterepps1. I'm not sure my line is correct, but according to what I have now, it looks like our ancestors had the same Father: Francis Epps and Mother: Elizabeth Lee . I thought about hiring someone from Ancestry, but it's a lot of fun doing it myself if I can take the time. Thanks again for your tree to help guide me. Warm regards. Margaret Atwater (Mother was Colleen Epps)