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Sarah Anne Royall[1, 2, 3]

Female 1726 - 1805  (78 years)


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  • Name Sarah Anne Royall  [4
    • Other children of Nathaniel Terry, Sr. are named in Chancery Suite dated Nov 1805. Joseph, Nathaniel Jr., Mary, wife of James Thompson, Robert and Keeble and Sarah, his wife.
    Born 17 Mar 1726  Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1805 
    Person ID I70089  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2016 

    Father Joseph William Royall,   b. Est 1688, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1733  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Sarah Povall Baxter,   b. 1690,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1720 
    Family ID F2244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr.,   b. 1724, Lunenburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1780, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1748  Chesterfield Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. Nancy Terry,   b. 12 Feb 1758, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1836, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Elizabeth Dickerson Terry,   b. 13 Jun 1760, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1800, Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    +3. Col. William Royall Terry,   b. 27 Nov 1749, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1810, Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +4. Joseph Terry,   b. 9 Sep 1753, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1817, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +5. Mary 'Polly' Terry,   b. 20 Sep 1767, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1848, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +6. Nathaniel to Kentucky Terry, Jr.,   b. 3 Dec 1755, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1837, Todd Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +7. Robert Terry,   b. 12 Jan 1770, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1826, Henderson Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 
    Family ID F518495723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Sons of the American Revolution Nancy Terry Line
    Sons of the American Revolution Nancy Terry Line
    SAR-Terry.jpg
    Sarah Ann Royall, wife of Nathaniel Terry
    Sarah Ann Royall, wife of Nathaniel Terry
    70089Sarah-Royall-Terry-A-Curren-FULL.jpg
    Nathaniel Terry Bio
    Nathaniel Terry Bio
    docNathanielTerry.jpg

    Histories
    YESTERDAY--GONE FOREVER  A Collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck  Halifax County, Virginia
    YESTERDAY--GONE FOREVER A Collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck Halifax County, Virginia
    Yesterday-GF001.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] Google Books, http://books.google.com/books?id=55I38FXWyPgC&pg=RA1-PA125&lpg=RA1-PA125&dq=Greens+%2B+Halifax+%2B+Amelia+%2B+Prince+Edward&source=bl&ots=MkuC4lMbZM&sig=R0X_u_oFD7CMRsbwNZDaE3WFag8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5ajeUuHXN8vHsASzroHwDA&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Greens%20%2B%20Halifax%20%2B%20Amelia%20%2B%20Prince%20Edward&f=false.
      Berryman Said to have married Anne Pritchard, the daughter of Anthony Pritchard, a Quaker. He is said to have met and married her at Valley Forge. She was thrown from her horse and her leg was broken and she was lame the balance of her life. Issue: Anthony Green; Ann Pritchard Green who married a Mr. Barksdale and went to Ohio; from them, General Barksdale of Confederate Army descended; Hulda Green married Col. James Thompson of Halifax, Va.; Lucy Green married Stephen Davenport and Hannah Green, who died single. After the death of Ann Pritchard, Berryman Green moved to Halifax Co., VA and married 6 Jan 1789, Nancy Terry, d/o Nathaniel Terry, who was appointed by Gov. Dinwiddie 6 May 1752, presiding justice and first sheriff of Halifax Co., and who represented Halifax Co., in the House of Burgesses from 1758-1769, then from 1769 - 1775. Also a member of the Convention of 1775 and 1776. Nathaniel Terry's wife was Sarah Royall. He died 21 Apr 1780.

    2. [S100] Internet Source, http://virginiasdescendants.com/sarah-royall/.
      Sarah Royall
      Posted on April 25, 2012

      SARAH4 ROYAL (WILLIAM3 ROYALL, JOSEPH2, JOSEPH1)1 was born February 26, 1730/31 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1806 in Halifax County, Virginia. She married COLONEL NATHANIEL TERRY, SR2 Abt. 1748 in Chesterfield County, Virginia2. He was born Abt. 1728 in Halifax County, Virginia, and died April 21, 1780 in Halifax County, Virginia3.

      More About SARAH ROYAL:
      Court record: Charles City County, Virginia4

      More About COLONEL NATHANIEL TERRY, SR:
      Burial: 1780, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia5
      Court record: Halifax County, Virginia6
      Public Office: Presiding Justice, Sheriff and Burgess (1758-1775) for Halifax County, Virginia; Member of the Convention of 1775 and 17767

      Children of SARAH ROYAL and NATHANIEL TERRY are:
      i. JOSEPH ROYAL5 TERRY, d. Abt. 1817, Halifax County, Virginia; m. SARAH COLEMAN WILLIAMS, November 02, 1783, Halifax County, Virginia8; b. 1760, Halifax County, Virginia.

      ii. ANNE TERRY, b. Halifax County, Virginia; d. February 20, 1837, Halifax County, Virginia9; m. COLONEL BERRYMAN GREEN, SR10, June 06, 1789, Halifax County, Virginia11; b. 1754, Westmoreland County, Virginia12; d. September 13, 1825, Halifax County, Virginia13.

      More About ANNE TERRY:
      Burial: 1837, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia14

      More About COLONEL BERRYMAN GREEN, SR:
      Burial: 1825, ?Thompson Place,? Halifax County, Virginia15
      Military service: Served in the Revolutionary War16,17
      Residence: Westmoreland and Halifax Counties, Virginia18

      iii. SARAH TERRY, d. Unknown; m. KEEBLE TERRY, November 05, 1787, Halifax County, Virginia19.

      iv. MARY TERRY, b. Abt. 1768, Halifax County, Virginia; d. Halifax County, Virginia; m. JAMES THOMPSON, April 26, 1786, Halifax County, Virginia19; b. Abt. 176420.

      v. WILLIAM TERRY, SR, b. Abt. 1749; d. Abt. 1810, Richmond, Virginia; m. SUSANNAH R THOMPSON, December 08, 1771, Halifax County, Virginia; b. 1754, Halifax County, Virginia; d. September 1845, Halifax County, Virginia.

      vi. CAPTAIN NATHANIEL TERRY, JR, b. Abt. 1755, Halifax County, Virginia; d. February 08, 1837, Todd County, Kentucky; m. ANN THOMPSON, December 07, 1784, Halifax County, Virginia; b. 1767, Halifax County, Virginia; d. December 1855, Logan County, Kentucky.

      vii. JAMES TERRY21.

      More About JAMES TERRY:
      Burial: Unknown, Old St John?s Church Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia22
      Public Office: Burgess for Halifax County, Virginia23

      Endnotes

      1. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 279.
      2. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 280.
      3. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127.
      4. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume V, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 279, ?Order Book, page 453, Sarah, orphan of William Royall, deceased, appeared in open court, 1747, and chose her mother, Sarah Royall, as guardian.?
      5. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.
      6. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 26, ?Nathaniel Terry, Gent. Builds a bridge, at his own expense, across Banister River.?
      7. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127.
      8. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      9. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      10. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      11. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      12. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 184.
      13. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      14. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185, 248, ?His daughter, Nancy, married Colonel Berryman Green, and, according to the statement of Mr Davis Webb, a direct descendant, they are all buried in the old ?Thompson graveyard.? (No stones to verify it.).?
      15. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 185.
      16. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      17. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 127, ?Berryman Green enlisted in the War of Revolution, when he was scarcely twenty-one years of age, and although lame from youth, in Theodorick Bland?s Regiment of Cavalry in Virginia on Continental establishment, being promoted, first, to quartermaster and then to paymaster. Afterwards he was appointed Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General for the United States in Virginia, and continued in service until April, 1779. (See records in State Library at Richmond, Va.).?
      18. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 125.
      19. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
      20. 1850 Federal Census of Halifax County Virginia, HH #543.
      21. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.
      22. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248, ?His son, James Terry, also a burgess, died suddenly while on duty in Richmond and is buried beside the church in old St John?s churchyard.?
      23. Carrington, Wirt Johnson, History of Halifax County Virginia, (Appeals Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1924), 248.

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    3. [S107] Family Histories, http://www.terry-family-historian.com/SouthsideVA/Genealogy_and_Myth.htm.

    4. [S15] Mike Terry, http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TFHJUN1982.htm.
      I received the following in a letter from H. Eugene Bovis, American Embassy,
      APO New York, NY 09697 Jan 20, 1981. I will reprint it because the documen-
      tation that goes with it is very good. RMT

      Nathaniel Terry, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Terry b. 17 Mar 1726
      d 26 Dec 1778 in Halifax Go., VA m c1747 Sarah Ann Royall, who was b.
      26 Feb 1731 at chesterfield, VA. She d 21 Nov 1805.

      Children :
      * Joseph b. 1749; m in Halifax Co 21 Nov 1783 Sarah Coleman (Williams)
      Hill; he d in 1817.
      * Nathaniel b. 2 Dec 1755; m 1784 Anne Thompson (t. .1766), mov to Todd
      Co. KY in 1821; he d 1834.
      * Elizabeth Dickerson b. 1756, m in Halifax Co. VA 26 Feb 1779
      John Martin b. 19 Nov 1751. She d in 1800. He d 7 Aug 1813 in Edgefield, SC.
      + Keeble b. 22 Apr 1759; m in Halifax Co., 5 Nov 1787, Sarah Terry.
      * Sarah b. Jun 1763.
      * William m. by 1780 Susannah Thompson, dau of William Thompson
      * Robert
      * Mary (Polly?; m. in Halifax Co., 26 Apr 1786 James Thompson.
      * Nancy m. in Halifax Co. 6 Jan 1789 Berryman Green, son of Thomas Green.
      * James

      + Other sources indicate that Sarah Terry m. Keeble Terry.

      Sources:
      Will of Nathaniel Terry. Dated June 10, 1778, proved April 21, 1780
      in Halifax Co. VA. Mentions wife Sarah and son William.

      DAR papers on Nancy Kimbrough Perkins, #462122.

      Sons of the Revolution in the State of VA, Genealogy of Members.
      Richmond: Mitchell and Hotchkiss, 1939, Thaddeus McGee Terry.

      Stella Picket Hardy. Colonial Families of the Southern States. Baltimore:
      Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965, pgs 369-370, Major John Martin.

      John Royall Harris. "The Colonial Royalls of Virginia, The Virginia
      Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 33 (1968), pg 323, Sarah
      Royall.

      Catherine L. Knorr. Marriages of Halifax County, Virginia 1753-1800.
      Pine Bluff, Ark., 1957. Marriages of John Martin and Elizabeth
      Dickerson Terry, dau. of Nathaniel Terry (Feb. 26, 1779), p. 61,
      Joseph Terry and Sarah Hill (Nov. 2, 1783), p. 90: Keeble Terry
      and Sarah Terry (Nov. 5, 1787), p. 90; Berryman Green and Nancy
      Terry (Jan. 6, 1789), p. 38; James Thompson and Polly Terry (Apr.
      26, 1786), p. 91.


    5. [S122] Genealogy. com, http://sherry.server-hosts.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I28876&tree=Roots.
      Elizabeth Dickenson Terry
      Female 1760 - 1800 (39 years)
      Name Elizabeth Dickenson Terry
      Born 13 Jun 1760 Halifax Co,
      Gender Female
      Died 28 Mar 1800 Edgefield, Abbeville, South Carolina
      Father Nathaniel Dickenson Terry, b. 11 Mar 1726, Pittsylvania, Virginia d. 26 Dec 1778, Halifax Co, Virginia (Age 52 years)
      Mother Sarah Ann Royall, b. 26 Feb 1731, Charles City, Virginia d. 21 Nov 1805 (Age 74 years)
      Married 10 Sep 1748 Chesterfield, Virginia