Peterson Family- Urvin, Hicks, Thweatt, Rives
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[There's some info relating to Robert Hicks, son of Captain Robert, the Indian Trader, (Captain Robert is the son of Robert, the Taylor) plus other families related to Hicks. I've not included the end of this article as it drifts away from the lines pertaining to the Hicks family. A deed in 1701 to John Poythress notes that his neighbor was Robert Hix, Sr., the taylor, who purchased land from Hugh Lee. John Evans Sr.'s son, Captain John Evans married Sarah Batte. John Hicks married Rebecca Rives (Rebeckah Rieves) see his will.]
Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia 1927 -
[Elizabeth Urvin of St Andrew's Parish, Brunswick county for natural affection, to her son in law Robert Hicks, Jr., of Brunswick county. 420 acres in Brunswick county on south side of Meherrin River, adjoining John Peterson, William Auldridge, . . . ]
THE PETERSON FAMILY
by Claiborne T. Smith, Jr. 1990
A study of the Peterson family of southside Virginia appeared in Historical Southern Families , volume 1, by John B. Boddie (1957). (This will be referred to henceforth as Boddie.] Since that time much new information has become available and sections of the Boddie article are now found to be in error.
The family descends from John Peterson who died in 1675 in the part of Charles City County which became Prince George County after 1702. John Herbert Peterson (1775-1830) of "Spring Garden" in Prince George County wrote a memoir in 1823 on both the Peterson and Claiborne (his mother's) families. [This will be cited hereafter as Memoir.] He was the great-great-grandson of the immigrant John Peterson. He stated from papers then in his possession that it appeared his ancestor came to Virginia in 1660 or 1670 from Great Britain. This memoir edited by Clayton Torrence. was published in the William and Mary Quarterly , 2nd series, volume 2. Appended as a footnote was mention of the naturalization of John and Christian Peterson in 1670 by the colonial government of Virginia. No further information was given on these individuals, and Torrence did not make any judgment about their connection with John of Charles City. However, the mention was sufficient to lead many to assume that the John, naturalized in 1670, was the same as John of Charles City. There is no reason to doubt the ancestry in Memoir and Peterson is a fairly common English surname, one John Peterson being claimed in 1675 as an headright of Thomas Cocke in Henrico County (Nugent 2-165).
John Peterson married Elizabeth, the daughter of Col. Henry Soane. See Henry Soane - Progenitor of Thomas Jefferson. Dabney Neff McLean (1985). The will of Henry Soane has been lost, but it may be inferred that he devised a 400 acre tract known as the "sawmill divident" to his two daughters Judith and Elizabeth. The property was located at the falls of Swift Creek in what is now Chesterfield County. John Peterson died early in 1679. On 13 February of that year Abraham Odium and his wife petitioned the Charles City County court, stating that John was recently deceased and, before his death, had said that said Odium should have the care of his children and their estates (Boddie 158). It would appear that Elizabeth Soane Peterson had died before her husband. This record proves the existence of other children besides son John. It seems likely that Elizabeth, the wife of Nathaniel Urvin of Prince George County was a daughter. She was later closely associated with John Peterson in Isle of Wight County. There may have been others. Burrell and Jeremiah Brown, presumed brothers, were provided for in the 1731 will (Isle of Wight Co. ) of John Peterson. It has been suggested, but without evidence, that they were the sons of y«o another daughter of the first John Peterson.
According; to the Bristol Parish Register Chenceforth BPRl , Nagdaline, the daughter of Israel Peterson, was born 21 Nov. 1740. Israel later appeared in Amelia County, VA.- and eventually in upper South Carolina. There is no evidence that he was related to the John Peterson family.
JOHN[1] AND ELIZABETH SOANE PETERSON had issue;
1. John[1]-- Peterson, ca. 1674-1731
2. Elizabeth[1] Peterson, died 1736, married Nathaniel Urvin
John[1] Peterson was born by 1674, as he shared in the division of the sawmill divident in Henrico Co. that he hadinherited from his mother. For the first fifty years of his life, he lived at his father's original settlement on Bailey's Creek in Prince George Co. , a little south of the present city of Hopewell. The 1704 quit rent roil lists him with tracts of 428 and 373 acres in Prince George Co. His probable marriage to a daughter of Capt. Henry Batte (1646-1700) and a possible second marriage to a widow Brown are discussed in Boddie, p. 158. It may be of significance that the name Martha Peterson appears frequently in the descendants of his daughter Anne Peterson Thweatt [see this magazine, henceforth listed as SSV, vol. 7, p. 24j . Peterson was unmarried when he deeded land in 1723.
Late in 1710, the area between the Nottoway and Meherrin rivers was opened to settlement by the Virginia government (Henings . vol. 4, p. 546). There was a great rush for these lands and John Peterson received his first grant on the Meherrin in 1715 in what was then Isle of Wight Co. (Nugent 3-180). Also in that year, he assisted in the resettling of the Saponi Indians at Fort Christiana some distance west in Brunswick. Co. In 1720 he received a special grant for this service (Nugent 3—225). By grant and purchase he amassed almost 4000 acres in the Meherrin area before his death in 1731. Prince George Co. deeds show that he moved to these new lands late in 1723. On 12 Nov. 1723 he deeded to John Fitzgerald the Froghole Mill on Bailey's Creek in Prince George Co. with three adjacent tracts-a total of 118 acres. On 24 Jan. 1724 as a resident of Isle of Wight Co., he deeded to his son Johns Peterson. Jr. 100 acres at the head of Froghole Mill Pond, with an acre across the westerly run. This appears to have been another potential mill site. On 3 Oct. 1726, John Peterson of Isle of Wight sold to William Pride 208 acres in Henrico Co. on the north side of Swift Creek, being the upper half of the sawmill divident (Henrico County, Virginia. Deeds. 1706-1737. B. B. Weisiger, 1985). Peterson's new settlement was on Goose Pond near Dutchman's Meadow in the extreme eastern portion of the present Greensville Co. , a few miles west of the Meherrin River. This was a section of Isle of Wight Co. that shortly after his death was added to Brunswick Co. and was located about 60 miles from his previous residence in Prince George Co.
John[1] Peterson made his will on 1 March 1731. It was recorded on 24 Jan. 1732 in Isle of Wight Co. Torrence included an abstract in Memoir. In addition to his children and a grandson John Eppes, he made small legacies to John Smith and Matthew Parham and substantial bequests to Burrell and Jeremiah Brown. The latter two were listed first in his will prompting suggestions that they were either nephews or step-sons. Extensive research has failed to locate any clues to establish a relationship. Certain bequests of personal property suggest that they were starting out in life and were probably members of the Peterson household. The homeplace was devised to Burrell Brown who was married to Peterson's probable[3] neice Mary Urvin.
Another hint as to a possible relationship cones in the will of an otherwise unidentified Susannah Wallace in 1757. She died testate in Brunswick. Co. mentioning among numerous other legatees - Jeremiah Brown, John Peterson, and Martha, wife of Timothy Thorpe. They were listed together in that order. Burrell Brown was deceased (1750); John and Martha the children of Batte Peterson, deceased (1751). Their remaining sibling Mary Hicks was dead. This is the only hint among surviving records of a blood connection between the Petersons and Browns.
BROWN EXCURSUS. Burrell Brown married Mary Urvin and will be discussed below. According to Brunswick. Co. order books, Jeremiah Brown obtained permission to build a grist mill on Fountain's Creek in 1755. He was also a carpenter and in 1753 was paid by the county for building a bridge across Fountain's Creek at Peterson's. At Sept. 1759 court, he was discharged form building a bridge over the Meherrin River at Hicks Ford. Jeremiah Brown disappears from the Brunswick Co. records after 1763, probably moving to South Carolina. One of the naxae is a member of High Kill Meeting House on the Santee near Statesboro. He died intestate in 1782 leaving a widow Elizabeth and a son William as administrators. Her identity is not known. From South Carolina deeds he appears to be the father of: Robert; Burrell; Henry; and Mary, wife of James Clark and mother of Isham Clark. One Urvin Brown married Sarah, a daughter of Richard Bradford, and died intestate in Claremont Co., SC in 1817. He is probably a member of this family. One Jaraes Brown is a witness to many Peterson and Brown family deeds and wills, but no connection with either family has been established.
John[3] Peterson and wife unknown had issue:
1. John[3] Peterson — see later.
2. Batte[3] Peterson — see later.
3. Mary[3] Peterson — see below.
4. Judith[3] Peterson married John Thweatt (SS\/, vol.7, p. 135)
5. Anne[3] Peterson married James Thweatt (SSV, vol.7, p. 24)
6. Tabitha[3] Peterson married John Eppes. At the time of his death he was living in Charles City Co. where an inventory of his estate was ordered on 1 July 1725 (Charles City Co. Records 1724—31, p.AO). Tabitha did not Ions survive him as accounts of both estates were returned by William Eppes, administrator on 2, Nov. 1726 (Ibid. . pp. 135-138). John and Tabitha had only one child, a son John[] Eppes, born in 1723. At Nov. 1737 court, John Eppes, son and orphan of John and Tabitha chose Benjamin Harrison as his guardian (Charles City Co. Order Book 1735—51, p. 21). At April 1740 court, administration on the estate of John Eppes, deceased was granted to William Cryer, the nearest of kin appearing in court relinquishing their right thereto (I bid. , p. 125). John Eppe[3] had been devised 500 acres of land and slaves in the will of his grandfather John Peterson. On his death without issue, the bequest reverted by will to his uncles John and Batte Peterson.
SPAIN EXCURSUS- Mary[3] Peterson (John[2], John[1]) married William Spain, the son of John Spain, who was listed with 116 acres in the Prince George Co. 1704 quit rent roll. On 17 Aug. 1720 John was granted 287 acres in Prince George Co. on the west side of Whipponock Creek (Nugent 3—224). This land seems to have been inherited by Wiliiam Spain. According to the Bristol Parish Vestry Book, he and John Ellington were ordered to procession the land between Whipponock and Namozine creeks on several occasions between 1727 and 1733. This area is in the north central section of what became Dinwiddle Co. in 1754. The Spain family continued to own land on the Wnipponock for the next hundred years. According to the Dinwiddle Co. land tax lists in 1S07, Abraham, the son of John Peterson Spain, owned 143 acres on that creek and, in 1815, Captain Stephen Spain, then living in Tennessee, was taxed on land on the Whipponock, described as being 16 miles north of Dinwiddle Court House.
Mary[3] Peterson and William Spain had issue (BPR):
1. John[4] Spain born 1721.
2. William[4] Spain born 1723.
3. Joshua[4] Spain born 1725.
4. Eliza[4] Spain born 1731.
5. Batte Peterson[4] Spain born 1733.
There were undoubtedly other children who do not appear in the register. A strong possibility is Daniel Spain who was granted 239 acres on 12 June 1761 in Dinwiddle Co. adjoining William Watkins (formerly John Ellington), Thomas Hill, William Spain, and John Nexjman (Dinwiddle Co. Surveyor's Plat Book, 1755-1865).
The descendants of William and Marys (Peterson) Spain are difficult to work out as the early Dinwiddle Co. records have been destroyed. Fifteen Spains appear on the 1782 Dinwiddle Co. land tax lists, but it is uncertain whether all of them are descendants of Mary Peterson. Specifically designated in some of the lists were John and Daniel, sons of Batte, and William, son of John. Many of the family moved as a group to Champaign Co., OH in 1805, including a John Peterson Spain.
According to genealogists of the Eppes family, four brothers- Isham, John, Joshua, Peterson Eppes— were probably the sons of a William Eppes in Dinwiddle Co. As both the nanes Joshua and Peterson appear in the Eppes family for the first time, it has been suggested that their mother was a Spain, possibly a daughter of Mary Peterson and William Spain. Peterson Eppes died in 1631 leaving a son Daniel Spain Eppes (17S7-1863) further hinting at this posited relationship. In aadition to Daniel, Peterson Eppes had five other children, including Mary Elizabeth (1786-1623) who married Patrick Henry Poythress. The were the parents of William Peterson Poythress (1810-1863) of Richmond, founder in 1936 of the pharmaceutical company bearing his name.
Elizabeth[2] Peterson (John[1]) married Nathaniel Urvin of Prince George Co. He appears in that county in the 170A quit rent roll with 150 acres. Nothing is known of his antecedents. In July 1717, Robert Hicks of Surry and David Crawley, Richard Jones, and Nathaniel Urvin of Prince George were licensed to trade with the western Indians (Calendar of State Papers , vol.1, p. 155). On 13 Feb. 1715, Urvin sold to David Crawley two land parcels totalling 108 acres, on which Urvin resided- his wife Elizabeth relinquishing her dower (Prince George Co. Wills S Deeds, 1713-28, p. 55). There is no further record of Nathaniel Urvin and his date of death is unknown. On 20 Feb. 1723 Elizabeth Urvin of Prince George Co. was granted 420 acres in Isle of Wight Co. on the south side of the Meherrin, adjoining John Peterson and William Auldridge, near the lower end of Goose Pond (Nugent 3-259). It would appear that she joined her presumed brother John Peterson in his move south. The Mary Urvin who patented 100 acres on the Nottoway in 1724 (Ibid., p. 278) was probably her youngest daughter. Elizabeth Urvin's will, dated 1726, was recorded in Brunswick Co. in 1738. She mentioned her three daughters and devised to her son-in-law Robert Hicks all of her land. The will was witnessed by John Peterson, Batte Peterson, and Mathew Parhare. In 1733 she deeded to Hicks the land he was bequeathed in the will, being the same tract she was granted in 1723.
Eiizabeth[2] Peterson and Nathaniel Urvin had issue:
1. Puny[3] Urvin married Thomas Wilson of Henrico and Brunswick counties. No record after 1736.
2. Mary[3] Urvin married 1) Burrell Brown 2) Col. John Wall. see later.
3. Elizabetha Urvin [3] married Robert Hicks- see later.
Mary[3] Urvin married Burrell Brown, mentioned in the will of John Peterson in 1731. Brown was a surveyor in Brunswick Co. in 1737 and a justice in 1746 (Brunswick Co. order books). He and his wife sold land in Brunswick in 1733. The will of Burrell Brown was dated Jan. 1750 and recorded shortly thereafter. He mentioned his wife Mary, underage son Urvin, and daughter Betty. There was also a bequest to a [Unitara?] Wood, relationship not stated. His wife and friend Nathaniel Hicks were appointed executors, and the witnesses were Batte Peterson, Jeremiah Brown, and Thomas Rives.
Marys Urvin and Burrell Brown had issue;
1. Urvin[4] Brown married Mary[4] Thweatt, daughter of John and Judiths Peterson Thweatt. See SSV. Vol. 7, p. 168.
2. Elisabeth[4] Brown married in Brunswick. Co. on 21 Sept. 1759 John Cooke, John Peterson, surety, and Batte Peterson, witness. They moved to Fairfield Co., SC. See Southside Virginia Families , John B. Boddie (1955), vol.1, p. 164.
Mary[2] Urvin Brown married secondly Col. John Wall. John Wall died testate in Brunswick Co. in 1761. His will, dated in 1752, mentioned his wife Mary "lately married to Burrell Brown" and son George who was left 1000 acres. The daughter Mary was not mentioned, fixing her birthdate after 1752. Mary Urvin Brown— Wall died testate in 1763. Her will mentions sons— George Wall and Urvin Brown, daughters- Betty Cooke and Mary Wall, grandson Burrell Cooke.
Mary[2] Urvin and John Wall and had issue:
3. George[3]Wall seems to have died without issue in 1768, intestate in Brunswick Co.
4.. Mary[2] Wall seems to have married John Madin. He died testate in 177S in Brunswick Co. He had been the executor of her half-brother Urvin Brown in 1776 and of his widow in 1778.
Mary-*(?) Wail and John Madin had issue:
1. Irwin[3] Madin died without issue in Greensville Co. in 1797.
2. Edmunds Madin married Elizabeth Pettway on 27 Dec. 1737 in Greensville Co..
3. Janes Madin married Richard Stith.
4. Marys Madin married in Greensville Co. in 1788 John Mason. He d. s. p. in 1733 in Greensville Co. She married secondly in 1795 Ira Ellis,
Elizabeth[3] Urvin (Elizabeth[2] Peterson, John[1]) married Robert Hicks, the son of [Captain] Robert Hicks- the Indian trader for whom Hick's Ford was named- and his first wife Winifred Evans. The Brunswick Co. will of Robert Hicks, Jr. was dated in 1736 and recorded in 1737. That of his widow was dated in 1739 and recorded in 1740. When Elizabeth's estate was divided in 1742, the daughter Winifred had married a Rives.
Issue of Elizabeth[3] Urvin and Robert Hicks:
1. Nathaniel[4] Hicks- of whom later,
2. Winifred[4] Hicks married Rives.
3. Martha[4] Hicks untraced.
4. Sarah[4] Hicks untraced.
5. Mary[4] Hicks untraced.
6. Elizabeth[4] Hicks married Thomas Lanier (1722-1805), according to Mrs. Cailstairs Bracey's study of the Hicks family.
RIVES EXCURSUS.
It is probable that the Winifred above was the first wife of Robert Rives of Prince George Co. whose will was dated in 1772 and recorded in 1774. A copy of the will was found in a Greensville Co. suite- thus surviving the destruction of the Prince George Co. records. It is published in Reliques of the Rives, J. R. Childs (1929), p. 311. The author assumed that as the wife mentioned in the will was named Elizabeth, she was Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth. However, as noted above, Elizabeth is said to have married Thomas Lanier. It would thus appear that after the death of Winifred, Rives married secondly an Elizabeth, surname unknown.
Issue of Winifred[4] Hicks and Robert Rives:
1. Williams Rives. He had one child: Robert Hicks[6] Rives.
2. Nathaniel[5] Rives. He moved to Chester Co. , SC.
3. Urvin[5]Rives. Died without issue.
4. Martha[5] Rives married William Fox and had issue, including Winifreds Fox, who married in Greensville Co. in 1781, James Robinson.
Nathaniel* Hicks, only son of Robert and Elizabeth Urvin Hicks, lived in Brunswick County most of his life. However, there is no record of his estate and the date of his death is not known. He witnessed the will of his cousin Urvin Brown in Brunswick Co. in 1776 and he was dead by 1732. He married first a second cousin, the daughter of Batte Peterson of Brunswick Co. died 1751). Her name is presumed to have been Mary, as Nathaniel and Mary Hicks sold land in 1749. In the loose estates papers for Brunswick Co. there is an undated receipt for a third of Batte Peterson's personal estate paid to Robert Hicks, son of Nathaniel Hicks, the widow's dower having been previously deducted. It would appear Mary had died by that time and Robert was her only issue. Nathaniel Hicks may be the same person who married by 1768 Charity, the daughter of Henry and Fortune (Maget) Watkins of Surry Co. There is no record of issue by this marriage.
Roberts Hicks[6], son of Nathaniel, married first Angelina Goodwyn. He had bought land in Bute Co., NC, and, when he sold this land in 1774, they were living in Craven Co., SC. Angelina Hicks was mentioned as daughter in the will of William Goodwyn, Sr., dated 1783, and probated in 1784 in Camden District, SC. [See: A History of Richland County. SC, Edwin L. Green (1932)]. William Goodwyn was born in Virginia. Robert Hicks had one daughter by Angelina - Marys Hicks. He appears to have divorced Angelina, which was against South Carolina law at the time.
This may have prompted his return to Virginia. Robert Hicks married secondly Mary Greenway, daughter of Dr. James Greenway, and sister of the wives of his cousins John and Kinchen Peterson. There was one child by this second marriage: Martha Dixon Greenway[6] Hicks. The will of Robert Hicks, dated 1736, was recorded in 1798 in both Greensville Co. , VA and Richland Co., SC Hicks Chappel had the management of the South Carolina property. The will mentions his wives Angelina and Mary and his daughters Marys and Martha D. G.[6] Hicks. The widow Mary Hicks married secondly in 1799 in Greensville Co. Braxton Robinson. They had one child — Mary G. Jane Robinson who married in 1821 in Greensville Co. to Charles W. Johnston.
Robert Hick's daughter Mary[6] Hicks married in SC Peter Chambliss and eventually left him. She married secondly John Watson in 1734 in Greensville Co. , VA. There was no issue by either marriage. There was subsequent litigation over "New Market," the plantation devised to Mary by her father, when Watson's sister Hepzibah tried to sell it in 1820.
Martha D.G.[6] Hicks, only issue by the second marriage of Robert Hicks, married in 1808 in Greensville Co. to Richard H. Avery. They had only one child - Mary J. G. Avery. She married in Greensville Co. in 1825 to George Smith. Martha D.G. Avery
died testate in Greensville Co. in 1828, mentioning the following heirs: daughter Mary J. G.[7]Smith, wife of George; niece Sally Greenway Johnston; nephew Charles William Johnston; former guardian Capt . Braxton Robinson; sister Mary Jane Johnston; granddaughter Martha Rebecca[6] Smith; aunt Martha Peterson; and Richard Henry Avery.
J0HN[3] PETERSON (J0HN[2] JOHN[1]) was born circa 1684 and died in November of 1773. He remained in Prince George County in 1723 when his father and brother Batte moved to Isle of Wight County. He was of age by 1717, when a Prince George Co. deed referred to his father as John Peterson, Sr. According to Memoir, he lived at "Spring Garden" on Bailey's Creek. When the tract was inherited by his grandson John Herbert Peterson by 1797, it contained 817 acres (Prince George Surveyor's Record, 1796—1824, p. 20). The property was originally owned by the Batte family and it is not known when the Petersons acquired it, or whether it was the residence of the first John Peterson (d. 1879). According to a Charles City Order Book, in 1654, William Batte recorded t'nat his brothers Thomas and Henry had an equal interest with him in the plantation in Charles City Co. commonly called "Spring Garden. " In 1702 it fell into the new county of Prince George. Peterson deeds regarding the place in 1872 refer to a half acre reserved as a graveyard (Prince George Co. Deed Book 23, pp. 331, 450). Doubtless many generations of the fairdly lie buried there, but only three tombstones are extant - John Herbert Petsrson (1776-1830), his wife Mary Herbert Harrison (1766-1833), and Virginia Ann Thweatt (1800-1824), the first wife of their son John Peterson. The original house, shown on early maps as being on the old courthouse road, disappeared
many years ago.
John[3] Peterson and his first wife Frances, whose identity is unknown, had two children listed in the B. P. R. : Nathaniel[ ]
b. 1720 and William- b. 1723, both of whom died young. By 1731 John had married Martha, the daughter of James and Judith
(Soane) Thweatt. (S.S.V. , VII, # 1-52). It was argued in Boddie, p. 160 that these two marriages might indicate two
separate generations but a careful study of existing records indicate that the same John was involved. Boddie also suggested that Frances, the first wife of John Peterson may have been an Eppes but no supportive evidence has been found.
According to Memoir John died in Nov, . 1773. His will, now lost, was referred to in a 1775 Brunswick deed from his son Thomas to John Sturdivant, Jr. Memoir states John Peterson and Martha Thweatt had three sons and three daughters.
1. Peter Peterson see below
2. Mary[*] Peterson m. Francis Poythress of whom later.
3. Frances[ ] Peterson b. 1745 B. P. R. m. Joseph Parsons and d. s. p.
4. Thomas[*] Peterson m. Elizabeth Claiborne of whom later
5. Martha[*] Peterson m. Robert Batte of whom later
6. John[4] Peterson, d.s.p. age 24 Va. Gazette of 24 Feb. 1773.
Peter-* Peterson (Johns, Johns, John) , the eldest son,
married Lucy Osborne, daughter of Edward Osborne of Chesterfield
(1710—1781) and his wife Elizabeth Eppes. Peter lived in
Dinwiddle County and was dead before the 1782 tax lists when his
widow Lucy was listed with 600 acres. According to the same
source, she died in 1805. In 1808 her grand-daughter Sally G. Thweatt was taxed on 131 acres conveyed by the Lucy Peterson
estate.
Issue of Peter* and Lucy (Osborne) Peterson.
1. Lucy Osbornes Peterson ro. James Thweatt. See S.S.V . VII #1, p. 32 for descendants. .
2. Elizabeths Peterson m. Peterson Goodwyn, a cousin. See S.S.V. VII #4, p.lTO for issue.
Mary* Peterson (John[3], John[2] , John[1] ) , m. Francis
Poythress. He cannot be differentiated from several
contemporaries of the same name. His will, dated 10 Dec. 1796
and recorded in Dinwiddle, mentioned his wife who is not named
and his daughter Mary Petersons Randolph. [ Some Mills From the
Burn e d Counties of Va , W. L. Hopkins (1987)]. Francis and Mary* (Peterson) Poythress also had a son Francis^ who served in the
Revolution and d.s.p. at age 24. See Memoir and U.S. periston records.
Mary F'et.ersons Poythrervs (c. 1767-1841) rticirried about 177^
Henry Randolph V. (1757-1841), a descendant of Henry Randolph I
and -Judith Scane, ssister to Eiizabsth, the wife of the first
John Peterson. I^Jary and Henry were the parents of eight
children, all of whom except their daughter Elizabeth moved to
Tennessee with their parents in 1328. ( Henry Randolph I and
Hi s Des cend ants . Was.<3ell Randolph (1952) pp 30-84). Elizabeths
Randolph (1730-1354) m. 1803 Robert Wilson of Amelia. Their
de;3cendant3 ^rs listed in 900 Years Thweatt Blood Line FaiRJly
Kl otor y, Siia.-3 A. Thweatt (1969), pp. 84-8S.
Thomas-* Peterson ( Johna . Johns, Johni ) married Elizabeth
Claiborne (1758-1794) (Sussex. Co. M. B. ) in 1775. On 24 May 1737,
Nary Claiborne of Windsor, Sussex County, deeded her sons
Augustine and Thomas Claiborne certain slaves in trust for the
sole support of her daughter Elizabeth Peterson, to become her
property after the death of her husband Thomas Peterson.
(Prince George D. B. 17'87— 17^2, p. 22). Thomas Peterson died in
Noveraber of 1788. His Prince George County will, dated 1782,
recorded 1789, left his estate to his wife Elizabeth for life.
No children were mentioned but rieBtoir lists the following.
1. John Herberts Peterson of whom later.
2. August ines Peterson (1783-1803) d.s.p.
3. Thomas& Peterson m. Sarah, daughter Peter Epes, but; d.s.p.
1809.
4. Anns Peterson d.s.p. 1794.
John Herberts Peterson (Thomas'*-, John3 , Johnz , Johni )
(1776-1830) author of Memoir married in 1795 his first cousin,
Mary Herbert Harrison, the daughter of Charles Harrison and Mary
Herbert Claiborne. She died in 1833. They are buried at
"Spring Garden". They had issue:
1. Lucye Peterson (1801-1828) m. William Young and d.s.p.
2. flarias Peterson m. John Prentis of whom later
3. John Augustine^ Peterson (1788-1879). See below.
John Augustines Peterson, above, married first Virginia
Thweatt. (SSV -VII #3-138) and second her first cousin Eliza
Frances Thweatt. (see Ibid . p. 140 for issue). J. A. Peterson
and his 2nd wife are buried in the Plummer plot in Blandford.
Issue of John Pi. Peterson and his first wife Virginia
Thweatt :
1. John A.-'' Peterson Jr. (1823-1888) married first in 1852
Tiary Frances Rebecca' Epes, of whom later, and 2nd. Clarai
Peter
2. Virginia Ann^ Peterson (1624-1369) married in 1843
(Petersburg Hustings Court Hi. B. ) Nathaniel Colley"? Cocke (Sarah
Coileys, Martha Batte&^ Martha Peterson-*, Johns. ) For issue
Sf?e South s ide Va. Fand-lies . Vol. I, John B. Boddie (1955) p.
153- She died on a visit to Halifax Co. N.C. where her estate
Vi.>as probated. Virginia and her husband Nathaniel C. Cocke are
buried at "Tar Bay", Prince Seorge Co.
Marias Peterson (John Herberts, Thomas*, Johns, John^ ,
Johni ) married John Prentis, the ."aon <" "^ William Prentis of
Petersburg. After the death of Maria's mother in 1833 they
moved first to Kentucky and then to Spencer County in S. W.
Indiana where they both died of cholera in 1849. The first
three children listed below appear in Memoir . The additional
information is from the records of the late Ethel Barnes Shiffer
of Claremont, Va. , the grand-daughter of John A. Peterson, Jr.
Iscue of Maria Peterson and John Prentis:
1. John Peterson'^ Prentis m. Margaret M. Morton
2. Thomas Augustine'' Prentis died unmarried 1851
3. Maria Louisa^ Prentis m. Davis Lincoln Comor He died in
the Union Army 1863.
A. Martin Harrison"^ Prentis m. Martha V. Gregory
5. Lucy Harrison''' Prentis m. 1st Edward McFenn 2nd Hardin P.
Wood
6. Ei>u.ly Rosens^ Prentis m. 1st Caswell Watts 2nd Robert
Porter.
Martha''- Peterson (John-3, Johnz , John^ ) m. Robert Batte, b.
1727 B.P.R. -d 1807, the son of William Batte and Mary Stratton
of Prince George County. Martha was dead by 17^0 when Robert
deeded their son Robert Jr. 150 acres. (Prince George D.B.
1787-1792., p. 396). The list of children given below is from
M emoir and confirmed by an abstract of the Prince George
County will of Robert Batte, dated 1805 and recorded 1807, made
before the destruction of the county records in the Civil War.
The will mentions his four surviving children and his grand son
Francis Epes of Hopewell. The information below on the children
of Robert Batte and their immediate descendants is from the
records of Boiling Batte of Richmond and Laurence B. Gardiner of
Mej?4>his Tonn. Issue:
1. Johns Batte of whom later
2. Fredericks Batte of whom later
3. Marys Batte m. 1st Francis B. Green who d. s. p. and 2nd William Epes
4. Mai'thas Batte m. 1st Mr. Jones and 2nd Nathaniel Colley
5. Roberts Batte Jr. (1766-179?) d.s.p.
John5 Batte (Martha-* Peterson, John^ ) of "Nancelle"
married Mary the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Bland)
Poythress of "Branchester ". John Batte died in 1316.
Issue of Johns and Mary Poythress Batte:
1. Roberts Batte m. Elizabeth Buchanan Gilliam
2. Elizabeth Blands Batte died in infancy
3. Martha Petersons Batte died in infancy
4. Ann Blands Batte m. Charles Russell
5. Elizas Batte m. Michael Cowan Madden, a native of
Ireland, buried in Blandford.
6. Mary Poythresss Batte m. Samuel Hinton
7. Martha Colleys Batte m. William Brown Richie
8. Johns Batte died in infancy
9. Lucy Strattons Batte died unmarried
10. John Henrys Batte m. Martha Ann Mason, daughter of
Peyton Mason of Sussex Co.
11. Peter Poythresss Batte m. 1st Eliza Poindexter
2nd Mary Poindexter and 3rd Emily Broughton.