Notes for: David Wickliffe, Jr.
The following came from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I34851:
Depositions from Westmoreland County, Westmoreland Deeds and Wills 1753-1756, reprinted in William and Mary Quarterly, v. 10, p. No. 3 (Jan., 1902), pp. 175-177
25 November 1755 William Browne, of the colony of Virginia, age 70 or thereabouts, saith that he hath many times been informed in his youth by the ancient inhabitants of his neighborhood that a certain David WICKLIFFE together with Jane Brown who was this deponent's mother, about 100 years ago had been obliged to fly from the province of Maryland to this colony to avoid the violence of a Roman Catholic faction there or to recieve or be brought up in the Protestant religion here, and that they were at the time of their coming and landing at Mattox Creek (where they lived their whole lives) "infants of tender years." That David Wickliffe lived many years in sd. Mattox Neck and that he remembers often to have seen him and that it was curently reported that David had married a widow of one Nicholas by whom he had issue, David, Robert, and Deborah all with whom the deponent was well acquainted. The said David, the son, m. Elizabth Cullum, and had issue, Isaac his eldest son, who had issue David Wickliffe who is about 30 years of age. He saith that he hath many time heard that David Wickliffe the elder was the first male child born in the province of Maryland of Protestant parents.
On 25 November 1755 Samuel Johnston, aged upwards of 70, planter deposed that he was a servant to David Wickliffe in Mattox Neck; that he was intimately acquainted with his eldest son David and remembers that he married Elizabeth King, by whom he had issue, Isaac his eldest son, and that the said Isaac married Elizabeth Cullom by whom he had issue an eldest son David who is at this time about 32 years of age.
Here is some info from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I25457:
Depositions on record in Westmoreland Co. Va
David Wickliff, about 25 in 1671(?);
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/westmoreland/court/misc0002.txt
John Lord's New England Mare(9).
The deposicon of David Wickliffe Aged about twentie five yeares or thereabouts, sworne & examined sayth: That is ye yeare 1668 about the month of July your Deponent with others Rode after a mare of Capt John Lord wch he called his New England Mare wch mare had one horse colt with her about two years old & to the best of your Deponent's knowledge she was not with foale neither in coursing of a long time Did wee see any other, the Marke of David Wickliffe August 7th 1671 Sworne before me John Washington. 29th 9br 1671 This Deposition was Recorded.
The age of David Wickliffe given here, (twenty-five), appears to be an error of the clerk. David Wickliffe was the first child of Protestant parents born in Maryland, and, as the records of that province show that David Wickliffe (who must have been his father) died in 1642, the son was probably thirty-five (35) years of age instead of twenty-five (25) in 1671. His mother, it seems married secondly Henry Brooks. In Westmoreland County.
Henry Brooks, in 1655, made a gift to David and Robert Wickliffe. In 1662 he made his will, naming his widow, Jane, and daughters, Jane Higdon and Lydia Abbington. Jane Higdon married secondly Original Brown, father of William Brown, born in 1685, living in 1755; Quarterly X., 176. Robert Wickliffe, above named married Margaret, daughter of Colonel William Peirce and Sarah Underwood, his wife, and by his will, proved in 1697, he left an only son, David. He names, also, his brother, David. This latter married Mary, who appears to have been the wife successively of five husbands; (1) William (?) Bridges; (2) Nathaniel Pope; (3) Lewis Nicholas; (4) David Wickliffe; (5) John Rosier (?). He had issue David, Robert and Deborah. Of these, David married Elizabeth Cullen, and had issue Issac, eldest son, who married and had issue David, born in 1725 and living in 1755.
Wroe, William Clarke; The Wroe and Chancellor Families; Edgewater MD, 1992
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David Wickliffe, born in Maryland in 1640, said to have been the first child of Protestant parents born in Maryland. He received a patent on November 14, 1640, from the Governor for a tract of land called "Whitccliffe" of 50 acres held as the manor of St. George for transporting himself into the Colony. He was an Indian scout and interpreter. Married July 25, 1677, Mary Sisson, widow of Lewis Nicholas.
Robert Wickliffe, born in Maryland, married Margaret, daughter of Colonel William Pierce of Westmoreland County, Virginia., and his wife, Sarah Underwood, and had David Wickliffe of Westmoreland County, born about 1658, who was the father of David , Robert and Dorcas Wickliffe. David Wickliffe (David1) of Westmoreland County, Virginia., and Mary Sisson had:
David Wickliffe, married Elizabeth Cullen and had Isaac Wickliffe, who married in 1776 Frankie Edwards of Greenville, S. C., died July 21, 1797, and had David Wickliffe of Greenville, S. C., born 17--, who was the father of Judge Isaac Wickliffe of Greenville, died 1906, and was the father of Dr. John Wickliffe of Greenville, S. C.
Robert Wickliffe of Westmoreland County, Virginia., born about 1680, died 1759. Fiscal cf. vestryman Hamilton parish, Prince William County, Virginia. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Mansford Arrington, who patented land in Prince William County, Virginia., 1713, and had issue:
Charles William Wickliffe, moved to Kentucky in 1780. Soldier in the Revolution. Received a grant of land in Kentucky for his services. Married in Virginia in 1774 Lydia, daughter of Martin D. Hardin of Fauquier County, Virginia., and his wife, Lydia Waters, born April 10, 1748.
II. Nathaniel4 Wickliffe, born about 1720-1, died 1790. Married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Barnet of North Carolina and his wife, Margaret McFarland.
Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibrary.com: A
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p.55. Henry Brookes gives David and Robert Witcliffe 100 Acres in Appomattacke. Adjs " Tom Muns his poynt", etc. 10 March 1655/6.
Signed Hen: Brookes his mark
Wit:Th Wilsord
Ack and rec 10 Mar 1655/6.
Source:
Fleet, Beverley,
Westmoreland County, 1653-1657
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. County, 1961, 104 pgs
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Mike
Depositions from Westmoreland County, Westmoreland Deeds and Wills 1753-1756, reprinted in William and Mary Quarterly, v. 10, p. No. 3 (Jan., 1902), pp. 175-177
25 November 1755 William Browne, of the colony of Virginia, age 70 or thereabouts, saith that he hath many times been informed in his youth by the ancient inhabitants of his neighborhood that a certain David WICKLIFFE together with Jane Brown who was this deponent's mother, about 100 years ago had been obliged to fly from the province of Maryland to this colony to avoid the violence of a Roman Catholic faction there or to recieve or be brought up in the Protestant religion here, and that they were at the time of their coming and landing at Mattox Creek (where they lived their whole lives) "infants of tender years." That David Wickliffe lived many years in sd. Mattox Neck and that he remembers often to have seen him and that it was curently reported that David had married a widow of one Nicholas by whom he had issue, David, Robert, and Deborah all with whom the deponent was well acquainted. The said Davd,the son, m. Elizabth Cullum, and had issue, Isaac his eldest son, who had issue David Wickliffe who is about 30 years of age. He saith that he hath many time heard that David Wickliffe the elder was the first male child born in the province of Maryland of Protestant parents
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CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 2; Pg 193
HENRY BROOKE, 658 acs. Northumberland Co., 31 May 1650, p. 225. N. E. upon Potomeck Riv., S. E. upon a cr. dividing this from land of Nath. Pope, Gent., N. W. upon a a. dividing this from land of Hercules Bridges. Trans. of 13 pers: Henry Brooke, David Whitliff, Eman. Brooke, Jane Brooke, Jane Brooke, Robt. Whitliffe, Lydia Brooke, Alice Whitliffe.
The following comes from A. L. Kennedy in a post on the Wickliffe family at GenForum:
If you check the records far back enough, you find that Mary Lisson was the sister of Daniel Lisson. She was never the wife of any Robert Lisson or Sisson. The confusion may come in the reading of Daniel Lisson's probate records, as he died without issue, and his relatives from Bristol, England had to settle his estate. One of them was named Robert, and had a wife named Mary, but this was after David Wickliffe married Mary Lisson. Based on the information I found in the records, Deborah may well have been Mary's child, but I accept it mostly on the statements made by William Brown, one of David's half-sister's descendants.
Are you aware that there were three Davids and that the Robert who married Dorcas Arrington was the son of the third David?
And here is another post from A. L. Kennedy:
I have extensively researched this family in St. Mary's and Westmoreland Co. Records. Though David Wickliffe II did marry Mary Sisson, it was after the birth of all of his children who had issue. His first wife's name was Elizabeth, and it is from her that the Wickliffe line was descended. I have also traced the wife of Isaac Wickliffe - Elizabeth Cullen was a half second cousin of Isaac and descends from David Wickliffe II's half sister Lydia Brookes. I would be happy to share all my research with any of you, including sources. This lineage was independently confirmed by a distant cousins, who recently had it confirmed by the Society of Colonial Dames. We had both completed our research before we came in contact with each other. Please take "Kincheloe, McPherson and Related Families" with a grain of salt - the Westmoreland Co. files were not indexed then, and L.W. McPherson did not find the records entries confirming David's 1st wife. BTW, I have visited the site of Henry Brookes' land patent in Westmoreland Co., which includes land he gave to David - it is now the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, commonly called Wakefield. The Washingtons bought it from Henry's heirs.
And another one from A. L. Kennedy:
would like to correct the error that the Wickliffe family is descended from Mary Sisson - see below - sources available:
1 David Wickliffe 1636 - 1693
+Elizabeth ? - 1675
2 Ann Wickliffe 1670 - 1704
+John Washington 1655 - 1697/98
*2nd Husband of Ann Wickliffe:
+Charles Ashton
2 David Wickliffe 1671 - 1697/98
+Elizabeth King?
2 Robert Wickliffe 1672 - 1697/98
+Margaret Pierce
2 Henry Wickliffe 1674 - 1699
*2nd Wife of David Wickliffe:
+Mary "Mary Sisson" Lisson 1635 - 1700
2 Deborah Wickliffe 1677 -
And here is one more:
Mary Sisson was not a Sisson by either marriage or birth. She was b. Mary Lisson, as per the following:
Westmoreland Co. Deeds, Patents, etc.
20 July 1677, Mary Nicholas, widow, to my loving son Lewis Nicholas (here listed property). In case it shall please the Almighty to take to himselfe my sonne Lewis Nicholas . . .then all the aforesaid estate to my loveing sonne and his brother-in-law (meaning stepbrother) Nath: Pope alias Bridges (because he was the stepson of a man named Bridges), . . . If my sonnes should depart this life before the age aforesaid and myself be deceased alsoe, then the whole estate both of Nath: and Lewis to be equally divided between the surviving children of my brother and sister Mr. Danill Lisson and Jane Lisson.
There is a similar entry on the same date regarding her son Nathaniel's estate. This establishes her maiden name as Lisson.
Whether she had a previous husband is not known but not likely, but she was married to Nathaniel Pope, by whom she had a son Nathaniel. She then married someone named Bridges, and then Lewis Nicholas. There are many court records to support this, but this one contains three husbands names in one record:
8 June 1675
Mary Bridges of Westmoreland Co. unto my loving sonne Nathaniel Pope alias Bridges. (The term alias was used frequently in the colonial records, sometimes to identify a woman by both her maiden name and married name simultaneously, as when the first Nathaniel Pope transferred property to his then-married daughter as "Ann Pope alias Washington", or because a stepson was sometimes identified by his stepfather's name) . . . For natural affection. One mare . . .
Below the entry is added on 25 August 1675.
Acknowledged by Lewis Nicholas who married Mary Pope alias Bridges after his marriadge.
After Lewis Nicholas died she married David Wickliffe:
"25 July 1677. Marry Nicholas, widdow, hath by three severall deeds of gife made over to her chilldren Nath: Pope alias Bridges and Lewis Nicholas severall goods and chattles.
Mary hath invested me David Whitlife with the care and tuition of Nathaniell and Lewis and allsoe with there estate. I, David Whitlife, doe bind me that the children shall be brought up soe fare at schoole as to writt and reade. It shall be lawfull for Marry at her owne plasure to remove the children to the care of whome shee pleaseth.
There is intention of marradge between Marry and myself.
David (W) Whitlife
Wit: John Washington, Danniell Lisson, Anthony Bridges.
20 Sept. 1677. Recorded."
So Mary, nee Lisson, then married Nathaniel Pope, ? Bridges (possibly a connection of Anthony Bridges, Lewis Nicholas, and last (I think) David Wickliffe II.