Elizabeth Carraway

Notes:

According to Dr. James E. Caraway, a descendant, Elizabeth Caraway Smith of Craven County, Dobbs, and Wayne Counties, North Carolina had a tragic history. John Carroway(Caraway?), Aaron Smith Sr., and Aaron Smith, Jr. were officers in the Revolutionary War. On July 1, 1776, Aaron Sr., Elizabeth Carraway(Caraway) Smith, 3 or 5 younger children, and their male slaves were massacred by the Tories and Cherokee Indians at their home in the Old Ninety-nine district of South Carolina.

Researcher: Mrs. Thelma Landrum discovered their deaths from old GA newspapers that proved Elizabeth, Aaron Sr., a son and a daughter were killed by Indians in SC. Four sons and a daughter escaped with their lives.

Elizabeth married Aaron Smith 1745. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Margaret and John were second cousins. Her grandmother, Mary Caraway Lovett, and his grandfather, John 2 Caraway were brother and sister.

VIRGINIA LAND RECORDS

From Princess Anne Co., VA Deeds & Wills:
pp 232-233: John Caraway was mentioned in his father's will, John III, dated 9 Apr 1719.

p 493: Keeling's division of Negroes of Caraway: In pursuance to an order held ye 6 Mar 1722....John Caraway's & Margaret his wife.... wit: 12 Mar 1722 and presented in Court the 3 Apr 1723 and recorded.

Pt 3, p 629: John IV appointed executor of will of his brother Edward dated 10 Oct 1723 and probated 1 Jan 1723.

p 143: John IV made a deed of Lease and Release to Jacob Ellagood of the same county on 2 and 3 Oct 1827.... Court held 1 Mary 1728 and recorded.

p 172: John IV gives Lease and Release to John Ellagood of Norfolk County on 25 Jan 1728. Court held 1 May 1728 and recorded.

p 173: On 7 Feb 1728, Margaret Carroway wife of John Carroway Junr (IV) of Princess Anne County ......acknowledge her right of dower "to a parcel of land my husband sold to Capt. John Ellagood dated 25 Jan 1728".... court held 1 May 1728 and recorded.

pp 481-482: On 11 Dec 1733 John IV sold to Anthony Walker of P.A. Co.

HOUSE INFORMATION

The Carraway House on Witchduck Rd. in Kempsville, one of the few 18th century frame dwellings remaining in Virgina Beach, provides a few of the examples of a middle class residence. James Carraway acquired the land in 1733 and
the house may have been built shortly after that date. An addition was added to the body of the house later in the 18th century and the wing on the right side was a separate kitchen until it was attached to the house in the 20th century. Members of the Carraway family occupied the house for over 200 yrs

NORTH CAROLINA LAND RECORDS

From the Colonial Records of NC:
Vol. 4, p 355: John Caraway petitioned the Council at Newbern on 20 Nov 1739 for 100 acres of land in Craven County, granted 23 Nov 1739.

Vol 4, p 650: Council held at Edenton 18 Nov 1743.....John IV admitted to prove his rights - 2 white, Craven Co. That same day he petitioned the council for 200 acres of land in Craven Co. (Ibid p 651)

John Caraway sold 800 acres of land in Craven County to John Nelson, Jr.....wit: 2 Sept 1742. (note: a deed of purchase for this land by John IV has not been found)

Vol 4, pp 764-767: John IV petitioned for 200 acres of land 10 April 1745 and for 175 acres on 17 Apr 1745 at council at Newborn, Craven Co., NC.

From Records of Craven Co., NC:
By Moore Vol 1, p 5: Records show that John IV was in Craven co., NC early as 28 July 1729.

Vol 1, p 379: John IV received 700 pounds from John Nelson Junr for purchase of land....Ibid p 684: Council held at Bath Towne 8 Mar 1744 John IV petitioned for 200 acres of land in Craven Co.

Vol 3, p32 Craven Co., NC: John IV purchased 640 acres on S/sd of Neuse River..... Acknowledged 20 Dec 1744.

Book 3, pp 80-81: On 2 Jul 1745 John IV granted his son-in-law, Aaron Smith all that divide north parcel of land....on S/sd of Neuse River.....150 acres I now live on. (note: date of deed is 1745 therefore the date recorded, 4 Sep 1744 must be an error)

The North Carolina Gazetteer, p 89: Caraway Creek rises in south centrally Wayne County and flows northeast approximately 5 miles into Neuse river. First known as Michaels Creek for the owner of the surrounding land, Michael Rasher. Land sold to John Caraway in 1744 and the name of the creek changed to Caraway Creek. (from Robertsons, Jacksons and their southern Ancestors, 1985)

Secy, of State Office, Bk. 10, p75: John IV granted 200 acres of land 27 Sept 1745....

Kingston and Lenoir county by Johnston and Holloman, p11: John IV named vestryman in Johnston County, St. Patricks Parish in 1746. (note: The Caraway family was in Craven Co., by 1729. Part of their land fell in to Johnston Co., when it was created in 1746, in Dobbs when it was created in 1758 and in Wayne in 1779)

The Cross Index to Johnston County Deed shows:

Bk 1, p 28: John Caraway to William Prescott (1747)
Bk 2, p 290: John Caraway from Andrew Bass (1752)
Bk 2, p 471: John Caraway from Thomas Hogg (1754)

Bk 5 is dated between 1746-1759

p 75: Henry Caraway from Aaron Smith
p 285: John Caraway from Thomas Brown
p 227: Joshua Caraway from Lee Brown
p 190: Adam Caraway from John Caraway
p 244: John Caraway JR from John Caraway
p 256: Elijah Caraway from John Caraway
p 306: Bedreadon Caraway from John Caraway
p 69: Thomas Caraway from Lee Brown

(These Deed Books burned at Kinston in 1880)

State Records of NC, Vol 22, p315:
Craven County, 5 Dec 1754, the list of companies of the north shore belonging to Capt John Shines District from the head of Broad Creek down to the mouth of the river includes: James Caraway, Seargent, John Caraway Sr., William Caraway Jr. and Thomas Caraway.

Secr. of States Office, File 68:
John IV received Grant #126 in Dobbs County on a Branch of Brooks Swamp called the Indian Field Branch. Entered 10 Apr 1761, issued 5 Dec 1761. Jethro Oates and Elijah Caraway, chain bearers.

Surveyed for Mr. John Caraway on 26 May 1764, 366 acres of land in Bladen Co, NC on N/sd of Main Ashpole Swamp joining the land patented by James Cole, now the property of Dread Caraway. John Shepard, Surveyor. Ignatius Flowers and Dread Caraway, chain bearers. Grant issued 9 Nov 1764, recorded as #146, Bk, p 103.

It seems that John Caraway, SR moved to Bladen County about 1764 but had returned to Dobbs County by 1769 when he sold Josiah Taylor of Bladen, for the sum of 26 pounds, 266 acres of la d it being part of a larger tract of land granted to the said John Caraway including the plantation where John Caraway Jr. formerly lived 6 Feb 1769. Proved in Feb Court 1769. (C Ro11.401.l,p 180, Bladen Co)

From a list of Taxables in Dobbs Cty, for the year 1769.
p 7, line 9 Caraway, John and son Adam, 2 white, Negroes: Peter, Ben Merinda, Sarah and Nan, 5 black
p 7, line 10 Caraway, Thomas and son Joshua, 2 White, Negroes: Owen, Isabel and Phebe, 3 black
p 7, line 11 Caraway, John Jr, 1 white
p 7, line 13 Caraway, Elijah, 1 white
p 7, line 15 Caraway, Henry and son Barrot, 2 white
(North Carolina State Archives, SS-837)

See notes for Ezekiel Smith for Edgefield County, SC, Bk 12, P 401, 21 Nov 1794 which is important for descendants of John Caraway IV. It proves that John Caraway did leave a will. It proves that Elizabeth Caraway Smith was his daughter and that she married Aaron Smith. It identifies 2 of the Smith children. That Ezekiel is the oldest (surviving) son. Most importantly, it gives several leads to check out, Hancock Cty, GA and Edgefield Cty, SC.

(From Our Ancestors by Adelle Ashford; Some Carraway - Caraway Families by Thelma Landrum; Car(r)away Family News Vol 2, #2, p28; The birthdates for the children of John IV are from the record of Dr. James Caraway, a descendant of Henry Carraway, son of John IV.

John married Margaret Keeling 06 Mar 1722, Wayne Co. NC. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Keeling and Elizabeth Lovett) was born 1702, Princess Anne Co. VA; died 1742, Dobbs Co. NC. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Margaret and John were second cousins. Her grandmother, mary Carraway Lovett, and his grandfather, John 2 Caraway were brother and sister.

Ann Foster-Williamson-Carraway and Roger Williamson were parents of Mary Williamson whose great grandaughter was Elizabeth Lovett. Elizabeth Lovett married John Carraway IV. John Carraway I and Roger Williamson came to Virginia in 1634 aboard the "Sarah Constant" from England.

Birth:
Family Data Collection
Name: Margaret Keeling
Father: Thomas Keeling
Mother: Elizabeth Lovett
Birth Date: 1702
State: NC

Family Data Collection
Name: Margaret Keeling
Spouse: John Carraway
Parents: Thomas Keeling, Elizabeth Lovett
Birth Place: Princess Anne, VA
Birth Date: 1702
Marriage Place: Princess Anne, VA
Death Place: Dobbs

Notes:

LAND RECORDS

John Carraway Jr (III) was witness to a deed gift from Mary Cannon to her daughter Elizabeth Cannon on 6 May 1700, consisting of a good feather bed and bolster, a pewter dish and a looking glass to be delivered to her at age 16 or at the day of her marriage which ever came first.
(Princess Anne County, VA BK 2, p. 322)

Elizabeth Cannon received from the will of her father, Edward Cannon, dated 21 Sept and proved 5 Nov 1701, "100 acres of land also 350 acres of land lying in a swamp, 2 cows and calves to be delivered her at age 16, 2 ewes, 2 sows and piggs". Witnessed by John Carraway Jr (III) (Princess Anne County, VA Bk 1 Reel 1, p. 296)

"To all to whom these presents shall come &c; Know ye that I, John Carroway Senr (II) of Princess Anne County for divers good reasons.... and in consideration of ye natural love and affection I bear unto my son John Carroway Junr (III) of ye same county I freely clearly and absolutely give unto my said son all that parcell or tract of land he now liveth on lying situate and being on ye eastward side of a small gutt dividing this land from other lands I now live on together with ye plantation ground fences orchards and all appurtenances whatsoever thereunto appertaining by estimation 100 acres or thereabouts..... dated 25 Sept 1697....." Signed John (IC) Carroway (Seale)
(Princess Anne Co., VA Bk. 1, Pt. 2, p.182)

Note: The above land belonged to John I, granted to John II as his son and now descends to John III.

Deed of gift from John Carroway Senr [II]of Princess Anne County "for divers good causes and considerations......of the natural love and affection that I bear unto my son John Junr (III).........give a certain parcel or tract of land lying and being on ye western shore of Linhaven River........150 acres more or less.........said 150 acres being part of a parcel or tract of land containing 447 acres granted to me ye said John Carroway Senr [II] by patent bearing date ye 2nd day of May 1706............
In Witness whereof I ye said John Carroway Senr [II] hereunto set my hand and fixed my seale this 2nd day of June 1708."
(Princess Anne Co., VA No. 1 (Pt. 2), Roll 2, p. 425)

Note: John Carraway willed the above land to his son, Thomas Carraway, in 1719.
(Princess Anne Co., VA, D7W 3, pp. 232-233)

On 28 April 1711 John Carraway Junr [III] was granted 72 acres of new land in Princess Anne County at a place called "The Narrows" near Bowring River .......for the transporting of two persons: David Rez and James Lowring. Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 3, p. 119 by Neil Nugent

John Carraway Junr [III] sold to Ashwell Hancock, for 9 pounds, 36 acres - half of the 72 acres granted in the above patent in Linhaven Parish of Princess Anne County. Recorded 28 March 1712.
(Princess Anne Co., VA Bk. 2, p. 137)

An indenture was made 4 Sept 1716 between Edward Cannon and wife Sarah (grt. uncle and aunt of Elizabeth) of Princess Anne County to John Carraway Junr [III]........
for the sum of five shillings current money of Virginia, "all that messuage tenement tract and plantation of land situate lying and being on the eastern shore of Linhaven River in Princess Anne County.........containing 46 acres......which was the land which was granted unto Edward Cannon by patent dated the 29th day of April 1690 also the said Edward Cannon doth bargain and sell unto the said John Carraway Junr one other tract of land........adjoining the above 46 acres........and containing 160 acres and is the same parcel of land which was given to him by his mother Sarah Canaredo as by her deed acknowledged and recorded in Lower Norfolk County 15 Oct 1680.........At a court held 5 Sept 1716 Edward Cannon came into court and acknowledged the above lease and release and Sarah Cannon acknowledged her right of Dower.
(Princess Anne County Deeds and Wills Bk. 3, Pt. 1, pp. 100-102)

CARRAWAY HOME INFORMATION

John CARRAWAY III bought for 20 pounds, "a tract of land on the Western Shore called 'Labour in Vain' containing 67 acres". ("Antiquary"-James.) This had been the land of William Johnson, deceased, and was sold to John CARRAWAY by his widow and his two sisters, co-heirs, but, he built the house now standing in Kemps Landing.

At first, it had only the hall and one room downstairs, with two rooms upstairs. Later, an additional room was added on the back, and still later, the outside kitchen was moved and attached to the house. But, from the front the house looks as it did in 1734, with the original shutters on the windows, which contain many panes of the old hand-blown glass. While the bricks of the chimney are laid in the Virginia, or American pattern, some are decorated as in the 17th century, and beneath the large roof overhang on the front is decorative molding. Small as it is, it was built with care and taste. It was continually occupied by descendants of the first CARRAWAY until 1975.

Marc Davis The Virginian-Pilot© March 18, 2008

Two historic houses in Kempsville, each more than 200 years old, will not be disturbed by the city's plan to shift and rebuild Witchduck and Princess Anne roads.

The older, smaller Carraway House, just around the corner on Witchduck Road, remains in private hands, although that may not be permanent.

Built in the early 1730s, Carraway House is currently a real estate office. The city's plan to widen Witchduck Road will not disturb Carraway House, as it has 31 houses just down the street. In recent weeks, the city bought those homes and demolished all but a few of them.

The owner of Carraway House, Laura Wenslaff, bought the house a year ago and operates Home Realty there. She said a city employee told her Virginia Beach might buy the house and use it as a welcome center for a proposed Kempsville historic district.

While Kempsville has a long, storied history, little evidence of it remains. In Colonial days, Kempe's Landing was a small, thriving village on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River. It was the Princess Anne County seat from 1778 to 1824, with a courthouse and jail. A Revolutionary War skirmish took place there.

After the war, Kempe's Landing became a town and changed its name to Kempsville. Many historic buildings remained through the 1960s. At one point, according to the master plan, Kempsville had a higher concentration of historic buildings as an intact village than any other area in Hampton Roads except Williamsburg.

Nearly all of that was destroyed by development. Pleasant Hall and Carraway House are the only remaining Colonial buildings. Pleasant Hall is a magnificent building, restored to its former grandeur by Neal Kellum, who bought it in 1989 to be used as a funeral home. Kellum also built a modern addition to the house, which is used as a chapel and meeting room by Kempsville Baptist Church.

Carraway House is far more modest. The ground floor consists of two offices, a foyer and storage space. A scrapbook includes letters from the 19th century. Two Carraway family Bibles are featured in a glass case, with entries dating to 1770. The backyard features a small family graveyard, with headstones dating to 1899.

WILL

Will of John Carraway, III, April 9, 1719
[Princess Ann County VA Deed Bk 3:232]

"Will in the name of God, Amen. I John Carroway of ye parish of Lynnhaven ye Co of Princess Ann, being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory and knowing ye uncertainty of this life on earth and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call and first being penitent and sorry from ye bottom of my heart for all my sins past and humble desiring forgiveness of ye same through ye merits of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ into whose hands I commit my soul as for my worldly estate where with it hath pleased God far above my deserts I give and depose the following:

My son Edward Carroway ye part of land I now live on with all ye appurtenances thereto belong beginning at the pine that stands by Woolf Snare Creek and from ye said pine to a black gum by ye main road and so running as ye main road goes including all ye land that shall be ever reputed to be mine to him and his heirs. If he die with out heirs I give land to next surviving heir.

Unto my son John the other part of my land that lies on ye farther side of ye main road to him and his heirs. If he sold die without an heir, then I give ye said land unto my son Thomas and his heirs.

To my son Thomas one hundred and fifty acres of land at Bolesing River one of my horses to swap ye same for a breeding mare and to be paid him at age 19. To my sons Edward and John 38 acres of land in the swamp for the privilege.

To my daughter Elizabeth two cows and calves, two ewes and lambs, a great table without a draw, pewter basin, 19 yards of silk crape and all her mother's wearing clothes her choice of all my cattle for her two cows.

To my daughter Ann two cows and calves and two ewes and lambs, cubbord and table, pewter, basin and her choice of my cattle after her sister for her two cows.

To John, one cow and yearling called star and one iron pot.

To sons Edward and John, my hand mill, cart, steers and tools

To my three youngest children all the rest of my estate moveable and immoveable that is not already given by this my last will and testament. That may, can, or shall be called mine to be equally divided between them when that they shall come of age or on the day of marriage only, that my sons Edward and John shall have ye uses of ye same for and toward the bringing up of them.

John III left a will dated 9 April 1719 and proved 6 May 1719 indicating he died 8 or 9 years before his father, John II. John's wife, Elizabeth, evidently died before her husband, as she is not mentioned in his will and John left his daughter Elizabeth, her mothers wearing clothes. Mentioned in the will are his sons Edward, John and Thomas and daughters Elizabeth and Amy.

Princess Ann: At a court held ye 6th of May 1719. Then ye within last will Of John Carroway Junr [III] was presented in court by his Executors who made oath thereto and being proved by ye oaths of Thomas Hayes and Richard Crompton, witnesses, thereto as written.

(Princess Anne County Deeds, Etc., No. 3, 1714-1724, Reel 3, p. 232-233)

Note: This text is from "Some Carraway - Caraway Families" compiled by Thelma Caraway Landrum in 1972. Dr. James Caraway, who was a noted expert on the Car(r)away family history and who died in 1974, was one of the source's of information for her record. And from, "Our Ancestors" Vol. III by Mrs. Adelle Brown Ashford and Miss Jessie Mae Ashford compiled in 1994. Both records are compiled from various family members whose contribution of their records enabled this preservation of the past. The document sources are so noted with each entry.

John married Elizabeth Cannon 1695, Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1675, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA; died Apr 1719, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Family Data Collection
Name: Elizabeth Cannon
Death Date: Apr 1719
City: Princess Anne
State: VA

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Carraway
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1675
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Cannon
Marriage Year: 1695
Marriage State: VA

Thomas married Elizabeth Lovett 25 Oct 1700, Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1678, Princess Anne Co. VA; died 1769, Prince William Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John II left a will dated 25 Jan 1727 and proved in 1728 - Princess Anne County.

Birth:
Family Data Collection
Name: John Carraway
Father: John Carraway
Mother: Ann Foster
Birth Date: 1653
City: Lynhaven
County: Lower Norfork
State: VA

Died:
Family Data Collection
Name: John Carraway
Spouse: Ann Kemp
Parents: John Carraway, Ann Foster
Birth Place: Norfolk Lower, VA
Birth Date: 1653
Death Place: Norfolk Lower, VA
Death Date: 2 Oct 1728

John married Ann Kemp 1674, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA. Ann (daughter of George Kemp and Mary Ann Lovett) was born 1653, Virginia; died 1728, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
Name: Ann Carraway
Date: 13 Jun 1689
Location: Norfolk Co., VA
Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
Remarks: Ann Carraway. Being aged . Book 5. f. 186. Dated 13 June 1689. proved 15 Nov. 1692. . . unto my Daughter Mary Lovett, A Great Iron kettle . . . unto my daughter Elizabeth Nichols a bell mettle morter and pestle . . . unto my Son Bartholomy Wm Son on
Description: Testatrix
Book: 5-186
Prove Date: 15 Nov 1692

Source: Landrum, Thelma Caraway, "Some Carraway-Caraway Families", 1972; The 1967 files of Dr. James E. Caraway (deceased) of Franklin, NC.

According to Dr. Caraway's research of the KEMP family of Virginia, a very important and influencial family of Lynnhaven. Her father was George KEMP, the grandson of George KEMPE, said to be a cousin to Richard KEMPE who was Secretary to the Commonwealth. Where George setlled came to be known as "Kempe's Landing" later called "Kempsville."

Ann's mother was Mary LOVETT, a possible sister to Lancaster LOVETT, Sr. or at least of his generation.

It is also interesting to note that Ann received one pound in the will of Thomas Jefferson, grandfather of The Thomas Jefferson, for the purchase of a mourning ring, a common custom for a grandfather.

This area of Tidewater Virginia had changes of boundaries and names. Lower Norfolk was formed from New Norfolk in 1637 while Norfolk was formed in 1636 (now Chesapeake City). The remainder became Princess Anne in 1691 (now part of the independent city of Virginia Beach). Lynnhaven is in the area now called Virginia Beach.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: John Carraway
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1653
Spouse Name: Anna Kemp
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1655
Marriage
Year: 1674

Notes:

Adam Keeling was born prior to 1640 as Capt Adam Thorowgood remembers him in his will dated 1640... "to godson Adam Keeling one breeding goat."Adam died between 25 Apr & 17 Dec 1683; the date and prof of his will.

WILL

County of Lower Norfolk, dated 25 Apr 1683, proven
15 Dec 1683, recorded in Bk. 4-155.

"...to my loving wife Ann Keelinge that plantation I now live & Inhabit upon to possess and enjoy for & during her natural life and after her death I bequeath unto my Sone Thomas Keeling & to his heirs and assigns forever. ..with all land and marshes there unto belonging and also to have liberty to use timber from London Bridge land for his use
and for the use of my wife Ann Keeling during her natural life.

...unto my Sone Jno. Keeling that plantation of land he now liveth upon being about 1400 acres, formerly belonging unto my father in Law Jno.Martin. to my said son Jn0 Keeling when hee attains ye age of 21 years, provided (he) make over to his brother Adam Keeling, all that devident or tract of land being about 2000 acres lately pattented in the
name and to the use of my said sone Jno. Keeling being that land that now my mother lives on and called London Bridge and also adjoyning lands added thereunto. If Jno refuses the above request then the 1400 acres to go to Adam.

...unto my above mentioned Sone Thomas Keeling that prcell of land commonly known by the name of Dudlies land joyning upon that belonging to my Brother Alexander Keeling being neere 400 acres to him my sd sone Thomas Keeling.

..unto my daughter Elizabeth Keeling a parcell of land about three or foure hundred acres by mee Entered with Rights towards ye Southward neere Matchepongo, and doe desire ye Same bee surveyed and pattented in my said daughter Elizabeths name.

...unto my daughter Ann Keelinge a certaine tract of land joyning unto Rudee commonly knowne by ye name of Black Walnutt Ridge and lately bought of Anth Lawson being about 1200 acres.

...to my sone Adam Keeling...

...my above named Children.. .as they attaine Each of them to ye age twenty one years..daughters att ye age of sixteene years or day of marriage... one whole years schooling.

...wife Ann Keeling my whole and Sole Exequetrix.. . .My Brother in Law, Lt. Col. Anthony Lawson & my friend Mala. Thruston, overseers.. unto each.. .25 shillings Sterling each to buy each of them a ring to weare in rembrance of mee..."

Wit: Jno. Ferebee, Jno. Sandford Adam Keeling & Seale Francis Sayer,

Tho. Hodgis Inventory of Capt: Adam Keeling was dated 2 June
1683. Slaves are listed4 Jan 1683/4; account of cattle att that Plantation that was Mrs.Martins. "Sworn to by Mrs. Ann Richason als Keeling now ye wife of Jno: Richason Att Ye Nowe Dwelling House."


The VA Genealogist, Vol 17, pg. 287.

Adam Keeling, will 1683, m Ann Martin who m 2nd by 18 Dec 1683 John Richardson.

"Gateway to the New World," by Turner.

Thomas Keeling's will has never been found, but his son Adam's has. Adam Keeling's will was written in 1683. From it we have learned that his mother, Anne, married Robert Bray after Thoma s died, and that his wife,also Anne, had been Anne Martin, daughter of John Martin from whom
he had bought 1,400 acres. He left those 1,400 acres to his son John, "provided John makes a deed to his brother Adam for 2,000 acres, the plantation know as 'London Bridge' where his mother now lives, after her death." His eldest son (don't think this is right), Thomas, was left 400
acres and 'the home plantation.' The Keelings had the habit of naming the eldest son after his grandfather, so it was Thomas to Adam, Adam to Thomas and Thomas to Adam for generations.

The Keeling house, know as 'Ye Dudlies', on Great Neck Point, is a large two-story brick house and has many interesting features. The bricks are laid in the Flemish bond pattern, and there is an unusual design of blue headers in the north wall. There are cupboards on the inside of that wall on each side of the fireplace, and there is a small window in each. To the left of the eight-foot-wide hall there is another large room with a huge fireplace. That was the kitchen, dining hall and
general family living room. In the 17th century, there was no outside kitchen building for summer cooking, and food was cooked over an open fire or in a pit.The two bedrooms upstairs seem inadequate for a man of Keeling's means with four children, but people were indifferent in those
rough times as to where they slept, and in winter, the choice spot was near the kitchen fire. Children were bedded down three, four or more to a bed.


From 'A history of Virginia Beach, Virginia

In 1635 Captain Thoroughgood (he held a commission in the county militia) earned a land grant of 5,350 acres in colonial Virginia Beach for having persuaded 105 people to settle in Virginia. Interestingly, included in these 105 immigrants was Augustine Warner, progenitor of
George Washington, and generations later Robert E. Lee. During the following year, 1636, Thourough good built a modest but substantial brick home for his family on the western branch of the Lynnhaven River. This house, still standing and fully restored, is believed to be the oldest surviving brick home in America. Thoroughgood died suddenly
at the age of 36, but his character and ideals had been embedded in the land and people of Lynnhaven. During the ensuing years the Lynnhaven area began to flourish under the leadership of prominent families such as the Keeling, Cornicks, Woodhouses and Strattons.

Because of the abundance of fish in the Chesapeake Bay area, seine hauling was one of the early profitable vocations taken up by the residents along the shores of the Lynnhaven. At this stage in history the only entrance into the Lynnhaven River from the Chesapeake Bay was by way of Little Creek and was reported to be a tedious journey of three miles. It did not take the fishermen long to realize that a shorter, faster route to the bay would greatly enhance the profits of those associated with the fishing industry. Adam Keeling, whose plantation, "Ye Dudlies," was situated right at the mouth of the Lynnhaven River, organized a group of people to work out a solution for this situation.

At the mouth of the Lynnhaven there was a huge sandbar about a half-mile wide, separating the River and Bay. Keeling's group dug a trench across the sandbar wide enough to permit the passage of a canoe. Almost immediately after this feat was accomplished, a severe storm out of the
northeast caused unusually high tides in the Chesapeake to rush through the ditch into the Lynnhaven River. The force of the tides enlarged the ditch to the size of an inlet, and today this inlet is known as the famous Lynnhaven Inlet.

WITCHCRAFT IN VIRGINIA

Lower Att a Court held the 15 January 1678/9, Norfolk Capt Wm Robinson, Mr Adam Keeling, Mr Henry Spratt, Justices
Capt Anthony Lawson,

"Upon the pett and Complaint of Jno Samon agt Alice the wife of Thomas Cartwrite Concerning the death of a Child of the sd Samons who It is Suposed was bewitched, It is orderd that the Shrife doe forthwth Summonds an able Jury of women to attend the Court to morrow and Serch the s+ Alice according to the derection of the Court.

"16th. In the diffl betweane Jno Salmon plaintif agt Alice the wife of Thomas Cartwrite defendt a Jury of women (Mrs Mary Chichester forewoman) being Impaneled did in open Court upon their oathes declare that they haveing delegently Searched the body of the sd Alice Cann find noe
Suspitious marks whereby they Can Judg her to bee a witch; buttonely what may and Is usuall on other women. It is therefore the Judgmt of the Court and ordered that Shee bee acquitted & her husbands bond given for her apearance to bee given up."

Birth:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Adam Keeling
Spouse: Anne Martin
Parents: Thomas Keeling Ann
Birth Place: Lower Norfolk, VA
Birth Date: 1644
Marriage Place: Lower Norfolk Co, VA
Marriage Date: 1668
Death Place: Norfolk Co, Princess Ann, VA
Death Date: 25 Apr 1683

Adam married Ann Martin 1668, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA. Ann was born 1640, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA; died 1683, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA. [Group Sheet]