Isham Belcher

Notes:

LAND TRANSACTIONS

Franklin County, VA Deed Book 2 Pages 503, 504

"This indenture made this fourth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three between Isham Belcher of the county of Franklin and Elizabeth his wife of the one part and Richard Bowling of the county aforesaid of the other part. Withforth that the said Isham Belcher for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds current money part in hand paid to him doth grant, and sell to the said Richard Bowling And his heirs a tract of land. Lying on the Branches of Poplar Camp Creek and Simmons Creek in the County aforesaid. Containing by estimation two hundred and eight acres be the ????. and bounded as follows.

Richard Bowling his heirs and assignee of said Isham Belcher and his heirs forever warrant and??..the said tract of land with its appurtenances to the said Richard Bowling and his heirs against the claim for all persons ??????.Isham Belcher and Elizabeth his wife????signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Isham Belcher, Elizabeth Belcher

Magistrate for Franklin County. In April 1793 the written indenture together with the memorandum of??..was acknowledged by the written name of Isham Belcher to be his act and deed and Elizabeth his wife being privately examined separate and apart from her husband making whence her rights of dower in the said land and the same was ordered to be recorded.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
his Isham X Belcher his mark

Elizabeth X Belcher her mark

At a Court held for Franklin County In April 1793 the within Indenture Together with the memorandum of Senery and Saison was acknowledged by the within named Isham Bellcher to be his act and deed and Elizabeth the wife Being Prively
Examed separate and apart from her husband Relinquishing her Rights of dower in and to said Land and the same was ordered to be Recorded.

Teste:James Callaway
Clerk"


MILITARY RECORDS

French and Indian War

Colonial Soliders of the South 1732-1774, Murtie June Clark, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1983, p. 441

Recruiting certificate, signed by Ben Ward, Clerk to Isham Belcher, June 27, 1757.
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Colonial Soliders of the South 1732-1774, p. 486.

A size roll of Capt. Robert McKenzie's company, 1757-1758

No. 49 Isham Belcher, age 24, height 5'10", from Virginia, Amelia Co.


Colonial Soliders of the South 1732-1774, p. 441

Recruiting certificate, signed by Ben Ward, Clerk to Isham Belcher, June 27, 1757.

Isham married Elizabeth Clay ca 1759, Chesterfield Co. VA. Elizabeth (daughter of William Mitchell Clay and Martha Runyon) was born ca 1735, Chesterfield Co. VA; died ca 1793, Wythe Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha BELCHER was born ca 1773, Virginia; died Jan 1850, Mercer Co. VA/WV.

Isham married Winifred Royall 28 May 1789, Chesterfield Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Name: Isham Belcher
Spouse: Winifred Royall
Marriage Date: 28 May 1789
Marriage Location: Chesterfield County, Virginia

Notes:

LAND TRANSACTIONS

1754 Richard to Peter Blankenship 100 acres.
1758 son Isham buys 100 acres on Deep Creek from Thompson,"part of land Richard now lives on"

Inventory of Richard 23 Oct 1763 and Aug 1763 William Clay is granted admin of estate of Rich ard deceased.

17 March and 24 Feb 1764 Richard (Jr) and Ishom sell land on Deep Creek to Thomas Moore.

28 March 1749 Henry Clay sells to son William land on Deep Creek where Richard Belcher now lives.


Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141099817

Richard married Mary Obedience Clay. Mary (daughter of Henry Clay and Mary Mitchell) was born ca 1710, Henrico Co. VA; died 02 Dec 1770, Deep Creek, Chesapeake, VA; was buried , Belcher - Richard D Belcher Family Deep Creek Chesapeake, VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141136701

Notes:

LAND RECORDS

John had acquired 229 acres in Henrico in 1735.

John married Mary Elizabeth Frogley 07 Nov 1710, Wantage, Berkshire, England. Mary (daughter of Alexander Frogley and Mary Elizabeth Young) was born 23 Jan 1679, Berkshire, England; died 1739, Henrico Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Berkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records

Notes:

He was was the great-grandfather of the Kentucky statesman, Henry Clay.

Buried:
Grave location, biography, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7711025
Inscription "In Memory of Henry Clay Who died at dinner with his children and grandchildren at an annual festival given them on August 3, 1760".

Presented by Richmond Chapter, Colonial Dames of The 17th Century, 1957.

Henry married Mary Mitchell 1708, Virginia. Mary was born 16 Jan 1693, Chesterfield Co. VA; died 07 Aug 1777, Chesterfield Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name: Henry Clay
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1672
Spouse Name: Mary Mitchell
Spouse Birth Year: 1693
Marriage Year: 1708

Robert married Phoebe Isham. Phoebe (daughter of Henry Isham and Elizabeth) was born 1648, Northamptonshire, England; died ca 1735, Henrico Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Phoebe's half sister Mary married Col. William Randoplph and their descendants include many prominent individuals including Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Robert E. Lee, Peyton Randolph, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, George W. Randolph, and Edmund Ruffin. Genealogists have taken an interest in him for his progeny's many marital alliances, referring to him and Mary Isham as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia".

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph

William and Mary Isham Randolph had at least nine children and was familially connected to many other prominent individuals:

William Randolph II of Wilton (born November 1681) married Elizabeth Beverley (the daughter of Peter Beverley, a Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia) around 1705 and had five children who lived to adulthood. He was the grandfather of Beverley Randolph, the eighth Governor of Virginia and Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh.

Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe (born ca June 1683) married Judith Churchill and/or Judith Fleming between 1705 and 1712. He was the great-grandfather of John Marshall, as well as the great-great-grandfather of Ann Cary (Nancy) Randolph, who married Gouverneur Morris, and her brother Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., who married Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha.

Isham Randolph of Dungeness (born December 1684) married Jane Rogers in 1717 and had nine children, including Jane Randolph (who married Peter Jefferson and was the mother of Thomas Jefferson), Mary Randolph (who was the mother of Charles Lilburn Lewis and grandmother of Isham and Lilburn Lewis), Ann Randolph (who was the mother of James Pleasants, Jr., the 22nd Governor of Virginia), and Susannah Randolph (who married Carter Henry Harrison I and was the great-grandmother of Carter Henry Harrison III and great-great-grandmother of Carter Henry Harrison IV) ? both five-time mayors of Chicago.

Richard Randolph of Curles Neck (born ca May 1686) married Jane Bolling, a descendant of Pocahontas, around 1714. He was the grandfather of the colorful Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke.

Henry Randolph (born ca October 1687) did not marry.

Sir John Randolph of Tazewell Hall (born ca April 1689) married Susanna Beverley (another daughter of Peter Beverley) around 1718. He studied at the Inns of Court, practiced law in Williamsburg. John was the only native of Colonial America to receive a knighthood. He was the father of Peyton Randolph, President of the First Continental Congress, and John Randolph, a Loyalist. The latter's son, Edmund Randolph, served as a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention and became the first U.S. Attorney General.

Edward Randolph of Bremo (born ca October 1690)married Miss (Elizabeth?) Grosvenor around 1715.

Mary Randolph (born ca 1692) married Captain John Stith, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the son of John Stith, around 1712. Her son, William Stith, was the third president of the College of William and Mary; her son-in-law, William Dawson, was the second president of The College of William & Mary. Mary was the great-grandmother of Congressman William Johnston Dawson. Her second son, John Stith III, was the great-great-grandfather of Armistead C. Gordon and also Junius Daniel, Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army.

Elizabeth Randolph (born ca 1695) married Richard Bland around 1711 and had five children, including Mary Bland (who married Henry Lee I and was the mother of Henry Lee II, the grandmother Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III, and the great-grandmother of Robert E. Lee), Theodorick Bland of Cawsons (who was the father of Congressman Theodorick Bland as well as grandfather to John Randolph of Roanoke), and the statesman Richard Bland (who was the great-great-grandfather of Roger Atkinson Pryor).

Alexander married Mary Elizabeth Young. Mary was born ca 1655, England; died ca 1717, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Boyd Co, Press Observer Jan 29, 1976

CHARLES CLAY (1638-1686) son of Capt. John Clay, married HANNAH WILSON, daughter of John Wilson, Sr., of Henrico County, where they also lived, near the site of present Petersburg. CHARLES distinguished himself by serving in Bacon?s Rebellion.

Charles married Hannah Wilson. Hannah (daughter of John Wilson, I and Hannah Jones) was born 1642, Virginia; died 12 Oct 1686, Henrico Co. VA. [Group Sheet]