Hi to Morris and the list, If your information came form Richard Gentry's THE GENTRY FAMILY IN AMERICA, the part about Nicholas and Samuel being redcoats have been proven to be suspect. The latest opinion is that Nicholas was an indentured servant or apprentice sent to guard the Micanopy Garrison in place of his master. If Samuel was with Nicholas in guarding the garrison, he apparently was later able to accumulate the money as a soldier or after his discharge to pay for the transportation of others to the colony. (See below) Danny Ellerman in his article pub. in the Gentry Family Gazette and Genealogy Newsletter, p. 58 issue 16. states that a land patent of George Alves indicates that Nicholas Gentry was transported to the colonies by Alves and not as a British soldier. George Alves granted 1014 acres in New Kent Co., Sst. Peters Parish, on both sides of Totopotomays Creek, 24 Apr 1700, p. 268, for transportation of (21 persons, among whom is to found Nicholas Gentry, George Alves and an Alice Alves). This kind of grant was called a headright grant. Some colonies, in order to attract settlers, granted land to those who paid the passage fare for someone to come to the colony from the mother country. One man would pay the passage for several persons (often hid indentured servants) and would be granted a certain amount of land (usually 50 acres) per head. ......This grant was made long after the transportation took place which was not unusual or it could have been a reconfirmation of an earlier grant for which no record is now and perhaps then available. In Samuel's case he owned the 300 acres he took out in a grant in 1684 for only a short time. It seems that soon after he received the grant (a headright grant for transporting 6 persons to the colony) He sold the land patent to David Crawford. He apparently continued to live in St. Peter's Parish after he sold the land. His son Peter was baptised there on April 10, 1687. There is no record of Samuel afterthat. He is thought by some researchers to have either returned with his son to England or both died early. Having had the money to buy passage for 6 people it is quite probable that he arrived in this county not as an indentured servant or a soldier but on his own. Most likely Nicholas I and Samuel were related. Samuel and Nicholas Gentry had adjacent lands indicating that they were related. Samuell Gentrey, 300 acres, New Kent Co., S. side of York River; Betw. brs. of same and bes. of Tottapottamoys Cr., 21 Oct. 1684, p. 405 (of Patent Book 7) Adj. Col. John Page, Esqr.; Edward Houchin and Nicholas Gentrey. Trans. of 6 pers; John Morris, Francis Middleton, Hen. Tully, Elizabeth Ody, Mor. Gardner, 2. (Probably Mor. Gardner had an unnamed dependent) Hope this helps. Vida Gentry Beall >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:25:08 -0700 >From: "Morris Ryan" <[email protected]> > >Gentry in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars > >I, being both curious and inquisitive, am looking for stories and sources of >information concerning the Gentry family in the Revolutionary and Civil >Wars. > >The little bit I have learned: > >Nicholas, I and his brother Samuel were both British Red-coats, sent over by >King Charles to quell the Bacon uprising in VA. > >GEORGE GENTRY ALBEMARLE COUNTY PRIVATE VIRGINIA MILITIA, >JAMES GENTRY ALBEMARLE COUNTY CAPTAIN OF ARTILLERY VIRGINIA, WILLIAM GENTRY >HANOVER COUNTY PRIVATE VIRGINIA all fought on the Yankee side of the war. > >1864, William S. Gentry and two of his sons, John N. and Stephen M., were >taken prisoner by rebel soldiers, at their farm on the Hanging Dog Creek ... >tied to a mulberry tree and shot to death. >http://www.flex.net/users/golden/nc-state/cherokee/gentry.htm > >Where can a person find more information (Web and other) on Gentry family >members involved in these wars? > >Morris Gentry Ryan >Spokane, WA >