AWESOME information from our GRACIOUS Cousin Ann Bishop and husband's research efforts! THANKS COUSIN ANN JERNIGAN BISHOP and RICHARD BISHOP! ...{:). Cousin Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 [email protected] ======================== -----Original Message----- From: Ann Bishop [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:29 PM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:@brown.strato.net; Subject: Notes from the Genn/Ginn family Pool Dan, Did you have all of this information? The James Genn/Ginn, surveyor, mentioned is my huband, Richard Bishop's maternal ancestor. Ann Bishop ____________________________________________________________________________ _____ Landmarks of Old Prince William by Fairfax Harrison Pg. 507: James Genn was surveyor of Prince William and lived on the Falmouth road near the site of the modern village of Catletts, as shown on the survey of the Northern Neck boundary from the head spring of Conway to the head spring of Potomac. A year later he made the first survey of Lord Fairfax's South Branch Manor. The duty of the field party to which Washington was attached in 1748 was to subdivide that great boundary into lots, for seating. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 5 Jun 1746 - Lord Thomas Fairfax rental deed of 285 acres of land in Prince William Co., VA to James Genn (of Prince Wm. Co., VA) on the branches of Elk Marsh and Finpot's Runs (?) bounded by the land of John Bush, outline of the land of Major Cook's, Nathaniel Dodd, Morgan Donnell (Darnell?), Jonas Williams, Welch's rolling road (?), Licking Run. James Genn must pay Fairfax 1 shilling sterling for every 50 acres on the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel. 5 Aug 1746 (?) - Lord Thomas Fairfax rental deed of 100 acres of land in Prince William Co., VA to James Genn (of Prince Wm. Co., VA) at the junction of Quantico Road, Rogue's Road and the Falmouth Road. Neighbors were Higgins, Benjamin Newton, other. James Genn must pay Fairfax 1 shilling sterling for every 50 acres on the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 1 Jul 1748 - Lord Thomas Fairfax rental deed of 280 acres of land in Orange Co., VA to James Genn (of Prince Wm. Co., VA) in the fork of the Rush River in Orange Co. James Genn must pay Fairfax 1 shilling sterling for every 50 acres on the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 21 Jul 1748 - Lord Thomas Fairfax rental deed of 400 acres of land in Orange Co., VA to James Genn (of Prince Wm. Co., VA) on the little fork of the Rappahannock River/Indian Run in Orange Co., surveyed by George Hume. Neighbors: Capt. Robert Green, Thomas Burch. James Genn must pay Fairfax 1 shilling sterling for every 50 acres on the feast day of St. Michael the Archangel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >From Microsoft (R) Encarta: FAIRFAX, Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), Scottish peer and Virginia landowner, born in Kent, England, and educated at the University of Oxford. He inherited from his mother, the daughter of Baron Thomas Colepeper, governor of Virginia, estates in Virginia constituting one-fourth of the entire colony. In 1735, when the possibility arose that the grant would be revoked by the Crown, Fairfax visited America, had the lands surveyed, and defended his claims, in which he was confirmed in 1745. He settled in Virginia in 1747 and built a home in the Shenandoah Valley on lands surveyed by George Washington. During the American Revolution, Fairfax remained a firm Loyalist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Landmarks of Old Prince William by Fairfax Harrison Pg. 306: The Parishes and Their Churches: The Hamilton-Dettingen parish line was surveyed in June, 1745 by James GENN (the surveyor who in 1748 was the head of Lord Fairfax's corps in the Shenandoah Valley with which George Washington had his first engineering experience in the field) under the direction of George Byrn (see ante., p. 263), and their report and plat remains among the Prince William records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >From Landmarks of Old Prince William George Washington's earliest surviving Journal begins as follows: Fryday, March 11th, 1747/8. Began my Journey in Company with George Fairfax, Esq. We travell'd this day 40 miles to Mr. George Neavel's in Prince William County. Saturday, March 12th. This morning Mr. James GENN, the surveyor, came to us. We travel'd over the Blue Ridge to Capt. Ashby's on Shannondoah River. Nothing remarkable happen'd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Spring of 1748 >From George Washington Touches the Frontier: "A surveying party was about to start for the remote South Branch of the Potomac. James GENN, a veteran Surveyor, was to be in charge; the Proprietor was to be represented by George William Fairfax." ____________________________________________________________________________ _______ >From Diaries of Washington, Surveying for Lord Fairfax Pg. 4: James Genn was, in 1748, the county surveyor of Prince William County, who lived on the Falmouth road some distance south of Neavil's. It was the rendezvous with him which determined the route via Neavil's. Genn was an experienced wilderness surveyor. In 1746 he had been engaged in the work of running the Northern Neck back line from the head spring of Conway (Rapidan) in the Blue Ridge to the head spring of Potomac in the Alleghanies, and in 1747, he had surveyed Lord Fairfax's South Branch and Greenway Court Manors. It was to subdivide the former into lots to be leased to tenants that the present expedition was on foot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN ; summit ; Fauquier ; 38ø51'52"N 078ø02'36"W ORANGE 38ø14'43"N 078ø06'40"W RUSH RIVER ; stream ; Rappahannock ; 38ø39'15"N 078ø07'51"W Fairfax to Genn (9 Sep 1792) This indenture made the twenty ninth day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety two between the reverend Denny Fairfax lately called Denny Martin of Leeds Castle, County of Kent and Kingdom of Great Britain D.D. a devisee and legatee named in the last will and testament of the Right Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland and proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia, deceased, by Thomas Bryan Martin Esq. of Greenway Court, County of Frederick and State of Virginia of the one part and James Genn of Fauquier County in the said State of the other part. Whereas the said Denny Fairfax by his letter or power of Attorney dated the seventh day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and duly and legally proved before Nathaniel Nimham Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London and certified by him under the Seal of the Office of Majority of the said City, the eighth day of the same month of November did authorize and empower his brother, the said Thomas Bryan Martin, among other things to lease out his lands in the said State of Virginia so devised to him by his uncle the said Thomas Lord Fairfax, deceased, on such rents, covenants and terms as he the same Thomas Bryan Martin should think reasonable and necessary, and upon payment of such rents or any part thereof, to give acquaintances and discharges for the same and upon nonpayment thereof to make distress or to sue for implead or prosecute the several defaulters to Judgment and execution, as by the said letter or power of attorney now in the possession of the said Thomas Bryan Martin may more fully and at large appear. Now this indenture witnesseth that the said Denny Fairfax by his attorney aforesaid for and in consideration of the rents and covenants hereafter mentioned hath demised, granted and to farm letter (?) and by these presents doth demise grant and to farm let unto the said James Genn, all that piece, parcels and lot of land No. 73 in the County of Fauquier, being part of the manor of Leeds and bounded as by a survey thereof lately made by George Hume as follows beginning at live red and white oaks corner to lot No. 72, one red oak numbered 73 thence N60 E200 poles to two red oaks and white oak on a parcel of Rocks on the foot of the rattle snake mountain, thence N40 W160 (Poles to two red oaks by a branch, thence S60 W200 poles to live red oaks and hickory on the side of a mountain corner to lot No. 72 thence with a line of that lot S40 E160 Poles to the beginning containing two hundred acres. To have and to hold the said two hundred acres of land to the said James Genn his heirs executors administrators or assigns, for and during the natural lives of him said James, Selia his wife and Nancy his daughter, to commence from the 15th of April last; he the said James Genn his heirs executors, administrators or assigns, yielding and paying to the said Denny Fairfax or his attorney aforesaid, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, the yearly rent of fifty shillings current money of the State of Virginia and also pay or cause to be paid unto the said Denny Fairfax or his attorney aforesaid or to the person or persons appointed by law to receive the same and at the time for the payment of the present. Assessments or land tax and all other future assessments of land taxes or other taxes, either ordinary or extraordinary that shall or may be laid on the said land or any thereof by the general assembly of the State of Virginia or other legal authority during the said term. And further the said James Genn for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns doth covenant and grant to and with the said Denny Fairfax, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns by his attorney aforesaid, that he the said James Genn his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns will pay or cause to be paid all charges and expenses attending or accruing for surveying the said lot No. 73 the drawing the lease and recording the same and that he the said James Genn, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, shall not put on the said Lot No. 73 or any part thereof any sub or under tenants, without the leave or license of the said Denny Fairfax or his attorney aforesaid or work any more persons or hands on the same lot than four. And further the said James Genn for himself his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns doth covenant and agree to and with the said Denny Fairfax by his attorney aforesaid, his executors, administrators or assigns that he will with all expedition, erect and build on the said lot of ground No. 73 of 200 Acres one dwelling house twenty feet long and sixteen feet wide with a brick or stone chimney to the same and keep the same in good and tenantable repair and leave the same in such good repair at the expiration of the said term. And further the said James Genn doth covenant and agree to and with the said Denny Fairfax by his attorney aforesaid, his heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, that he will with all expedition, raise and plant an orchard of one hundred apple trees and plant the same at least thirty feet as under and keep the same well trimmed and fenced for and during the said term and leave the same in good order and well enclosed at the expiration thereof. And further the said James Genn doth covenant and grant to and with the said Denny Fairfax, by his attorney aforesaid, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, not to waste unnecessarily destroy, dispose of any timber growing upon the said land, but only to make necessary use of the same for the benefit of the said Plantation and premises. And further that if the said James Genn, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns shall at any one time for the space of two whole years fail in the payment of the rent herein before reserved, or any part thereof, or in the performance of all or any of the covenants herein before contained, then it shall and may be lawful for the said Denny Fairfax, by his attorney aforesaid, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, to reenter the land and premises hereby leased, and be in the actual possession of the same to all intents and purposes as if this had never been made. In witness whereof both parties, the said Denny Fairfax, by his attorney aforesaid and the said James Genn have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year before written. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Isaac Way, John Way, Marshall Secoh ? Denny Fairfax (ss) James Genn (ss) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----