It is not far from Mt. Vernon Plantation (George Washington's home. Its property joins Ft. Belvoir, and it is located on Rt. 1 (Richmond Hwy.) Click below for directions. <A HREF="http://www.pohick.org/map1.htm">Pohick Map</A>

Can you tell me where the Pohick church is located ? - ---- Original Message ----- From: <Cpzb4@aol.com> To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [VAPWILLI-L] TRURO PARISH > I live about 10 minutes from Pohick Church. Click below it will give you the > background of the Church. > > > <A HREF="http://www.pohick.org/history.htm">Parish History</A> <A > HREF="http://virginiagenealogy.com/">The Virginia Genealogy Home Page</A> > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm > Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm

/Suzy: I'm not familiar with Hiatt's Implied Marriages in Fairfax Co. VA. Could you give me the data on it? Do you have a copy? When was it printed? Would you be able/willing to look up people? Many, many questions...hopefully you have time! Thanks, Thanks, Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <SUZYBC@aol.com> To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] Re: John Deskins > In a message dated 3/16/00 9:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, LeeRoses writes: > > << 1.3.2.6.2. Ruth Deskins > -born ca. 1788 Loudon Co., VA >> > Terry and others, > I am home with my genealogy files and it appears that I will confuse rather > than enlighten. > First of All the reason that I note Ruth Diskin, daughter is from a notation > in Hiatt'S Implied Marriages of Fairfax County. Her reference is Deed book R > year 1788 Loudoun County, VA. I have not seen the original document, so I do > not know how this information was derived. However let me tell what I do know > about Frances and Ruth Diskin Padgett. Frances had two sons Reuben and > Timothy and 8 daughters. I have no birth reference for the daughters but > Reuben appeared on the tax rolls in 1778 and Timothy in 1782 making their > respective birth years 1762 and 1766. These two birth years would rule out > Ruth being the Daughter of Frances McCarty Diskin who was married to John > Diskin in 1755. Given the birth years of the Padgett males Ruth probably was > born about 1740 give or take. > Terry you noted that John Diskins born 1696 and Died 1764 in Prince William. > >From the birth of the Padgett sons it seems that Ruth and Frances were > already married by the time of John's death, making a case for Ruth being a > dau of the Justice of Prince William. The Padgett's did live in Loudoun but > in that section that was very close to Prince William. I do not know what > section of Pr WM John Diskin lived in. This would point to the mother of Ruth > being Eliza Clark . Also what is your source for his date of death? > If anyone is interested I can post the daughters of Frances and Ruth. > Susan > P. S. Lee is the book that you mentioned difficult to find? > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm > Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm >

I live about 10 minutes from Pohick Church. Click below it will give you the background of the Church. <A HREF="http://www.pohick.org/history.htm">Parish History</A> <A HREF="http://virginiagenealogy.com/">The Virginia Genealogy Home Page</A>

Howdy Judy: According to the Hornbook of Virginia History, Truro Parrish was in Prince William Co., VA from 1732 thru 1742 and in Fairfax Co., VA. from 1742 on. The Pohick Church in Fairfax Co., VA begun in 1769 and completed in 1774 served Truro Parish. George Washington and George Mason were vestrymen of the Parish . Regards, Bernie in Northern Virginia

<A HREF="http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/files/The_United_Stat es,Virginia/9561.html">GenealogyBookShop.com: History of Truro Parish in Virginia.</A>

<A HREF="http://www.combs-families.org/~combs/records/va-parish.htm#truro">VA Parish Histories and Land Descriptions (Selected)</A> June

There's a Truro Episcipal Church in Fairfax, Virginia. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JUDITH712@aol.com> To: <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] TRURO PARISH > Hi All, > Can someone tell me where Truro Parish is located? I have a relative RICHARD > PELL list on tax records as being in Truro Parish. > TIA > Judy in Ohio > > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

This was on the Va-Roots list. I don't think my Cross family was in Prince William yet, but maybe it will help someone else. 20 new pages of Prince William County Court Minute Book 1752 can be found http://www.northernneckfamilies.com Access through Surname Search. Bonnie in OKC

Mr. Wilson, in your reply to a query of Hamilton Parish, there is a Dr. T. Withers who was a witness to the destruction of the Register while at Warrenton Academy. Another researcher and I are working in the Northern Neck area trying to connect the Withers families there with one of the many lines of Withers/Weathers in Va. (1) Is there a roster of the students at Warrenton Academy that would cover the years of 1803-1804 and that may give personal information of the students? There is a Dr. Thomas Withers in Dinwiddie Co. during the mid 1800s and although it is most likely that this T. Withers is of the Stafford family, I would like to confirm. (2) John Withers (d. 1698 Stafford Co), named his mother in an earlier document as Anne, wife of Thomas Odoneal (several spellings) who d. 1687-89. In one of Sparacio's books of Stafford Co., he, in the index, shows Odonell also as O'Neal. Do you have any info on the Parson O'Neal, teacher of the Academy when T. Withers was a student there. The name evolving to O'Neal could be an important clue to researching Anne Withers Odonell's maiden name and also the first name and death date of her former husband, Withers. . Any guidance or information you can give will be greatly appreciated. Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net ----Original Message----- From: Wilson, Donald L <dlwilson@pwcgov.org> To: VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com <VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 10:29 AM Subject: RE: [VAPWILLI-L] Hamilton Parish >All records of Hamilton Parish prior to 1874 are believed to be lost. > >We have a photocopy of a booklet called "Hamilton Parish, 1730-1876: an >Anniversary Discourse delivered by the Rector, Rev. John S. Lindsay, in St. >James' Church, Warrenton, Va., on the eighth Sunday after Trinity, August >6th, 1876." (Baltimore: Printing House of Sherwood & Co., 1876) 15 pp. It >states (p. 5-6) "A relic of these times [the ministry of Rev. James Keith, >ca. 1745-58]-- a prayer book of the Church of England purchased in London >for this parish and bearing upon its lid in gilt figures, the date of the >purchae -- 1749 -- was the one sacred heirloom of St. James' Church until >the 13th of Nov., 1874, when it was destroyed by fire, with the parish >register, in the burning of the Warren Green Hotel. Strange fatality -- the >mauscript records of Hamilton Parish reaching back a hundred years, telling >of the births and burials and marriages of the ancestors of many of you here >were wantonly consumed in our County Clerk's office nearly fifty years ago*, >and then, less than two years since, the book that contained the record of >like events nearer to your time and to your hearts, with the old prayer book >from the mother church ..." > >*Bishop Meade makes this statement [about the destruction of the register] >twice (chapters 55 and 56) in his "Old Churches [, Ministers and Families of >Virginia]. In chapter 56 he says the book "was torn up, page after page, by >the clerks or others, for the purpose of lighting cigars or pipes." But in >reading the minutes of the County Court of Fauquier I find it recorded that >Dr. T. Withers, being called to the stand as a witness in a case pending on >the 27th of October, 1841, testified substantially as follows: That in the >year 1803 or 1804, when a schoolboy in the Warrenton Academy, taught by >Parson O'Neal, he had often seen in the academy building the Parish >Register, and that it had then been mutilated by the boys of the school. > >"These two accounts of the destruction of the Register, apparently >contradictory, may be reconciled by the supposition that the book was badly >torn by the boys of the Academy, and then removed to the Clerk's office for >safe keeping; but as its torn and tattered appearance made the impression >that it was valueless, its leaves were devoted to the ignoble purposes >mentioned by the Bishop." > >So, according to the preceding, the colonial register (that should cover the >years 1730 to 1780+) was first mutilated at the Warrenton Academy by ca. >1804, and destroyed at the courthouse before 1841. A later register was >destroyed in the hotel fire of 1874. > >The author, above, does not distinguish between the parish register (the >list of births, marriages, and deaths) and the vestry book (the minutes of >the business meetings of the parish government). Those records were often >keep separately. The parish vestry was an arm of the colonial government >(overseeing public welfare), and it is likely that the vestry book would >have been deposited at the court house after disestablishment. (The vestry >book of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, survived because after >disestablishment it was given to the County Overseers of the Poor who >continued to record their minutes there.) It is possible that the book >destroyed at the Fauquier County court house was the vestry book and not the >register. If so, the last record we have of the colonial register is its >presence at the Warrenton Acadamy ca. 1804. If it survived at all it would >be in tatters. By some miracle it might be in private hands. If so, it has >never come to light. > >Sincerely, > >Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian >Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC) >Prince William Public Library System >Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue >Manassas, VA 20109-2892 >(703) 792-4540 >www.pwcgov.org/library/services/relic > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Archidon2@aol.com [mailto:Archidon2@aol.com] >Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:16 AM >To: VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] Hamilton Parish > > >Does anyone know where I can find records of Hamilton Parish from 1740-1770? > >Have these records been lost? > > >==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== >Over 6,100 Discussion Lists and More Added Daily!!! >USGenWeb and The USGenWeb Archives! >Special thanks to go to RootsWeb, your generous donations to >RootsWeb makes this all possible. Find out more! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. 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Donald, Thank you very much for the information. It was just what I was looking for. Also I do believe we are related and I will email you privately with additional info about Richard Pell. Thanking you again for the speedy reply I am, Judy in Ohio

In reading the information concerning BENNETT, I noticed the surname GRAHAM My ST.CLAIR/SINKLER/SINCLAIR family was in Overwharton Parish in 1723/1724 with my ancestor, Waymon/Wayman and his father Alexander, brother John. Wayman married a SHIRLEY who's mother was Mary GRAHAM. Mary's father was Edward GRAHAM who died probably in Fairfax Co., VA ca 1749 Does anyone know if the Richd. and Geo. GRAHAM listed here: > friend Evan WILLIAMS. Dated: March 3, 1779. Signed: Wm. BENNETT. Proven: > Sept. 7, 1784. Witnesses: Richd. GRAHAM, Geo. GRAHAM, Jas. TRIPLETT, were related to Edward GRAHAM of Fairfax? Looking for information on GRAHAM, SHIRLEY and ST.CLAIR/SINKLER/SINCLAIR Elaine Randall English eng4@alltel.net http://www.alltel.net/~eng4

Judy - Since 1765 Truro Parish has been located in the southeastern part of Fairfax County, including the towns of Fairfax, Springfield, Fort Belvoir, and Lorton. When the parish was formed in 1732 it covered all of what is now Fairfax, Arlington and Loudoun counties (at that time it was part of Prince William County). See Parish Lines, Diocese of Virginia, by Charles Francis Cocke (Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1967), p. 286. P.S. What do you know about Richard PELL and his family? I am descended from a Richard PELL who died in Fairfax County ca. 1807. Is that the same person? Sincerely, Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC) Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue Manassas, VA 20109-2892 (703) 792-4540 www.pwcgov.org/library/services/relic -----Original Message----- From: JUDITH712@aol.com [mailto:JUDITH712@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:35 AM To: VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] TRURO PARISH Hi All, Can someone tell me where Truro Parish is located? I have a relative RICHARD PELL list on tax records as being in Truro Parish. TIA Judy in Ohio ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi All, Can someone tell me where Truro Parish is located? I have a relative RICHARD PELL list on tax records as being in Truro Parish. TIA Judy in Ohio

Thank you for sharing your data. We have a similar record from Fairfax County, Virginia Wills, Inventory Accounts, and Bonds, Book A 1742-1752, Page 17, by June Whitehurst Johnson. It references Henry O'Kean's will which reads as follows: Pages 167-166. June 2, 1746. Henry O'Kean of Truro Parish: Wife: Jenny plantation and household goods and after her death to Richard O'Kean now living in Lancaster Co, Pa. Negro: Named Rachel to be set free. Orphan: John Loe under our care, household goods and right of land we now live upon. Sarah Hurst Dau. of John Hurst Jr., Plantation goods. John Diskins son of Daniel Diskins, cow and calf. William Boling, clothes and a gun. Exors: Wife Jenny and Capt. John Minor Gent. Signed: Henry (H) O'Kean. Cpzb4@aol.com wrote: > > I have a Family Tree CD#210 National Genealogical Society Quarterly, > Volumes 1-85. Volume 10 October 1921 #3 mentions Diskins. Copied by Eula > K. Woodward , Washington DC. > > Land Records, Fairfax County, Virginia beginning 1742: > > O'Kean, Henry, 2 June 1746 - 15 July 1746. > To wife Jenny during life, then to Richard O'Kean living in Lancaster Co., > PA. without nearer heirs come to this country; to Joe Loe, orphan under my > care, the land we live on. After my wife's death to Sarah Hurst, daughter of > John Jr; to John Diskins son of Daniel; to William Boling. > Exrs. Wife Jenny and Capt. John Minor. Henry O'Kean. Witness: David > Thomas, Moses Ball, Charles Mason (p. 167) > > 12 Mar. 1743 Lease. John Diskin, Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co. and > Reuben Padget of the same - 100 A. Fairfax County (named in boundaries, > Richard Mecks, part of 705 A. tract granted John Diskins > 2 Dec 1740 Witness: George Duren, Thomas Machen, Francis Paget. 15 > March 1743, P. 127. > > Poll Vote of Fairfax County 1744, Burgesses 103-104: > Daniel Diskin was listed > > Hope this helps > > June > > ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm > Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm

Here are a few facts about Mason BENNETT: In 1724 Mason Bennet is shown as a 13-year-old boy in the household of William Bennet in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia. Wm. Bennet Jr., age 11, is also in the household. ["Tenders of Tobacco in Overwharton Parish," in The Register of Overwharton Parish, by George H. S. King (Fredericksburg, Va.: Author, 1961), p. 161] This is a list of persons allowed to grow tobacco under a crop-restriction law. It shows all males over age 10 in each household. This family lived in the region between Aquia Creek and Quantico Creek. [So, Mason BENNETT was born ca. 1711, William Jr. was born ca. 1713] Prince William Co., Va., Deed Book R, p. 324-327 (from abstract by Ruth and Sam Sparacio): Indenture 15 and 16 May 1771, between Edward BENNETT of Prince William Co., Dettingen Parish, to James GRINSTEAD of PWC/Det.Par., for 70 lbs current money of Va., ... all that tract purchased of Mason BENNETT by deeds 1 and 2 Feb. 1750, being part of a tract taken up by William BENNETT deceased, father of said Mason BENNETT, being on North side of Quantico Run, corner of a tract whereon William BENNETT brother to said Mason BENNETT lately did live ... Signed: Edward BENNETT. Witnesses: William CAR, Simon LUTTRELL, Thomas CHAPMAN, James MUSCHETT, John POWELL. Recorded 4 June 1771. Prince William Co, Va., Will Book G, p. 292-294 (from abstract of June Johnson): Will of William BENNETT of Pr. Wm.: Tract of land of 450 ac. where my father Mason BENNETT now lives on, to him, also furniture during his natural life, then to my mother Mary BENNETT during her natural life. Sister: Mary DEVIER, wife of Hugh DEVIER of Rockingham Co., Va., land, stock and furniture after decease of mother, paying unto my brother Francis CANNON 100 lbs., in failure of a male issue by Mary tract in fee simple. Land on Elkhorn on waters of Ky. to brothers John CANNON and Francis CANNON equally divided to hold in tenants in common, not in joint tenants. Brother Luke CANNON, land on waters of Ohio on Licking Creek. Executors: John CANNON and friend Evan WILLIAMS. Dated: March 3, 1779. Signed: Wm. BENNETT. Proven: Sept. 7, 1784. Witnesses: Richd. GRAHAM, Geo. GRAHAM, Jas. TRIPLETT, Alexander BRUCE. [Since she is given preference in the inheritance, it appears that Mary DEVIER is William's full sister. If so, she would be a child of Mason and Mary BENNETT.] The military record of this latter William BENNETT is included in Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, by John Frederick Dorman, v. 6 (1961), p. 50-51. Two men of that name are mixed in same file. William BENNETT went into naval service as a lieutenant in the ship called the Gen. Mercer which was built at the mouth of Quantico Creek. He was born and raised in the neighborhood of Dumfries. William never married. He left half brothers Luke CANNON, John CANNON and Francis CANNON. (Deposition of Elizabeth Adie, 1834) Susanna TANSILL knew William BENNETT, son of Mason and Mary BENNETT late of Prince William County near Dumfries. ... The first children of Mrs. BENNETT, formerly Mrs. CANNON, were Francis, John and Luke CANNON. (Will of William BENNETT included here too.) In 1779, Mason BENNETT owned 480 acres in Prince William County. He was 19 years in arrears of paying his quit rents. [Magazine of Va. Genealogy, v. 32, Aug. 1994, p. 193] Mason BENNETT is missing from the 1782 personal property tax list for Prince William County, but a Mrs. BENNETT, with 13 slaves, 2 horses, 13 cattle is shown [Burr Harrison's district, (near Dumfries) p. 6] Could this be the widow Mary BENNETT? If so, Mason perhaps died between 1779 and 1782. No probate for him is on file in Prince William County. Did this give you anything you didn't already have? Are you trying to prove anything in particular? Sincerely, Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC) Bull Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Avenue Manassas, VA 20109-2892 (703) 792-4540 www.pwcgov.org/library/services/relic -----Original Message----- From: Archidon2@aol.com [mailto:Archidon2@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:18 AM To: VAPWILLI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VAPWILLI-L] Mason Bennett Does anyone have any information of a Mason Bennett in the mid 1700's? His wife's name was Mary and one son was named William. He also transferred property that was originally granted to a John Bennett, so there may be a relationship there also. ==== VAPWILLI Mailing List ==== Visit the Prince William County, USGenWeb Home Page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapwilli/pw.htm Check out the Prince William Archives and add your records! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/princewi.htm

I have a Family Tree CD#210 National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85. Volume 10 October 1921 #3 mentions Diskins. Copied by Eula K. Woodward , Washington DC. Land Records, Fairfax County, Virginia beginning 1742: O'Kean, Henry, 2 June 1746 - 15 July 1746. To wife Jenny during life, then to Richard O'Kean living in Lancaster Co., PA. without nearer heirs come to this country; to Joe Loe, orphan under my care, the land we live on. After my wife's death to Sarah Hurst, daughter of John Jr; to John Diskins son of Daniel; to William Boling. Exrs. Wife Jenny and Capt. John Minor. Henry O'Kean. Witness: David Thomas, Moses Ball, Charles Mason (p. 167) 12 Mar. 1743 Lease. John Diskin, Hamilton Parish, Prince William Co. and Reuben Padget of the same - 100 A. Fairfax County (named in boundaries, Richard Mecks, part of 705 A. tract granted John Diskins 2 Dec 1740 Witness: George Duren, Thomas Machen, Francis Paget. 15 March 1743, P. 127. Poll Vote of Fairfax County 1744, Burgesses 103-104: Daniel Diskin was listed Hope this helps June

In a message dated 3/16/00 9:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, LeeRoses writes: << 1.3.2.6.2. Ruth Deskins -born ca. 1788 Loudon Co., VA >> Terry and others, I am home with my genealogy files and it appears that I will confuse rather than enlighten. First of All the reason that I note Ruth Diskin, daughter is from a notation in Hiatt'S Implied Marriages of Fairfax County. Her reference is Deed book R year 1788 Loudoun County, VA. I have not seen the original document, so I do not know how this information was derived. However let me tell what I do know about Frances and Ruth Diskin Padgett. Frances had two sons Reuben and Timothy and 8 daughters. I have no birth reference for the daughters but Reuben appeared on the tax rolls in 1778 and Timothy in 1782 making their respective birth years 1762 and 1766. These two birth years would rule out Ruth being the Daughter of Frances McCarty Diskin who was married to John Diskin in 1755. Given the birth years of the Padgett males Ruth probably was born about 1740 give or take. Terry you noted that John Diskins born 1696 and Died 1764 in Prince William. >From the birth of the Padgett sons it seems that Ruth and Frances were already married by the time of John's death, making a case for Ruth being a dau of the Justice of Prince William. The Padgett's did live in Loudoun but in that section that was very close to Prince William. I do not know what section of Pr WM John Diskin lived in. This would point to the mother of Ruth being Eliza Clark . Also what is your source for his date of death? If anyone is interested I can post the daughters of Frances and Ruth. Susan P. S. Lee is the book that you mentioned difficult to find?

Honesty, Lamar Private Private WFT Vol.44 WFT Volume 44. Tree: 1493 Does anyone have access to the above Family Tree Maker CD? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your genealogy kindness.

Terry, Thanks so much for the information that you all sent. i Am away from my computer with my file I will check when I get home but it seems to me that Timothy Padgett who was the son of Frances and Ruth Diskins Padgett was born in the last quarter of the 1700's maybe about 1760 I am working from memory hear and this is not a line I have researched extensively so I may correct this later on.. From what I have seen there are three marriages of John Diskins. To be honest the marraige to Frances McCarty may not fit but i always thought that time wise John the Justice was in the right time frame to be the grandfather of Timothy Padgett. I will research whati have and re-post to the list later. Thanks for a great start though. Susan