Good Morning Group!! Forgot to say that Thomas came from England abt. 1722 with the Governor. This information was given to us on the tour of Williamsburg during the 2002 Reunion. After the Governor died in 1726 he went to William and Mary College and also had an "nursery" at the "Maupin House" Lot 353 at the corner of the Duke of Glouster Street and Naussa. Thomas married Marie abt. 1723. And it is beleived that Daniel married Margaret in the Fall of 1719, his father disapproved and changed the will stating that his daughter Mary was deceased and changed the distribution of the estate. I am of the opinion that Daniel Maupin worked for Thomas Crease and that is where he learned to farm, remember Daniel's father Gabriel was a "Taylor" by trade and operated a tavern and inn. Daniel, I am sure, named the fourth son "Thomas" for Thomas Crease. If William (Amer) Via had a shady background this may have accounted for the opinion Gabriel had about him. Margaret was apparently an orphan when she married Daniel. Looks like both parents were dead by 1719 or perhaps her mother had remarried and moved to Williamsburg. When Daniel moved to Hanover Co. and took up residency on the 250 acre headright land given his father he apparently left his brother Gabriel's portion in 1742 when Gabriel died. Please comment!!! William Albertson [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [VIA-L] William (Amer) Via >In a message dated 1/8/2003 5:29:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > > >> The story about Margaret Via's family being the gardners for the Maupins is >> not true, I believe it was chanaged and referred to Marie Hersent Maupin's >> second husb and Thomas Crease who was a gardner at the Governor's Palace >> and at William and Mary College. Recently I corresponded with William and >> Mary college and they verfied the fact that Thomas did indeed work there >> beginning in 1726 after the Governor died with whom Thomas had came from >> England in 1722. >> > >William, >I just can't imagine where or how the lore got started that a Via was a >gardner for the Maupin's. Generally there is at least a shred of truth in >these stories. But I can't figure this one out. If Thomas didn't start >gardening at William and Mary until 1726 Margaret Via and Daniel Maupin were >married before that as their children were born in the early 1720's. (Gabriel >Maupin I believe was born about 1720). And for Gabriel to disapprove of >Daniel's marriage that disapproval would have had to have been before 1720 >when Gabriel died. So there is a span in there from about 1711/1716 until >1720 when a Via could have gardened for the Maupin's but it would have had to >have been for Gabriel Maupin and not Thomas Crease. From the Vestry records >it is unclear to me if Amer died 1711 or closer to 1716. William Via does >not show up in processioning records until 1731 in Hanover County. And when >he does show up he appears to be on the land of Amer Via. So I suppose >anything's possible. Were the younger children sent to Williamsburg? If so >why? Robert was in the processioning records in Hanover starting in 1715..... > > > >Judy > >