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This article is about the Virginia colonist. For the science fiction writer, see
John E. Stith .
John Stith (fl. 1631–1694)[1] [2] Virginia House of Burgesses [3] progenitor of the Stith family , one of the first families of Virginia .[4] [5]
Early life
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John Stith[6] Kirkham in Lancashire , England in 1625.[1] [7]
Colonial America
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Stith, the first person in colony of Virginia with that surname,[8] Charles City County, Virginia ,[9] [3] [10] [8]
He was a merchant , an attorney , and a justice of the peace , and served in the militia as a lieutenant (1656), a captain (1676), and a major (1680).[3] Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion .[8] [3] Sir William Berkeley .[3] high sheriff of Charles City County.[8]
Marriage and children
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In 1657, Stith married Jane Drury Mosby, the widow of Thomas Gregory and Joseph Parsons,[1] [2]
John Stith[a] William Randolph , and had three children: William , John, and Mary.[4] [b]
Drury Stith married Susannah Bathurst and had at least two children.[3] [4] [10] [10]
Anne Stith married Robert Bolling [6] [c] [3] [4] [10]
Jane Stith wife of Capt. Daniel Luellin[2]
Agnes Stith wife of Mr. Thomas Wynn[2]
Death
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Stith's final will was proved April 3, 1694. He had been living at Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. His estate was divided between his wife, and sons John and Drury. He left money to his daughters Jane, Ann, and Agnes. Before Stith's death, Drury received his third of the estate, which included land on the eastern branch of Herring Creek. John was to receive the land Stith lived on and a mill.[2]
Notes
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^ Bolling's first wife, Jane Rolfe , was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe .[6]
References
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^ a b c Saunders, Charles B. (2000). Four Centuries in America: The British Heritage of the Saunders/Carmichael and Shafer/MacIntire Families . Gateway Press. p. 68. John Stith, b. 1625 Kirkham, Lancashire, England, to Charles City Co. VA by 1656, m. Jane Mosby, widow of Thomas Gregory and Joseph Parsons, 1657, d. 1694.
^ a b c d e f Will of John Stith , Charles City Virginia Records 1737-1774, April 3, 1694, p. 185
^ a b c d e f g h i j Tyler, Lyon Gardiner , ed. (1915). "Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons" . Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography . Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ a b c d e f g Goode, George Brown (2009). Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby ISBN 978-0806351735
^ "Questions and Answers" . Notes and Queries . VI 2 ). Manchester, New Hampshire: S. C. & L. M Gould: 244–245. February 1989. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ a b c Hardy, Stella Pickett (1911). Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families who Settled in the Colonies Prior to the Revolution
^ Johnston, Christopher (July 1912). "The Stith Family" . In Tyler, Lyon G. (ed.). William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine . Vol. XXI. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson. pp. 181–193, 269–278. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ a b c d Goode, George Brown (1887). Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby, a Virginia Colonist of the Seventeenth Century, with Notes Upon Related Families, a Key to Southern Genealogy and a History of the English Surname Gode, Goad, Goode Or Good from 1148 to 1887
^ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
^ a b c d e f g h Gordon, Armistead C (1914). "The Stith Family" . In Tyler, Lyon G. (ed.). William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine . Vol. XXII. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson. pp. 44–51, 197–208. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler 331 .
^ Brown, John Howard (1900). "Armistead Churchill Gordon" . Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States . Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
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