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FIRST GENERATION
1. Elizabeth HORSLEY was born about 1742.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Rowland HORSLEY was born about 1720 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.1 He died after 1787 in Amelia County, Virginia.
4 June 1752 Order by Jno. Nicholas, clerk, to Jno. Henry, Ro. Jennings & Jas
Littlepage - Rowland Horsley & wife Susanna, 15 Dec 1750, to Josiah Payne,
200 acres North side Rivanna. Dower released to Henry Littlepage on same
day. This is from: The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia 1761-1807 and
Albemarle County, Virginia, 1748-1763, by Rev. Bailey Fulton Davis
Know all men by these presents that I Rowland Horsley did promise to give
Charles Goodman one Negro Boy named Roger which he the said Charles Goodman
has in possession it being a Marriage Contract & given with my Daughter
Elizabeth I do warrant the said Negro Roger him the sd Charles Goodman &
Elizabeth his wife and to their Heirs and assigns forever In Witness whereof
I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this fifteenth Day of July one Thousand
seven hundred & Sixty one. Rowland Horsley
Test
Jeremiah Burnet (his mark)
Micajah Via
Bond Burnet (his mark)
(Albemarle Co., Va. DB3:92)
3. Susannah __?__. Rowland HORSLEY and Susannah __?__ had the following children:
i. Rowland HORSLEY Jr. was born about 1755 in Virginia.2 He died in 1846 in Sumner County, Tennessee.3 He has reference number 00164.
1 ii. Elizabeth HORSLEY.
THIRD GENERATION
4. Robert HORSLEY was born about 1675 in New Kent County, Virginia. He died in 1733 in Hanover County, Virginia.4
Will probated 3 May, 1734.-Robert Horsley - will dated Feb. 5, 1733 son Rowland Horsley, son Wm. Horsley, (to whom he gave that part of his land in Goochland). Nephew, Wm. Moore, son Robert (to whom land on the Rivanna River in Goochland), son John, wife Frances, daus. Elizabeth, Ann and Mary, land in Goochland, daughter-in-law (probably actually a step-daughter) Frances Hord.
He was married to Frances BASSETT about 1699.1
5. Frances BASSETT5 was born about 1682 in York County, Virginia.5 Robert HORSLEY and Frances BASSETT had the following children:
i. William HORSLEY was born about 1710 in New Kent County, Virginia.6,7 Amherst County, VA. Book 3, page 66 -- Guardian Bond -- Geo. Burks, Chas. Burks, Killis Wright, Wm. Horsley,
and Jno. Burks, February 4, 1788, for Geo. and Chas. Burks as guardians of Lindsey, Sarah and Eliz. Burks,
orphans of Saml. Burks.
ii. John HORSLEY was born about 1703 in New Kent County, Virginia.
iii. Robert HORSLEY was born about 1706 in New Kent County, Virginia. He died in 1786 in Amherst County, Virginia. In the name of God Amen. I Robert Horsley of the County of Amherst being
sick & weak of Body but of perfect mind & memory do make this my last will &
Testament & as Touching my wordly Estate it is my will & desire to dispose of
as Followeth.
Item I lend to my well Beloved wife Judah Horsley my Plantation whereon I now
live & six negroes to wit Doll, Mary, Sarah, Sall, Beck & Charles to her as
long as she lives & after her Decease it is my will & desire that the land &
the above mentioned negroes & their Increase should be Equally Divided
between my Two Brothers William Horsley & John Horsley to them & their Heirs
forever & as to my stock & household furniture it is my Desire that my wife
Judith Horsley shall have at her own Disposal, I nominate & Appoint Judith
Horsley my wife My Brothers William Horsley & John Horsley my Executors To
this my last will & Testament & revoking & Disannulling all other Former
Wills Given under my hand & seal this Ninth day of March One Thousand seven
hundred & Eighty six.
Robert Horsley
signed Sealed &
Delivered in presence of
James Pamplin
Mary Boaze (her mark)
Isbell Via (her mark)
iv. Elizabeth HORSLEY was born about 1709.
v. Mary HORSLEY was born about 1714 in New Kent County, Virginia.
2 vi. Rowland HORSLEY.
vii. Ann HORSLEY was born about 1721 in New Kent County, Virginia.
FOURTH GENERATION
8. Rowland HORSLEY (I) was born about 1640 in Virginia.2 He resided in 1704 in New Kent County, Virginia.8
He had 300 acres of land on that year's rent rolls. He may have been the son of the Robert HORSLEY whose died intestate in York County before March 1646/47. Robert's administrators were Capt. Joseph JOHNSON and Edward PRINCE.
He was also probably related to the Ralph HORSLEY who led a group of religious dissenters (Baptists?) into Maryland in about 1670. Ralph HORSLEY witnessed a deed in Charles River County in April 1640. In Northumberland County, VA in 1652 he rec'd headright land on Potomack Creek at Chickacome River adj. Henry REYNER for the transportation of Jane and Joseph HORSLEY and Robert SHARPE
Also a Stephen HORSLEY and Nicholas WADDELOW had a patent for 400 acres in Northampton Co., VA in 1647. This is no doubt the same man (spelled HORSEY) who created such a disruption in the Northampton Court in 1653 regarding Walter CHILES' ship which had been seized by one of Cromwell's men.
Robert Lancaster and Rowland Horsley had a joint land grant in New Kent County for 473 acres on Mattadequon Creek, dated 8 Oct 1672.
To all & c. whereas &c. Now Know ye that by the said __ Wm Berkeley __
Governor &c Give & Grant unto Row Horsley & Robt Lancaster Seven Hundred
Sixty Seven Acres of Land lying in New Kent County &c bounded as followeth
beginning at a Corner Gum at the Lower side of the mouth of the Little Creek
__ from __ 52 dgrs W280 po to a Red Oak __ 196 po to a red oak of Chas Bryons
Land & N 42 dgrs W20 po to a white Oke Corner on the N Side of the Little
Creek &c __ 265 po up the said Creek to a Corner ?joiner? of Wm Owens Land S
25 dgrs W 132 po to another __ &c Further along Owens Land N 63 dgrs W 240 po
to a rea oake __ dgrs W104 po to a white oke near a spring Called the holly
Spring &c N 62 dgrs W58 po to another white oake on the mouth of a Small
branch of the Little Creek & down the Little Creek to the Land of David
Crafford &c E N E 30 po along the said Craffords Lands to a white Oak &
further bounding on the said Crafford land __ 40 dgrs __ Creek up a branch to
a red oake Corner of Jno Poun__ Land & c along the said poun__ back line 356
po to a white oake N 13 dgrs E308 po to a red oak by Mattadequin Creek &c
bounding down sad __ oake to the Place where it Began 473 acres being __ by
patent Dated the 8th day of October 1672 &c the Residual being 294 acres in
the upper part of the Land on the Little Creek being now taken up bounded &
divided as followeth &c Land that both on the North Side of the Little is
Robt Lancasters part &c Land on ye S side is Row Horsleys which boundry &c is
__ Shall Layd down & marked __ __Land __ by & for the transportation of Six
persons To have & To hold __ __ __ payment provided &c Dated the 7th of
March 1675/6
Richd ?Colly? Eliz Sutton Jno Sutton Wm Wood Giles West Richard
Nor__
(Virginia Land Patents Book 6 page 588)
This Robert Lancaster was a sea-faring man who made his will on 3 Jan 1684 aboard the ship "Unicorn". His legatees were his wife Ann; widowed sisters Anne Cooper and Rachel Parret; sister Mary Lewis; brother Edward; cousin Baker; executrix, his mother, Anna Lancaster.
The birth of Rowland's slave, Sambo, is recorded in the St. Peter's Parish Register in 1691. He is on a list of tithables the same year, a neighbor of William BASSETT. Since there are no other mentions of Rowland in the Register or the Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, it is quite likely that he was a religious dissenter and that is the likely reason for Frances' well-to-do father to leave her only a few shillings.
He had 250 acres in New Kent County on the 1704 Quit Rent (tax) Roll. Rowland HORSLEY (I) had the following children:
4 i. Robert HORSLEY.
10. William BASSETT was born about 1646 in York County, Virginia.5 He was minor when his father died.
York County, Virginia Records 1665-1672 abstracted 7 Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III, 1987, p. 159 At a Court Held for York County 2 Nov 1667...Mr. William Bassett, having attained age of 21, is to be possessed of his estate in hands of Capt. John Underhill, his guardian and father in law [step-father].
He Was appointed Vestryman and Church Warden between 1684 and 1718 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.9 He died before May 1724 in New Kent County, Virginia.5 William's will as published in New Kent County History, Vol 1 pg 189
Last Will and Testament of
William Bassett of New Kent County, Virginia
Proven in Court 14 May 1724
In the Name of God Amen, this Twenty-eighth day of the Month of April in the Year of Our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty, I, William Bassett of St. Peter's Parish in the County of New Kent & Colony of Virginia being of sound mind and perfect memory praise be God for the same but considering with my Self that all flesh must yield to Death and being desirous to settle mine affairs in Order before I go hence and be no more seen, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following.
Impris, I give & Bequeath unto Thomas Bassett, my grandson all that part of land which is between Charles Fleming's Spring Branch and the corner ash which is on Charles Fleming's line of Black Creeks Main run hence up the Main Run of Black Creek unto the aforesaid Charles Fleming's Spring Branch, To Have & To Hold the said parts and parcels of land with all the rights and privileges to the said land unto my Grandson Thomas Bassett and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for the default of such heirs then to descend to my next Heir in blood and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my son John Bassett a parcel of land which is between Wayoke Main Swamp and Charles Fleming's Spring Branch which branch runs down to Thomas Ellyson's land with all it's rights and privileges as above said unto John Bassett and his heirs to descend to my next heir in blood and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever.
Item - I give & Bequeath unto y daughter Anne More a parcel on the North side of Wayoke Main Swamp with all its rights as above said unto Anne More and the heirs of her body and so to proceed and descend from heir to heir in a right line forever.
Item - I give unto my daughter Ursula Bassett one feather Bed & furniture which she now lieth on. Also, I give unto my daughter Ursula Bassett two cows and one horse.
Item - I give unto my daughter Mary Boughan one shilling.
Item - I give unto my daughter Frances Horsley one shilling.
Item - I five unto my son John Bassett one shilling.
Item - I give unto my daughter Urecilia Bassett one shilling.
__________ give unto my loving wife Anne Bassett during her widowhood and after her death what estate that shall be left then half of it to be equally divided between my son John Bassett and my daughter Urecilia Bassett and the other half to be equally divided between all my other children, that is to say, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Frances. Likewise my will and desire is that my dear wife Anne Bassett shall live upon the plantation whereon I now live with all the land running to the Branches which is called Charles Fleming's Spring Branch and the same peaceable and quietly to enjoy and possess without any molestation or trouble whatsoever during her natural life and after her decease the said plantation my will and desire is that my daughter Ursellia Bassett shall live upon the aforesaid plantation during her natural life and after her decease to return to my son John Bassett and his heirs forever, as is aforesaid expressed. Also, I desire and my will is that my wife Anne Bassett shall have timber for building on the aforesaid plantation any part of my now said land and hereby appointing my said wife Anne Bassett to be my true and lawful Exetx to see my debts paid out of my Estate my funeral right solemnized and this my last Will & Testament Fulfilled but no appraisement or inventory to be taken of my estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of October, 1720.
/s/ Will Bassett
Sealed before us: Elmore Gerrard In 1722, he was one of three executors to the will of Governor Berkeley.
He was married to Anne __?__ about 1665 in York County, Virginia.5 William and Anne were, for a time, step-brother and sister.
11. Anne __?__ was born about 1645 in York County, Virginia.5 I have not personally proven that her maiden name is Underhill nor that she was the daughter of John. This is "family tradtion" and should be treated as suspect until more research is done. She is said to have been a step-sister of William. If that is true, she was probably the daughter of Isaac Clopton. Capt. John Underhill left a will and she was not mentioned in it.
William BASSETT and Anne __?__ had the following children:
i. Thomas BASSETT5 was born about 1665 in York County, Virginia.5 He died on 20 Apr 1720 in New Kent County, Virginia.10
Thomas predeceased his father. His lineage is proven by the fact that William left a substantial portion of his estate to Thomas, Jr.
ii. John BASSETT was born about 1668 in York County, Virginia.5
John sold the land which his father gave him to William Clopton. This land lay along the upper side of Black Creek. It is probable that some of his estate lay within Hanover County for he had some of his children appear in the Records of St. Paul's Parish. and some of his children were registered in St. Peter's Parish.
iii. Ursula BASSETT5 was born about 1673 in York County, Virginia.5
iv. Mary BASSETT5 was born about 1675 in New Kent County, Virginia.5
v. Elizabeth BASSETT5 was born about 1678 in New Kent County, Virginia.5
vi. Anne BASSETT5 was born about 1682 in York County, Virginia.5
5 vii. Frances BASSETT.
FIFTH GENERATION
20. Thomas BASSETT was born in 1617 in England.5 He immigrated in 1635 to from England to Barbados..5 Thomas, age 18, sailed from England in "Truelove" June 10 1635, to land in Bermuda
or Somer-Islands. He died about 1655 in York County, Virginia.11 His son, William, was under 18. On 22 Mar 1624: The Record of the Virginia Company of London note that: Wm Bassett was one of the massacred by the savages of Virginia. Notice to be given to his family in England, "to the end that Heyres(Heirs) may take heed for the property: College People (about 2 miles from Henry City, Va.) Copy filed under Va Prob. or Land and Prop.
1639 Apr 18: Thomas received 150 acres bounding E & W on Chickahominy N to Stopcock, Virginia (taken into New Kent County in 1654)
He was married to Mary FELGATE (I) about 1642 in York County, Virginia.5
21. Mary __?__ was born about 1622 in probably England.12 She died in Jan 1678 in York County, Virginia.5 On 24 Sep 1655 in York County, Virginia, she filed a claim for - and was granted - the entire estate of Robert Felgate as his only heir. Her surety was Capt. William Barber. Thomas BASSETT and Mary FELGATE (I) had the following children:
i. Mary BASSETT was born about 1644.
10 ii. William BASSETT.
SOURCES
1. Estimated from ages of children, etc.
2. Estimate based on other known facts.
3. Probate Records.
4. William and Mary Quarterly. Hanover County Records.
5. Kindred Konnections is a genealogical website on the World Wide Web. Genealogical files are submitted by subscribers and passed on to other interested parties. Nothing with this source has been confirmed by this writer. It is here for some future researcher to check out.
6. Internet Website:. http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/mromine/fowsndx.htm.
7. Another researcher. Jan Romine: <jbromine@hotmail.com> Nov. 1997.
8. Louis des Cognets. English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records. Baltimore, 1958.
9. Vestry Book.
10. Parish Register. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA.
11. Family Archives. CD 174. Virginia Vital Records, Old Tombstones in New Kent County.
12. Estimation based on other known facts.
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