Beheathland Gilson

Daughter of Thomas Bernard and Mary Beheathland

Beheathland BERNARD (Thomas BERNARD) was born ABT 1635 in Warwick Co., VA, and died BEF 30 MAR 1720 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Family

She married

1. Francis I DADE 1652 in Warwick, James City Co., VA, son of William DADE and Mary WINGFIELD. He was born 28 NOV 1621 in Tannington, Suffolk, England, and died 1 MAY 1663 in At Sea, Ship Maryland. He was buried MAY 1663 in At Sea.
2. Andrew GILSON ABT 1660, son of Andrew GILSON. He was born 1636 in Lancaster Co., VA, and died BEF 10 AUG 1698 in Stafford Co., VA.

	  Children of Beheathland BERNARD and Francis I DADE are:

• i. Anne DADE was born 1654 in James City Co., VA. Married 1) William Lane 2) Sigismund Massey ?
• ii. Francis DADE was born 7 NOV 1659 in Westmoreland Co., VA, and died 13 JUN 1694 in Stafford Co., VA. Married Frances Townsend. She m 2) John Withers 3) Col Rice Hooe
• iii. Mary DADE was born BEF 1660 in Westmoreland Co., VA, and died ABT 1694 in Stafford Co., VA. Married 1) Robert Massey 2) Col Rice Hooe.
• iv. William Bernard Dade
• v. Elizabeth DADE was born BEF 1660 in Westmoreland Co., VA. Married Major Edward Griffith.

Children of Beheathland BERNARD and Andrew GILSON are:

• i. Thomas GILSON was born 1660 in Stafford Co., VA, and died BEF 8 MAY 1707 in Stafford Co., VA.
• ii. Beheathland GILSON was born ABT 1666 in Westmoreland Co., VA, and died BEF 29 NOV 1693 in Westmoreland Co., VA. Married John Berryman

Comments

Per Dorman, Beheathland Bernard had only two Dade children, Francis and Mary. Her second husband, Andrew Gilson apparently had children when they married, one of whom married William Lane. I don’t find an Anne Dade.

Dorman says “the daughter Mrs. Buckner, named in Andrew Gilson’s will, and the wife of “my wel beloved sonn in law Mr. Wm, Lane” to whom Beheathland Gilson gave a power of attorney, 14 Nov 1667 (Old Rappahannock County Deeds, &c 3, 1663-1668, p. 312) appear to be his children by a previous marriage.” Dorman, Vol. 1, p.221

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bernard-170

Born to Capt. Thomas Bernard and Mary Beheathland. She married Francis Dade in 1652. They had a number of children, including Francis and a daughter Mary, wife of Capt Robert Massey and Col. Rice Hooe.[1] Nicklin gives a list of five that adds Ann, William, and Elizabeth.[2]

She next married Maj. Andrew Gilson. They had two known children. She left a will proved 3 Mar 1720/21.

Behethland had a large number of descendants from her seven known children. The occurrence of the given name Behethland among colonial Virginia families is largely from her example and quite frequent among the daughters of her descendants. She lived to quite an advanced age for the times and seems to have been a fairly prominent figure in early Virginia society.

Notes

Major John Smith and Behethland, his wife, "of Potomack,"
made a power of attorney to Major Edward Griffith, of Mulberry
Island, in the county of Warwick. Then, on December 29, 1663, Edward Griffith and Elizabeth, his wife, of Mulberry Island in James River, assign to Francis Dade, son of Major Francis Dade, deceased, all their right in a patent of land in Westmoreland Co., and in case of his death they gave their interest to his brothers and sisters, and in case of their decease, the land was devised to Mrs. Behethland Dade, relict of said Major Francis Dade.

Source: Daily Press. (May 12, 1985). Beheathland Bernard . Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-beheathland-bernard/...

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References

• John Bailey Calvert Nicklin. “Descendants of Captain Robert Behethland of Jamestown.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, 1929, pp. 60–63. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920378
• “John Bailey Calvert Nicklin. “Descendants of Capt. Robert Behethland of Jamestown.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, 1929, pp. 175–185. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921299
• John Bailey Calvert Nicklin. “Major Andrew Gilson: And Some of His Descendants (1630-1930).” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 38, no. 2, 1930, pp. 181–190. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4244325
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Coloncial And Medieval Families Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham Genealogical Publishing Company, Jul 30, 2005 - History - 1098 pages. Col ll Page 22.
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0260... broken link
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2604...
• From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I14064