John Redman

Biography

John Redman, Jr was born in 1667 in Westmoreland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States and was baptized on January 2, 1727, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia.

He was the son of John Redman and Mary (Harris) Moxley. (She was born a HARRIS but adopted her stepfather's surname of ALLEN.)

John Redman was keeper at Nominy Ferry from 1702-1711. Some research might need to be done to determine what that was. Evidently, John Redman inherited the position from his stepfather, Edward Franklin.

His first wife was a Mary (unknown) & their children were ...

1. John REDMAN b: ca 1688
2. Solomon REDMAN b: ca 1690
3. Frances REDMAN b: ca 1692/3 m=FRYER
4. Thomas REDMAN b: 1695

His second marriage was about 1699-1700 in VA,Westmoreland-Co to Ann Cox & their children were ...

1. Vincent REDMAN b: ca 1700
2. Jeremiah REDMAN b: ca 1702
3. Daniel REDMAN
4. Anne REDMAN
5. Sarah REDMAN
6. Elizabeth REDMAN.

He died on February 1, 1732, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States.

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Redman-608

John Redman was a Virginia colonist.
After the death of his brother Peter Redman, John Redman was the eldest son and heir of Mary & John Redman. He was born about 1667 (@44 years old in Aug 29, 1711 deposition, D. & W. #7 p243) in VA,Westmoreland-Co & lived there until 1720.

From 1685 to 1688 there were several suits by him against his step-father, Edward Franklin, with regard to his inheritance from his father (per "Historical Southern Families" v1 p4 by John Bennett Boddie) and the property he and his brother, Solomon, had inherited from their eldest brother, Peter Redman (O. B. 1675/6-1688\9 p425, 426, 428, 432, 456, 460, 701). The disputes seem to have been settled amicably, however, for John Redman was one of the Trustees of Edward Franklin's Will, as mentioned previously. John Redman was keeper of Nominy Ferry from 1702 to 1711, a position which his step-father had also held (O. B. 1698-1705 p171a, 207, 249; O. B. 1705-1721, p4a, 40a, 77, 106a, 136, 151a, 176a).

His eldest son, John Redman, Jr., seems in his youth to have been a somewhat turbulent character and was in some slight trouble with the Court in 1712 and 1714 (O. B. 1705-1721 p187a, 249, 254).

More serious trouble arose in 1720, when either John Redman or his son, John, Jr., was accused of having instigated Mrs. Rebecca Chilton's slaves to burn her boat (same p393a, 394, 396).

On Sep 27, 1720, John Redman deeded his land in VA,Westmoreland-Co (per "Redmans in America by Beverly Redman Reeves Watts in 1974) to his son, Thomas Redman, which in default of heirs, was to descend successively to his son Vincent, then to his daughter, Sarah and finally to his daughter Elizabeth (D. & W. #7 p58).

The trouble was so serious (per Order Book 1705-1721 p187a, 249, 254, 393a, 394, 396) that both John Redmans, Sr. and Jr., removed about 1720 to MD,St.Mary's-Co where apparently John, Sr. still owned the land bought by his father, John1 Redman in 1664.

On Jan. 20, 1731\2 John Redman made his Last Will & he died on 18 Feb 1731\32. His Will was probated in MD,St.Mary's-Co on Feb 18, 1731\2 & mentioned ...

- left his sons John and Solomon Redman and daughter Frances Fryer 1 shilling each;
- small bequests to the sons Thomas, Vincent, and Daniel;
- somewhat larger ones to his daughters, Anne Leake and Sarah Robinson;
- a still larger bequest to his son, Jeremiah;
- a small piece of land to his grandson, John Leake;
- and his plantation and most of his property to his daughter, Elizabeth Redman ("Mary land Calendar of Wills" v6 p210; W. B. v20 p321-324, Hall of Records, Annapolis).

The Will apparently named the children from eldest to youngest, so that through it and comparison with other records, one can get a fairly accurate idea of their ages and which were the children of each of John2 Redman's marriages.

The eldest son was John Redman, Jr. born about 1688, who was heir, and first appeared in the records of VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1712 (O. B. 1705-1721 p187a). He was probably.

AThe next son was Solomon Redman probably born about 1690, who married Mary Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, by 1711 (VA,Richmond Co. D. B. v5 p327).

The daughter, Frances Fryer, was probably the next child, born about 1692-1693, who along with John and Solomon, was left only 1 shilling in the Will. She may have been the wife of William Fryer, to whose children, Priscilla, Frances and Rose Fryer, George Brown left property in his Will in 1724 in VA,Westmoreland Co (Fothergill p80-81).

Thomas Redman was born in 1695 & was said to have been 25 years of age when his father deeded him the VA,Westmoreland-Co land in 1720 (O. B. 1731-1739 p166). Thomas Redman, last appears in the VA,Westmoreland-Co records in 1735, and nothing further in known of him.

These first four children were all obviously by the first marriage; the others mentioned in the Will were all probably by the second wife, Ann Cox.

The eldest of these was Vincent Redman born about 1700 & obviously named for his grandfather, Vincent Cox. He was sued in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1721, indicating that he was 21 years of age (O. B. 1705-1721 p402; O. B. 1721-1731 p2a).

The next son seems to have been Jeremiah Redman, for he was apparently of age in 1723, when he appears in suits in VA,Westmoreland-Co (same p40 & 48), indicating his birth as about 1702.

There is no particular clue as to the other children's ages.

The daughter Sarah was mentioned in the 1720 deed and she was called Sarah Robinson in her father's Will in 1732. She may have been the wife of Thomas Robinson (Robertson), who died in VA,Westmoreland-Co in 1756, mentioning in his Will a grandson, Thomas Redman Robertson (Fothergill p140

Clipping from Boddie, John Bennett, Historical Southern Families, Vol. XII, "Thornton of Virginia," With Related Families Ransdell, Cox, Atwell, Alford, Williams, Curtis, & Obert, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland.

References

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1655...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Redman-60 cites

1. Descendants of John Redman=Redmond, Four Generations, researched and compiled by Glenda F. Dobbs]
2. "Historical Southern Families".
3. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
4. Original data: Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003

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