Samuel Waddy, of Hanover, VA

Not Samuel Waddy, of Louisa County

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Biography

Samuel Waddy, of Hanover, VA was born circa 1653 in Virginia. His parents were Anthony Waddy, Sr and Sarah Waddy (Parke).

Samuel married NN Waddy ({unknown}). Together they had the following children:

1. Sarah Anderson (Waddy);
2. Anthony Waddy;
3. Jane Street (Waddy);
4. Samuel Waddy, Jr;
5. Mary Tate (Waddy);
6. Elizabeth Waddy;
7. Catherine "Caty" Thompson (Waddy);
8. Judith Jones (Waddy).

He died after 1726 in Hanover, Virginia and left NO will. This has caused him to be confused with others of similar name.

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https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/104119/I19271/samuel-waddy/individual
Name: Samuel Waddy
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1653 in prob VA
Death: AFT 1726 in Hanover Co VA
Person Id: I19271
Tree Id: 104119

Parents
Father: Anthony Waddy: Birth: BEF 1622. Death: AFT 1653 in York Co VA
Mother: unknown

Family
Marriage:
Married: unknown on ABT 1678 at prob VA.
unknown: Birth: ABT 1659. Death: AFT 1701
Children:

1. Sarah Waddy: Birth: ABT 1679 in VA.
2. Anthony Waddy: Birth: ABT 1681 in VA. Death: AFT 1753 in Louisa Co VA
3. Jane Waddy: Birth: ABT 1683 in VA. Death: 15 JAN 1687/88 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co VA
4. Samuel Waddy: Birth: ABT 1685 in VA. Death: 3 JAN 1687/88 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co VA
5. Mary Waddy: Birth: ABT 20 JUN 1687 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co VA.
6. Elizabeth Waddy: Birth: ABT 24 OCT 1689 in New Kent Co VA.
7. Catherine Waddy: Birth: ABT 1692 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co VA.
8. others? Waddy: Birth: BET 1694 AND 1699.
9. Judith Waddy: Birth: ABT 5 JAN 1700/01 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co VA.

Notes
a. Note: It is not known where Samuel Waddy was prior to 1687, but by that date he had settled in New Kent Co VA. Samuel Waddy was paid by St. Peter's Parish for mending the seats of the the church in Oct 1687. In the same year, he helped clear land for a road. In 1689, he was included in a list of landowners for processioning. In Dec 1689, he supervised a carpenter who obtained timber for work at the church. In 1703, he was paid 1200 pounds of tobacco for taking care of James Turner who applied to the parish for support. (St. Peter's Parish)

The name of Samuel's wife is not known, but the names of his daughters may be clues to her name. The births of the younger children were recorded in the St. Peter's Parish Register. Two of the children died young and it is not known what happened to the three youngest daughters.

For some reason, Samuel is not included in the 1704 quit rent list for VA. Surely he owned land by this time. There is no name in the list even similiar to Samuel Waddy.

In 1704, St. Paul's Parish was formed from St. Peter's, so Samuel's service to the church and community continued there. Samuel was named in the St. Paul's Vestry Book 24 times for the years 1705-1723. He was paid 1200 pounds of tobacco for his continued care of James Turner for 1705-1707 until Turner died in 1708. In 1709 and 1719, Waddy's plantation was named in an order for a road to be cleared.

He also did work for the parish: 1706 "work done at the lower church," 1000 pounds of tobacco; 1707 unspecified work, 125 pounds; 1707 order for work to clear Pamunkey River on the south side; 1709 unnamed work, 150 pounds; 1712, 200 pounds; 1713 to clear the river again; 1716 "work done about the church," 40 pounds; 1720 paid 700 pounds "on account;" 1721 "to tar the church and rails," 500 pounds; and 1723 20 pounds "on account."

Meanwhile, Waddy was named in processioning records in 1709, 1712, 1716, and 1719. Other families in his precinct were named Pease, Marr, Guntin, West, all near the glebe land.

In 1721, Hanover County was created from the upper part of New Kent County. So, Samuel lived the end of his life in a new county.

In Jan 1726, Samuel gave his daughter Sarah Anderson some land. Though this deed is not extant, a later deed mentions this transaction. In Aug 1735, widow Sarah Anderson and her son John Anderson sold 80 acres "lying on Assacuin Run beginning at a corner tree at the mouth of a branch of said run, up said branch to a corner westerly to the place known by the name of James Tait's Path, along said path, same land which by deed-poll from Samuel Waddy Jan 28 1726 and was conveyed to said John Anderson Gent. and Sarah his wife and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever which heir the said John Anderson, party to these presents is."

Sometime after Jan 1726, Samuel died about 73 years of age. Unfortunately, there is no surviving will. We also cannot know the history of his land transactions because many records of New Kent and Hanover counties are missing.

Because Samuel had only 2 known sons and one of them (Samuel) died young, all Waddy surnames in early Louisa County come through son Anthony Waddy.

References Chamberlayne, C. G. The Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, 1684-1786. Chamberlayne, C. G. The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co VA 1706-1786. Davis, Rosalie E. Hanover Co VA Court Records 1733-1735. p 70-71. Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, p 1587-88. Researched and written by Ann Blomquist. 3/2002; rev 7/2002 This narrative is copyrighted material and may not be posted or published except by the author.

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It is believed that Samuel Waddy married Ann --- and they had a son, Anthony Waddy, named as the custom was, for the first born to be named after his grandfather.”
And also “A Waddy family bible that shows a Samuel Waddy that was born in 1653 or 54 and his children listed as (appears firstborn Sarah is missing)

1. Anthony Waddy 1680,
2. Samuel Waddy jr. 1684
3. Jane Waddy 1684 (that married William Street),
4. Mary Waddy born June 1, 1687,
5. Elizabeth Waddy born Oct 1689, and
6. Judith Waddy born Jan 1701.”

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LT74-JW8

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links

• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/waddy/335/ (with errors-- the Park women may not have been sisters, etc)