Apphia Fauntleroy

Apphia Bushrod

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• Parents: John Bushrod and Hannah Keene
• Birth: 30 January 1682/83 or 30 January 1693/4 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
• Marriage William Fauntleroy (b. 31 March 1684, Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia d. 5 December 1757, Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia - Probate). He was the son of William Moore Fauntleroy and Catherine Griffin.
• Death: October 1757 in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia

Family

Colonel William Fauntleroy (third) born on March 31, 1684, lived at Naylor’s Hole, Richmond County, Virginia. He was married in 1712 to Apphia Bushrod, daughter of Colonel John Bushrod of Bushfield, Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a member of the House of Burgesses from Richmond County, 1736-1749. His will was dated December 5, 1757, at Naylor’s Hole. He died in 1757.

Children of Colonel William and Apphia (Bushrod) Fauntleroy:

1. William (Lieut. Colonel) b. 1713; d. 1793; m. (1) Elizabeth children. (one child); 3 m. (2) Margaret Murdock; 12
2. Moore (Captain) b. 1716; d. 1791; m. (1) Ann Neal; (2) Elizabeth Mitchel.
3. John-b. 1724; d. 1766; m. (1) Judith Littlepage; (2) Elizabeth Waring, daughter of Thomas Waring.
4. Hannah-m. Captain Maxmillian Robinson.
5. Apphia-m. Colonel William Dangerfield.
6. Katherine-m. John Lewis.
7. Mary-m. Robert Brooks.
8. Ann-m. John Pettet.
9. Sarah-m. James Gray.

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Children

1. William Fauntleroy b: 28 June 1713 in Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
2. Moore Fauntleroy b: 1716 in Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
3. John Fauntleroy b: 1724 in Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
4. Hannah Fauntleroy b: 1726 in Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
5. Apphia Fauntleroy b: 1728 in Richmond County, Virginia
6. Mary Fauntleroy b: 1732 in Richmond County, Virginia
7. Katherine Griffin Fauntleroy b: 1733 in Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia

Origins

From Westmoreland County, Virgina Deeds and Wills No. 6 1716-1720, Compiled by John Frederick Dorman, Washington D.C. 1989. Pages 624-30. Will of John Bushrod of Westmoreland County, Gent., being weak of body, dated 26 Jan. 1719 [1720].

• Apphia Fauntleroy
• Description: Daughter
• Date: 26 January 1719
• Notes: Bushrod, John, 26 January 1719; 30 March 1720. Daughters Apphia Fauntleroy and Elizabeth Meriwether 20 shillings each; dau. Hannah Bushrod 1 negro, £100, 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age; daughter Sarah 1 negro, £100 and 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age; son Richard land; son John land and 13 slaves when 19 years of age; son Thomas 900 acres of land, 14 slaves, stock, silver etc; to wife Hannah the plantation whereon I live and she to be exx.
• Prove date: 30 March 1720

To my two loving daughters Apphia Fantleroy and Elizabeth Merewether each 20 shillings. ....

Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 106

• COOPER, HANNAH, 26 December 1738; 29 May 1739.
• Bushrod Thomas;
• William Sanford son of my sister Elizabeth deceased of Richmond County, 2,500 lbs. of tobacco;
• my daughter Elizabeth Meriwether a gold ring;
• daughter Sarah Berryman a gold ring;
• son John Bushrod a ring;
• daughter Hannah Neale;
• my late husband Colonel Willoughby Allerton who gave his bond for my daughter Hannah Neale, by name of Hannah Bushrod;
• son-in-law William Fauntleroy and his wife Apphia;
• son Richard Bushrod land purchased of John Jewel and his wife Elizabeth;
• I desire my son Richard Bushrod to bury me between his father and Mr. Cooper and put pedestals to Thomas Bushrod's grave stone;
• son Richard exr.

Hannah Keene appears to be a 2nd wife of John Bushrod, whom she married in 1692. The wording of her will implies Apphia was not her child.

References

• “ Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800.” Page 130. AncestryImage
• Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 AncestryImage
• ”The Fauntleroy Family,” Mary Emily Fauntleroy. Page 213. link
• https://xpda.com/family/Bushrod-John-ind02078.htm
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0235...
• http://www.tmason1.com/pafg117.htm#1891
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:William_Fauntleroy_and_Apphia_...
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 1 2016, 4:39:48 UTC
• Fauntleroy, Mary Emily. “The Fauntleroy Family.” Indiana Magazine of History, vol. 35, no. 2, 1939, pp. 210–217. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27787067. Accessed 29 Jan. 2021.
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