Capt. Benjamin Cave

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In considering Benjamin who was to become Burgess from Orange County, as a son of John Cave, one must reject the once widely held premise that Benjamin was the immigrant ancestor. For many years a chart assembled by an English genealogist named Tyrrell was accepted as truth. This chart showed Benjamin as the immigrant son of Rev. William Cave of Windsor, chaplain to Charles II, and his wife Anna Stonehouse Cave. Rev. William Cave's will was cited in support . Mrs. Dorothy Brown Thompson, long time Cave family researcher , says in her papers: "In 1957, through the London Society of Genealogists, I succeeded [Dorothy Brown Thompson] in getting a photocopy of this will from the Perogative Court of Canterbury. The will mentions daughters, a grandson, a deceased son Ralph, but not any mention of Benjamin or any living son.The will is long, detailed, meticulous. It seems most unlikely that he would have omitted to mention a living son even if provided for, even if estranged. At any rate, he did not; so Tyrrell's reference was false. Benjamin' s deposition, 1758 shows he was born 1703, which further disproves this parentage: Anna (Stonehouse) Cave died 1691."

Father NOT:_Rev. William CAVE, Canon of Windsor, Chaplain to King Charles II Mother NOT:_Anna STONEHOUSE

A phony genealogy by an Englishman named Tyrell gives Benjamin's parents as Canon CAVE & Anna STONEHOUSE. But Anna died in 1691, so it is impossible for her to be Benjamin's mother, and there is no indication that Canon CAVE took a second wife. The will of Canon CAVE mentions no living wife and no living sons, only daughters and one deceased son named Ralph (i.e., no son Benjamin, living or dead).

THE CAVE FAMILY Among the members of the first vestry of St Mark's in 1731 was Benjamin Cave I have in my possession the original patent for 1000 acres of land on the Rappidan sic River to Abraham Bledsoe and Benjamin Cave to be held in free and common socage and not in capite or knight service by paying yearly the free rent of one shilling for every fifty acres on the feast of St Michael the Archangel signed by William Gooch Lieut Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia Done at Williamsburg under the seal of the Colony 28th September 1728 Benjamin Cave was vestryman of St Mark's until 1740 when St Thomas Parish was cut off from St Mark's and he and David Cave who was Lay Reader at the old Orange Church near Ruckersville became members of the new parish St Thomas in Orange County where they lived The records of St Thomas being lost their relation to it cannot be traced It is known however that the family adhered to the Church of their fathers and one of the old ministers about 1740 lived with Benjamin Cave Sr whose residence was within reach of the first chapel near Brooking's and the old Orange Church I have in my possession some original poems in MS entitled Spiritual Songs written by a sister of Benjamin Cave Sr endorsed 1767 It is very pleasant to find one of these old time church people who some modern people think had no religion giving utterance to her pious emotions in songs which are evidently the outpourings of a truly devotional spirit It is said that Benjamin Cave used to repeat the church service from memory chanting the psalms The first Benjamin Cave lived for a time at what is now known as Rhodes in Orange and then moved to land on the Upper Rapidan near Cave's Ford which derives its name from him Benjamin Cave represented Orange in the House of Burgesses in 1756 He m Hannah dau of Wm and sister of Abraham Bledsoe ch David John Wm Richard who moved to Kentucky Ann to North Carolina Sally m a Strother Hannah m Capt Mallory ch Elizabeth m Oliver Welch Another daughter m Capt Robert Terrill the father of Mrs Robert Lovell Another daughter m Oliver Terrill the father of Dr Uriel Terrill Delegate from Orange Another daughter m Welch William Mallory m Miss Gibson and was the father of Robert Mallory late MC from Kentucky Uriel Mallory was the father of Mrs John Taliaferro Phil Mallory lived near Raccoon Ford Elizabeth dau of Benjamin Cave m Col Wm Johnson ch 1 Valentine m Elizabeth Cave ch Belfield m Miss Dickerson 2 Fontaine m Miss Duke 3 Lucy m Mr Suggett 4 Sally m Mr Dickerson 5 Benjamin m Miss Barbour see Barbour genealogy 6 Col Robert m Miss Suggett ch 1 Richard M Vice President and hero of the Thames 2 JT Johnson MC 3 James 4 Benjamin Benjamin Cave son of first Benjamin m a dau of Dr John Belfield of Richmond County ch Belfield m Miss Christy ch Belfield Clerk of Madison County m Miss Jones and was the father of Mrs Governor Kemper Emily m Col Cave Sally m Shackelford Hudson was Professor at Chapel Hill NC Benjamin m Miss Glassell father of Mrs John Gray Jr of Traveller's Rest Benjamin son of Benjamin and Elizabeth m Miss White ch William Belfield John and Margaret all settled in Kentucky Sarah dau of Benjamin m Wm Cassine ch Mary who m Mr Taliaferro William son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cave m Miss Smith ch John Wm and Hudson settled in Kentucky Elizabeth m John Bell father of Nelson H Bell of Baltimore who m Hannah Cave Another dau m Mr Irvine Richard Cave m Miss Porter ch Thomas Capt William father of Mrs Cornelia Thompson Felix Elizabeth Mary Cornelia Anne and Hannah I am indebted to Mrs Thompson for contributions to the above notice

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Rep. for Orange Co. VA in the House of Burgesses.