Col. Matthew Talbot, Gent.

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COL. MATHEW TALBOT was born 26 September 1699 in Tisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England, and died in 1758 in Bedford County, Virginia. He married, first, on 6 May 1721, in Queens County, Maryland, Mary Williston who was born in 1697 and died on 1 October 1763. Mary was the daughter of James Williston whose will was dated 9 January 1708 and probated in Queen Annes County, Maryland.

Mathew's and Mary's son, Charles, was born in Maryland on 6 November 1723, died in 1779, and married Drusilla Gwin (Quinn). They moved shortly thereafter as the next two children-Mathew (see above), born 27 November 1729 and died 12 October 1812, and married, first, Mary Hale, and, second, a widow Hay; James, born 7 November 1733, died in 1776/77 and married Elizabeth Smith-were born in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. Their fourth child, John, was born on 13 July 1735 and married, first, Sarah Phoebe Anthony, and, second, Mary Mosely. After Mary's death, Mathew married, second, on 23 May 1737, in Bedford County, Virginia, Jane Clayton who was born about 1714. She was the niece of William Randolph.

Mathew and Jane had two children: Isham, born 3 November 1738 and married Elizabeth Davis; and Martha, born 25 August 1738 and married Barrabas Arthur.

While in Maryland, Mathew is believed to have been interested in shipping with Nicholas Hale. Records show they suffered losses at sea which caused them to move about 1723/29 to Southern Virginia, just south of present-day Richmond. Then about 1737, he went to an area southwest of Lynchburg, near the present Bedford, and it was here he died in 1758 on his plantation.

It is obvious from the numerous records that Mathew Talbot was a respected leader in civic, religious, and military affairs. He was a Justice of the County Court; a member of the "Commission of the Peace"; a vestryman in the Church of England; and was commissioned Colonel of the Militia in 1754 for duty in the French and Indian War.(2)

In the "Papers of George Washington" we find many reports of Col. Mathew Talbot among which he reports that "Bedford County was demoralized by those bands of Cherokees which traveled through daily, robbing homes, stealing horses, murdering people. He urgently requested that men, arms, ammunition and flints be sent him."

Mathew Talbot, Gent., had much land and was a successful plantation owner and trader. Although he raised cattle and used some land for pasture, his principal crop was tobacco, the most important commodity of provincial Virginia.

Matthew died some time in 1758. His will was written on 4 January 1758 and recorded in Bedford County, Virginia, on 27 November 1758.

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Mathew's and Mary's son, Charles, was born in Maryland on 6 November 1723, died in 1779, and married Drusilla Gwin (Quinn). They moved shortly thereafter as the next two children-Mathew (see above), born 27 November 1729 and died 12 October 1812, and married, first, Mary Hale, and, second, a widow Hay; James, born 7 November 1733, died in 1776/77 and married Elizabeth Smith-were born in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia. Their fourth child, John, was born on 13 July 1735 and married, first, Sarah Phoebe Anthony, and, second, Mary Mosely. After Mary's death, Mathew married, second, on 23 May 1737, in Bedford County, Virginia, Jane Clayton who was born about 1714. She was the niece of William Randolph.

Mathew and Jane had two children: Isham, born 3 November 1738 and married Elizabeth Davis; and Martha, born 25 August 1738 and married Barrabas Arthur.

While in Maryland, Mathew is believed to have been interested in shipping with Nicholas Hale. Records show they suffered losses at sea which caused them to move about 1723/29 to Southern Virginia, just south of present-day Richmond. Then about 1737, he went to an area southwest of Lynchburg, near the present Bedford, and it was here he died in 1758 on his plantation.

It is obvious from the numerous records that Mathew Talbot was a respected leader in civic, religious, and military affairs. He was a Justice of the County Court; a member of the "Commission of the Peace"; a vestryman in the Church of England; and was commissioned Colonel of the Militia in 1754 for duty in the French and Indian War.(2)

In the "Papers of George Washington" we find many reports of Col. Mathew Talbot among which he reports that "Bedford County was demoralized by those bands of Cherokees which traveled through daily, robbing homes, stealing horses, murdering people. He urgently requested that men, arms, ammunition and flints be sent him."

Mathew Talbot, Gent., had much land and was a successful plantation owner and trader. Although he raised cattle and used some land for pasture, his principal crop was tobacco, the most important commodity of provincial Virginia.

Matthew died some time in 1758. His will was written on 4 January 1758 and recorded in Bedford County, Virginia, on 27 November 1758.

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Engaged in shipping with Nicholas Hale,

Engaged in shipping with Nicholas Hale, esq. in Maryland abt. 1723-29. Moved to Virginia. BIR-DEATH: Materials in possession of Hazel Clark, 1701 Worley Dr. Durant, OK viewed personally on 17 Jun 1995. REL: email received from Tammy Jones; 24 Jan 1999.

!BIRTH: from "Our Kin", Bedfrod Co, Va F

!BIRTH: from "Our Kin", Bedfrod Co, Va Families p262 !MARRIAGE: 1st from IGI Md Mar 1992 2nd from Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800 Vol 7 p.3 !DEATH: from Abstracts of Bedford Co, Va Wills, Inventories and Accounts, 1754-1787 will dtd 1/4/1758 pb 11/27/1758 !MILITARY: In Sep 1758 drew pay for service in the Bedford Co., Va Militia as a Captain. from Henning's Statutes of Virginia Vol 7 p.205 Batch #: 8525402, Sheet #: 16, Source Call #: 1396097, 1396097 Batch #: F877665, Sheet #: 23, Source Call #: 1396438 !BIRTH: from "Our Kin", Bedfrod Co, Va Families p262 !MARRIAGE: 1st from IGI Md Mar 1992 2nd from Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800 Vol 7 p.3 !DEATH: from Abstracts of Bedford Co, Va Wills, Inventories and Accounts, 1754-1787 will dtd 1/4/1758 pb 11/27/1758 !MILITARY: In Sep 1758 drew pay for service in the Bedford Co., Va Militia as a Captain. from Henning's Statutes of Virginia Vol 7 p.205 Batch #: 8525402, Sheet #: 16, Source Call #: 1396097, 1396097 Batch #: F877665, Sheet #: 23, Source Call #: 1396438

History of Talbots by Virgil Talbot p. 1

History of Talbots by Virgil Talbot p. 111,112

Life Sketch

1749 appointment as Gentleman Justice for Lunenburg County:
Lunenburg Co., VA, Order Bk. 2, 1748-1752, 5 June 1749 - June Court - Robert JONES, Henry EMBRY, John HALL, Wm HAYWARD, Matthew TALBOT, Field JEFFERSON Wm WYNNE, James MITCHELL, David STOKES, Lewis DELONY, John PHELPS, W, HILL, John CALDWELL, Cornelius CARGILL, Abraham COOK, Hugh LAWSON, Thomas BOLLING, Liddal BACON, Thomas LANEAR, Robert Henry DYER, Wm CALDWEL, Peter FONTAINE, Abraham MARTIN, John COX, & Nicholas HAYLE Gentlemen, sworn as Justices of the Peace/Justices in the County Court in Chancery. Life sketch As a youth he was apprenticed to a blacksmith named John Higginson. Still in his teens, he and his brother, Edmund, sailed for America, arriving in Maryland. On 6 May 1721, when he was 21, he married

GEDCOM Source

Conforming to Standard... Death date was incorrect, found his death date on several documents.

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M6N5-NWX Matthew Tolbert in entry for Matthew Tolbert, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917" "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5B-Z3M : 10 February 2018), Matthew Tolbert in entry for Matthew Tolbert, 27 Nov 1729; citing BRISTOL PARISH,PRINCE GEORGE,VIRGINIA, ref https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5B-Z3M This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.