David Wickliffe, II

He was the first white Protestant child born in Maryland. Married 1667 Westmoreland,Va to Elizabeth King

In 1655, Henry Brooks, made a gift to her two sons from her first marriage, David and Robert Wickliffe. David Wickliffe/Whitcliff/Wycliffe was the first child of Protestant parents born in Maryland, and, as the records of that province show that David Wickliffe (who must have been his father) died in 1642, the son was probably thirty-five (35) years of age instead of twenty-five (25) in 1671.

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David Wickliffe (son of David Wickliffe and Jane) was born 1636 in St. Georges Hundred, St. Marys, Maryland, and died Abt. 1693 in , Westmoreland, Virginia.He married Elizabeth on Abt. 1660 in of St. Marys Co., Maryland.

Includes NotesNotes for David Wickliffe:

NAME: Wickliffe Manuscript by Ross Clement Jones; San Jose Fam. Hist.Center Film #729.
PROBATE: Westmoreland Co., VA Wills; p 131; Fam. Hist. Libr. Film #8166 pt 2; NOTE: will proved 27 Sep 1693.
BIOGRAPHY: David is said to have been the first child born to white Protestant parents in the colony of Maryland.His father died in 1642 when David was only about 6 years old.Some time between 1644 and 1650, his mother married Henry Brooks and David and his brother and sister joined the family of this wealthy and influential merchant and shipwright.The Religious Toleration Act of 1649 caused Catholic persecution of the Protestants and in 1650 a large group of Protestants left Maryland and settled in Virginia's Northern Neck, then Northumberland County and later, Westmoreland County.Henry raised his stepchildren with the same kindness and generosity he showed his own children and after Henry's death in 1662 and his mother's death in 1682, David occupied the plantation, "Duck Hall".
David appears in the Northumberland County records in 1651 when his stock mark was recorded.In 1654, David was ordered by act of the Virginia Assembly, along with Capt. Henry Fleet, to accompany an expedition against the Indians as interpreters.Thus began a long and distinguished career as interpreter and ambassador to the Indians that continued until his death.During his lifetime, David Wickliffe has possession of many hundred of acres of land, some inherited from the Brooks and Wickliffe estates, and some probably purchased.The family had close association with the Washington famly which lived next door on the Pope's Creek Plantation, where George was born.

David's first wife was Elizabeth King and they married between 1666 and 1670. She is certainly the mother of two sons, David and Robert, and possibly the mother of Debora, Ann and Henry.Elizabeth died in 1676 and in July 1677, David married Mary Nicholas, three-time a widow, with two small children.In the marriage contract, it was specified that David was to provide for the education of these two boys in that he was to teach them to read and write, skills which David obviusly possessed.He also owned slaves and worked his large plantation. In addition, he was involved in complicated land matters through his marriage to Mary.The court records are almost completely occupied with records of lawsuits during the late 1600's.David died in 1693 and his will was probated 27 Sep 1693. Unfortunately, the will was not recorded.It would possible have cleared up the identity of Henry and Ann.They are presumed to be his children, but that relationship has not been proved.
History of Old Rappahannock Co., VA; p. 45; NOTE: Nicholas Hale suffered the penalty for lending an Indian a gun, 1654. The gun was found at the houose of Margaret Grimes. She was the wife of Edward Grimes and lived on land adjoining the Rappahannock Indians. This event was probably the cause of the trouble with the Rappahannock Indians which is recorded as follows in Henning: "In 1654 Capt. John Carter was instructed by the House of Burgesses to raise a company of 40 men from Northumberland, 30 from Westmoreland, and 100 from Lancaster County. The counties to furnish arms and ammunition." They were to meet the first Wednesday in February at the house of Thomas Meader, and march to the Indian town of the Rappahannocks to receive such satisfaction as he should see fit, but to abstain from hostility except in case of attach. "Capt. Henry Fleet and Wheatliff attending as interpreters."
More About David Wickliffe:
Identifier Number: 3535.
Record Change: 18 Apr 2005
More About David Wickliffe and Elizabeth:
Marriage: Abt. 1660, of St. Marys Co., Maryland.
Children of David Wickliffe and Elizabeth are:

   +David Wickliffe, b. 1672, , Westmoreland, Virginia, d. 1698, , Westmoreland, Virginia.

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I have a great deal of information on the Wickliffe family following their arrival in Maryland, but not before. I would be very interested in the information you have from England. As to after, David Wickliffe is my 10th ggrandfather, and I lived in St. Mary's County for a total of six years (with two years in Maine in the middle). I have been to the site of David Wickliffe's land patent in St. Mary's County - it was in an unusual settlement (for the time and place) in St. George's Hundred, which was called the Wickliff Creek settlement. The creek which is now known as Carthagena Creek was named Wickliff's Creek after David. David died about 1642 (I'm at work, and so can't give the exact span - its in my notes at home) evidenced by when he is last mentioned in the colony court records, and when his wife is mentioned as Widow Wickliff. If I recall correctly, it was around March. His wife, Jane, married Henry Brooks, and they migrated to Virginia, to Westmoreland County. Henry received a land patent (probably after he actually settled there - that was the usual case) of over 1000 acres. That land now forms the nucleus of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, also known as Wakefield. Henry sold 100 acres to a Richard Cole, then sold 100 acres to Col John Washington, which formed the nucleus of the Washington holdings. Henry died in 1662 - they excavated the foundations of his house in the '70s, and it is still marked by some metal rebar stakes. Interestingly, one of his descendants by Jane is the Elizabeth Cullen who married Isaac Wickliffe (she was his 2nd half-cousin), so I am descended by Jane through both lines. The "accepted" genealogy of David's family in the early years, which was in the "Kincheloe, McPherson and Related Families" book is in error. Because of circumstances which would take too long to relate, L. D. McPherson missed a generation of Wickliffes in early VA. David 2 (son of the David in Maryland) actually married twice - his first wife's name was Elizabeth, and almost all of his children were by her. Also, two generations of David/Robert Wickliffe children were conflated into one. I spent a great deal of time researching this family in St. Mary's and Westmoreland Counties, and can send you my info, if you would like. There is a lot. If you ever get to Wakefield, you will see a gravestone to one of the Wickliffes in the Washington family graveyard - Ann Wickliffe married Col John Washington's son.