Fortune Gilliam

Note: "Published genealogies identify hinchia's wife as Fortune Flood, daughter of Walter Flood and Ann Browne. yet the will of William Browne in 1704 still describes her as Fortune Flood and the will of Walter Flood makes no mention of her. A close examination of the early records of Surry County reveals no one who could be the father of Fortune Gilliam. She perhaps came from Charles City County where they sold some land."

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wrikiv&id... Note The flag depicted in this profile is the 1776 Cambridge (Massachusetts) Flag, a fore-runner of the "Betsy Ross" Flag . The appropriate colonial banner would have been the Queen Anne Flag of 1707. This flag has the identical canton, but the field is a solid red (as the Red Ensign)

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20 May 1744 Will of Fortune GILLIAM Fortain GILLIAM of Surry, of sound mind and memory to my son Charles Son William Son Thomas Son Walter Sig: Fortain GILLIAM Wit: Benjamin Clements, Sarah Banks, Elizabeth GILLIAM at court May 13 by Thomas GILLIAM the executor therein named Benjamin [Clements] one of the witnesses was granted a certificate for obtaining a probate. Rec: 13 May 1754 [Published genealogies have identified Capt. Hinchea GILLIAM's wife as Fortune Flood, daughter of Walter Flood and Ann Browne. Yet the 1704 Will of William Browne describes his grandaughter as Fortune Flood and the Will of Walter Flood makes no mention of her. However, Hinchea and Fortune did name a son Walter and Hinchea was a militia sergeant in Capt. William Browne’s Company in 1701.] Sussex County, VA, Book A, Page 9 Jones, Louise G. Sussex County, Will Book A. Southside Virginian. Volume 2, page 51

Source: http://www.gilliamsofvirginia.org/Sussex/Sussex.html