Francis Weeks of Virginia

Francis Weekes

• Gender: Male
• Birth: between circa 1640 and circa 1663 - Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, VA,
• Death: before January 19, 1687 - Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, VA
• Son of Abraham Weekes, of Weekes Farm and Millicent (unknown) Weekes
• Husband of Elizabeth (HOBBS-maiden name disputed) m 1676
• Sheriff of Middlesex County, Virginia in 1697.
• Justice of Middlesex County, Virginia in 1700 and 1702.

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Francis Weeks (b c 1653- b c 1687, son of Abraham & Millicent) and Elizabeth were married in 1676 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, Virginia, USA. She died after 1702. Her death is also seen as September 10, 1733 without supporting evidence.

Children

1. Francis b abt 1674 (earlier wife?)
2. Thomas bp. 5 August 1683
3. Hobbs bp. 21 March 1686/7

Also seen without supporting evidence

1. Katherine b abt 1677
2. Elizabeth b. about 1678
3. Abraham b. about 1679
4. Hannah b. about 1688

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Proven children

From https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1083...

1679-1688 Middlesex Co Va Deed Book 2; Antient Press: (Page 273-276)
THIS INDENTURE made the first of July 1687 Between FRANCIS WEEKES of the Parish of Christ Church in the County of Middx. gent of one part ….

… for the naturall love and affection which the said Francis Weekes heareth towards his Wife ELIZABETH WEEKES and the issues of her Body THOMAS and HOBBS WEEKES ….

Disproved children

In the Goodloe Genealogy (1982) written by Paul Miller Goodloe, he states on p. B 14:

• ”There remains an interesting question, or proposition, that perhaps the Wife of Henry Goodloe was Elizabeth Weekes--this appears on Record Card #84199 of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, UT and this has had special investigation in 1979, along with the LDS Family Group Chart on Abraham Weekes of Middlesex Co., VA and his wife Millicent showing as sources of information the Deeds and Wills of Middlesex Co; Christ Church Parish Church Register of Middlesex Co., & Virginia Historical and Genealogical Magazine V. 5, pp. 168/169.
• To be very brief, this question of Elizabeth Weeks as the possible wife of Henry Goodloe has been settled (1979) by the retaining of a professional genealogist in Salt Lake City who made an intensive study of the various printed records and came up with a report of overwhelming evidence that Elizabeth Weeks could not have been Mrs. Henry Goodloe.”

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Parents: Abraham Weekes, of Ashley, Hants, England, Lancaster and Middlesex Co VA & Millicent or Mildred.
Francis Weekes was a Virginia colonist.
Abraham Weekes recorded a deed dated June 30, 1688 in which he conveyed land to "Mr. Henry Williamson, of Rappahannock county, and Catharine his wife (daughter of the said Weekes), part of a tract of land, the remainder of which had been conveyed to Francis Weekes, son of said Abraham Weekes."
The will of Abraham Weekes (written Jan, proved Mar 1691/2) mentioned his son Francis, daughter Mary, daughter Letty Lidford, neice Katharine Collins, daughter Elizabeth Wheeling, son-in-law John Jones. and Mr. Mathew Lidford; will was executed by Mr. Francis Weekes, and Mr. Henry Williamson.

Francis' arrival in Va. (or return) before 5 Mar 1662 (if same person):

MR. EDWARD SANDERS, 2900 acs. in the forrest between the Counties of Lancaster & N'umberland, 5 Mar. 1662, p. 102 (597). Beg. on a br. of Damarons Cr., at a cor. tree of 300 acs. pattented by John Hopper & sold to sd. Sanders, thence W. to the head of Cora-toman Riv. &c, Ewd. from Ma Choticke foot path &c. Trans, of 58 pers: Sam. Lunly, Fran. Weekes, ...

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200242994/francis-weekes
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/prescott/messages/1218.html
• http://www.theharmons.us/harmon_t/b1929.htm
• Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. V., p. 169.
• Genealogical Gleanings in England NGS Quarterly Vol 62, #1, March 1974, p 38-39
• Virginia Quit Rents 1704
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 1 2021, 17:52:22 UTC
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1162...
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/4241750#metadata_info_tab_contents
• https://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/thumbnail/namespaces/48646/media/V...
• https://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/thumbnail/namespaces/48646/media/V... (overseer of a will)
• https://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/thumbnail/namespaces/48444/media/V... (mentioned in the Abstracts from the Records of Middlesex County)