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About Gerrard Trammell
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A212444
Notes for GERRARD TRAMMELL, SR.:
He was born ca 1702 (Fairfax County, Virginia land records of land standing, Page 256) and died near Falls Church in 1786.
He was appointed constable and survryor of roads in 1754 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
His Will, dated 16 November, 1786 (Fairfax County Will Book E, #I, Page 148) mentions his wife Mary and eight children.
He also mentions a grandson Gerrard Trammell who he left his "still and worm pone mash."
[Note: the 'worm' is a spring-looking tubing which was a necessary part of the 'still']
Colonel James Wren furnished a burial sheet.
An inventory of his estate was made 16 December, 1786 by Charles Broadwater and Thomas Gunnell.
Gerrard Trammell was Sexton at the meeting of the Vestry held 12 November, 1759.
At the meeting of the Vestry held 3 October, 1763, Gerrard Trammell was Sexton of the church and also acted as constable.
He served as Sexton from 1767 to 1776.
Biography Of Gerrard Trammel (b 1702)
From Betty Brown Johnson's "COME CLIMB MY TREE"
Copyright © Betty Brown Johnson
From FALLS CHURCH BY FENCE AND FIRESIDE, pg. 444: Gerrard Trammell, a brother of John Trammell, Sr., was b. about 1702 and died near Falls Church in 1786. He made his will on Nov. 16, 1775.... The children of Gerrard and Mary Trammell included Philip, Ann Thrift (ancestor of the Balls of Arlington including the author's wife); Rebecca, Mary Conn, Gerrard, Jr., Thomas, Priscilla Dyal and Margaret, wife of Samuel Jenkins. Mary Trammell m. Hugh Conn (who d. in Loudoun Co. in 1772). Conn lived near Bladensburg, Md., and moved to Fairfax at an early day. He owned a "vessell" on the Potomac which he had for hire in 1760. Their children included Jane Conn who m. Michael Ashford before June 12, 1772, Jane and Michael Ashford's descendants intermarried with descendants of Sampson Trammell, Jr. One descendant was Margaret Conn, wife of Capt. Rezin Wilcoxon. Capt. Sampson Trammell, Sr., a brother to John Trammell, Sr., and Gerrard Trammell, Sr., lived in 1784 two miles west of Falls Church and George Washington and Dr. Craik were entertained there with dinner enroute to Washington's western lands. There are numerous descendants of the Trammell family in Falls Church. A recent member of the family was James Philip Trammell (March 31, 1843-Sept. 18, 1929) Oakwood Cemetery.
FALLS CHURCH BY FENCE AND FIRESIDE, pg. 42: "Liquor was supplied to the Inn [Lindsay's old Tavern] from a local source. A still was located on what is now a portion of the Benjamin Klock property-- perhaps this was the Trammell still, at any rate, Mr. Leonard seemed to think so. Among items bequeathed by Gerrard Trammell (in a will dated Nov. 16, 1775, at Fairfax Court House) was a "still and warm pone mash" left to a grandson and namesake, Gerrard Trammell".
Gerrard was a constable, surveyor, and began military service in the French and Indian War.
One of the fieldstone markers moved to Falls Church Cemetery was inscribed "GT Ded/June 23, 1786/aged 85 (or 86) yr." This would fit the dates for Gerrard Trammell, but we have no proof that this was his grave stone. Mention of his brothers, John & William are said to have been found in other cemetery records of the area.
Will of Gerrard Trammell (b 1702)
Received Will from Fairfax Co. Va. Feb. 1991
From Betty Brown Johnson's "COME CLIMB MY TREE"
Copyright © Betty Brown Johnson
In the name of God Amen. I Gerrard Trammell of Fairfax Co. & Parrish of same being of sound body, sense & memory, but considering the uncertainty of human life & that it is appointed once for all men to die but not knowing the time theroff do make this my last will & Test. in manner & form following First & principally I commit my soul to almighty God, my body to the earth there to be decently bur. according to the direction of my Exrs. hereafter mentioned. Secondly that all my debts lawfully contracted may be honestly & justly paid, then what worldly goods it has pleased God to bless me with I dispose of in manner & form following: Inpzimise(sp?). I give & bequeath unto my loving son Philip Trammell 10 shillings after his mothers death to him & his heirs for ever he having his full part before. Item I give & bequeath unto my loving daughter Ann Thrift 10 shillings after her mothers death to her heirs forever she having her full part before. Item. I give & bequeath unto my loving daughter Rebeckah Trammell 10 shillings after her mothers death to her & her heirs forever. Item I give & bequeath to my loving grandson Gerrard Trammell Conn three negroes named Hagor, Ise, & Jenney & my still & worm & 1/4 part of all my stock & household furniture after his grandmother Mary Trammell's death to him & his heirs for ever, but if he should die without heir my will is that it may equally divided amongst my 3 children, Gerrard Trammell, Thomas Trammell & Mary Conn & I desire that he may be kept keeping school till he come to be 21 yr. of age & what he yearns to be his own property to cloth & board himself with. Item I give & beq. to my loving grandchildren Mary Fields Dyal & Nimrod Trammell Dyal the feather bed & furniture that was called Priscilla Dyals bed & 5 shillings repair & each of the children to have 1 heifer to be theirs at the day of marriage or 21 yr of age to them & their heirs forever. Item. I give & beq. to my loving daughter Margret Jenkins 1 negro wench named Rachel & her increase during my daug. life then to be equally divided between the children she has by Samuel Jenkins to them & their heirs forever & for it never to be counted in Samuel Jenkins Estate. Item I give & beq. to my loving son Thos. Trammell all my wearing apparel & my white horse immediately after my death to him & his heirs for ever. Item I give & beq. unto my loving son Gerrard Trammell the trace of land whereon I now live & 1 negro man named Doctor after his mother's death to him & his heirs forever, & I desire he may take care of his sister Priscilla Dyals 2 children & have the profit of all I gave to my grandson Trammell Conn till he comes to 21 yr of age. Item. I lend my dear & loving wife Mary Trammell all my whole Estate real & personal during her natural life to pay my just debts, after my wifes decease the stock & household furniture to be equally divided between Gerrard Trammell, Thomas Trammell & Mary Conn to them & their heirs forever. After the legacies are pay'd off. And lastly, I nominate & appoint my loving wife Mary Trammell my Exr. & my son Gerrard Trammell Exr. Here & I do hereby revoke disanull all former wills by me made & declare this writing contained on this & forgoing pages only to be my last will & Test.
In Wit. whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal this 16 day of Nov. 1775.
Gerrard Trammell
(his mark IT & seal)
Wit.
Wm. Wren,
Sm Summers,
John Love
Proved 17 July 1786.
(Copy of Will & Estate sale in file--difficult writing to read and to copy.)
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Gerrard Trammell's Timeline
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Stafford County, Virginia
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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Falls Church, Prince William County, Virginia
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Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Falls Church, Prince William County, Virginia
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Falls Church, VA, United States
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Falls Church Magisterial District, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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