John Langston, I, of Nansemond

14 Aug 2020 from My Heritage: Smart Matches: City of birth and death. edited 25 Dec 2019 from Smart Matches: My Heritage Birth location, England; death date added parents. Go

JOHN LANGSTON was born Abt. 1620 in England, and died in Nansemond Co., VA. He married KATHERINE ?.She died 1699.

Origins

NOTE: The parents of John Langston, immigrant to Virginia, are unknown. He was also not called "Jesse". Seen as son of Sir Henry Langston, of Derby II & Elizabeth Langston without supporting evidence. Have also seen William Langston and Jane Keighley listed.

Biography

Participated in Bacon's Rebellion; was later elected to the House of Burgesses, representing New Kent County, in 1680, and denied his seat due to his participation in the rebellion. See "Papers of William Berkeley", p. 563; see also "The History of Virginia" (1805), here which names him as "an eminent rebel".

Family

From https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/a/u/Michelle-J-Taunton/GENE16-0001....

From Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume 3, page 26 (Patent Book 9):

John Nicholls, 249 acres, Upper Parish of Nansemond Co.; at a place called the Cyprus Swamp; adjoining KATHERINE LANGSTONE; 6 June 1699, page 190.Transportation of 5 persons: John Nicholls & Sarah Nicholls, his wife; John Nicholls, Ann Nicholls, Mary Nicholls. Children of JOHN LANGSTON and KATHERINE ? are: * 2. i. JOHN9 LANGSTON V, b. 1660, New Kent or Nansemond Co., VA; d. 1747, Nansemond Co., VA. * 3. ii. LEONARD LANGSTON, b. New Kent or Nansemond Co., VA; d. Abt. 1763, Hertford Co., NC. * iii. MULFORD LANGSTON, b. New Kent or Nansemond Co., VA; d. Aft. 1741; m. MARY ?.

===Notes 

From http://www.greatanswers.com/LangstonFamilyTree/Langston08.html

Apparently, John abandoned his land in New Kent County, and moved to 350 acres on the Cypress Branch of Sarum (Saram) Creek in the Bennett's Creek section in Upper Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia. The actual site was in "old" Chowan County, North Carolina, although Virginia laid claim to the same area. This disputed boundary makes it difficult to follow their movements. They called their plantation, "Sarum" (in some records as "Saram"). John had applied for this land grant but died before it was issued, so it was patented to his wife, Katherine, in 1694. A woman was only allowed to inherit land if she had a male heir. John and Katherine had three.

References

• John Langston is listed in the Nugent's Passenger and Immigration Index 1500s-1900s (Virginia, 1635, entry #514803) and in Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD.
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/a/u/Michelle-J-Taunton/GENE16-0001....
• Langston, H. R. (1989). The Langston family: Five hundred years of genealogical research. Washington [District of Columbia: L.C. Photoduplication Service. Page 4. FamilySearch Image