Lydia Kimball

Lydia BROOKES was born ABT 1638 in Surrey, England and died BEF 27 APR 1698 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

family

She was the daughter of Henry BROOKES and his first wife Joane House.

She married

1. Lawrence ABBINGTON. He was born ABT 1646, and died BEF 25 MAY 1670 in Westmoreland Co., VA.
2. William KIMBALL 1671 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He was born ABT 1640, and died ABT 1691 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Marriage 1 Lawrence ABBINGTON b: ABT 1646 Married:

Children

1. Mary ABBINGTON b: ABT 1660 in Westmoreland Co., VA
2. Lawrence ABBINGTON b: ABT 1662 in Westmoreland Co., VA
3. Lydia ABBINGTON b: BEF 1664 in Westmoreland Co., VA
4. Abigail ABBINGTON b: ABT 1666 in Westmoreland Co., VA
5. Jane ABBINGTON b: ABT 1668 in Westmoreland Co., VA

Marriage 2 William KIMBALL b: ABT 1640 Married: 1671 in Westmoreland Co., VA

Children

1. William KIMBALL b: ABT 1672 in Westmoreland Co., VA
2. Elizabeth KIMBALL b: ABT 1674 in Westmoreland Co., VA

notes

!31 May 1650: Henry Brooke, 658 acres Northumberland Co. 31 May, 1650; p. 225; N. E. upon Potomack River; S. E. upon Cr. dividing this from land of Nathaniel Pope Grant; N. W. upon Cr. dividing this from land of Hercules Bridges. Trans. of 13 persons. Henry Brooke, David Whitliff, Emanuel Brooke, Jane Brooke, Jane Brooke, Robert Whitliffe, Lydia Brooke, Alice Whitliffe (also spelled Wickliffe in same patent). Nugent, Nell Marion,-"Cavaliers and Pioneers", consisting of Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1625-1680. Dietz Printing Co, Richmond 1934.

!31 Mar 1658: Henry Brooke to his daughter Lydia, wife of Lawrence Abbington. (Westmoreland Co., VA, Deeds, Wills & Patents, Book 1, p. 100.)

Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 6

BROOKS, HENRY, shipwright, 21 June 1662; 3 February 1662/3. My wife Joane to be exx.; dau. Dorothy Brooks; grandchild Lidia dau. of Lawrence Abbington; Henry Saxton my godson and his father Nicholas Saxton; dau. Jane Higden; dau. Lidia Abbington; Richard Cole to be overseer.

!27 apr 1698: KIMBALL, LYDIA, 28 March 1698; 27 April 1698. Son William 100 acres; son Lawrence Abbington; son in law Mark Cullum 100 acres of land; grandson Joseph Abington 1 mare and feather bed; grandson Brooks Abington; my dau. Elizabeth Cullum and her daughter Mary Cullum one calf, cow, feather bed and household goods; dau. Mary Rodgers mare and bed; Exr. Law Abington or (Elizabeth Kellum). Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 24

!19 Feb 1717: Joseph Abbington of the parish of Washington to Augustine Washington gent. of the same "whereas Henry Brookes gave unto Lydia Abbington fifty acres of land adjoining to the land of Lawrence Abbington and in case of no heirs shall fall unto Lawrence Abbington the father of said Lydia who was seated by a deed of guift upon one hundred acres of land lying & being upon Pope's Creek as by his will dated Jan. 21, 1667 [proved May 25, 1670], this land being in possession of Lawrence Abbington & Lydia, one of the daughters & co-heirs of Henry Brookes from them descended and came to Lawrence Abbington their son, and from him the said land descended & came to Brooks Abbington who left only one son lately deceased, by means whereof the aforesaid Joseph Abbington has now become heir at law, and for 170 sterling conveys the said 150 acres of land, with all houses edifices, buildings, Tobacco houses fences orchards gardens etc. to Augustine Washington. . . ." Joseph Abbington promptly vacated the land and buildings named in the above indenture, and removed to near Baltimore in Maryland where he soon became of record as a resident: [Westmoreland Deeds & Wills No. 6, p. 240.

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