Richard Perrott, Jr.

1. Richard Parrott Jr. son of Richard Perrot Sr. and Sarah Keye, was born on 24 Feb 1649/50 in Rappahannock River, Virginia and died before 7 January 1694/5 in Middlesex Co., Virginia.

Richard married Sarah Curtis, daughter of Thomas Curtis and Averilla Unknown, on 11 Feb 1673 in Virginia. Sarah, William Halfhide’s widow, was born on 16 Aug 1657 in Ware Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia and died on 26 Dec 1693 in Virginia at age 36.

Richard Perrott, Jr. and his wife Sarah Curtis had the following 8 children:

1. Henry Perrott b: 25 Jan 1675. married Penelope Unknown about 1695. They had no children.
2. Frank Parrott b: 28 AUG 1677. A daughter.
3. Sarah Parrott b: 21 SEP 1679. Sarah married 1) Paul Thilman 2) Edmond Hammerton 3) Humphrey Jones
4. Richard Parrott lll b: 05 OCT 1681. married Sarah Pitts
5. Averilla Parrott b: 03 AUG 1683. married Joseph Hardee
6. Robert Parrott b: 25 OCT 1685. married Catherine Daniel
7. Curtis Parrott b: 19 AUG 1688. married Anne Daniel
8. Mary Parrott b: 19 JAN 1690. married Hobbs Weekes

Notes

From http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~parrott/genealogy/richardperrott.shtml

24 February 1650: Son Richard Perrot, Jr. is born, "Being he first Man Child that was gott and borne in Rappahannock river, of English parents. It is known that Sarah Dale was his mother, as Richard Jr. was mentioned as being a brother of Thomas Dale in 1660. Richard Jr. was Richard Sr.'s only biological son, and all of of Richard Sr.'s living descendants are descended from Richard Jr.

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Rutman, Darrett B., and Anita H. Rutman. 1982. A Place in Time. Middlesex County, Virginia 1650-1750. W.W. Norton & Company. New York, London.

• 24 February 1650: Becomes 'the first Man Child that was gott and born in Rappahannock River of English parents'
• 1666: Richard Jr. and his father are returned from England
• 3 February 1667: Witness to the will of John Edward.
• 24 February 1672: Comes of age at 21. Comes into possession of the 800 acres he inherited from his half-brother Thomas Dale at age 9
• 11 November 1672: Marries Sarah (Curtis) Halfhead, receiving additional land from his father beforehand
• 1 October 1673: Patents land in Worcester county Maryland (=Delaware), where his father had sent him to secure a land patent
• 1673: Named to the county court, then appointed to the vestry
• 1678: Forfeited all personal property, servants and cattle rather than pay a bill of £112 sterling
• 1678: Sued by John Shepherd, minister, for salary Richard had collected in his role as sheriff, but had not passed on.
• 1684: Defaulted on a bill, lost most of his land to Robert Beverly
• - Never got to sit with his fellow justices in court again
• - Stopped appearing at vestry meetings
• - Stopped getting called upon for public works, until later in his life
• 1686: Father, Richard Sr., leaves Richard Jr. out of his will
• 1694: Death. On January 7, 1694/5, the court ordered that his son Henry be paid for funeral charges (Middlesex Order Book 3, 1694-1705 p. 8).

References

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~parrott/genealogy/richardjr.htm
• The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812 By Christ Church (Middlesex County, Va.). Page 41.GoogleBooks
• DNA http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~parrott/genealogy/family-a.shtml
• History and Genealogy of the Buford Family in America: With Records of a ... By Marcus Bainbridge Buford, George Washington Buford, Mildred Buford Minter. Page 34. GoogleBooks (fictional sister Elizabeth listed)