Susannah Batte

Susan (Susannah) Aston was born about 1635.

She married (1) Col. Edward Major (2nd wife) and (2) William Batte Esq.

Need To Research The Following:

Charles City County court records show a William Batte married Mrs. Susanna (Aston) Major before 1656. That year he called Mrs. Hannah Aston “mother [stepmother]” when he sold her some cattle. Susanna was the widow of Lt. Col. Edward Major of Nansemond and daughter of Lt. Col. Walter Aston.

Susan (or SUsannah) outlived her husband. Her will, in Nansemond in 1662, name her nephews John Cox (Cocke) and Thomas Binns and Susan Binns, her son-in-law (stepson) William Major. (Source: Virginia Historical)

She married (1) Col. Edward Major and (2) William Batte Esq. Susan Aston & William had no known issue. William returned to England and married Elizabeth Horton. They had three sons & three daughters (William, Elizabeth, John & Judith among them).[3]

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aston-178
• Cabell, James Branch: The Majors and their Marriages (1915), p. 24 Archive.Org