Thomas Chappell, II

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Thomas Chappell and Mary Banister

Thomas Chappell was born after 1637 in Charles City. He married Mary Banister before 1661, the daughter of John Banister and Joan. Att a Cor’tt holden in Westover April 9, 1661, Thomas Chappell acknowledgeth in Cor’tt to have received of James Wallis, who married ye relict of Lieut. John Banister dec’d, one legacy given by ye said Banister to ye said Chappell’s child by will and discharged by ye said Wallis fully from ye bond, being three cows and one heyfer. It is ordered by ye cor’tt that Thomas Chappell give bond to ye Cor’tt for ye cattle bequethed to his child by ye said last will and testament of John Banister and by him received for her use. James Wallace was the Constable for Merchants Hope in 1661-62. In October 1665 Thomas Crooke, who stood as security for Thomas Chappell in regards to the cattle belonging by bequest to Chappell’s child, petitioned that he be released and that Chappell furnish new security.

In 1665 Thomas Chappell Sr. received eighty acres. The land patent reads I Sir William Berkley, Knight, Governor, etc. give and grant unto Thomas Chappell… on the South side of James River and on the North side of Kittawan Creek Beginning at a line that parts John Tate and the said Thomas Chappell’s present land and extending into the wood….

Then at Court in Westover in June of 1678, James Binford petitioned for the delivery of land to his wife Sarah, daughter of Thomas Chappell. This land had been left by John Banister to his widow Joan during her life, and then to Sarah Chappell. This land had been held by James Wallace in the right of his wife Joan, widow of John Banister. Joan was now deceased, and Wallace was agreeable, that the land should pass to Sarah as heir to John Banister.

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