Waugh Darnall, Gent.

Biography

Waugh Darnall was born in September 1684 / before 1685 at Hanover Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, and died before 7 October 1726, when his estate was probated in King George County.

He was the son of David Darnall (d 1702) and his wife Margritt.

Waugh Darnall married Elizabeth Bronaugh about 1716 at King George County, her first husband. Born about 1693 at Hanover Parish, she died before 1792 at Fauquier County. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Bronaugh (d 1750) and his wife Elizabeth Glendening. Elizabeth married Capt. John Wright after Waugh Darnell died in 1726. [2][3]

Together, Elizabeth Bronaugh and Wade Darnall had the following children:

1. Margaret Darnall was born ABT 1710. She married Simon Morgan, son of Charles Morgan and Alice Thornton. He was born ABT 1708 in Rappahannock Co. VA, and died 1793 in Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia.
2. Elizabeth Darnall was born 1713.
3. Anne Darnall was born 1716 in King George County, Virginia, and died 1798 in Fauquier County, Virginia. She married Jonas Williams Jr., son of Jonas Williams and Honour. She married Charles Garner ABT 1748, son of Thomas Garner and Mary M. Bushnell. He was born 1724 in Stafford Co. VA.
4. Jeremiah Darnall was born 1718 in Fauquier County, Virginia, and died 10 Apr 1795 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Catherine Holtzclaw 23 Mar 1740 in VA, daughter of Hans Jacob Holtzclaw and Anna Margaret Otterbach. She was born 1715/1725 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, and died 1810 in Fauquier County, Virginia

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Estate

Probate: Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol IV, p.623. Tyler's Qtly. Will of Waugh Darnall of King George County, Va.

"The last will & Testament Of Waugh Darnall”

• I leave to my son Jeremiah Darnall the tract of land on where I live.
• That tract of land lying on Cedar Run may by divided between my daughters Ann Darnall and Margaret Darnall and their heirs forever.
• I likewise desire that my five negroes with issue may be equally divided between my wife and my children.
• I likewise desire that my Father and Mother may have equal maintenance with my wife and likewise if my wife should die that my Father and Mother should have an equal maintenance with my children under the Disposal of Thomas Stone.
• I likewise desire that my Father and Mother with my wife and children may live on this plantation.
• Likewise I desire that if the Lord be pleased to call my wife to him that Thomas Stone may be sole Executor over my children.
• Likewise I desire that all my goods and chattles may be equally divided between my wife and children.
• This is my last will and testament this second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty six as witness my hand & seal. * Likewise I desire if Thomas Stone should die that my chldren should be brought under the family of Bronaugh.
• Waugh Darnall.(This will is recorded in the lost King George County Will Book No.1 which was taken fron the Court House during the War between the States. In 1914 it was in New York; where is it now?)

Ref: "Darnall, Darnell Family" by Dr. C.H. Smith. Per Introduction, p.653, An inventory and appraisement of the estate of Waugh Darnall, deceased, was made in 1727. ...in all amounting to some 199 pounds, 27 Feb. 1727.

Ref: Will Abstracts of King George Co.,Va. 1752-1780; Will Book A-1 1721-1752,p.12-13. Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Waugh Darnall... items valued and totaled, 199L,3S,7P...includes negro man, negro lad, negro woman and child...one orphan boy 5 years to serve, one molatto girl, one molatto boy 5 years to serve... appraisers noted above was all that was brought to our view 27 Jan 1726/1727... then added 8 items with note this is what we forgot. made by appraisers Charles Morgan, Mark Hardlen, Wm. Hockney. At a court held 7 Apr 1727...Elizabeth Darnell returned this inventory of the Estate of Waugh Darnall deced. ...was ordered to be recorded. King George Co. Inventoreies. Waugh Darnall made his will 2 Jun 1726. Presented into court 7 Oct 1726 by his widow, Elizabeth and admitted to record.

[When Waugh Darnall died in 1726 the land he mentions in his will as lying on Cedar Run was in Stafford County, however it fell into Prince William County upon its formation from Stafford County in 1730. Years later the boundaries came into dispute and a copy of the will of Waugh Darnall was certified to Prince William County Court in 1790. It remains of record in Prince William County Land Causes 1789-1793, page 359. A copy was published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 20, page 169.]

Notes

Ref: American Genealogical Lending Library Microfilm V163-111,Item 7. Fauquier During the Proprietorship by H.C. Groome, 1927, chapter V,p.100.Waugh Darnell, Sept.16 1725,of 1,205 acres on Indian Cabin Branch (A68)

GEDCOM Note

Known to have had two daughters, Ann is mentioned on p. 108, Garner-Keene families of Northern Neck, VA. Ann married Charles Garner. Ann & Charles sold land to JohnWright of Prince William County (possibly the same John Wright who definitely married Dorothy Darnell according to material rec'd from Carol Ingle & Harold Garner) that ended in "the division line between the two daughters of Waugh Darnell" This transaction was on Jul 22, 1748, & listed Waugh Darnell as deceased.

Who Was Elizabeth Darnall?

In brief: Elizabeth Bronaugh married Capt John Wright, she is named as daughter “Elizabeth Wright” in Jeremiah Bronaugh’s 1736 will, but there’s no marriage record. Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1922) identified Elizabeth as Waugh Darnell’s daughter. However, the most recent Darnell book (1979) examined a complicated chancery suit between Jeremiah Darnell (son of Elizabeth and Waugh Darnell) and his Wright half siblings, and concluded Elizabeth was Waugh’s widow.

See more at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Who_Was_Elizabeth_Darnall

“Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795”< link >

From The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, RNGrant @ grantandgordon. com.

Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795
From Robert N. Grant:
The case of Smith vs. Darnall's Executors, Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court, Papers terminating February 1802, which The Darnall, Darnell Family stated included the following Bill in Chancery by Augustine Smith:

"Augustine Smith of Fauquier County sayeth in 1781 he served in the Virginia Militia and became entitled for his said service to a certificate -8:10:0, and being anxious to become an adventurer in Kentucky lands mentioned same to Jeremiah Darnall, now deceased, and he said Jeremiah Darnall proposed to assist him in locating the said land thru Major James Wright who was then about to go to Kentucky for the purpose of locating lands, . . . . but being so nearly connected with the said Jeremiah as to have married his daughter and being also connected by marriage to the said James Wright . . . ."

On May 22, 1797, at Fauquier County, Virginia, Chancery Court Loose Papers, File Folder 1/15, James Wright filed his answer to the complaint in Smith v. Darnall as follows:

"The Answer of James Wright Exr of Jeremiah Darnall to the bill of Complt by Augustine Smith Complt . . . . This Defendnt knows it to be true that the sd Jeremiah Died possessed of the Quantity of Kentucky land stated in the Complts bill and he believes it to be the whole he did own This Defendt recollects that in the year 1783 when he made known his Intention of visiting Kentuckey for the purpose of locating & surveying lands that the sd Jeremiah applied to him to know if he procured a warrant whether this Defendt would locate & survey it and that on this Defendts giving his assent he shortly after procured a warrant for the amount stated in the Complts bill This Defendt located the same & surveyed the lands without making any charge for his services or trouble, demaning no more than his expences & costs which was paid by said Jeremiah. Had this Defendt known that the land was for the Complt, he does not think he should have done the business on the same terms The sd Jeremiah was a half brother of this Defendt & therefore he was induced to ask of him no more than his expences . . . ."

This record clearly identifies James Wright as the half brother of Jeremiah Darnall. For James Wright, the son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County and his wife Elizabeth, to be the half-brother of Jeremiah Darnall, the son of Waugh Darnall and his wife Elizabeth Darnall, then James Wright's mother would have had to have been the wife of both Waugh Darnall and 1792 John Wright. With the listing in Jeremiah Bronaugh's will of his daughter as Elizabeth Wright, the identification would seem complete that 1792 John Wright's wife was Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright. Robert N. Grant

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References

• 266. Waugh Darnell (7) was born between 1684 and 1689 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He died on Jul 7 1726 in King George County, Virginia. Ref: Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly.
• Ref: "Darnall, Spence, Steers, Spangler, Stuckey, Sill" Compiled by Erma D. Stuckey, LDS Library Salt Lake City, Utah. Darnall Genealogy, p.3.
• “Will of Jeremiah Darnall about 1720 - 1795” < link > cites
  • The Identification of 1809 William Wright of Franklin County, Virginia, As the Son of 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, Virginia, And Elizabeth (Bronaugh) (Darnall) Wright by Robert N. Grant, 15 Campo Bello Court, Menlo Park, CA 94025, RNGrant @ grantandgordon. com.
• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 17 2021, 20:13:57 UTC
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2894...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2946...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2894...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Darnall-246 cites

1. Genealogies of Virginia Families from Tyler's Quarterly
2. Darnall, Darnell Family, 1875. Vol. 1
3. Darnall, Spence, Steers, Spangler, Stuckey, Sill" , pg. 3
4. Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol IV, p.623. Tyler's Qtly
5. Darnall, Darnell Family, 1875. Vol. 1, pg. 653
6. Conley, Avlyn Dodd. The Darnall, Darnell Family, Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1979.
7. Smith, Dr. Harry Clyde. Darnall, Darnell Family, 1875. Vol. 1.
8. Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol IV, p.623. Tyler's Quarterly.
9. "Darnall, Spence, Steers, Spangler, Stuckey, Sill" Compiled by Erma D. Stuckey, LDS Library Salt Lake City, Utah. Darnall Genealogy, p.3.
10. State of Virginia County of Richmond, Deed Book #3, p 102> [1] This shows parental and sibling names, surname spelling of Darnall, and ca dates of birth and death.
11. Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine - v. 4, no. 3 January 1923. Page 220. < FamilySearch >

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