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About William Wroughton, Sr.
William Wroughton was designated as an "orphan" on October 20, 1646. His stepfather agreed to keep his cattle along with those of his half-sisters, Frances and Mary Attowell https://thomasharrisofvirginia.wordpress.com/tag/lunsford/
William may have been born in Jamestown, VA, but not as likely. His last name "is variously spelled in records; in Virginia we find it spelled Roughton, Rotton, Roton, Wrotton, Wratton, Wraton, Rawton, Wraughton, Wroughton (the predominant spelling); in Maryland it is generally spelled Wroughton and Wrotten (and his descendants there generally spell it Wroten)....On 20 October 1646 William was designated as an 'orphan' (and therefore probably a minor) when his stepfather Edward Grimes consented to keep William's cattle and that of his sister Anne and his half-sisters May and Frances Attowell 'without future charge for keep and Educacon.' One cow and one cow calf were given by Grimes to William Wotten (sic). In 1648 an account of the cattle was given: 'Cattle belonging to Wm. Roughton 1 heifer. Ann Roughton 1 cow, 1 heifer. Mary Attoway 3 cowes and have had noe increase 3 yeares. Francis Attoway 2 cowes, 2 yearlings and 2 calves, whereof one Dead and one cowe hath been lost this five yeares,' signed by Edward Grimes (VCA)....William must have reached his majority by at least 1652, for on 29 November of that year he, in partnership with one Richard Flint, was granted 200 acres in Lancaster Co. on the west side of Corotoman River, adjoining the lands of William White (William's brother-in-law), Henry Hacker and William Clapham Jr. for the transportation of four people into Virginia (CP). On 7 Aug 1653 William Wraton was designated as an heir in the will of Edward Grimes....William appears to have been a prosperous planter in Lancaster Co., and there are numerous land transactions involving him...He received a good deal of his land on the basis of his transportation of others into Virginia....[He] appears to have been a constable in Lancaster Co. On 6 Jun 1654 he arrested one William Catten for a debt of 260 pounds of tobacco (VCA) and on 25 May 1659 he was discharged as constable (VCA). He was also ordered to appear at the 1655 court to receive satisfaction for 'building on the land appointed for a court house and to be forewarned from future buildings' (VCA). "Deed records show much buying and selling of land by William Wroughton from 1652 through 1682 in Lancaster Co., VA. However, other records show that William was probably in Maryland by as early as 1668. Gust Skordas in Early Settlers of Maryland shows the following regarding William Wroughton's transportation to Maryland: Trans. 'by' 1673, Wroughton, Allina, dau. of Wm.; Wroughton, Diana, dau. of Wm.; Wroughton, Eliz., dau. of Wm.; Wroughton, Johanna, wife of Wm.; Wroughton, Thomas, son of Wm.; Wroughton, William 'of Dorsett [Dorchester] Co,' immigrated 1673. [Calvin Mowbray in First Dorchester Families states that William also transported his daughter Margaret and his servants James Cross and William Furman....Note that on the Skordas list William is shown as 'of Dorsett [Dorchester] Co.' In the deed transactions of Lancaster Co., VA...William Wroughton appears to be transacting business through a power of attorney as early as 1666. In [that year] Jane [Johanna] Wroughton gave power of attorney to John Flower to sell her husband's land; in 1667 Wm. Wroughton sold land to William White by power of attorney of John Flower; and in 1670 Thomas Marshall had power of attorney to sell William Wroughton's land to Dne. [Dominick] Therryot. Thus, we believe that William had gone to Maryland by as early as 1668 (or 1666) but did not transport his family (and officially himself) there until 1673... "Records show that William Wroughton was appointed commissioner of Dorchester County in 1671, so he must have been fairly well established there by that date, and he appears to have been a commissioner through 1674....On 4 Jan 1675 he bought one of his most important purchases, 'Stonewick' containing 150 acres on what became known as Wroten Island....for 5000 lbs. of tobacco. On 12 Dec 1681 William increased his land on 'Stonewick' Island, receiving a warrant and survey for 50 acres called 'Prevention.' 'Stonewick/Prevention' on Wroten Island remained in the Wroughton family for several generations...In 1697/98, William Wrotten Sr, and wife Johanna gave to their son William Wrotten Jr. 'Father's Good Will' on Hungar River, 'the said land being part of my two patents on my Island of Stonewick in the aforesaid river.'... William Wroughton I died before 1707, for on 22 Oct in that year, Johanna Routen was the administratrix of his estate in Dorchester Co. No will...has been found. An inventory of his estate was made in 1708. His wife Johanna died before 1709 for on 18 Feb 1709, Thomas Wroughton was the administrator of the estate of Johanna Wroughton. On 12 April 1709, an inventory of Johanna's estate was made showing: due from Wm. Wroughton 120 pounds tobacco, due from Thos. Wroughton 76 pounds of pork; due from Morgan Adams and Matthew Travers [?]; and 'we of the kindred being present Wm. Wroughton, John Early. (Schweitzer Ancestry)
Sources
- Virginia, Colonial Abstracts, 1632-1810, Section: Lancaster County Record Book 2, 1654-1666, Ancestry.com; Original data: Fleet, Beverly. Virginia. Colonial Abstracts. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988 [1]
- Source: https://thomasharrisofvirginia.wordpress.com/tag/lunsford/
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Wroughton-3 created through the import of ross20genancestors-children6-22-2011.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Lamar Ross.
- Sara Douglas Burns, Jamestowne Society Application #9064 (Georgia, USA, 2016), Raughton/Roughton/Wroughton family.
- Nancy Ashley Myers, Jamestowne Society Application #8267 (Colorado, USA, 2014), Raughton/Roughton/Wroughton family.
Gregory Sweitzer, Sweitzer Ancestry (Ancestry.com), http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gsweitzer&id=I1911
- Nell Marion Nugent, abstracter and indexer, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants-Vol. I (Virginia State Library and Archives: Richmond, 1992), Virginia State Library at Richmond, Vol. I, Patent Book No. 5, p.526.
- Carson Gibb, Ph.D., compiler, Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland (Annapolis, Maryland, Maryland Archives, 1997), Sutro Library, San francisco, CA, page 247. Wroughton, Margaret 17:547 SR7358 Transported by 1673 by William of Dorchester Co., her father. Wroughton, William 17:547 SR7358 of Dorchester Co., immigrated by 1673 with Johanna, his wife, Thomas, his son, and Elizabeth, Margaret, Allina, and Diana, his daughters.
- John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607/1624/5, 3 vols. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007), Vol. Three, Families R-Z, pp. 847-9
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William Wroughton, Sr.'s Timeline
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Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1655
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Lancaster, VA, United States
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VA, United States
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1664
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Dorchester, Maryland, USA
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1665
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Lancaster, VA, United States
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1669
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Dorchester, MD, United States
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1670
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Lancaster County, Virginia, United States
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1671
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Dorchester, MD, United States
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1673
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Dorchester, MD, United States
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