Berryman Green, Jr.

Berryman married Ariana Vaughan 23 Oct 1801, Halifax County, Virginia. Ariana (daughter of 1st Lt. James Vaughan, Jr. and Sarah 'Sally' LeGrand) was born Abt 1794, Halifax County, Virginia; died Aft 1850. [Group Sheet]

1. James Berryman Green was born 20 Jan 1810, Halifax County, Virginia; died 20 Sep 1853, Mobile, Alabama; was buried , Magnolia Cemetery Mobile, Alabama.

Notes:

History of Halifax County
By W. J. Carrington

Page 184-185
GREEN
Berryman Green was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1754 [Amelia-mfe]. This family dates back to an illustrious line of "Buckton," Northamptonshire, England.
He enlisted in the Revolutionary war as a private, in 1776, and served through the war as quartermaster on General Washington's staff. He was unfit for active service, being lame. He married Nancy Terry, daughter of Nathaniel Terry, Gent., Burgess of Halifax County. He died in this county, [Halifax] September 13, 1825. Nancy, his wife, died February 20, 1837. They were buried at the old 'Thompson Place', near 'Banister Lodge.' Their children were, viz.: Elizabeth Dickerson Green, who married her cousin, Col. Joe Coleman Terry., Berryman Green, Jr. marrried Ariana Vaughan, Mary Green (died), Sarah Green (died) Thomas Jefferson Green, married Frances Keeling Burton, Nathaniel Terry Green, married Annie Colquehoun.

From Col. Berryman Green descended some of Halifax County's most honorable and substantial citizens. This data given is from the family Bible.

EXERPTS CONTINUE (See Documents)

Berryman Green was born 31 January 1753 or 1754 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Thomas Green (ca. 1725-ca. 1799) and Lucy Davis Green (ca. 1735-1785). Green's family moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, and in 1769, he was apprenticed to the court clerk of Charlotte County, Virginia. In 1776, Green enlisted in Henry Lee's (1756-1818) command, then received an appointment as quartermaster for General George Washington?s (1732-1799) staff. In 1781, Green was appointed an assistant deputy quartermaster for the state of Virginia. After the war, Green lived in Westmoreland County, then moved to Halifax County, Virginia in 1787 where he became a planter. Green represented Halifax County in the House of Delegates in 1796. Green married first Anne Pritchard (d. 1787) in Pennsylvania in 1799, and they had five children. He married second Nancy Terry (1758 or 1763-1836) of Halifax County 6 January 1789), and they had six children. Green died in Halifax County 14 September 1825, and was buried in the Terry family cemetery there.

Berryman Green was apprenticed to become a Court Clerk. In 1801, he signed the Will of Jonathan Colquit, A.C.H.C [Acting Clerk of Halifax County].
WILL OF JONATHAN COLQUITT
In The Name of God Amen. I Jonathan Colquitt of Halifax County do make, ordain and declare this to be my last will and Testament, and manner and form following(Viz) imprimis. I lend unto my Daughter Nancy Bostick and Sarah Bain, the tract of land whereon I now live containing one hundred acres more or less (purchase of Robert Akin) during their Natural lives, to be equally divided by two Disinterested men chosen by each party and if they dont agree one other person to be chosen by the referees and their decision to final, and at the death of my daughters Nancy, & Sarah. It is my will and desire that the aforesaid tract of land be equally divided between the heirs of my daughters Nancy Bostick & Sarah Bain to them and their heirs for ever. Item I give to my grandson Frederick Bain one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever. Item I give unto my Grand daughter Christian Colquitt (daughter) of Ransom Colquitt one feather bed to her and her heirs forever. Item I give unto my son Ransom Colquitt Fanny, Eve and her increase, Negroes which he has had in possesson for some time, also one cow and calf to him and his heirs forever. Item It is my will and desire that my Exetors sell the remaince of my Estate to the best advantage (to Wit),a negro man James, my stock also all my house hold and kitchen furniture and after my just debts are paid the overplus if any tobe equally divided. Between the heirs of Ransom Colquitt, Nancy Bostick and the heirs of Sarah Bain to them and their heirs forever. And lastly I do nominate Constitute & appoint my friends Charles Bruce, Hartwell Carter & Achilles Colquitt Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have Hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred.
Jonathan Colquitt L. S.
Witness his David x Farmer, William Farmer, Thomas Ballow mark: At a court held for Halifax County the 27th day of July 1801, The within written Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Colquitt deceased was exhibited in court & proved by the affirmation of two of the witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded.
Teste John Wimbish C G?C.
At a court held for Halifax County the 25th day of January 1802, on the motion of Charles Bruce one of the Executors named in the foregoing will of Jonathan Colquitt decd who made oath according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate of the said will in due form, he giving security whereupon he together with James Bruce his security entered into acknowledged their bond in the finally of five thousand dollars. Conditioned as the law directs.
Teste John Wimbish C.H.C.
Truly recorded
Teste Berryman Green A.C.H.C.
Halifax County, Virginia, Wills, Book 6, p. 297.

Berryman married Nancy Terry 6 Jan 1789, Halifax County, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Patriot Nathaniel D. [Dickinson] Terry, Sr. and Sarah Anne Royall) was born 12 Feb 1758, Halifax County, Virginia; died 25 Mar 1836, Halifax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Remember, when Nancy Terry married Berryman Green, he had at least 4 children; having been married to Ann Pritchard until her death. Nancy Terry was 31 years old when she and Berryman were married. Anthony Green and 3 sisters came with Berryman. Anthony Green was 3 years old. I wonder why Thomas Green and Peter Davis took such an interest in Berryman, and not so much recorded, as Anthony.

Notes:

Married:
http://knoxcolorado.com
Nancy TERRY and Berryman GREEN were married on 6 January 1789 in, Halifax, VA. Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Volume 1, Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of PA, 1895, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 8:

Marriage Record of the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1761-1803, usgwarchives.net/pa
1778, May 25, Pritchard, Ann, and Berryman Green

Notes:

Thomas Green of Prince Edward County
Another Thomas Green was in Prince Edward County in 1761 when he bought land from his father-in-law, Peter Davis. Lucy Davis, daughter of Peter Davis married Thomas Green and was the Mother of Berryman.

6 May 1760 Thomas Green received 400 acres on a branch of Terrible Creek. The acreage was described a surplus land between the Dudgeon and Fontaine farms below the Old Court House. Thomas Green owned Punch Spring at this time.

PUNCH SPRING
EARLY COURTHOUSE
http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/CourthouseHistoryCook.htm

It was first decided to establish a courthouse in the perfect center of Halifax County, but a survey showed this to be impossible, as the point was a small island in the middle of Banister River. It was then decided to hold the first meeting at "Hampton Wade's house," in the year 1752. The first officers of the county were Nathaniel Terry, sheriff; George Currie, clerk; Thomas Nash, surveyor; Clement Read, King's attorney; John Light, Joseph Faris and Abet Lee, constables; and Nicholas Hayle, Robert Jones and James Irwin, justices.

Court was held in various locations, but of interest is the period 1753-1754, when sessions were held at Punch Spring. It appears that in the rear of the house only a few feet away was a large clear spring of exceptionally cold water. With this convenience, there is said to have been no end to the fine liquor brought to this courthouse. In fact, so much was brought that a pen was built around the spring for the storage of the beverage. Mint grew wild in Virginia and this, with the fine liquor and cool water, fits in with many of the traditions of the Old Dominion. But for inaccessible roads it is probable that the courthouse would have remained at this "charm spot" indefinitely.

As to the exact location of Punch Spring we quote from the Rev. R. W. Neathery: "when I was a boy the older people of the neighborhood told me that it was located at a point on the Coles Ferry Road, just beyond where the Roberts's home is, north of Winn's Creek. If I mistake not, it is just a few hundred yards. from where the Norfolk and Western Railroad crosses the Cole's Ferry Road, on the side of Crystal Hill, not four hundred yards from the Negro church. At the time of my childhood, it was called 'Hell's Half Acre.' That makes us say 'whew', but that is true. Perhaps it was because prisoners thought it so.

"This was just a few rods from Punch Spring, the source of Winn's Creek, which is now the home of Allie Epps. It is the old Hurt place and when I was a boy, Hurt Roberts, son of T. L. Roberts, and I, used to go to see Mrs. Hurt, the mother of C. E., H. H. and John Hurt and Mrs. Moorefield. Hurt Roberts, being named for Henry Hurt, was a special object of Mrs. Hurt's interest, and we used to go there to play. Mrs. Hurt used to put her butter, milk, and other eatables in a little stone house for safekeeping. Whenever we visited there, she would go to that little house, covered with shingles, and get something for us to eat. It was called Punch Spring then, but the little house is now torn down. But the house in which the court was held, stands now." Feb. 9, 1939

Taken from HALIFACTS, written in 1941 by Dr. B. B. Barbour



HalifaxCo VA Plea Book No 2, Part 2, 17 mar 1759

(51) p. 358 William Drew is appointed Surveyor of the new road leading from John Tucks to Sparrow?s foard on Terrible Cr, and it is ordered that he, with the male laboring tithables following, to wit, those belonging to Thomas Green, Gent, Almon Gwin and his, Jeremiah Stevens, John Eckhols, Joseph Shaw, John Sparrow, and John Ashlock, do forthwith lay open, clear and keep the sd road in repair

Thomas Green living in Halifax Co. 17 Mar 1759

HalifaxCo VA Plea Book No 2 Part 2 17 mar 1759
(51) p. 358 William Drew is appointed Surveyor of the new road leading from John Tucks to Sparrow?s foard on Terrible Cr, and it is ordered that he, with the male laboring tithables following, to wit, those belonging to Thomas Green, Gent, Almon Gwin and his, Jeremiah Stevens, John Eckhols, Joseph Shaw, John Sparrow, and John Ashlock, do forthwith lay open, clear and keep the sd road in repair

1758 - Thomas Green and Peter Irby took by order of worshipful court the just and full sum of 16 pounds of good and lawful money of Virginia for building a good and well fixed bridge, at least ten feet broad, and in good repair for the term of seven years.
Signed, sealed and released in the presence of Robert Wooding and Abraham Maury.
To build and maintain for seven years.
1758, March Court - Ordered that Thomas Green build a bridge over Difficult creek at a place called Madins Ford.

Birth:
HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DOCUMENTS SHOW A THOMAS GREEN PURCHASING LAND IN VARINA PARISH 26 FEB 1729; ABRAHAM GREEN, ARTHUR MOSELEY, AND WILLIAM SCOTT WITNESS THIS DEED; FIELD JEFFERSON AND JOHN PLEASANTS WITNESSED LIVERY & SEIZIN. URSULA, WIFE OF WALTER, RELINQUISHED HER DOWER RIGHT.
[this Thomas Green is at least 21 years older than Thomas Green who married Lucy Davis]

Name:
Shown on the Prince Edward Co., DB One Page 145b. Apr 25, 1761 from Peter Davis of P, to Thomas Green of P...... (See Documents) A William Green Witnessed this document along with Edward Hambleton, John Mason, Joshua Blanton. WHO IS THIS WILLIAM GREEN? Perhaps this William Green is the Father of this Thomas..........probably a relative of some sort.

Thomas married Lucy Davis. Lucy (daughter of Peter Davis and Catherine Priest) was born Abt 1733, Prince Edward Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Other Terrys mentioned in the Halifax Antrim Parrish Vestry Records are James Terry, Champness Terry, Zachariah Terry, Joseph Terry, and Moses Terry.

According to records, Nathaniel Terry Sr. had a slave named Greggory who was charged in 1777 with beating a certain Hector McNeil, a merchant from Scotland, to the point that McNeil's life was in great danger. The gentlemen justices agreed that Greggory should 'receive thirty lashes on his bare back". It was ordered that Greggory be taken by the sheriff to the common whipping post.

Records stated that Nathaniel Terry Sr. appeared before the grand jury for taking a stray horse and riding him "contrary to the law."

Nathaniel Terry Sr. and his son, William Terry appeared in Halifax court, March 1777 on a complaint of James McCraw. McCraw stated that he 'is apprehensive that said Nathaniel and William Terry will beat, woulnd, maim or kill him." The court dismissed the charges after questioning a witness. The Revolutionary War had just begun at this time. The author's conclusion is that this incident had something to do with England and the way the planters felt about England. Feelings against the Tories of the British parliament ran high in Halifax County at that time.

Halifax Co, VA Plea Book No. 4 (85) September Court 1763
Nathaniel Terry, for the King and for himself, Plt, vs Thomas Tuck, Deft, In Debt. Judgment is granted to the Plt against the Deft for his costs, according to an agreement made between the sd parties.

20 July 1768 Charlotte Co., Virginia (DB2/245.p.054) Deed Abstract identifies Nathaniel Terry as maker of a deed in Lunenburg to James Taylor, witnessed by Will Barksdale and James Cole

"At a Meeting of the Justices appointed for Halifax County at Hampton Wade's House, the XIXth, day of May, in the XXVth. Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George II, and in the year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two, a Commission of Peace was produced from the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, bearing date at Williamsburg, Virginia, the twenty-eighth day of April in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two, and direct to William Byrd,* William Wynne, Peter Fontaine, Jr., James Terry, William Irby, Nathaniel Terry, Robert Wade, Hampton Wade, Andrew Wade, and Sherwood Walton, Gentlemen: - "At this meeting the usual oaths were administered. Nathaniel Terry was sworn sheriff; George Currie was made clerk of the court; Thomas Nash, surveyor; Clement Read (of Lunenburg, and later of Charlotte county), King's attorney. John Light, Joseph Faris and Abel Lee were appointed constables. Nicholas Hayle, Robert Jones and James Irwin were recommended as justices.

*Son of William Byrd of Westover, who ran the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina in 1727.

Alice Allen and Hannah Parsons, Spinsters, Came into Court, and respectively acknowledged themselves guilty of having had each a Bastard child, whereas they make their fines by payments of each of them 50 shillings or five hundred pounds of tobacco (Persuant to the Act of the Assembly, in that case made and provided) and thereupon came Nathaniel Terry, Gent., who together with Members of the Court now sitting, became Securities for payment of the fines at the laying of the next Levy for the Parish of Antrim.

Halifax County, which extends to the North Carolina border, was a tobacco growing region, as it still is today. It is in the middle of Soutside Virginia, in the Piedmont
Pleateau of rolling hills leading to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and today it appears that this land, in the southwest corner of the county, is in the area that forms something of a
triangle between secondary state Highways #691 and #659 (the River Road), very near the present community of Paces and possibly nine or so miles southwest of the county seat, also called Halifax. On a larger scale this area is south of U. S. #360 and north of U. S. #58. The tiny town of Turbeville, once called Bloomsburg, is about four miles southeast from where Tobys Creek flows into the Dan River. Danville, in adjacent Pittsylvania County is about 25 miles southwest from this point.

Name:
Captain Nathaniel Terry was a member of the House of Burgess in Williamsburg in 1755, 1765, and 1771 and 1775. He was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1776. Terry married Sarah Royall. Nathaniel Terry had a water grist mill on the falls of Sandy Creek in 1754. In 1756, Nathaniel was granted an ordinary license and in 1757 an orphan named Elenor Ozbrook was placed in his care. In 1757 and 1759 Nathaniel had a ferry on the Dan River. In 1771 he was appointed as a surveyor from Banister's Bridge to Martin's Path Road.

Nathaniel married Sarah Anne Royall 10 Sep 1748, Chesterfield Co., Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Joseph William Royall and Sarah Povall Baxter) was born 17 Mar 1726, Chesterfield County, Virginia; died 1805. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Other children of Nathaniel Terry, Sr. are named in Chancery Suite dated Nov 1805. Joseph, Nathaniel Jr., Mary, wife of James Thompson, Robert and Keeble and Sarah, his wife.

Notes:

VIRGINIA REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
There is deposited at the Land Office, Richmond, a record of the name and services of over 12,000 officers and men, who served on land or sea from the State of Virginia, during the Revolutionary War. By permission of Col. Richardson, their custodian, we are now placing in print these valuable records. ?(Editor).
In the House of Delegates, 30 Dec, 1784.
Resolved, that any person who has served in the armies of the United States from the first day of May, 1779, until the close of the late war between America and Great Britain, and who is possessed of a land warrant in his own right, or by assignment before the first day of May, 1779, issued agreeable to the Proclamation made by the King of Great Britain in the year 1763, may exchange the same with the Register of the land office for a warrant agreeable to this resolution, which warrant he shall be permitted to locate on any vacant lands reserved by an act of this Assembly on the eastern side of the VIRGINIA COUNTY RECORDS 33 River Ohio, for the officers and soldiers of this Commonwealth on continental establishment.
(Test) JOHN BECKLEY, C. H. D.
1785, Jan. 1st. Agreed to by the Senate,
WILL DREW, C. S.
Entitled to Land Warrants.

Green, John, Col, Va. Line, 4 Sept., 1775, and is now in service.
Green, John, Lieut., entered the service July, 1776, and died in service, 3 April, 1778; warrant issued to William
Green, his heir-at-law.

Name:
Reference to a Peter Greene of Surry Co [formed from Isle of Wight} is found 2 Oct 1653 when he is a member of a Jury in the matter of the death of Jno. Briant, a boy, and late servant to Jno Spilltimber...[Henry Bannister, John Price and Robert Warren also serve on the same jury]

Died:
John Green witness Will of Robert Goode and Thomas Goode; presume his wife to be Elizabeth Goode as he was left money by Goode in his will.

Also is Witness to Will of Isaac Shepherd on 6 May 1728

Coincidentally The inventory of Paul Green is presented to the court April 1728 and recorded 6 May 1728; This Paul Green may be related to John Green.

John married Elizabeth Goode. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Goode and Elizabeth, Mrs. Robert Goode) was born Est 1660, Prob. Charles City Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George Davis is also listed as one of the early settlers of Prince Edward Co., 400 acres on the Buffalo River, where the Bibbs and Biggers also are shown as early residents with Theodorick Carter.

Prince Edward Co., Virginia DB1/106b. May 2 1757 from Peter Davis of Prince Edward and Parish of St. Patrick, to John Popham of same, for 30 pounds, a certain tract of land of 400 acres in Prince Edward and St. Patrick's Parish on the North side of Bush River bounded by Watkins, Cobbs' and Watson's line, by patent granted to the said Peter Davis. Wit - John (his mark) Hayes, Hen Watkins, Massie (`her mark) Howlet. Recorded 13 Sep 1757.

Goochland Wills & Deeds 1736-1742 Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III; Pg 187. Deed 19 Sep 1738 John Twitty of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., to Robert Bernard of Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co., for 50 pounds, 400 acres on South side of the James River, on Deep Creek, patented by Robert Spears in 1732, and by him sold to said Twitty; bounded by Bowler Cocke, with all houses, etc. Wit: Stephen Bedford, William Keyes, Mary Mathews, James Martin, PETER DAVIS.

Peter married Catherine Priest. Catherine was born Est 1700, Goochland, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Champness Terry above is a 67/64 match with T-24 Benjamin Terry d 1771 Pittsylvania Co VA.

Benjamin Terry, b c 1701 m Elizabeth [probably Dickerson] d 1771 Pittsylvania Co. VA - David K. Terry [dkt4ster AT hotmail.com] T-24
Benjamin Terry had documented sons in his Will of 1771 as follows: Nathaniel, Benjamin, Peter, Joseph and Robert Terry.

Benjamin Terry is one of the oldest "documented" Terry ancestors in the group from Virginia and he perfectly matches the modal values for Haplogroup I - Lineage I indicating he is the closest match to the MRCA (Most recent common ancestor) for the whole group. Benjamin?s oldest son Nathaniel Terry (1725-1778) married Sarah Royall. Nathaniel Terry was a member of the House of Burgesses and of the House of Delegates. He died, Halifax County, Virginia. This older Benjamin Terry had a daughter Sarah Terry who married Champness Terry, the son of Joseph Terry died about Dec 1785 Pittsylvania County, Virginia and his wife Judith Crawford. This Champness Terry died between 1775 and 1779 in South Carolina. Champness and Sarah had a son also named Champness (1772-1820) who died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.

Benjamin Terry U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name Benjamin Terry
Birth Date 1700
Birth Place New Kent, Virginia
Death Date 26 Jul 1771
Death Place Pittsylvania, Virginia
SAR Membership 90362
Role Ancestor
Application Date 19 Aug 1963

Benjamin married Elizabeth Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson Abt 1723, Caroline Co., Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel Dickerson/Dickinson/Dickenson and Elizabeth Garland) was born Abt 1704, New Kent Co., Virginia Colony; died Bef 17 Sep 1771, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://knoxcolorado.com
The following article, written by Margie Brown, a 6th great-granddaughter of Benjamin Terry, Sr. and a renowned Terry researcher appeared in the Terry Family Historian.
ISSUE:
1. William b. 1749 d. 1810 md 1771 Susannah Thompson daughter of Wm & Rachel (Coleman) he was a Virginia legislator and an officer in the Rev. War. He died suddenly in Richmond 1810, obit in ARGUS, Susannah died 1845 was a pensioner, (submitted the family Bible). Among their children was DICKERSON b. 25 Dec 1789 d. test. Halifax 1844, left no issue. There were 9 children in all.
2. Joseph b. 1753 d. 1817 md 1783 Sarah Coleman (Williams [Hill] a widow of James Hill, and the daughter of John & Diane (Coleman) Williams, 6 children, two being Diane Royall and James Anthony Terry. These were names as the parents of Benjamin in the family lore of Halifax in this century. James A. and wife Nancy are found in Carroll co TN. Diane md a cousin Robert, son of her Uncle Benjamin of Pittsylvania. One son, 2 daughters.
3. Nathaniel D. b. 1755 d. 1837 md 1784 Ann Thompson daughter of Wm & Rachel (Coleman). He and she both have pensions, plus a glorious lawsuit over the slaves in the 1855-1860 time period. The naming pattern is very strong in this family. One son Nathaniel DICKERSON Terry. He was called Dick by family. [source 2 Biles and 1854 letter from KY and Court suit]. 8 other children
4. Robert b. 1779 died before 1850 census md 1793 Nancy Hopkins Smith, had son Nathaniel DICKERSON. This family to Henderson co KY [Source dozens of family letters 1809-1817].
5. Royall b. 1765 d. 1780 unmarried.
6. Nancy b. 1758 d. 1836 md as his 2nd 1789 Berryman Green. Daughter Elizabeth DICKERSON Green, 6 children. She md a son of her Uncle Joseph above. It is from this family that most of the incorrect family lore was started in the 1920's and 30's. [Source Bible and Court suit.]
7. Mary b. 1767 d. 1848 md 1786 James Thompson. A daughter Elizabeth DICKERSON Thompson, and a granddaughter by same name. [Bible record and Court suit.]
8. Elizabeth DICKERSON b. 1760 d. bef 1806 md 1779 as his 2nd John Martin [Bible and Marriage bond0 9 ch. Son named Wm. DICKERSON Martin.
9. Sarah b. 1763 d. 1854 md 1787 Keeple Terry. No issue [Court papers, Bedford co TN]
All of the COLEMAN girls above were sisters, antoher sister Susannah Coleman md. Armistead Watlington. Thompson, Watlingtons and Colemans are out of Gloucester Co. VA.
The records are wonderful and I can track most all the Terrys out of Halifax and Pittsylvania, but if you don't go to the Court House, you never see it. And, as I said in the beginning...there is no documented IRBY name in this Terry family, to my knowledge, if anyone know of one, I would certainly like to see it.
(After this article was written, we learned of a 1939 visit to Pittsylvania co by Charles Edward Terry, great-grandson of Robert Terry and Nancy Hopkins Smith. He wrote of seeing the original will, in very bad shape at the time and there was nothing mentioned in it about what Elizabeth Terry, wife of Benjamin Sr.'s maiden name was, but he and some Virginia cousins "thought" they knew what it was. Also, at one time in the not so distant past, well past the middle of the 20th century, Pittsylvania county VA had a large number of original wills in their "loose" papers at the Courthouse in Chatham, VA. They have all disappeared, apparently taken by people who thought of them as "theirs!" jek)
Parents: Nathaniel DICKERSON.

Notes:

http://www.fmoran.com/royall.html
Royall Family
Joseph Royall was born in London, England, 1600 and died March 10, 1654 at Doghams, Charles City, VA. Joseph left England on the Charitie and arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in July 1622.

He was married three times. His first wife's surname was Tomasin and by 1637 had married his second wife, Ann. In about 1645 he married Katherine Banks in Henrico County VA. Katherine was born in Northamptonshire, England in 1627, daughter of Christopher Banks. Katherine's second husband was Henry Isham, Sr. She died December 1, 1686 in Henrico County, VA. Katherine Banks Royall Isham was great-great-great grandmoter to Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States.

In 1637 Joseph Royall, Sr., received 300 acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia on the south-east side of Turkey Island Creek for transporting colonists to America. According to the record, he was "due 50 acres for his own personal adventure, 50 acres for the transportation of his first wife Thomasin, 50 acres for the transportation of Ann, his now wife, 50 for the transportation of his brother Henry, and 100 for the transportation of two persons, Rob(er)t Warrell and Jon(athan) Wells." In 1638 he received 200 acres in Charles City Co., VA for transporting four persons. In 1642, he received 600 more acres for transporting twelve people, including his third (to be?) wife Katherine Banks. This plot bounded the lands of Edward Maddox "above Sherley hundred &c. on the river, to Dickinans Creeke."

His plantation eventually grew to 1,100 acres, and he built a residence called Doghams, named after the French river D'Augham. Doghams was located on the banks of the James River above "Shirley Hundred". This tract of land remained in the possession of the Royall family for almost 300 years.

First Generation

Children of Joseph Royall Sr. and Katherine Banks
Capt. Joseph Royall (1646-1732) m. Mary Archer
Sarah Royall m. John Wilkinson
daughter who married Mr. Dennis
daughter who married Mr. Maschell
Katherine Royall m. Richard E. Perrin, s/o Thomas Perrin

(Note: After the death of Joseph Royall, Sr., Katherine Banks Royall married Henry Isham (1628-1676), s/o William Isham and Mary Brett.

Children of Catherine Banks Royall and Henry Isham
Anne Isham m. Col. Francis Eppes (m. 1685)
Mary Isham (abt. 1660-1735) m. Col. William Randolph (1650-1711), s/o Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland
Henry Isham, Jr. (?-1678) (died at sea)

Second Generation

Children of Capt Joseph Royall and Mary Archer
Henry Royall (abt. 1680-1747) and Elizabeth Liege (1688-?); 2) Mary Bevell Kennon
Joseph Royall (1681-1747) m. Elizabeth Kennon (m. Dec., 1698)
Sarah Royall (abt. 1686-1740) m. William Tyler
William Royall (1688-1737) m. Sarah Povall Baxter (1690-?) (m. 1714, Powathan, VA)

Joseph Royall was Captain of Virginia Colonial Troops, a Vestryman in Curl Neck Church, Justice in Henrico County, VA, Sheriff of Henrico County, VA and a large landowner. His half-sister, Mary Isham, married Col. William Randolph.

Joseph married Sarah Povall Baxter Abt 1720. Sarah was born 1690; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Probably Henrico Co.

Name:
Is she Sarah Povall or Sarah Povall Baxter a married widow