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Richard Wade[1, 2, 3]

Male Est 1751 - 1805  (~ 54 years)


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  • Name Richard Wade 
    Born Est 1751  Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1805  Goochland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14180  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 29 May 2019 

    Father Hampton Wade,   b. 1729, Loudoun County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 24 Dec 1764, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Jane/Jean Ellis,   b. 1729, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1785  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1750  Amelia Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F518495650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilmouth 'Amey' Irby,   b. Est 1730, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Est 1750 
    Children 
     1. Katherine 'Kitty' Wade,   b. Est 1800, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F4805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Richard Wade
    Richard Wade
    Rind's Virginia Gazette
    Jul 14, 1774

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, Richard Wade Halifax Co., Virginia 1800.
      Halifax County, Virginia, Will of Richard Wade, to Richard and Mary Wade, his wife; to my daughter Elizabeth Adams, but if she does marry Benjamin Chapman, my will is for all I have given her be immediately the property of her children begot by Richard Adams, deceased; to my sons Patrick Boyd, Robert Boyd, and my daughter Sarah Wade; to my daughter Nancy Pettipool, part of the land whereon John Boyd now lives, beginning on the road that leads from South Boston to Black Walnut Meeting House; to my daughter Rachel Wall; to my son George Boyd; to my wife Amy Boyd; to my grandson, George Adams son of Richard Adams; signed: Richard Wade; executors: Patrick Boyd, John Boyd, Robert Boyd and George Boyd; witnesses: James Boyd, Sr, James Boyd, Jr, Hampton Wade; securities: Robert Wade, Robert Pettipool, Daniel Collins, Parham Wall, William Adams, Nathaniel Terry.

    2. [S114] Leaves of A Stunted Shrub, Hampton Wade + Jean Ellis Children.
      Betsy Wade m. James LeGrand 20 Nov 1763; Halifax; Children William Wade, Richard Wade m. Mary Boyd, Robert Wade m. Sarah 'Sally' Boyd 8 Jun 1786, Halifax; Horatio Wade m. Sarah 'Sally' Wyatt 14 Dec 1785,Halifax;

    3. [S114] Leaves of A Stunted Shrub, https://books.google.com/books?id=gV0MAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA22&lpg=RA3-PA22&dq=Nicholas+Cassell+%2B+Alice+Wade&source=bl&ots=MH6uRQlpap&sig=ACfU3U36PbUvicpLY8p4A9sechVLFKvt-w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLi8PO68DiAhWyzlkKHVmoBVgQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Nicholas%20Cassell%20%2B%20Alice%20Wade&f=false.
      Richard Wade was granted 400 acres of land in Henrico County, Va, on 20 Feb 1723 for 40 shillings and the head rights of eight that he claimed for importing them to the colony, Frances Nicholas, Philip Lake, William Stewart, Wm. Clerk, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine French, Wm. Brown and Miller Harris. (Patent Book 11, page 309 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol III, Nell Marion Nugent, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA 1979)

    4. [S151] YESTERDAY -- GONE FOREVER .
      YESTERDAY -- GONE FOREVER A collection of Articles by Faye Royster Tuck Halifax County, Virginia.

      Joseph Terry, s/o Nathaniel married Sarah Hill, the widow of James Hill, 21 Nov 1783. Joseph was an overseer of the poor. In June of 1809 in the lower northern district of Halifax Co., VA he did 'bind out' one Kitty Wade, age seven, daughter of Richard Wade, to Drury Major until she was 18 years old, to learn the trade of spinning, weaving, knitting, and sewing and to furnish her with a wholesome diet and wearing apparel, washing, and lodging and to teach the girl English and common arithmetic.