PATRIOT Robert Wade, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1736 - Bef 1765  (28 years)

• Name	Robert Wade
  Title	PATRIOT
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	11 Oct 1736	Lunenberg Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 20 Jun 1765	Halifax County, Virginia
  Person ID	I3669	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Wade, Sr.,   b. 20 Nov 1700, James City Co., Virginia ,   d. Aft 17 Jun 1772, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hampton,   b. Abt 1720, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Antrim Parish, Halifax Co., Virginia
  Married	1720	Prob. Halifax Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F1335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Stokes,   b. 11 Oct 1737, Lunenberg Co., Virginia ,   d. Bef 1772, Halifax County, Virginia  (Age 34 years)
  Married	1749	Almond Grove, Halifax Co., Virginia
  Children	1. Robert Wade, III,   b. 1752, Amelia Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Hampton Wade,   b. 22 Mar 1757, Halifax County, Virginia ,   d. 1816, Christian Co., Kentucky  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F1341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Halifax County Will Book 1 _HalifaxCountyWillBook-1 1773-1783.pdf
  		Lunenburg Co., Virginia Deeds 1752-57; James Terry; Robert Wade; Marmaduke Stanfield; Hugh Moore & Others _Lunenburg Co., Va Deeds1752-57.pdf
  		1755 Halifax Tax List 1755 Halifax.pdf

  
  

  Histories

  Robert Wade Jr.-Sale of Land The Virginia Gazette May 5, 1768

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Wade Jr. is associated with John Frederick Miller and purchased the appurtenances on his land on 11 Apr 1759. 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 Southside 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. [This is also the location of the Carters, Powells, Magbys and others who intermarry and create a web of kinships that extend to current time.

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Genealogy. com, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/v/a/Mary-A-Evans/GENE1-0011.html#CHILD41. ROBERT5 WADE, JR. (ROBERT4, ANDREW3, EDWARD2, EDWARD1) was born October 11, 1736 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died Bef. June 20, 1765 in Halifax County, VA. He married SARAH ANNE STOKES 1749 in Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA, daughter of DAVID STOKES and SARAH MONTFORT. She was born October 11, 1737 in Lunenburg County, VA, and died April 1775 in Lunenburg County, VA. Notes for ROBERT WADE, JR.: Executive journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia Robert Wade, Capt of a Company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758 Records of the Hought of Burgesses Petition of Robert Wade who late August with his company of Rangers killed and scalped 4 Shawnees in Augusta County. He applied for the rewards but was told there was no money in the treasury. 29 Sept 1758 Robert Wade and his company ought to be paid for killing Indians. 3 Oct 1758 Page 201 The following entries are taken from William Waller Hening's collection of the laws of Virginia. During the French and Indian War, the House of burgesses passed an act for the defense of the frontier of the colony on 14 September 1758. The soldiers mentioned in the schedule attached to this act appear below. Halifax County, Page 212 Capt. Robert Wade, Jr., for his pay and for that of his officers, and a company of militia, 475.8.6; to Col. Abraham Maury for pay to Capt. Dillard and his militia company, 414.11.4. History of Halifax County Page 344 1764 Jan 19 -- Will of Robert Wade Jr. To my daugher, Sarah Wade, land in Bedford County certificate of which being returned in my name by Edmund Booker of Amelia County; to my son, Robert Wade; son, Hampton Wade; daughter, Betty Wade; my beloved wife, Ann Wade. Executors: Paul Carrington, Clement Read, William Stokes, Memucan Hunt, Hampton Wade Witnesses: Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade, Jas McDanielHalifax County, Virginia, Will Book O, Page 201 Robert Wade, Jr. of Anheim Parish, Halifax County, died after he wrote his will on 19 January 1764 and before it was proved on 20 June 1765. He gave his wife Ann, during her widowhood, her choice of either the plantation on which he lived or that on which his father lived and bequeathed two slaves, his personal property and stock of cattle to her. He left 750 acres of land on Linvilles Creek in Bedford County, part of 1500 acres which was recorded jointly in his name and that of Edmund Booker, and also a slave to his daughter Sarah Wade. He bequeathed the plantation on which his father lived, after his father's deach, and a slave to his son Robert Wade. He left the plantation on which he lived and a slave to his son Hampton Wade. He gave a slave to his daughter Betty Wade. He instructed his executors Paul Carrington Clement, Memucan Hunt and Hampton Wade to sell the balance of his land and his stock of horses to pay debts, dividing the balance among his four children. Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade and James ??? witnessed his signature.Executive journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia Captain of a Company of Rangers, 1758. Robert Wade, Capt of a company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758 More About ROBERT WADE, JR.: Military service: Bet. 1746 - 1763, Major, Lunenburg & Halifax Co VA, (Source: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987) Probate: June 20, 1765, Halifax County, VA Will: January 19, 1764 Notes for SARAH ANNE STOKES: The Wade Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 1 Ann Stokes Wade died about 1775 when a probate record of her estate shows that William Wade received the legacy of his wife Sarah Wade More About ROBERT WADE and SARAH STOKES: Marriage: 1749, Almond Grove, Halifax County, VA Children of ROBERT WADE and SARAH STOKES are: 84. i. ELIZABETH6 WADE, b. Abt. 1750. 85. ii. ROBERT WADE, b. Abt. 1750, Lunenburg? or Halifax County, VA; d. 1815, Person County, North Carolina. 86. iii. SARAH WADE, b. Abt. 1750. 87. iv. HAMPTON WADE, b. March 22, 1757, Halifax County, VA; d. 1816, Christian County, KY. Mentioned in his father's Will; along with Hampton, a brother and Betty, a daughter; Wife Ann Wade. [S107] Family Histories, http://millerworld.x10host.com/JFMTEMP/intro1_E.pdf. Although the precise location where Mayo Fort was built has yet to be determined, we do know that Nathaniel Terry was in charge of its construction. We also know that on June 6, 1770, Mr. George Boyd filed a claim in Virginia .... for work done on Ft. Mayo under Capt. Harris... The time when this work was done was not stated. In History of Halifax, it is stated that Samuel Harris was stationed at Mayo Fort. He was appointed Captain in the Halifax County, Virginia Militia on December 15, 1756, and promoted to the rank of Major on October 21, 1757. Carol Wahl states that ... Miller [John Frederick] was apparently fed up with the situation, because on 11 April 1759 - the very next month- he sold the appurtenances on that land, a 770-acre parcel, to Captain Robert Wade Jr. At that time, Wade was apparently in charge of the fort, which had been previously assigned to Captain Harris.. [S255] International Marriage Records, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2818100/person/24110194160/facts?ssrc=. In History of Halifax, it is stated that Samuel Harris was stationed at Mayo Fort. He was appointed Captain in the Halifax County, Virginia Militia on 15 Dec 1756, and promoted to the rank of Major on 21 Oct 1757; the next month he sold a 770 acre parcel to Capt. Robert Wade, Jr.. [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/halifax/historyhalifaxbook_wills.html. 1764, Jan. 19. - Will of Robert Wade, Jr. "To my daughter, Sarah Wade, land in Bedford County certificate of which being returned in my name by Edmund Booker, of Amelia county; to my son, Robert Wade; son, Hampton Wade; daughter, Betty Wade; my beloved wife, Ann Wade. Executors: Paul Carrington, Clement Read, Wm. Stokes, Memucan Hunt, Hampton Wade. Witnesses: Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade, Jas. McDaniel. "Robert Wade, Jr." Robert Munford, C. H. C. 1767, May 1. - Will of Robert Wade, Sr. "To my beloved wife, Elizabeth," land and mill on Difficult Creek. All estate to be divided at wife's death between children and grandchildren - "share and share alike" Sons Robert (deceased) John, Stephen, and Susannah, his wife, "My daughter-in-law, An Wade, wife of Robert Wade, (deceased) Hampton Wade, (son of Robert deceased) not yet of age, my son Charles Wade, my daughter Mary Hunt, daughter Sarah Stokes, my son Edward Wade, grandson Benjamine Walker, grandson Robert Wade (son of Hampton Wade, and Jean his wife); nephew Stephen Jones." Executors: "My son Edward Wade, Memucan Hunt, William Stokes. "Robert Wade, Sr." WADE. 1766, January 14 - Will of Andrew Wade. "To my grandson, Benjamin Wade, son of John Wade, &c.; son, Henry; son, Benjamin; granddaughter, Isbell Wade (daughter of Benj. Wade); son, Andrew; son, Joseph; son, William. To William, a tract of land on Blue Stone which I purchased of my son-in-law, William Robinson, 245 acres; he, the said William Wade, paying balance of money due for same. I also give him six negroes, my riding horse and saddle, and one feather bed and furniture, on condition that he marry Miss Dorothy Brooks, whom he is now addressing for that purpose; but in case he does not marry, the said Miss Dorothy Brooks, then the negroes to be divided among the other children. To my son-in-law, William Robinson, fifty pounds. "Andrew Wade." Executors: John wade and William Robinson. Witnesses: Richard Brown, Thos. Tunstall and William Scott. Robert Munford, Clerk. 1813, April 17 - Will of Charles Wade. Sons, Robert, John Jones, Hampton and Baird wade; daughters, Margaret Downey (and son, Robert Downey), Sarah Wilson, Mary Torian; granddaughter, Isbel Boyd (daughter of Jane Boyd). Chas. Wade. Witnesses: Nath Torian, Royal Henley, Jas. (X) Simmons. 1776, February 12 - Will of Edward Wade. "To my beloved wife, Letty wade; daughter, Betty Marshall Wade (not yet of age); sons, William, Abraham, Martin and Washington Wade. "Edward Wade." Executors: Memucan Hunt, William Stokes, William Rawlins, Samuel Perrin. Witnesses: Charles Wade, Wm. Wade, P. Moss, Ance Wade. Will of Richard Wade. "I lent Richard and Mary Wade his wife, 39 and 13 shillings, in cash which they must return to my estate or come out of value given them. "My daughter, Elizabeth Adams; my daughter, Hannah Adams, one negro woman named Rose, &c., on the proviso that she does not marry Benjamin Chapman, but if she does marry Benjamin Chapman, my will is for all that I have given her be immediately the property of her children begot by Richard Adams, deceased, to them and their heirs forever. "To my son Patrick Boyd, &c.; to my son, Robert Boyd, &c., to 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, &c.; to my wife, Amey, also my old servant, Peter, as long as she lives, and then with whichsoever one of my sons that he chooses. He is to work half of the time for himself; to my grandson, George Adams, (son of Richard Adams). "Richard Wade." Executors: Patrick, John, Robert 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." 1764, Jan. 19. - Will of Robert Wade, Jr. "To my daughter, Sarah Wade, land in Bedford County certificate of which being returned in my name by Edmund Booker, of Amelia county; to my son, Robert Wade; son, Hampton Wade; daughter, Betty Wade; my beloved wife, Ann Wade. Executors: Paul Carrington, Clement Read, Wm. Stokes, Memucan Hunt, Hampton Wade. Witnesses: Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade, Jas. McDaniel. "Robert Wade, Jr." Robert Munford, C. H. C. 1767, May 1. - Will of Robert Wade, Sr. "To my beloved wife, Elizabeth," land and mill on Difficult Creek. All estate to be divided at wife's death between children and grandchildren - "share and share alike" Sons Robert (deceased) John, Stephen, and Susannah, his wife, "My daughter-in-law, An Wade, wife of Robert Wade, (deceased) Hampton Wade, (son of Robert deceased) not yet of age, my son Charles Wade, my daughter Mary Hunt, daughter Sarah Stokes, my son Edward Wade, grandson Benjamine Walker, grandson Robert Wade (son of Hampton Wade, and Jean his wife); nephew Stephen Jones." Executors: "My son Edward Wade, Memucan Hunt, William Stokes. "Robert Wade, Sr."