The Chamberlaynes of Virginia

Notes, Part Two

1 Selected pages from an unpublished manuscript by Nellie and Marius Barham, entitled "Families Are Forever" (no date), provided by Pam Huffman.   Mrs. Barham consistently spelled the name "Ann," rather than "Anne," so we will follow suit here, especially since it may reduce the confusion arising from the frequent use of the name Ann(e) Kidley in the associated families, as will be seen.
2 Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1684-1786, Richmond: Library of Virginia (reprint edition, 1989).
3 All information on the Cookes and associated families is taken from Barham, Op. cit., and Harris, Op. cit., pp. 86-87. Dates of birth, death, marriage, and the like are from Barham.
4 Harris, Op. cit., p. 86.   Pamela Huffman, of New Kent County, was of invaluable assistance in locating North Green on the map. She also provided information on the location of a home known as "Windsor Shades" where a branch of the Chamberlayne family would reside later, as will be seen.
5 The year of birth is taken from the fact that she was listed as age 42 in the 1850 Census.
6 Barham, Op. cit.
7 Harris, Op. cit., p. 104.
8 In the 1850 Census she was listed as "Ann K. C. Otey."
9 Except as noted, the account of the "Posey affair" is taken from Harris, Op. cit.
10 New Kent County Land Tax, 1782, in Harris Op. cit., pp. 234-237. Posey is listed as the owner of 471 acres, and Mary Chamberlayne, Richard's widow, is shown with only 284 acres, a sharp reduction in the original size of Poplar Grove, attributable, it is presumed, to the transfer of ownership to the Poseys.
11 The Papers of George Washington, Letterpress Edition, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.
12 Records of St. Peter's Parish Church, from William and Mary Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1895), pp. 115-116.
13 Hening, Op. cit., Vol. 12, p. 692, taken from Harris, Op. cit., p. 99.
14 "DIED: Mrs. Ann K. Winston, consort of Col. William O. Winston of Hanover on July 4, 1812," Richmond Enquirer, July 10, 1812, p. 3.
15 The "family pedigree papers" are those of William Byrd Chamberlayne (1784/89-1853), which served as the principal source for both the Stanard article in Beau Monde, 1891, Op. cit., and the note in the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 36, Op. cit.   (The publication is now known as the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.)
16 Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 36, Op. cit., p. 228.
17 Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812, Athens, GA: 1988, at Virginia Historical Society Library.   Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts, 1 January 1808 to 31 December 1835, Vol. X, ed. by H. W. Flournoy, Richmond, 1892, reprinted by Kraus Reprint Co., NY, 1968.
18 Genealogical listings of the Pritchett family, which links to various families in colonial Virginia: www.virginians.com/redirect.htm?topics&3698.  

Further support for the connection of Nathaniel and Mary comes from the purchase, about 1780, of the land in Henrico where a gravestone marked the birthdate of Mary and the names of her parents, from Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 8 1963/64, p. 147.

19 William and Mary Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 2 (October 1895), pp. 115-116.
20 Butler, Op. cit., pp. 248-249.
21 Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 36, Op. cit., p. 228; Stanard, Op. cit.; and Butler, Op. cit., p. 296.
22 Harris, Op. cit., p. 128.
23 Harris, Op. cit., pp. 725-726.
24 Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221, as found on the world web at www.lexis-nexis.com/academic/guides/southern_hist/plantations/plantm3.htm.
25 Ibid.     Elizabeth Hull Barrett, b. 1810, married Edward Chamberlayne Mosby (1804-1871); and their children were William Hezekiah Mosby (1833-1890) and McRae Mosby, taken from the family genealogy listings of the Temple and associated families, at www.temple-genealogy.com/d20536.htm.   Unfortunately, nothing more is known about the Chamberlayne-Mosby connection implicit in these names and the matter fairly begs for further research.
26 "OBIT: General William Chamberlayne, age 72, of New Kent died at the residence of Edward C. Mosby of Henrico, 2 Sept. 1836," quoted by Anne Baker, unpublished genealogy papers, made available by Pamela Huffman, but with reference only to "death notices in Richmond, Va. newspapers 1821-1840 (Virginia Genealogical Society)."   Other obituaries for William, taken from Harris, Op. cit., p. 128, were the Richmond Whig Sep-06-1836, and the National Intelligencer Sep-09-1836.
27 Edward's year of birth is said to have been 1758 in Stanard, Op. cit., and VHM,Op. cit., based on the family papers of William Byrd Chamberlayne. Despite the "inside" nature of this source there is reason to question it, since, as will be seen, more than one date found therein has been shown to be a "difficult fit," and other problems have arisen as well. In support of the year 1753 for Edward's birth are (1) the D.A.R. Patriot Index of 1966, and (2) Charles E. Claghorn, Naval Officers of the Revolution: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1988, p. 53. The year 1750 for Edward's birth is claimed by Robert Armistead Stewart, History of Virginia's Navy in the Revolution, Richmond, Va: Mitchell & Hotchkiss, Printers, 1934 (also available online at Ancestry.com under "Virginia Navy in the Revolution").
28 Harris Op. cit., p. 691, claims William died as a young man, and both Stanard, Op. cit., and the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 36, Op. cit., say he died unmarried.
29 Property tax list, King William County, 1782, from Harris, Op. cit., Vol. II, Appendix B, pp. 971-74.
30 Harris, Op. cit., p. 42.
31 Records of King William County, Book No. 5, p. 221, from Harris, Op. cit., pp. 692-93.
32 Stewart, Op. cit..   Unless otherwise noted, Stewart is the source of all material concerning the service records of Byrd and Edward.   The middle initial "S" in Byrd's name comes from a legal document pertaining to a land transaction, provided by Harris, Op. cit., p. 693.   What the "S" stood for is not known, but a good guess would be Spotswood. As will be seen, this name was used a number of times in subsequent generations of the family. It apparently was in reference to Governor Alexander Spotswood (served 1710-1722), although no linkage has been found between the Chamberlaynes and the Spotswoods.
33 Stewart, Op. cit., pp. 35-37; T. E. Campbell, A History of Caroline County, 1954, pp. 270-74, pertinent section available online at Family site of Nancy T. Green.   Interestingly, the 2nd Lt. on the brig was a George Chamberlaine of Norfolk, no known relation.   Various spellings can be found for the name of the brig, such as Muskeeto, Musceto, and others. We opt here for the modern spelling of the pesky insect which apparently inspired the concept they had in mind for the wartime function of the ship.
34 Charles E. Claghorn, Op. cit., p. 53.   His use of the plural brothers suggests that he thought Lt. George Chamberlaine, who was also captured by the British, was a brother of Byrd and Edward.
35 Baker, Op. cit..   Also, Harris, Op. cit., pp. 645-647.   The Dandridge estate (the second of the family, after "Elsing Green") is sometimes spelled "Huntingdon."
36 William Lindsay Hopkins, Virginia Revolutionary War Land Grant Claims 1783-1850 (Rejected), Richmond: 1988, pp. 46-47.
37 "Died: Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlayne of King William County, age 49, leaving five children," Richmond Enquirer, quoted by Baker, Op. cit., but with reference only to "Marriages and deaths from Richmond newspapers 1780-1820 (Virginia Genealogical Society) 1983."   Also, The Virginia Argus, Jun-24-1807.
38 Stewart, Op. cit., p. 165. Harris, Op. cit., pp. 837-839. Two of Evelyn Byrd Pollard's sons married sisters as well (see listing).
39 Harris, Op. cit., p. 839
40 "DIED: Mrs. Mary Ellen Pollard, age 23, wife of John Camm Pollard, leaving husband & 1 child, 19 Jan 1818," Richmond Enquirer, February 26, 1818, p. 3, from Baker, Op. cit..
41 Hopkins, Op. cit., pp. 46-47; and Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants, Awarded by State Governments Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2nd printing, 1997, p. 95.
42 King William Court, Feb-25-1839, pertaining to the estate of the late Byrd Chamberlayne, in which his heirs are clarified for purposes of determining Revolutionary War land grant claims, Hopkins, Op. cit.   It is believed that the term "infant" in the context of these early documents means more nearly "minor" than the very young age with which the term is associated today. Also, the given name of William's wife is based on a brief mention in Harris, p. 693, without attribution of source.
43 Hopkins, Op. cit., pp. 46-47.
44 Hopkins, Op. cit., pp. 46-47.
45 "Died 28 Aug 1828 at residence of Mr. Robert Pollard in King and Queen County, Miss Sarah Chamberlayne, daughter of Mr. Thomas Delaware Chamberlayne, age 13," Richmond Enquirer, September 9, 1828, from Baker, Op. cit.
46 Harris, Op. cit., p. 692.
47 Harris, Op. cit., p. 686.
48 Harris, Op. cit., p. 693.
49 Harris, Op. cit., p. 608.
50 Harris, Op. cit., pp. 606-610.
51 National Register of Historic Places.   Windsor Shades was to the registry in 1978.   Harris includes a photograph of Windsor Shades taken some years ago, before it was restored and expanded within the constraints of its place on the Register (p. 977).
52 One of the primary sources of the association of "Windsor Shades" with the Chamberlayne family, Stewart, Op. cit., makes the mistake of referring to it as being in New Kent County (p. 165).
53 Principal sources for this claim include Stewart, Op. cit., Stanard, Op. cit., and the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 36, Op. cit.
54 Harris, Op. cit., pp. 196-199.   A Webb family bible is cited as his primary source regarding the Webbs, but his footnotes are beyond this reader's ability to follow them. For example: "25 V 29" (note 270); and "12 T 278" (note 272).
55 Harris, Op. cit., p. 196-199. Harris is the source for everything here concerning the Webb family.
56 Richmond Enquirer, June 17, 1806.
57 Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 34, 1926, P. 164.   The date of the marriage was given as Nov-14-1804.
58 Butler, Op. cit., pp. 248-249.
59 Sources on the children of William Byrd and Ann Chamberlayne include Stewart, Op. cit., p. 165, which mentions only Edwin and Lucy; Baker, Op. cit.; and the Womack family genealogy listings on the world wide web at Family of Ann Williamson Mosby and William Byrd Chamberlayne.
60 Ibid.   Efford Bentley's ancestry tracing back to John Rolfe and Pocahontas is from Windham Robertson, Pocahontas and Her Descendants (1887), as cited in Descendants of Pocahontas.
61 Ibid.   Virginia Historical Society, "Chamberlayne Family Papers, 1861-1963 Mss2C3558b. The collection includes "... a letter, 26 October 1864, from Daniel Kerr Stewart (1809-1889) to Francis W. Chamberlayne (while a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio) concerning family news and attempts to send chamberlayne money (b2). The letter includes a newspaper clipping advising Virginia Hanes Chamberlayne of the prisoner of war status of Francis Chamberlayne."
62 The 1810 census for the household of William B. Chamberlayne listed a male in the 26-44 bracket, and another in the 45-and-older bracket. If born in 1789, William would have been 20 or 21 at the time of the census, which does not fit. In 1820, the 26-44 bracket (one male found) would encompass someone born approximately 1775-1794, and the censuses of 1830 and 1840 used ten-year agre groupings and in each case there was a male in the cohort born in the 1780s.
63 Womack family genealogy, Op. cit.
64 Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 25 1943/44, p. 66 states that Sterling Ruffin married Elizabeth Chamberlayne of King and Queen County, and their son James Edward died in 1841 without issue. That James married Mary Cooke South is from Marriage Bonds of Henrico County, Virginia 1782-1853, compiled by Michael Pollard, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984, p. 142.   Elizabeth's name has sometimes been written as Elizabeth Byrd Chamberlayne.
65 Baptismal date from The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, ed. by J. Staunton Moore, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, p. 276. Sources listing the five children were Stewart, Op. cit., and the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vo. 36, Op. cit.
66 Louisa Burgess, Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 2, p. 623: "Rec'd of the Register, warrant 186 for 800 acres issued 13July 1835 to Bird [sic] Chamberlayne, one of the heirs of Capt. Edward Chamberlayne, signed, Philip M. Tabb." Also on p. 623: "The Register of the land office will please deliver to P. M. Tabb, my portion of the land warrant ordered to be issued to the heirs of Lt. Edward P. Chamberlayne, in a separate warrant for 800 acres. Signed, Bird [sic] Chamberlayne. Test., Henry L. Brooke, 11 July, 1835."
67 Janet B.Hewett (ed.), The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1995, p. 323.
68 The term "gardener," as used in the census, is believed to have meant a truck farmer, growing vegetables, etc. for sale in the local market. If so, the distinction between gardener and farmer may have been somewhat vague. A scan of census pages in country areas, in this case, Henrico, shows a great many "gardeners" along with farmers, laborers, and the like. It seems highly unlikely that so many householders in these areas could have been working in the occupation that we would now call "gardener."
69 Hewett, Op. cit., shows "Chamberlayn [sic], J. R. VA 3rd Inf Loc Def Co. I," presumably an infantry soldier. In Lee A. Wallace, Jr., A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, revised 2nd ed., H. E. Howard, Inc., 1986, p. 259 is the following entry: "Ordered rendezvous at Richmond. Usual meeting places for drill and inspection were: 1st Battalion 4th Co. Capt. J. R. Chamberlayne."
70 Database of Ancestry.com, "Richmond, Va. City Directories, 1889-90"
71 The Southern Historical Society Papers, 52 Cols., various years, published by the Southern Historical Society, collection now in possession of the Virginia Historical Society. On p. 291 in an unknown volume of the set is the following item under "Roster and Service of Lee Rangers": among the privates, "S. D. Chamberlayne, dead."   In Hewett, Op. cit., p. 323: "Chamberlayne, S. D. VA 10th Cav Co. A"  and "Chamberlayne, Spot. D. VA 9th Cav Co. H."
72 Appearing in the database of Ancestry.com, "Richmond, Va. City Directories, 1889-90," Op. cit., is the following entry: "Ann S Chamberlayne / widow Lewis W," residing on Canal St E.
73 King William Records, Book 8, p. 480, cited by Harris, Op. cit., p. 608.
[a] Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Ham Chamberlayne - Virginian: Letters and Papers of an Artillery Officer in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 Richmond: Dietz Printing Co., 1932, opp. p. 212.
[b] Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. Cited page on the world wide web at Rigging of American sailing Vessels.