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(1626 - 1662)
A HISTORY OF TWO VIRGINIA FAMILIES TRANSPLANTED FROM COUNTY KENT, ENGLAND, by Dr. and Mrs. William Carter Stubbs: justice Lancaster Co., 1652. GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES FROM THE WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, Vol. V, 1982: "Underwood", page 248: Ann ... probably the eldest daughter ... was wife of Dr. James Williamson, to whom John Hammond dedicated his "Leah and Rachel." (Force's TRACTS). VIRGINIA WILL RECORDS FROM THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, THE WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY, AND TYLER'S QUARTERLY, The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982, reproduced on Broderbund Software Family Archives CD #174, VIRGINIA VITAL RECORDS #1, 1600's-1800's, "Will Abstracts from Isle of Wright County", excepted from "Isle of Wright County Records", WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY, First Series VII (1899): James Williamson married Ann Underwood and removed from Isle of Wright, with the Underwoods, to Rappahannock. John Hammond dedicated to him his tract "Leah and Rachel". It was a tradition that his daughter married William Ball, jr. (see Hayden's VA. Gen., p. 53) and this is proved by a case in Barradall's reports which recites that "William Ball was gr.son and heir of the mortgagor, James Williamson, merchant, residing in Virginia, who mortgaged estate in England by deeds dated 19th and 20th Nov. 1655." VIRGINIA WILL RECORDS FROM THE VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, THE WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY AND TYLER'S QUARTERLY, The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983, reproduced on Broderbund Software Family Archives CD #174, VIRGINIA VITAL RECORDS #1, 1600's-1800's, "Tithables of Lancaster County, VA.": James Williamson was a justice of Lancaster, from Jan. 1652. On Dec. 8, 1656, there is a statement in the records of Lancaster that Mr. James Williamson, late of that county, died intestate, and administration was granted, in behalf of the orphans, to Mr. Wm. Underwood, who was uncle to said orphans, on the mother's side. (See VIRGIN IA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, III, 66.) James Williamson appears to have left only daughters ... DEED ABSTRACTS OF OLD RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1656-1664, by Ruth Sparacio, 1989: (Old) Rappahannock County Deed Book 1656-1664 Part 1, p. 56-62. An inventory of the estate of Mr. James Williamson deced appraised by us ... this 23th January 1656 ... We whose names are underwritten being appointed by the Court to view the writings of Mr. James Williamson deced do find Debts due to his Estate as foll. Vizt. December th 19th 1656. ...
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| Birth | 1626 | Isle of Wright, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial American | | | |
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1643 | Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States - Anne UNDERWOOD | | | |
| Death | 1662 | Rappahannock, Virginia | | | |
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