Individual Details
John MARKS
(1716 - 3 Mar 1788)
John Marks was born and raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 1748 he became an ordained baptist minister. He did not have his own church, but preached at various baptist churches in the area when needed.
He married Uriah Ledyard sometime before 1748, when she appears in her father's will as Uriah Marks. It is possible John had an earlier wife, as Uriah was not baptized until April 1753, thirteen years after John was baptized, and five years after he was ordained. Almost certainly she was the mother of John Marks' children starting with the birth of daughter Uriah in 1752.
John and Uriah were dismissed from the Montgomery Baptist Church August 12, 1761, to go to Virginia where John became minister of the newly built Ketoctin Short Hill Baptist Church in Loudoun County. It was the first Baptist Church in Loudoun County, and may have been the first in Virginia.
Semple writes, "Elder John Marks moved from Pennsylvania into Virginia with Mr. Garred. He was rather at an advanced stage of life [41 years old] when he came, but settling in a healthy country, and being very temperate and regular in his life, he lived to be very old. He died about the year 1786 having from the first to last maintained a spotless reputation for piety and steadiness. As a preacher he was sound and sensible, yet cold and phlegmatic. Being a poor man and obliged to labor for his support, his ministerial services were confined within a small circle. To this circumstance, added to his cold and dry method, may be ascribed his not being more successful."
John was instrumental in forming the Ketoctin Baptist Association. He worked with the other three churches in the Association, baptizing and ordaining ministers. In 1785, he gave up the ministry due to poor health.
Three of Uriah and John's sons served in the Revolutionary War. Elisha was an Ensign in the Militia of Loudoun County, John Jr. was an Ensign in Morgan's Riflemen, and Isaiah was a Captain in the 56th Regular Virginia Continental Line.
John's will was made on January 31, 1787 and stipulated the following: To his wife Uriah, all movable estate, full privilege to live on the place and to "enjoy the whole or any part of the House, Cellar and garden as she pleases." She also received one third of all revenue and produce, one Horse and two Cows, and firewood to be cut and brought to her door by Elisha.
Elisha was named Executor and left all wearing apparel. Mary was left 5 pounds, Martha 25 pounds, and Uriah 25 pounds. John Jr. was left his own plantation and was instructed to pay Martha 25 pounds and his mother 30 shillings on an annual basis.
Thomas was left his own plantation and was instructed to pay Uriah 25 pounds and his mother 30 shillings annually. Abel was left his father's plantation allowing his mother to live there by "lease". Abel was also instructed to pay five pounds to Mary annually.
His will was witnessed by John Thatcher, Philip Thomas, and David Thomas.
Research by Carole Jones Palmer
Few Pennsylvania references to John Marks have been found. At age 24, he was baptized (10 Aug 1740) . History of Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County Pennsylvania by Edward Mathews.Minutes of the Philadelphia Conference state John Marks was sent out by the Montgomery Church in 1748; that is probably the year he was ordained a Minister. He did not have his own church, but preached at various Baptist Churches in the area when needed.He witnessed two wills:
1) Will of Jacob Eaton, cordwainer, dated 3 Aug 1750 proved 20 Sep 1750, Philadelphia Co., PA Will Book 1, p 198
2)Will of Jonathan Drake dated 15 Dec 1751, probated 30 Jul 1754. Bucks Co, PA Will Book 2, p 271.
The record of John Marks' marriage to Uriah Ledyard has not been found. Uriah was born in 1720 and she is mentioned as Uriah Marks in her father John Ledyard's will dated 5 April 1748, probated 30 April 1748. Philadelphia County PA Will Book G, p 256. Therefore we know she and John Marks were married before 1748. It is possible John Marks had an earlier wife, as Uriah was not baptized until April 1753, thirteen years after John was baptized and five years after he was ordained. Almost certainly Uriah Ledyard is the mother of John Marks' children starting with the birth of daughter Uriah Marks in 1752.
"Between 1750 and 1755 John Gerrard, a Baptist preacher of Maryland, is said to have gone to Berkely County VA and thence journeyed over the Blue Ridge into the present Loudoun 'where he found the people ready to listen to the proclamation of the gospel.' The first Baptist church in Loudoun (and perhaps in Virginia as well) was built at Ketocton in 1756 or 1757, according to tradition, to be followed by a stone building in 1815 and then, in 1856, by the present brick edifice.
"Until 1765 the Baptist congregations in Virginia were united to the Philadelphia Association but in that year obtained their dismissal and set about the task of building their own association in Virginia. Their first convention was held 'in Ketocton in Loudoun', the OLD CHURCH there thus giving the first Baptist Association in Virginia its name." Delegates John Marks and John Lloyd represented Ketocton at this convention. -- Legends of Loudoun by H. Williams
John and Uriah Marks were dismissed from the Montgomery Baptist Church August 12, 1761, to go to Virginia. Weiss' Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, in naming eighty-six Baptist clergymen from the Upper Northern Neck area, lists: John Marks from Pennsylvania to Loudoun County Virginia, 1756. The same date John Marks and Uriah were dismissed from the above church to go to Virginia, a Joseph Marks was also dismissed to Philadelphia. It is not known whether there is a relationship between John and Joseph, but there is no further record of Joseph Marks in Philadelphia Baptist churches.
"Elder John Marks moved from Pennsylvania into Virginia either with Mr. Garred or about the same time. He was rather at an advanced state of life when he came, but settling in a healthy country and being very temperate and regular in his life, he lived to be very old. He died about the year 1786 [sic] having from first to last maintained a spotless reputation for piety and steadiness. As a preacher he was sound and sensible, yet cold and phlegmatic. Being a poor man and obliged to labor for his support, his ministerial services were confined within a small circle. To this circumstance, added to his cold and dry method, may be ascribed his not being more successful." - Robert B. Semple's History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, page 302.
John Marks bought land in Loudoun County in 1762 and 1763. He was instrumental in forming the Ketoctin Baptist Association. He worked with the other three churches in the Association, baptizing and ordaining ministers. In 1785 he gave up the ministry due to poor health.
John Marks died in 1788 and is buried in SHORT HILL CEMETERY, Round Hill, Virginia, in Loudoun County. His will was dated 31 January 1787 and probated 4 April 1788.
Loudoun County Will Book C
The children of Rev. John Marks are as follows:
* Mary Marks, born 14 May 1742; died 5 Dec 1811, Loudoun County VA. Mary married Thomas Humphrey and they were the parents of twenty-one children, sixteen of whom lived to adulthood. See Denise Oliver-Velez's web site "Enslavement and Freedom". Denise's great-grandfather Presley Roberts was freed from slavery in the will of Margaret Marks Humphrey, who was the wife of Marcus Humphrey, son of Mary and Thomas Humprey.
* Elisha Marks, born 26 Dec 1744; died 18 Oct 1805, Loudoun County VA. Elisha married Sarah Smith 10 Feb 1768; they were the parents of twelve children.
* Martha (Patsy) Marks, born about 1745; died 1 Apr 1817. Martha married William Howell and they had four children.
* Uriah (Ury) Marks, born about 1752; died before 1830, Wythe County VA. Uriah married Jenkin Williams; they had eleven children.
* Isaiah Marks, born 5 Apr 1755; died 20 Jan 1785 unmarried. He was a Captain in the 56th Regular Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War. Isaiah Marks was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine; he also fought in battles at Monmouth, Stony Point, and Valley Forge. He is buried at SHORT HILL CEMETERY in Loudoun County, Virginia.
In 1783 Isaiah Marks received four military grants of Kentucky land, each amounting to 1,000 acres. The land is described in the Master Index Virginia Surveys & Grants 1774-1791, p. 123: 1000 acres on Highland Creek; 1000 acres on the Tradewater River; 1000 acres on the Ohio River and Highland Creek; and another 1000 acres on the Tradewater River. This land is located in present-day Henderson and Union Counties of western Kentucky. SEE LAND WARRANT
The will of Isaiah Marks is dated 20 Jan 1785; it was probated 8 August 1785 in Loudoun County VA. In his will, Isaiah Marks names his brother-in-law Thomas Humphrey and his brother Elisha Marks his executors. Also named are cousins John Humphrey and Abner Humphrey; brother Thomas Marks; sister Ury Williams' two oldest sons; brother John Marks; brother Abel Marks; and sister Mary Humphrey. One thousand acres of Isaiah's land in Kentucky was left to the two Williams brothers, sons of his sister Uriah. The other three thousand acres was to be divided equally between brothers Elisha, John and Thomas and sister Mary.
A portion of this original survey is still being farmed in Henderson County Kentucky by descendants of Isaiah's brother John Marks II. Alexander Crooks, the great-great-great-great nephew of Isaiah Marks, is the present owner of Brandywine Farm, which is located near Corydon, Kentucky. The farm still boasts the original "ghost flower" or yucca plants that John Marks II brought here from Virginia and planted. BRANDYWINE FARM, was designated a Bicentennial Farm by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1992.
* Thomas Marks, born about 1756; died 1832 Henderson County KY; was a Revolutionary War veteran. Thomas married (2) Keziah and they had many descendants, one of them my great-great grandfather Thomas Manuel Marks, who married Margara Jane Higginson, the great-granddaughter of Thomas Marks' brother John Marks II.
* John Marks II, born before 15 Jul 1753; died 24 Sep 1821, Henderson County KY; was a Revolutionary War veteran. John married Rachel and they had many descendants, one of them my great-great-grandmother Margara Jane Higginson, who married Thomas Manuel Marks, the grandson of John Marks II's brother Thomas Marks.
* Abel MARKS, born 20 Mar 1760; died 1817, Loudoun County VA. Abel married Mary Liddleton and they had eleven children
He married Uriah Ledyard sometime before 1748, when she appears in her father's will as Uriah Marks. It is possible John had an earlier wife, as Uriah was not baptized until April 1753, thirteen years after John was baptized, and five years after he was ordained. Almost certainly she was the mother of John Marks' children starting with the birth of daughter Uriah in 1752.
John and Uriah were dismissed from the Montgomery Baptist Church August 12, 1761, to go to Virginia where John became minister of the newly built Ketoctin Short Hill Baptist Church in Loudoun County. It was the first Baptist Church in Loudoun County, and may have been the first in Virginia.
Semple writes, "Elder John Marks moved from Pennsylvania into Virginia with Mr. Garred. He was rather at an advanced stage of life [41 years old] when he came, but settling in a healthy country, and being very temperate and regular in his life, he lived to be very old. He died about the year 1786 having from the first to last maintained a spotless reputation for piety and steadiness. As a preacher he was sound and sensible, yet cold and phlegmatic. Being a poor man and obliged to labor for his support, his ministerial services were confined within a small circle. To this circumstance, added to his cold and dry method, may be ascribed his not being more successful."
John was instrumental in forming the Ketoctin Baptist Association. He worked with the other three churches in the Association, baptizing and ordaining ministers. In 1785, he gave up the ministry due to poor health.
Three of Uriah and John's sons served in the Revolutionary War. Elisha was an Ensign in the Militia of Loudoun County, John Jr. was an Ensign in Morgan's Riflemen, and Isaiah was a Captain in the 56th Regular Virginia Continental Line.
John's will was made on January 31, 1787 and stipulated the following: To his wife Uriah, all movable estate, full privilege to live on the place and to "enjoy the whole or any part of the House, Cellar and garden as she pleases." She also received one third of all revenue and produce, one Horse and two Cows, and firewood to be cut and brought to her door by Elisha.
Elisha was named Executor and left all wearing apparel. Mary was left 5 pounds, Martha 25 pounds, and Uriah 25 pounds. John Jr. was left his own plantation and was instructed to pay Martha 25 pounds and his mother 30 shillings on an annual basis.
Thomas was left his own plantation and was instructed to pay Uriah 25 pounds and his mother 30 shillings annually. Abel was left his father's plantation allowing his mother to live there by "lease". Abel was also instructed to pay five pounds to Mary annually.
His will was witnessed by John Thatcher, Philip Thomas, and David Thomas.
Research by Carole Jones Palmer
Few Pennsylvania references to John Marks have been found. At age 24, he was baptized (10 Aug 1740) . History of Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County Pennsylvania by Edward Mathews.Minutes of the Philadelphia Conference state John Marks was sent out by the Montgomery Church in 1748; that is probably the year he was ordained a Minister. He did not have his own church, but preached at various Baptist Churches in the area when needed.He witnessed two wills:
1) Will of Jacob Eaton, cordwainer, dated 3 Aug 1750 proved 20 Sep 1750, Philadelphia Co., PA Will Book 1, p 198
2)Will of Jonathan Drake dated 15 Dec 1751, probated 30 Jul 1754. Bucks Co, PA Will Book 2, p 271.
The record of John Marks' marriage to Uriah Ledyard has not been found. Uriah was born in 1720 and she is mentioned as Uriah Marks in her father John Ledyard's will dated 5 April 1748, probated 30 April 1748. Philadelphia County PA Will Book G, p 256. Therefore we know she and John Marks were married before 1748. It is possible John Marks had an earlier wife, as Uriah was not baptized until April 1753, thirteen years after John was baptized and five years after he was ordained. Almost certainly Uriah Ledyard is the mother of John Marks' children starting with the birth of daughter Uriah Marks in 1752.
"Between 1750 and 1755 John Gerrard, a Baptist preacher of Maryland, is said to have gone to Berkely County VA and thence journeyed over the Blue Ridge into the present Loudoun 'where he found the people ready to listen to the proclamation of the gospel.' The first Baptist church in Loudoun (and perhaps in Virginia as well) was built at Ketocton in 1756 or 1757, according to tradition, to be followed by a stone building in 1815 and then, in 1856, by the present brick edifice.
"Until 1765 the Baptist congregations in Virginia were united to the Philadelphia Association but in that year obtained their dismissal and set about the task of building their own association in Virginia. Their first convention was held 'in Ketocton in Loudoun', the OLD CHURCH there thus giving the first Baptist Association in Virginia its name." Delegates John Marks and John Lloyd represented Ketocton at this convention. -- Legends of Loudoun by H. Williams
John and Uriah Marks were dismissed from the Montgomery Baptist Church August 12, 1761, to go to Virginia. Weiss' Colonial Clergy of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, in naming eighty-six Baptist clergymen from the Upper Northern Neck area, lists: John Marks from Pennsylvania to Loudoun County Virginia, 1756. The same date John Marks and Uriah were dismissed from the above church to go to Virginia, a Joseph Marks was also dismissed to Philadelphia. It is not known whether there is a relationship between John and Joseph, but there is no further record of Joseph Marks in Philadelphia Baptist churches.
"Elder John Marks moved from Pennsylvania into Virginia either with Mr. Garred or about the same time. He was rather at an advanced state of life when he came, but settling in a healthy country and being very temperate and regular in his life, he lived to be very old. He died about the year 1786 [sic] having from first to last maintained a spotless reputation for piety and steadiness. As a preacher he was sound and sensible, yet cold and phlegmatic. Being a poor man and obliged to labor for his support, his ministerial services were confined within a small circle. To this circumstance, added to his cold and dry method, may be ascribed his not being more successful." - Robert B. Semple's History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, page 302.
John Marks bought land in Loudoun County in 1762 and 1763. He was instrumental in forming the Ketoctin Baptist Association. He worked with the other three churches in the Association, baptizing and ordaining ministers. In 1785 he gave up the ministry due to poor health.
John Marks died in 1788 and is buried in SHORT HILL CEMETERY, Round Hill, Virginia, in Loudoun County. His will was dated 31 January 1787 and probated 4 April 1788.
Loudoun County Will Book C
The children of Rev. John Marks are as follows:
* Mary Marks, born 14 May 1742; died 5 Dec 1811, Loudoun County VA. Mary married Thomas Humphrey and they were the parents of twenty-one children, sixteen of whom lived to adulthood. See Denise Oliver-Velez's web site "Enslavement and Freedom". Denise's great-grandfather Presley Roberts was freed from slavery in the will of Margaret Marks Humphrey, who was the wife of Marcus Humphrey, son of Mary and Thomas Humprey.
* Elisha Marks, born 26 Dec 1744; died 18 Oct 1805, Loudoun County VA. Elisha married Sarah Smith 10 Feb 1768; they were the parents of twelve children.
* Martha (Patsy) Marks, born about 1745; died 1 Apr 1817. Martha married William Howell and they had four children.
* Uriah (Ury) Marks, born about 1752; died before 1830, Wythe County VA. Uriah married Jenkin Williams; they had eleven children.
* Isaiah Marks, born 5 Apr 1755; died 20 Jan 1785 unmarried. He was a Captain in the 56th Regular Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War. Isaiah Marks was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine; he also fought in battles at Monmouth, Stony Point, and Valley Forge. He is buried at SHORT HILL CEMETERY in Loudoun County, Virginia.
In 1783 Isaiah Marks received four military grants of Kentucky land, each amounting to 1,000 acres. The land is described in the Master Index Virginia Surveys & Grants 1774-1791, p. 123: 1000 acres on Highland Creek; 1000 acres on the Tradewater River; 1000 acres on the Ohio River and Highland Creek; and another 1000 acres on the Tradewater River. This land is located in present-day Henderson and Union Counties of western Kentucky. SEE LAND WARRANT
The will of Isaiah Marks is dated 20 Jan 1785; it was probated 8 August 1785 in Loudoun County VA. In his will, Isaiah Marks names his brother-in-law Thomas Humphrey and his brother Elisha Marks his executors. Also named are cousins John Humphrey and Abner Humphrey; brother Thomas Marks; sister Ury Williams' two oldest sons; brother John Marks; brother Abel Marks; and sister Mary Humphrey. One thousand acres of Isaiah's land in Kentucky was left to the two Williams brothers, sons of his sister Uriah. The other three thousand acres was to be divided equally between brothers Elisha, John and Thomas and sister Mary.
A portion of this original survey is still being farmed in Henderson County Kentucky by descendants of Isaiah's brother John Marks II. Alexander Crooks, the great-great-great-great nephew of Isaiah Marks, is the present owner of Brandywine Farm, which is located near Corydon, Kentucky. The farm still boasts the original "ghost flower" or yucca plants that John Marks II brought here from Virginia and planted. BRANDYWINE FARM, was designated a Bicentennial Farm by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1992.
* Thomas Marks, born about 1756; died 1832 Henderson County KY; was a Revolutionary War veteran. Thomas married (2) Keziah and they had many descendants, one of them my great-great grandfather Thomas Manuel Marks, who married Margara Jane Higginson, the great-granddaughter of Thomas Marks' brother John Marks II.
* John Marks II, born before 15 Jul 1753; died 24 Sep 1821, Henderson County KY; was a Revolutionary War veteran. John married Rachel and they had many descendants, one of them my great-great-grandmother Margara Jane Higginson, who married Thomas Manuel Marks, the grandson of John Marks II's brother Thomas Marks.
* Abel MARKS, born 20 Mar 1760; died 1817, Loudoun County VA. Abel married Mary Liddleton and they had eleven children
Events
| Birth | 1716 | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Christen | 10 Aug 1740 | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | |||
| Marriage | Bef 1742 | Pennsylvania - Uriah LEDYARD | | ||
| Residence | 1769 | Loudoun County, Virginia | | ||
| Will | 31 Jan 1787 | Loudoun County, Virginia |  | ||
| Death | 3 Mar 1788 | Loudoun County, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Round Hill, Loudoun, Virginia |
Families
| Spouse | Uriah LEDYARD (1719 - ) |
| Child | Mary Marks (1742 - 1811) |
| Child | Elisha Marks (1744 - 1805) |
| Child | Uriah MARKS (1745 - 1830) |
| Child | Martha Marks (1754 - 1830) |
| Child | Isaiah Marks (1755 - 1785) |
| Child | Thomas Marks (1756 - 1832) |
| Child | John Marks (1757 - 1821) |
| Child | Abel E. Marks (1760 - 1817) |
Notes
Will
Will of John MarksLoudoun County, VA, Will Book C, pp. 324-328,
In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of January in the Year of our Lord Thousand seven hundred and Eighty Seven I John Marks Senr of Loudoun County in the state of Virginia Yeoman being in a Common state of Health and of sound and perfect mind and memory calling to mind the mortality of my body that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in the following manner that is to say principally and first of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner at the discression of my Executors whom I shall hereafter appoint and as touching such worldly estate wherewith God hath been pleased to bless me. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First I give and bequeath to Uriah my dearly beloved wife all my moveable estate (Implement of Husbandry excepted) after my lawfull debts and funeral charges are paid together with full priviledge and right to live on the place I now live during her Widdowhood and to enjoy the whole or any part of the House Cellar and Garden as she pleases. I also bequeath to my said Wife one third part of the produce of my plantation or any profit arising therefrom without Cost or charge to her and a right to keep one Horse and two Cows if she cause together with firewood brought to her door Cut ready for her use whom I appoint my Executrix of this my last Will.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Elisha Marks all and singular of my wearing apparel, whom I appoint Executor of this my Will.
Also I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Married to Thomas Humphry the sum of five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Martha married to William Howell the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Uriah Married to Jenkin Williams the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to be paid as I shall hereafter direct.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Marks the plantation and tract of Land he now lives on to him and his Heirs and Assigns forever he my said John Marks paying the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to my daughter Martha married to William Howell, and I order my said Son John to pay the sum of Thirty Shillings Yearly and every Year to my Wife upon her demand during her Widdowhood.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Marks the plantation and tract of Land he now lives on to him his heirs or assigns forever he my said son Thomas Marks paying the sum of Twenty five pounds Virginia Currency to my Daughter Uriah married to Jenkin Williams and I order my said Son Thomas to pay the sum of Thirty Shillings to my Wife yearly and every year upon her demand during her Widowhood.
Also I give and bequeath to my beloved son Abel Marks the plantation and tract of Land I now live upon to him his heirs and assigns forever or during the lease from and after my wifes Widdowhood or decease and it is my will that he may live with her granting her the rights priveledges and profits bequeathed to her above mentioned but if it prove inconvenient for my said son Abel to live on the place with my wife she is hereby empowered to let it to another person but at her decease as above the plantation and tract of land to be the property of him my son Abel to whom also I give and bequeath all and singular of my implements of Husbandry. he paying the sum of Five pounds Virginia Currency to my Daughter Mary as above bequeathed. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and other bequeathments Will. Testaments or legacies or legacies by me heretofore made willed or bequeathed ratyfying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day and year above written.
John Marks
Signed Sealed published
pronounced and declared by
the said John Marks as his
last will and Testament in
the presence of the Subscribers
his
John X Hatcher
mark
Philip Thomas
David Thomas
At the Court held for Loudoun County April 14 1778 this will was proved by the Oaths of Philip Thomas and David Thomas two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Uriah Marks Executrix and Elisha Marks Executor therein named who made oath Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving Security whereupon they together with David Thomas and Timothy Hixon their Securities entered into and acknowledged their Bond in the Penalty of Five hundred pounds conditioned as the law directs
Teste Chas Binns
Endnotes
1. , Mathews, Edward, History of Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County Pennsylvania (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. , Will (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
3. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).
4. , Loudoun County, Virginia Will Book C. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. Ancestry.com, Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).