Individual Details
Mealy Whitecotton
(Abt 1684 - Jun 1733)
Notes imported from GEDCOM:
*Much of the data on the Whitecotton line (pre-James Whitecotton), aswell as the Axton and Foote lines, was sent courtesy Rosalie Nadler ofBenton, IL who received the info through her research. Interpretationsof that data are merely that.
A deed in the Stafford County, Virginia Record Book (p. 343), dated May11, 1706 reads:
"To whom this concerns, Milly White-Cotton of Stafford County, sonand heir of Anne Axton White-Cotton, of the same county, consideration2500 pounds of tobacco good and merchantable, sells to John Gowry 200acres of land more or less lying in Stafford southside of Potomac Creekformerly in possession of my deceased grandfather, John Axton." This isapparently the final acknowledgement of the sale by Mealey, for I haverecord of a similar though longer declaration by Mealey dated 8 Jan 1706.
This entry establishes both Mealy's parentage, and that of his mother. Ibelieve it also helps to set Mealy's date of birth. To appear before thecourt, as we see with his mother two decades earlier, one had to be ofthe age of majority. We can firmly place Mealy's birth sometime between1681-1686 based on his mother's age and marriages (see notes for AnnAxton). That taken, I believe that Mealy's appearance in court to sellthis long-disputed property coincides with his reaching majority and nowbeing able to handle his own affairs. That would place his birth in oraround 1684.
*For more see notes for John Axton and Ann Axton.
On July 11, 1733 the inventory of the estate of Mealy Whitecotton,deceased, is entered into the court records for Stafford County, Va(Stafford County Record Book M, p238-9). It contains the followingpossessions. Assessments are in old English monetary units -Pounds/shillings/cents.
A horse, saddle and bridle 4.10.0
One ewe and lamb 0.10.0
4 cows and calves at 30S 6.0.0
3 young steers at 30S 4.10.0
3 two year old heifers, 1 two year old steer 4.0.0
3 yearlings at 10S 1.10.0
5 hoggs at 8S 2.0.0
2 sows and 12 shoats 2.3.0
4 lbs pewther at 10S 1.14.0
2 basons and one old dish 0.4.0
one old broken pot and pothooke 0.0.6
A ladle, flesh fork, and tonghs 0.6.0
Some old iron and 1 old axe 0.2.0
A trunk and one box 0.12.0
3 bowls, 2 trays, and some trenchers 0.1.0
3 stools and two couches 0.1.0
A riddle and bind sieve 0.2.0
A fiddle and fiddlestick 0.5.0
A gun 20S and a sheep bell 0.11.0
A pair old wool cards and some shoemakers tools 0.2.6
4 bottles and some tanned leather 0.11.0
3 pails and 3 piggins and a deer skin raw 0.11.0
A coat, vest and breeches, old shoes and stokins 1.15.0
Some cyder caks and other lumber 1.0.0
2 old feather beds, bedsteads and furniture 3.18.0
1 raw hyde and a piece of a hyde 0.4.0
3 hives of bees 9S and a plough 2S 0.5.6
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37.13.4
After the payment and collection of debts, Sarah Whitecotton, his widow,then appears in court to sign the final papers on June 15, 1737. Theestate is valued at the time at 37.5.0. There also appears to be mentionof tobacco valued at 11 and 16 cents.
*Much of the data on the Whitecotton line (pre-James Whitecotton), aswell as the Axton and Foote lines, was sent courtesy Rosalie Nadler ofBenton, IL who received the info through her research. Interpretationsof that data are merely that.
A deed in the Stafford County, Virginia Record Book (p. 343), dated May11, 1706 reads:
"To whom this concerns, Milly White-Cotton of Stafford County, sonand heir of Anne Axton White-Cotton, of the same county, consideration2500 pounds of tobacco good and merchantable, sells to John Gowry 200acres of land more or less lying in Stafford southside of Potomac Creekformerly in possession of my deceased grandfather, John Axton." This isapparently the final acknowledgement of the sale by Mealey, for I haverecord of a similar though longer declaration by Mealey dated 8 Jan 1706.
This entry establishes both Mealy's parentage, and that of his mother. Ibelieve it also helps to set Mealy's date of birth. To appear before thecourt, as we see with his mother two decades earlier, one had to be ofthe age of majority. We can firmly place Mealy's birth sometime between1681-1686 based on his mother's age and marriages (see notes for AnnAxton). That taken, I believe that Mealy's appearance in court to sellthis long-disputed property coincides with his reaching majority and nowbeing able to handle his own affairs. That would place his birth in oraround 1684.
*For more see notes for John Axton and Ann Axton.
On July 11, 1733 the inventory of the estate of Mealy Whitecotton,deceased, is entered into the court records for Stafford County, Va(Stafford County Record Book M, p238-9). It contains the followingpossessions. Assessments are in old English monetary units -Pounds/shillings/cents.
A horse, saddle and bridle 4.10.0
One ewe and lamb 0.10.0
4 cows and calves at 30S 6.0.0
3 young steers at 30S 4.10.0
3 two year old heifers, 1 two year old steer 4.0.0
3 yearlings at 10S 1.10.0
5 hoggs at 8S 2.0.0
2 sows and 12 shoats 2.3.0
4 lbs pewther at 10S 1.14.0
2 basons and one old dish 0.4.0
one old broken pot and pothooke 0.0.6
A ladle, flesh fork, and tonghs 0.6.0
Some old iron and 1 old axe 0.2.0
A trunk and one box 0.12.0
3 bowls, 2 trays, and some trenchers 0.1.0
3 stools and two couches 0.1.0
A riddle and bind sieve 0.2.0
A fiddle and fiddlestick 0.5.0
A gun 20S and a sheep bell 0.11.0
A pair old wool cards and some shoemakers tools 0.2.6
4 bottles and some tanned leather 0.11.0
3 pails and 3 piggins and a deer skin raw 0.11.0
A coat, vest and breeches, old shoes and stokins 1.15.0
Some cyder caks and other lumber 1.0.0
2 old feather beds, bedsteads and furniture 3.18.0
1 raw hyde and a piece of a hyde 0.4.0
3 hives of bees 9S and a plough 2S 0.5.6
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37.13.4
After the payment and collection of debts, Sarah Whitecotton, his widow,then appears in court to sign the final papers on June 15, 1737. Theestate is valued at the time at 37.5.0. There also appears to be mentionof tobacco valued at 11 and 16 cents.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1684 | Stafford County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1705 | Stafford County, Virginia - Sarah Foote | |||
| Death | Jun 1733 | Stafford County, Virginia | |||
| Reference No | 3852 |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Foote (1676 - 1733) |
| Child | George Whitecotton (1707 - 1743) |
| Child | Husband Foote Whitecotton (1705 - 1767) |
| Father | Isham Whitecotton ( - 1687) |
| Mother | Ann Axton (1666 - ) |