Individual Details
Susannah "Blackmore" Burnett
(Bef 7 Dec 1595 - 8 Feb 1656)
Housewife
Mrs. Susanna Moseley, the wife of William Moseley, of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, was a member of a wealthy English or Dutch family living in Rotterdam. She had an excellent education, facility with her pen, and strong personal traits and dignity. From her marriage to Mr. Moseley, two sons were born. She died in Virginia, 8 February, 1656.
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From "A Moseley Genealogy", Thomas B. Moseley, Jr. 1985, begining p 13: "Susanna, daughter of 10 Ralph Burnet, citizen and draper [cloth merchant] of London, who lived in the parish of St. Benet Fink, was baptized there on 7 Dec 1595. She married first, Arthur Blackmore and had an only child, Susanna. Arthur died betw May 1632 and 30 Apr 1633, and she married bef 22 Dec 1634, William Moseley, also an English Merchant Adventurer, living in Delft. SOURCES: NEHGS Register 100 (Oct 1946): 292-295 by G. A. Moriarty is Burnett family ancestry. Pages 297-317 of Gayle King Blankenship; Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins And Insights (Hampstead, N.C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. archives at Raleigh) She was the daughter of 10. Ralph Burnet, of London and 10. Magdalen Clarke (b c 1573) London dau of 11. Thomas Clarke c 1543 and Margaret Fox (Info of A.T. Butle Esq. F.S.A, Windsor Herald College of Arms London, Vol. c.7).
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!microfilm 2000 moseley book 1 of 2 maybe on LDS FHL salt lake #1425243 item 3?
unsure: the salt lake cataloging doesnt correspond to our 2 volume book titles;
!Virginia Mag. of Hist. and Biog. 52 (#3 Jul 1944): 220: "While there are
reasons to believe that William of Lower Norfolk was born in London in 1606,
son of Richard and Katherine (Smyth) Moseley, direct evidence in respect to
his parentage remains to be established beyond any doubt." The author refers
to the 17 Dec 1606 Baptism of a Wm. Moseley in St.Margaret's, Westminster,
which lies by Westminster Abbey, on Thames,west of London: technically in
county Middlesex. G. Andrews Moriarty's Moseley in Genealogies of Va. Families
Vol. 4, Gen. Pub. Co., 1981
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HE WAS NOT THE WM MOSELEY BAPT 10 DEC 1608 IN CARBURTON ENGLAND, WHO DIED 1642:
!1944 this wm moseley of carberton england was once (Va mag of hist&biog 35:
218-220 apr 1927) thought to have gone to Virginia. But 1944 in Va Mag of Hist
and Biog 52: 220 July 1944, Robt B. Moseley (source of the 1927 note) explained
that "a later study of manuscripts at Welbeck Abbey, the home of the Duke of
Newcastle, Newcastle, proprietor of Carberton [in Nottinghamshire where that
Wm moseley was bapt 1608], disclosed that the William Moseley, grandson of
Humphrey and Margaret (Heigham) Moseley, died in 1642 and was buried at WorkshoP
Notts., hence could not be either of the emigrant to Virginia in 1649/50." ;
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[Lower] Norfolk County, Va. Will & Deed Book C: 24: "I WILLIAM MOSELEY late of
Rotterdam in Holland in the partes beyond the seaes March't: And now resident
and inhabittinge in the Easterne branch of Elizabeth River in the County of
[Lower] Norfolk" being "Possessed of certaine peeces of Gouldsmyths and
Juellers worke to the valewe of Six hundred and twelve Gilders As namely One
hatband consising of Nineteene Ses of gould, Nineteene Ies of gould, one
buckle and tipp of gould all sett with Dyamonds and in part Enamelled Att five
hundred gilders, one Juell of gould Enamelled and sett with Diamonds Att sixty
gilders and one gould Ringe enamelled and sett with one Diamon, one Rubie one
sapher and eon Emrall Att Fifty two gilders" have this day sould to Capt
Francis Yardley of Linhaven "the said hatband, Juell and Ringe" for 9 head of
cattle. The cattle were "Two draught Oxen two steeres and five Cowes in hand
already received". Dated 1 Aug 1650. Signed William Moseley. Wit: Edward
Windham, Edward Standley.
Also same page the following: [Lower] Norfolk Wills and Deed C: 24-25:
"Worthy Sir My husband havinge some bussiness downe the river was gone from
home two horrows before your servant came soe I findinge what the contents of
your letter did import, have in my husbands absence made bould to answer it
and withall I knowe he referrs the sale of them to me Sir in regarde you
cannot out of your stocke no noer than fower younge cowes and one older and
fower exec I will not press you beyond what you are willinge to doe, but will
accept your proffer, by reason of my great want of Cattle, and withall I had
rayther your wife should weare them than aney gentlewoman I yet know in the
Country, but good Sir, have no Sruple Concerninge their rightnes for I went my
selfe from Rotterdam to the Haguh, to inquire of the gouldsmiths and found
that they ware all Right therfore thats without question, and for the hatband
that alone coste five hundred gelders as my husband knows verry well and will
tell you soe when he sees you, for the Juell and the ringe they weare made for
me at Rotterdam and I paid in good Rex Dollores for them sixtey gelders for
the Jewell and fivety and two gelders for the Ringe, Which comes to in English
monny Eleaven pounds fower shillings. I have sent the sute, and Ringe by your
servant and I wish Mrs Yeardley health and prosperity to weare them in and
give you boeth thanks for your kinde token. When my husband come home we will
see to gett the Cattell home in the meane time I present my love and service
to your selfe and wife. Mr Chandler and his wife and the younge gentlewoman
and old Cap't and Committ you all to god and remaine your freind and servant:
Susan Moseley" Elizabeth River this Last July 1650: Recorded 10th Nov 1652.
Pictures of William and 2 sons in Richmond, VA painted in Holland in 1640.
He was Justice of [Lower] Norfolk Co. March 1649 to April 1655. Moseley,
a Commissioner of [Lower] Norfolk.([Lower] Norfolk Order Bk.B, folder 140) He
was an merchant in Rotterdam settled in VA [or left Holland?] Jul. or Aug.
1649. 1642 William Moseley transported by Adam Cooke for the Adventurers to
Charles City County (VA Head Rights).
William Moseley had married the widow Susanna Blackmore before 22 Dec 1634,
probably in Delft, Holland. On that date as the husband of Susanna, he was
sued by the widow of Cornelius Michielsz van Ring for the rent of a house in
Delft, rented by Susanna's late husband Arthur Blackmore from 1 May 1632 to 30
Apr 1633, and a judgment was entered for the plaintiff.
William Moseley was a merchant adventurer, living in Delft, later moving to
Rotterdam [7 mi. away] where he was steward (Schafmeister) of the English
House on 13 Aug 1643. Late in July or early August 1649, he emigrated to
Virginia and settled at Lower Norfolk where he appears on 30 Nov 1649.
Received Grant in Lynn Haven Parish on Broadcreek in [Lower] Norfolk, VA.
Arthur Moseley, William's son by Susanna (Burnet) Blackmore Moseley was
most certainly born in Holland, as later he was compelled to naturalize
himself in Virginia. He ended up with land on Broad Cr. [in Virginia Beach
now].
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!email sep 2002 r r "bob" curlee rrcurlee@cox.net
asserts that wm moseley became justice of [lower] norfolk co VA march 1649
If true this could be evidence that he was the wm moseley who came to va in
1642 (on a previous trip) before immigrating with his family nov 1649. However
remember that march 1649 came AFTER nov 1649 in the julian calendar. so it
would theoretically be possible to become a justice 5 months after arrival--
but as Bob points out, a more likely context might be that he became a justice
5 months after arriving with his family--because apparently he was well known
previously apparently to norfolk co. people, amd maybe have arrived in 1642?;
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For many years it was believed, based primarily on the research of Robert B.
Moseley, that this William Moseley was one in the same as the William Moseley
who was baptized 10 Dec 1608(or1606) at Carburton, Nottinghamshire.That Wm
Moseley bapt 1606/1608 carberton england was once (Va Mag of Hist & Biog 35:
218-220 apr 1927) thought to have gone to Virginia. But 1944 in Va Mag of Hist
and Biog 52: 220 July 1944, Robt B. Moseley (source of the 1927 note)
explained that "a later study of manuscripts at Welbeck Abbey, the home of the
Duke of Newcastle, Newcastle, proprietor of Carberton [in Nottinghamshire
where that Wm moseley was bapt 1608], disclosed that the William Moseley,
grandson of Humphrey and Margaret (Heigham) Moseley, died in 1642 and was
buried at Workshop Notts., hence could not be either of the emigrant to
Virginia in 1649/50."
See Moriarty, G. Andrews in New England Historic & Gen. Reg. 100: 94-99 of
April 1946, and Moriarty "William Moseley of Lower Norfolk" in Genealogies of
Va. Families, Va. Magazine (Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1981).
THERE ON THE CHART INSERTED BETWEEN PAGES 96-97 OF THAT VOL 100 NEHGS
Register: wm moseley's treasurer at Merchant Adventurers Co. in Rotterdam,
Holland 1635, also his wife's brother in law, Wm Cockroft "probably brother
of Caleb Cockroft citizen and silk man of London and A Merchant Adventurer. He
was from Hepton- stall", County Yorkshire. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING NEAR
HEPTONSTALL FOR POSSIBLE MOSELEY ORIGINS IN YORKSHIRE, AS THERE WERE YORKSHIRE
MOSELEYS WAY BACK THEN. sEE e.g. Franklin Mousley microfilms in the LDS FHL
salt lake city ca. #0001042 etc series has one microfilm on English Moseley
records.
Important points:
We began from Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins and Insights (Hampstead, N.
C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. Archives at Raleigh NC.]
(1) Many other Moseleys besides William & Susana immigrated to early Va.,
N.C. and other colonies. So most Moseleys of N. America probably DO NOT
descend from Wm & Susanna Moseley of the Virginia Beach VA area.
Unfortunately, as Iris Borg has observed, nearly all novice Moseley
genealogists BELIEVE that they descend from Wm & Susanna--probably because the
public records where that family lived are almost perfectly preserved from
1637 onward, and because they are so prominently featured in U.S. genealogical
publications.
On LDS microfilm 0001039 under Wm of Va., Franklin Mousley before 1957 named
this Moseley ancestral mistake "hitch their wagons to the wrong horse".
(2) Therefore an APPENDIX on other early Moseley lines is here bound
together with the descendancy on the Wm & Susanna Moseley family. The
Appendix includes readily obtainable data on pre-Revolutionary War Moseley
families, with the Moseleys from the southern states often carried down into
the 1830's, if such apparent descendancy data was readily available to us.
The appendix lists a few Moseley records from the Norfolk VA area that
probably will be connected to that Norfolk Moseley line someday: see under "
METHODS AND FURTHER SOURCES:
The methods were often conservative only in the sense that they conserved
other peoples assertions so that they could later be reviewed by Moseley
researchers. Sometimes Moseleys were temporarily compiled as children of the
wrong parents, and currently that compilation's made obvious at least with
"?herParentsWRONG" in the title field. But in earlier days it wasn't so
obvious and more careless. Try to remain skeptical about grafting your lines
onto the many good early Moseley records around Norfolk---and thereby remain
open to your possible descent from the many less well-known Moseleys, even
though those early records are so terribly frustratingly fragmentary compared
to Norfolk.
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We began from the most comprehensive discussion previously available for the
Moseleys of the Norfolk Va. area, which focuses on the author's particular
line:
Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins and Insights (Hampstead, N.C.:
Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. Archives at Raleigh Jan.
1997]. That citation was INCORRECT in my Sept 1996 article: Warren L.
Forsythe, Natl Gen.Soc. Quarterly 84 (3): 182-199: "Resolving Conflict Between
Records: A Spurious Moseley Bible" where Forsythe INCORRECTLY cited Mrs.
Combs above book as 'The Moseleys of Dobbs and Lenoir Counties, (N.C.)' .
Mrs. Gart post card: Accession # 27259 at Library of VA concerns Moseley
Notes about Lower Norfolk line(s). "The Moseley Family of Virginia" by Jean
Stephenson, 1912: first in issues ca 1900, e.g. 22 March 1914, Richmond VA
"The Times Dispatch" which is retyped into DAR Library 06909 Parnell-Moseley
family. -READ IT SLOWLY,CAREFULLY:the descendancy jumps from generation to
generation!
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We are following in the footsteps of: Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk,
Princess Anne & Henrico Counties, VA ca.1983, by Alice Granbery Walter: she
still alive 1996 in Norfolk area but no longer corresponding with genealogical
researchers. (according to FHL card catalog it is on LDS FHL microfilm
#1231524 item 2; about 1994 Clearfield Pub. of Baltimore was selling Mrs.
Walter's remaining supply of the charts.) Elizabeth Wingo was a collaborator.
***
Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors (Poquoson Va.: Privately
printed, 1995) Gayle died 2 Nov 2004 ;
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Thomas Byrd Moseley, Jr, Rt 2 Box 47A Clifton TX 76634-9608 has published
two volumes , the more useful of which for our purposes is: A Moseley
Genealogy: Volume II (Clifton, Tex.: Privately printed, 1993). Most of his
data have been recompiled from more original sources in this book.
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HENRICO LINES (?almost exclusively descendants of Arthur Jr.?) In our
opinion, we'd still have a mess on our hands if it weren't for the extremely
careful work of John Hale Stutesman of San Francisco. He sent his original
copies of his files to Chesterfield VA Historical Society so I doubt he's
still interested in any work on Moseleys as he's not too closely related.
(example:
John Hale Stutesman, "Arthur Moseley (--1736)", ms. Acc. No. 1155,
Chesterfield Historical Society, Chesterfield, Va.
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Acc. No. 1150 A Moseley family of Colonial VA Unpublished MS.1989. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1151 Moseley Miscellaneous References. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1152 Moseley Misc papers. No date. unpaged.
Acc. No. 1153 Moseley letters. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1154 Arthur Moseley (--1729/30). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1155 Arthur Moseley (--1736). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1156 Arthur Moseley (--1770). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1157 Children of A/1/1, Arthur Moseley, Part I. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1158 Children of A/1/1, Arthur Moseley, Part II. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1159 John Moseley (--1801-02). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1160 Richard Moseley (--1781). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1161 Arthur Moseley (1724-1807/08). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1162 Robert Moseley (1732-1804). No Date. Unpaged.
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John Hale Stutesman "Some Watkins Families of Virginia and Their Kin"
(Baltimore: Gateway Pub, 1989) is available on LDS microfilm--I've looked at
that microfilm has good Henrico Moseleys LDS FHC #1421997 item 8. Stutesman
wrote 2 Moseley articles in the Virginia Genealogist vol.29 p.243-251, 1985
and Virginia Genealogist vol 33 p.65-70 1989.
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Some miscellaneous sources of course were used and some too useless or
limited in scope to mention here (the Richmond Times one includes Norfolk area.
)
Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Mar 1914, and also Alice G Walters charts
above mention a 1907 article on Moseleys in same newspaper Richmond Times: by
Jean Stephenson 1913 cites a lot of sources at end of article mostly VA Mag.
of Hist. and Biog. doesn't tell exactly which articles for which families;
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G. Andrews Moriarty NEHGS 1946 page 95 onward of issue C in 1946; The
younger grandchildren of Wm & Susanna Moseley by 1932 were published by G. A.
Moriarty in his Hargrave article in the VA Mag. of Hist. and Biog. XL (Oct.
1932) p. 382.
We appreciated some professional genealogical interpretations of Rebecca
"Becki" Hagood of Cary NC, and her searches in Raleigh, Richmond, and Norfolk.
Other Minor Sources:
LDS FHC microfilm 1035535 item 2 Cheely book by Janice Cheely Soukup.
Also, Julia Moseley Combs of Hampstead NC 1993 says will of Tully Emperor
(she sent actual will p 478-9 in Deed Book 4 Princess Ann Co VA) didn't
mention Edw. Moseley b. ca. 1687, as he'd died 1718 before Tully. The Edward
son of Mary Emperor on Mrs. Walter's chart is NOT in Tully's will! Julia put
George Moseley b. ca.1677 son of Arthur as Mary Emperor's 2nd husband, so I
compiled her that way.
Julia's 1990 book is very detailed on Wm & Sussanna, their son Arthur, Wm
came to VA 1642 and returned to Rotterdam, came to live autumn 1649;
See LDS FHL Salt Lake microfilms: end of reel #0954556 and start of 0956557
by Leonardo Andrea, and also Salt Lake microfilms #0001030 through 0001045 and
near end of microfilm #0175763 by Franklin Mousley.
The Moseley/Taylor families of.....1990 LDS FHC film 1697520 item 18 by
Judith Holden Dixon 124 Valley View Joplin MO 64804;
Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Mar 1914 also Alice G. Walters chart above
mentions a 1907 article on Moseleys in same newspaper: by Jean Stephenson 1913
cites a lot of sources at end of article mostly VA Mag of History and
Biography doesn't tell exactly which articles for which families; I. Wm
Moseley of Rotterdam died 1655 /Lower /Norfolk /Co /VA; The Roman Numerals are
generation number, it's a Descendancy List so that I. William's second child
is not listed until all the descendants of I. William's first child have been
listed: (so be careful about who Stephenson is saying are the Moseley parents).
Apparently there is a connection, via Wm Underwood, in 1650's between the
Wm Moseley of Norfolk, VA and the Wm Moseley late of Essex Co. VA possibly
even that Wm of Essex was the very same man as the 1649/50 witness "Will
Moseley Junr." on the Wm Moseley of Norfolk document in Lancaster Co VA Court
Orders 1653. SEE APPENDIX SECTION FOR THESE ESSEX CO VA MOSELEYS.
VA Colonial Abstracts Vol 1:212 on Lancaster Co. Court Orders 1652-1655 has
a number of Moseleys, most of which are probably the George Moseley later
known in other county which is probably a daughter county of Lancaster, and of
course the Wm and Martha (Brasseur) Moseley later so well known in the
daughter county of Essex. However a receipt on (Lancaster Co.) page 84 dated
13 Jan 1650/1 recorded 8 Oct 1653 from Wm Moseley to Wm Underwood for payments
of all debts due Henry Monfort, merchant in Roterdam, witnessed by will
Moseley Junr. The previous page 83 makes clear Roterdam is in Holland and
Henry Montford from there appoints his "well beloved friend" Wm Moosle,
merchant in the Virginias as Montford's agent in VA for settlement of accounts.
Clearly that Wm Moseley is the one from Norfolk VA area, because that William
was previously a merchant in the "English House" business, in Rotterdam,
Holland. That fact is further confirmed by pages 521-523 of Thos B Moseley
"Moseley Vol II" 1993, quoting G.A. Moriarty ca. 1946, gives above Lancaster
Co. [page 83 probably] documents with a 12 Aug 1649 date and quotes Norfolk Co.
VA documents describing Wm Moseley of Norfolk as formerly "of Rotterdam in
Holland"---and Rotterdam Record Office: Dutch notary Arent der Graeff, office
W: 328: 312 and 337: 597, 599 on William Moseley [William Moesalaer] aged
about 34 on 30 Nov 1640 having a business associate Henry Mountfort [Hendrick
Montford]. By 1649/50 had arrived in the Lancaster Co. VA region, the Wm
Moseley who later was well known in Essex, daughter county of Lancaster in VA,
as husband of Martha Brasseur (daughter of Robt. Brasseur of Nasemond Co. VA)
and brother of Mary Moseley who married Wm Underwood (pages 234-235 of Early
VA Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer, Genealogical Pub. Co; pages
444-448 of Vol 4 of John B. Boddie "Historical Southern Families"; Tyler's
Quarterly 7:62 quotation of 22 Jul 1663 Bristol, Eng. deposition by Wm
Underwood Jr. mentioning that "before my departure out of Virginia" where he'd
had a "well beloved uncle William Moseley" [later of Essex Co. VA]--all but
one of documents are as cited on pages 192, 251 of Thos B. Moseley "Moseley
vol 2" 1993).
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Early VA Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer, p. 234-235: Jos.
Moseley was transported to VA 1637 by Daniel Gookins, New Norfolk Co. Daniel
is undoubtably the paternal uncle of Mary Gookin who married Wm1Wm2; so Joseph
is almost certainly related to Wm1 himself. The complete 234-235 record of
Moseleys is Ann 1652 by Robert Lendall, unknown Co.; Eliz. 1650 by Lewis
Burwell, Gent., Northumberland Co.; Fra. 1647 by John Brooch, York River Co.
and Fra. 1650 by Capt Moore Fautleroy, unknown Co.; the above Joseph 1637 by
Gookins of Norfolk, Jos. 1650 by Wm. Hodgson, Yorke Co.; Moseley, Eliza.
Headright of Rice Jones. 6 aug 1652. p.2; Moseleye, Geo. His land adjs patent
of Rich Colman on S side Rappa. 14 Sept 1650. p. 206; Richard 1653 by Edward
Dobson, unknown Co.; Robert 1640 by Mr Bridges Freeman, James City Co.; Robt
1654 by Mr. Tho. Fowke, Westmoreland Co.; Robert Mostley (sic) 1655 by John
Cool, James City Co.; Susanna 1653 by Wm Moseley, Lower Norfolk Co.; Wm 1642
by Adam Cooke, Charles City Co.; Samuel 1650 by Lewis Burwell, Gent.,
Northumberland Co.; Wm 1650 [probably our Wm] Moseley from above Lancaster
record] by Wm Underwood, Gent. Unknown Co.; Wm and Arthur, 1653, by Wm Moseley
(their father) Lower Norfolk Co.
P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer 1981 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Index, 1st. ed. Gale Res. Co. Detroit, MI, p. 1499: In addition to many of the
above VA Moseleys it lists, instead of the above Jos. Moseley "Mosley, Jo 18;
Virginia, 1634" probably it's just a 1634 correction of above record because
early 4 number is hard to interpret, possibly the 18 is an age?; also "Mosely,
Geo. 20; Virginia 1635" source 3283 p. 12, source 9151 p. 100; about 8
Moseleys much later in 1700s in Philadelphia, NY and Boston ports and a couple
in "America" in general, one Henry in Barbados 1680.
Daniel Gookin, who in 1637 got headright for Joseph Mosely, later in 1642
(Va Pat Bk 1, part 2 p. 847 in Moseley Vol 2: 4) for other headrights got N.
side of Rappahannock land--which sounds like Wm of Essex Co. family!
I found that through interlibrary loan we could have ordered documents
that we neglected. Readers can order the Minute books of Princess Anne Co. and
Order Books of Norfolk Co, these are available on Library of VA reels 40 and
43 etc. Almost all Norfolk area records are orderable through LDS F.H. Centers.
Franklin Mousley [d. 1961 AR Fam Hist 2:33] in 1950's collected a lot of
Moseley descendancies, his book is very extensive and extremely good. There
are at least 10 from New England area-- few going back to colonial
times.There's a lot of material from Franklin Moseley's file on LDS
microfilms, especially #0001042 and #0001043. See LDS #0175763 on some
possibly interrelated Moseley families of Brunswick Co., VA and North and
South Carolina. See Leonardo Andrea's ca 1950 Moseley Report (LDS #0954556
(end) and #0954557 (beginning of film) may be a commentry on this list.
Col. Edward Moseley of Edenton NC ca 1707 evidently had no descendant
grandsons [i.e. none of the Moseley surname, he must mean?] Between 1622-1653
at least 22 adult male Moseleys arrived in Virginia and only a few of those
were kinfolk. Most arrived in the northern counties and along the
Rappahannock. A few went directly to Charles City Co. and James City Counties,
and one to Nansemond Co. Those Moseleys of the northern counties moved on and
did go across the northern part of the state to the Ohio River valley. A few
from Middlesex Co moved to Hanover, Louisa, Almbemarle Counties in VA and had
branches stopping by for a while in NC.
From Essex Co, one Moseley moved to Beaufort Dist NC. There is an early
branch still represented in Surry Co VA from an unknown ancestor--and in same
county a MOSBY family of VA went to Surry Co NC. Some stayed there, but some
apparently Rutherford Co TN and changed Mosby surname to Moseley [confirmation
needed "because in handwritten records Moseley and Moseby are virtually
indistinguishable] one or more Moseley families of Brunswick Co VA or
Granville/Bute Co NC went back and forth across the VA/NC line, which is
approximately same as across the Roanoke River. Several married in
Northampton Co NC and Warren Co NC and then returned sooner or later to
Brunswick Co VA to live.
[approx. quote from LDS#175763]"The Moseleys in Brunswick Co VA were also in
the neighbor counties of Old 'New Norfolk' (now called Nansemond) and most of
the Nansemond records were destroyed, [there is no verb nor conjunction at
this point in the sentence to convey meaning] Southhampton, Sussex," Brunswick
Co. formed 1732 from Prince George, Isle of Wight and Surry Counties (records
before 1748 may still be found in other counties apparently?) Brunswick Co.
VA Moseleys found in records of NC counties of Edgecomb, Northampton,
Granville, Halifax, Bute, Franklin, Warren and Nash They settled first along
the NC line and the Roanoke River. The Benjamin of Brunswick Co VA line is
sketched in the Franklin Mousley MOSELEY REGISTER card file, presumably on LDS
FHL Salt Lake microfilm #0001033: the full card file is LDS #0001030-0001045.
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Merchant, Rotterdam. Came to Virginia in 1649. Settled in [Lower] Norfolk
County, Va. Built "Rolleston Hall" in Lynnhaven Parish, thence Princess Anne
County (now city of VA Beach). Justice 1649-1655. Creecy, p. 185: Lynhaven
Parish covered the same territory as Princess Anne County. Richmond Times
Dispatch p.C2, 9 Nov 1997: Lynnhaven graveyard of early 1700's POSSIBLY
discovered underwater in Western Branch of Lynnhaven River off Church Point in
Virginia Beach VA. [some say "Rolleston Hall" name in VA began after 1700].
"Virginia Historical Magazine" Vol. 35:49:
"William Moseley, an Englishman living in Rotterdam, came to [Lower]
Norfolk county, Virginia, in 1649, with his wife Susanna, and sons William and
Arthur.
Va Patent Bk 1: 846 of 1642 lists a Wm Moseley--transported by Adam Cooke
who got Chas City Co land for wm's headright. The next patent listed is Capt
Daniel Gookin who IS connected to our Wm Moseley, so maybe our Wm visited Va
bef 1642? Va patent bk 3: 186 of 17 feb 1652/3 he got 540 aqc in linhaven
parish, lower norfolk co. for transporting his own family and elizabeth west,
ann lambert who is probably related to the lambert's point land that moseley's
later owned.
Va Patent bk 3: 321 of 1654 Mr Moseley's land near Faram Cr in Linhaven
Parish adj Wm Piggett, Sarah Hancock, and land sold twice by Mr. Emperor.
"The name "Rolleston", of one of the old Moseley homes in Princess Anne
county has lead to the tradition that the family descends from the Moseleys of
"Rolleston", England, but researches which are now being made in England and
Holland show that the Rolleston tradition is incorrect. A descendant who is
thoroughly versed in the American history of the family states that, thought
"Rolleston" in Princess Anne is a very old house, but it did not receive its
present name until the eighteenth century. It is believed that the
investigations referred to will result in the discovery of the true ancestry
of William Moseley. He brought with him to Virginia, doubtless as a
convenient investment, certain jewels which he afterwards sold. The following
deed, letter and will of William Moseley and his wife are from the records of
[Lower] Norfolk County:
"At the Court held for [lower] Norfolk County Nov. 30th 1649, `Upon ye
peticon of Mr. Wm. Moseley, It is thought fitt & ordered yt the Sherr bee
authorized by vertue of this order, on munday next to put ye sd Moseley in
possession of ye houses & poantacon, wch he hird of George Heigham & Mr.
Moseley is to enjoy the same according to agreement pucd by Severall
testimonies upon Oath & he sd Heigham to pay all Cort Charges'.
At a Court held March 26, 1650, `A Certificate Is graunted Unto Mr. Wm.
Moseley P'ved due by Oath for ffive hundred & ffifty acres of Land for ye
transportacon of himselfe & Susanna his Wife, Wm. & Arthur his sonnes, Susan
Robinson alias Corker Eliza: West, Ann Lamber, Edw: forman, Hen: lambert -
Jost Williams & Tho; Warrington Into ye Collony."
WILL: dated 29 Jun 1655, proved 15 Aug 1655 [Lower] Norfolk County, Va.
Wills & Deeds C (1651-1656) pg. 166:
"The last will and testamt of William Moseley the elder written with his
owne hand this 29th day of June 1655. Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule
to God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my wyfe and children. Item I give & bequeath to my cosen Willm.
Cockroft a Cow Calfe of a yeare olde And to my grandchilde Corker a Cow Calft
of a yeere olde. Item I give unto my wife Susan Moseley my gray Mare and
furniture, and I doe likewise give her one Negro called mary with her Childe
Besse, to be at her disposeing duering her life, Also I doe give to my wife
Susan all the sheepe with the Increase thereof, to gether with all her wearing
apparell, and her life time upon the plantacon where she now lives. Item I
give to my sonne Willm. Moseley Eight hundred acres of land lyeing and being
as expressed in Bartho: Hodgkins pattent. And also I do give unto my said
sonne Willm ony yonge Mare foale of three monethes old to him and his heirs
forever. Item I give & bequeath to my sonne Arthur Moseley all that tract ol
land wch I bought of George Kempe, and moreover & above that all that land wch
was surveyed by Mr. Emperor when I was in England to him and his heires for
ever. And for the residue of my Estate my debts being first paid out To be
equally divided between my wife Susan, William and Arthur Moseley.
Teste
th mke X C of
John Carrowaye Signed p mee
the mke H of Will: Moseley Senior
Abraham Thomas with a Seale
Jurat in Cur 15th Augusti 1655
Test Wm. Turner : Cl : Cur"
[Lower] Norfolk Co. VA Wills & Deeds C (1651-1656) pg. 204: The same day,
Augusti 15th 1655 William Moseley (the son) was granted a probate of the will
of his father, and the same day qualified as administrator on the estate of
his dec'd mother "Mrs. Susan Moseley Widd."
An Inventorie of ye estate of my Mother Susanna Moseley, dec. february:
ye 8th 1655/6
Imp -one mare, five Cowes, one heyferr, fower yearling Calves, one steer of 3
yeares old, ten head of hogs young & old, one Ewe Lambe, her wearing Apparell,
three paire Sheets, two table Cloths, fifteen napkins, fower towells, 2:
Course & 2: others, one paire of pillow Cvrs, one Cheste, one Chaire, one
Couche,
one Bedde 1 boulster & blancketts, two pictures, one Iron pott one brasse
Kettle, one Iron Kettle, one skillet 3 pewter dishes, one sawcer, one frying
pan, one pair of tongues, one Candlestick, one Gunn, one brush.
This inventory was sworne unto In Cort. by Mr. Wm Moseley, ye 15th february
1655.[i.e 1655/6]
The Moseleys of Princess Anne Co. were one of the most prominent families
in VA in the 17th century (Wertenbaker, Planters of Colonial VA, p. 109) and
"long owned what was, perhaps, the largest and most interesting collection of
family portraits in VA". (VA Mag., Vol. 32, p. 58).
A Collection of fine oil portraits of early Moseleys survived for 150 years
in America, but the locations of most of them are now lost to us--even if the
paintings themselves have survived: Va Mag Hist & Biog. 32 (Jan 1924): 58.
LDS microfilms #0001042 or #1043 has 3 pages detailing what Franklin
Mouseley could ascertain, in 1950's, about the portraits and their last known
locations. 1860 Burwell Bassett Moseley sent 4 paintings to cousin Saml for
safekeeping in case of civil war. Saml's dtr's widower Chas Grrome refused to
return paintings to mary Eliza Moseley 1868, hence 1868 suit in philadelphia
court of enquiry.
MOSELEY PORTRAITS:
!LDS microfilm #0001042 (about 60% way through) by Franklin Mousley in 1950's;
clara jessup, mrs. bloomfield F. Moore , lived at 1718 walnut st in
(Clara jessup was daughter of lydia moseley b. 3 march 1800 westfield MA)
philadelphia PA about 1860's and neighbor was also a moseley descendant
at 1715 walnut St Dr. Samuel Moseley of the Norfolk VA moseley family.
Dr. moseley brought the famous pre-1649 wm and susanna moseley portraits
to phildelphia right before the 1861 war. apparently clara bought the portraits
wrongly thinking they wer eher moseley ancestors. AND THAT'S THE LAST FRANKLIN
MOUSELEY, THE 1956 COMPILER, KNEW OF WHAT BECAME OF THE FAMOUS PORTRAITS. ALSO
LAST FORSYTHE, YOUR 2003 COMPILER KNOWS OF THEM;
!Moseley portraits description in "Colonial American Portraiture" book by
Wayne Craven, Cambridge University Press 1986. this reference thanks to
Julia Bristow 3 march 2003 neeznalainaakidiinnaakidiinaadootaalainaakidiin
ashlatsebiiaadahnaaki()naakidiinaadootaaashlanaakinaakidiinnaakidiinaadoonaaki
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HOW TO MAKE PROPER USE OF THIS MOSELEY DESCENDANCY:
Preferred address for purchase of this book (send $30 postpaid), or to send us
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS: Warren Forsythe, Box 1299, Ellensburg WA 98926-1299
Line 3087 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NOTE HOW TO MAKE PROPER USE OF THIS MOSELEY DESCENDANCY: CONT Email:
forsythe@televar.com -Telephone is not my preferred mode for genealogy.
Additions&Corrections hopefully will be made available: check
.
To identify a Moseley family for corrections etc., please include the ID# that
may be in bracket parentheses following the descendant's name.
CAVEAT: This book is an excellent compilation of the apparent Norfolk Moseley
line family tree, using most of the relevant readily available records written
before 1750--and many post-1750 records. We would be surprised if we made any
fundamental errors in the direct Moseley ancestry of the co-authors ourselves.
But in the entire family tree of over 9000 Moseley kinfolk represented in this
book,you may find errors among our reasonable hypotheses about family
linkages. Our book printing program unfortunately may translate a correct
locality "of TN" in our data--into text that you read "born to parents who at
time resided in TN" which (usually incorrectly) implies that person was "of
TN" at time of BIRTH, whereas our designation "of TN" often means at time of
marriage or death etc.
***
Most of the early Moseley research was conducted at the Family History
Center,
Ellensburg WA LDS ward house. We appreciate all the support of that
F.H.C. from the directors, local bishops and Selah WA LDS stake officials.
***
Our book title:LIST THE APPENDIX--AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
OF IRIS Y. BORG, especially to the Moseleys of Brunswick co. Va, the Carolinas.
She more than anyone except Forsythe, improved the quality of the appendix in
1998-9. APPENDIX possible title: Moseley Appendix of other early families,
including Mosley, Mosely, Mozley etc of early America, late medieval Britain.
Line 3134 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NOTE Important points: CONT 'rec@Norfolkarea' Moseley" under "later day
Virginia",-- or under counties
near Chesterfield Co VA.
(3) The main and appendix indexes are very useful. But check internet
indexes, after we have entered this same data on the internet, maybe at
www.gendex.com.
(4) Although virtually every microfilmed original record was examined for
the first century of Moseley kinfolk in the Norfolk Va. area, roughly
1637-1737, and most abstracted (many originals) records examined for ca
1737-1837-- [remember ABSTRACT deed book of Princess Anne Co VA omits many
important deeds!] [if you think accessing microfilmed original records is just
too much trouble,do remember that much of this work was done by researchers
living on Pacific coast] --still this book is a compromise. No comprehensive
handbook to colonial Moseley families, nor even to Wm and Susanna's
descendants, was ever published before. By now many pieces of the Moseley
puzzle have been well researched, even though those studies have not been
accessible to the average Moseley family researcher.
(5) We began from previous compilations various Norfolk Va.& other Moseleys
by
authors [cited below] e.g. Moriarty, Walter, Mousely, Byrne, T. B. Moseley
Jr, Combs, Blankenship, and Stutesman. And a belated thank you to
Anne Taylor Brown C.G.R.S. of Richmond Va. who helped with NGS Qtrly 84 (3)
:182-199.
(6) This book first assembles those previously known pieces of the "puzzles"
of the early Moseley lines. The compromise comes when we try to fill in the
gaps between those previous careful studies in order to present a
comprehensive handbook to colonial American Moseley families.
20 years would be required to fill in the gaps at the same high quality level
of the previous careful studies, but we only had a couple years to devote to
it. We publish it now because no-one else wanted to continue the work, and
because having this handbook now can prevent beginners from continuing to
resort to the presently available materials which are vastly inferior,as
comprehensive indexes
BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT THE QUALITY OF THIS MOSELEY COMPILATION IS UNEVEN.
The descendants surnamed Moseley of Wm & Susana of Norfolk are compiled almost
as carefully as extant records allow, for 5 or more generations. The first
serious inconsistencies that we are aware of are Wm1Arthur2Wm3Francis4Wm5, but
even that line is very well-compiled, compared to the previous best job
available. However as this book moves into female lines around Norfolk,or
moves on to other Moseley families elsewhere--then the quality declines,
sometimes drastically so. But, even though we are experts only for Norfolk VA
area people surnamed Moseley-- you, the reader, need to learn about Moseley
daughters and mothers,as well as sons and fathers. So we tried to pursue
Moseley daughter's children, and we tried to include whatever information
about each mother's maiden identify (before she became Mrs. Moseley). We
attempt that for family completeness, but we aren't so expert in those
non-Moseley surnames. Our most common error was explicitly entering a
marriage (so that bride and groom would be alphabetically indexed here) even
though the identities of the parties were too speculative. The compilation
technique was to enter apparent information about maiden names etc, when
reading a document. Often a later document helped clarify and correct that
initial guess. But some poor initial guesses about maiden names etc remain.
Somewhere "eastern shore" was entered as Northampton Co.,even though we later
learned more likely it meant eastern side Eliz River Bay in Princess Anne Co
VA.
SO YOU MUST CHECK THE SOURCES IN THE NOTES FOR YOUR PARTICULAR FAMILY IN
ORDER TO DETERMINE IF WE MADE SOME ERRORS WITH YOUR FAMILY. Learn to tolerate
the frustrating vagueness of Virginia's colonial documents, which typically
fail to accurately quantify vital records data and relationships. Do not
become so desperate (for records which specify exact data) that you fall prey
to certain enticingly accurate private records of questionable authenticity.
No matter how murky the evidence concerning the European origins of
Virginia Moseleys, readers are still curious to know about our possible
origins. In the second half of the 20th century, we have greatly advanced the
compilation of North American descendants. Yet we were not able to add much
to the general picture of European ancestry developed by G. Andrews Moriarty
and others in the first half of this century. William & Susana came to
Virginia from the Netherlands, but they were both previously of the London,
England area. Susana's parentage seems clear enough, but William's remains
uncertain. Moriarty etc. showed that Wm. might possibly be the son William of
Richard and Katherine (Smyth) Moseley baptized 17 Dec 1606 in the Parish of St.
Margaret's-Westminster, Middlesex (now western London)--but that our William
definitely was NOT the William, son of Wm & Dorothy (Helmes) Moseley, baptized
10 Dec 1606/8 in Carburton, Nottinghamshire, as that son William is buried
(this data on secondary source LDS film #0001043, but the identity of the
1643 burial is not exact there. We're relying on the ca. 1950 era
publications, in genealogical journals, of G.A.Moriarty and Robt B.Moseley,
who studied that.) there 4 apr 1643 in Worksop Cemetery near Carburton,
shortly after his father Wm was buried there 30 Oct 1642 and his mother
Dorothy 15 aug 1633. Nevertheless William fo Va.'s father's family may have
originated from the English Midlands. By the year 1600 the name Moseley was
(independent origins?) widely distributed in Lancashire, Yorkshire etc. And
so probably some of the emigrants to North America named Moseley bore only
remote, if any, kinship to each other.
Since this is work in progress, check for updates e.g. by 2000 on the
internet under the surname Moseley in the index) at http://www.gendex.com
(These identification numbers like 1DJS-DV come from LDS Ancestral File) shown
to be the same individual in ;
From "A Moseley Genealogy", Thomas B. Moseley, Jr. 1985, beginning on page 13:
"Susanna, daughter of Ralph Burnet, citizen and draper [cloth merchant] of
London, who lived in the parish of St. Benet Fink, she was baptized there on 7t
December, 1605. [St Benet Fink is sort of Northeast of Central London.]
She married first, Arthur Blackmore and had by him an only child, a daughter
named Susanna. Arthur Blackmore died between 01 May 1632 and 30 Apr 1633, and
his widow married very soon after, certainly before 22 Dec 1634, William
Moseley, also an English Merchant Adventurer, living in Delft. On the latter
date, as husband of Susanna, he was sued by the widow of Cornelius Michielsz
van Ring for the rent of a house in Delft, rented by her late husband Arthur
Blackmore from 01 May 1632 to 30 Apr 1633, and judgment was entered for the
plaintiff. William Moseley later removed to Rotterdam, where he was Steward
(Schaftmeister) of the English House on 13 Aug 1643." Another source (probably
more reliably) cites her baptismal date as 7 Dec 1595.
SOURCES: NEHGS Register 100 (oct 1946): 292-295 by G. A. Moriarty is Burnett
family ancestry. Pages 297-317 of Gayle King Blankenship; Julia Moseley Combs,
Moseley Origins And Insights (Hampstead, N.C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages
1-26 [seen at N.C. archives at Raleigh Jan.1997]. 417 Olde Point Road,
Hampstead NC 28443- see below next line: the above is the correct citation
form (Cited Wrong in Sept 1996 N.G.S. Quarterly article on a Moseley family);
Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne & Henrico Counties, VA
about 1983 by Alice Granbery Walter still alive 1996 in Norfolk area but no
longer corresponding with genealogical researchers, about 1994 Clearfield Pub.
of Baltimore was selling Mrs. Walter's remaining supply of the charts. We
don't know if they have any left or not. [Note Walter's Charts have some errors
REFN: 6456
He may have been born in Holland.
Mrs. Susanna Moseley, the wife of William Moseley, of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, was a member of a wealthy English or Dutch family living in Rotterdam. She had an excellent education, facility with her pen, and strong personal traits and dignity. From her marriage to Mr. Moseley, two sons were born. She died in Virginia, 8 February, 1656.
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From "A Moseley Genealogy", Thomas B. Moseley, Jr. 1985, begining p 13: "Susanna, daughter of 10 Ralph Burnet, citizen and draper [cloth merchant] of London, who lived in the parish of St. Benet Fink, was baptized there on 7 Dec 1595. She married first, Arthur Blackmore and had an only child, Susanna. Arthur died betw May 1632 and 30 Apr 1633, and she married bef 22 Dec 1634, William Moseley, also an English Merchant Adventurer, living in Delft. SOURCES: NEHGS Register 100 (Oct 1946): 292-295 by G. A. Moriarty is Burnett family ancestry. Pages 297-317 of Gayle King Blankenship; Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins And Insights (Hampstead, N.C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. archives at Raleigh) She was the daughter of 10. Ralph Burnet, of London and 10. Magdalen Clarke (b c 1573) London dau of 11. Thomas Clarke c 1543 and Margaret Fox (Info of A.T. Butle Esq. F.S.A, Windsor Herald College of Arms London, Vol. c.7).
_P_CCINFO 3-107
!microfilm 2000 moseley book 1 of 2 maybe on LDS FHL salt lake #1425243 item 3?
unsure: the salt lake cataloging doesnt correspond to our 2 volume book titles;
!Virginia Mag. of Hist. and Biog. 52 (#3 Jul 1944): 220: "While there are
reasons to believe that William of Lower Norfolk was born in London in 1606,
son of Richard and Katherine (Smyth) Moseley, direct evidence in respect to
his parentage remains to be established beyond any doubt." The author refers
to the 17 Dec 1606 Baptism of a Wm. Moseley in St.Margaret's, Westminster,
which lies by Westminster Abbey, on Thames,west of London: technically in
county Middlesex. G. Andrews Moriarty's Moseley in Genealogies of Va. Families
Vol. 4, Gen. Pub. Co., 1981
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HE WAS NOT THE WM MOSELEY BAPT 10 DEC 1608 IN CARBURTON ENGLAND, WHO DIED 1642:
!1944 this wm moseley of carberton england was once (Va mag of hist&biog 35:
218-220 apr 1927) thought to have gone to Virginia. But 1944 in Va Mag of Hist
and Biog 52: 220 July 1944, Robt B. Moseley (source of the 1927 note) explained
that "a later study of manuscripts at Welbeck Abbey, the home of the Duke of
Newcastle, Newcastle, proprietor of Carberton [in Nottinghamshire where that
Wm moseley was bapt 1608], disclosed that the William Moseley, grandson of
Humphrey and Margaret (Heigham) Moseley, died in 1642 and was buried at WorkshoP
Notts., hence could not be either of the emigrant to Virginia in 1649/50." ;
***
[Lower] Norfolk County, Va. Will & Deed Book C: 24: "I WILLIAM MOSELEY late of
Rotterdam in Holland in the partes beyond the seaes March't: And now resident
and inhabittinge in the Easterne branch of Elizabeth River in the County of
[Lower] Norfolk" being "Possessed of certaine peeces of Gouldsmyths and
Juellers worke to the valewe of Six hundred and twelve Gilders As namely One
hatband consising of Nineteene Ses of gould, Nineteene Ies of gould, one
buckle and tipp of gould all sett with Dyamonds and in part Enamelled Att five
hundred gilders, one Juell of gould Enamelled and sett with Diamonds Att sixty
gilders and one gould Ringe enamelled and sett with one Diamon, one Rubie one
sapher and eon Emrall Att Fifty two gilders" have this day sould to Capt
Francis Yardley of Linhaven "the said hatband, Juell and Ringe" for 9 head of
cattle. The cattle were "Two draught Oxen two steeres and five Cowes in hand
already received". Dated 1 Aug 1650. Signed William Moseley. Wit: Edward
Windham, Edward Standley.
Also same page the following: [Lower] Norfolk Wills and Deed C: 24-25:
"Worthy Sir My husband havinge some bussiness downe the river was gone from
home two horrows before your servant came soe I findinge what the contents of
your letter did import, have in my husbands absence made bould to answer it
and withall I knowe he referrs the sale of them to me Sir in regarde you
cannot out of your stocke no noer than fower younge cowes and one older and
fower exec I will not press you beyond what you are willinge to doe, but will
accept your proffer, by reason of my great want of Cattle, and withall I had
rayther your wife should weare them than aney gentlewoman I yet know in the
Country, but good Sir, have no Sruple Concerninge their rightnes for I went my
selfe from Rotterdam to the Haguh, to inquire of the gouldsmiths and found
that they ware all Right therfore thats without question, and for the hatband
that alone coste five hundred gelders as my husband knows verry well and will
tell you soe when he sees you, for the Juell and the ringe they weare made for
me at Rotterdam and I paid in good Rex Dollores for them sixtey gelders for
the Jewell and fivety and two gelders for the Ringe, Which comes to in English
monny Eleaven pounds fower shillings. I have sent the sute, and Ringe by your
servant and I wish Mrs Yeardley health and prosperity to weare them in and
give you boeth thanks for your kinde token. When my husband come home we will
see to gett the Cattell home in the meane time I present my love and service
to your selfe and wife. Mr Chandler and his wife and the younge gentlewoman
and old Cap't and Committ you all to god and remaine your freind and servant:
Susan Moseley" Elizabeth River this Last July 1650: Recorded 10th Nov 1652.
Pictures of William and 2 sons in Richmond, VA painted in Holland in 1640.
He was Justice of [Lower] Norfolk Co. March 1649 to April 1655. Moseley,
a Commissioner of [Lower] Norfolk.([Lower] Norfolk Order Bk.B, folder 140) He
was an merchant in Rotterdam settled in VA [or left Holland?] Jul. or Aug.
1649. 1642 William Moseley transported by Adam Cooke for the Adventurers to
Charles City County (VA Head Rights).
William Moseley had married the widow Susanna Blackmore before 22 Dec 1634,
probably in Delft, Holland. On that date as the husband of Susanna, he was
sued by the widow of Cornelius Michielsz van Ring for the rent of a house in
Delft, rented by Susanna's late husband Arthur Blackmore from 1 May 1632 to 30
Apr 1633, and a judgment was entered for the plaintiff.
William Moseley was a merchant adventurer, living in Delft, later moving to
Rotterdam [7 mi. away] where he was steward (Schafmeister) of the English
House on 13 Aug 1643. Late in July or early August 1649, he emigrated to
Virginia and settled at Lower Norfolk where he appears on 30 Nov 1649.
Received Grant in Lynn Haven Parish on Broadcreek in [Lower] Norfolk, VA.
Arthur Moseley, William's son by Susanna (Burnet) Blackmore Moseley was
most certainly born in Holland, as later he was compelled to naturalize
himself in Virginia. He ended up with land on Broad Cr. [in Virginia Beach
now].
!______________________________________________________________________
!email sep 2002 r r "bob" curlee rrcurlee@cox.net
asserts that wm moseley became justice of [lower] norfolk co VA march 1649
If true this could be evidence that he was the wm moseley who came to va in
1642 (on a previous trip) before immigrating with his family nov 1649. However
remember that march 1649 came AFTER nov 1649 in the julian calendar. so it
would theoretically be possible to become a justice 5 months after arrival--
but as Bob points out, a more likely context might be that he became a justice
5 months after arriving with his family--because apparently he was well known
previously apparently to norfolk co. people, amd maybe have arrived in 1642?;
__________________________________________________________________________
For many years it was believed, based primarily on the research of Robert B.
Moseley, that this William Moseley was one in the same as the William Moseley
who was baptized 10 Dec 1608(or1606) at Carburton, Nottinghamshire.That Wm
Moseley bapt 1606/1608 carberton england was once (Va Mag of Hist & Biog 35:
218-220 apr 1927) thought to have gone to Virginia. But 1944 in Va Mag of Hist
and Biog 52: 220 July 1944, Robt B. Moseley (source of the 1927 note)
explained that "a later study of manuscripts at Welbeck Abbey, the home of the
Duke of Newcastle, Newcastle, proprietor of Carberton [in Nottinghamshire
where that Wm moseley was bapt 1608], disclosed that the William Moseley,
grandson of Humphrey and Margaret (Heigham) Moseley, died in 1642 and was
buried at Workshop Notts., hence could not be either of the emigrant to
Virginia in 1649/50."
See Moriarty, G. Andrews in New England Historic & Gen. Reg. 100: 94-99 of
April 1946, and Moriarty "William Moseley of Lower Norfolk" in Genealogies of
Va. Families, Va. Magazine (Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1981).
THERE ON THE CHART INSERTED BETWEEN PAGES 96-97 OF THAT VOL 100 NEHGS
Register: wm moseley's treasurer at Merchant Adventurers Co. in Rotterdam,
Holland 1635, also his wife's brother in law, Wm Cockroft "probably brother
of Caleb Cockroft citizen and silk man of London and A Merchant Adventurer. He
was from Hepton- stall", County Yorkshire. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING NEAR
HEPTONSTALL FOR POSSIBLE MOSELEY ORIGINS IN YORKSHIRE, AS THERE WERE YORKSHIRE
MOSELEYS WAY BACK THEN. sEE e.g. Franklin Mousley microfilms in the LDS FHL
salt lake city ca. #0001042 etc series has one microfilm on English Moseley
records.
Important points:
We began from Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins and Insights (Hampstead, N.
C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. Archives at Raleigh NC.]
(1) Many other Moseleys besides William & Susana immigrated to early Va.,
N.C. and other colonies. So most Moseleys of N. America probably DO NOT
descend from Wm & Susanna Moseley of the Virginia Beach VA area.
Unfortunately, as Iris Borg has observed, nearly all novice Moseley
genealogists BELIEVE that they descend from Wm & Susanna--probably because the
public records where that family lived are almost perfectly preserved from
1637 onward, and because they are so prominently featured in U.S. genealogical
publications.
On LDS microfilm 0001039 under Wm of Va., Franklin Mousley before 1957 named
this Moseley ancestral mistake "hitch their wagons to the wrong horse".
(2) Therefore an APPENDIX on other early Moseley lines is here bound
together with the descendancy on the Wm & Susanna Moseley family. The
Appendix includes readily obtainable data on pre-Revolutionary War Moseley
families, with the Moseleys from the southern states often carried down into
the 1830's, if such apparent descendancy data was readily available to us.
The appendix lists a few Moseley records from the Norfolk VA area that
probably will be connected to that Norfolk Moseley line someday: see under "
METHODS AND FURTHER SOURCES:
The methods were often conservative only in the sense that they conserved
other peoples assertions so that they could later be reviewed by Moseley
researchers. Sometimes Moseleys were temporarily compiled as children of the
wrong parents, and currently that compilation's made obvious at least with
"?herParentsWRONG" in the title field. But in earlier days it wasn't so
obvious and more careless. Try to remain skeptical about grafting your lines
onto the many good early Moseley records around Norfolk---and thereby remain
open to your possible descent from the many less well-known Moseleys, even
though those early records are so terribly frustratingly fragmentary compared
to Norfolk.
**
We began from the most comprehensive discussion previously available for the
Moseleys of the Norfolk Va. area, which focuses on the author's particular
line:
Julia Moseley Combs, Moseley Origins and Insights (Hampstead, N.C.:
Privately Printed, 1990) pages 1-26 [seen at N.C. Archives at Raleigh Jan.
1997]. That citation was INCORRECT in my Sept 1996 article: Warren L.
Forsythe, Natl Gen.Soc. Quarterly 84 (3): 182-199: "Resolving Conflict Between
Records: A Spurious Moseley Bible" where Forsythe INCORRECTLY cited Mrs.
Combs above book as 'The Moseleys of Dobbs and Lenoir Counties, (N.C.)' .
Mrs. Gart post card: Accession # 27259 at Library of VA concerns Moseley
Notes about Lower Norfolk line(s). "The Moseley Family of Virginia" by Jean
Stephenson, 1912: first in issues ca 1900, e.g. 22 March 1914, Richmond VA
"The Times Dispatch" which is retyped into DAR Library 06909 Parnell-Moseley
family. -READ IT SLOWLY,CAREFULLY:the descendancy jumps from generation to
generation!
***
We are following in the footsteps of: Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk,
Princess Anne & Henrico Counties, VA ca.1983, by Alice Granbery Walter: she
still alive 1996 in Norfolk area but no longer corresponding with genealogical
researchers. (according to FHL card catalog it is on LDS FHL microfilm
#1231524 item 2; about 1994 Clearfield Pub. of Baltimore was selling Mrs.
Walter's remaining supply of the charts.) Elizabeth Wingo was a collaborator.
***
Gayle King Blankenship, Blankenship Ancestors (Poquoson Va.: Privately
printed, 1995) Gayle died 2 Nov 2004 ;
***
Thomas Byrd Moseley, Jr, Rt 2 Box 47A Clifton TX 76634-9608 has published
two volumes , the more useful of which for our purposes is: A Moseley
Genealogy: Volume II (Clifton, Tex.: Privately printed, 1993). Most of his
data have been recompiled from more original sources in this book.
***
HENRICO LINES (?almost exclusively descendants of Arthur Jr.?) In our
opinion, we'd still have a mess on our hands if it weren't for the extremely
careful work of John Hale Stutesman of San Francisco. He sent his original
copies of his files to Chesterfield VA Historical Society so I doubt he's
still interested in any work on Moseleys as he's not too closely related.
(example:
John Hale Stutesman, "Arthur Moseley (--1736)", ms. Acc. No. 1155,
Chesterfield Historical Society, Chesterfield, Va.
***
Acc. No. 1150 A Moseley family of Colonial VA Unpublished MS.1989. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1151 Moseley Miscellaneous References. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1152 Moseley Misc papers. No date. unpaged.
Acc. No. 1153 Moseley letters. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1154 Arthur Moseley (--1729/30). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1155 Arthur Moseley (--1736). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1156 Arthur Moseley (--1770). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1157 Children of A/1/1, Arthur Moseley, Part I. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1158 Children of A/1/1, Arthur Moseley, Part II. No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1159 John Moseley (--1801-02). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1160 Richard Moseley (--1781). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1161 Arthur Moseley (1724-1807/08). No Date. Unpaged.
Acc. No. 1162 Robert Moseley (1732-1804). No Date. Unpaged.
***
John Hale Stutesman "Some Watkins Families of Virginia and Their Kin"
(Baltimore: Gateway Pub, 1989) is available on LDS microfilm--I've looked at
that microfilm has good Henrico Moseleys LDS FHC #1421997 item 8. Stutesman
wrote 2 Moseley articles in the Virginia Genealogist vol.29 p.243-251, 1985
and Virginia Genealogist vol 33 p.65-70 1989.
***
Some miscellaneous sources of course were used and some too useless or
limited in scope to mention here (the Richmond Times one includes Norfolk area.
)
Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Mar 1914, and also Alice G Walters charts
above mention a 1907 article on Moseleys in same newspaper Richmond Times: by
Jean Stephenson 1913 cites a lot of sources at end of article mostly VA Mag.
of Hist. and Biog. doesn't tell exactly which articles for which families;
****
G. Andrews Moriarty NEHGS 1946 page 95 onward of issue C in 1946; The
younger grandchildren of Wm & Susanna Moseley by 1932 were published by G. A.
Moriarty in his Hargrave article in the VA Mag. of Hist. and Biog. XL (Oct.
1932) p. 382.
We appreciated some professional genealogical interpretations of Rebecca
"Becki" Hagood of Cary NC, and her searches in Raleigh, Richmond, and Norfolk.
Other Minor Sources:
LDS FHC microfilm 1035535 item 2 Cheely book by Janice Cheely Soukup.
Also, Julia Moseley Combs of Hampstead NC 1993 says will of Tully Emperor
(she sent actual will p 478-9 in Deed Book 4 Princess Ann Co VA) didn't
mention Edw. Moseley b. ca. 1687, as he'd died 1718 before Tully. The Edward
son of Mary Emperor on Mrs. Walter's chart is NOT in Tully's will! Julia put
George Moseley b. ca.1677 son of Arthur as Mary Emperor's 2nd husband, so I
compiled her that way.
Julia's 1990 book is very detailed on Wm & Sussanna, their son Arthur, Wm
came to VA 1642 and returned to Rotterdam, came to live autumn 1649;
See LDS FHL Salt Lake microfilms: end of reel #0954556 and start of 0956557
by Leonardo Andrea, and also Salt Lake microfilms #0001030 through 0001045 and
near end of microfilm #0175763 by Franklin Mousley.
The Moseley/Taylor families of.....1990 LDS FHC film 1697520 item 18 by
Judith Holden Dixon 124 Valley View Joplin MO 64804;
Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Mar 1914 also Alice G. Walters chart above
mentions a 1907 article on Moseleys in same newspaper: by Jean Stephenson 1913
cites a lot of sources at end of article mostly VA Mag of History and
Biography doesn't tell exactly which articles for which families; I. Wm
Moseley of Rotterdam died 1655 /Lower /Norfolk /Co /VA; The Roman Numerals are
generation number, it's a Descendancy List so that I. William's second child
is not listed until all the descendants of I. William's first child have been
listed: (so be careful about who Stephenson is saying are the Moseley parents).
Apparently there is a connection, via Wm Underwood, in 1650's between the
Wm Moseley of Norfolk, VA and the Wm Moseley late of Essex Co. VA possibly
even that Wm of Essex was the very same man as the 1649/50 witness "Will
Moseley Junr." on the Wm Moseley of Norfolk document in Lancaster Co VA Court
Orders 1653. SEE APPENDIX SECTION FOR THESE ESSEX CO VA MOSELEYS.
VA Colonial Abstracts Vol 1:212 on Lancaster Co. Court Orders 1652-1655 has
a number of Moseleys, most of which are probably the George Moseley later
known in other county which is probably a daughter county of Lancaster, and of
course the Wm and Martha (Brasseur) Moseley later so well known in the
daughter county of Essex. However a receipt on (Lancaster Co.) page 84 dated
13 Jan 1650/1 recorded 8 Oct 1653 from Wm Moseley to Wm Underwood for payments
of all debts due Henry Monfort, merchant in Roterdam, witnessed by will
Moseley Junr. The previous page 83 makes clear Roterdam is in Holland and
Henry Montford from there appoints his "well beloved friend" Wm Moosle,
merchant in the Virginias as Montford's agent in VA for settlement of accounts.
Clearly that Wm Moseley is the one from Norfolk VA area, because that William
was previously a merchant in the "English House" business, in Rotterdam,
Holland. That fact is further confirmed by pages 521-523 of Thos B Moseley
"Moseley Vol II" 1993, quoting G.A. Moriarty ca. 1946, gives above Lancaster
Co. [page 83 probably] documents with a 12 Aug 1649 date and quotes Norfolk Co.
VA documents describing Wm Moseley of Norfolk as formerly "of Rotterdam in
Holland"---and Rotterdam Record Office: Dutch notary Arent der Graeff, office
W: 328: 312 and 337: 597, 599 on William Moseley [William Moesalaer] aged
about 34 on 30 Nov 1640 having a business associate Henry Mountfort [Hendrick
Montford]. By 1649/50 had arrived in the Lancaster Co. VA region, the Wm
Moseley who later was well known in Essex, daughter county of Lancaster in VA,
as husband of Martha Brasseur (daughter of Robt. Brasseur of Nasemond Co. VA)
and brother of Mary Moseley who married Wm Underwood (pages 234-235 of Early
VA Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer, Genealogical Pub. Co; pages
444-448 of Vol 4 of John B. Boddie "Historical Southern Families"; Tyler's
Quarterly 7:62 quotation of 22 Jul 1663 Bristol, Eng. deposition by Wm
Underwood Jr. mentioning that "before my departure out of Virginia" where he'd
had a "well beloved uncle William Moseley" [later of Essex Co. VA]--all but
one of documents are as cited on pages 192, 251 of Thos B. Moseley "Moseley
vol 2" 1993).
***
Early VA Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer, p. 234-235: Jos.
Moseley was transported to VA 1637 by Daniel Gookins, New Norfolk Co. Daniel
is undoubtably the paternal uncle of Mary Gookin who married Wm1Wm2; so Joseph
is almost certainly related to Wm1 himself. The complete 234-235 record of
Moseleys is Ann 1652 by Robert Lendall, unknown Co.; Eliz. 1650 by Lewis
Burwell, Gent., Northumberland Co.; Fra. 1647 by John Brooch, York River Co.
and Fra. 1650 by Capt Moore Fautleroy, unknown Co.; the above Joseph 1637 by
Gookins of Norfolk, Jos. 1650 by Wm. Hodgson, Yorke Co.; Moseley, Eliza.
Headright of Rice Jones. 6 aug 1652. p.2; Moseleye, Geo. His land adjs patent
of Rich Colman on S side Rappa. 14 Sept 1650. p. 206; Richard 1653 by Edward
Dobson, unknown Co.; Robert 1640 by Mr Bridges Freeman, James City Co.; Robt
1654 by Mr. Tho. Fowke, Westmoreland Co.; Robert Mostley (sic) 1655 by John
Cool, James City Co.; Susanna 1653 by Wm Moseley, Lower Norfolk Co.; Wm 1642
by Adam Cooke, Charles City Co.; Samuel 1650 by Lewis Burwell, Gent.,
Northumberland Co.; Wm 1650 [probably our Wm] Moseley from above Lancaster
record] by Wm Underwood, Gent. Unknown Co.; Wm and Arthur, 1653, by Wm Moseley
(their father) Lower Norfolk Co.
P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer 1981 Passenger and Immigration Lists
Index, 1st. ed. Gale Res. Co. Detroit, MI, p. 1499: In addition to many of the
above VA Moseleys it lists, instead of the above Jos. Moseley "Mosley, Jo 18;
Virginia, 1634" probably it's just a 1634 correction of above record because
early 4 number is hard to interpret, possibly the 18 is an age?; also "Mosely,
Geo. 20; Virginia 1635" source 3283 p. 12, source 9151 p. 100; about 8
Moseleys much later in 1700s in Philadelphia, NY and Boston ports and a couple
in "America" in general, one Henry in Barbados 1680.
Daniel Gookin, who in 1637 got headright for Joseph Mosely, later in 1642
(Va Pat Bk 1, part 2 p. 847 in Moseley Vol 2: 4) for other headrights got N.
side of Rappahannock land--which sounds like Wm of Essex Co. family!
I found that through interlibrary loan we could have ordered documents
that we neglected. Readers can order the Minute books of Princess Anne Co. and
Order Books of Norfolk Co, these are available on Library of VA reels 40 and
43 etc. Almost all Norfolk area records are orderable through LDS F.H. Centers.
Franklin Mousley [d. 1961 AR Fam Hist 2:33] in 1950's collected a lot of
Moseley descendancies, his book is very extensive and extremely good. There
are at least 10 from New England area-- few going back to colonial
times.There's a lot of material from Franklin Moseley's file on LDS
microfilms, especially #0001042 and #0001043. See LDS #0175763 on some
possibly interrelated Moseley families of Brunswick Co., VA and North and
South Carolina. See Leonardo Andrea's ca 1950 Moseley Report (LDS #0954556
(end) and #0954557 (beginning of film) may be a commentry on this list.
Col. Edward Moseley of Edenton NC ca 1707 evidently had no descendant
grandsons [i.e. none of the Moseley surname, he must mean?] Between 1622-1653
at least 22 adult male Moseleys arrived in Virginia and only a few of those
were kinfolk. Most arrived in the northern counties and along the
Rappahannock. A few went directly to Charles City Co. and James City Counties,
and one to Nansemond Co. Those Moseleys of the northern counties moved on and
did go across the northern part of the state to the Ohio River valley. A few
from Middlesex Co moved to Hanover, Louisa, Almbemarle Counties in VA and had
branches stopping by for a while in NC.
From Essex Co, one Moseley moved to Beaufort Dist NC. There is an early
branch still represented in Surry Co VA from an unknown ancestor--and in same
county a MOSBY family of VA went to Surry Co NC. Some stayed there, but some
apparently Rutherford Co TN and changed Mosby surname to Moseley [confirmation
needed "because in handwritten records Moseley and Moseby are virtually
indistinguishable] one or more Moseley families of Brunswick Co VA or
Granville/Bute Co NC went back and forth across the VA/NC line, which is
approximately same as across the Roanoke River. Several married in
Northampton Co NC and Warren Co NC and then returned sooner or later to
Brunswick Co VA to live.
[approx. quote from LDS#175763]"The Moseleys in Brunswick Co VA were also in
the neighbor counties of Old 'New Norfolk' (now called Nansemond) and most of
the Nansemond records were destroyed, [there is no verb nor conjunction at
this point in the sentence to convey meaning] Southhampton, Sussex," Brunswick
Co. formed 1732 from Prince George, Isle of Wight and Surry Counties (records
before 1748 may still be found in other counties apparently?) Brunswick Co.
VA Moseleys found in records of NC counties of Edgecomb, Northampton,
Granville, Halifax, Bute, Franklin, Warren and Nash They settled first along
the NC line and the Roanoke River. The Benjamin of Brunswick Co VA line is
sketched in the Franklin Mousley MOSELEY REGISTER card file, presumably on LDS
FHL Salt Lake microfilm #0001033: the full card file is LDS #0001030-0001045.
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Merchant, Rotterdam. Came to Virginia in 1649. Settled in [Lower] Norfolk
County, Va. Built "Rolleston Hall" in Lynnhaven Parish, thence Princess Anne
County (now city of VA Beach). Justice 1649-1655. Creecy, p. 185: Lynhaven
Parish covered the same territory as Princess Anne County. Richmond Times
Dispatch p.C2, 9 Nov 1997: Lynnhaven graveyard of early 1700's POSSIBLY
discovered underwater in Western Branch of Lynnhaven River off Church Point in
Virginia Beach VA. [some say "Rolleston Hall" name in VA began after 1700].
"Virginia Historical Magazine" Vol. 35:49:
"William Moseley, an Englishman living in Rotterdam, came to [Lower]
Norfolk county, Virginia, in 1649, with his wife Susanna, and sons William and
Arthur.
Va Patent Bk 1: 846 of 1642 lists a Wm Moseley--transported by Adam Cooke
who got Chas City Co land for wm's headright. The next patent listed is Capt
Daniel Gookin who IS connected to our Wm Moseley, so maybe our Wm visited Va
bef 1642? Va patent bk 3: 186 of 17 feb 1652/3 he got 540 aqc in linhaven
parish, lower norfolk co. for transporting his own family and elizabeth west,
ann lambert who is probably related to the lambert's point land that moseley's
later owned.
Va Patent bk 3: 321 of 1654 Mr Moseley's land near Faram Cr in Linhaven
Parish adj Wm Piggett, Sarah Hancock, and land sold twice by Mr. Emperor.
"The name "Rolleston", of one of the old Moseley homes in Princess Anne
county has lead to the tradition that the family descends from the Moseleys of
"Rolleston", England, but researches which are now being made in England and
Holland show that the Rolleston tradition is incorrect. A descendant who is
thoroughly versed in the American history of the family states that, thought
"Rolleston" in Princess Anne is a very old house, but it did not receive its
present name until the eighteenth century. It is believed that the
investigations referred to will result in the discovery of the true ancestry
of William Moseley. He brought with him to Virginia, doubtless as a
convenient investment, certain jewels which he afterwards sold. The following
deed, letter and will of William Moseley and his wife are from the records of
[Lower] Norfolk County:
"At the Court held for [lower] Norfolk County Nov. 30th 1649, `Upon ye
peticon of Mr. Wm. Moseley, It is thought fitt & ordered yt the Sherr bee
authorized by vertue of this order, on munday next to put ye sd Moseley in
possession of ye houses & poantacon, wch he hird of George Heigham & Mr.
Moseley is to enjoy the same according to agreement pucd by Severall
testimonies upon Oath & he sd Heigham to pay all Cort Charges'.
At a Court held March 26, 1650, `A Certificate Is graunted Unto Mr. Wm.
Moseley P'ved due by Oath for ffive hundred & ffifty acres of Land for ye
transportacon of himselfe & Susanna his Wife, Wm. & Arthur his sonnes, Susan
Robinson alias Corker Eliza: West, Ann Lamber, Edw: forman, Hen: lambert -
Jost Williams & Tho; Warrington Into ye Collony."
WILL: dated 29 Jun 1655, proved 15 Aug 1655 [Lower] Norfolk County, Va.
Wills & Deeds C (1651-1656) pg. 166:
"The last will and testamt of William Moseley the elder written with his
owne hand this 29th day of June 1655. Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule
to God that gave it, and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my wyfe and children. Item I give & bequeath to my cosen Willm.
Cockroft a Cow Calfe of a yeare olde And to my grandchilde Corker a Cow Calft
of a yeere olde. Item I give unto my wife Susan Moseley my gray Mare and
furniture, and I doe likewise give her one Negro called mary with her Childe
Besse, to be at her disposeing duering her life, Also I doe give to my wife
Susan all the sheepe with the Increase thereof, to gether with all her wearing
apparell, and her life time upon the plantacon where she now lives. Item I
give to my sonne Willm. Moseley Eight hundred acres of land lyeing and being
as expressed in Bartho: Hodgkins pattent. And also I do give unto my said
sonne Willm ony yonge Mare foale of three monethes old to him and his heirs
forever. Item I give & bequeath to my sonne Arthur Moseley all that tract ol
land wch I bought of George Kempe, and moreover & above that all that land wch
was surveyed by Mr. Emperor when I was in England to him and his heires for
ever. And for the residue of my Estate my debts being first paid out To be
equally divided between my wife Susan, William and Arthur Moseley.
Teste
th mke X C of
John Carrowaye Signed p mee
the mke H of Will: Moseley Senior
Abraham Thomas with a Seale
Jurat in Cur 15th Augusti 1655
Test Wm. Turner : Cl : Cur"
[Lower] Norfolk Co. VA Wills & Deeds C (1651-1656) pg. 204: The same day,
Augusti 15th 1655 William Moseley (the son) was granted a probate of the will
of his father, and the same day qualified as administrator on the estate of
his dec'd mother "Mrs. Susan Moseley Widd."
An Inventorie of ye estate of my Mother Susanna Moseley, dec. february:
ye 8th 1655/6
Imp -one mare, five Cowes, one heyferr, fower yearling Calves, one steer of 3
yeares old, ten head of hogs young & old, one Ewe Lambe, her wearing Apparell,
three paire Sheets, two table Cloths, fifteen napkins, fower towells, 2:
Course & 2: others, one paire of pillow Cvrs, one Cheste, one Chaire, one
Couche,
one Bedde 1 boulster & blancketts, two pictures, one Iron pott one brasse
Kettle, one Iron Kettle, one skillet 3 pewter dishes, one sawcer, one frying
pan, one pair of tongues, one Candlestick, one Gunn, one brush.
This inventory was sworne unto In Cort. by Mr. Wm Moseley, ye 15th february
1655.[i.e 1655/6]
The Moseleys of Princess Anne Co. were one of the most prominent families
in VA in the 17th century (Wertenbaker, Planters of Colonial VA, p. 109) and
"long owned what was, perhaps, the largest and most interesting collection of
family portraits in VA". (VA Mag., Vol. 32, p. 58).
A Collection of fine oil portraits of early Moseleys survived for 150 years
in America, but the locations of most of them are now lost to us--even if the
paintings themselves have survived: Va Mag Hist & Biog. 32 (Jan 1924): 58.
LDS microfilms #0001042 or #1043 has 3 pages detailing what Franklin
Mouseley could ascertain, in 1950's, about the portraits and their last known
locations. 1860 Burwell Bassett Moseley sent 4 paintings to cousin Saml for
safekeeping in case of civil war. Saml's dtr's widower Chas Grrome refused to
return paintings to mary Eliza Moseley 1868, hence 1868 suit in philadelphia
court of enquiry.
MOSELEY PORTRAITS:
!LDS microfilm #0001042 (about 60% way through) by Franklin Mousley in 1950's;
clara jessup, mrs. bloomfield F. Moore , lived at 1718 walnut st in
(Clara jessup was daughter of lydia moseley b. 3 march 1800 westfield MA)
philadelphia PA about 1860's and neighbor was also a moseley descendant
at 1715 walnut St Dr. Samuel Moseley of the Norfolk VA moseley family.
Dr. moseley brought the famous pre-1649 wm and susanna moseley portraits
to phildelphia right before the 1861 war. apparently clara bought the portraits
wrongly thinking they wer eher moseley ancestors. AND THAT'S THE LAST FRANKLIN
MOUSELEY, THE 1956 COMPILER, KNEW OF WHAT BECAME OF THE FAMOUS PORTRAITS. ALSO
LAST FORSYTHE, YOUR 2003 COMPILER KNOWS OF THEM;
!Moseley portraits description in "Colonial American Portraiture" book by
Wayne Craven, Cambridge University Press 1986. this reference thanks to
Julia Bristow 3 march 2003 neeznalainaakidiinnaakidiinaadootaalainaakidiin
ashlatsebiiaadahnaaki()naakidiinaadootaaashlanaakinaakidiinnaakidiinaadoonaaki
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HOW TO MAKE PROPER USE OF THIS MOSELEY DESCENDANCY:
Preferred address for purchase of this book (send $30 postpaid), or to send us
ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS: Warren Forsythe, Box 1299, Ellensburg WA 98926-1299
Line 3087 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NOTE HOW TO MAKE PROPER USE OF THIS MOSELEY DESCENDANCY: CONT Email:
forsythe@televar.com -Telephone is not my preferred mode for genealogy.
Additions&Corrections hopefully will be made available: check
To identify a Moseley family for corrections etc., please include the ID# that
may be in bracket parentheses following the descendant's name.
CAVEAT: This book is an excellent compilation of the apparent Norfolk Moseley
line family tree, using most of the relevant readily available records written
before 1750--and many post-1750 records. We would be surprised if we made any
fundamental errors in the direct Moseley ancestry of the co-authors ourselves.
But in the entire family tree of over 9000 Moseley kinfolk represented in this
book,you may find errors among our reasonable hypotheses about family
linkages. Our book printing program unfortunately may translate a correct
locality "of TN" in our data--into text that you read "born to parents who at
time resided in TN" which (usually incorrectly) implies that person was "of
TN" at time of BIRTH, whereas our designation "of TN" often means at time of
marriage or death etc.
***
Most of the early Moseley research was conducted at the Family History
Center,
Ellensburg WA LDS ward house. We appreciate all the support of that
F.H.C. from the directors, local bishops and Selah WA LDS stake officials.
***
Our book title:LIST THE APPENDIX--AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
OF IRIS Y. BORG, especially to the Moseleys of Brunswick co. Va, the Carolinas.
She more than anyone except Forsythe, improved the quality of the appendix in
1998-9. APPENDIX possible title: Moseley Appendix of other early families,
including Mosley, Mosely, Mozley etc of early America, late medieval Britain.
Line 3134 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NOTE Important points: CONT 'rec@Norfolkarea' Moseley" under "later day
Virginia",-- or under counties
near Chesterfield Co VA.
(3) The main and appendix indexes are very useful. But check internet
indexes, after we have entered this same data on the internet, maybe at
www.gendex.com.
(4) Although virtually every microfilmed original record was examined for
the first century of Moseley kinfolk in the Norfolk Va. area, roughly
1637-1737, and most abstracted (many originals) records examined for ca
1737-1837-- [remember ABSTRACT deed book of Princess Anne Co VA omits many
important deeds!] [if you think accessing microfilmed original records is just
too much trouble,do remember that much of this work was done by researchers
living on Pacific coast] --still this book is a compromise. No comprehensive
handbook to colonial Moseley families, nor even to Wm and Susanna's
descendants, was ever published before. By now many pieces of the Moseley
puzzle have been well researched, even though those studies have not been
accessible to the average Moseley family researcher.
(5) We began from previous compilations various Norfolk Va.& other Moseleys
by
authors [cited below] e.g. Moriarty, Walter, Mousely, Byrne, T. B. Moseley
Jr, Combs, Blankenship, and Stutesman. And a belated thank you to
Anne Taylor Brown C.G.R.S. of Richmond Va. who helped with NGS Qtrly 84 (3)
:182-199.
(6) This book first assembles those previously known pieces of the "puzzles"
of the early Moseley lines. The compromise comes when we try to fill in the
gaps between those previous careful studies in order to present a
comprehensive handbook to colonial American Moseley families.
20 years would be required to fill in the gaps at the same high quality level
of the previous careful studies, but we only had a couple years to devote to
it. We publish it now because no-one else wanted to continue the work, and
because having this handbook now can prevent beginners from continuing to
resort to the presently available materials which are vastly inferior,as
comprehensive indexes
BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT THE QUALITY OF THIS MOSELEY COMPILATION IS UNEVEN.
The descendants surnamed Moseley of Wm & Susana of Norfolk are compiled almost
as carefully as extant records allow, for 5 or more generations. The first
serious inconsistencies that we are aware of are Wm1Arthur2Wm3Francis4Wm5, but
even that line is very well-compiled, compared to the previous best job
available. However as this book moves into female lines around Norfolk,or
moves on to other Moseley families elsewhere--then the quality declines,
sometimes drastically so. But, even though we are experts only for Norfolk VA
area people surnamed Moseley-- you, the reader, need to learn about Moseley
daughters and mothers,as well as sons and fathers. So we tried to pursue
Moseley daughter's children, and we tried to include whatever information
about each mother's maiden identify (before she became Mrs. Moseley). We
attempt that for family completeness, but we aren't so expert in those
non-Moseley surnames. Our most common error was explicitly entering a
marriage (so that bride and groom would be alphabetically indexed here) even
though the identities of the parties were too speculative. The compilation
technique was to enter apparent information about maiden names etc, when
reading a document. Often a later document helped clarify and correct that
initial guess. But some poor initial guesses about maiden names etc remain.
Somewhere "eastern shore" was entered as Northampton Co.,even though we later
learned more likely it meant eastern side Eliz River Bay in Princess Anne Co
VA.
SO YOU MUST CHECK THE SOURCES IN THE NOTES FOR YOUR PARTICULAR FAMILY IN
ORDER TO DETERMINE IF WE MADE SOME ERRORS WITH YOUR FAMILY. Learn to tolerate
the frustrating vagueness of Virginia's colonial documents, which typically
fail to accurately quantify vital records data and relationships. Do not
become so desperate (for records which specify exact data) that you fall prey
to certain enticingly accurate private records of questionable authenticity.
No matter how murky the evidence concerning the European origins of
Virginia Moseleys, readers are still curious to know about our possible
origins. In the second half of the 20th century, we have greatly advanced the
compilation of North American descendants. Yet we were not able to add much
to the general picture of European ancestry developed by G. Andrews Moriarty
and others in the first half of this century. William & Susana came to
Virginia from the Netherlands, but they were both previously of the London,
England area. Susana's parentage seems clear enough, but William's remains
uncertain. Moriarty etc. showed that Wm. might possibly be the son William of
Richard and Katherine (Smyth) Moseley baptized 17 Dec 1606 in the Parish of St.
Margaret's-Westminster, Middlesex (now western London)--but that our William
definitely was NOT the William, son of Wm & Dorothy (Helmes) Moseley, baptized
10 Dec 1606/8 in Carburton, Nottinghamshire, as that son William is buried
(this data on secondary source LDS film #0001043, but the identity of the
1643 burial is not exact there. We're relying on the ca. 1950 era
publications, in genealogical journals, of G.A.Moriarty and Robt B.Moseley,
who studied that.) there 4 apr 1643 in Worksop Cemetery near Carburton,
shortly after his father Wm was buried there 30 Oct 1642 and his mother
Dorothy 15 aug 1633. Nevertheless William fo Va.'s father's family may have
originated from the English Midlands. By the year 1600 the name Moseley was
(independent origins?) widely distributed in Lancashire, Yorkshire etc. And
so probably some of the emigrants to North America named Moseley bore only
remote, if any, kinship to each other.
Since this is work in progress, check for updates e.g. by 2000 on the
internet under the surname Moseley in the index) at http://www.gendex.com
(These identification numbers like 1DJS-DV come from LDS Ancestral File) shown
to be the same individual in ;
From "A Moseley Genealogy", Thomas B. Moseley, Jr. 1985, beginning on page 13:
"Susanna, daughter of Ralph Burnet, citizen and draper [cloth merchant] of
London, who lived in the parish of St. Benet Fink, she was baptized there on 7t
December, 1605. [St Benet Fink is sort of Northeast of Central London.]
She married first, Arthur Blackmore and had by him an only child, a daughter
named Susanna. Arthur Blackmore died between 01 May 1632 and 30 Apr 1633, and
his widow married very soon after, certainly before 22 Dec 1634, William
Moseley, also an English Merchant Adventurer, living in Delft. On the latter
date, as husband of Susanna, he was sued by the widow of Cornelius Michielsz
van Ring for the rent of a house in Delft, rented by her late husband Arthur
Blackmore from 01 May 1632 to 30 Apr 1633, and judgment was entered for the
plaintiff. William Moseley later removed to Rotterdam, where he was Steward
(Schaftmeister) of the English House on 13 Aug 1643." Another source (probably
more reliably) cites her baptismal date as 7 Dec 1595.
SOURCES: NEHGS Register 100 (oct 1946): 292-295 by G. A. Moriarty is Burnett
family ancestry. Pages 297-317 of Gayle King Blankenship; Julia Moseley Combs,
Moseley Origins And Insights (Hampstead, N.C.: Privately Printed, 1990) pages
1-26 [seen at N.C. archives at Raleigh Jan.1997]. 417 Olde Point Road,
Hampstead NC 28443- see below next line: the above is the correct citation
form (Cited Wrong in Sept 1996 N.G.S. Quarterly article on a Moseley family);
Moseley Family of Lower Norfolk, Princess Anne & Henrico Counties, VA
about 1983 by Alice Granbery Walter still alive 1996 in Norfolk area but no
longer corresponding with genealogical researchers, about 1994 Clearfield Pub.
of Baltimore was selling Mrs. Walter's remaining supply of the charts. We
don't know if they have any left or not. [Note Walter's Charts have some errors
REFN: 6456
He may have been born in Holland.
Events
| Birth | Bef 7 Dec 1595 | St Benet Fink | |||
| Baptism | 7 Dec 1595 | ||||
| Christen | 7 Dec 1595 | St. Benet Fink, London, England | |||
| Christen | 7 Dec 1595 | St. Benet Fink, London, England | |||
| Christen | 7 Dec 1605 | London, England, St Benet Fink | |||
| Christen | 7 Dec 1605 | St. Benet Fink, London, England | |||
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1634 | William "Greene" Moseley Sr. | |||
| Burial | 8 Feb 1656 | ||||
| Death | 8 Feb 1656 | Lynnhaven, Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
Families
| Spouse | William "Greene" Moseley Sr. (1607 - 1665) |
| Child | Henry Mosely (1615 - 1655) |