Jemima Moxley

1728 - Aft 1759  (> 32 years)

• Name	Jemima Moxley  [1]
  Born	1728	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1759	Fairfax County, Virginia
  Person ID	I029312	Tree1
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Moxley,   b. 1697, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Mar 1750, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Anne Gunnell,   b. 12 Oct 1701, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 1750, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Abt 1718	Prince William County, Virginia
  Family ID	F17813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Willoughby Sanford,   b. 1730, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 5 Dec 1785, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 55 years)
  Married	Fairfax County, Virginia
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F17807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Minor,   b. Bef 1723, Westmoreland County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Jul 1753, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate  (Age > 30 years)
  Married	Bef 1744	Westmoreland County, Virginia
  Children	1. Nicholas Minor,   b. Abt 1745, Fairfax County, Virginia   2. Elizabeth Minor,   b. Bef 1746, Fairfax County, Virginia ,   d. 1768, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age > 22 years)   3. John Minor,   b. Abt 1746, Fairfax County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Feb 1780, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate  (Age ~ 34 years)   4. Daniel Minor,   b. Abt 1747, Fairfax County, Virginia   5. Anne Minor,   b. Abt 1749, Fairfax County, Virginia   6. Penelope Minor,   b. Bef 1753, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Oct 1814, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate  (Age > 61 years)   7. George Minor,   b. 1753, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Jul 1803, Fairfax County, Virginia - Probate  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F17812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  === Falls Church by Fence & Fireside. pag 456 says she is Jemima McCarty === Moxley, Augustine, d.9 June 1797; proved 28 Aug. 1797. Wife Caty land whereon I live for life, 1/3 negroes &c. and at her d. t o my nephew Robert Sanford; nephew John s. of Wm. Moxley land and mill; Edward s. of Thomas Stone land; niece Fanny Scrimer; niece Betsy Dodd; god dau. Caty Moxley Pope Sanford; nephew Willoughby Sanford; nephew Elijah Sanford; Samuel s. of Jane Moxley; niece Pinney Weaver & her s. Alfred ; nephew John s. of Wm. Moxley; sister Elinor Sanford ==== http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/1829/1829_7.html Abstracts of Wills in Fairfax County, Virginia , Page 7 MOXLEY, Thomas. 6 Feb. 1749. 27 March 1750. Wife: mentioned, but not named. Sons: John, James, Joseph and Thomas. Daughter: Elizabeth Daniel. Jeminah Minser (of Minor) and Mary Anne Moxley (daus.). Exrs: sons Thomas and Joseph. Wit: William Moxley (bro.), Francis Porter, John Swileven. === ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, FAIRFAX CO., VA. (Liber A, B, Wills-by Eula K. Woodward) Moxley, Thos., 6 Jan. 1749-27 Mch.1750. To sons James and John; to s. Joseph land on Tuskeroso Run, 250 A.; to s. Thomas; to w. & sons James & John; to dau. Elizabeth Daniel; to dau. Jemimah Winser rent of plantation above Goose Creek; residue to w., James, John & Thos. Moxley & Mary Ames; to bro. Wm. Moxley. Exs. Thos & Joseph Moxley. Thos. Moxley. Wit. Francis Porter, Jane Moxley, John Treleven (p. 319). === Fairfax Co., Va., Will Book E, p. 235. The will of Sybil Harrison, widow of Hugh West, dated 16 Sept. 1786, referred to her son Hugh West's daughter Sybil Deneale and the latter's daughter Elizabeth. For data on the Wests and Harrisons see Fairfax Harrison, Landmarks of Old Prince William (reprint; Berryville, Va., 1964), pp. 138-39. Sybil West Deneale's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Minor by Jemima, daughter of Thomas Moxley (see Harrison, op. cit., p. 344; C. 0. Vandevanter note, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, v. 35, pp. 296-97; v. 36, p. 374). === LAND RECORDS, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Liber A (by Mrs. Eula K. Woodward, Washington, D. C.) 12 Mch. 1748, Lease. Capt. John Minor, and w. Jermima, Fairfax Co. and Amos Janney, 373 A. Fairfax Co. Named in boundaries, S. fork of Kittockton, John Mead, Col. John Taylors. 4,000 A. bought of Francis Awbrey, Wm. Fairfax. Wit. John West, Garrard Alexander, John Dalton. 15 Mch. 1743, p. 116. === LAND RECORDS, FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Liber A (by Mrs. Eula K. Woodward, Washington, D. C.) 5 Apr. 1745, Lease. John Minor, Fairfax Co. & Townshend Dade, of same Co. 400 A. granted Robert Howson for 6000 A. Named in boundaries, Potomack River, Pearson's Island, Alexanders. Jemima Minor, w. of John, signs release. Wit. Daniel French, John Pagan, John Colvill. May 21, 1745, p. 376 === LAND RfCORDS Of LONG STANDING PP. 101-115 PLEAS AT FAIRFAX COUNTY COURT HOUSE BEFORE THE JUSTICES OF THE SAID COUNTY COURT ON THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVEREIGN LORD GEORGE THE SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE & IRELAND KING DEFENDER OF THE FAITH ETC. Aminidab Seekright by GEORGE JOHNSTON his Attorney came &brought into the said Court a certain Bill against Absolem Dreadnought in custody etc of a plea of Trespass & Ejectment of farm and there are pledges of Prosecuting to with john Doe & Richard Roe which Bill follows in these words Vizt. Fairfax County to wit Aminidab Seekright complains asainst Absalom Dreadnought in Custody etc of a plea etc. for that that Whereas a certain JOHN CARLYll on the ( ) day of ( ) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine at the parish of Truro and County aforesaid had demised granted and to farm letten unto the aforesaid Aminidab one messuage Tenement & Plantation situate lying & being on the main run of GREAT HUNTING CREEK in the parish of Truro and County of Prince William (now Fairfax) containing Thirty acres be it more or less To Have & To Hold the Messuage Tenement and plantation aforesaid Aminidab & his assigns from the ( ) day of ( ) then Last past to the full end &Term of Seven years from thence next ensuing & fully to be Compleat & ended by Virtue of which said Demise he the said Aminidab entered the messuage Tenement and plantation aforesaid and was thereof possessed until the said Absalom to wit on the ( ) day of ( ) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty with force and arms entered into the Messuage tenement and plantation aforesaid in &, upon the possession of him the said Aminidab & ejected & amoved him the said Aminidab from his farm aforesaid his said Term therein being not yet ended and hath held & yet doth hold him out of the possession thereof and then & there did other wrongs to him asainst the peace of our Lord the now King wherefore the said Aminidab sayth that he is injured and hath damage to the value of Fifty pounds thereu pon he brings his suit. Sir I am informed that you are in possession or claim title to the premises in this Declaration of Ejectment mentioned or to some part thereof and I being sued as casual ejector in this action & having no claim or Title to the premises do advise you to appear the neIt Court to be held for the County of FairfaI by some attorney of that Court and then &. there by a rule of Court to cause yourself to be made a Defendant in my stead otherwise I shall suffer a judgment to be entered against me &you will be turned out of possession To Mr. JOHN PLUMMER I am yours Tenant in possession of the premises Absm, Dreadnoughl And the same day came JOHN WEST JUNR. Esquire Sheriff of the said County and returned that he had delivered a copy of the above Declaration & endorsement to JOHN PLUMMER Tenant in possession of the premises and thereupon JOHN MINOR an infant under the age of twenty one years by JEMIMA MINOR his Guardian came there into the said Court and prayed to be admitted Defendant in the room of the said Absolem Dreadnought whereupon it ordered by the Court with the consent of the attorney and Guardian that the said JOHN MINOR be admitted defendant instead of the now defendant Absolem Dreadnought who will Immediately appear &. Receive a Declaration &. plead thereto the General Issue and at the trial thereupon to be had the said JOHN MINOR will appear by his Guardian and confess lease entry &. actual elpulsion &. wilJ insist only upon the title on the trial or that in Default thereof Judgment shalJ be entered against the Defendant Absolem Dreadnought the casual ejector but further prosecution is to be stayed against him until! the said JOHN MINOR shall make default in any of the premises and by the like consent it is further ordered by the Court that the said JOHN MINOR shal! take no Advantage against the plaintiff for his not prosecuting upon the Trial if occasioned by such default but that the said JOHN MINOR will pay the plaintiff his costs thereupon to be taxed and it is further ordered that the lessor of the plaintiff be chargeable with the paiment of costs of the Defendant to be wed or adjudged by the Court And the said JOHN MINOR by JEMIMA MINOR his Guardian comes &. Defends the force &. Injury when etc. &. says that he is not thereof guilty and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the said Plaintiff in like manner therefore it is commanded the sheriff that he cause to come here on the third Tuesday in March nen twelve free & Lawful! men by whom the truth of the matter may be the better bown and who are not related either to the Plan tiff or the said Defendant to recognize and make a Jury of the Country between the said parties of the plea aforesaid because as well the said plaintiff as the said Defendant, have submitted themselves to the Jury the same day is given to the parties there etc. The following deeds which shew the plaintiffs title were produced Vilt. Memo. that this 9th day of May 1757 JOHN CARLYLE & JOHN DALTON made a tender of one hhd. Toba. Vi. 1007 to Mrs. JEMIMA MINOR Guardian of JOHN MINOR in order for her to renew the Lease as within specified .. THOS SHAW, ROBERT SANFORD jany.13th 1747 I do hereby assign and make over to Mr. JOHN CARLYLE mercht. a11 my right title &: Interest of the within Lease for value reed. Witness my hand JOHN WEST

  
  

• Sources

  [S044783] Falls Church by Fence & Fireside.