Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Richard Foote

Male Aft 1753 - 1780  (< 25 years)


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  • Name Richard Foote 
    Birth Aft 1753  Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Apr 1780  Stafford County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I50544  Tree1
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2023 

    Father George Foote,   b. 1705, St Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1759, Hamilton Parish, Fauquier County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Anne James,   b. Bef 1730, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1768, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Aft 1748  Hamilton Parish, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, page 389
      RICHARD FOOTE (Will) of Stafford County Date: 24 February 1779
      Bro: William Foote - the whole of my Estate both real and personal
      Signed: Richard Foote
      Witness: William Alexander, Law'r. Washington
      Proved: 24 April 1780, by o. of Lawrence Washington. William Foote granted Cert. for obt. probate.

      https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Chesapeake-1781 (same Richard Fooke?)
      Battle of the Chesapeake, also called the Battle of the Virginia Capes or the Battle of the Capes, (5 September 1781), critical naval battle in the Chesapeake Bay (off the coast of Maryland and Virginia) and stragegic French victory in the American Revolution. It prevented the British from reinforcing or evacuating the army of Charles Cornwallis the following month at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, the last major land battle of the war and the defeat that led the British to sue for peace.
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      FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS, INVENTORIES AND ACCOUNTS 1759 - 1800: {John K. Gott}
      Pages 1-4: GEORGE FOOTE (Will) ... of the parish of Hamilton ...
      Date: 31 May 1759
      Wife: Mary Foote - during her life the plantation
      whereon I now live
      Son: William - plantation after death of wife
      Son: Richard - if William should have no heirs, plantation
      Son: Gilson - if Richard should have no heirs, plantation
      Son: Henry - 100 a. adjoining land already given him
      Son: George - 365 a. whereon he now lives
      Son: Gilson - 648 a. commonly known as Cullins's - part of which said land lying in Prince William and other part in Fauquier
      Son: Richard - 556 a. on Champes run & Cedar run
      Son: William - to have the 556 a. if Richard leaves no heirs, and then to son Gilson
      Wife: Mary - during her life - lent four Negroes to descend to sons: Richard & William and heirs, but should they not have heirs to Daus: Elizabeth, Frances and Behethelem
      Son: Henry - Negroes: Sarah & son Ely and all cattle and hogs raised on place.
      Son: George:- Negro man and girl, all cattle on plantation and one-half hoggs
      Son: Gilson - Negro man & woman - 2 cows & calves, one heifer and a steer and one- half hoggs at my son George's and 2 young sows from my home plantation
      Dau.: Elizabeth - Negro man and £50
      Dau.: Frances - Negro man and £50
      Dau.: Behethelon - Negro wench and child
      Son : Richard - Negro boy & girl, to William in case of default of heirs
      Son : William - 2 Negro girls, or to Richard or to Gilson
      Wife, 3 Daus. and two youngest Sons: Mary, Elizabeth, Frances and Behethelon, Richard & William - all cattle, horses, mares & hoggs to be divided equally between them
      Wife, 3 Daus., Sons: Gilson, Richard & William - all household furniture & sheep to be equally divided
      Sons: Richard & William's slaves to be left until they are 19 (the sons) and that Richard let William live on his land till the decease of his mother, Mary
      Sons: Richard & William to be educated as mother sees fit
      Signed: George Foote
      Wit.: Bereton Jones, William (X) Fletcher, John (X) Burditt, George (X) Russell
      Exors: Wife, George and Gilson Foote,
      Richard and Wm. Foote
      Proved: 28 June 1759, by o. of Brereton Jones, William Fletcher, John Burditt and George Russell. Gilson Foote appointed Executor, John Ashby & Bereton Jones his securities.
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      1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, page 85
      RICHARD FOOTE, Dr. in Acct. with Mary Foote,
      Gdn. of Said Richard.
      Date: 2 August 1764
      Details: Board and clothing from December 1760 to 1764, £2.1.1
      Ret.: 23 August 1764
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      1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, pages 223-226:.
      RICHARD FOOTE IN ACC'T. WITH GILSON FOOTE, GUARDIAN
      Details: 1766, Oct. 6: To rent pd your brother William Foote.. To cash pd. Mr. Tylers Estate. 2 Dec. To cash pd Mary Bruton for spinning & knitting 2 pr. stockings. 1767, 8 Feb: To Cash pd. Phillip Spiller for Taylors work;. To buckskin bought of Rich'd Luttrel. 22 July: To Cash pd. Rich'd Webb for working 1 month with the carpenters at the Tob'o. house; To Cash pd Joseph Minter for your board; To Cash pd Mr. Bailey Washington 1 Tob'o house, 1 corn house & prize. 5 Aug.: To Cash pd Mary Smith for 1 pr stockings; To Cash pd. Thomas Chapman for a felt hat; To Cash pd John Riddle for 1 pr. shoes; To Cash pd Dan'l. Payne for 1 pr. shoes; To Cash pd. Eliz. Wood for knitting 1 pr. stockings. 28 Nov.: To Cash pd Phillip Spiller for his wife making 4 shirts; To Cash pd Wm. Alexander for soleing 1 pr shoes; To Cash pd William Foote for timber sufficient to make 2200 boards for building your Tob'o house & cornhouse; Cash pd Mr. John Matthews School master; For sundry areares in Francis Moores Rents; Paid Mr. John Matthews School master 1 Spelling book 1s. 4d.; Cash expended in Gitting you a board to go to Col'o. Henry Lee's Matter; Cash pd Aaron Fletcher; Cash pd Phillip Spiller; Cash pd Sarah Fletcher for mending your shirts. 30 Nov.: Paid Mrs. Eliz. Wilkerson for your board six months; Paid Eliz. wood; Paid Perron a Taylor for 2 pr. Breeches; Cash of Mrs. Mary Tyler your Guardian for your part of your Fathers Estate.
      Ret.: At a Court held for Fauquier County the 22d day
      of Nov. 1773. This account was returned and made Oath to by Hannah Foote Administratrix of Gilson Foote dec'd. Guardian of the within named Richard Foote as a true copy taken from the Books of the said Gilson Foote and ordered to be recorded,
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      1759-1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book 1; [John K. Gott];, pages 226-228:
      Dr. RICHARD FOOTE & WILLIAM FOOTE, INFANTS IN ACCOUNT WITH GILSON FOOTE GUARDIAN
      Details: 1766, 25 Oct. 1767, 30 June: To casft pd John Nelson for smiths work. 7 Aug.: To Cash pd William Hogain for Smith work.
      Ret.: 22 November 1773, by Hannah Foote, Adm'x. of Gilson Foote dec'd, Guardian of the within named Richard Foote and William Foote

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