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

Priscilla Theodosia Short

Female Abt 1787 -


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  • Name Priscilla Theodosia Short 
    Birth Abt 1787  Carlton, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I63532  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father John Short,   b. 1 May 1763, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1794, Carlton, St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Judith Ball,   b. Abt 1770, Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843, 'Bell Park' Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1785  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Attwell Smith,   b. Apr 1783, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1810  St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F34040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
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      BY GEORGE HARRISON SANFORD KING

      (a) Priscilla Theodosia Short was born by 1787, having been the only child of her parents named in the will of their aunt, Anne Short.45 She married on 8 March, 1810, Thomas Atwell Smith (born April, 1783), son of Colonel Johnston Smith of Prince William County and wife, Ann Atwell, daughter of Colonel Thomas Atwell (1737-1788)87 and Ann Brent (1737- 1802),65 his wife, of Dumfries. The Fredericksburg Virginia Herald" announced:
      "Married on Thursday Evening the 8th instant, by the Rev. Samuel B. Wilson, MR. THOMAS A. SMITH of Dumfries, to the amiable MISS PRISCILLA T. SHORT, daughter of the late Mr. Thos : Short of 'Carlton,' Stafford County."
      It is to be noted that the newspaper erred in giving the name of her father as Thomas.
      Thomas A. Smith was for some time deputy clerk of the Prince William County Court. He rendered several months' active service during the War of 1812.70 On 10 May, 1816, he joined his wife in conveying "Belmount" in King George County° to George FitzHugh. It is recited in this deed that the 386 acre tract was vested in "Priscilla Smith by the will of John Short, her father." The graveyard was reserved in this deed.

      Thomas Atwell and Priscilla Theodosia (Short) Smith had seven children. Two of their daughters became the wives of two distinguished Baptist ministers, the Rev. John Newton Fox (1811-1883) and the Rev. Richard Andrew Fox (1824-1901) .71

      65Stafford County Deed Book "AA," pages 130-131.
      66 As appears by the Old General Index to Stafford Records. Book "Y" is totally lost.
      67 His will recorded in Prince William Will Book "G," pages 416-422.
      68 Her will recorded in Prince William Will Book "H," pages 494-498. 690f 10 March, 1810, in Library of Congress.
      70 Muster Rolls in National Archives.
      71Cocke : Some Fox Trails in Old Virginia, pages 70

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