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Joseph Bickley (abt. 1679 - bef. 1751)

Joseph Bickley
Born about in Attleborough, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Husband of — married Feb 1704 in Colony of Virginiamap
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Died before before about age 72 in Louisa County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Origins

Joseph Bickley, youngest son of Francis Bickley, Knt., 3rd Baronet, and his second wife, Mary Winch,[1][2] was born about 1678-1680.[3][4] He was probably born at Attleborough, Norfolk, where his father held lands.

Virginia Residences and Life

Joseph immigrated to Virginia before 1703,[3] when he resided in King and Queen County,[5] in the parish of Stratton Major.[6] He later removed to King William County,[3] where he was found in February 1703/4,[5] at Aquinton.[6] In 1705, Joseph and Sarah sold their land in King William County to William Noyes.[3][5][6]

In 1732 Joseph appears as undersheriff of Caroline County.[6] He settled finally in Louisa County, Virginia, where he was a justice of the peace and was the first sheriff of the newly-formed county,[2] presenting a commission to be sheriff there in 1742.[6][7] The site of the first jail in Louisa County was on Joseph's property and it was used from 1742-1745. In 1745, a new sheriff was appointed and construction of the new prison was completed.[7]

Marriage and Children

Joseph married in Virginia[1] to Sarah, whose last name at birth unknown.[3] Most recent sources agree that Sarah was the widow of ________ Shelton and of Richard Gissage.[3] Joseph gave bond to secure the property of Ralph Shelton, Sarah's minor son,[8] on 30 September 1703.[9][10] By that date, Joseph and Sarah were covenanted to marry. The couple was married by February 1703/4, when Joseph received, in Sarah's right, one-third of the personal estate of Sarah's second husband, Richard Gissage/Gessedge.[5][11]

Joseph and Sarah had the following children:

  • William, 6th Baronet, succeeding his uncle Humphrey Bickley in 1752.[2][5] Sir William died intestate 3 September 1771, he married (wife's name unknown) and left issue.[5] NOTE: Complete Baronetage does not list William as a Baronet[12]
  • Joseph,[2] Gent.,[3] left a will dated 30 [January or June] 1749 naming his wife Elizabeth as executrix and naming several children[5][13]
  • John,[2][3] administrator of the estate of his brother William in 1771;[5] he married Mary Hurt and had children[14]
  • Charles,[2][3] died without issue leaving a will dated 5 March 1753[5]
  • Francis,[2][5] was living in 1766[6]
  • James,[2] died without issue in 1776, leaving a will that named the children of his brother William[5]
  • Jane, wife of James Hurt[3]
  • Frances,[2] wife of Thomas Poindexter.[3] William and Mary Quarterly says she married Thomas Tinsley of Hanover in 1726[5] - this needs more research
  • Elizabeth[3]

Death

The dates and places of death of Joseph and Sarah are unknown. Joseph Bickley was living 4 September 1735[3] and died before 4 December 1751[2] (the date of his brother Humphrey's will).[6] He likely died intestate, as no records of a will or probate have been found.[5] His wife Sarah was living 25 October 1740.[3]

Arms and Crest

The arms of Bickley of Louisa county: "Argent a chevron embattled, counter-embattled, between three griffins heads erased sable, each charged with a plate". The family crest was "a hind's head ppr. collared argent".[2]

The Bickley Baronetcy

On the death of Joseph's father in 1687, the Bickley baronetcy passed to Joseph's half-brother, Sir Francis, 4th Baronet. Francis died without issue in 1746 and the title passed to Joseph's brother, Sir Humphrey, 5th Baronet.[2][12] Humphrey died in 1752 unmarried and without issue.[2]

At this point, the account of the baronetcy becomes questionable: Virginia Heraldica states that the 6th baronet was Joseph's son, William, who succeeded his uncle Humphrey in 1752 (his father, the Joseph of this profile, was deceased by that year). William died intestate in 1771 and the baronetcy went to his son, Joseph, 7th baronet.[2] However, Cokayne's Complete Baronetage states that the baronetcy likely became extinct at Sir Humphrey's death, but also says that a "Sir" Samuel Bickley, who was possibly the nephew or cousin of Sir Humphrey, laid claim to the baronetage in 1754 and is listed in Kimber's Baronetage (1771) as the current baronet, a bachelor, who served as Vicar of Bapchild, Kent 1759-1764. Samuel died in disgrace in 1773, impoverished and without children. Cokayne indicated that he was not satisfied of Samuel's right to the baronetcy.[6][12]

A 1958 article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography[6] adds that it seems both William, in America, and Samuel, in England, assumed the title of baronet. William, and later Joseph, likely did not know of their relative Samuel in England. The U.S. Constitution outlawed titles of nobility in America, so Joseph, who had removed to Winchester, Tennessee in 1820, likely no longer used the title.[6]

Research Notes

Wife's LNAB

An article about Joseph's son, John, in William and Mary Quarterly, volume 10 (1901) names Joseph's wife as Sarah Shelton, citing "Memorandum of the Ellis Family" published in 1849.[14] Some believe her parents to be John and Jane Shelton. Some online trees name her as Sarah Ellis, who married _____ Shelton. More research is needed and a reliable source needs to be found before attributing a LNAB to Sarah. Her LNAB should be changed to "Unknown".

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 E. Kimber and R. Johnson. The Baronetage of England. Vol. 2. 1771, pp. 225-227. Google Books: Bickley of Attleburgh.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 W. A. Crozier, ed. Virginia Heraldica. Vol. V. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908, pp. 16-17. Google Books.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. V. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 403-404, WROTH 25, Joseph Bickley.
  4. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., vol. IV. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, p. 375, WROTH 20. Google Books.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 W. B. Powell. "The Bickley Family" in William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. V. Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1897, pp. 124-127. Google Books.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Gloria Jahoda. "The Bickleys of Virginia" in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 66, No. 4. Virginia Historical Society, Oct 1958, pp. 471-482. JSTOR.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 J. H. Neal. "Sheriff Joseph Bickley and the First Jail" in The Louisa County Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, Dec 1969, pp. 51-53. Online at PiedmontVAHistory.org.
  8. ↑ "Extracts from King William County Records" in Virginia Land Records, Book XI. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982, p. 291. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Image ($). (Image 300 of 897)
  9. ↑ Image of land record at FamilySearch.
  10. ↑ Beverly Fleet. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I. Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988, p. 293. Google Books.
  11. ↑ Image of document at FamilySearch.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 George E. Cokayne. Complete Baronetage, Vol. III, Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd., 1900, pp. 229-230. Archive.org
  13. ↑ Transcribed will of Joseph Bickley Jr.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Thomas H. Ellis. "The Gissage and Bickley Families" in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. X, No. 2, Oct 1901, p. 130. JSTOR.
  • Wotton, Thomas. The English Baronetage, Vol. III, Part I. London: 1741, p. 333. Google Books.
  • Pawlett, Nathaniel Mason. Louisa County Road Orders 1742-1748. Charlottesville, VA: 1975. Online at VirginiaDOT.org.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was rereviewed for the Magna Carta Project on 21 November 2022 by Thiessen-117.
Joseph Bickley is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Huntingfield (vol. IV, pages 372-375 WROTH). This trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 and is outlined below.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to Huntingfield (MCA IV:372-375 WROTH):
Gateway Ancestor Joseph Bickley (badged/re-reviewed Nov 2022)
1. Joseph is the son of Mary Winch (badged/re-reviewed 21 Nov 2022)
2. Mary is the daughter of Humphrey Winch (badged/re-reviewed 28 Nov 2022)
3. Humphrey is the son of Judith Burgoyne (badged/re-reviewed 28 Nov 2022)
4. Judith is the daughter of Roger Burgoyne (badged/re-reviewed 29 Nov 2022)
5. Roger is the son of Judith Wroth (badged/re-reviewed 29 Nov 2022)
6. Judith is daughter of Thomas Wroth (badged/100% 5-star)
7. Thomas is the son of Robert Wroth (badged)
8. Robert is the son of John Wroth (badged)
9. John is the son of Elizabeth Lewknor (badged)
10. Elizabeth is the daughter of Roger Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
11. Roger is the son of Thomas Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
12. Thomas is the son of Roger Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Roger is the son of Thomas de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Thomas is the son of Roger de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Roger is the son of Thomas de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Thomas is the son of Joan de Keynes (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Joan is the daughter of Richard de Keynes (badged/100% 5-star)
18. Richard is the son of Sarah de Huntingfield (badged/100% 5-star)
19. Sarah is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William de Huntingfield




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Thiessen-117 Traci Thiessen
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I will soon be doing a re-review of this profile for the Magna Carta Project.

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The Magna Carta project has identified a suggested line for this Gateway Ancestor and will be starting a trail to a Magna Carta surety baron.

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