Anne (Burton) Saunders (abt. 1663 - bef. 1736)

Born about 1663 in Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Bartholomew (Stoffold) Stovall Sr. — married 8 Aug 1693 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 2 Oct 1736 before about age 73 in Henrico, Virginia

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Biography

ANNE (or Ann) BURTON was born in Henrico County, Virginia about 1663 to 1675, the daughter of Susannah [LNU, but well proven as not Allen] and Susannah's husband at the time [see Research Notes]. She was living in Henrico when she married Bartholomew Stovall in 1693, and was still living there on 6 August 1722,^[1] when she was mentioned in Henrico court records, but she was dead by 2 October 1736^[2] having married (2) as second wife of John Saunders^[1], whose will presumes her death prior to its drafting.

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 08 AUG 1693

Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA^[3][4]

After the death of her husband, Bartholomew, Ann Burton Stovall married John Saunders by August 6, 1722, when her sureties petitioned the Court to compel the latter to give security for the protection of the estate, and Sauders was directed to appear in court for that purpose. ^[1]

On October 5, 1725, the Orphans Court made an order directing Saunders to appear in connection with the affairs of the orphans of Bartholomew Sr, an indication that at least two of the children were still under age. The will of John Saunders, made in Goochland County on October 2, 1736 does not mention his wife, so she was dead by that date.^[2]

Research Notes

The loss of Henrico County, Virginia records prior to 1677 has made it difficult to obtain knowledge concerning the antecedents of Ann (Burton) Stovall. The amount of misinformation which has been put into print on both the Burton and Hatcher families is considerable, not the least of which was the often repeated statement by the late Worth S. Ray that the mother of Ann Burton was a Susannah Allen, daughter of Valentine and Mary (Page) Allen.^[5] This myth was dispelled by Mrs. Glenn M. Turnell some years ago in an article which still remains one of the best on the subject. ^[6] and more recently an excellent study of the descendants of Thomas Page by Mrs. Carolyn H. Pappas proves from a lawsuit over land titles that Valentine Allen had two daughters only, both accounted for, neither named Susannah and neither the wife of Thomas Burton.^[7]

on image 41 of 452 Thomas and Susannah Burton had at least one daughter Anne, who married Bartholomew Stovall. Their marriage license was dated August 8, 1693, and John Stewart, her step-father was security (Henrico records v. p. 435). They had sons Bartholomew, George, Thomas and William Stovall, and a daughter Margaret who married Wyles.^[8]

Note on Name

While modern usage prefers "Ann" as the spelling, given that the Queen of England in the early 18th century was "Anne" it might be presumed that this was the preferred spelling in the late 17th century when Queen Anne (b. 1665) and this Anne were born. On this basis I've changed the profile to use the "Anne" spelling.

Notes on Birth

The father of Ann Burton has long been stated as Thomas Burton, Sr., but that may or may not be correct. Direct male Y DNA testing of descendants of two of her brothers, both of whom may have been born after her (but see below), shows that they have DNA matching descendants of William Hatcher, Sr., thus implying that Ann's biological father may have been William Hatcher, Jr.^[9] See the profile of Ann's mother, Susannah, for more information.

William Hatcher, Jr. was certainly dead before 20 Aug 1669 when his brother, as his surviving partner in a land deal, conveyed the land to another brother. Depending upon how far Anne was born before or after that date, her father might be either Hatcher or Burton. We don't get any help from analyzing naming patterns to determine if Anne fits better in the Hatcher or Burton family because when Susannah married Thomas Burton, he appears to have changed the names of at least the male children from Hatcher family names to Burton family names. The oldest son, certainly a son of William Hatcher, Jr., was renamed to be Thomas Burton, Jr. And William Hatcher, Sr. knew this because a deed from him to Thomas, Jr. survives.

Anne's date of birth is somewhat uncertain. The date of her marriage to Bartholomew Stovall (1693) might argue that she was born much later than her brothers (and thus was their half-sister, with Thomas Burton as the biological father). But others argue that she fits between the 1661 and 1665 dates of birth of her two eldest brothers, thus ensuring that William Hatcher, Jr. was her biological father. That is the position currently accepted by the Hatcher Families Genealogy Association. However, the date of birth for her youngest child, Thomas Stovall, argues for the latter date if his date of birth is in fact 1708 (Stovall research) instead of 1699 (Hatcher research). Still, 1663 to 1708 is 45 years, and even in the colonial era, this was not an impossible age for a woman to give birth.

Research on John Saunders

Still looking for the "correct" John Saunders. The best candidate seems to be John Saunders born 1680, son of John Saunders and Mary Risle. His wife, Mary Hyde, born 1680, died in 1718, leaving him with 4 young children.

John Saunders married (2) Anne (Burton) Stovall, widow of Bartholomew Stovall, progenitory of most of the Stovalls in the U.S. today. In his will he states only son John Hyde Saunders, and his grandchildren by his daughter who married Daniel Johnson. His father, John Saunders, who died in 1700 in York Co, did have a son George by his second wife Sarah Hardgreave, daughter of Peter Hardgreave. First wife was Mary Risle.

Notes on Marriages

Ann (Burton) Stovall was not the wife of any Hatcher. This is a fabrication as the result of everyone copying each other's tree on Ancestry.com. In fact the sources attached to the William Hatcher, Sr. profiles on Ancestry.com indicate his wife was Sarah.^[10] But even that name (Sarah) is contested and unreliable. Due to the destruction of Henrico records there is no record of marriage, relinquishment of dower rights, or anything else which might prove even the given name of William Hatcher's wife.

Instead, Anne Burton was married twice. First to Bartholomew Stovall and second to John Saunders (certain due to court records in Henrico).

Notes on Death

An incorrect death date of 12 May 1736 has been attributed to this Ann. The death date is for Ann Burton, widow, (which means her maiden name was NOT Burton) in Norfolk England^[11]

Saunders' will of 2 October 1736 does not mention Ann, so she must have been dead by that date^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Henrico Co. Court Minutes 1719-23, p. 195
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Goochland Co. Wills & Deeds 2:270, proved 15 Feb. 1736/7, Will of John Sanders
3. ↑ Burton, L.W. et. al, Annals of Henrico Parish, p. 226 (Williams Printing Co., 1903) Available here
4. ↑ Moore, J. Staunton. The annals and history of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia : and St. John's P.E. Church. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979.
5. ↑ Worth S. Ray, Tennessee Cousins (repr. Baltimore, 1968), pp. 630-39
6. ↑ Glenn M. Turnell, "Burton-Allen/Hatcher Anthology", The Colonial Genealogist 10:204-08 (1979-81). In a slightly different form, this article appeared in Stovall Journal 1:100-04, 136-39 (1979).
7. ↑ Carolyn H. Pappas, "Some Descendants of Thomas Page (ca. 1617-1676) of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia", The Virginia Genealogist 34:163-74 (1990). The document is Essex Co. Court Orders 19:334-36 (1754) and the names of the daughters were Elizabeth and Christian.
8. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/collections/10217/records/36
9. ↑ Hatcher Families Genealogy Association
10. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births/Individual [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
11. ↑ Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935

See Also:

• The Morris Clan Good summary of evidence explained, but lacks the primary documentation.
• The Hairstons and Penns and their relations
• Pedigo, Virginia G.. History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia. Roanoke, Va.: Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co., 1933. Note: Prominent families of Patrick and Henry Counties: p. 80-294.|||Grants and patents: p. [303]-400.
• Harrison, Francis Burton,. Burton chronicles of colonial Virginia : being excerpts from the existing records, particularly relating to the Burtons of the valley of the James Note: Includes index.
• Moore, Note: Reprint (without R. A. Brock's transcription of The Vestry book of Henrico Parish, Virginia) originally published: Richmond : Williams Print. Co., 1904; the 1st work, by L.W. Burton, appeared on t.p. as Annals of Henrico Parish.|||Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]-4) and indexes.
• Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Individual Records
• "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
• Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.
• The Family of Bartholomew Stovall (Eight Generations of Stovalls in England and America), Vol. 1
• Hatcher Family Association-no sources listed

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all that have contributed to this profile.

• Burton Chronicles of Colonial Virginia