Arthur Dye (bef. 1673)

Born before 18 May 1673 in Richmond County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Hopkins) Dye — married 1693 in Richmond County, Virginia

Descendants

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Biography

Arthur Dye was a Virginia colonist.

1673 Arthur was christened at North Farnham Parish, Richmond Virginia on 18 May. His parents are listed as Martin Dye and Margaret.^[1][2]

On 30 Sept. 1674 Robert Sisson of Farnham Parish in Rappahannock County, "out of the love and affection I beare unto my Sonne and Daughter in Law Martin and Margaret Dye and my God Sonne Arthur Dye the Sonne and heire of the said Martin and Margaret Dye," granted, "during the natural life" of Margaret Dye and Arthur Dye, "as much ground on and about the place where the said Martin is now seated as he himself can sufficiently tend and also for what hands [laborers] the said Martin can for himself purchase together with what timber he shall have occasion to make use of to his own proper use," together with firewood, water, and permission to come and go, to go into effect as soon as Martin planted and fenced an orchard of 100 apple trees on the land.^[3]

On 3 Jan. 1693 Arthur Diy, Daniel Swillivant and Henry Webster were defendants in a lawsuit by Mr. John Loyd.

On 6 Mar. 1694/5 Arthur Die was granted an attachment against the estate of Thomas Glascock.^[4]

On 11 Feb. 1707/8 a tract of 84 acres "belonging to Robt Hopkins and Arthur Dye" was surveyed, and then divided between Hopkins and Dye. Then on the same day the surveyor surveyed for Hopkins and Dye "a parcel of land being part of a Dividend of land sold by Mr. James Williamson deceased to Robert Hopkins (deceased, father of Hopkins).^[5]

In April or May 1714, Arthur Dye was fined 200 pounds of tobacco for failing to appear as a juror.^[5]

The wife of Arthur Dye

There is no record showing the name of the wife of Arthur Dye, but the available evidence indicates that she was a daughter of Robert Hopkins, Sr. Her name is often given as Katherine (Catherine), which comes from a misreading of the will of her brother George Hopkins. As indicated in other records, George had sisters named Jane and Katherine, either of whom could have been the wife of Arthur Dye. The evidence indicating that Arthur Dye's wife was a daughter of Robert Hopkins, Sr. is as follows:

1. The godfather of Arthur Dye's son Avery Dye was Avery Naylor, the third husband of Arthur's mother-in-law Katherine (Fauntleroy?). Katherine's first husband (and the father of her children) was Robert Hopkins, Sr.

2. Arthur Dye owned a plot of land together with Robert Hopkins, Jr. (son of Robert, Sr.). Such an arrangement strongly suggests a family connection, quite likely a wedding gift to Arthur from the Hopkins family.

3. Arthur's grandson Fauntleroy Dye named a son Martin Hopkins Dye, suggesting both Hopkins and Fauntleroy in the Dye family's ancestry. (There are only two spots in Fauntleroy Dye's family tree where the name Fauntleroy could appear, and one of them is with Katherine, wife of Robert Hopkins -- see below.)

4. Robert Hopkins, Sr. had a son George Hopkins who in 1685 deeded cattle to his sisters Jane and Katherine. One of these sisters is the presumed wife of Arthur Dye.

5. Later in life, George Hopkins married Frances (Newman) (McMillion) (Wilson), who was the mother-in-law of Arthur Dye's son Avery. (Avery Dye married Katherine MacMelion.) George Hopkins' will mentioned Catherine Dye as wife of Avery Dye and daughter of George's wife Frances.

6. Just to make things more confusing: After George Hopkins' mother Katherine (Fauntleroy?) (Hopkins) (Naylor) died, Avery Naylor married Patience (Newman) Ford, the sister of George Hopkins' wife Frances (Newman) (Mackmellion) (Wilson) Hopkins.

7. The resultant misunderstanding of the relationships of the people mentioned in George Hopkins's will has led to widespread confusion about the given names of Arthur and Avery Dye, with many internet family trees showing the name "Arthur Avery Dye" for both father and son. This appears to be based on the false conclusion that in his will George Hopkins meant to say "Arthur" instead of "Avery" Dye as the husband of his wife's daughter Catherine. This confusion has led to the inaccurate presumption that Arthur Dye's wife's name was named Catherine. We don't know the name of Arthur Dye's wife!

6. Avery Naylor, god-father of Avery Dye, lived on land called "Naylor's Hole", which bordered a deep spot (or hole) in the river where ships could dock. This land was half of a tract (the other half was owned by Robert Hopkins, Jr.) which had been originally patented by immigrant 'Moore Fauntleroy (who gave up the patent right). The land adjoined Fauntleroy land, and a Fauntleroy descendant later bought all this land back from the Hopkins heirs and the heirs of Avery Naylor's third wife.^[6] This leads to the supposition that the maiden name of Robert Hopkins' wife Katherine was Fauntleroy, which would make her the likely daughter of immigrant George Fauntleroy, younger brother of Col. Moore Fauntleroy, about whom nothing more is known after brother Moore transported him to Virginia in 1643.^[7][8][9] Robert and Katherine Hopkins did indeed name a son George.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRW-B24 : 28 January 2020), Arthur Dye, 1673. Arthur Dye, Christening, 18 May 1673, North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia; parents Martin Dye and Margaret Unknown.
2. ↑ From King's REGISTERS OF NORTH FARNHAM PARISH, quoted at this 2000 forum post by Barbara Marsh. This link is apparently dead. Attempted to access 20 Aug 2020, 404 Error.
3. ↑ Margaret Sisson's page at the Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck website, citing Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 5 - 1672-1674, pp. 234-35. Witnesses were Robert Walker and Thomas Freshwater; the deed was registered on 21 Oct. 1674.
4. ↑ Court Orders, Richmond County, Book 1, p. 113 and Book 2, p. 44, quoted at this 2000 forum post by Barbara Marsh. This link is apparently dead. Attempted to access 20 Aug 2020, 404 Error.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Fleet, Beverly. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: Vol. XIX Northumbria Collectanea 1645-1720. Genenalogical Publishing, Inc., 1971. Extracts available at books.google.com, vol. 1, pp. 318, 325.
6. ↑ See Chris Kraft's Fauntleroy research.
7. ↑ Harrison Dwight Cavanagh, Colonial Chesapeake Families, vol. 1, p. 192.
8. ↑ Terry Mason's Family History Site, citing The Virginia History Magazine, vol. 1, p. 4.
9. ↑ The Fauntleroy Family, by Mary Emily Fauntleroy.

See also"

• The Martin Dye Family 1666 – 1996. Self published in 1996 by Elizabeth A. Dye Budai -- Pike-2301 16:35, 3 January 2016 (EST)