John (Epernon) Epperson II (1659 - 1709)

Born 1659 in Glamorgan, Wales [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 1709 at about age 50 in New Kent, Virginia Colony

Biography

"JOHN EPERNON (Junior) was born about 1659 in Glamorgan, Wales, the son of John Epernon Sr. and Sarah Fondan-Remon. John Jr. married ELIZABETH ALEXANDER in the Channel Isle of Jersey, Great Britain, about 1674. She was born in St. Peters Parish, Isle Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain, in 1643, the daughter of Philippe Alexander & Elizabeth le Roux Le Febvre. John Jr. and his wife emigrated in 1675 with his father and stepmother to Maryland, and thence to New Kent Co., Virginia. John Jr. would become the American patriarch of the David Epperson branch of Eppersons, of Albemarle County, Virginia. A book about this lineage has been written by Edna Epperson Brinkman. Both died in Virginia: John about 1709, Elizabeth’s death date unknown."^[1]

In 1704, John Epperson paid quit rent in New Kent Co to her Majesty on four hundred acres of land 1704

John Eperson - 120 acres; listed on rent roll for Saint Peter’s or Saint Paul’s Parish, New Kent County, VA - 1704

Peters Parish Vestry: 4 May 1689. John Epecon was one of a company ordered for processing and remarking ye bounds of each man’s land in the parish. Pall (Paul) son of John Epperson baptized 25 Feb 1699

Sources

1. [http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/nickel/burch/epperson-families/epernon-england.htm FROM ÉPERNON TO EPPERSON}
2. Edna Epperson Brinkman's book, The Story of David Epperson and His Family of Albemarle County, Virginia,
3. Huguenot Society of London, British Vol. 26 (p 40, 55), Vol. 27 (p 107); and Vaughn Elmo Epperson, Research.

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/nickel/burch/epperson-families/epernon-england.htm FROM ÉPERNON TO EPPERSON