Joseph Fuqua (1690 - 1788)

Born 1690 in Charles City, Charles County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Sampson) Fuqua — married about 1718 in Henrico County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1788 at about age 98 in Cumberland County, Virginia

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Biography

Joseph Fuqua was a relation of a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Joseph was the son of Guillaume Fouquet and Jane Eyres

He married Anna Sampson about 1720 in Charles City County, Virginia. ^[1]

Joseph and Anna were the parents of:

• William Fuqua
• Joseph Fuqua

Property:

• 12 September, 1733: Three hundred and Fifty Acres lying and being in the County of Goochland on the South side of the James River between Deep Creek and Muddy Creek and bounded ...Stephen Hughes' Corner, John Maddox...Nicholas Cox. ^[2]
• 20 July 1756: Joseph and Amey [Anny?] Fuqua, Southam Parish, Cumberland Co., to Joseph Sanders, Farnham Parish, Essex Co., 50, 235 acres, Wolf Branch, adj. John Pleasants, John Mattocks, "being part of a Dividend of Land granted formerly by patent to Ralph Headspeck (Hudspeth?)...." Joseph and Anney signed by marks. Wits: Alexander Fowler, John Gordon. Recorded same date. (By that time, Joseph had picked up more land, and presumably chose to live there, since the land remained his until he deeded it to Joseph Jr. in 1782). ^[3]
• 4 May 1772: Catherine McGehee, Jacob McGehee, Frederick Hatcher, excrs. of William McGehee of Cumberland Co. to Joseph Fuqua Sr.,160, 619 acres, Blewstone Creek and Maherrin River, east side of King's Road, Goodes Line, Hansons Corner, Lovelle Line, Burton. Witnesses: Stephen M. Craw, John Fuqua, Stephen Fuqua. Rec. 4 May 1772 by John and Stephen Fuqua. ^[4] Although son, Stephen, was omitted from the Deed of Trust of 21 October 1782, his heirs were taken care of with this transaction.
• 29 August 1782: Joseph (x) Fuqua Sr. to Joseph Fuqua Jr., 5, 350 acres granted by patent 12 Sept. 1733, where he now lives. Wits: John Griffin, John Bradley, Jacob McGehee. (Anna does not sign this deed, which probably means that she had died before 1782. Joseph was, of course, very elderly by then, and the deed is probably in anticipation of death). ^[5]
• 4 July 1783: Joseph Fuqua Sr., Cumberland Co., to Obedience Weatherford, d/o Stephen Fuqua, 5m 398 acres, branches of Maherrin River, half of tract bought from McGehee, "being the land and plantation whereon Stephen Fuqua formerly lived", bounded by John Fuqua, Stephen, Fuqua dec'd., Joseph Lee. Signed x. Wits: Joseph (x) Fuqua Jr., William (x) Dunford, Jacob McGehee. Rec. 6 Oct. 1783. (Why the land went to a granddaughter, leaving out Obedience's siblings and ignoring her widowed mother, might be a very good story if we knew it. Perhaps Joseph did not like Temperance Robinson). ^[6]

Deeds of Trust:

• 21 October, 1782: Deed of Trust - Joseph Fuqua to Joseph Fuqua Jnr and Jacob McGehee, Powhatan Co to William Fuqua, John Fuqua, sons of Joseph; Willliam & Jane Sampson, Bridge Beasley, William & Margaret Weatherford, John & Elizabeth Hill, Sara & Jacob McGehee, daughters of Joseph. "in consideration that the said Joseph Fuqua is now advanced in age and for some time past infirm so as not to be able to look after his own business," slaves to be held in trust for his children, Rec 18 Oct 1782. (One son, Stephen, was omitted from the trust, presumably because he was dead by then. For unknown reasons, Joseph seems to have rescinded this trust three years later). ^[7]
• 24 October 1785: Joseph (x) Fuqua Sr. to son Joseph and son-in-law Jacob McGehee, all the slaves in the preceding deed of trust. Rec. 24 Oct. 1785. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S52
2. ↑ Source: #S1
3. ↑ Source: #S5
4. ↑ Source: #S8
5. ↑ Source: #S12
6. ↑ Source: #S32
7. ↑ Source: #S22
8. ↑ Source: #S42

• Source: S1 Goochland Co., VA, Patent Bk. XV, 121. Patent to Joseph Fuqua (September, 1733).
• Source: S5 Goochland Co., Va, Deed Book VII (6), 106. 20 July 1756
• Source: S8 Charlotte Co. VA, DB III (3), 126.
• Source: S12 Cumberland Co. DB VI, 131. 29 Aug. 1782.
• Source: S22 Cumberland Co., VA, Deed of Trust:, Deed Book VI (6), p. 132, 21 Oct 1782, Rec. 18 Oct. 1782 (OB 1779-1784, 265).
• Source: S32 Cumberland Co., VA, Deed Book V (5), 69. 4 July 1783.
• Source: S42 Cumberland Co., VA, Deed Book VI (6), 340, 1785.
• Source: S52 Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004.

See Also:

• Fuqua-A Fight For Freedom, pg 12 Don Fuqua, Jan 1993.
• Order book 17, pg 20 (22 Sept 1788) Don Fuqua, Jan 1993, pg 7 (marriage place) Kathy Sundermeyer, Jan 1993, pg 1 (Has birth 1690 and death 1787) Howard Jones, Aug 2 1993
• Joseph Fuqua, pg 1,2,3 Jan Babb, Nov 1994 Goochland---Cumberland & Powhatan Fuquas Marge Ingebretsen, Apr 1996.
• Family Puzzlers #1108 pg 9, #1040, pg 3 (Tithes for year of 1764 and 1786) Joseph Sr was father of 9 children Carolyn Beyer, 14 Feb 1994, pg 44
• Source: S36 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3M1G-T4G : accessed 2016-08-04), entry for Joseph /FUQUA/ (submitted by Frank Fuqua 15 August, 2012).
• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000,(Birth year: 1690; Birth city: Charles City Co; Birth state: VA)
• The Sampsons of Virginia and the Twidwell Connection by Olen and Gina Twidwell, published by the Twidwell Family Association (2013)

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