Samuel Givens (1721 - 1795)

Born 1721 in Antrim, Ireland

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Died 1795 at about age 74 in Mercer, Kentucky

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Biography

SAMUEL GIVEN--MY 6TH GREAT GRANDPA

Samuel Given was born in County Antrim Ireland in 1680 and died in Orange County VA 1n 1740. He married Sarah Cathay in Ireland in 1718. The family came to Orange County VA in 1738. An item of importance is the following: in Deed Book III, p. 13, is the following order: "Deed (or release) dated Sept. 28, 1738, William Beverly of Essex county, Virginia, Gentleman of the first part, and Samuel Givens, of Orange County, farmer, of the other part, - for and in consideration or seven pounds, ten shillings, and six pence, - deeds 311 acres of land known as Beverly Manor." This was duly signed by William Beverly. This deed was recorded Sept. 28, 1738. This became home of Samuel Givens and his family, and here he lived and died, his death occurring in the Fall of 1740.

Samuel appeared in Orange County Court February 28, 1739, to swear that he had imported himself, Sarah (his wife), and his children - John, Samuel, James, Martha, Elizabeth, William, Margaret, Sarah, and Jane, from Ireland to Philadelphia and thence to Orange County VA at his own expense.^[1] His importation papers are dated August 23, 1739. This affidavit was necessary for him to hold property. Samuel's will was dated October 22, 1740 and is recorded in Will Book I, Orange County Va. The will was probated May 28, 1741. In this will Samuel provides for all his children - John, Samuel, James, William, Martha, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Jane and and "if it happens the child my wife goes with proves a manchild, my four male heirs must purchase the child if it lives to come to age, three hundred acres of land to him and his heirs forever. This was a manchild, born after his death, viz: George Given, who became a Captain in the Revolutionary War

John Given, a son of Samuel and Sarah (Cathay) Given, was born in Ireland in 1719 and died in Virginia November 19, 1790. He married in 1745. His descendants do not agree on his wife's name. Some say he married Margaret Crawford, while others maintain he married Mary Margaret Sitlington. "The Compendium of American Genealogy" lists his wife as "Mary Margaret Sitlington, born 1729, died 1797, daughter of Robert and Mary "Polly" (Feamster) Stilington." John was landowner, merchant, tanner, constable, road overseer, and was Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was Captain of a Militia under his uncle, General Andrew Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant. He served with the Augusta County, Virginia troops during the Revolution. He served with Colonel John Boyer's Regiment, and in Campbell's Brigade under LaFayette, and was with Col. Robertson when Tarlton plundered Charlottesville. Later he was made a Major.

Samuel is the child of Samuel Givens and Sarah Cathey. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-NSQK-2?cat=402491
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1739; Page Number: 51

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.

Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.