Nathaniel Lancaster (abt. 1734 - bef. 1809)

Born about 24 Nov 1734 in New Kent County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Hope (Walker) Lancaster — married 19 Apr 1758 in St James Northam Parish,Goochland,Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1 Apr 1809 before about age 74 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

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Biography

Nathaniel Lancaster performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Lancaster is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A068352.

Nathaniel Lancaster was born 24 November 1734 in New Kent (or maybe Henrico) County, Virginia. He made his Will 13 January 1809,and it was recorded 1 April 1809 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Probate began on 8 May 1809, with Appraisement of the estate 10 January 1810. Settlement of a dispute among the heirs recorded in May Court 1811, Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Nathaniel Lancaster was married 19 April 1758 in Dover Church, St. James Northam Parish to Hope "Hopy" Walker, daughter of David Walker and (unless I miss my guess) Mary Bayes. They were the parents of thirteen children I am aware of. The marriage is recorded in "Douglas Register Church Records of Orange County Virginia" a compilation of notes by the ever-befuddled Rev. William Douglas (the wedding is recorded in both Orange and Goochland Counties).

Genealogy of Lancaster ~ De Rieux Families

NATHANIEL LANCASTER of Prince Edward, Virginia, was the father of JOHN LANCASTER (3 March 1763-28 Jan 1826), who from age 16, served in the Continental Army (Battle of Guilford Court House; Siege of Yorktown); married 17 March 1789 to DRUCILLA LeGRAND (daughter of Alexander Le Grand and Lucy Walker), of Prince Edward, VA; their son, JOHN ALEXANDER LANCASTER (1 April 1795-31 Jan 1861), of Richmond, VA, married 2 Dec 1819 to ADELAIDE DeRIEUX (1796-1882); their son, ROBERT ALEXANDER LANCASTER (10 April 1829-28 June 1902), of Richmond, first married MARY ELY (1833-1875); their son, ROBERT ALEXANDER LANCASTER, Jr., born Richmond, 16 Aug 1863; educated at McGuire University and Nolley University. “Banking house of Lancaster and Lucke. In 1894, started his own loan brokerage business. Secretary of Westmorland Club, Richmond; Treasurer of Virginia Historical Society; one of the organizers, and one-time President of the Associated Charities of Richmond; during WWI, served as inspector of Richmond Red Cross Canteen; author of “Historic Virginia Homes and Churches; unmarried (as of 1922).

LOUIS JOSEPH PLOMARD, COUNT DeRIEUX, married Mademoiselle BOUCHARD; their son PIERRE JUSTIN, COUNT DeRIEUX (died 1776 in Santo Domingo); Secretary to Louis XV, France; married FRANCIOSE GEYONE LeROY [she married second, Arhand Henri, Count de Jancourt, Captain, Royal French Navy (she d. 1816, Paris)]; their son, JUSTIN PIERRE DeRIEUX, b. Nantes, 10 March 1756, d. 23 Dec 1824 Cumberland County, VA; “succeeded as Count DeRIEUX, 1776; Captain, body guard (the Old Blue Guard), of Louis XVI, France”; came to Albemarie County, Virginia in 1784; Later settled in Cumberland, VA; married in Paris, 14 October 1780 to MARIE MARGUERRETTA MARTONI (b. London 27 May 1762; d. Richmond, VA 13 Dec 1826), daughter of Joseph Martoni (d. London 1 Nov 1764), a London merchant, and his wife Catherine Petrouille [(d. 1788). She married second to Philip Mazzai, came to VA in 1773]; their daughter ADELAIDE MARIA DeRIEUX (b. Laurel Springs, Goochland, VA; d. Richmond, 27 Jan 1882), married JOHN ALEXANDER LANCASTER on 2 Dec 1819.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Sons of the Revolution State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, 1922, pages 31-32; source: Lancaster family records (https://books.google.com/books?id=-OcQAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA31&lpg=RA2-PA31&dq=robert+alexander+lancaster+richmond+virginia+home&source=bl&ots=elMZsPsZUo&sig=ACfU3U1Pa53K5gvEDpt-QSCuDEAHdoMJlQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjk7Kiz-bPmAhVPvJ4KHftoCHcQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=robert%20alexander%20lancaster%20richmond%20virginia%20home&f=false)

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 30 Sep 2021), "Record of Nathaniel Lancaster", Ancestor # A068352.
• Marriage Record : "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29M-TDJ : 29 January 2020), Hope Walker in entry for Nathaniel Lancaster, 1758.
• DAR Patriot Index, Volume I, page 399, registration 455884. 28 January 1782 in Prince Edward County Court, "several claims against the Public..." were settled. Among these, Nathaniel Lancaster for 315 D grass beef, 58 D salted pork, 3 pounds, 5 shillings (Item 2). More pork was listed in Item 6, and a gun in Item 9.
• 1783 Virginia Taxpayers List, Prince Edward County, Nathaniel Lancaster with 11 White sous, 9 blacks.
• 1785 Virginia Taxpayers, Nathaniel Lancaster with 11 White souls, 1 dwelling, and 7 other buildings. Location was on the Appomattox River in Prince Edward County.