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In the name of God Amen I Lewis Markham in the Parish of Washington in Westmoreland County being sick & weak but of perfect senses and memory and calling to mind the transitory State of this life doe comend my soule to God my maker hoping to purchase pardon for all my past sins and offences through the meritorious death & Passion of his blessed Son and my Savior Jesus Christ into whos hands comend my spiritt. Imprimis my will is my body be decently buryed and that all my just debts be duly paid by my Executrix & Executor. Item my will is that my whole estate be appraised in mony and that it be equally divided among my eight children and that my wife have her due part according to Law. Item my will is that my wife have my plantacon in Mattox dureing her natural life & after then her decease to goe to my son William & his hers forever. Item my will is my children have all of their due parts of my estate when they shall come to age or at the day of marriage. Item my will is that my wife have the management of all my estate for the good of herselfe & children and if it should soe happen that shee should alter her condicon before my children come of age or married that then she give good security to the Court for their parts of the estate. Item my will is that all my Tobacco on my plantacons be sold to the best advantage and all my family to [be] furnished with what is needfull for their use for this present year & the remainder to be managed for the good of the wife & children as aforesaid. Item my will is that Joseph Bayly and Ann Bayly his wife have a mourning ring. Item my will is that my loving wife Eliza' Markham and Joseph Bayly be the executrix & Executor of this my last Will & Testament. As Witness my hand this 15th day of March 1712/13.
Test, Henry Williams, Ann Bayly
Lewis was born about 1680. Lewis Markeham ... [1]
"One who surely paid his won way was Lewis Markham, gentleman, who settled among the elite along the Potomac in Westmorelnad County about 1660. He and his wife lived on one of the estates of Lawrence Washington, grandfather of George, was Justice of Peace, handled real estate transactions for the Washington's and even ran a tavern in Westmoreland. His son Lewis became a prominent attorney in Westmoreland County. His daughter Elizabeth married Williams Marshall and they are the grandparents of John Marshall, who became Secretary of State and later Chief Justice of the Sumpreme Court." [From "the Way it Was with our Ancestors" by William H Marcum & Fonda Waters (1982).
Often, the tavern and the courthouse are inseparable neighbors. Indeed, one building often served as the other during it's "off" hours. As a tavern keeper, Lewis seemed an especially good lawyer. Lawyers at this time were concerned less with legal briefs and more with the management of properties and estates. Lewis imported almost entire neighborhoods from Wales and managed various Virginia properties, including that of Colonel John Washington, the great-grandfather of our first president.
9 Feb 1697 Lewis received a grant of 100 acres of land, adjacent to Richard Brown's property in Westmoreland Co, VA.He was named to the Quorum of Westmoreland County 8 June 1699. He was named Sheriff of Westmoreland County 25 April 1702.
Lewis Markham was a Justice of Westmoreland County 8 July 1702.
On 1 Dec 1708 Lewis Markham "of Westmoreland Co. in Forest in said Co." was granted 151.5 acres on path to Nanjattico, adjacent property of Mr. Stark and William Baltrop.
Lewis Markham wrote his will 15 March 1712/3 in Westmoreland Co, VA. He made bequests to Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann, and to his eight children, of whom the only one named was William, who was to receive the plantation at Mattoax (Appomattox) at the death of Lewis's wife Elizabeth.Lewis's estate was probated 13 June 1713 in Westmoreland Co, VA.
He was a prominent attorney in Westmoreland County.
1702/3, March 2 - (It was) recommended by the Justices that Benj. Berryman be then recommended to be added to the Commission. Westmoreland Court.
1703, April 26 - Benjamin Berryman (administers) commisson(s) to Francis Wright, Alexander Spence, Willoughby Newton, Lewis Markham, Charles Ashton, Henry Ashton, Caleb Butler, John Sturman, Gerrard Hutt, George Weedon, John Elliot, Andrew Monroe, John Bushrod and Burdet Ashton, Gents. as Justices of Westmoreland County. Fra. Nicholson, (Clerk?) Dedimus for administering the oaths.
1703, May 26 - Benjamin Berryman and Gerrard Hutt, Gent. administers the oaths to Francis Wright and Lewis Markham, Gent., who (in turn) administered the oaths (to the rest of the above named).
1703/4, February 23 - Benjamin Berryman, Francis Wright, Alexr. Spence, Lewis Markham, Charles Ashton, Henry Ashton, Caleb Butler, Andrew Monro, John Bushrod, Gent., Justices of the Peace. Col. Rice Hooe . . . petition(s) to build a water grist mill at and upon the head of the Upper Machotique Creek. . . . (Hooe wants) an acre of land on this (Westmoreland) side belonging to Mr. Francis Thorn and Anne, his wife, which is granted . . . (Court) ordered Capt. Charles Ashton and Mr. Daniel Field do lay out and value the same. Westmoreland Court.
1707, March 26 - Benjamin Berryman present at Westmoreland Court. Also present, Francis Wright Charles Ashton, Lewis Markham, Caleb Butler, John Sturman, John Elliott, Andrew Monroe, John Bushrod and George Eskridge, Gentlemen Justices.
1708, September 29 - Benj. Berryman present at Westmoreland Court. Also present, Francis Wright Charles Ashton, Lewis Markham, Caleb Butler, John Bushrod, and George Eskridge, Gentlemen Justices.
Lewis Markham supposedly married Elizabeth the widow of his brother John Markham. He had eight children but he only names William in his will and his wife Elizabeth.
Lewis Markham and Elizabeth (Markham) had the following children:
3 i. William3 Markham (#6335) was born in Virginia maybe around 1690. In Lewis Markham's will written 15 March 1712 in Westmoreland Co, VA, William was named as his son.(15) He was to inherit the plantation at Mattoax upon the death of his mother.
+ 4 ii. Elizabeth Markham was born about 1704.
Westmoreland County Wills Book V.
Name: Lewis Markham 15 Mar 1712-3 13 Jun 1713
To Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann ; my children; wife Elizabeth and Joseph Bayley exors.
Prince William Deeds L:110-115: Of Henry Elley & Esther his wife to William Butler. Land was originally taken up by William Harrison and later regranted to said Harrison and Lewis Markham. Markham sold his share to John Redman who sold it to Humphrey Pope, John Veale and Morrice Veal and it was equally divided between them of 5 Nov 1718, the middle part falling to John Veale who left the said land by his will dated 21 Nov 1718 to be divided between his sons John and Morrice who dying both with heirs it fell to Bond Veale he being the heir at law to his said brothers John and Morrice, who sold to the said Henry Elley.
Sources:
Gertrude E. Gray, comp., Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume I: 1694-1742 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988), p. 21, Grant Book 2, p. 285: Thomas Terwhit of Westmoreland Co. died seized of 100 A. in said Co. Grant to Lewis Markham of Westmoreland Co. adj. Richard Brown. 9 Feb. 1697/8 (hereafter cited as Gray, Vol. 1, Northern Neck Grants).�Louis des Cognets, Jr., comp., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records (Princeton: the author, 1958), p. 7 (hereafter cited as des Cognets, English Duplicates).�10. Ibid., p. 2.�11. Ibid., p. 19, but gives name "Lem'l Markham," listing the same name as Sheriff, who was Lewis in the record on p. 2.�12. Gray, Vol. 1, Northern Neck Grants, p.39, cites Grant Book 3, p. 193: George Thorne died seized of 151 1/2 A. in Westmoreland Co. granted 9 Oct. 1694 by William ffitzhugh Agt. Endorsement by James Westcomb Clk of said Co. Escheat Grant to Lewis Markham of Westmoreland Co. in fforest in said Co., on path to Nanjattico, adj. Mr. Stark, William Baltrop. 1 Dec. 1708.�13. Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 (1925; reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973), p. 50 (hereafter cited as Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA); and Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA, p. 52, 15 Mar 1712 will of Lewis Markham: To Joseph Bayley and his wife Ann; my eight children; son William, plantation at Mattoax at death of my wife Elizabeth (hereafter cited as Fothergill, 15 Mar 1712, Will of Lewis Markham).�14. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland Co. VA, p. 50.�15. Fothergill, 15 Mar 1712, Will of Lewis Markham.�16. Louise Pecquet du Bellet, "Marshall Family," Some Prominent Virginia Families, Four Volumes in Two. (1907; reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976), Vol. 2, p. 462 (hereafter cited as du Bellet, Marshall Family).���===�[Westmoreland County Deeds, Patents, Accounts,�Depositions, &c., from 1665 to�1677, p. 49d.]: LTT COLL: [Lt. Colonel] JOHN WASHINGTON & LEWIS MARKHAM. THEIR ARTICLES OF AGREEMT��Articles of Agreements made Concluded & firmly Accorded twixt Ltt. Coll. John Washington on ye one part & Lewis Markham on ye other Part. In Manner & forme following, vizt.��Imprimus. Ltt Coll. John Washington doth firmely by theis p'nts Graunt unto Lewis Markham, his houses & Lands upon Nominy Commonly Called Mr Walter Broadhurst Plantacon, for & During the Tearme of three Compleate yeares from ye Day of ye Date hereof wth Libertie of Hunting, Hawking, fishing fowling, with other Immunities Customary here with all Benefitts of Planting and Keepeing Hoggs & Cattle During ye said Tearme.��2ly Ltt Coll Washington doth graunt unto ye said Lewis Markham, the household stuff & other ffurniture now in ye same dwelling house, According to ye Inventory indorsed, for and During the said Tearme, Also ye Cattle and Hoggs therein specified��3ly Ltt. Coll. Washington doth also grant Libertie to ye aforesaid Lewis Markham to keepe ye Ordinary. And to have ye Equal Halfe of all such Profitts as shall thereby Arise. And that both of them doe take ye opportunities and advantages for Laying in Liquors or Pr'visions necessary and accomodable for ye Ordinary, Allwaies Provided that Payment for such Goods bee made out of ye Tobacco due to them in ye Accompts of ye ordinary Booke wch is Exactly to be Kept. And no Advantage to be taken by survivorship.��4ly Ltt. Coll. Washington doth promise & oblidge himself to repaire all ye Houseing att his owne Costs & to pay the King's Rents During ye said Tearme.��5ly. Ltt Coll. John Washington doth prmise & oblidge him selfe by theis p'nts to Lett Lewis Markham have a man servant & a maid servant Dureing ye sd tearme & Lewis Markham is also to find A man & Maid to officiate in ye Ordinary During ye said Tearme, & if either failes then Allowance to be made him that hath pformed��6ly It is to be understood that Ltt Coll. Washington is to have ye Courthouse, ye Prison,(*) ye shopp & ye Cellar Loft for his owne pp use & behoofe, anything in this Condicon to the Contrary notwithstanding. [note: (*) It is evident that these buildings were erected privately and leased or rented to the county. Walter Brodhurst built the prison, at least, as he was High Sheriff in 1652, before Westmoreland was set off as a county separate from Northumberland. The social status of Brodhurst and the location of his home are further indicated by his bill of sale to Mr. John Hiller, February 20, 1653, in which he describes himself as "I, Walter Brodhurst of the county of Westmerland in ye Colony of Virginia, Gent."; and a letter addressed to him viz. "ffor her much respected friend Mr Walter Brodhurst at his house at Nominy in Potomacke river, These," written by Mrs. Anna Bernard and beginning "Noble Sr," is recorded in Westmoreland Deeds, Wills & Patents, 1653-1659. ]��7ly Lewis Markham doth hereby Promise & oblidge himselfe that he & his wife will use the best of their care & Industry to prmote that Advantage wch may Accrete to Ltt. Coll. Washington & themselves in ye ordinary, to keepe pfect Bookes to give good accomodations to strangers & to Charge them According to Act of Assembly or Custome of ye house.��8ly Lewis Markham oblidgeth himselfe at ye Expiration of three yeares to deliver unto Ltt Coll. Washington all such Goods and Appurtenances, As by the Inventory Endorsed doth Appeare ye said Markham hath Received, if aught be worne out or Lost during the said Tearme, that new is to be Purchased instead thereof out of the Tobaccoes that shall be due Jointly to them, that Ltt Coll. Washington have his Just due when ye three yeares are Expired��9th Lewis Markham oblidgeth himself by theis p'nts to Accomodate ye said Ltt Coll. & his wife when they please to Come free of all Charges as to meate & Drinke & what ye house affordeth��10ly Lewis Markham oblidgeth himself by theis p'nts to pr'vd what Cider Possibly may be out of ye orchard, wch Cider is to be disposed off in ye ordinary in Equall Halves as other Liquors and to take care for ye fencing & Preservation of ye said orchard��11th Lewis Markham oblidgeth himselfe by theis Pn'ts that when ye three yeares are Expired to Leave ye housing Tenentable, And what Cleare Ground he useth well fenced��12th Itt is hereby Covenanted & Agreed upon Betweene Both pties yt if any of ye houses upon ye Plantacon should during the aforesaid Tearme of three yeares be fired, Blowne Downe or through any other casualitie fall Down (wch God in his Providence forbid,) then such house or Houses to be Rebuilt According to their former Demensions out of ye Joint Stock of ye sd Ltt Coll. & the said Lewis.��13th It is hereby Covenanted & Agreed upon Betweene Both Pties that when ye tearme of three yeares is Expired, that then ye Bookes shalbe truly Ballanced & whatever shalbe found Justly due by Bills, Noates & Accounts to be equally and truly divided Betwixt ye said Ltt Coll. & the said Lewis��In confirmation of ye prmises & in Testimonie of ye veritie hereof We have hereunto sett our hands & seales this tenth day of January in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixtie and nine, stilo aceteri��JOHN WASHINGTON (his seale)�LEWIS MARKHAM (his seale) Signed, sealed & delivered interchangeably in p'nce of us��L-ESTRANGE MORDANT ROBT. NURSE 16th January 1669 Theis Articles of Agreements were Recorded��Coldham, Vol. 2, Complete Book of Emigrants, p. 546, cites Coldham's own Bristol Registers, 16 September 1685. The following apprenticed in Bristol: David Miles of Llantrissant, Glam, to Lewis Markham, 4 years Virginia by John; Dorothy Price of Carmarthen Town to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Elizabeth Norton of Cardiff, Glam, to same, 6 years Virginia by John; Katherine Thomas of Llandedgouth (sic) to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Reece Edwards of Llanquidd (sic) to same, 4 years Virginia by John; Morgan Llewis of Fagan (sic) to same, 6 years Virginia by John.
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This Lewis Markham appears to have owned land on Mattox Creek he bequeathed to his son William Markham. His inventory indicates it was taken at his Pope's Creek quarter.
Joseph Bayley was a Gentleman Justice of Westmoreland County at the time of Lewis Markham's death.
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