Charles Maxey (1743 - 1813)

Born 3 May 1743 in Henrico County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Ann (Bondurant) Maxey — married 1764 in Buckingham County, Virginia, British America

Descendants

Died 1813 at about age 69 in Buckingham County, VA USA

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Biography

Rev. Charles Maxey performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Charles Maxey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075776.

Charles Maxey is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 243322
Rank: Patriotic Service

Susannah, the widow of Edward Maxey, Sr., gave ‘to my grandson Charles Maxey one young mare of one year old,’ in her will in 1743. But he was not named in his grandfather’s will three years earlier.”

“The will of his maternal grandfather, John Worley, written on 22 March 1757 and proved 27 March 1758, left his plantation to Charles, after the death of his wife Esther, and to his ‘heirs lawfully begotten and never to be sold.’ But in spite of this stipulation, the records of Cumberland County, on 5 March 1777, reveal that Charles Maxey and his wife Anne of Buckingham County, Virginia, conveyed that proberty to Jacob Brintle of Chesterfield County, Virginia for the sum of 75 pounts.”

“Charles had married Anne Bondurant (born 10 November 1745, Goochland County, Virginia), a daughter of Dr. Joseph Bondurant and Agnes Radford. Although the records of Buckingham County were destroyed by fire in 1869, a copy of Joseph’s will was preserved by his descendants in Kentucky. It was dated 26 November 1803 and proved 11 August 1806, and in it he gave to his daughter, Anne Maxey, one Negro named Sillar. One of the four executors he appointed was his son-in-law Charles Maxey.”

“A few scattered records from the Tillotson Parish Vestry Book of Buckingham County, covering the peoiod from 1773 through 1776, are still extant. Charles is listed as a Reader in Goodins Church ‘for the year past,’ in the vestry minutes of 22 March 1776.”

“He appeared on the list of tithables in 1774 for Buckingham County, and in the personal property land tax books form 1782 until 1813 - - the approximate year of his death, as the land ta records for that latter year reported ‘Charles Maxey estate.’ He was referred to as ‘Methodist’ and ‘Reverand’ in several places in the land tax books; and his residence, given as being both six and seven miles west of the courthouse, was on Frisby Creek and originally contained 400 acres. Other branches of the Maxey family resided elsewhere in the county.”

“Over the years Charles increased his holdings in Buckingham County from the 400 acres listed in the first tax book in 1782 by another 400 ten years later. And by two new grands of 660 acres near Spencer’s Branch and 400 acres on both sides of Phillips Creek in 1787. In 1795 he bought 100 acres from a Mr. Conner, and two years later acquired 117 acres from a Mr. Bell. In 1804 he sold 220 acres of the land on Phillip’s Creek, but then received a grant of 520 acres of new land the same year - - increasing his holdings to 2,377 acres. Charles disposed of 560 acres of his grand near Spencer’s Branch in 1809.”

“The Maxey estate was gradually sold off after Charles’ death in 1813... reducing the estate to the 350 acres on which his widow resided for many years.”

“Based on the above records, it is surmised that Anne Maxey died about 1831 and would have been about 86 years old. David Spencer - in all probability her son-in-law - was administrator of her estate.”

“The manner in which Charles Maxey’s land was disposed of indicates that he left a will giving everything to his widow during her lifetime or widowhood, with the residue being distributed to his children - or their heirs - after Anne’s death. There may have been a provision that some of the land was to be sold and the proceeds distributed to his children.”

“None of his descendants stayed in the area and no tombstone marks his grave or those of his family. One must conjecture as to the personality of Charles, who seemingly isolated himself from the rest of the Maxeys and, unlike the others, held firmly to his land, conveying none of it to any of his sons while he was still living.”

1810 CENSUS, VIRGINIA, BUCKINGHAM CO (LFC NOTE): A Charles Maxey is found of the right age, with a wife of the right age. There are younger adults in household, perhaps married child(ren)? They have 26 slaves.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 25, 2016), "Record of Charles Maxey", Ancestor # A075776.
• THE MAXEYS OF VIRGINIA: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, Third Edition, Edythe Maxey Clark, Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 2000. p.371
• Ball, Helen Ann Elizabeth Rose (Wife of Benjamin Franklin Ball): Her Ancestors and Descendants, self-published, 1982. Author is related to the husband of Anderson-35475, and was an avid genealogist in her day. Pam Anderson Smith has hard copies of her extensive research and is happy to share any info that would be helpful to other researchers. Mrs. Ball cites as her source "The Maxeys of Virginia, by Edythe Maxey Clarke, pp. 338-339.