Mary (Miller) Strachey (aft. 1641 - abt. 1703)

Born after 1641 in Charles River, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William Strachey VI — married [date unknown] in Gloucester County, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 9 Feb 1703 before about age 62 in King and Queen County, Virginia (Poropotank Creek)

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Biography

A Phil Miller (on WikiTree) noted to me in a 5/24/2018 email (just rediscovered this email when searching my email files on Poropotank Creek) that the Mary Miller that married William Strachey (1626-1687) died on 2/9/1703 in "Poropotank, King and Queen" County, VA. It appears Phil Miller assumed that Mary Miller was born the same year as her husband; but she likely was must younger than her husband. I have known there is a Millers Landing Road on modern maps on the east side of Poropotank Creek (Gloucester Co., VA side of creek) about 2 miles from the Poropotank Creek Historical Marker. I am just discovering ties of my Miller's to this immediate area of Virginia. Mary (Miller) Strachey's sister "Isabella" Miller married John Lewis, Jr. Today I came across a Poropotank Creek Historical Marker on-line that states in part: "Land was patented on this creek as early as 1640. In 1653, John Lewis settled here. John Lewis, Jr. was living here in 1676".

ALSO: "4 June 1656 Gloucester County Patent: Author Link: Lee, Richard, Col. grantee. Title Link: Land grant 4 June 1656. Summary Location: Gloucester County. Description: 5 acres towards the head of Poropotank Creek whereon the store of the said Col. Lee standeth." The previous quotation refers to Richard Lee-WikiTree ID: Lee-318 (1617-1664). Patrick Miller's (b-1620 in Scotland; 1st land patent in 1653 in what is now Middlesex Co., VA) sister, Hannah Miller married a Lee based on a 1675 Middlesex Co., VA court document. Her husband could have been a brother of Richard Lee-318. My early Virginia Miller's were merchants that owned taverns; ordinaries; stores; and mills. Col. Richard Lee owned a store toward the head of Poropotank Creek in King & Queen Co., VA. My 4th, 5th, and 6th great (Miller) grandfathers lived at least for a period of time in King & Queen Co., VA.

ALSO: A James Miller's headwright was used in a 1651 land patent by a Joseph Hayes in the area of Poropotank Creek.

Mary was born after 1641. ^[1]

Note

It is possible that Mary also went by Martha since her husband notes a Martha Strachey as his wife in his will in 1686 (also could be that he remarried to a Martha after Mary's death; however only children with Mary are noted in his will)

Biographical Notes

Message Boards > Surnames > Miller > James Miller d. 1656, York Co., VA James Miller d. 1656, York Co., VA

1 of 1 James Miller d. 1656, York Co., VA txladybelle (View posts) Posted: 03 Jul 2009 01:53AM Classification: Will Edited: 03 Jul 2009 09:01AM Surnames: Miller, Strachey, Cox, Waters 6 May 1656. Will of James MILLER. Weak in body. Dated 6 May 1656; Proved 24 June 1656. To three sons James MILLER, Edward MILLER, and Augustine MILLER each when of age. Other personal property. To sons James and Edward “plantation I live upon”. In case of death of either to the survivor and to Augustine. To oldest daughter Mary STRECHEY a cow. To “my sonn William STRECHEY a suit of clothes”. To daughter Elizabeth MILLER personal property. Executrix wife Mary. Overseers “my loving friends William STRECHEY my sonn Mr. Nicholas TROTT and William SPEARE and William PATTISON.” “The Coopers timber that has now fallen be made up according to my cond’cons with the cooper of the William and John and what my wife’s shall not have occasion to use about the crop that then the other to be sold to pay a debt which I doe owe William SHORTWRIGHT liveing in New-Poquoson.” Wife to have land during life. Signed the mark of James (IM) MILLER. Wit: Henry GOOCH, Law. HULETT, Anne HODGE, Nicholas TROTT (sic) [Trotter?]. Probated on the oaths of TROTT (sic) and HULETT. (York County, VA, 1648-1657, p. 63. Ancestry.com online)

His son-in-law William Strachey, of Gloucester Co., died in 1686. William Strachey and Mary Miller had daughter Arabella Strachey who m. 1st Henry Cox who d. in 1674; m. 2nd John Waters. By Henry Cox, Arabella had son William Cox and daughter Elizabeth Cox (m.Col. John Smith s/o Maj. Lawrence Smith and Dednam)

20 Feb 1674/75. I Henry Cox do make my last will and testament. I give unto my brother-in-law Richard Cawthorn [Cauthorn], I give unto Richard Cawthorne, Jr. my nephew and to Aurelia Cawthorn my niece; I give to William Cox my Son; appoint my father in law, William Strachey of Gloucester County and Arabella Cox my now wife, joynt Executors. William Harding aged about twenty eight years and Thomas Hart aged about twenty five years deposed. (Old Rappahannock Co., Deed & Will Book 1665-1677, pp. 191-194.)]

William Strachey married 2nd to a Martha per his will: 27 Oct 1686. William STRACHEY of St. Austin [Augustine], London, merchant, dated 27 Oct 1686. To be buried in the church of Camberwell, Sy [Surrey]. To my wife Martha STRACHEY L120 and the rents due at my decease from my estate in Essex. To my daughter Arabella Waters, wife of John Waters, now in VA, planter, L10 a year. To my granddaughter Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Arabella Waters, the rents and profits of my houses and estates to a total of L200 and possession of the same after the deaths of the said John and Arabella Waters. My friend George Richards of London, merchant, to be my exec. Wits: Mary Wither, John How, scrivener, and Samuel Pollet. Pr.—Mar 21,1687 by the named exec. (PROB 11/386/42)

The following record may refer to Arabella Strachey's 2nd husband John Waters, who died before this date: 2 May 1688. The attachmt. Granted last court to Fran: Moore against the Estate of John Waters for __pounds of Tobbb & caske is cont. returnable & c. (Old Rappahannock Co. Court Order Book Abstracts, 1687-1689, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, 1990.)

Re: James Miller d. 1656, York Co., VA Wanda Ramel Price (View posts) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:09PM Classification: Query James Miller Daugher Mary Miller married William Strachey adn they had one daughter Arabella Strachey who married John Waters who had a son John Waters II. John Waters married Catherine Young and they had daughter Sarah Winifred Waters who married William Dunn. These families were of Rapphannock Virginia as all of my other families who came over into Virginia from England.

Sources

1. ↑ [[1]]'

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd172.htm
• Father's 1656 will noted a daughter named Mary who had married a William Strechey.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Hughey for starting this profile, Sunday, August 31, 2014