John Needels (abt. 1638 - bef. 1691)

Born about 1638 in Poole, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Frances Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Needels — married about 1660 in Middlesex, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 9 Nov 1691 before about age 53 in Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Needels was a Virginia colonist.

John Needles, possibly son of William Nettles and Penelope Unknown, was born about 1638 in England.

A John Needles is known to be in Virginia Colony by March 1652:

John Needles, 300 acs. on N. E. side of a Cr. near Horne Harbour &c. to Mrs. Morrysons marked tree, etc. &c. 10 Mar 1652, p. 190. Trans. of 6 pers: John Wiseman, Joane Curle, John Needles, Abbalto a Negro, John Cooke, Eliza. his wife, John Cooke his sonn. Land due for last right.^[1]

By 1655, John had settled in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, which taxed him based on his labor force, assessing him two tithables, 6 Feb 1655,^[2] for three tithables, 7 Dec 1655,^[3] for three tithables, 16 Dec 1657,^[4] for five tithables, 31 Oct 1658,^[5] for five tithables, 30 Nov 1659,^[6] and for seven tithables, 15 Nov 1660.^[7]

See also this land transaction in February 1663:

Alex. Reade & John Nedle (Nedles), 220 acs. Lancaster Co., 23 Feb. 1663, p. 166, (46). Upon N. of Peanketanck Riv., .... Granted to Thomas Bourne, 26 Feb. 1653, by him assigned to Edward Webb, who assigned to the above named.^[1]

Marriage & Children

John Needles married Frances Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Needels about 1660 in Middlesex County, Virginia. Known children include:^[8]

• John Needles, bef 1661
• Frances Needles, c 1667
• William Needles, c 1668

Death & Legacy

The exact death date of John Needles is unknown at this time.^[8]

On 9 November 1691 Mrs. Frances Needs [sic] was called to "appear at ye next Court held for this [Middlesex] County to give an Acct. of what right she holds possession of Mr. Jno: Needles, deced., his Estate."

At Middlesex County Court 7 December 1691:

Probate of ye Last Will & Testament of Mr. John Needles Senr., deced., is granted to Mrs. Frances Needles, ye Exrx. of ye sd. Mr. John Needles.

Lacking a will or exact death date, one can assume John Needles died about October 1691 in Middlesex County, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Pages 276, 448
2. ↑ 1655 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 6 Feb 1655. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 174-178. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 8 Feb 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
3. ↑ 1655 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 7 Dec 1655. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 234-239. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here, as transcribed in 1961 Transcription. Fleet, Beverley. 1961. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: Vol. XXII, Lancaster County 1652-1655. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Pages 106-109. Available online without restriction courtesy of HathiTrust here. Accessed 29 Jan 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
4. ↑ 1657 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 16 Dec 1657. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book, 1655-1666, pp. 40-44. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 30 Mar 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
5. ↑ 1658 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 31 Oct 1658. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 60-64. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 24 Jan 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
6. ↑ 1659 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 30 Nov 1659. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 100-105. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 25 Jan 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
7. ↑ 1660 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 15 Nov 1660. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 131-132. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 10 Apr 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} John Needles, bef 1640-1691

• Much information on the Needles (Needels) family comes from a book that purportedly transcribes journals made by John Man, Edward Man and other Man family members, from the time period:
  • Samuel Hambleton Needles, Record of the Man, Needles (Nedels), and Hambleton Families 1495-1876 (by subscription, self-published, Philadelphia 1876). Available free at https://archive.org/details/recordofmanneedl00need/page/n3/mode/2up [Appears to deal mostly with the family in Maryland and some Delaware. Could not find mention of any of the family in England or Virginia. Strutton-11 15:56, 13 April 2022 (UTC)]

• Source: S3403103425 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7284992&pid=-1103965273

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Needels-10 created through the import of Lane Family Tree.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Sammy Lane.