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Katherine (Nutting) Armistead (1692 - 1748)

Katherine "Catherine" Armistead formerly Nutting aka Sheldon
Born in Charles Parish, York County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 11 Jul 1717 in York County, Colony of Virginiamap
Wife of — married about 1727 in Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 55 in York County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

Katherine was born to Thomas Nutting and Elizabeth Booth Nutting on 31 March 1692, in Charles Parish, Virginia.[1]

In his will dated 1692, her maternal grandfather, William Booth, left two-thirds of his personal estate to the four daughters of Thomas and Elizabeth; Mary, Elizabeth, Hope, and Catherine.[2]

Katherine first married William Sheldon; they did not have children.[3] They were married sometime before 1717--her father, Thomas, referred to William as his son-in-law in his will, dated 11 July 1717; William was one of the executors of her father's estate, along with her sister Jane.[4][5]

William Sheldon's will was proved 15 May 1727. He left his estate to his wife, Katherine, and various other relatives.[6]

She later married Robert Armistead.

In her mother Elizabeth's will, her name is spelled Catherine. She was named the sole executor of her mother's estate. The will, dated 1733, refers to her as Catherine Armistead, indicating that she was married to Robert by that time. The will also refers to Catherine's three children--Booth, Robert, and Angelica.

Katherine's will mentions a daughter Angelica, and two sons, Booth and Robert. It was recorded 3 May 1748.[7]

Research Notes

Varying sources give her name as Katherine or Catherine. In this biography, she is referred to as Katherine, for no particular reason other than personal preference.

Sources

  1. Bell, Landon C. (1932). Charles parish: York country, Virginia, history and registers, births 1648-1789, deaths 1665-1787. Virginia State Library Board. Pg 143. Available free online at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001874205/
  2. Will of William Booth, signed May 13, 1692. Will Book 9. Transcript: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/york/wills/wills000.txt.
  3. Virginia Historical Society. (1908). Orders and proclamations for Virginia: In regard to prizes, letters of marque and the protection of shipping during the war between England and Holland, 1665, &c. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 15(3), 260-279 (specifically, page 266). Available free online at: https://archive.org/details/jstor-4242886.
  4. County Court, York County, Virginia, Deeds, orders, wills, 1633-1710; orders, wills, 1709-1732; wills and inventories, 1732-1811, Orders, wills, No. 15 1716-1720; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92Z-Z93P-M?cat=367215), images 93-94.
  5. Will of Thomas Nutting, 1717. York County, Virginia Deeds, Orders, Wills Book 15, pp. 163-165. Transcript: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~enchantedworld/genealogy/Armistead/Records/Will%20of%20Captain%20Thomas%20Nutting.txt.
  6. Tyler, L. G., ed. (1897). The Goodwin families in America. William and Mary College Quarterly, supplement to vol. 8, no. 2, pg. 150. Available free online at: https://archive.org/details/williammarycolle06tyle.
  7. Chapman, Blanche Adams. (1941). Wills and administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, with other genealogical and historical items. pg. 5.

See also:

  • Source: Garber, Virginia Armistead "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)." Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910. The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been [reorganized and corrected] by: Douglas E. Zimmerman, 2002-2004.




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Katherine is mentioned as executor for her mother's will (c1735) in a 1992 dissertation by Julie (Caroline Julia) Richter, College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences, on the people of Charles Parish, York County. See full citations for Richter's dissertation at Category: Charles Parish, York County, Virginia Colony. (The pdf was accessed 28 September 2020.)

See page 325 (346 of 619 in the pdf).

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Thanks so much, Liz! This is incredibly helpful. :)
posted by M. Pope

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