Nathaniel Pope III (abt. 1660 - 1719)

Born about 1660 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (unknown) Higdon — married about 1717 in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1719 at about age 59 in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Nathaniel Pope III was a Virginia colonist.

Nathaniel was born in 1660 in Stafford county, Virginia. His father, Nathaniel Pope II died about 1675. After this his mother, Jane Browne Pope married a 'Bridges', then 3 more husbands. After this time Nathaniel was called Nathaniel "Alias Bridges" Pope. ^[1] Nathaniel inherited land from his mother, who passed away about1676. ^[2] According to wikipedia:

Mary (Sisson) Pope, alias Bridges, gave a calf to her son Nathaniel Pope, alias Bridges, in 1675. As Mary Nicholas, widow of Lewis Nicholas, she made presents in 1677 to her son Nathaniel Pope, alias Bridges, and to her son Lewis Nicholas. She married again, Daniel Whitley, who promised to keep her children "so farre at school as to write and reade".

The will of John Rosier (will, September–October,1705) leaves land to Nathaniel Pope, clerk of Stafford and practitioner at law; and the rest of the estate is given to his wife, Mary Rosier, who was Mary Pope, alias Bridges^[3]

Property 1676-1700 Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

Land deed rec'd from mother 25 Aug 1676.

Land patent, Richmond Co., 8 Mar 1699.

3rd Land patent 8 Jun 1700. ^[4][5]

"2-312 : Nathaniel Pope als Bridges of St. Mary Par. Richmond Co., Va., 117 A. in said Par. in Richmond Co., adj. land of Ralph Whiting now John Sise's, William & John Reynolds. 8 Mar 1699/1700." Ancestry.com. ^[6] Nathaniel Pope 1700; Bridges; 404 acres."Detail 117A.

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Nathaniel married Jane Brown in 1692 in Westmoreland, County, Virginia. ^[8][9]

Nathaniel practiced law and was known as King's attorney, Westmoreland Co. & Cl. ^[10] He received gift of land from John Warden 1714.

Nathaniel passed away abt 1719 (Age: 59) in Westmoreland, Virginia, USA.^[11]

A Pope family artifact unearthed at George Washington’s birthplace, a wine bottle seal marked "N. Pope 1715," probably belonged to Nathaniel alias Bridges.

Jane married Nathaniel Pope alias Bridges about 1690. The son of Nathaniel and Jane (Brown) Pope is listed as John Pope, “Planter” in 1728 when Augustine Washington purchased his mill “for 60 Pounds current Virginia money two acres with the appurtenances together with the mill thereon erected & built scituate [several miles upstream] at the head of Popes Creek.” ^[12][13]

• Rootsweb, NATHANIEL POPE

Sources

1. ↑ Nathaniel Pope
2. ↑ Rootsweb, NATHANIEL POPE
3. ↑ Rootsweb, NATHANIEL POPE
4. ↑ Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742 Vol. I, compiled by Gertrude E, Gray, 1987, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, p. 152
5. ↑ Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742. [Vol. I], 117A
6. ↑ Virginia County Records, Volume IX [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: Crozier, William Armstrong, ed.. Virginia County Records. Vol. IX. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, USA: The Genealogical Association, 1911.
7. ↑ "Richmond County; Book No. 2. 320:
8. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
9. ↑ Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 for Nathaniel Pope, Married Well and Often, pg 292, Ancestry.com
10. ↑ Virginia County Records, Volume IX [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002, Original data: Crozier, William Armstrong, ed.. Virginia County Records. Vol. IX. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, USA: The Genealogical Association, 1911]
11. ↑ "Richmond County; Book No. 2. 320: Nathaniel Pope 1700; Comment: als. Bridges; 404 acres.". (Lineages, Inc. comp.. Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA;Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Records transcribed from LDS Family History Library microfilm copies of will for this locality)
12. ↑ Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. IV. Neville-Terrill, Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants, pg 166, Ancestry.com
13. ↑ Rootsweb, NATHANIEL POPE

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills,1654-1800 about Nathaniel Pope
• Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742. [Vol. I]

• Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations

• History of Pope Creek and Pope Family

• The Pope family

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gordon Ralls for creating WikiTree profile Pope-1432 through the import of Ralls043013.GED on Jun 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gordon and others.