Robert Porteus Sr. (1679 - 1758)

Born 1679 in Newbottle, Gloucester County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (Smith) Porteus — married 17 Aug 1700 in Purton, Gloucester, VA

Husband of Elizabeth (Jennings) Porteus — married 1712 in America

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1758 at about age 79 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

He was the 6th Great Grandfather of Queens Elizabeth II through his son Robert Porteus to the Bowes Lyons family.

He was born in Newbotttle, Gloucester Co. Virginia to Edward Porteus and Margaret Freeman. He moved with his family to Yorkshire in 1720. His will 'Robert Porteus Gentleman of Ripon, Yorkshire' was probated 7/9/1758 (PCC).

He first married Mildred Smith 17/8/1700, a first cousin once removed of President George Washington. Their eldest son Robert was born in Virginia. She died before 1712, when he married Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Edmund Jennings, governor of Virginia (1706-10). In 1720, they moved to Yorkshire, England, where they baptised seven children at St Martin's Coney Street York: George (1720 d 1720), Mary (1722 d 1722), John (1723) Ann (1725), Richard (1726), Beilby (1731), Thomas (1734).

Find A Grave Memorial

• "Find A Grave Memorial# 91329513," Robert Porteus is bured at Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England, Plot: South Aisl, GPS (lat/lon): 54.1351, -1.5207, (Click Here for Link).

Grave Marker Inscription

"'Near this Place are deposited the Remains of ROBERT PORTEUS ESQR. a native of Virginia, & a Member of His Majesty's Council or upper House of Legislature in that Province. From thence he removed to England, and resided first at York, afterwards at this town, where he died August 8, 1758, Aged 79 years."

Sources

Parish Records.

Washington Family Registry

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. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-M739 : 13 December 2015), Robert Porteus, 1758; Burial, Ripon, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England, Ripon Cathedral; citing record ID 91329513, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.