Lucy (Ransom) Purefoy (1598 - aft. 1648)

Born 1598 in Leicestershire, England

Wife of Thomas Purefoy Sr. — married 1620 in Leicestershire, England

Descendants

Died after 1648 after age 50 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Lucy RANSON was born around 1598 in Leicestershire, England to a Mr & Mrs Ranson. ^[1] In a deposition in a Maryland record dated 1640, of Lucy wife of Captain Thomas Purefoy, of Elizabeth City county, in which she states that she was then about forty-two years of age, and was born "infra Ranson," in Leicestershire, and had been in Virginia as early as 1629 This means she was born under 'the name' Ransom; "born infra" means born under (it's Latin for below or under)^[2] A good study on the Colonial Purefoy Family is found in the book, "Booker Descendants of Captain Richard Booker", by von Schilling, Amelia Historical Society, Amelia, VA. "She died after 1648 because a patent granted that year described land then in her possession"(p. 8). She was possibly the sibling of Peter Ransom.

Lucy married Capt Thomas Purefoy in 1612 also in Leicestershire, England.^[3]

They had issue:

1. Thomas Purefoy Jr. ^[4]

Lucy emigrated to Virginia in with her husband and child in 1629. ^[5]

She died after 1656 in Elizabeth City County, VA. ^[6] In 1656 a grant was made to W. Moore for land at Old Poquoson, which had been assigned to him by Lucy, relict of Captain Purifoy, and confirmed by Thomas Purifoy, his son and heir.

FROM A LETTER FROM JOHN PURIFOY - DEPARTMENT OF STATE - ALABAMA Montgomery Nov. 27, 1918 To Mrs. B.H. Sandlin, Natchez, La. ... It is a well established fact that our original ancestor, Captain Thomas Purifoy, reached America in 1613, about seven years after the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia. He settled in the tide-water section of Virginia, in Elizabeth county, and owned large landed estates. He had a place which he improved highly, having built a mansion of brick on it. This he called "Drayton", after the name of the English residence of the family which bore that name, and was owned by one of the name who held a baronetsy. It was supposed that the English branch of the family came from Normandy with William, the Conquorer. Captain Thomas Purifoy held the position of member of the house of Burgesses repeatedly. This was the colonial legislature of Virginia before it became a state. His son Thomas inherited his estate and died and left a widow and some children. She remarried, and her second husband cabbaged all the property and cast the children out. One of these wandered into North Carolina, and selected a location in Craven county, near the town of Newborne. From that point our ancestor, John Purifoy, came over a hundred years ago. ...

From http://jezebel.dev.uga.edu/~drainey/booker.htm Captain Thomas Purefoy was principal commander of Elizabeth City County in 1628. He was in service against the Indians in 1627; was Commissioner for Elizabeth City County in 1628; Justice of the County Court 1628-29; member of the House of Burgesses for the lower part of the county in 1629-30; and member of the State Council in 1631. He named one of his estates "Drayton", which Burke states was one of the seats of the family of Purefoy, Baronets, a title now extinct in England. In the Maryland Archives a deposition, dated 1640, made by his wife, who was then about 42 years old, states that she was born "infra Ranson" , Leicestershire, England and had been in Virginia as early as 1629. In 1656 a grant was made to W. Moore for land at Old Poquoson, which had been assigned to him by Lucy, relict of Captain Purefoy and confirmed by Thomas Purefoy his son and heir. Thos. Purefoy the son was a justice of the Court of Elizabeth City County in 1652. In 1675, June 19, Mr. Matson Wakelin, guardian, petitioned the Council in behalf of the orphans of Thos. Purefoy, dec'd, for a survey of their land. So the son was dead prior to that date. Wakelin married the widow of Thomas Purefoy, Jr.

Issues of Thomas Purefoy I., and his wife Lucy Ranson:

1. Thos. Purefoy II., who married ______, and had a daughter Frances, who married (1) Richard Hand of Elizabeth City County (died circa 1669), and by him had two daughters, Hannah and Martha (who married John Tabb). Frances (Purefoy) Hand married (2) William Lowry of Elizabeth City County and had issue, named in his will, proved May 13, 1724. His daughter Margaret Lowry married Richard Booker, son of Captain Richard and his wife Rebecca Leake. Hannah married Capt. Rich'd Booker, as stated above.

Research Notes

NEEDS CITATION !!! This statement probably refers to a Ransom who married a Lucy but in 1707. This Lucy would have passed on by then so this subject under research notes can be safely removed.

Lucy was married to John Ransom and had a son, Peter Ransom. Later she married Capt. Thomas Purefoy and had another son, Peter Purefoy.^[7]

If Lucy was married to a John Ransom before Thomas Purefoy, it would have taken place in England. There was no Peter Ransom mentioned in any court dealing or passenger list with his mother. Death record maybe required of the first Peter. Also she wasn't married to a Ransom in Virginia as she made a grant in 1656 as "Lucy, relict of Captain Purifoy"

LNAB needs to be verified.

Lucy being born in 1598 would have married at earliest 1613 or 1614. He children may have been born between 1614 and 1634. Her grandchildren would have been born between 1644 and 1654, Therefore, the marriage (suggested below) would incorrect as it is 1750! more sourcing needs to be done on this profile before a merge with links to sources that are preferaby? not Ancestry.

Lucy Ransome. Born 1598

Arrival 1629 Virginia

Marriage Husband Wife Lucy Ransome. Child: Marriage 28 APR 1750. ???? who married in 1750?? not a child...this is in the next century. , Virginia, USA.

Research Notes

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• Source: #S468 File @M2094@ Source: #S469 Source: #S898 Source: #S928 Source number: 24064.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2Source: #S929 Place: Virginia; Year: 1629; Page Number: 69
• Source: S469 Dodd, Jordan Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997; Repository: #R1
• Source: S928 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
• Source: #S928 Source number: 24064.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2 Source: #S928 Source number: 24064.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2

Source: #S929 Place: Virginia; Year: 1629; Page Number: 69 Source: #S928 Source number: 24064.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Genealogies #1 pre-1600-1900's. Genealogies of Virginia Families, A-Ch, The Booker Family, (CD) Information taken from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography by the Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore MD.
2. ↑ Indexed by Judith McGhan Genealogies of Virginia Families From The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume IV Neville-Terrill (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1982), Page 222>
3. ↑ Stanard, William Glover. “Some Emigrants to Virginia : Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia during the Colonial Period Whose Parentage Is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records : Stanard, William Glover, 1859-1933 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Richmond, Va. : For sale by the Bell Book & Stationery Co., January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/someemigrantstov00stan/page/56/mode/2up. Page 56.
4. ↑ Virginia Genealogies #1 pre-1600-1900's. Genealogies of Virginia Families, A-Ch, The Booker Family, (CD) Information taken from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography by the Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore MD.
5. ↑ Stanard, William Glover. “Some Emigrants to Virginia : Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia during the Colonial Period Whose Parentage Is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records : Stanard, William Glover, 1859-1933 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Richmond, Va. : For sale by the Bell Book & Stationery Co., January 1, 1970. https://archive.org/details/someemigrantstov00stan/page/56/mode/2up. Page 56.
6. ↑ Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. Richmond, VA: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1934. https://archive.org/details/cavalierspioneer00nuge.
7. ↑ Entered by Linda Plummer.

"Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607--1635", by McCartney.

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