James Tate (1662 - 1727)

Born 1662 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Upham) Tate — married 1685 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1727 at about age 65 in New Kent, Virginia

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Biography

James Tate was born abt 1662. He was baptized in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA

He married Ann Upham and / or Ann Waddy.

Children were baptized in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA. Some children are listed under James Tate, some as James Teate. Some children's deaths listed as Teate ^[1]

He died abt 1727 New Kent Co., VA

He may be buried Saint Peters Episcopal Church Cemetry, Putneys Mill, New Kent Co., Virginia, USA^[2]

Research Notes

According to Tate Families of the South ::

• James Tate, born about 1662 of New Kent Co. Va., probably son of James Tate about, however no documentary evidence. Judge Charles Tate, called him the Scotsman, emmigrant, who settled near Page's War House, Hanover Co, VA Hanover County was formed from New Kent Co. in 1720.
• On 4 May 1689. St. Paul's Parish, New Kent Co., VA James Tate's name was listed as a land owner and in 1704 his name appeared on the rent rolls for 160 acres.
• He was a hatter by trade as well as the tailor who in 1708 made clothes for Anne Burriss, also in 1711 clothes for Anthony Winston.
• On 14 March 1708 he was appointed overseer of processioning for his district., until 1727 when he died intestate, when the widow Tate, William Winston and widow Waddy's land ordered into one precinct. A widow Tate was there in 1743.
• He married Anne, whose maiden name is unknown to me, however she may have been a Upham or Waddy since those names were used as Christian names, in the families of descendents for several generations thereafter. The name Upham is of very ancient Irish origin, ans was anglicised from the Irish Uppain; a family descended form Ireland, one of the sons of Milesius of Spain, a quo the Milesian Irish Nation. Upham, Uphan or Ufan is invariably called "Fannie" ^[3] Issue born St. Peter's Parish New Kent Co, VA

From Tate Family on Rootsweb.com ^[4]

We continue through James Tate's grandson, another James Tate. He was born about 1662 in New Kent County, Virginia and married Anne Upham. James and Anne Tate's son was Robert Tate who was born 27 Feb 1690/91 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Robert married Elizabeth Waddy. 25 Aug 1731 Robert purchased 400 acres on the south side of Northanna River in Hanover County, Virginia. In 1777 Nathaniel, Henry, and Robert Tate were among the first to renounce allegiance to Great Britain and swear allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Parish Reg. Saint Peter's: Page 37 - 38, 70
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/28720650/james-william-tate : accessed 05 May 2021), memorial page for James William Tate III (1662–1722), Find A Grave: Memorial #28720650, citing Saint Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Putneys Mill, New Kent County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Slemp (contributor 47034300) . No gravestone picture. Bio states his mother was Anne Upham and he married Anne Waddy ??
3. ↑ Rent Rolls, St. Peter's Parish p. 13,29,49,244,257. Patent book 5 p. 518 Judge Charles Tate Diary, Lineage Book of National Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America Vol. 15 p. 41.
4. ↑ Tate Family on rootsweb.com

• The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Virginia from 1680 to 1787 (National Society of the Colonial Sames of American in the State of Virginia, W. E. Jones, Printer, Richmond, Virginia, 1904)
• "Tate families of the south — FamilySearch.org." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/21370?availability=Family History Library. Accessed 2 Apr. 2021.

See Also:

• http://www.geni.com/people/James-Tate/6000000006712842628?through=6000000004068421585