Humphrey Ann Frances (Toy) Brown (1745 - abt. 1811)

Born 1745 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia

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Died about 1811 at about age 66 in Prince William, Virginia, United States

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Humphrey was born in 1745. Humphrey Toy ...

ALEXANDER BROWN (Richard, Gustavus, Gustavus, Richard, David), of Prince William county, Va. ; b. —; d. Prince William county, 1794; estate appraised May 21, 1794; m. —.Humphrey Ann Frances (Toy) Whiting, wid. of Henry Whiting, Gloucester county, Va., * whom she m. Nov. II, 1762. (K. P. Reg.) She was sister of Elizabeth Toy.

[footnote:] * Mr. Whiting of Gloucester Co., Va., had—

i. Henry, m. Nov. 11,1762, Humphrey Ann Frances Toy (Kingston Par. Reg., Glouc. Co.) ; his est. inventoried, P. W. Co., May a, 1797, by Matthew Whiling and Wm. Skinker ; acc. vouched for by the widow, Humphrey Ann Frances Brown. Child —i. Thomas, ii. Frances, d. Feb. 16, 1807; m. 1786, Alexander Scott. (Scott 7.) iii. Harriet, b. Apr. 7, 1771 ; B. May 18, 1771 (K. P.) ; m. Edmund Brooke, iv. Elizabeth, m. Richard B. Alexander, who in 1807 sold his est. in Va. to Gustavus R. A. Brown for ,£3600 and went West, (f . Mrs. Glassell's Letter.)

ii. Francis, named in will of Matthew.

iii. Matthew of "Snow Hill," d. 1810: m. Feb. 26, 1763, Elizabeth Toy of Glouc. (K. P.) His will, dat. Fed 6, 1806, pro P. W. Co , Dec. 4, 1810 (K. 77), names wife Elizabeth, Cecelia G. Brooke, wife of Matthew, and Matthew Whiling Brooke, whom he had educated and patronized (son of Mr. Edmund Brooke), his gr. niece Nancy, eldest dau. of Thomas Ingram. His bro., Francis Whiting, and friend, Edmund Brooke, Ex'rs. Among the items of his est. is: "Dec. 17, to Parson Thompson for funeral discourse, $2000. Elizabeth ( Toy) Whiting, wid. of Matthew, d. 1811, will dat. Apr. 39, 1811, pro. Aug. 5, 1811 (K. 09), names Cecelia G. Brooke, wife of Matthew W. Brooke ; her nieces, Cecelia Beverley W. Toy Ann, dau. of Lewis Beverley W., Eliza Frances Carter, Elizabeth Alexander, wife of Gerard A., Seignora Brown, Sarah Scott, and Maria Whiting, "my dear little Toy Edmonia Brooke, the grand dau. of my sister Brown" : ner nephew, Matthew Whiting Brooke, and niece, Martha Lavina Brown. Ex'r, Edmund Brooke. July 5, 1811, est. credited cash paid Parson Thompson for burying, $5.00. (See Peyton 6.)^[1]

JOHN GLASSELL (Andrew, Robert, John), b. Torthorwald, Madison county, Va., Oct. 29, 1780; d. Sep. 30, 1850; m. (I.) Sep. 11, 1806, Louisa Richard Brown, b. June 22, 1785 ; d. Aug. 20, 1818; dau. of Alexander and Humphrey Ann Frances (Toy-Whiting) Brown. (Brown 37.) (II.) "Gordonsdale," Fauquier county, by Rev. Jas. Thompson, June 27, 1821, Margaret Christian (Scott) Lee, b. 1783; d. Oct. 11, 1843 ; dau. of Rev. John Scott, of Virginia, and widow of Yelverton Peyton, also widow of Hon. Charles Lee, U. S. Attorney General in the Cabinet of General Washington, 1795, and uncle of that peerless Christian soldier, General Robert Edward Lee, commander-in-chief of the armies of the Confederate States of America. (Scott 42. Peyton 88.) Under Peyton 88 will appear her children by Charles Lee. (III.) "Cottage Farms," Pr.W. Co., Nov. 20, 1845, Sarah Scott Ashton, b. 1797; d. s. p. Jan. 8, 1869; dau. of Major Lawrence and Elizabeth (Scott) Ashton. (Scott 25.) His three wives were cousins to each other.^[2]

ALEXANDER SCOTT {James, James, John), b. "Clermont," 1762 (?); d. "Seven Islands," June 29, 1819; m. (I.) —1786, Frances Whiting, b. — ; d. Feb. 16, 1807; daughter of Henry and Humphrey Ann Frances (Toy) Whiting (Brown, p. 178, note*) ; (II.) July 13, 18 1 3, Sarah Butler (Henry) Campbell; b Jan. 4, 1780; d. Dec. 10, 1856; daughter of Gov. Patrick and Dorothea (Dandridge) Henry, and widow of Robert Campbell of Scotland, brother of Thomas Campbell, the poet. (S. M. P., p. 190.)^[3]

MICHAEL WALLACE (Michael, Michael, William), of Madison county, Va., b. Va. Nov. 11, 1777; d. Feb. 14, 185 1 ; m. (I.) cir. —, 1800, Mary Kelton Glassell, b. Madison county, Va., May 4, 1783; d. June 6, 1818; daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Taylor) Glassell (Glassell 9, p. 7); m. (II.) —, Cecilia Gustavus (Brown) Brooke, b. June 11, 1784; d. Apr. 19, 1833; daughter of Alexander and Humphrey Ann Frances (Toy- Whiting) Brown, Prince William county (Brown 92, note, p. 178), and widow of Matthew Whiting Brooke, son of Edmund Brooke, Gloucester county, Va.; m. (III.) Dec. 25, 1835, Margaret Henderson, b. —, 1785; d. s. p. Apr. 19, 1859, "at the residence of R. A. Weaver, Warrenton, Va., ae 71, for many years a communicant of the Prot. Epis. Ch." (S. C) See Henderson foot note, page 723.^[4]

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• Fact: Also Known As Humphrey Ann Frances Toye, Humphry A Toy, Humphry Ann Frances Brown, Humphry Ann Toy Brown, Humphry Frances Toye, Humy Frances Or Hymphry Frances Toy, Humphrey Ann Frances Or Toy, Humphry Ann Toy
• Fact: Marriage (11 Nov 1762) Episcopal Church,Kingston Parish,Gloucester,Virginia
• Fact: Other

Sources

1. ↑ page 178, Hayden, Horace Edwin, Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland, "BROWN FAMILY," Wilkes-Barre, Penna.: E. B. Yordy, 1885 (1891. Print.)
2. ↑ page 8-9, Hayden, Virginia Genealogies ---, "GLASSELL ---
3. ↑ page 630, Hayden, Virginia Genealogies ---, "SCOTT ---
4. ↑ page 722, Hayden, Virginia Genealogies ---, "WALLACE ---

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