Rachel (Hager) Oakes (1681 - abt. 1781)

Born 1681 in England

Descendants

Died about 1781 at about age 100 in Virginia

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Biography

Rachel most likely was born either in England or Virginia. Which is still unknown at this time.

Rachel was the wife of John Oakes-(1670-1730),they married by 1702 when John Oakes received a Virginia Land Grant for 360 acres in King William County, Virginia. This grant was called a "headright claim." A headright refers to both the grant of land itself as well as the actual person (“head”) through whom the land is claimed. The person who has the “right” to claim the land is the one who paid to transport any person to the colony. He paid the transportation costs across the ocean into the colony of Virginia for himself, his wife Rachel Oakes, and six other named persons on the land grant. ^[1][2]

Because John Oakes did not list children on the land grant or pay for his children to come into the Colony of Virginia, all of their children below were born in America;

Thomas Oakes-(1710-1807)

Charles Oakes-(1713-1760)

William Oakes-(1715-1765)

Mary Margaret Oakes Peery McPheeters-(1717-1779)

Sarah Oakes, Guthrey-(1718-1784)

Records show John III was granted 360 acres of land in King William Co. on October 28, 1702. This land grant was adjoining the land of Hance Henrick (sic) and William Hurt Jr. on the Briery Br. along the Mattapony River. Hance Hendrick received 175 acres on Briery Br. on the same date, in later grants identified as Herring Creek of the Mattapony River in King William County, Virginia.^[3] Herring Creek which flows into Mattapony River where John and Rachel Oakes settled in King William County is just north of Aylett, Virginia.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Library of Virginia. Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Archives. Virginia Land Grant: John Oakes, King William County, formerly King and Queen County, 28 October 1702 360 acres adjoining Hance Henrick, William Hurt Jr, Briery Branch transportation of John Oakes, Rachel Oakes, 6 others into the colony, 28 October 1702. Library of Virginia Accessed 7 Sep 2022.
2. ↑ Tribune-Star. GENEALOGY: Headright system used to bring people into the colonies. Tribune-Star, Tamie Dehler, Special to the Tribune-Star Jul 8, 2012. Accessed 7 September 2022
3. ↑ The Pamunkey Hendrick Chronicles 1690-1800, by Robert W. Baird pp. 8-9. Yumpu.com Accessed 7 Sep 2022.
4. ↑ "HERRING CREEK NEAR AYLETT, VA" identifier USGS-01674600, Water Quality Portal. Accessed 7 Sep 2022.

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