John Wall (abt. 1690 - 1758)

Born about 1690 in Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 May 1758 at about age 68 in Brunswick, Virginia

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Biography

Appointed Lieutenant of Brunswick County Virginia Militia 7/3/1746 Gentlemen Justice 1747 Undersheriff 1748 member, House of Burgesses

Children

1. Martha WALL b: Dec 14, 1723 in Brunswick Co. Va
2. Ann WALL b: Mar 7, 1720 in Brunswick Co. Va
3. Burgess WALL b May 22,1722 in Brunswick Co. Va
4. David WALL b June 12, 1725 in Brunswick Co. Va
5. Mary WALL b:Dec 13, 1726 in Brunswick Co. Va
6. George WALL b: Nov 4, 1727, Brunswick Co. Va
7. Zachariah WALL b:July 25, 1731, Halifax Co. Va
8. Robert WALL b: May 17, 1733 in Halifax Co. Va
9. John WALL b: 1735 in Halifax Co. Virginia
10. Charles Fleming WALL b: Abt. 1737 in Halifax Co. Virginia

Will

johns father Joseph Wall died prior to 19 April 1727 in Surry County as the abstracted version of his will, below, shows:
?Wall, Joseph. Leg. ?
To son, James Wall, 100 acres bought of Thos. Miller ... to the land of James Wall.
To son, John Wall, Bible, Sarment Book, tools, etc.
To daughter, Elizabeth, one chest, etc.
To son, Joseph Wall, 5 shillings.
To son, Richard Wall, 5 shillings.
Rest of estate to my wife,
and son, Robert Wall, after 03/09/16
Wall Family IV - 12 my funeral expenses are paid.
Makes son, John Wall, Exer. Prob: 19 April 1727.
Wit: Robert Lancaster, Thomas Pittman^[1]

Will

Will of John Wall of the parish of Saint Andrew in the County of Brunswick. Brunswick Co., VA, WB 3, pp. 254-255, w. 22 Feb 1758, p. 23 May 1758. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/w93os7f

son Burgess Wall
daughter Martha Moore
son David Wall
daughter Mary Wall
son Robert Wall
son George Wall
son John Wall
daughter Ann Wall
son Charles Wall
Exr: son Charles Wall
Wit: William Scoggin, John Abernathy, Susanna Brown

Brunswick County, Virgiina (member, House of Burgesses 1736-1747) Will Book 3, p. 254 (Gentlemen Justice 1732 & 1747) Order Book 3, 1745-49, p. 44

Sources

1. ↑ Wall Family Page 1. North Carolina GenWeb. By James L. (Lou) Poole. 328 Forest Grove Drive, Richardson, TX 75080.

See also:

• Brunswick County, Virginia Will Book 3, p. 366
• "The Walls of Walltown - The Known Descendants of James Wall of Anson County, North Carolina", compiled by Anne Wall Thomas (1969)
• "My Folk - The First Three Hundred Years 1670-1970: A Study of Many First Settlers and Founders of Old Anson and Richmond Counties North Carolina", by Eleanor Pratt Covington McSwain (1972, 1973)
• Index to Journal of Virginia House of Burgesses
• "Colonial Surry" by John Bennett Bodie, pp. 92-93 (1948)
• Colonial Dames Register of 1892-1930, p. 452 - CD National #1717
• John Wall Bassett Historical Society. 2019MF Eggleston.