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Charles Hamlin (abt. 1680 - 1721)

Charles Hamlin
Born about in Charles City County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 41 in Surry, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

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Charles Hamlin was a Virginia colonist.

Note: The following text, unless otherwise sourced, is taken verbatim from Stephen Hamlin, Immigrant, and Descendants.[1]

Stephen, Jr. died while Charles was still a minor child. In December 1687, Capt. Thomas Cocke, a guardian of the orphan of Stephen Hamblin, sued James Bisse. Abraham Hinton [s/b Hamlin] cared for young Charles for a while and then John Jones took Charles in 1690.[2] [3]

In April 1693 Charles was placed by the court as an apprentice to Capt. John Hamlin until he reached age 21, to learn the trade of carpenter and to be taught to read and write. Capt. John Hamlin was his uncle, son of Stephen Hamlin and Agnes Powell.[4]

Digests of court proceedings substantiate the relationships given above: Order Book (1713-1718), p. 20, Surry Co. Virginia: On the 17th of December, 1713, Charles Hamlin, next of kin to William Stringer, deceased, made an oath that William Stringer died without making a will and Charles gave Security to become the administrator of the estate of the deceased.

Deeds and Wills No. 6 (1709-1715), p. 195, Surry Co., Va.: Gregory Rawlins, of Surry County sold to Charles Hamlin, 126 acres of land in Surry County being part of 300 acres patented to John Osbourne dec'd, dated 26 Apr. 1639, etc.

Order Book (1713-1718), p.35, Surry Co., Va.: On the 16th of June, 1714, the deed for the land Gregory Rawlings had sold to Charles Hamlin was recorded and Hannah Rawlings gave up her right of dower in said land.

Surry County, Book 6, p.224: Last Will and Testament of William Rookings, 1 February, 1715; proved 16 March, 1715, To my daughter, Susannah, and to her husband, Charles Hamlin, the property known as the "Greens" for their lives and at their deaths to return to my son, William Rookings (IV)..(also mentions James Rookings and Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Jane and wife, Ann.)

Deeds and Wills, Book 7 (1715-1730), Part 2, p. 355, Surry Co., Va.: On the 16th of August, 1721, the inventory and account of the estate of Charles Hamlin, dec'd was returned to the Court by Timothy Bridges and Susannah, his wife, Administrators

Deeds and Wills, No. 7 (1715-1730), Part 2, p. 488, recorded 20 November, 1723: Account of the estate of Charles Hamlin, dec'd, returned to court by William Hamlin, Administrator of Timothy Bridges dec'd who was the administrator Besides the records quoted above, Charles purchased and sold other land. After the death of Charles, Susannah married Timothy Bridges who died previous to the 20th of November, 1723.[2]

Charles Hamlin's  widow, Susannah, had married Timothy Bridges before that date. (Surry Co. Deeds & Wills, Book 7 (1715-1730) Part 2, p. 355.)[2]

This William Hamlin [named above] was a nephew of Charles Hamlin, of the said Charles Hamlin dec'd.  The inventory was proven by the oath of Susannah Bridges.  The amount of the widow's third was itemized  (31 pounds, 12 shillings and 3/4 pence) and what was left (114 pounds, 4 shillings and 1 1/4 pence) was due to the orphans of Charles Hamlin.  Surry County, Virginia Records.[2]

The proof that Charles Hamlin and his wife, Susannah Rookings, had a son named Stephen can be found in Surry County, Virginia, Deed Book, 4 (1741-1746) pages 138-139. In an indenture dated 19 July, 1743, Stephen sells to James Rookings of Surry County, 126 acres of land, the land being the same land "sold and conveyed by Gregory Rawlins to Charles Hamlin, father of the aforesaid Stephen Hamlin, and by the Said Charles Hamlin devised to his aforesaid son, Stephen Hamlin......" The deed was recorded on the 20th of July, 1743.

As yet records have not been located which name the other children of Charles Hamlin and Susannah Rookings. Charles Hamlin left a will but the will has not been found. Many of the Virginia Records were destroyed during the Civil War.

Susannah's great grandfather, William Rookings, an emigrant from England, arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on the Bona Nova in 1619. More can be found about Susannah's ancestors in the appendix of this Hamlin genealogy. The records of the Rookings family provide eligibility for their descendants to become members of the First Families of Virginia and The Jamestown Society.

Prince George County Deeds (1713-1728), p. 899: April, 1723, William Hamlin, administrator of the estate of Mr. Timothy Bridges, gave a financial account to the court. Among the debits against the estate were "To the orphans of Charles Hamlin, deceased, 114 pounds, 4 shillings and 1 pence " and " By a negro man and a negro girl in his possession, belonging to the orphans of Charles Hamlin, dec'd valued to 51 pounds." The accounts prove that Susannah was the widow of Charles Hamlin and that her second husband, Timothy Bridges, also, was deceased.

Sources

  1. stephen hamlin, immigrant, and descendants pp 16ff
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. in 2 volumes. Redwood City, Calif., Pacific Coast Publisers, 1955- Volume 1, p 237
  3. Charles City County Court Order Book, 1687, page 3; as cited in Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Ancestry Sharing Image, Page 551.
  4. Virginia, Apprentice Index, 1640-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1997. Original data: Gill Jr., Harold B. Apprentices of Virginia 1623-1800. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Ancestry Inc., 1989. Ancestry Record 3111 #7472

See also:

  • Source: S-2050775427 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;;; Note: Ancestry Family Trees (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;), Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), _APID: 1030::0 CONT This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. CONT .

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Hamlin-178 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson.




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Hamlin-698 and Hamlin-178 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, brother, and death date, and both from Surry County, Virginia.
posted by Matthew Hutson
see page 201 - marriage bond for Charles Hamlin and Agnes Cocke issued Dec. 28, 1757, in Amelia County, Virginia... son/grandson of Charles?

update: found Charles & Agnes: Hamlin-442 & Cocke-289

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett