Sylvanus
Stokes
III
Born about in Surry County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Sylvanus Stokes
and Susannah (Jones) Stokes
Brother of
Jones Stokes Sr. [half], Hamlin Stokes [half], Samuel Stokes, John Stokes [half], Martha (Stokes) Ezell [half] and Mary (Stokes) Edwards [half]
Husband of
Cecillia (Walker) Stokes
— married
1720 in Surry, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Marcus Stokes, Hannah (Stokes) Bell, Phaedra (Stokes) Freeman, Micaijah Stokes, Sylvanus Stokes IV, Elizabeth (Stokes) Knight, Lucy Stokes, Agnes (Stokes) Harwood and Lydia Stokes
Died before
before about age 70
in Sussex County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Sylvanus Stokes III was a Virginia colonist.
Sylvanus Stokes was born in 1696, in Surry County, Virginia, a son of Sylvanus Stokes and Susannah Jones.
About 1736, Sylvanus married Cecelia Walker, named in his will as his wife as Cecelia Stokes, executor and heir, until her death, of his lands & plantation.
He is named, "my Second Son Silvanus Stokes", in his father Sylvanus Stokes' Will on 18 May 1742.[1]
Will & Death
Last Will and Testament of SIlvanus Stokes[2]
Sussex County, Virginia.
23 May 1758.
19 June 1766 (proved).
The entire Will of Sylvanus Stokes is transcribed here.
Will of Sylvanus Stokes dated 23 May 1758, proved 19 June 1766: makes wife, CILIA, the sole executor and bequeaths her "all my lands lying on the South side the Rachoon swamp in Sussex County with my Plantation I now live on with all other appurtenances thereunto or in any wise appertaining during her natural life. And after her Death to my son MICAJAH STOKES " Other bequeaths made to: Son, MARCUS STOKES; son, SILVANUS STOKES; son, DRURY STOKES; daughter, PHEBA FREEMAN; daughter, SUSANNAH GREEN; daughter, ELIZABETH KNIGHT; daughter, LUCY STOKES; daughter, AGNESS STOKES; daughter, LEDIA STOKES. Note: Cecelia died in 1788; sons, Marcus, Drury and grandson, Hamlin Freeman filed a Deed of Emancipation for her slaves as requested in her will; filed 18 October 1788 and notes that her will had not yet been proved. Considering the estimated year that Silvanus was born, it's possible that he had a wife prior to Cecilia and she may have been the mother of earlier born children (Mary & Young Stokes?). Note: Sylvanus made bequeaths to ten children and Mary is not named.[3]
Children
Silvanus' children include (named in his Will):
- son Marcus
- son Silvanus
- son Drury
- son Micajah
- daughter Pheba Freeman
- daughter Susannah Green
- daughter Elizabeth Knight
- daughter Lucy Stokes
- daughter Agness Stokes
- daughter Ledia Stokes
Sources
- ↑ County Court, Surry County, Virginia, Wills and deeds (Surry County, Virginia), 1652-1907, Deeds, wills, etc., no. [9], 1738-1754; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-KB9?cat=366316), image 354, image 357.
- ↑ County Court, Sussex County, Virginia, Will books, 1754-1864; index to wills, 1754-1948, Will book, Vol. B-C 1764-1785; database with images, FamilySearch (image 55).
- ↑ FamilySearch Person: LZL4-BD2 for Silvanus Stokes III (1696–1758).
See also:
- 1723 - Sep 5 – VA Surry/Sussex – Admin - Silvanus Stokes (Stoakes) – Land patent for 380 acs. Surry Co; S. side of Nottoway River, & on both sides of Racoon Sw;. 40 Shill. (Nugent III, p. 254)
- Notes from Albemarle Parish Register, Sussex County, Va., p 6 The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jul., 1905), pp. 1-6 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
- Southside Virginia Families, by Boddie, John Bennett, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, CA, 1955-1956, Volumes I, page 38, digitized here: https://books.google.com/books?newbks=0&id=yruvKfanqvAC&q=John+Bell#v=snippet&q=John%20Bell&f=false
- Ancestry.com: Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III.
- Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents. (1898). The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 6(1), 91-100. Retrieved October 14, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242124
See also - other family trees:
- Ancestry Profile for Silvanus Stokes III (1692–1766), Will. [unsourced]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvanus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvanus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvanus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvanus:
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~0.78%
Charles Tatum
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T653907 [compare]
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~0.78%
Evedene Bennett :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Beth (Aiken) Fisher :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Michael Taylor :
23andMe, GEDmatch M165058 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A892272 [compare], Ancestry member MICHAELTAYLOR1956
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T016316 [compare], FTDNA kit #80625
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~0.39%
Terry Green :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Christopher Salyer :
23andMe, GEDmatch M819991 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M819991 [compare], Ancestry member csalyer37
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~0.39%
K Burris :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ksueburris1857
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~0.39%
Barbara (Pennington) Treichel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A938670 [compare], Ancestry member btreiche
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~0.39%
Cotton Garrett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A817430 [compare], Ancestry member Wilford_O_Garrett
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~0.39%
Katherine (Kurz) DeLeon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KatherineD61
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~0.39%
Mardi (Middleton) Odom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072142 [compare], Ancestry member M_MiddletonOdom
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Mary Violet (Maynard) Thornsbery :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Gerald Briggs :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Gerbriggs
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~0.39%
Catherine (Arthur) Cordingley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Christopher Page :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cap758
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~0.39%
Sue (Staton) Hodapp :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GC6746499 [compare]
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~0.39%
Cecilia Ham :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #697060
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~0.39%
Amanda Carter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal AMA005aa180, FTDNA kit #937218
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Thanks for the photo of the birth/baptism record of my Lydia Stokes. I had this info for some time from the terrific record work by John Bennett Boddie nearly a century ago, but so reassuring to see copies of the actual records. Keep up the good work. Evedene Bennett
Lidda Stokes, daughter of Sylvanus & Cecilia, born 27 Jan, baptized 13 March 1747/8. IMAGE 33/212. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4C-2SN?i=32
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