Thomas Branch Jr. (1658 - 1728)

Born 1658 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Archer) Branch — married 12 Oct 1688 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1728 at about age 70 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1658. Thomas Branch. He passed away in 1728. ^[1] Son of THOMAS BRANCH (1623-1694) – ELIZABETH GOUGH (1627-1697)

Thomas (father of this Thomas) was an infant when he came to the American Colonies with his parents, Christopher Branch and Mary Addie, settling in Henrico, Virginia. Elizabeth appears to have been born in Virginia, the daughter of Matthew Gough. They lived their whole lives in Henrico, Virginia where all nine of their children were born.

Thomas, like his father, Christopher, was a tobacco planter, having several hundred acres in Kingsland tract on the south side of James River, same area that his father developed. Very little is found in the records about him. And extract of his will is as follows:

“…..being of Cracy Condition but of sound and perfect memory” …. To my three sons, Thomas, Matthew and James, 5 shillings each; residue of goods and chattels to wife Elizabeth, but should she die before testator then saide goods and chattels to be equally divided between testator’s aforesaid 3 sons, only I give to my two daughters, Elizabeth Richardson and Martha Ward, 5 shillings each to buy a ring.

The will was dated 25 8br (October) 1688. He alludes to him as being in a sickly crazy condition that was evidently physical, not mental. Elizabeth’s will was dated nine years later on 2 August 1697 and gives more insight to their situation:

To son Thomas, bed that standeth with the head to the partition on the left hand of the door as one cometh in, with all furniture belonging thereto, also 5 pair sheets (one pair being Holland), my long table and forms, a great copper kettle, an iron pot known by the name of the long pot, and one belmettle skillet;

son Matthew 1 pair new curtains and vallens to the bed he hath had already, five pair sheets (one being Holland), chest of drawers, drawing table and small forme, biggest brass kettle, second great pot, one pot called the new pot being made of iron, chafing dish, pair fire dogs; son James, feather bed that standeth on the right hand as one cometh from the door to the chimney with the curtains and vallens and all other furniture belonging to said bed; 5 pair sheets (one being Holland) half this present crop of wheat, one great iron pot, one small iron pot, small brass kettle, Negro man Mingo;

daughter Elizabeth Richardson, suit of wearing clothes, my riding gown, and twelve pence in money;

son-in-law Richard Ward, half crown to buy him a pair of gloves;

granddaughter Martha Branch, all my wearing closthes in general, linen and wollen, shoes and hose;

three sons Thomas, Matthew and James, before mentioned, residue of estate to be equally divided between them except that half the wheat, after James hath his, is to be divided between Thomas and Matthew, and 2 cows called Nanny and Cherry and one cow calfe and half an ox which I give to son James and other half of said ox to son Thomas; residue of goods and chattels to be equally divided between sons Thomas and Matthew.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[2] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

WILL: Probated December 1728.

From the files of Lois Branch: 4 November, 1685, Thomas Branch patented 760 acres in Henrico, on the south side of the river, in the parish of Varina, bordering land owned by Mr. Abell Gower, John Clark, and Mr. Thomas Branch, Senior. Thomas conveyed 280 acres of this tract to his brother Matthew Branch, for 2,000 pounds of tobacco, by a deed dated and recorded 1 February, 1686-7; and on the same date conveyed to his brother James Branch 200 acres of the same tract, "for love and affection."

Henrico Parish and County; Virginia Will of Edward Deeley October 18, 1688 I will and bequeath to my cousin Thomas Branch Jrs. daughters, one cow. Probated June 1, 1689

12 Oct 1688 Joseph Royal, guardian to the orphans of George Archer, delivered two mares to Thomas Branch who married Eliz. Archer, one of the said orphans.^[3]

Henrico Parish and County; Virginia Deed December 1, 1697 Thomas Branch of County and Parish of Henrico to John Cocke and Obedience, his wife, the daughter and one one of the co-heirs of John Branch, late deceased. For Pound 5 Sterling, conveys 100 acres at "Kingsland" or near thereto in county aforesaid, formerly given to Jane (the grandmother of said Obedience), and wife of William Branch (son of Christopher) and father to John Branch, and to the heirs of said William Branch as by deed on record in Henrico Court may appear. Page 39

In a deed dated December 2, 1697, Thomas Branch is called "Thomas Branch, the eldest son of Thomas Branch, who was the eldest son of Christopher Branch, late of Henrico, deceased" (Henrico Records).

Henrico County; Virginia
Will of Thomas Branch
December 4, 1727
Page 221
Henrico Co., VA, DB/WB 1725-1731, No. 1, Part 2, p. 221, w. 4 Dec 1727, p. 1st Monday in December 1728 [6 Dec 1728]. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/u247mev

To Son Thomas: negro girl Hannah, large copper kettle, high bed and bedstead, rug, blanket, curtains, valence, pair best sheets, bolster and cases standing in upper chamber on right hand of stairs, great looking glass, chest of drawers in the lower chamber (room), six largest Russian leather chairs, silver tumbler, gun, large table cloth and form, pair andirons, large iron pot called the soap pot.
To Son William: negro boy Tom, negro girl Sarah, bed inye chamber, bedstead, rug, blanket, pair sheets, great chest in lower room, one bole, six Russian leather chairs of the second sort, three silver spoons, oval table, brass kettle about 18 or 20 gallons.
To Son James: 280 acres land on deep bottom of Proctor's Creek, negro woman Pegg, two negro children Matt and Jack, bed, bedstead, rug, blanket, sheets, "which his brother Thomas and he always lie on," new iron pot and pot hooks, 3 silver spoons, six of the old high leather chairs.
To Daughters: Tabitha Mitchell, Agnes Worsham, Elizabeth Punch, Frances Tanner, Amey Branch, each 10 shillings credit in a London store, daughter Mary Tatum L16 credit in some London Store. To Daughter Martha, bed and bedstead, rug, blanket and sheets "which she and her sister now lies on in the lower chamber (room)," and 12 shillings to buy a ring, one chest that shall calls hers.
To Daughter Margery: L8 currency to buy a bed.
Sons: William and James, 3 old guns.
Wife Elizabeth: During her widowhood, for maintenance of her and her family labor and benefit of 3 negros, viz: Mingo, Doley, and Peter and if she marries said Mingo and Doley go to my son Thomas, and said Peter to my son James; also to my wife Elizabeth, during her life, use, profits and increase to residue of personal estate and my goods movable and immovable and all crop now on plantation except legacies herein mentioned, and after her decease the same to be equally divided between my three sons and two daughters who are unmarried.
Wife Elizabeth: executrix and guardian to all my children that are under age.
Witnesses: Richard Ward, Junior; Higginson X King; Charles Griffith.
Probated: December 1728

More About THOMAS BRANCH II:
Deed: December 02, 1697, Thomas is mentioned as being Thomas Branch, the eldest son of Thomas Branch, who was the eldest son of Christopher Branch, late of Henrico County; deceased. Info

He passed away after 1728.

Thomas Branch was born about 1658 (Henrico County Records, Vol. 1710-14, p. 48) and died in 1728. In a deed dated December 2, 1697 he is called "Thomas Branch the eldest son of Thomas …

He is son of Thomas Branch 1624–1694 and Elizabeth Gooch Deeley Branch 1627–1697

He married Elizabeth Archer Branch 1674 – unknown (m. 1688)

Siblings

1. Matthew Branch 1661–1726
2. James Branch 1666–1749
3. Elizabeth Branch Parham 1680–1717

Children

1. Elizabeth Archer Branch Goode 1690–1766
2. Frances Branch Tanner 1692 – unknown
3. Agnes Branch Osborne Worsham 1694 – unknown
4. Mary Branch Tatum 1694 – unk

Thomas Branch was born about 1658 (Henrico County Records, Vol. 1710-14, p. 48) and died in 1728. In a deed dated December 2, 1697 he is called "Thomas Branch the eldest son of Thomas Branch, who was the eldest son of Christopher Branch, late of Henrico, deceased" (Henrico Records).

Thomas Branch married Elizabeth, daughter of George Archer, of Henrico County. p. 65

The will of Thomas Branch of Henrico County, dated December 4, 1727, was probated December 1728.Son Thomas, negro girl Hannah and large copper kettle, high bed and bedstead, rugs, blankets, curtains, vallence, pair best sheets, boulster and cases (standing in upper chamber on right hand of the stairs), great looking glass, chest of drawers in lower chamber, six largest Russia chairs leather, silver tumbler, gun, large table cloth and form, ..............p. 65Thomas and William Branch of Henrico and Some of Their Descendants, William Clayton Torrence, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Jul., 1916), pp. 59-70 [1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Colin Grove, Jan 1, 2012
2. ↑ Branch-667 was created by Lisa Lebeck through the import of Lisa_s Family Tree.ged on Feb 23, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
3. ↑ https://liveasfreepeople.com/2019/01/03/essential-records-of-a-key-orphans-court-part-1-1677-1690/

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• Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808 complied by Joyce H. Lindsay, Richmond, Virginia, 1960. FHL Collection. Quote from page 11: before August 1689. Thomas BRANCH and Elizabeth Archer, orphan of George Archer. Orphans Court 1677-1739. p 24.
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• Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and String, 2004, pg 368

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Thomas Branch BIRTH 1658 Henrico County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1728 (aged 69–70) Henrico County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Branch Family Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #221198969