Joseph (Callaway) Calloway Jr. (1685 - 1738)

Born 1685 in Charles City County, Colonial Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Browning) Callaway — married 1735 in Brunswick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1738 at about age 53 in Essex, Colonial Virginia

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Joseph Calloway, Jr was born 1685 in Essex County, Virginia, the son of Joseph Callaway.^[1]

1687 Joseph Senior Transported to Virginia

On April 20, 1687, Joseph Callaway's name appears in Virginia Patent Books. John Medor was granted 640 acres of land in Rappahannock County, south side of Rappahannock River on Beaverdam Swamp for transporting four persons: Jno Chambers, Joseph Callaway, Robert Duell and John Warrener. ^[2]

On April 21, 1690, Joseph Callaway and Robert Duell appear on another importation list where Dugwell Ferson was granted 63 acres in Middlesex County, VA by the west branch of Parretts Creek. The explanations for appearing on two different importation lists include returning to England or some other Colony or possibly some sort of fraud. ^[2]

1700 Joseph Senior Buys Essex County Land

On April 10, 1700, Joseph Callaway bought 77 acres in Essex County from John McDuffy (Essex Deed Book 10, p30) ^[2][1]

1704 Essex County

Joseph appears on the Essex County Quit Rent Rolls of 1704. ^[2][1]

Marriage

His wife's name is not known. ^[2]

1711 Purchases Land from Francis Browning

On July 11/12, 1711, Joseph Callaway of South Farnham Parish bought 100 acres for the sum 2,500 lbs. of tobacco, on the south side of the headwaters of Portabago Swamp in Essex County (Deed Book 13, p 424). This land was purchased from Francis Browning and his wife Rachel; it was part of a patent formerly granted to Enoch Doughty. ^[2][1]

1712 Neighbor of Francis Browning

In April 1712, a deed makes reference to Joseph Callaway's land when William Berry and his wife Margaret of Richmond County sold to Samuel Short of Essex County, 310 acres in Essex, being a part of a patent granted to Enoch Doughty for 4763 acres, and bounded by the land of Joseph Callay and that of Francis Browning, and on a head branch of Matapony (Essex County Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p33). ^[2][1]

1715 Francis Browning Gives Land to Daughter Anne

On July 10, 1715, Francis Browning of St. Mary's Parish gives "for natural love and affection which I have for my well beloved daughter Anne Browning", 100 acres "where I now live", which land was purchased out of a tract formerly granted to Enoch Doughty, adjoining 100 acres sold to Joseph Callaway and land recently taken up by Jn. Sanders (Essex County Wills and Deeds, 1714-1717, p366). ^[2][1]

1732 Death

He died 10 June 1732 in Essex County, Virginia. ^[1]

Children

1. Joseph Calloway, ^[1] Joseph Callaway was born before 1732 in Essex or Caroline County, Virginia.^[2]
2. John Calloway, born 1711, ^[1]
3. Captain Thomas Callaway (1712-1800)^[1] Thomas Callaway: Birth: 12 OCT 1712 in Essex Co., VA. Death: FEB 1800 in Ashe Co., NC ^[2] In 1765, Thomas Callaway and his wife Mary of Halifax County sold to Walter Dunn, a tract of land in Essex County "whereupon Joseph Callaway formerly lived." (Essex County Deed Book 30, p58). ^[2] In 1732, Thomas Callaway appears in the Tax records of Caroline County. ^[2]
4. William Callaway, (1714-1777)^[1] William Callaway: Birth: ABT 1714 in Essex Co., VA. Death: DEC 1777 in Bedford County, VA ^[2]
5. Francis Callaway (1716-1791)^[1] Francis Callaway: Birth: ABT 1716 in Essex Co., VA. Death: ABT 1791 in Wilkes Co., GA ^[2]
6. Richard Callaway (1717-1780)^[1] Richard Callaway: Birth: 14 JUN 1717 in Essex Co., VA. Death: 8 MAR 1780 in Boonesboro, KY ^[2]
7. James Clinton Callaway (1724-1767)^[1] James C. Callaway: Birth: BET 1720 AND 1724 in VA. Death: ABT 1767 in Bedford Co., VA ^[2]
8. Ann Calloway Sturgill (1730-1850)^[1]
9. Elizabeth.---by Allie Nelson^[1]

Research Notes

Was Joseph Calloway the husband of Anne Browning?

Possibly the husband of Anne Browning- The last deed, below, caused some to surmise Joseph was married to the daughter of Francis Browning and that Joseph named his son, Francis, after Anne’s father. ^[1]

Incorrect Death Place

Death: Date: 10 JUN 1738

Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA

Age: 52-53

Joseph was born in 1685. He passed away in 1732.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} Find A Grave: Memorial #144915877 Memorial for Joseph Callaway. Maintained by: Allie Griffith Nelson, Originally Created by: Carole Conrad. Added: 12 Apr 2015. Accessed 16 August 2021 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15} Notes from Callaway Family Association:Rootsweb Updated 14 October 2019

• Ancestry Family Tree
• "Hospitable and Helpful Historian," The Callaway Journal, vol. 18, p. 17 (1993) (giving the year and state but not naming the county).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144915877/joseph-callaway : accessed 22 June 2022), memorial page for Joseph Callaway Jr. (1685–10 Jun 1732), Find A Grave: Memorial #144915877, ; Maintained by Allie Griffith Nelson (contributor 48649629) Burial Details Unknown.