William Cannon (aft. 1680 - 1747)

Born after 1680 in Henrico, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Woodson) Cannon — married about 1700 in Henrico, Virginia

Descendants

Died Aug 1747 before age 67 in Albemarle, Virginia

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Biography

John CANNON and Hester/Esther PLEDGE are the grandparents of Simcock CANNON. After John CANNON died, Hester married Abraham CHILDRES. John CANNON and Hester PLEDGE had the following known children:

John CANNON b. c1688 Henrico Co., VA. m. Mary PRICE
William CANNON b. c1690 " " " m. Judith WOODSON
Joseph CANNON b. c1692 " " "
Mary CANNON b. c1694 " " " m. William EAST ?

Judith WOODSON, daughter of presumed Quaker parents (Robert WOODSON and Elizabeth FARRIS) married William CANNON. "The Cannon family must not be confounded with Kennon family, sometimes pronounced Cannon.
The parents of Judith WOODSON (Williams CANNON's wife), Robert WOODSON, b. 1634 and Elizabeth FARRIS, are presumed Quakers since their sons were documented as being Quakers. ^[1] "John WOODSON (John3, Robert2, John1), son of John WOODSON and Judith TARLETON, was a resident in Goochland County, VA. In 1741, John WOODSON, Gent., aged forty-six, deposed in Goochland that in 1729 he went in company with Capt. Richard COCKE, deceased, to the forks of the James River to survey some land; that he surveyed 800 acres on the south side of the South Fork, and Capt COCKE offered 400 acres thereof to his nephew, John COCKE, if he would come and live on the land. But John COCKE declined, and thereupon, at the request of Capt. COCKE, William CANNON paid the survey, and went and dwelt on the land."
The land is presumed to be in Goochland County, VA and William CANNON is also presumed to have been issued a land patent or grant about 1730.^[2]

Deed of Gift

Goochland - 01 Apr 1742 - William Cannon of Goochland to Abraham Childers during his life & then to his son Abraham Childers, for diverse good causes - 300 hundred acres part of a larger tract patented by William Cannon on the south side of the James River, bounded by the mouth of Taylors Creek where the creek runs into the river, Isaac Bates, the said William Cannon.
(signed) William Cannon
Wit: Samuel Taylor, Richard Guin
recorded 19 Oct 1742

Albemarle Co, Virginia, Road Orders - 13 Nov 1746 Ordered a Road be marked from Slate River to Glovers Road - said Road from the County Line at Phineas Glovers to Buckingham Path at William Webbs be Cleared by the Male Tithables of Isaac Bates, James Daniel, James Nevels and Richard Taylor. Abraham Childers Overseer. And from the said Path to Slate River by the Male Tithables of William Cannon, John Cannon, Other the Male Tiths between the mouth of Slate River and Isaac Bates.

ESTATE

Albermarle Co., Virginia In Aug. 1747 - On the motion of Issac Bates, Gent., for the administration of the Estate of William Cannon, deceased. Ordered John Cannon Heir at Law and Theodorick Webb be severally sumoned to next Court to show cause if any they have why the said administration should not be granted as aforesaid to the said Isaac Bates.

On 11 Aug. 1747. On the Petition of John Cannon who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for Obtaining Letters of Administration of the Estate of William Cannon Deceased giving Security and on which he together with James Nevils and William Cabell Gent. his Security entered into and Acknowledge Bond."
James Nevils, Samuel Jordan, John Cobbs and James Daniel, Gent. were to make the appraisal of the slaves and personal estate.
His inventory was presented at November Court 1749 by John Cannon. James Daniel and James Neville made the inventory which showed he owned about fifteen horses and colts

William was born about 1673. He passed away in 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine; Volume 9, Number 4
2. ↑ William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine; Volume 10, Number 1

Albemarle Court Orders - Nathaniel Mason Paw1ett, Faculty Research Historian, Albemarle County Road Orders (Virginia Highway Reasearch Council, June 1975).

Alberta Majorie Dennstedt, Progenitors and Kinfolk of Abraham Childers (The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 34, beginning with the issue of Jan-Mar 1990, John Frederick Dorman, Editor, published Washington, DC).

Albemarle County, Virginia Probate Records.

Acknowledgements

• 31 Oct 2010 import of Pioneer Stock.GED

• 22 Aug 2011 Cannon-409 created by import of Norwood.ged :by Clint Norwood.

• 5 Apr 2014 Cannon-1355 created by import of Culver1_2014-04-05-11.ged by Tom Culver

• 24 Aug 2014 Cannon-1676 created by gedcom import

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• Smith-163729. Personal family book of Genealogy by Smith-163743 17 Dec 2022