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Richard C (Cauthorn) Cauthorne IV (abt. 1674 - 1748)

Richard C Cauthorne IV formerly Cauthorn
Born about in Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1700 in Essex County, Virginiamap
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Died at about age 74 in Essex County, Virginiamap
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Biography

Richard Cauthorne was born after 1670, in Sittingbourne Parish, Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, a son of Richard Cathorne and his wife Ann (see notes) [1]

Richard C IV began acquiring property on his own in 1705 with a lot in the town and port of Hobbs Hole (later Tappahannock) on the banks of the Rappahannock River.[2] At the time that Westenhaver was researching her history of the Cauthen family, in about 1950, the property was still occupied by a Cawthorne descendant, Miss Tootsie Cauthon.[3]

In 1706 he purchased 17 acres on Piscattaway Creek, south of Rappahannock. He sold this property in 1733, as "Richard Cauthorn, Planter."[4] There were additional property acquisitions, but his will indicates that he was living on the property inherited from his father, on Hoskins Creek, until the time of his death.[5]

It is thought that in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia, Richard married Anne Gillette, daughter of Anne Sharp(e). In his will, Vincent Vass of South Farnham Parish said "I give unto Ann Cauthorn, the wife of Richard Cauthorn, she being my daughter-in-law, four cows."[6]

Another record shows that Ann Gillett, relict of Thomas Gillett, had married Vincent Vass before 1688, and that Ann Roberts, relict of Thomas Roberts, had married Thomas Gillett before 1684.[7]

The question is how to interpret the term "daughter-in-law."

Researcher's Notes

Some say Richard's wife's surname was Gillett and that she was the daughter of Anne Sharp and Thomas Gillett: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I116270&tree=Tree1

Some say Richard's wife's name was Ann Gillet Vass and that she was the daughter of Ann Sharpe and Vincel Vaulx: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9N51-DKR

Sources

  1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I116280&tree=Tree1
  2. Essex Co VA Deeds Vol. 12, 1704-1707, p. 186.
  3. Westenhaver, Maryline Cauthen. The Cauthen Family History. Opelika AL.1981. P.23
  4. Essex County, VA, Deeds Vol. 19, 1728-1733, p. 403.
  5. Richard Cauthorn. Essex County, VA, Wills, Book 8, pp 86-88.
  6. Essex County, VA, Will Book 4, p. 235.
  7. Essex County, VA, Order Book 2, p.97






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