Joseph Eggleston I (1678 - 1730)

Born 1678 in Powhatan Plantation, James City, VA

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Pettus) Eggleston — married [date unknown] in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 52 in Powhatan Magisterial District, James City, Virginia

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Biography

See first the biography of his father Benjamin Eggleston and his grandfather Richard Eggleston

Name

Name: Joseph /Eggleston/^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1678^[3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: 1778^[5]

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Eggleston

Wife: Anne Overton Pettus

Marriage:

Place: Virginia^[6][7]

Joseph was born in 1678. He passed away in 1730. Archaeologists have found a possible Eggleston cemetary near the intersection of Ironbound Road and Jamestown Road (route 31). Issue:

• Richard Eggleston, b. 1720 d. 1781
• William Eggleston, b. 1720; d. 1791.
• Anne Eggleston, b. bet. 1720-1730.
• Joseph Eggleston, II, b. 1721; d. 02 Dec 1792.
• Elizabeth Eggleston, b. 22 Apr 1723; m. William Wyatt; d. 13 Jun 1787.
• John Eggleston, b. 1725; d. 1800.
• Edmund Eggleston, b. 1729; d. 1809.

Joseph and Anne had these children:

• Joseph
• John
• Richard
• William
• Edmund
• Elizabeth (who married with William Wyatt of Caroline Co.

His son Joseph II gave the dates of his father`s birth and death in a family prayerbook described in P H Baskervill, Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia, page 122. Also noted are the birth dates of his children. In 1702, As an officer in the county militia, he signed an appeal to the king. Also signing the appeal as an officer was Benjamin Eggleston, who could have been either Joseph`s father or his brother. Joseph served in the House of Delegates from James City from 1727 to 1732. In 1730 he was fined for being absent from meetings. Beginning about 1731 he acquired lands to the west in the then frontier of Virginia in what became Amelia and Powhatan counties. He gave these tracts to his sons William and Richard.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S536 Page: Source number: 2179.038; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
2. ↑ Source: #S544 Page: Volume: 292; SAR Membership Number: 58272
3. ↑ Source: #S536 Page: Source number: 2179.038; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
4. ↑ Source: #S544 Page: Volume: 292; SAR Membership Number: 58272
5. ↑ Source: #S544 Page: Volume: 292; SAR Membership Number: 58272
6. ↑ Source: #S536 Page: Source number: 2179.038; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
7. ↑ Source: #S536 Page: Source number: 2179.038; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

• Source: S536 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S544 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 M Meade Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia : his ancestors and some of his descendants and their connections
• http://web.hardynet.com/~bunnyhollow/eggleston.html

• Cecil Headlam, Calendar of State Papers Colonial: American and West Indies, Vol 1: pages 153-170
• Kathleen H Hadfield, editor, Historical Notes on Amelia County, Virginia,1982,Amelia County Historical Committee, pages 4-18.
• P.H Baskervill, Andrew Meade of Ireland and Virginia; His Ancestors and Some of His Descendants and Their Connections, pages 122-4
• Library of Virginia Digital Collections: Survey Report, Site of Eggleston Graveyard: 1936 Sep 22; research by Harold Milbard