Mary (Kent) Eppes (1625 - 1722)

Born 1625 in Charles City, Charles, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Eppes — married 1645 in Charles City, Charles, Colony of Virginia, America

Descendants

Died 1722 at about age 97 in Charles City, Charles, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Mary was born about 1645 in the Colony of Virginia.^[1] About 1645, John Eppes married Mary Kent, daughter of Humphrey Kent and his wife Joane. ^[2]

Timeline

• 1653 "On 3 August 1653 [John and Mary] sold 60 acres at Weyanoke where Humphrey Kent (Mary's father) had resided.
• 1655 [John} was a justice as early as 1655.
• 1657 By 1657 John Epes was living on Shirley Hundred Island, now known as Eppes Island.
• 1661 "In 1661 he was captain of the company from Swinhouse Creek to Capt. Stegge’s Creek, all of Shirley Hundred Island and from Bykor’s Creek to Powell’s Creek on the south side of the river.
• 1671 By 1671 was a Major. The General Assembly which met 23 March 1661/2 ordered Capt. Robert Wynne and Capt. John Eps to summon some of the neighbors with them to settle the boundary between Westover and Martin’s Brandon Parish."
• 1673 Became lLeutenant Colonel.
• 1674 On 30 September 1674 he repatented his land on the south side of James River between Gravelly Creek, the city landing and Causin’s Creek, adding 572 acres of new land to his father’s former patents of 1700 and 280 acres.
• 1675 Col. John Epes was sheriff of Charles City County, February 1675/6.
• 1677 On 26 May 1677 was appointed one of the four officials in Charles City County to examine witnesses concerning grievances in the aftermath of Bacon’s Rebellion. and was appointed one of the justices of the quorum by Lieutenant Governor Herbert Jeffreys on 5 November 1677.
• 1679 He was alive 4 August 1679 but died by 16 October 1679 when John Epes was mentioned as administrator of his father’s estate."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2533482638
2. ↑ http://www.tc.umn.edu/~timsx001/Epes.html
3. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poythress/genealogy/Epes.html

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