Richard Perrott (abt. 1622 - 1686)

Born about 1622 in Potton, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Haywood) Perrott — married 1655 in Middlesex County, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1686 at about age 64 in Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Richard Perrott is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Richard Perrott^[1] was born about 1622 in Potton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Thomas Perrott.^[2][3]

By 1653, Richard had settled in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, which taxed him based on his labor force, assessing him for four tithables, 24 Oct 1653,^[4] for five tithables, 6 Feb 1655,^[5] for six tithables, 7 Dec 1655,^[6] for four tithables, 5 Nov 1656,^[7] for seven tithables, 16 Dec 1657,^[8] for six tithables, 31 Oct 1658,^[9] for eight tithables (tying his labor force for the county's ninth largest), 30 Nov 1659,^[10] and for twelve tithables (tying his labor force at this assessment for the county's seventh largest), 15 Nov 1660.^[11]

He was assessed in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, 22 Nov 1668, for seventeen tithables on the county’s "southside,"^[12] i.e., the part of the county that was then south of the Rappahannock River.^[13] He served as a judge for Lancaster County in 1668 beside other county notables like John Carter, David Fox, Raleigh Travers, John Curtis, William Ball, Abraham Weeks and George Wale.^[14]

Richard was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses from Middlesex County in 1677^[15] and 1684.^[16]

Richard was married twice. He has one biological son, Richard and an adopted son, Henry. ^[17][18]

Richard married first Sarah Keye Dale, widow of Nicholas Dale of York around 1648. Richard and Sarah had one son, Richard Jr. born on 24 February 1650. All of his descendants are descended from Richard, Jr.

Richard Sr. married second Magaret Haywood Dedman before 1655. They had no children. On 28 April 1656, Richard adopted a second son, Henry Dedman, the son of the Widow Dedman and her late husband, Henry Dedman, Sr.

Research Notes

Disputed Relationships

First wife reported to be Elizabeth Thompson, no proof. This wife is fictional.

1645: Birth of daughter Elizabeth, from wife Elizabeth Thompson. She married John Buford/Blewford on 11 April 1662. Subsequent research has shown this Elizabeth was not Richard's daughter.

Daughter Elizabeth is never mentioned in any document of Richard's or of his wives'. Hence, there is no evidence to support the existence of a first wife, Elizabeth, or of a daughter, Elizabeth.

1667: Another putative daughter marries Col. St. Ledger Codd, Justice of Northumberland Co. Their sons are James and Berkeley (Barclay) Codd. The existence of this daughter was supposedly revealed when Richard III conveyed Delaware Sussex Co. land to Barclay Codd on 20 October 1718, whom Scharf (1888) describes as another descendant of Richard Sr. in his "History of Delaware."

Given that Richard never mentions a daughter in any of his documents, and given that St. Leger's wives are well documented and none are the daughter of Richard Parrott, the premise that Richard had another daughter is incorrect.

Court Records Proving Relationships

18 February 1647/8: Nicholas Dale of York parish writes his will, "being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory." Mentions his brother in law, Richard Keye, which must then be the maiden name of the "widow Dale" who goes on to marry Richard.

24 August 1648: Richard and his wife, Sarah (Keye/Leye), deed land to "the Children which shee had by her former husband, Nicholas Dale.... the said fower Children namely Mary Dale, Thomas Dale, Jean Dale, and Sara Dale.

24 February 1650: Son Richard, Jr. is born, "Being he first Man Child that was gott and borne in Rappahannock river, of English parents. It is known that Sarah Dale was his mother, as Richard Jr. was mentioned as being a brother of Thomas Dale in 1660. Richard Jr. was Richard Sr.'s only biological son, and all of of Richard Sr.'s living descendants are descended from Richard Jr.^[19]

1654. Confirms the last name of Richard's first wife. "The Estate of ye orphans of Tho Dale dec'd Vzt. Tho Dale hath 800 acres of Land in Rapa river in ye County of Lancaster, 7 cows and 2 heifers 2 years old next March & five calves. Sarah Dale, orphan hath 2 cows and 1 heifer of 2 years old next March and 1 cow calfe. Given in by Richard Perrot that married ye widow Dale. Rec. 6 of 8bris 1654", page 99 of Lancaster County Record Book No. 2, 1654-1666.

12 January 1655: A deed by Richard Perrot conveying 300 acres of and up the creek at the head of the land where said Perrott lives- in Lancaster Co (later Middlesex). Shows he was already married to Margaret Haywood Dedman (~1623 England - 11 November 1686)

Richard Parrott to Minor Minson and Robert Kempe -- three hundred acres of land lying up the creek at the head of the land where I Richard Parrott now lives upon the southside of the Rappahannock River. Richard Parrott & Margaret Parrott.

28 April 1655. Adopts son Henry. Henry enters Gray's Inn in London in 1674 to study law. First American to do so. Called to the Bar on 14 November 1674. Henry apparently died before 1686 when Richard Sr.'s will was written, as there is no mention of him. He is not mentioned in his mother's will the following year either. ^[20]

"Know all men by these presents that I Rich Parrott of Rapa do acknowledge my self to stand indebted to Margaret Dedman, spinster for the use of Henry Dedman son to the sd Margaret one hundred pounds sterl mony of England wch is for a valuable consideration in hand recd this mony to be pd to the sd Henry at his age of one and twenty years. In witness the truth hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale this 28th day of April 1655.

The considtcon of this obligation is such that if the above sd Parrott shall not provide for the above sd Henry in furnishing all manner of necessarys & provide for the bringing of him up in learning till such a time as he comes of age that then the above sd sum of mony be present pd down upon such default made to the sd Margaret to be put out to use for the maintenance of the said child as above sd til he come of age & after he is of age to make his estate equal with the estate of any of his own children then this bond is to be void and none effect but otherwise to be of full force and virtue and to the true performance hereof I hereby bind myself my heirs Exors & assigns In witnes whereof he hath herein to be Interchangeably set his hand & seale this 28th of April 1655.

Signed Richard Perrott

Teste

William Underwood

the mark RI of Rice Jones

recognit 6 junij et recordat 25 et in anno 1655"

The above-mentioned Margaret Dedmon/Dedman is the widow of Henry Dedmon, Sr. Richard married the widow, and proceeded to adopt her son, Henry Dedmon Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ Perrott/Parrot, Richard Sr - A6102; died 1686/7, Middlesex Co.: 1677, 1684 (Burgess). accessed 15 October 2021
2. ↑ [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~parrott/genealogy/richardsparents.shtml Rootsweb - Who were Richard Perrot's Parents?]
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWHJ-6JN : 11 February 2018, Rich Perratt Or Perite, 10 Feb 1622); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 450,473.
4. ↑ 1653 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 24 Oct 1653. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 90-94. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 4 Feb 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
5. ↑ 1655 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 6 Feb 1655. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 174-178. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 8 Feb 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
6. ↑ 1655 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 7 Dec 1655. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 234-239. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here, as transcribed in 1961 Transcription. Fleet, Beverley. 1961. Virginia Colonial Abstracts: Vol. XXII, Lancaster County 1652-1655. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Pages 106-109. Available online without restriction courtesy of HathiTrust here. Accessed 29 Jan 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
7. ↑ 1656 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 5 Nov 1656. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Deed & Will Book 1, 1652-1657, pp. 302-307. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 23 Mar 2024. To see what others appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
8. ↑ 1657 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 16 Dec 1657. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book, 1655-1666, pp. 40-44. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 30 Mar 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
9. ↑ 1658 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 31 Oct 1658. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 60-64. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 24 Jan 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
10. ↑ 1659 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 30 Nov 1659. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 100-105. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 25 Jan 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
11. ↑ 1660 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 15 Nov 1660. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 131-132. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 10 Apr 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
12. ↑ 1668 Assessment. Assessment, 22 Nov 1668. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1, 1666-1680, pp. 86-87. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 1 Jan 2024.
13. ↑ Lancaster County today lies entirely north of the Rappahannock River. Until 1669, in which year Middlesex County was formed, Lancaster County straddled the river, thus leading the assessors to differentiate between the county's north and south sides. Sources:
    1. Wikipedia contributors, "Lancaster County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
    2. Wikipedia contributors, "Middlesex County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
    3. Iberian Publishing Company's On-Line Catalog: The Growth of Virginia, 1634-1895 (1651-1660). Available online here.
14. ↑ Sources (note that references to 1667 in the actual documents are, in new style, 1668):
    1. List of Judges. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Judges, 11 Mar 1668: Col. John Carter, Mr. Ra[leigh] Travers, Mr. Rich[ard] Perrott, Mr. Will[iam] Ball, and George Wale. Lancaster County Order Book 1, 1666-1680, p. 59. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 22 Jan 2024.
    2. List of Judges. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Judges, 8 Apr 1668: Mr. Ra[leigh] Travers, Mr. Rich[ard] Perrott, Mr. Will[iam] Ball, and John Curtys. Lancaster County Order Book 1, 1666-1680, p. 63. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 22 Jan 2024.
    3. List of Judges. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Judges, 13 May 1668: Mr. Davyd Fox, Mr. Rich[ard] Perrott, Mr. Will[iam] Ball, John Curtys and George Wale. Lancaster County Order Book 1, 1666-1680, p. 66. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 23 Jan 2024.
15. ↑ Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Page 82
16. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 2, p. ix, 1659/60-1693 (1914)
17. ↑ Richard Perrot, 1622 - 1686 of Middlesex county, Virginia contains court records
18. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database, FamilySearch: 30 December 2014, Rich Perratt Or Perite, 10 Feb 1622 citing POTTON, BEDFORD, ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 450,473.
19. ↑ The family of Early Author: Ruth Hairston Early. Publisher: Lynchburg, Va. Brown-Morrison 1920. Page: 20.
20. ↑ Lancaster County Order Book 2 Virginia colonial abstracts V. 1 pp 27

See also:

• The Virginia magazine of history and biography Vol 12 Author(s): Philip Alexander Bruce & William Glover Stanard. Publisher: Richmond, Virginia Historical Society 1893. Page: 194. Both Richard Sr & Jr mentioned. Also spelt in other records mentioned with one "T"

• Virginia Colonial Abstracts Author: Beverley Fleet. Page 115.

• Deed Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1693-1886: Deeds, book C3-D4, 1698-1721. FamilySearch.org. Accessed 23 Oct 2019

Image: 409-410 [1]

Date: 4 Jan 1672; recorded in Sussex 3 Oct 1718

Buyer: Richard Parrett, son

Seller: Richard Parrett, Senr,., gent. Of Middlesex County, Virginia

Price: Deed of gift

Property Details: Property on western side of Delaware Bay [Prime Hook], also a tract at the mouth of the Rappahannock River

If son Richard Parrett dies without heirs, the Rappahannock tract goes to his intended wife, Sarah Halshide (Halfhide?), as only part of the said Sarah’s dower.

• Last Will and Testament of Richard Perrot ye elder Written 20 July 1686 -- Probated 7 February 1686/87 in Middlesex County, Virginia