Adventurers of Purse and Person BAGWELL family

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Jamestowne, Virginia Colony

Return to Adenturers of Purse and Person

BAGWELL

1. HENRY¹ BAGWELL, a passenger on the ill-fated Sea Venture, finally reached Virginia in the Deliverance, which landed at Jamestown, May 1610, and settled temporarily at West and Sherley Hundred, Charles City, where he was assigned fifty acres of land, of record in 1626^A By 1632 he was established on the Eastern Shore where he became the first Clerk of Courts when the County of Accawmack was formed.^B He also served in the House of Burgesses from Accawmack, 1629-30 and 1632.^C His land on Old Plantation Creek, mentioned in 1636,^D is of record in a patent for 400 acres issued to him, 13 Aug 1639.^E

Before 1 January 1636 Henry¹ Bagwell had married a widow Alice, already the mother of a son Thomas Stratton and a daughter Mary Chilcott. To them she assigned 200 acres of land which the Accawmack Court confirmed on the aforementioned date.^F Henry¹ Bagwell left no will but his eldest son fell heir to his land and in 1663 deeded a portion of it to his brother.^G Also, Thomas Stratton, in his will, refers to his "brothers [half-brothers] John⁴ and Thomas Bagwell."^H

Henry¹ and Alice (Stratton) Bagwell had issue:

2. JOHN²;

3. THOMAS²;

4. Rebecca², who married before 1658 3. Stephen Fisher.

2. JOHN² BAGWELL (Henry¹) patented 600 acres of land in 1672 at the head of the Great Matomkin Creek in Accomack^J. At his death in 1686 he left his plantation together with a water mill to his sons.^K John² Bagwell, by his wife Ann,^L, who married (2) Edmund Allen, had issue:

5. HENRY³;

6. ALEXANDER³.

3. THOMAS² BAGWELL^M (1642-1690) (Henry¹) on 30 August 1669 conveyed "to my loving brother John Bagwell 50 acres, being the remainder of 200 which my loving brother John Bagwell, by deed of gift bearing date 28 April 1663 conveyed to me, the said 200 acres being the one-half of 400 acres . . . granted to my late deceased father Henry Bagwell, Gent., by patent dated 13 August 1639 . . . land lying on Old Plantation Creek."^N Ann, wife of Thomas² relinquished her dower right in this land. Thomas² Bagwell's will dated 15 April 1690 and proved in Accomack County, 16 September 1690, names his wife Ann (Stockley)^O, children and grandchildren.

Issue:

7. William³;

8. Francis³, to whom his father bequeathed jointly with his brother William³ land in "teretory of Penselvaina;"

9. John³, to whom his father bequeathed the "plantation where I now live," under age in 1690;

10. Thomas³, under age in 1690;

11. Ann³, who married Griffith Savage^P;

12. Valance³, who married Charles Leatherbury;

13. ELIZABETH³;

14. COMFORT³.

5. HENRY³ BAGWELL (John², Henry¹) married (1)___ and (2)___, after 1711, Margaret, widow of Edmund Allen^Q.

He had by (1) issue^R:

15. Henry⁴; who married Sabra___ , who married (2) John Dix;

16. John⁴.

6. ALEXANDER³ BAGWELL (John², Henry¹) married Neomy ___ ^S and had issue:

17. Mary⁴.

13. ELIZABETH³ BAGWELL (Thomas², Henry¹) married (1) William Tilney^T (bapt. 29 November 1661-9 March 1695) and (2) James Davis^U.

She had by (1), issue:

18. William⁴, given p/a, 1720, by two of his sisters and his brother-in-law;

19. Comfort⁴ married William Warrington^V;

20. Ann⁴;

21. Patience⁴.

14. COMFORT³ BAGWELL (Thomas², Henry¹) married Perry Leatherbury^W (d. 1709), and had issue:

22. Perry⁴;

23. Edmund⁴;

24. Charles⁴;

25. Thomas⁴;

26. Patience⁴ named in her grandfather's will.

^A Hotten 268 Accomack-Northampton, Virginia 1632
^B Susie Ames, County Court Records of 1640, p. 4
^CCVR 56, 58
^DCP 43
^E" Ibid. 112
^FR, Accomack Co. O. Bk. 1632-1640, p. 65
^G ES I 117; see also Post
^HIbid. 127
^J Patent Bk. #6, p. 400 (Va. State Library)
^KES II 885
^LIbid.; for marriage, Ann and John² Bagwell see R, Accomack Bk. #8, p. 25
^M See deposition, R. Accomack O. Bk.
1676-1678, p. 156 and will, W. & D. Bk. 1676-1690
^NR, Northampton Co. D. Bk. 1668-1680
^OES I 130; II 867
^PIbid. II 1118
^Qlbid. 885, 886, 892; The (2) wife of Henry³ was his step-father's widow
^RIbid.
^SIbid. 887
^TES I 840; W(i)XXII 39 (birth); R, Accomack Co. W.&c. 1692-1715, p. 271 (acct. estate)
^U Ibid O. 1703-09, pp. 92, 96; Ibid. Ibid. O. 1719-24, Ct. held 3 May 1721
^VSee p/a to William⁴ Tilney, 1720 (R, Accomack Co, D.W. &c. 1715-29, p. 276) .
^WWill names four sons (ES II 832)