Mary
Batte
formerly [surname unknown]
Born before [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Batte Sr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Batte Jr., Martha (Batte) Cocke, Mary (Batte) Jones, Amy (Batte) Jones and Sarah (Batte) Evans
Died before
at about age 50
in Virginia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Mary, whose family origins are unknown and whose birth date is a guesstimate, was the wife of Thomas Batte. They had five children:[1][2]
- Thomas (1662-1691)[3]
- Mary, who married Peter Jones[3][4]
- Amy[3]
- Sarah, who probably married John Evans[3] after 6 June 1695 - she is referred to as Sarah Batte in her father's will signed on that date[4]
- Martha, who married Abraham Jones, the Rev. John Bannister and Stephen Cocke[4][5]
On 6 August 1671 Mary was one of the sponsors for the baptism of Judith Randolph, daughter of Henry and Judith Randolph, who was born at Appamatox, Virginia.[6]
Mary is not named in her husband’s 1695 will[7] so she presumably died before then.
1696 Will of Husband
Thomas Batte Sr. 1696 Charles City County Will: In the name of God Amen I Thomas Batte being Weake in body but of sound and perfect memory Thanks be to Almighty God doe make and ordaine this my last will testament in maner and forme as followeth Item I bequeath my sole to god that gave it my body to be buried at ye decrestion of my Execurs hereafter named in sure and certain hope through Jesus Christ of A joyfull Resurrection at ye last day Item I give and bequeath unto my daufhter Martha Cock one hundred thirty and five Acres of Land Joyning upon ye line of ye brick house Land with all ye apertenances therunto belonging to hir and hir heirs forever Item I give and bequeath unto my dauftter Sarah Batte all ye Remainder of my Land whatever with all ye apertenances therunto belonging Joyning uppon ye Line of my daufter Martha Cock to hir and hir heirs forever Item I give & bequeath unto martha Batte dafter of my son Tho: Batt decd twelve pence sterling Item I give & bequeath unto my dafter Mary Jones ten shillings Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Batt all ye rest of personall Estate whatsever after all my debts is fully satisfied and pd and I doe herby will make constitue and apoynt Peter Jones full hole and sole Executor of this my last will and testamt in Wittness wherof I have herunto sett my hand and seale ye six day of June 1695 Tho: Butte seale Signed sealed in pnce of George Archer William his [mark] + mark Travler John his [mark] W mark Eginton Proved in Court by the oaths of Geo: Archer & John Eginton Xbr 3 1696 Test. James Minge Cl Cur
Research Notes
WikiTree has previously shown two Marys as wives of Thomas Batte:
- Mary Randolph: her profile is (at 21 March 2022) unsourced
- Mary Jennings: she is named as his wife on some unsourced trees on the web[8]
There is no good evidence to identify the family name of Thomas's wife. As noted above, Mary was a sponsor at the baptism of Judith Randolph, but that does not demonstrate that she was herself a member of the Randolph family. The other sponsor was Amy (Butler) Beville - named Amy Bedill in an 1895 article in the William and Mary Quarterly[6] - who was not a Randolph.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, p. 123, MALLORY 14.iii.b, Google Books
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 314, CORNWALL 19.ii
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 William Clayton Torrence. Henrico County: Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part III in 'The William and Mary Quarterly', Vol. 24, No. 4 (April 1916), p. 269, JSTOR - account (free) required
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Transcript of will : Library of Virginia, Digital Collections, http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=1289053 Pages 100-199, image 21 of 100 (may not be viewable on mobile devices)
- ↑ Virginia Webb Cocke. Cocke and Cousins, Vol. II, printed for the author in 1974, p. 3, Familysearch (image page 17)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Descendants of Henry Randolph in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1895, p. 126, Hathi Trust
- ↑ Transcript of will : Library of Virginia, Digital Collections, http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=1289053 Pages 100-199, image 21 of 100 (may not be viewable on mobile devices)
- ↑ See for instance this tree on Ancestry, accessed 21 March 2022
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q96311887
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
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Maiden Name of Thomas Batte Sr. Wife, Mary
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I'm not seeing the "cozen" Thomas Batte. Maybe bad eyes. Can you give that exact passage, please?
Also, "Mrs. Amy Kent" is the woman who became "Mrs. Essex Bevill" . I think that lends more weight to the theory that Thomas Batte Sr. was likely her other husband, rather than the Bott fellow..
The main residue of his estate he left to Farrar kinsmen.
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I think this also gives more credence to this connection: Temperance (Browne) Batte (abt.1672-)
Temperance’s profile does not help. What it says is that Temperance, who was daughter-in-law of Mary and her husband Thomas Batte, married, as her second husband, Colonel John Farrar's nephew, John Farrar. It does not tell us anything about whether Colonel John Farrar was related to Mary or Thomas Batte Senior. Temperance is shown as daughter of John and Sarah Browne, but that does not give any evidence that her mother-in-law Mary, wife of Thomas Batte Senior, was a Browne. So it doesn’t give any assistance with establishing Mary’s origins.
"And them just being kind to an old dying man is a stretch, in my opinion."… I see no reason to disbelieve what is said in Colonel John Farrar’s will about the Battes helping him in his final illness. It is not unusual for someone to make bequests to people who have helped to look after them. Again, this does not tell us whether Colonel John Farrar was related to Mary or her husband. They are likely to have been neighbours: Thomas Batte senior held quite extensive property in the Appotomack area and Colonel John Farrar bought 200 acres of it.
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And I think the closer family relationships that I've been showing gives the Thomas Batte Sr. husband theory more weight.
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Judith, daughter of Henry & Judith, born at Appam: 29 Jul 1671 baptized y* 6tb of August in ye parsh church by Mr. Bichd Morris - Sponsors Wm Soane Mrs Mary Batte Mrs Amy Bedill.
27 Mar 1676 Essex Beville and Thomas Webster agree to line between Mentions Old Town Cr., cart path from George Archer’s to the mill, land formerly in occupation of Henry Crowder and Godfrey Ragsdale’s land; wit: Simon Tildesley and Nich. Dison; signed Thomas Webster; presented in court by Thomas Batte, who married executrix of Essex Beville, decd. rec. 1 June 1689 (Will and Deed Book 1688-1697, p. 70)
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Here's my theory: William, Mary, and Amy Soane were the Virginia born children of Henry Soane and Judith Fuller.
" then, before 26 September 1688, Thomas Bott/Botte" This "Thomas Bott" who eventually married Amy is almost certainly the same Thomas Batte who initially married Mary.
Iow, "married executrix of Essex Beville" is AMY Beville. The way I phrased it was probably confusing.
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1.) "Judith, daughter of Henry & Judith, born at Appam: 29 Jul 1671 baptized y* 6tb of August in ye parsh church by Mr. Bichd Morris - Sponsors Wm Soane Mrs Mary Batte Mrs Amy Bedill." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, vol. 4, no. 2, 1895, pp. 125–27. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1915057. Accessed 12 Apr. 2024.
2.) "27 Mar 1676 Essex Beville and Thomas Webster agree to line between Mentions Old Town Cr., cart path from George Archer’s to the mill, land formerly in occupation of Henry Crowder and Godfrey Ragsdale’s land; wit: Simon Tildesley and Nich. Dison; signed Thomas Webster; presented in court by Thomas Batte, who married executrix of Essex Beville, decd. rec. 1 June 1689 (Will and Deed Book 1688-1697, p. 70)" https://liveasfreepeople.com/2017/02/28/early-bevilles-of-four-virginia-counties/ Early Bevilles of Four Virginia Counties,
3.) "William's father, Henry Soane, received a grant of land in Virginia which was recorded in 1651 for transport of 6 persons: Henry Soane, Sr. (self), Henry Soane, Jr., Judith Soane, Sr. (wife), Judith Soane, Jr., John Soane, and Elizabeth Soane.[6] The only children born in England were Henry Soane, Jr., Judith Soane, Jr., John Soane, and Elizabeth Soane. William must have been born after their arrival in Henrico County" https://archive.org/details/speakersclerksof00kukl_0/page/60/mode/2up?q=soane
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The Thomas Botte who married Amy is probably Thomas Bott-696, who was 30 in 1686 - see his profile for further information. This Thomas has no reliably evidenced parents at the moment. He appears to be different from Thomas Batte-72, son of Mary (Unknown) and her husband Thomas Batte: Thomas Batte-72 is said to have married Temperance Browne before 2 April 1688, with Temperance surviving him - if this information is right, then, unless he committed bigamy, he cannot be the Thomas Botte who was recorded as husband of Amy, widow of Essex Beville, in 1689.
The profile of Thomas Bott-696 includes a statement "It should be noted there was a BOTT family as well as a BATT family (with different spelling variations of each) in the records of Henrico County, Virginia."
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