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From the William & Mary College Quarterly Vol. II, p. 353- Genealogies of Virginia Families: "THOMAS FOX (son of HENRY & grandson of JOHN) married about 1707, MARY, daughter of EDMUND TUNSTALL of King & Queen County, and CATHERINE his wife, who married 2dly RICHARD WYATT of King William County (Virginia Magazine, IX., 310). They had issue: (1) JOSEPH FOX, Hanover County, who married SUSANNA SMITH in 1730 (Spotsylvania County Records, 84). She was the sister of THOMAS BALLARD SMITH, of Louisa, who names her in his will. ThHOMAS BALLARD SMITH was son of WILLIAM SMITH, one of the sons of MAJOR LAWRENCE SMITH, of Gloucester County. (2) THOMAS FOX, Spotsylvania County, who married PHILADELPHIA, daughter of COL. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE, of Romancoke. (3) probably RICHARD FOX, named for RICHARD WYATT.
RICHARD WYATT married Catherine (Long) Tunstall, widow of Edmund Tunstall. Catherine (Long) Tunstall was allegedly Richard's 2nd marriage. Edmund (sometimes referred to as Edward) Tunstall died prior to 1707 (probably 1694), when there was an arbitration which came out of a suit between Samuel Mathews and Catherine, his wife (formerly Catherine Tunstall, daughter of Edmund & Catherine Tunstall) and Richard Wyatt in right of Mary Tunstall and Barbara Tunstall, for whom he was appointed guardian, and also in right of his wife, Catherine, who was formerly the wife of Edmund Tunstall, in right of her dower. The land was divided by James Taylor, the surveyor, who reported to Robert Beverley, John Walker, Henry Fox and John Fox, administrators, to survey and divide the land in the difference between the contending parties. The tract of land contained 604 acres at the time of the report to the court on 23 December 1707. Captain Richard Wyatt and Catherine, his wife, were surveyed 202 acres of land, being a third of the total acreage of the whole tract, beginning at the mouth of Apostecock Creek and running up the creek to the corner of the land of Barbara Tunstall on the creek, thence west to a corner of Barbara Tunstall's two acres, and Mr. Samuel Mathews, and the county land (the one conveyed in 1691) and the corner of the county land and Mary Tunstall's land standing by the spring behind the prison, thence down the Acquintenocke Creek to the river, and down the river to the beginning. The second tract was surveyed for Mary Tunstall, the eldest daughter, being her third of the balance of 402 acres. The lines of Wyatt and county land, north, in the line of Barbara Tunstall "crossing a shed of Wyatt's room, to Barbara Tunstall's corner, thence east, along Barbara Tunstall's line to an apple tree standing in the line of Samuel Mathews." This was a tract of 134 acres of land. The third tract of land surveyed for Mr. Samuel Mathews and Catherine, his wife, who was the second daughter of Edmund Tunstall, dec'd. This tract of 134 acres being his third of the tract left after surveying the dower lands, for Captain Wyatt and his wife, Catherine. Beginning at Barbara Tunstall's corner in Captain Wyatt's line, to the two acres of Barbara Tunstall, the said Wyatt and county lands, thence north to Mary Tunstall's thence south along her line to the line of Barbara Tunstall, and so to the beginning. The fourth part was surveyed for Barbara Tunstall, the youngest daughter of Edmund Tunstall decd;, a tract containing 134 acres, which was her part of her father's estate. Her lines began on Apostoque Swamp, in Captain Wyatt's line, running along Wyatt's line until it came to the lines of Samuel Mathews, thence along Mathews' line and Mary Tunstall, south to the north side of the swamp, thence down the swamp to the beginning. There was also two acres which joined the courthouse land, and was bounded by the lands of Mathews and Wyatt. The court admitted to record this lengthy report of surveys made by James Taylor on 12 March 1708.[1]
Barbara Tunstall received in addition to her third, the two acres in which the house of Edmund Tunstall stood and in which he lived during his lifetime, where the courts for the county had been formerly held. The widow of Edmund Tunstall (Catherine) lived here during her widowhood and, after she married Captain Richard Wyatt, it became their home, and one of the lines passed through his room...After the death of Catherine (Tunstall) Wyatt, Barbara Tunstall moved to King William County to live with her sister Mary, wife of Thomas Fox. She was living in King William when she made a deed on 26 March 1720, conveying her land to John Baylor. This deed conveyed two acres of land situate in St Stephen's Parish being part of a dividend of land which belonged to Edmund Tunstall in his lifetime, adjoining the land which belonged to her sisters, Mary and Catherine Tunstall "including the old courthouse or house of the said Edmund Tunstall in which the Court formerly was used to be held". She also deeded to John Baylor her tract of 134 acres of land which had been layed off for her by James Taylor in 1708. In 1718, Barbara Tunstall sold her two acres of land with which John Baylor in 1719 credited Mrs Barbara Tunstall on his account "By 2 acres of land, the old Court".[2]
22 June 1722- "Joseph Gray, of King & Queen Co., patent, 65 acres in King & Queen Co., St. Stephen's Parish, adjoining BARBARA TUNSTALL & WILLIAM WYATT, and being on the West side of Arquintanocco Swamp".[3]
Deed. 20 June 1707- Trustees for Delaware Town in King William County sell Lot No. 44 in Delaware Town to RICHARD WYATT of King & Queen County. Witnesses: JOHN LEIGH & JNO FOX.
Deed. 20 June 1707- Trustees for Delaware Town in King William County sell Lot No. 47 in Delaware Town to Thomas Pickells of King & Queen County. Witnesses: RICHARD WYATT & JOHN FOX.
According to: Old New Kent County [Virginia]: Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places, Volume I (pg. 393-394) by Dr. Malcolm Harris, "CAPT. RICHARD WYATT, son and heir of MAJOR WILLIAM WYATT... CAPT. RICHARD WYATT was twice married; the name of his first wife is not known, and his second wife was CATHERINE LONG, widow of EDMUND TUNSTALL....In 1707, he purchased a lot in Delaware Town at West Point. He died before 1720, and his wife, CATHERINE, died before 1723. RICHARD WYATT, son of CAPT. RICHARD WYATT, died testate in 1768 in KING AND QUEEN COUNTY. In his will he named wife ELIZABETH, a son RICHARD, the elder, and a son WILLIAM. The two sons were directed to divide 'the land lying on the Dragon and a still, and to sell the lot at Delaware Town to Stephen Bingham if he desires it'. WILLIAM WYATT died a year or two before the order was entered and the defendants in the suit claimed under WILLIAM WYATT...JOHN WYATT, son of MAJOR WILLIAM WYATT, married ANN, daughter of RICE JONES, who died testate in Rappahannock County in 1684. It was JOHN WYATT, son of JOHN and ANN WYATT, who moved into Caroline County, and settled at PLAIN DEALING on the Pamunkey River. He was a magistrate who was appointed by Governor William Gooch and served his lifetime. He married ANN(sic) PAMPLIN, and his estate was administered by JOHN PAMPLIN in 1751."
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Richard Wyatt, who married Catherine (Long) Tunstall, widow of Edmund Tunstall, had the following issue: 1) Thomas Wyatt (the only known/documented issue with Catherine (Long) Tunstall) 2) Henry Wyatt (likely from 1st marriage, name currently unknown) 3) Susannah Wyatt (likely from 1st marriage, name unknown) m1. Solomon Day and m2. Thomas Davis 4) Richard Wyatt (possibly from 1st marriage, name unknown), who is thought to have moved to Charlotte Co. and married Sarah Overstreet.
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"From the notes of Gene Rook: His brother Henry's death in 1704, he entered suit against his widow, Alice, as guardian and prochein emi of Henry Wyatt, his son, and legatee of Henry Wyatt, late of New Kent Co. Apparently the legacy in question was 800 acres in Charles City Co. shown for Alice in the 1704 Virginia Quit Rent rolls. The 1704 Quit Rent Rolls also show a Richard Wyatt of King & Queen Co. with 1843 acres. Capt. Richard Wyatt of King and Queen County, Va executed a bond in 1705,, which shows on the reverse side the words of the clerk "Capt. Richard Wyatt's bond, etc." The only Capt. Richard Wyatt in Va. in 1705, was the one in King and Queen Co. From the files of Jody Sizemore: Essex Co. Wills and Deeds 1714 1717, page 41.11 April 1712 - 486 acres in Essex Co. bounded by land of Robert and John Pleas and that of Capt. Richard Wyatt. This land being part of a patent granted to Mr. George Morris and John Long 29 Sept., 1667. It is also bordering the land of Katherine Long, now wife of Capt. Richard Wyatt, and was by deed of gift made by George Morris transferred to Thomas Pettit and Katherine Long, now the wife of Capt. Richard Wyatt. A Westmoreland County, Virginia land record included the following information: "Section 64, Various Persons, Bond and Affidavit, 1706-1719. This section consists of a bond, among other items, date 1706, of Richard Barnhouse, George Clough, and Richard Wyatt to Mrs. Alice Wyatt (as executrix of Henry Wyatt; witnessed by Richard Littlepage and Gideon Macon and bears affidavit of George Clough"
Wit: signed Godfry Stanton John Haymon Dorothy Stanton George Broch his mark her mark Richard Owens his mark Rec. 9 Sept. 1714.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that we THOMAS JOHNSON and HENRY JOHNSON both of Essex County for the sum of Five thousand five hundred pounds of good sweet seated tobacco & caske reced. of RICHARD WYATT of KING & QUEEN County, have granted by these presents to the sd. RICHARD WYATT his heirs & assignes One hundred acres & bounded as followeth: Beginning at a decayed Poplar in ye DRAGON soe along a line of marked trees to two small read Oakes & a Spanish on the edge of the Highland, thence along a line of marked trees to two Spanish Oakes by a Branch to a forked Gum, from thence to a Maple & Gum in a Branch so to a great Pine & a read Oake & so along a line of marked trees to two read Oakes, thence to ye mouth of two branches from thence up the DRAGON SWAMP to ye place where it first begun, To have and to hold ye ad Land with all houses buildings stables stalls gardings ways belonging and we do hereby warrant & hereafter defend ye sd. One hundred acres from us & our heirs & from all other persons whatsoever claiming under us; In Witness whereof we hve hereunto set our hands & seales the Tenth day of September 1696 Signed sealed & delivered in ye presnece of ROBT: HALSEY, THOMAS JOHNSON RICHARD TAYLEIR, HENRY JOHNSON WILLIAM TUNSTALL
11-12 July 1710. Richard Wyat of King and Queen County and Catherine his wife to Robert Beverley of same. Lease and release; for 100 pounds sterling. 488 acres near Button's Range according to the division made by said Richard and Catherine and Capt. Thomas Pettit. signed Richd Wyatt Katherine Wyatt Wit: Wmm. Burford, Tho. Fox, Salvator Muscoe 12 Aug. 1710 King and Queen County. Acknowledged by Richard Wyatt and Katherine Wyatt his wife. 10 Oct. 1710. Recorded
Wit: signed Tho Pettit Richard Buckner Will Young. Recorded 8 May 1712.
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