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     Geoffrey Unknown Count of Brittany was born circa 980.¹ He married Hawise Unknown of Normandy, daughter of Richard "The Fearless" Unknown I Duke of Normandy and Rosala Unknown of Italy, in 996.¹ Geoffrey Unknown Count of Brittany died on November 20, 1008.¹

     Hawise Unknown of Normandy was born circa 980.¹ She married Geoffrey Unknown Count of Brittany, son of Conan Unknown I Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde de Anjou Unknown, in 996.¹ Hawise Unknown of Normandy died on February 21, 1034.¹

     Richard "The Fearless" Unknown I Duke of Normandy was born circa 950.¹ He married Rosala Unknown of Italy circa 975.¹

     Rosala Unknown of Italy was born circa 960.¹ She married Richard "The Fearless" Unknown I Duke of Normandy circa 975.¹

     Sir Henry Fitz Randolph was buried; Jervaulx Abbey.¹ He was born circa 1225.¹ He died in 1262.¹

     Alexander Buncle was born circa 1700.¹ He married Anne Hack, daughter of Lt. Col. George Nicholas Hack and Anne Wright, circa 1746 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ Alexander Buncle died before September 27, 1770 at Worcester Co., Maryland.¹

     Joan Hall was born circa 1620.¹ She married Francis Stockley, son of John Stockley and Unknown Woodman, circa 1638.¹ As of circa 1638,her married name was Stockley.¹ Joan Hall died in 1668.¹

     John Stockley was born circa 1590.¹ He married Unknown Woodman circa 1615.¹

     Unknown Woodman was born circa 1590.¹ She married John Stockley circa 1615.¹ As of circa 1615,her married name was Stockley.¹

     John Riley was born circa 1750 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ He married Anne Robinson Smith, daughter of William Robinson Smith and Mary Robinson Wise, circa 1776 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ John Riley died before January 25, 1785 at Accomack Co., Virginia; It was on this date that his will was probated.¹

     William Robinson Smith was buried at Poulson Place (also known as Poulson Family Cemetery or Cokesbury), Onancock, Accomack Co., Virginia; The tombstone book shows him as William Robinson Smith, son of Jno & Eliz R., 30 May 1730 - 17 Dec 1759, age: 29/6/0.^2,1 He was born on May 30, 1730 at Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Mary Robinson Wise, daughter of Maj. John Wise III and Scarburgh Robinson, circa 1756 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ William Robinson Smith left a will on December 14, 1759; He made a will on 14 December 1759 at Accomack Co, VA. My present wife Mary Robinson Smith to have use of my plantation, being 350 acres & personal estate to bring up my child or children. Should she marry I give my Plantation where I live to my unborn child, if a boy, & if a girl I give my said plantation to my present daughter Elizabeth Smith. To unborn child, if a girl, my house & lot in Onancock Town, if a boy my said house & lot to my daughter Elizabeth. So much money to be saved will pay for a gravestone for myself & my mother. Brother John Smith & wife Mary Exrs. Witt: John Spendelow, Susanna Wise, Sophia Bagwell.¹ He died on December 17, 1759 at Accomack Co., Virginia, at age 29.^1,2

     Mary Robinson Wise was born on February 19, 1730/31 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ She married William Robinson Smith circa 1756 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ As of circa 1756,her married name was Smith.¹ Mary Robinson Wise married Fairfax Smith circa 1760 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹

     Fairfax Smith was born circa 1736.¹ She married Mary Robinson Wise, daughter of Maj. John Wise III and Scarburgh Robinson, circa 1760 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ Fairfax Smith died before March 26, 1771 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹

     Maj. John Wise III was buried at Wise Cemetery, Onancock, Accomack Co., Virginia.² He was born on August 8, 1699 at Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2 He married Scarburgh Robinson, daughter of Col. Tully Robinson Burgess Deep Creek and Sara West, circa 1720.¹ Maj. John Wise III left a will on August 5, 1767; He made a will on 5 August 1767 at Accomack Co, VA. Wife Scarburgh Wise. To son John Wise. To son Tully Robinson Wise. To daughter Casey Custis. "Slaves to be by my said daughter Casey disposed of to such of Major Thomas Custis's children as she shall think proper" To grandaughter Elizabeth Custis. Grandaughters Elizabeth & Anne Smith. Bal. of estate to be divided between children & grandchildren, viz: John Wise, Tully Robinson Wise, Elizabeth Custis & Elizabeth & Anne Smith. Daughter Mary Smith. Sons John & Tully Robinson Wise Exrs. Witt: John Hanniford, Sr., Walter Scott, Jonathan Scott.¹ He died on August 9, 1767 at Accomack Co., Virginia, at age 68.^1,2

     Scarburgh Robinson was buried at Wise Cemetery, Onancock, Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2 She was born on April 16, 1691 at Accomack Co., Virginia.^2,1 She married Maj. John Wise III, son of Hon. John Wise II and Matilda Unknown, circa 1720.¹ As of circa 1720,her married name was Wise.¹ Scarburgh Robinson died on January 29, 1770 at Accomack Co., Virginia, at age 78.^1,2

     Col. Tully Robinson Burgess Deep Creek was born on August 31, 1658 at Princess Anne Co., Virginia.² He married Sara West, daughter of Lt. Col. John West Burgess and Matilda Scarburgh, circa 1684 at Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2 Col. Tully Robinson Burgess Deep Creek Tully received land as a gift in 1704. Col. Tully Robinson held 600 acres in Accomack, 500 acres in Princess Anne and other land in Norfolk County in 1704. He was a justice, sheriff and coroner of Accomack County and a member of the house of Burgesses 1699-1705, 1712-14, 1715, 1718 and 1722-23, and a captain and colonel of militia in Accomack County. in 1704.² He left a will on November 1, 1723; He made a will on 1 November 1723 at Accomack Co, VA. In his will Tully Robinson gave to Jacoba Spires for life 35 acres near Burton's Branch, reversion to the eld. son of John Spires, deceased then living. To John Williams of Northampton 100 acres near Old Plantation Creek, formerly the land of Mr. Benjamin Robinson of Northampton, deceased, provided he pay his bond due me by the last of April 1724. To youngest daughter Ann Robinson (under 18) To daughter Mary Robinson. To son William Robinson. Daughter West Smith. Daughter Scarburgh Wise. Daughter Sarah Smith, Daughter Sarah McClenahan. To daughter Elizabeth Smith & John Smith, her husband. Grandson William Robinson Smith, son of Elizabeth & John Smith. Wife (no name) Exec. Witt: William Black, Daniel Fookes, Sarah Fookes.² He died on November 12, 1723 at Accomack Co., Virginia, at age 65.²

     Sara West was born circa 1666 at Accomack Co., Virginia.² She married Col. Tully Robinson Burgess Deep Creek circa 1684 at Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2 As of circa 1684,her married name was Robinson.²

     Lt. Col. John West Burgess John West deposed 10 Nov 1663 that he was aged 25 years or thereabouts. On 23 Dec 1650 he had been put in possession of 1600 acres in Northampton County which included the Herle tract. He was a carpenter and shipbuilder by trade and served Accomack County as commissioner, 1662-63, justice, 1663-1703, sheriff, 1667, and as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of militia, 1655-1703. He held 5250 acres in Accomack County, 1683. A patent issued to John West, 20 Oct 1661, for 250 acres in Northampton County recites that the land was granted to Matilda Scarburgh, 31 Mar 1655, and due said West as marrying with the said Scarburgh. His widow held 3600 acres in Accomack County, 1704 (Adventurers of Purse and Person, p. 663). For more on the descendants of Lt. Col. John West and Matilda Scarburgh see "Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County Virginia," by Lucy Ames Edwards, pp. 171-176. He was a boatright.¹ He was born on April 7, 1638 at Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.¹ He He was baptized on 13 April 1638 at St. Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England. He was shown as John West, son of Anthony West and his wife Anne West, at St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England. Another record shows John West was Baptized on this same date, son of Anthony West & wife Anne, at Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. on April 13, 1638.¹ He married Matilda Scarburgh, daughter of Col. Edmund Scarburgh and Mary Cade?, circa 1658 at Accomack Co., Virginia. Lt. Col. John West Burgess left a will on February 6, 1703; He made a will on 6 February 1703 at Accomack Co, VA. To son Anthony land at Nandua - Elizabeth is wife of Anthony. Grandson John, son of Anthony. To grandduaghters Matilda, Mary Scarburgh and Jean West, daughters of my son Anthony, the Ridge land without the Neck where Anthony now lives. To son Alexander plantation at Mossongo formerly known by the name of old Brookes land. To 4 youngest daughters Catherine, Mary, Ann and Scarburgh West (all under age 16). To eldest son John and son Benony land at Deep Creek; should both die without issue Benony's part to go to Alexander's eldest son and John's part to my son Jonathan. To son Jonathan land at Chicconessick Creek. To son John land at Pungoteague. To 5 daughters Catherine, Mary, Ann, Scarburgh and Matilda land at Deep Creek. To daughter Sarah Robinson, wife of Capt. Tully Robinson, plantation at Onancock called ye Folly, containing 600 acres for life and then to her 5 children, West, Elizabeth, Scarburgh, Sarah and Susanna. To daughter Frances Kellam land given her by deed. To Sarum, son of my daughter Frances, cattle, personalty. To John, the son of Sarah Glanning, dec'd, 100 acres at Gingoteague. To youngest son John West. To sons John West the younger and John West the elder. Wife Matilda Exec. and after her dec'd I appoint my son Jonathan Exr. Son-in-law Capt. Tully Robinson to assist my wife. To grandson Anthony, son of John West. To grandson John, the eldest son of my daughter Matilda Wise 100 acres. Witt: William Wise, John Wise Jr., Tabitha Hill, Geo: Nich: Hack, Patrick Morgan and Robert Hutchinson.¹ He died on May 27, 1703 at Nandua, Accomack Co., Virginia, at age 65.¹

     Matilda Scarburgh was born in 1645 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ She married Lt. Col. John West Burgess, son of Anthony West and Anne Atwood, circa 1658 at Accomack Co., Virginia. As of circa 1658,her married name was West. Matilda Scarburgh died on January 3, 1721 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹

     Col. Edmund Scarburgh was buried at Scarborough Graveyard (also known as Hedra Cottage Cemetery), Craddockville, Accomack Co., Virginia.^2,1 He Edmund Scarburgh, baptized 2 Oct 1617, probably accompanied his parents to Virginia. He deposed 26 Oct 1653, aged about 34, that he had lived in Virginia 22 years, but was born in London and was a trader with New Amsterdam. He was a witness in the "Accawmack" Court, March 1633/4, to a deed of sale of two wild cows by his father. In addition to the patent granted him upon the death of his father, he received also on the same date, 28 Nov 1635, 200 acres on the seaboard side in Accomack which had also been assigned previously to his father. He rose rapidly to a place of prominence in Virginia, serving as Burgess from Northampton 1643, 1645-48, 1652, 1656, 1660-62, and from Accomack 1666-70, was speaker of the House of Burgessess, 1645, Surveyor General of Virginia, 1665-70, King's Collector of quit-rents, 1663, and justice and sheriff of Northampton County. Colonel Edmund Scarburgh engaged extensively in maritime shipping and was part or sole owner of several vessels. His most important enterprise was the extraction of salt from sea water by evaporation for which he obtained a monopoly on the Eastern Shore. In his capacity as captain of militia and later as commander-in-chief of forces on the Eastern Shore, he led a number of raids against Indians. His difficulties with them led him to harsh and unjust treatment of the savages, on which and other charges he was tried and by order of the General Court, 1670, he was suspended from "all offices as well as military and civil until by his future obedience and fidelity it shall please the Right Honorable the Governor to restore him." He has been called arrogant, contentious and power hungry and had made, in 1663, an unofficial effort to annex the Maryland settlements at Annemessex and Manokin (now Dorchester and Somerset Counties, Maryland) to Accomack County by moving a boundary point thirty miles to the north. His death was noted by Governor Sir William Berkeley, 1671, and on 23 May 1671 his son Charles and his sons-in-law John West and Devorax Browne were granted letters of administration of his estate in place of Mary Scarburgh, relict of Edmund. His estate was much involved and included land holdings in Virginia and Maryland variously estimated to be between 46,000 and 75,000 acres (Adventurers of Purse and Person, 3rd Ed, pp. 542-543). Devoras Browne was appointed administrator for Col. Edmund Scarburgh's estate in 1672, but there was no order of qualification (Acc Co Orders, 1671-1673(iv), p. 188).¹ He was born in 1617 at St. Martin's in-the-Fields, London, England.¹ He married Mary Cade? circa 1638 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ Col. Edmund Scarburgh died in May, 1671 at Hedra Cottage, Onancock, Accomack Co., Virginia.^1,2

     Mary Cade? was born circa 1611 at England.¹ She married Col. Edmund Scarburgh, son of Capt. Edmund Scarburgh I Burgess and Hannah "Anna" Smith, circa 1638 at Accomack Co., Virginia.¹ As of circa 1638,her married name was Scarburgh.¹ Mary Cade? left a will on June 14, 1691; She made a will on 14 June 1691 at Accomack Co, VA. She was shown as Mary Scarburgh, now resident at the house of Anthony West at Merry Branch. To grandson Anthony West. To his daughter Matilda. To daughter Matilda West. Son Charles Scarburgh. Daughter Tabitha Custis. Son Edmund Scarburgh. To grandson Edmund Scarburgh (under 12), son of Edmund Scarburgh. Granddaughter Mary West. Granddaughter Tabitha Custis. Daughter Matilda West and grandson Anthony West residual legatees and executors. Witt: James Alexander, Edward Marten, Tully Robinson, Richard Bally Jr. - Codicil: Revoking legacy to son Charles Scarburgh on account of his neglect. (Codicils dated 30 Sep 1691 & 16 Oct 1691).¹ She died before December 15, 1691 at Merry Branch, Accomack Co., Virginia; It was on this date that his will was probated.¹

     Capt. Edmund Scarburgh I Burgess He was a Barrister. Captain Edmund Scarburgh lived for a time in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields parish, London. As requested in his father's will (5 Sep 1606) Edmund was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, England, 15 Apr 1602 and remained at Caius College until he had taken the degree of barrister. Jennings Cropper Wise reported that he came to Virginia for the first time about 1620, leaving his family in England. However no proof of this has been found. By 1628-29 he had settled with his family on Magothy Bay on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where he was a Commissioner for the Plantation of Accomack in 1631 and represented Accomack in the House of Burgesses in 1629, 1631, and 1632, and was presiding Commissioner of the first court held in Accomack County in 1632 and served until his death. He died intestate after 17 April 1634, the last time he served as a member of the Accomack Court, and prior to 9 January 1635, when Hannah Scarburgh, "widow," sold cattle to Captain Thomas Graves (Ames, Mears & Allied Lines, pp. 345-346). His wife Hannah "Scarborough" was also referred to as a widow on 19 Feb 1634/5 (N'hamp Orders, Wills, Deeds, etc, f. 48).¹ He was born in 1584 at North Walsham, County Norfolk, England.¹ He married Hannah "Anna" Smith, daughter of Rev. Edmund Smith and Alice Barry, before February 1, 1615 at England.¹ Capt. Edmund Scarburgh I Burgess died before February 19, 1634/35 at Northampton Co., Virginia; It was on this date that the records referred to Hannah Scarborough widow.¹

     Hannah "Anna" Smith was born circa 1594 at London, England.¹ As of circa 1610,her married name was Mercer.¹ She married Ralph "Rodolph" Mercer circa 1610.¹ Hannah "Anna" Smith married Capt. Edmund Scarburgh I Burgess before February 1, 1615 at England.¹ As of before February 1, 1615,her married name was Scarburgh.¹ Hannah "Anna" Smith died after February 19, 1634/35 at Northampton Co., Virginia.¹

     Ralph "Rodolph" Mercer was buried at Church of St. Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Whales.¹ He was born circa 1585.¹ He married Hannah "Anna" Smith, daughter of Rev. Edmund Smith and Alice Barry, circa 1610.¹ Ralph "Rodolph" Mercer died in 1613.¹

     Rev. Edmund Smith was born in 1564 at Harrow, Middlesex, England.¹ He married Alice Barry, daughter of Nicholas Barry II and Anne Lording, on July 23, 1593 at St. Laurence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.¹ Rev. Edmund Smith left a will on January 10, 1617/18; Edmund made a will on 10 January 1617/18 at Pembrokeshire, England. In his will Edmund Smith, rector of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, England, stated: In the name of god Amen. This Tenth day of January in the fourteeth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord James King of England, I, Edmond Smith, Rector or parson of Tenbie, being poor in body but in good and perfect memory, love and praise be given unto God, do make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme followinge. First I bequeath my soule unto Allmighty God my only Saviour and Redeemer...my body to be buried in the church at Tenby. Item, I give unto my son Edmond Smyth the sum of one hundred pounds to be payed in manner and forme following, viz. at Christmas next (illegible) in the year of our lord 1618 (illegible) I give unto my son Edmond Smith all of my books and apparel. Item, I give unto my daughter Anna Scarbrough als Smith my best quilt (illegible) with (illegible) to be (illegible) for her presently after the proving of my will. Item, I give unto my grandson Charles Scarbrough five (?) markes to be payed (illegible) after the provinge of my will. All the rest of my goods, chattells, and (illegible), moveable and immoveable of every kind of nature...I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Alice Smith, whome I do constitute, nominate, and appoint my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. (redacted) Edmund Smith. Witness, Steven Middleton, Mary Clarke, (illegible) Middleton, George (Martin?), (illegible) Barret.¹ He died after January 10, 1617/18 at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Whales.¹

     Alice Barry was born circa 1575 at St. Laurence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.¹ She married Rev. Edmund Smith, son of Robert Smith, on July 23, 1593 at St. Laurence Pountney, London, Middlesex, England.¹ As of July 23, 1593,her married name was Smith.¹

     Nicholas Barry II was born circa 1550 at London, England.¹ He married Anne Lording, daughter of George Lording and Anne Unknown, on October 5, 1572 at St. Magnus the Martyr Parish, London, England.¹ Nicholas Barry II died in 1607.¹

     Anne Lording was born circa 1555 at London, England.¹ She married Nicholas Barry II, son of Nicholas Barry I, on October 5, 1572 at St. Magnus the Martyr Parish, London, England.¹ As of October 5, 1572,her married name was Barry.¹ Anne Lording died in 1631 at Walkerne, Hertfordshire, England.¹