Notebook:Benjamin Porter

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Descendancy

From Ancestry

Direct Descendants of Benjamin Porter

The following descendency is commonly given on the internet. The original source for this may be Diehl's Rockbridge County Notebook, a compendium of newspaper articles dealing with family genealogies. Most lineages that on the net seen that incorporate this or a similar decendency , but provide very little in the way of source documentation to original sources. Various genealogists have questioned these listings of children of Benjamin and Ann. Identifying William and Patrick in particular draws considerable comment in particular. The best, most definitive source of information about Benjamin's children is probably his will </ref>

1 Benjamin Porter b: 1696 in Englandd: 1761 in Orange Co VA

+Ann Campbell b: 1704 in Parents from Walesm: Abt. 1730

..2 Ambrose Porter b: in Orange Co VA d: 18 June 1773

..2 Thomas Porter b: November 1731 d: 19 September 1817

..2 Nicholas Porter b: 1733 in Orange Co VA

..2 Elizabeth Porter b: 27 February 1733/34 in Orange Co VAd: 07 October 1807

.. +John Grigsby b: 1720 in Stafford Co, VAd: 07 April 1794 in Culpeper Co VA, first burial in Falling Spring Cem.m: Abt. 1764

....3 Ann Grigsby b: 15 June 1766 in Culpeper Co, VA

....3 Joseph Grigsby b: 06 July 1768 in Culpeper Co, VAd: December 1820 in House of Mr Sharp near Winchester, TN

....3 Jane Grigsby b: 17 November 1769 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 15 November 1832 in burial Falling Spring, Rockbridge Co VA

....3 Rachael Grigsby b: 07 May 1771 in Culpepper Co, VAd: 07 January 1841 in buried in a cemetery near Lexington, Va.

....3 Martha 'Patsey'Grigsby b: 19 September 1772 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 04 October 1868 in bur. Trinity Church, Staunton, Augusta Co VA

....3 Elisha Grigsby b: 17 May 1774 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 24 May 1847

....3 Elizabeth Grigsby b: 10 March 1776 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 13 December 1842 in Burial Falling Spring, Rockbridge Co VA

....3 Frances Grigsby b: 02 February 1778 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 1842 in "Clover Hill" Culpeper Co, VA

.... +Thomas Beckham b: 17 May 1771 in Culpeper Co VAd: 21 December 1855 in Culpeper Co VA, on his farmm: 22 May 1800 in "Fruit Hill" Rockbridge Co, VA

......4 James Alexander Beckham b: Abt. 1801 in Culpeper Co VAd: 22 March 1860

......4 Mary Ann Beckham b: 17 March 1803 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 21 September 1864 in Buried in New Hope Cem., Clay Co MO

...... +Samuel S. Porter b: 27 May 1795 in Orange Co, VAd: 16 June 1870 in Buried in New Hope Cem., Clay Co MO, 75 yrs. 19 daysm: 08 October 1824 in Culpeper Co VA

........5 Eliza Frances Porter b: 15 January 1826d: 10 October 1848 in bur. New Hope Cem., Clay Co MO

........5 Abner J. Porter b: 27 September 1827 in VAd: 12 May 1903 in buried in Fairview Cem., Clay Co MO

• • • • • • • • 5 Hannah Jane Porter b: 26 June 1830 in Orange County, Virginiad: 20 December 1882 in Buried Mt. Zion, Clinton County, Missouri

........5 Lucy Ellen Porter b: 18 September 1831 in of Clay Co MO

........5 Maria Porter b: 05 September 1833

........5 Thomas Beckham Porter b: 04 December 1835

........5 James A Porter b: 27 November 1837

........5 Samuel J. Porter b: Abt. 1839

........5 William S. Porter b: 22 February 1840

........5 Benjamin Franklin Porter b: 09 May 1842 in VA

........5 Mary Virginia Porter b: 10 July 1845 in Clay Co MOd: 01 October 1845

......4 John Grigsby Beckham b: 19 April 1807 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 1887 in Prince William Co VA

......4 Martha Beckham b: 1809

......4 Hannah Beckham b: 1811 in Culpeper Co VAd: in at her father's home when young, unmarried

......4 Abner Porter Beckham b: Abt. 1812 in VAd: Abt. 1820

......4 Frances Jane Thomas Beckham b: 11 September 1815 in Culpeper Co VAd: 10 October 1871 in Alexandria, VA, buried St Pauls Episc. Ch. Alexandria VA

......4 Eliza Beckham b: Bet. 1815 - 1820

......4 Thomas Beckham b: 1823

....3 Reuben Grigsby b: 05 July 1780 in "Fruit Hill" Rockbridge Co, VAd: 1863 in Burial Falling Spring, Rockbridge Co VA

..2 Charles Porter b: 1735 in Orange Co VAd: 05 March 1791 in Orange Co VA

..2 Patrick Porter b: 01 May 1737 in Orange Co VA

..2 Anne Porter b: 31 March 1739 in Orange Co VA

..2 Benjamin Porter b: 1741d: in young

..2 Joseph Porter b: 1743

..2 Abner Porter b: 25 June 1743 in Orange Co, VAd: 27 April 1814 in Will

.. +Hanna Ingram b: 16 August 1750d: Aft. 1814m: 13 November 1768 in Brunswick, VA

....3 Frances 'Franky' Porter b: 04 June 1770

....3 Alexander Porter b: 07 December 1772d: 20 June 1773

....3 Abner Porter b: 06 June 1774d: 23 February 1808

....3 Alexander Porter b: 11 May 1776

....3 Elizabeth Hawkins Porter b: 21 September 1778d: 01 September 1843

....3 Lucy Porter b: 20 September 1780 in Orange Co VAd: Abt. 1837

....3 William Porter b: 09 April 1783 in Orange Co VA

....3 Maria Porter b: 20 June 1785

....3 George Porter b: 25 November 1787

....3 Benjamin F. Porter b: 06 March 1790

....3 Nancy C. Porter b: 06 March 1790

....3 Verlinda Alexander Porter b: 06 April 1793d: 1846 in burial Falling Spring, Rockbridge Co VA, no date

....3 Samuel S. Porter b: 27 May 1795 in Orange Co, VAd: 16 June 1870 in Buried in New Hope Cem., Clay Co MO, 75 yrs. 19 days

.... +Mary Ann Beckham b: 17 March 1803 in Culpeper Co, VAd: 21 September 1864 in Buried in New Hope Cem., Clay Co MOm: 08 October 1824 in Culpeper Co VA

......4 Eliza Frances Porter b: 15 January 1826d: 10 October 1848 in bur. New Hope Cem., Clay Co MO

......4 Abner J. Porter b: 27 September 1827 in VAd: 12 May 1903 in buried in Fairview Cem., Clay Co MO

......4 Hannah Jane Porter b: 26 June 1830 in Orange County, Virginiad: 20 December 1882 in Buried Mt. Zion, Clinton County, Missouri

......4 Lucy Ellen Porter b: 18 September 1831 in of Clay Co MO

......4 Maria Porter b: 05 September 1833

......4 Thomas Beckham Porter b: 04 December 1835

......4 James A Porter b: 27 November 1837

......4 Samuel J. Porter b: Abt. 1839

......4 William S. Porter b: 22 February 1840

......4 Benjamin Franklin Porter b: 09 May 1842 in VA

......4 Mary Virginia Porter b: 10 July 1845 in Clay Co MOd: 01 October 1845

..2 Frances Porter b: 1747 in Orange, Co, VAd: Abt. 1779 in buried near the top of sloping ground in the rear of her last dwelling place.

..2 Jane Porter b: 1749

..2 Mary Porter b: 1753 in Orange Co VA

persons of Interest

Person:Benjamin Porter (7)

Much of the following is extracted from Ancestry

origins

• Benjamin emigrated to PA in 1731 sailed from Rotterdam on the PA Merch

• Benjamin Porter, a native of England came to America and settled in Orange County, VA in 1730. He brought his

wife with him, Ann Campbell and had five son's and 2 daughter's here.

• Benjamin Porter, a native of England came to America and settled in Orange County, VA in 1730. He brought his Welch born wife with him, Ann Campbell and had five son's and 2 daughter's here.

• Other records say that he was born in 1695, 1696 and 1671 in England, b. 1675 in Spotsylvania Co., VA., WFT estimates b. 1654-1696; also d. 1742, d. abt. 1725, WFT estimates d. 1694-1778, d. aft. 1761 and as having died in North Carolina. DAR records for Miss Dollie Grigsby DAR ID Number 123121 indicate that he was married in 1730 and was b. 1709 and died 1784. They also say that he served as an enlisting officer, b. in England and d. in Orange County, Va.

He could not have been born in Spotsylvania "which was formed from King William and Essex in 1721" if he was born in that county in 1675, 1695, 1696, etc. it was then Essex

From: Clasping Hands with Generations Past by Emma R. Lloyd, Cincinnati: Wiesen-Hart Press, 1932 page 147

This is a very old family in Virginia. It is definitely known that one Nicholas Porter was living in Virginia as early as 1637, and it is possible that this family had moved to America some time before that date. At this time there were only eight counties in Virginia and all settlements were along the rivers until the early part of the eighteenth century. The Porter family settled along the York and Rappahannock rivers on their arrival in Virginia. From there they drifted westward across the Blue Ridge ^[1] and were among the first to locate in Spotsylvania County which was formed from King William and Essex in 1721. The next year we find Benjamin Porter securing a land grant in the new county. (Deed Book "D," Spotsylvania.)

Land Records

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS, DEED BOOK A 1722-1729, page 109

Novr. 5, 1729. John Taliaferro, the younger, and Francis Taliaferro of St. Marie's Par., Caroline Co., to Benjamin Porter of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. £l0 ster., 10 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.—part of a pat. granted John Taliaferro, the younger, and Francis Taliaferro, June 30, 1726. Witnesses: John Robinson, Thomas Benson, John Mickel. Rec. Novr. 5, 1729. View full context

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS, DEED BOOK B 1729-1734 page 115

Octr. 3, 1730. Benjamin Porter of St. George's Par., Spts. Co., to Samuel Henslee of Hanover Par., King Geo. Co. 2000 lbs. tob., 400 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.—granted to the sd. Porter by pat. Septr. 28, 1728. Abraham Field, Z. Lewis, Jno. Waller. Nov. 3, 1730. Ann, wife of Benj. Porter, acknowledged her dower, etc.

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS DEED BOOK A 1722-1729 page 109

Novr. 5, 1729. John Taliaferro, the younger, and Francis Taliaferro of St. Marie's Par., Caroline Co., to Benjamin Porter of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. L10 ster., 10 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.--part of a pat. granted John Taliaferro, the younger, and Francis Taliaferro, June 30, 1726. Witnesses: John Robinson, Thomas Benson, John Mickel. Rec. Novr. 5, 1729

Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 DEEDS DEED BOOK B 1729-1734 page 115

Octr. 3, 1730. Benjamin Porter of St. George's Par., Spts. Co., to Samuel Henslee of Hanover Par., King Geo. Co. 2000 lbs. tob., 400 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts Co.--granted to the sd. Porter by pat. Septr. 28, 1728. Abraham Field, Z. Lewis, Jno. Waller. Nov. 3, 1730. Ann, wife of Benj. Porter, acknowledged her dower, etc.

Emma R. Lloyd at pages 147-148 lists the children of Benjamin and Ann as Benjamin, William, Samuel, Mary, "who married John Shropshire in 1757 and Patrick.

Ibid. at page 148 "Benjamin Porter son of Benjamin and Ann Porter lived in what was later to become Orange County, but on the east side of the Blue Ridge. He died in 1761. His descendants are found in Orange County as it is today His children are listed as: Ambrose, Nicholas, Thomas, Charles, Abner, Benjamin III, Joseph, Elizabeth, Frances, Jane, Betty, Mary and Anne.

National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85, 1600s-1900s Volume 25, "Early Settlers and Pre-Revolutionary Soldiers, Augusta Co., Va." issued by the Committee on Publication Washington, D.C. 1908 at p. 52: "Porter, Benjamin; came to Orange Co. from Wales" "Porter, Charles, Col., came to Orange Co. 1730, from Wales m. Ann Campbell. (McC. 5)."

Isabel Eileen Malin on her Family Home Page provides that "Benjamin and Ann (Campbell) Porter settled in Orange Co., VA, 12 or 15 miles from Culpeper court house, on the Rapid Ann river, about 1730, where they reared six sons and three daughters. Four of sons became owners of fine landed estates in that region. The other sons went to Georgia, married there, and became wealthy."

I believe that there are so many errors in the records on this family that much more research is needed. What appears in the records here provided is a combination of all records this researcher has come across with notes pertaining to conflicting information where possible or when noticed. Possible brothers to this Benjamin are listed in records as his sons. Reviewing the birth dates makes this obvious plus there are double entries for some of the children listed for this couple, an earlier and a later one (see notes under each of the individual children), conflicting spouses listed, conflicting father for Benjamin listed (some list Nicholas and others list Benjamin). There is further confusion because I cannot decide whether Ann Campbell is mother to the elder or younger generation in this record - for several reasons: 1. See entry above from Chakleys where "Ann, wife of Benj. Porter, acknowledged her dower." A dower is "that part of or interest in the real estate of a deceased husband given by law to his widow during her life, so then, the grantee in the below referenced deed of 1730 would be the son of Ann if the death of her husband is implied by the mention of "dower." If this is the case, Benjamin Porter, husband of Ann, is then dead by 1730; 2. See the entry from Edith Floyd's book wherein she lists Ann as the wife of the elder Benjamin Porter, in which case he could not possibly be the father of the children born some twenty years later than the first two. She may be in error, however, as she also says that Mary, "who married John Shropshire in 1757" is a child of Benjamin and Ann.

Lloyd says 1722 secured land grant in Spotsylvania - above entries show 1728 by patent and more land in 1729 - Are these deeds the younger Benjamin, son of Anne?

Their land is in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania County, later Orange County on the eastside of the Blue Ridge

Will

Snippet from Google Books Family puzzlers By Mary Bondurant Warren, p 1266

"His father was BENJAMIN PORTER, JR., whose will was probated 1-27-1761 in ...."

See: MySource:Quolla6/Will of Benjamin Porter (7) for copy of will.

Land Records

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Benjamin Porter aquired land in St. George Parish Orange County 1726-1749 Sons Charles and Nicholas also purchased land in this same area 1754-1774