Person:Bartholomew Stovall (1)

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• 1721, 14 January: Bartholomew Stovall of Henrico Parish made his will. Gave to son George, all the upper of my land I now live on, beginning at Taber's corner 50 poles downriver.... To son William, land beginning about George's corner 70 pole down the river at the JAMES tract of land, after my decease of wife. To son Thomas, tract of land 80 poles down river from William's corner. To daughter Hannah Stovall, all rest of my tract. Land to be equally divided... Rest to wife Anne. Much of will torn and missing. Wits. Stephen Hughes, Ezekiel Sudberry, Ashford Hughes.

About Bartholomew Stovall

According to "The Stovall Family in America", by Carmae M. Smith, Bartholomew Stovall was born in Albury, Surreyshire, England. Some have recorded Bartholomew's birth as June of 1665, but this appears to be incorrect. In the Quaker records at Guildford, England, his birth is recorded as "1665.6.24", which has given the impression that June is the birth month. As Carmae M. Smith points out in her 1979, "The Stovall Family in America", the Quakers numerical designation for the month followed the prevalent English practice of regarding as the first day of the year, as the Feast of the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary of the coming Incarnation (25 March - exactly nine months before the Feast of the Nativity). Using this method, March was then the 'first month' of the year, and August was the sixth month, not June.

Although he was raised a Quaker, Bartholomew may have been baptized by the Church of England to improve his chances of emigrating to New England. Bartholomew became indentured so that he could emigrate to New England. He travelled to the new world on the ship "Booth", with a captain listed as Peter Pagan, Master (Middlesex Quarter Sessions Records, Middlesex Guildhall, Westminster, London, England - indenture #A-628, volume 12, page 379). The indenture was witnessed by Joseph Pycraft. By entering into the indenture, Bartholomew agreed "to serve as a husbandman (farmer) for a term of four years in return for his passage to Virginia". In 1690, Smith's book states that a Richard Kennon recieved 8,000 acres of land to distribute to all of the emigrants he had brought to Virginia, and for the year of 1684, there is a "Barth. Stowell" listed. Smith states in her book that a search of records in Virginia for 60 years after 1684 does not list anyone by the name of 'Stowell' - but, many records have been found for Bartholomew 'Stovall'.

Batholomew appears in the record again, this time as "Stovall", in an August 6, 1693 Marriage license to Ann Burton in Henrico County, Virginia. In December of 1699 Bartholomew acknowledged receipt of his wife's portion of the estate of the late Thomas Burton, when John Stewart, Ann's step-father and former guardian, made a final accounting of his guardianship (from "Burton Chronicles of Colonial Virginia", by Francis Burton Harrison, page 109). Rent rolls of 1704 for Henrico County show Bartholomew with 100 acres. This fact is discussed in "Quit Rents of Virginia", by Annie L. W. Smith, 1957; and Virginia Historical Magazine, Volume 28, pages 207-208. On March 2, 1712 Bartholomew of the County of Henrico and the Parish of Henrico sold 100 acres of land to John Woolredge. The land was on the south side of the James River, bounded by Hugh Ligon's land, as shown in the Henrico County Deeds, page 199, LDS film No. 7559. On 16 August 1715 Bartho Stovall received 318 acres of land by patent on the south side of the James River on deep Creek, as shown in Patent Book 10, page 245, Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA. At his time of death, Bartholomew's home site was about 5 to 10 miles north of the town of Powhatan, VA. The land is located at the intersection of Deep Creek and the James River, southside and eastside of Deep Creek.

In 1975 a structure sits on the land called St. Emma's Academy, owned by the sisters of St. Francis DeSale and the Catholic Church, which was built in 1890. The Academy, which is no longer used as a school for girls, is located on a hill where the James River meets Deep Creek. Belmead Mansion is on the west side of Deep Creek, and was originally owned by General Cocke. It may also be on land owned by Bartholomew in 1704. This area of Powhatan County was split off from Henrico County at one time. Goochland and Cumberland Counties were also eventually split off from Henrico,so there are records of Stovalls buying and selling land along the creek, but the records are scattered among four County seats. The majority of Stovall deeds (about 20) seem to be in Goochland County.

One additional interesting fact about Bartholomew, the emigrant, was his relationship with the widow Hagar Tabor. As stated in Carmae M. Smith's "The Stovall family in America", Bartholomew deeded Hagar Tabor 130 acres of land along Deep Creek, near the James River, on 4 May 1719 (Misc. court Records of Henrico County, VA, Vol. 2, 1718-1816, page 452. Hagar's sons, William and John Tabor, along with Bartholomew's son George sold part of that 130 acres to an Allen Howard on 16 February 1733.

According to Carmae Smith's "The Stovall Family in America", Bartholomew's will is in the Henrico county VA Miscellaneous records, Volume 2, page 6, 1718-1726, No. 69 0182 (and it is reported that part of the will is missing). In the will, he names his wife Anne, sons George, william and Thomas, and daughter Hannah. Deeds indicate that there are two other sons, John and Bartholomew Jr. According to the "Stovall Family Record", by Clarence Friend, former president of the LaRue County (Kentucky) Historical Society, Batholomew's will, which was made in Henrico County, Virginia on January 14, 1718, is on file at the Virginia State Library in Henrico County, Virginia, in the "Miscellaneous Court Records", Volume 3, page 543.

According to Carmae M. Smith's "The Stovall Family in America", Bartholomew and Ann may be buried at Jamestown, VA. The reason she believes this is that prior to 1741, all Episcopal burials were reported to have been done at Jamestown. Bartholomew's home site at the time of his death was about 5 to 10 miles north of the town of Powhatan, VA, in Powhatan County. Powhatan County was eventually split off from Henrico County.

Richard Kennon received land from the Henrico Co Court, Virginia as payment for bringing emigrants to the Colonies. One of the names on Kennon's list is Bart. Stowell.

Bartholomew purchased up to 318 acres next to Deep Creek and the James River in what is now Powhatan County, Virginia.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 prepared by Clarence Friend, former president of the LaRue County (Kentucky) Historical Society. Stovall Family Record (excerpt).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Carmae Massey Smith. The Stovall Family in America: Descendants of Bartholomew of Henrico County, Virginia 1684. (Houston, Texas: D. Amstrong Co. Inc, 1979; Library of Congress No. 79.84178).
3. ↑ Digests of Births for the Quarterly Meeting of Sussex and Surrey Stouell and Stowell.
4. ↑ Annals of Henrico Parish (Virginia).
5. ↑ Lyle K. Williams, comp. The Stovall Family and Related Lines, Volume 1. (Unknown publisher, 1984).
6. ↑ Stovall, Bartholomew I, Albury (Surrey) Parish Register. (Baptismal entry, 11 November 1683).
7. ↑ Henrico Co. Virginia, Documents Deeds, Wills, etc..
8. ↑ Glenn M. Turnell. Stovall Journal (excerpt) "Notes and Comments", page 136.
9. ↑ Benjamin B. Weisinger, III. Colonial Wills of Henrico County.
10. ↑ Neil D. Thompson. The Family of Bartholomew Stovall. (Unknown publisher, 1993).
11. ↑ Neil D. Thompson, Report to Virginia Committee of the Stovall Research Fund.

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12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 Stovall Family Association.

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13. ↑ Stovall Family Association
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14. ↑ There are four different records of his birth with two different dates in the Quaker Records of Guildord.
15. ↑ It is thought the baptism at the age of 18 in an Episcopal Church (Church of St. Peter and St. Paul) at Albury, may be due to non-emigration rules against Quaker and other non Episcopal religions.
16. ↑ Date of will but not probated until 1 May 1721