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Facts and Events
John Alderson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Frederick County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:
- N-331: John Alderson of Frederick County, 91 acres on Smith's Creek near the Mountain in said County. surv. Robert Rutherford. Adj. his own land, Samuel Lusk. 13 December 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 186].
- Page 180 - John Alderson, 26 acres, Smiths Creek. Adjoining his own land, May 2, 1771. [Abstract of Land Grant Surveys, 1761-1791, Augusta & Rockingham Counties, Virginia, by Peter Cline Kaylor, pg. 65].
Will of John Alderson
- Alderson, John - Probate Nov. 1780. Names wife, Jane and children: John, Curtis, Benjamin, Thomas and Simon, Grandsons George (son of John) and Thomas (son of Curtis). [Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 52].
Records of John Alderson in Virginia
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Page 298.--21st December, 1758. Rees Thomas' will, farmer--To wife Jean, tract of patent land on Brock's Creek, 350 acres, until son Evan Thomas shall be of age; to son Rees Thomas; to son John Thomas; to son James Thomas; to his daughters and his wife's daughters. Executors, wife Jean and son John. Teste: John Alderson, Elizabeth Kimsey, William Bodeker. Proved, 16th May, 1759, by Alderson and Bodeker. Executors qualified, with Ephraim Love and Abraham Bird.
- Vol. 1 - MAY, 1768. - M. Harrison vs. John Alderson.--1766, June 6; 1767, February 25; March 12, to credit Moses Marden; April 6; July 30, to credit Masay Staks.
- P-277: Messrs. Thomas Wharton & Joseph Wharton of the city of Philadelphia, 272 acres on Patterson's Creek in Hampshire County. Surv. John Moffett. Adj. their own land, Alderson. 21 June 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 225]. (Note: this record could be for this John Alderson or perhaps one of his sons, included for followup research).
Information on John Alderson
- Husband: John Alderson, II
- Born: 20 OCT 1700 at: Yorkshire, England
- Married: 1726 at: Hunterdon Co., NJ
- Died: 1780 at: Botetourt Co., VA
- Father:John Alderson
- Mother:Alice Milner
- Wife: Mary Jane Curtis
- Born: 1701 at: Hunterdon Co., NJ
- Died: 1785 at: Botetourt Co., VA
- Father:Thomas Curtis
- Mother:Ailse Merrill
- CHILDREN
- Name: Mary Alderson
- Born: 1736 at: NJ
- Married: at:
- Died: UNKNOWN at:
- Spouses: ? Orton
- Name: John Alderson, III
- Born: 5 MAR 1737/38 at: Hunterdon Co., NJ
- Married: 3 OCT 1759 at: Augusta Co., VA
- Died: 3 MAR 1821 at: Alderson, Greenbrier Co., WV
- Spouses: Mary Elizabeth Carroll
- Name: Curtis Alderson
- Born: 1740 at: Bucks Co., PA
- Married: BEF 1766 at: Augusta Co., VA
- Died: 1804 at: Botetourt Co., VA
- Spouses: Elizabeth Ramsey
- Name: James Alderson
- Born: 1742 at: Virginia
- Married: at:
- Died: 1775 at: Virginia
- Spouses: Mary Ann Tathman
- Name: Thomas Alderson
- Born: 22 AUG 1744 at: Bucks Co., PA
- Married: 15 DEC 1767 at: Baltimore Co., MD
- Died: 5 MAR 1837 at: Monroe Co., (W)VA
- Spouses: Hannah Davis Sarah Bond
- Name: Benjamin Alderson
- Born: ABT 1745 at: Bucks Co., PA
- Married: 1763 at:
- Died: AFT 1820 at: Clark Co., IN
- Spouses: Malinda Ann Fletcher Leah Lucas
- Name: Simon Alderson
- Born: 1747 at: Bucks Co., PA
- Married: 16 AUG 1771 at: Botetourt Co., VA
- Died: 1798 at: Davidson Co., TN
- Spouses: Ann Spratt
- Name: Samuel Alderson
- Born: 1749 at: Bucks Co., PA
- Married: at:
- Died: UNKNOWN at:
- Spouses:
- [Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azopp/data/fam/fam02230.htm]
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