1 John HARVEY Sr.
-------------------------------------
Birth: abt 1730, Orange County, Virginia
Death: 1781
The name Harvey is Norman ,in origin, and has been used in Great Britain
since the Eleventh Century. Harvey means "Warrior of the Host": and also
implies "Leader" or "Hero". Herveus de Bourges (anglicized, Harvey of
Bourges), came with William the Conqueror, to England, and as shown in the
Domesday Book, (1086), held a Barony of Suffolk. The name has been
indiscriminately and variously spelled Hervey, Harvye, Harvie, Harvy, and
Harvey in England and America; since 1800, the form has been, with few
exceptions, Harvey.
John Harvey, born c. 1730, and his wife, Margaret, who, according to
tradition was a Burke, were living in Orange County, Virginia, in the
1750's. Orange County deed book 3, pgs. 49-51, records the sale of 282
acres of land, in the parish of St. Thomas, County of Orange, Virginia, to
John Harvey, from John and Susannah Hammack. The transaction is dated 27
Sep 1753.
John was a soldier in the American Revolution. Ref: DAR patriot index, 1966
p 310. A correction appears in DAR patriot index, Vol. Ll, p 290.
>From Oren F. Morton's "History of Monroe County West Virginia", a John and
Margaret Harvey settled in Southwest Monroe County, at the close of the
Revolutionary War. They both were originally from Orange County. They had
about four children, one named Elizabeth ( 1768-1824), who was married to a
John Stodghill.
1810 Monroe County, Virginia census lists: male 5 (under 10), 1 (10-16), 1
(45-up) and females as 2 (under-10), 3 (16-26), and 2 (45-up).
Birth: about 1730, Orange County, Virginia
Death: 1781
Spouse: Margaret Burke
Birth: about 1729, Orange County, Virginia
Children: Elizabeth (1749-1824)
Benjamin (1751-1826)
Nicholas (1755-1826)
John E. (1752-1823)
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WVMONROE/1998-04/0893103063
