Person:Robert Wade (20)

Information about children was copied and has not been verified by researcher.

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia

Robert Wade, Captain of a Company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758

Records of the House of Burgesses Petition of Robert Wade who late August with his company of Rangers killed and scalped 4 Shawnees in Augusta County. He applied for the rewards but was told there was no money in the treasury. 29 Sept 1758

Robert Wade and his company ought to be paid for killing Indians. 3 Oct 1758

Page 201 The following entries are taken from William Waller Hening's collection of the laws of Virginia. During the French and Indian War, the House of Burgesses passed an act for the defense of the frontier of the colony on 14 September 1758. The soldiers mentioned in the schedule attached to this act appear below.

Halifax County, Page 212 Capt. Robert Wade, Jr., for his pay and for that of his officers, and a company of militia, 475.8.6; to Col. Abraham Maury for pay to Capt. Dillard and his militia company, 414.11.4.

History of Halifax County Page 344 1764 Jan 19 -- Will of Robert Wade Jr.

To my daugher, Sarah Wade, land in Bedford County certificate of which being returned in my name by Edmund Booker of Amelia County; to my son, Robert Wade; son, Hampton Wade; daughter, Betty (Elizabeth) Wade; my beloved wife, Ann Wade.

Executors: Paul Carrington, Clement Read, William Stokes, Memucan Hunt, Hampton Wade Witnesses: Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade, Jas McDanielHalifax County, Virginia, Will Book O, Page 201

Robert Wade, Jr. of Anheim Parish, Halifax County, died after he wrote his will on 19 January 1764 and before it was proved on 20 June 1765. He gave his wife Ann, during her widowhood, her choice of either the plantation on which he lived or that on which his father lived and bequeathed two slaves, his personal property and stock of cattle to her. He left 750 acres of land on Linvilles Creek in Bedford County, part of 1500 acres which was recorded jointly in his name and that of Edmund Booker, and also a slave to his daughter Sarah Wade. He bequeathed the plantation on which his father lived, after his father's death, and a slave to his son Robert Wade. He left the plantation on which he lived and a slave to his son Hampton Wade. He gave a slave to his daughter Betty (Elizabeth) Wade. He instructed his executors Paul Carrington Clement, Memucan Hunt and Hampton Wade to sell the balance of his land and his stock of horses to pay debts, dividing the balance among his four children. Edward Wade, John Armstrong, William Borroum, William Wade and James ??? witnessed his signature.

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia Captain of a Company of Rangers, 1758. Robert Wade, Capt of a company of Rangers, 11 Nov. 1758

Note: The will of Robert Wade Jr. lists bequests to his children Sarah Wade, Robert Wade, Hampton Wade and Betty Wade. Was this their birth order? LH 08/19/05