Family:William Christopher and Elizabeth Haley (1)

The remaining son of Nicholas and Ann Christopher was William Christopher, who was born about 1700 and who married Elizabeth Haley, the daughter of Edward and Catherine Haley, of Orange. On the 25th of August, 1741, William and Elizabeth leased a tract of land from the Estate of Governor Alexander Spottswood. Governor Spottswood had died probably in 1740 (as his will was dated April 19, 1740), leaving two sons, John and Robert Spottswood. This lease was to William and Elizabeth, who then had a son Morton, perhaps their oldest child. The land lay on the north side of the Rapidan River in Orange and was a part of the "Spottsylvania Tract."
It is not known when William and Elizabeth Haley Christopher moved to the south. His father Nicholas had given to William a tract of land consisting of 200 acres lying on both sides of Dry Creek in the present County of Lunenburg. This tract eventually became the property of William and Elizabeth's son Morton Christopher. Instead of moving southward as most of the family see _LINK: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Christopher_%288%29

Elizabeth Haley, the daughter of Edward and Catherine of Orange, was born probably in King William or King and Queen County about 1700 (Note: probably later, perhaps around 1708). The place and date of her marriage to William Christopher is unknown. She may have been married before her parents moved to Orange County. The family into which she married was an old one in Virginia. Her husband William, the son of Nicholas and Ann Christopher, was born also about 1700 and probably in the Northern Neck County of Richmond. Glancing at her husband's family, we find a few facts among the few scattered records remaining. _LINK: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Haley_(11)