Person:Arthur Upshur (1)

Watchers
Arthur Upshur, Jr., of Warwick
m.
  1. Arthur Upshur, Jr., of WarwickAbt 1654 - 1738
  2. Ann Upshur - Bef 1736
  3. John Upshur - Bef 1720
  4. Helen UpshurAbt 1661 - Bef 1708
  • HArthur Upshur, Jr., of WarwickAbt 1654 - 1738
  • W.  Elizabeth Fellows (add)
m. Abt 1673
  • HArthur Upshur, Jr., of WarwickAbt 1654 - 1738
  • WSarah Browne1654 -
m. 1690
  1. Susanna UpshurAbt 1693 - Bef 1738
  2. Abel UpshurAbt 1702 - 1753
  3. Anne UpshurAbt 1704 - Bef 1738
  4. Arthur Upshur, IIIAbt 1704 - Bef 1738
  5. Sarah UpshurAbt 1705 -
  6. Abigail UpshurAbt 1706 - Bef 1764
  7. Thomas UpshurAbt 1713 - Abt 1751
  8. Elizabeth Upshur - Aft 1742
Facts and Events
Name Arthur Upshur, Jr., of Warwick
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1654 Accomack, Virginia, United StatesOccohannok Creek
Marriage Abt 1673 Somerset County, Marylandto Elizabeth Fellows (add)
Marriage 1690 Accomack County, Virginiato Sarah Browne
Will? 26 May 1738 Accomack, Virginia, United States
Death? 1738 Accomack, Virginia, United StatesWarwick plantation at Upshur's Neck
Probate? 4 Jul 1738 Accomack, Virginia, United States

Notes

  • planter, leading landowner, slaveholder, cattle owner
  • Abt 1660 - migrated from Accomack county, VA to Somerset county, MD where he lived with first wife Elizabeth on Marumsco Creek, which flows into the Pocomoke River
  • Bef 1687 - returned to Accomack county, VA
  • 1687/88 - father deeded him 1000 acres in Upshur's Neck on 20 Feb 1687/88
  • may have lived at Cedar Grove, his father's land on Occohannock Creek or Brownsville, his wife's homeplace or at the Essex farm in the lower part of Upshur's Neck
  • Abt 1709 - inherited Warwick plantation in Upshur's Neck
  • apparently had some formal education, unlike his father, for he had excellent chirography as shown by his signature on a 1734 deed which conveyed "Brownsville" to his son Thomas