Person:Edward Ransdell (3)

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• 1696 - [first known record] Westmoreland County - 22 Oct 1696, Richard Omohundro of Cople Parish assigns his right to 192½ acres between the Rappahannock and Nomini Creek adjoining Peirce, Jacob Remey, Nicholas Spencer "to EDWARD RANSDELL of same, carpenter and cooper." [WCDW 2:82a-83a and WCOB 3] Note: Deed also traces title. 28 Jan 1683/84, land passed from Thomas Collinsworth to William Moxley with Collingsworth's wife acknowledging relinquishment of her right of dower 12 Feb and 12 Mar 1683/84 ; then 8 Sep 1696 land passed from Moxley to Richard Omohundro.

• 1699 - Westmoreland County - 3031 May 1699, Edward Ransdell of Cople Parish, carpenter, to Jacob Ramy Junr., 30 acres adjoining Nicholas Spencer, Jacob Remey Senr., Thos. Collinsworth. On 31 May 1699, Mary Ransdell, wife, relinquishes dower right to this land. [WCDW 2:186-186a]

• 1702 - 7 Dec 1702 - Abraham Ethell binds himself to Edward Ransdale for 6 years, to learn carpenter, cooper and joiner trades. Signed Edward Ransdale. Wits. by John Sturman and John Chilton. [WC Bk 3:116]

• 1706 - Edward Ransdell received a land grant of 141 ac in Westmoreland County. [WC Land Grants Bk:pg needed] It is likely that this record is a reaffirmation of his title to his existing holdings.¹

• 1707/09 - Edward Ransdell is called to jury duty to settle land disputes. [WCDW 4]

• 1715 - Edward Ransdell, Thomas Lee, and William Pierce are named as "friends" in the Will of Thomas Thompson, Gent., dated 17 Jan 1715. Thompson was the surveyor of all lands in Westmoreland County.

• 1720 - 24 Jan 1720 - Edward Ransdell makes a Deed of Gift of all his land in Cople Parish to his son Wharton Ransdell, Yeoman. Land is to pass from Wharton to his male heirs ; in default to son Edward, then his male heirs ; in further default to son John, then his male heirs ; in further default to female heirs of son Wharton. Deed is acknowledged by Edward Ransdell and wife Amy on 30 Jan 1720. [WCDW 7:87]

• 1723 - 10 Mar 1723, Edward Ransdell makes a Deed of Gift of slaves to his two younger sons, Edward and John. Deed also identifies his grandson, Edward, son of Wharton. [WC Bk 8:20]

• 1724 - Westomoreland County - Will of Edward Ransdell, dated 1 May 1724, proved 24 Jun 1724. Will names wife Amy (widow of Capt. John Kelley of Rappahannock County) ; 3 sons, Wharton (eldest), Edward (minor), John (minor) ; and 2 daughters, Elizabeth Talbott and Milicent Longworth. [WC Bk 8:70]

1.   Family Recorded, in Ransdell, William Keith. Sifted from the ashes: thirteen generations of one line of the Ransdell family in America from its first known document until January 2, 1988. (Place of publication not identified: W.K. Ransdell, 1987).

   ... It is accepted that Edward Ransdell of Westmoreland County, Virginia, was the son of Edward Ransdell of St. Clement's Manor, Maryland. The proximity of the two loca­tions (the Potomac river separates them), the known migra­tion to Virginia from Maryland of associated families, and the knowledge provided by the Will of this second Edward, dated 1724 (to be cited), provide the basis for that accept­ance. It is clear that they were not the same man. ...

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Westmoreland County - Will Book 8, in Crozier, William Armstrong (ed.), and The Genealogical Association. Virginia County Records. (Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: The Genealogical Association)
   1:32 [1].

   RANSDELL, EDWARD, 1 May 1724; 24 June 1724.
   Eldest son Wharton ;
   sons John and Edward ;
   my wife's plantation in Rappahannock;
   wife Amy the estate which formerly did belong to her first husband Capt. John Kelley ;
   the orphan of Capt. John Kelley ;
   to Elizabeth Jeffreys;
   dau. in law Mary Kelley;
   to Nicholas Stephens;
   daughters Elizabeth Talbott and Milicent Longworth ;
   to William Longworth ;
   son Wharton exor.