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James Child, of Childberry SC
- James Child, of Childberry SCEst 1650 - Bef 1721
Facts and Events
Timeline and notes
- appears to be James Child the younger, son of James Child and his wife Ellen
- he also married an Ellen and had at least 8 children
- Abt 1684 - imprisoned by Lord Chancellor Jeffreys in a dispute over church rates in Amersham Parish
- 28 Nov 1687 - his father conveys his Coleshill property to him for life
- by Feb 1697/98 - he had arrived in the Province of Carolina with son Isaac, where he was initially granted 1,200 acres of land in Berkeley County
- 1702 to 1716 - granted an additional 2,800 acres
- 1707 - laid out Childsberry town on the Strawberry tract portion of his land
- in his will
- he set aside money for a school, schoolmaster, fort, church, and burying ground for Childsberry
- to son Isaac - most of his property
- to dau Sarah Child - the rents of his house and land at Coleshill in "old England"
- to grandson William Child -
- to grandson Isaac Child -
- to granddau Sarah Child -
- to grandson Robert Dixs -
- to granddau Hannah Dixs -
References
- ↑ Covenant, 28 November 1687, in Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Collection items deposited in 1938
D-BAS/38/996, 28 Nov 1687.
Parties:
(1) James Child the elder of Coleshill, Agmondesham alias Amersham (Hertfordshire) , yeoman and Ellen, his wife;
(2) Henry Costard of Owleswick of Monks Risborowe, yeoman, John Child of Coleshill, yeoman and James Child the younger, son of James the elder
Operative part
- James Child the elder, in consideration that Ellen had, at his request, yielded up her right to certain property in Coleshill which had been settled on her as her jointure, and to make provision for her and for their son James the younger, covenanted with Henry Costard and John Child that he would stand possessed of (a)-(c)
Property:
(a) cottage in the occupation of Ellen Child in Coleshill;
(b) 2 closes of meadow or pasture adjoining (a) containing together 3 acres in the occupation of Stephen Salter;
(c) hedgerow or parcel of woodground adjoining (b) on N containing 1 acre in the occupation of James Child the elder
Habendum:
- to use of James Child the elder for his life, remainder to Ellen Child for her life, remainder to James Child the younger and his heirs for ever
Witnesses:
- George Howard;
- Daniell Eames
- Demise for 500 years to secure legacies, in Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Collection items deposited in 1938
D-BAS/38/997, 29 Nov 1687.
Parties:
(1) James Child the younger, son of James Child the elder of Coleshill, Agmondesham alias Amersham (Hertfordshire), yeoman;
(2) Zachary Allnutt of Coleshill, gentleman and William Page of Coleshill, blacksmith
Operative part
- (1) demised (a)-(c) to (2) to secure payment of £70 to Hannah Child, James Child, Ellen Child, William Child, Mary Child, Isaack Child and Sarah Child (children of (1) and Ellen, his wife), and for 5 shillings paid to James Child the younger by (2) demised (a)-(c) to (2)
Property:
(a) cottage in the occupation of Ellen Child in Coleshill;
(b) 2 closes of meadow or pasture adjoining (a) containing together 3 acres in the occupation of Stephen Salter;
(c) hedgerow or parcel of woodground adjoining (b) on N containing 1 acre in the occupation of James Child the elder
Habendum:
- to (2) from death of survivor of (1) and Ellen, his wife for 500 years at peppercorn rent with proviso for voiding on payment of £10 to each of the children of (1)
Witnesses:
- George Howard;
- Daniell Eames
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Henry A. M. “Childsbury", in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
15:2 (1914):Bible records 111-112.
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