Person:Robert Calvert (12)

Records in Frederick County, VA

• N-292: Isaac Perkins of Frederick county, has 725 acres granted him by the Kings Patent 12 Nov. 1735. Resurv. by John Baylis shows 523 acre surplus in bounds & adj. land. Grant for 1,248 acres to Perkins on Perkin's Mill Run, Branch of Abraham's Creek of Opeckon in said county. On Great Waggon Road, Lydia Malon, Robert Calvert, Robert Wilson, George Hogg, William Cochran, Charles Perkins, Col. James Wood. 22 Oct. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 184]. (Note: since this Robert Calvert's father, Robert had died prior to 1766, this record must be referring to this Robert).

Notes

Robert Calvert, born probably before 1750. May be the Robert Calvert who settled in Botetourt County, VA. November 21, 1757 (), on petition of Robert Calvert an orphan of Robert Calvert, deceased.

( Note: Botetourt was not established until 1769).

James Perkins was appointed his guardian (Orders 7, p. 304). [Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutch/LAIRD/Calvert.htm].

This Robert Calvert is likely the Robert Calvert mentioned in the marriage record of Mary Calvert, widow of "Robert Calvert, deceased", in Frederick County, Virginia "about or before 16 June 1780", to Robert Wilson, as listed below:

Robert Wilson and Mary Calvert, widow of Robert. Frederick County, Va. xix-92; about or before 16 June 1780.

This Robert Calvert, Jr. had likely died prior to the following record in Frederick County, listing his brothers, Isaiah and Samuel:

4 Nov 1777, An Indenture between Isaiah Calvert, son and heir at law of Robert Calvert, deceased of County of Frederick, and Margaret his wife, and Samuel Calvert of the second part of said County and Colony, conveying 206 acres.... granted by Patent bearing date 12th of November 1735, to John Calvert, deceased, who in his last will and testament among other things had willed said Tract to the above mentioned Robert Calvert, deceased, who died intestate, etc. (Deeds 17, p. 415)

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://person.ancestry.com/tree/1985656/person/-1839418288/facts