Person:Sarah Unknown (3693)

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Born about 1670, probably in England, parents UNKNOWN

24 Oct 1701 - Lewis Davis, 320 acres in King & Queen County, St. John's Parish, in Pamunkey Neck on John Davis' spring branch to the mouth in the Acquinton Swamp, to Thomas Herbert's corner, for importation of 7 persons, Lewis Davis & his wife Anne, John Pore, Elizabeth Dode, SARAH SHELTON, John Saxon, Thomas Coakes. [Cavaliers & Pioneers abstracts of Virginia Land Grants, 3:55, covering patent book 9:418]

[This record shows the importation of Sarah Shelton into King & Queen County. The actual importation date is indeterminate based on this single record -- it could be as little as 1 month prior or as long as a decade or more. Davis could take as long as he wished to select land for his headright claim. If the Sarah Shelton listed is the same Sarah, who was the mother of Ralph Shelton and wife of Richard Gissage, then it shows she was a Shelton when she arrived.]

1702 - King William County was formed from King & Queen County.

Abt 1702 - married Richard Gissage

1702 - had daughter Christian Gissage

3 Mar 1702/03 - The will of Richard Gissage, written 3 Mar 1702/3 and entered for probate 20 May 1703, no longer exists. We know its contents principally from a series of articles, apparently written by Thomas H. Ellis, which appeared in THE AMHERST (VA) ENTERPRISE in 1879.

Mr. Ellis says that Richard Gissage divided his real property into four parts, but does not specify to whom it was to be left. He is more specific concerning Mr. Gissage's personal property which was divided into three parts; one-third to his widow, Sarah, one-third to his daughter, Mary Lipscomb, wife of Ambrose Lipscomb; and one-third to his daughter, Christian Gissage.

[Note: Researcher Harris says that Daniel Miles was also an executor. [OLD NEW KENT COUNTY 2:672] ]

1703. Thomas Beckley [Joseph?] of King and Queen, to John Waller of King William, gent., for whole and sole use of Ralph Shelton, son of Mrs. Sarah Gissedge, relict of Mr. Richard Gissedge, lately deceased. Mentions marriage, by Gods grace, speedily to be performed between Joseph Bickley and Sarah Gissedge (P. 81). [VMHB, 24:4 (1916):388–94]

1703-4. Major Joseph Bickley to John Waller, gent. Bond for two years schooling for Ralph Shelton, son of Mrs. Sarah Gissedge, widow (Book I, 177). [VMHB, 24:4 (1916):388–94]

3 Sep 1703 - Sarah married Rev. Joseph Bickley, an Anglican minister, who had been their bookkeeper on the Gissage Plantation.

30 Sep 1703 - Joseph Bickley posted bond for securing certain personal property on behalf of Ralph Shelton, a minor son of Sarah Gissage, whom he, Joseph Bickley, covenanted to marry. [Powell , Washington B. BICKLEY/BECKLEY FAMILY, 'William and Mary Quarterly (1) V, 1896, 124.]

Feb 1704 - Joseph Bickley received, on behalf of his wife, Sarah, her one-third share of the property of her late husband. [WMQ, 1, 124]

Date needed - Joseph Bickley posted bond to guarantee two years schooling for his step-son [Ralph Shelton]. [ABSTRACTS OF KING WILLIAM RECORD BOOKS, Nos. 1 & 2 and part of No. 3, 1702-1795, 199, Binder #1, Archives and Records Division, LVA]

Had several Bickley children.

1705. Joseph Bickley and Sarah, his wife, relict of Rich'd. Gissedge, to Wm. Noyes. Land purchased of Capt. Mallory. (P. 53.) [Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Extracts from King William County Records, 25:174]

1.   Research of Kenneth Shelton, in Genealogy.com Message Boards.

   Subject: Sarah Shelton Gissege Bickley
   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999
   From: nappy(at)erols.com

2.   “Extracts from King William County Records. Book XI.”, in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
   24:4 (1916):388–94. [1].

   1703. Thomas Beckley [Joseph?] of King and Queen, to John Waller of King William, gent., for whole and sole use of Ralph Shelton, son of Mrs. Sarah Gissedge, relict of Mr. Richard Gissedge, lately deceased. Mentions marriage, by Gods grace, speedily to be performed between Joseph Bickley and Sarah Gissedge (P. 81).
   
   1703-4. Major Joseph Bickley to John Waller, gent. Bond for two years schooling for Ralph Shelton, son of Mrs. Sarah Gissedge, widow (Book I, 177).