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m. Bef 1719 - Thomas EverardAbt 1719 - 1781
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- ↑ Family Recorded, in Stephenson, Mary A. Additional Report Colonial Lots 165, 166 and 172, Block 29
1947.
Thomas Everard served as clerk of York County, 1745-1784. (John Norton & Sons, Merchants...edited by Frances Norton Mason, Richmond: 1937, p. 510.) He was a witness to the will of Governor Fauquier. (Will proved in York County, March 1768.) In 1768, Everard held about 600 acres in James City County according to the tax records. Everard is listed as buyer of items of Fauquier's personal property in the amount of 125 pounds. (See Fauquier inventory, copy in Department of Research.) In 1773 Everard advertised a slave for hire. (Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, eds., December 23rd.) From 1769-1774 Everard ordered goods of various kinds from John Norton & Sons, London. (John Norton & Sons...pp. 101, 141, 300, 353.)
Everard's daughter, Frances Everard, married Rev. James Horrocks, commissary in 1768 and president of William and Mary College, 1770-1772. Rev. Horricks dies in 1772; his wife died in 1773. (Virginia Gazette, Purdie and Dixon, eds., December 9th.) His daughter, Martha, married Dr. Isaac Hall of Petersburg (William and Mary College Quarterly, first series, IX, 123.)
In 1781, Jefferson in communication with the General Assembly wrote: "Mr. Everard having declined resuming the office of auditor, to which the general assembly had elected him, the executives have appointed Bolling Stark, esq; in his room..." (Hening's Statutes at Large, X, 572.) ...
THOMAS EVERARD
(Summary of Notes from different Sources)
John Norton & Sons Merchants of London and Virginia, p.510:
"As Clerk of Elizabeth City County in 1743, then as Clerk of York County from 1745 to 1784, Thomas Everard pursued his quiet way of responsibility. So faithfully and ably did he execute these offices, that he was finally appointed Clerk of the Committee Courts of the House of Burgesses.
"His daughter, Frances, married the Reverend Mr. James Horrocks, at one time Commissary of Virginia. Wirt, in his Life of Patrick Henry, thus explains this office. 'The Governor of Virginia represented the King; the Council, the House of Lords; the Episcopalian commissary (a member of the Council) represented the spiritual part of that house; and the house of burgesses was, of course, the house of Commons.'"
Ibid., Letters of Thomas Everard to John Norton:
-pp. 59-60; 100-1; 141-2; 170, 195-6; 237, 260-1; 273-4; 275-6; 282-3; 300-1; 344-6; 353-5; 387, 397. 1751-"Diary of John Blair," William and Mary Quarterly, first series, VIII, 2, 17:
-reference to Thomas Everard as neighbor of Gilmer and Blair. 1768; 1771 - York County Records, Wills, Inventories, Book 22:
-inventory of Governor Francis Fauquier - Thomas Everard bought about 100 pounds of Fauquier's goods. 1770 - Palace Book, Department of Research:
-Botetourt inventory:
-"Mr. Everard---£22.3.6" 1770, March 19th - York County Records, Deeds, VIII, 38:
-Thomas Everard bought lots 175, 176 and 177 with all houses...from Peyton Randolph. 1772, January 18th - York County Records, Deeds, VIII, 229:
-Elizabeth Hay purchased lots 263 and 264 formerly the property of Thomas Everard and deeded to Anthony Hay on August 8th, 1756. 1773, Sept. 10th - York County Records, Deeds, VIII, 374:
-John Blair gave deed to Thomas Everard for lot 172 which lot was "devised to John Blair by his brother Rev. James Blair..." Ibid., p. 373:
-Thomas Everard gave deed to lots 175, 176 and 177 to John Blair. 1766-1775 - Virginia Gazette
-Purdie and Dixon, Aug. 22, 1766, p. 3 - clerk of the General Court.
-Rind, July 12, 1770, p. 2 - agent of William Byrd to collect moneys.
-Purdie and Dixon, Dec. 23, 1773, p. 2 - Everard's slave for sale or hire.
-Purdie and Dixon, Oct. 6, 1774 - overseer of Everard had plantation on Archer's Hope Creek.
-Purdie and Dixon, Dec. 23, 1774 - Thomas Everard, a member of the Williamsburg Committee to elect a representative to the Continental Congress.
-Purdie and Dixon, Nov. 9, 1775 - same as for Dec. 23, 1774
Lots 165, 166, 172
WILLIAMSBURG LAND TAX ACCOUNTS
1791 James Carter 3 lots annual value £ 12
1797 James Carter 3 lots " " 12
1801 James Carter's estate 3 lots " value $ 40
1806 James Carter estate 3 lots " value 50
1810 James Carter's estate 3 lots " value 80
1815 James Carter's estate 3 lots " value 50
1817 James Carter's estate 3 lots " value 80
1819 James Carter's estate 3 lots " value 80
1830 Dabney Browne 1 lot buildings $500; lot & bldgs $520 via Wm. T. Pierce of Elizabeth Peters widow of Milner Peters decd
1848 Daniel P. Custis 1 lot buildings $600; lot & building $800 Formerly chd to Dabney Browne transfd to Custis in 1847
1849 Sydney Smith 1 lot 1 lot buildings $600; lot & buildings $800 From Danl P Custis in 1849
1851 Sydney Smith 1 lot buildings $1500; lot & buildings $2000
1856 Sydney Smith 1 lot buildings $1700; lot & buildings $2400
1860 Sydney Smith 1 lot buildings $1700; lot & buildings $2400
Other lots owned by Thomas Everard in Williamsburg were:
1752 - Lots 263 and 264
1756 - Lots 263 and 264 - sold to Anthony Hay-consideration £200 (York County Records, Deeds, VI, 65.)
1770 - Lots 175, 176, 177 - sold by Peyton Randolph to Everard - consideration - £15.10
1773 - Lots 175, 176, 177 - sold by Everard to J. Blair - consideration-5 shillings (York County Records, Deeds, VIII, 373.)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Everard, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Thomas Everard (died 1781) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1766 to 1767.
Everard was born about 1719 in St. Paul's Parish, Shadwell (one of the Tower Hamlets, next to London). At the age of ten he was admitted to Christ's Hospital, a school established for the children of the poor and homeless in London (His father, William, was a skinner by trade). There he was trained, along with all his fellow students, to read, write, and maintain accounts. In January 1735, he was discharged as an apprentice to Matthew Kemp, a Williamsburg, Virginia, merchant. Once his period of apprenticeship was through, he was appointed clerk of Elizabeth City County court.
Everard purchased a house and property in the 1750s. This house still stands in present day Williamsburg.
Everard served in many other public offices. He was the clerk of the York County court from 1745 until his death in 1781. He also was a deputy clerk of the General Court, clerk of the Secretary of the Colony's office, and was the mayor of Williamsburg serving twice from 1766 to 1767 and 1771 to 1772.
Everard was a member of the Court of Directors of the Public Hospital. He was married to Diana Robinson of York County and had two daughters -- Frances, who married the Rev. James Horrocks of Bruton Parish Church and president of the College of William and Mary, and Martha, who married Dr. Isaac Hall of Petersburg, Virginia.
- ↑ Death Notice, in From orphan to colonial leader - The story of Thomas Everard, Virginia's most famous foundling.
Everard died sometime between Jan. 30 and Feb. 19, 1781.
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- Old Kecoughtan, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
Vol 9 (1901), p 83-131.
p 123 -
... 6. Thomas Everard held many responsible positions, was clerk of the General Court, clerk of York county, clerk of Elizabeth City county, commissioner of accounts, before and during the Revolution, etc. He married Diana (born September 12, 1726), daughter of Major Anthony Robinson, of York county. He had a daughter, Martha, who married Dr. Isaac Hall, of Petersburg, whose will, proved in Petersburg, February 3, 1806, names son Everard Hall and daughter Diana Robinson Hall, and makes George Keith Taylor and John Allison executors....
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