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Capt. Thomas Jarvis, of Kiquotan, Elizabeth City, VA
Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Jarvis, Thomas Will dated April 6, 1684.
- Exs. wife Elizabeth, George Richards and Edmond Moss.
- Suit over his property to be sold to defray debts and the remainder to be divided between Elizabeth Hole [sic, s/b Mole] his then wife and defendent Thomas Jarvis his son.
- March 5, 1692/93. Book 1689-1699, p. 76.
- Edward Hole [sic, e/b Mole] the husband of Elizabeth and guardian of Thomas Jarvis, infant.
- [Source: Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, by Blanche Adams Chapman, pg. 43].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
- William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
Vol. 10, pg. 267.
III. Then there was Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., first cousin once removed of the elder Nathaniel. He was son of Thomas Bacon, and was born in England January 2, 1647, and died in Virginia October 26, 1676. His wife was Elizabeth Duke, daughter of Sir Edward Duke and sister of Sir John Duke, and she married, secondly, Capt. Thomas Jarvis, a ship captain, who lived at Hampton Town, in Virginia, and, thirdly, married Edward Mole. By Bacon she had at least one child, Elizabeth, born 12 April, 1674, who married Hugh Chamberlain, physician to the king.
- Ancestry.com - Message Boards.
Captain Thomas Jarvis of Elizabeth City County, VA married Mrs. Elizabeth Duke Bacon, widow of Nathaniel Bacon, Esqr, President of the Majesties Council of State of Virginia. They became the parents of a son, Thomas Jarvis. After the death of Captain Thomas (Will circa 1684) Elizabeth married Edward Mole and their son, Thomas Jarvis, an infant, came before the Master of the Roles and stated he wanted his step-father to be his guardian. Recorded 5 March 1692/93. Captain Thomas is the Thomas Jarvis who is thought to be the one who served as a Burgess in Virginia circa 1680-1682.
[Source: Neal, "Elizabeth City County,Virginia Deeds, Wills,Court Orders, Etc. 1634, 1659, 1688-1701, p. 5]
* Mrs. Bacon was Elizabeth Duke, daughter of Sir Edward Duke.
After the death of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., she married Captain Thomas Jarvis, of Elizabeth City County, Va. She married, thirdly, Edward Mole.
There is in the records of Elizabeth City County mention of a suit before the Master of Rolls in England between George Richards and William Wilson, plaintiffs, and Edward Mole and Elizabeth, his wife, Edmund Foster and Thomas Jarvis, an infant, by Edward Mole, his guardian, and defendants.
The decree of the Master of the Rolls, dated 28 October, in the second year of King James II., recites that Thomas Jarvis, in his life time, had a trading plantation of two hundred acres on the west side of Hampton River, in Elizabeth City County, Va., that by his will, dated April 6, 1684, he devised it to be sold, together with all his other property in Virginia, for the payment of his debts; the residue to go equally to his widow Elizabeth and son Thomas; that he made George Richards, said Elizabeth and Edmund Foster executors; ordered that the defendants join in a deed of sale of said real estate to William Wilson as per contract of George Richards, one of the executors, for fifty pounds sterling.
Hampton was laid out in 1680 on fifty acres of land, on the west side of Hampton River, belonging to Thomas Jarvis, "where he now lives." (Hening's Statutes, II., 472.)
Reading this it appears that ship Capt. Thomas Jarvis lived prior to his will of 4-6-1684 on a trading plantation of 200 acres on the west side of the Hampton River, Elizabeth City County, VA. (Name of ship unknown, however I don’t think it was one of the ships named in history participating in the Bacon Rebellion or the founding of Jamestown because those Captains are known.) He was the 2nd husband of Elizabeth Duke, widow of Nathaniel Bacon Jr. (was he part of the Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 (Yes) or Bacon’s Castle, another home of Arthur Allen occupied by Bacon (Yes)? {Bacon occupied the Green Spring home of Gov. Sir Wm. Berkeley in 1676.}
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1092&p=surnames.jarvis
- Genealogies of Virginia Families: From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982)
pg. 825.
One Thomas Jarvis owned a tract of 200 acres of land on the west side of Hampton Creek, which in his will dated April 6, 1684, he devised to be sold for the payment of his debts, any residue to go to his wife Elizabeth and his son Thomas. He appointed his wife Elizabeth, George Richards and Edmund Foster executors. George Richards contracted to sell this land to William Wilson. The other executors refusing to fulfill the contract, Richards and Wilson brought suit against them and the infant Thomas Jarvis by Edward Mole, his guardian, before the Master of Rolls in England who ordered that the defendants join in a deed to William Wilson in consideration of £50 and in fulfillment of the contract of George Richards, one of the executors. In 1681, the Assembly passed an act decreeing that a town be built on "the west side of Hampton River on the land of Mr. William Wilson, lately belonging to one Thomas Jarvis, deceased, the plantation where he lived and the place appointed by a former law."
Records in Virginia
- p.269 - 1 April 1684 Edward Hatcher of County & Parish of Henrico, planter, for 11,000 lbs tobacco received of Nathaniel Bacon, late of Curles, dec'd, deeds to Thomas Jarvis of Kiquotan in Elizabeth City Co., Gent., who married the relict and trustee of estate of Nathaniel Bacon, dec'd, 50 acres in Varina Parish, next to land formerly belonging to widow Parker and now in occupation of Will Byrd, Esq., part of 200 acres formerly belonging to Will Danks, purchased by Will Hatcher, Jr. and Hen. Hatcher of Robert Bullington and Hen. Rowing and Alee his wife in two deeds dated 1 Feb. 1661, and by Hen. Hatcher, the survivor of the joint purchasers, sold to said Edward Hatcher 20 Aug. 1667.
- Wit: Hen. Randolph, Wm Hatcher
- Signed: Edward (EH) Hatcher
- Recorded 1 April 1684
- [Source: Henrico County, Virginia Wills and Deeds, 1677-1705, Compiled by Benjamin B Weisinger III]
Notes
Likely related to William Jarvis who left a will in Elizabeth City County, Virginia in 1693/94 that is listed immediately after Thomas Jarvis' will in Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, 1688-1800, by Blanche Adams Chapman, pg. 43
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