Captain James Withers, Senior

1680 - 1746  (66 years)

• Name	James Withers  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Captain
  Suffix	Senior
  Will	1 Jun 174  [5]
  Born	1680	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1680	Arkholme, City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Land	bought from Joseph Waugh of 100 acres on the South side of Potomac Run  [5]
  	It was on this land that James Withers was living at the time of his death.
  Land	Prince William County, Virginia   [2]
  	he bought from Rice Hooe of which he mentioned 800 acres in his will, leaving the residue of this land to be divided between two of his sons.
  Land Grant	10 Dec 1715	Stafford County, Virginia   [2]
  	1300 acres of land on the North side of the head of a branch of Licking Run
  Land Grant	25 Mar 1727  [2]
  	334 acres on branches of Potomac Run
  Land	1731-1739  [2]
  	bought 200 acres from Henry Field and 50 acres from Sondal Horton.
  Land	Aft 1739  [5]
  	of 200 acres he bought from william Waugh on the South side of Rocky Run
  Died	3 Jun 1746	Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Probate	8 Jul 1746  [5]
  	The inventory of his estate was mae on that date and his person al property was valued at £ 1883.9.4½
  Person ID	I4197	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	William Withers, Junior,   b. Abt 1636,   d. 1698  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Anna,   b. Abt 1645,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F28082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Keene,   d. 26 Jul 1769, Stafford County, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Withers,   b. 23 Dec 1701, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1760, Culpeper County, Virginia  (Age 58 years)   2. Thomas Withers,   b. 21 Dec 1707, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Bef Jul 1723, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 15 years)   3. Ursula Withers,   b. 20 Sep 1708, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 1793, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 84 years) + 4. Mary Withers,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martha Withers,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. John Withers,   b. 29 Jan 1713/14, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Oct 1794, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 80 years)   7. Keene Withers,   b. 29 Jan 1714/15, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Infant, Stafford County, Virginia   8. Bridget Withers,   b. 29 Jan 1714/15, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Infant, Stafford County, Virginia + 9. James Withers,   b. 11 Feb 1716/17, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia ,   d. Jul 1791, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 74 years)   10. Irvine Withers,   b. 20 Jun 1718, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Infant, Stafford County, Virginia   11. Ann Sophia Withers,   b. 20 Jun 1718, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Infant, Stafford County, Virginia   12. Bridget Withers,   b. 20 Jul 1720, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1788, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 68 years) + 13. Ann Withers,   b. 2 Oct 1722, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1765, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 42 years) + 14. Thomas Withers,   b. 15 Feb 1723/24, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Nov-Dec 1794, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 70 years) + 15. William Withers,   b. 16 Apr 1726, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 6 Jan 1804, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 77 years) + 16. Keene Withers,   b. 13 Feb 1727/28, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 1756, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 27 years)
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2005
  Family ID	F1479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Came to Virginia in 1690 Caron Withers – 2004 (Research): The exact date and place of his birth is not known.  It is likely that he was born in England and came to Viginia as a very young man.  One of his greatgrandsons, Martin Withers, who was born in 1792 and knew some of James Withers younger children, wrote a pedigree of his family in 1844.  He gave the name of his greatgrandfather as "James Withers of Bristol, England". When a suit of ejectment arose over some land in Stafford County, VA., which had been the site of the former Court House, depositions were made by witnesses.  Among these James Withers, who was then 52 years of age, stated that he had kown this land for 30 years and had helped clear it when he was living with Captain Mountjoy.  According to the Overwharton Parish Register James Withers was in his 66th year at the time of his death in June 1746.  He was therefore born in 1680 or 1681, was 52 years old in 1732 or 1733 and thus had known the land mentioned in the ejectment suit since 1702 or 1703. In connection with the family tradition that James Withers was from bristol, England, it is of interest that Captain Edward Mountjoy, with whom James Withers lived in 1702 or 1703, was the brother of Thomas Mountjoy, a merchant in Bristol, England. James Withers married Elzabeth Keene, the only surviving child of Matthe and Bridget Keene of Stafford County, VA.  The date of her birth is unknown.  Her father had bought land on the head of Potomac Creek in Stafford County on November 14, 1672 and died there in 1731.  James and Elizabeth withers family Bible, which was printed by John Basket in London England, in 1715, contains the birthdayta of their 16 children.  It is still in the possession of one of their descendants, Mr. Monroe Withers, (VI) 718, who live snear Cynthiana, Ky.  (Sarah Shingleton asserts as of 1996 it was in the possession of Timothy Withers – J. Craig Canda, 2007) Franz V. Recum – 1949

  
  

• Sources

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