*1801/6 Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., VA, USA
+1870

(1850 Fredericksburg census, Microfilm 977, pp. 368-369, Family #504, Dwelling #504) Clerk of Circuit Court. Value of Real Estate $2700. Children?: Ann M. (20), Robt. (22), Ellen H. (12), Hugh (8), Eliza (6), M.H. (3, female). Others listed: Eliza French (65, Real Estate $5000), George F. Chew (42, Clerk Dep.), George Minor (42), Ann E. Minor (39), John Minor (8).

Name appears on several court documents (probate documents for Charles Lewis, 1834 07 10, 1834 12 06).

Marriage listed in Fredericksburg Circuit Court records.

S. Bassett French says that he was the clerk of the Corporation Court of Fredericksburg 1826-70, "with an interim of two Years in reconstruction times".

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*1779 09 26 Spottsylvania Co., VA, USA
+1826 11 02

Succeeded his father as Clerk of the Hustings Court for the Town and Corporation of Fredericksburg, some of whose signed certificates 1812 07 14-1820 02 26 survive.

Is listed at LDS IGI 442426.35.25657.

Month and date of birth and death from findagrave.com, which lists interment at Masonic Cemetery, Fredericksburg VA, is source of father-in-law's profession and gives date of marriage as 1802-10-20.

S. Bassett French confirms career. but gives date of death as 1825-11-23.

Dora C. Jett (see RBC 14139) gives the text of his tombstone, confirms his date of death, says his will was dated 1821-10-17 and left property to his wife, his sister and his sons RSC 10043, JJC 11661 and an unknown son George French Chew. I would very much like to see this will.

RLC 14093 gives year of marriage as 1802.

10051 <84:7

*1753
+1806 02 12

Interred at Masonic Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA, USA [findagrave.com; Dora C. Jett cf. RBC 14139]. Tombstone gives date of death and age (53) at death.

Jett adds that he was the first of four generations that held the post of clerk of the Hustings Court (a/k/a the General Court or Corporation Court) of Fredericksburg from 1787 to 1886. He was a vestryman in St. George's Church in 1803. His will dated 1805 mentions his wife ES 10068, his son RSC 10051, his daughter MBC 16260 and grandon JJC 11661 (who received "my gold watch and chain and gold seal in token of my love and affection for him").

The existence of a miniature portrait is mentioned in an article in the Free Lance-Post, which also mentions that he was clerk of the Fredericksburg Court 1787-1806.

USGenWeb mentions that he was succeeded as Clerk of the General Court on his death in 1806 by a Robert Hening.

Mentioned in S. Bassett French's biographical sketches.

A portrait, possibly the one mentioned above, can be found at findagrave.com, catalogued in the Frick Art Reference Library.

10067 <86:8

*1759
+1806 05 21

Interred at Masonic Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA, USA [findagrave.com; Dora C. Jett cf. RBC 14139]. Tombstone gives date of death and age (47) at death.

10068 <86:8

*1783
+1842

10052 <84:7

*1751 Glasgow, Scotland
+1824 06 01 Fredericksburg, VA, USA

According to an article in the Free Lance-Post, he was from Scotland, and was at one point mayor of Fredericksburg, VA.

Findagrave.com has a photo of his grave at the Masonic Cemetery in Fredericksburg, VA, USA.

10085

*1761
+1820

JJC 10003 had dates as 175_ to 1794, but rededicated grave (With inscription "The Barefooted Doll") from 2018 at Masonic Cemetery in Fredericksburg, VA, USA gives 1761-1820.

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