Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameMarian Newporte 
3068, 9G Grandmother
3068, 9G GrandmotherNotes for William (Spouse 1)
From The Family of Bartholomew Stovall3240
(Eight Generations of Stovalls in England and America)
William Hatcher of Henrico County William Hatcher, born in England in 1613 or 1614 (age 63, 7 August 1676),[44] dead in Henrico County, Virginia by 31 March 1680 when his son Benjamin Hatcher made an agreement with Robert Sharpe to divide between them a tract of 100 acres that had been claimed both by the late William Hatcher and by Sharpe,[45] married Ogbourne St. George, co. Wilts 27 December 1632[46] Marian Newporte, for whom there is no record in Virginia and whose parentage is unknown. No probate or parish record for the area around the place of marriage indicates any family connections in that part of England,[47] nor has any baptismal record been found either for William Hatcher or for his eldest son Edward. William Hatcher was in Henrico County by 1 June 1636 when he procured a patent for 200 acres there for having transported himself and three other persons.[48] He had a further 850 acres on 10 July 1637, 400 acres for transportation of others and 450 acres by assignment.[49] On 29 May 1638 he patented a further 150 acres for transporting three more persons,[50] though this land was deserted and granted to Henry Randolph. That he was considered a man of some substance appears from his election five times to the House of Burgesses (October 1644, November 1645, October 1649, April 1652 and March 1659/60) from Henrico County.[51] In the fragmentary records of Charles City County he appears with George Potter and Henry Randolph, all called "gentleman", in connection with the assignment to them of a vessel named Blackbird.[52] At least twice his sharp tongue caused trouble with the authorities. In November 1654 he called (Colonel) Edward Hill, Speaker of the House, an atheist and blasphemer, and even after the Governor and Council had cleared Hill, he said that "the mouth of this house was a Devil". For this offence William Hatcher was obliged to beg pardon on his knees and pay a fine.[53] At the time of Bacon's Rebellion he was brought before the General Court for "uttering divers mutinous words"; because of his age, his sentence of 10,000 pounds of tobacco was reduced to 8,000 pounds of dressed pork for the use of the royal army on 15 March 1676/7.[54] He was presented by a grand jury for not having attended church since the previous Christmas Day on 1 February 1678/9[55] and five residents of his plantation were found to be tithable 2 June 1679.[56] His will, made when he was "well stricken in years" and dated 22 February 1676/7, was proved in Henrico County 1 April 1680.[57] It names no executor or residuary legatee and in fact mentions no child of his at all. On 26 September 1674 he had procured a patent for 227 acres in Henrico County;[58] this land he devised for life to Thomas Burton (Jr.), together with the latter's choice of all his horses and mares, one heifer, one ewe, a year's schooling, and clothing till he arrive at the age of seventeen, also the second choice of his bed and its furniture. Such a will is more like a deed of gift to one particular relative than a will; the rest of his property was permitted to pass as in intestacy, and on 1 April 1680 Edward and Benjamin Hatcher, William Hatcher's surviving sons, made a gift to the minor children of their deceased brother Henry Hatcher of cattle and other personal property out of the estate of William Hatcher[59] and then divided the residue among themselves.[60] That no reference was made at any time to Marian (Newporte) Hatcher is good evidence that she was dead by the time the will was made. While it has been questioned by some, it seems evident that the extensive special provisions for Thomas Burton, son of Thomas and Susanna Burton, a minor under fourteen when the will was made, with both parents living, and not bearing the same Christian name as the testator (so less likely a godson), is excellent evidence that the devisee was a grandson of the testator. That provision was made for Education of the child is very strong supporting evidence. Also, that Henry Lound, father-in-law of Henry Hatcher, was a surety on the administration bond of Susannah Burton with another surety who was not related,[18] further supports the conclusion that the wife of Thomas Burton was a daughter of William Hatcher. Jane, wife of William Branch, William Baugh (Jr.) and Abel Gower, who left in her will a gown to her "sister Hatcher",[61] was probably another daughter. No evidence seems to exist for a son John,[62] and if such a son did exist he did not marry or have issue. NOTES FOR APPENDIX 2
[18] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 2:204.
[44] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:27 (deposition of William Hatcher).
[45] Id. 1:122, ackn. 1 April 1680 and recorded.
[46] Bishop's Transcripts, Ogbourne St. George, co. Wilts, 1632.
[47] This parish is a "peculiar" of the Dean and Canons of Wind sor, which had the right to issue their own marriage licenses and to prove wills and administer estates. Unfortunately, the records of such actions do not survive for the period before 1660.
[48] Va. Patents 1(1):353.
[49] Id. 1(1):433.
[50] Id. 1(2):559.
[51] Cynthia Miller Leonard, comp., The General Assembly of Virginia... A Bicentennial Register of Members (Richmond, 1978), pp. 22, 24, 27, 29, 35.
[52] Charles City County Court Orders 1658-61, pp. 183-84, 214, rec. 4 June 1659,, 4 Jan. 1659/60.
[53] William Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia..., 1 (New York, 1823), p. 387.
[54] H. R. Mcllwaine, ed., Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia (2d ed., Richmond, 1979), p. 530.
[55] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:71 ("Mr. William Hatcher").
[56] Id. 1:102-03 ("at Mr. Hatcher Sr.").
[57] Id. 1:121.
[58] Va. Patents 6:484.
[59] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:121, ackn. and rec. same day.
[60] Id. 1:127, 128, ackn. and rec. same day.
[61] Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1710-14, p. 35.
[62] Turnell, supra note 2, p. 208 reports that an LDS Archives sheet assigns a son John to William Hatcher. Indeed it does, but the source of that information seems to be Ackerly and Parker, supra note 9, p. 146, which does not in its turn cite a specific source for the statement. Neither Symonds nor any other earlier source claims a son John for William Hatcher.
(Eight Generations of Stovalls in England and America)
William Hatcher of Henrico County William Hatcher, born in England in 1613 or 1614 (age 63, 7 August 1676),[44] dead in Henrico County, Virginia by 31 March 1680 when his son Benjamin Hatcher made an agreement with Robert Sharpe to divide between them a tract of 100 acres that had been claimed both by the late William Hatcher and by Sharpe,[45] married Ogbourne St. George, co. Wilts 27 December 1632[46] Marian Newporte, for whom there is no record in Virginia and whose parentage is unknown. No probate or parish record for the area around the place of marriage indicates any family connections in that part of England,[47] nor has any baptismal record been found either for William Hatcher or for his eldest son Edward. William Hatcher was in Henrico County by 1 June 1636 when he procured a patent for 200 acres there for having transported himself and three other persons.[48] He had a further 850 acres on 10 July 1637, 400 acres for transportation of others and 450 acres by assignment.[49] On 29 May 1638 he patented a further 150 acres for transporting three more persons,[50] though this land was deserted and granted to Henry Randolph. That he was considered a man of some substance appears from his election five times to the House of Burgesses (October 1644, November 1645, October 1649, April 1652 and March 1659/60) from Henrico County.[51] In the fragmentary records of Charles City County he appears with George Potter and Henry Randolph, all called "gentleman", in connection with the assignment to them of a vessel named Blackbird.[52] At least twice his sharp tongue caused trouble with the authorities. In November 1654 he called (Colonel) Edward Hill, Speaker of the House, an atheist and blasphemer, and even after the Governor and Council had cleared Hill, he said that "the mouth of this house was a Devil". For this offence William Hatcher was obliged to beg pardon on his knees and pay a fine.[53] At the time of Bacon's Rebellion he was brought before the General Court for "uttering divers mutinous words"; because of his age, his sentence of 10,000 pounds of tobacco was reduced to 8,000 pounds of dressed pork for the use of the royal army on 15 March 1676/7.[54] He was presented by a grand jury for not having attended church since the previous Christmas Day on 1 February 1678/9[55] and five residents of his plantation were found to be tithable 2 June 1679.[56] His will, made when he was "well stricken in years" and dated 22 February 1676/7, was proved in Henrico County 1 April 1680.[57] It names no executor or residuary legatee and in fact mentions no child of his at all. On 26 September 1674 he had procured a patent for 227 acres in Henrico County;[58] this land he devised for life to Thomas Burton (Jr.), together with the latter's choice of all his horses and mares, one heifer, one ewe, a year's schooling, and clothing till he arrive at the age of seventeen, also the second choice of his bed and its furniture. Such a will is more like a deed of gift to one particular relative than a will; the rest of his property was permitted to pass as in intestacy, and on 1 April 1680 Edward and Benjamin Hatcher, William Hatcher's surviving sons, made a gift to the minor children of their deceased brother Henry Hatcher of cattle and other personal property out of the estate of William Hatcher[59] and then divided the residue among themselves.[60] That no reference was made at any time to Marian (Newporte) Hatcher is good evidence that she was dead by the time the will was made. While it has been questioned by some, it seems evident that the extensive special provisions for Thomas Burton, son of Thomas and Susanna Burton, a minor under fourteen when the will was made, with both parents living, and not bearing the same Christian name as the testator (so less likely a godson), is excellent evidence that the devisee was a grandson of the testator. That provision was made for Education of the child is very strong supporting evidence. Also, that Henry Lound, father-in-law of Henry Hatcher, was a surety on the administration bond of Susannah Burton with another surety who was not related,[18] further supports the conclusion that the wife of Thomas Burton was a daughter of William Hatcher. Jane, wife of William Branch, William Baugh (Jr.) and Abel Gower, who left in her will a gown to her "sister Hatcher",[61] was probably another daughter. No evidence seems to exist for a son John,[62] and if such a son did exist he did not marry or have issue. NOTES FOR APPENDIX 2
[18] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 2:204.
[44] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:27 (deposition of William Hatcher).
[45] Id. 1:122, ackn. 1 April 1680 and recorded.
[46] Bishop's Transcripts, Ogbourne St. George, co. Wilts, 1632.
[47] This parish is a "peculiar" of the Dean and Canons of Wind sor, which had the right to issue their own marriage licenses and to prove wills and administer estates. Unfortunately, the records of such actions do not survive for the period before 1660.
[48] Va. Patents 1(1):353.
[49] Id. 1(1):433.
[50] Id. 1(2):559.
[51] Cynthia Miller Leonard, comp., The General Assembly of Virginia... A Bicentennial Register of Members (Richmond, 1978), pp. 22, 24, 27, 29, 35.
[52] Charles City County Court Orders 1658-61, pp. 183-84, 214, rec. 4 June 1659,, 4 Jan. 1659/60.
[53] William Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia..., 1 (New York, 1823), p. 387.
[54] H. R. Mcllwaine, ed., Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia (2d ed., Richmond, 1979), p. 530.
[55] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:71 ("Mr. William Hatcher").
[56] Id. 1:102-03 ("at Mr. Hatcher Sr.").
[57] Id. 1:121.
[58] Va. Patents 6:484.
[59] Henrico Co. Colonial Records 1:121, ackn. and rec. same day.
[60] Id. 1:127, 128, ackn. and rec. same day.
[61] Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1710-14, p. 35.
[62] Turnell, supra note 2, p. 208 reports that an LDS Archives sheet assigns a son John to William Hatcher. Indeed it does, but the source of that information seems to be Ackerly and Parker, supra note 9, p. 146, which does not in its turn cite a specific source for the statement. Neither Symonds nor any other earlier source claims a son John for William Hatcher.