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Edward
Walton, III
(About
1719 —
After August 31, 1791)
Frances
Thompson
(About
1723 —
Unknown)
| Edward
Walton was born in about 1719 (a year before the county was formed) and his future wife, Frances Thompson in about
1723, both in
Hanover
County, Virginia. It was in
Hanover
County
where the two married in about 1742.
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Patrick
Henry's family home, built in 1719 |
And it was in
Hanover
County
that their twelve children were born.
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Okay, not those
Waltons, but the ones listed below. |
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Name
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Date
of birth
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Date
of death
|
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Elizabeth
Walton
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September 17,
1743
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Agnes
Walton
|
January 7, 1745
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After
1787
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Thompson
Walton
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January 4, 1747
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September 3,
1827
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Ison
Thompson Walton
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March 15, 1750
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March 5, 1832
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Richmond
Walton
|
June 27, 1753
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After
November 7, 1831
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Salley
Walton
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April 21, 1756
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October 9, 1767
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Ann
Nancy Walton
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About
1757
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Lucrecy
Walton
|
December 4,
1764
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Betty
Walton
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August 3, 1765
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Sally
Walton
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October 9, 1767
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Milley
Walton
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June 6, 1770
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John
Walton
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June 22, 1774
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A
1763 list of Virginia real property owners showed Edward owning 300 acres of land.
Edward’s
will left property, including his slaves, to his children.
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I
Edward Walton for love and affection to my children and grand children
and for 5 shillings pd. by my son Ison Walton and for his undertaking to
pay a debt which I owe to Charles Thompson Ware have sold to my son all
my slaves in trust: to my son Thomson Walton: Sam and Mol with future
increase; to son Ison Walton for his life: Venus, lydia, Charity, Lory,
Fanny and Riah and their increase and after his death the sd. slaves to
be equally divided among his children if any; if any of his children die
in his life time leaving issue then the part of such child to go to such
issue; to son Richmond Walton for life; Nat and Nel and future increase;
after his death to be equally divided among all his children but if any
of them die during his life leaving issue then the part of the child so
dying to go to such issue.
Signed
6 Apr 1791
by Edward Walton
Wit: Will Thomson Jr., Francis
Mills, John Sims
7 Apr 1791
proved by oaths of William Thomson and Francis Mills |
In
a Hanover
County
deed dated
August 31, 1791, Edward Walton’s land is mentioned as a boundary in a deed when his son, Ison,
with Ison's wife Elisabeth sold 87 acres to Samuel Moody. It is thought
that Edward owned land along the Little River, opposite the land
of
John
and Mary Sims Walton.
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