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1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, pg 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "There has been some confusion about these two brothers, but it is now known that there were two sons named Moore. This is proved by the will of Nicholas Moore who adopted Phoebe Wilkinson, and in 1617 left all his property to her during her life, and after her death to 'Moore Fauntleroy, eldest son of John and Phoebe Fauntleroy, and in default to Moore Fauntleroy, the younger son of the said John and Phoebe Fauntleroy'. The two Moores may have been twins, but all we can be certain of is that they were born between 1610 and 1617, they not being listed in the parish register with the other children."
2Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 10. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was probably actuated by a spirit of adventure and a desire to amass a forture when he either followed or accompanied Col. Toby Smith to Virginia in 1643. He brought his brother George Fauntleroy with him, but nothing further is known of him. He also brought with him a confirmation of his coat of arms which had been issued to him in England in 1633, a copy of which is given elsewhere in this book. On Feb. 20, 1643-4, Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 250 acres of land in Upper Norfolk County (now Nansemond Co.) on Chuckatuck Sound, and this, his first home in Virginia, was called "Royes Rest". On the same day he patented 1400 acres on Mt. Lawson Bay, near Beverley Creek in the western part of Nansemond County adjoining Haye's plantation in Isle of Wight County."
3Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere.
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."4Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 14. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was evidently a man of high and fearless temper. On March 7, 1658-9, the House of Burgesses, of which he was a member, suspended him for a contempt of the House, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein". But the next day he acknowledged his error and was readmitted to his seat." Long story told of Col. Fauntleroy's dealing with four englishmen in trade agreements and charges of slander.
5Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 15. " In the Lancaster county records Vol. 1, pages 11 & 97, appear two contracts made in 1658 by Col. Fauntleroy with John Remuse and Nicholas Wadilloc, millwrights for the construction of mills on his plantations. These mills were for the grinding of Indian corn, and were operated by oxen.
Col. Moore Fauntleroy was elected to the House of Burgesses and served for years, as follows: In 1644, 45, and 47 from Upper Norfolk County; in 1652, 53, 54 and 56 from Lancaster County; in 1659 and 60 from Old Rappahannock County. He was a captain in the Virginia Militia, and was promoted to major, lt. colonel, and in 1656 to colonel.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, Vol. 1, page 33, we find this item in the will of Francis Slaughter circa 1656. "to my brother-in-law, Coll. Moore Fauntleroy, my book entitled Hooker 's Ecclesiastical Policy. In Vol. 1, page 89, from the will of Augustine Withey, 1659. "Visited with sickness. To be buried at the will and pleasure of my Loveing friend More Fantleroy. My debts to be paid .... appoint my friend More Fantleroy, Gent. my sole Executor, bequeathing to him all my estate."."6Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 16. " It seems certain that Col. Moore Fauntleroy married first a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, and that she died leaving no issue.
As we have no records of the first marriage it is important we should give the indirect proof. Mrs. Margaret. Underwood married 2nd John Upton, and 3rd Capt. Thomas Lucas. Upon the occasion of her third marriage there was a marriage settlement, dated April 10, 1657, in which Col. M. F. is named as a trustee, even before her son, seems significant, and M. F. was then married to Mary Hill. Mrs. Margaret Underwood had four other, daughters all probably by her first husband. They were:
Elizabeth, who married Francis Slaughter, 2nd, Capt. John Catlett. Francis Slaughter, in his will, made about 1656, bequeathed a book to "my brother-in-law, Capt. Moore Fauntleroy".
Margaret, married Capt. Humphrey Booth, gave a P. of A., August 24, 1660, to "my well beloved Brother, Coll. More Fantleroy".
Sarah, married Col. Wk. Peirce of Westmoreland County, who took out in his own name a patent for 5054 acres of lands and afterwards transferred it, in 1680, to M.F.'s son, William.
Anne, married James Williamson. We do not know the relationship, but William Williamson of Lancaster, in his will in 1670, left a legacy to M. F.'s three children, William, Elizabeth & Moore, which was afterwards given to them by Col. Wm. Lloyd, their step-father.
Capt. Wm. Underwood, son of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, in 1652 gave a cow to M.F.'s daughter Elizabeth, stating that he and his wife were witnesses as to his baptism.
These gentlemen, Wm. Underwood, Francis Slaughter, Humphrey Booth, Wm. Peirce, and James Williamson, were all Justices, and some of them Burgesses. Voting together they exercised a great deal of authority in both county and state. They all patented land on the same day, May 22, 1650, on the north bank of the Rappahannock, extending for 25 miles, counting in the smaller tracts in between taken up by others. Moore Fauntleroy also patented a tract of land for his "mother-in-law" making use of his own headrights. This is believed to refer to Mrs. Margaret Underwood."7Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 17-18. "The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from the The Calvert Papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote:
3d. August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both shch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was head, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't....."8Virginia Historical Magazine, The. Vol 1. Number 1. July 1891, Jefferson Wallace, Richmond, Virginia, pages 4, 9. 10. Copied by Sararh Yeiser Mason Heerman. "pg. 4
Moore Fauntleroy (*b) who is mentioned in his brother Henry's will married first in England, December 26, 1639, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Colle, of Liss, Hampshire, and had issue two daughters who resided in England, viz: 1. Dorothy baptized at Hedley November 11, 1640, buried at Hedley 1692; 2. Mary baptized at Hedley November 24, 1641, living in 1676. Leaving his daughters in England and probably after the death of his first wife, Moore Fauntleroy, better known here as Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, came to Virginia about 1643 (he brought with him a George Fauntleroy, of whom nothing further is known) and settled first at or near Newport News; but before 1653 settled in what is now the county of Richmond. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk 1644 to 1647, for Lancaster 1653, and for old Rappahannock 1656, 1658, 1659; was a justice of Rappahannock as early as 1656. He patented a very large amount of land and purchased other tracts from the Indians. There has been preserved a deed dated April 4, 1651, by which Accopatough, "the right born and true King of the Rappahannock Town and Townes," and Tonwereen "the great King of Rappahannock, "in consideration of "thirty arms length of roanoke (Indian shell money) and ten fathom of peoke and goods" convey to their "loving friend and brother Moore Fauntleroy" a certain tract of land extending from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, and lying on Rappahannock creek and other creeks and bounds named. Colonel Fauntleroy appears to have been a man of high temper which sometimes got him into trouble. On March 7, 1658-9 the House of Burgesses suspended him for a contempt of the house, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein." But the next day he acknowledged his error and was re-admitted to his seat. He also was involved in 1660 in a dispute with the Indians in regard to the land he had purchased, and the House of Burgesses decided that he had not given them sufficient recompense, and ordered him to pay in addition thirty matchcoats one of which was to be handsomely trimmed with copper lace for their king. This did not settle the difficulty however, for in 1661 he again incurred the indignation of the House by seizing and binding the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians, and for this offense he was declared incapable of holding any office in the colony, ordered to give bond for good behavior toward the Indians, and it was in addition ordered that he and the Indians should each have a hog keeper to prevent damage. At the same session Giles Brent, Gerrard Fowke, John Lord and George Mason were each fined for injuries done the Indians - in fact the House and Governor showed a very laudable desire to protect them (the Indians) in all their rights. Colonel Fauntleroy married Mary Hill about 1648, there being a marriage contract between them bearing that date. He died before 1665, as in that year there is a grant of land in Rappahannock to Mary Fauntleroy, widow. There is at Essex Court house a deed, dated January 1666 from William Floid and his wife Mary, late the relict of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy.
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(*b) pg 9.
It appears, from a patent that in 1643 Moore Fauntleroy owned land in upper Norfolk, on a creek called "Mount Lawson Bay". Among the legatees of Francis Slaughter of Rappahannock county, by his will, dated 1656, were his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Upton, and his brother-in-law, Moore Fauntleroy, to whom he gave "My book called Hooker's Ecclesiastical Pollicy."
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Moore and Mary (Hill) Fauntleroy had issue (known): 1. William (*c) of Rappahannock county, justice 1680-1695, married 1680, Katherine (*d) daughter of colonel Samuel Griffin, of Northumberland county. She married secondly David Gwyn.
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(*c) pg. 9
Among the family papers is a deed dated February 28, 1680, by which William Fauntleroy, of the county of Rappahannock, Gentleman, and Katherine, his wife, convey to Richard Lee, Esquire, and Leroy Griffin, Gentleman, a tract of land containing 1200 acres, lying on Rappahannock River and Creek and adjoining the land then in possession of Henry Austin. The said tract of land (part of which was then in the occupation of Henry Lloyd, Gent.) was in the tenure and rightful possession of William Fauntleroy by descent, it being part of a greater tract granted to Moore Fauntleroy, Gent. April 20, 1661, which land and six negroes the above-named Lee and Griffin were to hold for his wife's jointure.
(*d) pg. 10
As stated above, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy was a daughter of Colonel Samuel Griffin. There is a deed of gift, dated 1671, from Ambrose Clare of New Kent, to Katherine, daughter of Mr. Samuel Griffin of Rappahannock. A deed is on record in Richmond county from David Gwin and his wife Katherine, daughter of Samuel Griffin. William Fauntleroy, in a deposition in Richmond county, 1718, states that his mother, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy married secondly David Gwin. In 1688 Samuel Griffin of Northumberland county, merchant, made a deed "on account of natural love and affection," to William, son of William Fauntleroy, Gent.
The will of Mrs. Katherine Gwyn was dated September 20, 1728, and proved in Richmond November 6, 1728, gives her granddaughter Katherine, daughter of her son Griffin Fauntleroy, F100 sterling, her wearing apparel, and saddle, and all the balance of her estate, except a legacy to her grandson John Smith. Makes her sons William, Moore and Griffin Fauntleroy, and her son-in-law, John Tayloe executors.
David Gwyn was a justice of Rappahannock and Richmond, and his will, dated February 22, 1702-3, was proved in the latter county March 8, 1704. His legatees were: his wife Katherine, daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Katherine, sister Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Gwyn of Bristol, England, brother Benjamin Gwyn, clerk, in Wales, sister Mary (all his real estate in Wales "lying in and about Harford West") sons-in-law (stepsons) William and Moore Fauntleroy.
Elizabeth, daughter of David Gwyn, married first --- Lyde of Virginia (but before of Bristol, England) and secondly John Tayloe, of "Mt. Airy" Richmond county."9Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, Hord family of Virginia. A supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family., 1915, Pg 8. " The fact that the Hord and Fauntleroy families in England were related, that the mother of William Fauntleroy, head of the Fauntleroy family at the time of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy's emigration, was Mary Hord, would indicate that Alan Hord, who came with Colonel Moore Fauntleroy to Virginia, was a relative of Mary (Hord) Fauntleroy and of William Hord, Lord of the Manor of Lillington. "The Virginia settlers," writes Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, president of William and Mary College, "came over in families or groups of connections " (" William and Mary Quarterly," Vol. XXIII, page 177).
The name of Alan Hord as it is written in a copy of the patent of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, now in the Virginia Land Office, is "Aolan Hoord." The late Mr. Loth rop Withington of London who had many years experience in reading ancient manuscripts, after examining the Fauntleroy patent, stated that this name was undoubtedly Allen Hord. " The books of the Land Office," he wrote were copied from earlier records some time between 1683-1690."10Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
"During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere."
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."11Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, P 17. "died and left no will. The inventory of his estate was filed July 9, 1664, in Old Rappahannock County.
The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from The Calvert papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote: 3d August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both whch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was dead, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't...."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, P 17, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "An interesting sidelight on the marriage agreement between Col. Moore Fauntleroy and Mary Hill is found in the court records of Westmoreland County, and is dated 29th August 1660, Quote:
"The Deposition, of Thomas Johnson aged forty years or thereabouts sworn and examined sayeth: That your deponent living at ye house of Thomas Hill in Stanly Hundred when Collonall Fanteleroy marryed ye Daughter of Mr. Hill ye Said Hill giving a small portion with her, told ye said Fantleroy that that small portion should not bee all for at ye Death of his father hee would make her worth an hundred pounds sterling for hee Loved her well but would not have his wife to know it by Reason shee did not Love her as well as ye rest of her children And if she knew of that porton it would breeds discontent betweene them for which Reason it was not put in nor menconed at ye makening of ye Joynture & further sayeth not.
Thomas Johnson."2Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, P 17. " Col. Moore Fauntleroy died in 1663, and left no will. The inventory of his estate was filed July 9, 1664, in Old Rappahannock County. His widow married secondly Col. William Lloyd on Feb. 6, 1665-6. She was with Col. Lloyd in England in 1674, and she is referrred to in old deeds in Virginia as Mary Lloyd, "late the relict of Col. More Fantleroy".
In Vol. 4, page 121, of the records of Old Rappahannock County, we find that Col. William Lloyd received from Capt. Booth a legacy left by William Williamson to the "Orphants of Coll. Moore Fantleroy, that is to say, William, Moore, and Elizabeth Fantleroy". This is our only proof that there was a son named Moore."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, pg 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "There has been some confusion about these two brothers, but it is now known that there were two sons named Moore. This is proved by the will of Nicholas Moore who adopted Phoebe Wilkinson, and in 1617 left all his property to her during her life, and after her death to 'Moore Fauntleroy, eldest son of John and Phoebe Fauntleroy, and in default to Moore Fauntleroy, the younger son of the said John and Phoebe Fauntleroy'. The two Moores may have been twins, but all we can be certain of is that they were born between 1610 and 1617, they not being listed in the parish register with the other children."
2Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 10. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was probably actuated by a spirit of adventure and a desire to amass a forture when he either followed or accompanied Col. Toby Smith to Virginia in 1643. He brought his brother George Fauntleroy with him, but nothing further is known of him. He also brought with him a confirmation of his coat of arms which had been issued to him in England in 1633, a copy of which is given elsewhere in this book. On Feb. 20, 1643-4, Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 250 acres of land in Upper Norfolk County (now Nansemond Co.) on Chuckatuck Sound, and this, his first home in Virginia, was called "Royes Rest". On the same day he patented 1400 acres on Mt. Lawson Bay, near Beverley Creek in the western part of Nansemond County adjoining Haye's plantation in Isle of Wight County."
3Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere.
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."4Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 14. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was evidently a man of high and fearless temper. On March 7, 1658-9, the House of Burgesses, of which he was a member, suspended him for a contempt of the House, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein". But the next day he acknowledged his error and was readmitted to his seat." Long story told of Col. Fauntleroy's dealing with four englishmen in trade agreements and charges of slander.
5Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 15. " In the Lancaster county records Vol. 1, pages 11 & 97, appear two contracts made in 1658 by Col. Fauntleroy with John Remuse and Nicholas Wadilloc, millwrights for the construction of mills on his plantations. These mills were for the grinding of Indian corn, and were operated by oxen.
Col. Moore Fauntleroy was elected to the House of Burgesses and served for years, as follows: In 1644, 45, and 47 from Upper Norfolk County; in 1652, 53, 54 and 56 from Lancaster County; in 1659 and 60 from Old Rappahannock County. He was a captain in the Virginia Militia, and was promoted to major, lt. colonel, and in 1656 to colonel.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, Vol. 1, page 33, we find this item in the will of Francis Slaughter circa 1656. "to my brother-in-law, Coll. Moore Fauntleroy, my book entitled Hooker 's Ecclesiastical Policy. In Vol. 1, page 89, from the will of Augustine Withey, 1659. "Visited with sickness. To be buried at the will and pleasure of my Loveing friend More Fantleroy. My debts to be paid .... appoint my friend More Fantleroy, Gent. my sole Executor, bequeathing to him all my estate."."6Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 16. " It seems certain that Col. Moore Fauntleroy married first a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, and that she died leaving no issue.
As we have no records of the first marriage it is important we should give the indirect proof. Mrs. Margaret. Underwood married 2nd John Upton, and 3rd Capt. Thomas Lucas. Upon the occasion of her third marriage there was a marriage settlement, dated April 10, 1657, in which Col. M. F. is named as a trustee, even before her son, seems significant, and M. F. was then married to Mary Hill. Mrs. Margaret Underwood had four other, daughters all probably by her first husband. They were:
Elizabeth, who married Francis Slaughter, 2nd, Capt. John Catlett. Francis Slaughter, in his will, made about 1656, bequeathed a book to "my brother-in-law, Capt. Moore Fauntleroy".
Margaret, married Capt. Humphrey Booth, gave a P. of A., August 24, 1660, to "my well beloved Brother, Coll. More Fantleroy".
Sarah, married Col. Wk. Peirce of Westmoreland County, who took out in his own name a patent for 5054 acres of lands and afterwards transferred it, in 1680, to M.F.'s son, William.
Anne, married James Williamson. We do not know the relationship, but William Williamson of Lancaster, in his will in 1670, left a legacy to M. F.'s three children, William, Elizabeth & Moore, which was afterwards given to them by Col. Wm. Lloyd, their step-father.
Capt. Wm. Underwood, son of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, in 1652 gave a cow to M.F.'s daughter Elizabeth, stating that he and his wife were witnesses as to his baptism.
These gentlemen, Wm. Underwood, Francis Slaughter, Humphrey Booth, Wm. Peirce, and James Williamson, were all Justices, and some of them Burgesses. Voting together they exercised a great deal of authority in both county and state. They all patented land on the same day, May 22, 1650, on the north bank of the Rappahannock, extending for 25 miles, counting in the smaller tracts in between taken up by others. Moore Fauntleroy also patented a tract of land for his "mother-in-law" making use of his own headrights. This is believed to refer to Mrs. Margaret Underwood."7Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 17-18. "The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from the The Calvert Papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote:
3d. August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both shch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was head, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't....."8Virginia Historical Magazine, The. Vol 1. Number 1. July 1891, Jefferson Wallace, Richmond, Virginia, pages 4, 9. 10. Copied by Sararh Yeiser Mason Heerman. "pg. 4
Moore Fauntleroy (*b) who is mentioned in his brother Henry's will married first in England, December 26, 1639, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Colle, of Liss, Hampshire, and had issue two daughters who resided in England, viz: 1. Dorothy baptized at Hedley November 11, 1640, buried at Hedley 1692; 2. Mary baptized at Hedley November 24, 1641, living in 1676. Leaving his daughters in England and probably after the death of his first wife, Moore Fauntleroy, better known here as Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, came to Virginia about 1643 (he brought with him a George Fauntleroy, of whom nothing further is known) and settled first at or near Newport News; but before 1653 settled in what is now the county of Richmond. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk 1644 to 1647, for Lancaster 1653, and for old Rappahannock 1656, 1658, 1659; was a justice of Rappahannock as early as 1656. He patented a very large amount of land and purchased other tracts from the Indians. There has been preserved a deed dated April 4, 1651, by which Accopatough, "the right born and true King of the Rappahannock Town and Townes," and Tonwereen "the great King of Rappahannock, "in consideration of "thirty arms length of roanoke (Indian shell money) and ten fathom of peoke and goods" convey to their "loving friend and brother Moore Fauntleroy" a certain tract of land extending from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, and lying on Rappahannock creek and other creeks and bounds named. Colonel Fauntleroy appears to have been a man of high temper which sometimes got him into trouble. On March 7, 1658-9 the House of Burgesses suspended him for a contempt of the house, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein." But the next day he acknowledged his error and was re-admitted to his seat. He also was involved in 1660 in a dispute with the Indians in regard to the land he had purchased, and the House of Burgesses decided that he had not given them sufficient recompense, and ordered him to pay in addition thirty matchcoats one of which was to be handsomely trimmed with copper lace for their king. This did not settle the difficulty however, for in 1661 he again incurred the indignation of the House by seizing and binding the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians, and for this offense he was declared incapable of holding any office in the colony, ordered to give bond for good behavior toward the Indians, and it was in addition ordered that he and the Indians should each have a hog keeper to prevent damage. At the same session Giles Brent, Gerrard Fowke, John Lord and George Mason were each fined for injuries done the Indians - in fact the House and Governor showed a very laudable desire to protect them (the Indians) in all their rights. Colonel Fauntleroy married Mary Hill about 1648, there being a marriage contract between them bearing that date. He died before 1665, as in that year there is a grant of land in Rappahannock to Mary Fauntleroy, widow. There is at Essex Court house a deed, dated January 1666 from William Floid and his wife Mary, late the relict of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy.
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(*b) pg 9.
It appears, from a patent that in 1643 Moore Fauntleroy owned land in upper Norfolk, on a creek called "Mount Lawson Bay". Among the legatees of Francis Slaughter of Rappahannock county, by his will, dated 1656, were his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Upton, and his brother-in-law, Moore Fauntleroy, to whom he gave "My book called Hooker's Ecclesiastical Pollicy."
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Moore and Mary (Hill) Fauntleroy had issue (known): 1. William (*c) of Rappahannock county, justice 1680-1695, married 1680, Katherine (*d) daughter of colonel Samuel Griffin, of Northumberland county. She married secondly David Gwyn.
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(*c) pg. 9
Among the family papers is a deed dated February 28, 1680, by which William Fauntleroy, of the county of Rappahannock, Gentleman, and Katherine, his wife, convey to Richard Lee, Esquire, and Leroy Griffin, Gentleman, a tract of land containing 1200 acres, lying on Rappahannock River and Creek and adjoining the land then in possession of Henry Austin. The said tract of land (part of which was then in the occupation of Henry Lloyd, Gent.) was in the tenure and rightful possession of William Fauntleroy by descent, it being part of a greater tract granted to Moore Fauntleroy, Gent. April 20, 1661, which land and six negroes the above-named Lee and Griffin were to hold for his wife's jointure.
(*d) pg. 10
As stated above, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy was a daughter of Colonel Samuel Griffin. There is a deed of gift, dated 1671, from Ambrose Clare of New Kent, to Katherine, daughter of Mr. Samuel Griffin of Rappahannock. A deed is on record in Richmond county from David Gwin and his wife Katherine, daughter of Samuel Griffin. William Fauntleroy, in a deposition in Richmond county, 1718, states that his mother, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy married secondly David Gwin. In 1688 Samuel Griffin of Northumberland county, merchant, made a deed "on account of natural love and affection," to William, son of William Fauntleroy, Gent.
The will of Mrs. Katherine Gwyn was dated September 20, 1728, and proved in Richmond November 6, 1728, gives her granddaughter Katherine, daughter of her son Griffin Fauntleroy, F100 sterling, her wearing apparel, and saddle, and all the balance of her estate, except a legacy to her grandson John Smith. Makes her sons William, Moore and Griffin Fauntleroy, and her son-in-law, John Tayloe executors.
David Gwyn was a justice of Rappahannock and Richmond, and his will, dated February 22, 1702-3, was proved in the latter county March 8, 1704. His legatees were: his wife Katherine, daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Katherine, sister Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Gwyn of Bristol, England, brother Benjamin Gwyn, clerk, in Wales, sister Mary (all his real estate in Wales "lying in and about Harford West") sons-in-law (stepsons) William and Moore Fauntleroy.
Elizabeth, daughter of David Gwyn, married first --- Lyde of Virginia (but before of Bristol, England) and secondly John Tayloe, of "Mt. Airy" Richmond county."9Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, Hord family of Virginia. A supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family., 1915, Pg 8. " The fact that the Hord and Fauntleroy families in England were related, that the mother of William Fauntleroy, head of the Fauntleroy family at the time of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy's emigration, was Mary Hord, would indicate that Alan Hord, who came with Colonel Moore Fauntleroy to Virginia, was a relative of Mary (Hord) Fauntleroy and of William Hord, Lord of the Manor of Lillington. "The Virginia settlers," writes Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, president of William and Mary College, "came over in families or groups of connections " (" William and Mary Quarterly," Vol. XXIII, page 177).
The name of Alan Hord as it is written in a copy of the patent of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, now in the Virginia Land Office, is "Aolan Hoord." The late Mr. Loth rop Withington of London who had many years experience in reading ancient manuscripts, after examining the Fauntleroy patent, stated that this name was undoubtedly Allen Hord. " The books of the Land Office," he wrote were copied from earlier records some time between 1683-1690."10Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
"During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere."
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."11Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, P 17. "died and left no will. The inventory of his estate was filed July 9, 1664, in Old Rappahannock County.
The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from The Calvert papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote: 3d August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both whch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was dead, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't...."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, P 17, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "An interesting sidelight on the marriage agreement between Col. Moore Fauntleroy and Mary Hill is found in the court records of Westmoreland County, and is dated 29th August 1660, Quote:
"The Deposition, of Thomas Johnson aged forty years or thereabouts sworn and examined sayeth: That your deponent living at ye house of Thomas Hill in Stanly Hundred when Collonall Fanteleroy marryed ye Daughter of Mr. Hill ye Said Hill giving a small portion with her, told ye said Fantleroy that that small portion should not bee all for at ye Death of his father hee would make her worth an hundred pounds sterling for hee Loved her well but would not have his wife to know it by Reason shee did not Love her as well as ye rest of her children And if she knew of that porton it would breeds discontent betweene them for which Reason it was not put in nor menconed at ye makening of ye Joynture & further sayeth not.
Thomas Johnson."2Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, P 17. " Col. Moore Fauntleroy died in 1663, and left no will. The inventory of his estate was filed July 9, 1664, in Old Rappahannock County. His widow married secondly Col. William Lloyd on Feb. 6, 1665-6. She was with Col. Lloyd in England in 1674, and she is referrred to in old deeds in Virginia as Mary Lloyd, "late the relict of Col. More Fantleroy".
In Vol. 4, page 121, of the records of Old Rappahannock County, we find that Col. William Lloyd received from Capt. Booth a legacy left by William Williamson to the "Orphants of Coll. Moore Fantleroy, that is to say, William, Moore, and Elizabeth Fantleroy". This is our only proof that there was a son named Moore."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, P 19, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "Her portrait hangs at Mt. Airy, and photographs of it are in this book. The dates of birth of Katherine Griffin and her sons are given on an old record sheet now in the possession of the Misses Tayloe of Mt. Airy."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, P 18, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "He was High Sheriff of Rappahannock Couniy in 1670. About 1683 he move to Northumberland County, where he was presiding justice for many years. He was also a lieutenant colonel in the county militia. In 1678 he was named a Burgess to take the place of Major Thomas Hawkins who had died.
He married the widow of Thomas Griffin, who was perhaps a Miss Clare, as Ambrose Clare gave Katherine Griffin 1155 acres of land in 16.71."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, pg 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "There has been some confusion about these two brothers, but it is now known that there were two sons named Moore. This is proved by the will of Nicholas Moore who adopted Phoebe Wilkinson, and in 1617 left all his property to her during her life, and after her death to 'Moore Fauntleroy, eldest son of John and Phoebe Fauntleroy, and in default to Moore Fauntleroy, the younger son of the said John and Phoebe Fauntleroy'. The two Moores may have been twins, but all we can be certain of is that they were born between 1610 and 1617, they not being listed in the parish register with the other children."
2Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 10. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was probably actuated by a spirit of adventure and a desire to amass a forture when he either followed or accompanied Col. Toby Smith to Virginia in 1643. He brought his brother George Fauntleroy with him, but nothing further is known of him. He also brought with him a confirmation of his coat of arms which had been issued to him in England in 1633, a copy of which is given elsewhere in this book. On Feb. 20, 1643-4, Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 250 acres of land in Upper Norfolk County (now Nansemond Co.) on Chuckatuck Sound, and this, his first home in Virginia, was called "Royes Rest". On the same day he patented 1400 acres on Mt. Lawson Bay, near Beverley Creek in the western part of Nansemond County adjoining Haye's plantation in Isle of Wight County."
3Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere.
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."4Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 14. "Col. Moore Fauntleroy was evidently a man of high and fearless temper. On March 7, 1658-9, the House of Burgesses, of which he was a member, suspended him for a contempt of the House, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein". But the next day he acknowledged his error and was readmitted to his seat." Long story told of Col. Fauntleroy's dealing with four englishmen in trade agreements and charges of slander.
5Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 15. " In the Lancaster county records Vol. 1, pages 11 & 97, appear two contracts made in 1658 by Col. Fauntleroy with John Remuse and Nicholas Wadilloc, millwrights for the construction of mills on his plantations. These mills were for the grinding of Indian corn, and were operated by oxen.
Col. Moore Fauntleroy was elected to the House of Burgesses and served for years, as follows: In 1644, 45, and 47 from Upper Norfolk County; in 1652, 53, 54 and 56 from Lancaster County; in 1659 and 60 from Old Rappahannock County. He was a captain in the Virginia Militia, and was promoted to major, lt. colonel, and in 1656 to colonel.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, Vol. 1, page 33, we find this item in the will of Francis Slaughter circa 1656. "to my brother-in-law, Coll. Moore Fauntleroy, my book entitled Hooker 's Ecclesiastical Policy. In Vol. 1, page 89, from the will of Augustine Withey, 1659. "Visited with sickness. To be buried at the will and pleasure of my Loveing friend More Fantleroy. My debts to be paid .... appoint my friend More Fantleroy, Gent. my sole Executor, bequeathing to him all my estate."."6Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 16. " It seems certain that Col. Moore Fauntleroy married first a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, and that she died leaving no issue.
As we have no records of the first marriage it is important we should give the indirect proof. Mrs. Margaret. Underwood married 2nd John Upton, and 3rd Capt. Thomas Lucas. Upon the occasion of her third marriage there was a marriage settlement, dated April 10, 1657, in which Col. M. F. is named as a trustee, even before her son, seems significant, and M. F. was then married to Mary Hill. Mrs. Margaret Underwood had four other, daughters all probably by her first husband. They were:
Elizabeth, who married Francis Slaughter, 2nd, Capt. John Catlett. Francis Slaughter, in his will, made about 1656, bequeathed a book to "my brother-in-law, Capt. Moore Fauntleroy".
Margaret, married Capt. Humphrey Booth, gave a P. of A., August 24, 1660, to "my well beloved Brother, Coll. More Fantleroy".
Sarah, married Col. Wk. Peirce of Westmoreland County, who took out in his own name a patent for 5054 acres of lands and afterwards transferred it, in 1680, to M.F.'s son, William.
Anne, married James Williamson. We do not know the relationship, but William Williamson of Lancaster, in his will in 1670, left a legacy to M. F.'s three children, William, Elizabeth & Moore, which was afterwards given to them by Col. Wm. Lloyd, their step-father.
Capt. Wm. Underwood, son of Mrs. Margaret Underwood, in 1652 gave a cow to M.F.'s daughter Elizabeth, stating that he and his wife were witnesses as to his baptism.
These gentlemen, Wm. Underwood, Francis Slaughter, Humphrey Booth, Wm. Peirce, and James Williamson, were all Justices, and some of them Burgesses. Voting together they exercised a great deal of authority in both county and state. They all patented land on the same day, May 22, 1650, on the north bank of the Rappahannock, extending for 25 miles, counting in the smaller tracts in between taken up by others. Moore Fauntleroy also patented a tract of land for his "mother-in-law" making use of his own headrights. This is believed to refer to Mrs. Margaret Underwood."7Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 17-18. "The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from the The Calvert Papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote:
3d. August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both shch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was head, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't....."8Virginia Historical Magazine, The. Vol 1. Number 1. July 1891, Jefferson Wallace, Richmond, Virginia, pages 4, 9. 10. Copied by Sararh Yeiser Mason Heerman. "pg. 4
Moore Fauntleroy (*b) who is mentioned in his brother Henry's will married first in England, December 26, 1639, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Colle, of Liss, Hampshire, and had issue two daughters who resided in England, viz: 1. Dorothy baptized at Hedley November 11, 1640, buried at Hedley 1692; 2. Mary baptized at Hedley November 24, 1641, living in 1676. Leaving his daughters in England and probably after the death of his first wife, Moore Fauntleroy, better known here as Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, came to Virginia about 1643 (he brought with him a George Fauntleroy, of whom nothing further is known) and settled first at or near Newport News; but before 1653 settled in what is now the county of Richmond. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk 1644 to 1647, for Lancaster 1653, and for old Rappahannock 1656, 1658, 1659; was a justice of Rappahannock as early as 1656. He patented a very large amount of land and purchased other tracts from the Indians. There has been preserved a deed dated April 4, 1651, by which Accopatough, "the right born and true King of the Rappahannock Town and Townes," and Tonwereen "the great King of Rappahannock, "in consideration of "thirty arms length of roanoke (Indian shell money) and ten fathom of peoke and goods" convey to their "loving friend and brother Moore Fauntleroy" a certain tract of land extending from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, and lying on Rappahannock creek and other creeks and bounds named. Colonel Fauntleroy appears to have been a man of high temper which sometimes got him into trouble. On March 7, 1658-9 the House of Burgesses suspended him for a contempt of the house, he being absent when the speaker was chosen, having "moved against him as if clandestinely elected and taxed the House with unwarrantable proceedings therein." But the next day he acknowledged his error and was re-admitted to his seat. He also was involved in 1660 in a dispute with the Indians in regard to the land he had purchased, and the House of Burgesses decided that he had not given them sufficient recompense, and ordered him to pay in addition thirty matchcoats one of which was to be handsomely trimmed with copper lace for their king. This did not settle the difficulty however, for in 1661 he again incurred the indignation of the House by seizing and binding the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians, and for this offense he was declared incapable of holding any office in the colony, ordered to give bond for good behavior toward the Indians, and it was in addition ordered that he and the Indians should each have a hog keeper to prevent damage. At the same session Giles Brent, Gerrard Fowke, John Lord and George Mason were each fined for injuries done the Indians - in fact the House and Governor showed a very laudable desire to protect them (the Indians) in all their rights. Colonel Fauntleroy married Mary Hill about 1648, there being a marriage contract between them bearing that date. He died before 1665, as in that year there is a grant of land in Rappahannock to Mary Fauntleroy, widow. There is at Essex Court house a deed, dated January 1666 from William Floid and his wife Mary, late the relict of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy.
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(*b) pg 9.
It appears, from a patent that in 1643 Moore Fauntleroy owned land in upper Norfolk, on a creek called "Mount Lawson Bay". Among the legatees of Francis Slaughter of Rappahannock county, by his will, dated 1656, were his mother-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Upton, and his brother-in-law, Moore Fauntleroy, to whom he gave "My book called Hooker's Ecclesiastical Pollicy."
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Moore and Mary (Hill) Fauntleroy had issue (known): 1. William (*c) of Rappahannock county, justice 1680-1695, married 1680, Katherine (*d) daughter of colonel Samuel Griffin, of Northumberland county. She married secondly David Gwyn.
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(*c) pg. 9
Among the family papers is a deed dated February 28, 1680, by which William Fauntleroy, of the county of Rappahannock, Gentleman, and Katherine, his wife, convey to Richard Lee, Esquire, and Leroy Griffin, Gentleman, a tract of land containing 1200 acres, lying on Rappahannock River and Creek and adjoining the land then in possession of Henry Austin. The said tract of land (part of which was then in the occupation of Henry Lloyd, Gent.) was in the tenure and rightful possession of William Fauntleroy by descent, it being part of a greater tract granted to Moore Fauntleroy, Gent. April 20, 1661, which land and six negroes the above-named Lee and Griffin were to hold for his wife's jointure.
(*d) pg. 10
As stated above, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy was a daughter of Colonel Samuel Griffin. There is a deed of gift, dated 1671, from Ambrose Clare of New Kent, to Katherine, daughter of Mr. Samuel Griffin of Rappahannock. A deed is on record in Richmond county from David Gwin and his wife Katherine, daughter of Samuel Griffin. William Fauntleroy, in a deposition in Richmond county, 1718, states that his mother, Mrs. Katherine Fauntleroy married secondly David Gwin. In 1688 Samuel Griffin of Northumberland county, merchant, made a deed "on account of natural love and affection," to William, son of William Fauntleroy, Gent.
The will of Mrs. Katherine Gwyn was dated September 20, 1728, and proved in Richmond November 6, 1728, gives her granddaughter Katherine, daughter of her son Griffin Fauntleroy, F100 sterling, her wearing apparel, and saddle, and all the balance of her estate, except a legacy to her grandson John Smith. Makes her sons William, Moore and Griffin Fauntleroy, and her son-in-law, John Tayloe executors.
David Gwyn was a justice of Rappahannock and Richmond, and his will, dated February 22, 1702-3, was proved in the latter county March 8, 1704. His legatees were: his wife Katherine, daughters Elizabeth, Sarah and Katherine, sister Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Gwyn of Bristol, England, brother Benjamin Gwyn, clerk, in Wales, sister Mary (all his real estate in Wales "lying in and about Harford West") sons-in-law (stepsons) William and Moore Fauntleroy.
Elizabeth, daughter of David Gwyn, married first --- Lyde of Virginia (but before of Bristol, England) and secondly John Tayloe, of "Mt. Airy" Richmond county."9Rev. Arnold Harris Hord, Hord family of Virginia. A supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family., 1915, Pg 8. " The fact that the Hord and Fauntleroy families in England were related, that the mother of William Fauntleroy, head of the Fauntleroy family at the time of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy's emigration, was Mary Hord, would indicate that Alan Hord, who came with Colonel Moore Fauntleroy to Virginia, was a relative of Mary (Hord) Fauntleroy and of William Hord, Lord of the Manor of Lillington. "The Virginia settlers," writes Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, president of William and Mary College, "came over in families or groups of connections " (" William and Mary Quarterly," Vol. XXIII, page 177).
The name of Alan Hord as it is written in a copy of the patent of Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, now in the Virginia Land Office, is "Aolan Hoord." The late Mr. Loth rop Withington of London who had many years experience in reading ancient manuscripts, after examining the Fauntleroy patent, stated that this name was undoubtedly Allen Hord. " The books of the Land Office," he wrote were copied from earlier records some time between 1683-1690."10Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, pg 11-12. "Col. Fauntleroy was evidently a Royalist or Cavalier. The following is taken from Campbell's History of Virginia,1859, page 210: Quote:
"During the year 1648 Beauchamp Plantagenet, a Royalist with a high flown name, flying from the fury of the grand rebellion, visited America in behalf of a company of adventurers in quest of a place of settlement, and in the course of his explorations came to Virginia. At Newport News he was hospitably entertained by Capt. Matthews, Mr. Fauntleroy, and others, finding free quarter everywhere."
In 1650 Col. Moore Fauntleroy patented 350 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River in what was then Lancaster County. He later assigned this land to Col. Toby Smith. In the same year he patented, 5350 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock in Lancaster County (now Richmond Co.) on both sides of Farnham Creek. This was called the "Farnham Grant". He later patented 450 acres on the north side of Swann Bay. which he subsequently relinquished. He also patented 1800 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock and west side of Bushwood Creek, next to the land of William Underwood. This tract was called "Mangorite", and was adjacent to the modern bridge which crosses the river here to the town of Tappathannock. In addition he patented 700 acres on the north side of the Rappahannock west of New Haven Creek, which he later relinquished.
In the early days of the Virginia Colony a grant of 50 acres was allowed for each person transported, and this was called a "headright". It is a on record that Col. Moore Fauntleroy transported 179 persons. Their names are listed in his patents, many of them were people of prominence. Most of the patents are signed by Sir William Berkeley, who was then the Royal Governor of Virginia. Col. Fauntleroy was an owner or part owner of ships, as in 1653 we have it recorded that he lost a sloop.
We do not know the exact spot in the Northern Neck where Col. Fauntleroy made his home. However, we can be pretty sure that he lived near Farnham Creek on a portion of his Farnham Grant, later moving to a spot on Mangorite Creek, known as the "stone house field", now, a part of the Sabine Hall plantation. He was constantly engaged in acquiring and selling lands, and probably moved on up the river as the English settlement advanced.
The first court ever held in Lancaster County was at his house, and is recorded in Book 1, page 1 of the county records. Quote:
At a court holden for Lancaster at ye house of Capt. More ffantleroy on ye first of Jany 1651-2. Present: Mr. Toby Smith, Mr. James Bagnall, also;- Mr. David ffox, Mr. James Williamson, Mr Geo. Tayloe, Mr. Geo. Gilson, Mr. William, Mr. William Underwood.
In the records of Old Rappahannock County, which was formed out of Lancaster, we read in Vol. I, page 12 that Col. More Fantleroy is appointed on a committee of six to sign a treaty with the Indians in September 1657.
In Bishop Mead's Old Churches and Virginia, in Vol 2 pages 478 to 481 is a sketch of the Fauntleroy family in Virginia, and in this sketch Bishop Meade gives a copy of a deed from the king and great men of the Rappahannock Indians to Moore Fauntleroy. The date of this deed is the 4th of April 1651. By it the Indians convey to Moore Fauntleroy a vast tract of land stretching from the Rappahannock to the Potomac River and from Rappahannock Creek Morattico Creek. This deed from the Indians, although confirmed by the Assembly, gave Col. Fauntleroy trouble, as he became involved in disputes with both the Indians and the Assembly over the ownership of the land, and finally most of it was taken from him. The sketch of the family containing this deed will be found elsewhere in this book. From Henings Statutes of Virginia, Vol. 2, page 14, Quote:
Assembly of 1660; Whereas the committee hath reported that Col. Fantlaroy hath from the Indians a conveyance of his land, and an acknowledgment made by them, but not according to act, and that this conveyance hath reference to a former deede whereby it is pretended by Coll. Fantleroy that it evidently appeared hee had made the Indians satisfaction but neither the deede nor the evidence appearing, and Coll. Fantleroy petitioning for a referrence upon pretence of further evidence, it is ordered that a referrence be granted him till the next assembly, that in the meane time Coll. Carter acquaint the Indians what care the Assembley takes to preserve their rights, and that the said Coll. Carter bee impowered in the said Indians behalfe to prosecute their cause the next assembly.
In 1661 Col. Fauntleroy was in trouble with the Assembly "for Seizing and binding the King and chief man of the Indians", and was declared incapable of holding any office in the Colony, and required to give security for his future good behavior toward the Indians and the Assembly. At the same session other early settlers were fined for offenses against the Indians, and it appears that the Royal Governor and the Assembly were very zealous in protecting the Indians in all their rights, often to the detriment of the colonists. This policy resulted in raids by the Indians upon some of the settlers on the outer fringe of the Colony, and was later the cause of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676."11Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, P 17. "died and left no will. The inventory of his estate was filed July 9, 1664, in Old Rappahannock County.
The following reference to the death of Moore Fauntleroy is taken from The Calvert papers, Vol. 1, pages 236 and 237, Quote: 3d August 1663. I receiv's this letter & a letter from yr Lo'pp for Coll. Fontele Roy & a warrant for him, both whch I carried wth me to Virginia, but afore I could gett it sent to him he was dead, soe that I have the warrant & shall keepe it untill yr Lo'pp shall further direct in't...."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, P 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "was baptized at Crondall in 1588. In 1618 he moved to Heath House, at Headley in Hampshire, 12 miles south of Crondall. He was buried at Headley in 1644. On September 5, 1609, he married Phoebe Wilkinson at Headley. ... John Fauntleroy and Phoebe Wilkinson had issue:
Moore Fauntleroy, the elder, see later, page 7.
Moore Fauntleroy, the younger, who came to Virginia in 1643. There has been some confusion about these two brothers, but it is now known that there were two sons named Moore. This is proved by the will of Nicholas Moore who adopted Phoebe Wilkinson, and in 1617 left all his property to her during her life, and after her death to "Moore Fauntleroy, eldest son of John and Phoebe Fau;ntleroy, and in default to Moore Fauntleroy, the younger son of the said John and Pheobe Fauntleroy." The two Moores may have been twins, but all we can be certain of is that they were born between 1610 and 1617, they not being listed in the parish register with the other children. We will have much more about Moore Fauntleroy who came to Virginia later, and will now continue with the recrd of the other children of John and Phoebe.
..."2Virginia Historical Magazine, The. Vol 1. Number 1. July 1891, Jefferson Wallace, Richmond, Virginia, pg 3. Copied by Sararh Yeiser Mason Heerman. "Tristram and Joan (Stourton) Fauntleroy had a son John Fauntleroy, of Crondall, Hampshire, buried there February 14, 1598, married Margaret ___ (she was buried at Crondall April 5, 1613), and was succeeded by his son William Fauntleroy, of Crondall, who married Frances ___. She was buried at Hedley 1638. He was buried at Crondall February 4, 1625. Their son John Fauntleroy of Crondall, afterwards of Hedley, Hampshire was baptized at Crondall January 3, 1588; buried at Hedley March 11, 1844; married at Hedley, September 5, 1609. Phoebe, daughter of ___Wilkinson.
(She was buried at Hedley September 29, 1629)
John and Phoebe (Wilkinson) Fauntleroy had issue:
1. John of Crondall, baptized there March 17, 1615, buried at Odiham March 29, 1661, married ___.
2. Moore, who came to Virginia
3. Henry, of Isleworth, Middlesex, and Clifford's Inn, London.; Brothonotary of the Palace Court, baptized at Hedley, September 13, 1620, will dated July 13, 1676, proved March 6, 1687; buried at Isleworth;
4. Thomas of Boreham, Essex, baptized at Hedley February 2, 1621, will dated September ?, 1679, proved 1692; married Beatrice ___."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, pg 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "She was the adopted daughter of Nicholas Moore, and the daughter of John Wilkinson Jr. and his wife Susanna."
1Robert H. Fauntleroy, Fauntleroy Family, The, Microfilm published: Washington, 1952, pg 6, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, FHL 1318331 Item 3. "He is probably the one who came to Virginia with Col. Moore Fauntleroy, and of whom nothing further is known."