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In 1915 he engaged Waddy Wood of Washington D.C. as architect for the project to greatly enlarge the still standing Bushfield Manor House for his family which now included three daughters (Margaret Woodbridge, Evelyn Pierpont, and Frances) and in 1920 a son, Mark Skinner Willing, Jr. Brick from the old house was used in the partial construction ...
Burgess is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. [1] The ZIP Code is 22432. [2] Versailles was listed on the National ...
He last appeared at a meeting of the Governor's Council in February 1644/45, and his widow remarried in 1646. Since the only records which remain and mention his descendants relate to his wife, his daughter and granddaughter Elizabeth, his relationship with William Pierce who served as a burgess after his death is presumed distant.
He had nine children with Joanna, including: [5] Robert, born in 1741 and was a burgess from 1765 to 1769, [1] died unmarried after September 19, 1779; Gawin, fate unknown; Ann, unmarried in 1779; Joanna, who married her cousin Gawin Corbin of Buckingham House; Sarah, who married John Taylor; Martha, married Thomas Newton Jr.; [5] Courtney ...
Ancient planter, Burgess Samuel Sharpe , sometimes referred to as Samuel Sharp or "Ssamuel" [ 1 ] was an early Virginia colonist who settled in the area that became Charles City County, Virginia . He came to Virginia in 1610 with most of the passengers and crew of the Sea Venture as they made their way to the colony after 10 months in Bermuda.
Versailles is a historic home located at Burgess, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built between 1853 and 1857, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, frame I-house dwelling with Greek Revival style design elements. It measures approximately 46 feet by 30 feet, and is topped by a gable roof.
Mary was the great-granddaughter of reverend and lawyer Samuel Thomas Walker, a survivor of the Indian massacre of 1622 at Jamestown, [4] [5] together Thomas and Mary had eleven children, including their son William Massie who would also go on to serve as a member of the House of Burgess representing New Kent County. Massie served as a ...
William Clayton (c. 1717 – December 14, 1797) was Virginia planter, officer, patriot and politician who served as the clerk of New Kent County, Virginia for decades, and also represented the county in the House of Burgesses (1766–1771), in the final Virginia Revolutionary Convention and first session of the Virginia House of Delegates, and in the 1788 Virginia convention to ratify the ...