Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Richard Woolfolk
1658 - 1741 (83 years)-
Name Richard Woolfolk Birth 1658 Hull, Yorkshire, England Gender Male Death 1741 Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia Person ID I127185 Tree1 Last Modified 29 Apr 2024
Family Elizabeth Hall, b. 1665, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. 1725, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 60 years) Marriage Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia Children 1. Robert Woolfolk, b. 10 Mar 1689, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. 13 Apr 1744, Caroline County, Virginia - probate (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] 2. Elizabeth Woolfolk, b. 1690, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. Aft 1756, Spotsylvania County, Virginia (Age > 67 years) [Father: natural] 3. Richard Woolfolk, b. 1684, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. 1771, Albemarle County, Virginia (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] 4. Mary Woolfolk, b. Abt 1695, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. 1760, King William County, Virginia (Age ~ 65 years) [Father: natural] 5. Joseph Woolfolk, b. 1696, Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia d. Mar 1770, St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline County, Virginia (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F48386 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Apr 2024
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Notes - https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc274.php
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http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~woolfolk/documents/rwoolfolkedeed.htm
Patents 14, 1728-1732, Virginia State Library Archives, Richmond, Va.
Pages 101-102 Richard Woolfolke 920 acres New Land
GEORGE the second TO ALL WHEREAS WE HAVE given…..do grant unto Richard Woolfolke of King William County one tract or parcel of Land containing 920 acres lying between the Northanna and the North Fork of the Northanna in St. George's Parish in Spotsylvania Co & bounded as followethe beginning at 3 corner pines of Charles Steven's near the top of a hill on the Southwest side a branch in John Cook's line thence Southwest 390 poles to 2 corner white oaks & a red oak of Joseph Woolfolke's on the southwest side of a branch on flat ground thence northwest 360 poles to a corner red oak of the said Joseph Woolfolke's on the side of a hill and on the northeast side of Beaverdam thence north 40 degrees east 390 poles to a small white oak and pine by the head of a Valley thence southeast 388 poles to the beginning 28 September 1728
William Gooch
Note: this land today is in Orange Co., Va.
NOTE: all of the patent to Joseph Woolfolk went to his sons Joseph Woolfolk, Jr (m Christian Bibb) and Thomas Woolfolk (m Mary Sutherland) we can account for 500 acres to each son which they or their children sell the land, they clearly identify it as the land of Joseph Woolfolk (patent land)
- https://archives.columbusstate.edu/findingaids/mc274.php
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