Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Winifred Cavenaugh

Female 1710 - Aft 1788  (> 79 years)


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  • Name Winifred Cavenaugh 
    Birth 1710  St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1788  St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I43185  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Father Philemon Cavenaugh,   b. 1680, Clonmullen, County Carlow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1744, St. Mark's Parish, Orange County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Anne Williams,   b. 1692, Sittingbourne Parish, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 15 Jul 1756, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1711  St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lewis Davis Yancey,   b. 1689, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1788, St Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Children 
     1. Richard Yancey,   b. Abt 1730, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1784, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Elizabeth Yancey,   b. 1730, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1740, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 9 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Charles Yancey,   b. Bef 1732, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1790, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 60 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Philemon Yancey,   b. 1735, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1789, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Lewis Davis Yancey,   b. 1737, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1784, St Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Winifred Yancey,   b. Abt 1740, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1799, Scott County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Anne Eleanor Yancey,   b. 1744, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1807, Scott County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Robert Yancey,   b. 1750, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1824, Woodford County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. James Yancey,   b. Abt 1752, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F26546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 

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      1783-1791 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book C; [Dorothy Ford Wulfeck];
      Will of Lewis Davis Yancey of Culpeper Co. Dated 17 April, 1778. Proven 22 April, 1788.
      Legatees: Wife Winifred Yancey.
      One shilling to the following children who had received their portion of slaves and personal estate:
      Charles Yancey, Lewis Yancey, Richard Yancey, John Yancey, Philemon Yancey, Ann Nalle, Winifred Nalle.
      Sons: James Yancey (apparently in parts unknown). If he does not return and apply for his part of slaves, they
      were to go to son Robert Yancey. Divided among "all my children," if Robert "should die in the Service of his Country."
      Executors: Sons Lewis Yancey, Richard Yancey, Robert Yancey.
      Wit.: James Pendleton, Henry Pendleton, Elizabeth Yancey.
      Codicil, dated 2 May, 1782, proven 16 June, 1788, altered bequests to Robert Yancey and James Yancey but showed they survived the War.
      Wit.: Birkett Davenport, Hered Freeman, Frances (x) Miller.
      ===
      Children o Winifred KAVANAUGH and Lewis Davis YANCEY are:
      i. Philip YANCEY was born 1722 in , Louisa, VA. He married Unity ABT 1754 in , Culpeper, VA.
      ii. Mildred YANCEY was born in , Louisa, VA.
      iii. Elizabeth YANCEY was born 1730, and died INFANT.
      iv. Charles YANCEY was born 1732 in , Louisa, VA, and died 1805. He married Caroline Elizabeth POWERS ABT 1757 in , , VA.
      v. John YANCEY was born ABT 1734 in , Louisa, VA. He married Fanny LEWIS.
      vi. Philemon YANCEY was born 1735 in , Culpeper, VA. He married Sarah POWERS.
      vii. Lewis Davis YANCEY II was born 1737 in , Louisa, VA, and died 1784. He married Winifred Henrietta FAVOR 1750 in , Culpeper, VA.
      viii. Winifred YANCEY was born 1740 in , Orange, VA, and died 1797 in , Scott, KY. She married Martin NALLE III ABT 1766 in , Culpeper, VA, son of Martin NALLE II and Isabelle. He was born 1736 in , Orange, VA, and died Dec 1806 in , Scott, KY.
      ix. Anne Eleanor "Nancy" YANCEY was born 1744 in , Culpeper, KY, and died 1807 in , Scott, KY. She married William NALLE ABT 1758 in , Culpeper, VA, son of Martin NALLE II and Isabelle. He was born ABT 1734 in , Essex, VA, and died ABT 1796 in , Scott, KY.
      x. Richard YANCEY was born 1748 in , Louisa, VA, and died 1804.
      xi. Robert YANCEY was born 1750 in , Louisa, VA, and died 1824. He married Elizabeth HOLLOWAY.
      xii. James YANCEY was born 1752 in , Louisa, VA, and died 1787. He married Abigail CUDWORTH 2 Jan 1777 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.
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      1731-1734 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
      Philemon Cavanaugh of Spottsylvania County, Virginia., to daughter Winifred and Lewis Davis Yancey 800 A. in great fork of Rappahannock River, etc. Dated August 3, 1731.
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      1731-1734 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book B; [William Armstrong Crozier];
      Philemon x Cavanaugh of St. Mark's Par., Spts. Co., do for the love and affection I bear to Elizabeth Yancy, daughter to Winifred and Lewis Davis Yancey, her husband," etc. £1 ster., 100 a. in Spts. Co. "joining land I formerly gave my daughter Winifred and Lewis Davis Yancey, her husband," etc. No witnesses. April 4, 1732.
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      1737-1738 Orange County, Virginia Deed Book 2; [John Frederick Dorman]; Pages 173-77.
      23-24 Nov. 1737. Lewis Davis Yancey of Orange County to John Graves of Spotsylvania County. Lease and release; for £40 current money. 400 acres in the great fork of Rappahannock River and upon the branches of Muddy Run on the north side thereof ... in said Yancey's line ... in the low ground of a branch ... upon a ridge ...
      Lewis Davis Yancey
      Wit: R. Eastham, Thos. Dillard, Edward Lankford.
      24 Nov. 1737. Acknowledged by Lewis Davis Yancey. Winifred his wife relinquished her right of dower.
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      1757-1762 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book C; [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 600-03.
      17 Sept. 1761. Lewis Davis Yancey and Winnefred his wife of Culpeper County to George Stringfellow of same. For £40 current money. 470 acres ... on the south side of the small fork of the Gourd Vine River corner to Robert Coleman ... corner to Robert Eastham
      Lewis Davis Yancey
      Winnefred (X) Yancey
      17 Sept. 1761. Acknowledged by the parties.
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      1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 2); [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 179-80.
      29 Aug. 1766. Lewis Davis Yancey and Winefred his wife of Culpeper County to Richard Tutt of Spotsylvanla County. For £200 current money. 500 acres whereon Lewis Davis Yancey lived ... on the south side of Muddy Run at the mouth of a ditch ... by the road side ... on a ridge ... in Richard Yancey's line ... on the north side of Muddy Run by a large rock ... corner to Henry Stringfellow ... corner to Lewis Yancey ... in the fork of Flat Branch ...
      Lewis Davis Yancey
      Wit: Jas. Tutt, Richard Young, Lewis Yancey, Richd. Tutt Junr.
      15 Jan. 1767. Proved by Richard Yancey, Lewis Yancey and Richard Tutt Junr. A commission is awarded to take the privy examination of Winefred.
      The commission of the within deed is recorded in folo. 485.
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      1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 2); [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 485.
      30 Jan. 7 George III [1767]. Commission to Nathaniel Pendleton, Robert Green, William Williams and Henry Pendleton, Gent., to take the acknowledgment of Winefred, wife of Lewis Davis Yancey, to sale 29 Aug. 1766 to Richard Tutt of Spotsylvania County, Gent., of 500 acres in St. Mark's Parish.
      7 Feb. 1767. Winefred, wife of Lewis Davis Yancey, acknowledged the conveyance.
      P. Pendleton
      William Williams
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      1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 3); [Mike Marshall]; Page 692.
      Yancey to Stringfellow Indenture
      This indenture made the second day of June 1769 between Lewis Davis Yancey of the County of Culpeper of the one part and Henry Stringfellow of the same county of the other part. Witnesseth that Lewis Davis Yancey in consideration of 5 pounds current money of Virginia in hand has sold to Henry Stringfellow a parcel of land containing 40 acres situate in Culpeper County in St. Mark’s Parish in the great fork of Rappahannock River on the branches of Muddy Run adjoining the land and lines of the said Henry Stringfellow, William Steuart and Lewis Yancey and is bounded by lines of the said lands as follows; beginning at two white oaks in low grounds of Cabin Branch corner to the said Stringfellow and William Steuart and runs thence with Steuart’s line South 55° East 40 pole to two red oaks another corner to Steuart, thence with his line South 35° West 190 pole to three pines corner to Lewis Yancey, thence with his line North 55° West 40 poles to three pines on a Ridge, a corner to the said Stringfellow, thence with his lines to the beginning. In witness whereof the said Lewis Davis Yancey have hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written.
      Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
      James Graves Lewis Davis Yancey
      James Tutt
      Theophilus Read
      At a court held for the County of Culpeper on Thursday the 15th day of June 1769 this indenture of feoffment with the memorandum and receipt endorsed from Lewis Davis Yancey to Henry Stringfellow was acknowledged by the said Yancey and ordered to be recorded.
      Teste Roger Dixon, CLK

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      1779-1781 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book L (Part 1); [Antient Press]; Page 277-279
      THIS INDENTURE made the 30th day of November in year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Between LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife of County of Culpeper of one part and ROBERT YANCEY of County aforesaid of other part Witnesseth that LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife in consideration of the natural love and affection which they have and do bear unto ROBERT YANCEY, their Son, as well as for sum of Five shillings current money to them in hand paid by these presents doth give & confirm unto ROBERT YANCEY his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract of land containing by Estimation Two hundred acres and if he should die without Lawful! heir then to decend to any one of CHARLES YANCEY's Children which said ROBERT shall think proper reserving unto LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife during their natural lives the free use of said Two hundred acres of land the said Two hundred acres of land bounded begining at two Hickories corner to BEVERLEY, th. with line North 25 West Two hundred & twenty pole to a Hickory and two Oak saplins, Corner to CHARLES YANCEY, th. with his line So. 72 West One hundred and forty pole to a white Oak and two red Oaks, thence South 11 East One hundred and seventy eight pole to the line of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY, thence with that line No. 84 East One hundred and ninety poles to the begining, Togather with all the appurtenances thereof to have and to hold the said Land with the appurtenances unto ROBERT YANCEY his heirs and assigns forever. In Witness whereof LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife hath hereunto set their hands the day and year above written
      in presence of SAMUEL CLAYTON JR, LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY
      BURKETT DAVENPORT, R. SLAUGHTER, WINEFRED YANCY
      PETER VANDIKE
      The Commonwealth of Virginia to JAMES PENDLETON, SAML. CLAYTON, BURKM DAVENPORT Gentlemen Greeting (Commission for the private examination of WINEFRED, Wife of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY at the Courthouse the 30th day of November 1780). (The return of examination dated 30th day of November 1780 and signed by SAMUEL CLAYTON and BURKETT DAVENPORT)
      At a Court held for Culpeper County the 19th day of February 1781
      This Indenture was proved by the Oaths of the witnesses thereto with the Commission thereto annexed and Certificate thereon and ordered to be recorded
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      1779-1781 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book L (Part 1); [Antient Press]; Page 296-298
      THIS INDENTURE made this 15th day of April in year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty One Between LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife of County of Culpeper of one part and CHARLES YANCEY, Son and Heir at. Law of said LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife, of other part Witnesseth that LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife for divers good causes and Considerations but more especially for the natural love and affection which they have and do bare towards their Son, CHARLES YANCEY, and for the sum of Five shillings to them in hand paid by these presents do give & confirm unto CHARLES YANCEY one certain parcel of land containing by Estimation One hundred and Eighty two acres be the same more or less (Reserving unto said LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife free uses of the Land during their natural lives uninterupted or molested) and bounded begining at a white Oak red Oak & Spanish Oak Corner to ROBERT YANCEY, thence with his line So. Eleven degrees East One hundred & seventy eight poles to a line of said LEWIS YANCEY, then with that line South eighty four degrees West One hundred & seventy pole to a Hickory, thence North twenty five degrees West One hundred & forty pole to two red Oaks in DAVENPORTs line, Corner to CHARLES YANCEY, thence with his line to the Begiving being the land whereon LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY now lives with all improvements and appurtenances to the same belonging In Witness whereof LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINEFRED his Wife have hereunto set their hands & Seals the day & year above written
      in the presence of SAMUEL CLAYTON, LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY
      PHILEMON YANCEY, SAMUEL MAJOR JUNR. WINEFRED YANCEY
      WILLIAM CARTER, HUMPHREY MAJOR
      At a Court held for Culpeper County the 16th day of April 1781 This Indenture was proved by the Oaths of SAMUEL CLAYTON, SAMUEL MAJOR JUNR., & WILLIAM CARTER witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded
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      1779-1781 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book L (Part 1); [Antient Press]; Page 360-361
      THIS INDENTURE made the 18th day of March in year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Between LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINIFRED his Wife of County of Culpeper of one part and CHARLES YANCEY, Son of the said LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINIFRED his Wife, of the same County of other part Witnesseth that LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINIFRED his Wife for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which they have and beareth to their Son, CHARLES YANCEY, by these presents doth give grant and confirm unto CHARLES YANCEY his heirs and assigns all that tract of land lying in County aforesaid containing three hundred and eighty two acres and is one moiety of the tract of land which LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY now liveth on and bounded begining at a Hickory in BEVERLEYs line, thence with his line S. 25 E. 140 pole to a Hickory and two red Oak saplins in the said line, thence S. 72 W. 340 pole to two red Oak saplins in BURKETT DAVENPORTs line, thence No. 25 W. 220 pole to a dead white Oak on a Branch of MUDDY RUN, thence No. 85 E. 360 pole to the begining together with all ways waters profits and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging To have and to hold the said tract of land and all the appurtenances unto CHARLES YANCEY, his heirs and assigns In Witness whereof the said LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINIFRED his Wife hath hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and year above written
      in presence of PHILIP PENDLETON, LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY
      SAM. CLAYTON JR., RICHD. YANCEY, WINIFRED YANCEY
      PHILEMON YANCEY
      At a Court held for Culpeper County the 20th day of March 1780
      This Deed of Gift from LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY and WINIFRED his Wife to CHARLES YANCEY was proved by the oaths of PHILIP PENDLETON, RICHARD YANCEY and PHILEMON YANCEY witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded
      Recorded
      (See Mrs. YANCEY Relinquishment recorded
      in Book T: folio 248)
      Teste JOHN JAMESON Cl Cur

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