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- A great deal more research is required yet on this family. Some, butnot all of the sources are listed in the end notes; There are alsosources listed in the ancestor or descendant person's notes mainly forbetter clarification of the subject when necessary. Sinceinformation is so scarce on the Wall Ancestors in America, I haveincluded most of what I came across in research here in these notesfor Jacob Wall's descendants, and have added tid bits of informationto help with the history for a better and more well rounded picture ofthe times and places. Also, the compiler has given to the
"Herman Wall" Family in Indiana all of the records obtained during thegenealogy search. The record information can be obtained from threespecific web sites, www.Ancestry.com, www.familysearch.org, andwww.RootsWeb.com, and the register reports by this compiler are alsoon those three web sites as well. If you are seeking recordinformation from the family, please try those sites before contactingthis compiler. The sites are updated at least every six months withnew information on the multiple families related to their FamilyTrees. Also, some of the family used the "s" after the surname whilemany did not. The same thing occurs today in the 21st Century withinthe family. It makes it difficult to research, but does need to bekept in mind however.
Compiler- Sandra Lee Elkins Juhl
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SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FAMILY: Immigration records would indicate thata Jacob Wall boarded ship in Bristol, England for Virginia between the1663-1679 time period, placing Jacobs birth date at or before 1674 asindicated in the third immigration record listed below (all three areprobably the same person).
Jacob & Blanche Wall lived in Virginia in early Colonial 1722 in theSt. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County area. We know from recordslisted below that they were an integral part of the community in whichthey lived. Jacob was a Highway Road Overseer, and both Jacob &Blanche were "Planters", meaning a reasonable sized piece of land asPlantation owners. That the land they owned may have been acontractual agreement in Virginia, as from the records of the CouncilHouse of Bristol, England. We also have some idea that Jacob &Blanche were married prior to 1726 as indicated by Blanche Wall as awitness to a Will with her married name used. (This may have been herfather or her spouse.) The county boundary histories would indicatethat parts of Spotsylvania County became a part of Orange County, anda part of Orange County became Culpeper County. It would not besurprising nor unusual then that the land owned by Jacob Wall shouldend up in this sequence of county changes. Thus, even though heoriginally lived in Spotsylvania County, he died in Orange County.Plus, some of his grandchildren were from Culpeper County as thefamily enlarged. All three counties even to this day in c.2007 A.D.border each other.
NOTE: The passenger records are believed to be the correct ones forthe Jacob Wall of St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginiain 1727 who conducts a land transaction with Robert Green. Continueto see notes below. In both cases, the immigration & land record,Jacob Wall is referred to as a Planter or Servants to ForeignPlantations as well as one of the First Settlers in the Colonies ofNorth America.
In England, Bristol's position on the rivers Frome and Avon, whichflows into the Severn, made it an ideal situation for a port. Althoughnot without west coast rivals, it was second only to London for manyyears in the amount of trade which passed through it. Also, a goodmany peoples from Scotland went to England to book passage on shipsfrom English ports to America.
NOTE: It was noted that Jacob Wall was the overseer of the roaddirectly steming from the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. The Wall'snor Jacob Wall is listed with the First German Colony in 1714 nor thesecond one in 1717. Pages 11-12. The colonists of 1717-1719, 2nd &3rd groups, seem to have remained at Germanna, or in thatneighborhood, until 1725 or 1726, when they moved to Madison County.page 13. Excerpt: The location of the Germanna Colonies Settlement,"... was made on a peninsula on the south side of the Rapidan River,which is the southern (more properly the western) branch of theRappahannock, nine miles above its confluence with the northern branchand 13 miles above the site of Governor Spotswood's iron furnace. TheGermanna peninsula, now near the northeastern end of Orange County,Virginia, etc...: page 17; It then is deduced that the Jacob Wall whowas the road overseer, and who owned property in Spotsylvania County,was probably not of German origin since he is not listed with thoseGerman families of Germanna. BOOK: Wayland, John W., GERMANNA,Outpost Of Adventure, 1714-1956; Published by The Memorial FoundationOf The Germanna Colonies In Virginia, INC.; The McClue PrintingCompany, Staunton, Virginia, 1956.
PLEASE NOTE: I found this interesting: "7 June 1727. Peirce Codey isallowed for two days attendance as he was summoned as evidence forJonathan Hood against Jacob Wall." (SEE EXCERPT BELOW FOR MOREDETAILS) Although Virginia did not have an age requirement for courtwitnesses, it is reasonable to assume that Jacob Wall was certainlyover 21 years of age, in 1727. Thus, estimating his birth as havingoccurred before 1706. And if immigration is considered, then hisbirth probably occurred at least in 1674 or earlier. Which would seemreasonable with a death year of 1736 when his estate was appraised inOrange County, Virginia, making him well over 72 years of age.
"1736 - Orange County VA, ordered that James Turner, Nathanel Hillen,Isaac Norman and John Roberts, appraise the estate of Jacob Wall[Orange Co VA Order Book One, Barbara Vines Little, 1990, P. 91]."Source:http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=grantpinnix&id=I009774"
I suspect that the Jacob & William Wall in the military service of Mar1756 together are possibly his sons and they are brothers. Therecould even be another generation that is being missed between JacobWall and the brothers Jacob & William, and Robert Wall. Plus, ifthere was a large family, then they could be from another son. Willcontinue with the research. Would love to find a will. SOURCE:http://www.mindspring.com/~baumbach/cody/pierce1.htm
NOTE: Blanche Wall was a witness to the Will of Isaac Walters in St.George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1726. This toowould indicate that Blanche and Jacob Wall were still living inSpotsylvania from the court records as Jacob being the Road Overseerand in the Land Transaction between the years of 1722-1727. Also, Ibelieve it would certainly prove that they were married previously to1726 as well since Blanche was referred to as Blanche Wall in thelegal proceedings. There is a good possibility, and most likely,since she was a witness that she may have been the daughter of IsaacWalter. "Walters, Isaac, St. George's Parish, d. June 11, 1726, p.Dec. 6, 1726. Wit. Blanche Wall, Susanna Brown, Abraham Field. Ex.Augustine Smith, Junr. Leg. Thomas Smith and Augustine Smith, Junr.(Page 41)."
SOURCE: Edited by William Armstrong Crozier; Being Transcriptions,from the Original Files at the County Court House, etc...; Obtainedfrom Heritage Quest Web Site, http://www.neflin.org/srrl, Book:Spotsylvania County Records, 1965; Re. Blanche Wall Witness to Will ofWalters, Isaac; d. 11 June 1726, p. 06 Dec. 1726, Will Book A,1722-1749, page 1; Re. Jacob & Blanch Wall land transaction inSpotsylvania County, May 2, 1727 with Robert Green; Orig. pub. 1905,reprint Southern Book Co., 1955--T.P. verso., Includes index;Genealogy and local history, LH 12636; Baltimore GenealogicalPublishing Co., 1965; US/CAN, 975.53, N2C; 583 pages total.
"Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; www.Ancestry.com
Name: Jacob Wall
Year: 1663-1679
Place: Nevis
Source Publication Code: 2899.10
Primary Immigrant: Wall, Jacob
Annotation: Date and place of intended destination. Place of origin orlast residence and name of ship may also be provided. Extensivehistorical information is also provided.
Source Bibliography: HARGREAVES-MAWDSLEY, R. Bristol and America, ARecord of the First Settlers in the Colonies of North America,1654-1685, Including the Names with Places of Origin of More Than10,000 Servants to Foreign Plantations Who Sailed from the Port ofBristol to Virginia, Maryland, and Other Parts of the Atlantic Coast,and also to the West Indies from 1654 to 1685. This List is Compiledand Published from Records of the Corporation of the City of Bristol,England. Baltimore, MD: Cl
Page: 150; Source Citation: Place: Nevis; Year: 1663-1679; PageNumber: 150.
Source Information:
Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and ImmigrationLists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research,2006."
"Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; www.Ancestry.com
Name: Jacob Wall
Year: 1663-1679
Place: Nevis
Source Publication Code: 943
Primary Immigrant: Wall, Jacob
Annotation: From the archives of Bristol, England, with the title,"Servants to Foreign Plantations." Emigrants to New England, Maryland,Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands.The information was transcribed by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, a
Source Bibliography: BRISTOL AND AMERICA; A RECORD OF THE FIRSTSETTLERS IN THE COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA, 1654-1685, Including theNames with Places of Origin of More Than 10,000 Servants to ForeignPlantations Who Sailed from the Port of Bristol to Virginia, Maryland,and Other Parts of the Atlantic Coast, and Also to the West Indiesfrom 1654 to 1685. London: R.S. Glover, [1929]. 182p. Reprinted, withindex of 16 pages bound in, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore,1967. Repr. 1978. Page: 150; Source Citation: Place: Nevis; Year:1663-1679; Page Number: 150.
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Jacob Wall
Year: 1674
Place: Nevis
Source Publication Code: 1218.5
Primary Immigrant: Wall, Jacob
Annotation: Date of covenant or indenture of service andapprenticeship with intended destination. Extracted from Servants toForeign Plantations, a two volume set discovered in the Council Houseof Bristol. A summerized transcription by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley waspu
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Bristol Registers ofServants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686. Baltimore:Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. 491p.
Page: 301; Source Citation: Place: Nevis; Year: 1674; Page Number:301.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY;http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r17.pdf
"Prior to 1720, the area that would become Spotsylvania County waspart of the far
western reaches of Essex County, King & Queen County, and King WilliamCounty. As formed
in 1720, Spotsylvania County included the present counties ofSpotsylvania, Orange, Greene,
Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock east of the Blue Ridge Mountains,and a portion of the
Shenandoah Valley as far west as the Shenandoah River."; page 3.
"Spotsylvania County reached its present form in 1734, when all of theterritory of
Spotsylvania County west of Wilderness Run, became the newly-createdOrange County. A
giant county at its formation, Orange included the present-daycounties of Orange, Greene,
Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock east of the Blue Ridge Mountains,as well as the territory
west of the mountains extending, at least nominally, to theMississippi River." page 3.
"4 December 1722 O.S., Page 13
On Petition of Jacob Wall Overseer of ye road from Germana along theridge to the mountain
Run so a Cross the said run between Collo: Caterss & Mr SkreensQuarter petitioning this Court
& complaining against Several persons hereafter mentiond for notappearing and helping him as
overseer appointed by this Court, to Clear the Said road upon hiswarning & summonds, the Court after examining the said persons,ordered as followeth That
William Aginfeild be fined for absenting himself two days ?
William Bolen for three days
John Bolen for five days
David Bolen for five days
Abram. Feild for five days
and that thay pay for each days absence and contempt as the Lawdirects with
Costs as the Law directs with Cost alias: John Hows and William Thomasmakeing it appear that
they were disabled P sickness were excused for their absence &complaint of ye Said Jacob Wall
Overseer"; pages 6-7.
"The establishment and maintenance of public roads was one of the mostimportant functions of the County Court during the colonial period inVirginia. Each road was opened and maintained by an Overseer ofHighways appointed by the Gentlemen Justices yearly. He was usuallyassigned all the "Labouring Male Titheables" living on or near theroad for this purpose. These individuals then furnished all their owntools, wagons, and teams and were required to labour for six days eachyear on the roads." [Transcribed 17 October 2007, SLJuhl, compiler]
Jost Hite, Robert Green, and Robert McKay were partners in landdealings per a land grant that took in a great portion of the originalnorthern neck area of Virginia. William DUFF also obtained land inSpotsylvania Co. and one Robert Green styled as being of St. Mark'sparish in Spotsylvania Co. was also granted land in Spotsylvania in1733.
II). RESOURCES: Book: German Origins Of Jost Hite Virginia Pioneer1685-1761, by Henry Z. Jones, Jr., Ralph Connor and Klaus Wust,Shenandoah Genealogical Source Book No. 3, Shenandoah History P.O. Box98, Publishers Edinburg, Virginia 22824, Copyright 1979. A copy ofthe book may be found in the Davenport Public Library in Davenport,Iowa, Geneaology Department. By Klaus Wust: Page 21, Paragraph 1:"Jost Hite acquired a conditional grant of 40,000 acres in theShenandoah Valley..." "With a partner, Robert McKay, Hite went toWilliamsburg where he obtained on October 31, 1731 an order fromGovernor and Council authorizing the survey of 100,000 acres with theprovision that 100 families be settled thereon within two years."Paragraph 2: Hite did state that, "... he sold the land on which hethen lived in Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania....withinfifteen miles of the City of Philadelphia." "..had moved to Virginiain the autumn of 1731." "...his party were obliged to live in theirwaggons till they built some small huts to shelter themselves from theinclemmacy of the weather and so far distant from any settlement, butespecially from any such as could supply them with any provisions ornecessaries, they could scarce procure any one thing nearer thanPennsylvania or Fredericksburg..." Paragraph 3: "...moving with hisentire clan and a number of others - a total of sixteen families - tothe Shenandoah Valley. Page 22: Para. 1: "Hite and Robert McKayjoined with Robert Green and William Duff to form a partnership whichbecame for all intents and purposes an aggressive land company."Para. 2: "Many of the first settlers who had come with theHites...were acquaintances and neighbors of his days in the coloniesof New York and Pennsylvania." Para. 3: "For their larger grant,Hite, McKay and Co. were allowed an extension to meet the terms byDecember 25, 1735 ..." IT WAS KNOWN AS THE HITE SETTLEMENT. Page 25,Para. 2; "In September 1757 and again in 1758 Indian raiders broughtthe war within a few miles of Jost Hite's home (which would includeall of the early settlers homes as well). On July 02, 1758, John Hitewrote to 'Collo. George Wasenton (Washington)": "Our inhabitants isall fled ... and we are Generally in Great Fair of the Enemy upon us." Apparently, Jost Hite knew George Washington, because George hadvisited him often at the tavern Jost Hite had owned in thePhiladelphia area prior to his move to Virginia. (Now known as TheFox Inn) Page 26, Para. 2: And, "On June 24, 1767 George Washingtonwrote to Captain John Posey ".... only look to Frederick, and see whatFortunes were made by the Hite's and first takers up of those lands.Nay how the greatest Estates we have in this colony were made, was itnot by taking up and purchasing at very low rates the rich back landswhich were thought nothing in those days, but are now the mostvaluable land we possess."
"Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850;www.Ancestry.com
Name: Jacob Wall
Date: 2 May 1727
LOCATION: Spotsylvania CO., VA
Property: 760 a.in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia CountyRecords - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by WilliamArmstrong Crozier.
Remarks: Jacob Wall and Blanch Wall, his wife, of Spts. Co., planters,to Robert Green of the same Co., planter. 40 curr., 760 a. in St. Geo.Par., Spts. Co. Rec. May 2, 1727.
Description: Grantor
Book_Date: A
Ancestry.com. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2004. Original data:"
"21 March 2001
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deeds
FHL Film no. 34068
1 May 1727
Page 215
Jacob Wall and Blanch his wife to Robert Green. Patent originallygranted
to Robert Beverley to White oak corner to a patent granted to WilliamShrein.
SOURCE:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CROLEY/2001-03/0985230032"
From: "Helen D. Crowley"
Subject: Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deeds
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:00:32 -0700
"216 Jacob Wall of SpotsylvaVPB 13 p10 5 Nov 1726 760a St.George par. Spotsylvania Co. afsd & in
SOURCE: http://directlinesoftware.com/Pool/spotsylv.txt"
"1 May 1727 Page 215 Jacob Wall and Blanch his wife to Robert Green.Patent originally granted to Robert Beverley to White oak corner to apatent granted to William Shrein."
SOURCE: 21 March 2001 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deeds FHL Filmno. 34068; Submitter: Helen Crowley; Subject: Spotsylvania County,Virginia Deeds<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.croley/191>"
"1727/28-March 6: Excerpt: "Order Book 1724-1730 Pt III...p7 On theAttachment obtained p Augustine Smith Gent against the Estate of JacobWall, which being returned served (p the
Sheriff) on sundry goods & chattells ordred that Francis Kirkley,
William Peyton & John Kilgore or any two of them (being first sworn
before some Magistrate of this County or the Sheriff) do appraise the
goods & chattells attached of the said Walls and make report of their
proceedings to next Court..."http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/KILGORE/2000-10/0971469333
SOURCE: From: Lee7293@swbell.net
KILGORE-L Archives
Subject: Kilgore-Spotsylvania Co
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:35:33 -0700
SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776; www.Ancestry.com;Obtained 14 September 2007
County: Culpeper County
Date: Mar 1756
Name: Jacob Wall
Rank: Foot Soldier
NOTE: William Wall was also in the same unit with the exact sameinformation and date listed next to Jacob Wall. Probably a brother toJacob Wall."
SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776; www.Ancestry.com;Obtained 14 September 2007
County: Culpeper County
Date: Mar 1756
Name: William Wall
Rank: Foot Soldier
NOTE: Jacob Wall was also in the same unit with the exact sameinformation and date. Probably a brother to William Wall."
SOURCE: "BOOK Title: Virginia colonial militia, 1651-1776;www.neflin.org/srrl (Heritage Quest); page 58; Obtained: 18 September2007; SLJuhl, compiler.
Authors: Anonymous
City of Publication: Baltimore
Publisher: Southern Book Co.
Date: 1954
Page Count: 144
Notes: Includes index.
Reel/Fiche Number: Genealogy and local history ; LH13247).
Subject Headings: Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775.
Virginia -- Militia
Virginia; MILITIA ROSTERS IN HENING'S STATUTES AT LARGE; CULPEPERCOUNTY, MARCH 1756
FOOT SOLDIERS: Wm. Wall and Jacob Wall"
"This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: WALL/LOGSDON/BROWN
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACE/799
Message Board Post:
It is stated in the Orange county, VA order book no.1, that in 1736James Turner, Nathanial Hillen, Issac Norman, and John Roberts wereordered to appraise the estate of Jacob WALL.
I have evidence of my ancestor, Jacob WALL (b. 1742) in Culpepercounty, VA. I am trying to discover who his parents were. Jacobmarried Ann Spilman around 1763. I am thinking that the abovementioned estate may have been my Jacob's grandfather's estate.
I would love to hear from any one with a connection."
NOTE: THIS COMPILER AGREES THAT JACOB WALL OF SPOTSLVANIA IS THEGRANDFATHER OF JACOB WALL WALL OF CULPEPER, VIRGINIA & CASEY COUNTY,KENTUCKY.
Deeds, Grants, Patents, and Claims
"216 Jacob Wall of SpotsylvaVPB 13 p10 5 Nov 1726 760a St.George par. Spotsylvania Co. afsd & in www.directlinesoftware.com
151 William Beverley of KinVPB 11 p153 27 Jul 1722 2500a calledUrsulana in ... 216 Jacob Wall of SpotsylvaVPB 13 p10 5 Nov 1726 760aSt. George par.
www.directlinesoftware.com/Pool/spotsylv.txt"
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