Isle of Wight County
Peter Knight
James Hawley Land Transactions
Ann Unknown Hawley
Jane Unknown Horsley Hawley

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From depositions and other legal documents we know that James was born between 1605 and 1618 in England or Wales. There are some inconsistencies as to when he was born. There is one deposition in which his age would put him as being born in 1628. I am going to discount this as an error. If he was born in 1628, he would have been 14 in 1641 when he came to this country with a wife and two children. I just don’t think so. We also know from a deposition that Ann Hawley was born in 1615 in England. Since James and Ann arrived in Virinia in 1641 with two children: Alice and Francis Anne when they came to this Isle of Wight County, I am going to assume James also came from England and that they were married there. They lived in Isle of Wight County for about 10 years and then they moved to Northumberland County.

Isle of Wight County

In 1641 James Hawley was awarded 300 acres in Isle of Wight County on the headwater of Baye Creek for transporting himself, his wife Ann, his children Francis Ann and Alice, John Foster and Richard Darling. Although Baye Creek is long gone, it is located somewhere across the James River from Fort Eustis and Newport News. See the map below.

Transcribed from image: Virginia Land Patents Book 1, pages 748-749. “To all to whome these presents shall come I Sir Francis Wyatt Knight Governor &c. send greeting &c. Whereas &c. Now Know yee that I the said Sir Francis Wyatt doe with the consent of the Councell of State accordingly give grant and confirme unto James Hawley three hundred acres of Land situate lying and being in the County of the Isle of Wight lying upon the head of the Lower bay Creeke and beginning at a marked pokecory standing on the maine Swampe side and runing for Length North West by West three hundred and twenty pole unto a marked white oake by and adjoyning on the land of John Rowe and soe runing East North East one hundred eighty two poles unto a marked white oake by and on? the Miles end of the Land of the said Rowe and soe North Eighty fower poles unto a marked pine and soe West South West one hundred eighty twoe poles to a marked white oake and soe West by North one hundred and three poles unto a marked poplar standing on the maine Swampe side and soe runing downe by the North East side of the maine branch unto the first menconed marked tree including the said three hundred acres of Land which said land is to bee augmented and doubled when he or his assignes shall have sufficiently peopled and planted the same The said three hundred acres of Land being due unto him the said Hawley by and for his owne personall Adventure and Ann his wife and the transportacon of fower persons into the Colony All whose names are in the records menconed under this pattent To have and to hold &c. Yeilding and paying unto our said Soveraigne Lord the King his heires and Successors for ever or to his or their Treasurer for every fifty acres of Land herein by these presents given and granted yearly at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel the fee rent of one shilling to his Majesties use which payment is to bee made seven years after the date of this pattent and not before according to the said Charter of Orders from the Treasurer and Company and Confirmed by his Majesties said Instructions As alsoe by Act of Assembly bearing date the sixth day of January 1639 Provided &c. dated the twoe and twentieth day of April 1641 ut in aliis. James Hawly, Ann his wife, ffrancis, Ann & Alice his Children, John ffoster, Richard Darling.” This pattent was renewed the xxviiith of September 1643 by Sir William Berkeley without Addition. Test Samuell Abbott clerk. Transcribed from image: Virginia Land Patents Book 1, pages 748-749.

As a note I find it interesting that when they moved to Westmoreland County in 1655 Peter Knight transported them and received a land grant.  John Foster and Ruth Darling were transported with them.  Was Richard Darling (and subsequently his wife or daughter Ruth) and John Foster their servants or friends?  I vote for servants.

He renewed this patent in 1643 and 1647. Same Source, Page 148 JAMES HAWLEY, 300 acs. Isle of Wight Co., Sept 28, 1643, Page 913. Upon the head of the lower bay cr., adm. John Row. By virtue of patent dated 22 Apr. 1641. Page 167 JAMES HAWLEY, 300 acs. Isle of Wight Co., April 10, 1647, Page 93. Upon the head of the lower bay creek, adj. land of John Rowe. By virtue of a former patent.

From the map below you can see that the Isle of Wight County is to the south of the James River. These are the Virginia Counties in 1641. The Bay on the lower left of the current map on he right hand side is Burwell Bay where the Warrascoack Indians had their village. Just to the north of the Bay is Holly Point. Maybe this is a connection to John Hawley.

Virginia Counties in 1641 

The first occupants of Isle of Wight county known to history were the Warrascoyack Indians. Their village was seated somewhere on Burwell’s Bay, on James river, and their territory extended some five miles along the shore and twenty miles inland. Their fighting strength amounted to forty warriors. They were visited by John Smith in the summer of 1608, and fourteen bushels of corn were supplied by them to the famishing colonists at Jamestown. When Smith and his party set out in December, 1608, to visit Powhatan at Werewocomoco, on the York, they spent their first night at Warrascoyack. Here they left Michael Sicklemore, a valiant soldier, whom the Indian king promised to furnish with guides to search the country about Roanoke Island for the lost colony of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Samuel Collier, a boy, who was to learn the Indian language.

In 1634, the plantations in Virginia were divided into eight counties, and “Warrascoyack” was one of these. There are records of James Hawley in Isle of Wight County until the mid 1750’s when he begins to appear in Northumberland County records.

Northumberland County was named for a County in England and originally called Chickcoun, an Indian district on the Northern Neck, lying between the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. The history of the county dates back to 1648 when it was officially established, although the area began to be settled earlier in the 17th Century. The county was split in the early 1650’s with Lancaster County being formed from the southern part in 1652, and Westmoreland County being formed out of the western part of Northumberland County in 1653.

In 1648, this “Mother County of the Northern Neck” was organized and named after County Northumberland, England. The first white settler to make a permanent home in the county was Col. John Mottrom, sometime between 1635-1640. It was later divided into three additional counties: Lancaster, Richmond and Westmoreland.

James must have migrated to Northumberland County as early as June 1650 when he received a 550 acre land grant.

Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694 – 1742 P. 68 5-202: Dennis Fallin of Northumberland Co. 659 A. (109 A. surplus in 550 A granted James Halley 2 June 1650). Surv. by Mr. John Coppedge. In Northumberland Co. in St. Stephens Par. on Great Wicommoco R., on Whays cr., Reason’s Cr., Reason’s plantation, corner of Cockril & Wilkey, Cole’s line, Thomas Smith. 16 June 1719.

According to Ann Mack’s research, “One of the early leases [for the County] must have been held by James Hawley as he was impaneled as a juror and named a commissioner in Northumberland Co., Virginia in 1654. The evidence strongly suggests that he is the same man that immigrated to Isle of Wight County in 1641 and now resided in Northern Neck. In addition, John Hawley had to have owned property in Northumberland County by the Wicocomoco River before June 1655 when John Johnson bought property between Mr. James Haley and William Betts.

Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, Nell Marion Nugent, Volume I, Patent Book No. 1 – Part II, Page 309, “JOHN JOHNSON, 85 acs. Northumberland Co., on N. side of great Wicocomoco Riv., bet. Mr. James Haley & William Betts & Sly. upon land called Peter Ashtons Neck. 4 June 1655, p. 350. Trans. of 2 pers.”

and Page 324-325, “THOMAS GERRARD, 300 acs. Northumberland Co., 24 Oct. 1655, p. 11 (17). 200 acs. abutting Sly. upon land of Tho. Kedby, Wly. upon a creek issuing out of great Wicocomoco Riv. & c. 100 acs. Sly. upon land sd. Kedby sold to John Johnson, Wly. upon land sd. Garrat bought of Thomas Watts, Ely. upon land of Mr. James Hawly. 200 acs. granted unto Thomas Watts, Junr., 1 Apr. 1650 & assigned to sd. Gerrard & 100 acs. for trans. of 2 pers. Mary Wesson, Xpr. Peirce.”

In 1655 he was also a witness to several court proceedings.

The Haynie family is important in that in 1767 William Haynie married the widow Sarah Hawley Wilkerson shortly after her husband William Wilkerson died leaving her with five small boys. The family’s relationship went back a long ways and both were “old” families.

Northumberland County Record Book 1652 – 1658, P. 4 – p. 55, Know all men by these presents that I Nicholas Morris doe make my loving Friend Mr. Jno: Haynie, my true & lawfull Attorney for to sue & impleade &c. for to doe all business in Court for me & to proceed in Law and shall stand in as full form & virtue as if I were there present: Witness my hand this 29th of August 1655, Teste James Hawley, Peter Knight, /s/ Nicholas Morris

Same Source, P. 7 – 56, Know all Men that I Sarah Kingwell doe freely bestowe my Son, Thomas Kingwell, unto John Essex or his heirs until he be 21 years of age in consideration of his bringing up, this 15th day of September 1655, Test James Hawley, Jno. Bardon, ye mark of Sarah Kingwell, 20th November 1655. This Writing was recorded.

Same Source, p. 9, The appraisers [of Tho: Kingwell’s Estate] were sworn before me. James Hawley, John Haynie, Hen: Hurst sign, 20th November 1655. This inventory was recorded.

Same Source, p. 13, I John Earle doth give power to my loving Friend, Richard Flynt….. Teste John Hawley, 20th November 1655

Same source, p. 14 – p. 60, Robert Bradshaw aged 32 years or thereabouts…Jurate Coram nobis James Hawley 20th November 1655. Thomas Hayle averrs the above sd. Oath to be true… Jurate Coram nobis John T Grussell, James Hawley

[More details about this incident]

Robert Bradshaw, 6 November 1654, Robert Bradshaw aged 32 yeares or thereabouts sworne and examined ye 6th day of November 1654 sayth as followeth: That this Depont. & Tho. Hayle felled some trees & planted four certaine Peach trees upon ye Land of Robt Hinman (& assigned to Jno. Haynie) before ye 25th day of March last att ye request of ye sd. Jno Haynie & further this Deponent sayth not. Robert Bradshawe, Jurat Coram nobis Joh Trussell, 20th November 1655 This Depo. was recorded. Thomas Hayle averrs the abovesd Oath to be true upon his Oath & that hee assisted ye sd Bradshawe in planting the sd trees. Jurat Coram nobis John Trussell Tho. Hayle James Hawley. 20th November 1655 This Depo. was recorded

Same Source, p. 14 – p.60, 20th November 1655, I John Waddy doe acknowledge to have sold to Andrew Bowyer….Witness James Hawley, Ger: Donson, 20th November 1655

Very few people in the colonies owned property and James Hawley owned a lot of property. James Hawley could always sign his name, so he knew how to read and write a skill he must have acquired in England. So he was educated. It is also interesting to note that James Hawley is often referred to as Mr. In the 1650’s to be referred to as Mr. meant he had wealth and standing in the community. By 1657 he is referred to as “Gent.” So he could not have come over from England a nobody and gained wealth and standing so quickly in the New World. These were people who came from England and brought their standards and morays with them. The settlers regarded themselves as the outermost extension of a political empire seated in London and ruled through a well established set of institutions. James Hawley had to have come from an upper-class British family to have been referred to as Mr. or Gent and to have been elected an early Justice of Northumberland County in 1655. He also acquired a substantial amount of land over the years and must have been a wealthy landowner.

This was also a family that was a friend and neighbor to George Washington and other signers of the Constitution. They were an integral part of the founding of this country.

In 1655 James Hawley was also an early Justice in Northumberland County. EARLY JUSTICES OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA. The following list is derived from the county records: Colonel John Mottrom, Lieutenant-Colonel George Fletcher, Mr. Thomas Speke, Mr. John Trussell, Mr. Wm. Presley, Mr. John Holloway, Mr. Walter Brodhurst, Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Nicholas Morris, and Mr. Thomas Baldridge, 1652; Colonel Wm. Claiborne, Esq., 1653; Mr. William Nash, 1653; Major Samuel Smith [probably same as preceding], 1655; Mr. James Hawley, Captain Richard Budd, Mr. Hugh Lee, Captain John Rogers, Mr. Matthew Rhedom [Rhodam], and Mr. Thomas Hopkins, 1655 : Mr. George Colclough, Mr. William Thomas, Mr. Wm. Presley, and Mr. Wm. Nutt, 1656; Mr. Peter Ashton (sheriff), 1658; Mr. Francis Clay, and Mr. Charles Ashton, 1659; Mr. Robert ]ones, 1662; Mr. Peter Presley, Mr. Isaac Allerton, and Colonel Richard Lee, Esq., 1663; Mr. Thomas Brereton, 1665 ; Mr. Lewis Howson, 1666; Mr. Edward Sanders, Mr. Ambrose Fielding, Mr. Nicholsas Owen, and Captain John Mottrom, 1670; Colonel St. Leger Codd, 1671; Mr. Thomas Mathew, 1672 ; Mr. Francis Lee, 1673; Mr. Nicholas Green [?], 1675 ; Mr. Philip Shapleigh, and 1676 Mr. Edward Porteus. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, By Virginia Historical Society, p. 456, 1893

This was a very important time in the history of Virginia and the County and as a Commissioner James Hawley was right in the middle of it as a negotiator between the whites and the Indians.

“In the early 1640s a new stage in the relations between the English and the Indians of lower Northern Neck began, as white men began to settle in what is now Northumberland County. The first arrival was John Mottrom, a trader who had lived in St. Mary’s City, Maryland, and York County Virginia. With Machywap, the werowance of the Chicacoans, Mottrom bartered for land on the Coan River and built Coan Hall. The Indian chief and the English trader had a good personal relationship that increased the chance that the cultural gulf between the two very different peoples might be bridged in friendly fashion. An example of Mottrom’s cooperative approach would occur in May 1650 when the Northumberland Court heard a case in which six men took two Indian women, 90 deer skins and 3 beaver skins from the King of the Patuxents. John Mottrom undertook to compensate the king with “six Tradinge Cloath match Coats,” with each man ordered to provide one coat. [22]

In the Chesapeake area generally, however, the early 1640s were a time of conflict. To the north across the Potomac, the Susquehannocks were drawn into a conflict between William Claiborne and the Calverts, and they continued to fight the Maryland English for a decade. To the south, Opechancanough launched another Powhatan attack on the English.

Apparently, the Northern Neck Indians remained neutral, for Claiborne would argue before the governor and council of Virginia that the war should not be prosecuted against them. The English residents of the Chicacoan-Wiccocomico area said the same thing: they were not involved in this latest Indian war and so should not have to contribute funds to underwrite it.

The latest fight in Virginia was over land, and the Virginia authorities.[23] actually sympathized with the Indians situation. In the peace treaty of 1646, Governor William Berekeley sought to regulate English access to unsettled land to ensure that the natives would be able to provide for themselves undisturbed. And on paper it appeared that the Indians of the lower Northern Neck would be among the protected. In the treaty, Necotowance, the new head of the Powhatan confederation, ceded claims to lands between the York and the James below the falls in return for an English pledge that the Indians received exlusive right to the land and hunting north of the York and that unauthorized colonists in those areas would be criminally liable. [24]

This was a pledge, however, that the colonial government did not have the capacity — or perhaps the will — to enforce. Settlers were kept out of the Rappahannock area initially, but that only diverted them onto the shores of the Potomac. Englishmen who desired a new seat on virgin lands would sail along the coast of lower Northern Neck, looking for an ideal spot. The presence of “three or foure Indian Cabbins” was no deterrent to their ambition. Sometimes, settlers would “pay” for the land they wanted: for example, in 1650/1, six whites bought a neck of land from the Onawmanient in the Yeocomico River area. Yet they offered only a modest price (three match coats in this case), and no doubt made payment in order to solidify their legal claim. [25]

Wicocomoco Parrish. From the South East side of Chickacoan River inclusively to the utmost extent of the County downwards. (c. 1657)

Chickacoan Parrish. From the Northwest side of Chickacoan River inclusively to the utmost extent of the County upwards. (c. 1657)

Cople Parish (Westmoreland, ca. 1664) embraced the eastern portion of Westmoreland County and extended westward to unmarked eastern line of Washington Parish. In 1923 [sic] the Council of the Diocese [C of E] established the boundary between Cople and Montrose Parish (est. 1850) as: “… beginning on the Maryland line [nb: water line] at the mouth of Nomini Creek, thence up the said Creek to a headwater thereof approximately one half mile southeast of Nomini Grove, on main County road, thence by a line between Cople and Montross Magisterial districts to the line of Richmond County, All that portions of Westmoreland County lying east of this line to be and remain Cople Parish…” (D V, 1923, 24)

Payment or no, waves of white settlement were spreading over the Northumberland landscape and beyond, gradually constraining the Indians and their way of life. The General Assembly established Northumberland County as early as 1648. By 1653, the county already had 450 tithables, or a white population of around 900, a rapid rate of increase. An enlarged version of Lancaster County was created in 1652, and Westmoreland was formed in 1653. In Northumberland itself, the potential for friction between settlers and natives was compounded by the migration of the Yaocomacos from southern Maryland. They had come under pressures from both the Susqueahannocks and the English, and, having crossed the Potomac, occupied land between the Chicacoans and the Onawmanients and received protection from the latter. Clearly, new steps were required to regulate the relations between the two groups. [26]

Those steps came in 1652. Early in the year, at the same time that Virginia came to terms with the new Commonwealth government in London, of the General Assembly ordered that fifty acres be set aside for each bowman among the tributary Indians (the same amount of land allocated to each headright) before any other land was patented for Englishmen. It was also stipulated that the “the proportion [of land] of each perticular towne [is] to lye together.” In November, the Assembly sought to prohibit Englishmen from duping the Indians into selling their land for prices that were below market value. It mandated that Indians may “hold and keepe those seates of Land that they now have,” and that there could be no acquisition of the land without consent of the governor, council, or local commissioners. These steps were done in part to prevent Indians from undertaking “some Desperate Course for themselves.” Also it sought to take account of the fact that the natives had no concept of permanent land purchase. Instead, they thought that according to their custom land that had been transferred but was not being used reverted to the control of the original group. [27]

The Northumberland leadership did not take action on the Assembly’s mandate until late in 1655. When it did act concerning the Chicacoan and Wiccocomico, it did so in a creative manner that probably exceeded the spirit and the letter of the law. For the commissioners did not simply survey the requisite number of acres in areas of the two chiefdoms near Chicacoan Creek and the Great Wicomico and then vest them with title to the land. They in fact proposed to relocate and consolidate the two groups–each of which had its separate identity–in a completely different location south of Dividing Creek. Regarding the Onawmanient in the Yeocomico River area, it is unclear whether the Assembly’s order was ever carried out. As that situation unfolded, it would be fateful for the natives.

Why did the Northumberland commissioners take the innovative approach that they did? A desire for land in the right location was no doubt the main one. Samuel Matthews and Henry Fleet would benefit from the departure of the Wiccoccomico from their area (Mattews got the main settlement and Fleet the satellite village in Cinquack). Isaac Allerton coveted the territory of the Onawmanient. But we can speculate that two other factors were at work. First was the death in 1655 of John Mottrom. He had a benevolent outlook towards the original inhabitants of Northumberland and appears to have trie d to accommodate their concerns and interests. The coincidence of his death and the court’s policy of relocation and consolidation suggests that he may have been an obstacle to the English impulse to encroach on good Indian lands. Finally, Northumberlanders’ brief involvement a conflict with the Rappahannock Indians may have contributed to their approach to managing their own Indian population. In November 1654, the militias of Northumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancaster (which included the Rappahannock chiefdom’s area), were called out to deal with the Indians’ reactions to English penetrations. There was a fight and the Rappahannock chieftan was killed. [28]

During the winter of 1655-56 Gervais Dodson surveyed 4400 acres near Dividing Creek for the Chickacoan and the Wiccocomico. This was done, the court said “at ye request of Machawapk of Chickacone & the Indians living at Wicocomico.” Based on the 50 acres per bowman mandate, the two chiefdoms thus had 88 bowmen at the time and a total population of around 352 people. (That represents a decline of almost 50 percent since the initial contact with the English, when the two groups had about 160 bowmen combined.) The Northumberland commissioners also took it upon themselves to name Machywap, the Chicacoans’ werowance, “so ancient and known a friend to our English Nation,” as head of the combined group. Then in May 1656, the court ordered Dodson to survey land for the Onawmanient (Machoatick), at that time on Nomini Bay. (There is no evidence of any thought of moving them). [29]

In less than a year, however, the county leadership faced serious problems in implementing its plans — and had to face those problems at around the same time. To the south, the Wiccocomico Indians did not wish to submit to the leadership of the Chicacoan werorance, Machywap, and had issued threats against him. To the west, the Onawmanient were complaining that Isaac Allerton was intruding on what they regarded as their land, and wanted him and his servants removed.

The account of the court session of January 20, 1657 describes the commissioners’ reaction to the first problem:

“Whereas . . . the Comrs: of the sd. County being authorized to order the affaires of the [new Indian] Towne & to settly Mackywap to be Werorance there; the Cort: conceiveing him to be in great danger of his life by the sd. Wicocomoco Indians as he hath given informacon to this Cort: & ____ for some assistance from us, . . . It is therefore ordered that six able men be forthwith: pressed to guard & p:serve the p:son of the said Mackywap at ye sd. Towne untill the last day of Novem: next, the charge thereof to be defrayed by the County, and the siad Machywap is hereby required (in case hee findes himselfe in want of further assistance from us) that hee repaire to Capt. Richard Budd, whoe is hereby authorized & impowered to goe wth: a p:rty of soe many men as hee shall thinke fitt & convenient to assist the saide Machywap against his enemies. And further Mr. William Cooke is requested to give notice to all such Indians as belong to the Towne of Wicocomoco (wheresoever he shall see them) that they (within one month hereafter) shall acknowledge themselves obedient to the said Amachywap’s Government And what Indians ___ (belonging to the said towne) do refuse their obedience as afresaid shall be Reputed as Enemies to our English Nation and to the said Machywap And all their Land, Corne and what else of theirs to be Confiscate to him their Weroance.

In short, the court threatened to put the use weight of its power to enforce its arrangement. [30]

One month later, the court addressed the conflict between the Onawmanient and Isaac Allertaon. The commissioners received a report from a delegation (made up of George Colclough, John Rogers, James Hawley, William Presley, and William Nutt) that it had commissioned to negotiate with between the two parties. On February 6, the delegation had concluded an agreement with Peckatoan, the werowance. The Onawmanient accepted Allerton’s presence “so long as the Land (whereon he liveth already cleared) be useful, Provided that no more Housing be there built than what is now uppon it and to keep his cattle and Hoggs on the other side of the Machoatick River.” The Indians had dropped their initial demands and sought to contain Allerton’s expansion.

Within a couple of years, in a process that is fairly opaque, the balance of power at the Dividing Creek settlement shifted in a way contrary to what the court mandated in January 1656/7. We do know that during 1656 and 1657 Cuttatawomens were moving gradually north and eventually became part of Wiccocomico-Chicacoan town. With only thirty bowmen in the early 1600s they soon lost their identity and disappeared from the historical record. More consequentially, the Wiccocomicos to depose Machywap and replace him with one of their own, Pekwem. How was Machywap removed? Was it the Wiccocomicos’ greater numbers? Was violence involved? Unfortunately, the records are silent. All we know is that from that time on, all the Indians living south of Dividing Creek were known as Wiccocomicos and that the arrangement that the Englishmen has proposed to Machywap did not prevent his undoing.[32]

The Hawley name was often misspelled Haley or and quickly morphed into Halley. In Virginia Hawley/Halley sounds like Holly. It is interesting that they consciously changed the spelling of their name because in a deposition in 1748 James Halley states he is the grandson of Henry Hawley and his daughter Sarah Halley gives two of her five sons the middle name Hawley and the spelling Hawley was carried on as a first or middle name in the family for generations.

Peter Knight and James Hawley were very close in friendship and business. In addition to Peter Knight being a successful merchant and landowner from transporting people to the New World, he was also James Hawley’s son-in-law. He married Francis Anne Hawley who went by the name of Anne. She signed several documents as his wife and appointed her Father James Hawley as her attorney.

Northumberland County Record Book 1662 – 1666, p. 12 – p. 98, Bee it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Anne Knight foe consent to the Sale of Land that my Husband, Peter Knight, sold unto Richard Feilding & doe renounce all my right & title of the said Land & doe make my loving Friend, Thomas Laine, my true & lawfull Attorney to acknowledge the sd: land in Court & what my sd: Attorney shall doe therein shall stand in as full force & virtue as if I were then present; As Witness my hand the 20th of April 1663. /s/ An Knight, Teste James Hawley, Richard Robards, 20th April 1663. This Writing was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by Thomas Laine, Attorney: of Anne Knight & recorded.

In 1660 James Hawley gave his granddaughter Elizabeth Knight a Calf.

Northumberland County Record Book 1652 – 1658 , p. 80, Knowe all men by these presents that I James Hawley for & in consideration of my love & affection I doe give unto my Grand Child Elizabeth Knight one Cow Calf cropped on both ears a staple underneath the left ear & over keeled under the right ear & a slit, the sd. Elizabeth Knight to enjoy the sd. Cow Calf with her increase to her & Her heirs for ever; Witness my hand this 15th day of February 1660, Test Edward Hawley, his mark /s/ James Hawley

Peter Knight

The land transactions of James Hawley and Peter Knight are intertwined for many years.

In October 1656 Peter Knight received 925 acres for transporting 19 persons to Northumberland County. Included are James Hawly, Ann his wife and 3 children. I am assuming by 1656 Alice and Francis Anne are married and the three children are Henry, Edward and Mary. It is very interesting to note that in 1641 when James Hawley came to Isle of Wight he also transported John Foster and Richard Darling with him. When Peter Knight transported James and his family from Isle of Wight to Northumberland County in the mid 1750’s included were Jno Foster and Rugh Darling. I am assuming they are the same people who were with James when he came to Isle of Wight County in 1641. Who were they? Were they related to James Hawley? Were they servants? I can find no information on either of them. I am assuming Peter Knight got the property several years after transporting James and his family.

Same source, Page 340, MR. PETER KNIGHT, 925 acs., in Petowamack Riv. adj. Chappawansicke Cr. 9 Oct. 1656, p. 71, (104). Moiety of patent for 1850 acs. (As above) Renewal. Retaken up by new rights & trans. of 19 pers: John Waddington, Edwd. Meeres, Wm. Mundy, Rich. Wall & 1 Servt. named Thomas, James Hawly, Ann his wife , 3 children, Jno Foster, Rugh Darlinge, James Hill, James Loyd, Jno. Seaman, Wm. Seaman, Gilbert Seaman.

Northumberland County was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1648 during a period of rapid population growth and geographic expansion. Settlement began in this area of the Northern Neck around 1635. Originally known as the Indian district Chickacoan, the first appearance of the name Northumberland in the colonial records was in 1644.

The following year, John Mottrom served as the first burgess for the territory in the House of Burgesses which met at the capital of the Virginia Colony at Jamestown. Northumberland County is located between the Rappahannock River and Potomac River. The dividing line for Northumberland County and Westmorland County is the Great Wicommoco River. Six months after arriving in Northumberland County James Hawley received a patent for 10,000 acres at the headwaters of the Matchotick River (Machodoc) which flows into the Potomack River. The Machodoc River is on the south side of the Potomac just to the south of Nomini Bay and Mt. Holly. It is just around the point from the Great Wicomico River. Below is a map of the area which is at the entrance of the Potomac River off the the Chesapeake Bay and just south of George Washington’s birthplace. Again, it could be coincidence that there is a Mt. Holly or more than likely it is the headwaters of the Machodoc River and this where James Hawley settled. This area is in Westmoreland County, today.

James Hawley Land Transactions

James shows up in the land records of Northumberland County records for many years as a purchaser, seller, or witness.

Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694 – 1742, P. 68 5-202: Dennis Fallin of Northumberland Co. 659 A. (109 A. surplus in 550 A granted James Halley 2 June 1650). Surv. by Mr. John Coppedge. In Northumberland Co. in St. Stephens Par. on Great Wicommoco R., on Whays cr., Reason’s Cr., Reason’s plantation, corner of Cockril & Wilkey, Cole’s line, Thomas Smith. 16 June 1719.

And P. 51 – 4-87:Thomas Sorrell of Westmoreland Co. 21 A. surplus in 100 A. 2 Ro. 37 Per. of 700 A. granted Mr. James Hawley dec’d 26 June 1666. Surv. by Thomas Thompson. Deed for 121 A. 2 Ro. 37 Per. at Herring Cr. of Nominy in Westmoreland Co. adj. Col Willoughby Allertons Mill Pond, Thomas Hawkins, Henry Dunkan dec’d. 26 May 1712

James was very involved in the politics of Northumberland County being elected or appointed as a Commissioner for many years starting in 1655 shortly after he arrived in Northumberland County. Peter Knight was also a Commissioner.

Virginia County Court Records Deed & Will Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia 1650-1655

Record Book 1652-1658, Know all men by these presents that I James Hawley for a valuable consideration have sold unto Martin Cole four Cows marked with a Staple in both ears, one a piece taken out under the left ear, I the said Hawley doe warrant the sd. Cows unto the sd. Cole his heirs & assignees with their increase from all men.

Witness my hand 8 February 1654 /s/ James Hawley Wit: Peter Knight Mr. James Hawley unto Martin Cole and is recorded.

P. 123 – p. 54 – 8 Feb 1654, Know all men by these presents that I Martin Cole for a valuable consideration received have sold unto James Hawley his heirs Executors Admrs. and assigns for ever Four hundred acres of Land lying on the North side of Wicommoco River as by Patent will make to appear for Three hundred acres of the sd. Land and the other hundred acres for to join unto the sd. Three hundred acres; All wch: sd. lands of the sd. Cole doe bind me my heirs and assignees to warrant the sd. Fower hundred acres of land unto the sd. James Hawley his heirs Executors and assignees from all men; Witness my hand the 9th of February 1654; Further the sd. Cole doe engage myself that my Wife, Alice Cole, shall deliver up her right and title of the sd. Land. /s/ Martin Cole, Teste Robert Lambdin, Peter Knight, Same Source, P. 123 – p. 54 20 July 1654

Know all men by these presents that I Martin Cole doe assign all my rights title and interest of the land within specified unto James Hawley his heirs and assigns for ever as Witness my hand the 20th day of July 1654, /s/ the mark of Martin Cole, Teste: Tho: Kedby; Dan’l. Little, 20 August 1655. This Assignment was acknowledged in Court unto Mr. James Hawley by Martin Cole and the Assignt. and Patent are recorded.

Same source, Wm. Spicers Letter of attorney to John Hulett. Know all men by these presents that I William Spicer do constitute and ordain John Hulett my true and lawfull attorney for me and in my name to sue Martin Cole or Mr. Hawley for a bill due to me with as much power as if I myself were present, witness my hand this 6th day of January 1655. /s/ The mark of Wm. Spicer. Witness – John Bennett, John Rafie his mark, 20th January 1655 this letter of attorney was recorded.

Same Source, P. 123 – P. 54, 20th August 1655 This Sale of Land to Mr. James Hawley was acknowledged in Court by the sd. Martin Cole and is recorded. Northumberland County Record Book 1652-1658, p. 48

Col. Mottrom, Mr. Samuel Smith hath [—] to have some more [—] for court for the better deposeth of business wherefore you [—] authorized to swear for commissioners Mr. Richard [—] Mr. James Hawley and Mr. Wm. Reynolds [—], Dated the 20th of July 1654. Richard Bennett, Wm. Claiborne

The Bulletin of the Northumberland County Historical Society, Vol. XII – 1975, p. 18 – 19, Commissioners that year [1655] were Matthew Rhedom (sic), James Hawley, Capt. Richard Budd, Capt. John Rogers, Thomas Hopkins, George Colclough, William Thomas, William Presley and William Nutt.

And At a court held in Northumberland on ….21 July 1656… Mr. James Hawley….

And Vol. XVIII – 1981, p. 56, 22 August 1655, For Wicocomoco Congregation: Major Samuel Smith, Mr. James Hawley, Jno Haynie; Edw. Coales, Richd Spann (Church Wardens).

Same source, P. 57 Know all men by these presents that I Nicholas Morris do make my trusting friend Mr. John Haynie my true and lawful attorney for to sue and implead and for to do all business in court for me and to proceed in law as he shall think fitting and whatsoever my said attorney shall do therein shall stand in full form and virtue as if I was there present. Witness my hand the 19th day of August 1655 /s/ Nicholas Morris, Teste. James Hawley, Peter Knight, 20th August 1655, This letter of attorney was recorded.

Same source, P. 59, Sarah Kingwell her gift of her son Thomas Kingwell unto John Essex….., Teste – James Hawley, John Bardon.

and Same source, P. 60 – Page 58L, An appraisement of the estate of Thomas Coggin deceased taken and appraised the 25th day of August 1655, by John Haynie, Henry Hurst …. This appraisers sworn before me James Hawley

Same source, P. 64 – Page 61-K, Robert Bradshaw his deposition. Robert Bradshaw aged or thereabouts…. Jurate coram nobis John Trussell, James Hawley, 20th November 1655, This deposition was recorded

Same source, P. 61—L, I John Waddy do acknowledge to have sold to Andrew Boyer….October the 29th 1652, Witness – James Hawley, George Dodson

and Same source, P. 75 – Page 68Q, Abraham Byram his deposition. The deposition of Abraham Byram aged 28 years or there about sayth upon oath that at the house of Thomas Prichett this despondent heard a dispute between Wm. Spicer and Mr. James Hawley concerning a bill due from Mr. Hawley and Martin Cole likewise of a condition for cask this bill being by Spicer demanded of Mr. Hawley. Mr. Hawley’s answer was that he would not pay the debt until that his cask were set up, the said Mr. Hawley then said that his bargain was not performed and he further said that Martin Coles casks were set up and further this despondent sayth not. /s/ the mark of Abraham Byram. 20th January 1655, Jurate in court

Ann Unknown Hawley

We know that Ann Hawley was born about 1615. On November 20, 1655 she gave a deposition in the abuse case of Martha Morris in Northumberland County where she says she is about 40 years or age.

Northumberland County Record Book, 1652-1658, P. 67 – Page 62R, Mrs. Morris her deposition. Martha Morris aged 46 years of there abouts sworn and examined sayth whereas this despondent was appointed by the [—] peruse the body of Jane Owen of her complaint of [—] and beating of her the said Jane, I do find the said Jane [—] about twelve places on her body beaten black and blue and [—] this despondent sayth no. Martha Morris her mark, 4th [—] 1655, Mrs. Hawley her deposition. I Ann Hawley aged 40 years or there abouts sworn and examined do testify the same as Mrs. Morris hath done above specified, /s/ Ann Hawley, Coram me Samuel Smyth, Nicholas Morris, James Hawley, 20th November 1655, these depositions were recorded.

And P. 49 – P. 71 20th of November 1655, Whereas Jane Owen being ye Servt. of Capt. Richard Budd, made a complaint unto this Court of abuse rec’d., by her Mrs. & whereas it doeth appear by the Oaths of Mrs. Morris & Mrs. Hawley, that ye sd. Jane Owen had bout twelve marks black & blew about her, the Court doth therefore order yt: the sd. Capt. Budd shall forthwith: pay all ye charges of Court.

We also know that Ann died shortly after she made this deposition in November 1655.

Jane Unknown Horsley Hawley

This is a big addition to Ann Mack’s research. I found in the records of Northumberland County that James married Jane Horsley confirming that Anne had died by 1656 because by September of 1656 James had married Jane Unknown Horsley the widow of Ralph Horsley. James was also appointed administrator of Ralph Horsley’s estate. We can only surmise that they each lost their spouse about the same time and James who had three small children quickly married the widow. Jane Horsley had an older son Joseph who approved of his Mother’s marriage to James Hawley.

Northumberland County Orders 1652-1665, Northumberland County Court 20th of September 1656, The court: doth order: that Mr. James Hawley, who marryed with: the Widow & Relict of Ralph Horsley, deceased (with the consent of Joseph Horsley, Son of the sd. Ralph Horsley) have a Commission of Administration of the Estate of the said Ralph Horsley, provided the sd. Mr. Hawley ( ) of ( ) of the sd. Josephs Mother, ( ) upon ( ) appears, & also to give an Inventory & security of the Court: accord: to custom.

And Records of Indentured Servants and Certificates for Land Northumberland County, Virginia 1650-1795, p. 38, 101 20 Nov 1656 – These are to certify yet according to sufficient proof made before the Court, there is due to Mr. James Hawley, Administrator of the estate of Ralph Horsely decd, 300 Acres of Land for the transportation of these persons following into this Colony (Vizt) Andrew Cockerill, Wm Mundy, Wm Ballingall, Rich: Wall Edward Meers, and one servant called Thomas. /s/ James Hawley

After Anne died and he married Jane he continued to be a Commissioner in Northumberland County and continued to buy and sell land and be involved in the community as can be seen from his land land transactions and commissioner actions. He continued to be very involved with Peter Knight, his son-in-law and his sons.

More Land and Commissioner Activities

Northumberland County Record Book 1652-1658,P. 116 – Page 102K, ….make no late complaint to Capt. Fleete or any other against the said Mr. Allerton, only excepting their complaint to the Honorable Governor in confirmation of the premises the said Perkatoan which his Great Men have likewise hereunto subscribed at Machoatick Indian Town the 6th day of February 1656. /s/ George Colclough Peckatoan signum, John Rogers Wonussacomen signum, James Hawley Terossamoh signum, Wm Presley Tahorks signum, William Nutt, 6th February 1656, this writing was recorded.

And P. 154 – Page 138K, Mr. Hawleys letter of attorney to Mr. Knight. Mr. Peter Knight I give you as much power to answer anything concerning Mr. Rice Maddocke as I have myself 20th January 1657, /s/ James Hawley, 20th January 1657, this letter of attorney was recorded.

And p. 161 – Page 143L, John Woods acquit to Alexander Cammell, May the 20th anno 1658, Teste – James Hawley

WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE, QUARTERLY HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, VOL. IV. OCTOBER, 1895 NO. 2, WASHINGTON AND HIS NEIGHBORS, BY THE EDITOR.

January 25th 1652 – Northumberland County(1), Mr. Walter Brodhurst The Court doth order that Mr. Nathaniel Pope Attorney of agt. Mr. Nicholas Hayward of London Mercht shall out of the Mr. Pope said Mr. Hayward’s estate make present payment of Two thousand pounds of Tobacco & charges unto Mr. Walter Brodhurst for being general Attorney unto the said Mr. Hayward in the year 1651 also Executor.

At a Court held for y County of Northumberland the 21st of July 1656, Present Col. John Trussell Mr. James Hawley, Mr. Hugh Lee Mr. Wm Thomas Comrs, Mr. Matth: Rhodon

p. 35 – P. 55 Northumberland County Court 20th of July 1654, We whose names are underwritten being impaneled to try a difference between John Radford, Chyrurgion, Pltffe, and John Hull, Defendt…. John Haynie, John Hawley….

and P. 38 – P. 60 Northumberland County Court 20th November 1654, Mr. Knight agt. Col: Mottrom…. /s/ Nich: Morris, James Hawley, Richd: Budd, Matth: Rhoden, Comrs.

And P. 39 – p. 61 At a Court held for the County of Northumberland the 20th day of August 1655, Present Major Samuel Smyth…James Hawley…Mr. Math: Rhodon, Comrs.

And P. 43 – P – 65 Northumberland County Court 20th August 1655, August ye 22nd 1655. A list of the Vestry for Chickacoan Congregacon: Leift. Coll. John Trussell, Mr. Hugh Lee, Capt. John Rogers, Mr. Matth: Rhodon. For Cherry Point Congregacon: Ralph Horsley, Church Warden; Anthony Lenton, George Nott, For Yeococomoco Congregacon: Mr. Nicholas Jurnew, Jno: Powell, Church Wardens; Richard Holden For Wicocomoco Congregacon. Major Samuel Smyth. Mr. James Hawley, Jno: Haynie, Edw: Cole, Richd: Spann. Churchwardens For Chinckahan Quarter. Mr. WM Presly, Church Warden, Robert Neuman, John Hull

And P. 49 – P. 71, Whereas Jane Owen being ye Servt. of Capt. Richard Budd, made a complaint unto this Court of abuse received., by her Mrs. & whereas it doeth appear by the Oaths of Mrs. Morris & Mrs. Hawley, that ye sd. Jane Owen had bout twelve marks black & blew about her, the Court doth therefore order yet: the sd. Capt. Budd shall forthwith: pay all ye charges of Court.

And P. 52 – P. 113 Northumberland County Court 21st of February 1656/57, Whereas it doth appear unto the Court: that Seth Foster & Mr. Francis Clay are jointly & severally by Bill indebted unto Jane Horsley, the sum of One thousand eighty and five pounds of tobacco: and cask. It is ordered that the sd. Mr. Clay shall forthwith: make payment. of the sd. debt unto Mr. James Hawley, who marryed with ye said Jane Horsley & Court: charges.

P. 55 – P. 78 Northumberland County Court 20th January 1655/56, Whereas it doth appear unto the court yt: Mr. James Hawley and Martin Cole stand bound in a Bill of four hundred and eighty pounds of tobacco & cask unto Symon Cox & by him assigned unto Wm: Spicer, and Whereas it doth appear that the sd. Cox at the same time was bound to set up eight tunn of cask for the sd. Mr. Hawley & Martin Cole, the Court: doth order yt: upon the performance of the cask setting up, that then the sd. Mr. Hawley & Martin Cole shall forthwith: make payment. of the sd. debt of 480 lb of tobacco & cask unto the sd. Wm: Spicer, Assignee of the sd. Cox, else execution.

And P. 57 – p. 81At a Court held at ye House of Thomas Brewer in ye County of Northumberland the 14th day of February 1655, Present: Mr. Hugh Lee….Mr. James Hawley Comrs.

From ye Petition of Jane Horsley, Widow, the Court doth order yt: the said Widow shall had Administration of all & singular the Estate of her dec’d., Husband, Ralph Horsley, the sd. Widow giving in such security to the next Court as to Law doth belong.

And p. 62 – P. 86 The 21st of March 1655, Whereas it doth appear unto ye Court yt: Mr. James Hawley doth owe unto Mr. Richard Wright the sum of Two thousand four hundred ninety & eight pounds of tobacco and cask by Bill & Accompt., The Court: doth therefore order yt: the sd. Mr. Hawley shall within ten days make payment. of ye sd. debt unto ye said Mr. Wright or his assignees with Court: charges else execution.

And P. 70 – p. 96 At a Court: held for ye County of Northumberland the 20th of July 1656, Present Coll. John Trussell….Mr. James Hawley, Comrs. The Court: doth order that John Larrett in future shall be exempted from paying Country & County Levies, he being very much lame and unable to work & by his Oath taken before Mr. James Hawley, 21st of June last, was (to the best of his knowledge) fifty nine years of age or thereabouts.

And P. 73 – p. 101, Northumberland County Court 20th of September 1656, The court doth order: that Mr. James Hawley, who marryed with: the Widow & Relict of Ralph Horsley, deceased (with the consent of Joseph Horsley, Son of the sd. Ralph Horsley) have a Commission of Administration of the Estate of the said Ralph Horsley, provided the sd. Mr. Hawley ( ) of () of the sd. Josephs Mother, ( ) upon ( ) appears, & also to give an Inventory & security of the Court: accord: to custom.

And P. 77 – P. 107 At a Court; held for ye County of Northumberland the 20th of February 1656, Whereas by Order: from ye Governor & Council the Comrs: for this County were strictly commanded to make inquiry of the Complaint of the Machoatick Indians concerning Mr. Isaac Allertons seating upon their Land; And to give a strict account thereof at the next Quarter Court. It is therefor ordered that Mr. Geo: Colclough, Mr. Nicho: Morris, Capt. Rich: Budd, Capt. John Rogers, Mr. James Hawley, Mr. Wm: Presley and Mr. Wm. Nutt, doe (upon the 3d day of February next) meet at the sd. Machoatick Indian Towne and there make inquiry of the premises & according as they find ye matter, to give an account of the same to the Governor & Council at the next Quarter Court:

And P. 83 – P. 115 Northumberland County Court 21st February 1656/57, Whereas it was ordered at a Court: held the 20th of 7br: last that Mr. Wm: Presly, Administr: of the Estate of Coll. John Mottrom, dec’d., should pay two thousand one hundred seventy & nine pounds of tobacco: and cask out of the proceeds. Estate unto Mr. James Hawley, Administr: of Ralph Horsley, dec’d., And whereas it was further ordered that what Coll. Thomas Speke could make appear due from the sd. Horsley to the sd. Coll. Mottrom, should be abated. Notwithstanding that order, it appearing by the oaths of Coll. Thomas Speke and Mr. Wm: Presly, that the debt ordered to be paid for Wm: Cocke being seven hundred and ten pounds of tobacco: & cask is satisfied, It is therefore ordered that the sd. 710 lb. of tobacco: & with: make payment. of one thousand four hundred sixty and nine pounds of tobacco: & cask (being all that appears due); unto Mr. James Hawley, Administr: as aforesaid., out of the proceeds. Estate according to order:

And P. 83 – P. 115 Northumberland County Court 21st February 1656/57, Mr. James Hawley agt. Elizabeth Little. this Cause is referred till the next Court: at Mr. Hawley’s ( ).

And P. 99 – P. 140 Northumberland County Court 21st of September 1657

Mr. Geo: Colclough, Guardian of Jos: Horsley, agt. Mr. James Hawley. This Cause is referred till the next Court: in Mr. Hawleys absence.

In the following deposition James Hawley state that he is 52 years old or thereabouts in 1657. This would put his birth date as 1605. Northumberland County Court 1652-1665, p. 3 – p. 148 Northumberland County Court 24th day of November 1657. James Hawley, Gent., aged 52 years or thereabouts, sworn & examined. sayth the very same (verbatim) with the Despondent., Mr. Wm: Nutt, & further sayth not. Jurate in Cur /s/ James Hawley

And p. 4 – Page 149 Northumberland County Court 24th day of November 1657, Whereas Walter Weeke, Administrator of ye Estate of Mr. Jno: Rodford, dec’d., commenced a suite agt. Mr. James Hawley & petitioned to this Court: for the payment. of nine hundred pounds of tobacco: and cask & a Cowe & Calf due by Bill from ye sd. Hawley to ye sd. Rodford., And whereas it doth (by sufficient evidence) appear to the Court: that ye sd. debt was in consideration of a parcel of Land sold by the sd. Rodford to the sd. Hawley & the Land not being confirmed in the life time of the said Rodford, It is ordered that ye sd. Sale & Land be returned to ye sd. Administr: to the use of the deceased. Estate & the sd. Bill returned to the sd. Mr. Hawley. 24th day. Present … Mr. Geo: Colclough, Mr. James Hawley, Capt. Richd: Bud, Mr. Wm: Nutt Comrs.

And p. 5 – P. 150, Northumberland County Court 24th day of November 1657, Mr. James Hawley being summoned to this Court: at the suite of Simon Cox & no cause of action being found, It is therefore ordered that the sd. Cox be nonsuited & that he forthwith: pay fifty pounds of tobacco: for a nonsuited unto the sd. Mr. Hawley with: Court: charges.

and same source, Page 362, JAMES HAWLY, 1000 Acs., Northumberland Co., 13 Mar. 1657, p. 160, head branches of Matchotick Riv., beg. at corner of George Watts. Trans. of 20 pers: Susan & Rebecca Orly, Jno. Hill, Dan. Ryly, Jno. Benton, Sarah Rasee, Mr. Geo. Coltclough, Mrs. Ursula Coltclough, Sarah Tompson, Phillip Nut, Ral. Stevenson, Wm. Osborne, Jno. Highland (Highlander?), Geo. Cuny, Amy Stevens, Amy Yeomans, Elizabeth Esex. Renewed 24 May 1664.

Seven years later he sold off 300 acres of his land to John Paine.

Same source, Page 432, JOHN PAINE, 406 acs. N’umberland Co., 1 June 1664, p. 110 (608). Beg. on the head of a small Cr. of Machotick Riv., bounding on E. with land of Coll. Lee, Esqr., S. S. W &c. to land of Walter English. 300 acs. purchased of James Hawley & 100 acs. for trans. of 2 pers: Wm. Young, Jno. Forby.

In 1657 although Joseph Horsley, James’ stepson had approved his Mother’s marriage to James Hawley, shortly after the marriage he had petitioned the Court to have George Colclough appointed his Guardian. p. 6 – p. 152 Northumberland County Court 24th November 1657

Upon the Petition of Mr. Geo: Colclough, Guardian to Joseph Horsley, Son & heir of Ralph Horsley, dec’d., It is ordered that the right of all Lands & Houses (vizt.) two thirds belonging to the sd. Joseph (after division thereof made by four sufficient men to be made choice of by Mr. James Hawley, who married the Relict of the sd. Ralph Horsley, & the sd. Mr. Colclough be forthwith: delivered unto the possession of the said Joseph. This Division to be made by the 15th of Xbr: next, but in case agreement. between the sd. Guardian & Mr. Hawley otherwise then this order:, to be void. And it is further ordered that in the mean time the sd. Mr. Hawley may make use of any Houses belonging to the Estate of the sd. Horsley, dec’d.

And P. 11 – p. 159 Northumberland County Court 22nd of March 1657/58, At a Court: held for the County of Northumberland the 20th of May 1658 Present Coll. Jno: Trussell, Lt. Coll. Saml: Smyth, Mr. George Colclough, Mr. Nicho: Morris, Mr. James Hawley, Capt. Richard Budd, Mr. Tho: Hopkins Comrs.

And p. 12 – P. 161 Northumberland County Court 20th of May 1658, Mr. James Hawley having acknowledged himself indebted unto Mr. George Abbott the sum of eight hundred forty and eight pounds of tobacco: and cask; It is therefore ordered that the sd. Mr. Hawley shall forthwith: make payment of the sd. debt unto Mr. Abraham Byram, Attorney of the sd. Mr. Abbott, with: one years forbearance and costs of suite

And Whereas Mr. James Hawley acknowledged himself indebted unto Jno: Walker, the Assignee of Wm: Colman, the Assignee of John Warren, the sum of six hundred seventy and four pounds of bright and large tobacco: with: cask, It is therefore ordered that the sd. Mr. Hawley shall forthwith: made payment of the sd. Debt unto the said John Walker with: Court: charges.

And P. 15 – P. 166 At a Court, held for ye County of Northumberland at ye House of Mr. Richard Wright the 26th of May 1658 Present Coll. Jno: Trussell, Mr. Geo: Colclough, Lt. Col. Saml. Smyth, Mr. Peter Knight, Capt. Jno: Rogers, Mr. James Hawley, Mr. Wm. Presly, Comrs.

And P. 16 – P. 167 Northumberland County Court 20th of May 1658, At an Orphans Court: held for ye County of Northumberland the 3rd of June 1658, Present: Mr. Peter Knight, Capt. Richd: Budd, Mr. Geo: Colclough, Mr. James Hawley, Mr. Thomas Hopkins, Comrs.

And p. 16 – p. 168 Northumberland County Court 20th of May 1658, We whose names are here under written, being impaneled to debate a difference between Abraham Joyce, Plaintiff, & Mr. James Hawley, Defendant We find nothing due to the Plaintiff, Mrs. Horsley in her Widowhood having a ??? from the sd. Jane Bashawes Estate. Costs of suite were award to the sd. Joyce to pay.

And p. 17 – p. 168 Northumberland County Court 20th of May 1658

At a Court: held for the County of Northumberland the 20th of July 1658, Present Col. Nno Trussell, Capt. Jno: Rogers, Mr. Peter Knight, Mr. James Hawley, Capt. Richard Budd, Mr. Wm. Presley, Comrs.

And p. 20 – p. 173 Northumberland County Court 20th of July 1658, Gervase Dodson agt. John Wood, This Cause is referred till the next Court: by request of Mr. James Hawley, Attorney of the sd. Wood

It is ordered by this Court: that Mr. James Hawley bring forth Wm. Bashawes to the next Court: otherwise the sd. Bashawe to be free from the sd. Mr. Hawley & also that he bring forth Elizabeth Perry to the next Court.

And p. 25 – p. 180 Northumberland County Court 20th of September 1658

Whereas Mr. James Hawley, Administr: of the Estate of Ralph Horsley, dec’d., impleaded Cornelius Robinson for a debt of 600 lb. of tobacco: & cask (with: Interest). as due to the Estate of the sd. Horsley: It appearing to this Court: by Acct. from under the hand of Jno: Malham as also by the Oath of the sd. Cornelius Robinson, that he sd. debt is satisfied. It is therefore ordered that the sd. Robinson be hereby acquitted from the same & the Bill forthwith: delivered up to the sd. Robinson.

And Whereas Wm: Bashawe, an Orphan, was bound an Apprentice to Ralph Horsley, who (by Indenture) was to teach the sd. Bashawe his trade, being a Taylor. And whereas the sd. Horsley is now dec’d., & the sd. Horsley, his trade altogether being neglected to be taught him, the Court: doth therefore order that the said Mr. Hawley shall forthwith: putt in security for performance of the premises according to Indenture. And that the sd. Orphan shall continue at his said Trade till the expiration of his time of Indenture, & if the said Mr. Hawley shall refuse or neglect to put in security as aforesaid., or to teach the said Orphan his trade, then he to be free from the sd. Mr. Hawley, & likewise the sd. Mr. Hawley to pay Court: charges. It is ordered that Mrs. Hannah Lee, the Attorney of Mr. Hugh Lee, bring forth Margaret Bashawe, an Orphan, together with: her Indenture to the next Court: she being under the Guardianship of the sd. Mr. Lee.

And P. 27 – Page 183 Northumberland County Court 20th September 1655, It is ordered (with the consent of Mr. James Hawley) that Elizabeth Perry, an Orphan now being under his guardianship shall forthwith: be committed to the care & tuition of Abraham Joyce, who married with the Sister of the sd. Orphan, And it is also ordered (by the voluntary proffer of the sd. Joyce), that he shall use his best endeavors to cause the sd. Elizabeth Perry to be taught to read distinctly in the Bible, and to sew so as she may be capable to make her wearing linen and also to record a Heyder of two years old with all her increase for the use of the sd. Elizabeth & her heirs for ever at or before this next Court., And further that he put in sufficient security for performance of the premises & for all such other her Estate wch: the sd. Mr. Hawley is forthwith: to deliver to the sd. Abraham Joyce: And it is further ordered that the sd. Elizabeth Perry shall remain with: the sd. Joyce the time & space of three years next coming & no longer. And then she to beat her own disposes.

And p. 29 – p. 186 Northumberland County Court 20th of 9br 1658, Present Mr. Peter Knight, Mr. James Hawley, Capt. Richard Budd, and Capt. Richd: Budd, Mr. Nicholas Morris, Mr. Tho: Hopkins, Mr. Wm: Nutt, Comrs.

And p. 34 – P. 192 Northumberland County Court 2nd of October 1658, Joseph Horsley agt. James Hawley. This Cause is referred till the next Court: by Mr. Hawleys request

and p. 34 – P. 193 Northumberland County Court 22nd of October 1658, The difference depending between Mr. Charles Ashton, Plt., and Mr. James Hawley & Jno: Knight, Defendants, being tried by a Jury whose names are subscribed, vizt.

Mr. Wm.: Thomas, Thomas Brewer, Henry Toppin, Richard Spann, Mr. Nicho: Jernow, Simon Richardson, Antho: Linton, Justinian Tennis, John Motley, Abraham Joyce, Wm: Colman, Jno: Bailes. We of the Jury being empannelled to try the Cause between Mr. Charles Ashton, Plant: & Mr. James Hawley & John Knight, Defendants, do award as followeth: vizt., That the Plaintiff shall forthwith: have a sufficient able Servant delivered him by the Defendants,: Mr. Hawley to allow for two thirds thereof & John Knight the other third: And each party to beare his own charges, the sd. Servant to have one complete year to serve Wm: Thomas

And P. 37 – P. 197 Northumberland County Court 21st of January 1658/59, The Court: humbly presenteth & recommend Coll. Jno: Trussell, Mr. George Coilclough and Mr. James Hawley to the Honorable: Governor & Council to elect & appoint a Sheriff for this County according as they, the Honorable: Governor and Council. in their Judgments. shall think most meet and fit

And Major George: Colclough against James Hawley. This Cause is referred till the next Court by the request of Mr. Peter Knight, on the behalf of the sd. Mr. Hawley.

And P. 63 – p. 232 – Northumberland County Court 22nd of November 1659, Whereas Mr. James Hawley was warned by ye Sherriff (according to an Order of the last Orphans. Court) to appear this Court; & produce an Account. of all such Estate as in the hands belonging to any Orphans:, he having disobeyed & not observed ye same; It is therefore ordered that Mr. Hawley be fined 300 lb. of tobacco; & cask & shall forthwith make payment. thereof, to be employed for the use of ye County.

and P. 63 – p. 233 Northumberland County Court 22nd of November 1659, The Court doth hereby empower and authorize Abraham Joyce forthwith to take William Bashawe out of ye possession and guardianship of Mr. James Hawley together with all such Estate as belongeth to him, And if any of the sd. Estate hath suffered damage through ye neglect of the sd. Hawley, It is hereby ordered that he shall make repairs on thereof (and that the sd. Wm: Bashawe shall be & remain with: the sd. Abraham Joyce) together with is Estate until further order.

And P. 83 – P. 276 Northumberland County Court 5th of September 1660, And that Wm: Bashawe, one of the sd. Orphans, bee brought to the sd. Court by Abraham Joyce, who is his Guardian. And it is also ordered that Mr. James Hawley make his personal appearance at the sd. Orphans Court & shall then give an Account. of the Estate of the sd. Wm: Bashawe, he the sd. Hawley having formerly had the Guardianship of the sd. Wm Bashawe, And that the Sherriff give notice hereof to the sd. Mr. Hawley

And P. 98 – P. 260 Northumberland County Court October 1660

Whereas it doth appear unto ye Court that Gershon Cromwell standeth indebted unto Mr. James Hawley as Administrator of the Estate of Ralph Horsley, dec’d., the sum of one thousand pounds of tobacco and cask & four barrels of Indian Corn by Bill & is departed: this Colony without making satisfaction; It is therefore ordered upon the Petition of the sd. Mr. Hawley that an Attachment shall bee awarded agt. the Estate of the sd. Cromwell for the sd. tobacco and Corn with charges &c.

In 1662 Peter Knight is ordered to take James Hawley and his son Edward’s depositions because they live out of the County. Are they living in the part of Northumberland County that became Westmoreland County? James continues to buy land in Northumberland County. I didn’t find land records for him in any other County.

Order Book Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia 1661 – 1665, P. 36 – p. 325 Northumberland County Court 20th November 1662, Whereas Mr. James Hawly & his son, Edward, are witnesses to the Last Will and Testament. of Robert Boggis, dec’d., in regard the sd. witnesses live out of the County. It is therefore ordered that Mr. Peter Knight take the depositions of the sd. witnesses for the proof of the sd. Will …

Northumberland County, Virginia Record Book 1658-1662, P. 1 – P. 256. July 20, 1658, Mr. Wm. Presly his Accompt upon the Estate of Col Jno: Mottrom dec’d. The Estate of Coll. Jno: Mottrom dec’d. Paid Mr. Maddock by order: To Mr. Francis Clay by order., To Mr. Hawley in pt. of his Order: ….To Mr. Peter Knight pt. of Order….. /s/ WM. Presly

And P. 2 – P. 3 3d June 1658, Accompt of Wm. Bashawes Cattle. Vizt ( ) years increase 2 calves – 5; ( ) Cattle vizt. ) _ Heyfer – 2; ( ) increase p me James Hawley, 3d June 1658 Jurate in Cur et Recorder.

And P. 14 – P. 11 20th 7br: 1658, William Bedlam aged 35 years or thereabouts…., Sworn before us Peter Knight, James Hawley /s/ William Bedlam, 20th 7br: 1658 This Dept was recorded.

And P. 80 – p. 56 5 February 1600, Knower all men by these presents that I James Hawley for & in consideration of my love & affection I do give unto my Grand Child Elizabeth Knight one Cow Calf cropped on both ears a staple underneath the left ear & over keeled under the right ear & a slit, the sd. Elizabeth Knight to enjoy the sd. Cowe Calf with her increase to her & Her heirs for ever; Witness my hand this 15th day of February 1660. Test Edward Hawley, his market /s/ James Hawley. 26th February 1660. This Deed of Gift was acknowledged in Court by Abraham Bryam. Attorney of the sd. James Hawley and is recorded. Know all men by these presents that I James Hawley do make my loving Friend, Abraham Byram, my true & lawfull Attorney to acknowledge this Bill of Sale in Court; Witness my hand this 5th of February 1660

Witness Richard Robards /s/ James Hawley, 20th Febry: 1660. This Letter of Attorney: was recorded.

And P. 81 – P. 56 Know all men by these presents that I Peter Knight for a valuable consideration have sold unto John Nicholls his heirs & assignees Eight hundred ( ) side of Wicocomoco River ( ) bounding Northerly ( ) woods, a double length ( ) Mr. Robert King now ( ) that Mr. James Hawley ( ) Swamp called by the name ( ) above sd., Land the ( ) & assignees for ever ( ) to the sd. Nicholls his heirs & assignees for ever; Witness my hand & seal the 28th day of ( )

Witness Tho: Williams. Edward Hawley, his mark, /s/ Peter Knight, If this Bill of Sale be not from another to be made & I will sign it. /s/ Peter Knight, I give my consent to this above sd. Sale of Land /s/ Anne Knight her mark:

6th June 1661 This Sale of Land was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by the above named Peter Knight & the sd. Sale is recorded.

Northumberland County Record Book 1662 – 1666, P. 6 – P. 94 10 Feb 1662, In the Name of God Amen. Be it knowne unto all men that presents that I Robert Boggus of Great Wicocomoco being in perfect health & strength of memory doe here make this my last Will & Testament….., /s/ Robert Boggis, /s/ James Hawley, /s/ Edward Hawley, 26th 1662 Mr. James Hawley & Edward Hawley testify upon Oath before me that this Will Robert Boggis did acknowledge & deliver it as his act and deed. /s/ Peter Knight

According to an Order of Northumberland County Curt giving Commission to Mr. Peter Knight to swear the witnesses; this Will was proved & recorded the Tenth of February

1662 Northumberland County Orders 1652 – 1665, Order Book Abstracts of Northumberland County, Virginia 1661 – 1665

P. 5, P. 284 Northumberland County Court 22nd of July 1661, Mr. James Hawley confessing himself indebted unto James Mackgreger in the sum of 122 lb. of tobacco. a cask, It is therefore ordered that the sd. Mr. Hawley shall forthwith make payment. of the sd. Debt unto the sd. James Mackgreger with costs.

And p. 10, p. 291 Northumberland County Court 21st of October 1661, Whereas it doth appear unto the Court that Jno: Clarke standeth indebted unto Mr. James Hawley in the sum of 680 lbs. of tobacco: and cask upon the balance of Accounts being the remainder of a Bill. It is therefore ordered that the sd. Jno: Clarke shall forthwith make payment. of the sd. sum according to Act of Assembly (being old Debt) unto the s. Mr. Hawley with costs.

And P. 17 p. 300 Northumberland County Court 20th of January 1661/62, It is ordered that those causes bee referred till the next Court (vizt.) Richard Spann agt. James Hawley:….

And P. 36 – p. 325 Northumberland County Court 20th November 1662

Whereas Mr. James Hawley & his son, Edward, are witnesses to the Last Will and Testament. of Robert Boggis, dec’d., in regard the sd. witnesses live out of the County. It is therefore ordered that Mr. Peter Knight take the depositions of the sd. witnesses for the proof of the sd. Will …

Northumberland County Record Book 1662-1666, P. 36 – P. 115, To all & c., Whereas & c., Now Know yee that I the sd: Samll: Mathewes Esqr. & c., give & grant unto Mr. James Hawley Five hundred & fifty acres of Land in the County of Northumberland & on the North side of Great Wicocomoco River bounding South upon the sd: River, Westerly upon a Creek which divides this land from the land of John Johnson, Easterly upon Mr. Ashtons Creek & upon the land of sd. Ashton, & ( ) the line of marked trees which divides this land from the land of W: Betts, Northerly running ( ) also it bounds Westerly upon a line ( ) from the main woods above the ( ) Creek towards the land of the ( ) three hundred parte thereof ( ) Patent unto Martin Cole herein ( ) 1650 & by the sd: Cole assigned ( ) acknowledged & recorded in the County Court of Northumberland as ( ) two hundred & fifty acres ( ) the transportation of Five persons whose names are in the Records under this Patent, To have & to hold &c. Dated ( ). /s/ Samll: Mathewes W. Claiborne, Secr.

Know all men by these presents that I James Hawley for me and my heirs doe assign all my right & title to the within mentioned Patent unto Wm: Leech his heirs & assigns ( ) from all person or persons; Witness my hand this ( ) Octbr: 1662

/s/ James Hawley, Teste Leod: Howson, Peter Knight

10th Decembr: 1663. This Assignment was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by Mr. Peter Knight, Attorney of the sd: Mr. James Hawley & recorded with the Patent

Know all men by these presents that I James Hawley doe make my loving Friend, Peter Knight, my true & lawfull Attorney for me for to acknowledge in Court a Patent of Five hundred & fifty acres of land that I sold unto Mr. William Leech & what my said Attorney shall doe therein shall stand in as full force & virtue; Witness my hand the 17th of August 1663.

/s/ James Hawley, Teste John Paine his mark, 10th December 1663. This Letter. of Attorney was recorded.

And p. 70 – P. 143, To all & c., whereas & c., Know ye yt: I ye sd: Francis Moryson Esqr., & c. give & grant unto Wm: Thomas… Southerly upon the Land of James Hawley…., /s/ Fran: Moryson Thos: Ludwell, Secr.

Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Magazine – December, 1972, P. 2350, As does this: 20th August 1655

I, John Earle, do give power to my loving friend, Richard Flynt, by acknowledging in court the sale of land to Wm. Thomas as I myself were present, witness my hand, etc. John. Earle. Test., James Hawley

Virginia Patent Book No. 4, John Paine 406 acs. N’umberland Co., 1 June 1664, p. 110 (608). Beg. On the head of a small Cr. of Machotick Riv. [Machodoc], bounding on E. with land of Coll. Lee, Esqr., S. S. W. &c. to land of Walter English. 300 acs. purchased of JAMES HAWLEY & 100 acs. for trans. of 2 pers: Wm. Young, Jno. Forby. More information on this transaction: From the Virginia State Library and Archives: Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, page 608: To all Etc. whereas Etc now Know ye That I the said Sir William Berkeley Knight Governor Etc. give and grant unto John Paine four hundred acres of Land in the County of Northumberland. Beginning on the head of a small Creek that issueth out of Machotick River bounding on the East side with the Land of Col. Lee Esq. runneth South South West 160 poles, thence East Southeast 100 poles, thence South South West 120 poles, thence West 300 poles, thence North 200 poles, thence bounding with the Land of Walter English, East northeast 220 poles to the first Specified place. The said Land being due unto the said John Payne as followeth. Three hundred Acres part thereof Purchased of James Hawley. One hundred acres the Residue by and for the Transportation of two persons Etc. To Have and To Hold Etc. To be Held Etc. yielding and paying Etc. provided Etc. Dated the first of June 1664.

Northumberland County Record Book 1662 – 1666, p. 12 – p. 98, Bee it knowne unto all men by these presents that I Anne Knight foe consent to the Sale of Land that my Husband, Peter Knight, sold unto Richard Feilding & doe renounce all my right & title of the said Land & doe make my loving Friend, Thomas Laine, my true & lawfull Attorney to acknowledge the sd: land in Court & what my sd: Attorney shall doe therein shall stand in as full force & virtue as if I were then present; As Witness my hand the 20th of April 1663

/s/ An Knight, Teste James Hawley, Richard Robards, 20th April 1663. This Writing was acknowledged in Northumberland County Court by Thomas Laine, Attorney: of Anne Knight & recorded.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Records, 1661-1664, p.22 – Page 7a [11 March 1662/3], James Hawley doe acknowledge judgment for the payment of 400 pounds of tobacco unto Mrs. Margery Batten. /s/ James Hawley

And p 23, We a jury on a cause depending between William Tilt, informer, against Thomas Derrick for hog stealing do find that Thomas Derrick is guilty for receiving an hog unlawfully killed into his house he being overseer and soe master of the house and family in Mr. Williams his absence. [jury] James Hawly etc.

And p. 51 James Maggregger hath served Mr. James Hawly with a scire facias and hath not entered the cause of his soe securing him. Maggregger shall be nonsuited.

And p. 57 – Page 32 [31 Aug 1664], We doe find that Mr. Richard Cole did entertain Richard Thompson to be his overseer. [jury] Richard Griffin, James Hawly etc.

And p.70 – Page 42 [30 Nov. 1664], Mr. Allerton agt. Mr. Hawly. Referred to next court.

And p. 82 [27 March 1663] Patent from William Berkley to Stephen Warman of 750 acres on the south side of Potomack River in Westmoreland County nigh to Nomony upon the branches of Herring Creek …south side of the Eastern branch of the creek which divideth this land from the land of Mr. Hawly … due for the transportation of fifteen persons into this colony. /s/ William Berkley

Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, Nell Marion Nugent, Vol. II, Patent Book No. 6-8, p. 36, JAMES HAWLEY, 700 acs. N’umberland Co., 7 June 1666, p. 132. On S. side of Potomack & head br. of Machoatick riv., beg. at George Wats. Trans. of 14 pers: Tho. Dutton, Hump. Watkins, Edward Taylor, Ambrose Taylor, Fran. Phillips, Nich. Price, Wm. Herbert, Tho. Morgan, Arthur Sands, Geo. Loe, Saml. Porter; Giles Walker, Jno. Tomkins, Rich. Seaborne. Marginal Note: “In this patt. there was errors & is amended & recorded in folio 152.”

And p. 40, James HAWLEY, 700 ACS.W’moreland Co., near head of Nomini Riv., 26 June 1666, p. 152. Beg. at Herring point & adj. his own land. Trans of 14 pers. Tho. Dutton, Humph. Watkins, Ed. Taylor, Fran. Pillips, Nich. Peirce, Wm. Herbett, Tho. Morgan, Arthur Land, Geo. Loe, Samll. Porter. Giles Walker, Jno. Tompkin, Rich. Baborne (or Bakorne).

And Coll. Peter Ashton. 485 acs. N’umberland co., 26 Sept 1668, p. 180. 400 acs….upon Wicocomoco River…betwist Mr. James Hawley & Wm. Betts.

And Willm. Tignor, 550 acs. N’umberland Co., N. side of Gr. Wicocomoco Riv., 4 Jan 1669, p. 271. Upon Mr. Ashton’s Cr., dividing this from John Johnson & Willm. Betts, & towards Tho Gerrard. Granted to James Hawley 2 June 1657, assigned to Willm. Leech, who sold to Tignor. [Jacob Lucas who James Hawley gives 200 acres of and to in 1668 was his son-in law, he married James’ youngest daughter Mary. About this time he also is a witness on a document on a Col. Spencer land purchase ]

Westmoreland County Land Grants Book No. 6. Original Source Page #: 152 James Hawley 1666, Comment: 700 acres

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, etc. 1665 – 1677 Part One, p. 28 – p. 321 3 Jan 1667 [1668], James Hawley of Nomony in Westmoreland County unto Jacob Lucas of same, planter. For a valuable consideration. 200 acres in the head of Nomony part of a greater dividend belonging to James Hawley … Mr. John Lee’s line … William Clayton’s … /s/ James Hawley Wit: John Samways, Edward Hawley. 8 Jan 1667 [1668] Acknowledged by James Hawley.

And P. 51 – Pages 47-47a [D&W 1, p. 351]. Will of [Teage Olatham] being sick in body, dated 20 Dec. 1668.

Unto Walter English his children and unto Thomas Collins or otherwise Thomas Attwell his children all my estate to be equally divided the personal estate. Unto Daniel an Irish man that live at Mr. Apppleton’s and Honor Silivant all my land that I bought of Coll. Spencer, equally, my share which is the one half where the house now stands. /s/ Teage (X) Olathman Wit: James Hawley, Joseph Bell.

And P. 69 – Page 73 26 April 1671, Will of John (X) Wilson Wit: Thomas (X) Moore, James Hawley, 31 May 1671 Proved by Tho: Moore and James Hawlye.

And P.72 – Pages 78-79 [D&W 1, pp. 384-85]. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Jacob Lucas of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, planter, unto Lewis Markham of same. For 9000 pounds of tobacco. 200 acres…at the head of the valley falling into Nomenie River…Capt. John Lee’s land…road to Nomenie Ferry…granted to Jacob Lucas by Mr. James Hawley by deed 3 Jan. 1667 [1668]. /s/Jacob Lucas Wit: John How, John Appleton, Thomas Moulton, James Hawlye. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Acknowledged by Jacob Lucas and by James Hawlye attorney of Mary Lucas. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Mary Lucas the wife of Jacob Lucas make my father James Hawlye my attorney to acknowledge my thirds of 200 acres which he live upon in Nomeni unto Lewis Markham. /s/ Mary (X) Lucas Wit: William Gratwick [?], John (X) Ayres. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Bond of Jacob Lucas and James Hawlye of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, unto Lewis Markham. For 18,000 pounds of tobacco. To perform the covenants. /s/ Jacob Lucas /s/ James Hawlye Wit: John How, Thomas Moulton, 15 March 1670 [1671] Recorded

And P. 84 – Pages 92a-93 [D&W 1, p. 402]. 27 Feb. 1671/2 James Hawlye, Gent., of Westmoreland County unto Jacob Lucas. 100 acres upon the main branch of Nomenie, being part of a tract of 700 acres…line of Walter English… /s/ James Hawlye Wit: Thomas Barrett, John Stratton, Richard Pemberton, Nath: Stanton. 28 Feb 1671 [1672]. Acknowledged by James Hawley

The Cavaliers and Pioneers lists James Hawley as a person transported in Lancaster County, May 18, 1666. His wife was not mentioned. Lancaster County is part of the old Northumberland Neck, now just south of Northumberland County. It could be that he was “going home”.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, Etc. 1665 – 1677 Part Two, P. 1 – Page 94a [D&W 1, pp. 405-06]. 29 Feb 1671/2. James Hawlye of Westmoreland County to Henry Hawlye of same. For 6000 pounds of tobacco. Parcel of land…Jacob Lucas his corner tree…Walter English his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon the line of Lewis Markham and so along upon James Clarkes and upon the land that was formerly John Wilson’s. /s/ James Hawlye Wit: Thomas Barrett, John Stratton, Richard Pemberton, Nath: Stanton. 29 Feb. 1671 [1672]. Acknowledged by James Hawlye.

And P. 2 – Pages 95a-96. 3 Jan 1667 [1668]. James Hawly unto William Clayton. For a valuable consideration. 100 acres, part of a greater divide now in the possession of James Hawlye of Nomanie, planter…at the white marsh…down the swamp…bounding upon Mr. John Lee’s line… /s/ James Hawlye Wit: John Samwaies, Edward (X) Hawlye. 3 Jan 1667 [1668]. Acknowledged by John Samwaies, attorney of James Hawlye.

And P. 2 – [D&W 1, p. 409] 10 Jan 1671[1672]. William Clayton of Nomenye unto John Sansum. My title of this bill of sale. /s/ William Clayton, Hannah Clayton Wit: James Hawlye, Nicholas (X) Jones.

And P. 11 – Pages 106-106a. 28 Sept. 1670. Randolph Kirke to Wm. Cradunck the son of William Craddunck. 100 acres upon the branches of Rappahannock Creek…corner tree of Coll. Vanentine Peyton…part of 400 acres. /s/ Randolph (X) Kirke Wit: James Hawley, Clement Spillman.

And P. 27 – Pages 118a-119. 27 Feb. 1671 [1672]. Thomas Dyas in the County of Rappahannock unto George South of Nominy in the County of Westmoreland…. /s/ Thomas Dyas Wit: James Hawley, Edward (X) Witherington.

And P. 40 – Pages 135-136a. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Jacob Lucas of Copley Parish, Westmoreland County, planter unto Lewis Markeham of same. For 9000 pounds of Tobacco. 200 acres…head of a valley fammling into Nominie River…Capa Jno. Lee’s land…nigh the road to Nominie Ferry…nigh an Indian field…granted to Jacob Lucas by Mr. James Hawly by deed 3 Jan 1667. /s/ Jacob Lucas Wit: Jno. How, Jno. Appleton, Tho. Moulton, James Hawley. 15 March 1670 [1671]. Acknowledged by Jacob Lucas and by James Hawly attorney of Mary Lucas. 26 Feb. 1672/3. Lewis Markham unto Capa. Jno. Lee. For 10,000 pounds of tobacco. All my interest to this deed. s/s Lewis Markham Wit: Rich: Cole, Anthony Bridges.

26 Feb 1672/3. Acknowledged by Lewis Markham. 26 Feb 1672/3. ( ) of Lewis Markham to Capa. Jno. Lee. For 5000 pounds of tobacco. If Jane Markham my wife shall resign up her right of dower to 200 acres this obligation to be void. /s/ Lewis Markham Wit: Rich: Cole, Anthony Bridges. 26 Feb 1672/3. Acknowledged by Lewis Markham.

15 March 1670 [1671]. Bond of Jacob Lucas and James Hawly of Copley Parish, Westmoreland County, unto Lewis Markham of same. For 18000 pounds of tobacco. To keep all covenants in sale between Jacob Lucas and Lewis Markham. /s/ Jacob Lucas James Hawly Wit: Jno. Appleton, Mathew Stelle, Jno. How, Tho. Moulton.

15 March 1670 [1671]. Recorded. 26 Feb. 1672/3. Lewis Markham unto Capa. Jno. Lee. All my interest to the bond.

And P. 48 – Page 145. 9 October [Nov.} 1672. Nora Sillivant unto Walter English. For a valuable consideration. 125 acres given me by Teague Olathland. /s/ Nora (X) Sillivant Wit: Jas: Hawley, Wm. (X) Smith

And P. 61 – Page 160-160a. 25 7ber [Sept] 1673. Nich Jone unto Capa. Jno: Lee. For a valuable consideration. 100 acres, part of a greater divide formerly belonging unto one Mr. Jas: Hawley of Nominy, planter…down the swamp and bounding on Capa: Lee’s line… /s/ Nich: (X) Jones Wit: Jno: Appleton, Jno: How.

And P. 83 – Page 181. Will of Suz: Rapier, being sick in body, dated 22 March 1673 {1674}. One cow unto Jacob Lucas. 2 cows unto Jam. Lucas the son of Jacob Lucas. All my land in Maryland unto Eliz: Lucas daughter of Jacob Lucas. /s/ Susanna (X) Rapier Wit: James Hawley, Hugh Dowding. 29 April 1674. Proved by Mr. Edwd. Hawley [sic].

In 1671 he was a witness to the Will of John Wilson: “This plantation I know live upon being upon the head of Nominee branches unto HENRY DUNKIN and Ann Hull being 750 acres, HENRY DUNKIN having the plantation and his part joining to it. To Penelope Hayden and Mary Hayden 2 cows a piece, Henry Owen 2 cows. PETER DUNKIN my whole execution over all my estate. George Patton all my wearing clothes. Edward Adcock one young gray horse about 2 years old with a star on his forehead and a black list down his back. John Middleton one bay mare. Frances Haydon’s wife my feather bed that I lie now sick upon. John X Wilson. Wit: Thomas (X) Moore, James Hawley, 31 May 1671, proved by Tho. Moore, James Hawley on 6 Apr 1671 at Westmoreland Co., VA. In 1671/2 he sold a parcel of land to his son Henry. Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, Etc. 1665 – 1677 Part Two

And Page 94a [D&W 1, pp. 405-06]. 29 Feb 1671/2. James Hawlye of Westmoreland County to Henry Hawlye of same. For 6000 pounds of tobacco. Parcel of land…Jacob Lucas his corner tree…Walter English his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon the line of Lewis Markham and so along upon James Clarkes and upon the land that was formerly John Wilson’s. /s/ James Hawlye Wit: Thomas Barrett, John Stratton, Richard Pemberton, Nath: Stanton. 29 Feb. 1671 [1672]. Acknowledged by James Hawlye.

[The following deposition would put James Hawley’s birth date at 1628 which has to be a mistake. He would have been 14 when he came to this country with a wife and 2 children in 1641]

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, Etc. 1665-1677 Part Three, P. 2 – Page 189. 25 June 1674. James Hawly, age 46 years or thereabout, sayth that your deponent went to Capa. Hull’s last March or thereabouts was seven years having a tract of land at the head of Nominy which Capa. Hull pretended a title to, we desired him to show us his patent and he told us it was at town but he would show us the draft of the land. Capa. Hull inquired of us where the land lay and we told him within the branches of Nominy. He told us that if it lay upon the branches of Nominy. He told us that it lay upon the branches or within the branches of Nominy desired us to foll: or designs for he had nothing to say to it. /s/ James Hawly, 25 June 1674. Sworn in Court

Page 189. Jacob Lucas, aged 33 years or thereabout, sayth that being at Capa: Hull’s with Mr. Hawley heard Coll. Hull declare the same as above expressed, s/s Jacob Lucas, 25 June 1674 Sworn in Court

This is the last official document we have with James Hawley’s signature. He died sometime between 1677 and 1680 when Henry Hawley and Jacob Lucas were named administrators of Edward Hawley’s estate and named next of kin.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, Etc. 1665 – 1677 Part Four To which is appended Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 4 1707 – 1709, P. 24- Pages 353-353a, 228 Aug 1677

Denis Whit of Westmoreland County and Morgan Jones have made agreement for to be co-partners for five years in making and selling of earthenware…. /s/ Denis Whitte, Morgan (M J) Jones Wit: James Hawley, Christopher Colwill.

And P. 81 – Pages 246-51. 23 Sept. 1709. James Brechin of Sittenborn Parish, Richmond County, to Thomas Sorrell of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County. For 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 184 acres in Cople Parish…104 acres on the north side of the main branch of Nominy River being the same whereon Col. Allerton’s mill stands…land formerly of John Atwell which is the remainder of the above divident of land…land of Samuel Munn’s, deceased…part of 700 acres patented by James Hawley 21 June 1666 and by Hawley sold to Jacob Lucas and by Jacob Lucas sold to James Brechin… 80 acres, the remainder, by the side of the south east branch of Nominy River called the Herring Creek….

And p. 82 – Pages 252-53. 12 Sept. 1662. Grant from Sir William Berkeley, Knt., Governor and Captain General of Virginia, unto James Hawley of 700 acres near the head of Nominy River…at a point called Herring Point…land of Hawkins…head of a white marsh…due for the transportation of fourteen persons into this colony.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 3 1701 – 1707, P. 2 – Page 7 – 9 31 July 1701, Arthur King of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, to James Byard [as William Byard once at the beginning of the deed] of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County. For 3500 pounds of tobacco. 100 acres in the forest of Nominy in Cople Parish,…being parcel of a dividend patented by James Hawley and by him sold to Henry Hawley and by Henry Hawley sold to Arthur King 29 Sept. 1690. s/s Arthur King

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No 5. 1712 – 1716, P. 4 – Page 28-31. 25 March 1712. Thomas Osborn….and on the land of John Paine and the land formerly taken up by James Hawley, being the line of land taken up by Thomas Hawkins. /s/ Thomas Osborn

and P. 106 – Pages 521 – 25. 20 Feb. 1715 [1716], John Ownes of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, cooper, to Henry Ashton of same. For 3000 pounds of tobacco…..the land formerly taken up by James Hawley, being the line of the land taken up by Thomas Hawkins and sold by Thomas Osborn and Anne his wife and Edmund Owens unto John Owens…. /s/John Owens.

In 1671/2 James Hawley sells land to his oldest son Henry for 6,000 pounds of tobacco. This is the last legal document I can find with James’ signature.

Then in 1674 there is a deposition that James Hawley is supposed to be 46. That means he would have been born in 1627. This would mean he was 16 with a wife and two daughters when he came to this country in 1643. This deposition is in contradiction to previous dispositions and I am assuming it is wrong.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds, Patents, Etc. 1665 – 1677 Part Two, Page 94a [D&W 1, pp. 405-06]. 29 Feb 1671/2. James Hawlye of Westmoreland County to Henry Hawlye of same. For 6000 pounds of tobacco. Parcel of land…Jacob Lucas his corner tree…Walter English his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon John Payne his line and then upon the line of Lewis Markham and so along upon James Clarkes and upon the land that was formerly John Wilson’s. /s/ James Hawlye Wit: Thomas Barrett, John Stratton, Richard Pemberton, Nath: Stanton. 29 Feb. 1671 [1672]. Acknowledged by James Hawlye.

The following makes it sound like James Hawley died on June 26, 1666. However, I think this is when he received the patent for the 700 acres. The last land transaction I can find where he was a signatory was August 1677. I am going to assume he died shortly thereafter because he is not a signatory on any documents. There is no will that has been found for him.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds & Wills No. 6 1716 – 1720, P. 59 27 August 1718, …part of a patent for 700 acres granted to Mr. James Hawley, deceased, 26 June 1666. Virginia County Court Records. Deed & Will Abstracts of Westmoreland County, Virginia 1726 – 1720, P. 33 – Page 83-84 7 April 1713, …and upon the Swamp leading to Sorrells Mill called the Herring Creek, which land and premises are part of a dividend of Land formerly taken up and patented by one James Hanly [Hawley] and by him sold to Henry Hawley and by sd. Henry Hawley sold to Arthur King by Deed bearing date the nine and twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord 1690….

James Hawley had a very interesting life. I wish I knew why he came to America.  What an adventurer. He was one of the true pioneers of this country.