William Armistead (1742 - 1822)

Born 1742 in Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Anderson) Armistead — married 1763 in Carterville, Cumberland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 May 1822 at about age 80 in Cumberland, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Posted by: John Harris (London) Date: March 15, 2001 at 14:46:28

William Armistead - son of John Armistead and Hannah Harrison.^[1]

William born c.1741 - Will Book 8, pp. 304-307, 825-826, 886-887, and Will book 9, pp. 42-45.

Will dated 7th May 1822 offered for Probate 25th August 1823. This will was contested. Upon appeal was upheld and finally recorded 6th May 1824 (contains a great deal of info) Married to Frances Anderson b. c.1744 Her will 29th March 1829 proved 23rd Jan 1832 Identify's herself as "Fanny" Anderson relic of William Armistead. "At her residence in the County of Cumberland on the 20th inst(1832)after a short illness Mrs Frances Armistead died in the 88th year of her age - she was a women of a strong mind and industry" (Richmond Whig, 28th Jan 1832 p.1)

Posted by: John Harris (London) Date: March 17, 2001 at 10:58:35 I came across the following item extracted from the first supplement of the "Cumberland County Historical Society" publication (p.10) children of William Armistead and Fanny Anderson. John m. Polly Spencer; James m. Nancy Miller; Hannah m. John Milller; Theodotia m. Jacob L. Abrahams. contd....

Posted by: Wilmer L. Kerns Date: March 03, 2001 at 19:56:24 Don't have a birth year for Nancy (Armistead) Walton, but estimate the 1750s.

Children of William and Frances (Anderson) Armistead were

(a) John Armistead married Mary A. Spencer,

(b) James A. Armistead married Nannie Miller,

(c) Hannah Armistead married John Miller,

(d) Theodocia Armistead married the Rev. Jacob L. Abrams,

(e) Nancy Armistead married Thomas Walton Jr.^[2]

(f) Mildred Armistead married Robert Walton^[2]

(g) Elizabeth Armistead married Charles Perrow, and

(h) Frances Armistead married Pleasant Tucker.

Parents of William Armistead were John Armistead (1718-1769) and his wife Elizabeth. William Armistead filed a will in 1816 it was probated in 1823 in Cumberland Co. See

Sources

1. ↑ Kerns, Wilmer. Waltons of Old Virginia: and sketches of families in Central Virginia. FamilySearch International. 1932. Page 38.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kerns, Wilmer. Waltons of Old Virginia: and sketches of families in Central Virginia. FamilySearch International. 1932. Page 68.https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/101125-waltons-of-old-virginia-and-sketches-of-families-in-central-virginia-booker-christian-coleman-davis-fields-guthrie-harris-harrison-harvey-hunter-jones-shepherd-stratton-vawter-walker-williamson-and-word?viewer=1&offset=0#page=75&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=armistead

• Will Book 8, pp. 304-307, 825-826, 886-887, and Will book 9, pp. 42-45.

Frances (Anderson) Armistead was born in 1744 and died in 1832.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), DOUGLAS WAYNE GARNER, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, as of 5 Jan 1998).