John E Bottom (1684 - abt. 1737)

Born 1684 in Varina Parish, Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Bottom — married 1704 in Varina Parish, VA

Descendants

Died about 1737 at about age 53 in Henrico County, Virginia

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Biography

John Bottom was born in 1684, in Varina Parish, Henrico county, Virginia. ^[1] John is named in the Will of his father, who died in 1710, in Henrico county, Virginia. ^[2] Note: For the full transcript of his father's Will, see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bottom-25

• BOTTOM'S BRIDGE is a well-known crossing over the Chickahominy River. It has borne the name Bottom's Bridge since the first bridge was built here by the Bottom family soon after 1700. John Bottom's estate was appraised in Henrico County in 1711, and following this, the records show that the Bottoms were owners of land contiguous to the bridge in both New Kent and Henrico Counties. In 1743 Edmund Allen was employed by the county for the work entailed with rebuilding the bridge, which was then in ill repair, and the Court agreed to share the expense of the work entailed with the County of New Kent. Later, Julius Allen was paid forty shillings by the Sheriff of Henrico Co. for repairing Bottom's Bridge. During the Revolution, General Anthony Wayne crossed this bridge on his way to Williamsburg with his army in support of Lafayette. Wayne followed the State Road which passed through New Kent along the ridge to the Courthouse and then swung past Slatersville into Barnhamsville and entered James City a short distance beyond, near Doncastle's Ordinary. In 1814 the Virginia Militia was marched over the bridge and the Richmond Regiment encamped here and reported the ill condition of the camp which they used. In a petition presented by the landowners in 1772 to the General Assembly concerning the line between Hanover and Henrico Counties, there were a number of planters living on both sides of the swamp, who signed, and among them, Thomas Watkins, Sr., who identified himself as living near Bottom's Bridge. This located the home of Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy as the bridge over the Chicahominy River in Henrico County. In 1800 John Clopton had a deed from the Merediths which gave a boundary to the tract, the lines of David Bottom. ^[3]

John Bottom and his wife, Elizabeth are found in the christening records of their children, christened in St Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia:

• William Bottom, born August 9, 1728, christened February 16, 1728/29 ^[4] (see researchers notes)

John names his wife, Elizabeth and two sons, John and William in his Will proved July 2, 1737, in Henrico county, Virginia

Researchers Notes

Old Style Calendar: Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used, for example William Bottom was born in the fall (August of 1728) and christened the following February, which was still in 1728 by Old Style Calendar and is 1729 by our calendars.

Ancestry indicates that John Bottom 1684-1737 married Elizabeth Newton 1683-1763: https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/william-bottom-24-s821l0

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LDT9-2R4
2. ↑ Henrico County, Virginia 1697-1714, page 97-98 Film 31764
3. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/vir/henrico/history_bottombridge.html
4. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR4-S6D : 28 January 2020), John Bottom in entry for Wm. Bottom, 1728

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jerry Barksdale for creating WikiTree profile Bottom-102 through the import of Barksdale.ged on Jun 29, 2013
• WikiTree profile Bottoms-24 created through the import of Jennett.GED on Jun 29, 2011 by Jim Jennett