Devereaux Jarratt (abt. 1700 - 1760)

Born about 1700 in Virginia

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Descendants

Died 1760 at about age 60 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia

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Biography

Devereux was born in 1700 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA, [He couldn't be the son of Robert Jarratt and Mary Ellett Canterbury because Mary Ellett was born in 1625. She was probably his grandmother instead.]

He married Elizabeth (Wingfield) Jarrett about 1723 and died about 1760, buried Putneys Mills, New Kent Co, VA

From St. Peter’s Parish Register,^[1] New Kent Co, VA we learn the following:
Mary daughter of Desorex Jarrott - born May 5th, 1723 (pg 88)
Pompy, a negro belonging to Devorex Jarratt - born 17 June, 1725 (pg 88)
Archelaus son of Devrix Jarrott - born Jan 5, 1725-6 (pg 88)
Anne, ye da’ of Deverix & Eliz/ Jarratt - born Nov’ 13, bapt Dec’ 24, 1727 (pg 88)
Fanny Da’ of Devorix & Eliz’ Jarratt - born Jan’ 15, bap’ Feb 22, 1729-30 (pg 89)

Children

1. Mary, b May 5, 1724, New Kent Co, VA; m William Gilliam; d Oct 20, 1771, Sussex Co, Va. Mary Jarratt's birth was recorded in the Gilliam Family Bible published in 1766 in London: "Mary Gilliam Wife of William Gilliam was born May 5th, 1724 in the County of New Kent the daughter of Deveroux Jarratt and his wife Elizabeth Jarratt formerly Elizabeth Wingfield."
2. Archelaus, b Jan 5, 1725, New Kent Co, VA; m Elizabeth Mims before 1748; d 1794 Goochland Co, VA
3. Annie, b Nov 13, 1727 ^[2]
4. Fanny, b Jan 15, 1729 ^[3]

Research Notes

NOTE: At this time March 25 was the legal beginning of the new year, which is why September means 7th month, Oct means 8, Nov means 9, Dec means 10.
In 1752 the Gregorian Calendar (more correct) replaced the Julian Calendar and the legal new year changed to January 1 (11 days were dropped, Sept 2 was followed by Sept 14.)
Many people had been using "double-dating" for years because all Europe (except for England) had been using the Gregorian Calendar since 1582. This means that dates in January, February, and most of March were designated with a / or -, such as "Jan 5, 1728-9" (old calendar-new calendar)^[4]
It seems that one might just drop the old number and use the new one, such as "Jan 5, 1729", but technically you would need to drop 11 days. For instance, George Washington's original birthday was Feb 11, 1731, but after the calendar change in 1752, he changed it to Feb 22, 1732.

See Also

• THE JARRATT FAMILY TREE ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/parishregisterof00stpe/page/88/mode/2up?q=jarratt
2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR4-2HW : 28 January 2020), Deverix Jarratt in entry for Anne Jarratt, 1727.
3. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRZ-CN8 : 28 January 2020), Devorix Jarratt in entry for Fanny Jarratt, 1729.
4. ↑ The Calendar change - http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar
5. ↑ https://www.prenticenet.com/pnet/news /?/news/2001/cox.htm#thecoxfamilies

• Title U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2011 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Edit Repository Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Citation Information Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author Ancestry.com, Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Publisher Date 2011, Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA, Repository Information, Name: Ancestry.com

• Source: S231 Abbreviation: Ancestry of William Clopton Title: Lucy Lane Erwin, The Ancestry of William Clopton of York County, Virginia, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., 1939) Repository: #R10 Call Number: CS/71/C641/1939

• Source: S606 Abbreviation: Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish Title: Transcribed and Edited by C. G. Chamberlayne, VESTRY BOOK AND REGISTER OF ST. PETER'S PARISH. New Kent and James City Counties Virginia. 1684-1786 (Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1937) Repository: #R10 Call Number: F232/N3/S4 Page: p.469 - https://archive.org/details/parishregisterof00stpe/page/88/mode/2up?q=jarratt - pg 88

Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Jarratt-18 created through the import of Haden for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011, by Kay Haden.