Mary (Johns) Trigg (1720 - 1773)

Born 1720 in Buchingham, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William Trigg — married 1741 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1773 at about age 53 in Bedford, Bedford, Colony of Virginia

Biography

Mary Johns was, in fact, a descendant of Captain John Fox of London, a tobacco merchant and ship's captain who received a land grant from his patron King Charles II in 1667. Her father might be John Johns. Per Trigg family legend, Mary Johns' mother (wife of John Johns) was a Miss Lockett/Lockhart. This has not been proved.^[1]

Name

Name: Mary /Johns/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1720

Place: Buchingham, Virginia Colony^[3]

Marriage

Husband: William Trigg

Wife: Mary Johns

Child: William Trigg

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1741^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestors of Leona Weldon Cain.
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Object: @M3224@
3. ↑ Source: #S1 Object: @M3224@
4. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: See entry Object: @M3224@

See also:

• Source: S1 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository: Ancestry.com
• Her son's Wikipedia page.
• Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia, 1755-1800; Compiled by Jane Estelle Smith; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1975; 99 pages; Fully on Ancestry;
  • Quote from page 30: William Henderson and Locky Trigg, November 22, 1779. Robt. Alexander, surety. Consent of Mary Trigg, mother of Locky.
  • Quote from page 45: Arthur Moseley and Nancy Trigg, November 24, 1777. Robert Alexander, surety. Consent of Mary Trigg, mother of Nancy.
• Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800, Volume II, I-Z; Page: 65; Editor: Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Quote: MOSLEY, Arthur m. 24 Nov., 1777, Nancy Trigg, dau. of Mary. Sur. Robert Alexander. Bedford Co. Mar. Bond.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #136671756
• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 27; Edited by Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover.
  • Page 164; Quote: (re Dan. & Stephen Trigg) The Trigg family first appears in Virginia in Middlesex County in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century. The register of Christ Church parish there shows that Daniel Trigg and Susan his wife had issue: Abraham, baptised May 4, 1684; Sarah baptised Dec. 26, 1686. There may have been other children. Thomas Kidd and Alice Trigg were married Sept. 18, 1690. A Daniel Trigg died Aug. 13, 1716. Whether he was the Daniel above, or his grandson could probably be ascertained by are examination of the Middlesex records. Abraham² Trigg (son of Daniel) married 1st Dec. 14, 1705, Elizabeth Guest, 2d, Judith Clarke on Jan. 11, 1710. Issue (1st M.) 3. Mary, baptised March 9, 1706; 4. Elizabeth, baptised May 29, 1790; (2d M.) 5. Susannah, baptised March 1, 1711; 6. Daniel³ baptised June 24, 1713; 7. William³, baptised May 18, 1716; 8. Abraham³, born April 14, 1719. About 1750 the family began its westward movement going to King and Queen and Spotsylvania. Daniel Trigg witnessed a deed in Spotsylvania in 1752, and on Oct. 1, 1759 bought 500 acres in the same county £80. Daniel, William and Mary Trigg were witnesses to a deed in Spotsylvania 1764. Daniel Trigg died intestate and on March 6, 1769, Mary Trigg, his widow, qualified as his administrator. And on Sept. 4, she qualified as guardian of William, Nancy, and James Trigg, infant orphans of Daniel Trigg. The will of John Trigg was dated Feb. 17, 1776 and proved in Spotsylvania May 21, 1778. His legatees were his sister Ann Carter and his brother Thomas Trigg. He states that his brother William Trigg, who was then his father's administrator had not given him his part of the estate. There is in Spotsylvania a deed in regard to certain slaves between William Trigg of Spotsylvania, of the 1st part; James Trigg of King and Queen of the second part, and Mary Trigg, widow, of Spotsylvania guardian of Thomas Trigg, of the 3d part: These were probably the widow and some of the children of Daniel.
  • Page 165 and repeated on 325; Quote: Among later generations have been: Connally F. Trigg, born at Abingdon, March 8, 1810, who removed to Tennessee in 1858, and who, on July 2, 1862, was appointed U. S. Circuit and District Judge for Tenn., and died near Bristol April 25, 1880. Connally F. Trigg born at Abingdon, Sept. 18, 1841, M. C., 1885–1887, and Daniel Trigg (son of Dr. Daniel Trigg and his wife Ann Mumford, daughter of Dr. Alexander Tompkins) who entered the Naval Academy, resigned in 1861, and entered the U. S. Navy, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He was a member of the House of Delegates from Washington County, 1882. This account of the family from Southwestern Virginia was gather from rather vague information and there may be errors.
  • Page 324; Quote: Trigg of Spotsylvania. William Trigg was administrator of James Trigg 1786. In the will of Clement Montague, of Spotsylvania, he makes bequests to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Jonathan Carpenter, and to the children she had by her former husband James Trigg, except her son William Trigg. William Trigg and his wife Ann, of Spotsylvania, made deeds in 1777 and July 2, 1786. They were living in that County in 1799. Daniel Trigg and Sall Abbott were married in Spotsylvania Nov. 15, 1799. There is not sufficient documentary evidence at hand to show whether the Triggs of Southwestern Virginia removed directly from Middlesex, from Spotsylvania or from King and Queen. Several traditional accounts are vague, and in some respects incorrect. One account states that Abraham Trigg came from Cornwell to Spotsylvania County, Va. (a county which did not then exist) in 1700. This was evidently intended for Abraham² above. He is stated to have had a son Abraham, who married Susan Johns (??? Johns-2608 ???) and to have had a son William Trigg of Botetourt and Bedford, who married Mary Johns. Another account gives the same two generations, Abraham and his son William. The will of William Trigg was dated Sept. 15, 1772, and proved in Bedford Feb. 22, 1773. His legatees were his wife Mary, and children Abraham, Stephen, John, William, Daniel, Mary, Lackey and Sarah. William and Mary Trigg had issue: 1. Abraham, commanded a company of Militia which fought at the battle of "The Shallow Ford of Yadkin" in 1780; M. C. 1797–1809; 2. Stephen, Justice of Botetourt 1770, of Fincastle, 1772; Burgess for Fincastle at session of June 1775, and of Convention of July 1775. He commanded a company in Dunmore's War, removed in 1779 to Kentucky Co., which he represented in the Legislature 1780, and was killed at the battle of Blue Lick, Aug. 19, 1782. He married Mary, daughter of Col. William Christian. 3. John, Captain in Bedford Militia during the Revolution, and M. C. May 1797–May 17, 1804, when he died; 4. William, commissioned Lt. Col. Bedford Militia, Dec. 28, 1778; married Sarah _______, and had seven children; 5. Daniel, born Aug. 14, 1749, appointed Captain Montgomery Co. Militia April 2, 1777, married 1st Ann Smith (?). 2d Lucy Booker.