1. Nathaniel Bradford of Accomack County, Virginia - Lower ...

early 1640s, Richard Smith Jr. is associated in a record with Sampson Robins; this man later gave a gift to
Susanna Smith, who may definitely be identified as the daughter of Richard Smith of Occahannock.
[Mackey & Groves, 3: 319] This tie would tend to support the conclusion that Nathaniel’s father-in-law
was not the Richard Smith who was sheriff, but rather Richard Smith Jr. It further opens up the possibility
that Richard of Occahannock was not the Richard Smith who was in the muster. Complicating matters
further, in later records of the 1650s, there is a Richard Smith who was a servant to Henry Bagwell and
who was probably also the same Richard Smith who became the servant of William Whittington. This
Richard Smith would seem to be different than Nathaniel’s father-in-law, who rather than being a servant
actually owned several servants. Unfortunately, none of the above Richards are sufficiently distinguished in
the records to allow a firm conclusion about what other records are referring to each of them. Nor is it clear
that this later servant Richard Smith is the same man as Richard Smith Jr. of the 1640s. There is some room
to doubt that Richard Smith of Occahannock was the same Richard Smith found in the muster.
46.Frank V. Walczyk, Northampton County VA Orders, Deeds, & Wills 1651-1654, Book IV (Coram,
New York: Peter’s Row, no date), 90.
47.Dorman, Vol. 3: 197.
48.Mackey & Groves, 8: 120.
49.Mackey & Groves, 8: 151.
50.Marshall, 67.
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1662-1665
51.Nugent, 1: 419. See Whitelaw, 770, for tract location.
52.Nugent, 1: 425
53.McKey, 1: 39
54.McKey, 1: 95
55.Whitelaw, 772.
56.McKey, 1: 95.
57.McKey, 1: 122. Ball confessed to using Nathaniel’s horse at the request of Bartholomew Meeres'
wife. He rode before her to Tobius Sellvey seeking aid for Bartholomew, who was ill. The court believed
that Ball’s illegal use of the horse was accidental, so ordered him to pay only 100 lbs tobacco and court
costs.
58.McKey, 2: 94. Orphan John Coulston apprenticed to Robert Richardson in order that Robert might
“teach him his trade of shoemaking.”
59.John Fawcett was king’s attorney for Accomack. (Whitelaw, 712) No information is available on
Dermon Sullivant’s occupation, save that on at least one occasion he hired himself out to thresh a
neighbor’s wheat. (McKey, 3: 109)
60.McKey, 1: 92
61.McKey, 1: 47
62.McKey, 5: 75
63.Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke or the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the
Seventeenth Century (Richmond, Virginia: The Bell Book & Staionary Co., 1911), 60.
64.McKey, 5: 79.
65.Wise is the source for the quotes and the great bulk of the historical account.
66.Mackey & Groves, 8: 270.
67.McKey, 1: 64
68.Information on the processes involved in the trade of currying and the currier’s equipment were
found in the article Old Occupations – The Currier, S. Drummond, Family Tree Magazine, 11: 11: 5-6
69.McKey, 2: 131.
70.Whitelaw, 28.
71.See Marshall, 34, for list of subscribers to the oath. Also Wise, 135.
72.Wise explores the theme of a division in the Northampton Court in great detail and has a good
account of the eastern shore during the Parliament period.
73.For the text of the Protest, see Whitelaw, 29, or Wise, 139-140. Wise also has a detailed account of
the actions and general mood surrounding the Protest.
74.Wise, 142. N.B. Quote is from a secondary source quoting an original source.
75.Wise was the source for most of this historical summary, supplemented by others.
76.See William R. M. Houston & Jean M. Mihalyka, Colonial Residents of Virginia’s Eastern Shore
(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). William’s age was listed as 50 in August 1713 (A 8: 603).
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