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George Glascock, I

Male Abt 1675 - Abt 1714  (~ 39 years)


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  • Name George Glascock 
    Suffix
    Born Abt 1675  Lancaster Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1714  Lancaster Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I112  MyTree
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2014 

    Father Thomas Glascock, II,   b. Abt 1645, Moreton, Essex Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1701, Lancaster Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Anne Nichols,   b. Abt 1655, Warwick Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1713, Raleigh, Moore Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married Abt 1672  Lancaster Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F6096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Millicent Downman,   b. 21 Oct 1683, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1750, Indian Banks, Farnham, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married Lancaster Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Glascock, II,   b. Abt 1703, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1752  (Age ~ 49 years)
    +2. William Glascock, I,   b. Abt 1704, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1784, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     3. Thomas Glascock,   b. Abt 1705,   d. 1740  (Age ~ 35 years)
     4. Frances Glascock,   b. Abt 1707, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1797, Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)
     5. John Glascock,   b. Abt 1709,   d. 7 May 1756  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F4653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • George Glascock's Will was dated 20 Jan 1713-1714, and was probated 7
      Apr 1714.

      Richmond County Deed Book 14, 1772-1779 57
      pp. 244 - 246
      (On margin: Scurlock to Downman)
      This Indenture made the 27th day of July in the Thirteenth year of the
      Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the grace of God of
      Great Britain France & Ireland, King, Defender of the faith &c., and
      in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three;
      Between Richard Glascock of the Parish of Northfarnham in the County
      of Richmond of one part and Rawleigh Downman of the Parish and County
      aforesd. of other part; Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of
      Three hundred and ninety eight pounds current money of Virginia to
      Richard Glascock in hand paid by Rawleigh Downman, the receipt whereof
      Richard Glascock doth hereby acknowledge, hath and by these presents
      doth bargain and sell unto Rawleigh Downman his heirs all that
      Plantation or tract of land containing One hundeed and seventy nine
      acres more or less lying in the Fork of Moratico Creek in Richmond
      County and bounded; Begining at a white Oak on the side of a Marsh on
      a small Creek runing N. 17d. W. 220 poles to a large red Oak Stump on
      a Hill side, thence S. 70d. W. 38 pole to a Stake, thence S. 1 1/2d.
      E. 155 pole to a large Chesnut on a hill side, thence S. 85 West 61
      pole to a Chesnut Bush on Beaver Dam Branch, thence down the Branch
      reduced to a straight line is S. 11, E. 196 pole to a dry point on the
      East Branch of Moratico Creek, thence up the Creek and the meanders of
      a small Branch to the begining, being the land devised by Wm. SMITH
      unto Hannah, Daughter of Abram Goad, who by virtue in the nature of an
      ad quod damnum did dock the entail and convey the same to Richard
      GLascock, which may more fully appear; together with all houses
      orchards profits and appurtenances belonging; To have and to hold the
      plantation or tract of land with appurtenances unto Rawleigh Downman
      his heirs and Richard Glascock the premises unto Rawleigh Downman his
      heirs against the lawfill claim and demand of every person shall
      warrant and forever defend by these presents; In Witness whereof
      Richard Glascock to the presents hath set his hand and seal the day
      and year above written Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
      Mary Glascock, Richard Glascock, Thomas Glascock, William Smith, Thad.
      McCarty

      Received of Rawleigh Downman this 27th day of July one thousand seven
      hundred and seventy three the sum of Three hundred and ninety eight
      pounds current money of Virginia, being the consideration money within
      mentioned, p me ,
      Mary Glascock
      Thomas Glascock
      William Smith, Thad. McCarty
      Richard Glascock

      At a Court held for Richmond County the 7th day of March 1774 This
      Deed of Bargain and Sale
      from Richard Glascock of the one part to Rawleigh Downman of the other
      part, with the Receipt thereon Indorsed, was acknowledged by the said
      Glascock and admitted to Record
      Mary Glascock
      Thomas Glascock
      William Smith, Thad. McCarty
      Richard Glascock

      Col. George Glascock,, born Abt. 1675 is named in 1677 Will of Geo.
      Nichols VA; died Abt. 1714 in Will Jan 20, 1713/14 at Indian Banks,
      Farnham, Richmond Co VA. He was the son of Thomas Glascock and Anne
      (Nichols) Glascock. He married Millicent "Million" Downman Abt. 1700
      in or 1706 Richmond Co, VA. Million (Downman) Glascock was born bet.
      October 21 - November 21, 1683 in Richmond Co, VA; died October 25,
      1750 in Indian Banks, Farnham, Richmond Co, VA, age 67. She was the
      daughter of William Downman and Million Travers Downman.

      Notes for Col. George Glascock:
      - Col. George (Thomas II, Thomas I) & Million Downman...
      GeorgeGlascock b.1675 VA m.1700 VA d.1714 VA
      Million Downman b.21 Oct 1683 VA d.25 Oct 1750 VA
      Resided at Rapahannock River, Va

      "In 1699 (the year that the capitol was moved from Jamestown to
      Williamsburg
      and also the year that the pirate Captain Kidd, sailed
      into the Chesapeake) Col. George presumably built 'Indian Banks',
      which was near the home of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George
      Washington.
      The Glasscock Plantation was named 'Indian Banks' because it was a
      part of the land where the Moraughtacund Indians lived when white men
      first settled at Jamestown in 1607. These Indians were one of 30 or
      more tribes in the Algonquian nation ruled by Powhatan, the father of
      Pocahontas, who did so much to help the Jamestown settlers in their
      first years of struggle and who so dramatically saved the life of John
      Smith. This tribe's principle town was at the site of Glasscock's
      plantation at 'Indian Banks'.
      Col. George married Million Downman, the granddaughter of a prominent
      Virginia planter Col. Raleigh Travers who patented 300 acres in
      Rapahannock Co. in 1653 and over 3,000 acres in Westmoreland Co. by
      1663. Apparently with the inheritance of the bulk of the estate of his
      grandfather Nichols, land from his father Thomas, and maybe some of
      his wife's acquisitions, Col. George moved into the society of the
      Virginia 'Gentry'. He is listed as a 'Merchant living at Rapahannock
      River, Virginia'. Although the records were destroyed by fire, it
      appears the Col. George and his family lived at 'Indian Banks' after
      1699 and that his family had much to do with the 'aristocracy' of the
      Old Dominion.
      Indian Banks "is constructed of remarkable well preserved red brick
      and is L-shaped wit broad chimneys rising out of either end of a high
      gabled roof. The lower part of the exterior walls is 26 inches thick,
      tapering to 18 inches at the top. Over the front porch is a
      serpentine brick decoration which a member of the national Geodetic
      survey who studied and photographed the house has said he has seen
      duplicated only once in the United States - and that in New England.
      The timber, which is hand hewn white oak, is dovetailed at the joints
      and held together at other places by blacksmith nails. Clay packed in
      open spaces in the interior walls gives excellent insulation and
      air-conditioning. The plank floors are six inches wide. The house
      contains many-paneled doors, HL hinges (standin for "Holy Lord" to
      drive ghosts away from the doors), original locks, a curved chimney in
      the main living room, built-in window seats like those in the nearby
      famous 'Sabine Hall' of the Carter family, 18-pane windows, a five
      sided dining room and living room, attractive mantels in every room,
      and black iron chandeliers. Upstairs are two doors only four feet
      high, which lead to small rooms for powdering wigs. Outbuildings
      included slaves' quarters, a barn, a carriage shed and a well house.
      Foundations of the old kitchen, ice house and well still remain.
      'Indian Banks' remained a center of Glascock activity for about a
      hundred and thirty years until 1822 when it was sold outside the
      Glascock family.
      About 4 1/2 miles east of Indian Banks stands 'Epping Forest' where
      Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, was born. Mary was
      called the 'Rose of Epping Forest' and "The Reigning Belle of the
      Northern Neck". She became orphaned by age 13 and was raised by Capt.
      George Eskridge, her guardian. Because of her respect for Capt.
      George, Mary named her son George.
      Mary Ball's half brother, Joseph Ball, a wealthy London Barrister, was
      interested in genealogy and wrote 'A History of the Ball family from a
      Downman MS.' This document indicates that there were many other
      Ball-Downman marriages in England, prior to the coming of these
      families to Virginia, where there were a number of subsequent
      Ball-Downman-Glascock marriages and Million Downman married Col.
      George Glascock c' 1700." (Source: The Glas(s)cock--Saga, by
      Lawrence A. Glassco)

      Indian Banks may be found in Farnham, not far from the Farnham Parish,
      about 100-200 yards north of Simonson.
      What is now Lancaster Creek was called Morattico Creek in the late
      1600's.
      There is a book "Place Names of the Northern Neck of VA, from John
      Smith's Map of 1606 to the Present", ISBN 0-88490-095, by Mary Miller,
      VA State Library, 1983.

      Record of Bruton Parish 929.3 G page 165 list George Glasscock d.
      1717.

      Wills of Richmond County, Virginia 1699-1800 by Headley, Genealogy
      Publishing Co. 1983
      Will Bk. 3, p.168:
      George Glascock, Will; Jan 1713/14, 7 Apr 1714, sons William and
      George the plant, where I now live and the plant I bought of the
      Ingo's, to them and their male heirs; if neither has heirs, land to go
      to two younger sons, Thomas and John; fr. (Mr.) Griffin; fr. Capt.
      George Eskridge a silver-hilted sword; wife Million; executrix wife;
      desires Thomas Griffin, Capt. George Eskridge, Mr.Thomas Glascock, and
      Mr. Robert Downman to assist wife;
      wits: Robert Downman, John Hipkins, Samuel Baker.

      VA Wills & Admin 1632-1800 Va Gen 929.3 T page 171