HARGRAVE
of
"Oak Level", Sussex
The origin of this family is traced by Mr. G. Andrews Moriarity in an
excellent article in the Virginia Magazine (Vol.40, p.379). From the account
he states that he hopes the Surry family will be able to connect with their
ancestor's in Lower Norfolk.
The first one of this family in Virginia was ..Richard Hargrave of Lower
Norfolk who came from London in the "Bonaventure" sailing 2 January 1634-5.
He then gave his age as 20 years (Hotten) and this age is afterwards confirmed
by him in a disposition made 16 April 1672, when he gave his age as 60 years
(N.E.G.R., Vol 47, p.201.) On 11 March 1652-3 he granted 250 acres on Broad
Creek, Elizabeth River in Lower Norfolk, 150 acres, part of patent granted to
John Watkins 16 May 1644, and by him sold to the said Hargraves 17 October
1646, and 100 acres for transporting 2 persons (C.P.229)
He was evidently a Puritan for on December 15, 1654, he was one of a
Grand Inquest that petitioned for a "Godly Minister", thus showing his Puritan
leanings. In April 1674, he was granted 200 acres for transportion of four
persons. He conveyed land to his son Benjamin Hargrave 12 August 1673, and
again September 26,1679. He made his will 21 November 1686, same proved 17
January 1686-7 (McIntosh Wills, Vol 1, p.100), and named children shown below
and son-in-law Arthur Moseley.
CHILDREN:
Richard Hargrave, b/1645
Benjamin Hargrave, b/ca 1648. His will was dated March 15, 1704/5,
proven 1710. He mentions as only daughter, Sarah Hargrave,
Sister....Ann Moseley, and kinsman Charles Griffin.
Margaret Hargrave, b/ca 1650, married Samuel Roberts
Ann Hargrave, b/ca. 1653, married as his 3rd wife, before 20 November
1686, Arthur Moseley, Burgess for Lower Norfolk, 1676, son of William
and Suzanna (Cockcroft) Moseley. The Moseley family was distinguished
in Princess Anne County. Many of their early portraits have been
preserved. Arthur Moseley was married three times. His second wife
either a Guy or a Hancock, for she was a daughter of Sarah Pigott,
whose first husband was a Guy and her second Simon Hancock (40 V 382)
(Ligon-372).
By his third wife, Ann Hargrave, Authur Moseley had:
Ames Mosely, married Elizabeth, daughter of Tully Emperor, had a
son, Emperor, who removed to Nixonton, N.C. Emperor Moseley
had two sons, Emperor who was a Master Mariner at Edinton, N.C., at
the time of the Revolution, and Joseph Who became a sea Captain and
removed to Massachusetts.
Richard Hargrave, eldest son of the above Richard Hargrave, lived first in
Lower Norfolk and later Surry County. On August 17, 1682, as "Richard
Hargrave, Jr" he was brought before the County Court of Lower Norfolk for
refusing to have a child baptized and may have been a Quaker dissenter. On 5
May 1693, he petitioned the court in the right of his wife, Pembroke, one of
the daughters of John Pead, dec., for a portion of her father's estate in the
hands of William Griffin who had married Pead's widow. He is shown as listed
among the tithables in Surry on June 10, 1685, and on March 1699, he made his
brother, Benjamin Hargrave, his attorney to acknowledge a deed for him in
Norfolk( Deeds 6, p.158) showing clearly that he formerly resided in
that county.
John Pead patented 150 acres of land in Lower Norfolk. "beginning at a
marked pine of William Beartimes Creek on the south side of Winter Harbour
near Point Comfort, September 21,1652. (C.P. 265) He made his will February
4, 1677/8, proved April 15, 1678. He gave his son, William Pead, the first
choice of his part of his lands and his son Joseph, the other part. He
divided his cattle between his wife and other children inasmuch as William and
John had cattle of their own. Wife executrix and neighbor, John Griffin,
overseer. Witnesses: John Griffin, James Pead (McIntosh 1-55)
Richard Hargrave made his will 19 May 1704 and same was probated 4 July
1704. Samuel Thompson was the Executor.
The children of Richard and Pembroke Pead Hargrave were:
Bray Hargrave, married Mary (see later)
Judith Hargrave, married James Lowrey
Lemuel Hargrave, made his will 2 May 1740, probated 15 September 1742. He
gave to his grandson, Jesse Hargrave, "that plantation where his mother now
lives and all the land on the east side of Great Branch"****100 acres and a
mill to Samuel Hargrave when 21, son Jesse Hargrave in possession
of deceased son Benjamin Hargrave;s land on the south side of Roanoke River in
North Carolina. To grandson Samuel Hargrave, plantation where I lately lived
on the west side of Great Branch 100 acres. Legacies to his son, Joseph
Hargrave and his son-in-law, Anselm Bailey, Jr. His children were:
Jesse Hargrave
Benjamin Hargrave
Joseph Hargrave
dau. married Anselm Bailey, Jr. (see later)
Bray Hargrave, son of Richard Hargrave, served in the militia in 1687,
(Col.Sur.-211). He, his brother, Lemeul, and his father, Richard were
tithables in Surry in 1688 (Id.195)
Mary, wife of Bray Hargrave, was daughter of Augustine and Margaret
Hunnicutt II. Augustine Hunnicutt II,2 made his will May 10,1708, proven May
2, 1710. He bequeathed his plantation to his wife for life then to his son,
Augustine III. (BK.6,p.6) Margaret Hargrave Hunnicutt, made her will August
23, 1717, probated July 16, 1718, and it gave a legacy to her daughter Mary,
wife of Bray Hargrave. Augustine Hunnicutt II was son of Augustine
Hunnicutt,Sr., who made his will May 30, 1682, probated March 6, 1682/3 and in
his will added 40 acres to what he had already given his son Augustine
Hunnicutt, Jr.,(Bk.2-325)
Bray lived in Lawne's Creek Parish where he died Intestate in 1728. His
wife, Mary, as administrator of his estate, filed an inventory of same in
1728. The appraisers were: Robert Lancaster, Benjamin Champion and John
Holloman. His children were:
Samuel Hargrave4married Martha Cheadle
Lemuel Hargrave
Benjamin Hargrave
Augustine Hargrave married Mary
Was a Prosperous planter of Surry where he made his will which was probated
June 21, 1763,(W.B.1754-68) His legatees were his sons:
William Hargrave
Hartwell Hargrave
Augustine Hargrave, Jr.
Thomas Hargrave (see later)
Hardy Hargrave
Katherine Hargrave
Olive Hargrave
(W.B. 1754-68)
Mary Hunnicutt Hardgrave, "sick and weak" made her death bed will August
29,1769. She mentioned all of the above children named by her husband except
Hartwell and Katherine who were probably deceased. Katherine and her twin
brother, Kesiah, were baptized March 23, 1743. Their sponsors were Richard
and Mary Murphy and Faith Judkins. (Alb.Reg.)
Thomas Hargrave, son of Augustine Hargrave, lived in that part of
Surry which later became Sussex. He was a Quaker and for reasons of
conscience did not bear arms during the revolution but is said to have served
for a short time as a cook and died in 1781 or 1782. His wife, Letitia Lane,
was daughter of Joseph Lane (see Lane) and a descendant of Colonial John
Flood, an Ancient Planter who came to Virginia on the "Swan" in 1610 and was
Speaker of the House of Burgesses. Their Children:
William Hargrave6,b/ 21 October 1771, married Sarah Ellis*
Richard Hargrave
Lucy Hargrave, married Pyland Travis
Lemuel Hargrave, married Lettia Lane (see Lane)
Sarah Hargrave, married William Turner
William Hargrave, son of Thomas and Letitia Lane Hargrave, was born 21
October 1771, according to the records of his son Reverend Richard Hargrave.
The Albemarle Parish records of Sussex County, VA., give his baptismal date as
21 November 1771.
When a youth, William had witnessed the grief and consequent death of a
Virginia slave whose family had been sold to Georgia Slave traders and it so
affected him that he vowed that he would never take a day's service from a
slave after he was legally competent to give him his freedom; and he kept his
word.
William Hargrave had often listened to his father tell that he wished
his son to be a preacher. He had heard, with a feeling of awe his father
tell that on one occasion, while listening to Bishop Asbury preach, the
Witness of the Spirit had been with him, saying "Your boy, William, will
preach this gospel," as clearly as though Bishop Asbury himself had spoken
the words directly into his ear. It is not greatly to be wondered then,
that after his father's death, influenced by the memory of his wish and the
frequent prayers and psalm-singing of his widowed mother the lad felt
continually oppressed with a yearning and a responsibility to make a definite
avowel of religion. He said of that time, "I felt as though father's
prayers were following me, awooing me to conversion and consecration." One
evening when he was sixteen years of age, he went to his father's grave, and
lying stretched on the ground, full length beside his grave, prayed long and
earnestly, not ceasing in his application for peace until he was wonderfully
converted and blest. On becoming of age, several years later, his first act
was to give all his slaves their emancipation papers, feeling that slavery
was contrary to the teaching of God's Word.
Opposition to Slavery caused the Hargrave family to move to Pike County,
Indiana, in the year 1818. The country was new, and times exceedingly hard,
and privations many and great. The people generally were poor and there were
almost no schools then in the country.
Reverend William Hargrave and his son, Richard Hargrave were early
Preachers in Pike County, Indiana, much loved and respected by the people
they served.
William Hargrave was born 21 October, 1771; married 1 December 1791,
Sarah (Sallie) Ellis, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Wright Ellis, who
was born at Richmond, Surry County, VA., in 1769. When they settled in Pike
County, they named their home "Delectable Hill", near Otwell, Indiana., where
Sallie died 28 April 1840 and William on 8 February 1849.
William Hargrave was a farmer and a local Methodist preacher.
CHILDREN:
Lucy Hargrave, b/29 October 1792, married Wesley DeBruler.**
Elizabeth Ray Hargrave, b/2 November 1795, married Charles DeBruler.**
Thomas R. Hargrave, b/26 December 1796, married Martha Traylor
Martha Ellis Hargrave, b/ 7 February 1799, married John Niblack
William Ellis Hargrave, b/21 December 1800, dsp
Richard Hargrave,b/5 December 1802, married Nancy A. Posey***
Lemuel B. Hargrave, b/13 July 1806, mar. Susannah W. DeBruler
Sarah Hargrave, b/15 July 1809, married James Barnett
Susannah Hargrave, b/10 February 1803, married Andrew F. Kelso***
Lucy Hargrave, daughter of William and Sarah Ellis Hargrave, was born in
Sussex County, VA, 29 October 1793, and died at High Banks, Pike County,
Indiana, on 2 September 1838. On 12 November 1816 in Orange County, N.C. she
married Wesley DeBruler, the son of Micajah Greenfield and Mary Hicks DeBruler
who was born in Granville County, N.C. 8 February 1788 and died 9 November
1863, in Boone Township, Dubois County, Indiana. Mr. DeBruler was a farmer.
CHILDREN:
Lemuel Quincy DeBruler, (twin) b/21 September 1817, married Anna Condit.
(not complete)
I don't find any connection to Our Hargraves, except they were from Virginia,
also some name association.
George Virgil Goins