John Justice and Mary Moore were married August 1, 1728 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. They lived in Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts until 1746 when they moved to Lunenburg County, Virginia then to Halifax, Virginia when it was formed in 1752; then Pittsylvainia County when it formed in 1767.
John died in 1765 or 1766 in Halifax, Virginia. His will was written on March 11, 1765 and probated July 17, 1766 In Halifax, Virginia.
John Justice & Mary Moore were married 1 Aug 1728 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA John was from Hanover, Plymouth Co, MA (according to John & Mary's marriage record) according to land records in Halifax Co, VA, John patented the land he sold to George Evans in 1756 on 7 Dec 1746 (the land was on Mirey Creek and would have been in 1746 in Lunenburg Co, VA) ALL of their children were not born in Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA their children were born in the following towns/places: Mary was born in Hanover, Plymouth Co, MA John was born in Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Simeon, Thomas, Ailsey (Alice), Elizabeth & William were born in Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA Ezra (Israel) was born in Brunswick Co, VA per Alan Lerwick
John Justice was born abt 1699, he died 1765/1766 Halifax Co, VA he was a member of The Church of England he was most likely born in England. he first appears on deed records of Plymouth Co, MA in 1721 listed as - John Justice of Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts-Bay Colony, New England John Justice & Mary Moore were married 1 Aug 1728 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA they had only 8 children: Mary b. 27 Jul 1729 Hanover, Plymouth Co, MA John b. 21 Jun 1731 Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Simeon b. 15 Jan 1735 Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA Thomas b. 3 May 1737 Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA Ailsey b. 31 May 1739 Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA Elizabeth b. 8 Apr 1741 Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA William b. Mar 1743 Halifax, Plymouth Co, MA Ezra b.abt 1745 Brunswick Co, VA per Alan LerwickFamilySearch Ancestral File v4.19 family records of Thomas H. JUSTICE www.rootsweb.com/~kyfloyd/familyfiles/justice_history_update.htm
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 15-17 1720-1724 FHLfilm#558818 vol 15, pg 114 2 Mar 1721 John ROGERS of Pembroke, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John JUSTICE of same. £100 for 110 acres formerly belonging to ye town of Mansfield, which is now in ye town of Pembroke. Bounded by meadow of Joseph TUBB. Witnesses: Thomas BARKER & Frances BARKER
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 15-17 1720-1724 FHLfilm#558818 vol 15, pg 140 13 Mar 1721 John ROGERS of Pembroke, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John JUSTICE of same. £20 for a certain lot of land lying in Pembroke next to ye meadowland of Joseph TUBB. Witnesses: Thomas TUBB & Thomas BARKER
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 15-17 1720-1724 FHLfilm#558818 vol 15, pg 190 4 Sep 1721 John JUSTICE of Pembroke, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John FORD of same. £120 for a certain lot of land formerly belonging to ye town of Mansfield which is now ye town of Pembroke. Bounded by meadow of Joseph TUBB. Witnesses: Joshua CUSHING & Mary CUSHING
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 18-20 1724-1726 FHLfilm#558818 vol 20, pg 101 25 Mar 1726 John JUSTUS of Pembroke, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to Isaac LITTLE of Mansfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. £150 for 120 acres in Pembroke formerly belonging to John ROGERS dec'd. Bounding TUBB's meadow. Witnesses: Elisha BOSBEE & Thomas BARKER
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!Vital Records of Scituate, MA to the Year 1850 Vol 2 FHLbook John JUSTICE of Hanover, Plymouth Co, MA & Mary MOORE of Ireland md 1 Aug 1728 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA 2nd Church of Scituate, MA (now First Unitarian Church of Norwell, MA)
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!2nd Church of Scituate, MA was a Congregational church and was organized in 1635
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!History And Records of the First Congregational Church; Hanover, MA 1727-1865 FHLbook Admitted to Church 5 Oct 1729 Mary JUSTICE, wife of John JUSTICE
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!Hanover, MA was organized on 14 Jul 1727 from parts of Abington, MA and Scituate, MA 1st Church of Hanover, MA was a Congregational church and was organized in 1728
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!Kingston, MA was organized on 16 Jun 1726 from part of Plymouth, MA (only Church in Kingston, MA was a Unitarian church and was organized in 1727; John & Mary did not attend this Church, unknown where any of their children born in Kingston, MA were bap/chr. Mary was bap/chr in the 1st Church of Hanover, MA. Ailsey, Elizabeth & William were bap/chr in the 1st Church of Halifax, MA.)
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 25-26 1729-1731 FHLfilm#558822 vol 26, pg 219 13 Oct 1731 Enoch LEONARD of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John JUSTUS of Kingstown, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts. £180 for land containing by estimation 60 acres located in the town of Pembroke bounding Cedar Swamp. Witnesses: Ephraim LEONARD & Jacob CHIPMAN
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!Halifax, MA was organized on 4 Jul 1734 from parts of Middlborough, MA; Pembroke, MA and Plympton, MA 1st Church of Halifax, MA was a Congregational church and was organized in 1734
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 30-32 1735-1739 FHLfilm#558824 vol 32, pg 155 16 Jan 1738 Noah CUSHING of Halifax, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John JUSTISE of same. £240 for land lying in Halifax bounding Cedar Swamp. Signed - Noah CUSHING & Hannah CUSHING
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!The Complete Mayflower Descendant Disk 1 published by Family Tree Maker FHLCD-Rom Halifax, MA Church records 21 Jun 1739 Upon request of John JUSTICE, a member of The Church of England, the church voted to receive him to occasional communion at the Lord's table.
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 33-34 1738-1741 FHLfilm#558825 vol 34, pg 9 14 Jan 1740 David CURTIS of Halifax, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to John JUSTICE of same. £30 for a piece or parcel of meadowland in Halifax adjoining to ye Herring River containing about 2 and 1/2 acres in the Cedar Swamp Range. Witnesses: Thomas ROADE & Edward MAY
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!There was one other Deed of land from David CURTIS to John JUSTICE in Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 30-32 1735-1739 FHLfilm#558824 in vol 32, pg 25 but it was mostly unreadable. That's why it is not abstracted here. Unknown exactly what date or acreage, land assumed to be bounding Cedar Swamp.
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!Plymouth Co, MA Deeds vols 35-37 1741-1745 FHLfilm#558826 vol 37, pg 179 16 Apr 1743 John JUSTICE of Halifax, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts to Ignatious CUSHING of same. £800 for all my homestead wheron I now dwell, being 260 acres bounding Great Cedar Swamp, containing all that I bought of David CURTIS in Halifax and lying on the Herring River. . . . . . Witnesses: Noah CUSHING & David HATCH 9 Apr 1743 Mary M JUSTICE, wife of John Justice, doth relenquish her right of dower. Witnesses: Thomas CROADE & Priscilla CROADE
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!Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, MA to the End of the Year 1849 FHLbook (birth dates for John & Mary's children)
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!Entry Record Book 1737-1770 (Land entries in the present Virginia Counties of Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin & Patrick) FHLbook 1747 William ATKINSON 20p for 50 acres of land including his mill on Harping Creek, Transferred to John JUSTICE by order of William ATKINSON (Land recorded in Lunenburg Co, VA)
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!Entry Record Book 1737-1770 (Land entries in the present Virginia Counties of Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin & Patrick) FHLbook 26 Jul 1756 John JUSTICE Sr 400 acres on branches of Mirey Creek adjoining the tract he now lives on extending southerly and adjoining George GREEN. Also, 400 acres on the branches of John MOORE's creek beginning at a marked pine thence southerly. (Land recorded in Halifax Co, VA)
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Book 1 1752-1759 FHLbook 14 Dec 1756 John JUSTICE of Halifax Co to George EVANS of Amelia Co. £75 for 2 tracts of land, one on east fork of Mirey, the other also 400 acres on middle fork of Mirey Creek, granted said JUSTICE by patent 7 Dec 1746. Signed - John JUSTICE; Mary his wife relenquished her dower right. Witnesses: Richard ECKHOLS, Moses TERRY, James DANIEL & William GORE
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Book 1 1752-1759 FHLbook 16 Mar 1758 John JUSTICE Sr of Halifax Co to John JUSTICE Jr of same. £5 for 200 acres on both sides Eckhols Fork beginning at Robert MOORE's corner on north side of said Eckhols Fork thence along bounds expressed in said John JUSTICE's patent and a parallel line to said Robert MOORE's line.
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Book 1 1752-1759 FHLbook 16 Mar 1758 John JUSTICE Sr of Halifax Co to Simeon JUSTICE of same. £5 for 200 acres on both sides of Eckhols Fork beginning at his brother John's corner in the old line on north side Eckhols Fork along said John's line south.
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Books 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 1752-1759 FHLbook 10 Jan 1761 John JUSTICE, the elder, of Halifax Co, planter, to John WOOD of Henrico Co, carpenter. £31 for 404 acres on the branches of Mirey Creek, granted to said JUSTICE by patent 3 Mar 1760 bounded as in the patent expressed. Winesses: William WRIGHT, Isaac TYIN & John COX
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!Entry Record Book 1737-1770 (Land entries in the present Virginia Counties of Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin & Patrick) FHLbook 1762 John JUSTICE 400 acres on the Rocky Fork of Harping Creek beginning at JUSTICE's line thence up on both sides for quantity.
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Books 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 1759-1767 FHLbook Jun 1762 John JUSTICE of Halifax Co, blacksmith to John JUSTICE Jr of same, blacksmith. £5 for 100 acres on Harping Creek, part of a greater tract of 400 acres & 8000 rods, below the mill which said 100 acres is laid off by a dividing line agreed upon by said parties, and noted by marked trees at the lower end of said tract. All houses, buildings, trees. . . . Witnesses: John SLONE, Henry McDANIEL & John SLONE recorded 17 Jun 1762
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!Will Book 0 1752-1753 Halifax Co, VA FHLbook his Will was written 11 Mar 1765 & probated 17 Jul 1766 heirs named - wife: Mary sons: Ezra, William, John & Thomas daus: Mary w/o George GREEN, & Alse w/o Thomas WATSON Witnesses: William WITCHER, William ATKINSON & John WITCHER Securities: sons Thomas JUSTICE & Ezra JUSTICE
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!Entry Record Book 1770-1796 (Land entries in the present Virginia Counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin & Patrick) FHLbook 11 Sep 1792 Joab WATSON 30 acres near Harping Creek or all that's vacant between John WATSON's line, the widow JUSTICE and the order line. Beginning on John WATSON's line per his warrant issued from Buckley No. 16551 (Land recorded in Pittsylvania Co, VA)
Note: !where he died in Halifax Co, VA is now located in Pittsylvania Co, VA
Mary (Moore) Justice wife of John Justice (d.1765/1766 Halifax Co, VA) Mary was born abt 1709 Ireland, she died aft 1792 Pittsylvania Co, VA Mary & John were married on 1 Aug 1728 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA in the Congregational church (church is now located in Norwell, Plymouth Co, MA) Mary's father is - Patrick Moore b.abt 1681 Ireland, d.abt 1752 Halifax Co, VA per Alan Lerwick.
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!family records of Thomas H. JUSTICE & John JUSTICE www.rootsweb.com/~kyfloyd/familyfiles/justice_history_update.htm
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!Vital Records of Scituate, MA to the Year 1850 Vol 2 FHLbook John JUSTICE & Mary MOORE md 1 Aug 1728 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA 2nd Church of Scituate, MA (now First Unitarian Church of Newell, MA)
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!2nd Church of Scituate, MA was a Congregational church and was organized in 1635
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!History And Records of the First Congregational Church; Hanover, MA 1727-1865 FHLbook Admitted to the Church 5 Oct 1729 Mary JUSTICE, wife of John JUSTICE
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!1st Church of Hanover, MA was a Congregational church and was organized in 1728
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!Halifax Co, VA Deed Book 1 1752-1759 FHLbook 14 Dec 1756 John JUSTICE of Halifax Co to George EVANS of Amelia Co. £75 for 2 tracts of land, one on east fork of Mirey , the other also 400 acres on middle fork of Mirey Creek, granted said JUSTICE by patent 7 Dec 1746. Signed - John JUSTICE, Mary his wife relenquished her dower right. Witnesses: Richard ECKHOLS, Moses TERRY, James DANIEL & William GORE
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!Entry Record Book 1770-1796 (Land entries in the present Virginia Counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin & Patrick) FHLbook 11 Sep 1792 Joab WATSON 30 acres near Harping Creek or all that's vacant between John WATSON's line, the widow JUSTICE and the order line. Beginning on John WATSON's line per his warrant issued from Buckley No. 16551 (Land recorded in Pittsylvania Co, VA)