Excerpts from
Ancestral Sketches
by Le Roy Reeves
Pub.1950
Page 113Ann Parker (Esely--Easley), wife of Robert (Esely, Easley), was the daughter of William Parker who died in Henrico County, Virginia, about 1679, leaving three children, Ann, Mary and William. The widow seems to have married John Milner, who was appointed guardian of the children. Milner died about 1684.
In Henrico County Orphans Court, on October 11, 1679, there was a division of certain livestock belonging to Ann, Mary and William Parker, orphans of William Parker, deceased ( Records 4, Orphans Court, p.4). In Henrico County Court, on October 1, 1684, there were set aside from the inventory of the estate of John Milner, deceased, certain articles held by said Milner as guardian of the orphans of William Parker, deceased; Mary, William and "one of said Parker's orph's. now wife to Robert Easley" (Deeds & Wills, p.286
Data on this Allen family has been published in the William and Mary Quarterly,vol. 22 (1913). Data is also to be found in the Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va.; Henry T. Allen, "Allen," Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 28 (1930), pp. 71-88; Norma Carter Miller and George Lane Miller, Allens of the Southern States (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 10; and inBoddie, Historical Southern Families, vol. III. See also, Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, "Allen Family," from the series Early Bourbon Families published in a Bourbon Co., KY, newspaper, 1945.
It should be noted that NONE of the ancestral lineages suggested for this William Allen has been proven. In particular, the one given in Worth Ray, Tennessee Cousins, was certainly incorrect. I am not fully persuaded that the one adopted by Wicker is correct, either.
Albemarle Co., VA, Will Book A, p. 33-36. Will of William Allen. Dated 15 August 1751. Codicil 7 November 1751. Proven 11 June 1752. Wife: Mary. Sons: William Hunt Allen, Philip Allen, John Allen, Samuel Allen, Valentine Allen, George Allen. Grandsons: Charles Burton, William Easley. Dau.: Hannah Scruggs, wife of James Scruggs and her sons William and Finch Scruggs. Daus.: Anne Spears, Susannah Sublet, Mary Allen, Joice Chandler, Judith Burton. Wits.: Adrian Anglin, Peter Chastain, Robert Goodwin, Stephen Ford, Eliz. Jones.
According to a letter dated 13 July 1995 from Dr. R. F. Wicker, Jr., 5136 Violet Bank Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464-5643, the maiden name of William Allen'sfirst wife was Hannah Watson. This was based on a quotation from Mrs. Frances E. Pollick: "The reason we determined that Hannah was probably a Watson was because of Benjamin Watson's will dated 16 Mar 1715, recorded 4 April 1715, Henrico Parish, in which he names his brother in Law, William Allen."
This is not conclusive documentation: Benjamin Watson could have married a sister of William Allen or, given the customary linguistic usage of the time, been his stepbrother.
Mrs. Pollick continued: "Although Benjamin Watson was of Henrico Parishand William and Hannah Allen were living in New Kent at the time he seems to have been the only William Allen in the area. Elizabeth Allen who married SamuelAllen's son, Archer was the daughter of James Allen of PE County. This branch of Allens had Watson connections but there didn't appear to be any William's mentioned. A Hannah Watson witnessed the will of Elizabeth's father recoreded [sic] in 1793 in Prince Edward County."
Dr. Wicker added: "She goes on to statethat Samuel is a Watson name and that the traditional naming pattern would have named the son after her father, Samuel. No one else has even come close with a name so Watson it is." This cannot be regarded as adequate proof of the name or relationship.
Wicker makes the same "Watson" identification for the maiden name of Hannah in his subsequent book: Richard Fenton Wicker, Jr., The Allen Family of England, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Misssissippi, Texas andIllinois 1600-1995: The Descendants of Captain William Allen and his Wives, Hannah Watson and Mary Hunt Minge (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995), pp. 6-11,14. While making many useful additions and corrections concerning the descendants of this William Allen, he still did not adduce persuasive proof for Hannah's maiden name.
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Excursus: The "Millington" name.
It had traditionally been thought that the maiden name of Joyce, wife of John Easley Jr., might be Millington, in order to explain that name's being used in this branch of the Easley family only (see, for example, the comments of Kirby Easley Johnson in Our Easley Family and their Relatives, p. 25). Further research is now necessary to determine why it was used. The following references to the surname Millington have been found in early Virginia records:
Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 561. Pat. Bk. 5, p. 519. 10 July 1666. AN: Millington headright for Anthony Matthews.
Henrico Co., VA, Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1688-1697, p. 80. 14 August 1689. Deed from Giles Webb to Daniel Blanch. Among the wits.: Phillis Millington.
1692 William Millington mentioned in New Kent Co., VA.
Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va. Margaret, dau. of William Millington Jr., baptized 5 November 169 .
Quit Rents of 1704 (Landowners of Va.). William Millington, New Kent Co., 200 acres. William Millington Jr., New Kent Co., 450 acres.
New Kent Co., VA, 14 June 1710. William Millington died.
New Kent Co., VA, 9 November 1710. "Widow Millington" mentioned.
York Co., VA, 1711. Inventory of estate for Samuel Millington.
Weisiger, Benjamin B. III. Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia. Vol. II, p. 101. Miscellaneous Henrico County Court Records 1650-1800, vol. 7. p. 2343. Undated, late 17th or early 18th c. Accounts due Mr. Thomas Clayton. Mentions: William Millington.
Millington Allen m. Celia Pickens, 7 July 1825, Allen Co., KY.
So far, there is no evidence of a direct connection between the early Easleys and any of these Millington families. A clue might be sought in the maidenname of Hannah, wife of William Allen.
Will of Theodorick Carter, Sr. dated July 22, 1736 and entered into probate in the April term of Court in 1737.
To my wife Elizabeth my plantation for lifeand at her death or marrige to my son Theodorick 216 acres. To son John 120 acres bounded by Roundhill Branch, Henry Spears and John Webb. To daughter Mary Carter a cow and a calf. All the rest to wife Elizabeth and she to be executor.
Wit: Thomas Watkins, John Spear, William W. Soathman.
Elizabeth's maiden name was also listed as Gregory, but I could not verify this. I did find her name was Webb. Could this be her 2nd marriage since she is also listed as Randolph?
I also wonder if John Webb might have been her father since he had the next plantation over from Theoderick.
2 DATE
2 PLAC
d. ca 1688
Gloucester Co., Va., niece of John Mann of Timberneck,
Gloucester Co., Va.
John Bohannah is listed in the 1704 Quit Rents as having 113 1/2
acres in Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co., VA, which represents 1/3 of
his father's property. This part of old Gloucester Co., adj. East
River near Mobjack Bay, is adjacant to Middlesex Co. His wife and
date of death are unknown, but records of hischildren's families
appear in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co.
(One source has birthdate as 1722 in Goochland Co, VA)
(One source has deathdate as 1799)