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Name: Edward MAXEY

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Birth: abt 1674 Wales? England? France?

Death: 18 Apr 1740 Goochland Co., VA

Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - ) & Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806)

Anne BONDURANT** (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Charles MAXEY** (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (Oct 1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

Misc. Notes

The source of most of the information on the Maxey and associated families is “The MAXEYS of Virginia: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey”, Third Edition, by Edythe Maxey Clark, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 2000. This is a huge volume, and apparently very well researched and documented.

Note: The Maxey name has been found in various documents spelled as Maxe, Maxcey, Maxcy, Maxy, Maxi, Maxie, Macksie, Macksey and McSey. Some branches today use the spelling Maxcy, Maxie, and Maxcey. But the names Massey and Massie are other families, not of thee Maxey lines.

MAXEY ORIGINS:

Some have claimed the Maxeys were Huguenots from France, but that is now disproven and the name “Maxey” will no longer get you into the Huguenot Society. The Maxeys did, however, marry into many Huguenot families.

The Maxey name in England goes back to the 11th century, where there is said to have been an Organ Maxey of Cheshire. There is an ancient town of Maxey (and a Maxey castle, no longer standing) in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Maxeys were also found in other counties. There is no doubt our progenitor, Edward Maxey, came from the British Isles.

The colony of Virginia Company, in order to attract immigrants, offered to award 50 acres of land to any person who paid another person’s way to Virginia. One who brought others into Virginia under this policy was William Byrd I (1652-1704), and he brought Edward Maxey into Virginia. Byrd needed to present a receipt to prove that the passage money had been paid, and Edward Maxey is named in court orders in Charles City County on 24 March 1691. Bryd had begun building his mansion house in about 1689 or 1690, and Edward was likely one of the white indentured servants committed to work for him for five or seven years in return for his passage.

EARLY RECORDS:

The first existing record in Henrico County found for Edward is in a minute book, containing records of the December 1720 court, when Edward Maxey was paid 100 pounds of tobacco for one wolf’s head after the animal had been killed by his Negroes. (Obviously he had progressed well, from “indentured servant” to “slave owner”.)

On 24 March 1725 he patented 400 acres of land in Henrico County (now in Powhatan County). On 17 August 1725 he added another 400 acres, and his son Edward Jr. also claimed another 400 acres.

At the May Court in 1738, two years before his death, Edward was exempted from the payment of taxes, due to his advanced age.

THE LAND PATENT (VIRGINIA PATENT BOOK 12, PAGE 252):

This makes interesting reading, in part because of the surveying techniques and the words and punctuation:

“GEORGE by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & ALL TO WHOM these presents shall come Greeting KNOW YE that for divers good causes and considerations but more especially for and in consideration of the sum of FORTY SHILLINGS of good and lawfull money for our use paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia WE HAVE given granted and confirmed and by these presents for our Heirs and Successors do give grant and confirm unto Edward Maxey one certain tract or parcell of Land containing four hundred acres lying and being on the South Side of James River in the County of Henrico and bounded as followeth (to witt)

BEGINNING at a corner white oak of John Radfords land on Joneses Creek thence south one hundred chain to a corner black oak in a bottom of Fighting Creek thence east one hundred and sixty chain to an oak thence north one hundred chain to a corner oak on Radfords line thence on Radfords line one hundred and sixty chains to the place began WITH ALL woods underwoods swamps marshes low grounds meadows feedings and his due share of all veins mines and quarries as well discovered as not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the said quantity of four hundred acres of land and the rivers waters and water courses therein contained together with the privileges of hunting hawking fishing fowling and all other profits commodities and hereditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining TO HAVE HOLD possess and enjoy the said tract or parcell of land and all other the before granted premises and every part thereof with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Edward Maxey and to his heirs and assigns forever to the only use and behoof of him the said Edward Maxey his heirs and assigns forever TO BE HELD of us our Heirs and Successors as of our Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and c ommon socccage and not in capite or by Knights service YIELDING AND PAYING unto us our Heirs and Successors for every fifty acres of land and so proportionably for a lessor or greater quantity than fifty acres the fee rent of one shilling yearly to be paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also cultivating and improving three acres part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned within three years after the date of these presents PROVIDED always that if three years of the said fee rent shall at any time be in arrear and unpaid or if the said Edward Maxey his Heirs or Assigns do not within the space of three years next coming after the date of these presents cultivate and improve three acres part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned then the Estate hereby granted shall cease and be utterly determined and thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us our Heirs and Successors to grant the same lands and premises with the appurtenances unto such other person or persons as we our heirs and succcessors shall think fit.

IN WITNESS wereof we have caused these our Letters Patent to be made WITNESS our trusty and well beloved Hugh Drysdale Esqr. or Lt. Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh under the seal of our said Colony the Seventeenth day of August one thousand seven hundred and twenty five in the twelth year of our Reign.

Hugh Drysdale”

Edward Maxey's will (1740) is found in Goochland County, Deeds and Wills 3/298-299, as follows (paragraph breaks have been added):

"In the name of God Amen. I Edward Maxey of Goochland County being at this present Writing in perfect Senses and memory and Knowing the uncertainty of this mortal life do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form as followeth

"First I bequeath my Sole into the hand of Almighty God from whom I receiv'd my first Breth and my Body to the Earth from whome I was first taken to be buried at the discrection of my Executors heareafter named and as to what tembral estate God hath been pleased to besto on me I give and bequeath as followeth

"First I give unto my Son John Maxey one parsal of Land lying on the North branch of Jones Creek as a line Struck as followeth Beginning at the bark line a corner Clark oak, a Corner pine and a pick hikeey (hickory?) from thence to the mouth of Schoolhouse branch to a Corner pobler and a black Gume from thence down the maine branch to a Corner Clark Gume I give and Bequeath to the foresaid John Maxey in dureing his life and after his Desese to his two Sons Samson Maxey and Edward Maxey the sons of John Maxey and Sarah his Wife and in case one of them dyes the other to poses the hole parcel of Land otherways to be Equal Devided between them two them and thare ares for ever

"I give to my Sone William Maxey the remaner of that track of Land it Joninge uppon William Sansdon and John Smith to him and his ares for ever.

"I give to my Loveinge Wife Susannah the Land She now lives upon and plantation during her mortal life after hur Descese the hole track to be Devieded Between my two Sons Walter and Silvanus to them and thare ares for ever my Will is that thay may live on the said Land not melistingue my Wife aforesaid my Son Walter to have that part Joining upon John Radfords line which was William Barnes,

"I give to my Son Nathaniel one fether bed and bolster.

"I give my Grandaughter Susannah Ratford won fether bed and bolster.

"I give to John Dunkin a young mare of three years old when the said John Dunkin doth come of age.

"And all the other of my Estate both reull and parsoul after my Deats and feneril Charges paid I give to my loveinge Wife and to hur Disbosinge and I make an Consecute my Loveinge Wife Susannah and my Sone Willim Excetors of this my last Will and in Witness whareof I have set to my hand and fixed my Seale yd 18 day of April 1737.

John Capper, Henry Bryon, Joh Mossom Edward Maxey"At a Court held for Goochland County May 20th 1740

"This Will was proved by the Oaths of John Mossom and John Capper to be the act and Deed of Edward Maxey Desed which was ordered to be recorded.

FOOTNOTE: Some genealogies claim that the Edward Maxey who died in 1726 was the father of this Edward Maxey. However based on analysis in “The Maxeys of Virginia” it appears more likely that the one who died in 1726 was the son. That approach has been followed in this genealogy.

Spouse: Susannah GATES

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Death: 31 May 1743 Goochland Co., VA

Misc. Notes

Maiden name of Gates (or Gaites) not proven. James Gates probably son of John Gates mentioned in Susannah's will & a court document lends itself to credability of maiden name. Several web sites suggest she was Susannah HALES.

The following will is copied from “The Maxeys of Virginia” by Edythe Maxey Clark:

"This Will made in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and forty three in the Sixtenth yeare of the Raine of our moste Souvrane Lord King Geore by the Grase of God King of Great Bretain France and Ireland Defender of the faethe. In the name of God Amen I Susannah Maxey being very sick and week of Body tho of parfick sense and memarey God be prased for it I doo willing and heartily Give and queue my Sole to God hoo gave it me and hoom I hope will recive it and my Body to the Earth from whense it Came there to be Desently Buried at the Descretion of my Executors.

"Item I give to my Son John Maxey one pound one shilling and six pence and half a dossen putor plates.

"Item I give to my Son Wilam Maxey One pound one shilling and six pence and half a dosson puter plates.

"Item I give to my Son Nathanel Maxey the feather Bed and furniture

"Item I give to my Datter Elizibeth Radford my Trunk and all my wearing Cloes.

"Item I give to my Grandatter Susanah Epperson my Side Saddel.

"Item I give to my Son Walter Maxey my other fether bed and furneture and two dishes.

"Item I give to my Grandson James Barns one heffer of two years old.

"Item I give to my Granson Charles Maxey one young mare of One year old.

"Item I give my Son Silvanus Maxey all the Rema___er of my Estate and I desire that my Estate should not beprased.

"and I doo apint and Constetne Silvanus Maxey to be my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witness whereunto I sett my hand and Seal this 31 day of May 1743.

James Gates, Thomas Sraging Susanah Maxey Elienner boyef"At a Court held for Goochland County Septem 20 1743 James Gates and Thomas Spraggin proved this writing to be the last Will and Testament of Susanna Maxey which was ordered to be recorded."

Children

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Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Edward Jr. MAXEY ( - 1726)

Susannah MAXEY (1700 - )

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

John Marshall MAXEY (1708 - aft 1779)

William MAXEY (1710 - 1768)

Nathaniel MAXEY (1712 - 1779)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Elizabeth LANGSDON

Name: Sylvanus MAXEY

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Birth: 1718 Prince Edward Co., VA

Death: 1770 Prince Edward Co., VA

Father: Edward Jr. MAXEY (~1674-~1737)

Mother: Susannah GATES (-1743)

Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - ) & Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806)

Anne BONDURANT** (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Charles MAXEY** (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (Oct 1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

Misc. Notes

Most of the following information is taken from “The MAXEYS of Virginia: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey”, Third Edition, by Edythe Maxey Clark, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 2000.

“In January 1743, the records of Goochland County, Virginia, show that he was brought into court by William Mayo, Gentleman, for abusing Mayo’s Negro ‘on the road.’ Sylvanus was released on his own recognizance for the sum of 5 pounds plus two securities conditional on his good behavior for one year and a day, at which time this penalty would be voided. His good behavior not only to Mr. Mayo but to ‘all his Majesty’s leige people’ was assured by the levying of 2 pounds on his goods and lands.”

“The compiler (EMC) feels it is significant that none of the descendants in Sylvanus’ line bore his name although there was constant repetition of the names of his other brothers. The incident regarding the abuse of Mayo’s servant may be a clue to the personality of the man who apparently was not admired even by his own progeny.”

“His father’s will in 1740 divided a 400-acre tract of patent land acquired in August 1725 between Sylvanus and his brother Walter. When Sylvanus and his second wife Elizabeth sold his portion to Walter in 1748, he had already moved to Albermarle County, Virginia, in the part which became Buckingham County in 1761.”

“His first name was shortened to ‘Sill’ in one part of the Sutham Parish Vestry Book in 1748; and in later Powhatan County, Virginia, personal property tax records in 1800, a sson is referred to as ‘John Maxey of Sill.’”

Sylvanus had 300 acres on the north side of the Appomattox River surveyed in Albemarle County on 26 February 1755, and it is assumed that he remained there until shortly before his death. He had placed an ad in the 17 October 1766 edition of the Virginia Gazette, published in Williamsburg, Virginia, as follows: ‘Found on Wm. Platt’s plantation in Buckingham County a felt hat, 8 yards of muslin and one butchers knife. The owner may have them on proving his property and paying as the law directs.’”

“Sylvanus moved with his son William to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he died in 1770, and an inventory and appraisal of his estate were completed on the 4th of July. William was listed as executor, but there is no will on file at the courthouse. His ‘estate’ was pitifully small, having a value of less than 9 pounds and consisting of such items as a part of a set of shoemakers tools, compasses, and rule, carpenter’s hand tools and planking, farming equipment, and some miscellaneous household furniture. “

“The 1748 deed of land to brother Walter bore the names of Sylvanus and his second wife. His first wife was Mary Worley, the daughter of John and Esther Worley. In his will written on 22 March 1757 and proved 27 March 1758, Worley left his daughter Mary Maxey one shilling. This would seem to imply that she was alive at the time; however quite a few wills have been found in which the heirs named were already deceased, and it is presumed that the inclusion of Mary’s name was made simply to aviod any claims by her heirs against her father’s estate.”

“Sylvanus’ second wife was Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Langsdon, the daughter of William Langsdon (also spelled Lansdon) and Esther/Hester Jones. William Langsdon died in 1743 in Goochland County, and his estate was appraised by John J. Dupuy, William Maxey and John Bondurant. The widow Esther lived for many years and left a will in Powhatan County, Virginia, dated 17 November 1792, and proved 19 December 1793 by witnesses John and Horatio Maxey. She named her sons, William and John, and daughters, Elizabeth Maxey (she was bequeathed one shilling), Judith and Phoebe.

LFC Addendum:

His name appears in the "Road Orders" of Goochland County on 21 Aug 1739 and on 15 May 1744. (These are routine road maintenance orders, issued to county citizens.)

Marriage: 1736

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Spouse: Mary Esther WORLEY

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Birth: abt 1720

Death: 1761

Father: John WORLEY

Mother: Esther

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Sylvanus MAXEY (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Esther MAXEY (1739 - )

Susan MAXEY

Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

William Henry MAXEY (1744 - 1824)

Edward MAXEY (1747 - 12 Dec 1781)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY (1718 - 1770) & Elizabeth LANGSDON

Fanny MAXEY

Shadrack MAXEY (bet 1750-60 - 1831)

Agnes MAXEY

Joel MAXEY (1762 - 27 Dec 1844)

John MAXEY (abt 1764 - 4 Jan 1840)

David MAXEY (abt 1733 - )

Henry MAXEY ( - 1832)

Priscilla MAXEY

Mary MAXEY

Sally MAXEY

Name: Charles MAXEY

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Birth: 3 May 1743 Henrico Co., VA

Death: 1813 Buckingham Co., VA

Father: Sylvanus MAXEY (1718-1770)

Mother: Mary Esther WORLEY (~1720-1761)

Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - ) & Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806)

Anne BONDURANT** (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Charles MAXEY** (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (Oct 1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

Misc. Notes

Susannah, the widow of Edward Maxey, Sr., gave ‘to my grandson Charles Maxey one young mare of one year old,’ in her will in 1743. But he was not named in his grandfather’s will three years earlier.”

“The will of his maternal grandfather, John Worley, written on 22 March 1757 and proved 27 March 1758, left his plantation to Charles, after the death of his wife Esther, and to his ‘heirs lawfully begotten and never to be sold.’ But in spite of this stipulation, the records of Cumberland County, on 5 March 1777, reveal that Charles Maxey and his wife Anne of Buckingham County, Virginia, conveyed that proberty to Jacob Brintle of Chesterfield County, Virginia for the sum of 75 pounts.”

“Charles had married Anne Bondurant (born 10 November 1745, Goochland County, Virginia), a daughter of Dr. Joseph Bondurant and Agnes Radford. Although the records of Buckingham County were destroyed by fire in 1869, a copy of Joseph’s will was preserved by his descendants in Kentucky. It was dated 26 November 1803 and proved 11 August 1806, and in it he gave to his daughter, Anne Maxey, one Negro named Sillar. One of the four executors he appointed was his son-in-law Charles Maxey.”

“A few scattered records from the Tillotson Parish Vestry Book of Buckingham County, covering the peoiod from 1773 through 1776, are still extant. Charles is listed as a Reader in Goodins Church ‘for the year past,’ in the vestry minutes of 22 March 1776.”

“He appeared on the list of tithables in 1774 for Buckingham County, and in the personal property land tax books form 1782 until 1813 - - the approximate year of his death, as the land ta records for that latter year reported ‘Charles Maxey estate.’ He was referred to as ‘Methodist’ and ‘Reverand’ in several places in the land tax books; and his residence, given as being both six and seven miles west of the courthouse, was on Frisby Creek and originally contained 400 acres. Other branches of the Maxey family resided elsewhere in the county.”

“Over the years Charles increased his holdings in Buckingham County from the 400 acres listed in the first tax book in 1782 by another 400 ten years later. And by two new grands of 660 acres near Spencer’s Branch and 400 acres on both sides of Phillips Creek in 1787. In 1795 he bought 100 acres from a Mr. Conner, and two years later acquired 117 acres from a Mr. Bell. In 1804 he sold 220 acres of the land on Phillip’s Creek, but then received a grant of 520 acres of new land the same year - - increasing his holdings to 2,377 acres. Charles disposed of 560 acres of his grand near Spencer’s Branch in 1809.”

“The Maxey estate was gradually sold off after Charles’ death in 1813... reducing the estate to the 350 acres on which his widow resided for many years.”

“Based on the above records, it is surmised that Anne Maxey died about 1831 and would have been about 86 years old. David Spencer - in all probability her son-in-law - was administrator of her estate.”

“The manner in which Charles Maxey’s land was disposed of indicates that he left a will giving everything to his widow during her lifetime or widowhood, with the residue being distributed to his children - or their heirs - after Anne’s death. There may have been a provision that some of the land was to be sold and the proceeds distributed to his children.”

“None of his descendants stayed in the area and no tombstone marks his grave or those of his family. One must conjecture as to the personality of Charles, who seemingly isolated himself from the rest of the Maxeys and, unlike the others, held firmly to his land, conveying none of it to any of his sons while he was still living.”

1810 CENSUS, VIRGINIA, BUCKINGHAM CO (LFC NOTE):

A Charles Maxey is found of the right age, with a wife of the right age. There are younger adults in household, perhaps married child(ren)? They have 26 slaves.

Name: Clairborne MAXEY

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Birth: 3 Mar 1769 Buckingham Co., VA

Death: 29 Apr 1822 Buckingham Co., VA

Father: Charles MAXEY (1743-1813)

Mother: Anne BONDURANT (1745-1831)

Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - ) & Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806)

Anne BONDURANT** (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Charles MAXEY** (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (Oct 1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

Misc. Notes

“Claiborne... was first indicated as a taxable with his father in 1787, as being betrween the age of 16 to 21, and continued in this manner until he had his own listing in 1791. He lived in Powhatan County, Virginia from 1793 through 1799 and was married there on 12 December 1796 to Ann O. Taylor (born 13 February 1776), a daughter of Robert Taylor.”

“Claiborne and his family returned to Buckingham County in 1800, and on the 25th of March the following year he received a grand of 235 acres in that county on the south branches of Mill Creek of Slate River. In addition he purchased 150 acresw in 1804, and his residence is later given in the tax records as being on Middle Fork of Slate River, ten miles west of the courthouse. By 1813 his total holdings were given as 370 acres. Then in 1817 he sold 20 cres to his neighbor Thomas Wright, who also purchased the remaining 350 acres in 1824 - two years after Claiborne’s death on 29 April 1822. Ann died on 20 Ocotober 1823 leaving eight children, four of whom were still minors.”

“In the will of Robert Taylor, dated 24 April 1825 and probated 20 July 1826, he made bequests to the children of his deceased daughter Ann Maxey: Charles, Robert, George, Betsy Ann (Nixon), Abner, Blagrave, Claiborne, and William. Since several of them were minors, it was necessry to appoint a guardian for their estate, and this was done on 21 December 1826 when Abner (over the age of 14) made a choice of George Taylor, his uncle, whom the court then appointed as guardian of Blagrave, Claiborne and William, with bond set at $2,000.”

1810 CENSUS, VIRGINIA, BUCKINGHAM CO.:

There is a “Clabon Marcey”, who is almost certainly the right family. The count and ages of the free whites in the household is a perfect match. They own three slaves.

1820 CENSUS, VIRGINIA, BUCKINGHAM CO., NEW CANTON TWP:

Clairbourne Maxey (indexed as Moxey) is found. Ages and head counts are right for Clairbourne, wife Ann, and the six youngest children. Count is confusing for others - think one of oldest sons (maybe our ancestor Robert Taylor?) is living there with his wife. And there is an extra female age 10-16.

They own six slaves. There is one male under age 14, one male age 26-45, three females age 14-26, and one female over age 45.

Name: Robert Taylor MAXEY

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Birth: 9 Apr 1800 Buckingham Co., VA

Death: 26 Dec 1875 Knox Co., IL

Burial: Mathers Cemetery, Orange Twp., Knox Co., IL

Father: Clairborne MAXEY (1769-)

Mother: Ann Olive TAYLOR (1776-)

Edward MAXEY (abt 1674 - 18 Apr 1740) & Susannah GATES ( - 31 May 1743)

Elizabeth MAXEY (abt 1704 - ) & John M RADFORD (9 Dec 1694 - 28 Jun 1773)

Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - ) & Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806)

Anne BONDURANT** (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Sylvanus (Sill) MAXEY* (1718 - 1770) & Mary Esther WORLEY (abt 1720 - 1761)

Charles MAXEY** (3 May 1743 - 1813) & Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (Oct 1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)

Misc. Notes

Robert Taylor Maxey was born in Buckingham County, VA. He made his first and only appearance on the personal property tax records of that county in 1821.

“Robert married Ridley R. Nixon, a daughter of Randolph Nixon, on 3 November 1819, probably in Buckingham County. Their first seven children were born in Virginia, probably in Albemarle County where they were located in the 1830 census. Robert and Ridley spent about seven years in Cumberland County, Kentucky, where his uncle Caleb Maxey lived, and one of their children was born during that period. The tax books of Cumberland County are not complete, but he is shown on them in 1833 and 1837. The family was in Illinois by 1840 but, again, the federal census taken that year did not reveal which county.”

Robert is buried with his first wife and daughter America in mathers Cemetery in Orange Township, Knox Co., IL.

1830 CENSUS, ALBERMARLE CO., VA:

He is recorded as “Robert T. Maxuy”, but he and his wife are exactly the right age, and they have six children of the right ages (including our ancestor Frances Nixon, who would be age 3).

1850 CENSUS, KNOX CO., ILL:

Robert Maxey is found for twp “10 N 2 E”, dwelling #328, Image 11. He is age 50. His spouse is “Lydia”, age 25, and THEY WERE MARRIED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR (his first wife died 2 years earlier). Three children of correct names and ages are living at home -- Thomas, Susan and Catherine at ages 21, 15 and 10. Thomas is working as a “Laborer”; Susan and Catherine have been attending school. Robert was born in Virginia, Lydia in Indiana, Thomas in Virginia, Susan in Kentucky, and Catherine in Illinois -- offering good clues on family movements. They own real estate worth $1900.

He lives near Bartlett Walker, dwelling #335, who has married his daughter Frances (see notes with Bartlett).

1855 ILLINOIS CENSUS, KNOX CO:

Robt T Maxey is there, age 50-60. Ages for wife and first two of their children are right. There does seem to be an extra male age 10-20, maybe a hired hand?

Also nearby (same page) are his sons Richard and Claiborne, and his son-in-law Bartlett Y. Walker.

1860 CENSUS, ILL, KNOX CO., ORANGE:

They got indexed as “R. T. Mary and wife Syddia”, but R. T. Maxey and Lydia are there. All the children are now Lydia’s, they are Charles age 10, George age 7, and Sarah age 4. He has real estate worth $5000, and personal estate worth $2000. All the kids were born in Illinois. All the children with first wife have moved on.

1865 ILLINOIS CENSUS, KNOX CO:

Robert and Lydia are there, with right head count and ages on children.

1870 CENSUS, ILL, KNOX CO., ORANGE:

Robert is 70, Lydia (2nd wife) is 46. There are 4 children at home. Charles is 19, George is 18, Sarah is 14, and Mary is 7.

Marriage: 3 Nov 1819

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Spouse: Ridley R NIXON

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Birth: 12 Nov 1800

Death: 9 Sep 1848 Knox Co., IL

Burial: Mathers Cemetery, Orange Twp., Knox Co., IL

(THERE WAS APPARENTLY ALSO A SECOND WIFE, LYDIA, SEE NOTE ABOVE.)

Robert Taylor MAXEY (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Richard Anderson MAXEY (3 Aug 1821 - 12 Jun 1885)

America Ann Elizabeth MAXEY (2 May 1823 - 21 Sep 1886)

Robert Samuel MAXEY (22 Jan 1825 - 7 Feb 1899)

James Monroe MAXEY (22 Jan 1825 - 1 Mar 1851)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (abt 1820 - aft 1906)

Thomas Jefferson MAXEY (8 Oct 1828 - 28 Aug 1903)

Clayborn E MAXEY (11 Oct 1831 - 30 Jul 1893)

Ridley Susan MAXEY (4 Apr 1835 - 18 May 1875)

Catherine Elendar MAXEY (8 May 1840 - 13 Dec 1872)

Robert Taylor MAXEY (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Lydia FOSTER (5 Jul 1825 - 12 Oct 1912)

Charles Earl MAXEY (20 Nov 1850 - 8 Jan 1890)

George Taylor MAXEY (2 Aug 1852 - 30 Apr 1909)

Sarah Eliza MAXEY (13 Apr 1856 - )

Mary Belle MAXEY (27 Oct 1862 - 21 Aug 1945)

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