Mary Molissie Thomas was born circa 1603 in County Durham, northeastern England. No parental information is available, but perhaps further future family history research will reveal the identities of her mother and father and specifics of her family heritage.
MARRIAGE OF THOMAS LEDBETTER
AND MARY MOLISSIE THOMAS;
BIRTH OF SON: HENRY LEDBETTER
A fair preponderance of genealogical evidence now available indicates that, Circa 1625-1630, Thomas Ledbetter married Mary Molissie Thomas in County Durham, England. Further genealogical research yet may yield some wedding date and marriage place specifics.
In Circa 1625-1635, Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter happily were blessed with the birth of one known child, a son named Henry Ledbetter. Birthplace of Henry Ledbetter is surmised to have been in County Durham, England. However, his birthplace quite possibly was in America, in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. Further genealogical research yet may yield some birthdate and birthplace specifics.
Merely by educated guess, based upon the high birth rates (& high infant date rates) of Early 1600s Colonial Era, perhaps there were several children born of the marriage union of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas, births (& deaths) which occurred either in England or in America. However, the only identifiable surviving child of parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter was a son, Henry Ledbetter (Born Ca. 1625-1635), a timeframe about 5 to 10 years after the Circa 1625-1630 English marriage of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas.
COMING TO AMERICA &
IMPORTATION LAND-GRANT
IN ENGLISH VIRGINIA COLONY
Apparently, as a family unit, parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter, along with young babe Henry Ledbetter, emigrated from County Durham, England to Colonial Virginia via sailing ship in Circa 1630. Thomas Ledbetter and family settled in Bristol Parish (now part of Petersburg), near Charles City, Prince George (now Charles City-County), Virginia.
"Burke's Landed Gentry is credited with stating that a Thomas Ledbetter was in Virginia in 1635. No Ledbetter is shown in the original Jamestown list of colonists, nor in the census of Jamestown in 1623."
--Sources:
a. Ledbetters From Virginia, Book Authors:
Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Publisher:
Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, USA,
Publishing Year: 1964, book page 17
(First Generation in Virginia);
b. Burke's Landed Gentry (A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland), Sir Bernard Burke, Publisher: Harrison Pall Mall, London, England, 1914.
Late 1600s A.D. Colonial Virginia land records, now archived in the Virginia State Capital of Richmond, and recently discovered in 2015 & 2016 by this bio-sketch author, give some insight into the emigration timeframe of Thomas Ledbetter and family, from England to America. A 1668 Virginia Land Deed (transferring property title of 224 acres to Henry Ledbetter, south of the Appomattox River near Charles City, Prince George County, Virginia), records that 99 acres of the real estate transaction originally was a land grant to the (unspecified by name) father of Henry Ledbetter in 1638, awarded for importing two white females into the Virginia Colony.
--Source:
Land Deeds, Prince George County, VA,
Commonwealth of Virginia State Archives,
Richmond, VA.
This same 1668 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter indicates that in Summer 1638, the father of Henry Ledbetter brought or sponsored two Caucasian females, named Margry Linsal and Mary House, from England to the Virginia Colony in America. Margry Linsal and Mary House were transported via sailing ship from the British Isles and imported into the English Colony of Virginia upon 4 August 1638. By virtue of importing these two white females into Colonial Virginia, the father of Henry Ledbetter (believed to be named Thomas Ledbetter) was awarded a land-grant total of 99 acres.
Although sought in diligent research, no ship's manifest has been discovered thus far, listing the names of Margry Linsal and Mary House, as importee immigrants to the Virginia Colony in 1638. Yet and still, the 1688 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter, legally transferring land title to his ownership, serves the additional purpose of factually recording this immigration event of 50 years earlier,
upon 4 August 1638.
Drawing from the aforesaid land grant and immigration factual documentation, emphasis is placed upon Mary House, one of two white females imported upon 4 August 1638 to Virginia Colony from England by Thomas Ledbetter. Is the Mary House named in the Colonial Virginia land record immigration report, the same Mary House, whom Henry Ledbetter, son of Thomas Ledbetter, married in Circa 1651 (marriage year by some accounts)? Very likely so, given the unique name, timeframe, same location, and prior relationship. Reasonable conclusion of such an immigration-marriage scenario, also would follow good genealogical research principles:
1. Identify by name;
2. Verify by date, location & relationship.
If the Mary House imported by Thomas Ledbetter, and the Mary House married by Henry Ledbetter, prove to be the same woman, this would mean Thomas Ledbetter gained a considerable chunk of real estate AND a darling daughter-in-law, in fairly quick succession, during the Virginia Colonial Era!
Perhaps, just perhaps, aside from a legal requirement to document the historical land-grant of his father, an additional reason to specify the immigrant names (Margry Linsal & Mary House) and their Virginia Colony immigration date (4 Aug. 1638), was for Henry Ledbetter to record for posterity this significant family history event:
Maiden Voyage Arrival in America of Mary House (his future wife in a 1638 perspective and his current wife in 1668).
Historical Note: Ledbetter Family colonial events (immigration, land-grant, marriage) successively occurred circa 1618-1651, which was during the first 4 decades or so, after the 1607 establishment of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement (first successful English Colony on the continent of North America).
LEDBETTER FAMILY IN
BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA
Bristol Parish and Charles City were some of the original English settlements in the Tidewater Coastal Region of Colonial Virginia. Thomas Ledbetter and wife Mary lived just upriver from Jamestown, within Bristol Parish, near Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, in the Appomattox River Valley: "...in that part south of the James and Appomattox Rivers, which became the northern part of Prince George County, Virginia."
--Source: Ledbetters From Virginia, Author: Ledbetter, Roy C., Publisher: Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, 1964, page 17
(First Generation in Virginia).
***
Update Note: Special appreciation is extended to Patsy (Mann) Holtz, for providing family history information, including the Middle Name and Maiden Surname of Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter. Reference: Find-A-Grave.com Website editing info message dated 22 June 2015, Patsy (Mann) Holtz to Dean Ledbetter.
Mary Molissie Thomas Ledbetter Bio-Sketch
Author: Dean Ledbetter
Created: 27 September 2013
Revised: 22 December 2015;
10-11 March 2016, 19-20 May 2017;
21-22 October 2018, 4 November 2018
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 by Dean Ledbetter;
All Copyright Law Provisions Reserved (American & International).
MARRIAGE OF THOMAS LEDBETTER
AND MARY MOLISSIE THOMAS;
BIRTH OF SON: HENRY LEDBETTER
A fair preponderance of genealogical evidence now available indicates that, Circa 1625-1630, Thomas Ledbetter married Mary Molissie Thomas in County Durham, England. Further genealogical research yet may yield some wedding date and marriage place specifics.
In Circa 1625-1635, Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter happily were blessed with the birth of one known child, a son named Henry Ledbetter. Birthplace of Henry Ledbetter is surmised to have been in County Durham, England. However, his birthplace quite possibly was in America, in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. Further genealogical research yet may yield some birthdate and birthplace specifics.
Merely by educated guess, based upon the high birth rates (& high infant date rates) of Early 1600s Colonial Era, perhaps there were several children born of the marriage union of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas, births (& deaths) which occurred either in England or in America. However, the only identifiable surviving child of parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter was a son, Henry Ledbetter (Born Ca. 1625-1635), a timeframe about 5 to 10 years after the Circa 1625-1630 English marriage of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas.
COMING TO AMERICA &
IMPORTATION LAND-GRANT
IN ENGLISH VIRGINIA COLONY
Apparently, as a family unit, parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter, along with young babe Henry Ledbetter, emigrated from County Durham, England to Colonial Virginia via sailing ship in Circa 1630. Thomas Ledbetter and family settled in Bristol Parish (now part of Petersburg), near Charles City, Prince George (now Charles City-County), Virginia.
"Burke's Landed Gentry is credited with stating that a Thomas Ledbetter was in Virginia in 1635. No Ledbetter is shown in the original Jamestown list of colonists, nor in the census of Jamestown in 1623."
--Sources:
a. Ledbetters From Virginia, Book Authors:
Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Publisher:
Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, USA,
Publishing Year: 1964, book page 17
(First Generation in Virginia);
b. Burke's Landed Gentry (A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland), Sir Bernard Burke, Publisher: Harrison Pall Mall, London, England, 1914.
Late 1600s A.D. Colonial Virginia land records, now archived in the Virginia State Capital of Richmond, and recently discovered in 2015 & 2016 by this bio-sketch author, give some insight into the emigration timeframe of Thomas Ledbetter and family, from England to America. A 1668 Virginia Land Deed (transferring property title of 224 acres to Henry Ledbetter, south of the Appomattox River near Charles City, Prince George County, Virginia), records that 99 acres of the real estate transaction originally was a land grant to the (unspecified by name) father of Henry Ledbetter in 1638, awarded for importing two white females into the Virginia Colony.
--Source:
Land Deeds, Prince George County, VA,
Commonwealth of Virginia State Archives,
Richmond, VA.
This same 1668 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter indicates that in Summer 1638, the father of Henry Ledbetter brought or sponsored two Caucasian females, named Margry Linsal and Mary House, from England to the Virginia Colony in America. Margry Linsal and Mary House were transported via sailing ship from the British Isles and imported into the English Colony of Virginia upon 4 August 1638. By virtue of importing these two white females into Colonial Virginia, the father of Henry Ledbetter (believed to be named Thomas Ledbetter) was awarded a land-grant total of 99 acres.
Although sought in diligent research, no ship's manifest has been discovered thus far, listing the names of Margry Linsal and Mary House, as importee immigrants to the Virginia Colony in 1638. Yet and still, the 1688 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter, legally transferring land title to his ownership, serves the additional purpose of factually recording this immigration event of 50 years earlier,
upon 4 August 1638.
Drawing from the aforesaid land grant and immigration factual documentation, emphasis is placed upon Mary House, one of two white females imported upon 4 August 1638 to Virginia Colony from England by Thomas Ledbetter. Is the Mary House named in the Colonial Virginia land record immigration report, the same Mary House, whom Henry Ledbetter, son of Thomas Ledbetter, married in Circa 1651 (marriage year by some accounts)? Very likely so, given the unique name, timeframe, same location, and prior relationship. Reasonable conclusion of such an immigration-marriage scenario, also would follow good genealogical research principles:
1. Identify by name;
2. Verify by date, location & relationship.
If the Mary House imported by Thomas Ledbetter, and the Mary House married by Henry Ledbetter, prove to be the same woman, this would mean Thomas Ledbetter gained a considerable chunk of real estate AND a darling daughter-in-law, in fairly quick succession, during the Virginia Colonial Era!
Perhaps, just perhaps, aside from a legal requirement to document the historical land-grant of his father, an additional reason to specify the immigrant names (Margry Linsal & Mary House) and their Virginia Colony immigration date (4 Aug. 1638), was for Henry Ledbetter to record for posterity this significant family history event:
Maiden Voyage Arrival in America of Mary House (his future wife in a 1638 perspective and his current wife in 1668).
Historical Note: Ledbetter Family colonial events (immigration, land-grant, marriage) successively occurred circa 1618-1651, which was during the first 4 decades or so, after the 1607 establishment of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement (first successful English Colony on the continent of North America).
LEDBETTER FAMILY IN
BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA
Bristol Parish and Charles City were some of the original English settlements in the Tidewater Coastal Region of Colonial Virginia. Thomas Ledbetter and wife Mary lived just upriver from Jamestown, within Bristol Parish, near Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, in the Appomattox River Valley: "...in that part south of the James and Appomattox Rivers, which became the northern part of Prince George County, Virginia."
--Source: Ledbetters From Virginia, Author: Ledbetter, Roy C., Publisher: Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, 1964, page 17
(First Generation in Virginia).
***
Update Note: Special appreciation is extended to Patsy (Mann) Holtz, for providing family history information, including the Middle Name and Maiden Surname of Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter. Reference: Find-A-Grave.com Website editing info message dated 22 June 2015, Patsy (Mann) Holtz to Dean Ledbetter.
Mary Molissie Thomas Ledbetter Bio-Sketch
Author: Dean Ledbetter
Created: 27 September 2013
Revised: 22 December 2015;
10-11 March 2016, 19-20 May 2017;
21-22 October 2018, 4 November 2018
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 by Dean Ledbetter;
All Copyright Law Provisions Reserved (American & International).
Mary Molissie Thomas was born circa 1603 in County Durham, northeastern England. No parental information is available, but perhaps further future family history research will reveal the identities of her mother and father and specifics of her family heritage.
MARRIAGE OF THOMAS LEDBETTER
AND MARY MOLISSIE THOMAS;
BIRTH OF SON: HENRY LEDBETTER
A fair preponderance of genealogical evidence now available indicates that, Circa 1625-1630, Thomas Ledbetter married Mary Molissie Thomas in County Durham, England. Further genealogical research yet may yield some wedding date and marriage place specifics.
In Circa 1625-1635, Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter happily were blessed with the birth of one known child, a son named Henry Ledbetter. Birthplace of Henry Ledbetter is surmised to have been in County Durham, England. However, his birthplace quite possibly was in America, in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. Further genealogical research yet may yield some birthdate and birthplace specifics.
Merely by educated guess, based upon the high birth rates (& high infant date rates) of Early 1600s Colonial Era, perhaps there were several children born of the marriage union of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas, births (& deaths) which occurred either in England or in America. However, the only identifiable surviving child of parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter was a son, Henry Ledbetter (Born Ca. 1625-1635), a timeframe about 5 to 10 years after the Circa 1625-1630 English marriage of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas.
COMING TO AMERICA &
IMPORTATION LAND-GRANT
IN ENGLISH VIRGINIA COLONY
Apparently, as a family unit, parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter, along with young babe Henry Ledbetter, emigrated from County Durham, England to Colonial Virginia via sailing ship in Circa 1630. Thomas Ledbetter and family settled in Bristol Parish (now part of Petersburg), near Charles City, Prince George (now Charles City-County), Virginia.
"Burke's Landed Gentry is credited with stating that a Thomas Ledbetter was in Virginia in 1635. No Ledbetter is shown in the original Jamestown list of colonists, nor in the census of Jamestown in 1623."
--Sources:
a. Ledbetters From Virginia, Book Authors:
Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Publisher:
Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, USA,
Publishing Year: 1964, book page 17
(First Generation in Virginia);
b. Burke's Landed Gentry (A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland), Sir Bernard Burke, Publisher: Harrison Pall Mall, London, England, 1914.
Late 1600s A.D. Colonial Virginia land records, now archived in the Virginia State Capital of Richmond, and recently discovered in 2015 & 2016 by this bio-sketch author, give some insight into the emigration timeframe of Thomas Ledbetter and family, from England to America. A 1668 Virginia Land Deed (transferring property title of 224 acres to Henry Ledbetter, south of the Appomattox River near Charles City, Prince George County, Virginia), records that 99 acres of the real estate transaction originally was a land grant to the (unspecified by name) father of Henry Ledbetter in 1638, awarded for importing two white females into the Virginia Colony.
--Source:
Land Deeds, Prince George County, VA,
Commonwealth of Virginia State Archives,
Richmond, VA.
This same 1668 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter indicates that in Summer 1638, the father of Henry Ledbetter brought or sponsored two Caucasian females, named Margry Linsal and Mary House, from England to the Virginia Colony in America. Margry Linsal and Mary House were transported via sailing ship from the British Isles and imported into the English Colony of Virginia upon 4 August 1638. By virtue of importing these two white females into Colonial Virginia, the father of Henry Ledbetter (believed to be named Thomas Ledbetter) was awarded a land-grant total of 99 acres.
Although sought in diligent research, no ship's manifest has been discovered thus far, listing the names of Margry Linsal and Mary House, as importee immigrants to the Virginia Colony in 1638. Yet and still, the 1688 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter, legally transferring land title to his ownership, serves the additional purpose of factually recording this immigration event of 50 years earlier,
upon 4 August 1638.
Drawing from the aforesaid land grant and immigration factual documentation, emphasis is placed upon Mary House, one of two white females imported upon 4 August 1638 to Virginia Colony from England by Thomas Ledbetter. Is the Mary House named in the Colonial Virginia land record immigration report, the same Mary House, whom Henry Ledbetter, son of Thomas Ledbetter, married in Circa 1651 (marriage year by some accounts)? Very likely so, given the unique name, timeframe, same location, and prior relationship. Reasonable conclusion of such an immigration-marriage scenario, also would follow good genealogical research principles:
1. Identify by name;
2. Verify by date, location & relationship.
If the Mary House imported by Thomas Ledbetter, and the Mary House married by Henry Ledbetter, prove to be the same woman, this would mean Thomas Ledbetter gained a considerable chunk of real estate AND a darling daughter-in-law, in fairly quick succession, during the Virginia Colonial Era!
Perhaps, just perhaps, aside from a legal requirement to document the historical land-grant of his father, an additional reason to specify the immigrant names (Margry Linsal & Mary House) and their Virginia Colony immigration date (4 Aug. 1638), was for Henry Ledbetter to record for posterity this significant family history event:
Maiden Voyage Arrival in America of Mary House (his future wife in a 1638 perspective and his current wife in 1668).
Historical Note: Ledbetter Family colonial events (immigration, land-grant, marriage) successively occurred circa 1618-1651, which was during the first 4 decades or so, after the 1607 establishment of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement (first successful English Colony on the continent of North America).
LEDBETTER FAMILY IN
BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA
Bristol Parish and Charles City were some of the original English settlements in the Tidewater Coastal Region of Colonial Virginia. Thomas Ledbetter and wife Mary lived just upriver from Jamestown, within Bristol Parish, near Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, in the Appomattox River Valley: "...in that part south of the James and Appomattox Rivers, which became the northern part of Prince George County, Virginia."
--Source: Ledbetters From Virginia, Author: Ledbetter, Roy C., Publisher: Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, 1964, page 17
(First Generation in Virginia).
***
Update Note: Special appreciation is extended to Patsy (Mann) Holtz, for providing family history information, including the Middle Name and Maiden Surname of Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter. Reference: Find-A-Grave.com Website editing info message dated 22 June 2015, Patsy (Mann) Holtz to Dean Ledbetter.
Mary Molissie Thomas Ledbetter Bio-Sketch
Author: Dean Ledbetter
Created: 27 September 2013
Revised: 22 December 2015;
10-11 March 2016, 19-20 May 2017;
21-22 October 2018, 4 November 2018
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 by Dean Ledbetter;
All Copyright Law Provisions Reserved (American & International).
MARRIAGE OF THOMAS LEDBETTER
AND MARY MOLISSIE THOMAS;
BIRTH OF SON: HENRY LEDBETTER
A fair preponderance of genealogical evidence now available indicates that, Circa 1625-1630, Thomas Ledbetter married Mary Molissie Thomas in County Durham, England. Further genealogical research yet may yield some wedding date and marriage place specifics.
In Circa 1625-1635, Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter happily were blessed with the birth of one known child, a son named Henry Ledbetter. Birthplace of Henry Ledbetter is surmised to have been in County Durham, England. However, his birthplace quite possibly was in America, in Bristol Parish, Charles City County, Virginia. Further genealogical research yet may yield some birthdate and birthplace specifics.
Merely by educated guess, based upon the high birth rates (& high infant date rates) of Early 1600s Colonial Era, perhaps there were several children born of the marriage union of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas, births (& deaths) which occurred either in England or in America. However, the only identifiable surviving child of parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter was a son, Henry Ledbetter (Born Ca. 1625-1635), a timeframe about 5 to 10 years after the Circa 1625-1630 English marriage of Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie Thomas.
COMING TO AMERICA &
IMPORTATION LAND-GRANT
IN ENGLISH VIRGINIA COLONY
Apparently, as a family unit, parents Thomas Ledbetter and Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter, along with young babe Henry Ledbetter, emigrated from County Durham, England to Colonial Virginia via sailing ship in Circa 1630. Thomas Ledbetter and family settled in Bristol Parish (now part of Petersburg), near Charles City, Prince George (now Charles City-County), Virginia.
"Burke's Landed Gentry is credited with stating that a Thomas Ledbetter was in Virginia in 1635. No Ledbetter is shown in the original Jamestown list of colonists, nor in the census of Jamestown in 1623."
--Sources:
a. Ledbetters From Virginia, Book Authors:
Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Publisher:
Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, USA,
Publishing Year: 1964, book page 17
(First Generation in Virginia);
b. Burke's Landed Gentry (A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland), Sir Bernard Burke, Publisher: Harrison Pall Mall, London, England, 1914.
Late 1600s A.D. Colonial Virginia land records, now archived in the Virginia State Capital of Richmond, and recently discovered in 2015 & 2016 by this bio-sketch author, give some insight into the emigration timeframe of Thomas Ledbetter and family, from England to America. A 1668 Virginia Land Deed (transferring property title of 224 acres to Henry Ledbetter, south of the Appomattox River near Charles City, Prince George County, Virginia), records that 99 acres of the real estate transaction originally was a land grant to the (unspecified by name) father of Henry Ledbetter in 1638, awarded for importing two white females into the Virginia Colony.
--Source:
Land Deeds, Prince George County, VA,
Commonwealth of Virginia State Archives,
Richmond, VA.
This same 1668 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter indicates that in Summer 1638, the father of Henry Ledbetter brought or sponsored two Caucasian females, named Margry Linsal and Mary House, from England to the Virginia Colony in America. Margry Linsal and Mary House were transported via sailing ship from the British Isles and imported into the English Colony of Virginia upon 4 August 1638. By virtue of importing these two white females into Colonial Virginia, the father of Henry Ledbetter (believed to be named Thomas Ledbetter) was awarded a land-grant total of 99 acres.
Although sought in diligent research, no ship's manifest has been discovered thus far, listing the names of Margry Linsal and Mary House, as importee immigrants to the Virginia Colony in 1638. Yet and still, the 1688 Virginia Land Deed of Henry Ledbetter, legally transferring land title to his ownership, serves the additional purpose of factually recording this immigration event of 50 years earlier,
upon 4 August 1638.
Drawing from the aforesaid land grant and immigration factual documentation, emphasis is placed upon Mary House, one of two white females imported upon 4 August 1638 to Virginia Colony from England by Thomas Ledbetter. Is the Mary House named in the Colonial Virginia land record immigration report, the same Mary House, whom Henry Ledbetter, son of Thomas Ledbetter, married in Circa 1651 (marriage year by some accounts)? Very likely so, given the unique name, timeframe, same location, and prior relationship. Reasonable conclusion of such an immigration-marriage scenario, also would follow good genealogical research principles:
1. Identify by name;
2. Verify by date, location & relationship.
If the Mary House imported by Thomas Ledbetter, and the Mary House married by Henry Ledbetter, prove to be the same woman, this would mean Thomas Ledbetter gained a considerable chunk of real estate AND a darling daughter-in-law, in fairly quick succession, during the Virginia Colonial Era!
Perhaps, just perhaps, aside from a legal requirement to document the historical land-grant of his father, an additional reason to specify the immigrant names (Margry Linsal & Mary House) and their Virginia Colony immigration date (4 Aug. 1638), was for Henry Ledbetter to record for posterity this significant family history event:
Maiden Voyage Arrival in America of Mary House (his future wife in a 1638 perspective and his current wife in 1668).
Historical Note: Ledbetter Family colonial events (immigration, land-grant, marriage) successively occurred circa 1618-1651, which was during the first 4 decades or so, after the 1607 establishment of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement (first successful English Colony on the continent of North America).
LEDBETTER FAMILY IN
BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA
Bristol Parish and Charles City were some of the original English settlements in the Tidewater Coastal Region of Colonial Virginia. Thomas Ledbetter and wife Mary lived just upriver from Jamestown, within Bristol Parish, near Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, in the Appomattox River Valley: "...in that part south of the James and Appomattox Rivers, which became the northern part of Prince George County, Virginia."
--Source: Ledbetters From Virginia, Author: Ledbetter, Roy C., Publisher: Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, TX, 1964, page 17
(First Generation in Virginia).
***
Update Note: Special appreciation is extended to Patsy (Mann) Holtz, for providing family history information, including the Middle Name and Maiden Surname of Mary Molissie (Thomas) Ledbetter. Reference: Find-A-Grave.com Website editing info message dated 22 June 2015, Patsy (Mann) Holtz to Dean Ledbetter.
Mary Molissie Thomas Ledbetter Bio-Sketch
Author: Dean Ledbetter
Created: 27 September 2013
Revised: 22 December 2015;
10-11 March 2016, 19-20 May 2017;
21-22 October 2018, 4 November 2018
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 by Dean Ledbetter;
All Copyright Law Provisions Reserved (American & International).
Gravesite Details
Unmarked Grave with remains of Mary M.T. Ledbetter; Tombstone likely was obscured or destroyed in 1864-1865 trench warfare battling & bombardment between Union & Confederate armies, during Petersburg Siege Campaign in & around Petersburg,
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