Rose died testate between 1 Dec. 1712 and 28 Jan. 1712/3 at Lower Machodoc, in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. She married (1st) by 15 Aug. 1657 Thomas Sheppard of Northumberland County, Virginia; married (2nd) by 23 Aug. 1664 John Tucker (d. testate bet. 5 May 1671 & 31 May 1671) of Tucker's Hill (in Cople Parish), Westmoreland County, Virginia; married (3rd) by 28 Jan. 1672/3 Thomas Gerrard, Esq. (originally of Bromley, Lancashire, but died testate bet. 28 Jan. 1672/3 & 19 Nov. 1673 at Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Virginia); and married (4th) bet. 12 Apr. 1676 and 16 Mar. 1676/7 John Newton the Elder, Master and Mariner (originally of Kingston-upon-Hull, but died testate bet. 21 Dec. 1696 and 28 Jul. 1697 at Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Virginia).
WILL: Rose Newton made 1 Dec 1711; probated 4 Feb 1712. To son Thomas Newton, land in Virginia and Maryland my late husband Thomas Gerrard left me. "The will of Rose Newton, widow, was proved in Westmoreland, January 28th, 1712. She gave her son Thomas Newton her lands in Virginia and Maryland and all rents and arrearages for lands left her by her former husband Thomas Gerrard, &c, &c. Thus it appears that Thomas was omitted in his father's will, and the only child named in his mother's." Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 33, p. 302; Vol. 36, p. 293; Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1654--1800, Augusta B. Fothergill, compiler, Appeals Press (1925), p. 48.
DEPOSITION: 7/8/1709: Deposition of Rose Newton, widow and relict of John Newton the Elder, late of Kingstone upon Hull in the Kingdom of England, master and mariner, but late of the County of Westmoreland. She swore that William Newton of Westmoreland was the eldest son of John Newton and Mary of Stafford Co., deceased and that John was the eldest son of John Newton whose widow she was; similar depositions were given by Thomas Newton, age 31 and by Benjamin Newton, age 40, sons of John Newton the Elder. The sons added that John Newton the Elder brought his son John Newton with him to VA and Benjamin Newton said that he knew Thomas Newton who lived in Hull, father of John Newton the Elder (Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Tucker).
Thomas Sheppard, born ca 1621, was married to wife Rose by 15 August 1657 when they assigned interest in a patent to Thomas Broughton in Northumberland County. On 23 August 1664 (same county) p. 130 "Jon Tucker who marryed Tho. Shepard's Widdow".
"Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma Tucker. "No proof has been located to establish the maiden name of Rose who married John Tucker but some facts suggest her identity. The March 1708 Westmoreland County Court ordered John Wheeler to pay 400 lbs. tobacco to Rosanna Gerard, proving that Rose's name was actually 'Rosanna there is but one Rosanna among the Westmoreland families closely associated with the Westmoreland Tuckers. That was Rosanna Sturman whose family came from Maryland to Northumberland County to Westmoreland County. John Tucker also came first to Northumberland County, then to Westmoreland County. Rose and John Tucker of Westmoreland County gave a power of attorney in Northumberland County, 7 August 1667, to James Claughton. Therefore, this writer hypothesizes that Rose Tucker Gerard Newton was Rosanna Sturman, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Porter) Sturman (q.v.). Ann Sturman's 1654 will named daughter Rosanna, then in England. No last name appears in the will, so whether Rosanna was single, married to John Tucker, or married to someone else does not appear. On 8 July 1709, Rose Tucker Gerard Newton gave her age as '80 or thereabouts,' so she was born about 1630. Her Tucker children were apparently born between 1663 and 1671, so she could have been the Rosanna Sturman in England when her mother wrote her will. Another source says that Thomas Gerard (who married John Tucker's widow) married (1) Susanna Snow and married (2) Rose Fitzburg in England, but John Tucker's widow would have been Rose Tucker at her marriage to Gerard, so Thomas Gerard may have been married three times or that data may have been an error. Thomas Sturman was b. in 1620 in England and d. in 1655 in Westmoreland Co., VA. From England, Thomas sailed in the 'Sarah Elizabeth' to MD in 1640. Some time between 1639/1640, he worked as a cooper for Capt. Robert Evelyn, Commander of the Isle of Kent. Inhabitants of St Mary's County, MD were ordered to Sturman's house in 1640 because of an Indian uprising, so he had moved to St Mary's County by that time. In 1641, Sturman and Thomas Yowell, whose daughter Ann m. Thomas Sturman's son, Thomas, bought a plantation and house together in St Mary's County. In 1642, Thomas Sturman was tried for treason, but pardoned. Meetings followed at the VA home of John Mottram and those who attended were labeled 'notorious enemies of the Lord Proprietary and his government, ' because of night-time raids on MD. Sturman and Yowell were ordered to surrender and to put up a bond of 2,000 lbs. tobacco to guarantee they would not leave MD or communicate with Mottram. In 1650 these Puritan rebels were in VA, but by 1649 Thomas Sturman had become a Burgess for St Mary's County, MD. He was also involved in a lawsuit with Margaret Brent, who inherited property from Gov. Calvert, as she took a house which Sturman claimed as his own. The courts promptly awarded him the property. In 1653, Thomas Sturman and his son John were forced to pay damages to Lord Cornwallis who accused them of being leaders of Ingle's Rebellion. In that year, Thomas removed to VA with William Hardidge, Andrew Monroe, Nathaniel Pope, and David Wickliff." Corroborating evidence (in my opinion): William Hardwick (aka Hardidge) m. Elizabeth Sturman (sister of Rosanna Sturman): William Hardwick was about 37 years old in 1655 according to his deposition made in Westmoreland Co., VA. He is probably the same as William Hardidge, servant, transported to MD in 1636. In 1642, William Hardidge and Nathaniel Pope were both living in St Mary's Hundred, MD. In 1645, William Hardwich and Thomas Sturman (his father-in-law) being Puritans, were involved in the disturbances of Richard Ingle. In 1650, both signed a petition in Maryland and soon after this they both and probably also Nathaniel Pope, moved to VA. He married first, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sturman prior to 1650 and she appears to have been the mother of his children. (The Hardwick Family, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. II, CD #186). NOTE: William Hardwick and Frances Gerard had a daughter, Elizabeth (see below). From the entry below, please note that we have an intermarriage with the Gerard family: The first wife of Col. Henry Ashton was Elizabeth Hardidge, b. 1677 and d. 2/25/1722, dau. of Wm. Hardidge and Frances Gerard. William Hardidge was the son of William who d. in 1669 and his wife, Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas Sturman). Frances Gerard was the dau. of Dr. Thomas Gerard and Susanna Snow. Frances Ashton, b. 1699 and d. 1718, married Capt. George Turberville in 1718 and had one daughter, Elizabeth; Elizabeth Ashton died unmarried before 1722; Grace Ashton m. Philip Lee of "Blenheim" in Charles Co., MD, the son of Richard Lee and grandson of Richard Lee; Ann, b. about 1701 and d. by 1731 who m. Capt. Wm. Aylett II in 1725 (marriage contract signed in Essex Co., VA 5/18/1725). (Descent of Col. Henry Ashton, younger son of Capt. John Ashton from Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. I, CD #186). These families all knew each other, lived in the same places at the same time, and intermarried. Linda Reno" Note: Ann Sturman's will refers to her daughter as "Rosamund", not "Rosanna" or "Rose". Records of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Deeds, Wills &c. from 1653 to 1659 p. 20. Will of Ann Sturman proved 21 th Aug. 1654 By a Will & Testam. my late husband Thomas Sturman deceased made me sole and whole Executrix & there being no Court since ye death of my husband to make a Probate of his said Will wch was my desire to doe And now finding my selfe weak in body but in perfect memory make my last Will & Testamt. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God ye maker of manhoode & my body to dust from whence I came Secondly I give my sone John Two Cowes called old Browne and Smot & one Bull & all ye hoggs that be at Maryland except one Sow that I give my Grandchilde Thomas Youlle & likewise to my sone John one brass kettle a warming pan a Carpett & his fathers great Coat & also to my sone John Sturman half ye right of Land that is due at Maryland & ye other half of ye Said Right of Land to my sone Richard Sturman And further I give to my Grandchilde John Sturman ye yearling that was Smotty Thirdly I bequeath to Ann Youle ye Cow that is called long Leggs & a red heifer that is two years olde & my hatt my bodies & my red coate my best stockings & my new pare of shooes Fourthly I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Hardich a Cow called Little & a black heifer & my best petticoate & two wastecoates belonging to it & as for my Linnen that is wearing Linnen I give & behod my daughter Ann Youle & Elizabeth Hardich excepting a white petticoate & white Wastcoate wch 1 give to my grandchilde Ann Youle & further I give to her a yearling wch valued by Long Leggs. I give to my grandchilde Winnifried a yearling called Anne Cale. I give to my grandchilde Little Betty Hardich one yearling great Brownings calfe Lastly I bequeath to my sone Richard Sturman one Cow called Starr two yearlings one valued by Little Browning & another red yearling & all my hoggs & their increase that are at Nominy & fower Calves that were weaned this y eare & further I give him two Bills one from John 'Wood & ye other from olde goodman Tasker more I give him my servant man for his full time to serve & ye Croppe of Tobco & Corne upon ye ground that is now growing more I give my sone Richard all ye goods that is in ye house mouvables and unmouvables except one bed bolster & pillow that he now lyes upon wch I give to my sone John & for ye debt that I owe I leave ye Tobco that is due for ye Land my husband solde in Maryland to pay ye said debt & likewise I leave one hhead of Tobco that was recovered in Maryland Court towards paying of those debts One thousand pounds of Tobco that will be overplus of paying my debts I give to my daughter Rosamund wch lives in England & that Tobco is left in my sone Richards hands to pay her & what Tobco may be over & above according as I have disposed of I leave to my sone Richard Further I give towards ye charges of my buriall In witness whereof I have sett my hand ye 22th day of June Ano Dm 1654. Noate that (of Tobco & Corne) was interlined before this will was witnessed. The will of Ann Sturman. Witnes Waltr Broadhurst John Wood. 21th Aug. 1654. This will was proved by ye oathes of Mr. Broadhurst & John Wood And ye naming of Executors by word of mouth after ye will was made by ye oathes of ye said Wood & George Day.
WILL: Rose Newton made 1 Dec 1711; probated 4 Feb 1712. To son Thomas Newton, land in Virginia and Maryland my late husband Thomas Gerrard left me. "The will of Rose Newton, widow, was proved in Westmoreland, January 28th, 1712. She gave her son Thomas Newton her lands in Virginia and Maryland and all rents and arrearages for lands left her by her former husband Thomas Gerrard, &c, &c. Thus it appears that Thomas was omitted in his father's will, and the only child named in his mother's." Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 33, p. 302; Vol. 36, p. 293; Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1654--1800, Augusta B. Fothergill, compiler, Appeals Press (1925), p. 48.
DEPOSITION: 7/8/1709: Deposition of Rose Newton, widow and relict of John Newton the Elder, late of Kingstone upon Hull in the Kingdom of England, master and mariner, but late of the County of Westmoreland. She swore that William Newton of Westmoreland was the eldest son of John Newton and Mary of Stafford Co., deceased and that John was the eldest son of John Newton whose widow she was; similar depositions were given by Thomas Newton, age 31 and by Benjamin Newton, age 40, sons of John Newton the Elder. The sons added that John Newton the Elder brought his son John Newton with him to VA and Benjamin Newton said that he knew Thomas Newton who lived in Hull, father of John Newton the Elder (Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Tucker).
Thomas Sheppard, born ca 1621, was married to wife Rose by 15 August 1657 when they assigned interest in a patent to Thomas Broughton in Northumberland County. On 23 August 1664 (same county) p. 130 "Jon Tucker who marryed Tho. Shepard's Widdow".
"Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma Tucker. "No proof has been located to establish the maiden name of Rose who married John Tucker but some facts suggest her identity. The March 1708 Westmoreland County Court ordered John Wheeler to pay 400 lbs. tobacco to Rosanna Gerard, proving that Rose's name was actually 'Rosanna there is but one Rosanna among the Westmoreland families closely associated with the Westmoreland Tuckers. That was Rosanna Sturman whose family came from Maryland to Northumberland County to Westmoreland County. John Tucker also came first to Northumberland County, then to Westmoreland County. Rose and John Tucker of Westmoreland County gave a power of attorney in Northumberland County, 7 August 1667, to James Claughton. Therefore, this writer hypothesizes that Rose Tucker Gerard Newton was Rosanna Sturman, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Porter) Sturman (q.v.). Ann Sturman's 1654 will named daughter Rosanna, then in England. No last name appears in the will, so whether Rosanna was single, married to John Tucker, or married to someone else does not appear. On 8 July 1709, Rose Tucker Gerard Newton gave her age as '80 or thereabouts,' so she was born about 1630. Her Tucker children were apparently born between 1663 and 1671, so she could have been the Rosanna Sturman in England when her mother wrote her will. Another source says that Thomas Gerard (who married John Tucker's widow) married (1) Susanna Snow and married (2) Rose Fitzburg in England, but John Tucker's widow would have been Rose Tucker at her marriage to Gerard, so Thomas Gerard may have been married three times or that data may have been an error. Thomas Sturman was b. in 1620 in England and d. in 1655 in Westmoreland Co., VA. From England, Thomas sailed in the 'Sarah Elizabeth' to MD in 1640. Some time between 1639/1640, he worked as a cooper for Capt. Robert Evelyn, Commander of the Isle of Kent. Inhabitants of St Mary's County, MD were ordered to Sturman's house in 1640 because of an Indian uprising, so he had moved to St Mary's County by that time. In 1641, Sturman and Thomas Yowell, whose daughter Ann m. Thomas Sturman's son, Thomas, bought a plantation and house together in St Mary's County. In 1642, Thomas Sturman was tried for treason, but pardoned. Meetings followed at the VA home of John Mottram and those who attended were labeled 'notorious enemies of the Lord Proprietary and his government, ' because of night-time raids on MD. Sturman and Yowell were ordered to surrender and to put up a bond of 2,000 lbs. tobacco to guarantee they would not leave MD or communicate with Mottram. In 1650 these Puritan rebels were in VA, but by 1649 Thomas Sturman had become a Burgess for St Mary's County, MD. He was also involved in a lawsuit with Margaret Brent, who inherited property from Gov. Calvert, as she took a house which Sturman claimed as his own. The courts promptly awarded him the property. In 1653, Thomas Sturman and his son John were forced to pay damages to Lord Cornwallis who accused them of being leaders of Ingle's Rebellion. In that year, Thomas removed to VA with William Hardidge, Andrew Monroe, Nathaniel Pope, and David Wickliff." Corroborating evidence (in my opinion): William Hardwick (aka Hardidge) m. Elizabeth Sturman (sister of Rosanna Sturman): William Hardwick was about 37 years old in 1655 according to his deposition made in Westmoreland Co., VA. He is probably the same as William Hardidge, servant, transported to MD in 1636. In 1642, William Hardidge and Nathaniel Pope were both living in St Mary's Hundred, MD. In 1645, William Hardwich and Thomas Sturman (his father-in-law) being Puritans, were involved in the disturbances of Richard Ingle. In 1650, both signed a petition in Maryland and soon after this they both and probably also Nathaniel Pope, moved to VA. He married first, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sturman prior to 1650 and she appears to have been the mother of his children. (The Hardwick Family, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. II, CD #186). NOTE: William Hardwick and Frances Gerard had a daughter, Elizabeth (see below). From the entry below, please note that we have an intermarriage with the Gerard family: The first wife of Col. Henry Ashton was Elizabeth Hardidge, b. 1677 and d. 2/25/1722, dau. of Wm. Hardidge and Frances Gerard. William Hardidge was the son of William who d. in 1669 and his wife, Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas Sturman). Frances Gerard was the dau. of Dr. Thomas Gerard and Susanna Snow. Frances Ashton, b. 1699 and d. 1718, married Capt. George Turberville in 1718 and had one daughter, Elizabeth; Elizabeth Ashton died unmarried before 1722; Grace Ashton m. Philip Lee of "Blenheim" in Charles Co., MD, the son of Richard Lee and grandson of Richard Lee; Ann, b. about 1701 and d. by 1731 who m. Capt. Wm. Aylett II in 1725 (marriage contract signed in Essex Co., VA 5/18/1725). (Descent of Col. Henry Ashton, younger son of Capt. John Ashton from Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. I, CD #186). These families all knew each other, lived in the same places at the same time, and intermarried. Linda Reno" Note: Ann Sturman's will refers to her daughter as "Rosamund", not "Rosanna" or "Rose". Records of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Deeds, Wills &c. from 1653 to 1659 p. 20. Will of Ann Sturman proved 21 th Aug. 1654 By a Will & Testam. my late husband Thomas Sturman deceased made me sole and whole Executrix & there being no Court since ye death of my husband to make a Probate of his said Will wch was my desire to doe And now finding my selfe weak in body but in perfect memory make my last Will & Testamt. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God ye maker of manhoode & my body to dust from whence I came Secondly I give my sone John Two Cowes called old Browne and Smot & one Bull & all ye hoggs that be at Maryland except one Sow that I give my Grandchilde Thomas Youlle & likewise to my sone John one brass kettle a warming pan a Carpett & his fathers great Coat & also to my sone John Sturman half ye right of Land that is due at Maryland & ye other half of ye Said Right of Land to my sone Richard Sturman And further I give to my Grandchilde John Sturman ye yearling that was Smotty Thirdly I bequeath to Ann Youle ye Cow that is called long Leggs & a red heifer that is two years olde & my hatt my bodies & my red coate my best stockings & my new pare of shooes Fourthly I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Hardich a Cow called Little & a black heifer & my best petticoate & two wastecoates belonging to it & as for my Linnen that is wearing Linnen I give & behod my daughter Ann Youle & Elizabeth Hardich excepting a white petticoate & white Wastcoate wch 1 give to my grandchilde Ann Youle & further I give to her a yearling wch valued by Long Leggs. I give to my grandchilde Winnifried a yearling called Anne Cale. I give to my grandchilde Little Betty Hardich one yearling great Brownings calfe Lastly I bequeath to my sone Richard Sturman one Cow called Starr two yearlings one valued by Little Browning & another red yearling & all my hoggs & their increase that are at Nominy & fower Calves that were weaned this y eare & further I give him two Bills one from John 'Wood & ye other from olde goodman Tasker more I give him my servant man for his full time to serve & ye Croppe of Tobco & Corne upon ye ground that is now growing more I give my sone Richard all ye goods that is in ye house mouvables and unmouvables except one bed bolster & pillow that he now lyes upon wch I give to my sone John & for ye debt that I owe I leave ye Tobco that is due for ye Land my husband solde in Maryland to pay ye said debt & likewise I leave one hhead of Tobco that was recovered in Maryland Court towards paying of those debts One thousand pounds of Tobco that will be overplus of paying my debts I give to my daughter Rosamund wch lives in England & that Tobco is left in my sone Richards hands to pay her & what Tobco may be over & above according as I have disposed of I leave to my sone Richard Further I give towards ye charges of my buriall In witness whereof I have sett my hand ye 22th day of June Ano Dm 1654. Noate that (of Tobco & Corne) was interlined before this will was witnessed. The will of Ann Sturman. Witnes Waltr Broadhurst John Wood. 21th Aug. 1654. This will was proved by ye oathes of Mr. Broadhurst & John Wood And ye naming of Executors by word of mouth after ye will was made by ye oathes of ye said Wood & George Day.
Rose died testate between 1 Dec. 1712 and 28 Jan. 1712/3 at Lower Machodoc, in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia. She married (1st) by 15 Aug. 1657 Thomas Sheppard of Northumberland County, Virginia; married (2nd) by 23 Aug. 1664 John Tucker (d. testate bet. 5 May 1671 & 31 May 1671) of Tucker's Hill (in Cople Parish), Westmoreland County, Virginia; married (3rd) by 28 Jan. 1672/3 Thomas Gerrard, Esq. (originally of Bromley, Lancashire, but died testate bet. 28 Jan. 1672/3 & 19 Nov. 1673 at Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Virginia); and married (4th) bet. 12 Apr. 1676 and 16 Mar. 1676/7 John Newton the Elder, Master and Mariner (originally of Kingston-upon-Hull, but died testate bet. 21 Dec. 1696 and 28 Jul. 1697 at Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland County, Virginia).
WILL: Rose Newton made 1 Dec 1711; probated 4 Feb 1712. To son Thomas Newton, land in Virginia and Maryland my late husband Thomas Gerrard left me. "The will of Rose Newton, widow, was proved in Westmoreland, January 28th, 1712. She gave her son Thomas Newton her lands in Virginia and Maryland and all rents and arrearages for lands left her by her former husband Thomas Gerrard, &c, &c. Thus it appears that Thomas was omitted in his father's will, and the only child named in his mother's." Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 33, p. 302; Vol. 36, p. 293; Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1654--1800, Augusta B. Fothergill, compiler, Appeals Press (1925), p. 48.
DEPOSITION: 7/8/1709: Deposition of Rose Newton, widow and relict of John Newton the Elder, late of Kingstone upon Hull in the Kingdom of England, master and mariner, but late of the County of Westmoreland. She swore that William Newton of Westmoreland was the eldest son of John Newton and Mary of Stafford Co., deceased and that John was the eldest son of John Newton whose widow she was; similar depositions were given by Thomas Newton, age 31 and by Benjamin Newton, age 40, sons of John Newton the Elder. The sons added that John Newton the Elder brought his son John Newton with him to VA and Benjamin Newton said that he knew Thomas Newton who lived in Hull, father of John Newton the Elder (Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Tucker).
Thomas Sheppard, born ca 1621, was married to wife Rose by 15 August 1657 when they assigned interest in a patent to Thomas Broughton in Northumberland County. On 23 August 1664 (same county) p. 130 "Jon Tucker who marryed Tho. Shepard's Widdow".
"Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma Tucker. "No proof has been located to establish the maiden name of Rose who married John Tucker but some facts suggest her identity. The March 1708 Westmoreland County Court ordered John Wheeler to pay 400 lbs. tobacco to Rosanna Gerard, proving that Rose's name was actually 'Rosanna there is but one Rosanna among the Westmoreland families closely associated with the Westmoreland Tuckers. That was Rosanna Sturman whose family came from Maryland to Northumberland County to Westmoreland County. John Tucker also came first to Northumberland County, then to Westmoreland County. Rose and John Tucker of Westmoreland County gave a power of attorney in Northumberland County, 7 August 1667, to James Claughton. Therefore, this writer hypothesizes that Rose Tucker Gerard Newton was Rosanna Sturman, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Porter) Sturman (q.v.). Ann Sturman's 1654 will named daughter Rosanna, then in England. No last name appears in the will, so whether Rosanna was single, married to John Tucker, or married to someone else does not appear. On 8 July 1709, Rose Tucker Gerard Newton gave her age as '80 or thereabouts,' so she was born about 1630. Her Tucker children were apparently born between 1663 and 1671, so she could have been the Rosanna Sturman in England when her mother wrote her will. Another source says that Thomas Gerard (who married John Tucker's widow) married (1) Susanna Snow and married (2) Rose Fitzburg in England, but John Tucker's widow would have been Rose Tucker at her marriage to Gerard, so Thomas Gerard may have been married three times or that data may have been an error. Thomas Sturman was b. in 1620 in England and d. in 1655 in Westmoreland Co., VA. From England, Thomas sailed in the 'Sarah Elizabeth' to MD in 1640. Some time between 1639/1640, he worked as a cooper for Capt. Robert Evelyn, Commander of the Isle of Kent. Inhabitants of St Mary's County, MD were ordered to Sturman's house in 1640 because of an Indian uprising, so he had moved to St Mary's County by that time. In 1641, Sturman and Thomas Yowell, whose daughter Ann m. Thomas Sturman's son, Thomas, bought a plantation and house together in St Mary's County. In 1642, Thomas Sturman was tried for treason, but pardoned. Meetings followed at the VA home of John Mottram and those who attended were labeled 'notorious enemies of the Lord Proprietary and his government, ' because of night-time raids on MD. Sturman and Yowell were ordered to surrender and to put up a bond of 2,000 lbs. tobacco to guarantee they would not leave MD or communicate with Mottram. In 1650 these Puritan rebels were in VA, but by 1649 Thomas Sturman had become a Burgess for St Mary's County, MD. He was also involved in a lawsuit with Margaret Brent, who inherited property from Gov. Calvert, as she took a house which Sturman claimed as his own. The courts promptly awarded him the property. In 1653, Thomas Sturman and his son John were forced to pay damages to Lord Cornwallis who accused them of being leaders of Ingle's Rebellion. In that year, Thomas removed to VA with William Hardidge, Andrew Monroe, Nathaniel Pope, and David Wickliff." Corroborating evidence (in my opinion): William Hardwick (aka Hardidge) m. Elizabeth Sturman (sister of Rosanna Sturman): William Hardwick was about 37 years old in 1655 according to his deposition made in Westmoreland Co., VA. He is probably the same as William Hardidge, servant, transported to MD in 1636. In 1642, William Hardidge and Nathaniel Pope were both living in St Mary's Hundred, MD. In 1645, William Hardwich and Thomas Sturman (his father-in-law) being Puritans, were involved in the disturbances of Richard Ingle. In 1650, both signed a petition in Maryland and soon after this they both and probably also Nathaniel Pope, moved to VA. He married first, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sturman prior to 1650 and she appears to have been the mother of his children. (The Hardwick Family, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. II, CD #186). NOTE: William Hardwick and Frances Gerard had a daughter, Elizabeth (see below). From the entry below, please note that we have an intermarriage with the Gerard family: The first wife of Col. Henry Ashton was Elizabeth Hardidge, b. 1677 and d. 2/25/1722, dau. of Wm. Hardidge and Frances Gerard. William Hardidge was the son of William who d. in 1669 and his wife, Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas Sturman). Frances Gerard was the dau. of Dr. Thomas Gerard and Susanna Snow. Frances Ashton, b. 1699 and d. 1718, married Capt. George Turberville in 1718 and had one daughter, Elizabeth; Elizabeth Ashton died unmarried before 1722; Grace Ashton m. Philip Lee of "Blenheim" in Charles Co., MD, the son of Richard Lee and grandson of Richard Lee; Ann, b. about 1701 and d. by 1731 who m. Capt. Wm. Aylett II in 1725 (marriage contract signed in Essex Co., VA 5/18/1725). (Descent of Col. Henry Ashton, younger son of Capt. John Ashton from Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. I, CD #186). These families all knew each other, lived in the same places at the same time, and intermarried. Linda Reno" Note: Ann Sturman's will refers to her daughter as "Rosamund", not "Rosanna" or "Rose". Records of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Deeds, Wills &c. from 1653 to 1659 p. 20. Will of Ann Sturman proved 21 th Aug. 1654 By a Will & Testam. my late husband Thomas Sturman deceased made me sole and whole Executrix & there being no Court since ye death of my husband to make a Probate of his said Will wch was my desire to doe And now finding my selfe weak in body but in perfect memory make my last Will & Testamt. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God ye maker of manhoode & my body to dust from whence I came Secondly I give my sone John Two Cowes called old Browne and Smot & one Bull & all ye hoggs that be at Maryland except one Sow that I give my Grandchilde Thomas Youlle & likewise to my sone John one brass kettle a warming pan a Carpett & his fathers great Coat & also to my sone John Sturman half ye right of Land that is due at Maryland & ye other half of ye Said Right of Land to my sone Richard Sturman And further I give to my Grandchilde John Sturman ye yearling that was Smotty Thirdly I bequeath to Ann Youle ye Cow that is called long Leggs & a red heifer that is two years olde & my hatt my bodies & my red coate my best stockings & my new pare of shooes Fourthly I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Hardich a Cow called Little & a black heifer & my best petticoate & two wastecoates belonging to it & as for my Linnen that is wearing Linnen I give & behod my daughter Ann Youle & Elizabeth Hardich excepting a white petticoate & white Wastcoate wch 1 give to my grandchilde Ann Youle & further I give to her a yearling wch valued by Long Leggs. I give to my grandchilde Winnifried a yearling called Anne Cale. I give to my grandchilde Little Betty Hardich one yearling great Brownings calfe Lastly I bequeath to my sone Richard Sturman one Cow called Starr two yearlings one valued by Little Browning & another red yearling & all my hoggs & their increase that are at Nominy & fower Calves that were weaned this y eare & further I give him two Bills one from John 'Wood & ye other from olde goodman Tasker more I give him my servant man for his full time to serve & ye Croppe of Tobco & Corne upon ye ground that is now growing more I give my sone Richard all ye goods that is in ye house mouvables and unmouvables except one bed bolster & pillow that he now lyes upon wch I give to my sone John & for ye debt that I owe I leave ye Tobco that is due for ye Land my husband solde in Maryland to pay ye said debt & likewise I leave one hhead of Tobco that was recovered in Maryland Court towards paying of those debts One thousand pounds of Tobco that will be overplus of paying my debts I give to my daughter Rosamund wch lives in England & that Tobco is left in my sone Richards hands to pay her & what Tobco may be over & above according as I have disposed of I leave to my sone Richard Further I give towards ye charges of my buriall In witness whereof I have sett my hand ye 22th day of June Ano Dm 1654. Noate that (of Tobco & Corne) was interlined before this will was witnessed. The will of Ann Sturman. Witnes Waltr Broadhurst John Wood. 21th Aug. 1654. This will was proved by ye oathes of Mr. Broadhurst & John Wood And ye naming of Executors by word of mouth after ye will was made by ye oathes of ye said Wood & George Day.
WILL: Rose Newton made 1 Dec 1711; probated 4 Feb 1712. To son Thomas Newton, land in Virginia and Maryland my late husband Thomas Gerrard left me. "The will of Rose Newton, widow, was proved in Westmoreland, January 28th, 1712. She gave her son Thomas Newton her lands in Virginia and Maryland and all rents and arrearages for lands left her by her former husband Thomas Gerrard, &c, &c. Thus it appears that Thomas was omitted in his father's will, and the only child named in his mother's." Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 33, p. 302; Vol. 36, p. 293; Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia: 1654--1800, Augusta B. Fothergill, compiler, Appeals Press (1925), p. 48.
DEPOSITION: 7/8/1709: Deposition of Rose Newton, widow and relict of John Newton the Elder, late of Kingstone upon Hull in the Kingdom of England, master and mariner, but late of the County of Westmoreland. She swore that William Newton of Westmoreland was the eldest son of John Newton and Mary of Stafford Co., deceased and that John was the eldest son of John Newton whose widow she was; similar depositions were given by Thomas Newton, age 31 and by Benjamin Newton, age 40, sons of John Newton the Elder. The sons added that John Newton the Elder brought his son John Newton with him to VA and Benjamin Newton said that he knew Thomas Newton who lived in Hull, father of John Newton the Elder (Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Tucker).
Thomas Sheppard, born ca 1621, was married to wife Rose by 15 August 1657 when they assigned interest in a patent to Thomas Broughton in Northumberland County. On 23 August 1664 (same county) p. 130 "Jon Tucker who marryed Tho. Shepard's Widdow".
"Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma Tucker. "No proof has been located to establish the maiden name of Rose who married John Tucker but some facts suggest her identity. The March 1708 Westmoreland County Court ordered John Wheeler to pay 400 lbs. tobacco to Rosanna Gerard, proving that Rose's name was actually 'Rosanna there is but one Rosanna among the Westmoreland families closely associated with the Westmoreland Tuckers. That was Rosanna Sturman whose family came from Maryland to Northumberland County to Westmoreland County. John Tucker also came first to Northumberland County, then to Westmoreland County. Rose and John Tucker of Westmoreland County gave a power of attorney in Northumberland County, 7 August 1667, to James Claughton. Therefore, this writer hypothesizes that Rose Tucker Gerard Newton was Rosanna Sturman, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Porter) Sturman (q.v.). Ann Sturman's 1654 will named daughter Rosanna, then in England. No last name appears in the will, so whether Rosanna was single, married to John Tucker, or married to someone else does not appear. On 8 July 1709, Rose Tucker Gerard Newton gave her age as '80 or thereabouts,' so she was born about 1630. Her Tucker children were apparently born between 1663 and 1671, so she could have been the Rosanna Sturman in England when her mother wrote her will. Another source says that Thomas Gerard (who married John Tucker's widow) married (1) Susanna Snow and married (2) Rose Fitzburg in England, but John Tucker's widow would have been Rose Tucker at her marriage to Gerard, so Thomas Gerard may have been married three times or that data may have been an error. Thomas Sturman was b. in 1620 in England and d. in 1655 in Westmoreland Co., VA. From England, Thomas sailed in the 'Sarah Elizabeth' to MD in 1640. Some time between 1639/1640, he worked as a cooper for Capt. Robert Evelyn, Commander of the Isle of Kent. Inhabitants of St Mary's County, MD were ordered to Sturman's house in 1640 because of an Indian uprising, so he had moved to St Mary's County by that time. In 1641, Sturman and Thomas Yowell, whose daughter Ann m. Thomas Sturman's son, Thomas, bought a plantation and house together in St Mary's County. In 1642, Thomas Sturman was tried for treason, but pardoned. Meetings followed at the VA home of John Mottram and those who attended were labeled 'notorious enemies of the Lord Proprietary and his government, ' because of night-time raids on MD. Sturman and Yowell were ordered to surrender and to put up a bond of 2,000 lbs. tobacco to guarantee they would not leave MD or communicate with Mottram. In 1650 these Puritan rebels were in VA, but by 1649 Thomas Sturman had become a Burgess for St Mary's County, MD. He was also involved in a lawsuit with Margaret Brent, who inherited property from Gov. Calvert, as she took a house which Sturman claimed as his own. The courts promptly awarded him the property. In 1653, Thomas Sturman and his son John were forced to pay damages to Lord Cornwallis who accused them of being leaders of Ingle's Rebellion. In that year, Thomas removed to VA with William Hardidge, Andrew Monroe, Nathaniel Pope, and David Wickliff." Corroborating evidence (in my opinion): William Hardwick (aka Hardidge) m. Elizabeth Sturman (sister of Rosanna Sturman): William Hardwick was about 37 years old in 1655 according to his deposition made in Westmoreland Co., VA. He is probably the same as William Hardidge, servant, transported to MD in 1636. In 1642, William Hardidge and Nathaniel Pope were both living in St Mary's Hundred, MD. In 1645, William Hardwich and Thomas Sturman (his father-in-law) being Puritans, were involved in the disturbances of Richard Ingle. In 1650, both signed a petition in Maryland and soon after this they both and probably also Nathaniel Pope, moved to VA. He married first, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sturman prior to 1650 and she appears to have been the mother of his children. (The Hardwick Family, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. II, CD #186). NOTE: William Hardwick and Frances Gerard had a daughter, Elizabeth (see below). From the entry below, please note that we have an intermarriage with the Gerard family: The first wife of Col. Henry Ashton was Elizabeth Hardidge, b. 1677 and d. 2/25/1722, dau. of Wm. Hardidge and Frances Gerard. William Hardidge was the son of William who d. in 1669 and his wife, Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas Sturman). Frances Gerard was the dau. of Dr. Thomas Gerard and Susanna Snow. Frances Ashton, b. 1699 and d. 1718, married Capt. George Turberville in 1718 and had one daughter, Elizabeth; Elizabeth Ashton died unmarried before 1722; Grace Ashton m. Philip Lee of "Blenheim" in Charles Co., MD, the son of Richard Lee and grandson of Richard Lee; Ann, b. about 1701 and d. by 1731 who m. Capt. Wm. Aylett II in 1725 (marriage contract signed in Essex Co., VA 5/18/1725). (Descent of Col. Henry Ashton, younger son of Capt. John Ashton from Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol. I, CD #186). These families all knew each other, lived in the same places at the same time, and intermarried. Linda Reno" Note: Ann Sturman's will refers to her daughter as "Rosamund", not "Rosanna" or "Rose". Records of Westmoreland County, Virginia. Deeds, Wills &c. from 1653 to 1659 p. 20. Will of Ann Sturman proved 21 th Aug. 1654 By a Will & Testam. my late husband Thomas Sturman deceased made me sole and whole Executrix & there being no Court since ye death of my husband to make a Probate of his said Will wch was my desire to doe And now finding my selfe weak in body but in perfect memory make my last Will & Testamt. First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God ye maker of manhoode & my body to dust from whence I came Secondly I give my sone John Two Cowes called old Browne and Smot & one Bull & all ye hoggs that be at Maryland except one Sow that I give my Grandchilde Thomas Youlle & likewise to my sone John one brass kettle a warming pan a Carpett & his fathers great Coat & also to my sone John Sturman half ye right of Land that is due at Maryland & ye other half of ye Said Right of Land to my sone Richard Sturman And further I give to my Grandchilde John Sturman ye yearling that was Smotty Thirdly I bequeath to Ann Youle ye Cow that is called long Leggs & a red heifer that is two years olde & my hatt my bodies & my red coate my best stockings & my new pare of shooes Fourthly I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Hardich a Cow called Little & a black heifer & my best petticoate & two wastecoates belonging to it & as for my Linnen that is wearing Linnen I give & behod my daughter Ann Youle & Elizabeth Hardich excepting a white petticoate & white Wastcoate wch 1 give to my grandchilde Ann Youle & further I give to her a yearling wch valued by Long Leggs. I give to my grandchilde Winnifried a yearling called Anne Cale. I give to my grandchilde Little Betty Hardich one yearling great Brownings calfe Lastly I bequeath to my sone Richard Sturman one Cow called Starr two yearlings one valued by Little Browning & another red yearling & all my hoggs & their increase that are at Nominy & fower Calves that were weaned this y eare & further I give him two Bills one from John 'Wood & ye other from olde goodman Tasker more I give him my servant man for his full time to serve & ye Croppe of Tobco & Corne upon ye ground that is now growing more I give my sone Richard all ye goods that is in ye house mouvables and unmouvables except one bed bolster & pillow that he now lyes upon wch I give to my sone John & for ye debt that I owe I leave ye Tobco that is due for ye Land my husband solde in Maryland to pay ye said debt & likewise I leave one hhead of Tobco that was recovered in Maryland Court towards paying of those debts One thousand pounds of Tobco that will be overplus of paying my debts I give to my daughter Rosamund wch lives in England & that Tobco is left in my sone Richards hands to pay her & what Tobco may be over & above according as I have disposed of I leave to my sone Richard Further I give towards ye charges of my buriall In witness whereof I have sett my hand ye 22th day of June Ano Dm 1654. Noate that (of Tobco & Corne) was interlined before this will was witnessed. The will of Ann Sturman. Witnes Waltr Broadhurst John Wood. 21th Aug. 1654. This will was proved by ye oathes of Mr. Broadhurst & John Wood And ye naming of Executors by word of mouth after ye will was made by ye oathes of ye said Wood & George Day.
