From: "The History of Henrico County" by Louis H. Manarin and Clifford Dowdey:
"The most prominent Quaker in the county was John Pleasants, a planter of means and a respected member of the community. He allowed his house to be used as a meeting place for Quakers and was warned repeatedly. The enforcement of the anti-Quaker acts came when he and his wife were indicted for living together unlawfully according to the rules of the established church, which did not recognize their marriage under the Quaker doctrine.
He and his wife were fined 240 pounds each for illicit cohabitation and 20 pounds each for every month they failed to attend services of the parish church. Additional fines were imposed of two thousand pounds of tobacco for not having their children baptized and five hundred pounds of tobacco for allowing Quaker meetings in their house. The adoption in England of the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience and Indulgence in Religious Matters of 1687 and the Toleration Act of 1688 allowed dissenting religious groups to hold religious services openly without having to conform to the doctrines of the established church. The governor was directed to proclaim the declarations in every county, and it was to be done with the beating of drums, the firing of cannons and expresions of popular enthusiasm. The proclamation was spread on the Henrico County Minute Book in 1690. The passage of the act relieved Pleasants and his wife of the charges and nullified the fines. That same year, Pleasants set aside a parcel of land for a meetinghouse and graveyard. This meetinghouse was registered with the county court in 1692."
Smith Manuscript, Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia : Jane Pleasants, wife of John Pleasants, was zealous for the cause of Truth and had a Gift in the ministry which was very acceptable to Friends and particularly serviceable at that early time in a wilderness country, the good effect thereof was very visible in the place where she lived for a long time and where her ability of Body would not admit her to Ride alone which was for several years before her death she used to ride behind one of her servants and so continue to visit Friends and attend meetings to near the last period of her time. She survived her worthy husband by nine or ten years and then departed this life in a good old age in the year 1708, and was Buryed in Friends Burying Ground near Curles Meeting House in the presence of a numerous Assembly of Friends and neighbors.
Children of John Pleasants and Jane Larcome are:
1. Joseph Pleasants I, born 1675; died 1725 in Henrico Co., VA.
2. Elizabeth Pleasants, born Abt. 1676 in State of Virginia; died Bet. 1751 - 1752 in State of Virginia.
3. John Pleasants II, born Abt. 1671 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1714.
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Update 5/23/2012 from F.A.G. contributor, D. Everett:
Based on my research, I believe Jane Larcome Tucker Pleasants, my 8th Great-grandmother, was born on 29 Novemebr 1638 in Bristol, England.
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The will of "Jane Pleasants of Curles in the County of Henrico" was written on 2 January 1708 and proved in court in June 1709. Family members named in the document are her:
*daughter, Mary Woodson
*granddaughter, Jane Woodson
*Jane Woodson's children, John, Mary and Joseph (these would be the testator's great-grandchildren)
*grandson, Joseph Woodson
*grandson, Tucker Woodson
*grandson, Benjamin Woodson
*son, Joseph Pleasants
*daughter, Elizabeth Cocke
*Elizabeth Cocke's children, James and Elizabeth Cocke (both under 21)
*daughter Dorothy Pleasants
*grandson, Thomas Pleasants
*grandson, John Pleasants
*granddaughter, Anne Pleasants
*granddaughter, Jane Pleasants
*granddaughter, Dorothy Pleasants
*son Joseph's daughter, Elizabeth
*grandson, Joseph Pleasants (under 18)
*son Joseph's daughter, Jane
*granddaughter, Martha Pleasants
*son, John Pleasants.
The testator also bequeaths items to friends called Mary Howard and William Porter the elder.
The document is proved by the testimonies of Nicholas Hutchins and William Porter Jr, they being Quakers. Henrico County, Virginia Records 1706-1709, pages 166-168 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-K94S
"The most prominent Quaker in the county was John Pleasants, a planter of means and a respected member of the community. He allowed his house to be used as a meeting place for Quakers and was warned repeatedly. The enforcement of the anti-Quaker acts came when he and his wife were indicted for living together unlawfully according to the rules of the established church, which did not recognize their marriage under the Quaker doctrine.
He and his wife were fined 240 pounds each for illicit cohabitation and 20 pounds each for every month they failed to attend services of the parish church. Additional fines were imposed of two thousand pounds of tobacco for not having their children baptized and five hundred pounds of tobacco for allowing Quaker meetings in their house. The adoption in England of the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience and Indulgence in Religious Matters of 1687 and the Toleration Act of 1688 allowed dissenting religious groups to hold religious services openly without having to conform to the doctrines of the established church. The governor was directed to proclaim the declarations in every county, and it was to be done with the beating of drums, the firing of cannons and expresions of popular enthusiasm. The proclamation was spread on the Henrico County Minute Book in 1690. The passage of the act relieved Pleasants and his wife of the charges and nullified the fines. That same year, Pleasants set aside a parcel of land for a meetinghouse and graveyard. This meetinghouse was registered with the county court in 1692."
Smith Manuscript, Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia : Jane Pleasants, wife of John Pleasants, was zealous for the cause of Truth and had a Gift in the ministry which was very acceptable to Friends and particularly serviceable at that early time in a wilderness country, the good effect thereof was very visible in the place where she lived for a long time and where her ability of Body would not admit her to Ride alone which was for several years before her death she used to ride behind one of her servants and so continue to visit Friends and attend meetings to near the last period of her time. She survived her worthy husband by nine or ten years and then departed this life in a good old age in the year 1708, and was Buryed in Friends Burying Ground near Curles Meeting House in the presence of a numerous Assembly of Friends and neighbors.
Children of John Pleasants and Jane Larcome are:
1. Joseph Pleasants I, born 1675; died 1725 in Henrico Co., VA.
2. Elizabeth Pleasants, born Abt. 1676 in State of Virginia; died Bet. 1751 - 1752 in State of Virginia.
3. John Pleasants II, born Abt. 1671 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1714.
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Update 5/23/2012 from F.A.G. contributor, D. Everett:
Based on my research, I believe Jane Larcome Tucker Pleasants, my 8th Great-grandmother, was born on 29 Novemebr 1638 in Bristol, England.
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The will of "Jane Pleasants of Curles in the County of Henrico" was written on 2 January 1708 and proved in court in June 1709. Family members named in the document are her:
*daughter, Mary Woodson
*granddaughter, Jane Woodson
*Jane Woodson's children, John, Mary and Joseph (these would be the testator's great-grandchildren)
*grandson, Joseph Woodson
*grandson, Tucker Woodson
*grandson, Benjamin Woodson
*son, Joseph Pleasants
*daughter, Elizabeth Cocke
*Elizabeth Cocke's children, James and Elizabeth Cocke (both under 21)
*daughter Dorothy Pleasants
*grandson, Thomas Pleasants
*grandson, John Pleasants
*granddaughter, Anne Pleasants
*granddaughter, Jane Pleasants
*granddaughter, Dorothy Pleasants
*son Joseph's daughter, Elizabeth
*grandson, Joseph Pleasants (under 18)
*son Joseph's daughter, Jane
*granddaughter, Martha Pleasants
*son, John Pleasants.
The testator also bequeaths items to friends called Mary Howard and William Porter the elder.
The document is proved by the testimonies of Nicholas Hutchins and William Porter Jr, they being Quakers. Henrico County, Virginia Records 1706-1709, pages 166-168 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-K94S
From: "The History of Henrico County" by Louis H. Manarin and Clifford Dowdey:
"The most prominent Quaker in the county was John Pleasants, a planter of means and a respected member of the community. He allowed his house to be used as a meeting place for Quakers and was warned repeatedly. The enforcement of the anti-Quaker acts came when he and his wife were indicted for living together unlawfully according to the rules of the established church, which did not recognize their marriage under the Quaker doctrine.
He and his wife were fined 240 pounds each for illicit cohabitation and 20 pounds each for every month they failed to attend services of the parish church. Additional fines were imposed of two thousand pounds of tobacco for not having their children baptized and five hundred pounds of tobacco for allowing Quaker meetings in their house. The adoption in England of the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience and Indulgence in Religious Matters of 1687 and the Toleration Act of 1688 allowed dissenting religious groups to hold religious services openly without having to conform to the doctrines of the established church. The governor was directed to proclaim the declarations in every county, and it was to be done with the beating of drums, the firing of cannons and expresions of popular enthusiasm. The proclamation was spread on the Henrico County Minute Book in 1690. The passage of the act relieved Pleasants and his wife of the charges and nullified the fines. That same year, Pleasants set aside a parcel of land for a meetinghouse and graveyard. This meetinghouse was registered with the county court in 1692."
Smith Manuscript, Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia : Jane Pleasants, wife of John Pleasants, was zealous for the cause of Truth and had a Gift in the ministry which was very acceptable to Friends and particularly serviceable at that early time in a wilderness country, the good effect thereof was very visible in the place where she lived for a long time and where her ability of Body would not admit her to Ride alone which was for several years before her death she used to ride behind one of her servants and so continue to visit Friends and attend meetings to near the last period of her time. She survived her worthy husband by nine or ten years and then departed this life in a good old age in the year 1708, and was Buryed in Friends Burying Ground near Curles Meeting House in the presence of a numerous Assembly of Friends and neighbors.
Children of John Pleasants and Jane Larcome are:
1. Joseph Pleasants I, born 1675; died 1725 in Henrico Co., VA.
2. Elizabeth Pleasants, born Abt. 1676 in State of Virginia; died Bet. 1751 - 1752 in State of Virginia.
3. John Pleasants II, born Abt. 1671 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1714.
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Update 5/23/2012 from F.A.G. contributor, D. Everett:
Based on my research, I believe Jane Larcome Tucker Pleasants, my 8th Great-grandmother, was born on 29 Novemebr 1638 in Bristol, England.
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The will of "Jane Pleasants of Curles in the County of Henrico" was written on 2 January 1708 and proved in court in June 1709. Family members named in the document are her:
*daughter, Mary Woodson
*granddaughter, Jane Woodson
*Jane Woodson's children, John, Mary and Joseph (these would be the testator's great-grandchildren)
*grandson, Joseph Woodson
*grandson, Tucker Woodson
*grandson, Benjamin Woodson
*son, Joseph Pleasants
*daughter, Elizabeth Cocke
*Elizabeth Cocke's children, James and Elizabeth Cocke (both under 21)
*daughter Dorothy Pleasants
*grandson, Thomas Pleasants
*grandson, John Pleasants
*granddaughter, Anne Pleasants
*granddaughter, Jane Pleasants
*granddaughter, Dorothy Pleasants
*son Joseph's daughter, Elizabeth
*grandson, Joseph Pleasants (under 18)
*son Joseph's daughter, Jane
*granddaughter, Martha Pleasants
*son, John Pleasants.
The testator also bequeaths items to friends called Mary Howard and William Porter the elder.
The document is proved by the testimonies of Nicholas Hutchins and William Porter Jr, they being Quakers. Henrico County, Virginia Records 1706-1709, pages 166-168 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-K94S
"The most prominent Quaker in the county was John Pleasants, a planter of means and a respected member of the community. He allowed his house to be used as a meeting place for Quakers and was warned repeatedly. The enforcement of the anti-Quaker acts came when he and his wife were indicted for living together unlawfully according to the rules of the established church, which did not recognize their marriage under the Quaker doctrine.
He and his wife were fined 240 pounds each for illicit cohabitation and 20 pounds each for every month they failed to attend services of the parish church. Additional fines were imposed of two thousand pounds of tobacco for not having their children baptized and five hundred pounds of tobacco for allowing Quaker meetings in their house. The adoption in England of the Declaration for Liberty of Conscience and Indulgence in Religious Matters of 1687 and the Toleration Act of 1688 allowed dissenting religious groups to hold religious services openly without having to conform to the doctrines of the established church. The governor was directed to proclaim the declarations in every county, and it was to be done with the beating of drums, the firing of cannons and expresions of popular enthusiasm. The proclamation was spread on the Henrico County Minute Book in 1690. The passage of the act relieved Pleasants and his wife of the charges and nullified the fines. That same year, Pleasants set aside a parcel of land for a meetinghouse and graveyard. This meetinghouse was registered with the county court in 1692."
Smith Manuscript, Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia : Jane Pleasants, wife of John Pleasants, was zealous for the cause of Truth and had a Gift in the ministry which was very acceptable to Friends and particularly serviceable at that early time in a wilderness country, the good effect thereof was very visible in the place where she lived for a long time and where her ability of Body would not admit her to Ride alone which was for several years before her death she used to ride behind one of her servants and so continue to visit Friends and attend meetings to near the last period of her time. She survived her worthy husband by nine or ten years and then departed this life in a good old age in the year 1708, and was Buryed in Friends Burying Ground near Curles Meeting House in the presence of a numerous Assembly of Friends and neighbors.
Children of John Pleasants and Jane Larcome are:
1. Joseph Pleasants I, born 1675; died 1725 in Henrico Co., VA.
2. Elizabeth Pleasants, born Abt. 1676 in State of Virginia; died Bet. 1751 - 1752 in State of Virginia.
3. John Pleasants II, born Abt. 1671 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1714.
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Update 5/23/2012 from F.A.G. contributor, D. Everett:
Based on my research, I believe Jane Larcome Tucker Pleasants, my 8th Great-grandmother, was born on 29 Novemebr 1638 in Bristol, England.
*********************∼WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM
The will of "Jane Pleasants of Curles in the County of Henrico" was written on 2 January 1708 and proved in court in June 1709. Family members named in the document are her:
*daughter, Mary Woodson
*granddaughter, Jane Woodson
*Jane Woodson's children, John, Mary and Joseph (these would be the testator's great-grandchildren)
*grandson, Joseph Woodson
*grandson, Tucker Woodson
*grandson, Benjamin Woodson
*son, Joseph Pleasants
*daughter, Elizabeth Cocke
*Elizabeth Cocke's children, James and Elizabeth Cocke (both under 21)
*daughter Dorothy Pleasants
*grandson, Thomas Pleasants
*grandson, John Pleasants
*granddaughter, Anne Pleasants
*granddaughter, Jane Pleasants
*granddaughter, Dorothy Pleasants
*son Joseph's daughter, Elizabeth
*grandson, Joseph Pleasants (under 18)
*son Joseph's daughter, Jane
*granddaughter, Martha Pleasants
*son, John Pleasants.
The testator also bequeaths items to friends called Mary Howard and William Porter the elder.
The document is proved by the testimonies of Nicholas Hutchins and William Porter Jr, they being Quakers. Henrico County, Virginia Records 1706-1709, pages 166-168 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-K94S
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