Sally's
great-great-great-great-great-great Grandparents:
Richard Minshew 1650 - 1700
| his parents
& Mercy ? ca 1650 - ?
| her parents
of Nansemond County, Virginia
This is my
working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
Richard Minshew, son of Henry
Minshell [who arrived in VA ca 1635] was born ca 1650 in VA and died ca 1700
in Nansemond County, VA. His wife's name was Mercy.
Children of Richard Minshew and Mercy:
1. John Minshew 1683 - 1769 Upper Parish, Nansemond County,
VA
married Martha ?
2. Richard Minshew 1702 Nansemond County,
VA - 1778 Chowan County NC
married Hannah ?
Grandchildren of Richard Minshew and Mercy:
Child of John Minshew and Martha:
1. John Minshew 1730, Chowan County, North Carolina
married Susanah ?
Children of Richard Minshew and Hannah:
1. Maximillian Minshew ca 1730 - 1789
married 1st unknown
married 2nd Mary Bond
2. Bose [Boaz] Minshew ca 1725 -
3. Richard Minshew ca 1732 -
4. John Minshew ca 1737 -
5. Happe Minshew ca 1738 -
married ? Taylor
6. Dionysius Minshew 1739 -
married 1780 Perkum or Spinks
Some References and sources:
Robert L.. Minchey website
Minchey family of Tennessee
"Our Lineage has been traced back to the year 1638 in England. The Minchey name, changed when it arrived in
the states in(circa) 1650-1680, started as
Minshall-Minshell-Minshew-Minchew-Minchey. The latter evolving down my line to present day. Our Ancestors came in at Norfolk, Virginia, moved to Chowan County, North Carolina then to Whyte County, Virginia then on to Jackson County, Tennessee."
This was found in Bodie.
Minshew Lineage
Guppy, in his Homes of Family Names writes: "Minshull in the name of
parishes and townships in Cheshire. The Minshulls of Minshull were an
influential family as far back as the time of Edward IV. Geffrie
Minshull of this county contributed ,25 to the Spanish Armada fund in
1588. John Minshull was the name of the mayor of Chester in 1657 and in
1711, and the name is still in that city. Minshall is also a common form
of the name."
On an old map of England ca 1830 is the parish of Minshull Church,
Minshull Hall, and Minshull Vernon, all in Cheshire. The records of that
northwestern county mention six Minshull (Minshall) seats or mansions.
Possibly Minshull families lived in other English shires but were not
discovered by the writer. There was one Mr. Minshue, a bookseller in
London during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Wedgewood, The Kings
Peace). He was the author of a Spanish-English dictionary. This was
just prior to the Spanish Armada battles.
Minshull, like so many English names, has been misspelled and misused in
a fantastic exhibition of how phonetics can betray the unwary. In
Virginia and the Carolinas, Minshew and Minchew seem to have been the
popular ways to spell the name. Mr A D May of Little Rock, Arkansas, has
traced his Minshall lineage back to Stoak (Stoke) Parish in Cheshire.
A cursory search for the Minshew ancestors allied to the Hayes family
indicates that in the year 1637 Henry Minshew's headright was used by
John Dennett in Charles City, Virginia, which means that Henry arrived
about 1635 or 1636. (Nugent, Cavaliers & Pioneers, p 79, 2nd ed)
About this time, 1638, one John Minshull died in Cheshire and his
coroner's record or "post mortem inquisition" is found in that county.
This John could have been the father of the Henry above. One John
Minshew (Minshea) is on the Rent Rolls 1704, of Isle of Wight County,
VA, holding 300 acres; this is presumably the same John who was granted
128 acres in 1728 in Nansemond Co. Because the name is somewhat unusual,
it would seem that John of Nansemond, Henry of Charles City, VA, and
John of Cheshire are related. Later on the names John and Richard appear
in the Chowan and Bertie county records in North Carolina.
Descent of Cloe (Cloa) Minshew who married William Hayes Jr.
John Minshull d in Cheshire Oct 26, 1638
Henry Minshew (the Immigrant) arrived in Virginia ca 1635
His son John Minshew lived in Nancemond Co, VA
His son Richard. born ca 1702 in Nansemond Co; Will proved 1778 in Chowan
Co, NC He married Hannah ca 1730: issue Maximillian, Bose, Richard Jr,
and John; also [Dionysius and Happe].
Maximillian Minshew b ca 1732. Will proved 1789 Gated Co, NC. He married
ca 1750 Mary Bond and had issue among others Cloe Minshew
Cloe Minshew b ca 1767 in Chowan County died ca 1825 in Gates County m
Nov 14 1789 William Hayes Jr
Refs: Va Rent Rolls; Nugent Cav & Pion; Nansemond Grants; Hathaway
NCHGR; NC Census;
Marriage Bonds, Deeds, etc; Hayes family Bible, letters, etc.
e-mail
rec 27 July 2003
Hi Sally . . My name in Christian Minshull from Cheshire in England.
We (my family) have the family bible of the Minshulls dating back to the
seventeenth century, with the direct lineage of the Minshull family
tree
and lot of documentation.
I know many of the Minshull clan had left these shores many years ago
and indeed we have close family in Canada and the USA.
My father was the eldest son of the eldest son called Edward.
This being a family tradition for centuries.
His eldest son and my older brother is called Edward, although he hated
this tradition and changed his first name and stopped the family tradition
by naming his first son Hamish.
There are few of the original Minshulls left in Cheshire - -
but the Minshulls were supposed to have been cursed by a local witch
called Mab but that's another story.
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