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| ====== Onesiphorus Harvey ====== | ====== Onesiphorus Harvey ====== |
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| Son of unknown parents, Onesiphorus Harvey is believed to have been born during 1677 in England. | Son of unknown parents, Onesiphorus Harvey is believed to have been born during 1677 in Plymouth England. |
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| It is unknown when he arrived in the colonies, but he was a "well-known" Quaker. | It is unknown when he arrived in the colonies, but he was a "well-known" Quaker. |
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| | **THE FIRST ONESIPHORUS HARVEY OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA IS LINKED TO PLYMOUTH ENGLAND** \\ |
| | Source: [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hervey/HFAV9N34.htm#OnisHarvPlymouth]]\\ |
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| THE FIRST ONESIPHORUS HARVEY OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA IS LINKED TO PLYMOUTH ENGLAND | [Author's note: It has been shown previously in an article published in the Bulletin in February 1987 {[[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hervey/HFAV3.htm#OneHervVA|GoTo Article]]}, that the first Onesiphorus Harvey known to be in the Americas was in Lancaster County, Virginia by 1702. This Onesiphorus Harvey of Lancaster Co. may be the brother of William Harvey, probable progenitor of Col. Thomas Hervey/ Harvey of Halifax, North Carolina, who is the earliest proved Hervey/Harvey ancestor of the majority of the subscribers to the Bulletin. If not a brother, he would likely be an earlier generation of the Thomas Hervey line. |
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| [Author's note: It has been shown previously in an article published in the Bulletin in February 1987 {GoTo Article}, that the first Onesiphorus Harvey known to be in the Americas was in Lancaster County, Virginia by 1702. This Onesiphorus Harvey of Lancaster Co. may be the brother of William Harvey, probable progenitor of Col. Thomas Hervey/ Harvey of Halifax, North Carolina, who is the earliest proved Hervey/Harvey ancestor of the majority of the subscribers to the Bulletin. If not a brother, he would likely be an earlier generation of the Thomas Hervey line. | For related families of colonial Virginia, i.e., Dameron, Robuck, Gaskins (Gascoyne), see next issue of the Bulletin {[[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hervey/HFAV10N12.htm#Dameron|Go to next issue]]}. |
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| For related families of colonial Virginia, i.e., Dameron, Robuck, Gaskins (Gascoyne), see next issue of the Bulletin [Go to next issue]. | |
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| As your editors traveled in Virginia during the month of May, we stopped in the town of Lancaster to search for records in the court house, hoping to find some traces of Onesiphorus Harvey. The original court record books of Lancaster County have been photocopied and the copies placed in new binders in the well organized, clean courthouse. Lancaster County, one of the oldest counties in Virginia, fortunately has preserved many of its old records. We were pleased to be able to visit the courthouse and delighted with one document in particular that we found. While looking through a deed book, dated 1654-1702, we found a hand-copied transcription of a letter written by Francis Jones and posted at Plymouth, England, dated August 24, 1698, addressed to Onesiforous Harvey of Lancaster County, Virginia. The letter refers to two brothers of Onesiforous: Francis, who resided in Plymouth, England, and William, who apparently was with Onesiforous in Virginia. The reason for the letter being recorded in the deed books of Virginia seems to do with references to some bills of exchange, one written by Onesiforous Harvey drawn on the author of the letter. The entries in the deed book are printed below in their (legible) entirety. | As your editors traveled in Virginia during the month of May, we stopped in the town of Lancaster to search for records in the court house, hoping to find some traces of Onesiphorus Harvey. The original court record books of Lancaster County have been photocopied and the copies placed in new binders in the well organized, clean courthouse. Lancaster County, one of the oldest counties in Virginia, fortunately has preserved many of its old records. We were pleased to be able to visit the courthouse and delighted with one document in particular that we found. While looking through a deed book, dated 1654-1702, we found a hand-copied transcription of a letter written by Francis Jones and posted at Plymouth, England, dated August 24, 1698, addressed to Onesiforous Harvey of Lancaster County, Virginia. The letter refers to two brothers of Onesiforous: Francis, who resided in Plymouth, England, and William, who apparently was with Onesiforous in Virginia. The reason for the letter being recorded in the deed books of Virginia seems to do with references to some bills of exchange, one written by Onesiforous Harvey drawn on the author of the letter. The entries in the deed book are printed below in their (legible) entirety. |
| Jones closes the letter by sending his love to Harvey's brother William Harvey, also in Virginia, who is assisting Onesiphorus Harvey. | Jones closes the letter by sending his love to Harvey's brother William Harvey, also in Virginia, who is assisting Onesiphorus Harvey. |
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| LETTER FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND TO ONESIPHORUS HARVEY OF VIRGINIA (1698) | ---- |
| | **LETTER FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND TO ONESIPHORUS HARVEY OF VIRGINIA (1698)** |
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| Transcription of Deed & Will Book 2 (1654-1702) of Lancaster Co., Virginia, page 405 | Transcription of Deed & Will Book 2 (1654-1702) of Lancaster Co., Virginia, page 405 |
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| Record: 8 Jun 1700 P Jos: Tayloe Cl: Lancr | Record: 8 Jun 1700 P Jos: Tayloe Cl: Lancr |
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| | Sometime before November 18, 1713 (probably during 1709), he married Dorothy Gaskins in Virginia. |
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| | **Harveys of Virginia** |
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| | A varient of the name Onesiphorus appeared in the British Colony of Virginia in America. The earliest reference to Onecephorus was found in Northumberland County, Virginia on 4 Dec. 1702, when he witnessed the will of Patrick Pollick, which was re- recorded 16 Jan 1716/17.((Source: Fleet, Beverly, "VA Colonial Abstracts"; Northumbria Collectanea, Vol. 19, 1645-1720 (Court Records); Richmond, VA, 1943, pp 70-71.)) On 16 July 1705, Onecephorus Harvey witnessed a deed of Mahane to Childton.((Source: Fleet, Beverly, "VA Colonial Abstracts"; Northumbria Collectanea, Vol. 19, 1645-1720 (Court Records); Richmond, VA, 1943, pp 70-71.)) Then, on February 23, 1709/10 Onesph. Harvey witnessed the signing of the will of John Harris in Northumberland Co. Virginia.3a Probably this same Onecephorus Harvey is the one who is mentioned in this court record: "//The Grand jury having presented Dorothy Gaskins for having a bastard child and Onecephorus Harvey coming into Court affirmed that the said Dorothy is and for some time before the child was borne (for which she was presented) was his wife, and that they were marryed according to the Rule of the Quakers whose Religion they profess And having here in Court proved such their marryage the said Presentment is therefore dismissed the said Harvie paying Costs. 18 Nov. 1713.//"((Source: Fleet, Beverly, "VA Colonial Abstracts"; Northumbria Collectanea, Vol. 19, 1645-1720 (Court Records); Richmond, VA, 1943, pp 70-71.)) Dorothy Gaskins was the daughter of Josias Gaskins and his wife, Dorothy Dameron.((Source: Unverified information submitted by Thelma Freet from research of a paid genealogist. Web page: [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hervey/HFAV3.htm#OneHervVA]])) Later, Onecepherus Harvie/ Harvey was "Presented for not going to Church in Wicco par. 18 Nov. 1714" and it happened again on 15 May 1717.((Source: Fleet, Beverly, "VA Colonial Abstracts"; Northumbria Collectanea, Vol. 19, 1645-1720 (Court Records); Richmond, VA, 1943, pp 70-71.)) An Onesepherus Harvey died testate (no issue) in Lancaster County, Virginia (county adjacent to Northumberland) in 1732.((Source: Unverified information submitted by Thelma Freet from research of a paid genealogist. Web page: [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hervey/HFAV3.htm#OneHervVA]])) |
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| Sometime before November 18, 1713, he married Dorothy Gaskins in Virginia. | |
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| [{{ :onesiphorus_harvey:virginia-marriages_of_the_northern_neck_of_virginia_1649-1800-pg170.jpg?direct&800 |Source: Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, page 170.}}] | [{{ :onesiphorus_harvey:virginia-marriages_of_the_northern_neck_of_virginia_1649-1800-pg170.jpg?direct&800 |Source: [[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5063/gpc_marriedwellandoften-0184/3071?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22812956/person/29557022587/facts#?imageId=gpc_marriedwellandoften-0184|Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, page 170]].}}] |
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| | They are believed to have had the following children (while living in Northumberland, Virginia): |
| | - Onesiphorus Harvey (1710–1732) |
| | - William Hervey (1713–1745) |
| | - John Hervey (1715–1745) |
| | - Rebecca Hervey (1717–) |
| | - Thomas Hervey (1719–1777) |
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| (1677-1732). | Onesiphorus Hervey died during 1732 in Lancaster, VA. |
