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Samuel Judkins Sr. m. 1655? Surry Co. VA b. 1637? London, England d. 1672 Surry Co. VA |
Samuel b. 1657/8 Surry Co. VA d. 1705 Surry Co. VA |
Robert b. 1660/1 Surry Co. VA d. 1693 |
Charles b. 1670/71 Surry Co. VA d. 1710 |
Capt. Thomas Pittman, Sr. m. Sep 10, 1672 Surry Co. VA b. 1634 d. 1691 |
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Surry County Virginia was chartered in 1652, formed from James City County, south
of the James River
(see present day map
for location). Gray's Creek was named after Lydia's family. Thomas Gray (possibly
her father) took out a patent on the land by 1635. The first town in Surry was
Cobham, established in 1691 near where Gray's Creek meets the James River. |
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Husband Samuel Judkin's will, dated Feb 13 1671, was probated May 7, 1672.
When Samuel died, his two year-old son Charles was left without a father.
Lydia remarried before she died in 1677/8 and lived in the Lawnes Creek parish of
Surry County. Her death left Charles an orphan. Her second husband, Capt.
Thomas Pittman, Sr., was given custody of the young boy, on Mar 14, 1678, at
the request of his deceased wife. |
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Sons Samuel and Robert and Lydia's second husband, Thomas Pittman, Sr., were among
the 40 "less prominent Baconians" (supporters of Bacon's Rebellion) who took the King's
pardon, Feb 6, 1676/7. |
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Sources: Boddie, John Bennett, Colonial Surry, 1966; p. 136-7. Davis, Eliza T., Wills and Administrations of Surry Co, Va., 1671-1750, Geneal. Publ. Co., Baltimore MD, 1980, p. 84. Holtzsclaw, B.C., "Judkins of Surry," in Boddie, John Bennett, Southside Virginia Families, v.2, pp. 287 ff. "Descendants of Thomas Pitman (1614 – about 1686) of Surry County, Virginia", web document, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaschsm/PitmanT.rtf |