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John Guthrie (Guttery)
Baptised Jul 28, 1689 Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA
Died Oct 24, 1733

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SPOUSE CHILDREN
Sarah Stiff

m. Jan 5, 1708
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA


d. Middlesex Co. VA
Jane Mitcham

m. Aug 4, 1710
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA


d. Apr 22, 1722
Middlesex Co. VA
Jane

bapt. Mar 7, 1713
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA

John

b. Aug 16, 1716
Middlesex Co. VA
d. 1747
Middlesex Co. VA
Anne (Nanny)

bapt. 1718
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA

Mary Shay

m. Sep 23, 1722
Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co. VA


d. by 1740
Middlesex Co. VA
William

b. Feb 14, 1723
Middlesex Co. VA
d. Apr 27, 1723
Middlesex Co. VA
Garret (Garritt)

b. Feb 19, 1724
Middlesex Co. VA
d. aft. 1795
Henry

b. Jan 8, 1726
Middlesex Co. VA
d. May 18, 1786
William

b. Apr 19, 1729
Middlesex Co. VA

James (twin)

b. Apr 19, 1729
Middlesex Co. VA
d. 1786?
Middlesex Co. VA was formed in 1669 from a part of Lancaster Co. Middlesex County was first part of York County. The first building at Christ Church Parish, Middlesex, was erected about 1666. The present one was erected in 1712. About 1840, the church was restored. Another Christ Church existed across the Rappahannock River and was part of what was called Christ Church, Lancaster.

John was a planter, selling 50 acres of land in 1724 for tobacco. Son John Jr., was a bricklayer. He married Mary Gest and they had two daughters in 1745 and 1746, but he died in 1747.
In 1740, John's son William, aged about 11, was orphaned and bound out to James Daniel Jr., and in 1744, bound out to Robert Daniel.
Son Garritt eventually moved to NC. He was on a 1777 tax list, and in the Nash District of Caswell Co. was listed as insolvant in Jul 1787.
Son William may have owned land in Burke Co. NC, because his son Reuben received a land grant in Burke Co. Oct 9, 1782/3 for 172 acres bordering the land of a William Guthrie.
Sources:
Guthrie, Larry J., comp., "Time line for Guthrie's during the 17th 18th and 19th century", website .
Kendall, Katherine Kerr, et.al., Caswell Co. (N.C.) Will Books, 1777-1814, etc., 1787, Book B, p. 198.
Middlesex Co. (VA) Deed Book 1687-1750
Thompson, Mrs. S. L., letter, Spartanburg, SC, Mar 3, 1993, to L.M.Holloway.
USGenWeb Archives, Burke County (NC) Land Grants, 1778-1790; Reuben Guthery, 1782, no. 461.