| Name |
Frances (of Thos of Em) Driggers [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1677 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Biography |
1694 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- Frances Driggers/Drighouse was presented by the Northampton County court for the sin of fornication on 28 May 1694 for which she received thirty lashes and an extension of her indenture by two years. On 28 May 1695 she was presented by the court for bastard bearing and named her master John Brewer as the father, but the court accepted his testimony that he had been over a hundred miles from home when the child had been conceived [OW 1689-98, 274, 279, 314, 322]. She was called the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Driggus on 18 September 1695 when she petitioned the Accomack County court for her freedom, stating that she had attained the age of eighteen, was free born, that John Brewer had sold her indenture to Thomas Mills, and that Mills intended to transport her where her freedom could not be proved. Brewer produced a letter from her mother Sarah, but the court ruled that it was not a formal indenture and set Frances free [Orders 1690-97, 158a, 169a-170]. On 28 February 1699/1700 she was "called Frances Driggus Negro" in Northampton County court when she was given thirty lashes for stealing goods from Arthur Roberts. She was also charged with stealing meat from Charles Trelfo. On 29 December 1702 she failed to answer a summons for bastard bearing [OW&c 1698-1710, 35, 36, 122, 129]. On 28 September 1703 she was called "ye daughter of Sarah Drighouse decd., being a free born negro" when she indentured herself and her unnamed three-week-old daughter to Captain Isaac Foxcroft and his wife Bridget in Northampton County, herself for ten years and her daughter (and any children born during her indenture) until the age of twenty-five in consideration of Foxcroft paying a debt she owed Thomas Clark [DW 1692-1707, 348-9]. On 30 November 1703 she complained to the court that Foxcroft's widow had assigned her indenture to Thomas Ward. On 28 January 1703/4 the court ordered Sarah Drighouse, alias Landman, to pay her for attending four days as a witness in a case in which Sarah was sued by Colonel John Custis [OW&c 1698-1710, 176, 178, 182].
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| Bastard - Named as mother of a bastard child |
28 May 1695 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- She was presented for bastard bearing.
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| Bastard - Named as mother of a bastard child |
29 Dec 1702 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- She failed to answer a summons for bastard bearing.
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| Court - named in petition |
28 Dec 1703 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA [2] |
- Fran Drighouse petitioned the court against Sarah Drighouse, alias Landman, for 4 days attendance, in a difference depending between the Honorable Col. John Custis and by aforesaid Sarah Landman, alias Drighouse, the said Fran. Drighouse making it appear that she attendered the aforesaid 4 days as witness of the aforesaid Drighouse, alias Landman, forthwith pay it with cost.
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| Reference Identifier |
Negro Slave |
| Record ID |
118903 |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Origins  |
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| Patriarch & Matriarch |
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| Siblings |
3 brothers and 2 sisters |
| | 1. Sarah (of Thos of Em) Driggers, Jr. (Negro Slave), b. Abt 1668, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | + | 2. Frances (of Thos of Em) Driggers, b. Abt 1677, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | + | 3. Elizabeth (of Thos of Em) Driggers, (Negro Slave), b. Abt 1678, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown | | + | 4. John (of Thos of Em) Driggers, (Drighouse) (free mulatto), b. Abt 1680, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 9 Sep 1729, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 49 years)
▻ (--?--) (--?--), (Free Mulatto), m. Abt 1720 | | + | 5. William (of Thos of Em) Driggers, b. Abt 1682, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 7 May 1722, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 40 years)
▻ Mary Winslow, m. Bef Apr 1708 | | + | 6. Johnson (of Thos of Em) Driggers, (Drigus) (mulatto), b. Abt 1686, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Aft 21 Dec 1760, Craven Co, North Carolina (Age > 74 years)
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| Person ID |
I118903 |
MilesFiles23 | Michael DeLoach Anc back 12 gen & Des forward 5 Gen |
| Last Modified |
18 Mar 2021 |
Abt 1677 - Yes, date unknown
