Matilda [13] Scarburgh, (Quaker)

1645 - 1721  (76 years)

• Name	Matilda [13] Scarburgh  [1, 2]
  Suffix	(Quaker)
  Birth	1645	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  	She deposed 17 Mar 1679/80 that she was age 35. The Catherine West Bible shows she was born 1644.
  Gender	Female
  Biography	Matilda Scarburgh and Lt. Col. John West had 6 sons and 7 daughters. In 1704 Mrs. Matilda West, widow, refused to take the usual oath, being a Quaker. She must have been considered a desirable convert, because both her father and husband had been staunch adherents of the Church of England (Whitelaw, p. 653).
  Will - Named in Mothers will	14 Jun 1691	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Will - Named in Husbands will	6 Feb 1703	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Heir - named as	29 Jul 1707	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	She was shown as my friend Mrs. Matilda West and named residual legatee and Extr.in the will of John Marvill.
  Will - Named in Sons will	17 Jan 1709	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [7]
  Death	3 Jan 1721	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Land - they were named in a land cause	28 Jan 1752	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [8]
  	Harry Holdfast (place holder) vs Thomas Custis. That Thomas Custis was seized in fee of the lands in the declaration mentioned, and was also seized in tail of 1750 acres adjoining the said lands, and being so seized made his last will and testament dated 3 Oct. 1719, & bequeathed to his wife Ann Custis all the lands that he had with her, lying near Oak Hall, to his son John Custis the plantation whereon he then lived containing 1750 acres, being on Deep Creek. To his son Edmund Custis 1000 acres adjoining the land where he then dwelt, whereon Joseph Walker now dwells "I give all my and interest in the lands on Jengoteague & Morry's Island which was given by the last will of the Hon. John Custis of Arlington to me & my wife Elizabeth Custis, to my son Edmund Custis"; To his son Thomas Whittington Custis 300 acres on Old Plantation Creek in Northampton County; should Edmund die before coming to full age & without issue, I give the land given him to my son Thomas, & should Thomas die before full age & without issue, then my son Edmund to have the land given him. To daughter Tabitha; to daughter Sarah; to daughter Elizabeth; son John Custis (under age); To sister Tabitha Scarburgh Custis; wife Ann and friends Capt. John Bradhurst & Mr. Charles Snead & Mr. Henry Custis Executors. Sons to receive their estates at 18 and daughters at 18 or marriage. I give the first child born after this date of my wife Ann Custis 700 acres in the said county adjoining the lands of William Parker, near to Burton's Branch, which land descended to me from my Hon. grandmother, Mrs. Tabitha Hill. That the 1000 acres therein mentioned is the lands devised to his son Edmund, and the 1750 acres of land therein mentioned is the land devised to his son John by the said will; That the said Edmund Custis made his last will dated 27 Mar. 1747, in these words: "I Edmund Custis of Northampton County" &c. To his son Edmund Custis the plantation where I now live; to wife Catherine; to daughter Ann Custis. I give 800 acres of land that I have in Deep Creek to my Ex'rs. to be sold, and after the payment of my debts the residue to be divided between my wife, son and daughter; son to have 1/2 and wife and daughter the other half between them. To kinsman Hancock Custis; Should my son Edmund die without issue I give my plantation where I now live to my daughter, Ann Custis, reversion to my kinsman Hancock Custis, son of my brother John. Wife Exec. & guardian of children till they come to lawful age or marry. By which will the said Edmund devised 800 acres, part of the 1000 acres devised by his father, the testator Thomas, to be sold for the payment of debts; That the lessor of the plaintiff purchased the same of the testator's executrix as by deed dated 23 June, 1750, to-wit: This deed between John Wilkins of Northampton County, Gent., and Catherine, his wife, executrix of the last will and testament of Edmund Custis, late of the said County, Gent., her late husband, dec., to Littleton Eyre - Sale of 800 acres, being part of the aforesaid 1000 acres. The said Edmund Custis a short time before his death granted and sold unto Joshua James late of Accomack County, dec., 200 acres, part of the aforesaid 1000 acres. That the said testator Thomas' dwelling plantation whereon there stood a negro quarter, extended into the said 1000 acres as far as the defendant now claims of the said 1000 acres; That the aforesaid John Custis is eldest son & heir at law of the testator Thomas, and that the defendant is his eldest son and heir at law; That the defendant Thomas agreed with the lessor of the plaintiff that the plaintiff and a certain John Wilkins, who intermarried with the widow & Exec. of the said Edmund Custis, on the 30 day of November, 1749, to run the division between the said 1750 acres and the 1000 acres of land agreeable to a deed from John Custis and Tabitha his wife to the aforesaid Thomas Custis, for the said 1750 acres, which deed is in these words ------ John Custis, Sr., of the County of Northampton, Esq., & Tabitha, his wife, to "our well beloved nephew & grandson Edmund Custis, of the county of Accomack, Gent. & Tabitha, his now wife, our grandaughter, & their children after them" - Deed of Gift - All that tract of land where the said Edmund and Tabitha now live, situate at Deep Creek containing 1750 acres on the North East side of Deep Creek, & bounded on the Southern parts therewith, on the North West by a point of marsh facing the bay; on the North Eastward by a part of a little creek called Drummond's Creek and a line of marked trees drawn from the said Drummond's Creek South; South East half a point, Easterly 342 poles unto a corner tree marked at the western corner of the land formerly belonging to William Gower, and from thence on the South Eastern side by a line of marked trees drawn S. W. by West 508 poles unto Deep Creek, including in the said 1750 acres all the marshes, necks & branches within the aforesaid bounds, being 1/2 of 3500 acres more or less granted by patent to the said Tabitha, now the wife of the said John Custis, Sr., & her sister, Matilda Scarburgh, now the wife of Col. John West, both the daughters of Col. Edmund Scarburgh, dec., patent dated 29 March, 1656, to the said Edmund & Tabitha for and during their natural lives, and after their decease to their son Thomas Custis and the heirs of his body, and in default of such heirs to the next heir or heirs of their bodies, and if all such as are before mentioned are extinct, then to the next heir or heirs of the said Tabitha, now the wife of the said Edmund, male or female, and in failure of them to our grandson Smart Whittington, son of William Whittington, Gent. & brother of the said Tabitha Custis, wife of the said Edmund Custis, during his natural life, and then to his heirs male, and for want of such heirs to our grandson John Custis, the son of John Custis, Jr., of the County of Northampton aforesaid, Gent., & his heirs, and for want of such issue to the heirs of the said John Custis, Sr. That the defendant, together with the plaintiff's lessor, and the said Wilkins employed Edmund Scarburgh, Surveyor of the County of Accomack, to run the said line the next day, and for which the said defendant agreed and hath since paid the surveyor 2/3 of the fees, but on meeting the next day to complete the agreement the defendant told the plaintiff's lessor & the said Wilkins that the Surveyor might run the line, but that it would not be binding upon him. That Edmund, son of the testator Thomas, at the time of making his last will was of lawful age, and left issue; that the testator Thomas' son, Thomas Whittington Custis, to whom the remainder of the aforesaid 1000 acres was given in case of Edmund's death under age or without issue, was brother and died an infant.
  Marr Name	Matilda [13] West
  Record ID	20102
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1500, North Walsham, County Norfolk, England d. Abt 1540, North Walsham, County Norfolk, England  (Age 40 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Mary Cade, (Cade?),   b. Between 1610 and 1612, England d. Bef 15 Dec 1691, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 81 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Tabitha [9] Scarburgh,   b. 1639, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 7 Jan 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 79 years) ╚═ John Smart,  m. Bef 12 Jul 1653 ;   Devereux Browne, (Burgess),  m. Bef 29 Aug 1659 ;   Gen. John Custis, II (Built Arlington) (Councillor),  m. Aft 1675 ;   Col. Edward Hill,  m. Sep 1696 + 2. Col. Charles [10] Scarburgh, (I) (Burgess) (Councillor),   b. 1643, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 6 Oct 1702, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 59 years) ╚═ Elizabeth (3) Bennett,  m. Abt 1670 + 3. Matilda [13] Scarburgh, (Quaker),   b. 1645, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jan 1721, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years) ╚═ Lt. Col. John (2) West, (Burgess),  m. Abt 1658   4. Littleton [12] Scarburgh,   b. Aft 1646, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Mar 1672  (Age < 24 years) + 5. Col. Edmund [11] Scarburgh, (III),   b. 1647, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef Apr 1712, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 65 years) ╚═ Ursula Whittington,  m. Abt 1668 ;   Elizabeth Mitchell, (Michell),  m. Abt 1681
  Half-siblings	3 half sisters (family of Edmund [3] Scarburgh and Ann Toft)
  + 1. Arcadia Toft,   b. Abt 1662, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 3 Jun 1718, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 56 years) ╚═ Capt. Thomas Welburne, (Burgess),  m. Abt 1680 ;   Thomas Ward,  m. Bef 5 Jun 1716 + 2. Atalanta Toft,   b. Abt 1664, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1696  (Age < 31 years) ╚═ John Osborne, (Capt.) I,  m. Abt 1680 ;   Col. William Whittington, II (Burgess),  m. Bef 1688 + 3. Annabella Toft,   b. Abt 1666, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1720  (Age 54 years) ╚═ Francis Lee,  m. Abt 1682 ;   John Marshall,  m. Bef 16 Jun 1691
  Person ID	I20102	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Col. Edmund [3] Scarburgh, (II) (Burgess),   b. 1617, St. Martin's in-the-Fields, Greater London, England d. May 1671, Hedra Cottage, Occohannock Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 54 years) Other Partners: ╚═Ann Toft,   b. 1643, England d. Aft 15 Feb 1687, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age > 44 years)
  Mother	Mary Cade, (Cade?),   b. Between 1610 and 1612, England d. Bef 15 Dec 1691, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1638	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [9]
  Family ID	F1196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lt. Col. John (2) West, (Burgess),   b. 7 Apr 1638, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, Greater London, England d. 27 May 1703, Nandua, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 65 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Frances Chambers,   b. Abt 1653   d. Yes, date unknow
  Marriage	Abt 1658	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [10, 11]
  Children	1. John (5) West, the elder,   b. Abt 1661, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 2 Feb 1708/09, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 48 years) + 2. Anthony (6) West,   b. Abt 1663, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 6 Aug 1717, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 54 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Rowles  (Age < 81 years)  m. Abt 1690 + 3. Alexander (7) West,   b. Abt 1665, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 3 Jan 1727/28, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 63 years) ╚═ (dau. of Rich II) Bayly  (Age < 54 years)  m. Abt 1697;    ╚═ Mary Robinson  m. Aft 8 Feb 1727 + 4. Sarah (10) West,   b. Abt 1666, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Col. Tully Robinson, (Burgess) (Deep Creek)  (Age 65 years)  m. Abt 1684 + 5. Matilda (11) West,   b. Abt 1672, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 6 Mar 1722/23, Clifton, S. Chesconessex, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 51 years) ╚═ Hon. John [15] Wise, (II)  (Age < 66 years)  m. Bef 8 Apr 1696 + 6. Scarburgh (17) West,   b. Abt 1673, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Thomas Harding  (Age < 47 years)  m. 27 Dec 1705   7. Jonathan (8) West, I,   b. 27 Mar 1674, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1727, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years) ╚═ Catherine Marvel  m. Abt 1700;    ╚═ Rachel Spooner  m. Abt 1720   8. Bennony (9) West,   b. Abt 1675, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1709 (Age 34 years) ╚═ Sarah Snead  m. Abt 1695 + 9. Maj. John (13) West, (the younger),   b. Abt 1675, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 16 Sep 1719, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 44 years) ╚═ Frances (12) Yeardley  (Age > 38 years)  m. Abt 1695;    ╚═ Josepha Maria Godwin  (Age < 53 years)  m. Aft 1714 + 10. Catherine (14) West,   b. 6 May 1677, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Feb 1750/51, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years) ╚═ Capt. Charles Snead  (Age 44 years)  m. 7 Jan 1711/12 + 11. Frances (12) West,   b. Abt 1680, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Richard Kellam, II  (Age < 71 years)  m. Abt 1695 + 12. Mary (15) West,   b. Abt 1685, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jan 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 82 years) ╚═ Capt. Robert Snead  (Age < 63 years)  m. Abt 1704;    ╚═ William Burton, II  (Age < 53 years)  m. Abt 1728 + 13. Anne (16) West,   b. 12 Feb 1686, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Thomas Sparrow  (Age < 59 years)  m. Abt 1706;    ╚═ William Sellman  (Age 53 years)  m. 9 Oct 1718
  Family ID	F1206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1645 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1658 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Mothers will - 14 Jun 1691 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Husbands will - 6 Feb 1703 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Heir - named as - 29 Jul 1707 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Sons will - 17 Jan 1709 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 3 Jan 1721 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land - they were named in a land cause - 28 Jan 1752 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Jennings Cropper Wise, Virginia Historical Society, Col. John Wise, His Ancestors & Descendants, (Bell Book, & Stationary Co, Richmond, VA, 1918), 19. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh), 570. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 510 (Anthony West Family), 940. [S2315] West, Catherine Bible, (John Haves, Cambridge University, England), 2315. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 34 (will of John West), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 37 (will of John Marvill), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 41 (will of Bennony West), 570. [S571] Nottingham, Acc Land Causes, 1728-1825, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 10 (Harry Holdfast (place holder) vs. Thomas Custis), 571. [S1001] Thomas Teackle Upshur, Upshur, Thomas Teackle - Gen of the Kingdom of Acc, (Manuscript Collection at the Swem Library, College of William & Mary), 1001. [S573] Elmer D. West, West, Elmer, Descendants of Anthony West, (Silver Spring, MD: Elmer D. West (Private Printing), 1980), p. 14, 573. [S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Meyer & Dorman, Adventurers of Purse & Person, 3rd, (Richmond, VA: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624|5, 1987), p. 663 (Anthony West Family), 624.