Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2 William Henry was the only son and principal heir of William Fitzhugh (of Chatham) and Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh. Born at Chatham Plantation, he was an infant when the family moved to new … Continue reading →
These excerpts are a mixture of summaries, quotations and near verbatim lifts from several depositions in the Mordecai C Fitzhugh, Etc. V. Berkeley Ward And Wife, Etc. case file in the Library of Virginia’s Circuit Court Records Preservation Program.1 Giles … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: owner parcels 1.1.3, 1.1.5. 1.1.7 Giles Fitzhugh was the youngest of Henry (Colonel) and Sarah (Battaile) Fitzhugh’s 14 children to survive infancy. He was a lifelong bachelor. What’s known of Giles’ life comes primarily from official census, … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: owner parcels 1.1.3, 1.1.5, 1.1.1.1 Mordecai was the third youngest to survive infancy of Henry (Colonel) and Sarah (Battaile) Fitzhugh’s 14 children. Called Cooke by family and friends (according to correspondence and some public records), he married … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner Parcel 1.1.4 Richard was one of fourteen children born to Henry (Colonel) and Sarah (Battaile) Fitzhugh. He married Susannah Meade (?-c.1857), daughter of Andrew Meade in 1790. Sources differ on how many children they had; however, … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: Owner parcels 1.1.2, 1.1.6, 1.1.3.1/1.1.3.2, 1.1.5.2, 1.1.7.1 Nicholas was one of fourteen children born to Henry (Colonel) and Sarah (Battaile) Fitzhugh. In 1788, he married Sarah Ashton (1769-1820), daughter of Major Burdett Ashton and Anne Washington Ashton … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2 William was the third child and only son born to Henry (of Eagle’s Nest) and Lucy (Carter) Fitzhugh. His father died in William’s second year. His mother soon remarried to Nathaniel Harrison, a … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division Parcel 1.2 is the south half of Ravensworth (Parcel 1.0), which William Fitzhugh, Jr. inherited following the death of William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) in 1701. His father’s will instructed that the landgrant be divided equally … Continue reading →
Chain of Ownership and Division This parcel is the north half of Ravensworth (Parcel 1.0), which Henry Fitzhugh (Captain) inherited following the death of William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) in 1701. His father’s will instructed that the landgrant be divided equally … Continue reading →