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 →
Generations of Ravensworth Owners 1. William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) 2. William Fitzhugh, Jr. 3. Henry Fitzhugh (of Eagle’s Nest) 4. William Fitzhugh (of Chatham) 5. Ann Randolph (Fitzhugh) Craik 5. William Henry Fitzhugh + Anna Maria Sarah Goldsborough 5. Mary … 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 →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2 Henry was the oldest of five children born to William Fitzhugh, Jr. and Ann (Lee) Fitzhugh. He about eight years old when his father died in 1713/14, and like him lived a relatively … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.1 Henry was the second surviving child and oldest son of Henry (Captain) and Susanna (Cooke) Fitzhugh. In 1746, he married Sarah Battaile (1731-1782), daughter of John and Sarah (Taliaferro) Battaile of Caroline County. … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth – owner Parcel 1.2 William Fitzhugh, Jr. was the oldest child born to William (the Immigrant) and Sarah (Tucker) Fitzhugh. Insight into William’s early education is given in this passage from a July 10, 1790 letter his … Continue reading →
Role in Ravensworth: owner Parcel 1.1 Henry was the second child born to William Fitzhugh (the Immigrant) and Sarah (Tucker) Fitzhugh. A minor when his father died in 1701, his older brother, William, Jr., assumed responsibility for Henry’s affairs and … 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 →
More than 30 leases in Parcel 1.1 are listed in the below table that were made by Henry Fitzhugh (Captain) and Henry Fitzhugh (Colonel) between 1750 and the son’s death in 1783. (Further research may fill in empty sections of … Continue reading →