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| Birth: | 13 Oct 1633 in Souldrop,Bedfordshire,England |
| Death: | About Sep 1723 in Westmoreland County,Virginia |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | EDWARD MEWES b. 1589 in Souldrop,Bedfordshire,England |
| Mother: | MARGERY AUCOCKE b. 1610 in Bletsoe,Bedfordshire,England |
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| Changed: 5 Mar 2002 13:20:24 |
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Notes from English Records. In Isle of Wight, England, the Muse family
isfound as far back as the 15th Century........... Muse FamilyinVirginia--(1)John Mewes (b. England 1633; d. Westmoreland co., VA1723)was beyond doubt the founder of this family in Virginia. In Englandthename appears to have been spelled in various ways; but, in Virginiasoonbecame Muse. Robert (1666) and George Mewes appear in therecords;however, it is evident that John Mewes was the only one of thename wholeft male issue......... On Oct. 30, 1707, Thomas Muse, ofWestmorelandCo., (a son of John, Sr.) and John Muse, Jr. (his brother)were granted265 acres in Westmoreland co. in main swamp RappahannockCreek adjoining(north) by Thackers land. ....... The date of the birth ofJohn Mewes(the first of the family in Virginia) is approximated as in theyear 1633from a deposition made by him in Richmond co., Oct. 2, 1715:"John Mewes,Aged Eighty two Years, Deposing saith That old RogerCloathworker, aboutthree years after he sold ye Land now in Possession ofWilliam Lewis toJames Brown Senr. the said Cloathworker went with him theDepont to thehead of a branch now know by the name of William LewisSpring Branch andshow'd him a line of Mark'd Trees from the head of theafores'd Branch tothe Back line of said Cloathworkers land and told thesd:............John Mewes (1633-1723) or Muse as his name later appearsspelled, marriedat least twice. No clue to the identity of his firstwife.............Mrs. Catherine Talbott and John Mewes were marriedsometimeafter Nov. 16, 1698. John Mewes and his wife, Catherine, had nochildren,and she evidently predeceased him as she is not named in hiswill. ThomasMuse (ca. 1665-1732) was married at least twice, may bethrice; his lastwife being Mrs. Elizabeth (Sturman) Stewart-Murphey.James Muse (son ofThomas who was son of John Sr.) On Feb. 7, 1729 hereceived by deed anegro woman, Hannah, with her future increase. This wasthe negro girl,Hannah, who on Jan. 27, 1696, was conveyed by deed ofgifts to ElizabethSturman (last wife of Thomas Muse, and step-mother ofsaid James Muse) byher grandmother, Mrs. Dorcas (Spence) Jordan. On July10, 1749 James Museleased (from Thomas Arrington) land adjoining hiscousin, William Muse,who married Mary Pope, half sister of Sophia Pope,wife of said JamesMuse. this lease was witnessed by William Conditt,husband of Ann Pope,full sister of Mrs. Sophia (Pope) Muse, wife of JamesMuse
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