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Christopher Branch III, in his own words |
| If he could speak to us today, Christopher Branch III might describe his life as follows. |
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Colonial courts dealt with a variety of issues and summoned witnesses to testify. According to two depositions, I was born about 1659,  perhaps closer to 1658 since I was living in my own household in 1679. |
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Consequently, I was in my 30s when the Henrico court granted me a license to marry Anne Sherman 13 April 1693. John Crowley, had left her a widow a few years earlier giving all his estate to “loving wife Anne.” |
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Henrico County taxed me on 646 acres in 1704, the same year that Anne and I gave 125 acres that had belonged to her late husband to our minor son, Henry. |
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Anne and I were the parents of 7 known children. My mother-in-law gave some property to our son Christopher and remembered Cicely and Ann in her 1703 will. My will named Henry, Mary, Susannah, and Obedience. A great-grandson was William Branch Giles, governor of Virginia. |
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A 68-year-old grandfather, I prepared my last will and testament 11 August 1727 and died later that year. |
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Christopher was dead by 1 Jan. 1727/8 when the Henrico County court ordered his will recorded. |
Descendants of Christopher Branch III |
Information about the children of Christopher Branch III, their descendants, and allied families previously found at Virginians.com is
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| Names found in this topic include the following. |
| | Henry Branch (-1748), |
| Amy Branch, |
| Dudley Digges, |
| Christopher Branch, John Archer, Mary Epes, John Worsham, |
| Charles Burton Jr., William Thompson, |
| Christopher Branch, Ann (—) Branch, |
| William Ball, |
| Martha Archer Branch, John Friend, Thomas Howlett, |
| Archer Branch, Francis Epes, Mary Bernard, William Bernard, |
| Joseph Branch, |
| Elizabeth Branch, Henry Archer, Gent., |
| Martha Branch, |
| Henry Branch, Thomas Branch, Thomas Branch, Charles Burton, John Vasser, |
| Tabitha Fowler, John Fowler Sr., Judith Hobson, Matthew Hobson, |
| William Branch, Elizabeth (—) Branch, |
| Judith Branch, |
| John Branch, |
| Paulina Fowler Branch, Thomas Fore, Paulina Fowler, John Fowler, |
| Henry Branch, George Markham, |
| Matthew Hobson Branch, |
| Robert F. Branch, Mary Tatum, Harriet (Coalman) Johnson, |
| Lucy Branch, |
| Susanna Branch, Joseph Branch, |
| Elizabeth Branch, |
| John Worsham, |
| William Giles, Thomas Worsham, |
| Daniel Worsham, William Worsham, Rosamond Webster, |
| Henry Worsham, Frederick Worsham, Thomas Branch Willson, |
| William Stone, Martha (Worsham) Stone, Abel Blankenship, Frances (Worsham) Blankenship, |
| Capt. John Worsham, Thomas Branch Willson, |
| Joseph Royall, |
| Capt. William Worsham, Margaret Jones, |
| Branch Jones Worsham, Susannah Rochet M. Booker, |
| Cornelia Worsham, |
| Feliciana Worsham, Richard W. Price, |
| Branch Worsham, |
| Margaret J. Worsham, Matthew Anderson, |
| Sarah M. Worsham, Nathan Harvey, |
| Elizabeth Branch Worsham, William Branch, |
| Lucy H. Worsham, Samuel C. Anderson, |
| Judith F. Worsham, John R. Williams, |
| Mary Ann Worsham, |
| William H. Worsham, |
| Samuel J. Worsham, |
| Thomas Worsham, Prudence Gooch, |
| Henry Worsham, |
| Elizabeth Branch Worsham, William Robertson, |
| John Booker, William Finney, |
| John Robertson Sr., |
| John Robertson, |
| John Robertson, |
| William Robertson, |
| Henry Worsham Robertson, Susanna B. Ellison, Edward Bass, |
| Edwin Robertson, Anne Brooke Mennis, Hodijah Meade, Chloe S. Stone, |
| Joseph Robertson, |
| Elizabeth Branch Robertson, |
| Martha Robertson, |
| Lucy Worsham, John Scott, |
| Martha Branch Worsham, Abraham Maury, Abraham Maury, |
| Clark Sanford, |
| Daniel Worsham, Mary Finney, |
| William Branch, Judith Scott, |
| William Branch, William Worsham, Nathan Anderson, Elizabeth (—) Branch, |
| Joseph Branch, Susanna Branch, |
| Henry Branch, |
| Thomas Branch, Roger Atkinson Sr., |
| Francis Branch, |
| Judith Branch, Thomas Ligon, |
| Martha Branch, |
| Ann Branch, William Giles, |
| | John Giles, |
| Barnaby Wells, Moses Overton, Obedience (—) Giles, |
| | William Giles, |
| Mary Mattox Ellis, John Ellis, Richard Tunstall, William Giles, |
| Elizabeth Giles, John Booker, |
| Richard Booker, |
| Anne Booker, John Garland Jefferson, |
| John Booker IV, |
| Judith Booker, Edward Eggleston, William Eggleston, Judith Cary, |
| Dr. Sterling Ford, |
| Joseph Cary Eggleston, Mary Jane Craig, George Craig, Joseph William Eggleston, |
| Elizabeth Booker, John Chaffin, |
| Martha Booker, |
| William Booker, |
| Daniel Booker, |
| Richard Booker, |
| Ruth B. Scott, |
| Arthur I. Booker, |
| Frederick A. Booker, |
| Martha Giles, Maj. Joshua Chaffin, Elizabeth Tinsley, |
| Mary Giles, Samuel Jones, |
| Edward Bass, |
| James Murray, |
| William Edward Bass, |
| Ann Giles Bass, |
| Amy Giles, Benjamin Moseley, |
| Thomas Lockett, |
| Thomas Carr, |
| Mary Moseley, Samuel Watkins, Edward Watkins, Rhoda Thompson, |
| Ann Branch Moseley, Joseph Eggleston Cocke, Samuel Jones, |
| Elizabeth Giles Moseley, Edward Osborne Branch, |
| Eppes Branch, |
| Ann Branch, Jones, |
| Frances Branch, |
| Benjamin Branch, |
| Eliza Branch, |
| Sarah Branch, |
| Francis Moseley, |
| William Branch Giles, George Wythe, |
| Martha Peyton Tabb, |
| Dr. Sterling Ford, |
| Frances Ann Gwynn, Thomas Peyton Gwynn, |
| Frances Peyton Giles, |
| Ann Augusta Giles, Dr. James H. Conway, William Jones Barksdale, |
| Dr. Sterling Ford, |
| Gustavus A. Myers, |
| Susan Conway, |
| Thomas Tabb Giles, Dr. Sterling Ford, |
| Harriet Peyton Tabb Giles, Abner Giles, |
| Thomas Peyton Giles, |
| William Branch Giles, |
| Ann Elizabeth Giles, Joseph D. Halyburton, |
| Frances Ann Giles, |
| John Giles, |
| | Mary (Branch) Walthall, |
| Richard Walthall, |
| John Pride, |
| Henry Walthall, |
| Richard Walthall, Elizabeth Walthall, |
| Ann Walthall, Philemon Holcombe Sr., |
| Elizabeth Holcomb, John Bibb, |
| Arthur Moseley, |
| Josiah Moseley, |
| William Bibb, Mary A. (—) Thompson, |
| Philemon Holcomb Bibb, Martha Fuqua, |
| John Bibb, Susanna Marshall, William Marshall, Walthall Holcomb, John Marshall, |
| Branch Holcomb Bibb, Lucy Scott, John Scott, |
| Richard Walthall Bibb, |
| Thomas Bibb, |
| Susanna Bibb, Samuel Carter, |
| Sarah Bibb, Benjamin Marable, George Marable, |
| Ann Bibb, Arthur Moseley, John Blanks, |
| John Holcomb, Martha Venable, |
| Lt. Philemon Holcomb, |
| Branch Holcomb, |
| Walthall Holcomb, |
| Isabel Walthall, |
| Mary Walthall, William Allen Burton, |
| Elizabeth Walthall, |
| Christopher Walthall, |
| Obedience Elam, |
| Christopher Walthall, Patience (—) Walthall, Henry Anderson Jr., |
| Nancy Walthall, John Nash Haskins, |
| Elizabeth Walthall, Edward Haskins, Edmund Wilson Lockett, |
| Richard Walthall, Frances (—) Walthall, John Baker, |
| William Walthall, |
| Christopher Walthall, Sally Sudbury, John Sudbury, |
| Richard Walthall, |
| Phoebe Walthall, |
| Ann Walthall, Alexander Marshall, |
| Sarah Walthall, Thomas Branch Willson, |
| Obedience Walthall, James Gates, William Gates, Elizabeth —, |
| Henry Walthall, |
| Christopher Walthall Sr., |
| John Perdue, |
| William Walthall, Walter Childs, Robert Farguson Jr., |
| Anne Elam, John Patterson, |
| Peter Burton, |
| Elizabeth (—) Walthall, |
| Benjamin Walthall, |
| Richard Walthall, Thomas Griffin Peachy, |
| William Walthall, Lucy Willson, Sally Perkinson, |
| William Old, Charles Old, |
| Rev. Robert Walthall, Lucy Walthall, |
| Nancy Walthall, William Walthall, |
| Lucy Walthall, William Hastings, |
| Branch Walthall, Mary Peterson (—) Walthall, |
| Judith Avery, |
| William Henry Walthall, Rigley Hood, |
| Frances Ann Walthall, Jeremiah M. Rea, |
| Martha P. Walthall, William Henry Ligon, |
| Mary Walthall, John Morgan, |
| Frances Walthall, Robert Bevill, |
| Martha Tatum Bevill, Frederick Dunnavant, |
| Francis Bevill, |
| Claiborne Bevill, Ann Talley, |
| Burwell Bevill, |
| Anna Bevill, Williams, |
| Lucy Bevill, Henry Stafford, |
| Mary Bevill, Daniel Jefferson, |
| Elizabeth Walthall, Morgan, |
| Martha Walthall, Charles Old, Benjamin Crawley, |
| John Chappell, William Old, |
| Lucy Walthall, John Phelps, |
| | Susannah (Branch) Bass, |
| Bass, |
| | Obedience (Branch) Cheatham (-1774), |
| William Cheatham, |
| | Christopher Branch IV, |
| | Ann Branch, |
| | Cicely (Branch) Bass (1695-1770), |
| William Bass, Mary Faile, William Bass, Martha Clay, Mary Walthall, |
| Thomas Branch, Benjamin Branch, Seth Ward, |
| Benjamin Walthall, |
| Christopher Bass, Alexander Bass, |
| Arthur Moseley, |
| John Farmer, |
| Frances Beasley, |
| William Bass, |
| Thomas Walthall, |
| Mary Baskerville, |
| Mary Hudson, Charles Hudson, Christopher Bass, |
| Ann Bass, Samuel Rudd, Lewellyn Hudson, |
| Mary Walthall Bass, Maj. Joseph Dinwiddie, |
| Elizabeth Hunter Dinwiddie, Daniel Jasper, Reese Bryan, |
| William Walthall Dinwiddie, Nancy Bryan, |
| Celina Frances Dinwiddie, Robert H. Walthall, |
| Christopher Bass, Phoebe Cogbill, Polly Farmer, Francis Farmer, |
| Frances Bass, |
| Elizabeth Bass, |
| William Chamberlaine Bass, Judith Jordan Chamberlaine Hudson, |
| Christopher Bass, |
| Mary Bass, |
| Edward Bass, Flournoy, |
| Col. Joseph Bass, William Walthall, |
| Isham Thompson, |
| Peterfield Trent, Elizabeth (—) Bass, |
| Elizabeth Royall, |
| Elizabeth Bass, Henry T. Anderson, |
| Elizabeth R. Anderson, |
| Martha R. Anderson, |
| Dr. Joseph Bass Anderson, Sarah Scott Meriwether, |
| Jane Segar Archer, |
| Sarah Ann E. Anderson, Peter F. Harris, Joseph Edward Harris, |
| Col. Judertha H. Davis, |
| Martha R. Anderson, Col. James M. Austin, |
| Joseph Bass Anderson, |
| Francis Jane Anderson, William Ferdinand Chamberlayne Gregory, Judith Friend Willson, William Gregory, |
| Laura Anderson, |
| Mary Chastain Anderson, Josiah M. Jordan, |
| James Powell Anderson, Caroline S. (—) Anderson, |
| Ann Anderson, |
| Stephen C. Anderson, Pamelia Howlett, James Howlett, |
| Peter Henry Anderson, |
| Joseph Bass, Jane Manlove, |
| Christopher Manlove Bass, |
| Elizabeth Bolling Bass, |
| Mary Ann Bass, John H. Davis, |
| Arianna Agnes P. Bass, David Isham Wells, Henry Bourdon, |
| Amanda Ann Wells, Francis Marion McKenzie, |
| Adrian N. Bourdon, |
| John C. Bourdon, |
| Jane Manlove Bourdon, Dr. Charles Zehmer, |
| Joseph H. Bourdon, |
| Thomas Castleman Bourdon, Lucy Catherine Thweatt, |
| William Bass, |
| Peter Bass, |
| Ann Bass, Henry Stratton, |
| Rebecca Bass, James Fountain, |
| Mary Bass, Thomas Burfoot, |
| Elizabeth Royall Burfoot, Thomas Augustus Howlett, Susan B. Willson, |
| Otelia M. Howlett, John Garland Jefferson, |
| Joseph Benjamin Howlett, |
| John Berthier Howlett, |
| Henry Gustavus Howlett, |
| Sarah Thomas Howlett, Joseph Bragg Willson, |
| Elizabeth Royall Howlett, John S. Fitzgerald, |
| Mary Bass, William Walthall, Henry Walthall, |
| Mary (Walthall) Osborne, Elizabeth (Walthall) Archer, Martha Field Walthall, |
| William Walthall, Martha Field Archer, |
| Capt. Joseph Ligon, |
| Edward Archer, |
| Francis Osborne, |
| Mary Walthall, William Downman, Agnes Archer, Benjamin Osborne, |
| Elizabeth Walthall, Peter Field Archer, |
| Martha Field Walthall, Francis Jones, |
| Mary Walthall, Edward Archer, |
| Archibald Walthall, William Archer, |
| William Archer, Unity Claiborne Jones, |
| Field Archer, |
| Robert Ingram, |
| Martha Bolling, |
| Powhatan B. Archer, Margaret J. Walthall, |
| Martha C. Archer, John R. Bolling, Robert Berry, |
| Eleanora W. Archer, Robert Berry, |
| Frances Archer, William Cousins, |
| Mary Jefferson Archer, William Covington, |
| Lucy Ann C. Archer, Edward Archer, |
| Rebecca Archer, |
| Edward Archer, Mary Jefferson Bolling, Ann Walthall, |
| Peter Jefferson Archer, Martha Woodson Michaux, |
| Lucy Ann Gilliam, Mary Jefferson James, John Gilliam, |
| John Walthall Archer, |
| Dr. Edward Cunningham Archer, |
| Caroline Wooldridge, Archibald Logwood Wooldridge, |
| Mary Susan Archer, |
| Jacob Michaux Archer, Smith, |
| Sarah Walthall Archer, Robert Pleasants Archer, |
| Catherine Jefferson Archer, |
| Pocahontas Bolling Archer, Robert Dunn, |
| Martha Woodson Michaux Archer, |
| William Segar Archer, Mary Finley McIlwaine, James McIlwaine, Frances Susan (Walthall) Dunn, |
| Edward Ellsworth Archer, Mary Ann Shore, Thomas Shore, Mary Harriet Bolling, |
| Thomas Shore Archer, |
| Harriet Bolling Archer, Hugh Nelson, |
| Mary Ann Archer, |
| Elizabeth Lynch Archer, |
| Edward Ellsworth Archer, |
| John W. Archer, |
| Alexander Shore Archer, |
| William Archer, Davis, |
| Ann Frances Marie Archer, |
| Elizabeth E. Archer, Dr. Joseph Dudley, |
| Dr. William Arthur Dudley, Lydia Ann (—) Dudley, |
| Martha Imogene Archer, George W. Caperton, |
| Ann Cornelia Archer, |
| Mary Archer, John Royall Bradley, |
| Elizabeth Archer, |
| John Walthall, Frances Baugh, William Jones, |
| Sally Walthall, Nathaniel Friend, Richard Craddock, |
| Charles Friend, |
| George Cox, |
| Mary W. Friend, George Cox, Lodowick Tanner, |
| Judith Cox, Richard Booth, |
| Thomas Booth, |
| Susan F. Cox, Thomas Friend, |
| Martha Cox, Rev. Charles Washington Friend, |
| George Cox, Margaret Cole Gregory, |
| Frances Cox, Richard Augustus Gregory, |
| Martha Friend, Edward Cox, |
| John Friend, Judith Cox, Susan Ball, Elizabeth Cheatham, Capt. William Ball, |
| Dr. Alfred Friend, Mary Clarke, William B. Clarke, |
| William N. Friend, Sarah D. Powell, Edward Powell, |
| Nathaniel Edwin W. Friend, Mary T. Walke, Mrs. Marietta E. (—) Booth, |
| Thomas Cheatham Friend, |
| Nathaniel Friend, Elizabeth Gilliam, |
| Charles Friend, Mary (—) Friend, |
| Dr. Nathaniel Gilliam Friend, Ann Robertson, William Robertson, |
| John Gilliam Friend, |
| Thomas Friend, Archer Branch, |
| Archibald Walthall, |
| Frances Netherland, Wade Netherland, |
| Ann Walthall, Edward Archer, |
| William Walthall, Sally Michaux, Edward Baugh, |
| Sarah Walthall, Thomas Nelson Cogbill, |
| Sally Nelson Cogbill, |
| Frances Walthall, Dr. Robert Pleasants Archer, |
| Elizabeth Walthall, Dr. Robert Bolling Cabell, |
| Archard Walthall, |
| Sgt. John Walthall, |
| Mary Walthall, |
| Susanna Walthall, William H. Walthall, |
| Ann Bass, William Walthall, Benjamin Branch, |
| Elizabeth Bass, Joseph Wilkinson, |
| Angelica Wilkinson, |
| Henry Mills, |
| Edward Wilkinson, Priscilla (Wilkinson) Embry, |
| Joseph Wilkinson, Obedience Branch, |
| Sarah Bass, Thomas Friend, Walter Buchanan, Robert Vaughan, Robert Vaughan, |
| Nathaniel Friend, |
| Sarah Friend, George Woodson, |
| Sarah Woodson, |
| Caroline Matilda Woodson, |
| Charles F. Woodson, |
| Maria Woodson, |
| Charles Friend, |
| Thomas Friend, |
| William Friend, Catherine Craig, Adam Craig, |
| Ann Patteson, David Patteson, Francis S. O’Reilley, Samuel Patteson, |
| Robert Vaughan, |
| Thomas Friend, Susan F. Cox, Elizabeth R. Rowlett, Peter Rowlett, |
| Mary Susan Friend, Hatcher, |
| Martha Ann Friend, Hatcher, |
| Maria Thomas Friend, Hatcher, |
| Thomas R. Friend, |
| Catherine Friend, |
| Elizabeth Friend, |
| Rev. Charles Washington Friend, Martha Cox, Charles Woodson, |
| George William Friend, |
| Robert Craig Friend, |
| Thomas Henry Friend, |
| Rev. Charles Nathaniel Friend, |
| Ann Catherine Friend, Robert Whiting, |
| Sarah Frances Friend, |
| Charles Woodson Friend, |
| Mary Elizabeth Friend, |
| Charles Edward Friend, |
| Ann Stevenson Friend, |
| Catherine Friend, |
| William Craig Friend, |
| Martha Maria Friend, James M. Johnston, Thomas W. Dudley, |
| Ann Friend, Tarleton Woodson, |
| Thomas Bass, |
| Archard Bass, |
| Thomas Bass, Thomas Bass, |
| Peter Bass, |
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Selected sources |
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“Archer Family Register.” Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly. 15:4-6 (1977). • Family Bible of Peter Jefferson Archer. See also Library of Virginia Accession 25885. |
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“Bible Record of Josiah M. Jordan, of Prince George County.” Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982(3):242-243. • Josiah M. Jordan married Mary Chastain Anderson. |
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Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. “The Wilkinson Family of Southside Virginia—Descendants of John and Sarah (Royall) Wilkinson.” The Virginia Genealogist. 36:1-9, 126-140, 178-193, 260-272 (1992). • Includes information of Judith Garrett and Joseph Wilkinson, Martha Cox and Richard Wilkinson, Mary Worsham and Richard Wilkinson, and Elizabeth Bass and Joseph Wilkinson. |
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“Booker Bible.” Miscellaneous Records: Amelia County, Virginia 1735-1865. Amelia, Va.: Mid-South Publishing Company, 1995:84-85. • Family Bible of John Booker and Elizabeth Giles. |
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Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004. Volume One, pages 366-425. • Descendants of Christopher Branch, including Christopher Branch and Christopher Branch. |
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Hayes, Linus P., “Worsham, Jones, Mayo and Scott Families.” The Virginia Genealogist. 2:177-178 (1958). • Family of Branch Jones Worsham. |
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“Jefferson Bible.” Miscellaneous Records: Amelia County, Virginia 1735-1865. Amelia, Va.: Mid-South Publishing Company, 1995:85-6. • Family of John Garland Jefferson and Anne Booker. |
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Short, Mrs. Sallie E. “Branch Family Cemetery, ‘Laurel Brook,’ Dinwiddie County, Virginia.” The Virginia Genealogist. 14:153-154 (1970). • Family of Elizabeth Giles Moseley and Edward Osborne Branch. |
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“War’s Wild Alarm.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 49:217-233 (1921). • This article relates the exploits of Capt. Richard Booker and his Richmond Washington Volunteers during the War of 1812. |
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