{"id":430,"date":"2011-10-28T04:26:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T08:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/?p=430"},"modified":"2014-09-24T01:36:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T05:36:51","slug":"godfrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/godfrey\/","title":{"rendered":"GODFREY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">John Godfrey in Norfolk Co Va, conveyed \u201c2 black sows, and one Colt\u201d unto Richard Conquest, for 1216 lbs of Tob,\u201d Jan 25, 1646. Matthew Godfrey with consent of wife Dinah, deeded land in Norfolk Co, June 18, 1724, naming his father John Godfrey, &amp; brothers Jonathan, &amp; William. Evan Jones who was granted land, 200a in Princess Anne Co Va, on North west side of Great Cypress Swamp, running into Symons Creek, of North River, Oct 20, 1687, assigned said land (with Consent of wife Dinah) unto Matthew Godfrey of Norfolk Co, Dec 15, 1703. Test\u2019 John, and Elizabeth Godfrey. Matthew Godfrey, with Consent of wife Isabella, sold unto John Godfrey (s of Warren) parcel of land purchased of Mr. Evan Jones, on Great Cypress Swamp. June 15, 17\u00be. Isabella Godfrey appointed her brother George Burges her Att\u2019. June 15, 17\u00be.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">William, &amp; John Godfrey were living in Perq Per\u2019ct, April 6, 1693.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (1) John (s of Francis, &amp; Joan) b Aug 17, 1665, m Elizabeth Bagster (widow of Nathaniel) Feb 19, 1685. Nathaniel Bagster, m Elizabeth (Relict of John Simpler) April 25, 167- \u2014issue: Elizabeth, b Aug 26, 1678. Elizabeth Bagster, widow Simpler, was dau of Thomas Abingdon Clerk of Pasq Co. She m for her 4th husband Capt John Hecklefield of Little River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (1) John, &amp; wife Elizabeth, issue: 1 Elizabeth, b May 11, 1687.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">John Godfrey died Aug 24, 1693.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (1) William, m Jane Barrow, issue: 1 John, b Feb 16, 1686\u20142 Francis, b Aug 12, 1689\u20143 Mary, b Aug 25, 1691.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, Francis (father of above) will Albemarle, p Nov 5, 1675. Sons: William, &amp; John, wife Joane.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (1) Thomas, m Ellener \u2014 Issue: 1 Thomas, b Mch 11, 1724\/5\u20142 Joseph, b Feby 14, 1726\/7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (2) Thomas, will Perq, p April 1749. Sons: William, Thomas, Francis, Joseph, dau\u2019s: Sarah, &amp; Ellinor. wife Ellinor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Peter Godfrey was Clerk of Perq, at one time, and returned to Norfolk Co Va, where his will was p 1721.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (3) William (2) Thomas (1) m Frances. He was dead May 9, 1773. (Inventory.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey, (3) Joseph, m Mary Hosea, Aug 14, 1786.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Godfrey (3) Tulle, m Mary Pointer, Oct 16, 1786.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Excursus: Hecklefield. (1) Capt. John Hecklefield (son of John) was an Englishman who came to Perq about 1701. He appeared for the first time in Court held \u201cat ye Gran Court House\u201d Oct 14, 1701. The same year he was made Capt of Malitia in Perq Precinct. Court was held at his \u201cHouse in Little River\u201d Mar 29, 1703, &amp; Oct 26 same year. The Assembly met there Oct 11, 1708, with 26 members in attendance. Mr. Edward Moseley chosen Speaker, William Glover presided as \u201cPresident.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\">John Hecklefield m Elizabeth Abingdon (d of Thomas of Pasq Co) &amp; had one son John, who died before Nov 8, 1729. d. s. p. when the name became extinct in Perq. Capt John Hecklefield\u2019s land lay around \u201cLittle River\u201d a small village, the earliest settlement in the county. He was Dec\u2019d Aug 8, 1721. \u201cElizabeth Hecklefield Dower Lands,\u201d adj Wm Godfrey. He had other land that adj Capt George Clerke, now in the tenure of Abraham Warren, &amp; Mary Evans, widow of said George. Nov 9, 1709. Joseph Godfrey made a deed April 21, 1729, to Ezekiel Maudlin, 150a on So W. Side of Little River, by a small Creek, issuing out of sd River, called \u201cHacklefields land.\u201d Col. John Hecklefield was dead Nov 8, 1729. His land adj William Evans which the latter sold to Col Richard Sanderson. (225a.) John (1) will p in Chowan Co Aug 8, 1721, only one son John is named. The Inventory of this son can be found in the Deeds of Perq, and is a very interesting document.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0History of Perquimans County\u00a0by Ellen Goode Rawlings Winslow, (1931).<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Godfrey in Norfolk Co Va, conveyed \u201c2 black sows, and one Colt\u201d unto Richard Conquest, for 1216 lbs of Tob,\u201d Jan 25, 1646. Matthew Godfrey with consent of wife Dinah, deeded land in Norfolk Co, June 18, 1724, naming his father John Godfrey, &amp; brothers Jonathan, &amp; William. Evan Jones who was granted land, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/godfrey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GODFREY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[35673,35671,31164,27004,35674,7064,6861,29494,35624,31404,6174,31998,31437,30816,30833,35672,26730],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-families-of-perquimans-county","tag-abingdon","tag-bagster","tag-barrow","tag-burgess","tag-clerke","tag-evans","tag-glover","tag-godfrey","tag-hecklefield","tag-hosea","tag-jones","tag-maudlin","tag-moseley","tag-pointer","tag-sanderson","tag-simpler","tag-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8786,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/8786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/perquimans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}