Posted By: Dreama Baker
Date Posted: Jun 2, 2009
Description: Copy of the signature of Daniel Llewellin (Llewelling) II.
Daniel Alexander Llewellen II was born in 1647 according to records of Henrico County, Virginia. He married Jane Stith who was born in 1660 in Charles City County, Virginia and died there in 1694.
John Llewellen, born in Wales in 1580
Daniell Llewellen I, born in England in 1600
Daniel Llewellen II, came to Virginia in 1647 according to ship's records
Daniel Llewellen III born in 1710
Anderson Grant Lewallen
Andrew Lucien Lewallen
Andrew Russell Lewallen
Robert H. Lewallen
(Loved those Ls, didn't we! Robert H., by the way, was my great grandfather.)
The following information was researched and documented by Anna
Lynn Cobos Stout, who is a Mormon and a daughter of my first cousin Bonnie Carrol Eagle Cobos. Bonnie is a daughter of Aunt Gladys Marie Lewallen Morris Eagle Ragojo. Aunt Gladys' grandfather was Robert H. Lewallen.
John Llewellen
John Llewellen, farher of Daniell Llewellen, was born in Wales in 1580. I have no additional information.
Daniell Alexander Llewellen I
Daniell Llewellen I was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England in 1600.
He arrived in Virginia in 1637 (some accounts say 1642, but ship's record says
1637) and settled near Shirley in Charles City County, died in Charles City County, VA, in 1663.
In 1640, he married Ann Baker. Ann Baker was born in 1604 in Wales,
and died in 1666 in Virginia; she was previously married to John
Price first and to Robert Hallam, Sr. next.
The children of Daniell I and Ann Baker were Daniel born in 1647;
Martha L. Llewellen Jones; Margaret L. Llewellen Cruse who may have
been the wife of Captain James Crews of Henrico who was hanged for
his participation in Bacon's Rebellion, although Crews was unmarried
at the time of his death; and Susanna Llewellen who married
Littlebury Epes. A son of Susanna and Littlebury was Lewellin Epes,
who was Clerk of the Court of Charles City County and who was appointed
in September of 1729 by an ailing John Carter, Esq., Secretary of Virginia,
to act as his deputy.
Daniell I was Justice of the Peace for Charles City, Henrico County,
a captain of the militia, and a member of the House of Burgesses.
In 1642, Daniell I patented 856 acres near Shirley Hundred on James
River. That grant in 1666 was confirmed by another patent to Daniel
Llewellen II. He later received several other grants in the same
neighborhood.
Letters from William Hallam and William Mason in England
written to Daniell I indicate that he lived in Shirley Hundred (Old Letters of
the Seventeenth Century, William and Mary College Quarterly VII, First
Series, pp. 237-245, copied from an old Charles City record book, date of
publication not included on the copies I received from the Cobos
family).
Included in the above-referenced publication is a receipt of Thomas Hallam
dated April 23, 1656, who received tobacco from Daniell Lewellin I
in the amount of 2,284 pounds, along with cask. Of this tobacco, 420 pounds
was in settlement of Llewellen's account with William Hallam, uncle of
Thomas Hallum, and 1,384 pounds went toward a debt of 8,750 pounds
of tobacco and cask owed to the mother of Thomas Hallam, Mrs. Margaret
Hallam. A year later, on April 20, 1657, Daniell Llewellen transferred to
William Mason (Thomas Hallam's father-in-law) and Margaret Hallam more
tobacco, this time a bill of 8,750 pounds of tobacco which was "in full of
all accounts and reconings betweene my sd ffather and mother and my selfe
from the beginning of the world to the present day. Witnesse my hand and
seale the day and yeare abovewritten.... This is the true copie of that
discharge w'ch I have given to my uncle Llewellin as withesse my hand.
Thos Hallam. Rec Jun: 25. 1657."
Robert Hallam (of Burnham, Essex, Salter) came to Virginia in August of 1620.
His name also appears as Hollam. He died before 1638, leaving his wife Ann
Baker Hallam, who married Daniell Llewellyn (Llewallen, Lleullin) of Charles
City County.
It is recorded that Daniel Lewellin I "of Westover Parrish" returned to England in 1657. He died in 1664. His will was printed in Virginia Historical Magazine, pages 52-54. A copy of part of his will from page 54 is included in the Photos section of this site. Title is Daniel Lewallen I Will.
Daniel Alexander Llewellen II
Daniel Llewellen II was born in 1647 according to records of Henrico County, Virginia. He married Jane Stith who was born in 1660 in Charles City County, Virginia and died there in 1694.
Jane was a daughter of Capt. John Drury Stith (born 1638 in Kirkham, Lancastershire, England, died 1692 in Charles City, Virginia) and Jane Mosby (born in England in 1638, died in Charles City in 1694 - Jane Mosby's parents were Edward Mosby and his wife Hannah).
Daniel Llewellen II died on June 17, 1712, in Henrico County, Virginia.
Daniel II and Jane Stith had a son, Daniel, and a daughter is also mentioned.
The 1642 land patent of his father was re-granted in 1666 to Daniel Llewellen II. Daniel II owned at least a part of the famous Shirley Hundred, on which there is an architecture book in the Alexander, Virginia, library. In 1704 he owned 600 acres in Charles City County.
In the Photos section is a copy of the signature of Daniel Llewellin (Llewelling) II. It is titled Daniel Llewellin II signature.
In the fall of 1665 Daniel II took a man to court for hog stealing. An account of this, as well as William Byrd's account of attending the funeral of Daniel I, is in the Photos section. It is titled Daniel Llewellin II Hog Problem.
Daniel Alexander Llewellen III
Daniel Alexander Llewellen III was born in 1710 in Amelia County, VA, and died
in 1875 in Prince Edward County. In 1736, he married Mary Burks (1710-1785)
who was a daughter of Charles Burks, Sr.
Their daughter Mary Llewellen married John Crane on May 15, 1776, in Nottoway
Parrish in Prince Edward County, VA. Their son Anderson Grant Llewellen married
Lydia (Lucy) Rice in 1784 in Prince Edward County.
Daniel Lewellen III was very active in the purchase and sale of land. Some of
transactions are recorded in Amelia County Deed Book 1. (Amelia County was formed in 1735 from Prince George and Brunswick Counties.)
Anderson Grant Lewallen
Anderson Grant Lewallen was born around 1764 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and there he married Lydia (called Lucy) Rice in 1784. Lydia was the daughter of Frances Crenshew of Prince Edward County and Charles Rice (1735-1779) of Virginia. Lydia's paternal grandparents were Matthew Rice (1696-1775, Virginia) and Ann Watson (born around 1710). Her paternal great-grandparents were Thomas Rice (born 1663 in Bristol, England) and Ann Mary Hewes (born 1664 in Virginia).
Anderson sold out in Virginia in 1787 and moved to Wake County, North Carolina. In 1811, he moved to Wolf Creek in Roane County, Tennessee. Roane County is now Scott and Morgan Counties. He died in Morgan County, Tennessee in 1825. Lydia was born around 1764 in Prince Edward County and died in Morgan County, TN in 1833.
The children of Anderson Grant Lewallen and Lydia Rice Lewallen were Zachariah,
born in 1785 in Virginia; Anderson, born in 1786 in Virginia; a daughter, born in 1791 in North Carolina; a daughter, born in 1792 in North Carolina; Andrew Lucian, born in 1795 in North Carolina; a daughter, born in 1794 in North Carolina; William L., born in 1809 in North Carolina; John, born in 1812 in Tennessee.
This last son, John Lewallen, was the first sheriff of Scott County. He married first wife Delilah Reed in 1833 and their children were Issaac (born 1834), Anderson S. (1836), Elizabeth (1837), Campbell C. (1839-1918), Andrew (1843), Nancy (1845), Columbus (1847), Louisa (1849), Lucinda (1850), and William Harry (1853). He married second wife Emily Reed McDonald in 1865, and they had a daughter named Tennessee (born 1868) and a daughter named Texas (1870).
He married Lydia on June 8, 1784, in Prince Edward County, Virginia as is chiseled in their tombstone.
Andrew Lucien Lewallen
Andrew Lucien Lewallen was born in 1795 in North Carolina and married to Malinda Davis in November of 1814.
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Billie Harris - Jun 3, 2009
This is a great find and thanks for posting it, Dreama. It's interesting seeing the signature. Can you imagine having to write it using a quill and ink? Where did you ever find it?
I know many earlier genealogists have given Daniel Lewellyn of Charles City County as the father of Anderson but there's nothing that's proving it to date nor has there been any information giving him the second name of Alexander.
In 1663 Daniel Lewellyn Sr. died in Charles City County, leaving one son named Daniel. There was an extract of his (Jr's) Will which gave his plantation to his grandson, Lewellyn Epes. There wasn't mention of a son and there's no further record after 1710 to any Lewellyn (or other spelling) in Charles City County.
In 1785 Prince Edward County a Daniel Lewellyn died. His wife was Mary and his will named his wife and his son, Richard. Was this Daniel a son of Daniel Jr? Until we can get a copy of Daniel Jr's Will, we won't know but it's quite possible there was no relationship. In 1787 a Thomas Lewellyn of Prince Edward County died leaving a Will and in 1787, same county, John Lewellyn died naming his brothers and his father Jesse. So the question is: Was Daniel of Prince Edward County a brother of Thomas and Jesse's? Was there any connection at all of this Lewellyn family to the Daniel of Charles City County? We simply don't know. A complete copy of the will of Daniel Jr of Charles City County would help.
Dreama Baker - Jun 3, 2009
The signature of Daniel II, report of his hog problem, and also the will of his father Daniel I, were provided as described in the text on the left of the picture. I imagine that writing with a quill would be tedious - maybe I'd have left off that "g" on the end of the name!
According to the research that Anna Lynn did, "Daniel II and Jane Stith had a son, Daniel, and a daughter is also mentioned."
I do not know all her references, but she referred to Virginia Historical Magazine; William and Mary College Quarterly VII, First Series, pp. 237-245 as cited in an old Charles City record book, date of publication not included on the copies I received from the researcher; records from Henrico County, Virginia; Amelia County Deed Book 1; a book "The Scott County Historical Society, Scott County Tennessee and Its Families, written by past and present Scott Countians, Edited by the membership of The Scott County Historical Society, P.O. Box 7, Huntsville, TN 37756, Scott County established in December 1849, Parent Counties: Anderson, Fentress, Campbell, and Morgan"; Autographs, 1701/02: Charles City, Prince George, and Surry counties, by Elizabeth Lawrence-Dow; and presumably she also used whatever resources she as a Mormon has access to.
She noted that male children of the first few generations were named in documents, and female children were just referred to as daughters, which complicates some of our reconstruction of the past.
I am most grateful to Anna Lynn and her mother for their hard work in collecting information. But there is so much yet to learn and find - documentation for the name Alexander, for example.
Dreama Gail Baker
Billie Harris - Jun 4, 2009
Dreama, if you'll go to the History section, and in the History blank type in "Virginia - Chronology," click "go" and pull that posting up, you'll find most of those references summarized and posted there. You can do the same thing with Tennessee and other states as well. I have yet to finish posting for Scott County in Tennessee because there are so many things posted here on this site, especially in the Photos section, that I haven't had time to work on compiling all of that and adding it to the post.
As far as the Alexander as Daniel's middle name, there's no record in anything that he had a middle name and, in fact, it wasn't common to give individuals middle names at all in the 1600's and not until after the Revolutionary War (1776) did it become common. So, somone added that in for him and people take it as being fact which it isn't.
Books are very, very important in our research but they do contain unintentional errors at times, particularly in genealogy. I'll give a couple quick examples:
1. In one of the Tennessee history books there's information written that my James Randolph was from the well known Randolph family of Virginia and descended from the Indian princess Pocahontas. Mind you, that's a history book and I believe without looking it up that it was dated in the 1800's. That same piece of information was passed down from generation to generation to most of us. I can't begin to tell you how many years all the genealogists researched this. We tried every which way to make the connection, even thought of an illegitimate son, but we simply couldn't find the relationship. The reason we couldn't find it is because there wasn't one.
2. There have been at least three books written (one in the beginning of the 1900's and the other two about 1960 or 70) which stated that a certain Randolph descended from the uncle of the Randolphs of Turkey Island, Viirginia. I remember when I started the Randolph MyFamily site, there were some rather "interesting" discussions with the descendant because I couldn't find a connection. He insisted there was because it was in books and his uncle had done years of research. As it turned out, there was no connection.
DNAs told us in both cases there was no relationship of any kind with the Randolphs of Virginia. In fact, the fellow who descended from the uncle apparently was from one of the twelve tribes of Israel and not even from England. Knowing my Randolph wasn't connected to the ones from Turkey Island, we continued looking and found the earliest one in the U.S. actually came over as an indentured servant for an English merchant and arrived in Maryland, not Virginia.
What I'm getting at is that while books are very, very valuable in our research, we can't always rely on their accuracy when it comes to our ancestors. That's what makes genealogy so much fun - the research to substantiate it.
Dreama, you've provided some very, very important information in your other post about the hog stealing and from William Byrd's diaries. I haven't come across either of those before and they're relevant to our research. Good job! As I said in the other post, it was Daniel's son-in-law, Col. Epes, and not a son, who invited Byrd to Daniel Llewellyn's funeral. We know Daniel left his plantation to his Epes grandson and not to a son. In those days, the tradition was to leave the estate to the sons because they felt their daughters, if married, would be cared for by their husbands. In this instance, Daniel left it to his Epes grandson. It sounds as though his wife was deceased by that time, too, and obviously from Byrd, Daniel's death was sudden. Interesting, and as I said, a good piece of information. Thanks again for posting it and if you come across anything else, please, please share it.
Mary Hubbell - Jun 5, 2009
I don't mean to be cantankerous but thought I'd share a couple of comments:
I have a friend whose name is Llewelling. It seems if Daniel Llewelling knows how to spell his name with other than an 'x' then we should use that spelling for him. As far as quill pens - I've heard that they could be very nice to write with and were used for a LONG time after I thought they were things of the past.
And...Mormons don't have access to better records than other genealogists - just local genealogy centers can make it easier to order microfilm. As a Mormon, I've taught family history and only wish they would have taken the time to check their lines rather than blindly accept work their relatives did. It's so hard to get rid of errors.
Billie Harris - Jun 5, 2009
Is that actually a "g" on the end of his name? It doesn't look like it to me. In the Shirley Hundred collection of records it's spelled without the "g". William Byrd who was invited to Daniel's funeral spelled it different and the early documents have a variety of spellings for Daniel's last name - Llewellyn, Luellin, and probably the most is Lewellin.
Even here, we've done DNA tests and the ones that match are spelled three different ways - Lewelling, Lewallen, Lewellen. There's no way to determine the correct spelling and it's best if we research all them.
You're right about the quills. When I had one of my stores, I sold quills with feathers on them for writing. I doubt anyone actually used them but they were neat anyway. Some 50 plus years ago when I worked for attorneys, we used regular ink pins to sign Wills; they were then sealed with hot wax. Working with ink certainly wasn't as easy as ballpoint pins, that's for sure.
Dorothy Campbell - Jun 5, 2009
Dreama,
It is good to see your Lewallan material on the site. I had seen some of it previously, but I am so glad to see that your sharing it with us. I am enjoying your photos very much , keep them coming. I love it when people share, makes for a very interesting site for others to come and visit. The more one shares, maybe it will get others to want to start sharing as well
Mary Hubbell - Jun 6, 2009
Billie, I think you misunderstood me.
I never said that different spelled surnames don't interest us. You are right, we should research them all. My last name is Hubbell and we are always asked if we are related to the Hubble Telescope - yes, both my husband and Edwin Hubble descend from Richard Hubball or Hubbald. All various spellings of a surname means is that somewhere along the line, a record keeper recorded it phonetically because someone didn't know how to write. In turn, sometimes it is because someone later transcribed the records incorrectly.
For example: my great great grandfather's name was Raymond Fortin. He was French Canadian and the census takers, etc heard Ramo Forta. The person who transcribed all of the county records thought that the "R" looked like a B and he is recorded forever as Bams Forta.
As for the signature in question, to me, that definitely appears to be a 'g' and so for THIS person, it would honor him to record him as such. That's just my opinion after being a volunteer transcriber for years. But if you want - maybe he was having a good day - or maybe it was a new pen and he felt like doodling what now looks like a "g".
Please, I'm not trying to be rude or a 'know it all'. I just want to share what I've learned with all of you - so you'll be able to pass it on to others. Family sites like this are wonderful and I'm excited to have all the sharing going on. As Dreama pointed out - she had no idea that we had a snag back past Anderson Grant Lewallen. Only by discussing the problems will we understand our ancestry.
Billie Harris - Jun 6, 2009
Mary Ann: I hope you didn't take what I wrote wrong because I do appreciate all input. Seriously, I do. I think our only disagreement is whether that's a "g' at the end of his name, and you may very well be right. I've been wrong many times.
Resa Miller - Jun 6, 2009
That thing at the end of his name looks like a Z to me. HA!
And that fancy L at the beginning of his name looks like a S.
That's ok because you can't read my writing either.
Dreama Baker - Jun 6, 2009
BILLIE, RESA, MARY,
Do you think if I look dilligently I'll find documentation that he was a physician?! That signature looks suspiciously like circumstantial evidence.
I think the first part of the signature looks like two Ls MAYBE but not certainly - imagine you are holding the quill and writing out the letters. You're going to make an L but what in thunder is that upright bar in front of the legible L? Looks kin to his later two consecutive Ls. Definitely two Ls later in the signature.
At the end, there's an i (a perfectly well-dotted i) followed by an N, and maybe he just couldn't resist adding the curvy embellishment downward after finishing a reasonable N.
Thanks for your informative input. Every bit of feedback serves to instruct and suggest, and therefore is precious to me.
Everyone is willing to inform and instruct babies, but when we get past childhood people unfortunately leave us to our errors. We're all just grown-up babies seeking to know and understand more. I love that we all seem to welcome and consider all input with flexibility and adaptibility. With the wonderful exchanges seen on this site, WE'll never become rigid or odd or idiosyncratic!
Billie Harris - Jun 6, 2009
LOL. Physicians are notorious for their handwriting. My last job with the State of California before I retired was with the Medical Board. I used to suggest in jest that to pass the exam they be made to take a penmanship class so they could write legibly.
Mary Hubbell - Jun 8, 2009
The upright bar in front of the legible L is the old fashioned symbol that let you know that the letter is double - it normally favored a written lower case 'f'. In fact, early 's' appeared as 'f' and in some early texts appear that way (ex. you would see the word textf but it is pronounced as we do). One cousin of mine his ancestor's name is Jesse but he always spells it Jefse and it drives me crazy - in the handwritten name it might look like an 'f' but it isn't so shouldn't be transcribed that way without explanation.
If you do find the original paper where the signature was found we can also figure out if it is actually his or someone signing for him.
Dreama Baker - Jun 4, 2009
Well, Billie, thanks to such kind and lovely people as you, Dorothy Campbell, Margerie Morgan, and Resa Miller, I am learning!
I had no idea that we had a snag back past Anderson Grant Lewallen, or that Alexander as Daniel's middle name might have been erroneous. I really appreciate this information and now have a better notion about proceeding to search.
Thank you!
Dreama Gail Baker
Billie Harris - Jun 4, 2009
Dreama, again I thank you for what you've posted. Anything at all you can find will be helpful and please, please, please try to help find answers to some of these genealogical questions. We need to put our heads together and discuss possibilities in order to find answers.