George FOOTE

HAIRSTON.org ID#5435, b. about 1700, d. 1759
Father*Richard FOOTE1 b. 31 Jan 1666, d. 21 Mar 1724/25
Mother*Elizabeth (surname unknown) d. 1725
Birth*George FOOTE was born about 1700 in Stafford, Virginia.2 
He was the son of Richard FOOTE and Elizabeth (surname unknown).1 
Marriage*George FOOTE married Frances BERRYMAN, daughter of Benjamine BERRYMAN and Elizabeth NEWTON, on 31 December 1731 in St. Pauls Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia.3,4,5 
Marriage*George FOOTE married Mary Ann JAMES about 1750.6 
Death*George FOOTE died in 1759.2 
Will*He left a will on 31 May 1759 in Fauquier, Virginia. George Foote (c1700-1759) will lists: wife Mary, sons; William, Richard, Gilson, Henry, George and daughters Elizabeth, Frances and Bethelon.
Fauquier Co., Virginia Will Book 1, 1759-1783.7,8 
Probate*His estate was probated on 28 June 1759 in Fauquier, Virginia; "His will was dated April 15, 1724, and though it was destroyed, is cited in a deed from Thomas Booth, Jr. of Glouchester, and Richard Foote, of Stafford, Prince William county, September 8, 1734; and another, dated November, 1762, and recorded in Fauquier, from Richard Foote, of Stafoord."7 

Family 1

Frances BERRYMAN b. a 1708
Children

Family 2

Mary Ann JAMES
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3191] The Foote Family (October 1899). The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 7, No. 2, pp. 201-203.
  2. [S3200] Tillman, James David. Tillman & Hamilton Family Records: With Their Many Ancestral Lineages. Meridian, Miss.: 1959-1963. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89062498571, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. [S3140] Foote, Abram William, Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy And History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., And His Descendants; Vol. I, Rutland, Vt.: Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., 1907. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89067465310, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  4. [S3193] Headley, Robert K. Jr.; Married Well and Often - Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800, Ancestry.com.
  5. [S3214] McPherson, L. Dwinell. Kincheloe, McPherson, and related families: their genealogies and biographies. Washington, 1951. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89061974374, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  6. [S3194] Erwin, Lucy Lane; The Ancestry of William Clopton of York County, Virginia, The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont - 1939, Ancestry.com.
  7. [S3199] King, J. Estelle Stewart; Abstracts of Wills and Inventories of Fairfax County, Virginia 1742-1801, With Rent Rolls for 1761 and 1774, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978-1996, Ancestry.com.
  8. [S3219] King, J. Estelle Stewart; Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia 1759-1800, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1978.
  9. [S3197] Chapman, C. Stuart; Shelby Foote A Writers Life, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 2006.
Last Edited3 Aug 2020