©2009 Kathryn Gearhart
The Immigrant
Charles Gee I immigrated from England about 1660 apparently with Henry Gee of Henrico County, Virginia. Henrico County was the most western county in early Virginia. It originally included a large area. Charles City County was adjacent to Henrico County on the east and covered the area north and south of the James River. Charles I settled south of the James River in the section of Charles City County that became Prince George County. His wife was Hannah. Among their sons was Charles Gee II.
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Charles Gee II married Bridget Neville. Bridget’s family was from that section of Isle of Wight County that became Nansemond County. Charles II and Bridget settled in Surry County that lay between Isle of Wight County and Prince George County. This area they settled in was south of the Blackwater River and became Sussex County in 1754. Among their sons was Charles Gee III.
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Charles Gee III married twice. His first wife, my ancestor, was Elizabeth Hancock from Surry. She and Charles III settled in Northampton County, in the northeastern part of North Carolina adjacent to Virginia. Among their sons was William Gee.
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William married Susannah Heath and was a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolution. He and Susannah lived for awhile in Northampton County but soon settled in Darlington County, South Carolina. Among their sons was Samuel Pickney Gee.
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Samuel Pinckney Gee married Rebecca Williamson from Darlington County, South Carolina. Samuel and Rebecca moved to Lowndes County, Alabama but eventually settled in Ashley County, Arkansas. Samuel and Rebecca were the parents of Abraham Williamson Gee.
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Abraham was a lieutenant in the Louisiana Partisan Rangers for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He died during the conflict. His wife was Nancy Angeline Duncan and among their children was their daughter, Mary Fletcher Gee.
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Mary Fletcher Gee became the wife of Thomas Monroe Nichols and their story is given in The Nichols Family.
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P S. I also used the Maryland archives…
I am so sorry, I wrote this over thirteen years ago, and I am no longer doing this research. I will say that most of my sources are online and I believe you are at the correct location. You might try the House of Burgesses records. I used them as well as county record publications, and Library of Virginia. Sorry I can’t be of more help with this. Good luck,
Kathryn
Hello, I am a Pettyjohn descendant working on a family history. Currently, I am writing about James Pettyjohn of Northampton Co., VA (c1635-1665). You have included him in your blog (in a section about the Heaths) and have a quote: “In 1653 it is recorded that Att a Courth held att Northampth 18th march 1653: The order by the Courth that James Pettyjohn shall forthwith enter into a bond of sufficient severity for his good behavior towards: Harryson (Harrison). The order by ye Court (that Joane ye wife of James Pettyjohn for her abusive scandalous speeche against Ann ye wife of Thomas Harrison pronounced by ye deposition of George Merridage and Jane his wife shall upon a Sabbath daye stand at ye churche doore duringe ye tyme tho ye psalme is singeinge with a gagge in her mouth.” I am having trouble finding this court case in the Virginia colonial records. Would you be able to steer me toward your source so I can see the original record for myself? Gratefully, Gretchen
Thank you,
K
Katheryn, I’ve read through your early Jones family content, but the comments in that section were closed so I posted here. I see why many have concluded Susannah Bressie Jordan was a Jones but an IOW deed makes clear she was a Bird. Also, a 1724 deed recites Edward Jones, dec’d had a son William Jones, presumably the same “nephew William Jones” of York, VA per an earlier deed with Susannah in 1701, but the York County will of Edward Jones will does not name him. I’m not able to reconcile it all. In Surry, VA, an Edward Jones and early William Batt appear in the same Tithable together. There is a lot of overlap to much of what we’ve researched in Surry:
Also, content on Susannah Bressie Jordan copied below and here: https://battsgenealogy.wordpress.com/thorpe-of-barbados/
26 Mar 1702. Marriage Contract of Mrs. Susannah Bressy, widow of Isle of Wight County, and Matthew Jordan of Nansemond County…all of her land where she now lives for her lifetime and then to go to his issue or to hers. Wit.: William Wilson and Charles Chapman. Rec. 9 April 1702.
12 Mar 1701. Mrs. Sussanah Bressy, widow of Isle of Wight County, to her nephew William Jones of York County…for love and affection…her land as directed in her will. Wit.: Ann Chapman and Charles Chapman. Rec. 9 April 1702.
29 Sept. 1713. Susannah Jordan, wife of Matthew Jordan, and the late relict of William Bressey, assigns her Dowery Right to land sold by William Harrison. Wit.: Nathaniel Ridley, James Day and Thomas Ridley.
8 April 1724. Matthew Jordan and wife, Sussanah Jordan, of the upper parish, to James Jordan, Jr., of the same…150 acres (being the land they now live on and was devised to said Susannah by the will of her father, Robert Bird, dated 22 Nov. 1656.) Wit.: Peter Woodyard, Thomas Hillyard and James Rowsom. Matthew Jones states that he examined Sussannah Jordan and that she is very ancient and can not come to court. Rec. 27 April 1724.
16 Mar 1724. William Jones to William Allen and Randall Allen…150 acres on the upper side of the first swamp adjoining Nokes Branch (being land will by Mr. Edward Jones, dec’d, to his son William Jones). Wit.: Joseph Ward and William Bridger, Jr. Rec. 27 April 1724.
Cornelia,
Joseph did not have any children. Are you familiar with the history of Gee’s Bend, which was the plantation founded by Joseph Gee? I am sending you a transcription of the correspondence between the creditors, and Joseph’s brothers who inherited and then lost the plantation to the Petway family. It includes references to the disposition of the slaves at Gees Bend, some were mentioned by name. Mark H. Petway held 80 people in 1850 and 160 people in 1860 at Gee’s Bend.
Joseph and his brothers appear to have made purchases of enslaved people in Halifax and Welston North Carolina, from plantation sales in Virginia and North Carolina and shipped them south to Alabama for sale. They also transported their own slaves to Gee’s Bend. The Williams family who intermarried with the Gees and Petways were deeply involved in the slave trade. The freedmen and women of Gee’s Bend took Petway and Gee for their surnames.
I hope the letter transcriptions help. There is also a great deal of information on Gee’s Bend and the famous quilts. I would begin by investigation 1870 census data and reconstruction documents for Wilcox County, Alabama.
Best of luck.
Kathryn
I am a descendant from the Pettway line who was first own by the Gee’s Line. I would like to know if you have any documentation of the name of the ship that brought my family from Africa. The name that has been passed down through out history has been Teaner Gee and Mary Gee who was owned by Joseph Gee’s children. Can you research this information and contact me at my email address below.
Pat,
I have not done any research on this line in over ten years. The material I would have used are county records, Virginia archives, and other easily obtained publications online, but none undocumented I can assure you. Best of luck. The name Clement makes it clear we are dealing with the same line.
Kathryn
Hello – thank you for sharing your research and information. I’m working on my own Hancock ancestors, and there may be some overlap or intersection with yours.. My Hancock family was in Laurens county SC (the old sixty nine district), with a widow Isabell Hancock and her children in 1790 census and 1800 census. One son, William, died in 1805 and names his siblings Clement, James, John and Sally (Hancock) Rhodes in his will. The family moved to Jackson Co TN before 1820, and this Clement Hancock brother died by Aug 1815 with supporting dates and locations from a lawsuit (Hancock v Cooke) in his name that was turned over to his administrators James and Nancy Hancock at his death.
I’m particularly interested in your reference in your research to “Clement’s heirs received a property pension No. 1410, at the rank of Sergeant January 18th, 1815 of $5.50 per month or $66.00 per year.”…I am not having any luck locating this. Can you direct me to your sources? I’d like to see if this pension is for either of the Clements associated with this family. (The internet seems to think that Isabel is the widow of the Clement Hancock martyred at Hayes Station, and that his son, also Clement Hancock, died in New Orleans. I have no reason to doubt these conclusions but I am looking for supporting evidence). There were two other Hancock men in sixty nine district per Jury lists – a James and an Joseph, common names in my Hancock line (along with Clement).
Thanks for any help you can provide – I know the Hancocks aren’t your primary line of research but it is very informative site.
Pat
Thank you All I know is on the site Good luck with your research
I am blown away by the volume and quality of your research! I’m so glad you shared it. My interest is in the John Nevill who died in Fauquier Co. VA in 1768, as I believe his daughter Kitty Fitzgerald may have married my William Fitzgerald (1733, Fauquier, VA – 1803, Lexington, Fayette, KY). I wonder if you’ve run across documentation of the name of her husband? Please email me, if you can. Kate
This is the best website on genealogy research that I have found. I have been researching for over 25 years and I have done 3 DNA tests and have a lot of Gee family matches. Charles Gee & Bridget Neville are my 6th great-grandparents. Is your information in a book form or do you plan on publishing a book?
Patricia
Holt. Then I am finding this John married to Jane Holt as being the son of Elizabeth Cockroft and William Hancock 1645 – 1687. This William is son of Simon Hancock and Sarah Gilbert. Simon is son of William the immigrant and Susan Poynter. Can you help me out sorting this out
I am interested in learning of your work on the Gee family. I am a Heath from Staffordshire England. I look at any Heath clan originating in England. I have come across the Name Gee in various records in the U.K. I also look after a Heath Surname DNA Project for http://www.familytreenda.com and have been able to identify at least 12 Heath clans, most of whom seem to have originated in Staffordshire for an uncertain reason. I also have many family trees: some going back to the 1600’s. So far, there have been more than 100 male Heath (Heathe, Heth etc.) donors so we have a pretty good data base. Do you have links with any of your male Heath relations by any chance? I would be interested in exchanging knowledge. Thanks.
I have some further information on Edward Gee Rector of Tedburn St Mary, Devon, and would be happy to forward a couple of relevant pages from my research into the Davye family of Canonteign, Devon, in this regard, if you could provide a contact / email address
I would refer you to The Gee Family by William Fletcher, which covers that period and after until circa 1920 in greater detail. Other recent trees that trace the Lunenburg Gee family include: Gee family tree:
Charles and Hañah, from the colonial era to the year 2000 by Marian Kessler; The kin of Dr. Ned Gee, Lunenburg County, Virginia by Edward Gee.
These will provide you with ample material from which you should be able to research a connection to your ancestor. Good luck.
Kathryn
My father (Lewis M Gee) and grandfather (Robert A Gee) were from Mecklenburg and Lunenburg County, VA. Not sure which portion of the family I am descended from. My dad always said there was a missing link due to the Civil War. I believe that my great-Grandfather’s name was John Henry Gee. I would like to figure out my family tree. Any assistance would be appreciated.
I am a descendant of David Gee of Williamson County, Tennessee whose daughter Mary “Polly” Gee married William Melugin. Your website is very impressive and I am glad that I found it. Thank you so much for all the work and time and effort you have put into the site. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is thankful to have such a comprehensive and informative site available to Gee researchers. Many thanks again! Phyllis