William VESTAL, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1692 - Bef 1745  (52 years)

• Name	William VESTAL  [10]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	16 Sep 1692	Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA   [10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef Mar 1745	Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA   [10, 11]
  Person ID	I1086	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William VESTAL, Sr.,   b. Abt 1667, London, Middlesex, ENG ,   d. Abt Feb 1701, Weston Twp., Chester, PA, USA  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Mother	Alice GLOVER,   b. 1663, Kings Cleare, Hampton, ENG ,   d. Bef 1729  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Abt 1692	, Chester, PA
  Family ID	F6860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MERCER,   b. 14 Jun 1692, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England ,   d. Aft 1751, Cane Creek, Orange, NC, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1716	Westtown, Chester, PA, USA
  Children	1. John VESTAL,   b. Abt 1718, , Chester, PA ,   d. Abt 1776, , Frederick, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)   2. William III VESTAL,   b. Abt 1721, , Chester, PA ,   d. Bef May 1787, , Berkely, VA, USA  (Age ~ 66 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth VESTAL, *,   b. 1723, , Chester, PA ,   d. 1818, New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA  (Age 95 years)   4. Thomas VESTAL,   b. 8 Sep 1727, , Chester, PA ,   d. 12 Jun 1813, , Chatham, NC, USA  (Age 85 years)   5. Jemima VESTAL,   b. Abt 1729, , Chester, PA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. James VESTAL,   b. Abt 1730, , Baltimore, MD ,   d. Bef 14 May 1793, , Surry, NC  (Age ~ 63 years)   7. Jangs VESTAL,   b. Abt 1731, , , VA, USA ,   d. , , VA, USA   8. David VESTAL,   b. 16 Jun 1736, , Orange, NC ,   d. 26 Oct 1819, Cane Creek, Rocky River, NC, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Vestall, Jr., was raised in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. His family were originally friends from the Newark Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania. (C-836) According to Gilbert Cope in writing the will for Joseph Woodward of Goshen, he mentioned that William was married more than once. However, only one marriage has been found for him to date, that of Elizabeth Mercer. They originally settled on Brandywine Creek, four miles from West Chester. William was listed as living in Bradford Twp., Chester Co., PA in tax lists from 1715-1726. (C-2251g) His wife, Elizabeth Mercer, was a Quaker. William had apparently become a Quaker by the 2nd Month 5th day, 1729, when he requested a certificate of removal to North Carolina from the Center Meeting House. William moved to Baltimore Co., MD instead after conveying his farm of 174 acres on May 10, 1729 in Bradford Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania. The deed for this land did not have it's title confirmed until Aug. 10,1735. William is listed as a carpenter in this record. (C-959) William then purchased 150 acres of land from Patrick Ruark in 1729 which was part of the Hazard track on Swam Creek, Baltimore Co., MD. He sold this land to Joseph Hall on Dec. 27, 1736. He was listed as living in Orange Co., Virginia in the deed records of 1736. He had purchased 275 acres in Orange Co., VA on Oct. 3, 1734. This territory later became Frederick County. (C-826) Elizabeth Vestal requested a certificate of transfer from the Concord Quarterly meeting to the Hopewell monthly meeting in Frederick Co., Virginia (now Jefferson Co., WV) on Sept 7, 1737. Most of the Quaker records for that meeting were destroyed by fire for the first 23 year period in 1759. "J.E. Norris in his HISTORY OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, p.58 states, "William and John Vestal made a settlement at a very early date at Vestal's Gap on the Shenandoah River in Frederick Co., Va. (about 6 miles east of Charles Town). While they were building a stone house they were attacked by Indians and driven across the river to the mountains. When they returned one of them brought a yellowish stone from across the river, which marked the point where they left off building in consequence of the attack. This house still stands but the inscription on one end has been partly obliterated, which has given rise to a dispute as to the name being Vest, Vesta, or Vestal. The author (Norris) has found in the 'List of Surveys made by George Washington for Lord Fairfax' the name three times occurring Vestall." Minnie Speer Boone in OUR FAMILY HERITAGE, p. 63-64, states "On May 10, 1742 a contract was entered into between Thomas Mayberry, William Vestal, John Traden, Richardson Stevenson, and Daniel Burnett for the construction of an iron bloomery for the making of bar iron on the plantation of William Vestal. This contract was recorded in 1744." Quoting Earl H. Davis, 1940, she adds, "This iron bloomery is said to have been the first one erected east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia (one mile east of what is now Mechanicsville, West Virginia). It was located 7 miles south of Harper's Ferry. It was in operation until after the Civil War. Upon the death of William Vestal in 1745 this land and the Vestal interest in the Bloomery were apparently taken over by his son John. When the land passed out of the Vestal family is not known. One source says that it was after the French and Indian Wars when the family moved to North Carolina. (C-158) The property is now owned by Mr. Ward Funkhouser of Hagerstown, Md. The remains of the old furnace are still standing. The top of each fire place has bars of iron, plates of rusty iron are still firmly holding the stone structure-above one of the fireplaces a cedar tree of good size is growing. The district around the Bloomery is known as "The Bloomery Neighborhood." (C-176) William Vestal did not write a will. His death probably occurred early in 1745. An inventory of his estate was filed in 1746. No property was listed, but instead tools, clothing, livestock and household furnishings. (C-811) His wife, Elizabeth, was named administratrix. She had a bond of 1000 pounds Virginia Currency. No children were listed. (C-845a, 869)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2722] Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611). [S500] Record, Tom, Gedcom and sources dated 1996. [S2883] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980). [S519] Vestal Family Group Sheet Type Lineage Received 1984 Preparer unknown very well sourced. [S490] Cassius Jay Jay Family Index Partially in L. Dudick Files (C-167). [S2730] Minnie Speer Boone, Our Family Heritage (Salsbury, NC: Tennessee Studio). [S738] Michael S. Caldwell to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated April 13, 1984 in Linda Coate files (C-159) Current Status: Lost. [S2742] Jay, Margaret Belcher, Jay Family (Shelby, NC: Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., c1998). [S555] Carol Bryant, Abstracts of Chester Co., Pennsylvania Land Records, Volume 1, 1681-1730 (Transcriptions from this book also provided in email by Annie Natalelli Waloszek). [S122] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,60541::0. (Reliability: 0). [S773] Ginny Bumgarner to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Nov. 5, 1996 at gbumgarner@dayton.net In Linda Coate files (C-848).