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THE COLONIAL ROYALS OF vIR-
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THE COLONIAL ROYALS OF vIR-
GINA.
Descent Of the Charles City CSusty
50 Branch.
prepared by Rev. John Royal Iar-'
ris. D. D., Pittsburgh, Pa. from orig
inai records)
Earliest American Mention.
Hotten. Early Emisrant Ancestors"
pages -16s. zoe. 22s: Joseph Royal
come from England in the charitie
July. 1872. age of.twenty-two. Living
1923. At Charles cittis." February "a.
1924. Sibill Royal among the dead at
flames Cittie" and "tn tlle Island"
Minutes Of. council and general court:
Referred to as widow, and as hay-
Ing a goddaughter In England. IProb-
ably her husband--was Roger Royal.
killed in the, Charles City massacre.
1922.
New England records refer to
Royals quito early, but no connection
between the two. families Is known.
There Ia no documentary proof OF the
connection OF Joseph and sibill Royal.
or Roger with the line following.
I. Joseph Royal, 1858 Cor a
little sarlier). Married before 1897.
----; no known Issue; third, about
1915. Katherine Banks, 1856.
I Virginia Patent Book No. l., page
452: Patent to Joseph Royal. 800
acres. Henrico County. on Turkey
Island Creek. First two wiyen men
TONED and brother, Henry, Later
documentary mention of Henry, but Of
no descendants.
IBID: Vol. IL. page es1: Patent to
Joseph Royal. 200 acres. Digs Hun
dred, on Island Creek.
to Joneph Royal, 600.acres above Shir-
ley Hundred. on James River. This
land has been In the hands Of Royals
ever since, and is how occupied by the
daughter OF John p. Royal. All these
grants from the King OF England for
transportation into the colony Of
designated persons.
Henrico court records: Will of Henry
Isham, 1S7s-78. Half-brother. Joseph
Royal: mother. Mrs. Katherine Isham,
and others. Son OF Henry Isharn, who
died about 1915.
Ibid: will OF Katherine Isham.
1885. Son. Joseph Royall; grandson.
Joseph Royal; granddaughter. Sarah
Royal, children OF Joseph Royal; and
documentary evidence.
II. Captain. Joseph Royal (1s4e-17a2)
married before 1873, Mary Eppea
(1664). W - ~
Virginia Patent Book No. q. page "a:
Patent $50 acres, south side OF James
River. known as Captain Martins
Swamp, to Captain William Randolph.
Francis Bppes, Joseph Royal. April go.
No. 8. page 1853: Patent s.ss7 acres.
pomattos river, 70; Richard Kennon,
Captain Francis Eppes. Joseph Royal,
George Archer, April !, 1880.
No: 8, page 16o: Patent 2s5 acres.
Henrico County. on Proetor's Greek, to
Captain Joseph Royal. October 15, 1898.
No. 10. page SAT: Patent 800 acres.
north side OF Appomattox River,
County of Henrico, adjoining land
owned by said Royal. Colonel Francis
Eppes,s GeorgeaAfch January %. II z.
Henrieo Records: Deposition OF
court at varina. stating that he was
about thirty-sx years OLD. Guardian
children of George Archer, 1880; chill
dren of John Archer. 1891, May Is,
1892, petition OF Captain Royal. JUS
tice OF Henrico 1893. 17a3. 1904. 1907.
l71o-2a, though part Of latter period
Sheriff Of Hsnrico l71s, vestry OF
Curtis Church. 17ao-32.
Conveyance Of 900 acres Of land, VIII
liam Randolph to Joseph Royal, Oc-
tober 2, 1872. "Formerly granted unto
Joseph Royal, the father of the afore-
said Joseph Royal as per patent OF
January 90. l7l7. and by him devised
RSyaii Henry Royal o Wiiliam soyaii
and Richard Dennis. This. with ees-
sattohTof service In Curtis Church, also
in 1882, Indicates time OF death
Records OF the period partly destroyed
in the Civil War,
Leutenant-co Colonel Francis Eppes
ana his wife. elizabeth. both died in
1878. The wife made two wills, divid-
ing property between the Eppes chill
the Worshan children by her first hus-
band, William Workman. Mentions
Mary Wofshan and Mary Eppes.
Mary Royal February 20. 1912,
appoints her brother, William Eppes.
her attorney to transfer her part OF
the swamp land. Owned Jointly by nor
father. Francis Eppes, Captain William
Randolph and Joseph Royal.
Joseph Royal CONVEYS part interest
in Martins Swamp to Samuel Knibbs.
for hirnself William Eppes. Mary
Royal, his wife. February go. 16s1.2
s Joseph Royal, conveying land to his
son.. ] oseph Royal, Jr., November 80.
1893. In Bermuda Hundred, refers to
my, wife. Mary"
Almost ipnumerable mention OF this
Joseph Royal made In these records.
III. william Royal (16ss-1747) mar
ried. about 1920. Sarah Povall.
Charles City County records:
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