Christopher Branch (1598-1681)

## Biography

**Hon. Christopher Branch** was born on 2 Sep 1598 in London, England to Lionel Branch (1568-1605) and Valentia Sparks (c.1567-c.1605) and died in Feb 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. He was married on 2 Sep 1619 at St. Peter Church, Westcheap, London, England to Mary Addie. She was born before 16 Aug 1593 in Darton, Yorkshire, England and died about 1630 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. The marriage record reads as fallows: "September 2, 1619 - Christopher Branch, Gentlmen, and Mary Addie, spinster, daughter of Francis Addie of Darton, County. York, husbandman; at St. Peter's Westcheap, London."

### Facts and Occupations

He arrived in 1620 in Virginia on the ship London Merchant with his wife Mary and was a proprietor of 1, 730 acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia. His land was the designated land for the College of Henrico."On the northerly side of James River, from the falls down to Henrico (about 14miles below the present city of Richmond). . . are the public lands reserved and laid out, whereof ten thousand acre for the University lands, three thousand are for the company's lands, with other lands beloging to the Colldge" (Dated 1625 or 1626). In 1629 he was a Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Henrico County. On 20 Oct 1634 he panted one hundred acres of land on the south side of the Appomatox River. In September 1636, he pantented 250 acres of land he called Kingsland Plantation. "Kingsland, just west of Farrar's Land, was also near Osborne," home of the Jefferson. He panted another 1,380 acres of land with a plantation what is today Kingsland Road on Proctor Creek. The present Kingsland Creek ran through his property. He was Justice of the Peace for Henrico County, Virginia in 1656.

## Children

1. **Ephraim Branch** was born in 1620 and died in 1621
2. **Katherine Branch** was born in 1622 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died on 1 Sep 1696 in Henrico. County, Virginia, USA
3. **Thomas Branch** was born May 1624 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died about Jan 1695 in at Kingsland, Henrico County, Virginia, USA. He married in 1656 in at Kingsland, Henrico County, Virginia, USA to Elizabeth Gough. She was born about 1628 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died about 2 Aug 1697 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA.
4. **William Branch** was born about 1626 in College Land, Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died about 1670 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. He married in 1656 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA to Jane Hatcher as her first husband. She was born about 1640 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died after 7 Dec 1710 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA.
5. **Christopher Branch, Jr.** was born about 1627 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died about 1665 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. He married Sarah Almond. She was born about 1627 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died after 1665 in Virginia, USA.
6. **Mary Martha Branch** was born in 1627 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA and died in 1697.

## See Also

* American Planters
* American Proprietors
* Births in 1598
* Births in London, England
* Births in England
* Colonial Immigrants to America
* Deaths in 1682
* Deaths in Henrico County, Virginia, USA
* Deaths in Virginia, USA
* Immigrants to Virginia
* Indian Massacre Survivors
* Marriages in 1619
* Marriages in London, England
* Marriages in England

## References

* https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Addie-3
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher\_Branch
* http://www.watermelon-kid.com/family/bios/branch5.htm