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Here is what I have learned from Gooch Genealogist SALLEE@FALCONJET.COM
Jack Sallee wrote:
I looked back over some early issues of "The Gooch Family" which Mr. Daniels
of GA publishes (due to illness in his family it's been a year since the
last one). In vol 2 # 3 p.61 (Jan-Mar 1993) there was a response to an
earlier query which quotes from "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents -
1607-1800" by Wulfeck: "Thomas Avent m. Margaret Elizabeth Gooch, dau of
Claiborne Gooch. Orange III p.160."
If this book was published early enough, it might be the source Singleton
used for the marriage. If not, it is an independent source of confirmation
(though they probably both relied on the same record). I hope the book will
provide the basis for the derivation for the marriage (because of no date,
it is probably a will or deed). Part of Wulfeck's interpretation appears
wrong because I have Claiborne Gooch as the younger brother of Margaret
Elizabeth (both children of Wm Gooch and Ursula Claiborne), but possibly he
just intended it to mean she was the daughter of a Claiborne and a Gooch (or
wrote it from memory).
Mr. Daniels indicated that this response was by Archie L. Holmes of
Princeton, NJ, who said Thomas Avent was a Huguenot b. 1661, to VA 1698, d.
31 Oct. 1787 (sb 1757). In vol. 3 # 2 (Oct-Dec 1993), Richard E. Patton, 29
Copper Penny Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822 gave a 5-generation ancestry chart on
his ancestor Sarah Avent. She married William Fox in 1734, who - like Sarah
- was himself a great-grandchild of William Claiborne and Elizabeth Wilkes
(but through their son William Claiborne II). He indicated that Capt. Thomas
Avent b. 30 Oct. 1668 Devonshire d. 31 Oct. 1757 Surrey, VA, was the son of
Louis Avent.
This is all I can find in my notes/books. Hope it helps.
This works for me. Had no idea that Thomas was a Huguenot. This could be the reason no one has been able to find records of Thomas in England. If he was a Huguenot he would have come from France as part of the exodus there and lived in England for only a short time before moving to the colonies. As a Colonel for the Crown he would have recieved special consideration for land etc. The English were especially open at that time to recieve Huguenots because of the high quality occupations they brought with them from France, replacing the many that England had lost to over expansion. There were even Huguenot churches in London which were tolerated at the time of strict Protestant restriction to the Church of England. Note: Huguenots are synonimous to the Presbyterians of Scotland, as both had their teachings from Calvin, the difference being the Scots had John Knox as their leader.
We need to look to French records for the Avent/Avant family births if we accept this new information.
Glenn Longest Bray
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