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This came from a book called the Beverley family of Virginia by John McGill written in 1956
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The exact place, date of Birth and ancestry of Robert Beverley, the Immigrant, have never been definitely determined although
there is considerable evidence thereabout. There is no doue that he came from Yorkshire, England, becaue such is the entry in the Parish Register made at the time of his death, but just where in Yorkshire is uncertian, probably from the town of beverley or Hull or Selby.
The Surname Beverley doubtless was taken originally by someone who had lived in the town of Beverley as surnames were acquired in that way. For instance, john of Beverley became John Beverley so the name is very frequent in Yorkshire.
The following facts may be mentioned as indicating possible origin.
In 1597 Robert Beverley of the Parish of Fiskerton in the County of Nottingham,Gen Married Frances, daughter of Henry Fairfax of Bilboro, County york, and in 1598 Henry fairfax named his son in law Robert Beverley trustee under his will. in 1650 William beverley the grandson of Robert beverley, the immigrant went to England with his wife and his son and daughter and Mrs. Beverley's nephew, Robert Munford and William Henry Fairfax son of Col. William Fairfax fo Belvoir of the Lord fairfax family of Virginia. The brief Diary kept by William beverley on this trip shows that they visited the Fairfax home "toulson" in Yorkshire, and that they later went tothe Cityof hull where they met a cousin, Mrs. Pheove Vecerley and received a letter from another cousin, a William Beverley Then living in Norwich.
william Beverley ( who made the trip as aforesaid) was named by lord fairfax as one of hiscommissioners in Virginia in the great Northern Neck land controversy and teh association of the families appears to have been very close, leading to the surmise that Major robert beverley who married Frances fairfax
there were at least two Peter beverleys living in Yorkshire inabout 1640 one in Hull and one at Rillington and either of them might have been the father of the Immigrant who named his first son Peter. It was customary then to name the first son for the father or grandfather.
Perhaps the most Probable line my be through Peter Beverley of the city of hull, a man of humble origin who married Susannah Hollis in 1634. He was elected a freeBurgess of St. Mary's Parish in the borough of Hull. He appears to have had a son, Robert Beverley, who was baptized in 1635, Susannah Hollis seems to have been the daughter of Robert Hollis who in November of 1626 was a memeber of the Society of Merchant adventurers of Hull, and in 1647 was assistant to the Governor of the company.
The Parish Register of St. Marys borough of Hull, there is a record of the death of Elizabeth wife of robert Beverley, in 1885. There is also a record on the 14 of September 1680 of the burial of Thomas son of Mr. Robert Beerley of Virginia. Thsi was evidently one of the sons sent back for schooling.
These facts would appear to be quite conclusive if it were not for the frequency of the names Robert Beverley and Peter Beverley in the Yorkshire area.
William Beverley of the fifth generation in Viriginia was sent to school in england and never came back to Va. he married Mary Midgely, an heiress, and was mayor of the town of Beverley in 1806. His son Robert McKenzie Beverley became Lord Scarboroughand he may hae determined the origin of his ancestor, the immigrandt, but if he did he left no record of it.
In about 1915, Mr Edward Simons Lewis of StLouis mo a decendant of the immigrant became interested in gen. and beleived the descent of Maj. Robert Beverley could be traced to the well known Beverley family of Selby and gReat Smeaton in Yorkshire by identifying Major Robert Beverley who came to Virginia as the third son of Thomas Beverley of Selby and Great Smeaton in Yorkshire and Elizabeth Vincent and thence through John Beverley and Phillipa Mechum toKing Henry III and so on to Charlemagne. Mr. Lewis was a prominet lawyer and we do not mean to cast doubt on his findings and conclusions, but, it must be through a younger son whmo we have not been able to identify.
burke's landed Gentry says the Beverleys sold their land in Yorkshire to the Pennymen family about the time robert Beverley came to Virginia.
The Immigrant sent at least three of his sons back to England to school and as above stated according to the Parish register of St. Mary's in Hull his son Thomas died there and was buried on the 14th of September 1680.
From the position the immigrandt soon took in the Colony and the offices he held it is evident he was well educated for those days and a man of culture and attainments but, so far as we know the above fairly well sums up the evidence of his orgin.
I hope that there aren't too many miss spelled words and that someone out there could use this information.
Sincerely,
Sonya Perkins Lynch
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