Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
This is Jan Swart. I am a Baker researcher. I am trying to clear up some confusion I have seen on the Grisso family site and elsewhere regarding the Jacob Grisso family of Roanoke, VA. I show Jacob Grisso as born 23 Jul 1772 and d 6 Feb 1644. I show him m to a first wife of Rebecca Baker b abt 1779 d30 Jul 1812. Some people have her dying in 1822.
People mostly show her parents as Samuel Baker and Mary from Bedford County. But I show Rebecca Baker as a daughter of Glover Baker and Mary Ferrell Baker of Bedford County, VA. I don't believe that Samuel Baker and Mary Hodnitt of Bedford County had a daughter named Rebecca though they had other daughters.
There are two Bedford County Chancery cases regarding deceased Mary Ferrell Baker's inherited land from her father, Wm Ferrell, land on Stony Fork of the Goose Creek in Bedford County VA. The first case is Lavina Baker(another daughter) vs. Edward Hancock.(1830)
The second and most important for this e-mail is called Hancock vs Hawkins 1839 that proves the parentage of Rebecca Baker.
1. Indenture-Lavinia Baker-Edward Hancock – 1830 Land Sale Bedford County, VA
“This indenture made this twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty betweenLavinia Baker of the one part and Edward Hancock of the other part withnesseth that the said Lavinia Baker for and in consideration of the sum of the sum of fifteen dollars to her in hand paid by the said Edward Hancock the receipt whereof she hereby acknowledges has granted bargainer and sold and by these present do grant bargain sell and deliver unto the said Edward Hancock his heirs and assigns forever one eighth undivided part of a tract of land lying and being in the County of Bedford on Stony Fork Creek a branch of Goose Creek and bounded by the lands of the said Edward Hancock, Pleasant Dickinson, Rachel Goggin, John Walden the land belonging to the estate of William Hopkins deceased and Thomas Johnson containing by ________ acres be the same more or less it being the tract of land on the said Stony Fork Creek which descended to the said Lavinia, her brothers and sisters eight in number by the death of their mother Mary Baker, deceased.
Together withone eight part of all rents that may be due from the tenant in possession of the said land or others to the said Mary Baker in her lifetime to her heirs since her death to have and to hold the one undivided eighth part of the tract of land aforesaid with its appurtenances unto the said Edward Hancock his heirs and assigns and the said Lavinia Baker for herself, her heirs, executors and administrators do and will by these presents forever warrant and deliver unto the said Edward Hancock his heirs and assigns forever the one undivided eighth part of the aforesaid tract of land and the one eighth part of all rents that may be due from the said tenant or tenants that are now or have heretofore lived upon the said tract of land a good in sufficient right and title in for simple fee from the claim or claims of herself her heirs executors and administrators and free from the claim orclaims of all and every other person whomsoever.In testimony whereof she here unto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written the word “or this intertin before signed.
Levina Baker (her x mark) (seal)
Back:
Corporateers of Lynchburg
Mr. John W. Bozwell and John M. Warwick justice of the peace in the Corporation aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Lavinia Baker a party duo hearing date on the 25th day of October 1830 and here unto annexed personally appeared before us in our Corportaeer aforesaid acknowledgement to the Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in order that the said duo maybe recorded given under our hand and seals this 25th day of October 1830.
John W. Bozwell (seal)
John M. Warwick (seal)
At a court held for Bedford County at the courthouse the 22nd day of November 1830 This indenture of bargain and sale together with the certificate of acknowledgment thereto announced was proved in Court ______ to be recorded.
______ ______ _________ C.B.C (C.B.C. would be clerk Bedford County)
Baker to Hancock Deed - 1830 Novm. 22d
______ ___ _____
Recd. Page 2/10 Ed.
**********************************************
2.Bedford County Chancery Case- 1839- Edward Hancock-vs- Moses Hawkins
"Tothe worshipful of County Court of Bedford in Chancy sitting the bill of complaint of your orators Edward Hancock, James Grisso, Mathias Grisso and the other Children of Jacob Grisso and Rebecca Grisso (daughter of Mary Baker) his wife now deceased, respectfully represents that some few years since Mary Baker late of the County of Bedford departed this life having a right in fee to a tract of land lying in said County containing by estimation (this was left blank) acres: that Jacob Grisso intermarried with Rebecca one of the children of said Mary Baker who died before the said Mary who was entitled having the children of the Jacob and Rebecca as the heirs at law of that portion of any estate to which their mother would have been entitled in the event of her out living her mother the said Mary the said children are your orator James, Mathias, Hawkins and the other children of said Jacob and Rebecca whom named as plaintiffs will be inserted if necessary.
That your orator Edward Hancock purchased the share in said land to which Lavina Baker was entitled as one of the children and heirs of said Mary, all of which will more fully and at large appear by reference to the deed for said share herewith entitled and prayed to be taken a part of this Bill:
That the other distributes of said land are MosesHawkins and Elizabeth his wife formerly Elizabeth Baker, Samuel Saul and Polly his wife formerly Polly Baker, David Lewis and Patsy his wife formerly (Martha) “Patsy” Baker, (this was left blank) Halley and Hannah his wife formerly Hannah Baker which said females are the children of Mary Baker and with Samuel Baker and Glover Baker are the heirs at law of said Mary Baker but all of whom reside in parts beyond the limits of this common wealth to your orator wholy unknown;
Your orators represent that the said land is poor and not by any means valuable that the share of each would not be worth the half of three hundred dollars: that the said land is now lying in a waste and uninhabited state and is wholy useless to the owner and proprietor paying to them as it does not one cent of rent the said land is not in fact cultivated by anyone and is daily becoming of less value;
Your orators represent that a sale of said land would greatly promote the inheritance of all concerned as indeed that land cannot be divided among the several distributes so as to render each share of any value, they therefore pray that the said land be sold by a commissioner specially appointed for the purpose and that the proceeded there of be divided among the several parties according to their respective legal rights and to this and they ask that the aforesaid parties be made defendants to this Bill by order of publication according to law and as they are without remedy at low grant such other aid and relief as the care may require a equity dictate and as in duty we then will ever pray we.
Goggin for Plaintiffs
After this, an ad ran in the Lynchburg Virginian for two months for the heirs of Mary Baker to answer this bill but nobody responded. The Court then appointed Caleb Ewing as Commissioner on the Mary Baker land sale. Mary Baker's remaining land of 154 acres was sold to Samuel Hancock for $502.42. After expenses $457.93 was available for heirs.
"The undersigned Commissioner appointed by a degree of the County Court of Bedford, renendered at the November term 1835 makes the following report:
"He advertised a time and place of sale in the "Virginian", a newspaper within the town of Lynchburg for four succeeding weeks. and on the 30 day of November, 1835 at Preston & Leftwick's Store in the County of Bedford, placed as advertised, he sold the said land at public auction to the highest bidder, for twenty dollars cash and on a credit of twelve months for the balance of the remainder money. And Samuel Hancockbeing the highest bidder thereof became the owner of the said land at the price of five hundred and two dollars and forty-two cents; who paid the said sum of twenty dollars down, has since paid the remainder and the said land has been conveyed to him by deed with special warranty. The following shows the net balance in the hands of your commissioner to wit.
Amount of Sale:...................................................... $502.42
Cost of Suit: $19.37
Commission: 25.12
$44.49
$457.93
Caleb Ewing
Commissioner
*********************************************
More Replies:
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
Jan Swart 7/19/11
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
wendy glover 12/17/12
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
Jan Swart 12/18/12
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
wendy glover 12/18/12
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
Jan Swart 12/18/12
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
wendy glover 12/19/12
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801
-
Re: Rebecca Baker m Jacob Grisso Roanoka VA-1801