Col Geo Eskridge dec’d. , Thomas Pinson's wealthy neighbor
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In reply to:
Andrew Hutcheson, Mary Omohundro Pinson's uncle.
G. Pinson 5/03/05
citing Prince William County Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys
Thomas Pincent, Junr. 14 Sept. 1739-12 Nov. 1739; 218 a. on s. side Elk Licking Run aganst the fork of Cub Run: adj. Mr. Richd Brett, decd., Mr. Landon Carter, Col Geo Eskridge dec’d.C.C. John Hutcheson & Joseph Pincent.Surv. James Thomas, Junr.
We know who the Pinsons and John Hutcheson were, but how about Thomas Pinson Jr's neighbors?First of all, many of the parties shown in deed records were probably absentee owners.The plantations owned on those lands run by others, either relatives or tenets.
Colonel George Eskridge Sandy Point Plantation Westmoreland County, Virginia, was a Deputy to the Virginia House of Burgesses for many years.He was also the guardian of Mary Ball who would become George Washington's mother.Purportedly George Washington was named for Eskridge.
Eskridge was born 30 Sept 1655, Lancashire, England and came to America about 1670, purportedly as an indentured servant for eight years.He then purportedly returned to England, finished law school and became a Queen's Attorney in Northumberland and Richmond counties (VA) 1678-1710.
He married 1st Rebecca Bonum and 2nd Elizabeth Vaulx.He died before 25 Nov 1735 in Westmoreland, VA.Extracts of his will are as follows:
"I give unto my son Samuel ...the house and plantation where I now live containing eight hundred acres ...bounding upon the lands of John Crucher and Robert Ball ...I give unto my son William Eskridge ...tract of Land upon the river adjoining the aforesaid house and plantation...also I give to my said wife all the slaves she brought to me in marriage with their increase and ten other of my slaves ...I give my land at Machotic commonly called Machotic Quarter in Westmoreland County to my son Robert...
I give unto the four sons of my son George, deceased, four slaves apiece ...I give unto my daughter Elizabeth and her heirs a tract of land I have at Polrick in Prince William County and all the slaves and stock upon the same..."
Stopping for a second to comment on the last part.Polrick may have been a misreading of Pohick, where the central church for the Truro Parish was located.The Parish where Mary Omohundro Pinson's uncle Andrew Hutcheson was vestryman.
Eskridge's will continued:
"I give to my aforesaid son Samuel ... five hundred acres of land part of a tract at a place called Flatlick in Prince William County to be chosen by him in any one place out the said tract. I give to my son-in-law Willoughby Newton and Sarah his wife and their heirs Eight hundred acres of land part of the said tract at Flatlick. All the rest of the said tract at Flatlick I give to be equally divided among the children of my son George and the daughter of my daughter Margaret Kenner...
Eskridge proceeds at this point to dispose of more land and dozens of slaves, but of more interest to us is the fact that Willoughby Newton was his son in law.This is the same Willoughby Newton that was in the Truro Parish in Prince William County and sublet land to Mary Omohundro Pinson's father, Richard Omohundro Jr.As posted earlier, that land was by the land of Thomas Pinson.