Ann Burton was born around 1670 to Thomas Burton and Susannah Hatcher on the former "Cobbs" plantation on the Appomattox River. Thomas & Susannah had five children, Ann was the youngest. The other children included Thomas Burton; born in 1663/64, John Burton; born in 1666, Isaac Burton; born in 1667/68 and Abraham Burton; born in 1669.2078

APPENDIX 2 - Burton and Hatcher Ancestry of Ann (Burton) Stovall2079

The loss of Henrico County, Virginia records prior to 1677 has made it difficult to obtain knowledge concerning the antecedents of Ann (Burton) Stovall. The amount of misinformation which has been put into print on both the Burton and Hatcher families is considerable, not the least of which was the often repeated statement by the late Worth S. Ray that the mother of Ann Burton was a Susannah Allen, daughter of Valentine and Mary (Page) Allen.[1] This myth was packaged for the trash by Mrs. Glenn M. Turnell some years ago in an article which still remains one of the best on the subject,[2] and more recently an excellent study of the descendants of Thomas Page by Mrs. Carolyn H. Pappas proves from a lawsuit over land titles that Valentine Allen had two daughters only, both accounted for, neither named Susannah and neither the wife of Thomas Burton.[3]

At this time the parentage of Thomas Burton, like that of William Hatcher, remains unknown. Ray's attempt to show some relationship to a Richard and Katherine (Christian) Burton[4] who married at St. Saviour, Southwark, co. Surrey 3 March 1605/6[5] fails, as does any attempt to connect the brothers Thomas and John Burton to the Burtons of Longnor in the parish of St. Chad, Shrewsbury, co. Salop.[6] (Rev.) Francis Campbell Symonds,[7] and following him James Thomas McConnell,[8] created an imaginary "William Hatcher", member of Parliament for co. Lincoln, to be the father of William Hatcher the emigrant, and McConnell added for William a wife named Mary of whom the Virginia records make no mention at all. The proposed connection of the emigrant with the Hatcher family of Careby, co. Lincoln may be of no more antiquity than the speculation of (Dr.) William E. Hatcher on the subject;[9] because the tradition, of however recent origin, has been so much pursued in print, and because of the immediate rise to some social and political eminence by William Hatcher in Virginia, this appendix concludes with a detailed study of this family and a suggestion - it is only that, and not yet proof - as to where the emigrant might be fitted into this family if indeed he belongs to it.

NOTES FOR APPENDIX 2
[1] Worth S. Ray, Tennessee Cousins (repr. Baltimore, 1968), pp. 630-39.
[2] Glenn M. Turnell, "Burton-Allen/Hatcher Anthology", The Colonial Genealogist 10:204-08 (1979-81). In a slightly different form, this article appeared in Stovall Journal 1:100-04, 136-39 (1979).
[3] Carolyn H. Pappas, "Some Descendants of Thomas Page (ca. 1617-1676) of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia", The Virginia Genealogist 34:163-74 (1990). The document is Essex Co. Court Orders 19:334-36 (1754) and the names of the daughters were Elizabeth and Christian.
[4] Ray, supra note 1, p. 636 (the connecting line is dotted).
[5] The Genealogist (N.S.) 6:147 (1890) has a transcription of this marriage record.
[6] On the Burtons of Longnor, co. Salop see George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Shropshire... 1623 (2 vols., Harleian Soc. Pub., Visitation Ser. 28-29, London, 1889), 1:95, and George Morris, "Genealogy of Shropshire" (8 vols., Mss. Shropshire Libraries [Local Studies], Shrewsbury, Salop.), 4:294-307 at p. 301.
[7] (Rev.) Francis Campbell Symonds, "The Hatcher Family", William and Mary College Quarterly... (2nd Ser.) 16:457-68 (1936). The author was a descendant of Benjamin Hatcher, the emigrant's youngest son.
[8] James Thomas McConnell, "Ancestry of Ann Burton Stovall to William Hatcher, Burgess", Stovall Journal 8:50-57 (1986).
[9] Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker, Our Kin (Harrisonburg, Va., 1976), p. 145. The authors note, correctly, that William Hatcher does not appear in the Visitation pedigree of 1634 taken for co. Lincoln [see below, note 84], and they were unable to make any connection of William Hatcher to the Hatchers of Careby.

Bartholomew STOVALL was born on 24 Aug 1665 in Albury Co, Surrey, England. There are four different records of his birth with two different dates in the Quaker Records of Guildord. He was baptized on 11 Nov 1683 in Albury Co, Surrey, England. It is thought the baptism at the age of 18 in an Episcopal Church (Church of St. Peter and St. Paul) at Albury, may be due to non-emigration rules against Quaker and other non Episcopal religions. He signed a will on 14 Jan 1718 in Powhatan Co VA. Date of will but not probated until 1 May 1721. He died about Apr 1721 in Henrico co, VA. His reference number is 1615.

Richard Kennon received land from the Henrico Co Court, VA as payment for bringing emigrants to the Colonies. One of the names on Kennon's list is Bart. Stowell.

Bartholomew purchased up to 318 acres next to Deep Creek and the James River in what is now Powhatan Co VA. Parents: George STOVALL and Joan TICKNER.

Spouse: Ann BURTON.

Bartholomew STOVALL and Ann BURTON were married on 8 Aug 1693 in Henrico co, VA. The marriage was at St John's Church (an Episcopal church)

Children were: George STOVALL, Bartholomew STOVALL, Hannah STOVALL, William STOVALL, John STOVALL, Thomas STOVALL.2077

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On 2 May 1705, John Stewart, Jr. patented 850 acs. in Henrico Co onk the N. side of the Appamatocks River, NE on the Ashen Swamp, part of 1600 acs. granted William Walthall, Merchang, 5 Oct 1657, renewed 18 Mar 1662, deserted & now granted by order, etc. for transportation of 17 persons, including Barth. Stowell.

On July 7, 1684, at the age of 21, Bartholomew Stovall signed an indenture document to serve John Bright; Merchant of London for 4 years on arrival in the Colonies. He boarded the GOOTH and signed documents presented by the ship's master; Peter Pagan and witnessed by Joseph Pycraft. In April 1690, Richard Kennon received land from the Henrico Co. Court, Virginia as payment for bringing in emigrants to the Colonies. One of the names on Kennon's list is Bart. Stowell (1684). [Fom the Stovall Society]

WILL OF BARTHOLOMEW STOVALL Recorded on 14 January 1721 Henrico Co. Loose Papers: Vol. 3, Page 5432078

(This document is close to the wording used by Bartholomew, in that words such as YE meant THE, SN meant SON, where there are ----- means words were unknown due to time and exposure. )

"In the name of God amen I Bartholomew Stovoll, a --- county and parish of --- bodily healt h but of sound and perfect mind and memory, praise be given to Almightly G ---. Ordain thi s my last will and testament in manner and form following which is to say --- and principlely I commend my soule into ye hands of Almightly God hoping throug h ye merits Douth-and passion of my Savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forg iveness of all my Sins and to inherit Everlasting Life, and my Body I commit to ye Earth to be decently Buried at the decrestion of my Executors hereafter named , and as touching the Disposition of all such temporall Estate as it hath pleased Almightly G od to bestow upon me I give and disposed there of as followeth, first I will that my Debtes and --- funerall charges be paid and Discharged."

"Item I give and bequeath to my son George Stovoll al ye upper --- of my land I now live o n beginning at Taber's corner fifty poles down river thence as --- --- to ye back line be y e --- same more or less to have and to holde ye same him his heirs for ever."

"Item I give and bequeath to my son William Stovoll beginning abt Georges corner Seventy pol e Down ye river at ye James tract of Land after ye (death) de ces of my wife to have and to h olde to him and his heirs for ever I likewise will that he ye sn William shall have Liberty to Seal --- tons any of ye woodland ground in ye time of my wife s Life provided he --- not with her fenced ground."

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Stovall of ye --- tract of land eighty eight pol e down ye river from Williams corner to have and to holde to his and his heirs forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Stovoll all ye --- of my tract of Afore P be g same more of less to have and to hold ye same to --- her heirs forever and my Will is ye Di viding Lines go a South corce.

Item I will and Desire my executrix hereafter named --- Acres of Land and to pay for ye -- - and patent for ye nar --- Stovoll to be equally Divided between them.

Item I give ---years also in ye 10 f meetings --- all ye rest and bestowed to my ---estat e Goods and --- and bequeath my loving wife Anne a home I appoint full and --. Last wil l & testament to which I set my hand and Seal the 14th day of January. Signed and sealed in present of Stephen Hughes, Ezekell (his X mark) Sulberne and Alfred Hugh es. Bartholomew (his X mark) Stovall.